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R T Bianca Smith ’12 steps up as professional baseball’s
It’s what D E AC
51 | VOICES IN THE
U NN T R first Black female coach. WILDERNESS
CO BY JIM COLLINS ’84 N.H. Chief Justice
Gordon J. MacDonald ’83,
we do. 36 producer Larry Jaffe ’46,
Bring on the Heathens
hiker India Wood ’88, and
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Two former football players chuck their jobs in full-time
work in Washington
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selves how its BY JAMES B. MEIGS ’80
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U NN T R PAGE 88
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decades. The only reason the second im- lottesville, Virginia.” I urge all alumni to JOHN RUSSELL ’68
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all Republicans in the U.S. Senate missed a suade the College to take a more rational,
historic opportunity to condemn and mar- historically appropriate, and aesthetically Shortcoming SLOPE SIDE RETREAT THE HINCKLEY HOUSE INDIAN ROCK FARM
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supermajority, thus establishing a brave Global Golf Post [“A ‘Painful’ Process,” petite and thinks sharply and clearly.” Those
and renewed political center. Instead, Port- May/June], the College turned down a two facts are as closely correlated as “short
man implicitly sided with the Proud Boys. I $22-million offer from alumni to fund the and intense.”
used to be a bipartisan voter. Rob did a cool golf program, yet the College still manages It’s a shame that we continue to link
kayak trip on the Rio Grande and a brave to pummel an alumnus who has been living physical diminutives to contrast them with
and interesting senior thesis. I was proud on less than $20,000 annually for the last positive character qualities.
to see him in government. No more. 30 years for donations. Hmmm? CAROLYN SALAFIA ’77 BEAUTIFUL PARK-LIKE SETTING THE SAMUEL MOREY HOUSE STUNNING UPSCALE CONTEMPORARY
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roic cover portrait and a softball interview? I recently listened to a rebroadcast of a 2017 We welcome letters. The editor reserves the
Shameful and embarrassing. radio interview with Daniel Kahneman, a right to determine the suitability of letters
for publication and to edit them for accuracy
ROBERT LANDE ’74 psychologist and expert in behavioral eco-
and length. We regret that not all letters
Bronx, New York nomics who was awarded the Nobel Prize can be published, nor can they be returned.
in economics in 2002. Kahneman said that
A Ruined Row? what the 2008 economic crisis did, in the
Letters should run no more than 200 words
in length, refer to material published in the
“A Hall for All” [July/August] called atten- eyes of the public and many economists, magazine and include the writer’s full name,
tion to yet another disingenuous bit of com- was introduce “the hubris of the econom- address, and telephone number.
munication by the administration, which ics profession….It was a failure to predict.” SITED BETWEEN KILLINGTON & OKEMO GOOSE POND FOREST PRESERVE THE GREENS AT HANOVER
has maintained all along that the exteriors A failure to predict: Kahneman used that Write: Letters, Dartmouth Alumni This residence boasts Vermont’s highest An exclusive enclave of 13 waterfront lots set amidst a 700 Completely stripped, conjoined and renovated in 2017, this
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CAMPUS notes from around the gree n “To be an LOOK WHO’S TALKING N E W FA C U LT Y B O O K S
entrepreneur
requires > JAMIE COUGHLIN | Director of the Magnuson Center for Entrepreneurship J E R E M Y D E S I LVA
speech for me to write because no
optimism.” ANTHROPOLOGY
▲ First Steps
words can capture the loss that HarperCollins, 352 PP., $27.99
we experienced this past year,”
Why do we walk? How do
she said. “I’m sorry that I don’t we walk? In his engaging
have the language to convey ev- account of why walking
matters, DeSilva offers
erything we’re feeling today.…I How did you become interested in
stories from his fieldwork
was able to make it through be- entrepreneurship? and the fossil record. He
cause of the people by my side. I I was always building, coming up with new also examines more con-
temporary issues such as
am thankful in knowing that my ideas, trying to “sell” them. how we judge gaits—the author says he
peers are talented, smart, and Why does entrepreneurial guidance matter? became self-conscious about his own
passionate. If we want change to while writing the book—and delves into
The spirit and the philosophical stance why walking helps us think. You can read
happen in whatever field, now is behind the Magnuson Center is all around an excerpt at the DAM website.
