Biography/History

The Medical Technology Program was approved by the UW Board of Regents in April 1962 and established within the College of Letters & Science. In 1971 the program became part of the college's Department of Pharmacy and Health Sciences and in 1973 the program was transferred to the college's Department of Health Sciences. In 1975 the School of Allied Health Professions was created and the Medical Technology Program, which continued to exist as part of the Department of Health Sciences, came under the administrative structure of the School.

Chairs and Directors of the Medical Technology Program

1962-1974	Edward A. Birge, chair
1974-1978	Edward A. Birge, director
1978-1981	Catherine W. Patrick, director
1981-1982	Stephen Sonstein, acting cirector
1982-1983	Erika Sander, acting director
1983-1986	Frederick Pairent, acting director
1987	Stephen M. Adams, director

In 1987 the program became the Clinical Laboratory Science Program with Stephen M. Adams as director. The program used both the old name and the new name for a time.