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4 unusual facts about California State University, Long Beach


Bernard Judge

He has conducted housing research in a dozen countries around the world, taught design and lectured on environmental design at California State University, Long Beach, California Polytechnic Institute, Pomona, University of California Los Angeles, University of Southern California, Southern California Institute of Architecture, and University of California Berkeley.

Firetide

January 2009 saw the installation of a Firetide system at California State University, Long Beach.

Robert Owen Hutchins

Born in Danville, Illinois, Hutchins earned a B.S. degree from the University of California at Berkeley in 1961, an M.A. degree in phytochemistry from California State University, Long Beach in 1962, and a Ph.D. degree in organic chemistry from Purdue University under Joseph Wolinsky in 1967 .

William Link

The William Link Theatre on the campus of California State University, Long Beach is named for Link in honor of his work and donation of plays.


Air draft

At several bridges, such as the Gerald Desmond Bridge in Long Beach, CA, NOAA has installed an "Air Gap" measuring device that accurately measures the distance from its sensor on the bridge to the water surface and can be accessed by marine pilots and ship's masters to aid them in making real time determination of clearance.

Bobby Burgess

In 1961, while attending Long Beach State University, he and his childhood friend (and dancing partner) Barbara Boylan entered a Calcutta dance contest held by Lawrence Welk and his orchestra based on the hit song of the same name.

Brenda Shinn

Shinn returned to competitive shooting in 2006, when her son K.C. attended the California State University in San Bernardino, California.

Brian Ottney

On September 1, 2003 Ottney died in Long Beach, California, where he had moved to be in a construction job.

California State University, San Bernardino

The nickname was inspired by the coyotes that inhabit the area around the campus, which lies on the foothills of San Bernardino Mountains.

Chris Freiling

He is a member of the faculty of the Department of Mathematics at California State University, San Bernardino.

City Center Building

It is the tallest in Hayward, and was previously the second tallest, until the 2013 razing of Warren Hall on the Cal State East Bay campus.

CSUSB College of Extended Learning

The California State University, San Bernardino College of Extended Learning is one of the several colleges of the California State University, San Bernardino, located on the main university campus in the University District of San Bernardino, California.

David Hodo

Hodo graduated from California State University, Sacramento in 1969 where he majored in speech and acted in several campus productions, including Oh What a Lovely War, Carnival and Richard II.

Deanne Bray

A California native, Bray broke into the entertainment industry after she was discovered performing with a deaf dancing group called "Prism West" at a deaf festival at California State University, Northridge, where she earned a B.A. degree in Biology.

Dreger Clock

The Dreger Clock was built by Andrew Dreger Sr., whose family were pioneers to the early settlements of Anaheim, Long Beach and Buena Park.

Duncan Oughton

Oughton attended the University of Otago in New Zealand, before moving to the United States to play college soccer at Cal State Fullerton from 1997 to 2000.

Garrett Michael Hayes

Garrett was raised in Maine and moved back to California in 1969, where he later attended Beverly Hills High School and California State College at Bakersfield.

Greg Kading

He attended Cal State Long Beach and Calvary Bible College.

Henri Coulette

Coulette was born in Los Angeles, California, and earned a bachelor's degree in 1952 from Los Angeles State College, now known as California State University, Los Angeles.

Hooker Oak

Many of these were given to various institutions, which included the Royal Botanical Gardens in London, the Butte County Historical Society, Bidwell Mansion, Sacramento Valley Museum, Butte College, California State University, Chico, and the University of California at Berkeley.

Hypomesus pretiosus

Hypomesus pretiosus, or surf smelt, is a marine smelt with a range from Prince William Sound, Alaska to Long Beach, California, although its population declines south of San Francisco.

Jerry Rees

In 2010, Rees and voice actress/writer Deanna Oliver made an appearance at California State University, Northridge to discuss the making of their film The Brave Little Toaster.

John Schneiderman

Schneiderman is currently the director of guitar and lute studies at the University of California, Irvine, and nearby Irvine Valley College, and he has been on the faculties of Orange Coast College, California State University, Long Beach, and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.

Jonathan's Law

Jonathan's Law was sponsored by Assemblyman Harvey Weisenberg (DLong Beach) and State Sen. Thomas Morahan (RNew City); Mike and Lisa Carey, the parents of Jonathan Carey, promoted Jonathan's Law.

Joseph Pivato

Over the years Pivato has been an invited speaker at the University of Calgary, the University of Toronto, The University of Montreal, Laurentian University, the California State University, Long Beach, the University of Warwick, U.K. the University of Venice, the University of Melbourne and other institutions.

Klingon Language Institute

He obtained a bachelor's degree in psycholinguistics from California State University, Northridge, and then master's and doctoral degrees in cognitive psychology from Kansas State University.

Leon Patillo

For years, Patillo pastored the Rock House Church on the historic Queen Mary in Long Beach, California but since retired the ministry in late 2009 in favor for traveling and leading seminars across the country.

