1968 Class Projects
History Professor Ed Miller, a historian of the Vietnam war, has been building a digital archive of personal testimonies about the Vietnam war era. Prof. Miller trains Dartmouth undergraduates to interview alumni, faculty and other members of the Dartmouth community about their experiences. At the May, 2019 meeting, the Class Committee unanimously voted to commit $10,000 to support the Dartmouth Vietnam Project. The Fall 2019 newsletter explained more about the project.
Read an overview of the project on the History Department webpage. You can now listen to most of the interviews; see The Dartmouth Vietnam Project Home Page. There are several other related webpages that describe the project, list the interviewers and present a photo gallery.
The idea for the class 50th Reunion project was first suggested in 2008 at our 40th reunion, appropriately, on the lawn behind the Moosilauke Lodge. Our original goal was to provide an endowment that would fully fund the Freshman Trips. In consultation with Dan Nelson, then Director of Outdoor Programs, we focused on endowing Trips in a way that would make it possible for all incoming first year students to participate regardless of financial means. At the time of our 50th reunion the endowment reached $1.8 million, just short of our $2 million goal. You can still contribute to the endowment either through a gift to the College designating the Class of 1968 First Year Trips Fund as the recipient of the gift or you can continue to contribute on the class dues form.
Welcome to Dartmouth Entrepreneurship
DEN supports students, staff, faculty and alumni in moving ideas into new ventures.
The Class of '68 has actively supported the Dartmouth Entrepreneurial Network (DEN) with annual contributions of $5000 over several years. Our support has had a significant impact as described below and the Class Committee has decided to put further contributions to the DEN on hold while we fund other worthy projects; see above.
Learn more about the Office of Entrepreneurship and Technology Transfer (OETT) and the Dartmouth Entrepreneurial Network (now the Magnuson Center for Entrepreneurship) on the College website. This Power Point presentation features two previous projects funded by the Class of 1968.
The most recent project we've helped to fund involves Entrepreneurship, Engineering and Art as conceived by Eric Van Hove.