Feb. 9, 1853
State Sen. Wayman Crow introduced a charter in the Missouri legislature to create a new educational institution to be known as Eliot Seminary.
Feb. 12, 1857
Missouri Gov. Trusten Polk signed the University’s new name — Washington University — into law.
This feature will be included in each 2003-04 issue of the Record in observance of Washington University’s 150th anniversary.