University of San Francisco
 University of San Francisco  (University)    | |
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| Formation | 1855 |
| Headquarters | San Francisco |
| Type | • private •  Jesuit |
| A private Jesuit university in San Francisco, California. | |
The University of San Francisco (USF) is a private Jesuit university in San Francisco, California. The university's main campus is located on a 55-acre (22 ha) setting between the Golden Gate Bridge and Golden Gate Park. The main campus is nicknamed "The Hilltop", and is split into two sections. Part of the main campus is located on Lone Mountain, one of San Francisco's major geographical features. Its close historical ties with the City and County of San Francisco are reflected in the university's traditional motto, Pro Urbe et Universitate (For the City and University).
History
Founded by the Jesuits in 1855 as St. Ignatius Academy, USF started as a one-room schoolhouse along Market Street in what later became downtown San Francisco. Father Anthony Maraschi, S.J. (1820-1897) was the college's founder and first president, a professor, the college's treasurer, and the first pastor of St. Ignatius Church.
A new building was constructed in 1862 to replace the first frame building. In June 1863, the university awarded its first Bachelor of Arts degree. In 1880, the college moved from Market Street to a new site on the corner of Hayes Street and Van Ness Avenue (currently occupied by the Davies Symphony Hall).
The third St. Ignatius College received moderate damage in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, but was completely destroyed in the ensuing fire. The campus moved west, to the corner of Hayes and Shrader Streets, close to Golden Gate Park. It occupied a hastily constructed structure known as the Shirt Factory (for its resemblance to similar manufacturing buildings of the era) for the next 21 years. The college moved to its present site on Fulton Street in 1927, on the site of a former Masonic Cemetery.[1]
A male-only school for most of its history, USF became fully coeducational in 1964, though women started attending the evening programs in business and law as early as 1927. In 1969, the high school division, already wholly separate from the university, moved to the western part of San Francisco and became St. Ignatius College Preparatory. In 1978, the university acquired Lone Mountain College.[2] October 15, 2005, marked the 150th anniversary of the university's founding.[3] In the fall of 2017, USF enrolled 11,080 undergraduate and graduate students in all of its programs housed in four schools (Law, Management, Education, Nursing and Health Professions) and one college (Arts and Sciences).[4]
Alumni on Wikispooks
| Person | Born | Died | Nationality | Summary | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warren Hinckle | 12 October 1938 | 25 August 2016 | Journalist | As editor of Ramparts, revealed all-embracing CIA financing and control of the international operations of all important American professional and cultural organisations. | |
| Jason Kenney | 30 May 1968 | Canada | Politician | Attended the 2014 Bilderberg as Canada/Minister of National Defence | |
| Pierre Salinger | 14 June 1925 | 16 October 2004 | |||
| Eric Ueland | 12 July 1965 | Lobbyist |
References
- ↑ Ziajka, Alan. Lighting the City, Changing the World of the Science at the University of San Francisco. San Francisco: University of San Francisco, Association of Jesuit University Presses, 2014.
- ↑ Ziajka, Alan. Legacy & Promise: 150 years of Jesuit education at the University of San Francisco. San Francisco: University of San Francisco, Association of Jesuit University Presses, 2005
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20090606021251/http://www.usfca.edu/150years/index.html
- ↑ https://www.usfca.edu/about-usf/what-you-need-to-know/facts-statistics
