Thank you for your support.

These are only a few representative examples of the supportive letters  
that have already been sent. There are hundreds of letters.  More will continue to be posted.

You, too, can write letters of support - click here.

• Stephen M. Mullins - Dartmouth Swimmer '54,  "REINSTATEMENT MUST BE DONE NOW"
• Brian Taylor - Dartmouth '06, "Please reconsider".
• Danielle Fritze - Dartmouth Diver '02, "We CAN work together to find a solution that will make all of us - administrators, students, and alumni alike - proud to be Green."
• Cindy S. Symington - Texas,  "Your university is one of the very best in the nation"
• Hope Wernick Wigmore - Dartmouth Diver ‘82, "I was once privileged to hear the late Paul Tsongas speak of his days as a Dartmouth swimmer."
• Krista Bochicchio - sister of a current swimmer, "I am asking you to reinstate the swimming and diving teams."
• Todd Berry -  Harvard, Chicago, father of a high-school diver, "A superb liberal arts education is about educating the whole person, about developing life skills--insight, persistence, discipline, dedication."
• Nora Paley - Mother and community member, "The Dartmouth Swim School has been the finest contribution to the community that I have witnessed in 30 years here."
• Erik Dambach - Dartmouth '04, "The swimming and diving program is of grave importance to those involved and the whole student body as a whole."
• Troy Blanchard - Dartmouth '05, "Shouldn't you and the rest of the administration be doing

  everything in your power to save the team?"

