An Improbable Venture: A History of the University of California, San Diego

by Nancy Scott Anderson

This book describes the sequence of events and the personalities that led to the founding of the University of California, San Diego campus, starting from UCLA-administered Scripps Institute to the massive expansion into the San Diego-based UC Department of War during WWII. After that it unfolded with the founding of a graduate campus via the raiding of top well-established faculty who were looking for a change from east-coast academia, and finally the admission of undergrads.

317 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1993