Ed.D. in School Administration authorized by Regents. First doctoral program authorized for the Campus.
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1960 SUNY Master Plan places priority on masters programs at Albany.
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Sayles Hall Converted From A Men’s To A Women’s Dorm
1960 September
-–Sayles Hall converted from a men’s to a women’s dorm. Check this!
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-–Dean Oscar Lanford announces SUCE will offer Ed.D. degree beginning in September 1960.
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Waterbury Hall formally named for President Edward R. Waterbury, the first graduate of the New York State Normal School to serve as its president, 1882-89.
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Co Ed Dining Hall Opened Between Alden And Waterbury Halls
1960 February 5
Co-ed dining hall opened between Alden and Waterbury Halls.
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Commencement Held June 5, 1960
1960 June 5
New York State College of Education commencement held at the Thurlow Terrace.
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Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller Decides To Situate New Uptown Campus On Albany Country Club
1960 December 16
Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller decides to situate new Uptown Campus on Albany Country Club.
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Governor Rockefeller Approves The State University Of New York The Master Plan Revised 1960
1961 April 6
Governor Rockefeller approves the State University of New York The Master Plan Revised 1960, previously accept by the Regents on March 24,1961 with minor revisions and adopted formally by the Trustees of the State University of New York on February 16, 1961. This document (p. 49) called for the...
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Official Announcement That The Architect Of The New Campus Would Be Edward D. Stone
1961 September 30
Official announcement that the architect of the new campus would be Edward D. Stone.
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Atmospheric Sciences Research Center Established
1961 February
Atmospheric Sciences Research Center established.
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Dr. Alvin Bryan joined the Chemistry Department. Dr. Bryan is thought to be the first African-American faculty member.
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First Mention Of The Penguin As The School Mascot Since 1949
1961 October 14
First mention of the Penguin as the school mascot since 1949. Myskania institutes tradition of the college mascot in penguin’s costume leading the Homecoming parade. The mascot was to be a senior male or female whose service and school spirit had been extemporary for four years and that they be “...
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James A. Warden Scholarship Fund established in honor of James A. Warden, Class of 1951. Initially a $200.00 scholarship, the award was given to a student in financial need of high academic achievement and noteworthy accomplishments in extra-curricular activities. The award was administered...
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Public Relations Department established at State College at Albany. Dr. Frank Carino heads the new department.
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Dining Hall Boycott
1961 January
Boycott of Brubacher Dining Hall claiming slow service and lack of cleanliness. First known protest on campus.
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Commencement Held June 11, 1961
1961 June 11
New York State College of Education commencement held at the Thurlow Terrace.
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Biology and General Science Departments move to Selfridge & Langford Warehouse at 97 Central Avenue.
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Two New Annexes Opened
1961 September 22
Two new annexes opened. The Washington Avenue Annex opens in the former Temple of the Congregation Ohav Sholom. The Washington Avenue Annex contains four classrooms, two of which are large lecture halls. The Developmental Reading Office and the Curriculum Materials Library are also housed in the...
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Change From Teachers' College To Liberal Arts College Approved
1961 September 29
Regents approve 11 state teacher's colleges becoming liberal arts colleges. First undergraduate upperclassmen & women admitted to the liberal arts program rather than teacher training program. Students can elect either a General Program or Teacher Education Program as their major. In 1962...
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State University College At Albany
1961 October 13 - 1962 August
State University College of Education at Albany becomes the State University College at Albany by action of the Regents and the State University Board of Trustees. All of the State University Colleges of Education will have the name change and be allowed to admit students to a liberal arts...
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Barbara Gladysiewicz, ‘61, becomes the school’s first Peace Corps volunteer.
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Peace Corps
1961 December 1
Barbara Gladysiewicz becomes first Peace Corps volunteer from SUNYA. Signals awareness of wider world.
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The State University College At Albany Has Been Rated As One Of The Best Liberal Arts Colleges
1961 December 21
The State University College at Albany has been rated as one of the best liberal arts colleges in the country by prominent educator and former Albany resident Algo Donmyer Henderson.
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College of Arts and Sciences created consisting of a Division of Humanities, Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences, and Division of Mathematics and Science.
