Tonight Tim O'Brien will be officially presented with the Hamilton King Award at the Society of Illustrators. Earlier this week Tim's  personal piece of Neda Agha-Soltan  touched a nerve around the world. 
Tim is a class act all around, a great illustrator, family man, teacher and leader by example for the future of illustration. It is my privlege to call him a friend and to be able to use this forum congratulate him for his many accomplishments today as he is honored by the Society of Illustrators.