TTHISHIS IISS CCALAL CALIFORNIA GOLDEN BEARS FootballFtbllIf Information tiGid Guide 203203 THE UNIVERSITY ounded in the wake of the gold rush by lead- at Cal have conducted groundbreaking research CAL STUDENT BODY ers of the newly established 31st state, the on urban street gangs and on basic human nutri- University of California’s fl agship campus tional requirements, identifi ed why wartime supply Number of Students (Fall 2008) ........ 35,409 F at Berkeley has become one of the preeminent ships were failing at sea, invented technologies Undergraduate ..............................25,151 universities in the world. Its early guiding lights, to build faster and cheaper computer chips, and Graduate .......................................10,258 charged with providing education (both “practical” imaged the infant universe. Degrees Granted (2007-08) and “classical”) for the state’s people, gradually In recognition of broad and deep excellence, Bachelor’s ........................................ 6,960 established a distinguished faculty (with 20 Nobel respected sources have repeatedly ranked the Master’s and Professional ...............2,406 laureates to date), a stellar research library, and University at or near the top in fi elds ranging from Doctoral ..............................................865 more than 350 academic programs. engineering and the “hard” sciences to the social Profi le of Freshmen This California institution became a catalyst sciences, arts and humanities. The National Re- From California ..................................85% of economic growth and social innovation — the search Council, in the most recent version of its From Public High School ...................85% place where vitamin E was discovered, a lost Scar- highly regarded report on U.S. public and private At Least 1 Parent Born Outside U.S. .64% latti opera found, the fl u virus identifi ed, and the universities, ranked Cal No. 1 nationally in the First in Family to Attend College ........17% nation’s fi rst no-fault divorce law drafted. Scholars number of campus graduate programs (35 out of DISCOVERIES AND CONTRIBUTIONS BY UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SCHOLARS 1887 • EARTHQUAKE 1924 • DEEP-SEA DIVING 1940S • FLU VACCINE SCIENCE Chemist Joel H. Hildebrand formulates a mix- The infl uenza-virus vaccine is developed during Earth Sciences professors set up the Western ture of helium and oxygen for deep-sea diving, World War II by biochemist Wendell M. Stanley Hemisphere’s fi rst string of seismographic sta- enabling divers to explore deeper into the sea than and colleagues. tions, to systematically record seismic activity and ever before, without experiencing the “bends.” publish these earthquake records. 1941 • TRANSURANIC 1931 • THE CYCLOTRON ELEMENTS 1895 • NUTRITION Ernest O. Lawrence designs the fi rst cyclotron, Using the cyclotron, plutonium is produced by M.E. Jaffe becomes the fi rst professor of nutri- launching the scientifi c use of particle physics to professors Glenn T. Seaborg and Edwin McMillan tion in the United States. UC Berkeley quickly discover the fundamental structure of matter. The and colleagues. For this work, Seaborg and Mc- moves to the top in this fi eld, making important cyclotron has a major impact on the treatment of Millan share the 1951 Nobel Prize in chemistry. contributions to the emerging understanding of diseases, making it possible to create in large quantities the radioactive isotopes used in medi- the positive dietary role of vitamins, minerals 1943 • THE ATOMIC BOMB and protein, and the negative role of cholesterol cal treatments. In 1939, Lawrence becomes UC During World War II, UC directs operation of and fats. Berkeley’s fi rst Nobel laureate. the U.S. government laboratory at Los Alamos, 1940S • CARBON-14 New Mexico, incorporating work by Berkeley 1907 • CLEANER faculty and others to develop the atomic bomb. SMOKESTACKS AND PHOTOSYNTHESIS The laboratory is directed by physics professor J. Frederick G. Cottrell, professor of chemistry, A team led by chemist Melvin Calvin resolves Robert Oppenheimer. develops an electrical precipitation device to clean the riddle of photosynthesis, tracing the pathways smokestack emissions; it is still in use today. by which plants use sunlight to convert carbon 1947-1955 • LIPOPROTEINS dioxide to carbohydrates. As part of this effort, Calvin discovers that carbon-14 can be used as a AND HEART DISEASE 1922 • VITAMIN E molecular tracer, and uses it to reveal the path of John Gofman, medical physics professor, and Anatomy professor Herbert M. Evans and carbon as it travels through a plant. In 1961, Calvin his former doctoral students Frank Lindgren and his assistant, Katharine S. Bishop, co-discover is awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry. Alex Nichols, discover and