A Peek at Penn's Past

(culled from old issues of Almanac)

This Month in Penn's History

10 Years Ago

• 3/16/93--Dr. Robert E. Davies, faculty of the School of Veterinary Medicine and lifelong activist, died at the age of 73.
• 3/23/93--The Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center rededicated the Afro-American Studies Seminar, one of 15 study facilities in the Library.
• 3/23/93--Penn faced a $6 million budget gap and a planned deficit of $18.5 million for the School of Veterinary Medicine. Trustees approved a 5.9% increase in undergraduate tuition.
• 3/30/93--Andrea L. Mitchell (CW '67), chief Congressional correspondent for NBC News and Penn trustee, was selected as Ivy Day speaker.

20 Years Ago

• 3/1/83--Two pregnancies were achieved in Penn's in vitro fertilization program.
• 3/1/83--Dr. Forostoff and Dr. Davidovich invented battery operated braces, hoping they will be used to reduce the time needed for orthodontic treatment.
• 3/8/83--Center for History of Chemistry inaugurated.
• 3/22/83--Five campus women's groups sponsored a rally to protest violence against women.
• 3/29/83--The University announced that Ellen Goodman and Chaim Potok would speak during commencement weekend.
• 3/29/83--Withdrawal of Recognition of Alpha Tau Omega.

30 Years Ago

• 3/20/73--The Faculty Senate contemplated solutions to increasing the recruitment of African-American faculty, such as establishing a "black faculty investment fund."
• 3/27/73--The Department of Geology dedicated the new South Annex of Hayden Hall.
• 3/27/73--Dr. C. R. Gallistel tested an audio-visual approach as an alternative to the conventional lecture format in his introductory psychology course.
• 3/27/73--The World Health Organization designated the School of Veterinary Medicine as the first world center for training and research in comparative medicine examining relationships between animal diseases and human health.

  Almanac, Vol. 49, No. 26, March 25, 2003