University Timeline

Special Note: The original timeline was created by Kristen J. Nyitray, Ann M. Becker and Deborah Dolan and was researched in preparation of the University's 40th anniversary exhibit. Entries from Stony Brook: State University of New York (Arcadia, 2002) by Kristen J. Nyitray and Ann M. Becker have been added. Press releases issued by the University's Media Relations Department were consulted for the most recent additions to the timeline.

Document edited by Jason Torre. Website edited by Kristen J. Nyitray.
Last updated June 2007.

1940s-1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000-2005
2006- May 2008

1948
New York State adopts the State University of New York system. This system links 31 state-supported campuses. Most are teacher-training schools, with a total of 28,300 students. By 1973, SUNY enrollment reaches 350,000 students on 72 campuses.

William Robertson Coe presents his 400-acre Long Island estate, located in Oyster Bay and called Planting Fields, to New York State for use as a school of horticulture after his death.

1956
Ward Melville donates 480 acres of land in Stony Brook and his estate in Old Field known as “Sunwood” to New York State. The 480 acres will be the future location of the State University of New York at Stony Brook. Sunwood will host recitals and visiting scholars. The donated acreage is valued at $4.5 million.

In February, the Board of Trustees of the New York State University system recommends that a state-supported and state-operated college and graduate school be established on Long Island for the education of young men and women in the sciences, math, and engineering.

In October, the Board of Regents adopts the Board of Trustees’ recommendation to establish a college and graduate school on Long Island. They authorize a temporary campus at the Coe estate in Oyster Bay while a new campus is constructed at Stony Brook on the 480 acres donated by Ward Melville. The college is called the State University College of Long Island at Oyster Bay. Its mandate is to prepare secondary math and science teachers.

1957
The State University College of Long Island at Oyster Bay opens on September 16 1957. There are 144 first-year students and 14 faculty members. A pre-fabricated building is erected near the 65-room Tudor mansion. Together with a dormitory converted from horse stables, this makes up the temporary campus. The college is tuition-free.

1958
Its name newly changed to the State University Center on Long Island at Oyster Bay, the University is “now authorized to prepare students for careers in science, mathematics and engineering.” Tuition is free for students preparing to be secondary school teachers, $375 per year for other New York residents and $455 for non-residents.

In February, the first student publication, The Sucolian, is published.

1960
The Heald Report recommends upgrading New York State’s higher education system, specifically urging a new major university – The Long Island Center at Stony Brook. The State Board of Regents and Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller establish the future university’s mission as a comprehensive university center.

On April 8, the formal ground breaking ceremony is held for the newly named State University of New York, Long Island Center at Stony Brook. Governor Rockefeller turns the first spade of dirt, accompanied by Ward Melville, State University of New York Trustee Chairman Frank Moore, and others.

1961
On February 1, John F. Lee is appointed as the first President of the University, still located in Oyster Bay. His mandate is to convert the Long Island Center from a science and engineering college to a university with liberal arts and sciences programs and a graduate school.

On June 25, the University’s first commencement is held. Twenty-five Bachelor of Science degrees are awarded in ceremonies held at the Coe Estate in Oyster Bay.

Fifteen buildings with “geodesic domes” provide new classrooms for the Oyster Bay student body, now numbering 600. Classes begin in September with 527 students and 138 faculty members.

The first published list of student officers in the campus is posted in the Bulletin. Rosemary Capone is Moderator of the Student Polity; 42 students make the Dean’s Honors List.

On October 1, students engage in the first of many future campus demonstrations. They boycott classes in protest of the transfer and removal of key administrators of the Oyster Bay campus.

On November 9, President Lee resigns due to controversy over bureaucratic and organizational matters. Dr. Thomas H. Hamilton is appointed as chief administrator.

1962
While some classes and laboratories continue at the Oyster Bay campus for a fifth and final year, the new Stony Brook campus opens. It is known as the State University of New York at Stony Brook (SUNY at Stony Brook). The new campus opens with two completed academic buildings, Humanities and Chemistry. Most classes are held in the Humanities building. It also has a single dormitory, G Dorm, which accommodates 616 resident students. G Dorm also houses the administrative, athletic, student government and newspaper offices, and the infirmary.

1963
On June 19, the Muir Report is issued and recommends to Governor Rockefeller and the Board of Regents the establishment of “a new medical center, including schools of medicine, dentistry and other health professions, on the State University campus at Stony Brook, Long Island by 1970…”

In the fall, the Library, Engineering, Biology, and Physical Laboratory (housing Physics and Mathematics) buildings are opened.

A report commissioned by Governor Nelson Rockefeller titled "Education for the Health Professions," (commonly referred to as the Muir Report because its principal author was the chair of the New York State Committee on Medical Education, Malcolm Muir) proposes the establishment of a medical school and teaching hospital at Stony Brook University to address a projected shortage of doctors on Long Island by the 1980s.

1964
In May, the Health and Physical Education Building opens.

1965
John Toll becomes the second President of the University, which is now called SUNY Stony Brook.

The Stony Brook Foundation is established as a not-for-profit corporation under New York State Education Law. It is chartered to collect and manage gifts from private and other non-state resources to supplement state funding of SUNY Stony Brook.

Students choose ‘Patriots’ as the new name for SUNY Stony Brook’s athletic teams.

1966
C.N. Yang, Nobel laureate, joins the SUNY Stony Brook faculty. He is appointed ‘Einstein Professor of Physics,’ one of only ten Einstein Professors in New York State.

SUNY Stony Brook is selected to be the site of the New York State Marine Sciences Research Center.

September: The 1st Vice President of the Health Sciences, Edmund Pellegrino, is charged with establishing a medical center at Stony Brook University that includes a tertiary care hospital.

On October 27, Governor Nelson Rockefeller attends ground breaking ceremonies for three new buildings: Graduate Engineering, the Computing Center, and the Earth and Space Sciences building.

The 1st Professor of Medicine appointed to Health Sciences is Dr. Alfred Knudsen.

1967
Construction is begun on a bridge that is to connect the Student Union, Library, and what will later be the Fine Arts Center.

SUNY Stony Brook’s Center for Continuing Education conducts its first classes.

G building, the first dormitory, is renamed in honor of Washington Irving and Eugene O’Neill.

On December 7, students hold a demonstration in protest against the Army’s Selective Services.

Buildings on West Campus are filled to capacity. University President John Toll pushes for construction of new structures to hold burgeoning student population.

West Campus doubles in size, adding dormitory space for 3,000 students and nearly three million square feet of non-residential space to campus.

1968
On January 17, the Suffolk County Police Department carries out ‘Operation Stony Brook’ at 5 a.m. 198 police officers arrive on campus for a ‘drug bust’ that results in the arrest of 35 young adults, 24 of whom are SUNY Stony Brook students.

Classes begin in September with 6000 students and 572 faculty members.

Drs. Pellegrino and Knudsen create an "ideal" institution on paper to include five schools: Medical (now known as School of Medicine), Nursing, Dental Medicine, Social Work, and Allied Health Professions (now known as the School of Health Technology and Management); they commit to open the schools by September 1970.

Pellegrino proposes temporary buildings be constructed to hold classes and administrative offices. He also proposes to have students do clinical work at hospitals throughout Long Island, such as Long Island Jewish in New Hyde Park, Nassau County Medical Center in East Meadow, VA Medical Center in Northport and Winthrop Hospital in Mineola.

The Departments of Biochemistry, Pathology, Psychiatry, Family Medicine, Microbiology, Surgery, Medicine and Pharmacology are established from 1968-74.

1969
On January 15, Professor H. Bentley Glass, noted geneticist, becomes President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science while in the second of his three years as President of the United Chapters of Phi Beta Kappa. This is believed to be the only time one person has simultaneously held these two prestigious positions.

The Eighth International Congress of Crystallography convenes at SUNY Stony Brook. Among the major papers is a full analysis of the structure of insulin and a scientific analysis of the first moon rocks.

Dr. Jan Kott is appointed to the faculty of the English and Comparative Literature Departments. Dr. Kott authored more than 300 books and articles and is credited with revitalizing the production of modern theater in his native Poland.

On March 19, Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) organizes a Library sit-in for students’ rights. Hundreds of students participate; twenty-one are arrested after refusing repeated requests by President Toll to leave the building.

On May 15, the University gatehouse is burned and a security car overturned as student unrest continues.

Dr. Pellegrino becomes dean of the School of Medicine and recruits deans for the four other schools: Ellen Fahy, Nursing; Edmund McTernan, Allied Health Professions; Sanford Kravitz, Social Welfare; J. Howard Oaks, School of Dentistry. He also recruits Emil Frey, director of HSC Library.

In anticipation of future developments, Peter Rogatz is named director of University Hospital.

1970
The first four Health Sciences Center (HSC) Schools open: Allied Health Professionals, Social Welfare, Nursing, and Basic Sciences begin classes in temporary facilities.

Dr. Tobias Owen joins the Earth and Space Sciences faculty. Dr. Tobias was a member of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration space mission imaging science teams for flights to Mars, Jupiter and Saturn.

The Urban and Policies program is established.

First Stony Brook People is published.

The Stony Brook Union opens after long construction delays.

Plans progress for design of physical structures. Recommendations call for a 1.3 million square-foot space complex to include space for the five schools, library, lecture halls and auditoriums, administration offices, physical plant, communications and a 500-bed hospital.

The University Construction Fund selects architect Bertrand Goldberg. The project is split into construction phases: first, HSC; second, University Hospital; third, Basic Sciences Tower. Projected cost for each phase, exclusive of equipment, is $60-80 million.

In April, construction begins on the Health Sciences Center.

Construction on the hospital stalls due to skepticism for the need and financial losses incurred by hospitals connected with SUNY Downstate and Upstate.

September [HSC]: A total of 11 temporary buildings are ready for occupancy on South Campus, on an undeveloped area south of the HSC campus on the west side of Nicolls Road to house students for the five schools of the Health Sciences Center.

