The Early 1960's

The Early 1960's

In the early 1960's, before the campus buildings began to take shape, The Affiliates met twice annually for a general membership meeting in the spring and fall at a variety of locations in the county including the Riverside Restaurant and the Mt. Hermon Conference Center. The meeting location had to be able to accommodate up to 400 people. Watsonville, from the beginning of The Affiliates' existence, produced many of the organization's most active leaders. Hollister, Monterey, Salinas and San Jose all counted at least one board member.

The first Chancellor of UC Santa Cruz was Dean McHenry and his first executive assistant was Barbara Sheriff.  From the beginning of The Affiliates founding, Sheriff was the UC Santa Cruz staff liaison for The Affiliates until the late 1970's. She was instrumental in establishing the form and name of The Affiliates by drawing many examples from similar organizations at UC Santa Barbara and UCLA. Dean McHenry and his wife Jane rarely missed a general or board meeting of The Affiliates during McHenry's years as chancellor.

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