1907, March 8 -
East Carolina Teachers Training School chartered March 15 - trustees named
1908, July 2 - Groundbreaking Ceremonies, click here for more Founding Documents
1909 - The campus consisted of two dormitories, Jarvis and Wilson; the Administration Building later named Austin, Power Plant, Infirmary, and Refectory also known as the Dining Hall.
1910, December 20 - Robert Wright makes first annual report to the Board of Trustees regarding the progress of the school
1911, June 8 - First class graduates
1912 - Athletic League formed
1916, May 1 - Helen Keller visits campus
1917, May 14 - Red Cross sewing bee for war effort
1918, February 22 - George Washington birthday celebration raises $22 for war savings stamps
1920 - Students request self-government association
1921 - ECTTS renamed East Carolina Teachers College and begins 4 year programs, enrollment reaches 1,000
1922 - Fleming Dormitory built
First bachelor degrees awarded by ECTC to Gertrude Chamberlain and Virginia Pigford
ECTTS celebrates 15th Anniversary
1923 - Fall enrollment is 516
November 5, 1923 issue of
East Carolina Teachers College News reported: The Library Building [
Whichard] has been staked off and will soon be under way. The building will be well equipped and up-to-date for library service. Work has begun on the auxiliary power plant. Construction will soon begin on the Student Life Building. [
Ragsdale] The last of the equipment in the new class rooms is being installed.
1924 - Cotten Dormitory built
1925, July 9 to 18 - Tennessee vs. John Scopes, the Monkey Trial takes place in Dayton, Tennessee
October 10 to 25 - Robert Wright delivers a series of chapel talks on the topic of
evolution 1926 - YWCA prints Student Handbook outlining rules and regulations for student behavior
1929 - First M.A. degree program authorized and Graham Building under construction
1932, January 12 - Men's basketball team, The Teachers, formed. Played first game against Campbell College and won.
1933 - Fall enrollment reaches 1,013
Deanie Boone Haskett receives first master's degree awarded by ECTC
1934 - Leon Renfroe Meadows becomes president of college
1936 - January 15 - Amelia Earhart delivers lecture on her Aviation Adventures
1937 - Chi Pi Players theatre group organized
1938 - Garage built, served as laundry, Faculty Offices and is now the English Annex.
1939 - Robert Wright Chapter of Future Teachers of America formed
1940/41 - School song, Hail to Thy Name so Fair debuts
1941, March 18 - First homecoming parade
1943 - Men and women's student government groups merge into Student Government Association
1944 - Howard Justus McGinnis serves as interim president until 1946
1946 - Dennis Hargrove Cooke serves as president through 1947
There were 64 faculty members, 1,222 students, 197 employees, operating budget of $754,239, 98 acres, property valued at $5 million and 3 degree programs.
May 4 - Veterans Homecoming & May Day celebration, first homecoming event since 1941.
Training School becomes part of Pitt County School system.
1947 - Enrollment of men exceeds enrollment of women for the first time
1948 - BA designated as liberal arts degree, BS designated as teaching degree
1949 - Haywood Dail House acquired by university to serve as the Chancellor's Home.
1950, January 10 - Circle K Club organized
October 14 - "Captain Teco" pirate mascot created for homecoming
1951 - ECTC receives college status, renamed East Carolina College
1952 - Bloxton House and Erwin Building constructed
1953, October 10 - Mrs. Kitty Gerringer Brinson crowned 1st homecoming queen
1954 - Construction of J.Y. Joyner Library
1956 - Construction of Flanagan Sylvan Theatre and Garrett Dormitory
1957 - 50th Anniversary observed
1958 - Buc becomes mascot
1959 - Big Yellow House incident
John Messick resigns as president
1960 - Leo Warren Jenkins becomes president of the college
1961 - Baseball team wins NAIA national championship
1962 - College Stadium razed after completion of Ficklen Stadium, Untouchables raise money to build Ficklen Stadium
1963 - Fletcher Dormitory built and Summer Theatre begins
School of Education organized
Rebel literary magazine debuts
1964 - New Austin Building built
1965 - Speight Building and Century Club constructed
Construction boom, over $14 million in ECC projects
ECC beats Massachusetts 14-13 in Tangerine Bowl
Hubert Walters is first black to obtain graduate degree from ECC
1966 - Laura Marie Leary of Greenville is first black undergraduate of ECC
A.J. Fletcher Music Center, Belk and Greene dormitories built
There were 456 faculty members, 9,000 students, 1,338 employees, operating budget of $10.5 million, 300 acres, property valued at $33.5 million and 12 degree programs.
NC General Assembly debate legislation to make ECC an independent university,
Governor Dan Moore opposes granting university status to ECC
ECU takes second Tangerine Bowl, 31-0 against Maine
First Parents Weekend observed
1967 - Soccer team formed
1968 - School of Home Economics organized, now School of Human Environmental Sciences
1969 - Clement Dormitory, Croatan and Irons Building constructed
SGA Transit established
1970 - Brewster Building built
1971 - Harrington Field dedicated and named in memory of Milton E. Harrington
1972 - ECU joins the University of North Carolina system
1974, July 1 - Music Library established
1975 - School of Medicine established by Act of the NC General Assembly, 116-40.4
1976 - First Black Homecoming Queen crowned - Jeri Barnes
1977 - Jenkins Fine Arts Center built
1978 - Thomas Bowman Brewer becomes chancellor of the university
1979 - Construction of Brody Medical Sciences Building begins
1980 - Health Affairs Library renamed Health Science Library
Blizzard shuts down campus
1981 - University purchases Howard House
First MD degree conferred on Thomas Beatty of Charlotte
1982 - 75th Anniversary observed, 77 buildings, 340 acres (main campus), approximately 411 acres including off-campus buildings
1983 - First Ph.D. degree (Anatomy) conferred on Thomas Edward Curry, Jr.
1984 - Blount House and Garrett House acquired by the university
1985 - First University Scholars Awards given
1986 - School of Social Work formed
1987 - General Classroom Building completed
February 17 - First heart transplant surgery performed at ECU
1988, April 15 - Richard R. Eakin becomes chancellor of East Carolina University
Fall enrollment reaches 15,579
1989 - New logo adopted
1993 - School of Health & Human Performance organized
1994 - School of Allied Health Sciences celebrates 25th anniversary
1995 - Joyner Library collection tops one million volumes
1996 - Football program joins Conference USA
1999 - Health Science Library renamed William E. Laupus Health Science Library
2001 - William Muse becomes the chancellor
2002 - Student Health Center renovations complete, building rededicated
2003 - Science & Technology Building opens
Bill Shelton appointed interim chancellor
Robert Chitwood completes 100th surgery using da Vinci Surgical System
2004 - Steven Ballard becomes chancellor
2007 - East Carolina University celebrates 100th anniversary
