1950s

1951

• Army ROTC established.

1952

• Library Building occupied.

1953

• College of Education opens.
• Closing of School of Law announced.

1954

• Physical Education Center occupied.
• Faculty Committee on Development and Co-ordination of Research formed.

1956

• School of Law closes.
• Hayden Hall occupied.

1957

• Physical Education Center named Godfrey Lowell Cabot Physical Education Center.

1958

• Student Center Building named Carl Stephens Ell Student Center.
• Graduate School established.
• Asa Smallidge Knowles is named President-Elect, October 1.

1959

• Graduate Center occupied.
• Library Building named Robert Gray Dodge Library.
• Carl S. Ell retires, Asa Smallidge Knowles is inaugurated as third president.