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Significant Events in
the History of
The University of
West Alabama
Early History: 1835-1900
• 1835
• 1839
• 1840
Livingston Female Academy
and Livingston Female
Seminary founded on
February 22.
First students admitted.
Livingston Female Academy
incorporated by Alabama
Legislature; deed recorded
in Sumter County Probate
Court from J. W. Hawthorn
to Trustees for two acres.
July 4, 1836
Trustees elected
Judge Samuel
Chapman
Dr. J. L. McCants
Seaborn Mims
William P. Beers
Willis Crenshaw
A. S. Arrington
R. F. Houston
1843
Name is changed to
Livingston Collegiate Institute.
First diploma awarded to Miss
Elizabeth Houston of Livingston.
1847
• Name changed to Livingston Female Academy.
• Men barred from attending the Academy.
1881
Julia Strudwick Tutwiler becomes
co-principal then first president
• Served for 29 years, the longest of any president
• UWA’s only female president
• Wrote the Alabama state song
During Miss Julia’s tenure…
• 1882
The first Legislative appropriation is received ; it is the
first from any southern state for the education of women
• 1883 – Name changes to Alabama Normal College for Girls and
Livingston Female Academy
• 1886
Sumter County becomes a “dry” county as the result of
Miss Julia’s involvement in the Temperance Movement.
1883
• Name is changed to Alabama
Normal College for Girls and
Livingston Female Academy
The 20th Century
Part 1: 1900-1950
• 1900 – Men are admitted
• 1901 – First diploma is awarded
to a male student, Frank L. Grove
Clipping of
Grove’s
retirement from
28 years of
service to the
Alabama
Education
Association – The
Birmingham News
June 17, 1956
Grove’s Diploma
1907
• The institution becomes a public
institution controlled by the State
of Alabama
1908
• First alumni association is organized
1909
• The first Webb
Hall, built in
1895, burns. It
is pictured at
right.
1910
Dr. G. W. Brock becomes
president, serving until 1936
• Dr. Brock bought the famous Webb Hall rocking
chairs
• Dr. Brock was known for rigid rules but was loved
by students
During Dr. Brock’s tenure…
• The university expands from 4 to 35 acres
• Foust, Bibb Graves and Brock Halls are constructed; Webb Hall is
rebuilt
• Enrollment breaks 500 for the first time in the school’s history
• Local Greek societies begin to appear on campus
Students in Brock’s Era
1910
• First yearbook (Calyx) is published
• First alumni meeting is held
1911
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School becomes the Alabama Normal College and
School of Arts for Women, under the control of a statewide Board of Trustees of State Normal Schools
Men are again barred from attendance
1911
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Webb Hall is rebuilt in
halves, with about a
year between each half
1914
1915
• The second Webb Hall burns
• Men are readmitted
• Name changes to State Normal School,
Livingston, Alabama
• The third and current Webb Hall is built and
occupied, though funding does not allow for
it to be completed until 1926
1919
• Institution is placed under the
supervision of the State Board of
Education
1922
• Kilby Hall built as a new elementary
1929
• The name is changed to State
Teachers College (STC), Livingston,
Alabama
• The College is authorized to grant
Bachelor of Science degrees
1930
• Bibb Graves Hall is built to house
school building
administrative offices, classrooms,
and an auditorium
1931
• First football team is
formed of students
and local boys
c.1934
• Local Greek societies begin to appear on campus
1936
Dr. N. F. Greenhill becomes
president, serving until 1944
• Dr. Greenhill led faculty in the reorganization of the
teacher-education program
• The tiger mascot appeared first during his tenure.
During Dr. Greenhill’s tenure…
• STC is one of the first institutions in the State to receive
accreditation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
– 1938
• First collegiate sports are played – 1938
• A Director of Athletics is added to the University faculty
Students in Greenhill’s Era
1939
• First homecoming football game
is played
• L-Club is formed
1940
• Baseball team wins Alabama
Inter-Collegiate Conference
championship
• Tiger mascot is born when the
basketball team is called the
“Ramblin’ Tigers”
L-Club in 1962
1940
• Alma Mater is first sung at assembly
• Marching band is formed
• First student newspaper is published
(Livingston Life)
1944
Dr. W. W. Hill becomes president,
serving until 1954
• His efforts in recruitment helped raise
enrollment from 92 to 431 within two years.
• Was known for his public relations skills.
During Dr. Hill’s tenure…
• 1944
• 1947
• 1952
First off-campus classes are taught in Mobile
and Butler.
The institution is authorized to grant
Bachelor of Arts degrees.
Faculty and course offerings are expanded.
Tiger Stadium is built.
Students in Hill’s era
The 20th Century
Part II: 1951-1999
1952
• Tiger Stadium is constructed on
filled in land previously known as
“Crawdad Creek.”
1953
• Birmingham News says
Livingston is “known as the
friendly college.”
1954
Dr. D. P. Culp becomes president,
serving until 1963
• Had a talent for “stretching a dollar.”
• Made efforts to guard students’ “moral
and ethical lives.”
