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NOVEMBER | DECEMBER 2019
You’re a Green One,
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BIG PICTURE
Palm Readers | Nearly
200 miniature books are preserved
in the Rauner Special Collections
Library, which librarians have been
showcasing on Instagram. The books
fit easily into the palm of your hand—
some are as tiny as a fingerprint and
accompanied by a tiny magnifying
glass. They include a Koran, the
Gettysburg Address, and a volume of
toasts, proving that big treasures can
come in small packages. Photographs
courtesy Dartmouth College Library
BIG PICTURE
Blaze Runners | Dartmouth Night
lit up the Green on October 11, when freshmen
ran around the bonfire, as mandated by tradition.
President William Jewett Tucker, class of 1861,
hosted the first Dartmouth Night in 1895.
Photograph of 2017 bonfire by Eli Burakian ’00
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28 | INTERVIEW
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tation, and the like. One classmate wrote, from my math courses under John Kemeny
“We know better now and need to insist and Thayer’s engineering professors.
that these ‘old traditions’ be recognized, dis- JERRY GREENFIELD ’61, TH’62, TU’65
credited, and to the extent still practiced,
discarded.”
Richland, Washington
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Dartmouth the first word of the alma mater 1963 to 1966, I managed the freshman and
was ‘Men…Men of Dartmouth give a rouse.’ then the varsity swim teams. The article
Today the first word is ‘Dear.’ Some things by Joy Lisi Rankin ’98 reminded me that
change for the better.” Dartmouth was the nation’s first college to
Alumni can help make further change use a computer to score the diving competi-
for the better on campus by sending tion at each home swim meet. I do not recall
Game Changer thoughtful messages to young men headed who wrote the program, but I transmitted
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Your observation, “Dartmouth was still dous day. No other college in the country could
Dartmouth—still wearing that old patina DAVID AGAN ’69 do that.
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misogyny were obvious to me and routinely a VP asked me what languages I knew. I doesn’t understand that taxpayers already
highlighted by distasteful attitudes about mentioned FORTRAN and COBAL, then help support benefits for today’s Medicare
women. apologetically mentioned BASIC. When (and Medicaid) beneficiaries. All of us paid
Your decision to embrace Dartmouth, asked how much experience I had with taxes to assure that our parents received
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’69s and guests wearing teal armbands at of the language. right to determine the suitability of letters
Commencement in support of sexual as- The bank hired me and called in GE for publication and to edit them for accuracy
sault prevention [“Campus,” September/ salespeople, who showed me programs I and length. We regret that not all letters
October]. had written at Dartmouth. When I ran one can be published, nor can they be returned.
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LETTERS
BRIDGE
HONG KONG | 6 –8 DECEMBER 2019 | ASIA- PACIFIC
suffering. Just as important, when all of us
have health insurance, public health im-
proves. Best of all, for those who don’t want
to pay taxes to help others with health insur-
Their Future
ance, making prevention and timely treat-
DARTMOUTH AT 250 THE GLOBAL SUMMIT
ment of illness possible actually saves public
funds that would otherwise be wasted in
exorbitant emergency room and critical
care costs.
MARTY HANSEN ’75
Chicago
We are bringing the Green to Hong Kong to celebrate
Dartmouth’s first 250 years and look to the next. Music in the Air
My dad, Nels Abrahamsen ’49, brought us
to Dartmouth for our family vacation every Tuck Business Bridge
Join us for an unforgettable weekend of learning, fun, and inspiration featuring year from 1971 to 1980. The highlight of the
is a business immersion program
10 days was our weekend trip to Moosilauke,
the best of Dartmouth: senior leadership, expert faculty, exceptional students, where Bernie Waugh ’74 was lodge man- designed to prepare top liberal arts,
and distinguished alumni from ’round the girdled Earth. And we’ll salute our ager [“Upfront,” September/October]. Forty science, and engineering students for
years later, I can still hear the sound of his
historic 250th anniversary as only Dartmouth can. fiddle wafting from the crew porch.
challenging careers in business and beyond.
LAURA ABRAHAMSEN ’85
In just a few weeks, the Tuck Business
Peterborough, New Hampshire
Bridge Program®, held at the Tuck
Learn more: dartmouthglobalsummits.org
Above and Beyond School of Business at Dartmouth, delivers
As a cofounder of the Dartmouth Flying
a comprehensive business curriculum
Club, I’ve often wondered what happened
to it. I now know it is defunct, after reading taught by Tuck’s top-ranked MBA faculty,
about Christopher Browne ’80 [“Pursuits,” a capstone team project, recruiting,
September/October].
and one-on-one career guidance, to give
In the mid-1940s, as a member of the
Navy V-12 program at Dartmouth, I wanted students the tools they need to get an
to be a pilot. I was sent for an eye exam to internship or job and succeed.
