James Pickwell Adams (1895-1969), professor of economics and vice-president of Brown University, was born in Carson City, Michigan on January 27, 1895.Adams, James P.
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
Alan P. Maynard, who had been Director of Financial Aid since 1974, retired in 1987; James H. Rogers, who had been Director of Admission since 1969, resigned in 1988; and Eric Widmer was named Dean of Admission and Financial Aid.Admission
On December 10 and 11, 1969 black students boycotted classes in a protest aimed at an agreement of specific goals to increase black faculty and administrators.African Americans
In 1969 the Afro-American Society was given quarters in Afro House at 227 Bowen Street, which for an annual rent of one dollar provided meeting rooms and offices on the first floor and living accommodations above.African Americans
In January 1969 a seminar on "Black assertion" was taught by Professor Edward N. Beiser and Dean William A.Afro-American Studies
Professor Charles H. Nichols arrived in July 1969 to became chairman of the new interdepartmental concentration.Afro-American Studies
In 1969-70 one of the "Special Topics in Literature" courses offered in the Department of English was "Negro Literature in America from the Harlem Renaissance to the Present," taught by Professor Nichols.Afro-American Studies
Philip Leis was program director from 1968 to 1970, with Alex F. Ricciardelli as acting program director in 1969-70.Anthropology
In the late 1960s the small number of Asian American students at Brown became interested in exploring their ethnic identity, and a Group Independent Study Project in the fall of 1969 brought together about a dozen of them under the care of Professor James Sakoda of Sociology.Asians
After that, Bill Livesey (43-41-5) coached from 1969 to 1971, and George Woodworth (60-91-4) coached from 1972 to 1980.Baseball
Stan Ward’s fifteen-year coaching record from 1954 to 1969 was 133-261.Basketball
A low point in Brown’s basketball history was the 3-23 season in 1969-70.Basketball
Arthur D. Kahler coached from 1931 to 1938, George E. "Eck" Allen from 1938 to 1941, William H. H. Dye in 1941-42, Wilbur C. "Weeb" Ewbank (who much later made a name for himself in pro football by coaching both the Baltimore Colts and the New York Jets to league championships) in 1946-47, Robert B. Morris from 1947 to 1954, Stan Ward from 1954 to 1969, Gerry Alaimo from 1969 to 1978, Joe Mullaney from 1978 to 1981, Mike Cingiser from 1981 to 1991, and the present coach, Frank "Happy" Dobbs.Basketball
George H. Bass was also associate producer and story editor of a series of original plays entitled "On Being Black" produced on WGBH-TV in 1968 and 1969 and aired nationally over the Public Broadcasting System.Bass, George H.
He was honored by the Yale School of Drama, which performed his plays at George Bass Day in 1967, and received the Harlem Cultural Council award in 1969.Bass, George H.
The Bio-Medical Building was designed by Shepley Bulfinch, Richardson and Abbott, and built in 1969 to house a four-story medical research tower, a two-story teaching and laboratory area below ground level, and a five-story animal care facility.Bio-Medical Building
The ceremonies of dedication of the building began on October 3, 1969, at a dinner at which the principal speaker was Isaac Asimov.Bio-Medical Building
Appointed to the Board of Fellows in 1969 were first woman member, Doris Brown Reed ’27, who had been a term trustee since 1963, the first African-American member, Jay Saunders Redding ’28, and the first Jewish member, Alfred Joslin H. ’35 Although the Charter provided that a trustee or fellow may hold his office "during life or until resignation," the Corporation has chosen to impose some limitations on the length of terms.Brown Corporation
After retiring from teaching in 1969, Harcourt Brown returned to Canada, and died on November 17, 1990 in Winnipeg, Manitoba.Brown, Harcourt
Bryant College was for many years a neighbor of Brown University, its site being the present "East Campus," which Brown purchased in 1969 when Bryant acquired a new campus in Smithfield on land given by Earl S. Tupper.Bryant College
Brown purchased Bryant’s East Side campus in 1969 for five million dollars, thereby adding over ten acres of land and 26 buildings adjacent to the Brown campus.Bryant College
