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:
Trustees meeting minutes
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Trustees of Dartmouth College bill
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Trustees of Dartmouth College bill
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Trustees of Dartmouth College letter
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Trustees of Dartmouth College record
Record of their vote confering the degree of Doctor of Divinity upon Rev. Alvan Hyde. Signed J. Wheelock, President and William Henry Woodward, Secretary.
Trustees of Dartmouth College Records of Meeting
Trustees of Dartmouth College Records of Meetings, vote to raise money for a lottery. Confer degree on several men. Vote to keep accounts of College in dollars and cents instead of pounds.
Trustees of Dartmouth College vote
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Trustees of Dartmouth College vote
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Trustees of Dartmouth College vote
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Trustees of Dartmouth College votes
Votes of the Trustees of Dartmouth College to exchange 50 acres in Hanover for 50 acres belonging to Wheelock in Lebanon. To secure to Wheelock part of the township of Wheelock. Signed: B. Woodward and Wm. Woodward.
Trustees Records of Meeting
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Trustees Records of Meeting letter
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Trustees Records of Meeting minutes
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Trustees Records of Meetings
Trustees Records of Meetings from Hanover confer degrees on several men. Confer degree of Master of Arts on Jonathan Freeman.
Trustees Records of Meetings
Trustees Records of Meetings, regarding raising more money to erect buildings in College, including the mattee of college rents and lotteries.
Trustees Records of Meetings
Trustees Records of Meetings, confer degrees on several men.
Trustees Records of Meetings
Trustees Records of Meetings with vote to settle with Nabby Ripley and vote to appoint Jonathan Freeman to inspect College Hall once a semester.
Trustees Records of Meetings
Trustees Records of Meetings regarding difficulty in getting students to board at Commons.
Trustees Records of Meetings
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Trustees Records of Meetings
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