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(USPS 120-860) Contents Volume 69, Number 4
Commencement 1980 Published quarterly by Colby College 4 Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer Honoris Causa
A Way of Seeing 6 Editor Selection from The Alumni Nancy Crilly Photography Exhibition
Editorial Associate An Actor, Director, and Professor Retires 8 Richard Nye Dyer f "Some English majors would change their p. 8 major rather than encounter Irving Suss Design and Production in a classroom; others consider him to Martha Freese Shattuck be one of the most dynamic professors on campus." -Peter Knowlton in the Echo, 1975 Contributing Writer
Peter J. Kingsley Ninetta May Runnals 11 1885-1980 Photography "I made up my mind to work for all I was James Cook worth to give women a bigger place in the Nancy Crilly sun at Colby." Peter J. Kingsley Earl Smith "Good To See You" 12 (Special thanks to Ron Maxwell of the Central Maine Morning Alumni Reunion Weekend Sentinel.) p. 12 News from the Hill 16
We encourage you to write Notes on People 20 lette1 s to the editor; address changes should be sent to the alumni office. Books 22
Dwight Sargent reviews The Strider Years. Postmaster send form 3579 to
The Colby Alumnus Sports 15 Colby College Waterville, Maine 04901 Class Correspondence 24
Milestones 40 p. 17
Back cover: "Catherine at the Vatican" by Pat Cope '56. From The Alumni Photography Exhibition. You are not going into optimistic times, but you have to be optimistic.
-Ralph Nader
The 159th Commencement
1 RESIDENT COTTER OPENED THE 159TH COMMENCE Three hundred and eig hty-five seniors were can Pment on a sunny Saturday morning, May 24th, didates for A. B. degrees: seven earned summa cum wit h his premier baccalaureate address. It was for him, laude; fourteen magna cum laude, and forty-two cum "a sad and sweet occasion. Sweet because I have come laude. Mars hals Pamela Haury, of North Haven, to admire greatly the intellect, creativity, and good Conn ., and David Ossoff, of Beverly, Mass., led the natured sense of humor which you have brought to your class in the processional. dizzying variety of activities at Colby. Sad because I feel John Veilleux was awarded the Condon medal, for rather cheated that we have known one another for just "exhibiting the finest qualities of citizenship and for this short year. '' contributions to the college," by vote of his classmates. He assured the nearly 400 seniors in the chapel, and the friends and relatives listening on the la wns, that the overwhelming majority of graduates was adequately prepared for what would come next. (The ne w grad uates have plans ranging from entering graduate sc hool to plying a freig hter between California and Japan.) Their studies have prepared them for further education. Those entering the work force may find that ''t he first position will probably not provide a perfect fit, but they will move easily to second and subsequent posts, carry ing an ever enhanced ability to absorb fres h information quickly and to put it to work appropriately. " Explaining that education after co llege is essentially a self-taught process, the president offered two "mun dane suggestions... . When you leave here, proceed immediately to the nearest public library and take out a library card. And a book or two, as long as you're at it. The second bit of homespun concerns long trips on planes, trains, and buses. Take along a book. Nothing discourages me more than flying from Boston to Water ville, and seeing Colby students thumbing aimlessly throug h Air New England magazine. " Sunday morning, the skies were fine, the air cool. More than 3,000 people, with a collection of photographic equipment that would shame Time- Life, Incorporated, gat hered to witness graduation. The youngest were jumpy before the ceremony even began; children chased dogs, climbed trees, and tormented Take out a library card, and a book or two while you 're their siblings. at it.-President Cotter
2 Recip ient of one of six honorary degrees, Ra lp h Nader spoke, from his ex perience as a consumer rig hts advocat e, on pub lic service. "Citizen involvement is a joy, a rig ht, and an obligation," he said. "What you have to ask yourselves is, can you bring your conscience to work wit h you? Asking that question is part of the formula for happ iness. The other part is ans wering it positively. Pressures at work wi ll try to influence you to focus on the means and to ignore a purposeful eva lua tion of the met hods and the end. You are not going into optimistic times, but you have to be optimistic ." Rac hel Lavengood, of Evanston, III., the first woman in the I I-year history of election of class speakers, ex plained what she would not talk about. "I thought I'd talk about ev erything that needs changing because it 's detrimental to the growt h of the stud ents, but I only hav e five minutes. I could change the world faster than I could change Colby." Closing, she took three oranges out of her go wn and jugg led them, which momentarily wrecked the self-conscious seriousness of the ceremony . When the students were called up for their degrees, perhaps for just a second, the parents and faculty, through rem embrance and simp le identification, could feel the pull of the old paradox: the irrevocableness of the ending, and the vastness of the future. Six honorary degr ees were conferr ed; Mic hael Pelleti er led the singing of the Alma Mater, and the I 59t h Commencement con cluded shortly after noon.
The full text of President Cotter's baccalaureate address What you have ro ask is can you bring your conscience is available by writing the college editor. to work with you? -Ralph Nader
I could change the world faster than I For exhibiting the finest qualities of citizenship and for contributions to could change Colby.-Class speaker and the development of the college, John Veilleux was awarded the Condon juggler Rachel Lavengood. Medal.
3 Six honorary degrees were conferred: (front, left to right) Willard Enteman; Dahlov !pear; Ralph Nader; Clark Carter; (back, second from left) William Scoville; Harold A/fond. They are with President Cotter (back, left) and Robert Anthony (back, right), chairman, board of trustees.
HAROLD ALFOND CLARK HOPKINS CARTER Doctor of Humane Letters Doctor of Humane Letters
Builder and innovator, sagacious business executive The record of service to Colby by Clark Carter as a and sportsman, philanthropist and long time friend of class leader and trustee is convincing testimony of Colby, Harold Alfond is an uncommon man. As loyalty and a sense of mission. He is uniquely bound founder and Chairman of the Board of the Dexter to the college by family ties past and present. The Shoe Company he has infused new life into an indus Colby lineage includes his mother, brother and wife, try which some feared could no longer be competitive all graduates, and his father who, from 19 10 until his in Maine. His answer is a thriving multimillion dollar, death in 1926, was a highly respected professor of expanding corporation nourished by enviable ingenu mathematics on the faculty. Corporate Vice President ity and superb management. Although this Waterville of Richardson-Merrell, a pharmaceutical firm with and Belgrade resident never pursued a formal college which he has been associated for thirty-five years, and education, Harold Alfond, through liberal scholar a Colby trustee over fifteen of these years, he has ships and grants, has enabled countless others to worked devotedly on several major board committees. receive one. A deep interest in young people and Drawing on his business experience and acumen, athletics is reflected in his substantial gifts to youth Clark Carter's contributions as a member of the groups, schools and colleges, among them the state Budget and Finance Committee over a decade and a university at Orono and Colby. But his generosity is half, and his leadership as its chairman for the past by no means confined to athletics. Indeed, it is vir seven years, have been singularly effective. The finan tually impossible to find a charitable cause in central cial health of this institution owes much to his pru Maine which he has not generously and consistently dence and tender care. On the fortieth anniversary of aided. The warmth of his relations with Colby people his graduation Colby honors this devoted son for and his enthusiasm for th(s college have brought fidelity and energy, selflessly and effectively put to Harold Alfond frequently to our midst. We welcome work on its behalf. him today with respect and gratitude into the ranks of our honorary alumni.
4 WI LLARD FINLEY ENTEMAN Museum and that of the college's museum. She has Doctor of Laws written and illustrated over thirty children 's books. If Plato was right 2,300 years ago that the only salva Dahlov !pear and her husband, Adolph, have been tion for society is to have the ruler be a philosopher, valued members for many years of the advisory coun then, if it should happen that Bowdoin College is ever cil of the Colby Museum. We honor her today for her in need of salvation, help has already arrived in creativity and for her commitment to the perpetuation Brunswick. President Willard Enteman not only of an enviable artistic heritage. received the doctorate in philosophy from Boston University, he taught philosophy for a number of RALPH NADER years and was department chairman at Union College Doctor of Laws where he served as Provost. In addition to performing his presidential duties at Bowdoin he continues a Since the publication in 1965 of Ralph Nader 's Unsafe teaching tradition as professor of philosophy. With at Any Speed, he has been the nation's foremost con business administration at Harvard included in his sumer advocate. As a public interest lawyer he has postgraduate studies, President Enteman has demon worked tirelessly to make it easier for all Americans strated that he is both a philosophical administrator to cope with their government, to understand it, and and a business minded philosopher. Peers have to deal with it. His allies have grown from a few recognized the exceptional abilities of this Williams idealistic law students, known as the original Nader 's College graduate by electing him a director of the Raiders, into an effective national network of citizen National Association of Independent Colleges and action groups. A magna cum laude graduate of Universities. The ties between Bowdoin and Colby Princeton, with a law degree from Harvard, Ralph predate the statehood of Maine for it was a trustee of Nader has been at the center of discussion of numer Bowdoin, William King, later to be our first gover ous important questions. Not everyone has agreed nor, who introduced and successfully sponsored the with his stands but even his sharpest critics will con bill in the Massachusetts Legislature creating the cede that he has frequently raised significant issues Maine Literary and Theological Institution, later to worthy of national debate. He has demonstrated con become Colby College. History tells us that Colby's vincingly that citizens do have the means to air their first intercollegiate athletic contest was a game of cro grievances. Colby honors him as a person who has quet with Bowdoin. From these modest beginnings an had a telling impact on the relationship between enduring and productive relationship covering a spec Americans and the larger society in which they exist. trum of affairs and concerns has grown binding closer our two institutions. The conferring of this honorary WI LLIAM BEECHER SCOVILLE degree reflects our high esteem and affection for Bow Doctor of Science doin College and for its vigorous young president. Nearly fifty years after he received his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania, Dr. William Scoville, a free-spirited man, continues to influence DAHLOV IPCAR advances in neurosurgery. As a teacher, he holds Doctor of Fine Arts Clinical Professorships at Yale and at Connecticut Dahlov lpcar creates a private, often exotic, world in where a chair has been established in his name. As a her studio on a saltwater farm overlooking Robin research writer, he·has been a prolific author of hood Cove in Georgetown, Maine. She shares her articles focusing on surgical techniques and memory imaginative, fanciful images with audiences here and studies. To support fellowships and studies in the abroad. The daughter of two famous artists, neurosurgical sciences, the William Beecher Scoville Marguerite and William Zorach, Dahlov lpcar con Foundation has been established. As a scientist, he tinues the family tradition, but her vision is totally her has founded three national and international societies own. The paintings, soft sculptures, and books she and has served as president of the American Academy writes and illustrates display her lifelong fascination of Neurosurgical Surgery. He is honorary president of and love for animals whether they be a graceful the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies and African gazelle, a sleek pet Dalmation or an affec of the International Society of Psychiatric Surgery. At tionate barnyard cat. The family home in Manhattan Colby, Dr. Scoville continues each summer to direct a and the Maine farm proved felicitous for a young seminar in neurosurgical techniques, one of the oldest artist. Her youthful paintings and drawings, created courses in continuing neurosurgical education in the between the ages of three and seventeen, were shown United States. Colby salutes him as a distinguished at the Museum of Modern Art in 1939. Her work is representative of the profession of medicine. included in noted private collections and in those, among others, of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Brooklyn
5 Untitled by Craig Stevens '69 l
A Way of Seeing: Photographs by Alumni
Part of a Triptych (Bethel, Maine) by Leslie Anderson '71 Nearly 100ph otographs were submitted; 55 were selected by a jury to be "T he Alumni Photography Ex hibit, " in the museum from May 5 to June 8. Craig Stevens '69 organized the show; Kate Carter of the Maine Photographic Wor ks hop and John Eide of the photography department of the Portland School of Art were the judges. Thes e photographs represent the variety and excellence of the show. Absent, how ever , ar e the color photographs whic h could not have been adequately reproduced here.
; "Out of Water' by Ford Grant '34
6 ,, "Inmate- Women's Correctional Institute, Delaware by Kathe Cohn Morse '70
Triptych (color) by John Taylor '72
7 Actor, Director, and Professor Irving Suss Retires
In an interview with the Alumnus, Professor Suss tal ked about theater at Colby. Excerpts follow.
When I first arrived, there was a plat/orm at the end of a gymnasium where the plays were produced. Then, during my first year, an old maintenance garage down by the tennis courts was cleaned out, a bar for stage lighting was installed, and we had a flex ible space in which we could produce shows. For many years, I used the opera house downtown, technically, the best place.
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Powder and Wig had no budget except for income. We had a small amount of money for correspon dence, but had to subsist on the proceeds from ticket sales. And we did. We produced four plays a year, drawing on the Colby and Waterville communities. The first year, we crowded 800 people a night into the gym to see South Pacific . We used to charge $/for admission.
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My favorite production was of Chekhov's Three Sisters, years and years ago. We had an ideal amateur cast of students and faculty members, and produced Professor Suss on the site of the "Lictle Theater. " The ex the play in the little theater. We had a sense of in maintenance garage/storage shed, which was located behind the tennis courts, burned down just before the opening night timacy there that is valuable with Chekhov. For the of The Mandrake. scene at the end of the play, I took the final pose of the three sisters from a painting of Picasso's. I watched that play night after night, and listened to the very effective band music for the brigade march ing off in the distance, leaving the three sisters alone. I confess I wept every night, the actresses were so In early May, English and theater professor, and good. former Powder and Wig director, Irving Suss led a We did, of course, have some failures. I have a class of seniors in a discussion of a Turgenev play. A notorious failure that former President Strider will young woman brought out two bottles of champagne never let me forget-a production of Julius Caesar from her knapsack. Suss talked in his clear and syn that was an utter disaster. I tried to decorate it with copated voice, the stigmata of his work as an actor. too much technique. I wanted to make the battle se This was his, and many of the seniors', last class at quences exciting, and so I had the crew make a giant Colby . Because of sheer thoroughness (Suss wanted to catapult, and staged a group of archers firing arrows know everything about the staging: who would sit on either side of a character who was equipped with where, the time of day, what card game was played), arrows on springs hidden in his costume that he only part of the first act had been analyzed. But would release so that it would look as though he had anyone reading ahead could only wonder at Suss 's been impaled. None of it worked. We couldn't find a choice of a final play; the last line of A Month in the main switch, so the house lights didn't go out for the Country is, "I too am leaving. " blackouts. The little boy we had playing a part ran
8 across the stage at the wrong times. We had stage blood in the daggers, and an absolutely scarlet back "With respect and affection" ground, and the paint kept coming off on everyone. English professor Colin McKay spoke of his friend For every performance-three of them-nothing worked. Too bad, because the Brutus and Cassius and colleague, Irving Suss, at the faculty-trustee din ner in May. were good.
• • Anyone at all interested in the performing arts at Col by will have been aware, in recent years, of real en For Colby to have a theater major in the curriculum, thusiasm for drama-not merely for "official " it would take a good deal more than we have. The Powder and Wig performances, but for an ever theater is technically inadequate. It's pretty to look at growing number of student-produced-and-directed as a lobby, and I think the auditorium conveys a plays or reviews, and for the end-products of January sense of occasion, but from the edge of the stage and Plan dramatic studies. Much of the credit for this back, it's a disaster. No fly or wing space. Before healthy state of drama must go to Professor Irving Runnals Union was converted into the theater, the Suss, who came to Colby in 1957 to be three-quarters college sent me around the country to gather ideas English professor and one-quarter director of drama. from a variety of college and community theaters. I (I'm certain that within his first year Irving was con saw theaters that were remarkable in various ways and vinced-despite the number of courses he was brought back suggestions to Colby. For all the good it assigned-that those proportions had somehow did, I might as well not have gone. You can do a play mysteriously reversed themselves.) anywhere of course: we could do one in this little of My wife and I came to Colby in 1956, so I have but fice; but I think for educational purposes, the theater one year by which to judge Colby theater pre-Suss. ought to be capable of productions in the vision of There was an able, dedicated director and there were the original playwright. Ibsen should be done in the some fine student actors; but there was not-unless I way Ibsen imagined the play. missed it-a sense that drama at Colby should be an They have coped very well with the stage, and as a all-college interest. It was theater by an elite, and matter of fact, I've done some plays there too, but often, alas, played to an elite. they necessarily have been, from my point of view, Irving determined to get everybody (pun intended) one-set plays. We recently produced a world premiere into the act! He began by recruiting what seemed like in the Strider Theater: John Gardner's Helen at half the college: the sororities and fraternities, the Home. Gardner came over from Binghamton, N. Y. to athletes, and a new dean of faculty, one Robert E. L. see it, and liked our production. Strider; and the result was a South Pacific of profes sional quality. • • • Since then, to quote one reviewer, Suss ''has been exemplarily wise in exposing his people to many dif We are seeing the future of theater at Colby right ferent kinds of drama. " That critic's opinion was now. I don't expect any change at all. We're limited shared, and enlarged upon, by a Maine Times by technical facilities, but at least now we have a shop reviewer, who wrote in a study of college theater in and a technical director, and the lighting equipment is Maine: "They (P. and W.) are concerned with per contemporary. We should continue to give practical forming significant, historically important and in courses in the theater, a production and an acting tellectually stimulating drama ...and P. and W. is course. Stage movement and dance would also be one of the more important producing organizations in useful. It isn't likely the college could staff a theater the state. " major. It would mean a half dozen faculty engaged in Since both these critics, and others, have frequently serving a major of that kind. referred to the "scope " of Powder and Wig offerings, • • • perhaps you 'll indulge me if I very rapidly run through some representative titles for you . Homer's went Whenever I could-four or five times a year-I catalogue of ships and Milton's roll-call of the fallen tried to down to New York and often to London. I angels in Pandemonium are supposed to create their of the bring back to my classes a sense of the variety own magic just in the recitation-so I hope this par contemporary professional theater. tial list of titles will make its own point for those who weren 't here to see many of the performances, and • • will inspire a bit of wholesome nostalgia in those who I am moving to Princeton, N. J. where I will have the were: Six Characters in Search of an Author, Man best of all worlds-New York theater, Philadelphia and Superman, Our Town, Caine Mutiny Court Mar music, and a college library nearby. I'd like to con tial (with an all-faculty cast), Streetcar Named Desire, tinue to direct and act, and while I won't be sitting by Stalag 17, Teahouse of the August Moon, Madwoman the phone (he laughed), one always hopes. of Chai/lot, Glass Menagerie, Oh Dad, Poor Dad,
9 King Ubu, Ring 'Round the Moon, Lower Depths, productions " there was, of cou rse, the Waterville Mandrake, Rosmersholm, Bartholomew Fair, Ope ra House-a fine theate r, bu t some miles from Macbeth, Julius Caesar, Midsummer-Night's Dream, Colby and so much in demand the ac to rs could ra rely Everyman, Cyrano, Marat-Sade, Dido and Aeneas. ge t a fe w days rehea rsal-time in the house . On rare There were, too, the dramatic readings: The Cenci, occasions Gi ven Auditorium could be used-when it The Rimers of Eldrirch, Under Milkwood. And, of wasn't needed fo r musical even ts. In short, the only cou rse, the musicals-the money-ma ke rs -because P. building Po wde r and Wig could call its own was the and W. was expected to be self-sustaining then: the "Li ttle Thea ter"-the ex-maintenance/sto rage shed already-mentioned South Pacific, Guys and Dolls, located be hind the tennis courts; it sea ted, sa rdine Kiss me, Kare.', The Boyfriend, Threepenny Opera. style, pe rhaps a maximum of 120, and its moveable I thin k Irving would admit, even insist, that no t bleacher-type platforms pe rmi tted thea te r in the every produc tion was a gem; bu t gi ven the condi tions round, the squa re, the rectangle, and, occasionally, under whic h they were produced (and I intend to the trapezoidal. When the "Li ttle Thea ter" bu rned return to that theme) an as tonis hing numbe r were as it did just befo re opening nig ht of The Man gems. And I've delibe ra tely left two ou t of the above drake-Powde r and Wig moved to Robe rts ' loft and list-jus t to make Irving wonde r ho w I could igno re ca rried on . the best-namely, Man for All Seasons and Three No w these we re just physical difficulties: consider Sisters. These were, in my view, as good as, or be tter cas ting problems especially fo r plays wi th la rge cas ts. than, the professional Ne w Yo rk versions . Three I wonde r ho w many eventual P. and W. stalwarts Sisters, especia lly, was so moving that the director were fi rst recruited by Irving in the old Spa simply regularly wep t throug h rehea rsals . because he decided they "looked the pa rt. " I know Bu t le t me return to those "condi tions " I have how many hours he spen t going over li te rally every al luded to abo ve. No w we ha ve the Strider Thea ter. line some frig htened ne wcome r to the stage had to Fo r most of Irving 's tenure as di recto r, the "Colby spea k. Thea ter" was any bui lding somebody else wasn 't us In 1973 Irving decided to retire as drama director ing! We had what was then refe rred to as the Runnals and become a full-time professo r of Englis h. His last women's gym-wi th the audience on a basketba ll "officia l" play, You Can't Take It With You, cou rt, and a stage wi th suc h minima l space that ex featu red (natu rally) a huge cast, some ne wcome rs, an iting acto rs had to jockey for posi tion or ris k being elaborate set, dozens of props-and the need to truc k accidentally pus hed back ou t on stage. Fo r "bigge r them all bac k and fo rth be tween Colby and the Wa te rville Opera House . Well, as most of us are aware, that comedy was no t Suss 's las t hurrah. We had ea rlie r glimpses of Suss, the acto r, in first-rate pe rfo rmances in The Caretaker and Zoo Story. Jus t this past yea r he has played widely disparate roles in A Doll's House and Cold Storage. And only wee ks ago he directed the world premie r of John Ga rdne r's play, Helen at Home-a controversial pe rformance that amused most, shoc ked a few, and delig hted the playwrig ht, who declared it wen t exactly as he ex pected and hoped it would . I' ve left ou t a lo t of Suss-inspired peripheral benefits: throug h Powder and Wig 's sponsorship, for example, the Wa terville appearances of suc h theatrical greats as Jac k Mac Go wran, Emlyn Williams, and Dame Judi th Ande rson. Bu t one more "production " has to be mentioned: the 1976 Phi Beta Kappa Bicentennial Symposium, which broug ht to this cam pus Robe rt Heilbroner, Linus Pauling, Paolo Soleri, and Ellen Bu rstyn, to discuss indi vidually, and in a final panel mee ting, their special areas of talent and expe rtise. This was a project which many eventually contribu ted to-bu t it was one hundred pe rcen t Irving Suss 's idea. Well, I believe my case has been made. Wi th his retirement, Irving leaves an en viable record of se rvice and ac hievement, and both the Colby community and the local area are, I am sure, properly grateful. Actor Suss fends off a nurse in Cold Storage.
