1981-2002

David H. Hubel BSc’47, MDCM’51, DSc’78 awarded a Nobel Prize for Medicine.

McGill won the first national championship in men’s soccer.

We Walked Very Warily, A History of Women at McGill, by Margaret Gillett.

Restored Redpath Hall reopened with a Classical French organ constructed by Helmuth Wolf.

Physical Sciences and Engineering Library opened in the restored Macdonald-Stewart Building, formerly Macdonald Physics.

HUGH HALLWARD BA’51, DLitt’92, Fourth Chair, Board of Governors, 1982-1990

Women graduates won all four gold medals in engineering.

The Visitors' Pavilion opened at Mont St. Hilaire Nature Conservation Centre.

Islamic Institute relocated to the renovated Morrice Hall.

Robert Thirsk MDCM’82 first McGill graduate selected to be a Canadian astronaut.

Contracts accepted this year by the Office of Industrial Research exceeded the $5 million mark.

McGill Advancement Program launched with the goal of $61 million.

Webster Pavilion and the brain-imaging centre opened at Montreal Neurological Institute.

Quebec's Conseil des universités noted McGill’s impressive record: research budget increased by 150% in seven years; McGill graduated 14% of Quebec's bachelor degrees, 21% of master's, and 39% of doctorates. Administration costs at 6.8% of the operating budget compared very favourably with other universities in the province.

McGill University, For the Advancement of Learning, Volume II, 1893-1971, by Stanley Frost LLD’90.

A. JEAN DE GRANDPRÉ BCL’43, LLD’81, Fifteenth Chancellor, 1984-1991

Six Inuit women received diplomas from the School of Human Communication Disorders for success in courses taught in Inuktitut.

Biology Department's plant biology group received a record grant from Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council for a phytotron.

An estimated 3,000 microcomputers are now on campus; Meridian SL-1 telecommunications system installed to provide for networking.

Centre for Intelligent Machines (CIM) inaugurated.

Morgan Arboretum received the mérite forestier award from the Quebec Department of Energy and Resources.

McGill Advancement Program closed with a total of $77.3 million. Since 1980, 38 new professorial chairs endowed: "an unstoppable momentum for the future."

Radio McGill received a license to broadcast as CKUT.

Ombudsperson for Students office created.

Schools of Architecture and Urban Planning relocated to renovated Macdonald-Harrington Building.

The McGill football team won the Vanier Cup.

McGill Libraries are computerized for campus-wide accessibility.

McGill Centre for Research and Teaching on Women was established.

Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurial Studies was established within the Faculty of Management.

Joint MBA/Asian Studies Program established.

McGill Symphony Orchestra performed Mahler at New York's Carnegie Hall to critical acclaim.

The Faculty of Agriculture was renamed the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.

Of fourteen Federal Centres of Excellence established in Canada in Science and Technology, McGill chose to direct four and to collaborate with six others - the largest share of all participating institutions.

First Nursing Ph.D. in Canada awarded to Francine Ducharme.

McGill Bookstore reopened in a specially designed building on McTavish Street; the largest university bookstore in Eastern Canada.

Annual Giving funds passed the $3 million mark; total private support for the year surpassed $29 million.

McGill registered 21,304 full- and part-time degree and diploma candidates, including 7,853 in Graduate Faculty; also 8,320 registered in Continuing Education; 22% of all students registered their mother tongue as French. McGill awarded 6,193 degrees, diplomas, and certificates including 193 PhDs.

ALEX PATERSON BCL’56, LLD’94, Fifth Chair, Board of Governors, 1990-1994

Carellin Brooks BA’93 and Megan McNeill BA’93 jointly McGill's l00th Rhodes Scholar at the University of Oxford.

Open House featured the Grow Home, which became a worldwide model for affordable housing.

Official adoption of the statement: “The Mission of McGill University is the advancement of learning through teaching, scholarship, and service to society…”

Reopening of Lady Meredith House, damaged by fire in January 1990.

Maclean’s Magazine inaugural survey of Canadian universities ranked McGill first for undergraduate Arts and Sciences.

GRETTA CHAMBERS BA’47, DLitt’01, Sixteenth Chancellor (and the first woman to hold the office), 1991-1999

McCord Museum reopened after extensive renovation and extension.

Rudolf Marcus BSc’43, PhD’46, DSc’88 awarded a Nobel Prize for Chemistry.

Faculty of Dentistry, threatened with closure, waged a successful Renewal Campaign to secure its future.

McGill’s coat-of-arms is registered with the Chief Herald of Canada.

Department of Human Genetics established in the Faculty of Medicine.

McGill Institute for the Study of Canada was established, with the support of the Bronfman family.

