| Date | Month | Event |
|
| 1912 |
Dec | Senator William Kehoe and Assemblyman Hans Nelson introduce legislation to establish a normal school in
Humboldt County |
|
| 1913 |
Jun | (13th) Governor Hiram Johnson signs law establishing a "Humboldt State Normal School" to train elementary
school teachers |
|
Sep | Governor appoints board of trustees: five local members, governor and state superintendent of instruction
ex officio members |
|
Nov | (13th) HSNS trustees select Arcata as location for the normal school; (19th) state attorney general
declares actions of trustees null and void |
|
| 1914 |
Jan | Board of trustees names Nelson Van Matre president of HSNS |
|
Feb | (14th) HSNS trustees, meeting in Sacramento, reaffirm decision to locate normal in Arcata |
|
Apr | (6th) Humboldt State Normal School begins in Arcata Grammar School, 11th and L streets- 78 students and 5
faculty by May 1 |
|
Dec | First play performed, Her Own Way |
|
Fall | William Preston and Union Water Co. stockholders donate 51 acres east of Arcata for permanent site of
|
|
| 1915 |
May | First graduation, in Minor Theatre: 15 women; first grad is Susie Baker Fountain |
|
Jun | Construction of temporary building on the "Preston Tract" |
|
Fall | Horace "Pop" Jenkins joins faculty |
|
| 1916 |
Jan | Student loan fund established by community |
| 1916 |
Jan | HSNS moves into temporary building (present site of Founders Hall)- 156 students |
|
| 1917 |
Apr | (6th) US enters World War 1 |
|
Jun | Legislature appropriates funds to build new administration building (now Founders Hall) |
|
| 1920 |
| Swimming pool built in the gulch behind temporary building |
|
| 1921 |
Jun | Administration building completed |
| 1921 |
Jun | (1st) HSNS renamed Humboldt State Teachers College and Junior College- (28th) HSNS trustees dissolved-
department of education (Sacramento) designated authority over college |
|
| 1923 |
Fall | Homer Balabanis joins faculty |
|
| 1924 |
Sum | Ralph Swetman becomes new president |
|
Fall | Associated Student Body organized (Howard Trueblood first president)- alumni association formed (Hugh
Stewart first president)- first homecoming- first student newspaper, the Foghorn- comedy performed by students and faculty, The
|
|
| 1925 |
Fall | Laura Herron joins faculty and organizes Women's Athletic Association- Play Day and Work Day
|
|
| 1927 |
| Humboldt State authorized to offer BA |
|
Spr | First yearbook, Cabrillo |
|
Fall | First intercollegiate football contest: loss to Southern Oregon Normal, 33-0 (coach Fred
|
|
| 1928 |
Spr | Humboldt State Teachers College Improvement Foundation established |
|
Sum | "Cinder" Elta Cartwright, Humboldt track star, participates in first US women's Olympic team in
|
|
| 1929 |
Oct | Stock market crash on Wall Street |
|
Fall | New student newspaper puplished, HSTC Rooter |
|
| 1930 |
Sum | Ralph Swetman leaves Humboldt- Arthur Gist becomes new president |
|
Fall | HSTC Rooter renamed The Lumberjack- Chi Sigma Epsilon honor society formed, J. Wendell Howe
|
|
| 1931 |
Spr | New gymnasium completed and dedicated- first high school senior day on campus |
|
| 1932 |
Fall | Enrollment reaches 388- teacher placement bureau established- Little Symphony Orchestra, A Capella Choir,
pep ban formed |
| 1932 |
Fall | tuition goes from $1.50 to $6.50 per semester- HSTC offers AB degree in biology, English, soial sciences,
and kindergarten-primary education |
|
| 1933 |
Sum | California Department of Education threatens to close HSTC |
|
Fall | Alumni association publishes Humboldt Alumnus, edited by Alta McElwain and J Wendell Howe |
|
Fall | College Elementary School completed (Gist Hall) |
|
| 1934 |
Spr | Civil Works Administration provides fund to improve buildings and grounds- first intercollegiate tennis
team (coach Monica Wright) |
|
| 1935 |
Fall | HSTC renamed Humboldt State College- 275 students, 31 faculty- Football coach Charles Erb has 6-1-1
record for Thunderbolts |
|
| 1936 |
Spr | First intercollegiate track meet, losing to Chico State 103-26 |
|
Fall | Football star Vernon Thornton is "champion doughnut eater" after eating 24 of Pop Jenkins' doughnuts in
one sitting- sports mascot changed to Lumberjacks |
|
| 1937 |
Fall | Student-run "cooperative bookstore and fountain" opens- HSC offers BS in education |
|
| 1938 |
Fall | Forestry club organized |
|
| 1939 |
Sep | World War II begins- Associated Women Students organized |
|
Spr | Legislature appropriates fund to build new dormitory (now Nelson Hall) and playground for College
|
|
Fall | Library acquires copy of Hitler's Mein Kampf |
|
| 1940 |
Fall | Men's sports join Far Western Conference- William and Hortense Lanphere begin two-year wildlife
