Centennial timeline: 1940s

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1941

February 3 - School of Physical Therapy is established.

October 2 - Ground is broken for men's residence hall.

1942

June 6 - Physical therapy program receives initial approval by American Medical Association.

September - Men's residence is completed, named Arthur G. Daniells Hall.

1943

April 8 - Army Specialized Training Program approved.

June 30 - 47th General Hospital unit activated at Hammond General Hospital in Modesto, California.

July 1 - Accelerated program of medical education begins.

August 15 - National Association of Seventh-day Adventist Dentists (NASDAD) is organized.

September 15 - Army Specialized Training Program is organized in Loma Linda.

1944

April - 47th General Hospital unit shipped to New Guinea.

September 28 - Oran I. Cutler Auditorium named.

1945

November 19 - Radiological technology program receives American Medical Association approval.

1947

February 28 - Department of religion is authorized.

1948

April 1 - School of Tropical and Preventive Medicine opens.

April 19 - Loma Linda and White Memorial nursing courses are combined.

August 30 - Baccalaureate degree program in nursing begins.

1949

August 11 - New surgical wing opens.

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