the time to do it.” entrepreneurial thinking: equipping stu-
The hot, sunny day saw many dents, faculty, staff, alumni with tools to JOHN L. CAMPBELL
seniors ducking into Leverone think entrepreneurial. It’s not necessar- SOCIOLOGY
Field House for a dose of air ily to build the next Facebook. We believe What Capitalism Needs: Forgotten
conditioning. Most were happily teaching these skills—to think outside the Lessons of Great Economists
surprised the event took place at (with John A. Hall)
box, do more with less, bring diverse teams
all. “This is definitely surreal,” together, articulate a vision in the form of
Cambridge University Press, 312 PP., $24.95
said Prathna Kumar ’21. “It’s the a pitch—serves those stakeholders in mul-
“By comparing capitalist
societies across coun-
first time that I’m seeing some of tiple ways. tries and historically,”
these people all year.” Campbell says of his
The College awarded 1,169 What’s more challenging—coming up with latest book, “we found
an idea or successfully propelling it into that capitalism performs
degrees of bachelor of arts. best when states pos-
Graduates of the professional existence? sess the intellectual and
schools were also awarded de- The execution. Probably everybody in the institutional capacities to manage their
room has an idea. The challenge is how do economies effectively and when societies
grees at the ceremony. Three are blessed with basic social cohesion, so
seniors received military com- you start moving that forward and gain the interests of the many in widespread
missions as second lieutenants, traction? How we look to support these prosperity are not outweighed by those
of the privileged few. It turns out that
two in the Army and one in the individuals to grow in their entrepreneur-
Commencement Returns
a variety of eminent but often forgot-
Marines, at a Spaulding Audito- ial thinking is to help them feel wired for ten economists, including Adam Smith,
rium ceremony the day before “yes”—to have the ability to overcome objec- believed this too.”
Commencement. tions and get individuals to say yes. How do
Class of 2021 bids adieu with outdoor ceremony.
In The Dartmouth a variety you make convincing arguments? How do K AT I E C R O U C H
The masks came off. They were required, but graduating seniors happily POMP AND of professors offered six words of you pitch? How do you get someone to join ENGLISH AND CREATIVE WRITING
removed their face coverings during Commencement in a fitting gesture your team, how do you get that alum to be Embassy Wife
PA D D L E S advice to the new grads, ranging
to end an academic year like no other. Social distancing protocols were in from Mary Desjardins’ “Don’t be a mentor, advisor, or investor—to say yes? Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 368 PP., $27
Trip to the Sea
place—no handshaking when diplomas were handed out at Memorial Field veterans from the afraid to change direction” to Er- I think that is very much an art. The author of Girls in
Trucks (2008) and Men
on June 12—and about 2,000 guests viewed the four-hour proceedings. class of 2021 ich Osterberg’s “Let batter rest What’s the most exciting project that’s come and Dogs (2010) blends
“Your class has faced a cauldron of tumult and tragedy unlike any other,” celebrated for delicious pancakes.” out of the Magnuson Center recently? her personal experience
said President Phil Hanlon ’77 in his address. Added Commencement graduation with in Namibia with meticu-
the tools of Ayan Agarwal ’21 of Blabl (a speech-imped- lous research to deliver
speaker Annette Gordon-Reed ’81: “But you have made it to this moment. iment therapy app) is a great example. It’s a novel in which a man
86
their trade. CLASS OF 2021
A world that badly needs your spirit and enthusiasm is waiting for you.” an effort to build a technology startup and moves his family to the
African country for a new job. Soon his
Amanda Chen ’21 delivered the valedictory address. “This is a really hard serve a population that’s struggling. wife realizes he’s got a secret past—and
unpredictable twists ensue. Wrote one
FROM THE ARCHIVES Has there been a project that you didn’t think reviewer: “A smart, sparkling novel….
would work, but did? Comical and cool.”
