Looking down Alumni Avenue towards Campus Road
In this 1915 photo, standing in what is now the Quad, the campus is so new that you can see the house of College land donor Ralph Rogers at the corner of Alumni Avenue and Campus Road. In 1924, Rogers sold the house to the Phi Gamma Delta (Fiji) fraternity. In 2014, thanks to the leadership and vision of Sally (Reid) Samuelson ’48 H’97 P’72 P’77 and Jack Samuelson ’46 H’97 P’72 P’77, among others, the Fiji House was replaced by the Samuelson Alumni Center. Also pictured is Oxy’s iconic fountain, Water Forms II, a kinetic fountain created in 1979 by the late George P. Baker ’58, renowned sculptor and longtime professor of art (1964-1997). The Gilman Fountain was named in memory of Lucille Young Gilman, first wife of Richard Gilman, Occidental’s 10th president (1965-1988).