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EDMUND G. (PAT) BROWN
Edmund G. (Pat) Brown, Attorney General of the State of California,
was born in San Francisco, California, on April 21, 1905, and is a
second-generation Californian. His maternal grandfather drove a stage between Hangtown and Sacramento, California, during the ‘49er era.
His mother was born in Venado, Colusa County,
California, and his father in San Francisco, California.
Mr.
Brown sold newspapers as a youngster. He earned his college education by
working days and attending the University of California Extension Division at
night. He is a graduate of the San Francisco Law School, from which he received
his LL.B. degree. He was admitted to the bar in 1927 and is a member of the San
Francisco, California State, and American Bar Associations.
A
leader in Democratic affairs, Mr. Brown was delegate to the Democratic National
Convention in 1940, 1944 and 1948. He served as District Attorney of San
Francisco for seven years, being first elected in 1943 and re-elected in 1947
for a second four-year term. Mr. Brown completed in January 1952 his first year
in office as Attorney General of the State of California.
During
his service as District Attorney, Mr. Brown innovated a Crime Prevention
Department to deal with both juvenile and adult crime; also set up a special
bureau to handle cases of first offenders, for the purpose of rehabilitation.
In recognition of these records he was appointed chairman of San Francisco Coordinating
Council, which includes all youth agencies; lectured at the University of
California on the subject of juvenile delinquency; also was president of the
District Attorneys’ Association of California.
As
a private attorney, his practice included handling of cases for American
Federation of Labor Unions and for municipal employee group. He has served as
director of Golden Gate Bridge and Highway District and as a member of the
California Code Commission.
Member of the Commonwealth, Elks, and Lawyers clubs. Founded
and served as first president of the Order of Cincinnatus.
Mr. Brown is married and has four
children: Barbara, age 20; Cynthia, age 18; Edmund, Jr. (Jerry), age 13; and
Kathleen, age 6.
Home: 460 Magellan Ave., San Francisco.
Offices: 600 State Bldg., San Francisco,
California.
Transcribed By: Cecelia M. Setty.
Source: “Eminent Californians 1953”,
by Lee E. Johnson & C. W. Taylor. Pages 125-126, C. W.
Taylor Publ., Palo Alto, California, 1953.
© 2013 Cecelia M. Setty.
San Francisco County Biographies