Class Note 1973

It’s a long, hot, political summer.

Neuberger Berman senior vice president Dave Wilson has found an entertaining exercise outlet. Dave and his wife, Ann, took up competitive ballroom dancing a few years ago and have become so enamored with dance they have been to Argentina to take tango lessons. For photos, see myphotos.ryankennerphotography.com/p295046649/h3F74836A#h300051ab.

Nick Chamousis continues his incredible commitment to mentoring young people, especially Dartmouth students, including Jamal Brown ’08, who is now press secretary to Shaun Donovan, President Obama’s director of the U.S. Office of Management and Budget.

Radiologist Jim Gilley is with South Texas Radiology and specializes in musculoskeletal radiology. His imaging center works with the Spurs and other pro teams. Jim likes to fish and reportedly has a photo of a 10-pound plus bass he caught on a lake on his property near D’hanis, outside of San Antonio, Texas.

Seasoned trial lawyer John Lyons retired in late 2014 from the Los Angeles office of Latham & Watkins, where he was chair of the litigation department.

Doug Jaeger, who is living in Inver Grove Heights near St. Paul, Minnesota, is general manager for a manufacturing company based in Newcastle, Maine. He commutes at times to the Northeast as part of his work and, when possible, detours to Hanover. Doug has two youngsters, 8 and 10, so is advising retiring classmates he plans to work forever.

Kelvin Chin is the founder and executive director of the Overcoming the Fear of Death Foundation, overcomingthefearofdeath.org, a nonprofit dedicated to helping people improve the quality of their present lives by overcoming their fear of death. The foundation’s objective is to help people reduce or eliminate their fear of death in order to free up otherwise wasted energy that can be refocused to better use in one’s daily life. Working with audiences on death and dying issues since the 1980s, Kelvin has taught numerous seminars for the legal and healthcare industries. Although he lives in Austin, Texas, he speaks internationally, has spoken at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco and has been on TV. Kel is in the process of writing a book, Overcoming the Fear of Death: Through Each of the 4 Main Belief Systems.

The Donor Network of Arizona honored organ donors from the past several years recently and included Mike Kaiser in its recognition. Mike was critically injured in 2012 when struck by a car while crossing a street in his handicapped scooter and fought for 13 months because “Dartmouth men don’t quit,” but ultimately died on June 27, 2013. Mike had previously registered as an organ donor on his driver’s license. Twenty patients received bone grafts and 15 received skin grafts from him. Donations of skin are so scarce, notice of availability is sent out nationwide, so the neediest patients receive the skin grafts. Mike’s donations of skin went to individuals in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi and Missouri. One does not often receive posthumous accolades; kudos to Mike. Your scribe has a donor dot on her license and hopes other classmates do also.

—Val Armento, 227 Sylvan Ave., San Mateo, CA 94403; valerie. j.armento73@dartmouth.edu