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.
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Points of Pride
Two and a half centuries of Dartmouth achievements, turning points, contributions, and leadership
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Winter Carnival Begins As the "First Field Day of the Outing Club"
1910
Held every February since 1911 (except during World Wars I and II), the iconic event was created by undergraduates.
First Measles Vaccine Licensed
1963
Dr. Samuel Katz ‘48, DMS‘50 helped develop the vaccine with John Enders at Boston Children's Hospital.
C. Everett Koop ‘37 Begins Serving as U.S. Surgeon General
1982
Koop changed the way American medicine was practiced—and that was before he became the nation’s top doctor.
Thayer Launches Formula Hybrid
2007
In 2018, the race car design competition was awarded one of the most coveted prizes in engineering education, the ABET Innovation Award.
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.
Charles Eastman, Class of 1887, Publishes His First Memoir
1902
The famed author and lecturer was a Santee Dakota Sioux.
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.
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.
The Building of the Bema
1882
Commencement was held in the revered amphitheater for many generations of Dartmouth seniors.
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.
Chris Wielgus Guides Dartmouth Basketball to Their 17th Ivy League Title
2009
Wielgus is the winningest coach of any women’s program at Dartmouth with a career record of 393-342 (.535).