Artifacts from the history of the
Department of Computer Science
Please visit cs.unc.edu/50th/timeline for a continually expanding timeline of the Department's history from 1955 to the present.
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This cover letter introduced the curriculum plan provided by
C. Hugh Holman to the Administrative Board of the
Graduate School in 1964. Image courtesy of the
University Archives, The Wilson Library,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
On January 19, 1971, the Department received its
current name when Chancellor Sitterson approved
a name change from the “Department of Computer
and Information Science” to just the “Department
of Computer Science.” Image courtesy of the
University Archives, The Wilson Library,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.