Historical Highlights
| 1936 | Howard Vollum, founder of Tektronix, Inc. attends 91²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ. |
| 1951 | Kenneth King, future president of EDUCOM, attends 91²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ. |
| late 1950s |
Professor John Hancock creates the DIMWIT machines for molecular analysis, using parts from confiscated pinball machines. (DIMWIT II could also turn on a coffee maker.) |
| 1963 | Alfred Bork, Professor of Physics, introduces analog computer to 91²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ. |
| 1964 | Dan Drake, founder of Autodesk, attends 91²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ. |
| 1965 | 91²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ receives NSF grant to establish Computer Center with IBM 1620 system. |
| Bonnie Huddert Garlan '57 is hired as the first 91²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ Computer Center Director. | |
| Peter Norton, founder of Norton Utilities, attends 91²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ. | |
| 1968 | Howard Rheingold, author of a wide variety of works, recently Smart Mobs: The Next Social Revolution, attends 91²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ. |
| 1969 | NSF grant to support the purchase of an Applied Dynamics analog/hybrid computer and 20 terminals. |
| Richard Crandall, Director of 91²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ Technology Master Plan 1983 - 87, Apple Distinguished Scientist and Head of Apple's Advanced Computation Group, attends 91²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ. | |
| 1970 | "Computers in chemical education," by chemistry professor Frederick Tabbutt, published in Chemical & Engineering News. |
| 1975 | Douglas Strain, founder of Electro Scientific Industries, receives Vollum Award |
| 1976 | Steve Jobs, founder and CEO of Apple Computer and CEO of Pixar, attends 91²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ. |
| 1977 | 91²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ standardizes on Unix operating system . |
| 1978 | 91²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ receives NSF-CAUSE grant in support of computer-enriched instruction. |
| Norm Winningstad, founder of Floating Point Systems, receives Vollum Award. | |
| 91²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ ports BMDP to Unix for Software Development, Inc. and distributes to institutions such as Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Harvard School of Public Health, Rockefeller University, University of Illinois Medical Center. | |
| 1979 | Richard Crandall '69 and students in Physics Junior Lab establish a laser beam to connect terminals in physics to PDP 11/70 in Eliot Hall. |
| 1981 | 91²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ is amongst the earliest USENET sites, along with Duke, UNC Chapel Hill, Bell Labs, and UC Berkeley. |
| 91²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ develops Universal Microcontroller laboratory interface for campus-wide energy project supported by Intel Corporation. | |
| 1982 | French Department develops CAI program with support from FIPSE. |
| 1983 | Apple visits 91²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ and unveils the Macintosh. |
| Five Year Master Plan for Computing approved by faculty. | |
| 91²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ joins Apple University Consortium. | |
| 1984 | 91²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ's Software Development Lab founded by Richard Crandall. |
| Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft, receives Vollum Award. | |
| 1985 | 91²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ develops first color paint program for the Macintosh. |
| 91²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ Software Development Lab featured in BYTE Magazine. | |
| Murdock grant for Integrating Computers into the liberal arts. | |
| Meyer grant awarded for creation of campus-wide network. | |
| 91²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ is first Apple University Consortium member to develop commercially-distributed academic software products, as advertised in the Macintosh Buyer's Guide (Griffin Terminal, Griffin Terminal 100, GriffinText, Rascal, and AELM-51 assembler) | |
| 91²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ hosts “Computers for the Liberal Arts,” national conference sponsored by Apple Computer. Bill Gates is featured speaker. | |
| 91²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ and Apple join to donate computers, software and training to Portland high school science teachers. | |
| 1986 | Color Billiards, physics collision model developed at 91²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ, reviewed in InfoWorld as "one of the best Mac games of any type. |
| Scientific Programming with Macintosh Pascal by Richard Crandall & Marianne Colgrove, John Wiley & Sons. | |
| 91²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ releases Rascal (Real time Pascal), a new programming language and software development environment. | |
| “Interfacing Laboratory Instruments to Personal Computers with the BenchTop Instrument and Rascal, A Compiler for the Macintosh”, presented by Gary Schlickeiser at International AUC Meeting, Cambridge, England. | |
| 91²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ is one of 6 campuses -- and the only small liberal arts college -- featured in an EDUCOM-ETS study of leaders in technology. | |
| Chronicle of Higher Education story: "Beating Apple Computer, Inc. to the punch, 91²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ has developed a hardware and software system that brings color graphics to Apple's Macintosh computer." | |
