Encyclopedia Brunoniana

1992

  • In 1992 Rites and Reason was the first black theatre invited to represent the United States at the International Theatre Festival, at which "Letters from a New England Negro," written by Sherley Anne Williams ’73 A.M. and directed by Benny Sato Ambush ’73, was performed.Afro-American Studies
  • From 1967 to 1992 students entering the master’s program in art history have mounted an exhibition and published a series of widely acclaimed exhibition catalogues.Art
  • In college he was All-Ivy and All-EIBL in 1973 and 1974, and after playing for the Padres, he returned to Brown as coach in 1992, replacing Frank Castelli, who had coached in 1991 and 1992.Baseball
  • In 1992 the sections in Biology were: Artificial Organs, Biomaterials, and Cellular Technology (Patrick Aebisher, chair), Biochemistry (John Biggins, chair), Molecular and Biochemical Pharmacology (Edward Hawrot, chair), Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology (Paul M. Knopf, chair), Neuroscience (Robert Patrick, chair), Physiology (Leon Goldstein, chair), and Population Biology, Morphology, and Genetics (Douglass Morse, chair).Biology
  • Carl Bridenbaugh (1903-1992), professor of history, was born in Philadelphia on August 10, 1903.Bridenbaugh, Carl
  • Carl Bridenbaugh was injured in an automobile accident in 1989, and resided at Hallworth House in Providence until his death on January 6, 1992.Bridenbaugh, Carl
  • The Classes of 1907, 1924, 1929, and 1934 had their numerals added in 1964, and the Class of 1932 numerals were added to 1992.Fence
  • The present campaign, named "The Rising Generation," words taken from the University Charter, which aspired to form the rising generation to virtue, knowledge, and useful literature, began in April 1992.Fund-raising
  • 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
  • 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
  • Bill Aliber ’83 made the All-Ivy team three times from 1981 to 1983, as did Darren Lowe ’92 from 1990 to 1992.Lacrosse
  • Brown made the quarterfinals three more times, in 1990, 1991, and 1992.Lacrosse
  • The 1992 team lost to North Carolina,10-16, in the quarterfinals.Lacrosse
  • Peter Lasagna began coaching in 1992.Lacrosse
  • Candis Russell coached from 1981 to 1987, and Wendy Anderson from 1988 to 1992.Lacrosse
  • David S. Greer was Dean of Medicine from 1981 to 1992.Medical education
  • Robert Lanou followed as chairman in 1986, and Anthony Houghton in 1992.Physics
  • (1992).Providence Journal–Brown University Public Affairs Conference
  • 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
  • The eight-man crew made up of Igor Boraska ’94 (an accomplished Croatian rower), Paul DiGiacomo ’93, David Filippone ’95, Gus Koven ’93, Jamie Koven ’95, Xeno Muller ’95 (who rowed for Switzerland in the 1992 Olympics), Tony Padula ’93, Chris Sahs ’94 (who rowed for the United States in the 1992 Olympics) and Brian Madden ’93, coxswain, won the Eastern Sprints, the Intercollegiate Rowing Association championships, and the national heavyweight eight championship.Rowing
  • Coach John Murphy’s eight-year record from 1985 to 1992 was 30-26.Rowing
  • The restored organ was rededicated on Commencement weekend of 1992 with a performance by University organist Wayne Schneider of a new work by Stephen Scott ’69 M.A.Sayles Hall
  • Coach Norma Taylor’s record from 1985 to 1989 was 37-18; Stuart LeGassick’s from 1989 to 1992 was 12-17 overall and 5-8 in the Ivy League.Squash
  • The 1992 team won the Heptagonal Women’s Indoor Championships.Track
  • Bob Rothenberg began coaching the cross-country team in 1992.Track
  • Don C. Wolfe assumed that position when Hawkins was named Vice President for Academic Planning and Administration in 1992.Vice Presidents
  • Levi C. Adams became Vice President for Government and Community Affairs in 1992.Vice Presidents