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3 unusual facts about Claremont Colleges


California State Route 66

The highway continues into the city of Claremont, passing by Claremont Colleges, before crossing into Upland, San Bernardino County.

Claremont Colleges

The Claremont School of Theology (founded 1885) (and thus Claremont Lincoln University) is affiliated with the consortium, but is not a member.

Demetrio Aguilera Malta

He held conferences and courses at several universities in North and South America, including Claremont Colleges and the University of California, Irvine.


Claremont College

: For the consortium of seven colleges located in Claremont, California, refer to Claremont Colleges.

Hard-edge painting

In the late 1950s, Langsner and Peter Selz, then professor at the Claremont Colleges, observed a common link among the recent work of John McLaughlin (1898–1976), Lorser Feitelson (1898-1978), Karl Benjamin (1925-2012), Frederick Hammersley (1919–2009) and Feitelson's wife Helen Lundeberg (1908-1999).

Keck Graduate Institute of Applied Life Sciences

The decision to establish Keck Graduate Institute as a seventh Claremont College met with some opposition, particularly from faculty of the other Claremont Colleges who objected to its lack of tenure, and environmentalists who opposed its plans to build a campus next to the Bernard Field Station, an area of undeveloped scrubland.


see also

Pomona University

Pomona College, a private liberal arts college in Claremont, California (originally founded in Pomona) and part of the Claremont Colleges consortium