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Advertising
(Chiat-Day), Stephen Kessler (1990).
Chiat/Day: The First Twenty Years. (New York, NY: Rizzoli, 349
p.). Chiat-Day, Inc.; Advertising agencies--United States.
(Chiat-Day), Karen Stabiner (1993). Inventing Desire: Inside
Chiat/Day: The Hottest Shop, the Coolest Players, the Big Business of
Advertising. (New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 351 p.). Chiat-Day,
Inc.; Advertising agencies--United States; Advertising--United States.
Jay Chiat(http://www.clioawards.com/ html/wsj/img/jay.gif)
Business Services
1840s - Prudent and Victor Beaudry (Beaudry Brothers), of St. Anne des Plaines, Province of Quebec, Canada, founded stage line in San Francisco Bay Area; grew to include stables, livery, carriage services; 1850 - entered funeral service as adjunct to livery, carriage business; 1860s - Hugh J. McAvoy joined company; name changed to Beaudry & McAvoy; 1875 - one of first firms of any kind to operate on both sides of San Francisco Bay; 1900 - name changed to McAvoy & Company; 1904 - Daniel J. O’Hara joined business; name changed to McAvoy O’Hara Company; 1945 - Daniel J. O’Hara, Jr. inherited firm; 1971 - Dan O’Hara, III joined firm; 1973 - Richard O’Hara (brother) joined company; 2000 - 150th year in service to the citizens of California commemorated by California Senate, San Francisco Board of Supervisors.
1878 - James M. Curtis founded J.M.
Curtis & Son, oldest continually operating environmental analytical test and
measurements laboratory in United States in San Francisco; served wine industry
provided analyses for sugars, acidity, alcohol, solids in wines primarily for
export to Europe; 1905 - Phillip W. Tompkins joined firm;
president of Curtis and Tompkins Ltd. (1910 - 1953); 1926 - 45
people provided foods, feeds, mineral, petroleum, fats and oils analyses for
California's agricultural, mining industries; satellite offices, labs served
mining industry in Reno, NV, fishing products industry on Cannery Row in
Monterey, CA; 1953 - acquired by employee group headed by Hugo
deBusseries; 1976 - ownership changed; core business in Foods,
Feeds, Agricultural, Fats, Oils analyses; 1991 - C&T offered
agricultural, bacteriological, food, feed, petroleum, water, wastewater, bulk
cargo inspection, consulting services from three labs with staff approaching
100; 1997 - exited food, bacteriology, petroleum, agricultural
services sectors, concentrated on core competency in environmental testing and
data management.
Phillip W. Tompkins
- Curtis and Tompkins (http://www.curtisandtompkins.com/
images/pw.tompkins.jpg)
1888 - Frank Marini, John B. Perata,
Virgil Valente established Valente Marini Perata & Co., funeral service, in
North Beach district of San Francisco to serve growing population of immigrants;
April 1906 - after earthquake and fire, company's horse-drawn
livery, transport wagons served double duty as emergency rescue vehicles; buried
firm's historical records in Washington Square Park during fire; 1970
- doubled size of facility; 2007 - fifth generation family owned
and operated.
1917 - Andrew Pansini saw need for "off-street parking" in downtown Los Angeles;
founded Savoy Corporation; opened Savoy Auto Park, world's first parking lot,
fee was 5¢ a day; 1942 - opened Savoy's Union Square Garage in San
Francisco, world's first, largest, underground parking garage; 1958
- Andrew L. Pansini (son) invented world's first automatic pool cleaner, created
Jandy Industries; 1964 - opened first Rain Tunnel Car Wash in San
Francisco at Fisherman's Wharf, first operation of its kind west of Mississippi;
1972 - developed its first commercial office building with
construction of Savoy Building in San Francisco at Fisherman's Wharf; 2000
- sold its land interest in Los Angeles in exchange for five office buildings in
Petaluma; 2007 - owns, manages over $50,000,000 in commercial real
estate in Northern California (9 buildings in San Francisco, Larkspur, Petaluma,
Napa).
September 1970
- Paul Orfalea (nicknamed "Kinko" because of his kinky, curly
hair) and Bradley Krause (24), student in graphic arts and
photography class at Santa Barbara City College, opened printing
shop near University of California, Santa Barbara; 100 square
feet, single copier, offset press, film processing, small
selection of stationery and school supplies; 1975 -
24 Kinko's stores; 1979 - 72 stores; customer base
shifted from mostly academics to broad range of personal, business
customers; mid-1990s - more than 800 stores;
1996 - Clayton, Dubilier & Rice invested; 1999
- more than 1,000 locations and 25,000 employees; February
2004 - acquired by FedEx for $2.4 billion; April
2004 - name changed to FedEx Kinko's Office and Print
Services; more than 1,500 locations in 11 countries, 20,000 team
members.
January 20, 1975 - William Morris agent
Michael Ovitz left agency he joined in 1968; founded a new
agency; Creative Artists Agency; developed into most powerful
firm in Hollywood.
(Adams Express), Albert Shumate;
with foreword by Kevin Starr (1986).
The Notorious I.C. Woods of the
Adams Express. (Glendale, CA: A. H. Clark, 144 p.). Woods, Isaiah
Churchill, 1825-1880; Adams & Co.--History;
Businesspeople--California--Biography; California--Economic conditions.
