Dickinson Alumnus, December 1954

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • A ground breaking ceremony was held for Morgan Hall, the new men's dormitory located on the Benjamin Rush Campus.
  • Rev. D. Frederick Wertz (class of 1937) was elected President of Lycoming College. Wertz succeeded another Dickinsonian, Dr. John W. Long (class of 1907).
  • James R. Shepley (Class of 1939), chief of the Washington Bureau of Time, was co-author of the volume The Hydrogen Bomb which raised "troublous questions" and "created quite a controversy."
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Dickinson Alumnus, September 1954

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Construction started on a new men's dormitory located on the Benjamin Rush Campus.
  • Trustees and Methodist Church officials worked on plans to replace the Allison Memorial Church that burned down.
  • The Mary Dickinson Club raised funds for a self-service elevator in Bosler Hall. A shaft was created during renovations, but an elevator had not been installed.
  • Victoria Kathryn Hann (class of 1950) was appointed Dean of Women.
  • John Hamilton (class of 1925) played Perry White, editor of the Metropolis Daily Planet, on the Superman TV show.
  • Professor Clyde E. Wildman reviewed Rev. Alson J. Smith's (class of 1930) new book Immortality.
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Dickinson Alumnus, May 1954

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Plans were made for the first outdoor Commencement, which would be held on the Benjamin Rush Campus with the Baird Biology Building in the background.
  • Marian Anderson, a famous African-American contralto, received an honorary degree during a special convocation.
  • Dr. Lewis H. Rohrbaugh (class of 1930) was appointed as Provost of the University of Arkansas.
  • Andy Kerr (class of 1900), "one of America's greatest football coaches," received the Hamilton Rotary Club's"Rose for the Living" award in Hamilton, New York.
  • Theodore F. Bowes (class of 1927) was appointed United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York.
  • The prayer room located in Old West became the John Price Durbin Oratory.
  • John B. Fowler Jr. (class of 1934) was elected as President of the Brown-Allen Chemicals company.
  • Physicist Kart T. Compton received the annual Joseph Priestley Award.
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Dickinson Alumnus, February 1954

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Trustees approved plans to build three new buildings: a student activities building, a new chemistry building, and a new dormitory for men.
  • Allison Memorial Methodist Church, located next to the President's house, was completely destroyed during a "disastrous fire" caused by faulty wiring.
  • History Professor Whitfield J. Bell (class of 1935) was appointed Assistant Editor of the "monumental" project to collect and publish all of Benjamin Franklin's papers.
  • Dr. Carl C. Chambers (class of 1929) became Vice-President of Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania.
  • William H. Rogers (class of 1905) was appointed General Council of the Gulf Insurance Co.
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