Seagram Sports Science Centre opened.

Code of Conduct for Computer Users approved by Senate.

McGill Redbirds Baseball Team launched.

Fieldhouse opened, in 2005 renamed Richard H. Tomlinson Fieldhouse.

BERNARD SHAPIRO BA’56, LLD’88, Fifteenth Principal and Vice-Chancellor, 1994-2002

RlCHARD POUND BCom’62, BCL’67, LLD’09, Sixth Chair, Board of Governors, 1994-1999

McGill’s 175th-anniversary celebrations honoured James McGill, founder of the University, with a statue erected on campus funded by the McGill Associates, and a biography, James McGill of Montreal, by Stanley Frost LLD’90.

L’Association canadienne-française pour l’avancement des sciences (ACFAS) for the first time held its annual conference at McGill.

McGill Sports Hall of Fame inaugurated.

G. Donald Love Competition Hall (athletics) inaugurated.

Twenty-First Century Fund capital campaign closed after three years with a record $206 million total.

M. H. Wong (Engineering Science) Building opened.

Dept. of Classics merged with Dept. of History, becoming 2010 Dept. of History and Classical Studies.

First Peoples’ House opened, as a gathering place for indigenous people.

January 8-18, University closed due to an ice storm and its aftermath.

Nahum Gelber Law Library opened.

McGill School of Environment was established as an interdisciplinary unit.

McGill University Health Centre was created, including the Montreal General, the Royal Victoria, the Montreal Children's, and the Montreal Neurological hospitals, and a new facility was proposed to be located in southwest Montreal.

EcoResidence, an award-winning and environmentally friendly residence, opened on the Macdonald Campus.

Montreal Alouettes Football Club resumed playing at Molson Stadium.

McGill received its first grant from the federal government’s Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI).

688 Sherbrooke St. W. was purchased for use by various academic and administrative offices.

Mobile Dentistry Outreach Program begins with six clinics.

McGill registered 19,963 full- and part-time degree and diploma candidates, including 6,118 graduate students, interns, and residents also 8,748 students registered in Continuing Education.

22% of all students registered to give French as their mother tongue.

McGill awarded 6,193 degrees, diplomas, and certificates, including 321 PhDs.

Julie Payette BEng’86, DSc’03 the first of five McGill graduates to become astronauts.

William and Mary Brown Student Services Building opened, consolidating all student services in one location.

Drummond Street above Penfield Avenue was renamed Promenade Sir William Osler.

The Office for Chemistry and Society was established and renamed Office for Science and Society, in 2002.

Brace Institute became the interdisciplinary Brace Centre for Water Resources Management, Macdonald campus.

McGill's professorial staff declined from 1450 in the early ’90s to 1250, as a result of budget cuts and attrition.

Banner Information System launched.

Richard Tomlinson PhD’48, DSc’01 donated $64 million to the University, then the largest gift from an alumnus to a Canadian university.

Principal's Prize for Teaching Excellence inaugurated.

162 Canada Research Chairs allocated to McGill by the federal government, to date

James McGill Professors and William Dawson Scholars programs launched, in support of outstanding faculty.

Centre for Bioinformatics for interdisciplinary research in Science, Computer Science, and Medicine.

“Contrat de Performance” signed with the Quebec Ministry of Education.

Faculty of Dentistry changed its degree from Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) to Doctor of Dental Medicine (DMD)

Department of Art History and Graduate Communication Program merged as the Department of Art History and Communication Studies.

Faculty of Education teacher formation departments merged to create the Department of Integrated Studies in Education.

Announcement of 100 new faculty being hired annually, over the next ten years.

Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Music Media and Technology (CIRMMT) was created.

Vice Principal (Academic) became Provost and Vice Principal (Academic), and in 2003 became Provost.

The Faculty of Medicine began Canada’s first “Mini-Med School,” for public education, inspiring similar programs in other faculties.

McGill Asteroid, named by David Levy DSc’03 officially recognized.

Institute for Advanced Material established by Faculties of Science and Engineering.

Centre for Research on Language, Mind, and Brain was created, in collaboration with Université de Montréal and the Université du Québec à Montréal.

Agreement reached with Quebec Ministry of Education for sale of Macdonald Campus buildings and land used by John Abbott College.

Canada wins women’s hockey Olympic gold at Salt Lake City, with Kim St. Pierre BEd’05 the second McGill athlete and the first woman to win an Olympic Gold medal.

Principal's Award for Administrative and Support Staff established.

Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research became the Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies.

Brain Tumour Research Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute opened.

CLUMEQ is installed as Canada’s fastest computer.

$150 million was raised through issuing McGill Bonds.