(Creative Artists Agency), Stephen Singular (1996).
Power To Burn: Michael Ovitz and the New Business of Show Business.
(Secaucus, NY: Carol Pub. Group, 224 p.). Ovitz, Michael; Creative Artists
Agency--History; Theatrical agents--United States--Biography; Executives--United
States--Biography; Theatrical agencies--United States--History.
(Kinko's), Paul Orfalea, Ann Marsh (2005).
Copy This!: Lessons From A Hyperactive Dyslexic Who Turned A Bright Idea Into
One Of America's Best Companies. (New York, NY: Workman Publishing
Company, 248 p.). Founder, Kinko's Copies. Orfalea, Paul; Kinko's.
(Pflueger Architects), Milton T. Pflueger (1985).
Time and Tim Remembered: A Tradition of Bay Area Architecture:
Pflueger Architects, Timothy, Milton, and John, the First
Seventy-Five Years, 1908 to 1983. (San Francisco, CA:
Pflueger Architects, 150 p.). Pflueger, Milton T. (Milton
Theodore), 1907- ; Pflueger, Timothy Ludwig, 1892-1946; Pflueger,
John, 1937- ; Pflueger Architects; Architects--California--San
Francisco--Biography; Architectural firms--California--San
Francisco Bay Area--Biography; Architecture--California--San
Francisco--Biography; San Francisco (Calif.)--Biography.
(Rand Corporation), Alex Abella (2008).
Soldiers of Reason: The Rand Corporation and the Rise of the American
Empire. (Orlando, FL: Harcourt, 388 p.). Rand
Corporation--History; Rand Corporation--Influence; Research
institutes--United States--History--20th century; Military
research--United States--History--20th century; United
States--Intellectual life--20th century; United States--Foreign
relations--1945-1989; United States--Foreign relations--1989-; United
States--Military policy. Established in wake of
World War II to advise Air Force on how to wage and win wars, created
America’s anti-Soviet nuclear strategy; theories of rational warfare
steered conduct in Vietnam (invasion of Iraq); developed rational
choice theory, model explaining all human behavior through self-interest
(sparked Reagan-led transformation of social, economic system) .
(Ratcliff Architects), Woodruff Minor (2006).
The Architecture of Ratcliff. (Berkeley, CA: Heyday Books, 160 p.).
Ratcliff Architects; Radcliffe family; Architecture--California--San Francisco
Bay Area--20th century. Three generations of one
company’s architects have left significant imprint on West Coast design.
(Savoy Corporation), Mary Elizabeth Pansini La Haye (1988). It Started with a
Nickel. (Newport Beach, CA: Nickel Publications, 107 p.). Pansini, Andrew,
1891-1958; Automobile parking--United States--History; Businesspeople--United
States--Biography.
(Stanford Research Institute), Weldon B. Gibson (1980). SRI, The Founding Years: A Significant Step at the Golden Time. (Los
Altos, CA: Publishing Services Center, 212 p.). Stanford Research
Institute--History.
--- (1986). SRI, The Take-Off Days: The Right Moves at the
Right Times. (Los Altos, CA: Pub. Services Center, 213 p.). Stanford
Research Institute--History.
Healthcare
1833 - John McKesson, Charles Olcott founded
Olcott & McKesson in New York City; focused on import, wholesaling of
therapeutic drugs and chemicals; 1853 - renamed McKesson &
Robbins (Olcott died, Daniel Robbins made partner); distributed products
via covered wagons in 17 states and territories, from Vermont to
California; early 1900s - leading distributor of drug
products in United States; 1926 - acquired by Frank D.
Coster of Adelphi Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Company, manufacturer of
high alcohol-content products such as hair tonic, cosmetics (real
name Philip Musica,
twice-convicted criminal); 1938 - true identity
revealed; company treasurer became suspicious of large payments to one
customer; ordered Dun & Bradstreet credit reports on customer - customer
fictitious; December 6, 1938 - SEC opened investigation
into company's accounting, New York Stock Exchange suspended trading of
company’s shares;
investigation revealed Coster had
embezzled $3 million,
inflated company's assets by
more than 20% fictitious (inventories, accounts receivable);
1940s - returned to private ownership; 1967
-
merged with Foremost Dairies (San
Francisco) after
hostile takeover; formed Foremost-McKesson Inc.; became largest
U.S. distributor of drugs, alcoholic beverages and chemicals; largest
supplier of whey by-products; largest producer of processed water;
leader in fresh dairy products field; multiregional distributor of
hospital and laboratory supplies and equipment; 1976 -
corporate raider, Victor Posner, acquired 10% of company's stock in
start of takeover attempt; McKesson management initiated negative public
relations campaign to publicize
Posner's overstating of his company's
1975 earnings;
April 1976 - bid dropped; McKesson stockholders approved
charter change, prohibited any "unsuitable" party (any business that
might jeopardize company's liquor, drug licenses) from acquiring over
10% of company's common stock; May 4, 1981 - acquired
Sharon Steel stock in Foremost-McKesson in targeted repurchase
('greenmail') for $65.1 million, 1990's -
focused on healthcare, divested unrelated businesses; 2006
- 16th on FORTUNE 500 list, more than $80 billion in annual revenue;
nation’s largest healthcare services company.
