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On February 14, 1907, the University of California Board of Regents established an experiment/research station on 23 acres of land on the east slope of Mt. Rubidoux in Riverside, California. The purpose of this research station was to conduct various agricultural experiments such as fertilization, irrigation, improvement of crops, and air pollution research. It was here that the [[Orange (fruit)|navel orange]] was introduced to the United States. {{
The laboratory was dubbed the Rubidoux Laboratory and slowly grew in size. When the laboratory celebrated its fiftieth anniversary, the laboratory had grown considerably in size with several new buildings and usage of its acres for experimental plantings. The laboratory's original two staff personnel increased to 265 personnel by 1957.
University President [[Robert Gordon Sproul]] persuaded [[Gordon S. Watkins]], former dean of the College of Letters and Science at University of California, Los Angeles, to undertake the organization of a small college of liberal arts at Riverside, California. In 1949, Watkins accepted the job and started five years of planning, faculty recruitment, and building construction. He became the first Chancellor of the Riverside campus and presided at the opening of the College of Letters and Science with 131 students in February 1954. <ref>Martinez, Richard. "700 Join in UCR's Second Founder's Day Celebration." ''Riverside Press Enterprise'', October 7, 1987.</ref>
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