Distinguished Alumni Awards
Welcome to all of
our Distinguished
Alumni & Guests
2007-2008 Distinguished Professor
Kathy Eastwood
A willing
victim of the
Society for
Physics
Students
Pi-Day
Annual P & A Dept.
Christmas Caroling
Dr. Elbert D. Brooks
Class of 1935
Physical Science
NAU in 1935
 NAU was 36 years “young” and
was known as the Arizona State
Teacher’s College at Flagstaff.
 116 students graduated this year
 Gasoline was $.17/gal.
 Average income/year was $1,600
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The College's a cappella choir, under
the direction of Eldon Ardrey,
performed in an Easter sunrise
service at the rim of the Grand
Canyon and is broadcast and heard
by millions on NBC.
……they would later become the
much-lauded Shrine of the Ages
Choir.
Elbert
College
Band
Chain Gang
The World in 1935
 Franklin D. Roosevelt is President
 Monopoly board games goes on sale for 1st time
 Nylon discovered by Dr. Wallace H Carothers
 Persia officially renamed Iran
 Sandstorm ravages US midwest (Dust Bowl)
 US Congress accepts FDR's "New Deal“
 The Hoover Dam is dedicated.
 VW Bug is launched in Germany
 The year of the birth of "Swing" by Benny Goodman.
Dr. Jo Anne Vasquez
Class of 1965
Biology
NAU in 1965
 143 students graduated
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this year.
Gasoline was $.31/gal.
Average income/year was
$6,450
Within a year the college
would officially be known as
Northern Arizona
University.
ABOR recommends that
ASC become Northern
Arizona University effective
May 1, 1966.
Stretch bus
The World in 1965
 Lyndon B. Johnson is President
 Martin Luther King Jr begins march from Selma to
Montgomery
 US ordered the 1st combat troops to Vietnam
 Cosmonaut Aleksei Leonov, leaving his spacecraft Voskhod 2
for 12 minutes, becomes the first person to walk in space.
 The Searchers' "Love Potion #9" peaks at #3
 Today Show's 1st totally color broadcast
 Kellogg's Pop Tarts pastries created
 Sony introduces it's doomed Betamax Recorder
 First year of mandated health warnings on cigarette packets.
Dr. Gary A. Batsell
Class of 1970
Chemistry
NAU in 1970
 NAU was 71 years old and
was now officially known
as Northern Arizona
University
 1,034 students graduated
Men’s Dorm Room
 Gasoline was $.36/gal.
 Average income/year was
$9,400
Kappa Delta Pi
members off to a
national
convention.
The World in 1970
 Richard Nixon is President.
 Pres Nixon requests 1,000 new FBI agents for college campuses
 Age of voting is now lowered to 18 in the US.
 The Concord makes its first supersonic flight.
 Jackson 5 make TV debut on "American Bandstand“
 Paul McCartney announces official split of Beatles
 Apollo 13 announces "Houston, we've got a problem!"
 1st Earth Day held internationally
 Boeing 747 makes its maiden voyage
Dr. Karen E. Steinbronn
1971
Biology
NAU in 1971
 1,092 students
graduated
1st woman Forestry Grad
 Gasoline was
$.40/gal.
 Average income/year
was $10,600
Aerial view of campus in ‘71
South Campus looking west
Mrs. Sherry A. Baca
1971
Mathematics
The World in 1971
 Richard Nixon is President.
 Microprocessor is invented.
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Cigarette advertisements banned on TV
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-40°F (-40°C), Hawley Lake, Ariz (state record)
 1st time a golf ball is hit on Moon (by Alan Shepard)
 Amtrak Railroad begins operation
 The birth of Greenpeace
 Ed Sullivan's final TV show on CBS
 US ends ban on China trade
Dr. Charles F. Kluth
1973
Geology
NAU in 1973
 1,293 students graduated
 Gasoline was $.40/gal.
 Average income/year was
$12,900
Washburn Bldg.
 In 1968, NAU received
North Campus
authorization to offer
Doctorates of Philosophy
and Education. The first
doctoral candidates
graduated in 1973.
Engineering Bldg.
Dr. Roger W. Clark
1973
Forestry
The World in 1973
 Richard Nixon is President
 Nixon signs Endangered Species Act into law
 NBC presents 440th & final showing of "Bonanza“
 Roe vs Wade is adopted
 Watergate hearings start in the US Senate.
 "Monster Mash" goes gold
 Billy Jean King beats Bobby Riggs in battle-of-sexes tennis
match
 NJ becomes 1st state to allow girls into Little League
 Nixon announces an accord has been reached to end Vietnam
War
Professor Ernie Kurmes (far right) overseeing the crosscut saw
competition at a Forestry Field Day
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1973
Dr. Paul C. Begovac
1978
Biology
NAU in 1978
New
Skydome
 1,489 students graduate
 Gasoline was $.63/gal.
