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In 2013, the university received an estate gift of $125 million from Robert and Jeanette Powell. It is the largest gift in the university's history. [16] This gift increased Pacific's endowment to $334 million. [17] That same year, Pacific awarded its highest honor, the Order of Pacific, to the Powells. [16]
Raymond College was an undergraduate honors college at the University of the Pacific from the years 1962 to 1980. [1] [2] [3] Located in Stockton, California, it had an interdisciplinary curriculum that emphasized learning in the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities, styling itself in the tradition of the liberal arts.
The College of the Pacific is the original and largest unit of the University of the Pacific. The University of the Pacific was founded in 1851 in Santa Clara, California and was renamed the College of the Pacific in 1911, to reflect its primary heritage as an undergraduate liberal arts college. [2]
After its formal establishment as a school in 1924, this Sacramento Law School, subsequently renamed in Professor McGeorge's honor as the "McGeorge School of Law", merged with the University of the Pacific in 1966 and came to be known as "Pacific McGeorge". [5] McGeorge became an integral part of the University of the Pacific in 1991. [5]
University of the Pacific was founded in 1851 in Santa Clara, California, and claims to be the first institution of higher education in California. [18] San José State University was founded in 1857 and is California's first public institution of higher education. In 1949, in a game which drew national attention, the Victory Bell was unveiled ...
In 1937, University of the Pacific's President Knoles envisioned the chapel which has become a Stockton landmark. Percy and Lillie Morris, having borne the majority of the financial burden of construction, were memorialized when the chapel was officially named and dedicated on April 19, 1942.
University of the Pacific (Colombia) University of the Pacific (Peru) University of the Pacific (United States) University of Asia Pacific, Bangladesh; University of Asia and the Pacific, a private research university in the Philippines; University of the South Pacific, an intergovernmental organization and public research university with a ...
The Pacific Tigers college football team represented University of the Pacific (CA). The Tigers competed in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) College Division in the years 1937–1968. In 1969, the team moved to National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I and stayed there until disbanding after the 1995 season.