Chester Harvey Rowell

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Not to be confused with Chester A. Rowell.

Chester Harvey Rowell (November 1, 1867 - April 12, 1948) was an early leader of the progressive movement in California.

Born in Bloomington, Illinois, he earned a degree from the University of Michigan in 1888. His father was Jonathan H. Rowell, a U.S. congressman in Illinois.

Rowell studied three years in Europe, including terms at the Universities of Halle, Berlin, Paris and Rome. In 1898 he became the editor and manager of the , the newspaper founded by his uncle Dr. Chester Rowell.[1] He remained as editor for 22 years.

In 1907, he was the co-founder and chairman (1907-1911) of the Lincoln-Roosevelt League, a coalition of progressive Republican activists. The league was instrumental in the election of Hiram Johnson as governor of California. In 1912, Rowell was a member of the sub-committee that wrote the national platforms for both the Republican and Progressive parties.[2]

Later, Rowell was a lecturer in journalism at the University of California, Berkeley (1911) and in political science at Stanford University (1927-1934). He was editor of the San Francisco Chronicle (1932-1939). He was a member of the University of California Board of Regents from 1914 until shortly before his death in 1948.[3]

He took an interest in the popularization of science.[4] He also served on the board of trustees for Science Service, now known as Society for Science & the Public, from 1921-1923.

Rowell is sometimes confused with his uncle, Dr. Chester Rowell (1844-1912), a Fresno physician, California State Senator (1880-1882, 1899-1901, 1903–1905), University of California regent (1891-1912), and mayor of Fresno (1909-1912).

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  1. ^ Winchell, L.A., History of Fresno County and the San Joaquin Valley (1933), p. 290-291
  2. ^ Starr, Kevin, Inventing the Dream California Through the Progressive Era, Oxford University Press (1985), chap. 8
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-10-02. Retrieved 2008-12-27.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ Rowell, Chester H. (1919-08-15). "The Press as an Intermediary Between the Investigator and the Public". Science. 50 (1285): 146–150. doi:10.1126/science.50.1285.146. ISSN 1095-9203. PMID 17829914.

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