Lyall A. Pardee was born March 27, 1902 in Chamberlain, South Dakota. He and his family moved to California in 1912 where Mr. Pardee later was to attend and graduate from the California Institute of Technology.

He began his municipal career April 13, 1923, as a Topographical Draftsman. Two months later he was promoted to Junior Civil Engineer and began a promotion progression through the engineering series under the Civil Service Merit System, He spent all of his early career in street and freeway design activities, and in February, 1937, he was appointed Assistant Division Engineer of the Street and Freeway Design Division. In January, 1947, he was promoted to Principal Civil Engineer of the Administration Division, and approximately 5J years later he was promoted to Projects Coordinating Engineer. In January, 1955, he was appointed Chief Deputy City Engineer, and seven months later, during a prolonged illness of the City Engineer, Lloyd Aldrich, he was appointed Acting City Engineer. After the retirement of Mr. Aldrich, he received the permanent appointment as City Engineer on December 21, 1956. He has devoted his entire career to the Bureau of Engineering.

During the course of his tenure as City Engineer, Mr. Pardee was most instrumental in helping to procure more than $200,000,000 in Gas Tax funds for use in Los Angeles City street improvements and collateral construction.

His distinguished service to his City and State was recognized in 1957 when he was appointed by the State Legislature to the Technical Advisory Committee for the purpose of advising the State Department of Public Works in the establishment of the California State Freeway and Expressway System.

In 1959 he served on the Advisory Committee on Street and Highway Deficiencies and later was reappointed by the State Legislature to a similar Advisory Committee.

In 1971 he was appointed by the Governor to the State Advisory Committee on the TOPICS Program.

Mr. Pardee is a member of and active in a number of technical organizations.

He is a past president of the following organizations:

Public Works Officers' section and Board of Directors of the League of California Cities

Metropolitan Transportation Engineering Board

Southern California Chapter of the American Public Works Association

City and County Engineers' Association of Southern California

Los Angeles Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers

He was most active in the American Public Works Association and is a past District Representative and past Joint Chairman of the APWA AGC Joint Cooperative Committee.

In 1957 he was recipient of the Samuel A. Greeley National Service Award, and in 1963 be was named one of the "Top Ten Public Works Men of tbe Year", both awarded him by the American Public Works Association.

He was paid high honor in February, 1969, when he was presented the "Engineer of the Year" award by the Institute for the Advancement of Engineering a national organization comprising all engineering societies in its membership.

In March, 1970, he was presented the "Distinguished Service Award" by the National Clay Pipe Institute, in Washington, D.C.

He is a Registered Civil Engineer in the State of California and a member of the National Society of Professional Engineers.

Coordination and cooperation with representatives of other governmental organizations is evidenced by his service on numerous committees. He has been Chairman of the Coordinating Committee on Freeway Operational Problems for the City of Los Angeles.

He was a member of the:

Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce
Traffic and Transit Committee

Building Owners and Managers
Association

League of California Cities
Transportation and Freeways
Committee

Federal of Sewage and
Industrial Wastes Association

California Water Pollution
Control Association

Highway Research Board

In 1961, at the request of the Federal Republic of Germany. He was a guest of that government as a repre¬sentative of the City of Los Angeles, for the purpose of observing developments in all phases of transportation facilities (freeways, railroads, etc.) in West Germany.

He has written numerous articles published in technical magazines.

He is an Honorary Member of Chi Epsilon Fraternity, University of Southern California.