Milestones

Student Life

• September 12, 1984
  Youth Festival held on the north campus of Memorial during the visit to St. John's of Pope John Paul II.

• November 24, 1984
  Dr. Gwynne Dyer receives the third annual Alumnus of the Year Award from the Memorial University Alumni Association.

Academics

• Janaury 12, 1984
  Board of Regents approves the establishment of a fine arts program at Sir Wilfred Grenfell College.

• September 24, 1984
  The first annual David Alexander Lecture delivered by Professor Larry Pratt, Political Scientist, University of Alberta.

• November 27, 1984
  President Leslie Harris announces that Memorial had received funding for $1.3 million from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council and from Petro-Canada to establish a chair in marine seismic research.