A history of California and an extended history of its southern coast counties, also containing biographies of well-known citizens of the past and present . ornia as one of the trustees ofthe Whittier state school, and is now serving aspresident of the board. For several years hewas vice president of the National Conferenceof Oiarities ami Corrcctiims and still retains anactive membership in the same. An honor whichfell to him came thrtjugh the appointment byPresident Cleveland in 1895 of Pacific coastdelegate to the International Prison Congressheld at Paris. In the same year he was appointed
A history of California and an extended history of its southern coast counties, also containing biographies of well-known citizens of the past and present . ornia as one of the trustees ofthe Whittier state school, and is now serving aspresident of the board. For several years hewas vice president of the National Conferenceof Oiarities ami Corrcctiims and still retains anactive membership in the same. An honor whichfell to him came thrtjugh the appointment byPresident Cleveland in 1895 of Pacific coastdelegate to the International Prison Congressheld at Paris. In the same year he was appointedtrustee of the Throop Polytechnic Institute, ofPasadena, Cal., and two years later received theappointment to the position of medical examinerby the State Commission ni Lunacy. In 190.^he was elected dean nf tin- Medical College ofthe L^niversity of Southern California, and inthe same year received the honor at the hands ofhis fellow citizens of being made one of a com-mittee of seven to receive President 1905 he received the degree of LL. D. ^t. Vincents College. One of his most widelyIviiown and most extensively republished ad-. ^^~ ^^uaajM^ HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RFXORD. 701 dresses was one delivered in 1905, entitled TheEvils of Institutional Childhood, which wasgiven before the National Conference of Qiar-ities at their meeting in Portland, Ore. The doctors association with the establish-ment of Idyllwild, a beautiful resort under thesupervision of the California Health ResortCompany, is well known. On a trip throughthe San Jacinto mountains he came upon thisjjlateau or valley, covered with magnificent pines,and situated at an altitude of fifty-two hundredand fifty feet. Struck with the beauty of the lo-cation as well as its desirability as a health re-sort, he was instrumental in the organization ofthe above-named company, with a capital stockof $250,000. The company is composed of fortyof the leading medical men of Southern Califor-nit, among whom
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