John McKesson, Charles
Olcott - Mckesson Corporation (http://www.mckesson.
com/ static_files/ McKesson.com/ Common_Images/history 1800s2.jpg)
November 4, 1873 -
Dr. John B. Beers, of San Francisco,
CA, received
first U.S. patent for "Artificial Crowns for Teeth"; replaced old method of restoring decayed or
broken teeth by condensing gold on it with a hammer until it had taken
the desired shape; hollow metal crown slipped over projecting portion of old tooth, secured so that it would
continue to function for chewing, while preventing
further decay; gold screw mounted in old tooth, hollow crown
slipped over it, cemented with oxychloride of zinc.
1905 -
Nurse Alta Alice Miner Bates founded Alta
Bates Sanitarium in Berkeley, CA as eight-bed hospital for women
and their infants; assisted by nurse with one year's training, by
four young women, first students in her nursing school; January
2000 - Summit Medical Center, Alta Bates Medical Center, Sutter
Health completed their affiliation process.
Alta Alice Miner Bates
- Alta Bates Medical Center (http://www.absfdn.com/
images/about/nurse.jpg)
1905 - Five prominent San Francisco physicians founded
Saint Francis Hospital Company.
1933 -
Sidney Garfield, MD, provided prepaid, preventive health care to thousands of workers building Los Angeles Aqueduct; 1938
- Henry Kaiser persuaded Dr. Garfield to set up group-practice
prepayment plan for construction workers on Grand Coulee Dam in
Washington state; later opened membership to workers and families;
1942 - Dr. Garfield established group-practice prepayment
plans for workers, their families at Kaiser-managed shipyards in
San Francisco Bay area, Vancouver, WA, Kaiser
steel mill in Fontana in Southern California (served about 200,000
members); October 1, 1945 - Permanente Health Plan
officially opened to public, took name from Permanente Creek
that flowed through Henry Kaiser's first plant in California's Santa
Cruz Mountains; 1955 - 300,000 Northern California members
were enrolled in the Health Plan; 1952 - name of Health Plan,
hospitals changed to Kaiser (recognized nationwide); November 5,
1968 - Kaiser Foundation Hospitals Non-Profit Corporation
registered "Kaiser" trademark first used November 1, 1958 (hospital services);
July 7, 1981 -
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc.
registered "Kaiser" trademark first used December 31, 1953
(arranging for and financing of prepaid health care
services).;
July 1, 1986 - registered "Kaiser Permanente" trademark
first used August 10, 1984 (arranging for and financing of prepaid health care
services).
Sidney Garfield, Henry
Kaiser - Kaiser Permanente (http://couragetoheal.org/
db1/00055/ couragetoheal.org/ _uimages/ Photo5SidneyGarfieldand
Kaiser.jpg)
August 28, 1951
- Oral B Company (Robert W. Hutson, Paul E. Bahr, and John Murphy), Santa Clara, CA, registered "Oral B" trademark
first used May 19. 1949 (toothbrushes).
February 11, 1969
- Albert D. Herman, of Encino, CA, and Zeppo Marx, of Palm Springs, CA, received a patent for a
"Method and Watch Mechanism for Actuation by a Cardiac Pulse";
heart wristwatch monitor;
October 21,1969 - received a patent for a "Cardiac Pulse-Rate
Monitor".
(Childrens Hospital of Los Angeles), Margaret Leslie Davis (2002).
Childrens Hospital and the Leaders of Los Angeles: The First 100 Years.
(Los Angeles, CA: Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, 243 p.). Childrens
Hospital of Los Angeles--History; Children hospitals--California--Los
Angeles--History.
(Kaiser Permanente), John G. Smillie; foreword by Bruce J.
Sams, Jr. (1991).
Can Physicians Manage the Quality and Costs of
Health Care?: The Story of the Permanente Medical Group. (New York,
NY: McGraw-Hill, 283 p.). Permanente Medical Group (Oakland,
Calif.)--History; Kaiser-Permanente Medical Care Program--History;
Health Maintenance Organizations--history--California.
(Kaiser Permanente), Rickey Hendricks (1993).
A Model for National
Health Care: The History of Kaiser Permanente (New Brunswick, NJ:
Rutgers University Press, 265 p.). Kaiser-Permanente Medical Care
Program -- History. Series Health and medicine in American society.
(McKesson), The Company (1958).
The Road to Market: 125 Years of
Distribution Service. (New York, NY: The Company, 62 p.). McKesson
and Robbins, Inc.; Pharmaceutical industry -- United States. "Published
to commemorate the one hundred twenty-fifth anniversary of McKesson &
Robbins, incorporated, 1958."
John A. Kastor (2001).
Mergers of Teaching Hospitals: in Boston,
New York, and Northern California. (Ann Arbor, MI: University of
Michigan Press, 487 p.). Teaching hospitals--Administration--Case
studies; Hospital mergers--Case studies; Multihospital systems--Case
studies; Hospitals--Shared services--Case studies. Mergers of hospitals
can be risky.
