the western cuna management school (wcms) is a credit union management school in the united states. it is sponsored by thirteen western state credit union leagues of the credit union national association (cuna) and in cooperation with pomona college in claremont, ca. the school was established in june 1959 to serve credit union professionals located within the district four of cuna. the founding committee that oversaw the schools operation were carl a. bowman, charles r. stark, robert w. wells, dwight j. brohard, then director of education of the california credit union league, charles m. clark, as school director, john clevenger and john bigger. clarence murphy served as an "ex officio" member.