Alumni Heritage

We've Come a Long Way!

1889 UNM founded, February 28

1892 Hodgin Hall constructed

1892 First football game vs Albuquerque High.  Two game season. UNM  lost both games 0-5 and 0-8.

1894 First UNM class graduated

1895 UNM Weekly (Daily Lobo) published

1897 UNM Alumni Association founded

1898 First women's basketball team formed

1899 First baseball game vs Goss Military Institute - UNM 18, Goss 9

1903 First track and field meet vs Albuquerque Indian School

1906 First dormitory (Kataka) built

1908 First tennis match vs NM Mines, UNM 2, Mines 0

1924 Students vote to cancel yearbook due to lack of funds

1927 Charles Hodgin is awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Laws Degree from UNM 1929 First UNM Homecoming

1930 Freshmen Week inaugurated

1931 First boxing match vs NM Military Institute.  UNM 1, NMMI 4

1931 First Swim meet vs Alb High. UNM 47, Alb High 17

1933 First Fencing meet vs NM Military Institute.  UNM 43, NMMI 29

1937 Zimmerman Library built

1940s ASUNM government formed

1941 NROTC established on campus

1941 First Ski meet vs ASU (Flagstaff). UNM 195, ASU 187

1944 Institute of Meteoritics opens

1946 School of Law opens.

1952 is fully accredited

1948 AFROTC established on campus

1950 Jonson Gallery opens

1959 New SUB

1960 Alumni Memorial Chapel built

1960 KNMD (now KUNM) goes on air from their studio in the new SUB basement.

1964 School of Medicine opens

1965 The Pit constructed

1972 Cancer Center opens

1976 Duckpond constructed

1976 Alumni Association begins fund drive for renovation of Hodgin Hall

1989 Alumni Presidents' Clock installed by Duck Pond

1997 Lobo bronze installed atop the northeast corner of Central and University