Background
Beebe, James Lyndon was born on November 24, 1889 in Udall, Cowley County, Kansas, United States. Son of James Warren and Ella (Deweese) Beebe.
Beebe, James Lyndon was born on November 24, 1889 in Udall, Cowley County, Kansas, United States. Son of James Warren and Ella (Deweese) Beebe.
Bachelor of Arts, Fairmount College (now University of Wichita), 1917. Bachelor of Laws, Harvard Law School, 1922. Doctor of Laws, honorary, University of Southern California, 1951.
Bar, 1923; partner O’Melveny & Myers, 1927-1962, of counsel, since 1963. President, 1939, treasurer, 1940, director, 1933-1963, organizer 1931, and chairman, 1931-1963 Government Cost Study Committee (now State & Local Government Committee), Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce. National councillor to Chamber of Commerce of the United States, 1940.
Director and member Executive Committee Merchants and Manufacturers Association 1943-1952.
Director and treasurer Greater Los Angeles Committee, Incorporated., 1943. Chairman Coordinating Committee on Special Assessments, 1930-1931.
Member of advisory committee Legislative Constitutional Revision Committee, 1947-1948, Citizens Committee Revenue Taxation, 1945-1946 and 1948-1949. Chairman Governor's Tax Committee, 1943.
Vice chairman Interim Committee of 25.
California Conference on Government and Taxation, 1936-1941. Chairman Financial Administration and Taxation Section, Los Angeles Charter Revision Committee, 1940. Chairman Los Angeles Citizens’ Tax Committee, 1943-1944.
Chairman Citizens Committee to Build Cruiser “United States Ship Los Angeles,” 1943.
Member Executive Committee Los Angeles Common for reorganization of City Government, 1950-1953. General chairman Metropolitan Government Symposium 1958, Business Property Assessment Clinic, 1958, 60, 62, 63.
Member Citizens’ Advisory Commission to Joint Interim Committee on Public Education System, California Legislature 1958-1961.
Member of advisory committee Legislative Constitutional Revision Committee, 1947-1948, Citizens Committee Revenue Taxation, 1945-1946 and 1948-1949. Member Executive Committee Los Angeles Common for reorganization of City Government, 1950-1953. Member Citizens’ Advisory Commission to Joint Interim Committee on Public Education System, California Legislature 1958-1961.
Served as cadet, AS Signal Corps, 1918.
Member American, California, Los Angeles bar associations, American Legion. Mason.; Clubs: California, Commonwealth, Town Hall, Bond, Harvard.
Married Sarah Ruth Hershey, February 2, 1918. Children: James Warren, James L., Junior.