President of the Year

Wellington Barto '29 was named Class President of the Year at Class Officers Weekend May 4-5. The award was presented with this citation:

No statistics are available on the number of persons named Wellington who go through life known by the moniker "Duke," but qualified guessers place the percentage in the nineties. Many times they are called The Iron Duke and only a few escape some reference to the use of that well known boot as a compelling force for helping opponents down stairs and out.

Never was any Duke less entitled to be associated with these 19th and 20th century activities than Wellington F. Barto. Never was there a more amiable leader who got a job done by gentle persuasion. Truly he has earned the full title of Ist Duke of Wellington.

The Class of '29 under Duke's leadership has a 75% dues paying record among graduates and 54% considering all classmates. Sixty percent of executive committee members attend meetings and more than twenty percent of all classmates attended an informal reunion in Hanover. An interesting project, now well along, is the retirement analysis covering all classmates.

The Reunion Giving Program for the year 1979 is already underway and great things are expected from the class which left Hanover just minutes before one of the greatest and quickest economic collapses on record. In spite of this difficult start in the business world, the class has moved ahead under the leadership of men like Duke.

No credit for '29's progress can be given to Duke's son John. He, as president of the Class of '52, just happens to be the other half of this most unusual father-son class president team. Congratulations to Duke and Horty for bringing along such an outstanding son to follow his father in the best Dartmouth tradition.

Duke, it is an honor to name you as Class President of the Year 1973.

Duke Barto '29 (r) and Son John '52 made aproud pair of class presidents at OfficersWeekend in May, with Duke named ClassPresident of the Year.