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Norfolk Division of the College of William and Mary opens its doors. First to enroll are Albert E. Wilson, Ruth Wilson and Rufus Tonelson.
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The William and Mary Board of Visitors approves the Norfolk Division's first four-year programs. They are in nursing, teacher education and business adminstration. A dozen more will be added by the end of the decade.
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The first four-year bachelor's degrees will be handed out to 15 students.
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Leo Anthony scored an amazing 60-points against Lynchburg College in the 1960-61 basketball season. ODU won that game 128-61. Anthony is second highest in career points scored.
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The Mace & Crown got its current name in 1961. It was founded in 1930 and was then called The High Hat.
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Professor John Foster West choose the Monarchs as the name for the school's athletic teams. The name would "link the traditions of the past to the realities of the present."
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Students first moved onto the ODU campus for the first time. 304 residents moved into Rogers Hall.
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The Webb Center was named after Lewis W. Webb, Jr. He was a member of the Advisory Board from 1947 to 1962, and a member of Educational Foundation from 1962 to 1974. The Webb Center is on the west side of Kaufman Mall
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Margaret Simmons becomes the first African American student to earn a degree, with a master's in English. A year later art professor A.B. "Alex" Jackson will become the school's first full-time black faculty member. Senior class president Ronald Horne would be the African American to earn a bachelor's degree in 1969. And Arthur "Buttons" Speakes was the first African American to be recruited athlete.
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Istvan and Ana Ament begin what would become a 27 year stint as directors of the Old Dominion University Ballet. Their productions of "The Nutcracker" would become holiday tradition.
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Five years after Woodstock, 35,000 people filled up Foreman Field for a concert featuring Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. Despite the turnout, there will not be another major concert event for 24 years.
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The famous lion statue is unveiled on Founder's Day in front of the Webb Center. Designed by faculty member Kevin Gallup, the statue is 1,000 pounds and six feet high.
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Hundreds gathered on Kaufman Mall to pay their respects to those that died a year earlier. Four members of the ODU family died at the Pentagon.
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ODU joined with "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" to donate food to those less fortunate.
