Tech Timeline

	The Yellow Jackets advance to the NCAA Final Four in Denver. Atlanta is announced as the 1996 Olympics host city on Sept. 19. Georgia Tech played a prominent role in Atlanta's bid presentation and will serve as the Olympic Village during the games. Venues for diving, swimming and boxing will be located on campus. For the second year in a row, the Georgia Tech Alumni Association wins the Grand Gold Award for best alumni programs from the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education. George Griffin dies at age 93. He was involved with Tech for nearly 70 years and earned the nickname "Mr. Georgia Tech." In honor of his legacy, the Callaway Foundation commissions a statue of the longtime dean and installs it near the Student Services Building. Atlanta's "High-Tech Southern Hospitality" wide-screen presentation, developed by the Georgia Tech Multimedia Laboratory, helps the city attract the 1996 Olympic Games. The Georgia Tech football team is named 1990 National Champions by the UPI coaches poll after winning the ACC Championship and the Citrus Bowl.
	Tech's first overseas campus opens in Metz, France. The Fuller E. Callaway Jr. Manufacturing Research Center opens, setting the hallmark for corporate research cooperation with Tech. The Student Galleria opens. First proposed in 1964, the complex includes a student services building, Georgia Tech/Ferst Center for the Arts, and new facilities for DramaTech. Ground is broken for the Student Success Center.
	Dean of Students James E. Dull retires after 35 years at Georgia Tech. He came to campus in 1957 as assistant dean and was named dean in 1964. Bobby Ross resigns to coach in the National Football League and is replaced by Bill Lewis. Before a nationwide TV audience, a debate among vice presidential candidates is held at the Ferst Center for the Arts. It is only the second such debate in U.S. history. Tech establishes the first University Center of Excellence for Photovoltaic Research and Education.
	The Student Success Center is dedicated and named for its chief benefactor, William E. Moore, IM '38. Tech's bioengineering program (in collaboration with the Emory University School of Medicine) wins a $3 million grant from the Whitaker Foundation. Three Ivan Allen College faculty earn National Endowment for the Humanities fellowships, the only fellowships of this kind awarded in Georgia.
	President Crecine resigns and Henry Bourne is named acting president. The Yellow Jackets advance to the College World Series of Baseball for the first time. The freshman class is comprised of 1,789 students, 73 percent male and 27 percent female. The average SAT score -- 1233 -- is among the highest in the country for public colleges and universities. Ground is broken for five new residence halls in anticipation of the 1996 Olympics. Construction of the Olympic Natatorium Complex begins. George O'Leary is named head football coach. G. Wayne Clough takes office as Tech's tenth president. Clough is Tech's first president who is also an alumnus; CE 64, MS CE 65. The Packaging Research Center is established with a National Science Foundation grant.
	Renovation of Alexander Memorial Coliseum begins. Sponsored research hits an all-time high of $185 million. Private giving also reaches an all-time high of $41 million. Two Georgia Tech students are named Truman Scholars.
	Georgia Tech serves as the Olympic Village to more than 15,000 athletes and coaches and earns high marks from participants and the press. New facilities include the Georgia Tech plaza and campanile. A fiber-optic network 1,700 miles long connects every building on campus. A five-year, $400 million capital campaign begins, the largest fundraising drive in the Institute's history. Mechanical engineering professor Sam Shelton leads Georgia Tech's team of mechanical engineers and industrial designers who develop the 1996 Olympic torch. The men's basketball team is the Atlantic Coast Conference regular season champion for the first time.
	Entering freshmen are required to own a personal computer. Homer Rice retires after 17 years as athletic director. He is succeeded by Dave Braine. Georgia Tech's young faculty receive the highest number of Career Awards from the National Science Foundation. Tech researchers set record year with $220 million in research expenditures. Retiring U.S. Sen. Sam Nunn joins Tech's Ivan Allen College as a distinguished faculty member in public policy and international affairs, and the School is renamed in his honor.
	The Capital Campaign goal is increased to $500 million. Three national centers for excellence are established: Engineering Research Center for the Engineering of Living Tissues; Focus Center Research Program in Microelectronics; and a European Union Center within the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs. The DuPree College of Management is established. Roll Call tops $7 million -- a new record in private giving.
	The Theodore M. Hesburgh Award, the most prestigious recognition for excellence in teaching in the United States, is presented to Georgia Tech. Tech joins the Yamacraw Mission, an economic intitative to position Georgia as a world leader in high-bandwidth communication technology development. Sue Rosser is named dean of the Ivan Allen College, the first female dean in Tech history. This same year, Terry C. Blum becomes the dean of the Dupree College of Management. The semester system is adopted. The Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience opens. The Capital Campaign goal is increased to $600 million. Tech becomes the first university in the nation to offer a master's degree in mechanical engineering entirely via the Internet. Tech's engineering program expands to Southeast Georgia with the Georgia Tech Regional Engineering Program. The Capital Campaign concludes with a total of $712 million raised.