Thursday, June 07, 2007

Building For The Future

Big Green Sports News has an update on seven gifts of between $500,000 and $1 million to Dartmouth athletics during the 2006-07 school year. Among those that will most directly impact the football program:
  • College Football Hall of Famer Murry Bowden '71, with wife Polly has given $1 million to name the lounge in Floren Varsity House after Jake Crouthamel, his former coach.
  • Kerry and Bill Holekamp '71 have made a $1 million naming gift to the strength and conditioning head coaching position as part of the Dartmouth Athletic Endowments program.
  • An anonymous donor has contributed $500,000 to name the study lounge in Floren after former Athletic Director Seaver Peters '54.
  • John Engleman '68, alumni coordinator of the Athletic Sponsor Program, has "increased his overall Campaign commitment to athletics to more than $600,000 to support both the athletic endowment and facilities — in this instance, the Floren Varsity House," as quoted in the Big Green Sports News.
The construction of Floren Varsity House was enabled, of course, by the lead gift of Olivia and Doug Floren ’63. The building will be formally dedicated on Nov. 17.

With Trent Green headed to the Miami Dolphins, the Gainesville Sun takes a look back at the records of the NFL team's starting quarterbacks since Dan Marino. Dartmouth alum Jay Fiedler comes out smelling like a rose. Jay went 21-10 during the 2000 and 2001 seasons and 36-23 between 2000 and 2004.

Being a Mac guy, I've got a number of "widgets" that show up on my computer desktop to help with all kinds of little tasks. One is a countdown timer that is set for the season-opening football game against Colgate. When I woke the computer up this morning it had a big 100 on it meaning there are 100 days remaining until the Sept. 15, 2007 opener against Colgate.

A "teaser" on the front page of today's Harvard Crimson:
ATHLETES OF THE YEAR: This year, Grigg and Suchde claimed their rightful places at the top of the collegiate squash world.
The feeling here is that national perceptions of the Ivy League -- and Harvard -- couldn't be more perfectly synopsized.

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