Allen Center Timeline

Chronology of the Allen Center

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1967-01-01 00:00:00

1975

President Louis T. Benezet, makes the decision to close the center, citing budget constraints and university priorities.

1967-01-01 00:00:00

1971

Seth W. Spellman is named Dean of the college.

1967-01-01 00:00:00

1971

The estate of the late James E. Allen Jr., former New York State Commissioner of Education, grants use of his name for the college.

1967-01-01 00:00:00

1968

The University Senate adopts the policy.

1967-01-01 00:00:00

1973

158 new students enroll in the accelerated program.

1967-01-01 00:00:00

1972

53 students are selected to be in the center’s first class.

1967-01-01 00:00:00

1976

The center closes at the end of the academic year.

1967-01-01 00:00:00

1972

The college’s only major program of study “Man and His Institutions” (MAI) is finalized.

1967-01-01 00:00:00

1972

Development grant received from the Carnegie Foundation.

1967-01-01 00:00:00

1968

Planning stages begin for an unnamed “experimental college.”

1967-01-01 00:00:00

1967

A select committee chaired by the Vice President of Academic Affairs creates a statement policy “New Patterns in Undergraduate Education” which asks that UAlbany respond to social change.

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