| 1955 | | First digital programming course is offered, Math 156, “Programming for High Speed
Computers.” |
| 1957 |
| Robert G. Glasser joined the faculty as a lecturer for the Physics Department. |
| First analog computer course is offered, EE 130, “Electronic Analog Computers.” |
| Professor John Toll, Chair, Physics Dept. is appointed to Chair a committee on the need for a Data Processing or a Computer Center. |
| 1958 |
| First digital computer organization course is offered, EE 131, "Electronic Digital
Computers." |
| Prof. John Toll urges that a “New
Program” be requested in the asking budget. |
| 1959 |
 | President Elkins requests funds to establish a Data Processing Center. |
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| 1962 | | John P. Menard joined the faculty as the Assistant Director Computer Science Center. |
| Charles J. Mesztenyi joined the faculty as a Senior Research Programmer. |
| Abraham Sinkov joined the faculty as an Associate Professor of Mathematics. |
| Earl J. Schweppe joined the faculty as a Lecturer. |
| James D. Chappell joined the faculty as an Instructor. |
 | Werner C. Rheinboldt joined the faculty as a Research Assoc. Professor and Director. |
| Computer Center established as an all university facility. |
| Prof. Werner Rheinboldt hired as the first director of the Computer Science center. |
| Construction of the Computer Center building commences. |
| 1963 |
 | Richard H. Austing joined the faculty Research Assistant Professor. |
| George E. Lindamood joined the faculty as a Research Programmer. |
 | Azriel Rosenfeld joined the faculty as a Research Associate Professor. |
| Initial Computer Science Center building completed. |
| Rheinboldt negotiates a special grant with IBM Corporation for $300,000
to permit purchase of an IBM-7090. |
| NASA awards $2.62 million to the Computer Science Center. |
| Computer Science Center moves into its new and permanent building. |
| 1964 |
| James M. Ortega joined the faculty as a Research Assistant Professor. |
| Chan-Mo Park joined the faculty as a Research Programmer. |
| Edmund M. Glaser joined the faculty as a Research Associate Professor; joint with Physiology. |
| John L. Pfaltz joined the faculty as a Senior Research Programmer. |
| James F. Williams joined the faculty as an Instructor. |
| NSF grant of June 1964 permits initiation of the Health Sciences Computer Center
(HSCC), Baltimore campus, a branch of the CSC at College Park. |
| 1965 |
| James S. Vandergraft joined the faculty as a Research Associate. |
 | David Lorge Parnas joined the faculty as an Assistant Professor. |
| Abraham Tal joined the faculty as a visiting Research Assistant Professor. |
| Computer Science Center Building completed, doubling the floor space. |
| Prof. Rheinboldt resigns as CSC Director effective Sept. 1966. John Menard appointed Acting Director of CSC. |
| Computer Science Center begins to offer courses in computer science. |
| 1966 |
| James C. Owings joined the faculty as an Assistant Professor; joint with Mathematics. |
 | William F. Atchison joined the faculty as a Professor and the Director of the Computer Science Center. |
 | Yaohan Chu joined the faculty as a Professor; joint with Electrical Engineering. |
| Prof. William F. Atchison hired as Director of Computer Science Center to
replace Prof. Werner Rheinboldt who returned full time to teaching and research. |
| 1967 |
 | Harold P. Edmundson joined the faculty as a Professor; joint with Mathematics. |
| | Laurence Halperin joined the faculty as a Professor; joint with Library Sciences. |
 | Jack Minker joined the faculty as a Associate Professor. |
| Victor B. Schneider joined the faculty as an Assistant Professor. |
| Computer Science Center building consisting of 4 floors is completed. |
| Dr. Jack Minker starts research group in Question-Answering Systems, Databases, and Information Retrieval. |
| Master of Science Program in computer sciences commences as part of the CSC. |
| 1968 |
| Computer Science Corporation awarded a contract to study Automatic Data Processing in the State of Maryland and the University of Maryland. |
| 1969 |
| Edward S. Deutsch joined the faculty as a visiting Assistant Professor. |
| Eliott D. Feldman joined the faculty as an Assistant Professor. |
| Patrick E. Hagerty joined the faculty as a Assistant Professor & Assistant Director for Systems. |
| Michael Hanani joined the faculty as an Assistant Professor. |
| Robert G. Voigt joined the faculty as a visiting Asst Professor. |
| CSC initiates a Ph.D. program in Computer Science. |
| 1970 |  | Victor R. Basili joined the faculty as an Asst Professor. |
 | Laveen Kanal joined the faculty as a Professor. |
| W. Michael Lay joined the faculty as an Instructor. |
| Michael McClellan joined the faculty as an Instructor. |
| Martin Milgram joined the faculty as a Lecturer. |
| David Milgram joined the faculty as an Instructor. |
| Roger Nagel joined the faculty as an Instructor. |
| 1971 |
 | Ashok Agrawala joined the faculty as an Assistant Professor. |
| Ronald M. Baecker joined the faculty as a Visiting Assistant Professor. |
 | Richard G. Hamlet joined the faculty as an Assistant Professor. |
| Robert Noonan joined the faculty as an Assistant Professor. |