During Dr. Culp’s tenure…
• Many buildings are added on campus:
Faculty Apartments, Patterson Apartments, the Julia
Tutwiler Library, Young Cafeteria, Sisk Hall and Pruitt Hall.
• The school achieves NCATE accreditation and SACS
reaccreditation.
• The first master’s degrees are awarded in 1959.
Students in Culp’s era
1957
1958
1961
• Name is changed to Livingston State
College
• Graduate Division and master’s
degrees in education are authorized
• The institution is first in Alabama to
receive accreditation by the National
Council for Accreditation of Teacher
Education
1961
• Julia Tutwiler Library is
constructed, opened in 1962
1963
• The Society of the Golden Key is founded
1963
• Dr. John E. Deloney becomes
president, serving until 1972
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Enrollment reaches an all-time high and faculty
doubles.
Institution divides into four colleges: Arts and
Sciences, Business, Education, and the
Graduate School.
• During Dr. Deloney’s tenure…
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Programs in Early Childhood Education and a graduate
program in Guidance and Counseling are added.
Master’s in Continuing Education and Educational
Specialist degrees are offered.
1963–The Society of the Golden Key is founded.
Students in Deloney’s era
1964
• Tau Kappa Epsilon becomes the first national
fraternity on campus and the first national
fraternity on any campus of the former state
normal colleges.
1966
• Liza Howard is UWA’s first AfricanAmerican student
Majoring in elementary education, she
graduated in 1969, then earned her
master’s degree in education from
Livingston State University.
She retired from the Sumter County
School System in 2001 after 30
dedicated years.
1967
• Legislature approves name change to
Livingston State University
1968
• James D. Crawford writes a new Alma Mater
• The word “state” is removed from the official university
name
1971
The Tigers win the National Association of Intercollegiate
Athletics Football Championship
1972
• UWA’s Covered Bridge is dedicated on campus. Built in
1861, it is one of the oldest covered bridges in Alabama.
It was moved to campus from the Alamuchee Creek by
the Sumter County Historical society.
1973
• Dr. Asa N. Green becomes president,
serving until 1993
• He was an avid supporter of athletics,
serving on the Executive Committee of the
GSC.
• He continues to be active in the community.
• During Dr.Green’s tenure…
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1981
1987
1993
1993
Bachelor of Science in Technology degree is established.
Technology Division is established.
Livingston University Foundation is established.
University is reorganized: College of Natural Sciences
and Mathematics, College of Business, College of Liberal
Arts, Division of Nursing, and College of Education.
Students in Green’s Era
1974
The Division of Nursing is established
and placed under the supervision of
Dr. Dagmar Brodt, Frederick Brodt,
Celeste Kaul and Sylvia Homan.
Students have class on campus and
work at the Sumter County Memorial
Hospital.
Pictured L-R are Kaul, Homan, Dr. Brodt, and Mr. Brodt
1975
• The institution sees its first nationally broadcast
athletic event, NCAA Division II Football
Playoff, on ABC
1978
• Women’s intercollegiate athletics are
established
1982
• First microcomputers appear on campus
• 1984
Jody Wise is elected first female
president of the Student
Government Association
• 1985
Bobby Warren is elected first
African-American president
of the Student Government Association
Bobby Warren in the Homecoming
Parade
Bobby Warren and President
Asa Green
1994
Dr. Don C. Hines becomes
president, serving until 1998
• Served as Dean of the UWA College of
Business, 1981 to 1987.
• Promoted regional economic development.
During Dr. Hines’s tenure…
• UWA Rodeo Team is established and rodeo complex built.
• Computers introduced for use in all aspects of student life.
• Programs developed in agribusiness, forestry, and
psychology.
Students in Hines’s Era
• 1995
Name is changed to
The University of
West Alabama.
• 1997
UWA’s Phi Kappa Phi honor society
chapter is chartered.
1998
Dr. Ed D. Roach becomes
president, serving until 2002
• Served as Provost before becoming President
• Was a first-generation college graduate who
identified well with students
During Dr. Roach’s tenure…
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UWA becomes the first e-Campus in the state.
The softball complex is built and facilities at Tartt Field
are enhanced.
Construction begins on an addition to the Julia Tutwiler
Library.
The university changes to semester system.
Students in Roach’s era
A New Millennium and
Into the Future: 2000 and Beyond
2000
• UWA converts from the quarter system to the semester
system
2001
• UWA has the most extensive network of wireless Internet
connections in the state
• Dr. Jay Wenger (UWA faculty member) is a Fulbright
Scholar
2002
Dr. Richard D. Holland
becomes president
• He is the first UWA alumnus to be named
President.
• He began his service to UWA as a
graduate assistant in 1965.
During Dr. Holland’s tenure…
• The Center for the Study of the Black Belt has been
established.
• Online graduate and undergraduate degree programs are
now offered.
• The Regional Center for Community and Economic
Development and the West Alabama Regional Alliance
have been developed.
Students in Holland’s era
2002
• Regional Center for Community and Economic
Development is established
• Dr. Jay Wenger, UWA faculty member, is a Fulbright
Scholar
• Alfa Environmental Center opens
2003
• The University’s first female football player,
Tonya Butler, joins the UWA Tigers,
playing the position of kicker. Tonya
becomes the first female in recorded
NCAA history to successfully convert a
field goal.
