Encyclopedia Brunoniana

1981

  • In 1981 the program was ranked in the top fifteen in the country by the Chicago Center for Afro-American Studies and ranked fourth in articles published in scholarly black studies journals and fifth in service on editorial boards of such journals.Afro-American Studies
  • Playing fields for sports other than football were laid out on Aldrich-Dexter Field, and through the years buildings for athletic purposes have been added; Meehan Auditorium, the hockey rink, in 1961; Smith Swim Center in 1972; Olney-Margolies Athletic Center in 1981; and Pizzitola Sports Center in 1989.Aldrich-Dexter Field
  • President Swearer, speaking out about the need for reform in college athletics in 1981, suggested that major college teams might give up their amateur status and become professional farm teams.Athletics
  • Dave Stenhouse, whose thirteen-year professional pitching career included stints with the Chicago Cubs and the Washington Senators, coached the Brown team from 1981 to 1990.Baseball
  • Joe Mullaney, successful coach at Providence College, took over and coached until 1981, and was followed by Mike Cingiser ’62.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 founded the Langston Hughes Society in 1981 and the next year started "The Langston Hughes Review."Bass, George H.
  • "Cities in Revolt: Urban Life in America, 1743-1776," in 1955, "Mitre and Sceptre: Transatlantic Faith, Ideas, Personalities, and Politics," in 1962, "Vexed and Troubled Englishmen, 1590-1642," in 1968, "Fat Mutton and Liberty of Conscience: Society in Rhode Island, 1636-1690," in 1974, "The Spirit of ’76: the Growth of American Patriotism before Independence," in 1975, "Jamestown, 1544-1699," in 1980, and "Early Americans," in 1981.Bridenbaugh, Carl
  • Until 1981 the Fellows were elected for life.Brown Corporation
  • Since 1981 they have been elected for eleven year terms and are eligible for reelection.Brown Corporation
  • In 1981 the Brown Press, having published only four books in the preceding five years and facing annual deficits, elected to merge with seven other university publishers in the University Press of New England, which had been founded ten years earlier at Dartmouth.Brown University Press
  • In November of 1981 the Faculty voted to change the calendar beginning with the 1983-84 academic year.Calendar
  • At its class reunion in 1981 the Class of 1926 dedicated its class memorial, a spot in back of Sayles Hall with redwood benches among the trees and shrubs which surround a bronze plaque inscribed, "The Happiest Moments of Life’s Fleeting Hours ... Class of 1926."Campus
  • With the assistance of a $221,000 grant from the Richard King Mellon Foundation in 1981, the Center created the Urban Environment Laboratory in the old Lucian Sharpe Carriage House at 135 Angell Street, turning it into a model house to show what can be accomplished in an urban environment with a solar greenhouse, insulation, water-conserving plumbing, and a recycling facility.Center for Environmental Studies
  • The Center for Foreign Policy Development was established in 1981, with Mark Garrison, former director of the State Department’s Office of Soviet Union Affairs, as director.Center for Foreign Policy Development
  • Formerly collaboration between the Department of Cognitive Sciences and the Center for Neural Sciences had been fostered by the Institute for Cognitive and Neural Research, which was created in May 1981.Cognitive and Linguistic Sciences
  • Until 1981 the Fellows were elected for life.Corporation
  • Since 1981 they have been elected for eleven year terms and are eligible for reelection.Corporation
  • In the fall of 1981 the theatre arts programs at Brown, Providence College and Rhode Island College combined to present the first Shakespeare festival in Rhode Island, entitled "Trilogy of Kings."Dramatics
  • Kikuko Yamashita joined the Japanese staff in 1981.East Asian Studies
  • Caminos became chairman of the department in 1972, when Parker retired, and was in turn succeeded by Leonard H. Lesko in 1981.Egyptology
  • Claus Emanuel Ekstrom (1892-1981), professor of education, was born in Falkenberg, Sweden, on November 5, 1892.Ekstrom, Claus Emanuel
  • Claus Emanuel Ekstrom died on November 22, 1981 in Middletown, Rhode Island.Ekstrom, Claus Emanuel
  • Four structures together with the playing fields make up the athletic complex: Meehan Auditorium, the ice rink built in 1961, Smith Swimming Center, built in 1973, Olney-Margolies Athletic Center, built in 1981, and Pizzitola Sports Center, completed in 1989.Erickson Athletic Complex
  • In 1981, the local fraternity Delta Tau was evicted from South Wayland Hall on charges of vandalism.Fraternities
  • In the spring of 1981 the Brown Regional Planetary Data Center was opened at the Sciences Library and dedicated to the memory of Thomas A. Mutch, who formed Brown’s planetary geology group of faculty members and graduate students who study the surfaces of planets.Geology
  • When Brown conferred an honorary degree upon him in 1981, the citation observed, "We feel sure that you will not lose your love for research on basic problems, especially as carried out in your floating laboratory on Narragansett Bay."Gibbs, Julian H.
  • Mary Gluck (intellectual history) came in 1978, Naomi Lamoreux (American economic history) in 1979, and Joan Richards (history of science) in 1981.History
  • The Pandas tied with Cornell for the Ivy League championship in 1981 and won it outright in 1985.Hockey
  • The John Hay Library was completely renovated under the direction of Shepley, Bulfinch, Richardson and Abbott, and was rededicated on September 21, 1981.John Hay Library
  • At Commencement of 1981 Reinhard Kuhn was awarded a posthumous senior citation.Kuhn, Reinhard
  • Bill Aliber ’83 made the All-Ivy team three times from 1981 to 1983, as did Darren Lowe ’92 from 1990 to 1992.Lacrosse
  • Candis Russell coached from 1981 to 1987, and Wendy Anderson from 1988 to 1992.Lacrosse
  • Andrew Hamilton MacPhail (1891-1981), professor of educational psychology, was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, on August 16, 1891.MacPhail, Andrew H.
  • Andrew H. MacPhail retired in 1956 and died on January 2, 1981 in Holyoke, Massachusetts.MacPhail, Andrew H.
  • Stanley M. Aronson was appointed Dean of Medical Affairs in 1973, and was Dean of Medicine from 1976 to 1981.Medical education
  • David S. Greer was Dean of Medicine from 1981 to 1992.Medical education
  • On January 7, 1981, the Viking Lander 1 Spacecraft was named for him and a plaque prepared to be placed on the craft when the first manned mission lands on Mars was inscribed: "Thomas A. Mutch Memorial Station.Mutch, Thomas A.
  • The Olney-Margolies Athletic Center was dedicated on October 31, 1981.Olney-Margolies Athletic Center
  • The Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women was established in 1981 and was dedicated in March 1982 during Women’s History Week.Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women
  • "Proteus," "the journal of undergraduate literature studies at Brown University," was first published in the fall of 1981.Proteus
  • Subsequent conferences have been on the subjects: "Mass Media and the Elections" (1981), Who Will Save the American City?"Providence Journal–Brown University Public Affairs Conference
  • Jay Saunders Redding was a member of the Board of Fellows of Brown University from 1969 to 1981.Redding, Jay Saunders
  • Jay Fluck ’65 became a volunteer coach in 1981 and has continued to coach since then.Rugby

