Encyclopedia Brunoniana

1985

  • "Anubis" was a four-page newspaper selling for five cents which appeared unnumbered sometime during the academic year 1985-86.Anubis
  • The Foundation holds annual winter weekend sports-related events, which have featured as guests Penn State coach Joe Paterno ’50 in 1984, broadcaster Howard Cosell in 1985, broadcaster Frank Gifford in 1986, Dallas Cowboys quarterback Roger Staubach in 1987, and Minnesota Vikings tight end Steve Jordan ’82 in 1988.Athletics
  • The disappointing seasons continued until 1985-86, when Brown, in its first winning season (16-11) since 1975, won its first Ivy League championship, but lost to Syracuse, 101-52, in the opening round of the regional NCAA tournament.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.
  • In 1985 the "Herald" entered into a contract with the Undergraduate Council of Students, in which the UCS agreed to purchase 5,500 subscriptions at five dollars each for every member of the student body.BDH Brown Daily Herald
  • 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 scope of the program was described in the University catalogue for 1985-87: The first undergraduate concentration in the country in Semiotics, the study of signs and systems of communication, was established by the Department of English in 1974 in response to student interest.Center for Modern Culture and Media
  • The Vice-Chancellors of the University have been Donald G. Millar ’19 (1964-1968), Alfred H. Joslin ’35 (1968-1969), Foster B. Davis ’39 (1969-1979), Thomas J. Watson, Jr. ’37 (1979-1985), Henry D. Sharpe, Jr. ’45 (1985-1988) and Artemis A. W. Joukowsky ’55, since 1988.Chancellors
  • Later minority chaplains were Reverend Darryl Smaw, a Baptist minister appointed in 1978, and Daphne Wiggins, also a Baptist minister, from 1985 to 1991.Chapel
  • In November 1984 this group of students and faculty began to meet with the administration to try to find solutions to the racial issues which finally brought about the protests in the spring of 1985, which were led by two of the four minority students in the Spectrum group.Curriculum
  • New faculty members in the 1970s included Allan Feldman in 1971, J. Vernon Henderson and William Poole in 1974, and in the 1980s Louis Putterman in 1980, Rajiv Vohra in 1983, Oded Galor and Robert Moffitt in 1984, Peter Garber in 1985, Talbot Page in 1986, Anthony Lancaster in 1987, and Mark Pitt in 1989.Economics
  • The Institute for Secondary Education was formed in 1985 with the goals of linking Brown to neighboring schools, providing programs for secondary school teachers, creating a forum for teachers and school administrators, and promoting the Coalition of Essential Schools.Education
  • The Alan Shawn Feinstein World Hunger Program was inaugurated on February 26, 1985, at a convocation on world hunger held in Sayles Hall, at which James Grant, executive director of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), was the keynote speaker.Feinstein World Hunger Program
  • William Leopold Fichter (1892-1985), professor of Spanish language and literature, was born in New York City on January 5, 1892.Fichter, William L.
  • William L. Fichter died on March 9, 1985 at the age of 93.Fichter, William L.
  • In 1985 the fraternity, reaffiliated with Delta Tau Delta, had built up its membership and regained housing in the Wriston Quadrangle.Fraternities
  • After being reaffiliated in 1983 with Phi Delta Theta, the chapter lost its housing in the Wriston Quadrangle in 1985 because of vandalism, and the University ceased to recognize its charter.Fraternities
  • The chapter was revived in 1985 with both men and women members.Fraternities
  • After Theta Delta Chi’s charter was revoked by the University in 1985, the members continued to meet off-campus and initiate new brothers.Fraternities
  • In 1985 a five-year agreement for scientific cooperation was signed by Brown and the USSR’s Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytic Chemistry.Geology
  • The Gerontology Center was established in 1985.Gerontology Center
  • In December of 1985 the Brown team became the first American hockey team to visit the People’s Republic of China, under the auspices of People to People, an organization which arranges international exchanges of students and athletes.Hockey
  • The Pandas tied with Cornell for the Ivy League championship in 1981 and won it outright in 1985.Hockey
  • In their first ECAC tournament in 1985 the Pandas lost to the University of New Hampshire in the first round, while Mardie Corcoran ’86 was named ECAC player of the year.Hockey
  • Cosby made a few remarks in 1985, but the most unusual acceptance of an honorary degree came from Yale historian Jack H. Hexter.Honorary degrees
  • Sponsored by the Brown Club of New York and the Associated Alumni, the first awards in 1985 were presented to Richard B. Salomon ’32, and Malcolm Forbes.Independent Award
  • Swearer announced the preliminary plans for the Institute at the 1985 Opening Convocation.Institute for International Studies
  • His 1985 team won the Ivy League championship and lost to North Carolina, 14-16, in the quarterfinals of the NCAA tournament.Lacrosse
