in 1976, Claremont Men's College changed its name to Claremont McKenna College in 1981, in honor of its founding trustee. McKenna also established the McKenna Merit Scholarship program, the McKenna Professorship in Asian Economics, and the McKenna International Summer Internship Program for students pursuing summer internships abroad in their sophomore and junior years. References Claremont McKenna College Philanthropists from California People from Claremont, California People from Latrobe, Pennsylvania Pomona College alumni 1907 births 1997 deaths 20th-century American philanthropists