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A Peek at Penn's Past

(culled from old issues of Almanac)

This Month in Penn's History

10 Years Ago

9/7/93--The University community was welcomed back by an interim president and an interim provost.

9/7/93--The Report of the Special Judicial Inquiry Officer Regarding the Confiscation of the DP on April 15, 1993, concluded that it was an opportunity for education rather than an occasion for punishment and recommended that the University's policy on Confiscation of Publications on Campus be broadly circulated.  

9/7/93--Penn published its Policy on Family and Medical Leave in accordance with the Federal Act, which became law on August 5, 1993.

9/21/93--The Trustees' Chair issued a Progress Report on the Presidential Search.

20 Years Ago

9/6/83--Dr. Scott Nearing, "the patron saint of academic freedom" died at age 100. He had taught economics at Wharton until his writing and activities opposing war and child labor prompted the Trustees not to reappoint him in 1915. The University named him an honorary professor emeritus in 1973.

9/13/83--The Penn Plan was unveiled with four options to help middle-income families finance a college education.

9/20/83--A Faculty Maternity Leave Policy received Senate approval and Provost's approval.

9/27/83--The first HUP "test-tube" baby arrived on September 23; HUP was the only hospital in the region offering in vitro fertilization.

30 Years Ago

9/4/73--The Commonwealth's first graduate program to train Family Nurse Practitioners was set to open in the fall at the School of Nursing.

9/11/73--Three staff positions affecting women's education and security on campus were filled: coordinator of women's studies program, coordinator of the Women's Center, and security specialist with liaison to the Women's Center.

9/11/73--The University announced a new photo identification system using Polaroid pictures.

40 Years Ago

9/63--State approved construction of four additional campus buildings: gymnasium and swimming pool on Walnut St. (on the site of the current Pottruck Fitness Center); an addition to the Medical School on Hamilton Walk; offices and maintenance shops near the northeast corner of 36th and Walnut Sts.; and a Military Science and Physical Education Building (Hollenback Center) through conversion of an old steam plant by the South Street Bridge.

 

 


  Almanac, Vol. 50, No. 6, September 30, 2003

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