CAITHAM, Arnold A.

CAITHAM, Arnold A. (Prague, Czechslovakia, August 1, 1908--Dec. 11, 1997). Caitham and his parents immigrated to the United States in 1908. Staying briefly in Boston, the family moved to Chicago where Arnold's father was a brewer for the Citizen's Brewery. They moved again to South Bend where Arnold's father worked for the South Bend Brewing Company.

Arnold served an apprenticeship at the Muessel Brewing Company before attending the Siebel Insitute of Technology in Chicago. He graduated in 1939 and return to the South Bend Brewing Company which had become Drewrys Ltd. He worked as an assistant master brewer before joining Fountain Brewing Company Inc. as manager and master brewer. He briefly worked for the Oshkosh Brewing Company before joining DUBUQUE STAR BREWERY in 1952.

His five-year plan for the brewery resulted in the company enjoying its "Golden Age."

Part of his plan was to become a familiar business leader in the community. To this end, he joined the Eagles, Elks, Knights of Columbus, Kiwanis, Forty and Eight, and Amvets. He was a cammander of the Dubuque Post of the American Legion; a director of the Conservation Society; a director of Dubuque Baseball Inc.; a committeeman of the Chamber of Commerce; president of the District La Crosse, Master Brewers of America; a member of the board of governors of the M. B. A. A.; president of the Dubuque Beer Wholesalers Association and an alternate director of the Iowa Wholesalers Association.

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Source:

Dubuque Star's Five-Year Plan: A Formula for a Future," The Brewer's Digest, July 1957, p. 33