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Why Fm giving to the University of Maine Foundation.....

“Bili” Perkins Charles F. Allen Society Annual Luncheon September 2000

“Last year while working on my estate plan, I decided to include the University of Maine Foundation as a beneficiary. Although I’m not a native of Maine or an alumna of the University of Maine, my husband, Ray, was born and raised in Maine and graduated in the Class of ’36. A life-long educator, Ray was a strong proponent of higher education and over the years we maintained a close relationship with the University.

With the help of the University of Maine Foundation staff I established a charitable gift annuity in Ray’s memory. It seemed a natural fit. After providing me with income for the rest of my life, the annuity will fund scholarships for third and fourth year students in the College of Education & Human Development. I feel it is important that good, conscientious students should not have to interrupt their education or drop out because they don’t have the money necessary to continue.”

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"Stories not only transmit information about the past, but the telling of them gives pleasure. " - Sandy Ives Director Emeritus Maine Folklife Center

71s you look through this issue of MAINE, what memories of the University are rekindled? Do you recall those who provided you with a special experience or inspired your career? How did these experiences shape your life? What experiences do you continue to draw upon?

The stories surrounding these experiences document life's turning points. At the University of Maine Foundation we listen to stories and help preserve them through endowments. Wed like to share two of the stories we have been told:

“As a high school student in rural Maine, I wasn’t thinking about going to college. Then I attended a statewide 4-H conference on campus in Orono. That exposure to the campus led to my enrollment at the Janet Henry Planned Giving Office) University and subsequently shaped my career. The Univei aty of Maine Foundation fund I will establish through a bequest will help other Southern Maine Office students involved in 4-H aspire to attend the University of Maine.” Anonymous '51

While attending the University of Maine I was fortunate to receive help in purchasing my textbooks. My benefactor was Bartlett Blaisdell, a Maine resident who worked for a national publishing company for many years. With my mother’s encouragement, a strong curriculum and help from the book fund, I was well prepared. An interview with Pfizer on campus led to a 35-year career with them. To show my appreciation I decided to establish a fund in memory of my mother and Bartlett Blaisdell to be used for books, supplies and lab equipment. And now Pfizer matches my gifts." /oellen Anderson 59

Today's students are benefiting from the stories told through the Foundation's hundreds of endowed funds. A scholarship, a professorship, an arts or an athletic fund create new stories to be told by the beneficiaries of these endowments.

What is your favorite story? We can help you tell it. Univeisity of Maine Foundation 1 800 449 2629 Consider preserving your story for future students by contacting us at the University of Maine Foundation. "Hey, I made a contribution to the university, how come I don't Editor Jim Frick Editorial Assistants get all the alumni publications?" Abigail Zelz Betty-Jo Watt Design Consultant Yes, we know it's a bit confusing, and for that we apologize. Let's Mike Maidosa '73 see if we can clear things up. Publisher Jetfery N Mills '83 The Alumni Association is independent and self-funded. Its dual purpose is to serve you, our alumni, and to support the Uni­ Alumni Association Officers Gregory D Jamison '72, '98G, Chair versity of Maine. Patricia A Riley '73, '78G, Vice Chair Catherine Cleale '86, Vice Chair To meet those goals we run a membership program and an An­ M Perry Hunter '52 , Vice Chair nual Alumni Fund. The two programs are distinct and necessary, Fred B Knight '49, Vice Chair Nancy Pnsk '72, Vice Chair because of the restrictions of our tax laws and our not-for-profit Nancv Nichols Hogan '62, '65G, Treasurer status. But that distinction, which is clear to us, can seem blurry Jeffery N Mills '83, President Mana R Fuentes '85G, Immediate to folks not involved with the AA. Here's a simple explanation Past Chair that might help. UMAA Board of Directors You become an alumni association member by sending in a com­ Pamela L Beal '69 pleted membership form along with your $30 nontax-deductible Susan J Bell '70, '71G, '93G Dwight S Blease '83 dues. That money goes to support many services like alumni ac­ Stephanie Barry Brown '65 Robert C Covell '44 tivities, advocacy work on behalf of the university, publications, Barbara Brown Dalton '81 student groups, etc. With your membership dues you get lots of Bion A Foster '68, '70G Virginia Barnes Grogean '63 benefits, including three issues of our classnotes publication, Candace A Guerette '84, '86G Mainely People, and all three issues of MAINE magazine. The IRS Suzanne K Hart '68 Jane Stevens Harvey '54 says that payment for benefits and services can't be tax-deduct­ Joseph F Herbert '58 ible. Alton M Hopkins '50 Dione Williams Hutchinson '54, '71G A donation to the Annual Alumni Fund is tax-deductible. It goes Susan A Johnson '85, '87G to support academics, athletics, and the arts at UMaine. A dona­ Douglas E Knceland '53 James M Leger '00 tion can be designated to a certain area of the university, or Elizabeth Hitchcock Locke '77 Pasquale F Maiorino '69 undesignated, in which case it will go where the need is greatest. Eugene A Mawhinnev '47, '49G With your donation you'll receive just two publications— the fall John G Melrose'73,'75G James D Mullen '72, '75G and summer issues of MAINE magazine. Such a limited token of Larry M Shaw '81 appreciation falls within IRS guidelines. Thomas O Shields '62 William S Skoohcas '80 Ednc P Starbird '56 I Rita E Sullix an '95 Dianne McLaughlin Tilton '81 Jeffrey M Wright '73 BODWELL MOTORS Publications Committee Nonni Hilchey Daly '59 Ford-Lincoln-MercLiry-Chrysler-Plymouth-Dodge Nancy Morse Dysart '60 H Allen Fernaid '54 Joseph Herbert '58 Douglas E Kneeland '53 Fred B Knight '49 (Chair) Thomas O Shields '62 Richaid W Sprague '50

MAINE is published three times per year by the University of Marne Alumni Association The editorial office is located at the Crossland Alumni Center, PO Box 550, Orono, ME 04473-0550 Telephone (207) 581-1137 Third class postage is paid 169 Pleasant Street, Brunswick, ME 04011 207-729-3375 at Burlington, VT 05401

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8 Facing His Toughest Opponent 24 Man of the World UMaine hockey coach Shawn Walsh A profile of career foreign service is putting his mental toughness and worker Peter Skoufis '41. positive attitude to work in his fight against cancer. 26 It's All in the Game Joan Moravick '84 is creating her own 11 Helping to Understand board games as founder/president of Climate Change Games for All Reasons. UMaine researchers collect environmental data at a 2,000-acre site in Howland.

14 Maine Coast High Telford Aviation pilot Brud Folger '79G loves flying to the islands off the Maine coast.

18 Witness to the World's Madness Journalist Janine di Giovanni '83 has Page 8 covered almost every conflict in the Departments world for the past decade. Her superb, front-line reporting just earned her the Campus News 4 National Magazine Award. Alumni Newsmakers 26 Alumni Bookshelf 30

Cover Photograph: Russia, Chechnya, Samashky, March 2, 2000. Janine di Giovanni hiding in a shelter with a Chechen family during a Russian air raid. ©Thomas Dworzak/MagnumPhotos Fall 2000 3 Campus News •

Incoming fort and worked to main­ tain federal funding to ben­ UMaine class efit Maine children. largest in 10 The Children at Risk years Project has several major components including re­ search on new ways to de­ The University of Maine's tect disorders and a state­ Class of 2004—1,707 stu­ wide information manage­ dents—is the largest since ment system A particu­ 1990, reflecting a four-year larly important focus in the trend of larger entering early phases of the pro­ classes at UMaine. gram will be detection of While admission stan­ hearing impairment in in­ dards have remained con­ fancy UMaine will provide stant, the number of stu­ database assistance to the dents choosing UMaine is Senator George Mitchell Maine Bureau of Health on the rise. The Class of which is now implement­ 2004 is 47 percent larger Water Research mercury in fish, drinking ing Maine's new Universal than the class that entered Institute named water source protection, Hearing Screening Pro­ the university in 1997. and MTBE and arsenic in gram UMaine's overall stu­ groundwater The project also will in­ dent population this year is Mitchell "Senator Mitchell has clude research on predic­ approximately 10,200, the been an outspoken leader tors of a variety of devel­ largest number of students on environmental issues opmental disabilities A since 1996-97. That number The environmental a- for more than two dec­ confidential information is 11 percent larger than the chievements of Maine ades," said UMaine presi­ database will be estab­ total number of students at Senator George Mitchell dent Peter Hoff "It is time lished to track children UMaine in the fall of 1997. were recognized recently to formally link the senator from diagnosis through The state's land grant with the naming of the Wa­ and his accomplishments treatment, says Kimbrough university is attracting ter Research Institute with the leading environ­ Oller, chair of UMaine's more of Maine's college­ (WRI) in his honor. In the mental research center in department of communica­ bound students, while Senate, Mitchell played key Maine " tion sciences and disorders gradually increasing the roles in such landmark leg­ Researchers will use that number from other states islation as the Clean Water information to develop who choose to study in Act, Clean Air Act, and New program new early detection tech­ Orono Safe Drinking Water Act established in niques for conditions rang­ UMaine president Peter The WRI conducts research ing from autism and deaf­ Hoff cited the university's on topics related to each of detecting infant ness to stuttering, lan­ enhanced reputation as a those measures It will now health problems guage, and conduct im­ primary reason for the be known as the Senator pairments. growth. George J. Mitchell Center The program will main­ The average SAT score for Environmental Water­ With support from $1.45 tain strong ties to tw'o state for first-year students is shed Research. million in federal funds, agencies—the Department 1085, virtually the same Mitchell attended the the University of Maine is of Education, which con­ average as UMaine enter­ October 6th dedication cer­ establishing a program to ducts a federally-funded ing classes in recent years. emony which was held at improve early identifica­ program known as The average SAT score Hutchins Concert Hall on tion of children and infants Children's Developmental is 76 points above the na­ campus. who are at risk for commu­ Services, and the Depart­ tional average, and 78 WRI scientists conduct nication disorders. Maine's ment of Human Services, points above the state av­ research on topics such as congressional delegation w'hich oversees health-re­ erage. acid rain, lake pollution, actively supported the ef­ lated services.

