1949
- The Board of Trustees authorized building an addition to Metzger Hall and continued to plan for a new women's dormitory.
- The College installed a tablet in Memorial Hall that was dedicated to the Dickinsonians who lost their lives...
- Dr. Paul R. Burkholder (class of 1924), a scientist at Yale, discovered a new antibiotic (Chloromycetin) by examining soil from Venezuela.
- Fortune magazine named Joel Claster (class of 1914), president of Luria Brothers and...
- President William W. Edel (class of 1915) joined 14 other Americans on a tour of Israel.
- Dr. Carl C. Chambers (class of 1929) was appointed acting Dean of the University of Pennsylvania's Moore School of Electrical Engineering. ...
- President William W. Edel (class of 1915) shared experiences from his recent trip to Israel.
- Ruby R. Vale (class of 1896) published the fourth and final volume of his "monumental" study on justice, Justice Under Law and For...
