San Diego State College, Site of First Doctorate Degree Granted by the California State College System

San Diego County · San Diego · location approximate

Under the Master Plan for Higher Education adopted in 1960, the colleges in the newly established California State College System were given the right to confer joint doctorate degrees with the University of California and independent degrees to individuals who have made unusual contributions toward learning and civilization. San Diego State College was the first of the California State Colleges to do this when on June 7, 1963, it conferred an honorary doctorate degree upon the late President of the United States, John Fitzgerald Kennedy.

1971 register text, presented as a historical document. It uses the period's terms for Native people; the state's landmark listings still carry most of this wording, and the California Office of Historic Preservation maintains the program's current texts.

Many of these plaques have since been recast or their texts revised. The California Historical Landmarks program and its current texts are maintained by the California Office of Historic Preservation. California Office of Historic Preservation ↗

USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection

Marker data: State of California, Department of Parks and Recreation, California Historical Landmarks (1971)

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