Doc Pollard. He found that my eyes were not
good enough to allow me to be transferred Financial aid is available!
to the naval aviation V-5 program.
I did, however, find Bugbee’s Air Field in 2020 Summer Bridge Program
White River Junction, Vermont, where, for Session 1: June 15–July 3
a modest fee, one could take flight lessons.
After seven hours of instruction I soloed in a
Session 2: July 8–29
Piper Cub and went on to earn my private pi-
lot’s license. “Flying around Hanover in the
2020 December Bridge Program
fall was a wonderful way to learn to fly,” says November 30–December 18
Browne. How well I share those feelings!
And the other seasons were great as well.
Flying alone over that beautiful terrain
created memories that resonate to this day.
I am not among the Dartmouth airmen who
flew in combat in powerful aircraft, but I am
among those who have experienced being
alone in the sky, observing earth’s beauty Dartmouth College . Hanover, NH
from above.
603-646-6459
My class and Browne’s class are sepa-
rated by 33 years—half the years between TuckBridge@dartmouth.edu
the Wright Flyer and Apollo. The thrill of bridge.tuck.dartmouth.edu
flight remains.
LARRY GOODMAN ’47, TH’47
Greenwich, Connecticut
TORONTO 3–5 APRIL 2020 LIMA 2020
N O V E M B E R / D E C E M B E R 2 0 1 9 15
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THIS DARTMOUTH MOMENT
Dartmouth Night
“The Homecoming bonfire brings everyone
together on the Green to celebrate.
As the fire starts to grow, people are cheering and yelling,
and all the new students run around the fire.
There’s nowhere I’d rather be on Dartmouth Night.”
—WHITNEY K. ’22
UPFRONT
▲
Net Gen
Xander Centenari ’13 takes
the helm of men’s tennis.
“Being a relatively young head coach
gives me the advantage of not being
stuck in how things have always been
done,” says the former Big Green cap-
Your annual gifts to the Dartmouth College Fund tain and four-year pro. “Our world con-
create moments that change lives. Thank you. tinually changes, and coaches need to
stay current to better communicate
dartgo.org/dcf with young men and women.” The
ROB STRONG ’04
squad meets Navy on January 18.
N O V E M B E R / D E C E M B E R 2 0 1 9 17CAMPUS notes from around the gree n
LOOK WHO’S TALKING AT A G L A N C E
“Straighten
it. Shine it. > LAURIE TOSTENSON, Quality Assurance Coordinator
TITLE IX
Clean it.” Class of 2023
Unsettled?
VISITING VOICES
▲
“I know
You’re in a new position, right?
The Title IX lawsuit brought against the College Yes. I run a program called Smart Inspect
>
Putin,
by nine women—who alleged they were sexually and score buildings on cleanliness levels to
assaulted or harassed by their male professors—was ensure quality standards.
and he’s
settled in September. The College admits no liability Is morale an issue on your team?
but must create a $14.4-million fund for plaintiffs and Custodians are self-motivated. They know
a thug.”
any additional claimants who meet specific criteria students can get really sick if they don’t do Enrolled
and “certify that they endured a hostile environment their jobs well. 1,193
created by the conduct of three former members of the
How has this work changed?
[psychological and brain sciences] faculty,” according —DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL Years ago janitors mopped with dirty water. Admitted
CANDIDATE JOE BIDEN SPEAKING
AT A HEALTHCARE TOWN HALL Now there’s a lot of training in the use of 1,875
ON CAMPUS AUGUST 23 chemicals, which are smarter. Bugs are APPLICANTS
23,650
smarter, and it’s harder to kill germs.
What’s the annual budget for keep-
ing Dartmouth clean?
Including labor costs, it’s about $12
$5.7 17
GROWTH STUDENT LIFE
million.
You inspect Dartmouth’s 126
buildings annually. What interest-
Value, in billions, of the Rank of Dartmouth’s learning ing things have you seen? Private
endowment, up 7.5 percent communities in the latest U.S.
