Feb. 7, 1964- Memphis State University is authorized to accept a gift of $100,000 from Mr. and
Mrs. Herbert Herff to start a master’s degree program in engineering Science.
Fall 1964- Engineering courses begin at Memphis State University.
1964-1969- Dr. Frederic Kellogg serves as dean.
1964- E.C. Ball Hall, first home for engineering courses, is constructed.
May 1965- State Board approves an undergraduate engineering program.
1965- Name is changed to the Herff School of Engineering and later becomes the Herff College
of Engineering in 1968.
1967- Chao Wathabhanieh of Thailand is the first to receive an engineering degree.
1970- Enrollment is 351 undergraduate and 76 graduate.
1971- The civil engineering, electrical engineering, electronics engineering technology
and manufacturing engineering technology undergraduate programs are first accredited.
1971- The College moves into its three-building, $6.5 million complex on Central Avenue.
1973- Mechanical engineering undergraduate program is first accredited.
July 1996- Joint graduate program in biomedical engineering is established between the University
of Memphis and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.
1997- The first biomedical engineering PhD is awarded to Amy DeJongh Curry.
June 1999- BS in computer engineering is approved by the Tennessee Higher Education Commission.
