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Your class graduated from Dickinson on June 6, 1948. That was:
- Over 60 years ago, or
- 720 months or 3,134 weeks or 21,944 days or 526,669 hours
Use these links to prepare for Alumni Weekend 2007:
Reunion Bio Book
If you haven't done so already, please fill out the reunion questionnaire so your information can be included your Bio Book. Please note that you need an account for the online alumni directory in order to complete this form.
Dickinson Then and Now
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Then (1948) |
Now (2007/2008) |
| President |
William W. Edel '15 |
William Durden ' 71 |
| Enrollment |
919 |
2,381 |
| Tuition |
$400.00 |
$44,430.00 |
| Endowment |
$2,400,000.00 |
$329,000,000.00 |
The World of 1948
- President of the United States:
- Harry Truman
- United States population:
- 146,631,302 (Now: 300,423,023)
- Price of a first class stamp:
- $0.03 (Now: $0.41)
- Best Picture Academy Award:
- Gentleman's Agreement
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction:
- Tales of the South Pacific, James A. Michener
- Nobel Prize in Literature:
- Thomas Stearns Eliot (UK)
- Baseball - World Series:
- Cleveland d. Boston Braves (4-2)
- NCAA Basketball Champions:
- Kentucky d. Baylor (58-42)
- NCAA Football Champions:
- Michigan (9-0)
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