Fullerton College (FC) is a

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Fullerton, California Fullerton ( ) is a city located in northern Orange County, California, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city had a total population of 143,617. Fullerton was founded in 1887. It secured the land on behalf of the Atchison, Topeka and Sa ...

. The college is part of the

California Community Colleges System The California Community Colleges is a postsecondary education system in the U.S. state of California.California Education CodSection 70900(added to the Education Code by Chapter 973 of the California Statutes of 1988Assembly Bill No. 1725 sectio ...

and the

North Orange County Community College District The North Orange County Community College District (NOCCCD) is a community college district in Orange County, California that offers associate degrees and adult education certificates. It includes two colleges: Cypress College and Fullerton Colleg ...

. Established in 1913, it is the oldest community college in continuous operation in California.

History

In April 1913, the governing board of

Fullerton Union High School Fullerton Union High School is a public high school located in the Orange County, California city of Fullerton, operated by the Fullerton Joint Union High School District. History In 1893 a special election was held to create Fullerton Union High ...

approved a motion to establish a two-year postgraduate course of study at the high school. At this time, Fullerton was primarily an agricultural community, which specialized in the production of citrus produce. Delbert Brunton, who was the Fullerton High principal, established the new Fullerton Junior College to provide such postgraduate study. Twenty-six freshman students enrolled in the first year, and the school had a curriculum of 10 courses. "In 1922 the college was reorganized as an independent junior college district. After holding classes on the Fullerton Union High School campus for its first 23 years, the college began moving to its own fourteen-acre campus next door in 1936." In 2002, North Orange County voters passed a $239 million facilities bond measure, of which nearly $135 million was allotted to Fullerton College. It was used for renovation of current campus facilities and also to construct new facilities. On June 13, 2005, the new library inside of the

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was opened, and a formal dedication occurred on October 28, 2005. A bond measure that passed in 2014 will award the North Orange County Community College District (NOCCCD) $574 million to fund construction and renovation projects for the next 25 years.

Campus

The college is located in the city of

, in northern Orange County. The campus is within walking distance of the downtown section. The Fullerton College library first opened in 1913, in a small section of the Fullerton High School Library. It moved into the high school gymnasium in 1929 and to a small space in the new science building in 1938. A specialized facility was constructed in 1957 and named the William T. Boyce Library in 1962 in honor of William T. Boyce, who served as dean and president from 1918 to 1951. A new library was constructed and opened on June 13, 2005, and formally dedicated on October 28, 2005.

Artist-in-residence program

The Fullerton College Art Department hosts a yearly

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(AIR) program which was started in 1972 with a visit from painter

Wayne Thiebaud Morton Wayne Thiebaud ( ; November 15, 1920 – December 25, 2021) was an American painter known for his colorful works depicting commonplace objects—pies, lipsticks, paint cans, ice cream cones, pastries, and hot dogs—as well as for his la ...

. August 2013 marked the 100th fall semester of the AIR program. It was celebrated with the first exhibit of the entire AIR art collection at the Fullerton College Art Gallery.

Student life

The students of Fullerton College have established a student body association named Associated Students of Fullerton College. The association is required by law to "encourage students to participate in the governance of the college". Associated Students of Fullerton College is a voting member of a statewide community college student organization named

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. The statewide Student Senate is authorized by law "to advocate before the Legislature and other state and local governmental entities".

Notable alumni

Actors and artists

Bill Blackbeard William Elsworth Blackbeard (April 28, 1926 – March 10, 2011), better known as Bill Blackbeard, was a writer-editor and the founder-director of the San Francisco Academy of Comic Art, a comprehensive collection of comic strips and cartoon art ...

— WriterFox, Margalit. "Bill Blackbeard, Comic Strip Champion, Dies at 84". ''The New York Times'', April 29, 2011.
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— Academy Award Winning movie director and screenwriter, and an explorer of the seas. Attended Fullerton College from 1973 to 1974. *

William Conrad William Conrad (born John William Cann Jr., September 27, 1920 – February 11, 1994) was an American actor, producer, and director whose entertainment career spanned five decades in radio, film, and television, peaking in popularity when he s ...

— Actor, producer and director whose career spanned five decades in radio (''

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''), film (''

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'') and television (''

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''). *

Jerome Ranft Jerome Ranft is an American character sculptor and voice actor for Pixar Animation Studios. He is the younger brother of the late Pixar story artist Joe Ranft. Career Ranft attended Fullerton College and the California College of the Arts. He g ...

— Sculptor *

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— Actor, appeared in numerous TV shows including ''

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'', '' Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'', ''

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'', '' ER'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'' * Renee Griffin — Actress *

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— Actor and martial artist *

Matthew Lillard Matthew Lyn Lillard (born January 24, 1970) is an American actor. His early film work includes Chip Sutphin in ''Serial Mom'' (1994), Emmanuel "Cereal Killer" Goldstein in ''Hackers'' (1995), Stu Macher in ''Scream'' (1996), Stevo in ''SLC Punk ...

