On this Day in NU History
August 2009 Archives
August 31, 2009
August 31, 2006: Northwestern football coach Pat Fitzgerald wins his first game as head coach of the Wildcats, beating Miami of Ohio, 21-3.
August 30, 2009
August 30, 1944: For the second and final time, Dyche Stadium hosts the Chicago Charities College All-Star Game. The Chicago Bears beat the College All-Stars, 24-21.
August 29, 2009
August 29, 1962: Northwestern's Medical School receives a grant of over half a million dollars from the United States Public Health Service for a seven-year research project to study kidney diseases.
August 28, 2009
August 28, 1943: Northwestern's Dyche Stadium holds the annual Chicago Charities College All-Star Game, in which the college all-star squad beat the Washington Redskins, 27-7. Northwestern's Otto Graham was one of the team's stars.
August 27, 2009
August 27, 1929: President Walter Dill Scott announces that John H. Wigmore will be retiring from his position as dean on the law school, a position he held since 1901.
The University Archives holds the Papers of John H. Wigmore.
August 26, 2009
August 26, 1952: It is announced that Northwestern's School of Music will receive a gift of nearly 3.5 million dollars from the estate of music patron Mrs. Elise Eckstein.
August 25, 2009
August 25, 1955: Northwestern's chapter of Delta Upsilon celebrates its 75th anniversary with a celebration at the Edgewater Beach Hotel.
August 24, 2009
August 24, 1940: Northwestern announces its plan to open a new Naval Reserve midshipmen's school, with plans to turn out 1200 men in a year.
Read more about the Midshipman's School, including a 1942 flim clip.
August 23, 2009
August 23, 1942: Ralph B. Dennis, the second Dean of the School of Speech (now School of Communication), dies at the age of 66. Dennis became director of the school in 1916, and became dean three years later, a position which he held until 1942.
Read more about Ralph Dennis.
August 22, 2009
August 22, 1972: At a City of Evanston meeting, it is proposed that a $30-a-year tax be imposed on Northwestern students. The proposal died several weeks later.
August 21, 2009
August 21, 1954: Northwestern law professor Nathan Nathanson receives a Fulbright grant to teach administrative law at the University of Tokyo.
The Unversity Archives holds the Nathan Nathanson Papers.
August 20, 2009
August 20, 1984: Northwestern professor emeritus and UFO researcher J. Allen Hynek announced his decision to leave Chicago and relocate to Arizona in search of greater funding for UFO-related projects.
See the finding aid for the J. Allen Hynek Papers.
August 19, 2009
August 19, 1954: President Dwight Eisenhower addresses a special convocation of the World Council of Churches' assembly on Northwestern's Deering Field. Over 23,000 are in attendance to hear the president speak about the importance of prayer.
Read more about the 1954 World Council of Churches meeting in Evanston and at Northwestern.
August 18, 2009
August 18, 1932: Northwestern's football coaching school (enrollment: 243) opens with an address by Knute Rockne about rule changes in the game.
August 17, 2009
August 17, 1972: Wesley Memorial and Passavant Memorial Hospitals merge to create the new Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
August 16, 2009
August 16, 1965: Northwestern breaks ground for the Rebecca Crown Center, which, when completed, brought Northwestern's administrative departments under one roof.
Read more about the Rebecca Crown Center.
August 15, 2009
August 15, 1934: William A. Dyche announces his retirement from the post of business manager of the university.
Read more about William Dyche (and the stadium that bore his name).
August 14, 2009
August 14, 1973: Charles Wilson, former professor of police science at Northwestern and former head of the Chicago Crime Lab, dies at the age of 69.
August 13, 2009
August 13, 1950: The Northwestern Reviewing Stand, a radio program broadcast on WGN, addresses of question: "Is Germany turning East or West?"
August 12, 2009
August 12, 1953: Northwestern serves as the host of the annual summer clinic of the American Football Coaches Association, attracting roughly 300 guests. Northwestern coach Bob Voigts serves as the chairman of the clinic.
August 11, 2009
August 11, 2008: Northwestern alum Matt Grevers wins the silver medal in the 100m backstroke at the Beijing Olympic Games.
August 10, 2009
August 10, 1936: Word reaches Chicago that Leslie E. Fuller, professor at the Garrett Biblical Institute, was drowned while on a canoeing trip in the Canadian wilderness.
August 9, 2009
August 9, 1966: Construction begins on Northwestern's new library complex. The formal opening of the building would take place three-and-a-half years later, on January 19, 1970.
Read more about the construction of University Library.
