| Year |
Event |
| 1835 |
Oglethorpe University
chartered near Milledgeville, Georgia,
(the old state capital)
President Beman, 1836-1840
|
| 1860-1861 |
Sidney Lanier graduates
Oglethorpe
University
"dies at Gettysburg" as students enlist and
endowment is lost in Confederate bonds.
President Talmage, 1841-1865
|
| 1870-1872 |
First relocation of
Oglethorpe University in Atlanta |
| 1913 |
Reincorporation of
Oglethorpe University in Atlanta
Cornerstone laid and classes begin
President Thornwell Jacobs, 1915-1943 |
| 1923 |
Dr. Jacobs discovers tomb
of General Oglethorpe in England |
| 1924-1930 |
Glory years in athletics at Oglethorpe
In
football, Petrels defeat Georgia Tech
Southern Basketball Champions in 1924 and
1930
Historic part of Oglethorpe and
quadrangle are completed |
| 1929 |
Oglethorpe receives Silver
Lake from William Randolph Hearst |
| 1931-1935 |
Oglethorpe's first radio
station was established in 1931 as WJTL,
and for many years the station was
dedicated to the broadcast of educational
programming designed for the public to take
additional instruction on various
University subjects. (In 1935, WJTL
was purchased by a private organization and
moved to downtown Atlanta. The call
letters were changed to WATL at this time.) |
| 1932 |
Dr. Jacobs discovers oval portrait of J.E.Oglethorpe (hangs now in the President's
Office).
On May 22, 1932, New York
governor Franklin D. Roosevelt
receives an honorary doctorate and gives his first
"New Deal" speech as his commencement
address for Oglethorpe graduates at
Atlanta's Fox Theater. |
| 1933 |
Oglethorpe survives Great
Depression through the generosity of B. Baruch
and J. T. Lupton |
| 1940 |
Oglethorpe seals the
Crypt of Civilization time capsule, not
to be opened until 8113 A.D. |
| 1945 |
The start of the
Core Curriculum program
Oglethorpe Idea: "A small college,
superlatively good" created by President Philip
Weltner, 1944-1953. |
| 1959-1969 |
Coach Garland Pinholster
leads Petrels to basketball
championships |
| 1968 |
Residential expansion of
campus |
| 1975-1988 |
Pattillo Era: Oglethorpe
University becomes academically
selective and gains national recognition |
| 1988 - 1999 |
Stanton Era: Weltner
Library renovations, Schmidt Center built,
Conant Performing Arts Center built,
academic quad placed on National Register
of Historic Places. |
| 1999 - 2005 |
Large Era: Robinson Hall
renovations, Lupton Auditorium renovations,
technology upgrades to classrooms, joined
the Annapolis Group, campus master plan
completed. |
| 2005 - Present |
Schall Era begins |
