Class Note 1973
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A new year is here! Bill Nisen has completed his three-year term as our class Alumni Council representative. Bill has done a great job, providing us with comprehensive and insightful reports of what transpires as well as his personal view. His final commentary included this observation: “President Hanlon is the right person for the job of steering Dartmouth through a period of substantial changes as post-secondary education is under intense scrutiny from students, parents and the government.” Our new representative is Jonathan Low. The council, which celebrated its 100th anniversary in October, meets twice yearly in Hanover and its mission is “to sustain a fully informed, representative and engaged exchange of information and sentiment between alumni and their College and to enhance and inspire alumni involvement that furthers the mission of the College.” Dr. Michael Mahron is a surgeon and an associate professor of surgery at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore. Previously Michael served as a colonel in the U.S. Air Force, from which he has retired, and is co-founder of the Uniformed Services University department of defense tri-service video-endoscopic surgery program in Bethesda, Maryland. His research and clinical interests include all aspects of minimally invasive surgery. Urologist Jon Lattimer has a private practice in Kona on the west coast of the big island of Hawaii, but as an avid skier, Jon likes to take vacations in colder climes. Meanwhile, Salisbury, Maryland, pathologist Eric Decker and his wife, Patsy Nutt Decker, enjoy bird-watching vacations, including one a few years ago in the cold of Antarctica. After working as the chief software engineer for Digilab for many years, George Byrkit started his own software consultancy company, Software Professionals, in Dexter, Michigan. Dan Brenner, who transferred to Stanford junior year, sent news that he practiced telecom and cable law for many years and received a 2013 Cable Lifetime Achievement award from CableFax: The Magazine. As of early 2013 Dan is now a superior court judge in Los Angeles. The College has completely redone its websites, so if you have not logged on in a while, check out http://dartmouth.edu, and for alumni matters you can go directly to http://alumni.dartmouth.edu. The Dartmouth Alumni Club of the Virgin Islands announced the second annual Virgin Islands flotilla. Leaving Tortola, British Virgin Islands, May 11 for nine days and nights, sailing on 50-foot Benetau sailboats around the British Virgin Islands and returning to port May 20. “Captains and crew invited. You don’t have to be a sailor to join, just enjoy having fun. Open to Dartmouth alumni and guests. The first flotilla was such a great time, we are doing it again.” For information, send an email to stjohncaptain@aol.com. The six-month countdown to reunion has begun. In the fall of 1969 the class of 1973 numbered 855 and in fall 1972, 37 women joined the ranks; as of the fall 2013 official class list, 71 classmates no longer have the option to join us in June. Don’t miss your chance to reconnect! —Val Armento, 227 Sylvan Ave., San Mateo, CA 94403; val.armento@alum.dartmouth.org
Jan - Feb 2014
A new year is here! Bill Nisen has completed his three-year term as our class Alumni Council representative. Bill has done a great job, providing us with comprehensive and insightful reports of what transpires as well as his personal view. His final commentary included this observation: “President Hanlon is the right person for the job of steering Dartmouth through a period of substantial changes as post-secondary education is under intense scrutiny from students, parents and the government.” Our new representative is Jonathan Low. The council, which celebrated its 100th anniversary in October, meets twice yearly in Hanover and its mission is “to sustain a fully informed, representative and engaged exchange of information and sentiment between alumni and their College and to enhance and inspire alumni involvement that furthers the mission of the College.” Dr. Michael Mahron is a surgeon and an associate professor of surgery at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore. Previously Michael served as a colonel in the U.S. Air Force, from which he has retired, and is co-founder of the Uniformed Services University department of defense tri-service video-endoscopic surgery program in Bethesda, Maryland. His research and clinical interests include all aspects of minimally invasive surgery. Urologist Jon Lattimer has a private practice in Kona on the west coast of the big island of Hawaii, but as an avid skier, Jon likes to take vacations in colder climes. Meanwhile, Salisbury, Maryland, pathologist Eric Decker and his wife, Patsy Nutt Decker, enjoy bird-watching vacations, including one a few years ago in the cold of Antarctica. After working as the chief software engineer for Digilab for many years, George Byrkit started his own software consultancy company, Software Professionals, in Dexter, Michigan. Dan Brenner, who transferred to Stanford junior year, sent news that he practiced telecom and cable law for many years and received a 2013 Cable Lifetime Achievement award from CableFax: The Magazine. As of early 2013 Dan is now a superior court judge in Los Angeles. The College has completely redone its websites, so if you have not logged on in a while, check out http://dartmouth.edu, and for alumni matters you can go directly to http://alumni.dartmouth.edu. The Dartmouth Alumni Club of the Virgin Islands announced the second annual Virgin Islands flotilla. Leaving Tortola, British Virgin Islands, May 11 for nine days and nights, sailing on 50-foot Benetau sailboats around the British Virgin Islands and returning to port May 20. “Captains and crew invited. You don’t have to be a sailor to join, just enjoy having fun. Open to Dartmouth alumni and guests. The first flotilla was such a great time, we are doing it again.” For information, send an email to stjohncaptain@aol.com. The six-month countdown to reunion has begun. In the fall of 1969 the class of 1973 numbered 855 and in fall 1972, 37 women joined the ranks; as of the fall 2013 official class list, 71 classmates no longer have the option to join us in June. Don’t miss your chance to reconnect! —Val Armento, 227 Sylvan Ave., San Mateo, CA 94403; val.armento@alum.dartmouth.org