Dartmouth College. Board of Trustees
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 344 Collections and/or Records:
Trustees Records of Meetings
In English.
Trustees Records of Meetings
In English.
Trustees Records of Meetings letter
In English.
Trustees Records of Meetings resolution
Resolution from the Trustees Records of Meetings in Hanover given to John Phillips, requesting him to have his portrait taken.
Trustees Records of Meetings vote
Vote from Trustees Records of Meetings in Hanover to elect Isreal Evans to take place of Bulkley Olcott, deceased. Confer degrees on several men. Vote to have Joseph Steward take a portrait of John Phillips and of Eleazar Wheelock. Vote to chage students 2 shillings a quarter for use of Library.
Trustees Records of Meetings vote
Vote from the Trustees Records of Meetings to change vacation rules. Confer degrees on several men. Speaks about disorderly conduct of student Conway in Chapel. Vote to discuss erection on toll bridge over Connecticut River.
Trustees Records of Meetings vote.
Vote from Trustees Records of Meetings to repair College bell. Confer degrees on several men. Vote to settle all accounts of President Wheelock. Speaks of decease of John Merrill, a Freshman.
Trustees Records of Meetings vote
Trustees Records of Meetings vote to confer degrees on several men. Vote to have President address Samuel Kirkland, and tell him of their appreciation of his work with Indians.
Trustees Records of Meetings vote
Trustees Records of Meetings vote to appoint someone to execute such measures in the matter of stewardship as shall be deemed necessary.
Trustees Records of Meetings vote
In English.