We Asked 100 Students: Who Would Make a Good Montgomery Fellow?
The Montgomery Fellow program is the closest thing to the legendary Great Issues course Dartmouth has today. Prominent people from a variety of fields come to campus and teach students for a period ranging from a few days to a term or more.
Students' suggestions included people from politics, academia, and the arts. Two Dartmouth alumni made the list: Paul Tsongas '62 (who actually has been a Montgomery Fellow) and DineshD'Souza '83. So did comedians Bill Cosby and RobinWilliams. No one person received a mandate; only two choices, non-candidate ColinPowell and poet MayaAngelou, were mentioned more than once.
Here are a few more responses. We sent them along to the folks in the program office.
Ben Carson, chief of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital. "Dr. Carson is not only a tremendous surgeon but a remarkable human being as well. He rose from the impoverished slums of Detroit to worldwide prominence in his field, yet he remains modest and soft-spoken. He has a lot to teach."
Nathaniel Fick '99
W.P. Kinsella. "He wrote one of the best fictional books that I've ever read, Shoeless Joe" [which was the basis for the movie Field ofDreams].
David Stefanowicz '97
William Sloane Coffin. "He's an incredible speaker, very liberal, an important historical figure, a leading contem- contemporary voice on religion, a great pianist, Vermont/New Hampshire advocate, and all-around great guy. And, he lives nearby!"
Molly Anderson '99
"Bernice Sandler, the former head of the Women's Equity Action League. Her presence on campus would be very helpful for the Women's Studies Program."
—Danielle Unger'99
Duson Drohbolov, a geography professor at Charles University in the Czech Republic. "I was fortunate enough to meet him during a geography foreign study program....He is extremely friendly and personable and is an expert on many issues facing the Czech Republic as well as all of Eastern Europe."
Tony Mamone '96
Madonna. "She probably has a better und erstan ding and more first-hand experience on many subjects than do manyprofessors here and could give classes in music, economics (due to her marketing sawy), drama, film studies, dance, gay and lesbian studies, women's studies, art.... Her lectures would be stimulating, to say the least."
Kara McGee '97
