Hume, Jaquelin H.

Biographical/Historical Note

Jaquelin H. Hume was born in Harbor Point, Michigan, on July 17, 1905. He received his bachelor's degree from Princeton University in 1928 and his M.B.A. degree from Harvard University in 1930.

During Ronald Reagan's first term as governor of California, he was appointed chief of protocol for Northern California. He was also heavily involved in the Republican Party's fundraising activities, especially in California, and in various political campaigns, both at the state and the national levels, especially in the presidential campaign of Ronald Reagan in 1976. That same year he served as co-chairman of the Northern California Finance Committee of Citizens for Reagan.

In addition to his public activities, Jaquelin Hume was an active businessman: he was president and director of Basic Vegetable Products, and chairman and director of American Potato Company, both in San Francisco. He also served on the board of directors of Leslie Salt Company in San Francisco, and of Trader Vic's and Trader Vic's Restaurants, Inc.

He died in San Francisco, California, on October 1, 1991.

From the guide to the Jaquelin H. Hume papers, 1964-1991, (Hoover Institution Archives)