name the various lipo- vitamin E. protein classes — such as low-density lipoproteins 204 CALIFORNIA GOLDEN BEARS Football Information Guide NOBEL PRIZE CAL STUDENT- ATHLETE FACTS • Nearly half (49%) of Cal's student athletes earned a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher. Divided by WINNERS gender, they break out as follows: 194 men (39%) and 200 women (64%) earned a cumulative CURRENT FACULTY GPA of 3.0 or higher. • Four of the 13 men’s teams (31%) and 10 of the 14 women’s teams (86%) earned cumulative NOBEL LAUREATES GPAs of 3.0 or higher. AT CAL • Seven of the 13 men’s teams (54%) and seven of the 14 women’s teams (50%) earned cumula- 2006 - George F. Smoot (Physics) tive team GPAs higher than their historical average, including men’s and women’s basketball. 2001 - George A. Akerlof (Economics) • Nearly 60 percent of Berkeley’s student athletes were honored at halftime of the Feb. 7 men’s 2000 - Daniel L. McFadden (Economics) basketball game against Oregon State for earning a term GPA over 3.0 for the Fall 2007 semester. 1997 - Steven Chu (Physics) • In the past two years, football has graduated nearly 90% of its seniors. 1986 - Yuan T. Lee (Chemistry) • Eight teams scored perfect Academic Progress Rates for the 2006-2007 academic year. 1964 - Charles H. Townes (Physics) 1960 - Donald A. Glaser (Physics) CAL FACTS 14 COLLEGES DECEASED FACULTY • Berkeley has one of the top university AND SCHOOLS libraries in the nation. With well over 10 NOBEL LAUREATES • College of Letters & Science million volumes and more than 400 special 1994 - John C. Harsanyi (Economics) • Haas School of Business 1983 - Gerard Debreu (Economics) collections, Berkeley’s library holdings are • College of Chemistry 1980 - Czeslaw Milosz (Literature) the fourth-largest in North America and have 1968 - Luis Alvarez (Physics) been ranked fi rst in the nation among public • Graduate School of Education 1961 - Melvin Calvin (Chemistry) libraries. • College of Engineering 1959 - Owen Chamberlain (Physics) • There are over 600 clubs on campus from • College of Environmental Design which students may choose. 1959 - Emilio G. Segre (Physics) • School of Information 1951 - Edwin M. McMillan (Chemistry) • Graduate School of Journalism 1951 - Glenn T. Seaborg (Chemistry) regardless of means. As early as 1897, fi nancial • School of Law 1949 - William F. Giauque (Chemistry) aid was available for “needy and deserving” stu- • College of Natural Resources 1946 - John H. Northrop (Chemistry) dents. More than a century later, Cal combines • School of Optometry 1946 - Wendell M. Stanley (Chemistry) outstanding teaching and research programs with 1939 - Ernest O. Lawrence (Physics) broad access for students of all means — educat- • School of Public Health ing more federal Pell Grant recipients from low- • Richard & Rhoda Goldman School 36) among the top 10 in their fi elds. income families than all eight Ivy League universi- of Public Policy In accordance with the University’s “public” ties combined. Close to 30 percent of freshmen are • School of Social Welfare character, Cal has long served talented individuals the fi rst in their families to attend college. (LDL), today referred to as “bad” cholesterol, and 1971 • BIRTH OF BIOTECH 1995 • U.S. POET LAUREATE “good” high-density lipoproteins (HDL) — and dis- The first biotechnology company, Cetus, is English Professor Robert Hass is named U.S. cover the role of LDL and HDL in heart disease. founded by Donald Glaser, winner of the 1960 Poet Laureate by Library of Congress. The land- Nobel Prize in physics. scapes of his native Northern California fi gure 1952 • WETSUITS large in the sensual geography of his work. He is Hugh Bradner invents fi rst wetsuit. The new pro- 1978 • BETA-ENDORPHIN later awarded the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize for his book Time and Materials. tective garment helps to spawn new sports such Beta-endorphin, a substance produced in the as board sailing and body boarding; transform brain that acts as a pain killer, is discovered by commercial, military, and recreational deep-sea Choh Hao Li. 1998 • PEACE CORPS diving; and advance understanding of oceans. VOLUNTEERS 1980 • POET NOBELIST UC Berkeley enlists its 3,000th Peace Corps 1961• GROUND-FAULT Poet Czeslaw Milosz receives the Nobel Prize volunteer, more than from any other university. INTERRUPTER in literature, UC Berkeley’s fi rst Nobel outside the Charles Dalziel, a professor of electrical engi- sciences. A native of Poland who obtained political 2003 • MARK TWAIN neering and computer sciences, invents a ground- asylum in France before becoming a Cal profes- fault interrupter, a device now found in virtually sor in 1961, his work was prohibited by Poland’s ONLINE every home and building to protect people from communist government; the ban falls