JOHN W. CAUGHEY
John W. Caughey was born in Wichita, Kansas. He received his B.A. at the University of Texas, his M.A. and Ph.D. at the University of California. For many years he has resided in southern California, where for most of that period he has been a member of the history faculty of the University of California at Los Angeles. He has held all professorial ranks at that institution, and since 1946 has been full professor. For more than twenty years he has been on the editorial staff of the Pacific Historical Review, and at present is managing editor. In addition to his editorial work he is the author of at least a dozen books and innumerable articles and book reviews. For the year 1958 he served as the president of the Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historical Association.
