New Dartmouth President Inaugurated

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New Dartmouth President Inaugurated

by HOLLY RAMER, Associated Press Writer , September 23, 2009

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Jim Yong Kim Inaugurated as Dartmouth College President

Dartmouth President Jim Yong Kim acknowledges his predecessor in the Wheelock Succession, President Emeritus James Wright, during Dartmouth's "Reflections on Leadership and Social Change" panel discussion Sept. 21, 2009. (Photo by Joseph Mehling)

HANOVER, N.H.

Dartmouth College is the first Ivy League school to inaugurate an Asian-American president.

Jim Yong Kim told students at his ceremony Tuesday that they will achieve far greater success than he has as a leader in the global fight against HIV/AIDS and other diseases.

Kim took over the Dartmouth presidency from James Wright in July.

He is a former director of the World Health Organization's HIV/AIDS department.

Kim helped found Partners in Health to support health programs in poor communities worldwide.

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