Priestley Award

Nobel Prize winning physicist, Dr. Leon M. Lederman is awarded the Priestley Award. ALLIES and Equality House groups sponsor National Coming Out Day at Dickinson. Article describing Elizabeth Dole's, wife of Republican presidential candidate Bob Doyle, visit to Dickinson. Written debate over whether Ross Perot should be included in the presidential debates. Women's soccer defeats Ursinus. Men's soccer wins against Haverford.

Professor Marvin Minsky of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) receives the Priestley Award and gives a lecture on artificial intelligence. Dickinson moves to improve its financial aid program with the newly conceived Grant Guarantee Plan. Article discusses fraternities and sororities and the issues surrounding binge drinking. The Flexboard Meal Plan is offered to students for the first time. Dickinson Football defeats Susquehanna.

Michael Harrington, professor of political science at Queens College, speaks about social and economic issues in the 1980s. Richard A. Pfau, professor of history, gives his Last Lecture. Dr. Warren Farrell, author of "The Liberated Man" will visit campus. Details on Dr. Philip Morrison's Priestley Award lecture. Article discusses issue of depledging. Artist-in-Residence Leonard Pitt conducts a workshop on miming. Men's Basketball Team loses regional playoffs.

Dr. Philip Morrison, distinguished astrophysicist and interpreter of science, receives the Priestley Award. There's a fire in the student union building. Senate gathers to consider a reorganization of the legislative body. Recently retired German ambassador to China and Dickinson alumnus Erwin Wickert returns to campus. College panel discusses Olympic boycott. English Professor Donald Bowie writes a book entitled "Station Identification" on his life of television addiction. Men's Basketball defeats Ursinus. Hockey Team wins against Haverford.

Successful dramatist, Clayton Hamilton to speak at the upcoming chapel meeting. Rabbi Philip David Bookstaber of Harrisburg to speak at this evening's "Y" meeting. The University Club of Harrisburg has chosen this season's lectures: M.H.H. Joachim, Gregory Mason, Phidelah Rice, Hugh Walpole, Philip Guedalla, and John Cowper Powys. Article that praises student-faculty cooperation in the decision over vacation policy. Zeta Tau Alpha wins the Scholarship Cup. Dr.

ROTC to hold open house with other local civilian units. College Choir and Harrisburg Orchestra give Founders' Day concert. Dr. Karl T. Compton to receive Priestley Award for scientific achievement. Singer Marian Anderson receives Honorary Degree.

The Union Philosophical Society will host the Intercollegiate Conference on Government's Central Regional Convention. York Barbel Company to give a weightlifting exhibition in the Alumni Gym. Dr. Paul Rufus Burkholder receives the Dickinson College Priestley Award. Dr. William F. Hufstader presents a gift to fund a College theater.

Student reviews of the play, "Anne of the Thousand Days." Bishop John Wesley Lord, Dickinson alumnus, to speak in an upcoming chapel meeting. Dickinsonians file a petition to retain Professor Hugh Mercer, who was rumored to have been dropped from the College faculty. Details on the upcoming annual Priestley Award Dinner. Judge Florence Allen will be the Women's Day speaker. Profile on athletic coach, Lee Ann Wagner. Recent tragic death of student Eugene Beck - Detailed profile on him written by Professor John Steckbeck.

Joseph Priestley Day and the Priestley Award are created. Student demonstration results in student-faculty-administration meeting that determines to improve the class dean system and create a student-faculty committee to make recommendations on cultural activities. International Relations Club holds auction to benefit tuberculosis sanitarium near Tokyo. Profile of Professor Horace E. Rogers. Basketball season ends with no Dickinson wins.

Outline of events for Inter-Fraternity Weekend. The Mermaid Player's spring production, "The Heiress" to open this week. Dr. Bertram H. Davis, Professor of English, and Mr. Dentler of the Sociology Department submit resignations. Theta Chi wins the Inter-Fraternity League Championship in basketball. Dickinson Lacrosse and Baseball Teams win. Details of the Joseph Priestley Award Ceremony - Dr. Teller receives the prestigious award.

The New Art Wind Quintet to perform at the next Cultural Affairs event. Dr. Bunderman of Harrisburg to speak on "Inspiring the Student" at the next meeting of the Future Teachers of America. Physicist Dr. Edward Teller to receive the Priestley Award. Dickinson Swimming ranks fourth in the Middle Atlantic Conference. Article outlining trip options for students to travel and study abroad during the summer. Political Indepedent Students' group formed.

George Shuman will be serving on a committee that will evaluate Finch University in New York and determine whether it is a credible institution. He describes this as being an honor to both himself and Dickinson. Students have the opportunity to study in Spain, Iran or Italy with new fellowships available through their universities. An announcement is made that room and board for men living in dormitories will be raised to a price more similar to ones of comparable institutions. ROTC is holding an open house in the gymnasium to show what the organization does.

Student Senate holds student body referendum in ATS to discuss the Select Committee Report on Greek Life. Dickinson College Children's Center is established. Carlisle resident falls through grating near Snar entrance of HUB landing in the basement suffering moderate injuries. Area is currently under construction. Dr. Arno Penzias receives this year's Joseph Priestley Award.

