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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????.

Department Of Judaic Studies Created

1970 Fall

Department of Judaic Studies created.

Center For Biological Macromolecules Created

1970

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

Department Of Computer Science Formally Separates From The Computing Center

1970

Department of Computer Science formally separates from the Computing Center.

Bachelor’s Degree Requirements Abolished

1970

Bachelor’s Degree requirements abolished.

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.