Lewis Parkhurst Resigns

LEWIS PARKHURST '78, senior member of the Dartmouth Board of Trustees, ended 33 years of service on the Board on October 16 when he tendered his resignation in what he stated was a move "for the best interests of the College and of myself." Mr. Parkhurst, in sturdy health despite his 85 years, has been a Trustee continuously since 1908, and as chairman of the executive committee of the Board for the past twenty years has been the elder statesman in Dartmouth affairs.

Mr. Parkhurst's fellow members on the Board reluctantly accepted his decision to withdraw from major responsibilities in College matters. Their sentiments were formally expressed in a resolution which was adopted as follows:

"Resolved: That the Trustees of Dartmouth College, in appreciation and respect for Lewis Parkhurst, yield to his request that his resignation from the Board be accepted and made effective as of June go, 1941, after thirty-three years of invaluable service.

"Surcease from any sense of obligation and from any suggestion of responsibility is assuredly due him after the contributions to the College which have been his as loyal alumnus, generous benefactor, and understanding supporter of College interests successively in three administrations. It would be gratuitous to make recital in any detail of the indebtedness of the College to him because any recital which could be made would be incomplete. Whatever he has had, he has shared with the College he loved, and Dartmouth has been made the beneficiary of the breadth of his experience, the soundness of his judgment, and the intelligence of his thought.

"To him the Trustees officially and formally proffer their thanks for all of the many values he has added to the College, while individually and personally they tender their affectionate regards and their heartfelt wish that all satisfactions in life continuingly be his."

Among Mr. Parkhurst's many benefactions to Dartmouth, the best known is Parkhurst Hall, constructed in 1911-12 to house the administrative offices of the College. The building was given in memory of his son, Wilder, who entered Dartmouth

in the Class of 1907 and died during his sophomore year. Mr. and Mrs. Parkhurst have many times provided for the cost of repairs and improvements on the building, and have also created an endowment fund for its maintenance. As a Trustee, Mr. Parkhurst was responsible for Dartmouth's present budgetary system and other financial procedures, and he was a leading director in the development of the modern Dartmouth plant.

Before his retirement in 1933, Mr. Parkhurst had been treasurer of the publishing firm of Ginn and Company for 25 years and a partner since 1888. In addition to a distinguished business career, he was a leader in Republican politics in Massachusetts and in the civic affairs of Winchester, where he and Mrs. Parkhurst still reside. He continues a lively interest in Winchester and also gives keen attention to the model prison colony at Norfolk, for the establishment of which he campaigned vigorously in the Massachusetts state senate in 1921-22 and throughout the state in subsequent years. He has made large contributions, including a library, to this penal colony, and has also given generously to the town of Weston, Vt„ where he once taught school and where he married Mrs. Parkhurst.

RESIGNS TRUSTEESHIP Lewis Parkhurst '78, who has resigned fromthe Dartmouth Board of Trustees after a33-year membership extending throughthree administrations.