Includes bibliographical references (p. 455-465) and index

Preface: The Art of the Trustee -- Prologue: Something to Prove -- The Kansas Mission: The Mad Governor versus the Boy Wonder -- Imprinted by the Heartland -- PART I: CHANCELLOR -- Into the Pastel Empire -- A City Rethinking Itself: The Three Powerful Southern -- Regents: Lure of an Adolescent City: The Investiture of Otis Chandler -- UCLA in Worldwide Terms -- Taking Command: Hail to the Hills of Westwood: Funding -- Culture in the Cold War: The Titan Chancellor: Symbols of Authority: The Scions Paul Mellon and Henry Ford -- Turmoil and Golden Moments -- Opening Night, Los Angeles Music Center: Opening Night, Los Angeles County Museum of Art: The Shadow behind the Golden Glow: The Watts Rebellion of August 1965 -University in Turmoil: Colossal Construction: A Threat to Clark Kerr: The Rise of Ronald Reagan and the Fall of Clark Kerr -- 1968-Year of Crisis -- The Embattled Chancellor: Resignation: The Death of Howard Ahmanson -- PART II: CHAIRMAN -- The Chancellor Becomes CEO

"A Beauty to Behold": The Interlocking Directorate -Politics and the Mighty Chandlers: Jubilant Republicans and the Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board -- The Chandler Empire in the Watergate Years -- A Time of Scandal: The Picasso Room: A Family Crisis -The Passing of Norman Chandler: "A Cancer on the Presidency": Pressures and Prestige: The Forced -- Retirement of Dorothy Chandler -- Power and Philanthropy -- Pushing the New York Times off Its Perch: Henry Ford -- versus Lee Iacocca: The Legacy of Howard F. Ahmanson: The -- Impact of the Ahmanson Foundation on Los Angeles: The -- Confirmation of Nelson Rockefeller: The Chairman of Times -- Mirror Retires: Golden Donors -- PART III: TRUSTEE -- The Los Angeles County Museum of Art -- The Pursuit of Norton Simon and Armand Hammer: The -- Challenge for a New Director: The County Museum in Peril -Los Angeles in "Art Heaven" -- The National Gallery of Art -- Joining Forces with J. Carter Brown: The Visit of Princess

Diana: Courting Collectors Armand Hammer and Walter -- Annenberg: Trusteeship and Successorship -- The Samuel H. Kress Foundation -- The Kress Brothers: Giveaways and Preservation -- The J. Paul Getty Trust -- Family Dynamics: An Afternoon with J. Paul Getty: The -- Getty Curse: The Richest Museum in the World: A Golden -- Moment for Harold Williams: An Acropolis for Los Angeles -- Three That Got Away -- The Deceptions of Armand Hammer: The Lost Treasures of Norton Simon: The Fateful Wounding of Walter Annenberg -- PART IV: STEWARD -- Changing of the Guard -- A Time of Loss: New Era, New Leaders, New Priorities -Building a Multicultural City: Linking Los Angeles's -- Libraries: Civic Pride and Civil Unrest: Rescue for the Huntington Library -- The Doge of Los Angeles -- Chaos at the County Museum: Shifting Leverage: Final Bows -- Afterword: The Mosaic City

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