4 Maine Women veterans "pitch" to lawmakers to systematically improve sought for oral higher education in Maine. history project He noted that the $20 million endowment is a key step designed to draw It's been more than 50 more Maine students into years since Allied troops higher education. pushed Hitler's army out Only one in five Maine of France to win World War residents has a college de­ II. Since that time, thou­ gree, which is below the sands of histories have national average and even been written to tell the sto­ further below the New ry England average of one in Most of those histories three. focus on the generals and He is recommending the major battles. Largely that the state provide half ignored are the stories of UMaine benefactor Harold Alfond stands in front of a statue of the $20 million while the women who provided lo­ made in his honor at the entrance to Harold Alfond university system would gistical and medical sup­ Stadium. The statue was dedicated in September. raise the other half from port for the men in the private sources. field. the Penobscot representa­ income students. MacTaggart's $61 mil­ Two UMaine historians tive to the Maine Legisla­ MacTaggart said he lion request for capital are working to tell the sto­ ture and the chair of the would ask state lawmakers projects is part of an $87 nes of these veterans and Maine Commission on to increase the educational million two-year plan. The are offering a course, Women Veterans and general budgets for the UMaine System would "Women and War," this fall In later courses the 32,000 student system by raise the $25 million differ­ through the women's stud­ UMaine historians hope to 21 percent over two years. ence from private sources. ies program. Carol Nord­ conduct interviews with He also proposed a sepa­ Of the nine major capi­ strom Toner '89G, director veterans of the Vietnam rate legislative request of tal projects in the request, of Maine studies, and Ma­ and Persian Gulf Wars $61 million to help fund the largest is a $25 million zie Hough '90G, associate Any women war veter­ nine capital construction addition to the Fogler Li­ director of the Women in ans interested in participat­ projects over two years. brary, the UMaine System's the Curriculum and Wom­ ing can call Maine Studies The system submits two- major research library. en's Studies Program, will at 207-581-3147. year requests because state (Courtesy of the Bangor examine the experiences in government runs on a two- Daily News.) World War II and the Ko­ year budget cycle. rean War. MqcTaggart said he will Students in the course Chancellor tell lawmakers if they agree are interviewing women seeks more to his spending package, he $9.2 million veterans. The interviews will hold tuition increases contract for will be part of the larger student aid for Maine residents to the Maine Women Veterans rate of inflation. advanced Oral History Project, con­ Chancellor Terry MacTag- At a subsequent meet­ technology ducted by the Maine Com­ gart has proposed a spend­ ing the UMaine System mission on Women Veter­ ing package for the Univer­ board of trustees approved ans. sity of Maine System that the chancellor's proposal. Engineering researchers at The idea for the class includes the creation of a MacTaggart also laid UMaine and General Dy­ came about as the result of $20 million endowment out a five-year plan called namics Bath Iron Works work by UMaine alumna that would allow the sys­ "The Maine Idea." (BIW) will collaborate in a and Vietnam War veteran tem to provide more finan­ He described the plan as project to design an ad­ Donna Loring '86. Loring is cial aid to middle and low the university system's vanced propulsion system

Fall 2000 5 Campus News for a technical demonstra­ Intelligent tion ship. With the support from a $9.2 million contract Transportation with the Office of Naval Research to BIW, scientists and engineers will push Bumper-to-bumper traffic, the state of the art in com­ congested parking lots, posite materials science and pollution from cars and engineering. and trucks affect parks The project, "Advanced from Acadia to Yosemite Hull Form Inshore Demon­ But with the help of facul­ strator" or AHFID, direct­ ty and students in the ly supports the Navy's re­ parks, recreation, and tour­ cent decision to use electric ism (PRT) program, a solu­ Monty Rind photo drives on the DD 21 next tion may be in sight UMaine's Hutchinson Center in Belfast generation land attack de­ A UMaine team led by stroyer BIW will lead the assistant professor John team that includes James Patterson ern regional headquarters Daigle '86 will help evalu­ UMaine, General Dynam­ heads new in the town of Belfast ate a field test of an experi­ ics Electric Boat Corpora­ Patterson brings 25 mental Intelligent Trans­ tion, and Pacific Marine Hutchinson years of experience in lead­ portation System (ITS) de­ and Supply Company of Center ership positions in both signed to address traffic Honolulu private business and in ed­ problems at Acadia Plan­ In the AHFID program, ucation He served as vice ners from the National the propulsion motor will James Patterson '84G, president of academics, Park Service and the U S. be housed in a pod fabri­ former superintendent and acting president, and pres­ Department of Transporta­ cated with advanced com­ first director of the Maine ident of Northern Maine tion recently selected Aca­ posite materials designed School of Science and Technical College during a dia as the only park to test by a UMaine engineering Mathematics (MSSM) in 12-year tenure which be­ a system that uses electron­ team led by Vince Caccese, Limestone, is now the first gan in 1975 After working ic sensors, two-wav com- associate professor of me­ director of the University in the private sector as munications, and geo­ chanical engineering of Maine Hutchinson Cen­ partner and vice president graphic information sys­ A prototype of the com­ ter, located in Belfast of Gould and Smith, Inc. in tem technologies to reduce posite pod will be tested at The center, named for Presque Isle and as owner traffic problems the university's new Ad­ former UMaine president of Patterson Associates, In 1999, Daigle and Ra­ vanced Structures and Frederick E. Hutchinson Inc in Presque Isle be­ leigh Ehrlenbach '71 of Composites Laboratory. '53, is a collaborative effort tween 1987 and 1994, Trenton, a master's stu­ Researchers will validate between the university and Patterson returned to dent, evaluated user satis­ the design and evaluate the MBNA, the financial ser­ working in education as faction with the new Island performance of the sensors. vices company with facili­ the first director of MSSM, Explorer bus service on Electric drive propul­ ties in Belfast and through­ a public residential high Mount Desert Island. That sion eliminates the me­ out Maine school for highly motivat­ service has been expanded chanical gearing normally Beginning in September ed and high achieving stu­ with nine new buses this found in the propulsion of this year, UMaine is of­ dents. summer and will be aug­ trains of conventional ves­ fering graduate and under­ "Dr. Patterson is a per­ mented with signs that use sels and replaces it with an graduate courses, along son who makes good real-time data to alert rid­ electric motor. Electric mo­ with outreach services and things happen," said ers to bus arrival times at tors allow engineers to de­ cultural opportunities, at UMaine president Peter popular destinations sign the ship with all-elec­ the new facility built for the Hoff "We are extremely When complete next tric equipment. Power can University of Maine by pleased to have him join summer, ITS will provide be redirected and reconfig­ MBNA on land adjacent to the University of Maine in the public and park staff ured during a mishap the company's northeast­ this important role." with information about bus

6 Maine ridership, congestion in parking lots, and the num­ Journalism ber of vehicles entering and exiting the park. Trav­ student covers el information will be avail­ U.S. Olympic able on the internet for peo­ ple traveling to Acadia. athletes Public safety also will be improved by automatical­ Kelly Michaud admits ly providing dispatchers she was never much of a with information about the sports fan. But after a location of park rangers. summer internship at the Daigle will work with U.S. Olympic training two graduate students, camp in Colorado Marc Edwards '97 of Ban­ Springs, all that has gor and Rea Brennan of Il­ changed. linois, as well as under­ Among the many Olympic stars Kelly Michaud got to "I hardly ever meet this summer was former gold medal figure graduates, to measure sat­ watched sports, except skater Peggy Fleming. isfaction with the transpor­ for UMaine hockey," tation improvements. Kelly, a junior journalism major said. had spent years and years striving to X "Now I've become a fan, and I really make the Olympic team and then finish enjoy sports reporting." fifth and not go to Sidney. That was The reason for that transformation is tough." UMaine checks easy to understand. As the on-line re­ When Michaud watched the games now available porter for the U.S. Olympic Committee, on television it was very special. "I got Michaud got to befriend and interview to know these athletes," she said, "and r some of the world's greatest athletes for I got to see what they had to go through You can now get Universi­ an entire summer. And it all made a big to get to Sidney." ty of Maine checks imprint­ impression on the South Casco native. Michaud hopes to work for the ed with the UMaine Black "I got to know the athletes personal­ Olympics again when she graduates. Bear logo nationwide ly," Michaud says. "These athletes eat, "They told me to send in my resume through banks and other sleep, and train—that's it. This is their when I graduate from UMaine," financial institutions that only job. And you get to see both the Michaud said. "I hope to work for them carry Deluxe checks. Just great triumphs and the heartbreaking for two to three years and go to Athens ask your bank if they are disappointments. I watched people who in 2004. That would be incredible!" available. The checks are officially licensed UMaine merchandise and any pur­ competition held in late for the top prizes, a $1,000 winning a competition chase will help support September in Appleton, and a $500 scholarship. among the UMaine stu­ UMaine scholarships. Wisconsin. The Game of Logging dents who work in the uni­ Charles Koch, a senior was developed by interna­ versity forests operation, forest management major tionally known safety in­ which manages the 12,000 from Machias, became the structor Soren Erikkson as acres of forest land. UMaine students third UMaine student to a competitive training pro­ Koch and Cronkite were tops in logging win the competition in its gram in chain saw safety. accompanied on their trip competition eight-year history. The competition focus­ by Robin Avery, operations Lawrence Cronkite, a es on the use of exacting manager for the university senior from Old Town who chain saw skills to safely forests, and Francis Avery University of Maine stu­ is also a forest management and productively fell trees Jr., chair of the board of di­ dents took the top two major, took second place. and harvest timber. Koch rectors of the Maine Certi­ places in the National Col­ Students from 17 colleges and Cronkite were chosen fied Logging Professional legiate Game of Logging and universities competed to travel to Wisconsin after Program (CLP).

Fall 2000 7 Sports

Inner strength has helped Shawn Walsh to become one of the top coaches in college hockey. Now it's helping him with his battle against cancer.

"If you don't have the best ofeveiy- and players, as well as other cancel An hour after the cat-scan Walsh thing, make the best ofeveiything you patients Interestingly, he doesn't leceived the news A large tumor have " — A sign on Shawn Walsh's really approach it as a battle was affixed to Walsh's left kidney' desk "It's not a battle per se," Walsh The tumor was, in fact, larger than the kidnev itself says philosophically "It's part of life * It's what I've been dealt " Renal cell carcinoma is generally By Jim Baines '89 caused bv one of three different Thi Dixgnosis things lifestyle (smoking), heredi­ ty, and/oi major stress changes The Last March, Walsh was enjoying a first tw'o are not applicable to Walsh, or most of Shawn Walsh's Hockey East tournament champion­ w ho doesn't smoke and whose fam­ life, he has thrived on "the ship, the first for Maine in seven ily doesn't have a history of cancer battle" of competitive years, and a top-seed in the NCAA Walsh deduces that the tumor prob­ sports. In his playing days tournament as the defending nation­ ably developed in 1995, w'hen two at Bowling Green University, he bat­ al champions Success in March isn't stressful events hit him hard tled oncoming skaters trying to put unusual for Walsh Neither is a w in­ "I had gone through a divorce the puck past Walsh "the goalie." ter cold, which crept up on him and and a NCAA in\ estigation, almost Years later, he successfully battled wouldn't go away A chest x-ray simultaneously," Walsh notes "In all opponents who tried to better the didn't reveal anything, and Walsh probability', the effect of all that on UMaine hockey team and Walsh was given antibiotics to fight it my immune system enabled this tu­ "the coach " But the cough returned in late mor to get started " Now the 45-year-old college spring, along with other symptoms The day of his diagnosis every­ hockey legend is facing his tough­ that just didn't set right with Walsh thing moved very quickly for Walsh est challenge—cancer. More specifi­ "I try to jog every day, usually In typical fashion he w'asted no time cally renal cell carcinoma. And in the three miles or so In early June, 1 in taking action He knew' exactly' past year, Shawn Walsh "the could only complete 20 minutes who to contact In what now seems man,"always postive thinking, al­ without walking, which was unusu­ to him like an act of fate, he had a ways prepared, has put together a al for me. I just attributed it to being friend in the right position. game plan he hopes will succesful- out of shape " ly beat the disease. He went back to the doctor's of­ Glxrdi \n Angh Walsh's courage, grace, and lack fice in the middle of June, and this of self-pity in facing the disease and time an abdominal x-ray was taken Prior to the 1997-98 season, the his grueling treatments have served The radiologist insisted that a cat­ UMaine hockey coaching staff was as an inspiration to his colleagues scan should be scheduled for Walsh courting a young, talented forward

