1945

Adams House at 12 George Street, acquired in 1945, is named for Vice-President James P. Adams.Adams House
James P. Adams was acting vice-president of the University in 1931-32 while President Barbour was in the Far East, and was vice-president from 1932 to 1945.Adams, James P.
James P. Adams left Brown in 1945 to become provost at the University of Michigan.Adams, James P.
The American Civilization program began in 1945 as an interdepartmental effort under a general committee headed by Professor Randall Stewart, and featured Stewart’s course, "Studies in American Literature," James B. Hedges’ "History of American Economic Life," Guy Dodge’s "American Political Theory," and Hans Kurath’s "History of American English."American Civilization
In 1945 George K. Anderson was granted a Guggenheim fellowship for research on the legend of the Wandering Jew, which culminated in "The Legend of the Wandering Jew," published in 1965.Anderson, George K.
The Program awarded the first Brown Ph.D. degree in applied mathematics to Joaquin B. Diaz in 1945.Applied Mathematics
In 1945 the Alumnae Association held a Kuo-P’ing Chou Day to augment a fund which had been started the year before to help her and Yenching University, both in need because of the war.Asians
Henry S. Chafee was Chairman of the Board from 1931 to June 1945.BAM Brown Alumni Monthly
Beginning in 1945, the Associated Alumni was able to send the "Brown Alumni Monthly" free to all Brown men with financing by the University.BAM Brown Alumni Monthly
Arthur M. Banta retired from teaching in June of 1945, with the intention of concluding some of his investigations, but died on January 2, 1946, his great work still unfulfilled.Banta, Arthur M.
In 1945 the team, led by George "Woody" Grimshaw ’47, won the New England title.Basketball
After 1945 Brown basketball experienced a long run of losing seasons, but had its star players.Basketball
From August 20, 1943 to October 5, 1945 the weekly "Brown Herald-Record" replaced the "Brown Herald" and the "Pembroke Record," and during that time had a woman editor, Audrey Mishel ’44.BDH Brown Daily Herald
Samuel J. Berard retired in 1945.Berard, Samuel J.
Bruce M. Bigelow became associate dean of the college in 1940, dean of students in 1943, and vice-president of the University in 1945.Bigelow, Bruce M.
Ivon Ray Taylor taught from 1927 to 1943, Arthur M. Banta from 1929 to 1945, and Paul B. Sawin from 1931 to 1947.Biology
The department, which had a staff of three full professors, three assistant professors, and six assistants in 1945, began to expand in the following years with the addition of Frederick G. Sherman in 1946, Herman B.Biology
Elizabeth H. Leduc, who came in 1945 as assistant, became an assistant professor in 1953, associate professor in 1957, and professor in 1964, the first woman full professor in a teaching position.Biology
Chairmen of the department have been Frederic P. Gorham from 1928 to 1933, Philip Mitchell from 1933 to 1945, J. Walter Wilson from 1945 to 1960, Mac V. Edds from 1960 to 1963.Biology
In 1945 Leighton T. Bohl was head of a YMCA program to train returning veterans.Bohl, Leighton T.
Leicester Bradner was promoted to assistant professor in 1930, associate professor in 1934, and professor in 1945.Bradner, Leicester
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
The Secretaries of the Corporation have been Thomas Eyres from 1764 to 1776; Thomas Arnold 1771 from 1776 to 1780; David Howell from 1780 to 1806; Samuel Eddy 1787 from 1806 to 1829; Nathan Bourne Crocker from 1829 to 1837; Theron Metcalf 1805 from 1837 to 1843; William Giles Goddard 1812 from 1843 to 1846; Nathan Bourne Crocker from 1846 to 1853; John Kingsbury 1826 from 1853 to 1874; Samuel Lunt Caldwell from 1875 to 1889; Thomas D. Anderson 1874 from 1890 to 1924; Hermon Carey Bumpus 1884 from 1924 to 1937; Albert L. Scott 1900 from 1937 to 1945; Fred B. Perkins ’19 from 1945 to 1963; John Nicholas Brown from 1963 to 1972; Alfred H. Joslin ’35 from 1972 to 1982; Ruth Burt Ekstrom ’53 from 1982 to 1988; and Henry D. Sharpe, Jr. ’45 since 1988.Brown Corporation
Sharon Brown was promoted to full professor in 1945 and retired in 1961.Brown, Sharon
One book which the Brown University Press did "not" publish was "Psychoceramics" by Josiah Carberry (Brown University Press, 1945), which was cited in an article by Nicholas Vanserg in "American Scientist" in June 1958.Brown University Press
S.S. Brown Victory was an armed cargo ship, named for the University and commissioned February 23, 1945 at the Oregon Shipbuilding yards.Brown Victory
Publication continued until 1945.Brunavian
"Classical Weekly" published Carberry’s contribution, "Another Catullus to Another Lesbia," in 1934, and an article in "American Scientist" included his book, "Psychoceramics" (Brown University Press, 1945, 1313p.)Carberry, Josiah S.
