Background
Dickson, Edward Augustus was born on August 29, 1879 in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, United States. Son of William H. and Gurie (Iverson) Dickson.
Dickson, Edward Augustus was born on August 29, 1879 in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, United States. Son of William H. and Gurie (Iverson) Dickson.
Bachelor of Laws, University of California, 1901. Doctor of Laws (honorary) Moravian College, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
He co-founded the University of California, Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California. He moved to California in 1885 with his family. He taught in Japan in 1901-1902.
Back in California, he worked as a journalist for the Sacramento Record-Union, the San Francisco Chronicle, and the Los Angeles Express.
In 1919, he purchased the Los Angeles Express and became its editors In 1912, at the age of thirty-three, he was appointed to the Board of Regents of the Los Angeles State Normal School, the precursor to University of California, Los Los Angeles On October 25, 1917, he had lunch with Ernest Carroll Moore (1871-1955) at the Jonathan Club, a private member"s club in Los Los Angeles
Together, they decided to establish the Southern Branch in Westwood, Los Angeles, which eventually became the new campus of University of California, Los Los Angeles He served as a Regent for forty-three years, until 1956. He also served as the President of the Board of Regents in 1948.
He served as President of the Western Federal Savings and Loan Association from 1931 to 1956.
He also sat on the Board of Directors of the Central Investment Corporation. Moreover, he co-founded the Lincoln–Roosevelt League and served as a delegate to the 1932 Republican National Convention. He also served on the Board of Directors of the Olympic Games Association for the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Los Angeles
Furthermore, he was involved with the Los Angeles Art Association, the Los Angeles County Art Institute and the University of California, Los Angeles Art Council.
He was featured in Who"s Who in America. Personal life
Death
He died on February 22, 1956, at the age of seventy-six.
Member California State Council of Defense, 1917-1918. Member board directors of Olympic Games Association Chairman board Regents University of California. Member of the board Los Angeles Library Board.
Member National Committee for Goethe Bicentennial.
Member History Society Southern California (president), Phi Delta Theta. Clubs: California, Sunset.
Married Wilhelmina de Wolff, December 26, 1907.