management program- ski club builds lodge on Horse Mountain- first annual pancake feed for faculty and students at Camp
|
| 1940 |
Fall | aeronautics class trains pilots - faculty council organized by the state colleges |
|
| 1941 |
Oct | HSC Radio Workshop aired on KIEM |
|
Fall | Queen of the Campus sponsored by Mutsuhito Club (name changed to Favonians after Dec 7)- enrollment high
of 481 students- Gist bans hazing of freshmen- radio training offered for women |
|
| 1942 |
Spr | Air observation post built atop college commons- Skywatch near Redwood Park, operated by faculty wives-
The War Effort variety show |
|
Fall | Football abolished- commando physical fitness offered by phys ed department- President Gist initiates
Humboldt News Letter to send to men and women in the armed services |
|
| 1943 |
Fall | With the Armed Forces column featured in Lumberjack- Humboldt Hilarities proceeds go for war bonds and
|
|
| 1944 |
Spr | 23 men, 4 women graduate- main building (now Founders Hall) camouflaged |
|
Fall | Enrollment drops to 176 |
|
| 1945 |
Fall | HSC organized into five divisions- Homer Balabanis dean of arts- Harry Griffith dean of education-
Charles Fulkerson reorganizes HSC Symphony, includes community participation |
|
| 1946 |
Fall | Humboldt Village and Redwood Hall house married students and veterans- students and community build
bleachers for Redwood Bowl- new clubs include Knights, Wildlife, Student Federalists |
| 1946 |
Fall | HSC accredited by NW Association of Secondary and Higher Schools- new faculty include Leland Barlow, Kate
Buchanan, Reese Bullen, Joseph Forbes, William Jackson, Hyman Palais, Roscoe Peithman |
|
| 1947 |
Spr | Far Western Conference reactivated |
|
Fall | Speech/radio major offered- radio station KHSC established- enrollment reaches 750- GI Wives and Rally
Committee established- first graduate classes offered (History of Economic Though; US Colonial History) |
|
Fall | Sweetheart and Harvest Balls held- NW California Dramatics Festival for high school students- BA in
wildlife management established- lights installed in Redwood Bowl |
|
| 1948 |
Mar | California Department of Education establishes HSC enrollment capacity at 1,418 students |
|
Spr | World War II camouflaging of main building finally painted over |
|
Fall | HSC advisory council established- administrators, faculty and students |
|
| 1949 |
Oct | President Gist suffers heart attack- Homer Balabanis is interim president |
|
Fall | HSC offers general secondary teaching credential, 18 BA degrees, 5 BS degrees |
|
| 1950 |
May | Industrial arts building, Jenkins Hall, completed- state funding surpasses $500,000- All-College Picnic
|
|
Jun | President Gist retires- Korean War begins |
|
Jul | Cornelius Siemens named president |
|
Oct | Conservation Unlimited published- MA degree in teaching of drama, education, and social science |
|
Nov | Greater Humboldt Committee formed |
|
Fall | Siemens appoints HSC advisory board |
|
| 1951 |
Apr | New Coop built |
|
Sep | Jessie T. Woodcock retires after 31 years |
|
Dec | Conservation Week held |
|
Fall | Two-year programs established in dairying and lumbering and logging- marching band formed |
|
| 1952 |
Sep | Library dedicated (now Van Matre Hall)- Peace Carillon dedicated- new faculty: Dan Brant, John Pauley,
Charles Bloom, Kathryn Corbett- science building and corporation yard finished |
|
Spr | HSC Foundation established- Coop has coffee for $0.07, hamburger $0.25 |
|
Fall | Football team, coached by Phil Sarboe, wins FWS for first time |
|
| 1953 |
Mar | Bunny Hop held in Eureka |
|
Sep | Skywatch ended- Frosh Camp orients new students- 26 new faculty include Milt Dobkin and Leon Wagner- "Pop"
Jenkins dies |
|
Oct | Wildlife management building finished |
|
Dec | Christmas flood |
|
Spr | Chas. Barnum endows local history contest |
|
| 1954 |
Feb | Faculty members Charles Parke, Ralph Roske, and Dan Brant are candidates for Muddy Gras King |
|
Spr | Maurice Hicklin and Homer Arnold retire after more than 30 years- Adlai Stevenson attends All-College
Picnic- west stands in Redwood Bowl covered with roof |
|
| 1955 |
Fall | Football star Earl Meneweather installed as first member of HSC Sports Hall or Fame |
|
| 1956 |
Fall | Division of Natural Resources established- 89 courses of study offered (41 in 1946) |
|
| 1957 |
Spr | Myrtle McKittrick retires as registrar and placement officer- Hilltopper first issued |
|
| 1958 |
Mar | Marriage Education Week observed |
|
May | Ground broken for two new dormitories: Redwood and Sunset halls- faculty and staff hold first salmon
|
|
Sep | Enrollment 1921- 36 new faculty (total 156) |
|
Oct | Hula Hoop contest held in Redwood Hall- chartered flight takes team and fans to football game vs.
