News Releases for 1962

• January 10: Wolfram, German folk singer, will present program at Sumner Auditorium January 19
• January 11: Kerr expresses pleasure for Brown's efforts for support of Ribicoff to complete the lands of the San Diego campus
• January 18: Elsasser to be speaker for Faculty Lecture 1-30-62
• January 18: Ryan to give seminar on January 26, "The Molecular Basis of Mutation"
• January 19: School of basking sharks observed off La Jolla
• January 30: Walter Kohn named to the Board of Editors of "The Physical Review"
• February 5: van Andel has been selected as a visiting scientist this semester by the American Geological Institute
• February 9: Roger Wagner will lead members of the chorus and orchestra in an all-Mozart program at Sherwood Hall at 8:30 p.m., March 1
• February 9: Chief scientist of the history-making Mohole Project will describe last year's preliminary drilling
• February 22: Roger Wagner to bring 25 members of UCLA orchestra and 40 members of the UCLA chorus to La Jolla to present program dedicated to Mozart.
• February 23: Heilman to speak in Faculty Lecture Series in La Jolla on March 8
• March 1: University of California, San Diego will celebrate the 94th Charter Anniversary on March 25 with Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg as main speaker
• March 2: Heilman will discuss Thomas Hardy's "The Mayor of Casterbridge," on March 8
• March 2: Ruggiero Ricci will appear in recital in La Jolla, March 12
• March 6: Fox elected Chairman of Research Council for Zoological Society
• March 7: Two ships from the University of California's Scripps Institution of Oceanography sail March 16 on an expedition, Hilo Expedition, designed to locate promising sites for the Mohole
• March 8: Wind Ensemble from UCLA presents a program of band music in Sherwood Hall on March 21
• March 8: A field day for staff and families of the University of California, San Diego will be held March 1
• March 8: Five young musicians from the La Mesa-El Cajon area will appear March 21 with the Wind Ensemble
• March 12: Spencer F. Baird will sail March 15 on a six-month investigation of the seal floor in the Western Pacific
• March 19: Recent research on California oil-producing basins and upon nearby areas which are similar will be discussed at a two-day conference opening March 21 at University of California's Scripps Institution
• March 19: Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg, Chairman of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission and Nobel Laureate, will speak in La Jolla March 25 for Charter Anniversary.
• March 19: Sixty young musicians from UCLA will play a Wind concert of band music at Sherwood Hall on March 21
• March 20: Two etchings of ships by John Taylor Arms have been presented to the University of California's Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
• March 21: Seaborg will speak on "New Paths in Education" on March 25 in celebration of the University of California's 94th Charter Anniversary
• March 21: Gulf of California represents crack in earth's surface and was formed by drift of Baja California and southern California away from the Mexican mainland
• March 22: Land is winning a battle against the sea on the west coast of Mexico, geologists told scientific conference at University of California's Scripps Institution of Oceanography
• March 22: Processes that formed main oil-bearing basins of California are being duplicated in Gulf of California, van Andel told scientific conference.
• March 23: Phyllis Curtin will present recital in La Jolla on April 8
• March 26: Segre will give the first of an All-University Lecture Series on the San Diego campus on March 29
• March 29: Phyllis Curtin will sing a program of classical and modern music at a recital in La Jolla, April 8
• March 30: One of the nation's authorities on the making of wine will speak on the San Diego campus April 5 as an All-University Lecturer
• April 5: Metropolitan Opera star Phyllis Curtin will sing a program of classical and modern music in La Jolla on April 8.
• April 6: Leading expert in field electronics will discuss modern computers in a Faculty Lecture in La Jolla on April 16.
• April 9: Two members of the staff of University of California's Scripps Institution of Oceanography have been named to the advisory panels for United States-Japan Committee on Scientific Cooperation by the State Department.
• April 9: York appointed member of the 12-man General Advisory Committee of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
• April 11: York selected as one of the five winners for the 1962 Ernest Orlando Lawrence Memorial Award
• April 12: Scientists from Scripps leaves San Diego for a two-week survey of fishes of Bahia de los Angeles, Baja California
• April 25: Gershoy will speak on "The Historian's Quest" on May 4 in the Faculty Lecture Series held in La Jolla.
• April 25: Expert on Foreign affairs will give free lecture on the Middle East on campus May 3-Third of the All-University Lectures
• April 26: Rafael Puyana will present a program of Baroque music for the harpsichord in La Jolla on May 5
• May 3: York will outline plans for the San Diego campus of the University of California at a meeting at the San Diego Chamber of Commerce on May 7
• May 10: Scholander elected a member of American Philosophical Society
• May 10: Chancellors of two University of California campuses will speak at a dinner meeting in San Diego May 18
• May 11: Argo (ship) sails May 15 on Lusiad Expedition
• May 18: Reinhartius hippoglossoides, native fish to the north Atlantic, was found near the Mexican border.
• May 21: Development of the San Diego campus will be "stopped dead in its tracks" unless State Proposition 3 is passed.
