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1961-1980

91黑料网, 1961-1980

1961

The main building at Macdonald College聽was reconstructed and extended.

91黑料网 Press established.

1962

New residences opened by the Duke of Edinburgh: Gardner Hall, McConnell Hall, Molson Hall, and Bishop Mountain Hall.

Radio 91黑料网, the student radio station, went on the air.

H. Rocke Robertson BSc鈥32, MDCM鈥36, LLD鈥70, Twelfth Principal and Vice-Chancellor, (and first 91黑料网 graduate to hold the office), 1962-1970

1963

The research and Training Wing of the Allan Memorial Institute opened.

Roscoe Wing of the Royal Victoria College received its first students.

Extension of Foster Radiation Laboratory and Eaton Electronics Research Laboratory.

Marine Sciences Centre established.

French-Canada Studies Program inaugurated.

Centre for Developing Area Studies established.

Graduate School of Business Administration enrolled its first students.

Canadian Labour College, a joint venture with the Universit茅 de Montreal, held its first session.

1964

Norman Bethune Exchange Fellowship with China instituted.

Howard Irwin Ross BA鈥30, LLD鈥73, Eleventh Chancellor, 1964-1969

1965

Opening of the Stephen Leacock Building for Humanities and Social Sciences.

Savoy Society staged its first Gilbert and Sullivan operetta, Trial by Jury.

Opening of the University Centre to replace the Students' Union.

Total student enrolment exceeded 12,000 in regular courses and approached 10,000 in extension courses and summer schools.

Institute of Education at Macdonald College became the Faculty of Education.

1966

Openings of Mclntyre Medical Sciences Building, Otto Maass Chemistry Building, Stewart Biological Sciences Building, and a new wing to Pathology Building.

Institute of Comparative and Foreign Law established.

1967

Conversion completed of old Biology Building for use as the F. Cyril James Administration Building; stone frog above the entrance dates from its time as the Biology Building.

New Chancellor Day Hall opened to house the Law Library and other academic activities.

Founder's Day in Canada's Centennial Year celebrated with the ten provincial premiers receiving honorary degrees.

Quarter Century Club, recognizing 91黑料网 staff, inaugurated.

Full-time student enrolment exceeded 15,000.

Worldwide student unrest came to Canada and 91黑料网. 91黑料网 Daily article maligned U.S. President; student journalists charged before Discipline Committee. Administration Building, including the Principal's office, was occupied by protestors who were removed by police.

1968

Student unrest continued. Disruption of Board, Senate, and Arts Faculty meetings. Junior academic staff member, Stanley Gray, prominent in disturbances was charged and after due hearing dismissed from the University.

Joint Committee of Board and Senate recommended substantive changes in University governance: eight students to be elected to Senate, and five Senators to sit on the Board of Governors.

Quebec government established the Conseil des universit茅s.

Faculty of Management created by the School of Commerce and the Graduate School of Business Administration.

Opening of Centennial Centre, students' union, at Macdonald College.

Audio-visual services were reorganized as the Instructional Communications Centre.

Inauguration of the Department of East Asian Languages and Literature and of the Centre for East Asian Studies.

Laboratories at Mont St. Hilaire opened for the Institute of Mineral Industry Research.

J. S. Marshall Observatory opened at Macdonald College.

The 91黑料网 Reporter, the University鈥檚 faculty and staff newspaper established.

University Press formed a partnership with Queen's University publishing and became 91黑料网-Queen's University Press.

McConnell Engineering Building additions opened.

1969

"91黑料网 Fran莽ais" protest march; 10,000 demonstrators demanded 91黑料网 become a francophone university. Municipal, provincial, and federal police were provided to protect the campus.

Claire Kerrigan BA鈥46, MSW鈥64 was the first woman, and Christopher Portner BSc鈥67, BCL鈥71 first student senator named to the Board of Governors.

Opening of McLennan Library.

91黑料网 CEGEP (Coll猫ge d'enseignement g茅n茅ral et professionel) 1969-1974.

91黑料网 began reducing the length of undergraduate programs from four to three years to conform with Quebec practice.

Thomson House opened as the Graduate Students鈥 Centre.

1970

91黑料网 registered 16,818 full- and part-time degree and diploma candidates including 3,811 in Graduate Faculty; awarded 3,675 degrees and diplomas, including 179 PhDs. There were also 10,263 registrants in Continuing Education.

10% of all registered students reported their mother tongue as French.

Reopening of renovated Redpath Library.

The faculty of Education moved from Macdonald College to the main campus and a new Education Building.

