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California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (often shortened and referred to as Cal Poly, Pomona) is a state-run public university located in the Los Angeles suburb of Pomona, California. It is part of the California State University system.
Cal Poly, Pomona was founded in 1938 as the "Voorhis Unit" of California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, so named after the 150 acre (0.6 km²) site of land it occupied on the former Voorhis School for Boys in San Dimas. At inception, this unit had an all-male enrollment of 110 students.
In l949, Will Keith Kellogg deeded 813 acres (3.3 km²) of land located three miles south of the Voorhis campus to the State of California. In 1956, 550 students and 30 faculty members moved to the Kellogg campus. The student body included women for the first time in 1961, when 322 women enrolled.
In 1966, Cal Poly Pomona separated from the San Luis Obispo campus to become California's 16th state college. University status was granted in 1972.
Today, the campus covers about 1,438 acres (6 km²) and is the second largest in area of the California State University's 23 campuses.
(data from csupomona.edu)
Since 1949, the two universities have cooperated on a Rose Parade float.
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