Key dates in MC’s history
1819 – MC founded as the Southern and Western Theological Seminary
1825 – First class graduates from MC
1842 – “Maryville College” receives official charter
1845 – J.G. Wallace receives the College’s first printed diploma
1857 – Rev. John Joseph Robinson inaugurated as the second president of MC
1866 – MC reopened under the direction of Thomas Jefferson Lamar
1867 – MC’s first female students enroll
1868 – Classes move to present-day campus
1887 – Dr. Peter Mason Bartlett inaugurated as MC’s third president
1870 – Anderson Hall completed
1871 – Maryville College Alumni Association organized
1871 – Baldwin and Memorial residential halls completed
1875 – MC becomes the first college in Tennessee to award a bachelor’s degree to a woman, Mary Wilson
1876 – Crawford House completed
1876 – MC’s first baseball team organized
1877 – First February Meetings held
1880 – MC’s first African American alumnus, William H. Franklin, graduates
1881 – MC campus enlarged to 250 acres (including the College Woods)
1888 – Samuel Tyndale Wilson Center for Campus Ministry completed
1888 – MC’s first football team organized
1889 – Dr. Samuel Boardman becomes fourth president of MC
1890 – MC Athletic Association formed
1890 – Willard House completed
1891 – Orange and garnet adopted as school’s official colors
1898 – Bartlett Hall dedicated
1898 – Fayerweather Hall completed
1901 – Dr. Samuel Tyndale Wilson inaugurated as MC’s fifth president
1906 – Elizabeth Voorhees Chapel completed
1906 – Alexander House completed
1910 – Pearsons Hall completed
1910 – Ralph Max Lamar Memorial Hospital/International House completed
1910 – Carnegie Hall completed
1917 – The House in the Woods completed
1917 – Vesper Choir organized
1919 – MC’s centennial celebration
1922 – MC receives official accreditation the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools.
1922 – Thaw Hall completed
1923 – Alumni Gym completed
1930 – Dr. Ralph Waldo Lloyd inaugurated as MC’s sixth president
1932 – MC approved by the Association of American Universities
1932 – Morningside/RT Lodge completed
1942 – MC elected as a liberal arts college member of the National Association of Schools of Music
1942 – MC elected an institutional member of the American Association of University Women
1947 – New curriculum, including “Special Studies” requirement, introduced
1950 – Fine Arts Center completed
1952 – Honaker Field completed
1954 – Samuel Tyndale Wilson Chapel completed
1954 – U.S. Supreme Court declared school segregation laws unconstitutional; MC resumes its former integration policy
1960 – Nancy Smith Wright, the first African-American student to graduate from MC since 1898, received her diploma
1961 – Dr. Joseph J. Copeland inaugurated as MC’s seventh president
1966 – Davis Hall completed
1966 – Gamble Hall completed
1966 – Copeland Hall completed
1968 – Sutton Science Center completed
1969 – MC’s sesquicentennial celebration
1977 – Dr. Wayne Anderson inaugurated as MC’s eighth president
1987 – Dr. Richard Ferrin inaugurated as MC’s ninth president
1993 – Dr. Gerald Gibson inaugurated as MC’s tenth president
1993 – Thornton Stadium completed
1994 – Cooper Athletic Center dedicated
1997 – Beeson Village completed and dedicated
2000 – Renovations completed on Bartlett Hall; building becomes student center
2003 – Lloyd Hall completed
2008 – Gibson Hall completed
2010 – Clayton Center for the Arts completed
2011 – Dr. William T. Bogart inaugurated as MC’s 11th president
2014 – Maryville College Works career preparation program launched
2016 – Dr. Mary Kay Sullivan named first female chairman of the Board of Directors
2015 – Comprehensive renovation of Anderson Hall completed
2017 – College announces receipt of $15 million from the estate of Dan ’40 and Elaine McGill
2020 – Dr. Bryan F. Coker inaugurated as MC’s 12th president