Recognition for Dartmouth faculty, staff and students
C.
Robertson McClung, professor of biological sciences and
associate dean of the faculty for the sciences, became president of
the American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB) following a year as
president-elect. McClung studies the genes responsible for circadian rhythms in
plants. The long-term goal of his research is to engineer hearty crops with
improved ability to thrive under diverse environmental conditions. The ASPB is
a professional organization with more than 5,000 members that is dedicated to
promoting plant science. McClung has worked with the ASPB for many years,
participating on many committees.
Roberta Moore, director of Alumni Continuing
Education and Travel, has been appointed to the Advisory Council
for the Educational Travel Community (ETC), a community of practice that
provides education, training, and networking venues for the development of
organizations dedicated to lifelong learning through travel. Moore joined the
Office of Alumni Relations in September 2001 and recently spearheaded the
expansion and diversification of Alumni College, the Faculty Chalk Talk lecture
series (before home football games), and Dartmouth: On Location, which brings
Dartmouth faculty to alumni clubs around the country. As a member of the ETC
Advisory Council, Moore will help organize the only conference worldwide for
the advancement of experiential travel learning programs and professionals.
A profile of David Russ, Dartmouth’s chief investment
officer, is featured on the cover of the October issue of
Institutional Investor’s Alpha Magazine, a publication that covers the
hedge fund industry with regulatory developments, hedge fund profiles, trends,
and analysis. Russ has been at Dartmouth since 2005, following a position as
treasurer of the regents and vice president for investments for the University
of California system. In 2006 a new asset allocation policy for Dartmouth’s
endowment that positioned the portfolio to exploit emerging opportunities was
proposed by Russ and approved by the Board of Trustees.
Under his leadership, the return on Dartmouth’s endowment was 23.7 percent for
the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2007, including a 24.3 percent return on
the investment assets portion of the endowment, which represents about 97
percent of the total. The total value of the endowment increased from $3.09 to
$3.76 billion. Over the past two fiscal years the value of the entire endowment
has grown by $1.06 billion through a combination of solid investment
performance and the generosity of alumni and friends—the largest increase over
a two-year period in Dartmouth’s history.
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