History of geology at Miami
Geology at Miami has been around practically as long as the university. The following timeline takes you back through the layers of geologic history at Miami. You may find it more interesting to explore history from the ground up, starting in 1809.
| 1982 | The Miami University Geology Museum becomes The Karl E. Limper Geology Museum. |
| 1979 | The Primitive Earth Revisited Symposium celebrates Shideler Hall’s ten-year anniversary. |
| 1968 | The
Miami University Geology Museum opens. The Primitive Earth Symposium celebrates the completion of Shideler Hall. |
| 1966 | Shideler Hall construction completed. |
| 1957 | Dr. Shideler retires. |
| 1952 | Miami operates the field station alone. |
| 1947 | University of Mississippi and Syracuse University join as field station partners. |
| 1940 | Miami, Knox College, and Cornell College operate field station in Dubois, Wyoming. |
| 1931 | Geology department awards first Master's degree to Ralph T. Strete. |
| 1922 | Geology department awards first Bachelor's degree to Paul H. Dunn. |
| 1920 | "Doc" Shideler establishes Department of Geology. |
| 1909 | A young William H. Shideler, a native of nearby Seven Mile in Butler county, Ohio, earns his B.A., Miami 1907. The family home is in the northeast corner of the intersection of Route 127 and Route 73. Shideler replaces Burke as a member of the zoology faculty. |
| 1906 | R. H. Burke brings Geology back. |
| 1890 | James dismissed for teaching evolution. |
| 1885 | "New Miami" opens; Joseph Francis James [son of the renowned amateur fossil collector, Uriah Pierson James of Cincinnati] assumes professorship of natural history. |
| 1873 | "Old Miami" closes, and Rev. Osborn leaves. |
| 1870 | Rev. Osborn takes over for Prof. Stoddard. |
| 1867 | Prof. Stoddard founds Science Department; secures first collection of geological specimens. |
| 1845 | Prof. Stoddard (as in Stoddard Hall) teaches geology in "English and Science Course." |
| 1835 | Rev. Scott teaches course on "natural history." |
| 1809 | Miami University founded. |
For more information, please read the article by John K. Pope on the History of Geology at Miami.
