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D11612-4
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- 1941-07-11 (Creation)
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(1919-1980)
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In July of 1941, James A. Pryde was promoted by Governor Arthur Langlie to Assistant Chief of the Washington State Patrol. Although only 34 years old, the ex-marine had already worked his way up through the ranks to Captain. A graduate of the police academy at Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, for a number of years he made his home on McKinley Hill in Tacoma. When he died in 1955, at the age of 47, he was Chief of the Washington State Patrol. (T. Times 7/14/1941 p.1; 7/12/41, p. 1)
Pryde, James A.; Law enforcement officers--Tacoma; Uniforms; Law enforcement--Tacoma; Washington State Patrol (Tacoma);