Best Club Secretary

At the joint dinner of alumni officers in Hanover on June 7, the award for the best alumni club secretary of the year was given to Barry C. Sullivan '36, secretary of the Washington, D. C. club, with the following citation:

During the war there was one center in the country that attracted the temporary residence of more Dartmouth men than any other city. Washington, D. C. became the headquarters of hundreds of alumni, most of whom wished they were elsewhere. Into this emergency in Dartmouth alumni relationships leaped the perennial long-time and as far as we are concerned permanent secretary of the Washington Alumni Club, Barry C. Sullivan of the Class of 1936. He knew the Washington situation from prewar years as Dartmouth's secretary in the Capital. Barry fully realized the importance of providing Dartmouth associations to men far from home, and often without a home in that overcrowded beehive. He personally carried the brunt of an arduous schedule of weekly luncheon gatherings and of frequent evening meetings when speakers from Hanover and distinguished Dartmouth and non-Dartmouth people in government service were coralled to entertain and edify crowds of alumni which ran into the hundreds for these occasions.

In brief, Barry Sullivan, you have earned Dartmouth's Award of Merit for distinguished service beyond the line of duty. We are happy to present you with a George Ticknor Print and to acclaim you as the best alumni club secretary for 1946.

BARRY C. SULLIVAN '36