2024 Give A Rouse Award Recipient Citations
Fred - you have devoted your career to the development of transformative therapies for blood cancers. At the National Cancer Institute, you led the study first demonstrating the successful use of autologous bone marrow transplantation, a therapy now used to treat over 10,000 patients annually. ● In 1978, you joined Nobel laureate E. Donnall Thomas, and eventually succeeded him as Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center Program Director. You were lead author on the first publications demonstrating the ability of allogeneic marrow transplantation to cure myelodysplasia, recurrent Hodgkin disease, and non-Hodgkin lymphoma, and to demonstrate the superiority of transplantation over chemotherapy for patients with AML. ● You, along with Dr. Irv Bernstein, conceived and led the development of gemtuzumab ozogamicin, the first monoclonal antibody-drug conjugate approved by the FDA, and pioneered the concept of applying radio-immunotherapy to the treatment of leukemia. ● You served on several medical association boards. In 2013, you were elected to the National Academy of Medicine. You are currently Executive Vice President of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center and lead its program in hematologic malignancies. You authored the recent book Living Medicine - Don Thomas, Marrow Transplantation, and the Cell Therapy Revolution. ● For these achievements, your classmates are honored to present to you the Class of 1968 Give a Rouse Award.
John - While many classmates know of your athletic accomplishments, few know of your exceptional record of service to others. ● You and Chris helped found the Thomas House Homeless Shelter for Families in Garden Grove, CA in 1986. The Thomas House mission is to provide a safe, supportive environment and the resources necessary for homeless and at-risk families with children to remain together while empowering them to become self-sufficient. Thomas House has enabled more than 2000 families to succeed in their mission. ● Carbondale, Colorado, where you lived for years, has an affordable housing crisis. Many teachers and essential workers commute hours daily and eventually leave the area due to this crisis. As Habitat for Humanity Board Chair, you helped negotiate a unique collaboration to build 27 Net Zero homes. ● You also led the effort to secure money to bridge the gap between mortgages homeowners could afford and the cost of Habitat houses. ● While living in Memphis you revived the Juice Plus+ company. Your company took over the defunct St. Jude/Memphis Marathon, creating an event with 26,000+ participants that is the largest annual single-day contributor to St. Jude (over $125 million). ● Your company rebuilt the Memphis Boys and Girls Club facility, adding an auto mechanics school and a culinary program. ● You’ve been a DCF solicitor for 40 years, and a member of the leadership committee that raises major gifts. ● For a legacy of altruism and service that stretches back four decades, your classmates are proud to present you with the Class of 1968 Give a Rouse Award.
John - When your grandson was born with a rare genetic disorder called CTNNB1 Syndrome, which limits his ability to walk, speak, and eat, you determined to make all playgrounds in your town fully accessible and inclusive for disabled kids. You successfully lobbied the city council to totally renovate one playground to meet the highest ADA standards and increase public funding for the upgrades. ● You joined a citizens committee to urge passage of a parks levy to help fund the renovation of a dozen city playgrounds for accessibility and inclusivity. It passed with 65% of the vote. ● As a member of your Rotary Club, you formed a committee to help maintain parks and playgrounds through regular volunteer clean-up projects. ● For the past 10 years, you have supported a non-profit called DADS (Divine Alternatives for Dads Services) that works to reunite fathers with their children after separations due to broken families, addictions, and incarceration. ● You tutored children for several years at an inner-city elementary school in Seattle. Through your local Jewish Community Center, you organized a clothing drive and donated large amounts of clothes to the school. Your club also donated books and dictionaries and funded computers at the school, which has many low-income, minority and immigrant students. ● You write a column for your local weekly newspaper, the Mercer Island Reporter, which focuses on “good news” stories about the community. ● For your years of service to the Greater Seattle community, your classmates are proud to present you with the Class of 1968 Give A Rouse Award.
John – you have been deemed “the Indiana Jones of Singapore’s history” and cited as one of the key figures who changed historians' impressions of Southeast Asia. ● Your love of archeology began as a young child discovering Iroquois artifacts on your family’s farm. Anthropology at Dartmouth led to a Peace Corps stint in Malaysia, where you first experienced the rich archaeological history of Southeast Asia that forged your career path. ● Research in Honduras in 1974 led to a 1976-77 Fulbright award to conduct PhD research in Sumatra. ● You became fluent in Indonesian and after two years at USAID you began teaching Archaeology at Indonesia’s Gadjah Mada University. ● Invited to Singapore to conduct the first ever archaeological test excavation, you found a preserved 14th century layer of history. In 1987 you were offered a fulltime position at the National University of Singapore. ● You have orchestrated many archaeological excavations revealing much more about the civilization existing in Singapore hundreds of years before it was “discovered” by the West in 1819. ● You have served numerous boards of cultural, art and archeology museums and institutions and your list of publications and edited works is extensive. ● In 2023 you received the Public Service Award from the President of Singapore for 35+ years of research, teaching, and public service to the country. ● For these many contributions to the world’s better understanding of Singapore and Southeast Asia, the Class of 1968 proudly presents you the Dartmouth Class of 1968 Give A Rouse Award.
