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JOSEPH HILL PENGILLY
Joseph Hill Pengilly, electrical
engineer, was born in
Mr. Pengilly was assistant power engineer for Southern
California Edison Company, from 1912 to 1917; partner in Brown and Pengilly (electrical products), Los Angeles, 1919 to 1927;
with Diamond Electric Manufacturing Company, Los Angeles (successor company),
from 1927 to 1934; vice president of Square D Company since 1934,
manager of the Western Division since 1937, and also director. Director of
Norris Thermador Corporation, and Electrical
Products Corporation; director of California Manufacturers Association;
director of Merchants and Manufacturers Association of Los Angeles; director
and past president of the Jonathan Club of Los Angeles.
Member and past potentate of
Al Malaikah Temple (Shrine); member of Electric Club
of Los Angeles (past president), and Wilshire Country Club of
During
World War I Mr. Pengilly served as Company Commander
with the 56th Engineers, First Army, American Expeditionary Forces,
France, 1917 to 1919. During World War II, 1942 to 1946, he served as Major,
Corps of Engineers, Army of United States, and advanced through the grades to
Colonel, Engineers Reserve Corps. He was awarded the Legion of Merit.
Mr. Pengilly married Edythe Fulton on March 16, 1934. Their
home is at
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Transcribed
by Marie Hassard 10 February 2014.
Source: Eminent Californians 1953, by Lee
E. Johnson & C. W. Taylor. Page 175, C. W. Taylor Publ.,
Palo Alto, California, 1953.
© 2014 Marie Hassard.
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