1940s
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1947 Provisional Charter granted to Rosary Hill College July 31, 1947. Mother M. Alphonse Kampshoff, O.S.F. is named first president.
1948 College opens with 44 students and 13 faculty.
1950s
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1953 Sister M. Angela Canavan, O.S.F. named second president.
1960s
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1965 First male full-time student enrolled as a transfer student.
1970s
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1971 Rosary Hill College opens all concentrations to men.
1973 Dr. Robert S. Marshall named third president.
1977 First official use of Daemen College.
1980s
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1984 Lumsden Gymnasium opens, enrollment is 1454.
1990s
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1996 Dr. Martin J. Anisman named fourth president.
2000s
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2003 Daemen’s athletic mascot transitions from the Warriors to the Wildcats.
2009 Research & Information Commons (RIC) opens.
2010s
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2011 Dr. Edwin G. Clausen named fifth president.
2012 Haberman Gacioch Center for Visual & Performing Arts opens.
2013 Dr. Gary A. Olson named sixth president.
2015 Academic & Wellness Center opens, Daemen enters NCAA Division II.
2019 Daemen promoted to the Carnegie Classification of doctoral/ professional.
2020s
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2022 The New York State Board of Regents unanimously voted to change Daemen to a university.