Colby Magazine
Volume 98 Issue 4 Winter 2010 Article 11
January 2010
Alumni @ Large
Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.colby.edu/colbymagazine
Recommended Citation (2010) "Alumni @ Large," Colby Magazine: Vol. 98 : Iss. 4 , Article 11. Available at: https://digitalcommons.colby.edu/colbymagazine/vol98/iss4/11
This Contents is brought to you for free and open access by the Colby College Archives at Digital Commons @ Colby. It has been accepted for inclusion in Colby Magazine by an authorized editor of Digital Commons @ Colby. alumni at large
Internships Connect Classrooms to Environmental Careers As clean-energy outreach coordinator for the Nat- could not do unpaid environmental internships. The Theberge says she landed her job with NRCM in ural Resources Council of Maine, Amanda “Emmie” fund also provides money for student research proj- part because of an internship in the Maine Gover- Theberge ’08 travels around the state organizing ects in environmental studies. “Gaining career and nor’s Office of Energy Independence and Security, panels and giving presentations aimed at helping to life experiences helps a lot with developing the ability where she researched wind power in Maine, and build grass-roots support for clean-energy policies. to create connections, and it gives you the neces- because of research she conducted on Maine’s envi- Last year Kevin Fritze ’07, a Ph.D. student in busi- sary experience that employers need,” Klein said. ronment for her senior capstone class. Theberge also ness and environmental policy at Duke University’s “Spending my summers working in environmental and was able to do an environmental economics intern- Nicholas School of the Environment, gathered and science education at summer camps and, between ship in Australia, thanks to funding from the Mellon analyzed climate-change data and did economic my junior and senior years, working for the Wildlife grant and the Linda K. Cotter Internship Fund. analyses of carbon offsets. His findings were included Conservation Society in the Bronx Zoo’s education Fritze did a summer internship at the Belgrade in a policy brief discussed during a Senate hearing on department, gave me career and life experiences that (Maine) Regional Conservation Alliance between his reduction of greenhouse-gas emissions. helped me choose my career path.” sophomore and junior years, working with Colby’s GIS Both say that in a crowded field of job and Klein is curator of the Trailside Nature Museum lab to create specialized maps for conservation. The graduate school applicants they stood out because at the 4,300-acre Ward Pound Ridge Reservation in following summer he interned at the Department of they had real-life experience from internships and Cross River. N.Y. The museum offers two programs, the Interior in Washington, D.C., working in the Office student research at Colby. “The fact that I have local, one focusing on the reservation’s flora and fauna, of Environmental Policy. Said Fritze, in an e-mail, national, and international experience definitely set the other devoted to research on the Delaware “I would credit all of [my internship experiences] me apart from other applicants for my job,” Theberge Indian tribe. together as providing me with an impressive résumé said. “And without internship grants, I wouldn’t have He’s one of many at Colby who have seen intern- for an undergraduate, which did open doors and led been able to do those internships.” ships lead to careers. to my current situation.” —Julia Stowe An environmental studies grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation funded student internships and research at Colby from 2000 to 2009. That grant has Philanthropy for Colby comes in many shapes and sizes. For some it is distinguished by a now ended, but at least one concerned donor has monetary donation; for others it is the gift of time. But, for all of those who give, the inspiration stepped in to help replace the funding. comes from the satisfaction of enhancing the lives of students and making initiatives possible. Jason Klein ’97 has established the Klein Fund for This is the final year of Reaching the World: A Campaign for Colby. The campaign is making Student Research and Internships in Environmental an education available to deserving students who otherwise could not afford it, and creating Studies through the Ruth and Seymour Klein Founda- opportunities for Colby students to give back in their own ways around the world. tion. Funds are provided for students who otherwise Learn more at www.colby.edu/campaign
complications following a simple surgery. They hope to attend Joe’s 65th West Point 1920s-30s 1941 1943 reunion and the June marriage of a grand- Meg Bernier Boyd Meg Bernier Boyd Meg Bernier Boyd daughter. Nancy and Joe celebrated their Colby College [email protected] [email protected] 62nd wedding anniversary. Y My fall trip Office of Alumni Relations to Turkey was amazing. I don’t know what I Waterville, ME 04901 was expecting but the arrival in European 1942 1944 Istanbul was eye-popping. We took in all Meg Bernier Boyd Josephine Pitts McAlary of the tourist sights, sailed on the Sea of 1940 [email protected] [email protected] Marmora, the Bosphorus to the Black Sea, Ernest C. Marriner Jr. Harry Hicks, 89, and his wife have loved The Class of 1944 has lost several dear and took a ferry across the Dardanelles to [email protected] living in a continuing care community in members these past 12 months. It’s sad, Asian Turkey, where we spent the rest of the My only correspondent this quarter is Ruth Williamsburg, Va., for the past 11 years. but I guess we should not weep over their time. The topography of Turkey is stunning. Gould Stebbins, so I’ll share her e-mail. He enjoys golfing twice a week and hits the loss but recall with great pleasure their I wish I had paid closer attention in Profes- A fine memorial service was held for her ball a hundred times or more. He regrets activities as classmates and their successes sor Lougee’s (geology) classes! Standing husband, Roger, June 7 in Sequim, Wash. losing contact with most Colby friends, as they traveled through life into their 80s. on ruins that date to 2000 and 3000 B.C. On Aug. 8 one of her granddaughters was including Ron Lupton ’43, who has passed Y Judy Jones Zimmerman wrote about the is humbling. Two special highlights were married in Santa Barbara. She regrets being on. He has many fond memories of Colby family gathering for her grandson’s wedding swimming in the Mediterranean (very salty) unable to attend a Colby dinner in Seattle and would love to hear from any friends and in June. There were 35 or 40 immediate and an hour’s balloon trip over Cappadocia’s in November. Y On the Fourth of July we classmates, including Dick Johnson, George family members in attendance. She has one amazing mountains, spires, caves, and rock had all of my children, all grandchildren, all Parker, Bud Johnson, Huck Kraft ’43, Fran grandson in law school, two grandchildren in formations. There were 35 balloons aloft, great-grandchildren, all spouses, and all Decormier ’41, Joe Wallace ’43, and Bill college, three in high school, two more and each holding 12 people plus the pilot. Not a but one boy- or girlfriend here at Marana- Crowther ’47. You can get in touch with Harry two great-grandchildren in grammar school, problem—there is plenty of room in the sky. cook Lake to celebrate my 90th birthday. at [email protected]. Y Margaret Campbell one great-grandchild in kindergarten, and They were way ahead of time but probably Timberlake is happy to live a simple, yet one great-grandchild not yet in school. Hard thought I wouldn’t make it to February. They busy life in her own home. She enjoyed line to beat that! Y Joe and Nancy Pattison 1945 came from California, Idaho, Texas, Iowa, dancing for 22 years, but recently stopped McCarthy have downsized and moved to a Meg Bernier Boyd Wisconsin, and New York—none from Maine! because of her life with two daughters (one complex for retired military in Virginia, just [email protected] a Colby grad), two grandchildren, and two outside of D.C. and near two of their children. great-grandchildren. They missed reunion as Joe is dealing with
30 Colby / WINTER 2010 This summer he went to China for 18 days Y Doug Borton’s wife of 49 years, Doris, versary with a trip to England aboard the with grandson Christopher. Last year they died in May after a fall at home. Doug will Queen Mary II. 1946 traveled together to the Galapagos. This fall spend most of the winter in Tucson, Ariz., Shirley Martin Dudley he cruised through the Panama Canal by where son Douglas has a second home. He’d [email protected] flying to San Diego, traveling down the coast love to see any classmates in that vicinity. 1949 to the canal, then north to Tampa. Everett Y Burt Krumholz found it hard to believe Anne Hagar Eustis spends non-travel time in Zephyrhills, that he retired from the active practice of [email protected] 1947 Fla., in an active retirement community. gynecology Nov. 25. Shortly thereafter they In the fall issue of Colby I reported that Meg Bernier Boyd Y Three years ago Helen Moore Phillips packed and left for their new home in Boca Virginia Young Ellis had a wonderful trip to [email protected] moved into a retirement facility called New Raton, Fla. Y Joe and Joan Crawley Pollock Greece, but failed to report that Mary Helen Pond Village in Walpole, Mass. She serves spent a lovely summer in cool Cayucos by Wilson Miller accompanied her. Y No other on three committees at Mount Ida College, the Sea, on the central coast of California, news to pass on. I can’t do this column 1948 where she taught for 40 years and was an where they have a cottage. They hear without your help, so look for a mailing from David and Dorothy Marson overseer and a trustee. She is now trustee regularly from Barbara Herrington Keith, me early in 2010. I’ll send a questionnaire [email protected] emerita. Husband Russell (Bud) ’49 plays Bud ’49 and Helen Moore Phillips, and Sue similar to the one I had in the reunion packet. By the time you read this you should have pool year-round with a group of men and Lynch Henry, who are all okay. Y Betty Dyer When you receive the questionnaire, please received mail from Alumni Relations with golfs with a long-time friend—not bad for Brewster is still in cold Rhode Island. She respond ASAP. Wouldn’t it be nice to receive the full text of the following news. Due to someone who turned 90 in December! Helen had bilateral cochlear implant Aug. 31 and so many returns I’ll have to spread the news space restrictions in the print magazine, keeps in touch her Tri Delta sisters: Shirley was awaiting the newest, hi-tech, speech over more than one issue? I hope that’s not editing was necessary. Y Carl Chellquist’s Carrier Brown, Avis Yatto Godbout, Barbara processor, the cochlear Nucleus 5, which wishful thinking! Thank you. e-mail address was listed incorrectly in the Herrington Keith, and Joan Crawley Pollock. will let her hear with two ears. She was in last column. Contact Carl at carlchellquist@ They all were saddened to learn of the death Naples before Thanksgiving with siblings, yahoo.com. Y David Choate goes to the gym of Millie Schnebbe Riordan in 2007. Y Mary including brother Dick Dyer ’42, with whom 1950 every other day and once a week teaches and Gerald Roy are fine and are no longer she lives in the summer, and sister Nancy Betsy (Dudie) Jennings Maley English to refugees at Emily Griffith Oppor- traveling the country. They sold their motor Bacon, who attended Colby for one year. [email protected] tunity School, part of the Denver Public home and now fly back and forth to Florida, Betty will move from R.I. to a retirement In October Barbara Starr Wolf opened her Schools. David planned a 17-day trip to where they spend the winter. They’ll be great- community in Memphis, Tenn., near where beautiful condo in Jamaica Plain, Mass., for India in November with OAT. Y Charlie and grandparents for the second time next April. she lived for 12 years and where her oldest area Colby alums to get together for lunch. Libby Hall Cousins have lived in Duxbury, Y Dorothy and David Marson had dinner son and family live. Y Al and Marianna Barbara hoped the invitation would appear Mass., for 35 years. Their four sons have in September with Carol Stoll Baker and Nutter Wyer live year round in Wolfeboro, in the Colby magazine, but the timing was produced 10 grandchildren. One son and caught up on families and mutual friends. N.H., summering at the family farm and off. A few of Barbara’s friends gathered for a one daughter-in-law graduated in ’84. Y