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1830

In August 1830, William Allgood, the first student of this ministry school, came to Baptist's Dunlora Plantation to attend classes in "a building of three or four rooms." The school, eventually known as Dunlora Academy, enrolled nine students overall in its first year.

These photographs tell the story of Richmond and a school founded by Virginia Baptists in 1830.

1834

In 1834, the Virginia Baptist Education Society bought the former Haxall family plantation.

1843

Richmond College officially opened on January 2, 1843.

1849

68 students were enrolled in the early years, and the first bachelor’s degrees were conferred in 1849 to Poindexter Smith Henson and Josiah Ryland.

1866

In 1866, James Thomas donated $5,000 to reopen the college.

1870

The law school was founded in 1870.

The T.C. Williams School of Law opened in 1870.

1894

In 1894, the college elected Doctor Frederic W. Boatwright president.

1895

In 1895 Frederic Boatwright was appointed president of Richmond College.

1910

The bricks of Old Main, which burned in 1910, make up the brick pathway next to Ryland Hall.

1914

Ryland, G. (1914). The Old Richmond College.

He is most remembered for raising the funds needed to move the college in 1914 from its original downtown location to a new 350-acre campus in what is now Westhampton area of Richmond, and in doing so created Westhampton College for women.

1917

Doctor John C. Metcalf was appointed the first Dean of Richmond College, a position he held through 1917.

1920

The institution was renamed University of Richmond in 1920 with the men's college renamed Richmond College.

1931

Doctor Raymond Pinchbeck began his 26-year tenure as the Dean of Richmond College with the 1931-32 academic year.

1933

Dean Pinchbeck started the first orientation program and first career services office on campus, and advocated with the student leaders to create the Richmond College Council of Honor in 1933.

1969

In 1969, when financial issues threatened closing the institution or turning it over to the Commonwealth of Virginia, E. Claiborne Robins Sr., a trustee and alumnus, donated $50 million to the institution, the largest gift made to an institution of higher education at the time.

1973

Alley, R.E. (1973). Frederic W. Boatwright.

1976

The appointment of Doctor Richard Mateer as Dean of Richmond College in 1976 began the “modern era” of Richmond College as a coordinate college.

1987

In 1987, a donation of $20 million by Robert S. Jepson, Jr. facilitated the opening of the Jepson School of Leadership Studies.

1989

The Jepson School of Leadership Studies, the first such school in the United States, opened in 1989.

1990

In 1990, the academic missions of Richmond and Westhampton Colleges were combined to form the School of Arts and Sciences.

1992

The school, which opened in 1992, was the first of its kind in the United States

1996

The Weinstein-Jecklin Speech Center was formed in 1996.

2013

The Henry Mansfield Cannon Memorial Chapel, North Court, and Ryland Hall were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.

2015

First, Advanced, Proficiency – taken after January 2015

Cambridge First: Advantage, Proficiency – taken before January 2015

On, February 23, 2015, the University of Richmond announced to the student body via email that the board of trustees elected Ronald Crutcher as the 10th president of the institution.

He took office 1 July 2015, and his inauguration ceremony was held at the Robins Center on 30 October 2015, becoming the first African American president of the institution.

2019

Michelle Kahn has been awarded the 2019 Fritz Stern Dissertation Prize by the German Historical Institute.

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