Encyclopedia Brunoniana

1976

  • The American Philosophical Society has numbered among its members the following individuals connected with Brown, elected to membership in the years indicated: Stephen Hopkins in 1769; Benjamin Waterhouse in 1791; Francis Wayland in 1838; John E. Holbrook 1815 in 1839; Alpheus S. Packard in 1878; George Dana Boardman 1852 in 1880; Henry S. Frieze 1841 in 1884; William Williams Keen 1859 in 1884; James Macalister 1856 in 1886; James Burrill Angell 1849 in 1889; Lester Frank Ward in 1889; Richard Olney 1856 in 1897; Stephen F. Peckham 1862 in 1897; John Hay 1858 in 1898; Robert H. Thurston 1859 in 1902; Carl Barus in 1903; Hermon Carey Bumpus 1884 in 1909; Charles E. Bennett 1878 in 1913; Winthrop John Vanleuven Osterhout 1893 in 1917; John Franklin Jameson in 1920; Charles Evans Hughes 1881 in 1926; Arthur F. Buddington ’12 in 1931; John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 1897 in 1931; Ernest E. Tyzzer 1897 in 1931; Gilbert Chinard in 1932; George E. Coghill 1896 in 1935; Harvey N. Davis ’01 in 1935; George Grafton Wilson 1886 in 1936; Frederick G. Keyes ’09 Ph.D. in 1938; Charles August Kraus in 1939; Walter S. Hunter in 1941; Leonard Carmichael in 1942; Zechariah Chafee ’07 in 1946; Robert Cushman Murphy ’11 in 1946; Otto E. Neugebauer in 1947; William A. Noyes in 1947; George Boas ’13 in 1950; Carl Bridenbaugh in 1950; Clarence Saunders Brigham 1899 in 1955; Clarence H. Graham in 1956; John Imbrie in 1956; Lars Onsager in 1959; John Wilder Tukey ’36 in 1962; Edmund Sears Morgan in 1964; Carl Pfaffmann ’33 in 1964; Vartan Gregorian in 1965; Barnaby C. Keeney in 1965; Donald F. Hornig in 1967; Floyd Ratliff ’50 Ph.D. in 1972; Leon N. Cooper in 1973; David E. Pingree in 1975; George F. Carrier in 1976; Eliot Stellar ’47 Ph.D. in 1977; Brooke Hindle ’40 in 1982; Thomas J. Watson, Jr. ’37 in 1984; Barbara K. Lewalski in 1986.American Philosophical Society
  • Paul Mackesey ’32 succeeded McCormick in 1962 and served until 1976.Associated Alumni
  • The women’s teams have been coached by Mary Avery in 1958, Sarah Phillips in 1960, Jan Lutz in 1972-73, Gail Davis from 1973 to 1975; Carole Kleinfelder from 1975-76, Gail Klock from 1976 to 1980; Maureen Enos from 1980 to 1988; and Jean Marie Burr since 1988.Basketball
  • 1975-1976, 1977-78, 1989-90, and 1990-91, and won the championship in 1983-84, 1984-85 (shared with Princeton), and 1991-92.Basketball
  • George H. Bass was named associate professor of English and theatre arts in 1973, associate professor of theatre arts and Afro-American studies in 1976, and was promoted to full professor in 1985.Bass, George H.
  • A collection of Harcourt Brown's papers, "Science and Human Comedy: Natural Philosophy in French Literature from Rabelais to Maupertuis" was published in 1976.Brown, Harcourt
  • Since 1985 the national offices of AMERSA (Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse, established in 1976) have been located at Brown.Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies
  • The Center for Energy Studies was started in 1976 to coordinate the various types of energy research going on at Brown and to encourage communication leading to new research and programs.Center for Energy Studies
  • Later Catholic chaplains were Rev. David Inman, who came in 1976 and Rev. Richard Perry since 1991.Chapel
  • Other chaplains who were appointed with special interest in women’s issues were Beverly Edwards, who was appointed a lay chaplain in 1969 and was ordained a minister of the United Church of Christ in 1976, Rabbi Cathy Felix appointed assistant chaplain in 1980, and Flora A. Keshgegian, an Episcopal priest, who was named associate chaplain in 1984.Chapel
  • Clapp was awarded the Manufacturing Chemists Association College Chemistry Teacher Award in 1973 and the American Chemical Society Award in Chemical Education in 1976.Clapp, Leallyn B.
