Background
Odell, Robert Alva was born on August 19, 1882 in Portuguese Byron, Illinois, United States. Son of Robert Neilson and Sarah Eliza (Ward) Odell.
Odell, Robert Alva was born on August 19, 1882 in Portuguese Byron, Illinois, United States. Son of Robert Neilson and Sarah Eliza (Ward) Odell.
Bachelor of Laws, University of Southern California, 1905.
Admitted to California bar, 1905, and since practiced in Los Los Angeles Member firm Tanner, Odell & Taft (Los Angeles and Santa Monica) since 1909. President Braille Institute of America, Incorporated., Los Angeles, 1931-1956 (charter member, trustee) president emeritus, 1956.
Member of the Los Angeles Board of Education, 1921-1927, president, 1923-1927. Member of general committee Public Schools Week in California, 1926-1950. Member Los Angeles Bar Association, Sigma Chi (awarded Significant Sig medal 1948 by National Grand chapter).
Mason (32 degree, Kansas City.C.H. Past master).
Married Alice Fern Sutley, September 20, 1904 (died February 6, 1935).