“I regret that my obligations as a trustee of the College Board require me to be at a meeting of the Board's executive committee in New York City during this awards lunch. Acknowledging and celebrating our colleagues' contributions to MIT and to each other are among the most rewarding moments in our organizational lives. So, on the whole, I'd rather be in Cambridge.

Too infrequently do we stop to reward the outcomes of our individual contributions - making MIT as good as it can be (and mostly that's the best!) - but at least we're doing that annually now and at this moment.

And I'm pleased to have helped make that happen. But what we really internalize is not the exclamation points but the run-on sentences of daily life - the pleasures of the process, the residue of experience we take home every evening, sometimes very late.

Even as we celebrate professional delivery today, we revel in the personal goodness of everyone gathered. Thank you all - award recipients and celebrants alike - for giving joy and meaning to the hard work we all revel in.”

As Design Manager in the Publishing Services Bureau, you have skillfully helped MIT clients, meeting complex graphic design needs, providing overall art direction for myriad projects, and consulting on how best to achieve the goals of publications. You are extremely adept at knowing how you can be of most use to a particular project or meeting, often leading meetings actively but also moving into the role of consultant when those skills are needed most. You are committed to helping educate clients and the Institute community about design, but you remain open-minded and non-judgmental, always answering questions with courtesy and respect. Your patience, intellectual connection to projects, and ability to really listen to clients have combined to make you an exceptional contributor to MIT's communications efforts.