Asa Dodge Smith D.D., L.L.D. (September 21, 1804–August 16, 1877) served as the 7th president of Dartmouth College from 1863 until his death in 1877. September 21 is the 264th day of the year (265th in leap years). ... 1804 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... August 16 is the 228th day of the year (229th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1877 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Dartmouth College is a small private university in Hanover, New Hampshire, and a member of the Ivy League. ... 1863 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1877 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...

Dartmouth Presidency

After the forced resignation of Nathan Lord in 1863 over his support for slavery, the Trustees wanted a more conservative president to take his place. As a preacher for 29 years at the 14th Street Presbyterian Church in New York City, Asa Dodge had developed a reputation as a religious man with abolitionist beliefs. Nathan Lord (1792 - 1870) was a U.S. Congregational clergyman and educator. ...

Smith's presidency was a period of great growth for the College, including the establishment of two new schools within Dartmouth. The New Hampshire College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts, later moved to Durham, New Hampshire and renamed the University of New Hampshire, was originally founded in Hanover in 1866. One year later, the Thayer School of Engineering was founded. Over the course of his presidency, enrollment at the College was more than doubled, the number of scholarships increased from 42 to 103, and Dartmouth benefitted from several important bequests. Durham is a town located in Strafford County, New Hampshire. ... The University of New Hampshire is a state university in Durham, New Hampshire (USA). ... The Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College is one of the oldest professional schools of engineering in the USA. Founded in 1867 after a donation by General Sylvanus Thayer, the School comprises both the Undergraduate Department of Engineering Sciences at Dartmouth and a graduate professional school in engineering. ...

Legacy

Asa Dodge's son, William Thayer Smith (1839-1909) served as Dean of the Medical School from 1896 until his death in 1909 and was the first dean to give the name "Dartmouth Medical School" to the organization which had until then never had a consistent name. He was also the first person to perform a surgery in the Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital. He was a Dartmouth Medical School class of 1879 and received an honorary LL.D. from Dartmouth in 1897. Dartmouth Medical School is the medical school of Dartmouth College, in Hanover, New Hampshire. ...

External links

• Dartmouth Wheelock Succession
• Dartmouth College
• Inauguration Speech
• Farewell Sermon to 14th Street Presbyterian Church