Percentage of classmates who
“With Webster Hall filled to overflowing—each gave the faculty a favorable
I don’t make a determination about whether
seat occupied—with 1,700 students, alumni, and rating in a spring survey by The an idea is going to work or not. I think all DESIRÉE J. GARCIA
guests filling the great colonial auditorium, hung Dartmouth ideas can work. LATIN AMERICAN, LATINO, AND
CARIBBEAN STUDIES
with the portraits and paintings of Dartmouth’s What’s the craziest pitch you’ve ever heard? The Movie Musical
distinguished sons, the meeting from beginning
10
CLASS OF 2021 One of our finalists was a company that was Rutgers University Press, 152 PP., $17.95
to end was one of intense enthusiasm and unpar- reimagining the porta-potty marketplace In this compact paper-
alleled spirit. The large, well-lighted hall, with and industry. They were building the Tesla back, Garcia debunks the
noble pillars and lofty apse, resounded again and of portable toilets. That’s what’s so compel- idea that movie musicals
ELI BURAKIAN '00/DARTMOUTH COLLEGE
again with ringing cheers and with enthusiastic, ling about entrepreneurship—the different
are simply mindless es-
capism. Her research high-
almost tumultuous, applause.” Percentage of classmates who
experiences and backgrounds that can lead lights how these films rep-
gave the administration a resent not fluff but, as she
—REPORT ON 1907 DARTMOUTH NIGHT DEDICATION OF
favorable rating in a spring survey to insights that the rest of us aren’t thinking writes, “a highly adaptable
WEBSTER HALL FROM THE OCTOBER ISSUE OF DAM THAT YEAR
by The Dartmouth about. —Madison Wilson ’21 and resilient cinematic language.”
16 D A R T M O U T H A L U M N I M A G A Z I N E i llu st rat i on by R OSS MAC D O N A L D ph oto g ra ph b y RO B ST RO N G ’ 0 4 S E P T E M B E R / O C T O B E R 2 0 2 1 17CAMPUS EUREKA!
CAMPUS CONFIDENTIAL [ NEW FINDINGS AND RESEARCH ]
Human Steady Cam
The brain stabilizes our vision.
HOUSING GAMBLE HONOR ROLL ALOHA
To help with a student Phi Beta Kappa inducted Former basketball coach
housing crunch, the College 144 members of the class and player Jabari Trotter
held a lottery to provide of 2021 in a June ’12 is joining the Dartmouth
$5,000 payments to up to ceremony held in Spaulding coaching staff for a third
200 students to give up Auditorium. time. He is departing his
their on-campus housing. job as an assistant coach
for the University of Hawaii.
ON THE ICE The former guard has
UPON FURTHER REVIEW Liz Keady Norton is the new played in the second-most
Geisel Medical School women’s hockey coach. She games—112—in College
officials dropped all charges spent the past two seasons history. >>> Our brains trick us into seeing the
against 17 students accused leading Boston University images moving across our retinas as
of online cheating in March. to a 38-14-4 record. stable, according to new research led
“I have apologized to the ON THE HILL by psychological and brain sciences
students for what they have Government prof Mike professor Patrick Cavanagh. “The
been through,” said dean BETTER LATE THAN NEVER Herron testified at a U.S. brain has its own type of frame-based
Duane Compton. More than 40 members of House hearing in June on steady cam, so we don’t see a shaky
the class of 2020 are work- voting rights and the John image like we do in handheld movies
ing with alumni relations Lewis Voting Rights bill, taken with a smartphone,” he says.
MONEY MAN to plan a Commencement which failed to move “That is the visual stabilization that
CFO Mike Wagner has left “event.” The pandemic forward in the Senate the brain has, but video cameras do
Dartmouth after 20 years canceled the class’ because of Republican not.”
to become VP for finance ceremony on the Green. opposition. In the study, published in the Pro-
and operations and college ceedings of the National Academy of
treasurer at Williams. Sciences, participants viewed moving
BRONX BOUND? IT KEEPS GETTING WORSE frames and flashes of light on comput-
The New York Yankees Hanover officials are er monitors and were asked to mark
UPON FURTHER REVIEW, drafted catcher Ben considering a possible the distances they saw between the
PART TWO Rice ’22 in the 12th round six-figure property tax on flashes. The researchers found that
The nonprofit Athlete Ally of July’s MLB draft. the now-closed golf course, subjects discounted the motion of the
has updated its score for claiming the 120 acres may frames, perceiving flashes that were
Dartmouth Athletics no longer serve the actually at the same location as far
inclusion policies to a TREK FREE OR DIE College’s educational mission. apart. “Something quite sophisticated
perfect 100. College photographer is happening to tame the images we
and endurance hiker Eli see as we scan the world in front of
Burakian ’00 completed OVER AND OUT us,” Cavanagh says.
