This photo from the 1969 Kaleidoscope shows Professor of Biology Howard E. Woodin, aged 45. Professor Woodin joined the Middlebury faculty in 1953 as an instructor in the Biology department and was promoted to full Professor in 1967.
An oil well owned by Mexican petroleum giant Pemex exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, causing one of the largest oil spills in history. An amount of approximately 10,000-30,000 barrels of oil leaked each day from the wellhead over the span of 10 months.