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8 unusual facts about San Diego State University


Beth Burns

Beth Burns was the head women's basketball coach at San Diego State for 1989 to 1997 and from 2005 until her sudden and unexpected retirement in April 2013.

Charlotte Johnson Baker

Charlotte Baker was nominated and inducted into the San Diego Women's Hall of Fame in 2009 hosted by Women's Museum of California, Commission on the Status of Women, University of California, San Diego Women's Center, and San Diego State University Women's Studies.

Deena Deardurff

She was the head coach of San Diego State University's swimming and diving program until her contract was non-renewed in 2007.

Jerry Farber

Long a professor of English and Comparative Literature at San Diego State University, Farber now teaches in the English Department at the University of San Diego.

KGB-FM

The "KGB Chicken," an advertising mascot played by Ted Giannoulas, was hatched that year when employees of KGB-FM hired Giannoulas (then a student at San Diego State University) from off the street to wear a chicken outfit for a promotion to distribute AM and FM Easter eggs to children at the San Diego Wild Animal Park.

KLSD

KLSD broadcasts the Los Angeles Lakers basketball, San Diego State University Baseball and San Diego Chargers football, in conjunction with official flagship, co-owned KIOZ.

Live at Montezuma Hall

Live At Montezuma Hall is the first live album from singer-songwriter Mickey Newbury, recorded at Montezuma Hall at San Diego State University in 1973.

Scott Tinley

Scott taught English and "Sport and Society" at San Diego State University, and currently teaches "Sports, Games, and Culture" at California State University San Marcos.


Abram Salmon Benenson

He subsequently held academic positions at the Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; the Department of Community Medicine, University of Kentucky College of Medicine in Lexington; and the Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the Graduate School of Public Health at San Diego State University in California.

Anne Larigauderie

In California (San Diego State University and the University of California – Davis) she worked on root competition among California grassland species for soil nutrient pockets (with Prof. Jim Richards).

Barry Jantz

Born in Whittier, California, Jantz moved to La Mesa in 1973 and attended Helix High School, Grossmont College, and San Diego State University (SDSU), where he majored in journalism and minored in political science.

Canyon Crest Academy

In addition to AP Calculus AB and AP Calculus BC, CCA offers Calculus III and Linear algebra on campus through San Diego State University's College of Extended Studies.

Doug Manchester

He then went to San Diego State University, where he was a member of Sigma Chi and worked as a campus representative for an insurance company.

Fiction International

Founded in New York by Joe David Bellamyin 1973, the magazine moved to San Diego State University in 1983, where it has been "edited by Harold Jaffe and Larry McCaffery until 1992, when Harold Jaffe assumed sole editorship".

Fredric J. Harris

Fredric J. Harris (or, as he prefers to spell his name, fred harris) is a professor of Electrical engineering and CUBIC signal processing chair at San Diego State University and an internationally renowned expert on DSP and Communication Systems.

Golden Coast Conference

The new league, which will be called the Golden Coast Conference, will feature Azusa Pacific University, California Baptist University, Fresno Pacific University, Loyola Marymount University, San Diego State University, Santa Clara University and University of the Pacific.

Ilya Kaminsky

He currently teaches in the graduate creative writing program at San Diego State University, and lives in San Diego with his wife, Katie Farris.

James D. Weinrich

Since moving to San Diego, he has taught at San Diego State University, Grossmont College, Miramar College, Southwestern College, San Diego City College, National University and California State University San Marcos.

James J. Cline

Coach Cline's two wins were against Loyola Marymount University and San Diego State University, which did not join the SCIAC until 1926.

Jeff Shoate

Shoate played at the University of Montana in 1999 and San Diego State University from 2001-2003, recording 157 career tackles, seven interceptions, 28 pass breakups and five forced fumbles.

Los Peñasquitos Creek Arch Bridge

In 1995, the new bridge was renamed the Cara Knott Memorial Bridge after 20-year-old Cara Knott, a San Diego State University student who was stopped and then subsequently murdered by California Highway Patrol officer Craig Peyer near the bridge on the night of December 27, 1986.

Lynell Hamilton

Lynell Hamilton (born August 5, 1985 in Stockton, California) is a former American football running back who has most recently worked as a graduate assistant at San Diego State University.

Mark Rogondino

He played collegiate soccer at San Diego State University where he played with U.S. National Team standout Jimmy Conrad.

Patricia O'Connor

O’Connor has been an educator since 1963 when she graduated from San Diego State University and began teaching for the San Diego Unified School District.

Re-Constriction Records

The label was founded in 1991 and headed by Chase, who was previously the Music Director at KCR, a student radio station on the campus of San Diego State University.

Robosquirrel

Testing of robosquirrel was conducted at the Santa Margarita Ecological Reserve (SMER) near Fallbrook, California, operated by San Diego State University.

Sally Ride

After death, her obituary revealed that Ride's partner of 27 years was Tam O'Shaughnessy, a professor emerita of school psychology at San Diego State University and childhood friend, who met Ride when both were aspiring tennis players.

San Diego Jewish Film Festival

:The festival draws more than 20,000 ticket holders at five theatres throughout San Diego County: AMC La Jolla 12 Theatres, the UltraStar Mission Valley Cinemas at Hazard Center and UltraStar Poway Creekside Plaza 10, the David & Dorothea Garfield Theatre at the Lawrence Family JCC, and on the campus of San Diego State University at the Not Quite Kosher Film Festival.

William F. Badè

He was a son of Japan scholar and peace activist Sidney Gulick and later served as professor of English and Dean of Arts and Sciences at San Diego State University.


see also

Ay-O

Owen Smith, Fluxus: The History of an Attitude, San Diego State University Press, 1999

Rae Armantrout

In 1965, whilst living in the Allied Gardens district with her parents, Armantrout attended San Diego State University, intending to major in anthropology.

Swift Aire Lines

A book on the history of Swift Aire Lines was written in 1979 by an authority of commuter airlines, Dr. Imre E. Quastler of San Diego State University.

Vinge

Vernor Vinge (born 1944), a retired San Diego State University Professor of Mathematics, computer scientist, and science fiction author