Origins and History of Cal Poly Pomona

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Cal Poly Pomona opened in the fall of 1938 as the Voorhis Unit of California State Polytechnic College with an all-male enrollment of 100 students. The campus was lcoated on the 150-acre site of the former Voorhis School for Boys in San Dimas.

In 1949, breakfast cereal magnate W.K. Kellogg deeded 813 acres of land located three miles south of the Voorhis Unit to the state of California. In 1956, 508 students and 44 faculty and staff moved from San Dimas to the Kellogg property. Five years later, 329 women joined the student body. In 1966, Pomona separated from the San Luis Obispo campus and became California State Polytechnic College, Kellogg Campus and the 16th member of the California State College system. University status was granted in 1972.

Today, the campus covers 1,438 acres and is the second largest in area in the California State University system.