Frank S. Gaines
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Frank S. Gaines 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.
Berkeley, California
Berkeley is a city on the east shore of the San Francisco Bay in Northern California, United States. Its neighbors to the south are the cities of Oakland and Emeryville. To the north is the city of Albany and the unincorporated community of Kensington...
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
Japanese American internment
Japanese-American internment was the relocation and internment by the United States government in 1942 of approximately 110,000 Japanese Americans and Japanese who lived along the Pacific coast of the United States to camps called "War Relocation Camps," in the wake of Imperial Japan's attack on...
during World War II. The group's honorary chairman was Robert Gordon Sproul
Robert Gordon Sproul
Robert Gordon Sproul was eleventh President of the University of California serving from 1930 to 1958....
, president of the University of California
University of California
The University of California is a public university system in the U.S. state of California. Under the California Master Plan for Higher Education, the University of California is a part of the state's three-tier public higher education system, which also includes the California State University...
.
Gaines married his wife Louise in 1923; they had three children.
Frank Gaines was born March 6, 1890 in Biggs, California
Biggs, California
Biggs is a city in Butte County, California, United States. The population was 1,707 at the 2010 census, down from 1,793 at the 2000 census.- Geography :Biggs is located at ....
, and died March 3, 1977 in Sacramento
Sacramento, California
Sacramento is the capital city of the U.S. state of California and the county seat of Sacramento County. It is located at the confluence of the Sacramento River and the American River in the northern portion of California's expansive Central Valley. With a population of 466,488 at the 2010 census,...
. He was buried in Biggs.