User:Nmajdan/History of the University of Oklahoma

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The history of the University of Oklahoma (OU)

Territorial University

David Ross Boyd, the first president of the university.

Carnegie Hall, the second oldest building on campus.

Evans Hall, the third administrative building built following the fires that destroyed the first two.

Statehood

An early sketch of the proposed football stadium. This proposal was scrapped for a simpler design.

World Wars I and II

School Presidents

David Ross Boyd, 1892–1908

A. Grant Evans, 1908–1912

Stratton D. Brooks, 1912–1923

James S. Buchanan, 1923–1925

William Bennett Bizzell, 1925–1941

Joseph A. Brandt, 1941–1943

George Lynn Cross, 1943–1968

John Herbert Hollomon, 1968–1970

Paul F. Sharp, 1971–1977

William S. Banowsky, 1978–1984

Frank E. Horton 1985–1988

Richard L. Van Horn, 1989–1994

David Boren, 1994–present

Centennial and today

The new Price Hall.

The north end of the renovated football stadium.

The entrance to the new addition to the art museum.

References

• Levy, David (2005). The University of Oklahoma: A History. Volume I, 1890-1917. Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 0-8061-3703-7.
• Gittinger, Roy (1942). The University of Oklahoma: A History of Fifty Years, 1892-1942. Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press.