Looking Back
UC Davis historical timeline
1960s | |
1960 |
Enrollment in the College of Letters and Science equals that of the College of Agriculture for the first time. |
1961 |
The UC Davis Graduate Division is established. The Department of Dramatic Art and Speech is formed. |
1962 |
A college of engineering is established at the Davis campus. The Institute of Governmental Affairs is organized. |
1963 |
 The stock-judging pavilion is moved, converted into an Elizabethan theater and renamed the Wyatt Pavilion Theatre. |
Regents formally establish law school. |
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1965 |
 The regents vote to establish a medical school at Davis. The Crocker Nuclear Laboratory is completed. Students are admitted to the first law class. |
1967 |
 UC President Clark Kerr is fired. Harry R.Wellman, a vice president for agricultural sciences, succeeds him as acting head of the UC system. |
The semester system is replaced by a quarter system. |
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 Double-decker buses are purchased by the Associated Students of UC Davis (ASUCD). |
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1968 |
Charles J. Hitch, an economist, is named UC president, succeeding acting President Harry R. Wellman. |
 School of Law moves into $1.9 million building. |
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