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"Edmund G. Brown"
Photographed by g. Paul Bishop, '89
No. 2 ©2019 G. Paul Bishop, Jr.
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Edmund G.
(Pat) Brown
(Edmund Gerald "Pat" Brown, Sr.)
1905 - 1996
Governor of California (1959-1967)
Partner in Law
BALL, HUNT, BROWN & BAERWITZ
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Born in San
Francisco (father of Jerry Brown), Pat Brown served as governor
of California for eight years (1959-67). After working his way
through law school, he opened practice in San Francisco
(1927-43), serving as district attorney there (1943-50) and as
California's Democratic attorney general (1950-58). Becoming
governor (1959-67), he expanded the state university system and
initiated a statewide water project. His most public moment came
in 1960 when he decided that California law did not allow him to
commute the execution of Caryl Chessman. He retired to his law
practice in San Francisco.
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