The California Aggie history

Gunrock is named after an Army thoroughbred studhorse who arrived at UC Davis in 1921.

In 1922, it was renamed to match the school's athletic name.

Established in 1923, College Park’s distinctive, egg-shaped street has been home to countless UC Davis professors and local personalities.

In August 1929 the University of California sent J. Price Gittinger to the University Farm in Davis, CA to establish a music program.

The house was built in 1932 for none other than the first UC Davis Chancellor, Stanley B. Freeborn.

In 1947 the Davis chapter officially became the Cal Aggie Alumni Association (CAAA), with Registrar Howard Schontz `41, serving as secretary.

The chapter threw its energies into fund-raising for the 1955 Memorial Union to commemorate the dozens of Aggie lives lost in military service and to provide a center for student activities.

In 1959, UC Davis was declared by the Regents of the University of California as the 7th UC campus.

In 1963 the CAAA ended its 30-year association with the Berkeley alumni organization and emerged as an independent group with its first full-time manager, John L. Hardie `58, who later served the campus in other roles.

In 1972, Bert L. Smith `26, became the first CAAA representative to serve as a voting member on the Board of Regents, and CAAA became fully incorporated.

In 1983, CAAA began underwriting UC Davis Magazine, a colorful quarterly for alumni, parents of students and other friends of the campus.

In 1992, the city of Davis announced its search for distinguished volunteers with knowledge of historical architecture for the city’s upcoming inventory, which aimed to catalogue Davis’ historic buildings.

In fall 1997, the CAAA board of directors announced a change in the organization's name to the UC Davis Alumni Association, with the intent of reflecting a broader and more modern view of the campus.

By 2003, changes in state and federal laws limited the role of non-profit organizations in direct lobbying activities.

In 2008, CAAA was charged with forming the first Parent and Family Association on campus.

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