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Volume 92 Issue 4 Fall 2003 Article 10

October 2003

Alumni @ Large

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20s/30s racial restrictions in Virginia were in 1940s Correspondents effect at that time, the church remained Deaths: Helen E. Davis ’26, March 28, 2003, in Pittsfield, Maine, open to all races—and in the vanguard 1940 at 99  Edward M. Locke ’29, December 1, 1997, in Marquette, of civil and human relations, leading Ernest C. Marriner Jr. Mich., at 92  Harold F. Lemoine ’32, July 7, 2003, in San Diego, to the formation of the Fairfax County 10 Walnut Drive Calif., at 94  Ruth Leighton Thomas ’33, April 30, 2003, in Council on Human Relations. Rev- Augusta, ME 04330-6032 Pittsfield, Maine, at 91  Luke R. Pelletier ’37, January 31, 2003, erend Beckwith’s achievements listed 207-623-0543 in Port Orange, Fla., at 86  Albert W. Berrie ’38, July 21, 2003, in the award citation include “serv- [email protected] in Breezewood, Pa., at 87  William S. Hains ’38, June 6, 2001, ing as the first president of the Fairfax 1941 County Council on Human Relations, at 85  Roger E. Stiles ’38, April 5, 2002, in Augusta, Maine, at Bonnie Roberts Hathaway second president of the Virginia Coun- 83  Rhoda Wein Kraft ’39, April 22, 2003, in Palm Beach, Fla., 400 Atlantic Avenue #34C cil on Human Relations and member at 83  Frances Stobie Turner ’39, January 25, 2003, in Hickory Leominster, MA 01453 of the Southern Regional Council in Corners, Mich., at 84. 978-343-4259 Atlanta, Ga. He was a moderator of [email protected] the Middle Atlantic Conference of 40 Again this year Doris Rose out of trouble.” . . . Mike Berry wrote Congregational Christian Churches 1942 Hopengarten and Alleen Thomp- a great, newsy letter a while back. He and chair of the Potomac Association 1943 son led our class contingent (this lives in Copper Harbor in the summer Church and Ministry Committee, c/o Meg Bernier year, only me) in the parade of and Houghton in the winter. As I’m Central Atlantic Conference, United Colby College classes during Reunion Weekend. sure you all know, both communities Church of Christ.” Reverend Beck- Office of Alumni Relations In spite of the death of her husband are on Michigan’s Upper Peninsula with and his wife, Elizabeth, reside in Waterville, ME 04901 earlier this year, Doris was her usual jutting out into Lake Superior. Mike Springfield, Va. They have two sons 207-872-3185 cheerful self—always a pleasure to has 10 grandchildren—five male and and four grandchildren. [email protected] talk with. Jonathan Taylor ’83, son of five female—symmetrical, as he says. [email protected] Mary (Robinson ’41) and Bill Taylor, He has some balance problems but still The Lawrence High School 44 1944 shared reminiscences with us during walks up and down stairs and around Alumni Association in Fairfield, Josephine Pitts McAlary the lobster luncheon—especially about town with his two toy poodles. We’d Maine, presented Harold Joseph 131 Russell Avenue Gerry (Stefko ’41) and Gordon Jones like to see Mike, Ruth, Roger and all with its 2003 Bulldog Award. Harold, Rockport, ME 04856 and their six children on the back- the rest of you at our 65th reunion in a 1940 Lawrence graduate, is president [email protected] yard hockey rink in Needham, Mass. 2005. Start planning now! of Joseph’s Clothing and Sporting . . . Joanna (McMurty ’41) and Lin —Ernest C. Marriner Jr. Goods in Fairfield. . . . I would like 1945 Workman have changed their winter to remind you all that next June will Naomi Collett Paganelli headquarters from Ft. Myers, Fla., to 42 Jack Stevens and his wife, be our 60th class reunion. Save the 2 Horatio Street #5J Thomasville, Ga., but their summers Lucille, are enjoying life in San date: June 4-6, 2004. So many of you New York, NY 10014-1608 are still spent in New Harbor, Maine. Diego, “America’s Finest City.” They made the tremendous effort to return 212-929-5277 Jo recently had successful surgery for planned to visit friends in San Antonio to the campus in 1994, and I hope we [email protected] colon cancer, but she couldn’t come to will have a great turnout for this next in September. . . . Robert Rice writes, 1946 Maine until mid-June, so they missed one. The campus is beautiful and grow- “We must all be in our 80s, with a few Anne Lawrence Bondy our Reunion Weekend for the first time ing steadily. . . . Reunion Weekend wishing we were in our 20s during the 771 Soundview Drive in many years. . . . Marjorie Gould this June was fun. Among those who post-War ’40s! We’re grizzled, grunt- Mamaroneck, NY 10543 Shuman ’37 told us that Roger and returned were Kay Howes Brooks ing and groaning. The great-grand- 914-698-1238 Ruth Gould Stebbins are doing well and her daughter, Wendy, Efthim children are helping us send/receive [email protected] in Sequim, Wash., although Roger has e-mail, and the jokes are duplicates (Tim) Economu, Bob St. Pierre, had some vision problems that have of our ‘20th-century humor,’ only who came with his daughter, Dick 1947 interfered with his avocation of paint- updated to sound current. Colby’s still Mountfort and his sister, Harris Mary “Liz” Hall Fitch ing pictures. . . . Frank Farnham’s great. Enjoy your sunsets!” . . . Beniah Graf and wife Merrie, Gabe Hikel and 4 Canal Park #712 two-pronged career as farmer and Harding was honored for his 20-year wife Zanie, Naj and Harold Joseph, Cambridge, MA 02141 writer was written up in the Augusta, service as the chairman of Thomaston Fred McAlary ’43 (who was back for 617-494-4882 Maine, Capital Weekly. He recalls Academy Trustees. When Thomaston his 60th) and I. Others were listed as fax: 617-494-4882 meeting Colby’s $200 tuition with a Academy was founded in 1983, Ben was coming, but I did not see them. Pete [email protected] half scholarship and by selling root Bliss had called early in June to say that the guiding force behind bringing the 1948 vegetables and trading vegetables for he couldn’t make this reunion but plans University College to Thomaston and David and Dorothy Marson meals at Ma Frost’s Eatery. An English to return for next year’s celebration. to renovating the building that houses 41 Woods End Road major with aspirations for a career as The fact is that we are all 80 years old the institution. Dedham, MA 02026 a reporter, he ended up publish- or more, and many of our classmates 781-329-3970 ing short stories in several national are not in good health. It is very clear 43 The Reverend Hubert Beck- fax: 617-329-6518 magazines, including The Saturday that old age is not for sissies. with received the James Floyd Pillar [email protected] Evening Post and The Ladies’ Home of Faith Award at Howard University —Josephine Pitts McAlary Journal. Although Frank has made his School of Divinity. The award honors 1949 mark as a writer, most local folk know his commitment to religious leader- 45 Our traveling ’45s: As I write Anne Hagar Eustis him as the proprietor of Farnham’s ship and to civil rights and human this in June, Helen Strauss was plan- 24 Sewall Lane Market, the popular roadside stand relations. In 1955 Reverend Beckwith ning a tour of Oregon in August. It Topsham, ME 04086 in Belgrade, Maine, that Frank has founded the Congregational Christian will be largely a nature appreciation 207-729-0395 operated for decades. He still hoes, Church of Fairfax County, Virginia, trip but will also include an outdoor fax: 978-464-2038 plants and tends crops on a three-acre later renamed the Little River United production of the Oregon Shakespeare [email protected] plot, he said, “just enough to keep me Church of Christ. Although official Festival. Helen will add a visit with her

COLBY • F A L L 2 0 0 3 | 37 Alumni at Large 1940s-1950s nephew in Colorado. . . . Joan Gay newsmakers University Park, FL 34201-2067. Kent writes, “I went to San Diego last Phone: 941-358-3358. . . . We attended year, and if all my friends, relations and Rev. Hubert S. Beckwith ’43 received Colby’s 182nd commencement with memories weren’t in Long Island and the James Floyd Pillar of Faith Award at our daughter, Deborah Marson ’75, if New York wasn’t the greatest city in Howard University School of Divinity who is an overseer of the College. the world, I would seriously consider for his commitment to religious leader- Commencement was on the lawn in moving there.” Joan’s writing her ship and to civil rights and human rela- front of Miller Library, and David and second local history, about the town tions. The church Rev. Beckwith founded Deborah marched in the academic of North Hempstead from the earliest in 1955—the Congregational Christian procession. The sky was threaten- settlers circa 1645 to 2000. She rec- Church of Fairfax County, Virginia, later ing, and the cool wind was somewhat ommends consulting the back issues renamed the Little River United Church of uncomfortable, but the weather failed section of your library to learn what Christ—was open to all races and led to the to dampen the spirits of all in atten- things were really like in “the good formation of the Fairfax County Council on dance. Two weeks later we attended old days.” . . . Bill Whittemore, as Human Relations  Robert H. Brunnell our 55th reunion. On Friday the rain we know, travels worldwide—this Hubert S. Beckwith ’43 ’44 added another award to his long list of stopped, and we had a beautiful day to spring a return to Australia for a sci- honors when he was named the state of New York’s Most Outstanding Older play in the alumni golf scramble at the entific meeting plus “lots of travel to Waterville Country Club. Friday night Worker for 2003. Since 1954 the 81-year-old professor of English at Cayuga the Outback and New Zealand.” He the Awards Banquet was attended by a Community College in Auburn, N.Y., has taught more than 100 semesters, made a rugged trip to Cooper Pedy respectable representation of the Class including summer and evening sessions  The Massachusetts Hospitality (opal capital of the world) on a Ghan of ’48 and their spouses and friends. On train using a modified Hummer plus Association honored Robert Sage ’49 with a lifetime achievement award. Saturday we listened to President Bro dirt roads to reach the hotel, which is Sage, who opened his first hotel, the Fenway Motor Hotel, in 1959, received Adams discuss the Plan for Colby, sat underground to avoid the 120-degree the award in recognition of 45 years of service, innovation and leadership in through an Alumni Council Meeting, daytime temperature. The train was the tourism, restaurant and hospitality industry. carried the Fifty-Plus banner in the built in the late 1800s using camels parade of classes and then attended from Afghanistan. (“See why it’s called Milestones the lobster bake in the field house. The the Ghan train?” asks Bill.) Explains weather was again threatening, but it why today there are about a million Deaths: M. Donald Gardner ’40, July 26, 2003, in Portland, Maine, at never rained during the festivities. We camels in Australia. . . . Dee Sanford 84  Helena Pillsbury Jones ’40, May 11, 2003, in Kennebunk, Maine, had to leave to return to Boston for McCunn and Ian enjoyed a two- at 84  Carl C. Paradis Jr. ’43, December 3, 2002, in Metarie, La., at our granddaughter’s graduation from month car trip in parts of the South 81  Evelyn Jackson Boyington ’45, March 30, 2003, in Rockport, the Beaver Country Day School, so (including close calls with tornadoes) Maine, at 79  Ruth Archibald Murphy ’48, June 18, 2001, in we cannot report on the class dinners visiting several Tennessee cities, special Annandale, Va., at 74  Maynard B. Ross ’48, April 30, 2003, in Boston, held on Saturday night. The Class of sights in Alabama (e.g., the Space and Mass., at 80  Elaine Erskine Dow ’49, May 21, 2003, in Brunswick, ’48 attendees, and we hope we did not Rocket Center in Huntsville), Missis- Maine, at 75  Leon V. O’Donnell ’49, April 27, 2003, in Winter Haven, omit any of the names, were Douglas sippi (covering the 450-mile Nachez Fla., at 80  Leonard R. Warshaver ’49, June 20, 2003, in Boston, Borton, Paul Solomon, Carol Sil- Trace Parkway) and Cajun country. Mass., at 76. verstein Baker, Peg Clark Atkins, They then drove west through Texas to Gordon Miller, Bud ’49 and Helen San Diego. . . . Muriel Marker Gould Botswana. His bio of Professor Carl since Daniel Pearl, who was kidnapped Moore Phillips, Sue Lynch Henry, and I had a 10-day trip to Canada in J. Weber (who taught at Colby 1919 and murdered in Pakistan last year, Gerry Roy, Marianna Nutter Wyer, May, entirely by train, from New York to 1959), Colby D.H.L. ’59, is still was posthumously given the Lovejoy Fred Sutherland, Sid ’49 and Anne to Montreal, to Quebec City, and to in progress.” Professor Weber was, Award. . . . I’m ([email protected]) Fraser McKeen and Joan Crawley Percé on the northern tip of the Gaspé of course, David’s father. . . . Dana having a difficult time getting news Pollock. Some came alone, others peninsula. The overnight train serving Robinson considers himself almost from almost all of you. Please do with spouses or significant others, the Gaspé was a challenge. Each tiny retired, but he was consulting part time your part in bringing your classmates but we didn’t attempt to record all room is the width of a single bed, and in China for five months last year. He up to date. those names for this column. We when the bed is in place for the night plays singles tennis two or three times —Mary “Liz” Hall Fitch definitely recommend that those who there’s no space left for the passenger weekly and golfs once a week. . . . In haven’t done so in the past return for to sit or stand, not even space for my the spring, John and I took a boat trip 48 Received a fax from peripatetic any reunion, because the Fifty-Plus not huge suitcase. Just another travel from New Orleans to Chicago, which Dave Choate. He wrote that he and category includes all of the “mature adventure, right? took us down the Mississippi, east to Diane returned May 8, 2003, from an graduates,” and everyone is welcome. —Naomi Collett Paganelli Alabama, where we turned north on awesome bike and barge trip beginning The staff does a terrific job of making the Mobile River, to the Tombigbee in Amsterdam and ending two weeks you feel at home. 47 I quote a note from David River and waterway, Tennessee, Ohio, later in Brugge. They biked for two —David and Dorothy Marson Weber: “David C. Weber has adopted Mississippi and Illinois rivers to Lake days through Holland’s colorful fields, the motto: Carpe diem, which he Michigan and finally Navy Pier. We taking “oodles” of pictures. They 49 Not much news to report, but I translates to read ‘Travel while one were in the area where many of the relaxed each day on their barge—they did get an e-mail forwarded to me from can.’ Thus in the past 18 months he’s great battles of the Civil War were averaged 10 to 30 miles a day—and the Alumni Office from Bud ’50 and explored Trinidad & Tobago, barged fought, and a lecturer on board made were glad to have a little rest before Mary Bauman Gates. Their grand- the Rhone in France, hiked Joshua it an interesting and informative trip. taking walking tours of such cities as daughter, Caitlin Gallagher, is attend- Tree National Park, hunted Texan One of our stops was Alton, Ill., where, Rotterdam, Antwerp and Ghent. They ing Colby this fall. Caitlin is from Etna, birds on the King Ranch, toured with the rest of the group, we visited were in Amsterdam to celebrate the N.H., and graduated from Hanover castles and gardens in Ireland, pursued the memorial to Elijah Lovejoy but Queen’s birthday: “What a blast!”. . (N.H.) High School. . . . On Saturday, nature up to Manitoba’s Hudson Bay then asked for a bit more time to go . . Also received an updated address June 7, I went to Colby reunion for and this past July was going with one on to the grave site by ourselves. It from Sandra and Aaron “Sandy” the day. I had previously arranged to of his sons on safari to Zimbabwe and was a moving experience, especially Sandler: 7717 Plantation Circle, meet Warren and Nellie MacDougall

38 | COLBY • F A L L 2 0 0 3 Parks there in time for the parade of Daughters of the American Revolu- Sheila and Don Hailer, who visited 1950s Correspondents classes. Including Nellie and myself, tion, recognizes the efforts made by Ned ’51 and Barbara Hills Stuart ’54 1950 there were eight of us from the Class the Meigses to collect and organize in early March. Joan Kelby Cannell Alice Jennings Castelli of ’49 on the roster, all “locals.” Gail materials pertaining to the history was also in that group. Don reports, 6 Salem Road and John Appleton, Catherine and of their town. Their efforts have “all seemed tan and very well.” He also Madison, CT 06443 Walter Borucki, Oz and Virginia proved invaluable to genealogists and says that they see Charlotte and Lum 203-245-7725 Young Ellis, Bob and Mary Roberts historians. . . . Patti and Ernie Fortin Lebherz frequently but not enough [email protected] Friberg, Anne (Fraser ’48) and Sid attend the Alumni College at Colby of Carl and Muffy Morgan Leaf McKeen and Muriel and Bob Tonge. every summer and also plan a Carib- and Judy and Herb Nagle. The four 1951 I never saw Bob Tonge, but I met all bean cruise in November. Ernie, who couples try to get together two or three Nancy Nilson Archibald the others either in the parade or ate is active on the board of directors at times a year, “but winters are getting 15 Linden Avenue with them at the lobster bake. I hardly his community in Florida, reports that tougher.” . . . And from the “it’s a small Scituate, MA 02066 781-545-4987 recognized Sid McKeen—he’s shaved at the annual Sarasota gathering, 60 world department” comes the follow- [email protected] off his beard and mustache! No other alums heard President Adams outline ing: Down East magazine for March earth-shattering news to report. . . . the completed, long-range plans for 2003 had an interesting article titled 1952 Next year is our 55th reunion. Can the campus. Most exciting are the plans “Unexpected Company,” about a trip Janice Pearson Anderson you believe it? Reunion Weekend is for the long-awaited Alumni Center, around the world taken by the author 23 Fernwood Circle June 4-6, so save the date and begin which represents the culmination of (from Maine); she met a dozen folks Harwich, MA 02645-2819 to think now about making the trek many years of hard work. We will all from Maine—one of them being Dave 508-432-4049 back to Colby. enjoy it when we attend our 55th (or Farrington, who was in Sicily with his [email protected] —Anne Hagar Eustis sooner!) . . . Guy McIntosh writes that wife. . . . On a sad note, Louise Hodge 1953 he was able to participate vicariously in Smith wrote that her husband, Dick Barbara Easterbrooks Mailey 50 “Puss” Tracey Tanguay has the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake ’51, died in September 2002, after 48 80 Lincoln Avenue saved the day! If it were not for her City, Utah, thanks to his daughter. She wonderful years of marriage. She has South Hamilton, MA 01982 little bits of news about our class, you drafted him for a volunteer job direct- four children and 13 grandchildren, 978-468-5110 all would be subjected to news of my ing traffic. It was even colder there than and they all really miss him. . . . Flo 978-777-5630 ext. 3310 immediate and extended family, some Waterville! Guy keeps busy maintain- Fisher Krejci ’53 sent the Alumni [email protected] of whom attended Colby. The last time ing his “getaway” property up on the Office a death notice about Anne 1954 I warned you I got some real news. I Mogollon Rim, part of the original Fairbanks Iarrobino, who died in late Helen Cross Stabler don’t like to threaten you, but it beats Zane Grey ranch and a great place for March, after an illness. Anne had been 5387 Anvil Drive making it all up. Or does it? Anyway, Guy to escape the Tempe, Ariz., heat. a lifelong resident of Natick, Mass., Camillus, NY 13031 Puss was one of five members of our He still keeps in contact with friends he was the mother of two and had been 315-672-8430 class who attended the mostly sunny made at the Hopi Indian Reservation, active in the business community there [email protected] and warm Reunion Weekend. Along having spent 20 years working there for many years. . . . I received a letter with Puss, Bev Deschenes Libby, for the Bureau of Indian Affairs. . . . from Merry Crane Evans, who lives 1955 Bill Niehoff, Charlie Smith and Chrys Boukis Keene says hello to with husband Ray in Aquanga, Calif. Ken Van Praag Paul Hinton represented our class. everyone. Betty Lou Rivers Russell She told of a really wonderful 50th P.O. Box 87 (May–early Nov) Unfortunately, a heart attack kept Paul ’52 and I visited with Chrys not long wedding anniversary celebration in Grafton, NY 12082 from our 50th. I am glad that he was ago. . . . Ted Weaver heard from two March that she and Ray shared with 22 Golf Drive (Early Nov–May 6) able to make the 53rd and plans to be Colby alums, Foster Drummond ’52 their children and grandchildren. Port St. Lucie, FL 34952 [email protected] a part of the 55th, which should be a and Clare Bonnelli ’70, who, having They all spent a weekend together great one. I already know a number read the last column about Ted being in Palm Springs. “How blessed we 1956 of people who are looking forward in Arizona, contacted him, and they felt!” she said. Ray is now finishing up Kathleen McConaughy Zambello to getting together on the lawn for plan to get together for lunch soon a fourth year on the grand jury for the 135 Iduna Lane the lobster picnic in June 2005 if (ostensibly to eat but really to solve County of Riverside—something he Amherst, MA 01002 not before. Maybe we could have all the world’s problems). . . . Always has found most interesting. . . . Chan- [email protected] a trial run next year! . . . “Stubby” looking for news from you all. I love dler and Nita Hale Barbour looked 1957 Crandall Graves, Connie Leonard to hear about what everyone is up to, forward to “some hard work” during Guy and Eleanor Ewing Vigue Hayes, Ginny Davis Pearce and so keep in touch! the summer. They will be completing 238 Sea Meadow Lane Puss Tanguay and spouses all got —Nancy Nilson Archibald the third edition of their last text, titled Yarmouth, ME 04096 together for dinner while they were Families, Schools and Communities. In 207-846-4941 in Florida last winter. . . . Susi Goldey 52 Summer is here as I write, and August they were to attend a literature [email protected] Morrison (one of my roommates) and I am most pleased to have news for conference at Cambridge University I get together from time to time for you. Let’s start with our class presi- in England, then enjoy a few days in 1958 lunch or dinner. . . . Send me a card—a dent, Barbara Bone Leavitt, and her London before going on to Ireland for Beryl Scott Glover post card will do—from wherever you husband, Bob, who spent part of last a week. . . . Bee and Dave Crocket 4953 Wythe Place Wilmington, NC 28409-2081 are. I’ll share it with everyone in my winter in Florida with their sons and were looking forward to spending their [email protected] next article. family. While there, Barbara took her 40th summer at their cabin in Madison, —Alice Jennings Castelli daughter-in-law and grandson Markus N.H. With their 1930 Model A pickup 1959 to Tallahassee for his class visit to the and 1930 Model A coupe (complete Ann Segrave Lieber 51 Deborah Smith Meigs and her capitol buildings and some museums. with rumble seat), they go to car shows 7 Kingsland Court husband, Peter, have been presented Also, they had a great visit with Caro- around northern New England as well South Orange, NJ 07079 an award honoring them for their line Wilkins McDonough and her as Cruise Nights in the Mount Wash- 973-763-6717 continuing research on the history husband, Dick, at their lovely home in ington Valley area. Dave also told us [email protected] of Danville, N.H. This award, pre- Palm City, Fla., near Stuart and Jupi- about their oldest grandson, David sented by the Exeter Chapter of the ter. . . . Other Florida travelers were Scott Crocket V, who is in the Army

