Colby Magazine Volume 94 Issue 4 Winter 2006 Article 10 January 2006 Alumni @ Large Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.colby.edu/colbymagazine Recommended Citation (2006) "Alumni @ Large," Colby Magazine: Vol. 94 : Iss. 4 , Article 10. Available at: https://digitalcommons.colby.edu/colbymagazine/vol94/iss4/10 This Contents is brought to you for free and open access by the Colby College Archives at Digital Commons @ Colby. It has been accepted for inclusion in Colby Magazine by an authorized editor of Digital Commons @ Colby. alumni at large Goldfarb, Hussey, Devine, and Halloran Nominated by Council The Nominating Committee of the Alumni Council has nominated four Freeman Spogli and Company in New York City. alumni trustees, with terms to begin at Commencement 2006. Two, John Goldfarb serves on the executive, audit, campaign cabinet, and investment B. Devine Jr. ’78 and Todd W. Halloran ’84, would be new to the Board committees of the board. He lives in Avon, Conn., and is a principal with of Trustees. William H. Goldfarb ’68 and Timothy B. Hussey ’78 would HRW Resources, Inc. He is a former overseer and served as a corporate begin their second three-year terms. trustee from 1985 to 1993 and 1994 to 2002. He was a recipient of the Devine was an overseer from 1994 to 2002. He was on the Alumni Council Colby Brick award in 1993 and is a former officer of the Colby Club of from 1987 to 2003, including 10 years on the executive committee and three Hartford. He is the father of Paula S. Goldfarb ’00. as chair. He has been a class agent, president of his class, a career services Hussey is CEO of Hussey Seating Co. in North Berwick, Maine, and volunteer, and a regional volunteer in Washington, D.C. Devine received lives in Kennebunk. He serves on the budget and finance, educational the Colby Brick award in 1993 and the Edson V. Mitchell Distinguished policy, and physical plant committees of the board and as vice chair of the Service Award in 2002. Currently vice president of sales for the CVS and latter. He was an overseer from 1997 to 2002 and has been a class agent, a Target business teams for L’Oreal Paris, Devine lives in Phoenix, Md., with career services volunteer, and an internship sponsor. Hussey is one of nine his wife, Pamela Cleaves Devine ’78. They are the parents of Kimberly C. members of the extended Hussey family to attend Colby. Devine ’06. In accordance with the bylaws of the Alumni Association, other nomi- Halloran has served as an overseer since 2002 and was a member of the nations may be made by petition to the executive secretary of the Alumni Alumni Council from 1995 to 2004, serving on the executive committee Council with the signatures of one percent of the members of the associa- as chair of the alumni fund committee from 2000 to 2004. He has been a tion on or before February 15, 2006. In the event of no nominations by class agent, member of his reunion gift committee, sponsor of internships, petition, the above candidates will be declared elected by the chair of the and guest speaker for students interested in finance. He received a Colby Alumni Council. Brick award in 2004. Halloran lives in Darien, Conn., and is a partner at 20s/30s ters in a three-ring binder, which as usual in Windsor, Conn., (the next was circulated among us—and which town to mine—Bloomfield) for the Since she can no longer find a cake big enough disappeared at the 50-plus dinner. (It summer. They came here for lunch to fit so many candles, Leonette Wishard was probably a collector’s item.) The recently, and plans were for more ’23 spent her 103rd birthday launching a new weather was superb, the campus was get-togethers this summer (along endowed fellowship in her name. The fellow- beautiful, and it was standing room with some other Colbyites in the ship was created by her hometown Bridgeport, only at the educational seminar that area) before they snowbird to Florida Conn., branch of the American Association of I attended. Marjorie Chase Chap- for the winter. Y A recent note from University Women (AAUW) and will be awarded man had planned to be with us but Betty Lohnes Grudin: “I have fond annually to an international female graduate health problems interfered. Her letter memories of Colby. I still keep in student to study in the United States. Wishard’s of regret ends with “The wonderful touch with Claudia Wilson Kren ’44, involvement with the AAUW began more than memories of Colby will always be who lives in Cape Cod. I remember 60 years ago and has worked to assist women in with us.” Amen. December 7, 1941, listening to my Y Leonette Wishard ’23 higher education. “I’m so thrilled and honored —Ernest C. Marriner Jr. $10 Sears radio.” As I write this column in June, Ian and Dee Sanford this way,” Wishard told