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Alan M. Dachs ’70

The American Academy of Arts and Sciences welcomed Alan M. Dachs ’70, chair emeritus of the Wesleyan Board of Trustees, as one of its 2007 class of fellows. He joins this 227-year-old academy, whose current research is focused on science and global security, social policy, the humanities and culture, and education. Dachs is president and chief executive officer of the Fremont Group in San Francisco. He serves on the boards of directors of the Bechtel Group and the S. D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation, the Brookings Institution, and The Conference Board. He is a member of the Corporation Visiting Committee for the Engineering Systems Division of MIT, the Advisory Board of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University and chairs Wesleyan’s development committee. At the university’s Commencement in May, he was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters.
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences welcomed Alan M. Dachs ’70, chair emeritus of the Wesleyan Board of Trustees, as one of its 2007 class of fellows. He joins this 227-year-old academy, whose current research is focused on science and global security, social policy, the humanities and culture, and education. Dachs is president and chief executive officer of the Fremont Group in San Francisco. He serves on the boards of directors of the Bechtel Group and the S. D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation, the Brookings Institution, and The Conference Board. He is a member of the Corporation Visiting Committee for the Engineering Systems Division of MIT, the Advisory Board of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University and chairs Wesleyan’s development committee. At the university’s Commencement in May, he was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters.