The plaque is on the administration building. The bronze plaque reads:
"On this day September 4, 1995 California State University, Monterey Bay. Inaugurates is founding and opens its doors to the 'community where all learn and teach one another in an atmosphere of mutual. respect."
The University is the 21st in the CSU system. It currently is home to a little over 4,000 students and 140 professors. The university is on the ground of the former Fort Ord.
"August 28, 1995 marked the first day of classes, and as our pioneer alums can attest, the campus was still a bit rough around the edges. Even so, then-president Bill Clinton paid a visit to the university's opening dedication ceremony. The entrepreneurial spirit and camaraderie that those early classes embodied still exists on campus — students are empowered to get involved, start things up and grab every opportunity they can imagine, so that CSUMB reflects them and their passions as much as it makes a difference in their lives." (
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About Bill Clinton: "William Jefferson Clinton (born on August 19, 1946 as William Jefferson Blythe III), better known as Bill Clinton, is an American lawyer who was the 42nd President of the United States. He served from 1993 to 2001. He was 46 years old when he was elected. His major opponents were George H. W. Bush and Bob Dole. Clinton was the first president from the post-World War II baby boom generation and was the third youngest president in the U.S. He is a Democrat. Before he was president, Clinton was governor of Arkansas." (
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About Barry Munitz: "In 1991 Munitz was selected as chancellor of the 23-campus California State University, the country's largest senior system of public higher education. He introduced management practices from the corporate world, including tying a portion of salary increases for faculty to performance reviews, evaluating campus presidents on their success in fund-raising from the private sector, and mandating a common financial and data management system for all campuses." (
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About Peter Smith: "Peter Plympton Smith (born October 31, 1945) is a former member of the United States House of Representatives from the U.S. state of Vermont, the 74th Lieutenant Governor of Vermont, and an education administrator. He served as the founding president of the Community College of Vermont, the founding president of California State University, Monterey Bay, and as assistant director general for education of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)." (
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