Centennial timeline: 1980s
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1980
January 3 - First recipient of Open Hearts for Children Fund undergoes surgery at LLUMC.
June 2 - LLUMC named regional trauma center for Inyo, Mono, Riverside & San Bernardino counties.
1981
March 9 - Ground is broken for Alumni Hall for Basic Sciences.
May 3 - The first Good Samaritan sculpture is unveiled.
May 30 - Six people die in a LLU helicopter crash.
August 24 - Opening ceremonies are held for Del E. Webb Memorial Library and Visitors Center.
1982
March - Medical graduates celebrate 50th Annual Alumni Postgraduate Convention.
May 11 - Loma Linda Community Hospital purchased by LLUMC.
May 15 - LLUMC Hospice begins.
June 3 - Adventist Health System/Loma Linda certified by Secretary of State.
1984
March 13 - Alumni Hall for Basic Sciences opens.
April 23 - Ground is broken for Schuman Pavilion.
October 26 - "Baby Fae" receives the heart of a baboon.
1985
January 14 - Ellen G. White Estate Branch Office is dedicated.
February - SIMS (Students for International Mission Service) is formed.
August 29 - Annual Children's Day begins.
November 20 - "Baby Moses" receives a new human heart.
1986
March 28 - Ground is broken for new LLUMC wing.
September 16 - Irwin and Virginia Schuman Pavilion is dedicated.
1987
February 2 - Outpatient Surgery Center is opened.
August 23 - School of Religion is organized.
October 16 - Paul Holc receives a new heart when 3 hours old.
1988
February 8 - Loma Linda International Heart Institute opens.
April 7 - Ground is broken for Proton Treatment Center.
December 19 - Grand opening ceremonies are held for LLUMC south wing (phase one).
1989
August 26 - The first in vitro baby is born at LLU's Center for Fertility and In Vitro Fertilization.
September - The School of Medicine accepts nearly 50 students from the medical school closing at Oral Roberts University, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
October 31 - Groundbreaking ceremony for Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital is held.
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