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in Germany. Young David has flown fun because of the parade of classes most of her retired classmates, Colby the ministry, and from teaching and into Iraq to do ground escort duty and ending at the field house for a lobster continues to work as a substitute ele- textbook publishing, Herb Adams was in a firefight with the Iraqis in bake/chicken barbecue. So much spirit mentary school teacher in Westport, has begun a practice of mediation and April, for which he earned the Combat and photo-op there, as we all carried Conn. She is making plans to attend dispute resolution, concentrating on Infantryman’s Badge. He also flew to gold balloons, of course, to signify our 50th reunion. . . . Paul ’59 and educational and religious institutional Cairo to guard the U.S. Embassy there. our Golden Reunion. Saturday night Marty Cornish Downing, currently conflict. He lives in Center Lovell, . . . Chuck ’53 and I attended his 50th was our special class dinner in the living in New Jersey, have a second Maine, and Lake Placid, Fla. reunion in Waterville. In addition to Foss Hall dining room. This turned home in western Massachusetts but say —Helen Cross Stabler many ’53 alums, I proudly marched out to be a “fun” evening. Nan and they are slowly making their way back in the Saturday parade with Paul and Chase Lasbury announced the class to Maine. They are both retired and 55 As the Class of 2003 graduates, Mimi Russell Aldrich and Norma gift to the College of $1,375,216 with have nine grandchildren. . . . Diane we find ourselves moving relentlessly Bergquist Garnett, who were there 70 percent participation. Then the fol- Stevens Brown writes that she and her closer to the year 2005—the year of for the Alumni Council meeting. lowing class officers were announced: husband now live in the greater Atlanta our 50th reunion. I hope all class mem- Paul and Mimi had just returned Nan Lasbury, president; Ted Lallier, area, where Diane enjoys painting bers are beginning to think about their from a four-month sojourn on their vice president (and Alumni Council commissioned works, many of them presence in Waterville—it’ll be here boat, while Norma’s husband, Norv rep); and class correspondent, Barbara portraits, in her home-based studio. before we know it! . . . On a sad note, ’51, told me that they were looking “Brooksie” Easterbrooks Mailey. She also enjoys duplicate bridge as a this column, on behalf of the Class forward to a Scandinavian trip this Just for fun, Nick Sarris presented the life master, photography and garden- of ’55, would like to offer its condo- summer. . . . In case you recently sent epilogue to the “murder mystery” that ing. She and her husband have three lences to the family of Don Hoagland, in news for the class, I am afraid it is was so popular at our 45th reunion. We children, three grandchildren and a who passed away in September 1999 still in my computer, which apparently voted on the person who was supposed small black dog, Petunia. Although in California at the age of 66. I regret “died” while we were in Maine. So I to “do in” the groom; Bob Grodberg Diane has not returned to Colby that we were not notified until recently. promise to include it, and lots of other guessed correctly and was awarded a since graduation, she hopes to get to . . . Also belatedly, and on a much things that you will all send me, in the nice prize; the correct “guess”: Mimi the reunion next year. . . . Selections happier note, we have learned that next issue of Colby magazine. Price Patten. Next some thank-you from Karl Decker’s black and white Peter French has, at long last, made —Janice Pearson Anderson awards were given to the classmates documentary photographs, The People an “honest woman” out of Marietta who have contributed to the College of Townshend, Vermont, were published Roberts ’57 with their marriage on July 53 I had two e-mails following over the past few years. Since I do in the summer 2003 issue of Vermont 6, 2002, in Kennebunkport, Maine. our 50th reunion. One came from not have a complete list at this writ- Life. He has been working on the proj- I am told that they had a three-day Joyce Maguire Demers, who really ing, I hope to report this in the near ect for the past five years, photograph- celebration—must be all those years summed up our very “upbeat” week. future; I don’t want to leave anyone ing the people of this town, known to make up for. Our congratulations She said she had the greatest time ever out. There was a tie for the classmate to him since the 1930s. An exhibition to both. . . . Chan and Jane Whipple at a reunion. I will second that and am coming the furthest to attend: Gail was held in Townshend in June, and Coddington report that all is well sure that everyone else in attendance “Penny” Pendleton Schultz, from, another will be held at the Westport with their three daughters and their will agree. Joyce says she spent some as she said, “The Left Coast” and (Conn.) Public Library in October. seven grandchildren, 7 to 16 years of quality time with the “Palmer House Joanne “Terri” Terrill Petersen, You can see some of Karl’s work on age. Like so many of us, they’re hitting Gang,” sharing memories, pictures both from Oregon. Carolyn Eng- his Web site, www.karldecker.com. both the 70-year benchmark as well and catching up on their lives. Bob lish Caci read a note from Marty . . . Ted Turchon heads up sales for a as approaching 50 years of marriage, Grodberg sent a similar message and Friedlaender and said that flowers local printing and direct mail market- which they’ll be celebrating in 2005 is already prepared to be considered were sent to Marty from our class. ing company in central Florida. His (though my body says otherwise, as a helper for the next ’53 gathering. Then Alice Colby-Hall presented wife, Luly, teaches in Orange County. I’d still prefer to think we’re getting Nan Murray Lasbury wrote, “Our her 50th reunion song, with all of us They have a son who lives with his wife better, not older—wishful thinking, I once in a lifetime 50th reunion” was singing along. I would have liked to and three children in Gainsville, Fla., guess). Jane notes that she spent a ski a wonderful success. About 35 alumni mention every name of each one I saw and a daughter with two children who weekend with Kathy (McConaughy and spouses met at Sebasco Inn for and shared time with, but space does lives in Concord, N.H. . . . Art Eddy ’56) and Lou Zambello this past two days of pre-reunion activities. Nan not permit; maybe that’s a good thing reports that his wife, Anne, suffered winter in Vermont and also had a reported that it was a time of relaxation, this time. Please continue to send me a stroke in May. Art was hoping she great luncheon visit in Florida last golf and conversation topped off with a your news, no matter how much. I will would be back home in June. We send February reminiscing about “old” boat trip and lunch aboard the “Ruth” be happy to send it to our column for them our best wishes for a complete times, “sad” times and “fun” times. . . . on Casco Bay. Then they joined the the next five years. Speaking of this, recovery. . . . Susan Johnson writes Kathy Flynn Carrigan, the winner rest of us at the campus—more than the Lasburys are off to Scotland for that she now has six grandchildren and of the commencement speaker contest 100 members of the class, plus 45 a couple of weeks in September, and I two step-grandchildren. One of the (Oveta Culp Hobby, then Secretary guests. Every time we gathered for think John Lee mentioned he would joys of her life is babysitting weekly of the Treasury, I think—at any rate a meal, we filled the dining rooms. be going to Iceland this summer. with the youngest, Emily Nicole it was her signature that appeared on Thursday night we had our class dinner —Barbara Easterbrooks Mailey Lannen, born in January 2002. Susan all those American dollar bills we in Page Commons in Cotter Union. has gone off the executive board of had at that time, though I didn’t have Ted Lallier made opening comments 54 We were very sorry to hear of Sacred Dance Guild, an all-volunteer any $5s, $10s, $20s, etc.), spent two and introduced the president of Colby, the death of Susan Smith Huebsch, international organization, after six weeks this spring in France, floating “Bro” Adams, who welcomed our huge who was on our ’54 anniversary gift years of service. She is now complet- up rivers from the Mediterranean group. Before dinner Chuck Ander- committee. We send our sympathy ing the leadership program for Inter- to Lyon—stopping to see flowering son proposed a memorial toast to all to her family. . . . Colby Thompson Play and produced a two-day event of gardens, castles, chateaus, truffle the classmates who have passed away; Lowe’s husband, Tony, died on July workshops, performances and worship harvesting and vineyards—and then the memorial left us with such a warm 3, 2002, just days after moving to a in D.C. and co-led an InterPlay class on to Paris. She notes that there were feeling. Friday night we joined the rest new home in Bridgeport, Conn. They at her church. InterPlay is a practice no problems regarding politics, that of the reunion classes for dinner and had been married 40 years. We send leading to greater ease and affirmation she was greeted cordially and treated awards. Saturday of reunion is always our condolences to Colby. Unlike in life. . . . After final retirement from well. Kathy’s Christmas book, When

40 | COLBY • F A L L 2 0 0 3 newsmakers pick yourself out? Get a magnifying in the process of building a new home glass and have some fun. . . . Help us there. They sold their larger home last Upon hanging up his retinoscope after 48 years in optometry practice in keep in touch with each other . . . 21 May and found a wooded lot only a Fort Fairfield, Maine, Dr. Robert S. George ’50 was spotlighted in the months and counting down! few hundred feet from the ocean. local newspaper for “his character, integrity and compassion.” Said the Fort —Ken Van Praag They are downsizing but still have Fairfield Review, “he was a man who cared about each person who entered room for visits from both family and his office”  “If every Sunday The New York Times . . . can present the fla- 56 As I write this column on June friends. Always enjoying the ocean, vor of an entire book in a single sentence,” mused Massachusetts Superior 15, the sun is shining at last. This is the Don and Linda recently took a six- Court Justice Allan van Gestel ’57 in the Boston Bar Journal, “why is it that weekend of the third annual bike ride day schooner cruise out of Camden experienced lawyers cannot write a convincing brief in fewer than twenty for the American Lung Association, Harbor. Although there were hazy, pages?” The article, “Oral Advocacy at the Motion Stage: Some Thoughts which the children and grandchildren cool days, the wind was brisk, and from the Audience,” counseled lawyers to be brief and creative in present- of the late Jean Pratt Moody partici- the vessel moved along at a speed of ing the oral side of motions for summary judgment. pate in. The ride is from Bethel, Maine, eight knots or more most of the time. to Belfast, Maine, and the second night Don keeps busy all year doing taxes and Milestones they stay on the Colby campus. Each “pulling people out of the turbulent tax year it is our hope to rendezvous with waters they sometimes find themselves Deaths: Richard Lyon Jr. ’50, June 27, 2003, in Mount Vernon, Maine, them all there, but again we needed falling into.” For him it is enjoyable at 74  Barbara Ann Dean ’53, May 6, 2002, in Doylestown, Pa., at to be in Amherst and couldn’t do it. I work, and he looks forward to moving 70  Richard B. Ullman ’54, May 20, 1998, in Boca Raton, Fla., at am sure they were happy to have only into his new office and home some- 66  Geraldine St. Amand Emmons ’57, July 12, 2002, in New York, at one really rainy day this year. Jean’s time in October. Summer has been pleasant in a temporary apartment on 68  John P. Goolgasian Jr. ’57, April 27, 2003, in Fredericksburg, Va., granddaughter Jennifer Pratt Moody at 67. will be attending Colby this fall, so I the main street of Camden, where he hope to catch up with her there. . . . and Linda have taken many evening Christmas Comes, has been published retiring. For some seven years he has We had a visit with John and Joan walks around the harbor, enjoying the and is available at the Colby book- been living on Pine Island in Florida— Williams Marshall. They arrived atmosphere and working at removing store as well as on the Web (click on with his boat. I look forward to getting on June 11, and Joan reminded me the six pounds gained on the schooner to Bookstore and then “authors of together with Dick next winter and that exactly 47 years ago that day was cruise! the ’50s”). . . . Judy Holtz Levow, hope I can get him back to Colby in graduation. The fellows play each year —Guy and Eleanor Ewing Vigue having settled in Florida, decided to 2005. . . . Then I received a call from in the Don Rice charity golf tourna- travel to Sedona, Ariz., and the Grand Don Martin, also an alumnus of third- ment in Greenfield, Mass., and each 59 Sandy and Steve Levine are Canyon and enjoyed the experience floor Averill. Following graduation, he, won a door prize this year. Joan and I enjoying life in Sarasota, Fla. They immensely. . . . Jane (Daib ’58) and too, spent two years in service and then talk non-stop while they are away. . . . have one son and grandson in nearby John Reisman continue to travel. went to work for Western Electric for We also had a visit from Ed and Karen Fort Myers, one son and grandson in They sailed on a five-masted square 35 years, retiring in 1989. The father Johnson Fenton ’63. We met them on Seattle and another son working in rigger this past winter in the Carib- of three children and grandfather of our Colby Tuscany trip last June and San Francisco. Sounds like some good bean and then spent two weeks on the three, he currently resides in Ken- hope to visit them next year in Jack- travel opportunities! . . . Greg Mac West Coast doing northern Califor- nebunkport and, like myself, winters sonville. . . . Tess and John Jubinsky Arthur is president of Viewpoint, a nia and southern Oregon. John is yet in Florida—Jensen Beach—practically finally are grandparents. Colby John teleconferencing company. Cancer another to celebrate his 70th birthday my neighbor. Next year we’ll endeavor Pankas was born in November, and has been a frequent visitor to the and their 45th wedding anniversary. to close a gap of some 49 years. . . . And they were there for his christening. MacArthur family, but all are doing (I don’t recall any of us making a big then came correspondence from Carol Later in June we plan to see them up well now. Greg agrees with me that deal out of our 60th birthday. What a Dauphinee Cooper, who writes that in Maine, where a large gathering having a positive attitude is a huge difference a decade makes!) . . . Every she was looking for a liberal arts college is planned. . . . Mary Ann Papalia plus. . . . Real estate broker Melly now and then a name comes through small enough not to overwhelm a Cape Laccabue stays in touch with Jackie McKevett Grolljahn has recently one or more channels of communica- Cod clam digger from a high school Huebsch Scandalios and is hard at joined Re/Max Properties in New tion that really surprises me. First, I class of 42 and progressive enough work trying to get her to commit Hampshire and is a member of several received a call from Dick Temple, a to stimulate her mind and social to our 50th. Jackie and her husband committees devoted to the arts. Her fellow third-floor Averill Hall resident. development. She found the right spend several months twice a year hobbies are skiing, fitness and painting. Neither he nor his closest friends at place and never regretted her choice. boating in Greece. Jackie, would you Go, Mel! . . . Stanley Painter, D.O., the time, “Hoot” Wetherell and Pat Her family of three living children consider a travelogue presentation for practices half time and occasionally Horgan, were Colby graduates—how and eight grandchildren live in four our class? . . . Bobbie Barnes Brown plays organ for his church despite I made it, I’m not sure I’ll ever know. different states. Recently retired as an writes that she and Bob (Brownie) are quadruple bypass surgery. During Dick did return for his sophomore administrative assistant to the former both retired but still very busy. Their some recent genealogy research, he year, but personal family tragedies majority leader of the Arizona State five children have given them two discovered that his freshman room- caused him to leave Colby. We lost Senate, she is engaged. Last Septem- grandsons and seven granddaughters mate (who was it, Stan?) is a direct contact with Dick, but as it turned out, ber she spent a wonderful few hours to keep track of. In spite of such a big descendant of a War of 1812 general, like so many others did at that time, in Damariscotta with Joanne Bailey family, Bobbie says they have been to David Meade (for whom Meadeville, Dick served his country for two years, Anderson. Carol, I hope you show every reunion and would encourage Pa., was named); Capt. Abraham married and raised a family (daughter up at our 50th. We all need to touch everyone to come back for the 50th. Brinker, one of Meade’s assistants, with one grandchild, younger son with base again! . . . By the way, did the . . . Let me hear from you. was Stan’s ancestor. Now what are two grandchildren). He went into sales photos accompanying “The Forgotten —Kathy McConaughy Zambello the odds that, 140 years later, those with the U.S. Envelope Co. in Worces- War” story in the last edition of Colby two would end up as roomies? . . . ter, then worked for Boise Cascade in magazine bring back some memories 57 Don Tracy’s e-mail is our Do you play clarinet or saxophone? Washington. He then went into the for you? A great majority of the male sole contribution in this column. Use French American Reeds? If so, furniture restoration business in the members of our class are in this Don still resides in Rockport, Maine, you are dealing with the company Framingham area for 27 years before photo. Recognize anyone? Can you although he and his wife, Linda, are brought to the U.S.A. in 1939 by the

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parents of Eliane Maccaferri Reese. to see other Colby grads on some of vacation in Spain: Barcelona, Seville, the golf course but have not found time Upon her mother’s recent retirement, them in the future. She spends time the southern coast, etc.—“a wonderful to take it up again (maybe when we are Eliane became owner and president of volunteering, working with families country to visit with so much history old). We also enjoy camping with our the firm. She and Gene have lived in who get Habitat for Humanity homes and variety.” She also took several trips motor home.” . . . Terry Lee contin- Tennessee for 23 years. . . . I recently in the Erie, Pa., area. She is also busy to Sacramento and Chicago to see her ues work in his chosen field of career had a great phone conversation with as a CASA volunteer, working as a two grandchildren, now approaching counseling, coaching, marketing and Bob Brown, who lives in Largo, Fla. court-appointed special advocate for ages 2 and 1 respectively. She has a consulting, now part time with R.L. His son, Peter, is currently staying children in foster care. . . . In keep- third child, living in Denver, who was Stevens & Associates out of their Bed- with him. Music is still Bob’s great ing with President Bixler’s injunction previously on the East Coast. In April, ford, N.H., office. His clients include love, and he wishes he could do more to explore the world’s vast realms of all three sons and families joined her recent graduates as well as company performing. He’s still really funny and knowledge and geography so as to keep in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, for a week presidents, and he “still love[s] the is at the pinnacle of punning. Hope our lives in perspective, Ralph Nelson of exploring and beaching. Peg is still challenge, even after 27 years in the we’ll be seeing (and hearing) him at (with wife and daughter) visited Ant- remodeling her 1907 bungalow—the business.” Terry and wife Cathie sold our upcoming reunion. . . . Jessica arctica recently. Ralph says the clear basement is finished after 12 months their Andover, Mass., homes in 2000 and Bob Cockburn take an annual air, the turbulent seas, the dramatic and now they start on the kitchen. Peg and bought a townhouse in Atkinson, canoeing and hiking vacation; this year mountains and clouds, the fact that the says that once you start, everything N.H. “Best move we ever made,” he it will be followed by travels in Ireland. birds and animals let them approach else looks shabby but will be wonderful said. They have three girls: Tracy is a Bob has retired after 37 years of teach- within a few feet and the international when finished. She invites us to visit! registered nurse, Shannon works in ing English at the University of New cooperation in research proved this to In February, Peg was diagnosed with financial services but is preparing to Brunswick. . . . Lloyd Cohen recently be a world apart, inspiring both awe breast cancer from a mamo plus, so teach, and Katy just graduated from became a step-great-grandfather, and and humility. It was as close to going two surgeries and tons of tests later she the University of Massachusetts with I’m guessing none of the rest of us into space, Ralph says, as he and his stills feel wonderful and totally normal. a job! Not bad for this economy. . . . can make that claim! He and Sheila family are likely to get. Each Zodiac She has probably started chemo by the David Ziskind has been named senior recently took their children, their trip was like a spacewalk: they knew time you read this. The full treatment vice president of STV Incorporated, spouses and the grandchildren on an they would explore a place that few will is about nine months (chemo and a subsidiary of STV Group, Inc., an Alaskan cruise. Lloyd keeps in touch ever reach, and they knew they could radiation) plus five years of pills, but engineering, architectural, planning, with several classmates and says he is not survive for long if they did not get she plans to keep busy at work, keep environmental and construction grateful to be standing on the grass back to the Clipper Adventurer for a exercising and not let it bog her down. firm. He will be responsible for the rather than lying below! . . . I love boot wash, a warm drink, dinner and She feels so fortunate that science has management, direction and growth hearing from you; please keep that a lecture to explain this novel environ- progressed to make the process easier of the architectural practices of the correspondence coming. ment. Their photos and accompany- and more thorough. And Peg says that firm’s northeast region, which includes —Ann Segrave Lieber ing discussion reflect both a wonder it is a kick to shop for wigs! Fortunately, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut at the magnificence of the scenery and business has been great for her, and and Massachusetts. . . . Ann Lehman 60 Sally Walker Simpson is still animals they saw and an undercurrent it did not slow down last year. They Lysaght’s first granddaughter was teaching and supervising at Tri-State of dread at the stark reality of danger currently have six active brokers in born in April; Ann recently planned University in Angola, Ind. Last fall and death all around them. . . . Janice the office selling businesses. As Peg a mini reunion with Dave and Judy she was chosen by the Indiana Pro- Rideout Carr continues as faculty says, being your own boss really is the Neumann Seddon and Steve and fessional Standards Board to be part of program coordinator at Foothill Col- way to go, and her business is always Martha Hooven Richardson. Steve the advisory committee charged with lege, the job she has had since 1989. exciting. . . . Please keep the e-mails and Martha own Stave Puzzles (custom writing Standards for Reading Profession- Her husband is retired from NASA coming to [email protected]. The made, handcut wooden jigsaw puzzles) als. They wrote standards for reading after 30 years as a research scientist more news I get, the better this column in Norwich, Vt. Check out their awe- specialists and K-12 reading teachers and is now holding several volunteer will be—and everything you send is some Web site at www.stave.com. . . . and believe that Indiana is the only positions, including chief radio officer interesting and newsworthy! Another classmate recently down- state that will have a K-12 reading for the County Office of Emergency —Jane Holden Huerta sizing from house to townhouse is teacher license. Last summer Sally Services. His retirement present to Hank Sheldon. The move for Hank went on an alumni trip to Tuscany, himself was a camper van, which 61 We’re halfway to our next and wife Elise took them from Glen had a great time visiting all the sights they have used for a few interesting reunion (the 45th!) in 2006! E-mail Ellyn to Carol Stream, Ill. Son Brian and reports that both accommodations trips to some western states. . . . Don me ([email protected]) anytime with is a freshman at Purdue, and daughter and food were excellent. She recom- Freedman has been living and teach- updates and reflections. . . . Carol Christelle is a senior at DePaul. Hank mends the alumni trips. . . . Since the ing mathematics in the Berkshires for Trigg Friedley retired at age 55 with recently retired from United Airlines latest arrival in December, Jock and the past 10 years. He is going to retire husband Dave to settle in Sunriver, following a 33-year flying career. . . . Pat Walker Knowles have eight this year or next and will be spending Ore., at a year-round resort on the Marty Fromm ’62 says she still consid- grandchildren. Son Jon and wife in more time in Colorado, skiing and dry side of the Cascade Mountains. ers herself to be part of the Class of ’61. N.Y.C. have none, but daughter Amy visiting their son. He sings barber- Carol writes, “We love being involved We keep waiting for you to come back and husband in R.I. have two children, shop, referees college rugby games, in our community (of 1,400) and spend for a reunion, Marty! Anyone inter- daughter Callie (Colby) and husband studies linguistics and travels. The last almost 50 percent of our time travel- ested in reconnecting (she’s a business (Colby) in South Berwick, Maine, time he visited Colby was in the fall ing. Most of my family has migrated owner in Eau Claire, Wis.) can e-mail have three, and daughter Sarah and of ’01 with John Vollmer and Jock from the New England area south to her ([email protected]). . . . Bill husband in Dunstable, Mass., have Knowles to play in a varsity-alumni Florida, so we go east a couple of times Wooldredge reports that he visited three. That’s five girls and three boys. soccer game. He says, “We were much, a year. Our kids and their kids—12 in Sue and Bob Hartman ’60 in May, is a Five years ago Jock and Pat bought much older than any other alumni and all—are spread throughout the west. grandfather of twins (daughter Becky a farmhouse in Freeman, Maine, certainly felt it.” I remember watch- After traveling abroad so often while is in Seattle) and planned to attend and try to spend one long weekend ing Don, John and Jock play soccer Dave was working, we find we still love the Alumni College in July. Give us out of each month at their getaway. in 1956—they were the ones who got to travel everywhere, but on our own an update on your impressions there, . . . Ann Stocking Townsend has soccer started at Colby! . . . Last year terms. We ski, bike, hike, canoe and Bill. Classmates who’ve been to past enjoyed Elderhostel trips and hopes Peg Jack Johnston took a three-week float the Deschutes River. We live on Alumni Colleges claim attendance

