1950s
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1902 Jeannette Kittredge Watson
March 21, 2011Jeannette Kittredge Watson, a member of the class of 1902 was wife of Thomas J. Watson, Sr., the founder of International Business Machines (IBM). Mother of four children, and member of IBM's board of directors for many years. More » -
1908- Barrows Green
February 15, 2011The green between Chapin, Larcom, and Emerson Dining Hall, created in 1908, was for many years the site for outdoor basketball games. Games at the time, played with a peach basket mounted on a pole (no backboard), resulted in scores of 2-3 or 4-0. This was also where members of the sophomore class constructed the daisy chain carried by the seniors on Senior Day. The space was named “Barrows Green” in 1953 to honor retiring Assistant Professor of Botany and Biology Florence L. Barrows. The plan to make the space a bowling green never materialized. More » -
1941-1914 Walter Oscar McIntire
March 21, 2011"Dr. Mac," Walter Oscar McIntire was the Professor of Philosophy and Education from 1914 to 1941 and Professor Emeritus from 1941 to 1956. A beloved teacher, students knew him as gentle, dedicated, serious, and approachable. He performed marriage ceremonies for many alumnae, usually in Cole Chapel. In 1941, he spoke at Commencement and received a [...] More » -
1943 Florence L. Barrows
March 9, 2011Dr. Barrows took responsibility for the college’s herbarium, and in 1946 was made director of the Department of Gardens, Trees and Shrubs. More » -
1944-1961 Alexander H. Meneely
January 13, 2011Dartmouth College Professor of History Alexander Howard Meneely (1899-1961) began his 17-year tenure when Dr. Park retired in 1944, faced with leading the College in a period of post-war confusion and rising costs. Enrollment growth allowed Wheaton to expand and improve its curriculum, faculty, and building program. The construction of "new campus" began in 1957. More » -
1950 Amy Otis Memorial Lecture Series established
November 19, 2010The Class of 1931 establishes the Amy Otis Memorial Lecture series in honor of the portraitist, miniaturist, and member of Wheaton’s art department from 1914 to 1932. More » -
1950 Bernice Brown Cronkhite, Honorary Degree Recipient
February 21, 2011Bernice Brown Cronkhite, Dean of Radcliffe Graduate School, is an Honorary Degree Recipient. More » -
1950 Amy Loveman, Honorary Degree Recipient
February 21, 2011Amy Loveman, author, editor, and critic, is an Honorary Degree Recipient. More » -
1950 Erwin D. Canham, Commencement speaker
February 7, 2011Erwin D. Canham, Editor of the The Christian Science Monitor, speaks at Commencement. More » -
1951 Dr. Katharine E. McBride, Commencement speaker
February 7, 2011Dr. Katharine E. McBride, President of Bryn Mawr College, speaks at Commencement. In the same year, she was awarded with an honorary degree. More » -
1952 Dr. Martha May Eliot, Honorary Degree Recipient
February 21, 2011Dr. Martha May Eliot, Head of Harvard Department of Maternal & Child Health, is an Honorary Degree Recipient. More » -
1952 Mabel Newcomer, Honorary Degree Recipient
February 21, 2011Mabel Newcomer, Vassar Professor of Economics, is an Honorary Degree Recipient. More » -
1952 Dr. Harry J. Carman, Commencement speaker
February 7, 2011Dr. Harry J. Carman, Dean Emeritus of Columbia University, speaks at Commencement. More » -
1953 Mary Pillsbury Lord, Honorary Degree Recipient
February 21, 2011Mary Pillsbury Lord, part of the U.S. Mission to the United Nations, is an Honorary Degree Recipient. More » -
1953 Agnes Mongan, Honorary Degree Recipient
February 21, 2011Agnes Mongan, Assistant Director of Fogg Art Museum at Harvard, is an Honorary Degree Recipient. More » -
1953 Allegra Maynard, Honorary Degree Recipient
February 21, 2011Allegra Maynard, Headmistress of Madeira School, is an Honorary Degree Recipient. More » -
1953 August Heckscher, Commencement speaker
February 7, 2011August Heckscher, Chief Editorial Writer of the New York Herald speaks at Commencement. More » -
1954 Dr. Rosemary Park, Honorary Degree Recipient
February 21, 2011Dr. Rosemary Park, President of Connecticut College and daughter of Wheaton President J. Edgar Park, is an Honorary Degree Recipient. More » -
1954-2001 Public Safety/ Infirmary
February 7, 2011This building, at the southeast corner of Howard Street and Fillmore Drive, replaced King Cottage as college infirmary and health center. Security/Public Safety Offices were installed in 1981. More » -
1954 Helen Kenyon, Honorary Degree Recipient
May 27, 2011Helen Kenyon is awarded the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Humane Letters. More » -
1954 The Right Reverend Henry Knox Sherrill, Commencement speaker
February 7, 2011The Right Reverend Henry Knox Sherrill, President of the National Council of Churches, speaks at Commencement. Read more at Wikipedia. More » -
1955 Enrollment increases
November 19, 2010The trustees vote to increase enrollment by 250 students. More » -
1955 Elizabeth Orton Jones, Honorary Degree Recipient
February 21, 2011Elizabeth Orton Jones, author and illustrator of children's books, is an Honorary Degree Recipient. More » -
1955 Dr. Joseph E. Johnson, Commencement speaker
February 7, 2011Dr. Joseph E. Johnson, President of Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, speaks at Commencement. More » -
1956 Marguerite C. Hearsey, Honorary Degree Recipient
February 21, 2011Marguerite C. Hearsey, Head of Abbot Academy, is an Honorary Degree Recipient. More » -
1956 John P. Dawson, Commencement speaker
February 7, 2011John P. Dawson, Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, speaks at Commencement. More » -
