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 366 Collections and/or Records:
Dartmouth College Trustees list
In English.
Dartmouth College Trustees meeting excerpt
Excerpt from the annual meeting of the Dartmouth College Board of Trustees. Mills Olcott is appointed to settle a boundary dispute between President Wheelock and the College. On the reverse: Olcott's recommendation for settlement to the Trustees, August 12, 1814, Hanover, NH. Report mentions Jonathan Freeman.
Dartmouth College Trustees meeting extract
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Dartmouth College Trustees meeting minutes
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Dartmouth College Trustees meeting minutes
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Dartmouth College Trustees memorandum of resolutions
Memorandum of resolution relating to the Library and the Inspector of buildings by the Trustees, adjourned meeting, October 30, 1860.
Dartmouth College Trustees minutes
Dartmouth College Trustees minutes of the meetings held Aug. 21,22,23,24,25,27,28,1798.
Dartmouth College Trustees minutes
Dartmouth College Trustees minutes of the first meeting, 1770 Oct. 22, in Keene, N.H. On reverse: Prepared for the two hundredth anniversary of the first meeting of the Board of Trustees.
Dartmouth College Trustees minutes extract
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Dartmouth College Trustees minutes extract
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Dartmouth College Trustees notice
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Dartmouth College Trustees petition
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Dartmouth College Trustees proceedings
Proceedings of the Dartmouth College Trustees upon the resolutions of the Merrimack Coounty Conference of Congregational Churches in reference to the presiden of said college, passed June 23 and 24, 1863. Amos Tuck, Nathanial Bouton and Ira Allen Eastman report no action will be taken to remove the president. Mentions the Board's position on the matter.
Dartmouth College Trustees proceedings
Three pages of proceedinbgs from the Dartmouth College Trustees upon the resolutions of the Merrimack County Conference of Congregational Churches. Mentions the College's position in regard to the Civil War and the churches.
Dartmouth College Trustees proposal
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Dartmouth College Trustees. Prudential Committee report
Report by the Dartmouth College Trustees, Prudential Committee to the Board of Trustees of Dartmouth College of resolutions adopted regarding the cataloguing of the College Library.
Dartmouth College Trustees receipt
Receipt from Dartmouth College Trustees to Samuel Stearns for payment of tuition and room rent.
Dartmouth College Trustees receipt
Receipt from Dartmouth College Trustees issued to Senior Bissell for funds received on account of his bills for tution, etc.
Dartmouth College Trustees record extract
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Dartmouth College Trustees record of a vote
In English.
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