Year

Event

1940

Leland S. McClung was appointed to the IU faculty. He organized the microbiology program and introduced a comprehensive bacteriology curriculum (Young F.N., 1983). Since there was no space available in the Biology Building, bacteriology facilities were set up in three rooms on the west side of the third floor of the Chemistry Department. One of these rooms functioned as the first laboratory session area with 24 student stations, and within this room, there were four smaller rooms, one of which was used as a Media Kitchen, equipped with an autoclave, an Arnold sterilizer and a small mechanical dishwasher (McClung-micro, 1981).

1945

Helen Ruggles Arthur was appointed as a Media Technician. She assisted with the bacteriology quarters in Kirkwood and Jordan (now Biology). She provided exceptional service to all courses and research programs (McClung-micro, 1981).

1946

Bacteriology was established as a separate department under the direction of Leland S. McClung (Young F.N., 1983). The space in the Chemistry Department became small for the Bacteriology Department. The attic on the 4^th floor of Kirkwood Hall was accommodated for them, and a small room at the corner of the teaching laboratory served as the Media Kitchen, with the autoclaves in the student laboratory (McClung-micro, 1981).

1955

A new building for Biology, Jordan Hall, was ready for occupancy. The plans included what is now the Media Lab, which was originally called the Central Media Kitchen (Jordan Hall Brochure, 1955).

1963

The Division of Biological Sciences was established with Tracy Sonneborn as acting director. The departments of Bacteriology, Botany and Zoology continued to maintain their autonomy and conferred degrees, but the Division assumed the responsibility for curricula, graduate fellowships, promotions and tenure, shared facilities, and new faculty appointments (Green S. and Konetzka W, 1983).

1977

Abandonment of the divisional organization and integration of all the departments, except Anatomy and Physiology, in a single department, the Department of Biology (Young F.N., 1983)