Mesa State in the 1970s
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Industrial
Development, Inc., local economic promotion group, begins lobbying to have Mesa
become a 4-year college
Campus appearances: Glen Yarborough, musician;
N. Scott Momaday, author |
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| Demonstration on campus |
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Dr. Theodore Albers named president | |
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Civil
rights activist James Farmer speaks on campus Campus
appearances: Daniel Schorr, television journalist; Louise Beatty, actress; Mort
Sahl, satirist; Salem Ludwig, actor All In The Family
and The Electric Company premiere. The 26th Amendment lowers the
voting age from 21 to 18 in the United States. The Supreme Court upholds
a measure to bus children to enforce integration in schools.
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Campus
appearances: Mrs. Medgar (Myrlie) Evers, civil rights activist; Flash Cadillac,
rock musicians; Edwin Baron, scientific hypnotist |
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| Governor John Love recommends 4-year status for Mesa; General
assembly approves; planning to begin in 1974 | | |
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 Literary
Magazine launched
Campus appearances:
Woody Herman, jazz musician; Lilia Skala, actress; Witold Malcuzynski, pianist
Best Picture: The Sting | | |
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Dissolution
of junior college district approved by county voters North
Central Association approves baccalaureate plan
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| Roe Saunders | Dr.
Carl Walhberg named acting president | Campus
buildings named: Library
(Lowell Heiny)
Fieldhouse (Roe Saunders)
College Center (W.W. Campbell)
Vo-tech (William Medesy)
Campus
appearances: Richard Morse, actor; Brit Hume, journalist; Khigh Alx Dhiegh, Taoist
educator
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Gerald Ford visits Grand Junction; crowns Homecoming Queen Diane Porter |
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Snow sculptures | | |
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| Registration | Radio
station KMSA goes on the air - 91.3 FM Campus
appearances: Stuart Udall, environmentalist; Jesse Owens, athlete
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Faculty
ranked for the first time -- 25 full professors Women´s
athletics launched -- volleyball and basketball teams fielded Mavericks
join Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) and NAIA Campus
appearances: N. Scott Momaday, author; Murray Banks, humorist; Julian Bond, civil
rights activist Best Picture: Rocky
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John U. Tomlinson named president. | | |
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College
organized into six schools -- deans appointed Alumni
Association formed Energy
conservation drive on campus -- classroom thermostats set at 65 degrees Campus
appearances: Morgan Ahern, lesbian activist; Leonard Nimoy, actor; Wilfred Schwartz,
violinist; Robert Pollard, nuclear critic; Jo Anna Mendl, dancer; Marjorie Margolies,
television journalist Drought
in Grand Valley -- campus water shortage -- conservation decreed Best
Picture: Annie Hall Died: Charlie Chaplin, Bing Crosby, Elvis Presley President
Jimmy Carter pardons Vietnam draft evaders. | |
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Campus
appearances: Judith Crist, movie critic; Lynn Daily Dancers; Daniel Ellsberg,
nuclear critic Semester
system adopted Army
ROTC program established
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Two new dormitories, Juniper and Aspen Halls, and Walnut Ridge Apartments opened |
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| Remodeled Houston Hall reoccupied | Campus
appearances: William Gibson, actor; General John Singlaub, military expert
Removal of uranium tailings on campus begins
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