Bob – The KKK murder of your childhood protector, Michael Schwerner, just before you entered Dartmouth drove you to devote your life to the common good through government service, public policy advocacy, and teaching. During your final pre-retirement lecture from Berkeley, you urged students to “do the work.” You have…in spades, with passion! ● You served our class and the college: class President, Palaeopitus, Dartmouth Experimental College, IDC, Green Key, Casque and Gauntlet, college Trustee, Honorary Degree recipient, and Leading Voices Lecturer. ● Your government work included the U.S. Court of Appeals, Solicitor General’s office, and serving three Presidents (Secretary of Labor for one) and a President-elect. ● Teaching at Harvard University's Kennedy School, Brandeis University’s Heller School, and UC Berkeley's Goldman School (plus an undergraduate course, Wealth and Poverty), you enlightened and inspired the next generation. ● Your 18 books, two plays, countless articles, national media appearances (and honors), two documentaries, Common Cause leadership, and co-founding The American Prospect, the Economic Policy Institute, and Inequality Media reflect your passion. ● Using facts, history, humor, and candor, you’ve reached millions through your Substack missives and cartoons; Inequality Media’s engaging multi-media communications; and support of other progressive organizations. ● Your efforts have informed students and the public about what’s needed for the common good – battling bullies and promoting equality, freedom, social justice, civility, patriotism, democracy, and the rule of law. ● For all you’ve done to make our college and our country better, your classmates are proud to present you with the Class of 1968 Give A Rouse Award.
Arnie – You matriculated with the Class of 1968, but left college to work on an Israeli kibbutz, pushing your graduation to 1969. You’re proudly linked to both Classes. ● You went from Dartmouth to a Navy ship in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta, part of Operation Game Warden, keeping the rivers free of Viet Cong. You served with Naval Intelligence in Europe before beginning rabbinical school. ● You returned to the Navy as a chaplain for 25 years, present in Beirut, Lebanon, October 23, 1983, during the terrorist truck bomb attack that took 241 American lives, ministering to the wounded and dying. Your report, written at White House request, was read by President Ronald Reagan as a keynote speech. ● You studied, taught, and served as frequent guest speaker at the Naval War College, helping to create its annual Ethics and Leadership conference. ● You worked to create the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, delivering the closing prayer at its dedication. ● You were Command Chaplain for US European Command, the “top chaplain” for American forces in 83 countries, 13 million square miles. ● After retirement, you were National Director of Interreligious Affairs for the American Jewish Committee, and Special Assistant for Values and Vision to the Secretary and Chief-of-Staff of the USAF. You were designated “trailblazer” and first rabbi Guest of Honor at the Marine Barracks parade. You delivered more prayers in congress than any rabbi in history. ● For an extraordinary career of service to our country, your classmates present you with the Class of 1968 Give A Rouse Award.
John – After Dartmouth, Harvard Law School, a judicial clerkship, a stint in private practice, and a long career as a corporate lawyer, you took a passionate interest in how businesses impact society. ● In 2005, you seized the opportunity to represent National Grid in the Business Leaders Initiative on Human Rights. You worked with a dozen global companies from different industries to build a soapbox and a toolbox to enable and encourage businesses to respect human rights. ● In 2008, you became a Senior Fellow at the John F. Kennedy School’s Center for Business and Government at Harvard. There, you helped shape, draft, and implement the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, which the UN Human Rights Council unanimously endorsed in 2011. The Guiding Principles are reflected or incorporated in laws, multi-stakeholder norms, the practices and policies of leading companies, the decision making of investors, and the advocacy of civil society. ● In 2011, you helped to launch Shift, a non-profit that became the leading global center of expertise on implementation of the Guiding Principles. You served as its General Counsel and Senior Advisor for 12 years. You have advised multinational companies, major law firms, and bar associations on how they can respect human rights. ● You have written and lectured all over the world and are internationally recognized as an expert in the field. ● For these achievements, your classmates are honored to present to you the Class of 1968 Give a Rouse Award.