San Deigo Historic Site 798 SAN DIEGO STATE COLLEGE

Site of the first doctorate degree granted by the California State College system. 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