President's Office. Rev. Gerald Dupont, SSE, 1958-1969 | Saint Michael's College Archives & Special Collections

By Elizabeth B. Scott

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Collection Overview

Title: President's Office. Rev. Gerald Dupont, SSE, 1958-1969

ID: SMC 2/010

Extent: 36.5 Linear Feet

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The Dupont subgroup includes much information from the Dupont presidency. Correspondence and financial information make up the bulk of the material. It is not arranged, although an inventory exists.

Collection Historical Note

In August 1958 Superior General Jeremiah Purtill wrote a memo outlining the roles of the President of Saint Michael’s College and the Superior of the Saint Michael’s House. The memo noted that the role of the president had grown too complex and that religious living in the SMC House needed to have the same governance and oversight offered in other SSE houses. Therefore, he split the roles of Superior of the House and office of the President. The role of the president then became to run the College in temporal and all other ways, the role of the Superior was to administer the house and the religious assigned to it in spiritual and other matters. Superior General Purtill then appointed Father Vincent Maloney Superior of the house and Fr. Gerald Dupont took over as President of the College. Dupont was the last Edmundite to serve as president of the College. Although he was originally from Rhode Island, he attended Saint Michael’s and spent all of his priestly life at Saint Michael’s after attending graduate school in Toronto and Montreal. His ten-year term of office is marked by the continued growth of the College. Dupont oversaw the continued construction of buildings on campus, including Saint Michael the Archangel Chapel, Durick Library, Alliot Hall, and the final two quad residence halls. Students continued to attend at record rates. Student life changed as the makeup of the student body changed from returning GI’s to primarily 18-22 year olds. Financial growth did not follow the other trends however, and fiscal problems grew throughout his term. Of most importance however, was the groundwork he laid for the eventual switch to lay leadership. Dupont was not unaware of the impact such a change was likely to have and there is some evidence that he planned significantly for something he saw as inevitable.

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Box 67

Folder 1: Religious Affairs Office Dinner 1969
Folder 2: "The Sophomore", Printed Exclusively for the Class of 1972 (May 2, 1969)
Folder 3: Search Committee for Selecting a Dean May 1969
Folder 4: Kelley, Roger T., ROTC Unit on Campus April/May 1969
Folder 5: Comprehensives "Protest" May 1969
Folder 6: Fund for Faculty Studies/Rev. Francis Gokey, Feb. 1969
Folder 7: Life Income Trust/Sister NOra Scribner, SSJ
Folder 8: Adams, Dr. Carlyle
Folder 9: Ward, Agnes O.
Folder 10: Student Senate 1969
Folder 11: Loans Outstanding as of June 30, 1968/Time Table of Scheduled Repayments
Folder 12: Budget Income 1968-69 As Amended
Folder 13: "The Sophomore", Printed Exlusively for the Class of 1972 (May 1969)
Folder 14: Fanny Allen Hospital Auxiliary Dinner Theater Party June 15, 1969
Folder 15: Budget (Revised) 1969-70
Folder 16: Notes for the New President, June 1969
Folder 17: Committee on Nominations/Re: Summation of Mandate, June 1969
Folder 18: Development Committee June 1969
Folder 19: Report from Student Affairs Office, Summer Session June 24-Aug. 16, 1968
Folder 20: Report from Student Affairs Office, Summer Session June 24-Aug. 16, 1967
Folder 21: Board of Trustees Meeting May 1969/Re-evaluation Report 1969
Folder 22: Structure & Composition of Judicial & Disciplinary Court System at SMC
Folder 23: V.P. for Student Affairs/J.A. Stankiewicz, SSE, Dean of Students
Folder 24: McGuire, Scott M. Director of Admissions 1969
Folder 25: Financial Statements (9 months ended March 31, 1969)
Folder 26: Summer Session News June 23-July 28, 1969
Folder 27: Correspondence June-July 1969
Folder 28: Announcement of Bernard Boutin, President as of June 15, 1969
Folder 29: A Minority (?) Report-Guidelines for Student Communication Media 1969
Folder 30: Summer Session Information 1968-69
Folder 31: COSATA 1968-69
Folder 32: Statement on the Relationship of SSE and SMC Sept. 1, 1968
Folder 33: Green Mt. Power Corp. Agreement 1968
Folder 34: Vermont Gas Systems, Inc. 1968
Folder 35: Christian Humanism and Education May 8, 1968
Folder 36: Address to Student Senate Oct. 15, 1968
Folder 37: Retirement and Group Life Insurance Plan/Faculty Welfare Committee., Oct 1968