Crossing the Green
Parents' gifts director retires
Thomas B. Campion, director of parents' gifts, who has built that division of Dartmouth's development program into the best in the nation, retired in September.
The father of three Dartmouth sons, Thomas B. Jr. '64 of Ketchum, Idaho, and Edward W. '67 of Brookline, Mass., and Russell R. '79 of Winchester, Mass., Campion came to Dartmouth in 1977 to direct the parents division of the Campaign for Dartmouth. In the five years of the capital fund drive the parents division raised $7.4 million and contributed greatly to the campaign's success. Since that drive Campion has headed the parents division of the Alumni Fund. For 1986 the Parents Fund set a new record of $552,000.
The highest praise for Campion's contribution to Dartmouth's welfare was expressed by Skip Hance '55, vice president for development and alumni affairs. Campion responded, "I'm proud of what's happened here. I love the place, but it's time to make room for someone else." He will continue to be active with private business and consulting interests.
Before coming to Dartmouth in 1977 Campion was vice chancellor for administrative services at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. Earlier, for 22 years, he had been an operations executive with The New York Times. He is a 1938 graduate of Harvard and the husband of writer Nardi Reeder Campion, whose articles frequently appear in the Alumni Magazine.
Rabbi Paley recognized
The William Haber Award, created by the International B'nai B'rith Hillel Commission, has been given to the Dartmouth Colege Hillel and Rabbi Michael Paley. The award is given to campus and community organizations in recognition of original programming and innovative projects which have improved Jewish life in a campus setting. Paley has been associate chaplain for the Tucker Foundation and rabbi to the Hillel community since 1981.
New appointments
The Tuck School has announced the appointment of Nancy Seymour, former associate director of the Harvard Law School Fund, as director of development for Tuck.
Ken Freeman has been named manager of employment and employee relations at Dartmouth. He was most recently employment manager at the University of Vermont.
Theater collection awarded grant
The Dartmouth College Library has reeived a $235,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Education for continued funding of the library's Williams/Watson Theater Collection Project, begun in 1985. The project will improve the physical condition and organization of the library's theater and performing arts collection and make these collections more available to students. The total grant funds from federal, corporate, and private sources awarded over the past five years to the library now amount to more than $1 million.
Fellowship program in ethics initiated
With the help of a three-year, $175,000 grant from the Rockefeller Foundation, Dartmouth will initiate one of the nation's first fellowship programs in applied and professional ethics. The program, sponsored by the Dartmouth Institute for the Study of Applied and Professional Ethics, will bring two prominent scholars in ethics to Dartmouth each year to conduct research and assist in curricular and faculty development. "We seek to advance the national level of discussion and understanding of some of the most pressing ethical issues of our times," said religion professor Ronald M. Green, codirector of the Institute. "We also aim to spark increased discussion and debate on our own campus and to enhance our resources for research and education in this developing field." The first Fellow is expected to begin work on campus in September 1987, following a national search.
Putnam interns study public affairsand policies
The Putnam Internship Program provided four students with, stipends of up to $1,200 this summer for jobs that focus on public affairs and policy issues in New Hampshire. Economics major William Larkin '87 worked in immigration and naturalization services at the International Center in Manchester, N.H.; Timothy Foster '87, a geography major, conducted a transportation study for the Upper ValleyLake Sunapee Council, a regional planning and development agency in Lebanon; computer science major James D. Thomas '87 helped computerize the zoning and planning records for the town manager's office in Hanover; and art history major Susannah C. Drake '87 reorganized and re-catalogued the European and Whistler print collections for the Hood Museum.
In addition to the internships the Putnam Fund currently is financing a research project led by Dartmouth economics professors Colinm D. Campbell and Thomas A. Barthold. With the help of student research assistants, they are gathering data on the sources of New Hampshire's property tax revenue.
The Putnam internships and research project were made possible through a $25,000 grant from the Putnam Foundation of New Hampshire. David F. Putnam '36 is senior trustee of the family foundation, established in 1952 to promote improvements in the cultural, physical, and social environment of the state's Monadnock region; it also supports projects with an international scope.
"The internships draw on the talents of Dartmouth students to improve the operation of nonprofit organizations in New Hampshire, while they learn how the organizations function," said Putnam. "We have received several delightful, inspiring letters from interns, employers, and New Hampshire residents attesting to the program's success."
