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| CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS |
| 1861 | University of Washington Chartered by Territorial Government |
| 1889 | Statehood for Washington |
| 1894 | Move to present University of Washington campus begins |
| 1906 | UW Campus developed for Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exhibition |
| 1946 | School of Medicine Chartered |
| 1949 | Division of Ophthalmology formed in the Department of Surgery |
| 1958 | University Hospital opens in Seattle |
| 1962 | University of Washington Physicians formed |
| 1964 | Regents approve Departmental status |
| 1966 | Carl Kupfer, M.D., appointed Chair of Ophthalmology |
| 1967 | Affiliation with Harborview Medical Center |
| 1967 | Residency Training Program begun |
| 1969 | Affiliation with Veteran's Administration Medical Center |
| 1969 | Lion's Eye Bank founded |
| 1969 | Carl Kupfer, M.D., appointed Director, National Eye Institute |
| 1970 | Robert E. Kalina, M.D., appointed Chairman of Ophthalmology |
| 1974 | Affiliation with Children's Hospital & Medical Center |
| 1975 | First Annual Resident Alumni Day |
| 1976 | Vision Research CORE Grant awarded |
| 1977 | Bishop Professorship established, Robert W. Rodieck, Ph.D. |
| 1978 | ARVO Friedenwald Award to Sidney Futterman, Ph.D. |
| 1981 | Vitreoretinal Fellowship begun |
| 1982 | First Sidney Futterman Memorial Lecture |
| 1983 | Robert E. Kalina, M.D., AUPO President |
| 1984 | First Roger Johnson Lecture |
| 1987 | Boyd K. Bucey Endowment |
| 1987 | RP Foundation Histopathology Laboratory established, Ann H. Milam, Ph.D. |
| 1992 | Jules and Doris Stein RPB Professorship established |
| 1993 | University of Washington Eye Center Opes |
| 1994 | Anita E. Hendrickson, Ph.D., appointed Chair, Biological Structure |
| 1995 | Richard P. Mills, M.D., AAO President |
| 1996 | ARVO Cogan Award to Krzysztof Palczewski, Ph.D. |
| 1996 | 30th Anniversary of the Department of Ophthalmology |
| 1996 | 50th Anniversary of the University of Washington School of Medicine |
| 1996 | 100th Anniversary of the American Academy of Ophthalmology |
| 1997 | Robert E. Kalina, M.D., steps down as Chair of Ophthalmology |
| 1997 | Richard P. Mills, M.D., appointed Acting Chair of Ophthalmology |
| 1998 | Steven E. Wilson, M.D., appointed Professor and Chair of Ophthalmology |
| 1998 | Refractive Surgery Center opens at University of Washington Medical Center |
| 1999 | Bishop Professorship Named, Krzysztof Palczewski, Ph.D. |
| 1999 | ARVO Friedenwald Award to John C. Saari, Ph.D. |
| 1999 | Roger H. Johnson Macular Degeneration Endowment |
| 2000 | James L. Hargiss Endowment to Support Oculoplastic Surgery Fellow |
| 2001 | Murdock Grant Funded for Purchase of a Multi-photon Confocal Microscope |
| 2001 | Steven E. Wilson, M.D., named Grace E. Hill Professor in Vision Research |
| 2001 | Eastside Ophthalmology Clinic opens at UWP Eastside Specialty Clinic in Bellevue |
| 2002 | Opening of UW Refractive Surgery Center & UWMC Cosmetic Surgery Center, Roosevelt |
| 2002 | Anita E. Hendrickson, Ph.D., awarded the Proctor Medal by ARVO |
| 2002 | Christine A. Curcio, Ph.D., awarded the first Roger A. Johnson Macular Degeneration Prize |
| 2003 | Bryan Sires, M.D., Ph.D., appointed Acting Chair of Ophthalmology |
| 2004 | Ursula Schmidt-Erfuth, Ph.D., awarded the second Roger A. Johnson Macular Degeneration Prize |
| 2005 | Philip Chen, M.D., appointed Acting Chair of Ophthalmology |
| 2006 | Gregory Hageman, Ph.D., awarded the third Roger A. Johnson Macular Degeneration Prize |
| 2008 | Russell Van Gelder, M.D., Ph.D, appointed Chairman of Ophthalmology |
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