Class Note 1973
Issue
Sep - Oct 2018
Election season cannot end soon enough….
Roger Bermingham has been practicing family medicine, with a specialty in geriatrics, in Fort Collins, Colorado, for more than 30 years. In 2014 the Northern Colorado Medical Society named him Physician of the Year, citing Roger’s compassionate care, skilled teaching, and thoughtful leadership and mentoring to countless individuals. In his geriatric practice, Roger cares for homebound elderly and patients in skilled nursing facilities.
In May the Morrill Memorial Library in Norwood, Massachusetts, hosted Kelvin Chin, 1969 Norwood High valedictorian, for two presentations on his 2016 book, Overcoming the Fear of Death. Kel’s work assisting people to overcome the fear of death is based on the individual’s belief system. The four main belief systems he identifies are no belief in afterlife, belief in an afterlife with fear, belief in an afterlife without fear, and belief in past lives.
This spring Bill Greenbaum joined Nicoll Davis & Spinella, a Paramus, New Jersey-based law firm. Having previously served for 17 years as assistant general counsel for employment law matters at Warner-Lambert and as a partner at the national firm of Lowenstein Sandler, Bill focuses on all aspects of employment law, with a particular emphasis on the life sciences and pharmaceutical industries. He has published numerous articles and has spoken at various seminars and trainings. Community-minded, Bill serves on the board of Free the Slaves and formerly served on the boards of Jersey Battered Women’s Service and the New Jersey Ballet. He is a founding member of the Academy of New Jersey Management Attorneys. A fellow Cornell Law School graduate, Bill embodies its slogan “lawyers in the best sense.”
In June Dave Pelland retired as an associate professor of mathematics and computer science at Virginia’s Hampden-Sydney College, the 10th-oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the oldest of the country’s few remaining private, all-male colleges. Dave had been at the college for 37 years, during which time he advised the math club and the school’s chapter of Pi Mu Epsilon, a math honorary society, as well as serving for several years as secretary-treasurer for the Phi Beta Kappa Society. He is a recipient of the school’s Cabell Award for Distinguished Teaching and the Thomas Edward Crawley Award for Distinguished Service. His favorite subject to teach was differential equations, since it required students to apply what they learned in calculus and linear algebra.
Needed: An Alumni Council representative. It’s a three-year commitment involving two trips to Hanover per year, plus monthly conference calls, some committee work, and email communications. The term of current class councilor Marie Schaffer, an outstanding representative and great communicator, expires in May 2019. It is not a high-power role, but needs a good listener who can communicate diplomatically and thoughtfully and engage with a diverse group of alums. Contact Marie at marieshaffer@icloud.com or any class officer.
With reunion less than a year away, to facilitate communication, please be sure your email address is current. Go to www.dartgo.org/update (and control what you receive).
—Val Armento, 227 Sylvan Ave., San Mateo, CA 94403; valerie.j.armento73@dartmouth.edu
Roger Bermingham has been practicing family medicine, with a specialty in geriatrics, in Fort Collins, Colorado, for more than 30 years. In 2014 the Northern Colorado Medical Society named him Physician of the Year, citing Roger’s compassionate care, skilled teaching, and thoughtful leadership and mentoring to countless individuals. In his geriatric practice, Roger cares for homebound elderly and patients in skilled nursing facilities.
In May the Morrill Memorial Library in Norwood, Massachusetts, hosted Kelvin Chin, 1969 Norwood High valedictorian, for two presentations on his 2016 book, Overcoming the Fear of Death. Kel’s work assisting people to overcome the fear of death is based on the individual’s belief system. The four main belief systems he identifies are no belief in afterlife, belief in an afterlife with fear, belief in an afterlife without fear, and belief in past lives.
This spring Bill Greenbaum joined Nicoll Davis & Spinella, a Paramus, New Jersey-based law firm. Having previously served for 17 years as assistant general counsel for employment law matters at Warner-Lambert and as a partner at the national firm of Lowenstein Sandler, Bill focuses on all aspects of employment law, with a particular emphasis on the life sciences and pharmaceutical industries. He has published numerous articles and has spoken at various seminars and trainings. Community-minded, Bill serves on the board of Free the Slaves and formerly served on the boards of Jersey Battered Women’s Service and the New Jersey Ballet. He is a founding member of the Academy of New Jersey Management Attorneys. A fellow Cornell Law School graduate, Bill embodies its slogan “lawyers in the best sense.”
In June Dave Pelland retired as an associate professor of mathematics and computer science at Virginia’s Hampden-Sydney College, the 10th-oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the oldest of the country’s few remaining private, all-male colleges. Dave had been at the college for 37 years, during which time he advised the math club and the school’s chapter of Pi Mu Epsilon, a math honorary society, as well as serving for several years as secretary-treasurer for the Phi Beta Kappa Society. He is a recipient of the school’s Cabell Award for Distinguished Teaching and the Thomas Edward Crawley Award for Distinguished Service. His favorite subject to teach was differential equations, since it required students to apply what they learned in calculus and linear algebra.
Needed: An Alumni Council representative. It’s a three-year commitment involving two trips to Hanover per year, plus monthly conference calls, some committee work, and email communications. The term of current class councilor Marie Schaffer, an outstanding representative and great communicator, expires in May 2019. It is not a high-power role, but needs a good listener who can communicate diplomatically and thoughtfully and engage with a diverse group of alums. Contact Marie at marieshaffer@icloud.com or any class officer.
With reunion less than a year away, to facilitate communication, please be sure your email address is current. Go to www.dartgo.org/update (and control what you receive).
—Val Armento, 227 Sylvan Ave., San Mateo, CA 94403; valerie.j.armento73@dartmouth.edu