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Trustees announced the appointment of five new members to Dartmouth's board: General Electric CEO Jeffrey Immelt '78; pharmaceutical company Acusphere Inc. founder and CEO Sherri Oberg '82, Tu'86; public health advocate Dr. John A. Rich '80; Vornado Realty Trust chairman and CEO Steven Roth '62, Tu'63; and former New York State superintendent of banks Diana Taylor '77, now a partner with consulting and investment firm Wolfensohn & Cos.

Mary Flanagan, professor of film and media studies, has been named the inaugural Sherman Fairchild Distinguished Professor in Digital Humanities. She is internationally known for her Tiltfactor laboratory, which creates social activist games and gaming curriculum.

Thayer professor Brian Rogue, a biomedical optics researcher, in September began a three-year term as the dean of graduate studies.

Loren McGean '92 has resigned as coach of the five time national champion figure skating team. Her letter of resignation expressed frustration with both the classification of the team as a club (she wanted something between club and varsity, which Athletic Director Josie Harper said Dartmouth could not offer) and the team's budget. "The College has refused to consider a reasonable solution or a reasonable environment to fully support the [team]," McGean wrote.

College chaplain the Rev. Richard Crocker has been named dean of the Tucker Foundation, replacing Stuart Lord. He will also continue to serve as director of the office of religious and spiritual life.

An all-points bulletin was issued in September by editors of the Jack-O-Lantern for Keggy the Keg, who disappeared from a Robinson Hall office sometime in August. (Keggy was previously "kegnapped" in December 2003.)