|
|
Spr | IBM punch cards used for registration and recording of grades- Tau Kappa Epsilon organized- College Cove
is popular sunbathing area |
|
| 1959 |
Feb | NDEA loans available- indoor swimming pool completed |
|
May | Track and field wins its first FWC championship (coach Robert Doornick)- Delta Zeta organized- Lumberjack
Days replace All-College Picnic as spring event- BS in nursing and AB in industrial arts- 45th commencement is largest ever, 225
|
|
Nov | Main building (old administration building) renamed Founders Hall |
|
Fall | Student Counseling Center operates in dean of students' offices- parking fees ($13 per semester)
instituted for first time- 41 new faculty hired- first issue of Annual Ring, Forestry Club publication- new administration building
|
|
Fall | new language arts building and field house- Sunset and Redwood halls occupied- Lucky Logger adopted as
mascot- Elta "Cinder Elta" Cartwright is first woman in HSC Sports Hall of Fame |
|
| 1960 |
Jan | MA in biology approved |
|
Mar | HSC chapter of Association of Cal State College Professors formed |
|
Apr | California master plan for higher education |
|
May | Sequoia Theatre (now Van Duzer) dedicated- new health center and cafeteria |
|
Sep | Per master plan, authority for 14 colleges of CSC system transferred to separate board of trustees; first
chancellor, Dr. Buell Gallagher- new divisions established for biological and physical sciences |
|
Sep | New coop opens, now called student activities center- enrollment over 2,000 |
|
Oct | Lumberjack Enterprises established for vending and food services, bookstore, etc.- football games played
in Albee Stadium, as Redwood Bowl too small for the crowds |
|
Dec | HSC championship team plays Lenoir-Rhyne in NAIA's Holiday Bowl |
|
Spr | All-weather track installed in Redwood Bowl- alumni association begins Who's Who award to distinguished
alums (first, George Hogan, '33) |
|
| 1961 |
| Mashed Potato Incident |
|
Feb | Enrollment fees now $43 per semester- academic senate meets for first time- Associated Women Students
sponsor Women's Day- ASB presidents of CSC system form CSC Student Presidents' Association- Fred Telonicher elected first general
|
|
May | Ugly Professor contest held- Imogene Platt retires after 35 years- recruiting for Peace Corps begins-
tennis courts built south of field house |
|
Dec | Sale of Tropic of Cancer banned in county |
|
Fall | HSC has 59 degree-granting programs: 39 BA/BS, 20 MA/MS |
|
| 1962 |
Jan | Metro Bus Service of Arcata operates from post office to campus |
|
Mar | CSC trustees predict HSC will have 12,000 students by 1990 |
|
Oct | Cuban Missile Crisis |
|
Fall | Forestry building and new library completed- old library (now Van Matre Hall) remodeled for engineering-
enrollment record 2398- 30 new faculty- civil defense seeks adequate fallout shelters on campus |
|
Fall | legislature initiates Oustanding Teacher award- CSC academic senate initiate Outstanding Professor award-
HSC terminates junior college program |
|
| 1963 |
Mar | Faculty elects reappointment and tenure committtee and promotion committee |
|
May | Oustanding Alumnus Monroe Spaght delivers commemorative speech for 50th anniversary- Chancellor Dumke
encourages statewide academic senate- end of baccalaureate services |
|
Nov | President John F. Kennedy assasinated |
|
Fall | Enrollment reaches 2628- 25 new faculty hired- education/psychology building completed (now Harry
|
|
| 1964 |
Dec-Jan | humboldt/Del Norte flood isolates campus; gym facilities used for community relief efforts |
|
Feb | Humboldt County Junior College District establishes College of the Redwoods |
|
Mar | New ASB constitution- Barry Goldwater visits to campaign for presidency |
|
Apr | Homer Balabanis, first vice president for academic affairs, retires after 40 years, replaced by interim VP
Ivan Milhous- Golden Anniversary of HSC observed |
|
Oct | Ronald Reagan visits |
|
Fall | Enrollment reaches 2,893; 34 new faculty |
|
| 1965 |
Jan | College of the Redwoods begins operation in Eureka High School |
|
Feb | Pacific Oceanic Olio first published |
|
Mar | Federal Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 provides money for work-study programs |
|
Sep | James Turner is vice president for academic affairs- enrollment 3,100- 55 new faculty |
|
Oct | Chapter of SNCC, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, founded |
|
Dec | Speakers Stump established on commons- Vietnam committee established |
|
Fall | HSC adopts master plan for future campus development- Arcata requests 5,000 FTE limit on students- Fred
Telonicher and Harry Griffith become first Oustanding Professor awardees |
|
| 1966 |
Jan | Harry Griffith dies after 27 years at HSC- student athletic committee established |
|
Feb | First Clam Beach Run |
|
Mar | Students agree to build new student union |
|
May | First graduation held in Redwood Bowl |
