Robert Oelman '31, former chairman of Ford Motor's finance committee and chief executive of the technology company NCR Corporation, died at the age of 97 in Delray Beach, Fla., last Thursday, according to an obituary in Wednesday's New York Times. Born in Dayton, Ohio, in 1909, Oelman graduated from Dartmouth and then attended the University of Vienna, where he met his future wife, Mary Coolidge. In 1968, Oelman helped to found Wright State University in Dayton. That same year, he was asked by Nelson Rockefeller to be the Ohio Republican chairman for Rockefeller's unsuccessful presidential campaigns in 1968 and 1972. In addition to being a Dartmouth trustee, Oelman was chairman of the Wright State trustees as well as a trustee of the University of Dayton. He is survived by his wife, three children, nine grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren.
All Democratic presidential candidates will appear on campus September 26 for a debate officially sanctioned by the Democratic National Convention. NBC news had already secured Hanover as the location for two sets of debates this fall for both the Democratic and Republican parties, but the DNC's co-sponsorship means that all Democratic candidates will take part in the Democratic debates, rather than a select few. The DNC, in partnership with six states, announced its schedule of debates and their media sponsors on Wednesday. The schedule calls for six DNC-sanctioned debates, one each to be held in Charleston, SC; Des Moines, IA; Hanover, NH; Philadelphia, PA; Las Vegas, NV; and Los Angeles, CA between July 23 and December 10. According to the DNC press release, NBC/MSNBC will still broadcast the Hanover debate.
Palaeopitus Senior Society announced its 2007-2008 delegation. The new Class of 2008 Palaeopitus members are Hillary Abe, Zack Chestnut, Jeffrey K. Coleman, Sara del Nido, Meghan Feely, Travis Green, Tien Ha-Ngoc, Elise Krieger, Zainep Mahmoud, Lena Martinez-Watts. Brian McMillan, Elizabeth Mendoza, Latif Nasser, Tess Reeder, Leslie Shribman, Michael Simoni, Erika Sogge, Phil Salinger, Ian Tapu and Owen Zidar. Del Nido, Nasser and Salinger are members of The Dartmouth staff.
