Points of Pride

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

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The Arthur L. Irving Institute for Energy and Society Created

2016

“Meeting the energy demands of the future is one of the most complex and urgent challenges facing humankind.” –President Phil Hanlon ’77

Artificial Intelligence (AI) Coined at Dartmouth

1956

The Dartmouth Summer Research Project on Artificial Intelligence was a seminal event for artificial intelligence as a field.

Institute of Arctic Studies (IAS) Established

1989

IAS is the Dickey Center's home for all environmental programming, as well as national and international climate and polar initiatives.

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.

Baker Memorial Library Opens

1928

The library was located, as librarian Nathaniel L. Goodrich commented, “at the heart of the campus.”

The Hood Art Museum Opens

1985

Dartmouth’s collections are among the oldest and largest of any college or university in the country.

Martin Luther King Speakat at Dartmouth, 1960

Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Speaks at Dartmouth

1962

On May 23, 1962, Martin Luther King Jr. spoke to an overflow crowd in 105 Dartmouth Hall.

Thayer Students Create Reverse Osmosis Prototype

1969

When Dean Spatz ’66 Th’67 arrived at Dartmouth, commercial applications for reverse osmosis systems were in their infancy.

Elizabeth Reynolds Hapgood Becomes Dartmouth's First Female Professor

1918

Hapgood, a talented linguist, created the Russian program at the College.

Christian Wolff Begins Teaching at Dartmouth

1971

The influential new music composer came to teach in the classics department and the comparative literature program.

A Beginner's Modern Dance Class Leads to the Founding of Pilobolus

1971

The experimental dance company, which has created over 120 dance works, is named for a fungus grown in cow manure.

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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