Chancellor Aldrich and one of the Irvine sisters, 1964 August 16, 2010
Posted by ucisca in Early UCI Campus.Tags: Chancellor Aldrich, Joan Irvine Smith
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A photograph of one of the Irvine sisters, with her horse and dog, and Chancellor Aldrich taken on February 15, 1964, on the land where construction would soon start on the new UCI campus.
AS-061. University Communications Photographs. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California.
Eugene Loring August 9, 2010
Posted by ucisca in Faculty, Photographs.Tags: Dance Department, Eugene Loring
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Eugene Loring (1914-1982), was the founding Chair of the UCI Dance Department (1965-1978). He studied with George Ballanchine and Pierre Vladimiroff at the new School of American Ballet in New York in 1935. In his early career he was in touring dance companies such as the Ballet Caravan and Ballet Theatre, and was director of the Dance Players. In Loring’s very diverse career in dance, he is best known for two important contributions: his choreographic abilities as a leading developer of an American style of dance and his pedagogical skills (the latter first surfaced through his association with the American School of Dance and continued through his brilliant work at UCI). His own best known work was Billy the Kid (1938), and he also worked in film and television. Below are photographs of Loring teaching dance and rehearsing the Dance Players in Idyllwild, CA during the summer of 1956. [Photographer unknown.]
MS-P002. Eugene Loring Papers. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California.
All-University Alumni Picnic August 4, 2010
Posted by ucisca in Campus Scenes, Early UCI Campus, School spirit.Tags: 1966, All-University Alumni Picnic, Jean Aldrich, sack race
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The All-University Alumni Picnic was held at UCI on June 5, 1966. A favorite pastime at early campus gatherings was the sack race, and this picnic included many sack races. If you look closely at the photo below you will see Jean Aldrich, the wife of Chancellor Dan Aldrich (just to the right of center, in red), making a gallant effort to try and win this race!
AS-061. University Communications Photographs. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California.
