I sent ’90s the following invitation: “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 two of two.

David Sherwood: “Admiring from afar is distinct from stalking, correct? I just want to make certain I answer the question correctly.” Bradley Bennett: “As a resident of Montgomery, Alabama—the cradle of the Confederacy but also the birthplace of the civil rights movement—I thoroughly admire my classmate, U.S. District Court Judge Abdul Kallon of Birmingham, Alabama. Abdul was the valedictorian at Bladensburg High School in Maryland. After receiving his A.B. in history in 1990, he completed his law degree in 1993 at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. After clerking for former U.S. District Judge U.W. Clemon in Birmingham, he began working at Bradley, Arant, Rose & White in 1994 and was eventually named a partner in the firm. He was appointed by former President Barack Obama in 2009 to succeed Clemon on the U.S. district court, and he was unanimously confirmed in the U.S. Senate. ‘Judge Kallon has a long and impressive record of service and a history of handing down fair and judicious decisions,’ Obama said in a press release.” Mary (Bachman) DeSilva: “I always admired Nancy (Zilvitis) Potter, who played on the women’s soccer team and reminded me of a regal Amazon warrior. As a student I was amazed at how all of the student-athletes could balance team sports and schoolwork. Nancy is married to John Potter, and they and their two children live only a few miles away from our family in southern New Hampshire. It has been a delight getting to know the Potters the past couple of years; just last week we celebrated Lunar New Year together with a Vietnamese friend.” Jay Davis: “At Dartmouth I admired Drew Jones for his obvious commitment to environmental causes long before recycling and sustainability were widely accepted and practiced. And I now admire Kate Wright for similar reasons. Kate is doing superb work as an environmental consultant in Bozeman, Montana.” Peter Pasi: “I admire hundreds of my classmates. I am truly honored and humbled to be in such good company and so proud of what my fellow ’90s have achieved in their professional and personal lives.” Christine Smith: “I secretly admire those ’90s who quietly went about their business during college and grad school, and now—bam!—they are university professors: Jen Ryan, Julie Urda, Bruce Sacerdote, and many more. Twenty-five years ago, who knew?” Robin Lapre: “Mike Lowenthal. Being valedictorian at Dartmouth is no small feat, but Mike caught my eye early on playing the banjo on the Green. He seemed to embody the Dartmouth spirit. His courage and confidence to be ‘out’ in the dinosaur days of the 1980s helped make it easier for subsequent generations of LGBT individuals to freely embrace their identity. Well done, Mike!” Ted Carleton: “At Dartmouth I should have asked out Gwen Pointer. I wasn’t confident enough to take that on! I also wish I’d gotten to know George Cawman better. I liked his energy. And I would never want to run into Melanie (Schneeberger) Robbins in an intellectual back alley without being very well-armed.” And in class news, Jay Benson, formerly COO of Simon Pearce in Windsor, Vermont, has been named the company’s new CEO! Company founder Simon Pearce commented, “An enormous part of the progress we’re experiencing is thanks to Jay Benson’s leadership. It’s been the most successful year in the history of the company, 47 years to be exact.” Go, Jay!

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