Timeline
1917-1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s1990
Psychology is ranked 8th by U.S. New & World Report for its Masters in Rehabilitation Counseling, becomes a national leader in Industrial/Organizational management of rapid change in complex work environments and is cited nationally as an example of effective scientist/practitioner training
Dr. Nambury Raju is elected Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology
1994
The doctoral Clinical Psychology Program receives full five years accreditation from the American Psychological Association
Dr. Chow Lam is promoted to Professor of Psychology
Retired professor Dr. Morris Aderman passes away and the Aderman Memorial Fund is established to support professional presentations by students
1995
IIT's Psychology Department becomes an autonomous unit to be called the Institute of Psychology
1996
Board of Overseers is established with Bryan Dunn named as Chair
First meeting of the Psychology Board at Chicago Club with the IIT Challenge Campaign and the Center for Research and Service Business Plan as key agenda items
Director M. Ellen Mitchell, working with the Psychology Board, drafts the first five-year plan for Psychology
1999
Professor Tamara Goldman Sher, Ph.D. receives $2.5 million grant, the largest ever to a single faculty member at IIT, from the NIH for research on medical illness and its effects on couples