Year |
|
Event |
1909 |
|
Department established; First EE degree conferred |
1910 |
 |
John R. Benton appointed the First Dean of the College |
1911 |
 |
First New Engineering Building completed, later named Benton Hall, on the site of the current Grinter Hall |
1914 |
|
The Transit Club and the Kelvin Engineering Club consolidate to form the Benton Engineering Society |
1928 |
|
Graduate programs added to the college of engineering |
1919 |
|
Steady growth spurs the expansion of Benton Hall—South wing completed, including: woodshop, a forge, and a foundry. |
1925 |
 |
John Vincent Atanasoff received his bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering from the University of Florida, graduating with straight A’s. He would later invent the Atanasoff–Berry computer (ABC),the first automatic electronic digital computer. |
1927 |
 |
New Engineering Building completed, now Walker Hall (mathematics) |
1932 |
 |
Colonel Blake R. Van Leer becomes Dean |
?? – 1937 |
|
Joseph Weil, Dept Chair |
1937 |
 |
Joseph Weil becomes Dean (1937-1963) |
1942 |
|
Dr. Palmer H. Craig, Acting Chair (4 faculty members in the department) |
1945 |
|
Dr. Palmer H. Craig, Dept Chair |
1946 |
|
Dr. Fred H. Pumphrey, Dept Chair |
1951 |
 |
Weil Hall completed |
1952 |
|
Merwin J. Larsen, Dept Chair |
1965 |
 |
Dr. Wayne Chen, Dept Chair (becomes Dean, 1973) |
1967 |
|
Benton, Larsen, and Black Halls officially dedicated |
1973 |
|
Dr. Eugene R. Chenette, Acting Chair |
1975 |
|
Dr. Eugene R. Chenette, Dept Chair (becomes Asst Dean, 1977 |
1977 |
|
Dr. Donald G. Childers, Acting Dept Chair |
1978 |
|
Dr. Robert L. Sullivan, Dept Chair |
1979 |
|
Dr. Blake E. Cherrington, Dept Chair |
1988 |
|
Dr. Robert L. Sullivan, Dept Chair |
1990 |
 |
Dr. Martin Uman, Dept Chair |
1997 |
 |
NEB completed |
2003 |
 |
Dr. Mark Law, Dept Chair (became Assoc Dean, 2009) |
2009 |
 |
Dr. John Harris, Interim Chair |
2011 |
|
Dr. John Harris, Dept Chair |
Adapted from “A Trip Through Time” by Angela Ventura Medyk, “History—College of Engineering” from The Florida Engineer, and “College of Engineering Timeline”.