Class Note 1943
Issue
Sept - Oct 2015
David Brooks, of The New York Times, delivered the 2015 Commencement address and received a standing ovation. Avoiding the old chestnuts of most graduations, he spoke of the many adjustments that lay ahead and told the seniors to seek a calling, not a career. Statistics for the incoming class of 2019: 20,504 applications, 2,120 accepted, 1,115 will be here in the fall. Geographically, 26.9 percent are from the West, 22.8 percent from the mid-Atlantic region, 19.3 percent from the South, 13.1 percent from the New England, and 9.3 percent from the Midwest; the rest are international students. Students of color make up 49.8 percent of the incoming student body; 14.9 percent are the first generation in their families to attend college. Academically, 94.9 percent are from the top 10 percent of their high school classes, 38.4 percent are valedictorians, and 46 percent qualify for scholarships (which average $44,142).
Robert E. King, ’57 has donated $21 million to the College, more than doubling the existing King Scholar Leadership Program, which funds the humanitarian work and education of students from developing countries. Six recipients have matriculated at Dartmouth since 2013. Dartmouth also accepted $20 million from Dorothy Byrne to finance an academic cluster focusing on mathematics. Five million dollars will be added from other gifts. The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice will receive $17.5 million during five years from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Trust Fund (connected with Obamacare) to study how well and how quickly hospitals learn from their successes. Several other universities will join in the study.
How many of us are left? We started off with 658 in our freshman class and lost 23 in the war. As of mid-June there are still 75 (11.3 percent) of us left to honor the great class of 1943. Since I’m tired of doing obits, please get lots of sleep, drink lots of water and don’t forget your meds.
I regret to report the deaths of Joshua B. Clark, John W. Bartemus and Robert S. Moyer. Condolences to their families.
—John M. Jenkins, 80 Lyme Road, Apt. 304, Hanover, NH 03755; (603) 643-2757; mmjenkins@kahres.org
Robert E. King, ’57 has donated $21 million to the College, more than doubling the existing King Scholar Leadership Program, which funds the humanitarian work and education of students from developing countries. Six recipients have matriculated at Dartmouth since 2013. Dartmouth also accepted $20 million from Dorothy Byrne to finance an academic cluster focusing on mathematics. Five million dollars will be added from other gifts. The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice will receive $17.5 million during five years from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Trust Fund (connected with Obamacare) to study how well and how quickly hospitals learn from their successes. Several other universities will join in the study.
How many of us are left? We started off with 658 in our freshman class and lost 23 in the war. As of mid-June there are still 75 (11.3 percent) of us left to honor the great class of 1943. Since I’m tired of doing obits, please get lots of sleep, drink lots of water and don’t forget your meds.
I regret to report the deaths of Joshua B. Clark, John W. Bartemus and Robert S. Moyer. Condolences to their families.
—John M. Jenkins, 80 Lyme Road, Apt. 304, Hanover, NH 03755; (603) 643-2757; mmjenkins@kahres.org