|
Spr | Marine laboratory opens in Trinidad- William Lanphere retires after 30 years- last issue, for now, of
|
|
Sum | Upward Bound program begins |
|
Fall | 250 faculty, 3600+ students- auto-mechanics building completed- ACSCP campaigning for collective
bargaining- John Gimbel named Oustanding Professor for CSC system |
|
Fall | Center for Community Development established, Bill Murison director- Frank "Bud" Van Deren new head
|
|
| 1967 |
Feb | Experimental College organized with 100 students- Vietnam seminar held- first Intercollegiate Kite Flying
Contest held at Clam Beach |
|
May | Retirees include Helen Everett, Ivan Milhous, Fred Telonicher |
|
Fall | Change to quarter system- 3,891 students- "teach-in" on the draft held- College of the Redwoods moves
|
|
| 1968 |
Jan | First registration by computer |
|
Apr | Carroll Hurd hired as new vice president of academci affairs |
|
Dec | Lady Bird Johnson dedicates Redwood National Park- Bill Johnson, chief of plant operations, retires after
|
|
Spr | First Film Festival- retirement of Kate Buchanan and John Van Duzer |
|
Fall | Donald Strahan becomes first dean for administrative affairs- Jolly Gian Commons and eight dormitories
completed- Marching Lumberjacks return after 10-year absence- 72 new faculty, 4,604 students |
|
Fall | football teams wins FWC; defeats Fresno in Camellia Bowl (coach Bud Van Deren) |
|
| 1969 |
Jan | HSC chapter of Sierra Club organized- art and music buildings completed |
|
Feb | Freeway issue heats up- ASB establishes student judiciary |
|
Apr | Peer group concept adopted for dorm living- trustees approve new student union- President Siemens approves
seating students on 37 campus committees- miniskirt contest held |
|
May | Women's track wins Women's Recreation Association meet- Humboldt Honeys started |
|
Fall | Donald Strahan vice president for administrative affairs; Thomas Stipek first ombudsman- ITEPP begins-
co-ed dorms- Vietnam Moratorium Day on Arcata Plaza |
|
Fall | 5,100 students- academic reorganization: five schools plus division of Health and PE; Milt Dobkin vice
president for academic affairs; Whitney Buck dean for undergraduate studies; Richard Ridenhour dean for academic planning |
|
| 1970 |
Jan | Lumberjack's Mike Stockstill declares Joe College dead- environmental symposium |
|
May | Protest of Cambodian incursion- Kent State shooting and bombings across nation- vote on Sequoia Quad for
voluntary, peaceful, one-week strike- Governor Reagan orders all CSC campuses closed |
|
Jul | College Elementary School closed for remodeling |
|
Sep | Cluster College pilot program initiated after Smith River Retreat- 10,000 apply for admission, only 1,600
accepted- enrollment at 5,479, with 50 new faculty- RV Catalyst is new oceanography vessel |
|
Sep | Ryan Bill creates multiple- and single- subjects credentials |
|
Spr | Third World Coalition promotes interests of minority students- HOP replaces Frosh Week for new student
|
|
Fall | SLC votes to do away with homecoming queen- YES has 12 outreach programs |
|
| 1971 |
Jan | Biology complex completed- United Native Americans organized |
|
Feb | State master plan predicts 10,000 FTE by 1980 |
|
Oct | Kerr Tower opened for meditation |
|
Spr | Earl Meneweather appointed ombudsman: first African American administrator |
|
Fall | Student services reorganized: Karshner retires and Thomas MacFarlane is dean- students 18 and over may
now register to vote- meal prices: breakfast $1.10, lunch $1.40, dinner $1.65, full day $2.40 |
|
| 1972 |
Feb | Campus organizations include MEChA, UNA, and HSU Caucus for Women- expansion of Highway 101 to four lanes
creates controversy |
|
Apr | HSC adopts affirmative action plan- old CES formally renamed Arthur Gist Hall- controversy over Woodlands
Proposal for student housing on 86 acres NE of campus |
|
Jun | HSC renamed California State University, Humboldt |
|
Oct | Humboldt Students for the Reform of Marijuana Laws organizes |
|
Nov | University Center completed |
|
Fall | Natural resources building completed- change from civil engineering to environmental engineering- first
female Marching Lumberjack |
|
| 1973 |
Jan | End of Selective Service- ethnic studies begin- peace march to protest continued involvement in
|
|
Sep | President Siemens retires; Milt Dobkin appointed interim president; John Pauley interim vice president for
academic affairs- Cypress Hall completed- Delta Sigma Phi dissolves |
|
Oct | President's house sold at auction for $60 |
|
Spr | First issue of Humboldt Journal of Social Relations- university leases former Trinity Hospital for
administrative offices- Watergate controversy |
|
Fall | 358 faculty: 63 women and 295 men- Forbes Complex completed- CSUH Women's Association formed; Women's
Center displaces Faculty Club in former Balabanis House |
| 1974 |
