Barry Taylor was the only Dickinsonian selected to participate in Operations Crossroads Africa during the summer of 1968. The program, which lasted for eight weeks, was located in Malawi.
Dottie Cole ('71), Joanne Harley ('70) and Ray Peters ('71) were chosen out of the nine applicants to participate in Operations Crossroads Africa. They would go on to join over 2000 other students, teachers, physicians, and leaders in a summer long program in several African countries.
Philadelphia alumni met at "The Orchard" at Essingston for a banquet for the Alumni Association of Philadelphia. The dinner was made possible by donations from three wealthy Philadelphia alums. The reception was informal and many alumni were in attendance.
At the November faculty meeting, Harry Krebs informed faculty of the status of the search for a candidate to succeed president Samuel A. Banks. The Presidential Search Committee hoped to recommend a candidate to the College's Board of Trustees by May 1987. Krebs, an associate professor of East Asian studies, was one of four faculty members on the committee. As of Nov. 3, the committee had received more than 100 applications, including presidents of other colleges and various high ranking college administrators.
President Samuel Banks and University of Richmond officials announced Friday, November 7th that Leonard Goldberg, dean of Educational Services, was appointed vice president for Student Affairs at the University of Richmond beginning January 1st, 1987. Goldberg was selected out of several hundred applicants, and will remain working under Banks. Mary Frances Carson, associate dean of Education Services, was appointed as acting dean of Educational Services.
At their 49th annual meeting on Friday April 26, 1963, the AAUP (American Association of University Professors) removed Dickinson College from the censure list. Dickinson was originally placed on the list in 1958 after the college dismissed a professor without due process. President Howard Rubendall was very diligent in working to remove Dickinson from the censure list.
Dickinson received sixteen international students and five of them were here for the first time. Jean-Paul Rey was from Burgundy, France and studied economics at Dickinson. Rainer Schult was from Germany and studied literature at Dickinson. Sergio Garcia was from Mexico and had plans to work for the government after graduation. Goran Andolf was an English and Literature student from Sweden . Tomehide Homura already had a degree from the University of Japan and only planned to stay a year at Dickinson to improve his English.
Sidney D. Kline was elected President of the Board of Trustees unanimously of Dec. 15th. Mr. Kline, a member of of the Class of 1924, was the successor to Mr. Boyd Lee Spahr (class of 1900).
On New Years Day 1962, Arthur D. Platt, the newly appointed Executive Assistant to President Howard Rubendall, officially joined the Dickinson administration. Prior to coming to Dickinson College, Mr. Platt was the executive assistant to the president of Northfield Corporation for 17 years. Platt received his undergraduate degree from Trinity College and graduate from Harvard in educational administration.
President Dr. Howard L. Rubendall announced the receipt of a $50,000 check from Research Corp. of New York as the initial payment of an $85,000 science grant that will extend over three years. The grant went towards a program for increasing faculty research, a new faculty member in the departments of biology, chemistry, and mathematics, increasing laboratory assistants, and expanding the libraries of the three departments.
Trevor L. McClymont, an African-American professor, was appointed to teach accounting classes, filling a vacancy created by the retirement of John L. King.
President Howard L. Rubendall, a member of the Class of 1931, announced on January 26, 1974 that he would retire in June 1975.
On March 15, 1967, College President Howard L. Rubendall announced that Professor of English Harold R. Gillespie would replace retiring Dean Benjamin D. James.
Although Professor Gillespie did not submit a formal application, he did respond to a request to be considered for the position, and the student panel that interviewed him for the role awarded him a "unanimous endorsement."
On January 23, 1967, College President Howard L. Rubendall announced the resignation of Dean of Women Barbara S. Wishmeyer, effective June 30. Dean Wishmeyer explained that she had resigned so that she could "spend more time with my husband and son." In his announcement, President Rubendall praised Mrs. Wishmeyer for her "unstinting devotion of herself and her work," and that "Dean Wishmeyer richly deserves and will have the gratitude of the Dickinson community as she completes her work."
in 1966, the Ford Foundation awarded Dickinson College a $2,000,000 "challenge grant" to help the institution "reach new peaks of excellence."
Dickinson College was the recipient of a $171,500 grant in support of the college's geology department to build new laboratory facilities.
Julie Ramsey, a former trainer for Dickinson Athletics, did not return for the 1988-1989 academic year. This created controversy within the athletic community: Ramsey had great skill and respect as a trainer which made the coaches and players nervous to have her gone. Originally, Ramsey was hired to temporarily replace a trainer on leave who decided to return as a part time-trainer. As Dickinson was left with only one full time trainer, Dean Allen and Dean Neuberger reviewed the situation and proposed that the school hire another part-time trainer to help with the work.
Howard Baum, the former director of Auxiliary Services, decided to retire in October 1987 after spending 23 years working at Dickinson College. Baum, a member of the Class of 1950, worked in the department store business from 1950 to 1962 after graduating from Dickinson. In 1964, Baum was approached by Dr. George Shuman, then the financial vice-president of the College, about opening a college store on campus. The store was eventually opened in the newly renovated Holland Union Building (HUB).
<p>Nancy Lindgren resigned from her position as the director of the Holland Union Building and the coordinator of Summer Conferences on December 14th after serving Dickinson College for eight years. Her last day at work was on January 8th, 1988. Lindgren started her new job at Old Dominion University on January 11th as the director of Student Activities.</p>
William S. Masland replaced Samuel W. Witwer (Class of 1930) and became the 10th president of Dickinson's Board of Trustees. Masland announced that his goals included helping to keep costs down as much as possible and helping to fund the Life/Sports Learning Center.
A fire broke out on the third floor of the Phi Epsilon Pi fraternity house. The fire was not major, and the damage was nominal, but the sprinkler system failed to go off. The sprinklers failed to go off because of a valve that was installed backwards on the sprinkler above where the fire originated. This incident showed the lack of an established evacuation plan.
In 1953 the portrait of James Buchanan, an 1809 graduate of Dickinson, was presented to the college by Mrs. Merle W. Allen. The portrait was painted by famous American portrait artist George Peter Alexander Healy. When the college library moved from Bosler to the newly built Boyd Lee Spahr, the portrait was moved into storage. It was brought out of storage at the suggestion of Charles Sellers and the actions of Professor Ira Michael Danoff, and hung in the Spahr Library.
A two-headed calf, born and deceased on February 21 at the Shultz farm near Boiling Springs, was donated to the Dickinson Biology Department on February 22. It joined the Baird collection.
Major Gareth C. Houghton, a field artillery officer, was appointed to the ROTC staff as assistant professor of military science . In the past, Houghton had served in Vietnam and Thailand, and had received the Army Commendation Medal, the Joint Service Commendation Medal, and the Bronze Star.