Accessible Timeline
In 1957, track standout Orlando Hazley became the first African American to letter in...
The 1957 closed circuit transmission of the OAMC vs. University of Kansas basketball...
A self-contained, water moderated nuclear reactor was installed on the OSU campus in...
Construction on the middle wing of McElroy Hall begins.
When Oklahoma A&M College changed its name to Oklahoma State University, the...
The Oklahoma Educational Television Authority was established in April of 1956 and...
After a decade of research, Herbert L. "Cyclone" Jones and Ruben D. Kelly, electrical...
By the mid-1950s, the plan laid out by President Henry Bennett had taken shape. The...
The mathematics department at Oklahoma A&M College developed and installed the...
In 1955, Dr. June Iben became the first female to graduate from the School of...
Female students were allowed to march with their male counterparts in the Aggie Band...
A second ROTC marching band was started in 1955, exclusively for Air Force ROTC...
When the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education called for formal desegregation...
Lake Carl Blackwell was deeded to Oklahoma A&M College in 1954. Its 3,000 surface...
The OAMC Aggies won their first national championship in men’s cross country running...
Huey Jefferson Battle made Oklahoma history and broke down many barriers when he...
The decade of 1945-54 was proclaimed as the "Golden Decade of Aggie Sports," with 687...
His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie I, emperor of Ethiopia, visited the campus on June...
Clarence H. McElroy, class of 1906 and "Grand Old Man of the Campus" retired after...
As the first president to come up through the ranks of faculty at the university,...
Earl Moeller became the NCAA individual champion in men's golf in the tournament...
A conference on electromagnetic relays was held under the direction of Charles F....
Standing tall and stately in the heart of the OSU campus, the Edmon Low Library is one...
The Classroom building opened for classes in 1952. Built at an estimated cost of $850,...
Minnie Lou Ottinger, from Hydro, became the first woman on an Oklahoma A&M College...
Dr. Oliver S. Willham took the helm January 18, 1952, as the first Oklahoma A&M ...
The first memorial service for Dr. Henry Bennett and his wife Vera was held at the U.S...
Near the end of a six-month multi-country trip abroad for the Point Four program, a...
In 1951 a new wing was added to the home economics building. Home Economics West was...
Joe Buck became Oklahoma A&M College's first baseball All-American, when he was...
Known as the "Yankee Rifle," Allie P. Reynolds, class of 1939, was selected the 1951...
Twenty-six students with the first graduating class from the School of Veterinary...
Oklahoma A&M College ventured into television with half-hour programs presented...
A new men's dormitory, named after Henry G. Bennett, was completed to house 1,100...
The unofficial opening of the Student Union was September 9, 1950. The event was...
A year after the May 1950 groundbreaking, construction of the new library was...
