where he was business manager of The Cornell Daily Sun, was elected to the Sphinx Head Society, and graduated in 1934.
[1] In February 1966, Mayer was named the firm's chairman, filling the vacancy created in the post when his father died nearly a year earlier.
He stated that "I've always felt I might have a little better understanding of what people in our plant have to do because I did it myself—I've always seen our employees as individuals and I respect the hard work they do.
The main theater at what became the Madison Civic Center was named the "Oscar Mayer Theatre" in his honor.
He died on July 6, 2009, at HospiceCare Center in Fitchburg, Wisconsin, aged 95, and was survived by his second wife.