From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Below is a list of governors of California by education . Most California governors received a college education , especially since 1895. Of the nineteenth century governors, half attended college. College degrees have set governors apart from the general population, and governors of California have often held such a degree even when this was extremely rare and, indeed, unnecessary for practicing most occupations, including law. Every California governor since 1923 has had a degree, with the most degrees being attained from UC Berkeley .
List of governors of California by education [ edit ]
Governor
Schools
Degrees
Peter Burnett
None
None
John McDougall
None
None
John Bigler
Dickinson College
Dropped out
J. Neely Johnson
None
None
John B. Weller
Miami University
Milton Latham
Washington & Jefferson College
1845
John G. Downey
None
None
Leland Stanford
Cazenovia College
LL.B. 1845
Frederick Low
None
None
H.H. Haight
Yale University
A.B. 1844
Newton Booth
De Pauw University
A.B. 1846
Romualdo Pacheco
None
None
William Irwin
Marietta College
1848
George Perkins
None
None
George Stoneman
United States Military Academy
1846
Washington Bartlett
None
None
Robert Waterman
None
None
Henry Markham
None
None
James Budd
University of California, Berkeley
A.B. 1873
Henry Gage
None
None
George Pardee
University of California, Berkeley
Ph.B. 1879
A.M. 1882
University of Leipzig
M.D. 1885
James Gillett
None
None
Hiram Johnson
University of California, Berkeley
Dropped out 1887
William Stephens
None
None
Friend Richardson
San Bernardino College
C. C. Young
University of California, Berkeley
B.L. 1892
James Rolph
None
None
Frank Merriam
Lenox College
B.S. 1887
Culbert Olson
Brigham Young University
B.A. in Law and Journalism, 1890
University of Michigan Law School
Transferred to GWU Law
George Washington University Law School
LL.B. 1901
Earl Warren
University of California, Berkeley
B.A. 1912
University of California, Berkeley School of Law
LL.B. 1914
Goodwin Knight
Stanford University
A.B. in Law and Business, 1919
Cornell University
Graduate work, 1920
Pat Brown
San Francisco Law School
LL.B. 1927
Ronald Reagan
Eureka College
B.A. in Economics, 1932
Jerry Brown
University of California, Berkeley
B.A. in Classics, 1961
Yale Law School
J.D. 1964
George Deukmejian
Siena College
B.A. in Sociology, 1949
St. John's University School of Law
J.D. 1952
Pete Wilson
Yale University
B.A. in English, 1956
University of California, Berkeley School of Law
J.D. 1962
Gray Davis
Stanford University
A.B. in History, 1964
Columbia Law School
J.D. 1967
Arnold Schwarzenegger
University of Wisconsin–Superior
B.A. in Business and International Economics, 1979
Jerry Brown
University of California, Berkeley
B.A. in Classics, 1961
Yale Law School
J.D. 1964
Gavin Newsom
Santa Clara University
B.A. in Political Science, 1989
List by institutions [ edit ]
School
Governor(s)
Degree(s)
University of California, Berkeley &UC Berkeley Law School
James Budd
A.B. 1873
George Pardee
Ph.B. 1879
A.M. 1882
Hiram Johnson
Dropped out 1887
C. C. Young
B.L. 1892
Earl Warren
B.A. 1912
LL.B. 1914
Jerry Brown
B.A. in Classics, 1961
Pete Wilson
J.D. 1962
Yale University &Yale Law School
H.H. Haight
A.B. 1844
Jerry Brown
J.D. 1964
Pete Wilson
B.A. in English, 1956
Stanford University
Goodwin Knight
A.B. in Law and Business, 1919
Gray Davis
A.B. in History, 1964
Brigham Young University
Culbert Olson
B.A. in Law and Journalism, 1890
Cazenovia College
Leland Stanford
LL.B. 1845
Columbia Law School
Gray Davis
J.D. 1967
Cornell University
Goodwin Knight
Graduate work, 1920
De Pauw University
Newton Booth
A.B. 1846
Dickinson College
John Bigler
Dropped out
Eureka College
Ronald Reagan
B.A. in Economics, 1932
George Washington University Law School
Culbert Olson
LL.B. 1901
University of Leipzig
George Pardee
M.D. 1885
Lenox College
Frank Merriam
B.S. 1887
Marietta College
William Irwin
1848
Miami University
John B. Weller
University of Michigan Law School
Culbert Olson
Transferred to GWU Law
St. John's University School of Law
George Deukmejian
J.D. 1952
San Bernardino College
Friend Richardson
San Francisco Law School
Pat Brown
LL.B. 1927
Santa Clara University
Gavin Newsom
B.A. 1989
Siena College
George Deukmejian
B.A. in Sociology, 1949
United States Military Academy
George Stoneman
1846
Washington & Jefferson College
Milton Latham
1845
University of Wisconsin–Superior
Arnold Schwarzenegger
B.A. in Business and International Economics, 1979
None
Peter Burnett
None
John McDougall
None
J. Neely Johnson
None
John G. Downey
None
Frederick Low
None
Romualdo Pacheco
None
George Perkins
None
Washington Bartlett
None
Robert Waterman
None
Henry Markham
None
Henry Gage
None
James Gillett
None
William Stephens
None
James Rolph
None