Los
Angeles County
Biographies
DAVID C. Mac WATTERS
Since 1928 the Los Angeles Community
Chest has been capably managed by D. C. Mac Watters, who has made his home in
this city for sixteen years and formerly controlled large business and
financial interests. He was born in Newtonville, Canada, a son of John C. and Jeannette
(Copeland) Mac Watters, and acquired his high school education at Cleveland,
Ohio, supplementing this by a special course in a business college, which he
attended for a year.
Mr. Mac Watters began his commercial
career at Cleveland as an employee of the Pennsylvania Railroad and worked his
way up to the position of district passenger agent of that road, with
headquarters at Pittsburgh. Steadily
advancing, he went to Denver as assistant general passenger agent of the
Colorado Southern Railroad and general passenger agent of the Cripple Creek
Railroad and became a factor of importance in transportation circles of the
west. Subsequently he removed to Idaho,
where he was vice president and general manager for eastern interests in
extensive irrigative and hydro-electric power development, also serving as
president of three banks, and proved a forceful, sagacious, far-sighted
executive. Retiring in 1917, he came to
Los Angeles from Idaho and entered the service of the American Red Cross as a volunteer. In this work he has since been active and is
now chairman of the Los Angeles Chapter of the Red Cross. On August 1, 1928, he was placed in charge of
the Los Angeles Community Chest as secretary and general manager and still acts
in those capacities. With characteristic
thoroughness and fidelity he has discharged his civic duties and in 1932
collected and disbursed more than three million dollars, a noteworthy
accomplishment in a time of great financial stress.
In 1900 Mr. Mac Watters was married
to Miss N. Mildred Henricle, of Cleveland, and they
reside at 301 North Beachwood Drive, Los Angeles. A devotee of golf, Mr. Mac Watters is a
familiar figure on the links of the Los Angeles Country Club, in which he has
membership, and also belongs to the California Club. Generous and sympathetic, he is a true friend
of the poor and the needy and devotes considerable time and effort to
philanthropic work.
Transcribed by
V. Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: California of the South
Vol. III, by John Steven McGroarty, Pages 237-238, Clarke Publ.,
Chicago, Los Angeles, Indianapolis. 1933.
© 2012 V. Gerald Iaquinta.
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