Paul Whitney Trousdale (1915 - 1990)

Born 1915 in Tennessee

Died 1990 at about age 75 in Santa Barbara, California

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Biography

Paul Trousdale (1915–1990) was an American real estate developer. He is best known for developing the Trousdale Estates in Beverly Hills, California. He built over 25,000 homes in Southern California.

Paul Whitney Trousdale was born on a farm near Gallatin, Tennessee in 1915. He grew up with relatives in New York City, Tennessee and Los Angeles, California.He graduated from Los Angeles High School.[1] He spent a year at the University of Southern California, then dropped out.[1] At USC, he sold cars, clothes and automobile spotlights. He won a $5,000 college scholarship from the New York State Industrial Department, but decided to go traveling abroad with the money

Sources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Trousdale