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Recent Event Highlights: Taylor Hall opens, Health Education (McAfee) Building opens, Pemberton Hall opens, Eastern's first building is constructed, and 20 more...

Created by dennews on Oct 16, 2009

Last updated: 03/06/10 at 04:39 AM

• Burl Ive's Art Center
  1989

• Stanley G. Rives sixth president
  1983

• EIU enrollment over 10,000
  1981

• Daniel E. Marvin fifth president
  1977

• Gilbert C. Fite fourth president
  1971

• James Edgar student body president
  1967

• Taylor Hall opens
  1966

• Thomas Hall opened
  1963

• University Union opens
  1958

• Quincy V. Doudna third president
  1956

• Percy the Panther offical mascot
  1952

• Lincoln Douglas Halls op
  1951

• Booth Library
  1950

• Eastern clebrates Golden Anniversary
  1949

• Physical Science Building
  1940

• Health Education (McAfee) Building opens
  1938

• Robert G. Buzzard second president
  1933

• College Band debuted with 25 members
  1927

• First Homecoming
  1915

• W'Apper the first yearbook is published
  1913

• Pemberton Hall opens
  1909

• First class graduated
  1900

• Livingston C. Lord becomes first president
  1898

• Eastern's first building is constructed
  1896