42 | COLBY • F A L L 2 0 0 3 is a “peak experience.” . . . A recent also present at reunion, forwarded her insurance companies (single payer) 1960s Correspondents addition (born May 25 in Portland) to annual Christmas remembrances letter and provide comprehensive health 1960 your correspondent’s family (a future and said: “Here’s to . . . the women of care for everyone.” Patty recently Jane Holden Huerta Colby girl?): grandniece Ainsley the Colby Class of 1962 who gradu- saw Mary Ballantyne Gentle on 2955 Whitehead Street Scrafton Pollock, grandchild of Joe ated at the beginning of a revolution Martha’s Vineyard. Mary is working Miami, FL 33133 305-446-5082 and Lee Scrafton Bujold ’64 and Bill in women’s roles for which few of us on school curricula and tutoring stu- [email protected] ’64 and Jeanne Anderson Pollock ’63. had role models. This amazing group dents with disabilities—and spending My Maine/Colby family connection of less than a hundred women each two to three months each year in the 1961 Diane Scrafton Ferreira increases! Aloha. found her way through personal and Bahamas. . . . Among the great joys of Pihanakalani Ranch —Diane Scrafton Ferreira cultural mazes. Sarah [Linn’s son’s my life during the past year is the birth P.O. Box 249 partner] observed that she could of my first grandson, Matthew Colin Pa’Auilo, HI 96776 62 Largely due to my complete and easily see who we had been at 20 as Joiner, on August 12, 2002. He is, of [email protected] total lack of aptitude at the computer, Liz, Janie, Patch, Nancy, Debby and course, perfect in every way, with eyes 1962 my last column disappeared from view I stood arms entwined, laughing at the the color of the sky and the disposition Patricia Farnham Russell (my fault, I know). I’m going to take camera.” Linn’s first grandchild, Zach- of a sunny day. . . . If you had the great 16 Sunset Avenue the easy road and reproduce what I ary Reid Hayes, was born December good fortune to be at Colby in June Hampden, ME 04444 207-942-6953 wrote as well as add a few updates and 30, 2002. Linn plans to teach him to 2002, you know how wonderful it is to leftovers from reunion in June 2002 play basketball. Congratulations to reconnect with old and special friends. Nancy MacKenzie Keating (now, amazingly, over a year ago). It was you and Tim, Linn. . . . Brenda Phil- I’m available at [email protected]; 49 Sycamore Station good to see Nancy and Whit Coombs, lipps Gibbons talks with enthusiasm I’ll probably answer you if you e-mail. Decatur, GA 30030-2757 who say that they probably will not about retirement in Stuart, Fla., her (That is, if I can ever learn to do it 404-370-0422 [email protected] retire until they’re 75—they say they new granddaughter, Kendall Gibbons successfully.) love life and are having too much fun (born April 14, 2003), and summers —Nancy MacKenzie Keating 1963 buying and building businesses! They in Marion, Mass., visiting family and Karen Forslund Falb maintain a breeding kennel of 25 Great friends. Brenda fondly remembers 245 Brattle Street 63 The 43 or so of us who attended Cambridge, MA 02138 Pyrenees dogs and judge dog shows all hockey, the Colbyettes, Guys and Dolls, our 40th reunion had a great time 617-864-4291 over the United States and Europe. French classes, cold winters and great sharing stories of our present lives [email protected] . . . Boyd and Mary (Muff) Symonds people when she thinks of Colby. . . . and enjoying Maine and each other. 1964 Leavitt recommend the Elderhostel Dick Poland’s daughter, Nicole, who On Saturday we heard President Bro Sara Shaw Rhoades at Camp Kieve’s Kennedy Learning ran this year’s Boston Marathon, grad- Adams speak on Colby today and 76 Norton Road Center in Nobleboro, Maine. They uated from Colby in ’01. His son, Sam, proposed new developments, saw a Kittery, ME 03904-5413 had a great time there during their trip is a member of the Colby Eight, just documentary film on Mount Katah- 207-439-2620 [email protected] east to Colby from California in June like his dad, and will graduate in ’04. din by Huey (Class of ’70) and had a last year. They extend an invitation to He said it was heartwarming to read shore luncheon in the field house. We 1965 all who find themselves on the “left about Peter Wagner ’66 in the last issue laughed for an hour and a half going Richard W. Bankart coast” to visit them and catch up with of Colby magazine. “Tink” Wagner, 20 Valley Avenue Apt. D2 through paces directed by Pen Wil- Westwood, NJ 07675-3607 the “many ’62 expatriates” there. I still Ceylon Barclay ’63 and Dick went liamson on the football field. A test to 201-664-7672 marvel at the fact that they drove all to Livermore High School together, see how our memories were withstand- [email protected] the way to Maine for reunion! . . . Gail played sports, sang in the church choir ing the onslaught of age had questions 1966 Macomber Cheeseman reported and “raised the dickens.” In response such as “Do you remember what day Meg Fallon Wheeler departing for Antarctica on December to the question, “What important we graduated?” (June 10.) “Do you 19 Rice Road 27, 2002, to lead 94 shipmates plus 14 parts of your life started at Colby,” remember who the speaker was?” P.O. Box 102 crew and staff on the beautiful Polar Dick said singing in the Colby Eight, (Dr. Bixler.) “Do you remember who Waterford, ME 04088 207-583-2509 Star, a Norwegian passenger ship that unbelievably, led him to a career in received honorary degrees?” (Yikes!) [email protected] is also an icebreaker, for 26 days of computer programming and his pres- “Do you remember the baccalaure- adventure from Ushuaia, Argentina, to ent job as “a trombone player in the ate speech?” (Here Pat Ey Ingraham 1967 the Falklands, South Georgia and the circus.” . . . Malcolm Maclean sent recited chapter and verse, and we were Robert Gracia Antarctic Peninsula. Access details of an announcement that his law firm, 295 Burgess Avenue totally impressed!) Saturday’s dinner Westwood, MA 02090 the Cheesemans’ adventures on their Maclean, Holloway, Doherty, Ardiff & was at Roberts, and bands and dancing 781-329-2101 Web site: www.cheesemans.com. . . . Morse, P.C., moved to a new address in followed in Cotter Union. . . . Our Judy Gerrie Heine Harry and Judy Hoagland Bristol Peabody, Mass. So no retirement for class was recognized for its total gifts of 21 Hillcrest Road traveled from their home in Houston, you, Malcolm? . . . Ron Ryan, chief $1,734,500: capital gifts of $1,553,745, Medfield, MA 02052 Texas, for reunion. So good to see you, operating officer of the Philadelphia the Alumni Fund of $157,255, “odds 508-359-2886 roomie! Judy and Harry travel in their Flyers for 12 years, recently was named and ends” of $23,500 and the second [email protected] retirement. In February they took a president of the team. . . . Patty Downs highest class participation—66 per- 1968 “big trip” to Peru, spending time in Berger recently won two gold medals cent. Thanks go to Al Carville and Peter Jost Macchu Picchu, among other fascinat- in the National Adult Figure Skating his volunteers for all their effort and 65 W. Main Street ing places, but Judy claims their week competitions. One program, she said, P.O. Box 5389 success in fund raising. . . . The Mar- Clinton, NJ 08809 along the Amazon with mosquito nets, was her serious program, “with all my riner Distinguished Service Award [email protected] no electricity and fishing for piranha best moves,” and the other was “inter- went to Susan Comeau, who has for 1969 was the most unforgettable part of their pretive.” She recreated Dolly Parton many years given much to Colby and Sari Abul-Jubein trip. In September they spent a week in in 9 to 5 and claims to have lost all was acknowledged by Bro Adams as 257 Lake View Avenue Jackson Hole and Yellowstone as well her inhibitions to pull that off. Patty having been of immense help to him. Cambridge, MA 02138 as Cody, Wyo. Thanksgiving brought is retired from medicine but work- Two classmates were recognized for 617-868-8271 a week on Amelia Island in Florida. ing toward a universal health care their publications: Ceylon Barclay for [email protected] . . . Beautiful Linn Spencer Hayes, system that would “eliminate private his book Red Rum Punch on Granada

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in the Caribbean and Roger Jeans, that have been on the shelf. . . . Nancy rington Mayo also checked in. “Why, Nancy has four children, including Jeff who co-edited Good-Bye to Old Peking. (Judd ’61) and Peter Coughlan live in when we are supposed to be retired, IV ’91. She divorced in ’92, moved to Book signings by other alumni were Fairfax, Va., and have three sons and are we so busy?” she wrote. “My job Austin, Texas, in ’94 “along with the held in the Marchese Pub in Cotter four grandchildren. He retired from includes some lobbying, so I get to multitude of exotic animals we raised Union. . . . Our class officers for the a 20-year military career in the Air keep an eye on my husband, who is a on our farm in Rye, N.H. Moved back next five years will be Karen Beganny Force in 1987 and then joined a con- state senator. In addition to that, I am to N.H. in ’97 but kept Pigtail Farm, Megathlin as president, Pen Wil- sulting firm working with emergency president of Maine Preservation and a a 500-acre ranch in Briggs, Texas, liamson as vice president, yours management personnel at all levels of board member and chair of the design where I raise mostly donkeys—with truly as class correspondent and Jane local, state, federal and foreign national committee of Main Street Bath. Our my old potbellied pigs, two llamas, one Melanson Dahmen as chief fund government. He retired from that job cottage on Squirrel Island is a welcome alpaca, our pet goats plus too many raiser. . . . Thanks to the following in 2000. He and Nancy celebrated their and therapeutic get-away. We try to peacocks and a lot of rattlesnakes, classmates for news. David Pulver 40th wedding anniversary in July with spend weekends there from mid-April armadillos, road runners, jackrabbits, was elected to another term on the a vacation to Maine, including a brief through October. This year, ice and etc. We specialize in breeding spotted board of directors of Hearst-Argyle stop at Colby, which neither had seen snow in the woods prevented water standards, especially black and white, Television in May. He is president of for those same 40 years. . . . Al and hook up, so we had to settle for starting which are so beautiful and flashy. Just Cornerstone Capital, Inc., a private Rosemary Blankenship Hubbard in May! We look forward each year got into breeding mammoth donkeys investment company, and a director enjoy their children and grandchildren to time with family and old friends.” with a new herd of 24. Spotted or of the William Carter Company and “to the max” and recently celebrated . . . Dorothy Thompson Herrin is white, donkeys are amazing animals, of the Public Health Institute—and their 41st anniversary. Rosemary happy to report that she is retiring lovable, smart, easy keepers—all 100 a trustee of Colby. He and his wife, wrote, “Al says to tell you we are semi- from teaching: “So far my only plans of them.” She can be found on the wait Carol, live in Mendham, N.J. . . . Lil- retired (and semi-broke!).” Proud of are to do some volunteer work in my staff summers on the river at Geno’s, lian Waugh in West Virginia planned their ’49 Chevrolet and their two community, just things that I think I’ll 177 Mechanic Street, Portsmouth, to be in New England in mid-August Volvos with a total of 300,000 miles really enjoy, and never to go to Texas N.H. Otherwise, try the ranch or to visit her sisters, Laurie Waugh on them, they also have a project help- in the summer again! (That is where New Castle, N.H., or Antigua. She Harris ’60 and Lucille Waugh, and ing preserve the culture and property my two children and two grandchil- sees Frances Matteson Packard and her daughter, who has launched a of farmers in the mountains of North dren live.)” her husband. They have a tuna boat in teaching career at Needham (Mass.) Carolina who are under pressure from —Sara Shaw Rhoades New Castle. Nancy would like to hear High School. Lillian still enjoys power golf and ski developers to sell their from “Sunny, Bailey and all my old yoga in spite of a rotator cuff injury farms. Al is an environmental geologist 65 “Don’t plan to retire till they DKE friends.” They could contact her and was looking forward to playing who works to preserve ground-water throw me out,” says Neil Clipsham by e-mail ([email protected]) or golf with her husband, David, when quality in the industrial South (they from his home in N. Wales, Pa. Neil at the Spotted Donkey Co., 603-235- she gets better. . . . Barb Haines Chase live in Charlotte, N.C.), and he enjoys and Jean travel extensively. He had a 4858, where you can purchase your couldn’t attend the reunion because playing bluegrass guitar. double hip replacement last February very own donkey. Are white mules the choir she and Bill ’62 are in had an —Karen Forslund Falb and says “it’s a little exciting at airport next? . . . Hail, Colby, Hail! important rehearsal before their trip security.” . . . A nice newsy letter from —Richard W. Bankart to Scandinavia. (Mary Michelmore 64 Reunion is mental exercise: Susan Mc Ginley says she’s not visited Ackerman-Hayes and her husband, “Uh . . . ATO? . . . soccer?” . . . “Didn’t Colby since our 25th, but she does a 66 The “overflow” news from Don, who also live in the Keene, N.H., you date my roommate?” “I remember “Hail, Colby, Hail” when she drives the summer column, with apologies area, will also go on the choir trip.) you were going to be a doctor?”; nostal- by the campus. She’s designed her own to those of you who had to wait so long Atop Cadillac Mountain they ran into gia: “Isn’t this the hill we tobogganed retirement home in Eddington, Maine, to get “published,” included summer Roger and Nancy Reynolds Jensen, down?” “I can hear Professor Geib in which she shares with “Lightening’s plans anticipated and we hope suc- who were on their way to the reunion. this very room.” “Rocks! Where are all First Lady Love,” a scary looking cessfully achieved: Karen Riendeau Barb hopes people read about their those rocks I had to identify?”; wishful shepherd/wolf mix who is “kissy Remine was part of the Alumni Col- latest wonderful trip to Nepal, which thinking: “Where’s Bernie?” “I wish I sweet to all.” The home “has lots of lege group meeting in Kinsale, Ireland, was in the 1962 class news column last could have studied in these luxurious light and wood and incorporates old in July. . . . Paula McNamara was winter. Dian Emerson Sparling also labs!”; lying: “You haven’t changed a barn doors, hens’ nests and table legs looking forward to running a gallery/ was on that trip, where they worked bit!” (“Well, I recognized you, didn’t from an old family homestead and is workshop on her summer island home for two weeks with a group treating I?”) Reunion is also a chance to see eclectically decorated as only a theater of Islesboro, Maine, where she was to 1,700 patients. Barb later worked in how big the trees have grown, to see retiree can do. Have bear, moose and show the photography of her husband, the permanent Helping Hands clinic how important the College considers lots of birds in my front yard.” She Jack McConnell, and other artists and in Kathmandu! . . . Susan Ferries all its alums, to take some short classes spends her time trying to create a wild do writing, painting and photo work- Moore, who did attend the reunion, by various alums during the weekend flower garden, dabbling in small-town shops. . . . Peter Anderson’s summer is having a great time as vice president and hear Al Corey once again! See you politics and writing her first book,Love plans included being host to a group for Environmental Affairs at Georgia- next June! . . . It was a treat to hear in the North Woods (1894-1898). She’s of ’66 geology majors and a few other Pacific and is kept busy with many envi- from Sue Ellsworth this month. She in touch with Jill Long, who has added Colby friends at his grandfather’s cabin ronmental issues as the company has wrote, “I might mention my disap- teaching to her administrative duties in a California canyon about four miles a diverse line of products from toilet pointment at not being mentioned in at Bangor Mental Health Institute, from the San Andreas fault and seven paper to lumber. She and her husband, the milestones as the oldest first-time and with Marian Hale Fowler. miles from the epicenter of the 1989 Jack, together have six children and six bride. Rich Feeley and I have been Susan would like to hear from Ginny Loma Prieta earthquake—Shangri grandchildren, ages 7 to 1. They live married for three and a half years now, Marshall Cosbey, Peggy Hornaday La to a geology major, I suppose. on the western shore of the Chesa- and we even still like each other. He is Rhoads and Nancy Eckel Bradley ’64. Peter and Elena continue to travel peake Bay and enjoy a large vegetable in international public health at BU, (Your class correspondent would like to extensively, regularly to see Elena’s garden, which she says “could feed half and I am still attempting to teach hear from them, too!) . . . Nancy Bar- family in Argentina and recently to of Virginia.” She is thinking of retiring sixth graders their own language in nett Fort has also resigned from the the Andalusian province of Spain. next year and is looking forward to Lexington, Mass. Hope to see you at Broken Pencil Club with a long letter His professional life still revolves traveling and getting to all the projects the next reunion.” . . . Martha Far- from her home in New Castle, N.H. around running Pacific Geotechnical

44 | COLBY • F A L L 2 0 0 3 newsmakers Michael Frayn. . . . As always, thanks Connie’s family reunion and some golf for your news. for Woody, who says he’d like to hear International Paper, the world’s largest paper and forest products company, appointed Newland A. Lesko ’67 to the position of executive vice presi- —Meg Fallon Wheeler from anyone ([email protected]). dent. Lesko, who will implement company-wide manufacturing initiatives He and Connie live in Webster, and technology, has held several manufacturing and business assignments 67 More classmates seem to be N.Y., where he still works for Xerox of increasing responsibility since joining the company fresh out of college planning retirements, celebrating the and Connie works for an advertising in 1967  Peter M. Rouse ’68 prefers staying behind the scenes as chief college graduations of their children specialty company called Recognition of staff, close confidant and right-hand man to Senate Minority Leader Tom (and financial freedom from “easy pay- Experts. . . . When Gil Congdon’s Daschle (D-S.D.) but not so far behind that the National Journal couldn’t ment plans”) and traveling to the far daughter, Brooke, graduated from draw him out for a profile in its June article “Senate Leadership.” corners of the world. . . . She’s come Colby in 2002, he says, “it was time full circle and legally changed her name for me to put away my high school Milestones back to Sandy Miller because, Sandy math books and retire after 34 years of Deaths: Catherine Meader ’67, August 10, 2002, in Boston, Mass., at says, it feels right! Flying to visit her teaching, coaching and athletic direct- 57  Robert Brassil Savage ’68, June 1, 2001, in Virginia Beach, Va., at 55. granddaughter in Florida, she sat in ing in Reading, Mass., Bethlehem, a waiting area seat for a connecting N.H., and Manchester-By-The-Sea, Engineering and its eight employees his son, Henry, and daughter, Heather, flight through Cincinnati, when the Mass. I guess I’ve had around 25 of my and being an active member of Rotary and by friends. Unfortunately, Allen person next to her said, “Sandy?” students go to Colby. I left the math International. . . . Lou Friedler, a math is now living with ALS (Lou Gehrig’s It was Tom Saliba, on his way to teaching to my oldest son, Peter, at professor at Arcadia University (for- disease), diagnosed last December. His Italy via Cincinnati! “We had a Matignon High School in Cambridge, merly Beaver College) in Glenside, additional plans include trips to Alaska nice opportunity to catch up on 35 Mass., and to Brooke at Andover High Pa., is one of the long-silent classmates and Yellowstone and a reunion with years,” Sandy wrote. “Fortunately, he School and took the trip of my dreams who responded to the class letter ques- some Colby friends in California.” boarded first so he missed my Lucille with my wife, Pamela, to New Zealand, tionnaire. Thanks, Lou—I hope you’re Allen and Jan are part of the Peter Ball-type impersonation when I Australia and Hawaii in the summer.” a trendsetter. . . . After many years as an Anderson geology group mentioned couldn’t produce my driver’s license Back home, he joined the Bentley Col- independent school college placement above. I know you all join me in sending and emptied everything I had with me lege faculty as an adjunct mathematics counselor, Linda Mitchell Potter has our love and thoughts to the Throops. on the floor.” Of course she found it professor working with freshmen and become a public school psychologist Remember, you can get any classmate’s the minute she sat down in the plane. looked forward to returning in the fall. in Woodstock, Vt., living in the Pot- address and phone number from me. But Sandy’s sister was diagnosed with He also joined a country club, where ters’ ski house temporarily. Husband . . . Elizabeth Hernberg Went loves lung cancer, and she says, “I am trying he was “working hard at lowering Lee ’67 continues to live and work in her new title of mother of the groom- to be her daily support system from my embarrassingly high handicap,” Massachusetts during the week. Linda to-be. Her son, David, proposed to his afar, be there for her twin daughters he says, hoping someday to be close is enjoying her very diverse clientele future bride on board a tall ship docked and support my elderly parents during to Woody Berube’s three handicap. but is working more hours than ever in in Newport, R.I. . . . After 37 years of this painful period. I am very grateful “Hiking and playing bridge regularly what was supposed to be her transition silence, Carl Floyd decided to send in for everything that is good in my life and occasionally singing in the com- to retirement. Taking care of her father his news, although he credits his ex- and happy that I can play this useful munity chorus help me pass the seven and enjoying her granddaughter leave wife, Judi David, with reporting news role.” She misses her Colby friends Saturdays in the week.” . . . Joanna little free time for skiing. . . . Nice to of him earlier this year. Carl retired and says it’s too bad reunions are so far Snyder Richardson is now associate have an update on Terry Saunders a year ago from the Naval Undersea apart! . . . Woody Berube had foot and director, information access services at Lane and her family. Terry is direc- Warfare Center in Newport, R.I., knee surgery over a six-week period last Bond University Library (Australia). tor of the program department at after a 35-year career mostly work- fall, but unfortunately it didn’t allevi- She is still competing in Appaloosa The Boston Foundation; husband ing on submarine periscopes, but he ate the pain. His daughter, Breanne, Native Heritage Classes, was reserve Jonathan is president of Icon Archi- continues to work part time as a con- graduated in June from Rhode Island champion at the Australian National tecture. Justin, their photojournalist tractor. He’s planning many trips in School of Design and plans to give it Show and has an Appaloosa filly in the son, received a Pulitzer Prize for his new tent camper. Daughter Lynne a go as a freelance graphic designer U.S. that recently won a world champi- Photography in 2002 as part of The continues to pursue her dream of a in the Providence area. Like many onship title in Fort Worth in Yearling New York Times team covering 9/11 singing career, and daughter Rebecca others whose children are finishing Longeline! . . . Larry Sears, a teacher, and its aftermath in N.Y.C. Daughter will be married in August 2004. . . . with college, he’s looking forward to completed his second master’s in coun- Diana is program coordinator for the Peter Lax’s responses missed the class her coming “off the payroll.” Woody seling in May 2002 at the University San Francisco Food Bank and work- letter deadline, but he reports that his exchanges e-mails with Peter Swartz of Texas at El Paso. The mayor of El ing on her master’s in public policy favorite book is Stupid White Men by ’66 frequently, and he and Jeff Hannon Paso appointed him to the city/county at Berkeley. An accomplished family! Michael Moore. He took a two-week ’68 stay in touch with what’s going on in board of health as the “consumer rep- . . . Debbie Chase e-mailed me from trip to Ireland to visit a son in Galway their lives. Woody says he grew out of resentative.” Last summer, while on a Denver, Colo., where she has lived and offers to lead Colby alums on the the sports car phase this year and now seven-day cycle trip through central for 30 years. Son Steve and daughter trip if they need a consultant. He sends happily drives an SUV, but his biggest Nova Scotia, Larry spent time with Wendy and her four (soon-to-be five) special greetings to Allen Throop and news is that his 60-year-old brother Dick Hunnewell and his family. grandchildren also live there. Debbie to Fran Finizio. . . . Another late but was to be married for the first time in Dick’s son Josh will graduate from retired for a few years, then returned welcome response came from Bill August. “He and his ‘Berube-Wan- Colby in ’04. . . . Chuck Levin’s son to full-time work for Weight Watch- Ingham of Seattle, who remembers nabe’ wife-to-be haven’t done much Jonathan ’97 passed the Massachu- ers, a job she loves. . . . It’s always slipping on the ice in front of Onie’s planning yet, but he has his annual setts bar exam and was sworn in as a hard to share sad news. Martha De and would bring warmer clothes if he trips to Saratoga race track planned lawyer in December 2002. They are Cou Dick wrote that when Allen could do his Colby years again! Con- a year in advance. So, if you see the now practicing together in Needham, and Janet Meyer Throop visited grats to Bill on his show of paintings new SUV (license Plate SLVRBLIT) Mass., and changed the firm name to Martha in Boulder, Colo., in May, and the book signing about his work bearing down the Mass Pike in June Levin Law Office. Jon was to marry “Allen climbed the first Flatiron, a 5.4 at the Seattle gallery in September and in August, flag me down.” Late in Elizabeth Aloupis in June. . . . Telecom technical ascent, in spite of having little 2002. Books he recommends are Gal- June he and his wife, Connie, planned consultant Phil Kay works from home use of his hands. He was supported by lipoli by Alan Moorehead and Spies by to drive to Pigeon Forge, Tenn., for on West Beach in Beverly Farms, Mass.

