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Volume 98 Issue 2 Summer 2009 Article 10

July 2009

Alumni @ Large

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1920s-30s Meg Bernier Boyd Colby College Reunion at Reunion Office of Alumni Relations Waterville, ME 04901

1940 Ernest C. Marriner Jr. [email protected]

1941 Meg Bernier Boyd [email protected]

1942 Meg Bernier Boyd [email protected]

Margaret Campbell Timberlake keeps active by line dancing every week and going on occasional trips. Y Walter Emery has travel plans of his own. In early fall he hopes to motor to New Brunswick to visit relatives, and, later in the year, he heads for Chapel Hill, N.C., to celebrate Thanksgiving with his niece and nephew.

1944 Josephine Pitts McAlary [email protected] PHOTO BY JIM EVANS

We have made it to our 65th reunion! No Janet Deering Bruen ’79, left, and Betsy Powley Wallingford ’54 embrace during the parade of classes at small accomplishment. As I write this I have Reunion 2009, June 4-7. A reunion photo gallery is online at www.colby.edu/reunion. no idea how many of the Class of 1944 will make it to the June reunion. Y Nancy Curtis Lawrence lives with her daughter, grandson, as well as a visit to Victoria Falls. I’ll report on Beach restaurant with Jordan Kaplan, Aaron to more in a year or so. Kay writes that they and granddaughter in Sequim, Wash. Nancy that next time. (I do plan to return!) Sandler (he drove from Sarasota and stayed are both well (with all the usual aches) and did not come east as there was a family with us in Jupiter), and Burt Silberstein ’49 hope ’48ers are healthy, too, with minimum reunion at that time. She is gardening and soreness. She sent regards to us and all our still swims at least twice a week. This summer 1947 and wives and significant others. We really class! Y We hope the brevity of this news she’ll take the 11-year-old to the hot springs Meg Bernier Boyd had a good time and the Colby bonds are [email protected] strong. We plan to do it again next winter. Y will motivate classmates to write so that in about 100 miles away. Y Naj and Harold Janet Gay Hawkins wrote, “I will be moving the future the column will have more news. Joseph took a trip to visit their daughter, Dorothy Cleaves Jordan regrets that a Tenley Joseph Baxter ’79, in Laguna Beach, April 15 to Peconic Landing in Greenport, N.Y. recent hospital visit for a bout of pneumonia It is a continuing-care retirement community 1949 Calif. Tenley married a golf pro, Kris Baxter. prevented her from attending reunion this overlooking Long Island Sound. I will be in Anne Hagar Eustis Harold attended the Pro Senior Tourna- year. She hopes she will make it back to a cottage overlooking the water—so all is [email protected] ment with Kris at the Valencia Country Club, campus next June. not lost. All things considered, this is a wise where Kris’s buddy, Dan Forsman, won on Unfortunately, I received no news for this choice for me. I have lots of friends there the last hole with a birdie. Very exciting. Y column. I certainly hope that there will be 1948 (some from early childhood) and there is Edith Sturtevant Cunningham called me lots of 60th reunion news in the next issue! David and Dorothy Marson so much one can do if one wants to. And all from Oakland, Maine. I was delighted. She [email protected] I have to do is pick up a phone if something attended Colby only her freshman year and 1950 lived at home, so felt she never really got to We received a letter Feb. 7 from Elizabeth goes wrong! No more house hassle.” Y Mike Betsy (Dudie) Jennings Maley know many of us. She and Gene Struckhoff and Kay Weisman Jaffe had a wonderful trip Coombs Corke Myers. She wrote just before [email protected] attended Colburn Classical the same year. she departed for Sanibel, Fla., for two months. to Russia in October. That meant they spent She has two grandsons that graduated for She was sorry to miss our 60th reunion but the cold and snowy winter in the Berkshires. Charlie ’49 and Ginny Davis Pearce were Maine Maritime Academy. She originally was happy to have a meeting with Alice In early April they visited with family in New in Naples, Fla., for a short time this winter retired in 1979 but has gone back to doing March Miller and Nancy Semonian Newlove Jersey and North Carolina and their Penn- visiting friends. They also managed to see the books for the Rome school system. Y In ’49. Elizabeth’s granddaughter, Lauren Corke sylvania “contingent” was with them for a a Red Sox game. Their grandson, Ben, who May I’m going on a 19-day trip with a group; ’10, spent the past semester in Botswana. mid-April weekend. Their great-grandchildren goes to Penn State, was in a gymnastics meet none of them have I met previously. We’ll fly Elizabeth reports that it was the coldest, count is now up to five (three boys and two at James Madison University and they drove 18 hours from Washington, D.C., to Johan- snowiest winter in Pittsburgh in years, but girls). What’s the highest our class can up from their home in Pittsboro, N.C., to see nesburg, South Africa! We have all sorts of what a Super Bowl. “How about our Steel- boast? With a grandson’s wedding coming him perform. In April they went to Belgium activities programmed, including two safaris ers!” Y In March we had a reunion at a Palm up Memorial Day weekend, they look forward and Holland, spending three days in Bruges,

34 Colby / Summer 2009 then were on a river boat for the rest of their served multiple roles with the MCA and was 1953 2008, with a trip to Maui, where they’ve trip. Y Harriet (Sargent ’48) and George a driving force behind a sidewalk widening Barbara Easterbrooks Mailey vacationed for the past 26 years. They spend Wiswell spent two weeks in May traveling, project. Ernie hopes to volunteer next at the [email protected] summers in their cottage in Ocean Park, first to Baku, Azerbaijan, to visit their son Memorial Hospital in his community. Maine, where there is an open invitation to Sandy and to see the country and the hotel Ginnie Falkenbury Aronson has most of her “drop by.” Vic has served for the past year and he has rebuilt. Baku is directly on the Caspian 1952 summer planned. Around June 1 she hopes a half as pastor of the Somerville, Mass., Com- Sea, which is BP’s largest petroleum reserve. Jan “Sandy” Pearson Anderson to get together with three other Colby friends. munity Baptist Church. Y Merrillyn Healey Then to Moscow to spend a few days with [email protected] During July she will entertain two or three of Decker is president of her area American son Tim and his fiancee, Natasha. Tim was her grandchildren, separately, for a week in Association of University Women, and Karl just promoted by Deutsch Bank to head of Greetings ’52 classmates. Spring is definitely Richmond. In August she will attend a family presented more of his work for Vermont Life equity trading in Russia! Home via Prague, in the air here on Cape Cod, and it’s time reunion in upstate New York, which will be the magazine’s ongoing series on small towns at where they visited friends. Once home again for the next issue of our column for first time she and her sisters will be together our 55th reunion. Y Ned Shenton informed they’ll attend grandson David’s graduation Colby. Y Dave Morse e-mailed right after in nine years. Moving on to September me that Stan Doughty has been elected to from Columbia. Their son Geof and his wife, receiving the request for news. Many thanks, she plans to attend her 60th high school the Maine Baseball Hall of Fame. Karen, live in E. Haddam, Conn., but will be Dave! Dave wrote, “Many of you have seen reunion and see at least three friends from in Toronto temporarily because Geof works our Boothbay Harbor home and enjoyed the the ’40s. Y This reminds me that I, too, will 1955 view and boating activity in front. We have for S.A.P. as a computer programmer on be attending the Swampscott (Mass.) High Ann Burnham Deering assignment for IBM. decided that the time has come to downsize, School reunion in July. I love receiving e-mail [email protected] the term currently in vogue. We will move into from Colby friends. I keep busy now with my 1951 a condo in Wells, Maine, hopefully this fall. two old cats and the two golden retrievers. Thanks to all who phoned, wrote, or e-mailed! We look forward to fewer responsibilities and Dorothy Couillard Carlson recently spent Chet Harrington One is almost 17, the other just about a year [email protected] all the amenities that area offers.” Much luck and a half. Y Tommi Thompson Staples has a week hiking and enjoying the wildlife in to Dave and Joan, and welcome to the retire- been a local hospice volunteer for 13 years. Occoneechee State Park in Virginia. She Ernie Fortin turned 80 on Valentine’s Day. ment community kind of life. It’s really quite She’s been asked to co-facilitate a support reports there’s great bass fishing and new His wife, Patti, planned a surprise party that enjoyable. YO n April 25, at the Coonamesett group on utilizing writing as a healthy tool. cabins since 2007. The lake is 40 miles long included his children from Massachusetts Inn in Falmouth, Mass., Sheila and Don Hailer Hospice will submit this curriculum to dem- and extends into North Carolina. Y Ginny and friends from Florida. Ernie was so sur- celebrated three milestones: their 45th wed- onstrate it to national professional groups. Coggins Eilertson is back from sunny Florida prised he was speechless. On March 27 Ernie ding anniversary, Don’s 80th birthday, and This summer Tommi plans to travel again with after spending the month of March there. She was one of about 50 alumni who attended Sheila’s 75th birthday. Celebrating with them each granddaughter: with the younger one looks forward to summer and her volunteer an alumni event at the Ringling Museum were Judy and Herb Nagle, Carl and Audrey on a cruise to Bermuda and, for the older job as a docent at the Rufus Porter Museum of Art in Sarasota, Fla. Colby Professor of Morgan Leaf, and George “Lum” Lebherz. one, to shows in New York City. Y Flo Fisher in Bridgton, Maine, where she will teach a Art Veronique Plesch and Alexandra Libby The Hailer children did a splendid job with Krejci and her husband are still traveling. stenciling class during Cultural Heritage Week ’03, assistant curator of European art at the details, in particular keeping the occasion Their latest trip took them to Budapest by in early July. I hope to visit, Ginny. I also spent the Ringling Museum, narrated a tour of a surprise right up to the opening bell. Y As river with a few days in Prague. Last fall they the month of March in sunny Florida, leaving some of the museum’s art collection. Also for yours truly, after a hiatus of a year and a traveled to California and Gold Country. By Jack (Deering) at home to shovel and keep in March, after serving for six years with The half I’m once again rehearsing a play here mid-March they found themselves in an the home fires burning. Our children spoiled Meadows Community Association (MCA) on the Cape. It’s lots of fun doing it, but oh, Elderhostel in interior Alaska. Her two eldest him, but I had three of our granddaughters board in Sarasota, Ernie stepped down due it’s a lot harder learning those lines than it grandsons have graduated from Pomona visit during their spring breaks. What a joy! to term limits. An 18-year resident of the used to be! Best wishes and good health to College and Villanova; the Villanova grad Y Kathy Flynn Carrigan visited with Dottie Meadows residential community, Ernie has you all until next time. went on to London School of Economics. Flo Dunn Northcott, Bud and Carol Dauphinee noted that the deceased Mary Ellen Betts Keene, and Jo Bailey Campbell. Kathy noted Harrison’s husband now lives in Concord, that while a student at Colby she and Mary N.H. This was incorrectly reported in a past Ellen Mc Goldrick McGowan were asked 30s/40s newsmakers column. Y Chase and Nan Murray Lasbury to help President and Mrs. Bixler entertain Deaths: Marjorie Hooper Lawler ’32, May 11, 2009, in Amesbury, Mass., at 98. F plan to summer in Camden and then take a Robert Frost when he came to speak. Before Lucile Blanchard French McMullen ’32, March 6, 2009, in Waterville, Maine, at 97. three-week trip to Croatia with a group from the speech, he requested a glass of tomato F Christo T. Nasse ’32, April 5, 2009, in Ormond Beach, Fla., at 102. F George T. Colby and other colleges. Y Ben and Carolyn juice with a raw egg dropped in it. Wide-eyed Pugsley ’34, March 28, 2009, in Peabody, Mass., at 97. F Frederick A. Schreiber Doe Woznick will spend a couple of weeks in they watched as he gulped it down and then ’34, Jan. 10, 2009, in Beverly Hills, Calif., at 95. F Arthur W. Stetson Jr. ’34, Nov. Italy. They’ll have a few days alone in Rome said, “Now I’m ready!” Wonder if he did the 8, 2008, in Mechanicsburg, Pa., at 97. F Howard C. Pritham ’36, April 30, 2009, in then rejoin the British-based tour group in same before the JFK inaugural? Y The Lou Orono, Maine, at 94. F Margaret Libbey Darlow ’37, April 17, 2009, in Westborough, Mantua and Ravenna, where they hope to Zambello’s traveled to the Outer Banks and Mass., at 93. F Robert H. Neumer ’38, April 25, 2009, in St. Louis Park, Minn., at 91. view mosaics. Y Loretta ‘‘Rex” Mearns stopped en route to visit Polly (Seely ’58) and F Brewster A. Branz ’40, April 5, 2009, in Portland, Maine, at 90. F Ruth Levensalor Setter sent me a friendly “hello” note. She Bill Rosen. (My apologies to the Rosens as I Crowley ’40, March 22, 2009, in Farmingdale, Maine, at 91. F Roger M. Stebbins ’40, said she is glad she spent the winter in San left them off the attendee list at Lou’s A.T.O. May 22, 2009, in Sequim, Wash., at 91. F Barbara Partridge Dyer ’41, March 15, Diego and missed the bad weather in the reunion party last summer). After a delightful 2009, in Yarmouth, Maine, at 89. F Claire Tilley Henderson ’41, March 24, 2009, in Northeast. visit, Lou and Kathy met the next day with Beverly Hills, Fla., at 89. F Helen Henry Merritt ’42, May 12, 2009, in DeKalb, Ill., at Evie and Bob Bruns ’56 for a fun breakfast 88. F Jean C. Lesaar ’43, March 15, 2009, in Winter Springs, Fla., at 87. F Elias R. 1954 and then continued to N.C., where they Nawfel ’44, March 31, 2009, in Waterville, Maine, at 86. F Lottie Wanagel Roy ’44, had a great visit with Betty and Gil Alfano. March 29, 2009, in Manchester, Conn., at 86. F Elizabeth Lohnes Grudin ’45, April Art Eddy [email protected] Recently Dick Bartlett visited upon their 9, 2009, in State College, Pa., at 87. F Elizabeth Richmond Anthony ’47, Jan. 12, return. Lou says, “Our cup runneth over!” 2009, in Houston, Texas, at 83. F Beverly Bailey Beaulieu ’48, April 23, 2008, in By the time you read this column, our 55th Y John Dutton, Ruth McDonald Roberts, Lewiston, Maine, at 82. F Gordon T. Miller ’48, March 9, 2009, in Briarwood, Mass., reunion will have passed, so I hope to have and Barbara “Sistie” Restall Horne have at 86. F Gilbert Y. Taverner ’48, April 22, 2009, in Concord, Mass., at 88. F William seen you all there. Y Mary and Vic Scalise G. Hurley ’49, Oct. 19, 2008, in Spring, Texas, at 84. all had recent surgeries. You are very much celebrated their 51st anniversary Dec. 28, in our thoughts and prayers as you recover.

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Berry Wellersdieck Piper’s husband, Eric, it. My pleading went in vain, but Dave spoke underwent a successful heart transplant at up with a ‘Surely, the jar is less than three the end of 2008. BRAVO! Y We shall miss ounces.’ The agent concurred and we are 50s newsmakers Ellie Larned Petrik, Barbara Kleinman enjoying your homemade beach plum as I Lainere, and Barbara Ayers Haslam, who write.” We plan to see the Sortors soon with The following is a correction to the 50s Newsmakers item were staunch members of our class. Ellie Lou ’55 and Kathy McConaughy Zambello in Colby’s spring 2009 issue featuring David Lavin ’53. A sociologist at the City University of New York Gradu- was a close neighbor of ours when we and Tom ’54 and Susan Miller Hunt. Y We ate Center, Lavin was named co-recipient of the 2009 lived in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, in the ’60s. fully understand that all of us are preoccupied Grawemeyer Award for Education. The award is given We loved her wonderful sense of humor, with health and family issues, but we beg by the University of Louisville. F The Maine Baseball and she also endeared herself to our son, you to stay connected. Let us hear from you. Hall of Fame will induct 12 new members in July 2009, Rich ’86. She taught reading at Birch Rock It is, in fact, a way of keeping young! Both including Stanley Doughty ’54 and Neil Stinneford ’57. Camp, where Rich was a camper, counselor, John and I bid fond wishes to each of you. Doughty starred at Colby in the 1950s and coached and now a director. Ellie was there several varsity baseball at Lisbon (Maine) High School for more years and was beloved by the campers and 1957 David Lavin ’53 than 20 years. Stinneford was named an All-American staff. Y I hope many of you will attend our Guy and Eleanor Ewing Vigue in 1956 while playing centerfield for Colby. 55th reunion in June 2010. We plan to hold [email protected] our own class reunion even though we are milestones 50-plus alumni. Watch for more information Ah, spring in Maine! A fine oxymoron, if to come. Cheers to all! there ever was one. As we say up here in Deaths: Dorothy Goodridge Donovan ’50, Jan. 14, 2009, in Vienna, Va., at 79. F God’s country, our winters make us enjoy Donald R. Field ’50, Oct. 5, 2002, in Lakefield, Fla., at 77. F Robert E. Wilkins Jr. 1956 summer that much more! Although, as I write ’51, Feb. 5, 2009, in New York, N.Y., at 79. F Philip S. Haslam ’58, Dec. 12, 2008, these notes, we have had a long stretch of in Shrewsbury, Mass., at 73. F Margaret Brown Christie ’52, March 18, 2009, in Joan Williams Marshall Hartford, Conn., at 78. F Jeanne Strickland Larcher ’53, May 1, 2009, in Perdido, [email protected] sunshine to warm our winter-weary bones. Y Congratulations are in order! Breathing a Fla., at 77. F Richard H. Berns ’54, March 17, 2009, in Hilton Head, S.C., at 76. F Hello again from the mobile Marshalls, who big sigh of relief, Pat Martin Maloney will be Joel Farbish ’54, Dec. 18, 2008, in Worthington, Ohio, at 75. F Constance Rhoden- managed to mingle with many of you over graduating from the Hartt School of Music izer Knight ’54, Dec. 30, 2008, in Laconia, N.H., at 76. F Donald F. Miller ’55, April the last few months. How’s that, Professor at the University of Hartford with another 11, 2009, in Pompano Beach, Fla., at 76. F Robert R. Russo ’57, April 9, 2009, in Carey? We enjoyed brief overnights both bachelor’s degree, this time in music his- Pensacola, Fla., at 74. going and coming with Sherry and Don tory, with organ as her instrument. In the Rice. At a Colby dinner on Dataw Island with course of more than four years, Pat’s stud- Warren ’57 and Barbara Faltings Kinsman, ies included a semester in Germany taking Naomi and Hugh Anderson, Pam and Karl German courses and literally checking out Mac’s message to us all: how rewarding it of ’49 at a school in Switzerland, then to Honsberger, they reported that all goes well 16th- and 17th-century Baroque organs in is to catch up to an old Colby friend! Y Ron Italy for a visit to Naples, Capri, and Amalfi. with the South Carolina contingence. Don’s the central and northern parts of the country. Rasmussen sends a bittersweet e-mail from He also has adopted a Chiweenie, a cross son, Tim ’81, won the club championship Pat will enjoy a much-deserved and relaxing California that his brother, Carl, died recently between a Chihuahua and a dachshund. “Life at Oldfield, by the way. All of those Rice Oil summer in southern New Hampshire and will on Cape Cod, Mass. If it were not for Carl, is good.” Y Brad and Helen Payson Seager charity tournaments paid off! Y From Janet play locally for churches in her area. Y Larry Ron would not have been able to attend are proud grandparents of their sixth (and Nordgren Meryweather, “This winter Steen Roy sends word from Brigham’s Cove that he our 50th reunion. On a happier note, Ron’s last) grandchild. Their daughter, who survived and I traveled up to ‘Wewa’ or Wewahitchka is very busy with his family therapy practice son, Scott, and wife expected their first child Hodgkins disease in 2000, observed her near Panama City to visit Otto and Nancy in South Portland, as well as caring for his (boy) in May, and his daughter, at age 16, fifth anniversary following treatment and has Hubbard Greene. They have a grandson wife, Kathy (Niles ’59), who was diagnosed will enter the University of California, Santa been given a clean bill of health. “It is not too graduating from Maine Maritime Academy with Alzheimer’s 15 years ago. Larry also has Barbara, this fall. You will thoroughly enjoy late for us to send Peter Ré a belated 90th who is getting married the next day. We a fascinating hobby of polishing gem stones the role of grandfather—maybe not so much birthday card.” Y In July Bruce Blanchard attended the Colby gathering in Sarasota, a and making jewelry in his cellar studio. He the college tuition! Y That’s it for now. Hope and John Edes will play in their annual golf guided tour of the Ringling Museum, followed finds bicycling to be a great stress reducer everyone has a nice summer! tournament to benefit “Special Friends.” by a social hour. The only contemporaries and plans to bike in Tuscany this summer Bruce says he will, “as usual, provide them there were Norman ’58 and Charlotte Clifton with his younger brother. After a bicycling 1958 with a presentable score!” Y Sara Stewart Lee ’61 and Lois Munson Morrill ’58. Bob trip in Austria soon after our 50th reunion, Mary Ellen Chase Bridge Johnson is a volunteer for the Children’s Vision Raymond married the Morrills 21 years ago! those hills in Tuscany will come as no great [email protected] Foundation, founded in Bend, Ore., in 2001. On our way home from Florida in April, we surprise! Y Kyp Piqueres Greenwood sends Their work has caught the attention of state saw Christine Layer Larson in Media, Pa. us sad news: her partner and best friend, Each month Jim Bishop gathers folks for a legislators, and they hope to see a vision- Y How can I describe the Kodak moment as Howard, died unexpectedly last December. storytelling session at one of the local winer- testing program mandated for the entire we stood on the decrepit wooden deck of an Still reeling from her loss, Kyp feels fortunate ies, a bookstore, or other meeting place in state. Ten volunteers spend a day in each outdoor bar overlooking the inland waterway to be living in a place that she thoroughly Sedona, Ariz. He establishes a theme like elementary school, administering seven tests while David Sortor dialed John Jubinsky in enjoys (Sun City in Las Vegas), where she “yes we can,” water awareness, or gifts to each second and fourth grader. Anyone Hawaii? Together we all sang “Happy Birthday, has found fulfilling volunteer work as an from the earth, and the tellers spin their interested may learn more online. “This is Dear Jube” and chatted briefly. Jube sounded educational surrogate parent appointed by tales. All agree that storytelling is the oldest one of the most rewarding volunteer projects great. He, of course, reiterated his open the court to a family in need of guidance. It profession: “stories have been bouncing off I’ve found so far!” Y Archie Twitchell keeps invitation to all classmates to visit him. After must be a challenge and a very worthwhile red rock canyon walls for at least 10,000 busy teaching classes, making spaghetti and arriving home Rosie (Crouthamel Sorter) one. YL ast fall Mac Blanchard’s travels took years.” Y After 50 years Nancy Derderian rhubarb pie for the grandkids’ weekly dinner wrote, “What a grand day we had with you him to New Hampshire, and while driving Bagdasarian and Robin Hunter Clutz visit, and cleaning up branches after an ice in Vero! I have to tell you about getting my along Mac remembered that Bob Erb ’56 reconnected over coffee at Starbucks in Salt storm. He recently talked with Don Dinwoodie beach plum jelly home on the plane. I packed lived nearby. Taking a chance that Bob might Lake City. Both have daughters who live in ’57, who was in real estate and now lives in it in my carryon, not wanting jelly all over my be home, Mac drove right up the driveway that area. Nancy says, “We had no trouble Colorado Springs on seven acres with horses, clothes, knowing it wouldn’t pass inspection. and the two reconnected with a great visit recognizing each other!” Y Tony Kalloch which his grandkids love. Y Class president Sure enough the agent said I couldn’t take after not seeing one another since 1956! recently headed for a reunion of the class Brad Sherman (already looking forward to