ROCKING THE BOAT a 345-mile trek through Dartmouth is selling its —Maud McCole ’23
Heavyweight rowing coach New Hampshire from the radio license for WFRD 99.3
Wyatt Allen was named Massachusetts border to (99 Rock) due to a lack
the NCAA Division I Head the Canadian border in just of student interest—and
Coach of the Year by the nine and a half days. recent profits. WDCR will A Longer Shelf Life
Intercollegiate Rowing remain as a noncommercial Chemical isolation benefits
Coaches Association. Three student operation. manufacturers.
of his rowers earned spots OUT OF BOUNDS >>> A novel technique to produce a
on the U23 World Champi- A federal report indicates chemical widely used to lengthen the
onships this summer. coaches of men’s teams expiration dates of food, vitamins, and
at Dartmouth earned drugs does so at less cost and lower
nearly $40,000 more than energy consumption. Sirun Yang, Adv
coaches of women’s teams ’22, worked with professors Ivan Apra-
in recent years. hamian, Dale Mierke, and Maria Pel-
legrini and colleagues from Denmark
on the new process, which uses light
to more efficiently produce and isolate
gamma-cyclodextrin. Until recently
ROMAN MURADOV
the benign, biodegradable chemical
could be produced only through more
costly steam distillation.
The technique, published in Chem,
is six times more efficient at isolat-
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Q U OT E / U N Q U OT E U N CO M M O N CO M M O N S PA N D E M I C ing the chemical. “It turned out to be
“Almost every highly beneficial for industry because
it circumvents this whole energy-
decision consuming, steam-distillation process,”
Aprahamian says.
was difficult.” 2020 awards won by dining
services from the National
Months the campus
Covid-19 task force was
The discovery is expected to make
the chemical more readily available to
—Dr. Lisa Adams, cochair of the Association of College and in operation. It small-scale manufacturers.
ISTOCK
Covid-19 task force University Food Services disbanded in July. —Julia Robitaille ’23
18 D A R T M O U T H A L U M N I M A G A Z I N EGUIDING YOU
2021
HOME
DA RT M O U T H C O L L EG E F U N D AWA R D S
Thank you to all the Dartmouth College Fund donors and volunteers for your tireless work and dedication.
In a year of unprecedented challenges, your efforts helped provide the full promise of Dartmouth to thousands of
students and advanced the College’s distinctive liberal arts experience. Congratulations to our volunteers and classes,
listed below, for your unparalleled achievements this year. You make our community stronger than ever.
CENTENNIAL CIRCLE CLASS AWARD ANDREW J. SCARLETT 1910 AWARD FRED A. HOWLAND 1887 AWARD
Greatest number of new Greatest increase in non-reunion dollars Greatest increase in non-reunion donors
Hanover, New Hampshire | $1,075,000 Hanover, New Hampshire | $998,500 Centennial Circle members Class of 1995: $674,466 Class of 1967: 37
Spacious 5 Bed Multi-Level With Private Backyard Great House, Great Location, Great Neighborhood! Class of 1997
CLASS OF 2003 AWARD JOHN H. DAVIS 1925 AWARD
Nan Carroll 802.356.3560 | MLS# 4871404 Heidi Reiss 603.443.0895 | MLS# 4868564 CLASS OF 1960 AWARD Reunion class with the greatest number Largest non-reunion dollar total
Class awarded the greatest number of donors whose previous gift was 5+ Class of 1989: $1,651,819
of DCF Scholars years ago and first-time donors
Class of 1991 Class of 1985: 41 JOSHUA A. DAVIS 1927 AWARD
Greatest percent improvement
CLASS OF 1938 AWARD CLASS OF 1953 AWARD in non-reunion dollars
Largest reunion dollar total Greatest number of reunion donors Class of 1995: 157%
Class of 1991: $6,307,468 Class of 1991: 431
CLASS OF 1979 AWARD
CLASS OF 1948 AWARD Class with best post-reunion retention
MELVIN O. ADAMS 1871 AWARD
Highest reunion dollar multiple Class of 1979: 96%
Greatest number of non-reunion
Class of 1991: 4.7 1769 Society members
NEW NON-REUNION YEAR-OUT
