Timeline 1950-2001

	EVENTS IN NORTHWESTERN HISTORY
1950	Sargent Hall completed. Computer Center opens and features a newly purchased 650 IBM mainframe computer.
1951	Northwestern's football team appears on television for the first time.
1952	Shepard Hall completed.
1955	Kresge Centennial hall and Bobb and McCulloch Halls built.
1956	Warren Beatty appears in Waa-Mu Show. Garry Marshall graduates from Medill and becomes a TV and movie producer.
1957	The Rock first painted by Daily Northwestern staffers.
1958	The forerunner of Northwestern's TriQuarterly literary journal is started by English professor Edward Hungerford.
1959	Elder Hall completed.
1960	Allison Hall built. Ann Margret performs in Waa-Mu Show. Jerry Reinsdorf graduates from the School of Law.
1961	Searle Student Health Center opens.
1962	Richard Gephardt graduates from the School of Speech and later becomes a Congressman.
1963	Jacquelyn Mayer becomes Northwestern's first Miss America.
1964	Alice Millar Chapel completed.
1965	Vogelback Computing Center opens. Chapter of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) founded at Northwestern.
1966	Northwestern University Medical Center organized from seven hospitals affiliated with the University. Professor Myron L. Bender supervises the first known synthesis of a fully-functioning enzyme.
1968	Rebecca Crown Center built. Black students occupy University business offices to protest for improvement in the racial climate on campus.
1969	Graduate School of Management formed and undergraduate School of Business discontinued. Associated Student Government formed out of the Student Senate. Shelley Long appears in Waa-Mu Show.
1970	University Library and Engelhart Hall built. From May 6 to 13, campus is shut down in protest of the Kent State shootings - the longest it has ever been closed.
1971	University's affirmative action program established.
1972	Norris University Center, Francis Searle Building, Foster-Walker Complex completed. Wesley Memorial Hospital and Passavant Hospital merge to form Northwestern Memorial Hospital. First five residential colleges established.
1974	Blomquist Recreation Center built. Football stadium gets artificial turf. Patrick Quinn named first University archivist.
1975	Pick-Staiger Concert Hall completed. First Dance Marathon.
1979	Women's Basketball team wins its first Big Ten title.
1980	Mary and Leigh Block Gallery opens. Women's Basketball team wins their second Big Ten title.
1982	Football team's 32-game losing streak ends.
1985	Arnold Weber becomes University president.
1987	Jennifer D. Averill named the nation's outstanding hockey player. Northwestern University/Evanston Research Park begins operation. Henry Crown Sports Pavilion and Dellora A. and Lester J. Norris Aquatics Center open.
1988
1989	The Rock is moved 30 feet to the east as part of a beautification project in the plaza between Harris Hall and University Hall Penn State joins the Big Ten
1990	Sorority and fraternity run moved from new student week to the Winter quarter.
1991	Wrestler Mike Funk becomes Northwestern's first 4-time All-American.
1992	Leon Forrest, professor of African American studies and English published Divine Days. Charles Deering McCormick donates $10 million to establish endowed professorships that recognize outstanding teachers.
1993	Garry Wills wins the Pulitzer Prize for his book Lincoln at Gettysburg. NUNet computer network installed.
1995	Henry Bienen becomes University President. Northwestern ranks third in the nation in football, wins Big Ten, and loses to the University of Southern California in Rose Bowl.
1996	Princess Diana visits Northwestern.
1997	Football stadium restored to natural grass surface.
1998	Professor John Pople is awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry.
2000	May 31st, Northwestern commemorates the founder's first meeting by dedicating a historical marker at the corner of Clark and Lake streets in Chicago's loop.