The building of the two quadrangles in the 1950s, a number of sizable buildings in the 1960s and early 70s, and the expansion of the campus beyond Hope Street with the purchase of the Bryant College campus in 1969, caused aesthetic concern and resentment among local residents, particularly the Providence Preservation Society, which had been monitoring Brown’s encroachment of the the historic East Side since the building of the quadrangles.Campus
A landmark disappeared from the Brown campus in the fall of 1969 when the house once occupied by Howard Phillips Lovecraft, writer of weird tales, at 66 College Street was moved to 65 Prospect Street.Campus
With his office at St. Stephen’s Church Reverend Wylie served until 1958, and was followed by Canon Crocker from 1959 to 1969, and Rev. Sheldon Flory from 1970 to 1974.Chapel
Other chaplains who were appointed with special interest in women’s issues were Beverly Edwards, who was appointed a lay chaplain in 1969 and was ordained a minister of the United Church of Christ in 1976, Rabbi Cathy Felix appointed assistant chaplain in 1980, and Flora A. Keshgegian, an Episcopal priest, who was named associate chaplain in 1984.Chapel
After a year at the University of Toronto Rosalie L. Colie came to Brown in 1969 as professor of English and comparative literature, and was the first to hold the Nancy Duke Lewis Professorship, the first professorship at Brown endowed for women, which had been established in 1967.Colie, Rosalie L.
The first occasion when weather interfered with the outdoor exercises was 1969, when rain caused a change of site to Meehan Auditorium.Commencement
Appointed to the Board of Fellows in 1969 were first woman member, Doris Brown Reed ’27, who had been a term trustee since 1963, the first African-American member, Jay Saunders Redding ’28, and the first Jewish member, Alfred Joslin H. ’35 Although the Charter provided that a trustee or fellow may hold his office "during life or until resignation," the Corporation has chosen to impose some limitations on the length of terms.Corporation
When the number of courses was reduced in 1969, it was expected that students would continue to take 32 courses.Curriculum
Dean Sheila Blumstein’s report, "The Brown Curriculum Twenty Years Later, "presented in February 1990, found the 1969 New Curriculum a success.Curriculum
An engineer and physicist who had been on the faculty since 1969 and had served as chairman of the Faculty Policy Group, he was appointed Dean of the Graduate School in 1974, and in 1975 was also named Acting Dean of the Faculty and Academic Affairs, succeeding Jacqueline A. Mattfeld, who had held that position since 1974, and had previously been Dean of Academic Affairs from 1971 to 1974.Dean
Downing retired from teaching in 1969, and was working on a book, "Modern Art and Modern Thought," at the time of his death in Providence on May 8, 1977.Downing, George E.
The 1966Liber Brunensis described the work of Production Workshop as a supplement to Sock and Buskin: The Brown Summer Theatre was started in 1969.Dramatics
Ducasse died on September 3, 1969 at the age of 88.Ducasse, Curt J.
Student interest led to the creation of a Department of Asian History in 1969 with a staff composed of chairman Lea Williams and professors Jerome Grieder and Eric Widmer, all of them formerly members of the Political Science faculty.East Asian Studies
In 1969 the first Faculty Policy Group was elected.Faculty
In 1969 the central section of the first floor was redecorated and promptly dubbed the "Airport Lounge" by students in honor of its style of furniture.Faunce House
After Miss Rudd, field hockey was coached by Sarah Phillips from 1961 to 1968, Joan Taylor from 1969 to 1971, and Jan Lutz in 1972.Field Hockey
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
The first flight by the club was made on May 27, 1969, at a small grass airfield called Coventry Park, where a car-winch was used for launching the glider.Flying Club
That house was razed and replaced by Howard P. Lovecraft’s house, which was moved to the lot from its former location on College Street in 1969.Fraternities
The chapter left the national fraternity in 1969 and continued as Delta Tau.Fraternities
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
The Program for the Seventies was formally announced in November 1969, pursuing a ten year goal of $92 million, which proved to be elusive.Fund-raising
On May 9, 1969 Heffner presented his resignation, stating, "I have simply reached the conclusion that I do not enjoy being a university president."Heffner, Ray L.
