Points of Pride

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

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John Carleton, Class of 1922, Competes at the Inaugural Winter Olympics

1924

Since those first Winter Games, the College on the Hill has seen student-athletes and alumni participate in every Winter Olympics.

Debut of Dartmouth Peak Performance

2011

Dartmouth Peak Performance integrates a full range of athletic, academic, and personal-development programs into the lives of student-athletes.

The Peace Corps Begins

1961

By May 1963, 29 Dartmouth students were serving in 17 countries around the world as a part of the program.

Karl Barry Sharpless ‘63 Receives Nobel Prize in Chemistry

2001

Sharpless credited a Dartmouth professor for helping set the course of his life's work.

First Year Student Enrichment Program (FYSEP) Launches

2009

FYSEP empowers first-generation students to thrive academically and in the greater college community.

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

1864

“Man is everywhere a disturbing agent.”

Hannah Croasdale Gains Tenure

1964

The botanist was the first woman in the Arts and Sciences at Dartmouth to achieve the level of full professor.

Dartmouth Skiway Opens

1956

On December 15, 1956, Polly Case straddled a small disk attached to a cable—a "poma lift"—and rode to the top of Holt's Ledge in Lyme Center, N.H.

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.

Tuck School of Business Founded

1900

Tuck was the world's first graduate school of management.

Owen Chamberlain ‘41 Wins the Nobel Prize in Physics

1959

At Dartmouth he won the prestigious Thayer Prize in Mathematics and the Kramer Fellowship, which funded his initial graduate studies at Berkeley.

Professor Marcelo Gleiser Creates “Question Reality!”

2017

It is the first bilingual course on the EdX platform.

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