Encyclopedia Brunoniana

1966

  • After 1966, the score was adjusted to 620, a respectable score, to be sure, but an able student is still a risk when he competes against those of even higher ability.Admission
  • Douglas D. Anderson joined the department in 1965, Robert R. Jay came in 1966, and George L. Hicks in 1967.Anthropology
  • He returned to Brown in 1966 from the Directorship of the Institute of Insurance Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics in Stockholm.Applied Mathematics
  • When the city of Florence was flooded in November of 1966, Bates Lowry and Fred Licht initiated the organization of the nationwide Committee to Rescue Italian Art (CRIA), which provided both funds and the advice of art experts in salvaging the city’s art treasures.Art
  • In the fall of 1966 a new graduate program in art history began with thirteen graduate students.Art
  • A sculpture by Mario J. Kujawski ’66 was placed beside the building in 1966.Barus and Holley Building
  • There have been four league batting champions from Brown: Al Gauthier in 1951 (.385), Tom Skenderian in 1966 (.514), Scott Bingham in 1972 (.394), and John King in 1979 (.512).Baseball
  • In the years after that George H. Bass was a free lance writer and director in New York and attended the Yale School of Drama from 1966 to 1968.Bass, George H.
  • The "Brown Herald Review," containing literary pieces, art, and book reviews, was published eight times during the academic year from October 1963 until January 1966.BDH Brown Daily Herald
  • George Wyllys Benedict (1872-1966), professor of English, was born in Burlington, Vermont, on January 12, 1872.Benedict, George W.
  • Benedict retired in 1937 and died in Providence on February 7, 1966 at the age of 94.Benedict, George W.
  • Stuart retired in 1960 and Wilson in 1966.Biology
  • There were four issues the first year, one the second, and two the third, after which the magazine was superseded by the "Brown Daily Herald Review," published by the "Herald" from October 1963 to January 1966.Brown Review
  • A new "Brown Review," which superseded the "Brown Daily Herald Review" ran from April 1966 to the fall of 1966, and was superseded by the "Literary Magazine of Brown University."Brown Review
  • Biennial catalogues replaced the annual catalogues since the 1966-68 edition, with the exception of one single year catalogue in 1970-71, and the latest catalogue is for the year 1991-94.Catalogues
  • In June 1965 the Corporation set about the elimination of the $10,000 exemption by voting that "as a condition of appointment all who are appointed President or full Professor effective July 1, 1966 or thereafter shall waive their right to Charter exemption from taxes on their property."Charter
  • He moved to M.I.T. in 1966 and to Stanford in 1979.Chemistry
  • Later expeditions led by Professor R. Ross Holloway excavated a site in Athens in 1965 and commenced the excavation of Satrianum in Lucania in 1966.Classics
  • Rosalie L. Colie was associate professor at Wesleyan College from 1961 to 1963, professor at the University of Iowa from 1963 to 1966, visiting professor at Yale in 1966-67 and visiting research professor at Oxford University in 1967-68.Colie, Rosalie L.
  • Rosalie L. Colie's published works included "Some Thankfulness to Constantine: A Study of English Influence upon the Work of Constantine Huygens" in 1956, "Light and Enlightenment: A Study of the Cambridge Platonists and the Dutch Arminians" in 1957, and "Paradoxia Epidemica" in 1966.Colie, Rosalie L.
