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The Dartmouth
December 25, 2025 | Latest Issue
The Dartmouth
Todd Zywicki
The Setonian
Opinion

Honoring the 1891 Agreement

Since 1891, Dartmouth's alumni have elected half of the Board of Trustees, a right memorialized in several Board resolutions adopted at the time and traditionally referred to as the "1891 Agreement." In recent communications to alumni, however, Chairman of the Board Ed Haldeman questioned the validity of this longstanding agreement.

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