Oral history interview with William H. Lancaster ... oral history transcript 1994-1995 / by Enid Hart Douglass. [1994-1995]

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Oral history interview with William H. Lancaster ... oral history transcript 1994-1995 / by Enid Hart Douglass. [1994-1995]

Mr. Lancaster recalls his 1958 election to the City Council of the recently incorporated City of Duarte, his service to the California State Assembly in 1972 until he decided to retire in 1992. Well known for his expertise in local government, William Lancaster served as a member of the Committee on Local Government for ten years. Since his retirement, he has served as a member of the East San Gabriel Valley Hospice Board of Directors and of the Mount San Antonio College Foundation Board of Directors. He recently established the Bill Lancaster Foundation, a nonprofit institution which makes grants to communities.

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