Encyclopedia Brunoniana

1971

  • "Actaeus," subtitled "a journal of arts and criticism published at Brown University," appeared in two issues in January and May 1971, published under the auspices of the Brown Literary Board.Actaeus
  • In 1971 the Afro-American Studies Program, the undergraduate Afro-American Society and the Graduate Minority Association received Churchill House for use as as academic and cultural center.Afro-American Studies
  • In April 1971 the new group performed Bass’s "Black Masque."Afro-American Studies
  • After the merger of Pembroke College with Brown University in 1971, the alumnae clubs began to merge with the Brown Clubs.Alumnae Association
  • The building continued to be identified by its two sections, Ames House and Howell House until about 1971, when the name of Howell House was applied to the entire building (now identified as 153-155 Thayer Street).Ames House
  • Karl Brooke Anderson retired from Brown in 1957, but remained active, and took part in a Vietnam war demonstration in Newport in 1971.Anderson, Karl Brooke
  • The fellowships, originally intended for male students, were extended in 1971 to include women students, the first of whom was Barbara Reisman ’71.Arnold Fellowships
  • The List Art Building, designed by Phillip Johnson and opened in 1971, provided lecture rooms, studios, and exhibition space in the David Winton Bell Gallery.Art
  • Athletic directors at Brown have been Fred Eugene Parker from 1895 to 1903, Frederick W. Marvel from 1903 to 1938, Thomas W. Taylor from 1938 to 1942, Walter H. Snell, acting director from January to June 1943 and director until 1946, Paul F. Mackesey from 1947 to 1962, Edward R. Durgin from 1962 to 1963, Philip R. Theibert from 1963 to 1968, John M. Heffernan from 1968 to 1971, Ferdinand A.Athletics
  • "Andy" Geiger from 1971 to 1975, Robert A. Seiple from 1975 to 1979, and John C. Parry from 1979 to 1990.Athletics
  • There have been only four editors of the "Monthly," Henry Robinson Palmer, from 1900 to 1931, W. Chesley Worthington from 1931 to 1968, Robert A. Reichley, 1968 to 1971, and Robert M. "Dusty" Rhodes, who has been editor since March of 1971.BAM Brown Alumni Monthly
  • After that, Bill Livesey (43-41-5) coached from 1969 to 1971, and George Woodworth (60-91-4) coached from 1972 to 1980.Baseball
  • Albert Arnold Bennett (1888-1971), professor of mathematics, was born on June 2, 1888 in Yokohama, Japan, where his father, Albert A. Bennett 1872, was a missionary and president of the Baptist Theological Seminary.Bennett, Albert A. ’10
  • Albert A. ’10 Bennett retired from Brown, but continued teaching courses at Southern Illinois University, the University of Rhode Island, and Boston College, where he was teaching the week before his death in Providence on February 17, 1971 at the age of 83.Bennett, Albert A. ’10
  • Samuel John Berard (1875-1971), professor of engineering, was born in 1875.Berard, Samuel J.
  • Samuel J. Berard died in Florida on November 21, 1971.Berard, Samuel J.
  • Leighton Teeterick Bohl (1889-1971), professor of engineering, was born in Osceolo, Ohio, on July 23, 1889.Bohl, Leighton T.
  • Leighton T. Bohl died on June 1, 1971 in Providence.Bohl, Leighton T.
  • John Nicholas Brown went to Harvard, but continued his association with Brown as a Trustee from 1930 to 1935, when he became a Fellow, and as Secretary of the Corporation from 1963 to 1971.Brown family
  • After the merger of Pembroke College with Brown University in 1971 the "Liber Brunensis" was the yearbook for both men and women students.Brun Mael
  • The name, East Campus, was made official in June 1971.Bryant College
  • In 1971 the Cammarian Club, recognizing that its role as intermediary between the students and the administration was no longer necessary now that students were allowed to sit on various University committees, voted itself out of existence.Cammarian Club
  • Richard Salomon ’32 (1979-1988) was chief executive officer of Lanvin-Charles of the Ritz from 1936 to 1971 and chairman of the board of the New York Public Library from 1977 to 1988.Chancellors
  • In 1971 the Episcopal College Church merged with the Protestant congregation of Manning Chapel to form the University Church, which continued the services in St. Stephen’s.Chapel
  • In 1971 Rabbi Richard Marker became an additional Jewish chaplain with his appointment financed by Brown, National Hillel, and the Jewish Federation in Providence.Chapel
  • When the dance was resumed in 1971, the seniors had lost interest, and the Alumni Office took over the running of the dance, at which seniors constituted only 15 per cent of the 4,200 attendance.Class Day
  • S(amuel) Foster Damon (1893-1971), professor of English, was born in Newton, Massachusetts, on February 12, 1893.Damon, Samuel Foster
  • Samuel Foster Damon also wrote published in 1971 "The Moulton Tragedy, a heroic poem with lyrics," which he had been writing since 1928 and of which a number of excerpts had been printed since the 1930s in "Poetry" magazine and other periodicals.Damon, Samuel Foster
  • He also received an honorary Litt.D. degree from Brown in 1968, awarded with a citation which began: Damon died on December 25, 1971 in Smithfield, Rhode Island.Damon, Samuel Foster
  • Robert O. Schulze was the Dean of the College from 1964 to 1968, followed by F. Donald Eckelmann from 1968 to 1971.Dean
  • 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
  • Robert W. Kenny was acting dean during Miss Lewis’ illness in 1960-61, and Rosemary Pierrel was dean from 1961 until the office was discontinued in 1971, when Pembroke College was merged with Brown University.Dean
  • Gordon R. Dewart was named assistant dean of the college in 1962, associate dean in 1964, and associate dean of academic affairs in 1971.Dewart, Gordon R.
