Biology Department Timeline
| 1900 | Biology emerges as a class at St. Bonaventure's College. |
| 1915-1916 | Pre-med classes are offered. Also the Delta Kappa Mu club starts. |
| 1923 | Summer classes are offered in Biology. |
| 1926-1927 | Advanced Biology becomes an elective. |
| 1927-1928 | Biology now has its own department. James A. McLaughlin is the first biology department dean (chairman). |
| 1933 | In April, Lynch Hall is struck by lightning and completely gutted in the ensuing fire. |
| 1934-1935 | De La Roche Hall is constructed to replace Lynch Hall. |
| 1937-1943 | Dr. John Worden was department chair. |
| 1948-1968 | Dr. Kenneth Anderson was department chair. |
| 1951 | Ph.D. in Biology is now offered at St. Bonaventure. |
| 1970-1975 | Dr. Alfred Finocchio was department chair. |
| 1974-1975 | Biology majors can now choose to be a biology major, a microbiology major or a medical technology major. |
| 1976-1979 | Dr. Ronald Hartman was department chair. |
| 1979 | The decision was made to phase out the Ph. D. Program in Biology. |
| 1979-1982 | Dr. James White was department chair. |
| 1981-1982 | The major in microbiology is dropped. Dr. Richard C. Bothner was awarded a $5,500 grant from the Endangered Species Division of The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, to study the endangered salamander, the Hellbender. |
| 1982-1984 | Dr. William L. Wissinger was department chair. |
| 1983 | Dr. Alfred Finocchio and his student Michael Kernan discovered a new species of fungus. They named it Hymenoscyphus Monctropae. |
| 1984-1988 | Dr. Alfred Finocchio was department chair for the second time. |
| 1988 | The last Ph.D. in biology was granted to Salvatore Michael Passanese. |
| 1990-1994 | Dr. James White was department chair for the second time. |
| 1992 | Enrollment in the biology department increased from 44 students in 1989 to 287. |
| 1993 | Two new labs were added to make room for Biology 101. |
| 1994 | Dr. William Wissinger was department chair for the second time. |
| 1995 | Safety officer was hired to over see waste disposal. |
| 1997-2000 | Dr. Theodore Georgian was department chair. |
| 1999 | Clare 102 (Natural World) is offered. |
| 2000-2005 | Dr. John Kupinski was department chair. |
| 2004-2006 | Dr. Patty Parsley was department chair. |
| 2006-2007 | Fr. Peter Schneible was department chair. |
| 2007-2008 | Dr. Joel Benington was department chair. |
Website created by Greg Shugrue
Spring 2008 Archives Internship (History 495)
Updated & edited by Ellen Winger, Summer 2010.
Last update:28 July 2010