Los Angeles County
Biographies
HARRY PATTERSON DURDAN
DURDAN, HARRY PATTERSON,
Steamship Agent, Los Angeles, California, was born in Hamilton, Ontario,
Canada, February 2, 1871, the son of William Durdan
and Isabella (Hall) Durdan.
He was educated in the common schools and Collegiate
Institute of his home city.
After leaving school he engaged in the transportation
business and entered the service of the Grand Trunk Railway, later the Canadian
Pacific Railway and afterward the Hill railroads, serving in various capacities
until he resigned and went into the steamship business in New York City. He has
been in that line ever since. At one time he represented in New York six
different steamship companies running to the Far East–China, Japan,
Philippines, etc.–and early in 1910 went with the American-Hawaiian Steamship
Company. He was made Southern California agent for the company, and in
September, 1910, went to Los Angeles, where he has the responsible task of
building up the growing passenger, export and import business of the new Los
Angeles harbor.
Mr. Durdan is a prominent
clubman, holding memberships in the Jonathan Club, San Gabriel Valley Country
Club, San Diego Country Club and the Japan Society.
Transcribed by Marie Hassard
16 October 2011.
Source: Press Reference
Library, Western Edition Notables of the West, Vol. I, Page 704, International News Service,
New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston, Atlanta. 1913.
© 2011 Marie Hassard.
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