The University of Maine DigitalCommons@UMaine University of Maine Alumni Magazines University of Maine Publications Spring 1986 Maine Alumnus, Volume 67, Number 2, Spring 1986 General Alumni Association, University of Maine Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/alumni_magazines Part of the Higher Education Commons, and the History Commons Recommended Citation General Alumni Association, University of Maine, "Maine Alumnus, Volume 67, Number 2, Spring 1986" (1986). University of Maine Alumni Magazines. 133. https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/alumni_magazines/133 This publication is brought to you for free and open access by DigitalCommons@UMaine. It has been accepted for inclusion in University of Maine Alumni Magazines by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@UMaine. For more information, please contact [email protected]. The President’s House Special report: restoring Orono to eminence THE ART OF DISCOVERY ... IN EVERY CORNER OF THE UNIVERSITY Support for the University comes in many forms. Consider one of the fol­ lowing ways you can give to the 1985-86 Annual Fund. • Gifts of cash: any amount you wish. • Gifts of securities: common stocks, bonds, Treasury bills, etc. • Gifts of real property: land, houses, boats, art, etc. • Gifts of life insurance: The General Alumni Association can be designated as the owner or beneficiary of your policy. • Gifts-in-kind: non-cash gifts that offer services or help defray operating expenses of the General Alumni Association or the University of Maine at Orono. THE ART OF SHARING OUR MUTUAL PRIDE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF MAINE AT ORONO Again this year, we have gathered together some of the finest talent in New England in search of the best way to truly express our appreciation for your 1985-86 annual support. The result is a collection of gifts of distinction for each of our donor levels of giving. It’s our way of saying — thank you for becoming a part of our "MILLION FOR MAINE” campaign. Annual Alumni Fund LEVELS OF DONOR RECOGNITION Fogler Society $5,000 on up 1865 Associates $2,500 to 4,999 President’s Club $ 1,000 to 2,499 Stein Club $500 to 999 Pine Tree Club $250 to 499 Century Club $100 to 249 Maine Stay Club $50 to 99 Dirigo Club $25 to 49 Honor Roll $ Other Gifts For more information on how to make contributions to the Annual Fund or additional details on our "Art of Giving” donor recognition program, please contact the Annual Fund Office, Crossland Alumni Center, University of Maine at Orono, Orono, ME 04469-0147. Telephone 207/581-1132. UNIVERSITY MAINEOF AT ORONO ALUMNIGENERAL ASSOCIATION 1985-86The ALUMNI FUND art of giving M a i n e alumnus VOL. 67, NO. 2 SPRING 1986 Staff of the Maine Alumnus Magazine 4 Restoring Orono to Publisher Robert J. Holmes, Jr. ’70G Eminence Editor A special report on the Visiting Jim Frick Assistant Editor Committee’s recommendations for Faith Hutchins Webster ’60 the University of Maine. Photography Jack Walas, Al Pelletier and Keith Dresser By Jim Frick Design Consultants F. Stephen Ward 76 Karen Zimmerman Advertising Manager Amanda Rauth ’86 Alumni Association Officers Henry L.P. Schmelzer ’65, President 12 Eat those Carrots Fred P. Tarr ’53, First Vice President UMO’s vitamin A research is help­ Chairman, Annual Alumni Fund James H. Goff '63, Second Vice President ing nutritionists plan healthier diets. Dana C. Devoe ’56, Treasurer By Jan Oblinger Robert J. Holmes, Jr. 70G, Executive Director William D. Johnson ’56, Former GAA President Alumni Council Kenneth W. Allen '56G Bunny T. Andrews ’63 14 Professors and Patents Deborah Scott Aseltine ’80 Ronald E. Bishop ’53 The second of a two-part series on Owen H. Bridgham ’68G Dana E. Bunker '45 the creativity of campus inventors. Mark H. Cohen '54 By Daniel H. Kane, Jr., J.D. Paul T. Conway 87 Norinne H. Daly '59 Arthur E. Dentremont '51 Karla H. Downs '71 Carrie L. Dunbar '82 Dorothy B. Erikson '42 Willard C. Farnham '59 H. Allen Fernald '54 Edward C. Hall '48 Margaret T. Homans '54 Robin A. Hull '85 16 The President’s House Charles E. Hussey III '55 Photographer Brian Vanden Brink Francis S. McGuire '31 Robert F. McKown '58 explores the architecture and decor Josephine M. Profita '38 Jeffry W. Raynes 76 of the house that has been a campus Karen W. Reis '67 landmark since the beginning. W. Thomas Sawyer '71 David W. Simard '65 Charles E. Stickney, Jr. '44 Fred P. Tarr '53 Stephen M. Towle '73 Sally G. Vamvakias '63 Ex Officio Members page 16 Arthur M. Johnson, President, UMO Christopher Hutchins, President University of Maine Foundation Alvin S. McNeilly '44, Chairman, UMO Development Council Departments Maine Alumnus is published four times yearly