# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/clarence-addison-dykstra
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:32:20.865Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/clarence-addison-dykstra"
name: "Clarence Addison Dykstra"
slug: "clarence-addison-dykstra"
description: "Clarence Addison Dykstra was a U.S. government administrator. He served as city manager in Cincinnati, Ohio, after teaching government at the University of Chicago. He then became president of the University of Wisconsin (1937–1945) as well as the 1st Director of the Selective Service System between 1940 and 1941. He then became provost of UCLA from 1945 to 1950."
tagline: "American academic administrator (1883-1950)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dykstra-National-Defense-Mediation-Board.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
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profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1883-02-25"
deathDate: "1950-05-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.61
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.60432
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "كلارنس اديسون ديكسترا"
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    title: "Clarence A. Dykstra"
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    title: "کلارنس آدیسون دیکسترا"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump