Lindsey Wilson College history

Lindsey Wilson's first day of classes was held on January 3, 1904, attended by 222 students.

During World War I, the principalship was held by: Paul Chandler, J.S. Chandler's son; G.R. Crume; and R.V. Bennett, who later became the first president of LWC in 1923.

By one vote, the Louisville Conference voted to keep the college open in 1942.

A former trustee was the late Robert L. Miller, the mayor of Campbellsville from 1966-98.

Luckey came to LWC in 1983 to work in the college's admissions office.

Biggers Sports Center, which seats 1,500, was added to the campus in 1984.

At its 1985 April meeting, the Lindsey Wilson Board of Trustees voted to transform the college into a four-year liberal arts college.

A major addition to the Cralle Student Union Building was added in 1987.

The move was approved by the Louisville and Kentucky Conferences of the United Methodist Church, and in 1988 LWC graduated its first four-year class.

The bachelor's degree was the highest degree attainable at the college until 1993 when a master of education in counseling and human development was launched.

Baccalaureate degree offerings were expanded from three to 14 and a master's program in counseling and human development was added in 1994.

In 1995, LWC won its first NAIA national championship when the school's men's soccer team brought home the gold from the national tournament in Mobile, Ala.

The Henry and Mary Ellen Lilly Residence Hall was opened in 1996.

The John B. Begley Chapel was dedicated in October 1997.

Lindsey Wilson College Provost and Dean of the Faculty Walter S. Reuling was named by the college's Board of Trustees to serve as LWC's seventh president through June 1998.

The college opened Walter S. Reuling Stadium in September 1999, a European-style soccer field.

5, 2000, Luckey told an audience of more than 700 in Biggers Sports Center that LWC has "never been stronger."

A 10,000-square-foot addition to the Holloway Building -- which houses the Katie Murrell Library -- was opened in August 2002, doubling the size of library space.

The college received its largest commitment in school history in April 2004 when James R. and Helen Lee Fugitte of Elizabethtown, Ky., pledged $8.6 million.

The campaign ran through June 30, 2007,and it raised almost $37 million.

The 73,232-square-foot Doris and Bob Holloway Health & Wellness Center opened in April 2010.