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January 21, 2004

Chemistry and a Career in Law

Chemistry students and alumni: consider opportunities in patent law, advised Patent Attorney Bruce J. Chasan, (Dartmouth '67). Bruce writes about "Career Opportunities for Chemistry Graduates" in the Newsletter of the University of Oregon Chemistry Department. Bruce is a patent attorney with Caesar, Rivise, Bernstein, Cohen & Pokotilow, Ltd. in Philadephia. He has a Masters in biochemistry from the University of Oregon and a J.D. from Boston College Law School. He is a member of the DLA.

His article is in Portable Document Format (PDF), online at page 26 of the newsletter at: darkwing.uoregon.edu/~chem/news04.pdf

Doug Simpson '70
Webster

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January 17, 2004

New Guidelines on College Support of "Affiliated Alumni Groups"

[In January, 2004, DLA President Al Moncure ’69 received from the Office of Alumni Relations the following guideline for the College’s definition and support of Affiliated Alumni Groups. The DLA publishes it for your review and comment. To add your views, scroll down to the end of the full ("continue reading") message and type your own remarks.]

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(September 30, 2003)

Affiliated Alumni Groups

Definition

Any group of 100 or more Dartmouth alumni who share a common bond based on self-identified information that they are members of a group of historically marginalized alumni (i.e., Black alumni, Native American alumni, Asian and Pacific alumni, Latino alumni and Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender alumni, etc.) and who desire to affiliate with each other as a sub-group of the Association of Alumni.

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Rationale

To strengthen and improve the connections between Dartmouth College and her historically marginalized alumni.

To provide additional opportunities for historically marginalized alumni to connect with each other.

To identify and promote alumni leadership from historically marginalized alumni.

To increase alumni participation in College sponsored events.

To increase alumni participation in philanthropy to Dartmouth College.

To increase opportunities for alumni to mentor historically marginalized undergraduate students.

To engage the resources the historically marginalized alumni bring to the Dartmouth community.

To recruit students from historically marginalized groups to apply to Dartmouth.

Oversight

The Vice President for Alumni Relations shall establish an Advisory Committee on Alumni Diversity to include:

Deputy Director of Alumni Relations, chair of committee

Director of Alumni Relations

Assistant Director of Alumni Diversity (Alumni Relations)

Dean of the College Office (representative)

Dean of Student Life (representative)

Office of Institutional Diversity and Equity (representative)

Dean of Admissions (representative)

Dartmouth College Fund (representative)

The Advisory Committee is charged with reviewing the Affiliated Alumni Groups annually and making recommendations to the Vice President. The committee’s responsibilities shall include:

Review applications from new groups requesting Affiliated Alumni Group status and inform Vice President when requirements are met.

Review of the annual report from each recognized Affiliated Alumni Group to establish that it is fulfilling its mission and operating within the prescribed Alumni Relations guidelines and/or policies.

Recommend (with just cause) that the Vice President of Alumni Relations derecognize any established Affiliated Alumni Group that is not fulfilling its mission or operating within the prescribed Alumni Relations guidelines and/or policies.

Initial Requirements for Recognition as an Affiliated Alumni Group

Membership potential shall be large enough to sustain leadership and programs—eligible alumni base shall be no less than 100.

Provide list of names, classes and current addresses of all alumni eligible for affiliation.

Present an initial list of officers who have agreed to two-year commitment to ensure continuity during development.

Write a mission statement and bylaws and have these ratified by membership.

Appoint an officer to work as liaison with Assistant Director of Alumni Diversity.

Assistant Director of Alumni Diversity and the executive or steering committee of the Affiliated Alumni Group will have a minimum of four conference calls and/or meetings per year set up by the Alumni Relations Office.

Plan and execute a kick-off event for the group.

A two-year probation period is required during which each group must prove its viability. An annual report must be submitted for two consecutive years including: membership roster, summary of activities for the past year, a strategic plan of action for the coming year, a business plan and a financial report.

Affiliated Alumni Group must maintain or increase membership during the two-year probationary period.

At the end of the two-year probationary period, official recognition will be granted at the discretion of the Vice President of Alumni Relations when all requirements have been met.

Requirements for Ongoing Officially Recognized Affiliated Alumni Groups

Affiliated Alumni Groups must be independent and self-sustaining organizations. Limited financial and administrative support will be provided by the Alumni Relations Office as described below.

Establish a dues structure and set up internal organizational structure to manage the collection of dues.

Carry out a membership drive and provide Alumni Relations Office with an annual membership list.

Hold an annual meeting.

Plan a minimum of one event per year.

Establish a website adhering to the web policies of Dartmouth College.

Write and prepare camera-ready copy for a minimum of one newsletter per year.

Apply for 501c3 status and file annual tax statement.

Support for Affiliated Alumni Groups from the Alumni Relations Office

In conjunction with the diversity initiatives established by Dartmouth College, support for Affiliated Alumni Groups will be provided as follows:

Development of codes in the alumni data base to identify membership.

Provide data base to produce mailing labels for all mailings.

Budget to underwrite cost of one newsletter per year.

Alumni Relations staff assistance:
.....1. Help Affiliated Alumni Group obtain individual 501c3 organizational status and lend support for annual tax filing.
.....2. Set up conference calls or make arrangements for regular meetings of the executive committee. Alumni Relations staff will participate in these calls and/or meetings.
.....3. Reserve all locations for on campus events, help with logistics, menus, etc. and provide administrative support during events.
.....4. Offer the opportunity to purchase liability insurance and/or crime insurance at a pro-rated cost through the Alumni Association group policy.
.....5. Make arrangements for printing of newsletters, invitations and dues solicitations.
.....6. Offer the opportunity to establish a listserv for each Affiliated Alumni Group with the understanding that it will be maintained by the Affiliated Alumni Group.

