CHAFFEY COLLEGE
LEADERSHIP
Chaffey College History
WILLIAM
RANDALL
December 11, 1883
The Chaffey College
football team defeated
USC 32 to 6
March 17, 1883
Founders’ Day
Cornerstone laid for Chaffey
College School of Agriculture of
the University of Southern
California
Dean
Chaffey College of
Agriculture of USC
1887-1901
1901
Chaffey College
closed by USC
1895
Graduating class
7 men and 7 women
1911
Chaffey Joint
Union High
School District
formed
MERTON HILL
Superintendent
Chaffey Union
High School District
1916-1931
1930
First separate junior college
building constructed (corner
of 5th and Euclid)
1940s
GARDINER SPRING
“Junior” was dropped
from college name
1930s
Four varieties of peach
developed at Chaffey College
1947
Chaffey (#8) won the Junior Rose Bowl beating
Cameron from Lawton, Oklahoma, (#1)
CHARLES BOOTH
February 1957
Bonds approved for
new college campus $8,500,000 - April:
Board approved
purchases of 130
acres on the east side
of Haven - $98,000
1958
Chaffey College
officially separated
from the high
school district
Daniel Milliken, named
the first Superintendent/
President (1949-1966)
1977
Chino Union School District joined
college district bringing the total
service area to 310 square miles
The Chaffey College
Children’s Center
1970
The Wignall
Museum/Gallery opened
Chaffey reached a
record enrollment
of 12,701 students
March 5, 2002
District residents passed
a $230 million general
obligation bond –
Measure L
Chaffey College hosted a
groundbreaking ceremony at the
Alta Loma campus
1979
The Governing Board
cancelled the Football,
Men’s Basketball and
Wrestling programs
because of illegal
recruiting
DANIEL MILLIKEN
Superintendent
Chaffey Union High School
District & Junior College District
1949-1958
Superintendent/President
Chaffey Union Junior College District
1958 -1966
HARRY WISER
Superintendent/President
1966-1970
STANLEY WARBURTON
The Governing Board
reinstated the Men’s
Basketball program
Superintendent/President
1970-75
October 25, 1985
The Governing Board
reinstated the Football
program
1987
The Chaffey College
Foundation was
established
KENNETH HINRICHSEN
Superintendent/President
1975-1978
1999
Online Instruction
was instituted
September 12, 1996
President Bill Clinton visited
the Chaffey College campus
January 2000
The Chaffey College Chino
Center opened
JAMES
CATANZARO
Superintendent/
President
1978-1981
October 2003
May 2002
The Chaffey College Chino
Information Technology
Center opened
January 2003
Chaffey College Rancho Campus
new Children’s Center facility
opened
March 17, 1958
June 9, 1983
December 15, 1994
The Governing Board
authorized purchase of
property to construct a
center which opened on
September 9, 1996
Director of Chaffey
Union Junior College
1916-1945
1958
1968
1982
Superintendent
Chaffey Union High
School District
1932-1948
A major brush fire threatened to
destroy campus. Students and
faculty, and staff were evacuated
and the college was closed
May 2007
January 2003
New Children’s Center facility
opened on the Rancho Campus
The college awarded the highest
number of degrees and certificates in
the college’s history. The class of 2007
earned 1,377 associates degrees and
645 certificates
SAM FERGUSON
Superintendent/
President
1981-1985
JERRY YOUNG
Superintendent/President
1986-2001
MARIE KANE
August 2007
May 24, 2007
Student enrollment 20,027 reaches the
highest in the college’s history
Six new buildings were dedicated
on the Rancho Cucamonga campus
Chaffey
College
Learning is our business…your success is our goal!
2008
Chaffey College celebrates
125th Anniversary with yearlong activities including a
Founder’s Day Ceremony on
March 29
Superintendent/President
2001- 2007
HENRY D. SHANNON
Superintendent/President
September 1, 2007-Present