Titus, Charles Hickman, 1896-

Titus was born in Topeka, KS, in 1896; received BA (1920), MA (1921), and Ph. D (1927) at Stanford; taught at Whitman College and Stanford before coming to teach at UCLA in 1927; was an expert on American political theory and studied US voting habits; achieved fame as a teacher through unorthodox views and challenging students to re-evaluate basic tenets; served as a lieutenant colonel in the US Signal Corps in New Guinea and Australia during WWII; retired from teaching at UCLA in 1963; died of a heart attack in Victorville, CA, on Oct. 20, 1965.

From the description of Papers, 1900-1965. (University of California, Los Angeles). WorldCat record id: 38285322

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