Encyclopedia Brunoniana

1984

  • The building at 59 George Street was occupied by the Department of Religious Studies in 1970 and named Steiger House in 1984 in recognition of the generosity of W. Sheldon Steiger ’34.Alumni House
  • The American Philosophical Society has numbered among its members the following individuals connected with Brown, elected to membership in the years indicated: Stephen Hopkins in 1769; Benjamin Waterhouse in 1791; Francis Wayland in 1838; John E. Holbrook 1815 in 1839; Alpheus S. Packard in 1878; George Dana Boardman 1852 in 1880; Henry S. Frieze 1841 in 1884; William Williams Keen 1859 in 1884; James Macalister 1856 in 1886; James Burrill Angell 1849 in 1889; Lester Frank Ward in 1889; Richard Olney 1856 in 1897; Stephen F. Peckham 1862 in 1897; John Hay 1858 in 1898; Robert H. Thurston 1859 in 1902; Carl Barus in 1903; Hermon Carey Bumpus 1884 in 1909; Charles E. Bennett 1878 in 1913; Winthrop John Vanleuven Osterhout 1893 in 1917; John Franklin Jameson in 1920; Charles Evans Hughes 1881 in 1926; Arthur F. Buddington ’12 in 1931; John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 1897 in 1931; Ernest E. Tyzzer 1897 in 1931; Gilbert Chinard in 1932; George E. Coghill 1896 in 1935; Harvey N. Davis ’01 in 1935; George Grafton Wilson 1886 in 1936; Frederick G. Keyes ’09 Ph.D. in 1938; Charles August Kraus in 1939; Walter S. Hunter in 1941; Leonard Carmichael in 1942; Zechariah Chafee ’07 in 1946; Robert Cushman Murphy ’11 in 1946; Otto E. Neugebauer in 1947; William A. Noyes in 1947; George Boas ’13 in 1950; Carl Bridenbaugh in 1950; Clarence Saunders Brigham 1899 in 1955; Clarence H. Graham in 1956; John Imbrie in 1956; Lars Onsager in 1959; John Wilder Tukey ’36 in 1962; Edmund Sears Morgan in 1964; Carl Pfaffmann ’33 in 1964; Vartan Gregorian in 1965; Barnaby C. Keeney in 1965; Donald F. Hornig in 1967; Floyd Ratliff ’50 Ph.D. in 1972; Leon N. Cooper in 1973; David E. Pingree in 1975; George F. Carrier in 1976; Eliot Stellar ’47 Ph.D. in 1977; Brooke Hindle ’40 in 1982; Thomas J. Watson, Jr. ’37 in 1984; Barbara K. Lewalski in 1986.American Philosophical Society
  • In 1984 the Alumni Recognition Ceremony was initiated, at which the Brown Bear and Alumni Service Awards honored service to Brown and the William Rogers Award recognized outstanding achievement of a graduate.Associated Alumni
  • The Foundation holds annual winter weekend sports-related events, which have featured as guests Penn State coach Joe Paterno ’50 in 1984, broadcaster Howard Cosell in 1985, broadcaster Frank Gifford in 1986, Dallas Cowboys quarterback Roger Staubach in 1987, and Minnesota Vikings tight end Steve Jordan ’82 in 1988.Athletics
  • 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
  • Dr. Frank G. Rothman succeeded Goss as Dean of Biology from 1984 until he was named Provost of the University in 1990.Biology
  • The title, "Brown Spectator," was also used in 1984 by a two-page offering of student writing on brightly colored paper, which was the product of a Group Independent Study Project.Brown Spectator
  • In 1984 the Office of Summer Studies was established under Professor Reginald Archambault.Calendar
  • The Catalogue was superseded by the "Brown University Alumni Directory," published in 1964 by the University, and published commercially in 1979, 1984, and 1989.Catalogues
  • The Center for Latin American Studies was established in November 1984 to foster teaching and research on Latin America, using faculty from various departments who have taught or studied in Latin America.Center for Latin American Studies
  • Other chaplains who were appointed with special interest in women’s issues were Beverly Edwards, who was appointed a lay chaplain in 1969 and was ordained a minister of the United Church of Christ in 1976, Rabbi Cathy Felix appointed assistant chaplain in 1980, and Flora A. Keshgegian, an Episcopal priest, who was named associate chaplain in 1984.Chapel
  • Herman Burleigh Chase (1913-1984), professor of biology, was born in New Hampton, New Hampshire, on May 7, 1913.Chase, Herman B.
  • Herman B. Chase died on April 23, 1984 in New Hampton.Chase, Herman B.
