caption religion birth_name birth_place children nationality parents birth_date known_for spouse image article_title education name occupation
gert boyle in 2013 roman catholic gertrude lamfrom augsburg , germany timothy boyle kathy boyle sally boyle united states paul lamfrom marie lamfrom 06 march 1924 chairman of columbia sportswear joseph ndash ; 1970 ; his death -rrb- cornelius `` neal '' boyle -lrb- 1948 & gert_boyle_in_2013 . jpg gert boyle
 b.a. university of arizona gertrude boyle businesswoman
gert boyle

gertrude `` gert '' boyle -lrb- born march 6 , 1924 -rrb- is a german-born american businesswoman in the state of oregon .
after her family fled nazi germany , her father started columbia sportswear , where she later became president .
, she is the chairperson of the company , as well as a philanthropist and memoirist .
