History

History of UC Riverside

十大网赌网址平台首页是著名的加州大学系统中的一员, which in 2019 marked its 150th anniversary. 我们的高影响力创新历史始于大学成立之初 Citrus Experiment Station and continues through today's transformative research. As we celebrate our past, we prepare next-generation scientists, engineers, performers, entrepreneurs, and policy makers to tackle tomorrow's challenges.

自我们成立以来，UCR的发展反映了南加州的动态增长. Once a small university in a small town, 我们现在是繁荣的南加州内陆地区首屈一指的研究和教育机构.

Explore our unique history through the milestone links below.

February 14, 1907

河滨柑橘实验站，大学的前身，开始营业.

July 30, 1952

UCR holds ground-breaking ceremonies. Construction begins immediately on Webber Hall, Geology, Physical Education, Watkins Hall, and Life Sciences.

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

February 15, 1954

127名学生和65名教职员工第一天上课. 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

June 20, 1955

The first 20 students graduate from UCR.

October 19, 1954

UCR is officially dedicated.

Watch video of the dedication

August, 1955

盒子泉山上的大“C”是由E捐赠的水泥和设备制成的.L. Yeager Construction Co. Surveying work is done by students. At 132 feet long, it is the largest concrete block letter on record.

1955

经过学生投票，“高地人”被选为校园吉祥物. The Scottish theme is embraced by several campus groups and buildings.

April 18, 1959

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

October 2, 1966

The Boyd Bell Tower is dedicated.

Learn more about the Bell Tower

May 16, 1984

Chancellor Tomás Rivera suffers a heart attack and passes away. On Feb. 19, 1985, the library is officially named for him.

April, 1998

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

April 15, 2005

The UCR Palm Desert Center Opens.

UCR Palm Desert

November, 2006

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

September, 2012

UCR's School of Public Policy is announced. 第一批学生于2015年入学，2017年6月毕业. Pictured: Anil B. Deolaikar, founding Dean.

UCR School of Public Policy

August, 2013

十大网赌网址平台首页医学院迎来首批50名学生. This class graduated in June 2017 with a historical 100% match rate.

UCR School of Medicine

Past Chancellors

戈登·塞缪尔·沃特金斯于1949年被任命为十大网赌网址平台首页的第一任教务长，他一直担任这个职位，直到1956年退休.
此后，他被召回加州大学圣巴巴拉分校担任教育学院院长，并于1970年去世.

Gordon Watkins

Provost, 1949-1956

赫尔曼·西奥多·斯皮思(Herman Theodore Spieth)是河滨校区的首席校园官，当时这所规模不大的文理学院正朝着完全的大学地位迈进.
1956年，他被任命为教务长，并一直担任这一头衔，直到1958年，校董会指定河滨分校为普通校园，他的头衔才改为校长. 他一直担任校长，直到1964年他转到加州大学戴维斯分校担任动物学教授. He died in 1988.

Herman Spieth

Provost, 1950 to 1958, Chancellor 1958 to June 1964

Ivan Hinderaker was UCR's longest-serving chancellor. 他带领UCR度过了20世纪60年代大多数大学校园普遍存在的社会动荡时期. He died on September 23, 2007.

Ivan Hinderaker

Chancellor, July 1964 to 1979

他是墨西哥裔美国人，早期在西班牙语学校接受教育, Tomás里维拉继续获得高等学位，并于1979年成为加州大学系统的第一位少数族裔校长. During Rivera's tenure, 欣欣向荣的管理研究生院增设了工商管理硕士学位课程. Rivera died in office in 1984.

Tomás Rivera

Chancellor, 1979 to May 1984

Daniel Gaskill Aldrich, Jr. became the founding chancellor of the UC Irvine campus in 1962. 他在加州大学的学术生涯始于1944年，当时他是河滨市柑橘实验站的一名土壤化学家. 奥尔德里奇后来晋升为农业实验站的化学家. 1984年里维拉校长去世后，他被任命为十大网赌网址平台首页的临时校长. He died in 1990.

Daniel Aldrich

Interim Chancellor, May 1984 to March 1985

胡勒于1984年来到河滨大学，担任里维拉校长的执行副校长. He was appointed chancellor in March 1985. While chancellor, 胡勒帮助最终确定了现在蓬勃发展的加州摄影博物馆的场地, laid the foundation for the engineering program, 欢迎第一批从加州大学洛杉矶分校获得工商管理学位的学生.

Ted Hullar

Chancellor, March 1985 to 1987

1985年，Schraer接受了UCR校长Hullar领导下的执行副校长职位. 1987年，当胡勒校长被调到加州大学戴维斯分校时，她被任命为加州大学系统的第一位女校长. 她的目标是将加州大学洛杉矶分校发展成为加州大学系统下一个伟大的研究型校园，这激发了一个外部捐赠项目, 是什么使外部捐赠从每年300万美元增加到1200多万美元. Schraer died in office in 1992.

Rosemary 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, research, and teaching facilities with a value of $250 million. 他于2002年辞职，成为美国科学办公室主任.S. Department of Energy in Washington, D.C.

Raymond Orbach

Chancellor, 1992 to 2002

Dr. David H. Warren was named interim chancellor in March 2002. 他于1969年加入UCR, 1994年被任命为执行副校长. 他在空间认知和视觉障碍对儿童发展的影响方面撰写了四本书和60篇文章. 他目前是加州大学洛杉矶分校心理学系的名誉教授.

David H. Warren

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. 她是第一位担任加州大学校长的西班牙裔女性. While serving as chancellor, Córdova的成就包括初步批准在加州大学洛杉矶分校设立医学院, 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. She received a Ph.D. in physics from the California Institute of Technology in 1979. In 1993, she was named the chief scientist at NASA.

France Córdova

Chancellor, July 2002 to May 2007

As Interim Chancellor, Grey 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 Grey's leadership, UCR also developed a new enrollment plan, launched a scholarship campaign, and gained Senate approval for a new School of Public Policy.

Robert D. Grey

Interim Chancellor, May 2007 to June 2008

最近，他是拥有23个校区的加州州立大学系统的校长, the largest four-year public higher education system in the country, 他在UCR的成就包括制定了一项名为UCR 2020的10年战略计划, 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 students. Under White, Riverside also was selected to host the new UCPath project, 将整个UC系统的基本人力资源业务整合为一项永久性的节约成本措施.

Timothy P. White

Chancellor, July 2008 to December 2012

她在加州大学洛杉矶分校的成就包括成立了新的医学院, which received 2,400 applications for the 50 spots available for the first class. Under Conoley, 河滨大学被新美国基金会评为“下一代大学”，因为它在经济压力下成功地提高了学生的成绩，并保持了强劲的研究形象，在自然科学和工程方面的影响力被莱顿大学评为世界第10位.

Jane Close Conoley

Interim Chancellor, December 2012 to August 2013