You know—the whole world knows—that Dartmouth’s president, Jim Yong Kim, is the newly elected president of the World Bank. Our congratulations to him even as our thoughts now turn to the quest for a new president. The search committee will be led by Bill Helman ’80 and Diana Taylor’ 77 as chair and vice chair. In the meantime the College is in the good hands of the experienced, talented and highly regarded Dartmouth Provost Carol Folt.


The Dartmouth Medical School has been renamed the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth in honor of Audrey and Theodore Geisel. Ted Geisel ’25 is, of course, the famous Dr. Seuss. The Geisel family has long been one of Dartmouth’s most significant philanthropists.


The board of trustees announced an undergraduate tuition increase of 5 percent for 2012-13, up about $2,000. Including room, board and fees the total is about $58,000. (Were we here at the right time or what?!) Tuition at the med school is up 6 percent to $50,600; Tuck is up 5 percent to a total of $56,000. Fifty-four percent of all students receive financial aid, averaging about $38,000 per year. The financial aid benchmark for family income, which was $75,000, will be raised to $100,000 next year.


The new 105,000-square-foot visual arts center on Lebanon Street has been named the Black Family Visual Arts Center in honor of Leon Black ’73. President Kim called this $50 million gift “visionary.” The center is expected to open this fall.


—John Jenkins, 80 Lyme Road, Apt. 304, Hanover, NH 03755; (603) 643-2757; mmjenkins@kahres.kendal.org