News Releases for 1964
- January 2: Manuscript and research materials of "Myth and Maneater" go to UCSD Library
- January 2: More high school seniors selected for UCSD
- January 2: Additional undergraduates to attend UCSD selected
- January 6: Sam Hinton appointed to Board of Advisors of new American Museum of Marine Archaeology.
- January 10: Announcement of Establishment of Department of Aerospace Engineering.
- January 10: Regents presentation of special Certificate of Esteem to Maria Goeppert Mayer
- January 16: San Diego Campus recipient of Woodrow Wilson Fellowships
- January 22: Announcement of 16 more freshmen admitted to UCSD
- January 22: Announcement of NSF trainee program
- January 24: Relay II communications satellite
- January 28: Don Americo Castro joins UCSD faculty as Professor of Spanish
- January 30: Announcement of 4 El Cajon freshmen students admitted to UCSD
- January 31: Announcement of Peter Yates lectures
- January 31: Admission of 2 more freshmen
- January 31: Admission of 2 more freshmen
- February 10: Admission of 1 more freshman
- February 10: Admission of 2 more freshmen
- February 17: Announcement of dives made during 1963
- February 23: Announcement of lecture by Bernhard Blume
- February 26: Dr. Adrian F. Richards appointed to the faculty of the University of Illinois
- February 27: Honorary Alumni of UCSD established
- February 28: Announcement of 12 more freshmen
- February 28: Opening of new cafeteria on Torrey Pines site
- February 29: Return of vessel Argo from Amphitrite Expedition
- March 2: Two professors have been awarded SLOAN Research Fellowships for 1964 (Drs. Fredkin and Goodkind)
- March 2: New display of art in Building B lobbies
- March 5: Dr. Shepard lecture on "Diving Saucer in the La Jolla Submarine Canyon"
- March 5: Honorary Alumni
- March 9: Medical School Development
- March 11: Shark Research Panel meeting
- March 13: Season closes on grunion run
- March 13: Spring semester enrollment at UCSD
- March 17: Announcement of Land Transfer Ceremony
- March 18: The Physics Department begins a move to new quarters on the upper campus
- March 19: Use of electric company facilities on Otay mountain
- March 20: Lease with Navy for 5.8 acres at Fort Rosecrans
- March 23: Dr. Newmark appointment as chairman of Linguistics Department
- March 24: Margaret Burbidge elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of London
- March 24: Dr. Revelle awarded "Star of Imtiaz" from Pakistan
- March 26: George P. Elliott lecture
- March 31: NSF Fellowships awarded for the 1964-65 academic year
- March 31: Dr. Shepard repeat lecture on diving saucer
- April 2: Dodo Expedition Announcement (Argo)
- April 4: Announcement of freshmen students
- April 5: Shakespeare Program announcement
- April 8: Father Paul Henry lecture announcement
- April 8: Contribution of collection to UCSD Library by Mrs. G. L. Fleming
- April 10: Scripps scientists map submarine plateau in South Pacific
- April 14: Philip Hanson appearance
- April 14: Three members of UCSD soccer team named to SD Soccer League All Stars
- April 14: UCSD faculty to attend American Geophysical Union meeting
- April 15: Three new mathematics department appointments
- April 16: Two faculty members to attend Conference on Higher Education
- April 17: Exhibit of faculty art, April 26
- April 17: Alaska Earthquake and tsunami waves
- April 20: Lawrence Clark Powell to speak at meeting of UCSD Library Friends
- April 23: Research Grant of more than 3/4 million dollars has been go received for the support of the Institute for the Study of Matter at UCSD
- April 23: Visit from Universidad Autonoma de Baja students and faculty, May 1
- April 24: Dr. Phillip Damon, UCSB, to lecture at UCSD
- April 24: Dr. Bramlette receives NAS Award
- April 24: UCSB Varsity Men's Glee Club to perform May 2
- April 27: From the University Librarian
- April 27: Dr. Lloyd Smith from Harvard and Massachusetts General Hospital to lecture
- April 28: 9 members Physics Department to attend APS meeting
- April 28: Dr. James Arnold elected to National Academy of Sciences
- April 29: UCSB Glee Club Program
- April 30: American Inst. Biological Sciences meeting to discuss Orgueil meteorite
- May 1: Announcement of arrival of Dr. S. S. Penner
- May 1: Baja California symposium
- May 4: Dr. Bonner Memorial
- May 6: Extension of UCAR Fellowship of William Dowd, graduate student
- May 7: Student Miss Kristina Ahlnas to attend Williamsburg Conference
- May 8: Dr. Menard lecture "Mountains Under the Sea"
- May 8: Seven Freshmen Girls Win AAUW Scholarships
- May 8: Chamber Singers of UCSB, presentation of concerts at San Diego on May 19.