10 NIN ETTA MAY RUNN ALS 1885-1980
"I made up my mind to work for all I was worth to give women a bigger place in the sun at Colby. "
INETTA MAY RUNNALS '06, (A.A. U.W.). I don 't know that I women who came under her care N Litt. D. '29, former trustee , had any long range goals other than and influence . She knew intimately teacher , and dean of women , died to be sure that courses and oppor and cared deeply about every June l, 1980 in her native Dover tunities which the college offered woman who attended Colby .'' Foxcroft. She was 95 years old . women should keep pace with those Another friend recalled that at com A graduate of Foxcroft Academy , offered men. '' mencement each June , she could Miss Runnals earned her master 's Dean Runnals , and others , suc call 150 women up for their diplo degree at Columbia , taught in Phila ceeded. During her lifetime , the col mas without the aid of a graduation delphia and Michigan, and returned lege evolved from co-ordination , a list . to Colby in 1920 to become dean of system of segregated classes , study She founded the Waterville women , a position she held until areas , and dining halls , to co branch of the A.A.U.W. , and in 1949. "I gave Colby the best years education. On "Colby Night " in 1973 received a citation from the of my life ," she once said , "and in 1963, she was finally able to note: local chapter for deve loping quality return received the best experience "I would like to give you an illustra education for women. She served on of my life. '' tion of a change in attitude , which the boards of trustees at Colby , the The dean began work during the has great significance .. .. Tonight Maine Central Institute , and Fox inchoate stages of women 's rights , a Colby woman is being honored on croft Academy. In 1960, the when , as she recalled later , "there the same program as the athletic women 's union was named for was a general feeling that Colby was greats ." Ninetta Runnals , a woman who a men 's college and women were On the occasion of her death , believed in the "fundamental vir just permitted to come. For two Dean Ernest C. Marriner wrote , tues of honesty and good taste ," years I tried to analyze the weak "Miss Runnals was a trained mathe and that "basic values are eternal. " nesses of the women 's situation. I matician whose logical reasoning She is survived by one niece , three saw it more clearly after graduation. penetrated quickly to the heart of nephews , including William R. There weren 't women on the faculty any problem , and as dean of Atherton '48; and several grand or board of trustees (except Louise women , she faced many , both edu nieces and grandnephews , in Coburn) and Colby women weren 't cational and personal . Her sym cluding , Priscilla Hathorn White admitted to the American Asso pathetic understanding extended to '42, Stephen '63 and Dana Danforth ciation of University Women every one of the hundreds of young '66.
11 "Good to See You" ALUMNI REUNION WEEKEND
' A T FRIDAY S HIGHLY SCHEDULED TOUR ESPECIALLY mention he re, it is no exaggeration to say that Leslie � fo r the re tu rning classes of '30 and '55, the group Arey, still at wo rk teac hing in the laboratories of North began walking around campus at a bris k pace. The weste rn Medical School, has reached extraordinary conversation deepened, a garden was admired, a new heig hts in his profession. " The Distinguis hed Alumnus building inspected, un til, facing eac h other, two or three Award has only been presented once befo re (in 1977 to pe rsons had stopped al toge ther. No t to be lef t ou t, more Frede ric k Po ttle '17, L. H. D. '4 1, life trus tee, and gathered around, and what began as a wal k had become wo rld-renowned Boswell scholar). Professo r Arey, who a pa rty. Where a benc h was handy, the alumni sat was accompanied by his wife, told a story about a down. Fran k Step henson tried to get eve ryone moving, "rainy spring in rural Maine, where the roads were so bu t the sc hedule was destroyed befo re it had a chance. muddy as to be impassable. Someone pu t up a sign, The alumni shuffle had won. Memo ry is no t to be 'Follow your ru t carefully, you 're going to be in it fo r a rushed. long time. ' That is ve ry good advice fo r the na tion, its At Friday 's banquet, the Colby Bricks we re awa rded, ci tizen ry, and the small, private colleges which are now and Leslie Braine rd Arey '12, Sc. D. '37, was named the facing a troublesome future. " "Distinguis hed Alumnus." On be half of the alumni Jane Russell Abbo tt '4 1 of Waterville had hoped to council , Presiden t emeritus Julius Seelye Bixle r te ther her balloon on campus Sa tu rday mo rning, and presented the awa rd, saying, "With six teen books to his ta ke alumni fo r short rides, bu t cold, windy wea ther credit, including the history of No rthweste rn Medical made that impossible. Sc hool, and honors and appointments too nume ro us to The "Colby Today " panel, comp rised of facul ty, ad-
Surrounded by Copley paintings and returning alumni, Hugh Fol/ow your rut carefully, you 're going to be in it for a long Gourley, director of the museum, lectures during Fr iday's time-Dr. Arey, the "Distinguished Alumnus" with Mrs. campus tour. Arey.
12 The Class of 1930 had a lively and nostalgic weekend arranged by a committee with Norman Palmer, at far left, as chairman. President emeritus and Mrs. Bixler, honorary members of the class, returned for the festivities. They are shown here with, left to right, Thomas Record, former class agent, Gilbert Henry, immediate past presi dent for 1930, and the newly elected president, Charles Weaver.
Jerry Goldberg, of the executive council, and John Cornell, chairman of the alumni council.
Retired professor Wilfred Combe/lack '3 7 and classmate Professor Lucille Pinette Zukowski (back to camera) chat with Jean Hawes Anderson '55 and Elinor Small Hudson '55, on the lawn of the president's house. ministration, and student representatives, discussed L.H.D. '55, gave the annual Boardman Service address, writing competency, job prospects for recent graduates, concluding the weekend: and vandalism. The Library Associates elected English "Today we are particularly conscious of those who professor Eileen Curran as president and vice-president. are no longer with us, who in various ways helped to Book publishers and antiquarians from Maine and New make Colby the vital institution that it was in their time Hampshire have been invited to the book fair, to be held and that it is today. As Adlai Stevenson observed in his October 4, during upperclass parents ' weekend. eulogy for Eleanor Roosevelt in 1962: 'We are always The alumni council confirmed the election of John saying farewell in this world, always standing on the Cornell as chairman and Sari Abul-Jubein as vice edge of loss attempting to retrieve some memory, some chairman. human meaning from the silence, something which was President Cotter delivered a brief, state-of-the-college precious and is gone. ' Many of us, no doubt, have been address; English professor Charles Bassett gave a lec conscious of trying to achieve this kind of retrieval of ture on the 1930's, and Phyllis Mannocchi, assistant memory during the past few days. " professor of English, showed student films. It was a weekend for the more somber side of memory as well. Two memorial services were held in the chapel. Saturday, the Reverend William Bertrand Downey '30 The complete text of Norman Palmer's Boardman Ser held a special service in honor of the deceased members vice address may be obtained by writing the college of his class. Sunday morning, Norman Palmer '30, editor.
13 Colby Brick Recipients
(Seated) Mary Elizabeth Warren, Pauline Abbott, Margaret Abbott Paul, Lynne D'Amico McKee; (Standing) Merrill S. F. Greene, Franklin Norvish, Maurice Krinsky, C. Richard Peterson, and Lee Fe rnandez.
Excerpts from Citations tion of the Lambda Chi house ... vice-president of class for six years . . . " MARY ELIZABETH WARREN '23 LYNNE D'AM1co McKEE '60 " ...worked to see that Colby women should have equal consideration with men in holding college " .. . fund raiser and correspondent ...member of offices ... as the chairman of the American Associ alumni council ... on executive committee ... chair ation of University Women 's scholarship commitee, man of activities committee . she helped many students start at Colby . MAURICE KRINSKY '35 PAULINE ABBOTT '2 1 AND MARGARET ABBOTT PAUL '23 "... alumni interviewer ...class correspondent . head of Houston, Texas Colby Club . " ...two of the pillars of the Southwestern Maine Alumnae Association . FRANKLIN NORVISH '34
LEE FERNANDEZ '55 " ...class agent for 40 years ... telethon worker .. . organized 45th reunion ... now on alumni coun- " ... class agent ...first telethon volunteer . cil ..." editor of the 10th reunion Oracle supplement . donator of 87 Winslow Homer graphics . C. RICHARD PETERSON '60 MERRILL F. GREENE '20 s. " ...president of the Boston Colby Club, the largest '' ... on the first general committee on bequests . in the country ...chairperson of alumni fund- on Colby athletic council ... supported the construe- 1977-79 ..."
14 Sports by Peter J. Kingsley
The CBB championship in baseball Sophomore Matthew Lewis Ill Track and Field Championships and a share of that crown in men 's (Lake Worth, Fla.) and senior at M.I.T. Sophomore Brian tennis were among the accomplish Robert Desmond (Chamberlain) Russell (Westwood, Mass .) tied for ments of 1980 spring sports . won the doubles championship in second in the high jump, with a Varsity teams compiled a com the first annual Maine Intercolle leap of 6 ft., 5 in.; senior Dan bined record of 46-28. giate Tennis Tournament, of which Ossoff (Beverly, Mass.) finished The baseball White Mules took Colby was host, defeating their fourth in the 10,000 meters; top honors, 5- 1, in the conference Bates counterparts 6-3, 3-6, 6-3. freshman Todd Coffin (Bath) was with Bates and Bowdoin for the The 1980 squad 's 6-4 record fifth in the 1,500 meters; and second straight year and concluded includes wins over Bates and Bow sophomore James O'Grady with a 16-9 season. Colby led in doin for a three-way tie for the (Stoneham, Mass.) threw the ham four statistical categories among CBB tennis title. mer 146 feet for a sixth place Maine collegiate teams: Paul Women's lacrosse finished with finish . Belanger (Springvale), junior cen the best result, 6-3, in its three Finishing 11-5, women's softball terfielder, shared the home run year history, putting in 129 goals. relinquished the championship of title with five; John Donegan Freshman Emily Batchelder the Maine Association of Intercol (Lynnfield, Mass.), junior third {Salem, Mass.) led with 49. Co legiate Athletics for Women tour baseman, stole 27 bases for a new captain Hilary Laraba, a junior nament, losing 3-4 to the eventual Colby record and a per game (Bradford, Mass.), was most champion, the University of average of 1.08; freshman catcher valuable player with 42 scores and Southern Maine. In the consola Jeffrey Paradis (Plaistow, N.H.) most assists. tion, Patricia Valavanis (Belmont, batted in 26 runs; and Colby 's Colby trackmen were fourteenth Mass .) concluded her collegiate moundsmen led with a combined among competition from 23 col career with a 35-4 mound record earned run average of 2.30. leges in the New England Division by pitching a 7-3 win over Bates. Valavanis was named Scholar Athlete of the Year by the Sports Hall of Fame of Maine, becoming the first Colby student to receive the honor. Her pitching includes two no-hitters and 15 strikeouts in one game. A member of Phi Beta Kappa, the English major gradu ated cum laude and with distinc tion in American studies. She holds 12 Colby records in women's basketball. Victories over Holy Cross, Bates, Merrimack, a creditable 14- 16 loss to powerful Boston State, and a three-game winning streak were highlights of the men's lacrosse season, 5-7.
An anonymous gift will enable the college to develop new cross-co�ntry running and skiing trails for the athletics program. Track and field coach Jim Wescott (far right) directed preliminary clearing operations this spring. The 5,000-meter (3. 1 u ed to the hard miles) on-campus course will be a welcome change for athletes � . surfaces and traffic associated with running on local roads. A va1�able to the entire Colby community, the new trails will also extend the men's runn�ng course to 10,000 meters. In the winter, women will have a regulation 7.5-kilometer cross country skiing course, and men will have one of 15 kilometers.
15 Dean of Faculty Jenson Named President of Thomas College Paul G. Jenson, Colby's vice president for academic affairs, dean of the faculty, and psychol ogy professor, has been appointed president of Thomas College in Waterville. He succeeds the col lege's first and only president, John L. Thomas, Jr. '42, LL. D. '79, who died in April. From a pool of nearly 100 appli cants, the new president was elected unanimously by the Thomas trustees. Acting president Ford A. Grant '34 said, "Dr. Jen son not only brings his unusual experience and breadth of knowledge in academic affairs and administration, but also the respect of a great number of people throughout Maine and in the national academic commun- ,, ity .... In accepting the position, Jenson said he was "pleased, gratified, honored, optimistic, and fright ened. I think a little fear is a good thing." The Minnesota native holds a doctoral degree in psychology from the University of Minnesota. Before being appointed dean of faculty in 197 1, Jenson was vice president for academic affairs and psychology professor at Colorado Women's College. The immediate past president of the American Conference of Academic Deans is also on the board of directors of the Association of American Col leges, and a member of the labor panel of the American Arbitration Association. He was named Colby's vice-president for aca demic affairs in 1974. In a letter to the Colby com munity, President Cotter wrote, "We will all miss Paul greatly at Colby where his many contribu tions to the strengthening of our faculty and of our academic pro grams are everywhere apparent. We are delighted, at the same time, that he will head a fine neighboring institution... ."
16 Jenson Stephenson Bennett
Frank Stephenson Resigns; ing evidence in the life of the col mones, stress, and time on the Joins Thacher School lege. Exciting athlete, accom blood of amphibians. In 1974, her Frank Stephenson, director of plished actor, fine writer, effective authoritative book, Living Clocks alumni relations and annual giving, fund raiser, skilled coach and in the Animal World, was pub has resigned to become director of perceptive counselor, Frank always lished. admissions at the Thacher School, gives 100% of himself to others The Kenan Charitable Trust and a college preparatory school in and to Colby. His friendship with professorial chair bear the name of Ojai, California. hundreds of alumni and friends a native North Carolina chemist, Stephenson '62 began work at and his devotion to the college in engineer, industrialist, business Colby in 1966 as assistant to the sure his continuing involvement executive, and philanthropist. dean of admissions. In 1969 he and interest in all things Colby. " Kenan, who died in 1965, par was named director of annual giv Stephenson left July 1 for his ticipated in research that resulted in the discovery of calcium carbide ing, and in 1977, took on the new post at the Thacher School, and the development of a formula responsibilities for alumni relations the oldest private school west of for producing acetylene gas from as well. For 11 years, he advised the Mississippi. Its headmaster is it. freshmen, and for eight, was an Willard Wyman '56, former dean In designating Professor Ben advisor to the Lambda Chi Alpha of students at Colby. nett, President Cotter noted that and Tau Delta Phi fraternities. His she exemplifies the qualities desired undergraduate skills as an athlete Miriam Bennett Named by the trust officers, who (member of the All-American Kenan Professor expressed their wish to "support hockey team) and an actor (presi and encourage a scholar-teacher dent of Powder and Wig) were Teaching and research biologist whose enthusiasm for learning, translated into an active interest in Miriam F. Bennett has been named commitment to teaching and student life at Colby. He coached the William R. Kenan, Jr., Pro sincere personal interest in students the first men's squash team and fessor of Biology. The chairman of will broaden the learning process advised the first women's ice the biology department is the first and make an effective contribution hockey team. He also served as incumbent of the endowed pro to your undergraduate commun secretary for the college theater fessorship established at Colby ity." planning committee, and for the with a $750,000 grant from the special trustee committee on athlet Kenan Charitable Trust of New ics and physical education. York City. On the occasion of Stephenson's Author or co-author of more resignation, Sid Farr, vice-presi than 70 professional articles, Pro dent for development wrote, fessor Bennett has devoted "Since his first days as a student, research to biological timing Frank's talents have been in pleas- mechanisms and the effects of hor-
17 Annual Fund Surpasses Goal; Alumni Fund Jumps 30 Percent Announcing th e results of the annual and alumni fund drives, co llege treasu rer Karl W. Broek huizen said that th e amount raised and the level of pa rtici pation were th e high est in th e history of the col lege. Du ring th e fiscal year ended June 30 , Colby recei ved $6 13,523 in gifts to its annual fund , an increase of 22 percent from the amount recei ved in fiscal 1979. It is also a seven percent increase over th e $575 ,000 goal established by the college's alumni council. The treasurer said , "We are pa r ticula rly pleased with this effo rt because not only does it show relati ve growth , but real growth when com pared with the in flation rat e of almost 15 percent du ring th e same period of time. " Susan Ingraham '81, from Houlton, works on the Japanese garden in the Bixler Courtyard. In May, Germaine Fu//er's "Nat ure and East Asian Art and The alumni fund (gifts donated Literature" class planned and insta//ed "koniwa" using their new knowledge of by alumni only) amounted to Japanese design and culture. Fu//er explains: "The aesthetic of asymmetrical $470,659 , an increase of almost 30 balance is displayed in the carefu//y selected and arranged stones. The stone lantern percent over last year. These funds lights the path. The Japanese people have always been acutely attuned to the were donated by 4,795 , approxi changing seasons; the flowering cherry and the maple tree are traditional symbols of spring and autumn. " mately 41 percent of th e college's Trees were donated by Dean Paul Jenson, and Dr. Edmund Ervin '36 Sc. D. , almost 12,000 alumni. While the '67. The art museum provided the lantern. Fuller is the Ziskind Lecturer in East number of alumni contributing to Asian Studies in the art department. this year's fund increased only slightly, the average gift per par tici pant increased approximately 25 Bunche Scholars Named a car enthusiast who likes to write percent. Mr. Broekhui zen attrib and int ends to study biology; an uted the dramatic increase in pa rt In the first year of a program awa rd-winning debater who wants to the efforts of Frank Stephenson aimed at broadening educational to go into law and governm ent; '6 1 (recently resigned Directo r of oppo rtunities for minority stu and a class president, salutato rian, Alumni Relations and Annual Giv dents , five men and five women and National Hono r Society mem ing; see News article) who has have been named Ralph J. Bunche ber who is fluent in French and "o rganized and orchestrated the Scholars . All memb ers of the class Spanish. effo rts of the staff in his office, as of 1984, they are: Leon C. Buck The Ralph J. Bunche Scholar well as wo rked closely with the and Robert L. Davis, Jr., of Phila shi p Prog ram is in memory of the alumni clubs and personally con del phia , Pa .; Ralph D. Hale and Nobel Prize winner who served the tacted many of the dono rs to these Jacqu elin e White of Washington , cause of peace in the United funds. " Alumni fund chairman D.C.; Leda L. Hill of Brooklyn, Nations for a qua rter of a century. David Marson '48, beginning his N.Y.; David J. Howell of Atlanta, He was awarded an hono rary second term, also noted that the Ga .; Valerie J. Mill er of Bronx, LLD. in 1952 , and died in 197 1. new interest in alumni clubs and N.Y.; Veda R. Robinson of South His son, Ralph J. Bunche, Jr., a the "contagious optimism " of Bend , Ind.; Lanze J. Thom pson of member of the Class of 1965, is President Cotter has helped the Hyde Park, Mass.; and Cynthia honora ry chairman . alumni fund . Villarreal of Limestone, Maine. Among them are: a former editor of a high school news paper who has an interest in economics;
18 Electron Microscope Financial Report: Hig h scholarships , loans , and campus Laboratory Fund Started Interest, More Student Aid employment , amounted to $1.9 million , a 20 perc ent increase over Grants from th e Fred Harris The college has had one of th e th e preceding year 's $1.6 million. Daniels Foundation of Worcester, highest returns, 12.02 percent, in The assistance to students repre Mass. , the Arthur Ashley Williams recent years on its endowment, sented 12 percent of the college's Foundation of Framingham , according to the latest financial expenditures during the fiscal year Mass., and the George I. Alden report from Treasurer Karl W. covered by the report. Trust of Worcester represent Broekhuizen. The return, on the important contributions toward the endowment of slightly more than college's acquisition and installa $24 million, during the fiscal year tion of electron microscopes and ending June 30, 1979, represented Accessibility Cited related facilities. a rate that was one-third more Colby's ef forts to make its class A transmission electron micro than that of the Dow Jones Indus rooms , scienc e buildings , and other scope and a scanning electron trial Average of the same period . facilities more accessible to han microscope will be used in teaching Return on investment is defined dicapped persons were recognized and research by the natural scien as earned income plus appreciation in June with an award from th e ces division. The instruments allow of endowment. The income por Northeast Regional Chapter of the magnification up to 400,000 times tion, $1.2 million, constituted nine National Rehabilitation Associa actual size and resolution to four percent of th e college's operating tion. The college was praised for angstroms. funds during the 1978-79 fiscal "accomplishing more than any The electron microscope labora year , notes Broekhuizen. other higher-education institution tory , to be located on the ground In a comparative study prepar ed in Maine to make its buildings floor of the Arey Life Sciences by the National Association of more convenient to the handi Building, will include separate College and University Business capped. " rooms for the microscopes, a con Officers , Colby 's results ranked in The accessibility program began necting photographic darkroom, a the top third among 169 endow in the l 970 's, and includes el eva sectioning room , and a laboratory ment pools held by 147 colleges tors , ramps , raised numerals on for specimen preparation. and universities. doors and elevators, special water "A lot of the information that The treasurer 's report also indi fountains and other accommoda Colby students read about today in cates that student aid , including tions. certain disciplines has been obtained with electron micro scopes; our students have never been able to gather the informa tion themselves ,'' said associate professor of biology Arthur K. Champlin. "Assistance from the Daniels and Williams foundations and the Alden Trust has given us a good start in our program. We are eager to secure the rest of the funds."
Preparing the site for the new JOO-bed dormitory involved clea:ing and thinning over two acres of wooded land this summer. Logger Carroll -! 19 Notes on People President Cotter parti cipated in the Family, sponsored by Governor Aspen Institute Executive Seminar Brennan, and chaired a session of in late June. The purpose of the pro Sociologists for Women in Society, gram is "to provide co rporate deci in conjunction with the annual sion makers with important insig hts meeting of the American Sociolog and analyti cal tools diffe rent from ical Association. those of traditional management training. " Each year, providing an intense schedule of reading and Nancy Crilly has been appointed dis cussion, the seminars attract college editor. She graduated from business, government and education the Uni versity of Chicago, where leaders from the United States and she was editor of the arts news abroad. paper, and enrolled in the writing program. The new editor recei ved a grant from Chicago for manu Senafu Helmet Mask, from the Sonya Orleans Rose, assistant dean script resear ch at the University of Orodara District, Upper Volta, from of fa culty since July 1978 has been Texas, and has worked for The "The Traditional Art of West Africa: promoted to associate dean. In ad Newberry Library, a pri vate the Victor DuBois Collection, " August dition to working on faculty humanities colle ct ion in Chi cago. 7-0ctober 12 in the art museum. The Maine watercolor exhibit, which this de velopment and coordinating pre replaces, has been postponed. professional and graduate scholar ship ad vising programs, she has The alumni council has re -elected become acti vely involved in the the following to the co uncil for Library Architect Selected work of the educational policy com three-year terms : mittee. As an assistant professor of Elizabeth Swanton Allan '33 The Boston architectural firm of sociology, Rose will continue to Douglas W. Gorman '73 Shepley, Bulfinch, Richardson, teach one course ea ch semester. David M. Tourangeau ' 61 and Abbott has been commis The dean recently participated in Maurice M. Whitter '45 sioned to design a major expansion a panel on the impact of changing and renovation of Miller Library. Newly elected were : sex roles on the Ameri can family at A four-story extension will be Deborah Nutter Miner '68 the Blaine House Conferen ce on the added and existing facilities will be Thomas H. Saliba '67 remodeled to in crease books helf Named to the executive committee space, the quantity and quality of were : seating for readers, and to make John Koons '72 the collection more accessible. Mark McAuliffe '79 The addition will be lo cated between the wings behind the building, extending out approx imately 50 feet. Designed in 1939 for a student Keep in Touch population of ,000, compared to l Those wishing to remain today's ,650, the library has l informed of current affairs of exhausted its shelf space to the the college community are point where 40,000 volumes of the in vited to subscribe to The 365,000-book collection are in tem Colby Echo. For informa porary storage. tion, contact : The architectural firm, which has designed, among other struc John Yates tures, the Fogg Museum at Har Circulation Manager vard and the University of The Colby Echo Chicago 's Harper Library, is now Colby College in the schematic planning phase of Waterville, Maine 04 901 the renovation. Rose 20 The late Professor Everett Strong was honored in a memorial music re cital in August . The program was "People Collect Everything": Ma lcolm Forbes Acquires organized by Thomas Richner, Geology Professo r's To y Soldiers director of the annual Institute of Church Music. Professor Strong, who taught in the modern languages department fo r four decades, helped found the institute. He died in January, 1980 at the age of 84. President Emeritus Strider was the commencement speaker at Husson College and received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree for "four decades of devotion to learning, leadership in higher educa tion, and service to your fellow man. " M. Anne Szostak '72, who has been appointed a vice-president at In dustrial National Bank in Prov idence, R.I., has been named a trustee. She had previously served two terms as an alumni trustee, the youngest to be elected in Colby 's history. She, her husband, Michael Professor Pestana 's toy soldiers '72, and daughter, Brooke, live in Providence . Malcolm Forbes, president and Pestana ' s soldiers are all late publisher of Forbes magazine, Victorian, early-Edwardian British recently purchased part of geology and British Indian Army soldiers: pro fessor Harold Pestana's toy classics, copies of classics, and soldier colle ction. More than 1,400 modi fications. They are made ofold small lead soldiers, which Pestana Waterville Sentinel metal type, care fu lly molded and painted during poured into molds. Pro fessor the last eight years, have been ship Pestana will keep all of the molds, ped to Morocco, where Forbes will most of which he made himself, in soon open the offi ces for the Arabic the event he wishes to have another edition of the magazine. hand -made set to accompany his re The soldiers will be installed in maining collection of nearly 10,000 Forbe 's Palais Mendoub in Tan figures. giers, to be part of what will be the When asked what the interest is in largest display in the world-o f toy soldiers, the pro fessor replied : 60,000 lead soldiers and vehicles. ''People have al ways been The collection is yet another fas cinated with tiny objects. It 's not mani festation of Forbe 's acquisi necessarily a war-like interest either, tiveness : the New York City offi ce because many collectors I know are has a Faberge enamel art collection, outright paci fi cists. Perhaps there is the chateau in Fran ce has French a nostalgia fo r childhood, since Szostak military paintings and a hot-air many were introduced to toy balloon collection, and in London, soldiers as children. People collect the magazine's offi ce houses several everything; there isn 't anything I British nineteenth century Royal can think of that isn 't collected by Academy paintings. some group of individual. It's just weird. '' 21 An Historic To ur de Force Dwight Sargent reviews Dean Marriner's account of the presidency of Robert E. L. Strider The Strider Years: An Extension of his 1963 monumental record of Col on behind the scene even dur ing The History of Colby College by 's birth and frequent re-bornings. those turbulent times when student by Ernest Cumm ings Marr iner '13, It is a brilliant extension of his unrest dom inated the 1960 's head L.H. D. '53. previous work, even as Pres ident lines. The January Program for In Published by Colby College, 1980 Strider 's tenure was an extens ion of dependent Study, cop ied by many the inspired years of leadership that other academic institutions, was just Colby histor ian Ernest Marr iner has had gone before. one example, albe it one of the more painted "The Strider Years" in full In Dean Marriner 's words, "The dramatic, of the Strider brand of color, resplendent with the many account of the Strider years is an ex creativ ity and courage. hues of academic leadership that citing story, recounting dramatic Dur ing the Str ider administration shone through Robert E. Lee changes in curr iculum, requ ire- the student body grew in size from 1, 160 to 1,600. More important, it grew in wisdom and intellectual stature. When Robert Strider ar rived on Mayflower Hill, semester course offer ings numbered 350. When he ret ired they totaled 706. Courses in art and mus ic, an area where Dr. Strider's predecessor, J. Seelye Bixler, so boldly pioneered, were expanded and revitalized. Dr. Strider 's rich bar itone vo ice was not the least of the musical joys of those years. Grand opera 's Joss was Col by 's ga in. To mention the Strider strides in a few areas is to forget the many, for his administration was equally suc cessful in improving sc ience courses, med ical care, library facilities, every facet of Colby life. While all this was ta king place, the ratio of ad A hallmark of the Strider years was the bold departure from the red brick Georgian of ministrative costs to instruct ional Mayflower Hill to the dramatic contemporary architecture of Benjamin Thompson D. F.A. '79. Speaking at the dedication of the award-winning dormitory complex expenses was reduced from 11 per - designed by Thompson was Leonard Mayo '22, D. S. S. '42. Seated, left to right, were cent to 8.5 percent between 1965 Neil Leonard '21, LL.D. '60, President Strider, Jonathan Moody '65, and Reginald and 1975. Sturtevant '21, LL.D. '63. Leonard and Sturtevant, for whom units were named, The Strider years included the formerly served as chairmen of the board of trustees. greatest expansion of funds in Col by history, made possible by a Ford Strider's nineteen years as president ments, finances, and student life. It Foundation grant of $1.8 million in of Colby College. is a story of continu ing success 1962, prov ided Colby could raise It is an historic tour de force of am idst nat ional turbulence, of the double that amount. The Ford grant which only Ernest Marr iner is value of pat ience and understand was a rous ing vote of confidence in capable, for he is the embod iment ing ..." Colby 's president, a vote of dramat of the scholarship and perspective The Str ider years were years of ically seconded by alumni and necessary to capture the moods and growth. Buildings were erected, ad friends who went well beyond the mot ions of this excit ing period in ministrators added, staffs strength goal and ra ised $4.8 mill ion. Colby's history. ened . The faculty was upgraded in In 1974 another fund-raising Although these pages are a boo k size, salaries and scholarship. Plan record was set when a campaign to unto themselves, they are a sequel to ning for a greater college was going raise $6.7 mill ion shot past that 22 mark to a total of $10.6 million. The me, and the entire Colby family, in It was no accident that Colby's maki ng of fri ends and influencing this tribute to another of Colby 's beautifully appoi nted theater was of people has to be a part of a col noblemen. named for both Helen and Robert lege presid ent 's job, a job Colby's It is said it is better to have marble Strider. Colby's First Lady was ap chief ex ecutive performed with teaching in wooden halls than plaud ed with an honorary doctorate distinction. wooden teachi ng in marble halls . on the occasion of her husband's During President Strider 's first Thanks to President Strider, Colby retirement. She was an important year in office the appropriatio n for Colleges boasts both halls and part of the Strider years. Those Miller Library was $77 ,208. During teachers of marble quality . When he years would not have been so his last, it was $589,460, with a col assumed the presid ency the endow memorable without her gracious lection of 350,000 volumes, finally ment was about $8 millio n; upon his ness, her steadfastness in times of fulfilling President Franklin John departure $25 million. The value of turmoil , and the sharing with her son's dream of a true center for teaching talent gr ew in proportio n. husband of a vision of Colby's place learni ng. With characteristic good humor in history. Statistics tell only a minscule part and good will Dean Marriner writes That plac e is in the first ranks of of the story of ni neteen years of that a few eyebrows twitched in the natio n's liberal arts colleges. No progress, but they symbolize the 1960 when it was learned in Colby one could have written the history Strider impatience with the status circles that a Souther ner, an of how the Strider years helped to quo, and the st eady enrichment of Episcopalia n, and a Democrat, had propel Colby to that goal better Colby 's educational offerings. been appointed president of a tha n the distinguished historian and Even those who relate Colby's Norther n Baptist college, with Re humane dean, Ernest Cummings progress to athletic prowess note publican traditions. It did not tur n Marriner . that Colby won the state track met out to be such a pai nful unio n. In his 1963 The History of Colby for the first time in fifty years, ten After all , Colby's colors are blue College, Dean Marriner chiseled for consecutive baseball championships and gray. all time the story of Jeremiah and ten basketball crowns. The trustees respect ed Dr. Chaplin and the voyage of the sloop The Strider years were strategic Strider, and were grateful for the Hero, the birth of a college on the years in Colby's desti ny, excellent high professionalism of his leader banks of the Kennebec, President years in Colby's blazing of trails ship . He could be strong of opinion Johnson's "impossible dr eam " of a toward excellence. Use of May but respectful of differing opinions. Mayflower Hill campus, and Presi flower Hill facilities for adult educa The Board adjour ned its meeti ngs dent Bixler 's fulfillment of that tion programs during college with the feeling Colby had the right dream. recesses attracted thousands of par man at the helm. Those of us who Today he serves Colby College ticipants, and brought in valuable served on the Board concur with again by his chronicle of Colby 's revenue. Lecture series inaugurated Dean Marri ner 's description of the latest heroes, Dr. Helen Bell Strider during the Bixler administration helmsman: and Dr. Robert E. Lee Strider. were greatly expanded. The Colby Their spirit and good works add Parents Association was created. "A college president needs many lasting lustre to the strai ns of "Hail, These and a host of other Strider qualities: physical stamina, mental Colby, Hail. " balance, strong commitments, unfailing years ' achievements are pointed out optimism, an understanding and toler in the book. But what Dean Mar ance of human frailties, and above all, riner fails to point out, and I am devotion to the job.From the day when The Strider Years is available happy to emphasize, is that ''The Robert Strider entered the presidential through the college bookstore: Strider Years' were made possible office in 1960 until the day he left it in 1979, he exhibited all of those qual The Strider Years $13 .50 by what I would like to call "The ities." Marriner Years. " This is my way of Shipping 1.25 Bob had a partner in his venture saluting Colby's great Dean of Tax (Maine residents only) .67 of faith. Students, and later, Dean of the Faculty, and countless colleagues who were architects of the Colby Dwight Sargent '39, M.A. '56, isnational editorial wriler for foundation without which Robert the Hearst Newspapers. He has had a close association with Strider could not have built so the college and its people over many years. A former trustee, brilliantly. "The Marriner years " he is credited with having been the major figure in establishing the annual Elijah Parish Lovejoy A ward. were marked by indelible dedication Sargent is a founder and past president of the National Con to Colby, sympathy for penurious ference of Editorial Writers. He was curator of the Nieman students, and a life-time enlistment Foundation for Journalism at Harvard from 1964 to 1973. in the struggle to provide a better education. I know Bob Strider joi ns 23 - Class Correspondence then was assistant to the president for 10 Fifty Plus Club Reunion years. Among other offices, he is v1ce chairman of Kennebec Savings Bank, past pres ident of Augusta Rotary, the country club, and In the Dana Hall dining room over eighty members of Fifty Plus and over fifty spouses or the Augusta General Hospital, now building guests met for their annual dinner. Mr . and Mrs. Roderick E. Farnham presided, G. chairman of the new Augusta General Hos Cecil Goddard paid tribute to Mark R. Shibles. our Vice-President who had died a few pital. He and his wife, Kay (Holmes '33), have three healthy children-two sons and a weeks before. and Professor Sandy Maisel of the government department gave an in daughter. For hobbies, he and Kay are into teresting talk about Colby today. President Cotter spoke briefly as he visited the dinner. miniatures. His memories of Colby are of the Dean Marriner gave an illuminating account of the changes and developments he had wonderful people met there. He keeps in observed at the college. Near the end of the meeting. the group was delighted to see Dr. touch with Henry and Vi Rowe Rol lins • Estelle Taylor Goodwin keeps busy in and Mrs. Bixler. Dr . Bixler paid tribute to Dean Marriner for his many and varied ser Lexington, Mass. with teaching weaving, etc., vices to the college. Music was furnished by Julius Sussman '19 and two friends. as a volunteer to the handicapped, as a The oldest class represented was 1912, two members of which, Dr . Leslie B. Arey member of Lexington Arts and Crafts Weavers and Leora E. Prentiss, atte nded , as did three members of 1913. The largest representa Guild, and the Boston Weavers Guild. With seven grandchildren, one daughter, and two tion was from the Class of 1928-fourteen people. sons, one of whom is in the Diplomatic Ser vice, she and Shirley have visited in India and Turkey. While her other son was a helicopter pilot in Wyoming, she had her first helicopter ride there and visited the Tetons and Many thanks for the hearty re gress of American Footwear Industries Assoc., Yellowstone. They have also traveled to 3 2 sponse to my questions, but keep director of Safety Box Toe Co., recipient of Hawaii, Spain, and Bermuda. She keeps in them coming for future letters for Leather Industries of America Designers touch with Ruth Brown Peabody, Vi Rowe those of you who have put off answer Award for men's slippers and casual shoes, Rollins, Marilla Barnes Johnston, Dorcas Paul ing • Now, our next installment: Harvey besides being vice-president and director of Frost, and Phyl Hamlin Wade • Martha Evans claims he's retired but still sounds the Wakefield Cooperative Bank. When Har Johnston Hayward, now living quietly, she busy-he and Woody (Arlene Woodman '31) vey last saw Doug Grearson '28, he said that says, in Waterville with Bert '33, had taught at have traveled to all parts of the U.S., England, Art Howard was living in Boca Raton, Fla. Greene St. Friends School and Friends Central Scotland, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, and the Islands Anyone know for sure, as he is a lost member? Academy in Philadelphia, receiving a silver in his association with the family shoe Harvey and Woody have three daughters, and salver on retirement. Not bad, considering to business, in which he has received much he says his hunting hobby started at Colby day's price of silver! She and Bert have three recognition: director of N.E. Shoe and Leather when Doc Edwards gave him P.T. credit for children, all teachers, in the genes I guess, and Assoc., past president of Boston Shoe and bird hunting three days a week • Red Snell eight grandchildren. Martha serves as trea Boot Club, life member of Al l Directors Con- sold his Augusta tire business to Noyes Tire, surer of A.A.U.W., and has fond memories of 24 "'the roar of the greasepaint,' the M.C.R.R., Maine Life. It dealt with the simple but elo 'the smell of the crowd. the Winslow mtll in quently beautiful poetry of Robert P. Tris an east wind." She saw jean Wellington Terry tam Coffin. Bert wrote that 1t was a tragedy A Matter of Will Power last summer • Gene Garran Waterhouse that Coffin and his works were never fully ap· A bequest of $190.000 has been re denies she is lost, since she and Dick have a preciated. nor remembered • Whtie on the ceived by the college from the estate of home in Mattapoisett. Mass., as well as a new subiect of Bert, my "Geriatric Guidance winter home with boat and dock in Goodland, Counsellor," I followed his advice 1n my retire Virginia C. Ba um, in memory of her Fla., a small fishing village on the lower end of ment. Having sold my drug store in Dec. of husband. David . Class of 1913 Receipts Marco Island, where Bill and I recently visited 1979, I am keeping busy. I work as a part-time from the bequest have been designated them after they had spent a weekend here. pharmacist. In addition. the talent which I for unrestricted endowment Gene retired from teaching first grade for 20 used as a pianist in the Colby Dance Band, David Ba um. born in Germany in years in Mattapoisett and says her greatest when we had our Saturday night dances at the 1891. lived in Rumford . Livermore Falls. rewards are the smiles and friendly greetings co-eds' gym, is being put to use at nursing and worked as an apprentice in the shoe she gets from former students. She and Dick homes in the Boston area. The audiences are industry in Boston . In 1929 he returned ha e one son and two grandchildren. They very responsive and the personal gratification to Maine from New York to become trek from Massachusetts to Florida. Her hob· is rewarding • As I look through the pages of associated with his father in the Liver bies are rug hooking, League of Women the '33 Oracle, I am saddened by the thought oters, Women's Club, macrame, and fishing that our class, which was so closely knit by more Falls Glove Co. Mr. Baum retired in with Dick. • Cy Perkins, retired as supervisor hard times common needs, and social con 1959 because of ill health. At Colby he of phys. ed. and coach in the Bangor school tacts, has loosened its bonds through the was a member of Delta Upsilon fraternity system, is recovering from several recent years. A few words from you would do so Colby is continually grateful for the operations and practicing his golf swing. He much to refresh those memories and renew many alumni and friends who honor and Grace have a daughter and a son. Cy says those halcyon days. What are the rest of you loved ones and perpetuate the strengths that Colby was a turning point in his life, as it deteriora doing to fight mental and physical of the college in this meaningful way. was to many of us, and he has pleasant tion? Let's hear from the "survivors" • Dr. memories of life at the old Phi Delt house David Sherman is retired and has an avid in where "the whole Colby world passed at one terest in antique clocks and furniture. He 1s a time or another''-particularly the Foss Hall practicing farmer and horticulturist. You can and Mary Low girls. He hopes to hear about reach David at 965 Brook Rd., Milton, Mass. hara White Morse certainly keeps tn touch some of those "lost" members, especiallyLarry 02186 • Have you made your commitment with classmates. During the past few weeks Robinson. In a clipping from Bud Leavitt's col to the Alumni Fund? The recession has put an she had received letters from Louise Williams umn of the Bangor Daily News, Cy claims, "He added burden on college enrollment and Brown and Do Donnell Vickery. Recently she has had a hunting-fishing license since 1923-it operating costs. Your "cradle of learning" also spent a day with Ash '28 and Florence first cost 25 25 expect to get back to reunion ... hope to see a lot of old friends ... I guess it takes retire 50th Reunion ment for me to get everything 1n ...it's a great life" • A letter from Roger Rhoades, More than half of the living members of the Class of 1930 (many with their spouses) flavored with profound and sound philosophic comment, disclosed he'd taught physics and returned to Waterville (some for the first time since their graduation) for their 50th Re chemistry in Maine and Delaware high schools union. They enjoyed a crowded and interesting two and a half days of activities, com for 22 years, and was professor of science bining the many features of the Alumni Weekend and a special program arranged for the education at the Univ. of Southern Maine, class by the 50th Reunion Committee (Norm Palmer, Chairperson Alma Glidden, and before retiring in Belfast three years ago. He did graduate study at Univ. of Michigan, M.l.T., Fran Thayer) in cooperation with the class officers (Gil Henry . President : Tom Record , Pacific and Colorado universities, plus Sim Vice-President; Buck Weaver, Secretary-Treasurer) and with Frank Stephenson and mons College. He and wife Juanita (White '37) Jean Papalia of the office of alumni relations. Highlights of the special class program are now near children and grandchildren. were a class conversation on "Colby and the Class of 1930," chaired by Fran Thayer, Roger enjoys hiking, mountain climbing, inten with participation by Phil Bither and other members of the class: a memorial service for sive reading, and "extensive gardening pro vides scrumptious produce for table, freezer, deceased members of the class, in Lorimer Chapel, with Rev. Bert Downey officiating; a canning, and for neighbors" • Blanche Silver class symposium chaired by Norm Palmer, with five members of the class-Phil Allen . man Field revealed she's well, managing nice Pauline Bakeman , Joe Egert, Deane Quinton , Buck Weaver -reflecting on their profes ly, and has been living in the same apartment sional experiences and on the state of the professions to which they have devoted most in Brookline, Mass., for over 15 years. Last year she attended a week's summer session at of their adult lives; and, of course, the big reunion dinner in Roberts Union. followed by U.N.H. She had planned being at the 45th re a special class program . Special guests at the reunion dinner were President and Mrs. union • Dana Jaquith, residing in Barrington, Cotter, former President and Mrs. Bixler, and Bert and Martha Hayward (Classes of R.I., has "no intention of completely retiring" 1933 and 1932, respectively) . After dinner speakers included President Cotter, Dr. Bix because he still enjoys his investments and securities work. He's busy exploring deferred ler , Class President Gil Henry. Norm Palmer, and incoming Class President Buck annuities and tax shelters for his clientele. His Weaver. Pa uline Bakeman read a poem especially written for the occasion. The M . C. wife, Mary, is much improved in health after a was "Red" Lee, President of the Class in 1929-30, who combined jokes, vignettes. and rough fall and winter. This spring the Jaquiths recollections of Colby as the members of the class knew it in 1926-30. songs (with traveled to Richmond, Va., and New York several members of the class who had been members of the Colby Glee Club in their col state. They had planned to be among those at our 45th get-together • Joe Brogden wrote lege days leading the singing) , and other attractions in a lively and much-appreciated from Kennebunk, expressed pleasure with this program . Special mention was made of classmates who had come from the farthest column, and looked fon..,ard to '35's reunion distances to attend the reunion-Bert Downey from the State of Washington , Alice dinner. A planned trip to Bermuda was in the Bagley from Colorado, and Phil Allen from Texas. Norm Palmer gave the address at the offering, after which he and wife Miriam plan to make monthly visits to family camps in Boardman Memorial Service, the last major event of the Alumni Reunion Weekend. Jackman. In the fall, if their son and family NORMAN PALMER have not been transferred, they'll sojourn again to see them in Montana • Dave and Ann Trimble Hilton's wonderful and festive The returning Class of '30 assembled on the balcony of Roberts Union during Alumni Weekend. 