Dickinson Alumnus, May 1961

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • The Mary Dickinson Club planned to celebrate their 10th Anniversary at a dinner on Alumni day.
  • The College presented Dr. Peter van de Kamp, an astronomer, with the Glover Awards, and Maurice Ewing, a geophysicist, with the Priestly Award.
  • The John Dickinson mansion, located in Delaware, was restored after years of decay and neglect.
  • Carolyn McMullin Rensch (class of 1954) described her experiences as a missionary in Oaxaca, Mexico.
  • The College received a grant from the Atomic Energy Commission to purchase additional equipment for teaching nuclear physics.
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Dickinson Alumnus, May 1961
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1961
Volume
38

Dickinson Alumnus, February 1961

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • The Dickinson Graduate Today survey showed that alumni "are stable and prosperous." The survey was sent to all members of the Classes of 1930, 1940, and 1950.
  • Professor Roger E. Nelson was appointed Dean of Dickinson College.
  • Dr. Edgar R. Miller (class of 1920) described his experiences as a medical missionary in Nepal. Miller's wife, Dr. Elizabeth Bucke Miller (class of 1923), was also on the trip.
  • The Alumnus published the artist's conception for a new dormitory, which would later be named Adams Hall.
  • The Russian department received a new Language Laboratory in Tome.
  • The Alumnus published two poems that W. W. Strong (class of 1905) sent to Edna Albert (class of 1905) twenty years ago.
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Dickinson Alumnus, February 1961
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1961
Volume
38

Dickinson Alumnus, December 1960

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • President Gilbert Malcolm (class of 1915) invited President-elect Howard Rubendall (class of 1931) to visit campus and meet with faculty before Rubendall's trip to Europe.
  • Dr. Whitfield J. Bell Jr. (class of 1935), co-editor of The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, shared several stories about his search for Franklin manuscripts in "Behind the Franklin Papers- Adventure, Mystery, Chance."
  • Judith Anderson received the Arts Award in November 1960.
  • James M. Read (class of 1929) became president of Wilmington College in Ohio.
  • Boyd Lee Spahr (class of 1900) discussed the history of the College in "The Trustees of Dickinson College."
  • Professor Milton E. Flower (class of 1931) explained how the number of international students at Dickinson increased after World War II.
  • Joyce Nenninger (class of 1949) joined the Metropolitan Sextette, an opera group that preforms at nightclubs.
  • Professor Dr. M. Benton Naff received a grant from the National Science Foundation, which allowed him to work with several students: Fred Richardson (class of 1961), Carl Steindel (class of 1962),  and Henry Crist (class of 1962).
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Dickinson Alumnus, December 1960
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1960
Volume
38

Dickinson Alumnus, September 1960

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Professor Charles C. Sellers explained how the Library used Micoprint and Microfilm. 
  • The Alumnus reprinted an article from Newsweek that featured Professor Herbert Wing Jr., who retired after teaching at Dickinson for 45 years. 
  • Rev. Dr. W. Vernon Middleton (class of 1928) was elected as a Bishop by the Northeastern Jurisdictional Conference.
  • The College organized the first Alumni College, which was held in early June 1960.
  • Abbas Alley, an immigrant from Lebanon, sent all six of his children to Dickinson.
  • Beatrice Pennell Thomas (class of 1939) and Rev. Robert J. Thomas (class of 1940) donated their late son's famous collection of autographed photographs to the College.
  • Monmouth College erected a monument to honor William M. Smith (class of 1912).
  • The Mermaid atop West College "escaped unmarked" after a bolt of lightning shattered one of the 12 wooden columns that support the cupola.
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Dickinson Alumnus, September 1960
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1960
Volume
38