Insurance
May 3, 1863 - William Holdredge, ship's captain,
incorporated Fireman's Fund Insurance Company to insure San
Franciscans against fire; paid 10 percent of profits to widows and
orphans of firefighters; June 18, 1863 - first policy
written on half-interest in 1,000 kegs of Boston syrup (premium of $12
cash, in advance); 1957 - premium income of nearly $300 million;
1966 - became holding company called Fund American Companies;
1968 - acquired by American Express for about $500
million; September 1985 - sold 59% in IPO1989 - holding
company name changed to Fund American Companies, Inc.; January 2,
1991 - acquired by Allianz AG Holding for $3.3 billion.
1887 -
Edwin W. Sargent assisted in organizing, became legal adviser to Los
Angeles Abstract Co.; 1893 - Abstract and Title Insurance
Co. merged with Los Angeles Abstract Co.; 1894 - name
changed to Ticor Insurance & Trust Co.; 1982 - acquired by
Southern Pacific; 1984 - acquired in $271 million
leveraged buyout by "investors" (including former ITT chairman Harold S.
Geneen, former Avis rental car chief Winston V. "Bud" Morrow, two other
major investors); 1988 - Ticor Title Insurance Cos.
recorded more than 18,867 grant deeds in Los Angeles, insured $5.8
billion in mortgages, revenues in L.A. County were $40.5 million;
1990 - changed name to Westwood Equities Corp. 1991
- acquired by Chicago Title & Trust for $85 million.
March 28, 1928
- First meeting of board of Farmers Automobile Inter-Insurance Exchange
launched by John C. Tyler, Thomas E. Leavey, in Los Angeles, CA, to
offer preferred insurance rates to rural drivers; organized as
reciprocal insurer (inter-insurance exchange), policy holders function
as subscribers, exchange contracts with each other to provide insurance
against certain losses; four employees; April 1928 - sold
first policy; 1932 - assets of $1.08 million, net written
premiums of $1.43 million; 1935 - launched Truck Insurance
Exchange to specialize in truck insurance; 1940 - leading
auto insurance carrier in Pacific Northwest; 1958 -
written premiums reached $158 million; 1978 - exceeded $2
billion in written premiums; December 1988 - acquired by
UK-based British American Tobacco (B.A.T.) Industries; 1997
- .B.A.T. merged with Zurich Insurance Company, formed Zurich Financial
Services Group, fifth largest insurance group, aggregate gross premiums
of $45 billion.
(Farmers Insurance), Kathi Ann Brown (2003).
Sound Thinking and Lofty Ideals: The First Seventy Five Years of
Farmers Insurance. (Los Angeles, CA: Farmers Insurance).
Farmers Insurance; Insurance companies--United States--History.
(Fireman's Fund), Frank Morton Todd (1929). A Romance of
Insurance, Being a History of the Fireman's Fund Insurance Company of
San Francisco. (San Francisco, CA: Printed for the Fireman's fund
insurance company at the press of the H. S. Crocker company, 283 p.).
Fireman's Fund Insurance Company, San Francisco.
(Fireman's Fund), William Bronson; Introd. by Oscar Lewis (1963).
Still Flying and Nailed to the Mast: the First Hundred Years of the
Fireman's Fund Insurance Company. (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 192
p.). Fireman's Fund Insurance Company, San Francisco.
(Transamerica), George H. Koster with E. Elizabeth Summers (1978).
The Transamerica Story: 50 Years of Service and Looking Forward.
(San Francisco, CA: Transamerica Corp., 95 p.). Transamerica
Corporation--History; Bank holding companies--United States--History;
Financial services industry--United States--History.
Law
April 3, 1849 -
Frederick Billings, arrived from Vermont on April 1, rented small office on
Brenham Place to practice land law; first lawyer in San Francisco; first
customer - John A. Sutter (gold discovered on his property ion January 24);
formed partnership with Archibald Peachy, opened an office in City Hotel on Clay
St. (at Kearny); December 31, 1849 - Henry Wager Halleck joined
firm, renamed "Halleck, Peachy & Billings, Attorneys & Solicitors"; handled more
than 800 of California's 1,400 land claim cases; 1861 - firm
dissolved.
October 15, 1852 - Richard Tobin admitted to practice before Supreme Court of
California; 1875 - Robert (oldest son) joined firm as
partner; 1919 - Cyril R. Tobin (grandson) took over;
California's oldest law firm.
Tobin & Tobin
- 1852 (http://www.tobinlaw.com/
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Tobin & Tobin
- 1852 (http://www.tobinlaw.com/
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1874 - Evans Searle (E. S.)
Pillsbury opened law office in San Francisco; 1875 - William E.
Green became partner, renamed Pillsbury & Green; 1879 - David
Titus replaced Green as partner, renamed Pillsbury & Titus; 1883 -
Pillsbury resigned partnership, formed Wallace, Pillsbury & Blanding; 1895 - Alfred
Sutro, Frank D. Madison joined firm; 1898
- Horace
D. Pillsbury (son), joined ; renamed E.S. Pillsbury and Pillsbury, Madison &
Sutro; 1904 - Alfred
Sutro made partner; 1905 - renamed Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro; 1998
- elected Mary Cranston as new chair of managing board, first woman to lead
major law firm; 2001 - merged with Winthrop Stimson Putnam and
Roberts' created bi-coastal law firm focused on capital markets, intellectual
property, finance, energy, litigation, real estate; 2005 - merged
with Washington, DC-based Shaw Pittman (founded 1954 by Bradley Shaw, Steuart
Pittman); name changed to Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman.
