Encyclopedia Brunoniana

1989

  • The Class of 1993, admitted in 1989 had 111 African Americans, eight per cent of the class.African Americans
  • "Mulebone," a Rites and Reason play, was produced on Broadway in 1989.Afro-American Studies
  • Playing fields for sports other than football were laid out on Aldrich-Dexter Field, and through the years buildings for athletic purposes have been added; Meehan Auditorium, the hockey rink, in 1961; Smith Swim Center in 1972; Olney-Margolies Athletic Center in 1981; and Pizzitola Sports Center in 1989.Aldrich-Dexter Field
  • Asian Americans accounted for 12.4 per cent of the Class of 1993, admitted in 1989, up from 9.7 per cent the previous year.Asians
  • In 1989 Chris Berman ’77, ESPN sportscaster, who got his start as the Voice of the Bruins on WBRU, spoke at the Sports Foundation Weekend Convocation in April.Athletics
  • 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
  • In September 1989 a new supplement, intended to be monthly, appeared under the title, "In Depth."BDH Brown Daily Herald
  • In 1989 a one-million dollar grant was received from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and assigned to such purposes as thematic biology courses, summer research by Brown undergraduates and minority students from other colleges, sabbatic leave programs for secondary-school teachers, student-faculty collaboration, and upgrading equipment.Biology
  • Leicester Bradner (1899-1989), professor of English, was born in New York City on January 14, 1899.Bradner, Leicester
  • Leicester Bradner died on April 11, 1989 in North Kingstown.Bradner, Leicester
  • Carl Bridenbaugh was injured in an automobile accident in 1989, and resided at Hallworth House in Providence until his death on January 6, 1992.Bridenbaugh, Carl
  • Subsequent conferences have featured Ted Turner ’60, Morley Safer of "60 Minutes" and Robert Pittman of MTV in 1989.BTV
  • The Catalogue was superseded by the "Brown University Alumni Directory," published in 1964 by the University, and published commercially in 1979, 1984, and 1989.Catalogues
  • The Brown University Program in Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Prevention, funded by the U.S. Department of Education, was coordinated by Jerri Husch from 1989-1991.Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies
  • In July 1988 twenty-six delegates from Brown traveled to Moscow for a conference on mutual security, and in November 1989 a second conference on mutual security was held at Brown.Center for Foreign Policy Development
  • Dietrich Rueschemeyer was named director in 1989.Center for the Comparative Study of Development
  • Gwen Hofmann became a Catholic lay chaplain in 1989.Chapel
  • John Quinn was Dean of the Faculty from 1986 to 1989, followed by Thomas J. Anton in 1990-1991, and Bryan E. Shepp since 1991.Dean
  • 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
  • Four structures together with the playing fields make up the athletic complex: Meehan Auditorium, the ice rink built in 1961, Smith Swimming Center, built in 1973, Olney-Margolies Athletic Center, built in 1981, and Pizzitola Sports Center, completed in 1989.Erickson Athletic Complex
  • In 1989 Brown’s request that the consent decree be terminated was denied by Judge Raymond Pettine, who ordered the University to grant tenure to thirteen more women by 1991.Faculty
  • Harrison (Harry) Edward Farnsworth (1896-1989), professor of physics, was born in Ripon, Wisconsin, on March 24, 1896.Farnsworth, Harrison E.
  • Harrison E. Farnsworth retired in 1970 and moved to Tucson, Arizona, where he set up a laboratory at the University of Arizona, which he later moved to his home, so that he continued his research almost until his death in Tucson on November 14, 1989.Farnsworth, Harrison E.
  • The renovated building was rededicated on May 26, 1989.Faunce House
  • After placing second in the next three years, the 1989 team with a record of 11-5-1 overall, set a new record for most wins in a season, won another Ivy title, and also won its first ECAC championship.Field Hockey
  • When the Class of 1993 entered in 1989, an unexpected 38 percent of its members were awarded financial aid and accounted for an excess $1.2 million in the University budget.Financial aid
  • John Rosenberg was named coach in 1984 and had three winning seasons from 1984 to 1987, including a second place in the Ivy League in 1987, before a losing streak of fourteen games in the 1988 and 1989 seasons, which was finally broken by Brown’s defeat of Cornell on October 19, 1989.Football
  • At the end of the 1989 season, Rosenberg resigned and was replaced by Michael Kwiatowski.Football
  • "Rip" Engle (28-20-4) from 1943 to 1949, when he left for Penn State and took Joe Paterno with him; Gregory "Gus" Zitrides (1-8-0) in 1950; Alva E. Kelley (31-39-2) from 1951 to 1958; John J. McLaughry (17-51-3) from 1959 to 1966; Len Jardine (9-44-1) from 1967 to 1973; John Anderson (60-39-3) from 1973 to 1983; and John Rosenberg (23-33-3) from 1984 to 1989.Football
  • In November 1989 La Unidad Latina, Lambda Upsilon Lambda Fraternity established Zeta chapter at Brown, "in the Latin tradition, and spirit of pride, dignity and quality."Fraternities
  • The three-year fund-raising drive which began in from 1986 through 1989 was named "The Challenge Years."Fund-raising
  • In 1989 the site of the Convocation was changed to Lincoln Field.Graduate School Convocation
  • A three day convocation, "On the Future of Knowledge," was held on October 29-31, 1989, honoring one hundred years of Ph.D. degrees granted by the University.Graduate School Convocation
  • Vartan Gregorian accepted the presidency of Brown in 1988, arrived on campus in January 1989, and was formally inaugurated on April 9.Gregorian, Vartan
  • Steve Shea coached the women’s team from 1973 to 1989 with a record of 120-130-10.Hockey
