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class="page-header">History</h1> <div class="region region-content"> <section aria-label="" id="block-system-main" class="block block-system clearfix"> <div id="node-339" class="node node-landing-page clearfix" about="/about/history" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document"> <div> <span property="dc:title" content="History" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> </div> <div class="field-body"> <p><strong>A THREE-PHASE CHARACTERIZATION OF THE CS DEPARTMENT</strong></p> <p><em>Siegfried Treu, Professor Emeritus</em></p> <p>In 1966, Dr. Orrin E. Taulbee left Goodyear Aerospace Corporation to join the University of Pittsburgh as chairperson of its newly approved Department of Computer Science. Pitt鈥檚 CS Department (CSD) was among the first such departments in the country. In 1996, its faculty, students, and staff proudly celebrated the thirtieth anniversary of its founding.</p> <p>Following is an historical sketch of the CSD. A review of its development during its first 30 years suggests a history consisting of three successive 10-year phases:</p> </div> <div class="field-section-overview"> <div class="view view-landing-page-breakouts view-id-landing_page_breakouts view-display-id-default view-dom-id-33a03601ede7988fc7f12a051e99b6fe"> <div class="view-content"> <div class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first"> <div class="views-field views-field-field-section-image"> <div class="field-content"><a href="https://www.cs.pitt.edu/about/history/1966-76-formative-years"> <figure class="field-section-image"> <img typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" src="https://www.cs.pitt.edu/sites/default/files/styles/section_image/public/landing-images/pdp4-300x235.jpg?itok=q7F5Wopl" width="270" height="140" alt="" /> </figure> </a></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing group-text"> <span class="field-content"><a href="https://www.cs.pitt.edu/about/history/1966-76-formative-years"> <h2 class="field-section-title"> 1966-76: The Formative Years </h2> </a> <p>The CSD was initially located on the 8th floor of the Cathedral of Learning. Orrin Taulbee was faced with a number of challenges. Besides having to recruit faculty qualified in CS, at a time when PhD holders in CS were not to be found, he had to provide suitable computing facilities for both faculty and ...</p> </span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-2 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field views-field-field-section-image"> <div class="field-content"><a href="https://www.cs.pitt.edu/about/history/1976-86-enrollment-crunch"> <figure class="field-section-image"> <img typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" src="https://www.cs.pitt.edu/sites/default/files/styles/section_image/public/landing-images/vax.jpg?itok=-pqQT08L" width="270" height="140" alt="" /> </figure> </a></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing group-text"> <span class="field-content"><a href="https://www.cs.pitt.edu/about/history/1976-86-enrollment-crunch"> <h2 class="field-section-title"> 1976-86: The Enrollment Crunch </h2> </a> <p>America's bicentennial year somehow triggered an astonishing upward spiral in the number of students wanting to major in CS. This love affair lasted throughout the United States until the mid-1980's. The number of undergraduate degrees awarded by the CSD at Pitt increased steadily from 1976 until 1985. 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