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.11 from Somerville, now. But, I think Massachusetts, by UCLA is the one that the name of Niko is putting their ef­ Dimitrakos. On re­ forts into this partic­ r I cruiting visits to the .JIMI ular cancer. It's a spe­ E tbs' UMaine campus, cialized cancer, and Dimitrakos brought they're a specialized along his uncle, Dr group." Gennaro Carpinito, Walsh's treat­ the head of urology ment, which com­ at Boston Medical menced on August Center and a pio­ 11th, required two neer in kidney can­ 20-day cycles, with a cer The uncle be­ month between cy­ came a Black Bear cles for recuperation. fan and Walsh's During the first five friend days and last five "When I was di­ 4 y days of each cycle, agnosed, my first Walsh was given an call was to Gene 7 K intravenous dose of Carpinito," recalled Interleukin-2 every Walsh. "He wanted eight hours, until his to see the (test) body couldn't handle films. Once he saw Shawn and Lynne Walsh with their toddler son Sean, Lynne's daughter the drug anymore. the size of the tumor, Alejandra, and Shawn's two boys Tyler and Travis. No one has ever he told me unequiv­ been able to take all ocally that we should take it out as foundation for Walsh's treatment. 14 (doses)," said Walsh. "It's just too quickly as possible." He met with doctors and nurse prac­ much of a strain on the body. I was Dr Carpinito removed both tu­ titioners in the well-funded, state-of- warned that it would be the worst mor and kidney, but the cancer had the-art center to go over his treat­ flu I'd ever experience, and that's ex­ spread to the lymph nodes behind ment, which would span two and a actly what it felt like." his breast plate Still, the doctor half months Since chemotherapy After getting his strength back speculated, it could have been won't work in Walsh's case, the best through walking and playing golf, worse. way to fight the cancerous materi­ he returned to UCLA for the tail end "What's encouraging is that the als is via immunotherapy of his first cycle. This time, his body tumor was a significant size and that Immunotherapy differs from could only handle six doses. he doesn't have more disease in his chemotherapy in that the cancer is "Treatments five and six were an body," Dr. Carpinito said in a July fought by the patient's own immune absolute bear," Walsh said. "My press conference. "That leads me to system, which is boosted through a heart rate was up to 162 beats per speculate that his immune system is drug called Interleukin-2 This tox­ minute for an hour and a half (already) involved in protecting " ic drug is a white powder which, straight. You've got extreme nausea, While cautiously optimistic of when prepared for use, becomes a you've got diarrhea—you can count Walsh's chances to beat the cancer, clear, colorless liquid. UCLA has ap­ on all the symptoms a flu typically the doctor gave Walsh lots of differ­ proval to use Interleukin-2 in such brings along, and it just gets magni­ ent options. The option that made high doses necessary to fight this fied." the most sense to Walsh was to go type of cancer. to the UCLA Medical Center for im­ "They were doing the state-of- VIP Trlatmlnt munotherapy. the-art work on what's considered the gold standard for curing renal As grueling as the treatments were, Tin Treatment cell carcinoma," explained Walsh Walsh at least knew that he would "It's a very rare disease that we spend his recovery in style. After A trip out west in late July laid the don't have a total handle on right each cycle he stayed at the home of

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actors Kurt Russell and Goldie "Talking with him, you don't The Philoshophy Hawn. Russell, a former Rangeley even think that there's anything Lakes resident, met Walsh at the wrong," said newcomer Colin Sitting in his office on a September 1999 NCAA Frozen Four in Ana­ Shields. "It was great for all the morning, Walsh was still fighting fa­ heim, where Maine won its most re­ freshmen to see him. He was really tigue and dry skin— the effects of cent national championship in that upbeat to just come back from the the Interleukin-2 Still his attitude is classic 4-3 overtime game against treatment and all he had been upbeat. rival New Hampshire. Before Walsh through. Even with what he's going "I have never looked back," he made the trip to California, he gave through, his number one focus is said. "I feel good now. I've noticed Russell a call. still Maine hockey." some positive changes in my breath­ "He right away said that they live "He's a fighter," said Shields's ing The only time I enter into a 10 minutes from UCLA," smiled classmate Todd Jackson. "He's go­ negative attitude is when I get sick Walsh, "and how many rooms do ing to battle it, and he's going to be and tired of the nauseous feeling, we need? They were very accom­ fine. I'm really not that worried but pills take care of that modating and have made it that about it. Coach Walsh has that kind "I enjoy living, and I have a pas­ much easier for us, being that far of competitive attitude." sion for what I do That's helped me from home." Assistant coaches Grant right through this There hasn't been Walsh said that he and his wife, Standbrook and Gene Reilly, who one day when I've said 'Why me?' Lynne, enjoyed getting to know the are fortunately ahead of the game on or 'Woe is me ' I've lived a great life acting couple, as they traded stories this year's recruiting, kept every­ I'\e got a wonderful family, and I about the movie and hockey busi­ thing status quo while Walsh was feel blessed " nesses. Russell even joined Walsh gone during his second treatment And Walsh has words of encour­ and Black Bear alumni Paul Kanya cycle in October. agement for those fighting cancer and Bob Corkum on the golf course. "He was on the phone with me "Do what you normally do Keep And Hawn made it a point to add on a daily basis," said third-year as­ yourself active Whatever you enjoy, to Walsh's care packages when it sistant coach Reilly, who has a suc­ make sure you're doing some of was time to return to the hospital. cessful track record as a junior those things, because they take your "She's just a very warm and car­ hockey head coach. "There's not mind off your situation. Stay busy, ing person who is a lot deeper than going to be much of a change at all and listen to your body Rest up, be­ what people see," said Walsh "Typ­ My only concern is just to keep cause rest is important." ically, when I leave for my five-day things on the right path, because we He says that staying involved stays in the hospital, she'll put some­ have a difficult schedule." with hockey shows other potential thing in my bag to wish me luck, like Indeed UMaine had to open the cancer patients that you can con­ a healing stone. It's just her little way season, without their head coach, tinue to live your life and be active of telling me that she's with me." against defending national champi­ At the same time, he emphasizes On top of that, Russell has a son ons and preseason number one to healthy people that managing who enjoys playing goalie, and North Dakota (UMaine tied one and stress is critical. And he encourages Walsh helped out with a few point­ lost one) all of us to enjoy the things we have ers. That was followed by two wins "When you go through what I've "It's kind of my way to pay my in the Black Bear Hockey Classic. gone through this summer, you re­ rent," Walsh chuckled. Right after UMaine's victory in the alize that a loss in November to a Classic's championship game, the team in Hockey East is not quite as Focusing on Hockey team called Walsh in California and important as I thought it was a while sang a long distance version of the back But at the same time, I don't Walsh returned from the first cycle "Stem Song" to him. want to think I'm losing my edge. I of treatments just as the students Just a week later, ahead of sched­ still want to compete, and we still were arriving for the new academic ule, a surprisingly strong looking want to win. We still want to take a year. Players had learned over the Walsh received a standing ovation chance at being in the top ten every summer of their coach's cancer, but from the Alfond Arena fans as he re­ year and being in the Frozen Four were quickly put at ease by Walsh's turned to the Black Bear bench in a when we can. But, there is perspec­ relaxed demeanor and positive out­ game against Ohio State (unfortu­ tive on life and family and friends, look. nately UMaine lost in overtime). and how much they mean to you."

10 Maine Research Helping to Understand Climate Change

UMaine researchers collect environmental data at a 2,000-acre site in Howland.

By Nicolas Houtman

Photos by Monty Rand UMaine research assistant John Lee '86 on the UMaine tower in Howland.

ohn Lee '86, a University of From the top, Lee and his col­ versity of Wisconsin-Madison in mi­ Maine research associate, reas­ leagues can focus scientific instru­ crometeorology and commutes sures visitors as he leads them ments on the green sea of leaves and weekly to UMaine from his home in up a tower that pierces the for­ needles below The coastal hills rise Brunswick. Jest canopy in Howland. The struc­ like islands in the east and south, and The carbon problem stems from ture is similar to open scaffolding, Mt. Katahdin marks true north. The the fact that scientists cannot ac­ and with each step, the ground falls local terrain is as level as it gets in count for part of the carbon that is farther away as they reach higher Maine, an ideal place, it turns out, to released into the atmosphere from into the spruce and pine trees of this study one of the mysteries of the human and nonhuman sources. mature woodland Almost in mock­ Earth's climate, the so-called "mis­ "Somewhere there's a terrestrial ery of the climbers, squirrels dash sing carbon problem." sink that nobody understands," among nearby branches. The project represents a 15-year Goltz says. "The thought is that the "With our safety equipment on, collaboration between a professor forests of the northern hemisphere there's no way you can fall off the and former student Lee grew up in may be part of that sink." tower," Lee says. "For over a decade Montreal and received his bachelor's The tower sits at the center of a it has withstood winds, icing, and degree in natural resources at 2,000-acre site leased by UMaine everything Mother Nature could UMaine in 1986. He started with the within International Paper's 17,000- throw at it. It's incredibly sturdy." environmental physics group in 1987 acre working forest. For the last 15 Appropriately, the tower has be­ and has been site manager since years, the company has managed come a stronghold for environmen­ 1992. the forest while scientists have col­ tal research in the Northeast. What Stewart "Mike" Goltz, a research lected data on environmental mea­ scientists are learning at Howland professor in the department of plant, sures such as ozone levels, acidity and similar sites in North America soil, and environmental sciences, is in precipitation, soil temperatures, and around the world may provide the lead UMaine scientist at How­ and the intensity of sunlight. one of the keys to understanding glo­ land. Goltz was Lee's academic ad­ Current research effoits focus on bal climate change. visor. He has a Ph.D. from the Uni­ carbon dioxide, the risk of global

