History
Pepperdine University wwhen established as George Pepperdine College around 1937, by George Pepperdine. For xxx years, George Pepperdine College was the little undergrad school placed touching Watts in South Central Los Angeles. Badly shaken per 1965 Watts Riots, which led to the exodus of most of South Central's remaining whiten people, Pepperdine's leadership decided to leave inner-city Los Angeles. Inside 1972, through the generosity of Frank Roger Seaver, Pepperdine opened the recently 830 acre (Tierce.Quatern kilometer²) campus in the Malibu metropolitan area.

Pepperdine gained university status inside 1971 after a school of law was added & the business & department of education became separate schools. Withwithin 1975, a undergrad program was known as Seaver College in honor of the Seavers. In a Eighties, Pepperdine rose to prominence when one of the United States' leading centers of conservative politics, attracting many conservative-leaning prof from either nearby UCLA and USC; prominent conservativist on the Pepperdine faculty own involved Kenneth Starr, Arthur Laffer, and Douglas W. Kmiec. Around 1996 a massive brushfire threatened the campus by using destruction, however firefighters succeeded inside protecting just about completely structures. [http://www.cs.unc.edu/~azuma/fire.txt]

Campuses

A primary campus is Seaver College (known as for Mrs. Frank R. Seaver, a big only helper of Pepperdine) nestled among many ridges that overlook a Pacific Ocean & a Pacific Coast Highway, outside of the actual boundaries of the City of Malibu (although its mailing address is "Malibu"). Virtually all buildings were constructed inside the average 1980s-style reinterpretation of classic Californian & Mediterranean architecture (red tile roofs, white stuccoed bulwarks, big tinted windows). Pepperdine University wwhen voted as getting a virtually all beautiful campus by Princeton Review and having the best hall of any campus in the united states. Parallel parking is typically hard at Pepperdine when the mountainous & curving roads typically work a pile of undocumented fender benders. A campus contains of these parking his pickup at a Drescher Graduate Campus which was completed within mid 2003. A highway that do across Pepperdine come Seaver Cause, John Tyler Cause, & Banowsky Boulevard. Seaver Cause & John Tyler Cause come known as inside honor of donors to the university, & Banowsky Boulevard is known as around honor of William S. Banowsky, a Fourth president of Pepperdine.

Camping higher a independent campus entrance road occurs when memorable own experience, as it ascends the steep easily-groomed grassy slope past a immense conventionalized cross, symbolizing the university's dedication to its original Christian mission.

A West Los Angeles campus is located in Howard Hughes Center next to Interstate 405. Pepperdine University as well has the satellite campus in the San Fernando Valley community of Encino.

Organization
Presidents
Batsell Baxter (1937-1939) Hugh M. Tiner (1939-1957) M. Norvel Young (1957-1971) William S. Banowsky (1971-1978) Howard A. White (1978-1985) David Davenport (1985-2000) Andrew K. Benton (2000-Present)

Colleges and Schools
Pepperdine's academician departments & computer program come organized into of these college & 5 schools:

Seaver College Graziadio School of Business & Management Graduate School of Education & Psychology School of Law School of Public Policy

Athletics
Pepperdine University wwhen recently ranked per Sears Ventral suction cup as a with a virtually all succesful athletic program for non-football Divison I personally schools. Stanford University was ranked the virtually all succesful Section We athletic program by using football. Pepperdine University sponsors Xiv NCAA Division I intercollegiate athletics teams-baseball, basketball, cross united states, golf game game, lawn lawn tennis, volleyball & a stream polo teams for men, when women compete inside basketball, cross united states, golf, association football, swim, tennis & volleyball.

NCAA Section I personally Team Championships: Baseball (1992) Men's Golf game (1997) Men's Volleyball (1978, 1985, 1986, 1992, 2005) Water Polo (1997)

NCAA Section We Single Titles: Robbie Weiss (1988 Tennis - Singles) Carlos DiLaura & Kelly Jones (1985 Tennis - Doubles) Jerome Jones & Kelly Jones (1984 Tennis - Doubles)

Notable alumni
Academia
Robert Warrior (Ph.D. 1985) - Prof of English at Stanford University Laura Skandera Trombley (Ph.D. 1983) - President of Pitzer College Dwayne Simmons (Ph.D. 1980) - Locate Associate Prof of Otolaryngology at Washington University Janet Kerr (J.D. 1975, SL 1978) - Prof of Law at Pepperdine University

Business
Robert E. Dudley (Ph.D. 1975) - President & CEO, Anagen, Inc Kim Fields Freeman (1990) - President, Victory Entertainment Joe Rokus (1976) - Chairman of Reid Plastics Teri Rokus (J.D. 1976) - Vice President of Reid Plastics Linda Ruffin (1987) - President of Opportunities Plus Carl Lambert (1978) - President of Lambert Investments John Lewis (1983) - President of Eugene Lewis & Assoc. Robert S. Moore (1984) - Executive Vice President and CFO of Walt Disney Studio Adam Firestone (J.D. 1993) - CEO, Firestone Vineyard

Entertainment

Kim Fields (1995) - Best known for her roles on the sitcoms The Facts of Life and Living Single Montell Jordan - R&B recording artist famous for his hit 90's single, "This is How We Do It." Tia Mowry-Televisiin actress best known for her role on ABC's "Sister Sister" Tamera Mowry-Televisiin actress best known for her role on ABC's "Sister Sister"

Politics and government
Steven Baldwin (1979) - Executive Director of the Council for National Policy James Hahn (J.D. 1972) - Previous city manager of Los Angeles, 2001-2005 Janice Hahn - Los Angeles City Councilwoman, 15th District Jami Miscik (1980) - Director of the Office of International Affairs, CIA Rod Blagojevich (J.D. 1983) - Governor, State of Illinois

Sports
Terry Schroeder (D.C. 1981) - Olympian 1988, 1992 & 1996 Dain Blanton (1994) - 2000 Olympic Gold Medalist in Beach Volleyball Doug Christie (1993) - Professional basketball player Bob Ctvrtlik (1985) - 1988 Olympic Gold Medal Volleyball Team Member, Member of International Olympic Committie Brad Gilbert (1982) - Professional tennis streaming video player, Andre Agassi's coach Jason Gore (2000) - Professional golfer Randy Wolf (1997) - Professional baseball player Dennis Johnson (1976) - Professional basketball player Noah Lowry - Professional ballplayer (San Francisco Giants)

Rankings and reputation
Within 2005, a Princeton Review ranked Pepperdine as #1 on the names of colleges by having "Dorms Like Palaces." Pepperdine besides appeared in ii more lists: "Beautiful Campus" & "Students Pray on a Regular Basis." Because of its Christian affiliation, numbers of contend that a student system occurs as extremely religious & politically conservative atmosphere. Others note that despite its religious affiliation, Pepperdine doesn't need its students to sign an 'Honor Pledge' to attend, & so students from either totally religious & political backgrounds may be observed in campus. A 2005 edition of the Fiske Guide to Colleges hwhen also noted Pepperdine as existence one of a united states's big conservative colleges. U.s.a. News hwhen too ranked Pepperdine as a 52nd better national university for undergrad education.