36 Colby / Summer 2009 June 2013) still teaches at the local high with Overseas Adventure Travel, Spain and several years ago. Judy is still campaigning for and get together often. Y Writing from St. school. “What a joy to have some students Italy with Odyssey, and six cruises with Hol- a get together in midcoast Maine before our Augustine, Fla., Linda and Al Carville were show a real interest in economics and to land America. Not only has it been enjoyable 50th! Y John Chapman is the first recipient enjoying a couple weeks respite from Maine depart from prepared lesson plans and talk for us, we opened up the world of travel to of the Alumni Service Award presented by weather. Since Al is a modest man, I thought about the real world, using examples from friends who, on their own, would not have Lincoln Academy in Newcastle, Maine, at the the class should know about the 300-pound papers and news magazines.” He was also taken these trips. The side benefit has been class of 1958’s 50th reunion. He’s been a tuna he caught singlehandedly. He made the getting ready to open his hot dog cart on the group savings, which I split evenly among member of the board of trustees of the school Florida papers and they all mentioned that Memorial Day weekend and wondering how the group.” Ray’s next trip is a July riverboat for 28 years, with a term as president. As he had learned how to fish when he was at his little corner of the business world will be cruise on the Rhine and Danube with five other summertime neighbors, Michael (McCabe) Colby. Linda was kept busy for quite some affected by the economic downturn. Y Dean couples. Y Gail Holtz Golden Hartstein’s and I (Nancy MacKenzie Keating) see John time with a variety of fish recipes. Y Bill ’62 and Phyllis Hardy Peterson spend summers brother, Jerry Holtz ’52, who served on the and his wife, Allison, frequently, along with and Barb Haines Chase traveled for five on Long Pond in Belgrade and love being at Colby Board of Trustees, died in January and is Debby Price and Allen and Jean Hamilton weeks in Tanzania. They spent the first three Colby to visit the museum and fitness center greatly missed. Gale recently authored a book Workman. Y Diane Allen Bassett wrote in weeks working with Global Volunteers in the and watch early football games. They are published by Routledge: In the Grip of Desire: for the first time. We’re so happy to hear southern highlands in Pommern (a small vil- proud of the efforts and hard work of son A Therapist at Work with Sexual Secrets. “Life from you, Diane. She lives in Brattleboro, Vt., lage 12 hours west of Dar es Salaam). Bill Michael, musical director of the Waterville is good here in Burlington, Vt., and I have twin where she was born and raised and to which worked in the small clinic, sometimes with Opera House, who has directed at least 10 grandchildren 15 months old: a boy, Xanderx she returned after a hiatus of more than 20 Barb’s EMT assistance. Barb taught in a poor big musical shows recently. “He and director and a girl, Clara.” Y Penny Dietz Sullivan, a years. She works in the legal field, calling kindergarten for over a week—60 kids, one Debra Souci have put the Opera House ‘back former class correspondent, has accepted a herself “the oldest paralegal in the state of teacher, and no one spoke English. Barb’s on the map’!” He has also worked for Colby temporary job working on the 2010 census. Vermont,” and plays golf with a passion and fluency in Swahili is nil. They both did some as the guest director of Fantastics. Michael She is very busy with Fairfield Harbour “fun” the hope that her “handicap will kick back to construction on a new kitchen for the sec- is keeping the Peterson’s connection to activities. “In addition to socializing, I play what it was when I was 13 years old.” Y Jean ondary school of 750 students. “Pommern Waterville and Colby alive and well. golf, dominoes, bridge, and canasta. This is Gaffney Furuyama sends greetings from is lovely, very rural, no electricity, no running the life.” Y Jeanette Benn Anderson writes France, where she is on vacation visiting her water, no cars—very peaceful. We loved it,” 1959 from Fort Myers, Fla. “The fabulous food sister, who has lived there almost 40 years. writes Barb. “Then onward to the northern Joanne K. Woods down here never changes.” Y Keep in touch Jean will most likely retire next year and she’s part of Tanzania on a 10-day safari, visiting [email protected] and let us know what you’re doing for fun! looking forward to more travel and fun. Y four national parks, including the Serengeti. Graham Barkham, tongue firmly in cheek, This was much more of the tourist mode, but Ed Tomey spent several days in March with 1962 writes: “My life is pretty boring. If you had certainly was interesting and beautiful.” Y his son, Josh, at his place in Miami. The trip Patricia Farnham Russell made a videotape of my life over the past Karen Forslund Falb wonders how many of included going over to Ft. Myers for an over- Nancy MacKenzie Keating 12 months, and then edited it down to the us are involved with our high school 50th night and a Red Sox-Phillies spring training [email protected] most thrilling 30 minutes, it would put you reunions. She’s busy with hers at Northfield game. He also spent parts of two days with right to sleep.” Well, Graham, I remember a Mount Hermon and says, “What a year to Josh at his workplace on Fisher Island, just Irina and Ceylon Barclay visited with Penny lovely wedding in Santa Barbara where I saw head up a reunion gift committee!” She off Miami Beach, consulting with him and (Wheeler ’64) and Ralph Bradshaw in San you for the first time in many years—and, I was looking forward to a tour of gardens in his colleagues on a business venture. After Francisco, where Irina delivered a paper at confess, I thought you were pretty exciting. Provence and the Cote d’Azur and then to 40-plus years as a consultant, Ed says, an academic conference. They spent time But that’s just me. Y Michael (McCabe) her reunion in June. Y Ruth Pratley Madell “This felt like the ultimate acceptance of at the Bradshaw’s in-town condo and at and I are back in Harpswell, Maine, for the left the wintry Midwest for a week in Florida, what I do—as well as a highlight of bonding their mountain retreat in the big redwoods summer after winter travels and major home where she visited David and Anne (Booty) experiences over the years. I’m sure many embracing Sea Ranch, “both lovely, tres repairs. We spent two wonderful weeks in Bruno Hocking and their cute dog in Naples. of you know what I mean.” Y Fran and Boyd cher homes.” Irina went to Moscow and St. Santa Fe, N.M., and then traveled to see Booty is a fantastic quilter. They talked and Sands left in April for a cruise to and a stay Petersburg in May with some of her students, friends in Beaufort, S.C., and family in Fort laughed through six years of news, toured new in Barcelona, Spain. YThe ninth edition of Art and the Barclays planned to see the U.S.A. Myers, Fla. The home repairs—not worth and old Naples, and lunched on the water. Goldschmidt’s textbook, A Concise History this summer. Y Bob and Brenda Phillipps mentioning. We look forward to a summer of Ruth then visited her Chicago Chi O friends of the Middle East, is now coauthored by Gibbons are involved in starting up the Little sailing and fishing and putting the finishing in Old Naples for more talking, laughing, Lawrence Davidson. Y My next column will Washington Sailing Club, which hopes to get touches on our house. Michael spends a lot eating and shopping, especially at sales. feature news of the 50th reunion, but also young sailors, 10-18, out on the water. For 15 of time at Colby in his position as class agent In May she went to San Francisco for her please keep your own news coming. years Bob and Brenda sailed from Marion, and member of the Alumni Council. Plans semiannual nana fix to see her daughter’s Mass., to the Vineyard and the Elizabeth are already afoot for our 50th reunion. The twins, who’ll enter kindergarten this fall. Y 1961 Islands, and they now sail on Pamlico Sound College is a beautiful, active place, and the Tom Thomas is going to Monteverde in Costa Diane Scrafton Ferreira in Little Washington, N.C. Y David Jacobson food is good—it’s worth a trip in 2012 to see! Rica for two weeks of immersion in Spanish. [email protected] still works at Brandeis University. During a Learning Spanish has been a longtime goal sabbatical this fall he plans to finish a book and is now his number-one retirement project. Raymond Paris and wife Alberta moved to about how people behave online—Framing 1963 Paule French He’ll be living with a Spanish-speaking family Cypress Landing, a community in Chocowin- Online Interaction: Context and Meaning in [email protected] and taking four and a half hours of classes ity, N.C., in 2000. Ray reports, “Best move we Cyberspace—and visit kids and grandkids in each day. Y The last time I spoke with Jim ever made!” The 500 families in CL are about Hawaii, San Francisco, Santa Fe, and Denver. Judy Allen Austin sent a photo of William Westgate, I could barely hear him over the 75 percent retired. They enjoy a “beautiful” As is their custom, Dave and his wife will visit ’65 and Shirley Kelley Tychsen ’66 along noise of cashews being shelled in an old golf course, a 250-slip marina, and a “great” national parks near his kids’ homes. YTravel - with Judy and husband Noel. Shirley and Bill washing machine, which someone brought fitness center. “I’ve discovered a whole new ing for Harry and Judy Hoagland Bristol has visited Judy and Noel at their home in New him from Sarajevo to Bangkok! He’s coming life in retirement: Alberta and I traveled often, slowed due to the economy, but they plan to Mexico and they met at what sounds like a to the States this summer and I’m looking primarily with our timeshare. Now I found visit Boyd and Mary “Muff” Symonds Leavitt great restaurant in Santa Fe: Pasquals. They forward to seeing him. Y Have a wonderful my retirement niche as tour director of our for a week at the Santa Fe Opera this summer. had a wonderful time reconnecting. Judy summer and be sure to write or call with your community, arranging small group (16-24) They discovered a mutual interest in opera says the weather in NM is terrific and that news. And send photos, too. I’ll save them travel to New Zealand, Greece, and Ireland during a pre-reunion visit in Cape Elizabeth she and Nat Gates Lawton went on a hike for a slide show at our 50th!

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1964 Maine at least once a year. Their daughter (which I don’t). ‘Market meltdown,’ said the reunion committee from our 40th continues Sara Shaw Rhoades lives in Arlington, Va., with her husband and caterpillar. ‘Oh no!’ said David” Y Duane to party on, most recently at the Wayside Inn in [email protected] three beautiful daughters, and their son is Record packed it in two years ago after 30 Sudbury, Mass. We’re always looking for new happily married and living in Salt Lake City. years of medical practice. Duane and Sharon recruits, so if you want to work on our 45th Bless you all! I got lots of feedback from Y Jack Gow writes: “For me Colby was the enjoy traveling. He enjoys woodworking and drop me an e-mail: StanM1304@comcast. my recent mailing. I have too much for perfect college, in size, philosophy, faculty, is restoring a 20-year-old, 28-foot sailboat. net.” In April Stan saw Paula Mc Namara at one column, so there will be more coming and atmosphere. Had I then my present His two daughters are both Colby grads. a new photo gallery featuring a collection of later. Y Last summer Montana Public Radio wisdom, I would only change that experience “Retirement after a long and very busy career New England portraits and places by Paula’s broadcast Dick Friary reading The Fastest by increasing my level of participation in is wonderful and I highly recommend it.” Y husband, Jack McConnell. Paula and Jack Hound Dog in the State of Maine. He writes, social activities. At that time, and continu- Jim Foritano is a staff writer for Artscope have completed three photo murals for the “It took 26 or 27 minutes to read, and I ing to this day, my then-girlfriend, now wife, magazine in Boston and reads his poetry at newly renovated Hartford Public Library, rehearsed aloud for hours before recording preoccupied my non-academic attention. various Boston area venues. Y Pam Pierson and Stan says they are spectacular. Y Doris the tale, until the cat and the dog covered Nonetheless, I acquired a fantastic education Parziale continues with Sycamore Pottery Chalmers Bedinger and her partner, Pete, their ears. The story was compiled decades at Colby, not only from the biology depart- & Heirloom Baskets in Kearneysville, W.Va. travel to Honduras, Nigeria, and Peru to ago by the late Maine humorist John Gould. ment but from various inspiring faculty and She and husband Ren had an “open studios” assist NGOs with amateur radios, comput- I orated in Down East dialect, adding and classes. Moreover, my junior year Jan Plan, event last May. Pam wrote “We do get to ers, generators, water pumps, etc. Pete’s the subtracting r’s like a word processor gone followed by first year of employment, placed Maine each summer and see longtime friends engineer and Doris is the logistics person awry: hoss collah, soder watah, and haad me under the consummate researcher and Jim ’66 and Donna Brown Salisbury, Ellen and a licensed ham. They helped build the likkah. The reception may have been favor- 1980 Nobel Prize recipient, George Snell. Mitchell Lehto, Callie Holmes Marsh, Pat first ham radio station in Nigeria for use by able, to judge from the sample of e-mails What an unbelievable foundation for my 31 Campbell, Pam Harris Holden, and Chip the blind, among other projects. That work, sent me by listeners. Neither message was year career in science teaching.” and Nancy Newell Burnham. We are lucky plus a new grandson, keep Doris young and a death threat.” Y Marcia Phillips Sheldon enough to have a lovely cottage on the coast thankful. Y The Mt. Washington Valley is still is retired from teaching and writes, “My most 1965 [Saco area] that we rent to family and friends.” home to Bayard Kennett and family. Wife recent evening of entertainment? I served Dick Bankart Pam’s quintessential Maine cottage is avail- Theresa is project manager for the publicly on a “blue-ribbon panel” of microbrew beer [email protected] able to rent. Check out Bayberry Cottage at funded rural county bus system. Bayard still tasters for the New Jersey newspaper The Star www.eiderdowncottage.com/bayberry. Y enjoys the commercial real estate business Ledger. It was a hoot!” Y Martha Farrington SPRING BREAK Y Lew Krinsky and Ellen Hail, Colby, Hail. despite too much time between successes Mayo writes, “I’m still riding high after pro- hosted 14 Colby students over the March these days. Son Chip, of Alexandria, Va., is a ducing a community variety show to benefit spring break. They were in Houston to perform 1966 legislative assistant to Maine Senator Susan community service helping to restore homes our local Chocolate Church Arts Center. This Meg Fallon Wheeler Collins. Son Tanner is a recent college grad was our fifth Hot Chocolate Jubilee, and the damaged during Hurricane Ike last Septem- [email protected] and bartender in the Mt. Washington Valley theme was ‘Around the World in 80 Ways.’ ber. “These young people were exemplary in area. YGayle Jobson Poinsette and Garfield There were more than 150 people ages 12 their service and magnificent representatives Bill Koster, former CEO of a Connecticut Barnes checked in from Arizona to report on to 82 on stage and behind the scenes. It’s a of Colby. We took them to Space Center biotech company, retired early in 2008 their winter travel to Florida, Panama, Louisi- lot of work but well worth it!” (I can add that Houston and later to an authentic Mexican and moved with wife Ginger to Boston. Bill ana, Texas, New Mexico, and Utah. Home to the tambourine line that Martha seemed to restaurant for a big festive dinner. The Colby brought his 32-foot Nordic Tug to Boston in Vermont for summer and fall. Y Woodworker be leading was fabulous!) Y From Beth Ham students we have hosted over the years a nor’easter for a summer of cruising Boston Carl Floyd doesn’t play violin but likes the Kunz. “We are always looking for the next big have, to a person, been outstanding young Harbor and Cape Cod to Long Island Sound challenge of building one in his retirement. project, but in the meantime are still 100-per- people and a joy to be with. We look forward with Ginger and daughter Katie, “living in Both daughters are married and live nearby cent involved, me with my law practice and to hosting more of them.” [At insideColby. a Jimmy Buffett song wandering from one in Connecticut. Carl’s parents, ages 99 and nonprofit connections, presently as chairman com, search for “Texas” to see a story by harbor to the next.” Cold weather and real- 92, still live in Farmington, Maine. Y Anne of the Southcoast Hospital Group trustees. Lauren Pongan ’09.] Y Marty Dodge is still ity returned. Bill now has a pharmaceutical Ruggles Gere is the new director of the Uni- We ski every weekend, golf, spend lots of time swinging his axe for Finger Lakes Community consulting business and is managing director versity of Michigan Center for Writing, enjoying on local waters, and cruise to Maine every College. The April meet was at Dartmouth with of Loree Newmyer Sulkowicz, LLC, a unique being an academic administrator. She’s also summer. I’ve always grown vegetables and a variety of activities: singles canoeing, log executive recruiting firm that focuses on the a Brownie scout leader for daughter Denali’s fruits and have been harvesting 12 months of rolling, splitting, axe throw, single buck, fly psychology of the search. Y Congratulations troop. Y Continuing work on Sue Turner’s the year in Massachusetts, all organic. I buy casting, etc. Marty’s FLCC men’s team came to Linda (Brooks ’68) and John Perkins, rammed-earth house in Maine means they very little. When my daughters were small, in a close second overall. His Jack-and-Jill who completed 40-year teaching careers will spend this summer traveling to see rela- they referred to my garden as “Mom’s shrink.” team placed 11th. AAAAAAND. Colby placed at Kent School in Connecticut. Son Dan’s tives in Wisconsin, Montana, the Boundary Y Jack Ross’s life has been interesting since seventh with the Colby Jack and Jills placing wedding in Hawaii, daughter Rena’s gift of Waters Canoe Area, kayaking in the Apostle Colby. “I lived in Damariscotta, Maine, for 15 13th. Marty led his 2009 spring break group a first granddaughter, and an anticipated Islands, and visiting some Canadian national years where I owned a small group of ladies to Grand Canyon National Park and to Organ move to southern Maine complete their good parks. Y Babe Ruth Softball has initiated a apparel shops called House of Ross until Pipe Cactus National Monument to help news. Y Bad news from Karen Riendeau program to honor a state volunteer of the 1989. After selling the business, my wife, control invasive weeds and enjoy the desert. Pacheco, as her February hip replacement year. Russ Monbleau is New Hampshire’s first Jean, and I moved out West. I subsequently Y Dave Hatch continues to pretend that he went wrong and had to be redone. She and recipient, and the award will be henceforth became a poker dealer in several Las Vegas is “going to retire within a year.” This is the Joe looked forward to going to Portugal and known as the NH Russ Monbleau Volunteer casinos. In 1994 Jean and I relocated to San same Dave Hatch who retired and then went the Azores in early May, however. Y Floridian of the Year Award. Y Mike Brodinsky is Bernardino, Calif., where Jean went back back to teaching, etc. He has been taking Gary McKinstry attended a Colby alumni sliding into retirement and has a couple of to college. A new Indian casino called San the newly restored ’91 Mazda RX7 north to gathering at the Ringling Museum in Sarasota projects to wrap up before he’s done with his Manuel was just being built and a former boss Venice, Fla., to see Dale “Peanut” Rottner where Alexandra Libby ’03 is the assistant law practice. He’s still active in Connecticut from Las Vegas was the new number-one Haas. “Be well and prosper” he advises. Y curator of European art. Y Class President politics as chairman of the town council in man at the casino. I started out as a dealer David Fearon is taking the other road. “Here’s Stan Marchut writes: “We are on the down Wallingford. YFor lots more class news online, of poker and blackjack and now, 15 years an Alice in Wonderland touch. I am starting slope, two years out from June 2011, our including Ted Houghton’s book list, please later, hold a management position there.” my un-retirement from university teaching. 45th reunion. It’s not too early to touch base go to www.colby.edu/mag. Jack and Jean are in good health and get to At 66, I could not retire even if I want to with old friends and start making plans. The

