Department of Recreation, Park & Tourism Sciences
at Texas A&M University

A Chronology of Events Relating to the Department of Recreation,
Park and Tourism Sciences from 1966 to the present.

1964-1965 Planting the seeds		1966 Year 1 Emergence
1967 Year 2 Growth		1968 Year 3 Seeking the Sunlight
1969 Year 4 Continuing to Grow		1970 Year 5 Wow! Half a decade!
1971 Year 6		1972 Year 7
1973 Year 8		1974 Year 9
1975 Year 10 First Decade		1976 Year 11 A&M Centennial
1977 Year 12		1978 Year 13
1979 Year 14		1980 Year 15
1981 Year 16		1982 Year 17
1983 Year 18 RAPID		1984 Year 19
1985 Year 20 Two Decades		1986 Year 21
1987 Year 22		1988 Year 23
1989 Year 24		1990 Year 25 A Quarter of a Century
1991 Year 26		1992 Year 27
1993 Year 28		1994 Year 29
1995 Year 30		1996 Year 31
1997 Year 32		1998 Year 33
1999 Year 34		2000 Year 35
2001 Year 36		2002 Year 37
2003 Year 38		2004 Year 39
2005 Year 40 Four Decades		2006 Year 41
2007 Year 42 Four Decades		2008 Year 43
2009 Year 44 Four Decades		2010 Year 45