Class Note 1973
Issue
Jan - Feb 2018
A pristine year is upon us!
The year 2018 marks 45 years since graduation, but our reunion will be in 2019. Mark your calendars now for June 13-16, 2019. Plan ahead!
In October goldsmith Paul Gross celebrated 40 years in business in downtown Hanover, where his Designer Gold is one of the oldest single-owner retail establishments. The years he spent in the Claflin Jewelry Studio as a student clearly were not wasted. Classmates are among those who have benefited from his artistic skills.
Dedication of the new Moosilauke Ravine Lodge occurred in mid-October; a celebration of not only a spectacular state-of-the-art building, but memories, traditions, friendships and community—the lodge’s foundation. The craftsmanship and beauty of the unique facility are impressive: Indisputably 21st century, it should last well into and possibly beyond the 22nd. All old red bunkhouses also have vanished, replaced with contemporary timber-framed ones providing varied accommodation options.
Pat Kennedy is CEO of Hawthorn Retirement Group, a for-profit, privately held management and consulting service operating communities in the United States and Canada that offer retirement, personal care, assisted living and memory care services. In his spare time Pat is on several boards in Seattle, including the one for Seattle University.
Described as a “womb to tomb” business lawyer, Dick Guy concentrates his practice at Vandeventer Black in Norfolk, Virginia, on business formations, purchases, sales and mergers. In several instances his clients sold businesses he helped start and he began the cycle again by forming new companies using sales proceeds.
As both a licensed physician and nationally recognized trial attorney, Ken Sigelman has pursued a niche practice of protecting the rights of children who have suffered birth injuries due to medical malpractice. Licensed to practice in both Florida and California, Kenneth M. Sigelman & Associates is located in San Diego. Ken has served as chair of the medical malpractice committee of the Consumer Attorneys of California, which afforded him multiple opportunities to testify before the state legislature on injured children.
Mike Magill has had a varied career as a family physician educator, researcher and clinician. He moved to Utah in 1994 to found the Utah Area Health Education Centers Program, which he still directs. Mike served as University of Utah department of family and preventive medicine chair from 1995 through 2016. Engaged in global health, he works with partners in China, East Africa and elsewhere to help transform healthcare. “I have had the privilege of serving in a number of national leadership roles along the way, while also engaging deeply in transformation of health founded on robust primary care.”
Doug Britton retired as CEO of Britton Lumber Co. in Ely, Vermont. With innovative nurturing, he built the company into the largest manufacturer of lumber in Vermont; the building supply arm was the largest wholesaler in northern New England. Doug now serves on too-many-to-count Vermont nonprofit boards. He actively keeps up with college news and passes that on to his numerous alumni guests at his “B&B” in Norwich, Vermont.
—Val Armento, 227 Sylvan Ave., San Mateo, CA 94403; valerie.j.armento.73@dartmouth.edu
The year 2018 marks 45 years since graduation, but our reunion will be in 2019. Mark your calendars now for June 13-16, 2019. Plan ahead!
In October goldsmith Paul Gross celebrated 40 years in business in downtown Hanover, where his Designer Gold is one of the oldest single-owner retail establishments. The years he spent in the Claflin Jewelry Studio as a student clearly were not wasted. Classmates are among those who have benefited from his artistic skills.
Dedication of the new Moosilauke Ravine Lodge occurred in mid-October; a celebration of not only a spectacular state-of-the-art building, but memories, traditions, friendships and community—the lodge’s foundation. The craftsmanship and beauty of the unique facility are impressive: Indisputably 21st century, it should last well into and possibly beyond the 22nd. All old red bunkhouses also have vanished, replaced with contemporary timber-framed ones providing varied accommodation options.
Pat Kennedy is CEO of Hawthorn Retirement Group, a for-profit, privately held management and consulting service operating communities in the United States and Canada that offer retirement, personal care, assisted living and memory care services. In his spare time Pat is on several boards in Seattle, including the one for Seattle University.
Described as a “womb to tomb” business lawyer, Dick Guy concentrates his practice at Vandeventer Black in Norfolk, Virginia, on business formations, purchases, sales and mergers. In several instances his clients sold businesses he helped start and he began the cycle again by forming new companies using sales proceeds.
As both a licensed physician and nationally recognized trial attorney, Ken Sigelman has pursued a niche practice of protecting the rights of children who have suffered birth injuries due to medical malpractice. Licensed to practice in both Florida and California, Kenneth M. Sigelman & Associates is located in San Diego. Ken has served as chair of the medical malpractice committee of the Consumer Attorneys of California, which afforded him multiple opportunities to testify before the state legislature on injured children.
Mike Magill has had a varied career as a family physician educator, researcher and clinician. He moved to Utah in 1994 to found the Utah Area Health Education Centers Program, which he still directs. Mike served as University of Utah department of family and preventive medicine chair from 1995 through 2016. Engaged in global health, he works with partners in China, East Africa and elsewhere to help transform healthcare. “I have had the privilege of serving in a number of national leadership roles along the way, while also engaging deeply in transformation of health founded on robust primary care.”
Doug Britton retired as CEO of Britton Lumber Co. in Ely, Vermont. With innovative nurturing, he built the company into the largest manufacturer of lumber in Vermont; the building supply arm was the largest wholesaler in northern New England. Doug now serves on too-many-to-count Vermont nonprofit boards. He actively keeps up with college news and passes that on to his numerous alumni guests at his “B&B” in Norwich, Vermont.
—Val Armento, 227 Sylvan Ave., San Mateo, CA 94403; valerie.j.armento.73@dartmouth.edu