| 1973 |
University Trustee Sydney "Jim" Stein
provides seed funding to the University for a policy program.
Six faculty members submit a proposal to the University of
Chicago president and provost recommending the establishment
of a public policy committee. |
| 1975 |
A group of 23 faculty members,
from such diverse fields as business, economics, education,
history, law, medicine, political science, social work, sociology,
and statistics, formally establish the Committee on Public
Policy Studies. |
| 1976 |
University establishes a Visiting
Committee for Committee on Public Policy Studies. |
| 1977 |
Committee on Public Policy Studies
awards one-year A.M. degrees to seven graduates and enrolls
11 new students. |
| 1979 |
A two-year A.M. program is launched
that enrolls 36 students. |
| 1981 |
A Ph.D. program in public policy
studies is established. |
| 1983 |
Enrollment in CPPS programs reaches
100 master's and Ph.D. students. |
| 1985 |
University President Hanna Gray
appoints a panel of five deans to review the status of the
public policy program. The panel recommends that a graduate
school be created from the Committee on Public Policy Studies. |
| 1986 |
Irving Harris establishes a core
endowment for the Graduate School of Public Policy Studies. |
| 1987 |
The Council of the University Senate
unanimously recommends that the University establish a professional "Graduate
School of Public Policy Studies," to begin operations
in the 1988-89 academic year. A search committee is formed
to locate the School's first dean. |
| 1989 |
During the next five years, the
School grows full-time equivalent (FTE) faculty from four faculty
to 13, exceeds 140 students enrolled in its programs, and approaches
$3 million in annual research grants. |
| 1990 |
The Graduate School of Public Policy
Studies is named the Irving B. Harris Graduate School of Public
Policy Studies in recognition of Mr. Harris' generosity and
strong support of the program. |
| 1997 |
The public policy program celebrates
the 20th anniversary of the awarding of its first master's
degrees. |
| 2002 |
The Harris School welcomes its
largest class ever. 136 M.P.P. students. |
