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RAYMOND
LeROY HAIGHT
Raymond
LeRoy Haight is one of the outstanding representatives of the legal profession
in Los Angeles as senior member of the well-known law firm of Haight, Trippett
& Syvertson, with offices in the Rowan Building. He was born in San Jose, California, July 18,
1897, a son of George W. and Isadora (Gillett) Haight, and represents a family
whose members have figured prominently in the history of this state for several
generations. One governor of California
bore the name of Haight.
Raymond
L. Haight acquired his early education in the public schools of San Francisco
and Los Angeles and obtained his higher intellectual and professional training
as a student at the University of Southern California, from which he received
the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1919 and the Doctor of Laws degree in
1921. For a number of years he has been
editor of the Alumni Review of the University of Southern California, and has
membership in the Phi Alpha Delta and Kappa Alpha (Southern) fraternities. He was admitted to practice in all the courts
on the 28th of March, 1921, and he now maintains one of the largest
law offices in California as senior member of the firm of Haight, Trippett
& Syvertson of Los Angeles. He has
advanced steadily to an enviable position in the ranks of the legal fraternity
of this city. His name is on the
membership rolls of the Los Angeles Bar Association and the American Bar
Association.
Aside
from his professional activities Mr. Haight has always manifested a keen
interest in public affairs and has been an active civic worker. He served as state corporation commissioner
for the year 1931 and was a candidate for governor of California in 1934 in one
of the most sensational campaigns ever waged in this state. He belongs to the Native Sons of the Golden
West and is also a member of the University Club of Los Angeles, the Pacific
Coast Club, and the Los Angeles Athletic Club.
In 1920 he married Heloise Marie Davis, daughter of Dr. W. L. Y.
Davis. Mr. and Mrs. Haight have three
children: Raymond II, Fulton Wilbur and
a daughter, Heloise Maureen.
Transcribed
by V. Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: California of the South
Vol. V, by John Steven McGroarty, Pages 547-548,
Clarke Publ., Chicago, Los Angeles, Indianapolis. 1933.
© 2012 V.
Gerald Iaquinta.
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