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:
Nathan Smith letter
In English.
Nathan Smith letter
In English.
Nathan Smith letter
Letter from Nathan Smith in Hanover, New Hampshire to Dartmouth College Trustees, proposing a Col. Graves be appointed a professor or lecturer in chemistry.
Nathan Smith letter
Letter from Nathan Smith of Hanover to Board of Trustees informing them that if addressee will establish a medical school in Dartmouth, writer will go to Edinburgh, Scotland to perfect himself in the study of medical science and on his return will teach it in Dartmouth.
Nathan Smith letter
Letter from Nathan Smith to the Honorable President and Board of Trustees for Dartmouth College, certifying that the writer proposes to resign his office of Professor at the next annual meeting of the Board of Trustees.
Nathaniel Hall petition
In English.
Nehemiah Hardy letter
In English.
Oliver Carlton request for delay of payment
In English.
Oliver Payson Hubbard account
In English.
Oliver Payson Hubbard letter
In English.
Oliver Payson Hubbard letter
In English.
Oliver Payson Hubbard letter
In English.
Oliver Payson Hubbard letter
In English.
Oliver Payson Hubbard letter
Two-page letter from Oliver Payson Hubbard in Hanover, New Hampshire to Dartmouth Colleger Trustees, concerning obtaining sculptures found at Niniveh for Dartmouth College. Mentions Austin Hazen Wright.
Oliver Payson Hubbard letter
Three-page letter from Oliver Payson Hubbard in Hanover to the Dartmouth College Trustees, giving an account of his connection with the building of the observatory.
Oliver Payson Hubbard statement
A statment by Oliver Payson Hubbard of the duties in his department of instruction, need for more instructors and laboratory equipment.
Papers relating to the case of I.N. and J.M. Partridge vs. Dartmouth College Trustees
In English.
Petition by legal voters in the town of Hanover
Three-page petition by legal voters in the town of Hanover to the Trustees of Dartmouth College, urging the trustees to run ferry until a free bridge is built. Signed by 40 citizens.
Recommendations for Honorary Degrees
In English.
Records of Trustee's Meetings letter
Records of Trustee's Meetings tells of various appointments in the College teaching force.
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