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Kim presides over layoffs, cuts
By ANGIE YANG and EMILY FLETCHER | August 11, 2011Editor's Note: This is part two of a series chronicling College President Jim Yong Kim's first two years at Dartmouth. When College President Jim Yong Kim took office in July 2009, he faced the worst endowment performance in over 30 years, largely due to the economic crisis of 2008, Chief of Staff David Spalding said in an interview with The Dartmouth.