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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 3
- Folder 1: Financial Budget 1969-1972
- Folder 2: Financial Budget 1974-1975
- Folder 3: Governance Articles of incorporation
- Folder 4: Governance Org. charts
- Folder 5: Governance Pres. Advisory Council
- Folder 6: Governance Pres. Council
- Folder 7: Memos 1969
- Folder 8: Memos 1970
- Folder 9: Memos 1971
- Folder 10: Memos 1972
- Folder 11: Memos 1973
- Folder 12: Memos 1974
- Folder 13: New England colleges fund 1969
- Folder 14: New England colleges fund 1970
- Folder 15: New England colleges fund 1971
- Folder 16: New England colleges fund 1972
- Folder 17: New England colleges fund 1973
- Folder 18: New England colleges fund 1974
- Folder 19: New England colleges fund Reports 1970, 1972-1974
- Folder 20: Personal announcement of presidency
- Folder 21: Personal Bio
- Folder 22: Personal Inauguration
- Folder 23: Personal Press releases/clippings
- Folder 24: Personal Resignation
- Folder 25: Personnel Employee manual
- Folder 26: Student life Radio station
- Folder 27: Student life Residence halls
- Folder 28: Student life Student association 1969-1973
- Folder 29: Student life Student code of conduct 1963-1971
- Folder 31: Subject American Council on education 1969-1973
- Folder 32: Subject Association of American colleges 1970-1975
- Folder 33: Subject Burlington Ecumenical Action Ministry 1969-1973
- Folder 34: Subject Building names 1971
- Folder 35: Subject Catholic dean controversy 1973-1974
- Folder 36: Subject Christmas 1969-1971
- Folder 39: Subject Financial Aid 1963-1974
- Folder 40: Subject Financial Aid scholarship 1973
- Folder 41: Subject George Aiken dinner
- Folder 42: Subject George Aiken dinner
- Folder 43: Subject Higher education act letters
- Folder 44: Subject Health Services 1969-1972
- Folder 45: Subject Ladies of Saint Michael’s
- Folder 46: Subject Law school 1972
- Folder 47: Subject Political seminar 1972
- Folder 48: Subject Property files 1970-1972
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