38 Colby / Summer 2009 Fredericksburg, Va. The students remind me hometown and surrounding areas. Y Thanks of myself and my life 40 years ago. There is for the news. Be sure to send an e-mail to 60s newsmakers a drastic difference in technology, but the your class correspondent! classes themselves haven’t changed much. Doris Kearns Goodwin ’64 received the 2009 Common They still have to do the work, read, study, 1969 Wealth Award for Mass Communications. The Common and take tests. I teach a prelaw course to Wealth Awards for Distinguished Service were estab- Ray Gerbi mostly seniors in the hope of giving them [email protected] lished by Delaware philanthropist Ralph Hayes to a head start when they go to law school, a inspire greatness by rewarding excellence in eight fields. very satisfying change from practicing law.” It’s now midsummer and our 40th reunion Recipients in other fields this year included astronaut Y Betty Carvellas writes, “I retired in June has come and gone. I hope everyone who Buzz Aldrin, novelist Don DeLillo, and actor Kevin attended had a wonderful time renewing Spacey. Goodwin also received Vanderbilt University’s 2007 after 39 years of teaching. I miss the friendships and catching up. For this issue Nichols-Chancellor’s Medal May 7. F Robert J. Master kids, but I’m trying to stay busy. I work part of Colby I received more responses then I ’64, founder of Commonwealth Care Alliance, a non- time as an educational consultant for a group could include in detail, so a class letter has Doris Kearns Goodwin ’64 profit care delivery system for vulnerable populations, at the National Academy of Sciences, and I’ve gone out with all the information submitted. was honored by the National Committee for Quality taught college courses that take me and my Assurance for proving “that the quality of medical care can be raised and costs can students to Costa Rica and Andros Island, If you would like a copy please contact me be better managed through effective and compassionate primary care,” said Senator Bahamas. John ’66 is retired from teaching or the Alumni Office. Y John Burnham is an Edward Kennedy. The NCQA honored Master along with Peter Orszag, director of the economics at St. Michael’s College (but he internal medicine physician and teaches Office of Management and Budget. F Attorney Peter Jost ’68 was elected president plans to return in the fall as an adjunct.) medical students and residents at UMass. of the New Jersey Institute of Local Government Attorneys, an organization of attorneys We’ve spent time in St. Augustine, Fla., the John had a visit last summer from Debby who represent local government boards, including municipalities and counties. Jost past two years because we’re both tired of (Williams ’70) and Steve Anderson and serves as municipal counsel for several municipalities in New Jersey. Vermont winters. In June 2008 all 10 of us Peter and Mary Holden Brown. Y Robert who lived on second floor Sturtevant senior ’67 and Susan Newbert Goodrich recently milestones year spent the weekend in NH, and we’re built and moved into their retirement home planning to repeat our reunion again this in East Boothbay, Maine. Y Craig Stevens is Deaths: John W. Parkes ’64, March 29, 2009, in Clifton Park, N.Y., at 86. F Elinor year. We are Judy Dionne Scoville, Margie finishing his 21st year as professor of pho- Moran Regan ’64, Dec. 16, 2007, in Biddeford, Maine, at 65. F Ann Drinker Reth- Reed McLaughlin, Jolan Force Ippolito, tography at the Savannah College of Art and erford ’66, May 21, 2009, in Mystic, Conn., at 65. F Jonathan B. Welch ’68, March Susan Davidson Lombard, Marty Holmes Design in Savannah, Ga., and this summer 16, 2009, in Boston, Mass., at 66. will be photographing on the Maine coast. Nickerson, Jane Brown Kriege, Maxine Alli- Y Laurie Killoch Wiggins lives in Fairhope, son Anderson, Dianne Radune Poland, and Ala., where she retired at 50 and keeps busy Nancy Schweitzer O’Malley. Since 2002, I’ve around comes around” file. While visiting her directing curriculum for the lifelong learning 1967 worked with an Arctic researcher in the Bering Bob Gracia son she found that he collects a certain type school and singing in a church choir. Y Jay Sea and Arctic Ocean. We’ve been out on U.S. Judy Gerrie Heine of jigsaw puzzle. The puzzles were designed and Emily Kreinick Gallagher married two and Canadian icebreakers, but this Septem- [email protected] by Sandy some 42 years ago! Even though weeks after graduation. They live in Albany, ber I’ll head back to the Arctic on a Russian she has attained ‘collectable’ status, Sandy N.Y., where Jay is newspaper reporter and Ron Boothby looks forward to the lovely ship.” YSteve Ford writes “We welcomed our has not retreated from the world of design Emily has a psychotherapy practice. They Maine summer so he can break out his golf first grandchild in March. I expect that I will as she continues to create silks for her store. planned to join Jeff Clunie, John Kusiak, clubs and play the course near his summer have some resistance to pointing Hannah Sandy shares a humorous moment with her and their spouses at reunion. Y Brad Kelly home in Prouts Neck. If any of you want to Katherine Rauch towards attending Colby 8-year-old granddaughter, who was reading lives in Dana Point, Calif., and is one of four join Ron on the links, look him up. Y From when she is of that age because both her her mother’s drivers license. She looked at partners in Spur Capital Partners. Y Cheryl a climate as different from Maine as one parents are Brown (undergraduate) and Yale her mother, aghast, and said “You failed (Moriarty ’70) and Bud Higgins live in the could find, Lystra Wilson Gaskin writes from (graduate) alumni. However, I am confident sex?!” upon reading Sex-F. Sandy’s daughter Portland, Maine, area where Bud has had Trinidad and Tobago that she enjoyed recon- Colby and I will be up to the challenge.” Y assured her (once she could stop laughing), an active career in emergency medicine necting with college friends last year. After Judith de Luce advises that after 35 years of she was actually a female. There were many at Maine Medical Center and has held a arriving in Boston, Lystra traveled to Cape teaching at Miami (Ohio), she will be retiring people who failed sex back in the old days. variety of medical staff and administrative Cod with Georgia Bizios, Judith Freeman, next January. “I have thoroughly enjoyed my Y Jim Helmer’s son lives in Santiago, Chile, posts. Y Mickey Jako has been working with Jane Morrison Bubar ’68, Janet Semonian where he works for a company that places career here, but it is time to go out and do special needs people for the past 27 years, Czarnetzki, and Dorothee Rothenbach. students in South American businesses. Jim’s other things. I’m especially eager to do more and has authored a book on what is true or Lystra remembers that she, Georgia, and daughter has relocated to North Carolina, community service than I can manage while untrue about different religions (Confronting Dorothee felt a special bond being foreign teaching full time. This summer I’m finally where she works for a company with head- Believers). Y After retiring from 30 years as students, and that connection has remained quarters in Portland, Maine. While Jim and going to Eastern Europe. In fact, I have just a high school English teacher and English vital over the years. After visiting in the Boston Nancy spend a lot of time hiking and biking had total knee replacement in anticipation department chair at Camden-Rockport area, Lystra and Georgia headed toward in Colorado, they still bounce back to New in going in fine fettle for the trip. I’ve spent so High School in Camden, Maine, Penny Post campus, taking their time to relish the beauty England now and then. The attended their much time in the Mediterranean that I have Crockett started a second career with her of southern Maine. The campus looked lovely daughter’s graduation from BU’s business recently been traveling to non-Greco Roman husband, Charlie, as videographer and but different from her memory, Lystra writes. school this spring. places to make up for my narrow vision of producer of television travel documentaries Y She says that to this day she is grateful for destinations.” Anne and Ken Young plan and sports events. YWarren Heller has been the liberal arts education she received while to visit their daughter Sarah, a Peace Corps an attorney in Milford, Mass., since 1974. Y on Mayflower Hill. After leaving campusL ystra 1968 volunteer in Zambia. Sarah is teaching boys Peter Jost Karen (Knapp ’70) and Bill Lyons spent the and Georgia made one more stop, in North [email protected] and girls and “living in a two-room mud hut spring months teaching at the University of Carolina, where they visited Laila Walji with a grass roof and appears to be thriving.” Leiden in the Netherlands; Bill will teach law at Alidina and renewed more college connec- Ed Quinto writes, “I retired from my law Anne is retiring from her job as a third grade the University of Miami this fall. Y Anne York tions. We wish Lystra the best as she waves practice last year. I’m following in Marc teacher and Ken is enjoying his eighth year Samson, a clinical psychologist for Kaiser- the Colby banner in Trinidad and Tobago. Y Edelstein’s footsteps. I’m now teaching at KVCOG, the regional planning and eco- Permanente in Denver, Colo., is manager of Sandy Miller has a story from the “what goes at the University of Mary Washington in nomic development council serving Colby’s the geriatric psychiatry service, a program

Colby / Summer 2009 39 alumni at large she started last July. YTom ’72 and Rosemary Shu Cleaves moved from West Hartford, Conn., to Arroyo Grande, Calif., in 2007. Rosemary is involved with A Hand Up, Inc., On Science, Mussels, and Milk | Carrie Johns ’75 a charitable organization she and three other Want to know how environmental science has women started in 2005 to help transition the homeless into their first independent living evolved over the past 30 years? The career of Carrie apartments. Y In 1998, after 15 years as a Johns ’75 provides some examples. cataloger in the library at Dartmouth College, After graduating from Colby with a degree Susan Diplock Constantineau headed to a in biology, Johns earned a Ph.D. in botany at the similar position at the University of Florida University of Montana and conducted postdoctoral in Gainesville. She lives in Archer, Fla., and studies in Montana and San Francisco. She moved welcomes any of classmates visiting north on to teach environmental science at St. Lawrence central Florida to contact her through the University in Canton, N.Y., and was hired to fill UF library. Y Kate Batten Oppedisano is the third tenure-track position in the developing now retired after working as a math teacher department, where she has been ever since. and high school principal. She enjoys living “The kinds of issues have evolved a lot in twenty in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., where she cares years,” she said. “We were just starting to talk about for her 91-year-old mom, teaches skiing for global warming in 1988 and, having been out west, I students with disabilities, plays golf, and fits wasn’t hugely [familiar] with acid-rain issues, which of in some traveling and volunteering with the course were very big in the Adirondacks. One of the city of Saratoga Springs and the Academy really fun things was that I was in a position where for Lifelong Learning. Y Tom McBrierty and I got to learn new things constantly, which kept me wife Jen live in Freeport, Maine, where Tom is fresher about teaching.” sites in the St. Lawrence River. They find beds of a business consultant and also keeps busy St. Lawrence’s environmental science program zebra and quagga mussels, two introduced species that as the vice president of Maine Moose Junior was designed to “link science and policy” by teaching dominate Great Lakes ecosystems. Hockey, a college development program. Y the scientific aspects of the subject in concert with For her agriculture class Johns takes students to Judy Moeckel is retired and living in Conn., local farms and has them contrast small organic dairy where she volunteers as a lay chaplain at economic and political solutions. The department farms with larger industrial farms. “They go into the Middlesex Hospital in Middletown. She also has expanded along with the academic field and now big dairy expecting to see this awful place, but it’s keeps busy teaching music and singing in a includes five tenure-track faculty members, an ES really quite nice,” she said. “The animals look pretty chamber choir. Her ongoing Colby contacts major, and 10 combined-major options. comfortable and content—it’s just that they stay inside include Debby van Hoek Abraham and Johns teaches courses in air pollution, forest Linda Patton. environmental issues, and environmental sustainability a long time. At the organic dairy the animals also look in addition to introductory environmental science. This pretty content, but they go in and out.” 1970 fall she will teach Sustainable Agricultural Systems and Students also consider operation of a sheep farm, a farmer’s market, a local food cooperative, and the Deborah Fitton Mansfield Water Pollution. She stresses an interactive classroom, [email protected] avoiding long PowerPoint presentations, because “it’s campus garden. “It’s a way of enhancing critical too passive. They get a little bored.” thinking to get them to decide for themselves what’s Skip Wood sent word that Peter Gilfoy, of Instead Johns takes students into the field. For her the best avenue to go,” she said. Sherborn and Nantucket, died of melanoma/ water pollution class, she shows students her research —Chad Sisson ’96 cancer April 3. Peter was very happily married to Peggy Wiehl ’71. Our condolences go out to Peggy and the rest of Peter’s family. He last summer. In April she and husband Mike program. “Student-directed learning is very 1971 will be missed. Y All is well with Skip. He’s visited Aaron and Hiroyo in Japan. Kit looks different from what I’m used to,” writes Ann E. Miller lived in Duxbury, Mass., for the last eight forward to visiting Leslie Seaman Zema Clare, “and do you know, they don’t use [email protected] years and has never been happier. He often this summer. Kit hosted sustainable energy 3x5 cards when writing papers anymore!” sees and talks with his three children, who advocate Soren Hermansen and his wife Clare’s family has increased the productivity As the temperatures rise above 80 here are at UMass, Williams, and Columbia. Y last winter during their visits to five college of their southern Arizona garden—they were today, we are thankful that this long winter A medical mission last May found Roman campuses in central Maine, including Colby. able to eat out of their garden all last winter of 2008-2009 is over in the Northeast and Dashawetz providing anesthesia for world- Y Sharon Eschenbeck Friedler spent two despite temps into the teens. “I know, I get that spring flowers are bursting forth with famous pediatric plastic surgeon, Dr. Pavy. weeks in Ghana to continue her research on all kinds of pity from the north. Lettuce under eager anticipation. Y In January Jerome Pavy is descended from a long line of traditional and contemporary dances in that glass—it’s like pheasant only greener. The Layman went skiing with Paul and Jane Parisian surgeons. Roman writes that he country and to visit colleagues and friends. sustainability movement is gaining strength Hight Edmunds at Loon Mountain. Jerome has “a super life with another humanitarian Daughter Sorelle (a Ph.D. student in computer out here, and I’m hoping to gradually move talked to Larie Trippet over the Christmas whom I have known for 44 years, who loves science) joined her parents on the trip. This our place toward permaculture.” YHuey (AKA holidays and reports that he is doing well. to see adults and children get advanced summer Sharon, a professor and director of James Coleman) is developing a feature- Y As most of us head into this new decade specialty surgery in their own country, with the dance program at Swarthmore, will add length film. Go to www.portlandmonthly.com of our lives, Fred Copithorn writes that he their families nearby.” Roman and his wife to her responsibilities by becoming faculty and click on “Anatomy of a Movie” to read “feels the pain.” Is this because more body are new grandparents and recently visited adviser for off-campus study. “As ever, my an interview with Huey, Judd Nelson, and parts are making themselves known with their grandson in L.A. After five years they left door is open to Colby friends,” she writes. screenwriter Brian Daley. Portland Monthly aches and pains? Or is it just Fred? Y After Down East Maine to move back to Westwood, Y Clare Bonelli’s daughter, who recently calls Huey “the singular talent with the sin- having started work at 16, Jacques Hermant in the Boston area. Roman loves being near graduated from her 88-student high school, gular name.” Y Please respond to my next writes from Paris that he and his wife are their children and being nearer to Boston’s celebrated her 18th birthday by skydiving! class news e-mail, especially if your name preparing for his upcoming retirement. He sports teams. Y Kit Wells Poland’s son, Clare is working on guidance counselor hasn’t appeared in this space recently. We began as a welder mechanic in 1963 for Aaron, a Navy officer, was married in Hawaii certification in Prescott College’s master’s want to hear from you! British Petroleum. Seven companies and

40 Colby / Summer 2009 12 universities later he’s decided it’s time North Sea. The Netherlands is the antithesis to see Tom and hear about his experiences Baltimore and his son Andrew is a junior at to enjoy his grandchildren and gardening. of Colorado: low, flat, and damp versus high, teaching at Colby for 38 years. Dave is doing Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia. Again this year they hosted an Iraqi child who mountainous, and dry!” George is still in the some interesting research on the evolving Y Richard Vann is completing 20 years at underwent major heart surgery. Y Another water treatment business with Nalco and baby boomer job market. He describes this Booz Allen, a management consulting firm in classmate has survived a terrible accident: serves as technical director for the electric as being particularly relevant since “many the D.C. area. His wife, who is originally from Richie Beaty on a motorcycle track in May. power market. He travels throughout Europe of us now are going to be working well into Armenia, manages the Armenian Language Fortunately he had no major injuries. He’s on business and welcomes the chance to our 60s.” Check out Dave’s new Web site for Service at the Voice of America. One daughter been married 28 years and has three children, take long weekends to soak up the varied more information: www.LostKnowledge.com. studies IT at Guilford in North Carolina and the eldest of whom is 18. He occasionally European culture. He and Robin are plan- Linda Kagels Johnson keeps in touch with the other is in the piano program at Indiana sees Chris Palmer ’72 and would love to ning a tour in Ireland in early June, taking Dave and he reports that she “is prospering in University. YMichelle “Shelley” Ziff Hanson hear from anyone else. Y After a lifetime of Robin to her homeland for the first time. He Florida and enjoying the newfound time that has become a seashell reader, wherein she working for companies, Jon Stone enjoys is particularly enjoying the art museums. comes with being an empty-nester.” Y Robin takes a role as a seashell to teach others. his consulting work in Florida with assign- (Who would have thought—for a chemistry Barnes, a member of the department of his- She has authored a few books on the subject. ments in Rhode Island and Wisconsin. He major, even!) Y Joe Benson sent a nice tory at Davidson College in North Carolina She says she does a lot of public speaking is expecting his second grandchild in June Easter greeting: “Happy Easter. May your since 1980, has been awarded a fellowship by and the shells have literally brought her out and the experience “is amazing!” Y From coming year be blessed with the beginnings the American Council of Learned Societies to of her shell and made her less shy. Her latest chilly Wiscasset, Maine, Linda (Howard ’72) of fresh, new, and wondrous moments.” Joe is complete a book about astrology and religion joy is teaching on the Internet where every and Ron Lupton had just paid a visit to Jim the broker/manager of Edina Realty, and we in early modern Germany. Robin is in frequent student has a front row seat. She believes Faulkner in Concord, Mass. Ron reports all hope that his Easter greeting comes true. contact with Rick Gawthrop, now professor her name has a lot to do with her success that Jim keeps busy both with his two sons’ (The greeting came with a great picture of Joe of history at Franklin College in Indiana, who as a shell. Y Susan “Diana” Stork is direc- school activities and at Sugarloaf, where and he’s as handsome as ever!) Y Dan and works in related scholarly fields. Y Wells Pile tor of the Multi-Cultural Music Fellowship, a he is on the ski patrol. Ron and Linda often Chris Belsky Russack are finally using their writes: “After 15 years in the fund raising California nonprofit. She has performed and see Dennis Pruneau at Sugarloaf during frequent flyer miles from at least the last 10 business, I decided it was time for a change. directed concerts of world-class harpists the ski season. Dennis is an engineer with years to fly first-class round-trip to Hawaii! In September 2007 I enrolled in the marine in major concert halls in the San Francisco Stryker Biomedical in N.H. Ken Bigelow’s From Honolulu they’ll take a seven-day cruise systems course at The Landing School of Bay Area and throughout the U.S. Diana daughter graduated from UNH in May—Ron and hope the islands are all they’ve been Boatbuilding, in Arundel, Maine. Graduating founded and directs a number of youth and Linda had visited Ken earlier this year. made out to be. (They are, Chris! Aloha!) last June, my wife, Marguerite, our poodle, harp ensembles—some for underprivileged Ron and Linda’s daughter graduated from Y Bill Alfond’s son, Justin, was elected last Oscar, and I moved back to Rhode Island children—teaching them music from different Mt. Holyoke, where she was active on the fall to the Maine State Senate representing where I am employed by Goetz Custom Boats countries on folk harps. Her vision is to bring crew team. Following her graduation, she Portland. (Congratulations!) His daughter, and also do work on the side. I’m having the the world together through the harp. Y Cindy will study abroad as a Fulbright Scholar in Kenden, lives in Geneva, Switzerland, working time of my life. In one week I installed gear Vietor Kahle and her husband took a trip to South America. Linda still works as a school for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculo- on a brand new Volvo open 70 (PUMA) and Greece and Turkey in the fall and fly fished in counselor in Boothbay Harbor (Ron says: sis, and Malaria. His other son, Reis, lives in repaired the engine on a 105-year-old Friend- Argentina in February. Y Callie Dusty Leef “counseling students, not the school”) and New York City working in private equity. (Your ship sloop. I am now working on a custom works as a process improvement specialist Ron continues his work as a “humble public kids are doing wonderfully, but what are YOU 82-foot boat that will be delivered in May for a defense contractor in San Diego. She servant” as an assistant attorney general for doing, Bill?) Y Best to all. 2010.” Marguerite is an artist, and they live volunteers for her church and her daughter’s the State of Maine. Y As for me? I continue in a loft in a former mill building in the heart theater group. Callie and her husband, Budd, to keep myself busy with my a cappella vocal of the Pawtucket Arts District, enjoying life. celebrated 25 years of marriage with a 1973 cruise to Alaska in May. Callie’s oldest son, jazz group in the Boston area, with my yellow Carol Chalker Y My forever Colby friend Lisa Kehler Bubar Jim, was married last fall and her daughter, Lab, Clementine, who has been a gift from [email protected] reminds us to please please please provide God to me, and with my many loyal friends Colby with our current e-mail address. Go Tina, has been accepted at the University of who are there for me all the time. I hope this Greetings to everyone and thanks for news to www.colby.edu, click on alumni, and then California Irvine as a junior. Y Jackie Olivet finds you all happy and fulfilled. shared. While responses were not plentiful CAN (Colby Alumni Network). There’s so much and her lifelong partner, Jean, were married in this time, I look forward to catching up with information to miss out on, not the least of Provincetown, Mass., Aug., 21, 2008. Jackie more of you next time. Y John Krasnavage which is the opportunity to contribute to this continues to teach government, economics, 1972 and law classes at a local high school and also looked forward to the 10th Chopper Confab at column! Y I will gather, once again, with all of Nancy Round Haley teaches at a community college paralegal [email protected] Portsmouth Circle, which took place in April. my forever Colby buddies at the end of June program. If that isn’t enough, Jackie coaches I asked John to please give us the history of at Mohonk Mountain House, where Jackie the high school mock trial team and came very Nancy Brunnckow Marion is phasing out the term ‘Chopper’ as it has been used by Nienaber Appeldorn has graciously arranged close to winning the national championship. her part-time bookkeeping job. She plans Lambda Chi brothers to describe one another for Lisa, Chris Mattern Way, Debbie Mael In her spare time she kayaks, runs, skis, and to be retired by summer and see how she since my time at Colby, at least. He’s not Mandino, and me to have our regular Colby has added dog agility competitions to her likes it. She hopes to continue playing lots sure but promises to check. If anyone knows fix of nonstop talking and bridge playing. Y pursuits. Y Mardi Moore Fish went back to of golf, get herself to the skating rink more the history of the word, let me know. John Talk to you all soon. In the meantime, I wish school last fall and completed a CNA/HHA often, paint, and take on a few volunteer continues to work for the University of Maine, you all good things. jobs. Her son moved to Boulder, Colo., last supervising practicum students, consulting certificate. She works per diem for the Visiting Nurse Association. She recently attended the summer and loves it. Her daughter is getting for SAD 3, and enjoying himself. Y Dave De 1974 married in August, and her husband hopes to Long returned to Colby recently where he Enamel Guild/North East Annual Conference S. Ann Earon and is pursuing the exciting medium in which retire in 2010, depending on the economy. gave a talk titled “They’ll Miss Me When I’m [email protected] (Good luck to you, Nancy, on the upcoming Gone: Leaving a Legacy in Your Nonprofit glass is fused to metal. Y Clif Brittain took wedding and retirement!) Y Robin (Sweeney Work” to students of Professor Tom Morrione Michael McNamara has retired from the a job at the St. Paul Public Library 10 years ’74) and George Peabody live in The Hague, ’65 in a class on nonprofits. Dave reports practice of law and is working full time as ago to just mark time until he found some- Netherlands, and are on a three- to five-year that Colby is really committed to increasing a Spanish teacher at the Marine Academy thing permanent. He says the best part of assignment. They arrived last August and are civic engagement among the students, and of Technology and Environmental Sciences working is it is just like Christmas with new well settled in an apartment. “The Hague is he was addressing the challenges of building in Manahawkin, N.J. His son John works books under the tree each day. He also built a wonderful small cosmopolitan city on the sustainable nonprofits. Dave said it was great as a financial analyst for Stifel Nicolaus in a 25-foot boat that is a replica of a 1920s

