| 1971 |
President Richard Nixon declares war on cancer. |
| 1975 |
With the aid of a two-year planning grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI), a University Cancer Research Committee is established. |
| 1976 |
Purdue Cancer Center is created as a separate administrative unit within the University. Dr. D. James Morré is named the first director of the Center. |
| 1978 |
Purdue Cancer Center is awarded its first NCI Cancer Center Support Grant, which has been renewed continuously ever since. |
| 1981 |
Four floors of the Hansen Life Sciences Research Building are established as the permanent home for the Purdue Cancer Center. |
| 1986 |
The Center’s first flow-cytometry laboratory is built and equipped. |
| 1986 |
William Baird becomes the Center’s second director. |
| 1989 |
Scientific partnership with the Walther Cancer Institute begins. |
| 1998 |
Dr. Richard Borch becomes the Center’s third director. |
| 2004 |
Launches partnership with the IU Simon Cancer Center. |
| 2005 |
The Oncological Sciences Center is launched at Discovery Park. |
| 2007 |
Dr. Timothy Ratliff begins leading the Center. |
| 2008 |
The first Purdue Cancer Center 5k Challenge is held. |
| 2009 |
The center officially changes its name to the Purdue University Center for Cancer Research. |
