Class Note 1973
Issue
September-October 2022
We’re inching toward fall.
In May Hilary Miller and Alex Waxman ’84, on behalf of the Dartmouth Lawyers Association, presented a virtual graduate-level webinar in pre-dispute arbitration strategy and planning. Hilary self-describes as “curious, artisanal business lawyer, defender of oppressed financial institutions, frustrated statistician-economist.”
The Supreme Court building in Columbus, Ohio, dates from the 1930s and is an Art Deco gem. Nils Johnson’s namesake and immigrant great-grandfather was the chair of the state senate committee in charge of construction, and Nils is now on a commission to help manage the building. Nils has been entrusted with creating a mural addressing women’s rights ahead of a larger project slated for completion for the building’s 250th anniversary in 2026. He is basing some of his artwork on a photo-shoot of female judges re-enacting a 1912 demonstration in front of the 1911 county courthouse in Youngstown. TV news coverage of Nils and re-enactment is available here: wfmj.com/story/46542995/artist-work-depicting-womens-fight-to-vote-will-be-inside-ohio-supreme-court-youngstown.
The Dartmouth Club of Washington, D.C., awarded Ben Wilson its 2022 Daniel Webster Award for Distinguished Service for his contributions to environmental and social justice and for advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion in the legal profession. Since the event was virtual, classmates from around the country were able to attend and cheer Ben on.
McFall Kerbey is an accomplished attorney and businessman with a highly regarded record of accomplishment in global technology, intellectual property, and telecommunications licensing. Mac coordinates Boston’s Kerbey Harrington Pinkard’s municipal law practice and is one of the key personnel at consulting firm Telecommunications Insight Group.
History professor Jere Daniell ’55, who taught from 1964 through 2003, died in mid-May. He and his wife resided in their longtime home in the neighborhood across from the Hanover Co-op, and even after retirement Jere continued giving edgy New England historical lectures in village halls. He reportedly transported his office to his home and had papers from class assignments meticulously filed away, alphabetized by student names, which he tended to remember. Read more at legacy.com/us/obituaries/concordmonitor/name/jere-daniell-obituary?id=35102829.
Our 50th reunion is less than one year away. To facilitate reunion information transmission, please update your contact information at www.dartgo.org/update. For those hoping to revisit old haunts, alas, the Kresge Physical Sciences Library and Paddock Music Library no longer exist. Collections and services have been consolidated into Baker-Berry Library. There will be new sites to explore, however, such as the Center for Engineering and Computer Science (CECS), adjacent to the MacLean Engineering Sciences Center. The 160,000-square-foot CECS is the second-largest academic building on campus. Who knows what the largest academic building is?
For those looking ahead, the strategic master plan, intended to guide development on the Hanover Plain for the next 30 years, is available at dartmouth.edu/masterplan/docs/20210316_final_planning_for_possibilities_webview.pdf. It contains numerous maps and illustrations of the campus and various existing and proposed developments, especially north of the Class of 1978 Life Sciences Center and Dewey parking lot, on the former golf course property. One aspect of concern that has not received much coverage is a possible elevated pedestrian and bicycle bridge over the cemetery; strikingly incompatible with that sacred space.
—Val Armento, 227 Sylvan Ave., San Mateo, CA 94403; valerie.j.armento.73@dartmouth.edu
In May Hilary Miller and Alex Waxman ’84, on behalf of the Dartmouth Lawyers Association, presented a virtual graduate-level webinar in pre-dispute arbitration strategy and planning. Hilary self-describes as “curious, artisanal business lawyer, defender of oppressed financial institutions, frustrated statistician-economist.”
The Supreme Court building in Columbus, Ohio, dates from the 1930s and is an Art Deco gem. Nils Johnson’s namesake and immigrant great-grandfather was the chair of the state senate committee in charge of construction, and Nils is now on a commission to help manage the building. Nils has been entrusted with creating a mural addressing women’s rights ahead of a larger project slated for completion for the building’s 250th anniversary in 2026. He is basing some of his artwork on a photo-shoot of female judges re-enacting a 1912 demonstration in front of the 1911 county courthouse in Youngstown. TV news coverage of Nils and re-enactment is available here: wfmj.com/story/46542995/artist-work-depicting-womens-fight-to-vote-will-be-inside-ohio-supreme-court-youngstown.
The Dartmouth Club of Washington, D.C., awarded Ben Wilson its 2022 Daniel Webster Award for Distinguished Service for his contributions to environmental and social justice and for advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion in the legal profession. Since the event was virtual, classmates from around the country were able to attend and cheer Ben on.
McFall Kerbey is an accomplished attorney and businessman with a highly regarded record of accomplishment in global technology, intellectual property, and telecommunications licensing. Mac coordinates Boston’s Kerbey Harrington Pinkard’s municipal law practice and is one of the key personnel at consulting firm Telecommunications Insight Group.
History professor Jere Daniell ’55, who taught from 1964 through 2003, died in mid-May. He and his wife resided in their longtime home in the neighborhood across from the Hanover Co-op, and even after retirement Jere continued giving edgy New England historical lectures in village halls. He reportedly transported his office to his home and had papers from class assignments meticulously filed away, alphabetized by student names, which he tended to remember. Read more at legacy.com/us/obituaries/concordmonitor/name/jere-daniell-obituary?id=35102829.
Our 50th reunion is less than one year away. To facilitate reunion information transmission, please update your contact information at www.dartgo.org/update. For those hoping to revisit old haunts, alas, the Kresge Physical Sciences Library and Paddock Music Library no longer exist. Collections and services have been consolidated into Baker-Berry Library. There will be new sites to explore, however, such as the Center for Engineering and Computer Science (CECS), adjacent to the MacLean Engineering Sciences Center. The 160,000-square-foot CECS is the second-largest academic building on campus. Who knows what the largest academic building is?
For those looking ahead, the strategic master plan, intended to guide development on the Hanover Plain for the next 30 years, is available at dartmouth.edu/masterplan/docs/20210316_final_planning_for_possibilities_webview.pdf. It contains numerous maps and illustrations of the campus and various existing and proposed developments, especially north of the Class of 1978 Life Sciences Center and Dewey parking lot, on the former golf course property. One aspect of concern that has not received much coverage is a possible elevated pedestrian and bicycle bridge over the cemetery; strikingly incompatible with that sacred space.
—Val Armento, 227 Sylvan Ave., San Mateo, CA 94403; valerie.j.armento.73@dartmouth.edu