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warming, and how the forest prod­ With its 15-year-long database ucts industry might help reduce that and setting in a relatively mature risk through new techniques to commercial forest, the Howland site grow and harvest trees. Research has become one of the critical com­ sites, like the one at Howland, are ponents of the AmenFlux program, helping to define precisely how an effort to jointly study carbon di­ much carbon is being absorbed by oxide processes across North Amer­ forests and what forest managers ica In turn, AmenFlux is part of an might do to make these ecosystems international network that collects absorb even more. data from every continent except Work at the site began in 1986 Antarctica. when acid rain was the buzz word "The average carbon dioxide Although the National Acid Precip­ concentration in the atmosphere is itation Assessment Program ended about 360 parts per million (ppm)," in 1989, scientists from the U.S For­ says Lee "At night when the winds est Service (USFS), Woods Hole Re­ are calm, the level in the forest near search Center (WHRC), and UMaine the ground may go up to about 450 contmued to collect data for educa­ Professor Stewart "Mike" Goltz ppm because the forest system is still tional and scientific purposes In giving off carbon dioxide. Shortly af­ addition, the U.S. Environmental ter dawn it rapidly goes back Protection Agency established an air down " monitoring station at Howland as "We want to In a sense, the forest exhales car­ part of its national air quality net­ bon dioxide all night and takes a work. understand the basic huge collective breath during the Since 1995, Goltz has teamed dav. with Eric Davidson of the WHRC science of a Maine "We are looking at the entire pic­ and David Hollinger of Northeast ture of energy and mass transfers to Research Station, USFS, on carbon forest as it absorbs and from the forest," adds Goltz dioxide research at Howland This That means keeping constant track work has generated almost $500,000 carbon dioxide and of temperatures, humidity, light lev­ in federal funds at UMaine, and over els, wind speeds, and the flow of car­ the next three years, two new stores the carbon as bon dioxide above and within the projects will raise an additional forest as well as the soil. Data from $450,000 For these projects, two wood fiber." over 35 individual sensors is sent to more towers have been erected. In computers located inside anI office addition, International Paper has near the tower, and some informa­ contributed more than $1.5 million tion is relayed directly to a satellite in in-kind contributions to facilitate the sun. Meanwhile, other research­ and made available on the internet the research efforts over the last 15 ers are looking below ground where Every week, Lee and technicians years. soil organisms and chemical pro­ Holly Hughes '77, Steve Scaturro cesses also play a role in the carbon '94, and Jeremiah Walsh drive up to AMERIF1UX cycle. the site to check the equipment and "We want to understand the ba­ collect data. Walsh and Scaturro Instruments on the towers at sic science of a Maine forest as it ab­ climb the tower to check the instru­ Howland are collecting information sorbs carbon dioxide and stores the ments, and Hughes dons a backpack both within the forest and above the carbon as wood fiber," says Goltz equipped with a palmtop computer tree tops. The devices range from "Is our forest different from the bo­ and a carbon dioxide analyzer. She standard precipitation collectors to real forests further north in Canada7 hikes to each of six locations to mea­ others that use sound waves to mea­ Is it different from the northern sure how much carbon dioxide is sure the speed and direction of the hardwood forests a little south of us? coming out of the soil. wind. A NASA-designed prototype Those questions are part of what "Microorganisms and even green tracks the position and intensity of we're trying to answer here." pine needles continue to respire,"

12 Maine she says, "and give off carbon diox­ nights with subfreezing tempera­ researchers will monitor tree growth ide." During the summer, an area tures is well known, but the effect of and carbon dioxide trends. Their goal about half the size of a basketball this event on seasonal carbon diox­ is to find out if trees will store more court exhales as much carbon diox­ ide exchange is striking. carbon when they are fertilized in ide as an adult human, Hughes has "We have also found that the ab­ this manner. They also want to know found. Even in the winter under the sorption rate is similar to northern where excess nitrogen, if there is any, snow, carbon dioxide continues to hardwood forests in southern New winds up in the ecosystem. Other sci­ seep out of the soil, although at a England, but it is higher than boreal entists on the team include Goltz, much slower rate. Ivan Fernandez i / '79, and Brian TWO THRESH- Dail of UMaine HOLDS as well as re­ searchers from In a recent pa­ WHRC, the Uni­ per that appeared versity of Geor­ in Global Change gia, and the Uni­ Biology, Goltz, versity of Colo­ Lee, and their col­ rado, Denver. leagues report The second that on balance, project will ad­ the Howland for­ dress the ques­ est absorbs about tion of whether a ton of carbon commercial for­ more per acre ests can be man­ than it gives off aged to increase every year. Most carbon seques­ of that absorption tration. The ob­ occurs during the jective is to de­ summer. During UMaine research technician Holly Hughes '77 checks some data collection termine whether the winter, the equipment in Howland. a harvesting forest releases technique more carbon than it absorbs, al­ forests to the north," says Goltz. known as shelterwood cutting can though at a much lower rate. How­ Recent research suggests that, store more carbon as well as meet the ever, as the air and soil warm in ear­ under present conditions, northern economic needs of the forest indus­ ly April, carbon absorption rises Canadian forests could be releasing try. quickly. It stays high until the first more carbon into the atmosphere "Howland has this fantastic in­ major frost in the fall when it drops than they absorb. frastructure and a relatively long by more than half. Two new projects will add to the history of research," says Goltz. "It "Our data to date have shown already considerable amount of in­ is the only research site of its type in something rather important," says formation generated at Howland. North America located in a private­ Goltz. "We identified two thresholds, Both of them could enhance under­ ly owned commercial forest. These both concerned with freezing. The standing of the effects of human ac­ latest projects will have some very first appears to be the spring thaw­ tivities on carbon absorption, fre­ practical benefits for future forest­ ing of forest soils. Prior to this time, quently called carbon sequestration ers. However, none of this current the canopy's capacity to absorb car­ by environmental policy makers. activity could have come about bon dioxide is severely constrained. On one project, a research team without the major help of others. We We can assume that the mechanism led by David Hollinger in Durham, are very grateful for International responsible is the lack of water flow New Hampshire, a developer of the Paper's willingness to support the through the soil and into the trees. AmeriFlux network, will fertilize research. We are also grateful for the The second threshold appears to be about 50 acres of the forest canopy active participation and support of the first autumnal frost. A reduction with liquid nitrogen. As repeated ap­ our scientific collaborators in the in conifer photosynthesis following plications are made via helicopter, USFS, WHRC, and elsewhere."

Fall 2000 13 Former UMaine ski and tennis coach Brud Folger '79G has always found a way to follow his passion. Right now, as an island charter pilot, he gets to combine his love of the Maine coast with the joy of flying.

Photos by Monty Rand

hilip "Brud" Folger en­ tling people and cargo to the many Matinicus, North Haven, Vinal- joys his job so much that islands off the Maine coast requires haven, Islesboro, or any of the other sometimes he can't be­ a lot of hard work and a high level islands, you gam an appreciation of lieve he's getting paid to of skill. Folger and the other Telford the skill these pilots must have—no do it. And why wouldn't he lovepilots it? also help load and unload the instrument assistance, strictly visu­ PAs a pilot for Telford Aviation, Inc. al flying And then there are the planes, and that can include some in Owls Head, he gets to indulge pretty hefty cargo—building mate­ landings on postage stamp size air two of his great passions, the coast rials, boxes of groceries, even pro­ strips which are usually grass fields of Marne and flying. pellers for lobster boats. or gravel paths Not that it's all a joy ride Shut­ And when you fly with Folger to You can see a little nervousness

14 Maine lands, Brud Folger, with over 40 years of flying experience, is the guy you want in the cockpit. "I actually got interested in fly­ ing as a kid back in 1953-54," Folg­ er says. "I used to take paper route money and hitchhike to Twitchell Airport in Lewiston to take les­ sons. It's been a passion of mine ever since that time." Folger carried that passion over to his time at the University of Maine. Hired in 1965 to coach ski­ ing, tennis (two other Folger pas­ sions), and freshman soccer, he also cofounded the UMaine flying club and even loaned the club the money to get its first plane. He happily notes that the club is still alive. For better or for worse skiing and men's tennis did not survive the changing times at UMaine. Folger left the university in 1994 with a solid record of success as a coach—especially in winter sports. He saw his Nordic, jumping, and Alpine ski teams win 15 state and nine Eastern United States Cham­ pionships. The opportunity to start a sec­ ond career as a pilot came about in part from Folger's acquaintance with Telford Aviation owner Tel­ ford Allen Jr. The two men met when they were both working as pilots in Waterville one summer in the early 1970s. Folger returned to UMaine and Telford started a small charter operation in Waterville. That operation has grown and ex­ panded into a multifaceted avia­ tion company that includes air­ plane sales and maintenance, char­ on the part of first-time fliers on an points out. He says the landing strip ter and shuttle service, and deliv­ air taxi to Matinicus. As Folger on Ragged Island is just 600 feet ery service for UPS and other pack­ makes his approach to the island, the long—too short for the larger Telford age carriers. natives on the plane are reading or planes to land on. At the operation at Knox Coun­ talking. The first timers, however, "It's a matter of get the plane ty Airport in Owls Head, Telford squirm a bit in their scats and lean down, get on the breaks, and get the provides air service on demand. forward, trying to figure out exact­ plane stopped in a hurry," Folger "Nothing is scheduled except ly where it is they arc going to land. says. mail delivery and pickup," Folger And the air strip on Matinicus is If you have any apprehension explains. "If you want to go to far from being the smallest, Folger about flying small planes to small is­ Matinicus Island at noon you can