Colby / Summer 2009 41 alumni at large coach’s launch (to attend a rowing team). He director of the Stillwater Montessori School, is on the competitive team of the Minnesota which has been running for 25 years. Their Boat Club and states he is the oldest and 70s newsmakers daughter Jessica ’01 and son Joel ’08 are both slowest male member of the team. His older Colby graduates; their youngest daughter, child graduated from Colorado College and Jane Dutton ’74, the University of Michigan’s Robert Julianna, is a sports management major at L. Kahn Distinguished University Professor of Business his younger child entered the University of UMass, where she also drives the Zamboni. Administration and Psychology, presented a Distin- Denver. His wife directs the Nature Conser- Y As I wrap up this column, a reminder to guished University Professorship lecture, “Beauty in vancy in Minnesota, North Dakota, and South help our class maintain its record of gener- Everyday Work: Seeing the Resourcefulness of University Dakota. Y I have spent the year traveling, ous giving to the Colby Fund. Please make Staff,” at the Ross School of Business. She earned a Ph.D. with trips to North Carolina, Florida, France, in organizational behavior from Northwestern University. your donation now. As for time flying, our and Canada. I also have started another F Edwin Walczak ’75, managing director and head of 2011 class reunion is sneaking up quickly. business, doing voiceovers for commercials U.S. equities at Vontobel Asset Management in New York, Paul Boghossian is looking for volunteers to and reading books. was quoted by Inside Wall Street, a weekly column at start the planning process. Contact him at Kenneth Melvin ’74 www.businessweek.com/investor. In the article “A Taste [email protected] or on 1975 for Food Stocks,” Walczak shared his insight about an Facebook, where you can find more than 60 Dianne Billington Stronach increase in possible buy candidates due to the market’s falling stock prices. F In April members of the Class of ’76. Send me news! [email protected] Virginia Governor Timothy M. Kaine appointed Kenneth Melvin ’74 to become a judge And enjoy the rest of summer! on the Portsmouth Circuit Court. “I have known and admired Ken for the keen analytical Vinnie Cassone has begun a new job as chair abilities and reasoned judgment he brought to legislative debates,” Kaine said. Melvin, 1977 of the biology department at the University of an attorney and member of the Virginia House of Delegates, is a former commissioner Kevin Farnham Kentucky. He is busy reforming the curricu- of the Portsmouth Redevelopment and Housing Authority. [email protected] lum, building the department, and developing two new labs. The first will study the molecular milestones Once again, I have news from quite a few biology of biological clocks and the second classmates. First of all, I hope Leslie Warren is a field station and wet lab for the study Deaths: Peter G. Gilfoy ’70, April 3, 2009, in Sherborn, Mass., at 61. F Christine van Berkum doesn’t experience the same of behavioral ecology. Y Sue Staples Smith Schopp Kennedy ’73, March 21, 2009, in Naples, Fla., at 57. F Meredith Jewett kind of “excitement” this summer that F reports that, after 10 years as a software Libby ’73, March 30, 2009, in Buxton, Maine, at 59. Susan Reilly Szum ’78, May occurred last summer: “On July 24, 2008, tester for The Echo Group in Conway, N.H., 30, 2009, in East Walpole, Mass., at 52. our nursery had the extremely dubious honor she started a new career path last September of being the ‘official beginning’ of a 50-mile at the Memorial Hospital in North Conway. tornado track through the middle of New consultant, she also works with a family- She is implementing a new computer system 1976 Hampshire. In the weeks following, Peter, owned real estate business. She and her that uses a patient identification card with Robert Weinstein I, and the staff were thrilled by over 2,000 husband celebrated their 20th anniversary a securely encoded chip that contains [email protected] volunteer hours to get van Berkum Nursery last summer. YFrank Malinoski has formally demographic and insurance information to back on its feet. We lost all our trees, nearly Last fall Steven Shafarman published his retired from MedImmune LLC. He and his wife, speed up registration at the small regional 800 of them. It all goes to show that, ‘yes, it fifth book, Peaceful Positive Revolution: Judy, now live in Wilmington, N.C., where he hospital. The Smart Card is well received by can happen to you.’” Y Iris Kennedy lives in Economic Security for Every American. The plans to do part-time consulting in the bio- the public since it saves a lot of time. Sue and the Boston area and enjoys the travel that book updates ideas advocated by Martin technology field while helping Judy with her husband Richard, who turned 80 last March comes with her sales and marketing job. Luther King Jr., George McGovern, and others. publishing. He and Judy published their first and was honored with a surprise party, live Her son graduated in May from Providence Sample chapters are at www.tendrilpress. novel, Crescent Veil, in 2006, and she has two in the nearby village of Chocorua along with College and her daughter will be married in their two alpacas, Geraldo and Frederico, and com. As president of the Income Security more circulating. Frank attended his seventh July in Charleston, S.C. Y Jane Hoffman has Y Janet Hansen’s Institute, Steve has presented at conferences medical mission trip to Nicaragua with others their walker hound, Flo. never stopped believing in the educational son, Christopher, graduated from Worcester around the U.S. and Europe. Y Melissa Wal- from a variety of churches addressing urgent value of small liberal arts colleges. She’s now Polytech in May and has already accepted a dron Raue went to Yale School of Medicine, care medical needs in central and west coast a private college admissions advisor and job in Lexington, Mass. Her daughter, Sarah, became a PA, and has been happily working areas. Y Bill and Caren Starr Schwartz are runs the CollegeAdvice-101.com Web site. a sophomore at Claremont McKenna College in dermatology for more than seven years. celebrating their 25th anniversary this year Jane’s daughter, Rachel, graduated in May in Claremont, Calif., is studying in Buenos Husband Dave Raue now runs The Rock with an Alaskan cruise. Caren has run her from Smith College with a B.A. in art history, Aires for the semester. The family plans to Club, a 40-foot-high rock climbing gym. Dave own software consulting business, Time & and her son, Daniel, will attend Oberlin this visit during the Argentine winter. Y Joan De encourages middle-aged visitors with: “Of Cents Consultants, for the past 17 years. fall.* Ken Beland remembers playing intra- Salvo Mansour is returning to Plymouth, course you can do it! That’s my wife rippin’ Their son finished up his junior year at Nor- mural hockey with me freshman year. What I Mass., to spend the summer and work on it up there and she’s 55!” Their son Matt wich University, majoring in criminal justice. remember about that is being like a member her annual golf tournament to raise money relocated from South Korea to Cat Ba Island Their daughter enters University of Vermont of the audience out on the ice, watching Ken for cancer research. She is also developing in Vietnam to be a rock climbing adventure this fall. Y Joanne Defilipp Alex is Maine’s plans to build a new home in Flagler Beach, guide with Slo Pony Adventures. Their other state geography education coordinator for and everyone else skate past me. Ken’s love of the outdoors never diminished: he spent Fla. Y Edwin Walczak is the chief investment son, Eric, graduated from Ithaca College the National Geographic Society’s program, officer for U.S. equities at Vontobel Asset in television, radio, and print journalism. Y MyWonderfulWorld.org, and writes monthly 25 years as a fisheries biologist working with Management in New York. He was recently David Wilson is an avid cyclist who has been articles for the Bangor Daily News. And that’s Atlantic salmon in Maine. Now he has about featured in a Business Week article, Inside president for several years of the Westchester just scratching the surface of her vast array 18 part-time occupations, including high Wall Street, talking about investing in the Cycle Club. He consults on cycling issues to of geography, museum, environmental, school ski racing coach, community college stock market after the current meltdown. He the East Coast Greenway Alliance. Y Lisa and educational projects. Joanne and instructor, environmental consultant, family would like to work on developing a network Wolman Haber travels between Florida her husband, Joe Alex ’75, are active with cook, and sports dad. Ken’s wife, Judy, is a for exchanging investment ideas between and Maryland. She lives in Boca Raton and Children’s International Summer Villages, psychiatrist in Bangor, Maine. Their son Luke alumni who work on Wall Street and the is active with her homeowner’s association, an international organization founded on is a college sophomore studying the modern Colby endowment team. Any interest? Y in the Contemporary Federated Republican the belief that peace is possible through Middle East, and younger son Chris is about Please keep sending me news and let me Woman in Palm Beach County, and in her friendship, and that the real difference can to graduate from high school, heading into know what is going on with you. country club. While continuing as a travel be made starting with children. Joe is the electrical/computer engineering. Y Deb

42 Colby / Summer 2009 Cohen is now chair of the department of (his sixth time), and finishing the cedar mortgage business and is president of FC work” as director of Apple Country Music modern languages and cultures at Slippery shingle residing of their home and garage. Greater Boston Bolts soccer club. His wife, Together, which brings music to families with Rock University. She notes: “I’m still not Y Karen Keithline Diop returned from Iraq Tricia, is selling Worth clothing. Y Bob Glaser children from birth through kindergarten in sure if this is good news or bad news.” She’s in time to attend her son’s graduation from and his wife, Cindy, have lived outside Los Mass. (www.applecountrymusictogether. recently published an article in the online UVM in May. This last trip took her to Kurdistan Angeles for the past 12 years. Bob recently com). Music Together is an internationally journal ISTMO (from Denison College), and in the north. Karen has been managing a left private equity and now pursues angel recognized early childhood music program her translation of the Melvin Mendez play program that brings Iraqi high school and investments. His daughter, Nicole, loved with classes all over the world. “Things must The Old Man’s Wings will be performed by university students to the U.S. for programs her freshman year at Middlebury and his be coming full circle,” adds Alex, whose the Slippery Rock University theater depart- that teach them leadership skills. YO ur class son, Reid, is a high school junior and spends recent clients include Meg Lawson Hyde ment next spring. “So things are going well for sends condolences to the family of Don most of his time playing soccer. Y Rachel ’99, Cathy Ryan Kolakowski ’92, and Jen me.” YSandy Pardee lives in Cape Elizabeth, Furcillo, who died Jan. 3, 2009, in Concord Lavengood, Lydia Mason, and Lisa Turner Lock Beauvais ’94. Y After serving for 14 Maine, and works at the FedEx office there. , Mass. Y Martin Connolly works at the Bill- spent a few days in May camping on Janes years on the professional staff of the U.S. He still plays music with his band the Delta ings (Mont.) Petroleum Club, but has been Island on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. They House of Representatives’ Committee on Knights. At this summer’s reunion (for Class attending seminars in grant writing for the canoed through the marshes, took a day trip Appropriations, the last two as staff director of 1979, et al.) Sandy performed with other needs of the Native American Community, to see the wild ponies of Assateague Island, of the Subcommittee on Financial Services members of the circa 1976 Colby band which he comments are tremendous. He and were eaten alive by mosquitoes! YThat’s and General Government, Dale Oak left Pearl. They played multiple sets of danceable hopes to gain employment with a homeless all the news I’ve received. As we get ready public service to become a principal of the tunes. Y Jeff Olmstead sent a note saying shelter on the Crow Indian Reservation. for next June’s 30th reunion, I hope more of Podesta Group, a government relations and he sees Jeff Stafford every few weeks. They Martin adds that the Crow endorsed Obama you will write about your lives, your families, public affairs firm in Washington, D.C. Dale live in neighboring towns and have stayed and “adopted” him as a Crow. Y Thanks to your adventures, and your Colby connections. is part of the firm’s appropriations practice in touch ever since graduation. Y Being those who wrote in. Please keep in touch—we and helps clients navigate the federal appro- class correspondent is apparently a great want to hear from you! 1981 priations process. Y I recently returned from way to reconnect with former roommates, Steph Vrattos Tucson, Ariz., where I visited Jenny Boice, my because my freshman roommate Bill Yovic 1980 [email protected] sophomore spring semester roommate who contacted me with an update. Bill lives in the Thomas Marlitt was at Colby on an exchange program from Chicago area and runs Barrington Medical [email protected] We have a brief but exciting column! I hope to Pomona College in Claremont, Calif. Jenny Imaging, which sells and services CT and hear from many more of you, especially those made quite an impact in her brief stint on MRI equipment. His son graduated last year Elliott Pratt’s daughter, Katie, finished her who haven’t sent updates in a long time. Y A Mayflower Hill, enjoying KDR pyramid par- from St. Lawrence University with a degree sophomore year at Gettysburg College and summer wedding is planned for Peter Clerkin ties, being a fellow groupie of Mick and the in economics and is currently in advanced will spend the fall semester studying in Flor- and Carrie Wysocki of Bloomfield, N.J. Peter Malignants, playing on our winning intramural flight training in Phoenix. Bill’s daughter ence. Elliott’s twins, Michael and Christopher, is a managing partner at a Chicago invest- softball team, and celebrating a memorable graduated from Michigan State University will be high school seniors and continue to ment firm. Y Virtuoso flutist Alex Andrews birthday at You Know Whose Pub. Needless this spring with a degree in kinesiology and pursue their respective passions of tennis (Christy Gauss) is “having lots of fun finally to say, that semester was a big highlight of will continue her education in physicians and soccer. Elliott is busy once again in the putting her human development degree to my four years at Colby. It was great to see assistant school. Y Thanks, all, for letting her again. us know what you’re doing! 1982 1978 80s newsmakers Nancy Briggs Marshall Janet Santry Houser [email protected] Lea Jackson Morrissey Jim Plumer ’83 and Greg Cronin ’86 were both named [email protected] 2008-09 Coach of the Year—Plumer for NCAA Division III I went to Colby over April school vacation for women’s ice hockey and Cronin for Hockey East (Div. I). a campus tour with my son, Craig, a junior. Valerie Brown has lived in Naples, Fla., for the Plumer has coached Amherst since 2003 and led the Lord The campus looks great and there have last 10 years. She enthusiastically writes that Jeffs to their first women’s national Division III ice hockey been lots of improvements since we were she loves every minute of Florida living and championship. Cronin led Northeastern men’s hockey there. I hope he decides to go to Colby but does not miss the seasons or the snow. Her to a second-place finish in the league, their highest I’m trying not to pressure him too much. since the 1987-1988 season. F In May David Bullock son, Kirk, graduated in May from Vanderbilt Y I was happy to see Keith ’80 and Cami University School of Engineering, and her ’87, managing director for Advent Capital Management, Yale Davis in the base lodge at Saddleback persuaded GMAC, the financing arm of GeneralM otors, daughter, Meg, is a sophomore at Davidson this winter. They were enjoying spring skiing Karen Jo Giammusso to apply to become a bank holding company in order to College, in Davidson, N.C. Y Al Sheehy lives and I was there watching my son in a race. Shapiro ’86 receive TARP funds. According to the New York Times, in South Portland, Maine. After 15 years at Both of their kids are in college and they Bullock advised that the move would allow the company the University of Southern Maine’s Muskie Y to “apply for billions in capital from the government and have its senior debt temporarily are enjoying empty-nest syndrome. Kim School of Public Service, Al took a position backed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.” F In an interview on National Smith McCartney’s son, Will, may be join- as a data analyst at the MaineHealth Center Public Radio for National Poetry Month, Karen Jo Giammusso Shapiro ’86 read poems ing the Class of 2013 at Colby. He hasn’t for Quality & Safety focusing on safety and she wrote for preschool to middle school children. The poems were set to the rhythms made his decision yet but Kim promises to improvement within the MaineHealth system. of some of the most familiar poems. Shapiro is the author of two books of children’s let us know. Kim wrote about her friend Ann Al has run into Mike Slavin several times in poetry: I Must Go Down to the Beach Again and Because I Could Not Stop My Bike. Skinner Rider ’82, who is a children’s book Portland, where they both play in an adult editor working for Houghton Mifflin from her hockey league. He also plays in an old-timers milestones home in Minnesota. Two of her books have group at North Yarmouth Academy and sees won the Caldecott Medal, most recently this Peter Masterton ’77. Al is happily married to Deaths: Arthur C. Nagle ’87, April 16, 2009, in Los Angeles, Calif., at 44. F Robert year. Y Ann Renner Stillwater received her a wonderful woman who is a clinical social J. Garland ’89, April 25, 2009, in Los Angeles, Calif., at 42. F Jon A. Robinson ’89, second bachelor’s, in nursing, in May from worker in a private practice in Yarmouth. His Feb. 24, 2009, in Urbana, Ill., at 41. Penn State University, Harrisburg. She’ll summer plans include skating three times a continue with college classes to obtain her week, participating in the Trek Across Maine Births: A son, Owen Reed Schwartz, to Ann and Dean Schwartz ’88 Pa. school nurse certificate. It’s much harder

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going to college when working full-time! on transportation policy keeps him busy Ann’s 18-year-old daughter is more than traveling outside the U.S., most notably Yes, you’re still halfway through her year with AmeriCorps China. He’s been involved in fact-finding at L’Arche in Tacoma, Wash. Spouse JD trips to Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu, Xi’an, and Ann look forward to a late summer visit Chongqing, and Hong Kong over the past two there. Their 23-year-old son reminds her too years. His group is working on projects with much of herself at that age, traveling around Chang’an University in Xi’an (home of the terra the country. But he has an SUV, freelance cotta warriors) and Chongqing, the “biggest but let’s face it; you have more than just computer skills, and a credit card, which megacity you’ve never heard of.” Sam is also yourself to worry about now… she says “is waaaay ahead of where I was thick into his second children’s novel about a at that age.” Ann actually graduated in ’81, teenager forced to use martial arts skills as a but entered with the Class of ’82 and was ninja to fight gangs. (The first novel, Pirate of closest to us. Y After Doug Sacra left Colby Panther Bay, was published in 2006: www. Take some time this month to create or he ended up going back to school to become pantherbay.com.) Y A first-time note came an architect and now specializes in green from Brian Hesse. After graduation he went revise your will—you’ll feel better about design—the natural progression for an envi- to work for his dear friend David Rosenberg ronmental biologist. He lived and worked in at his dad’s car dealership in Danvers, Mass. your future, and theirs. Cambridge for many years but recently moved Brian got married in 1990 and shortly there- to Wayland, Mass., with his wife, Deidre, and after followed his boss to a dealership that their daughters, Haley, 16, Hannah, 14, and he purchased in Lawrence, Mass, where Maddi, 12. He started his own architectural he’s been for almost 18 years. Leaving firm, Maple Hill Architects, a few years ago “Rosie” was a painful and difficult choice and has recently completed a major church but they’ve remained friends. Brian and his addition and renovation project at Trinitarian wife, Tammy, have two fantastic children, Congregational Church in Wayland, where his Taylor, 16, and Cody, 12, who Brian hopes family is involved. He has developed several will play hockey for Colby in 2016! Tammy is net-zero energy super green homes in his director of marketing for Upromise and they neighborhood. Doug spent a day with Brian live in West Boxford, Mass. He’s coached and Sanborn and one of his daughters jet-skiing even found himself on the bench at a hockey and swimming last summer at Brian’s lake tournament in Lake Placid, where their team house in Maine. Y Carolyn Berry Copp has won a gold medal on the same ice where the 1989 joined the ranks of the laid off, but she’s U.S team won the gold in 1980—the Miracle using that to her advantage and has revived on Ice! Brian also mentors inner-city youth her marketing and development consulting in Lawrence. Y John Gagne has officially business. She’s working with nonprofits to passed his PSIA Level II Alpine exam, so now help them attract more customers and turn he’s Level II Alpine and Level I Telemark. Tele those customers into donors. A number of her Level II will probably be next. So when dental clients are in the arts, but she’s beginning to disease is cured and his career dries up, he’ll branch out into social services. She’s trying resort to being a full-time ski bum. Y Jay ’81 to use her down time to practice the piano and Maureen “Moe” Hagerty Polimeno are and spend more time with her family. She’s happy and busy, working harder than ever building her social network on Facebook and in this challenging time for real estate. They LinkedIn and has many Colby friends there. have three businesses in North Woodstock, 2009 She would love to hear from more classmates. N.H.: Alpine Village Properties (vacation rent- Y I really appreciate how many of you sent als), Polimeno Realty (sales and long term news. Thanks and we’ll see you in the next rentals), and Polimeno Business Sales. They issue, if not before. recently joined a bunch of Jay’s high school After you have taken care of your friends (including Peter Gent ’81) for a cruise 1984 to celebrate all of their 50th birthdays! Their own family, please consider including Cynthia Mulliken Lazzara daughter, Katy, is a sophomore at Rollins a provision for Colby. [email protected] College. Aimee, their youngest, is a junior in high school and thrilled to be starting her Dan and Sharon Kehoe Miller and son Curtis third varsity softball season, playing for coach took a three-week trip to Central America “Dad!” Y David Ballou practices law, raises You can be a part last winter and enjoyed some amazing two daughters, coaches peewee hockey, and of protecting our snorkeling off the barrier reef in Mexico drives a nice new Toyota Sienna thanks to and Belize as well as the spectacular ruins Dave Rosenberg. Y Valerie Miller was mar- future as well. at Tikal in Guatemala. When not traveling ried Oct. 6, 2007, to Laine Brancato. He’s a they live in Cody, Wyo., where she chases NYC police officer and they met on the job. For 3-year-old Curtis around with lots of time the last 23 years Val has worked for the NYC Let’s talk. left over for hiking, biking, and skiing. Y Sam fire department and is currently a lieutenant Staley recommends Facebook; he’s been in and paramedic. Their son, Theodore “Theo,” touch with Al Jones ’81, Don Gallo ’83, Jeff 15, is on the honor roll and active in band Susan Conant Cook ’75 or Kate O’Halloran Clements and Nancy Heselton, and David and chess. They live in East Northport, N.Y. Gift Planning at Colby • 800-809-0103 • [email protected] ’85 and Nancy Bennett Beers ’85. Al’s work Val will retire from the fire department in

