Los Angeles County
Biographies
EUGENE E. HEWLETT
HEWLETT, EUGENE E.,
Attorney-at-Law, Los Angeles, California, is a native of that State. He was born at Petaluma, June, 1878. His
father was Fred Hewlett and his mother Cleora M. Hewlett.
On October 20, 1905, at Oakland, California, he was married to
Ione H. C. Ford.
Mr. Hewlett spent his boyhood days in Petaluma,
California, and later, when the family moved to San Francisco, he there
attended the public schools. After completing his preparatory education in that
city he entered the University of California, at Berkeley, where he studied
law. He received the degree of B. L. in 1900 from that university and
determined to go East to finish his law education. He
attended the Harvard University, Law College, for three years, receiving the
degree of LL.B. from that institution in 1903. Returning to San Francisco, he
received the same mark of distinction from the Hastings Law School in the same
year.
His first venture in the legal world was made in San
Francisco, where he opened up a general law practice. Being his home city, and
having a large acquaintance there, his rise was rapid and for over a year he
continued to practice alone.
Mr. Hewlett moved to Los Angeles in the latter part of
1904, becoming a member of the firm of Hewlett, Bancroft and Ballantine, with offices located both in San Francisco and
Los Angeles. This association has had a flourishing general law practice,
particularly in Los Angeles. The firm, although following a general practice,
specialized on corporation law. In 1910, after six years of continued practice,
Mr. Hewlett withdrew from the firm, retaining offices for himself in the
Pacific Electric Building, Los Angeles, still keeping his San Francisco offices.
Since 1910 he has continued practice alone, mostly
general in character, in Los Angeles, and on the opening of the magnificent new
Trust and Savings Building, at the corner of Sixth and Spring streets, he
located his offices there in a handsome suite. His office in San Francisco is
located in the Monadnock Building.
Mr. Hewlett’s affairs necessitate his dividing his time
between Los Angeles and the northern city.
He has a large law library of several thousand volumes
and makes it a point to add to this collection of books on every possible
occasion.
He is prominently connected in both Los Angeles and San
Francisco in a social as well as in a professional way.
He is a believer in good government work and aids all of
the better movements for the upbuilding of state and
city.
Mr. Hewlett is a member of the California Club, the
Jonathan Club of Los Angeles, and of the Annandale Country Club, Pasadena and
San Gabriel Valley Country Club.
He is also a member of the University Club of San
Francisco. When attending college he was a member of the
D. K. E. Fraternity.
Mr. Hewlett is fond of motoring and finds time to spend
in this recreative pastime.
He has a beautiful residence located at Oak Knoll,
Pasadena.
Transcribed by Marie Hassard
30 August 2011.
Source: Press Reference
Library, Western Edition Notables of the West, Vol. I, Page 725, International News Service,
New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston, Atlanta. 1913.
© 2011 Marie Hassard.
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