[HSC]: Faculty and staff of 64 welcome a total of 43 students to first classes.

1971
The fifth of six HSC Schools opens: the School of Medicine.

The Frank Melville Jr. Memorial Library, named in honor of Ward Melville’s father, opens after a major expansion project.

On September 15, students hold an Attica rally.

The Empire State College is founded to offer “Alternative instruction directed toward serving adults through individual and independent study.”

1972
The last of the six HSC Schools opens: the School of Dental Medicine opens with 24 students chosen from 1600 applicants.

Leah Holland (’76), the first woman on a SUNY Stony Brook swimming team, becomes the first woman to win a medal in the Metropolitan Intercollegiate Swimming Association Championships.

The State Legislature approves $9,947,000 for Phase I for the Fine Arts Center, estimated to cost $15 million.

The Stony Brook Playhouse first opens at the Slavic Cultural Center in Port Jefferson, later moving its summer schedules to the Fine Arts Center in 1976.

The Institute of Advanced Studies of World Religions moves to the Library. C.T. Shen, chairperson of the board of the American Steamship Company, founded it in 1970.

Students march to the Smithaven Mall and join the National Strike protesting the bombing of Hanoi.

On September 7, students hold a demonstration against the Department of Defense.

[HSC]: Howard J. Oaks is appointed second Vice President for the Health Sciences.

[HSC]: Dr. Marvin Kuschner, founding director of the Department of Pathology, is appointed the Dean of Medicine.

[HSC]: Edmund Pellegrino accepts position as chancellor of the University of Tennessee at Memphis.

Ground is broken for hospital construction.

1973
The Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools accreditation report recognizes SUNY Stony Brook’s “spectacular achievement in so quickly becoming an institution of national stature.”

In the fall, the Graduate Chemistry building and the Math Tower open; the total number of buildings is 76.

Construction begins on the new Health Sciences Center. The HSC complex is designed by Bertrand Goldberg Associates, whose architectural designs include the Marina City Towers in Chicago.

Stu Goldstein (’73) becomes SUNY Stony Brook’s first All-American athlete, earning honors in squash.

Classes begin in September with 12,000 students and 830 faculty members.

After much negotiating by Pellegrino and the Bureau of Budget, the hospital design is settled at 504 beds.

Edmund Pellegrino departs Stony Brook.

[HSC]: 1973-78 Construction of hospital begins and continues despite steel strikes, construction strikes and funding concerns.

1974
Graduate Biology is renamed the Life Sciences Building, and opens housing three departments of the Division of Biological Sciences and several departments of the Health Sciences Center School of Basic Health Sciences.

Several new organizations are established on campus. The Mid-Career Counseling Center is founded by Professor Alan Entine; The Museum Computer Network is relocated to SUNY Stony Brook from the Museum of Modern Art in Manhattan; and SAINTS (Scientific Achievements for Non-Traditional Students).

[HSC]: HSC graduates its first class of 17 doctors.

[HSC]: The School of Medicine gains reaccreditation and receives praise from the Liaison Committee for Medical
Accreditation for its success. It also receives permission to increase its entering class from 24 to 48 students. The schools and the construction of the medical center are greatly supported by Governor Hugh Carey.

1975
Physics and Mathematics departments move to new complex, marking the completion of construction of facilities for sciences.

Deborah Toll, wife of SUNY Stony Brook President John Toll, christens the research vessel “Onrust,” a 55-foot ship constructed for the Marine Sciences Research Center, at the Stony Brook Yacht Club.

Professor Paul Lauterbur describes for the American Chemical Society “zeugmatography”, a new technique for use of nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy that he developed at SUNY Stony Brook.

Phase 1 of the Fine Arts Center opens. It includes classrooms, offices, rehearsal halls, a foundry, studios, and an art gallery.

The Women’s Studies Program is established.

The Urban and Policies program, founded in 1970, becomes the W. Averill Harriman College for Urban and Policy Sciences in honor of New York’s former governor.

1976
A festival commemorates the establishment of the William Butler Yeats Archives at SUNY Stony Brook’s Center for Contemporary Arts and Letters.

The Federated Learning Communities is established with its founder, Professor Patrick Hill, as master learner in its first unit, World Hunger. It has 24 students.

The Open House marking the dedication of the Health Sciences Center attracts 16,000 visitors to the site.

Classes begin in September with 16,571 students and 977 faculty members.

Michael Elliott becomes second director of Hospital.

University President John Toll charges Elliott and Oaks with opening the hospital as soon as possible.

[HSC]: HSC is completed and dedicated.

[HSC]: 1976-78 Michael Elliott hires a core planning staff for the hospital: Assistant Director Martin Karris, Deputy Directory of Nursing Pura Laborde, Deputy Director for Financial Affairs James C. Rich, Deputy Director for Systems Frank Russo, Materials Manager Walter Birkhauser, Controller Paul Honor, Assistant to the Director Margaret Ort, Manager of Systems Planning and Development Sid Packer and Assistant Administrator Kenneth Pearson.

June 1978: construction of University Hospital, which occupies nearly three-quarters of a million square feet and stands 325 feet and 19 stories tall, is complete at a cost of approximately $150 million.

1977
Ward Melville, campus benefactor, first Stony Brook Council chairperson and honorary chairperson since 1960, dies at age 90. Mr. Melville donated the 480 acres on which the campus is located, as well as his home, Sunwood, which was used to host recitals and house visiting scholars. The annual valedictory award at SUNY Stony Brook commencement is named in honor of him. Mr. Melville was chairperson of the board of the company that directed the Thom McCann shoe chain.

The Poetry Center is established at the Center for Contemporary Arts and Letters, headed by Professor Louis Simpson of the Department of English, a Pulitzer Prize winner.

In June, WUSB (90.1 FM) begins public FM broadcasting. Until now, its AM signal was heard only on campus.

On September 17, the Social and Behavioral Sciences Building opens. Architect Roland Thompson designed it.

On November 11, the Bridge to Nowhere, construction of which began in 1967, is dedicated. Its completion connects the Stony Brook Union with the Fine Arts Center and Melville Library. The span, 30 feet wide and 475 feet long, passes over Center Drive.

1978
[HSC]: Eight departments open: Orthopedics, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Radiology, Preventive Medicine, Neurobiology and Behavior, Neurology, Anesthesiology, Physiology and Biophysics.

[HSC]: HSC is accredited to offer residencies in Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Psychiatry and Surgery. Doctorates offered in Anatomical Sciences, Microbiology, Pathology and Pharmacology.

Major research is undertaken in magnetic resonance imaging, sudden infant death syndrome, asthma and allergic diseases and organ transplantation.

Center for Industrial Cooperation opens at the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences.

The Energy Management Training Program, founded at SUNY Stony Brook, conducts its first program for representatives of 21 developing nations.

The Economic Development Conference (“Long Island at the Crossroads”) is attended by 250 Suffolk and Nassau county leaders. It adopts the “Stony Brook Manifesto,” calling for a “unified and coherent Long Island Community.”

The Patriots basketball team (22 wins – 2 losses) is ranked No .1 in New York State Division III, and No .9 in US Division
III. The team wins the National Collegiate Athletic Association Eastern Regional Championship the first ever played at SUNY Stony Brook. The team advances to the National Championship, and completes the season fourth in the nation with a 27-4 record.

SAINTS (Scientific Achievements for Non-Traditional Students), established in 1974, and expands its goals to recognize all academic achievements by non-traditional students.

“End of the Bridge” opens as a restaurant/night club in the former “Buffeteria.”

State University of New York adopts a new motto: “To Learn, To Search, To Serve.”

Governor Hugh Carey cuts the ribbon at the Museum of Long Island Natural Sciences, attended by Acting President Alexander Pond and Museum Director Steve Engelbright. Englebright is the Museum’s curator and founder.

1979
Six scholars from the People’s Republic of China (PRC) arrive at SUNY Stony Brook. SUNY Stony Brook is one of only six US campuses having exchange programs with the PRC since the US and China renewed diplomatic relations in 1978.

The American Psychological Association publishes a study ranking SUNY Stony Brook’s Department of Psychology 18th among the 180 institutions most frequently quoted in scholarly works. Professor Daniel O’Leary is ranked among the 100 most-quoted individual psychologists in all of history.

The Department of Arts publishes the first issue of Art Criticism, a new journal edited by Professors Lawrence Alloway and Donald B. Kuspit.

A sundial is dedicated to mark the completion of the central academic mall. The sundial was donated by Turner Construction Company, which built most of the Health Sciences Center.

Phase II of the Fine Arts Center formally opens with a series of programs including violinist Isaac Stern, the Warsaw Mime Theatre, and jazz pianist Eddie Heywood. The complex includes the Theatre Arts and Art Gallery, experimental theatre, two ‘black box theatres,’ a recital hall, and a 1200-seat concert hall.

Six former Statesman staffers found the Stony Brook Press “to give people in the University an alternative to Statesman and other media on campus.”

Sigma Beta, a new local honorary society for freshmen, has first organizational meeting.

Gay Students Union conducts first Gay Festival on campus.

Mass recruitment of hospital staff begins.

For six months prior to opening (1980) estimates show that $.64 was spent every second of every day to furnish and equip 36 floors-2 towers, 18 floors each.

1980
February
The University Hospital opens 30 beds and the Ambulatory Care Pavilion. This opening is the first in the nation of a major teaching hospital since the University of Massachusetts hospital opened in 1977.

The National Book Critics Circle chooses English Professor Thomas Flanagan’s first novel, The Year of the French, for 1979 as "outstanding work of American fiction."

Dr. Felix Rapaport, Professor of Surgery and Director of Transplantation Services at the University Hospital, is honored with the French Grand Croix des Palmes-Academiques for his work in Histocompatibility in collaboration with Jean Dausset, the 1980 Nobel Laureate.

