Foothill College is regarded as one of the most beautiful and successful community colleges in the United States. After receiving voter approval for a $10.4 million on bond May 20, 1958, founding superintendent/Foothill College President Calvin C. Flint began working with renown architects Ernest J. Kump of Palo Alto, and Masten & Hurd of San Francisco. On Sept. 15, 1958, the Board of Trustees selected a 122-acre site in Los Altos Hills as the permanent location of Foothill College. Flint was quoted as saying, “The college must convey an atmosphere of its being friendly, personalized and informal. Offices of faculty, counselors and administrators must be readily accessible to students.” With this direction in mind, Kump and Masten & Hurd went on to design what would later be called a “major work of architecture and planning, possibly the finest design yet devised by the distinguished office of Ernest J. Kump,” by the San Francisco Chronicle. Prior to its completion, the campus received a Design Award from Progressive Architecture Magazine in 1960. The American Institute of Architects gave the campus an Honor Award in 1962 and an Award of Merit in 1963. (Adapted from the official website of Foothill College)