More Chronology 1948 Contra Costa County citizens vote to establish a community college district. District superintendent Drummond McCunn negotiates with the U.S. Maritime Commission for the use of a portion of the Richmond shipyards as a campus. John Porterfield is the college's first director. The student newspaper, The Blue and Gray Newsletter , begins publication.
Students vote on a college mascot.
The first graduating class is composed of three students. The formal deed to approximately half of the property on which the current campus sits is acquired from the U.S. government. John Porterfield resigns as the director of the college. Joseph P. Cosand is chosen as the new director. Construction begins at the new site on the Humanities Building and the Physical Sciences Building.