Table of Contents

FEATURES

44 A Century of Photos

DAM celebrates its 100th anniversary with a 40-page album of memorable photos depicting 10 decades of a Dartmouth that is truly undying.

84 Forged by Flame

When Dartmouth Hall burned 100 years ago, a building was lost—and a magazine was born. A brief look back at the story behind DartmouthAlumni Magazine.

BY LEE MICHAELIDES

DEPARTMENTS

12 LETTERS

Notebook

26 CAMPUS

News and notes from around the Green.

32 FACULTY OPINION

Why the campus debate over the place of athletics overlooks the most important questions. BY DAVID KANG AND ALLAN STAM

34 CLASSROOM

A computer animation class gets students to blend modern technology with good old human creativity. BY JULIE SLOANE '99

36 SPORTS

A former cross-country runner remembers with fond admiration his inspirational coach and mentor. BY RICHARD HOGARTY '55

40 PERSONAL HISTORY

How his decision to join the ROTC program during tumultuous times shaped one alumnus' life. BY JEFF DUDYCHA '93

42 OUTSIDE

What you need to know about taking mans best friend hiking on DOC trails and elsewhere in the great outdoors. BY LISA DENSMORE '83

Alumni News

92 SEEN & HEARD

98 THE CLASSES

132 CLUBS

133 OBITUARIES

Continuing Ed 144

Professor Fred Berthold '45 on the service game at Dartmouth. By LISA FURLONG

ON THE COVER Zoology professor Roy Forster optsfor two wheels rather thantwo feet to get him around campus for Commencementceremonies in 1948. Forster taught at Dartmouth from 1938to 1976. He died in 1998.Photo courtesy of Dartmouth College Library

Dartmouth Alumni Magazine is published bimonthly six times a year. Subscription price: $26.00 per year. Printed In the U.S.A. by The Lane Press Inc., 1000 Hinesburg Road, South Burlington, VT 05403 (Postal Number: 148-560,. Periodical postage paid in Hanover, N.H., and additional mailing offices. Copyright © 2005 Dartmouth College. Dartmouth Alumni Magazine is owned and published by Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755 and is produced in cooperation with the Dartmouth Class Secretaries Association. The purposes of the Magazine are to report news of the College and its alumni, provide a medium for the exchange of views concerning College affairs, and in other ways provide editorial content that relates to the shared and diverse experiences and interests of Dartmouth alumni. This publication is guided by Dartmouth's principles of freedom of expression and accepted standards of good taste. Opinions expressed are those of the signed contributors and do not necessarily represent the opinions of the editors or the official position of Dartmouth College. Postmaster: Send address changes. Form 3579. to Dartmouth Alumni Records Office, Dartmouth College, 6066 Development Office Hanover, NH 03755-3555.

1942 Dartmouth President Ernest Martin Hopkins, class of 1901, takes a break to read from the publication he founded in 1905.

100TH ANNIVERSARY ISSUE