Lois and Aaron Sandler left St. Louis wintering in a retirement complex in town. good visit with old friends. Barbara’s home Charlie keeps in touch with Earl Bosworth Nov. 18 for Longboat Key for the season. They celebrated their 60th wedding anni- is beautifully decorated with wall-to-wall art ’49, Chuck Sanborn, Dick Urie ’50, and, as well as antique porcelain and other art until he died Aug. 8, Dick Marcyes ’47. treasures. Everyone appreciated Barbara’s Charlie and Libby recently had lunch with in-depth description of the objects. Those Barb and Phil Dine ’50. Y Evie Helfant 30s newsmakers attending were Nancy Ardiff Boulter, Gloria Malkin works at Mass General. She spent Gordon Goldman, Priscilla Tracey Tanguay, a week in August with her daughter’s family, Barbara and Lester Jolovitz ’39 donated $25,000 Connie Foxcroft Perrigo, and Connie Leon- including her first great-grandson.Y Millie for a new outdoor theater at Camp Tracy, a YMCA day ard Hayes. Y Dick and Connie Leonard Hammond Bauer met our daughter, Deborah camp in Oakland, Maine. “[The theater] will improve Hayes enjoyed a wonderful five-day cruise the performing arts for children, give them some new Marson ’75, at the Colbiana meeting last on the windjammer schooner Mercantile out interest,” he told the Morning Sentinel. The new the- spring. In September Millie went to the of Camden, Maine. An overnight anchorage ater is the latest of several expansions to the camp, home of Celie Farnham Sturtevant ’49 for in Castine Bay with a fantastic lobster bake which serves more than 1,000 campers each summer. a book discussion on Team of Rivals by on an island beach was a highlight. Winds Doris Kearns Goodwin ’64. In December of 35 to 40 knots another day caused they had a small auction, with profits milestones everyone on board to hang on and wait out going to Colby for Jan Plan scholarships. the storm. But all in all it was delightful and Deaths: John W. Miner ’29, Dec. 5, 2009, in Calais, “Now that I’m in my 80s,” Millie writes, “I great just to be in Maine again. Y Frank Maine, at 102. F Phyllis Hamlin Wade ’32, Sept. 30, feel fortunate to just go to my small camp Lester Jolovitz ’39 Jones and his wife returned two years ago 2002, in Bangor, Maine, at 92. F Elizabeth Thompson in Maine on Great East Lake a few times to Milford, N.H., to be close to their three Clark ’36, Dec. 5, 2009, in Bar Harbor, Maine, at 94. F Y every summer!” Charlotte (Cowan ’50) Ralph W. Brown ’38, May 9, 2009, in Nashua, N.H., at 94. F Archie E. Follett ’38, Aug. children and grandchildren. They retired to and Fred Sutherland visited Colby’s reunion 20, 2008, in Lakeland, Fla., at 91. F James Fox ’38, Oct. 1, 2009, in Dartmouth, Mass., Florida some 27 years after retiring from in June. Good friends who have passed at 93. F Diana Wiesenthal Friedman Opton ’41, Oct. 27, 2009, in Stratford, Conn., Shell Oil Company. They have been fortunate were remembered, such as Marvin Joslow, at 88. F Witha Jardine Rowe ’41, March 27, 2006, in Stuart, Fla., at 85. F Eleanor to have enjoyed 63 years of marriage. “It Lenny Hayes, Lowell Haynes, Gordon Miller, Furbush Chase ’42, Nov. 27, 2009, in Bristol, R.I., at 89. F Irving E. Liss ’43, Sept. 8, has been a long time since my wife and I Louie Sutherland, and others. “It was good 2009, in Boston, Mass., at 88. F Barbara Grant Nnoka ’43, Sept. 4, 2009, in Arlington, lived in the veterans’ apartments ‘on the to see Sid ’49 and Anne Fraser McKeen at Va., at 87. F Helen Watson Boldi ’44, Oct. 27, 2009, in East Hartford, Conn., at 89. F hill’ after military service in World War II,” the reunion dinner,” they reported. “While in W. Merritt Emerson Jr. ’44, Dec. 7, 2009, in Farmington, Maine, at 87. F Janet Jacobs Frank writes. Y Ellie and Bud Everts had the library, we checked on the whereabouts Holden ’45, Dec. 13, 2009, in New Baltimore, N.Y., at 86. F Lillian Margaret de Nazario a great boat trip along the East Coast with of the portrait painting of our grandfather, Ritter ’45, Nov. 12, 2006, in Kerrville, Texas, at 83. F Richard J. Marcyes Sr. ’47, Aug. stops in Bar Harbor, Nova Scotia, Prince who was president in 1901-1907.” Fred 8, 2009, in Dallas, Texas, at 87. F Helen Knox Elliott ’48, Aug. 8, 2009, in Burlington, Edward Island, and Quebec City, finishing and Charlotte winter in Kissimmee, Fla., Mass., at 82. F Melzine McCaslin Pierce ’48, March 30, 2009, in Newagen, Maine, at in Montreal. They have four grandchildren and summer in Rockland, Maine. Y Everett 83. F John Stewart Thurston ’49, Sept. 25, 2009, in Bangor, Maine, at 88. in college at Ithaca, Fairfield, Elon, and O. Rockwell’s theme these days is travel. Gettysburg. Y I hope many of you plan to
Colby / WINTER 2010 31 alumni at large attend our 60th reunion in June 2010. In Vermont Chapter of the American Mothers, the meantime please send me your news. Inc. (official sponsor of Mother’s Day). Congratulations Janet! Y Sheila and Don 50s newsmakers Hailer celebrated George Lebherz’s 80th John Edes ’58 was inducted into the New England 1951 birthday Oct. 17. Carl and Muffie Morgan Basketball Hall of Fame in October as Outstand- Chet Harrington Leaf and Judy and Herb Nagle joined them [email protected] ing New England High School and College Player for a lunch and a few laughs. Don and and Referee. Edes played center for the state cham- John Linscott sent a terrific CD for which Sheila meet with three other couples for pion Ellsworth Eagles before his four years as a Mule. he wrote the lyrics and performed the jazz. breakfast every Sunday, including George He became a Division I college basketball official. His daughter, Anne, is a fine vocalist, and and his wife and their son, Chris ’85. Don John is great at the lyrics, piano, and tenor talked with Katy Finegan Gant, daughter of saxophone. Anyone who enjoys jazz will like Warren ’51 and Betty Levardsen Finegan. milestones the CD called Manhattan Lady. Ask John and She is the youngest of the family and lives Deaths: Charles E. Garland ’50, Sept. 3, 2009, in Wilm- Y he will arrange a copy (at clergy rates). in Missouri with her husband and two boys. ington, Del., at 83. F J. Allen Torrey ’51, Oct. 20, 2009, I hear from Bump Bean on occasion and Don also talked with Ned ’51 and Barbara in Scarborough, Maine, at 80. F Judith Holtz Levow ’55, he is enjoying his semiretirement. He will Hills Stuart ’54 in North Carolina. Y Betsy John Edes ’58 Nov. 30, 2009, in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., at 76. F Carroll never retire from the Colby Eight—keep on Fisher Kearney Caldwell wrote: “Right E. Twist ’55, Oct. 23, 1998, in Merrimac, Mass., at 65.F singing, Bump. Y I chatted with Joan Kelby now I’m sitting here with an ankle cast but Louis V. Zambello Jr. ’55, Oct. 30, 2009, in Scarborough, Maine, at 76. F Cynthia Cannell ’52, Bob’s widow. She is a great gal recalling our visit to Luzert, France, last Webb Cunningham Howell ’56, Feb. 29, 2008, in Venice, Fla., at 74. F Sylvester B. and keeps busy but, like us all, misses Bob. summer. We stayed in the Basque area with Burch ’58, July 25, 2007, in Kirkland, Wash., at 70. F Alden C. Belcher ’59, Sept. 20, Y Walt Russell and I share a lot of e-mails my husband’s son (we’ve been married five 2009, in Calais, Vt., at 72. F Erla Cleaves Davis ’59, Nov. 3, 2009, in South Portland, regarding the political scene. We would like years), who is a professor of French at St. Maine, at 71. F Alfred Fearing Jr. ’59, Oct. 29, 2009, in Buxton, Maine, at 72. F Joan to change much of the news. Y George Lawrence University and does a year abroad G. Morrison ’59, Nov. 13, 2009, in Exeter, N.H., at 72. Wales is getting along well at Denison as chair of the department. We stayed in University, where wife Lorrie (Arcese ’54) a house built on a mountain in southwest runs the music programs. The PBS program France. What a wonderful experience. They Aronson attended her 60th in Glens Falls, Keep the news coming, especially those From the Top, which daughter Jennifer is were with us for 10 days and we traveled N.Y. She also had the opportunity to attend of you who read but don’t send in news! involved with, now has a network TV series. Y the area with no problems. They left and a big family wedding and spend quality time Harland Eastman is semiretired but running we rented a car and got lost for a week.” with her sisters. Y I had a nice e-mail from cultural activities for local creative groups. That sounds great, lost or not, Betsy! Y I my roommate, Diane Chamberlin Starcher 1954 Good luck Harland! Y I can’t find Ted Shiro, (Jan “Sandy” Pearson Anderson) had the ’54. She had a wonderful summer with her Art Eddy but I will catch up to him, and perhaps also privilege of attending a concert on Cape Cod stateside families. They spent time in Italy [email protected] Bruce Carswell, in Naples in February. Y recently. The performers were a group of 70- and hiking along cliffs south of Genoa, fol- Judy Jenkins Totman informs that the final I recently hosted a Colby alumni party at to 90-year-olds called the Young at Heart lowed by a few days in Florence and Siena. tally for our class shows 96-plus percent of the Merion Golf Club. President Bro Adams Chorus from Northampton, Mass., and they Y Ben and Carolyn Doe Woznick were off for us contributing during the last fiscal year. was terrific as were the other speakers. He sing rock music! They filled a 2,500-seat a fall trip to London, taking time while they Hooray for us! Y Carol Dyer Wauters just is the right man for our College—go Bro! auditorium and lifted the spirits of young are “still able to schlep bags, climb flights returned to Jackson Hole from Berkeley, Y I also heard from super pitcher Frank and old alike. Go see them if they come and uneven stairs, and clamber on and off where she got her semiannual “big city Gavel. Frank had an interesting career your way, even if you don’t like rock music. busses.” Y William Holway also attended a fix” while visiting her daughter and family. and has a great memory for all the Colby Y Art White and Bob Kline attended the 60th reunion, this one at Yarmouth (Maine) A five-day river trip down the Green River baseball games we played. Y Stay healthy, Colby-Bowdoin football game in November. Academy. His summers are spent with family through the Gates of Ladore was the high- share your wealth with Colby, and keep the They hoped that Herb Nagle, Lum Lebherz, in Maine at the “Good Old Family Cottage.” light of the summer. During the winter Carol news coming. All the best to the best class and others would join them. Y That’s it for He spends winter and spring in Massachu- is a mountain host (an “on the hill,” “on in Colby history—that’s a challenge to all this time around folks. Hope all is going well. setts, with the exception of time at his home skis” job) two days a week. She continues other classes. in Homosassa, Fla., from Nov. 1 until mid- to be an active board member of a local December. Y Bob and Claire Macy Dubis environmental organization and is still 1953 spend four months at their winter home in trying to help the Democratic party turn 1952 Barbara Easterbrooks Mailey Naples, Fla. Their summers are still on the Wyoming from red to blue. In her spare Jan “Sandy” Pearson Anderson [email protected] Cape, where Claire does some volunteer time she helps at her granddaughter’s [email protected] By the time you read this, 2010 will be work in Chatham along with playing golf. elementary school. Y Diane Chamberlin Greetings Class of 1952. Dave Crocket here and summer and fall a memory. A She attended the Jackson, N.H., wedding Starcher writes from France that family has joined the Kirkland Village retirement few classmates shared summer highlights. of a granddaughter who married a Black visits from two grandchildren, her sister community in Bethlehem, Pa., which has Ray ’54 and Priscilla Eaton Billington had Hawk pilot who is now stationed in Kuwait. Sue Chamberlin Trauger ’60, and her elder been an enjoyable experience. “They keep a nice lunch in September with George Claire has three great-grandchildren, all son and his wife kept her busy through the us busy,” writes Dave. “The only problem is Bazer, Shirley and Nick Sarris, and Sue nearby on the Cape. Y Mike Wechsler summer and fall. Ongoing volunteer work for that there are many more women than men and Dave Swindells. They had a wonderful Edelson is also a new great-grandparent. the Baha’i community in Chambary keeps here. I was wearing a Colby sweat shirt one “old friends” get-together. Priscilla’s Colby She has10 grandchildren scattered all her busy when not entertaining family. She day when a woman introduced herself as granddaughter is studying in London this over the country. Mike currently lectures planned to visit the states for Christmas. Y the widow of a Colby librarian, who was the semester so they have golden- retriever duty on literature and poetry while working on Tom Hunt reports he is healthy, kayaks often librarian when we were there. It’s a small while her parents are visiting London. As a book in collaboration with a landscape (the Maine coast is his favorite spot), walks world.” Y Janet Perrigo Brown-Wolff’s with many of us, it was high school reunion photographer (Mike’s poetry). I think I have 15 miles a week, continues to struggle and children nominated her for Vermont Mother time in 2009. Priscilla traveled to Marble- mentioned in a past column that Mike wrote stumble with Bach and Beethoven piano of the Year 2009. A congratulatory program head, Mass., for hers. Priscilla heard that two successful children’s books. She lives pieces, and reads every day. In his free time and reception was held in April at the First Ann Burger Noonan’s husband, Dick ’54, in a converted elementary school in Hun- he does volunteer teaching at the UMass Congregational Church of Burlington by the passed away in July. Y Ginnie Falkenbury tington, Long Island. Y That is all for now. Medical School in the MetroWest Interfaith
