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Ursinus College Bulletin, Fall 1990

Stephen Heacock, Byron Jackson, and Patricia L. Benes

Rethinking the core curriculum: Ursinus strives for in-depth study • At Stanford, changes bring fire • Kinder, gentler pledging: An update on changes within the Greek system • Ursinus goes underground: A campus improvement that prefers limestone to limelight • Nurturing a national treasure: Minority scholars • U.S. energy options: Short-term needs and long-term problems • A textbook approach to nuclear energy policy • Nostalgia and the new: Alumni Day 1990 • Marshall expounds on conflict and creativity • Alumni survey results • Coming home to a perfect autumn day • GRR's recognition brunch • Surprise meeting for two alumni • Richter participates in Governor's Awards • Alumni elections • Reichley promoted • Livingood receives AMA award • Rosenthal wins Sears-Roebuck Foundation Award • Alumni referrals rolling in • New administrative staff • Ursinus in a bottle • Special license plates: An update • Faculty notes • Faculty appointments • Berman catalog a winner • A winning chemistry • Ursinus swimmer qualifies for Nationals in first collegiate meet • 1991 Pro-Am date set • Crutcher sets hockey scoring record • Class notes • Casting call on Madison Avenue • In memoriam • Marriages • Births • Deaths
Ursinus College Bulletin, Summer 1990

Sally Widman, Richard P. Richter, Joseph F. Pirro, Erika Rohrbach, and Dave Sherman

President's memo • Ursinus group seeks Earth Day every day • Collegeville: Not just a little country town anymore • Ursinus Board elects officers • Ursinus benefits from gifts, grants and trusts • Doughty observer of Nicaraguan elections • Harmonious journey abroad for Meistersingers • Alumnus beats the odds with new heart • Of ghosts and towers: The histories of the halls • Ursinus offers first Japanese certification program in state • Watson opens Ursinus Bridge Program • Ursinus group hosts economic conference • Commencement '90: Even rain couldn't rein their exuberance • Eleanor Snell celebrates 90th • UC Hall of Fame inducts eight • For lacrosse team good things come in threes • Class notes • It's the end of the world for Goehringer • Conway's contribution to a boy's life • Marriages • Births • Deaths
Ursinus College Bulletin, Spring 1990

Sally Widman, Richard P. Richter, William L. Nikel, and Dave Sherman

President's memo: Ursinus, three points of comparison • Making a change: It's all in the strategy • Olin Hall: The reality • Affording Ursinus for your kids without breaking the bank • "L'Americaine" in Paris returns enriched to Ursinus • Why Ursinus? Because they like it: The Meads; The Zartmans; The Callahans; The Zerns • Friends and mentors make the Ursinus connection: The language connection; The leadership connection; The hometown connection • Education Day 1990 • 1990 biographical survey alert • Alumni boost admissions effort • A busy year for Berman Museum • Faculty notes • Meistersingers go global • Jazz concert features student work • Staff hired, promoted • In memoriam • Arbor Day celebration • Twin comedy • Letters to the editor • Alumnae keep Ursinus women's athletic tradition alive • Smith holds sway on two courts • Class notes • The real possibilities for women in science • Breaking down the language barrier • Marriages • Births • Deaths • Ursinus Day at Kutztown
Ursinus College Bulletin, Winter 1990

Sally Widman, Richard P. Richter, Glenn A. McCurdy, Hugh R. Clark, Richard Yahraes, and Dave Sherman

President's memo • A masterpiece of a museum greets the region • Fighting those art gremlins: Peel, crackle & fox • Some long minutes at the brink for Bay Area alumni • Ursinus professor tours a prospering China • Waging peace on the Rhine and other tales • Homecoming: Colorful and victorious • A Founders Day for the sheer joy of books • A new strategy to yield more students • Worthy of note • Special plates: The bottom line • Opening the Berman Museum with a passion • What a miraculous wedding we celebrate • Annual Fund board sees million dollar years ahead • Warren's built his world on the gridiron • Ursinus hosts national gymnastics championship • We'd be happy for many returns • Student scholars honored • Career Day a success • Class notes • Ironman Bravo an athlete in triplicate • Young alumni to kick off mini campaign • Marriages • Births • Deaths • In memoriam
Ursinus College Bulletin, Fall 1989

