CSUMB's catalog for their 1996-1997 academic year was published in August 1996 with the theme of Transformation. A full-color catalog, it features hundreds of pictures of Fort Ord activities and people, and the new CSUMB students and campus. It strongly illustrates how the CSUMB communities, including former Fort Ord residents, are transforming what was once the site of a U.S. Army facility to a college campus.
This catalog offers wonderful photographic memories of Fort Ord and CSUMB. You can order your very own copy of CSUMB's catalog by sending a check or money order for $10.00 each (which includes tax and shipping and handling) to:
California State University, Monterey Bay
University Bookstore
100 Campus Center
Seaside, CA 93955-8001
(408) 883-1062On its editorial page, the catalog's theme is explained:
"California State University, Monterey Bay is transforming itself from the former U.S. Army Fort Ord into a university campus for the 21st century. It is also transforming the very structure of college education, and how that education is achieved and delivered. A brand new university now in its second year, CSUMB is a place whose potential is founded on tradition and vision.
"The front cover of this catalog features a group photo of some of the first 24 CSUMB students to receive degrees; they were awarded teacher credential certificates in May 1995. Behind them, like ghosts of the past, are shown some of the soldiers who once lived at Fort Ord, and the plaque, still on display, commemorating Fort Ord as a permanent post as established by the U.S. Congress in 1952.
"The back cover features a December 1995 photo taken of most of the students, faculty, and staff who created CSUMB's community during its first semester. Behind them, with them, are some of the soldiers of the 21 February 1942 Company E 58th Quartermaster, one of the largest companies ever to serve on this post. In the sky floating above them, like symbols of achievement, are a representation of a CSUMB diploma for Tyana Thayer (Class of 2000), the first student admitted to CSUMB and hopefully one of its first graduates for the new millenium, and some of the awards and decorations received by the thousands of military personnel who lived at Fort Ord over the decades, dedicated to serving their country and world peace.
"We'd like to thank Lieutenant Colonel John McCutchon (U.S. Army, retired), who is developing our Fort Ord Alumni Association; the Office of the Command Historian Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center (DLIFLC); and the Presidio of Monterey for their gracious support in providing material from their photographic archives for our use in creating catalog art."
©1996 Fort Ord Alumni Association
