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The University of the Pacific (also referred to as Pacific or UOP) is a private university in Stockton, California that is the only private school with fewer than 10,000 students to offer degrees from eight different professional schools. Pacific is the oldest chartered university in California.〔 It was the first independent co-educational campus in California, opened the first conservatory of music on the west coast, and founded the first medical school on the West Coast. It was first chartered on July 10, 1851, in Santa Clara, California, under the name California Wesleyan College. The school moved to San Jose in 1871 and then to Stockton in 1923. Pacific is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC).〔(WASC Institutions ), wascsenior.org/institutions/university-pacific, Retrieved March 30, 2014〕 In addition to its liberal arts college, and its schools of education, engineering, business, international studies and music, it has three professional graduate schools: the School of Dentistry in San Francisco, the School of Law in Sacramento, and the school of Pharmacy and Health Sciences located in Stockton. It has extensive collections pertaining to jazz musician and alumnus Dave Brubeck, who in 1953 released the live album ''Jazz at the College of the Pacific''. It is also home to the papers of environmental pioneer John Muir.〔(Welcome to the University Library ). Library.pacific.edu. Retrieved on 2013–07–17.〕 == History == Pacific was founded on July 10, 1851, in Santa Clara as California Wesleyan College. In 1858, the college opened the first medical school on the West Coast; it was called the Medical Department of the University of the Pacific. The medical school was later affiliated with University College under the name Cooper Medical College, and in 1908 it was taken over by Stanford University and became the Stanford University School of Medicine. In 1871, the campus was moved to San Jose and the college opened its doors to women, becoming the first independent co-educational campus in California.〔〔 In 1878, the Conservatory of Music was established at Pacific, making it the first of its kind west of the Mississippi River.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Pioneering Firsts )〕 In 1896, Napa College merged with the college. In 1911, the name was changed to College of the Pacific (COP or Pacific). In 1923, the campus relocated from the Bay Area to the city of Stockton〔()〕 becoming the first institution of higher education in the Central Valley; it became the University of the Pacific in 1961.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Key Dates in Pacific's History )〕 In 1962, Pacific merged with the San Francisco College of Physicians and Surgeons (established in 1896 in San Francisco), and then in 1966, with the McGeorge School of Law (established in 1924 in Sacramento). In the late 1960s, the university separated from the United Methodist Church, when “federal law about public funding of church-related institutions became an issue.”〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=In The Beginning )〕 On October 17, 2013, the university announced an estate gift from Robert and Jeanette Powell of US$125 million. It is the largest gift in the university's 162-year history. In the previous year, Pacific awarded its highest honor, The Order of Pacific, posthumously to both Mr. and Mrs. Powell. ”〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=University of the Pacific receives $125 million gift )〕 This gift increased Pacific's endowment to $334 million.〔http://www.pacific.edu/About-Pacific/AdministrationOffices/Business-and-Finance-Division/About/Treasury-Management/Treasury-and-Investments/Investments.html〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「University of the Pacific (United States)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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