Willard F. Libby receives Priestley Memorial Award. Planetarium completed in Tome Scientific Building. Italian classes are reinstated. Education and Psychology department plans move from Church House to new Reed Hall. Seven memorial plaques dedicated in Durbin Oratory. Fraternities and Sororities announce 1959 pledge class. Phi Epsilon Pi adopts dog, Thumper. Dickinson joins National Defense Student Loan Program, receiving loans to give to students who plan to become science or mathematics teachers.

Geology Department spends previous summer touring western United States. Priestley Award given to John H. Conway, professor of mathematics at Princeton University. The Clarke Center presents a talk on stem cell research. Dickinson alumna Dr. Barbara Dobbs Mackenzie gives talk on spread of comic opera in 18th Century Europe. Public Affairs Symposium hosts sessions on a variety of issues related to sex. Master Sergeant Robin Duane joins ROTC Program. Women's Soccer team achieves record breaking nine-game winning streak.

The State of Pennsylvania and Dickinson college enact new alcohol policies. Summer renovations of Holland-Union Building. Leslie Poolman, Janet Cox, and Judy Bennett join faculty. Neil Weissman becomes dean. Select Committee formed to examine effect of Greek Life on campus life. Francis Crick given Priestley medallion. Faculty Club is investigated for defying state alcohol law. Administration creates policy of overseeing parties involving alcohol. Gary Delena performs. Students participate in Russian Immersion Program.

The Dickinsonian is awarded All-American status by the National Scholastic Press Association for the third semester in a row. Dr. Donald Knuth wins Priestley Award. Issue of special interest housing is discussed at Student Affairs committee meeting. New Policy and Management Studies Program is approved by the faculty. Duke University Professor Robert Entman speaks to students about sensationalist journalism. Four fraternities strongly consider the option of moving out of the quadrangle. Denny Hall celebrates anniversary of reconstruction. The Claude Kipnis mimists perform at Dickinson.

Central Pennsylvania Consortium performs African-American Music Festival at Dickinson. Planning and Budget Committee plans budget cuts. Andrew J. Theodorakis sentenced for anthrax hoax. Princeton Review ranks Dickinson 20th in nation for acceptance of homosexuals and 6th in nation for food quality. Common Hour announced for discussion of Pornography Club. Brandon Corbit makes National Bobsled and Skeleton Team. Jocelyn Bell receives 51st annual Priestley Award. Administration bans sale of cross country team's longstanding provocative t-shirts.

Geophysicist, Dr. Frank Press will speak at the Priestley Award Ceremony as the Priestley Award recipient. The Peer Review Board offers an alternative to first-time violators of College Policy. Revolutionary War reenactors to visit Dickinson. "Free Tibet" students attend a national conference in Madison, Wisconsin. Alcohol-related deaths spark a crackdown on college campuses nationwide. Student Senate votes not to support the recommended U.S. Diversity distribution requirement at Dickinson. Article about being gay at college in recognition of National Coming Out Week.

Edward O. Wilson claims Priestley award for biodiversity. Res-Life takes a stand on alcohol awareness. College to host PA U.S. Senate debate between Sen. Rick Santorum and Rep. Ron Klink. Prowler still evading capture.

The Priestley Award was given to Harvard Professor of Physics and History of Science, Gerald Holton. Former director of Dining Services, Nick Stamos, is appointed Associate Treasurer for Support Operations, which oversees many of the auxiliary services in the college community. A new payroll system has been put into practice, which wires money electronically into students accounts. Unfortunately, with this new system, some students lost several checks in the process.

A student is arrested outside of Morgan carrying a loaded firearm. The student is believed to have been planing on returning to Phi Kappa Psi with the gun. Tri-Delta is renewed with a large pledge class of 34. The college celebrates National Coming Out Day. Nine Dickinson students studying abroad in Moscow hold up well among recent violence between supporters of Boris Yeltsin and hard-line Communists in Parliament. Dr. George Woodwell came and spoke to students about environmental issues and was the recipient of this year's Priestley Award.

Miller Beer retracted its sponsorship of Greek Week after they were unable to come to an agreement with the IFC and Dickinson's administration regarding the limits that would be placed on Miller during the week. The Skull and Key Society expressed interest in being reinstated after having been suspended in 1981 for throwing beer kegs through windows of fraternity houses. The Evolutionary biologist Dr. Stephen Gould was given the Priestley Award. The Society of Hispanic Students was founded in response to the growing Hispanic community on campus.

Student Affairs and Services Committee develops noise policy to be adopted on a trial basis. Director of Admission Larry Mench points to 12% application rate increase among high school students interested in Dickinson. Community service performed by sororities and fraternities highlighted. Priestley Award goes to Harold P. Furth, director of the Plasma Physics Laboratory at Princeton for his work in the physics of nuclear fusion. Isidor Isaac Rabi named commencement speaker.

Student body slightly prefers old grading system to new plus-minus system. College plans Mock Convention for April. Seth Ray, Steve Bartolett and Matt Creme triumph in Student Senate elections. Lilly Endowment sends over $200,000 to College which will help launch COLE program. John Kemeny wins Joseph Priestley Award. "Eating Out" reviews The Bellaire House (3/5 stars) and The Backroom Discotheque (2/5). "In Depth" explores tenure controversy. Library installs 13 students as security checkers.