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| 1872 | Legislature passes bill giving University to Eugene. |
| 1873 | J. H. D. Henderson donates land for campus. |
| 1876 | Regents elect first faculty. John Wesley Johnson named president. First students register Oct. 16. |
| 1877 | First building completed. |
| 1878 | First graduation, five members in class. |
| 1881 | Henry Villard gives financial aid to University. |
| 1886 | Villard Hall completed. |
| 1891 | Reflector, first student paper, started. |
| 1893 | John Straub named acting president. Charles Hiram Chapman succeeds Johnson as president. Judge Matthew Deady, first president of the Board of Regents, dies and Deady Hall named. First dormitory, Friendly Hall, opens. |
| 1894 | First football game. |
| 1895 | First track team organized. First summer session held, near Seaside. |
| 1897 | Oregon Monthly succeeds Reflector as newspaper. |
| 1899 | Frank Strong named third president. |
| 1900 | Sigma Nu, first fraternity, established. ASUO organized. Student newspaper renamed Oregon Weekly. |
| 1901 | Legislature increases University's financial support to $47,500 per year. |
| 1902 | Prince Lucien Campbell begins his 23 years as fourth president. First yearbook, the Webfoot, published. |
| 1904 | First Rhodes Scholar, Harvey Densmore, named. First sorority (later Kappa Alpha Theta) organized. |
| 1907 | First library building, Fenton Hall, opens. |
| 1908 | First "O" built on Skinner Butte. |
| 1909 | Mary Spiller Hall, first women's dormitory, opened. Student newspaper named Oregon Emerald. |
| 1910 | Oregana chosen name for yearbook. School of Education established. |
| 1913 | Plan to consolidate University with OAC defeated. |
| 1914 | Schools of commerce, architecture established. |
| 1915 | Law School moved to Eugene from Portland. |
| 1916 | School of Journalism established. |
| 1917 | Military science and training added to curriculum. Hendricks and Oregon halls opened. |
| 1920 | Gerlinger Hall completed. Oregon Daily Emerald replaces Oregon Emerald. School of Physical Education established. Hayward Field opens. |
| 1921 | Authority to grant doctorate given. Judge David Fenton's gift of law library enables initial accreditation of School of Law. |
| 1922 | Fire destroys first gymnasium, frame building housing journalism. Phi Beta Kappa installs chapter. |
| 1924 | New journalism building and Condon Hall opened. |
| 1925 | President Campbell dies. |
| 1926 | Arnold Bennett Hall selected fifth president. First Ph.D. granted. McArthur Court finished. |
| 1929 | John Straub Hall opened as men's dormitory. |
| 1931 | Art Museum completed. |
| 1932 | President Hall resigns. W. J. Kerr made chancellor and head of University and Oregon State. Zorn-Macpherson bill to combine institutions at Corvallis defeated. Science courses removed to Corvallis. |
| 1934 | C. Valentine Boyer named sixth president. William Parry Murphy '14 awarded Nobel Prize. |
| 1936 | Infirmary opens. |
| 1937 | Library completed. Law School moved into Fenton. |
| 1938 | Donald M. Erb named seventh president. |
| 1939 | Oregon wins first NCAA National Basketball Championship, 46-33. Chapman Hall opens. |
| 1942 | Army, air force training units stationed on campus. |
| 1943 | President Erb dies. |
| 1944 | Orlando J. Hollis named acting president. |
| 1945 | Harry K. Newburn named eighth president. Portland Dental School joins University. |
| 1949 | Erb Memorial Union opens. |
| 1950 | Carson Hall opens. Freshman live-in rule established. |
| 1953 | President Newburn resigns. Victor P. Morris named acting president. |
| 1954 | O. Meredith Wilson named ninth president. Renewed emphasis on faculty research. |
| 1956 | Jim Bailey runs first sub-four minute mile on American soil. Walter Brattain MA '26 awarded Nobel Prize. Distinguished Service Award created. |
| 1957 | Development Fund incorporated. |
| 1960 | President Wilson resigns. William C. Jones named acting president. |
| 1961 | Arthur Flemming named tenth president. |
| 1962 | Oregon wins NCAA track championship. Free Speech Platform created. Virgil Boekelheide first faculty member named to National Academy of Science. |
| 1965 | Library passes 1,000,000 volumes. |
| 1967 | Autzen Stadium opens. |
| 1968 | President Flemming resigns. Charles E. Johnson named acting president. |
| 1969 | Acting President Charles Johnson killed in auto accident. N. Ray Hawk named acting president. Robert Clark named eleventh president. University elected to Association of American Universities. Oregona stops publication. |
| 1970 | Esslinger Hall, ROTC building damaged by fire. Bomb explodes in Johnson Hall. First cross country NCAA championship won. Law Center dedicated. |
| 1971 | Johnson Hall sit-in, 63 students arrested. Basement of Prince Lucien Campbell bombed. |
| 1975 | Robert Clark becomes first president to retire from University. William B. Boyd named twelfth president. Oregana revived. |
| 1980 | Paul Olum named thirteenth president of the UO. |
| 1986 | Earle A. Chiles Business Center dedicated. |
| 1989 | President Olum resigns. Myles Brand named fourteenth president of the UO. New four-building science complex opens. |
| 1992 | Riverfront Research Park dedicates first building. |
| 1994 | President Brand resigns. Dave Frohnmayer named fifteenth president of the UO. Renovated Knight Library rededicated. University launches the Oregon Campaign, the state's largest fundraising drive. |
| 1996 | The Oregon Campaign surpasses $150 million goal two years early, sets new goal of $200 million. |
| 1997 | Renovation of Allen Hall, home to the School of Journalism and Communication, begins. |
| 1998 | Ed Moshofsky Sports Center and playing fields dedicated. The Oregon Campaign ends after raising $255.3 million. |
| 1999 | William W. Knight Law Center opens. |
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