Class Note 2017
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May-June 2026
Class Note 2017. I’m writing this on the last day of February in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, where even in the mountains it’s been feeling like spring for the past few weeks—which is fitting, given it’ll be the middle of May by the time this hits everyone’s mailboxes. There are a few more classmate updates below, and a sneak peak of our July/August feature.
Alyssa “Lyss” Loyless wrote in to share an update: “After Dartmouth I continued my education, obtaining an M.Sc. from the University of York, England, Fulbright research in Cambodia (working with Sarah Klassen ’10), and starting a Ph.D. at Stanford in environmental anthropology. I mastered out of my Ph.D. program in 2023, graduating with a master’s in environmental anthropology and started working with AECOM doing archaeological work in the Bay Area. In the last two years I’ve done a full creative 180 and became a tattoo artist, now working in Oakland, California! With tattooing I’ve been able to travel for my work and even reconnected with some old Dartmouth friends around the United States. I wanted to study art while at Dartmouth but was always told that it was an unwise decision financially, so it has felt so rewarding to be able to make a great living while creating! I still incorporate a lot of research and archaeology into my designs, focusing on historic figures paired with freehanded florals and ornamental filigree. You can find my work on my Instagram (instagram.com/lyss.akemi.tattoo).”
Max Saccone recently started as an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at University of Colorado Boulder. His lab focuses on materials development for 3D printing metals and ceramics at the microscopic scale. He moved to Colorado from southern California and told me that the access to the outdoors (climbing, skiing, and living near friend Isaac Green) has been a particular highlight of living in Boulder. I asked Max what he’s most looking forward to at reunions, and he said: “Going to the Lodge and admiring some of my handiwork on Gorge Brook from when I was on trail ‘Croo.’ ”
Coming up next issue: David Klinges promises an update on his new professorship at Rutgers and, importantly, his bachelor party featuring 13 ’17s.
—Michael Baicker, 704 5th St., Golden, CO 80403; michael.baicker@gmail.com
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Alyssa “Lyss” Loyless wrote in to share an update: “After Dartmouth I continued my education, obtaining an M.Sc. from the University of York, England, Fulbright research in Cambodia (working with Sarah Klassen ’10), and starting a Ph.D. at Stanford in environmental anthropology. I mastered out of my Ph.D. program in 2023, graduating with a master’s in environmental anthropology and started working with AECOM doing archaeological work in the Bay Area. In the last two years I’ve done a full creative 180 and became a tattoo artist, now working in Oakland, California! With tattooing I’ve been able to travel for my work and even reconnected with some old Dartmouth friends around the United States. I wanted to study art while at Dartmouth but was always told that it was an unwise decision financially, so it has felt so rewarding to be able to make a great living while creating! I still incorporate a lot of research and archaeology into my designs, focusing on historic figures paired with freehanded florals and ornamental filigree. You can find my work on my Instagram (instagram.com/lyss.akemi.tattoo).”
Max Saccone recently started as an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at University of Colorado Boulder. His lab focuses on materials development for 3D printing metals and ceramics at the microscopic scale. He moved to Colorado from southern California and told me that the access to the outdoors (climbing, skiing, and living near friend Isaac Green) has been a particular highlight of living in Boulder. I asked Max what he’s most looking forward to at reunions, and he said: “Going to the Lodge and admiring some of my handiwork on Gorge Brook from when I was on trail ‘Croo.’ ”
Coming up next issue: David Klinges promises an update on his new professorship at Rutgers and, importantly, his bachelor party featuring 13 ’17s.
—Michael Baicker, 704 5th St., Golden, CO 80403; michael.baicker@gmail.com