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WILLIAM
RHODES HERVEY
Judge Wm. Rhodes Hervey, Executive Vice President of the Los Angeles-First National Trust & Savings Bank, was born in 1870 at Somerville, Tenn. He attended public schools and Central Collegiate Institute of Arkansas, then entered the University of Arkansas, receiving the degrees of A. B. and B. S. in 1890. He graduated from the University of Michigan with the degree of LL. B. in 1894.
The same year Judge Hervey moved to California and entered practice at Los Angeles. In 1907 he became President of the American Savings Bank, and Vice President of the American National Bank. In 1909 he resigned to accept the Governor's appointment as Judge of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, serving for two years. He then became Vice President and manager of the trust department of the Los Angeles Trust & Savings Bank, later Executive Vice President of the Pacific Southwest Trust & Savings Bank, and finally Executive Vice President of the Los Angeles-First National Trust & Savings Bank.
Judge Hervey is a member of the American Bar Association, State Bar of California and the Los Angeles County Bar Association. He is a 33° Mason, Shriner and Knight Templar, and a member of the Jonathan Club, California Club, Los Angeles Country Club and Phi Delta Phi fraternity.
The maiden name of Judge Hervey's wife was Browning Black. He has three sons, Harcourt, formerly Lieutenant Colonel of Field Artillery, First Division, U. S. A., and now Colonel of the 160th Regiment, C. N. G.; Edward, member of the firm of Lovett, Hervey & Scott of Los Angeles and Wm. Rhodes, Jr., a student.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
Source: "American Blue Book California Lawyers"
by H. James Boswell, Page 60, Produced by H. James Boswell,
1928.
© 2008 Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
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