Edward Augustus Dickson
Edward Augustus Dickson (1879–1956) was an American educator. He co-founded the University of California, Los Angeles.
Biography
Early life
Edward Augustus Dickson was born in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, on August 29, 1879.[1][2][3][4] He moved to California in 1885 with his family.[3] He graduated from the University of California, Berkeley in 1901.[1][2][4]
Career
He taught in Japan in 1901-1902.[1][2] Back in California, he worked as a journalist for the Sacramento Record-Union, the San Francisco Chronicle, and the Los Angeles Express.[1][2][3] In 1919, he purchased the Los Angeles Express and became its editor.[3][4] In 1912, at the age of thirty-three, he was appointed to the Board of Regents of the Los Angeles State Normal School, the precursor to UCLA. On October 25, 1917, he had lunch with Ernest Carroll Moore (1871-1955) at the Jonathan Club, a private member's club in Los Angeles.[1][2] Together, they decided to establish the Southern Branch in Westwood, Los Angeles, which eventually became the new campus of UCLA.[1][2] He served as a Regent for forty-three years, until 1956.[1][2][3] He also served as the President of the Board of Regents in 1948.[3] He served as President of the Western Federal Savings and Loan Association from 1931 to 1956.[3] He also sat on the board of directors of the Central Investment Corporation.[3] He was a member of the California Republican Party.[3] Moreover, he co-founded the Lincoln–Roosevelt League and served as a delegate to the 1932 Republican National Convention.[3] He also served on the board of directors of the Olympic Games Association for the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.[3] Furthermore, he was involved with the Los Angeles Art Association, the Los Angeles County Art Institute and the UCLA Art Council.[3] He was featured in Who's Who in America.[3]
Personal life
He married Wilhelmina de Wolff in 1907.[3]
Death
He died on February 22, 1956, at the age of seventy-six.[1][2]
Bibliography
Dickson, *The University of California at Los Angeles: Its Origin and Formative Years (1955)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 "UCLA Past Leaders". Archived from the original on 2018-05-08. Retrieved 2013-08-22.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 "UCLA Spotlight". Archived from the original on 2017-09-10. Retrieved 2013-08-22.
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 Online Archive of California
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Kevin Starr, Inventing the Dream: California Through the Progressive Era, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1986, p. 241 [1]