32 Colby / WINTER 2010 Hospitality Network, a program that helps than 100 former convicts and guards, all Bramhall, whose grandson we watched government and find themselves out of the the homeless. He sends warm regards to with the cooperation of the FBI, Bureau of play on the Bowdoin football team. Hope country! Y From the rather sparse class us all. Y Vic Scalise’s wife, Mary Love, Prisons, etc. The first volume, Alcatraz, the and Peter entertained 25 Colby friends at news comes a nice surprise regarding Lee passed away Sept. 26 following a stroke Gangster Years, was published last April by the Newhagen Inn last summer when John Mathieu. Lee, as confirmed by Ed Mestieri, and heart attack. Our thoughts go out to Vic the University of California Press to good Jubinsky was stateside. Included were Colby football coach, has been a volunteer and his family. Y Merrillyn Healey Decker, reviews. Check out www.DavidWardalcatraz. the Sorters, Weys, Pughs, Lunders, and with the Colby football team and has been as president of the Bridgeport, Conn., area com. Congratulations! Dave adds that it Haggetts. The Bramhalls had an incredible going to practices and games every day for branch of AAUW, held a 107th birthday was Professor Jim Gillespie who inspired Canadian Rockies tour and visited their two years. He even went to an away game party for Leonette Warburton Wishard ’23, him, not his fraternity brothers! Y Marilyn Colby daughter in Portland, Ore. Y John with the team and today, as I watched Colby Colby’s oldest living alumna. Y After working Faddis Butler is an aficionado of Florida’s (Marshall) spoke recently with Bob Bruns. lose to Bowdoin, Lee was with the team and 37 years for the Hathaway Shirt Company, west coast after residing there for the Bob and his wife,Evelyn, are still actively pacing up and down the field pretty much Al Joseph and his son bought the vending last 15 years. She and her husband enjoy traveling and competing in senior tennis. like Pacy [’27 ] and Ludy [Levine ’21] used machine business that serves Colby from his cruising, especially the eastern Caribbean. Bob and Evie chauffeured Kathy and Lou to do! Colby’s football coach said Lee came brother. So in his “retirement” Al is carrying Since recovering from a successful knee to the fall sports luncheon named in honor to him two years ago and wanted to help on a family tradition that started when we surgery she is back at it five or more times of Lou. Y A surprise e-mail reconnected us out, and the coach’s remark regarding Lee were at Colby. He still manages to play golf a week. Fabulous! Y Also fabulous are with Richard Hellawell. Dick and his wife, is, “He’s awesome.” Y Will try to write more twice a week. Y Sherman Saperstein wrote Eric and Berry Wellersdieck Piper. They Pat, live between West Palm and Stock- the next time as I fill in for Eleanor. a poem for our 55th reunion, but was unable will celebrate the one- year anniversary of bridge, Mass. Pat, many will remember, to read it. Go online to our class column to his heart transplant soon. He is working was an accomplished horsewoman, but has read his poem: www.colby.edu/mag. out daily and started running again. Wow! suffered recently with bad knees. Dick ran 1958 Berry and Eric visited Bob and Sistie Restall into Richard Abedon, “But I have not seen Mary Ellen Chase Bridge Horne in honor of his 80th birthday. Sistie him since I retired from the car business [email protected] 1955 is recovering from her bout with cancer and in 2001.” Y Susan Miller Hunt has seen Marcia Griggs Atsaves’s husband of Ann Burnham Deering has not lost one bit of her sense of humor, Shelia Mc Laughlin Frackman Dillon, who almost 50 years, Mario, died in 2008, but [email protected] says Berry. Y Many classmates wrote of their was here from Australia. Sue reported that she still works at the company he founded It is a beautiful fall in Maine and I’m looking sadness over Ruth McDonald Roberts’s Ruthann Simmonds Mac Kinnon walked a 39 years ago. Their younger son, Alex, is out through the colorful leaves at the water death after many months at the Mayo Clinic. long, slow road to husband Victor’s recovery manager and Marcia is treasurer. She goes from our new condo at 42 Foreside Common She fought a courageous battle. Ruth was after surgery complications. Ruth Ann and to Bethany Beach, Del., every weekend in Drive in Falmouth. Our children sent us a remarkable woman and a tireless Colby Susan still see Joan and Baird Whitlock, the summer—swimming, playing tennis, away for two nights at the Cliff House in alumna. Many people gave tribute to Ruth former humanities professor and mentor reading a good book, walking, biking. At Ogunquit. We returned to find the furniture at her memorial service, but especially to many of us. Y Lois Latimer Pan writes, home she frequents a health club regularly in place, pictures hung, beds made, and moving were the loving words of Dave and “The big news in Poughkeepsie is Walking and enjoys discussions with her book club. champagne and canapés. It was the best Ruth’s daughters, Linda Roberts Pagnano Over the Hudson, a railroad bridge built in She keeps up e-mail contact with Maggie gift they could have given us! Y It is good ’88 and Susan Roberts Dangel ’86. The 1888 that has been converted to a park. Smith Henry and Ellie Fortenbaugh de la to hear from Carol Smith Brown. She loves grandchildren provided the music. I saw Ed and I were part of both the night illu- Bandera. Y Congratulations to John Edes, to travel and was fortunate to visit 48 states Ruth’s freshman roommates, Alice Beale mination ceremony and the parade, along who was inducted into the NE Basketball Hall and nine Canadian provinces with her hus- Gleason and Sue Biven Staples, as well with 3,998 other volunteers.” Lois visited of Fame in October. “Due to poor putting by band before he passed away nearly seven as Jo Bailey Campbell, Paul and Germaine Kathy Vogt on the Cape this summer and Bruce Blanchard and myself,” he reports, years ago. She has visited Alaska recently Michaud Orloff, and several fraternity Barbara Preston Hayes in D.C. Y A happy the pair lost in the annual Maffe Foundation and returns to Maine often to visit sister brothers of Dave’s. A fine memorial to a fine note from David Slater stating that he was Golf Tournament. John also took part in the Joan, who is married to Dick Tripp. Carol friend! Y Mary Ellen McGoldrick McGowan recently co-chair of his Boston College Law Matt Gaudet tourney at Old Orchard Beach. has eight grandchildren and volunteers on died in July after a long illness. She will be School 50th reunion. “It was noted that the “You would be proud to be a Colby grad if various projects. Y John Dutton flew to very much missed by all her friends. Y Class then-young bride, Barbara, also received you saw the outpouring of grads and friends Maine in early October to help Lou Zam- president Kathie Flynn Carrigan reminds her degree at the 1959 graduation, a PHT for this benefit!” Y Dave and Jan Pratt bello (who died Oct. 30 after a seven-year us that our 55th reunion is coming up June (Putting Hubby Through),” writes David. Y Brown attended a moving memorial for Carl battle with prostate cancer) celebrate his 3-6, 2010. Planning for a great one is under Congratulations to Donald Rice, who was Cobb ’59 by the ocean in September and 76th birthday along with ATO brothers Dick way. See you then! inducted into the Governor’s School Athletic enjoyed a reunion with Deb Robson Cobb Bartlett, Hank Taron, Dave Roberts, and Hall of Fame. Don was nominated for the and Beryl Scott Glover in Chatham, Mass. Polly (Seely ’58) and Bill Rosen. John is distinction by our beloved Frank Huntress, The Browns also were in Charleston, S.C., recovering nicely from back surgery. Take 1956 himself a Governor’s School grad. Y So, my where it was 95 degrees, then returned to it slow, John! Y Dick Cole just missed the Joan Williams Marshall dears, that is it for now. John and I wish Ithaca, where it was 32. They look forward to deadline for the last issue, but he lives on [email protected] each and everyone of you Godspeed. See celebrating their 50th anniversary in August the Boston waterfront and qualified for the Greetings classmates everywhere. These you at reunion! with family and friends in the Adirondacks. national ski championships, winning gold have been busy months for many of you, “We feel very lucky to still have each other.” medals in the SL and GS regional races in and I thank those lovely folks who responded Jan continues her pottery making and Dave Mass. and N.H. The nationals were at Copper to my plea for news and wrote a few words. 1957 his woodworking. Y Helen Payson Seager Mountain in Colorado. Dick finished fifth in John and I just returned from a brief visit with Guy and Eleanor Ewing Vigue directs the chapel chorale at her retirement his age division (60-plus Methuselah). He Kathleen McConaughy Zambello, who lost [email protected] community in Mass. The group was to head- also qualified in the 70-74 age group for Lou ’55 Oct. 30 after an eight-year odyssey Winter is coming and it looks like you’re all line a music festival in Plymouth. “English the NASTAR championships. Way to go! Y with cancer. How do you bid farewell to a bringing in the wood or out hunting or on majors can do anything.” [Garrison Keillor Dave Ward has had a remarkable career persona bigger than life? Although a class vacation without access to a telephone or will be impressed. Ed.] She stays in touch as a criminologist and, after retiring as a ahead, Lou was an integral part of ’56 and computer. We have very little new informa- with Debbie Robson Cobb, who traveled professor at the University of Minnesota, dearly loved by us all. Y While in Maine tion to write about so we will have to assume this fall to visit family in Seattle, Virginia, wrote two historical books about Alcatraz. we saw David and Rosemary Crouthamel nothing much is happening with our class and San Diego. Y Marian Woodsome is He visited the prison and interviewed more Sorter and visited Peter and Hope Palmer or all have gone on a secret mission for the enjoying newfound flexibility to see family
