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. 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 370 Collections and/or Records:
Nathan Lord report
Eight-page president's report by Nathan Lord to the Board of Trustees of Dartmouth College for the year 1847.
Nathan Lord report
Eleven-page president's report of Nathan Lord of Dartmouth College to the Board of Trustees of Dartmouth College for the year 1833.
Nathan Lord report
Sixteen-page president's report by Nathan Lord at Dartmouth College to the Board of Trustees of Dartmouth College for the year 1834.
Nathan Lord report
Six-page president's report from Nathan Lord at Dartmouth College to the Board of Trustees of Dartmouth College for the year 1845.
Nathan Lord report
Report by Nathan Lord to the Dartmouth College Trustees of the president for the academic year, 1853/54
Nathan Lord report
Fifteen-page president's report from Nathan Lord to Dartmouth College Board of Trustees for the academic year 1855/56.
Nathan Lord report
Four-page president's report by Nathan Lord to the Dartmouth College Trustees for the academic year 1857/58.
Nathan Lord report
Twenty-two page report by Dartmouth College president Nathan Lord to the Dartmouth College Trustees for the academic year, 1862/63. (Second copy with slight variations in the wording)
Nathan Lord resolution
Resolutions passed by trustees, thanking Prof. Shurtleff for gift of $1000 to philosophy and economics departments for books and ordering an alcove in library be prepared for collection.
Nathan Noyes letter
Letter from Nathan Noyes of Hanover, N.H. to Dartmouth College Trustees with a confession of several offenses. Mentions Prof. Woodward, Benoni Dewey and Payne, and Philander Chase. Asks forgiveness and reinstatement.
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.
Nathan Smith letter
In English.
Nathan Smith letter
Letter from Nathan Smith in Hanover to Dartmouth College Trustees, recommending Dr. Benjamin Green of Montreal for degree of Doctor of Medicine.
Nathan Smith letter
In English.
Nathaniel Hall petition
Petition from Nathaniel Hall in Hanover, New Hampshire to the Trustees of Dartmouth College with bids for land owned by Dartmouth which were previously rented by Deacon Kellog and Mr. Stevens.
Nehemiah Hardy letter
In English.
Oliver Carlton request for delay of payment
In English.
Oliver Payson Hubbard account
In English.