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With leadership from Dean Melvin Lohmann (pictured), the College of Engineering,...

A style show (pictured) was among the first activities organized to celebrate Mom’s...

Through their research at the Pawhuska Station, Drs. William Brock and Charles Pearson...

Ground was broken to start construction on a new building for the College of Business...

Henry P. Iba was named the coach of the USA Olympic basketball team for the Summer...

The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education designated the Division of Home...

With the addition of Wentz Hall in 1964, the cluster of buildings on the southwest...

Winning the U.S. National Golf Championship at the Wichita Country Club culminated a...

Wayne W. Miller became the second director of Oklahoma State University School of...

The OSU Interfraternity Council, the governing body of the fraternities, won the...

What is now known as the Willham House, at 1600 N. Washington St., was first used as a...

Organized by the Student Chapter of the American Veterinary Medical Association (...

The Oklahoma State University Development Foundation is officially created on January...

Oklahoma State University entered into an agreement with Oklahoma City University in...

Drs. Edward A. and Mary M. Grula, bacteriology professors at OSU, announced they had...

Kappa Kappa Psi, the national band fraternity for men, was founded at Oklahoma A&M...

The eleventh annual convention of the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS...

Dr. E. Winn Jones delivers pigs by cesarean section under strict aseptic conditions....

In his third trip to the College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska, coach Toby Greene...

Only two other FM stations were on the air in Oklahoma on December 29, 1955, when KAMC...

By 1959, most of the World War II era hutments were removed from Veterans Village and...

The Shadow Lake Eight, a legendary dance band established at OSU, was a big hit at...

The new Chemistry-Physics Building, soon renamed the Physical Sciences Building, was...

President Oliver Willham put together a committee in 1958 to explore the possibilities...

Charley Lester appeared as the first Pistol Pete in the annual homecoming events of...

Former Oklahoma A&M great Myron Roderick took over the reigns in 1957 and returned...

The first historically black fraternity to colonize at OSU in 1958, the Epsilon...

Ab Justice became OSU’s first official All-American golfer in 1958, his senior year. A...

In 1958, the College of Business began offering its first doctorate in economics and...

Science Hall, also known as the Chemistry Building, became the first home of the newly...

The Bennett Memorial Chapel was dedicated on December 14, 1957 to honor Oklahoma A...

Frank B. ""Pistol Pete"" Eaton rode in the October 1957 homecoming parade to spur...

Robert L. "Bob" McCulloh (pictured) was chosen the winner in a 1957 contest to compose...

OSU geography professor Robert Fite developed an experimental mobile chemistry project...

Former U.S. President Harry Truman visited campus in 1957 to express his appreciation...

A legislative bill to rename Oklahoma A&M College to Oklahoma State University of...