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He sends an open invitation to anyone neyed to reunion all the way from San in the area to stop by for a boat ride, Diego (not on a motorcycle), recently day on the beach or whatever. He appeared on the front page of the San continues to enjoy traveling world- Diego County Bar Association maga- Why leave a bequest wide speaking on sales effectiveness zine and was profiled as one of the with Holden International, with leading environmental attorneys in trips to London and Tokyo planned San Diego. Ted moved to San Diego to someone you have this summer. He recently returned directly after Colby and has been there from Ft. Lauderdale (and took time for the past 35 years, protecting its to boat up the inland waterway) and magnificent beaches and marine life never met? Portland, Ore. (with time to ski Mt. from pollution. One of the highlights Hood and hike around the gorge). of the weekend was our class reception Phil says, “The highlight of last year and reunion dinner in the Schupf art was daughter Debbie graduating from gallery. I sat next to Dick Fraser, who UPenn. HOOORAAY.” . . . Keep the now lives in Greenwich, Conn., with e-mails coming! his wife and three children. Dick went —Robert Gracia and Judy Gerrie Heine to Amos Tuck at Dartmouth for his M.B.A. after graduating from Colby 68 I was delighted to be and now is president of Ingram Todd, appointed as your next class corre- Inc., a mergers and acquisitions firm in spondent (honest!). Many thanks to Greenwich. He was horrified to find Nancy Dodge Bryan for the great out that I had become class correspon- job she did during her term. I will dent—this after telling me several of try to follow her excellent example. his Colby stories. (Don’t worry, The big event of course was our Dick, your secrets are safe with me.) 35th reunion in June. About 20 of I wish I had room to list the names of us started off reunion by having everyone who came to reunion; it was dinner on Thursday night in Portland great to see you all, even if we’re all at Walter’s Cafe, which was wonder- just a little bit older. Let’s not wait 10 ful. There was also a cruise on Casco or 15 years to get together again. . . . Bay Friday morning, which a number On a final note, theSanford (Maine) took advantage of. For those who keep News reports that Peter Swett was Bequests to Colby by many hundreds, if not score, 42 members of the Class of ’68 engaged to marry Jacqueline Ann registered, plus five Colby spouses Taylor on June 21. Peter is the owner of thousands, of alumni and friends have helped and/or ’68 classmates who graduated Doughty Falls Photography in North with other classes, plus other spouses, Berwick. Congratulations and best generations of students in the past and will children and significant others. We had wishes to you both. continue to do so in the future. a gorgeous sunny day on Friday and —Peter Jost partly cloudy but mostly rain-free days Saturday and Sunday, a minor 71 Gary Burfoot, a semi-retired Bequests have been the foundation of the miracle in our soggy spring. The attorney in Connecticut, ran in the award for most heroic travel goes to 2003 Boston Marathon with his endowment and transformed the campus Ted Allison, who rode his motorcycle brother, Amby, the 1968 Boston from Seattle to Waterville, stopping Marathon winner. They ran with for the future. only to pick up his 16-year-old son, various other family members. . . . Jake, a hockey player, in Minnesota Michael Moschos lives in London on the way. (Did I mention that Ted’s with his family. His daughter, Ellie, is Your bequest to Colby, no matter the size, son is a hockey player?) At the Awards graduating this year from the Chelsea Banquet, outgoing class president Art School of Art and Design, and his son, will have a lasting impact on the College and Brennan received a Colby Brick and Stamos, is a first-year history student generations of students you will never meet. Joe Boulos received the Distinguished at University College, London. Mike Alumnus Award. The ’68 tables were reports that he and wife Despina understandably rowdy in cheering recently took a brief sailing holiday for Art and Joe. Congratulations, in the Aegean Islands. . . . Jerome guys, and thanks, Art, for a great job Layman enjoyed skiing with Paul as class president. Our new president and Jane Hight Edmunds during is Steve Ford and vice president is Jeff the winter of 2000. He disclosed that For information on how to include Colby in your Lathrop, both Zetes, I might add, as Paul has a new bionic knee. At the will or trust, please contact Steve Greaves or well as yours truly (just a coincidence, time Jerome wrote to me, he had just folks, not a coup). I brought my son, returned from a week in the Cayman Sue Cook in the Planned Giving Office at Colby. Adam, to reunion and dragged him all Islands with his daughter and five of around the campus, telling him Colby her 17-year-old girlfriends. He had 1-800-809-0103 or [email protected] stories and trivia until his eyes glazed heard from Larie Trippet. . . . Chip over. We also visited a certain college Altholz wrote that he and his wife, in Brunswick. Another West Coast Linda, were in the process of remod- resident, Ted Bromfield, who jour- eling their home. He was planning to

46 | COLBY • F A L L 2 0 0 3 produce two CDs over the summer an Ohio school system and also an with Dexter Shoe Company. Look- 1970s Correspondents and was opening an office in L.A. adjunct professor. . . . “To continue ing forward to spending more time 1970 although continuing to live in High- the terrific time we had at the 30th in Maine giving more time to Colby Brenda Hess Jordan land Park, Ill. He would love to hear reunion,” Susan Benjamin Griffin trustee duties. One of my children, 141 Tanglewood Drive from Jim Peterson. . . . Ann Lyle says of meeting Anne Emerson and Kenden, spent a couple years work- Glen Ellyn, IL 60137 Rethlefsen received a doctor of educa- Steve Sullivan at Anne’s home in ing in education and this fall [2002] 630-858-1514 tion in leadership from Saint Mary’s Brattleboro, Vt., for a weekend last fall. has returned to get her master’s in [email protected] University of Minnesota in June. She “Steve’s fitness campaign has him look- Boulder, Colo., in art therapy.”. . . 1971 teaches on special assignment from ing terrific, and Anne was in fine form Here in Rockville, Md., I too have a Nancy Neckes Dumart the Winona Area Public Schools at as a result of maintaining her lovely child of college age (oldest son at the 19 Deergrass Road Winona State University, where she country home and keeping up with her University of Colorado-Boulder). As Shrewsbury, MA 01545 was to begin her fourth year as a pro- very athletic daughter and their many our children leave the nest, I’m sure 508-842-1083 fessor of education methods courses. resident animals.” Anne took the three most of us would agree that life’s pace [email protected] Ann had been in touch with David of them on a tour of lower Vermont, does not slow down. I, in particular, 1972 ’70 and Carrie Horsley Durkin. . . . “and all this was capped off by a late, keep “running” with my second son (a Janet Holm Gerber rainy day lunch reminiscent of our junior in high school), my wonderful Jon Stone’s home-building company 409 Reading Avenue in Florida was purchased by a public times spent in France and a market job at a local private school, keeping Rockville, MD 20850 company, BMHC, which builds about stop to buy the biggest pumpkin we up with the maintenance on my pretty 301-424-9160 6,000 houses per year in Florida. Jon’s could haul home—30-plus pounds! old home . . . and staring at the lists of [email protected] youngest son, previously reported as We laughed remembering how D.G.’s all the other things I should be doing as 6'5" and 270, was second string defen- little orange tree had sufficed at 5 rue well! Best wishes to all of you. 1973 sive end this past year as a sophomore Segrais and all the fun we had there —Janet Holm Gerber Roberta Rollins Wallace 119 Eastern Drive at UVA. . . . Rob Wilson and his wife, on our fabulous junior year abroad!” Wethersfield, CT 06109-2609 Marion, are living in North Hatfield, . . . Approximately 100 Boston high 73 I was disappointed that I was [email protected] Mass. Rob, who is director of the Vet- school students spent the summer in unable to attend our 30th reunion, and erans Education Project in Amherst, full-time, paid positions at FleetBoston I hear that those who did enjoyed the 1974 was featured last April in a personal Financial as part of Boston’s Summer weekend immensely. I haven’t yet heard Robin Sweeney Peabody 46 Elk Lane profile in theDaily Hampshire Gazette. Jobs Program. Said Anne O’Hanian all the details, but the early reports say Littleton, CO 80127 . . . Thanks for keeping those updates Szostak, FleetBoston Financial’s the Class of ’73 was housed in what is 303-978-1129 coming! executive vice president and manag- now called the West Quad (Robins, fax: 303-904-0941 ing director of human resources and —Nancy Neckes Dumart Chaplin and Pepper), which now [email protected] diversity, “Fleet is proud to be pro- features separate women’s and men’s 72 Delinquent I have been! To viding Boston’s students with summer bathrooms. Alex Wilson did a fine job 1975 atone, I will cram every bit of news I jobs. Young people who are given an at the reunion dinner reviewing The Bruce Young can into this column. . . . Dee Fitz- opportunity to apply knowledge and 10 Best Things About Being Over 50 20 Applewood Avenue Billerica, MA 01821 Gerald Sockbeson, wife of tribal skills, relating academic subjects to (I am really sorry I missed that!) and 978-443-6417 attorney Henry ’73 (son Henry goes to the workplace, learn the value and introducing Professor Morrione, who [email protected] Worcester Polytechnic Institute), has dignity that comes from a job and spoke about what Colby was like in resumed part-time work as a librarian become valuable citizens within their the 1970s. Merrilee Bonney won the 1976 near their home in Connecticut. Henry community.” Approximately 15 stu- prize for coming the longest distance as Jane Souza Dingman represents the Mashantucket Pequot dents spent 90 minutes each workday she traveled from Amsterdam. Lloyd 805 River Road Tribe, which owns Foxwoods Resort for six weeks in on-site classrooms, Benson, Lisa Kehler Bubar, Debbie Leeds, ME 04263-3115 [email protected] Casino. Last year was a big travel being prepared for the Massachusetts Mael-Mandino, John Krasnavage year for the Sockbesons, including a Comprehensive Assessment System by and Carol Chalker McDowell rec- 1977 trip to D.C., where they saw Colby Boston high school teachers. . . . The reated a familiar scene, playing bridge Mark Lyons friends, the Scimonellis. . . . Also in end of this year will begin a new chap- into the wee hours of the morning. 66 Edgewood Drive Connecticut, Bob Brown (two chil- ter for Nancy Round Haley (oldest And thanks to Robert E. Diamond Hampton, NH 03842-3923 dren in college) is in his 30th year of daughter at the University of Rhode Jr., the Class of ’73 took top honors 603-929-7378 teaching world history, Russian and Island studying biomedical engineer- in donations. Bob contributed $6 mil- [email protected] Middle Eastern history at Southing- ing). A 30-year career at the Rhode lion to the College! Since arriving in 1978 ton High School. His work includes Island Department of Health Forensic London seven years ago, Bob has Janet Santry Hauser many foreign excursions with students Toxicology Laboratory will make way become head of Barclays Capital and 9 White Rock Drive (over 20 trips to Europe and Russia) for retirement! (And thank you, Nancy, Barclays Global Investors. According Falmouth, ME 04105-1437 and many student exchanges. He also for presenting at our 30th in regards to to a May 2003 interview that ran in [email protected] recently co-chaired a state-wide state your profession in forensics.) Mean- The London Times, Bob is reputed to teacher’s union task force on drug and while, the Haleys have traveled far be one of London’s highest paid bank- Lea Jackson Morrissey alcohol abuse by students. Not too long and wide during the past year—Cap- ers—and his office in London’s Canary 1 Shorewood Road Marblehead, MA 01945-1225 ago he saw Bill Johnson and also Al tiva Island, Fla., for a family reunion, Row features a framed cover of an issue [email protected] Levine ’71 and Bill Simons ’71—all at Germany to visit her daughter doing of Colby magazine. Congratulations, a SABR baseball convention in Boston. her fourth college year abroad at the Bob, on your success and many thanks 1979 . . . Kathleen Otterson Cintavey University of Braunschweig (and to ski for your generosity to our well-loved Cheri Bailey Powers (daughter at Lehigh University and the Alps!) and the Dominican Repub- alma mater. . . . Gary Lawless has been 6027 Scout Drive son a Colby ’97 graduate who as a lic. Nancy reminds us all of a motto awarded a Martin Dibner Memorial Colorado Springs, CO 80918 lieutenant in the Navy was in Opera- she tries to live by: “Live well, Laugh Fellowship in poetry. Co-owner of 719-532-9285 tion Enduring Freedom) is the direc- often, Love much!” . . . Bill Alfond Gulf of Maine Books in Brunswick [email protected] tor of curriculum and instruction for e-mailed: “Have retired after 30 years and publisher of Blackberry Books,

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he has published numerous collec- husband, Rob, continues to coordinate mountains. . . . Russell Harris has and Anchorage were all on the itin- tions of poems and has read his work the adult ed program in Portland. . . . owned and operated Harris Appraisal erary this past year. . . . Russell Wahl at poetry festivals and readings in the Checking in after 30 years is Henry Service in Reading, Mass., since 1994. sent news that he has been teaching in U.S. and Europe. Schea, who lives in Delaware with Prior to that he was a residential and Idaho for the past 18 years but was to —Jackie Nienaber Appeldorn his wife of 23 years, Lisa. They have commercial appraiser for several com- teach at Harvard this summer. He was home schooled their five sons. Henry panies. He is now a member of the looking forward to being back in New 74 I am still catching up! Doug ’73 works in Philly at a biotech firm that National Trust for Historic Preserva- England. . . . Candace Burnett was a and Cheryl Booker Gorman visited is developing cancer vaccines against tion. . . . Judy Sidell Westerlund e- 2002 Educator of Excellence in New us while skiing and looking at Colo- melanoma and ovarian cancers. He has mails from Sweden, where her second York state and was honored at the Eng- rado College with their son, Bobby, been in the field for 20 years, which has child, Annika, just graduated from high lish Council’s conference in Albany. and daughter, Katie. By coincidence, been exciting. His big 50 highlight was school, participating in the Swedish She has taught communication arts, Twila Purvis Sehnert’s husband, Russ a trip to Paris and Lyon with Lisa. . . . post-ceremony tradition of running social studies and Latin in N.Y.C. for ’75, was taking their son Will to look Robin Hamill-Ruth is still running out of school, jumping on decorated 12 years. She shared Martha Bernard at CC the same day. So we had a mini the Pain Management Center at UVA. trucks and driving through the town, Welsh’s big birthday and reports that reunion over dinner and let the kids Her four oldest kids are college age blaring music. . . Jeff Barske writes Martha is still the dynamic individual marvel at all the parental reminiscing. or just beyond, but the two younger that he has left the banking industry she met in Foss in 1970. . . . I still have Twila and Russ live in New Jersey, ones still need all that parental atten- and is considering new career options. some news left for next time, including and their oldest son, Steen, attends tion. Robin coaches 7- to 11-year-old Meanwhile he is finishing a six-year word of a 50th birthday/Colby reunion Colby. . . . Gay Peterson’s son, Anders baseball and enjoys it despite her Colby term as vice chairman of the board of that 13 Colbyites had in Wisconsin in Wood, is also at Colby, a member of IFL experience! Robin and her hus- education and continues to be active May. Stay tuned. the Class of 2007, while Gay’s daughter band, Roger, bought 22 acres and a in the Lions Historical Society. Rec- —Robin Sweeney Peabody is a freshman in Farmington, Maine. cabin on Calf Mt., where they escape reation takes the form of horses, a Gay is still with L.L. Bean, and her to enjoy sunsets over the West Virginia camper and travel. London, Wales 75 Joe Casey writes that he is alive

curtis johnsonKnowing the Drill ’75

Not everyone’s courageous enough to earn a In addition to a 40-hour week at Sing Sing, Johnson, the father of two living inside a prison, especially when you’re up girls, Janine, 12, and Jasmine, 8, also juggled running his private prac- to your elbows in scalpels, drills and other sharp tice in Queens, N.Y. Weekends were a much-needed respite. Despite instruments. But Dr. Curtis Johnson ’75 has done it the schedule, Johnson was able to hone the time management skills for nearly 20 years. he first acquired as a philosophy major and biology minor at Colby and Johnson, who was raised in New York, worked as a dentist and situ- apply them towards his family and work life alike. ation controller for the maximum security Sing Sing Correctional Facility Since childhood, Johnson had wanted to become a dentist, but he in Ossining, N.Y. Other than a particular affinity for small spaces in never imagined applying the majority of his time and dental skills for which to maneuver his dental tools, Johnson’s multidimensional job as a so long in a prison. The unique combination of dentistry and situation dentist and a prison situation controller requires an acute sixth sense of controller training, however, has yielded interesting results for John- sorts—to look, listen and feel the temper of the facility. son—a keen ability to “see” the truth. In fact, one might call him a The training for a situation controller certificate comprises a two- human polygraph test. “I can look at their [Johnson’s patients’] eyes, week intensive training course that teaches a gamut of negotiation and body movements and expressions to see if they’re telling me the truth,” communication techniques as well as tools to detect potentially harm- Johnson said. Nothing slips by him. ful behavior patterns. Though the training is critical for acquiring But the job has taken its toll. Johnson didn’t always feel he could be basic hostage negotiation techniques, the real rush comes himself when working within his own set of iron bars. The absence during those adrenaline-filled moments inside the prison of personality that was required of him as a prison dentist simply when controlling the situation is the only barrier to prevent- wasn’t fulfilling anymore, and that’s one of the reasons he ing violent escalation. recently decided to bid adieu to state correc- “I practiced dentistry, but while I worked I was always tions and concentrate on his private practice in listening, watching and feeling the mood inside the building. Queens. “You have to become a different person; If there’s going to be a riot, it’s much better to know it you can’t always be the same friendly guy, and before it takes place than after. My eyes and ears that in and of itself makes it difficult to be your- were always open,” Johnson said. Translation:- self. That challenge begins to run its course over Johnson helped to keep the peace as well as the years,” he said. assist in the preservation of an inmate’s health. Johnson anticipates a rejuvenation phase of Johnson stumbled into a job with state cor- sorts once he fully integrates himself back into rections just after graduation from the School private practice. “I really get a kick out of what I of Medicine at the State University of New York do. I have a ball meeting people, and I feel like at Buffalo. He’d heard of an opening from his it’s almost new to me again because I’ve been godmother, who also worked inside the prison doing the prison stuff for so long,” Johnson said. system, and a part-time job with Sing Sing —Sara Blask ’03 quickly expanded into full time—and then some.

48 | COLBY • F A L L 2 0 0 3 and doing fine, happily married with we’re doing. Come on, Mules, we’re teacher for 13 years; Becca Hush- new industry for her, and she is excited two daughters in their early teens. He only 50!) Actually, Carol does have a ing McCole is taking a little time about the learning opportunity. Her works for himself as an actuary, despite personal achievement to report. She off to participate in the life of her husband, Brendan DuBois, is an author being “underwhelmed by the adults in has been ice dancing on and off ever 10-year-old; Hank (Alan) Jackson and has written a new book that was this world.” Good thing he’s not talking since college and recently passed an and Shelly Roberts both attended published in June. The novel, a thriller about us. Joe also laments that he is out ice dancing test after several attempts a celebration of Roland and Adele called Betrayed, has received some very of the Colby loop, managing a once- with a Ukrainian partner who is ranked D’Amico Martel’s 25th wedding good reviews. Brendan has also written a-year conversation with Ed Decker fifth in the world. . . . I hope you all anniversary; Janet (Santry ’78) and a series of novels that take place in my and Don Buckley. . . . Charley Bolger had a great summer. As you read this, Scott Houser are frequently seen at little hometown of Hampton. Mona is also lamenting the diminishment of school is back in session, but the living North Yarmouth Academy functions, promises that her husband’s next novel that old Colby magic. He couldn’t con- is still easy. as both they and the Lebourdaises have in the series will contain a character vince his daughter to become a Mule. —Bruce Young daughters attending there. Last fall, based on me (she said something about She’s opted for Middlebury, where she Ann’s husband, Peter, and the family of the plot including a village idiot). planned to play soccer this fall, but 76 Kim Koza Harris wrote to say Jennifer Frutchy Ford participated in Mona writes that she recently heard Charley still will sit on the Colby side that she has been enjoying teaching the Head of the Charles (river) rowing from Patti Stoll. Patti ran again this when the two schools square off. In full time as an assistant professor of competition. Jennifer and her daugh- year in the Boston Marathon, raising the meantime he planned to compete English at Central College. Her two ter competed together and were the about $13,000 for juvenile arthritis. in a couple of rollerblade marathons younger children are in middle school, oldest-and-youngest team in the race. Her son, Gabe, joined her in the during the summer, hoping just to and her older son attends Macalester As soon as their clothes were dry from race for the last three miles. Patti’s survive. . . . Andrea Ward Antone College in St. Paul, Minn. . . . Melissa the race, Ann and Peter headed off to accomplishments and commitment reports that this has been a year of Day Vokey now works at the Massa- Florence to visit their son, who was to a great cause are admirable. . . . milestones. Aside from Father Time chusetts Audubon Society Joppa Flats studying there, and to enjoy all that Joanne Karlin Giudicelli sent me a bestowing a certain round number on Education Center in Newburyport, Italy could offer in their limited time. note full of interesting stuff. Joanne her, she also saw her first child gradu- managing the center and organizing . . . Please let us hear from you. We lives in Redwood City, Calif., and ate from college. But she says that she volunteers as well as learning about do not require that your life be full of is a founder of CornerStone Search never thought it would feel so good to birds. Her children are now mostly earthshaking excitement. Just tell us Group, an executive search firm. She have a child leave the nest. . . . Carol out of the nest, so she welcomes the what you do day to day. earned an M.B.A. from the University Peabody Hardy is still working for chance to deal with job-related excite- —Jane Souza Dingman of California at Berkeley and is writ- UNUMProvident, 23 years and count- ment. . . . William Silverman adds to ing a book that will help companies ing. Her current position is as project his previous one-line announcement of 77 Some of you who read this understand the search process from manager. Her husband is still work- good news on the job (he was elected to column in the spring 2003 issue of beginning to end. Joanne claims that ing in special education. Their oldest the board of governors of the American the magazine may be wondering, her book is nothing short of a miracle, daughter, Jess, started her junior year at College of Gastroenterology) that his “Did our class correspondent change since English was her worst subject Colby this fall. Younger daughter Allie passions are still photography, cross- his name to Todd, finally take Frank at Colby. She has three sons (and a is a high school senior and beginning country skiing and his family. He is Zappa’s advice and move to Montana husband, too), plays tennis regularly the college search process. Carol still hoping to hear from Mitch Brown. . . . to become a dental floss tycoon?” and is training for a marathon. I’m manages to spend a bit of time with Lisa Wolman Haber, who missed two Well, for those few of you who care, exhausted just writing about her. One Colby friends in the Portland area. . . . big class reunions due to unavoidable the editors printed an incorrect name of her sons is a senior at the University Arthur Levering invites everyone to conflicts and hopes for better luck in and address for your barely qualified of Colorado and another is a senior at visit him at his Web site, coincidentally the timing of our 30th, has been kept correspondent. (Maybe they can get San Diego State. Her youngest son enough arthurlevering.com. Art has very busy with her own travel agency jobs at The New York Times, since I hear is in high school, plays on a nation- put together quite a satisfying career in Baltimore. Due to the nature of her the paper has several openings.) While ally ranked soccer team and has been in music, and the Web site does more work, though, she and her husband I have used an alias in the past, my real invited to try out for the California justice to it than I can do here. . . . travel frequently, and she has a long list name is still Mark, and I continue to state team. Believe it or not, Joanne Susie Gearhart Wuest has been in of interesting destinations she has been live in the Granite State, otherwise also finds time to raise dogs for the Boca Raton, Fla., for almost two years to recently or plans to visit in the near known as New Hampshire. This Guide Dogs for the Blind organiza- now, after her husband, Paul, took a future. Anyone who has queries about spring, New Hampshire’s enduring tion. I could have used one of her dogs new job. While she thought it would travel should definitely contact Lisa! granite symbol, the Old Man of the after several KDR all-campus parties be interesting to start a new life in a For spare time activities the Habers Mountain, lost part of its nose and chin to help me find my room. Joanne’s new place, she says that it has been a are politically active and participate in in a landslide. The geologic forma- life certainly sounds rewarding (and slow adjustment and that she may never a national Bichon Frise (dog) rescue tion now bears an eerie resemblance to busy). . . . Jerry and Ligia Campana get used to the summer weather. But group. Lisa hopes to hear from many Michael Jackson, the self-proclaimed Chadwick sent word that Jerry got his at least the Florida weather is good of her friends and mentions a few by “King of Pop.” Perhaps New Hamp- M.B.A. and that Ligia started a Span- for one thing—year-round outdoor name: Barbie Brennan Silanno, shire should now be known as “the ish department at the private middle exercise. She also recently saw her Mary Mabon Colonna, Nancy Too-Much-Plastic-Surgery State.” school where their kids attended. Son daughter, Karen, graduate from the Gervais Finnegan, Margie Gingras- Speaking of New Hampshire, I was Christopher is a junior in college, and University of Pittsburgh. Her son, Allen, Courtenay O’Bryan, Edith surprised to learn that Mona Pinette daughter Elizabeth is a sophomore in Eric, is a senior at the University Metcalf Gingras, Sue Hannigen, is a neighbor. She lives next door in high school. Congratulations are also of Michigan this fall. . . . Carol Janet Breslin Gilmartin, Barbara Exeter, N.H., and I have offered to due, because they celebrated their 25th Majdalany Williams’s daughter, Bowers Palten, Lynn Thommen stop by for a visit. For some reason, wedding anniversary last December. Carla, is a boarding student at Hotch- and Martin Lobkowicz ’77. . . . Once however, she refuses to give me her They’ve been together almost as long kiss this year, but Carol said she was again, I have news of several classmates exact address. Mona reports that she as Mick and Keith. . . . Spencer Aitel already suffering withdrawal symp- through Ann Dunlap Lebourdais. has recently taken a position as vice is living in South China (Maine, not toms last spring. (There is a definite She reports that Lynn Leavitt Mar- president of marketing for Image the People’s Republic), and is co-owner trend this issue. We are hearing more rison is teaching first grade now, after Stream Medical, a medical device of the wonderfully named Two Loons about what the kids are doing than what having been director and pre-school and software company. She says it is a Dairy Farm. Spencer is an organic dairy