44 Colby / Summer 2009 1986 Henrietta “Hank” Yelle Swiss Banker | Rebecca Brunner-Peters ’80 [email protected] How worlds collide—sitting in my office at Imagine yourself a young American lawyer Mass Audubon’s Drumlin Farm today, I had working in Zürich, delving into Swiss banking laws a call from Peter Coley. Turns out he’s a big amid the insider-trading trials of the late 1980s and fan of Drumlin Farm and a wildly enthusiastic early ’90s. birder, too. Who knew there were other birders The opening of a crime thriller? Not for Rebecca in the Class of ’86? Hubby Chris Engstrom Brunner-Peters ’80. and I prove our bird-nerdiness by doing Brunner-Peters, director of U.S. legal matters bird-a-thon every year—a 24-hour birding in Credit Suisse’s legal department, is in many ways extravaganza where we try to see the most a special case. One of the few women in senior bird species possible while raising money for management at Credit Suisse, Brunner-Peters is not Mass Audubon. I think our personal record only an American lawyer, but she earned both her is 90 species. Are there other birders out bachelor’s and master’s degrees in English literature. there? Y I also had news from a couple of “English at Colby helped me to think analytically,” “rare birds”—classmates we haven’t heard Peters said, chatting at a Zürich café. from in a long time. Was it coincidence that they both mentioned Rich Deering? I think Now thoroughly acclimated to an international Brunner-Peters was eventually hired by Credit not. Rich manages to stay as connected to lifestyle, she recalls that going to Colby was an eye- Suisse. Colby and as vibrant a personality as ever. opener for a Midwestern teenager. She continued Currently Brunner-Peters says she is “trying to Need I remind you that he is co-president of east for a junior year at Oxford University. The balance family and work.” She lives just outside of our class along with Suzanne Battit? You’ll Zürich with her husband, Bernhard Brunner, and experience, she said, “showed me there was more be hearing even more from them as reunion out there.” their 14-year-old daughter, Nicole. Brunner-Peters gets closer. Yes, hold onto your hats—our 25th There also was an obstacle. After her junior points to the cultural and historical treasures, as reunion is coming up in June 2011! Mark your year, Brunner-Peters was hit by a car while biking well as the quality of life, as reasons for deciding to calendars now. Y One person I really hope and suffered serious facial wounds. “I guess I threw make the permanent move to Switzerland. Another to see at reunion is rare bird Ethan Wiesler. myself into the books,” she said. major advantage, she said, is the proximity to He wrote to say his experiences at Colby Brunner-Peters won a Fulbright scholarship other countries: a half-hour to Germany, forty-five definitely shaped where he is today, just not to study the legal aspects of the Swiss financial minutes to Austria, an hour to France, and just over via the typical pathway. Neatly summed up, marketplace, and over two years her articles—on two hours to the Italian border. his path led from an Asian studies major and Swiss banking secrecy and hostile mergers and “I wonder sometimes if I am losing my English,” dance minor to becoming the chief of hand takeovers in that country—were published in she said, slipping easily in and out of Swiss German surgery and residency program director at U.S. law reviews, and her research contributed to dialect at the waitress’s approach. As the warm sun Wake Forest University School of Medicine in scrutiny of both the secrecy and compliance with beat down on Zürich’s streets, Brunner-Peters was the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery. His foreign governments on the part of Swiss banks. off to meet with a group of banking regulators. Just family includes his beautiful and wonderful With her knowledge of both U.S. and Swiss law, another day at the office. wife of 19 years, an 18-year-old daughter gleaned through her studies and practical experience, —James Violette ’11 off to college next year, and a 15-year-old son, a freshman at a boarding school in Va. Ethan will soon be an empty-nester at the next two years and, not wanting to sit at at a state conference on Teaching English to their own. In his note he described getting home in Winston-Salem, N.C. Well, not quite home, has enrolled in nursing school and will Speakers of Other Languages (CATESOL) by together with Brad Whitaker, Keith Turley, empty, with three rescue dogs, a cat, and get her RN by 2011. After graduation she’ll using feature films in the classroom. Barbara Rich MacNeille, John Prorok, and Doug lots of birds, including a loquacious parrot get her master’s in nursing. She’s active in is proud of her scholar athlete son, Dylan, Turley ’87 for their Annual Bacchanal. They who rules the animal fray. And they plan to her church music ministry and attends to the who made the varsity soccer team as a tell their spouse’s it is a fantasy baseball draft add a horse to the mix before long! Ethan medical emergencies that arise at church. freshman, and of her daughter, Savannah, weekend, but evidently that’s really just an sees John Kramer ’85 a couple times a year who made the all-star soccer team and will excuse to get together, drink, and pretend and hears from Brent and Jill Stasz Harris 1985 play Class III competitive soccer next year. they are still in college. Missing this year were and (wait for it) his freshman roomie, Rich Gretchen Bean Bergill Y Terry Martin made his first trip outside usual suspects Chris Lebherz, Jim ffrench, Deering. Y Among other pursuits, Rich [email protected] North America in April, when he and his and Duff McDermott ’86. But Elliot says, Deering keeps busy as director of Birch Rock new wife went to Athens, Greece. Y After “Since the stories and antics usually remain Camp in Waterford, Maine. Among the happy Thank you for all the great submissions. several years of silence, Tom Claytor, our unchanged from year to year we could easily campers he has recruited are the sons of It’s wonderful to hear from you all. Y John official class expatriate, wrote with regards fill in the blanks for them.” Most significantly Lindsay and Geoff Alexander. Geoff sends Robinson just moved back to Manchester, and to say he is in western Bhutan, where the group has resolved to resurrect Green word from home in Cape Elizabeth that this N.H., from California where he teaches at he got to captain the Mercedes team in the Death for the 25th reunion. All are invited and summer sons Will, 15, and Curtis, 12, will Southern New Hampshire University. While 2009 King’s Cup elephant polo tournament evidently the T-shirts are already on order! be back at Birch Rock. Youngest son Garrett in California John drove a limo for extra cash in northern Thailand. Tom was pleased that Y Sue Lang sent the best message about will probably go next year. Geoff heartily and got to drive Jessica Simpson around amongst the 12 competing teams, his team class columns that “gives voice to all the recommends Birch Rock to any classmate clubbing one night! Y Barbara Knox (who is won the bronze trophy and, most importantly, ‘average’ Colby grads out there.” I’m sure her who has camp-age boys. It’s awonderful still in California but evidently driving a soccer no one fell off! He did not, however, say observations are shared by many of us who Maine summer experience. Y More great carpool but not any Hollywood starlets) has whether he’d be flying in for reunion next enjoy reading up on our former classmates. hockey news with Northeastern University been working for the Oakland Unified School year. Y Elliot Kolodny and friends have been You can read Sue’s entire entry on our online coach Greg Cronin’s name attached. Greg District for almost nine years. She teaches busy with an equally dangerous “sport” of column at www.colby.edu/mag. was named Hockey East Coach of the Year by ESL to adult immigrants and will be presenting

Colby / Summer 2009 45 alumni at large the league. In his fourth season at NU Greg status, and I was quoted numerous times NewStreamH2O, which focuses on indus- 1991 guided the Huskies to a 25-10-4 campaign subsequently as a member of the creditors trial wastewater management, materials David Shumway and a second-place finish in the league’s committee formed to negotiate debt relief recovery, and waste-to-energy. His company [email protected] regular-season standings, their highest finish for the company, and entered into a very is transforming its 260-acre campus in since 1987-88. public ‘brawl’ with Bill Gross, the world’s Attleboro, Mass., into a regional clean tech As the Class of 1991 closes in on 40th largest bond investor, which I ultimately hub, and Jon is eager to talk to any other birthdays, several classmates celebrated 1987 won. (Thanks for the payback. Because Bill companies that might be interested in relo- with a ski trip to British Columbia: Sandy Scott Lainer Gross kicked my butt in Monopoly, even cating. Y Lilly Dimling just returned from a Colhoun, Doug Fenn, Jeff Fort, Kurt Whited, [email protected] though he cheated!) Where was I? Ah yes, year in Sydney where she got a master’s in and Noah Smith ’98. Sandy is the director back to Dave. “In late December, the govern- sustainable development. She also spent of development at New Hampton School. I’m sad to report that we lost a valued member ment approved GMAC’s application, and it time volunteering in Africa and traveling in He and his wife, Selina, have a 9-month-old of our class recently, Art Nagle. I don’t know was successfully brought from the edge South Africa, Kenya, Egypt, and Jordan. She daughter and live on a beautiful dirt road in how many of you encountered Art or were of bankruptcy. GMAC was somewhat of a looked forward to a mini-reunion in St. Louis central N.H. Doug bought White Otter Raft- lucky enough to know him well while at Colby, precedent-setting transaction. It initiated a with Louise Tranchin, Lisa Troeger Kalar, ing Company based in Sunbeam, Idaho. but if you spent even five minutes with this wave of bank holding company applications M’evie Mead, and Melissa Early Ruwitch. Jeff sells shrimp and is building a business tall, magnetic gentleman, you instantly recall by non-bank finance companies with small Y Suzi Schumann Van Alstyne is busier than empire. Kurt married Dawn Ellen Kirkland in his genuine smile and radiant warmth. You bank subsidiaries like CIT. We also invested all of us—she had triplets October 11, 2007. July. Sandy also reports that Dana Stinson knew he was one of those people who made in all those, too.” (I invested in Chrysler. Suzi and her family live in Lafayette, Colo., is in Africa doing amazing work (find her the world more connected just for being in it. Dave may have done a bit better.) Y Finally, and frequently see Kim King Poplawski and on Facebook), Don Stauffer is working for Sometimes I think those are the people who I use all 650 allotted words in every Colby Julie Lewis Petersen with their respective Kodak in New York, and Bill Sprong is build- are called away first, because they are just magazine, so let me dispel the rumor that kids. Y Andrew Ian Dodge spoke at reunion ing high-end homes in Sun Valley, Idaho. Y a bit too good, a bit too valuable to wait for John “Gin Pup” Collins ’85 was awarded on Saturday and signed his book and CD Brad Willard and his wife, Anju, welcomed the next life. Send his family your positive the Presidential Medal of Freedom for his with his wife, Kim Benson Dodge. Y The ice twins Chase Parkash and Zara Eastwood thoughts, and hug your kids. Y Jeff Russell lifelong efforts to forge peace throughout the storm knocked out power to Debbie Mann in early December. Brad also met up with says, “I recently joined Merrill Bank in lovely globe. Actually, it was just a 2-for-1 coupon Johnson’s home in Harvard, Mass., for a Fred Stewart on a sales trip in Austin; Fred Bangor, Maine, as a wealth management guy. for CoffeeMate™. Hardly worth this effusive week last winter, but she is happy for the lives in Portland and is a sales manager for It’s a perfect amalgamation of my liberal arts, praise and national publicity. As for the other extra firewood and the sunshine that now Widmer Brothers brewing. Y Patricia (Trish) college development, legal, investment, and rumor—that I married Carmen Elektra then makes its way through the treetops! Debbie Biros has been “backwards but busy” since marketing careers to date. I really enjoy help- got a quickie divorce so I could marry my started a new job as administrative secretary graduating Colby: she bought a house at ing clients get things sorted out. Otherwise, current wife—yes, that is true. Y Stay happy, for a professor in the research department 23, finished grad school at 26, continued a it’s full-time parenting per usual. The kids are classmates. Make the most of every day. And at McLean Hospital in Belmont, Mass. As successful career as director of the Pediatric hilarious teens, and I recently spent a week avoid KC strip steaks (one Bangor resident part of her job she is editorial assistant for Cardio-Pulmonary Exercise Laboratory at flying an antique airplane around the Midwest in particular)! the journal Archives of General Psychiatry. Hasbro Children’s Hospital for over 15 visiting friends, listening to St. Louis blues Debbie’s husband, Andy ’87, works at years, had a son via artificial insemination guitarists, and eating as much KC strip steak 1989 Protein Forest in Lexington and tends his at age 37, and is now engaged to Daniel K. as I could get my hands on.” (Two words for Y Anita L. Terry two beehives at home. Y Unfortunately, I Mitchell at age 40. My old roommate Rob you Jeff: rice cakes.) Y Jane Nicol Manuel [email protected] wasn’t at reunion this time around. I had my Deacon and his wife welcomed Logan Wyatt loved seeing Teri Scally Kinsella, husband own reunion with Tracy Gionfriddo and her Deacon in January 2008. Rob reports that Tim, and three boys in Charleston for spring I have sad news to report after we’ve just daughter but hope to make it to our 25th. I Logan is absolutely the most amazing thing break. “We took Ft. Sumter by storm! I then celebrated our 20th reunion—our class has hope those of you went had fun. Send lots he has ever done in his life. Also welcoming traveled to NYC with my son, Andrew, for his two fewer members than when last I wrote. of pictures and stories! their first children are Chris and Becca Pratt spring break, and we had a great breakfast Jon Robinson died Feb. 24, and Rob Garland Bromark and Glenn and Beth Perry Brown. with Sara Bengur Hock. So much fun to died April 25. If you want memorial informa- 1990 Juliette Isabelle Bromark was born in June catch up!” (Hmmm. Jane saw Bengur. tion for Rob or Jon, let me know. Thanks to Barbara Clark Bullock 2008 and they look forward to lots of outdoor Jeff’s in Bangor. Coincidence? I think not.) Heidi Dill LeBlanc, who let me know about [email protected] adventures this summer. Erica Brown was Y David Bullock is head of the ‘distressed Jon. Please keep their families and friends in born in November 2008, and prior to her and special situations’ investment strategy your thoughts. YKaari Busick relocated from It’s been an active first quarter for the Frymier arrival Beth was “showered” with nursery for a $3 billion hedge fund. Catch this: he Seattle to Chicago, where she is freelancing clan. First, in February, Matt and his wife, hand-me-downs from Ellen Donaldson, came up with the idea for GMAC to become as a writer and editor. She had a visit from Catherine, welcomed twins Cole, a boy, Charlotte Reece Moore, and Kinda Remick a bank holding company to access the bank Jennifer Joseph, and she hopes to return the and Morgan, a girl, who join sisters Parker Priestley ’90. Y The farthest update came guarantee program and preferred stock favor by visiting Jen in Pittsburgh. Kaari got and Hadley, bringing them to four under 4! from Cory Snow in Wanaka, New Zealand. investment program, which was added to the to see Mary LaPointe Farley before she left Second, in January, Matt was named head of Cory is wrapping up his sabbatical studies general TARP program last October. (Pretty Seattle. Kaari is reconnecting with lots of global strategic capital for Bank of America with a trip to Otago University to see how impressive, Dave. I came up with the idea for classmates on LinkedIn. Y Add a prestigious Merrill Lynch, managing the combined teachers are trained in literacy. He’s had a lot putting Cocoa Pebbles on pizza, which has journalism award to the honors Tim Burton companies’ strategic alternative investment of visitors lately, including Jay Stabile ’89, and not taken off yet. But I’ll keep you all posted.) has received. Writing as Rosette Royale for portfolio of approximately $10 billion. Y Dan looks forward to seeing many Colby friends Says David, “As a bondholder, I pressured the Seattle’s Real Change newspaper, Tim won Spurgin’s son, Nathan Grover Rushmore on his return to the Northern Hemisphere in company to apply for bank holding company the small-circulation feature-writing award Spurgin, was born Dec 17. They already July. Y Chris Brown wrote from Vermont on status since it had a small FDIC-insured bank- from the Society of Professional Journal- requested and received a Colby admis- a few final days of skiing at Stowe. He has ing facility, which would serve as the basis ists. You can read about Tim’s award and sions application for Nathan! Dan, Angie, been teaching skiing on the weekends and for its application. My letter to the CFO, in get a link to his award-winning article at and Nathan expect all you 90ers out there holidays. During the week he owns a real which I outlined my proposal, was published http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/ to block out early June 2010 for a reunion estate advisory firm that continues to grow in a New York Times article. One week after localnews/2009079250_realchange18m. trip to Waterville! Y Paul Neidich wrote that as individuals seek alternatives to the stock the Times story, GMAC announced it was html. Congratulations, Buh! Y Jon Nash is his second son, Ethan, was born in 2002. market. His wife, Rebecca Winokur, recently applying to the Fed for bank holding company now director of business development for “retired” as a practicing sports medicine

46 Colby / Summer 2009 doctor to take a job as a content editor with and his fiancée also enjoy the South Shore, Allscripts, a leading provider of electronic and have recently moved to Scituate, my medical records. Their son, Chase, turned 90s newsmakers hometown. Y Amy O’Mara Moore lives in 3 in April. Y Kit and Jeremy Grant have Hingham, Mass., with her husband, Roger, three children: Brendan, 13, Kayli, 12, and The National Housing & Rehabilitation Association and kids Susanna, 6, and James, 3. Unlike Emmy, 8. They’ve lived almost 10 years in named Todd Alexander ’92 winner of the 2008 J. Timothy me, who had trouble getting this column Anderson Award for Excellence in Historic Rehabilitation. Omaha, Neb., where Jeremy is the senior together on time, Amy successfully juggles The award, in the large affordable housing category, pastor of Covenant Presbyterian Church. motherhood and work as a lawyer. Y Jon honors outstanding real estate projects that involve He will celebrate being a pastor for 14 years Yormak is a principal in the commercial rehabilitation of older, historic buildings using federal in June. Last October Jeremy was awarded historic rehabilitation tax credits. Alexander and AB real estate firm Broadway Partners in New the Nebraska Pastor of the Year award by Apartments in Portland, Maine, are the developers, and York City, where his duties include serving the Nebraska Family Council, in recognition the award is for a project in Kansas City, Mo. F The John on the firm’s investment committee and of his role in leading a regional outreach Burroughs Association announced that Franklin Bur- overseeing its capital markets activities. Jon event in July 2007 that brought together Kate Conklin Ciriello ’98 roughs, author of Confluence: Merrymeeting Bay, won its was recently honored by the UJA-Federation, more than 300 congregations. He returned 2009 Burroughs Medal Award. The book’s photographer, and its Allied Trades Division’s Real Estate in April from Kajo Keji, South Sudan, where Heather Perry Weafer ’93, is also recognized for her depiction of Merrymeeting Bay’s Executives (REX), for his decade of service he led a team that treated at least 6,000 rich marine life. Perry’s work has appeared in Maine Times, Dive International (UK), to the organization, which Jon identifies people with roughly $1M in medications, Le Monde (Paris), and Georama Experiment (Greece). F BusinessWest named Kate as “one of the most expansive charitable provided water purification for 14 villages, Conklin Ciriello ’98 one of the 2009 40 Under Forty program honorees. Ciriello is an organizations in the world.” Jon also sits and offered the first-ever Christian outreach executive-development program consultant at MassMutual. She helped organize the on the board of directors for The Children’s of this sort in five villages. This summer Jer- company’s United Way Day of Caring, a campaign that gets workers to volunteer at local Hearing Institute. Y Holly Coxe Brittingham emy’s congregation is sending him to work in nonprofits. Ciriello was also elected to serve on the board of directors of SquareO ne, is married with two stepchildren, 18 and 16. the Scottish Highlands for nearly four weeks an organization that supports low-income families in Springfield, Mass. They live in North Attleboro, Mass., where to teach at pastors’ conferences, preach in husband Joshua is an artist. Check out his local congregations, and assist in a Christian milestones work at www.darkhorsedesigns.net. Holly festival similar to the one he helped lead in works for Fidelity Investments running leader- Deaths: W. Corbett Bishop ’93, May 1, 2009, in Arusha, Tanzania, at 38. Omaha. Y Thanks for all the news—keep up ship development programs for executives the good work! Marriages: Chad W. Higgins ’97 to Alexandra M. Roberts in Rye, N.H. F Marjorie G. and is excited to be a first-time dog owner Guglielmo ‘98 to Peter C. Lacaillade in Orleans, Mass. of an energetic whippet mix. Y Michelle 1992 Addario and her husband, Charles Hackett, Karen Wu Births: A son, Adam, to Yawa Duse-Anthony ’97 and Scot Foster F A daughter, Emma, live in Merrimac, Mass., with kids Audrey, 4, [email protected] to Michael and Vanessa Newell Coutu ’97 F A son, Elliot James, to Casey and Karen and Nathaniel, 20 months. While she is a Blaisdel Faiman ’97 F A daughter, Marie Elena, to Jennifer Rose ’98 and Charlie full-time stay-at-home mom, Michelle finds It is springtime and I bet the campus we all Costanza ’98 time to teach an online Spanish course. Y know and love is looking absolutely beauti- And last but not least, Dan O’Grady, who ful. Y Amy Vreeland recently got engaged lives in Hawaii, is the proud new owner of a to James Dow. Amy currently manages the wedding is scheduled for September in reports, “is just an errant die toss from my rather large tattoo, inked by a tattoo artist corporate communications at New Balance New Jersey. Y Thank you to those who sent in office.” Y Matt and Kat Smyth Lane are the who also worked on Tommy Lee. No, I didn’t in Boston. A fall wedding is planned in some news. For those who are disappointed proud parents of twins Miles and Evelyn, born make that up. Check out the Facebook pics Falmouth. Y Jim Conrad sent in news from that this column is so short, drop me a line in February. The twins weighed a whopping 8 if you want proof. Congrats, Dan! Y Please Munich, Germany, where he’s worked for the or two next time around. lbs., 1oz., and 6 lbs., 11oz., respectively. Y send me news on where you are and what direct private equity arm of Allianz SE for the Lesley Frymier Cook welcomed her second you’re up to! It’s been fun to reconnect and past eight years. He and his wife, Lori, have 1993 baby boy in February. Matthew joins big I look forward to more news. two young children and a third on the way Jill Moran Baxter brother Mason, 18 months old. Y Beth this July. Both kids are growing up bilingually [email protected] Curran Balter enjoys time at home with 1995 and currently attend local German schools. her daughters, Stella, 4, and Annabel, 1, Yuhgo Yamaguchi He figures in another year or two they’ll Thanks to all who sent greetings and updates! although she hopes to join the workforce [email protected] start correcting his German. If anyone from I live in Scituate, Mass., where I’m at home sometime down the line, if all the jobs don’t the Class of 1992 is going through Munich with my boys, Jed, 8, Ty, 6, and Luke, almost 4. evaporate in this economy. Beth keeps in Specialist Abe Rogers, of the U.S. Army, is at and wants to catch up (or babysit), send I recently joined Facebook and have enjoyed touch with Kat Creeden Skulte and Sharon Fort Bragg, N.C., and is expecting to complete him an e-mail at [email protected]. catching up with some of you in cyberspace. Rosen DiPietro, and she recently visited his duties there in June 2009. “I’m looking Y Amy Moody McGrath got together with Via Facebook I learned that while my family Betsy Arden Rickards and Betsy’s new baby at another deployment to Afghanistan if I Lisa Miller O’Connor, Kelly Harris Kenny, and I lived in London last year we were right girl. She credits Facebook with helping her get stop-lossed, so we’ll see,” writes Abe. Y and Sherri Beals Poi to celebrate Sherri’s in Chris Wilder’s neighborhood! Y Paul and reconnect with Sarah Nagle Spataro, who is Mike Keller and his wife, Lisa, had twin girls, beautiful wedding in Sedona, Ariz., over the Angela Tennett Butler are happily settled in a yoga instructor in Orange County. Beth plans Serena Hope and Giuliana Brielle, Dec 26, July 4th week. All of them have been in touch Bangor, Maine, where Angela is VP for com- to run the Falmouth Road Race in August and 2008. Y All is going well on Nantucket island with Jessica Medoff, who lives in CT with her mercial lending at Peoples of Connecticut. would like to organize a Class of ’93 run. Any for Noah Learner and his family. His wife, Lori, three boys. Y Gus and Heather Ferguson Paul and Angela have three children, Mary, interested runners out there, send an e-mail gave birth to their second son, Dylan, Jan. 7, Coldebella welcomed daughter Tenley Tanner 12, Katie, 10, and Tommy, 5. Paul works and I’ll forward it to Beth. Y Chris Chin met 2008. He joins their first, Calvin, 2 1/2. “I feel Coldebella into the world Feb. 2. She sent as the director of gifted and talented and up with Rick Wallace and Dave Bartlett in blessed all around,” writes Noah. He is the along a cute picture but I can’t post it here. Title One programs for the Bangor Schools March for a weekend at Killington. Rick and general manager of Young’s Bicycle Shop and Trust me, she’s adorable. They are exhausted Department, where he had been a principal Dave spent time ripping up the slopes, while is very busy building Web sites on the side but are enjoying every minute! Y Rachel for five years. Paul trades insulting texts with Chinny took in some March Madness off the (www.learnerdesign.com). He speaks regu- Klein-Ash passed along the good news that Jeff Zlot, who lives in San Francisco, and mountain. Chinny still lives in Duxbury, Mass., larly with Brian Gressler, Jason Reifler, Marc Steve Swartz is engaged to Heather Witte and often sees Tobin Slaven, whose house, Paul and loves it. He reports that Dave Bartlett Moody, and Scott Koles. YBrooke Lorenzen

