{"id":60555,"date":"2015-11-30T14:30:02","date_gmt":"2015-11-30T19:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/umaine.edu\/150\/?page_id=60555"},"modified":"2024-11-21T12:29:37","modified_gmt":"2024-11-21T17:29:37","slug":"1975-1984","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/150\/through-the-decades\/1975-1984\/","title":{"rendered":"1975\u20131984"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"60815\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-60815\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/311\/2015\/11\/1975-1984-feature.jpg\" alt=\"Female students working in a lab\" width=\"1648\" height=\"930\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/311\/2015\/11\/1975-1984-feature.jpg 1648w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/311\/2015\/11\/1975-1984-feature-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/311\/2015\/11\/1975-1984-feature-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/311\/2015\/11\/1975-1984-feature-1024x578.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/311\/2015\/11\/1975-1984-feature-105x59.jpg 105w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/311\/2015\/11\/1975-1984-feature-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/311\/2015\/11\/1975-1984-feature-317x179.jpg 317w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/311\/2015\/11\/1975-1984-feature-423x239.jpg 423w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/311\/2015\/11\/1975-1984-feature-634x358.jpg 634w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/311\/2015\/11\/1975-1984-feature-846x477.jpg 846w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/311\/2015\/11\/1975-1984-feature-951x537.jpg 951w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/311\/2015\/11\/1975-1984-feature-1268x716.jpg 1268w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/311\/2015\/11\/1975-1984-feature-320x180.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,1648px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students working in a lab, circa 1983<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Alfond Arena, named for benefactor Harold Alfond, was dedicated in 1977.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Paul Silverman became president in 1980.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>In 1980, the federal government designated UMaine as a Sea Grant College under a program conducted with the University of New Hampshire; in 2004, UMaine received the designation for its own program.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Arthur Johnson became president in 1984.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alfond Arena, named for benefactor Harold Alfond, was dedicated in 1977. 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