Trustee Nominations

Ira Michael Heyman '51, chancellor of the University of California at Berkeley, and George B. Munroe '43, chairman of the Phelps Dodge Corporation, were nominated as alumni trustees by the Alumni Council at its meeting in December. was selected to succeed Ralph Lazarus '35, whose trustee term expires next June, and Munroe was nominated for a second five-year term on the board.

Unless other candidates are put forth by petition of at least 250 alumni within two months, Heyman and Munroe will be recommended to the Board of Tjrustees as the nominees of the alumni.

Munroe, who has headed Phelps Dodge, an international mining and metals firm, since 1975, currently is chairman of the trustees' budget and personnel committees, both carrying major responsibilities. After graduating from Harvard Law School, he was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship and later served with the U.S. High Commissioner in Germany and as a justice at Nuremberg.

Heyman, former vice chancellor and law professor at Berkeley, took over as head of that campus in July of 1980. When his appointment as chancellor was announced, the New York Times described him as "a faculty veteran of two decades of campus turmoil" and another newspaper characterized him as a "loveable, rumpled teddy bear." He was a chief faculty peacemaker during the tumultuous protests at Berkeley in the mid-sixties and later, as vice chancellor, he helped resolve bitter disputes over affirmative-action hiring practices and government access to campus personnel records. When Dartmouth was seeking a new president last year, Heyman was among the candidates recommended to the trustees. If elected to the Dartmouth board, he would be the only member with an academic background.

After graduating from Dartmouth, where he played varsity basketball and was active in Theta Delta Chi, the College radio station, and the band, Heyman served with the Marine Corps in Korea, rising to the rank of captain. He graduated from Yale Law School in 1956 and later became clerk to Chief Justice Earl Warren.

In 1959, Heyman joined the Berkeley law faculty. After becoming vice chancellor there in 1974, he continued to teach courses in property, zoning, urban renewal, and environmental law. With the chancellorship, Heyman inherited serious financial problems at Berkeley and instituted major budget cutbacks. David McLaughlin has announced similar cutbacks for Dartmouth in the near future.

Heyman is married to the former Therese Thau, a graduate of Smith College. They have two sons. While at Berkeley, Heyman has also been active in enrollment and admissions work for Dartmouth.

In mid-November, the executive committee of the Association of Alumni announced a revision of the guidelines for trustee nominations by petition and subsequent balloting in the event of a contest between an Alumni Council nominee and a petition nominee. The principal change eliminated a controversial prohibition of "organized and funded campaigning."

Trustee nominees Munroe (left), Heyman.

"We come to you with two candidates for whom there is enormous enthusiasm. ... It came across to us loud and clear that the perceived needs of the board were somebody with strong national corporate connections and somebody with strong cultural and academic connections." Richard Leggat '48, chairman, Alumni Council nominating committee