COLBY • F A L L 2 0 0 3 | 49 Alumni at Large 1970s-1980s farmer and was recently featured in an newsmakers include it in the next issue. article in his local paper. The article —Janet Santry Houser and Lea discussed his environmentally safe Ruth-Marie Griswold Fincher ’72, Jackson Morrissey farming methods and his innovative professor of medicine and vice dean for ways of protecting his crops from wild academic affairs at the Medical College turkey and other game, without harm- of Georgia School of Medicine, was 80 After Colby, Sigurd Winslow ing the animals. I’ve always enjoyed elected to a four-year term as governor worked in Boston in survey research Wild Turkey myself, preferably on the of the Georgia chapter of the Ameri- data management and as a certified rocks with a splash of soda. The article can College of Physicians (ACP), the Microsoft network engineer. Sigurd ran a picture of Spencer, and he looks nation’s largest medical specialty soci- has returned home to live in Orleans, great. No sign of Mr. Haney or Arnold ety. Board certified in internal medicine Mass., and enjoys the high quality in the photo, however. . . . Please keep and chair of many committees of the of life on Cape Cod. He works as a the news coming, so that I don’t have National Board of Medical Examiners, carpenter and contractor remodel- to telephone you late at night when she also serves on the national ACP ing homes, has reconnected with old Ruth-Marie Fincher ’72 I’m up against the deadline. Board of Governors  Maine state friends, is involved with environmental — Mark Lyons auditor Gail Chase ’74 last spring flagged $18.9 million in unac- testing of Cape waters and in his spare counted-for federal funds at Maine’s Department of Human Services. time says he enjoys being a “computer 78 As we write, it’s only a week ago How DHS disbursed the money remains unclear because the agen- geek.”. . . Congrats to Brian Neligan and wife Elizabeth on the birth of their we were back at Colby for our 25th cy’s bookkeeping is “convoluted,” several newspaper reported. “You first child, Margot Kellogg Neligan, reunion, and what a great turnout we can’t make a good decision on how you spend your money,” Chase had! The festivities began Thursday born in May. . . . Janet Thacher Silva said, “if you don’t know what you’ve got in your checkbook”  The night with 25 intrepid souls heading has her master’s degree from UNH New York Times, exploring the rise in quality and status of high school out on a lobster boat in the fog to and was a middle school teacher for musicals, featured John Orefice ’75, an English teacher at Pelham circle Louds Island. They finished the 15 years. She is the office manager for evening off with a clambake at Camp Memorial High School in Pelham, N.Y. The expertise of directors, Silvamart Incorporated, a family busi- Kieve. Friday’s activities included professionals who volunteer their time, vocal training and courses in ness of convenience stores launched in fishing and golf before heading to dance, drama and choreography are behind Broadway-style produc- 1995. Janet lives in Amherst, N.H., Waterville. About 145 of us returned tions put on by Orefice and others  Hussey Seating Co., of North with her husband and two daughters, to find the campus looking far better Berwick, Maine, was named the Gannett Family Business of the ages 8 and 10. Recently she traveled than it did when we were there, the Year in the large business category at the annual awards dinner of to Costa Rica, where she had a canopy dorms much more luxurious than when the Institute for Family-Owned Businesses. The award recognizes tour in a tropical forest, went horse- we were there but the spirit of the place business-owning families that demonstrate creativity and diligence back riding and visited with iguanas much the same as when we were there. in ensuring their company’s vitality and continuity while maintain- and monkeys. . . . Jan Follansbee In between lectures given by alumni, ing ties with their communities and stakeholders. Several members Binda, her husband, Charlie, and lobster bakes, cocktails with President of the Hussey family are involved with the firm, including company daughter Julia, 11, live in Stoneham, Bro Adams and a terrific concert by CEO Timothy B. Hussey ’78. Mass. Jan works in public affairs and Jerry Jeff Walker, there was plenty community relations at Sun Micro- of time to explore the renovated art Milestones systems in Burlington, Mass. . . . museum, field house and library and Cindy Wigley Domack has been a to catch up with classmates and profes- Deaths: Anthony G. Kalinowski ’74, April 5, 2003, in Massachu- geology professor for 18 years at sors. We were fortunate to have Char- setts, at 50. Hamilton College in upstate New lie Bassett and Sandy Maisel speak at York, where she teaches paleontol- our class dinner. It was nice to see that is the charm”) and father of Mike, a Kell Steer. Since graduating, Michele ogy, ocean science and meteorology. some things never change. Thank you sophomore at South Portland (Maine) has been involved in marketing, public Cindy has been undergoing treatment to Susan Gernert Adams, Jane Brox High School who is involved in both relations, language instruction, con- for a rare autoimmune disease for six and Gerry Boyle for volunteering to the school band and a punk band cert promotions and commercial years. . . . Fred Madeira and his wife, give lectures on their work. Thanks outside of school. Their household acting and modeling. She is a member Trish, celebrated their 15th wedding also go to John Devine (our class also includes Thatcher, a nearly of the nonprofit organization Project anniversary in May. Their lives in the was in a newer dorm), Sandy Buck for 12-year-old shepherd-Doberman Troubadour, performers who travel Portland, Maine, area revolve around five years as president and for orga- mix, and George, Leo, Megan and to third-world countries. . . . Charlie family, with their parents living nearby nizing the weekend, Peter Schmidt- Franklin, cats whose ages range from Beckett will be moving from Maine and sons, John, 11, and Nathan, 8, busy Fellner and Jeff Wheeler for the 4 to 14. Al earned a master’s in public to Philadelphia and returning to the with skiing, competitive swimming, great Hawaiian shirts (it was hard to policy at the Muskie School at USM paper industry. He promised to recruit soccer and baseball. After a 15-year miss the Class of ’78!) and others for in 1993 and has been employed at the a larger number of Lambda Chi’s for hiatus, Fred returned to sailing with working behind the scenes to make Muskie School ever since, specializing the next reunion. . . . Pat and Joan the purchase of a 1985 Sabre 38 for the weekend such a success. Jim Cook in child welfare and juvenile justice Vicario Sweeney are living in New cruising the Maine coast. He is the was among the alumni honored during research. Susan is a master’s-level social Hampshire, where Joan teaches VP/GM for relationship management the weekend as he was awarded the worker who runs a group home for math at Waterville Valley Academy. at Wright Express, a company that has Outstanding Educator Award, which girls involved with the Maine Depart- They have been frequent visitors to had tremendous growth in the last 10 recognizes an alum “who has demon- ment of Corrections in South Portland. Colby since their daughter, Katie, is a years. He regularly sees Jay Moody, strated exceptional distinction in the . . . Michele Rolfson Steer Mann, senior. Their younger son, Brian, is a Dan O’Halloran, Chris Bradley ’78, classroom.” Jim is currently teaching branch manager of Bangor Savings senior at Holderness this fall. . . . Thank Tim Hussey ’78, Geoff Emanuel ’79, fifth grade in Norridgewock, Maine, Bank in Castine, was recently pro- you to Bob Woodbury for writing this Charlie Hurd ’78 and Bob Kellogg where he has been since 1994. . . . Al moted to assistant vice president. She column for the past several years. We ’79 in the Portland area or at Sugar- Sheehy writes that he’s happily mar- lives in Castine with her husband, Joel, hope to do as good a job! Please send loaf. . . . Diana Small Snow has an ried to Susan Levine (“second time and her 8-year-old daughter, Sotherd any class news to either of us so we can M.B.A. from Boston University and

50 | COLBY • F A L L 2 0 0 3 is working at a real estate manage- continue to enjoy life in Florida. . . . had her paintings in both local and 1980s Correspondents ment company in Brookline, Mass. Lisa McDonough O’Neill is looking national juried exhibitions. Curt 1980 She is three years out from treatment forward to the challenge of putting works as a commercial construction Lynn Collins Francis together a 25th reunion yearbook. estimator. . . . Ed Higham, his wife, for cancer. Diana and her husband, 16 Oakridge Road Rich, traveled to France in ’02, visiting You all have received her letter in the Jean, and their kids, Devon, Kyra and Sudbury, MA 01776 Paris, Mt. Saint Michel and the coast mail. Please assist her in this project Brendan, live in Armonk, N.Y., where [email protected] near Normandy. . . . Caroline Weeks by sending her your photos from our Ed works for Prudential Financial in DiProspero teaches second grade in lives at Colby. And keep the news corporate mergers and acquisitions 1981 Oakville, Conn. She has her master’s in coming! doing international acquisitions in Elizabeth Stiller Fahey education with a specialty in remedial —Lynn Collins Francis insurance, asset management and 1325 Hemlock Street NW reading. Daughter Chelsea is 16 and brokerage areas. . . . For the last 12 Washington, DC 20012 on her high school tennis team. They 83 At our 20th reunion in June, years Karla Hostetler has moved [email protected] enjoyed a break from New England’s record numbers of our class returned around the world as program director 1982 winter with an April vacation at a tennis to Colby to reminisce, find fellowship, for the NGO Aid to Artisans in various Janice McKeown resort in Florida. Caroline keeps in share old and new stories and plan the countries. Karla’s now settling down in 73 Elm Road #8 touch with Kay Lavoie ’79, who is next time we can get together again. Antigua and has started a business with Newtonville, MA 02460 a librarian in Colorado. . . . Becky Names of those making it back for the a group of eastern Caribbean hotels 617-244-7013 Brunner-Peters e-mailed from her weekend can be found on Colby’s Web creating arts marketing opportunities [email protected] home near Zurich, Switzerland. She site (www.colby.edu/alumni/reunion). and jobs for Caribbean artists and arti- 1983 was recently promoted to VP for U.S. President “Bro” Adams made a quick sans. This year Karla was anticipating Sally Lovegren Merchant law at Credit Suisse. Daughter Nicole, visit to welcome us on Saturday eve- starting a family with the adoption 24 Easy Street a second grader, is bilingual English- ning, and it was great to hear Coach of a child from Kazakhstan. Karla Mt. Desert, ME 04660 German and plays soccer. Becky plays Dick Whitmore, the speaker for our ([email protected]) would love 207-244-0441 class dinner. Later, Dick and his wife, to hear from old friends. . . . Late in tennis in her spare time and won a fax: 207-244-9445 tournament early this year. Becky says Mary Kay, lit up the dance floor when June, Dan Matlack and his family were [email protected] that living away from the U.S. gives her Jerry Jeff Walker, sponsored by the due to arrive home from a sabbatical a different perspective on U.S. world Class of 1978, played for Colby alumni. year in France. Dan returned to his 1984 policy and strategies. . . . Tony Cun- Our weekend was complete with fair teaching job at Noble & Greenough Cynthia M. Mulliken-Lazzara ningham, a professor of philosophy at weather, a soccer game, nights spent School and hoped to be able to draw 84 Hecker Avenue St. John’s University in central Minne- in Grossman, Treworgy and Pierce many different lessons from the year Darien, CT 06820-5310 sota, is working on a book, a collection (Tau Delta Phi, Lambda Chi Alpha in France. . . . Deb Bombaci Pappas [email protected] of essays on virtues in modern moral and Zeta Psi), some classmates making started a new job at Courion in Mas- 1985 philosophy. He has almost completed their own beds, the parade of classes, sachusetts, and Jim Plumer has left Sue James Geremia an elaborate tree house he built with plenty of children, a chicken, hamburg Bowdoin College for Amherst College 2 Saddle Ridge Road the help of daughters Flannery, 11, and lobster bake in the field house, to coach. . . . John Northrop, also in Dover, MA 02030 and Madeleine, 10, and continues the Class of 1983’s record-breaking the process of a change, was hoping 508-785-8366 to play the fiddle. . . . Elliott Pratt reunion gift to the College, walking to find another position in Vermont, [email protected] played hooky from work in February and running some of the paths and where he and Judy live and where Judy with Scott Butterfield, Mark Garvin trails we remember most, listening to works. . . . Starting her third year of 1986 Andrea V. Sarris and Scot Lehigh to enjoy a great day Barb Leonard (director of the division law school at Temple University in [email protected] of skiing at Cannon Mountain. In the of community health, Maine Bureau Philadelphia is Athena Andrews spring, Elliott coached his daughter’s of Health) offer a talk and discussion Rodbell. She had been working for 1987 U-14 soccer team and enjoyed his about the epidemic of obesity, checking the EPA and in state government as an Kathleen Harnett Linger daughter’s lacrosse and sons’ soccer, out the deals in the Colby bookstore, environmental engineer for nearly 10 1415 Catamount Road baseball and tennis games. . . . Com- pizza deliveries at midnight, hearing years, doing solid waste and hazardous Fairfield, CT 06430-1607 mander Ken Branch has departed his the group After Eight, off-campus waste-related projects. She hopes to 203-319-0861 Pentagon post to take command of enjoyment for some, breakfast in combine her interest in environmental [email protected] Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Dana, Colby picture frames as handy law with bankruptcy law. She and her 1988 mementos, and much, much more. 3 based in Port Hueneme, Calif. He is husband, Phillip, and children, Sophia Dean A. Schwartz pleased to be back with the SEABEES. I’m honored to say that during this and Phoebe, moved to Philadelphia a 94 Upland Road . . . Sarah Stiles Bright recently pub- wonderful weekend I received a Colby few years ago when Phillip took a job Concord, MA 01742 lished a book, Maine Lakes (Tilbury Brick Award. (Highlights of the week- with the U.S. Forest Service doing [email protected] House, 2002), to benefit the nonprofit end also can be found at Colby’s Web urban forestry. The family planned Maine Lakes Conservancy Institute in site.) For our 25th reunion we want to a summer visit to Maine. . . . Ann 1989 Nobleboro, Maine. Sarah wrote the increase everything: from the numbers Poncelet, living in the San Francisco Anita L. Terry text for this “very visual” coffee table of classmates returning to campus to Bay Area with her husband, John, and 501 Warwick Street book. . . . Catie Fulton Teeven reports the numbers for participation and gen- 7-year-old Chantal, was promoted to St. Paul, MN 55116 with pride that her son, Casey, who erosity in giving to the Alumni Fund. associate professor in clinical neurol- 651-698-9382 enrolled in the U.S. Coast Guard Thanks to each and every class member ogy in the fall of 2002. Ann has gone fax: 651-848-1182 [email protected] Academy in New London, Conn., in who fulfilled a pledge. . . . Curt ’82 twice a year to Boston to teach in the July, will be an important contribu- and Deena Schwartz Ball live outside Harvard-Macy Program for Physician tor to their swim team. Sister Ali is a Philadelphia, Pa., with their daughters, Educators. She tries to sail and play with a former NYU professor on a sophomore this fall in the high school Erica (ninth grade) and Lydia (seventh music when she has a little time. . . . project called The Afghanistan Digi- where Catie is a teacher. Gerry ’79 grade). Deena works at a nonprofit Summer school to study Arabic was tal Library to help collect, digitize changed careers in January 2002 art center teaching children. She also the destination of choice for Jennifer and make available via the Internet and is now a mortgage banker. They paints watercolor landscapes and has Thayer Naylor. She’s been working and CD-ROM/DVD Afghanistan’s

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jean minkelOutside ’80the Box

Ever seen a wheelchair with an inner ear? Jean Minkel ’80 has. As to the East Coast to work as a pediatric physical the technical consultant behind the most innovative wheelchair technol- therapist in Boston and New York. With 21 children ogy to date, Minkel has helped to create a more accessible world for on her caseload, and all but one in wheelchairs, wheelchair riders. she quickly realized just how important the wheelchair was to physical Minkel arrived at Colby knowing she wanted to study biology and therapy programs. physical therapy, but she never knew those interests would eventually Minkel’s next step in the field was her involvement with the Rehabili- put her on the cutting edge of technology that allows people to lead tation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America, fuller lives. or RESNA, a group of people interested in technology and helping Case in point: as head of Minkel Consulting, Inc., Minkel played a people with disabilities. She then moved to a New York hospital where major role in the evolution of the wheelchair, a device that, until recently, she worked on wheelchair design and connected disabled people with “hasn’t changed in a hundred years.” the right equipment. It was at a RESNA conference, however, where With her help (and that of a lot of other people), the wheelchair has Minkel’s career took the largest turn. After giving a presentation, she come a long way from two wheels and a seat. Approved by the FDA just was recruited by Dean Kamen’s company to do clinical consulting for this August is the iBOT, a wheelchair that can climb stairs and travel any projects like the iBOT, and she’s been working with this new-wave tech- other terrain the way an SUV can. Developer Dean Kamen, the inven- nology ever since. tor of the iBOT (and the Segway), worked with Minkel on this important So what does the future hold next for the wheelchair? To see that, project: a “mobility system”that operates with the balancing function of we have to look at the world the way Minkel does—from the perspective a human inner ear. “If you lean forward, the wheels move of someone who can’t walk. She sees a ramp in front of a building with underneath you, if you lean back, the wheels roll back no elevator inside. Or a wheelchair rendered useless when faced with a behind you, replicating what the inner ear does, but curb or an expanse of grass. Wheelchairs with gyro balancing technol- now doing it in a seated position,” she said. ogy and projects like the iBOT will change the As a Colby senior, Minkel did an independent terrain for the disabled. project that foreshadowed what she does now. The best way to do that: bring wheel- Volunteering at the United Cerebal Palsy Center chair riders in on the process, as she did in Augusta, she worked with a young client and with the iBOT. “That was a pretty neat proj- ended up using both her physical therapy knowl- ect for me, because the developers were edge and her mechanical inclination to help wide open, thinking brand new, outside him: “One of the things I enjoyed most was the box,” Minkel said. “So I got to bring modifying a bicycle so that he could ride people with disabilities in on the design it himself, having no idea that’s where phase so that they could influence the eventually I would end up.” design to make it work, not just to be After Colby, Minkel got her mas- neat technology but to be technol- ter’s degree in physical therapy ogy that really worked for them.” at Stanford, then headed back —Anne Marie Sears ’03 published heritage dating from 1870 to me that “something might be wrong their jobs to follow their wives over borhood House in Cambridge, Mass. to 1930. She’s also part of a team with your e-mail link to Colby, Sue!” Of here.” He added, “We have spent a It is a nonprofit serving the community developing a new initiative for some course, I just assumed that no news was great deal of time getting to know the with a variety of services.” Liz and her NGOs to reframe the Palestinian good news, but she was, in fact, cor- local golf courses and pubs!” Stephen family live in Somerville, Mass., and issue by calling attention to women rect. I am back up and running. . . . is working on a master’s in British and love being in an urban and diverse set- and children and the ways in which Kimberly A. Lyford and her husband, European labor law at LSE, which was ting. Her husband, Titus Kao, contin- Israel is not respecting family rights Andrew Toler, had twin boys on March completed (he hoped) by this Septem- ues as a software engineer at Lotus through certain policies. A trip to 21, 2002. She adds that they are “the ber. Many Colby friends have visited Development/IBM in Cambridge. Liz Washington in May offered Jennifer most amazing ongoing event of my the Reed family in London: Rick and keeps in touch with Heather Payson her first lobbying experience. She also life.” . . . Stephen Reed has been living Kathryn Clarke Anderson, Marion Hamlin and Leslie Melville-Kraemer said “yes” when Colby invited her to in London for the past couple of years and Mark Howard, Nancy Simarano ’86. . . . Melinda Underwood Griggs be a writing mentor for the Posse with his wife, Marcy, son, Carter, and ’87 and her husband, Patrick, Eric and her husband “have a little house Foundation, which is sending about daughter, Hailey. He adds that they Trucksess, Sandy Codding, Sandy in the village of Saxtons River in a dozen kids to Colby this year. Jennifer moved for Marcy’s job, probably will Maisel and his wife, Patrice Franco, Vermont.” She is the program direc- and her husband, Duncan, have two stay until the summer of 2004 and who was in London teaching for a tor for the Vermont Center for the children, Duncan, 7, and Persephone, then head back to Boston. It seems semester. . . . Elizabeth E. Johnson Book, which creates picture-book- nearing 6. that Stephen has had some time to (Liz) writes that she “hasn’t submitted based professional development —Sally Lovegren Merchant play. He wrote that after temporarily an entry in ages, but since I am taking programs that she says enhance retiring as a labor and employment care of my now 2-year-old daughter, children’s learning (for more infor- 85 Thanks for your patience! After lawyer in Boston he “spent the first Emily, I seem to have more time to mation go to www.vermontbook.org two empty columns in Colby magazine, year bumming around with a group of write this. I am working as executive and www.mothergooseprograms.org). Cici Bevin Gordon calmly suggested professional guys who have also quit director of the Margaret Fuller Neigh- . . .Leslie Robinson reports that she

52 | COLBY • F A L L 2 0 0 3 is living in Seattle and working as ing officer of Training Squadron SIX on July 8 and is from Connecticut. Savannah, Ga., last spring as both a freelance writer. She mentioned (VT-6) in Pensacola (VT-6 is one of the Other events and activities in my our dads live there. Ned didn’t knock that “one of my writing gigs is a fixed-wing training squadrons where life seem to pale in comparison, but over too many 2-year-olds going for bi-weekly humor column for gay Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard here goes. I head up marketing for a the eggs! Looking forward to seeing newspapers around the country. The pilots learn to fly). . . . Scott Perry division of MassMutual, and I serve anyone in the Charleston area.” . . . column is called the General Gayety.” plays the blues like nobody’s business. on the board of trustees of the Boys Baby news came from Karen Czuchry . . . M.-J. James-Pirri wrote that her Scott’s fourth album, Hero Worship, is and Girls Clubs of Hartford, Inc., an Sallmann, who had her first child, a son, Domenic James-Pirri, was born the first he has produced since moving organization with which I want to daughter, Selina Anna Sallmann, on on March 29, 2003, at 3:01 p.m. in south four years ago, but he said it’s become more involved. Any Hart- September 6, 2002, in Munich, Ger- Providence, R.I. Congratulations! . . . something he’s wanted to do for a long ford-area alums who are interested, many. “She keeps me extremely busy, Imogen Mintzer Church also has time—record the songs of musical please give me a call or e-mail me but she is really a bundle of joy,” said big news: she was to be (re)married idols Blind Boy Fuller, Mississippi John (rafferty152attbi.com). Karen, who has taken a leave from her on July 4, 2003. Her husband is Steve Hurt, Tampa Red, Muddy Waters and —Andrea V. Sarris department head position at Siemens Hinds, who works for Apple Computer others. Check it out on CD. . . . Robert in Munich to take care of Selina. “In in Cupertino, Calif. Soon Imogen will Kenney e-mailed to say he purchased 87 Thanks once again for all the addition, shortly after Selina’s birth, have a big family of three stepchildren some land on Embden Pond, about e-mails and updates. Dora Delarosa- we all moved from Munich to Vienna, and her son, Connor, who is 8. Con- 30 minutes from Colby, and will be Villanueva and her husband, Tony, Austria, where my husband is finishing grats to Imogen, too! . . . I still have building a vacation home there to give have been raising their three kids, his doctorate and has a new position more updates and will squeeze them him and his children one more reason Nico, 9, Coco, 6, and Clarita, 3, in with a German insurance company. all into the next column. Thanks for to spend as much time as possible in Austin, Texas. She wrote, “Between Vienna is a beautiful city, and I am glad writing! If you have additional news, Maine and to be closer to family for a Tony’s band touring (The Derailers, they also speak German here so I do please send an e-mail to classnews1 couple of months each year. . . . Paul for any honky-tonk fans out there) and not have to learn another language.” [email protected] (it should come Turci, who started City Green, Inc., my teaching an English as a second lan- . . . More moving news came from directly to me) or fill out the class news with Thomas Outerbridge, has guage class to adult immigrants, we’ve Art Nagle, who said that “by the time card in this magazine. left to become a teacher in the New managed to travel to the Caribbean people read this I will have moved from —Sue James Geremia York City public school system while and Guatemala in January, Switzerland North Carolina to Los Angeles to take simultaneously earning his master’s in and Italy last summer and southern the position of upper-school director 86 “Well, I am finally doing it (after education. Thomas continues to run France this summer as well as deep at Windward School, an independent how many years since graduation?)” City Green and recently entered into south Texas and Oregon. We’ve been school on L.A.’s west side. My wife, seems to be the theme of this column. a joint venture agreement with one involved in different church activities, Kim Hamer, and I will be there with Judy Swift Fairfull e-mailed, “I am of Europe’s leading anerobic diges- including a mission to Nuevo Laredo, our three young children and would an educational/college counselor in an tion companies. They are proposing on the Texas-Mexico border. When we love to hear from any Colby classmates urban high school. I love it. I work to build the first anerobic digestion have been home—and no, the kids are in the area.” . . . News of an interna- with a very diverse population, and a facility for solid waste in the U.S., in definitelynot home-schooled—we’ve tional flair came from Dan Raddock, big percentage are of low income; it’s the South Bronx, which will convert worked on our yard, built a 13-foot who has been living in Tokyo, Japan, very rewarding.” She lives in Grafton, food waste into energy and compost. arbor, put in a fence and expect the for the past three years with his wife, Mass., a small town about an hour . . . Jim and Lila Hopson Monahan first tomatoes to be ready soon. It’s Liz First-Raddock, and their two west of Boston. She is married, with write that they have “moved yet again,” nice, at night, to sit on the porch and kids, Harry and Helena. Harry is two Boston terriers and an Arabian relocating from Wilton, Maine, to be able to see the capitol building of almost 3 and Helena is going on 2. horse. “I love my pets!” she says. “My Nashua, N.H., in January. Lila started the great state of Texas nine blocks Dan is working in Morgan Stanley’s husband and I do a lot of traveling: a new pediatric practice, Partners in away. Still, I miss the good friends I corporate distressed debt group buying Australia, Germany, France, Swit- Pediatrics, in the southern part of made at Colby. We have a mad plan to Japanese non-performing loans. . . . zerland, England, the Caribbean and Nashua and is working on building up drive up and stop by Susan Kaplan’s in Allyson Goodwin wrote that she other neat places. I’ve been blessed! the practice and “continuing my work New Hampshire, Lisa Gronbeck, also and her family planned to spend Unfortunately, I haven’t been in touch on both the community and state level in New Hampshire, Buffy Connor some of the summer vacationing in with a lot of Colby people, except for to improve asthma care for children.” in Alfred, Maine, and Willa Cobb in Maine “and expect as usual that our Amy Bleakney Neil, Ann Yates and Oreo, an Old English Sheepdog puppy, Portland. Buffy and I compare notes 9-year-old son, Jordan, will explore Sue Whitney.” . . . Andy Docherty, joined the family in June. Cassie, 8, on raising three kids, what we get right the coastal islands and our 6-year-old who hasn’t written in since graduation, and Nicholas, 5, were very excited and what we’d rather not mention!” daughter, Haley, will drive the family e-mailed to say, “Life’s been good to about the new addition (Jim’s not so . . . Jane Nicol Manuel wrote that boat! During the rest of the year, my me—married 12 years (wife Donna), sure about the sleepless nights). . . . they “moved down to Charleston, S.C., husband and I renovated our Victorian three kids (Connor, 10, London, Once again this year, I walked in the this summer for Dave’s job. Traded home in N.H., which always has one 8, Brooke, 6). I’m a U.S. Navy Multiple Sclerosis Society’s 50-mile in the skis for boogie boards! Ben, 9, room or another in a loving state of Commander/SH-60B sea strike heli- challenge walk in September to raise Andrew, 7, and William, 5, are look- mid-repair. When we’re not working copter pilot.” Andy is currently living money and awareness for MS. Last ing forward to year-round sports and on the house, messing in the yard or out in Fairfax Station and working as the year, 850 people walked 50 miles in living in driving distance from my dad. on the river kayaking, we’re like other executive assistant to the director, J- three days and raised $1.6 million! Had a fun going-away party in Beverly, parents with young kids and are very 7 on the Joint Staff in the Pentagon It’s such an amazing experience. . . . Mass., with Natasha and Brian Low, busy with all of their many activities. (they work operational plans and Chris and Cindy Lloyd Brogan say Joy Pratt, Tim and Teri Scally Kin- We started a chess club at their school joint force development issues for that their son, Joseph Arthur Brogan, sella, Mel Brown Bride ’88 and Kevin and volunteer in the classroom when the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of was born last May 8, and his big sister, and Karen Reilly Quirk ’88, all there our work schedules permit. I’ve also Staff). After almost three years there, Hannah, 3, couldn’t be happier. . . . to send us off. (Teri and her family been co-host of a movie review show on which he says is the normal length for a John Rafferty e-mailed his own planned to move over the summer our local TV station and finally using military tour of duty, he’s getting ready exciting news: “My wife, Geri, and I from Massachusetts to Scottsdale, all of that useless movie trivia I’ve had to move on. His next assignment will will be adopting a child sometime in Ariz.) Also saw Karen, Cassidy and stored up for so long! I’m very much be executive officer, then command- July/August. Child is due to be born Ned Case at an Easter egg hunt in enjoying my work as development

