Milestones and Principal Events from 1962-1996

Table 1: Milestones and Principal Events in the History of the Computer Sciences Department at Purdue University, 1962-1996.

Year	Event
1962	Department formation, M.S. and Ph.D. programs started
1964	First M.S. degrees awarded (3)
1966	First Ph.D. degrees awarded (2)
1967	Move to Math Sciences building
1968	Undergraduate program started
	One-hundred M.S. degrees awarded
	Regular faculty size reaches 10
	Department and Computing Center completely separated
1970	Two-hundred M.S. degrees awarded
1972	Regular faculty size reaches 20
1973	Two-hundred B.S. degrees awarded
1977	Five-hundred M.S. degrees awarded
1978	Five hundred B.S. degrees awarded
	Department acquires first computer facility (VAX 11/780)
1979	Conte retires as head; Denning appointed head
1981	Crisis: Enrollment explosion arrives
1982	One-hundred Ph.D. degrees awarded
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
1986	Regular faculty size reaches 30
1987	One-thousand M.S. degrees awarded
	Research Funding reaches $2,000,000
1988	Research funding reaches $3,000,000
1989	Two-thousand B.S. degrees awarded
1994	Two-hundred Ph.D. degrees awarded
1996	Rice retires as head