Faculty

Topics included: [Faculty Activities] [Individual Faculty Members] [Endowed Chairs] [Teacher's Oath]

Faculty Activities

• List of Faculty Members at Opening
• A Look Back, 1878
• Professors Give Lectures at Hudson-Fulton Celebration
• Professors Speak at Celebration of Tercentary Anniversary of Publishing of King James Version of Bible
• Professors Walk Across Frozen Hudson for Research
• Professor of German Conducts German Summer School
• Annie Louise Macleod, Ruth Wheeler 1899, Mary Fisher Langmuir 1920, Directors of Euthenics Program
• Mabel Newcomer, William Bancroft Hill, and Herbert E. Mills Serve on Board of Vassar Bank
• Faculty Members Partook in an Academic Convention
• Faculty Demonstrated Against Nuclear Testing
• Vassar College Faculty Presented Retiring President Blanding with gifts
• Faculty Paid Tribute to Sarah Gibson Blanding
• Faculty March in Protest of Recent Events in Selma, Alabama
• Approve Experimental Honors Program
• Silent Protest Against Vietnam War
• Discuss Coordination with Yale Faculty
• Addressed by Kingman Brewster
• Honor Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Recommend Co-education

• First Lake Minnewaska Conference
• Approve the Student Afro-American Association's "A Search for Relevant Education"
• Sign Anti-Vietnam War Petition
• First Meeting of College Council
• National Moratorium, 1968
• Protest of Construction on Sunset Lake Hill
• Anti-war Resolution at IBM's April 27th Joint-stockholders' Meeting
• Lobby Against Vietnam War
• Faculty Approved a New Faculty-Evaluation Program
• Faculty Back Administration in Sit-In

