It’s hard to believe it’s already been a decade, but 10 years ago this month, Baylor officials dedicated the Mayborn Museum Complex at its new home on University Parks Drive. Of course, the museum has much deeper roots than that. The Gov. Bill and Vara Daniel Historic Village was moved to its current location along the […]
On this date in 1953, one of Baylor’s grandest traditions began when the first All University Sing was held on the Baylor campus. Organized by Marie Wiley Mathis (just a year into what would become three decades as director of Baylor’s Student Union), the first event was held on April 25, 1953. It featured eight […]
He was never president, or even governor, but the Baylor Law School grad was once known as “the most powerful man in Texas.” Along the way, he not only shaped his home state of Texas, but helped set the stage for Baylor’s athletic success today. In nearly four decades of Lone Star politics, Bob Bullock […]
Three-quarters of a century ago, the talents of two very different and very gifted men, born 77 years apart, crossed paths in Waco and produced perhaps the iconic image of Baylor University. Judge Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor was born in Kentucky in 1793 and later emigrated to the Republic of Texas to become, as every […]
150 years ago today, Baylor’s longest-tenured president — and perhaps its most beloved — was born. Samuel Palmer Brooks, BA 1893, was born in Georgia during the middle of the Civil War, but moved to Texas with his family when he was five. His mother died when he was 14, forcing Brooks to leave school […]
Tonight, Floyd Casey Stadium will host the biggest game in its 64-year history. One month from today, we will celebrate Floyd Casey’s final game, as the Bears host Texas on Dec. 7. You know the stadium — but what do you know about the men behind the name? That’s right — men, plural. The stadium […]
October 19 marks the final Homecoming football game at Floyd Casey Stadium, almost 63 years ago to the day that Baylor played its first Homecoming game at what was then known as Baylor Stadium. On October 28, 1950, the Bears were hosting just the third game in their new stadium, following a pair of wins over Houston […]
A generation ago, a young linebacker first made his name at Floyd Casey Stadium for hitting opponents so hard that he regularly broke helmets. The Houston native earned back-to-back-to-back All-America selections in 1978, ’79 and ’80, but somehow slid to the Chicago Bears in the second round of the 1981 NFL draft. Following a 12-year […]
Baylor’s Student Union Building formally opened to the campus community 65 years ago today — Sept. 16, 1948. But the SUB — officially the Bill Daniel Student Center — is far from ready to retire, having reinvented itself many times over the years. Groundbreaking for the SUB took place on June 1, 1940, on the […]
In August 1943, as World War II was entering its fourth year, Allied forces knew they had to strike at the petroleum reserves that were fueling the Nazi military — and a legendary Baylor alum would display great valor in ensuring the goal was met, ultimately being awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. As a […]
