Two major periodicals edited in the division since their foundation are the "Quarterly of Applied Mathematics," founded by Professor Prager in 1942, and the "Journal of Differential Equations," founded in 1965.Applied Mathematics
He resigned the chairmanship in 1942 and was succeeded by Louis B. Palmer, but when Palmer went in the Navy, he resumed his former office.BAM Brown Alumni Monthly
With the advent of year-round operation of the University in 1942 there were two baseball seasons, spring and summer, neither of them successful for Brown.Baseball
Eddie Eayrs ’16 coached from 1942 to 1948.Baseball
In 1942, at the age of 54, Ralph L. Blanchard left for World War II service as a major in the chemical warfare corps, and served with the 101st Airborne Division in the Battle of the Bulge, earning seven battle stars.Blanchard, Ralph L.
Professor Snell was named Stephen T. Olney Professor in 1942.Botany
Carl Bridenbaugh left Brown for naval service in 1942, and in in 1945 organized the Institute of Early American History and Culture in Williamsburg, Virginia, and became its first director.Bridenbaugh, Carl
Brown acquired the building in 1942, and used it for the newly established Program of Advanced Instruction and Research in Mechanics, which later became the Division of Applied Mathematics.Cabinet
Year-round operation began in 1942 with a summer semester added as the University pursued an accelerated program adapted to the education of members of the armed services during the Second World War.Calendar
The title of Chaplain was created in 1942 for Dr. Arthur L. Washburn, who for some years had been performing the duties of the office.Chapel
He became a Resident Counsellor in 1935 and Chaplain in 1942.Chapel
Finally, in 1942, the third and latest amendment to the Charter stated that, "no denominational qualification shall be required to make any person eligible to hold the office of Trustee, Fellow, President, Professor, Tutor, or other office in Brown University."Charter
In 1942 Commencement was held in May, and during the war years, up until 1946, Commencement was held three times a year, in June, October, and February, as students graduated under the accelerated program.Commencement
In 1942 another amendment removed all denominational requirements for Corporation members.Corporation
Leslie Allen Jones ’26, who held scenic artist positions with various theaters throughout the country and offered volunteer assistance to dramatics at Brown in the 1930s, was appointed instructor in English and technical director of theatre at Brown in 1942.Dramatics
Janice Van De Water (later Mrs. Sevellon Brown), who joined the English Department in 1940, became a member of the Faunce House Theatre staff in 1942.Dramatics
A textbook, "Introduction to War Economics," written by members of the Department of Economics and edited by Professor Alfred C. Neal, was published in 1942.Economics
Van De Water (play writing and production) in 1940, Andrew J. Sabol (Renaissance literature) in 1941, Leslie Allen Jones (play production) in 1942, Charles H. Philbrick (poetry) and Elmer Blistein (Shakespeare and comedy) in 1946, and Edward Bloom (18th century and literary criticism) in 1947.English
The team had an instructor, Antone Sobocinski, from 1939 until 1942, and was first in the New England tournament in 1940 and third in 1941.Fencing
Although the seasons from 1932 through the war years were not outstanding, some of the players were, such as Irving "Shine" Hall ’39, John McLaughry ’40, Dick High ’42, who scored the winning touchdowns against Yale in 1940 and 1941, Bob Margarita ’44, who set a single-game rushing record against Columbia in 1942, and Daniel "Doc" Savage ’44.Football
On April 18, 1942, in a game which was announced as Brown’s "first regularly scheduled spring game" Brown defeated the Coast Guard Academy, 19-6.Football
Among the golf coaches have been Frank S. Souchak from 1942 to 1943, Charles A. Engle in 1943 and again from 1947 to 1950, Ralph Anderton from 1951 to 1961, L. Stanley Ward from 1961 to 1963, J. Allen Soares from 1963 to 1970, Mike Koval in 1970-71, Jack Ferreira in 1971-71, Richard L. Toomey from 1972 to 1979, Jay Riley from 1979 to 1982, Paul Butler from 1982 to 1988, and Chris Humm, whose four-year record since 1988 is 24-16.Golf
Irving A. Leonard was professor of Hispanic civilization from 1940 to 1942, and Edmundo O’Gorman was visiting professor of Latin American history in 1942-43.History
Funds for the project were raised by the Rhode Island Society for the Collegiate Education of Women, of which Mrs. Howard had been president from 1922 to 1942.Howard Terrace
The carrying of the ivy chain ended in 1942.Ivy Day
He was chairman of the department from 1914 to 1942, and secretary of the American Mathematical Society from 1921 to 1940.Mathematics
George Polya from Hungary was a visiting professor from 1940 to 1942.Mathematics
Jay Saunders Redding's first book, "To Make a Poet Black," was published in 1939 and was followed by the autobiographical "No Day of Triumph" in 1942 and his first novel, "Stranger and Alone," in 1950.Redding, Jay Saunders
Rabbi William G. Braude was a member of the department from 1937 to 1942, teaching Hebrew.Religious Studies
After time off for service with the Army Corps of Chaplains from 1942 to 1946, he returned to earn his Ph.D. degree in 1947.Religious Studies
Leonard Romagna ’42 won the Intercollegiate Yacht Racing Association’s dinghy championship in 1940 and 1941 (both years Brown finished third) and in 1942 in fourteen races he scored eight firsts, two seconds, a third, a fourth, and two fifths for 181 out of Brown’s winning total of 313 points.Sailing
Brown won national championships in 1942 and 1948 and was runner-up in 1938, 1949, and 1956.Sailing
Publication of the magazine came to an end in March 1942.Sir Brown
George Anderson began coaching in 1941, but left for the Navy in 1942, and was replaced by Roland K. Brown, who coached from 1942 until 1944, with football coach Neil "Skip" Stahley designated as acting coach during those years.Track
Hyatt H. Waggoner graduated from Middlebury College in 1935, and received his master’s degree from the University of Chicago in 1936 and his Ph.D. from Ohio State University in 1942.Waggoner, Hyatt H.
The summer of 1942 ushered in the accelerated program with 700 students enrolled in the added semester.World War II
As the third semester of academic year 1942-43 began in February, 1943, nearly 300 students who were members of the Army Enlisted Reserve Corps left for active duty.World War II
Shortly after the end of the war, Major General William Curtis Chase ’16 donated to the University a flag which had been captured by the Japanese from the headquarters of General Douglas MacArthur in Manila in 1942 and recaptured in February 1945 by the 12th U. S. Cavalry, a unit in Chase’s division.World War II