Daily Debriefing
By Joy Chen
Published on Monday, October 19, 2009
Karen Loeffler ’79 was sworn in as the first female U.S. attorney for Alaska on Sunday. Loeffler was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on Thursday, and President Barack Obama signed her commission Friday, according to The News Tribune. A graduate of Harvard Law School, Loeffler has served as a federal prosecutor since 1985. Before joining the federal government in 1989, Loeffler was an assistant district attorney for Alaska.
Former Dartmouth Trustee Susan Dentzer ’77 and current Trustee John Rich ’80 have both been elected to the Institute of Medicine, the College announced on Friday. The Institute of Medicine, a policy advising and research organization, is also an honorific society in which membership is often considered the pinnacle of a medical professional’s career. Dentzer, editor-in-chief of “Health Affairs,” was the first woman to serve as chair of the Board of Trustees. Dentzer now serves on the Board of Overseers at Dartmouth Medical School. Rich is chair of the department of health management and policy at the Drexel University School of Public Health.