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Your class graduated from Dickinson on June 7, 1953. That was:
- Over 55 years ago, or
- 662 months or 2,878 weeks or 20,151 days or 483,626 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 (1953) |
Now (2007/2008) |
| President |
William W. Edel |
William Durden ' 71 |
| Enrollment |
1,067 |
2,381 |
| Tuition |
$500.00 |
$44,430.00 |
| Endowment |
$2,750,000.00 |
$329,000,000.00 |
The World of 1953
- President of the United States:
- Dwight Eisenhower
- United States population:
- 160,184,192 (Now: 300,423,023)
- Price of a first class stamp:
- $0.03 (Now: $0.41)
- Best Picture Academy Award:
- The Greatest Show on Earth
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction:
- The Old Man and the Sea, Ernest Hemingway
- Nobel Prize in Literature:
- Sir Winston Churchill(UK)
- Baseball - World Series:
- NY Yankees d. Brooklyn Dodgers (4-2)
- NCAA Basketball Champions:
- Indiana d. Kansas (69-68)
- NCAA Football Champions:
- Maryland (10-1)
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