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The Senate’s Dartmouth Caucus
Under the Constitution, each state gets two Senators, but if the voters are wise, Dartmouth College could have four senators come November. The Valley News notes that four alums will be running in the fall: Paul Hodes ‘72, D-N.H; Kirsten Gillibrand ‘88, D-N.Y.; Rob Portman ‘78, R-OH; and John Hoeven ‘79, R-N.D.
Having important friends would help President Kim get federal funding for his initial major project at the College: the nation’s first institute for health care delivery science. In a different story, the Valley News reports that:
Kim said he’s been on the phone talking up the project with members of Congress who are considering writing it into pending health care reform legislation.
I have to admit to being excited by Jim Kim’s vision here — not so much for its impact on the undergraduate side of things, though there will undoubtedly be numerous opportunities for students to get involved in the institute — but because our President is making a bet that the College can innovate in an important area. A former Dean of the Faculty used this phrase to describe John Kemeny’s initiatives in computing and other fields.
Dartmouth can’t be great at everything it does, but we should have the ambition to be leaders where we have special abilities.
Note: I am reminded of another Senator with links to the College.
Addendum: A concerned reader writes to inform us that R. J. “Rock” Hadley ‘91 is likely to be the Democratic nominee in GA. Given the number of politicians that the College is producing, we might all be concerned.
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