Professor Awarded Ethnic
History Honor
Emeritus history professor Lawrence
de Graaf won an award from the Los Angeles City Historical
Society.
January 6, 2006 :: No. 103
For his contributions to chronicling Southern
California’s ethnic history, Lawrence B. de Graaf,
emeritus professor of history and a founding faculty member
at Cal State Fullerton, has won an award from the Los Angeles
City Historical Society.
The society recognized de Graaf for his many books, articles and essays on Western
and Los Angeles African American history, as well as his work with community
groups, preserving ethnic history. In December, he received the organization’s
Miriam Matthews Ethnic History Award, presented “for outstanding works
recognizing the ethnic diversity of Los Angeles.”
The Placentia resident’s latest essay on the policies of Los Angeles government
toward ethnic and immigrant groups is being included in a soon-to-be-published
book. He has served on the city’s Board of Editors for the past five years.
In that role, he produced a two-volume history of the government of Los Angeles.
On an informal basis, he also has advised several city organizations on matters
that concern ethnic history.
At Cal State Fullerton, de Graaf helped establish the History Department and
its curriculum, set up the first archive on campus and served as the university’s
first archivist. Over the years, he’s become a specialist in Orange County
history and the role of African Americans in the modern urban West.
Media Contacts: |
Lawrence B. de Graaf at ldegraaf@fullerton.edu
Mimi
Ko Cruz, Public Affairs, 657-278-7586 or mkocruz@fullerton.edu
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