| 1860s & 70s |
| 1869 |
Iowa State College formally open for admission |
| 1872 |
Curriculum of human nutrition starts |
| 1872 |
ISU becomes the first land grant institution to offer domestic economy for college credit |
| 1876 |
Domestic econmy opened first experimental kitchen in a U.S. college |
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| 1880s & 90s |
| 1884 |
Graduate work first offered in domestic economy |
| 1885 |
Home Ec leaves basement of Main Building to portion of South Hall (former home of President Welch) |
| 1896 |
Home Ec moves to 2nd floor of North Hall; adjoined Margaret Hall; social center of campus; future site of MacKay |
| 1896 |
Home Ec offered as an elective to men for first time |
| 1898 |
FS HN officially begins; named the Department of Dairying |
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| 1900s & 10s |
| 1900 |
E. Beatty's thesis on Indian corn considered first effort at scentific investigation with food at ISU |
| 1910 |
Home Economics Association of Iowa created |
| 1910 |
Home Economics Club established |
| 1912 |
Name change to Home Economics official at ISU |
| 1913 |
Department of Home Economics made a division |
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| 1920s & 30s |
| 1921 |
The Iowa Homemaker begins publication |
| 1922 |
First VEISHA held |
| 1922 |
Maples Tea Room established |
| 1924 |
Nursery School established - begins Child Care and Training Course |
| 1925 |
Homemaker's Half Hour (radio program) begins |
| 1926 |
Home Ec. Hall finished; cost: $540,000; incorporated Domestic Technology Building |
| 1926 |
Home Economics Club records 450 members |
| 1928 |
Ph.D. in Nutrition established |
| 1928 |
Mildred Day, future co-inventor of Rice Krispie Treats, graduates from ISU |
| 1933 |
First federal government training for state supervised to meet special needs of the depression |
| 1938 |
Margaret Hall destroyed by fire |
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| 1940s & 50s |
| 1940 |
Ph.D. in Foods established |
| 1947 |
75th Anniversary of Division of Home Economics |
| 1948 |
The Food Processing Laboratory built at a cost of $18,743 |
| 1953 |
Renamed Department of Food and Nutrition |
| 1954 |
Cy named first ISU mascot |
| 1956 |
Work started on new addition of Home Ec. Hall |
| 1958 |
Undergraduate major in Food Technology becomes available |
| 1959 |
Home Economics established as college when ISU reorganizes as a university |
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| 1960s & 70s |
| 1962 |
Women's hours extended to midnight except freshmen |
| 1967 |
First Ph.D. awarded in Child Development at ISU |
| 1974 |
Department of Home Economics Studies established |
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| 1980s to 2000 |
| 1990 |
Merges with Department of Food Technology in the College of Agriculture to form Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition |
| 1998 |
Dietetic Internship earns ADA accredidation |
| 2000 |
ISU/FSHN works with industry to develop foods for extended space travel for NASA |