— Actor *

Eden Espinosa Eden Erica Espinosa (born February 2, 1978) is an American actress and singer who is best known for her performances as Elphaba for the Broadway, Los Angeles, and San Francisco productions of the musical ''Wicked''. In 2022, she was nominated for ...

— Actress and singer *

Mitch Pileggi Mitch Pileggi (born April 5, 1952) is an American actor. He played Horace Pinker in '' Shocker'', Walter Skinner on ''The X-Files'', Colonel Steven Caldwell on ''Stargate Atlantis'', Ernest Darby in ''Sons of Anarchy'', and Harris Ryland in th ...

— Actor *

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— Actor * Florence Arnold — Painter * Ruby Berkley Goodwin — Actress *

Nathan Baesel Nathan Baesel (born April 7, 1974, in La Palma, California) is an American actor. Biography Baesel attended Buena Park High School. After high school he went to Fullerton College, before graduating from Juilliard School in 2002. He has appeared ...

— Actor *

Harry Anderson Harry Laverne Anderson (October 14, 1952 – April 16, 2018) was an American actor, comedian and magician. He is best known for his role of Judge Harry Stone on the 1984–1992 television series '' Night Court''. He later starred in the ...

— Actor, comedian, and magician

Music

Gwen Stefani Gwen Renée Stefani (; born October 3, 1969) is an American singer, songwriter, fashion designer and actress. She is a co-founder, lead vocalist, and the primary songwriter of the band No Doubt, whose singles include "Just a Girl", "Spiderwebs ...

— Lead singer of band

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and fashion designer *

Bobby Hatfield Robert Lee Hatfield (August 10, 1940 – November 5, 2003) was an American singer. He and Bill Medley were the Righteous Brothers. He sang the tenor part for the duo, and sang solo on the group's 1965 recording of "Unchained Melody". Early life ...

— Singer and member of

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Scheila Gonzalez Scheila Gonzalez (born August 5, 1971 in Los Angeles, California) is an American, Grammy winning multi-instrumentalist and music educator. She is best known for playing the saxophone and other instruments in the all-female Sherrie Maricle, DIVA ...

— Grammy winning multi-instrumentalist * Jack Cooper — Composer, arranger, instrumentalist *

Dan Radlauer Dan Radlauer (born April 26, 1957 in Los Angeles) is an American film and television composer, who was born in Los Angeles and grew up in the eastern suburb of Los Angeles County, La Habra Heights. Radlauer is the recipient of four BMI composer ...

— Composer *

Leo Fender Clarence Leonidas Fender (August 10, 1909 – March 21, 1991) was an American inventor known for designing the Fender Stratocaster. He also founded the Fender Musical Instruments Corporation. In January 1965, he sold Fender to CBS, and later foun ...

— Founder of the

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* Mark D. Sanders — Songwriter *

Tim Buckley Timothy Charles Buckley III (February 14, 1947 – June 29, 1975) was an American musician. His music and style changed considerably through the years. Buckley began his career based in folk music, but his subsequent albums experimented with ja ...

— Singer-songwriter *

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— Trumpet player,

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Politics

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— Wife of former President

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and

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from 1969 to 1974 *

Cristian Terheș Cristian-Vasile Terheș (born December 4, 1978) is a Romanian politician currently serving as a Member of the European Parliament for Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party (PNȚ-CD) after being elected on the Social Democratic Party (PS ...

—

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for Romania * Mike Wilson — Member of the

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Sharon Quirk-Silva Sharon Quirk-Silva (born September 17, 1962) is an American politician and educator serving as a member of the California State Assembly, representing the 65th Assembly District, which includes portions of northern Orange County, including La ...

— Member of the

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— Former associate justice of the

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from 1982–1987

Sports

* Justin Carter — Basketball player for Maccabi Kiryat Gat of the

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Bobby Cramer Robert Thomas Cramer (born October 28, 1979) is a former professional baseball pitcher. Career Cramer signed with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays as a non-drafted free agent in 2003. He did not pitch in 2005 or 2006. He signed a minor league deal with ...

— MLB pitcher *

Jim Fassel James Edward Fassel (August 31, 1949 – June 7, 2021) was an American college and professional football player and coach. He was the head coach of the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL) from 1997 to 2003. He was offensive coor ...

— NFL and UFL coach, started as a quarterback at Fullerton and later returned to coach the Fullerton football team in 1973. *

Lynn Hill Carolynn Marie Hill (born January 3, 1961) is an American rock climber. Widely regarded as one of the leading competitive climbers, traditional climbers (and particularly big wall traditional climbers), sport climbers, and boulderers in the ...