Sally Widman, Richard P. Richter, Glenn A. McCurdy, Adam J. Sager, Dave Sherman, Joseph F. Pirro, Robert A. Searles, and Craig DiLouie

President's memo: Learning to inhabit a different world • Rededication: Myrin Library to be Founders Day centerpiece • "Ursinus prepared them well," surveyed alumni say • Ursinus hears from a warrior • Construction makes great strides • Students challenged at UDAC III • Alumni Day: Returning alumni look to the '90s • Ursinus alum oversees flight of Magellan spacecraft • Administrator, faculty member retire • Internships: Washington semester a Capitol experience • Ursinus recalls championship grid season • Ramsey steps down as Ursinus lacrosse coach • Wood looks back at Hall of Fame career • Ursinus alumnae in World Cup game • Fall sports schedule • Laughlin repeats as grand marshal • Alumnus writes book • A fleeting weekend • Alumni march for Ursinus • Staigers on botanical quest • Tribute to a prof • Vice president is appointed • Ursinus honors evening students • Faculty notes • Curricular changes approved • Eight join full-time faculty • College hires new admission director • Minister attends Synod • Administrative staff news • Class notes • The greatest love story: A covered bridge to go • Hosting President Bush • Marriages • Births • Deaths • Letters to the editor • In memoriam
Ursinus College Bulletin, Summer 1989

Sally Widman, Richard P. Richter, John R. Van Ness, Glenn A. McCurdy, and Dave Sherman

President's memo: The unfinished conversation • Greek groups face change in time of tightening rules • The Berman Museum: A vision becomes reality • Ground is broken for Olin Hall • Biology wins major equipment grants • Four others receive awards • Commencement: A new beginning and a tribute to mom • Hostile takeovers good for business, Aucott says • Sculptures find a home at Ursinus • From Ted to George • This is my Oscar • Richter receives honorary degree • Heefner serves on state board • Reichley wins CASE award • Alumni elections • GRReat works by GRR • Walter Ednie named Controller • Bermans named top philanthropists • Class of '88 begins careers • A revolutionary lecture • Meistersingers tour • Science students win awards • In memoriam • Values bring Olympic coach back to Ursinus tradition • Lacrosse team wins national title again • Ursinus Hall of Fame adds eight members • Beth Anders named to Field Hockey Hall of Fame • New Bruins Club honors Boyd during all sports banquet • Class notes • Beating the doldrums • Networking for the good of the order • Sixties classes give to LIFEndowment • Marriages • Births • Deaths
Ursinus College Bulletin, Winter / Spring 1989

Sally Widman, Richard P. Richter, Glenn A. McCurdy, Mary Alice Butkofsky, Dave Sherman, William T. Parsons, Joseph F. Pirro, Tim Geiselman, and Donald G. Devonshire

President's memo: A shared investment • Ursinus program builds success stories • A Fulbright to India • Alumni overseas: In search of the real Soviet Union • Japanese studies: Opening minds to the land of the rising sun • Founders Day: Grinnell President praises Division III athletics • Homecoming: Cold winds, warm reunions • Three upsets launch second century • Wrestler breaks career win record • Boyd resigns as field hockey coach • Career Day a hit with students and alumni • Two alumni elected to Board • He went that extra mile • 7 named to Hall of Fame • '29er keynotes convention • Kutztown Folk Festival • Veterans plaque dedicated • The taste of winning • His latest specialty: Outhouses • New road crosses campus • New staff members hired • President's Circle created; Old gift clubs reorganized • Art on view • Class notes • High adventure for a good cause • In memoriam • Letters to the editor • Marriages • Births • Deaths • His memory spans nearly a century of sports
Ursinus College Bulletin, Fall 1988

