Class of 1969 45 Th Reunion Yearbook
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Class of 1969 th 45 Reunion BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY 45th Reunion Special Thanks On behalf of the Offi ce of Development and Alumni Relations, we would like to thank the members of the Class of 1969 Reunion Committee Paula Schwartz Apsell, Co-chair Nina Mayer, Co-chair Phoebe J. Epstein, Yearbook Coordinator Peter M. Alter Geo rey W. Belinfante Ann Carol Grossman Marc G. Ho man Lawrence B. Joseph Michael G. Lemle Arthur J. Levy Nicholas S. Racheotes Ira S. Shapiro Nancy Sherman Shapiro Robert T. Shuman Sheila Felsman Shuman Judith S. Tellerman Class of 1969 Timeline Pop Culture Color television sets become popular. World News Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas India suff ers the worst famine in 20 years. animated television special, adapted from the Lyndon Johnson asks for $1 billion in book, is shown for fi rst time on CBS. aid to the country. Th e fi rst Star Trek episode, e Man Trap, is France withdraws its forces from NATO. broadcast. President De Gaulle visits the USSR. Academy Award, Best Picture: e Sound Th e Salvation Army celebrates 100 years. of Music Inventions Pampers creates the fi rst disposable diaper. US News Dr. Robert H. Dennard pioneered the invention of the dynamic RAM memory cell, used in Th e Draft Deferment Test is started in the today’s computers. US as a way for students to convince the Draft Board that they will serve the nation better in the quiet of the Movies classrooms than in the jungles of Vietnam. A Man for All Seasons Race riots in Atlanta and Black Power Dr. Zhivago becomes a signifi cant factor in American underball politics. Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Th e Supreme Court decides Miranda v. Arizona, protecting rights of the accused. Th e US population exceeds 195 million. TV Shows Bonanza e Andy Griffi th Show e Lucy Show Economy Green Acres Average cost of new house: $14,200 Average income per year: $6,900 Books Gas per gallon: 32 cents Games People Play, Eric Berne, M.D. Average cost of a new car: $2,650 In Cold Blood, Truman Capote e Adventurers, Harold Robbins Valley of Dolls, Jacqueline Susann Died this Year Montgomery Clift 1966 Walt Disney World News Pop Culture Th e Foot and Mouth epidemic in Britain is the worst Rolling Stone and New York Magazine debut, spawning this century and the government issues additional the popularity of special interest and regional guidelines to help stop the spread of the disease magazines. including stopping all horse racing. Th e Musical Hair opens off -Broadway. Presidential hopeful US Navy pilot John McCain is shot Barbara Streisand performs in Central Park before down in his A-4 over North Vietnam and spends 5 1/2 135,000 people. years in prison. Monterey International Pop Music Festival in California Israeli and Arab forces battle; Six-Day War ends with features some of the 60’s icons including Jimi Hendrix, Israel occupying Sinai Peninsula, Golan Heights, Gaza Th e Who, Janis Joplin, Th e Steve Miller Strip and West Bank. Band, Simon & Garfunkel and the Dr. Christiaan N. Barnard and a team of South African Grateful Dead. surgeons perform world’s fi rst successful human heart transplant. Inventions Th e Automatic Teller Machine (ATM) is US News invented by John Shepherd-Barron. Race riots break out in a number of Texas Instruments invents the fi rst handheld cities in the United States, including calculator. Cleveland, Newark, Detroit and Washington, DC. Movies Th e fi rst Super Bowl is played between the Green Bay Packers (win 35-10) and the Kansas City Chiefs. Bonnie and Clyde Muhammad Ali is stripped of his heavyweight title for e Dirty Dozen refusing induction into the US Army. e Graduate Th urgood Marshall is sworn in as the To Sir, with Love fi rst black US Supreme Court justice. TV Shows Economy Bewitched Average cost of new house: $14,250 Doctor Who Average income per year: $7,300 Jeopardy! Average monthly rent: $125 I Dream of Jeannie Gas per gallon: 33 cents Average cost of a new car: $2,750 Movie ticket: $1.25 Books Polaroid camera: $50 Misery is a Blind Date, Johnny Carson Federal minimum wage is increased to $1.40 an hour Rosemary’s Baby, Ira Levin One dozen eggs: 65 cents Death of a President, William Manchester e Confessions of Nat Turner, William Styron Died this Year John Coltrane Langston Hughes Jack Ruby Spencer Tracy 1967 World News Pop Culture North Korea seizes US Navy ship Pueblo, Th e emergency 911 telephone service is started claiming the ship violated its territorial in the US, which provides a single number for waters while spying. reporting emergencies and is manned 24 hours per day, 365 days per year. Th e North Vietnamese launch the Tet Off ensive, which is considered a turning Th e Beatles create Apple Records and record Hey point in the Vietnam War. Jude as the fi