Clarence Addison Dykstra
Dykstra as chair of the National Defense Mediation Board (1941)
3rd Provost of the University of California, Los Angeles
In office
1945–1950
Preceded byEarle Raymond Hedrick
Succeeded byRaymond B. Allen (Chancellor)
Director of the US Selective Service System
In office
October 15, 1940 – April 1, 1941
PresidentFranklin D. Roosevelt
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byLewis Blaine Hershey
Personal details
Born(1883-02-25)25 February 1883
Died6 May 1950(1950-05-06) (aged 67)
Education
Occupation

Clarence Addison Dykstra (February 25, 1883 – May 6, 1950) was a U.S. administrator.[1] He served as the first city manager in the US in Cincinnati, Ohio, after teaching government at the University of Chicago. He then became chancellor 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 1945–1950.

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]

Clarence Dykstra was also the first to advocate 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.[4]

Notes

  1. Clarence Dykstra Archived 2012-01-09 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Rossevelt Establishes This 11-Man Defense Mediation Board Evening Courier. March 24, 1941.
  3. 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.
  4. "Dykstra Hall". UCLA Office of Residential Life. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
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