Looking Back
UC Davis historical timeline
1920s | |
1922 |
A four-year degree program is established. Claude B. Hutchison becomes director of the Davis campus, which is renamed the Northern Branch of the College of Agriculture. |
1923 |
William W. Campbell, an astronomer and director of the Lick Observatory, takes office as president of the university, succeeding David P. Barrows. |
1925 |
Walter L. Howard becomes director of the Davis campus. |
1926 |
An agricultural engineering program is established as a major in Berkeley's College of Engineering, with courses offered at the Davis campus. An agricultural engineering building (Walker Hall) is completed. |
1928 |
 Celeste Turner Wright, the first Davis humanities instructor with a Ph.D., joins the English faculty. The animal science building, Hart Hall, is completed. |
1929 |
The California Aggie Band is organized. |