Hi, buddies! As I savor the last sea breezes of a Cape Cod, Massachusetts, summer, it’s hard to project to November, when you will be reading this. Honestly, it’s hard to project to tomorrow at this point. Being more present and less “calendared” has been a benefit of Covid but has also caused me to miss my share of deadlines. I’m getting this in under the wire! Thank you to class cross-country chronicler, Pete Dakin, whose photos on our Dartmouth class of 1976 Facebook page feature classmates he’s seen from coast to coast, including John Gleason, Bob Tibolt, and Skip Cummins. Also out and about is Kipp Barker, whose West Coast cycling photos make retirement look awesome! From the photos it looks as though brother Kirk has been along for some of the ride. The appreciation of nature and outdoor activity that led so many of us to Dartmouth has sure deepened this year. Just as vital as outdoor activity is the connection with others during a time when many of us feel the daily stress of restriction and uncertainty. It’s not a time to feel isolated. I am grateful our class Caring Connections volunteers are at the ready for supportive listening and conversation in the strictest of confidence. Contact our class coordinator Cindy Shannon (cshannonvt@gmail.com) for a listening ear. A shoutout to Cha’Mia Rothwell ’20, winner (for the second time!) of our Class of 1976 Award as top female student-athlete. A star of women’s track and field, she ran a season best 8.31 in the 60-meter hurdles at the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships. She dedicated her title to the memory of her personal sprints coach, Sandy Ford-Centonze, who led Dartmouth’s women’s track and field program for three decades. Helping as ever on the international front is Bai Mass Taal, who has served as executive secretary of the African Ministers’ Council on Water, coordinating the water ministers of 54 African countries for the purpose of cleaner water and better sanitation. He is currently special advisor to the national organizing committee of the World Water Forum, the world’s largest gathering of water experts, scheduled to take place in Dakar, Senegal, in March 2021. Monica Hargrove—who began her legal career as a trial lawyer in the honors law program in the antitrust division of the U.S. Department of Justice, later serving as an attorney for USAir, then as general counsel of Airports Council International North America, and most recently as deputy general counsel of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA)—is currently vice president and secretary of the MWAA. The MWAA is responsible for the safe operation of Reagan National and Dulles International airports. Congrats to class authors Tom Ruegger (Will You Wear a Mask I Ask?), Skip Cummins (Mastering You from the Inside Out), and Reggie Williams (Resilient by Nature). We extend special hugs of condolence to Wendy Simila Snickenberger, whose husband, Walt, our formidable Princeton football and hockey rival, brother of Tom ’75, passed away in August.

—Sara Hoagland Hunter, 72 Mount Vernon St., Unit 4B, Boston, MA 02108; sarahunter76@gmail.com