Susam Liers (’81), the 1982 US women’s national race walking champion, is among the New York State athletes chosen to carry the Olympic torch to the Lake Placid Olympic games.

The Laboratory for Personal Computers in Education and Dial-A-Univac opens.

800 people are employed by the hospital.

February 17: Administrator Michael Elliott receives call from the State Health Department authorizing the admitting of patients.

February 18: the first two patients are admitted to the 30-bed psychiatric ward.

February 27: Dr. Felix Rappaport and Dr. Wayne Waltzer perform the first kidney transplant at the hospital, also the first on
Long Island.

March 30: the first baby is born at the hospital, Jeffery Eric Solomon.

May 24: the hospital is formally dedicated.

July
John Marburger becomes the third President of SUNY Stony Brook.
President Marburger announces review of academic and administrative organizational structures.
Statewide personnel hiring freeze lifted.
Preliminary budget targets include personnel and OTPS cuts.
Graduate student apartments to be available for Fall occupancy.
July: Neonatal Intensive Care Unit opens, the first in Suffolk County.

August
James Black becomes Vice President for University Affairs.
Sidney Gelber announces resignation as Provost effective June 1981 Arnold Strassenburg appointed Acting Dean for Undergraduate Studies Service of alcoholic beverages in dorms is limited to beer and wine, some dorm pubs closed
President Marburger announces priorities.
Development of support services for academic departments.
Completion of University Hospital and HSC Schools.
Development of programs related to public services {i.e., engineer¬ing, business, high technology interfaces. etc.)
Increase in sponsored research
Stabilization of enrollment
Increase in fund-raising initiatives
Development of stronger concern for people
Increase in energy savings
Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (20 beds) opens.

September
Energy conservation program launched Enrollments increase over previous year Students tripled in campus residences

October
MSRC creates artificial fishing reef: Governor Carey visits Food and Beverage Task Force established.
President Marburger to Chair Suffolk County Task Force on Financing.
Mobile intensive care ambulance is available to handle emergencies, including surgery. The unit is used to transfer the first patient from another hospital in the community to the PICU.
Emergency Department and Radiology Department opens.

November
Ad Hoc Committee on University Health Services convened Elizabeth Wadsworth resigns as Vice President for Student Affairs Recommendations on reorganization submitted.
Advisory Committee on Intercollegiate Athletics named.
Stony Brook Associates formed (fund-raising support group).
University Scholars Program started (Undergraduate Admissions program].
University Hospital opening proceeding according to plan.

December
Governor Carey appoints President Marburger chair of State Energy Office Review Committee.

1981
January
Friends of the Fine Arts Center hold first meeting.
Jacob Bigeleisen resigns as Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate School.
Ruth Brandwein becomes Dean of the School of Social Welfare Winter weather damages Fine Arts Center, SBS, dorms, etc.
The first Bach Aria Institute and Festival is conducted on the SUNY Stony Brook campus.
SUNY Stony Brook, Brookhaven National Laboratory, and Cold Spring Harbor laboratory form an alliance to offer an academic program leading to Ph.D. in biosciences with a specialty in genetics.
Former US Senator Jacob Javits donates his papers, which cover his 34 years of public life, to the Special Collections Department of the Frank Melville memorial Library.

February
Academic reorganization (Provost, Vice Provosts, Deans) realized Robert Sokal appointed Acting Vice Provost for Research and Graduate Studies.
Administrative reorganization effected.
President Marburger celebrates 40th birthday.
Office of Conferences and Special Events created.
Hospital Auxiliary is founded by a group of women including Carolyn Fell, Ann Poppers, Uta Dee, Beverly Sokoloff with a goal to raise funds for the "benefit of patients, families and staff of the Hospital and provide public information programs to serve surrounding communities."
Hospital is designated as the Long Island Regional Transplantation Center for kidney transplantation.

March
Three Village Times names President Marburger Man of the Year in Education.
Beverly Harrison appointed Affirmative Action Officer.
Mary Lasker and Lewis Thomas honored at SBF Annual Dinner.
Senator Jacob Javits donates papers to USB.
Second parking structure for HSC approved.
Richard P. Schmidt receives University Medal for service to Stony Brook.

April
Sidney Gelber Week held; Gelber receives University Medal for service to Stony Brook.
First Authors and Editors reception is held.
State budget approval delayed; SUNY issues paychecks in script.
Mobile intensive care unit treats two men overcome by paint fumes after falling into a water tank in Centereach after their scaffolding collapsed.

May
Marburger inauguration held.
In May, John Marburger is inaugurated as the third President of the University.
First annual I-CON (Island Convention of Science Fiction Fact, Fiction and Fantasy) is held at SUNY Stony Brook. The Patriots volleyball team wins the New York State Division III championship, the first women’s state title for SUNY Stony Brook.

June
Fine Arts Center hosts successful Bach Aria Festival and John Little exhibit

July
165 residents arrive and begin their studies in Family Medicine, Medicine, Neurology, Orthopedics, Psychiatry and Surgery departments.
Hospital is one of the few in the state staffed entirely by RNs.
Hospital is becoming known for cutting edge medical treatment and research.
Hospital is at the forefront of developing patient informatics; touch-screen computer terminals are located at nursing stations.
Database software, designed by Stony Brook staff members, serves as a model for other institutions.
Hospital has area's only full body CAT scan unit.
Hospital establishes itself as the joint replacement center for Long Island.
Hospital is drawing national recognition for clinical research efforts.
First cardiac catheterization is performed by Division of Pediatric Cardiology.
First Year, 1980-81.
150 of the 504 beds are open and occupied.
4,500 patients have been admitted to date.
45,000 passed through the ambulatory care unit.
Over 1,000 surgeries performed.
243 babies are born.
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit treats its first patient.

September
Homer Neal becomes Provost.
Frederick R. Preston appointed Vice President for Student Affairs.
Robert Francis appointed Vice President for Campus Operations.
John Bilello resigns as Dean of the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences: Stewart Harris appointed Acting Dean
Administrative reorganization. Step II, put in place.
Stony Brook People to be expanded and published monthly.
Campus falls short of enrollment targets.

October
First Alumni College Day held on campus.
Vice Presidential Advisory Group (VPAG) retreat held.
President Marburger visits Poland.
Provost Neal announces plans for a Distinguished Lecture Series.
Plans unveiled for new undergraduate recruitment initiatives.
Local hiring freeze imposed.

November
Kosher meal plan begins in Roth Cafeteria.
Faculty handbook to be revised.
Ammann College dedicated.
Women's Volleyball team captures State Championship.

December
Plans to strengthen intercollegiate athletics announced Centralized commencement ceremony set for 1982.

1982
SUNY Stony Brook introduces a program leading to a Master of Science degree in Technological Systems Management.

SUNY Stony Brook now offers a total of 54 post-baccalaureate degrees (30 masters and bringing the number of graduate degrees offered at Stony Brook to 54 (30 masters and 24 doctoral degrees).

The Conference Board of Associated Research Councils rates SUNY Stony Brook among the top 20 programs in the US for physics, geosciences, mathematics, and computer science programs.

Classes begin with 16,144 students and 1,150 faculty members.

Four SUNY Stony Brook athletes earn All-American honors: Neil Vohr (82) in squash; Jan Bender (’83), Tom Aird (’85), and Bjorn Hansen (’85) in swimming.

Dr. Constantine Anagnostopoulos and a team of Stony Brook surgeons perform the first adult open heart surgery, coronary bypass graft.

First pediatric open-heart surgery is performed.

Dr. Jorge Benach and team announce discovery of spirochete responsible for Lyme disease, fortifying the hospital's role as a research center.

Annual budget approaches $100m; over 1200 people are employed by the hospital.

236 beds are open; 1,146 babies are born.

February
Planning Group established to generate annual planning document Provostial Student Advisory Council established.
Ruth Brandwein to chair Provost's Committee on Women and Minority Issues.
Lenora McClean becomes Dean of the School of Nursing.

March
Frank Press and Carl Sagan honored at SBF Annual Dinner.
Task Force on Stony Brook Union appointed.
Executive Director of Middle States to visit as first formal step in 10-year reaccreditation process.
University Hospital Auxiliary announces plans to sponsor horse show in July as fund-raising event.

April
Sigma Xi elevated to chapter status.
State adopts new accounting system; delays in processing payments expected.
Commuter College opens in Stony Brook Union.

May
Legislative redistricting moves campus from Senator LaValle's district to Senator Lack's.
Standing Advisory Committee on Intercollegiate Athletics appointed.
First President's Awards for Professional Service presented.
First central commencement ceremony held Neighbors complain about outdoor concerts.

June
Task Force on Campus Safety and Security established.
Reception held at Sunwood celebrating 10th anniversary of the Friends of Sunwood.

August
Governor announces Statewide hiring freeze.

September
David Glass appointed Vice Provost for Research and Graduate Studies.
Graham Spanier appointed Vice Provost for Undergraduate Studies Robert Neville appointed Dean for Humanities and Fine Arts.
Egon Neuberger appointed Dean for Social and Behavioral Sciences Roman de la Campa becomes Interim Director of International Programs
1982 is 25th anniversary of USB.
Daka is new campus food service contractor.
Oversight of computing services reorganized.
Provost Neal launches new initiative: "Luncheon Seminars."
SUNY Central announces reorganization.
Enrollment goals achieved: 500 more students than previous year.

October
USB fares well in national graduate program review by the Associated Research Councils.
New Affirmative Action initiatives underway.
Daycare services to be reviewed.
Provost Neal establishes University Council of Deans.

November
Mario Cuomo elected Governor.
Planning begins for Employee Assistance Program.

December
Fire causes serious damage to Commissary.

1983

Rose Coser institutes a lawsuit against SUNY Stony Brook, citing discrimination against women faculty members, and calling for equal pay.

