Class Note 1973
The year 2015! A new scene!
San Francisco-based artist, Saul Levy has worked as a bartender at Bimbo’s for more than 20 years. His abstract watercolor and ink paintings can be found in cafes throughout the city, and he was gracious enough at reunion to freely distribute notecards with watercolor paintings of San Francisco scenes and numerous performers who have graced the stage at Bimbo’s.
Fred Skillern returned to the practice of law in 2003 after serving as a district judge in Colorado, presiding over more than 60 jury trials. Before becoming a judge in 2000 he was in private practice in Denver, specializing in real estate law and related litigation. Fred has developed a special interest in complex title and lien priority disputes. Since 2006 he has served as an adjunct professor at the University of Denver’s Sturm College of Law, teaching an upper-level course in real estate transactions and finance.
Former Reagan White House speechwriter Clark Judge is founder and managing director of the White House Writer’s Group, which advises some of the world’s most prominent corporations in meeting their strategic and communications challenges. For political clients, he has written many nationally televised speeches. Clark also is an opinion journalist, commenting extensively on U.S. politics, the international financial crisis, healthcare reform, U.S. and global economies and global security issues. He has been interviewed by all the major broadcast and cable news outlets and his work has appeared in major publications.
In 2013 Dan Smith joined the Anacostia Watershed Society (AWS) as its director of public policy and advocacy. The mission of AWS, founded in 1989, is to protect and restore the Anacostia River and its watershed communities in the Washington, D.C., area, with the goal of making the river and its tributaries swimmable and fishable. Dan’s work includes community outreach, coalition building and getting laws passed and enforced.
Several classmates recently joined the ranks of retirees: David “Walkie” Walkom ceased middle school teaching and coaching in Canada at the end of June; Matt Montagne closed his Western Mountain Adventures operation in Jackson, Wyoming; George Leach is no longer traversing high-tech Route 128; and after 30 years in a variety of federal government positions, George Wolohojian left his post as director of strategic learning services with the Veterans Benefits Administration.
Although he grew up in the New England and Colorado mountains, Steve Toll moved to California in the 1970s and began to explore the American West. He has become an accomplished nature photographer, with occasional shows in Silicon Valley. Examples of his striking images can be found at http://stevetoll.zenfolio.com.
Garson Fields volunteered with the Hanover Fire Department the day he arrived at Dartmouth. “It was a wonderful experience that permitted me to meet many of the area residents.” After a recent visit to the fire station and a chat with its historian, Garson is interested in planning a tour of the station during our next reunion and would like fellow classmate volunteers to contact him (garson.fields.ap@gmail.com).
Happy New Year, all! Write!
—Val Armento, 227 Sylvan Ave., San Mateo, CA 94403; valerie.j.armento.73@dartmouth.edu
