The Pantagraph: 75 years ago: State Farm Founder, Chairman G.J. Mecherle dies suddenly of heart attack
75 years ago: State Farm Founder, Chairman G.J. Mecherle dies suddenly of heart attack
BLOOMINGTON - The history of G.J. Mecherle Memorial Park (commonly known as State Farm Park) on Bloomington's south side is at least 75 years older than the insurance giant itself. Before State Farm ...
Harvard Business School: George J. Mecherle - Leadership - Harvard Business School
Leaving the family farm in 1918 to tend to his ailing spouse, Mecherle joined an automobile insurance company and quickly discovered that farmers were charged the same auto insurance rates as ...