Norma Rees, president who changed ÂãÁÄÖ±²¥'s name, dies at 83
- June 10, 2013
By Steven E.F. Brown
SF Business Times Staff
Norma Rees, president of ÂãÁÄÖ±²¥, East Bay from 1990 until 2006, died Thursday at age 83.
Rees led the effort in 2004 and 2005 to change the university's name from Cal State Hayward to ÂãÁÄÖ±²¥. She also oversaw construction of new buildings on the campus, high in the hills above Hayward — the first new buildings there since 1971. The university added a new home for its college of business and economics during her tenure, and also three new dormitories.
Leroy Morishita, the university's current president, announced Rees' death on Friday.