70 years ago
Several bright young faculty join the Norfolk Division in the fall, including Gerald W. Akers (German and Spanish), Ernest Gray (English), David S. Prosser (business and economics), E. Ruffin Jones (biology), Alice Burke (government) and Robert C. McClelland (ancient languages).
60 years ago
The Norfolk Division begins the fall semester without a football team for the first time in its young history.
The day after the Dec. 7 attack on Pearl Harbor, students gather near the radio in Bud's Emporium to hear President Roosevelt ask Congress for a declaration of war against Japan.
50 years ago
Adm. Alvin Duke Chandler, U.S. Navy (Ret.), succeeds John E. Pomfret as president of William and Mary in September.
Students at the Technical Institute form an Amateur Radio Club.
40 years ago
On Dec. 7, the Norfolk Division takes a giant step toward independence by receiving full accreditation from the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools as a fully grown, four-year college.
30 years ago
Students in Thomas H. Gunter's business management class develop a marketing strategy for the Ford Pinto under the auspices of Ford Motor Co.'s "Project for the Academic Community," a competition among 150 colleges across the country. Ford supplies a '72 Pinto for test drives and promotional displays.
NBC's David Brinkley speaks Dec. 6 for the convocation series.
20 years ago
The soccer team begins the season ranked fifth in the country.
Alf J. Mapp Jr. becomes the first Old Dominion faculty member to be named a Virginia laureate.
Superdance VII collects more than $35,000 in pledges for the Muscular Dystrophy Association.
10 years ago
The soccer team defeats JMU to capture its first CAA title, and the field hockey squad beats North Carolina, 2-0, for its sixth NCAA national championship, the perfect ending to a 26-0 season.
Juanita Comfort, an Old Dominion alumna and English instructor, is named recipient of the university's first President's Graduate Fellowship.
5 years ago
"Ourselves as Students: Multicultural Voices in the Classroom" is published by the women's studies department. It features the writing of 58 current and former students.
"The River Beyond the World," Janet Peery's (English) first novel, is selected as one of five finalists for the 1996 national Book Award.
Students pack Webb Center Nov. 14 to hear Dr. Ruth Westheimer speak for the President's Lecture Series.
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