McCulloch Heads Council

Norman E. McCulloch Jr. '50 of Barrington, R.I., was elected of the Dartmouth Alumni Council for 1971-72 at the annual June meeting in Hanover. He succeeds Dero A Saunders '35 of New York City, who presided over the three-day gathering, June 16-18.

Mr. McCulloch is president and treasurer of Microfibres, Inc. of Pawtucket, R.I., textile equipment firm. He is a leading figure in industry and in civic and community affairs in Rhode Island, serving as a director of eight companies and banks and as a trustee of St. Andrews's School and Providence Country Day School. He is president of the Class of 1950, former head class agent, and former vice president of the Dartmouth Club of Rhode Island. He served on the major gifts committee of the Third Century Fund and was elected to the Dartmouth Alumni Council in June 1969. Member of a long-time Dartmouth family, Mr. McCulloch is the son of Norman E. McCulloch '17, brother of Neil P. McCulloch '50, and father of James R. McCulloch '74.

The Alumni Council's vice president for the coming year is Vincent W. Jones '52 of Los Angeles, general counsel for Sears Roebuck and Co. in its Pacific Coast territory. J. Michael McGean '49, Secretary of the College, was reelected secretary.

Executive committee members, in addition to the three officers, are: F. Charlton Mills III '38. of Cleveland, Ohio; Eric T. Miller '50 of Bronxville, N.Y.; Paul D. Paganucci '53 of New York City; and Kevin I. Sullivan '54 of Buffalo, N.Y.

The Council elected four members- at-large to serve three-year terms until June 30, 1974. They are John L. Steele 39 of Washington, D.C.; Robert D. Kilmarx '50 of Providence, R.I.; Kevin I- Sullivan '54 of Buffalo, N.Y.; and William H. King '63 of Richmond, Va.

Two other new members of the Council are Daniel J. McCarthy '54 of Hanover, senior alumni member of the Dartmouth Athletic Council, and Charles W. Leer '72 of Minneapolis, who succeeds John H. Marshall '71 as representative of the undergraduates.

The Council elected Leo C. McKenna 56 of Rye, N.Y., to be an alumni -ember of the Dartmouth Athletic Council for a three-year term. It also named Prof. Franklin Smallwood '51, faculty member of the Council, to be its representative on the board of overseers of the Hanover Inn for one year, and elected Thomas W. Gerber '43 of Concord, N.H., to be alumni representative on the board of proprietors of The Dartmouth for a three-year term.

Committee chairmen for 1971-72 include Robinson Bosworth Jr. '37 of Milwaukee, Alumni Fund; Francis T. Fenn Jr. '37, Brownsville, Vt., Bequests and Estate Planning; Richard W. Lippman '42, Philadelphia, Enrollment and Admissions; John L. Steele '39, Washington, D.C., Public Relations; Thomas J. Swartz Jr. '49, Regional Organizations; F. Charlton Mills III '38, Cleveland, Class Organization; John R. Shuman '52, San Francisco, Academic Affairs; Daniel J. McCarthy '54, Hanover, Athletics; and John H. Hatheway '48, New York City, Nominating.

The Council's June meeting, its 122nd, was attended by 43 of the 50 present members, and also by 36 former members and five newly elected members whose terms were to begin July 1. These alumni and their wives attended a reception in the President's Garden prior to the Council's annual dinner in Thayer Hall on Wednesday, June 16. President Kemeny spoke informally at the dinner, reviewing some of the campus events since the Council's 'January meeting and once again praising the quality of the present student body. He saw the '7os as a decade in which Dartmouth would make use of its unique assets to move ahead among the colleges of America.

Two general sessions of the Council on Thursday and a third on Friday morning heard reports from all the committees, which held breakfast, luncheon, and evening meetings throughout the three-day gathering. The time for general business on Friday morning was devoted primarily to the coeducation issue. The Council was asked to adopt the following resolution drawn up by the ten past and the current president of the 50-year Class of 1921 and presented by Robert P. Burroughs '21:

Convinced that the adoption of coeducation would profoundly alter the character of Dartmouth College, and

Believing that action to establish coeducation at Dartmouth College at this juncture would be dangerous, for the reasons set forth by former Trustee John L. Sullivan in his 50-Year Address delivered on June 12, 1971,

Urges that study be given to the effect of coeducation on previously all-male institutions that are comparable to Dartmouth, and that in the meantime action to establish coeducation at Dartmouth be withheld, and

Express the opinion that the effects of coeducation—especially at Yale and Princeton—cannot be measured for two or three years, and accordingly believes that it would not be prudent to reach a final decision on coeducation for Dartmouth prior to 1973.

After discussion, the Council adopted an amendment: "That the Council of Alumni transmit the resolution without recommendation directly to the Board of Trustees."

Alumni Council Officers: Sandy McCulloch '50 (c), newly elected president, withVice President Vincent Jones '52 (l) and Secretary Michael McGean '49.