Encyclopedia Brunoniana

1990

  • The Annmary Brown Memorial collections, except for the paintings, were removed to the John Hay Library in 1990.Annmary Brown Memorial
  • "Andy" Geiger from 1971 to 1975, Robert A. Seiple from 1975 to 1979, and John C. Parry from 1979 to 1990.Athletics
  • Stephen Gladstone was acting director in 1990.Athletics
  • David T. Roach became director on July 1, 1990.Athletics
  • Dave Stenhouse, whose thirteen-year professional pitching career included stints with the Chicago Cubs and the Washington Senators, coached the Brown team from 1981 to 1990.Baseball
  • 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
  • The 1990-91 team set new records of 1,850 points, nineteen victories, and 71 three-pointers.Basketball
  • George Houston Bass (1938-1990), professor of Afro-American studies, was born in Nashville on April 23, 1938.Bass, George H.
  • George H. Bass died suddenly of an apparent heart attack in Providence on September 19, 1990.Bass, George H.
  • Dr. Frank G. Rothman succeeded Goss as Dean of Biology from 1984 until he was named Provost of the University in 1990.Biology
  • In 1990 the Grimshaw-Gudewicz Medical Building was added to the medical complex.Bio-Medical Building
  • Harcourt Brown (1900-1990), professor of French, was born in Toronto, Canada, on May 30, 1900.Brown, Harcourt
  • After retiring from teaching in 1969, Harcourt Brown returned to Canada, and died on November 17, 1990 in Winnipeg, Manitoba.Brown, Harcourt
  • On a research cruise to the South Pacific in December-January 1990-91, Brown geologists participated in the discovery of several underwater volcanoes, among them one they named the "Carberry Seamount," a very small seamount difficult to detect by ordinary means, a quality which Professor Donald Forsyth pointed out also applies to Josiah Carberry.Brown University Glacier
  • In the spring of 1990 there were added stone benches flanking the walkway and inscribed "Sede, viator, et recreare, dum recordaris Swearers, Howard and Jan." The Manning Walk, which joins the Geo-Chem building with the CIT building and the Sciences Library, was laid out in the spring of 1990.Campus
  • In 1990 a program called "Brown is Green" was established under a committee of twelve administrators, professors, and students to encourage at Brown the acceptance of responsibility by individuals for the proper use of natural resources.Center for Environmental Studies
  • Chaplain Baldwin’s successor, Janet Cooper Nelson, ordained in the United Church of Christ, was appointed in 1990, becoming the first woman University Chaplain in the Ivy League.Chapel
  • The "College Hill Independent," a weekly newspaper published by students of Brown University and the Rhode Island School of Design, made its first appearance on February 1, 1990.College Hill Independent
  • Dean Sheila Blumstein’s report, "The Brown Curriculum Twenty Years Later, "presented in February 1990, found the 1969 New Curriculum a success.Curriculum
  • 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
  • John M. Robinson, who became Dean of Students in 1979, was Dean of Student Life from 1988 to 1990.Dean
  • The Master of Fine Arts degree has been conferred since 1990.Degrees
  • His book, "Horace’s Compromise: The Dilemma of the American High School," led to the Brown-based Coalition of Essential Schools, a school and university partnership, which by 1990 had grown to include 65 private and public schools, in which innovations in teaching methods have been made possible by grants from thirty private and corporate foundations.Education
  • The 1990 awards were presented to the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee, the Women’s Organization (WARMI) of Independencia, Peru, and Harvard professor Amartya Sen.Feinstein World Hunger Program
  • In the 1990-91 season the men finished 18-10 and the women 15-9.Fencing
  • The chapter left the national fraternity and took the name of Toad Hall in 1969, reaffiliated with Kappa Sigma in 1983, and again became a local fraternity, Chi Kappa Sigma, in 1990.Fraternities
  • 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
  • Since 1990 Professor Donald Forsyth has led three research cruises to map the seafloor in the Pacific Ocean near Easter Island.Geology
  • Leland Matthew Goodrich (1899-1990), professor of political science, was born in Lewiston, Maine, on September 1, 1899.Goodrich, Leland M.
  • Leland M. Goodrich died on November 16, 1990.Goodrich, Leland M.
  • Lewis Hall Gordon (1905-1990), professor of Italian, was born in Trenton, New Jersey, on December 23, 1905.Gordon, Lewis H.
  • Lewis H. Gordon died on November 11, 1990, in Providence.Gordon, Lewis H.
