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Works of art honoring significant figures at Dartmouth were unveiled on
campus in 2006. A bronze bust and three oil-on-canvas portraits pay tribute to
a librarian, a special assistant to four presidents, a former U.S. surgeon
general, and a former president.
By STEVEN J. SMITH
Dean of Dartmouth Medical School admires the portrait of C. Everett Koop '37
during Koop's 90th birthday party, held Nov. 2 at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical
Center. By American artist Mark Heid, the portrait will hang in the C. Everett
Koop Medical Science Complex, a new Dartmouth Medical School research facility
scheduled for completion in 2009. The portrait was commissioned by Dartmouth
Medical School.
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This bust of David T. McLaughlin, president of Dartmouth from 1981 to 1987,
was unveiled on Sept. 19 following the dedication of the McLaughin Residential
Cluster. A gift of the Class of 1954, it was created by American artist George
Lundeed and is located in Goldstein Hall in the front of Occom Commons.
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This portrait of the late Margaret Otto, 16th librarian of the College, was
commissioned by the Board of Trustees and unveiled on Aug. 24 at the entrance
to Baker Library's Tower Room. Otto passed away on Dec. 10, 2006. The portrait
is by American artist Ronald Norman Sherr.
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Lucretia Martin was special assistant to Dartmouth Presidents John G. Kemeny,
David T. McLaughlin, James O. Freedman, and James Wright, and she later served
as director of development. Her portrait, commissioned by the Board of Trustees
and painted by American artist Everett Raymond Kinstler, was unveiled in Kemeny
Hall following the building's dedication on Nov. 3. (Photos by Sarah
Memmi)
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