Dear Alumni Lacrosse Team,

Eileen Sims and Kelly Kerner have returned from Vail with wonderful stories of your week in the mountains.  It sounds like the tournament was another rousing success and a great example of the strong fabric that unites us all in our shared Middlebury experiences.

My schedule and the conclusion of a very successful Bicentennial Campaign kept me from joining you this year.  That said, I hope to be there in 2002 for another rendition with Pete of the Park School Song and that unforgettable favorite, "Dinah".

Please accept my sincere thanks for all you have done to help the College along the way and for your continued enthusiasm for reuniting each year in the Rocky Mountains.  Your loyalty to Middlebury and to each other is a powerful example of why we are all so fortunate to be part of this family.

All good wishes from Vermont,

John McCardell