Welcome to our Centennial Timeline! This interactive journey through the history of Southern Miss is organized by decade and features audio clips and photo captions in the "notes" section.
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- Feb. 27, 1962
Governor Ross Barnett signed the bill that made Mississippi Southern College The University of Southern Mississippi - Aug. 14, 1962
First Ph.D. awarded to Eugene Keebler - Sept. 1965
As Civil Rights movements and integration were sweeping college campus throughout the nation, the First African American students, Raylawni Young Branch and Gwendolyn Elaine Armstrong, are admitted - 1966
School of Nursing organized through a special legislative appropriation.
- 1960
Pine Haven Apartments - married student and family housing complex - 1960
Joseph Anderson Cook Memorial Library - 1962
Arthell Kelley Hall - Geography - 1962
J. B. George Commons - Cafeteria - 1962
Pulley Hall - Women's Residence Hall - 1962
Bond Hall - Men's Residence Hall - 1962
Beedie Smith Clinic - Medical Facility named for campus nurse, Beedie Smith, 1923 - 1950, affectionately known as "Grannie." - 1963
Wilber Panhellenic House - Sorority Residence Hall - 1964
Hillcrest Dormitory - Women's Residence Hall - 1964
Elam Arms - Residence Hall which was originally privately owned, and named for the owner's daughter, Charlotte Elam. Ownership has since been transferred to USM. - 1964
Owings - McQuagge Hall - College of Education and Psychology - 1965
Reed Green Coliseum - constructed for General assembly and athletics. - 1965
Child Development Center - 1966
Wilbur Stout Hall - Academic lecture hall - 1967
Vann Hall - Men's Residence Hall - 1968
Joseph Greene Hall - College of Business Administration - 1968
Roberts Hall (Women's Residence Hall
