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历史 of 十大网赌网址平台首页

十大网赌网址平台首页 is a proud member of the prestigious University of California system, which in 2019 marked its 150周年. Our history of high-impact innovation began with the university's earliest days as a Citrus Experiment Station and continues through today's transformative 研究. As we celebrate our past, we prepare next-generation scientists, 工程师, 表演者, 企业家, and policy makers to tackle tomorrow's challenges.

Since our founding, UCR’s evolution has mirrored the dynamic growth of Southern California. Once a small university in a small town, we are now the premier 研究 and educational institution in the thriving Inland Southern California region.

Explore our unique history through the milestone links below.

1907年2月14日

The 河畔 Citrus Experiment Station, the forbearer of the university, opens for business.

1952年7月30日

UCR holds ground-breaking ceremonies. Construction begins immediately on Webber Hall, 地质, 体育课。, 沃特金斯大厅, 和生命科学.

students from the 1950's cheering in black and white photo

1954年2月15日

One hundred and twenty-seven students and 65 faculty members arrive fo their first day of classes. The next day, Charles Young is elected student body president. He later becomes chancellor of UCLA.

names carved into pavement with someone walking on it

1955年6月20日

The first 20 students graduate from UCR.

1954年10月19日

UCR is officially dedicated.

Watch video of the dedication

1955年8月

The big "C" on Box Springs Mountain is made with cement and equipment donated by the E.L. 耶格建筑有限公司. Surveying work is done by students. At 132 feet long, it is the largest concrete block letter on record.

1955

"Highlanders" is adopted as the campus mascot following a vote of the student body. The Scottish theme is embraced by several campus groups and buildings.

1959年4月18日

UC Regents vote to make UCR a "general" campus, complete with graduate instruction and professional schools.

1966年10月2日

The Boyd Bell Tower is dedicated.

Learn more about the Bell Tower

1984年5月16日

Chancellor 托马斯里韦拉 suffers a heart attack and passes away. 2月. 19, 1985, the library is officially named for him.

1998年4月

Students approve a plan for UCR's athletics teams to join NCAA Division 1. March 2000, UCR is accepted into the Big West Conference.

二五年四月十五日

The 加州大学洛杉矶分校棕榈沙漠 Center Opens.

加州大学洛杉矶分校棕榈沙漠

2006年11月

The university's plans for a medical school are accepted.

2012年9月

UCR's School of Public Policy is announced. The first class of students started in 2015 and graduated in June of 2017. 图:Anil B. Deolaikar, founding Dean.

UCR School of Public Policy

2013年8月

The first inaugural class of 50 students is welcomed into 十大网赌网址平台首页's School of Medicine. This class graduated in June 2017 with a historical 100% match rate.

UCR医学院

过去的财政大臣

Gordon Samuel Watkins was named 十大网赌网址平台首页's first provost in 1949 - a position he held until his retirement in 1956.
He was recalled to serve on the UC Santa Barbara campus as dean of the School of Education after that and died in 1970.

戈登·沃特金斯

教务长,1949 - 1956

Herman Theodore Spieth was chief campus officer at the 河畔 campus during a period of transition when the small liberal arts college was moving toward full university status.
He was named provost in 1956 and held this title until the Regents designated 河畔 a general campus in 1958 and his title was changed to chancellor. He served as chancellor until 1964 when he transferred to UC Davis as a professor of zoology. 他于1988年去世.

赫尔曼Spieth

Provost, 1950 to 1958, Chancellor 1958 to June 1964

伊凡Hinderaker was UCR's longest-serving chancellor. He guided UCR through the period of social unrest common to most college campuses in the 1960s. He died on September 23, 2007.

伊凡Hinderaker

Chancellor, July 1964 to 1979

A Mexican-American who received his early education in Spanish-language barrio schools, 托马斯里韦拉 went on to earn advanced degrees and to become the first minority chancellor in the University of California system in 1979. 在里韦拉任职期间, a master's degree program in business administration was added to the flourishing Graduate School of Management. Rivera died in office in 1984.