1881 -
Alexander Morrison became associated with San Francisco firm of Cope &
Boyd; 1883 - with colleague Thomas V. O'Brien formed firm
of O'Brien & Morrison; 1890 - Constantine E.A. Foerster,
William R. Daingerfield became associated with firm, name changed to
O'Brien, Morrison, & Daingerfield; 1892 - Morrison and
Foerster dissolved firm, commenced practice of law under name of
Morrison & Foerster; 1975 - name made permanent after 14
changes.
Alexander Morrison
- Morrison & Foerster (http://www.mofo.com/about/
history/977_about_history_ morrison_a.jpg)
Constantine E.A. Foerster
- Morrison & Foerster
(http://www.mofo.com/about/history/ 978_about_history_foerster_c.jpg)
1883 -
Robert M. Fitzgerald opened Oakland legal practice in two-room office on
Broadway; 1895 - Carl H. Abbott became junior partner; 1900 - formed partnership with Donald Y. Campbell, E.S.
Fowler; moved practice to San Francisco; 1906 -
earthquake, fire precipitated Fitzgerald and Abbott's return to Oakland;
1908 - Charles A. Beardsley became associate;
1913 - made partner; name changed to Fitzgerald Abbott &
Beardsley; oldest law firm in continuous existence in East Bay area, one
of oldest firms in California.
Carl H. Abbott
- Fitzgerald Abbott & Beardsley
(http://www.fablaw.com/ images/img_abbott.jpg)
1885 - John R. Jarboe, former
general counsel for German Savings and Loan Society (later part of First
Interstate Bank of California) founded Jarboe, Harrison & Goodfellow; 1891 - partnership dissolved; 1901 - W. S.
Goodfellow formed new partnership with Charles Eells, Goodfellow & Eells;
1910 - William H. Orrick joined firm; 1914 -
Stanley Moore joined, name changed to Goodfellow, Eells, Moore & Orrick;
1927 - Ralph Palmer, Tom Dahlquist, George Herrington,
Mitchell Neff became partners; 1932 - Eric Sutcliffe
joined firm; 1947 - became managing partner; 1980
- name changed to Orrick, Herrington and Sutcliffe.
William H. Orrick
- Orrick, Herrington and Sutcliffe (http://www.orrick.com/img/about-hist-ES.gif)
January 2, 1885 - Jackson A.
Graves (32), Henry W. O'Melveny (26) entered into written agreement;
established law firm of Graves & O'Melveny; later named O'Melveny &Myers in Los
Angeles.
1890 -
Emanuel S. Heller opened law practice at 124 Sansome Street, Room 30 in
San Francisco; 1896 - partnership of Heller & Powers
formed; 1905 - Sidney Ehrman entered partnership, renamed
Heller, Powers & Ehrman;1921 - Jerome White and Florence
McAuliffe joined partnership, renamed Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe;
1929 - McAuliffe negotiated financing for construction of
the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge; 1937 - White served
as Golden Gate Bridge District's General Counsel, arranged for the bonds
to carry project; 1969 - took on Parisi v. Davidson case
pro bono, successfully argued in U.S. Supreme Court, defined rights of
conscientious objectors during Vietnam War; 2003 - The
American Lawyer recognized firm as one of Top 20 "A-List" law firms in
the U.S.
1909 - Edwin and Joseph Loeb established law firm in Los Angeles; played major role in development of City of Los Angeles in early 1900s, helped to establish Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Union Bank of California; 1986 - merged with Hess Segal, New York firm of comparable quality and vintage.
Joseph Loeb
Edwin Loeb
(http://homepage.mac.com/lindalevi/
PersonalAW/ LOEB&LOEBSHISTORY1.jpg)
January 1934 - Dana Latham, Paul
R. Watkins (former general counsel for Pacific Finance Corporation)
established law practice in Los Angeles, CA; 1972 - opened
first office outside LA, in Orange County, CA; 1983 - 237
attorneys; July 1999 - nation's fourth-largest law firm,
gross revenues of $502 million, seventeenth in revenues per lawyer
($605,000); 2007 - more than 2,100 attorneys in 24
offices around world; generated gross revenue over $2 billion, highest
figure ever reported for U. S.-based law firm; profit per partner of
$2.37. million ($1.86 million in 2006).
2007 - Latham &
Watkins generated gross revenue over $2 billion, highest figure ever reported
for U. S.-based law firm; profit per partner of $2.37. million ($1.86 million in
2006).
(Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher), Jane Wilson (1990). Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Lawyers: An Early History. (Los Angeles,
CA: Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, 551 p.). Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher--History;
Law firms--California--History; Lawyers--California--Biography;
California, Southern--History.
(Latham & Watkins), Austin H. Peck, Jr. (1984). Bold
Beginnings: A Story About the First 50 Ears of Latham & Watkins.
(Los Angeles, CA: Latham & Watkins, 539 p.). Latham &
Watkins--History; Law partnership--California--Los Angeles--History;
Lawyers--California--Los Angeles--Biography.