COLBY • F A L L 2 0 0 3 | 53 Alumni at Large 1980s-1990s director at a great science museum in newsmakers year away. Chris Tompkins reports Norwich, Vt. (www.montshire.org). that he, Jim Connolly, Kim Brewer I’ve actually spied some Colby class- Barron’s Mutual Funds featured Wen- and Rob Hoopes will be meeting in mates out on the floor!” . . . Keep the dell L. Perkins ’85, co-manager of D.C. to “get things rolling.” They are news coming! the JohnsonFamily International Value gathering names of people willing to —Kathleen Harnett Linger Fund, a Wisconsin-based $44-million serve on the reunion committee and globe-girdling mutual fund established also need people to help Bill Bullock 88 Hats off and a world of grati- by Sam Johnson, head of Johnson with the class gift. Contact Chris or tude to Paige Alexander and Bert Wax. A “conservative, value-oriented me if you’re interested in planning Languet (and any and every other stock picker,” Perkins molds a large or if you have ideas about what you’d person involved) for organizing a chunk of the Johnson Wax fortune like to do at our 15th. . . . Christine terrific 15th reunion. Our class had a with investment in some 26 countries, Burke wrote with news of her doings strong turnout, and the weekend was including “places like China, with its since graduation. Christine was a “non- a great success (at least according to rosy growth forecast”  Colby hockey traditional” member of our class, and this critic). A highlight was Dave Gregory P. Cronin ’86 standout Gregory P. Cronin ’86 is the she worked as a nurse in the infirmary Scannell’s hilarious and thoughtful new head coach of the Bridgeport (Conn.) Sound Tigers, charged while majoring in government. After speech, into which he managed to graduation, Christine served in the with developing future players for the National Hockey League’s artfully weave beer, breasts, poetry Maine Legislature and then went to New York Islanders. Formerly interim head coach at the University and receding hairlines. Two apolo- law school at UMaine. She worked at of Maine, coach of the Under-18 U.S. National Team and USA gies for Dave: first, sorry to ruin a Portland law firm for a couple of your heretofore unbroken streak of Hockey’s director of player development, he moves up from assistant years, then purchased her own consult- not being mentioned in these pages; coach of the Islanders. ing firm. She is now “of counsel” to a second, try as I might, there is noth- newly formed law firm. Her youngest ing I can do about our class’s slow and Milestones son, now a sophomore, carries on the deliberate march toward the middle Colby tradition. . . . My fellow Iowan Marriages: Andrew Goode ’80 to Sue Jones at Wolfes Neck Farm, of this magazine. . . . Also at reunion: Tom Wieck sent a long missive about  Tom Ferris camped himself out at the Freeport, Maine Rose Marie Nawfel ’80 to Andronikos Stam- his life since 1989. After traveling to top of the Miller Library steps, picking boulides in Dedham, Mass.  Carol E. Tegen ’87 to Michael G. Alaska and working in Japan (not to us off one by one as we made our way Stewart in Chesterfield, N.J. mention a year-long trip around the up. Tom jogs through campus when world), Tom settled in Iowa. As he he isn’t practicing law in Waterville. Births:A daughter, Margot Kellogg Neligan, to Elizabeth and Brian says, “Thanks to my East Asian studies Anne and Rob Young made the trip K. Neligan ’80. degree, I edged out the competition” up from Framingham where, it seems, for a job as a construction supervisor, the world still revolves around Rob’s that David recently was honored with he was very sorry to have missed the and he now works for Communica- (pathetic?) obsession with the hapless a Fleet Bank Excellence Award. (While alumni weekend, but work had him in tions Data Services as a senior account Red Sox. Eric Zieff gets the “best at the awards ceremony in South Caro- San Francisco. Rick’s wife, Tricia, gave manager. He married Erin Budreau dressed” award, while Bob and Carrie lina, the Mitchells met two Colby grads birth in November to their third child, in 1996, and they have two sons and O’Brien Thomas get the dunce caps from 1983, Chip Kelley and his wife, Rick III, who joined sisters Emily, 5, a baby daughter. In his spare time, for having assumed a team of baby sit- Martha. Chip is with Fleet in Port- and Katelyn, 3. Then, a month later, Tom participates in triathalons and ters miraculously would be waiting to land and also an award recipient. To Rick started a new job with Organon marathons, fishes and goes to Little care for their twin boys, daughter, black make it a White Mule hat trick, award Pharmaceuticals USA as the regional League baseball games. Maybe I’ll Lab and kitten. . . . Todd Walling- winner Bill Williamson ’71 was also in account manager, managed care for see you when I visit my mom in Des ford, John Davie, Jeff Cohen and attendance.) The Mitchells happened the Northeast. Three months after Moines, Tom. . . . Brian Kaplan sent Jeff England ’89 somehow managed across fashion plate Mike Paquin (hey, that, just to keep things hopping, the a message about his firm’s new Web to stand in the exact spot in front of Mike) at The Gap. Apparently Mike is Angeli family say they “moved out site, www.impressionpr.com. Check it the Student Center (Cotter Union) doing well and working for a company of the hustle and bustle of Warwick, out. . . . Kent Fikrig is still in N.Y.C., where I last saw them 15 years ago. If called Beacon in Rhode Island. Oh, R.I, giving up airport noise and traffic working at Société Générale as direc- I hadn’t seen Jeff once on the Cape, and Leslie is active with her real estate for the quiet surroundings of South tor in structured products. He talks I’d swear they’d never moved. Steve and LJM Cookies. (Who else saw the Kingstown.” . . . Tanya (Goff ’89) and to Peter O’Toole and Rob Koff ’88 Masur made his way up from Manhat- Mitchells’s eldest daughter running Stew Richmond continue to balance frequently and hears occasionally from tan. By day Steve tames the corporate, around campus without shoes? Guys, the demands of their legal careers with Mark Sicinski, who is busy with his entertainment and intellectual prop- if times are rough, let me know; the raising three children (ages 6, 4 and two little girls. Kent was hoping to get erty law scene in New York City (check wife’s a children’s footwear designer, 2). As if there weren’t enough on his to Maine this summer to eat lobster out his firm at www.masurlaw.com), so we should be able to scare up a pair plate, Stew manages to find the time and visit Colby. . . . Bryan Cook was while by night he is the consummate of shoes for the kid.) Betsy Lockhart to train for and run marathons. . . . elected assistant vice president in the music aficionado, surfer dude, ski Casey, husband Pat, and their 3- year- Rick and Patty Cirigliano Kohn had production division of Amica Mutual bum. Well done, Steve. In addition old son, Peter, were grateful to escape their second child this year. Mary Alice Insurance Co. . . . Brendan Cahill just to Charlie Lord, who made the trip the misery of this past winter with a turned 1 in June, and sister Patty was 6 received his M.B.A. from Fordham and from Chicago, about 60 other ’88ers two-week getaway to Naples, Fla., in in August. The elder Patty is complet- is still running a humanitarian NGO traveled from all over the country to March. With summer finally here, the ing her 11th year at Greenwich High in N.Y.C. His daughter, Helen, just be at reunion. (Sorry not to have all Caseys are busy with projects around School and just finished directing42nd turned 1. He went to Colby in 2002 your names and notes.) A cryptic, the house and planning their annual Street. . . . Best wishes to you all. and met up with Jay Stabile, Doug grammatically challenged e-mail 4th of July party. In addition to return- —Dean A. Schwartz Hall ’90, Jeff Ward, Jared Webster, from David and Leslie Migliaccio ing to campus for reunion, Betsy and Dana Hollinshead and Matt Frymier Mitchell, deciphered when we sat family were heading for her little sis- 89 As I write this in the middle of ’90. Brendan sees Jan Gisholt when together at dinner at reunion, revealed ter’s wedding. Rick Angeli writes that June, our 15th reunion is less than a he can and says that Tucker Offutt is

54 | COLBY • F A L L 2 0 0 3 “out west.” As Brendan also reported, daughter, Shauna Nicole, born on dency program this summer at UCSF. 1990s Correspondents Tom Cahill has moved to Paris, where May 1. . . . Also on May 1, Rob and . . . Keep sending news and thanks to he works for Bloomberg News writing Alison Glockler Schwartz welcomed all above for sending theirs. 1990 Franc-Eric Wiedmer feature stories on oil and energy. His their daughter, Lillian Beatrice, whose —Franc-Eric Wiedmer wife, Jamie, is writing a book called brother, Gabriel, turned 2 on May 3. 70 Hopkins Place Longmeadow, MA 01106 “The Dessert Detective.” Tom and Both parents report being very busy. . . . Good stuff, people . . . keep 92 [email protected] Jamie’s couch in the Marais has Colleen Bulger Proppé wrote to say it coming! It was great to hear from already been used by Tim Barnard, that she and Brian Costello welcomed Brendan Scully, who is teaching and 1991 and Tom was expecting visits from Jan twin boys, Aidan and Blake Costello, coaching football in North Berwick, Lesley Eydenberg Bouvier Gisholt, Jake Ulick ’90, Tucker Offutt in April 2002. Both are healthy and Maine, right near the Maine/New 26 Swallow Drive and Brendan Cahill. If you’re in Paris, happy to ride behind mom and dad Hampshire border, where he moved Hollis, NH 03049 look Tom up at [email protected]. in the mountain bike trailer in and last year. . . . Wylie Dufresne is open- . . . Beth Bitoff Odom writes that she around San Anselmo, Calif. Colleen ing a new restaurant called WD50 Jen Flynn and her family found a house in Alex- and Brian also enjoy hiking and camp- in N.Y.C. This will be the second 16 Lakeville Road #12A andria and were scheduled to move ing, some of which was to take place restaurant he has opened. . . . Katie Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 on June 18. That move was on hold this summer at Acadia National Park. Bredbeck finished her second year [email protected] for a bit when Beth’s husband, Mark, While in Maine, Colleen plans to visit teaching kindergarten in the Bronx 1992 was sent to Iraq. He returned in May, Jill Sinclair Smith, who recently gave and was to get married in July. . . . William Higgins to the delight of their daughter. . . . birth to her third child, Trevor James. Norm Stillman graduated from vet 31 Colonial Road Laura Thornton Pellegrino keeps Colleen also is taking classes, at the school in ’98 and has been practicing Hingham, MA 02043-3638 busy with three daughters, Elizabeth, College of Marin, toward an R.N. small-animal medicine in Philadel- 781-749-4746 Katherine and Caroline. She also ran degree. . . . And your humble corre- phia, Pa., for the past five years. He [email protected] the Frisbee Foundation’s recent suc- spondent, Franc-Eric Wiedmer, and married Diane Osgood ’91, and they cessful fund raiser. Laura had dinner his wife, Debby, welcomed their first have two daughters, ages 4 and 2. He 1993 with Catherine Andrew Rogers and child, a daughter, Claire Madeleine, and Diane miss New England a lot Krista Stein her family and Jen Pierce Barr and on April 3. . . . On the marriage front and are contemplating a move back to 8 Milford Street #4 her family. She also is in touch with we have a couple of updates as well. Massachusetts within the next year or Boston, MA 02118 Tina Clifford Comparato, who lives Tom Whelan sent a brief note to two. . . . Katie Martin has been back [email protected] in Manchester, Mass., and is loving mention that Joe Vecchi is engaged in the Boston area for the past year 1994 spending time with her daughter. Jen to be married in the fall. Tina Wright and a half after living in California’s Tracy K. Larsen Brountas stopped to see Laura on her wrote that she got married at a winery Bay Area. She says, “love being back 1747 Curtis Avenue way back to Boston, where she works in Southern California on October 26, east and seeing my Colby friends much Manhattan Beach, CA 90266 for Pioneer. . . . Eric Whiteford is still 2002, to Andrew Shotts. In attendance more frequently! I’m still working for [email protected] at Electronic Arts as the director of the were Betsy Morgan, Sara Hurvis Sun Microsystems, managing partners EA Sports brand, managing advertis- Younkin, Bill and Kinda Remick that sell to higher education customers 1995 ing, online marketing, promotions and Priestley, Gretchen Granger (including Colby!). The biggest addi- Yuhgo Yamaguchi branding efforts. He and his wife, Sara, Hartley, Stacey Parker, Debbie tion is my black Lab puppy, Libby, who 5 Newton Street, Apt. 2 have a 2- year-old daughter, Lucy, and Brown, Katie Erickson and Chris is a handful but lots of fun—especially Cambridge, MA 02139 another baby on the way. They just Taylor. Tina and Andrew have their now that it’s warm out and she can [email protected] moved into a new house in Haight Ash- own chocolate business, Garrison swim all of the time.” . . . Dave Dore 1996 bury in San Francisco. Eric planned Confections (www.garrisonconfectio wins the award for providing the most Mark Mortensen to attend Kevin Plummer’s wedding ns.com), and will open a retail store information in one e-mail. He wrote 3450 Rue Drummond Apt. 725B in Philadelphia in June. Make sure to at the Biltmore Hotel in Providence, that he was to be best man when Montreal, Quebec H3G 1Y3 write me with the details, Eric! . . . I R.I., in early fall. . . . After a six-month Kevin Smith got married on June 21 514-842-7449 visited Colby with my husband and trip in Asia in the fall of 2001, Scott to Andrea Orquera. Todd Alexander, [email protected] two daughters in late May. Saw Meg Myers decided to start his own busi- Eric Johnson, Jason Dorion ’93, Dana Christie and her twins on the trip and ness, Circa Asia (www.circaasia.com). McClintock ’93 and Rob Carbone ’93 1997 spent an evening eating lobster with From its San Francisco base, Circa Asia also were to be in attendance. Kevin Kimberly N. Parker Tracy Gionfriddo. In April, I visited sells a number of home accessories and currently resides in Boston and works 85 Melville Avenue Jeff Berger in L.A., where he tried to handmade paper products from Nepal, for Fidelity. As a side note, David Boston, MA 02124 kill me by weaving in and out of traffic Thailand, Vietnam and India to retail Dore and Rob Carbone both live in 617-288-5935 as much as possible. . . . I hope to see stores as well as through the Web site. Portland, Maine, and both work for [email protected] all of you in June 2004! . . . Chris Hobart sent a note detail- J&W Seligman & Co. Eric Johnson —Anita L. Terry ing many of his adventures over the lives and works in Salt Lake City, Utah. 1998 years. After a short stint in East Asia, Todd Alexander was to be married on Brian M. Gill 90 After many years of exemplary Chris moved to San Francisco in 1991. Labor Day to Catherine E. Decker. . . . 24 Concord Avenue, Apt. 213 service, Laura Senier has decided to He considered a number of options, Marah Silverberg Derzon is living in Cambridge, MA 02138-2370 hang up her hat as class correspondent. including law, which led to a six-year Columbus, Ohio, with her husband of 617-230-2254 Through a chance phone call (and a stint as a paralegal. He finally settled three years and two kids (Sidney is 2 [email protected] couple of e-mails), I now have taken on medicine, and that meant going and Matthew is almost 1). Marah fin- 1999 on the task of class correspondent back to school for two years of pre- ished her M.S.W. at Ohio State and has Lindsay Hayes and shall do my best to meet the med classes plus one year of research been a full-time mom ever since. . . . 130 Long Neck Point Road standard she set. . . . I can add a few in a lab before starting med school in Kimberly Kennedy White visited Jill Darien, CT 06820 more reports of births. Tracy and earnest. He is happy to report that he Vollweiler ’90 up in Purchase, N.Y., 203-655-4664 Matt Hancock wrote that they are finally graduated med school (UCSF) for a long girls’ weekend. She plans [email protected] celebrating the birth of their third and will be starting a psychiatry resi- on running in the N.Y.C. Marathon in

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November 2003 and also is registered the firm’s library collection and makes are expecting their first child (a girl) in who lives in Massachusetts with her to run the Boston Marathon in April print and electronic acquisitions that October. . . . Jessica Maclachlan Hall husband, Chuck.” . . . In June, Alice 2004. Kimberly hoped to connect with enhance existing research materials. chaired a fund raiser for the Jeannette Johnson Handwerk and her husband, Helen Suh Chloe and her husband, . . . After spending seven years with Rankin Foundation, a nonprofit that Brian, moved to New Hampshire. Norman, and their son, Daniel, in Alex. Brown & Sons/Bankers Trust/ awards educational scholarships to They will be living in Hopkinton August while visiting her family in Deutsche Bank (many business cards, women in need who are 35 years (outside of Concord), where Alice Belfast, Maine. . . . The largest law one seat) doing health care investment old and older. Tracey McCormick will be the director of development at firm in New Hampshire—McLane, banking, Cal Wheaton decided to join helped. Their event was June 29th, The Derryfield School in Manchester. Graf, Raulerson and Middleton Pro- ABS Capital Partners, a private equity/ and they hoped to raise $10,000 for They are excited to be moving back fessional Association—announced the buyout firm in Baltimore, where he is JRF. Jessica is still running her decora- to New England and look forward to election of Jennifer McLeod Finch focusing on principal investments in tive painting business, writing a book reconnecting with Colby friends in as president of the Association of New the health care arena. Cal’s wife, Aimee and loving living in Colorado with her the area. . . . Mary Dunning Beale Hampshire Law Librarians (ANHLL). Flores Wheaton ’95, completed her husband, Sam. . . . Erika Christensen was married to Laurence Goodyear She will organize informative sessions residency and is an internal medicine has relocated to St. Petersburg, Fla., Constable near Squam Lake in central to help members keep abreast of the physician/hospitalist at a community with her partner, Terri. They have New Hampshire. latest legal developments during her hospital in northern Baltimore, a purchased their first home together —William Higgins two-year term. Jennifer, who has pub- daunting six-minute commute from and spent this summer unpacking, lished a number of articles on Web their new house. After spending redecorating and exploring the new 93 Well, our 10-year reunion has development, also was appointed several years debating the merits of neighborhood. Erika says, “Vivid come and gone, and it was great to see director of library and research ser- having their “babies” consist only of an memories of recent northern winters everyone for the 24 hours that I was vices at the McLane firm, where she opinionated beagle and a ditzy yellow should keep us cool enough for many there! It was amazing to see the likes of provides research and reference assis- Lab, Cal and Aimee have finally given days to come. I continue to keep in Will Berglund and Kristin Ellinger tance to McLane employees, maintains into the cult that is parenthood and touch with Sandra Scarano Crombie, Berndt with their spouses and kids,

t.j. tavaresReal ’99 Politik Antone Tavares ’99 flashes a huge smile and of the more outspoken city councilors, even seeking the removal earlier then laughs when asked about his nickname. this year of the council chairman. “Absolutely nothing,” he says. “‘T.J.’ stands for When he is not dealing with city matters, Tavares is a legislative absolutely nothing. aide in the House Majority Office in Augusta. “I do constituent work for “Everyone in my family is an Antone, Antony, fourteen [state] reps and the House majority leader,” he said. “I love it, Anthony, Anton, Antoine—and half of them are short- absolutely love it.” ened to ‘Tony.’ And with a name like Antone Coehlo If all of this were not enough, Tavares also serves on 17 committees Tavares III, you try to make it as short as possible. or boards and has been named by the Maine Municipal Association to “To get my attention, and not the entire male represent Waterville at the National League of Cities, which is based in population of the family, they started calling me ‘T.J.’—Tony Jr. I’m actu- Washington, D.C., and represents municipal governments throughout ally [Antone] the Third, so ‘junior’ is close enough, but not exact.” the United States. A nickname less than exact seems incongruous for a guy who says So far, says Tavares, he lives by a series of five-year plans for his personal, professional and who was married to Krystal political lives—emphasis on political. Bickford in August 2001 Although only 26, Tavares has been intrigued by and immersed in and also finds time to politics for more than 14 years. His interest in government began when continue working at local he was a boy watching his mother, Theresa M. Pimental, and father, restaurants and in catering, his Edward D. Pimental, fight for improved benefits for Vietnam War veter- lives—personal, professional and ans who had been exposed to Agent Orange. Tavares’s father, a retired political—have been going pretty Navy officer, is one of them. much according to plan. “I went to “When I was twelve, I actually was held up to a podium by Sen. Colby to get a government degree and go (George J.) Mitchell (D-Maine) to speak at a Veterans Affairs convention into representative politics,” he said. “It’s in Portland about Agent Orange and dioxin,” Tavares said. “It’s kind of a worked out tremendously for me.” romantic story. It was the start of my getting into politics.” Tavares says he expects to remain in After his speech, a state representative from Bath asked if he was representative politics at the local level for a interested in becoming a legislative page. For the next six years, Tavares bit longer before moving to a higher level. served as a page and then as an intern at the Maine Statehouse. That might mean Augusta. It could mean Tavares’s passion for government prompted him in 2001—two years setting his sights directly on Washington, after earning a degree in government—to run for the Waterville City D.C. Either way, a career in politics. Council. At the city Democratic caucus in September 2001, Tavares “It’s been the goal since I was a kid,” pulled off a stunning upset when—with a group of supporters—he Tavares said. “As corny as it sounds, it’s walked in unexpectedly and defeated a three-term councilor by a 7-4 the best way to make a difference.” vote. His 128-83 election victory at age 24 made him the third-youngest —Anthony F. Cristan city councilor in Waterville’s history. Since then, Tavares has been one

