Facts about the Decade of 1950s
 

1950 – Groundbreaking ceremonies for new alumni building. Lester, Baxter, Gerard and Sam Halls were named as memorials of alumni.

1951 – Dedication of the Alumni House. Student government program modified to include a student senate and a student judicial council to go along with the executive council.

1953 – Alumni clubs formed in 33 Mississippi towns.

1955 – Betty Spiers selected as first Homecoming Queen.

1956 – First graduates from four-year medical curriculum.

1958 – First Annual Awards banquet held for athletes. Twenty-fifth anniversary of the publication of the Alumni Review. Mary Ann Mobley from Brandon selected as Miss America. Nursing Alumnae Association established.

1959 – Lynda Lee Mead, sponsored by the University of Mississippi, won Miss Mississippi and succeeded Mary Ann as Miss America. Phi Kappa Phi formed on Ole Miss Campus.