1953

Emery R. Walker was Dean of Admission from 1946 to 1957, and was followed by Lloyd W. Cornell, Dean of Admission and Financial Aid in 1957-58 and Director of Financial Aid from 1958 to 1969, Charles V. Doebler, Director of Admission from 1958 to 1969, and for the women students, Eva A. Mooar from 1947 to 1953, Alberta F. Brown from 1954 to 1970.Admission
The Memorial was deeded to the University in 1948, at which time Margaret B. Stillwell, librarian of the collections since 1917, joined the staff of the University with the rank of full professor and continued in that position until her retirement in 1953.Annmary Brown Memorial
The division has been housed since March 1953 in the elegant Henry Pearce House at 182 George Street, designed by Angell and Swift and built in 1898.Applied Mathematics
In studio art Walter Feldman replaced Professor Taylor, who retired in 1953.Art
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
With Professor C. Arthur Lynch Leicester Bradner edited "The Latin Epigrams of Thomas More," in 1953.Bradner, Leicester
In 1953 the Eastern Intercollegiate Key Association was formed for the coordination of Key societies in over forty Eastern colleges and their mutual improvement through the sharing of ideas and policies.Brown Key
The next year the title of "Brunavian" was resumed, and as such it continued until 1953.Brunavian
In 1953 Leonard Carmichael became the seventh secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, which he guided through eleven years of expansion and renovation which enhanced its image as a modern institution.Carmichael, Leonard
In 1953-54 Jane Baltzell ’55, Thomas McCormick ’54, Judith Thorsen ’55, and Caleb Woodhouse ’54 ended the eight game winning streak of the University of Minnesota, and went on to defeat Michigan, Georgetown, Ohio State, Trinity, and Maryland, and to lose to Smith College in their seventh match.College Quiz Bowl
The five Deans of the College who became college presidents were: James Stacy Coles, acting dean of the College for one year when he became president of Bowdoin College in 1952; Brown president Barnaby Keeney, acting dean in 1952-53 and dean from 1953 to 1955; K. Roald Bergethon, acting dean in 1955-56 and dean from 1956 to 1958, who went to Lafayette College; Charles H. Watts II ’47, dean from 1958 to 1962, who became president of Bucknell; and Robert W. Morse, dean from 1962 to 1964, who became president of Case Western Reserve University.Dean
The Deans of the Graduate School since that time have been Barnaby C. Keeney from 1949 to 1953, Robert Bruce Lindsay from 1954 to 1966, Michael J. Brennan from 1966 to 1974, Maurice Glicksman from 1974 to 1976, and Ernest S. Frerichs from 1976 to 1982.Dean
Edmund S. Morgan was acting dean in 1951-1952, and Donald F. Hornig in 1952-1953.Dean
Gordon R. Dewart received his master’s degree in 1947 and his Ph.D. in 1953, both from Princeton.Dewart, Gordon R.
Gordon R. Dewart came to Brown as instructor in French in 1948 and was promoted to assistant professor in 1953 and associate professor in 1970.Dewart, Gordon R.
George E. Downing became a full professor in 1953.Downing, George E.
Philip Taft, who became a noted labor historian, joined the faculty in 1937, and was chairman from 1949 to 1953.Economics
In the 1950s the department grew through the addition of faculty members George H. Borts in 1950, Jerome L. Stein in 1953, Michael J. Brennan in 1957, Phillip D. Cagan in 1958, and Martin J. Beckmann and Mark B. Schupack in 1959.Economics
The English Department of the 1940s was recalled by Mark Spilka ’49 in his address to Phi Beta Kappa in 1974: Later additions to the faculty were Albert D. Van Nostrand in 1951, James O. Barnhill in 1953, Hyatt H. Waggoner and Barbara K. Lewalski in 1956, R. Verlin Cassill, John C. B. Hawkes, and David Krause in 1958, Charles H. Nichols in 1960, David H. Hirsch in 1961, James E. Schevill and John Shroeder in 1968, Michael S. Harper and Robert E. Scholes in 1970.English
Interest in flying seems to have waned after 1953, and the Flying Club no longer appeared in the "Liber Brunensis" A new Glider Club was formed in 1969 with Professor Boris Rotman as its instructor and Vincent Simmon ’72 as its first president.Flying Club
Following Dean Richardson, the deans of the Graduate School have been Barnaby C. Keeney from 1949 to 1953, Robert Bruce Lindsay from 1954 to 1966, Michael J. Brennan from 1966 to 1974, Maurice Glicksman from 1974 to 1976, Ernest S. Frerichs from 1976 to 1982, Mark B. Schupack from 1983 to 1986, and Phillip J. Stiles (as Dean of the Graduate School and Dean of Research) since 1986.Graduate School
Acting deans were Curt J. Ducasse from 1947 to 1949, Edmund S. Morgan in 1951-52, and Donald F. Hornig in 1953-54.Graduate School
Elected to Phi Beta Kappa in 1902, William T. Hastings was secretary of Rhode Island Alpha from 1920 to 1951, vice-president from 1951 to 1953, president from 1953 to 1955, and chapter historian until his death.Hastings, William T.
With the help of a Yale College Fellowship and later a Sterling Fellowship, Ray L. Heffner received his Ph.D. degree in 1953.Heffner, Ray L.
Albert F. Hinrichs resigned from Brown and remained with the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and from 1948 to 1953 was with the Division of Finance and Fiscal Policy.Hinrichs, Albert F.