Long Beach International Karate Championships

The Long Beach International Karate Championships — is an International Karate and martial arts tournament in Long Beach, California that was first held in August 1964 by Kenpo Grandmaster Ed Parker.

Long Beach Studios

Long Beach Studios is an American film studio under development at the former Boeing factory in Long Beach, California

Long Beach, Mississippi

The city of Long Beach, California, held a fund raiser to help its eponymous relative.

Ludmyrna Lopez

Ludmyrna holds a Masters of Science in Public Policy from Carnegie Mellon University, and a BA from California State University, Hayward.

Maxine Scates

Born and raised in Los Angeles, she received a B.A. in English from California State University, Northridge, where she studied with the poet, Ann Stanford, whose selected poems Holding Our Own: The Selected Poems of Ann Stanford she later co-edited with another former student of Stanford's, the poet David Trinidad.

Naples, Long Beach

Naples is a neighborhood of Long Beach, California, United States, built on three islands located in Alamitos Bay.

Nathan Cody

While attending CSUS in 2002, he was hired as a commercial producer and radio personality at alternative rock station KWOD 106.5fm in Sacramento.

Nolan Gasser

Gasser received a Bachelor's degree from California State University, Northridge (1988), where he studied composition with Aurelio de la Vega, and piano with Charles Fierro; this was followed by a two-year sojourn in Paris, where he studied privately with Betsy Jolas and at Fontainebleau with Jolas, Gilbert Amy, and Tristan Murail.

Paul Tanaka

On March 7, 1988, Tanaka was involved in a controversial killing of an unarmed Korean American in Long Beach, sparking outrage among Korean American community leaders.

Rao Machiraju

He has an interdisciplinary educational background: Masters in Public Health (M.P.H. from California State University, Northridge), General Systems and Information Networks (Certificate from United Nations Institute for Training and Research, University of Stockholm and UCLA), and Ed.D in Instructional Technology (Doctorate from University of Southern California).

Robert L. Gibson

Born in Cooperstown, New York, but considered the Lakewood area of east Long Beach, California, to be his hometown.

Robert Pope

He taught secondary school in Gonzales, California, before returning to school to earn a standard secondary credential from California State University at Northdridge.

Rory Markas

Born in Chatsworth, California, he was a graduate of Los Angeles Valley College, California State University-Northridge, and Chatsworth High School, Markas won four Golden Mike Awards, two Associated Press Sportscasting Awards, and the 2008 Radio Play-by-Play Award from the Southern California Broadcasters Association.

Rossmoor, California

The gated Leisure World retirement community in the city of Seal Beach is to the south of Rossmoor, Los Alamitos is to the east and north, and Long Beach is to the west (on the other side of the San Gabriel River, the 605 freeway and the border with Los Angeles County).

StandWithUs

Founded in 2010 with 12 students from UCLA, USC, and CSU Northridge, it has since expanded to include 54 students from those institutions as well as Santa Monica College, Cal Poly Pomona, Chapman University, and UC Irvine.

Statue of Responsibility

The statue foundation would like to build it in one of five host cities: Long Beach, San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco (California) or Seattle (Washington).

The Bamboozle 2007: Everything Will Be Much Better Once I Get These Clowns Out of My Head

#"Liar (It Takes One to Know One)" – Taking Back Sunday (live at the Long Beach Arena in Long Beach, California, United States in July 2006) (3:16)

Tom Harman

Upon graduating from Loyola, Harman joined the Long Beach law firm of Lucas & Deukmejian, whose partners were future California Chief Justice Malcolm M. Lucas and future Governor George Deukmejian.

US Microbics

Robinson’s application of microbic technology for the hospitality industry ranged from the pioneering cleanout of the fuel holding tanks on the RMS Queen Mary during its "transplant" as a Long Beach tourist attraction in the 70’s, to the grease trap maintenance for odor and grease buildup at the world famous Pea Soup Anderson Restaurant (in Buellton, California), to the Buellton Wild Animal Park’s odor and runoff control.

Walter Truett Anderson

He has also taught part-time at various institutions including the University of California, Berkeley; Saybrook University; the California School of Professional Psychology; and California State University, Northridge.

William Bowers

William Bowers (Las Cruces, 1916 – Woodland Hills, California, 1987) was a reporter in Long Beach, California before becoming a screenwriter and specializing in writing comedy westerns and also turned out several thrillers.

Willie Farley

In 1997 Farley transferred to Fresno State where he had to sit out a semester before becoming eligible to play.

Wilmer Carter

Assembly member Carter graduated from San Bernardino High School and San Bernardino Valley College, and earned a Bachelor’s Degree in English and a Master’s Degree in education from California State University, San Bernardino.


see also

Charles May

Charles E. May, writer and professor of English at California State University, Long Beach

CPAC

Carpenter Performing Arts Center, located on the campus of California State University, Long Beach