Preliminary Inventory of the North Carolina State University Dept. of Computer Science Records, 1967-1988

Descriptive Summary

Repository: North Carolina State University Libraries, Special Collections Research Center
Creator: North Carolina State University. Dept. of Computer Science
Title: North Carolina State University Dept. of Computer Science Records, 1967-1988
Call Number: UA 135.012
Extent: 0.5 linear feet, 1 archival box
Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Special Collections Research Center Reference Staff.
Language of Material: English

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Historical Note

1957		Department of Experimental Statistics installed computers in Patterson Hall.
1962		NCSU Computing Center established.
1965 August		NCSU joined Duke and UNC and, with the help of a National Science Foundation grant, formed the Triangle Universities Computation Center, or TUCC.
1965		Ad hoc Committee on Computer Science formed to include a faculty member from the departments of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, Economics, Industrial Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Statistics, and the director of the Computer Center, Paul E. Lewis.
1966		Paul E. Lewis and John W. Cell of the Department of Mathematics wrote the report recommending the reconstitution of the Computing Center into the Department of Computer Science, which would offer a bachelors of science, within the School of Physical Sciences and Applied Mathematics.
1967 July		The new department was approved.
1967 Fall		Instruction in the Computer Science Department began with 21 declared majors and 460 students.
1968 Spring		Number of majors had more than doubled to 49. The expanding department was housed in Harrelson Hall.
1970		Department occupied 10 rooms in the newly opened Dabney Hall.
1974-1978		Averaged 350 majors and between 2,000 and 2,500 students enrolled in all CSC courses.
1977 Fall		Computer Studies program began operation, offering master of science and master of computer studies degrees.
1980		Department started a certificate program in computer programming. Enrollment increased from 100 to over 400 students in one year.
1982 Fall		Department dedicated its Data General MV 8000 to the support of its instructional program. With 60 terminals, it served the approximately 1,500 students in CSC 101 and 111, relieving TUCC of a considerable strain. By Spring 1983, the number of simultaneous computer users on campus had increased by 40%.
1983 Fall		Department acquired a section of the basement of Leazar Hall and installed a Sage microcomputer system with 150 new terminals, which could handle 2,000 underclass students per semester. Some terminals were set aside for computer literacy service courses and graduate and undergraduate graphics courses.
1985		Majors topped the 1,000 mark.
1987		Computer Systems Laboratory (CSL), a joint venture between Computer Science and Electrical and Computer Engineering, opened in Daniels Hall.
1988 July		Computer science officially became a department within the College of Engineering.
1989 Fall		The masters in computer studies was officially renamed the masters in computer science.
1990 January		All students previously in the computer science option for a masters or Ph.D. in computer engineering were transferred into the new autonomously controlled Computer Science program.
1990		Withers became the Computer Science Department's home.

List of Department Heads

1967 September-1969 January		Paul E. Lewis, acting
1970 January-1973		Paul E. Lewis
1973-1974		Norm Williamson, acting
1974 July-1985		Donald Martin
1986-1992		Robert Funderlic
1993-2004 June		Alan L. Tharp
2004 July-		Mladen Vouk

Scope and Content Note

Records, 1967-1988, of the North Carolina State University Dept. of Computer Science include proposal for formation of the department, correspondence, publications, seminar announcements, proceedings of a symposium on system theory, and a few other items.

Organization of the Collection

This collection has not been fully processed. Files are currently arranged by type of document.

Online Catalog Terms

The following terms have been used to index the guide to the collection in the NCSU Library's online catalog.

Individuals

Lewis, Paul E.

Corporate Entities

North Carolina State University. Dept. of Computer Science

Topics

Computer science--Study and teaching--North Carolina

Detailed Description of the Collection

CSC 101 Tutorial, 1988 [UA 135.012 Box 1, Folder 1]
Computer Science Department, Proposal for the Formation of a , 1967 [UA 135.012 Box 1, Folder 2]
Computing Center, 1975-1980 [UA 135.012 Box 1, Folder 3]
Correspondence, 1974 -1977 [UA 135.012 Box 1, Folder 4]
Publications, 1968-1983 [UA 135.012 Box 1, Folder 5]
Seminar Announcements, 1967-1983 [UA 135.012 Box 1, Folder 6]
System Theory, Proceedings of the Fifth Annual Southeastern Symposium on, 1973 [UA 135.012 Box 1, Folder 7]