26 reunion efforts and letters, plus Joe Bishop's Thomaston, Conn. His wife, Polly, is also in came from Helen Jevons Luther, written in her class agent correspondence, have been super! education as a teacher of home economics at sunny garden room in Beaufort, S.C., warm They and I have sought to achieve this year's a nearby high school • Bob and Kitty Rollins even 1n mid-winter. She echoes a common goal of raising, minimally, $4,500 in class con Brown stayed in Maine last winter to enjoy our phrase, that her life 1s "too normal" to be in tributions to the Alumni Fund by the time of mild and southern-style winter, snug in their teresting. But that's wrong; even news about our 4Sth gathering. I spoke to several '35ers, new home in Fairfield. Kitty writes that Bob, daily doings, likes and dislikes, opinions, hob who expressed appreciation for being like Bill, is a hot cereal nut and judges all bies, all endeavors, is welcome to old friends. remembered, and I urged their reunion atten motels by the quality of their porridge • The Helen's two daughters are married and she dance and participation in realizing the class's Clarks, in April, took what Bill called a walking and Roy '38 have two grandchildren who are Alumni Fund goal. It was rewarding to hear tour of Britain. We also rode on trains and "pretty special." By walking three miles a day the voices of so many former classmates, in buses, had some good pub lunches, and ex and eating wisely Helen keeps in fine shape • cluding the following: Ruth Maddock Adam, plored a castle or two • Next June, incred Marble '38 and Hazel Wepfer Thayer tripped Marlboro, Mass.; Dick Sawyer, New London, ibly, we will have our 45th Colby reunion. Do off to California as usual at Christmas to see N.H.; Blanche Silverman Field; Margaret Jordan keep yourselves together until that red-letter their two daughters. Hazel enjoys the trip Lewis, Boulder Heights, Colo.; Walter Wor day. Happiness. greatly but feels it takes longer every year to thing, Augusta; Ed Rick, Lancaster, Pa.; Elinor Class secretary: BETTY THOMPSON CLARK get ready to go • Here comes Jane Tarbell Chick Ross, St. Petersburg, Fla.; Mary Small (Mrs. William), Caratunk, Maine 04925. Brown from Cropseyville, N.Y. to greet us. Copithorne, Exeter, N.H.; Shirley "Si" Whiting, Thank you, Jane, for your several notes and Forestville, Conn.; Ruth "Pat" Thorne Chaplin, writings. It's easy to see Jane's a writer for her Salisbury, N.C.; Dorothy Washburn Polley, Hello old friends. Welcome to letters read like stories, or vignettes; I love Warner, N.H.; Richard Ball, Marlboro, Mass.; 3 7 Memory Lane; time for a look them and wonder what marvels she might Moe Cohen, Huddleston, Va.; Don Richard backward at all those pals we make of this column. She tells me, in passing, son, Dudley, Mass.; Roger Rhoades; Ray Gard once knew; well, not all but the few who do that "I do like to fish but I don't really like to ner, Winter Park, Fla.; Al Farnham, Brownville write. I live on an island; it's not an isolated catch anything." Jane also has a strong affec Junction; Ed Houghton's wife, Winnie (White one but sometimes I feel it is separated by a tion for archeology and I'd like to reunite her '36), lntervale, N.H.; Dana Jaquith; and John barrier from the rest of the Class of '37. Surely under my roof with Fred Demersto enjoy their Pullen of Old Saybrook, Conn., whom I you all pass through New York City from time mutual enthusiasm. Fred has been off as usual reached at the family estate in Amity • Your to time. Why don't you improve the pause at to visit ruins (and friends), touching base in letters, cards, and calls are hereby the airport, bus terminal, or hotel to call up Tica!, Belize, the Quintana Roo, Mexico City, acknowledged with gratitude. Keep the cor· your faithful correspondent and tell her some and Guadalajara • Marjorie Gould Murphy respondence as frequent as ever! My very best late news? Telecommunication seems to be has been kept close to home this last winter wishes and regards to all of you. more in favor than letter writing and a local by the illness of her husband but that Class secretary: MAURICE KRINSKY, P.O. Box phone call still costs only a dime. I'll slip you widespread Gould family (Dottie '36, Ruthie 630, Houston, Tex. 77001 . my number-(21 2) 666-6036-but you'll find it '40, and Gilbert) comes to her when she can't in the book (look for Elizabeth J.) if you forget. get to visit them • My own modest travel Call early, call late; I'm often out but give it a news is of a trip to California in March, timed When you read this column, try • Every once in a while I hear news that to coincide with the blooming of the desert 3 6 harvest time will be at hand. But one of us is suffering-perhaps due to the down near the Salton Sea. Rains came too late now, as I write, the greening is yet onset of retirement, to poor health, or to (and too violently) this year to produce the to come and anticipation of spring is every other causes. It's refreshing to learn that Janet finest display but it was still a rewarding visit. I where. A rabbit watches from the woodpile. A GoodridgeSawyer and her husband, Dick '35, rediscovered how astonishing a differential chipmunk has his hole in the lettuce patch, are enjoying their retirement in New Hamp there is between hot daytime and cold night waiting for us gardeners to go into ac shire to the fullest. Dick, it is said, pinches time in the desert. I visited a number of old tion • With his Alumni Fund reminder, Tom himself regularly to make sure he's not dream friends in the Riverside region and then in the Van Slyke sent some welcome news of himself ing. May all our retirement days follow such a Bay area. I bought a new straw hat in San Fran and a few classmates. Tom's son, Joe, visited splendid scenario! • A nice thoughtful letter cisco and stuffed my old New York hat in a Hawaii while he was on leave from militarydu ty in Korea. There he saw Joe O'Toole, who has recently retired as a civilian in the U.S. 45th Reunion Army Engineers, and who continues to enjoy island living • Helen De Rochemont Cole and Lefty '38 vacationed in Florida after Lefty The Class of '35 enjoyed their 45th Reunion . Fifty-four people sat down for dinner at retired from l.B.M. in February. During his last the Millett Alumni House . Dinner was excellent, the atmosphere of comradeship and year with the company, assignments in Califor reminiscing delightful. After dinner we all enjoyed listening to other members tell us nia gave the Coles a good opportunity to where they were living and what they were doing. sample living in Los Angeles and San Fran It was particularly nice to greet a few classmates, who had not been back since gradua cisco. A vacation in Hawaii and Helen's trip last summer to Scandinavia helped make it a ban tion . ner year for the Coles. In Florida they were We were proud of Moe Krinsky, who received a Colby Brick for outstanding service to happy to be neighbors of Omar Canders, who Colby. Keep up the good work, Moe. is living in Sebring and enjoying his retirement Thanks to the efforts of Joe Warren Bishop, class agent, our class contributions to the there • Lewis Naiman resigned last year from his post in Maine Judicial Region II, a seven· Alumni Fund passed its goal. We are happy and proud to announce that J. Warren is county area, but continued as judge on the our new class president. Superior Court bench. He has finished his Ralph Peabody, Joe Brogden, Muriel Pluim, and Don Larkin had such a good time judicial duties and was awarded a plaque that they are now making plans for our 50th. Why don't you? noting his service to the community by the The class made four special awards to its members for services "above and beyond." staffs of Kennebec County district court, dis trict attorney's office, and members of the Maybe you could get an award at our 50th. Do plan to attend. sheriffs department • In his letter, Herbie De Our thanks to our outgoing class president, Ellen Dignam Downing, who M. C. 'd our Veber reminisced about his early teaching jobs meeting. in Warren and Corinna. In those days, teachers did a lot of everything over and Your reunion chairpersons, above their classroom assignments. Herbie DAVID R. HILTON coached most sports, directed plays, and ANN TRIMBLE HILTON coached public speaking. He still leads a busy life as principal of Thomaston High School in 27 retire this summer. After touring Scotland last 40th Reunion year and playing golf at St. Andrew's and Gleneagles, he tells us he anticipates another trip to the Br1t1sh Isles this coming summer • The Class of 1940 celebrated their 40th Reunion in grand style . We commenced with a In Spnngf1eld, Mass., Norris Dibble continues cocktail party at Howard and Gizelle Miller's where there was plenty of food and to practice law as a partner in the firm Robin refreshments We were all having such a great time we hated to leave the Miller's to go to son and Dibble. Says retirement plans are far the Silent Woman Restaurant for dinner. However, once we finally got there we were 1n the future He v1s1ted Grand, Bryce, and Zion canyons 1n 1979, and plans a tour of the glad to have a delicious meal . Elmer Warren, professor emeritus. spoke at our dinner Pacific Northwest this year • Also in Spring and we were very happy to be visited by President and Mrs. Cotter. Over sixty people field, Mass., Joe Freme retired after 34 years in were in attendance and all enjoyed themselves. We look forward to seeing many more the education field. Joe keeps busy, however, at our 45th! as a starterat a local municipal golf course and selling real estate part-time. A tnp to the Bahamas is on this year's travel agenda • Jack MacGorman 1n Fort Worth, Tex. 1s chair trash can; since I don't take pictures when I southern U.S and in England. He saw Louis man of the New Testament department at travel, I will have a fine wearable memento of Sacks and Stanley Schreider "Back Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, my trip • Have you all noticed, by the way, East" • Helen Carter Guptill retired from her where he has been teaching for 32 years. In how we are creeping up toward the front of work as a kindergarten teacher in June 1979 July 1979, Jack taught at m1ss1on meetings in the Class Correspondence section? • She and husband Nathanael plan to move Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama, and Guatamala Greeting to all classmates, with love from Bet back to their summer home at Prince's Point, • Lubov Leonovich Waltz sends word from ty. (Box 76) in Yarmouth, when Nat retires 1n Basking Ridge, N ].. where she keeps busy as a Class secretary: ELIZABETH WILKINSON 1981 . at was elected moderator of the piano teacher and church organist. Husband RYAN (Mrs. Franm), 80 LaSalle St., New York, General Synod of the United Church of Christ Maynard '38 recently receiveda $5,500federal N.Y. 10027. for two years • Elizabeth Solie Howard 1s oc grant to build a solar heating system for their cupied as housewife and part-time secretary home, to be patterned after a similar one sup • to her husband, Richard, professor of den plying heat for their greenhouse Lawrence The latest news from our class drology at Harvard They have two daughters, Berry 1s living in Sun City, Anz., having retired upholds the 1mpress1on that "the 3 9 two sons, and a grandson. During Dick's sab 1n 1979 as a meteorologist with the weather '39ers" are an interesting bunch batical year in 1979 they were 1n the Lesser satellite systems. He says his retirement plans • Col. Albert Parsons, U.S.A.F. Ret., 1s a Antilles, collecting plants for his Flora of che include eight months 1n Sun City and four broker-general agent in financial planning in Les er AnCtlles. They also spent a month in months in Mame • In Needham, Mass., Ber insurance and investments. He and his wife, ew York where she had a "hilarious lunch" nard Daniels 1s president and chief operating Pauline, live 1n Palm Bay, Fla. Polly does with Freda Able, Alice Skinner Evans, and officer of Rutter's Linen Service. Bernard plans tutorial work for Brevard County school Arline Bamber Veracka. While there she also sem1-ret1rement in five years, and then part board. Their children are Peter. 36, and twin saw Bemerd Burbank and wife Hannah (Put time consultant work with his firm. Travel daughters Leslie Ann and Laune Low, 21 . He nam '41). She also sees Arline and Sally Aldrich plans in 1980 include trips to Caracas, Aruba, has retired once already, has no special travel Adams frequently. and Curacao. Highlight of 1979: burning the plans and considers his present work his • Classsecretary: MARGARET A. WHALEN, 98 home mortgage! Beatrice Kennedy Maltais favorite activity • Jean Burr Smith and hus Windsor Ave., Augusta, Mame 04330. is in her 16th year as a French and Latin band Alexander live in Killingworth, Conn .. teacher at Winslow High School and had where she 1s an associate professor in the planned to retire in June and then a trip to mathematics department of Middlesex Com Ernest C. Marriner, Jr., city Germany to visit daughter and family munity College and coordinating teacher in 40 manager of Lafayette, Calif.. was • Heber Brill 1s general manager of the In the Math Anxiety Clinic, Wesleyan University. elected vice-president of the Cali dependent Telephone Co. in Rockport. He Her husband is a professor in the psychology fornia City Clerks Association and will be its says he's been everywhere he wants to go and department and director of testing at Southern president in 1981. He 1s much in demand as a plans to stay home on the farm. Connecticut State College. Their children are: speaker at municipal conferences on the West Class secretary: CHARlfS A. BARNFATHER, Jonathan, Judith, David, and Deborah. Jean Coast and has addressed the California Public 81 Brewster Rd., West Springfield, Mass. has traveled to Copenhagen and, in January Works Directors and the Golden Gate chapter 01089. 1980, to Kitwe, Zambia and Mt. Kilimanjaro of the California Contract Management Asso with her brother, Horace '40. The trip was ar ciation. Ernest and his wife, Prudence (Piper ranged by his son who 1s a minister in Zambia. '41), went to Japan in June to attend the wed This will be a shorter than usual They also took a repeat trip to Sierra Leone. ding of their youngest son, James, who mar 4 3 column as I am just not receiving Four years ago, with a grant from F.1.S.P.E., ried a Japanese medical technologist. James news from all of you • Betty Jean developed a model for teaching people teaches English in a private school in Fukuoka. Tobey Choate sounds like one of our most with math anxiety. When she retires, she plans He and his wife had planned to v1s1t relatives in contented classmates. When retired, she and to complete a Ph.D. based on what she has Mame, including James's two living grand her husband plan to stay in Massachusetts learned in this field through travel, talking, and parents, Ernest Marriner '13 and Clara Collins where Betty conducts sing-a-longs at nursing listening. A film of a class of talented, but Piper '14, during the summer. homes, plays tennis, and gardens. The math-anxious, adults is scheduled for T.V. in Class secretary: E. ROBERT BRUCE, 58 Choates have three sons, one of whom is mar the fall of 1980. Hobbies are travel, back Longview Ave., Watertown, Conn. 06795. ried • Priscilla Moldenke Drake writes that packing, camping, and cross-country skiing. they would like to settle in the country even Family highlight of 1979 was Debbie's senior tually, but inflation may be the deciding factor. recital (French horn major) accompanied by According to a recent article in "Puss" uses her post-graduation experience in her sister on piano and organ. Jean has visited 41 the ewburyport, Mass., Daily social work to assist older neighbors. She is Elmer and Mary Warren '23 in Waterville • News, Claire Emerson has retired busy compiling scrapbooks for her five Mildred Colwell Stevens and husband after 32 years as a teacher of mathematics at children, four of whom have graduated from Machaon live in Albion. Millie 1s a housewife Newburyport High School. Counting assign college with one to go! Puss was in Europe last (unretired!) and Mac retired from teaching in ments in Biddeford and Woodsville, Maine, year at the time of Pope John Paul l's funeral • 1977 and from the broiler business in the fall and Plymouth, N.H., Claire has taught for near Norm Porter got to Spain and Portugal last of 1979. Their children are two boys and two ly 40 years. A resident of Seabrook, N.H., she year. In past years he has been appointed to girls with six grandchildren. They had planned plans to move back to her home town, Bid several local committees by the mayor. Norm to travel to Hawaii in March • Robert Boro deford, where she intends to raise copper keeps in touch with the Rev. George Whittier voy of San Francisco sent an update on one of eyed white Persian kittens • Hiram Macin and his wife who, we hope, have fully his favorite hobbies, travel-in the eastern and tosh writes from Philadelphia that he plans to recovered from the serious automobile acci- 28 dent in late 1978 • Leonard Osier has retired children. In 1978 she swam in her first senior favorite teacher. He 1s associate professor of after 30 years of teaching but plans to con World Aquatic competition in Toronto and philosophy of education, and coordinator of tinue operating his summer cottage business. took one first place and two seconds. For fun, adult education at the Univ. of Southern Len has been active in town of Bristol affairs she raises geese • Betty Wood Reed is in Mame. Among other honors, he holds a and is the chairman of the board of selectmen. Montpelier, Vt. and has been medical assistant distinguished achievement citation from the He is also a director and treasurer of the Pema to an internist for 14 years. Her daughter, U.S. Department of State • That's 1t until next quid Assoc. and takes part in local dramatic Sandy, is a social worker, son Brian a physical time. and musical group presentations • Marjorie therapist, and daughter Barbara is a secretary. Classsecretary: BARBARA BAYLIS PRIMIANO Abar Gray listed the birth of her eighth grand After planning a trip to the Canadian Rockies (Mrs. Wetherell), 15 Crossways, Barrington, child as a highlight of last year. She is a and the West Coast, they had to postpone it R.I. 02806. member of the Charter Commission working because of a strike at her husband's company. on a new charter for her county and 1s active They planned to go this year. They expected • in the American Field Service program their second grandchild. Betty says their Writing this column for the sum Hilda Niehoff True has had it! She has retired granddaughter is the joy of their lives • Dr. 4 5 mer '80 Alumnus winds up my from volunteer work. She 1s still a member of John Poirier is a dentist in Waterville. His wife, term as class correspondent. I've the Republican Town Committee and a Alice, is a secretary to the dean of the faculty gotten a big kick out of hearing from all of member of the Conservation Commission. By at Colby. Their daughter, Jean, is a medical you-I know I'll miss finding all those little Col some she is called the "tree lady" • In his let secretary and mother of their grandchild. by envelopes in my mailbox and then sharing ter last summer, Andy Bedo wrote that one of Daughter Elaine is a nurse practitioner, and the news with you • I heard not too long ago the football coaches at Central Michigan Univ. son John, a dentist who joined his dad in prac from Garrett Ridgley, who teaches dentistry at is a Dennis Lafleur who claims the late Bobby tice last year. Their daughter, Joyce, is a mid Howard University. Garrett's son is an M.D. Lafleur is his uncle. There is also a younger wife, Carol 1s a computer programmer, and specializing in kidney disease. Garrett also has Lafleur, a student at C.M.U. who 1s also a daughter Cathleen is a dental hygienist in a daughter plus two grandchildren. He had relative • Keep your notes coming. Don't Alaska. The Poiriers traveled to Mexico last planned an August visit to Maine. Pretty lucky wait for a questionnaire. This column depends year and planned to go to Hawaii this year. • Bob Holcomb spends all summer in Maine, on you! John is on the board of governors and was in Madrid. A retired Methodist minister, Bob Class secretary: ELEANOR SMART BRAUN president of the N.E. Dental Society. He plays winters in North Las Vegas, Nev., working as a MULLER (Mrs. Albert}, 115 Lake Rd., Basking tennis, enjoys flying, and a little skiing • Our helping minister in the Wesley United Ridge, N.J. 07920. other dentist, HarrisGraf, is in Reading, Mass. Methodist Church with Rev. Bob Watson, a His oldest daughter, Lisle, works in the Baird former movie star. Bob and his wife now have Abortion Clinic. Holly is a clerical worker, and 12 grandchildren. Wonder if that's a record for Louise "Kelly" Callahan Johnson is son Carl is a student. Harris paints, skis, and the Class of '45 • Ken Quimby is also 44 a fifth grade teacher in Wey has twice been president of the Lions Club • retired-after 35 years in the field of industrial mouth, Mass. Her four sons are Virginia "Bonny" Howard Atherton works in engineering, the last 21 in association with the scattered from Provincetown, Mass. to Schenectady, N.Y. as a volunteer coordinator ational Steel Corp. Ken writes that he hopes Arizona. Stephen, in Arizona, is a plant recruiting and training volunteers to work in a to return permanently to his native Maine nurseryman and was recently married. David nursing home. Her husband, Bill '48, had cor • In April I participated in the New York Alum '67 is operational director for Sears in onary surgery last September and is recover ni fund-raising telethon. I haven't heard yet Maryland. Her husband, Bud '42, still skates ing very well. Her son, Bill, Jr., is in Phoenix. how successful it was, but I can tell you that I and coaches little league hockey. Remember, Daughter Leslie has given her two "gorgeous thoroughly enjoyed phoning '45ers too he was one of Colby's great hockey players. grandchildren." Peter is employed by G.E. and numerous to mention. I had planned to attend Kelly is an avid golfer at South Shore Country Gail is a teacher of disadvantaged children. All an editorial/marketing pow-wow at West Club in Hingham. She visited California last are married. Bonny is a member of the Pan Point that conflicts with, and will have year and loved it. They also celebrated their hellenic Association, Board of Independent prevented my attending our 35th class re 35th wedding anniversary last October • Living for handicapped children. They sail on union. I look forward to hearing all about it Freda Staples Smith lives in Waterville and is the New York lakes • Polly Seekins Blair is a though • I know that Maurice Whitten was an engineering secretary at Keyes Fibre. Her housewife in Farmington, N.H. Her married the able chairman of the reunion committee. daughter, Sharon, 1s married and has one son, David, has one daughter and lives in Con Perhaps our new class columnist will fill us all child. Her son, Scott, is getting his master's at necticut. Her son, Christopher, is married, and in on the celebration. Ciao!