Department History

Date	Event
1952	Communication Sciences & Disorders (CSD) program established.
1953	Speech Correction Area within the Division for Exceptional Children
	Dr.Stanley H. Ainsworth Chair, Communication Sciences & Disorders (1953–1968) Chair, Division for the Education of Exceptional Children (EXC) (1953–1968) ASHA president in 1960
	The UGA Speech & Hearing Clinic was first housed in Waddell Hall from 1953 to 1963.
	Waddell Hall
1963	The UGA Speech & Hearing Clinic moves to Baldwin Hall in 1963. It is housed there until 1968.
	Baldwin Hall
1965	American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA) changes their minimum requirement to become a speech-language pathologist from a bachelor’s degree to a master’s degree.
1966	Mary Michael was the first; W. Ray Neal and Joan Berryman were second and third students to receive doctoral degrees – they received their Doctor of Education.
1968	Speech Pathology and Audiology within the Division for Exceptional Children (The Audiology Program was initiated in 1968, and the Education of the Deaf/Hard of Hearing Program became available in 1985)
	The UGA Speech & Hearing Clinic moves to the Psychology Building while waiting for Aderhold Hall to be built.
	Aderhold looking at the foundation of Aderhold Hall.
	Dr. W. Ray Neal becomes Communication Sciences & Disorders’ second division chair.
	Dr. W. Ray Neal Division Chair – Communications Sciences & Disorders. (1968–1970)
	Dr. Jake Hunt (1968-1980) becomes Special Education’s second division chair.
1970	The UGA Speech & Hearing Clinic moves to its current home of Aderhold Hall.
	Aderhold Hall
	W. Scott Curtis becomes Communication Sciences & Disorders division chair.
	Dr. W. Scott Curtis Division Chair – Communications Sciences & Disorders. (1970–1983)
	Dr. Richard Talbott becomes Communication Sciences & Disorders division chair.
	Dr. Richard Talbott Division Chair – Communications Sciences & Disorders. (1983–1986)
1980′s	CSD’s name during the 1980s is Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology.
	The CSD department begins to follow the national trend and offer clinic work to graduate students instead of undergraduates
1980	Special Education & Speech Pathology and Audiology operate as a single unit within the Division for the Education of Exceptional Children. Program housed in the Psychology-Journalism building on north campus.
	Dr. Kathryn Blake (1980-1982) becomes Special Education’s division head. She is the Dean of the College of Education in 1981-1982.
	Dr. Kathryn Blake Division Head – Special Education (1980–1982) Dean – College of Education )1981–1982)
1982	Special Education & Speech Pathology and Audiology broke into two separate entities within the Division for Exceptional Children – each was considered their own department.
	Dr. Peg Wood becomes interim division head of Special Education.
1983	Dr. William Swan becomes division head of Special Education.
	Dr. William Swan Division Head – Special Education (1983–1985)
1985	Dr. Tom Burton becomes department head of Special Education.
1986	Joan Berryman becomes Communication Sciences & Disorders department head.
	Dr. Joan Berryman Head – Department of Communications Sciences & Disorders. (1986–1994)
1989	Dr. Cheri Hoy becomes department head of Special Education.
	Dr. Cheri Hoy Head – Department of Special Education (1989–1998) Director – School of Professional Studies (1998–2003) Associate Dean for Faculty & Administrative Services (2003–present)
1994	Dr. Marilyn Newhoff becomes Communication Sciences & Disorders department head.
	Dr. Marilyn Newhoff Head – Department of Communications Sciences & Disorders. (1994–1996)
1996	Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders and Department of Special Education joined Department of  Educational Psychology, Department of Instructional Technology and Department of Counseling to form the School of Professional Studies (George Hynd was first school director—later Cheri Hoy)
	Dr. George Hynd becomes first director of the newly formed School of Professional Studies.Distinguished Facutly: George Hynd: The University of Jyvaskyla awarded an honorary doctorate to Purdue University Education Dean George Hynd in 2004; Senior Scientist Award from the American Psychological Association in 2002; Norman Geschwind Memorial Lecture for the Orton Dyslexia Society in 1998; Fulbright Teaching Fellowship in 1986
	Dr. George Hynd Director – School of Professional Studies (1996–1998) Associate Dean for Research Development & Outreach (2000–2003)
	Dr. Robert Nozza serves one year as interim head of the deparment of Communication Sciences & Disorders.
	Dr. Robert Nozza Interim Head – Department of Communications Sciences & Disorders. (1996–1997)
1997	Dr. Anne van Kleeck becomes head of the deparment of Communication Sciences & Disorders.
	Dr. Anne van Kleeck Interim Head – Department of Communications Sciences & Disorders. (1997–2004)
1998	Dr. John Langone becomes department head of Special Education.
	Dr. John Langone Head – Department of Special Education (1998–2004) Interim Head – Department of Communication Sciences and Special Education.
2001	CSD no longer offers Audiology or Deaf/Hard of Hearing Programs.
2004	Departments merged once again and became the Department of Communication Sciences and Special Education within the College of Education
	Dr. John Langone serves two years as interim head of the Department of Communication Sciences and Special Education.
	Dr. Al DeChicchis serves as Communication Sciences program director within the department of Communication Sciences and Special Education.
	Dr. Al DeChicchis Director – Program of Communication Sciences (2004–present)
	Distinguished alumni: Sharon Webber: co-founder of Super Duper Publications in Greenville, SC; received the COE Lifetime Achievement Alumni Award in 2004.
	Sharon Webber BSEd ‘80
2005	Distinguished alumni: Marc E. Fey: received Lifetime Achievement Alumni Award in 2005 for his demonstration of outstanding success in the diverse fields of academia, healthcare business or government.
	Marc E. Fey M.Ed.’75
2006	Dr. Anne K. Bothe becomes Communication Sciences and Special Education department head.
	Dr.Anne K. Bothe Head – Communication Sciences and Special Education (2006–present)
2007	Distinguished alumni: Joan Berryman receives the COE Alumni Service Award in 2007; The Berryman Family Foundation annually contributes to the College of Education general support fund and the Speech and Hearing Clinic support fund.
	Joan Berryman M.Ed. ’62, Ed.D. ‘66
	Distinguished alumni: Lisa Lucks Mendel: currently Associate Professor of Audiology at University of Memphis.
	Lisa Lucks Mendel
	Distinguished alumni: Jon Tonkovich: co-author of the Dysarthria Rehabilitation Program, 2nd Edition.
	Distinguished alumni: Ellyn Lucas Arwood: Founder of the Institute, APRICOT, Inc. in Oregon, which provides materials, products, and educational services; author of various books about children’s language and pragmatics.
2009	Dr. Albert R. De Chicchis becomes Communication Sciences and Special Education department head.
2012	Dr. Anne Marcotte (Bothe) becomes Communication Sciences and Special Education department head.