In 1972 forty freshmen on the deferred admission plan chose to take a year off before beginning their studies.Admission
A new emphasis on attracting transfer students resulted in the admission of more than one hundred in 1972, compared to twenty the year before.Admission
The affirmative action report required by the federal government in 1972 indicated that Brown had 19 black faculty members out of a total of 607.African Americans
The number of black students had risen from 85 (2.3 per cent) in 1968 to 417 (8.9 per cent) in 1972.African Americans
In 1972 the Society moved to Churchill House and changed its name to the Organization of United African Peoples (OUAP), The controversy over the change of name pitted those students who believed the organization ought to concern itself with University issues against those who felt it should be a black nationalist group concerned with community and even international issues.African Americans
Among the executive secretaries of the Association were Elizabeth L. Young ’24 from 1927 to 1929, Gertrude Allen McConnell ’10 from 1929 to 1955, Doris Hopkins Stapelton ’28 from 1955 to 1972, and Mary Louise Reece Barksdale ’51 in 1972-73.Alumnae Association
After the building of the Sciences Library, Angell Hall, whose tenants had removed to the new bio-medical buildings, was razed in September 1972 to make room for the landscaped entrance to the Library.Angell Hall
The first Ph.D. in anthropology was awarded in 1972.Anthropology
Women’s intercollegiate athletics, which had been funded as a student activity, began to share in the funds for all University athletic programs in 1973-74, following the Title IX legislation of the Educational Amendments to the Higher Education Act of 1972, and fifteen varsity level women’s teams were established.Athletics
After that, Bill Livesey (43-41-5) coached from 1969 to 1971, and George Woodworth (60-91-4) coached from 1972 to 1980.Baseball
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
Under coach James G. "Gerry" Alaimo ’58 the team improved slowly, and in 1972-73 had its first winning season since 1959-60, as five sophomores, Phil Brown ’75, Jim Busam ’75, Vaughan Clarke ’75, Lloyd Desvigne ’75, and Eddie Morris ’75, finished 14-12 and third in the Ivy League, and went on to 17-9 and a tie for second in the league in 1973-74, and 14-12 and a tie for third in 1974-75.Basketball
The women’s teams have been coached by Mary Avery in 1958, Sarah Phillips in 1960, Jan Lutz in 1972-73, Gail Davis from 1973 to 1975; Carole Kleinfelder from 1975-76, Gail Klock from 1976 to 1980; Maureen Enos from 1980 to 1988; and Jean Marie Burr since 1988.Basketball
Dr. Pierre Galletti, M.D. was chairman of the division from 1968 to 1972.Biology
The program, which offers an undergraduate concentration in the ethical problems raised by recent advances in biology and medicine, was a result of informal meetings beginning about 1972 of a group of professors who met to exchange views on medical ethics.Biomedical ethics
The first woman to receive a Brown Bear Award was Doris Hopkins Stapelton ’28 in 1972.Brown Bear awards
By 1972 the back section of the building had been removed and converted into a parking area.Bryant College
In 1972 the Afro-American Society, the Afro-American Studies Program, and the Graduate Minority Association moved into the building.Churchill House
Rosalie Littell Colie (1924-1972), professor of comparative literature and first woman department chairman, was born in New York City in 1924.Colie, Rosalie L.
This occurred only months before Rosalie L. Colie's brilliant academic career was cut short by her untimely death on July 7, 1972, in an accident in which her canoe overturned in the Lieutenant River in Old Lyme, Connecticut.Colie, Rosalie L.
The person most honored by the seniors was Professor Barrett Hazeltine, who was cited in 1972 and every year after that, until 1977, when he was declared the first member of the "Senior Class Hall of Fame," for persons who received the citation five times.Commencement
Coached by Barbara Tannenbaum, the team placed fourth in a national debating tournament in 1972.Debating
Caminos became chairman of the department in 1972, when Parker retired, and was in turn succeeded by Leonard H. Lesko in 1981.Egyptology
At the dedication of Prince Engineering Laboratory in 1962, Professor Paul Symonds explained the philosophy of engineering education at Brown: An experimental program, "Technology and Society," begun in the fall of 1972, designed to introduce engineering technology to students not specializing in engineering, was developed with a grant from the Westinghouse Educational Foundation.Engineering
In 1972 the total enrollment topped 6,000 with 4,879 undergraduates, 40 percent of them women, and 1,357 graduate students.Enrollment
In 1972-73 the number of students interested in fencing had increased to more than eighty.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 and 1972 Brown lost eighteen of nineteen games.Football
It was finally razed in 1972 from the lot in front of the Sciences Library.Fraternities
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
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
In 1972 the Pandas, with Tom Garland ’74 as coach, entered and won the Loyola Invitational Tournament by defeating Cornell 2-1 in overtime and Loyola 5-4 in double overtime, after Susie Barnes ’72 scored the tying goal with only three seconds left in regulation play.Hockey
Marcia Hoffer ’71 coached with Tom Garland in 1972-73.Hockey
Volume 2, appearing in 1972-73, was identified as "the cooperative literary-arts magazine of Brown University and the Rhode Island School of Design."Ishmael
The November 1972 issue carried the subtitle "The Brown Review," included letters from readers, and introduced departments into its table of contents.Issues
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
In 1972, when Lyman Hall was vacated by the ROTC, a team from the architectural firm of Sasaki, Dawson, DeMay Associates of Watertown, Massachusetts, recommended that the building be renovated for an experimental theatre and that the adjoining Colgate Hoyt Pool be made into a dance studio.Lyman Hall
The medical graduates of the classes of 1969 through 1972 all transferred to the third year of conventional medical schools.Medical education
In 1972 a program in medicine leading to the Doctor of Medicine degree was incorporated into the Division of Biology and Medicine with provisional accreditation and an entering class of sixty.Medical education
Pierre M. Galletti, who had been chairman of the Division of Biological and Medical Sciences since 1968, was named Vice-President for Biology and Medicine in 1972.Medical 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
When the physical education requirement was dropped, the club teams suffered for several years, but various physical education staff members, often coaching two sports per season, kept the "club" spirit alive until the 1972 Olympics and Title IX sparked a revived interest in both voluntary physical education classes and intercollegiate competition.Physical Education
Cooper was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1972 (with Bardeen and superconductivity.Physics
The Resumed Undergraduate Education Program began in 1973, having been approved by the faculty in the fall of 1972 as an experimental six-year program to enroll students who had been away from formal study for at least five years and were at least 25 years old.Resumed Undergraduate Education Program
The 1970 freshman crew won an IRA championship, and Brown won the Ivy League title in 1972.Rowing
Brown finished third in the Ivy League in 1972, but it was a good year, as Brown won its first New England championship since 1968, and the team scored the most goals in a season, 57, and the most points, 93.Soccer
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.
Florence Filippo coached in 1971 and 1972, and Lynda Calkins from 1974 to 1978.Swimming
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
The campus program was revived in 1972 under the name, "The Summer of ’72," and has developed into the Continuing College, which offers a variety of programs designed to cultivate the alumni education.University Extension
In the spring of 1972 the committee sponsored a lecture series, "Campaign ’72: The Urban Issues."Urban Studies
Ten students graduated with an independent concentration in urban studies in 1972, and twenty in 1973.Urban Studies