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FRANK MONROE PORTER
PORTER, FRANK MONROE, Attorney, Los Angeles, Cal., was born in Waushara County, Wis., Aug. 15, 1857, the son of Clinton Hiram Porter and Mary (Monroe) Porter. He married Suella Billmeyer, Aug. 10, 1893, and they have one child, Margaret Porter.
Mr. Porter spent his boyhood at Randolph Wis., and moved from there to Madison, Wis., in 1875. He was graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1881 with the degree of A. B., and from the Law Dept. in 1883. He obtained the degree of LL. M. from the Univ. of Sou. Cal. in 1908.
He moved to California in 1887, opened a law office and has been practicing there since. In 1904, with Judge Gavin W. Craig and others, he reorganized the Los Angeles Law School, which became a part of the Univ. of Sou. Cal. He has been Dean of the School since that time and also is in active management of the College of Law. This college now has enrollment of over 500 and is one of the largest law schools of the United States. In 1910, Mr. Porter formed the firm of Porter, Morgan & Parrot, with Vincent Morgan and Kent K. Parrot.
He is a member of the University, City and Metropolitan Clubs, of Los Angeles; Sunset Gun Club and the Casa La Roca Country Club. He also attends the University Methodist Episcopal Club.
Transcribed
by Joyce Rugeroni.
Source: Press
Reference Library, Western Edition Notables of the West, Vol. I, Page 743,
International News Service, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles,
Boston, Atlanta. 1913.
© 2011 Joyce
Rugeroni.
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