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University of California, Los Angeles
Since 1919
The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States. Its academic roots were established in 1881 as the southern branch of the California State Normal School, which is now San José State University. The campus was transferred to the University of California to become its southern branch in 1919, making it the second-oldest of the 10-campus University of California system after the University of California, Berkeley.
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In the state of Hawaii, Ben Cayetano (1968), became the first Filipino American to be elected governor of a U.S. state.
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U.S. Representative Judy Chu (1974) represents California's 32nd congressional district and became the first Chinese American woman elected to the U.S. Congress in 2009.
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