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The students who arrived on campus this fall were met with a host of new
facilities, including six new residence halls, the MacLean Engineering
Sciences Center, and Kemeny Hall and the Haldeman
Center, connected buildings which will house the mathematics department and
the College's interdisciplinary centers. On September 19 a dedication ceremony
was held for the residence clusters. President James Wright
spoke at the event and Trustee Nancy Kepes
Jeton '76 accepted the buildings on behalf of the Board of Trustees. Dean
of the College Dan Nelson '76
presided.
MacLean Engineering Sciences Center
Kemeny Hall/Haldeman Center (Photos by Joseph Mehling '69
Upcoming dedication ceremonies are as follows:
The MacLean Engineering Sciences Center, a large addition to
Cummings Hall at the Thayer School
of Engineering, will provide additional student project design labs with
surrounding support facilities, new classrooms and conferences rooms,
additional faculty offices, and more laboratory research space. The center is
named for Barry MacLean '60, Th'61 and his wife, Mary Ann. On Friday, September
29, the College will celebrate its opening with keynote addresses by Associate
Professor of Engineering Tillman
Gerngross and Professor of Engineering, Emeritus, Charles Hutchison,
cofounders of the biotechnology firm GlycoFi, Inc., at 1:30 p.m. in Collis
Common Ground. Their remarks will be followed by an on-site dedication ceremony
scheduled for 3 p.m., a reception, and tours of the facility.
The autumn's final facilities dedications will take place on Friday,
November 3, and Saturday, November 4, when the College celebrates the opening
of the Kemeny Hall/Haldeman Center building, located on North
Main Street. Kemeny Hall will house the mathematics department and honor former
president John Kemeny, who built the department into a national model,
coauthored the BASIC computer language, and presided over Dartmouth's
transition to coeducation. The dedication ceremony is scheduled for November 3
at 4 p.m. in Novak Café with a reception and tours of Kemeny Hall to
follow.
The Haldeman Center will house the John Sloan Dickey Center for
International Understanding, the Fannie and Alan Leslie Center
for the Humanities, and the Ethics Institute,
thereby enhancing opportunities among the centers for interdisciplinary
initiatives. The building will also provide conference space for departments
and programs throughout the College. An open house will be held at 11 a.m. on
November 4, followed by a dedication ceremony at noon in Haldeman.
By GENEVIEVE HAAS
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