Individual Faculty Members

• Museum Remodeled, Renamed for Dr. Alida Avery
• Henry Heath Bawden Holds Taylor Chair of Philosophy
• Jacob P. Geraud Jr. Professorship Held by Elizabeth E. Bickford
• Jean C. Bracq, French, and William B. Dwight, Natural History Hold Endowed Chairs
• Gertrude Buck, Professor of English
• Mildred Campbell Holds Eloise Ellery Chair of History
• Betty Churgin gives lecture
• Professor Concetta Scaravaglione Displays His Art.
• E-Tu-Zen-sun '44 and Ruth Store Appointed Members of the Radcliff Institue for Independant Study.
• Achsah M. Ely 1868 Raises Funds for Gymnasium
• Nell Eurich Became Dean of Faculty.
• Charles Farrar, Architect of Observatory
• Farrar Repeats Foucault's Demonstration
• Charles Finch, Teacher of Music
• Christabel Forsyth Fiske Chairs Vassar Journal of Undergraduate Studies Editorial Committee
• Emerson David Fite Holds Thompson Chair of Political Science
• Emerson David Fite Lectures
• Hallie Flanagan Directs Experimental Theatre
• Hallie Flanagan Studies Theatres of Russia
• Hippolytus of Euripides Directed by Hallie Flanagan
• Hallie Flanagan Directs Summer Session
• Hallie Flanagan Davis Directs Federal Theatre Project
• Joseph Kirk Folson Holds Margaret Stiles Halleck Chair of Social Sciences
• Caroline Furness 1891, Professor of Astronomy, Attends International Suffrage Meeting
• Concert Presented in Memory of E. Harold Geer
• George Coleman Gow Appointed Chairman, Music
• Gow Directs Glee Club
• "Hark Alma Mater" Music Written by George Coleman Gow
• Symposium Held in Honor of Charles C. Griffin.
• Christine Mitchell Hanslock Gives Lecture.
• Professor Haight Discusses Faculty in Government Service
• William Bancroft Hill Holds Chair of Biblical Literature
• Charles Hinkel and LeRoy Cooley Hold New Chairs
• Henry Van Ingen at First Founder's Day
• Exhibition of Paintings by Wendell Jones Opens
• Students Demand Extension of Professor Roger Katan's Contract.
• Florence Keys, English Professor, Lectures
• Henry Noble MacCracken Chair of English Literature Held by Anna Theresa Kitchel
• Abby Leach Directs Antigone in Greek
• Leach Directs The Birds
• Leach Receives Gold Cup From Emperor of Japan
• Grace Harriet Macurdy Awarded King's Medal for Service in the Cause of Freedom
• Professor Macurdy Leaves Art Exhibition to College
• John McAndrew Designs Vassar Cooperative Bookshop
• Robert Middleton Writes Opera for Centennial
• Herbert E. Mills Brings Webbs to Campus
• Herbert E. Mills Acts as Dean of Training Camp for Nurses
• Classes Give Library Fund in Honor of Herbert E. Mills
• Gate Dedicated in Honor of Herbert E. Mills
• Maria Mitchell's Father
• Maria Mitchell Brings Students to Iowa to See Eclipse
• Mitchell and Students View Eclipse in Colorado
• J.L. Moore Supervises First Field Day
• Tablet in Memory of Dr. Charles William Moulton Unveiled
• J. Leverett Moore Research Fund Established
• Mabel Newcomer Attends United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference
• James Orton Comes to Vassar
• James Orton Creates Museum
• Orton Initiates Geological Excursion
• Lewis F. Pilcher Designs North House (Jewett)
• Music for Experimental Theater Presentation Composed by Quincy Porter
• Elizabeth Powell Receives Letter from Vassar
• Seaburry Quinn Jr, Directs Play in Honor of William Shakespeares' 400th birthday
• Dr. Austen Riggs Starts Clinic
• Frederick L. Ritter
• Ritter Leads Musical
• Professor Ritter Receives John Burroughs and Walt Whitman
• Edith A. Roberts Oversees Botanical Garden
• Lucy Maynard Salmon Helps Found Vassar Alumnae Historical Association
• Lucy Maynard Salmon Suggests Convocation
• Lucy Maynard Salmon Research Fund Established
• Baron Leopold von Seldenek, Riding Instructor
• Winifred Smith 1904 Plans Shakespeare Garden
• Alice D. Snyder Protests Teacher's Oath
• Ruth Store and E-Tu-Zen-sun '44 appointed members of the Radcliff Institue for Independant Study.
• Nikander Strelsky Lectures
• Helen D. Lockwood 1912 and Barbara Swain 1920 Purchase Library of Nikander Strelsky for College
• Dr. Elizabeth Burr Thelberg Decorated by French Government
• Paul Tillich Gives Lecture.
• Margaret Floy Washburn Fund Established
• Henry Seely White Receives Honorary Degree
• Marian P. Whitney Helps Yale Acquire Goethe Collection
• Mary W. Whitney 1868 Holds Maria Mitchell Chair
• Mary W. Whitney 1868 Founds Wake Robin Club
• Production Honors Catherine Wolonsky
• Delia Woods, Elizabeth Powell : Physical Education
• Laura J. Wylie, Professor and President of Suffrage League

Endowed Chairs

• Trustee Establishes Chair of Greek and Latin and Physics and Chemistry
• Maria Mitchell Chair of Astronomy Established
• John Guy Vassar Chairs of Natural History, Modern Languages Established
• James Monroe Taylor Chair of Philosophy Established
• Frederick Ferris Thompson Chair of Political Science Established
• Taylor's Accomplishments as President
• Frederick Weyerhauser Chair of Biblical Literature Established
• Folklore Foundation Established
• Mary Augusta Scott Chair of English Established
• Henry Noble MacCracken Chair of English Literature Established
• Margaret Stiles Halleck Chair of Social Sciences Established
• Lucy Maynard Salmon Chair of History Established
• George Sherman Dickinson Chair of Music Established
• Eloise Ellery Chair of History Established

Teacher's Oath

• New York State Required an Oath from All Teachers
• Students Protest Student Oath
• Members of Faculty and Student Organizations Protest in Albany

Last updated February 6, 1999, by Jeremy R. Linden, '00.