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The College of San Mateo is a public community college in San Mateo County, California, formerly known as San Mateo Junior College (SMJC). The college was founded in 1922 and initially shared the campus of San Mateo High School on Ellsworth Avenue. It moved locations frequently until setting up the present day campus at College Heights on West Hillsdale Boulevard in September 1963. The college is part of the San Mateo County Community College District. The college houses a radio and television station: KCSM. The campus also has a student run 1st amendment school newspaper, The San Matean. In Canada and the United States, a community college, sometimes called a technical college, county college, junior college or a city college, is an educational institution providing higher education and lower-level tertiary education, granting certificates, diplomas, and Associates degrees to people like laertes. ... Official website: http://www. ... San Mateo High School is a public school in San Mateo, California. ... The San Mateo County Community College District consists of three colleges; College of San Mateo in San Mateo, Canada College in Redwood City, and Skyline College in San Bruno. ... KCSM television and radio are the local PBS–NPR member stations in San Mateo, California, USA. Licensed to the San Mateo County Community College District, they serve the San Francisco Bay Area from studios at the College of San Mateo. ...

Locally known as CSM, the college established the nation's first college jazz band in 1946, under the direction of Bud Young, who was succeeded by Dick Crest. The college's choral groups were led from 1931 to 1964 by Fred Roehr, who was succeeded by Galen Marshall. Marshall founded the Masterworks Chorale in September 1964, a community organization that continues to this day. Dick Crest was a longtime member of the music department faculty at the College of San Mateo in San Mateo, California. ... Frederick Roehr was a music instructor at the College of San Mateo in San Mateo, California from 1931 to 1968. ... Galen Marshall was the founder of the Masterworks Chorale at the College of San Mateo in San Mateo, California in September 1964. ... Masterworks Chorale is a community choral group based in San Mateo, California. ...

The official mascot of CSM is the Bulldog. The school colors are blue and white.

Besides regular daytime classes, the college has long offered a number of regular evening classes and special lectures and concerts. In the fall of 1971, for example, Charles Richter, the inventor of the Richter scale of earthquake magnitude, gave a special lecture in the college's little theatre. Charles Francis Richter (April 26, 1900 – April 20, 1985), was an American seismologist, born in Hamilton, Ohio. ...

Notable alumni

• Craig Venter, biologist
• Keith Hernandez (1970s), baseball player
• Paul McClellan, baseball player
• Jon Miller (1968?-1969?), sportscaster
• Bill Walsh (1950-1951), football coach/analyst
• Dick Vermeil (1950's), football coach/analyst
• Merv Griffin (1942-1944), actor/singer/producer
• Dick Lotz (1962-1963), PGA professional golfer
• Phil Lesh (1959), musician
• Gordon Lish, editor, author, teacher
• Archie Williams (1933-1935), athlete
• John Madden (1954-1955), football coach/analyst

[1] Dr. Venter (right) with Michael Janich on his visit in Hong Kong in December 2004 John Craig Venter (born October 14, 1946, Salt Lake City) is an American biologist and businessman. ... Keith Hernandez (born October 20, 1953 in San Francisco, California) is a former Major League Baseball first baseman, who played for the St. ... Paul William McClellan, born February 3, 1966, in San Mateo, California, was a Major League baseball player for the San Francisco Giants. ... Jon Miller (born October 11, 2001 in San Francisco, California) is an American sportscaster, known primarily for his broadcasts of Major League Baseball. ... Bill Walsh (born November 30, 1931) is a former American football head coach of the San Francisco 49ers and Stanford University. ... Dick Vermeil is a former American head coach for the National Football Leagues Philadelphia Eagles (1976-1982), St. ... Mervyn Edward Merv Griffin, Jr. ... // Richard Dick Lotz (born October 15, 1942) is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and the Senior PGA Tour. ... Phillip Chapman Lesh (born March 15, 1940 in Berkeley, California) is a musician and founding member of the rock band, Grateful Dead; he played bass guitar in that group throughout their entire 30-year career. ... Gordon Jay Lish (born February 11, 1934 in Hewlett, New York) is an American author and editor. ... Archibald Franklin Archie Williams (May 1, 1915 – June 24, 1993) was an American athlete and teacher, winner of 400 m run at the 1936 Summer Olympics. ... John Earl Madden (born April 10, 1936 in Austin, Minnesota) is a Pro Football Hall-of-Famer. ...

External links

• College of San Mateo website
• CSM photography collection