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Despite the dismal winter, dismal economic situation and dismal every- thing else there is some good news. James C. Vailas, winner of the Alfred E. Watson Trophy for Dartmouth football, will be inducted into the Wearers of the Green, Dartmouth’s Athlet- ics Hall of Fame, along with more than 160 stu- dents, alumni and coaches on Saturday, May 16, at Boston’s Westin Copley Place (reception 6-7 p.m., dinner 7-11). President Wright will speak. The Wearers, founded in 1984, holds induc- tions every five years. Alumni are encouraged to attend. For more information or to register, go to the Wearers site, www.alumni.dartmouth.edu/wearers

Jacob A. Manheimer was recently selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2009. Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor in the legal profession because inclusion in the guide is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey in which more than 25,000 leading attorneys cast almost 2 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their specialties. Jake is being recognized for his work in bankruptcy and creditor-debtor rights law at Pierce Atwood LLP.

Anne Bagamery, the business editor of the International Herald Tribune, has been named to the board of visitors of the John Sloane Dickey Center for International Understanding.

Ty Hilkert’s Franciscan mission in downtown San Francisco was featured in a recent episode of Secret Millionaire. “It’s actually very good, modeled on a British Channel 4 show,” says Ty. “Just the thing for Great Depression II: The Sequel. It’s a fish-out-of-water reality show of millionaires living like poor people for a week in bad neighborhoods. Each show culminates with the millionaire giving at least $100,000 to some poor person they choose.

On a down note, Dr. Milton E. Wilson passed away on September 8, 2008, in Cleveland, Ohio, of kidney failure. His widow, Barbara Misama Muhammad, said he had been on dialysis. He was a member of Alpha Phi Alpha at Dartmouth.

Finally, if anyone knows where to get a DVD of Winter Carnival, please let me know. (My 20-plus-year-old VCR copy, scratchy to begin with, finally self-destructed this February and I need a replacement so I can continue living in the past.)

Well, that’s it for now, gang. Write more, soon. Cheers.

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