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Pepperdine Facts

A Pepperdine Timeline

1909 George Pepperdine, 23, starts a mail-order auto parts business with $5 capital

Sep. 21, 1937 George Pepperdine College opens in south L.A. with 167 students and 22 faculty

1947 Touchdown! Pepperdine wins national small college football championship in the Will Rogers Bowl

1958 Associated Women for Pepperdine (AWP), a scholarship support organization, founded; tuition, room, and board cost $1,238 per year

1969 Pepperdine acquires Orange University College of Law; School of Business and Management established

1971 Pepperdine becomes a university; School of Education established

1975 Gov. Ronald Reagan addresses dedication of Malibu campus (opened 1972) as Frank R. Seaver College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences

1986 Institute for Dispute Resolution established at School of Law

1996 Institute for Public Policy established (to become School of Public Policy); Graziadio School named for George L. Graziadio

2000 Andrew K. Benton inaugurated as Pepperdine's Seventh president

2003 50.4-acre Drescher Graduate campus opens, housing the Graziadio School, Graduate School of Education Psychology (GSEP), and School of Public Policy

2004 West Los Angeles Graduate Campus opens, headquarters of the Graziadio School and GSEP

2006 Inaugural Parkening International Guitar Competition held; School of Law presents a nationally televised symposium, The Rookie Year of the Roberts Court