Class Note 1973
Issue
Jan - Feb 2019
An important year looms!
This year marks the College’s 250th anniversary as well as our 45th (46th) reunion June 13-16. Plan to attend! Please be sure class officers have current contact info: www.dartgo.org/update. (There is no uniform nomenclature for a 250th, all contenders—quartermillennial, semiquincentennial, and sestercentennial—are awkward.) With events nationwide and abroad all year, look for one near you. What is one thing you imagine all Dartmouth graduates share with the four members of the first graduating class of 1771?
Tuck ’75 grad David Chemerow was appointed effective October 1 to the board of directors of RiceBran Technologies. He also is a member of the board of directors of Dunham’s Athleisure Corp., and served for 15 years as a board member at Playboy Enterprises Inc. David has held numerous key executive roles in both public and private companies during his distinguished career, garnering significant expertise managing early-stage growth companies; conducting mergers, acquisitions, turnarounds, and divestitures; and developing long-term corporate growth strategies.
At an October ceremony recognizing Girl Scouts of Northern California volunteers, Val Armento received the National Level Honor in. In part, the citation read: “As a troop camping certification trainer for more than 30 years, this honoree teaches outdoor skills so adults and girls feel comfortable in the outdoors. She contributes to the development of outdoor curriculum as a member of the consortium of Girl Scout learning facilitators, which consists of five councils. As long-time co-chair for the destinations committee, her passion for helping girls expand their horizons through travel is essential. Destinations is a wonderful opportunity for older girls to participate in national and international travel programs.”
Football dominated this fall, (including shutouts against Georgetown and Sacred Heart). At the time of writing, undefeated first place in the Ivy League and ranked 20th overall!
Belatedly, the College learned of the 2017 death of Joan Snell, eldest classmate and wife of professor Laurie Snell. She earned her second bachelor’s degree in 1973. In 2008 Joan shared part of her third-person autobiography with your scribe, which includes: “Here it is, Sunday morning. Here she is, under an elm in front of the library, about to graduate. A brass band, on the steps of the English department wing, plays a fanfare, and the two front rows of graduating seniors stand up, ready to process toward the platform. Off they go, and the next two rows stand. Eventually the two rows that include her stand. And then go. As she walks past the faculty, she sees her husband grinning at her. Up the steps to the platform, she mustn’t stumble. She’s next. There’s a shuffle. The president himself comes forward to give her her degree. He shakes her hand and then kisses her cheek! On the way back to her chair, she notices fellow graduates are staring at her, wide-eyed.”
Theater professor and playwright Paul Jackson succumbed to a heart attack in August.
Obituaries for both Paul and Joan can be found at https://dartmouthalumnimagazine.com/obits.
—Val Armento, 227 Sylvan Ave., San Mateo, CA 94403; valerie.j.armento.73@dartmouth.edu
This year marks the College’s 250th anniversary as well as our 45th (46th) reunion June 13-16. Plan to attend! Please be sure class officers have current contact info: www.dartgo.org/update. (There is no uniform nomenclature for a 250th, all contenders—quartermillennial, semiquincentennial, and sestercentennial—are awkward.) With events nationwide and abroad all year, look for one near you. What is one thing you imagine all Dartmouth graduates share with the four members of the first graduating class of 1771?
Tuck ’75 grad David Chemerow was appointed effective October 1 to the board of directors of RiceBran Technologies. He also is a member of the board of directors of Dunham’s Athleisure Corp., and served for 15 years as a board member at Playboy Enterprises Inc. David has held numerous key executive roles in both public and private companies during his distinguished career, garnering significant expertise managing early-stage growth companies; conducting mergers, acquisitions, turnarounds, and divestitures; and developing long-term corporate growth strategies.
At an October ceremony recognizing Girl Scouts of Northern California volunteers, Val Armento received the National Level Honor in. In part, the citation read: “As a troop camping certification trainer for more than 30 years, this honoree teaches outdoor skills so adults and girls feel comfortable in the outdoors. She contributes to the development of outdoor curriculum as a member of the consortium of Girl Scout learning facilitators, which consists of five councils. As long-time co-chair for the destinations committee, her passion for helping girls expand their horizons through travel is essential. Destinations is a wonderful opportunity for older girls to participate in national and international travel programs.”
Football dominated this fall, (including shutouts against Georgetown and Sacred Heart). At the time of writing, undefeated first place in the Ivy League and ranked 20th overall!
Belatedly, the College learned of the 2017 death of Joan Snell, eldest classmate and wife of professor Laurie Snell. She earned her second bachelor’s degree in 1973. In 2008 Joan shared part of her third-person autobiography with your scribe, which includes: “Here it is, Sunday morning. Here she is, under an elm in front of the library, about to graduate. A brass band, on the steps of the English department wing, plays a fanfare, and the two front rows of graduating seniors stand up, ready to process toward the platform. Off they go, and the next two rows stand. Eventually the two rows that include her stand. And then go. As she walks past the faculty, she sees her husband grinning at her. Up the steps to the platform, she mustn’t stumble. She’s next. There’s a shuffle. The president himself comes forward to give her her degree. He shakes her hand and then kisses her cheek! On the way back to her chair, she notices fellow graduates are staring at her, wide-eyed.”
Theater professor and playwright Paul Jackson succumbed to a heart attack in August.
Obituaries for both Paul and Joan can be found at https://dartmouthalumnimagazine.com/obits.
—Val Armento, 227 Sylvan Ave., San Mateo, CA 94403; valerie.j.armento.73@dartmouth.edu