2008 Association of Alumni Candidates

Marjory Grant Ross ’81, McLean, VA
INDEPENDENT, PRO-PARITY PETITION CANDIDATE FOR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

M.A. in Journalism from American University (1982).  After several years as a business editor and publisher, in 1999 became General Manager of Regnery Publishing, the country’s leading publisher of conservative books; named President and Publisher in 2003. On the Board of Directors for the Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute, the National Conservative Campaign Fund, and the Beth Chai congregation. Ms. Ross has three teen-age daughters.

“I have once again been nominated by alumni petition and I fully support the efforts of our 2007-2008 Association of Alumni Executive Committee to prevent the Board of Trustees from discarding the 1891 Agreement which has guaranteed for 116 years that Dartmouth alumni elect 50% of the Board. Last year, when I ran for this position, I promised to be devoted to transparency, full financial disclosure, and honest representation of all alumni.

“Having served on the Association Executive Committee for the past 10 months, I can tell you that those principles– as well as the College we love – are under attack. The Board of Trustees’ attempted power grab last fall, which would relegate alumni trustees to permanent minority status, reveals the serious and imminent threats against alumni involvement and the integrity of Dartmouth College.

“I believe it is essential that the Association of Alumni Executive Committee speak up forcefully and sincerely in representing alumni views.  Electing independent members is the only way to ensure that voice.”

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