At Alumni Day 2008, Annual Giving Chair Raj Vinnakota ’93 presented the Class of 1926 Trophy to the Class of 1982 for raising the largest sum for Annual Giving last year. For their 25th Reunion, class members contributed an all-time record of $7,813,832 to AG, led by Class Agent Heather Dembert Rafter, Special Gifts Chair Paul H. Bartlett, Participation Chair Michael J. Salmanson, and Class President Richard D. Gorelick.

Kudos in the form of the Jerry Horton Award went to the Princeton Alumni Association of New Orleans, chaired by David L. Patron ’90. The award, which honors outstanding regional results, recognized the New Orleans group’s sustained level of participation—solidly above 60 percent—for the past five years, even through the dislocations of Hurricane Katrina.

For “exemplary and sustained” service to AG, the Harold H. Helm Award was presented to Dennis J. Keller ’63, charter trustee, co-chair of the Anniversary Campaign for Princeton, and a stalwart leader in his class’s AG campaigns.

(From left, Michael J. Salmanson ’82, Dennis J. Keller ’63, Heather Dembert Rafter ’82, 2006-07 Annual Giving Chair Frederick G. Strobel ’74, and Paul H. Bartlett ’82)