1931: Coach Rankin Williams and two star members of the Southwestern Bulldog track team left for Lincoln, Neb., to compete in the National A.A.U. track and field meet. Marion "Red" Strong and Gene "Hotshot" Medley were scheduled to carry the Bulldog colors in the national meet. Both performers were considered strong contenders for spots on the 1932 U.S. Olympic team.

1954: Southwestern's School of Pharmacy was given a class A rating by the American Council on Pharmaceutical Education, the national accrediting agency.

1956: Several people were employed to begin work in the fall at Southwestern. Newcomers included: Albert H. Gabriel, business education; Homer Timmons, biology; John Densford, history and government; Rex Savage, social studies; and Ruby Drinkwater, dean of women.

1963: Chemistry, pharmacy and physics students were scheduled to move in to a modern, streamlined science laboratory building. The building included research facilities, scientific photography laboratory, modern animal room with controlled temperature conditions, model pharmacy and seminar rooms.

1976: Southwestern Professor Ed Green and a group of students dug fossil remains of a Pleistocene mammoth from a gravel pit near Hobart. Truman Barnes, who operated the gravel pit, notified Green of the location. Barnes had uncovered bones while working a bulldozer and realized he had found something much larger than the remains of a cow or horse.