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B.A. for non-teaching candidates approved.?????check above Ph.D. in English authorized by Regents. First former teachers college in NY (?) to receive authorization for liberal arts doctoral program. First students admitted Sept. 1962.
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School Of Library Science Created
1962 University College created for undergraduate students. 62? or 63???
School of Library Science created.
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School of Business created. (Ibid., p. 1) School of Education created. (Ibid.)
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This new doctoral program, among others, were formed as a result of the designation of the university as a State University Center in the 1960 State University Master Plan. This designation led to an increased focus on research and advanced studies programs.
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Phi Delta Kappa is an international professional honor fraternity for men in education. The Epsilon Omicron Campus Chapter at the State University of New York at Albany was the first chapter to be formed at a State University of New York.
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College Council Becomes University Council
1962 September
College Council becomes University Council. University admits first freshmen non-teacher preparatory students as candidates for B.A. in Liberal Arts and Sciences.
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It was the first State University college to have a chapter.
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Center for Inter-American Studies established. Discontinued in 1976-1977.
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Groundbreaking for new $130,000,000 Uptown Campus. The Campus was designed by Edward Durell Stone.
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Construction begins on new campus on site of Albany Country Club. Projected student body rapidly grows from 4,500 to 10,000, with plans for another 10,000 students early in the 1970s. New mix of students, no longer pledged to a teaching career, with predominantly Upstate students rapidly overcome...
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Albany State: A Teachers College In Transition.
1962 January 20
David Boroff in a Saturday Review article, “Albany State: A Teachers College in Transition.” Says that though the College is perhaps the best in the country at training teachers, the student body is primarily from “small towns and the country”, the typical student “is conservative politically,...
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Student Senate appropriates $2,000.00 to fund the start-up of radio station WSCA which will broadcast as a closed circuit AM carrier current signal to dorms and reach 48% of students. Bill Alexander '65 is the first station manager, and Don Allen '63 is the Assistant Station Manager. Faculty...
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Commencement Held June 10, 1962
1962 June 10
State College commencement held at the Thurlow Terrace.
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State University Of New York At Albany
1962 August - 1986 Fall
SUNYA made University Center. State University College at Albany renamed State University of New York at Albany.
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Graduate Programs Expanded
1962 Fall
Master's level degrees offered in Biology, Chemistry, English, French, History, Mathematics, Physics, Spanish, and Business.
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Fencing Society Is Established At Sunya With Col. Walter M. Tisdale As The Society's Sponsor
1962 November 9
Fencing Society is established at SUNYA with Col. Walter M. Tisdale as the society's sponsor. Ed Reid is elected the first president.
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Ph.D. In English Offered
1963 Fall
Ph.D. in English offered. The State University of New York at Albany was the State’s first former teachers college to receive permission from the Board of Regents to offer a liberal arts doctoral program.
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School Of Social Welfare Approved
1963 Fall
School of Social Welfare approved (admits first students in 1965). University College for freshmen and sophomores headed by Clifton Thorne created.
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Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences founded and admits first students. Name later changed to Department of Atmospheric Sciences (1968). Awards first M.S. in 1967, first Ph.D. in 1970.
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Counseling Service Open
1963 Fall
The service provided trained counselors to advise students on academic and personal problems. An occupational library was also provided.
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Ed.D. in Developmental Reading offered. Ph.D. in American History offered.
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New Programs Begun
1963 Fall
Programs begun in Atmospheric Sciences, Inter-American Studies, Philosophy, Russian, & Speech.
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Ed.D. in Curriculum Supervision offered.
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-–First Joan D. Van Slyke Scholarship awarded for the “educational and living expenses of a worthy and capable young boy or girl who desires to become a teacher and for that purpose to study and be educated.” The intent was that the award would go to students who wanted to become a teacher but...
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Albany Study Center for Learning Disabilities (Dept. of Educational Psychology, School of Education) affiliates with SUNYA. The Center, created in 1956 by the Department of Pediatrics of the Albany Medical Center, is now a joint project of the Department of Pediatrics of Albany Medical College of...
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Knickerbocker News carries article and photo of the revised SUNYA seal created by Jack Kral of the SUNYA paint department. The seal carries and outer band with "State University of New York 1948," an inner and with the SUNY logo, "LET EACH BECOME ALL HE IS CAPABLE OF BEING" and the SUNY shield on...
