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Political Donations in the 2008 Election Cycle by the Powers that Be at Dartmouth
I thought this would be interesting:
Jim Yong Kim, President of the College: $3,000 to Barack Obama and the Obama Victory Fund; $5,000 to America Works Political Action Committee, a Democratic PAC
Ed Haldeman, Chairman of the Board of Trustees: $5,000 to the Investment Company Institute Political Action Committee, a non-partisan PAC
Al Mulley, Chairman of the Presidential Search Committee: $500 to Barack Obama
TJ Rodgers, first “petition trustee” to be elected to the Board: $2,300 to Dana Rohrabacher, a Republican congressman representing Orange County, California
Barry Scherr, Provost: none on record
Carol Folt, Dean of the Faculty: none on record
Sylvia Spears, Acting Dean of the College: none on record
David Spalding, Vice President for Alumni Affiars: $500 to John Sununu, the former Republican Senator from New Hampshire defeated by Jeanne Shaheen
Diana Pearson, Vice President for Communications: none on record
John Mathias, President of the Association of Alumni: $16,600 to Barack Obama and the Obama Victory Fund; $10,000 to the Democratic National Committee; $2,300 to Rudy Giuliani; $1,000 to Hilary Clinton; $1,000 to John McCain; $1,000 to Arlen Specter, the Republican-turned-Democratic Senator from Pennsylvania
Janine Avner, President of the Alumni Council: none on record
Source: the Federal Election Commission.
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