  • Damon was to become one of the world’s leading authorities on Blake, publishing "A New Page in Blake’s Milton" in 1925, "Blake’s Grave" in 1963, "A Blake Dictionary" in 1965, and two texts to accompany Blake’s illustrations for the Book of Job, "The Doctrine of Job" in 1950, and "Blake’s Job" in 1966.Damon, Samuel Foster
  • 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
  • The 1966 Liber Brunensis described the work of Production Workshop as a supplement to Sock and Buskin: The Brown Summer Theatre was started in 1969.Dramatics
  • In the 1960s the department grew through the addition of faculty members Herschel I. Grossman in 1964, James A. Hanson and Harl E. Ryder in 1965, Benjamin Chinitz in 1966, and Ryuzu Sato in 1967.Economics
  • "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
  • Delta Phi left the national fraternity in 1966, partly because of a disagreement over lifetime national dues, and continued as Delta Phi Omega until its reaffiliation with Delta Phi in 1983.Fraternities
  • Sigma Chi changed its name to Swyndlestock in 1966 after severing ties with the national fraternity when the University interpreted a membership clause in the national constitution as discriminatory.Fraternities
  • Robley Matthews joined the staff in 1964, David G. Harkrider in 1965, Michael J. Chinnery in 1966, and John Imbrie in 1967.Geology
  • In 1966 a previously unnamed 10,180 foot peak about eighty-five miles from Fairbanks, Alaska, was given the name Mount Giddings by the U. S. Department of the Interior to honor "the leading Alaskan archaeologist at the time of his death."Giddings, James Louis
  • 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
  • Theodore Francis Green (1867-1966), was born in Providence on October 2, 1867, the son of Arnold Green 1858.Green, Theodore Francis
  • Theodore Francis Green served 66 years on the Corporation, as a trustee from 1900 to 1929 and as a fellow from that time until his death on May 19, 1966 in Providence.Green, Theodore Francis
  • In 1966 Ray L. Heffner accepted the presidency of Brown University, and when he was inaugurated on October 15, he had already greeted the students at the opening convocation with words of optimism about the new medical program, the Graduate Center about to be constructed, Pembroke College’s approaching 75th anniversary, and the projected Sciences Library.Heffner, Ray L.
  • Added to the department faculty were: in 1958, William G. McLoughlin, formerly of the Political Science Department (American religious and cultural history in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries); in 1959, Donald G. Rohr (nineteenth century German social and intellectual history); in 1964, John L. Thomas (Civil War and Reconstruction); in 1965, Bryce Lyon (the Middle Ages); in 1966, Stephen R. Graubard, who had been a visiting professor the year before (Modern British and French history) and Anthony Mohlo (Renaissance and Reformation); in 1968, A.History
  • The Pembroke team, coached by Jerry Crane ’68, lost to the Walpole Brooms by a score of 1-4 in February 1966.Hockey
  • Two weeks later, on March 6, 1966, an improved Pembroke team lost, 1-2, in a rematch with the Brooms, in a sudden death overtime after the Pembroke goalie was pulled.Hockey
  • William Herbert Kenerson (1873-1966), was born in Fall River, Massachusetts, on December 9, 1873.Kenerson, William H.
  • William H. Kenerson died in Providence on September 22, 1966, at the age of 92.Kenerson, William H.
  • Waldo Gifford Leland (1879-1966), historian, was born in Newton, Massachusetts, on July 17, 1879.Leland, Waldo G.
  • Waldo G. Leland died in Washington on October 9, 1966.Leland, Waldo G.
