Lot Dean Lockwood (L. D. Lockwood, February 20, 1879 – September 26, 1960) was an American businessman, attorney-at-law, educator, Philippine Government Official and Republican Delegate for the Philippines. Born in Brownsville, California, L. D. Lockwood studied at local California schools ultimately studying law at Stanford University. He was a member of the Bar associations of the Philippines and California, as well as a member of the Bar of the Supreme Court of the United States.[1] In 1903 he was commission by the United States Federal Civil Service to serve as an educator in the Philippines.[1][2] While in the Philippines, he became a supervisor for the public school system and held several governmental positions including treasurer and district auditor of several provinces.[1][3] In 1926 he developed a well-known law practice in the Philippines becoming widely known as Judge Lockwood and as prominent member of the American Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines.[1][4][5] He started and lead several businesses including the Pampanga Bus Company, Inc, the Northern Luzon Transportation Company, Inc., and the Motor Service Company, Inc.[4][5] Lot Dean Lockwood represented the Philippines as a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Kansas City in 1928 (Convention Vice President) and again in Philadelphia in 1940.[6][4] Lockwood worked with US Government officials to help the Philippines develop legal and financial independence which involved him working personally with Dwight D. Eisenhower.[7] Lockwood chronicled the history of law in the Philippines during and after World War II Japanese occupation of the Philippines in a 1950 Stanford Law Review article entitled "The Philippine Supreme Court and Postwar Problems of International Law"[8]
Lockwood nearly died in the Agusan River while traveling between provinces as district auditor.[4] Lockwood was married to Goldie Elizabeth Donham, who died not long after childbirth in Manila due to preeclampsia. His only daughter, Martha Elizabeth Lockwood-Laederich, survived. Lockwood remarried the socialite Bertha Gardner of San Francisco.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b c d ""President's Page"". Stanford Law Review. 3 (1): 1–2. December 1950. JSTOR 1226046.
- ^ Hollnsteiner, Geronima; Racelis, Mary; Pecson (1959). Tales of the American Teachers in the Philippines. Carmelo & Bauermann.
- ^ United States War Department (1909). "Volume VII Part I". Annual Reports of the Secretary of War. Washington Government Printing Office. p. 201.
- ^ a b c d e "Who is Who in the Philippines". Philippines Free Press. 1933.
- ^ a b American Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines (1941). "Journal". Manila.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ "Lockwood, L.D." politicalgraveyard.com. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
- ^ Eisenhower, Dwight (November 16, 1957). Unpublished Letter to Lot Dean Lockwood.
- ^ Lockwood, L. D. (December 1950). ""The Philippine Supreme Court and Postwar Problems of International Law"". Stanford Law Review. 3 (1): 3–34. doi:10.2307/1226047. JSTOR 1226047.