President's Office. Bernard Boutin, 1969-1974 | Saint Michael's College Archives & Special Collections

By Elizabeth B.. Scott

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Collection Overview

Title: President's Office. Bernard Boutin, 1969-1974

ID: SMC 2/011

Primary Creator: Boutin, Bernard L. (1923-2011)

Extent: 3.25 Cubic Feet

Arrangement: Arranged into series.

Subjects: Catholic universities and colleges. Vermont, Saint Michael's College (Colchester, Vt.). President's Office, Vermont. Commission on Higher Education Facilities, Vermont Higher Education Council, Women college students. Vermont

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

Catholic universities and colleges. Vermont
Saint Michael's College (Colchester, Vt.). President's Office
Vermont. Commission on Higher Education Facilities
Vermont Higher Education Council
Women college students. Vermont

Box and Folder Listing

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Box 1

Folder 1: Addresses, speeches
Folder 2: Addresses, speeches External
Folder 3: Admissions
Folder 4: Articles, writings “The changing scene” the Shield 1971
Folder 5: Articles, writings "The liberal arts in Vermont higher education..."
Folder 6: Asst. to the Pres/Curtin Corr. w/pres. 1971-1972
Folder 7: Asst. to the Pres/Curtin Dept. reports 1971
Folder 8: Asst. to the Pres/Curtin Dept. reports 1972
Folder 9: Asst. to the Pres/Curtin Dept. reports 1973
Folder 10: Board of Trustees Memos and reports 1969
Folder 11: Board of Trustees Memos and reports 1970
Folder 12: Board of Trustees Memos and reports 1971
Folder 13: Board of Trustees Memos and reports 1972
Folder 14: Board of Trustees Memos and reports 1973
Folder 15: Board of Trustees Memos and reports 1974
Folder 16: Commencement 1971
Folder 17: Commencement 1972
Folder 18: Commencement 1973
Folder 19: Committees AAUP
Folder 20: Committees Comm. for re-study of academic regulations
Folder 21: Committees Comm. on aims
Folder 22: Committees Comm. on development
Folder 23: Committees Curriculum
Folder 24: Committees Comm. on student financial aid
Folder 25: Committees Faculty comm. on plan development
Folder 26: Committees Faculty welfare 1970-1975
Folder 27: Committees Faculty welfare & faculty regulations
Folder 28: Committees Faculty welfare & new pension
Folder 29: Committees Govt comm. on Vt student affairs
Folder 30: Committees Income and expense improvement
Folder 31: Committees Private school study 1969-1970
Folder 32: Committees Sports complex comm. 1970
Folder 33: Committees Student life comm.
Folder 34: Correspondence 1969
Folder 35: Correspondence 1970
Folder 36: Correspondence 1971
Folder 37: Correspondence 1972
Folder 38: Correspondence 1973
Folder 39: Correspondence 1974
Folder 40: Correspondence re:computer--burroughs 1969-1970
Folder 41: Correspondence re:computers in academics 1969-1973
Folder 42: Correspondence re:faculty lecture series 1971-1974
Folder 43: Correspondence re:insurance 1969-1974
Folder 44: Correspondence re:interns, students 1970-1974
Folder 45: RE: Katharine Fairbanks award
Folder 46: Correspondence re:Koziol, Michael 1972-1973
Folder 47: Correspondence re:liquor law/Rathskeller 1969-1974
Folder 48: Correspondence re:The Michaelman
Folder 49: Correspondence re:NEASC 1969-1972
Folder 50: Correspondence re:post office 1969-1973 <u> </u>
Folder 51: Correspondence re:sympathy
Folder 52: Correspondence re:trimester
Folder 53: Correspondence with academic dean 1969-1974
Folder 54: Correspondence with Athletic Dept. 1970-1974
Folder 55: Correspondence with Burlington Free Press 1969-1973

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