  • The Deans of the Graduate School since that time have been Barnaby C. Keeney from 1949 to 1953, Robert Bruce Lindsay from 1954 to 1966, Michael J. Brennan from 1966 to 1974, Maurice Glicksman from 1974 to 1976, and Ernest S. Frerichs from 1976 to 1982.Dean
  • The Asian History Department was absorbed by the Department of History in 1976.East Asian Studies
  • Brown was fourth in the New Englands in 1976, had a 7-4 dual meet record and came in fourth in the New Englands in 1977-78, and the next year had a 7-3 dual meet record and took third place in the New Englands.Fencing
  • In 1976, with an 8-1 overall record and 6-1 in the Ivy League, Brown shared its first (and to date only) Ivy title with Yale.Football
  • With the arrival of the class of 1976, the sale of caps was dropped and each student was assessed five dollars for Freshman Week.Freshman caps
  • In 1976 Brown Giving Clubs were established to encourage annual donations of certain amounts, the Century Club ($100-$499), the 1764 Associates ($500-$999), the Manning Fellows ($1,000-$4,999), and the Nicholas Brown Society for donors of an annual gift of $5,000, commemorating the gift of $5,000 given by Nicholas Brown 1786, which changed the name of Rhode Island College to Brown University.Fund-raising
  • By 1976 the funds were in hand and John Imbrie was the first Doherty Professor of Oceanography, and upon his retirement in 1990 was succeeded by Warren Prell.Geology
  • Mutch wrote a book on the geology of Mars and oversaw the imaging team for the Viking I and II missions to Mars in 1976.Geology
  • Following Dean Richardson, the deans of the Graduate School have been Barnaby C. Keeney from 1949 to 1953, Robert Bruce Lindsay from 1954 to 1966, Michael J. Brennan from 1966 to 1974, Maurice Glicksman from 1974 to 1976, Ernest S. Frerichs from 1976 to 1982, Mark B. Schupack from 1983 to 1986, and Phillip J. Stiles (as Dean of the Graduate School and Dean of Research) since 1986.Graduate School
  • Another calendar, which began in September 1930 as the "Brown University Weekly Calendar," changed its name abruptly in December 1932 to "Brown University Weekly Bulletin," and continued under that title, even after it had changed to biweekly publication and adopted a newspaper format in January 1976.GSJ George Street Journal
  • The next Ivy League championship came in 1976 after a thirteen game winning streak, which ended with a 10-4 defeat of Yale and, in the final game of the season, an overtime 8-7 score against Dartmouth.Hockey
  • On July 14, 1975, Hornig tendered his resignation and announced his intention of leaving office at the end of June 1976.Hornig, Donald F.
  • The magazine appeared irregularly at first, until its editors announced in 1976 that it would "emerge in September as a monthly magazine publishing research, ideas, and creative work from every part of the University."Issues
  • I. J. Kapstein collaborated with Rabbi William Braude on a translation of "Peskta de-Rab Kahana: R. Kahana’s Compilation of Discourses for Sabbaths and Festal Days," which was awarded the 1976 National Jewish Book Award.Kapstein, I. J.
  • Barnaby C. Keeney retired in 1976 and came back to live in Little Compton.Keeney, Barnaby C.
  • Hugh Baxter Killough (1892-1976), professor of economics, was born in Waco, Texas, on December 30, 1892.Killough, Hugh B.
  • Hugh B. Killough died on December 13, 1976 in Stuart, Florida.Killough, Hugh B.
  • His teams reached the NCAA quarterfinals three times, in 1971, 1973, and 1976.Lacrosse
  • The Brown team also lost to Maryland, 8-17, in the 1976 quarterfinals.Lacrosse
  • Marion Wolk, coordinator of the arts at Brown, organized the national committee for the performing arts fund, which under the leadership of Isabelle Russek Leeds, University trustee, met the goal in 1976.Lyman Hall
  • In 1976 an early identification admission program was initiated with the University of Rhode Island, Providence College, and Tougaloo College.Medical education
  • Stanley M. Aronson was appointed Dean of Medical Affairs in 1973, and was Dean of Medicine from 1976 to 1981.Medical education
  • Fifty-two members of the Brown Chorus traveled 20,000 miles in 1976 on a 24-day trip to India and Nepal sponsored by Friendship Ambassadors, Inc., a private foundation which promotes harmony between nations through music.Musical Clubs
  • His field was planetary geology, and Thomas A. Mutch published an important text, "Geology of the Moon," in 1970, and also "Geology of Mars" in 1976, and "The Martian Landscape" in 1978.Mutch, Thomas A.
