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University of Alberta Timeline (1980–89)

1980

A Cooperative Program (1979-1980) between Faculty of Engineering and the Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry offers a B.Sc. (Agricultural Engineering) degree.

Devonian Botanic Garden opens to the public.

1981

North Garneau housing plans halved

Joe Shocter receives honorary LLD degree

1982

Max Wyman (U of A’s seventh President) receives honorary LLD

Walter Johns (U of A sixth President) receives Alberta Order of Excellence

University Research Prize is created by J. Gordon Kaplan and awarded for the first time.

1983

75th Anniversary celebrations

World University Games

Prince Charles receives honorary LLD

Butterdome, Tennis Centre, and new student housing are legacy of the Games

Harry Gunning (U of A’s eighth President) receives honorary LLD

Lewis Herbert Thomas (History) receives Order of Canada

Joe Clark receives Alberta Order of Excellence

Merger of the University Library with the Bibliothèque Saint-Jean.

1984

Business Building officially opens

CJSR campus radio station goes public

Walter MacKenzie Centre, Phase 1 opens

Special Collections Department, renamed in honour of Bruce Peel, moves from Cameron Library to the lower level of the old Rutherford Library.

1985

Joe Clark (former Prime Minister and U of A student) receives honorary LLD.

John W. Scott Health Sciences Library moves into the newly built Walter Mackenzie Centre and University Hospital.

1986

Northwest Territories (NWT) Commissioner John Parker (U of A alumni) turns over the chair of Territories’ executive council to the Honorable Nick Sibbeston, government leader (also a U of A alumni).

Peter Lougheed (former Alberta Premier and U of A student) receives honorary LLD

Mel Hurtig (publisher) receives honorary LLD.

Faculty of Business, the Winspear Business Reading Room opens.

Werner Israel (Physics) given Royal Society of London fellowship

The Archives becomes a unit within a new Department of University Archives and Collections.

School of Native Studies is established.

1987

Yellowknife, NWT — first time U of A Senators meet outside Alberta’s borders

U of A Task Force is established to identify and assess educational needs of people living in Northern Alberta and the Northwest Territories.

Henry Kreisel (Comparative Literature) receives Order of Canada.

After an extraordinary contribution to Alberta, the Extension Library closes.

1988

John Scholosser (U of A Board of Governors, Chair) receives honorary LLD

In memory of J. Gordin Kaplan, the University’s most prestigious research award is named the J. Gordin Kaplan Award for Excellence in Research.

1989

Paul Davenport becomes President.

Peter Lougheed receives Alberta Order of Excellence.