Class Note 1973
Issue
January-February 2023
It’s 2023—50th reunion!
A significant year commences. Classmates are hard at work planning for our 50th reunion, June 8-11; June 8 being optional time at the Moosilauke Ravine Lodge, June 10 a hosted lunch with the board of trustees and the president; and June 11 Commencement when we “walk” once again. Please plan to celebrate this milestone. See “Dartmouth Class of 1973: Our 50th Reunion.”
Yuan Kit Ha served as president of the Chinese Student Association, formed in the early 1970s to help Chinese students adapt to Hanover and to create a better understanding of Chinese culture. Yuan was a Class of 1956 scholar and is credited with creating the horizon mass theorem for black holes. The horizon mass is the mass that cannot escape from the horizon of a black hole and is aways twice the irreducible mass observed at infinity. The horizon mass theorem is the fifth and possibly the last general theorem for classical black holes and crucial for understanding the thermal radiation predicted to be spontaneously emitted by black holes and for investigating processes occurring near the horizon.
Director of intellectual property and innovation for Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Todd Keiller and cofounders of Ascend Elements, won the 2022 Better World Project award from the Association of University Technology Managers for developing a new process to recycle depleted lithium-ion batteries. Todd has been involved in technology transfer since 1990 and is affiliated with several universities and medical centers. His key to success in technology transfer: “Each day when you walk in, pick the top three things you want to do. And one of these things better be marketing one of your technologies.”
PureFlow Inc., headquartered in Peterborough, New Hampshire, was founded by Charles “Skip” Iltis in 1982. The company sells, installs, and services water reverse osmosis and deionization systems throughout New England for medical, manufacturing, commercial, and institutional sectors. Ultra-pure water systems are critical in applications ranging from the production of high-tech components to dialysis treatments and beyond. Skip recently retired as president and sold the company to East Range Partners but will remain active working alongside the new management team. “It is great to have two young, energetic, and top-quality people taking the helm.”
Dale Vernon grew up on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, but has not left the Upper Valley since enrolling at Dartmouth. Now living in Quechee, Vermont, he worked in house design and construction and has been a licensed real estate broker since 1983. Dale bought and renovated six houses through the years and thoroughly enjoyed the challenges presented by each. He is an avid golfer and serious Boston sports fan. When not involved with real estate or golf he enjoys reading, carpentry, and gardening.
News arrived of the death of criminal justice and policing expert Michael Buerger on December 25, 2021. Linguist, avid fisherman, and campaign manager for Bob Jones’ bid for eighth-grade class treasurer, Bob Mathis succumbed to cancer in July. Both obituaries may be found at https://dartmouthalumnimagazine.com/obits.
—Val Armento, 227 Sylvan Ave., San Mateo, CA 94403; valerie.j.armento.73@dartmouth.edu
A significant year commences. Classmates are hard at work planning for our 50th reunion, June 8-11; June 8 being optional time at the Moosilauke Ravine Lodge, June 10 a hosted lunch with the board of trustees and the president; and June 11 Commencement when we “walk” once again. Please plan to celebrate this milestone. See “Dartmouth Class of 1973: Our 50th Reunion.”
Yuan Kit Ha served as president of the Chinese Student Association, formed in the early 1970s to help Chinese students adapt to Hanover and to create a better understanding of Chinese culture. Yuan was a Class of 1956 scholar and is credited with creating the horizon mass theorem for black holes. The horizon mass is the mass that cannot escape from the horizon of a black hole and is aways twice the irreducible mass observed at infinity. The horizon mass theorem is the fifth and possibly the last general theorem for classical black holes and crucial for understanding the thermal radiation predicted to be spontaneously emitted by black holes and for investigating processes occurring near the horizon.
Director of intellectual property and innovation for Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Todd Keiller and cofounders of Ascend Elements, won the 2022 Better World Project award from the Association of University Technology Managers for developing a new process to recycle depleted lithium-ion batteries. Todd has been involved in technology transfer since 1990 and is affiliated with several universities and medical centers. His key to success in technology transfer: “Each day when you walk in, pick the top three things you want to do. And one of these things better be marketing one of your technologies.”
PureFlow Inc., headquartered in Peterborough, New Hampshire, was founded by Charles “Skip” Iltis in 1982. The company sells, installs, and services water reverse osmosis and deionization systems throughout New England for medical, manufacturing, commercial, and institutional sectors. Ultra-pure water systems are critical in applications ranging from the production of high-tech components to dialysis treatments and beyond. Skip recently retired as president and sold the company to East Range Partners but will remain active working alongside the new management team. “It is great to have two young, energetic, and top-quality people taking the helm.”
Dale Vernon grew up on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, but has not left the Upper Valley since enrolling at Dartmouth. Now living in Quechee, Vermont, he worked in house design and construction and has been a licensed real estate broker since 1983. Dale bought and renovated six houses through the years and thoroughly enjoyed the challenges presented by each. He is an avid golfer and serious Boston sports fan. When not involved with real estate or golf he enjoys reading, carpentry, and gardening.
News arrived of the death of criminal justice and policing expert Michael Buerger on December 25, 2021. Linguist, avid fisherman, and campaign manager for Bob Jones’ bid for eighth-grade class treasurer, Bob Mathis succumbed to cancer in July. Both obituaries may be found at https://dartmouthalumnimagazine.com/obits.
—Val Armento, 227 Sylvan Ave., San Mateo, CA 94403; valerie.j.armento.73@dartmouth.edu