1956 Phyllis McGinley Hayden, Honorary Degree Recipient
February 23, 2011Phyllis McGinley Hayden, poet, is an Honorary Degree Recipient. More » -
1956 Dr. Herbert Gezork speaks at Commencement
February 7, 2011Dr. Herbert Gezork, President of the Andover Newton Theological School and Wheaton Trustee, speaks at Commencement. More » -
1957- Peacock Pond Bridge
January 18, 2011Designed by Howard L. Rich, Rich & Tucker Assoc., this cement and brick bridge over Peacock Pond replaced a wooden structure built in the 1930s. The location of the bridge was shifted north from the original bridge, which had been closer to the rocks. It serves as the main entrance to Lower Campus. More » -
1957- Young Hall
February 2, 2011Young Hall, the first building on Lower Campus, was the first of a three-dorm unit built east of Peacock Pond in response to a plan for college expansion. It was named for Sarah Belle Young, Professor of English, Registrar, and Secretary to the Faculty from 1909 to 1946 (Registrar Emerita, 1946-1973). More » -
1957- U.S. Post Office
February 7, 2011Constructed on Wheaton land with Wheaton funds, the Norton Post Office is leased to the U. S. Postal Service. Until 1957, the town's post office had been in Pratt's Store. The building was doubled in size in 1968-69. Wheaton students had boxes here until the Balfour-Hood Center post office was created in 1986. More » -
1957 Eleanor E. Randall is an Honorary Degree Recipient
February 23, 2011Eleanor E. Randall, former Wheaton Professor of Art and Senior Lecturer at MFA, is an Honorary Degree Recipient. More » -
1957 Mabel W. Daniels is an Honorary Degree Recipient
February 23, 2011Mabel W. Daniels, a composer, is an Honorary Degree Recipient. More » -
1957 Rosemond Tuve is an Honorary Degree Recipient
February 23, 2011Rosemond Tuve, English Professor at Connecticut College, is an Honorary Degree Recipient. More » -
1957 John P. Dawson speaks at Commencement
February 14, 2011John P. Dawson, Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, speaks at Commencement. More » -
1958 Father's Weekend organized
November 19, 2010Wheaton students organize the first-ever Fathers’ weekend. More » -
1958- Tennis Courts and Athletic Fields
February 7, 2011Designed by Shurcliff, Shurcliff & Merrill in 1958, new athletic fields and tennis courts behind the President's House (to the east of Clark Center) replaced smaller units scattered across the campus. In particular, the new tennis courts replaced the existing courts on the site of Meneely Hall, which was constructed in 1959. More » -
1958 Dorothy Shaver is an Honorary Degree Recipient
February 23, 2011Dorothy Shaver, President of Lord & Taylor, is an Honorary Degree Recipient. More » -
1958 Meribeth Elliott Cameron is an Honorary Degree Recipient
February 23, 2011Meribeth Elliott Cameron, Mount Holyoke College Dean, is an Honorary Degree Recipient. More » -
1958 Wheaton students enjoy the snow
May 31, 2011Sledding was a popular past time in the winter for Wheaton College students in 1958. More » -
1958 John Ely Burchard speaks at Commencement
February 7, 2011John Ely Burchard, Dean of the School of Humanities and Social Studies at M.I.T., speaks at Commencement. More » -
1959 Marjorie Otis Memorial Lecture Series is established
November 19, 2010The Marjorie Otis Memorial Lecture Series in Religion is established through the generosity of Henry Witte Otis, in memory of his first wife, Marjorie Maxfield Otis More » -
1959- Chase Dining Center
January 31, 2011The round portion of Chase Dining Hall was built in 1959. Chase Square was added in 1964 to accommodate the increase in student enrollment. Chase Dining Hall was named in honor of William F. Chase, Treasurer of the College, Trustee from 1935-1963, and Vice President of the Boston Five Cents Savings Bank. The Trustees noted when Chase retired from the Board that "He was a man who gave encouragement and withheld criticism; a man who listened more than he spoke but a man whose words were always worth hearing." More » -
1959- Meneely Hall
January 31, 2011Meneely Hall, the Humanities classroom building built in 1959, was the first classroom building to be built at Wheaton since 1911. Its construction was in response to the Trustees' decision to enlarge Wheaton's enrollment. It is ironic that this modern structure was named for the president who, soon after his arrival in 1944, had announced the Trustees' decision that all future construction at Wheaton should be in the Georgian style. More » -
1959- McIntire Hall
February 2, 2011Dedicated in 1959 and designed by Howard L. Rich, of Rich & Tucker, Assoc., the campus architects, this residence hall was built on Lower Campus in response to the Trustees' decision to expand enrollment. This was the second dormitory to be built east of Peacock Pond. McIntire Hall was named for "Dr. Mac," Walter Oscar McIntire, Professor of Philosophy and Education from 1914 to 1941, Professor Emeritus from 1941 to 1956. More » -
1959 Jean Dalrymple Ginder is an Honorary Degree Recipient
February 23, 2011Jean Dalrymple Ginder, Director of New York City Center Theatre & Light Opera Cos., is an Honorary Degree Recipient. More » -
1959 Irita Van Doren is an Honorary Degree Recipient
February 23, 2011Irita Van Doren, Literarary Editor of New York Herald Tribune, is an Honorary Degree Recipient. More » -
1959 Mary Ingraham Bunting is an Honorary Degreee Recipient
February 23, 2011Mary Ingraham Bunting, Douglass College Dean, is an Honorary Degreee Recipient. More » -
1959 Dr. Barnaby Conrad Keeney speaks at Commencement
February 7, 2011Dr. Barnaby Conrad Keeney, President of Brown University, speaks at Commencement. More »
