• 1 July 1981
  Michael Erlinger is hired as an Assistant Professor in computer science.
• 13 November 1984
  The final report of the Computer Science Steering Committee was discussed at the Faculty Meeting of 13 November 1984.
• 20 April 1985
  At the Faculty Meeting of 20 April 1985, the faculty approved "the amended recommendations of the Computer Science Steering Committee". Important items of those recommendations include:
  • The establishment of a Department of Computer Science and a Department of Biology, the two joined as a single administrative unit.
  • A senior level appointment in Computer Science to help in the further development of computer science at the college is approved.
• 1 December 1988
  "Beginning with the class of 1993, students should be able to major in biology..."
• 15 February 1990
  "The faculty support the introduction of a major program in computer science under the auspices of the Computer Science Department after the senior-level position is filled... The Computer Science Department shall be an academically and administratively separate unit with the same status, responsibilities, privileges, and access to resources as the other departments in the sciences and mathematics."
• 1 July 1991
  Professor Robert Keller is hired to lead computer science.
• 28 February 1991
  Professor Purves reported on the number of students who have declared Biology as a major. Thus Biology became a major at a previous faculty meeting 1 December 1988.
• 25 November 1991
  The "Proposed Computer Science Major" was approved by the FEC. This fulfills all the requirements of the 15 February 1990 faculty "Motion on Computer Science".
• 5 December 1991
  Professor Keller discussed the curriculum for proposed computer science major.
• May 1992
  First two computer science graduates: Andrew Gray and Clifford Stein

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