A beautiful stained-glass window 30%
over the last fiscal year News & World Report on colleges
in a bathroom in Bartlett. I love
Rollins. It’s serene. HIGH SCHOOLS
to the agreement. The plaintiffs had been seeking $70 REPRESENTED
Public
57%
million. What’s the first thing you notice when
The alumni advocacy group Dartmouth Commu- you do an inspection?
nity Against Gender Harassment & Sexual Violence I ask myself, “Does it look welcoming, Religious
(DCGHSV) issued a statement that poses several ques- organized, and clean? Is the door 13%
tions in the wake of the settlement. They include: “Will clean—its glass, frame, and hardware?
the College acknowledge its misguided tactic in op- Is the floor clean? Is the lighting
posing the plaintiffs’ anonymity?” “Does the College adequate?”
have an understanding that the toxicity of the culture What are the hardest parts of custodi-
during the early years of coeducation has still not been ans’ jobs?
fully addressed?” and “Where were the cognizant peers Cluttered offices. When our custodians
and administrators during the years of now-admitted can’t get in, there can be a complaint, and FINANCIAL AID
violations?” that hurts them. They want to do a good
RECIPIENTS
Average Scholarship
DCGHSV member Stan Colla ’66, Tu’86, a former job.
VP of alumni affairs who worked at the College for 19 $56,047
52%
years, believes Dartmouth’s culture needs to change. Are older buildings harder to clean?
“Women still are at risk on our campus of being raped, Older buildings are not as well-lit and
harassed, intimidated, and of suffering retribution be- appear darker, which may make them look
cause of their gender,” he says. Colla compares the “vul- less clean. To make them look as good as
nerability and helplessness” that survivors experience they do takes love and attention.
WHERE THEY’RE FROM
to the “life-altering trauma” he felt as a soldier under What’s your pet peeve?
rocket attack in Vietnam in 1969. He also notes that It’s disheartening when students have left
only six men have joined DCGHSV, representing just New England 18%
trash outside after a dorm party. Custodians West 21%
8 percent of its membership. “Men are at the heart of are expected to pick that up. It’s extra work. Mid-Atlantic 19%
the problem. Why aren’t more men members?” he asks. Midwest 9%
“I think there’s an inflection point here,” says Dr. Got any cleaning tips?
South 20%
Carol Muller ’77, another DCGHSV member and a long- Declutter. Too many material things get in
time gender equity change leader in higher education F O R WA R D P R O G R E S S the way of getting important things done.
VALLEY NEWS/TRIS WYKES
who works at Stanford. “There’s an opportunity here Tight end Connor Rempel ’20 (left) gives a lift to Who does housework in your home? Non U.S.* 12%
to better understand the roots of the cultural problems cornerback Isiah Swann ’20 following football practice in August. My husband does the dishes. I do the laun-
at Dartmouth. I hope there have been some serious in- The team plays at Harvard on November 2. dry and cleaning.
* Includes unidentified students; due to rounding, figures
ternal discussions.” —George M. Spencer may not equal 100%
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NEWS AND NOTES
DARTMOUTH ALUMNI COUNCIL
CAMPUS CONFIDENTIAL 2019–2020 AWARD RECIPIENTS
2.25 M.P.H. PAGING KANYE OOPS
Dartmouth Alumni Award
Twenty-seven teams signed Jackson Rich ’21 took top Remember Joe Biden’s
up for this year’s 54-mile
speed-hike from Mount
Moosilauke to Hanover.
honors—and $500—in
a book-making contest
sponsored by the library’s
mistaken recall of pinning
a medal on a soldier in Af-
ghanistan, later refuted by
James W. Wooster III ’59 TH’60 TU’60
Eight were chosen to start.
Seven groups finished—in
book arts workshop. His
handbound effort featured
The Washington Post? The
candidate uttered the gaffe Family Tree
>>> English professor Jeff Sharlet
Russell E. Wolff ’89 TU’94
roughly 24 hours. lyrics and images of rapper at Dartmouth in August.
Kanye West. “The details are irrelevant in
terms of decision-making,”
served as a producer of the Netf-
lix docudrama The Family, which Veree Hawkins Brown ’93
FROM GREEN TO RED he said later. is based on two of his books.