  • The awards were presented in 1986 to Thomas J. Watson, Jr. ’37 and Kathryn Sullivan, the first American woman to walk in space, in 1987 to Vernon Alden ’45 and Joseph Paterno ’50, in 1988 to Artemis A. W. Joukowsky ’55, businessman H. Ross Perot, and former president Howard Swearer, in 1989 to President Gregorian and Federal Reserve Chairman Paul A. Volcker, in 1990 to Charles C. Tillinghast ’32 and Robert Edward "Ted" Turner ’60, and in 1991 to Apple Computer president Stephen P. Jobs, Marvin Bower ’25, and Nancy L. Buc ’65.Independent Award
  • In 1988 "Issues" changed its interest from literary and social commentary to include investigative reporting of the University administration, and in 1989 the administration was surprised and displeased to see confidential material and private communications printed in the magazine, but, after finding no proof that reporters had used unethical methods of obtaining their information, continued to provide financial support.Issues
  • In the summer of 1989 construction began on a four-level annex at the rear of the building, designed by the Washington firm of Hartman-Cox.John Carter Brown Library
  • Among the best seasons for women’s lacrosse were 1977 with 8-0-2, in 1978 with 10-4, in 1986 with 8-4, and 1989 with 10-4.Lacrosse
  • The team went to two ECAC playoffs, in 1989 and 1991.Lacrosse
  • Professor of astronomy Charles H. Smiley took charge for the next forty years, and on his retirement the observatory became the responsibility of the Physics Department, and was directed by Phillip J. Stiles from 1970 to 1986 and by Hendrik J. Gerritsen from 1986 to 1989.Ladd Observatory
  • David M. Targan became director in 1989.Ladd Observatory
  • The art slide library and media services for the University community are administered by the University Library, as are the satellites installed in 1989 for the purpose of receiving television broadcasts from the Soviet Union, international satellites over the Atlantic Ocean, and United States and Canadian satellites.Library
  • At a ceremony on November 10, 1989 the building was formally renamed Antonio Machado House in honor of the Spanish poet.Machado House
  • With the opening of the Pizzitola Sports Center in 1989, Marvel Gym had outlived its usefulness and closed its doors in February 1989.Marvel Gymnasium
  • The McIntyre Medal was awarded for the first time in 1989, when President Gregorian, presiding at his first Commencement, made an unscheduled announcement.McIntyre Medal
  • The Pizzitola Sports Center, built in 1987 and 1988 and opened in February 1989, is named the Paul Bailey Pizzitola Memorial Sports Center in memory of Paul Bailey Pizzitola ’81, whose father contributed two million dollars toward its construction.Pizzitola Sports Center
  • The approximately 1,400 boxes of 1952 had grown to more than 6,000 in 1989, when the boxes were temporarily removed to the East Side post office, while the Brown post office was enlarged and renovated.Post Office
  • The new post office, with 6,411 student boxes (in numerical order for the first time in years) was rededicated on October 16, 1989, with regional postmaster Wallace Kido presiding and the release of 1,200 commemorative envelopes, decorated by reproduction of a photograph of the coat of arms over the Van Wickle Gates and a print of the front campus in the middle of the nineteenth century.Post Office
  • President Gregorian was inaugurated on Sunday afternoon, April 9, 1989, at a ceremony preceded by three days of inaugural events and his 55th birthday on April 8.President
  • (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
  • In 1989 the group became Brown Christian Fellowship.Religious Societies
  • Still occupied by the Department of Economics, the building displays some of its former beauty since its renovation in 1989 and 1990 by the Robinson Green Beretta Corporation.Robinson Hall
  • In 1986 the rear section of the building was razed and replaced by a new classroom building, which was opened in 1989 as the Richard and Edna Salomon Center for Teaching.Rogers Hall
  • 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 the intercollegiate women’s sailing championship in 1985, 1988, and 1989, and came in second in in 1986, 1987, and 1990.Sailing
  • The Salomon Center for Teaching, which has for its full name the Richard and Edna Salomon Center for Teaching, was dedicated on May 6, 1989.Salomon Center for Teaching
  • Lisa Gawlak ’89 was selected for the All-Ivy team four times from 1986 to 1989, and Theresa Hirschauer ’89 three-times, in 1986, 1987, and 1989.Softball
  • Varsity competition began in 1989, with Ivy League competition scheduled for 1990.Squash
  • Stuart LeGassick, who has coached the team since 1989 has a three-year record of 28-30 overall and 2-15 in the Ivy League.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
  • Merton Philip Stoltz (1913-1989), provost and acting president of Brown University, was born in Glidden, Wisconsin, on March 28, 1913.Stoltz, Merton P.
  • Merton P. Stoltz died on August 7, 1989 in Providence.Stoltz, Merton P.
  • At Commencement in 1989 he and his wife, Jan Swearer, both received honorary degrees, which were awarded as a surprise in addition to the other scheduled honors of the occasion.Swearer, Howard R.
  • The 1989 fall team finished off a 5-1 fall season by winning the Brown women’s first ECAC championship.Tennis
  • Jeanne Smith was acting director in 1989-90, and Tommy Woon became director in 1990.Third World Center
  • Teri Smith ’91 set indoor and outdoor records in the 200 meter dash in 1989, and in 1991 won the 200 and 400 meter dashes and anchored the relay team which set a new 1600 meter relay record.Track
  • The award was presented in 1988 to NBC economics correspondent Irving R. Levine ’44, in 1989 to Aaron T. Beck ’42, the founder of cognitive therapy, in 1990 to Kathryn S. Fuller ’68, president of the World Wildlife Fund, and in 1991 to Linda Mason ’64, executive producer of CBS News.William Rogers Award
  • The team was sixth in the EIWA in 1988 and fifth in 1989.Wrestling