1952
- Captain Ralph E. Lower (class of 1944), a veteran of the Second World War, was killed while serving with the U.S. Marine Corps in Korea.
- William R. Woodward (class of 1934) received a patent for an instrument to a ship's position at...
- The College announced plans to establish an annual Joseph Priestley Award.
- The College acquired a collection of 3,000 letters and documents related to the Civil War period in Pennsylvania from Edwin G. Dill Sr., in memory of his...
- President William W. Edel (class of 1915) announced at the annual dinner of the Dickinson Club of Baltimore that the new women's dorm would be named Drayer Hall, in honor of Summer N. Drayer (class of 1902) and his wife Agnes Pettigrew-Drayer...
- The Class of 1952 provided funding for an electric score board at Biddle Field.
- The dedication ceremony for Drayer Hall, which had a dining room for 200 students on the lower floor as well as a lounge with fireplaces and a grand...
