University of Rochester Timelines

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• Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Leadership Summit: Lift Off: Lead. Connect. Transform. (2022 )
  2022-04-07
• Ernest J. Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience opens at the Medical Center  (2009)
  2009
• EROI: Eastman Rochester Organ Initiative is launched (2002)
  2002
• Faculty research and lobbying result in New York State's safety-belt law, the first in the country (1984)
  1984
• Fanny Knapp Allen Professorship in Fine Arts established (1980)
  1980
• Finger snapping introduced at the Students' Association (1980) by Alan Cohen
  1980-10-06
• First "class" inducted into the Athletics Hall of Fame (1992)
  1992
• First commencement ceremony is held in Corinthian Hall (1851-07-09)
  1851-07-09
• First International Robin Hood Conference is held (1997)
  1997
• First nursing graduates receive their diplomas in June (1928)
  1928
• Football becomes an interscholastic sport (1889)
  1889
• Frederick Douglass Institute for African and African American Studies established (1985)
  1985
• Frederick Fennell '37, '39 (MM) creates the renowned Eastman Wind Ensemble (1952)
  1952
• G. Robert Witmer Jr., elected Chair of the Board of Trustees (2003)
  2003
• Gay Liberation Front is founded (1969)
  1969
• George B. Selden, Class of 1865, invents the "horseless carriage." (1879)
  1879
• George Eastman announces his gift to fund a school of music (1919)
  1919
• George Eastman's first gift to the University: a camera for the Geology Department (1899)
  1899
• George Herdle serves as the first director of the Memorial Art Gallery (1913)
  1913
• George Walker '57E (DMA) wins the Pulitzer Prize for his work Lilacs for Voice and Orchestra (1996)
  1996
• George Whipple is recruited as founding dean of the School of Medicine and Dentistry (1921)
  1921
• George Whipple receives the Nobel Prize for his research on anemia (1934)
  1934
• Gideon Webster Burbank endows a professorship in Intellectual and Moral Philosophy (1854)
  1854
• Gilbert Hall dormitory opens (1960)
  1960
• Goergen Athletic Center opens, the culmination of a $15 million renovation to the River Campus athletic facilities (2000)
  2000
• Goergen Hall for Biomedical Engineering and Optics opens (2007)
  2007
• Goler House is dedicated (1972)
  1972
• Golisano Children’s Hospital at Strong is renamed in recognition of Tom Golisano (2002)
  2002
• Graduate School of Education is renamed in honor of Margaret Warner Scandling (1993)
  1993
• Graham Smith Plaza is dedicated (1976)
  1976
• Grant Holcomb appointed director of the Memorial Art Gallery (1985)
  1985
• Greater University Campaign hopes to raise "$10 million in 10 days" (1924)
  1924
• Greater University Fund Book
  1931
• Ground is broken for a "new" Strong Memorial Hospital. Between 1969-79, 700,000+ sq ft will be added to URMC facilities. (1969)
  1969
• Ground is broken for LLE’s building on the University’s South Campus (1976)
  1976
• Ground is broken for Schlegel Hall (1990)
  1990-05-16
• Ground is broken for the Memorial Art Gallery's second addition. (1968)
  1968
• Ground is broken for the River Campus (1927-05-21)
  1927-05-21
• Harkness Hall, named for 1858 alumnus William Harkness, opens (1946)
  1946
• Harris K. Prior appointed director of the Memorial Art Gallery (1962)
  1962
• Henrik Dam, senior research associate in biochemistry, shares the Nobel Prize in medicine for his discovery of Vitamin K and its effects in halting bleeding (1943)
  1943
• Henry Ward Beecher is the first Commencement speaker (1851)
  1851
• Hoeing Hall dormitory opens (1956)
  1956
• Hopeman Engineering Building opens (1963)
  1963
• Howard Hanson becomes director of the Eastman School, and will serve until 1964 (1924)
  1924
• Howard Hanson establishes the Eastman Philharmonia (1958)
  1958
• Howard Hanson wins the Pulitzer Prize. (1944)
  1944
• Hoyt Hall opens (1962)
  1962
• Hundreds of UR students, led by members of Students for a Democratic Society rally, march, and picket in protest against the University's contract with the Center for Naval Analysis; 3 days later, over 300 students "open up" the Administration Building. (1969)
  1969
• Hutchison Hall is dedicated (1972)
  1972
• In honor of the sesquicentennial of Frederick Douglass, the Men’s Dining Center (which also included the Faculty Club, and African Students’ Center) is formally renamed as the “Frederick Douglass Building.” Today it is Douglass Commons. (1967-04-27)
  1967-04-27
