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.
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Points of Pride
Two and a half centuries of Dartmouth achievements, turning points, contributions, and leadership
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Ben Barres, MD, PhD MED ’79 Elected to the US National Academy of Sciences
2013
"Great science starts with curiosity. There are no easy problems...That's what drives the creativity, the perseverance, and hopefully the rigor."
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."
Robert L. May ’26 Writes 'Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer'
1939
Dartmouth Library's Robert May collection contains a 54-page scrapbook that details the creation and marketing of Rudolph.
Kyle Hendricks ’12 and the Chicago Cubs Go to the World Series
2016
Hendricks pitched the clinching the game of the 2016 National League Championship Series with 7.1 scoreless innings.
Jodi Archambault Gillette ‘91 Appointed White House Liaison
2009
In February 2009 Barack Obama named Gillette a deputy associate director of the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs.
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.
Mindy Kaling ’01 Publishes Her Second New York Times Bestseller
2015
Comedy phenomenon Mindy Kaling ’01 returned to Hanover in 2018 to deliver the main address at commencement.
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).
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.
Red Rolfe Makes His Major-League Debut for the Yankees
1931
Robert "Red" Rolfe, Dartmouth Class of 1931, played ten seasons with the New York Yankees.
Ernest Everett Just ’07 Wins First Spingarn Medal
1915
Just broke through racial barriers and conducted groundbreaking research in cell biology