Oral history interview with Walter W. Stiern : oral history transcript / By Enid H. Douglass, Claremont Graduate School Oral History Program for the State Government Oral History Program, California State Archives, 1987.

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Oral history interview with Walter W. Stiern : oral history transcript / By Enid H. Douglass, Claremont Graduate School Oral History Program for the State Government Oral History Program, California State Archives, 1987.

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Senator Stiern fleshes out his family background, veterinary career, and service in World War II in the China-Burma-India Theater. He discusses his initial and other election races, especially reapportionment and the 1966 election, the Donahoe Act (Master Plan for Higher Education), the governors in office during his service, particular legislation he carried, members of the state senate and presidents pro tem, lieutenant governors, Ronald Reagan and the University of California, the senate in the 1970s, and committee service.

225 p. ; 29 cm.

California State Archives

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State Government Oral History Program (Calif.)

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Administrative History Documentation of California state government with the use of oral history techniques began in 1969 with the Earl Warren Era Oral History Project. It was initiated by the Regional Oral History Office of the Bancroft Library and "centered on key developments in politics and government administration at the state and county level, innovations in criminal justice, public health, and social welfare from 1928-1953." ...

Douglass, Enid Hart

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Stiern, Walter W., 1914-1988

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Born of parents whose families settled in Bakersfield, Water Stiern became a veterinarian and established practice there. He served in the Veterinary Corps of the U.S. Army Air Corps from 1942 to 1947. In 1958, he was elected to the State Senate and remained in office until 1986, when, as "Dean of the Senate," he retired. Throughout his tenure he served on the Agriculture and Education Committees. He chaired the Public Health and Safety Committee (1963-1966) and the Revenue and Taxation Committe...