In 1953 Sachs received a grant to study astronomical cuneiform tablets in the British Museum, and his work enabled Neugebauer to publish "Astronomical Cuneiform Tests" in 1955, while Sachs published "Late Babylonian Astronomical and Related Texts."History of Mathematics
Beginning in the fall of 1953 all the colleges in the Group were required to play each of the others at least once every five years.Ivy League
The first issue of a yearbook, "The Hillel Scroll," was published in 1953.Jews
In 1953 Barnaby C. Keeney became Dean of the College, and two years later was chosen to succeed Henry Wriston as president of Brown.Keeney, Barnaby C.
Robert W. Kenny was recalled to active duty from 1951 to 1953.Kenny, Robert W.
Hugh B. Killough was chairman of the Department of Economics from 1953 to 1957 and retired in 1959.Killough, Hugh B.
With Professor Leicester Bradner Charles Arthur Lynch translated "The Latin Epigrams of Thomas More," which was published by the University of Chicago Press in 1953, after which he was invited to become a member of the Thomas More Project at Yale University.Lynch, Charles Arthur
The house, property of the Rhode Island School of Design after Miss Sharpe’s death in 1953, was purchased by Brown in 1955 and used as a small dormitory for women students.Machado House
Robert Gale Noyes published "Ben Jonson on the English Stage, 1660-1776" in 1935, "The Thespian Mirror" in 1953, and "The Neglected Muse" in 1958.Noyes, Robert Gale
"Nucleus," "a little magazine," was first published in the winter of 1953.Nucleus
Later invitations to apply for accreditation in 1953 and 1957 were not pursued.Nursing program
Charles H. Philbrick received his Ph.D. degree at Brown in 1953, having been instructor in English again since 1949.Philbrick, Charles H.
Charles H. Philbrick was appointed assistant professor in 1953, associate professor in 1959, and professor in 1967.Philbrick, Charles H.
Vincent A. Tomas came in 1938, Roderick M. Chisholm and Richard C. Taylor in 1947, John Ladd in 1950, John W. Lenz in 1953, and Richard Schmitt in 1958.Philosophy
Physical education and intramurals were directed from 1946 to 1953 by Westcott E. S. Moulton, and after 1953 by John M. Heffernan.Physical Education
Professor Russell A. Peck, who had joined the department in 1953, carried out research in experimental nuclear physics.Physics
Guy Dodge became chairman in 1950 and added to the department Whitney Perkins in 1953, Elmer Cornwell in 1955, and Lea Williams in 1956, Elliot Goodman, who was an intern in the department in 1955, became instructor in 1956 and assistant professor in 1958.Political Science
After the acquisition of the new house, the president’s house on Hope Street was used by the Department of Physics and renamed Barus Hall in 1953.President’s House
Ernest S. Frerichs, who joined the department in 1953, developed the important undergraduate and graduate program in Judaica.Religious Studies
After Applied Math acquired new quarters in 1953, the building was once more a dormitory.Richardson Hall
There have been twenty recipients of the medal: William Williams Keen in 1925, Charles Evans Hughes in 1928, John Davison Rockefeller, Jr. in 1931, Charles Value Chapin in 1935, Mary Emma Woolley in 1937, Fred Tarbell Field in 1940, Henry Dexter Sharpe in 1944, Zechariah Chafee, Jr. in 1947, Warren Randolph Burgess in 1953, Rowland Roberts Hughes in 1955, Theodore Francis Green in 1956, Alexander Meiklejohn in 1959, Waldo Gifford Leland in 1965, Thomas John Watson, Jr. in 1968, Henry Merritt Wriston in 1976, Richard Salomon in 1982, Charles Carpenter Tillinghast, Jr. in 1982, Howard Robert Swearer in 1983, Otto Eduard Neugebauer in 1987, and Roderick Milton Chisholm in 1992.Rosenberger Medal
Success came in the 1953 season with joint coaching by Echeverria, Read, and Bartlett, as the crew defeated Dartmouth, gaining its first Ivy League win and the Atlantic Cup.Rowing
From 1917 to 1953 Margaret B. Stillwell was curator of the Annmary Brown Memorial Library, while it was a private library and after it was deeded to Brown in 1948, at which time she joined the University staff as a full professor.Stillwell, Margaret B.
In 1953-53 Snow House at 156 Meeting Street, named for Dean Louis Franklin Snow, was added as a freshman house, and in 1954-55 Mary Emma Woolley House (named for one of the first women graduates) was opened for freshmen and sophomores at 99 Brown St.Student housing
Philip Taft was chairman of the Economics Department from 1949 to 1953.Taft, Philip
Will S. Taylor retired from teaching in 1953.Taylor, Will S.
It continued to appear as a monthly periodical in 1953.Wing Tips
The April Fool’s Day issue of the "Brown Daily Herald" in 1953 appeared with the format of "Wing Tips," and an oversized heading, "New England AFROTC units will be activated on 30th of month."Wing Tips
John Rowe Workman was promoted to assistant professor in 1949, associate professor in 1953, and full professor in 1966.Workman, John Rowe
Basil G. Zimmer was an instructor at Eastern Michigan University in 1950-51 and at the University of Michigan in 1951-52, assistant professor at Florida State University in 1952-53, and in 1953 became Resident Director of the University of Michigan Social Science Research Project.Zimmer, Basil G.