The University of California, San Francisco traces its history to Hugh Toland, a South Carolina surgeon who found great success and wealth after moving to San Francisco in 1852. A previous school, the Cooper Medical College of the University of Pacific (founded 1858), entered a period of uncertainty in 1862 when its founder, Elias Samuel Cooper, died. In 1864, Toland founded a new medical school, Toland Medical College, and the faculty of Cooper Medical College chose to suspend operations and join the new school.
The University of California San Francisco traces its history to Hugh Toland a South Carolina surgeon who found great success and wealth after moving to San Francisco in 1852 A previous school the Cooper Medical College of the University of Pacific (founded 1858) entered a period of uncertainty in 1862 when its founder Elias Samuel Cooper died In 1864 Toland founded a new medical school Toland Medical College and the faculty of Cooper Medical College chose to suspend operations and join the new school