| 1908 |
Founded as the State Normal and Industrial School for Women at Fredericksburg |
| 1908-1919 |
President: Edward H. Russell |
| 1914 |
Name changed to the State Normal School for Women at Fredericksburg |
| 1919-1928 |
President: Algernon B. Chandler, Jr. |
| 1924 |
Name changed to the State Teachers College at Fredericksburg, and legislative approval granted to confer baccalaureate degrees in education |
| 1929-1955 |
President: Morgan L. Combs |
| 1934 |
Legislative approval granted to confer baccalaureate degrees in the liberal arts
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| 1938 |
Name changed to Mary Washington College |
| 1944 |
Name changed to Mary Washington College of the University of Virginia (Became the Women’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences of the University) |
| 1948 |
Mary Washington College Alumnae Association Chartered |
| 1955-1974 |
President: Grellet C. Simpson |
| 1960 |
Administration of Belmont, the Gari Melchers Memorial, authorized by the General Assembly |
| 1964 |
Administration of the James Monroe Law Office-Museum and Memorial Library authorzied by the General Assembly |
| 1970 |
Coeducational status established |
| 1971 |
Kappa Chapter of Virginia of Phi Beta Kappa established |
| 1972 |
Name changed to Mary Washington College, an autonomous institution with its own governing board |
| 1974-1982 |
President: Prince B. Woodard |
| 1979 |
Legislative approval granted to confer master’s degrees |
| 1982-2006 |
President: William M. Anderson, Jr. |
| 1999 |
Center for Graduate and Professional Studies opened on Stafford campus |
| 2004 |
Name changed to University of Mary Washington, Stafford campus renamed College of Graduate and Professional Studies |
| 2006-2007 |
President: William J. Frawley |
