March 19, 1979 – SUI’s Professor of Speech & Debate (1925-1970) – A. Craig Baird – passes away at age 95.

In 1925, Speech Professor A. Craig Baird came to Iowa City and continued a tradition he had started at Bates College in Maine – taking his debate teams overseas to compete with Oxford University students in England. Over the next 45 years, Baird built the modern debate program at Iowa, wrote and/or edited over 36 books on public speaking, and became known world-wide as “The Father of International Debate.”

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March 18, 1910 – The Iowa City Citizen encourages city residents to vote ‘Yes’ on annexing new areas on the west side of the Iowa River, and the Rundell neighborhood and East Iowa City to the east.

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March 17, 1945 – George Boller and Dixie Boyer take a quick three-day leave from Heart Mountain and are married in a Presbyterian parsonage on St. Patrick’s Day in nearby Billings, Montana.

George Boller and Dixie Boyer – both stationed at the Heart Mountain Japanese Determent Camp in Wyoming – took a quick three-day leave and were married at 4:35 p.m. in Billings, Montana.

Happy 81st Wedding Anniversary, Mom & Dad!

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