January
Stony Brook Foundation establishes new support group structure.
State begins lag payroll program.
New guidelines concerning how hospitals receive reimbursement for patient stays under Medicare are enacted.
Stony Brook dealing with slow, steady decline in subsidies from New York State.

February
New Stony Brook Union Advisory Board created.

March
Beverly Harrison resigns as Affirmative Action Officer.
Stewart Harris named Dean of the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
Task Force to study use of alcoholic beverages on campus appointed by President Marburger and Vice President Preston.
Men's Lacrosse elevated to NCAA Division III.
Three Village Times names President Marburger Man of the Year

April
Alan Entine serves as Acting Affirmative Action Officer.
NYS Science and Technology Foundation designates USB as a Center for Advanced Technology in medical biotechnology
Dedication of USB linear accelerator held.
Undergraduate Achievement Recognition Program inaugurated State imposes rigid hiring freeze.
Michael Elliott resigns as hospital's executive director.
William Newell is named executive director.
Hospital Gift Shop is renovated by auxiliary volunteers; shop is staffed by auxiliary.
An additional 70 beds open.

May
James Black resigns as Vice President for University Affairs.
SBF Dinner-Mary McCarthy and Seamus Heaney honored.
Governor Cuomo asks President Marburger to chair a commission on Shoreham nuclear facility.
State offers first voluntary retirement program.
First honorary degrees given at commencement.
Governor establishes Task Force on Flexibility.
Task Force on Promotion and Career Ladder Opportunities submits recommendations.

June
Michael Elliott resigns as Director of University Hospital.
Dan Melucci appointed Interim Budget Director.
President Marburger visits Israel.

September
President makes statement on "Politics of Race."
Court finds no pattern of sex discrimination.
Direct deposit program for paychecks offered.
Evening program to expand.
Campus buildings renamed (South Campus & generic buildings).
Football moves from club status to NCAA Division III.
Office for Foreign Students merges with International Programs Francis Bonner named Director of International Programs Center for Academic Advising opens.
Enrollments fall short of targets by 500.
University buildings on the Main Campus are renamed as follows, to reflect current usage: Social Sciences A and B changed to Psychology A and B. Old Biology to Central Hall; Graduate Biology became the Life Sciences Building; the Physical Laboratory and the Math Tower are now the Physics building and Mathematics building, and the Chemistry Laboratory was changed to the Chemistry Building (Statesman, 23 September 1983).

October
Symposium celebrates acquisition of Javits papers.
Draft of reaccreditation self-study ready for review.

October 11: Baby Jane Doe, born with severe birth defects, is transferred to Stony Brook University Hospital. Legal issues ensue when the baby's parents decide to withhold treatment since the prognosis is not good. Lawyers from a right-to-life group accompanied by a New York State Supreme Court judge and a representative from the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office arrive at the hospital demanding to see the baby and her records. The Baby Jane Doe case draws national attention, rising up through the US Supreme Court, which refused to hear the case. The case receives intense scrutiny, with then president Ronald Reagan commenting. Efforts to overturn the parents' decision fail.

October 16: A. Lawrence Washburne, attorney, files suit at State Supreme Court asking that a guardian for Baby Jane Doe be appointed.

Two pediatric patients avert open-heart surgery when the fist balloon valvuplasties are performed.
303 beds are open; 1,447 babies are born.

November
William T. Newell, Jr. appointed University Hospital Director.
Service Awards established-ceremony to be held in December.
First Annual Fund Drive launched.
Task Force on Campus Safety and Security submits report Faculty/Professional.
Employee Handbook revision published.

December
Marion Metivier appointed Affirmative Action Officer
Campus required to cut 162 positions by April
Report on Shoreham nuclear facility released

1984
January
Residence Hall Association formed.
Campus plans to acquire its own telephone system.

February
Human Resources Office reorganized.
Decision made to reduce number of dormitories with cooking programs-Vice President Fred Preston establishes task force.

February–October
Hospital continues to expand and grow into its role as Suffolk County's tertiary care hospital. Ambulatory Surgery Unit, Radiation Oncology, Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit, and Burn Unit, which is designated as the regional center for burn care, opens.

March
At SBF Dinner, Hyman Rickover and William Warner honored.
10-year accreditation site team visits: led by Stanley Eikenberry, President of the University of Illinois.
Space allocation policies established.
SUNY establishes Commission on the Future of SUNY.
Public Safety officers given permission to use mace.
Lecture Center named for Senator Jacob Javits.
University opens Parson House as guest facility.

April
Final report from Yang Commission (faculty rights and responsibilities) received.
New athletic fields to be constructed.
Vice President Preston recommends meal plan for all new students Feasibility of campus conference center to be explored.
On April 4th, the Lecture Center is renamed the “Jacob K Javits Lecture Center” in honor of Senator Javits’ many contributions to education and Stony Brook University (Statesman, 4 April 1984).

May
Motor Vehicle Registration Fee established.
Campus hosts symposium on Academic Freedom.

June
First President's Awards for Classified Service, Teaching, Librarianship and Service by RF Employees presented.
First Simons Fellowship Program for high school students held.

July
New SUNY Trustees Edgar Sandman and Clinton Dominick visit campus.
Replacement for HSC boiler arrives by barge.

September
Patricia Teed appointed Vice President for University Affairs.
Undergraduate admissions criteria raised.

October
New initiative increases residence hall security.
Council on Faculty Rights and Responsibilities established.
Burn Center opened.
First Parents Day offered by Alumni Affairs/Student Affairs.
Homer Neal appointed to Research Foundation Board of Directors.
Campus acquires All-in-One electronic mail system.

November
Approval received to begin planning for Field House and addition for School of Dental Medicine.
Task Force on Women's Safety set up.

Dr. Paul Lauterbur, SBU professor of chemistry, is awarded the Albert Lasker Award for Clinical Medicine, for his pioneering work in the development and refinement of nuclear magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanners. Dr. Lauterbur subsequently received the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 2003 for his part in developing MRI technology.

368 beds are open; 1,653 babies are born.

December
New land use policy proposed.

1985
January
The hospital suffers slight damage; however, the stucco covering of the HSC, under repair at the time, is seriously damaged, leaving the building vulnerable to the elements.
Independent Commission on the Future of SUNY finds SUNY to be most over-regulated university in the nation."
Faculty Student Association (FSA) strengthens by-laws.
First campus observance of Martin Luther King Day held.
Hospital ambulatory care space deemed inadequate.
Visitor parking spaces designated in Administration and ESS lots.
Denise Coleman becomes Assistant Vice President for Development.

February
New alcoholic beverage policy approved
Ceremony held to note fifth anniversary of opening of University Hospital
Plans developed to renovate Stony Brook Union Ballroom

March
SBF Dinner-Roland Schmitt and College of Engineering and Applied Sciences honored.
President takes first trip to Korea and Hong Kong; presents University Medal to Sir Bun Run Shaw for his support of USB
Campus identified as possible site for veterans home.
Campus to cooperate with UDC to build incubator.

April
Margaret Mitchell appointed Assistant Vice President for Human Resources.
Health Sciences Center parking problems increase; overflow lot to be available by late summer.

May
Center for Assessment of Health Services established.
USB and SCCC sign admissions agreement.
SUNY honors one-millionth graduate.
Student demonstration calls for divestiture of South African investments First Annual.
Student Faculty Staff Forum held.
Time capsule interred on Academic Mall in honor of USB's 25th graduating class.

June
Flexibility legislation approved; effective April 1, 1986 USB and NCCC sign admissions agreement.
Campus imposes freeze on overtime.
President Marburger makes official visit to Germany.

September
Plan for new telephone system approved..
Urban Development Corporation approves plan for campus incubator Employee Assistance Program established.
Athletic fields upgraded.
Campus Currents has a new format.
New parking facility for University Hospital approved.
New apartment-style residence hall set for West Campus.
SUNY Trustees vote not to invest in South African funds.
Gerrit Wolf named Dean of Harriman.
Don lhde appointed Dean for Humanities and Fine Arts.
Deane Peterson named Acting Dean for Physical Sciences and Mathematics.
Lester G. Paldy becomes Director of the Center for Science, Mathematics and Technology Education.
Egon Neuberger reappointed Dean for Social and Behavioral Sciences.
George Hechtel to serve as Acting Dean of CED.
Hurricane Gloria hits Long Island.

October
Chancellor Wharton begins three-month leave.
Conference held to mark availability of Javits papers to scholars.
IFR accounts gain new flexibility.

November
SUNY begins plans for implementation of flexibility.
New fund-raising policies announced.
Statesman reduces publication schedule because of financial difficulties.
Ad hoc Committee on AIDS established.
SUNY graduate students begin talks on unionization.
Computer transition (Sperry to IBM) plans announced.
Provost Neal sponsors workshop on Teaching Large Classes.
SUNY Trustees call for annual report from each campus on personal safety Chancellor Wharton keynotes at Black Faculty Staff Association Conference.

December
Temporary parking lot created on East Campus.
David Glass resigns as Vice Provost for Research and Graduate Studies; J. R. Schubel assumes Acting position during search.
Minimum drinking age increased to 21.

1986
January
Marburger teaches Physics 123 for the Spring semester
Ronald Douglas becomes Dean for Physical Sciences and Mathematics

February
USB chosen as site for veterans home.
Old Physics renamed Harriman Hall.
Proposal to have travel agency on campus endorsed.
Commissary restored after fire.
Plans under way to add a warehouse to the Service Complex.
SUNY Trustees Victor Marrero and Rosemary Salomone visit campus.

March
Sunwood, the University’s guest facility and faculty retreat, is destroyed by fire on March 1st (Newsday, 2 March 86).
Homer Neal resigns as Provost effective August 31.
Senator Javits dies.
Fire levels Sunwood mansion.
Francis Bonner resigns as Dean of International Programs.

