Frank S. Gaines

Frank S. Gaines

Frank S. Gaines (1890-1977) was the Mayor of Berkeley, California from 1939 to 1943.

Gaines was noted for his involvement in the Berkeley-based Pacific Coast Committee on American Principles and Fair Play, a group which addressed the plight of Japanese Americans during World War II. The group's honorary chairman was Robert Gordon Sproul, president of the University of California.

Gaines married his wife Louise in 1923; they had three children.

Frank Gaines was born March 6, 1890 in Biggs, California, and died March 3, 1977 in Sacramento. He was buried in Biggs.

References

* "Berkeley Independent and Gazette", March 5, 1977
* "Topaz Moon: Chiura Obata's Art of the Internment" By Chiura Obata, Kimi Kodani Hill


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