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University Student's Cooperative Association (USCA) The Berkeley Student Cooperative (BSC) (formerly known as University Students' Cooperative Association or the USCA) is a student housing cooperative serving primarily UC Berkeley students, but open to any full-time post-secondary student. The BSC houses and/or feeds over 1,300 students in 17 ...
Joan Blades, B.A. 1977 – co-founder of software company Berkeley Systems (acquired by Sierra Online for $13 million [2]), co-founder of political activist group MoveOn.org. Richard C. Blum, B.S. 1958, M.B.A. 1959 – founder of private equity firm Blum Capital and the American Himalayan Foundation, Regent of the University of California.
Barrington Hall was a student housing cooperative in the University Students' Cooperative Association (USCA) (now known as the Berkeley Student Cooperative (BSC)) system in Berkeley, California, from 1935 to 1943 and 1950 to 1989. [1][2] It is currently privately operated student housing. The state of what was once known as Barrington Hall ...
The BSC houses approximately 1250 students in 20 properties (17 of which it owns and three of which it leases from UC Berkeley), while other members have boarding-only (i.e. meal plan) contracts. The BSC is legally independent of the university, with their only legal relationship being the aforementioned ground leases. [42] [43] [44] [45]
Lothlorien (Also known as " Loth ") is a cooperative house consisting of two former mansions built next to the University of California, Berkeley, United States. It is located on 2405 and 2415 Prospect Street. Along with Kingman Hall, Casa Zimbabwe and Cloyne Court Hotel it is one of the well known houses in the Berkeley Student Cooperative system.
These individuals are former residents of the Berkeley Student Cooperative, previously known as the University Students' Cooperative Association (USCA) and the University of California Student Cooperative Association (UCSCA).
Leonard Adleman, BA Math 1969, PhD EECS 1976, Turing Award laureate (2002) Jay Miner, BS 1959, "father of the Amiga " computer. Academy Award -winning actor Gregory Peck, BA 1942. Emmy - and Golden Globe Award - award-winning actress Kathy Baker, BA 1977.
Katherine Faber, Ph.D. 1982 – professor of materials science at the California Institute of Technology, originator of the Faber-Evans model for ceramics. Sally Floyd. B.S. 1971, Ph.D. 1989 – invented Random Early Detection, or RED, an algorithm widely used in the internet. Andrea Frome, Ph.D. 2007 – known in the fields of computer vision ...