April
Flexibility legislation takes effect.
USB acquires alma mater.
Jerry Schubel agrees to serve as Provost in September.
Ceil Cleveland appointed head of news and publications.
John Buckhoff joins President's staff on temporary assignment as Deputy.
Residence Halls begin transition to self-sufficiency.

May
University Hospital reaccredited.
Memorial ceremony for Senator Javits held on campus.
SBF hosts first Donor Recognition Dinner.
Curriculum revision completed; new program to begin in Fall.

June
Public Safety officers get new gray uniforms.

August
Frank Myers becomes Dean of International Programs.

September
Governor cites higher education as a priority.
Robert Lichter becomes Vice Provost for Research and Graduate Studies.
Paul Edelson becomes Dean of Continuing Education.
Jurgen Krause named Assistant Vice President for Human Resources for one year.
Graham Spanier resigns as Vice Provost for Undergraduate Studies; Aldona Jonaitis named to acting position.
Andrew Ullmann chairs Stony Brook Council, succeeding R.C. Anderson.
New bicycle paths and walkways created during summer.
Stage XII cafeteria opens as food mall.
International College established in Keller.
Plans for Conference Center begin.
Fire in Javits Center.
Plans for Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities (URECA) program unveiled.

October
SUNY begins planning for Graduate and Research Initiative Coopers & Lybrand assist with support services study.
Campus has Affirmative Action Town Hall Meetings.
Stony Brook Council holds open meeting on student issues.

November
Chancellor Wharton resigns effective February 1, 1987.
Reorganization of Computing and Communications; Robert Schneider is Acting Vice Provost.
Dedication of Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

December
Task Force on Planning, Budgeting and Management issues recommendations.
New policy for space allocation issued and space advisory committee appointed.
Surgeons perform more than 100 open-heart surgeries.
A birthing room is opened and the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit is expanded.
453 beds are open; 2,096 babies are born.

1987
January
Health Sciences Center refacing project begins.
President's Awards for Excellence in Affirmative Action set up.
Contract awarded for construction of Service Building.
Campus seek more flexibility for University Hospital.

February
Paul Chase becomes Acting Associate Vice President for Student Affairs.

March
Chancellor denies tenure for Ernest Dube.
Plans under way for 30th anniversary of USB.
John Reeves appointed Director of Physical Education Pilot project to collect recyclable paper initiated.
Committee to Celebrate Diversity appointed.
Sculpture hung in Administration Building second floor lobby.

April
Graduate Student Organization announces work stoppage.
Stage XII becomes Eleanor Roosevelt Quad.
Aldona Jonaitis appointed Vice Provost for Undergraduate Studies.
Graduate students set up Tent City on campus.

May
Stony Brook Foundation acquires Pollock-Krasner house.
AAUP to look into Dube tenure case.
Construction of third tier of University Hospital garage to begin.

June
Javits Lecture Center to remain closed for the summer.
Tent City II emerges.
USB announces Honors College.
Residence Hall management consolidated under Student Affairs.

July
Marvin Kuschner resigns as Dean of the School of Medicine; awarded University Medal for his service to Stony Brook.
Tent City II dismantled.

August
USB's policy manual to be revised.
Provost Schubel plans University Convocation tenet.
Vice President Fred Preston to spend fall semester on special SUNY project.
Cruise on Marine Sciences Research Center's research vessel ONRUST includes Long Island legislators.

September
Faculty advising pilot program begins.
Jerry Schubel agrees to remain as Provost until July 1989.
Most of Javits Center reopened.
Carnegie Foundation classifies USB as Research Institution Presidential Task Force on Housing created.
Social and Behavioral Sciences Building named for Ward Melville.
E. Ann Kaplan becomes first Director of Humanities Institute.
First University Convocation held.

October
SUNY authorizes capital facilities master plan.
Stan Altman appointed first Presidential Fellow (Housing).
Robert Francis resigns as Vice President for Campus Operations Carl Hares oversees area.
Advisory committee to review human resources appointed.
Advisory committee on administrative reorganization appointed.
Provost Schubel to appoint administrative planning and budgeting committee.
Undergraduate Admissions unveils fuel video of campus.

November
Veterans’ home ground breaking held.
Professional Staff reclassification completed.
Student Health Services task Force submits report.
School of Social Welfare relocates within Health Sciences Center.
Construction contract for Field house awarded.
Edward Beltrami named Presidential Fellow for Master Planning.
Ceil Cleveland announces resignation as Assistant Vice President for University Affairs.
Priorities Committee holds first meeting.
Omega Travel opens campus agency.
Theresa LaRocca-Meyer appointed first Dean of Enrollment Planning.

December
Preliminary report on efforts to address shortage of affordable housing submitted.
Humanities Institute holds formal opening ceremony.
University honors its first 30-year employees.
Women's Soccer team named State Champions.
Continued expansion includes the opening of the Hand Surgery Center, Allergy Disease Center, two Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories, Shock-trauma Unit, Lyme Disease Center and designation as a regional Cancer Center, AIDS treatment center (one of only two in the state at the time). In addition expanded services include Gynecologic Oncology, Metabolic Diseases, and Child Psychiatry.
Urology staff performs its first lithotripsy, a non-invasive treatment for kidney stones through the application of high intensity sound waves.
480 beds are open; 2,477 babies are born.

1988

The Burn Center opens the only living skin bank on Long Island.
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) services and a second Cardiac Catheterization Lab opened.
The medical staff grows to more than 500 physicians.
[HSC]: Dr. Marvin Kuschner, dean of school of medicine, announces his retirement effective the end of the academic year.
2,606 babies are born.

January/February
Entire Javits Center reopened.
School of Social Welfare moves to South Campus.
Name of Center for Continuing Education changed to School of Continuing Education.
President proposes guidelines that limit smoking on campus.
Administrative reorganization committee submits report.
Ethics and Government Act takes effect.
Faculty committee on athletics recommends NCAA Division I status for Women's Soccer and Men's Lacrosse.

March
Stan Altman appointed Deputy to the President.
University Club opens.

April
Renovation of Chapin to begin.
D. Bruce Johnstone appointed SUNY Chancellor President announces administrative reorganization.
Carl Hanes named Deputy to the President for Special Projects.
Dick Brown named Acting Vice President for Finance and Management.
Employee Relations programming enhanced.
Campus Clean-up Day launched as annual event.

May
Campus celebrates 30th anniversary.
President Marburger elected Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Universities Research Association.

June
SBF opens Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center in Springs, NY.

July
Louis Rose named Director of Human Resources for West Campus.
Perkins & W' II named Master Plan architects.
Peter Kahn named Presidential Fellow for Energy Conservation.
[HSC]: Dr. Jordan Cohen, from University of Chicago's Pritzker School of Medicine, is named Dean of medical school.

August
SUNY receives S9 million mid-year budget cut.

September 19: Senior searches in progress (Provost. Vice President for Campus Services Vice President for Finance and Management and Vice Provost for Computing and Communications)

Andrew Policano named Dean for Smell & Behavioral Sciences.
Dan Forbush named Associate Vice President for Public Relations.
Eugene Katz serves as Acting Dean for Biological Sciences.
" USB 101," an orientation course for freshmen, offered for first time.
Howard Hughes Laboratory in Neuroscience officially opens.
John Fleagle receives MacArthur Award.
Field House Cornerstone ceremony held.
Three-year plan for development of physical education and athletics announced.
PETA complains about 1984 research experiment.
Three Fitness Centers open in residence halls.

October/November
The Fine Arts Center is renamed “Staller Center for the Arts” in honor of the late real estate mogul Max Staller, who gave the University its largest private donation to date (Statesman 24 Oct 1988).
Chancellor Johnstone visits campus.
Fine Arts Center renamed for Staller family.
Office of Research Administration and Grants Management merged to form Office of Research Services.
Roger Pijacki named Acting Vice Provost for Computing and Communications.
Samuel Taube resigns to become Vice President for Student Affairs at Farmingdale.
Center for Regional Policy Studies opens.
Center for Excellence and Innovation in Education opens.
President Marburger named President of ACUSNY.
James McKenna to bead steering committee for 5-year accreditation review.
Students hold voter registration rally.

December
Ad hoc committee on safety recommends tighter controls.
Grumman donates Mobile Intensive Care Unit to University Hospital.

1989
January
President Marburger makes development trip to Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Japan.

February
Robert Lichter resigns as Vice Provost for Research and Graduate Studies.
Ruth Brandwine becomes County Commissioner of Social Services; Frances Brisbane to be Dean of Social Welfare.
Celebration of Melville Library's 25th anniversary as Government Federal Depository.

March
Alex King becomes Acting Vice Provost for Graduate Studies Tilden Edelstein appointed Provost effective July 1.
Glenn Watts appointed Vice President for Finance and Management.
Andrew Collver becomes Presidential Fellow for Parking.
Intercollegiate Athletics Board formed to provide oversight for athletics programs.
First annual freshman supper held at Shorewood.
USB honors Senator Ken LaValle on his 10th anniversary as Chair of Senate Higher Education Committee.
First SUNY Day held in State Legislature.

April
Harry Snoreck appointed Vice President for Campus Services effective June 1.
First Annual Faculty-Staff Photography Exhibition held.
Citizens Advisory Council on Master Planning created by Stony Brook Council.
Paul Chase appointed Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs.

May
Campus Ombudsman office proposed.
Grand Opening of the New York State Small Business Development Center held on campus.
Campus holds first Open House.
SBF hosts first annual Golf Outing.
USB holds Open Forum on Campus Safety.
SUNY Trustee Chair Donald Blinken visits campus.
First Faculty and Staff Spring Dance held in Union Ballroom.

June
Staller Center for the Arts dedicated.
Jerry Schubel receives University Medal for his service as Provost.