Fall 2000 15 call us 15 minutes every day for two or ahead of time or even three weeks and flew walk through the door him there." and ask for a flight/' Folger has also The primary passen­ shuttled George gers for Telford are is­ Bush's brother to his land natives and sum­ summer place on mer residents. But in North Haven. But the summer sightseers his favorite political also take advantage of celebrity story in­ the service to get a volved Delaware glimpse of the natural governor Pierre Du­ beauty of these islands. Pont For those island res­ Folger flew Du­ idents, the air service Pont from his sum­ Brud Folger helps load cargo on a Caravan he'll fly to Matinicus Island. provides a real connec­ mer home on North tion—an ability to be on Haven to the Port­ the mainland in a matter of minutes a m. and continues until "whenev­ land airport. As Folger and DuPont rather than hours by boat That time er." were entering the airport building, saving can be a matter of life or Summer also brings some differ­ Senator Olympia Snowe and former death in a medical emergency ent types of passengers—among governor John McKernan were on People also take advantage of the them the rich and famous. Folger, for their way out. service to have groceries and other example, has flown both John Tra­ "The first thing they said when supplies delivered. volta and Kirstie AlievJ to their re- they saw us was, 'Hey, Brud, what "People call Shaws and put their spective summer homes on Isles- are you doing here?"' Folger says orders in," Folger says. "They order boro with a smile "Then they realized I together on the same day We pick it Travolta, a pilot himself, even was with Governor DuPont and up at the store and fly it to the is­ hired Telford Aviation to shuttle him they quickly said, 'Oh my gosh, land We might take 15 or 20 boxes back and forth to Maine while he Pierre, how are you7'" at a time at $5 a box It's a great thing was making a movie. DuPont would overlook Snowe to fly in with the order and have all "He was filming in Boston," and McKernan's protocol mistake, the islanders waiting at the airfield Folger explains "We picked him up once it was explained that McKer­ to pick it up. Where else are you nan and Folger have known each going to experience that?" other since the mid-1960s when Even some businesses take ad­ McKernan used to string tennis vantage of the speed offered by air rackets for the UMaine tennis coach. travel. But it's not bumping shoulders "There's a diesel repair compa­ with celebrities that makes Folger ny in Stonington that uses us regu­ enjoy his job so much. It's getting to larly," Folger says "For example, a fly Telford's top-notch airplanes, boat owner in Rockland or Camden and in particular flying them over might need a repair We fly from one of his favorite places in the Rockland over to Stonington, pick world—the Maine coast. It's a place up one of their mechanics, and bring he just can't seem to get his fill of. him back here to the airport We give On many a summer afternoon, after him a ride to the harbor and he flying his 6 a.m. to 3 p m. shift, he works on the boat Then we pick him drives just down the road to Owls up and fly him back to Rockland. Head Harbor and heads out to ex­ He's back in Stonington in 15 min­ plore the Maine coast on his sailboat. utes. If he had to drive it would take Sometimes he'll even stay overnight over two hours. The company pro­ on one of the islands he flies to dur­ vides faster services and actually ing his workday. saves in the long run." "I just love the natural beauty In the summertime, things are at and the communities that are on the a higher pitch for Folger and the oth­ Among this flight's cargo is a repaired islands," he says. "I wish everyone er pilots. Shuttle service begins at 6 propeller for a Matinicus lobsterman. could come and share it with me "

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Kosovo, Sierra Leone, East Timor, Chechnya, Bosnia, Zaire, Israel, Rwanda—wherever there has been conflict or human rights abuses in the world in the past decade, award win­ ning journalist Janine di Giovanni '83 was probably there covering it.

By Jim Frick

t the start of the past dec­ world to a level of inhumanity it had her intensely personal but highly ade, after the Berlin Wall not seen for over 50 years. polished writing style, di Giovanni crumbled and the Rus­ Few people have witnessed more recently earned two major honors— sian people rendered the of that inhumanity in the past 10- the Amnesty International Media great Soviet Army powerless plusin Red years than Janine di Giovanni, Award 2000 for investigative report­ A ing, and the National Magazine Square, there was a surge of opti­ Class of 1983. As an independent mism that the world might actually journalist and then as a foreign corre­ Award for reporting (considered to become a more peaceful place. But spondent for the Times of London, di be the Academy Award for maga­ while the end of the cold war less- Giovanni has covered armed con­ zines). The latter was for a July 1999 ened the threat of a global nuclear flicts and human rights abuses in Is­ Vanity Fan story on Kosovo encounter, it did not make the world rael, Lebanon, Bosnia, Rwanda, Being a well-known and award less violent. Ethnic and religious Zaire, Liberia, Chechnya, Kosovo, winning war correspondent was not conflicts and civil wars seemed to East Timor, Zimbabwe, and Sierra something di Giovanni ever imag­ spring up on every continent. And Leone. ined when she was a student at the many of those conflicts exposed the For her frontline reporting and University of Maine At that time the

18 Maine Caldwell, New Jersey, native had Iowa Writers' Workshop—a very Russia, Chechnya, Samashky, March little interest in journalism or poli­ prestigious, two-year master's de­ 2, 2000. Janine di Giovanni hiding in a shelter with a Chechen family during tics Her mind was on creative writ­ gree program. a Russian air raid. ing "About 2,000 people apply there ©Thomas Dvvorzak/MagnumPhotos "My college friends all say they every year," di Giovanni says, "and can't believe I'm a foreign corre­ they only take about 10 It's the old­ spondent, because 1 slept through est writing program in America, eve­ a scholarship to continue studying my political science classes," di ryone from Tennessee Williams to writing and languages in England. Giovanni says. John Irving came out of it. No one It was there that she opened up to At UMaine she studied with Eng­ had ever been accepted from the possibility ot a career in journal­ lish professor Constance Hunting In UMaine and the professors didn't ism her senior year, di Giovanni decided think 1 should bother applying. I got "I had been in academics for a if she was going to be a creative accepted and it kind of blew them while," di Giovanni savs "I wanted writer she wanted the best training all away." to do journalism because I felt it she could get, so she applied to the After Iowa, di Giovanni received would immerse me in the real world.

Fall 2000 19 I also saw that in England there was Giovanni recalls. "They laughed and Middle East on their own to find a this great tradition of reportage. Brit­ said, 'Yeah, sure, in about 10 years story. ish journalism was different. It you might get to work on the foreign "We found this amazing woman wasn't the kind of straightforward desk.'" who was Jewish and a Holocaust journalism where you can't put That wasn't what di Giovanni survivor, but who defended Pales­ yourself in your writing." wanted to hear. She returned to Eng­ tinians in military court," di Now most people who are em­ land with her husband at the time, Giovanni says. "Marc photographed barking on a journalism career start UMaine alumnus Marc Schlossman her and I wrote a story It appeared at a local paper and eventually work '84 In 1987 the Palestinian Intifada in one of the Sunday supplements their way up to larger and larger began and di Giovanni and in England and it received a really ones. Few ever get the opportunity Schlossman decided to go to the big response." to be foreign correspondents. So big a response, in fact, that she Janine di Giovanni was too am­ was offered the opportunity to ex­ bitious and impatient for that route. pand her West Bank experiences She did return to the U.S. and into a book, Against the Stranger. worked for a short time at the Win­ Lives in the Occupied Teiritoiy chester Star outside of Boston and That was the start of di then for the Associated Press. Giovanni's life as a foreign corre­ "When I worked for AP, I asked spondent. She did free lance work them to send me abroad," di for the Times of London, The Specta-

wearing dark glasses on a cloudy, gray day They should not be on this "God Was pass. It is a surreal, menacing sight. But I need to stay to continue report­ With You ing, and while the other journalists leave the mountain, I sit in an ar­ Today" mored car belonging to two French television journalists, trying to keep warm. The following is an excerpt One hour later. This time, the from Janine di Giovanni's Rupert Smith photo Serb soldiers swarm through the National Magazine Award snow very quickly. What I hear next winning article in the July chills me. It is a man screaming: trouble. Earlier this day, a photog­ "No!" When I look out the window, 1999 Vanity Fair magazine. rapher said that he had seen drunk I see one of the French journalists, Serb soldiers at the crossing point. half lying in the snow. He has been Kula Pass, on the Montenegrin- Soldiers aren't supposed to be wan­ pushed down. His arms are above Kosovan border, March 31, dering over the border, inflaming an his head, in an instinctive act of sur­ 1999 already tense situation. Montenegro render. A Serb soldier has a kalash- has been in a state of jittery panic all nikov cocked and aimed at his head. week because Milosevic replaced the There are about 10 of them, Serb ometimes there is an ar­ local army commander. There have soldiers who have come over the rogance to this profes­ been rumors of an army-led coup border from Kosovo. They drag the sion. When reporters be­ against the pro-West government. Frenchman out of the snow and be­ come careless, we tend to think(Montenegro is still part of the Serb- gin hitting him, kicking him. I am Sof ourselves as indestructible. dominatedBe­ Yugoslav federation too stunned to feel frightened. It is cause we are outside the conflict, even though there are strong lean­ the first time in seven years cover­ observing, it is easy to forget that ings among many Montenegrins to ing the Balkan war that I have seen we are not protected by some pull away.) Serbs actually strike a journalist. higher power. Later in the day, while using my If they are beating him up, I think, Sometimes you get strange colleagues' satellite phone on top of this is not good. In my encounters vibes and you have to trust your the border mountain pass, I look up with the Serb Army, I have seen an­ instincts. Sometimes, if you ig­ and see for myself four or five Serb ger, stupidity, arrogance, cruelty. But nore these instincts, you get into soldiers: aggressive, unsmiling, this is different. In Bosnia, I was once

20 Maine tor, The Daily Telegraph, and other about human rights violations, and "It was all happening just three publications before taking a job as there's no better place to write about hours from London," she says. "And war correspondent with The Sunday those abuses than from the field," it took the British, as well as the rest Times in 1991. She was sent off to she says. "You're not going to get a of the world, such a long time to cover Bosnia, and as she says, “Af­ sense of what's really happening if wake up to it. And when they did it ter that the wars just kept coming you're writing at your desk in a safe was too late. People seemed more in­ and coming." city somewhere. It's very important terested in Princess Diana's ward­ She's saddened by the destruc­ that there are people who witness robe than this terrible genocide that tion and inhumanity that she ob­ what's happening because appalling was occurring in Europe in the 20th serves. Still di Giovanni finds her atrocities occur. The world needs to century, 50 years after the concentra­ work to be extremely compelling. know." tion camps in Germany. We vowed “Covering these events, you're in Di Giovanni puts her life in it would never happen again, but it the middle of history being made," harm's way to let the world know was happening again and no one she says. "That's very exciting." about human rights abuses, but of­ was doing anything....People de­ Di Giovanni was also motivated ten she thinks that the world just velop compassion fatigue, and that's by her desire to expose and write doesn't want to listen. It was particu­ a frustrating thing when you know about the human rights abuses. larly frustrating when she was cov­ that on the other side of the world Finding those abuses meant getting ering the horrendous human suffer­ people are having their fingernails close to the action. ing during the siege of Sarajevo in pulled out, or are being executed. "I was very committed to writing 1992 These things have to be told, but un­

