2010 Association of Alumni Executive Committee Candidates

James S. C. Baehr ’05
Petition Nominated Candidate for Executive Committee

Biography
First Lieutenant James Baehr is a Marine Corps judge advocate. He was previously an attorney with Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom in Washington and New York. Jim also served as a U.S. Department of Justice law clerk. He received his J.D. and a Masters in History from the University of Virginia. Jim graduated with honors in History and Government in 2005, and was a Rockefeller Center Presidential Scholar. He was vice president of the Student Assembly and volunteered with the Tucker Foundation and Habitat for Humanity. Jim spent one term in Washington studying Government, and another at Oxford studying C.S. Lewis and co-authoring the book Narnia Beckons.

Statement
I adopt the statement of J. Michael Murphy and urge the election of our entire Dartmouth United slate.

Dartmouth alumni deserve more control -- not less -- over college governance. Without it, we risk alienating countless alumni and extinguishing their enthusiastic devotion.

I will work to increase the impact of alumni voices on how Dartmouth is run. Not just through the Alumni Councils, Associations, and Town Halls, but also through the Board of Trustees (which actually runs the College).

A voice without a vote is no voice at all. Reasonable people can differ on individual issues, but the inclusion of everyone with a stake in Dartmouth's future is just as important as the actual outcomes. We should all unite in agreement with the principle that Dartmouth can trust us, its alumni, with democracy. Defending this principle is why I’m a candidate.

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