-Naomi Collett M.S.U. in Michigan. They planned a trip to "expecting." Her daughter, Jennifer, is a nurse Pagane/11 Florida and Michigan. She enrolled last year at at Mary Hitchcock Hospital in Hanover, N.H. Class secretary: MAURICE WHITIEN, 11 Lin Thomas College in Waterville to obtain a from which she graduated. Polly is another oil coln St., Gorham, Maine 04038. degree in business management. She keeps painter in our class and has won some blue busy painting (oils) and with handi ribbons for her work, sold one, and even had a crafts • Martha Wheeler Zeltsman is a pic painting stolen. They own a second home 1n I hope many of you were able to torial photographer m Morris Plains, .J. Her Thomaston. She is active in the Farmington 46 attend the Colby alumni dinner in husband is a portrait photographer and also women's club and the Congregational Ladies your area. Paul '48 and I drove teaches photography. They went to Australia Fellowship • James Whitten's students have over to Hartford and enjoyed hearing Presi last year, where they lectured on portrait established a foundation in recognition of their dent Cotter, who certainly shows a good photography. Then on to Europe in September and October where they lectured in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria. Last year, Martha was named "Mr. Professional Photographer of 35th Reunion N.J." • Russell Brown lives in Norristown, Pa. and is secretary for the East Asia Board of In Response for our 35th Reunion , unfortunately, was not overwhelming. Seven attend ternational Ministries of the American Baptist ed, being Helen Strauss of New York City, Rita McCabe of Connecticut, Ruth E. Churches. He travels periodically to Asia, Kramer of Massachusetts, Douglas Smith of Ellsworth, Professor Maurice Whitten of Africa, and Haiti in the interest of world Gorham, Maine, Dr. Michael Nawfel of Waterville, and myself. Our class joined the hunger. He has been to the Republic of China and was in Mexico City in 1979 during the Class of 1950 for Reunion Dinner at the (Fenway) Howard Johnson's on Main Street in earthquake. He is servingas secretary for plan Waterville, and we all had a most enjoyable evening, reminiscingabout our classmates ning in his organization • Nancy Curtis and Colby memories. We hope that our next reunion will be attended by more of our Lawrence is a senior design associate for Bell classmates. We enjoyed seeing how beautiful the campus was. Telephone Laboratories and lives in West Chicago. Her son, Charles, works at the Ro ALD Rov Department of the Treasury, and daughter Nancy is a student. Nancy "Sr." has two grand- 29 grasp of the challenges ahead for a small col lege. Chuck '45 and Shirley Martin Dudley and Helen Watson Boldi '44 were there from our 30th Reunion era. We met Watsie's lovely daughter, Cor rina, a 79 Colby graduate • I heard from The Class of 1950 held its 30th Reunion dinner at the Howard Johnson Motel Carolyn Woolcock Gaetske that she and Wal (Fen way) . Twenty-seven classmates and spouses returned to enjoy a very pleasant ly had spent time houseboating on Lake evening. Noteworthy was the return to Colby for the first ti me in thirty years of three of Powell, Utah, where they waterskied. Their our classmates. It was a great pleasure for "Red" O'Halloran and me to see them as well daughter, Jayne, will have had a June wed ding. Their son, Steve, is enthusiastic about as all our other classmates who came back to prove that. like good wine, they had im mining his gold claims in northern California • proved with age . We were especially pleased to have Professor and Mrs. Donaldson Locky MacKinnon and Ardath spent part of Koons, Alumni Secretary Frank Stephenson, and President and Mrs. Bill Cotter visit last summer traveling in a convoy of Airstream with us during the evening. The only formal item of business on our agenda was the an trailers. They drove around the Gaspe Penin nouncement of class officers elected for the next five years. sula and attended a large rally at "Man and His World" in Montreal. Planned destination for In conclusion. let me say, on behalf of "Red" O'Halloran and me, that it was lots of their next trip was California and the Baja fun and we look forward to seeing as many of you as possible at our next reunion. Peninsula. Happy trailering, Locky! • Speak ing of California, Gerry Fliege Edwards wrote KEVIN HILL from Huntington Beach that she and Bob con tinue to enjoy cruising in California waters and spend some leisure time at their condo in Palm Desert. Highlights of the past year in tastic vacation, incredible scenery!" • Hanna dent Carter in Washington. Warren has a real clude a trip to Kauai and another one to Van Levine Schussheim of Washington, D.C. iob with the First Commodity Corp. of Boston. couver. Looking forward to future retirement, worked for H.U.D. for 12 years. Recently she During April, Pete Valli came to Boston on they recently bought a waterfront lot at received an appointment with the State business and had lunch with Warren. Pete Shelter Bay, Wisc. She's still very active with Depa rtment Agency for International lives in Tolluca Lake, Calif. and is a divisional tennis. Glad to know you still possess that in Development in the Office of Housing. Her vice-president of Borg-Warner; he has come a credible vitality you had as a freshman, daughter, Rowen, a weaver, has a tapestry long way since he painted the polar bear at Gerry • Cloyd Aarseth and Joan visited their hanging in the permanent collection of the Bowdoin • Teddy Shiro writes from Augusta, daughter, Carol, who was spending her junior Scotsdale Center for the Arts. l.B.M. in Tucson where he is a restaurant owner. He thinks he is year abroad at the Univ. of North Wales. They is also displaying her work. The Schusshe1ms a pretty good tennis player, but I understand also spent some time in Edinburgh and Lon enioy one granddaughter: Jessica, "21 months he can be had. His picture appears often in the don. Their son, Keith, is a lieutenant in the of delight" • Marianne Nutter Wyer and local paper, as he is the president of the Maine field artillery at Fort Polk, La., and their Albert, of Swampscott, Mass., traveled to Sports Hall of Fame, for the second con daughter, Joanne, a graduate of Fordham law England and Scotland to celebrate their 30th secutive year • Ormande Brown and wife school, is an attorney with the Home Life In wedding anniversary. Their daughter, Dolores live in Hudson, Ohio. He is a fellow surance Company in New York City. Cloyd's Suzanne, was married in September in Pendleton Woolen Mills salesman for Ohio. award-winning documentary film, "The Wolfboro, N.H.; the reception was held in the His daughter, Marcia, is the mother of his Endless Search," was shown at the Centennial Nutter family home. Marianne's days are full grandchild, Erin Karper, and he had planned to of Light ceremonies at the Henry Ford with commitments to elderly relatives, see his son, Vance, graduate from Stanford in Museum, in Dearborn, Mich. This event volunteer work, and genealogy research June • Don't forget our 30th reunion next marked the 100th anniversary of the incandes • Charlie and Libby Hall Cousins have moved spring, June 5 thru 7 • Lucille Tarr Twaddel cent electric lamp. The film has been to Sudbury, Mass. and "enjoy living on the and husband Vaughn live in Portland. Lucy is distributed as part of The Screen News Digest water." He sent news of their four sons. Hoyt is an instructor in the recovery room (M.M.C.) film series to 7,500 junior and senior high a Boston architect; Paul is a T.V. meteorologist for S.M.V.T.I. School of Practical ursing. Both schools across America • More next time on in Hartford; Glen is a salesman and ski instruc of her sons are graduates of Univ. of Maine • � ij you send in your new� tor in Vermont; Neal is a student at Noble and Albert Stone and wife Betty live in Groton, Class secretary: NORMA TWIST MURRAY Greenough in Dedham, Mass. • Thomas Mass. He is the president of Streilite Corp., (Mrs. Paul), 28 Birdsall St., Winsted, Conn. Labun of Winslow is a pharmacist and owns a manufacturer of home products. He writes 06098. drug store. His wife, Sylvanne, operates a that last year he traveled to East Africa, Egypt, printing business • Duxbury, Mass. is the new and France • Why didn't I hear from Bob home of Ronald Farkas. After a 25-year career Gabriel, Harry Wiley, and Ann Morrison Mc in retailing (president of Hope Chest, Boston), cullum? • Dick "Heels" Beal and wife Peggy Our home is nestled amidst he has started a new occupation in real estate live in Gladwyn, Pa. He is the director and 48 towering pines; this morning the development in Hawaii. His daughter, Amy, is managing partner of a marketing department forest groundcover turned green. a professional illustrator in New York City. Carl in Villanova, Pa. He has recently built a home Spring has arrived! • The Glastonbury, Conn., (Phi Beta Kappa, Vassar 78) works for l.B.M. on Squam Lake, Center Harbor, N.H. • Many Citizen reports that Shirley Stowe Sarkis has Last summer Selma, Ronnie, and I had a people wrote how saddened they were by the been appointed librarian for the Whiton wonderful visit in their new home • I death of Joyce Edwards Washburn • Audrey Memorial Library. Shirley, a graduate of welcome each and every letter. Bostwick lives in Philadelphia. She is an assis Southern Conn. State College Library Service Class secretary: CAROL SILVERSTEIN BAKER tant in the office of the director of information School, has worked for the town library (Mrs. Solomon), 129 Edgewater Dr., and records at the Univ. of Pennsylvania. She system for the past 10 years • Allan Sarner, a Needham, Mass. 02192. has purchased a carriage house and is now colonel of 35 years in the U.S. Army Reserve, converting it into a stable. She planned to be returned to Germany for active duty for one busy officiating in horse shows in the middle month. A manufacturers representative, Allan eastern states this summer • Nancy Allan lives in Dallas, Tex. • Bill Bryan is admissions Thank you for the overwhelming Darby and husband Ralph live in Allenwood, counselor at the Univ. of Maine and state 51 response to the questionnaire N.J. Ralph is a pilot for United Airlines. She coordinator for the Quebec-Labrador Founda that we sent out in April. I'll try to reports that over the years she has been just tion. Farming, fishing, and scouting for the get as much news in as I can, but please don't about everywhere, and her favorite places Pittsburgh Pirates are special activi feel slighted if you do not see anything about were Australia and Thailand • Homer Achorn ties • Phyllis Dixon Hains wrote from yourself in this issue • I promise to write very lives in Cushing. He is a teacher in Lincolnville, Wenonah, N.J. She has the joy of two grand little of Bob Lee and Warren Finegan, as we and is chairman of mathematics and Teacher sons, assists in her husband Jim's business, and are always hearing about them. Bob has Association president. He is a baseball and is a perpetual community volunteer. Last June recently completed his term as president of basketball coach and is a Red Sox enthusiast • they cruised Alaska's Inside Passage. "A fan- S.B.A.N.E. During his tenure he met with Presi- Els Warendorf Hulm and husband Jim live in 30 Summit, .J. Jim is the general manager of of news along from Old Greenwich, Conn. If medical center, is a member of the board of Solvents Recovery Service. Inc. They had anyone has any questions concerning moving, directors of Laverdiere's Drug Stores, our planned a trip to England this summer to visit write to Caroline. The family completed their representative on the Alumni Council, and a daughter Joyce, and to visit Jim's family • 19th move and have lived in England and Mex director of the New England Home for Little Ernie Fortin and wife Beverly live in Dover, ico, among other places. Their address at the Wanderers • One of our "lost" classmates, Mass. He is divisional manager for N.E. moment is Barons Mead, East Point Lane, Old Paul Appelbaum, has been found! He and his Telephone. He still has fond memories of the Greenwich, Conn. 06870. Her daughter, Lisa, wife, Lois, own a small educational supply Pa lmer House • Helen Ritsher Rindge lives in was among the 1980 Colby graduates. business in the greater Los Angeles area. They Beverly Farms, Mass. Her son, Dan, is a Caroline also has two sons: David, 18, a recently opened a second shop in the San Fer greeting card designer; daughter Susan is a sophomore at Dartmouth, and Philip, 16, a nando Valley, where they and their three geologist with C.R.R.E.L., Hanover, N.H., and junior at Brunswick School in Greenwich. Her children are living and thriving • I had a long son John is a jazz pianist. Helen is president of husband, Dick, is with Bowater Company, a newsy letter from John Lee. His big news 1s his Addison Travel Consultants in Andover, Mass. British paper company. Caroline was active in reunion with his parents after 31 years of • Ernie Harnden lives in Sarasota, Fla. He has the theatre in London. The highlight was play separation (since he came to the U.S. to attend remarried and has a young family. I spoke to ing Volumnia with an all-English cast in Colby in '49) when they arrived from Peking to him last spring and he is an attorney and Shakespeare's Conolanus. Barbara Bone join John in the Washington, D.C. area. John sounded very happy with life. He is still very Leavitt and husband Dick visited the plans to be at the Pentagon, where he holds proud of his Harold Gulberg Award that he McDonoughs in England as did Jan Pearson the rank of It. col., until June 1981, when his won at Colby • Jane Perry Linquist and hus Anderson and husband Chuck '53. military assignment will be concluded • Last band Bob live in Cape Elizabeth. They are the Class secretary: MARY SARGENTSWIFT (Mrs. February, Ginnie Falkenbury Murphy and I proud grandparents of Erin Libby and Mathew Edward), 68 Farmcliff Dr., Glastonbury, Conn. drove from Princeton, N.J. and New York City Adam, children of son Eric. Jane is a special 06033. respectively to the Boston area, staying with education teacher and Bob is sales manager of Carolyn English Beane for the weekend. On Atlantic Tracy of Boston, Mass. • Cindy Cook the only snowy evening of the winter, there Gair is now living in Chathamport, Mass. She is Between several letters from was a gathering of several of our classmates an interior designer with the Nickerson Co. of 5 3 iellow '53ers and the newspaper and other Colby-ites. Ross Holt, who, since Orleans, Mass. She still loves to ski and play clippings the alumni office sent 1968, has been the principal of Camden tennis. me, I have lots of news to share • Michael Rockport High School, came from Maine to be Class secretary: ROBERT E. CANNELL, 2 Manus has been named co-chairman of the with us. We were joined by Roger and Sue Robin Hood Lane, Sherwood Forest, Cape Concord (N.H.) Hospital's expansion fund drive (Smith '54) Huebsch, Hershel and Bobbie Elizabeth, Maine 04107. in Hopkinton/Contoocook. Mike is a purchas Weiss Alpert, Carolyn Doe Woznick and her ing agent for United Life and Accident In husband, Ben, Bob '54 and Dorothy (Sellers surance Company. He has four children '54) Sheerin, and Bob Lee '51 and his wife, Well folks, I am at the end of the Debra, Brenda, Stephanie, and James • Phil Jean. We shared in lots of good music and 5 2 line. I have oniy two letters for Hussey, Jr., who is president of Hussey conversation • Do keep the news coming this column and unless I hear Manufacturing, was pictured in the Maine and have a good summer! something from the hinterlands, the Class of Times last December with other board Class secretary: MARTHA FRJEDLAENDER, '52 will have a void in the next issue • Anne members of the Maine Development Founda 382 Central Park West, Apt. 14A, New York, Plowman Stevens wrote last summer to say tion • Rosalee Dulaney Weatherby was N.Y. 10025. that she and her husband, Robert, live at 10 selected to serve as library trustee in Boxford, Sunnybrook Dr., R.D. #1, Doylestown, Pa. Mass. In addition to the library, Rosalee has 18901 . They have four children: Deborah, Bar been active with the garden club, the Boxford Athletic talent has been passed bara, Pamela, and Robert E. Barb started Slip Topsfield community club, the historical soci 5 4 on to the next generation of Ed pery Rock State College last fall. Anne is a Title ety, and Masconomet band parents • sons! Gail, oldest child of Bill and I math aide in junior high. She is on the board, Marcella Laverdiere O'Halloran has been ap Penny Thresher Edson, was named an All and a playing member, of the Bucks County pointed co-chairperson of the campaign to American softball player last year for her feats Symphony. Robert is a regional manager of raise $1.5 million for a cancer radiation treat as left fielder for U.C.L.A. She was also a the ational Sanitation Foundation • Caro ment facility at Mid-Maine Medical Center. nominee for the Broderick Award for the top line Wilkins McDonough passed a great deal Marcie, in addition to being a trustee at the female collegiate athlete in the country. Gail The Class of '55, returning for its 25th Reunion assembled with President and Mrs. Coller during the weekend's festivities. 31 He's also a consultant to the commission preparing a revision of the Maine probate 25th Reunion laws. Class secretary: BARBARA GUERNSEY EDDY People came from all over for our reunion. Colby rolled out its red carpet and treated us (Mrs. C. Arthur), R.R. 1, Box 199B, Lincoln City royally. The buffet on Thursday night was pleasant, but the boat trip on Friday set the Rd., Salisbury, Conn. 06068. mood for the weekend . Perfect weather for a perfect outing. 55'ers roamed the boat to visit with each other and to share the past 25 years. We discovered that we can all still Dick McKeage, a pediatrician who bend our elbows as proficiently as ever, and good times are not a thing of the past. 5 5 earned his medical degree at At the banquet, our class was represented by Lee Fernandez, the recipient of a Colby Tufts, now serves on the staffs of Brick. Congratulations, Lee! Cocktails with Ruth and Dave Roberts, and Carol and Sam Lynn Hospital, North Shore Children's Hospital, Salem Hospital, Boston Floating Plavin Shapiro, and brunch with Bucky and Mary Dundas Runser on Sunday upheld Hospital, and Children's Hospital in Boston. He our conviction that we are still as congenial as ever. lives in Topsfield, Mass. • Ellie Larned After being graciously entertained by Linda and Bill Cotter. the class consensus is that Wescott has been named assistant to the Colby is fortunate to have them in the president's house . Dinner and dancing to the librarian at Bridgton Academy. A resident of North Bridgton, Ellie had prior experience as a music of our classmate, Fred Petra. at the Waterville Country Club on Saturday night librarian and market research assistant in was another highlight of the weekend . advertising in New York City, and was a We especially missed seeing Sid Farr . who was in the hospital for an emergency ap - special tutor in developmental reading in the pendectomy. We are happy to report that Sid is doing fine Cape Elizabeth public schools • Joe Lovegren, now editor of the Greater Porlland Our best to all of you . magazine, was called "a visionary, a futurist" in ANNE BURBANK PALMER a recent article by columnist Bill Caldwell. CAROL PLAVIN SHAPIRO Writing under the pseudonym, Vance Studebaker, Lovegren listed a series of in GERMAINE. MICHAUD ORLOFF novative steps which he feels could turn reunion chairpersons Portland into a major port and convention center by 1985. While skeptical of Joe's timetable, Caldwell admits that he has made dramatic improvements in the content and scope of his magazine, reflected in increased advert1s1ng revenue and circulation. Joe hopes to make Greater Portland into a 100-page monthly with a 10,000 circulation, and had worked on a special summer issue for free distribution to visitors • Patrice Mcintire An· drews and "Mac" '53 celebrated their 25th an niversary last summer with a month in Ger many, the Netherlands, and Denmark. She said the trip through East Germany and to divided Berlin was particularly memorable. The Andrews live in N. Smithfield, R.I., where Pat is a media specialist in the Cumberland school system. They have a son and three daughters. Gail graduated from Trinity, re ceived her master's in food science from the Univ. of Illinois, and now works for Quaker Oats. Sara recently received her degree in physical therapy at Sargent. Martha just com pleted her freshman year in retail manage ment at Thomas College in Waterville. Kyle is 15 • Roberta Lee Culver Johnson had planned to come to our reunion until her husband, Donald, was transferred by G.E. from An Retired Professor Archille Biron, left , Trustee John Deering '55. center, and Donald Eilertson were dover, Mass. to Seattle, Wash. When the last among the many who gathered for Reunion Weekend. of their four children graduated from high school, Lee reluctantly resigned from her job as executive-administrative secretary at Spec· and her sister, Julie, are both strong swimmers summer. The Sleepers' eldest, Paul, is a state trametrics, Inc., and joined him in Washington. as well. Mark, a high school graduate this trooper in Augusta County, Va., having Says they have yet to meet anyone from New spring, is a baseball player and wrestler, and graduated second in his class at the state England, and would love to hear from anyone will be in the Americans Abroad program of police academy. Mark is an electronics techni in that area. A graduate of Katharine Gibbs, the American Field Service next year. Bill is still cian, programming computers that run huge Lee relished her six years with Spectrametrics, commuting between California and Cape industrial machines, and Jonathan is a busy starting when it was a one woman, 10- Canaveral as director of engineering on the high school student • Richard Whiting, when employee company, and leaving when there space shuttle for Rockwell International. Pen last we heard, was running for a third four-year were 11 women doing the same work she had ny manages an elementary school learning term as probate judge for Oxford County. Liv done. She is now learning needlepoint and do center for tutoring students in grades K-6 • ing in Rumford, he has practiced law there for ing things she never had time for, and hopes There's special pleasure in reporting on the 22 years and is a partner in the firm of Whiting to enroll at the Univ. of Washington in the fall, children of Freeman and Sue Johnson Sleeper, and Kendall. His busy extracurricular life has "and finally finish what I started at Colby so as three of them were in a serious auto acci included stints as chief judge of the Maine Pro many years ago!" • Ted Summers and his dent in December 1978, and their daughter bate Judges, president of the Oxford County wife, Beverlyn, are the parents of two children Debbie spent several months recovering from Bar Association, and the probate court and live in Pittsford, N.Y., where Ted is a critical injuries. She is now well enough to go member of the committee which drafted the supervisor of dividend reinvestment. Ted has on a four-week Girl Scout trip to Europe this current code of ethics for the Maine judiciary. been a volunteer fireman for the past 15 years 32 and serves as treasurer for the local associa States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md. project engineer for the Oldsmobile division tion. He has been treasurer and assistant '61 Vaughn 1s a management consultant for of General Motors Corporation in East Lansing, scoutmaster of Boy Scout Troop 341, and is a Electronic Data Systems. Their son, Stephen, 1s Mich. past master of his Masonic Lodge • I have en a student at Colby • Baudouin de Marcken 1s Class secretary: COUEEN "JO" LITTLEAELD joyed my Colby mail enormously during the director of the United States Peace Corps in JONES (Mrs. William), Box A525, Solon, Maine past five years, and hope that you will con Zaire. He is in charge of one of the Peace 04979. tinue to keep my successor informed of your Corps' largest programs-200 volunteers • - activities in the years ahead. Margaret Grant Arthur Lawton has been named headmaster of Ludwig Brookwood School in Manchester, N1ass. Prior Maggie Briggs Grabowski. hus Class secretary: SUE BIVEN STAPLES {Mrs. to this appointment, he was headmaster at 3 band Eugene, and their seven Selden), 430 Lyons Rd., Liberty Corner, N.J. Rocky Mount Academy, Rocky Mount, N.C. • children live in Bennington, Vt., 07938. Jeanne Banks Vacco has been appointed full where6 Eugene 1s a surgeon • Peter and Susan time instructor of sociology at Riv1er Collegein Ferries Vogt are in Cabin John, Md. Susan 1s in Nashua, N.H. She has been a lecturer in the volved with the Environmental, Health. Labor The New York section of the sociology departmentfor the past four years. Liaison for the National Commission on Air American Chemical Society has 5 8 Dick is a professor of law at Suffolk Univ. law Quality. Peter Vogt and Assoc. is Peter's film named Dorothy Buzzell as the school. He also has a private practice, company, which last year produced a T.V recipient of the Nichols High School Teacher specializing in business-corporate law • Al special on the Air and Space Museum in Award in recognition of her outstanding Neigher, an attorney in Bridgeport, Conn., Washington, D.C. Peter also has been working achievements as a teacher of chemistry at Pearl River High School, Pearl River, N.Y. Dorothy teaches both Regents courses in chemistry as well as a career oriented course in industrial chemistry. 