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LEO S. CHANDLER
CHANDLER, LEO S., Banker, Los Angeles, California, was born at St. Louis, Missouri, September 4, 1878, the son of Jefferson Chandler and Catherine (O’Toole) Chandler. Married Louise Towell McFarland in February, 1907, at Los Angeles. To them two children have been born, Dan McFarland and Thomas Alden Chandler.
He attended the St. Louis University, St. Louis, then was sent to Stanton Military Academy. To prepare for college he went to the famous Lawrenceville, New Jersey, school. Before completing his course his family moved to Los Angeles in the year 1894. Two years later he entered the Leland Stanford University. He studied through three years, until the spring of 1899. Then he left to engage in U. S. Transport Service. Purser of Transport Warren, which took the Fourteenth Regiment to China during the Boxer Rebellion. In May, 1900, resigned for place in general manager’s office Salt Lake Railroad. Left in 1905 to join Los Angeles Trust and Savings Bank, with which he has continued to date as trust officer. He studied law after leaving college; admitted to bar in 1906.
Mr. Chandler is a member of the Phi Delta Phi and the Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternities and the California Club.
Transcribed
by Joyce Rugeroni.
Source: Press
Reference Library, Western Edition Notables of the West, Vol. I, Page 544,
International News Service, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles,
Boston, Atlanta. 1913.
© 2010 Joyce
Rugeroni.
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