Colby / Summer 2009 47 alumni at large married Damon Frutos in June 2006, and she had a son in June 2008. Y Chad and Emma Spenner Norman welcomed their second son, Luke Thomas Norman, March 5, 2009. World Vision | Graham Macmillan ’97 Luke’s brother, Parker, is smitten with the new Some 400 million people worldwide, most in addition. Emma recently obtained her Ph.D. in environmental geography at the University rural areas of developing countries, do not have of British Columbia (UBC), where she con- access to simple reading glasses. Graham Macmillan ducted research on trans-boundary water ’97 and his partners at the nonprofit VisionSpring governance issues. She teaches environ- have developed an innovative way to address this mental studies courses at Northwest Indian problem—but they’re not giving it away. College in Bellingham, Wash., and works on VisionSpring’s business model is rooted in water security issues with the program on theories of microfinance: They train low-income water governance at UBC. Y Michele Elliot people in India, Bangladesh, Ghana, Guatemala, and and Brian Carovillano moved to Atlanta last El Salvador, among other countries, to start micro- June, where Brian accepted a new position franchises to sell reading glasses. And the benefits go with the Associated Press as a regional editor beyond the individual seller. “Using reading glasses for the South. They’re expecting their second for the first time, aging farmers can again work fields child this summer and were in California efficiently and career textile workers can sew faster recently visiting Liz Keith. Y On Sept. 4, and more accurately,” Macmillan said. Indeed, the 2008, Julie and Dennis Nations became incentive of greater efficiency and career longevity income. “The price hurts enough where it makes a parents to twins! Zack Joseph Nations and has led to sales of 240,000 pairs of reading glasses difference,” Macmillan said, “but it also enables the Samantha Suzanne Nations. They join their worldwide in the past six years by VisionSpring’s customer to say, ‘I don’t have to buy this, you aren’t older brother, Jake, 2. “Life is a bit nuts 900 entrepreneurs. giving this to me.’ It’s the dignity of choice.” right now—the sleep deprivation has been To start off, VisionSpring sets up each The innovation yet overall simplicity of the pretty brutal,” writes Dennis, but the growing entrepreneur with, quite literally, a business in a bag. model has led to accolades. The Economist, NBC family is doing well. Dennis works at Babson It is filled with about 25 pairs of reading glasses, Nightly News, National Public Radio, and the College as the director of graduate admis- 15 pairs of sunglasses, a uniform, and cleaning International Herald Tribune have profiled the sions. Y T.J. Maines is the head coach of the men’s basketball team at Thomas College in cloths. The entrepreneurs are then trained how to foundation, while former President Bill Clinton Waterville. This past season he led the team screen for presbyopia, or up-close blurry vision, and called the foundation his “favorite commitment” to an 11-3 record and clinched first place other related eye problems, and they learn how to from his Clinton Global Initiative meeting in 2007. in the North Atlantic Conference. This was successfully run a sustainable business. Despite the media attention, VisionSpring, like the first time Thomas College achieved 10 The vision entrepreneur then travels door Macmillan, keeps its focus on the service provided. wins in a season since 1986; T.J. was named to door, some village to village, screening for “There is so much power in this simple product, the NAC Coach of the Year for his efforts. Y presbyopia. Those who show symptoms of because the benefit is instantaneous,” Macmillan Caleb Mason will begin teaching this fall at presbyopia then have the option to buy glasses said. “You put on a pair of glasses and you can Southwestern Law School in Los Angeles. for between four and nine dollars, which in some immediately see the difference.” A former assistant United States attorney communities is a substantial percentage of the buyer’s —Brendan Sullivan ’06 in the Southern District of California, Caleb will initially teach Constitutional Criminal Procedure and Evidence and may later pres- of this incomprehensible tragedy. It was great, totally KA. Y Ed Bourque expects to receive Whitney Glockner, who lives in the Bay ent courses in areas such as constitutional albeit bittersweet, to hear from all of you. Y his Ph.D. in geography from King’s College Area and is getting married in August 2009. law, criminal law theory, jurisprudence, and After eight years of marriage, Tatum Calder London this summer. His Ph.D. is a case (Congrats, Whitney!) Y And, finally, on April law and religious institutions. Sinclair has two boys, Cole, 4, and Reese, 2. study in access to water in Tanzania, and he 26, Gregg LeBlanc, Ryan Sullivan, Jeff Her brother, Adrian, continues to fly F-18s for wants hear from other alumni working in water Sklarz, I, and seemingly countless others 1996 the Navy in Afghanistan, whooping up on the and sanitation/international development: ate donuts. This is not usually newsworthy, Brad Smith Taliban. Tatum frequently sees Caroline Bird [email protected]. Y Erica Casano but trust me: it is. Y Well, that’s the notes for [email protected] McGowan, who has two children, Patrick, 2, Spater has fun in Portsmouth, N.H., with now. They’re hard to write, so please keep and Madeline, 4 months, and Rachel Simson husband Kitter and daughter Georgia, 2. Y them coming. And on behalf all those who This column is hereby dedicated to Alison D’Antonio, who lives in CT with children Luke, Peter Bennett writes from northern California knew you, we will miss you dearly, Tex Mex. Werner Barton, who died in a car accident 5, and Ben, 3. Y Sandler Passman is getting that he’s working for the U.S. Geological Our sympathies remain with the Werner and March 1, 2009. Her memorial service was married in June to Shana Levy of Richmond, Survey. In his free time he’s out whitewater Barton families to this very day. held March 6 at the Winchester Unitarian Va. This is arguably Sandler’s finest moment kayaking and chasing rainbows. Y Chris and Church in Winchester, Mass. Two busloads since canning a sweet spot-up jay to seal a Kylie (Jessica) Taphorn Thoma welcomed of her colleagues at State Street Bank, Load Team victory in iPlay hoops in 1996. Y Griffin Christopher Thoma in February 2009. 1997 countless Colby alumni, and friends, family, Aaron Schlechter married Alexa Goodson In August Kylie returns to her job as in-house Leah Tortola Walton and mourners gathered to remember Alison, in Fairfield, Conn., on Valentine’s Day 2009. counsel for the California Department of [email protected] celebrate her life, and grieve together. Rachel In attendance were Nolan Yamashiro, Brian Corrections in Sacramento. She hears from Moritz O’Connell is compiling a letter that will Stenger, Chris Dawkins, and James Howley. Nozomi Kishimoto Reichow, her first-year Katherine Lawn married Prashant Chouta in reside on the Colby Class of 1996 Web site as Aaron works for Amy Greene Environmental roommate, who lives in Tokyo with her hus- August 2007 in Pennsylvania and in Decem- a virtual class tribute to Alison’s life. A special Consultants, Inc., on storm water and ecologi- band and daughter, Noa. Nozomi works for ber 2007 in Mumbai. In attendance at the thanks to all of you who wrote in, many with cal restoration projects in NYC. Aaron is a Royal Bank of Scotland. Kylie also keeps in U.S. wedding were Tricia and Steve DiLella, notes of remembrance about Alison, and I’m credentialed CPESC (certified professional touch with Linnea Basu, who is in Boston Hyun Jung, Vaj Muas, Kate and Christian thankful for those who reconnected as a result in erosion and sediment control), which and works for Northeastern University, and Winkley, Lisa Woo, Maylene (Cummings ’96)

48 Colby / Summer 2009 and Erik Mitchell, Linnea Basu ’96, Nozomi eight years respectively. After a brief stint at Hurty (Bucknell ’99) in our hometown of and teaching her how to hang fish and cut Kishimoto Reichow ’96, and Kylie Taphorn home in northwestern Pennsylvania on their Darien, Conn. Bridesmaids included Karena caribou. Hopefully, by next June, she’ll be Thoma ’96. The Indian wedding celebrations whitetail deer farm, they now work in Bris- Bullock Bailey and Heather Fine. Also in Dr. Eichelberger. She was surprised to find were larger and longer and were followed by bane, Australia, before another move to the attendance were Allison Birdsong, Scott in Ambler, one of her field sites, that she is a fabulous trip to Kerala. Prashant and Kate new ExxonMobil LNG project in Papua, New Whitlow, Alex and Becky Thornton Leach, predated by Nick Jans ’77. Y Since college now live in the San Francisco Bay Area, where Guinea. They look forward to the new adven- Matt and Katie Lawrence Sawatzky, and Dan Zipin went to University of New England Kate works as managing editor of publications ture. Y After nine great years in Cleveland, Abby Healy (who is engaged to Sundar Argan College of Osteopathic Medicine and did his at the Institute of East Asian Studies at UC Andy Kruppa moved to Miami Beach this and plans to wed in June 2010). Y Nicole residency at Boston University; he is now Berkeley. Y Curt and Simone Kaplan Cote winter and passed the Florida bar exam. He Fallat married Jason Zabriskie in a beautiful finishing an interventional spine fellowship welcomed a daughter, Margot, Feb. 8, 2009. expected a visit from LuWaun Curry in May. outdoor ceremony in Seattle. Dr. Colleen in California and will return with his fiancée, Simone saw Rob Gimpel recently while he Schwartz was a bridesmaid and Emily Dowd Meghan Delaney, to the New England area was visiting Boston and she sees Tay Evans 1998 attended. Y Laurie Roberts got married in August. Dan and Meghan are set to wed in and Dave Hanauer pretty regularly. Everyone Brian M. Gill May 2 in Washington, D.C., to Doug Eliason Vermont in November. Brian DiBello, Andy is doing well. Y Richard and Cindy Bissoon [email protected] (Trinity ’96). Kelly Field Green and Martha King, Sean Foley, Peter Shapiro, Reed Wolff welcomed their first child, Isabella, in Stewart Gonzalez were bridesmaids. YKatie Bundy ’00 and Kelly Fanning ’00, Ben ’00 August 2008. Cindy was recently promoted to Tina Goudreau Collison was recently granted Haas Penfield enjoys life in Crested Butte, and Liz Magyar Stockwell ’98, and Jeremy intake director for Community Psychiatry and tenure and is an associate professor of chem- Colo., where she celebrated her one-year Donovan ’00 will attend. Y Steve Murphy Substance Abuse Services for North Shore- istry at the Rochester Institute of Technology. anniversary to Chris Penfield—they married completed an M.A in law and diplomacy at LIJ Glen Cove Hospital in Long Island, N.Y. Y Y Congratulations also to Andrew Porter and last June on the summer solstice. Y Steve The Fletcher School at Tufts last August and Pat McBride shares the following: “Andrew his wife, Becky, who, along with their 3-year and Maegan Carey Storey live in Chatham, just graduated from the Harvard School of Pease recently purchased a small prop plane old son Wyatt, welcomed a new baby Jan. Mass., and had a baby girl, Georgia Mae Public Health, where he earned an M.P.H. in and has obtained his pilot’s license—he is in 26: Owen Matthew Porter. Owen gets his Storey, Sept. 10, 2008! Y Jessica Banos global health policy and management. Steve the process of putting a landing strip in the middle name from Becky’s brother, Matt Burton had a baby girl, Avery Elena, Oct. 8. served as a social entrepreneurship fellow at backyard of his (somewhat) newly purchased Huse ’99. Y Shannon Baker had a second Her son, Christopher, 2 1/2, loves being a the Center for Public Leadership at the Ken- home in Andover, Mass. Andrew Black and child, Benjamin Baker Klemesrud, Feb. 14, big brother. Y Eric and Amy Erdmann Sholk nedy School while at Harvard. Steve entered John Hebert returned to campus Feb. 14 2009. She still practices family medicine in had their second baby boy, Benjamin Patrick, the U.S. Foreign Service as a political affairs for a dinner honoring Colby head basketball Texas. Her husband is an F-16 pilot for the Nov. 3. They are all doing well and enjoying officer in May and will participate in State coach Dick Whitmore and, much like riding a Air Force reserves and has been deployed to their new home in Sudbury, Mass. Y Emmett Department initiatives related to economic bicycle, found their way to AMS, where they Iraq for a short tour. Y Amy Forrer and Erik Beliveau and his wife welcomed their first development, public health, and peace played beer die with underclassmen until Waters ’00 had twins Feb. 4, 2009: Elsa and child Nov. 3. Y Bob ’97 and Alison Rainey building. Y Jean-Paul Lipton has been busy 2:30 a.m. Dave McLaughlin reached the Olin. Y Becky Troeger planned to marry Mike Doak had a little boy, Benjamin Thomas starting up his fly fishing business. Between 100-win mark as the head men’s basketball Ostrowski June 7 in Canterbury, Conn. She Doak, on Election Day, Nov. 4. Y Brian and filling commercial fly orders, guiding clients, coach at Stonehill College, advancing his met Mike about 20 years ago while in junior Alexis Azar Posnanski welcomed their first and blogging on his Web site, JP managed to team to the NCAA tournament and a top-25 high together. Y During recent travels to New child, Owen Azar Posnanski, Dec. 26, 2008. get his business featured in the Wall Street national ranking.” YCarter Davis and his wife Zealand, Katherine and Andrew Littell com- Alexis and Brian are exhausted but loving Journal. Check it out at www.roughfisher. enjoyed spring in D.C. with their 1-year-old, pleted seven consecutive tandem bungee every minute with their belated Christmas com. JP reports that Jonathan Brooks is in Maisie. They were host to Mark and Chrissy jumps in order to commemorate their child- gift. Y It’s a girl! Donn Downey is a proud his first year at Albany Med, working on his Killheffer Sinclair for spring break with their hood friend, Lundgren. Y Claire Overgaag shepherd to four sheep and one new baby master’s as a physician’s assistant. He has twin 4-year-old daughters. They all visited Barnaba has lived in the San Francisco Bay lamb named Letter. Louise, 3, named her been fishing a ton these past few years in with Cy Stahlberg, who also lives in D.C. Area since her move from Boston in 2002. on July 13. And, by the way, Kristen (North) northern Vermont and chased lots of steel- Carter wrote, “We’re waiting for the next She has since gotten married and has one boy and Donn’s newest baby girl, Mavis, turned head last winter on Lake Ontario tributaries. Colby wedding (??) to try and catch up with and expected a baby girl in May. She works 1 on May 13. Y Kelly Williams Ramot and Y After eight years with SnoCountry, David others.” Y Kara and Mark House had a little as a nurse practitioner in a private OB/GYN her family moved from the San Francisco Black is pursuing a new opportunity heading girl, Laura, June 6, 2008. Big sister Sophia practice. Y Keith Phifer and his wife, Molly, Bay Area to Manhattan in April 2008 and up operations at Recovery Control Systems was and continues to be very excited. Y Sam had their first baby, Harris Streeter Phifer, live on the Upper West Side. She continues (RCS), a small-package auditing firm that and Wendy Ridder Bergh welcomed their Feb. 2, 2009. He was born 19 inches long, to work with the American Jewish Committee guarantees packages and secures all credits/ daughter, Violet, March 8. They cannot wait weighed 7 lbs., 9 ozs., and is growing like and is finishing up her master’s in nonprofit refunds to the carrier accounts for delinquent for Violet to meet all of her Colby friends. Y a weed. Molly, Harris, and Keith are happily management at The New School. The newest packages. Y Keep sending the good news! Anna Thomson Patterson lives in Bozeman, living in Milton, Mass. Y Bianca Guzman member of the Ramot family, Raphael, was Mont., with her husband and her daughter, and Alexander Wick are very happy with their born on big brother Noam’s second birth- 2000 Zasha Tinsley Wick, now 16 months. Bianca’s Quinnell. She shared, “I recently ventured a day in March 2008. Y Walter Wang has Meg Bernier Boyd few blocks down the road to Molly Stratton’s business as a fashion stylist for toddlers/ embarked on a new project consulting on [email protected] house for some dinner and bananagrams. I children—Mini Fashionistas in Training—is the tax aspects and state incentives related also see Hilary Peterson Klug regularly with going strong despite the recession. They to alternative energy projects—a venture David Barr Kirtley excitedly announces her daughter, Carson, and her son, Finn. The currently live in sunny Paradise Valley, Ariz., called Sunflower Tax (www.sunflowertax. that his short story, The Skull Faced Boy, Colby contingency is strong here in Bozeman. and will spend most of the summer in Laguna com). Y Laura Eichelberger is finishing her was published in the zombie anthology The Funny little side note: our pediatrician went Beach, Calif., and at their ranch in Colorado. fieldwork on water scarcity in Arctic Alaska Living Dead, which also featured work by to Bates ... should I trust him?” Y Jennifer Y Hope the summer is going great! native villages for her Ph.D. in cultural authors Stephen King, Clive Barker, and Neil O’Neill and Tom Killilea are engaged to be anthropology at the University of Arizona. Gaiman. Y C. Bradley Russell continues to married in August in York, Maine. Y Mike 1999 For the better part of a year she’s lived in live happily in Boston with her husband, Outslay and his wife welcomed their first Lindsay Hayes Hurty Inupiaq Eskimo communities learning about James, and her hound dog, Dudley. She works child, Anastasia, Feb. 13, 2009. They live [email protected] their culture and their struggles to obtain for Oke USA, a fair trade banana importer.* in Colorado. Y Greg and Amanda Sprang sufficient water to protect community health. Although he still calls Melbourne home, Jeff I’m so excited to report that I (Lindsay Manelick left the ExxonMobil project on People have been incredibly generous in Daniels’s work on a documentary about Hayes Hurty) got married Feb. 28 to Blaine Sakhalin Island, Russia, after 11 years and welcoming her into their lives, feeding her, the controversial Jewish advocacy group,

