| 1980 |
UC Berkeley professor Czeslaw
Milosz received the Nobel Prize in Literature, becoming UC's
first Nobel Laureate and a non-science field. |
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Ira Michael
Heyman named chancellor at Berkeley. |
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Richard C. Atkinson named chancellor
at San Diego. |
| 1981 |
MELVYL™ comes
on line with links to computer terminals throughout UC's libraries.
The system enables users to determine by computer what books
are held by any UC library. |
| 1983 |
The Regents name David P. Gardner
to be UC's 15th president. |
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UC receives
the first of annual allocations from the State to fight AIDS
and sets up a task force to allocate funds to researchers trying
to learn more about cause and treatment of the deadly syndrome. |
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The third Monday in January,
beginning in 1984, is designated as a University holiday in
honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. |
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UC Berkeley
professor Gerard Debreu received the Nobel Prize in Economics. |
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Julius R. Krevans named chancellor
at San Francisco. |
| 1984 |
The President's
Fellowship Program is established. It is believed that this
is the largest program of its kind sponsored by a major university.
The program offers more than $1 million in postdoctoral fellowships
for minority and women scholars. |
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Jack W. Peltason named chancellor
at Irvine |
| 1985 |
Review of the
California Master Plan for Higher Education undertaken. |
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In response to unprecedented
enrollment, the University adopts a new multiple filing system
allowing students to use a single application form to apply
to as many UC campuses as they want. |
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Theodore L.
Hullar named chancellor at Riverside. |
| 1986 |
President Gardner supports the
establishment of the Graduate School of International Relations
and Pacific Studies at UC San Diego, the first of its kind to
concentrate on the importance of the Pacific Rim. |
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UC Regents take
a final vote on the issue of UC investments in companies with
business ties to South Africa, with regard to apartheid; at
this time, the Board adopts a policy of phased full divestment. |
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UC opens a regional office in
Fresno to ensure that Central Valley students have ready access
to information about UC campuses. |
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Smelser Report
on Lower Division Education is issued. |
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UC Berkeley professor Yuan T.
Lee received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. |
| 1987 |
Regents approve
the historic appointments of four new chancellors all at once,
two of them--Rosemary S. J. Schraer, at UC Riverside, and Barbara
Uehling, at UC Santa Barbara, are UC's first women chancellors. |
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President Gardner shepherds an
initiative to enhance research and teaching in the humanities,
featuring the establishment of a Universitywide Humanities Research
Institute at UC Irvine. |
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UCLA professor
Donald J. Cram received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry |
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Rosemary S.J. Scraer named chancellor
at Riverside. |
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Theodore L.
Hullar named chancellor at Davis. |
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Barbara S. Uehling named chancellor
at Santa Barbara. |
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Robert Stevens
named chancellor at Santa Cruz. |
| 1988 |
UC launches planning for up to
three new campuses to meet the state's growing college enrollment
demands. |
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Groundbreaking
ceremony held for Keck Observatory to house the world's largest
telescope. |
| 1989 |
UC awards its one-millionth degree. |
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UC is named
a host institute for the Tanner Lectures on Human Values, joining
institutions such as Cambridge, Oxford and Harvard. |
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UC begins a phased move of Office
of the President employees from Berkeley to the Kaiser Center
in Oakland. |
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UC San Francisco
professors J. Michael Bishop and Harold Varmus received the
Nobel Prize in Medicine. |