After three years in ENERGIZED The five-part series exposes a
Hanover, women’s lacrosse A July forum on the mysterious group known as the
coach Danielle Spencer has proposed campus biomass A VAST, VIRTUAL TREASURE Fellowship, a quasi-secret Chris- Dartmouth Young Alumni
accepted the head coach- plant featured a range of Dartmouth libraries sub- tian fundamentalist organization
ing job at Stanford. Her opinions, including opposi- scribe to 202,286 print and of politicians who mix religion Distinguished Service Award
team won a share of the Ivy tion from several alumni online publications at a cost with politics and wield influence
on the U.S. government. Sharlet
crown last year. who believe the project will
increase carbon emissions.
of $9.8 million, according
to The Chronicle of Higher
Education.
appears in the series as a narrator,
and he’s portrayed by actor David
Kyle J. Polite ’05
ONLINE REVIVAL
Dartblog—a website written RETURN ENGAGEMENTS
Rysdahl in flashback scenes.
One critic called it “a profoundly
troubling example of the theoc-
Nathan L. Bruschi ’10
by Joe Asch ’79 that was Former U.S. Treasury NEW CREW
GIVE A
often critical of the secretary Hank Paulson ’68 Kelly Harris has been racy that wields power behind-
College—is back in busi- and author Louise Erdrich named interim head coach the-scenes in Washington, D.C.”
ness. Asch died last year. ’76 will return to campus of women’s rowing. Head And there’s more: “What’s not
as Montgomery fellows in coach Wendy Bordeau included as much as I would’ve
January and May, respec- resigned in August after 14 liked…is the deeper history. We
SMOKE SIGNALS tively. years with the team. didn’t go back in the early days
Now that Moosilauke of the ‘Family,’ ” Sharlet says. Stay
Ravine Lodge staffers have tuned for a prequel?
figured out its complicated BLESS ’EM THE NOBLE CLASS
new fireplaces, visitors can Hanover’s St. Thomas William Dartmouth, a.k.a. Naming Rights
cozy up to a fire. Venting Episcopal Church offered a William Legge, 10th earl of >>> Dartmouth students can
“Blessing of Backpacks and Dartmouth, visited campus in
ROUSE
and drafting problems now have the name, gender,
had rendered the fireplaces Laptops” on the morning late September and met with and set of pronouns they want,
inoperable prior to of Sunday, September 15, President Phil Hanlon ’77. regardless of their legal names
September. just prior to the start of fall and genders. A new policy al-
term. lows undergrads to make such
WORTHY DEEDS changes to the online student
BAD BOYS ROTC cadet Sgt. Jhon Ortiz directory, their IDs, and other of-
Phi Delta Alpha will be on COINCIDENCE? ’20 received a Meritorious ficial College documents such as
probation for two terms More than a dozen U.S. Honor Award from the diplomas, transcripts, and Com-
following its suspension Border Patrol and Home- U.S. Department of State mencement programs. “Students
during the summer. The land Security agents ran a in September. have been asking for this for a
punishment comes after the checkpoint on Interstate while, sometimes even before
frat served hard alcohol to 89 near Hanover in early they matriculate,” says registrar
an underage student. September, one day before Meredith Braz. “Students can
the College’s orientation change their name as many times
program for international as they wish and to whatever
students. they wish.”
Title IX Revised
to the loyal ones who love her!
>>> “The big change is that we
have one policy to rule them all,”
The Dartmouth Alumni Council recognizes this year's
ROMAN MURADOV
says Kristi Clemens, the College’s
Title IX coordinator, of new sexual Alumni Award winners for the meaningful contributions
misconduct rules that went into
effect on campus September 1. they have made to Dartmouth and to their communities.
The revisions consolidate and
19.4
QUOTE/UNQUOTE S TAT S clarify policies that previously ap-
plied separately to students, fac-
“No single individual, here or ulty, and staff. Clemens, who has
hired two new coordinators for
elsewhere, is more important the office, notes that proposed
than another.” Percentage of students
with disabilities in 2015-16,
Title IX recommendations from
the U.S. Department of Education,
—Dean of the Faculty Elizabeth Smith, addressing the class of 2023 up from 10.9 percent in if implemented, could require ad- Dartmouth Alumni
NETFLIX
prior to the start of fall term 2007-08 ditional changes at Dartmouth.
dartgo.org/alumniawards
20 D A R T M O U T H A L U M N I M A G A Z I N ECAMPUS
YOU KNOW DARTMOUTH.
EUREKA!
[ ]
TUCK.
NEW FINDINGS AND RESEARCH
NOW DISCOVER Out of This World
Prof finds proof of DS Tuc Ab.