• June 1: Students who have earned advanced degrees from UCSD will be honored at a reception on June 2
• June 7: SIO will celebrate its 50th year of affiliation with UC and commissioning ceremonies for Alexander Agassiz (ship) will be held June 13.
• June 8: York has urged Brown to call a special session of Legislature so that the issue of supporting the construction of higher educational facilities through bonds may be presented to the people again in November.
• June 11: Horizon (ship) sails June 13 for the Indian Ocean, Zephyrus Expedition.
• June 11: Family and friends to honor Dr. and Mrs. George F. McEwen on their 50th wedding anniversary at a reception in the Library Patio on June 17.
• June 15: FLIP will be launched June 22 at 11:00 a.m. at Gunderson Brothers Engineering Co., Portland, Oregon.
• August 2: Ocean-going ship designed for experimental biological research will be built in San Diego for the SIO
• August 2: Recreational reading resources of the Library of UCSD will be tripled as a result of a recent gift.
• August 3: Roel Construction Co. awarded contract for the new IGPP building on the campus of the UCSD
• August 6: First use of a computer in the operation of a university library
• August 9: Research craft FLIP tentatively scheduled to arrive at the US Navy Electronics Laboratory Sunday afternoon, August 12.
• August 10: Clark, new Assistant Chancellor-- Business and Finance has arrived to assume his duties.
• September 4: President Clark Kerr expresses satisfaction at the fact that the House of Representatives passed a bill that will eventually transfer Camp Matthews for UCSD
• September 5: ZoBell presented paper at International Conference on Water Pollution Research in London on the pollution of the sea and its shores by oil.
• September 7: Urey will speak on "The Abundances of the Elements" in La Jolla on September 17 at the first of the Fall 1962 Faculty Lectures.
• September 11: Device for de-salting sea water has begun a year of advanced pilot testing at UCSD
• September 20: Schaefer named Director of the University of California's Institute of Marine Resources.
• September 22: University of California budget for 1963-64 was submitted to The Regents on September 21
• September 28: Growth and future plans of the San Diego campus will be described at the Pacific Beach Lions Club, October 10
• October 5: Theodore W. Forbes will discuss the growth of the San Diego campus in the field of enrollment and student affairs
• October 5: Preliminary figures show that enrollments for the fall semester at UCSD have risen 39.5 percent over the 1961 figure
• October 8: The growth of the San Diego campus of the University of California is bringing new benefits to the economy of San Diego County both directly and indirectly
• October 10: SIO to gain from rapid expansion of the San Diego campus
• October 11: J. H. Clark said his talk will emphasize critical stage in the campus's development, and its dependence on outcome of Proposition 1-A
• October 15: Tippetts talk of American Institute of Architects concerning building program of the San Diego campus
• October 15: Dr. York visits with county leaders on growth of San Diego Campus (Oceanside Blade-Tribune)
• October 16: Dr. Singer says that funds for a minimum-sized campus will have to be assured to attract quality teachers
• October 17: Mr. Voigt announces a new series of chamber music concerts at Sumner Auditorium commencing November 2.
• October 18: Dr. York to discuss higher education in California with students of Palomar College.
• October 18: Joseph W. Hutchison tells of new apartments in La Jolla available to students of the University of California.
• October 19: Mr. Voigt tells of cramped conditions at the Library.
• October 23: Mr. Anderson to speak to Santee-Lakeside Rotary Club on the future expansion of the campus
• October 23: Dr. York visits with County leaders on growth of San Diego campus (The Valley News)
• October 23: Shor reports two research ships-- Argo and Horizon-- are sailing across the Indian Ocean for a week-end stop at island of Mauritius
• October 25: Dr. York says San Diego campus to open its doors to graduate and undergraduate students in 1965 dependent upon the fate of State Proposition 1A.
• October 25: Dr. York announces five recently-named professors will present their inaugural lectures during the coming months.
• October 26: Dr. York announces the appointment of Roy L. Kidman as Medical Librarian.
• October 31: A Dean of the Medical School of the San Diego campus is sought
• November 1: San Diegans who entered junior colleges this Fall may have the choice of completing their four years of undergraduate education at UCSD, York pointed out in his Newsletter
• November 2: State Proposition 1A is a good investment, York stated
• November 9: Mayer will speak on "Thermodynamics in a Reversible World" in La Jolla on November 19 in the second of the Fall 1962 Faculty Lecture Series
• November 13: FLIP craft will conduct demonstrations off La Jolla on November 16
• November 16: A program of Elizabethan and Baroque music will be a part of the Sumner Chamber Music Series on November 27 in Sumner Auditorium
• November 30: Wheelock received David W. Taylor Medal of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers.
• November 30: Matthias will speak on "Superconductivity" in one of the Fall 1962 Faculty Lecture Series to be held in La Jolla on December 10
• December 13: University of California will present three outstanding cultural attractions under its All-University Concert Series during the coming months.
• December 17: How the alligator is able to "hold its breath" underwater for long periods of time and survive has been described in a report of research conducted at UCSD
• December 17: Development of a major library is well under way at UC's San Diego campus
• December 27: Eugene Istomin Presents Concert Sherwood Hall, 1/7/63