July
Dr. Myung Oh appointed Stony Brook Professor.
Construction to begin on new graduate residence hall.
Aldona Jonaitis resigns as Vice Provost for Undergraduate Studies; Egon Neuberger appointed to fill vacancy for one year.
Richard Brown resigns as Assistant Vice President for Finance and Management.
All-funds budgeting initiative announced.

September
Marion Metivier resigns; Monica Roth becomes Acting Affirmative Action Officer.
Roger Pijacki becomes first Vice Provost for Computing and Communications.
Kelly Quad flooded during torrential rains.
Human Resources moves from Campus Services to Finance and Management.
Search for Ombudsman begins.
Honors College enrolls its first students.
Faculty Instruction Support Office begins operation.

October
Andrew Ullmann resigns as Chair of Stony Brook Council.
Fire in basement of Melville Library.
Denise Coleman resigns as Associate Vice President for Development.
Staller Center for the Arts marks 10th anniversary.
Chancellor Johnstone gives keynote address at 8th Annual Student Affairs Convocation.

November
First Trading Places Day held.
Aaron Donner appointed Chair of Stony Brook Council.
Patricia Teed announces resignation as Vice President for University Affairs effective December 31.
Incubator corporation formed.
Regional Development Task Force appointed.
Department of Parking and Transportation set up.

December
University honors SUNY Trustees Donald Blinken and Judith Moyers.

Hospital Review:
The first Suffolk County Police Helicopter touches down on the hospital's helipad, a result of an agreement between the hospital and the police to provide helicopter transport of the critically ill or injured to Stony Brook University Hospital from throughout Suffolk County.
Diabetes Unit opens in the hospital with 14 beds.
Hospital outpatient offices expand to Technology Park in East Setauket, one mile east of the hospital.
2,626 babies are born.
By end of decade: Research funding tops $35m.; 2,300 people employed; operating budget is over $200m.
480 of 504 beds are open and occupied at the hospital.

1990
January
Florence Boroson appointed Campus Community Advocate effective April.
D. Bruce Johnstone schedules five-year review of President Marburger.
Irwin Lamm becomes first Director of Long Island State Veterans Home.
David Glass appointed Vice Provost for Research.

February
NYS/UUP establishes Excellence Awards Program.
President Marburger appointed to Research Foundation Board University.
Hospital celebrates 10th anniversary.
New USB logo proposed.

March
Planning begins for campus cogeneration plant.

April
Chancellor Johnstone visits campus to meet with the Stony Brook Council.
Court date set for Dube case.
Stony Brook Council holds ‘Open Meeting’ on parking fees.
Office of Campus Community Advocate opens.

May
Alex King becomes Vice Provost for Graduate Studies.
Patrick Heelan appointed Acting Dean for Humanities and Fine Arts.
Governor Cuomo speaks at Commencement.

June
Carole Cohen appointed Vice President for University Affairs.
New policy manual issued.
SUNY Trustee Alan Iselin visits USB.

July
President Marburger takes three-month study leave; Provost Edelstein provides campus leadership.
Lou Rose resigns as Director of Human Resources effective September 1.

September
USB posts largest enrollment in history 17,623 students.
Dalai Lama visits campus.
AI Ingle appointed Assistant Vice President for Facilities Operations.
Ron Douglas becomes Vice Provost for Undergraduate Studies.
James McKenna appointed Dean of International Programs.
Patrick Heelan named Dean pro tern for Humanities and Fine Arts.
Richard Porter serves as Acting Dean for Physical Sciences and Mathematics.
Carlson takes over travel office.
SBF organizes Student Ambassadors group.
Chimes are heard for first time (every hour from the Administration Building).

October
Indoor Sports Complex formally dedicated.
First annual SBF Day held.
Incubator building site dedicated.
SUNY approves Assistant University Counsel for campus Military recruitment debate opens.

November-December
Women's Volleyball team wins State championship and advances to final game of NCAA Division III regional tournament.
Undergraduate Admissions hosts first Annual Wine Tasting as fund raiser for scholarships.
Graduate housing ribbon-cutting ceremony held.
Campus hosts dinner for Richard Cahn, who is resigning as SUNY Regional Counsel.

Hospital Review:
Hospital is designated Level One Trauma Center for Suffolk County.
Otolaryngology program, speech and dermatology programs begin.
CPEP, Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program, opens.
First Employee Recognition Program is held.
The "BEST" (Bringing Excellence and Service Together) newsletter begins publication to keep employees informed of hospital events and expansion.
Hospital initiates a "smoke-free" policy.
Operating rooms are expanded based on need.

1991
January
Campus required to absorb $1.7 million mid-year budget cut.
Tuition increased by $150 per semester.
State imposes second payroll deferment plan.
Holiday curtailment of activities results in utility cost avoidance of $375,000.
Interfaith Center sponsors Peace Rally on campus.

February
Campus Life-time established.
Campus holds Forum on War in the Persian Gulf.

March
President Marburger maintains position on permitting military recruitment on campus.
Thomas Boyden becomes Associate Vice President for Development.
Irwin Kra becomes Dean for Physical Sciences and Mathematics.

April
SUNY's fiscal year shifts to July 1 beginning.
I-CON celebrates 10th anniversary.
Students stage two-day demonstration in Administration Building opposing suspension of students involved in blood drive disturbance in December.
Students take over President's Office for two days to protest proposed tuition increase.
Public Forum on arming Public Safety Officers held.

May
Campus holds first Commencement in Indoor Sports Complex President.
Marburger sets up committee on arming Public Safety Officers.
HSC reorganizes Public Relations and Development offices and changes reporting responsibility to Vice President for University Affairs.
Stony Brook's VIP Hall of Fame inducts first honorees.
Campus holds welcome home rally for Desert Storm troops.
Presidential Steering Committee for Employee Training and Development formed.

June
Andrew Policano resigns as Dean for Social and Behavioral Sciences effective July 1; Bryce Hool appointed to post
Campus Master Plan report issued.

July
First annual Training Month held.
State operating budget cut by $10 million and requires reduction in number of authorized positions.
Tuition increased $500 per year.
John Reeves announces resignation as Director of Physical Education and Athletics.
Commissary renamed Central Services Building.
School of Medicine establishes Dean's Council to assist in fund raising and public relations for the Medical Center
ARA awarded campus food service contract.

August
Trustee Roderick Chu visits campus.
Arthur Ashe is featured speaker for New Student Convocation.

September
Edmund McTernan retires as Dean of Allied Health Professions; Robert Hawkins becomes Dean pro tem.
President Marburger named Chairman of United Way of Long Island Campaign.
Matthew Sobel becomes Acting Dean of Harriman School.
Enrollments again reach all-time high at 17,700 students.
Diversity award established and named in honor of Emile and Myrna Adams, Associate Vice President for Student Affairs and Associate Provost for Affirmative Action.
Diversified Education Curriculum introduced to guide undergraduate education.

October
Long Island State Veterans Home officially opens.
Dianne Rulnick joins staff as Director of University Human Resources.
The SUNY 2000 Report formally endorsed by Board of Trustees Committee on Future Directions in Athletics recommends move to NCAA Division I; President Marburger accepts recommendation.
President Marburger appoints University Safety Council.
New Health Sciences Center parking structure opens.
PERB rules that GAs and TAs are employees and have right to unionize.
Dedication of Pritchard Gymnasium.

November
SUNY gets mid-year budget reduction of $28.7 million; USB share is $3.8 million.
Myrna Adams becomes Affirmative Action Officer.
The National Science Foundation designates the University at Stony Brook as a Science and Technology Center in High Pressure Research.

Hospital Review:
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit expands from 30 to 40 beds.
The New York State Long Island Veterans Home opens across from the hospital, Loop Road.
504 beds are now open and staffed reaching 100% completion; 2,955 babies are born.
Hospital lobby is renovated.
Geriatric Unit and satellite laboratory open.
Introduction of Administrative Grand Rounds and Service Line Administration for cardiovascular, cancer and trauma.
Newsday features the hospital's growth in front page article titled, "Promises to Keep."
2,901 babies are born.

1992
January
Ground-breaking ceremony for Incubator held.
Campus saves $83,000 on utilities during holiday intersession.
SUNY Trustees approved agreement between USB and cogeneration plant developers; further State approvals are required next.
Dedication of Herman Nertz Track in the Indoor Sports Complex.
Garber takes over campus travel office.

February
Chancellor Johnstone visits campus.
Graduate student apartments named in honor of Arthur A. Schomburg.
President's Administrative Issues Forum established and set to meet weekly.

March
University Hospital Auxiliary celebrates 10th anniversary.
Steve Englebright becomes State Assemblyman representing campus.
First drafts of Mission Statement, Vision Statement and Goals and Objectives issued as part of strategic planning initiative.

April
SB News is introduced to campus.
Stony Brook hosts display of AIDS Memorial Quilt.
Presidential candidate Jerry Brown speaks on campus.

May
USB holds first annual Faculty Achievement Dinner.
Newsday publishes major 10-part series on SUNY.
USB joins Brookhaven National Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory and North Shore Hospital in creating the Long Island Research Institute to facilitate technology transfers.

June
Patrick Heelan resigns as Dean for Humanities and Fine Arts.
Dedication ceremony held for new facilities for School of Dental Medicine.

July
USB confronts $7.2 million cut in State budget.
Tuition increases by $500 per year (again).
Human Resources enhances faculty and staff orientation programs.
Dean Jerry Schubel to lead self-study process.

August
Lieutenant Governor Stan Lundine visits campus to discuss regional economic development.
Undergraduate enrollments dip below targets.

September
Chancellor Johnstone visits USB and meets with representatives of institutional advancement from all SUNY Long Island campuses.
Yacov Shamash becomes Dean of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
Matthew Sobel named Dean of Harriman School for Management and Policy.
C. N. Yang awarded the University Medal on the occasion of his 70th birthday.
Deputy to the President Stan Altman resigns to become Advisor to the President on Health Finance.
USB's Child Care Services is first program in Suffolk County to be accredited by the National Academy of Early Childhood Programs.
Dan Melucci promoted to Assistant Vice President for Finance and Management; Mark Maciulaitis becomes Budget Director.
Richard Kramer becomes Dean pro tern for Humanities and Fine Arts.
"Quiet" residence halls available for first time.
Emily Thomas named University Planning Coordinator.

