Historic Timeline
| 1942 | The Northern California Public Health Association appoints a committee on the establishment of a school of public health in California, chaired by William P. Shepard, second vice president of Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, with strong endorsement by the California Medical Association. |
| 1943 | Shepard, Larry Arnstein, Karl F. Meyer, and other interested constituents successfully present the necessity of a school of public health to the California State Legislature. The legislature enacts a law, signed by Governor Earl Warren, establishing the School at the University of California. |
| 1944 | Margaret Beattie, Fern French, Walter Mangold, Harold Gray, Escholzia Lucia, and Frank Kelley constitute the School's principal faculty. The School holds its first commencement. |
| 1945 |  The School launches a training program for public health sanitarians. |
| 1946 | The American Public Health Association accredits the School of Public Health at UC Berkeley, making it the only accredited school of public health west of the Mississippi. |
| 1947 | The School grants its first Dr.P.H. |
| 1955 |  UC Berkeley Chancellor Clark Kerr dedicates Earl Warren Hall, named for the former California governor and U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice, who was instrumental in obtaining public funding for its construction. |
| 1960 | The School grants its first Ph.D. |
| 1961 | The School is accredited to offer M.D.s, a residency program in preventive medicine, the first school of public health to receive such accreditation. |
| 1968 | The School ends its undergraduate degree program. |
| 1971 | The American Indian Graduate Program is founded to respond to a need for more Native American health professionals. |
| 1979 | The Minority Enrollment Program is established in response to California's growing multicultural population. |
| 1982 | The UCB-UCSF Joint Medical Program is placed under the School's administrative direction. |
| 1983 | The San Francisco Men's Health Study is launched by Warren Winkelstein Jr. The study will provide key epidemiological support for the link between HIV and AIDS. |
| 1984 |  The UC Berkeley Wellness Letter, under the leadership of Sheldon Margen, publishes its first issue. Today it is the most widely read health newsletter in North America. |
| 1986 | Leonard Syme develops the Wellness Guide to provide Californians with direct information on how to stay well and how to find help on a wide range of health-related topics. |
| 1987 | Martyn Smith is appointed director of the School's Superfund Basic Research Program, which is supported by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. |
| 1991 | Berkeley students establish the Suitcase Clinic to address some of the health and social problems related to homelessness. |
| 1992 | The School's international health program is formally developed with the successful recruitment of Malcolm Potts to the Fred H. Bixby Endowed Chair in Population and Family Planning and multiple awards from the NIH Fogarty Center on International Health. |
| 1993 | The CDC chooses the School of Public Health as one of nine health promotion and disease prevention research centers around the nation. The Center for Family and Community Health is led by Ira Tager. |
| 1994 | UC Berkeley launches its Millennium Campaign, "The Promise of Berkeley Campaign for the New Century." By the end of the campaign, the School of Public Health surpasses its $20 million goal, raising more than $26 million. Arthur L. Reingold establishes the CDC California Emerging Infections Program. |
| 1995 | The School teams with the Peace Corps to establish the Master's Internationalist Program. |
| 1996 | The School establishes the Public Health Heroes Award program to honor individuals and organizations for their unique contributions and exceptional commitment to improving public health. The School holds its first annual research symposium. |
| 1998 | Sponsored research activities grow to $25 million annually. |
| 1999 | The University launches the Berkeley Health Sciences Initiative, with leadership from Dean Penhoet, to encourage multidisciplinary research in the health sciences across the campus. The Nicholas C. Petris Center on Health Care Markets and Consumer Welfare is established. |
| 2000 | Responding to the growth of the Internet and its potential to impact health, the School holds its first eHealth Summit and Forum. |
| 2001 | The Center for Health Research is established as a University-wide effort to bring together UC Berkeley social scientists and other investigators to address challenging issues facing the health sector of society. |
| 2002 | The School receives a federal grant to establish the Center for Infectious Disease Preparedness following the 2001 anthrax attacks. Arthur L. Reingold serves as principal investigator. The Center of Excellence for Environmental Public Health Tracking, funded by the CDC and headed by John Balmes, is established to investigate links between diseases and environmental pollutants. |
| 2003 | Sponsored research activities expand to over $40 million annually. The School reestablishes an upper-division undergraduate major in public health. |
| 2005 | Senior health care leaders from countries around the world convene at Berkeley for the first Berkeley-Barcelona Advanced Health Leadership Forum. |
| 2007 | The School's Center for Global Public Health is established and led by director Eva Harris. The Center for Exposure Biology is also established and led by Stephen Rappaport. |
| 2008 | The School enters a partnership with Mexico's National Institute of Public Health (INSP) to collaborate on finding solutions to health issues throughout the United States, Mexico, and Latin America. The School launches The Campaign for the School of Public Health, with the theme "Healthier Lives in a Safer World," with a private philanthropy goal of $110 million. |