1962              

Center of Continuing Education begun in Adams House. Princeton Theological Seminary Sesquicentennial celebrated. Karl Barth visits Princeton Theological Seminary.

1963              

Visit of Russian churchmen touring the U.S. under National Council of Churches sponsorship

1964              

Edward F. Gallahue World Religions Conference on Interfaith and Intercultural Communication. PCUS affirms the ordination of women as ministers of the Word and Sacrament.

1965              

Beating death of Seminary alumnus James Reeb (’53). A number of Seminary faculty and students join Selma-Montgomery March for Civil Rights. Apartment complex on Route One acquired at sheriff’s sale for married student housing (later named Charlotte Rachel Wilson Apartments). Seminary acquires old Borough Hall property adjacent to Speer Library.

1966              

Seminary breaks ground for new heating and maintenance center

1967              

UPCUSA Confession of 1967 written by committee chaired by Princeton Seminary professor Edward Dowey. Book of Confessions published. Freda Gardner is promoted to assistant professor of Christian education with tenure, becoming the first tenured female professor.

1970              

The PTS Women’s Center, a place for the women of the community to discuss common goals and concerns, is founded

1971              

Erdman Hall dedicated. Pilot for D.Min. program announced. Edler Garnet Hawkins joins the Seminary faculty as Princeton’s first full-time African-American professor.

1972              

Formation of the Presbyterian Church in America

1979              

World Conference on Religion and Peace held at Princeton Theological Seminary

1982              

Creation of the Center of Theological Inquiry for post-doctoral advanced research

1983              

Thomas W. Gillespie named fifth President of Princeton Theological Seminary

UPCUSA and PCUS reunited to form Presbyterian Church, USA.

1987              

Seminary offers its first computer-related course, “The Bible and the Computer.” Ground is broken for Templeton Hall.

1989              

Kyung-Chik Han Chair in Systematic Theology, first chair given to an American seminary in honor of an Asian Christian, is endowed. Professor Sang H. Lee appointed to the chair.

1994              

Henry Luce III Library is dedicated

1995              

Institute for Youth Ministry established. Carol Gray Dupree Center for Children opened.

1997              

Center for Barth Studies established. Witherspoon Apartments opened.

1998              

Abraham Kuyper Prize and Lecture are established. Redesigned and renovated Erdman Hall opened.

1999              

Hispanic Theological Initiative invited to make Princeton Theological Seminary campus its home