Brandeis University Timeline1
Some central elements in the history of the Institution:
George Alpert named first Chairman of the Board of Trustees
1946
University chartered
1948
Abram L. Sachar inaugurated as first President
1948
University enrolls first students in degree programs
1948
Brandeis University National Women’s Committee founded
1948
Authorized by The Commonwealth of Massachusetts to award graduate degrees 1951
Awarded first undergraduate degrees
1952
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences established
1953
Abraham Feinberg named second Chairman of the Board of Trustees
1954
Awarded first Master of Arts and Master of Fine Arts degrees
1954
Three Chapels completed
1955
Awarded first doctoral degrees
1957
The Summer School established
1957
The Wien International Scholarship and Fellowship Program established
1958
The Florence Heller School for Advanced Studies in Social Welfare founded
1959
Lown Institute for Advanced Judaic Studies and the Institute of Contemporary
Jewish Studies established
1960
Norman Saul Rabb named third Chairman of the Board of Trustees
1961
Dedication of the Rose Art Museum
1961
Campus Phi Beta Kappa established
1961
Waltham Group founded
1966
Lawrence Arthur Wien named fourth Chairman of the Board of Trustees
1967
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Morris Abram inaugurated as second President
1968
Transitional Year Program inaugurated
1968
Charles Schottland inaugurated as third President
1970
Jacob Hiatt named fifth Chairman of the Board of Trustees
1971
Rosenstiel Basic Medical Sciences Research Center completed
1971
Marver Hillel Bernstein inaugurated as fourth President
1972
NCAA Championship Title for Men’s Soccer
1976
Robert Benjamin named sixth Chairman of the Board of Trustees
1977
Schneider Institute for Health Policy founded
1978
Henry Foster named seventh Chairman of the Board of Trustees
1979
University Studies Program re-defines general education
1979
The Maurice and Marilyn Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies established
1980
The Tauber Institute for the Study of European Jewry established
1980
Evelyn Handler inaugurated as fifth President
1983
NCAA Championship Title for Men’s Cross Country
1983
Leonard Farber named eighth Chairman of the Board of Trustees
1985
University accepted to membership in the Association of American Universities 1985
Brandeis joins the new University Athletic Association
1987
Lemberg Program in International Economics and Finance established
1987
ECAC Championship Title for Men’s Baseball
1988
Louis Perlmutter named ninth Chairman of the Board of Trustees
1989
Christopher Miller named Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator
1989
Michael Rosbash named Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator
1989
Norman and Eleanor Rabb School of Summer, Special and Continuing
Studies founded
1989
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Samuel Thier inaugurated as sixth President
1991
Gosman athletic facilities completed
1991
ECAC Championship Title for Men’s Basketball
1992
Jehuda Reinharz inaugurated as seventh president
1994
The Graduate School of International Economics and Finance established
1994
Benjamin and Mae Volen National Center for Complex Systems completed
1994
Shapiro Admissions Center completed
1994
New undergraduate curriculum introduced
1994
ECAC Championship Title for Men’s Soccer
1994
Barton J. Winokur named tenth Chairman of the Board of Trustees
1995
Ollie the Owl becomes the official mascot of Brandeis University
1995
Melissa Moore named Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator
1996
Brandeis named #1 rising research university
1997
Office of the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer created
1997
Brandeis 50th Anniversary
1998
Bernadette Brooten receives MacArthur Fellowship
1998
International Center for Ethics, Justice and Public Life established
1998
Posse Program begins
1998
Office of the Chief Information Officer established
1998
Steven Grossman named eleventh Chairman of the Board of Trustees
1999
Jacqueline Jones receives MacArthur Fellowship
1999
Gina Turrigiano receives MacArthur Fellowship
2000
Nikolaus Grigorieff named Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Assistant Investigator
2000
Office of Students and Enrollment created
2000
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Campaign for Brandeis launched
2000
Ford Hall demolished
2000
Stephen Kay named twelfth Chairman of the Board of Trustees
2001
Lois Foster Wing of Rose Art Museum opens
2001
The Women’s Studies Research Center established
2001
Behavioral Genomics Center established
2002
Slifka Program in Intercommunal Coexistence established
2002
Carl and Ruth Shapiro Campus Center completed through $25M gift
2002
Mandel Center for Studies in Jewish Education founded
2002
The Florence Heller School for Advanced Studies in Social Welfare
renamed the Heller School for Social Policy and Management
2002
Rosenberg Institute of Global Finance founded
2002
First 50th reunion
2002
David DeRosier, Jeffrey Hall, and Michael Rosbash elected to the National
Academy of Sciences
2003
IBS Lemberg Academic Center completed
2003
The Village residence hall completed
2003
Cash gifts to Brandeis exceed $72M for the first time
2003
Alumni giving exceeds $10M for the first time
2003
ECAC Championship Title for Men’s Baseball
2003
Graduate School for International Economics and Finance renamed the
International Business School
2004
Brandeis acquires and renovates American Jewish Historical Society building
2004
ECAC Championship Title for Women’s Basketball
2004
Dorothee Kern named Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator
2005
Crown Center for Middle East Studies established
2005
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David Hackett Fischer receives Pulitzer Prize for History
2005
Rabb School of Summer, Special and Continuing Studies changes name to
Rabb School of Continuing Studies
2005
Superconducting Magnetic Facility completed
2005
Steinhardt Social Research Institute established
2005
New soccer field, track and lights completed
2005
ECAC Championship Title for Women’s Basketball
2005
Twenty alumni donate $1M or more for the first time
2005
$470M Campaign goal achieved
2005
$300M, three-year extension of Campaign for Brandeis begins
2005
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