(O'Melveny & Myers), William W. Clary (1966). History of the
Law Firm of O'Melveny & Myers, 1885-1965. (Los Angeles, CA,
917 p.). O'Melveny & Myers; Lawyers--Los Angeles; Los Angeles
(Calif.)--History.
(O'Melveny & Myers), Everett B Clary (2001). History of the Law
Firm of O'Melveny & Myers LLP, 1965-1990 and Beyond. (Los Angeles,
CA: Privately Printed, 1634 p.). O'Melveny & Myers; Los Angeles
(Calif.).
Idwal Jones (1951).
Ark of Empire; San Francisco’s Montgomery Block. (Garden
City, NY: Doubleday, 253 p.). San Francisco. Montgomery Block.
Sports
September 29, 1946 - Los Angeles (previously Cleveland)
Rams played first NFL game in LA.
1949 - Frank J. Zamboni, inventor and mechanic, received
patent for "Model A Zamboni Ice Resurfacer"; 1939 -
Zamboni and brother, Lawrence, built 20,000-square-foot enclosed ice
skating rink in Paramount, CA; 1942 - transformed tractor
to scrape and smooth ice in a single pass; May 4, 1965 - Frank J. Zamboni & Company, Inc.
registered "Zamboni" trademark first used in July 1962 (resurfacing machines
machines and dump attachments therefor).
May 28, 1957
- National League approved move of Brooklyn Dodgers, New
York Giants baseball teams to Los Angeles, San Francisco,
respectively.
August 19, 1957
- New York Giants voted 8-1 to move franchise to San Francisco in
1958.
September 16, 1957
- LA City Council approved 300-acre site in Chavez Ravine for Dodgers;
September 24, 1957
- Brooklyn Dodgers played last game at Ebbets Field, defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 2-0.
October 8, 1957
- Walter O'Malley announced Dodgers were moving from
Brooklyn, NY to Los Angeles, CA; February 7, 1958
- Dodgers officially became Los Angeles Dodgers, Inc.
February 26, 1963
- Hobart L. Alter (doing business as Hobie-Surfboard Shop in Dana Point,
CA) registered "Hobie" trademark first used
February 1, 1954 (surfboards and the like).
January 6, 1970
- Hoyle Schweitzer, of Pacific Palisades, CA, and Jim Drake, of Santa
Monica, CA, received a patent for a "Wind-Propelled Apparatus";
windsurfboard - the "windsurfer"; Schweitzer incorporated Windsurfing
International to promote the sport, manage the patent; 1973
- bought rights to patent from Drake; 1980's - S. Newman
Darby filed "prior art" patent suit (1965 - published his designs for
"sail boarding " in Popular Science Monthly magazine, never sought
patent protection); Windsurfer's original patent voided, lost use of
"windsurfer" as a trademark; 1987 - reissued patent
expired.
January 12, 1971
- Coast Catamaran Corp. registered "Hobie Cat" trademark first
used July 30, 1968 (sailboat).
October 3, 1989
- Art Shell became first African-American to coach professional
football team, Los Angeles Raiders.
August 17, 1993
- Thomas Welsh, of San Diego, CA, received a patent for a "Platform
Steerable Skateboard".
January 29, 1995
- San Francisco 49ers became first team in NFL history to win
five Super Bowl titles, beat San Diego Chargers 49-26 in
Super Bowl XXIX.
(Los Angeles Dodgers), Neil J. Sullivan (1987).
The Dodgers Move West: The Transfer of
the Brooklyn Baseball Franchise to Los Angeles. (New York, NY:
Oxford University Press, 252 p.). Los Angeles Dodgers (Baseball team) --
History; Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) -- History; Sports and state
-- California; Baseball -- California -- Management; Baseball -- New
York (State) -- New York -- Management.
(Oakland A's), Michael Lewis (2003).
Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game. (New York, NY:
Norton, 288 p,). Baseball--Economic aspects--United States;
Baseball--Scouting--United States; Baseball players--Salaries,
etc.--United States.
(Oakland Raiders), Mark Ribowsky (1991).
Slick: The Silver and Black Life of Al Davis. (New York, NY:
Macmillan Pub. Co., 358 p.). Davis, Al, 1929- ; Oakland Raiders
(Football team); Football coaches--United States--Biography; Football
team owners--United States--Biography.
(San Diego Chargers), Gene Klein and David Fisher (1987).
First Down and a Billion: The Funny Business of Pro Football.
(New York, NY: Morrow, 300 p.). Owner from 1966-1984. Klein, Gene; San
Diego Chargers (Football team); Football team owners--United States.
(San Diego Chargers), Alex Spanos with Mark Seal and Natalia
Kasparian; with a foreword by Rush Limbaugh (2002).
Sharing the Wealth: My Story. (Washington, DC: Regnery Pub.,
254 p.). Spanos, Alex; San Diego Chargers (Football team); Football
team owners--United States--Biography; Businessmen--United
States--Biography.
50 Years
of Dodger Baseball, 1958-2008
http://losangeles.dodgers.mlb.com/la/history/50th/index.jsp
Details about golden anniversary celebration in 2008 of move of Dodgers
baseball team from Brooklyn to Los Angeles. Features history of the
team's move, other articles, trivia, event listings, video clips,
opportunities for fan participation, other material related to
celebration. From the official Major League Baseball website for the Los
Angeles Dodgers.
