Crossing the Green

Guigui wins prestigious award

Efrain Guigui, music director and conductor of the Dartmouth Symphony Orchestra, received Columbia University's 1986 Ditson Conductor's Award for his contributions to the advancement of contemporary American music. The award was presented to him in October in Burlington, Vt., at the opening concert of the VSO, where Guigui was praised for his "steadfast support of U.S. composers."

Guigui is the 42nd recipient of the award, established at Columbia in 1945 and sponsored by the Alice M. Ditson Fund. Previous winners have included Leopold Stokowski, Leonard Bernstein, Antal Dorati, and Eugene Ormandy.

Guigui came to Dartmouth in 1975. He is also music director and conductor of the Vermont Symphony Orchestra and the Composers Conference at Wellesley College.

Carter named controller

Lise M. Carter, former assistant controller of Dartmouth, was recently appointed the College's new controller. She succeeds George Smith, who this summer became controller for Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute in Woods Hole, Mass. Carter will be responsible for the College's financial accounting and reporting functions which include general accounting, payroll, student loans, grants and contracts, and endowment administration.