by the General Alumni Association for alumni Letters 2 Classes 22 and friends of the University of Maine at Orono. The magazine’s editorial office is located at the Campus 6 Deaths 36 Crossland Alumni Center, UMO, Orono, ME Association 10 04469. Telephone (207) 581-1132. A voluntary gift of 510 to the Annual Alumni Fund is a subscription. Third class postage is paid at Burlington, Vermont 05401. Circulation is 150,000 issues yearly. Cover Photograph by Brian Vanden Brink SPRING, 1986 1 LETTERS Sobering Thanks Stein song on 45 disc the Bangor trolley kept him restless and destroyed his sleep and his health. So, I very much appreciated the Alumni As­ Congratulations on yet another fine edi­ after a succession of bears, we finally didn’t sociation’s note of congratulations for my tion in the December Maine Alumnus have one. organization’s receipt of the Nobel Peace magazine. For Maine Night, November 4, 1927, The thought occured to me while re­ Prize. the Senior Skulls decided to remedy this Indeed our organization has “heightened viewing the issue, and as I saw the various situation. We rented a bear from a gas advertisements for the athletic team, store, public awareness of the potential of nucle­ station in Costigan, borrowed the college ar devastation.” However, we cannot rest etc. that you might be interested in letting truck, and brought the bear back to the our alumni know about our new record­ on our laurels. The nuclear threat which campus for the big rally that night and for ing of the ‘Maine Stein Song’. It is a 45 haunts our age is increasing. Every day 10 the game the next day. RPM disc, pressed this past fall, which nuclear missiles are added to arsenals, The bear was cranky. When we pulled features the Band on one side and the swollen with a megatonnage equivalent to him out of the truck, he lunged for one of 6000 World War IPs. Unless millions of University Singers on the other. the Skulls and slashed his jacket. In the Philip Nesbit peoples join our ranks soon, none of us field house that night he dashed for the will see the year 2000, a mere 14 years Chairman, School of Performing Arts bleachers and students poured over the away. Every historical period has had its top like a waterfall. Cassandras. Our era is the first in which Maybe it’s just as well that you now prophecies of doom stem from objective Real Black Bear Remembered have a statue. scientific analyses. C. Frederick Scribner, ’28 The cover of a recent Maine Alumnus I continue to recall with pleasure the Port Charlotte, Florida award of a honorary degree at my unver- showing the sculpture of the Black Bear sity a few years ago and the formative reminded me of an unusual incident in years way back when I was a student at the fall of 1927. UMO. At that time, Bananas, the bear, was a UMO Experience Appreciated Bernard Lown, M.D. ’42 real live animal. After the football season Recently I received my issue of the June, Co-President he hibernated in the power house across 1985 Maine Alumnus. As a former WLBZ- International Physicians for the from the university entrance. But he was TV reporter and UMO graduate I was Prevention of Nuclear War hard to keep alive. The theory was that thrilled to see an entire issue devoted to UMO grads who have made it in television. I firmly believe the fine education and “hands-on” experience I received at UMO, coupled with more than two years of on- MOORE HOUSE INTERIORS, LTD. air work at WLBZ, laid a strong founda­ tion for the career I am now enjoying. No matter how far away my career takes Margaret Jane Moore me, there will always be a special place in my heart for the people and places I reported on in Maine. 208 State Street Barbara Bousquet ’81 Bangor, Maine 04401 W AND-TV Decatur, Illinois 207-942-3132 Complete decorating Fabrics, Wallcoverings, Service Drapery, Upholstery, Library needs Ubris issue Office - Residential Design & Consultation There seems to be no issue of Ubris, Fall, 1969, in the Folger Library or on the UMO campus. We would appreciate it very much if any alumni could supply us with a copy. BEAL'S LOBSTERS—CLAMS Muriel Sanford LOBSTER Live or Boiled We ship lobsters Raymond H. Folger Library P IE R ***** airfreight nationwide THE CAPTAIN S GALLEY * Federal Express Sandwiches—Chowders * UPS Letters to the Editor on articles in Desserts— Picnic Tables * Delta Maine Alumnus or any UMO-related ***** topics are welcome at any time. Letters FRESH FISH should include the writer’s name, ad­ Right Off the Boats Ask for . dress, and daytime telephone number. Send to: Letters to the Editor, M aine Clark Point Rd OPEN YEAR ROUND SAM BEAL '72 Alumnus, Crossland Alumni Center, Southwest Harbor 207/244-3202 PETER MADEIRA '75 Orono, Maine 04469.