Background
London, Daniel Edwin was born on September 22, 1905 in Seattle, Washington, United States. Son of Edwin and Anna Mary (Johnson) London.
London, Daniel Edwin was born on September 22, 1905 in Seattle, Washington, United States. Son of Edwin and Anna Mary (Johnson) London.
Student of University Washington 1926. Doctor of Laws, Chapman College, 1955. Diploma of Honor, U. Philippines, 1968.
Real estate and property management, Seattle, 1927-1928. Manager Exeter Apartment Hotel, Seattle, 1929-1931. Established, manager Edmond Meany Hotel, 1931-1933.
Associate manager Multnomah Hotel, Portland, Oregon, 1933-1935.
Manager Sir Francis Drake Hotel, San Francisco, 1935-1938. General manager Saint Francis Hotel, 1938-1951, managing director, treasurer corporation, 1951-1970.
Senior vice president Western International Hotels Company, 1956-1970, director, 1952-1974. Vice-president, director Eureka Financial Company, San Francisco.
Vice president Western International Management Company.
Partner Transocean Radio. Director, member Executive Committee Eureka Federal Savings & Loan Association. Adviser to president United Airlines, 1971.
Honorary consul general of Ceylon to California until 1970.
Honorary consul general of Austria for Northern California and Northern Nevada, 1971-1974. Chairman of the executive committee National Review Board, State Department, 1970-1974.
Commissioner parks City and County San Francisco, 1944-1948. Director San Francisco Convention and Tourist Bureau, 1936.
President Exposition, Incorporated., 1940.
Vice-president, director Golden Gate Bridge and Highway District, 1955, president, 1959-1960. Member Goldsmiths’ Company, London. Board of directors San Francisco chapter American Red Cross.
National advisory council Thomas A Dolley Foundation.
Consultant food to secretary war, 1943-1945. Commissioner San Francisco Portuguese Authority.
Deputy chief of protocol for State of California, 1970-1971, chief protocol, 1971-1974. Board Governors San Francisco Heart Association.
National board of trustees People-to-People.
Member Goldsmiths’ Company, London. Board of directors San Francisco chapter American Red Cross. Member California (past president), California Northern (past president), Oregon hotel associations, Chamber of Commerce (president 1960.
Clubs: Press, Rotary, Bohemian, Marin Yacht, Pacific Union, Saint Francis Yacht (San Francisco).
Married Claire Chester, March 15, 1928. Children: Ann, Mimi.