Looking Back
UC Davis historical timeline
1980s | |
1983 |
David P. Gardner is named university president, succeeding David S. Saxon. |
The Bodega Marine Laboratory is added to UC Davis' roster of research and teaching facilities. |
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1984 |
Chancellor James Meyer presides over the groundbreaking ceremony for the Food and Agricultural Sciences Building, later to bear his name. |
1986 |
UC Davis physicists develop an air-pollution monitoring device using a particle accelerator. |
1987 |
 Theodore L. Hullar, chancellor of UC Riverside, is named the fourth chancellor, succeeding James H. Meyer. |
 The first UC Davis Prize for Undergraduate Teaching and Scholarly Achievement is awarded to history Professor F. Roy Willis. |
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1989 |
UC Davis is named a national center for AIDS research. The campus leads the nation in the number of Ph.D.s awarded in the biological sciences. |