Class Note 1973
Issue
September-October 2024
Fall cometh!
In February Bob Haynes was instrumental in producing a class webinar on campus mental health. “We heard from key individuals involved in designing and delivering mental care and programs that support general wellness on campus. We are grateful to them. Their presentations were informative, impressive, and gave us pride in our alma mater’s leadership in important ways that foster learning and growth.”
Jim Fleischer persuaded professor Jonathan Smolin to address the class on “Gaza: The Origins of the Conflict” in March. Jim served as moderator for that discussion. Links to both videos on homepage of class website: 1973.dartmouth.org
Need something a bit lighter to think about at this point? The year 2024 marks 120 years since the birth of Theodor Geisel ’24 (Dr. Seuss).
Thomas Tsirimokos wrote, “I have fond memories of Professor Slesnick. When he learned of my Scouting background, he gave me an application for the then newly created National Eagle Scouts Association (NESA), of which I would become a life member some years later. After graduation I returned to Munich, Germany, where I worked two years for U.S. Army Special Services. I entered Emory University, graduating with my J.D. and M.B.A. in 1978. I then spent four decades in the defense industry, as in-house legal counsel for Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Sanders Associates Inc., Lockheed Sanders Inc., Lockheed Martin Corp., and BAE Systems Inc. I am currently enjoying retirement in my native Queen City [Manchester, New Hampshire] but remain active in Scouting and the Masonic fraternity.”
At the October Alumni Council awards dinner Tyrone Byrd receives the Dartmouth Alumni Award. This award is given on an annual basis to one or more alumni for extraordinary service to Dartmouth and distinction in career and civic activities. T-Byrd’s “exceptional contributions to alumni affairs through your long-standing leadership” made him a unanimous choice by the awards committee.
Also in October, the College will dedicate Buddy Teevens ’79 Stadium at Memorial Field, having held a tribute ceremony to the beloved coach there in May. B.T. changed many lives unrelated to football and his untimely death is a great loss. Find the May ceremony on YouTube, “A Celebration of Life—Buddy Teevans ’79.”
Working with the College and Odysseys Unlimited, the class has put together a trip to Vietnam, March 8-23, 2025. More info at dartgo.org/vietnam2025.
Dartmouth manages about 27,000 acres of forestland in the Second College Grant, along with timberland elsewhere, such as Mount Moosilauke. Watch the less than five-minute video, “Building Dartmouth’s Furniture” on YouTube.
Don Cutter recollects, “Proud to say the Skiway was out in front of this effort. It not only used wood from the Grant for furniture but ash from Corinth, New Hampshire, for the Chivers room. The ash beams were steamed and bent, 24 feet, I think, and all the wood in that room is ash. Shelbourne Farms got a grant to develop a use for No. 1 and 2 grade maple in the furniture at the Skiway lodge.”
News was received of the unexpected April 30 passing of Lee Rosengard after a one-day illness. See https://dartmouthalumnimagazine.com/obits.
—Val Armento, 227 Sylvan Ave., San Mateo, CA 94403; valerie.j.armento.73@dartmouth.edu
In February Bob Haynes was instrumental in producing a class webinar on campus mental health. “We heard from key individuals involved in designing and delivering mental care and programs that support general wellness on campus. We are grateful to them. Their presentations were informative, impressive, and gave us pride in our alma mater’s leadership in important ways that foster learning and growth.”
Jim Fleischer persuaded professor Jonathan Smolin to address the class on “Gaza: The Origins of the Conflict” in March. Jim served as moderator for that discussion. Links to both videos on homepage of class website: 1973.dartmouth.org
Need something a bit lighter to think about at this point? The year 2024 marks 120 years since the birth of Theodor Geisel ’24 (Dr. Seuss).
Thomas Tsirimokos wrote, “I have fond memories of Professor Slesnick. When he learned of my Scouting background, he gave me an application for the then newly created National Eagle Scouts Association (NESA), of which I would become a life member some years later. After graduation I returned to Munich, Germany, where I worked two years for U.S. Army Special Services. I entered Emory University, graduating with my J.D. and M.B.A. in 1978. I then spent four decades in the defense industry, as in-house legal counsel for Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Sanders Associates Inc., Lockheed Sanders Inc., Lockheed Martin Corp., and BAE Systems Inc. I am currently enjoying retirement in my native Queen City [Manchester, New Hampshire] but remain active in Scouting and the Masonic fraternity.”
At the October Alumni Council awards dinner Tyrone Byrd receives the Dartmouth Alumni Award. This award is given on an annual basis to one or more alumni for extraordinary service to Dartmouth and distinction in career and civic activities. T-Byrd’s “exceptional contributions to alumni affairs through your long-standing leadership” made him a unanimous choice by the awards committee.
Also in October, the College will dedicate Buddy Teevens ’79 Stadium at Memorial Field, having held a tribute ceremony to the beloved coach there in May. B.T. changed many lives unrelated to football and his untimely death is a great loss. Find the May ceremony on YouTube, “A Celebration of Life—Buddy Teevans ’79.”
Working with the College and Odysseys Unlimited, the class has put together a trip to Vietnam, March 8-23, 2025. More info at dartgo.org/vietnam2025.
Dartmouth manages about 27,000 acres of forestland in the Second College Grant, along with timberland elsewhere, such as Mount Moosilauke. Watch the less than five-minute video, “Building Dartmouth’s Furniture” on YouTube.
Don Cutter recollects, “Proud to say the Skiway was out in front of this effort. It not only used wood from the Grant for furniture but ash from Corinth, New Hampshire, for the Chivers room. The ash beams were steamed and bent, 24 feet, I think, and all the wood in that room is ash. Shelbourne Farms got a grant to develop a use for No. 1 and 2 grade maple in the furniture at the Skiway lodge.”
News was received of the unexpected April 30 passing of Lee Rosengard after a one-day illness. See https://dartmouthalumnimagazine.com/obits.
—Val Armento, 227 Sylvan Ave., San Mateo, CA 94403; valerie.j.armento.73@dartmouth.edu