Cpp, Inc. history

Nash Motor Company executive Charles Voorhis founded the original Voorhis School for Boys in 1927 with the mission of housing and educating underprivileged boys.

1932 – Kellogg donates the ranch and horses to the University of California.

1936—H. Jerry Voorhis is elected to Congress.

1943 (Spring)—The Voorhis Unit closes due to World War II.

1946—The Voorhis Unit reopens with an enrollment of 270 students.

1948—The Army discontinues the Remount program and the Kellogg Ranch is transferred to the Department of Agriculture.

Breakfast cereal magnate W.K. Kellogg deeded 813 acres of land located three miles south of the Voorhis campus to the state of California in 1949.

In 1956, 508 students and 44 faculty and staff moved from San Dimas to the Kellogg campus.

1957—Pomona students no longer have to go to San Luis Obispo for their senior year and graduation.

Reese, H. (1958). The Kellogg Arabians: Their background and influence.

1959—The block letters “CP” were placed on Colt Hill by the Poly Service Club (Phi Sigma Chi).

1966: The World Civilization courses were created by David Levering, in place of western civ; CPP was one of the first universities to do this.

1975: John Moore won Outstanding Professor Award

1979: Anthony Brundage became chair.

To respond to the needs of the commercial sector for a wind tunnel testing facility, Doctor Cermak and Doctor Jon Peterka, another leading engineer on the CSU faculty, co-founded Cermak Peterka and Associates (CP/A) in 1981.

1986: Stephen Englehart became chair.

April 22 - 25, 1991, students went to the polls to vote on increasing fees by $10 to expand the Union that students were growing out of.

1993: US historians Richard Johnson, Judith Anderson, and John Moore moved from the discontinued American Studies department to become members of the History Department.

1994-97: Tara Sethia received a multi-year grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities for directing two month-long summer institutes and a series of follow-up activities on India and China in Comparative and World History Perspective for K-12 Educators.

1996: Elise Wirtschafter received a grant from the National Council for Soviet and East European Research (renamed National Council for Eurasian and East European Research). Her project was "State Building and Social Integration in Imperial Russia."

1998: John Moore received a Lifetime Achievement Award, from the United Nations Association USA.

2000:John Moore gave the commencement address for the College of Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences.

In April 2003 the former University Union was officially renamed the Bronco Student Center.

2004: The Ahimsa Center was founded under the leadership of Tara Sethia.

Smith, Meaghan Colleen. (2006). Setting the standard: an evaluation of campus space at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.

2010:Amanda Podany became chair.

2012:The Lloyd Award was created for best historiography paper, funded by alum Sean Yu in honor of John Lloyd.

2013:Eileen Wallis won the Faculty Award for Civic Engagement.

The BRIC is a 165,000 square foot complex that opened in September, 2014 to further enhance student life and engagement through the creation of a dynamic and exciting venue for the provision of recreational programs and additional student employment and internship opportunities.

2015:Eileen Wallis became chair.

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2017:Elise Wirtschafter received a grant from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD); hosted by the University of Tübingen

2019: Anne Wohlcke became chair.