 | Marvin V. Zelkowitz joined the faculty as an Assistant Professor. |
| Gordon VanderBrug joined the faculty as an Instructor. |
| 1972 |
| George J. Fix joined the faculty as an Associate Professor; joint with Institute for Fluid Dynamics and Applied Mathematics. |
| David L. Mills joined the faculty as an Assistant Professor. |
| “Report to the College Park Campus Senate from Organization Committee” submitted; recommending the separation of academic functions from the Computer Science Center to form a Department of Computer Science. |
| 1973 |
| Matthew Hecht joined the faculty as an Assistant Professor. |
| Department of Computer
Science is formed and is part of the Mathematical and Physical Science
and Engineering (MPSE) Division. |
| Prof. Joseph Marchello is appointed
Acting Provost of the MPSE Division and shortly thereafter as Provost. |
| Board of Regents Approves establishment of a Department of Computer Science. |
| Computer Science Department commences at Maryland. Education program of
the CSC is transferred to the newly established CSD within the MPSE Division. |
| John Menard appointed Director of the Computer Science Center. |
| Prof. William F. Atchison appointed Acting Chairman, Computer Science
Department. |
| 1974 |
 | Charles J. Rieger, III joined the faculty as an Assistant Professor. |
 | G. W. (Pete) Stewart joined the faculty as an Associate Professor. |
| Prof. Jack Minker appointed first permanent Chairman, Computer Science
Department. |
| Bachelor of Science Degree program, authorized in 1973, commences. |
| 1975 |
 | John D. Gannon joined the faculty as an Assistant Professor . |
| Chul Kim joined the faculty as an Assistant Professor . |
 | Harlan D. Mills joined the faculty as a Visiting Professor (Part Time). |
 | Hanan Samet joined the faculty as an Assistant Professor . |
| Department forms undergraduate honors program in computer science. |
| 1976 |
 | Virgil D. Gligor joined the faculty as an Assistant Professor. |
 | C. Dianne Martin joined the faculty as a Lecturer and Acting Director of the Education Office. |
 | Pamela Zave joined the faculty as an Assistant Professor. |
 | The Program Library of the Computer Science Center. |
| 1977 |
| John Privitera joined the faculty as an Instructor. |
| 1978 |
| Lawrence Dowdy joined the faculty as an Assistant Professor. |
| Rachelle S. Heller joined the faculty as a Lecturer. |
| Barry Jacobs joined the faculty as an Assistant Professor. |
 | Dianne O'Leary joined the faculty as an Assistant Professor. |
 | Satish K. Tripathi joined the faculty as a Lecturer. |
| 1979 |
 | Ben A. Shneiderman joined the faculty as an Associate Professor. |
 | Dana Nau joined the faculty as an Assistant Professor. |
| John Grant joined the faculty as an Adjunct Associate Professor. |
| Michael Brodie joined the faculty as an Assistant Professor. |
 | Mark Weiser joined the faculty as an Assistant Professor. |
 | Raymond T. Yeh joined the faculty as a Professor and Chair of the Department of Computer Science.. |
| | Professor Jack Minker resigns as Chairman to return to research and teaching. |
| 1990 | | John F. Horty joined the faculty as an Assistant Professor with the Department of Philosophy. |
 | Jan Plane joined the faculty as an Instructor. |
| 1991 |
 | Ramalingam Chellappa joined the faculty as a Professor for the Department of Electrical Engeneering. |
 | Richard Gerber joined the faculty as an Assistant Professor. |
 | Adam Porter joined the faculty as an Assistant Professor. |
 | The Open Workstation Laboratory (Owl) room opens featuring 13 DEC station 3100 computers. |
| 1992 |
 | Bonnie J. Dorr joined the faculty as an Assistant Professor. |
 | Samir Khuller joined the faculty as an Assistant Professor. |
 | Joel Saltz joined the faculty as an Associate Professor. |
 | Alan Sussman joined the faculty as a Research Associate. |
| 1993 |
 | Michael J. Franklin joined the faculty as an Assistant Professor. |
| 1994 |
 | Jeffrey Hollingsworth joined the faculty as an Assistant Professor. |
 | Peter J. Keleher joined the faculty as an Assistant Professor. |
| The conference "Computer Science, A Working Partnership between Government, Industry, and Academic" was held and featured speakers from academia, industry, and government |
| Course-based qualifying sequences replace comprehensive exams for the graduate education program |
| 1995 |
 | Evan Golub joined the faculty as an Lecturer. |
 | Chau-Wen Tseng joined the faculty as an Assistant Professor. |
 | Larry Herman joined the faculty as an Lecturer. |
| 1996 |
 | Michelle Hugue joined the faculty as a Lecturer. |
| 1997 |
 | Benjamin B. Bederson joined the faculty as an Assistant Professor. |
| James Glenn joined the faculty as a Lecturer. |
| Leana Golubchik joined the faculty as an Assistant Professor. |
| 1998 |
| Charles Lin joined the faculty as a Lecturer. |
 | Sudarshan S. Chawathe joined the faculty as an Assistant Professor. |
| 1999 |
| Samrat Bhattacharjee joined the faculty as an Assistant Professor. |
 | James J. Maybury joined the faculty as a Lecturer. |
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 Stewart joined the faculty as an Associate Professor.)
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