Finding Guide Introduction

Abstract

It was 1965, when California State Senator Robert Lagomarsino first voted to authorize funds for an advance acquisition site study for a state college. At that time, he also introduced Senate Bill #70, which called for the establishment of a state college for Ventura County. Almost twenty-five years later, Mr. Lagomarsino continued his fight for a Ventura County university at a 1990 California State University site selection meeting. In 1992, Mr. Lagomarsino generously dedicated his papers, furniture, and memorabilia to California State University, Northridge’s satellite campus in Ventura, California. The donated collection was transferred in 2000 to California State University, Channel Islands, Ventura County’s own four year university and the newest campus in the California State University system.