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Jewish Defense League, has him jumping Matthew Carter and Meredith Strasnick ’02 Yale’s School of Forestry and Environmental 2003 between Australia, Los Angeles, and New had their first child, Max Benjamin Carter, in Science while continuing to work for Time Inc. Lauren Tiberio York City. Y If you’re hunting for auto parts, January. Y Tim Grayson and Melanie Stein in NYC. She enjoyed captaining a 12-person [email protected] Adam Cramer may be your man. He recently are planning a 2010 wedding in Jackson relay team, which included Andrew Quale started an Internet company called the Frugal Hole. Tim represented Colby at the alumni ’01, to run 175 miles from Woodstock, N.Y., Hi all. Hope everyone’s enjoying the warm Mechanic (www.frugalmechanic.com), which night at Jackson Hole High School recently to the Bronx in May. Y Katie Lazdowski and weather. Y Brendan Fitzpatrick spent the allows customers to quickly and easily find and thinks he may have some applications her husband, Artie McCollum, have served last few years living in Baltimore, Md., while the lowest prices on auto parts. Y On March on the way! He has been teaching special in the Peace Corps in Mali since July 2008. attending the University of Maryland School 28 Megan Davis Poor and husband Jared education at Jackson Hole High School this Katie works with local teachers in primary of Law. Despite the Charm City’s reputation Woodward-Poor celebrated the arrival of Max year. Tim sees Jon Natkin frequently, when schools and helps integrate French language for murder and corruption, Brendan really Walker Poor, who joins older brother Jesse, 2. Jon isn’t skiing the high peaks of the Tetons. into school curriculum. She is missing enjoys it, and he’s accepted a position work- ing as an attorney for a firm downtown. He The family lives in Burlington, Vt., with their Y Lauren Schaad is finishing her first year of her washing machine these days. Y Steve lives in the Federal Hill neighborhood with three-year-old dog, Brian. Y Laurel Genetti Thunderbird’s M.B.A. program. She’ll travel to Hooper will attend Tuck School of Business Alida Malcom and would love to hear from Kemp is thrilled to announce the arrival of Nepal this summer to study microfinance and at Dartmouth this fall. Y Matthew Koontz any alums in the area. Y Bianca Belcher will her first daughter, Bella, born March 27. She intern with Grameen Trust in Bangladesh. Y graduated from Ross School of Business with start her M.P.H. at Dartmouth this July—per- celebrated with Miranda Eberle Freberg at Annie Eisinger Powers graduated from the Devon Douglas ’03 and moved to Seattle this fect timing given the swine flu outbreak this her baby shower. Laurel enjoyed a few months University of Utah with her M.D. and Ph.D. summer to join a slew of other Colby alums. past spring! Y Kate Hughes Herd still lives of maternity leave before returning to her work last May and will be starting her residency Y Greg Jaboin lives in Utah and works for Y in England, working as the buyer for a music as a critical care nurse. After graduating in in pediatrics in Salt Lake City this summer. Fidelity Investments, Inc., as an advisor. Y publisher. Kate, Liz Jackson, and Christiana June from her OB/GYN residency at Maine She and her husband, Matt, had their first Stephanie Looney lives in San Diego and Salah plan a roommate mini-reunion when Medical Center in Portland, Sarah Czok plans baby, Nora Eisinger Powers, Aug. 9, 2008. works as a pediatric RN at Rady Children’s they are all back in the NY/Boston area this to move to New York City to start a three-year Y Pam Foxley Arifian continues her work Hospital. Stephanie recently got engaged gynecologic oncology fellowship at NYU. Y as a community-sustainability planner in summer. Y Andrew Umans is also stationed to Tadeusz (Ted) Smykal and set a wed- Dave Famiglietti continues to work for Bank southern California. She and her husband, abroad—he’ll spend the summer working in ding date for June 2010 in Massachusetts. of America, but he has recently left Boston Greg, just bought a house in Pasadena. Y Bangalore. Anyone passing through Ban- They’re planning a two-week trip to Poland for the sunny beaches of Jacksonville, Fla. Corey Stranghoener celebrated her sixth galore? Y Aliya Al-Aufy and her husband this summer. Y Andy Keiser has moved out Y Meghann Foye loves living in NYC and anniversary with Enterprise Rent-A-Car in have plans to relocate to Oman in the near of Florida and now works as a corporate pilot keeps busy working as the deputy editor at human resources and is setting up shop future. She graduated this spring with her in Portsmouth, N.H. Y Pierre and Jeanette Seventeen magazine. In March she ran the with her boyfriend in St. Louis. She looks M.B.A. from Brandeis. Y Jill Young started “Jay” Gribben Chalhoub had their first baby Rome Marathon to raise money for leukemia forward to celebrating her 30th birthday in her first position as an associate attorney in March, Leila Maria. YBriana Wright Bizier and lymphoma with Team in Training. Y In New York City with a gaggle of Colby friends. at Price, McCluer, & Plachecki in Winona, was recently hired at Perry Technical Institute early April Josh and Kim McCarron Camuso Y Venola Mason plans to ring in her 30th Minn., this May. Y John Knoedler graduated in Yakima, Wash., as an instructor in the (married since 2004) escaped the clouds of year in St. Martin with Mieko McKay. Y Rob from medical school at Penn State and has New Hampshire for the blue skies of Playa Egleston was promoted to regional sales Computer Applications and Medical Office started his residency in urology at the Mayo del Carmen, Mexico. They’re considering and product training manager for Subaru Administration Program. Briana worked as an Clinic. Y Garrett Kephart is in Washington, moving to a bigger house in preparation for Great Lakes Region and has moved from San administrative assistant for Montana State D.C., drowning in stimulus dollars. Y Karli starting a family. Y On January 28 Brian ’99 Diego to Chicago. Y Amanda Adams lives in University before returning to school to earn Jaffe spent a quick weekend in Las Vegas and Tacy Conard Quinn welcomed Charles Providence and just finished her third year her master’s in religion from the University and had the chance to see Melv Ladera. Patrick Quinn. The family lives in Gladstone, working at the American College of Radiol- of Chicago Divinity School. Y Victor Cancel Their B-list celebrity sighting was former Hol- N.J., where Tacy works as an acquisitions ogy Imaging Network Biostatistics Center at works as an editor and proofreader of Span- lywood Madam Heidi Fleiss! Karli still lives editor for Pearson Education/ Prentice Hall Brown University. She passed along word of ish textbooks at publishing company GEX, in Portland and was promoted to director publishers. Last August, while in Europe Alyson Nickse’s upcoming wedding. YElicia Inc. In the evenings Victor works with people of Jewish Family Services, a social services for the wedding of Raj Khunkhun ’99, Tacy (Eli) Carmichael and Ben Heneveld ’00 look with disabilities as a mentor for Emarc, Inc. agency providing support to members of the and Brian stopped off in Dijon, France, to forward to returning from their tree farm in Y Bill and Kate St. Germaine Simpson community. She’s working towards a clinical visit Tacy’s host family from her junior year Costa Rica for their July 4 wedding in New bought a house in Brookfield, Mass., and social worker’s license. YRob Wykoff reports abroad and with Professor Jonathan Weiss. Hampshire. They will then move to Ithaca, had a baby girl, Edith Adeline, in February. that life in Park City is going well. He’s in his She finds it hard to believe that 10 years N.Y., where Eli will begin an M.B.A. program Bill runs his family’s lightning rod business third year working at Backcountry.com and have passed since Dijon. in sustainable business as a Park Fellow at and is finishing up his M.B.A. at Babson. thoroughly enjoys his new role as an assistant Cornell’s Johnson School of Business this Kate works part time in the town library and buyer. After an epic winter—with snowfall 2001 fall. Y Kelly Kenney and her husband, Steve, does some proofreading on the side. Y Chris totaling over 600 inches in Park City—and Dana Fowler Charette live in Westwood, Mass. She works at State Collopy and Will Kendall were married May several powder days spent skiing with Colby [email protected] Street in Boston and keeps busy coaching 2 in South Carolina. Y Fraser Ross is mar- folk, including Brett Lurman ’02, Lilly Meyers, a girl’s basketball team and tutoring high rying Robert Maloney in August in Newport, and Kenny Allgyer, the summer is shaping up Hello all! I’m Emily Mahlman and I’m pinch- school students in biology and chemistry. R.I. Y Josh Lewi reports that life in NYC is to be a blast, with plans to catch up with Rob hitting as class correspondent this time grand and he regularly sees Chris Delucia, Morse, Alex Yarbrough, Nate Lindsay, Nick around because of one little girl: Ellison 2002 Markus Mende, Chris Leach, and Eleanor Falker ’05, and others on the West Coast in Augusta Charette. Jon and Dana Fowler Y Sally Hall Bell Jackson. Y As for me, I’ve been accepted August. Now to weddings and, hopefully, Charette welcomed their adorable daughter [email protected] to the Bainbridge Graduate Institute for an new, future White Mules! Michael Pincus ’02 April 28. Y Beating Ellison into the world by M.B.A. program in sustainable business on and Danielle O’Steen got married last fall just over two weeks was Emmett Tyler Engel, Jenna Bishop received her Ph.D. in microbiol- Bainbridge Island, Wash. I’ll be multitasking in West Park, N.Y. Colby folks in attendance Jon and Jen Bubrick Engel’s new little one. ogy and immunology from the University of with work and school for the next two years. included Pete Chapin, Lucy Baker, Jesse What a cutie! YE lizabeth and Nathan Boland British Columbia in July 2008. She’ll work My husband, Chris, and I are looking forward Newman, Caitlin Stuart ’04, Tracy Schloss, are also new parents. Asher Evans Boland as a postdoctoral fellow in immunology in to a delayed honeymoon in Scandinavia this Aaron McCloskey, Evan Woolley, Patrick was born April 24. Y Karin Felmly Ney gave Vancouver for the next three years. YIn August summer before school starts up in the fall. Swillinger ’02, Mairead Carney ’02, Alexis birth to Crosby Bruce Ney Dec. 18, 2008. Y Erin Clark will begin juggling a master’s at Thanks to all who reported in! Detwiler ’02, Michael Bergan ’02, and Helena

50 Colby / Summer 2009 C. Kelly is doing interviews with transgender folks for the dissertation project entitled “Borders That Matter: Trans Identity Manage- Helpful to the Corps | Chris Andrews ’07 ment.” Reese was awarded the 2009 Allen E. Liska Dissertation Research Award as well as Most Caucasian foreigners who stroll through the 2009 Woodrow Wilson Women’s Studies the town of Nioro du Rip in central Senegal Dissertation Fellowship. In the fall Reese will elicit cries of “toubab,” the local slang for “white teach Sociology of Gender and Transgender person.” But residents greet Chris Andrews ’07 far Studies: Histories, Identities, and Politics at more personally. “Moussa,” they say, echoing his Middlebury College as a visiting instructor. Senegalese name, “Nanga Def?” (How are you?) Y Holly Brown lives in LA and works at Will Andrews began his two-year stint with the Peace Smith’s company, Overbrook Entertainment, Corps in September 2007. Living with a Senegalese as the film department coordinator. She had family and speaking Wolof, he has adopted the her first onscreen credit on Lakeview Terrace. lifestyle of his neighbors. She frequently sees Breilyn Brantley, who The Vermont native didn’t speak any Wolof works on Family Guy, and Michael Hepburn, when he arrived in Nioro. Now Andrews speaks the who works as an associate manger for Kritzer local tongue not only with his family but also with Levine Wilkins, which represents acting dozens of women he’s helping build small businesses. talent. Y Shannon Hopkins is engaged “People accept you quicker and are more open to and getting married in August in Denver. you, more willing to work with you, if you’re doing Y Emma McCandless and Karen Prager the work in Wolof instead of French,” he said. Chris Andrews meets with a female entrepreneur still live in south Texas and teach for IDEA who’s opening a street-side food stall. Using loans from the United Nations and Public Schools. In May Emma completed her master’s in library science from Rutgers, Senegalese government, the women’s groups are villages. But he’s still an hour-long bush-taxi ride and in August Karen will begin a program in creating restaurants, sewing shops, and Internet cafés away from other amenities: other English speakers, a educational administration through Lamar with the Colby economics major’s guidance as they bank with an ATM, a “proper” restaurant. University. Y Eric Roy finished his Ph.D. in learn to price goods, track expenditures, and market He eats with his host family in traditional oceanography from University of Maine. He their products. Senegalese-style, sitting on the floor around a large works for a startup sensor company and The job requires an understanding of cultural bowl that everyone shares. Although he sometimes lives in Bangor, Maine. Y Amina McIntyre and technical obstacles, such as frequent power uses a spoon, he has mastered the technique of eating wrote and produced a play, The Most Eligible outages. “You have to slow down your expectations with his right hand, rolling food into a ball in his Bachelor, which ran at Wabash College April for everything,” Andrews said. “If someone says palm before bringing it to his mouth. 16-18. Y Micah Siegel started his clinical something is going to get done tomorrow, there’s a He can never eat enough to satisfy his host rotations at Monmouth Medical Center in good chance it won’t.” mother. She uses the French word for “eat” familiar Long Branch, N.J. In Nioro Andrews has running water, electricity, to speakers of Wolof, French, and Italian: “Mange!” and even Internet access, unlike his peers in nearby —Alexis Grant ’03 2005 Katie Gagne [email protected] Tubis ’02. The newlyweds live in Washington, In attendance were Michael Hildebrandt She is designing a new campus center and D.C. Mike’s an attorney at the Federal Energy (groomsman), Steve Bayes, Ed Smith, Steve basketball arena for Fordham University. Julie Morrison and Sean Baron were recently Regulatory Commission’s office of the general Migausky, Chris Roberts, Andrew Raser Jeremy finished his Ph.D. in psychology engaged, as were Steve Markesich and counsel and Danielle is an incoming M.A. ’05, Rob Mehlich ’05, Nathanial Hulme ’05, and this summer is starting a postdoctoral Sarah Belden ’06. My neighbor in Brookline, art history student at George Washington and Rob Zondervan ’07. Nick is a territory fellowship at Harvard University, where he’ll Emily Goodyear, will hear wedding bells soon with fiancé Kevin Forgett. Scarlett Slenker University. Y Kara Watson is getting married manager with OsteoMed, an orthopaedic conduct research on how cardiovascular was recently engaged to Andy Macilwaine, at the end of August to Darren Sutherland. The device company, and he started his M.B.A. and endocrine systems react under stress. Y whom she met studying at Vermont Law. two met in Sun Valley six years ago and now part time at Boston College in January. Y Erica Joseffy graduated in May from Boston They plan a July 2010 wedding in Vermont. live in Park Slope. Y Last, but certainly not Meghan Finneran found a NESCAC love University with her M.S. in speech language least, Jonathan and Sarah Mason Eck are connection and got engaged to Chris Grant, pathology. She’ll travel in Australia for a few Y Shawn Sato recently completed medical school and began an intern year in Des expecting a baby in September—we’ll have to Middlebury ’04. Y Susannah Magrane has months this summer and then start working wait and see on this one: skier or swimmer?! worked with a start-up web company for full time as a speech language pathologist Moines, Iowa, before he begins his radiol- ogy residency at the University of Iowa. His Sarah graduated from Dartmouth last June the past year in New York City. The site, in the Boston area. Y Amanda Belden got fiancé,Kate Durda, works at the university with a Ph.D. in biochemistry. Y Congrats to www.oyster.com, will launch in June. Y Will engaged and graduated from Tufts Dental as a genetic counselor after finishing gradu- all the big accomplishments and thanks for Sander graduated from veterinary school School May 17. Y Amy Tolsdorf started her sharing all the exciting news! at University of Wisconsin-Madison and is internal medicine residency at the University ate school at Northwestern in 2008. They planning a June wedding in the Champlain starting a one-year small-animal internship of Washington in Seattle last June. Y Ana Islands in Vermont. YGabriel Reyes will marry =at a couple of clinics outside of Chicago. Prokic finished her M.B.A. in finance and 2004 Chhunny Chhean, a Cal State Long Beach Kate Weiler Y Kevin ’03 and Kate Wheeler Brunelle international business and started working and UC Berkeley School of Law graduate, in [email protected] had a baby girl July 17, 2008. Y Jeremy for Loyola University Chicago as a financial Jamieson and Karsten Solberg recently manager for Loyola’s ITS division. She got Fort Worth, Texas, July 26. Tsering Wangdi, Nicholas Meintel works as a registered got engaged and are getting married this engaged last February on a trip to New Joseph Okeyo, Pawel Brodalka, and Archana financial services professional at New summer in Connecticut. Last summer Karsten York City and plans an October wedding in Prasad ’07 plan to attend the couple’s tradi- York Life/NYLIFE Securities, and lives with received her master’s in architecture from Chicago. During the NYC trip she caught up tional tea ceremony. Nicholas von Mertens, friends in Brighton. Y Nick Gambino married the Rhode Island School of Design and with her Colby roommate for all four years, who returned to the U.S. after teaching for four years in Japan, England, and Tunisia, will Meghan Wyman July 12, 2008, in Boston. now works at Sasaki Associates in Boston. Kate Heidemann, and her husband. YReese

Colby / Summer 2009 51 alumni at large also be in attendance. Nicholas will be joining philosophy of music at Penn’s Gilles Deleuze the U.S. Foreign Service. Y Amy Campfield Symposium and has been selected as a graduated from medical school in May and 00s newsmakers Graduate Fellow for Penn’s Summer Institute is moving west to start her surgery residency for Africana Studies. Y Joey Berg is currently at the University of Colorado Medical Center An attorney at the firm of Wiggin & Nourie P.A., Luke stationed at Camp Lejeune, N.C. working as Webster ’03 joined the board of directors for Amoskeag in Denver. Y Peyton McElyea is working for the weapons company executive officer for Business Incubator in Manchester, N.H. He graduated Houlihan Lokey in L.A. this summer doing the 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment. He from the Franklin Pierce Law Center in 2008 and is a restructurings and bankruptcies. Y Carreau got back from a seven-month deployment member of the business law and real estate, land use Mueller recently went to a wedding in Vail to Fallujah, Iraq, in October. Joey is in the and development practice groups. Webster was formerly with Caitlin McCusker, where they met Alex a national field consultant for the Democratic Congres- middle of a pre-deployment work-up and Ridder and Adam Grassi ’03 for some skiing. sional Campaign Committee in Washington, D.C. F will be deploying to Afghanistan in the fall. Carreau ran the 113th Boston Marathon. Y Rhode Island Sea Grant named Nicholas Battista ’04 Y Brandon Smithwood will attend Tufts Adelin Cai works in NYC and in her spare one of two winners of a one-year, $43,500, National Fletcher School of International Affairs this time makes music with her band “beta.beta” Nicholas Battista ’04 Sea Grant College Program Dean John A. Knauss Marine fall. He is finishing his summer job, which as a keyboardist and vocalist. They have an Policy Fellowship. The fellowship matches distinguished many Colby alums have applied for. Y More EP out on iTunes, Amazon, and eMusic and graduate students interested in ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes resources with hosts in marathon news! This April Kelsey Neville, also play live shows regularly in Brooklyn and the legislative or executive branches of the federal government. Battista is working in the Nikki Stadelman, Katie Roberts, Amy Manhattan! Y Catherine Pappas will attend Washington, D.C., office of Rep. Chellie Pingree of Maine on marine and coastal issues. Cronin, and Liz Turner all ran the Boston NYU Stern in the fall in the full-time M.B.A. Marathon! Nice work, ladies! Y Thank you program. YNora Gouge is still working toward milestones for your news and keep it coming! her doctorate in clinical psychology in NYC Deaths: Shareen Abbasy ’05, March 17, 2009, in New York, N.Y., at 26. and was recently engaged to Todd Moore, 2007 who proposed on her birthday at a restaurant Births: Benjamin J. Chandler ’02 to Melissa Rocco in Woodbury, Mass. F Corey W. Karli Gasteazoro in the East Village. They plan a January 2010 Gittleman ’05 to Alicia L. Munson in East Northport, N.Y. [email protected] wedding. Todd is a third-year at Fordham law and recently had an article published in the Mindy Favreau got engaged to William Fordham Law Review Journal. Y Ilana Saxe Woerter (WPI ’03) April 9! They haven’t set ’06 and Jeremy Little. Y Anne Holt moved to asks that everyone come visit down under! is headed to Europe for two years to work at a date but her sister, Lacey Favreau ’08, will Colorado last fall and since then has spent Y Wedding bells are in the air for the Class The American School in Lugano, Switzerland. be her maid of honor. Mindy made sure to her time showing work at the Artists’ Gallery of of 2006! Sarah Belden is engaged to Steve Y Megan Loosigian traveled to Panama in call former roommates Allison Cogbill and Steamboat Springs and working at the Lowell Markesich ’05, whom she met her freshman March to visit her sister. Megan teaches Brianna Tufts with the news, as well as fellow Whiteman School teaching art classes and oil year when they both lived in Grossman. John Spanish at the Governor’s Academy and is Colby-in-Dijoner Leslie Peterson. Y Riley painting to students at the Steamboat Arts & McKee and Lindsey Boyle are also engaged! working on her master’s in Spanish. Y Kevin Doyle lives in San Francisco and works as Crafts Gym. Y I enjoyed spending time with He proposed while they were skiing in New Yardi is sad to announce that his place in a bioengineer for Genentech. Y Tara Bergin Kevin Yardi, Rich Downing, Melisse Hinkle, Hampshire, and they are planning a wedding Ballston, known to many as “4515” or the wrapped up her first year of veterinary school Jon Gilboy, Jess Hardy, and Rory Kelly ’06 for the end of next summer. Colby Chapel annual headquarters for “D.C. Doghead,” is at the University of Edinburgh and will work in D.C. recently. I continue to live and work anyone? Y Jenn Corey lives in Portland, closing its doors. For the past few years, a with large animals on various farms around in Boston. Enjoy the summer and take care. Maine, and manages a fine art’s supply number of Colby 2005ers have lived there the U.K. this summer. In August she’ll visit store. She’s been accepted into a five-year including Rich Downing, Marc Kassin, Chris Japanese vet schools before beginning Ph.D. program for English literature at Iowa Van Wagenen, Jeremy Little, Steve Bogden, 2006 clinical veterinary medicine. Keep up with Jennifer Coliflores University, Iowa City in the fall. Hurrah! Pat Semmens, and Will van Der Veen. He her (mis)adventures on her blog: http:// [email protected] Jenn writes that her heart will always be in assures us that there will be an upgrade! Y vetscapes.blogspot.com. Y Ali Fulreader retail and middle management. Y Francis Katie Slemp and Greg Sawyer ’03 will be The Hamilton Tiger-Cats announced the sign- is headed to Baltimore this August to Chapuredima is now working at the Holder- married this August in Connecticut. YAbigail ing of offensive lineman Dan Oliphant. The commence four years at the University of ness School in Plymouth, N.H., where our very Robson graduated from the Curry School Hamilton Tiger-Cats are a Canadian Football Maryland Dental School. Ali looks forward own Bro Adams attended. Francis teaches of Education at U.Va. and plans to stay in League team based in Hamilton, Ontario. to having tons of Colby reunion weekends mathematics and can’t wait for winter to hit Y Virginia to teach. Y Josh Taylor is currently Y Alex Brougham graduated from the this summer. Alisa Perry will be attending the slopes big time! YDavid Cheng has been a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Northeastern University School of Law. He’ll Yale University’s School of Nursing pursuing accepted to law school in San Francisco and Y Council of Canada Fellow at the University spend the summer studying for and taking her pediatric nurse practitioner degree. of New Brunswick in a M.Ed. program, film- the bar exam and then will begin a one-year will be starting this fall. Y Mike Fleming Erin Schlossman will attend Tufts School ing Wolastoq First Nations elders to build term as law clerk to Hon. Joel B. Rosenthal moved to South Boston and started a new of Medicine Maine Track in the fall. Y Katie up an archive of language, knowledge, and in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District position as a research associate for Novartis Maland, Julia Hutchinson, Karli Gas- narratives. He plans to motorcycle between of Massachusetts. Y Anu Bhatnagar lives in Institutes for Biomedical Research. His dog, teazoro, and Tammy Lewin visited Natalie Maine and New Brunswick this summer London with Joerose Tharakan ’08. Anu has Guinness, just turned 2! Y Garry Bertholf Ginsburg in Clarksdale, Miss., for the 18th to share time with Kate Braemer ’07, who worked at Morgan Stanley for a year now. is a fourth-year Ph.D. student and William annual Juke Joint Blues Festival. After visiting Ms. Ginsburg’s third-grade classroom, they teaches at Chewonki, in Wiscasset, Maine. She attended the Colby in London dinner in Fontaine Fellow of Africana Studies at the enjoyed Kool-aid pickles, blues bands, fried Y Nick Miller will officially stay in Boston February and had an amazing night. She has University of Pennsylvania, where he received for the next three years with Mary Olsson recently met a lot of Colby people and has his A.M. in historical musicology. This past green tomatoes, yoga in the park, and ran a 5K, in which Tammy placed first for women! and attend Boston College Law School. Y met up with Nina Korolyova, Kip Kiprop ’07, winter Bertholf held an appointment as an Christian Allen adventured to Australia for Pranay Sonalkar ’07, and Andra Ofosu ’07. Y adjunct assistant professor in the department Y Allison Cogbill is leaving New York City to five weeks in January and then moved to L.A. Kendra King is moving to Cairns, Australia, of history and politics at Drexel University, attend the University of Wisconsin Law School for a new job with Macquarie Cook Energy. to earn her SCUBA diver instructor certificate where he taught a course on the intellectual in Madison. YAfter spending a year in Beijing, In early April he moved to Houston and now and to party it up Aussie style. Her brother, history of the African diaspora. In March Ber- Canaan Morse now lives in Boston and is applying for a Cultural Research Fellowship lives just a few short miles from Jay McMurrey Logan ’09, is joining Kendra as well. Kendra tholf presented a paper on Gilles Deleuze’s from the Chinese government to obtain paid