October
Governor attends opening of the Long Island High Technology Incubator.
Installation of new campus directional signs begins.
President Marburger hosts Provosts Appreciation Day honoring Bentley Glass, Sidney Gelber, Homer Neal, Jerry Schubel and Tilden Edelstein.
Preliminary planning process for stadium gets under way.
President's Administrative Issues Forum changes to bi-weekly meetings Gerianne Sands appointed SUNY Associate Counsel on USB campus.

November
SUNY graduate students vote to unionize.
Professor Manuel London becomes Deputy to the President.
Women's Volleyball Team finishes third in NCAA Division III.
Planning begins on feasibility of capital campaign.
Dean Jerry Schubel chairs Undergraduate Project Steering Committee.

December
USB and Professor Ernest Dube reach agreement.
Philias Garant resigns as Dean of the School of Dental Medicine.

1993
January
Plans for Engineering 2000 in full swing.
Planning for new Life Sciences facility under way.
Burton Pollack named Dean of the School of Dental Medicine.
Lorna McBarnette becomes Dean of the School of Allied Health Professions.
John Donohue joins USB as Associate Vice President for Development.
University Safety Council issues analysis of pros and cons of arming Public Safety Officers; campus invited to comment.
Holiday shutdown results in utility savings of $94,000.
Human Resources announces plans for Connections, a customer service training program.
Corner Stone Club for major donors to SEFA/United Way campaign set up.

February
Vice President for Student Affairs Fred Preston assumes oversight of ADA.
Staller Center for the Arts flooded following water main break.

March
Men's basketball team plays first game at Madison Square Garden.
Governor Cuomo visits campus.
Donald Langenberg, Chancellor of the University of Maryland System, to chair Middle States accreditation team.

April
Provost Tilden Edelstein announces intention to resign in June 1994.
Richard Laskowski becomes Dean of Physical Education and Athletics.
President Marburger appoints Advisory Committee on Provost Search.
Korean sculpture placed in Engineering Quad and dedicated.
Chapin Apartments rededicated after extensive rehabilitation.
George Marshall becomes Assistant Vice President for Institutional Services.

May
Staller Center reopens after flood damage repaired.
President Marburger authorizes limited arming program for Public Safety Officers.
Ernest Boyer, President of the Carnegie Foundation, is featured speaker at Faculty Achievement Dinner.

June
President Marburger announces decision to step down as President effective upon the designation of a successor.
Myrna Adams resigns as Affirmative Action Officer.
Emile Adams retires as Associate Vice President for Student Affairs.
Bryce Hool to become Deputy Provost.

August
Presidential Search Committee, chaired by Stony Brook Council Chair.
Aaron B. Donner, holds organizational meeting.
School of Allied Health Professions changes name to School of Health Technology and Management; plans expansion New student enrollments rebound from last year's decline.

September
G Quad renamed in honor of Harold Mendelsohn.
Peter Baigent joins staff as Associate Vice President for Student Affairs.
Lawrence Martin becomes Vice Provost for Graduate Studies.
University Hospital, clinical operations of the School of Medicine andmanaged care initiatives to be called University Medical Center.
SUNY Trustees Richard Berman, Edward Sommer and John Holloman visit campus.
Edward Katkin becomes Acting Dean for Social and Behavioral Sciences.
Planning under way for licensing logos and trademarks.

October
Gary Matthews named Affirmative Action Officer.
Groundbreaking ceremony for Student Activities Center held.
New campus entrance signs installed.
Roger Pijacki resigns as Vice Provost for Computing and Communications; Rich Reeder assumes responsibilities.
Stony Brook Child Care Services plans to purchase Parson House.
TOPTEAM begins to meet.

November
Craig Malbon becomes Vice President for Research.
President's Administrative Issues Forum disbands.
Consultants recommend USB launch capital campaign.
CED's Workforce Development Center dedicated.
Marburgers named SBF Volunteers of the Year.

December
Jordan Cohen to resign as Dean of the School of Medicine effective March 1.
Carole Cohen to step down as Vice President for University Affairs on March 1.

Hospital Review:
Stroke Unit opens at the hospital.
Hospital performs its first cryosurgery for prostate cancer.
Hospital is renamed "University Hospital and Medical Center".
2,868 babies are born.

1994
January
Naji Abumrad appointed Acting Dean of the School of Medicine.
Michael Geheb appointed Acting Director of the University Medical Center.
Manny London to serve as Interim Administrator for University Affairs Construction begins for cogeneration facility.

February
Office of Governmental Relations moves from University Affairs to President's area.
Graduate students ratify collective bargaining agreement between the State and GSEU.
Sculpture removed from Administration Building lobby.
NYS Supreme Court ruling bans military recruitment on all SUNY campuses.
USB athletic teams change name from Patriots to Seawolves effective July 1.

March
Chancellor Johnstone retires for health reasons; Provost Joseph Burke to be Interim Chancellor.
Cornerstone Ceremony celebrates beginning of construction of cogeneration facility.

April
William T. Newell, Jr., retires as University Hospital Director.
AIDS Memorial Quilt displayed on campus.
Middle States evaluation team visits campus.
Research I classification reaffirmed by Carnegie Foundation.
President Marburger portrait unveiled and displayed in Melville Library.

September
On September 1st, Shirley Strum Kenny assumes presidency of the University.

Hospital Review:
The National Institutes of Health awarded a 9.3 million dollar grant to fund the opening of the Women's Health Initiative Clinical Center, one of only 44 in the nation.
In April, William Newell steps down as executive director of hospital emphasizing the need for the hospital to expand its patient base and compete aggressively for patients in view of significant changes in the way healthcare is delivered and paid for, such as declining Medicare reimbursements.
The hospital, together with SUNY Brooklyn and Albany, also state-owned and operated academic medical centers, is prevented from joining with other healthcare networks in the region.
On July 1, Michael A. Maffetone, DA, assumes position as Hospital director and Chief Executive Officer.
The Cancer Helpline, Health Calls and the Doc-to-Doc services begin under the auspices of Healthcare Teleservices. A national record of 500+ calls is received in July.
Operating budget exceeds $200m.
3,200 babies are born.

1995
Dr. Shirley Strum Kenny is inaugurated as the 4th President of Stony Brook University on April 28th.

The hospital becomes the first in the nation to voluntarily extend length of stay for maternity patients to two days or four days if patient had a caesarian section, bringing national press coverage including Today and Nightline.

The Surgical Care Center and Breast Care Center opens at Stony Brook Technology Center in East Setauket.

Norman H. Edelman, MD, appointed Dean of the School of Medicine.

1996
Charles Wang of Computer Associates donates $25 million to Stony Brook for construction of an Asian American Studies Center. Governor George Pataki and Senator Alfonse D’Amato attend ceremonies celebrating the event (Newsday).

Hospital is named one of the nation's "Top 100 Hospitals" and one of the "Top 15 Major Teaching Hospitals," in Modern Healthcare.

Primary Care Center opens at Stony Brook Technology Park.

New Maternity Center opens with state-of-the-art equipment.

Breast Care Center is rededicated and named the Carol M. Baldwin Breast Care Center.

Newsday's Sunday edition front page story is titled, "Eyes on the Prize: The Fight over Stony Brook," with subheading, "From East to West, Hospitals Vie for Suffolk's Premier Medical Center. Only Hitch is, It's Not for Sale".

Organizational restructuring takes place. The "Hospital within a Hospital" format calls for formation of five hospitals: Women's and Children's, Surgical, Medical, Mental Health and Cardiac.

Operating budget is approximately $300m.

3,510 babies are born.

Norman H. Edelman, MD, Dean, School of Medicine, named Vice President of the Health Sciences Center.

1997
A national study ranked Stony Brook one of the top three public universities in the nation (second only to UC Berkeley and tied with UC Santa Barbara) in the combined research areas of science, social science, and arts and humanities (SB News, Vol. 1, No. 1, February 1998).

Health Resource Center is opened in hospital lobby.

Actor Alec Baldwin appears at press conference to announce his family's pledge to raise one million dollars for breast cancer research at Stony brook in honor of their mother, Carol Baldwin, a breast cancer survivor.

Sextuplets-third set in the United States and only the 10th set in the world-are born in the new maternity center.

1998
University Hospital was named one of the top 15 teaching hospitals in a study that examined 3,575 hospitals nationwide (SB News, Vol. 1, No. 1, Feb 1998).

Starting in 1999, the University’s men’s and women’s sports teams will be eligible to compete in Division I NCAA play (SB News Vol. 1. No. 1, Feb 1998).

SB places 12th among all US colleges and universities in royalties generated from inventions licensed to industry ($12 million). SB accounts for 98% of all SUNY-system licensing revenue. (In previous five years, SB recorded 319 invention disclosures, 142 patents issued, 161 licenses. 16 new companies were formed to commercialize SB-originated technologies; 14 are in New York State, and 12 on Long Island.

Community Resource Center is opened in Stony Brook Village.

Allergy and Asthma Centers open in Hampton Bays.

Carol M. Baldwin Health Screening Center opens in the Smith Haven Mall.

1999
SB now has 12,700 undergraduates.

700+ public access computer terminals are now available to students.

Centers for Molecular Medicine and Biology Learning Laboratories officially open on 11/12.

To fulfill President Shirley Strum Kenny’s vision of a ‘heart of the campus,’ the six-acre central mall is landscaped with fountains, trees, plants, benches, tables and chairs, and a ‘brook’.

Research Foundation ranks SB’s research activity as the highest in the SUNY system.

