Historical Facts About Washington University in St. Louis

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• Assembly Series Speakers, 1949-present
• Awards and Learned Society memberships earned by WUSTL faculty and graduates - Covers awards other than the Nobel Prize and current faculty who are members of significant learned societies in the arts, humanities, sciences, and medicine.
• Becker Medical Library Digital Image Gallery - List of paintings, drawings, engravings, lithographs, and photographs of persons in the Bernard Becker Medical Library.
• Robert S. Brookings Award winners 1984-present
• Chairmen of the Board of Trustees, 1854-present
• Chancellors, 1858-present
• The Mathematical Association of America's Chauvenet Prize (page maintained by College of Arts & Sciences)
• Co-Founders of Washington University in St. Louis
• Colors and New Logotype
• Commencement Speakers, 1905-1939
• Commencement Speakers, 1940-1990
• Commencement Speakers, 1991-present
• Compton Speed Bumps
• Congressional Hearings List with Washington University Participants, 1970-present
• Desegregation at WUSTL - Chronology
• Distinguished Alumni Award Recipients 1955-1980
• Distinguished Alumni Award Recipients 1981-present
• Eliot Honors Convocation speakers 1955-present
• Founder's Day Keynote speakers 1954-present
• Honorary Degrees awarded by W.U. 1859-present
• Japanese American transfer students from internment camps [TEMPORARILY UNDER CONSTRUCTION]
• Latin Motto
• Mascot - Our former mascot, "The Battling Bear"
• Mascot - Our current mascot, adopted in 1995
• Nobel Prize Winners associated with Washington University in St. Louis
• Origin of the "Human Wave" - A case of mistaken identity
• Origin of WUSTL's name - Why "Washington"? See also: Institutions which share the name "Washington"
• Putnam Mathematical Competition - Team and individual awards won by WUSTL students.
• Rhodes Scholars from WUSTL - 1905-present
• School Songs
• Selected Teaching Awards Earned by W.U. Faculty
• Supreme Court Justices at W.U.
• Women at Washington University (online exhibit)
• World's Fair (1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition) and 1904 Olympics