ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Thursday, June 27, 1996 TAG: 9510060096
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: A-7 EDITION: METRO
March 23, 1989 - The U.S. Justice Department, citing a complaint from a female high school student, asks VMI to report on its admissions policies.
March 1,1990 - Justice Department files suit against VMI and the state of Virginia in U.S. District Court in Roanoke, arguing that VMI's all-male admissions policy is unconstitutional.
April 4-11, 1991 - Trial held in federal court in Roanoke.
June 14, 1991 - U.S. District Judge Jackson Kiser rules in favor of VMI.
October 6, 1992 - Three-judge panel of the Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond sends the case back to Kiser with these options for VMI: (1) admit women, (2) go private, (3) create a parallel program for women, (4) other creative options.
November 18, 1992 - Full Court of Appeals refuses to hear the case.
May 24, 1993 - U.S. Supreme Court refuses to hear the case until a final judgement is made in the lower courts.
September 25, 1993 -VMI's Board of Visitors approves a women's leadership program at Mary Baldwin College.
February 9-15, 1994: Trial on the constitutionality of the Virginia Women's Institute for Leadership held in U.S. District Court in Roanoke.
April 30, 1994: Judge Kiser approves VWIL.
January 26, 1995: Three-judge panel of the Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals approves VWIL, 2-1.
May 26, 1995: Justice Department appeals ruling to Supreme Court.
August 12, 1995 - Shanon Faulkner becomes the first woman to attend The Citadel in South Carolina, the only other public, all-male military college in the country. She drops out a week later.
August 22,1995: VWIL opens at Mary Baldwin College with a freshman class of 42.
October 5, 1995: Supreme Court agrees to hear VMI case.
June 26, 1996: Supreme Court rules 7-1 that VMI must admit women.
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