Sacramento County
Biographies
CAPTAIN ROGERT H. DUNDAS
CAPTAIN
ROBERT H. DUNDAS.--Popular to an exceptional degree for an official having
so much to do with a varied public, Captain Robert H. Dundas, of the Sacramento
police, finds it relatively easy to take charge of, and to direct and control
the traffic of the capital city. He is a
Canadian by birth, having been born in Ontario on
October 10, 1888, and his parents were Edwin and Emma (Aiken) Dundas,
who came to Sacramento as far back
as 1890. He joined the Southern Pacific
Railroad as construction man, and helped to construct many of their extensive
snow-sheds; and now, cheered by the companionship of his devoted wife, he is
living retired.
Robert
Dundas pursued the curricula in both the grammar and
the high schools, and then joined the United
States army.
He belonged to the marines, and saw service in Asia and in the Philippines
for three and one-half years, and was awarded a congressional medal for service
there. He was then in the transportation
department of the Southern Pacific for six years, and after that enlisted in
the World War, and was Lieutenant of Field Artillery on the East coast for one
and one-half years.
In
1918, Mr. Dundas came to the Sacramento Police Department as a patrolman, and
he was promoted to his present position in September, 1922, when the traffic
department was created, being advanced to captain; and he is the first to hold
this position. He is one of the most
familiar figures at the capital, is respected for his public spirit and his
fearless, but tactful administration of his office, and he belongs to every
traffic organization in California.
In politics he is a Republican.
When
Captain Dundas married, he chose for his bride Miss
Nellie Dimmick, of Placer
County, and they have one child,
Robert E. Dundas. The Captain belongs to
the Chamber of Commerce, and he is a member of the Elks and the Red Men. He likes fishing and hunting, and is quite at
home with all outdoors.
Transcribed by Barbara Gaffney.
Source: Reed, G. Walter, History of Sacramento County, California With
Biographical Sketches, Page 806.
Historic Record Company, Los Angeles,
CA. 1923.
© 2007 Barbara Gaffney.