| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1901 | Straight graduates from Cornell’s College of Architecture |
| 1918 | Willard Straight dies of pneumonia during WWI in France. His widow, Dorothy Whitney Straight, decides to build a student union in his name. |
| 1925 | Willard Straight Hall opens and is one of the first student unions in the country. |
| 1934 | Beer and ale first served. |
| 1935 | Ivy Room allows women to dine there. Woman originally entered through a separate entrance and could only mingle with men in the Art Gallery. |
| 1943 | Memorial Room and east and west lounges opened to both men and women. |
| 1943 | The Terrace is enclosed to create an Army Mess Hall. This becomes Okenshield’s. |
| 1954 | First television installed in what became Okenshield’s. |
| 1958 | William C. Whitney Foundation awards grant for Willard Straight Hall to purchase art. |
| 1959 | WVBR goes on the air from Willard Straight Hall. |
| 1969 | Takeover by black students. |
| 1970 | Women work at front desk for the first time since WWII. |
| 1989 | Theater refurbished to become permanent home of Cornell Cinema. |
| 2003 | Ceramics Studio renovated into state-of-the-art facility. |
| 2005 | Fifth floor Game Room renovated to become the 5th Floor Lounge with meeting space, reception space, and room for performance rehearsals. |
| 2007 | CIT Public Computer Lab installed on the first floor near the Cinema. |
| 2007 | Second floor renovated to house the Office of Student Support and Diversity Education. |
