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Classes started on September 24, 1956, in temporary buildings, with an enrollment of 1,500 students. [14] [15] Delmar Oviatt, the former namesake of the campus library (subsequently renamed University Library), was the dean of the satellite campus until July 1, 1958, when the campus separated from Los Angeles State College and was renamed San Fernando Valley State College (popularly ...
John Lyman Whitehead Jr. ("Mr. Death") (May 14, 1924 – September 6, 1992) was an American who served in World War II (as part of the Tuskegee Airmen), the Korean War and the Vietnam War. He was the first African American to graduate from the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School , one of the first to become a jet pilot instructor, and the first to ...
*California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo was founded as a vocational high school. It became a vocational school in 1924, and then started awarding bachelor's degrees in 1940. It became a vocational school in 1924, and then started awarding bachelor's degrees in 1940.
The California State University (Cal State or CSU) is a public university system in California, and the largest public university system in the United States. [1] It consists of 23 campuses and seven off-campus centers, which together enroll 457,992 students and employ 56,256 faculty and staff members. [ 1 ]
California State University, Dominguez Hills: Carson: CCAA: Cal State East Bay Pioneers: California State University, East Bay: Hayward: CCAA: Chico State Wildcats: California State University, Chico: Chico: CCAA: Cal State Los Angeles Golden Eagles: California State University, Los Angeles: Los Angeles: CCAA: Cal State Monterey Bay Otters
California State Parks' first state marine park. Candlestick Point State Recreation Area: State recreation area San Francisco: 204 83 1972 Constitutes California's first urban state recreation area, on the west shore of San Francisco Bay. [41] Cardiff State Beach: State beach San Diego: 507 205 1949 Provides a sandy, warm-water beach outside ...
With nearly 2,700 students, the university's division of Public Affairs is the largest in the California State University (CSU). The university is home to the largest Chemistry program within the CSU with over 400 students. [68] Along with CSUN, it is the only university in California to offer a bachelor's degree in Deaf Studies. [68]
On December 6, 1963, the California State College (now California State University) Board of Trustees named the library after the late 35th president of the United States John F. Kennedy. An edifice plaque was unveiled during the John F. Kennedy Memorial Library naming ceremony on February 12, 1964, and in November 1969 the library North Wing ...