| 1999 | Campus Master Plan includes new center for creative and performing arts in description of proposed campus developments |
| Fall 2000 - Fall 2001 | Arts Study Group comprised of faculty, students and staff is formed, conducts series of workshops, submits "The Future of the Arts" report |
| Spring 2002 | Announcement of the Chicago Initiative, a $2 billion capital campaign that includes a center for creative and performing arts as a campaign priority |
| Summer 2002-Fall 2003 | President Don Randel authorizes formation of steering committee to develop programming for new art center; Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates is hired to prepare programming study and conducts series of workshops with arts faculty, students, and staff |
| Fall 2004 | Completion of initial programming study |
| Spring 2006- Winter 2007 | Architect competition approved by Trustees, request for qualifications sent to twenty-six firms chosen by selection committee, five finalists invited to visit campus for panel discussions with students, faculty, and staff; presentations by competition finalists to jury |
| May 2007 | Announcement by President Robert Zimmer of $35-million gift from the family of Reva and David Logan to name the new center |
| June 2007 | Announcement of Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects as winner of architect competition |
| January 2008 | University formally dedicates the future site of the Reva and David Logan Center for Creative and Performing Arts |
