1851 – First year of graduation.
1852 – First Alumni Association called Alumni Society organized.
Read More →1860 – Last commencement before the Civil War. Jefferson Davis makes visit to Oxford.
1862 – First wave of Union troops invade the University.
Read More →1873 – Chancellor John N. Waddel wrote the first history of the University.
1879 – Master John Henry Miller Wells won the prize of oldest male descendent of the class of 1869.
Read More →1881 – Annie Corinne Baker (Wingfield-married name) was the first woman student.
1884 – Colonel James Lufkin McCaskill was elected president of the Alumni Association.
1885 – Sarah McGehee was appointed first woman faculty member. Oxford was selected as the name for the city over Mississippi City by one vote from the Legislature. Sallie Vick Hill became first woman graduate from the University and first woman elected to a position of responsibility (essayist) in the Alumni Association.
Read More →1893 – Football introduced to the University by Professor Alexander Bondurant.
1896 – The first student yearbook named The Ole Miss published.
Read More →1904 – Essayist, V. Otis Robertson, advocated publication of alumni magazine to “bind closer together the alumni”.
1909 – First comprehensive list of alumni published compiled by Vice Chancellor Dr. Alfred Hume.
Read More →1913 – The dedication of Peabody Hall.
1917 – No commencement exercises due to World War. Student government program established.
Read More →1924 – Dr. Alfred Hume elected chancellor of the University.
Jeff K. Hamm is elected the first Alumni secretary.
1927 – Memorial of Seth Thomas clock on front of Lyceum presented.
Read More →1932 – First alumni magazine published called The Alumni News.
1938 – Approval for stadium to be named “The William Hemingway Stadium.”
Read More →1944 – World War II memorial plaque placed on the wall of the lobby of the Alumni House.
1947 – John H. Vaught selected head coach for the University.
Read More →1951 – Dedication of the Alumni House.
1953 – Alumni clubs formed in 33 Mississippi towns.
Read More →1960 – David M. Robinson Collection left to Ole Miss.
1961 – Membership of the Alumni Association reaches 7,000 members. William Faulkner died.
Read More →1971 – C.M. “Tad” Smith and Johnny Vaught retired
First notion that a joint dues plan be made for husbands and wives who were alumni.
1976 – Ole Miss Union opened.
Read More →1980 – Committee on Black Student Concerns formed. Anonymous gift of $250,000 given to restore Barnard Observatory.
1986 – Board of Directors voted to approve the publication of A History of the Alumni Association.
Read More →1998 – University Sesquicentennial Celebration.
1991 – First Alumni Directory published.
Alumni Records transferred to electronic format.
2002 – Alumni Association celebrates 150th birthday. First Alumni Service Award.
2008 – The Inn at Ole Miss expansion is completed.
Tim Walsh named Executive Director of Alumni Affairs.
2013 – Reached over 26,000 active members for the first time.
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