 Average income/year was $17,000
 Hon. Barry M. Goldwater,
U.S. Senator
receives Doctor of Letters
Dorm room
South Campus
The World in 1978
 Jimmy Carter is President
 The last Volkswagen Beetle made in Germany leaves the plant
 Velcro was 1st put on the market
 "Star Wars" released
 The US stops production of the Neutron Bomb
 The world's first "test tube baby" is born.
 Begin & Sadat win Nobel Peace prize
 Sweden becomes the first nation to ban aerosol sprays, thought to
damage the earth's protective ozone layer.
 Illinois Bell Co. introduces first ever Cellular Mobile Phone System
 98% of all American homes have a television
Mr. Hedayat E. Daie
1980
Electrical Engineering
NAU in 1980
 1,469 students graduate
 Gasoline was $1.19 /gal.
 Average income/year
was $19,500
Aerial view of campus
Skydome
The World in 1980
 Ronald Reagan elected president of the US
 Japan becomes the world’s largest automaker
 Former Beatle John Lennon is shot to death
 CNN becomes the first 24 hr News Station
 Digital Equipment Corporation, Intel and Xerox
introduce the DIX standard for Ethernet
 Mt. St. Helen’s erupts
Ms. Cheryl A. McMillen
1981
Mechanical Engineering
The World in 1981
 Ronald Reagan is president
 Iran releases 52 American hostages, held for 444 days
 Lady Diana Spencer marries Charles, Prince of Wales
 The introduction of the first Frequent Flyer Miles
 Scientists identify the Aids Virus
 The term INTERNET first mentioned
 “Post It” Notes launched by 3M Corp
 Simon And Garfunkel Reunite for concert in NYC’s Central Park
NAU in 1981
 1,551 students graduated
 Gasoline was $1.25 /gal.
 Average income/year was
$21,050
University Library
Ms. Lisa L. Bagwell
1989
Electrical Engineering
NAU in 1989
 1,658 students
graduated
 Gasoline was
$1.09 /gal.
 Average income/year
was $27,450
Student Rec Center opens
Cline Library
The World in 1989
 George Bush (Sr.) becomes President
 Collapse of the Berlin Wall
 U.S. Supreme Court rules that flag burning as a form of political
protest is an act of protected speech under the 1st Amendment.
 Exxon Valdez spills 11 million gallons of oil
 The 486 series of microprocessor introduced by Intel.
 The Government provides a $150 billion bail out for hundreds of
saving and loan associations
 First release of Microsoft Office
Congratulations to our 2008 Inductees
Dr. Peter H. Wiebe ’62
Ms. Virginia L. Korte ’79
Mr. Gary L. Bishop ’80
Dr. Peter H. Wiebe
1962
Zoology/Mathematics
NAU in 1962
109 students graduated
Gasoline was $.28/gal.
Average income/year was $5,556
New Science Bldg.
Activity Center
The World in 1962
 Cuban Missile Crisis
 Marilyn Monroe is found dead of apparent suicide
 The First Wal-Mart discount store is opened
 John H. Glenn, Jr., becomes first American to orbit the earth
 Johnny Carson begins as presenter for The Tonight Show
 Telstar relays the first live trans-Atlantic television signal
 90% of US households own a Television Set
 Beatles Turned Down By Decca Records
Dr. Wiebe at various work locations
Mr. Gary L. Bishop
1980
Physics & Mathematics
The World in 1980
 Ronald Reagan elected president of the US
 Japan becomes the world’s largest automaker
 Former Beatle John Lennon is shot to death
 CNN becomes the first 24 hr News Station
 Digital Equipment Corporation, Intel and Xerox
introduce the DIX standard for Ethernet
 Mt. St. Helen’s erupts
Ms. Virginia L. Korte
1979
Biology
NAU in 1979
 1,497 students
graduated
 Gasoline was
$.86/gal.
 Average
income/year was
$17,500
Campus Overview
Some of Virginia’s endeavors
The World in 1979
 For the first time in history, a woman, Margaret Thatcher is elected
Prime minister in the UK.
 Sony releases the Walkman a worldwide success costing $200
 The first Snowboard is invented in the USA
 Three Mile island Nuclear Accident
 63 Americans are taken hostage in the American Embassy in Tehran
 Trivial Pursuit is Launched
 Average Cost of new house $58,100
 President Hasan al-Bakr resigns and Vice President Saddam Hussein
replaces him in Iraq
NAU in 2008
Noted Flagstaff historian Dr. Platt Cline has characterized
NAU as an institution that survived against the
odds…..He rightly credits strong leadership, the
devotion of former students and faculty, and community
support for the school's success.
NAU in 2008
Thank you for joining us this evening
Alumni serve as the memory
of the best we have been and
as the hope for the best we
can be.