Dartmouth opens new chapter house By JONATHAN KUCERA, Virginia ‘71
On June 18, Dartmouth College’s New Hampshire Alpha Alumni and Volunteer Corporation recognized the completion of their new, four-story chapter house with a special housewarming reception. This event coincided with the Dartmouth Commencement and Reunions Week, and honored alumni who contributed significant time, money, and organizational efforts to the project. The replacement of the old house on Webster Street (across from the college president’s house) gathered momentum about two years ago. Fundraising and Finance Chairperson Bob Wetzel, ’76, leveraged a loan into a $3 million financing package, including over $900,000 in alumni pledges. Congratulations to the entire AVC, headed by President Keith Jacobsen, ’97, for driving this project to completion in record time, nine months from tearing down the old house to completing the new house. The new SigEp home will accommodate over 25 brothers in 11,400 square feet, including a large chapter room, a bedroom equipped for the disabled, a meeting room for balanced man programming and continuous development, weekend kitchen, and social activity spaces in the basement level opening onto a future outdoor patio.
Clockwise from top: Over 100 chapter alumni attended house warming activities. Tucker Foundation Dean Richard Crocker provided a blessing for the new structure and all those who will enjoy it. Housewarming co-chair Herb Philpott, ’85, left, welcomes SigEp National Housing Director Jonathan Kucera, Virginia ’71, to the house he helped design. The house increases the residential capacity by 25 percent, and features the Theodor “Dr. Seuss” Geisel, ’25, front porch. AVC President Keith Jacobsen, ’97, left, listens to the housewarming presentation.
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