Flight Tragedy

A plane crash in the early morning hours of Sunday, November 18, took the lives of three undergraduates: Edwin Estepa '77, James M. Dougherty '74, and Charles Alpert '77. The plane, piloted by Estepa and owned by the Dartmouth Flying Club, hit the side of 3,800-foot Equinox Mountain, near Manchester, Vermont.

The trio had taken off at 3 a.m. from Lebanon Regional Airport in a Piper Cherokee 140 with a destination, according to their flight plan, of Schenectady, N.Y. Less than an hour later, their plane crashed high on the mountain side.

Estepa was an experienced pilot and was legally qualified for night flying. Before taking off, he and his two companions had given the plane a thorough check-out and had discussed the flight with FAA authorities at the airport.

New administrative appointments: William P. Davis Jr., Professor of Physics and Budget Officer since 1970, has been named Treasurer of the College, and Professor Errol Hill, Chairman of the Drama Department, has been named Affirmative Action Officer at Dartmouth.

Davis, whose appointment becomes effective January 1, joined the Dartmouth faculty in 1955 as an instructor in physics. He became the College's first Budget Officer in 1970, with a rank equivalent to Vice President. As Treasurer, he will be Dartmouth's chief fiscal officer.

Professor Hill will monitor the implementation of Dartmouth's Affirmative Action programs for employment of minorities and women within the guidelines established by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. He will continue to teach, but is relinquishing his duties as department chairman.

Under its Affirmative Action Program, promulgated two years ago, Dartmouth set as its ten-year faculty recruitment targets the appointment of 25 per cent women and ten per cent minority persons, so that by 1982 the faculty would be comprised of 18 per cent women and six per cent minorities.

Cast members of 12:30 REP's "Antigone,with alternate feminine leads.