Farrar, Irwin E., 1893-1983.

Irwin Elmer Farrar was born in 1893 near Camarillo, CA; attended Univ. of Southern Calif. and Stanford Law School; admitted to the CA bar and began practicing law in 1916; became president of Sierra Alfalfa Company, and later of the Farrar-Loomis Seed Company, experimenting with a new kind of sugar beet and seed; secretary, Corona Chamber of Commerce; founded Hemet chapter of Chamber of Commerce in 1919; in 1944 he became interested in water seepage from San Jacinto tunnel of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, which lead to the formation of the San Jacinto River Protection Committee; he remained involved with water supply issues until the completion of California State Water Project in 1973; died in 1983.

From the description of Papers, 1911-1973. (University of California, Los Angeles). WorldCat record id: 38272591

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