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What was it like in ...
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- In 1970 the Crawford Building was completed. The first off-campus program was launched in 1972 on request of the U.S. Navy. In the same year, Florida Tech acquired an 84-acre campus in Jensen Beach to educate technicians and technologists in the marine and environmental fields. It is the new home for the School of Marine and Environmental Technology. During the same time, Roberts Hall was dedicated and an Ocean Engineering degree established. The following year, Southgate Apartments were purchased and WFIT was granted a license. In the following years, WFIT started broadcasting, various Masters and Doctoral programs were established, Evans Hall was dedicated and in 1978, Florida Tech joined the NCAA.
- $15,725
- Loaf of Bread: 28¢
- Gallon of Milk: $1.40
- Dozen Eggs: $1.24
- Average House: $44,160
- Average Car: $4,859
- Gallon of Gas: 55¢
- First class Stamp: 10¢
- I'll Be There by The Jackson 5
- Let's Get it On by Marvin Gaye
- Don't Go Breaking My Heart by Elton John & Kiki Dee
- I Will Survive by Gloria Gaynor
- Sounder by William Armstrong
- The Face of Battle by John Keegan
- Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner
- Sophie's Choice by William Styron
- Deliverance by James Dickey
- Love Story by Erich Sega
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- Roots by Alex Haley
- J. Allyn Smith BS '75, MS'79 & 84, Ph.D. '97. Perhaps my fondest memory, certainly the one I laugh about the most, was the VAMPIRE missile complex which appeared in the 1977 Grinsom issue of the campus paper. At the time, we had some pictures of a Titan missile in its checkout cell at the pad, and we had an empty elevator shaft in the Crawdad science tower. A good fraction of the Crimson staff that quarter were Physics & Space Science majors with fertile imaginations. Naturally, the two items synthesized in Tony Boatright's mind and the VAMPIRE complex was born. Articles about the complex would continue to make random appearances in the Crimson/Grinsom for the next 2-3 years to explain new digging (or landscaping) on campus. Not wanting to be upstaged by the Crimson, the Florida Snapper Wrapper (Today) wrote an article entitled "Missile Silo at F.I.T.? It's a Hoax" complete with Tony's picture as the headline on August 18, 1977 ... it bumped the coverage of Elvis' death out of the headline spot.
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- James Majewski BS '70. I was one of those students who with the support of many people I made it through school. The support came from all directions, first of all I worked forty hours a week while going to school, I had a young family and a very devoted wife, who also worked. Between the two of us we were able to support FIT and my wife kept me going (she still does we have now been married 45 years) and we were able to raise three super children. The other support came from my employer McDonnell Aircraft and the staff at FIT. The one staff member who pushed me and kept in line was Dr. Andy Revy, Andy turned out to be a real friend, since their were times that I was ready to give it up and he would somehow convince me to continue and of course at times he was difficult to get along with.
When I finally finished school and on the day of graduation, I went up on stage and received my degree, came back to my seat, and the way we were seated Dr. Revy was seated directly in front of me (I really think he planned it that way) we all sat down and some other speeches were being made and I leaned forward and said to Andy " I finally made it in spite of you-you old F----" When the graduation was complete Andy stood up turned to me and said he was expecting some comment like that from me and that I should open my degree and examine it. I did and found that it was not signed nor stamped, I had to apologize to the good Dr. and my degree was signed and stamped on my back "Lot of symbolizing"
- Many years passed and during one of our moves my wife found the degree with a note from Andy and of course she had the degree framed. It now sits in my office and every time I get into a difficult situation I tend to look at it and it reminds me of good, bad and difficult times, but most of all it reminds me of the super job that FIT and its staff has done over the years. I recently was in Florida and took a walk around the campus; please continue to do the fine work.
- Thank you.
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- I have nothing but numerous fond memories of FIT and what it has done for me and my family.
- Bill Fries '75.
It was Dr. Nunn and his electromagnetic fields and waves classes that I remember most inspiring. It was not the curriculum of the class (which like most of my fellow students I felt overwhelmed with the material).
It was those 25 out of 100% test scores. And you were the third highest in the class! Dr. Nunn cared for each and every student, for their success, not their failure. For us to learn, not to just skim by. The grades were curved in the end. Yet we as students became better engineers in the future for it.
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