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Decision Announced That Greek Organizations Will Be Forced To Move From Their Houses To The New Campus
1963 May 22
Decision announced that Greek organizations will be forced to move from their houses to the new campus by the Fall of 1965 when first dorm ready. (Dean Ellen Stokes, “New Policy for Fraternities and Sororities,” Alumni Quarterly, Winter 1964, pp. 7-8) August--Report that the pilings for the high...
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Camp Johnston, Women’s Athletic Association Cabin in Chatham, NY, probably sold at about this time.
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Largest Freshman Class In the University's History
1963 September
Enrollment total is 3,858: 850 freshmen, 250 transfers, 797 Masters candidates, 19 PHD candidates.
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Center for Executive Development established.
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WSUA, AM student radio station, signs on the air. The broadcast studio was a janitor’s closet in the basement of Brubacher Hall.
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Announcement that the Department of Chemistry has been award- ed a $17,500 National Science Foundation Grant to upgrade laboratory equipment in the biochemestry lab for sophomores, juniors and seniors. The new equipment will allow students to isolate viruses, cytoplasmic particles, enzimes, etc....
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December Bids received by Construction Fund for the estimated $26 million Academic I complex (the West end of the Podium including the Education Building, the Humanities Building, the Library, the Social Sciences Building) at the Uptown Campus. The contract went to Basic Construction.
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New Name For School Yearbook Chosen, Torch, Replacing Pedagogue, The Yearbooks Name Since 1913
1963 May
New name for school yearbook chosen, Torch, replacing Pedagogue, the yearbooks name since 1913. The name was chosen by the members of Kappa Delta Sorority who received a gift certificate from the Co-op.
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Students Stage First Tuition Protest
1963 February 5
Students stage first tuition protest, including a boycott of classes, a picket of the campus, and a march on the State Capital.
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Introduction Of Tuition
1963 January 22
SUNY Board of Trustees vote to impose tuition on all students.
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Tuition Boycott
1963 February 5
First State University of New York at Albany student boycott of classes, picketing and march on the Capitol Building by 500 students protesting the imposition of tuition.
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Dam At Campus Pond Breaks
1963 March 21
Dam at Campus Pond breaks, flooding businesses across Western Avenue. The $78,383 contract to rebuild the dam was awarded to Kilby Bros., Inc. of Albany and work was completed by December 15.
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Commencement Held June 16, 1963
1963 June 16
State University of New York at Albany commencement held at the Thurlow Terrace.
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First Doctorate Awarded
1963 June 19
First doctorate (an Ed.D.) awarded to James Arthur Conway of School of Education, SCT, BA ‘54.
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Bid Awarded To Construct Dutch Quad
1963 August 1
Construction bids on Dormitory I (Dutch Quad) received. The low bidder was Humphreys & Harding of NYC at $7,760,000. The winner of the Service Building contract was McManus, Longe & Brockwell.
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Six Playing Fields Being Readied For Use In 1964
1963 August 1
Six playing fields near the Western Avenue entrance to the Uptown Campus being readied for use in the spring of 1964 with heavy use in the fall of 1964.
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3858 Students
1963 Fall
Enrollment was 3858 students for 1963.
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Students Move Into Dorms For First Time
1963 October 24
185 male students move into the first dormitories on the new campus into Van Rensselaer and Rykman Halls on Dutch Quadrangle. The men had previously been living in motels. The dorms contain four and five men suites each including three rooms and a bath. Two rooms are bedrooms and one is a study...
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School of Social Welfare created and Dr. Richardson L. Rice was appointed in June 1964 to be the first dean of the school. He held that position until September 1968.
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M.A. in German offered. Ed.D. in Educational Philosophy & Measurement offered.
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Ph.D. In French Offered
1964 Fall
Ph.D. in French offered.
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Chinese language study added to the curriculum. This is a program jointly supported by SUNYA and Union College with financial support from the Ford Foundation. Mr. William Woo teaches at both schools. The December 1966 news release cited below stated the program was in its second year.
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Enrollment At 4,711
1964 September
Enrollment 4,711: 1,219 freshmen, 298 transfers, 1,043 graduate students (90 PHD candidates).
