California State Officials Biographies 1911 JOHN JOSEPH DWYER Submitted by Nancy Pratt Melton This file is part of the California Genealogy & History Archives http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cagha/index.htm BOARD OF STATE HARBOR COMMISSIONERS JOHN JOSEPH DWYER was born in San Francisco, California, November 2, 1861, and has resided in that city every since. He was educated in the public schools, was graduated from the University of California in 1882 with a degree of A.B., and from Hastings College of Law in 1885 with a degree of LL.B.; has practiced law in San Francisco since 1885; appointed member of the Board of State Harbor Commissioners on March 17, 1911, and elected President of the Board July 25, 1911. He is a retired lieutenant-colonel of the National Guard of California. 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