THE COLLEGE

BY vote of the Dartmouth Board of Trustees, meeting in Hanover last month, Dartmouth's new field house will bear the name of Nathaniel Leverone '06 of Chicago. Announcement of the Trustees' action was made by President Dickey at the January 18 dinner jointly sponsored by the Dartmouth Alumni Council and the Dartmouth Athletic Council in honor of the 1962 football team.

President Dickey disclosed that Mr. Leverone, founder and chairman of the Automatic Canteen Company of America, had made provisions that would cover the cost of the field house, a huge Memorial Field structure enclosing more than two acres of ground space and built at a cost of $1,500,000.

Mr. Leverone, who was seated at the head table at the football dinner in Alumni Hall of Hopkins Center, received a standing ovation from the capacity audience when President Dickey announced his gift, one of the largest alumni benefactions in the history of the College. He was also present in the field house the next day when Dartmouth met the University of Maine in the first track meet held in the new facility.

The Nathaniel Leverone Field House, largest college structure of its kind in the country, was designed by Pier Luigi Nervi of Rome, a master architect-engineer, whose creations in reinforced concrete are recognized as perhaps the foremost in the world. Dartmouth's field house is the first complete building Nervi has designed in this country. It will serve not only for athletic events and activities but also for large College gatherings such as convocations and Commencement exercises when held indoors.

Mr. Leverone's offer to cover the cost of the field house comes as the climax to many years of service to Dartmouth and of solicitude for her welfare. He has been president of the Chicago Alumni Association, vice president of the General Association of the Alumni, class agent for 1906 for eighteen years, and chairman of the national Dartmouth Pow Wow held in Chicago in 1923. President Dickey described him as the "Johnny Appleseed" of Dartmouth alumni clubs. He established clubs in Keene, N. H., and in Oregon, and collaborated in forming two other clubs in Kansas City and Palm Beach. In 1961 the Dartmouth Alumni Council honored Mr. Leverone with an Alumni Award, citing him for his industrial and Dartmouth achievements and for his "inspiring leadership to the civic, charitable, and cultural life of Chicago and the nation."