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Sept - Oct 2011

Fast Company magazine recently named President Kim one of its 100 most creative people in business for launching the Dartmouth Center for Health Care Delivery Science.

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Nov - Dec 2012

Testing your Dartmouth knowledge: 1. Explain the scene depicted on the weathervane on the top of Baker Library. 2. How much New Hampshire land does Dartmouth own? (Answers below.)


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Nov - Dec 2011

In the last decade the College has increased the number of faculty members by 18 percent; reduced the student-faculty ratio from 9-1 to 8-1; brought faculty compensation to the level of our peers; and increased minority and international student

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May - Jun 2013

President-elect Philip J. Hanlon ’77 was given a warm welcome home on January 11, when he filled Spaulding Auditorium to overflowing. His Hanover visit was a great success; he will be returning to take over the president’s office in mid June.


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May - Jun 2012

What a non-winter! Hanover has had 25 inches of snow vs. the normal 55 inches. Many Carnival events were canceled.

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May - June 2011

Economic times are tough, but Dartmouth has received a record number of applicants this year—21,700—a 15 percent increase compared to the last year.

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Mar - Apr 2013

Congratulations to Dr. Philip J. Hanlon! Currently provost at the University of Michigan, he will become Dartmouth’s next president on July 1. The search committee did a superb job in making this selection. Dr.

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Mar - Apr 2012

Congratulations to George Shimizu for receiving the Congressional Gold Medal for his work with U.S. Army Intelligence during World War II.

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Mar - Apr 2011

Have you ever realized how small our prestigious graduate schools are? Total enrollments in 2909: Tuck, 532; Thayer, 234; Medical School, 411.


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Jul - Aug 2013

Congratulations to Interim President Carol L. Folt, named chancellor of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, effective July 1. She has been Dartmouth’s first woman interim president, and will become UNC’s first woman chancellor.


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Jul - Aug 2012

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.

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Jul - Aug 2011

Count your blessings! Our class had 659 members, including transfers. Sixty-eight years later (scary) 166 of us remain (plus an few who have lost contact with the College). Of the 487 who have died, 23 lost their lives in WW II.