Milestones during Thomas Tredway's presidency

(Editor's note: This list of college milestones during Dr. Thomas Tredway's presidency was published in Augustana Magazine, Winter 2003, on the occasion of his retirement.)

1975

Thomas Tredway elected 7th president of Augustana College

1976

King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden visits campus

1977

$11.7 million Agenda for Leadership announced; by 1982, more than $18 million committed

1979

College Center opens

1980

WVIK-FM signs on the air as Augustana Public Radio

1981

Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center established

1982

Football team loses to West Georgia in national championship; the team won’t lose again until 1987, four NCAA titles later

1986

Foundations honors program in humanities begins; Logos honors program in sciences follows in 1997

7th Avenue reduced to two lanes and reconfigured to better link both sides of campus

1988

Queen Silvia of Sweden visits campus

$4.6 million gift from Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust launches $45 million Campaign for Augustana; by 1993, more than $47.5 million committed

Augustana chosen to participate in the Pew Science Program

Exchange program with China’s Huazhong Normal University begins

1990

Augustana College Library dedicated in celebrations that include Chicago Symphony Orchestra performance in Centennial Hall

1991

Dr. William Hammer discovers first Antarctic dinosaur

1994

Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust provides $7.5 million grant toward scholarships and new science facilities

1995

PepsiCo Recreation Center opens

1996

King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden make first joint visit to campus

F.W. Olin Foundation announces plans to build $7.5 million educational technology center

1997

Tradition & Promise $80 million campaign launched; ends Jan. 1, 2001, with $87 million committed

Three new buildings added to campus: Betsey Brodahl Student Services Building; Doris & Victor Day Broadcast Center and Studio Art Building

1998

Science Building and F.W. Olin Educational Technology Center dedicated

1999

Augustana ends the 1990s with more Academic All-American athletes than any other school in the nation except Nebraska and MIT

2001

Multimedia “smart” classrooms installed in academic buildings

2002

New General Education plan adopted by Faculty Senate

Lilly Foundation announces $2 million grant to fund Augustana’s “Called to Serve” church vocations initiative