College administrators and students have begun planning a memorial to the 11 members of the Dartmouth community -- including eight College alumni -- killed in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
While no specific plan has yet been agreed on, three different possibilities are being considered, said College General Counsel Robert Donin, who chairs the 12-member working group.
"The working group has been talking about a number of things, including an educational activity such as a memorial lecture, a physical memorial of some kind and also a social service program or programs," Donin said.
It is "quite possible" that more than one of the ideas will be implemented, committee member and director of Public Affairs Laurel Stavis added.
"This is a working group convened in the wake of the September 11 attacks to discuss a range of options that the college might use to respond," Stavis said. "This really is a conversation and an ongoing discussion."
"It's kind of our obligation to try to make sense of major historical events at an education institution," Stavis said.
The working group expects to make an announcement by the end of Spring term, Donin said. Stavis said she was unsure of how the announcement would be presented since the committee has yet to decide if it will make a recommendation.
The memorial, in whatever form it takes, will "be in memory of all those who lost their lives on September 11 but especially the 11 Dartmouth alumni and affiliates who died," Donin said.
Donin said that the organizers have contacted Michael Mastanduno, head of the Dickey Center, about the possibility of "a lecture by a distinguished speaker in the field of international relations."
Though the working group has yet to begin a formal fundraising campaign, "we recognize that some individuals or groups may be doing that," Donin said.
For example, Donin said that he knows of at least one case where the family and friends of an alumnus killed on Sept. 11 created a scholarship fund.
Other members of the working group include Stephanie Long '04, Student Assembly officer for administration and faculty relations, Dean of the College James Larimore, Dean of the Tucker Foundation Stuart Lord, College Vice President and Treasurer Edwin Johnson and Rabbi Edward Boraz.
The September terrorist attacks took the lives of eight College graduates--Juan P. Cisneros '99, Christopher M. Colasanti '90, Kevin R. Crotty '80, Brian P. Dale '80 Tuck '81, Joseph Flounders '77, Jeffrey E. LeVeen '68, Frederick C. Rimmele III '97 and Richard H. Woodwell '79.
Tuck School graduates Thomas F. Theurkauf Jr. '81 and Kevin P. Connors '73 also died, as did Dr. Paul W. Ambrose, who served on the Dartmouth Medical School house staff from 1996 to 1999.