Jan | Forbes Complex dedicated; includes Women's Gym- new upper division emphasis phase for general education-
faculty organizations (except UPC) merge to form Congress on Faculty Associations to promote collective bargaining |
|
Feb | Applications down- Frank Devery retires as business manager after 23 years- gasoline shortage afftects
|
|
Apr | Federal law (Title IX) mandates more funding for women's athletics |
|
Jul | Alistair McCrone becomes president |
|
Fall | School renamed Humboldt State University- Sequoia Theatre renamed John Van Duzer Theatre (dedicated in
Feb)- enrollment tops 7,500 (6,700 FTE)- women's sports join Northern California Intercollegiate Conference |
|
Fall | "Buzz" Webb named dean for student services- cross-country team wins Far Western Conference (Jim Hunt
|
|
| 1975 |
Jan | SLC subsidizes Arcata-Mad River Transit and Humboldt Transit Authority in return for lower student bus
|
|
Feb | First annual President's Ball at Eureka Inn |
|
Apr | Women's Awareness Week- Ced Kinzer retires- Intercollegiate Knights, campus service organization, ends
|
|
May | Cinco de Mayo celebrated- Salmon Bake at Camp Bauer for faculty and staff |
|
Jun | Six separate commencements held, one for each school and division of HPE |
|
Spr | Alumni publication renamed Humboldt Stater- classless Fridays eliminated to economize |
|
Fall | Jewish Student Union formed |
|
| 1976 |
Feb | Lumberjack endorsing candidates (anonymously) for local elections, a violation of Title V of the
|
|
Mar | Native Americans protest celebration of bicentennial of the American Revolution |
|
Apr | Battle over building the G-O road through Native American burial grounds- Earth Week celebrated-
enrollment crunch and threats of faculty layoffs lead to orderly layoff procedures |
|
Jun | Ronald Reagan Redwood Memorial Grove dedicated near 101 off ramp to 14th street |
|
Sep | Swine flu epidemic hits campus |
|
Oct | TKE dissolves- new chapter of National Organization of Women- branch of Humboldt National Bank set up in
|
|
Nov | Remodeling of Gist Hall and expansion of marine laboratory in Trinidad- SLC excludes at-large
|
|
Fall | HSU applies to sell beer and wine on campus- enrollment drops from 1975-76 high of 7,706 to
|
|
Fall | Enlarged health center opens- EOP offers financial and tutoring services |
|
| 1977 |
Jan | HSU Social-Emotional Climate Committee formed in dormitories |
|
Feb | Disabled Students program initiated- Humboldt County experiences serious drought and water shortage-
controversy over expansion of Redwood National Park |
|
Mar | Wrestlers, under coach Frank Cheek, win second in NCAA division III tournament |
|
Apr | Serious enrollment decline, especially in social sciences and humanities |
|
May | Professor Bobby Lake is "messenger to mankind" for flying saucer people |
|
Jun | Charles Fulkerson, Roscoe Peithman retire |
|
Oct | Student member added to CSUC trustees |
|
Nov | Mandatory credit/no credit system in all activity classes |
|
Fall | Wooden windows replaced with metal in Founders Hall- AIR Center opens to improve academic advising-
expansion of library completed- Cooperative Education begun through Career Development Center |
|
| 1978 |
Feb | Campus Center for Appropriate Technology housed in Buck House- HSU and Arcata agree to cease HSU's
physical growth to the north, west and south |
|
Mar | Campus open house for community- administration building named Siemens Hall- basketball team division III
|
|
Apr | Plus/minus grading system replaces trial decimal system- shortage of funds for intercollegiate athletic
|
|
May | Softball coach Lynn Warner named Coach of the Year for Golden State Conference- ed/psych building renamed
Harry Griffith Hall- baseball field is site for new science building |
|
Sep | Oceanography research vessel Catalyst sinks on way to Crescent City |
|
Oct | Legislature authorizes collective bargaining in CSUC- enrollment declines to 6,735 |
|
| 1979 |
Jan | Arsonist sets fire to forestry building; classes relocated by Monday morning |
|
Feb | Frank Cheek's wrestlers win FWC championship- men's basketball, under coach Jim Cosentino, ties for first
in FWC, first time since 1956 |
|
May | Marine lab renamed Telonicher Marine Lab |
|
Oct | State mandates Graduate Writing Proficiency Examination- 7,582 enrolled- Arcata Drive-in Movie closes- The
Great Humboldt Spirit Celebration rejuvenates campus and community participation in homecoming; alumni king and queen chosen from
|
|
Spr | First issue of Forum, a campus journal |
|
Sum | Humboldt Village II (37 trailers) closed |
|
| 1980 |
Jan | Oceanography gets research vessel, Malaguena |
|
Feb | Mud slide causes evacuation of Cypress Hall; repairs not completed until Oct |
|
Mar | Kathryn Corbett retires- intercollegiate baseball dropped |
|
Apr | Joni Ferris All-Indian Men's and Women's Basketball Tournament held in HSU gyms |
|
May | College Cove popular for "natural" sunbathing |