Sports Business Institute (University of Southern California)
http://www.marshall.usc.edu/web/sbi.cfm?doc_id=7352
October 17, 2005 -- In recognition of the dramatic rise in the
popularity of sports-related businesses, the University of Southern
California's Marshall School of Business established the Sports Business
Institute, believed to be the nation's first all-encompassing sports
business center at a premier academic institution; will provide a center
for scholarly research and executive education programs, as well as
offer seminars and symposiums for industry participants and
stakeholders. A board of advisors consisting of noted sports business
leaders will guide the Institute's strategic direction and activities.
Transport
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April 12, 1848 - New York Legislature incorporated
Pacific Mail Steamship Company to execute 10-year contract to carry mail from
Isthmus of Panama to newly-annexed territory of California; designated Howland &
Aspinwall (best bid on contract, New York merchant firm specialized in trade
with Caribbean) as its agent;
William H. Aspinwall elected
president;
1869 - ran 23 steamers; 1893 - acquired by
Southern Pacific Railroad Company; 1912 - acquired by Grace Line;
1925 - acquired by Robert Dollar & Co.; 1938 -
acquired by American President Lines; 1949 - closed.
1869 - John F. Fugazi, immigrant from
Milan, founded Fugazi travel agency in San Francisco.
January 17, 1871
- Andrew S. Hallidie received a patent for an "Endless Wire
Ropeway", (an "improved method of obtaining power from weights carried
in buckets, sacks or cars attached to an endless wire-rope moving over
or around sheaves or pulleys");
June 2, 1873 - ground broken on San Francisco's Clay
Street for world's first cable-powered railroad moved by motor-driven
cables under city street; constructed from intersection of Clay and
Kearny Streets to crest of hill, distance of 2,800-ft, a rise of
307-ft.; August 1, 1873 - first cable car for public
transport began service as solution to problem of providing mass transit
up San Francisco's steep hills.
1892
- Thomas Crowley (17) purchased 18-foot Whitehall boat for $80 on
San Francisco's waterfront to provide transportation of personnel,
supplies to ships anchored on San Francisco Bay; mid-1890s
- incorporated under name Thomas Crowley and Brothers; 1906
- Crowley Launch and Tugboat Company incorporated; 1992
- created Crowley Maritime Corporation as holding company for
business lines; current Chairman, President and CEO Thomas B.
Crowley, Jr. (grandson); September 1995 - sold
passenger division, Red and White Fleet (nine boats that carried
2.5 million passengers in 2004) for $25 million; largest tug and
barge outfit in the world, with 91 tugs, nearly 150 barges, 24
ships in fleet.
Thomas Crowley- Crowley Maritime (http://www.crowley.com/
aboutus/images/1892-1902-pic-1_sm.jpg)
October 1, 1898
- Henry Huntington gained control of Los Angeles Railway (streetcar
system around which central Los Angeles); 1944 - acquired
by National City Lines; renamed Los Angeles Transit Lines.
March 31, 1963
- Los Angeles ended streetcar service after 90 years.
(Los Angeles Pacific Railway), William A. Myers and Ira L. Swett
(1976).
Trolleys to the Surf: The Story of the Los Angeles Pacific Railway.
(Glendale, CA: Interurbans, 208 p.). Los Angeles Pacific Railway.
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(Pacific Mail Steamship Company), John H. Kemble (1990).
The Panama Route, 1848-1869. (Columbia, SC: Univ of South
Carolina Press, 316 p. [orig. pub. 1943]). Pacific Mail Steamship
Company; United States Mail Steamship Company; Voyages to the Pacific
coast; Postal service -- United States.
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(Pacific Mail Steamship Company), Robert J. Chandler, Stephen J.
Potash; foreword by James P. Delgado (2007).
Gold, Silk, Pioneers & Mail: The Story of the Pacific Mail Steamship
Company. (San Francisco, CA: Friends of the San Francisco
Maritime Museum Library, 52 p.). Senior Research Historian at Wells
Fargo Bank; Potash & Company. Pacific Mail Steamship Company --History;
Steamboat lines --United States --History; Mail steamers --United States
--History. Served San Francisco from 1848 through first quarter of 20th
Century; transported miners to San Francisco for California Gold Rush
(carried their gold dust back to New York); 1867 - inaugurated world's first
regular trans-Pacific steamship service.
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William H. Aspinwall
- Pacific Mail Steamship Company (http://www.apl.com/history/
images/ ms_yr_company_pic01.jpg)
Utilities
1852 -
Peter and James Donahue founded the San Francisco Gas Company;
1901 - California Gas and Electric Company formed as
amalgamation of many smaller, scattered gas and electric operations;
1905 - merged with California Gas and Electric Corporation;
formed Pacific Gas and Electric Company; 1912 - completed
changeover from flat-rate billing system to installation of 116,000
meters to measure electricity used by customers; 1930 -
began delivering natural gas instead of gas manufactured form oil;
1985 - Diablo Canyon nuclear facility went online;
April 6, 2001 - filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization
due to fallout from state's 1996 energy deregulation law ( high cost of
energy purchased from outside suppliers, unable to immediately pass on
price hikes to consumers, accumulated $9 billion in debt) (third largest
bankruptcy filing in US history, largest ever for a utility);
April 2004 - emerged from bankruptcy.