• Jeffrey D. L. Wortman - Dartmouth Swimmer ‘67, "I would hope as well that there might be some sincere effort to deal with the short-term and the long-term needs of the program."
• Allison Clark - Senior at Shorewood High School in Milwaukee, "I strongly encourage you to reconsider your decision to cut the men's and women's swimming and diving teams."
• Thomas Waterman - Dartmouth Freshman Swimmer '81 - "I join the chorus of voices urging the College to rescind its decision to cancel intercollegiate swimming programs"
• Martha Gerhan - Dartmouth Swimmer '83, "any donation I choose to provide to the swim program is outside a donation decision to the college" 
• Allan M. LaPrino - 3-time USA National Team Swimming Coach, Former Yale University Men's & Women's Swimming Coach, "I would urge you to turn a potential problem into a positive by reversing your decision."
• Deirdre Driscoll - Dartmouth Women's Basketball '98, "I strongly urge you to reconsider this decision"
• Ed Wagner - Harvard Swimmer '93, "I hope you will reconsider your decision."
• Lindsay Arthur - current swimmer, D'06, "Please let me swim."
• Lindsey Hochman - sister of current swimmer, "With all due respect, sir, I ask you to please reconsider your decision."
• Gregory Gunn - Princeton Diving Coach, "I urge you to reconsider this decision and continue your support for these opportunities at Dartmouth."
• Cameron W. Hamilton - Princeton Swimmer '99, honorary '72, "I urge you to reinstate the programs and start a dialogue with the students"
• Geoff Patterson - Princeton Swimmer '05, "You are lucky to have some of the best student-athletes (http://www.cscaa.org/AATeams.cfm?div=1) in the country" 
• David Hochstetler - Captain, Bremen High School Swim Team, "Actually, I believe that your decision shows a lack of respect for me."
• Edward Tevald - Dartmouth Diver '47, "I sincerely hope that the Administration will reconsider it's decision and continue the long tradition of Swimming and Diving at Dartmouth."
• D. Ross Arthurs - Dartmouth Swimmer '77, Tuck  '80, "Surely there should be room at Dartmouth for Swimming and Diving."
• Stephen J. Savage, MD - Dartmouth Swimmer '89, "We were not a winning team, but we were tremendously successful."
• Nick Gansner - Dartmouth Swimmer '97, "It is stated that "to be competitive in swimming…we would need a new facility.”  That is false."
• Robert Baehr - Dartmouth Squash and Tennis '57, Grimstad, Norway, "I have never had any connection with the Dartmouth swimming program,  but I don't believe this debate is first about swimming.  It is about Dartmouth, and so I am seriously concerned."
• Joseph P. Grimes, Esquire - Lafayette Swimmer '74, "I join the growing number of voices respectfully requesting reconsideration."
• Paul Hartley - Dartmouth '62, "it is also the responsibility of the administration and trustees to recognize widespread interest and support on the part of the Dartmouth alumni, students, parents and friends for longstanding programs"
• Jon Einsidler - Dartmouth Class President and Crew '72 , "This is all part of the challenge and process of maintaining and growing a world-class institution."
• Robert A. Schriesheim - Princeton Swimmer '82, "I can only hope that you find yourself in a position to reconsider your decision."
• David Kramer - Dartmouth Swimmer '96, "Winter training trips, excruciatingly painful weeks of double and triple practices in beautiful locales, were paid for entirely by the team's fall labor in cleaning the football stadium and by our own checkbooks."
• Tasha Guglik - works for minor league baseball team, the South Georgia Waves, "it is an outrage for a school with so much money that requires all students to pass a swim test for graduation to cut the Aquatics program."
• Chandra Guglik - Dartmouth '97, "to cut the swimming and diving teams to save money, I felt I had to say something."
• John Turner - Dartmouth Football Player '03
• John Robrock MD - Kenyon College Swimmer '83
• Jim Delisle -Dartmouth Swimmer '81
• Chuck Wielgus -Executive Director of USA Swimming
• Dick Prior - Dartmouth Swimmer ' 60
• R. Jackson Kinnel -Track at University of Michigan 50's
• Andrew S. Goldstein - Dartmouth Lacrosse Goalie '05
• Justin Brinkley - East Carolina University Swimmer
• Tamee Wight - Washington State University Crew Member '06
• Jon Levine - Head Coach Aquabears Swim Team, North Granby, CT
• Scott J. Robinson - Football at Yale '96 - brother of swimmer
• Bart Cameron - father of current swimmer
• Don Gambril - former Harvard Swimming coach, Five time U.S. Olympic Swimming Coach
• Joanne (Wright) Reierson - Dartmouth Swimmer '93
• Marilyn Bochicchio - mother of current swimmer
• Mia J. Yocco - Dartmouth Co-Captain, Women’s Swim and Dive Team, '03
• Mick Moore - Dartmouth Swimmer '91
• Sharon Fitzgerald and Peter Leavens - parents of current swimmer
• Bill Volckening - USMS Editor SWIM Magazine
• Dirk and Kathi Nelson, Dartmouth '76, DMS '79, parents of current swimmer, "We want to be able to tell our daughter that Dartmouth's leaders are good role models, that she can learn from watching."
• Aneta Hunek - University of Texas in Austin, former swimmer, best friend
• Nancy Sherman - mother of current swimmer, Georgetown University Professor
• Bob Murphy - Dartmouth '65, '95P, "Why must you make it so hard for her loyal sons and daughters to do so?"
• Scott Trubisz - current swimmer, D'04
• Rowdy Gaines - 3-time Olympic Swimming Gold Medal Winner, "was so very impressed with the swimmers and their desire to excel both in the water and in the classroom"
• Brad Charles - father of current swimmer
• Sarah Myksin - Wesleyan Swimmer '06
• Jennifer Kamp Tretheway - mother of current swimmer, Executive Vice President
• John McIntyre, M.D. - Wesleyan Swimmer '86
• Molly Mamourian - 13-year-old swimmer for the North Country Aquatic Club
• Axel Baum - father of current swimmer
• James M. Bayles - Dartmouth Swimmer '74 (successfully swam the English Channel '02), "Similar to the student-musician, student-actor or student-artist, diversity of the student body beyond academic pursuits is vital to the continued excellence of the College."
• David Tarr  - Dartmouth '02  "no vested interest in Dartmouth Swimming"
• Becka Dresner - NCAC '94  "All I knew, was that I wanted to be just like them"
• Brandon Basso - Columbia '05, Lightweight Crew walk-on "please don't cancel the thing that makes Dartmouth Dartmouth"
• Bill McClung - Dartmouth Swimming and Tennis '60, "I could do more and believe many alumni and friends feel likewise"
• David Bright - Penn State Swimmer '80, proud father of two swimmers, "petition with about a thousand signatures"
• Miles Harrigan - Dartmouth student, "the campus feels strongly about the swimming decision"
• Todd Smith - Executive Director USA Diving, "This would be an incredible story that could really take flight for the sport, for fundraising and for your college."
• Andrew Biteen - current swimmer, D'04, "their eyes revealed fond memories and a desire for me to share in them"
• Jeff Yellin - Princeton Swimmer '04, "Having swum in or seen almost all of the Ivy League's pools, I can promise you Dartmouth's is not the worst."
• Grant Holicky -Head Club Coach, Washington and Lee University '95 -"Honestly, let me know if there is anything I or my team can do."
• Emerson Houck - Dartmouth Swimmer '56, "Why were some of us who would support the program not even contacted"
• Gerry Hastrup - 47-year- old housewife, mom, and teacher, "Do they value their input?  Are they sensitive to their individual needs?  Do they promote an environment of integrity and trust?"
• Julie Hasson - Dartmouth Swimmer '02, Captain , "Where did I learn to be a leader, to encourage others, and be inspired every day of my life?  The pool."
• James Hasson - father of Julie D'02, "every bit as seminal to them as their academic experience at Dartmouth"
• Ron Van Pool - President, USA Swimming, "successful ones are those that creatively seek out solutions"
• Renne Cherry - Sr. Proposal Analyst, "This is a sad day for US Swimmers across the nation"
• Dan Flannery - Head Swimming Coach, Ames High School, "I would also like to know what myself and my swimmers can to do to help?"
• Kira Lawrence - Dartmouth Women's Basketball '96, "Now, I find myself wondering if my hard earned money is being well spent"
• Patrick Ward - Dartmouth Cross Country and Track '05, "How could a student possibly encourage another to come to this school right now."
• J. Scott Arthur - father of a current swimmer, "This truly summed up all of the superlatives that I had heard about Dartmouth."
• Marty Himmelstein - NCAC Parent, Hanover Resident, "Dartmouth presumably values good relations with the local community."
• Raymond J. Bosse - Department of Physical Education, United States Military Academy, "The one thing we hope colleges do is teach students to "think outside the box" when looking for answers."
• Judy Yablong - Dartmouth Swimmer '76, 1^st Dartmouth Women's Swim Team, "How do you value intangibles?"
• Bruce Westcott - Dartmouth '72,  "I am hugely saddened, and can only think of Karl Michael spinning in his grave."

• letters are now being placed at the top of this list, more letters to come - there are many, must be selective and get author approval

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