- May 12: Dr. Popkin election President of Southern California Renaissance Conference
- May 12: Dr. Maria Mayer election, Am. Philosophical Society
- May 13: Scholarship winners, Honorary Alumni of UCSD
- May 13: Norris W. Rakestraw awarded Skin Diver magazine award for service to youth.
- May 13: Appointments of Dr. R. N. Hamburger and Dr. S. J. Singer
- May 19: Art Show visitors
- May 19: Appointment of Father Paul Henry
- May 20: Dr. Brueckner to speak at SDJC Commencement
- May 27: Commencement Reception for UCSD Graduating Students
- May 28: Dr. Van Dorn lecture re Good Friday Earthquake in Alaska
- May 29: Announcement of Regents' Scholarship Winners
- May 29: Orgueil Meteorite Symposium
- June 2: Sale of Stranger
- June 2: Cleopatra as a Librarian
- June 5: Dr. Shepard repeat lecture on Diving Saucer
- June 5: Radio Frequencies for Unmanned Ocean Data Stations
- June 7: Investigation of Aleutian Trench
- June 9: Service Awards Luncheon Honoring Retiring Employees
- June 16: McAlister measurements of heat flows through ocean layer
- June 18: Dr. Hamburger election to Society for Pediatric Research
- June 24: High School students participate in training program this summer sponsored by NSF
- June 29: Dr. Warren L. Butler appointed to the Department of Biology
- July 3: Reception held for Vice Chancellors Biron and Galbraith
- July 3: Appointment of Roy L. Kidman to the Committee on the National Library of Medicine
- July 6: Special Foreign Language Courses for graduate students
- July 6: Speakers' Bureau lectures during 1963-64
- July 7: Milner B. Schaefer elected chairman of panel
- July 14: Library O'Neill collection
- July 15: 1964-65 Ship Expeditions Planned
- July 17: Installation of CDC 3600 Computer
- July 24: Dr. Ewing receives French award
- July 27: University Library acquires the O'Neill Collection
- July 27: Construction of a three-story laboratory building
- July 27: Dr. Ted Walker and California gray whales
- July 27: Six new appointments in Literature
- July 29: Announcement of Expedition Ursa Major
- July 30: New ship operating facilities
- August 3: William Van Alstyne lecture at Sherwood Hall
- August 3: San Andreas Fault expedition
- August 3: Ringler interview with Tuthill regarding fishes in aquarium
- August 4: UCSD staff to participate in NASA conference
- August 5: Institute of Radiation Physics & Aerodynamics Establishes at UCSD
- August 6: Dr. Melvin Cohn appointed Professor of Biology in Residence
- August 11: Ringler interview with Fox re "Scavengers of the Sea"
- August 13: Dr. Harold C. Urey receives the Medal of the University of Paris
- August 14: New category of the superconducting materials discovered by UCSD and Cal Tech
- August 19: Appointment of Murray Rosenblatt as Professor of Mathematics
- August 21: Completion of new hydraulic laboratory building
- August 23: Activities of Freshman Orientation Week and list of students
- August 24: Announcement of three scientific grants from the Public Health Service
- August 24: Research program on cell genetics and evolution
- August 28: Dr. V. Rama Murthy study of solar system under NASA grant
- September 1: Camp Matthews Transfer Ceremony
- September 4: Freshman barbecue
- September 4: Dr. Alan J. Bearden, studies in Mossbauer Effect
- September 6: Chemical Laser Conference
- September 8: Lieutenant Commander Alan L. Bean, Astronaut, appearing at Freshman Barbecue
- September 10: Student services available to incoming freshmen
- September 10: Seminars in Librarianship scheduled
- September 14: Dr. Harold Urey, speech at Convention Hall to be given 9/20
- September 14: Mayor Curran to appear with Dr. Urey at Convention Hall
- September 17: Dr. E. D. McAlister appointed to Committee on Remote Sensing Environment
- September 26: Use of computer for library collections of serials and periodicals.
