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GAIL B. SELIG
Gail B. Selig, assistant counsel for the Southern California Edison Company of Los Angeles, is one of the most valued representatives of this great corporation. He is a popular native son of Los Angeles, born November 14, 1898, his parents being A. L. and Anna (Boone) Selig, the former a native of New Jersey. The year 1885 witnessed the arrival of A. L. Selig in the Golden state, and shortly thereafter he became connected with the Southern California Edison Company, which has since developed from a very small concern into one of the largest electric corporations of the country. First employed in one of the out-of-town offices of the company, Mr. Selig won steady advancement as he demonstrated his efficiency and faithfulness in the discharge of the duties assigned him, and when he passed away in Los Angeles, in 1910, he had filled every place of responsibility in the service of the Edison Company and held a position next in importance to that of the president. He is still survived by his widow, who makes her home with her son Gail in Los Angeles.
Gail B. Selig acquired his early education in the public schools of his native city and continued his studies at the Manual Arts high school of Los Angeles, of which he is a graduate. He next entered the law department of the University of Southern California, which conferred upon him the degree of LL. B. at his graduation in 1922. The same year he was admitted to the bar and entered the law department of the Southern California Edison Company, by which he had been employed since 1912, so that the period of his service with the corporation now covers twenty-three years. He has membership in the Los Angeles Bar Association, the State Bar of California and the American Bar Association and enjoys a well merited reputation as an able and learned young attorney.
There is also an interesting military chapter in the life record of Mr. Selig, who served in the World war as a member of Battery C, Fifth Field Artillery, First Division, and participated in all the major engagements of the American Expeditionary Forces. He has many warm friends among his fellow members of the University Club and is highly esteemed in social as well as professional circles of Los Angeles.
Transcribed
By: Michele Y. Larsen on December 30, 2012.
Source: California
of the South Vol. V,
by John Steven McGroarty, Pages 567-568,
Clarke Publ., Chicago, Los Angeles,
Indianapolis. 1933.
© 2012 Michele
Y. Larsen.
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