20th Reunion Class secretary: MARY EUEN CHASE BRIDGE (Mrs. Peter), 78 Sandy Lane, Burlington, Vt The Class of 1960's 20th Reunion, attended by approximately forty people , was a most 05401. successful event. In addition to renewing old acquaintances and being able to enjoy each other's company, many members of the class saw the college with its vast changes for The deadline has arrived for me the first time since their graduation from Colby twenty years ago. For those who had not to write my column and I regret I been at Colby since 1960, the changes, both physical and otherwise, were dramatic. have such little news to pass on •61 Joe'58 and I are still in the process of selling Many of our classmates traveled greatdistances to attend this reunion-most notable our house and moving to New York. We was Bernie Scherban, who came for this occasion from Miami, Florida. should have been settled by July and are most Saturday evening the 20th Reunion dinner was held in the Museum of Art. We were anxious to have our family life back to normal. fortunate to have as speakers Saturday evening Richard ("Pete") Moss, who is an assis Please continue to send me any news you tant professor in the history department, and his wife, Jane Moss, who is an assistant might have-I would love to hear from more of you • John and Carol Lawrence Hoffman professor in the French department. They talked with us informally during the cocktail have opened a book store and art gallery in hour and during 'dinner. After dinner Pete addressed the class describing some of the their home on N1ain Street in Kent, Conn. changes which have taken place at Colby since our graduation. Three years ago Carol and John gave up their The highlight of our reunion dinner was a visit by our class's most distinguished alum professions as teachers and became owners of the House of Books. Their three daughters, nus, Dr. Bixler and his wife . Dr . Bixler left Colby in 1960 and thus for us, he too is a ages 9 to 15, are occasional helpers in the graduate of the Class of 1960. He spoke to us of his experiences during the past few shop where books as well as original prints, years, and his presence at our dinner was indeed a welcome treat. paintings, photographs, and other works of art In summary, although the attendance at our reunion was small, those who attended are sold • It is with sadness that I inform you had a most enjoyable time. The group was congenial, Colby was most hospitable, and that Richard Fields's wife, N1ary Lynn, died on April 6, after a long battle with cancer. Dick everything went quite well. We now look forward to an even more successful landmark lives at 9 Lexington Ave., Lexington, Mass. 25th Reunion. 02173. The chairman of this 20th reunion of the Class of 1960 was Jerry Goldberg. Class secretary: CAROLYN EVANS CON SOLINO (Mrs. Joseph), 71 Old Pickard Rd., Concord, N1ass. 01742. specializes in communications, entertainment, at Pine Island Boys' Camp in Belgrade, helping Connie Fournier Thomas and her and antitrust law. He is an adjunct professor at to design their new brochure. He has also husband, Walter, have been liv the Univ. of Bridgeport law school • Dave taken photos with Pen Williamson for Out ing in Singapore for over a year. Bennan, vice-president in the operations divi ward Bound • Susan Freeman Domizi writes Connie6 2 has traveled extensively in N1alaysia. sion at National Shawmut Bank, is now a from N. Guilford, Conn., where she is presi They visited Penang, one of the most exotic Superman prototype. After several years of ex dent of Source, Inc. Her husband, David, is and interesting cities in Asia. Connie also tensive training, Dave is a serious contestant in president of Yankee Machine Corp. • Cindy teaches evening classes at the English body building contests • Dick Schmaltz is Smith Whitaker, husband Stephen, and four Language Institute in Singapore • Dr. Frank vice-president of Morgan Stanley, Inc. of New children are in Watertown, Conn. Stephen Wiswall has been elected chairman of the York City. He also serves on the Colby board went into partnership with a fellow architect legal committee of the Inter-Governmental of trustees • Bill Pye has been promoted to last year • Cynthia Peters Mciver and hus Maritime Consultative Organization. 1.M.C.0. manager of the estimating and planning divi band Roderick are in Burke, Va. Cynthia does is a specialized agency of the United Nations sion of Eastman Kodak in Rochester, N.Y. free-lance editing and German authorship. The with responsibility for ocean commerce and • Pam Taylor is living downeast in Eastport Mclvers recently traveled to Maine to see Cary shipping. Frank is also a delegate to the U.N. As mental health director for the Health and June Hudon Swan in Bar Harbor • Law of the Sea Conference from the Republic Center at Pleasant Point Reservation, she is Charles Stokes writes from Madean, Va. He of Liberia in Africa. He spends most of his time developing a new mental health program for designs and builds custom wooden furniture as a legal consultant on maritime matters for the Passamaquoddy tribe • Gail Macomber and is president of a small publishing com Liberia • Bill Chase is a surgeon at the Keene Cheesemanand Doug have conducted several pany. One of his latest activities was to help Clinic, Keene, N.H. His family had planned a safaris to East Africa. Doug is a field biologist set up and run a High Adventure Series pro trip to Alaska this year • Mary Deems and instructor at DeAnza College in Cuper gram for adults, including white water rafting, Howland is an English instructor at the United tino, Calif. • Marty Fromm Zash is a detail hang gliding, cliff climbing, sky diving, and 33 scuba • Bob Glennan is the sales manager for Y.W.C.A Women's Crisis Service, which been part1cipat1ng 1n a training program 1n T.L.B. Plastics Corp.. a packaging firm in assists battered and abused people • Belated Bogota. Colombia for native Colombians 1n Brewster, N.Y. • Dick Bonalewicz 1s assistant congratulations are due Bruce Lippincott who the electronics field. Charlie and his family had professor of exercise physiology at S.U.N.Y. in was married last October. Bruce and his wife, been living in Sandy, Utah for a number of Brockport and has conducted a baseball clinic Robin, live in Haverstraw, N.Y. As director of years • Cary and Jan Wood Parsons live 1n in Germany and England • Karen Forslund quality control and project manager for an en Natick, Mass. Cary works for Weston Falb, a biology teacher at Milton High School, vironmental engineering firm, Bruce 1s in Geophysical 1n Westboro and recently spent lives in Cambridge, Mass. During the summer volved in fish larvae studies on the Hudson two months 1n Brazil doing seismic studies for of 1978 she 101ned an archeological dig of an River and other studies required to write en a proposed nuclear power plant. Jan 1s busy Early Iron Age Celtic settlement (500 B.C) in vironmental impact statements for the water volunteering at the school library, teaching Landshut, Bavaria • Peter and Jo-Ann Wincze supply reservoir 1n Stoney Point. N.Y. • Sunday school, doing a little newspaper work French write from Aurora, Ohio. Peter 1s Barbie Carr Howson and husband Red are liv for the Boston Archdiocesan paper, and marketing manager for Alcan Aluminum Co., ing in Strafford, Pa. With three very active teaching natural family planning. In January and Jo-Ann is secretary for a real estate com children, Barbie sometimes fits 1n some she began taking courses at Boston College pany. Jo-Ann is also busy producing, teaching, gardening, sewing, and baking between trips toward a master's 1n counseling. Jan and Cary and dancing at the community theater • to Scout meetings. piano lessons, drama have two sons • Randy Williams 1s the loan David Bromley 1s associate professor of lessons, pottery-making lessons, and Indian officer and branch manager of Shawmut Mer· sociology at the Univ. of Texas at Arlington. Guide meetings • MaJOr Paul Tessier chants Bank in Salem, Mass. He is also the He is the author of "Moonie " 1n America. dropped a line all the way from Frankfurt, Ger director of Salem Fraternity, the oldest boys' Church, Cull and Crusade. Sage Publications many. Pa ul 1s responsible for 1mplement1ng an club in the country. His wife, Mary Jane, 1s a 1979. Still in the works is a second book, The Army operated child care program 1n 44 dental assistant and they reside 1n Marblehead New Vigilantes: The Anl1 Culusls and centers throughout orthern Germany His with their two daughters • Dick Bankart is Deprogrammers. wife and their four children accompanied Paul v1ce-pres1dent and director of financial plan· Class secretary: GAIL PRICE KIMBALL (Mrs. to Frankfurt • From S. Natick, Mass. I heard rnng and controls and marketing services for Ralph), 9 Maple St., Paxton, Maine 01612. from David Vogt, who 1s a product coor A1rw1ck Products 1n Teterboro, N.J. Dick en· dinator with Tetadyne Electronics. Dave 1s ioyed a trip to the Netherlands and Belgium very interested in film and photography and last summer • George Burks lives 1n Houston Steve Papish was named assistant has produced a combined show 1nclud1ng his and 1s a partner 1n the law offices of Burks and 64 vice-president at Citibank. N.A, photography and his sister's poetry. The show Brush. His wife. Barbara, 1s a nurse and they Corporate Center 1n White Plains, 1s called "Looking In" and has been shown at have a four-year-old son, Sean • Ginger God N.Y. Steve is responsible for corporate lending New England Telephone management training dard Barnes lives 1n Lexington, Mass. and 1s activ1t1es 1n Westchester and Rockland coun centers. Wheaton College, ew England doing part-time work consulting 1n personnel ties and Connecticut. Steve has been with Financial Group, and the Congregational 1n add1t1on to being the director of a junior Citibank since 1974 • Frank Parker is vice church 1n Providence. Prior to the birth of their choir and doing solo work 1n the Boston president and trust officer at Casco Bank and first child, Darnel, Dave and his wife made a area • Dale Jewell 1s executive vice-president Trust in Portland. He is responsible for the camping trip through France and Switzerland of Chaps by Ralph Lauren at Hathaway Shirt overall trust department activities of the bank • Concord, Mass. 1s home for Art Fulman, his Company. He went on a six-week trip to Hong • For all good friends of Dusty and Sara Shaw wife, Diane. and their two children, Jason and Kong, Tokyo, Osaka, Canton, and Malaysia • Rhoades, an earlier column unfortunately con Joanna. Art 1s a lawyer and very much in Paul Ross 1s an orthopedic surgeon and resides tained some very old news. The latest is that volved 1n town government and many 1n Southold, N. Y. He was recently appointed the Rhoades family is in Virginia Beach, Va. business and community pro1ects. Recent associate attending surgeon at Nassau County Dusty is lieutenant commander, U.S. Navy In travels have included Guatemala and the Medical Center and assistant clinical professor telligence, assigned to the air wing aboard the outer islands of Hawaii. As a sideline, Art 1s at S.U.N.Y. at Stony Brook • Pat McClay U.S.S. Forreslal. Sara is involved with a also involved 1n rehab1litat1ng old houses • Gauer teaches French and Spanish at Water· women's singing group and their two children, The questionnaires and letters received from ville 1urnor high. Her husband, Ernest '58, is a Andrew, age 11, and Abigail, age 9. Dusty's those who attended our 15th reunion are social studies teacher in the same school and travels include Spain, France, Egypt, Italy, filled with comments about what an enjoyable they are the parents of a son and a daughter • Greece, and Turkey • Bob Drewes is a and special weekend it really was! I wish there Martin Dodge is associate professor of conser· lieutenant colonel, U.S. Air Force, and working were room to share all the ind1v1dual com vation at the Community College of the Finger at the Pentagon. Bob and his wife, Robbie ments with you. Again, many thanks to all of Lakes, N.Y. His wife, Margaret (Mattraw '64), is (Gilson '65), have three children and live in you who have dropped a line. For those who a substitute 1n the Naples, N.Y. school system. Maryland. The Dreweses are busy with many haven't had time to yet respond, we would Martin 1s also the chairman of the environmen activities involving the children, their church, really en1oy hearing from you! tal commission in Naples and is coach of the and their community association, in which Class secretary: JEAN MARTIN FOWLER (Mrs. Finger Lakes Woodsmen's Team • Eric Bob recently held the presidency • Susan Michael), R.D. 1, Box 1013, Flemington, N.J. Beaverstock is a project leader with Hendrix Woodward Pomeranz has developed her hob 08822. Electronics and lives in Hudson, N.H. • by of needlepoint into a career and is now a Margot Lutz Ott is the busy mother of two recognized professional. Sue has taught small children, a son, age one, and a daughter, classes in needlepoint and has attended pro Joan Stressenger Chesley has age two. She lives in Middletown, N.J. • fessional courses run by the National Needle 6 5 been named campaign commit Albert Seferian works in the office of person point Association • Westbrook is home for tee chairman of the 1980 Mill nel management (formerly Civil Service Com Larry Dyhrberg and wife Marilyn. Larry is head burn-Short Hills (N.j.) community fund drive. mission) as a supervisory program analyst in of the department of social studies at Joan is also first vice-president of the Short work force effectiveness and development in Westbrook High School. Local history is a Hills school P.T.A., corresponding secretary of Washington, D.C. "Caesar'' recently visited special interest and Larry is working on a pro the Junior League, program chairman of the Nick and Sue (Cook '67) Locsin in Mayaguez, jected Maine studies textbook format. David local historical society, and is a member of the P.R. • Randall Holden is associate dean of the Wooley '66 visited the Dyhrbergs recently • hospitality committee of the Millburn-Short graduate school and associate professor of Tom Andrews is a hematologist/oncologist Hills Republican Club, and the adult education music history at the Univ. of Louisville in Ken· and director of education and chairman of the committee of her church. She is mother of tucky. Randy and his wife, Pam (Harris '66), department of medicine at Harrisburg (Pa.) three • Air Force major Matt Riddell has often see Bryan Harrison Curd • This is my Hospital. He has been active organizing a graduated from the Strategic Air Command's last column as your class correspondent. It has hospice program in central Pennsylvania. The combat crew training course at Castle A.F.B. in been a very enjoyable "job" and I will miss Andrewses have four children and spend their Atwater, Calif. Matt, an aircraft commander, is your yearly newsy questionnaires. I wish my spare time gardening. Harrisburg is only about being assigned to the 668th Bombardment successor the best of luck and I thank all of 10 miles from Three Mile Island, so they have Squadron, Griffiss A.F.B., N.Y. • S. James Fox you for your support and help. I couldn't have had plenty of excitement this year • Lee man has been appointed a judge in the Florida done it without you!-Marcia Harding Ander Haskell is director of the Manchester, N.H. circuit court system • Charlie Bonsall has son 34 Class secretary: JOAN COPITHORNE BOW positors Trust Co. of Southern Maine • Hardenbergh lives in Orono, where he is an at EN (Mrs. Richard). 11 Fox Run Rd .. Bedford, Stephen Brooke '68, chief conservator of the torney at student legal services of the Univ. of Mass. 01730. Maine State Museum, spoke at Portland's new Maine. He spent two weeks in Yugoslavia and public library in recognition of the bicentennial Greece last summer. He reported an interest of the Penobscot Expedition of 1779 • in investing, especially in gold and silver. You Randy Pam Harris Holden '65 and Richard Hunnewell has been living in the must have had an interesting 1980 so far! • are busy renovating an 1897 Vic· Netherlands and has become a candidate for a Doug Howe 1s residing in . Andover, Mass., torian mansion which they Ph.D. • Dr. Bernard Boukar was dean of the where he is a real estate broker. He 1s serving bought6 6 in the heart of "Old Louisville," Ky. The faculty of arts and social sciences of the Univ. as president of the Greater Lawrence board of Holdens visited with Pam Pierson Parziale '65. of Chad (Africa) until the Chadian civil war, realtors and seems to find the time to travel a noted West Virginia potter. and Matt '65 and which broke out on February 12, 1979. He is 1n to Puerto Rico, Aspen. and Vail • Ann Russell Jemmie Michener Riddell in Rome, .Y. on France seeking employment until things get Starr and her husband, Michael, are living in their way to Mame last summer. They also better in Chad • Brad Coady's sister, Sunny Oakton, Ya., where Ann works in real estate, stopped briefly at the Christies. and it was '65, writes that Brad, Sue (Grigg '68), and their after completing a maste(s degree at George great to see them and get all the news first seven-year-old son, Matthew, returned in July Washington Univ. Her husband was appointed • I hand received a wonderful letter from of 1978 after teaching for four years at a general counsel for the Assoc. of Trial Adele Facini Martin. Her husband, Paul '68. is government secondary school in Nigeria. They Lawyers. and she is able to travel with him ex manager of marketing and environmental reside in Wayne, where Brad has been tensively. She has become a marathon runner planning for Mobil Oil, and 1s currently on a building their passive solar house • Charles (Phil Kay competes in the Boston Marathon), three-year assignment in Tokyo, japan. Their Cutler, his wife, and three children live in Min and regularly runs 70-80 miles a week! They three girls are all attending international neapolis, where he is a clinical psychologist, spent an enjoyable evening with Dr. Bruce schools and learning Japanese. Adele says director of the children's residential treatment Logan in Aspen. He is a physician in New York they all love Japan, and have en1oyed traveling center of Abbot-Northwestern Hospital. He City • Dalma Heyn, the editor of Family in the Far East • Doris Chalmers Munson did his post-doctoral work in clinical psy Health, reports in a preface to the magazine: reports her marriage as the highlight of the chology at Harvard Medical School after com "It's a full-time job to keep up with what's go past year. Her new husband, Michael. 1s a pleting his internship at Princeton • Betsey ing on in this break-through-filled field, and building contractor, and they are busy building Littlejohn Blatz, her husband, Barry '66, and while all of us at Family Health are up to date a new home in Salina, Kansas. Along with a their two girls live in Cheraw, S.C., where on the work of scientists in all health areas, we new husband, Doris added two more children, Betsey is a co-worker in a photography studio are not doing the research ourselves. And and is now mother to four. She also works in and craft shop and Barry is production control each year the research and the discoveries in the office of her husband's construction com manager at Stanley Tools • Clark and medical science become more amazing-more pany • Bill Latvis says that his family, within Kathryn Haskell Whittier live 1n North Yar difficult to believe, much less explain" • Bye three weeks, decided to move, sold their mouth with their two children. Clark is general for now. house, bought a new house, and physically manager of the Merry Manor Restaurant 1n S. Class secretary: SALLY RAY MORIN (Mrs. moved. Future plans are "not to move for a Portland, and Kathy works at home as a coor Ramon), 292 Victory Highway · RR-2, Cha· while." The Latvises live in Yarmouth, where dinator of production knitters for New York pachet, R.I. 02814. Cathy (Cyr '69) teaches languages at North designer Ilene Dachig. They are "into" garden Yarmouth Academy. Bill is a systems analyst ing and have undertaken a large renovation for Hannaford Bros. • Roger Hiss also moved project on their house. They report having Alden Wilson, director of the recently, when he got transferred from Ph1la· seen Charlotte Killam last summer when she 9 Maine State Commission on the delphia to ew Jersey. He and his wife. ancy, was home from Greenwich, N.Y. on her sum Arts and Humanities, spent three and their two children now live 1n Freehold. mer vacation from teaching • Chalmers weeks6 in West Germany to study private and Roger is a production supervisor for E.I. du Pont Co. • Susan Rumsey Strong, husband Paul '64, and their two children live in Alfred Station, .Y. Susan is an art reference librarian, and Paul is associate professor of English at 15th Reunion Alfred Univ. • Thomas Treiber is senior auditor and consultant for internal security Fifteen years since graduation-almost incomprehensible and yet there we were , still with Aetna Insurance Co. He and his family remembering what Colby had been like in the years of 1961 through 1965. live in Willington, Conn. • Karen Decormier Tiregol and family have recently settled in There were many significant changes on campus, but among the most noticeable Cypress, Calif. Omer is an engineering were: the choice of three different kinds of draft beer in the Spa; co-ed dorms; and the specialist in the avionics department of fact that the fraternity houses were in better condition than when we left. • Dick Gilmore Douglas Aircraft has ope11ed Tom Morrione. one of our classmates and a professor of sociology at Colby, brought his own law practice in Danvers, Mass. His us up to date on Colby as it is positioned for the 1980's. His comments on student at wife, Debbie, is secretary to the registrar of deeds in Essex County. titudes and perceptions were er.joyed by all . Class secretary: KATHE RINE McGEE CHRISTIE The DU's were out in force as were the DKE's. The Lamba Chi's and ATO's served as (Mrs. Walter), Flying Point Rd., Freeport, Maine the vocal minority. 04032. John Bragg still looks 18, John Cornell is specializing in divorce law (address available upon request and first visit free) . and Rick Harwood and Tim Hill are competing for the Another long-lost alumnus sur "most grey hair" award . 