After a wet winter and beginning of spring, I am watching the birds make their yearly nest on our outdoor speakers. No matter the changes since they were last here, their natural cycle gives peace as I am reminded that despite changes on other levels of life, some things remain the same. Kelly Keller writes, “Each winter during the two-week Martin Luther King Jr. celebration Dartmouth honors members of the Dartmouth and Upper Valley communities who work for social justice, peace, civil rights, public health or environmental sustainability. This year our very own Kevin Curnin, a partner at Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP in New York and founding director of Stroock’s public service project, received the Lester B. Granger ’18 Award for Lifetime Achievement. The Granger Award is presented annually to a Dartmouth graduate or graduates whose lifelong commitment to public service has been exemplary. Granger Award recipients have exhibited leadership and innovation in meeting community needs and benefiting an underserved population.” Congratulations, Kevin! He adds, “No class has won more Martin Luther King Jr. awards than the illustrious class of ’86! Here is the list and the year they won: Beth Robinson, 2002; Allison Barlow, 2012; Chris Keating, 2016; Kevin Curnin, 2017. The ’90s are second place with three!” At the most recent Club and Group Officers Weekend, our wonderful classmate Ken Klemm was bestowed with the 2016 Small Club President of the Year Award. Ken’s skilled leadership and dedication to the Dartmouth Club of the Gulf Coast is evident in the very first sentence of the alumni relations report on the award: “Ken Klemm ’86 has skillfully led the Dartmouth Club of the Gulf Coast for over a decade, during which time the club has twice been recognized as Small Club of the Year.” Ken, we’re very proud of you! We’ve also heard that Neil Maher’s book, Apollo in the Age of Aquarius, is out. For Neil’s upcoming events and appearances, see his website: www.neilmaher.com. Congratulations, Neil! As it has happened to you, and as you know, it’s always a joy to run into a classmate. John and I were having a date night in Deer Valley, Utah, when a random person came up to John and asked why he was wearing a “Dartmouth Rugby” shirt. John explained that we were ’86s, his love for rugby and that he had traveled to watch New Zealand play Ireland. Well, the guy who asked was classmate and former rugby captain Raoul Socher, on his way to meet another rugby captain, Nick Leventis, and their former rugby players. No matter where we go, there we are.

—Mae Drake Hueston, 624 Poppy Ave., Corona Del Mar, CA 92625; mdhueston@me.com