Pitzer College points out to the little residential liberal arts college that runs privately and is based in Claremont, California. It is regarded as one among the seven institutions of higher learning exactly in the form of The Claremont Colleges.
Its co-ordination is done through the Claremont University Consortium. The school concentrates more on behavioral sciences, Media Studies, social sciences as well as international programs. The foundation of Pitzer College was laid in the form of a women's teaching college in the year 1963 by Russell K. Pitzer, who was a philanthropist, citrus magnate of California as well as a Pomona College alumnus.
The poet as well as visionary namely John W. Atherton was chosen in April 1963 for the post of the first President and he went ahead with the recruitment of faculty, students as well as trustees for a span of seventeen months. He did also lead to the construction of Scott and Sanborn Halls for the fall 1964 semester. In the initial year of the Pitzer College, the students and faculty came together for the creation of the curriculum and the system of governance of the school.
The initial class of the college graduated in the year 1967 and it turned co-educational after a span of three years. The start of the first academic term took place with ten professors as well as 153 students belonging to sixteen states and five countries. The position of the President of Pitzer College was occupied by a number of people namely Robert H. Atwell as the second President; Marilyn C. Massey as fourth President; Frank L. Ellsworth served as third President and life trustee; as well as Laura Skandera Trombley as the President in recent times.
The campus of this college is situated in Claremont, California and covers a total area of nearly 35 acres. This college is also the owner as well as operator of a field station measuring 145-acre on secondary growth rainforest called as the Firestone Center for Restoration Ecology. Pitzer College was ranked as the 49th best national liberal arts college overall by the U.S. News and World Report 2008 Edition.
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