  • John Lucas took over as producer in 1971, and served in that capacity until 1974.Dramatics
  • New faculty members in the 1970s included Allan Feldman in 1971, J. Vernon Henderson and William Poole in 1974, and in the 1980s Louis Putterman in 1980, Rajiv Vohra in 1983, Oded Galor and Robert Moffitt in 1984, Peter Garber in 1985, Talbot Page in 1986, Anthony Lancaster in 1987, and Mark Pitt in 1989.Economics
  • The Fencing Club was reestablished in the fall of 1971 through the efforts of Professor Duncan Smith, who borrowed equipment from the Pembroke Fencing Club and attracted eighteen students, eight of whom were still involved by November and being coached by Smith and a special student and sabre fencer, Chuck Dillon.Fencing
  • 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
  • In 1971 President Hornig had made a statement that football like anything else at Brown should be first-class.Football
  • In 1971 and 1972 Brown lost eighteen of nineteen games.Football
  • In 1971 an agreement had been made to exchange books and periodicals.Foreign study programs
  • The Brown chapter disappeared in 1971.Fraternities
  • Golf became a recognized sport in 1920, and over the years had a few highly successful seasons, which occurred in 1931, 1941, 1949, 1955, 1956, 1968, 1971, 1972, and 1975.Golf
  • 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
  • Anthropology professor Jane Dwyer was director of the museum from 1971 until her death in 1982.Haffenreffer Museum
  • In addition "Hellcoal Annual" appeared in 1971, "Hellcoal First Edition Series" in 1972, "Hellcoal Playbook Series" in 1973, and "Hellcoal Review," a continuation of the "Hellcoal Annual" in 1978.Hellcoal Press
  • David Pingree joined the department in 1971.History of Mathematics
  • McGill came to Brown to play in 1971.Hockey
  • Since 1971 the Athletic Hall of Fame has been an added attraction on Friday evening.Homecoming
  • Important events during Hornig’s administration were the merger of Brown and Pembroke into a fully coeducational institution in 1971 and the development of a full M.D. degree-granting medical program.Hornig, Donald F.
  • In 1971 the name, Howell House, was applied to the whole house.Howell House
  • "Ishmael," a literary periodical containing fiction, poetry, and graphics was first published by Big Fish Productions in the spring of 1971.Ishmael
  • "Issues" came out for the first time on January 4, 1971, a fourteen page journal featuring the new curriculum and resistance to the Vietnam war and including an article by William Stringfellow and a sermon by Daniel Berrigan.Issues
  • In 1971, when Jewish students accounted for twenty-five per cent of the enrollment, Brown appointed the first university-sponsored Jewish chaplain in the Ivy League.Jews
  • In 1970 Barnaby C. Keeney became chief executive officer of the Consortium of Universities of Washington, D.C., and in June 1971 he became the first president of Claremont Graduate School.Keeney, Barnaby C.
  • Hunter Kellenberger retired in 1971 and died on April 12, 1975 in Providence.Kellenberger, Hunter
  • Robert W. Kenny retired in 1971.Kenny, Robert W.
