Dartmouth College. Board of Trustees
Biography
The Board of Trustees of Dartmouth College was created as "one body corporate and politick" by the charter of Dartmouth College, 13 December 1769, comprising twelve members, including the President of the College and the Governor of New Hampshire as ex officio members. The Board first met in Keene, New Hampshire, 22 October 1770, and consisted of Sir John Wentworth, Gov. of New Hampshire, the Rev. Eleazar Wheelock, President of Dartmouth College, Theodore Atkinson, George Jaffrey, Daniel Pierce, Peter Gilman, William Pitkin, Benjamin Pomeroy, James Lockwood, Timothy Pitkin, John Smalley, and William Patten.
Dartmouth’s Board of Trustee is responsible for oversight of the financial, administrative, and academic affairs of the College, including the appointment and evaluation of the President, long-range strategic planning, maintaining the academic quality of all the degree programs, ensuring the excellence of the faculty and the quality of the student experience, approving operating and capital budgets, managing the endowment, leading fundraising efforts, setting tuition and fees, and approving major policy changes.
Over the years, the number of “elected” Trustees (i.e., Trustees in addition to the President and the Governor) and the overall size of the Board have varied. The Charter originally set the number of elected trustees at ten. In 1961, the New Hampshire legislature and the Board approved a Charter amendment increasing the number of elected Trustees to 14, and amended again in 1967 to omit the New Hampshire residency requirement for any members of the Board. In 2003, the Board voted to increase the number of elected Trustees to 20. Two of those new Board seats has been filled, bringing the current size of the Board to 18 (16 “elected” Trustees, the Governor, and the President of the College.) Today, as it has since 1970, the Board elects a Chair separate from the President of the College.
Among the major actions of the Board were the establishment of professional schools in Medicine (1797), Engineering (1867) and Business (1900); resolutions in 1876 and 1891 allowing for alumni nominations of some candidates for Trustee; the November 22, 1971, resolution making the undergraduate college coeducational; and the November 1989 decision to divest from companies doing business with South Africa.
Found in 358 Collections and/or Records:
Henry Simons Lefingwell letter
Letter from Henry Simons Leffingwell in St.Louis, Missouri to the president and faculty of Dartmouth College, asking for a diploma as he wants to attend the centenary celebration.
Horace Hall Rolfe request for delay of payment
In English.
Inhabitants of Hanover letter
In English.
Ira Young letter
In English.
Ira Young memorandum
In English.
Ira Young request
In English.
Jacob Allen letter
Letter from Jacob Allen in Hanover, New Hampshire to Dartmouth College Trustees with a petition for abatement of part of student bill.
Jacob Allen letter
Letter rom Jacob Allen of Hanover, New Hampshire to the Trustees of Dartmouth College, requesting abatement of part of the tuition bill which he is unable to meet.
James Lawton Kimball letter
In English.
James Little letter
In English.
James Smith Garland letter
Two-page letter from James Smith Grarland in Hanover, New Hampshire to the president and faculty of Dartmouth College, asking to be given a special examination and an honorable dismission from Dartmouth.
Job Lyman quit claim
In English.
John Anderson letter
Letter from John Anderson of Londonderry, New Hampshire to the President and trustees of Dartmouth College, recommending David W. Dickey for admission to the college and for financial aid.
John Hubbard letter
In English.
John Hubbard letter
In English.
John Kelly letter
In English.
John Phillips deed
Deed for a lot of land in Wenlock given by Phillips to the Trustees of Dartmouth for the use of the school in Landaff. Signed by John Phillips and witnessed by Patience Woodbridge and Robert Rowe.
John Phillips deed
Three-page deed of lands "for the benefit and behoof" of Dartmouth College.
John Phillips Ripley letter
Letter from John Phillips Ripley of Hanover, N.H. to Dartmouth College President and Trustees requesting adjustment of a sum of money given to him by Dr. Phillips of Exeter and subsequently given to Dr. Wheelock for the use and on account of the College.
John Smith Woodman letter
Letter from John Smith Woodman at Dartmouth College tlo the president and trustees olf Dartmouth College and visitors of the Chandler Scientific Department with the needs and requirements of the department.
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