Entrepreneur, Philanthropist. He is considered an American oilman. As the treasurer of the Democratic party from 1942 to 1948, he advised President Franklin D. Roosevelt to pick Harry Truman as his vice-presidential running-mate in 1944. After attending Occidental College, he transferred to the University of California at Berkeley, earning a Bachelor of Science in 1922 and a Master of Science the following year. He served on the Board of Regents for the University of California for thirty years. Beginning in the early 1920s, he became very wealthy managing oil companies. During World War II, he was the Petroleum Coordinator for War in Europe. After the war, he was the U.S. representative on the Allied Reparations Commission. He owned a television station, a football team, and an airline. He was the namesake of UCLA's "Pauley Pavilion" sports facility after donating $1 million toward the building fund. He owned Moku O Lo'e, also known as Coconut Island, which is located in Kaneohe Bay on Oahu, Hawaii. The island was used by the Pauley family to entertain US presidents, royalty, and celebrities at the 23-acre paradise, complete with lagoons, fishponds, a natural swimming pool, a bowling alley, and living quarters. Pauley invited the University of Hawaii to establish a marine field station on the island to study coral reefs and tropical estuaries and later, a laboratory was built. The Edwin W. Pauley Foundation continues philanthropic work such as a library for the University of Hawaii.

Entrepreneur, Philanthropist. He is considered an American oilman. As the treasurer of the Democratic party from 1942 to 1948, he advised President Franklin D. Roosevelt to pick Harry Truman as his vice-presidential running-mate in 1944. After attending Occidental College, he transferred to the University of California at Berkeley, earning a Bachelor of Science in 1922 and a Master of Science the following year. He served on the Board of Regents for the University of California for thirty years. Beginning in the early 1920s, he became very wealthy managing oil companies. During World War II, he was the Petroleum Coordinator for War in Europe. After the war, he was the U.S. representative on the Allied Reparations Commission. He owned a television station, a football team, and an airline. He was the namesake of UCLA's "Pauley Pavilion" sports facility after donating $1 million toward the building fund. He owned Moku O Lo'e, also known as Coconut Island, which is located in Kaneohe Bay on Oahu, Hawaii. The island was used by the Pauley family to entertain US presidents, royalty, and celebrities at the 23-acre paradise, complete with lagoons, fishponds, a natural swimming pool, a bowling alley, and living quarters. Pauley invited the University of Hawaii to establish a marine field station on the island to study coral reefs and tropical estuaries and later, a laboratory was built. The Edwin W. Pauley Foundation continues philanthropic work such as a library for the University of Hawaii.

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