|
Oct | Forestry building reopened after 19-month closure- CFA and UPC compete to be faculty and staff
representative in collective bargaining- Students for Peace organized- Phoenix Club rises out of the ashes |
|
Nov | Engineering building renamed Van Matre Hall- child development building named for Ralph Swetman- UC lounge
named Karshner Lounge- Nelson Hall meeting room named Goodwin Forum- CSUC initiates plan for post-tenure review of faculty |
|
Nov | men's cross-country, under Jim Hunt, wins regional NCAA division II title- Institute for Research and
Creative Projects has Theodore Ruprecht as first director |
|
| 1981 |
Feb | Former dean, Kate Buchanan dies; all-purpose room in University Center named for her- Frank Cheek's
wrestlers win fifth straight FWC title |
|
Mar | Flap over HSU business competition with downtown merchants |
|
Apr | Conservation Unlimited wins Tuscon Wildlife Conclave- hacky-sack fad on campus- Wilmer Bohlmann dies-
Disability Awareness Day held |
|
Nov | Decline in enrollment blamed on increased fees- cheerleaders reappear, first time since 1976 |
|
Fall | Football team defeats UC Davis for first time since 1969 |
|
| 1982 |
Jan | Business has most majors (716); forestry down to 246 |
|
Mar | Bar code system implemented for checking out library books- A national magazine lists HSU as one of 31
"lesser known but of high quality" institutions in the US |
|
Apr | Lanphere-Christensen Dunes expanded from 183 to 213 acres |
|
May | alumni association makes another effort at a yearbook (Sempervirens was published through 1966, The Lamp
in 1977 and 1978) |
|
May | Glenn Dumke, CSUC chancellor for 20 years, retires; replaced by Ann Reynolds- engineering and biological
sciences building and geodesic greenhouse completed- retirees include William Jackson and Dave Smith |
|
Jun | highest number of graduates in HSU history: 1,174 bachelor's, 144 master's |
|
Nov | Joe Trainor dies in 21st year at Humboldt- university seal features Founders Hall |
|
Dec | Draft registers face cuts in financial aid- Ken Chaffey retires after 32 years |
|
Spr | Five schools renamed colleges, still have HPE and ISSP divisions- Larry Kerker, head of HPE, dies in 25th
year of service- Delta Sigma Phi reactivated |
|
Sum | Campus hosts National Women's Studies conference |
|
Fall | Men's Far Western Conference and women's Golden State Conference merge into Northern California Athletic
Conference- third floor of Sunset Hall goes co-ed- Cypress Hall has unstable hillside- 207 fewer FTE's |
|
| 1983 |
Jan | Budget cuts by state produce fee hikes |
|
Feb | MS in environmental engineering approved- wrestlers win sixth conference title in seven years- chancellor
Reynolds visits HSU for first time |
|
Mar | First Women's History Week observed- first Peace Week- Tom Wood is NCAC coach of the year |
|
Apr | 16th annual film festival includes workshop by actress Nina Foch- forestry students win conclave at
|
|
May | Entry level mathematics exam required of all CSU students- Lynn Warner is NCAC coach of the year for her
co-champ softball team- Jefferson Starship concert in Redwood Bowl- |
|
May | Golden Handshake retirement offered to faculty; retirees include Milt Dobkin, Don Strahan, Bob
|
|
Sep | Nude bathing banned at College Cove- Cypress Hall reopened- food service's Rathskeller renamed The Depot;
Athenaeum closed- Bette Lowery heads HPE- Partnership Campaign is launched |
|
Oct | CFA and CSU negotiate first contract |
|
Nov | JeDon Emenhiser and Ed Del Biaggio are new vice presidents |
|
Dec | Debate over US invasion of Grenada |
|
Fall | Enrollment planning and management task force promotes recruiting and retention- beginning of Business
Administration night class program- computerized check-out system in library |
|
| 1984 |
Jan | Engineering and biological sciences building closed down by support system flaws |
|
Feb | HSU draft register Ben Sasway gets two-year sentence for refusing to register |
|
Mar | Low enrollment raises talk of faculty layoffs- some faculty receive $2,500 Exceptional Meritorious and
Professional Promise awards |
|
May | "Reflections on the Future" held, with faculty brainstorming on HSU's strengths and weaknesses- Frank Wood
retires- KHSU receives grant to increase its wattage and double its range |
|
Sep | Remodeled Van Matre Hall occupied by geology and computer center- CIS major approved- enrollment declines
to 6,113 students (5,709 FTE)- engineering and biological sciences building reopened after its third closure |
|
Oct | Donna Zacarro campaigns for her mother, vice presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro- student fees reach
|
|
Nov | School's worst football season, 0-10- HSU receives papers of Donald Clausen, 18-year congressman from this
|
|
Win | Emeritus Faculty Association founded |
|
Fall | Michael Wartell becomes vice president of academic affairs |
