David T. McLaughlin
{{Short description|American academic administrator (1932–2004)}}
{{Primary sources|date=November 2023}}{{Infobox officeholder
| name = David T. McLaughlin
| image =
| order = 14th
| title = President of Dartmouth College
| term_start = 1981
| term_end = 1987
| predecessor = John George Kemeny
| successor = James O. Freedman
| birth_date = {{birth date|1932|3|16}}
| birth_place = Grand Rapids, Michigan
| death_date = {{death date and age|2004|8|25|1932|3|16}}
| death_place = Dillingham, Alaska
| education = Dartmouth College {{small|(AB)}}, {{small|(MBA)}}
}}
David Thomas McLaughlin (March 16, 1932 – August 25, 2004) was the 14th President of Dartmouth College, 1981–1987.{{cite web |url=https://president.dartmouth.edu/people/david-t-mclaughlin |title=David T. McLaughlin |date=2023-06-11 |orig-date=Original date 2020-06-01 |website=Dartmouth Office of the President |publisher=Trustees of Dartmouth College |access-date=2023-11-13 |archive-date=2023-11-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231113163404/https://president.dartmouth.edu/people/david-t-mclaughlin |url-status=bot: unknown }} McLaughlin also served as chief executive officer of Orion Safety Products from 1988 to December 31, 2000.{{Citation needed|date=November 2023}} He was chairman of the Aspen Institute from 1987 to 1988 and its president and chief executive officer from 1988 to 1997.{{cite web |url=http://www.dartmouth.edu/~news/releases/2004/08/26.html |title=In Memoriam: David T. McLaughlin, President Emeritus of Dartmouth College (1932-2004) |author=Dartmouth College Office of Public Affairs |date=2004-08-26 |website=Dartmouth News |publisher=Trustees of Dartmouth College |access-date=2019-07-19 |archive-date=2007-11-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071128100830/http://www.dartmouth.edu/~news/releases/2004/08/26.html |url-status=dead }} He served as chairman and chief executive officer of Toro Company from 1977 to 1981, after serving in various management positions at Toro Company since 1970. McLaughlin served as a director of CBS Corporation from 1979{{Citation needed|date=November 2023}} and as chairman in the late 1990s.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/27/business/david-mclaughlin-72-ex-president-of-dartmouth-dies.html |title=David McLaughlin, 72, Ex-President of Dartmouth, Dies |first=Douglas |last=Martin |date=2004-08-27 |work=New York Times |access-date=2023-11-13 |archive-date=2023-11-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231113172008/https://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/27/business/david-mclaughlin-72-ex-president-of-dartmouth-dies.html |url-status=bot: unknown }} He also served as a director of Infininity Broadcasting Corporation until the Infinity merger.{{Citation needed|date=November 2023}}
Education
McLaughlin earned his A.B. from Dartmouth College in 1954 and his M.B.A. from the Tuck School of Business in 1955. As a Dartmouth undergraduate, McLaughlin was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and various student organizations such as Green Key, Palaeopitus, Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and Casque and Gauntlet. He was voted as the student holding "the greatest promise" out of his undergraduate class.
Dartmouth presidency
McLaughlin joined the Dartmouth board of trustees in 1971 and became chairman in 1977. The trustees conducted a national search for the successor to then-president John Kemeny before deciding to elect their own chairman to the role in 1981.
McLaughlin's tenure as president saw growth in many areas of the college. Several new campus facilities were constructed, including the Rockefeller Center, Hood Museum, Berry Sports Center, and the Dartmouth Rowing Boathouse, along with improvements to classrooms and the Dartmouth Skiway. The John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding and the Institute for the Study of Applied and Professional Ethics were also established. Additionally, Dartmouth's professional schools—the Thayer School of Engineering, the Tuck School of Business, and the Dartmouth Medical School—grew and strengthened during this time.
Reflecting his business background, McLaughlin more than doubled Dartmouth's endowment, which reached a new high of $521 million. He increased faculty salaries by 43 percent over a five-year period.
Dartmouth experienced political unrest and protests under McLaughlin. In 1985, the college drew national attention when a group of students affiliated with conservative newspaper The Dartmouth Review used sledgehammers to destroy a shantytown that had been constructed by students on the college green to protest South African apartheid. McLaughlin also received backlash from students and faculty for reinstating the Reserve Officers Training Corps program.
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External links
- [http://www.dartmouth.edu/ Dartmouth College]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20041210091532/http://www.dartmouth.edu/~news/features/succession/ Wheelock Succession]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20071128100830/http://www.dartmouth.edu/~news/releases/2004/08/26.html dartmouth.edu obituary]
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