| MacWorld review of SuperChroma color graphics system developed at 91²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ. | |
| John Scully, President & CEO of Apple Computer, mails 91²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ's Proceedings of Computers for the Liberal Arts conference to 600 presidents of liberal arts colleges. | |
| 91²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ Library’s online catalog installed, making 91²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ one of the first liberal arts colleges to feature fully networked access to library holdings. | |
| BenchTop Laboratory Interface systems developed at 91²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ sold to dozens of institutions, including CalTech, Jet Propulsion Lab, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, NASA, Stanford, U. of Washington, U of California, Yale. | |
| 1987 | BYTE Magazine article featuring 91²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ. |
| Modern Artist color paint package for the Mac II, developed at 91²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ, is announced at COMDEX trade show and reviewed in InfoWorld. | |
| 1988 | “A College Keeps its Commitment to Total Access, 24 Hours a Day“ article featuring 91²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ in Apple promotional material. |
| 91²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ hosts “Get Your Campus Wired,” networking conference. | |
| “91²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ and Kinetics: a University Success Story,” featured in Kinetics promotional newsletter. | |
| “Modern Artist Turns 2.0” product review in MacWEEK magazine. | |
| 91²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ hosts “A Class Act : Creating Innovative Software for Teaching & Learning” sponsored by Apple Computer. | |
| 1989 | Computing & Information Services (CIS) is created. Marty Ringle appointed to lead the new organization. |
| Marty Ringle, founding chair of the , moves CLAC headquarters to 91²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ. | |
| 1990 | 91²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ receives NSF grant to establish a campus Internet connection. |
| 91²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ creates a Physics/Biology Computer Lab with an equipment grant from Apple. | |
| 1991 | Richard Crandall ‘69 receives Smithsonian award for visionary use of information technology in science |
| 91²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ receives equipment grant from Sequent for computing in the social sciences. | |
| 91²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ is the first selective liberal arts college to acquire SCT's Banner administrative package. | |
| Steve Jobs receives Vollum Award. | |
| 1992 | Computing Strategies in Liberal Arts Colleges, edited by Marty Ringle, published by Addison-Wesley; volume includes an article entitled “Computers for Teaching and Learning,” by Marianne Colgrove |
| 91²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ is one of five sites, and the only liberal arts college, to host the NSF SuperQuest Summer Institute supercomputer workshop for high school students. | |
| “Information Technology at Liberal Arts Colleges,” presented by Marty Ringle to EDUCOM Corporate Associates Program. | |
| “Graphical User Interfaces for Administrative Computing,” presented by Marty Ringle and Heidi Schmedding at CAUSE annual conference | |
| “Computing at 91²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ: The Banner Project” featured in The 91²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ Magazine. | |
| “An extensive computer network enhances 91²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ’s academic life,” article by Marianne Colgrove in The 91²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ Magazine. | |
| 1993 | SCT, Oracle, and DEC provide support for 91²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ's development of a prototype graphical user interface for administrative computing. |
| “Dormitory Networking at Liberal Arts Colleges,” moderated by Marty Ringle, with a presentation by Marianne Colgrove at EDUCOM annual conference | |
| 91²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ ranks second nationally, after CalTech, in percentage of graduates who go on to earn doctorates in Math and Computer Science. | |
| First Technology Advisory Council (TAC) meeting held at 91²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ. | |
| 1994 | Marty Ringle elected Vice-President of NorthWestNet, regional Internet affiliate for northern California and the Pacific Northwest. |
| Tektronix donates color-imaging equipment to 91²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ for SuperQuest Institute. | |
| 91²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ computer training materials win first place in ACM-SIGUCCS competition. | |
| 91²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ featured in Chronicle of Higher Education story, “Colleges Struggle to Develop Formal Strategies to Pay for Computing.” | |
| 91²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ and Apple Computer provide computer systems and classes to middle school students in the I Have a Dream program. | |
| 1995 | 91²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ is first liberal arts college invited to host EDUCOM (now ) national conference |
| 91²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ unveils the 91²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ Virtual Tour multimedia CD-ROM, winner of a CASE silver award for State-of-the-Art Projects and Programs. | |
