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PHOTOS: Gil Talbot
A Legacy of Leadership
Anne Winton Black
’73, ’75 was presented
with an Honorary Degree
of Humane Letters at
Commencement on May
7 in recognition of her
humanitarian character,
superior intellect and the
positive, far-reaching consequences
of her life and
work. For the last 20 years,
she has served with deep
dedication on the college’s Board of
Trustees. Since becoming the board’s
first student representative in 1972
until the end of her tenure as chairman
in May 2011, Anne Winton
Black has been an engaged and
invaluable leader in our college
community.
A resident of Canton, Conn.,
Black served as vice chairman of The
Campaign for Colby-Sawyer College
and as co-chair for the Confidently
Colby-Sawyer: Succeeding Together
campaign, both of which exceeded
their financial goals. As chairman of
the board she over saw the completion
of the Curtis L. Ivey Science Center
and Windy Hill School, as well
as impressive growth in student
enrollment and full-time faculty.
Under her leadership, the college
has grown stronger in all critical
areas of its mission.
“Anne Winton Black is one of the
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Anne Winton Black ’73, ’75
most amazing people with
whom I have had the good
fortune to work,” says
President Tom Galligan.
“She is intelligent and
professional, personable
and dedicated to Colby-
Sawyer. She analyzes
thoroughly and comes
up with viable, creative
and appropriate solutions.
During our five years of
working together I have looked to her
for counsel, wise leadership, moral
support and friendship. She always
comes through. Her service to our
college has been exemplary, and she
is an inspiration to us all.”
In 1990 Black was the recipient
of the college’s highest honor, the
Susan Colgate Cleveland Medal for
Distinguished Service, the same
recognition given to her father and
former Trustee Chairman David
H. Winton in 1987. The awards
symbolize gratitude for the remarkable
leadership, counsel, devotion
and caring that this alumna and her
father have provided to Colby-Sawyer
College.
With the completion of her term
as trustee chairman, Anne Winton
Black leaves a legacy of enduring
friendships and extraordinary influence
on her alma mater’s past,
present and future.
In her final
Commencement
ceremony as chairman
of the Board
of Trustees, Anne
Winton Black presents
a student with
her diploma on
May 7. Black was
presented with an
Honorary Degree of
Humane Letters at
the ceremony.
Board of Trustees
Elects New Chair
Thomas C.
“Tom” Csatari of
Hanover, N.H.,
was elected chair
of the Colby-
Sawyer College
Board of Trustees
in May. Csatari
joined the board Thomas C. Csatari
in 2005 and succeeds
Anne Winton Black ’73, ’75, who
stepped down from the board in May
after completing her term as chair.
For the past three years, Csatari has
served as chair of the board’s Academic
Affairs Committee, where he’s done an
outstanding job, according to President
Tom Galligan. “Tom is an intelligent,
compassionate and dedicated person,
who, with his wife, Judy, has done
great things for the college through
the creation of the Gladys A. Burrows
Distinguished Professorship in Nursing,”
he says. “They have contributed much
to every community in which they have
lived and worked.”
Csatari holds a Bachelor of Arts
degree in history from Dartmouth
College and a Doctor of Jurisprudence
from the Vanderbilt University School of
Law. He has practiced law since the mid-
1970s and returned to New Hampshire
in 1997 and now works with Downs
Rachlin Martin PLLC, where he specializes
in estate planning, probate administration
and healthcare law.
An active member of the Hanover
and Dartmouth College communities,
Csatari is vice president and a director
of Theta Delta Chi and serves as a
moderator for the Dresden and Hanover
School Districts. He was a member of
the Upper Valley Habitat for Humanity
Board of Directors for six years and
a director of David’s House for seven
years, including three as its president.
Csatari also served as the 25th reunion
co-chair for his class at Dartmouth and
as a member of its Committee on the
Student Life Initiative.