Sally Widman, Richard P. Richter, Blanche Allen, Lois Glessner, and Dave Sherman

President's memo: Ursinus at the threshold • Ursinus picked for Olin grant • Campaign sets fund raising record • Their teamwork saved 14 lives • Ursinus College faculty enters new era • Coming home to a foreign land • Alumni weekend: Paying tribute to the many • Seven retire from Ursinus faculty • Ursinus celebrates centennial of sports • Hockey works to bounce back • Lacrosse players honored • '56 grad named president of Firestone • Jan Smith elected to Board • College awarded Japanese grant • Ursinus named to select listing • Brookshier speaks at UDAC II • Two VPs appointed; 8 hired, promoted • Veterans' memorial to be dedicated • Class notes • Grand Marshal Laughlin loved this parade • Marriages • Births • Deaths
Ursinus College Bulletin, Summer 1988

Sally Widman, Richard P. Richter, Glenn A. McCurdy, and Nancy Landis Wood

President's memo: Thinking of the natural sciences • "None of it seemed real" • Library: Farewell to the old card catalog • Evolution of biology • Reality training for future teachers • Volunteers appreciated • A picture-perfect commencement • The day of the bear • Ursinus receives $50,000 Pa. grant • Senior gift • Board member top philanthropist • Science fair held • Card exchange • Computer expert tells of banking crunch • College hosts special medieval fest • Publishing contest announced • Stauffer, Bright elected to Board • Mideast compromise possible: Scholar • Scholarship awarded • Much ado, 20s style • Wyeths displayed • Former Penn aide named head football coach • 21 MVPs honored at first varsity dinner • All-around award is re-established • Stahl selected World Cup coach • Class notes • Class president ready to take on the world • Lancaster benefits from Ursinus connection • Marriages • Births • Deaths
Ursinus College Bulletin, March 1988

Sally Widman, Rick Miller, Richard P. Richter, Kenneth W. Grundy, and Elliot Tannenbaum

President's memo: Then and now, the state of the college • Preparing for the decennial inspection • From war's horrors to safe harbor • Women's studies: The 100% solution, a curriculum for all • South Africa: Against the "blood-dimmed tide" • T.G.U. professor teaching at Ursinus • "Black perspective" a misnomer, journalist says • New England tour • Evening School dinners held • Sculpture exhibit at Ursinus • Alumni festivities planned • California alumni • Center City alumni hear about museum • Kutztown Folk Fest welcomes Ursinus • Campaign goal achieved • Snell chair drive exceeds goal • Nine to be inducted into Hall of Fame • Spring sports schedule • Brown quits football, remains assistant athletic director • Class notes • Second career is realization of life's dream • He knows the value of a name • Marriages • Births • Deaths • Letters to the editor
Ursinus College Bulletin, January 1988

Sally Widman, Rick Miller, Richard P. Richter, Willis G. Frick, and Chris Goldberg

President's memo: Students face evolution of social values • Colleges reexamine student alcohol use: What other colleges are doing; What Ursinus is doing • Research expert leads students to chemical frontiers • Friday nights on the Sturgis rails • Founders' weekend an 18th century sampler • Memorial details • Students learn of corporate world's human side • GRRs aid admissions • Ursinus festival host • They're making a list • Alumni awards • Zack on the turnpike • Ursinus calendars • Nominations sought • From fog to fun, a massive reunion • Ursinus Messiah is 50 • Alumni advise on grant proposal • Surdna grant • Schultz trust • Campaign total • Repko flies for Eagles during NFL strike • Fall honors • Hockey Hall of Fame at Ursinus • Winter sports schedule • Team to California • Class notes • Bringing enlightenment to women's health care • Marriages • Births • Deaths • Letters to the editor
Ursinus College Bulletin, September 1987

Sally Widman, Rick Miller, Richard P. Richter, Debra Kamens, Blanche Allen, and Elliot Tannenbaum

President's memo: Israel's past awesomely present as its future shouts to be born • Eisenhower lauds Constitution at opening convocation • Campus Art Center announced • Lisa Tremper named Director of new Center • Forming a more perfect understanding • Freshman advisers are 4-year mentors • New faces: Faculty, freshmen • Looking at all ages and all needs • It's more than a movie • A sweltering, sweet reunion • Lacrosse team loses title in OT • Field hockey team to California • Alumnus heads national athletic anti-drug campaign • Fall sports schedule • Ace Bailey among 9 inducted into Hall • Japanese program in 15th year • Stellar heads A.P.S. • Alumni officers • Alumni directory research begins • Alumna wins Press prize • Two elected to Board • He seeks names of war dead for memorial • Students win prizes • Class notes • Alumnus presides over Pennsylvania Bar • The cause is the thing • Marriages • Births • Deaths • Letters to the Editor
Ursinus College Bulletin, June 1987

Sally Widman, Rick Miller, Richard P. Richter, Debra Kamens, Nicholas O. Berry, and Elliot Tannenbaum

President's memo: Ursinus evolves toward greater vitality • Premed dilemma: A profession in transition • A special premedder • Seeing alma mater through alumni eyes • Meisters celebrate 50th anniversary on tour • The bombarding of the editorial writer • The coddling of college students • Commencement: A day of joy, thought and change • Five from faculty, staff retire • Bears win MAC title • From basketball sub to track standout • Board elects one, promotes seven • Beardwood Society awarded lecture • 30th science show • Super reunion I • Industrial decline calls for action • Peruvian Fulbright visits Ursinus • Employment report • Rubys needed • Class notes • A student of the human race • Militantly molding the middle of the road • Marriages • Births • Deaths
Ursinus College Bulletin, March 1987

Sally Widman, Rick Miller, Richard P. Richter, Debra Kamens, Elliot Tannenbaum, and Blanche Allen

President's memo: Preparing for a populous future • From Pennsburg to the Vatican in search of beauty • Musser Hall meets the world • Of life, infinity and classic sport • Evening School: Taking fear out of the college plunge • Loyalty Fund totals soar, give cause for celebration • Women's studies grant won by Ursinus • College receives funds to aid black student • California alumni have six reunions • Where are they now? • Staff promotions • Who's who • Say, just which fund got that check? • Main Street lauded • Landis selected • Books given • Meistersingers tour • Making a fast break from bleakness • Spring sports schedule • Ursinus running renaissance sparks precocious women's program • Odgers academic all-American • Class notes • The feline's answer to Dr. Spock • Bio art: Her perfect solution • Marriages • Births • Deaths • Kutztown Folk Fest welcomes Ursinus
Ursinus College Bulletin, January 1987

Sally Widman, Rick Miller, Richard P. Richter, Debra Kamens, Elliot Tannenbaum, Judy Baxter, Betsy Ramsey, and H. Lloyd Jones

President's memo: The healthy debate of controversy • "King of instruments" awes audience • French installed in Heefner Chair • Fulbright tour enriches Dr. Eaton's courses • Coming home to double vision • Loyalty Fund prizes • It's a hoopster's lullaby • Fall season honors • Bruins Club note • Letter of thanks • Memories of Fetterolf • Inaugural exhibit delights Ursinus community • The art-full life is a rewarding one • A. V. Davis grant supports campaign for Ursinus • Clemens, Fretz families plan concert endowment • Class gifts give campaign a boost • A "44.66%" reunion • Chemistry alumni asked for reactions • Library given books • Ho-hum memories • Ursinus hosts Fulbright scholar • Fraktur displayed • Hartman elected to Board • Evening enrollment • Class notes • The law of science is his business • Anti-terrorism in the slow lane • Marriages • Births • Deaths • Sports schedule
Ursinus College Bulletin, September 1986

Sally Widman, Richard P. Richter, Rick Miller, Blanche Allen, and Thomas Shaw

President's memo: Japan revisited • Nicaraguan cause draws three from class of 1962 • Students help mental patients join the world again • Expand world view, say symposium speakers • Students learn to relax in foreign tongues • A new kind of valedictory victory • A dedication, a reunion, a reminiscence • Eight named to Hall of Fame • Communications staff wins 16 awards • Ursinus receives grant from Merck • Myrin trust grants Ursinus $750,000 • Professors Schultz and Fletcher retire • Student body tops 1,200 • A balm for the backslider • 122 go for M.B.A.s • 2 elected to Board • Rubys sought • "Marvelous" gathering reunites six • Faculty, staff positions filled • Lacrosse team gives Ursinus first NCAA title in any sport • Club funds sought • Fall-Winter sports schedule • Class notes • A surgeon's life: Intensity and camaraderie • He finds the peace is in giving • Marriages • Births • Deaths
Ursinus College Bulletin, June 1986

