Welcome to RonDeaton.com. This site is dedicated to the life and career of Ronald Fincher Deaton, a remarkable man who faithfully served the City of Los Angeles for 42 years. He began with the Department of Water & Power in 1965. In the 1970's and early 80's, Ron worked in the Chief Adminstrative Officer's employment. He devoted the majority of his years to the Chief Legislative Analyst's office, eventually serving as the CLA for more than a decade before returning to DWP as its General Manager in 2004. He retired in December 2007. Check out the Bio Page to read more about Ron's life and career.

The primary purpose of this web site is to celebrate Ron's life and service to Los Angeles, and his many friendships with her citizens and leaders. Please use this site's message form to post a greeting for Ron, wishing him well in his retirement. The Message Form provides a tool for uploading photos and documents as attachments to your post, so feel free to add media to your submissions. As a group blog, this site is the perfect place to share a favorite memory or story from Ron's career and/or your friendship with him. Due to the public nature of this web site, all submissions will reviewed by the site's moderator prior to appearing "live" on the blog.

As you investigate this web site's pages, you'll discover a Photo Gallery. We need your help adding to our photo collection. The photo gallery displays pictures from a public group on Flickr.com. Feel free to join Flickr's "Ron Deaton" Group and add your own photos of Ron. If using Flickr seems daunting to you, check out our Flickr Instructions or simply email your photos to us (photos@rondeaton.com).