Background
Forbes was born in Anoka, Nebraska, and graduated from University of California, Los Angeles after serving as the first editor of the Daily Bruin.
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William Forbes
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University of California, Los Los Angeles
Career
He began his career with Columbia Broadcasting System radio in Hollywood, and in 1942, became executive assistant to Columbia Broadcasting System Chairman William South. Paley in New York City. He later worked for Young & Rubicam Incorporated. developing television commercials. Forbes returned to Los Angeles in 1951 to assume control of the family business, the Southern California Music Company
He became active in the Downtown Businessmen"s Association and the Better Business Bureau.
He became president of the University of California, Los Angeles Alumni Association, and as such joined the Board of Regents in 1959. He was named to a full 16-year term on the board by Governor Edmund G. Brown in 1962.
During the free speech movement of the 1960s, Forbes chaired a committee to examine causes behind the student unrest and ways to address lieutenant He was chosen University of California, Los Angeles alumnus of the year in 1967.
Forbes was on the board of the Norton Simon Museum between 1974 and 1979.
He had one daughter, Julie Holmquist.
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August 14, 1999 (aged 93)