Clarence Addison Dykstra

Clarence Addison Dykstra (1883 - 1950) was a U.S. administrator of Dutch descent. He served as the first City Manager in the US in Cincinnati, Ohio after teaching government at the University of Chicago. He then became Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin (1937-45) as well as director of the Selective Service System between 1940 and 1941. He then became Chancellor of UCLA from 1945-1950.

He also served as the Efficiency Director of the City's Department of Water and Power for Los Angeles before World War II. He argued that the city needed to be further decentralized by expanding highways and creating suburban communities.

Clarence Dykstra was also the first to advocate student housing at the University of California, Los Angeles. Dykstra Hall at UCLA was the first co-ed dorm in the country.

Academic offices
Preceded by George Sellery	Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin–Madison 1937 - 1945	Succeeded by Edwin Broun Fred
Non-profit organization positions
Preceded by Harold W. Dodds	President of the National Municipal League 1937 – 1940	Succeeded by John G. Winant

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Name	Dykstra, Clarence Addison
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Date of birth	1883
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Date of death	1950
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