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WALTER JOHN
HORGAN
HORGAN,
WALTER JOHN, Attorney, Los Angeles,
California, was born in that city
May 7, 1879, the son of Timothy Horgan and Marguerite
(McDonald) Horgan.
Mr.
Horgan received his early education in the public
schools of Los Angeles and in 1893 entered St. Vincent’s College of that city. He was graduated from
there in the summer of 1896 and in the fall of the same year enrolled as a
student in the law department of the University
of Southern California.
He was graduated in 1899 and was admitted to practice by the Supreme Court of
California in October (1899).
Upon
his admission to the bar Mr. Horgan went into the
office of Horace H. Appel, a well-known attorney of Los Angeles, and remained
in association with him for about two years and then opened offices for
himself. He practiced successfully for about ten years, but at the end of that
time his health was impaired and he was compelled to quit active work for
almost a year.
Abandoning
his work in November, 1909, he started on a tour of Mexico, seeking rest and health,
and traveled for many months through the western coast country of the Southern
republic. While down there he busied himself with study of the Mexican law and
before his return to Los Angeles,
in October, 1910, had a working knowledge of the statutes. He is also versed in
the Spanish and French languages and his knowledge of the Mexican code he has
used to advantage.
Mr.
Horgan has always been a patriotic son of Los Angeles, one of his chief ambitions being to make the Los Angeles educational
system among the best in the world. He gave four years of his time, from 1901
to 1905, to the work, serving as a member of the Board of Education.
Mr.
Horgan is a member of the Archaeological Society of
Southern California.
Transcribed
4-18-11 Marilyn R. Pankey.
Source: Press Reference
Library, Western Edition Notables of the West, Vol. I, Page 636, International News Service, New York,
Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston, Atlanta. 1913.
© 2011 Marilyn R. Pankey.
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