held for three hours, strip-searched, makes them more crazed. One, who one of the French in Bosnia with and liberated from the £3,000 they speaks Italian with me, vacillates the U.N. The photo was taken on found stuffed down my trousers between reason ("We're going to a rainy day and he had borrowed ("You can get it back after the war, take you to Pristina and arrest you a soldier's jacket to protect his in Belgrade"). for being spies") and madness camera. "You can't do this," I had said ("You're going to die like people in "NATO spies! Spies!" the when they sent me walking into the Belgrade have died"). young soldier yells. He appears darkness without any transportation They are claiming we have wan­ delighted that they have hard or cash. dered into Kosovan territory. "We'll proof with which to abuse us. "We can do anything we want," go now," I say weakly. "We'll go Later, looking back, I will real­ one of the commanders said, grin­ back to Montenegro." (Borders in ize they don't have a plan, that ning. "We're winning the war." this part of the world are entirely flu­ they have no idea what to do with But this time, this is something id; there are no signs saying, WEL­ us. They take all our gear—cam­ else: these men are completely out COME TO KOSOVO. DRIVE SAFE­ eras, sat phone, mobile phones, ar­ of control. They seem far more emo­ LY.) mored car, passports, other docu­ tional and disturbed—this is person­ "You're a NATO spy! Now you're ments— and tell us to turn our al. We are no longer journalists, ob­ going to know what it feels like to backs to them and march down servers. We are part of the NATO be bombed and burned," the Italian- the mountain and into Montene­ conspiracy. speaker barks. He shouts oiders at a gro. I don't want to turn my back. "You bombed Belgrade! You very young soldier. This one has pale They fire over our heads. We run, bombed Pec!" they scream. One sees red hair, wears a camouflage cow­ jump into the back of a truck car­ me and drags me out of the car. They boy hat, and has wild, unfocused rying refugees. A Serb-Army jeep, demand our passports: two French, eyes. He keeps pulling out his pis­ coming up the mountain, blocks one British. tol and aiming it at the terrified ref­ our truck. These soldiers tell us to "Mirage! Mirage!" one screeches, ugees, who continue walking single get out: we are marched back up a reference to the French fighter jets. file past us, eyes dropped, trying not to where we started. "NATO! Clinton!" to be drawn into the situation. This time, they make us sit in I look down, thinking it wise not The young one turns to me, "You the French journalists' car. We to make eye contact. One of the jour­ we arrest," he says, pointing to me hear shots—not fire in the air. nalists tries to explain that we are not and clasping my wrists together as When I turn around, I see they responsible for the actions of our if they were handcuffed. "Because have lined up refugees. They are governments. The Serbs spit on the you have Italian blood. But the stealing their cars and rifling ground and scream. There appears French, we kill." When they search through their bags. One of the to be no officer in charge, which the car, they find a photograph of French says to me, "Don't turn

Fall 2000 21 fortunately most people don't want where you are." ment. It was one of the most heart­ to hear about it." In Grozny, she was the only breaking things I've experienced. As has become her trademark, di Western journalist (along with a They were just sitting, waiting for Giovanni didn't focus on military photographer), to ob­ something There was no JANINE DI GIOVANNI strategy or statements from political serve the fall of electricity, no water, and officials. She wrote about how the Chechnya. One particu­ no heat. It was unbear­ war affected the people of the city lar memory of that time ably cold And being of Sarajevo. Her vivid eyewitness ac­ still haunts her blind, they had stronger counts for The Times were later ex­ "We found this home senses which made the panded into her second book, The for the blind where all the bombardment even Quick and the Dead. staff had fled because of more frightening to After covering most of the the hideous aerial bom­ THE QUICK AND them It was very hard to THE DEAD world's hot spots, di Giovanni says bardment," she remem­ have to leave them there •»*» w it's difficult to isolate one particular bers. "We walked in and UNDIR SILGl IN SARA|IVO I promised to get some conflict as being the most disturbing everywhere there were help " "They are all terribly disturbing," blind people sitting in the middle of When di Giovanni got back to she says "But the worst is the chil­ all this rubble They couldn't go any­ England, she contacted the Royal In­ dren and old people. That's always where because their 'touch marks' stitute for the Blind to ask if there the most heartbreaking no matter had been destroyed in the bombard­ was anything they could do for

"God Was With You Today" I have been searched by Serbs before. thinking, then hands back our I know how they react when they see gear. "Get out of here," he says, in around." I see one Kosovar boy what is written about them. It is not good English. "There are Albanian who earlier was ferrying refugees good to have the notebook with terrorists (the Serbs' phrase for the up and over the mountain in a flat­ me—neither for me nor for the peo­ Kosovo Liberation Army) every­ bed truck. The soldiers are beat­ ple I have interviewed where It's very dangerous. Go ing him and hitting him with their Very slowly, I rip up my note­ away. Never come back." guns; he makes noises like a book. My colleague throws it out the Then he does the oddest thing. whimpering dog. He falls to the open door, very carefully, watching He kisses me on both cheeks. He ground like an empty sack. to make sure the soldiers ahead of hugs the French, almost as though Another shot. Into something. us do not see. It lands in the snow in he is trying to demonstrate com­ I do not look back this time, out the middle of the road It leaves a munion: that we are all in a place of cowardice and fear. The three black mark in the whiteness where we do not want to be. He of us sit stunned, waiting. Then We drive about 30 kilometers crushes the cigarette under his the soldiers decide to take us to Then, somewhere mside Kosovo, the heel, jumps in the jeep, and speeds soldiers get a radio call We see the off toward Pec. Pristina, in Kosovo. V "Follow us," says the Italian- Italian-speaker answering. Then he We drive back into Montene­ speaker. "Drive slowly. Stay be­ stops the jeep, gets out, and lights a gro. When we get to Rozaj, we hear hind us. Now you will see what it cigarette. He tells us to get out of our that the Serbs on the Macedonian is like to get bombed. Our com­ car. It will soon be evening and we border—on the other side of Kos­ mander will decide what to do. are now in an isolated spot, away ovo from Montenegro—had taken Prison, for a long time." He clasps from refugees, away from any wit­ three American soldiers hostage his wrists together to indicate nesses. We are on the side of a freez­ around the same time as the other chains, and laughs. ing mountain. No one with any soldiers got us. A male refugee ap­ We drive through the snow, power to do anything about it had proaches me as I set up the sat down the other side of the moun­ seen us taken. If we disappear, no phone in the back of the armored tain, passing hundreds of refugees one will know. The thought of rape car in the pouring rain. going the opposite way. The ride has not crossed my mind—I am "It's you, thank God," he says, is silent. In my bag, I still have a more worried about getting shot in speaking perfect English, touching mobile phone that does not work the back. my shoulder gently. "We saw them and my notebook, full of a week The soldier smokes his cigarette march you off. We saw them take of documentation of refugees: thoughtfully while we wait. Then, you at gunpoint. You were very phone numbers of their relatives, slowly, he walks to the rear of the lucky. God was with you....God testimonies, first and last names. jeep. He stands outside the door was with you today."

22 Maine those people in Grozny. She also wrote a moving front page story for The Times on the "House of the Blind." YOU’REAUMAINE "Only 30 residents remain at GRADUATE AND YOU Grozny's shattered House of the Blind, where there were 400," di HAVEN’T BEEN FOLLOW­ Giovanni wrote in the story's lead. "They cannot see the smashed ruins ING YOUR TEAMS? of the city all around them but they recognize that their ordeal is far from over. i "They lived through the worst of WHOSE FAULT IS THAT? the bombing, clinging to life in the cellar. Now they have emerged from their dark frozen refuge, to their own darkness above ground, and an MameBeaton empty future." Besides witnessing heartbreaking “Where Black Bear fans check in scenes such as that one, di Giovanni and other war correspondents also and interact/ face threats to their own personal NEW BLACK BEAR STORIES DAILY safety. Just this spring, two journal­ UP-TO-THE-MINUTE GAME UPDATES ist colleagues of hers, Kurt Schork MESSAGE BOARDS FOR YOUR OPINIONS and Miguel Gil Moreno de Mora, “BLACK BEARS IN THE PROS” were killed during the unrest in Si­ powered by rivals.com erra Leone. She believes that the wave of re­ cent conflicts, such as we have seen in Kosovo and Sierra Leone, have made a war correspondent's job (see story on page 20). spondents. Now, with all the recent more dangerous than ever. It's all pretty intense stuff for recognition of her work, that fame "It's a different kind of warfare, someone who thinks of herself as is sure to spread. there are a lot more child soldiers, "quite a sensitive person." Di She is currently working on her and a lot more light weapons, which Giovanni says that she is fortunate third book, Madness Visible: The means a lot more people are armed," in that she is able to pour her emo­ Death of Yugoslavia, based on her di Giovanni says tions into her writing rather than award winning Vanity Fair article. She adds that there is also more keep them inside. That story is also the focus of a three- competition from the ever growing And she says that while war can part BBC production which was media industry to get the story. That bring out the worst in certain people, aired in Britain in September and is competition can lead to greater risk­ it also has the ability to bring out the expected to be shown in the United taking among journalists. best in others. States in the near future. "When you're in these situations "You see the dark side of human­ Her success also brings lots of there are very personal decisions ity," she says, "but you see the other calls, e-mails, and letters from aspir­ you have to make" she says. "If you side too. As much negativity as there ing young writers seeking direction. feel something puts you at a high is, there is also tremendous human As a person who was often told "you risk, then you don't do it, unless you strength. You meet extraordinary have no chance," di Giovanni al­ have some kind of death wish. There people who have gone to amazing ways offers words of encourage­ are some people like that who are lengths to survive and to help oth­ ment. drawn to cover wars, but I'm cer­ ers survive. In a way it's hopeful, "I try to write back to them and tainly not one of them. I love life and because you realize, even under ter­ tell them to go for it—don't let any­ I don't want to die." rible duress, just how strong the hu­ one stand in your way or discour­ Still, she admits to having had man spirit is and what people will age you," she says. "My attitude is, some "very close calls," including do for each other." 'Get a notebook, do lots of research, being marched and threatened at Di Giovanni is already one of get on the plane, and go for it.'" gunpoint by Serbian soldiers in 1999 Europe's best known foreign corre­

Fall 2000 23 Alumni Profile

During his long, distinguished career in the foreign service, Peter Skoufis '41 lived and worked in scores of countries on just about every continent. But he still has a special place in his heart for his native Maine.