Class of 1993: 107
CLASS OF 1964 AWARD DOLLAR RECORDS
Greatest number of reunion Class of 1960: $507,987
BRUCE D. MILLER 1974 AWARD
Hanover, New Hampshire | $859,000 Hanover, New Hampshire | $749,000 1769 Society members Non-reunion class with the greatest
Class of 1977: $1,077,651
Class of 1978: $1,569,643
Updated Contemporary Cape In Great Neighborhood Serenity & Convenience At This Two Level Bungalow Class of 1991: 114 number of donors whose previous gift
Class of 1998: $631,261
was 5+ years ago and first-time donors
Nan Carroll 802.356.3560 | MLS# 4872499 Liam McCarthy 603.252.9464 | MLS# 4866021 MARK R. ALPERIN 1980 AWARD Class of 2006: $231,688
Class of 1993: 19
Highest reunion participation Class of 2010: $210,183
Class of 1961: 75.6% JOHN R. MASON 1915 AWARD Class of 2012: $103,736
Highest non-reunion participation Class of 2018: $46,954
CHARLES F. MOORE, JR. 1925 AWARD
Class of 1953: 71%
Greatest improvement in donors of NEW NON-REUNION YEAR-OUT
Class of 1960: 71%
a reunion class over the prior year PARTICIPATION RECORDS
Class of 1971: 20.0% CHARLES J. ZIMMERMAN 1923 AWARD Class of 1953: 71.0%
Greatest percentage improvement Class of 1979: 60.6%
STEPHEN F. MANDEL 1952 SOCIETY Class of 2006: 40.2%
in non-reunion donors
Alumni volunteers who provide visionary Class of 2007: 37.3%
Class of 1969: 15%
leadership in raising gifts through
the Dartmouth College Fund RAYMOND J. RASENBERGER
Elizabeth Donohoe Cook ’94 P’25 1949 AWARD Our volunteers inspire us all through
W. Kyle Gore ’84 P’19 Greatest number of non-reunion donors their leadership. See these awards
Class of 1979: 571 online at dartgo.org/outstanding.
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INTERVIEW
“It Has Been a Difficult Year”
wasn’t just the isolation. There is wide- tered myths about counseling services that are not in college is higher, though. There
spread political divisiveness; people are could be an impediment to students coming is a lot of support on campuses—counsel-
struggling with systemic racism, the grow- in. One myth is that it takes weeks to get an ors and staff looking out for you. It’s also
ing economic divide, and other issues in our appointment. That was true 10 years ago a congregate setting, so people might no-
Dr. Mark H. Reed, director of Dartmouth Health Service, discusses society. Many students lost loved ones to Co-
vid. Loss and lack of connectedness played
when we were understaffed, but it’s not
true now. Students in crisis get same-day
tice when you don’t show up to class or you
seem troubled. The good news is that we
the state of student mental health. b y I R E N E M . W I E L A W S K I a heavy role throughout the year. have been able to intervene successfully
with many students who have come to us
What is the College doing to support students with significant thoughts of suicide. On
Dartmouth has suffered a tragic loss of several
even as the pandemic recedes?
We have greatly expanded our counseling “Loss and lack of the other hand, we may not be seeing the
students most in need. Data shows that of
connectedness
HOLI STI C AP P R OAC H
students to suicide in recent months. Isn’t that capacity—this has been a priority of the college students who commit suicide, 70
Reed, a psychiatrist who has
College since before the pandemic. We to 80 percent of them have not been seen
played a heavy role.”
unusual? overseen health services
Yes, it has been a difficult year. We usually since 2015, says suicide used to have 10 clinical staff, and now we by college counseling centers.
prevention must involve the
experience a student suicide once every entire campus community.
have 15. We have protocols for respond-
two to three years. A national mental health ing to student deaths from whatever cause What can be done to find these vulnerable
crisis on college campuses has unfortu- and reaching out to students who we think appointments, and others are seen usu- students?
