Inspired by the Times
Glance Winter 2007 28 / 29
“In the printmaking department, we did protest posters, sometimes printing at the shop all night long, 24 hours a day.”
Jack Ford MFA ’65, Faculty, 1969–present, Printmaking
1968 Completion of two major buildings on the Oakland campus. Founders Hall, honoring Frederick and Laetitia Meyer, Isabelle Percy West, and Perham Nahl, now houses the library, media center, and classrooms. Martinez Hall, honoring Xavier Martinez, houses the Painting and Printmaking Programs.
1969–71 American Indians occupy Alcatraz.
1970 Interior Design Program is established.
1971 Guild Hall burns down.
1973 The Noni Eccles Treadwell Ceramic Arts Center opens.
1974 The BART transbay tube opens for operation.