Louis Heilbron was a San Francisco attorney and the first head of the California State College trustees board. Born in 1907 in Newark, New Jersey, Heilbron earned a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of California, Berkeley in 1928 and his law degree from Berkeley Law (formerly known as Boalt Hall) in 1931. After passing the bar, he worked for the California State Department of Social Welfare, joining the law firm Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe in 1934. He served in the US Army from 1943 until 1949, and was appointed to the Board of California State Colleges in 1960, serving as Chairman until 1963 and remaining a Trustee until 1969. In this interview, Heilbron discusses California state government during the Great Depression, labor law negotiation at Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe, Californian and international tax law, development and activation of the State Colleges system in the sixties and seventies, and his work with KQED. This interview is part of a group of interviews documenting community leadership among UC Berkeley graduates.