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GREEN BAY, Wis. — Edwin R. Bayley, the first dean of the graduate school of journalism at UC Berkeley, died Sunday at a local hospital. He was 84 and suffered from several chronic health problems that became acute in recent months, a family friend said. 

Bayley arrived at UC Berkeley in 1969, and guided the graduate journalism program for more than 16 years. He not only administered the school, but also taught and founded the Summer Program for Minority Journalists. 

During World War II, he was on active duty as an armed guard officer in the central Pacific. 

After the war, he became the Milwaukee Journal’s chief political reporter. He also worked as correspondent for the paper in London. 

In 1961, he became the first public information officer for the Peace Corps. Later that year, he was appointed special assistant representing President Kennedy on interdepartmental committees involving information and the hiring of minorities. 

His book, “Joe McCarthy and the Press,” was a finalist in the competition for the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. 

The book concludes that newspapers could have hastened McCarthy’s downfall if they had better appreciated their influence and found the courage to speak out against him. 

After his retirement in 1985, Bayley and his wife, Monica Worsley, divided their time among homes in London, Door County, Wis., and Carmel, Calif.