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Robert H. Finch was elected Lieutenant Governor in his first try for a state-wide office in 1966. A graduate of Occidental College and the University of Southern California Law School, Finch, after service in the Marine Corps in World War II and Korea, organized his own law firm which specialized in corporate, financial and real estate law. Finch served as campaign chairman for George Murphy in 1964 and for Richard M. Nixon in his presidential campaign in 1960. In January, 1969, Finch resigned as Lieutenant Governor to join Nixon's administration where he served as Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare and as White House aide.

As Lieutenant Governor, Finch was chairman of the Commission of the Californias, California Bicentennial Celebration Commission (Stats. 1967, ch. 212, p. 1338), and California Job Training and Placement Council. He was also a member of the State Lands Commission, California Toll Bridge Authority, California Disaster Council, Reapportionment Commission, California Reciprocity Commission, the California Commission on Interstate Cooperation and the Executive Committee of the Intergovernmental Council on Urban Growth (Stats. 1963, ch. 1809).

All of Lieutenant Governor Finch's papers are subject to restricted use.

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