1973 in the FSU Biological Science History project

1973 In the Department of Biological Science at Florida State University (updated 20 Sep 06)

In February, the department acquired its first IBM Magnetic Card Selectric Typewriter. This forerunner of the electronic word processor stored text on small magnetic cards, each of which could hold 50 100-character lines of text. It was used for repetitive correspondence and other short documents, freeing the MTST, which used magnetic tapes, for larger documents, like grant proposals.

On 15 February 1973, the Biology Unit I laboratory of Dr. Walter R. Tschinkel was severely damaged by fire. The probable cause was a direct electrical short of one or more extension cords connected to a strip of receptacles, which ignited a cardboard box of empty plastic containers.

In August, Dr. William F. Herrnkind sent greetings to the department from his undersea home in the saturation-diving habitat Hydrolab, where he and four students from the department conducted research on spiny lobsters.

In December of 1973, BioNotes (18 months old at the time) was discontinued as a cost-saving measure, but . . .

More news and events of 1973

Administration
Faculty roster
Arrivals
Departures
Awards to faculty, students, staff
Publications
Obituaries

Administration

Chair: Thomas Peter Bennett
Associate Chair for Graduate Studies: Margaret Y. Menzel, then A. Gib DeBusk
Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies: L. Raymond Fox

Arrivals

Departures

Awards

  Faculty Awards

  Student Awards

  Staff Awards

Obituaries


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