Warren Olney

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Four members of the same family, all named Warren Olney, have been prominent in Californian history.

Warren Olney was born in Iowa and fought in the American Civil War. A lawyer with a keen interest in the outdoors, Olney moved to California in 1868 and was involved in the creation of the Sierra Club, an organiation dedicated to conservation in the Sierra Mountains. He was Mayor of Oakland from 1903 to 1905.

Olney's son and grandson, who shared his name, were also lawyers. Warren Olney II served on the Supreme Court of California from 1919 to 1921 and Warren Olney III was appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower as an Assistant Attorney General to oversee the Criminal Division of the United States Department of Justice.

Warren Olney IV is a Los Angeles-based radio broadcaster. Host and Executive Producer of To the Point and Which Way, L.A.?, both of which can be heard on KCRW, he is considered to be an authority on Southland affairs. A graduate of Amherst College, Olney has also developed and taught laboratory courses at USC.