FUN WITH MAPS – ISSUE 2021-55 DAILY FEATURE:
By Steve Kovacs (Introduction by Chuck Gibson)
LOVELAND, OH (March 23, 2021) – In Issue 2021-55 of Steve Kovacs Fun with Maps, we take a look at the success of a university system founded on this date in 1868.
John Wooden- Affectionately known as the “Wizard of Westwood” by UCLA basketball fans (Stock photos)
UC
No, this isn’t about the UC in Clifton, rather about the one headquartered in Oakland, California.
The University of California was founded in 1868 on this day, 18 years after California became a state.
It has ten campuses, including ones in Berkeley, Los Angeles, and San Diego. It is a huge system with over 270,000 students. Currently 69 Nobel Prize winners are on staff. It was also home to the legendary Coach John Wooden, known as the “Wizard of Westwood” for guiding his UCLA men’s basketball teams to ten NCAA Basketball Championship titles.
This California map by Mitchell was created eight years after the founding of this vast university system. San Francisco is shown in the inset.
Map of California – 1886 (Credit Steve Kovacs)
Steve Kovacs and his wife Theresa reside in Loveland, Ohio where they raised their two children. He is a passionate collector of antique maps.
Visit his antique map boutique world-on-paper online. Watch for his daily feature Steve Kovacs: Antique Maps & Fun Facts here on Loveland Beacon.