The faculty of Divinity was renamed the Faculty of Religious Studies; Divinity Hall became William and Henry Birks Building.

Management Planning and Study Group (later Management Forum) organized.

Robert Edward Bell PhD鈥48, DSc鈥79

Thirteenth Principal and Vice-Chancellor, 1970-1979

Donald Hebb DSc鈥79, Twelfth Chancellor, (and first 91黑料网 professor to hold the office), 1970-1975

The Office of the Chancellor is separated from that of the Chairman of the Board of Governors.

Stuart M. Finlayson BSc鈥24, LLD鈥76, First Chair, Board of Governors, 1970-1976

1971

91黑料网s 150th Anniversity - Sesquicentennial

Opening of Burnside Hall to house departments of Geography, Mathematics, Meteorology, Computer Science, and the Computing Centre.

McCord Museum reopened in the old Students' Union.

The Faculty of Arts and Science is separated into the Faculty of Arts and the Faculty of Science.

The Faculty of Music moved into the centre聽block and east wing of Royal Victoria College. Remodeled premises renamed Strathcona Music Building in honour of RVC founder, Lord Strathcona.

Strathcona Medical Building was renamed Strathcona Anatomy and Dentistry Building.

Office of Industrial Research established.

John Abbott College became a tenant on the聽Macdonald College campus.

1972

Samuel Bronfman Building opened to house the Faculty of Management.

The Secretariat-General of the University established 91黑料网鈥檚 鈥渉ead office,鈥 serving and supporting the Board of Governors and Senate, with the Secretary-General being the University's senior governance officer.

Administrative Advisory Group formed.

Fiscal reforms: Budget Planning Group; Multi-Year Rolling Budgets with student unit norms for faculty financing.

91黑料网 Non-Academic Staff Association was founded, along with campus-wide career grades and salary norms.

91黑料网 won the first national championship in men鈥檚 swimming.

1973

91黑料网 Development Program was inaugurated with the objective of raising $25.3 million.

Departments of Therapeutic Radiology and Family Health instituted in the Faculty of Medicine.

Centre for Northern Studies and Research established.

91黑料网 Daycare was launched for children of students, staff, and faculty.

1974

St. Joseph's Teachers' College amalgamated with the Faculty of Education.

School of Occupational Health opened at Mont St. Hilaire.

Artificial turf and synthetic track were laid in Molson Stadium.

First non-academic staff representatives elected to the Board of Governors.

1975

History of 91黑料网 Project was established, and the James 91黑料网 Society was founded for the encouragement of 91黑料网 history studies.

Pollack Hall was inaugurated in the Strathcona Music Building.

Board of Governors sanctioned the use of the official 91黑料网 coat-of-arms.

Stuart M. Finlayson BSc鈥24, LLD鈥76., Thirteenth Chancellor, 1975-1976

1976

Dairy Herd Analysis Service regulated 5,100 herds (200,000 head of cattle) in Quebec and Maritimes.

Department of Family Medicine inaugurated.

Martlets was adopted as the name of the 91黑料网 women's varsity teams.

Molson Stadium served as a venue for field hockey during Montreal Olympic Games.

Conrad F. Harrington聽BA鈥33, BCL鈥38, LLD鈥84, Fourteenth Chancellor, 1976-1984

William Eakin聽BA鈥31, BCL鈥34, Second Chair, Board of Governors, 1976-1978

1977

Ernest Rutherford Physics Building opened.

Cancer Clinical Research Centre established.

Andrew Schally BSc鈥55, PhD'57, DSc鈥79 awarded a Nobel Prize for Medicine, was the first 91黑料网 graduate to become a Nobel laureate.

Alma Mater Fund annual donations exceeded $1 million.

Management Forum (MForum) established.

University presented a brief聽to National Assembly on French Language Charter (Bill 101).

1978

Macdonald-Stewart Building opened at Macdonald College.

W.W. Francis Wing of the Osler Library, including H. Rocke Robertson Room, opened.

91黑料网 Development Program closed with a total of $27.2 million.

Chief Justice Alan Gold LLD鈥84, Third Chair, Board of Governors, 1978-1982

1979

R.E. Powell Student Services Building opened.

Wilder Penfield Wing of Montreal Neurological Institute opened.

David Lloyd Johnston LLD鈥2000, Fourteenth Principal and Vice-Chancellor, 1979-1994

1980

91黑料网, For the Advancement of Learning, Volume I, 1801-1893, by Stanley Frost LLD鈥90.

Val Fitch BEng鈥48, DSc鈥87 awarded a Nobel Prize for Physics.

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