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The College of Social Sciences, Behavioral Sciences, one of the Claremont Colleges,
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Media Studies and international programmes are prioritised in the curriculum.
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Pitzer is renowned for its commitment to social justice, nonconformist student population, and innovative teaching methods.
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California citrus magnate Russell K. Pitzer (1878-1978), who created Pitzer in 1963 as a women's college,
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Philanthropist and former student of Pomona College. John W. Atherton, the Dean of the Faculty,
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and Claremont Men's College professor of English, was chosen to serve as Pitzer's first president.
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and over the course of the following 17 months, he sought out academics, trustees, and students.
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to be completed in time for the fall 1964 semester, and Scott and Sanborn Halls.
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The curriculum and school administration are created by the students and teachers during the first year of college.
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The college's first graduating class was in 1965, and in the fall of 1970, it switched
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The college's first graduating class was in 1965, and in the fall of 1970, it switched to a co-ed setting.
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In the fall of 1964, the first academic year began with 153 students from sixteen different states and five different countries and eleven teachers.
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The president of Pitzer at the moment is the first black person to hold that position at any of the five Claremont colleges.
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The campus of Pitzer is located in Claremont, California, and it is around 35 acres large (14 ha).