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By Elizabeth B.. Scott
Collection Overview
Scope and Contents of the Materials
The Boutin subgroup includes correspondence, administrative records and other materials from his time as president of Saint Michael's College. It also includes materials related to both the Vermont Higher Education Council and the New England College Fund that shed some insight into the manner in which colleges across Vermont and New England cooperated to ensure positive outcomes for all the colleges in the region. The materials also provide information about Boutin's experience as the first lay president of the small Catholic college.
Collection Historical Note
President Bernard Boutin became the first lay president of the College in 1969. Boutin had served on the Board of Trustees since its inception in 1967; making him well prepared to head up the school. He was a graduate of the College and had been quite involved in the College since leaving. He had also been involved in politics, serving as mayor of Laconia New Hampshire and working for the Kennedy administration. As the leader of the school during the major transition from religious to lay leadership, he had a tough job ahead of him. Boutin is best remembered for bringing women to Saint Michael’s, an act that succeeded not only in opening up the campus to women, but also to pulling the College out of a crippling debt. In 1970, 22 women enrolled at Saint Michaels, and it remains coeducational. Despite the relatively short tenure of his term, Boutin was also quite successful in fundraising, raising funds for the building of Ross Sports Center and McCarthy Arts Center, two significant buildings that contributed significantly to student life on campus.
Biographical Note
Bernard L. Boutin was born in Laconia, NH July 2,1923. He graduated from Saint Michael's College in 1945. He was mayor of Laconia from 1955-1960. following the election of John F. Kennedy, for whom Boutin campaigned heavily, Boutin became the Deputy Administrator of the General Services Administration. In 1965, after leaving the GSA, Boutin served as Deputy Directory of the the Office of Economic Opportunity under LBJ. In 1969, Boutin became the first layman elected president of Saint Michael's. He served until 1974, overseeing the transition to coeducation. He died August 24, 2011.
Subject/Index Terms
Box and Folder Listing
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- Box 2
- Folder 1: Correspondence with business manager 1969-1974
- Folder 2: Correspondence with chaplain
- Folder 3: Correspondence with college presidents
- Folder 4: Correspondence with controller treasurer 1969-1974
- Folder 5: Correspondence with Dept of Health, Education and welfare 1970-1974
- Folder 6: Correspondence with Faculty 1969-1974
- Folder 7: Correspondence with faculty chair 1969-1974
- Folder 8: Correspondence with IBM
- Folder 9: Correspondence with parents
- Folder 10: Correspondence with UVM 1969-1974
- Folder 11: Correspondence w/Vermont Dept. of Educ. 77
- Folder 12: Depts./Programs athletics 1973
- Folder 13: Depts./Programs Alumni 1970-1974
- Folder 14: Depts./Programs Alumni national board 1971-1974
- Folder 15: Depts./Programs Bookstore 1970-1972
- Folder 16: Depts./Programs Counseling office 1972
- Folder 17: Depts./Programs Education department 1972
- Folder 18: Depts./Programs Extension services
- Folder 19: Depts./Programs Fine arts 1970-1974
- Folder 20: Depts./Programs Fire and rescue 1970-1973
- Folder 21: Depts./Programs Food service 1958-1974
- Folder 22: Depts./Programs Grad theology 1972-1974
- Folder 23: Depts./Programs International student program 1966-1974
- Folder 24: Depts./Programs Journalism 1971-1974
- Folder 25: Depts./Programs Library annual report
- Folder 26: Depts./Programs New program proposals 1964-1974 (2)
- Folder 27: Depts./Programs New program proposals Labor management 1971-1973
- Folder 28: Depts./Programs New program proposals Law school 1972-1973
- Folder 29: Depts./Programs New program proposals Undergraduate nursing 1971-1972
- Folder 30: Depts./Programs Outward Bound program 1969-1970
- Folder 31: Depts./Programs Personnel 1969-1974
- Folder 32: Depts./Programs P.R. 1969-1970
- Folder 33: Depts./Programs Purchasing 1970
- Folder 34: Depts./Programs Registrar 1969-1974
- Folder 35: Depts./Programs Religious Studies
- Folder 36: Depts./Programs Reports 1973-1974
- Folder 37: Depts./Programs ROTC 1971-1974
- Folder 38: Depts./Programs Safety and security 1969-1973
- Folder 39: Depts./Programs student life 1969-1974
- Folder 40: Depts./Programs Student personnel services
- Folder 41: Depts./Programs Volunteer programs
- Folder 42: Development 1969-1974
- Folder 43: Development A promise for tomorrow
- Folder 44: Development McCarthy Fine Arts Center
- Folder 45: Development Katherine Fairbanks award 1973
- Folder 46: Development Opportunities today campaign 1972
- Folder 47: Events convocations 1970-1974
- Folder 48: Faculty Faculty council
- Folder 49: Faculty Faculty meetings and memos
- Folder 50: Faculty Faculty salaries
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