Due to the challenges of "The Great Depression" in the late 1920s to the 1930s, it would be another decade before another building was constructed on campus.
On 14 January 1964, during final examinations week, the school narrowly missed disaster when a man flew a small airplane into Shawnee Hall. The man was a former student of the university who had been hospitalized for mental health problems. He rented the aircraft at Tulsa Airport; once airborne, he radioed Shawnee Airport to report his intention to crash into OBU's administration building.
Authorities evacuated Thurmond Hall, which had been the university's administration building since 1954, and moved students to Shawnee Hall, the primary classroom building, which had been the administration building prior to 1954. Police shot at the approaching aircraft before the pilot flew into one of the few empty classrooms in the building. The pilot was killed and the exterior impact area along with two classrooms were badly damaged. None of the 300 students, faculty, …
SAT EBRW 25%
510
SAT EBRW 75%
600
SAT Math 25th %
490
SAT Math 75th %
590
ACT Composite 25th %
20
ACT Composite 50th %
24
ACT Composite 75th %
28
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