Peter Donahue
- PG&E (http://www.baycrossings. com/ archives/2000/
05_May_June/ Dillon_article_--_Peter_Donahue.jpg)
James Donahue
- PG&E (http://www.baycrossings. com/ archives/2000/
05_May_June/ Dillon_article-James_Donahue.jpg)
June 30, 1879
- George H. Roe (27) incorporated California Electric Light Company in San Francisco; first electric company in U.S. formed to produce, sell
electricity; September 1879 - central generating station
supplied power for lighting Brush arc light lamps;
first electric company in PG&E family tree;
1891 - acquired by new Edison
Light and Power Company (exclusive rights to Edison patents within
radius of 100 miles); Roe as president.
October 26, 1880
- Lester A. Pelton, of Camptonville, CA, received a patent for a
"Water-Wheel" ("that class of water-wheels known as 'hurdy-gurdy'
wheels...the whole reactionary force of the water is utilized"); Pelton
Water Wheel increased water power almost six-fold.
1908 -
George A. Tuck and a partner founded small sheet metal shop; grew into
Atlas Heating & Ventilating Company; leader in converting homes heated
by pot-bellied stoves or kitchen stoves to central heating systems;
oldest heating, air conditioning, and ventilating company in the Bay
Area; family-owned, operated.
October 9, 1936
- First generator at Boulder (later Hoover) Dam began transmitting
electricity to Los Angeles (installed capacity of 2.08 million kilowatts
from 17 main turbines over transmission lines spanning 266 miles of
mountains and deserts); Initially named Boulder Dam, work was begun
under President Herbert Hoover's administration but completed as a
public works project during the Roosevelt administration (which renamed
it for Hoover); electricity was a secondary benefit; central
reason for the dam was the collection, preservation, and rational
distribution of water.
September 12, 1961
- Kenneth R. Eldredge, of Palo Alto, CA, received a patent for an
"Automatic Reading System"; for utilities.
January 17, 2001
- Faced with electricity crisis, California used rolling blackouts to
cut off power to hundreds of thousands of people; March 19, 2001
- California officials declared a power alert, ordering first of two
days of rolling blackouts.
April 6, 2001
- Pacific Gas and Electric filed for bankruptcy.
(Lake Hemet Water Company), Mary E. Whitney (1999).
Valley, River and Mountain: Revisiting Fortune Favors the Brave: A
History of the Lake Hemet Water Company. (Hemet, CA: Hemet
Area Museum Association, 376 p.). Dams--California--Hemet--History;
Water-supply--California--Hemet--History; Hemet (Calif.)--History.
(Pacific Enterprises), Douglas R. Littlefield and Tanis C. Thorne
(1990).
The Spirit of Enterprise: The History of Pacific
Enterprises from 1886 to 1989. (Los Angeles, CA: Pacific
Enterprises, 198 p.). Pacific Enterprises--History; Pacific Lighting
Company--History; Pacific Lighting Corporation--History; Holding
companies--California--History; Gas companies--California--History.
(Pacific Gas and Electric Company), Charles M. Coleman (1952).
P.G. and E. of California; The Centennial Story of Pacific Gas and
Electric Company, 1852-1952. (New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 385
p.). Pacific Gas and Electric Company.
(Pacific Gas & Electric Company), Richard H. Dillon (1984).
Iron Men: California’s Industrial Pioneers, Peter, James, and Michael
Donahue. (Point Richmond, CA: Candela Press, 334 p.). Donahue,
Peter, 1822-1885; Donahue, James, 1824-1862; Donahue, Michael,
1816-1884; Businesspeople--California--San Francisco--Biography; Irish
Americans--California--San Francisco--Biography; San Francisco
(Calif.)--Biography.
(Pacific Gas and Electric Company), David Roe (1984).
Dynamos and Virgins. (New York, NY: Random House, 218 p.).
Pacific Gas and Electric Company; Electric power-plants--California;
Electric utilities--California.
(Southern California Edison), William A. Myers (1983).
Iron Men and Copper Wires: A Centennial History of the Southern
California Edison Company. (Glendale, CA: Trans-Anglo Books,
256 p.). Southern California Edison Company--History; Electric
utilities--California, Southern--History.
(Southern California Edison), David H. Redinger (1998).
The Story of Big Creek. (Tucson, AZ: Ironwood Press, 272 p.).
Southern California Edison Company--History; Hydroelectric power
plants--California--Big Creek Region--History.
Gary D. Libecap (2007).
Owens Valley Revisited: A Reassessment of the West's First Great Water
Transfer. (Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 209 p.).
Donald Bren Professor of Corporate Environmental Management, Bren School
of Environmental Science and Management and Economics Department
(University of California, Santa Barbara). Water
transfer--California--Owens Valley--History; Water transfer--Law and
legislation--West (U.S.); Water-supply--California--Los Angeles; Water
rights--West (U.S.); Owens River Watershed (Calif.)--Water
rights--History. Water politics, importance
of distributional issues in water trades. Water transfer from Owens Valley to
Los Angeles still plays important role in perceptions of how water markets work;
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