This month, I asked ’90s: “Tell us about a classmate whom you admired from afar during our years at Dartmouth or whom you admire from afar now.” Here is part one of two.

Scott Atwood: “I admire Greg Millett.Although we keep in touch through Facebook, I feel like I admire him ‘from afar’ because he is always traveling the world for his great work on HIV and infectious disease issues. And I admire Brian Sweeney, who lives ‘afar’ away as a doctor in Alaska and is keeping its people healthy. (I admire Jon Sullivan too, but I just saw him, so I can’t say it is ‘from afar.’ But he wanted props.)” Ann Fromholz: “I admire Bradley Bennett for the important work he is doing with the Southern Poverty Law Center and for the fact that he moved his family to a new city to do this vital work. I hope to have visited Bradley and his family in Montgomery, Alabama, by the time this issue goes to print.” Mark Schiffman: “The two people I wish I’d spent more time with at Dartmouth are Abdul Kallon and Sadie Peters. With each, I remember a conversation from senior year wherein I was struck by his or her thoughtfulness and perspective. I came away from those conversations touched by a sense of the warmth, compassion and quiet strength that each possessed.”

Joshua Vogel: “Talking with Walter Palmer at our 25th reunion, I was amazed by his story of standing up as a freshman and questioning why he and his basketball teammates had to sign a contract with the NCAA without any legal counsel. To have that kind of awareness, courage and maturity at such a young age is amazing to me. And then to grow up and get what you thought was your dream job, and to be willing to leave it behind upon finding it wasn’t what you thought, I think is incredibly brave. What a commitment to his principles.” Phil Privatera: “Julie Davis. She was never afraid to be herself. Since I have always been involved on the fringes of production work, I have been asked if I know her (being a fellow Dartmouth grad). It is great to see she pursued her dreams.”

And here’s some classmate news. Quincy Vale: “After being single for about seven years, my long-time girlfriend and I traveled to Tanzania in October 2017 for a trek to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro and a safari in the Serengeti. After six and half days trekking and sleeping in tents with 10 other trekkers and a large team of porters and guides, we reached the summit, and I proposed with a diamond and tanzanite ring I had procured in Andover, Massachusetts, and faithfully carried (like Frodo) on an arduous journey up a volcano. I am so happy she said yes. If she hadn’t, the day-and-a-half hike down and the additional nine days traveling on safari and through Amsterdam would have been really brutal and awkward. Michelle Carlow and I are set to be married this summer!” Adam Bookbinder: “After 18 years in the U.S. attorney’s office in Boston, primarily prosecuting cyber-criminals, I ventured into private practice in February, joining the cybersecurity and white-collar practices at Holland & Knight. I expect that there will be plenty to do, trying to protect clients from all of the hackers out there. In January my family spent a great afternoon with Michael Reynolds in New York. Michael is doing well, working as a litigation partner at Cravath, Swain & Moore and living in a great loft in SoHo.”

—Rob Crawford, 22 Black Oak Road, Weston, MA 02493; crawdaddy37@gmail.com