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Spearheaded by Howard Woodin, the Environmental Studies Major first becomes available in the 1965-1966 course catalog. Choosing an focus in human ecology, ecology, or biology, students could now receive one of the first Environmental Studies major…

President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Wilderness Act in 1964

President Johnson signs into act the Highway Beautification Act, and "promised that 'as long as I am President, what has been divinely given by nature will not be recklessly taken away by man.'" Under this new law, states needed to "control…

Text of President Kennedy's Address regarding the next course of action in the upcoming "Cuban Missile Crisis". Kennedy ends his address calling for action in the United States' vested interest for "peace and freedom here in this hemisphere, and, we…

Middlebury College Newsletter informing of a recent novel by alumni Peter S. Jennison concerning the consequences of a fictional town in Vermont installing a prototype nuclear reactor.

Middlebury College Catalogue for offered courses during the 1965-55 academic year. Notably, the first appearance of an interdisciplinary major in Environmental Studies.

Middlebury Campus article detailing a panel discussion held in Mead Memorial Chapter with various professors regarding the newly-developed Cuban Missile Crisis.

Middlebury Campus covers talk by Norman Thomas regarding nuclear testing.

Middlebury Campus article by Emery W. Flavin (cited as an "instructor") examining the effect mass media and mass culture on people psychologically,

Middlebury Campus article regarding the first mention of the newly-formed Environmental Studies Major.