American executive and politician from California

William Frederick Prisk, Jr. (April 2, 1870 – December 21, 1962) was a California newspaper executive and a politician from California.

Contents

• 1 Early life
• 2 Career
• 3 Personal life
• 4 Legacy
• 5 Partial works
• 6 References
• 7 External links

Early life

Prist was born in Gr* Valley, California. Prisk's father was William Prisk, a miner. Prisk's mother was Mary (Hosking) Prisk. Prisk's parents were natives of Camborne, Cornwall, England, who settled in Gr* Valley, California.

Career

Prisk held posts on the Gr* Valley Union (editor and publisher), Evening Telegraph (publisher, typesetter, reporter and business manager), Pasadena Star-News (co-owner with his brother Charles H. Prisk), Long Beach Press-Telegram (editor-publisher). He was elected to the California State Senate in 1897, and at the time, was the youngest member of the California State Legislature. For his many years as editor-publisher of the Press-Telegram, he received the nickname "Mr. Long Beach".

Personal life

Prisk became a naturalized US citizen in 1869. Three years after his death in Long Beach, he was selected to the California Newspaper Publishers *ociation's Newspaper Hall of Fame.

Legacy

The William F. Prisk Elementary School in the Long Beach Unified School District is named in his honor.

Partial works

• 1895 pictorial history of Nevada County, California
• Nevada county mining review

References

• Cornwall portal

External links

• Join California William F. Prisk