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1983

  • The Brown University Sports Foundation was established in 1983 to help the Brown athletic program and the University by raising money for sports programs so that more of the University funds formerly spent on sports could be directed to other needs.Athletics
  • The foundation was officially launched on September 30, 1983, with exercises at which a ten-foot sculptured University coat of arms on the Olney-Margolies Athletic Center was unveiled.Athletics
  • John F. "Jay" Barry ’50 was assistant and associate editor from 1955 to 1983.BAM Brown Alumni Monthly
  • 1975-1976, 1977-78, 1989-90, and 1990-91, and won the championship in 1983-84, 1984-85 (shared with Princeton), and 1991-92.Basketball
  • Blistein House at 57 Waterman Street, was dedicated at Commencement, 1983, in honor of Professor of English Elmer M. Blistein ’42, as a gift of Philip S. Hayes ’53.Blistein House
  • In November of 1981 the Faculty voted to change the calendar beginning with the 1983-84 academic year.Calendar
  • The Center is last mentioned in the University catalogue for 1983-85, and was dissolved during that time.Center for Energy Studies
  • On November 17, 1983, fifty years to the day from the resumption of diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union, the Center, with the World Affairs Council of Rhode Island, the Council for International Studies at Brown, and the Rhode Island Committee for the Humanities, sponsored a lecture by George Kennan.Center for Foreign Policy Development
  • The Center for the Comparative Study of Development was established in 1983 to facilitate research and teaching in the problems of socioeconomic development, with Morris D. Morris, Henry R. Luce Professor of the Comparative Study of Development, as director.Center for the Comparative Study of Development
  • Sister of Mercy Mary Lomax came to supply the Catholic chaplaincy in 1983, while David Inman was acting director of student activities.Chapel
  • In 1983 a report on the chaplaincy concluded that the position of coordinating chaplain should be established and supported by the University, and that the University seek funding for chaplains with special responsibilities.Chapel
  • The title of the office was changed in 1983 to Dean of the Graduate School and Research, and has been held by Mark B. Schupack from 1983 to 1986 and by Phillip J. Stiles since 1986.Dean
  • Classes in Hindi were started in 1983 by Lecturer Robert Hueckstedt, and ended in 1988.East Asian Studies
  • 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
  • Julie Dickson coached from 1979 to 1983 with a record of 16-42-12.Field Hockey
  • In 1983 the Brown team was invited to play Penn State by coach Joe Paterno.Football
  • "Rip" Engle (28-20-4) from 1943 to 1949, when he left for Penn State and took Joe Paterno with him; Gregory "Gus" Zitrides (1-8-0) in 1950; Alva E. Kelley (31-39-2) from 1951 to 1958; John J. McLaughry (17-51-3) from 1959 to 1966; Len Jardine (9-44-1) from 1967 to 1973; John Anderson (60-39-3) from 1973 to 1983; and John Rosenberg (23-33-3) from 1984 to 1989.Football
  • Delta Phi left the national fraternity in 1966, partly because of a disagreement over lifetime national dues, and continued as Delta Phi Omega until its reaffiliation with Delta Phi in 1983.Fraternities
  • One hundred fifty years later, in 1983, Delta Psi was reestablished at Brown as a coed literary fraternity, and was housed in King House, known to the fraternity as St. Anthony Hall, the name traditionally given to the chapter houses of Delta Psi on other campuses.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
  • After being reaffiliated in 1983 with Phi Delta Theta, the chapter lost its housing in the Wriston Quadrangle in 1985 because of vandalism, and the University ceased to recognize its charter.Fraternities
  • Zeta Psi began to initiate women members in 1983, and in 1986 withdrew from the national fraternity to become Zeta Delta Xi.Fraternities
  • A sculpture in the lobby of the building by Robert Scofield was dedicated in 1983 by the Chemistry Department to the memory of Professor William T. King.Geology-Chemistry Research Building
  • Julian Howard Gibbs (1924-1983), professor of chemistry, was born in Greenfield, Massachusetts, on June 24, 1924.Gibbs, Julian H.
  • Julian H. Gibbs died suddenly in Springfield, Massachusetts on February 20, 1983, after being stricken while skiing.Gibbs, Julian H.
  • Following Dean Richardson, the deans of the Graduate School have been Barnaby C. Keeney from 1949 to 1953, Robert Bruce Lindsay from 1954 to 1966, Michael J. Brennan from 1966 to 1974, Maurice Glicksman from 1974 to 1976, Ernest S. Frerichs from 1976 to 1982, Mark B. Schupack from 1983 to 1986, and Phillip J. Stiles (as Dean of the Graduate School and Dean of Research) since 1986.Graduate School
  • The Institute for Research in Information and Scholarship (IRIS) was established at Brown in 1983 as a self-supporting institution with William Shipp as director, its goal the finding of new ways for computing technology to help scholars in their daily work.Institute for Research in Information and Scholarship
  • Wroth was librarian until 1957 and was followed by Thomas R. Adams from 1957 to 1983 and Norman Fiering since 1983.John Carter Brown Library
  • The building was enlarged in 1983, when the two million dollar Sol Koffler wing, named for its donor, the founder of the American Luggage Works, added 10,000 square feet of space.J. Walter Wilson Laboratory
  • (Israel James) Kapstein (1904-1983), professor of English, was born in Fall River, Massachusetts, on January 16, 1904.Kapstein, I. J.
