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ROGER DEARBORN LAPHAM
LAPHAM, ROGER DEARBORN, Agent, American-Hawaiian Steamship Company, Los Angeles, California, was born in New York, N. Y., December 6, 1883, the son of Lewis H. Lapham and Antoinette (Dearborn) Lapham. He married Helen B. Abbot in Brooklyn, New York, October 30, 1907, and to them there have been born three children, Lewis A., Carol and Edna Lapham.
Mr. Lapham received his preliminary education in private schools of New York City and was graduated from Harvard University in the class of 1905, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts.
Upon the completion of his collegiate career, Mr. Lapham returned to his home in New York and in that city entered the employ of the American-Hawaiian Steamship Company as a clerk in the Auditor’s office. From this position he was promoted to various others, and in 1909 was chosen Assistant Secretary of the company.
After a year in the main office, Mr. Lapham, in 1910, was transferred to Seattle, Washington, continuing as Assistant Secretary until the latter part of 1911, when he was appointed joint Agent for the company with H. W. Roberts, in charge of the company’s Northwestern territory.
In March, 1912, upon the death of H. P. Durdan, who had been the representative of the company for Los Angeles previous to his death, Mr. Lapham was appointed to the post of Southern California agent for the company, filling that office since that time. This is one of the more important positions in the service of the American-Hawaiian Company, due to the fact that Los Angeles, the principal port of that section, is the clearing point for a tremendous amount of shipping for the great Southwest.
Mr. Lapham is a member of the University Club and the Los Angeles Athletic Club.
Transcribed
by Joyce Rugeroni.
Source: Press
Reference Library, Western Edition Notables of the West, Vol. I, Page 618, International
News Service, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston,
Atlanta. 1913.
© 2011 Joyce
Rugeroni.
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