  • His teams reached the NCAA quarterfinals three times, in 1971, 1973, and 1976.Lacrosse
  • In 1971 the Sciences Library with room for 450,000 volumes brought together the Biological Sciences Library and the Physical Sciences Library.Library
  • List Art Building was completed in 1971, six years after the building project was launched by a donation by Mr. and Mrs. Albert List, private collectors and art patrons.List Art Building
  • The building, named the Albert and Vera List Art Building, was dedicated on October 8, 1971 at exercises at which art historian Kenneth Clark delivered an address.List Art Building
  • 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
  • A new concentration in non-Western music was added in 1971.Music
  • In 1971, when enrollment in applied music had increased 300% in the preceding five years, students sought more space for the Music Department by staging a demonstration in University Hall.Music
  • Thomas A. Mutch was chairman of the Department of Geological Sciences from 1968 to 1971.Mutch, Thomas A.
  • Editors of the "Pembroke Alumna" were Polly Welts Kaufman ’51 from October 1957 to January 1968, Sally Kappelman Riggs ’62 from April 1968 to July 1971, after which the "Pembroke Alumna" merged with the "Brown Alumni Monthly."Pembroke Alumna
  • Nancy Duke Lewis was dean from 1950 to 1961, and Rosemary Pierrel from 1961 to 1971.Pembroke College
  • On July 1, 1971, the offices of the two colleges for admission, financial aid, placement, housing, and counseling were merged in the final act of making Brown a truly coeducational university.Pembroke College
  • In 1971 the Brown Club of Rhode Island raised funds to convert the Pembroke Field House into an alumni center.Pembroke Field
  • Charles Horace Philbrick (1922-1971), professor of English, was born in Providence on December 12, 1922.Philbrick, Charles H.
  • Charles H. Philbrick died on April 4, 1971 in Providence.Philbrick, Charles H.
  • In 1971, upon the merger of Brown and Pembroke, the physical education programs of the two colleges were consolidated under Arlene Gorton ’52, who had succeeded Miss Rudd, as director, and the requirements were removed.Physical Education
  • Redding became professor of American history and civilization at George Washington University in 1969, and from 1971 until his retirement in 1975 he was Ernest I.Redding, Jay Saunders
  • On September 14, 1971 (75 years to the day after its incorporation) the Society, which had become known as RISCEW or the "society with the long name," came to an end at a final luncheon featuring physical education director Bessie Rudd, who spoke on the history of the Society.Rhode Island Society for the Collegiate Education of Women
  • The Sciences Library opened in December 1971 after 31 months of construction beset by many delays.Sciences Library
  • Charles "Chip" Young ’72 made the All-Ivy team three times from 1969 to 1971.Soccer
  • In the summer of 1971 a new six-lane rubberized track of uniform width (the old one varied in width) was installed around the football field at an estimated cost of $40,000.Stadium
  • In 1971 two new cooperative houses on Charles Field Street were opened.Student housing
  • Joe Watmough coached for 28 years, from 1943 to 1971.Swimming
  • Edward Reed was named coach in 1971.Swimming
  • Florence Filippo coached in 1971 and 1972, and Lynda Calkins from 1974 to 1978.Swimming
  • Coaches of women’s tennis have been Pat Schiltz from 1958 to 1964, Jan Lutz from 1964 to 1971, Joan Taylor from 1971 to 1978, Bill Cullen from 1978 to 1982, and Paul Moses from 1982 to 1985.Tennis
  • From 1960 until his resignation in 1971 William Freeman Twaddell was chairman of the Department of Linguistics.Twaddell, William Freeman
  • The regular schedule of extension courses came to an end in 1971.University Extension
  • The directors of University Extension who followed Jacobs were C. Emanuel Ekstrom in 1931, Gilbert E. Case in 1950, Hazel M. Woodmansee in 1960, and Charlotte Lowney Tomas ’57 in 1971.University Extension
  • Urban Studies became recognized when President Hornig established a Committee on Urban Studies with Professor Benjamin Chinitz as chairman in July 1971.Urban Studies
  • Volleyball was played by a coed team in 1971, which won every game in its first varsity season.Volleyball
  • The Watson report, officially the "Report of the Committee on Plans and Resources," was the result of a self-study requested by President Hornig in October 1971.Watson Report
  • In 1971, after WBRU-FM increased its power to 50,000 watts and moved its transmitting equipment to the roof of the Sciences Library, some interference was created with electronic equipment in the Barus-Holley Building and Prince Engineering Laboratory, but the most unusual development was that monkeys who had electrodes implanted for reading their brain waves were tuned into WBRU.WBRU
  • The wrestling coaches who followed Anderton were John F. Huntsman in 1963-64, Robert M. Litchard from 1964 to 1967, Mike Koval from 1967 to 1971, Jim Brumbaugh from 1971 to 1974; Joe Wirth from 1974 to 1980; Jim Tressler from 1980 to 1983; and Dave Amato since 1983.Wrestling