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Penn Back Then is a continuing oral history
project begun in May 2005 by the School of Arts and Sciences.
At campus celebrations each year, alumni from all decades
can contribute their notable anecdotes and remembrances to
this audio scrapbook
Though the college experience varies from
one generation to the next, every Penn graduate is linked
by the history
and traditions of a common campus. Penn Back Then is
a chance to learn about university life across several
decades, as
told by the people who know it best.
To view pictures of the Penn Back Then project
at Alumni Weekend 2006, please click
here.
To see snapshots of the Penn Back Then team
at Homecoming 2005, click
here.
1920s | 1930s | 1940s | 1950s | 1960s | 1970s | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s
1920sHenry L. Gartner, W'25
Penn in the 1920s
Real Media
Jay Furman, GME'34
The Robot
MP3
Harry Rothstein, W'43
Wald-BOT!
MP3
Patricia Crumley Evans, CW'47
"Oh, what it seemed to be"
MP3
Don Neiman, C'49
Lions and Virgins
MP3
Harvey Brandenburg, W'50
The pecking order of countries
Real Media
Paul Miller, W'50
Rowbottom!
MP3
(Anonymous)
A great economics teacher
MP3
Walter Bodek, W'51
Bradley versus Wideman
MP3
Joan Samuels Demp, ED'51, GED'55
Riflery
MP3
Newton Gold, W'51
Gold Baton
MP3
Robert Moskowitz, C'52
La Boheme
MP3
Marian Musgrave-Stewart, CW'52
No girls allowed
MP3
Dan Alexander, W'53
Soccer travels
MP3
A. David Leinwand, W’53
The swimming requirement
Real Media
Roy Nevans, W'53
The Call of Nature
MP3
Harry Bernhard, W'54
Rowbottom: Flaming Trolley Tracks
MP3
Barbara Johnson Deuber, CW'54
Penn in the 1950's
MP3
Bob Hardy, C'54
Radio Days
MP3
Jules Yale Kessler, W'54
Flag Day
MP3
Bennett Bardfeld, W'55, L'58
Breaking Curfew
MP3
Vivienne Bruckman, OT’55, G’80
The School of Allied Medical Professions
Real Media
Virginia Lucas, NHP'55, NU'55, GNU'63
Life in the Nunnery
MP3
Elinore Standard, CW’55
Studying in the University Library
Real Media
John "C.T." Alexander, W'56
The Spruce Street Memorial Trolley
MP3
Robert Burian, C'56, WG'60
Times on stage
MP3
Sanford Simon , W'56
A profound influence
MP3
Albert Rosenblatt, C'57
A Letter of Encouragement
MP3
David Speck, C'57
Rowbottom History
MP3
Ed Epstein, C’58
The moment when it all made sense
Real Media
Ken Sehres, W'58
An improvised softball field
MP3
Carol Weinheim Karsch, Ed '59, Grad Ed '78
A Red and Blue Family
MP3
Hugh Aberman, C’60, G’62
The basketball manager
Real Media
Sandra Epstein, ED’60
Getting to Berkeley
Real Media
Fran Abrahamer Rosenstock, CW'62, GED'64
Rowbottom
MP3
Vicki Douglass Bendit, CW’65
Valentine’s Day
Real Media
Stuart Miller, C’65,
WG’68
The Greek system
Real Media
Henry Newberger, C’65
The humor of Dr. Davies
Real Media
Pat Flanders Newberger, CW’65
Efforts to save a beloved tree
Real Media
Alexander Abraham Onassis,
C’65
The man who got him to Penn
Real Media
Terry Finn, C'66 WG'68
Campus development
MP3
Howard
Freedlander, C'67
The impact of Vietnam
MP3
Mike Kirsch, C'68
Delt House Fire
MP3
Jim Stewart, Vet '68
Cat Attack
MP3
Brenda Lewis, Vet '70
An Emergency for the Birds
MP3
Stephen Marmon, C'70
Dancing in the Fountain
MP3
Ruth Gabriel Ray, CW’73, G’73
The opening of the high rises
Real Media
Natalie Wiles, CW’75
Campus life in the 1970s
Real Media
Natalie Wiles, CW’75
Her two favorite professors
Real Media
Brent Greenspan, W'78
It's Not Penn State
MP3
Budd Mishkin, C’81
Studying in Moscow
Real Media
Budd Mishkin, C’81
Why Rieber is God
Real Media
David Shafer, C'81
Basketball heads to the Final Four
MP3
Sara Ship Crimm, C'81
Campus unrest in the 1970s
MP3
Adam Amsterdam, C'82
Snowball fight
MP3
Robert Birkenholz, ME'82
Diamond Dust
MP3
Jesse Johnson, EE'82
How to manage a bomb scare
MP3
Steve Nackenson, W'82
Basketball campout
MP3
Martyn Babitz, W'84, L'87
Thoughts on Locust Walk
MP3
Steve Cohen, C’85
Punchbowl pranks
Real Media
Natalie Monroe Thigpen, C’85
The International Relations major
Real Media
Craig Frischling, C'86, W'86
Studying in a room without windows
MP3
Elyssa Kane, C'86
Intro to geology
MP3
(Anonymous)
Studying in Furness Library
MP3
Janet Weiss, C'86, L'89
Waiting in line at Irvine
MP3
Richard Gusick, C'89, GED'91
The toast crackdown
MP3
Lolita Jackson, ENG'89
The Wheel of Fortune
MP3
1990s
John Sockman, ENG'91, W'91
Tearing down the goalposts
MP3
Steven Horowitz, C'92
Study-in protest
MP3
Eileen Everly, C’95
Her favorite professor
Real Media
Eileen Everly, C’95
The last weekend before graduation
Real Media
Andrew Segall, C'96
Following Penn Basketball
MP3