College of San Mateo
The College of San Mateo is a public community college in San Mateo County, California, formerly known as San Mateo Junior College (SMJC). The college was founded in 1922 and initially shared the campus of San Mateo High School on Ellsworth Avenue. It moved locations frequently until setting up the present day campus at College Heights on West Hillsdale Boulevard in September 1963. The college is part of the San Mateo County Community College District. The college houses a radio and television station [1] KCSM . The campus also has a student run 1st amendment school newspaper, The San Matean.
Locally known as CSM, the college established the nation's first college jazz band in 1946, under the direction of Bud Young, who was succeeded by Dick Crest. The college's choral groups were led from 1931 to 1964 by Fred Roehr, who was succeeded by Galen Marshall. Marshall founded the Masterworks Chorale in September 1964, a community organization that continues to this day.
The official mascot of CSM is the Bulldog. The school colors are blue and white.
Besides regular daytime classes, the college has long offered a number of regular evening classes and special lectures and concerts. In the fall of 1971, for example, Charles Richter, the inventor of the Richter scale of earthquake magnitude, gave a special lecture in the college's little theatre.
Notable alumni
- Scott Feldman, baseball player
- Merv Griffin (1942-1944), actor/singer/producer
- Keith Hernandez (1970s), baseball player
- Phil Lesh (1959), musician
- Gordon Lish, editor, author, teacher
- Dick Lotz (1962-1963), PGA professional golfer
- John Madden (1954-1955), football coach/analyst[2]
- Paul McClellan, baseball player
- Jon Miller (1968?-1969?), sportscaster
- Craig Venter, biologist
- Dick Vermeil (1950s), football coach/analyst
- Bill Walsh (1950-1951), football coach/analyst
- Archie Williams (1933-1935), athlete
See also
References
- San Mateo: A Centennial History; M. Postel; 1994; ISBN 0-942087-08-9
External links
- College of San Mateo website
- CSM photography collection
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