March 31, 1983 – UCSD
Announces establishment of a $12 million Center
for Magnetic Recording Research
CMRR Celebrates its 25th Anniversary 1983-2008
March 31, 1983 – UCSD
Announces establishment of a $12 million Center
for Magnetic Recording Research
March 31, 1983 – Dr. Albert Hoagland appointed acting director
March 31, 1983 – Founding sponsors: Applied Magnetics Corporation, Control Data Corporation, Data Electronics, Inc., Eastman Kodak Company, IBM Corporation, National Micronetics, Inc., Pfizer Pigments, Inc., Seagate Technology, 3M, Verbatim Corporation
August 3, 1984 – Groundbreaking ceremonies
August 27, 1984 – John C. Mallinson named first director of the Center
January 1, 1985 - Dr. Jack K. Wolf accepts first CMRR Endowed Chair
January 22, 1985 - Dr. H. Neal Bertram appointed to CMRR Endowed Chair
March 27, 1986 – CMRR building dedicated
March 1986 – Dr. Frank E. Talke appointed to CMRR Endowed Chair
October 1, 1986 – Dr. Ami E. Berkowitz appointed to CMRR Endowed Chair
October 1987 – CMRR confers first Ph.D. to Catherine French, a student in Professor Jack Wolf’s group
December 1989 – IBM & CMRR researchers announce that they have set a world record by successfully packing a billion bits of information onto a single square inch of magnetic disk surface, an information density 15 to 30 times greater than the storage capacity of then available computer hard disk drives.
July 1, 1990 – Professor Sheldon Schultz appointed CMRR Director
May 4, 1993 – CMRR celebrates 10th anniversary
February 19, 1997 – Dr. Gordon F. Hughes appointed CMRR Associate Director
July 1, 2000 - Professor Paul H. Siegel appointed CMRR Director
October 16, 2001 – Claude E. Shannon Symposium and Statue Dedication held at CMRR
May 20, 2003 – Shannon Memorial Lecture Fund established
May 6, 2003 – CMRR celebrates 20th anniversary
May 6, 2003 – CMRR establishes endowment fund for Sheldon Schultz Prize for Excellence in Graduate Student Research
July 1, 2004 – CMRR welcomes Professor Sungho Jin
September 20, 2004 – Professor H. Neal Bertram retires
September 30, 2005 – Gordon F. Hughes, Associate Director of CMRR, retires
November 1, 2006 - Professor Eric Fullerton appointed to CMRR Endowed Chair
July 10, 2007– The Shannon Graduate Fellowship Fund established
July 24, 2007 - Professor Paul H. Siegel appointed to CMRR Endowed Chair
October 30, 2008—CMRR celebrates 25th anniversary