  • Thomas A. Mutch participated in the design of the special camera mounted on Viking Lander I, which went into orbit around Mars in 1976 and dropped the lander craft which beamed to Earth the first photographs taken from the surface of Mars.Mutch, Thomas A.
  • Zdravko Divjak ’78 represented Yugoslavia when he swam in Montreal in 1976.Olympic Games
  • James C. Miller ’73 was a member of the Canadian Olympic wrestling team in 1976.Olympic Games
  • Lars Onsager, (1903-1976), instructor in chemistry, was born in Oslo on November 27, 1903.Onsager, Lars
  • Lars Onsager died on October 2, 1976 in Coral Gables, Florida.Onsager, Lars
  • The Randall Counselors program which began in 1976 revived the policy of personal counseling for individual students which had been the practice of former dean Otis E. Randall for whom the program was named.Randall Counselors
  • There have been twenty recipients of the medal: William Williams Keen in 1925, Charles Evans Hughes in 1928, John Davison Rockefeller, Jr. in 1931, Charles Value Chapin in 1935, Mary Emma Woolley in 1937, Fred Tarbell Field in 1940, Henry Dexter Sharpe in 1944, Zechariah Chafee, Jr. in 1947, Warren Randolph Burgess in 1953, Rowland Roberts Hughes in 1955, Theodore Francis Green in 1956, Alexander Meiklejohn in 1959, Waldo Gifford Leland in 1965, Thomas John Watson, Jr. in 1968, Henry Merritt Wriston in 1976, Richard Salomon in 1982, Charles Carpenter Tillinghast, Jr. in 1982, Howard Robert Swearer in 1983, Otto Eduard Neugebauer in 1987, and Roderick Milton Chisholm in 1992.Rosenberger Medal
  • Shells were borrowed from the men’s crew until November of 1976, when the first shell for the use of the women was acquired and named for Bessie Rudd, former director of physical education at Pembroke.Rowing
  • Two women crew members, Kathryn Reith ’78 and Betts Howes ’77 rowed in national competition in 1976 for the College Boat Club of the University of Pennsylvania.Rowing
  • For want of a name, the new pool was called "the natatorium," until March 24, 1976, when the pool was dedicated and named for H. Stanton Smith ’21, a benefactor active in alumni affairs and his wife, Marjorie Brown Smith, who had been acting director of physical education at Pembroke College.Smith Swimming Center
  • The record for 1976 was 11-3-1 overall and 7-0 for Brown’s fourth consecutive Ivy League title, and it was UConn’s turn to defeat Brown, 1-0, in the NCAA regionals.Soccer
  • The 1976 team finished 7-1, losing only to Yale, and the 1977 team, the first coached by Phil Pincince, improved on that, with a 13-1 season in which they outscored their opponents 50-14, and lost only to Lake Champlain College in the final round of the Castleton State Tournament.Soccer
  • The 1975 team won seven and lost four, and the 1976 team, under Carole Kleinfelder, won eight and lost three.Softball
  • The Sphinx Club became inactive in 1976.Sphinx Club
  • In 1976 a group of women students, some of whom had played tennis, made up a squash team coached by Karen Melucci.Squash
  • Merton P. Stoltz was three times acting president of Brown, serving in 1969-70 between the presidencies of Heffner and Hornig, in the summer of 1972 while President Hornig recovered from a heart attack, and in 1976 between the presidencies of Hornig and Swearer.Stoltz, Merton P.
  • Howard R. Swearer accepted the presidency of Brown in August 1976 after having withdrawn as a candidate because of responsibilities at Carleton and some months later being persuaded to reconsider.Swearer, Howard R.
  • Philip Taft (1902-1976), professor of economics, was born in Syracuse, New York, on March 22, 1902.Taft, Philip
  • A letter from Meany written about two months before Taft’s death in Providence on November 17, 1976, mentioned Meany’s friendship for him and added, "Generations of students will continue to benefit from your scholarship and understanding of the economic, social and human aspects of the world of work."Taft, Philip
  • Calvin Hicks was coodinator from 1976 to 1979.Third World Center
  • In 1976 the station gained attention for its documentary, "Brutality at the Children’s Center," which brought about investigations of the state-run O’Rourke Children’s Center in Providence.WBRU