In 1969, when an honorary degree was awarded to Henry Kissinger, Special Assistant to President Nixon, three-quarters of the graduating class and some of the faculty turned their backs on him in protest of the Vietnam war.Honorary degrees
In 1969-70 Donald F. Hornig was professor of chemistry at the University of Rochester and vice-president of Eastman Kodak Company.Hornig, Donald F.
Stevenson, who coached from 1961 to 1982 and who once described lacrosse as "mayhem with a crooked stick," had a 20-year record of 188-100-0, with eight New England championships, six of them between 1962 and 1972, and shared the Ivy League title with Cornell in 1969.Lacrosse
Another part of the recommendation was that South Hall, purchased from Bryant College in 1969, be renovated for the use of the Music Department.Lyman Hall
In 1969 Heller became director of the Laboratory with physics professor Charles Elbaum as associate director.Materials Research Laboratory
A program leading to the Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics was initiated in 1969 for students who wished to add more study in science to the pure mathematics program.Mathematics
The medical graduates of the classes of 1969 through 1972 all transferred to the third year of conventional medical schools.Medical education
In 1969 the University signed an agreement of affiliation with five local hospitals – Rhode Island Hospital, Roger Williams General Hospital, Miriam Hospital, Lying-In Hospital (now Women and Infants Hospital), and Memorial Hospital of Pawtucket (now Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island).Medical education
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
Richard J. Manning from 1969 until the end of thr program.Military education
In March 1969 the faculty rejected by a vote of 115 to 55 a resolution calling for the end of all military education, but recommended that the ROTC units should not have departmental status, that instruction by these units should not earn academic credit, that their officers should not have faculty status, and that the programs should be considered extracurricular activities.Military education
The University entered into new agreements for phase-out periods for the two ROTC programs, which applied only to students enrolled as of July 1, 1969.Military education
Negotiations were reopened in 1971, and, since the stipulations of March 1969 were not being met, the faculty affirmed its action and ended the presence of the ROTC at Brown in 1971 for the Air Force unit and in 1972 for the Naval unit.Military education
Matthew Cargill Mitchell (1888-1969), professor of political science, was born in Bellefontaine, Ohio, on July 15, 1888.Mitchell, Matthew C.
Later the building was the Hope Hospital, was sold to Bryant College and named South Hall, and was acquired by Brown in 1969 with the purchase of the Bryant College campus.Orwig Music Center
Over the years Brown and Pembroke students merged their student organizations, attended coeducational classes, and in 1969 began living in coed dormitories.Pembroke College
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
Charles "Chip" Young ’72 made the All-Ivy team three times from 1969 to 1971.Soccer
Among the Spring Weekend performers were Ella Fitzgerald and Bo Diddley in 1965 and Janis Joplin, whose concert was crashed by 50 persons with forged tickets, in 1969.Spring Weekend
In 1969 the club had 120 members and Gonzales was ranked eighth in the nation by the Intercollegiate Squash Racquets Association.Squash
Merton P. Stoltz was three times acting president of Brown, serving in 1969-70 between the presidencies of Heffner and Hornig, in the summer of 1972 while President Hornig recovered from a heart attack, and in 1976 between the presidencies of Hornig and Swearer.Stoltz, Merton P.
Fifty-seven Pembroke freshmen moved into the top two floors of Diman House in the Wriston Quadrangle in the fall of 1969, making it the first coeducational dormitory at Brown.Student housing
John Emigh, John Lucas, Don Wilmeth, and Barbara Tannenbaum joined the faculty in the late 1960s, and in 1969 Theatre Arts became a separate concentration in the English Department.Theatre Arts
In 1969 Julie Strandberg began teaching dance in the women’s physical education department of Pembroke College.Theatre Arts
The Third World Center had its beginning when Afro House at 227 Bowen Street, which had been in use since 1969, was about to be be razed for the building of the New Pembroke dormitory complex, and new quarters were provided in 1972 in the basement of Churchill House.Third World Center
J(ames) Walter Wilson (1896-1969), professor of biology, was born in Manchester, New Hampshire, on June 17, 1896.Wilson, James Walter