Leallyn B. Clapp was promoted to assistant professor in 1945, associate professor in 1949, and professor in 1956.Clapp, Leallyn B.
The name of the department was changed in 1945 from Department of Greek and Latin Classics to Department of Classics.Classics
In 1945 Theodore Collier became a professor of business at Rollins College in Florida, remaining in that position until 1952.Collier, Theodore
The Secretaries of the Corporation have been Thomas Eyres from 1764 to 1776; Thomas Arnold 1771 from 1776 to 1780; David Howell from 1780 to 1806; Samuel Eddy 1787 from 1806 to 1829; Nathan Bourne Crocker from 1829 to 1837; Theron Metcalf 1805 from 1837 to 1843; William Giles Goddard 1812 from 1843 to 1846; Nathan Bourne Crocker from 1846 to 1853; John Kingsbury 1826 from 1853 to 1874; Samuel Lunt Caldwell from 1875 to 1889; Thomas D. Anderson 1874 from 1890 to 1924; Hermon Carey Bumpus 1884 from 1924 to 1937; Albert L. Scott 1900 from 1937 to 1945; Fred B. Perkins ’19 from 1945 to 1963; John Nicholas Brown from 1963 to 1972; Alfred H. Joslin ’35 from 1972 to 1982; Ruth Burt Ekstrom ’53 from 1982 to 1988; and Henry D. Sharpe, Jr. ’45 since 1988.Corporation
The next year the team entered competition with the other "Ivy League" colleges (the Ivy Group had only begun in 1945) for the Ivy League Cup.Debating
Edmund Burke Delabarre (1863-1945), professor of psychology, was born in Dover, Maine, on September 25, 1863.Delabarre, Edmund B.
His work was described in the memorial minute of the Faculty in 1945: Edmund B. Delabarre was one of the first to use ink blots to encourage mental imagery.Delabarre, Edmund B.
Edmund B. Delabarre died in Providence on March 16, 1945.Delabarre, Edmund B.
Leland M. Goodrich was a member of the international secretariat for the United Nations Conference on International Organization in San Francisco in 1945.Goodrich, Leland M.
Lewis H. Gordon earned his Ph.D. at Cornell in 1945.Gordon, Lewis H.
He came to Brown in 1930 as assistant professor of classics, and was promoted to associate professor in 1938 and professor in 1945.Herbert Newell Couch
He published "Classical Civilization: Greece "in 1940, and "Beauty and Parting, "translations from the Greek poets, illustrated with his own sketches, in 1945.Herbert Newell Couch
On a visit to the Oriental Institute in Chicago in 1941 he had met Abraham Sachs and had arranged a fellowship to bring Sachs to Brown, where the two scholars, Neugebauer with his mathematical training, and Sachs with his knowledge of ancient languages, combined to publish "Mathematical Cuneiform Texts" in 1945.History of Mathematics
Doyle House was removed from its location on Bowen Street during the winter of 1945-46 to make room for the construction of Andrews Hall.Infirmary
It began in November 1945 with a formal statement by the presidents of the eight colleges of their intention to continue intercollegiate football "in such a way as to maintain the value of the game while keeping it in fitting proportion to the main purposes of academic life."Ivy League
However, in the minds of the presidents and athletic directors of the colleges, the differences in the identities of the individual colleges were too great to overcome until the agreement of 1945.Ivy League
The first president of the Brown chapter was Melvin Feldman 1945.Jews
Chester H. Kirby came to Brown as instructor in history in 1927, and was promoted to assistant professor in 1932, associate professor in 1945, and professor in 1950.Kirby, Chester H.
From 1945 until his retirement in 1960 Paul N. Kistler was professor of mechanical engineering.Kistler, Paul N.
Edward T. Kornhauser served in the Navy during World War II, then received his bachelor of electrical engineering degree from Cornell in 1945, and his master of science and Ph.D. degrees, both from Harvard, in 1947 and 1949.Kornhauser, Edward T.
