History
Pitzer was founded in 1963 as a women's college by Russell K. Pitzer (1878–1978), a California citrus magnate, philanthropist, and Pomona College alumnus. In April 1963, poet and visionary John W. Atherton was hired as Pitzer's first president, and over the next seventeen months he recruited students, faculty, and trustees and constructed Scott and Sanborn Halls just in time for the fall 1964 semester. During the College's first year, students and faculty created the curriculum and the school's system of governance. The College graduated its first class of students in 1964 and became co-educational in the fall of 1970. That first academic term began with ten professors and 153 students from sixteen states and five countries.
Pitzer College Presidents
- John W. Atherton, founding president (1963–1970)
- Robert H. Atwell, second president (1970–1978)
- Frank L. Ellsworth, third president (1979–1991)
- Marilyn C. Massey, fourth president (1992–2002)
- Laura Skandera Trombley, current President (2002-current)
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