Tuck’s Diversity Business Programs
have helped owners build their enterprises to
scale for nearly 40 years. Dartmouth alumni
can help us continue this work by referring >>> Assistant professor of physics
eligible applicants or sponsoring a participant. and astronomy Elisabeth Newton led
a team that discovered a new planet
outside of our solar system. Her
researchers confirmed the existence
of DS Tuc Ab earlier this year, after
a NASA satellite first observed the
45-million-year-old planet. It orbits
a star, which dimmed every eight
days as Newton’s team observed the
orbiting planet pass between Earth
and the star. “It took a lot of data to
arrive at our conclusion that there
wasn’t another star in the back-
GREEN ON GREEN
ground,” Newton says, speaking of
various false positive scenarios that
’Tis the Season
had to be crossed off her list. “We
were really excited.” The Astrophysi-
cal Journal Letters announced the
HERE’S HOW A CHRISTMAS TREE FINDS ITS WAY TO CAMPUS EACH YEAR. breakthrough in its August issue.
The tree arrives photos. “They know what says Beaty. One year the The tree is decorated
the Monday after Thanks- I want,” he says. If he’s top snapped off, and a with energy-efficient Water Woes
giving. unsatisfied with the new tree had to be found. green, red, amber, and Coming soon: chronic scarcity.
snapshots, he goes to the The team stabilizes it with white LED lights.
Campus arborist tree farm to make a steel cables attached to >>> The world’s longest river isn’t
Brian Beaty starts the Shortly after New going to run forever. “The Nile Ba-
decision. ground spikes hidden by
process in July. He works Year’s Day, Beaty’s team
the foliage. sin is one of several fast-growing,
with D’Aiello’s Tree Farm The chosen one— cuts down the tree, feeds
in Canaan, Vermont, it through a chipper, and predominantly agricultural regions
almost always a balsam Two workers trim the
which has supplied the fir—typically stands 40 to tree during a five-day turns the remains into that are on the brink of severe
tree for more than a 50 feet tall. period. In past years mulch for use around water scarcity,” says Ethan Coffel,
decade. In earlier years they’ve wrapped 750 feet campus. The stump a fellow at the Neukom Institute
the College used donated The tree and delivery remains in the frozen for Computational Science. His
of lights around the tree
trees. “That was a hassle cost $4,500. earth until a thaw occurs. research, conducted with assistant
using a 65-foot lift. This
because we had to pick Three workers insert year they’re stringing professor of geography Justin
This year’s lighting
them up and get road Mankin, predicts a tripling of hot,
the tree into a five-foot lights vertically, which ceremony, complete with
permits,” says Beaty.
hole while it is suspended might save time, cookies and hot chocolate dry years in the region, adding
Sometimes Beaty according to electrician for spectators, takes place trouble to already water-stressed
ILLUSTRATION: © NASA/JPL-CALTECH/T. PYLE; PHOTO: DARTMOUTH COLLEGE
from a crane. “You could
simply selects from damage it quite easily,” John Biele. December 6. countries such as Ethiopia, South
Sudan, and Uganda. Although the
researchers forecast increased
precipitation for the area, it will be
12
QUOTE/UNQUOTE offset by increased evaporation
RANKING
“To be one of the few football players in
caused by higher temperatures.
Additionally, with the area’s popu-
history to play a football game there lation expected to double during
is a huge deal. I will be able to tell my the next 60 years, demand for
water will greatly outpace supply.
Tuck Executive Education | dbp.tuck.dartmouth.edu | 603-646-8214 Dartmouth’s place kids and my grandkids about the game That means even more trouble.
on The Wall Street
Journal’s 2020 list in Yankee Stadium.” “Environmental stresses could
easily contribute to migration—and
tuck.diversity.programs@tuck.dartmouth.edu of top colleges —Football captain Isiah Swann ’20 on the November 9 game against Princeton even conflict,” says Coffel.
NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2019 23CAMPUS
HISTORIC LANDMARKS
The Mural of the Story 1 Artist José Clemente Orozco
deployed the technique of 3 Students assisted the
painter by hauling 5 One of the world’s
leading authorities on 6 The Hood Museum has
more than 250 preliminary 8 The murals have been set
to music. To commemorate 9 A Hood Museum web app,
Dartmouth Digital Orozco,
true fresco (or buon fresco), plaster up scaffolds for the murals is right here on drawings Orozco made as the College’s 250th anniversary offers high-resolution, up-close
You’ve seen artist José Clemente Orozco’s The Epic which means he was painting on Orozco to apply. campus: associate professor he1965
was planning to paint this year, the Dartmouth access to the murals. If you
of American Civilization on the walls of Baker-Berry
4
moist plaster with colors ground of art history Mary Coffey. the murals. One sketch is of Symphony Orchestra can’t see them in person, this is
Orozco was the second
Library’s basement reading room. Its 24 panels, covering up in water or limewater.
artist-in-residence at
Her massive new study of the George Washington, which commissioned a cello concerto the next best way to view this
2
murals, Orozco’s American evolved into the figure of a based on the art. Noah Luna’s masterpiece.
approximately 3,200 square feet, depict the influence of The artist tested the the College. The first was
10
Epic: Myth, History and the schoolteacher in the final work. composition, The Epic of
medium in a nearby Baker Guatemalan artist Carlos The artist painted with
indigenous and European cultural currents on America,
7
Melancholy of Race, will be American Civilization, a Tone
hallway before he went all-in. His Sanchez, class of 1923, who The painter used a student only his right hand—a
published in January. Poem for Cello and Orchestra,
which Orozco, who was Mexican, called “an authentic New
DARTMOUTH COLLEGE LIBRARY
trial efforts remain in place. later helped Orozco paint model to draw a sketch fireworks accident earlier in life
debuted last May at the Hop.
World civilization.” Here are 10 things you may not know his Epic. that evolved into the figure of led to the amputation of his
a worker resting in one of the left hand.
about the striking national historic landmark that was panels.
painted between 1932 and 1934.
EPIC SCENERY (above from left): “Coming of Quetzalcoatl,” “Cortez and the Cross,” “Anglo-America,” and “Hispano-America”
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THE PRESIDENT
DA RT M O U TH P RO UDLY R ECOG NIZES T HE
ub Sports 2019 WEARERS OF THE GREEN
I NDUCTEES
planatory value: who did it, why they did it,
how they did it—and how well the theories
held together intellectually. By contrast,
today’s conspiracy theories lack any intel-
Nothing But
Club Sports Leanna E. Saunders ’12 Th’13 WAT E R P O LO, M E N lectual construction. Even the most absurd
Christine A. Bettencourt ’13 Daniel J. Harnish ’14 claims are validated instead by the number
FENCING, MEN Isabel M. Hines ’13 of times they are repeated. (Consider Hill-
the Truth
Maria Sperduto ’14 WAT E R P O LO, W O M E N ary Clinton running a sex slave operation
David I. Seliger ’12
Tianchi Xu ’12 Jojo Miller ’14 Haley M. Carstensen ’12 out of a pizza parlor or the idea that the
Kristen E. Nehls ’14 1969 moon landing was faked.)
Thomas J. McQuillan ’13
The notion that repetition is replacing
Victoria E. Rackohn ’14
Ivan Antoniv ’14 Masters expertise for the validation of truth is a fun-
Scott L. Brookes ’14 Gr’18 Th’18 Iris Yu ’14
Kelsey E. Anspach ’15
Dartmouth must fend off the assault on expertise damental challenge to the Enlightenment
ROWING, MEN
with logic, evidence, and reason.
Stuart T. Ghafoor ’14 ideals upon which today’s academy rests.
Peter C. Horak ’14 Elana S. Folbe ’15 Daniel C. Bort ’68 Though I find that a frightening prospect,
Nathan B. Utterback ’14 Caroline S. Knoop ’15 . by P H I L H A N L O N ’ 7 7 I am an eternal optimist. If anything, I be-
Adam Omar ’15 Melissa P. Li ’15 lieve this shift reinforces the importance
W
Kirsten A. Seagers ’15 Th’15 of our mission and every value and ideal
FENCING, WOMEN hen Michael Dimock, head of the Pew Research Foundation, was invited we hold dear at Dartmouth.
Pinar S. Gurel Gr’15 MED ’15
Gabrielle E. Stern ’14 Wearers of the Green was created in 1984 to address Dartmouth’s board of trustees in 2015, his task was to identify We must not relent in our commitment
to honor students, alumni, and coaches
R U G BY, M E N major social trends that would shape the incoming class in 2025. What he to elevating the values that characterized
who have met specific criteria for athletic
F I G U R E S K AT I N G told us that evening shook me to the core. It challenged something I believe deeply, one the Age of Enlightenment and are, today, at
Muhammed S. Abdul-Shakoor ’10 Th’11 excellence in their respective sports.
