Oral Histories

Interview of Eugene P. Conser

Subtitle:
UCLA Student Leaders: Eugene P. Conser
Series:
UCLA Student Leaders of the 1920s and '30s
Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Student Leaders
Interviewer:
Gist, David P.
Interviewee:
Conser, Eugene P.
Supporting Documents:
Records relating to the interview are located in the office of the UCLA Library's Center for Oral History Research.
Language:
English
Copyright:
Regents of the University of California, UCLA Library.
Series Statement:
Interviews in this series document the experiences and activities of student leaders at UCLA beginning in 1919, when the institution was named University of California, Southern Branch, and moving forward into the 1930s. This series was funded in part by Associated Students UCLA (ASUCLA).
Abstract:
Early work experience; defies father and refuses to attend United States Military Academy; moves to California; jobs with the Los Angeles Times and the Hollywood Citizen; managing the Daily Bruin; Hell's Bells; fraternity and sorority life; working for the Los Angeles Express; crash of 1929; working for apartment associations; California Real Estate Association; National Association of Real Estate Boards; writing real estate books.