Dr. Stuart C. Lord will assume the position of the Dean of Tucker Foundation and Associate Provost of the College starting this August.
Lord, who will replace Acting Dean of the Tucker Foundations Robert Binswanger, is currently the executive director of the Grover Hartman Center for Civic Education and Leadership and associate dean at DePauw University.
Although Binswanger was not personally involved in the search, he said he has met Lord on a couple of occasions and described him as "very innovative" and "an active leader."
"He will bring new ideas and new enthusiasm to the foundation," Binswanger said of Lord. "I think this is a good appointment, good for Tucker and good for the College."
As dean of the foundation, Lord will supervise programs in religious life and counseling and will also oversee local, national and international volunteer projects and internships.
Lord was also the executive director of the Presidents' Summit for America's future in 1996-97, a national volunteer initiative targeted at improving the quality of life for young people. Lord was also involved in the establishment and expansion of the Hartman Center at DePauw University.
He was also instrumental in the creation of the Bonner Scholars Program at the University, a subsidiary of the national Bonner Scholars Program at Princeton, New Jersey -- which helps provide scholarship funds annually to students who wish to participate in community service programs.
College President James Wright said that Lord deeply cares about the moral and spiritual development of young people and will infuse the Tucker Foundation with energy and vision.
"Stuart Lord comes to Dartmouth at an important time in the life of this community as we continue to implement the Student Life Initiative," Wright wrote in a press release announcing the appointment.
Binswanger said he had an extremely interesting time heading the foundation and was particularly impressed by the students.
He said that he would like to resume teaching classes on Public Policy next year for the Rockefeller Center.
Binswanger was asked to head the Tucker Foundation, after former dean Scott Brown, unexpectedly announced in January last year that he was stepping down as dean at the end of the academic year -- citing two book projects as the main reason for his resignation.
Brown's resignation came soon after he presided over a month-long controversy regarding the Campus Crusade for Christ's distribution of the C.S. Lewis book "Mere Christianity" to all members of the Class of 2002.
Initially Brown had stopped the CCC from mailing the books to freshman Hinman boxes after some students voiced concerns, but later went ahead to reverse his suspension -- allowing the mailing to go through.
