Clarence Addison Dykstra
Clarence Addison Dykstra | |
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Dykstra as chair of the National Defense Mediation Board (1941) | |
3rd Provost of the University of California, Los Angeles | |
In office 1945–1950 | |
Preceded by | Earle Raymond Hedrick |
Succeeded by | Raymond B. Allen (Chancellor) |
Director of the U.S. Selective Service System | |
In office October 15, 1940 – April 1, 1941 | |
President | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
Preceded by | Office established |
Succeeded by | Lewis Blaine Hershey |
Personal details | |
Born | (1883-02-25)25 February 1883 |
Died | 6 May 1950(1950-05-06) (aged 67) |
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Clarence Addison Dykstra (February 25, 1883 – May 6, 1950) was a U.S. government administrator.[1] He served as the first city manager in the United States in Cincinnati, Ohio, after teaching government at the University of Chicago. He then became president of the University of Wisconsin (1937–1945) as well as director of the Selective Service System between 1940 and 1941. He then became provost of UCLA from 1945 to 1950.
He also served as the efficiency director of the city's Department of Water and Power for Los Angeles before World War II. He argued that the city needed to be further decentralized by expanding highways and creating suburban communities.
Dykstra was appointed by President Roosevelt to chair the 11-member National Defense Mediation Board, an effort to settle wartime disputes.[2] He served from March 19 to July 1, 1941.[3]
Because Dykstra had already served as a university president before coming to UCLA, he "was incensed at what he considered demeaning treatment of the provost by UC’s universitywide administration".[4] During his five years at UCLA, he was popular and loved by the UCLA community.[4] His "death on the job was a galvanizing event at UCLA and among the southern regents" which fueled political momentum towards decentralization of the university bureaucracy.[4]
Dykstra was also the first to advocate for and bring about the construction of student housing at UCLA. Dykstra Hall, which opened in 1959, was the first structure in UCLA's current undergraduate residential community. It was also the first co-ed residence hall in the country.[5]
Notes
- ^ Clarence Dykstra Archived 2012-01-09 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Rossevelt Establishes This 11-Man Defense Mediation Board Evening Courier. March 24, 1941.
- ^ Jaffe, Louis Leventhal; Rice, William; United States. Bureau of Labor Statistics (1942). Report on the Work of the National Defense Mediation Board, March 19, 1941 – January 12, 1942: Bulletin of the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, No. 714. G.P.O. p. ii.
- ^ a b c Kerr, Clark (2001). The Gold and the Blue: A Personal Memoir of the University of California, 1949–1967, Volume 1. Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 196. ISBN 9780520223677. Retrieved March 24, 2024.
- ^ "Dykstra Hall". UCLA Office of Residential Life. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
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Preceded by | Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin–Madison 1937–1945 | Succeeded by |
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Preceded by | President of the National Municipal League 1937–1940 | Succeeded by |
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