William Pereira engaged to research O.C. sites

January 01, 1958 William Pereira engaged to research O.C. sites

Newly hired Pereira drew up a list of 21 possibilities on the sparsely populated landscapes of Southeast Los Angeles County and Orange County, including one inside the Irvine Ranch, which sprawled across 93,000 acres. Kerr liked the Irvine site. He believed its vast expanse of empty land, all held by a single owner, would make the complex job of building a large campus much simpler.