1890-1899

• March 1890 - Botanical Laboratory burns to the ground
• 1891 - College of Law founded
• 1891 - Eugene Davenport named president of first South American agricultural school
• 1891 - Linda Landon begins her career at MSU; first female instructor.
• 1892 - Student Chapter of Tau Beta Pi founded
• 1893 - College Health Service Established
• 1893 - First concrete sidewalks installed on campus
• August 20, 1893 - Lewis G. Gorton becomes sixth president at M.A.C.
• 1894 - First Campus Hospital Built
• 1894 - Formation of the Campus Cycling Club
• 1895 - Edith McDermott is the first female professor (Domestic Economy and Household Science).
• 1895 - Formalization of the Farmers' Institutes
• 1896 - Mary A. Mayo voices support for creation of women's courses
• 1896 - Football team has its first official season of four games.
• January 14, 1896 - The M.A.C. Record begins publication
• June 8, 1896 - A women's course was authorized. Later changed to a Home Economics course.
• 1898 - Maude Keller becomes Dean of Women's Division