nately been present during the last seven may be vulnerable because they were close ally within two to three days. Other myths We have received an anonymous gift to
to nine years. to the students who died or have experi- are that the counseling staff is not diverse extend our mental health outreach efforts
enced other losses. The counseling office enough, that counseling doesn’t help, that with three new positions—two counsel-
How do you know this? has liaisons throughout the campus—to all we do is refer people out to community ing and one wellness coordinator. We have
The Center for Collegiate Mental Health athletics, to each of the house communities, therapists or send them home. None of this partnered with the American Foundation
at Penn State, a consortium of more than and so on. We meet regularly with them, is accurate. The vast majority of students for Suicide Prevention, which runs an
600 colleges (including Dartmouth), found even when things are going well, and we we see feel they’ve been helped with their anonymous interactive screening pro-
a 30- to 40-percent increase in counseling spend hundreds of hours each term do- symptoms and academic performance and gram that could help students who may
utilization during the five years preceding ing outreach and education about suicide would recommend us to a friend. be reluctant to seek services, and we have
the pandemic, and three-quarters of college prevention and other mental health is- partnered with the Jed Foundation, which
counseling centers reported an increase in sues. We help faculty and administrators Are you saying that social media has exac- has assembled a great deal of research on
the severity of mental health needs, primar- develop skills for detecting when students erbated the mental health crisis on campus? how to structurally mitigate suicide risk
ily around anxiety and depression. The data are struggling and talking to them about It’s a mixed bag, good and bad. One of the on school and college campuses. We will
we collect at Dartmouth is similar. During difficult topics and getting them connected benefits is that when people are really be working with the Jed Foundation during
the same timespan we had a 45-percent with resources. struggling or considering suicide, they may the next four years to collect and analyze
increase in the number of students in cri- put something out on social media along information in order to improve what we
sis. We’re seeing about 25 to 28 percent of What about helping students learn what they the lines of, “I may not see you again,” or in do campus-wide to support student well-
the student population each year, a fairly can do? They may feel a greater obligation to some other way convey that they’re saying being. Suicide is not just a counseling issue,
sizeable number. safeguard a friend’s confidence than to call goodbye, such as giving their things away. it involves the entire campus community
for help. Many people seeing that will contact us or and requires the commitment of senior
At the height of the pandemic students were Fortunately, we’ve seen a significant less- send us a link so we can reach out directly leadership, which we have.
confined to their dorm rooms, classes were ening of the stigma around mental health to the student. On the bad side, social media
remote, and congregating for meals was for- during the last 10 to 15 years. There’s less can circulate misinformation and reinforce Researchers are documenting the pandemic’s
bidden. How did these precautionary measures hesitancy to ask for help, and more students stereotypes that make people feel apart. lingering emotional impact on many people.
affect students’ mental health? are open about their mental health expe- For example, there is a strong stereotype at How is the College responding to these
The desire for connectedness is some- riences. That said, there are people who Dartmouth that everybody loves it here. If developments?
thing we all have in common, and when feel ashamed or embarrassed and there are you don’t feel that way, seeing people talk We’re planning a campus-wide student sur-
we come to a new community, we search persistent stereotypes that deter people on social media about all the ways they love vey focused on mental health. We think
for it intensely. The pandemic required us from seeking help. Students will take turns Dartmouth can make you feel worse. this will give us useful feedback on stu-
to restrict students from many of the ac- watching over someone they’re worried dent needs, areas where we can provide
tivities and interactions that connect us to about, which is not their responsibility. Is suicide entirely preventable? additional support, and insight into how to
one another. This was especially difficult We’ve been doing a lot of training with Suicide is very complicated. We usually reach those who may not think of counsel-
for first-year students who didn’t already undergraduate advisors and are working never know why the person made that ing as something for them. I hope we are
have connections here. with the Mental Health Student Union, decision. College students are in an age emerging from the pandemic. But the divi-
a student-run advocacy group. We hope group where people go through a number sive societal issues are still quite present,
What evidence of the toll of isolation did you to accelerate these efforts, but we need of normal—and, often, emotional—devel- which is why we must continue to invest
see among the students who came to Dick’s to improve on some issues of trust and opmental milestones, such as learning to every way that we can in the well-being of
House for help? communication. manage failure. But it’s also a time when our students and their sense of connected-
National surveys show that about 30 percent some people develop significant mental ness to the Dartmouth community.
of students seen at college counseling cen- What do you mean? illness. Between ages 18 and 23, suicide
ters have had significant suicidal ideation, Things get out on social media that people is the second-leading cause of death after IRENE M. WIELAWSKI is a health care jour-
and Dartmouth is close to that number. It take as fact. Unfortunately, this has fos- accidents. The suicide rate for people who nalist and frequent contributor to DAM.