  • I. J. Kapstein died in Providence on August 5, 1983.Kapstein, I. J.
  • Robert Webb "Pat" Kenny (1902-1983), professor of English, was born in Somerville, Massachusetts, on February 10, 1902.Kenny, Robert W.
  • Robert W. Kenny died in Providence on June 12, 1983.Kenny, Robert W.
  • Bill Aliber ’83 made the All-Ivy team three times from 1981 to 1983, as did Darren Lowe ’92 from 1990 to 1992.Lacrosse
  • The Centers for Alcohol Studies and for Health Care Research were established in 1983.Medical education
  • Oriental languages were first introduced in the Department of Linguistics, Chinese in 1962, Japanese in 1979, and Hindi in 1983.Modern Languages
  • In 1983 the Jabberwocks released a record called "Street Night."Musical Clubs
  • The Higher Keys, a coed "a cappella" group, was formed in 1983.Musical Clubs
  • Thomas Anton, first holder of a named chair in the department, came in 1983 as the A. Alfred Taubman Professor of American Institutions.Political Science
  • A similar chain for the chancellor was presented by the President to Chancellor Richard Salomon at the 1983 Commencement.President’s chain and pendant
  • There have been twenty recipients of the medal: William Williams Keen in 1925, Charles Evans Hughes in 1928, John Davison Rockefeller, Jr. in 1931, Charles Value Chapin in 1935, Mary Emma Woolley in 1937, Fred Tarbell Field in 1940, Henry Dexter Sharpe in 1944, Zechariah Chafee, Jr. in 1947, Warren Randolph Burgess in 1953, Rowland Roberts Hughes in 1955, Theodore Francis Green in 1956, Alexander Meiklejohn in 1959, Waldo Gifford Leland in 1965, Thomas John Watson, Jr. in 1968, Henry Merritt Wriston in 1976, Richard Salomon in 1982, Charles Carpenter Tillinghast, Jr. in 1982, Howard Robert Swearer in 1983, Otto Eduard Neugebauer in 1987, and Roderick Milton Chisholm in 1992.Rosenberger Medal
  • Brown won the Intercollegiate Rowing Association championship in 1983, 1986, and 1987.Rowing
  • In 1983-84 Phoebe Plimpton coached her first novice boat to an undefeated dual season and a third place at the Eastern Sprints.Rowing
  • During this time Brown has won five Ivy League Tournament Championships (Spring) in 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, and 1988.Rugby
  • The team has also toured extensively, to Ireland in 1983, to England and Wales in 1985, to Scotland in 1987, to Trinidad in 1988, to Ireland in 1990, and to England and Wales in 1991.Rugby
  • In 1983 Brown won the New England fall championships for the first time since 1957, when Ted Turner ’60 sailed for Brown.Sailing
  • The 1987 team finished with an 8-7 record, the best since 1983, when the record was 10-4-1 overall with a second place (5-2) finish in the Ivy League.Soccer
  • Brown placed second in the Ivy League in 1981 and 1983, fourth in the EAIAW in 1981.Soccer
  • Alpha Chi Omega died out in 1983, but was revived the next year.Sororities
  • A chapter of the national Kappa Alpha Theta fraternity was formed in 1983 by nine women students who were joined by other members in cluster housing in Sears House for a year before being given housing in Diman House.Sororities
  • When the Faculty awarded him the Susan Colver Rosenberger Medal in 1983, this event marked the first time that a current president had been so honored.Swearer, Howard R.
  • The team was third in Eastern Seaboard Swimming and Diving Championships in 1983 and 1984.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
  • The A. Alfred Taubman Center for Public Policy and American Institutions was created in 1983 with a two million dollar gift from A. Alfred Taubman, developer of shopping centers and parent of a Brown student.Taubman Center for Public Policy and American Institutions
  • His first team in 1983 achieved a best ever season record, finished fourth in the Eastern Intercollegiate Tennis Association, third in New England, and fourth in the ECAC’s.Tennis
  • Bob Rothenberg ’65 was named coordinator of track and men’s cross country in May 1983 and director of track and cross country for men and women in 1987.Track
  • In 1983 a new non-credit program, the "Brown Learning Community," directed by Mark Curran, Dean of Special Studies, was begun.University Extension
  • Frederick M. Bohen followed in that post from 1983 to 1990.Vice Presidents
  • Robert A. Seiple was Vice President for Development from 1979 to 1983, when he was succeeded by Samuel F. Babbitt.Vice Presidents
  • 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