A combined 1944-1945 book was issued the following year.Liber Brunensis
The Haffenreffer Fellowship was established by the R. F. Haffenreffer Family Foundation and was awarded to Dr. William J. Fisher in 1945-56 and to Dr. Michael DiMaio and Dr. Robert Lewis in 1947-48.Medical education
In 1945 Dr. McDonald was given the title of Director of Health Services, and in 1947 Dr. Burgess’ title was changed to Professor of Medical Science.Medical education
In 1945 Alexander Meiklejohn was a United States delegate to the charter meeting of USESCO in London.Meiklejohn, Alexander
Carl G. Gesen in 1945-46, Capt.Military education
Carl W. Miller came to Brown as assistant professor of physics in 1924, and was promoted to associate professor in 1929 and full professor in 1945.Miller, Carl W.
The Bruinaires, a group organized in 1945 with Francis Madeira as one of its founders, performed as a featured ensemble of the Glee Club, of which all the "Bruinaires" were members, and also went on separate singing tours.Musical Clubs
In 1945 Neugebauer and Sachs published "Mathematical Cuneiform Texts."Neugebauer, Otto
Publication was suspended from August 1943 to October 1945, when the "Record" and the "Brown Daily Herald" joined in the weekly publication of the "Brown Herald-Record."Pembroke Record
The "Record" resumed weekly publication on November 16, 1945.Pembroke Record
Leslie Swain, who had been associate professor of physical training since 1920, stayed on until 1945.Physical Education
Helen Lowe Urquhart was "Recorder of the College" from 1940 to 1945.Registrar
Gilbert E. Case was Registrar from 1945 to 1948.Registrar
Charles Alexander Robinson became assistant professor the next year, associate professor in 1935, and full professor in 1945.Robinson, Charles Alexander
The "Little Chapel" came into being in 1945 toward the end of World War II, when Chaplain Arthur L. Washburn and Vice-President James P. Adams arranged to reopen a little room off the main hall on the first floor which had several years earlier had a small altar placed in it at the request of Professor Edmund L. Loughnan for meetings of undergraduate prayer groups.Sayles Hall
An unexpected use of the chapel was the marriage there of at least one Brown graduate in 1945.Sayles Hall
Charles H. Smiley was promoted to full professor in 1945.Smiley, Charles H.
Walter H. Snell's title was changed to Professor of Natural History in 1945.Snell, Walter H.
Fletcher’s top season records were 6-1-1 in 1934, 6-0-2 in 1936 when William Margeson ’37 led the team to a New England Soccer League title (and personally scored three goals in Brown’s first victory over Yale), 8-1-2 in 1937 (the only loss was to West Point), and 6-1 in 1945.Soccer
His 1945 team, with Costa Rican star Joseph Novas, lost only to Yale.Soccer
Margaret B. Stillwell continued her campaign with the publication in 1945 of "The Pageant of Benefit Street."Stillwell, Margaret B.
Jacob David Tamarkin (1888-1945), professor of mathematics, was born in Chernigov in the Ukraine on July 11, 1888.Tamarkin, Jacob D.
While on leave of absence for his health, Jacob D. Tamarkin died in Bethesda, Maryland, on November 18, 1945.Tamarkin, Jacob D.
Carl S. Hector coached in 1945.Track
Mead was vice president until 1936, Adams until 1945.Vice Presidents
In 1945 F. Morris Cochran was appointed to the newly created post of business manager responsible for administration of the budget, also accounting, buildings and grounds, purchasing, dining rooms, and all business operations of the University.Vice Presidents
Bruce Bigelow, named vice president in 1945, acted as immediate deputy to the President in the conduct of University affairs.Vice Presidents
Herbert Eugene Walter (1867-1945), was born in Burke, Vermont, on April 19, 1867.Walter, Herbert E.
Herbert E. Walter died suddenly on October 1, 1945.Walter, Herbert E.
The station identification of the Brown Network was B.U.B.C (for Brown University Broadcasting Company) until 1945, when, upon the prompting of Stephen Plimpton ’48, who hung felt banners with "WBRU" on the microphones, the network elected these call letters.WBRU
A confirmed New Englander himself, Clarence M. Webster produced two books on Yankee life, "Puritans at Home" in 1936, and "Town Meeting Country" in 1945.Webster, Clarence M.
Karl S. Weimar published "Concept of Love in the Works of Hermann Stehr" in 1945, "German Language and Literature" in 1974, and "Views and Reviews of Modern German Literature" in 1975.Weimar, Karl S.
In 1945 James Walter Wilson became chairman of the Department of Biology and Frank L. Day Professor of Biology.Wilson, James Walter
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