2007 Baccalaureate
The 2007 Baccalaureate service will be held Saturday, June 9 at 3pm in
Rollins Chapel. Overflow seating and a closed circuit TV broadcast will be
available in 105 Dartmouth Hall. The speaker will be Fred Berthold, the first
Dean of the Tucker Foundation and teacher emeritus of Dartmouth.
Rev. Dr. Fred Berthold Jr.
The Rev. Dr. Fred Berthold Jr. is Preston Kelsey Professor of Religion,
Emeritus, and served as first Dean of the William Jewett Tucker Foundation at
Dartmouth.
After receiving an A.B. in psychology from Dartmouth in 1944, Berthold
continued on to earn a Master of Divinity degree from the Chicago Theological
Seminary in 1947 and a Ph.D. in religion from the University of Chicago in
1954.
Berthold joined the Dartmouth faculty in 1949 as an instructor in
philosophy. He moved to the religion department in 1950, subsequently chairing
that department from 1951 to 1958 and again from 1960 to 1967. His religion
department classes covered such subjects as "Kierkegaard and Religious
Existentialism," "The Christian Tradition," and "Luther and
the Protestant Reformation." In addition to his work in the religion
department, Berthold served as associate dean of the faculty for the humanities
from 1975 through 1980.
Instrumental in the founding of the Tucker Foundation, Berthold served as
its first dean from 1957 to 1962.
A specialist in philosophy of religion and modern religious thought,
Berthold's areas of interest include theodicy (the problem of evil), religion
and science, and modern existentialism (from Kierkegaard onward). Among his
books are God, Evil, and Human Learning, which revises the traditional free
will defense regarding the existence of evil in the world of a loving God, and
The Fear of God, which examines issues in the relationship between psychology
and religion. Berthold currently is working on another book that analyzes the
relations between the religious right and secular humanistic believers in
modern science.
Ordained by the United Church of Christ in 1949, Berthold has preached often
in local and regional churches. He has been married for 61 years to Laura
Berthold, M.Div., and takes great pride in his four children, all of whom, he
writes, "reach out to help people in need."
Overview
The Baccalaureate service seems to have originated in a 1432 Oxford
University statute, which required each bachelor to deliver a sermon in Latin
as part of his academic exercise. Because the earliest universities in this
country were founded primarily to educate ministers, the British practice of a
Baccalaureate Service was continued.
At Dartmouth, it was an integral part of Senior Week until Commencement
itself was moved from Wednesday, when it had historically occurred, to Sunday,
at which time it absorbed the Baccalaureate. This change occurred in 1939 to
conform to weekend customs of the outside world.
Today, the Baccalaureate service is an multi-faith occasion of thanksgiving
and celebration for the completion of the undergraduate and graduate careers.
The service is intended to incorporate a variety of traditions, languages, and
perspectives.
Campus ministers and advisors representing many of the religious traditions
and student religious organizations at Dartmouth join the selected speakers on
the dais. Also on the dais are representatives from the Dean of the Faculty and
the Dean of the College offices.
2006 Baccalaureate
Saturday, June 10
3pm
Rollins Chapel, with overflow seating in 105 Dartmouth Hall
The 2006 Baccalaureate speaker will be Robert K. Goodwin, President and
Chief Executive Officer of the Points of Light Foundation.
Robert K. Goodwin
The Reverend Robert K. Goodwin is president and chief executive officer of
the Points of Light Foundation, an organization that, together with the
Volunteer Center National Network, mobilizes millions of people in volunteer
service designed to help solve serious social problems in communities
throughout the nation. Goodwin has headed the Points of Light Foundation since
1995.
In 1997, Goodwin was instrumental in the development of the Presidents’
Summit for America’s Future, which celebrated a commitment to improve the
quality of life for this nation’s youth. He also created Connect America, a
collaborative effort led by the Foundation and a diverse group of national and
local organizations—nonprofits, civic associations, local governments,
businesses, labor unions, fraternal organizations, news media, an others—to
engage every American in helping to solve serious social and community problems
through volunteering.
