UCLA: The First Century

369 Pages·2011·308.202 MB·English

by  Marina Dundjerski

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UCLA's first chief executive, 1919-1936
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Origins: 1913-1919 10
,\"T"ig"Gnl\\s: 1919-1925 22
\\'cst\\'OOd Bound: 1925-1929 34
"Boastfulness in California:" 1929-1936 56
"\\'c arc at War:" 1936-1945 78
,\ .\laturingCampus: 1945-1959 102
Fighting for ldcntit�: 1959-1968 132
"In the .\liddlcofa Rc,olution:" 1968-1975 168
",\ Landmark Time for L's:" 1975-1989 190
·so Far, So Fast:" 1989-1997 214
The :\'e\\ .\lillcnnium: 1997-2007 238
To\\'ard a Centennial: 2007 and Bc�ond 260
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UCLA is, by any measure, one of the world's great universities.
And yet, like many of California's most notable
institutions, our campus has a relatively short history.
Established in 1919 to serve the rapidly expanding
population of Southern California, UCLA transformed the
University of California into che nation's first mulcicampus
system. Within the mere flash of a century, UCLA evolved from
a small junior college on Vermont Avenue into what is today a
dynamic institution that is enhancing lives in innumerable ways,
throughout California and around the world.
UCLA: The First Century char es UCLA's extraordinary ascent into
a premier research university, whose world-class faculty counts among its ranks Nobel laureates,
MacArthur Fellows, Pulitzer Prize winners and members of every major academic society; and an
engine of opportunity: One-third of our graduates are the first in their families to earn four-year
degrees and hundreds of thousands of alumni are pioneers in public service, business, medicine, science
and technology, the arts and nearly every other field.
The journey was not without its challenges-among them, the struggle to forge a separate identity
for our rather distinctive campus while respecting the values and traditions of the University of California.
And there were, of course, a few pleasant surprises: The campus's academic reputation had climbed so
dramatically that, by the early J 980s, our own administrators were astonished when one survey placed
UCLA near the top of its national rankings of faculty and graduate programs.
With our centennial on the horizon, chis volume-the first comprehensive and scholarly history of
the university-is a testament to the unheralded builders and celebrated leaders who shaped the Southern
Branch into today' U LA, an internationally renowned center for academic excellence, transformational
research and meaningful service to our global society. We are delighted to celebrate these milestones, and
we look forward to ever greater achievement during our next hundred years.
Gene D. Block
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