Young Alumni Award: Gary Lorain Love '76,

Gary's business career has been in the world of finance, but for us, his biggest dividends are what he has brought back to his alma mater. He has been Everyman in endless ways. A Chicago high-school hall-of- famer, Gary was recruited by one of the best in the business, President Kemeny himself. He had a sterling undergraduate career followed by an M.B.A. and ten years with prestigious investment firms. In 1988 he founded his own financial company, and it's been gangbusters ever since.

As president of The Black Alumni Association of Dartmouth, he tirelessly raised funds for the establishment of the Ernest Everett Just '07 chair in Biology.(Just was one of the College's first distinguished black alumni.) In 1986, with his wife, Pamela Joyner '79, Gary created and funded the Gary L. Love '76 prize which goes to the year's outstanding senior in African and Afro-American Studies; and together they established the "Mentors, Movers, and Models: Connecting the Generations" fund to sponsor Tucker Foundation speakers.

For 12 years Gary hosted admissions gatherings in New York and Chicago for students accepted at Dartmouth. Two years ago he instituted the Dartmouth Bound program at his high school, through which he flies seven to ten prospective stu- dents to Hanover for a first-hand look. Admissions calls them "Gary's kids," and many owe their college educa- tion to Gary Love.

He also played a criti- cal role in the 1986 "Shanty" incident, calm- ing a potentially explo- sive situation by serving as a key mediator between students and the administration. There are a few areas around the world that could use his skills now!

And he has been a "Spirit of '76" in those "everyday" Dartmouth things: class executive committee, class agent, reunion giving committee, and the Alumni Council's College Relations Group.

Gary has given his all to the College. We have returned the favor in at least one significant respect: it was Dartmouth that brought him and Pamela together. So we'd like to toss him another bouquet—this Young Alumni Distinguished Service Award—in ecognition of two splendid marriages: between Gary and Pamela, and between Gary and Dartmouth, both undying.