This is a wonderful timeline. Regarding the Asian American Political Alliance, Emma Gee’s partner’s name is Yuji Ichioka, an incredible historian in his own right. Please spell his name right.

I enjoyed your Fall 2020 California article titled “150 YEARS OF WOMEN AT CAL”, especially the brief writeup about the famous Julia Morgan. My 2008 copy of “BERKELEY ENGINEERING ALUMNI DIRECTORY” indicates that Julia Morgan received her B.S. degree in Civil Engineering in 1894, not a B.A. degree as indicated on page 9. It appears Julia Morgan was the first woman in the U.S. to receive a B.S. degree in Civil Engineering. Also, the 150 YEARS article should have mentioned Elizabeth Bragg, who received her B.S. degree in Engineering in 1876 (according to that same directory). It appears she was the very first woman in the U.S. to receive a B.S. degree in any engineering discipline, which I have mentioned to numerous engineering colleagues.

This is incredible. Great work. But where is the mention of Cora Jane Flood, who donated the funds in 1898 to found the College of Commerce, now known as the Berkeley Haas School of Business.

Ariel and Will Durant concluded in their epic “The Story of Civilization” that if the politicians and/or academics/intellectuals can’t save our civilization, no one can. Current events are proving the hard way that academics must take their communications with the public to a much higher level if we are going to overcome present and prevent future threats to the survival of our civilization. This issue of CALIFORNIA proves beyond all doubt that our best leadership choice is women, to protect and perpetuate an acceptable lifestyle for our newest and all future generations. Today, we are most fortunate to have our first female academic leader at Berkeley at last, Chancellor Carol Christ. Now we can permanently eliminate male domination such as that documented in “Swift Justice: The Historic Fight for Gender Equality at Berkeley Law.” Most importantly it is time for our new academic leadership to find a new way to communicate with the public today, since current male produced methods have failed catastrophically with most destructive consequences such as out of control global warming, pandemic, violence and inequalities. With a female academic leadership establishment we can inform, educate and motivate the public to protect and perpetuate an acceptable quality of life for our newest and all future generations at last, before time runs out due to global warming.