Background
Wheat, Carl Irving was born on December 5, 1892 in Holliston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Frank Irving and Catherine Isabel (Pierce) Wheat.
Wheat, Carl Irving was born on December 5, 1892 in Holliston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Frank Irving and Catherine Isabel (Pierce) Wheat.
Graduate Occidental College Academy, Los Angeles, California, 1911. Bachelor of Arts, Pomona College, Claremont, California, 1915. Bachelor of Laws, Harvard, 1920.
Doctor of Letters (honorary), Pomona College, 1959.
Admitted to California bar, 1920, and began practice at Los Los Angeles Attorney for Railroad communications of California, 1922-1929, chief counsel, 1924-1929. In practice at San Francisco, California, 1929-1933.
Public utilities counsel for City of Los Angeles, associated with city attorneys office, 1933-1936.
Special telephone rate attorney Federal Communication Commission, Washington, District of Columbia, 1936-1937, counsel and director of telephone rate and research department, 1937-1938. Practice at San Francisco and Los Angeles, 1938-1939.
Consultant attorney Public Utilities communications of Hawaii, and Department Public Service, Washington, 1939. In practice in San Francisco, and Washington, 1940-1957.
Senior member firm Wheat, May & Shannon, 1940-1957.
Member advisory board on national parks, Department of Interior. President Institute of Historical Cartography, 1957. With the American Ambulance Service in France, 1917.
Member national, state and local bar associations and legal societies, history societies.
Clubs: Bohemian (San Francisco).
Married Helen Millspaugh, September 22, 1919. Children: Francis Millspaugh, Richard Pierce.