Class Note 1973
Issue
May-June 2022
Think positive, test negative.
After a 25-year career with the New York State Division of Military and Naval Affairs, predecessor scribe, Albany Law School grad and upstate resident Bob Conway retired as director of legal affairs and counsel. In 1975 Bob became a commissioned officer, served for 30 years, and retired as a major in the Marine Corps. After active-duty retirement, Bob was appointed a lieutenant colonel in the NYS Naval Militia and served as a senior judge advocate, retiring in 2011. During his time in the Marine Corps, he received personal service medals, including the Legion of Merit, the Meritorious Service Medal, the Navy Achievement Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Navy Unit Commendation Ribbon, the Marine Corps Unit Commendation Ribbon, and the Georgia State Commendation Medal. In his spare time Bob is class necrologist, secretary for the Dartmouth Club of Eastern New York, and an overseer for Aquinas House.
Another former class secretary, Donna Ferretti Tihalas, retired in January. After graduating from Harvard Business School, Donna embarked on a banking career that included more than 16 years with BankBoston; several years with FleetBoston Financial, Bank of America, and State Street; and 12 years with Citizens Financial Group, where she departed as second vice president and director of capital adequacy. Has expertise in global and regional banking, particularly treasury and payment systems management and response to evolving holding company and subsidiary bank regulations, prepared her for the next stage? “I have a new job as ‘Nana Nanny’!”
Another 2022 retiree is Michiel Ultee. After Dartmouth Mike obtained master and doctorate degrees in biochemistry from Northwestern University and did postdoctoral immunology studies at NYU School of Medicine. As the scientific cofounder and chief strategy officer of Laureate Biopharma, Dr. Ultee succeeded in developing dozens of proteins into new biopharmaceuticals. When Gallus Biopharmaceuticals acquired Laureate in October 2013, Mike formed Ulteemit BioConsulting to offer expert consultation in the fields of process development and manufacture of protein therapeutics. Recognized as an industry subject-matter expert on antibodies, fusion proteins, and other recombinant proteins, Mike was a frequent speaker at international conferences, including being a keynote speaker; he has published numerous papers on all aspects of bioprocessing and on radiolabeled antibodies for nuclear medicine applications.
A senior vice president with Neuberger Berman, a private, independent, employee-owned investment manager with offices in 36 cities across 25 countries, nonretired Roger Tulcin oversees a large and diverse amount of client assets, implementing asset allocation programs for a broad range of investment strategies. With an M.B.A. from Stanford Business School, Roger was ranked No. 106 on Barron’s Top 1,200 Financial Advisors list in New York in 2021.
The “Lone Pine” football helmets mentioned in the last column that debuted for the Columbia game (Dartmouth’s only loss) have not been worn since by the team! How long will those helmets be considered jinxed?
Our 50th reunion is a year away. Be sure your contact information is up to date.
Ray Sansouci died from pancreatic cancer recently. An obituary can be found at https://dartmouthalumnimagazine.com/obits.
—Val Armento, 227 Sylvan Ave., San Mateo, CA 94403; valerie.j.armento.73@dartmouth.edu
After a 25-year career with the New York State Division of Military and Naval Affairs, predecessor scribe, Albany Law School grad and upstate resident Bob Conway retired as director of legal affairs and counsel. In 1975 Bob became a commissioned officer, served for 30 years, and retired as a major in the Marine Corps. After active-duty retirement, Bob was appointed a lieutenant colonel in the NYS Naval Militia and served as a senior judge advocate, retiring in 2011. During his time in the Marine Corps, he received personal service medals, including the Legion of Merit, the Meritorious Service Medal, the Navy Achievement Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Navy Unit Commendation Ribbon, the Marine Corps Unit Commendation Ribbon, and the Georgia State Commendation Medal. In his spare time Bob is class necrologist, secretary for the Dartmouth Club of Eastern New York, and an overseer for Aquinas House.
Another former class secretary, Donna Ferretti Tihalas, retired in January. After graduating from Harvard Business School, Donna embarked on a banking career that included more than 16 years with BankBoston; several years with FleetBoston Financial, Bank of America, and State Street; and 12 years with Citizens Financial Group, where she departed as second vice president and director of capital adequacy. Has expertise in global and regional banking, particularly treasury and payment systems management and response to evolving holding company and subsidiary bank regulations, prepared her for the next stage? “I have a new job as ‘Nana Nanny’!”
Another 2022 retiree is Michiel Ultee. After Dartmouth Mike obtained master and doctorate degrees in biochemistry from Northwestern University and did postdoctoral immunology studies at NYU School of Medicine. As the scientific cofounder and chief strategy officer of Laureate Biopharma, Dr. Ultee succeeded in developing dozens of proteins into new biopharmaceuticals. When Gallus Biopharmaceuticals acquired Laureate in October 2013, Mike formed Ulteemit BioConsulting to offer expert consultation in the fields of process development and manufacture of protein therapeutics. Recognized as an industry subject-matter expert on antibodies, fusion proteins, and other recombinant proteins, Mike was a frequent speaker at international conferences, including being a keynote speaker; he has published numerous papers on all aspects of bioprocessing and on radiolabeled antibodies for nuclear medicine applications.
A senior vice president with Neuberger Berman, a private, independent, employee-owned investment manager with offices in 36 cities across 25 countries, nonretired Roger Tulcin oversees a large and diverse amount of client assets, implementing asset allocation programs for a broad range of investment strategies. With an M.B.A. from Stanford Business School, Roger was ranked No. 106 on Barron’s Top 1,200 Financial Advisors list in New York in 2021.
The “Lone Pine” football helmets mentioned in the last column that debuted for the Columbia game (Dartmouth’s only loss) have not been worn since by the team! How long will those helmets be considered jinxed?
Our 50th reunion is a year away. Be sure your contact information is up to date.
Ray Sansouci died from pancreatic cancer recently. An obituary can be found at https://dartmouthalumnimagazine.com/obits.
—Val Armento, 227 Sylvan Ave., San Mateo, CA 94403; valerie.j.armento.73@dartmouth.edu