The College jointly celebrates Founders' Day and the 75th Anniversary of Phi Beta Kappa's founding in Pennsylvania. Events include several talks on Phi Beta Kappa, a grave-decorating ceremony, and an address titled "The Early Years of Dickinson College" from Political Science professor Milton E...

Dickinson students and faculty hold a silent vigil called "Turn from Death to Life" as part of a nationwide time of observance as part of Easter and Passover weekend.  It was also held in honor of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. on the first anniversary of his death.

Dickinson took a campus wide ten minute period of mourning at noon on September 6th to honor the eleven Israeli athletes killed in Munich.  Hillel Council also lead a memorial service at the same time as well as two memorial services on September 6th and 7th in the evenings.  The College Church...

Former professor and chairman of the political science department, Donald W. Flaherty, died in a San Francisco hospital after suffering a heart attack at the age of 65. An authority on American constitutional law, Flaherty taught at Dickinson for 31 years, from 1952 to 1983, and was chosen by...

A memorial service was held for freshman Steven Butterworth who had passed away after falling from the third-story of a fraternity house in the Quads. The service was held on October 6th in the Allison United Methodist Church. Butterworth's family and friends all attended as did faculty members...

Senator John Heinz died in a plane crash near Philadelphia. Dickinson College had selected Senator Heinz to be its 1991 Commencement speaker, and an honorary Doctor of Laws degree was awarded posthumously at that event.

Over Homecoming Weekend of 1991, a program entitled "The War That Shaped Our World" allowed the Dickinson community to remember and consider World War II. Other events held during the weekend included a memorial service for alumni veterans, a film series, an exhibit in the Weiss Center, a...

Dickinson Sophomore Patricia Smith died in an accident at her home. The Religious Activities Office at Dickinson organized a memorial service that took place at a later date.

The Music Department presented the Dickinson Collegium's performance of Giacomo Carissimi's oratorio Jephte and madrigals, canzonette, and scherzi of Claudio Monteverdi at 3:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall.  The Monteverdi pieces performed included "Sinfonia", "Amor che deggio far", "...