Dickinson Alumnus, November 1975

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Dr. Sam A. Banks was inaugurated as Dickinson's 25th President.
  • The Boyd Lee Spahr Library introduced the OCLC (Ohio College Library Center) database and started the Library Liaison program.
  • "Unfinished Memoir: Roger Brooke Taney" examined the influence that Dickinson had on the former chief justice of the supreme court.
  • Samuel W. Witwer (class of 1930), President of the Board of Trustees, was named a Lincoln Laureate.
  • Edward K. Shirk (class of 1967) and his colleagues announced that they might have discovered a magnetic monopole.
  • Andy Banks (class of 1975), the son of President Banks, rode his bike from Florida to California.
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Dickinson Alumnus, November 1975
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1975
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Dickinson Alumnus, August 1975

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Dr. Sam A. Banks discussed Dickinson's strengths, attractions, and his own role as President of the College.
  • Economics instructors Sing Huen Morgan and Craig H. Morgan decided to share a single faculty position.
  • Biology Professor Paul Biebel took students to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park as part of his "Field Study of Plants" course.
  • Wendy Chodash (class of 1978) discussed Women's liberation and what it entailed.
  • Instead of stealing the mermaid, members of Wheel and Chain (Blue Hats) replaced it.
  • Richard Staar (class of 1948) hosted Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn during his visit to Stanford University.
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Dickinson Alumnus, August 1975
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Dickinson Alumnus, May 1975

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • The Alumnus published reflections on President Howard L. Rubendall's (class of 1931) tenure as President from 1961 to 1975.
  • Dickinson decided to discontinue the Dean's List.
  • The Public Affairs Symposium focused on news reporting in the United States and whether it could be "free and responsible." John B. Oakes, editor of the New York Times' editorial page and CBS correspondent Daniel Schorr spoke at the event.
  • English Professor William Sloane discussed his research on John Milton and what his works could tell us today. 
  • World War II artwork was 'rediscovered' in the Alumni Gym during construction of a new athletic training room. 
  • Russell McLucas (class of 1975) competed for the Democratic nomination to run for Fulton County Commissioner.
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Dickinson Alumnus, February 1975

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • The Board of Trustees appointed Dr. Samuel A. Banks as Dickinson's 25th President.
  • Director of Publications Ray Jones addressed students' financial concerns, Dickinson's marketing, as well as other challenges that face small liberal arts colleges.
  • College counselor Howard Figler answered the questions most frequently posed by students about the job market.
  • The College restored Joseph Priestley's piano and organized a concert in Memorial Hall that featured music from 1796 to 1820.
  • Roberta Williams Francs (class of 1964) described her experience on Jeopardy
  • Robert P. Kane (class of 1952) was appointed attorney general of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
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Dickinson Alumnus, February 1975
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