Hugh Hallman ’84
Hugh Hallman ’84 served two terms as mayor of Tempe, Arizona
On the Frontlines of National Security
In his work as a policymaker, Richard Johnson ’01 draws upon skills he learned at CMC
Richard Johnson’s daily concerns could easily be a plotline in a high-budget political thriller.
As Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction at the Department of Defense, the 2001 CMC alumnus is responsible for preventing the spread of weapons of mass destruction and deterring chemical, biological, and nuclear warfare.
It’s a position that Claremont McKenna prepared him for.
Scholars Win Spirit Award
QuestBridge scholars express thanks for scholarships in a video that makes the CMC Planner a media star
Believe it or not, the beloved CMC planner became a media star, featured in a CMC-student-produced video that won the national QuestBridge Spirit Day Award.
The annual contest challenges students from colleges and universities across the nation—such as USC, Penn, and Northwestern—to show what the QuestBridge scholarship program has meant to them via a photo or video.
Leadership Development
Kravis Leadership Institute celebrates 25 years of courage, creativity, and collaboration
Early Faculty: A Tour de Force of Recruitment
President Benson hired top academics to join CMC during its first four years
Alumnus Established Computer Labs on Campus
Tech titan Ryal Poppa ’57 GP ’08 made significant contributions to benefit CMC students
Maroon and Gold to the Core
Chris Brandt ’85 P’14 P’18 says CMC Athletics changed his life
The only thing sweeter than savoring the highest highs of victory as a college athlete? Seeing your son extend those triumphs even further. For Chris Brandt ’85 P’14 P’18, his time as a basketball player and golfer influenced everything about his CMC experience—and beyond.
1988: SCIAC All-Sports Trophy Sweep
The 1987-88 year was a first, as CMS won all three SCIAC All-Sports trophies
The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps athletic department has made a habit of placing bulk orders for SCIAC trophies. The Stags and Athenas have won 343 SCIAC titles, almost 100 more than any other SCIAC institution, despite getting a late start with their first year coming in 1958-59, more than 40 years after the Bulldogs, Poets, Tigers and Sagehens were up and running.
1954: Football and Track Find a Home
The new complex became home to football and men's track and field
By 1954, Claremont Men’s College student-athletes had been competing with Pomona in athletics for seven years, but the wheels were already visibly in motion to allow CMC to split from the Sagehens and form its own athletic department on the North side of Sixth Street.
Oct. 18, 2022
Yahoo! News shared Prof. Jack Pitney’s political expertise as the mid-term elections approached. Pitney suggested that on the economy, Democrats need to be careful in the framing. “If they say inflation is coming down, people will hear prices are coming down,” and that’s not happening, he said. “A decline in the rate of increase [in inflation] isn’t a great talking point.”