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Two Hundred Men Move Into Incomplete Rensselaer & Rywick Dorms
1964 October 24
Two hundred men move into incomplete Rensselaer & Rywick Dorms. The first of the 1,300 car parking lots was accepted by the University. The kitchen would not be ready until November 25.
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Dutch Quad occupied by female students staying at Thruway Motor Inn with aid of Kappa Beta Fraternity brothers.
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-–First award of the scholarship from the Mr. & Mrs. Ben V. Smith Fund established in Benevolent Association for students in science courses following $350,000 bequest by Irma St. John Smith in honor of her late father, Joseph St. John, a State Normal School graduate, class of 1868, and faculty...
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The objectives of the campaign were to purchase an electronic carillon and to encourage alumni engagement.
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Civil Rights Bill
1964 February 10
Civil Rights Bill passes House of Representatives.
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John Savage Speaks Out
1964 March
Two articles on SUNYA student John Savage who had served in the Special Forces as an advisor in Laos. Articles denounce Communist murder of village officials and intimidation of villagers.
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Department of Conservation agrees to stock the Campus Lake with game fish.
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Students Register Voters In North Carolina
1964 April 24
Seven SUNYA students and chaperones “Dr. and Mrs. Daniel [Gloria] DeSole” and the Reverend Frank Snow spend Easter break in Raleigh, North Carolina, canvassing “Negroes” to register to vote. Return to campus and speak in favor of voting and equal rights for “Negroes.”
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Faculty Support Civil Rights Bill
1964 April 24
Committee for a Citizens Lobby made up of SUNYA faculty members Gloria DeSole, John Reilly, Joan Shultz, and Fred Silva publishes open letter calling for community support of the Civil Rights Bill.
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The Low Bidder For Colonial Quadrangle At $7,887,000, Foster Newman Of Valley Springs Is Awarded The Construction Contract
1964 April-May
The low bidder for Colonial Quadrangle at $7,887,000, Foster-Newman of Valley Springs is awarded the construction contract.
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Commencement Held June 14, 1964
1964 June 14
State University of New York at Albany commencement held at the Thurlow Terrace.
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Tisdale Reports That Negotiations Are Almost Complete For The Acquisition Of An Additional 48 Acres
1964 July 27
Tisdale reports that negotiations are almost complete for the acquisition of an additional 48 acres on the North East corner of the campus.
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Tennis courts on Uptown Campus to be ready by the time student return in the fall.
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4711 Students
1964 Fall
Enrollment was 4711 students for 1964.
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Summer Planning Conference for incoming Freshman initiated.
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New incomplete dormitories on Dutch Quad open for inspection on Parent’s Weekend.
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Director Of Ancillary Services Appointed For The First Time
1964 November 11
Director of Ancillary Services appointed for the first time. The position would grow into University Auxillary Services. George E. Brewer was the first director of ancillary services which included food service to dormitories, the university bookstore, the university film service, the student...
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State College News renamed Albany Student Press (ASP). College of General Studies created for non-matriculated part-time adult students. Courses will be offered in the late afternoon, evenings, and Saturdays, or during the regular schedule as course registration permits. Initial classes will be...
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School of Criminal Justice approved by SUNY Board of Trustees.
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School Of Social Welfare Admits First 27 Students
1965 September
-–School of Social Welfare admits first 27 Students.
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University Offers Two Study Abroad Programs
1965 Summer
University offers two study abroad programs, one at the University of Wurtzburg and a second at the University of Nantes. The Wurtzburg Program runs from June 27 to September 4 and cost $951 for round trip airfare, and tuition and fees. Also included is room and board with a German family, and...
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Position Of Director Of The Computing Center Created And E. D. Reilly, Jr. Is Hired From Ge To Direct The New Computing Center
1965 September
Position of Director of the Computing Center created and E. D. Reilly, Jr. is hired from GE to direct the new Computing Center. Reilly is also tasked with developing courses in computer science leading to the BA and/or graduate degrees in Computer Science.
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New Two Year Air Force ROTC Program announced offered to male students through Union College or Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
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Ph.D. in Biology offered. Ph.D. in Chemistry offered.
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Ed.D. In Higher Education Offered
1965 Fall
Ed.D. in Higher Education offered.