Its first park director, William Penn Mott, Jr. went on to become the 12th director of the U.S. National Park Service.
William Penn Mott, Jr. (died 1992), director of the United States National Park Service
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From 1946 to 1985 he served successively as Oakland's park superintendent, the East Bay Regional Park District's general manager, director of the California Department of Parks and Recreation under Governor Ronald Reagan, and general manager of the East Bay Zoological Society.