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:
John Wheelock and the Professors letter
Letter from John Wheelock and the professors to the Dartmouth College Trustees, urging them to hold worship in the Chapel in the future.
John Wheelock letter
In English.
John Wheelock letter
In English.
John Wheelock letter
In English.
John Wheelock letter
Letter from John Wheelock in Hanover, NH to Dartmouth College Trustees, recommending that deserving students from Moor's Charity School be admitted to Dartmouth College.
John Wheelock petition
Petition by John Wheelock of Hanover, New Hampshire to Dartmouth College Trustees informing them that due to the difficulties in ecclesiastical matters, he requests that public worship be held in the College chapel. Signed by John Wheelock for the executive officers of the College.
Jonathan Freeman document
In English.
Jonathan Freeman document
In English.
Jonathan Williams letter
In English.
Joseph Green letter
Letter from Joseph Green of Hanover to Trustees of Dartmouth College granting them one tenth part of water conduit from Greensboro to College Plain for $100.00.
Joseph Marsh request for delay of payment
In English.
Joseph R. Richards receipt of payment
Receipt of payment from Joseph R. Richards to the Trustees of Dartmouth College. Richards abd William Park accept first installment of payment for their services in the erection of the College gymnasium.
Joseph Roby letter
In English.
Joshua Dodge recommendation
Recommendation by Joshua Dodge of Hervery Wilbur of Haverhill, New Hampshire to the President and Trusteees, recommending Mr. Wilbur as "a candidate for the gospel ministry." Also digned by Isaac Tompkins, Ebenezer Dutch and Jonathan Allen.
Levi Parsons Morton report
In English.
Luther Cummings Bean letter
Letter from Luther Cummings Bean in Lebanon to president and trustees of Dartmouth College, thanking them for the honor conferred upon him.
Lyman Harding letter
Letter from Lyman Harding of Hanover, N.H. to Dartmouth College Trustees with a petition of student expelled from College who asks for review of case and reinstatement.
Marquis DeLafayette Lane term bill
In English.
Memorial from Trustees of Dartmouth College to the General Court of N.H.
In English.
Memorial to the Trustees
In English.
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