56 | COLBY • F A L L 2 0 0 3 who are their respective spitting ments in Boston. . . . Carolyn Hart Dave, expect their first child in Dan Bar-Zeev ’92, Craig Mertens ’92, images! After catching up with John and husband Dave O’Shea ’93 were October . . . as do Matt and Kamin Kris McGrew ’92, Drew and Jennifer Cully and Mark Radcliffe outside of to move from Michigan to southern McClelland Macomber. . . . Laura Coffin Hoyt ’92, Shawn Campbell ’93, Drummond, aimlessly walking around Maine in June. Carolyn is looking for- Keally Heywood had a daughter, Ella, April Armstrong Campbell ’97, Kathy campus with Tyler Lewis, recounting ward to finishing up her Ph.D. thesis. in September 2002. Marshall Meuse and Rachel LaFol- rugby tales with Michelle Kennedy . . . Jonathan Kaplan is writing for The —Tracy K. Larsen lette ’98. The couple honeymooned in Rainforth, Kristin Ellinger Berndt Hill in Washington, D.C. . . . Tracy Jamaica, where they became certified and Meghan Goughan, giggling at Karsch Palumbo recently joined the 95 Katherine Marshall married SCUBA divers. In April they visited dinner with Carrie Smith and Jule law firm of Twomey, Latham, Shea & Brian Meuse, a UMass graduate, in Iceland and enjoyed the geothermal Gourdeau Whelan, playing beer-die Kelley of Riverhead, N.Y., as an associ- October 2002. Jennifer Gennaco hot springs, waterfalls, geysers and gla- with Robbie Robbins, professing my ate. . . . Billy Bush is a correspondent and Michelle Friedland Gagnon, ciers. . . . Jen Benwood and Conrad love for Beth Fialko and Bruce Vil- on Access Hollywood and host of Let’s nine months pregnant with her Saam ’96 got engaged while on vaca- lineau, shooting the proverbial breeze Make a Deal, both on NBC. Billy joined second baby, celebrated with them. tion in Hawaii in February and planned with Chris Chamberlain and Chris Access Hollywood in December 2001. He Trina (now Jeanae, her middle name) a wedding on September 20, 2003, in Wilder outside of the Student Center, is also a contributor on NBC’s Today McKenzie Osborne, who got mar- Seattle. . . . Fred and Heather John- and dancing like an idiot at the Spa show. . . . Katherine Bordwell mar- ried in January 2003, was supposed son Webster are thoroughly enjoying with Chris West, Diantha Neskey ried Greg Flenniken on December 22, to attend the wedding but was ill and Seattle and their new life with their and Kat Creeden Skulte, I was 2002, in Portland, Ore. . . . Jennifer couldn’t make the trip. Katherine and daughter, Gwyneth, who is 2. Fred is heartened to find that as much as we Wolff married Neil DiFrancesca on Brian live in Woburn, Mass., and both now working for Glaxo Smith Kline all have changed, much really does stay July 12 in Southboro, Mass. Marinel received their master’s in library sci- pharmaceuticals. Heather, a stay-at- the same! After stopping at Big G’s on Mateo and Kristin Owens Dorogi ’93 ence from Simmons College (Brian in home mom, and Fred got together Sunday, where the sandwiches seemed were in the wedding party, and Bonnie 1999, Katherine in 1997). They have with some friends for Heather’s 30th to only have gotten bigger, Kat and I Johnson Barry gave a reading. Jenn two rabbits, Ralph and Alice, and a cat, birthday this January in New York City. headed home with respective, requisite was recently promoted to director Moto. . . . Matt and Emily Fantasia Karyn Rimas Patry ’92, Jen Larsen hangovers and nostalgic hearts. And of the social studies department at Hayes welcomed a daughter, Abigail Daileanes ’93, Rachael De Costa it’s with a bit of that nostalgia that I am Shrewsbury (Mass.) High School. . . . Fantasia Hayes, on May 27, 2002. and Mike Kaplan were some of the handing the class correspondent torch Caleb Winder is living on Beacon They have relocated and settled in friends that joined them for the festivi- over to Krista Stein. Yes, my friends Hill and attending the M.B.A. pro- Sudbury, Mass. . . . Jason Reifler is a ties. Fred went to Scotland for a 10-day and faithful readers, this is my swan gram at Babson College. He was to doctoral candidate in political science golf tour with his dad and brother in song. Nay—don’t shed a tear—you marry Phoebe Gallagher in August. . . . at Duke University, studying American August to celebrate his 30th birthday. can say you knew me when! Please Sara Barker recently got engaged to politics generally and campaigns and . . . Sarah English is still working as inundate Krista with updates and Elliott Swarthout, a colleague of hers elections specifically. He got married an associate director of admissions at news, big and small, so that she can at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y. on July 12 in Houston, Texas, to Amy The Art Institute of Seattle. She and imbue her columns with the same zest He surprised her while they were on McKay, a 1997 Rice University gradu- Lisa Kenerson recently vacationed and creativity towards which I have a canoe trip on the Allegheny River. ate and also a Ph.D. candidate at Duke. in Costa Rica to celebrate turning 30 striven for the past seven years! It has They both work at the ornithology lab Andrew Barnett ’92, Greg Belanger ’93 this year. Sarah planned on her first been my pleasure. at Cornell University as research biolo- and Noah Learner attended the wed- triathlon in August and was to attend —Beth Curran gists, Sara in conservation and Elliott ding. Jason and Amy honeymooned in Meg Sweeny’s wedding on the island in bird population studies (he’s work- Italy. . . . Abe Rogers is the assistant of Nantucket in September. . . . Faisel 94 After serving two years in the ing with disease transmission). They men’s and women’s varsity swim coach Zaman is going to be in Salt Lake Peace Corps in Honduras, Paul White plan to buy a house in Ithaca. Sara is at MIT. He lives in Boston. . . . Ariana City, Utah, working in physical medi- moved to Santiago, Chile, where he still running the JIII alpine ski pro- Talbot Vance is a homebound teacher cine and rehabilitation, focusing on graduated in June with an M.B.A. gram at Holimont in western N.Y. for her local school district in Wyo- sports and musculoskeletal medicine, from the Universidad Católica de during the weekends in the winter ming but is currently on maternity and then will be at the University of Chile. He plans to stay in Chile and and races her road and mountain bike leave. Aiden Cale Vance joined her Pennsylvania doing an interventional work in international development. . . . for a team out of Poughkeepsie, N.Y. family on April 25. Ariana planned to spine fellowship with the top spine Jessica Matzkin is still at BC getting . . . Joe and Julie Cyr Gibowicz had spend her summer camping, travel- doctor in the nation. He’s still riding her master’s in social work and still a daughter, Genevieve Suzanne, on ing and enjoying time with family and his motorcycle and continuing to cus- loves her program. She has been able December 6, 2002. Both mom and friends. . . . Amanda and Tip Meckel tomize it. He went to Myrtle Beach’s to see Sarah and Matt Lapides, Jeff daughter are doing well. . . . Michael are headed back to Maine. After getting Bike Week in May. In the musical Carter and Donna Bacchiocchi. She Koester and his wife, Andre Roberts his doctorate in marine geophysics at area, he’s having a tough time finding had a fun spring break in the Bahamas Koester, had a son, William Roberts the University of Texas at Austin last people to jam with. “No one comes with Michelle Tadros and friends. She Koester, on December 19, 2002. . . . May, Tip accepted a one-year teaching close to Mike Murphy on the drums plans to get together on the Cape this Ryan and Christine Messier Feeley position in the Geology Department and Matty Barr on the bass,” writes summer with Michelle, Elizabeth welcomed their second son, Cormac at Colby! Amanda’s first novel,Sleep Faisel. “Any chance someone will put Labovitz Smith and Allison Guth Murphy Feeley, on March 27. Their Toward Heaven, is enjoying great suc- up the funds for an Atrocity reunion?” Wells and her baby. Jessica planned older son, Nolan, turned 3 in May. cess, and she looks forward to joining . . . Chris and Lindsay Bennigson on going to Honduras on a medical They are living in Canaan, N.H., the writing community in Waterville. Jernigan welcomed their first child, mission with her family in June and where Ryan teaches seventh and eighth They expected their first baby in Sep- Aliza Cathryn Jernigan, on April 3. to do some AIDS work in Uganda grade English at Cardigan Mountain tember. . . . Todd and Marissa Shaw —Yuhgo Yamaguchi in July. . . . Alice (Amstutz ’95) and School. Christine tutors part time Glowac are expecting their first child Greg McDonald and baby Molly are at Cardigan and mothers full time. this fall. . . . Jennifer (Jaye) Gen- all doing fine. After graduating from . . . David and Lori Cohen Sherf naco got married last summer to 96 Ruth Bristol, in neurosurgery Boston University with an M.B.A. and and big brother, Adam, welcomed Benjamin Smith, a Bates graduate. residency in Phoenix, got engaged to M.S. in information systems, Greg baby Jacob on April 17. . . . Marile Cheryl Johnson Dutrumble was a another neurosurgeon, Felipe Albu- started a job with Evergreen Invest- Haylon Borden and her husband, bridesmaid. Also in attendance were querque, and plans an October 2003

COLBY • F A L L 2 0 0 3 | 57 Alumni at Large 1990s wedding. . . . Bill Epps is currently newsmakers Seidman ’94, Pete Luber and Krista living in Austin, Texas, working at Severson. . . . And another Class of the University of Texas at Austin Kebba Tolbert ’94 is the new head ’96 wedding! Rachel Moritz and Matt for a Ph.D. in history with a focus coach and director of men’s and O’Connell were married on April on U.S. foreign relations with Latin women’s indoor and outdoor track and 12 in Falmouth, Mass. Bridesmaids America; he’s also teaching an intro field and of both cross-country teams included Maura McLaughlin and rhetoric and composition course. He at Portland State University in Port- Beth Dunn Allen, and groomsmen says he’s “exploring, and enjoying, land, Ore. He moves up from assistant included Ben O’Connell ’99. Alison the incredibly vibrant music scene in track coach at Syracuse University  Werner, Emily Guerette, Laura Austin and practicing my banjo.” . . . Doctoral student and teaching fel- Whittaker, Mike Montgomery, Jill Picard was married last summer low Andrea J. Stairs ’94 received the Erika Moore Coombs ’97, Dennis and is now Jill Paine. She’s been living Donald J. White Teaching Excellence Nations ’95, Matt Tangney ’95, Bill in San Francisco for the last two years Award at Boston College for her work Bradley ’95, Jason Hallee ’95, Drew with Ashley Malcolm ’97, who also was designing a collaborative program for Serbin ’94 and Christian Drucker ’94 married last summer and is now Ashley were all in attendance. . . . Anybody Kebba Tolbert ’94 urban secondary teacher education  Laakso. “We have been happily living want to step up and be the next class Ever gone in for “speed dating,” the new matchmaking phenomenon in a house shared by us and our new correspondent? that pairs men and women for three to 10 minutes of get-acquainted husbands!” said Jill, who is still working conversation across a table? Michelle M. Grdina ’95 tried it, as at the corporate headquarters for Gap The news has been piling up, reported in a feature in 97 Inc. . . . Lee St. George MacGregor The Improper but I was so engrossed in American Idol and her husband, Stuart, welcomed a Bostonian. Be prepared with some good that I missed the last deadline! Michael boy, Emmett Alasdair MacGregor, questions and have a positive attitude, Doogue spent time in Ecuador after on September 21, 2001. Lee took the she concluded, “even though I didn’t graduation for a few weeks of climbing year off from teaching to take care meet anyone that I want to date”  volcanoes and roaming the Amazon of him and says they all are healthy The April edition of Fine Woodworking basin with Adam Wolk and Erwin and doing well. . . . Jamie Geier is featured art history major Kerry E. Godoy, after which he started gradu- working on her Ph.D. in epidemiol- Ackerman ’96’s sewing table, based ate work in electrical engineering at ogy at Columbia University and lives partly on a 19th-century design. Her Dartmouth. After graduation from in New York City with her husband, goals include creating affordable Dartmouth, he took a job designing Rob. She keeps in close contact with hand-crafted furniture, said Acker- integrated circuits for a Concord, Rachel Simson D’Antonio and man, who is studying furniture making N.H., company called Allegra Micro- Martha Previte Botten. Rachel still in Boston. Michelle M. Grdina ’95 systems. He married Kristen, whom works for JP Morgan and lives in he met while at Dartmouth, and the Ridgefield, Conn., with her husband, couple now lives in Manchester, N.H., Bob. Martha moved to San Diego Milestones where they are renovating a historic after graduating from law school and Marriages: Mary (Molly) D. Beale ’92 to Laurence G. Constable home. Mike recently attended Adam lives with her husband, Jason. Jamie’s near Squam Lake, N.H.  Jonathan J. Eddinger ’93 to Robin Wolk’s wedding; Adam married Io sister-in-law, Jennifer Stewart Guay, Nami on January 19, 2003, on the Currier in Manchester, N.H.  Andrew K. Bonham ’94 to Jaime works in real estate and is living in sandy beaches of Pacific Grove, in M. Grogan in Dallas, Texas  Brian P. Pompeo ’95 to Jennifer Biddeford, Maine, with her husband, Calif. Adam is in his fourth year of Aquino in Cohasset, Mass.  Rachel J. Moritz ’96 to Matthew Norm. . . . Chad Sisson and his wife, medical school at UC-Davis, and at S. O’Connell ’96 in Falmouth, Mass.  Jennifer E. Johns ’97 to Karen Bossie, D.O., live in Grand this time it looks like he will head back Jonathan R. Bolton ’98 in Powell, Ohio  Marah E. Smith ’97 to Rapids, Mich., with their daughter, to D.C. for his residency. . . . Rico  Edin, 2. Last November Chad suc- Zachary J.D. Atwell in Narragansett, R.I. Heather A. Sanders ’99 Del Sesto has finished his Ph.D. in cessfully defended his Ph.D. thesis to Todd R. DiCaprio in Las Vegas, Nev. chemistry at the University of Utah in zoology—“Life history dynamics and is now in Colorado Springs “doing of nudibranch sibling species in the Births: A son, Peter Lim, to SooHee Lee ’90 and Bryant Lim  A research at the Air Force Academy,” he genus Dendronotus in the Gulf of son, Wilson Clark Thors, to Thor and Melissa LaBarre Thors ’91 writes, “working through a National Maine”—at the University of New  A daughter, Maya Barnes, to Mandy and Jason C. Barnes ’93  A Academies of Science fellowship on Hampshire and was scheduled to daughter, Emma Carbone, to Jana and Robert H. Carbone ’93. materials for military/defense (no, graduate in December 2002. He says I’m not making bombs, as everyone he was “employed as a full-time stay- Carlson was a fourth-year medical traveling overseas to see a few things, asks).” . . . Lauren Graham married at-home dad” but planned on teaching student at the University of Vermont finished his third of four years of an Adam Harkins on February 4 on a part time last spring at Grand Rapids College of Medicine. While she was M.B.A/law degree at the University beach in the Bahamas. After a week, Community College. . . . Robert Gold interviewing at the Family Practice of Western Ontario “because I’ve the Harkins returned to their home wrote that he lives in Sleepy Hollow, Residency Program in Anchorage, got no idea what to do when I grow in Portland, Maine. . . . From the N.Y. (tale of the headless horseman) Alaska, she and her husband, Brian ’94, up. Thanks, Colby!” Piche, Emmett, Chinese New Year, February 12, to and works as a dentist in the Bronx and got together with Carrie Califano, Sarah Hamlin Walsh and Hillary May 23, 2002, Tim Andreae did a in Rockland and thoroughly enjoys it. Sarah Charnecki ’95, Jeff Harrison Brennan McKellar were all proud to fast from all wheeled transportation. He planned to get married last spring ’95 and Sean ’91 and Jenny Dorsey stand with Chuck Bowen and Betsy He spent 101 days in a row without to Bettina Gold (“just a coincidence, Skaling ’93. . . . Jean-Michel Picher, Low as they were married in Falmouth, “getting any wheels between my feet no relation yet”). He goes mountain a.k.a. Piche ([email protected]), Mass., last October. Among others in and the ground.” He received lots of biking and skiing with Amy Phalon after working in Democratic Party attendance were Brad Smith, Ryan press and comments that “apparently when she has time off from her job campaign politics for a couple of Sullivan, Sean McBride ’95, Matt our society has arrived at such a pace teaching English at Montclair State years, living in Idaho with Emmett Mannering ’95, Greg Walsh ’95, James that a person can make news by simply College. . . . Last year, Rima Lathrop McCarthy and Chuck Bowen and Colligan ’95, Mark Porter ’95, Brian walking.” Get in touch with him at

58 | COLBY • F A L L 2 0 0 3 [email protected]. . . . Amanda Colby lists marriages and same-sex commitment ceremonies as “Milestones” the University of Buffalo. Sounds like Magary scheduled an August wedding in the Alumni at Large section of the magazine. To have a wedding or com- everyone is doing well! to Greg Kice in the Napa Valley. She mitment included, please submit the names of both partners along with the —Brian M. Gill writes that she’s been living in San class year(s), the date and the location of the ceremony to the appropriate Francisco for the past three years and class correspondent (listed in the Alumni at Large section). For notices of 99 Weddings galore! Alex Quig- working as a clinical social worker at births and adoptions, the parents’ and child’s names, date and location of ley got married last June to Ashley UCSF Children’s Hospital in the the birth should be submitted to the appropriate correspondent. Slate, a UNC grad he met in Teach oncology and bone marrow unit. For America. Raj Khunkhun, Brian She’s lived with Austen Briggs for the Photos of weddings or commitment ceremonies involving Colby alumni Quinn and Lyle Bradley were in last two years, but Austen is moving may be submitted for use on “The Blue Light,” Colby’s alumni Web site. the wedding. Alex and Ashley live in off to start a new chapter of her life Visit www.colby.edu/alumni/photos to view photos of weddings and other Indianola, Miss. Alex finished up his in Tokyo. . . . Yawa Duse-Anthony alumni gatherings. Please identify all alumni pictured, including class years. fourth year teaching second grade, and was selected as an “emerging profes- Send prints to Alumni Relations, 4310 Mayflower Hill, Waterville, ME Ashley works for a youth development sional” by WTS and presented at its 04901-8843 or e-mail digital images to [email protected]. program called the Sunflower County conference in Boston. . . . Susanna Freedom Project. . . . Melissa Thouin Montezemolo graduated from the got married on Memorial Day in New Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton who was visiting Boston from L.A., southern Oregon, where, along with York to Todd Federman, whom she with her master’s of public affairs and where she’s preparing to apply to vet- Matt Kuchar ’97, she’ll be living for the met the first year she moved down urban and regional planning. She was erinary school, and at a pre-marathon next year as part of a wilderness writing to D.C. (Andy Weinstein ’98 takes married to her fiancé, Mark Kugler, in party she also caught up with Kristin residency. They will be caretaking a credit for that one). Melissa has been Rome immediately after graduation. Wildman, who was to graduate from 90-acre property, doing lots of writ- in D.C. the last few years, involved Upon returning to the States, she will UConn Law School in the spring. Kate ing and hopefully avoiding any close in research at the children’s hospital, begin work in D.C. as a policy analyst is working on her master’s in counsel- encounters with black bears! Kate says and her husband-to-be was getting his to the U.S. Department of Housing ing and college student development she loves Oregon but misses Maine M.B.A. at Duke. Chris Einstein (who and Urban Development, office of at Northeastern University in Boston, and Colby! . . . Pete Manning was is living in Seattle and starting a grad policy development and research. . . . where she also works full time in under- married to Christina Scully on May program in environmental policy), This August marked the end of a nine- graduate admissions. . . . Christine 10 in Arlington, Vt., with Chris- Kristen Paratore ’98 (who moved to year (yes nine-year!) living-together of Vaughn just graduated from the Uni- tian King and Guy Hughes ’99 as Berkeley upon finishing her master’s in Andrew Pease and Lucas Penney. versity of Michigan Law School. After groomsmen. After a short honeymoon education) and Laura D’Afflitti (living Breaking up is hard to do, but Lucas the bar (fingers crossed) she’s headed in the Florida Keys, Pete and Christina in D.C. and finishing her second year is off to business school at Cornell to Washington, D.C., to work at the returned to Burlington, Vt., for his in law school) were in Melissa’s wed- University. . . . Danielle Herget Washington Lawyers’ Committee, graduation from the UVM College of ding, and all have since gotten engaged received her Ph.D. in theater history where she’ll be representing kids with Medicine. In July Pete was to begin a to wonderful guys as well! Others at from Tufts and is currently a profes- serious mental health needs who are residency in Ob/Gyn at Maine Medi- Melissa’s wedding included Kate sor of theater at Emmanuel College being inappropriately institutional- cal Center in Portland. Christina, a Lowe (who moved to Connecticut in Boston, where she plans to stay for ized. Christine received a fellowship third-year resident in pediatrics in the fall and recently was engaged another year. . . . Morgan Filler is from the Skadden Foundation to work at Yale, will join Pete in Portland to Wilson Owens), Meg Lawson starting her own massage therapy on this project for two years. She still when she completes her program. (living and teaching in Boston and business, living in Berkeley, Calif., keeps in touch with Emily Record . . . Katie Taylor is still living in San also recently engaged), Kate Litle (in swimming a race across Lake Tahoe Lane and sees quite a bit of Lizzie Diego and finished up the second year Seattle on an environmental research and learning belly dancing. . . . Welling Ivry, who is living with her boyfriend, of her master’s program in marriage project), Jo Reardon (teaching in and Heather Derby Lagrone reside David Cooper, in N.Y.C., having just and family therapy at San Diego State Maine), Payal Luthra (recently in Nashville, Tenn. Heather received graduated from a public policy pro- University. During their summer accepted in Harvard’s architecture her M.B.A. from the Owen Graduate gram at NYU. . . . Matt White writes break, Courtney Cataldi and Katie program), Jason Flesh and Jenna School of Management at Vanderbilt, that he, Paul Conway, Jon Olinto planned to run the San Diego Rock ’n’ Hannibal (teaching in Maine). . . . and Welling recently completed his and Andy McCullough formed a Roll Marathon—their first! . . . Joel Last September, Anna Thompson first triathalon. . . . Hilary Peterson is band called The Hugh Jorgens Band Grossbard is starting a Ph.D. program married Peter Ward of San Marino, engaged to be married. She is teaching and would be playing this summer in in clinical psychology at the University Calif. Attending were bridesmaids high school English in Aspen, Colo., Boston. They play cover songs as well of Washington in Seattle and has begun Lauren Graham Harkins ’97 and and finished her master’s at Bread Loaf as some of their own original stuff. breeding Siamese kittens, if anyone is Carrie Peterson, groomsmen Ham over the summer. . . . Sarah Dimare . . . Kristen Paratore just finished interested. . . . David Goldman was Thompson ’94 and William Thomp- graduated from Northeastern Univer- a master’s program in international married on May 18 in New York City. son ’06 and readers Abby Lambert ’98 sity School of Nursing with a B.S.N. education policy at Harvard’s School In attendance were Jared Fine, Mat- and Johanna Reardon. Both Anna and and works in Boston’s Children’s Hos- of Education. She also got engaged to thew Strobl, Andre Smith, Jonathan Peter graduated from Chicago medical pital on the cardiac floor. She lives in Roger Bock, whom she met in D.C. Bolton, John Brunero, Jennifer school and are headed to Burlington, Brookline and sees Em Lappen, Em about three years ago, and they’re Johns ’97, Emmanuel Thomann ’00 Vt., for residency. . . . Jason Gerbsman Greenstein and Beth Traglia, who moving to Berkeley together so he can and Karen Hoch ’00. . . . Jon Sauter and Lauren Rothman got engaged in live nearby. Ciao . . . start a Ph.D. program in computer sci- writes that he has been enjoying mar- March and are planning a June 2004 —Kimberly N. Parker ence and electrical engineering. They ried life with his wife, Amanda, and is wedding—they’ve been together hope to get married next summer. glad that so many Colby friends could since the first month of freshman 98 Kate Conklin ran the Boston . . . Kate Westhaver finished up a make it to the festivities in Buffalo last year! Lauren has her own company Marathon on April 21 with Stepha- year of teaching creative writing at September. Jon completed his second and does trend forecasting and brand nie Small, helping get her through the University of Oregon, where she year as assistant to the dean of arts image consulting. Jason was to start the final five miles of the race. Janice earned her M.F.A. last year. She had a and sciences at Niagara University business school in August at George- Greenwald ’01 met her at the finish. great time at the university but left this and was to start on a Ph.D. in higher town. Lauren is moving to D.C. after Kate recently saw Alyssa Hughes, past spring to move to a homestead in education administration in the fall at four years in N.Y.C. They went to San

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About a year after receiving a grant from the German-American Ful- class, taught lessons and conducted vari- bright Commission to teach English in the small eastern German town ous activities such as English language of Rathenow, Andrea Pomerance ’02 missed only one thing about the games with her students. States: hearing Southern accents like her own. In the cultural emphasis of her entrée But fortunately for the young friends that the Tennessean made at her into teaching, Pomerance witnessed the German high school, that was nowhere near enough to send her packing. transcendent power of reciprocation. In Pomerance spent the 2002-03 school year working as a teaching class one spring day, her pupils asked her assistant (stipend, 700 euros a month) at Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn Gymna- when she had last really celebrated Easter. sium, a school for grades 5-12 in Rathenow, 45 minutes east of Berlin. She said it had been five years. They The grant program is funded by the U.S. and German governments and decided it was time she had a real Easter serves to promote education through cross-cultural exchange. again. The next day, she said, “each had hidden chocolate and eggs To say Pomerance’s experience overseas was cross-cultural, around the classroom. Some had made bread and hidden it. That was though, might be an understatement. In one class exercise Pomerance one of the best days. You do stuff for them, but it’s nice to have some- designed, for example, she drew a stereotypical German and instructed thing in return like that.” her students to sketch their image of an average American. When she took her first German language class her freshman year “I had drawn the stereotype of a German: at Colby, Pomerance’s only goal was to fulfill her language requirement. tight black jeans, beer in hand, watch- A Jan Plan trip, a junior year in Munich and several courses later, she ing football [European soccer],” had focused her study on the country. Specifically, Pomerance’s work Pomerance recalled. “I put it on centered on the divide between the former East and West Germany, an overhead projector and said I united in 1989 but still largely unable to bridge gaping socioeconomic wanted them to draw theirs. Basi- and cultural divides. cally what I got was, ‘everyone The Fulbright grant allowed Pomerance to experience firsthand the eats McDonald’s, people sit on depressed economy and post-Communist climate of the formerly East the couch and watch TV, and they German Rathenow, a microcosm of what she’d studied at Colby. The drive everywhere.’” town’s unemployment skyrocketed after the Berlin Wall was destroyed, After thunderous laughter, the as graduates from high schools like hers traveled straight to western budding teacher and her students Germany and Berlin, where jobs were more plentiful. discussed both misconceptions. When her grant ended in June, Pomerance found herself among “Basically I’m just teaching them the scores of people moving from eastern Germany to look for a job in to try to get past these stereotypes,” Berlin. She persevered and landed a position as academic coordinator she said. at the European College of Liberal Arts. The exercise was part of Pomer- In addition to the worldly knowledge the recent graduate acquired ance’s favorite task as an English- abroad, Pomerance learned something else in Germany that shattered the language teaching assistant: her widely accepted notion that Waterville, Maine, is the coldest place on Earth: meetings with about 10 sixth graders Rathenow was so cold, she says, it made Waterville feel like Boca Raton. every weekend to hone speaking But at least she had four years in Maine to prepare: “I’m from Ten- skills and discuss American culture. nessee. If I’d come straight [here], it would have been a major shock.” She also assisted German teachers in —Braxton Williams ’99

