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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:

Dartmouth College. Board of Trustees report

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 850425.1
Mss 850425.1
Date(s): 1850-07-25
Abstract

In English.

Dartmouth College Board of Trustees specification

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 805502
Mss 805502
Date(s): 1805-09-02
Abstract

In English.

Dartmouth College. Chandler Scientific Department Examining Committee report

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 868624
Mss 868624
Date(s): 1868-11-24
Scope and Contents

Two-page report to the Dartmouth College Trustees of the Committee of the November examinations.

Dartmouth College Examining Committee report

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 853622
Mss 853622
Date(s): 1853
Scope and Contents

Report by the Dartmouth College Examination Committee to the Dartmouth College Trustees for the examinations at the close of the fall term, 1853.

Dartmouth College Examining Committee report

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 860622
Mss 860622
Date(s): 1860-11-02
Scope and Contents

Six-page reporty from the Dartmouth Examining Committee to the Dartmouth College Trustees.

Dartmouth College Examining Committee report

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 867625.1
Mss 867625.1
Date(s): 1867-11-25
Scope and Contents

Two-page report of the Dartmouth College Examining Committee to the Dartmouth College Trustees for the term just past.

Dartmouth College Examining Committee report

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 868624.1
Mss 868624.1
Date(s): 1868-11-24
Scope and Contents

Two-page report from the Dartmouth College Examining Committee of the Academical department to the Dartmouth College Trustees.

Dartmouth College Faculty letter

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 849423
Mss 849423
Date(s): 1849-07-23
Abstract

In English.

Dartmouth College faculty letter

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 860440
Mss 860440
Date(s): 1860-07
Scope and Contents

Four-page letter from Dartmout College faculty to the Dartmouth College Trustees on the inadequancy of faculty salaries.

Dartmouth College Faculty report

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 850425.2
Mss 850425.2
Date(s): 1850-07-25
Abstract

In English.

Dartmouth College Faculty report

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 866426.4
Mss 866426.4
Date(s): 1864-07-26
Scope and Contents

Nine-page report from the Dartmouth College faculty to the Board of Trustees of Dartmouth College, informing the Board of a petition from the Chandler School, requesting certain changes in the school.

Dartmouth College (Hanover, N.H.) list of candidates for degrees.

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 829940.1
Mss 829940.1
Date(s): 1829
Abstract

In English.

Dartmouth College Indenture of Lease

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 797265
Mss 797265
Date(s): 1797-04-15
Abstract

In English.

Dartmouth College lease

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 839172
Mss 839172
Date(s): 1839-02-22
Abstract

In English.

Dartmouth College Librarian report

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 851430
Mss 851430
Date(s): 1851-07-30
Abstract

In English.

Dartmouth College Librarian report

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 828490
Mss 828490
Date(s): 1828-08
Abstract

In English.

Dartmouth College Librarian report

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 852900.4
Mss 852900.4
Date(s): 1852
Scope and Contents

Twelve-page report by the Dartmouth College librarian to the Board of Trustees on the college library for the year 1851-1852.

Dartmouth College Librarian report

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 856431
Mss 856431
Date(s): 1856-07-31
Scope and Contents

Three-page report from the Dartmouth College Librarian to the Dartmouth College Trustees for the college year, 1855-1856 by Oliver Paysin Hubbard.

Dartmouth College Librarian report

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 862428
Mss 862428
Date(s): 1862-07-24
Scope and Contents

Four-page report from the Dartmouth College Librarian to the Board of Trustees of Dartmouth College.

Dartmouth College Librarian report

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 863422
Mss 863422
Date(s): 1863-07-22
Scope and Contents

Five-page report from the Dartmouth College Librarian, Oliver Payson Hubbard, to the Dartmouth College Trustees for the year 1862/63.

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