1924: With the greater Claremont population close to doubling, Pomona’s board sets up a committee to consider expansion by way of other institutions
President James A. Blaisdell in 1925
Spring 1925: President Blaisdell gives the committee “A Preliminary Statement for Consideration by the Committee on Future Organization”
Fall 1925: Articles of incorporation are filed in Sacramento by Robert J. Bernard, on the 38th anniversary of the College’s founding. Claremont Graduate School (CGS) is incorporated on the same day.
1926: Scripps College is founded
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- Scripps College seal: La Semeuse by Lee Lawrie
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- Ellen Browning Scripps
1927: CGS opens
1931: Construction finishes on Bridges Auditorium
Bridges Auditorium
Construction, 1931
Honnold Library
1946: Claremont Men’s College founded (renamed Claremont McKenna in 1981)
1952: Honnold Library dedicated
1954: Claremont becomes the new home of what’s now the California Botanic Garden, the state’s largest garden of native plants (70,000+)
Featured in the May 1954 Pomona College Bulletin: “NEW SIGNS have been placed at the entrances to the city of Claremont…”
1957: Harvey Mudd College opens
1963: Pitzer College is founded
1997: Keck Graduate Institute established
2000: CGS becomes a separate entity within the consortium and is re-named Claremont Graduate University (CGU)
2025: 7C enrollment hits roughly 9,000 students, with combined alumni of around 100,000