• Institute for Music Leadership: it is designed to challenge musicians at all stages of their careers to approach music and society in innovative ways (2000)
  2000
• Institute of Optics and the Department of Biomedical Engineering break ground on a new building that will house both programs (2004)
  2004
• International Theatre Program established (1990)
  1990
• Interpres Universitatis, a yearbook, is the first enduring publication established by students (1858)
  1858
• Ivoe De Calesta (Class of 1902) enrolls in 1898, and may be the first Hispanic student at the University (1898)
  1898
• J. Lowell Orbison Distinguished Service Alumni Professorship is established (1972)
  1972
• James S. Gleason Hall opens (2001)
  2001
• James Undercofler appointed Dean of the Eastman School of Music (1996)
  1996
• Jesse T. Moore, professor of history, receives the Edward Peck Curtis award (1980)
  1980
• Jim Pawelczyk '82 flies on the Columbia space shuttle as a payload specialist (1998)
  1998
• Joel Seligman is named the 10th president of Rochester (2004)
  2004
• John Bond Trevor elected Chair of the Board of Trustees (1872)
  1872
• John Bond Trevor Professorship of English and Comparative Literature is endowed (1892)
  1892
• John Mahey appointed director of the Memorial Art Gallery (1975)
  1975
• John Munro Professorship endowed (1851)
  1851
• John Pixley Munn elected Chair of the Board of Trustees (1916)
  1916
• Joseph C. Wilson elected Chair of the Board of Trustees (1959)
  1959
• Joseph T. Alling elected Chair of the Board of Trustees (1931)
  1931
• Julian Bond speaks in Strong Auditorium on “The Role in the Future for the Black American,” as part of a Black Culture Series sponsored by the Outside Speakers Committee. (1968-12-08)
  1968-12-08
• Juneteenth becomes an official University holiday
  2022-06-20
• Kappa Nu fraternity opens its house (1955)
  1955
• Keidaean Honor Society is formed (1924)
  1924
• KEY--Kauffman Entrepreneurial Year -- funded by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation begins (2003)
  2003
• Kornberg Building opens and is home to the Aab Institute of Biomedical Sciences (1999)
  1999
• Laser Lab for Energetics dedicated with a six-beam Zeta laser (1978)
  1978
• Leonard Mandel and his students invent the Hong-Ou-Mandel interferometer (1987)
  1987
• Lewis Henry Morgan dies; he leaves his fortune to the University for the establishment of a women's college (1881)
  1881
• Lewis Pratt Ross elected Chair of the Board of Trustees (1903)
  1903
• Lillian Fairchild Award celebrates its 75th year (1999)
  1999
• Lionel McKenzie, Economics, receives the Order of the Rising Sun from the Japanese government (1995)
  1995
• Lionel McKenzie, Economics, receives William H. Riker University Award for Graduate Teaching (1988)
  1988
• Lonnie Mitchell is appointed as both the director of the newly-formed Center for Afro-American Studies and as a professor of psychology (1970)
  1970
• Loretta Ford, co-founder of the nurse practitioner movement, is recruited as founding dean of the newly-independent School of Nursing (1972)
  1972
• Louis C. Lasagna Professorship in Clinical Pharmacology is endowed (1986)
  1986
• Lovejoy Hall dedicated (1954)
  1954
• M. Elizabeth Marsh earns a doctoral degree in physiology of nutrition: the first woman awarded a Ph.D. at the University (1927)
  1927
• M. Herbert Eisenhart elected Chair of the Board of Trustees (1945)
  1945
• Marcus Alexis is hired as an Associate Professor of Business Administration (1962), the first Black faculty member on the River Campus.
  1962
• Marion Warren Fry is the first women to elected to the University's Board of Trustees and serves until 1958. (1943)
  1943
• Mark Scatterday is appointed conductor of the Eastman Wind Ensemble (2002)
  2002
• Martin Brewer Anderson is inaugurated as the University's first President (1854)
  1854
• Mary Steichen Calderone '39M, first medical director of Planned Parenthood, is inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame (1998)
  1998
• Mees Observatory opens (1965)
  1965
• Meliora Hall opens (1973)
  1973
• Meliora Weekend is established (2001)
  2001
• Mercer Brugler elected Chair of the Board of Trustees (1967)
  1967
• Meridian Marker on the Eastman Quadrangle is installed to mark the philanthropy of George Eastman on the centennial of his birth (1954)
  1954
• Merle Spurrier Gymnasium is dedicated (1974)
  1974
• Michael Gottlieb '73M publishes the first report describing patients with the disease which will be known as AIDS (1981)
  1981