[Grammar] was installed/had been installed

[LaMelange]

Hello teachers,

Greetings!

I have a question on tense form today. Here is the sentence:

It was the first time in history that a chair in Anthrozoology was installed in a Psychology department, allowing the two foundational fields of many animal-assisted interventions to truly blend together at the academic level.

Actually, I have 2 questions:

1. Is the tense form in the original correct? I feel so, but I am not sure.
2. Does the sentence require past perfect tense (had been installed)? If yes, could you please explain why?

Thank you for your patience.

 

[LaMelange]

Thank you very much, Mr. Piscean, for your explanation. I appreciate it very much.

And thank you for the suggestion as well.

 

[Raymott]

LaMelange, you probably know by now that we'd prefer you to press the Thanks button than write an otherwise empty post. I think I speak for the large majority of regular responders here.