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Book SynopsisA biography of Franklin D Murphy (1916-994). It delivers the story of how Murphy, as chancellor of UCLA and later as chief executive of the Times Mirror media empire, was able to influence academia, the media, and cultural foundations to reshape a fundamentally provincial city. It also brings to light the influence of LA's powerful families.
Table of Contentspreface: the art of the trustee / xi prologue: something to prove / 1 The Kansas Mission . The Mad Governor versus the Boy Wonder . Imprinted by the Heartland part i: chancellor one: into the pastel empire / 21 A City Rethinking Itself . The Three Powerful Southern Regents . Lure of an Adolescent City . The Investiture of Otis Chandler two: ucla in worldwide terms / 42 Taking Command: Hail to the Hills of Westwood . Funding Culture in the Cold War . The Titan Chancellor . Symbols of Authority . The Scions Paul Mellon and Henry Ford II three: turmoil and golden moments / 75 Opening Night, Los Angeles Music Center . Opening Night, Los Angeles County Museum of Art . The Shadow behind the Golden Glow: The Watts Rebellion of August 1965 . University in Turmoil . Colossal Construction . A Threat to Clark Kerr . The Rise of Ronald Reagan and the Fall of Clark Kerr four: 1968--year of crisis / 102 The Embattled Chancellor . Resignation . The Death of Howard Ahmanson part ii: chairman five: the chancellor becomes ceo / 119 "A Beauty to Behold" . The Interlocking Directorate . Politics and the Mighty Chandlers . Jubilant Republicans and the Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board six: the chandler empire in the watergate years / 138 A Time of Scandal . The Picasso Room . A Family Crisis . The Passing of Norman Chandler . "A Cancer on the Presidency" . Pressures and Prestige . The Forced Retirement of Dorothy Chandler seven: power and philanthropy / 172 Pushing the New York Times off Its Perch . Henry Ford II versus Lee Iacocca .The Legacy of Howard F. Ahmanson . The Impact of the Ahmanson Foundation on Los Angeles . The Confirmation of Nelson Rockefeller . The Chairman of Times Mirror Retires . Golden Donors part iii: trustee eight: the los angeles county museum of art / 209 The Pursuit of Norton Simon and Armand Hammer . The Challenge for a New Director . The County Museum in Peril . Los Angeles in "Art Heaven" nine: the national gallery of art / 239 Joining Forces with J. Carter Brown . The Visit of Princess Diana . Courting Collectors Armand Hammer and Walter Annenberg . Trusteeship and Successorship ten: the samuel h. kress foundation / 261 The Kress Brothers . Giveaways and Preservation eleven: the j. paul getty trust / 273 Family Dynamics . An Afternoon with J. Paul Getty . The Getty Curse . The Richest Museum in the World . A Golden Moment for Harold Williams . An Acropolis for Los Angeles twelve: three that got away / 319 The Deceptions of Armand Hammer . The Lost Treasures of Norton Simon . The Fateful Wounding of Walter Annenberg part iv: steward thirteen: changing of the guard / 347 A Time of Loss . New Era, New Leaders, New Priorities . Building a Multicultural City . Linking Los Angeles's Libraries . Civic Pride and Civil Unrest . Rescue for the Huntington Library fourteen: the doge of los angeles / 373 Chaos at the County Museum . Shifting Leverage . Final Bows afterword: the mosaic city / 389 acknowledgments / 393 notes / 395 selected bibliography / 451 index / 463
