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The emergence and rapid spread of AIDS in the 1980s led to fears about procedures such as blood donation. Very little was known about the cause of the disease, which later was discovered to be a virus called HIV.

In the early 80s, not much was known about AIDS or HIV. It was erroneously and dangerously characterized by the media as a disease affecting gay men, African Americans, and drug users.

Cal State LA continued to serve as a center for public health in the 1980s by offering flu vaccines much in the same way it had offered polio vaccines in the 1960s.

As AIDS became more widely known, the Red Cross sought to reassure the public of the safety of blood donation.

Sponsored jointly by the NAACP and Anheuser-Busch, Cal State LA offered free testing for Sickle Cell Anemia and other diseases on campus during the 1980s.

Flu shots offered for free.

Faculty picture with Thomas McGrath. He is the 7th person in the back row. Found on page 55.

Faculty picture of the language and literature division. Thomas McGrath is the first person standing on the left. Found on page 14.

A picture of the English club from 1952 when McGrath was the advisor for the club. He is the 3rd person in the first, bottom row. Found on page 71.

Faculty picture of the language and literature division. Thomas McGrath is the first person on the bottom row. Found on page 43.