Joan Acker, Miriam Johnson, UO President Robert Clark and other notable faculty founded the Center for the Sociological Study of Women (CSSW) at the UO in 1973. A $3.5 million grant by William Harris and Jane Grant in 1983 allowed the CSSW to grow and become the much larger Center for the Study of Women in Society (CSWS).
Source: Center for the Study of Women in Society webpage. http://csws.uoregon.edu/?page_id=5
From the guide to the Center for the Study of Women in Society (CSWS) records, 1976-2005, (Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries)