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Pitzer was founded in 1963 as a women's college by Russell K. Pitzer (1878–1978), a California citrus magnate, philanthropist, and Pomona College alumnus. In April 1963, John W. Atherton, the dean of faculty and a professor of English at Claremont Men's College (now Claremont McKenna College) was hired as Pitzer's first president, and over the next seventeen months he recruited students ...
Pomona's teams were formed in 1895, and it was a founding member of the SCIAC in 1914. The college competed with Claremont Men's College (CMC) for a decade beginning in 1946, and joined with Pitzer in 1970. Pomona-Pitzer's mascot is Cecil the Sagehen, a greater sage-grouse.
The Claremont Colleges (known colloquially as the 7Cs) are a consortium of seven private institutions of higher education located in Claremont, California, United States.They comprise five undergraduate colleges (the 5Cs)—Pomona College, Scripps College, Claremont McKenna College (CMC), Harvey Mudd College, and Pitzer College—and two graduate schools—Claremont Graduate University (CGU ...
Pomona-Pitzer is the only team in the world to use the Sagehen as a mascot, [18] and it is often noted for its goofiness. [19] [20] Rather than in the grouse's natural brown and white colors, the mascot is rendered in the team's official colors, blue (for Pomona) and orange (for Pitzer). [21] The precise origin of the nickname is unknown.
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An exterior view of the college in 1907, featuring its two earliest buildings: Sumner Hall (right) and Holmes Hall (left) [14] Pomona College was established as a coeducational and nonsectarian Christian institution on October 14, 1887, amidst a real estate boom and anticipated population influx precipitated by the arrival of a transcontinental railroad to Southern California.
Pomona (/ p ə ˈ m oʊ n ə / ⓘ pə-MOH-nə [8]) is a city in eastern Los Angeles County, California, United States. Pomona is located in the Pomona Valley, between the Inland Empire and the San Gabriel Valley. At the 2020 census, the city's population was 151,713. [7]
Occidental College: Los Angeles: 1887 Nonsectarian [d] 1,839 Tigers: 1915–16 to present No Pomona-Pitzer —Pomona College —Pitzer College: Claremont: 1887 1963 Nonsectarian: 1,732 [4] 950 Sagehens: 1971–72 to present 1915–16 to 1933–34; 1938–39 to present 1971–72 to present Yes University of Redlands: Redlands: 1907 Nonsectarian ...