7 faces from the crowd! Bob Field, Following dinner, we all adjourned to the Alumni House where we managed to con producer for PM magazine in sume most of the liquor in Waterville . John Joseph catered and everything was superb. Norfolk,6 Ya., writes that after leaving Colby, The weather was beautiful and the college did a superb job handling everything. We he went into high school and started produc ing his own classroom unit studies. After two had 65 participants in all, and we hope that we can double that number for our 20th years at U.C.L.A., he produced for P.B.S., then Reunion. the Hartford Insurance Group (his film on the One final note-we need more participation in the annual alumni fund, so please history of Freemasonry, narrated by John For make every effort to pledge. sythe, will be released in the fall), and he now Looking forward to the 20th. hangs his hat in Norfolk, commanding "a 'M.A.S.H.' unit of characters from all over the DALE C. JEWELL country" • Leo Amato has been promoted to vice-president for commercial loans by De- 35 governmental support of the arts • John emotionally disturbed students. He continues dent in physics at Berkeley and her husband, Davies has been promoted to vice-president with his own painting, sculpture, and ce Frank Adams, is a research scientist at of Depositors Trust Co. 1n Boothbay Harbor. ramics, as well as tennis and squash tourna Lockheed Laboratory. She had hoped to get a John and his wife, Patricia, have a son, Michael ments • Karen Carlin Kobler, along with her one-year post-doctorate at D.E.S.Y. in Ham • Les Stevens has been appointed supervisor husband, Bob, run the Lacawae Sanctuary, a burg, West Germany this summer • Rocky of community and industrial development by conservancy preserve 1n northeast Pennsyl Clark writes from East Harwich, Mass. that he the Maine State Development Office • Rev. vania. She'd love visits from anyone teaching and his wife, Cynthia, run their own landscape Bruce Mclean is ta king a sabbatical for one environmental studies, ecology, or biology • design business, and they have a three-year year from the First Congregational Church in King William Lambert is now the pastor of old daughter. Last October, Dick Lewin and Norwich, Conn. • John Burnham graduated Peoples' Church in Montreal, Quebec. He and Margo Preston's wedding was occasion for a from medical school at the Univ. of Mexico. his wife, Adele, have a two-year-old son who Colby reunion, and Rocky mentions seeing Nie He 1s in the internal medicine residency pro 1s reportedly full of boundless curiosity and and Susie Harding Preston, Tom Ellis, Lory and gram at the Berkshire Medical Center in Pitts energy • Tim and Molly Jennings Richardson Zw1sh Ghertner, King Parsells 72, Joan Alway, field, Mass. John saw Steve Anderson, Curt and son Sean Riley are still in Maine, and Ti m Dennis Marble, and Roger Foster • Bill and Schneider, Steve Blumsack, and Craig Stevens began practicing internal medicine in Water Carolyn Additon Anthony and daughter at the "Zeta Psi Night at the Celtics." Bill An ville in September 1979. Molly returned to Margaret Susan, born in November 1979, are tonucci had planned to attend, but was de work part-time as a physician's assistant in a in Baltimore, Md. Bill 1s an instructor of Ger tained by the arrival of his first baby. Steve health clinic. They have built an energy effi man at St. Paul's School, as well as a Ph.D. can Anderson had a buffet for the group at his cient home on Snow Pond in Sidney • Nancy didate 1n German at Johns Hopkins, while home in Melrose with his wife, Debbie Howatt Wilson, her husband, Robert, and two Carolyn is head of information services for (Williams 70), and their two children. Steve 1s sons, Craig and Alex, live 1n Bonita, Calif. (near Baltimore County • Mike Round, our Alaskan alumnus, is a commercial diver, boat operator, and summertime salmon fisherman. He enjoys archery, diving, flying, hunting, fishing, and 10th Reunion carpentry, and looks forward to a trip to New Zealand this fall • I enjoyed skiing with Con nally Keating this winter, who 1s now a leasing One hundred and thirteen people attended the tenth re union dinner Saturday night, agent for Del E. Webb Realty and Manage May 31st, including 85 members of the Class of 1970, who had gathered from as near ment Company in Denver. Leisure time finds as Fairfield to as far as Yokohama, Japan and Hawaii for the occasion . him either skiing or hang gliding. My husband, Dave Nelson, and I also enioyed a week's visit Outgoing class president, David Shea, presented awards to the winners of the tennis from Chip Althoiz in April. He's busy with the tournament (Dick Habeshian '69. Joan Katz. Nicky Pach, and Steve Kunken) and to recording business 1n Chicago, but we hope to those who travelled the greatest distances to attend (Allan Braddock and Cheryl and see him in Vail again sometime! • I ran into Roy Soon) . Rick Burr while skiing at Snowbird, Utah. He's presently living in Steamboat Springs, Colo. Class members began to arrive on campus Friday afternoon to find that our accom Class secretary: JANET K. BEALS, P.O. Box modations had been changed to the Small-Champlin-Butler complex in order to house 2874, Vail, Colo. 81657. our large group. Rumor had it that ours was the largest 10th reunion in yearsl It was with pleasure that we realized that the ten years since graduation have been kind indeed to our class. Names and faces came together readily as we met old Wallis and NancyChin Stromberg friends-and new ones-to relive school memories and to share experiences in com 72 live in Denver, Colo., where she is mon in the forms of jobs, families, and interests. Softball, volleyball. and tennis games a bank manager for the United assured us that we were still as young as we looked and felt-at least. no one dared Bank of Denver. Her husband is an attorney in mention aching muscles the day after. the firm of Yu and Stromberg. In the pastyear, she has been to Boston (where she had dinner The success of any gathering depends upon the people who attend. Our thanks to all with Linda Chmielinski Gould and her hus of you who came, and to those of you who didn't, see you in five years' band) and to Cleveland • Nancy Round Haley and her husband, Stephen, are living in KEN AND BRENDA HESS JORDAN W. Kingston, R.I. Nancy is a senior toxicologist reunion chairpersons for the R.I. Health Department. Stephen is a physical education teacher for the Warwick schools. He will be completing his master's degree in health and physical education at a loan officer with the First National Bank of San Diego). Nancy began her own weaving U.R.I. When Nancy saw Janet Veasey and Erl Boston. John also reports that Bud Higgins is business a year or so ago, and creates woven Mcletchie in December, Erl had just started his busy with an internal medicine practice in wall hangings • Jerome layman is controller own law practice with a partner. Janet is keep Scarborough, where he lives with his wife, for Cave Atlant1que in Cambridge, Mass., a ing busy with their two boys • Stina Reed Cheryl (Moriarty 70), and their two children. wine importer, wholesaler, and retailer. He graduated from nursing school and is a nurse Thanks, John, for the information. I would ap was married in September 1979 to Rita • in the psychiatric unit at St. Joseph's Hospital in preciate hearing from you all! • Irving Faunce Alan Levine writes from Silver Spring, Md., Phoenix, Ariz. She has a son, Tucker, born in of Gardiner has been appointed director of where he's a computer programmer/analyst at January. She hopes eventually to move back public and governmental affairs in Maine and Vitro Labs • David Glass is a doctor doing East and to get a master's degree in social New Hampshire for S.E.A. Consultants Inc., of general surgery at Beth Israel Medical Center work • Bill and Claudia (Caruso 71) Rouhana Boston, Mass., an environmental engineering in New York City • Larry Boris and his wife, are living in New York City, where Bill is an at and design firm. Louise, moved to the Denver area in 1979, torney. They have a son, Timothy, who was Class secretary: BONNIE ALLEN, 93 Mt. Ver where he's an attorney with Davis, Moorhead born in May 1979 • PatrickSibony is a second non St., Boston, Mass. 02 110. and Ceriani • Lin Cotton received her year resident in ophthalmology at Boston master's in education from Wheelock College Univ. Hospital. After next year, he plans to in Boston and she is director of the preschool continue his studies with a fellowship. He at a community day care center in Lawrence, writes that Bob Vaughn is living in Islip, I hope many of you are beginning Mass. She reports seeing Christi (Holzer 72) N.Y. • Nancy Brunnckow Marion is working 71 to think of attending our 10th re and Tom Gallant and Alex Merton • Paula as a coach of competitive figure skaters in the union next June! • Continuing Grillo is in Newburyport, Mass., where she's Boston area. This past winter she was in Atlan with questionnaires, David Freeman is a the head librarian for Governor Dummer ta coaching a skater who was competing in special education art teacher in Boston for Academy • Susan Cooper is a graduate stu- the National Skating Championships. Michael 36 is an engineer at C.T. Main in Boston. They Robert J. O'Neil, practicing law 1n Michael's College. He has taught French at had planned a trip to San Francisco to v1s1t Joe 73 Buffalo, Wyo., writes that he 1s in Norwich and English at St. Michael's • Chip 74 and Jane Thayer Hutchinson. Nancy, terested in getting together with Welch graduated from the Univ. of Va. law Michael, and their daughter, Stephanie, live 1n Colby alumni in his area. He sends word that school and was admitted to the Washington, Wayland, Mass. • Pam Fallon and Kevin 71 Eugene Boyles has Joined the Airborne D.C. Bar Association 1n June 1979. After Jagla moved to Portland, Ore. after Kevin Rangers and will be in the Army until graduation, Chip left Seattle on a touring received his M.B.A. from Boston College. 1984 • After receiving his M.S.W. in 1977 motorcycle, taking in the sights of the West Kevin is a computer programmer for Georgia from the Univ. of N.C., Seth Dunn has been a Coast and proceeding across Canada, camp Pacific. They plan to move to Atlanta when clinical social worker for the Mass. Depart ing and taking lots of photographs • Judy Georgia Pacific relocates there. While they ment of Mental Health and is a psychiatric Sidell Westerlund wrote from Sweden that she were in Boston, Pam worked as a real estate social worker at Child and Family Services in and husband Berndt have spent their free time broker, selling houses in Newton and Brook Springfield, Mass. He has been in touch with hiking and paddling in the Lapland • Craig line. They are happy living in the orthwest, Jon Fink who is now working in the geology Weston received his M.D. from Georgetown especially with all the good skiing areas • department at Ariz. State Univ. and running in in June 1978 Craig and wife Cathy Downes Anne Howard Cotton and Lee live 1n New Ca marathons! • Have a fun summer! have moved back to the Boston area, where naan, Conn. Anne stays home with their two Class secretary: MARGARET McPARTLAND Craig 1s a resident in internal med1one at .E. children, Sarah Eliza and Ashley Cooper. Lee is BEAN (Mrs. Christopher), Apt. 6, 7 5 Ohio St., Deaconess Hospital. Cathy was promoted to a real estate consultant and partner in the Bangor, Maine 04401 . project manager for Keane Associates, a data & New York company of Harlan, Betke processing consulting firm • Wishing Meyers, Inc. • John Koons 1s a dentist in everybody a happy, busy, and healthy sum Waterville. He has his pilot's license and last mer! year flew his father around the U.S. in a "65 Patty Rachal has earned her Ph.D. Class secretary: EMILY WINGATE RYERSE hp. clunker airplane." He hopes to do more 74 in political science from Harvard (Mrs. Scott), 4201 Grimes Ave. So., Edina, flying in the future • Tina Murphy Serdjenian Univ. She is the author of "Can Minn. 55416. had been teaching fourth grade at Brookside the Government Regulate Itself?" which was School in Waterville. She wrote that she published in The Public lnteresl and is an as taught up through the day their second child, sistant professor of political science at Queens It hardly seems possible that this Tracy, was born. She plans to stay home with College in N.Y.C. • Debbie Wathen Finn is 75 is my last article. I would like to their children for the next few years. Mark 73 the assistant to the comm1ss1oner of the N.J. thank everyone who took the is a third grade teacher 1n Waterville and 1s department of transportation and was respon time to write and respond to the question also the head coach for Colby's soccer team • sible for the coordination of the 1979 state naires. It has certainly been interesting • Andy Campbell is an owner/operator of a transportation conference • MaryAnn Sour Mike Belt is a market administrator for Pacific McDonald's franchise in Deptford, N.J. He has sourian has been elected financial control of Telephone and Telegraph in the San Francisco found the experience exciting and might con ficer of the Shawmut Melrose-Wakefield Bank Bay area • Tom Bartels is a sales represen sider opening a second franchise. He and his and Trust Co. She is studying for her master's tative for Reed and Carnrick Pharmaceuticals wife, Christel, traveled for ten days in Ireland degree at B.U. • George Knauer graduated • Both Dave White and Scott Shagin by car last fall. They spent the Christmas magna cum laude from the Life Chiropractic graduated from Georgetown law school. Scott holidays with his family in Montego Bay, College in Marietta, Ga. in September 1979 • is an attorney in New York and Dave, recently Jamaica; they hope to do more traveling in the Gary Millen has been turning out winning married to Sharon Goddard, 1s with Hill and future. Andy reports that Bob Juliano 1s a phar teams since he assumed the positions of Bar!ow in Boston • Cindy Genta is a self macist and lives in Boston • Ginny Corriveau athletic director and head football coach at employed piano technician in Illinois • Linda is a social studies teacher and coach (for cross Kennett High School in Conway, N.H. He and Guite 1s a public relations and development country, basketball, track and field) at Mer wife Ann (Beadle 76) have moved into their assistant at the Mid-Maine Medical Center • rimack, N.H., Hig h School • Alice Osmer new home • Pauline Morin Lyons teaches the Also at the medical center is Cathy McGerigle Olson is the supervisor of a Homemaker Pro 6th grade at Margaret Chase Smith School in Taylor who is a pharmacy and intravenous gram with the Diocesan Human Relations Ser Skowhegan • Bonnie Nielson is employed as therapy technician • Annie Holloway has vices in Augusta. Jon is a program coordinator a sales representative in Anchorage and is opened a whitewater boating outfitting for the Maine Farm Bureau. Last summer they busy "exploring our biggest state" • Christi business in western North Carolina. There she traveled to Switzerland and Austria. Alice and Pope is currently working on her Ph.D. in is involved in instruction and expeditions as Jon live in Mt. Vernon, and had expected their paleontology at McG ill Univ. She spent last well as competition in whitewater champion first child in February • Larry Bigelow re summer working with I. .C.O. Metals Co. in ships • Joe Doherty is an associate with a ceived his M.B.A. from the Univ. of Conn. and New Brunswick while her husband, Steve Boston law firm, and he and Tricia have is the assistant vice-president of the Hartford Capaldo, participated in the l .R.E.X. exchange bought a house in Medford, Mass. • Brad ational Bank and Trust Co.'s insurance in for Russian teachers to Moscow • Jody St. Smith is a reporter for the Springfield (Mass.) dustry department. This past spring he was ap Hilaire was married June 23, 1979, to Geoff Daily News • Jeanne Lorey Sears is a chemist pointed to the campaign cabinet of the Hart Schneider in Barnstable. She is teaching for Westvaco, a paper board manufacturer in ford area United Way • Chris Pinkham has developmental reading to 7th graders in Clark Virginia. Jeanne received her master's in been promoted to the position of executive County, Nev. • Rodger Silverstein has fin chemistry from Smith College • Valerie vice-president of the Savings Banks Assoc. of ished his internship in internal medicine and is Oakes Wolstencroft is an administrative aide Maine. He is in his last year at the National a resident in ophthalmology at Montifiore/ to a vice-president at Polaroid. By the way, I'm School of Savings Banking • Doug O'Heir 1s Albert Einstein Medical College • Carol Smart still at Polaroid in the engineering division in the recipient of a Levine scholarship at the received her M.A. in East Asian languages and Cambridge, Mass. • Steve and Katie Ruoff Pennsylvania College of Podiatric Medicine in literature from U.S.C. in 1978. She is employed Palmer have moved into a new home in Philadelphia. Before entering this program, he by W.J.S., Inc. in Washington, D.C., a Needham, Mass. Steve is a systems analyst for studied abroad, worked in a residential school marketing consultant firm which represents Data General and Katie is a systems program for juvenile delinquents in Plymouth, Mass., American companies who do business in mer for Honeywell • Chris Beale is a librarian received his degree in education from Kent China, Russia, and Romania. As part of her job, at the Rockwell, Vt. public library • Upon State Univ., and spent a year doing graduate she recently traveled around the U.S. accom graduation from the Univ. of Rochester work in science. His wife is a psychologist with panying and interpreting for visiting Chinese medical school, Pat Wood began a surgical in the Camden, .J. public schools • Chris Cam delegations • Skip Tonge planned to depart ternship at .Y.U. Pat is to be married to Geri bridge's scrimshaw art work was featured in an from Ft. Lauderdale in December 1979, LoBiondo in August • Janee Keary Connor is article in the December issue of Maine Life. He heading for Seattle via Cuba, Panama, and working at Zayre Corp. as a merchandiser and has a shop near Hulls Cove in the summer 'lnd Hawaii on his 40 ft. sailboat. Skip and his wife attending Northeastern Univ. part-time for a in the winter he works on filling orders that he have spent some of their leisure time sailing in degree in marketing. She and John are also had received during the year. the Bahamas with Rocky Goodhope • busy restoring and remodeling their 13(}year Class secretary: ANN BONNER VIDOR (Mrs. Richard Vann received his master's in teaching old house in Holliston, Mass. • Larry David), 1981 lnnwood Rd., Atlanta, Ga. 30329. English as a second language from St. Fleischman is an investment banker with Drex- 37 el Burnham Lambert in New York City • Also telev1s1on, wrote Rab and received this reply: reading about you as much as you enioy 1n N.Y.C., Ed Walczak started a new JOb as That was indeed me you saw on the Quo1zel reading about them. Please-contribute! f1nanc1al analyst in the overseas d1v1s1on of lamp commercial. I filmed that advertisement Class secretary: MELISSA DAY VOKEY (Mrs. General Motors • Paul Pape received his 1n November of last year. I've filmed tiny roles Mark), 13 Barton Square, Salem, Mass. 01970. master's 1n chemical engineering from M.l.T. 1n a couple of other non-union commercials. If and 1s doing research in the electrical proper they are ever released, 1t will be at Christmas ties of polypropylene films • Deb King is a 1980. The ads were both for electronic toys. trainer and counselor for emotionally dis Most of my time 1s taken up with auditioning The alumni office 1s doing such a turbed and mentally retarded adolescents 1n a for commercials. I've also done some small, 7 7 great job; they even sent me a residential home in Boulder, Colo. Deb says one-day roles on a soap opera, The Dolfurs, quest1onna1re to send to myself. Rachel Peters 1s also 1n Boulder studying and hope to work more 1n the soaps. The It may seem a bit impersonal but this makes it poetry at the Naropa Institute • Congratula whole television acting business 1s slow and easier for most of us. To those of you writing tions to Prudence Reed and Peter Kraft on the sporadic when you are starting. In a few years, me, thanks so much for the news • Chester birth of their second child, Peter, Jr. Peter, Sr., I hope I will have a couple of paying commer Ashley writes that his son Peter has extended is working for a Portland law firm and cials, and have done some solid soap opera his stay 1n western Samoa another two years. Prudence plans to go to the Univ. of Ma ine roles. Last summer, I was at the Theater at For those who missed 1t, Peter is a member of School of Law in Portland in the fa ll • Well, Monmouth there in Maine, working as a stage the Peace Corps and works as a teacher 1n a that'sthat. Again thanks and good luck to you manager and actor. My roles were Claudio in boys' school on the island • A recent promo all.-01anne 81//1ngton Ashton Much Ado About Nothing and the Duke of tion to account executive at Mortons Shoe Class secretary: SUSAN CONANT, 31 Irving Orleans 1n Henry V This summer, I will be at a Company makes Don Erickson a very busy St., Apt. 4, Boston, Mass. 021 14. place called the Clockwork Repertory Com man. He must travel extensively through pany 1n Connecticut playing the male lead eastern and mid-western states while continu roles in musicals: Oklahoma, Company, and ing his education at Northeastern Univ. Carousel. I support myself by writing textbook business school • Everyone will have to keep It's short and sweet this quarter, materials: exercises, articles, workbooks, his fingers crossed for Lou Anne Tobias, as she 76 folks, with information on only what-have-you. I work on a free-lance basis, so may be making her opera debut this summer four news-making 76ers. Bill my time 1s my own-as long as I get the JOb with the Rochester Opera Theater. This past Younker, a 1979 recipient of a Boston College done. It's enjoyable work. and infinitely year she made the finals 1n the Artpark Opera. M.B.A., is currently employed by Lab preferable to wa iting on surly customers 1n In the fall, her training will continue at either oratories for Electronics in Waltham, Mass. • restaurants. Martha Bell 1s also 1n the Eastman or julliard. Lots of luck! • Mary A. And in Roxbury, Mass., Connie Crosby is a publishing biz, but on a fu ll time basis. She's a Peet-Malie, now Mary A. Smith, 1s doing supervising archeologist on an M.B.T.A. proj textbook editor at Holt, Rinehart & Winston, research while working for an M.A. at the ect to relocate the currently elevated Orange and 1s currently engaged with editing a Univ. of Iowa • After completing a master's Line of the Boston public transportation language arts series for grades 7 through 12. 