1945
- The Board of Trustees started planning for a new women's dormitory and authorized improvements in other areas of campus, including repairs to East College and renovations to chemical laboratories.
- The Faculty approved plans that...
- 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,...
- The Board of Trustees approved a recommendation for the construction of a new women's dormitory on the Mooreland campus.
- Dr. George H. Armacost (class of 1926) was elected president of the University of Redlands in California. ...