|
| 1985 |
Feb | Wrestlers win NCAC again- basketball team's 21-8 is best record in Humboldt history |
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Mar | Getting out, theatre arts production, qualifies for National American Collegiate Theatre Festival at JFK
Center in Washington, DC- Eugene Flocchini dies- Frank Devery, who retired in 1974, dies |
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Apr | Chi Phi fraternity forms |
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May | Students protest South African apartheid- former ASB president Bill Crocker appointed student member of
CSU board of trustees- Tom Wicker lectures as part of Hadley Series- NBC sportcaster Dick Enberg chairs HSU Parent Fund
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May | Don Strahan dies- Jean Stradley retires |
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Jun | Homer Balabanis receives honorary doctorate in Fine Arts from HSU |
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Oct | Linus Pauling speaks on campus |
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Nov | Outbreak of AIDS anticipated by health center- Accuracy in Academe to monitor "liberal" professors- Bud
Van Deren resigns as football coach after 20 years |
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Dec | Virginia Rumble retires- Estelle McDowell dies: daughter of early benefactor William Preston and '37
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Fall | lottery funds aid student education and sponsor special speakers- Art Stegman and Charles Yocum die- Lee
Badgett becomes dean for college of business and technology |
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Fall | temporary athletic director Chuck Lindeman creates assistant athletic director position to promote
athletics- cost for off-campus student estimated at $5,500 per year- rape, drugs, and liquor cause concern |
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Fall | Academic reorganization: new colleges of behavioral and social sciences; natural resources; health,
education, and professional services; business and technology; creative arts and humanities; ISSP abolished |
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| 1986 |
Jan | Friendship Lab opens in Founders Hall- Bella Lewitsky dance company visits- Humboldt Symphony conductor
Madeline Schatz resigns- Dave Smith retires |
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Feb | Aviary completed for wildlife- Mike Dolby is football coach- Helen Everett, librarian from 1939-1967,
dies- HSU has telecommunication capability |
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Mar | Touring evangelist Jed Smock performs on Quad- SLC and Lumberjack Enterprises feud over student
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Apr | Lumberjack ranked among top 12 college newspapers in nation- skateboarding fad |
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Jun | Lumberjack editor suspended for making political endorsements |
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Sep | HSU converts back to semester system- Arcata Hotel reopens after remodeling- football squad called 'Jack
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Oct | David Halberstam speaks on campus |
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Oct | Lumberjack Days moved to fall- reentry students becoming more of a factor: 40% of student body is over 25;
Phoenix Club reactivates, and a Reentry Center is established in House 55- enrollment plunges from 6,220 to 5,865 |
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Oct | CSU admission requirements stiffen: more English, math, and foreign language- AIDS Awareness task force
established- 125 additional acres given to Lanphere-Christensen Dunes- rally on Quad protests US involvement in Nicaragua |
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Nov | Washington Ballet performs- Lambda Sigma Nu becomes only campus sorority |
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Dec | More budget cuts threaten layoffs |
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| 1987 |
Jan | Former journalism instructor Alann Steen kidnapped by terrorists in Beirut, Lebanon |
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Feb | Wells Fargo donates abandoned bank building for an HSU Museum of Natural History- conflict between AS and
UC over raising student fees- Don Christensen named vice president of university relations- Richard Leakey lectures |
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Mar | Theatre arts hosts national event, American College Theatre Festival- efforts to form an HSU student
employee union fail- HSU commission on intercollegiate athletics recommends returen to NCAA division III status |