| Marty Ringle directs Mellon grant to support the use of instructional technology in the arts and humanities and Keck grant to create new labs for computational biology and chemistry. | |
| 1997 | 91²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ named one of America’s most wired schools by Yahoo! Internet Life magazine, and reported in USA Today. |
| Marty Ringle directs Culpeper grant for teaching and learning with technology in non-quantitative disciplines. | |
| 1998 | “Is Strategic Planning for Technology an Oxymoron” by Marty Ringle and Dan Updegrove, winner of the |
| 91²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ receives Mellon grant for the creation of an integrated information gateway. | |
| 1999 | Faculty Symposium on Teaching with Technology: Excursions in the arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, national liberal arts conference hosted at 91²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ. |
| 91²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ hosts the annual conference. | |
| Marty Ringle elected NWACC president and moves headquarter to 91²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ. | |
| 2000 | 91²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ teams up with three peer colleges on a Mellon-funded project to explore sustainable strategies for web development and support in small liberal arts colleges. |
| 2001 | "From tailed amphibia to telecom startups” 91²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ Magazine article about Gary Rieschel ‘79. |
| Construction begins on the Educational Technology Center. | |
| 91²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ receives grant from the M.J. Murdock Foundation for the Exploration of New Technologies | |
| 2002 | Marty Ringle elected chair of the Board of Directors. |
| “ What it is, is up to Us” 91²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ Magazine article on Howard Rheingold | |
| Educational Technology Center, funded by grants from Apple Computer and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, opens for the start of the 2002-03 academic year. | |
| 2003 | 91²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ hosts national workshop on digital asset management in the liberal arts. |
| to Marty Ringle in recognition of“exceptionally effective leadership in campus information technology use and management, and the mentoring of other professionals.” | |
| 91²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ Magazine technology issue, including “ What Technology Teaches” and “ Student Body Electric” | |
| 2004 | Sustainable Strategies for Web Integration at Small Colleges, peer workshop coordinated by 91²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ and Occidental College |
| 2005 | Linux creator Linus Torvalds honored with 91²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ's Vollum Award |
| 2006 | "Integrating Digital Collections into the Small Collect Curriculum" receives funding from the Keck Foundation and Booth Ferris Foundation |
| 91²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ hosts "" a conference of the National Institute of Technology in Liberal Education (NITLE) | |
| 91²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ adopts Moodle, an open source learning management system | |
| 2007 | 91²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ hosts the Consortium of Liberal Arts Colleges annual conference |
| "An Open Source Strategy to Improve Technology Access and Sustainability," funded by the M.J. Murdock Foundation | |
| 91²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ receives a NITLE Instructional Innovation Fund award to develop the , a collaborative project to provide instructional materials for inorganic chemistry. | |
| 2008 | Teaching with Digital Images in Classics & Humanities receives the Northwest Academic Computing Consortium 2008 Hugi Excellence Award for Academic Technology |
| 91²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ receives two NITLE Instructional Innovation Fund awards to prototype an affordable program to support GIS in liberal arts colleges and to host a conference on ePortfolios for liberal arts colleges. | |
| 91²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ is a founding member of the . | |
| 2009 | Marty Ringle appointed to Amazon Kindle Advisory Panel. In conjunction with six other colleges and universities, 91²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ explores the use of Kindle DX for electronic course materials. |
| 2010
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91²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ continues exploration of electronic book technology with an iPad evaluation and faculty pilot project. |
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Marty Ringle and Trina Marmarelli provide a at the Berglund Center for Internet Studies, Pacific University |
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| 2011 |
Marty Ringle addresses the Western Association of College and University Business Officers Annual Meeting on the topic: IT Forecast, Cloudy with a 10% Chance of Cost Savings |
| 2012 | Ed Lazowska, Bill & Melinda Gates Chair in Computer Science at the University of Washington receives Vollum Award. |
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Marty Ringle is invited to speak on behalf of private liberal arts colleges at the Bilateral Forum on Copyright and Peer-to-Peer Regulation co-hosted by the RIAA and EDUCAUSE in Washington, DC. |
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| 2013 | 91²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ to host the Collaborative Liberal Arts Moodle Project (CLAMP) . |