California State Officials Biographies 1911 NEWELL DYKE DARLINGTON Submitted by Nancy Pratt Melton This file is part of the California Genealogy & History Archives http://calarchives4u.com/ These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter. All persons donating to this site retain the rights to their own work. HIGHWAY COMMISSION ADVISORY BOARD NEWELL DYKE DARLINGTON (Republican) was born January 4, 1874, in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. Attended school at West Chester, Pennsylvania, and afterward studied civil engineering at Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania. Moved to Los Angeles in 1894, where he has practiced his profession up to the present time. Was appointed a member of the Board of Public Utilities of the city of Los Angeles in 1911 by Mayor Alexander, which position he resigned in June of the same year. Appointed member of the Advisory Board of the Department of Engineering, August 1, 1911. Source: California Blue Book, or State Roster, 1911 Compiled by Frank C. Jordan, Secretary of State Friend W. Richardson, Superintendent of State Printing, Sacramento, CA, 1913