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A Brief History of The University of Alabama 1819 Alabama admitted to the Union on March 2; at the same time, the federal government authorized the state to set aside two townships for the establishment of a seminary of learning. 1827 Tuscaloosa, then the state's capital, chosen as the university's home.
1831 On April 18, the University opened, enrolling 52 students. The campus consisted of seven buildings: two faculty houses, two dormitories, the laboratory, the hotel (now Gorgas House), and the Rotunda.
1841 President's Mansion completed. Its first occupant: Basil Manly, University president from 1837 to 1855. Total University enrollment: 63 1850 Alabama Alpha chapter of Phi Beta Kappa established.
1851 Total University enrollment: 126
1859 Medical College branch of the University opened in Mobile.
1860 The University of Alabama became a military university -- military department and discipline systems established.
1861 Total University enrollment: 154 1865 Union troops burned all but four of UA's 14 buildings -- the President's Mansion, the Gorgas House, the Roundhouse, and the Observatory. Although the Mansion is still the president's on-campus residence, the other three buildings serve new purposes: the Gorgas House, at different times the dining hall, faculty residence, and campus hotel, is now a museum; the Roundhouse was a sentry box for cadets, then a place for records storage, and is now a campus historical landmark; the Observatory is now Maxwell Hall, home of the Computer-Based Honors Program.
1871 Total University enrollment: 107
1872 School of Law established.
1881-82 College of Engineering established; engineering courses had been offered at the University virtually since its beginning. UA's engineering college is the third oldest in the nation, and one of the few to have maintained accreditation continuously since national accreditation began in 1936. Total University enrollment: 154 1891 Total University enrollment: 167
1892 The University's first football team assembled -- the "Thin Red Line" that later became the "Crimson Tide."
1893 Largely due to the efforts of Julia S. Tutwiler, the first women students enrolled for the fall semester. 1894 The student newspaper, the Crimson-White, hit the stands for the first time.
1901 Total University enrollment: 396
1903 Military system abolished. 1909 Due to growth in the number of academic disciplines represented, the University was reorganized to create the college and school system still in place. The College of Education was established in response to a need for better public education in Alabama.
1910 The Alabama Museum of Natural History in Smith Hall dedicated; Smith Hall served as a geological museum for the UniversityÕs growing collections, and still houses the Museum today.
1911 Total University enrollment: 542 1912 Enrollment numbered 400 and the campus consisted of 16 buildings as Dr. George H. Denny became president; his presidency began an era of unprecedented physical and enrollment growth. At his departure, there were more than 2,000 students and 75 buildings, which form the central core of the modern campus. Denny Chimes, a campus landmark, is named in his honor.
1914-15 University band organized.
1919 The College of Commerce and Business Administration and College of Continuing Studies established.
1921 Total University enrollment: 2,134
1924 The Graduate School officially established.
1929 Denny Chimes dedicated.
1931 The School of Home Economics, now the College of Human Environmental Sciences, officially established. Total University enrollment: 4,639 1939 Moundville Archaeological Park and its museum opened to the public.
1941 Total University enrollment: 4,921 1945 The Medical College moved from Tuscaloosa to Birmingham. The University Press was formed.
1948 Introduction of doctoral programs authorized; first doctorates awarded in 1952.
1951 Total University enrollment: 5,269
1956 UA's first black student, Autherine Lucy, was admitted.
1961 Total University enrollment: 8,257 1963 The first sustained enrollment of black students at UA -- Vivian Malone and James A. Hood -- was achieved. Vivian Malone graduated in 1965.
1965 The School of Social Work established.
1968 The Computer-Based Honors Program, in which undergraduate students apply computer technology to research in a wide range of fields, was established.
1969 The School of Library and Information Studies established.
1970 New College established. 1971 The colleges of Communication and Community Health Sciences established. Total University enrollment: 13,055
1972 The first courses were offered during the newly established Interim Term, a three-week mini-semester between spring and summer semesters.
1976 The Capstone College of Nursing established.
1981 Total University enrollment: 16,388 1986 University-wide Honors Program established.
1991 The UniversityÕs computerized library card catalog, AMELIA, available for use. Total University enrollment: 19,366 Sources: The University of Alabama: A Pictorial History, by Suzanne Rau Wolfe; Minutes of the Board of Trustees and Legislative Acts; The University of Alabama Factbook, Office of Institutional Research; History of The University of Alabama, volumes 1 and 2, by James Benson Sellers
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