Dartmouth is one of the oldest and most well known universities in the
United States. A member of the Ivy League, the private, four-year
liberal arts institution, nestled between the White Mountains of New
Hampshire and the Green Mountains of Vermont, boasts a competitive
undergraduate residential college as well as first-rate graduate and
professional programs. The College was founded in 1769 by Reverend
Eleazor Wheelock for the education of the "Youth of the Indian Tribes
in this Land...and also of English Youth and many others." It was named
in honor of the Second Earl of Dartmouth who, during his term as
Secretary of State for the Colonies under King George III, became the
College's sponsor. Dartmouth's first baccalaureate degrees were awarded
in 1771 to no more than four students.
Today, each incoming class numbers at more than 1,000 undergraduates
who are offered a roster of hundreds of classes across 29 academic
departments. The college offers myriad opportunities for independent
research and an extensive range of off-campus programs.
Professional
programs at Dartmouth date back to 1797 with the founding of Dartmouth
Medical School, the nation's fourth-oldest medical school. Today the
graduate school, comprised of 1,600 students, offers professional
programs in medicine, engineering and business, in addition to
doctorates in the arts and sciences.
Like all comparable private
institutions in the United States, pursuing this tradition of
excellence depends largely on the college's endowment. Reaching out to
alumni and inspiring them to include Dartmouth in their charitable
planning is of paramount importance for the continued growth of the
institution. The Bartlett Tower Society, responsible for inspiring this
special form of philanthropy, and aptly named after the tower inspired
by President Samuel Colcord Bartlett as a symbol of building upon the
past for the benefit of the future, commissioned 1,500 pocket-sized
cahiers from Moleskine, which were sent as gifts to key alumni.
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