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Class Notes, June/July 2010Fran L’Esperance has sent me word of a special award, which he has received. The Rank Prize for Optoelectronics was presented to him at a lavish ceremony held at the Royal College of Physicians in London, England on February 8, 2010. The event was attended by a number of members of the British Peerage. Fran, who is a Professor of Clinical Ophthamology at Columbia University School of Medicine began the first FDA approved trial of corneal surgery using photorefractive keratatectomy, the predecessor of today’s LASIK corrective eye surgery. Because the individuals whom he treated experienced severe discomfort he adapted another procedure where the cornea was incised without disturbing the outer layers and the mid-cornea was treated directly with the excimer laser to correct the refractive error. He named this procedure LASIK ( Laser Assisted In-Situ Keratectomy). One million people are treated withLASIK in this country every year. The Rank Prize is considered by the British to be the world’s most outstanding award in optoelectronics and England’s response to Sweden and Norway’s Nobel Prize. Congratulations, Fran! Harlan Fair is employing his knowledge and skills to better the human existence by working with Engineers Without Borders as a member of a team who have expertise in Engineering, Hydrogeology, and Public Health. He has undertaken a project to secure a reliable and safe drinking water source in Puerto de Valle Guanajuato, Mexico, a small village . It obtains its water from an unreliable community well, one apparently with an excess of coliform bacteria and nitrates, as well as various minerals including an excess of fluorides. The project requires taking water samples and having them analyzed as well as designing and building the new water source while educating the local populace as to its need and its ultimate worthiness. Tom Bloomer and Bonnie Siegal are scheduled to meet with our College executives to discuss the results of their class survey on bonding. They have acquired by some expert statistical analysis some interesting information which we hope will be useful to other classes. Well done, Bonnie and Tom! Sadly I have to report the death of Fred Walsh. We offer sincere condolences to his wife and daughter.
Class Notes, January/February 2010The Fall is upon us signaling exciting sports activity, Dartmouth night, Homecoming and the naming of our Classmate of the Year. This year our committee named two outstanding classmates for this distinguished honor. Put Blodgett and Allen Collins now join the ranks of those distinguished classmates who have previously been so honored. Allen is the only Dartmouth alum who has held all three of the following positions: President of the Alumni Council, President of the Association of Alumni and Chairman of the Dartmouth Fund. Put has served our College, the greater Hanover community, and the States of New Hampshire and Vermont as a woodsman, a farmer, an ecologist, a ski racing official and as an artist. Congratulations! Many thanks to Lore and John Dodge who hosted a fabulous maxi-mini reunion at the spectacular Mount View Grande Hotel in Whitefield, New Hampshire. There were 28 attendees who enjoyed excellent weather and a wonderful program of golf, tennis, a super lecture on New Hampshire’s grand hotels and fabulous meals. In addition, Lore and John had a super barbecue at their own home for the Class. Grafton County has named court room number one in the Grafton County Courthouse the Honorable William Reynold Johnson courtroom in his memory. A gifted and devoted jurist, a brilliant and humane individual, Bill served with distinction as a Associate Justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court. President Jim Yong Kim visited Donald Goss at his home. They discussed many different aspect s relating to the College , with Donald offering President Kim his personal observations on a number of subjects. The visit continues to add to the already fast-growing perception of Dr. Kim’s grace, energy, and determination to learn everything that he can about Dartmouth. Allen Collins’ granddaughter Katelyn Collins Parizeau ‘10 co-managed the Big Green Bus in its vegetable oil-fueled 12,000 mile trip across the United States this summer. It sounds like great fun for a worthy cause. Sadly I must relate the sad news of the death of our classmate, Howard Elton Clark Jr. I offer our sympathy and condolences to his wife Dona and their children, David, Suzanne, and Brian. Mark H. Smoller 4 Schuyler Drive, Jericho, NY 11753; (516) 938-3616; Dartmark@gmail.com
Notes for November and December 2009
Donald Goss has stepped down after many years of service as a member of the Dartmouth Athletic Sponsor Advisory Board. Our Class has been privileged to have had two members of the ten person board, Donald and the late Dick Dunham. Both contributed mightily to the Sponsors Program which has been very successful in bringing outstanding athletes from all over the country to Dartmouth. Many thanks, Donald! By the time this reaches you, the lovely little white booth which is placed on the green each summer will have been removed. Bill Chamberlain has operated daily from it during the summer as the purveyor of directions to anywhere in the College He has also been very busy answering all questions regarding Dartmouth which the multitude of visitors threw at him. The larger the crowd , the happier he appeared to be. Great work, Bill! Chairpersons Bonnie and David Siegal have announced the schedule for our mini reunions this fall. They will take place on: 9/19, after Colgate game, at Jane and John Springer’s; 10/3, after the Pennsylvania, game at Donna and Chuck Reilly’s; 10/24, after the Columbia game (Homecoming weekend), at Phil Beekman’s; 11/7, after the Cornell game, at Bonnie and David Siegal’s; 11/21,after the Princeton game, at Jodie and John Zimmermann’s. Many thanks to Bonnie and David and to our most generous hosts.
Class notes for September and October 2009
Max Culpepper, Director of Band and Wind Symphony at Dartmouth became the newest member of our Class at a recent event celebrating the occasion of his retirement. He has taught for twenty-five years at Dartmouth, John Kennedy presented a pin to Mrs. Ginger Culpepper, after which Class President John Springer welcomed Max into our Class, and presented him with a lovely citation.. Donald Carpenter Goss then presented classmate Max Culpepper 53A with a personal gift. Welcome, Max! We are honored to have you as our classmate joining just five illustrious honorees previously honored in our sixty years of existence.
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