Colby / WINTER 2010 33 alumni at large members more often and become involved gala in Kansas City in August. Y Reunion in local activities since she returned to home has prompted lots of news. Please keep territory. She looks forward to winter—a trip 60s newsmakers it coming. to Germany, cross country skiing, drinking Ken Stone ’64 was inducted into the New England Bas- hot chocolate, and reading by the fire. Son ketball Hall of Fame in October. He received the Ronald Scott, in Iraq since June, will be home in 1960 S. Perry Award for Division III Men’s Players after earn- Jane Holden Huerta December to make Marian and his family ing All-Maine and All-New England honors during three [email protected] very happy. “Thinking of you all and wish- years at Colby. Stone held the title of all-time leading ing the best.” Y Ed and Carol Hathaway scorer for the Mules until 1971.F Michel Picher ’67 Jock Knowles went to Colby this fall to de Lemos have 10 grandchildren and feel received the 2009 Bora Laskin Award, established by celebrate a wonderful 50th reunion for fortunate that all family members live only 35 the University of Toronto to honor those who have made the 1959 undefeated soccer team and the minutes away. The couple had a wonderful outstanding contributions to Canadian labor law. Picher, 50th anniversary of varsity men’s soccer. time at the surprise 50th anniversary party a prominent labor arbitrator and past president of the Six team members attended and some for Harry and Joan Shaw Whitaker in Plym- National Academy of Arbitrators in Canada, was se- even dressed for the alumni game. They outh, Mass., and were looking forward to a lected from nominees from all fields relating to labor were given a warm welcome and treated trip to Turkey in November. Y Warren Judd Ken Stone ’64 law, including academe, private practice, courts, tribu- like royalty. About 12 members of our class and wife Kay spent their usual summer in nals, and arbitration. F Maine Governor John Baldacci met Sept. 23 to discuss reunion—including Wayne, Maine, getting to see John Winkin nominated David Elliott ’68 to the Maine Labor Relations Board. Elliott works as an a cruise out of Portland on Thursday—and several times, including at his 90th birthday independent hearing officer with the Maine Public Employees Retirement System. He our fundraising progress, which is going well. party. “Still a great guy, and he was better previously served the Office of Policy andL egal Analysis for the Maine Legislature and Jock hopes people are as excited about the was a lecturer at Bates. this year than when some of us visited 50th as he is. Y Peg Jack Johnston has him at our 50th reunion.” Y Peter Doran milestones had a busy year with her annual three-week and Lois joined their son, Dana, at Family Deaths: Arthur P. Pickman ’62, Aug. 29, 2009, in Delray Beach, Fla., at 68. F Nancy trip to Puerto Vallarta and a week each in Homecoming Weekend to celebrate the Barnett Fort ’65, July 31, 2009, in Portsmouth, N.H., at 66. Sacramento and Chicago visiting grandkids. career of John “Swisher” Mitchell. “Great She sees her sixth grandchild in Denver night and well deserved honor.” Dana is every week! Peg is chair of the Denver Sister assistant basketball coach, and his wife, Cities International Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia) Kelly, is an architect with Colby’s Physical with three of their four grandchildren who reunion was super and was glad so many Committee. Contact Peg if you want to join Plant Department. Lois recently enjoyed a live in Virginia, New Hampshire, and Mas- people attended. Y Shortly after reunion their trip to Mongolia in September 2010. visit to the Lunder Collection at the Colby sachusetts, driving almost 6,000 miles to Marty and Ann Segrave Lieber became the Their district Rotary Polio Committee is Museum of Art. The couple went to Utah in accomplish this trip. Y Louise (Robb ’60) proud grandparents of Nora Rose Herbert. meeting a Bill and Melinda Gates Founda- June to visit grandchildren, then Peter went and Arthur Goldschmidt stopped on their Ann writes, “It is a major thrill for us; such tion $355M grant challenge to raise their to Eugene, Ore., to officiate at the USATF way to and from Waterville to visit friends fun to see her grow and develop.” To Ann share of $200M. Check out www.endpolio. Junior-Senior National Outdoor Track and and relatives. Arthur reports that the ninth and Marty reunion was wonderful, and the com. Peg is part of our Colby gift committee Field meet. “Lots of fun doing the men’s edition of his textbook, A Concise History memorial Saturday morning was especially and hopes to see lots of you at reunion. Y I senior shot put event on national TV!” Y of the Middle East, has come out. Later in moving. Ann still enjoys singing in several had lunch with Ken Nigro, who also lives in Peter and I were happy to have brunch June Arthur and Louise drove to Appleton, groups, and she and Marty have had some Sarasota. He still works for the Red Sox and recently with Pam and David Adams, who Wis., to attend a meeting while the attic of great get-togethers with the Arnetts, goes up to Boston once a month during the were in VT on their way to Canada for a their house was being rebuilt. Y Ronnie and Megathlins, Foleys, Tomeys, Whitmans, season. He still runs a baseball cruise (sail- biking trip. Unlike Marian, we VTers do not John Shore were especially touched by the and other Colby folk. Y The weekend follow- ing in January) and looks forward to our big look forward to winter here so hope to be Johnson Pond service. “It was especially ing reunion John and Denny Kellner Palmer anniversary in Maine this year. Y Frederick in GA and FL for our annual getaway! Would pleasant talking with several classmates I attended John’s 50th at Williams. They C. Moffatt’s latest book, The Life, Art and love to hear from more of you next time—tell hardly knew and now wish I had. Colby is spent the summer at their camp at Panther Times of Joseph Delaney, 1904-1991, was us your news! All the best. something to be proud of, as is our class.” Y Pond in Raymond, Maine, where their kids, recently published by the University of Ten- Two weeks after reunion Wilbur Hayes was spouses, and grandkids were coming and nessee Press. Since earning his doctorate grasping Peking duck with chopsticks among going. They fit in as much golf as possible from the University of Chicago, Fred taught 1959 a group of people from Wilkes University and helped with the Handicapped Golf art history at Tennessee from 1969 until Joanne K. Woods visiting Beijing. Two days later they traveled Program in Cumberland that’s part of the his retirement in 2004. Y In September [email protected] 48 hours to the wild west of China into Lhasa, Handicapped Ski Program that John does in Tony ’57 and Bev Jackson Glockler went Thank you to all who wrote after reunion the capital of Tibet’s autonomous province, winter. Y Lloyd Cohen is still playing Senior on the Colby, Bates, and Hamilton tour, with comments and news about post- via the new Sky Train. They went inside the Slo Pitch Softball while having reduced his “Classic China and the Yangtze.” They had reunion activities. Sandy and Steve Levine Potala Palace where the current Dalai Lama base -running prowess to a walk. He still a wonderful group (75 percent had a Colby wrote “The 50th reunion was indeed a very lived until 1959. In the city of Shigatse umpires senior softball games year round, connection) led by a terrific guide, Colby special event. Thanks to Colby for hosting they saw the largest sitting Buddha statue high school girls fast- pitch softball in the Professor Hong Zhang. Besides her language us all and for the splendid manner in which (copper gold alloy) in the world inside the spring, and high school boys’ football in the skills, she shared knowledge and insights we wined, dined, and were entertained.” Tashilhunpo Monastery. Wilbur also visited fall. Lloyd and his wife, Sheila, attended from personal experience. Bev and Tony Thank you, Steve, for putting together the the Forbidden City in Beijing and walked on his induction into the Cliffside Park High highly recommend these trips (their third). DVD, a wonderful memento of a great time. the Great Wall at Badaling. Y It was the School Hall of Fame in November 2008. Y Y Dick Peterson works as CEO of Reflec- Y Peggy Lippincott Brezel visited family first time Bill Nicholson’s wife, Marian, Russ Longley lives at Lake of the Ozarks, tive Learning, an Internet start-up company and friends after reunion before return- had been to Colby, and she was impressed Mo., plays a bit of golf, takes Latin dance offering positive psychology programs. Dick ing to Hawaii. Y Elaine (Healey ’62) and with the people, the school, and the reunion lessons, consults for a Canadian aerospace wrote from Beijing, where he was talking Paul Reichert are “looking forward to the activities. For Bill it was great to get together company, and enjoys cruising “while franti- with the PRC government about a program 55th.” After leaving reunion they headed with friends, fraternity brothers, teammates, cally searching for a rich widow who skis.” in resiliency for the civil servants. His wife, to New Brunswick and Nova Scotia to visit and great friends Trish and Mike Farren. Y His dance instructor/partner and he placed Bette, retired from being a “real psycholo- with Florida “snowbirds” and then visited Carol Sandquist Banister (Sanka) thought first in waltz and rumba at a major formal gist” (she is his biggest critic but supportive
34 Colby / WINTER 2010 as long as the online programs don’t have busy. Enjoy your families!” Y Denny Dionne lives on the Hudson River, 50 miles north Brenda extends an invitation to visit her in pop psychology content). They attended reports, “Mary and I spent time in London of N.Y.C., where he is chairman of the Storm Denver. Y Michael (McCabe) and I (Nancy a very nice evening with President Adams last summer with our daughter, Nicole, and King School, a small prep school. He and MacKenzie Keating) are planning our trip and his Colby colleagues in Philadelphia. her family. We’re back in Sarasota for the his wife serve on several boards and plan- to Decatur, Ga., for the winter. Earlier this Dick and Bette plan to attend our 50th. Y winter and will travel to the Panama Canal ning committees in Cromwell-on-Hudson fall we enjoyed a long lunch with Bob Ipcar Carole and Don Williamson celebrated their in early December.” The Dionnes joined Liz and go to Naples, Fla., in the winter, where and his wife, Jane, Bill Alexander and his 50th wedding anniversary this summer. Don (Rowe ’63) and Bev Lapham, Sandy and he “plays with a bunch of Bowdoin grads.” wife, Julia, and Dave Norman and his wife, reports that God has been good to them! Nancy Cunneen Boardman, Dee and Sandy Peter hosted Linda and Bruce Marshall as Judy. Y Save the date—the first weekend in He keeps in contact with Colby roommate Arens, Scotty MacLeod Folger, and Norman they made their way to Florida. Peter reports June 2012—for our 50th reunion at Colby. Ed Marchetti. Y Sandy Myers Paap looks ’58 and Charlotte “Cici” Clifton Lee at a that Rich Simkins’s wife, Patricia, died June This one is “on the house.” forward to our 50th. She is retired and gathering in Meredith, N.H. last September. 21, 2009, after a tough fight with a brain lives in the Milwaukee, Wis., area but is Y Margie Chamberlain Davis still works full tumor. We extend condolences to you, Rich, considering a move East to be live closer to time at East Greenwich, R.I., Free Library and remember Pat’s gracious hospitality at 1963 her daughters in New York as well as to her as head of children’s services. She and your home before our 40th reunion. Peter Paule French Maine family. She’s looking for advice and daughter Holly have two kittens (Margie’s recounted many brief but joyous times he [email protected] recommendations for retirement communi- “grand kits”), who keep them laughing with and Mary Vance had with Rich and Pat Bill ’62 and Barb Haines Chase headed ties in New England! Y Judith Allen Ferretti their antics. Margie reports: “Holly and I will over the years. Y Ceylon Barclay writes: back to Louisiana in November to do post- and her husband looked forward to a river visit Disney World in early December to stay “Here’s a small world thing: while in Kenya Katrina rebuilding with the United Methodist cruise down the Rhine over the Christmas at the Grand Floridian for a week of fun and working on a U.S. Agency for International Relief Agency in Dulac, a Native American holidays. Judith is busy participating on two pampering. Holly’s father, Courtney Davis Development-funded project, I happened to fishing village, south of New Orleans. Barb presidential search committees—one for the ’60, died in August.” Y Bob and Jeanette have on my Colby t-shirt while enjoying a attended her 50th high school reunion. president of the local college, where she is Benn Anderson sent a postcard from their rare Nairobi treat (fajitas and a Dos Equis) After not having been back in all those chair of the board of trustees, and the other “picture-perfect Mediterranean cruise.” Y when the American-educated manager of years, she says it was quite an experience! for a national, nonprofit scholarship organi- Robert ’59 and Wendy Ihlstrom Nielsen the restaurant exclaimed that his uncle and Y Donna Cobb Lawrence has had several zation. Y John and Becky Crane Rafferty send news of “a full summer at the beach cousin both graduated from Colby. He had major events in her life this year. She retired went on a Mediterranean cruise for 12 days with grandkids from VA and AZ, ages 2-4!” stories of Kenyans surviving Maine winters after 35 years from her family business: in September with their church group. They Wendy is a Florence Griswold Museum and we had a few laughs and formed a new specialty toy stores and a teacher resources hadn’t seen Italy or Greece previously and so docent who loves learning and meeting friendship.” Y Al Neigher writes that his store. After being divorced for 20 years, she sights like the Coliseum and the Acropolis people who enjoy impressionist art. “The dear friend Artie Pickman died Aug. 29 married Joe Teagarden in August. They live were wonders to them. Y Peter N. “Mac” museum recently featured a ‘Wee Fairie of a malignant brain tumor. Al visited Artie in Ridgefield, Conn., where they can easily McFarlane cruised for two weeks in Alaska Village.’ The village, covering the museum about a month before the end and found him spend time with their six children and seven and enjoyed watching humpback whales on campus, had 35 fantastic miniature houses to have the “high spirits and typical sense grandchildren. Donna recently reconnected two different occasions. They didn’t see any created by local artists and architects. A of irony and warmth that we all remember. with Rosemary Blankenship Hubbard. Y of the vessels from Discovery’s the Deadliest wonderful family art experience.” Y Diane A wonderful, kind, and valued friend. We Herb Gottfried is an emeritus professor at Catch series but saw where a couple of them Sadler Martin reports: “The Rev. Alfred will miss Artie a lot.” Sincere condolences Cornell. After a variety of appointments, all dock. Y I hope all of you are making plans Clark Martin, my husband of 48 years, died to Claire and daughters Heidi and Beth. in academe, over more than 40 years, the for our 50th. The reunion committee has May 19, 2009. I’m glad we were able to Y Toshi and Jean Gaffney Furuyama last has been in landscape architecture, made great plans, but it is not too late to attend the 45th reunion at Colby together celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary where he developed a program in cultural send suggestions. See you in Portland June and ramble leisurely through Nova Scotia last December with a belated trip to Hawaii. landscape studies. His wife, Jan Jennings, 3 for the cruise and then on to Waterville and New England afterward.” Y Aloha! Jean is in the process of selling her dental is a professor at Cornell. They just published for three days of fun! practice but will continue practicing for a their third book on American vernacular couple of years. She is becoming an expert architecture. Herb is a longtime volunteer 1962 witness in malpractice cases, which is an rowing coach at Cornell and worked for the 1961 Patricia Farnham Russell interesting way to work your own hours. Y past two years for head women’s coach Diane Scrafton Ferreira Nancy MacKenzie Keating Brenda Lewison and husband Bill rented a Hilary Gehman ’93. Last winter he took up [email protected] [email protected] lovely 1840 barn in Vermont in September. throwing the discus, and this winter he’ll Wishing everyone a happy and healthy 2010. Happily there is news from classmates we It was so perfect—with mountain views, dirt try shot put. Y Chris and Midge Walton Let’s keep on kicking, Class of ’61! Y Carol haven’t heard from in awhile. Marcia Eck roads to explore, and wonderful villages to Holmes are proud that grandson Chris Trigg Friedley expects “many others are Brolli reports that since a move to Sheffield, visit—that they’ve reserved it for next year. Holmes graduated from Royal Holloway caught up with grandparenting while tending Mass., in 2002, she retired after 40 years of They spent time in northern Vermont at the University, where he majored in interna- also to elderly parents. Three children are teaching high school English and has gotten home of Colby roommate Cynthia Barber tional relations and world politics. Midge scattered from north to south here on the involved in the Sheffield Historical Society, and her husband, Jon, and were joined by recently took up painting pastel portraits West Coast, and after the addition of two Old Parish Church, RFB&D, quilting, singing, Steve and Sandy Keef Hunter from East of pets, including a painting she completed more babies this summer, we now have 14 and the Sheffield Food Assistance Program. Hampton, N.Y. They all reminisced, laughed, of “Sweetie Dog” for Terry and Mary Lee wonderful and loveable grandchildren. My She claims to love small-town life where enjoyed the views, and shared the cook- Grant McIntosh. Midge e-mailed a photo dad, 95, lives in Natick, Mass., under the a “visit to the post office means several ing, all in the warmth of gratitude for their of another wonderful painting of hers of watchful eye of my youngest sister. So Dave conversations and welcoming smiles.” Y continuing friendship. Y Peter and Brenda two pigs. I wish I could include it here. Y and I travel a lot. We enjoy our motor home Tony Kramer and wife Linda, along with Wrobleski Elwell Gottschalk are remodel- Pauline Ryder Kezer has been “up to her and use it during the 6-7 months we’re able their two college-age children (one at KU, ing a Victorian home in Denver, Colo. Her ears” as a trustee of the Katharine Hepburn to cross the many mountain passes. Add a the other to graduate from Colby this spring), daughter will be married next summer (“at Cultural Arts Center in Old Saybrook, Conn. couple of weeks in Maui to enjoy the turtles took a great 10-day Mediterranean cruise last,” she says) in an outdoor wedding in the A 98-year-old abandoned public building and do lots of snorkeling—we still travel to in August. He spends time every year in foothills of the Rockies. Brenda traveled to was restored and opened this fall and is exotic places once or twice a year. If you Chile, where his company started a joint the Sequoia National Park this spring and on the National Register of Historic Places. are looking for a place to relocate consider venture, and escapes winter at his condo to the Oregon coast this fall. She is trying She chaired Gala Week in October, where Sunriver, Ore. Life is good and keeps us in Puerto Vallarta. Y Peter Duggan still to get Margot Ettinger Tartak to visit her. they had 11 shows and events, including a
Colby / WINTER 2010 35 alumni at large simulcast of Tosca from opening day at the in Mongolia. Now we are in Xining, on the NY Met. Anyone in the area should check out edge of the Tibetan Plateau, about to take www.katherinehepburntheater.org to see the train up another 6,000 feet to Lhasa. what’s playing. Y Skeeter ’59 and Karen There are more people here than in North Beganny Megathlin were in Falmouth, and South America and Africa combined. Maine, recently for the grandchildren’s The size of everything from plazas to crowds soccer game. They had dinner with Joe and to cities is staggering, and the extent of new “The bequest will be a larger gift than we Jane Melanson Dahmen and spoke with construction across this entire land leaves Cathy McConnell Webber. Y Peggy Fuchs us speechless.” Y Ike Balbus wrote at ever could make during our lifetimes.” Singer is excited that she and her husband last! “My latest book, Governing Subjects: —Colleen Khoury ‘64 and David Karraker will be grandparents in March, as daughter Introduction to the Study of Politics, will be Y Y Ilana is expecting. Tom Thomas’s wife, published this November.” Ann Schmidt Recognizing that they will no Patti, is recovering nicely from breast cancer. Nye’s daughter, Amy, husband Dave, and longer be able to make an annual They are both cancer survivors. Tom is going their teenaged daughters live across the gift to the Colby Fund after they on a “spiritual journey” to southern India street from them in Freeport, Maine. Son are gone, Colleen and David have in January and promises to tell us about it Ken ’88, wife Jessie, and their children made a bequest in their wills when he returns. Y Midge De Motte Welch live only 1 1/2 hours away. “We consider still works as a hospice social worker. She ourselves extremely lucky to have everyone to support Colby after they likes her work but will cut back to three days so close.” In September Ken and Ann vis- pass on. Documenting a week in January. Y This summer Nancy ited their friends, the Dymovs, in Calgary, the bequest made (Godley ’65) and John Wilson hosted family Alberta. Tanya Dymova first visited them them members of the and friends at their new house on Deer on a teacher exchange in October 2000. Willows Society. Isle, Maine. They began construction of Since then their “Russian daughter” and her a year-round energy-efficient green home husband and two boys have spent a total two years ago and finished exterior and of 13 months living with them as they tried Let’s Talk interior painting this fall. Al Carville and to help the Dymovs immigrate to the U.S. Susan Conant Cook ’75 Rod Pierce stopped in for a quick visit After several false starts, they finally have 800-809-0103 while on their annual cruise Down East in permanent residency status in Canada. Y [email protected] early August. The Wilson children and four Jerry Shapiro is also authoring: “I retired grandchildren visited in August and shared from private practice two years ago and in some clamming, mackerel fishing, hiking, am still full time at Santa Clara University Want to learn more about Colleen and David’s story? biking, blueberry picking, jelly making, and in the grad program in counseling psych. See special section on inside cover or see www.colby.edu/willows lobster eating. Y Yours truly has had a I’m about to become a grandpa for the wonderful season filled with many visitors first time—due date is Feb. 1. I finally got to Maine—lots of lobster and all the bounty a book contract for my latest book on ‘the group, on environmental issues in eastern time. Y Jay Gronlund is active with his of the sea. This column is being typed with youngsters’ (those between 45 and 65).” Conn. My wife, Lisa, is city editor of The Day Pathfinder Group consulting business. He one hand, as the left arm is recovering from Y Jan Stoddard Gagnon writes: “I retired in New London, Conn., from which I retired has had some weekend visits with Charlie her being thrown across the Monhegan ferry nine years ago from a satisfying career as in May 2007. ’63 and Pam Plumb Carey and Gail and in stormy seas. a school psychologist and an unsatisfying Rick Davis. Jay saw Lemon Morang on a doctoral program, and spent a year learning visit with Gloria and John Tewhey. Lemon how to trade stocks on the Internet. That’s 1965 has overcome some health problems and 1964 been interesting but I was still motivated Dick Bankart “was his old self.” Jay says Pam “is very busy Sara Shaw Rhoades to serve, so I took a seven-week course [email protected] with book signing events, etc., for her new [email protected] and became a CNA (nurse aide). I did this Our very entrepreneurial classmate Randy book, Minor League Mom.” Y Dave Fearon Great response this time; you’ll be getting for a couple of years until one of my sage Antik and partners have formed an Sr. (yes folks your kids are now old enough a letter with all the material I couldn’t fit old patients advised me to ‘cherish your exciting new public foundation: Imagine that you have to start using Sr. and Jr. again!) in! Had coffee with John Pomeranz, who husband but keep your girlfriends, because Solutions, based in Naples, Fla. The Web continues teaching managerial leadership now lives in Portsmouth (N.H.) and within that’s who you’ll have in the end.’ I took site, imaginesolutionsconference.com, at a Connecticut business school. Noting walking distance of our lively downtown. this advice seriously and quit CNA work to is worth a look. The nonprofit foundation the job losses of the past months, “I must John has “rock star status” with his four follow my recently retired and recreationally gathers thought leaders and “extraordinary learn why and teach how to prevent this grandchildren, and, “We’ve already taught gifted husband on ski trips, sailing trips, thinkers, doers, and leaders” and presents from happening again.” [Note to Dave, see the youngest, 3, to throw back the under- hiking trips, and visits to grandchildren and two-day symposia “to inspire and motivate Randy Antik’s Imagine Solutions, op cit.] sized fish, lobsters, and crabs.”Y Bob friends. In a way, a retired husband is like a highly engaged audience.” They deal with Y Jean (Hoffmann ’66) and Neil Clipsham Mangion writes, “Johanna and I are having a new boyfriend—wonderful and fun—but issues such as health, energy, environment, have planned a Danube cruise for May 2010. a great time traveling for three months he takes up a lot of time and disrupts your education, and the economy. Y John Bragg “Both of us still work, and our weekends with another couple as illiterate itinerants schedule. So I’m planning a trip to Europe reports he is “back to Florida for the winter are filled with granddaughters, quilting, through Nepal and China. Doing it on our with some girlfriends. I also spend a lot of but still running N.W. Bragg and Sons back gardening, and scrapbooking.” Y John ’63 own (no tour) has brought its challenges, time puttering pleasantly around our town in Bangor. With today’s technology it is and Nancy Godley Wilson have retired from but we are muddling through with a Chinese home and our country home, both in West possible. Love the warmer weather than we teaching. They have a year-round house on dictionary and a great deal of help from Virginia.” Y Morgan McGinley: Just back have to endure in Maine” Y John and Randy Deer Isle, Maine, they use seasonally. It has the Chinese, who have been impressively from the Miramichi River salmon fishing in may yet run into Dave Hatch, as all three a guest house for rent. They spend the rest welcoming. In a few smaller cities off the New Brunswick. Lots of high water made are based in Florida these days. Perhaps we of the year in Lexington, Mass., where John tourist path we feel like four giraffes. We difficult fishing. Before that I was in New can entice Dave to return to Waterville for “has his main workshop for the top water have had lots of fun saying ‘hello’ to chil- Zealand for big brown trout and am working reunion with Dale “Peanut” Rottner Haas, wooden fishing lures he makes under the dren. We also spent a cold night in a yurt with Trout Unlimited, a national conservation with whom he has been spending quality name Lonely Angler for catching bluefish,