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U N DY I N G
Q1R Q4R
Before Streaming He Could Play Ball
At Desilu, Solow de- Solow played semi-
veloped and sold three pro baseball after high
eventual classics to school and was offered
three networks in one a contract with the New
week: Mission: Impos- York Giants. He didn’t
sible to ABC, Mannix accept it—his father, an
to CBS, and Star Trek art dealer, expected him
to NBC. He did it again to go to college instead.
later for MGM with (Solow’s mother died
Medical Center (CBS), when he was a child.)
The Courtship of Ed- Solow played baseball
die’s Father (ABC), and at Dartmouth, where
Then Came Bronson he majored in English,
(NBC). drama, and art history.
He was a member of the
Q2R Dartmouth Players and
Saving Spock Gamma Delta Chi.
Solow convinced Rod-
denberry to keep the Q5 R
original Spock’s pointed The Old Mailroom
ears but lose the long Cliché is True
tail and red face. “The After graduation Solow
Mr. Spock character worked in the mailroom
was the devil!” Solow at a talent agency to
said. “A lot of Gene’s learn about the enter-
thinking was very obvi- tainment industry. “I
ous.” Solow also had ended up with my Ivy
the idea to present Star League degree going into
Trek as if it had already the mailroom at the Wil-
happened. “I made a liam Morris Agency and
key change whereby we becoming a mail boy,” he
Star Trekker
treated every episode, said. “It’s the best post-
the whole series, as a graduate school anyone
flashback and invented could ever attend.”
THE PERFECT TIME IS
stardate,” he said. “The
captain’s log set up Q6 R
Did TV and film wunderkind Herb Solow ’53 boldly go each show.” Green Connections
where no man has gone before? Indubitably! In 1969, as VP in charge
RIGHT NOW.
by S U E S H O C K Q3 R of theatrical and televi-
Future Fortune sion production at
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Lousy ratings doomed MGM, Solow wrote to
tar Trek, the television show, exists because of Herb Solow,” NBC the starship Enterprise: Warner Bentley, director
programming executive Grant Tinker ’47 said after he made a 1964 NBC canceled the of the College’s theater
deal with his fellow alum. “It was only our respect for Herb that led us show after three years. programs from 1928 to
NEW JOB. MARRIAGE. YOUR CHILD STARTING COLLEGE. RETIREMENT. to buy the show.” Solow, who died last year at 89, was a VP of production at Today some 1960 and director of the
Desilu Studios when he refined Gene Roddenberry’s basic sci-fi “Wagon Train critics rank it among Hop from 1960 to 1969:
Life is full of milestones. Each is a perfect time to create your Dartmouth legacy. to the Stars” idea and pitched it to his former colleagues at NBC. CBS had the top shows of all “As I sit overseeing the
turned it down—the network already had Lost in Space—and NBC jumped at time and call it “the production of upwards
The Dartmouth Gift Planning team can help maximize your tax and estate benefits while the opportunity to make Star Trek. The series aired from 1966 to 1969 and has most influential of $50 million and the
you help future generations. Contact our team today to learn how you can use your 401(k), spawned a multibillion-dollar universe of spinoffs, sequels, fan conventions, science fiction TV running of a 275-acre
and merchandise. series ever produced.” film studio, I sometimes
life insurance policy, will, or other plan to pay it forward. And Dartmouth recognizes During his long career as a studio executive, screenwriter, producer, It’s been in syndica- think back to the begin-
all planned gifts, including bequests, in The Call to Lead campaign. director, and talent agent, Solow worked at NBC, CBS, Desilu/Paramount, tion since the 1970s, ning of it all, which was,
and MGM, where he teamed with notable film directors such as Robert Alt- and the value of the in effect, Robinson Hall.”
man, David Lean, and Blake Edwards. Solow later ran his own production franchise is light years Robinson housed the
company and was a part-time lecturer at the University of Wales. “Never beyond what anyone drama department when
For more information, contact Rolly Balbuena in the Gift Planning office. retire!” he advised others. Or, as Mr. Spock would say, “Live long and prosper.” could have imagined. Solow was a student.
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