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History
SF
State's historical timeline
Founded
1899 as San Francisco State Normal School, a two-year teacher-training
college. First normal school in the nation to require a high school diploma
for admission.
University
Milestones
| First
graduating class (36 women) |
1901 |
| First
man admitted |
1904 |
| First
bachelor of arts degree |
1923 |
| Four-year
program initiated |
1930 |
| Liberal
arts program first offered |
1935 |
| Master's
degree first offered |
1949 |
| SF
State becomes part of The California State College system (now The
California State University) |
1960 |
| University
status attained |
1972 |
| Centennial
Celebration |
1999 |
Number
of Names: 5
| San
Francisco State Normal School |
1899
- 1921 |
| San
Francisco State Teachers College |
1921
- 1935 |
| San
Francisco State College |
1935
- 1972 |
| California
State University, San Francisco |
1972
- 1974 |
| San
Francisco State University |
1974
- present |
Number
of Presidents: 12
| Frederic
Lister Burk |
1899
- 1924 |
| Archibald
B. Anderson |
1924
- 1927 |
| Alexander
C. Roberts |
1927
- 1945 |
| J.
Paul Leonard |
1945
- 1957 |
| Glenn
S. Dumke |
1957
- 1961 |
| Paul
A. Dodd |
1962
- 1966 |
| John
Summerskill |
1966
- 1968 |
| Robert
R. Smith |
1968 |
| Samuel
I. Hayakawa |
1968
- 1973 |
| Paul
F. Romberg |
1973
- 1983 |
| Chia-Wei
Woo |
1983
- 1988 |
| Robert
A. Corrigan |
1988
- present |
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