<p class='main'>The atmospheric research program began in July 1966 with the establishment of a Department of Meteorology in the School of Liberal Arts and Sciences as the first phase in the establishment of a degree program in the atmospheric sciences.<a href='#ftn1'><sup>1</sup></a> On March 20, 1968 the Board of Trustees established a Laboratory of Meteorological Research in the Graduate College to provide an adminstrative and technical focus for research and development.<a href='#ftn2'><sup>2</sup></a> In 1969 the laboratory's name was changed to the Atmospheric Research Laboratory.<a href='#ftn3'><sup>3</sup></a></p>
<p class='main'>The second phase of the program became effective in April 1973 when the Atmospheric Sciences graduate degree program was established under the auspices of the Graduate College.<a href='#ftn4'><sup>4</sup></a></p>
<p class='main'>The third phase of the program took effect in 1981 when the Laboratory for Atmospheric Research was supplanted and succeeded by the Department of Atmospheric Sciences in the Graduate College.<a href='#ftn5'><sup>5</sup></a></p>
<p class='note'><a name='ftn1'>1.� Board of Trustees Transactions, 54th Report, July 27, 1966, p. 8; 1966-1968, p. 975.</a></p>
<p class='note'><a name='ftn2'>2.� Board of Trustees Transactions, 54th Report, March 20, 1968, p. 975.</a></p>
<p class='note'><a name='ftn3'>3.� Staff Directory, 1969/1970, p. 20.</a></p>
<p class='note'><a name='ftn4'>4.� Board of Trustees Transactions, 57th Report, April 18, 1973, p. 249-250.</a></p>
<p class='note'><a name='ftn5'>5.� Board of Trustees Transactions, 61st Report, April 16, 1981, p. 235.</a></p>
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