— Climber *

Kevin McLain Kevin Wayne McLain (born September 15, 1954) is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). He was a 1st round selection (26th overall pick) in the 1976 NFL Draft out of Colorado State University. McLain played f ...

— Former American football linebacker in the NFL, played for the

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* Monte Nitzkowski — Swimmer and water polo player. *

Steve DeBerg Steven Leroy DeBerg (born January 19, 1954) is an American retired professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL) for 17 years. Early life DeBerg is an alumnus of Savanna High School in Anaheim, Califo ...

— Former NFL quarterback * Dave Wilson — Former NFL quarterback * Brian Noble — Former NFL linebacker * John Pease — Former NFL and college coach *

Mike Horan Michael James Horan, AM (born 1 July 1944) is a former Australian politician who represented the seat of Toowoomba South in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 18 May 1991 to 24 March 2012. Originally he was a member of the National P ...

— Former NFL kicker *

J. C. Pearson Jayice Pearson (born August 17, 1963) is an American retired National Football League defensive back. College career Pearson played for the University of Washington. Professional career Pearson played for the Kansas City Chiefs and Minnesota ...

— Former NFL player *

Floyd Rhea Floyd Mack Rhea (1920-2010) was a professional American football player who played offensive lineman for six seasons for the Chicago Cardinals, Brooklyn Tigers, Boston Yanks, and Detroit Lions. References

1920 births American football off ...

— Former NFL player *

Brig Owens Brigman Owens (February 16, 1943 – June 21, 2022) was an American professional American football, football player who was a Safety (gridiron football position), safety in the National Football League (NFL) for the Dallas Cowboys and Washington ...

— Former NFL player *

Howie Livingston Howard Livingston (May 15, 1922 – July 27, 1994) was an American football running back and defensive back in the National Football League for the New York Giants, Washington Redskins, San Francisco 49ers, and the Chicago Bears. He played ...

— Former NFL player *

Larry Mac Duff Larry Mac Duff (born June 22, 1948) is an American football coach and former player. He played college football as a defensive end at Fullerton College (1966–1967) and Oklahoma (1968–1969). Mac Duff has eight years of NFL coaching experien ...

— Former NFL and college coach * Bill Bathe — Former MLB catcher *

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— Former MLB player *

Steve Kiefer Steven George Kiefer (born October 18, 1960) is an American former professional baseball third baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1984 to 1989 for the Oakland Athletics, Milwaukee Brewers, and New York Yankees. Most of his c ...

— Former MLB player *

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— Former MLB player *

Al Hrabosky Alan Thomas Hrabosky (; born July 21, 1949) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1970 to 1982 for the St. Louis Cardinals, Kansas City Royals, and Atlanta Braves. As of 2022, he is the ...

— Former MLB pitcher *

Steve Trachsel Stephen Christopher Trachsel (born October 31, 1970) is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher with the Chicago Cubs, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Toronto Blue Jays, New York Mets and the Baltimore Orioles between 1993 and 2008. He batted and t ...

— Former MLB pitcher *

Ron Johnson Ronald Harold Johnson (born April 8, 1955) is an American accountant, businessman, and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Wisconsin, a seat he has held since 2011. A Republican, Johnson was first elected to the U.S. Se ...

— Former MLB player and minor league manager *

Robert Frojen Robert "Bob" Charles Frojen (December 1, 1930 – December 11, 2005) was an American water polo player of German descent who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics. Frojen was a member of the American water polo team which finished fifth in th ...

— Water polo player, 1956 Olympic team *

Marvin Burns Marvin Duane "Ace" Burns (July 6, 1928 – June 24, 1990) was an American water polo player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics and in the 1960 Summer Olympics. He was born in Santa Ana, California. He played water polo for the University of ...

— Water polo player, 1952 and 1960 Olympic teams * Bill Johnson — Olympic swimmer on the 1968 800m freestyle relay team * Bob Horn — Water polo goalie, 1956 and 1960 Olympic teams *

Jerry Pimm Jerry Pimm is an American former basketball coach. He served as the head men's basketball coach at the University of Utah from 1974 to 1983 and the University of California, Santa Barbara from 1983 to 1998, compiling career college basketball c ...

— College basketball player and head coach *

Bobby Dye Robert Lloyd Dye (born May 16, 1937) is an American former basketball coach. Early life and college years Born in Los Angeles, Dye graduated from Downey High School in nearby Downey, California in 1956. Dye enrolled at Fullerton Junior College ...

— College basketball player and head coach *

Sharron Backus Sharron Backus (born February 12, 1946) is a former softball player and coach. She played as a shortstop and third baseman on seven Amateur Softball Association national championship teams from 1961 to 1975. She served as the head softball coach ...

— College softball player and head coach * Rick Sloan — Track & field Decathlete 1968 Olympics * Doug Nordquist — Track & field high jumper 1984 Olympics

References

External links

Official website
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