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Deukmejian received an honorary doctor of laws degree from California State University, Long Beach, in 2008, because of his support for education, state law, and Long Beach. In 2015, he was given the Key to the City of Long Beach.
May 9, 2018 · George Deukmejian, a perennially popular two-term Republican governor of California who built his career on fighting crime, hardening the state’s criminal-justice stance and shoring up its leaky...
May 10, 2018 · Deukmejian also spent a lot more money on public higher education than did his predecessor, Democrat Jerry Brown. “His avoidance of bombast made few headlines,” says Ken Khachigian, a 1982 ...
- george.skelton@latimes.com
- Capitol Journal Columnist
GEORGE “DUKE” DEUKMEJIAN was born in Menands, New York. He graduated from Siena College in 1949 with a degree in sociology and earned his law degree from St. John’s University in 1952. The governor served in the U.S. Army, assigned to the Judge Advocate General’s Corps, from 1953 to 1955.
Significant Facts. Born: June 6, 1928 in Menands, New York. Died: May 8, 2018 in Long Beach, California. Married: Gloria M. Saatjian on February 16, 1957. Political Party: Republican.
May 8, 2018 · George Deukmejian, a two-term Republican governor who fought taxes with the same zeal as he sought to toughen California’s approach to crime, died Tuesday at his home in Long Beach. He was 89.
In each of his eight state budgets, education was the state’s highest funding priority. Support for kindergarten through 12th grade increased more than 115 percent. Funding for the California State University, the University of California and community colleges also was substantially increased.
