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wallace cochrane simonsen
 wallace cochrane simonsen
wallace cochrane simonsen

wallace cochrane simonsen was a brazilian banker and the first mayor of são bernardo do campo , one of the cities pertaining to the metropolitan region of são paulo , most specifically the abc region .
in his early professional life , he worked as a broker in the coffee market .
eventually he founded his own bank , banco noroeste -lrb- later bought by banco santander brasil -rrb- .
in 1929 , he owned a property in vila de são bernardo , the old name for the district located in the city of são bernardo , which comprised the current cities of são bernardo do campo , são caetano do sul , diadema and santo andré , although most of the government facilities were allocated in the latter one 's lands .
when getúlio vargas 's intervenor -lrb- acting as governor of são paulo -rrb- adhemar de barros decided to transfer the city 's seat to santo andré and downgrade são bernardo as a mere district , a group of entrepreneurs , wallace simonsen leading , founded the society of friends of são bernardo -lrb- `` sociedade de amigos de são bernardo '' -rrb- , claiming for emancipation .
the claim was successful , and in 1944 a state decree established the new city , including `` do campo '' suffix to the former district denomination , and appointing simonsen as the first mayor , which was eventually deposed by adhemar de barros in 1947 due to political divergencies between them , giving path to the ascension of tereza delta as the new mayor .
the original simonsen 's farmstead still exists , named as woodland farm -lrb- `` chácara silvestre '' -rrb- now at an avenue named after him , as a municipal heritage site .