By Yolanda Sly '97

ocated off Wash­ lawyer," Skoufis said "I ington D C.'s em­ narrowed m\ school selec­ bassy row, Peter tion down to Geoige Wash­ and Helen Skou­ ington University (in Wash­ Lfis's apartment is a perfect ington, DC)" His inten­ tribute to their experience tions were to get a job and of living around the world attend law school classes in during Peter's career in the the evenings foreign service. His antique Skoufis enrolled at map collection lines the George Washington in 1941 wall of the foyer and the and took afternoon and furniture is a stunning evening classes During the eclectic collection obtained day, he taught history and from various countries civics at the Industrial around the globe. Home School for Boys * Although Skoufis spent Of course, the historic the vast majority of his events which unfolded in adult life in distant and ex­ 1941 changed the plans for otic lands, when he chose a the vast majority of young college as a teenager, he de­ American men and Skoufis cided to stay very close to was no exception He en­ home He was born and tered the military service, raised in Bangor and at­ was commissioned and tended Bangor High School then promoted to first lieu­ prior to enrolling just up tenant. After training, he the street at the University Peter and Helen Skoufis was assigned to the 7th of Maine. The proximity to Army Air Force in Guam home, and having many friends tributor and eventually working his and Okinawa w'here he who were attending UMaine made way to becoming its business man­ served as an aerial observer. it an easy choice. He studied histo­ ager. "Uncle Sam had other plans for ry and government and participat­ Soon after graduation, Skoufis me," Skoufis said, of the detour from ed in the international relations and moved to Washington, D.C.—not to his original plan of practicing law political science clubs. He also spent enter the foreign service but to at­ Following the war, he worked for free time working on the Maine Cam­ tend law school the Veterans Administration coun­ pus newspaper; originally as its dis­ "My ambition was to become a seling veterans regarding the school­

24 Maine ing they could obtain from the GI tions Helen Skoufis recalls hoping tatives of the U.S. government and Bill of Rights Subsequently, he went they remembered all of the items United Nations. They packed their to Paris with the same program, then they'd need for months at a time. bags and embarked on a year's jour­ on to Rome where he was Veteran Once they arrived at some posts, it ney, which included stops in Britain, Affairs attache at the American em­ was unlikely they'd be able to quick­ France, Egypt, Scandinavia, and the bassy. It was in Paris in 1949 that he ly replenish the items they needed. U S.S.R. met and married Helen. The tour of duty as a foreign ser­ Skoufis's retirement travels also After his work in Rome, he ac­ vice inspector was followed by an brought him back to Maine to visit cepted a position in the foreign ser­ assignment in Washington as exec­ his alma mater. On that return he vice at the American embassy in Pre­ utive officer in the office of Secretary learned that there were many peo­ toria, South Africa Skoufis com­ of State Dean Rusk. Next was a five- ple who wanted to return to school mented that South Africa, a country year posting as counselor for admin­ but were unable due to financial re­ blessed with great natural beauty, istrative affairs at the American em­ straints. To help students from his had undergone a change of govern­ bassy in London and subsequently hometown area, the couple estab­ ment and introduced apartheid just a four-year assignment to the em­ lished The Helen M. and Peter J. prior to his arrival. bassy in Pans. In 1971, Skoufis re­ Skoufis Scholarship Fund. Small The Skoufises returned to Wash­ ceived the Superior Honor Award of grants are given each year to sever­ ington, D.C., when he was promot­ the Department of State. al students from the Bangor area. ed to the position of assistant exec­ Skoufis looks back on his work utive director of the Department of as a diplomat fondly. "It was very State's Bureau Security and Consu­ he couple returned to interesting work because it was a lar Affairs in 1955. Washington where Sk­ period of postwar transition," he But the couple's stay in the states oufis served as deputy in­ said. He explains that during his ten­ was short lived. Only three years spector general of the De­ ure, the activities of the American later, they moved to the Netherlands Tpartment of State until his retireembassies­ were primarily concerned as Skoufis took a position as the ad­ ment in 1977. Skoufis's retirement with the United States' position in ministrative officer of the American didn't last long, nor did it mean the the Cold War. embassy in The Hague end of his world travel and public Skoufis won't reveal his favorite By this time, the Skoufises had al­ service. He was asked to serve as foreign assignment. "Every place ready done a great deal of traveling, assistant director general for admin­ had its own personality and differ­ however, the most extensive tour of istration at the Food and Agriculture ent characteristics," he said. "I was the world occurred when he was Organization (FAO) of the United very fortunate in having superb named foreign service inspector of Nations in Rome. postings." the American embassies and consu­ Skoufis oversaw the operations A tough decision after Skoufis re­ lates From 1961 to 1963 Peter and of the department's four divisions, tired was where to live. After debat­ Helen traveled to Saigon and Hue, financial services, management ser­ ing the merits of the United States Vietnam; Phnom Penh, Cambodia; vices, personnel, and administration and Europe, the couple decided to Seoul, Korea; Colombo, Ceylon services FAO of the United Nations make Washington, D.C., their home. (now Sri Lanka); Madras, Bombay, in Rome offered Skoufis a unique "Many of our friends were in the Calcutta, and New Delhi, India, opportunity to experience the work­ area," Skoufis said. "Washington Kabul, Afghanistan; Tehran, Isfahan, ings of the United Nations/New offered an international atmosphere, Tabriz, Meshed, and Khorramshahr, York in miniature. Approximately museums, galleries, and access to Iran; Baghdad and Basra, Iraq; War­ 150 nations were represented in the music." saw and Posnan, Poland; Prague, Rome office with national groups World affairs continue to be of ut­ Czechoslovakia; Belgrade and headed by ambassadors from their most interest to Skoufis, who was Zagreb, Yugoslavia; Budapest, Hun­ respective countries. present in many countries during gary, and Milan, Genoa, Turin, and When he retired from the U.N. periods of great transition. In spite Trieste, Italy. position in 1983, you might think of being a world traveler for so Keep in mind that the couple had that the Skoufises would be tired of many years, visits to his native to pack clothing appropriate for traveling That wasn't the case. Now Maine remain an important part of many climates and make sure it was it was time for them to enjoy travel his life, a grounding in a beautiful suitable for day and evening func­ as tourists rather than as represen­ and peaceful area of the world.

Fall 2000 25 Alumni Newsmakers It's All

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Joan Moravick '84 has loved board games since she was a kid. Now she's creating her own as founder and president of Games for All Reasons. heart 00

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s a child, Joan C. Morav­ tant vice president of institutional inspiration. ick vividly remembers, equity sales for the Boston invest­ While commuting on the MBTA she kept copious notes ment firm of Jefferies and Compa­ from her home in Arlington, she on the prices on the tele­ ny. But once her day job ends at 4 proofreads her game cards. And she vision game show "The Pricep.m., Is Moravick buries herself in spends time working out manufac­ Right,"A with hopes that she would games turing details with her production win the showcase prize. The founder and president of company in Michigan. She was 10 at the time, and play­ Games for All Reasons, Moravick is She said she is working on her ing from her living room in an accomplished game inventor She games "every waking moment, def­ Westchester County, New York, but said ideas can spring to mind just initely on weekends that zeal for games has stayed with as she falls asleep or while she is "I'll do anything on games, from her all of her life. working, so she always keeps a note­ proofing my games to looking up Moravick, 38, works as an assis­ book handy for those moments of things in the dictionary."

26 Maine And her dedication has paid off. her siblings (she was the youngest moonlighting and even publicize In the three years since she started of six) would play hide and seek by her progress. her company, her first game—Fin­ making up clues. They would make Managing millions of dollars in ish Lines, in which players have to a card that read, "Go to the barking trades also gives her an appreciation complete fragments of famous say­ tree," for example, and the players of sales. "A lot of my business sense ings, quotations, and lines from would go to a dogwood for their has developed over the years in jobs movies, TV shows, books, and nurs­ next clue. like this because the market is so ery rhymes—has sold 10,000 copies. "It was an elaborate version of volatile," she said. "There's a good Last month, the game received hide and seek," Moravick said. parallel between the two, but the the Mensa Select award as one of the creative process is totally different." top five mind games of the year, se­ Since she graduated from the lected from 40 entries in the 11th University of Maine in Orono and annual Mind Games competition It hat she loves about the later attended classes at Harvard is sponsored by American Mensa games she designs, she University's Extension School, Ltd., the society of people with very said, is that they appeal Moravick has been employed in var­ high IQs. to a broad spectrum of ious fields. Last year, Finish Lines was also Wages, experiences, and generations.She worked at a New York pub­ named one of the top 100 games by "To me, the greatest satisfaction is licity firm, Hilsinger-Mendelson Games magazine and one of the top getting e-mails from people who say Inc., and in Boston at such financial 10 games by the Chicago Tribune. they played Finish Lines with peo­ firms as McDonald and Company In February, Moravick rolled out ple of all ages," she said Securities, Alex Brown and Sons, her second game, Paired Up, at the "To know people are sitting and E. F. Hutton/Shearson Lehman. annual Toy Fair in New York. In the down and having laughs together is She even did a stint selling real es­ game, players have to guess com­ my greatest satisfaction," she said tate for Brattle Realty in Arlington. monly paired-up items, such as Some people tell her that games are "All these positions have pre­ cookies and milk or Mary Richards trivial, but she says, "Board games pared me for this point," Moravick and Rhoda Morgenstern, using 800 are here to stay. It's bringing people said. pairs on the game cards. back together, and it brings creativ­ Her brother, David Moravick, 40, "It's getting busier for me. It will ity back to kids." of Biddeford, Maine, the newly ap­ be an interesting holiday season," If her game business really hits it pointed treasurer of Games for All said Moravick, who tries out her big, Moravick said, she will have to Reasons, is not surprised by how his games on her seven nieces and face a tough decision—whether to sister's life has evolved. In their nephews leave her current job. "It's frighten­ large family, he said, games were Coming out next will be the sec­ ing for me to let go of the salary, but always an important pastime, but ond edition of Finish Lines, with 500 if things go well, it may change for even more so for Joan. new cards. "I've had a lot of re­ me. But I'm not there yet," she said. "She was always into the game quests" for the new quotations "Jefferies is great. They're a real shows," he said. And as adults, he through her Web site, www.game- entrepreneurial firm. It's a perfect said, he counted on his sister to liv­ board.com, she said. And she is situation. I wanted a job where I en things up by making up games working on a developmental game could do the job but also do the for his children at Christmas time. for ages three to five, using sound games. That was my passion, my "She seems to go first class all the devices. love," she said. way as far as the development of the Growing up, Moravick said, she Even though at first glance it may games, and the ideas are good," he was not a big fan of popular board seem that the investment world is said. games such as Monopoly and Clue markedly different from her passion And he predicts that her game because they were too complex in for game invention, she said the two business will make it big soon: "It's rules and strategy. have gone together quite well. taking on a life of its own now." "That's one thing I like about my Her salary helped her land a games I want them to be as simple Small Business Administration For more information on Games for as possible. I don't like a lot of grant to finance the production of All Reasons you can call 781-648- rules," she said. Finish Lines, and her colleagues at 2029 or visit the company's web site She also remembers how she and Jefferies have been supportive of her at www.game-board.com.

