Background
Upp, Robert Dean was born on February 6, 1916 in Allerton, Illinois, United States. Son of Dean Foreman Upp and Ruby (Armstrong) Upp Mason.
Upp, Robert Dean was born on February 6, 1916 in Allerton, Illinois, United States. Son of Dean Foreman Upp and Ruby (Armstrong) Upp Mason.
Bachelor of Science in Journalism, University of Illinois, 1937; Juris Doctor, University of Southern California, 1948; Master of Arts in Social Science, University of Southern California, 1948; Master of Science in Education, University of Southern California, 1949.
Second in command Lieutenant, United States Army, 1941; advanced through grades to Major, United States Army, 1951; assistant manager, W.T. Grant Company, 1939-1941; private practice, Los Angeles, since 1948; professor of law, Los Angeles City College, 1949-1979.
President Hollywood (California) Democratic Club, 1957-1958, war crimes investigator United Nations Civil Assistance Command, 1951, historian, legal officer, Brigadier general Judge Advocate General Corps, United States Army Reserve, 1970-1976. Member Veterans of Foreign Wars (life), Reserve Officers Association United States (president 1972-1973, California state president 1960), Interallied Confedn Reserve Officers/North Atlantic Treaty Organization (past vice president), American Legion (life), Retired Officers Association, United States Army Association, Military Order of World Wars, Judge Advocates Association, Inter-American Bar, University Southern California Alumni Association, University Illinois Alumni Association.
Married Margaret Bernice Thiel, July 1, 1939 (divorced June 1951). Children: Dolores Dean Upp Boutin, Robert Rexford. Married Jane McIntosh Dinneen, December 26, 1953.