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- President William Wilcox Edel (class of 1915) announced that he would retire in March 1959. President Edel was also appointed an Exchange Preacher by the Council of Churches of Christ.
- Mathews House became a women's dormitory after...
- The dedication of the new Allison Methodist Church was scheduled for April 1958.
- Dickinson appointed Dr. Henry L. Yeagley as head of the department of physics.
- Attorney Katherine Smith Carpenter (class of 1925) became the...
- The cornerstone laying ceremony for Althouse Hall was held during the Priestley Day Celebration, in which Dr. George B. Kistiakowsky received the Priestley Award
- Rev. Robert J. Thomas (class of 1940), pastor of the Rockefeller...
- Helen Douglass Gallagher (class of 1926) became the first women alumni to serve on the Board of Trustees.
- Dr. Joseph H. Engle (class of 1952) left for the Macha Mission in North Rhodesia, where he was the only medical doctor in the...
