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- Trustees appointed Professor Cornelius William Prettyman (class of 1891) as the 21st President.
- Fighter pilot Capt. Samuel F. Hepford (class of 1940) returned home to Pennsylvania on leave after 150 mission against Japan.
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- The S.S. Dickinson Victory, named in honor of Dickinson College, was launched in California.
- The US Navy signed an agreement with Dickinson to house up to 500 sailors in Conway Hall .
- Dr. Thomas S. Dunning (class of...
- After three years as a Japanese Prisoner of War, Chaplain Alfred Cookman Oliver Jr. (class of 1907) was rescued and met with his old friend, General Douglas MacArthur, in the Philippines.
- Several alumni were killed in action,...
- Trustees appointed Professor Cornelius William Prettyman (class of 1891) as Acting President after President Fred P. Corson (class of 1917) resigned following his election as a Bishop of the Methodist Church.
- The College rented the...
