The class of 1986 raised an extraordinary $1,466,022 this year for the FY2017 Dartmouth College Fund campaign, far exceeding our goal of $1,200,000. Three hundred seventy-five classmates made a gift (38-percent participation); 88 classmates gave a gift of $2,500 or more, joining the 1769 Society. Congratulations, class of 1986! We are so grateful for your continuing generosity to the Dartmouth College Fund. Marion Halliday and I missed the eclipse, but we discovered that we were mere hundreds of yards from each other, when we both posted photos of the opposite sides of Old Faithful in Yellowstone, Wyoming. Erik Roskes, M.D., who works in the Maryland Department of Health as a forensic psychiatrist, and I chatted in my backyard during his summer vacation to Orange County, Califorina, with his son and daughter. His job title alone was enough to impress my 15-year-old daughter, but after talking to Erik, she said that our Dartmouth friends are always so smart and very interesting. Thank you, Erik! The sisters of Delta Phi Epsilon-Epsilon Alpha chapter had their first reunion in Deer Valley, Utah, this fall. We began as friends and ended up sisters. Alex Gutterman, father of two and an avid sailor, is the executive producer, coproducer, storywriter, cowriter and codirector of In Winter, which world premiered in New York City at the Kew Gardens Festival of Cinema. Alex writes that the Dartmouth Club of N.Y.C., of which his late father was president, was quite supportive. Of significant note, classmate Siegfried Richter flew up from Tennessee. It was wonderful to see that many of Alex’s high school friends attended the premiere as well. This is the first time, although I am a member of Compassio, that I was the recipient of its love and care. I received a wonderful bouquet of flowers after my hip replacement surgery. A couple of weeks later, as I sat writing my mother’s obituary, I realized that this is the beginning of this phase in all our lives. Please remember, no matter our trials, the ’86 Compassio committee is always ready to step in. All requests are treated with great care and in complete confidence. Contact Harry Carrel, Lynn Nerland or Kelly Keller if you would like to be a resource or have a need. It is finished in beauty.

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