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The University of Washington Department of Computer Science & Engineering was established as an inter-college graduate program in 1967. In 1975 an undergraduate program in Computer Science was added and departmental status was conferred. A second undergraduate program, in Computer Engineering, was added in 1989 when the department moved to the College of Engineering, and a Professional Masters Program was added in 1996.

Jerre Noe was hired from SRI as CSE's first chair in 1968. He was succeeded by Hellmut Golde, Bob Ritchie, Paul Young, Jean-Loup Baer, Ed Lazowska, and David Notkin.

This website represents an initial attempt to catalog some of the rich history of the program.

• 1968 faculty, staff, and student phone list
• 1968 graduate program requirements
• 1968-1975 graduate student climbing log
• 1970: Jean-Loup Baer angles for more space
• Jerre Noe's 80th birthday party, 2003 (department's 35th anniversary)
• Beautiful Sieg Hall (our home from 1975-2003)
• Four-page MSB insert on the Paul G. Allen Center -- includes two-page CSE historical timeline
• Dedication of the Paul G. Allen Center, October 9 2003

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