University of Rochester Timelines

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• The final year for the Flag Rush (1964)
  1964
• The first African-American student, Henry Austin Spencer, matriculates (1881)
  1881
• The first Boar's Head Dinner is celebrated (1934)
  1934
• The first men's dormitory, Kendrick Hall, opens on the Prince Street campus (1913)
  1913
• The Grapevine, issued by the Office of Minority Student Affairs , begins publication “for the purpose of providing the minority community with a voice for their concerns." (1973)
  1973
• The Hajim School of Engineering & Applied Sciences is named to honor a $30 million commitment from Ed Hajim ‘58 (2009)
  2009
• The Hib vaccine is approved for infant immunization; over the next decade, it is responsible for virtually wiping out bacterial meningitis. (1990)
  1990
• The Hopeman Chime becomes the Hopeman Carillon with the installation of 50 new bells (1973)
  1973
• The Institute of Optics Director Robert Hopkins recruits Emil Wolf. Wolf, in turn, recruits Leonard Mandel, one of the pioneers of quantum optics. (1958)
  1958
• The Institute of Optics is founded (1929)
  1929
• The Interfaith Chapel is dedicated--one of the largest glass structures of its kind in the world, with 6,500 square feet of colored-glass walls (1970)
  1970-05-24
• The Laboratory for Laser Energetics is founded; Moshe Lubin appointed director (1970)
  1970
• The Legislature of the State of New York votes $25,000 for a new building --which will open in 1861 as Anderson Hall--and matching funds are obtained. (1857)
  1857
• The Medical Center launches its $400 million strategic plan (1997)
  1997
• The Meliora Challenge is launched (2011)
  2011
• The Memorial Art Gallery is dedicated (1913)
  1913
• The Presidential Commission on Race and Diversity is established in response to a petition from student minority leadership groups (2016)
  2016
• The Renaissance Plan is announced (1995)
  1995
• The River Campus is dedicated. The College for Men moves to the River Campus; the College for Women take over the Prince Street Campus (1930)
  1930
• The River Campus stadium is named in honor of Edwin Fauver. (1950)
  1950
• The School of Medicine and Dentistry welcomes its first class of 20 men and two women (1925)
  1925
• The School of Nursing begins work on the Loretta C. Ford Education Wing (2004)
  2004
• The Sibley Music Library moves from the first floor of the main ESM building into its own new building on Swan Street (1937)
  1937
• The Sphinxes are moved from Sibley Hall to flank the doors between Morey and Lattimore (1955)
  1955
• The Student Association for Development of Interest in the Indian Subcontinents (ADITI) is established (1985)
  1985
• The student newspaper--first called the University Record, later the Campus, and now the Campus-Times--begins publication (1873)
  1873
• The Tower Times and Campus newspapers merge to form the Campus-Times (1955)
  1955
• The University becomes Rochester’s largest employer (2005)
  2005
• The University commemorates the 150th anniversary of the birth of Frederick Douglass by hosting a series of lectures (1967)
  1967
• The University has a Navy Band from 1944-1945 (1944)
  1944
• The University launches a concentration in Women's Studies (Susan B. Anthony Institute) (1980)
  1980
• The University mace, a symbol of the president's authority, is first introduced at Alan Valentine's inauguration (1935)
  1935
• The University moves to Prince Street with the opening of Anderson Hall (1861)
  1861
• The University of Rochester founds a campus chapter of Habitat for Humanity (1995)
  1995
• The University of Rochester Glee Club is founded (1875)
  1875
• The University of Rochester's "Cosmic Ray Group" forms (1948)
  1948
• The University officially adopts blue (PB3/12 on the Munsell Scale) and "cadmium yellow medium" as its school colors. (1954)
  1954
• The University’s partnership with East High School begins (2015)
  2015
• The women's dormitory--the Women's Residence Hall--is renamed in honor of Susan B. Anthony (1974)
  1974
• The world's premier conference on high energy physics, the Rochester Conference, has its first meeting. (1950)
  1950
• The Yellowjackets, an all-male a capella group forms (1956)
  1956
• Theodore Thanbyah is the University's first Asian graduate (1871)
  1871
• Theophano Mitsa and Kevin Parker publish their first article outlining the work, “Digital Halftoning Using a Blue Noise Mask" (1991)
  1991
• Theta Delta Chi fraternity is established (1867)
  1867
• Thomas H. Jackson is inaugurated as the University's as Rochester's ninth president. (1994)
  1994
• Tiernan Hall dormitory opens (1957)
  1957
• Tommy Dorsey, Frank Sinatra, and Buddy Rich play for the Interfraternity Ball in Cutler Union (1941)
  1941
• Tracy Hyde Harris Professorship is endowed (1867)
  1867
• Two busloads of Rochester undergraduates head to Washington, D.C., to participate in a nonviolent demonstration urging the U.S. government to a "Turn Toward Peace" in Vietnam. (1962)
  1962
• Undergraduates picket Woolworth's in downtown Rochester to protest student arrests and lunch-counter discrimination in the South. (1960)
  1960
• University Libraries acquire the system’s 3 millionth title (1999)
  1999
• University of Rochester Charter
  1850-01-31
• University of Rochester scientists, under the leadership of Marshall Gates, are the first to synthesize morphine in a laboratory. (1952)
  1952
• University Seal is redesigned to include the insignias for music and medicine (1928)
  1928
• UR Press established (1990)
  1990
• URBee, a new University mascot, makes his debut (1983-09-14)
  1983-09-14
• Vincent du Vigneaud, who earned his Ph.D. from the School of Medicine and Dentistry in 1927, wins the 1955 Nobel Prize in chemistry (1955)
  1955
• Virginia A. Dwyer elected Chair of the Board of Trustees (1988)
  1988
• Vocal Point, an all-women's a capella groups forms. (1969)
  1969
• W. Allen Wallis assumes the title of Chancellor; Robert L. Sproull becomes President (1970)
  1970
• W. Allen Wallis Institute of Political Economy is established (1992)
  1992
• W. Allen Wallis is installed as the University's sixth president. (1962)
  1962
• Walter Hendl appointed Director of the Eastman School of Music (1964)
  1964
• Warren Myron Sperry earns the first Ph.D. degree, in biochemistry  (1925)
  1925
• Wayne Knox appointed director of the Institute of Optics (2001)
  2001
• William Kelly elected Chair of the Board of Trustees (1860)
  1860
• Wilson Commons is dedicated (1976)
  1976
• Women are admitted on equal terms as undergraduates, and the University becomes coeducational (1900)
  1900
• Women students start their own yearbook, the Croceus; the first issue is dedicated to Susan B. Anthony (1909)
  1909
• Women's dormitories open, with wings named for Susan B. Anthony, Lewis Henry Morgan, Mary T. L. Gannett and Emily Weed Hollister (1955)
  1955
• WRUR changes its frequency to 88.5 (1969)
  1969
• WRUR starts broadcasting campus-wide from the basement of Burton dormitory at AM 650 (1948)
  1948
• Yellowjacket Day begins (1976)
  1976
• Yellowjacket Men win NCAA Division III National Basketball Championship (1990)
  1990
• Yellowjacket women win the NCAA Division III National Soccer Championship in 1986 and 1987 (1986)
  1986
• Yellowjackets became the first undefeated football team in University of Rochester history. (1952)
  1952
• Yellowjackets post a perfect - unbeaten and untied - season in men's UAA soccer (1997)
  1997