Francisco to visit Kelly Williams and in November 2002, is still flying is engaged to a cool guy in Seattle. Osborn will start a Ph.D. program in her fiancé, who are having a wedding the KC-135 Stratotanker, a Boeing . . . Chris Connolly is halfway done medical and clinical psychology at the this fall. . . . Stephen Mosca, of 707 fuel tanker for the Maine Air with a master’s in integrated marketing Navy Medical School in Maryland (the North Kingstown, R.I., received his National Guard. Andy flew missions communication from Emerson Col- same school where John Maddox is juris doctor degree from the Roger in support of Operation Enduring lege and is living in Boston’s Back Bay. currently working on his M.D.). Robyn Williams University Ralph R. Papitto Freedom in December for 14 days Chris was enjoying the challenge of plans to continue her work in medi- School of Law last May 17. . . . Braxton out of Incerlick, Turkey. He was put training for a few triathlons over the cal psychology by focusing on exercise Williams is a reporter for The Daily on one year of active duty in February summer. . . . Kelly Field covers social treatment for the overweight and obese Progress, a newspaper in Charlottes- in preparation for the war with Iraq, policy (especially health and educa- in ethnic minority groups. This means ville, Va. . . . Christina Schleicher which kept him extremely busy flying tion) for Congressional Quarterly in she will be in Washington, D.C., for has been in Vail, Colo., four years missions out of Bangor refueling C-5’s Washington. . . . After Eric “Goat” a few more years at least. Robyn is this fall, working in the public rela- and C-17’s, Air Force cargo aircraft Cook got his master’s in mathematics also training for her first marathon, tions department for Vail Resorts. . transporting soldiers, equipment at the University of Utah, he switched which will take place in early November. . . Emmett Beliveau finished his and supplies to the Gulf. . . . Chris over to the architecture department. . . . Jason Flesh finished his graduate second year at Georgetown Law and Davis and Doug Connelly finished . . . On finishing almost two years as the program in acupuncture and Chinese worked for the Patton Boggs law firm climbing in Thailand and trekking in program director for an NIH-funded medicine in San Diego. He passed in D.C. this summer. . . . Andrew Nepal before they both started grad research study on obesity treatment his national licensing exams in both Wnek, promoted to 1st lieutenant school in the fall. . . . Chris Einstein for African-American women, Robyn subjects and moved back to Portland,

60 | COLBY • F A L L 2 0 0 3 newsmakers and behavior disorders. . . . Stacy 2000s Correspondents Erickson ([email protected]) and Katherine E. Dunn ’02’s essay about Jory Raphael ’02 are getting married 2000 her job as coordinator of Paterson, on August 14, 2004. Stacy wrote, “If c/o Meg Bernier Colby College N.J.’s environmental and cultural you just can’t contain yourself and Office of Alumni Relations enrichment program for fifth graders find youmust tell us how happy you Waterville, ME 04901 in the Paterson school system appeared are for us right now, you can visit our 207-872-3185 in The Christian Science Monitor. “If I’m Web site (www.stacyandjory.org). We [email protected] ever jealous of [my cosmopolitan class- have a guestbook online and we would mates’] lifestyle,” she wrote, “I focus on love for you to sign it, and you can 2001 the perks of living on a 560-acre camp read all the fun details of our engage- Dana D. Fowler and working with kids.” ment, the oh so small wedding we 353 East 78th Street, 11B are planning and more.” . . . Jason New York, NY 10022 Freedman is the managing editor of [email protected] Katherine E. Dunn ’02 the Stanford Law Review and the chair 2002 of the executive board for the Stanford Lydia Terry Milestones Journal of Law, Business, and Finance 819 Marquette Street Dallas, TX 75225 Deaths: Laurel G. Johnson ’00, February 1, 2003, in San Ber- and never sees the light of day. . . . Jen Cosso is living in N.Y.C., work- [email protected] nardino, Calif., at 25. ing as a production coordinator for 2003 MTV. . . . Lambie Bickford ran the Lauren Tiberio Maine, to start his private practice. Eberle and Lynn McDonald were in Austin Motorola Marathon in a time 131 Valley View Drive . . . Joshua Davis graduated from law the wedding party, and Jill L’Heureux, fast enough to qualify for the Boston Wethersfield, CT 06109-2621 school and will be moving to D.C. to Portia Dyrenforth, Heather Izumi Marathon. . . . Hillary Evans finished [email protected] study for the bar and begin work at and Erin Fuller were in attendance. her second year of law school at the Arnold and Porter. . . . Laurie Rob- Since returning from their honeymoon University of Washington, taking one working with adolescents in school and erts is studying at the Yale School of in Italy, she has been involved with a quarter off to clerk for state Supreme in-patient hospital settings. . . . Matt Public Health. production of Little Shop of Horrors at Court Justice Bobbe Bridge, and this Cost completed a one-year internship —Lindsay Hayes a local theater. They have performed summer was in Washington, D.C., in stage management at the Portland to several sold-out audiences over the working for Washington state sena- Stage Company. . . . Lindsay Fanjoy, 00 Emily Ouellette wrote, “Right course of their three-week run. Laurel tor Maria Cantwell while living with from Millinocket, Maine, is engaged after graduation, I headed to Washing- will be attending Mount Saint Mary Liz Hart ’00 and Carrie Keeling ’00. to Patrick Dalton Corsin of Maine. ton, D.C., to work as a civil-rights and College this fall to pursue a degree . . . Vanessa Sibley graduated from Lindsay is a Spanish teacher at Union employment paralegal. I really loved in nursing. “It has been a crazy three Harvard with a master’s in theologi- 113. . . . Karin Felmly is a fourth grade my job. I spent most of my time work- years since we graduated. I can’t believe cal studies, was to be married on July teacher at Yarmouth (Maine) Elemen- ing on fair labor cases representing it,” she said. 26 to Joseph C. Mudd and will teach tary School. . . . Phoebe Lehman workers in the poultry industry. I now high school. . . . Yuki Kodera is in and Jay Zarnetske ’00 left Boston to know a lot more about chicken than I 01 Wedding bells are going nuts her second year of working towards begin graduate school at Utah State ever thought I would. In September for our class! Drew Hall and Joel a master’s in intercultural relations University. Phoebe will study wildlife 2002, I headed to Ecuador through Williams are getting married on at Lesley University. One of her conservation management, and Jay will the Worldteach Volunteer program Memorial Day weekend 2004. In the classmates is Nyasha Pfukwa. Yuki study river system geomorphology and and have been teaching English in a wedding party are Emily Mahlman, sees Coji Watanabe, Junko Goda, restoration. . . . Kathy Manu has vocational school since then. I always Sara Bowen and Matt Solso. . . . Shuba Srivatsan and Janice Green- been living in Budapest, Hungary, wanted to return to Latin America after Lou Distasi and Rebecca Curran wald, all living in the Boston area. . . . for the past two years, teaching at being an international studies major from Winthrop, Mass., are engaged. Lindsay Prichard teaches psychology an international kindergarten and and studying in Chile during college. I . . . Stacie Galiger and Jeff Williams and history to freshman and seniors at doing some random other jobs but am very happy to be here. I have stayed ’02 are engaged. They returned to Matignon High School in Cambridge, planned to come back to the U.S. in touch with Christy Nuss, Nicole Switzerland to work together this Mass. Lindsay, Caroline Blair and for a two-year stint in grad school Neault and Jill Morejon, all of whom summer, then headed off to grad school Darcy Lynch moved to Davis Square in N.Y.C. in counseling psychology. seem to be doing really well.” . . . in the fall. Stacie will do a one-year in June. Caroline is going to Suffolk . . . Dave Fuente, upon receiving After seeing the spring issue of Colby, master’s program at Harvard and then Law School, and Darcy still works at a master’s from Indiana University, Tom Donahue says he thought it was move down to N.C., where Jeff will the Perkins School for the Blind. . . . and Payal Shah will embark on a time to touch base with the class. He be studying at Duke. . . . JJ Abodeely Pete Oppenheim was to start his first fellowship in India from September recently finished an M.A. in interna- and Piper Elliott ’02 were married in year of law school in the fall. . . . Phil to June of next year. Dave plans on tional relations at the University of August in Colorado. JJ is an analyst at Coppage continues his hard work at either a Ph.D. program at Indiana Chicago (where he sometimes ran a portfolio management firm, coach the RNC after a tough season of cam- University or an M.A. program at into Tamas Juhasz ’02) and planned and rugby player. . . . Teresa Hawko paigning. . . . Chris McLean returned the University of Wisconsin-Madison to start the Ph.D. program in political and Patrick Olsen ’02 are engaged for to his final year at Georgetown Law upon his return. Their buddy Asher theory at Johns Hopkins this fall. . . . a July 2004 wedding. Teresa will apply after a summer working for a law firm Ghertner was awarded an AMS/DOE Laurel Genetti Kemp e-mailed to to grad schools for higher education in New York. . . . Lisa Mark is working atmospheric radiation measurement say things are going well for her. She student affairs master’s programs. . . . as a legislative assistant for freshman program fellowship. He’s studying at got married, March 1, 2003, to Scott Sarah Richards and Dubek Kim ’99 congressman Thaddeus McCotter of UC-Berkeley and plans to examine the Kemp, whom she met while working were to be married in August. They Michigan. . . . Angela Ridlon gradu- societal and environmental impacts at Ramapo For Children in Rhinebeck, both work at the New England Center ated in May from the master’s of social of air pollution within the U.S. and N.Y., a nonprofit organization serv- for Children in Southborough, Mass., work program at the University of developing countries. ing kids with special needs. Miranda where they teach children with autism New England. She wants to continue —Dana D. Fowler

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Helen E. Davis ’26, March 28, many years. Survivors include her two 2003, in Pittsfield, Maine, at 99. The editor regrets the inadvertent omission of factual information children, Melissa Kraft and Richard She worked for many years as a from the obituary of Maxine Hoyt Richmond ’30 in the summer issue E. Kraft, two grandchildren and her bookkeeper for Friend & Friend of Colby. The notice should have appeared as follows. brother, Arthur Wein ’35. Auto Sales in Newport, Maine. She is survived by four nieces, a nephew, Maxine Hoyt Richmond ’30, April 11, 2003, in Farmington, Maine, Frances Stobie Turner ’39, January several grand-nieces and –nephews at 93. She was a sixth grade teacher in Phillips, Maine, for 33 years. 25, 2003, in Hickory Corners, and a cousin, John Philson ’71. After retirement she continued her lifelong interest in local history Mich., at 84. She was a homemaker as secretary of the Phillips Historical Society. Survivors include in Hickory Corners for more than Leemont R. Kelley ’28, February her daughter, Emerita Professor of Administrative Science Yvonne 50 years. Survivors include her son, 13, 2003, in Machias, Maine, at 96. Richmond Rowe ’55, a grandson, Marc D. Fisher ’78, and several Roger N. Turner Jr. After Colby he engaged in lobster and nieces and nephews. herring fishing. During World War M. Donald Gardner ’40, July 26, II he worked at Lawley’s Shipyard Surviving are her sons, John and a brother, a sister, Jane Leighton 2003, in Portland, Maine, at 84. A in Massachusetts. He returned to Keith Andrews, four grandchildren Carr ’42, five grandchildren, nine prominent attorney in Portland with fishing, then worked as a registered and three great-grandchildren. great-grandchildren and a nephew, a law degree from Boston University, guide. Predeceased by his wife, he is William A. Leighton III ’64. he was a Naval executive officer survived by two nephews and a niece. Leo F. Ross ’32, January 19, 2002, and navigator in the South Pacific in Mission, Texas, at 92. For many Luke R. Pelletier ’37, January from 1944 to 1946. He was a senior Lucy Chapin Gibson ’29, April 16, years he and his wife, Mabel, lived 31, 2003, in Port Orange, Fla., partner with Jensen, Baird, Gardner 2003, in Warwick, R.I., at 96. She was a in Texas, where he was a Methodist at 86. After 11 years in the Army and Henry and a member, director Phi Beta Kappa graduate and received minister. transportation service and Merchant or chair of the board of several her master’s from Clark University. Marines, he earned a master’s at Pratt banks and insurance companies. She taught science in the South Dorothy McNally Whitten ’32, July Institute and spent many years in He served the Masons in several Glastonbury, Conn., schools for many 12, 2003, in Waterville, Maine, at 92. advertising and then in information capacities. Predeceased by his wife, years and was active in her church. She taught at Clinton (Maine) High services and records management. Phyllis Chapman Gardner ’40, he She leaves a son, Warren F. Gibson Jr., School and after raising her children Survivors include his wife, Blanche. is survived by a son and daughter, two daughters, L. Joan DeMott and taught at Williams High School in a sister, four grandchildren and two Bonnie McCarthy, six grandchildren, Oakland, Maine. She concluded her William S. Hains ’38, June 6, 2001, great-grandchildren. two great-grandchildren and several career at the Fairfield (Maine) Junior at 85. He was a certified public nieces, nephews and cousins. High School. Predeceased by her accountant in Brooklyn, N.Y. Helena Pillsbury Jones ’40, May husband, Howard H. Whitten ’33, 11, 2003, in Kennebunk, Maine, at Edward M. Locke ’29, December she is survived by her daughter, Roger E. Stiles ’38, April 5, 2002, in 84. She graduated from Thomas 1, 1997, in Marquette, Mich., at 92. Prudence Nielsen, and son, Jon H. Augusta, Maine, at 83. He served in the College and worked in a Portland, He is survived by his granddaughter, Whitten, five grandchildren, eight Merchant Marines from 1944 to 1946 Maine, bank. Survivors include her Elizabeth N. Locke. great-grandchildren and two step- and later worked in the engineering two sons, Winfield S. and Bruce grandchildren. department at Central Maine Power R. Jones, two granddaughters, two Charles H. Nealley ’29, December Company. Survivors include his son, great-grandsons, a brother and many 20, 1998, in Belfast, Maine, at 95. He Alma Fones Eshenfelder ’33, Roger E. Stiles Jr. ’69. nieces and nephews. worked as a carpenter in Belfast. January 15, 2003, in New London, Conn., at 90. She was publicity Stephen I. Greenwald ’39, March Carl C. Paradis Jr. ’43, December Raymond E. Stickney ’29, March director for Mystic Seaport for 15 11, 2003, in Massachusetts, at 84. 3, 2002, in Metarie, La., at 81. He 21, 2003, in Concord, N.H., at 96. He years, then traveled the world for Following Army service in World served as a radioman in the Navy in earned a master’s at the University of two decades, travel writing and War II he owned Stevens Tours, the South Pacific during World War Maine and taught in several one-room broadcasting her experiences. She was Inc., in Miami Beach Fla., and II and was recalled for the Korean schools in Maine before becoming a public relations consultant and civic later operated a motel in Savannah, War. After retiring from United teaching principal at New Gloucester leader in New London. Survivors Ga. He retired as the director of Technologies Pratt and Whitney High School and principal at Gardiner include her son and daughter, the hospitality division of Barclay Aircraft Division in Connecticut, High School. For 20 years he served as Edmund Eshenfelder Jr. and Jane Personnel Systems in Boston, Mass. he was a quality control manager for head counselor and associate director Zarem, a brother, five grandchildren Predeceased by his wife, Magda, Connecticut Air Gas Company. of Camp Belgrade for Boys in North and five great-grandchildren. he is survived by five children, five Belgrade, Maine. He is survived by grandchildren and a great-grandson. William N. Skidds ’43, March 5, his wife of 75 years, Myra, a brother Ruth Leighton Thomas ’33, April 2003, in New York, at 87. His Army and nieces and nephews. 30, 2003, in Pittsfield, Maine, at 91. Rhoda Wein Kraft ’39, April 22, service as a lab technician in the She earned a master’s in education at 2003, in Palm Beach, Fla., at 83. South Pacific during World War II Kathleen Bailey Andrews ’30, the University of Maine and taught She received a degree in theater led to a B.S. in bacteriology at the March 4, 2003, in Dallas, Texas, at English and math at Mexico (Maine) arts from the Leland Powers School University of Maine. He worked for 95. She earned a master’s in library High School and at Dover Grammar in Boston and a master’s in drama 20 years for Pilgrim State Hospital science at Case Western Reserve School in Dover-Foxcroft, Maine. from Columbia University. She in Brentwood, Long Island, and University and was a librarian in Survivors include her son, Robert continued acting in summer stock and also ran a landscaping business. He the Lakewood, Ohio, public schools. Thomas, her daughter, Louise Dow, community theater and teaching for helped raise his wife’s five children.

62 | COLBY • FALL 2003 Evelyn Jackson Boyington ’45, Leon V. O’Donnell ’49, April 27, Richard B. Ullman ’54, May 20, years was a student of philosophy and March 30, 2003, in Rockport, Maine, 2003, in Winter Haven, Fla., at 1998, in Boca Raton, Fla., at 66. He a writer. He is survived by his mother, at 79. She was a bookkeeper with 80. He served in the Navy during was a former stockbroker at Phillips Anna M. Palmer, a brother and three Allied Motor Parts in Rockland, World War II. He joined Unicorn Appel & Walden in New York City. sisters. Maine. Later she taught at Pen Bay Books Inc. in New York City, Survivors include his wife, Mary Christian School and supplemented where he supervised the compiling Lou, and a daughter. MichaelP.Milligan ’84 June, 6, the family income by teaching sewing of information for the company’s 2003, in Rumford, Maine, at 41. With and piano. She is survived by her son, Book of the Year. He later managed Nancy Cowing McGinley ’55, July his father and brothers he founded the John Boyington, three daughters, the O.E. Macintyre operations in 14, 2003, in West Chester, Pa., at 69. Carrabassett Spring Water Company Florence Leach, Alice Farnham Rutland, Vt., and before retirement She was a homemaker who before and was vice president of sales and and Deborah Haines, two sisters, operated a general store in marriage worked as a laboratory marketing for the firm. Surviving 13 grandchildren and many great- Castleton, Vt. He is survived by his technician. She is survived by are his wife, Sherry, his daughter, his grandchildren, nieces and nephews. wife, Margaret Richardson Biczko, her daughter, Kathleen Patricia mother, two sisters, two brothers and five daughters, a stepson, a brother, Upp, a brother, a sister and two aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews. Eleanor Carter Curtice ’45, March two sisters and 14 grandchildren. granddaughters. 17, 2003, in Lexington, Ky., at 81. Laurel G. Johnson ’00, February For 50 years she lived and worked in Leonard R. Warshaver ’49, June John P. Goolgasian Jr. ’57, April 1, 2003, in San Bernardino, Calif., California, serving 22 years with an 20, 2003, in Boston, Mass., at 76. 27, 2003, in Fredericksburg, Va., at 25. An English major with a advertising agency. She is survived He moved up to sales manager at 67. He was a manager of retail concentration in creative writing, she by a son and daughter, William during 15 years with his family’s sales for Montgomery Ward for 25 joined the Army in 2002 and worked Curtice and Amy Owens, a brother, business, the Slumberland Mattress years and for Wal-Mart for 10 years. in the newspaper office at Fort Irwin. four grandchildren and six great- Co. In 1965 he founded the He is survived by his wife, Eileen Surviving are her parents, Larry G. grandchildren. Amsterdam Bedding Co. and in Goolgasian, two daughters, a son, and Barbara Johnson, six brothers, 1976 purchased the Serta Mattress two brothers, seven grandchildren several aunts and uncles and a niece Gloria Fine Polan ’46, February 17, Co. of New England, becoming one and numerous nieces and nephews. and nephew. 1999, in Massachusetts, at 73. She of the largest Serta manufacturers attended Columbia University and in the country. In 1992 he and his Catherine Meader ’67, August Arthur K. Champlin, July 3, 2003, worked as a chemist at New England son, Chuck, founded World Sleep 10, 2002, in Boston, Mass., at 57. in Mount Desert, Maine. Born in Deaconess Hospital in Boston, Products in North Billerica, Mass., Attended by her family she fought 1938, he earned his B.A. and M.A. at Mass., while raising three children. where he served as chairman of the cancer and diabetes for many years. Williams College and his Ph.D. at the board. A gifted athlete, he supported University of Rochester. He came to Ida Tyler Morse ’47, May 18, the Special Olympics, among many Robert Brassil Savage ’68, June Colby in 1971 and was appointed to 2003, in New York, at 76. She other philanthropic institutions. 1, 2001, in Virginia Beach, Va., at the Leslie Brainerd Arey Professor of worked for The Maine Christian He leaves his wife, Elaine, his son, 55. He was a writer. At the time Biology chair in 1993. He published Association in Orono, Maine, then a daughter, a sister and several of his death in a freak accident, he extensively in mammalian genetics, raised two children and worked part grandchildren. was survived by his father, Thomas developmental biology, mammalian time as a secretary/fashion show Savage ’40, and four children. reproductive biology and cryobiology. commentator. Survivors include her Richard Lyon Jr. ’50, June 27, His long association with the Jackson husband, John E. Morse. 2003, in Mount Vernon, Maine, Joanne Hyde Stevens ’69, July 7, Laboratories in Bar Harbor, where he at 74. He earned two master’s, at 2003, in Lawrence, Mass., at 56. conducted research and supervised Maynard B. Ross ’48, April 30, Clark University and at Worcester She served on the boards of the the pre-college program, began in 2003, in Boston, Mass., at 80. He Tech, taught mathematics in several Hay Scales Exchange, the Family the summer of 1962 and continued served in the Army in the Philippines, Massachusetts high schools and Cooperative Preschool and the until his death. He served on dozens New Guinea and Luzon and was served the town of Hubbardston, Stevens Memorial Library in North of College committees and chaired awarded the Purple Heart and Mass., as a selectman, assessor and Andover, Mass. Survivors include the Department of Biology and the several other ribbons and medals. member of the school committee. He her husband, Nat Stevens, two Division of Natural Sciences, the A self-employed accountant, he was leaves his wife, Marion, seven sons, daughters, a son, her parents and Task Force on Off-Campus Study affiliated with the Automatic Radio two daughters, a brother, Melvin three brothers. and the Advisory Committee on Co. in Melrose, Mass. He is survived Lyon ’52, a sister, 20 grandchildren Off-Campus Study. He also served by his children, Marc Ross, Roni and three great-grandchildren. Anthony G. Kalinowski ’74, as faculty representative to several Kosow and Karen Ross, a sister and April 5, 2003, in Massachusetts, committees of the Board of Trustees three grandchildren. Anne Fairbanks Iarrobino ’52, at 50, following a scuba diving and twice was director of the Colby March 26, 2003, in Natick, Mass., at accident. A clinical psychologist in Cork program. His wife, Elizabeth Elaine Erskine Dow ’49, May 21, 73. She was a fifth-generation owner of with his own practice, he earned a Stark Champlin ’65, senior teaching 2003, in Brunswick, Maine, at 75. Fairbanks & Son, a stationery store in master’s in counseling psychology associate in the Department of She earned a master’s at Boston Natick. Following retirement she was at Boston University, a doctorate Biology, a son, a daughter and five University and taught English in employed at the Natick law offices of in psychometrics at the University grandchildren survive him. junior high schools in Beverly and Zaltas, Medoff and Raider. She leaves of Chicago and a second doctorate Danvers, Mass., and at Marblehead a son, Daniel G. Iarrobino, a daughter, in clinical psychology at Clark Virginia Krolak, August 9, 2003, in (Mass.) High School. She became Gail A. Carey, four grandchildren, two University. He is survived by his Waterville, Maine. For many years curator of the Parson Capen House nieces and a nephew. wife, Barbara, two daughters, his she was a nurse at Colby’s Health in Topsfield, Mass., and lectured and mother and a sister and brother. Center. wrote several books on natural history. Barbara Ann Dean ’53, May 6, 2002, Survivors include her husband, Robert in Doylestown, Pa., at 70. She is JohnW. Palmer ’81 June , 6,2003, in R. Dow, two daughters and a sister, survived by a cousin, Natalie Lowell. Westbrook, Maine, at 46. He received Patricia Erskine Howlett ’52. his B.A. in psychology and in later

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