36 Colby / WINTER 2010 striped bass, and tuna. “Retirement has and Robert’s son, Steven, graduated from toward England and Sweden for next year’s allowed us to slow down a bit to share the University of Colorado last June and married adventure. Between trips Sue and Mark lives our four grandchildren, travel, and give his longtime love in August. Y Fran Finizio make their home in Arizona. Y Roberta 1968 back more actively to both communities in plans to keep working at Fidelity Investments (Sookie) Stockwell Weymouth spent Peter Jost which we now live. Y Sue (Cook ’67) and for a few more years, having survived four eight weeks traveling across the U.S.A. [email protected] Nick Locsin spent much of the summer rounds of layoffs. He ran his fourth triathlon and Canada. While on the road Sookie and Dave Bryan writes: “In August Phil and enjoying boating on the Kennebec and last summer and now competes with his son Carl visited with Cheryl Woltmann Ritchie Hethie Shores Parmesano organized a Sheepscot rivers. They went to Barcelona and daughter. Fran enjoys golfing with Dag in Los Altos, N.M., where Cheryl teaches wonderful mini-reunion at a large rental last fall and are busily planning 2010 Williamson. Y Gayle Jobson Poinsette English as a Second Language. On the way house on the ocean in Port Clyde, Maine. cruises. Y By now I trust you have all made and Garfield Barnes will travel in South home Sookie visited with Steve and Nancy The group included Judy Freedman ’70, travel plans for our 45th reunion June 3-6. America for their five months away from Wilcox Clarke after Nancy completed her Greg and Nancy Thomas Fritz, Don and Under the leadership of class president Jan Vermont this winter. Y Retirement for Susan third half-marathon in Rochester, N.Y. Y Betsy Clark Gemmecke, Steve Campbell Wood Parsons your reunion committee is Footer Hummer has meant more time for Ken Ingram is pleased to report that his and Mary Jo Calabrese Baur, and Dave planning a repeat of the Galactic Gabfest we family and travel to husband Jim’s nuclear daughter was married recently. He looks and Nancy Dodge Bryan. Highlights had five years ago. It starts at the Tewheys plant work locations around the country. forward to seeing more of his family since included kayaking, a Katahdin Valley Boys Thursday night. You don’t want to miss this They toured China last April and still raise his return from living for many years in bluegrass concert, lobsters bought on the one. ... Hail, Colby, Hail. Christmas trees at home in North Bath, Argentina. Ken makes his home now in dock, the Farnsworth Museum, picnics at Maine. Susan loves Maine’s art museums, Salisbury, Conn. Y Nick Hadgis and Judy Owls Head and Port Clyde Lighthouse, and theater, and music events. She plays golf, have their passports at the ready as they the boat to Monhegan Island. Best of all, 1966 is a Red Sox fan, and follows football, recently traveled to Helsinki, where Nick they enjoyed great cooking, (thanks largely Meg Fallon Wheeler especially Penn State, Jim’s and son Joe’s attended a professional conference. Nick to our personal chef, Steve Campbell), [email protected] school. Y Russ Monbleau did his 20th Male also oversees Widener University programs extended happy hours, and lots of updates Our classmates send deep sympathy to Bonding Fishing Trip on Lake Champlain in Athens, Hong Kong, Dubai, Sydney, and and memories.” Y Bud Evans says: “Life’s Karen (Sward ’68) and Eric Werner on the last fall. Bad weather, good fishing, lots of Leeds, and Shannon. When Nick finally finds been a fast-paced adventure for me and so tragic loss of their daughter, Alison Werner aches and pains, and unrepeatable con- his way home, he is in Philadelphia, where I haven’t had much time to stay in touch Barton ’96, in March 2009. Alison’s many versation about the glories of aging made he roots for the Phillies. Y Jim Helmer could with Colby friends (much to my chagrin). Colby friends wrote a letter of tribute to her for a successful trip. Wife Joyce retired in easily have run into Nick at an airport in My company invests in technology that will in the summer 2009 issue of Colby. Y Pam April 2009, needed a project, so acquired Asia, as Jim has recently traveled in Vietnam create better lives for people. We’re proud Harris Holden’s travels included summer a puppy, Sophie. If you beg him, Russ may and Cambodia. Jim took a trip down the to have helped start the only company with escape from the 110-plus degree heat of share with you his 26-stanza poem about Mekong River and then visited Saigon and an antimicrobial mask that protects against Scottsdale to rainy Maine, then four weeks Sophie. Y Sue Turner struggles with what Hanoi. Jim recalled a reunion he had with virus (H1N1) as well as a company that pro- in San Diego on a house-sitting assignment, to concentrate on now that she’s retired. Erik Thorson ’66 some years ago in Saigon, duces the only medical device that delivers followed by time in the Colorado mountains “The world beckons, but the choices are where they relived some lighter moments of emergency medicine to the heart through and a fall trip to London. Y As the “proud overwhelming,” writes Sue. She’d like to the young lives in Vietnam. Jim and Nancy the sternum to save lives of our troops on holder” of four mortgages, Gary McKinstry hear how other classmates are handling that won’t put their passports away for long, the battlefield. Another of our companies doesn’t see retirement on the horizon. challenge. Y Mac Donaldson continues to as they have a son who lives in Santiago, just received a Juvenile Diabetes Research Luckily, he enjoys being a real estate agent work, mostly because he enjoys managing Chile. Their daughter lives in South Portland, Foundation grant to “cure” diabetes by for worldwide clients, and the Sarasota, the boatyard in Manchester, Mass., where Maine, so when they visit her, they drive. encapsulating islets that produce insulin Fla., market is turning around nicely. Gary he’s been since 2000. Easy commute, Y Charlie and Sally Ray Bennett have thereby protecting them from the immune traveled around the U.S. and to Holland grandchildren nearby, fishing, golfing, been traveling almost nonstop since Sally system. It seems life’s too short to do all last summer. Y Jon Hill continues to live hunting, and woodworking all add up to a retired. While they list their address as East we want to!” Y Peter Roy writes: “Finally and work in Washington, D.C., his home for good life for Mac. Y Bob and Merri Aldrich Greenwich, R.I., they have visited Finland a grandfather. Still working. Still skiing. 40-plus years. No immediate plans to retire, Egbert had a wonderful trip to northern and Peru and then visited children and Still think this is a great place to live. Lots but thanks to modern technology he is able Italy with AHI last fall. They are folk festival grandchildren in New Jersey and Virginia. of good friends. Healthy family. Guess I’ll to work from Cape Cod in the summer. He groupies and follow the national festivals In an attempt to become reacquainted have a beer.” Y Phil Merrill indicates that and Leslie have two children, one grandchild, to wherever they are held. Their advice if with their home turf, Sally and Charlie have he’s alive and well somewhere in the wilds of and another on the way. Y Debbie Anglim you’ve never been to one: “GO!” Y Please toured the many attractive sites within a Maine and still battling for truth, justice, and Higgins enjoys teaching French part time send Colby or me your e-mail addresses. day’s drive of their home and taken road the American way! Y As for yours truly, my at Thayer Academy and being “Madame For Ted Houghton’s recent reading list, go trips with their family to Maine, New Hamp- son has recently returned to San Francisco Higgins” again. Y John “Daisy” Carvel- to www.colby.edu/mag. shire, and the Maritimes. We wish the best from China after searching for fossils, and las remembers working at Colby reunion to Charlie, as he recently celebrated his I’m shortly flying out to visit him and his weekends and thinking the 20th reunioners 70th. Y While she lists no traveling in her girlfriend. Y Wherever you are, don’t be a were old. Foolish though he was, he does 1967 note, Sandy Miller has nonetheless been fossil—keep in touch! find the thought of our 45th in 2011 scary. Robert Gracia on the move. Like Mick Jagger, Sandy has a Although semiretired, he taught a full load Judy Gerrie Heine second, third, and beyond acts. Her “new” first semester at St. Michael’s College. He [email protected] Thingies jigsaw puzzles are being produced 1969 and his wife, Betty (Savicki ’68), co-taught a As I write this column, the market is showing for sale nationwide by a Colorado company. Ray Gerbi summer course at UVM, taking 15 teachers some signs of life and I think our classmates For those of you who might benefit from [email protected] to Costa Rica. Y Loyal Coloradan Joanne have contributed to the travel sector. All a memory boost, the Thingies were one Hello classmates! At reunion Mikey Jako Richmond Shideler lives for ski season but but one mentions travel, so if you want a of Sandy’s first creations more than 40 gave a presentation on his book, Confronting still misses the Jersey shore. She works part hot tip, invest in the hospitality and travel years ago. While Sandy needs surgery on Believers, that, not surprisingly, received time on harassment and discrimination market. Y Mark and Sue Barden Johnson her thumb from all the painting she does both criticism and support. If anyone knows claims as a legal investigator for Denny’s returned from what has become an annual to keep up with demand (this is the truth!), the minister who considered him arrogant restaurants. Her labor of love is helping visit to Provence, France. They hiked and she is most pleased with the turn of events. and in the minority, please let Mikey know. adoptees search for birth relatives. Joanne visited with Mark’s cousin. They look He would very much like to contact him to
