Entries drawn from the college history timeline
William S. Masland replaced Samuel W. Witwer (Class of 1930) and became the 10th president of Dickinson's Board of Trustees. Masland announced that his goals included helping to keep costs down as much as possible and helping to fund the Life/Sports Learning Center.
September 30 was proclaimed by President Banks to be "Pappy Hodge Day", in recognition of Paul "Pappy" Hodge, the longtime manager of the Phi Epsilon Pi fraternity house, who retired after 61 years in the position.
A fire broke out on the third floor of the Phi Epsilon Pi fraternity house. The fire was not major, and the damage was nominal, but the sprinkler system failed to go off. The sprinklers failed to go off because of a valve that was installed backwards on the sprinkler above where the fire...
Trevor L. McClymont, an African-American professor, was appointed to teach accounting classes, filling a vacancy created by the retirement of John L. King.
James M. Nicholson, Treasurer of the College, resigned his position on Monday, October 15 in order to pursue career objectives outside of education. Nicholson was Vice-President for Business at Hiram College in Ohio for ten years before coming to Dickinson, and had earned his Bachelor of Arts...
At the November faculty meeting, Harry Krebs informed faculty of the status of the search for a candidate to succeed president Samuel A. Banks. The Presidential Search Committee hoped to recommend a candidate to the College's Board of Trustees by May 1987. Krebs, an associate professor of East...
President Samuel Banks and University of Richmond officials announced Friday, November 7th that Leonard Goldberg, dean of Educational Services, was appointed vice president for Student Affairs at the University of Richmond beginning January 1st, 1987. Goldberg was selected out of several hundred...
Howard Baum, the former director of Auxiliary Services, decided to retire in October 1987 after spending 23 years working at Dickinson College. Baum, a member of the Class of 1950, worked in the department store business from 1950 to 1962 after graduating from Dickinson. In 1964, Baum was...
<p>Nancy Lindgren resigned from her position as the director of the Holland Union Building and the coordinator of Summer Conferences on December 14th after serving Dickinson College for eight years. Her last day at work was on January 8th, 1988. Lindgren started her new job at...
Julie Ramsey, a former trainer for Dickinson Athletics, did not return for the 1988-1989 academic year. This created controversy within the athletic community: Ramsey had great skill and respect as a trainer which made the coaches and players nervous to have her gone. Originally, Ramsey was...
College President A. Lee Fritschler and Department of Safety and Security Director Sam McKelvey announce that Dickinson will hire temporary police during weekend hours and urge the Carlisle Police Department to patrol campus more frequently. The heightened security measures are the result of an...
Ed Sweeney, the College's winningest head football coach, ended his eight-year tenure to pursue coaching at Colgate University.
A goodbye reception was held for the retiring Dr. Carmen Neuberger, Dean of Educational Services and Student Affairs. Dean Neuberger announced her plans to leave Dickinson at the beginning of the spring 1993 semester.
