Class Note 1973
Issue
Jan-Feb 2020
Visionary year 2020!
Paul Gross: “I’m just back from four days at the Grant cooking dinners for first-year trips with classmates John Grossman and Michael DeVries for the start of our Class Connections effort. Don Cutter was there just before us for the first few days and Trish and Bob Barr are headed up there tomorrow to finish up. We had a wonderful time meeting and feeding the incoming students. If they are a representative sample of the new class, Dartmouth is in great shape and we are going to enjoy connecting with them. Perhaps an even more valuable experience: Getting to spend quality time with John and Michael was fantastic.” John Roberts assisted Don with pre-event organization and the first feeding.
At matriculation Paul, Bill Nisen, Rick Routhier, Marie Shaffer, and Donna Ferretti Tihalas distributed our music booklet and “23” pins. Donna, the first woman ever to matriculate, had her photo taken with Kenzie Arent ’23, the first ’23 woman to matriculate. Several ’23 women thanked Donna for leading the way; “I know that was a shout-out to all of the ’73 women and to our exchange sisters.” Marie’s observation: “I was amazed at how many great kids are in the class of ’23. Waves of them came up to us to get their pins and to say hi. I asked several what they thought about their week-long orientation. Most said it was fun. Some were overwhelmed by all the activities and things to remember. But the kids I most connected with said that while orientation was great, they couldn’t wait for classes to start the next day!”
Bob Haynes literally passed the torch at the Homecoming bonfire to a 2023. A 250th birthday cake in the shape of Dartmouth Row was included in the traditional bonfire ceremony. If anyone does not have the commemorative book, Dartmouth Undying, it is available at www.dartmouth-undying.com. The Dartmouth Undying Project is collecting College-time memories; send yours to dartmouthundying250@gmail.com and see Dartmouth-Undying.com.
Last May an extensive article in The Buffalo News lauded the newly created theater space and performances of Ujima, the theater company founded by Lorna Mills Hill, artistic director. “This is what I’m born to do. I never think of retiring. It is time to challenge ourselves to do work that is even more explicitly controversial, to evaluate how we live and do something about it.”
In September the American Society for Radiation Oncology awarded its highest honor, the Gold Medal, to Walter Curran. Walter was recognized for having trained and mentored hundreds of oncologists, dedication to patients, and 30-plus years of involvement in and leadership of the national clinical cooperative group NRG Oncology, the largest of the five National Cancer Institute-funded cooperative groups. He is group chairman and principal investigator and holds the Lawrence W. Davis Chair of Radiation Oncology and is chair of the department of radiation oncology at Emory University.
Adoptee Susan Lichtig, whose passion was creative expression, died in September. Her obituary can be found at www.dartmouthalumnimagazine.com/obits.
—Val Armento, 227 Sylvan Ave., San Mateo, CA 94403; valerie.j.armento.73@dartmouth.edu
Paul Gross: “I’m just back from four days at the Grant cooking dinners for first-year trips with classmates John Grossman and Michael DeVries for the start of our Class Connections effort. Don Cutter was there just before us for the first few days and Trish and Bob Barr are headed up there tomorrow to finish up. We had a wonderful time meeting and feeding the incoming students. If they are a representative sample of the new class, Dartmouth is in great shape and we are going to enjoy connecting with them. Perhaps an even more valuable experience: Getting to spend quality time with John and Michael was fantastic.” John Roberts assisted Don with pre-event organization and the first feeding.
At matriculation Paul, Bill Nisen, Rick Routhier, Marie Shaffer, and Donna Ferretti Tihalas distributed our music booklet and “23” pins. Donna, the first woman ever to matriculate, had her photo taken with Kenzie Arent ’23, the first ’23 woman to matriculate. Several ’23 women thanked Donna for leading the way; “I know that was a shout-out to all of the ’73 women and to our exchange sisters.” Marie’s observation: “I was amazed at how many great kids are in the class of ’23. Waves of them came up to us to get their pins and to say hi. I asked several what they thought about their week-long orientation. Most said it was fun. Some were overwhelmed by all the activities and things to remember. But the kids I most connected with said that while orientation was great, they couldn’t wait for classes to start the next day!”
Bob Haynes literally passed the torch at the Homecoming bonfire to a 2023. A 250th birthday cake in the shape of Dartmouth Row was included in the traditional bonfire ceremony. If anyone does not have the commemorative book, Dartmouth Undying, it is available at www.dartmouth-undying.com. The Dartmouth Undying Project is collecting College-time memories; send yours to dartmouthundying250@gmail.com and see Dartmouth-Undying.com.
Last May an extensive article in The Buffalo News lauded the newly created theater space and performances of Ujima, the theater company founded by Lorna Mills Hill, artistic director. “This is what I’m born to do. I never think of retiring. It is time to challenge ourselves to do work that is even more explicitly controversial, to evaluate how we live and do something about it.”
In September the American Society for Radiation Oncology awarded its highest honor, the Gold Medal, to Walter Curran. Walter was recognized for having trained and mentored hundreds of oncologists, dedication to patients, and 30-plus years of involvement in and leadership of the national clinical cooperative group NRG Oncology, the largest of the five National Cancer Institute-funded cooperative groups. He is group chairman and principal investigator and holds the Lawrence W. Davis Chair of Radiation Oncology and is chair of the department of radiation oncology at Emory University.
Adoptee Susan Lichtig, whose passion was creative expression, died in September. Her obituary can be found at www.dartmouthalumnimagazine.com/obits.
—Val Armento, 227 Sylvan Ave., San Mateo, CA 94403; valerie.j.armento.73@dartmouth.edu