- October 5: Richard Eberhart to speak to Friends of Library
- October 6: Dr. Carl L. Hubbs, geological and biological recognition, naming of Lake Hubbs
- October 6: Dr. George E. Masek, appointment to Assoc. Prof. of Physics
- October 7: Dr. Bernd T. Matthias to be honored by Franklin Institute
- October 9: Dr. Rosenbluth and Mr. Morse to attend plasma physics seminar in Trieste
- October 9: Dr. Rosenbluth, plasma physics seminar
- October 9: Honorable Fulton Freeman, US Ambassador to Mexico to speak in Sherwood Hall
- October 10: Ground breaking for Residence Halls & Central Facilities
- October 13: Proposition 2 - New library building plans
- October 13: 400th anniversary of the birth of Galileo to be celebrated
- October 14: Dr. E. Brinton to participate in UNESCO ocean study
- October 14: Official Ground-breaking ceremonies for Residence Halls and Central Facilities Building
- October 17: Richard Eberhart to speak to Friends
- October 19: Dr. Spiess appointed Director of SIO
- October 20: Announcement of Friends meeting
- October 20: Medical School Plans Hinge on Proposition 2, Stokes says
- October 20: Seminars in Librarianship announcement
- October 20: Dr. F. N. Spiess appointed Director of SIO
- October 21: Honors at Entrance certificates awarded
- October 22: Research Laboratory ship construction begun
- October 23: Mr. Sam D. Hinton's resignation
- October 23: Cousteau Diving Saucer to return to Scripps
- October 23: Cousteau Diving Saucer
- October 24: "Biological Grade" to be straightened with Prop 2 funds
- October 26: "Galileo" to be presented at Old Globe Theatre
- October 27: Seymour E. Harris accepts invitation from the National Advisory Committee for the Center for the Advanced Study of Educational Administration
- November 3: FEHFA Award for architecture on Residential Apartments
- November 6: Appointment of Dr. Herbert Marcuse as Professor of Philosophy
- November 11: Propulsion and Combustion Panel of AGARD to meet at UCSD
- November 15: Robert Winsett to display art work in Library Gallery
- November 16: Constitution Convention to be held by freshmen
- November 16: Bid for upper division students to attend UCSD
- November 25: Dr. Maurice Natanson to speak at UCSD
- November 30: Dr. Henry G. Booker appointed Prof. of Applied Electrophysics
- December 1: Dr. Ralph H. Lovberg appointed as Professor of Physics and Research Physicist
- December 4: Dr. Joseph Stokes delivers Francis M. Smith Lecture
- December 5: Dr. Carl Hubbs receives Leidy Medal of Academy of Natural Sciences
- December 7: J. W. Tippets appointed Asst. to the Chancellor for Planning and Analysis
- December 7: Building D named after David M. Bonner
- December 8: University of Mexico biology students to visit UCSD
- December 9: Dr. Clay Perry to attend computer program in India
- December 10: Fourth in series of seminars in Librarianship to be given by David G. Esplin
- December 10: UCSB Chamber Singers to present Christmas Concert
- December 10: United Community Services results
- December 12: New Student officers and representatives
- December 17: Argo (ship) returns to San Diego after exploration of Indian and Pacific Oceans
- December 18: San Diego Zoo receives fur seals through efforts of Scripps
- December 30: Ribbon cutting ceremonies to open new foot bridge
- December 30: John Cage and David Tudor presented by CAL
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