Albert Reynolds Taylor
1901-1913, 1915-1919

Notable events during this administration:

• Cornerstone of Liberal Arts Hall is laid
• President Theodore Roosevelt dedicates the new college
• 562 students attend opening day exercises
• Degrees awarded to the first four-year graduating class
• Women's residence hall opens (later named Aston Hall)
• James Millikin, founder of the University, dies
• President Howard Taft speaks in the Assembly Hall
• New Gymnasium and the Conservatory open
• First homecoming celebration in 1915
• Student Army Training Corps (SATC) is established in 1918 and dissolves a month later when World War I ends
• One Million-Dollar Endowment campaign begins