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1978

  • On February 1, 1978, Shaun D. Braun became president of the Undergraduate Council of Students and the first black woman to head the student body of an Ivy League College.African Americans
  • Alaimo left in 1978 with an 88-148 record, 57-59 in the Ivy League.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
  • In 1960 "Bear Facts" was a joint publication of the University Christian Association and the "Liber Brunensis," in 1961 was published for the University Christian Association by Liber Brunensis Publications, and was published by Liber Brunensis Publications from 1962 until 1978, when it was taken over by the Office of the Dean of Freshmen.Bear Facts
  • When his work day happened to coincide with the Great Blizzard of 1978, Leicester Bradner found himself trapped in Providence, sleeping on the floor of the Holiday Inn until he was able to make his way through the East Side Tunnel to the home of Professor Andrew Sabol, and at the end of the week to return to his home in Wickford.Bradner, Leicester
  • The Center for Environmental Studies was established in May 1978.Center for Environmental Studies
  • The Center for Old World Archaeology and Art was founded in 1978 to bring together the scholars with this common interest from the Departments of Classics, Art, History, Religious Studies, and Egyptology.Center for Old World Archaeology and Art
  • Later minority chaplains were Reverend Darryl Smaw, a Baptist minister appointed in 1978, and Daphne Wiggins, also a Baptist minister, from 1985 to 1991.Chapel
  • After retiring in 1978 Herman B. Chase went back to New Hampton and for five years was chairman of the science department at the Sant Bani Ashram School.Chase, Herman B.
  • In 1978 it became the Center for Neural Sciences, with faculty members from the Departments of Psychology, Linguistics, Engineering, Physics, Applied Mathematics, and Biomedical Science, to facilitate interdisciplinary research projects.Cognitive and Linguistic Sciences
  • After the pilot program was incorporated as a non-profit organization and Susan Stroud was named director, the operation moved to Brown University in 1978 at her request.College Venture Program
  • A major change in 1978 involved the traditional line of march.Commencement
  • Glicksman served in both capacities until he was named Provost and Dean of the Faculty in 1978.Dean
  • This course, the basic course in acting and directing, became Theatre Arts 23-24 in 1978, when the Department of Theatre Arts was established.Dramatics
  • Lucas became the Summer Theatre’s full time director in 1978.Dramatics
  • The Department of Theatre Arts, with Professor James O. Barnhill as chairman, was created in 1978, at the time when Lyman Hall was being remodeled into a theatre.Dramatics
  • In 1978 for the first time there were more women than men in the freshman class.Enrollment
  • Duncan Smith had been a visiting professor at William Pieck and Hans-Joachim Bernard of that university had come to Brown in the spring of 1978.Foreign study programs
  • The chapter was suspended in 1978, was later revitalized as Phi Psi, and reaffiliated with Phi Kappa Psi in 1984.Fraternities
  • "The Campaign for Brown," launched in 1978, had as its five-year goal $158 million for endowment, current use, renovation of the John Hay Library and a number of departmental buildings, and new facilities for chemistry and geology.Fund-raising
  • Both George and his wife had celebrated their 89th birthday on Christmas Day in 1978.George, Robert H.
  • In 1978, to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the Graduate School, citations "for distinguished contributions to society through scholarship or related professional activity" were awarded to alumni of the Graduate School for the first time.Graduate School Convocation
  • 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
  • Mayo Dyer Hersey (1886-1978), professor of engineering, was born in Pawtuxet Neck, Rhode Island, on August 30, 1886.Hersey, Mayo D.
  • Mayo D. Hersey died on September 5, 1978 in Providence.Hersey, Mayo D.
  • Albert Ford Hinrichs (1899-1978), professor of economics, was born in Brooklyn, New York, on September 20, 1899.Hinrichs, Albert F.
  • Albert F. Hinrichs died on October 12, 1978 in Washington.Hinrichs, Albert F.
  • Mary Gluck (intellectual history) came in 1978, Naomi Lamoreux (American economic history) in 1979, and Joan Richards (history of science) in 1981.History
  • Coach Toomey’s record from 1974 to 1978 was 73-44-2.Hockey
  • After seven years of no hockey at Brown and an informal team in 1946-47, the coaches were Westcott E. S. Moulton from 1947 to 1952, Donald Whiston from 1952 to 1955, James Fullerton from 1955 to 1970, J. Allan Soares from 1970 to 1974, Richard Toomey from 1974 to 1978, Paul Schilling from 1978 to 1982, Herbert Hammond from 1982 to 1988, and Bob Gaudet, whose four-year record frow 1988 to 1992 was 15-19-6.Hockey
  • In April 1978 "Issues" assumed a tabloid format and a new subtitle, "The Weekly Magazine," as it switched from monthly to weekly publication.Issues
  • In October 1978, the magazine was once again a monthly.Issues
  • In 1978 it was revealed that Keeney had worked for the Central Intelligence Agency while he was president of Brown.Keeney, Barnaby C.
