Points of Pride

Two and a half centuries of Dartmouth achievements, turning points, contributions, and leadership

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The Arts Club Brings Literary Giants to Dartmouth

1930

In the span of just a few weeks in the spring of 1930, Carl Sandburg, Thornton Wilder, and Edna St. Vincent Millay presented their work to students.

George Perkins Marsh, Class of 1820, Publishes "Man and Nature"

1864

“Man is everywhere a disturbing agent.”

John Rassias Joins the Dartmouth Faculty

1965

Rassias is remembered for his internationally renowned teaching method.

BASIC Revolutionizes Computer Programming

1964

In the basement of College Hall, Professor John Kemeny and a student programmer simultaneously typed RUN on neighboring terminals.

Launch of Dartmouth Founders Project

2018

The project establishes a network of alumni who have pledged to support Dartmouth as their businesses grow.

Robert Frost and the Lessons of Wilson Hall

1892

While Robert Frost, Dartmouth Class of 1896, attended the College for just one term in 1892, he remembered those fall months vividly.

Dartmouth Makes NAI’s Top 100 List for U.S. Patents

2016

National Academy of Inventors’ report ranks universities worldwide by the number of utility patents granted.

Annette Gordon-Reed '81 Wins the Pulitzer Prize

2009

Gordon-Reed is a legal scholar and historian who graduated with high distinction from Dartmouth in 1981.

Sally Frechette Maynard Elected to the Board of Trustees

1979

"I could not speak for all women...I was speaking only for myself, but from the point of view as a woman."

Hany Farid Honored by the National Academy of Inventors

2016

Farid’s research focuses on digital forensics, image analysis, and human perception.

Andrea Hayes-Jordan ’87, DMS’91 Becomes the Nation's First Black Female Pediatric Surgeon

2004

In 2006, Hayes-Jordan became the first surgeon in the United States to successfully use “heated” chemotherapy on a child.

Kul Gautam '72 Gives the Convocation Address

2011

Peace Corps volunteer Zachary Hahn '65 encouraged Gautum, who hails from a small village in Nepal, to apply to Dartmouth.

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