Timeline - 1950s


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1957

  • First undergraduates enroll in the Waterloo College's Associate Faculties, which later become UW.

1958

  • Construction of first buildings begins on the Schweitzer farm.

1959

  • UW is incorporated by the Province of Ontario.
  • Wes Graham joins the Department of Mathematics.
  • First computer programming course is offered.