Fall 2000 27 Alumni Newsmakers

Mark Boyd '83 fishery license program. Rinaldo served as team leader to initiate and selected to be New implement the program. Jersey labor The system provides numerous commissioner ways, including internet and phone system connections, to view regula­ tions, obtain and complete applica­ Mark Boyd '83 was recently ap­ tions, pay for and receive permits, pointed by Governor Christie Whit­ and report recreationally-landed man as the 18th commissioner of the bluefin tuna. New Jersey Department of Labor. Before earning his Ph D from "Mark's impressive background UMaine, Rinaldo attended Modesto in the labor department and his J.C., Humboldt University, and the commitment to our state's work­ College of William and Mary. force make him an obvious choice," Whitman said in making the an­ nouncement. "From his oversight of Joe Kennedy '88 to Workforce New Jersey and rehabili­ tation and disability programs, to Mark Boyd '83 announce hockey at his time as a self-employed busi­ 2002 Olympics nessman, Mark possesses an under­ standing of the diverse needs of the Ronald Rinaldo '82G workforce." The thousands who attend the Win­ Since 1998, Boyd has served as receives Commerce ter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City the deputy commissioner of the de­ Department Gold in 2002 may never meet Joe Kennedy partment of labor, responsible for a Medal '88, but they will surely hear him. broad range of programs. He also Kennedy, the public address an­ served as director of the Job Train­ nouncer for the University of Maine ing Partnership Act Program, as di­ Ronald Rinaldo '82G was recently Black Bear hockey team for the past rector of employment and training, awarded the U.S. Department of 10 years, will be one of four an­ and as assistant commissioner for re­ Commerce Gold Medal for out­ nouncers for the men's and habilitation and disability standing work in managing our women's hockey games at the next Before joining the department in nation's fisheries Rinaldo works for winter games 1994, he was a self-employed busi­ the National Oceanic and Atmos­ He applied for the position after nessman for 10 years. pheric Administration's National finding a job posting on the internet. Boyd also serves on the board of Marine Fisheries Service. He sent a resume and an audio tape directors of the Interstate Confer­ The Gold Medal is the Commerce tailored specifically to his vision of ence of Employment Security Agen­ Department's highest honorary what the job should be cies and is the state workforce liai­ award. It was presented to Rinaldo, "I wanted to market myself," he son to the National Governor's As­ who serves as the research coordi­ said. "I really thought they wanted sociation. He has served as the gov­ nator and budget director for the something different, and I shied ernor's representative on the Na­ Atlantic Highly Migratory Species away from doing a professional tional Implementation Team for the Management Division, on Septem­ home team cheerleader-type of Workforce Investment Act in the ber 13th by U.S. Commerce Secre­ thing I put together a three-minute U.S. Department of Labor. In addi­ tary Norman Mineta at a ceremony tape, including a starting lineup and tion, he is a member of the Prosper­ in Washington, D.C. He was com­ advertisements, and presented it in ity New Jersey/Edison Partnership mended for implementing the first a way I thought was appropriate for Workforce Readiness committee. federal program to license both com­ the Olympic Games " He is currently pursuing a law mercial and recreational saltwater Apparently it was degree from Rutgers University. He fishing vessels using electronic com­ After an interview, Kennedy lives in Westfield, New Jersey, with merce and a permit fee to produce a learned he was one of four announc­ his wife Pam and their three sons. financially self-sustaining federal ers chosen from a host of applicants.

28 Maine In addition to UMaine hockey games, he has also announced the McCall's magazine McDonald All-Star basketball games for the past six years and was the recognizes Meredith announcer for the now defunct Burgess '78 Bangor Blue Ox for one season. He is employed as an administra­ tive assistant at the Training and The October issue of McCall's Development Corporation in magazine applauded the efforts of Bucksport. UMaine alumna Meredith Strang Kennedy is excited about being Burgess '78 for the battle she is part of the Olympic Games "Tve al­ waging—and winning—with ways paid attention to the Olym­ cancer. pics," he said, "and I want to do the Burgess, president of Burgess state of Maine proud." (By Hugh Advertising in Portland, was di­ Bowden, The Ellsworth American.) agnosed with breast cancer last summer. Since that time, she's led a one-woman crusade to increase cancer awareness among family, friends, and the 18-person staff at her agency. "Many people have a very difficult time talking about cancer, be­ Michael cause it's such a painful and difficult experience," says Burgess. "But McNamara '67 heads the truth is, speaking openly and honestly really helps you deal with Peoples Heritage it emotionally and intellectually." McCall’s told Burgess' story in its column, McCall’s applauds..., which highlights people who have found an original way to give back to Michael McNamara '67 became society. president of Peoples Heritage Bank "Researchers are making huge strides in the battle against cancer, last June. The veteran banker was and odds for patients are getting better and better all the time," Bur­ formerly Maine district president of gess said. "It's not easy, but it's a fight we can win." KeyBank. The McCall's article quoted Stanley Bennett II, a Burgess client: Peoples Heritage Financial "Many people act embarrassed to have cancer. Meredith, by being so Group, which will soon change its open and brave, has made it much easier for others to talk about the name to Banknorth Group, is a Port­ disease." land-based holding company that will soon have total assets of rough­ ly $18.5 billion and banks in all New England states except Rhode Island. Ruth Lockhart '71 state. She has provided advocacy Peoples Heritage is the Maine­ services for women and healthcare based subsidiary with $4.5 billion in receives Maryann providers, and educational services assets and 70 branches Hartman Award for the community in women's McNamara brings 30 years of health. She was one of the first AIDS banking experience to his new posi­ educators trained in the country and tion. Prior to joining Key Bank in Ruth Lockhart '71 was one of three was a member of the first governor's 1995 he worked at both Fleet Finan­ outstanding Maine women who re­ task force on AIDS. For her many cial Group and the Merrill Bank­ cently received an annual Maryann achievements, she has been honored shares Company. Hartman Award. by the Maine Women's Fund and McNamara also made news last Lockhart has been active in the American Association of Universi­ year when he was awarded the women's movement since the early ty Women, the National Association Spurwink Institute's Humanitarian 1970s. She is a founder and current of Social Workers, and the Maine of the Year Award. A Calais native, executive director of the Mabel Wad­ Civil Libeities Union. he is married to Patricia Bradstreet sworth Women's Health Center, the Lockhart took many courses at McNamara '68, '84G. (Information only private, nonprofit feminist UMaine but received her degree courtesy of the Bangor Daily News ) women's healthcare center in the from USM.

Fall 2000 29 Alumni Bookshelf

Adventure Guide to Maine Pick a date, pick a road, pick a trail, Sloan also has chapters on all of Earl Brechlin '76 and let the fun begin " the major fitness activities—run­ Hunter Publishing Inc., 1999 This is an excellent reference for ning, cycling, rowing, walking, and those who already are familiar with more There's information on how As a regis­ Maine as well as a first-rate guide to get started, equipment, proper tered Maine for newcomers to the state technique, and how to avoid inju­ guide and an "It's a resource to jump start the ries There are also hints on how to avid hiker, journey," Brechlin writes keep a good mental attitude and backpacker, Adventiue Guide to Maine sells for how to keep yourself motivated p a d d 1 e r, $16.95 and can be ordered through And from the first page to the sno wshoer, Hunter Publishing at 800-255-0343 last, the message is always encour­ and cross­ or on the web at aging and uplifting country skier, www hunterpublishing com "The secret, as with most things Earl Brechlin is patience," Sloan w i ites in the pref­ '76 knows about Maine's outdoor ace to Staying Fit Ovei Fifty "As we opportunities firsthand Staying Fit Over Fifty approach our fiftieth birthdays, we Now the longtime editor ot the Jim Sloan '78 come to believe we are on the preci­ Bai Haiboi Times has compiled a The Mountaineers, 1999 pice, that if we are to achieve our comprehensive guide to enjoying best it must be now or never Don't Maine He covers the well-known Jim Sloan '78, make that mistake Your best years activities—camping, skiing, hiking, assistant man­ are still in front of y ou " rafting—but also more exotic activ i- aging editor ties such as hot-air ballooning, dog­ of the Reno sledding, llama trekking, panning Gazette Journal, Couples Who C vre for gold, parasailing, and even ghost wiote this & Couples Who Cope tours. book to reas­ Jane P Ives '61 Adventiue Guide to Maine in­ sure people Discipleship Resources, 1997,1999 cludes a broad natural history intro­ that if they duction with information on tides, keep fit, they Jane geology, flora, wildlife, and much have a lot to look forward to as they Petherbridge more move into their 50s and beyond IvesI '61 is a The mam bodv of the book di- * Sloan knows what he is talking special educa­ vides Maine into seven regions about. He has written extensively tion teacher in There is detailed information on about health, fitness, and environ­ West Virginia each region and plenty of good mental issues for various newspa­ t 4 Al* and a United maps. Even if you're not into physi­ pers and magazines Several of Methodist lay cal activities, Brechlin provides ex­ those articles have earned him top person Her cellent suggestions on sightseeing, awards He also has first-hand ex­ husband, Rev and where to stay and eat perience in personal fitness as a S Clifton Ives, As the back cover states’ runner, a cross-country skier, a cy­ is a Class of 1960 UMaine alum and "This is a guidebook for those clist, and a swimmer a Methodist minister who want to really explore the state, Staying Fit Ovei Fifty contains lots Her books, Couples Who Cm c and not just visit it." of good information compiled in a Couples Who Cope, reflect Ives' strong Or even better in Brechlin's own logical and easy-to-read format In religious beliefs Both aie collections words: particular, he examines how you can of true stories, illustrating how’ mar­ "While the major byways and slow down the effects of aging such ried couples in Christian settings even many of the roads seldom trav­ as muscle loss, lung capacity, stiff­ help other couples build enduring, eled are mentioned, there are still ening arteries, and decreasing maxi­ fulfilling marriages. plenty of people, places, and diver­ mum heait rate Couples Who Caic contains 19 sions awaiting discovery After all, He also has a section on food and short letters including overview's of you can't call a trip an adventure if nutrition focused specifically on marital problems that were solved everything goes according to plan what foods benefit people over 50. through religious faith

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. A Hr The Guide to Maine Golf Courses Park M. Morrison '78 Down East Books, 2000

As the co­ founder of Maine Golf The book also includes helpful personality and charm. From small Magazine and regional maps and a center section seaside tracts to majestic the cofounder with striking color photographs of mountaintop layouts. It is an im­ and publisher many of the courses. pressive cast of characters. But the of Travel Golf All in all, Morrison provides an list doesn't stop here. As this guide Magazine, excellent guide for both native is being written, at least two new 18- UMainc alum­ Mainers, who might be looking for hole golf courses are under con­ nus Park a new golfing experience, and for struction, a few more are in the per­ Morrison is well qualified to write visitors who want to explore mitting stage, and an untold num­ I a guide to golfing in Maine. Maine's wide array of golfing op­ ber have yet to be announced. In­ The Guide to Maine Golf Courses portunities. And as Morrison ex­ terestingly, golf in Maine ends this gives detailed, useful information plains, those opportunities are only century as it began, at the forefront on 120 courses in Maine, including going to get better. of the latest golf boom." directions, green fees, the history "There are more than 120 golf The Guide to Maine Golf Courses and architect, and profiles of the courses in the state of Maine," costs $14.95 and can be ordered by more interesting holes. Morrison writes. "Each has its own calling 800-685-7962. There is also a brief history of golf in Maine. Did you know that Kebo Valley in Bar Harbor is the Alumni authors! If you've recently had a book published and would like to eighth oldest course in the United have it included in Alumni Bookshelf send a copy of the book and reviews States, founded in 1888? Or that the or press releases to Alumni Publications, Crossland Alumni Center, oldest resort course in the U.S. is Poland Spring Country Club, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469. Books cannot be returned. founded in 1896?

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