Class of 1962: Football and Track & Field

Steve Dickenson was described as “the heart of the ground attack” for his accomplishments in the football backfield.  As a sophomore, he averaged over four yards per carry in Coach Warren Beson’s single-wing offense, when Carleton, as Dicksenson remembers “was one of, if not the last, school playing single wing”.  He was an all-conference pick the following year under head coach Mel Taube, scoring all three touchdowns in the Knight’s 20-13 victory over St. Olaf.  Dickenson also participated in track as a long jumper and a sprinter.  His academic and athletic abilities earned him a Rhodes Scholarship.  After completing his dissertation on German reunification, he started working for the organization MRA Initiatives For Change, an international nonprofit conflict resolution firm that has sent him to France, Germany, Japan, and Cambodia.