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The College has sold the 8.2 acres it owned on the summit of Mt. Washington. The state of New Hampshire bought the tract for $1.6 million in June. Dartmouth purchased 67 acres on the mountain in 1962; two years later 59 acres were sold to the state for the creation of Mt. Washington State Park. The new state land will become part of the park.
Immediately following graduation Ivy League Pitcher of the Year Russell Young '08 joined the Mahoning Valley Scrappers, a Class A farm team of the Cleveland Indians in Niles, Ohio. Young was selected in the 28th round of the Major League Baseball draft.
A judge has paved the way for construction of the Class of 1978 Life Sciences Center. In July the Grafton CountySuperior Court denied the Occom Pond Neighborhood Association's appeal of decisionsmade last November by theHanover planning board. Withthe new ruling, constructionwas to begin in August.
Five undergrad professors retired in June: James Aronson (earth sciences), Konrad Kenkel (German), Jack Shepherd (environmental studies), Virginia Swain (French) and David Wykes (English).
The class of 2008 smashed records with a 92.5 percent participation rate in its class gift of $15,978. It will be used to create 15 Dartmouth College Fund scholarships.
Christiane Donahue, previously a professor at the University of Maine, has been hired as the first director of the newInstitute for Writing and Rhetoric,effective September 1.
Evelynn Ellis has been named director of equal opportunity and affirmative action at Dartmouth. She comes from Penn State and will start at the College September 1.
More than 3,800 alumni returned to campus for reunion season in June. A gallery of photos can be viewed atwww.alumni.dartmouth.edu/reunions.
