Finances

• 1932       Radio Astronomy discovered, Jansky
• 1937       First amateur radio telescope, Reber
• 1951       Interstellar Hydrogen emissions first detected, Ewen
• 1959       First scholarly SETI article, Cocconi and Morrison
• 1960       Project Ozma, first SETI targeted search, Drake
• 1961       Order of the Dolphin, first SETI conference
• 1971       NASA Project Cyclops study, Oliver
• 1973       First all-sky survey; Ohio State, Kraus
• 1973       First Optical SETI searches; Wischnia, Shvartsman
• 1974       Arecibo Interstellar Message, Drake
• 1977       'Wow!' Signal; Ohio State, Ehman
• 1992       NASA High Resolution Microwave Survey launched
• 1993       Congress cancels NASA SETI program
• 1994       SETI League founded, Factor
• 1994       SETI Institute commences Project Phoenix
• 1995       SETI League website, newsletter launched
• 1995       SETI League Technical Manual published
• 1996       Project Cyclops reprint published
• 1996       First Giordano Bruno Memorial Award presented
• 1997       Film 'Contact' raises public awareness of SETI
• 1998       Ohio State 'Big Ear' radio telescope demolished
• 1998       'Wow!' Plaques introduced
• 1999       SETI league signs up 1,000th member
• 1999       SETI@home launched, University of California, Berkeley
• 2000       SETI league registers 100th Project Argus station
• 2001       First SETICon Technical Symposium
• 2001       First Conference Proceedings published
• 2001       SETI League becomes host to IAA SETI website
• 2001       W2ETI Moonbounce Beacon goes on the air
• 2001       Tune In The Universe! published
• 2002       Very Small Array construction initiated
• 2002       First Orville N. Greene Service Award presented
• 2002       Contact in Context launched
• 2003       VSA patent granted
• 2003       Best Ideas Awards initiated
• 2004       SETI Institute concludes Project Phoenix
• 2004       First EuroSETI Technical Conference
• 2004       Two Proceedings published on CD-ROM
• 2004       SETI League becomes an all-volunteer organization
• 2010       SETI League runs out of funds (unless you help!)