Richard P. Richter, Elliot Tannenbaum, Thomas Shaw, Sally Widman, and Rick Miller

President's memo: Terrorism and the global view • Meridian Grant will support Residential Village • Bequests to Ursinus • Grant will help provide scholarships • Ursinus wins Kresge grant • The Pattern emerges • And now, the future commences • Medical lectures highlight history and future • Alumni gather in Delaware, Pennsylvania and New Jersey • Pilgrim Press contest entries due • Teacher-in-space finalists address Ursinus students • Ursinus has "majority" on commission • Meistersingers tour in three states • Hair revival a sellout • Jamison appointed • Ursinus fields put Bears on level ground • The Bruins Club needs your support • Alumnus led shuttle search • Class notes • A doctor at pains to help • A mission of health and the spirit • Marriages • Births • Deaths
Ursinus College Bulletin, March 1986

Sally Widman, Richard P. Richter, Rick Miller, Elliot Tannenbaum, and Debra Kamens

The case for giving • 1985 census: Just who and what are we, anyway? • Of tee shirts and cookies: A tale of health and well-being • Renaissance in teaching • Unfriendly takeovers benefit few, Rorer chief tells students • Professorial chairs the ultimate tribute to faculty excellence • The pattern emerges • The Pa. German collection: An uncharted treasure • Playing the numbers for the good of the college • U.S. News survey cites Ursinus • Bear beats • Alumni gather in four states • Zucker's work to be performed • Wenhold receives Eshbach award • Stress workshop • Women's Club expands fund • A grim story of success at an early age • Sports schedule • Class notes • Rechanneling a flood of emotions • Estate planner's exotic garden his pride • Marriages • Births • Deaths
Ursinus College Bulletin, January 1986

Sally Widman, Richard P. Richter, Elliot Tannenbaum, Robert Worthing, and Leon North

Ursinus: A college with big plans • Liberal arts leavens a scientific education • In praise of science • Snyder takes Clamer chair • Faces of Homecoming • Gala launches campaign • Volunteers trained • The pattern emerges • A Fulbright, half a world away • Faculty research reaches "critical mass" • Lights, camera, action! • Ursinus a "best buy" • Sisters double the treasure • Bear facts • Women's Club disbands after 71 years • Colloquium book published • 1926 football presented to college • Phillips collection • 1915: A good year • Landis installed as campus minister • Surveys needed • French elected • Richter heads F.I.C. • Faculty dialog book • Future alumni of Ursinus • Board adds two members • Campaign for Ursinus: Questions and answers • A master in dermatology • Class notes • Lone administrator • Ursinus in California • Jean Garton honored • Marriages • Births • Deaths • Letters to the editor
Ursinus College Bulletin, September 1985

Sally Widman, Richard P. Richter, Calvin D. Yost, and Debra Kamens

The purpose survives • The magnificent Ursis Horribilis • Students' character: Who's responsible? • Alumni return to campus at night • A catalyst for alumni central • Going back to the future • "Stardusters" in the spotlight again • Ursinus College: A history of its first hundred years • Japanese students: Learning by negotiation • Yost portrait presented • Dr. Cogger retires • New faculty, staff at Ursinus • Tradition carries on • Promote Ursinus • NSF awards grant • Freshmen arrive • Campus village renovated • Forum programs scheduled • Women's Club luncheon • Friends regaled at Gurzynski roast • Weight room dedication • Angelos appointed basketball coach • Sports schedule • Class notes • Tripping the Leight fantastic • Her classroom is wild America • Marriages • Births • Deaths • Letters to the editor • Do you know where your classmates are?
Ursinus College Bulletin, June 1985

