Biography
William Knox Mellon, Jr. was born on October 20, 1925 in Houston, Texas; BA, Pomona College, 1950; MA, Claremont College, 1953; Ph.D, Claremont Graduate School, 1972; became a professor of history at Immaculate Heart College; Democratic nominee for the California 24th District for Congress, 1962; became treasurer, Oral History Association.
From the guide to the Knox Mellon Collection of Material about the John Birch Society and other Radical Conservative Organizations and Causes, 1918-1968, (University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.)