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WALTER JOHN WALLACE
WALLACE, WALTER JOHN, Real Estate and Investments, Los Angeles, Cal., was born in Alhambra, that State, September 22, 1882, the son of James Charles Wallace and Martha Elizabeth (Wilson) Wallace. He is a member of one of the pioneer families of Southern California, his grandfather, B. D. Wilson, for whom Mount Wilson and Wilson Lake were named, being among the Forty-niners. He first located in what is now Pasadena, then an Indian village. Mr. Wallace married Earlda Marguerite Baker at Los Angeles, Jan. 9,1912.
After passing through the public schools of Alhambra, Mr. Wallace, in 1900, graduated from Woodbury Business College, then entered the Dental Department of the University of Southern California, graduating in 1903, degree, D. D. S.
Following his graduation Dr. Wallace immediately took up the practice of his profession, but was compelled to abandon it two years later owing to an accident. Upon the advice of physicians he did not resume practice, but took employment as Collector for the Edison Electric Co. He was promoted rapidly until he attained the position of general right-of-way agent for the company, holding this until his resignation, June 1, 1911.
For a year prior to leaving the Edison Co. he had been interested in the Sierra Vista Ranch Co. as President and General Manager, a corporation which he organized in 1910 for the purpose of developing and selling fruit ranches. Since the Summer of 1911 he has devoted his entire time to its affairs. Its holdings consist of 3000 acres of fine ranch land in the San Joaquin Valley and include his offices in the Sierra Vista Ranch Co., Mr. Wallace is V. Pres. and Treas., Pacific Gasoline Co.
He belongs, Annandale Country Club, San Gabriel Valley Country Club and South Coast Yacht Club.
Transcribed
by Joyce Rugeroni.
Source: Press
Reference Library, Western Edition Notables of the West, Vol. I, Page 508,
International News Service, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles,
Boston, Atlanta. 1913.
© 2010 Joyce
Rugeroni.
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