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1905	Program founded at Florida Female College
1918	Department of Home Economics was designated the School of Home Economics
1922	Margaret Sandels became dean
1926	First Master of Science in Home Economics offered
1947	The Ph.D. program in home economics authorized by Board of Control
1950	The Interdivisional Ph.D. Program in Marriage and Family established
1956	The School of Home Economics moved into the new Sandels Building
1959	Hortense Glenn became dean
1965	The School was organized into four departments
1972	Margaret Sitton became dean
1974	Accreditation by the American Home Economics Association secured
1976	The School of Home Economics was designated the College of Home Economics
1980	The College celebrated its Diamond Jubilee
1985	Mack and Effie Campbell Tyner Eminent Scholar Chair established
1987	Dr. Konrad Bloch, Nobel Laureate, was named first Tyner Eminent Scholar
1989	The College of Home Economics was renamed the College of Human Sciences; Graduate program in Movement Science transferred from College of Education to the College of Human Sciences
1992	Penny Ralston became Dean
1994	Family Institute was established; Bert Family Eminent Scholar Chair announced
1995	Lincoln Chiropractic College Eminent Scholar Chair in Biomechanics announced; Rinn Cloud named Margaret A. Sitton Professor
1997	College hosts National Conference, “Social Change, Public Policy and Community Collaboration: Training Human Developmental Professionals for the Twenty-First Century.”; Lectra Systems Computer-Aided Design Laboratory established; $7.9 Million raised in College’s first Capital Campaign Carol Darling recieved the Distinguished Teaching Award from FSU
1998	Sandels Building renovated and Rededication Ceremony held; College hosts National Conference, “Synergy of Diversity.”
2000	Jacqueline Dupont named Hazel K. Stiebeling Professor Carol Darling named Margaret R. Sandels Professor College hosts National Conference, 'Health Status of Minorities'
2001	Emily Haymes named C. Etta Walters Professor Bob Moffatt named Georgia Alice Stamford Professor First Hazel K. Stiebeling Lecture held
2002	Shridhar Sathe named D.K. Salunkhe Professor of Food Science
2003	College hosts national conference 'Lipids and Lipoprotiens, Physical Activity, and Diet: Implications for Health' Shridhar Sathe received FSU's Distinguished Teaching Award

Margaret Sandels became the first Dean of the School of Home Economics in 1922.

In 1956, the School of Home Economics moved into the newly constructed Sandels Building, appropriately named after the School’s first dean.

In 2000, Raynard Kington, director of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, was the keynote speaker for the national two-day health conference, Health Status of Minorities: Present Issues and Future Actions.