Our class of 1986 35th reunion on June 18 and 19 was a huge success. It is probably the only free reunion for our class. We were joined by President Hanlon ’77 at our reunion kickoff event on Friday night, where he praised us for our participation through fundraising and volunteering and thanked us for 35 years of loyalty; it was a true highlight of the evening. We then busted a move to DJ Live Drex with the ’85s and ’87s virtually. There was fierce competition during the 1980s trivia game. We continued our reunion on Saturday morning with our affinity group breakout sessions with LGBTQIA+, coeds, athletes, arts, and parents, to name a few. We hope you continue connections and discussions that began during that session. At 2 p.m. we celebrated 10 years of Compassio; we heard from many special guests who shared their personal journeys. Compassio continues to touch many lives and other classes are creating their own care groups. We followed this with a beautiful moving memorial service to honor the lives of 25 classmates no longer with us. Our thanks go to organizer Lynn Tracy Nerland; Liz Babb, who handled the technology; David Kotz for photos of Dartmouth; Greg Nerland for the slideshow; Maryly Culley Culpepper, Andrew Walkling, and Marion Halliday for the beautiful music; Terry Galvin Andersen for her words of comfort; Kelly Keller, Lisa Richardson, Christina Porche Kallon, Jayne Daigle Jones, John Bodie, Jack Fuchs, Werner Tillinger, and Jonno Williams for sharing so movingly about our recently deceased classmates; and Andre Cramblit, who is Karuk, for sharing his words and a song to send us forth. Thank you. After the memorial service we had our usual class meeting where we elected new officers for the next five years. Join in welcoming Gary Greene as our new class president, Laura Lindner Sankey as vice president of class events, and Liz Babb as VP of communications to keep us informed and more cohesive as a class. Todd Gomez will continue as treasurer and I, Mae Hueston, will continue as secretary. We also had a drawing for a Simon Pearce bowl, which went to Dick Krissinger; congratulations! Also revealed at the class meeting was the 5K video that Mike Moody made of all the classmates who participated virtually. After our class meeting we heard from Matthew Weatherley-White, Allison Barlow, and Bill Rodgers on “Creating The Future We Want.” We hope discussions will continue after our reunion. After the panel we joined the ’87s in a game of wits in the Big Green Trivia Machine. Finally, if you were not there, we all sang our alma mater in perfect three-part harmony. If you practice for the next five years, you can join in another rendition at our next in-person reunion. We have some recordings from the reunion that will be available. The links to most of these events will be posted on our class website and Facebook site. In beauty, it is finished.

—Mae Drake Hueston, P.O. Box 264, Balboa Island, CA 92662; (949) 500-2191; dart86news@gmail.com