托马斯里韦拉

Chancellor, 1979 to May 1984

Daniel Gaskill Aldrich, Jr. became the founding chancellor of the UC Irvine campus in 1962. His academic career with the University of California began in 1944 as a soil chemist at the Citrus Experiment Station at 河畔. Aldrich later progressed to the rank of chemist in the Agricultural Experiment Station. He was appointed interim chancellor at 十大网赌网址平台首页 following Chancellor Rivera's death in 1984. 他于1990年去世.

丹尼尔·奥尔德里奇

Interim Chancellor, May 1984 to March 1985

Hullar came to 河畔 in 1984 as Chancellor Rivera's executive vice chancellor. He was appointed chancellor in March 1985. 当总理, Hullar helped finalize the site for the now flourishing California Museum of Photography, laid the foundation for the engineering program, and welcomed in the first students to earn degrees in business administration from UCR.

泰德Hullar

Chancellor, March 1985 to 1987

In 1985, Schraer accepted the position of executive vice chancellor at UCR under Chancellor Hullar. She was named the first female chancellor in the UC system when Chancellor Hullar was reassigned to UC Davis in 1987. Her goal of growing UCR to be the UC system's next great 研究 campus inspired an external giving program, which increased external giving from $3 million to over $12 million annually. Schraer died in office in 1992.

迷迭香Schraer

Chancellor, 1987 to 1992

Orbach was the second-longest tenured chancellor at UCR. Under Orbach’s leadership, UCR grew from 8,800 students to over 14,000. Orbach championed a campus-wide building boom, including adding over one-million-square-feet of office, 研究, and teaching facilities with a value of $250 million. He resigned in 2002 to become the director of the Office of Science in the U.S. Department of Energy in Washington, D.C.

雷蒙德·奥巴赫

Chancellor, 1992 to 2002

Dr. David H. 沃伦 was named interim chancellor in March 2002. He joined the UCR faculty in 1969 and was appointed executive vice chancellor in 1994. He has written four books and 60 articles on spatial cognition and the impact of visual impairment on child development. He is currently a professor emeritus in the Department of Psychology at UCR.

David H. 沃伦

Interim Chancellor, March 2002 to July 2002

Córdova is an astrophysicist, the 14th director of the National Science Foundation (NSF), and president emerita of Purdue University. She was the first Hispanic woman to serve as chancellor at a University of California campus. While serving as chancellor, Córdova's accomplishments included the preliminary approval for a medical school at UCR, the opening of UCR's Palm Desert Graduate Center, and the addition of over 1.8 million square feet of new or renovated space on campus. 她获得了博士学位.D. in physics from the California Institute of Technology in 1979. In 1993, she was named the chief scientist at NASA.

法国科尔多瓦

Chancellor, July 2002 to May 2007

作为临时总理, 灰色 led the development of the final proposal for the UCR medical school, which includes the business plan and curriculum. It was approved by the Academic Senate in March 2008. Under 灰色's leadership, UCR also developed a new enrollment plan, launched a scholarship campaign, and gained Senate approval for a new School of Public Policy.

罗伯特D. 灰色

Interim Chancellor, May 2007 to June 2008

Most recently the Chancellor of the 23-campus California State University system, the largest four-year public higher education system in the country, his accomplishments at UCR include the development of a 10-year strategic plan called UCR 2020, accreditation of the new School of Medicine, the announcement of the new School of Public Policy, and growth of campus enrollment to almost 21,000名学生. 在白, 河畔 also was selected to host the new UCPath project, which is consolidating basic human resources operations across the entire UC system as a permanent cost-saving measure.

蒂莫西·P. 白色。

Chancellor, July 2008 to December 2012

Her accomplishments at UCR include the launch of the new School of Medicine, 收到了2个,400 applications for the 50 spots available for the first class. 在Conoley, 河畔 was named a “下一个 Generation University” by the New America Foundation for success in enhancing student outcomes and maintaining robust 研究 profiles despite economic pressures and ranked 10th in the world in its impact on the natural sciences and engineering by the University of Leiden.

简·克洛斯·康诺利

Interim Chancellor, December 2012 to August 2013

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