Volume 75
Number 4


The Lord of Misrule

Emory Medalists

Enigma: The Haunting of Uppergate House

The Emory Century

Wonderful Woodruffs
The Ubiquitous Woodruff
Living up to the Legacy
The Return of the
Bright Brigade

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE EMORY CENTURY
BRICKS AND MORTAR:
DIVERSITY:
EMORY TRADITIONS:
FOUNDING SCHOOL:
GIANTS:
RESEARCH & SCHOLARSHIP
STUDENTS
TURNING POINTS :
EMORY AND THE WORLD:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
1960–Upon the death of her husband, Charles H. Candler, Flora Glenn Candler establishes an endowment to create twelve distinguished professorships, an important component in upgrading the faculty.
 
  1962–The Georgia Supreme Court rules in September that Emory would not lose its tax-exempt status if it admitted blacks. Although registration for most divisions had closed, Robert W. Steele is able to enroll as a part-time student in a special program in the graduate school, becoming the first black student to register for credit at Emory. Attorneys representing Emory in the case were Chair of the Board and University Attorney Henry Bowden ’32C-’34L-’59H, James A. Mackay ’40C-’47L, and Richard H. Clark Professor of Law Ben F. Johnson Jr. ’36C-’40L. R. A. Day ’36C-’37G, professor emeritus of chemistry, writes, “By the fall of 1964 eighteen black students were enrolled in four divisions of the University. Mr. Bowden showed exceptional courage and leadership in making this possible.”
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  1963–In January, Allie Saxon and Verdell Bellamy enter Emory’s School of Nursing, the first blacks to be admitted as regular, full-time students. They receive master’s degrees the following December.
 
  1965–An article in Time magazine (above) asks the question “Is God Dead?” One of the idea’s chief proponents is Emory College’s Thomas J .J. Altizer. An international controversy ensues, and some angry alumni call for Altizer’s dismissal, but University President Sanford S. Atwood stands firm in defense of academic freedom.
 
 
 

1965–Emory publishes Thomas H. English’s semicentennial history of the University on the fiftieth anniversary of the move to the Atlanta campus.
  1966–Emory students rent the new Atlanta—Fulton County Stadium to stage “Affirmation Vietnam” in support of America’s war effort.
 
  1966–The Board of Trustees renames the University’s medical complex the Woodruff Medical Center in honor of longtime benefactor Robert W. Woodruff.
 
  1967–Wonderful Wednesdays begin after the faculty vote to give students relief from classes one day a week. The practice ends in 1982, when the University converts to the semester system.
 
  1969–The Robert W. Woodruff Library for Advanced Studies is dedicated.
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BONUS CONTENT: The web version of “The Emory Century” contains a significant amount of information not presented in the print version.

 

 

 

 

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