Prior to joining the Foundation in 1992 as its executive vice president and
chief operating officer, Goodwin served as executive director of the U.S.
Department of Education’s White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges
and Universities. In this role, Goodwin brought together representatives from
the federal government, historically black colleges and universities, other
colleges and universities, and the private sector to formulate and implement
strategies for strengthening the nation’s black institutions of higher
education.
Goodwin also has served as assistant deputy chancellor for external affairs
for Texas A&M University, as associate vice president for university
relations at Prairie View A&M University, and as publisher of his
family-owned weekly newspaper, the Tulsa Oklahoma Eagle.
After graduating from Oral Roberts University in 1970, Goodwin received his
M.A. in philosophy (Christian ethics) from the the San Francisco Theological
Seminary. He has completed course work for an M.A. in Social Psychology at The
University of Tulsa and has engaged in further graduate study at Texas A&M
University. While a student, Goodwin served as associate pastor at several
churches in Oklahoma and California.
Goodwin serves on the boards of the Interdenominational Theological Center,
National Assembly, National and Community Service Coalition, National Urban
Fellows, Inc., Salvation Army, Youth for Understanding, and Generations
United.
In 2001 Goodwin received the Award for Excellence in National Executive
Leadership from the National Assembly of Health and Human Services
Organizations. For eight years in a row, he has been named by the NonProfit
Times as one of the fifty most influential people in the nonprofit sector.
Among other distinctions, he has received honorary doctorates from LeMoyne-Owen
College, Ripon College, the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, and the
University of Notre Dame.
Goodwin and his wife, Ruth, reside in Fairfax, VA.
2005 Baccalaureate
The 2005 Baccalaureate speaker was the Honorable Andrew Young.
Ambassador Andrew Young
President, National Council of Churches, 2000-2001
Chairman, Goodworks International, Atlanta, Ga.
Ambassador Andrew Young is chairman of Goodworks International, a specialty
consulting group based in Atlanta, Georgia, that provides strategic services to
corporations and governments operating in the global economy. He serves as a
member of the boards of directors of numerous organizations and businesses
including Delta Airlines, Argus, Host Marriott Corporation, Archer Daniels
Midland, Cox Communications, and Thomas Nelson Publishers.
Now the National Council of Churches' Immediate Past President, Ambassador
Young served as NCC President -- a part-time, non-salaried leadership post --
in 2000-2001. His NCC presidency brought him full circle, as he had
served as associate director of the Department of Youth Work of the NCC’s
Division of Christian Education from 1957-61.
Ambassador Andrew Young is an ordained minister in the United Church of
Christ. He has published two books, A Way Out of No Way, Thomas
Nelson, and An Easy Burden, Harper Collins. His awards include the
Presidential Medal of Freedom and many honorary degrees. He served three terms
in the US Congress from the 5th district of Georgia. In 1977, President Jimmy
Carter named him Ambassador to the United Nations. He served two terms as Mayor
of Atlanta and was Co-Chairman of the Centennial Olympic Games in 1996.
Ambassador Young was a top aide to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. during the
civil rights movement, was involved in its inception, and served as
Vice-President of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. He presently
serves on the Board of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Non-Violent
Social Change.
2004 Baccalaureate
 The
Baccalaureate speaker for 2004 was Diana L. Eck, a professor of Comparative
Religion and Indian Studies at Harvard Divinity School. The sermon, which was
delivered at Rollins Chapel, is now available online in Microsoft Word
format.
The following are Word documents.
Dartmouth College Baccalaureate
2003. Fanaticism, Faith and a Third Way. by Fleming Rutledge
Baccalaureate Prayer by Paul
Feeney, Orthodox Campus Minister
What does life amount to? Richard R.
Crocker, Ph.D., College Chaplain
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