52 Colby / Summer 2009 return and study opportunities in Beijing. about a computer who falls in love with its the celebration of life in Belmont, Mass. Y Julie has enjoyed showing Kiira Heymann and Look for Canaan’s translation of He Qifang’s owner. She’s currently looking for an agent. Keep the updates coming! Liz Bower, who moved to the city this winter, essay Elegy in the summer 2010 edition of Y Ashley Hunt finished her second year around Brooklyn, as well as spending lots of The Kenyon Review. YMartin Ma finished his teaching pre-K with TFA in Navajo, N.M., and 2008 time with her boyfriend, Rishi Chatrath. Julie first year of medical school at Mount Sinai headed to NYC to attend Columbia’s Mailman Palmer McAuliff was thrilled when she ran into Jeronimo Mara- School of Medicine in NYC. He enjoyed his School of Public Health, where she will be [email protected] diaga ’09J on the street near her job—they spring break trip to the Dominican Republic focusing on forced migration in the popula- were able to catch up over pizza. Julie loves I hope you’re all having a wonderful summer. with 18 of his med school classmates. Y tion and family health department. Y Tammy being back in the city and would welcome Jackie Page lives in Barcelona and volun- Lewin, Ellen Newcomb, and Taylor Snook It’s hard to believe that more than a year has passed since our graduation. It was wonder- the opportunity to show any visitors around! teers for an NGO that works with refugees ’06 have been enjoying D.C., the festivities ful to see so many of you at our reunion in Y Laura Perille lives in Philadelphia with (Comissio Catalana d’Ajuda al Refugiat). Y surrounding President Obama’s inauguration, June—I hope you all had as much fun as I Sarah E. Clark and works with Mady Ragan Patrick Benton lives in Washington, D.C., and the cherry blossoms. Taylor currently is did! Y Meaghan Fitzgerald will extend her at the consulting firm Clear Admit. Laura is with Tom Levings ’01 while working for Ralph in Nepal volunteering at an orphanage. They stay in the U.K. after fighting with the home excited to be attending Brown in the fall for Nader and reports, “It’s awesome and I feel regularly see John McCormack, CJ Donnelly, office for more than three months to receive a her Ph.D. in history. Y Christina Feng enjoys awesome for doing it.” Patrick, Ned Brock- Jordan Henry, and many other Colby alums. proper visa. Now she won’t be forcibly kicked teaching ninth and 11th grade social studies meyer, Emily Barrett, Aaron Olcerst, Eric Y Josh Handelman worked on Al Franken’s out of England until 2014! Meaghan works in New York City. Y In July Danielle Nielsen Brockmeyer ’06J, Drew Bush ’02J, and Doug Senate recount in Minnesota, where he for www.spoonfed.co.uk doing marketing, Calhoun ’04 work for Cornelius J. Katt on is moving to La Serena, Chile, to work at the ran into Karli Gasteazoro at a Roller Derby PR, and community management. She hopes Chairman Meow’s Anarchist Outpost: www. Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory on bout. Josh now works with Congressman that her Colby friends will visit her in London anarchistoutpost.com. Y Ian London will be a Spitzer Space Telescope warm mission. Paul Hodes’ campaign for U.S. Senate in this fall. Y Julie Bero was in D.C. for the joined by Mark Phillips ’09 at Denver Law She will be attending a conference in Rio New Hampshire. Y In addition to tuning their election season working on ballot initiative this fall. Ian continues skiing, hiking, and de Janeiro to present some of her research. Guitar Hero skills, John DeBruicker and strategy, where she frequently met up with generally enjoying life with James Cryan, She is looking forward to visiting Abby Hall, Josh Gerber are training for the 11th annual Julia Stuebing, Eric Hansen, Luke LaViolet, Josh Montague ’06, Liz Coogan, and Alexis who lives and teaches English in Santiago. Central Park Race, where they’ll “bomb down and Katherine Koleski. Julie also caught up Heimann. Alexis lives in Boulder, Colo., and Y Broadway—on skateboards that is!” Y Ian with Sarah Schleck ’06 and Josh Handel- In March Rebekah Fasel graciously will attend the University of Denver’s Psy.D. Cross ran a marathon through Death Valley man ’07. Julie now lives in Brooklyn, N.Y., hosted Emily Butler, Tim Miller, and David program for clinical psychology this fall. Y Feb. 7, 2009, as a fundraiser for Little Field and works at a political organization called Sternesky in Atlanta, Ga. The weekend was Carolyn Deuschle lives in Brooklyn and Home Orphanage. This summer Ian will return Progressive States Network, which works spent celebrating St. Patrick’s Day in true works as an assistant editor at Princeton to the orphanage and continue to hike the with state legislators to pass progressive Colby style, and a wonderful time was had Architectural Press. YAllison Dunn moved to Appalachian Trail. Y Last but certainly not policies nationwide. She’s also involved at by all. Y Thanks for the updates and enjoy LA and recently finished writing a screenplay least, Jon Bandi is spreading joy, love, and NYC Planned Parenthood as a clinic volunteer. the rest of summer!

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Marjorie Hooper Lawler ’32, C. Blanchard ’38, she is survived by torical Society, and belonged to the versity. He served with the Army in May 11, 2009, in Amesbury, Mass., her daughters, Margaret and Faith. Congregational church. Predeceased World War II, practiced law, and at 98. She was an elementary school by his father, John B. Pugsley 1905, then worked as a consultant with teacher in Attleboro, Mass. for 25 Christo T. Nasse ’32, April 5, 2009, he is survived by daughters Gerri the Veteran’s Administration. Pre- years, an organist for the Water in Ormond Beach, Fla., at 102. He Hill and Marcia Pugsley, two grand- deceased by his father, Arthur W. Village Church, and a member of worked as a foreman with Ameri- children, and one great-grandson. Stetson 1907, he is survived by two the historical society. She did cross- can Optical Company for 20 years, children, Arthur W. Stetson II and stitch and at 90 won a blue ribbon at after which he earned his master’s Frederick A. Schreiber ’34, Jan. Nancy Starling, seven grandchil- the Topsfield Fair for a cross-stitch in education from Worcester State 10, 2009, in Beverly Hills, Calif., at dren, and seven great-grandchildren. entry. Survivors include her children, College in 1961. He taught high 95. He worked for the Federation of school in Massachusetts until 1976. Nancy Lewis and Richard Elwell, a Jewish Welfare Organizations and then Howard C. Pritham ’36, April He played shuffleboard and bowled. stepdaughter, eight grandchildren, enlisted with the Army during World 30, 2009, in Orono, Maine, at 94. Predeceased by his brother, John T. and 14 great-grandchildren. War II. He was a government employee He earned his M.D. from Tufts in Nasse ’29, M.D., he is survived by and was named the 1970 Outstanding 1940 and then served as a physician his children, Francis and Sharon, Lucile Blanchard French McMul- one granddaughter, and one great- Defense Supply Agency Employee. in World War II, where he earned a len ’32, March 6, 2009, in Waterville, granddaughter. He was a Colby overseer from 1980 to Purple Heart. He practiced medicine Maine, at 97. She lived in Water- 1989, played golf, and was interested in Maine and then in the Panama ville her entire life, working for the George T. Pugsley ’34, March 28, in East Asian studies. He and his wife, Canal Zone for 26 years. In retire- Morning Sentinel, at a nursery school, 2009, in Peabody, Mass., at 97. He Eve, raised two children. ment he fished, hunted, and made and as clerk of courts. She belonged served with the Navy during World canoe paddles, pack baskets, and to the Waterville’s Women’s Club, War II, retiring as a lieutenant colo- Arthur W. Stetson Jr. ’34, Nov. 8, seven cedar canoes. Survivors include Daughters of the American Revo- nel in 1972. He held management 2008, in Mechanicsburg, Pa., at 97. his first wife, Dorothy Van Arsdale, lution, and the Mayflower Society. positions at A.C. Lawrence Leathers, He earned an LL.B. in 1937 and a seven children, 10 grandchildren, Predeceased by her brother Webster was a member of the Danvers His- J.D. in 1987, both from Boston Uni- and seven great-grandchildren.

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Margaret Libbey Darlow ’37, April boards, Kiwanis, and the Episco- his wife, Susan, three sons, six grand- by her father, Carleton M. Bailey 17, 2009, in Westborough, Mass., at pal church. He golfed, painted with children, and one great-grandchild. ’18, she is survived by her children, 93. A homemaker and mother, she oils, grew roses, and traveled exten- Brian, Jay, Roberta Simoneau, and loved to read, feed the birds, and sively. He was predeceased by his Elias R. Nawfel ’44, March 31, Nancy Dalessandro, 12 grandchil- travel. Predeceased by her grandfa- sister, Ruth Stebbins Cadwell ’41, 2009, in Waterville, Maine, at 86. He dren, 11 great-grandchildren, and ther, William Libbey 1871, she is sur- and brother, Seabury T. Stebbins earned a D.M.D. from Tufts Dental cousins including Philip Bailey ’51. vived by four children, Ruth Hrenko, ’48. Survivors include his wife of 68 School in 1946 and then served in Richard Darlow, Peter Darlow, and years, Ruth Gould Stebbins ’40, a the Army Dental Corps. He prac- Gordon T. Miller ’48, March 9, Paul Darlow, eight grandchildren, son, three grandchildren, and sisters- ticed dentistry in the Waterville area 2009, in Briarwood, Mass., at 86. three great-grandchildren, and cous- in-law Marjorie Murphy Shuman ’37 for 60 years, retiring in 2008. He He served with the Army’s Medical ins, including Martha S. Fleming ’73. and Dorothy Gould Rhoades ’36. enjoyed the violin, sports, and read- Services Corps during World War II, ing. Survivors include his wife of 51 earned an M.B.A. from Harvard, and Robert H. Neumer ’38, April 25, Barbara Partridge Dyer ’41, March years, Jamila, his children, Rose- worked in business for more than 30 2009, in St. Louis Park, Minn., at 91. 15, 2009, in Yarmouth, Maine, at 89. Marie Nawfel Stamboulides ’80, years. He served on numerous pro- He served with the 10th Mountain She was a secretary and bookkeeper Richard D. Nawfel ’82, and Elias fessional and community boards and Division ski troops during World until 1954, when she devoted herself J. Nawfel ’84, five sisters, and three was president of Colby’s Worces- War II. He was a founding partner to her family and home. She played grandchildren. ter (Mass.) Alumni Association. He of Dundee Landscaping Company, bridge, read, and enjoyed needle- attended Elderhostels, was active in where he worked into his 80s. Sur- point. Survivors include her husband Lottie Wanagel Roy ’44, March his church for more than 70 years, vivors include his daughter, Joann of 56 years, Vernelle W. “Cappy” 29, 2009, in Manchester, Conn., at and attained life membership at the Armstrong, and a grandson. Dyer Jr. ’40, three children, Dee 86. She received her master’s from Worcester Country Club. Survivors Lynne, Bruce ’77, and Donna, and the University of Connecticut and include three children, Donna Bar- Brewster A. Branz ’40, April 5, five grandchildren. then taught school in Connecticut sotti, Elfreda Skidmore, and William 2009, in Portland, Maine, at 90. He for more than 30 years. Survivors Miller, a brother, and four grandchil- served with the Army during World Claire Tilley Henderson ’41, include her husband, George, two dren. War II. He was president of Guard- March 24, 2009, in Beverly Hills, daughters, two granddaughters, and ian Finance Corporation and was a Fla., at 89. While raising her chil- a brother. Gilbert Y. Taverner ’48, April 22, director and president of the Credit dren and keeping her home, she was 2009, in Concord, Mass., at 88. He Bureau of Greater Portland. He a substitute teacher in New Jersey Elizabeth Lohnes Grudin ’45, received a master of divinity degree served the Jewish community, taught and Connecticut. She was proficient April 9, 2009, in State College, Pa., from Boston University and an hon- ESL, and volunteered with the visu- in quilting, making braided rugs, at 87. She earned a master’s in early orary doctor of divinity from Simp- ally disabled. He traveled, learned knitting, and crocheting. Survivors childhood education at Columbia son College. He was an ordained languages, and played golf, tennis, include her daughters, Anne and University and then taught kinder- Methodist minister, and from 1948 and bridge. Survivors include his Mary Claire, three grandchildren, garten in Granville, Ohio, where she to 1982 he served churches in Mas- wife of 59 years, Muriel, three sons, and four great-grandchildren. also coached the high school chess sachusetts and Rhode Island. He and seven grandchildren, including club. She was active in the Demo- Naomi Branz ’07. Helen Henry Merritt ’42, May cratic party, worked to preserve the delivered sermons without notes 12, 2009, in DeKalb, Ill., at 88. She environment, and served 20 years on and rewrote familiar hymns using Ruth Levensalor Crowley ’40, earned a master’s in art, a master’s in a local board to end poverty. Survi- contemporary words. From 1982 to March 22, 2009, in Farmingdale, fine arts, and was a scholar of Japa- vors include her sons, Jonathan and 2002 he served St. George’s School Maine, at 91. In 1990 she received nese prints. She taught school at all Thaddeus, four grandchildren, and a as assistant chaplain, professor, and an honorary A.B. from Colby as she levels and received the 1990 Distin- brother. historian. Survivors include his wife had left after two years to attend guished Teaching Award at North- of 56 years, Elizabeth, a stepdaugh- Boston University School of Law. ern Illinois University. She preserved Elizabeth Richmond Anthony ’47, ter, two grandsons, and twin great- She practiced law from 1941 to 1966, historic houses, donated 40 acres of Jan. 12, 2009, in Houston, Texas, at granddaughters. when she was appointed Maine’s first original prairie to DeKalb County, 83. She taught English in Maine, woman assistant attorney general, and endowed an art scholarship and Massachusetts, and Texas and at William G. Hurley ’49, Oct. 19, a post she held until 1978. She was lecture series at NIU. Survivors the American Academy for Girls in 2008, in Spring, Texas, at 84. He a past worthy grand matron of the include her husband, Jim, a daughter, Uskudar, Turkey. She was active in served with the Air Force and then Maine Order of Eastern Star. She two grandchildren, and a brother. her hospital auxiliary, her church, worked as a regional supervisor for traveled extensively and volunteered and the P.E.O. Sisterhood. Survi- Shell Oil Company. in hospices in Maine and Florida. Jean C. Lesaar ’43, March 15, 2009, vors include her daughters, Judith Survivors include her son, William, a in Winter Springs, Fla., at 87. He Anthony and Susan Munson, a Dorothy Goodridge Donovan ’50, granddaughter, and two great-grand- was a counterintelligence officer for brother, and two grandsons. Jan. 14, 2009, in Vienna, Va., at 79. daughters. the Army during World War II. He She worked for GTE (now Verizon) worked for an advertising agency, Beverly Bailey Beaulieu ’48, April and was a homemaker. Survivors Roger M. Stebbins ’40, May 22, but his passion was stamp collecting. 23, 2008, in Lewiston, Maine, at include a cousin, a sister-in-law, and 2009, in Sequim, Wash., at 91. He He owned three retail stamp stores 82. She was a bookkeeper and a sec- two nephews. served as captain in the Army during in Chicago and he volunteered for retary in Livermore Falls, Maine. World War II and then worked as a Habitat for Humanity and Audu- She quilted, painted with watercol- Margaret Brown Christie ’52, buyer for Sears, Roebuck and Co. bon Birds of Prey sorting and selling ors, and belonged to the Livermore March 18, 2009, in Hartford, Conn., for 35 years. He was active with civic donated stamps. Survivors include Falls Historical Society. Predeceased at 78. She worked as a technician in

54 Colby / Summer 2009 hospital labs before opting to be a Webster, Inc., and he loved animals. mother, Donald A. ’40 and Helen Robert J. Garland ’89, April 25, stay-at-home mom. Later in life she Survivors include his sister-in-law, Brown Gilfoy ’40. Survivors include 2009, in Los Angeles, Calif., at 42. worked for Shaklee Corporation out Edna Miller, two nephews, and his his wife, Margaret Wiehl Gilfoy ’71, He earned an M.B.A. from Mon- of her home. She was involved with beagle, Lulu. two sons, and two sisters. terey Institute of International Stud- the League of Women Voters and the ies and then worked at ING Advisors Sierra Club and enjoyed travel. Sur- Robert R. Russo ’57, April 9, 2009, Christine Schopp Kennedy ’73, Network and at Capital Group, Inc. vivors include her husband, Douglas, in Pensacola, Fla., at 74. He worked March 21, 2009, in Naples, Fla., at He had a passion for experiencing her children, Anne Christie, Jean as a manager for Warner Cable (now 57. She worked in publishing doing other cultures, coached youth sports, Christie Mejia ’83, and James Chris- Cox Communications) and was translations and later worked as a and savored time with his family. He tie, a grandson, and a sister. active with the Methodist church. design assistant. Survivors include died of cancer. Survivors include his Survivors include his wife, Edie, six her husband, David. wife, Hillary, three children, his par- children, 15 grandchildren, and two Jeanne Strickland Larcher ’53, ents, his grandmothers, a brother, sisters. May 1, 2009, in Perdido, Fla., at 77. Meredith Jewett Libby ’73, March and a sister. She earned two bachelor’s degrees, 30, 2009, in Buxton, Maine, at 59. John W. Parkes ’64, March 29, in nursing and in psychology, and She taught elementary school in Jon A. Robinson ’89, Feb. 24, 2009, 2009, in Clifton Park, N.Y., at 86. two master’s degrees, in nursing and Maine, enjoyed nature, and logged in Urbana, Ill., at 41. He was a build- He served in the military from 1941 in counseling. Her 50-year nursing wood in the forests of southern ing services foreman at the Univer- to 1966 and earned a World War II Maine. Survivors include her hus- sity of Illinois who golfed, read, and career included teaching, mental Victory Medal and a Bronze Star band, Eugene, a son, her parents, and traveled. He was an avid Red Sox health counseling, and surgical nurs- for service in Vietnam. He earned ing. She was a voracious reader and a brother. and New England Patriots fan. He his Colby degree while stationed as died of cancer. Survivors include his enjoyed sailing, fishing, and cooking. part of the ROTC staff from 1960 wife, Julie, his parents, a son, and a Survivors include her partner, Rich- to 1965. His second career was as Susan Reilly Szum ’78, May 30, brother. ard Hanks, five children, and two a budget analyst for the New York 2009, in East Walpole, Mass., at 52. grandchildren. Department of Labor. Survivors She worked as an audit manager for W. Corbett Bishop ’93, May 1, include his wife, Pauline, a daughter, the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, 2009, in Arusha, Tanzania, at 38. A Richard H. Berns ’54, March 17, two grandchildren, and a sister. retiring in 2002. She died of cancer. climbing guide, first in the Pacific 2009, in Hilton Head, S.C., at 76. Survivors include her husband, John, Northwest, he guided in Tanzania He served in the Air Force during Ann Drinker Retherford ’66, three children, her parents, a sister, and climbed Mount Kilimanjaro the Korean War and then returned May 21, 2009, in Mystic, Conn., at Kathryn Reilly Bolduc ’81, two more than 100 times. In 1996 he to Colby to finish his degree in 1956. 65. She earned a master’s in educa- brothers, and cousins Karen Reilly started Corbett Bishop Safaris, which He held various positions in sales tion from Lesley College and was an Quirk ’88 and Matthew Quinlan ’10. he ran until his death of an apparent and marketing, most recently with elementary schoolteacher. Survivors heart attack. Fluent in Swahili, he the Marriott Corporation. Survivors include her husband, Earl, two chil- Michael F. Romano ’81, March founded Ol Tukai Conservancy in include his wife, Joan, three sons, six dren, six grandchildren, her mother, 18, 2009, in West Hartford, Conn., Tanzania, wrote articles and lectured grandchildren, and two brothers. and a brother. at 49. He was an insurance execu- about conservation, and produced tive for 10 years and founded the programs for the Discovery Chan- Jonathan B. Welch ’68, March Center School for Martial Arts. An Joel Farbish ’54, Dec. 18, 2008, in nel. He was a musician, birder, and a Worthington, Ohio, at 75. He served 16, 2009, in Boston, Mass., at 66. accomplished athlete, he was also an He earned a master’s from the Uni- truth seeker who respected the land. in the U.S. Army and then earned avid supporter of his children’s sports versity of New Hampshire and a More at www.corbettbishop.net. an M.B.A. from New York Univer- teams. He died of cancer. Survivors doctorate from the University of Survivors include his children, Luca sity in 1958. He was a controller in include his mother, Ann, his wife, Connecticut. He taught for 32 years and Ella, his parents, his stepfather, the Food Division of Borden Food Leslie, four children, and a sister. at Northeastern University, where he the mother of his children, and his Corp. for 30 years. Survivors include chaired the finance department and grandmothers. his wife, Phyllis, two daughters, and Arthur C. Nagle ’87, April 16, was associate dean of the graduate six grandchildren. 2009, in Los Angeles, Calif., at 44. school of business. He was a consul- Shareen Abbasy ’05, March 17, He earned a master’s in education tant for utility, financial services, and 2009, in New York, N.Y., at 26. administration and then taught Eng- Constance Rhodenizer Knight technology companies and taught in She worked as a paralegal and lish, coached basketball, and was an ’54, Dec. 30, 2008, in Laconia, N.H., France, Ecuador, Ireland, and Spain. most recently at the Breast Cancer at 76. A mother and homemaker, she He sailed the New England coast administrator in private schools in Research Foundation. Described as was a reader, gardener, and Red Sox and was active in his church. Survi- five states. He ran the Long Beach a strong and courageous spirit, she fan. Predeceased by her sister Jean vors include his wife, SueEllen, three Marathon in 2005 and completed the died of cancer. Survivors include her Rhodenizer Fontaine ’46 and her daughters, and three grandchildren. Los Angeles Triathlon in 2008. He mother, Diana Abbasy, her brother, brother Harold Rhodenizer ’42, she died of cancer. He was predeceased and her maternal grandparents. is survived by her husband, Alexis, six Peter G. Gilfoy ’70, April 3, 2009, by his great-grandmother, Molly children, a sister, a brother, and six in Sherborn, Mass., at 61. He was Pearce Putnam 1908, his grand- grandchildren. the third generation to run the mother, Cordelia Putnam Inman ’33, family business, Gilfoy Distributing and cousin Hannah Putnam Burbank Donald F. Miller ’55, April 11, Company. He played tennis, golfed, ’41. Survivors include his parents, 2009, in Pompano Beach, Fla., at 76. and summered on Nantucket. He Robert and Molly, his wife, three He was an executive for Merriam- was predeceased by his father and children, a brother, and two sisters.

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