Professional management education history at UCLA : the genesis and the flowering, 1922-1970 : oral history transcript / George W. Robbins ; interviewed by James V. Mink ; completed under the auspices of the Oral History Program, University of California [Los Angeles], 1974.

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Professional management education history at UCLA : the genesis and the flowering, 1922-1970 : oral history transcript / George W. Robbins ; interviewed by James V. Mink ; completed under the auspices of the Oral History Program, University of California [Los Angeles], 1974.

Robbins discusses his BA in economics, Southern Branch, MBA Harvard; joining University of California, Los Angeles faculty, 1931, promotion, committees; Clarence Dykstra and the business school, history of the school; arrival of Neil Jacoby at UCLA, and problems and conflicts; business school building space, staffing, Extension courses; Robert Gordon Sproul and Regent Edward A. Dickson; issues as dean: tenure, image of school, departmental reorganization, integration of faculty, relations with business community, research activities, Western Data Processing Center; loyalty oath; school vis a vis regents, and Edward A. Dickson, and presidents Robert Gordon Sproul, Clark Kerr, Charles Hitch, and chancellor Franklin D. Murphy.

Transcript: 1 v. (xii, 368 leaves) : port. ; 28 cm.

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Mink, James V. (James Vantine), 1923-

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James Vantine Mink III was born on June 3, 1923 in Wisconsin Rapids, WI; attended Occidental College, 1941-43; BA (1946) and MA (1949), UCLA; B.L.S., UC Berkeley (1952); certificate in archival administration, American Univ., 1953; asst. head, Dept. of Special Collections (1952-65) University Archivist beginning in 1961, director of oral history program (1965-72), and head of the Dept. of Special Collections beginning in 1972, UCLA Library; president, Society of California Archivists, 1971-73. ...

University of California, Los Angeles. Oral History Program

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Robbins, George W. (George William), 1905-1994.

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Robbins, a graduate of UCLA, returned to teach Economics as an asst. professor in 1931; during his years at UCLA, he was head of the University Extension program, chairman of the Dept. of Business Administration, and Dean of the Graduate School of Management; chairman, National Committee on Emeriti, 1965-80; Robbins was a frequent spokesman on business practices and ethics during the 1950s and 60s; retired in 1970; died in Westwood, CA, on Oct. 9, 1994. From the description of Papers...