  • Robert Bruce Lindsay retired as dean of the Graduate School in 1966 and from teaching in 1970.Lindsay, Robert Bruce
  • The house was turned over to the University in 1966.Maddock Alumni Center
  • The former plant of the Saltesea Packing Company at the foot of Gano Street just south of the Washington Bridge was purchased by the University in 1966 with funds given by Hunter S. Marston ’08.Marston Boat House
  • Other officers who headed the Air Science Department were Col. Gilbert E. Goodman from 1955 to 1957, Lt. Col. George W. Hutcheson from 1958 to 1960, Major Arthur E. Allen from 1960 to 1961, Lt. Col. William J. Grundmann from 1962 to 1966, Major Robert G. Liotta from 1966 to 1969, and Capt.Military education
  • In 1966 the 75th anniversary of the College featured a three-day arts festival, including the first public showing of the art collection of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Rothschild, a recital by the Paul Taylor dancers, poetry readings by professors of English, and a 75th anniversary emblem designed by Professor Walter Feldman.Pembroke College
  • Three Brown physics professors served as president of the Society, Lindsay in 1957, Robert W. Morse, who came to Brown in 1946, in 1966, and Robert T. Beyer, who came to Brown in 1950, in 1968.Physics
  • This brought three new faculty members to the department, Jerome Grieder ’54 to teach modern Chinese history, King Chen to teach a course in the international relations of Communist China, and in 1966 Ying-mao Kau, a student of Chinese Communist government and social policy.Political Science
  • President Heffner’s inauguration was held on Saturday morning, October 15, 1966, in Meehan auditorium.President
  • Zenas Bliss was appointed after the death of Arnold, and the post was vacant from the retirement of Bliss in June 1965 until the appointment of Merton Stoltz after the arrival of President Heffner in 1966.Provost
  • The Provosts of Brown have been: [Updated June 1, 2015]Provost
  • Jay Saunders Redding was head of the English Department at State Teachers College, Elizabeth City, N. C., from 1938 to 1943, and professor of English at Hampton Institute from 1943 to 1966.Redding, Jay Saunders
  • Among the internationally distinguished Visiting Professors who taught at Brown were Professor Gershom Scholem of the Hebrew University in 1956-57, Professor Salo W. Baron, who had retired from the Miller Chair at Columbia University in 1963, from 1966 to 1969, and Professor Yigael Yadin of the Hebrew University in 1969-70.Religious Studies
  • "Res Publica," subtitled "a journal of public opinion," was a Brown political journal which was started in March 1966 by a group of undergraduates, and published by Liber Brunensis Publications.Res Publica,
  • The first Brown crew to row in the Henley Royal Regatta lost to a strong British crew, the London Tideway Scullers by one and one-half lengths on June 30, 1966, and was removed from competition after its first race.Rowing
  • In 1966 Brown defeated Notre Dame to win the Virginia Commonwealth Cup.Rugby
  • The house at 185 Meeting Street was left to Pembroke by Mary H. Parsons and was first occupied in 1966 as the Alumnae House, home of the Pembroke Alumnae Association.Sarah Doyle Women's Center
  • In 1966 the record was 11-1, and Brown beat Army for the first time.Soccer
  • In 1966 Victor DeJong ’68 was the first Brown Player to make the National Soccer Coaches of America first All-American team.Soccer
  • Merton P. Stoltz was chairman of the Department of Economics from 1956 to 1964, associate dean of the Graduate School from 1960 to 1964, and dean of the University from 1964 to 1966.Stoltz, Merton P.
  • In 1966 an Advisory Committee on Student Conduct, appointed by President Heffner and chaired by Professor C. Peter Magrath, recommended that matters of discipline be referred to a University Council on Student Affairs, which would include deans, faculty, the Graduate School, and students.Student conduct
  • He remained until 1966.Tougaloo College
  • Verney and Woolley Dining Halls were built in 1966 in the space between Champlin and Morriss Halls and Emery and Woolley Halls, and named for Virginia Piggott Verney ’28, who was in 1951 the second woman elected to the Brown Board of Trustees, and Mary Emma Woolley 1894.Verney and Woolley Dining Halls
  • Officially in use in September 1966, the dining halls had previously been opened for four weeks during the previous May so that the four Pembroke classes might have the opportunity to dine in the new facility on successive weeks.Verney and Woolley Dining Halls
  • Malcolm S. Stevens was Vice President for Administration from 1966 to 1975.Vice Presidents
  • WBRU continued to broadcast on closed circuit to the campus community until February 21, 1966, when WBRU-FM, with a new FCC license, reached outside with its first broadcast, a panel show on the Peace Corps.WBRU
  • In Warwick Karl S. Weimar was chairman of the school committee from 1962 to 1966.Weimar, Karl S.
  • James Walter Wilson retired in 1966.Wilson, James Walter
  • John Rowe Workman was promoted to assistant professor in 1949, associate professor in 1953, and full professor in 1966.Workman, John Rowe
  • John Rowe Workman was chairman of the Department of Classics from 1959 to 1966.Workman, John Rowe