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1st Annual Earth Day

1970 March 19-20

1st annual Earth Day. “Dialogue Days” Classes are suspended for students and faculty to discuss their concern in the aftermath of the shootings at Kent State????.

Center For Biological Macromolecules Created

1970

Center for Biological Macromolecules created. “Policy Statement on an Equal Opportunity Program at SUNYA” adopted.

Vice President For Management Of Planning Of Sunya Of A $75,000 Fund Raising Campaign To Purchase, Repair And Remodel The Center Before Classes Started In The Fall

1970 April

–Announcement by Dr. Milton Olson, Chairman of the Albany Collegiate Interfaith Center Corporation and Vice President for Management of Planning of SUNYA of a $75,000 fund raising campaign to purchase, repair and remodel the Center before classes started in the fall. Of that total $45,000 would...

Formal Announcement Of Edith O. Wallace Fund Fund Raising Campaign For The Purchase Of Classical Books For The Library

1970 June

-–Formal announcement of Edith O. Wallace Fund fund-raising campaign. The fund was to purchase classical books for the library. It was in honor of Edith O. Wallace, Milne graduate 1914, NYSCT graduate 1918???, classics faculty member 1918-1965, Dean of Humanities, 1962-65. Funds were actively...

Announcement That A $700,000 Fund Raising Campaign To Build A New Interfaith Center Was Dropped

1970 June

–Announcement that a $700,000 fund-raising campaign to build a new Interfaith Center was dropped after Attorney General Lewis Lefkowitz ruled that worship services could be held in University buildings, eliminating the necessity of a large new structure for worship services.

Sigma Xi, National Scientific Honorary Society, Installs Local Chapter

1970 May 14

Sigma Xi, national scientific honorary society, installs local chapter.

Albany Collegiate Interfaith Center Occupies Chapel House On Waverly Place

1970 April

Albany Collegiate Interfaith Center occupies Chapel House on Waverly Place.

First Student Art Exhibit At University Art Gallery

1970 April

First student art exhibit at University Art Gallery.

First Annual Black Cultural Weekend Held

1970 April 10-12

First Annual Black Cultural Weekend held.

Caucus On Women's Rights At Suny Established

1970 July

Caucus on Women's Rights at SUNY established.

Intercollegiate Football Begins As A Club Sport With Coach Bob Ford

1970 Fall

Intercollegiate Football begins as a club sport with Coach Bob Ford.

Pierce Hall Reoccupied As A Student Dormitory

1970 Fall

Pierce Hall reoccupied as a student dormitory. Graduate School of Public Affairs moves to Draper Hall. School of Social Welfare moves to Richardson Hall.

Whiteface Mountain Observatory Tower Opened

1971

Whiteface Mountain observatory tower opened by Atmospheric Sciences Research Center.

E.D. Stone Construction Building Becomes Campus Police Headquarters

1971 November

E.D. Stone Construction building becomes Campus Police headquarters.

Alpha Phi Omega Organizes, A Service Fraternity

1971 November

Alpha Phi Omega organizes, a service fraternity.

Departments Of Economics, Sociology And Foundations Of Education To Be Housed In Mohawk Tower

1972 August

-–Departments of Economics, Sociology and Foundations of Education to be housed in Mohawk Tower due to shortage of students wanting on campus housing.

Charles E. Stokes Music Collection Established In The Department Of Music

1972 March

-–Charles E. Stokes Music Collection established in the Department of Music. The collection consisted of music scores and was housed in the Music Department library.

Indian Quad Dedication Set For Friday

1972 April ?

-–Indian Quad dedication set for Friday. The Tower was still incomplete.

Kosher Kitchen Established On Dutch

1972 Fall

Kosher Kitchen established on Dutch Quad.

Title Ix Of The Educational Amendments Of 1972 Prohibits Sexual Discrimination At Colleges And Universities That Accept Federal Funds

1972

Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972 prohibits sexual discrimination at colleges and universities that accept federal funds. Federal regulations also allow sports with high recruiting or overhead costs that attract large crowds which “result in legitimate non-discriminatory differences”...

1st Annual Community University Day

1972 October ??

1st annual Community-University Day.

Kosher Kitchen Opens On Dutch Quad For Luncheon And Dinner

1973 September

-–Kosher Kitchen opens on Dutch Quad for luncheon and dinner. This may be wrong. Possibly 1972.

Indian Quad Formally Dedicated And Football Becomes A Varsity Sport

1973 September

Indian Quad formally dedicated. Football becomes a varsity sport.

Community University Day Initially Held To Foster Town Gown Relations

1973 October 21

Community University Day initially held to foster town-gown relations.

Edith O. Wallace Humanities Building Dedicated

1973

Edith O. Wallace Humanities Building dedicated.

Annual Fund Established

1973

Feb.Annual Fund established.

Phi Gamma Nu Women's Business Sorority Establishes Local Chapter

1973 December

Phi Gamma NuWomen's business sorority establishes local chapter.

Five Quad Ambulance Service Officially Begun

1973 October

Hawley Library Murals By William Van Ingen Restored By The Conservation Of Historic And Artistic Works Program

1974

Hawley Library Murals by William Van Ingen restored by the Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works Program co-sponsored by the State University College at Oneonta and the New York State Historical Association of Cooperstown.

Dedication Of Agnes E. Futterer Memorial Lounge In The Performing Arts Center

1974 May 18, 1974

–-Dedication of Agnes E. Futterer Memorial Lounge in the Performing Arts Center.

Phi Beta Kappa Chapter Officially Installed At Sunya

1974

Phi Beta Kappa chapter officially installed at SUNYA.

University Libraries Joins Association Of Research Libraries (Arl)

1975 Fall

University Libraries joins Association of Research Libraries (ARL). Hotel Wellington houses 200 undergraduates. (Carillon, Oct. 1975, 1) The Alumni House-Conference Center opens. It is located on University Drive west across from the Dutch Quad parking lot. The architects were Richard Jacques...

Glenn L. Bumpus Award Established To Honor Excellence In Students In The Biological Sciences

1975

Glenn L. Bumpus Award established to honor excellence in students in the biological sciences in the performance and communication of undergraduate research and future promise as a professional biologist. The awards trustee was The SUNYA Foundation. Winners of the award initially received a...

"University At Albany" Is Used On The Masthead Of The Tower Tribune, The University's Internal Newsletter, For The First Time

1976 January 19

"University at Albany" is used on the masthead of the Tower Tribune, the University's internal newsletter, for the first time. The term was continuiously used on the masthead until September 1985 when the masthead, on the renamed University Update, reverted to the term "State University of New...

First Annual Citizen Laureate Awards Given To Ivar Giaever, Ph.D., Nobel Prize Winner And Biophysicist, Of General Electric

1976 June 18

-–First annual Citizen Laureate Awards given to Ivar Giaever, Ph.D., Nobel Prize winner and biophysicist, of General Electric, and U. S. Representative Samuel S. Stratton. The Citizen Laureate Awards established by the University Foundation at the suggestion of its chair, Alan Iselin. Candidates...

Capital Partnership Established By University Foundation To Attract Private Support

1976

Capital Partnership established by University Foundation to attract private support from the business community.

Suny Trustees Allow National Affiliation For Greek Organizations

1976

SUNY Trustees allow national affiliation for Greek organizations if membership policy is determined on the local level.

Fall–First Eight Floors Of Mohawk Tower Reconverted Into A Dormitory

1977

Fall–First eight floors of Mohawk Tower reconverted into a dormitory.

Pittman Hall Leased From St. Agnes School

1978 Fall

Pittman Hall leased from St. Agnes School in Loudonville for 75 transfer students.