Fred W. Marlow; Real Estate Developer

Fred W. Marlow, 98, Southern California real estate developer for half a century. A native of Colorado and graduate of West Point and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Marlow served in the Army during World War I and later mapped rail yards in Mexico for the military. He resigned his captain’s commission in 1928 and moved to Los Angeles to go into real estate. In 1934 he was named the first Southern California director of the Federal Housing Administration. He served as president of the Los Angeles Realty Board, and the board’s trophy for outstanding achievement is named after him. One of the most prominent developers in Southern California during the mid-century building boom, Marlow had projects ranging from Santa Barbara to San Diego, including the Westchester, Palos Verdes Peninsula and Malibu areas. On Tuesday in Los Angeles.