This Week in KU History
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Saturday, May 23, 1908
First “May Fete” becomes the official substitute for the banned Maypole Scraps.
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Thursday, May 24, 2012
On this Memorial Day weekend we recall the students & alumni who died for our country. KU's campus war memorials date back to the 1920s when the Memorial Corporation was formed to construct Memorial Stadium and the Memorial Union in tribute to Jayhawks who died during WWI.
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Sunday, May 25, 1986
KU dedicates its Vietnam Memorial in Marvin Grove, becoming the first university in the country to build such a monument.
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Thursday, May 25, 2017
The Kansas Board of Regents announces the appointment of Dr. Douglas A. Girod as the 18th chancellor of the University of Kansas. Girod was previously executive vice chancellor of the University of Kansas Medical Center.
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Monday, May 26, 1913
Dan Dahlene, a contractor, lost his hand and received numerous injuries due to an explosion of a stick of dynamite while performing construction of the basement of Strong Hall. He was carried to Robinson Gymnasium where Dr. James Naismith and Professor C.H. Root administered first aid until a doctor and an ambulance arrived.
