The quad as it sits today, no longer a clean grass field, but an assortment of bushes, chairs and pathways with a sealed entrance way where a staircase still remains.
Students hold a protest in support of Dr. Shea's contract renewal after questions about his political beliefs and grading practices came up. Four professors cancelled their classes in support of the protest. With upward of 150 students participating…
Drs. Lee Potter, Joseph Harrison, Fanny-Fern Davis, and Linda Grant DePauw announce their resignations from George Mason College. Dr. Reid hired in October 1963, was tasked with transitioning George Mason from a two-year institution into a four-year…
Dr. Shea is seated on top of a table. Caption at the bottom of the photograph reads: "If they try to draft me, they are going to have to take this table with me."
Robert Krug, then acting as Dean, cited in an oral interview that Dr. Shea had…
Photograph of Mason faculty member in the Department of Philosophy, Dr. James M. Shea.
Dr. James M. Shea hired in the fall of 1966 by Dean Robert C. Krug in order to fill vacancies after faculty resignations the year prior, as well as Mason's…
Oct. 11, 1968 issue of The Gunston Ledger, this cartoon was drawn in the issue under a "MSJS" initial. The issue mentioning Dr. Shea about gown and cap rental money, accusing him of sending it off to a charity due to his idealistic views.