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Sep | Enrollment grows- Lee Bowker is new dean of behavioral and social sciences- sale of Coca Cola banned at
Lumberjack Days as protest against their business with South Africa- Vern Henricks becomes assistant athletic director |
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Oct | Center for Community Development receives grant to teach science and math to Native Americans at Happy
Camp Highschool- jazz musician Dizzy Gillespie performs- Jim Hunt retires- pop singer Madonna donates $700,000 of equipment to
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Nov | Todd Young Report criticizes administration- Don Lawson retires after 22 years- 385-acre tree farm given
to HSU for forestry department to conduct research on hardwoods |
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Dec | HSU chosen to host CSU's Summer Arts |
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| 1988 |
Feb | McCrone delivers "State of the University" message to faculty- Janet Spinas and Tom Knight retire- condoms
sold in cigarette machines- SLC proposes commencement pledge not to spoil the environment |
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Mar | Robert Everding is dean of creative arts |
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Aug | Smoking banned in campus buildings- Allison Weber becomes first woman chair of California State Student's
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Oct | Jessie Turner Woodcock, 1917 graduate and lst living charter member of Alumni Association, dies at age
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Nov | Modern Jazz Quartet performs- cross-country wins NCAC- YES celebrates 20th anniversary |
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| 1989 |
Mar | Lumberjack observes 60 years of publication- satirist Mark Russell appears on campus- Film Festival
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Apr | HSU's 75th anniversary- Marching Lumberjack's 20th birthday- Gay Awareness Week |
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May | Women's softball wins NCAC |
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Aug | Summer Arts sculptor John Roloff creates Humboldt Ship |
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Oct | US News & World Report: "HSU 12th best in West" |
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Nov | Time capsule buried on site of Student & Business Services Building, to be opened in 2065 |
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| 1990 |
Jan | Frank Cheek's wrestlers win NCAC for 9th time in 13 years |
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Apr | Ann Reynolds resigns as CSU chancellor |
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May | Master Plan calls for maximum of 8,000 FTEs at Humboldt |
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Aug | Acting chancellor Ellis McCune labels CSU budget "the worst the California State University system has
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Nov | Student & Business Services Building completed |
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Dec | Founders Hall vacated for remodeling- HSU has more forestry majors than UC Berkeley or University of
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| 1991 |
Feb | Moves to "multiculturalize" curriculum |
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Mar | Fred Whitmire, HSU Hall of Fame athlete, named new football coach |
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Apr | Cultural Diversity Week- Barry Munitz is new CSU chancellor- women's softball wins 3rd conference crown in
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May | Approval of plan to reduce number of colleges from seven to four |
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Aug | 11.5% of HSU students are from minority groups- Homer Balabanis dies at age 93 |
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Sep | Record enrollment: 7,824 |
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Oct | Associated Students establishes "Columbus Myth-Free Zone" |
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Nov | Former student and faculty member Alann Steen freed after a hostage for five years in Lebanon |
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| 1992 |
Feb | Library gets new computerized catalog system- Jesus Christ Awareness Week held |
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Mar | Creekview Apartments completed- Cultural Diversity Week celebrated- Chancellor Munitz names HSU the Center
for Resolution of Environmental Disputes |
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Apr | Major earthquake hits Humboldt County, but campus damage is minimal- Rick Botzler of wildlife names CSU's
outstanding professor |
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Aug | Newly remodeled bookstore opens |
