Oral Histories
Interview of Edward A. Dickson
Nephew of University of California Regent Edward A. Dickson.
- Subtitle:
- "The Godfather of UCLA": Regent Edward A. Dickson
- Series:
- "The Godfather of UCLA": Regent Edward A. Dickson
- Topic:
- UCLA and University of California HistoryUC RegentsUC Regents
- Biographical Note:
- Nephew of University of California Regent Edward A. Dickson.
- Interviewee:
- Dickson, Edward A.
- 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:
- Interviewee Retained Copyright
- Series Statement:
- This series contains reminiscences of individuals who knew University of California Regent Edward A. Dickson.
- Abstract:
- Edward A. Dickson: Dickson family history; Franklin D. Roosevelt; Samuel J. Dickson; Clinton White campaign; Dickson's break with Hiram Johnson; William Stephens; Harley Brundige, managing editor, Los Angeles Express; Edwin T. Earl; Republicanism; Thomas Kuchel; Olson reappoints Dickson to board of regents, 1942; F. W. Kellogg's partnership with Dickson; Dickson as publisher of Express and newspaperman; shifts in political attitudes; supporting Herbert Hoover; Caughey and loyalty oath controversy, 1950; Joseph McCarthy; Lawrence Clark Powell; Japanese exclusion laws; Dickson founds Western Federal Savings and Loan; sale of Express; William Randolph Hearst; UCLA as monument to Dickson.