Alina M. Everett ’12 Patrick W. Flynn ’13 Varsity athletes are inducted in even- of the fundamental principles upon which the academy is built. the core of a Dartmouth education: respect
Margaret H. Jessiman ’12
numbered years; club, masters, and other He told us that society was undergoing a transition in what is accepted as an authori- for open-minded inquiry, evidence, logic,
athletes are inducted in odd-numbered
Deborah N. Lee ’12 T R I AT H LO N tative voice. More and more people were beginning to crowdsource information from and reason.
years. The ceremony takes place during
Donna A. Smyers ’79 Gr’88 Th’88 Dartmouth Homecoming. their peers rather than turn to well-trained experts for answers. I’ll never forget that Our democracy depends on it, and so
Claire L. Michaud ’12
moment. It has caused me to think long and hard about does our very existence and
the role of higher education in our society and the future our ability to advance as a so-
of what we teach. If what Dimock said were true, what ciety. In this time of fake news
would that mean for institutions such as Dartmouth that
are, through undergraduate and graduate education, in
Dartmouth is and anti-intellectualism, we
need experts more than ever.
the business of producing experts? creating—in our We need them to carry their
Everything Dimock predicted that day has begun to
play out. The rise of technology and social media, in par- graduates—an knowledge to a world in dire
need of deep thinking and
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT I NDUCTION CRITERIA FOR WEARERS OF THE GREEN ticular, has made it far too easy to share information with-
out regard for accuracy or source and to do so at lightning
army of experts. rationality.
A N D TO V I E W A C O M P L E T E L I S T O F M E M B E R S , V I S I T W E A R E R S O F T H E G R E E N .O R G . Through research, experi-
speed, causing misinformation to spread quickly and be ential learning, and constant
easily mistaken for fact. When that information comes from our friends, we’re even more exposure to diversity of thought, Dart-
inclined to believe it. Kevin Kelly, cofounder of Wired magazine, said it best: “Truth is mouth is creating—in our graduates—an
no longer dictated by authorities, it’s networked by peers.” army of experts and independent thinkers
I don’t mean to suggest that technology is our enemy or that crowdsourcing, in certain who are not only trained to challenge asser-
circumstances, is without value. I am, however, alarmed that we are in the midst of an tions, but are also motivated to dig deeper,
Wearers assault on expertise, which every institution of higher learning must work to redress.
In their recent book, A Lot of People Are Saying, coauthors Russ Muirhead, chair
gather data, and apply reason and logic to
evidence to ultimately arrive at the truth.
of the Green of the government department, and Harvard’s Nancy Rosenblum argue that today’s
conspiracy theories lack the kind of intellectual framework that characterized those
That, alone, gives me great hope that soci-
ety will come to re-embrace the evaluative
of the past. Classic conspiracy theories, they note, were validated in part on their ex- expertise so essential in today’s world.
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INTERVIEW
“The Sensorial
tion needed to deliver true inspiration and
sensorial delight.
Experience”
You quote Coco Chanel, who once said, “El-
egance is refusal.” What does this mean to you?
Often people think that having good taste
takes money. I would say money is a liabil-
ity. The best taste comes from compromise
Arbiter of taste Pauline Brown ’88 explains the and tradeoffs—knowing not just what to
concept of aesthetic intelligence. b y K E R M I T P A T T I S O N include but what not to include. Just be-
cause it’s good doesn’t mean it should be
I
in the mix. Being able to curate, as Chanel
s Dartmouth green the stuff of envy? education emphasizes analytical skills and did so masterfully in fashion, is the final
Just like Dom Pérignon champagne, metrics, but aesthetic intelligence seems much stage of developing aesthetic intelligence.
Bulgari jewelry, or Tesla cars, the more subjective. Did aesthetics require you to
Big Green has its own distinctive brand unlearn some of your business education? As a teenager, your fashion sensibility was
codes. So says Pauline Brown, who has Like most highly trained businesspeople, Vidal Sassoon and LeSportsac. At Dartmouth
spent her career curating luxury brands. I became so laser focused on metrics and in the 1980s you encountered a preppy style:
Brown served as chairwoman of the quantitative analysis that I lost a lot of my L.L.Bean, duck boots, fleece pullovers. Did you
North American division for luxury goods aesthetic sensibilities. Over time, I recov- feel out of place?
