Members of the class of ’81 are a distinguished bunch and this spring the accolades continue to pile up. If only someone could discover springtime for New England in April. 


Eileen Chamberlain Donahoe has been honored by the Harvard Divinity School Alumni/Alumnae Council as a 2014 recipient of the Peter J. Gomes S.T.B. ’68 Memorial Honors, given annually to a small group of graduates whose lives and work exemplify the mission and values of the school. “Muffin” is the director of global affairs for Human Rights Watch. She’s served as the first U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Human Rights Council, appointed by President Obama in 2009. Not satisfied with her degree from Dartmouth, she has a law degree from Stanford and a Ph.D. in ethics and social theory with a focus on human rights issues from the University of California, Berkeley, Graduate Theological Union. 


Dr. James Kenealy has been honored by his peers of the Middlesex West District (Massachusetts) Medical Society as its 2014 Community Clinician of the Year, recognizing his contributions as a physician. The award was presented on April 2. James is a board-certified otolaryngologist in Framingham and Milford, Massachusetts. James must like the camera, too: He’s an occasional host of Physician Focus, the health educational television program produced by the Massachusetts Medical Society, and has been a health reporter for Hopkinton Community Television.


Scott von Eschen’s PR person found me, but I went straight to the source for an update. “After I left Morgan Stanley in 1993 I partnered with Scott Halsted’s wife, Lisa. She started Adventures Cross-Country in 1983 and I bought the majority of the company from her in 1993. The Halsted and von Eschen kids have all grown up together. We have had a bunch of ’81 families send their kids with us through the years. Most recently ’81s Seth Woodberry, Lee Carson, Scott Stuart, Ben Pierce, Joe and Susan Jangro and Tom and Maribeth Ryan have all had their kids go with us to Africa, Belize, Fiji, Ecuador and Costa Rica. It has been great fun catching up with everyone. I never know who will be on the other end of the line when I pick up the phone.” 


Taking a pass on Facebook I found these juicy items: Sally Ankeny Reiley running the Boston (Strong) Marathon and Dynex CEO Byron Boston ringing the New York Stock Exchange closing bell. 


If you are reading this before June 30 there is still time to contribute to the Dartmouth College Fund before the end of the fiscal year. Did you know tuition covers only 43 percent of the total cost of the student experience? The College relies on gifts from alumni to make up the difference. In 2013 gifts from alumni, parents and friends made up 23 percent of Dartmouth’s annual budget. Finally, reunion is only a year away. If you want to help, drop a line to Rick Silverman at litlriki@gmail.com. 


— Brian Cusack , 26 Ocean Ave., Marblehead, MA 01945; (617) 710-7228; briancusack13@gmail.com; Robert Goldbloom , 324 Warburton Ave., Hastings-on-Hudson, NY 10706; (914) 231-5117; robertgoldbloom@gmail.com