Yeshiva Eitz Chaim, the origins of YU, is established at the , 44 East Broadway, Mariampol Synagogue, on New York’s Lower East Side.
Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Spektor, rabbi of Kovno, Lithuania, dies. A year later, the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS) is chartered by New York State Board of Regents.
First RIETS ordination ceremony is held at Kalvarier Synagogue, 13-15 Pike Street. Semicha is granted to three rabbis.
Dr. Bernard Revel is inaugurated as YU’s first president.
Yeshiva University High School for Boys/Marsha Stern Talmudical Academy opens its doors at 9-11 Montgomery Street as the first academic high school under Jewish auspices in the United States.
Yeshiva College—the first college of liberal arts and sciences under Jewish auspices—is established.
RIETS and Yeshiva College move to Washington Heights quarters—Main Building, 2540 Amsterdam Avenue (186th Street).
Yeshiva College holds first commencement, graduating 19 students.
Albert Einstein receives an honorary degree.
Benjamin N. Cardozo receives an honorary degree.
YU announces the appointment of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik as rosh yeshiva at RIETS, succeeding his father. Known as ''the Rav,'' he was a leading authority and exponent of Halacha and the mentor of two generations of spiritual leaders.
Graduate School expands and is renamed Bernard Revel Graduate School.
Dr. Samuel Belkin is inaugurated as second president of YU.
Albert Einstein sends a letter to President Belkin in support of the new “Yeshiva University Medical School” and its importance to the Jewish community. The school would later be named after Dr. Einstein.
Eleanor Roosevelt receives an honorary degree.
Stern College for Women—the nation’s first liberal arts college for women under Jewish auspices—opens at 253 Lexington Avenue with 33 students.
Albert Einstein College of Medicine opens—America’s first medical school under Jewish sponsorship. First class comprises 56 students. Albert Einstein expresses gratitude for “using my name” for the University’s new college of medicine.
Yeshiva University presents the Charter Day Award to John F. Kennedy for his distinguished public service.
Jonas E. Salk receives an honorary degree.
Lyndon B. Johnson receives an honorary degree.
School of Social Work is renamed Wurzweiler School of Social Work.
Sephardic Studies and Sephardic Community Activities Programs are established to help preserve and enrich the Jewish heritage and develop leaders for the Sephardic community.
Groundbreaking ceremonies for new 20-story, $20,000,000 Science Center at 2495 Amsterdam Avenue (184th Street) for Belfer Graduate School of Science, now Belfer Hall.
Hospital of Albert Einstein College of Medicine opens; first new university-sponsored hospital in the New York area in 77 years. The 12-story structure has 375-bed capacity.
Groundbreaking for the Rose F. Kennedy Center for Research in Mental Retardation and Human Development at Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
Robert Francis Kennedy receives an honorary degree.
Yitzhak Rabin receives an honorary degree.
Agreement is reached for the establishment of the Caroline and Joseph S. Gruss Center in Jerusalem.
The Mendel Gottesman Library is dedicated at the Main Campus.
Golda Meir receives an honorary degree.
Yeshiva University Museum opens to the public. The museum is devoted to Jewish art, architecture and history.
Elie Wiesel (far left) receives an honorary degree.
Symposium and convocation dinner mark the opening of Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, committed to making a unique contribution to legal education and the welfare of the general community.
Rabbi Dr. Norman Lamm is elected the third president of Yeshiva University.
Menachem Begin receives an honorary degree.
First commencement of Block Education Plan, Wurzweiler School of Social Work. Forty-three students receive master’s degrees in the plan.
First commencement of Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. Degrees awarded to 283 students.
Caroline and Joseph S. Gruss Kollel Elyon (Post-Graduate Kollel Program) opens at RIETS.
RIETS’ Cantorial Training Institute is renamed the Philip and Sarah Belz School of Jewish Music.
YU renames Graduate Jewish Education the David J. Azrieli Graduate Institute of Jewish Education and Administration.
Yitzhak Shamir receives an honorary degree.
The Max Stern Athletic Center is dedicated at the Main Campus—with YU’s Maccabees playing the first home game on their own court, at the Melvin J. Furst Gymnasium, since the basketball team’s founding more than half a century earlier.
George H. W. Bush receives an honorary degree.
Institute of Yemenite Studies is added, offering courses in Yemenite history, culture and tradition.
As part of the Statue of Liberty 100th Birthday Celebration, electronic announcement of YU’s centennial appears atop One Times Square.
Stamp honoring Dr. Bernard Revel, first YU president, is issued by the U.S. Postal Service as part of the “Great American” series. It is the first to cite a Talmudic scholar.
Mayor Edward I. Koch proclaims “Yeshiva University’s Centennial Year in New York City” and is awarded a Centennial Medallion.
President Ronald Reagan is awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws in the Oval Office of the White House in a centennial ceremony—the first incumbent president to be so honored.
Sy Syms School of Business opens.
Joseph Lieberman receives an honorary degree.
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