  • In 1985 the University hoped to receive funding from the Olin Foundation to erect a three-story building, which was required by the foundation to be visible from the main campus.Lincoln Field
  • R(obert) Bruce Lindsay (1900-1985), professor of physics, was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts, on January 1, 1900.Lindsay, Robert Bruce
  • Robert Bruce Lindsay died on March 2, 1985 in Newport, Rhode Island.Lindsay, Robert Bruce
  • The staff, two feet long and made of curly maple and silver-plate over bronze, has a caduceus of two snakes cast in silver on a maple rod, on which is engraved "Brown Medical Association / Commencement Marching Staff / Given May 26, 1985."Mace
  • The Division of Biology and Medicine, which had been formed as a single department in 1968 was reorganized in 1985 into two administrative units, the Program in Biology and the Program in Medicine.Medical education
  • Philip J. Bray, who had joined the department and begun work in applications of nuclear magnetic resonance to the study of the atomic structure of glass and crystalline materials, became chair of the department in 1963 and sixth Hazard professor in 1985.Physics
  • (1982), "The "The American High School" (1984), "Cost vs. Care: America’s Health Care Dilemma (1985), "Keeping America at Work" (1986), "Crime in America" (1987), "Ethics is American Public Life" (1988), "The Changing American Family" (1989), "Our Fragile Earth: Strategies for Survival (1990), "Free Expression after 200 Years" (1991), and "Who Will Save the American City?"Providence Journal–Brown University Public Affairs Conference
  • Professor Frerichs has been the sole director of the Program since 1985.Religious Studies
  • Mrs. Sharpe, who died in 1985, asked that the house be given to Brown after her death.Rochambeau House
  • The 1985 heavyweight crew, after an unbeaten regular season, lost in the Eastern Sprints and the IRA.Rowing
  • Coach John Murphy’s eight-year record from 1985 to 1992 was 30-26.Rowing
  • During this time Brown has won five Ivy League Tournament Championships (Spring) in 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, and 1988.Rugby
  • The team has also toured extensively, to Ireland in 1983, to England and Wales in 1985, to Scotland in 1987, to Trinidad in 1988, to Ireland in 1990, and to England and Wales in 1991.Rugby
  • From 1980 to 1990 Brad Dellenbaugh ’76 coached sailing, and Brown turned out a series of All-Americans, Douglas Smith in 1984, James Cummiskey ’85 in 1985, Paul Grimes ’86 in 1985 and 1986, David Ullrich ’87 in 1986 and 1987, Molly Starkweather ’86 in 1986, Kevin Hall ’91 in 1988, 1990, and 1991, Kris Farrar ’91 in 1989, 1990, and 1991, and Mike Zani ’92 in 1990 and 1991.Sailing
  • Brown won another Ivy League championship in 1985.Sailing
  • Brown won the intercollegiate women’s sailing championship in 1985, 1988, and 1989, and came in second in in 1986, 1987, and 1990.Sailing
  • Brown has had three four-time All-Ivy choices, Colleen O’Day ’86 from 1982 to 1985, Theresa Hirschauer ’89 from 1985 to 1988, and Suzanne Bailey ’91 from 1987 to 1990.Soccer
  • Karen Melucci coached until 1979, and was followed by Peter Wood in 1979-80, and Paul Moses from 1980 to 1985.Squash
  • Coach Norma Taylor’s record from 1985 to 1989 was 37-18; Stuart LeGassick’s from 1989 to 1992 was 12-17 overall and 5-8 in the Ivy League.Squash
  • Sue Cutler ’88 was a four-time All-Ivy team choice from 1985 to 1988.Squash
  • In 1985 the press box was named for Jay Barry ’50.Stadium
  • In Dave Roach’s eight years as coach from 1978 to 1986, the team won three consecutive Ivy League championships in 1983, 1984, and 1985.Swimming
  • The team won its first Eastern championship in 1985, overtaking Penn State, the defending champion, to whom the Brown women had come in second in 1984 at the Smith Swimming Center.Swimming
  • Coaches of women’s tennis have been Pat Schiltz from 1958 to 1964, Jan Lutz from 1964 to 1971, Joan Taylor from 1971 to 1978, Bill Cullen from 1978 to 1982, and Paul Moses from 1982 to 1985.Tennis
  • Norma Taylor, who has coached since 1985, had a seven-year record of 48-67 overall and 22-27 in the Ivy League.Tennis
  • In 1985 Preston Smith was appointed director of the Center, and in 1986 the Center moved from Churchill House to Partridge Hall.Third World Center
  • The Brown Humanities Institute was established in 1985 to provide monthly seminars led by Brown faculty for the benefit of local senior executives from business, government, and non-profit organizations.University Extension
  • General Counsel Beverly E. Ledbetter was named Vice-President and General Counsel in 1985.Vice Presidents
  • The second, in 1985, was Byron Lichtenberg ’69, the first civilian scientist to travel in space.William Rogers Award
  • John RoweWorkman (1918-1985), professor of classics, was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, on June 3, 1918.Workman, John Rowe
  • John Rowe Workman retired in 1985 to Lancaster, Pennsylvania, where he died on September 28, 1985.Workman, John Rowe
  • With a new full-time coach, Dave Amato, by 1985-86 the team had improved enough to finish 16-8 (3-3 in the Ivy League).Wrestling