rst single on the label. Th e Winter Olympics are held in Grenoble, Th e CBS television news magazine program 60 France and the Summer Olympics are Minutes is aired for the fi rst time. held in Mexico City, Mexico. Th e motion picture rating system debuts with G, PG, R and X. Academy Award, Best Picture: In the Heat of the Night US News Martin Luther King, Jr. is shot dead at the Lorraine Hotel in Memphis, Inventions Tennessee. Following the assassination, Th e video game console was invented by President Lyndon Johnson signs the Civil Ralph H. Baer. Rights Act. Senator Robert F. Kennedy is shot and critically wounded in a Los Angeles hotel after winning Movies the California primary. Planet of the Apes Th e black power salute is seen on worldwide Rosemary’s Baby television during the Olympic medal ceremony in Mexico City, Mexico. e Odd Couple Valley of the Dolls Economy TV Shows Average cost of new house: $14,950 Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In Average income per year: $7,850 Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C. Average monthly rent: $130 Family Aff air Gas per gallon: 34 cents e Dean Martin Show Average cost of a new car: $2,822 Movie ticket: $1.50 Books Preserve and Protect, Allen Drury Couples, John Updike Myra Breckenridge, Gore Vidal Died this Year Helen Keller Martin Luther King, Jr. Upton Sinclair John Steinbeck 1968 World News Pop Culture 27 year old Colonel Muammar al-Qaddafi Sesame Street known for its Muppet characters makes its debut deposes King Idris of Libya and on PBS. establishes a pro-Arabic, anti-Western, Th e Beatles have their last public performance on the roof of Islamic republic. Apple Records. Th e United States, USSR, and about John Lennon and Yoko Ono are married at Gibraltar. 100 other countries sign the nuclear nonproliferation treaty. In August, more than half a million people gather in the small, upstate New York town of Bethel (near Woodstock, N.Y.) for Golda Meir becomes the fi rst female prime four days of rain, sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll. minister of Israel. Th e FCC bans all cigarette advertising on Th e very fi rst US troop withdrawals are television and radio. made in the Vietnam War. Inventions ARPANET is invented by the United States Department of Defense. US News Richard Nixon succeeds Lyndon Johnson as the 37th President of the US. Movies Th e Stonewall riot in New York City marks the Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid beginning of the gay rights movement. Hello, Dolly! Apollo 11 astronauts Neil A. Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin, Jr., take fi rst walk on Midnight Cowboy the moon. True Grit US President Nixon declares the Nixon Doctrine, stating that the US now expects its Asian allies to take care of their own military defense. TV Shows Mayberry R.F.D. Here’s Lucy Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color Economy e Doris Day Show Average cost of new house: $15,550 Average income per year: $8,550 Average monthly rent: $135 Books Average cost of new car: $3,270 e Andromeda Strain, Michael Crichton Gas per gallon: 35 cents e Selling of the President, 1968, Joe McGinnis e Godfather, Mario Puzo e Inheritors, Jerome Robbins Died this Year Dwight David Eisenhower Judy Garland Ho Chi Minh 1969 Top 10 Top 10 1966 Top 10 1968 Artist/Track Artist/Track The Beatles, “We Can Work It Out” The Lemon Piper, “Green Tambourine” Petula Clark, “My Love” Paul Mauriat, “Love is Blue” Nancy Sinatra, “These Boots Are Made For Walkin” Otis Redding, “(Sittin’ On) the Dock of the Bay” The Young Rascals, “Good Lovin” Bobby Goldsboro, “Honey” Percy Sledge, “When a Man Loves a Woman” Archie Bell & the Drells, “Tighten Up” Frank Sinatra, “Strangers in the Night” Simon & Garfunkel, “Mrs. Robinson” The Troggs, “Wild Thing” The Doors, “Hello, I Love You” The Supremes, “You Can’t Hurry Love” The Beatles, “Hey Jude” Four Tops, “Reach Out I’ll Be There” Diana Ross & the Supremes, “Love Child” The Monkees, “Last Train to Clarksville” Marvin Gaye, “I Heard it through the Grapevine” Top 10 1967 Top 10 1969 Artist/Track Artist/Track The Monkees, “I’m A Believer” Tommy James & the Shondells, “Crimson and Clover” Rolling Stones, “Ruby Tuesday” Sly & the Family Stone, “Everyday People” The Beatles, “Penny Lane” The 5th Dimension, “Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In” The Turtles, “Happy Together” The Archies, “Sugar, Sugar” The Supremes, “The Happening” The Temptations, “I Can’t Get Next to You” The Young Rascals, “Groovin” Elvis Presley, “Suspicious Minds” Aretha Franklin, “Respect” The Beatles, “Come Together” The Doors, “Light My Fire” Steam, “Na Na Hey Hey (Kiss Him Goodbye)” Box Top, “The Letter” Peter, Paul & Mary, “Leaving On a Jet Plane” Lulu, “To Sir With Love” Diana Ross & The Supremes, “Someday We’ll Be Together” 1969 Today - President: Morris Abram - President: Frederick M.