Clarence A. Winder served as Mayor of Pasadena, California from 1953-1955.

Early life

Winder was born in Cincinnati, Ohio

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 on March 30, 1887. After attending local schools, Winder graduated from the University of Cincinnati

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 in 1909 with a degree in electrical engineering. At the University of Cincinnati, Winder also took some law courses and earned a master's degree, also in electrical engineering. Immediately following graduation, Winder began working for General Electric

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 in the company's electrical heating division.

Career

In 1925, Winder began a long association with municipal government, when he became a superintendent of public utilities in Ft. Worth, Texas. Four years later, he relocated to California, where he became an engineering consultant. In 1933, he was appointed to a post at the Rural Electrification Administration, where he was responsible for laying down over 200,000 miles of lines.

Winder served as Mayor of Pasadena, California from 1953 to 1955. In 1954, Winder was also appointed to a post with the Metropolitan Transit Authority, which was responsible for the development of public transit for the Greater Los Angeles Area.

In the early morning of Wednesday, July 22, 1959, Winder died of cancer at a local Pasadena-area hospital.