Aerial view of the campus in 1975. The campus included the following new buildings by this year: The Carriage House, Student Health Services, The Castle, Schwatz Center, Wofgram Memorial Library, Counseling Center and Kapelski Learning Center.
On October 13, 1975, in response to new demands for student housing, the college broke ground for the construction of Dixon Halls North and South. Completed on July 27, 1976, these dormitories were officially dedicated, in October, in honor of F....
On October 13, 1975, in response to new demands for student housing, the college broke ground for the construction of Dixon Halls North and South. Completed on July 27, 1976, these dormitories were officially dedicated, in October, in honor of F....
Fitz Eugene Dixon Jr., descendant and heir of Philadelphia's prominent Widener family, was born in 1922. In the 1800's, Peter Arrell Brown Widener built the family's wealth through the meat industry and street railway systems. Peter's son,...
School Expands to Wilmington, 1975. The fledgling Delaware Law School, established in Wilmington, Delaware, in 1971, affiliates with Widener College in 1975. By 2007, Law School enrollment increases to more than 1,400 students.
Alvin M. Andorn, a native of Bridgeport, Ohio, graduated from the Wharton School of Business of the University of Pennsylvania. For 48 years he worked at Penn Steel Castings Company of Chester, retiring in 1964 as president and chairman of the...
Clarence Russel Moll was born on October 31, 1913 in Chalfont, Pennsylvania. He received a bachelor of science in education from Temple University in 1934, followed by a master's degree in education three years later. From 1935 to 1942, Moll taught...
First MSW Graduating Class, 1993. The Center for Social Work Education begins at Widener in 1975 by offering a bachelor’s degree. The Center adds a master’s degree in 1991 and a doctoral program in 2007. The Center’s clinically based program...
Joseph Emery Boettner was born and raised in Philadelphia. He graduated from West Philadelphia High School and attended the Evening School of Accounts and Balances at the University of Pennsylvania. In 1934, Boettner completed a course of study...
Robert J. Bruce joined Widener in 1975 as vice president for development. In 1981, he became the institution's eighth president. During Bruces two decades of leadership, the faculty governance structure was revised and updated. Additionally, he...
The United States withdraws from Vietnam, 1975. This withdrawal marks the end of the longest military conflict in U.S. history. Shown is the painting, LZ X-Ray, Ia Drang Valley, by Richard M. Taus (PMC 1965).
