2008 Association of Alumni Candidates

John Steel ’54, La Jolla, CA
INDEPENDENT, PRO-PARITY PETITION CANDIDATE FOR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Dartmouth Board of Trustees, 1980-1990.  Honorary M.S. Degree. Alpha Delt; Sphinx. Board of Overseers, Dartmouth Aquinas House, 1980 to present.  U.S. Naval aviator 1954-1958.  M.D., Tulane Medical School; Interned at U.S. Navy Hospital, San Diego; Residency at Ochsner Clinic, New Orleans.  Chief of Medical Staff, Scripps Memorial Hospital, 1991-1993.

“I have been nominated by alumni petitions and I fully support the efforts of the 2007-2008 Executive Committee to prevent the Board of Trustees from discarding the 1891 Agreement which has guaranteed for 116 years that Dartmouth alumni elect 50% of the Board. Having my 5 children attend Dartmouth (' 80, ' 81 exchange, ' 82, ' 83 and ' 88) and serving as a Trustee 1980-90, I have much vested in the College. My current desire is to prevent the loss of parity on the Board of Trustees. The parity agreement of 1891 between the Board and the Association of Alumni has served the College well and enabled it to become one of the leading educational institutions in the country. Why unilaterally change the Board composition by adding eight more charter trustee seats, and no further alumni trustee seats?  I am not convinced by the reasoning given by the current Board of Trustees.

“As the first Alumni Trustee to have reached the Board by the petition route, I would bring to the Executive Committee a unique experience in dealing with relation between alumni and the Trustees.”

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