October
Ground breaking for 7500-seat stadium to host Division 1 sport events.
Dennis Mitchell is appointed Chief Financial Officer.
I. Bernard Hirsch is appointed Acting Chief Operating Officer.
Hospital signs a Memorandum of Understanding to explore the option of joining the Long Island Health Network.

2000
Thirteen University Hospital and Medical Center physicians are featured in New York Magazine’s cover story “The Best Doctors in New York.”

Marine Sciences Research Center receives $1 million from the New York State legislature for a marine pathology laboratory to investigate marine diseases, particularly those affecting the Long Island lobster industry.

Billy Joel donates proceeds of his SB concert to MSRC.

Meeting the goal of the 1995-2000 Five Year Plan, 100% of campus residence hall rooms now have computer network access.

May
Construction begins on sports stadium.

Summer
New SINC site in SB union adds 85 public access computer terminals.

The Academic Mall is completed and the 'Festival Fountain' dedication is held, celebrating President Shirley Strum Kenny’s vision for a new “heart of the campus." Dr. Maffetone retires to a hospital advisory position in the due to personal health issues.

2001

February 1: Stony Brook University is invited to join the America East conference after only its second year in NCAA Division 1.

February 14: Martin Luther King III, gives lecture as part of the Presidential Lecture series on his father’s dream in present day society.

March
Bruce Schroffel becomes the hospital's new Director and Chief Executive Officer.

A major modernization plan is developed. The Master Plan calls for a new orthopedics unit; a new heart center; expanded emergency department; construction of a free standing ambulatory surgery center; a new Women's and Infants Center including renovated NICU, labor and delivery suites, ante and postpartum units and newborn nurseries, new operating rooms; the construction of a freestanding Ambulatory Care Pavilion and renovated and expanded cafeteria and lobby area.

March 12: the rock group Three Doors Down performs at the Stony Brook Sports Complex marking the first time a concert has been held at the campus in 10 years.

April 23: Stony Brook announces plans to raise funds for a chair in the Department of Italian American Studies in honor of former New York Senator Alfonse D’Amato.

April 30: NY Senator Charles E. Schumer speaks at Stony Brook Commencement.

May 18: Stony Brook University graduates over 3,141 students during the 41st University Commencement Exercise.

May
Stony Brook announces opening of the first SUNY undergraduate Biomedical Engineering program.

June 25: former Stony Brook President John H. Marburger III is nominated to the post of Director of Science and Technology by President George W. Bush.

August 6: Stony Brook University Hospital receives Long island’s first digital mammography unit.

September
Lee Ann Xippolitos, RN, PhD is appointed Chief Nursing Officer.

September 11: terrorists attack the World Trade Center towers and the Pentagon in Washington D. C. prompting university officials to close the campus as a safety precaution.

October
The Peace Garden is dedicated to the memory of those lost during the September 11th attacks. The eight-foot pole is erected in the Table quad residential village. The pole contains “May Peace Prevail on Earth” written on it in four different
languages.

December
Landmark surgery is performed when a total of five distinct heart procedures are performed during a single operation.
"Hospital within a Hospital" is restructured.
Hospital employs staff of 3,406; full-time medical staff totals 368 physicians.
Operating budget totals $364m.
3,500 babies are born.

2002
January
Stony Brook Manhattan opens at 401 Park Avenue South. The new branch campus contains 11 classrooms, offices and conference and meeting space.

March
The Ambulatory Surgery Center at Stony Brook opens.

April
The Frank Melville, Jr. Memorial Library receives a steel sculpture designed by noted graphic artist Milton Glazer. The new sculpture, part of the campuses new look, is the second of such sculpture to be installed on the Academic Mall.

May 23: the legendary “Bridge to Nowhere” is demolished. The bridge, originally intended to connect the Stony Brook Union and the library, was the butt of jokes and a focal center around which campus events were held after its completion in 1977.

August
Renovations on the Humanities building begins as faculty are relocated to the campus’ new “surge space” located in the old Life Sciences Library.

September 12: Frank Melville, Jr. Memorial Library celebrates the official opening of the AIDC 100 Archive at Stony Brook University. Funded in perpetuity by members of the bar code industry, the archive is established to document the history and evolution of the development of AIDC related technologies.

September 30: Lt. Governor Donohue unveils counter-terrorism terminal at Stony Brook University. The unit allows critical counter-terrorism information culled from various governments and intelligence source to be transmitted instantaneously with law enforcement vie a secure computer network throughout NY State.

October 19: the new Sports Stadium is named after Sen. John P. La Valle during the half-time Homecoming ceremony.

October 22: the Charles B. Wang Center holds its official opening and dedication. The 1,200 square foot building cost a total of 40 million dollars to build and is the largest single private gift that the SUNY system has ever received from a donor.
Ambulatory Surgery Center, located on the East Campus, just west of the hospital, opens.

Amir Dan Rubin is named Chief Operating Officer for the hospital.

Neuromuscular Disease Center opens.

2003
NASA Grant To Stony Brook for Bone Loss Study: Stefan Judex, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Stony Brook University, received a three-year award totaling $764,073 by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

Poet Robert Bly featured at poetry program.

Medical School shows that massage can have neurological, physical and emotional benefits for babies. Many hospitals, such as Stony Brook University Hospital, have hired licensed massage therapists for their infant care wards.

Carol M. Baldwin, one of the nation’s leading breast cancer crusaders, is named the inaugural honoree for the Patron Award for “Celebrate Excellence,” the first annual gala presented by the School of Medicine and Stony Brook University Hospital.

Splashes of Hope,” a talented group of artists who paint “therapeutic murals” on hospital walls, dedicated one of their newest mural projects at Stony Brook University Hospital. It is a brightly colored and impressive mural of the Wizard of Oz.

Stony Brook University Professor Lianxing Wen from the Department of Geosciences is awarded the 2003 James B. Macelwane Medal from the American Geophysical Union (AGU).

Marvin Hamlisch performs on the Main Stage at Staller Center for the Arts at Stony Brook University.

Clinical Program in Advanced Laparoscopic and Endoscopic ushers in a new era of patient care for men and women who need urologic surgery.

February
Wall breaking ceremony takes place for construction of the new Heart Center.

Two leading researchers on ALS—commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease - and a nationally known advocate for patients with the disease featured at Stony Brook University’s ALS Awareness Day and Symposium on Tuesday, March 25th.

Former Suffolk County District Attorney James Catterson is discharged from Stony Brook University Hospital’s Heart Center late after undergoing sudden surgery to repair five separate blood-flow obstructions.

Dr. David Conover named to the position of Dean and Director of its Marine Sciences Research Center (MSRC). Dr. Conover worked at Stony Brook since 1981 and is widely recognized for his research in the ecology and evolutionary biology of fishes and fisheries science.

Clinton T. Rubin, Ph.D., Director of the Center for Biotechnology at Stony Brook University, is awarded the Elizabeth Winston Lanier Kappa Delta Award by the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, one of the highest honors given by the national organization.

Students from the Cleary School for the Deaf in Nesconset raise $225 for the destitute children of Madagascar as part of a cooperative effort with David Krause, Ph.D.

The Division of Wellness and Chronic Illness conducts a three-part series on Integrative Asthma Care and Prevention.

To help focus public attention during February (Heart Month), Stony Brook University Hospital participates in the ADHERE (Acute Decompensated Heart Failure National Registry) program.

A professor in the HSC at Stony Brook University is among eight researchers nation-wide to receive identical $150,000 grants from the Scleroderma Foundation.

International author, columnist and Newsweek contributing editor Ellis Cose speaks about civil rights at Stony Brook University on Wednesday, February 12, 2003, at 12:40 p.m. to 2 p.m. in the Student Activities Center, Ballroom B.

Stony Brook’s Mathematics and Chemistry departments selected to participate in the Carnegie Initiative on the Doctorate (CID), a multi-year research and action project aimed at improving doctoral education at American universities.

Art exhibits, musical and dance performances, and a spectacular street fair featuring contests, food, and cultural displays, highlight the week-long Shirley Strum Kenny Arts Festival held Tuesday, April 2 through Friday, April 11 at select sites throughout the Stony Brook University campus.

The State University of New York Board of Trustees appointed 10 members of the SUNY faculty to the rank of Distinguished Professor and one member of the SUNY faculty to the rank of Distinguished Librarian. Eight of the faculty members who were honored are from Stony Brook University.

Congressman John Conyers, (D-Michigan), Roger Toussaint, President of the Transport Workers Union Local 100, and Jeff Faux, founder of the Economic Policy Institute discuss the price of war and the Bush budget, and their impact on the national and New York City fiscal crisis, and on the working class.

Stony Brook University President Shirley Strum Kenny announces that Stony Brook University will begin a year-long, campus-wide effort to study its athletics program as part of the regularly scheduled NCAA Division I athletics certification program.

A Stony Brook University professor is among only 10 individuals nationwide to receive the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring. Professor David Bynum, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, received the award at a White House ceremony.

Stony Brook University’s Adult Literacy Center honors its tutors at a special Recognition Luncheon on Tuesday, April 1 in the Student Activities Center.

Stony Brook University awarded a State Employees Federated Appeal (SEFA) Award by Governor George Pataki, becoming only the second organization from Long Island ever to be so honored.

State Senator Kenneth LaValle is the honoree when the Sunrise Fund at Stony Brook University holds its Inaugural Spring Reception. The Sunrise Fund (sunrisefund.org) benefits the Pediatric Oncology program at Stony Brook University Hospital.

The Center for Biotechnology, in partnership with the City University of New York(CUNY) presented the 2003 2nd Annual Life Sciences Industry Career Development Conference “Exploring the Diversity of New York’s Life Sciences Industry” on Tuesday, March 25, 2003.

The School of Health Technology and Management at Stony Brook University in conjunction with Walgreen, the country’s largest retail pha