Neva Smith was born on October 29, 1917 in Los Angeles, California. She received her BA from the University of La Verne in 1943 and her MA in Education from CSULB in 1955. Neva taught in the Los Angeles Unified School District, primarily at Osate Elementary School...

Norman R. Cahn (1920-1983) graduated from CSULB in 1956 with a MA in Education. Mr. Cahn taught in the College of Education and was responsible for student teachers in the college. Marjorie R. Cahn (1924- 2015) taught at Millikan High School in Long Beach for 29...

Faculty 1956-1974, 1979-1988 Olaf P. Anfinson was born in 1914 in La Crosse, Wisconsin. He received his B.A. from Winona State Teachers College, and his M.A and Ed.D. from the University of Northern Colorado. Following his education, in 1956, Anfinson began teaching...

The Orval Dillingham Endowed Scholarship was established in 2008 by Shirley Dillingham in memory of her husband. Mr. Dillingham received his BA and MFA from the University of Minnesota as well as an Art degree from the Minneapolis School of Art. He was the very first...

Patricia (Patty) Richardson Hymes was honored to be a member of Cohort VII. She was a first generation college graduate originally from the U.S. Virgin Islands. She lived in Buena Park with her husband of 13 years and their teenage son. She earned her Bachelor’s...

When International Business Professor, Paul L. Frantz , J.D, passed away in 2005. His family and friends created a scholarship with the CSULB 49er Foundation to honor his memory. As a professor teaching and dedicating his time to his students, he always supported...

The Port of Long Beach is the premier U.S. gateway for trans-Pacific trade and a trailblazer in innovative goods movement, safety, environmental stewardship and sustainability. Voted “Best West Coast Seaport” by industry peers, the Port handles trade valued at $200...

Ralph was born May 13, 1924, in Carthage, South Dakota. His parents John and Anna Elvik were Norwegian immigrants. He grew up on the family farm and graduated from Carthage High School. Ralph enlisted at age 17 and proudly served as a non-commissioned officer in the...

The Raphael Hanson Endowed Student Award for Outstanding Scholarly Potential and Achievement was established to honor a respected member of the Psychology faculty. After receiving his doctoral degree from UC Berkeley in Statistics, Dr. Raphael Hanson joined the CSULB...

Richard Wilde was born on Nov. 16, 1920 in Milwaukee, Wis. He attended Milwaukee State Teachers College in 1942 when, with World War II and the draft looming, he enlisted in the Signal Corps. He served with the Army Air Corps in the Pacific Theater until he was...

Margaret, the daughter of John and Dorette Busch, was born in Katonah, New York, on May 21, 1922. From the moment she entered first grade she wanted to be a teacher. Margaret played the piano, organ, trumpet and trombone, she had many musical opportunities in church...

In 2015, an alumnus, Robert Pitts, wanted to help students travel abroad like his children did when they were in college, thus the creation of this scholarship with the CSULB 49er Foundation. Mr.Pitts believes in the importance for students having the opportunity to...

Robert Thomas Holmes, PhD was a Marketing professor at California State University, Long Beach from 1961-1986. He loved teaching and understood the struggles of college students to pay for their education. In 2004, Dr. Holmes and his wife, Emma, established the...

The Rodney Steiner Scholarship was established by Dr. Rodney Steiner, CSULB Professor of Geography from 1956-1994. He taught in the Department until the time of his death in 1994. Dr. Steiner grew up in Los Angeles, earned his Ph.D. in Geography at the University of...

In 1994 after Health Net’s conversion from nonprofit to for-profit status, CSULB alum, Mr. Roger Greaves established the Health Net Scholarship. The intent of the scholarship is to "assist CSULB/ CHHS students who pursue careers in health promotion and disease...

The Roger Herald Experimental Film Scholarship was established in 1999 in memory of Roger Herald. Roger was a student in the Department of Film and Electronic Arts in the College of the Arts at CSULB. The intent of the scholarship is to promote a spirit of...

Rosi was born on October 3, 1943 in Escondido, California and grew up on her parents’ vineyard and farm. She spent her high school and college years in Long Beach, graduating from Millikan High School and then attending California State University, Long Beach, where...

Roy C. Anderson was one of the pioneer faculty members in education in Long Beach State, joining the campus in 1950-just one year after its founding. His ties to the campus continued even after his retirement in 1974. Anderson enjoyed returning to campus to do...

Alumni (1955 College of Education) Ruben Ingram is currently the Executive Director of School Employers Association of California (SEAC). Formerly the Executive Director of California Commission on Teacher Credentialing and Superintendent, Fountain Valley School...

In 2014, a College of Business Administration alumnus Russ Lesser, ‘64 from 1964 wanted to give back by creating this scholarship. His vision was to support accountancy students, like himself, remembering some of the financial hardships he faced.

Lila and Russel Gallery were high school sweethearts, back in the 1950’s. Upon graduation, Lila enrolled in LB State, while Russell worked. During her sophomore year, she designed her wedding gown, in Nona Nelson’s Clothing Design class. In the Spring of ‘58, she...

Sally Hamilton was born April 14, 1937, as Sara M. McElligott, in Minneapolis, but her family soon moved to California. She attended Miracosta College, and began nurses training at Orange County General Hospital (now UC Irvine Medical Center). There she met and...

Samuel G. Councilman obtained his Ph.D. in Mathematics, specializing in Riemann Surfaces from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Dr. Councilman was Chair of the Mathematics and Statistics Department at CSULB for ten years during his time as faculty...

Sandy Salemi Cangiano was a proud graduate of California State University, Long Beach, and a proud Italian American. Her husband Mark Cangiano has endowed this scholarship in her memory to promote the study of the Italian language and culture that Sandy loved so much.

The Matsumoto Opera Scholarship is named for opera singer and CSULB voice faculty, Shigemi Matsumoto. Ms. Matsumoto has had a worldwide professional singing career, where she has performed with over 50 national and international opera companies and with more than 60...

Shirley A. Beck 1942-2018 “Right from the start, from her being a protective and supportive sibling, who taught me how to tie my shoes, to my tying hers as caregiver and advocate, my beloved sister Shirley and I had a genuine bond. From playing “school” as children...

Shonnardo Bodie’s (“Bodie”) aspiration was to receive his master’s degree in counseling and student development from the SDHE Program at CSULB. Bodie was a first generation, immigrant, low income student who excelled as a community college student benefitting from...

The Sigma Alpha Iota Scholarship is funded by local members or the Sigma Alpha Iota International Music Fraternity to provide scholarship support for students in the Bob Cole Conservatory of Music. SAI was founded in 1903. SAI promotes interaction among those who...

The Yoho family is a true Beach family. Steve ’82 and Nancy ’81 graduated with degrees in Finance and Geography respectively. Their children, Dan ’08 and Alison ’13 and ’16 both earned their degrees in Geography. Additionally, Alison earned an MS in GIS. Steve has...

Steve was born June 28, 1944 in Kilgore, Texas and later moved to California with his family. In 1961 Steve entered Imperial Valley College and three years later transferred to CSULB where he received a bachelor’s degree in history. His first teaching assignment...