Compton College

Compton Community College was established in 1927 as a component of Compton Union High School. From 1932 to 1949, it operated as a four-year junior college, incorporating the last two years of high school as well as the first two years of college. The Compton Union campus shared by the high school and college was devastated by 1933 Long Beach earthquake, In 1970, the Board of Trustees appointed the institution's first African-American President/Superintendent, Abel B. Sykes Jr. Highlights of his 14-year administration included the construction of the first two new campus buildings since 1952: the Jane Astredo Allied Health Building and the Abel B. Sykes Jr. Child Development Center (named after him in 1995). The 1980s was a period of reduced funding and partial retrenchment for the institution, but by the early 1990s, the college had once again stabilized. The second major demographic shift occurred in the 1990s, making the campus population 46% African-American and 46% Hispanic (3% White, Non-Hispanic; 3% APISA; 2% other). In 1996, the Board appointed Ulis C. Williams as Interim President/Superintendent and in January 1997, made this appointment permanent. Loss of accreditation In 2004, the college began experiencing significant turmoil caused by a "corrupt board and financial insolvency". This followed years of rebuilding under President Keith Curry, who was provost of the campus while it was partnered with El Camino College. ==Campus==

The library on campus opened in 2014. Its opening was originally scheduled for 2007. At that time, it had a cost of $25 million. The opening was delayed by almost seven years with an additional $4 million spent due to violations in the building code. It was extensively renovated. ==Student Life==

• Billy Anderson, professional football player • Memo Arzate, professional soccer player • Don Bandy, professional football player • Justin Carter, professional basketball player • James Coburn, actor • Coolio, rapper • Iva Toguri D'Aquino, identified as Tokyo Rose • Louella Daetweiler, professional baseball player • Snoop Dogg, rapper • Carl Earn, tennis player • Jamaa Fanaka, filmmaker • Carl Fennema, professional football player • William Denby Hanna, cartoon film producer, co-founder of Hanna-Barbera Productions (now known as Cartoon Network Studios) • Sim Iness, Olympic champion • Cornelius Johnson, Olympic champion (1936, high jump) • Don Klosterman, professional football player and executive • Yuri Kochiyama, Japanese-American human rights activist • John LoVetere, professional football player • Wayne Maunder, actor • Hugh McElhenny, professional football player • Billy G. Mills (born 1929), Los Angeles City Council member, 1963–74, Superior Court judge thereafter • Randy Moore, professional baseball player • Tino Nuñez, professional soccer player • Ed Peasley, professional football player and coach • Joe Perry, professional football player • Carl Pohlad, owner of the Minnesota Twins • Pete Rozelle, National Football League (NFL) commissioner • Bobby Thompson, professional football player • Don Wilson, professional baseball player ==References==