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Year
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Event
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1962
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Department formation, M.S. and Ph.D. programs started
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1964
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First M.S. degrees awarded (3)
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1966
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First Ph.D. degrees awarded (2)
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1967
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Move to Math Sciences building
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| 1968 |
Undergraduate program started |
| One-hundred M.S. degrees awarded |
| Regular faculty size reaches 10 |
| Department and Computing Center completely separated |
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1970
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Two-hundred M.S. degrees awarded
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1972
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Regular faculty size reaches 20
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1973
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Two-hundred B.S. degrees awarded
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1977
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Five-hundred M.S. degrees awarded
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| 1978 |
Five hundred B.S. degrees awarded |
| Department acquires first computer facility (VAX 11/780) |
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1979
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Conte retires as head; Denning appointed head
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1981
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Crisis: Enrollment explosion arrives
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1982
|
One-hundred Ph.D. degrees awarded
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| 1983 |
Denning leaves; Rice appointed head |
| Crisis: Large loss of key faculty |
| 1984 |
Crisis: Major growth in facilities and laboratories |
| Crisis: No space for faculty, students, or staff |
| 1985 |
Move to new building |
| Research funding reaches $1,000,000 |
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1986
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Regular faculty size reaches 30 |
| 1987 |
One-thousand M.S. degrees awarded |
| Research Funding reaches $2,000,000 |
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1988
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Research funding reaches $3,000,000 |
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1989
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Two-thousand B.S. degrees awarded
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1994
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Two-hundred Ph.D. degrees awarded
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1996
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Rice retires as head
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