Colby / WINTER 2010 37 alumni at large discuss the issues. If any Colby grad would especially pleased at having spent the past summer we toured around Olympic National her husband are in Minnesota, where Ann like a free DVD of Mikey’s presentation, 13 years as director of guidance at South Park while our kitchen was renovated, is an associate professor in the education e-mail him at mjako@confrontingbelievers. Portland High School. Since her arrival the and this November my son got married.” department at Winona State University. She com. Y Denise Boucher informed me of college enrollment rate has increased from Cheryl has two grandsons, 9 and 2, still teaches math methods, mostly online, and the death of Mary Ellen Lyle Henry Aug. 17, 65 to 85 percent. She works closely with visits her cottage on Cape Cod annually, loves the change from being a classroom 2009. Mary Ellen remained relentlessly opti- first-generation and minority students, many and enjoys her work as a transportation teacher. She has two daughters, one an mistic during her 10-year fight with multiple of whom have a first language other than planning consultant with an engineering assistant professor at the Mayo Medical myeloma, earning a doctorate in history and English. Linda finds this work especially company. “If this is what being a senior School at the Mayo Clinic, the other just traveling extensively. Mary Ellen, a freelance meaningful since she was a first-generation is all about,” she concludes, “I’m all for graduated from college in Washington state writer and teacher, and her husband, Doug, student herself. Yale recently recognized her it. See you at reunion.” Y Chip and Judi and in search of a job in the Midwest. Ann raised three sons, James, Chris, and Will. as being a counselor who has performed Kelly Lord visited with Bruce and Gail has stayed in close touch with Carrie Horsley Denise is working as the director of policy outstanding work in her field. But retirement Cuatto Kilgour, David and Linda Loring Durkin. Y From the Shenandoah Valley Fred for an enforcement agency at the U.S. looms large, which will allow her more time Shea, and Peter and Linda Marsh Foss Copithorn writes that he is reinventing his Department of Labor. She has been studying with her children and grandchild. Y As for at son Russell’s wedding in upstate New love of the pottery wheel, sparked by a Colby piano seriously for a number of years and Pam and me, on Oct. 25 we were thrilled York. Since our last reunion Chip and Judi Jan Plan. His friends and family can expect is looking forward to more time for music to welcome our newest grandchild (Class of have moved to Charlotte, N.C. While Chip his creations for Christmas presents. Y Andy and other avocations when she retires. Y 2030?) to the world. Jack is the son of John enjoys retirement, including volunteering Schwab, who was with us at Colby for a Tom Wright enjoys biking, tennis, and the ’99 and Melissa Gerbi Doyle ’99. at the YMCA, Judi works in the technical couple of years, got his B.A. in history from beaches around Cape Elizabeth, Maine, and services department of the UNC library. “I UCLA. He enjoyed careers in radio, cable last fall finished his second triathlon. Tom, really enjoy my job and wish that I had found television, and the Internet until ill health the oldest participant by six years, found 1970 an academic position many years ago—it’s sidelined him. With his health challenges, the event a great way to get in shape for Deb Fitton Mansfield quite different from public library work!” he is living proof of the old adage, “It could skiing. He still skis Sugarloaf and Cannon [email protected] They love visiting grandson Gavin, who lives always be worse.” He lives with his son and last spring skied Tuckerman Ravine Have you made your travel plans for our close by. Y Ginny (Rowe ’68) and Andy outside Denver, Colo. Andy feels blessed to twice. His oldest son, Matthew, graduated 40th reunion? Have you visited our class Starkis enjoy grandparenting Will, 4 1/2, have received all these “extra innings.” Good magna cum laude from Harvard Medical reunion Web site (www.Colby70.org) to and Kyleigh, 1 1/2. Ginny has a new job as for you, Andy, and we wish you continued School this spring after previously earning check for updates and upload your pic- reading coach at two elementary schools good health. Y Bill Hladky’s son, Jacob, a Ph.D. in chemistry at MIT. His son Doug is tures? Y On your way to Mayflower Hill, while Andy is an assistant professor at the is in his junior year in high school and is a writer for Conde Naste Traveler magazine stop at the Center for Maine Crafts at the Massachusetts School of Law in Andover. thinking about college. He’s determined and lives in Brooklyn, N.Y., and daughter turnpike’s Gardiner service plaza. Sarah Andy writes, “I am also continuing my life’s to make all A’s, but his AP physics teacher Emily is a senior psychology major at St. Owen Tabor designed the center’s T-shirt. work, trying (unsuccessfully) to finish any is making it a challenge since his spoken Michael’s College. Tom sends best wishes Sarah’s prints are also for sale there. This number of projects around our house. The English is more like a foreign language. Y to all. Y Chris Christensen and his wife, year Sarah had prints accepted to juried one accomplishment I do have is filling a As director of business operations in card Lynn, returned from Greece, where they shows at the New Hampshire Institute of four-ton dumpster (the largest available) services for JP Morgan Chase, Elaine Weeks- made friends with fellow Rotarians who Art in Manchester, the Bangor Art Society, with a carefully packed assortment of Trueblood tells of two major life events in her took them to their favorite local spots. Chris and the Center for Maine Contemporary Art 30-plus years of accumulated junk from household. Her 94-year-old dad now lives in reports that the Rotary Club there is working in Rockport. She still teaches at Bangor our cellar, garage, attic, and miscellaneous their home in Delaware, having moved from on projects similar to those in N.H., such High School and spends summers at her other corners.” Y Congratulations to Ilan Maine. Elaine’s son completed his Ph.D. in as providing pure water in underdeveloped family’s summer house in Freedom, N.H. Y Hadani, who celebrates the arrival of his marine biology at the University of Rhode areas as well as building playgrounds. Chris Barrett Hurwitz has been practicing law in third granddaughter, Abigail. We hope to Island. After a late October wedding, her and Lynn visited Crete for tourism and hiking New Bedford, Mass., for 36 years, the first see you at reunion, Ilan. Y Joan Talbot son and his new wife moved to southern and finished on the island of Santorini. Their 25 with his father, Harold ’37. Barrett lives reports, “A classics/English major can find California so he could pursue a professor- son Jeff graduated from Colby in December in Dartmouth, Mass., with his art teacher/ true happiness outside of an academic ship. Y Jon Stone recently began working 2009. Y Jean Clark Davis returned from artist wife, Mary. The two married July 4, environment. After careers with nonprofit in a new career as a registered financial what she describes as an incredible tour, 1995, just after our 25th reunion, where arts organizations and in travel arrange- agent for MetLife managing investments “Classic China and the Yangtze.” Joining Barrett won the “most recently married” ment/consultation, I’m now in my 10th and insurance products. He welcomed his the tour was Roberta Kent English. Jean award. He continues to play his guitars year of self-employment as a language first granddaughter in June 2009.Y Bill says it was a fascinating look at an ancient every day, including his newest, a Taylor therapist to people with dyslexia. Most of Johnson is celebrating his kids being off history and civilization, juxtaposed against K26ce crafted entirely of koa wood from my clients are elementary school students, his payroll! He is still active in scouting the amazing growth and changes taking the Big Island. A couple of years ago he but ages have ranged from 4 to 50. They, and hopes to attend the World Jamboree in place in China today. Sponsored by the self-produced and released a CD, Barrett’s and my new puppy Fonzie, keep me joyfully Sweden in 2011. He’s also preparing for his Colby, Bates, and Hamilton alumni groups, Blues, featuring acoustic blues written from on my toes!” recertification in geriatrics. Y Jim Hawkins the tour was dominated by Colby alumni. the 1920s to the 1950s by southern, black finished his first full season of racing a truck Colby professor Hong Zhang, on sabbatical musicians. Barrett writes that Clark Smith, at the Seekonk Speedway. Y Still loving life and working on research in China under a of Carson City, Nev., is probably one of the 1971 in Colorado Janet Beals and Dave Nelson Fulbright grant, accompanied the group top two biogeochemists in North America. Ann E. Miller are enjoying their hobbies of horseback on a tour of Beijing, Xi’an, a cruise on the Clark has traveled all over the world doing [email protected] riding and mountain climbing, respectively. Yangtze, and finally Shanghai. Jean and a minerals exploration and geochemistry. Amidst the russet tones of the colorful New They saw Howie and Val Thibeau Yates few others continued on to Hong Kong. Jean We hope to see you both at reunion! Y England landscape tapestry, I’m sitting in and Jeff Stanton while in Maine last year, has a photo of most of the Colby group in “2009 was a great year for me,” writes my house in N.H. as fall draws to a close and and then Mark and Linda Ruggles Hiler Shanghai. Contact Jean or me for a copy. Cheryl Dinneen Soon. “It started when my winter is just around the corner. Where does in New Jersey. Y From Oneonta, N.Y., Bill Y Bill Lyons is enjoying a year teaching at husband, Ray, and I attended the Obama the time go? I hope this finds you having Simons writes that he still teaches, serves the University of Miami but says he misses Inauguration (he really is from Hawaii), then enjoyed a summer full of sunshine, fun, and as president of his union local, and works the New England fall. Y Linda Griffin Sturm in the spring I graduated from University of laughter. Y From out of the blue Ann Lyle on another baseball anthology. He talks has worked in education for 32 years and is Hawaii with a Ph.D. in city planning. Come Rethlefsen wrote to say “hello.” She and with pride of his two granddaughters and
38 Colby / WINTER 2010 1973 Teaching Volumes | Carol Wynne ’74 Carol Chalker [email protected] A 20-year career involving literature and literacy educa- tion has let Carol Wynne ’74 put words to work. John Hornstein has been named visiting After earning her Colby degree in psychology, the Minne- professor of education in the College of sota native stayed in Maine to work in mental health, serving Professional Studies at Milliken University. as administrator at a regional health agency and director of John earned an M.Ed. from Tufts and an the first rape crisis center in Augusta. Ed.D. from Harvard. Y Susie Yovic Hoeller, But it was during a 1987 trip to San Diego that a search living in Bentonville, Ark., made two trips for her favorite childhood books with her young son led her to Maine in 2009. In April, at the kind to a children’s bookstore. “I said, ‘Oh, my God. I would love invitation of Professor Sandy Maisel, Susie to do this,’” Wynne said. She went on to open the Children’s spoke to students at the Goldfarb Center Book Cellar in downtown Waterville, where highlights included about her career in international law and meeting renowned Maine author/illustrators Barbara Cooney her pro bono work with refugees. In June and Robert McCloskey. Susie joined Barb Powers, Debbie Wathen After selling the store in 1994, Wynne worked at Waterville Finn ’74, Cathy Morris Killoran ’74, Debbie Adult Education as an adult basic education coordinator, plac- educators’ services to students. Marden ’74, Martha Hamilton Benson ’74, ing students in literacy classes. As Wynne discovered, and other She points to the first Educare Center in New England, Jill Gilpatric Richard ’74, Vicki Parker Kozak educators believe, many adult-education students’ learning a facility for children from birth to age 5 from low-income ’74, Sonja Powers Schmanska ’74, and disabilities weren’t diagnosed. “They just kind of got the social families—set to open in Waterville in fall 2010. The emphasis Jane Dutton ’74 at Windfall near Port Clyde, promotion from one grade to the next,” she said, “and then they is on teaching young minds in a healthy social and emotional Maine, for sea kayaking and a ferry ride to either dropped out or they graduated with low literacy skills.” environment with support from their parents and educators. Isleboro. Susie and her husband Ted (who Wynne now works as a consultant for the Maine “The Educare program … is taking all of what’s currently flew up later) then visited Lubec, Maine, and Department of Education, helping revamp the Maine adult known about best practices for young children and creating a Campobello Island, N.B. Y Vicki and Bob education professional development system to improve model program,” Wynne said. —Michelle Troutman O’Neil met Carol and Jim Daly in Denver in October for a Patriots-Broncos football game. Then they drove to Bob’s new log cabin near Sundance, Wyo., for two days of his son, Joe, who, while in law school, is the Manchester-Essex school district and is May and started work