conglomerate LVMH (Moët Hennessy- ered them. Do we all have that ability to I still feel out of place when I go there! I go
Louis Vuitton), directed strategy at the regain our aesthetic intelligence? I would to my reunions, and I’m the only one in high
Estée Lauder Cos., and taught aesthetics say yes. When you look at how we’re edu- heels. Back in the 1980s, I felt as out of place
at Harvard Business School. This year the cated, the focus is on utility, linear problem- as if I had gone to some remote village in
corporate connoisseur published her taste solving, and cognitive thinking. In the end, Japan. It was very foreign to me—and not
manifesto, Aesthetic Intelligence (Harper we become numb to our feelings and sensa- just for the style of dress. There was a way
Business), which advises businesses on tions and don’t listen to them or leverage of speaking and interacting, a heritage that
how to tune into the emotional and sensory them nearly enough. was distinct to the school and so many of
experiences of customers. “When a prod- my classmates.
uct connects with us on multiple sensorial Is aesthetics something more intuitive?
levels, seduction sets in,” Brown writes. I struggle with this idea that aesthetics What draws you to work for companies that
Here the former English major discusses is instinctive or intuitive because of the emphasize lifestyle and luxury?
the business of enticement, the art of cu- implication that you’re either born with I’m attracted to creative people—ones who
rating brands, and how it all applies to a this ability, or you’re not. If you go through thrive on ideas and possibilities, as opposed
certain college in the North Woods. the key steps to developing aesthetic intel- to people who just solve problems. Luxury
ligence, you certainly can enhance your companies are built on creative cultures.
In a nutshell, what is aesthetic intelligence? taste levels over time. It's a muscle that We all need problem-solvers in our lives,
In a word, it’s taste. Aesthetics is not needs to be exercised. That is not to say
about creativity or artistry. It’s the plea- that everyone is born at the same stan-
sure derived from perceiving an object or dard. There are people who come into this
world with aesthetic gifts such as the chef
“The best taste comes from compromise
experience through our senses. Aesthetic
intelligence is the ability to decipher not Wolfgang Puck, who has a great sensibil-
only what feels good, but why and how to
deliver on it.
ity for combining flavors and ingredients,
or Estée Lauder, who had a very refined
and tradeoffs—knowing not just
sense of aroma and ability to formulate what to include but what not to include.”
Can you give an example? fragrances that elicit particular emotions.
Take Steve Jobs, who was a smart guy That said, everybody has the potential to
but not an off-the-charts genius along the get better in any one of those dimensions. but I don’t necessarily want to be around
lines of, say, Bill Gates or Albert Einstein. them all day long.
Moreover, if you go to the classic defini- Is aesthetic intelligence a human trait the oth-
tion of emotional intelligence and social er “AI,” artificial intelligence, can’t replace? Is Dartmouth a luxury brand?
intelligence, Jobs was well below average. I’d say it’s the only one. In my lifetime Absolutely. The three basic tenets of luxury
But he had one thing that transformed his I don’t envision any sort of automated goods are that they're hard-to-find, hard-
entire sector—an ability to re-envision system that might prepare a meal that’s to-make, and last forever.
what computing could feel like. He was better than what I might be served by Hard-to-find means scarcity. Less
LUX E LI FE
an aesthetic genius. Daniel Boulud. I don’t believe in my life- A luxury brand than 10 percent of applicants get into
time a computer will be able to design expert, Brown Dartmouth, and only a small percent-
ALBERT CHEUNG
believes the College
You have an M.B.A. from Wharton, and you a building better than I.M. Pei or Frank could benefit from a age of people who are aware of the brand
taught at Harvard. Traditionally, business Gehry. Only humans have the imagina- marketing makeover. have an affiliation, so clearly the school
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has scarcity value. Hard-to-make means
that it takes a certain skill and artisanship
to deliver on the proposition, much like
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have the skills and discipline to make it all
the way through. Moreover, I think of the
professors of Dartmouth as artisans whose
mastery is required to keep the reputation
going strong for centuries. Finally, goods
that last forever mean they have staying
power. Even though Dartmouth continues
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successfully against Yale at what Yale does
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eton does best. But there is no school that
can compete with what Dartmouth does
best. For example, no other campus in the
world can “own” the magnificence of the
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the remoteness, uniqueness, and exquisite-
ness of its location are real assets. Think
about how it feels to be in Hanover in the
heart of the New England countryside, the
majestic quality of nature, the Georgian
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