  • In 1984 the date was changed once more, this time to the last Monday in May, which is also the observance of Memorial Day.Commencement
  • In November 1984 this group of students and faculty began to meet with the administration to try to find solutions to the racial issues which finally brought about the protests in the spring of 1985, which were led by two of the four minority students in the Spectrum group.Curriculum
  • 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
  • Theodore R. Sizer, former dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Education, came to Brown as chairman of the department in 1984, bringing with him a new emphasis on secondary education.Education
  • Wendy Anderson’s first team in 1984 won a share of the Ivy League title with Dartmouth.Field Hockey
  • Wendy Anderson’s record from 1984 to 1991 was 54-49-17.Field Hockey
  • Lauren Becker was a three-time All-Ivy choice from 1984 to 1986.Field Hockey
  • John Rosenberg was named coach in 1984 and had three winning seasons from 1984 to 1987, including a second place in the Ivy League in 1987, before a losing streak of fourteen games in the 1988 and 1989 seasons, which was finally broken by Brown’s defeat of Cornell on October 19, 1989.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
  • The chapter was suspended in 1978, was later revitalized as Phi Psi, and reaffiliated with Phi Kappa Psi in 1984.Fraternities
  • In 1984 "The New Priorities," another fund raising program (it was not called a campaign) sought to raise fifty million dollars in two years for endowment and current expenses.Fund-raising
  • The Planetary Data Center moved into Lincoln Field Building in 1984, and Associate Professor Peter Schultz assumed the directorship that year.Geology
  • Since 1984, Associate Professsor Carle Pieters has been the Science Manager of the Reflective Experiment Laboratory (RELAB), a multi-user NASA facility at Brown RELAB was rededicated in 1992 after major renovations.Geology
  • The institutions collaborate on research and since 1984 have held twice yearly "microsymposia," attended by scientists from both countries at Brown in the spring and in the Soviet Union in late summer.Geology
  • When Gregorian was awarded an honorary degree at Brown’s 1984 Commencement, the citation observed, "The lions who guard the steps of the Library are named ‘Patience’ and ‘Fortitude,’ but when we consider your accomplishments, it is the courage of the lions that we are more apt to remember.Gregorian, Vartan
  • Vartan Gregorian was able to combine teaching with his presidency of the Library, receiving appointments in 1984 as University Professor of History at the New School for Social Research and as professor of history and Near Eastern studies at New York University.Gregorian, Vartan
  • In 1984 an extra large class of 75 was admitted of which 50.7 per cent were women and 34.2 per cent were minority students.Medical education
  • The new Program in Liberal Medical Education (PLME), initiated in 1984-85, is an eight-year continuum beginning in the freshman year, which involves six years of pre-medical and other undergraduate courses and two years of clinical work.Medical education
  • Honan, given a choice of available post office box numbers for the journal, chose "1984," and the title of the opening announcement by Spilka in the first issue was "On Box 1984."Novel
  • Michael Mastrullo ’79 claimed Italian citizenship because of a grandfather born in Italy in order to play on the Italian hockey team in 1984.Olympic Games
  • Jonathan Smith ’83 rowed in the Olympics in Los Angeles in 1984 and in Seoul in 1988.Olympic Games
  • Williams was named the fourth Hazard professor in 1975, and was followed by Beyer as the fifth in 1984.Physics
  • Lillian Gilbreth ’15 Ph.D., who with her husband pioneered in time-motion studies in industry and was made famous by the book, "Cheaper by the Dozen," written by two of her children, was chosen to be one of Great American Series in 1984.Postage stamps
  • (1982), "The "The American High School" (1984), "Cost vs. Care: America’s Health Care Dilemma (1985), "Keeping America at Work" (1986), "Crime in America" (1987), "Ethics is American Public Life" (1988), "The Changing American Family" (1989), "Our Fragile Earth: Strategies for Survival (1990), "Free Expression after 200 Years" (1991), and "Who Will Save the American City?"Providence Journal–Brown University Public Affairs Conference
  • His title was changed to Registrar in 1963, and he was succeeded by Katherine P. Hall in 1984.Registrar
  • In 1984 Brown capped its undefeated regular season by winning the the Eastern Sprints and setting a course record while defeating the University of Bristol, Cambridge University’s Emmanuel College, the University of Washington, and Princeton to win the Ladies’ Challenge Plate at the Henley Regatta.Rowing
  • From 1980 to 1990 Brad Dellenbaugh ’76 coached sailing, and Brown turned out a series of All-Americans, Douglas Smith in 1984, James Cummiskey ’85 in 1985, Paul Grimes ’86 in 1985 and 1986, David Ullrich ’87 in 1986 and 1987, Molly Starkweather ’86 in 1986, Kevin Hall ’91 in 1988, 1990, and 1991, Kris Farrar ’91 in 1989, 1990, and 1991, and Mike Zani ’92 in 1990 and 1991.Sailing
  • When it was reactivated in 1984 by Bruce Donovan ’59, at that time Dean of Freshmen and Sophomores, the student members were the Meiklejohn Advisors, upperclass advisors to freshmen, and the faculty members were the Academic Advisors for Liberal Education.Sphinx Club
  • Drinking, always a traditional part of Spring Weekend, prompted the University in 1984 to provide an added service, off-duty state troopers who offered optional breathalyzer tests as a guide to responsible imbibing.Spring Weekend
  • After a lapse, squash was reinstituted in 1984 as a "club-varsity" sport.Squash
  • Margaret Bingham Stillwell (1887-1984), librarian of the Annmary Brown Memorial, was born in Providence on January 26, 1887.Stillwell, Margaret B.
  • Margaret B. Stillwell died on April 22, 1984.Stillwell, Margaret B.
  • Brown students attracted worldwide media attention in 1984 as a result of a referendum included in the Undergraduate Council of Students election of October 11 and 12.Student protests
  • In November 1984 an informational meeting conducted by CIA recruiters was interrupted when one of the audience blew a police whistle and sixty students rose to make a citizen’s arrest "for solicitation to aid in the violation of national and international law."Student protests
  • In the fall of 1984 Howard R. Swearer took a two-month leave from the University to travel in Asia, Indonesia, Australia, and Hawaii.Swearer, Howard R.
  • The team was third in Eastern Seaboard Swimming and Diving Championships in 1983 and 1984.Swimming
  • Steve Ennis ’86 tied for most points scored in the Eastern Seaboard Meet in 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 team won its first Eastern championship in 1985, overtaking Penn State, the defending champion, to whom the Brown women had come in second in 1984 at the Smith Swimming Center.Swimming
  • He resigned in the fall of 1984.Track
  • 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
  • The William Rogers Award, was established by the Associated Alumni in 1984 to honor alumni who have used their careers to make significant contributions to humanity.William Rogers Award
  • The wrestling team rejoined the Ivy League in 1982-83, and in 1984-85 was able to secure the place vacated by Colgate in the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association.Wrestling