the Bridgeport News. 43 George ’42 and Gerry Fen- McCunn are on another one of their nessy Parker are still enjoying the extended cross-country trips. Dee milestones challenge of keeping three houses and will tell us about it when she writes Y Deaths: Ruth E. Dow ’27, October 9, 2005, in Damariscotta, Maine, at a condo. They spend five months in the next column. Joan Gay Kent Holmes Beach, Fla., where they spend writes about her contributions to the 101. Flora Rideout Philbrook ’29, August 11, 2005, in Dighton, Mass., a lot of time playing bridge. George 1,500-page Encyclopedia of the State of at 98. Winona Berrie Peters ’31, October 12, 2005, in Augusta, Maine, rides a bike or walks everyday and serves New York, just published by Syracuse at 96. Gladys True Phelps ’32, September 4, 2005, in Palmer, Mass., on the condo board. They spend sum- University Press. This is the first at 95. Evelyn Taylor Morgan ’35, March 16, 2005, in Exeter, R.I., at mers on Long Beach Island, N.J. publication of its kind since the WPA’s 91. Floyd M. Haskell ’36, September 15, 2005, in Houlton, Maine, at publications in the 1930s and as such 91. Eleanor MacCarey Whitmore ’36, September 11, 2005, in Lew- 45 Hard to believe? Yup, but in fact should have considerable impact. Joan iston, Maine, at 90. Ruth Hodgdon Mullaney ’37, August 21, 2005, our 60th anniversary rolled around last wrote several Nassau County entries, in Brunswick, Maine, at 91. Frances Quint Lowe ’38, July 17, 2005, spring and was observed at reunion on including “Flower Hill,” “Gold in Houston, Texas, at 88. Ethel Bradstreet Maney ’38, September 2, June 3-5. Forty-fivers there: Shirley Coast,” “Manhasset,” “Town of North 2005, in Milwaukee, Wis., at 88. Dorothy “Bibby” Levine Alfond Martin ’46 and Chuck Dudley, Helen Hempstead,” “Old Westbury,” “Port ’38, December 31, 2005, in Waterville, Maine, at 89. Constance Strauss, Doris and Maurice Whitten, Washington,” “Plandome,” “Sands Averell Cooley ’39, August 14, 2002, in Barnet, Vt., at 85. Leila Ross Dolores and Mike Nawfel, and Doris Point,” “Sea Cliff,” and “Merchant Hyman ’39, June 12, 2005, in Madera, Calif., at 88. Taylor Huber and daughter Elaine Marine Academy.” The pay was pea- Neville. Helen and Chuck tell me they nuts and a free encyclopedia, but the Hopengarten, Barbara Mitchell had a great time at the awards banquet, prestige is considerable. One of the 40 Ten classmates participated in Hugonnet, Lydia Farnham Johnson, lobster bake, etc. Four classmates were reasons she was given these assign- reunion 2005—our 65th anniversary Stanley Kimball, Alleen Thompson, among the alumni memorialized at the ments is that she is the historian for of that long-ago graduation by the Linwood Workman, and I. Several Boardman Service on June 5: Mar- the town of North Hempstead and a Kennebec River. Attendees were were accompanied by spouses, elderly gery Owen Fallon, Barbara Soule member of the town’s historic land- Jay Cochrane, Frank Farnham, children, and/or other relatives and Hoover, Ralph P. Pallin, and Elsie mark preservation commission. Joan Ruth Rowell Higgins, Doris Rose supporters. We placed all your let- Love Scull. Chuck and Shirley were is also president of Cow Neck (the old 44 COLBY / WINTER 2006 name for Port Washington, where she 1342, with tourists and locals teem- palatial National Theatre building, in 1920s-30s-40s Correspondents lives) Historical Society. Y William ing over this stunning structure (no front of which a fiacre carriage drawn L. Whittemore is working full time vehicles allowed) where artists paint, by four dappled grays holds two stylish 1920s-30s and traveling extensively on business, jazz musicians perform, gypsies tell ladies being overtaken by a gentleman 1942, 1943, 1947 as in the past. In May at the University fortunes, handicrafts are peddled, in a Lamborghini. Turning the corner c/o Meg Bernier of Texas he taught four Moroccan photographers galore snap away, as one comes upon Vienna’s Shoenbrunn Colby College students operating techniques for everyone gawks and parades by the 29 Palace of 1696, which clearly out- Office of Alumni Relations the nuclear facility being constructed baroque sculptured over-sized saints shines Versailles due to its tapestries, Waterville, ME 04901 in Morocco. In July, he and his wife lining the bridge. Quite a remarkable parquet floors, gilt decorations, the 207-859-4312 planned to travel to St. Petersburg, sight. And were my wife, Natalie, Million Room, State Gallery, and [email protected] Russia, for a week-long conference and I ever surprised to find among 18th- and 19th-century Habsburg’s [email protected] held in the Summer Palace, Peterhof, our tour group new friends Fran and original furniture exemplifying the [email protected] about 40 miles from St.