Tech Timeline

	The football team defeats the University of Georgia for the third year in a row and makes its fourth straight bowl appearance. The men's baseball team captures both the ACC league and ACC tournament titles. Three new campus buildings open: the J. Erskine Love Jr. Manufacturing Building, Aerospace Combustion Laboratory, and Advanced Wood Products Laboratory. Georgia Tech and Emory announce a joint Ph.D. program in biomedical engineering, the first such arrangement in history between a public and private university. Tech alumnus Chris Klaus donates $15 million to develop the College of Computing's Advanced Computing Technology complex. The J. Erskine Love Jr. Manufacturing Building is dedicated. Fall enrollment is the largest ever, with 15,566 students registered. Thirty-five U.S. patents are issued for Tech research, a record high. Paul Hewitt is named men's basketball coach, takes the team to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1996, and is named ACC Coach of the Year.
	Groundbreaking for Technology Square takes place. The complex is scheduled to be completed in 2003. President George W. Bush appoints President Clough to his President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. Jean-Lou Chameau succeeds Mike Thomas as provost and vice president for academic affairs. Georgia Tech is named first in the nation in the graduation of African-American engineers at all degree levels by Black Issues in Higher Education and celebrates the 40th anniversary of its integration with a minority student enrollment of 34 percent. Physics major Will Roper wins the first Rhodes Scholarship in 50 years and is named a Truman Scholar. Aerospace engineering major Karen Feigh becomes the first Tech student in 20 years to win a Marshall Scholarship for graduate work in Great Britain.
	Chan Gailey is named head football coach. Yellow Jackets inaugurate the newly rebuilt 5,000-seat Russ Chandler baseball stadium. Georgia Tech is one of seven new NASA University Research, Engineering and Technology Institutes, providing expertise in aeropropulsion and power technologies. Construction begins on a Savannah campus for the Georgia Tech Regional Engineering Program (GTREP). Women's swimming and diving team enters the pool for its first intercollegiate meet. President George W. Bush visits campus for a demonstration of first responder technologies and addresses the nation from O'Keefe Gym. Former President Jimmy Carter receives the Ivan Allen Prize for Progress and Service. Georgia Tech receives the U.S. Department of Labor's Exemplary Voluntary Efforts Award for innovation in minority recruitment and employment. Midterm grade reports are initiated for all students taking introductory courses. Georgia Tech is ranked No. 1 by the Southern Technology Council for outstanding economic development and university/industry technology transfer. Tech celebrates 50 years of women.
	Tech opens more than two million square feet of new and renovated space, a project cost of almost $500 million. Technology Square opens, home to the College of Management, the Global Learning Center, Georgia Tech Hotel & Conference Center, Barnes & Noble at Georgia Tech, the Economic Development Center, Technology Square Research Building, the Advanced Technology Development Center and retail outlets. The Ford Environmental Sciences and Technology Building is dedicated. Tech faculty earn 83 NSF CAREER Awards, second in the nation. Hispanics are the fastest growing student group for the new academic year. Tech awards its first MBA., replacing the MX in Management. Tech awards its first MS in Information Security. The Georgia Tech European Alumni Association is formed. The R. Kirk Landon Learning Center, Tech's joint child care facility with the Home Park neighborhood, opens. City planning celebrates its 50th anniversary. Tech students win Fulbright, Churchill, Marshall, Goldwater and Truman scholarships. Georgia Tech is the top producer of African American engineers at the bachelor's and master's level.
	The United States Council on Competitiveness' National Innovation Initiative co-chaired by Dr. G. Wayne Clough, president of Georgia Tech and Sam Palmisano, CEO of IBM was launched from Tech Square. Georgia Tech graduate students, Computer Science PhD candidate Gabriel Brostow and Aerospace Engineering student Jia Xu won the Marshall Sherfield Fellowship and a Marshall Scholarship, respectively. Professor Russell Dupuis won the National Medal of Technology which was presented at the White House. Michael Arad, ARCH 1999, won the design competition for the World Trade Center Memorial in New York City. ATDC won the United States Department of Commerce 2004 Excellence in Economic Development Award. The Georgia Tech Management Building won a Silver Certification as Leader in Energy and Environmental Design from the United States Green Building Council, only the second so designated in Georgia and 13th in the nation. Georgia Tech Savannah opens with three buildings on Campus with six classrooms and 25 laboratories. The Georgia Tech Men's Basketball team plays in the NCAA national championship game.
	A two-year $45 million renovation of the Student Athletic Complex is completed and reopens as the Campus Recreation Center. The College of Management joins business schools in France and Argentina to offer a Global Executive MBA degree. Ground is broken on the Molecular Science and Engineering Building. Georgia Tech and the Southern Company announce a collaborative effort on the southeast's first off-shore wind power project off the coast of Savannah. Astronaut William S. McArthur, Jr., MS AE 1983 is selected by NASA to serve on the International Space Station. Chelsea "Chip" White III is named the Chair of the School of ISyE.
	Georgia Tech opened the Campus to 300 Tulane University students who were displaced by Hurricane Katrina. Dr. G. Wayne Clough, president of Georgia Tech, was named the chair of the National Academy of Engineering/National Research Council Committee on New Orleans Regional Hurricane Protection Projects. The Alexander Memorial Coliseum served as a Red Cross Shelter for New Orleans Katrina evacuees. Hundreds of Tech staff and faculty volunteered to assist. Ground was broken on the Nanotechnolgy Research Center. Retired Home Depot executive Bernie Marcus contributed $15 million, which was matched by a State of Georgia grant. GTRI announced a research enterprise collaboration with Athlone, Ireland. To called the Georgia Tech-Ireland Project, it is the first applied research facility outside of the United States. The National Cancer Institute and National Institutes of Health selected Georgia Tech and Emory University as one of seven national Centers of Cancer Nanotechnology Centers of Excellence. Georgia Tech formed a dual degree program with Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China. Dan Radakovich was named the Athletic Director of Georgia Tech. Carolyn J. and H. Milton Stewart, Jr. IE 1961 committed $20 million to the School of ISyE to establish a permanent endowment for unrestricted use. Georgia Tech was named #8 in top public universities in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. All of its engineering programs were listed in the top ten. Dr. Gary Schuster was named provost replacing Dr. Jean-Lou Chameau who went to the California Institute of Technology as president.