Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Mead, Royal D. February 29, 1876 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/hi/hifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: J. Orr jessicanorr@gmail.com November 17, 2011, 4:01 pm Source: The Story of Hawaii and Its Builders. Published by the Honolulu Star Bulletin Ltd., Territory of Hawaii, 1925. Author: Edited by George F. Nellist ROYAL D. MEAD, Planters’ Representative. Royal D. Mead, now representing the interests of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters’ Association at Washington, D. C., has been identified with the sugar industry in various responsible capacities for almost a quarter of a century. By profession a lawyer, Mr. Mead arrived in Hawaii in 1897, engaging in private practice for more than ten years and also serving as assistant secretary-treasurer of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters’ Association, an appointment which he received in 1902. In 1908 Mr. Mead was made director of the Bureau of Labor and Statistics, and in 1919 secretary and treasurer of the association, holding those posts until 1921, when he was appointed to his present position and went to Washington. During the World War Mr. Mead was a captain in the Officers’ Reserve Corps. Born in Oakland, Calif., Feb. 29, 1876, Mr. Mead is the son of Thaddeus Wood and Mary Rebecca (Honn) Mead. He attended Cogswell Polytechnic College in San Francisco and Hastings Law College, University of California. He was a law clerk with the firm of Bishop and Wheeler in San Francisco and was admitted to practice in California in 1897. Mr. Mead and Mable Browning Chamberlain were married at Berkeley, Cal., May 7, 1898. They have one daughter, Mabel Carolyn Mead. Mr. Mead is a member of the University Club in Honolulu and of the Racquet and Columbia Clubs in Washington. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/hi/statewide/bios/mead150gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/hifiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb