Point Loma Nazarene University

of the Nazarene in 1908, and was named Deets Pacific Bible College in 1909. In 1910, it was renamed Nazarene University and, against the wishes of Jackson Deets and the advice of Nazarene General Superintendent John W. Goodwin, the college moved to the Hugh Ranch property in Pasadena, California, after it was purchased by Bresee. It was renamed again to Pasadena University following a theological dispute and near bankruptcy in 1917.
By 1919, the name had changed once again to Pasadena College. The school received accreditation from the Western Association of Schools and Colleges in 1949. The college preparatory program was ended in the 1950s.
Pasadena College continued to face issues during the late 1960s to the early 1970s. In 1964, when Brown was elected president, the school had an operating deficit of between $500,000 and $800,000. The campus space sat at only 17 acres blocking any potential of growth. And there were health concerns regarding the smog that surrounded the school at the time. But, during a …