  • Among the best seasons for women’s lacrosse were 1977 with 8-0-2, in 1978 with 10-4, in 1986 with 8-4, and 1989 with 10-4.Lacrosse
  • In 1978 a new undergraduate concentration, Health and Society, open to premedical students and others, was created, with a curriculum in the three major areas of health behavior and the social conditions of illness, the organization of health services, and research methods as appled to health services.Medical education
  • His field was planetary geology, and Thomas A. Mutch published an important text, "Geology of the Moon," in 1970, and also "Geology of Mars" in 1976, and "The Martian Landscape" in 1978.Mutch, Thomas A.
  • The course in which students read journals of explorers whetted the appetites for real exploration, and in 1978, after much planning and a preliminary climbing trail on Mount Olympus in Washington State, Mutch and 32 students and professors attempted the climb of Devistan, a 21,904 mountain in the Himalayas.Mutch, Thomas A.
  • In 1978, when Maurice Glicksman assumed the office of provost, he continued with many of his former responsibilities as Dean of the Faculty and Academic Affairs, and was given a new title, Provost and Dean of the Faculty.Provost
  • The Provosts of Brown have been: [Updated June 1, 2015]Provost
  • The second shell obtained in 1978 was named for Judy and Paul Maddock ’33, and a launch acquired the same year was named for Marjorie and Stan Smith ’21.Rowing
  • Bessie Huntting Rudd (1895-1978), director of physical education at Pembroke College, was born in Albion, New York, on June 4, 1895.Rudd, Bessie H.
  • Bessie H. Rudd died in Providence on January 11, 1978.Rudd, Bessie H.
  • In 1978 the team won its third Ivy League title after finishing second in the Boston Dinghy Championships and in the Owen Trophy competition, with skippers Martha Starkweather and Nat Philbrick in the A Division and Reed Baer and Helen Ciriello in the B Division.Sailing
  • During Stevenson’s thirty-one years of coaching at Brown his record was 251-160-30, and his teams had 24 winning seasons, captured ten Ivy League and seven New England titles, and advanced to the NCAA playoffs thirteen times (eleven of them from 1968 to 1978), and to the semifinals four times, in 1968, 1973, 1975, and 1977.Soccer
  • Women’s soccer became an Ivy League sport in 1978.Soccer
  • Gail Klock’s teams in 1977 and 1978 had losing seasons.Softball
  • Merton P. Stoltz retired in 1978.Stoltz, Merton P.
  • Brown awarded him an honorary LL.D. degree in 1978.Stoltz, Merton P.
  • From 1978-79 to 1987 Brown had ten balanced budgets and the endowment increased from $95.4 million to $356.7 million.Swearer, Howard R.
  • Florence Filippo coached in 1971 and 1972, and Lynda Calkins from 1974 to 1978.Swimming
  • In Dave Roach’s eight years as coach from 1978 to 1986, the team won three consecutive Ivy League championships in 1983, 1984, and 1985.Swimming
  • Dave Roach, who began coaching the women’s team in 1978, had a 74-6-1 record for the next seven years; Mark Johnston’s record since 1986 is 43-16 overall and 24-11 in the Ivy League.Swimming
  • Jim Dougherty coached from 1965 to 1975, Dave Johnson in 1977-78, and William Cullen from 1978 to 1982.Tennis
  • 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
  • Theatre Arts became a separate department on July 1, 1978, after 77 years as part of the English Department.Theatre Arts
  • Frederick Neale Tompkins (1893-1978), professor of electrical engineering, was born in Providence on September 30, 1893.Tompkins, Frederick N.
  • Frederick N. Tompkins died on June 19, 1978 in Providence.Tompkins, Frederick N.
  • In the spring of 1978 the women’s track team, with a 4-1 dual meet record, became the first Brown women’s team to win an Ivy League championship.Track
  • Otto Van Koppenhagen (1895-1978), professor of music, was born in Arnheim, The Netherlands, on January 19, 1895.Van Koppenhagen, Otto
  • Otto Van Koppenhagen died in Providence on his eighty-third birthday, January 19, 1978.Van Koppenhagen, Otto
  • Under coach Cathy Fulford, who came in 1978, the teams progressed from a 7-17 first year record in 1978 through five 20-win seasons from 1980 to 1984 to the Ivy League championship in 1988, becoming the first team other than Princeton or Penn to win since volleyball became a League sport in 1977.Volleyball
  • Hyatt H. Waggoner was instrumental in authenticating Hawthorne’s "lost notebook" in 1978.Waggoner, Hyatt H.
  • The idea for the Collegium grew from the cooperation of Dean Walter Massey, Professor George Morgan, and others, who throughout the year 1978-79 met to consider the best support for an interdisciplinary and experimental curriculum.Wayland Collegium for Liberal Learning
  • Henry Merritt Wriston (1889-1978), eleventh president of Brown University, was born in Laramie, Wyoming, on July 4, 1889.Wriston, Henry M.