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Chalmer Boorman Traver, secretary of the Milwaukee Association of Commerce, is a man of broad vision as well as of practical executive ability, and the combination of these qualities well fits him for the responsibilities of his present connection. Mr. Traver was born in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, March 29, 1889, his parents being Frank A. and Jennie (Boorman) Traver, both of whom are also natives of Wisconsin.

Mr. Traver is an alumnus of the old East Side high school and the University of Wisconsin, which he attended from 1907 to 1910. For some time he was a reporter on the old Evening Wisconsin and also did special work for the Milwaukee Sentinel and the old Milwaukee Free Press, thus gaining broad experience through newspaper connections. Later he was with the Banker-Manufacturer as associate editor and left that position to enter the army in the spring of 1918. He became a lieutenant of field artillery, stationed at Camp Taylor, Louisville, Kentucky, and afterward at Camp Jackson, South Carolina, as instructor of gunnery and battery executive officer.

After receiving his discharge Mr. Traver went west and for a few months engaged in silver mining in Arizona. On the 1st of November, 1919, he returned to Milwaukee to accept the position of secretary of the Milwaukee Association of Commerce and through the intervening period has been very active in the upbuilding of this organization.

On the 28th of December, 1920, Mr. Traver was married to Miss Zoa McComb of Wichita, Kansas. They reside at 560 Astor street. Mr. Traver is a member of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity, and is identified with various clubs and patriotic and commercial organizations. He belongs to the Milwaukee Athletic Club, the Milwaukee Press Club and to Alonzo Cudworth Post of the American Legion. He is vice president of the Wisconsin Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution, a member of the Optimists Club and of the University of Wisconsin Alumni Association, one of the directors of the Wisconsin Commercial Secretaries Association and a member of the National Association of Commercial Organization Secretaries.