page_title: California Polytechnic State University
section_title: Directors and presidents
hierarchical_section_title: California Polytechnic State University / Directors and presidents
caption_attribution_description: Cal Poly Performing Arts Center
context_page_description: California Polytechnic State University is a public university in San Luis Obispo, California. It is one of two polytechnics in the California State University system.
  The university is organized into six colleges offering 65 bachelor's and 39 master's degrees. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo primarily focuses on undergraduate education and as of fall 2018 Cal Poly has 21,037 undergraduate and 775 graduate students. The academic focus is on combining technical and professional curriculums with the arts and humanities. The university's athletic teams participate in the Big West Conference.
context_section_description: Leroy Anderson, 1902–1907
  Leroy Burns Smith, 1908–1914
  Robert Weir Ryder, 1914–1921
  Nicholas Ricciardi, 1921–1924
  Margaret Chase (Acting), 1924
  Benjamin Ray Crandall, 1924–1933
  Julian A. McPhee, 1933–1966
  Dale W. Andrews (acting), 1966–1967
  Robert E. Kennedy, 1967–1979
  Warren J. Baker, 1979–2010
  Robert Glidden (Acting), 2010–2011
  Jeffrey D. Armstrong, 2011–present
caption: San Luis Obispo
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