  • The Grimshaw-Gudewicz Medical Building, a six-story wing of the Bio-Medical Center, was dedicated on April 20-21, 1990, at exercises which included an inaugural lecture, "From Ionic Currents to Molecules," by William A. Catterall ’68, and a keynote address by Louis W. Sullivan, U. S. Secretary of Health and Human Services.Grimshaw-Gudewicz Medical Building
  • In 1990 Brown hosted the Ivy tournament and won the championship with a school-record 175.80, .05 of a point ahead of Yale.Gymnastics
  • His 1990-91 team, after a seven-game winning streak, took the Ivy League title.Hockey
  • A symposium honoring Hornig on his 70th birthday was held at Brown on March 17, 1990.Hornig, Donald F.
  • 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 1990 the two existing sections were integrated into a new Mathematics Building designed by William Kite Architects, and Gould Laboratory, no longer a laboratory, became Gould Annex.Kassar House
  • Bill Aliber ’83 made the All-Ivy team three times from 1981 to 1983, as did Darren Lowe ’92 from 1990 to 1992.Lacrosse
  • Brown made the quarterfinals three more times, in 1990, 1991, and 1992.Lacrosse
  • The team was eliminated, 12-20, by Syracuse in 1990.Lacrosse
  • In time the Mathematics Department used the whole house, and was finally given a spacious home in Kassar House with its new addition in 1990.Mathematics
  • The Chorus and Orchestra made another appearance in Carnegie Hall with Dave Brubeck on February 18, 1990.Musical Clubs
  • Otto Neugebauer (1899-1990), professor of the history of mathematics, was born in Innsbruck in Tyrol on May 26, 1899.Neugebauer, Otto
  • Otto Neugebauer died on February 19, 1990 in Princeton, New Jersey.Neugebauer, Otto
  • (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
  • The Provosts of Brown have been: [Updated June 1, 2015]Provost
  • 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
  • The 1990 women’s crew won its first Eastern Women’s Rowing Team Championship.Rowing
  • 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 the intercollegiate women’s sailing championship in 1985, 1988, and 1989, and came in second in in 1986, 1987, and 1990.Sailing
  • In 1990 the Physical Education Department left Sayles Gymnasium, which was to be renovated for classroom use.Sayles Gymnasium
  • The latest restoration by the Potter-Rathbun Company of Cranston was undertaken in 1990.Sayles Hall
  • Soccer coaches at Brown have been Sam Fletcher from 1925 to 1946, Joe Kennaway from 1946 to 1959, Cliff Stevenson from 1960 to 1990, and Trevor Adair since 1991.Soccer
  • Pincince’s teams won the Ivy League championship in 1980, and every year from 1982 through 1990, tying with Princeton in 1982 and with Cornell in 1987.Soccer
  • In 1990 the Brown team was ranked 13th in the country.Soccer
  • 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
  • After Pincince’s first two years Brown has had consecutive winning seasons since 1981, and the women’s softball team won the Ivy title in 1982, tied with Princeton in 1986, came in second in the league in 1988, and won the championship again in 1990.Softball
  • Varsity competition began in 1989, with Ivy League competition scheduled for 1990.Squash
  • Jennifer Boyd ’90 set three Eastern Women’s Swimming League records in 1990, in the 100 yards butterfly, the fifty yards freestyle, and the 100 yards freestyle.Swimming
  • Jeanne Smith was acting director in 1989-90, and Tommy Woon became director in 1990.Third World Center
  • The first Third World All-Alumni Reunion held during the Commencement weekend of 1990 included social activities and discussion sessions.Third World Center
  • In 1990-91 the women’s team came in second of ten in both the indoor and outdoor Heptagonals.Track
  • By 1960 the rate had doubled to $1,400, and by 1990 through hefty annual increases was more than ten times that amount.Tuition
  • Frederick M. Bohen followed in that post from 1983 to 1990.Vice Presidents
  • In 1990 the team won the Rutgers Invitational and was second at Brown’s invitational and the Drexel Tournament, but finished fifth in the Ivy League tournament.Volleyball
  • In 1990 WBRU placed fourth in the Best Radio Station (medium market) category in the national readers’ poll conducted by "Rolling Stone" magazine.WBRU
  • 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
  • Basil George Zimmer (1920-1990), professor of sociology, was born in Smith Creek, Michigan, on June 29, 1920.Zimmer, Basil G.
  • Basil G. Zimmer died on June 12, 1990.Zimmer, Basil G.