Clarence Addison Dykstra (1883 - 1950) was a U.S. administrator. He served as the first City Manager in the US in Cincinnati, Ohio after teaching government at the Univ/ of Chicago. He then became Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin (1937-45) as well as director of the Selective Service System between 1940 and 1941. He then became Chancellor 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.
Clarence Dykstra was also the first to advocate student housing at the University of California, Los Angeles. Dykstra Hall at UCLA was the first co-ed dorm in the country.
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| Preceded by George Sellery |
1937 - 1945 |
Succeeded by Edwin Broun Fred |
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| Preceded by Harold W. Dodds |
President of the National Municipal League 1937 – 1940 |
Succeeded by John G. Winant |
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