2008 Association of Alumni Candidates

Otho E. Kerr III ‘79
Candidate for Executive Committee

Biography
Otho is an Executive Director of Oppenheimer & Co in New York. At Dartmouth, he was a member of the Varsity Track and Field team, Phi Delta Alpha, and Fire and Skoal. He was Senior Class President and the Barrett Cup recipient for all-around achievement. Following graduation, he attended Harvard Law School and began as a litigator at Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett.

Otho has served as President of the Alumni Council, Chairman of the Board of the Tucker Foundation, and Chairman of the Dartmouth College Fund Committee Participation Task Force. He received the Dartmouth Alumni Award in 2006. Otho is a Rockefeller Foundation Next Generation Leadership Fellow and a co-founder of the Institute for Youth Entrepreneurship in Harlem. He serves on several boards.

Statement
I want to bring perspective and balance back to the Association and the governance of Dartmouth.

I’m an independent, objective thinker. I have at times been extremely critical of the College and at other times extremely supportive. Properly governing the College requires balance. The President and Trustees must balance the interests of the students, the faculty, the staff and the alumni. The Association needs to understand that a proper balance means that the alumni/ae body should have a say in the governance of the College, but it should not have sole say over what happens.

I support the platform of Dartmouth Undying: www.dartmouthundying.org. I adopt the statement of John Mathias and urge election of our entire slate.

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