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Another University of Mississippi alumnus, Robert Burwell Fulton served
as Chancellor longer than any of his predecessors and deserves credit for
establishing the School of Engineering (1900), the School of Education
(1903), and the School of Medicine (1903). Born in 1849 in Sumter
County, Alabama, Fulton graduated with honors from The University of
Mississippi in 1869. After a teaching stint in Alabama and New Orleans,
Fulton returned to Oxford in 1871 as assistant professor of physics and
astronomy. He achieved full professor status in 1875 and was the first
director of the Mississippi Weather Service. His leadership was largely
responsible for the organization of the National Association of State
Universities; he served as its president for five consecutive years.
During Fulton's tenure, football was introduced to the University
(1893), and the University's first printed annual was published (1897).
Its name, The Ole Miss, soon became synonymous with The University
of Mississippi.
