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The George Mason statue.

Photograph of George Mason University President, Robert C. Krug in his office at George Mason University, Fairfax Campus. Photograph is undated, but is most probably ca. 1977 or 1978. 5" x 7" photograph print; black and white.

The first year for baseball at George Mason College was 1968. The team would finish second in conference play at 7-2 but post a losing record overall at 8-12. Since this first team the baseball team has made 8 NCAA tournaments and had only 4…

Even though the 1973 season was the first for the women's basketball team, "Girl's Basketball" does not show up until the 1975 yearbook. During their first season of play they were one of only 94 teams to represent women in division 1. Since then,…

After marrying Stephen Brown, an associate dean, in 1969, her name is now Dr. Lorraine Brown. Dr. Brown would go on to be dismissed from her teaching position this year due to a nepotism rule which was being enforced by the University of Virginia.

Anne Ralph got 740 students to sign her petition to reinstate Brown. She presented her petition to Associate Provost Paige and Chancellor Lorin Thompson.

Brown's picture in the Advocate 1968 edition.

Picture of Lorraine Brown teaching her class in 1967 which was featured in The Advocate.

Andrew Evans was hired to recruit minority students for GMU. Evans is described as “not just meeting a quota” and wanting to sincerely determine why GMU lacks minority students without lowering the standards of the university admissions requirements.…

Reporting on Louis Lowe’s goals to expand faculty diversity and provide suggestions to departments to increase their women and minority student engagement. Lowe describes Mason as a “predominantly white institution”.