Sally Widman, Sandy Frank, Richard P. Richter, and Elliot Tannenbaum

Affirming one woman's vision • Evolution of the Ursinus woman • Life in the old days: Lights out at 10 • Medicine: Life in an exacting profession • Women in the law: The view from the bench • Matchmaker has time for family too • Academia: Carrying on the scholarly tradition • The first lady is always "on" • Arts: Her dramas show kids reality • Religion: Her words reach thousands • The Board: Ursinus' link with the town • Ursinus women on their way up • Commencement: The unity of the arts and sciences • Japanese prof at Ursinus • Du Pont grants $7,000 • Alumni elect • Ursinus alumni most loyal • Meistersingers tour • Culture blooms • MBA offered • Board elects • Chemists meeting • Latin Studies minor added • Class of 2006 • More jobs for '85 grads • Ursinus women are triumphant on court and green • Grizzellany • Class notes • Below decks she'll run the show • Teaching the abused to tell the whole truth • Marriages • Births • Deaths • Letters to the editor
Ursinus College Bulletin, March 1985

Sally Widman, Sandy Frank, Richard P. Richter, Robert Poole III, and Elliot Tannenbaum

A matter of reputation • The Mauchly legacy: A revolution begun in Pfahler Hall • Medical ethics: High-tech dilemmas challenge healers • Stellars find reward in team effort • Bringing the Far East to Ursinus • Wrestlers have upper hand on mats and off • Spring sports schedule • Vote now in Ursinus Hall of Fame election • Eshbach receives namesake award • Grant awarded • Funds given • "All's Well" produced by proTheatre • Robbins elected • On the street where you live • Admissions nights • Band formed • Tuition up • Grizzly alumni reunited in Sunshine State • Class notes • They cracked the college acceptance code • Making friends in the deep • Marriages • Births • Deaths • In memoriam • All those years there was a bear in that trunk • Letters to the editor
Ursinus College Bulletin, January 1985

Sally Widman, Sandy Frank, Richard P. Richter, Debra Kamens, Elliot Tannenbaum, and Donald Stauffer

A mandate to liberal arts colleges • Focus on faculty: "The smart, curious and articulate" • Liberal arts lauded on Founders Day • Campus plan: Preserving "the classic college town" • Cottage now counseling center • Hot time at homecoming • A one-man information explosion • Receptions set • Japan studies program offered • Books given • Photos shown • Faculty hired • Baton assigned • Evans and Hess appointed • Who's whose confusing at legacy brunch • China trip for soccer team • Bruin notes • Grizzellany • Winter sports schedule • Class notes • For the love of legalities • He'll make your weekend creepy • Marriages • Births • Deaths • Heefner new development chairman • Letters to the editor
Ursinus College Bulletin, Fall 1984

Sally Widman, Sandy Frank, Richard P. Richter, Michael A. Renninger, and Elliot Tannenbaum

At issue: Communicating about the college • Internships: Scholarship blooms in the marketplace • Ultimate intern • Her students say she's first class • Scotland: Where ancient history meets modern trauma • Donations up 25.4% • Staff hired, promoted • Davidson elected to MAC • Bearing up: Bruin will help ease the loss • Alumni host hockey team • Coach of year • Faculty has eight new members • Class of 1988 arrives • Counselors • Association elects officers • Ursinus teachers tops • On the field: Bronze Cinderella story for field hockey team • Heroes to be honored 50 years later • Fall sports schedule • 400 join the A-Day invasion • Class notes • Vintage retirement • His work is his castle • Marriages • Births • Deaths • Take me out to the Yakyu game • Letters to the editor
Ursinus College Bulletin, Summer 1984 Special Issue

Milton E. Detterline, Sally Widman, Richard P. Richter, Donald L. Helfferich, Anna Knauer Helfferich, and Evan Snyder

Donald Lawrence Helfferich, 1898-1984 • Donald L. Helfferich: A reflection • Life of Donald L. Helfferich: A chronology • Major speeches • From the President • "I am essentially a lazy man..." • Tributes: He transformed Ursinus in all its parts • A legend in his own time • "A very generous and thoughtful man"