- Houston I. Flournoy
Houston Irving Flournoy (
October 7 1929 –January 7 2008 ) was an American politician who served as aCalifornia legislator and State Controller. He later became a professor ofpublic administration at theUniversity of Southern California (USC).Born in
New York City , he attendedCornell University inIthaca, New York , where he was active in theCornell University Glee Club and theLambda Chi Alpha fraternity. He studied underClinton Rossiter , a Cornell faculty member who was an authority on "The Federalist ". He received aPh.D. fromPrinceton University inNew Jersey . After graduating from Cornell in 1950, he served in theUnited States Air Force during theKorean War , then relocated to California where he became active in Republican Party (GOP) politics.He was on the
Pomona College faculty in the Department of Political Science from 1957-1960. He was elected to theCalifornia State Assembly and served 1961-1967, when he was electedCalifornia State Controller . He served as Controller from 1967 to 1975. In 1974 he ran forGovernor of California . He defeatedEd Reinecke in the GOP primary but then lost toJerry Brown in a heavily Democratic year.In 1976, he was appointed professor at USC in Los Angeles. He taught at the School of Public Administration (now part of the School of Policy, Planning, and Development) until 1993. He also served the USC administration as a governmental affairs advisor until 1999. He has also served on the boards of several corporations. After retirement he resided in
Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida , and California until his death.External links
* [http://www.sacbee.com/114/story/620251.html Houston Flournoy, former GOP candidate for Calif. governor, dies] - AP via Sacramanto Bee
* [http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-flournoy10jan10,1,5252363.story "Los Angeles Times"] - more comprehensive obituary
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