Each Affiliated Alumni Group will design and maintain its own web site adhering to the web policies of Dartmouth College. The site will be hosted on the Alumni Relations server and located on the Affiliated Alumni Groups page.

Under special circumstances, funding for one-time events or outreach programs may be available upon request from the Alumni Relations Office.

Alumni Relations staff will work with these Affiliated Groups to guide them through the process of applying to the Executive Committee of the Alumni Council for representation on the Alumni Council. Vice President of Alumni Relations will verify for Alumni Council that the Affiliated Group has the officially recognized status to apply for representation.

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Doug Simpson '70
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January 10, 2004

Remembering Jerry Palm '64

During his 60 years, Jerry Palm (above, in eye patch) enjoyed academic, professional and community success. He made the DLA's annual SKI/CLE weekend a special Father-Daughter event for himself and Kimberly (above, on left). His obituary from the August edition of Hearsay follows below. He will be greatly missed.

If you knew Jerry, please post a memorial comment in reply to this message. If you have additional photos of Jerry, please let me know so that we can make them available on this site.

Vox clams,

Doug Simpson '70, DLA "Webster" (more ...)

DLA member Gerald Albert Palm, '64 passed away from cancer at his home Sunday, June 22, 2003 at age 60. Jerry was born November 4, 1942 in Seattle, Washington. He is survived by his loving wife Nancy, son Jason, daughter Kimberly of Mercer Island, Washington and numerous sister-in-laws, brother-in-laws, nieces and nephews.

Jerry graduated with highest honors from Ballard High School in 1960. In 1964, he earned an Economics degree from Dartmouth graduating Magna Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa. He received his law degree in 1967 from Harvard Law School. Jerry specialized in litigation and in his 36 year career, tried over 130 cases. Jerry was a member of The King County and Washington State Bar Association, The Defense Research Institute, The Dartmouth Lawyers Association, The Washington Defense Trial Lawyers Association, The Federal Bar Association of Western Washington and The American Board of Trial Advocates.

He was very generous with his time and served as past presidents of numerous organizations: Mercer Island Kiwanis Club, The American Board of Trial Advocates, The Mercerwood Shore Club and The Mercer Island Country Club. He was a member of The Swedish American Chamber of Commerce and The Washington Athletic Club. He served as a Deacon of Youth for two terms at Mercer Island Covenant Church. Jerry took part in a Saturday morning Men’s Bible Study and a Thursday evening Couples Bible Study. He enjoyed tennis, water and snow skiing, jogging, basketball, scuba diving, boating in San Juan Island and vacationing on Maui.

A special Father/Daughter time with Kimberly was their annual snow skiing trip to the DLA Mid-Winter CLE and SKI Meeting. Father/Son time with Jason was their annual fishing trip to Alaska or British Columbia.

Jerry was an extrovert with a great sense of humor and it was said that he knew no strangers. He will be greatly missed by this family and many friends.

Remembrances can be made to: The American Cancer Society, 728-134th St., Suite 101, Everett. WA. 98204; Mercer Island Covenant Church Youth Ministries Fund, 3200-78th Ave. S.E., Mercer Island, WA. 98040; or Westminster Foundation, 13646 N.E. 24th St., Bellevue, WA. 98005.

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January 01, 2004

DLA 2003 in Review

Happy New Year! New and continued services and events benefitted Dartmouth lawyers during 2003. The "hot text" links below include snapshots and links to more information. (more ... )

A Careers Panel in Hanover on January 17 drew a crowd of undergraduates to the Hopkins Center to hear a panel of Dartmouth Lawyers moderated by Lanny Kurzweil '75, plus a demonstration session of the Dartmouth Mock Trial Society judged by Liz York '94, and Jim Morse '62, currently an Associate Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court.

Park City, Utah was the scene of the Winter Ski and CLE on February 12-14, organized by Chris Toll '81.

The Annual Meeting was held in October 2004, an experimental shift from the traditional August meeting. Hanover was beautiful in the fall foliage, and Dan Winters '91 put together an excellent CLE program. At the Gala Banquet, President Wright's address on the "Four Freedoms of Higher Education" reviewed the history of the law of academic freedom from the Dartmouth College Case to the 2003 decisions of Grutter v. Bollinger and Gratz v. Bollinger, concerning admissions procedures at the Univ. of Michigan.

In time for Halloween, DLA added this weblog to its site, and invites members and friends to comment on postings or volunteer to be a regular author of spot news about members and the association. If you are interested, contact me: my contact info is in the Online Member Directory.

A November 5 luncheon honored Steven R. Volk '57, Chairman of Credit Suisse First Boston, at the Yale Club in New York. Funds raised by the luncheon support legal studies programs at Dartmouth.

Also in November, in recognition of hundreds of hours of volunteer service to DLA in organizing its winter Ski and CLE meetings, the Board of Directors elected Christopher Toll '81 to be the next President of the Dartmouth Lawyers Association. Chris will succeed Al Moncure '69 when Al's two-year term ends with the annual meeting in the fall of 2004.

Online Member Survey -- To allow DLA members to express views on past and future association activities and services, the College allowed DLA to use its online survey account with SurveyMonkey.com. The cumulative data for the ongoing survey is available to any member who takes the 10 minutes to complete it online.

The continued addition of online information and services led to continued growth in the number of visits to the DLA.org website, as shown in this Usage Graphic the last twelve months.

DLA.org Usage Stats for 2003
(Graphic is hard to read because it is slightly compressed ... click on "Usage Graphic" above for full size image)

Add your own remarks and to this and other postings in the DLA Weblog as we go forward into another great year in 2004. Just scroll down and fill in the Comments entry spaces below.

Happy New Year!

Vox clams,

Doug Simpson
DLA "Webster"

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