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{{Short description|American academic administrator (1932–2004)}}
{{Primary sources|date=November 2023}}{{Infobox officeholder
| name        = David T. McLaughlin
| image       =
| order       = 14th
| title       = [[List of presidents of Dartmouth College|President of Dartmouth College]]
| term_start  = 1981
| term_end    = 1987
| predecessor = [[John George Kemeny]]
| successor   = [[James O. Freedman]]
| birth_date  = {{birth date|1932|3|16}}
| birth_place = [[Grand Rapids, Michigan|Grand Rapids]], [[Michigan]]
| death_date  = {{death date and age|2004|8|25|1932|3|16}}
| death_place = [[Dillingham, Alaska|Dillingham]], [[Alaska]]
| education   = [[Dartmouth College]] {{small|([[Bachelor of Arts|AB]])}}, {{small|([[Master of Business Administration|MBA]])}}
}}
'''David Thomas McLaughlin''' (March 16, 1932 &ndash; August 25, 2004) was the 14th President of [[Dartmouth College]], 1981&ndash;1987.<ref name="Dartmouth Office of the President">{{cite web |url=https://president.dartmouth.edu/people/david-t-mclaughlin |title=David T. McLaughlin |date=2023-06-11<!--date from page source--> |orig-date=Original date 2020-06-01<!--date from page source--> |website=Dartmouth Office of the President |publisher=Trustees of Dartmouth College |access-date=2023-11-13 |archive-date=2023-11-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231113163404/https://president.dartmouth.edu/people/david-t-mclaughlin |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> McLaughlin also served as chief executive officer of Orion Safety Products from 1988 to December 31, 2000.{{Citation needed|date=November 2023}} He was chairman of the [[Aspen Institute]] from 1987 to 1988 and its president and chief executive officer from 1988 to 1997.<ref name="In Memoriam">{{cite web |url=http://www.dartmouth.edu/~news/releases/2004/08/26.html |title=In Memoriam: David T. McLaughlin, President Emeritus of Dartmouth College (1932-2004) |author=Dartmouth College Office of Public Affairs |date=2004-08-26 |website=Dartmouth News |publisher=Trustees of Dartmouth College |access-date=2019-07-19 |archive-date=2007-11-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071128100830/http://www.dartmouth.edu/~news/releases/2004/08/26.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> He served as chairman and chief executive officer of [[Toro Company]] from 1977 to 1981, after serving in various management positions at Toro Company since 1970.<ref name="In Memoriam" /> McLaughlin served as a director of [[CBS Corporation]] from 1979{{Citation needed|date=November 2023}} and as chairman in the late 1990s.<ref name="Martin 2004">{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/27/business/david-mclaughlin-72-ex-president-of-dartmouth-dies.html |title=David McLaughlin, 72, Ex-President of Dartmouth, Dies |first=Douglas |last=Martin |date=2004-08-27 |work=New York Times |access-date=2023-11-13 |archive-date=2023-11-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231113172008/https://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/27/business/david-mclaughlin-72-ex-president-of-dartmouth-dies.html |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> He also served as a director of [[Infinity Broadcasting|Infininity Broadcasting Corporation]] until the Infinity merger.{{Citation needed|date=November 2023}}

== Education ==

McLaughlin earned his A.B. from Dartmouth College in 1954 and his M.B.A. from the [[Tuck School of Business]] in 1955. As a Dartmouth undergraduate, McLaughlin was a member of [[Phi Beta Kappa]] and various [[Dartmouth College student organizations|student organizations]] such as Green Key, Palaeopitus, [[Beta Theta Pi]] fraternity, and [[Casque and Gauntlet]].<ref name="Dartmouth Office of the President" /> He was voted as the student holding "the greatest promise" out of his undergraduate class.<ref name="Martin 2004" />

== Dartmouth presidency ==

McLaughlin joined the Dartmouth board of trustees in 1971 and became chairman in 1977. The trustees conducted a national search for the successor to then-president [[John G. Kemeny|John Kemeny]] before deciding to elect their own chairman to the role in 1981.<ref name="In Memoriam" />

McLaughlin's tenure as president saw growth in many areas of the college. Several new campus facilities were constructed, including the Rockefeller Center, [[Hood Museum of Art|Hood Museum]], Berry Sports Center, and the Dartmouth Rowing Boathouse, along with improvements to classrooms and the [[Dartmouth Skiway]]. The John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding and the Institute for the Study of Applied and Professional Ethics were also established. Additionally, Dartmouth's professional schools—the [[Thayer School of Engineering]], the [[Tuck School of Business]], and the [[Dartmouth Medical School]]—grew and strengthened during this time.<ref name="Dartmouth Office of the President" />

Reflecting his business background, McLaughlin more than doubled Dartmouth's endowment,<ref name="Martin 2004" /> which reached a new high of $521 million. He increased faculty salaries by 43 percent over a five-year period.<ref name="Dartmouth Office of the President" />

Dartmouth experienced political unrest and protests under McLaughlin. In 1985, the college drew national attention when a group of students affiliated with conservative newspaper ''[[The Dartmouth Review]]'' used sledgehammers to destroy a shantytown that had been constructed by students on the college green to protest South African [[apartheid]]. McLaughlin also received backlash from students and faculty for reinstating the [[Reserve Officers Training Corps]] program.<ref name="Martin 2004" />

== References ==
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==External links==
* [http://www.dartmouth.edu/ Dartmouth College]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20041210091532/http://www.dartmouth.edu/~news/features/succession/ Wheelock Succession]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071128100830/http://www.dartmouth.edu/~news/releases/2004/08/26.html dartmouth.edu obituary]

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