2003
Loraine McIlwain Bell
(right), for whom the Bell
Conference Center is
named, sits with a friend,
Ollie Odum, while
enrolled at Livingston
Normal College, c.1914
• Bell Conference Center opens
2004
• Dr. Nol Alembong of Cameroon, Africa, is
first visiting Fulbright Scholar
• Sucarnochee Folklife Festival begins
• Teaching Excellence Fund is established
2005
• Night football games
return to campus
• UWA Baseball Team wins
Gulf South Conference
• Men’s and women’s
tennis returns to UWA
• Sucarnochee Revue
radio show begins
2006
• Enrollment reaches 3,000+
• Division of Outreach Services and
Office of Sponsored Programs are
established
• Howard R. Vaughan Tennis
Complex is dedicated
• Locker room and new dugout are
added to Softball Complex
2007
• “The University We Will Be” capital campaign began, the
first in UWA history
• Program Enhancement Fund established
2008
• Division of Educational Outreach is
established (Center for the Study of the
Black Belt, Continuing Education, bby
Publications)
• Suttles Entrepreneurship
Institute and Division of Online
Programs are established
2009
• Cross Country club house opens
• Foust Gym is converted to band room
• International Education Programs
begin with Chinese, South Korean,
Nicaraguan and Mexican institutions
• SGA presents bronze Tiger
• Enrollment reaches 5,000+
• Named managing partner of
Demopolis Higher Education Center
• University acquires Wesley
Foundation and Baptist Campus
Ministries properties
2010
• Faculty Leadership Development Program
is established
• Comprehensive master facilties plan is
adopted
• Celebration of UWA’s 175th Anniversary
Suggested Further Reading
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Lyon, Ralph M. A History of Livingston University: 1835-1963. Livingston:
Livingston University Press, 1976. Located in the Alabama Room, UWA
Julia Tutwiler Library, Call Number: 976.141 L994h
Smith, Louis Roycraft. A History of Sumter County, Alabama, Through 1886.
Ph.D. Diss., University of Alabama, 1988. Located in the Alabama Room,
UWA Julia Tutwiler Library, Call Number: 378t Sm61h 1988.
Snider, Dr. Neil, and Shelly Stapp Findley. A Biographical Guide to The Gallery of
Presidential Portraits at The University of West Alabama, Livingston, Alabama.
Livingston: UWA Department of Printing.
Spratt, R. D. A History of the Town of Livingston, Alabama. Livingston:
Livingston Press, 1997. Located in the Alabama Room, UWA Julia
Tutwiler Library, Call Number: 976.1 Sp76h.
University Records Collection (Archives), UWA Julia Tutwiler Library Vault. Web
link: http://library.uwa.edu/Ala_Room/FAids/Collection_Info.asp#Univ
Sumter County History Collection (Archives), UWA Julia Tutwiler Library
Vertical Files. Web link:
http://library.uwa.edu/Ala_Room/FAids/Sumter_County_History.asp
Credits
• University of West Alabama Historical Timeline created by UWA
President Richard D. Holland
• Significant Events in the History of the University of West Alabama
PowerPoint presentation created by Sheila Blackmon Limerick,
Archives and Special Collections Librarian, UWA Julia Tutwiler
Library. Slides 40-43 created by Deivid Delgado, President’s Office.
• Special thanks to Charlie Cook, Area Technology Specialist, UWA
Information Systems Department, for consultation and assistance on
PowerPoint design, organization and operation
• Special thanks to Martha Shirley, Information Technologies
Librarian, UWA Julia Tutwiler Library, for assistance in the Julia
Tutwiler Library Archives
• Special thanks to Dr. Tina Naremore Jones, Dean of the UWA
Division of Outreach Services, for updates to the initial timeline by
Dr. Holland
• Special thanks to Dr. Louis Smith for his presentation of this
PowerPoint.
Sources for Images
• UWA Archives, University Records Collection, Commencement and
Graduation, Julia Tutwiler Library Vault; digital images Web link:
http://library.uwa.edu/Ala_Room/FAids/University_Diploma_Images.asp
• UWA Archives, University Records Collection, Administration – Alumni, Julia
Tutwiler Library Vault, V.F2.1
• UWA Archives, University Records Collection, Buildings, Julia Tutwiler
Library Vault, UWA, Livingston, AL.
• UWA Archives, University Records Collection, Miscellaneous, Julia Tutwiler
Library Vault, UWA, Livingston, AL
• Paragon – Volume 78, 1988; Volume 73, 1983; Volume 65, 1975; Volume
62, 1972. UWA Archives, University Records Collection, Yearbooks, Julia
Tutwiler Library Vault, UWA, Livingston, AL
• Calyx (yearbook), 1910 – UWA Archives, University Records Collection,
Yearbooks, Julia Tutwiler Library Vault, UWA, Livingston, AL
• Snider, Dr. Neil, and Shelly Stapp Findley. A Biographical Guide to The
Gallery of Presidential Portraits at The University of West Alabama,
Livingston, Alabama. Livingston: UWA Department of Printing.