1n education at Tufts Univ., Kit Cunningham system. An archeological study of the area is She's using some of her spare time-what Beaudouin is teaching at an alternative high being conducted to qualify the M.B.T.A. for there is of 1t-to sing with choral groups in school in Watertown, Mass. She had the op federal funds in the 10-year renewal proiect. New York and New Jersey • By now, you've portunity to spend a year 1n England while her So far, Connie has been involved with the all heard from me regarding an update on husband, Mark, was at graduate school • Ken discovery of a 19th century tannery and an your lives. If you haven't done so already, and Sarah (Pollard '78) Beland seem to be en 18th century pudd1ngstone budding that may search out that quest1onna1re you stuck 1n a joying life tremendously. Ken is a regional have been used for rope-making • L.A. drawer last spring and answer it; better yet, be biologist at Atlantic Sea Run Salmon Commis Rector-King '78, thinking she saw Rab Bell on creative and write a letter. People enioy sion. They have bought a house in Northfield 5th Reunion A smashing success' We started out with over one hundred classmates. spouses. children , and guests attending the Saturday cookout at Belgrade Lakes. After some rousing volleyball, softball, and lots of nostalgia during a beautiful afternoon, we regrouped at our headquarters in the New Dorms in the evening for a fine dinner and more reminiscing. Mark and Susan Adolfson Phillips traveled to Colby from Manchester, Mo., and Harry Friedman came all the way from Milwaukee , Wisc. to celebrate the 5th . Rod Jones from California stopped in at Mayflower Hill on his way to his own wedding the next weekend . John Mosley showed up with his bride-to-be; they were scheduled to marry the next weekend. Suzie Benson and Dave Turnbull brought news of their August wedding to reunion as well. David Bright just returned from his honeymoon with his wife, Annie , in time to carry out his reunion chairperson's duties along with Carol Houde , Gene Delorenzo, and Laurie Fitts, who was toting around her four-week-old son . David Clark, outgoing vice-president, thanked classmates for their support over the past five years. He announced that 100 '75ers had given $2,542 to the class fund and that the money would go to building a permanent coffee house in the Mary Low dining area with a plaque on the door recognizing our class gift . Our gift this year will be given in memory of Rob Klaus '75 who passed away this winter. Proceeds of $110 left over from the weekend will be added to the class gift. It was a wonderful time for all , and we hope more can attend our tenth! Harry Friedman and Susan Adolphson Phillips at an open house during the weekend. LAURIE Fins 38 and are raising veggies and Labrador retrievers hectic time of transferring (three times this the psychiatric ward at Mount Auburn • This fall, Jonathan Fenton will begin a two past year), Jeff Stafford is back in Bloomfield, Hospital in Massachusetts • Kirk Denton 1s at year judicial clerkship in Richmond, Va. Conn., promoted to sales manager at Newark the Univ. of Illinois getting his master's in Asian Jonathan recently graduated from George Electronics. On September 13, Richard Conant studies. He hopes to spend next year in town Univ. law school. He has news from plans to attend Jeff Stafford's marriage to Ellen Shanghai studying Chinese and teaching Frank Wemyss who is in Taiw an. It seems that McKone. A trip to Bermuda will top it all off. English • Betsey Judd iust sent me a card Frank will soon marry a Taiwanese woman Congratulations, Jeff and Ellen • Along with a from Africa. She writes that she 1s still alive 1n named Lei Gim • Rumor has it Carl that Witt friend from the Culinary Institute of America, the jungles of Cameroon. She says she even hoft is safely out of school and in the real Nancy Garnett will be working at "The French has use of electricity and running water. She world as an engineer doing electro-optics. His Apron" outside of Scranton, Pa., a job which has enjoyed her work 1n Africa and will return marriage to Julie Jan Kelson, a medical stu involves everything from children's cooking to the U.S. in September • Finally, Pauline dent, was the highlight of this past year • lessons to cocktail parties and banquets. Belanger Rodrique writes from Lewiston, Margaret Felton Viens is director of financial Nancy hopes to enter the master's program 1n where she works as a social worker at the Mar aid at Unity College, while her husband, Ken food and nutrition at U.R.I. in 1981 • Mark cotte Nursing Home. She expects a baby at the neth '73, is vice-president at Maine Cascade Fishbon will have graduated from Suffolk Univ. end of July • That's it for now. I hope Iron Works. They are happily working on their law school in June and planned to take the everyone has a nice summer. new home • ow enrolled in the M.B.A. pro Massachusetts bar exam in July. This class cer Class secretary: MARJORIE GONZALEZ gram at Babson, Paul Black will finish in May tainly won't lack any legal assistance if ever BLACKWEU (Mrs. Douglas), 34 Bowdoin St., 1981 . He writes that Nat Rosenblatt will clerk needed • Now can you guess who would be Arlington, Mass. 021 74. in federal court in Bangor after graduating off to Israel for sights and to investigate solar from Boston College law school • Beginning energy, taking a building course, learning har in July, Barry Knapp will be traveling around monica, possibly getting married, constructing H1 everyone! Keep those ques Europe with Pat Hotchkiss for a three-month the basic new "taxpayer'' building, and an 79 tionnaires rolling in because I love adventure. Then he will start putting his law elected recording secretary of The Christopher hearing from all of you • Mary degree to work. I hear from him that Nancy Morley Knothole Association? You guessed it. Zukowski 1s teaching computer programming McGarrah is a para-legal at the Massachusetts Peter Cohn strikes again • Many thanks to at Waterville High School and had planned to Mutual Insurance Comp any • Also Sue those of you writing. Take heart, if you don't head out to Los Angeles to work this summer Thivierge is a rapidly rising administrator in the see your name this time don't worry. There • Yoichi "Yoh" Hosoiand Florencia married in C.E.T.A. system in Portland • A wonderful are many more columns to come. It's not Cali, Colombia in October. What a travel time was had by many when Andrea Jensen quite the same in the working world, but I itinerary they had-Tokyo, Colombia, Hawaii, married Bruce Young '75. Colby's own Tom hope that you all are enjoying your summer. Hong Kong, and back to Tokyo! Yoh is em Longstaff performed the ceremony; Ann Lyons Class secretary: JANET MdEOD-ROSENRELD ployed as a supervisor and management as and Iris Greenberg were attendants. Andrea (Mrs. Kenneth), 31 Granby Rd., Apt. #1, sistant of the Telex service department of Kyle will finish a graduate program in professional Worcester, Mass. 01604. International. He writes that Joe Meyer visited accounting this year • I feel quite honored, him in Tokyo and then went to Indonesia to Martin Lobkowicz, if this is really the first time pursue research for his Watson Fellowship • you have returned a questionnaire. Martin left It has been two years since we June Fifty is working towards a master's degree Dunham's in August 1978 to join the Jordan 78 stood in the 90° heat on in library science at the Univ. of Michigan. Last Marsh executive training program and has Mayflower Hill to receive our summer she spent eight weeks in Europe tour been promoted to assistant buyer in toys. He diplomas. The time has just flown by. Many of ing nine countries-what a life. She's also hopes to be in graduate school in 1981 • you have written to me of your adventures traveled to New York and Chicago this year Summer should be a joyous time for Bill and and awards, but there are sti ll many that and writes that she is really enjoying herself Tish Huling as they expect their first c ild • haven't written yet. Please send back your despite the volume of work in graduate After receiving her M.S. in management from completed questionnaires so that we can in school • Jeff Wuorio has joined the Water M.l.T., Mona Pinette is working as a financial clude you in the next issue of the Alum ville Sentinel staff • Patricia McNally has com analyst at American Can Company • Ronald nus • Betsy Carlson Raymond has left New pleted the Communication Officer Ashore Paret and his fiancee, Janet Pappianni, are England for the island of Savaii, an island course at the Naval Education and Training senior medical students at Hahnemann. Ron located in the southern Pacific, halfway be Center in Newport, R.I. She received instruc plans to take a residency in orthopedic surgery tween New Zealand and Hawaii. She and her tion on communication doctrine and pro while Janet will pursue a residency in husband will be teaching at Logoipulotu Col cedures, security of classified information, and pediatrics • Fall brings the beginning of the lege, a high school for native Samoans, for one cryptographic procedures. Congrats, Navy En final year at Gordon-Conwell Theological year • A recent news article pointed out that sign McNally • Kudos are also extended to Seminary for Bruce Dyer. Bruce is hoping that John Gray, our political classmate, is the Navy Ensign David Vivian who was commis afterwards he and his wife, Pamela, will be youngest Republican ever elected to the sioned in his present rank upon completion of able to travel in Europe • A sales manager in Massachusetts legislature. Last year was a big Aviation Officer Candidate School • Julie the hardware division at Reed and Prince Mfg. year for John and we'll be watching his pro Sydow has earned her wings and is a flight at Co., Scott Kimball writes that his job required gress throughout the '80's • Tony Lopez tendant with Eastern Airlines. Our vivacious constant cross-country travel. Doesn't sound recently received a Parachutist Badge upon classmate is based in Atlanta, Ga. • Nancy bad, Scott! His roommate, Dave Piccioli, is a completion of a course at the U.S. Army Infan Mott has been appointed sales representative research technician with the Continental try School in Georgia • Chris Noonan writes for the W. W. Norton Company, Publishers. Group, Inc. • Linda La Chapelle will be part from Mendon, Mass. Last year he spent eight She is based in Washington, D.C., where she is of the N.B.C. crew attending the Republican weeks seeing ten countries in Europe. Now he selling the Norton line to bookstores, colleges, ational Convention. She was recently hired is working as a real estate agent and general and universities in D.C., Maryland, Virginia, as desk assistant at N.B.C. Radio Network contractor. He has also been elected town West Virginia, and North and South News. Sounds exciting, Linda, good luck • moderator for Mendon, a position that he will Carolina • Stacie Stoddard is working as a This summer, Deb Buccina will be an intern hold for one year • Cathy Kindquist writes health educator and outreach worker at the with the York County district attorney's office from Oakland, where she is presently working York County Services agency in Saco. To top it as a prosecutor. The last year of law school at as a spinner in a woolen mill. Cathy has been off, she's just three miles from the seashore! the Univ. of Maine should be quite exciting as busy orienteering and bushwacking in the • Finally, I will be a research consultant for the she will represent the school (along with two remote areas of Maine. She had planned to National Institutes of Health behavioral other Colby grads-Mike Cantara '75 and drive out to Colorado this summer, and then medicine branch of the Heart, Lung, and Blood Marina Thibeau '78) in the Moot Court Com pursue her doctorate in psychology at the Bureau in Bethesda, Md. for the summer. That petition. It will mean lots of hard work but I'm Univ. of Denver starting this fall • Annie should be a valuable experience in the health sure you'll all do well • Priscilla Martin has Marsden is a nurse's aide and a student at the sector. Take care. Write soon. finished her third year at Univ. of Vermont Harvard extension school. She writes that Class secretary: ANGELA MICKAUDE, Johns medical school and will be an intern in Karla de Steuben is at the London School of Hopkins University, 2905 orth Charles St. Portland during the month of July • After a Economics, and Steve Belanger is working in Apt. 214, Baltimore, Md. 21218. 39 Ada Waugh Young '1 3, January 15, 1980 in Bangor, age 88. The Levant native was in ducted into Phi Beta Kappa at Colby. She had taught school in the Barre, Vt. area. A son su r vives. AveryMeader Fides '1 5, March 3, 1980 at Orr's Island, his native town, age 86. He attended Colby from 1911 to 1912, and was graduated from the Univ. of Maine. Survivors include his wife, Eva, two daughters, and two sons. Ma rriages Hazel Moore Ellis '16, April 26, 1980 1n Fair field, her native town, age 85. She was a Joseph Centorino '70 to Diana Waterous, SO-year member of the Victor Grange of Fair March 1980, Salem, Mass. field Center. Her husband, Donald '1 3, died in Frances Birkinbine '73 to George Welch, 1959. Surviving are two sons, two daughters. March 29, 1980, Framingham, Mass. and Lynda Ellis Flood 72, one of eight grand Michael Roy '74 to Schari-Fran Covell, October children. 7, 1979, Waterville. Honor Kelley '75 to H. Douglas Lewis, March 8, Elmer Wilmot Campbell '1 7, March 24, 1980 1n 1980, South Dennis, Mass. Seminole, Fla., age 83. Born in Presque Isle, he Debra Atkinson '76 to Donald Gwinner '76, received a doctorate 1n public health from the June 23, 1979. Univ. of M1ch1gan and a master's and a cer Asner Levy 77 to Mindy Silverstein, February tificate of public health from Harvard. Mayor 26, 1980, Beer Scheva, Israel. of Hallowell for five terms, he founded the Stephen '26, and his aunt, Grace, who was Mark Gorman 78 to Anne Dolan, February 16, Maine Municipal Association. After retiring, he dean of women. Survivors include his wife, 1980, Rumford, R.I. moved to St Petersburg, Fla. where he presid Frances, and two sisters. Terence O'Brien 78 to Pamela Butler, January ed over the Alumni Club for five years. In 1980, Topsfield, Mass. 1978, "Doc" Campbell was awarded a Colby Lloyd E. Fernald '26, January 6, 1980 in Brick. Survivors include his wife, Rebecca, a Franklin, his native town, age 78. He attended sister, three daughters, and a son. Colby from 1922 to 1923, and served as town clerk of Franklin since 1943. He was founder Births and fire chief of the town volunteer fire Harriet Sweetser Greene '20, March 3, 1980 1n department and served as town forestry Lewiston, age 83 Born 1n Yarmouth, she was A son, William Hardy, to Robert '68 and Don warden. He leaves his wife, Dorothy, two president of the Junior class. After earning her na Kievit Thompson '68, February 19, 1980. daughters, and a son. M.A. at Columbia Univ., Mrs. Greene studied A daughter, Ellen Gayle, to Thaddeus and at Boston Univ. and Oxford. She taught high Susan Mathews Szydlowski '69, December 27, Alexander Edwin Salzman '28, March 18, 1980 school English, and had been named one of 1979. 1n Manhattan, N.Y., age 73. He attended Colby the 10 women who had contributed most to A son, Matthew Fitts, to Wayne Loosig1an and from 1924 to 1927. He was president of an in community life in Lewiston and Auburn. She 1s Laurie Fitts '75, May 2, 1980. vestment concern and was active in human survived by her husband, Merrill, M.D. '20, and rights and political affairs. In the 1930's, her brother. Salzman was a member of the American Economic Committee for Palestine, and in Alexander Arthur Lafleur '20, March 13, 1980 Deaths 1969, served as a delegate to the Commission 1n Chapel Hill, N.C.. age 82. Born in Marlboro, on Human Rights 1n Tehran. Salzman leaves Mass., he attended Colby from 1916 to 1917, As this issue went to press, the college had his wife, Betti, and two daughters. eventually earning his law degree from been informed of the deaths of the following. George Washington Univ. He was a practicing Obituaries will appear 1n a future Alumnus. Kenneth Raymond Miller '29, December 20, attorney for 50 years, the former state at Agnes Vaughn Woods '08 1979 in Colorado Springs, Colo., age 73. He torney general, and a former member of the Olive Stone Lermond '22 was born in Plainville, Mass .. and attended state legislature. Survivors include his wife, Percy Lovley Rideout '24 Columbia Univ. Miller worked as a survey Marjorie, and two daughters. Leonora Hall Good '27 engineer, an insurance broker, and a free John Douglas Johnston '27 lance writer. Survivors include his wife, Hattie. Olive Richardson Edgett '28 Luther B. Dodge'22, January 4, 1980 in South China, age 81. A native of China, he was a self John Parker Holden '34 Mark Richard Shibles '29, Litt.D. '54, noted employed farmer and carpenter, and helped Miller Deane Richmond '36 educator and trustee, May 9, 1980 in Orono, to build Miller Library. He leaves his wife, Iva, Phyllis Rose Baskin '39 age 73. The Knox native received a master's one daughter, four sons, and a sister. Warren Franklin Towle '41 degree from Boston University. He was a prin Henry Emile Mathieu '50 cipal or superintendent in several Massa Robert Burns Woodward, Sc.D. '63 Ruth Banghart Greenleaf '22, March 21, 1980 chusetts school systems; taught at Boston in Portland, age 80. Born in Old Town, she Univ. and Westfield (Mass.) State College; and Mabel Dunn Libby '03, February 28, 1980 in taught English and music in Bradford, Vt., and was dean of the education school at the Uni Damariscotta, age 97. The Waterville native was the organist for several years in Portland versity of Mame for 24 years. Under his direc attended Colby from 1899 to 1901 and churches. She leaves her husband, Harry, and tion, it became a four-year, fully-accredited graduated with special honors from the Curry a son. college of education. From 1956 to 1963, School of Expression (now Curry College) in Shibles was deeply involved in promoting Boston, Mass. She taught public speaking at Arthur Livingston Berry '23, March 5, 1980 in school consolidation, serving as the chairman Coburn Classical Institute and Oakland High Fort Lauderdale, Fla., age 79. Born in of the Maine School District Commission. The School and served as a Coburn trustee. Her Newburyport, Mass., he was managing editor Colby trustee was also on the board of ad husband, Herbert Carlyle Libby, former Alum of the Oracle, president of the athletic associa visors of St. Joseph's College and the New nus editor, assistant to President Arthur J. tion, and a student marshal. He retired in 1965 England Program in Teacher Education. Recip Roberts, and the beloved and dynamic pro as supervisor of methods control after 38 ient of three honorary doctoral degrees (from fessor of public speaking, died in 1965. Mrs. years with the N.J. Bell Telephone Co. Many of Univ. of Maine and Boston Univ.), he was also Libby leaves three sons, Willard '37, Carlyle his family have been associated with Colby, in cited by Bates College and the New England '44, and Mark. cluding his father. Arthur '94, his brother, Association of School Superintendents for 40 outstanding endeavors in the t1eld of educa received his la\\ degree from Boston Universi attended Colby from 1952 to 1955 Three tion. I n 1974 the student senate of Westfield ty. and returned to Waterville to become one daughters his mother. and a brother surv1\ e. tate voted Shibles Professor of the Year. of the city's most active and prominent The education budding at Orono v.as named citizens. As president of Thomas College, he 1n his honor several years ago. Citing his transformed 1t from a small business school to dynamic leadership as past president of the a fully accredited four-year college. Thomas Honorary Boston and Penobscot Valley alumni clubs, his was active in local and state pol1t1cs. serving as Thomas Sherrard Roy, D.D. '32, \1arch 21, alma mater honored him with a Colby Brick a councilman in Waterville, as a representative 1980 1n Worcester. 1ass., age CJS Born 1n last year. He 1s survived by his wife, Alice. a and a senator 1n the state legislature. He had Nev.castle, N.B.. he graduated from Acadia son, a daughter, three sisters, and three been president of the Waterville Bar Assoc. Univ Roy served as the minister of The First brothers. and of the board of trustees of the public Baptist Church 111 Worcester from 1929 to libra ry; he also v.orked on innumerable com 1951 When Colby conterred an honorary George Linwood Walsh '30, April 7, 1980 in mittees. commissions, and task forces. Presi degree. he v.as described as an eloquent Houston, Tex., age 72. Born in Brewer, he dent William Cotter said: "With energy and preacher and an able church leader: the worked in the textile business 1n Nev. York perception John Thomas tackled the impossi gracious speaker at our baccalaureate City. He retired 1n 1972 and moved to Texas. ble. At commencement last May, in conferring service. He also received honorary degrees Survivors include his wife, Mane. and a an honorary doctor of laws degree, Colby from Acadia, Clark Urnv., and Worcester daughter. saluted him as an energetic, enterprising alum Polytechnic Institute. He 1s survived by his nus and good neighbor. He was indeed." daughter-in-law. Eunice Dawson Murphy '3 1, January 29, 1980 Thomas leaves a sister, Briley Thomas Grant in Mexico. Born in Ru mford, she taught at ·35, Cecelia Payne-Gaposhkin, Sc.D. '58, Decem Mexico High School for 34 years. In addition to ber 6, 1979 in Cambridge, Mass. age 79 A her husband, Lawrence. she is survived by four Charles Van Vleck Cross'43, March 6, 1980 in world-renowned astronomer, she was born 1n brothers and two sisters. Verona, .J .. age 58. The Montclair. N.J. native Wendover, England. graduated from own attended Colby from 1939 to 1942. and was a ham College 1n Cambridge, and received her Anthony John DeMiceli '32, February 19, 1980 member of Phi Delta Theta. Survivors include Ph.D. from Radcliffe. With her husband, in Cornwall, .Y., age 71. Born in New York his wife, Barbara. Sergei, she made millions of observations of City, he received a master's at Columbia. He several thousand variable stars. and their find taught mathematics for 35 years, served as Ralph Elmer Hersey '43, March 8, 1980 in Con ings became. according to the Y Times, ''a town judge for 20 years, and was a town coun cord. Mass., age 59. He attended Colby from standard source material for researchers." She cilman in Cornwall. He leaves his wife, Phy llis, 1939 to 1940, and was employed by the was the first woman to receive a tenured pro one daughter, two brothers, and one sister. Minuteman Vocational Technical School in fessorship at Harvard, and chaired the Lexington. He leaves his wife, Elizabeth, a astronomy department from 1956 to 1960. In Iola Chase Hicks '37, February 2, 1980 in daughter, and three brothers, including Avon conferring the degree. Colby described her as Hamden, Conn., age 64. She was born in '38 and Laurel '39. an "imaginative explorer of the heavens, Mechanic Falls, and received her master's from brilliant formulator of hypotheses, and a Yale. Mrs. Hicks worked as a translator for the Catherine ClarkBru nell '44, February 15, 1980 rigorous and conscientious recorder of fact." F.B.I. and taught French in Maine and Con 1n Albany, N.Y., age 58. Born 1n Newburyport, Survivors include her husband, two sons, and necticut schools. Survivors include her hus Mass., she taught in public schools in New a daughter. band, William, one sister, and a brother, James Hampshire. Maine, and ew York. Retired Howard Mumford Jones, LLD. '62, May 11, S. Chase '39. chairman of the sooal studies department in 1980 1n Cambridge, Mass., age 88. A m1d the Port Byron, N.Y. school system, she leaves 1r, westerner by birth, he studied at the Univer Floyd Lester Fitts '40, January 26, 1980 Penn her husband, Robert '44, a daughter, and a sities of Wiscons111 and Chicago, and taught at sylvania, age 61 . Born 1n Northboro, Mas ., he son. worked for nearly 40 years for the du Pont the Universities of Texas, Montana, North Carolina, and Michigan before joining the Company, beginning as a chemist. Later he Viola Smith Parker '44, January 2, 1980 in faculty of Harvard in its tercentenary year of was director of the Potomac River Develop Bangor, age 56. Born in Mars Hill, she was an 1936, one of a select company of distin ment Lab. He leaves his wife, Harriett, two English teacher 1n the Bangor school system. A guished persons honored on that occasion. A daughters, and one son. brother survives. scholar and teacher of the first magnitude, a John Lewis Thomas, Jr. '42, LLD. 79, April 2, legend at Harvard even in his lifetime, recip Barbara King Longley '47, April 13, 1980 1n 1980 in his native Waterville, age 59. He ient of the Pulitzer Prize and uncounted other Northampton, Mass., her native city, age 55. honors, he published more than thirty books She received her master's degree in social and innumerable articles as he worked to work at Boston University, and worked as a establish American studies as an academic psychiatric case work supervisor at Northamp disopline of major importance. A man of wit ton Hospital. Mrs. Longley was class agent for and humor as well as fabled erudition, Pro many years. She is survived by her husband, fessor Jones delivered a memorable com Francis, a daughter, four sons, including John mencement address at Colby 111 1962. As a '80, a sister, and a brother. deeply interested honorary alumnus he pro fessed continuing admiration for his adopted Arnold Walter Tozer '47, January 3, 1980 in college in Maine, and for the rest of his life car Manchester, Conn., age 55. The Orono native ried on a lively correspondence with his Colby received his master's degree from Andover friends. Newton Theological Seminary, and was senior minister at Christ Congregational Church, Karl Oscar Werwath, Sc.D. 73, August 30, Newington, Conn., from 1969 to 1977. He 1979 in his native Milwaukee. A graduate of leaves a son and a sister. the Milwaukee School of Engineering, he did advanced studies at Northwestern and the Alberta Jane Bunney '49, December 23, 1979, Univ. of Wisconsin. Werwath returned to age 51. Born in Brooklyn, she was a�tive in the M.S.E. where he served several faculty and ad Professional Women's Club of Bay Ridge, N.Y., ministrative posts, and was president from and was to become its president this year. She 1948 to 1977. Colby, in conferring the degree, is survived by her mother. credited Werwath with transforming "a small private training school into one of the most Joseph Patrick Wagenback '57, April 12, 1980 highly respected technological institutes in the in Methuen, Mass., age 46, as a result of a country." Surviving are his wife, Marion, a daughter, two sisters, and a brother. Thomas handgun accident. The Lawrence, Mass. native ..