  • A reader adds that Brown Rugby also won the Ivy League championships in 1980, with Jay Fluck as a part-time coach, and that Brian Moynihan ’81 was captain of the team in 1981.Rugby
  • Brown placed second in the Ivy League in 1981 and 1983, fourth in the EAIAW in 1981.Soccer
  • Two others were named three times, Frances Fusco ’83 from 1979 to 1981, and Michelle Mosher ’83 from 1980 to 1982.Soccer
  • After Pincince’s first two years Brown has had consecutive winning seasons since 1981, and the women’s softball team won the Ivy title in 1982, tied with Princeton in 1986, came in second in the league in 1988, and won the championship again in 1990.Softball
  • The best years for women’s squash were 1980-81 (7-4), 1981-82 (7-4), and 1986-87 (8-2).Squash
  • On October 15, 1981, William Casey, director of the Central Intelligence Agency came to Brown to deliver the second lecture in a series on national security issues sponsored by the John M. Olin Foundation.Student protests
  • Felipe Floresca ’73 was appointed coordinator in April 1980, and was succeeded by Robert G. Lee in October 1981.Third World Center
  • Sue Latter Addison coached for one year in 1981-82.Track
  • In 1980, when WHJY switched from "beautiful music" to rock/heavy metal, WBRU lost its audience, ratings dropped, and the station was saved from backruptcy in 1981 by a $230,000 Brown-backed bank loan.WBRU