Class Note 1959
Issue
Nov - Dec 2015
These notes recently opined that almost all ’59s are now retired from active engagement in the fields in which they made their livings. Although no one challenged the general premise, several classmates reported that they are still actively pursuing their lifetime careers.
Pat and Aron Wolf have lived in Anchorage, Alaska, for nearly 50 years. Although Pat retired several years ago from her work as a museum director and arts consultant, Aron continues to practice psychiatry in Anchorage and also serves as a healthcare consultant throughout the state. Far east of Anchorage and, although further south, still closer to the Arctic than most to us choose to hang out, Goody Gilman continues to work in the wholesale electrical supply business that he established years ago. He sold the business in 1985 and since the sale has managed its northern New England operations for the owners. Goody entered Dartmouth from Newport, Maine, and still lives and works from there. Roz Gilman commutes about 25 miles east to Bangor, where she practices law. Jim Ertle continues to practice dermatology in Hinsdale, Illinois, and teach at Rush Medical School in Chicago. Jim has received numerous honors and awards during the course of his long career in medicine and most recently was the recipient of the Humanism in Medicine Award from the American Academy of Dermatology. As the recent notes also suggested, the line between working and retired is not always clear and, for some, the easing away from one’s life work is gradual and prolonged. Sam Werner retired as a full-time professor of physics at the University of Missouri in 2000. He and Laura moved to Gaithersburg, Maryland, and Sam has since then served as a part-time consultant for the National Institute of Science and Technology. Sam continues to attend, and often speaks at, physics conferences, and he and a colleague from Vienna, Austria, are authors of Neutron Interferometry, a definitive text now in its second edition. He also co-chairs the Dartmouth alumni advisory committee for physics and astronomy.
—Dick Hoehn, 845 Union St., Marshfield, MA 02050; (781) 834-4113; rhoehn@choate.com
Pat and Aron Wolf have lived in Anchorage, Alaska, for nearly 50 years. Although Pat retired several years ago from her work as a museum director and arts consultant, Aron continues to practice psychiatry in Anchorage and also serves as a healthcare consultant throughout the state. Far east of Anchorage and, although further south, still closer to the Arctic than most to us choose to hang out, Goody Gilman continues to work in the wholesale electrical supply business that he established years ago. He sold the business in 1985 and since the sale has managed its northern New England operations for the owners. Goody entered Dartmouth from Newport, Maine, and still lives and works from there. Roz Gilman commutes about 25 miles east to Bangor, where she practices law. Jim Ertle continues to practice dermatology in Hinsdale, Illinois, and teach at Rush Medical School in Chicago. Jim has received numerous honors and awards during the course of his long career in medicine and most recently was the recipient of the Humanism in Medicine Award from the American Academy of Dermatology. As the recent notes also suggested, the line between working and retired is not always clear and, for some, the easing away from one’s life work is gradual and prolonged. Sam Werner retired as a full-time professor of physics at the University of Missouri in 2000. He and Laura moved to Gaithersburg, Maryland, and Sam has since then served as a part-time consultant for the National Institute of Science and Technology. Sam continues to attend, and often speaks at, physics conferences, and he and a colleague from Vienna, Austria, are authors of Neutron Interferometry, a definitive text now in its second edition. He also co-chairs the Dartmouth alumni advisory committee for physics and astronomy.
—Dick Hoehn, 845 Union St., Marshfield, MA 02050; (781) 834-4113; rhoehn@choate.com