Another year to unfold! Howard Baum’s north and central New Jersey practice was acquired by Summit Medical Group. He specializes in gastrointestinal problems, including endoscopy, and his research is primarily devoted to esophagitis and diverticulitis. He is coauthor of articles published in Clinical Research and Journal of Lipid Research. Howard is a fellow of the American College of Physicians and a recipient of the Cornell University Medical College Arthur Palmer Prize in otorhinolaryngology (ear, nose and throat). For community service, he has mentored high school students, chaperoned cultural exchange programs for underserved residents of Tobago and partnered with the Rockefeller Foundation in establishing a regional center for diagnosing and treating infectious diseases in Brazil.

At the August U.S. Rowing Master’s National Championships in Worcester, Massachusetts, Bob Haynes and Paul Gross, along with Chuck Nagle ’76 and two other teammates, won the 2016 men’s club F 4X (quad with sculling oars). “Winning by open water, we were suitably thrilled and a little surprised, but we accepted the victory graciously. I stroked, so I had a wonderful view of everyone else behind us from the start. ’Twas the ride of a lifetime! The trophy, which we keep for a year, has bigger name clubs on it such as Cambridge, Dallas, San Diego and Minneapolis compared to our little organization—Upper Valley Rowing Federation.” Tonto also took bronze in the men’s club E 8.

Reed Greene dropped a note that in August, while he and his wife were strolling about Banff in Alberta, Canada, they encountered Chips Hughes and his wife and another couple at an open air cafe. “I recognized Chips from the Freshman Book and we had a nice chat. What are the odds?”

In October Allan Slipher, with wife Kathy, completed a year on assignment as an embedded advisor on land tenure issues and reforms to Mayor Klitschko and the Kyiv City administration in Ukraine. Allan has been doing this work off and on in transition or post-conflict nations in Eastern Europe, Moldova, Russia and Ukraine since 1991 and more recently South Asia, albeit “semi” retired. He credits his participation in Professor Rassias’ language study abroad program in Bourges, France, and an experimental foreign study exchange program between Dartmouth and the University College in London with playing a defining role in what turned out to be his long-term career work. After college Allan continued Russian language, literature and history studies “for what I thought at the time was just the fun of it.” Between overseas assignments the Sliphers try to stay fit backpacking anywhere and everywhere they can in the Pacific Northwest, where they live, and in the Four Corners region, where they like to play when the winter rains come.

Sadly, note the passing of two more classmates. Otolaryngologist Michael Schrom, an ear surgery specialist, died in Guilderland, New York, in July after a short illness. Eric Earle Hopley Jr. died in May in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, from complications related to pancreatic and prostate cancer. Obituaries can be found at dartmouthalumnimagazine.com.

—Val Armento, 227 Sylvan Ave., San Mateo, CA 94403; valerie.j.armento.73@dartmouth.edu