in the health-care food, wine, and R&R. Jim and Bob toasted working with homeless veterans in Boston. currently teaching at Northern Essex Com- business after a tough, summer-long job the memory of their friend and classmate Y I’m welcoming the quiet and calm that munity College. Their son Rob, 29, is also search. Janet continues to work at a local Al Linsky. Y Sue Schink continues as an comes with the winter months. This last six a teacher and coach at Haverhill High. Their Episcopal independent school close to interim rector at a small Episcopal church months were absolutely crazy for me and daughter, Monica, 32, is married and lives home, which she loves! She sends “best in Little Falls—she looks forward to a new it took its toll on Clementine, my dog, and in Weimar, Germany, with her 3-year-old wishes” to all! Y Shel Bal is grateful for church in 2010. Her goldendoodle, Rosie, me. We are enjoying the cool days, cozy fires, daughter, Fiona. Chris and Bob have enjoyed good health and family. She described comes to church and makes home visits to and peace of mind and body. several trips to Weimar, a small city in what herself as, “this Luddite gramma who the elderly. She is almost a certified therapy was formerly in East Germany. They would might be seen grinning about town with a dog and suffers from uncontrolled wagging! love to hear from old friends! Y Kathy O’Dell grandboy on a trail-a-bike, or running five Sue visited with Anne Huff Jordan on Cape 1972 is working on a book titled World Art Since or six miles with her sister with dreams of Cod. Y Ed and Anne Douglas Stanek Nancy Round Haley 1945 with coauthor Kristine Stiles (Duke a half marathon next June.” She summers spent last year all over the world, taking [email protected] University), forthcoming in 2014. Kathy as a camp counselor, and then cooks at advantage of Ed’s sabbatical. Five months Pat Thomas is currently associate dean enjoys having “crossed over to the dark side,” Eaglebrook School part-time, substitutes were in Hawaii, where Anne’s brother and for curriculum at Johns Hopkins School of as her professorial friends call it, serving in the public schools, tutors Latin at the family live, two months in Kolkata, India, Medicine, where they launched a new four- as associate dean of arts, humanities, and community college, and feeds hungry where Ed was a visitor at the Institute of year curriculum last fall, which sparked a social sciences at University of Maryland, neighbors once a month with a crew of Statistics, and time in Sydney, Australia, lot of energy as well as the trials of organi- Baltimore County. She, her husband, John volunteer friends. Y Donna Power Stowe where Ed did research. Anne enjoyed all this zational change for Pat. She and husband Mernit, and middle school daughter, Lucy, went to Ireland in May, visiting Dublin, Ring on a leave from her music teaching job in Chris celebrated 31 years of marriage and have had fun reconnecting with Jamie of Kerry, Dingle Peninsula, and Doolin. She South Hadley, Mass. Their daughter Kari was expected their first grandchild in November. Aronow and Doug O’Heir. Y Janet Holm swam with Fungi the Dolphin in the Bay of married in August 2009 and son Kyle was Their second child, Ted, was married in Gerber’s family traveled to Alaska last Dingle and rode horseback on the beaches. engaged shortly thereafter. Their youngest Baltimore in October. Katie, their youngest, summer to celebrate her youngest son’s Most recently she has been in San Francisco boys are pursuing graduate and college is a medical student. Chris and Pat com- college graduation. Until this trip she had and Seattle visiting children and family, studies. YAfter 23 years Doug Gorman sold pleted their dream retirement home in Mt. thought that Maine had the most beautiful which was a “great and balancing break the services piece of Information Mapping, Desert, Maine, and enjoyed several short and vast wilderness! “Not so—Alaska’s from life in D.C.” Donna has travel plans Inc. to a group of Europeans. He retains a trips there throughout the seasons, kayak- wilderness expanse, wildlife, and pristine in the works and is deciding how best to technology company (Simply XML) and is ing, hiking, and snowshoeing. “Can’t wait beauty is breathtaking and indescribable.” mark this next “milestone” birthday. “It’s considering launching a new venture that he to spend more time in Maine,” Pat writes. They took a coastal cruise and then trav- got to be a grand gesture as I can’t believe describes as “totally unrelated to anything Y Bob and Christine Hanley Pike still live eled inland to stay in a little cabin near it has come so quickly!” Y Thanks for the I’ve done in my life.” Wife Cheryl (Booker in Haverhill, Mass., with Bob teaching his- Denali. Her oldest son, Justin (in Palm news, especially those who haven’t com- ’74) enjoys her work at Harvard University. tory at Haverhill High School and coaching Desert, Calif.), is back in college to make municated in many years. May 2010 be a Son Bobby ’08 has a job at Accenture in football at Amesbury High School (winners a career change from the golf industry to wonderful and monumental year for all. N.Y.C., while daughter Katie is a member of of the High School Super Bowl in 2008!). engineering. Her youngest son, Taylor (in Mark your calendars for our 40th reunion in the Colby Class of 2012 and “is having a ball Chris retired last year (after 35 years) from Nashville), graduated from Vanderbilt in 2012! Y Live well, laugh often, love much! in Maine.” Y Henry Sockbeson III retired
Colby / WINTER 2010 39 alumni at large in 2008 from his stint as in-house attorney football at Colby. Y Thanks so much for visiting the Farnsworth Museum, and having has served on the faculty of a number of for the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe. He and all the news! a wonderful lunch overlooking Rockland legal seminars in Boston and for the Maine wife Dee (Fitz-Gerald ’72) took a road trip to Harbor. Sean has been a managing attorney Bar Association. Marty has also established Key West and, along the way, visited Donna with AAA since 1994 and Barb works for the a Facebook group for the Class of ’75. Be Chisholm Scimonelli ’72 and her husband. 1974 director of human resources for the County sure to check there and the Colby Web site They then chartered a catamaran and met Jill Gilpatric Richard of Marin. Y On a sad note Barry Wilensky for news about reunion. You might have with son Henry and cruised up the coast to Vicki Parker Kozak ’73 called in late September to inform me noticed a ‘travel’ theme throughout this home, North Stonington, Conn. Henry has [email protected] of the passing of Mary Barney. Mary was article. Start now on making travel plans taken on 30 hours a month working as the A few weeks ago I had a call from a Colby a resident of Monhegan Island, Maine, and back to Waterville for June 3-6, 2010. chief judge of the Mashpee (Massachusetts) freshman, a young girl from Vietnam, asking was a well-known baker and cook. She Tribal Court. Life is good, Henry reports. Y for a pledge for the Colby Fund. We had a cooked for 12 years on the schooner Mary Monica Bignelli has lived in London for two nice talk and she was very interested in Day out of Camden. She was also involved in 1976 years and is a senior consultant in learning the fact that I keep in touch with friends a variety of community activities and will be Robert Weinstein and development for a financial services from college and how we manage to do it: much missed by the residents of Monhegan [email protected] company. She lives in an old Victorian Facebook, attending reunions, and trying and the mid-coast. Y Well, that’s it from the Here’s the latest news to warm your spirits house in a town. She never ceases to be to get together with friends. How do you soon-to-be-frozen North. Hope everyone’s during winter! Y John Lumbard and his fascinated by the culture but misses home keep in touch with Colby classmates? Y holidays were great. Send us an e-mail in wife, Anne Russell, have lived in Hollis, N.H., at Thanksgiving. She would like to hear from Ed Hatch keeps in touch with Jeff Barske 2010 so that we can let people know what’s for 21 years. They have two daughters at classmates in England or Europe. Y Allan and Mike Currie via Facebook. Y Rocky going on in your life. the University of San Diego. It was hard for Hill writes from Tybee Island, Ga., having Goodhope says things are status quo on the John to get used to palm trees on a col- finished his second summer working for West Coast, aside from the aches and pains lege campus! John opened an investment parking services. Alan describes his job, of “growing old ungracefully.” Y (Susan) 1975 advisory firm 19 years ago with zero assets. as “no phones, no e-mail, no deadlines. Diana Stork successfully completed direct- Dianne Billington Stronach The firm is now at $70 million and growing I’ve learned more about human nature in ing the 20th annual Festival of Harps, a [email protected] at a good clip, or as they advertise, their two summers at the beach than I did in all three-week celebration that showcased I just got off the phone with the planning 10-year performance is better than Warren the psych and sociology classes I took at multicultural harp music throughout the San committee for our 35th reunion, headed by Buffett’s! John keeps in close touch with Colby.” Alan sends congratulations to Mark Francisco Bay Area. Groups from Venezuela, Rod Jones. Lots of activities are planned Peter Coz ’75, who lives north of San Diego, Serdjenian for the wonderful job with the Sweden, Africa, and China performed in including outdoor water and hiking activities, and he frequently sees his competitor Mules soccer team on this 50th anniversary major concerts, smaller house concerts, and class dinners, faculty and alumni speakers, Peter LaBombarde, who changed jobs year. Y Jonathan Fink was in Maine this various workshops. Her music was recently and of course, just getting together with this summer and is now with Ocean Bank year at a conference in Portland organized featured on an international documentary classmates. Y Charlie LeRoyer and as senior fiduciary services officer for New by Ann (Traver ’74) and David Swardlick. called Reclaiming the Blade as well as on the his wife, Maria, had a wonderful 10-day Hampshire. His oldest daughter is filling While in Portland he caught up with Dee BBC national radio program The World. Y S. vacation in Normandy, France. Highlights out college applications, while twins Evan Kelsey. Dee and Jon keep in touch with Ann Earon spent the summer traveling within included Monet’s home, Bayeux tapestry, and Jocelyn are high school freshman. In Seth Dunn. Jon’s other activities include the United States and Canada, as well as a the beaches, and invasion museums. September Peter received the American indoor skiing in Dubai and disc golf lessons trip to Paris, France, and Amsterdam. Her Charlie got together during the summer Cancer Society’s Saint George National with son Andy, 13. He remains busy profes- daughter has entered her first year of high with fellow Phi Delts Dan Sexton and Steve Award recognizing his 26 years of service. sionally, heading a sustainability research school in Toms River, N.J. S. Ann is in her 27th Ford ’77 at his home in Searsmont. The visit Bravo, Peter! Y Sim-Kuen (Chan ’75) and center at Arizona State University and as year of consulting in the areas of collabora- included a trip to Colby. Y Barby Carroll Rob Gregory serve as volunteers with the a board member of the Smithsonian’s tion, conferencing, and tele-presence. Y Peterson wrote about a visit with Debbie Intervarsity Christian Fellowship at Bowdoin National Museum of Natural History. Y Linda Krohn’s daughter, Lindsay Vonn, the Marson and Bev O’Brient Carne. Bev is College, where Sim works full time for the Mike Savage and wife Martha have lived downhill skiing phenom, is busy preparing a part owner of Williams & Sons Country chapter. They live in Damariscotta, where in Wellington, New Zealand, for 15 years, for competition in the upcoming Winter Store in Stockbridge, Mass. Deb is doing they raised four children and where Rob teaching high school physics and science Olympics. Linda was recently interviewed for pro bono legal work in Boston, and Barby maintains an active law practice. Rob and and raising their two sons. Mike met Martha Olympic TV coverage about her remarkable has hung her shingle in the Web design Sim were active in Intervarsity at Colby and in 1980 when “wintering over” at the South daughter and will be in Vancouver cheering business, producing several extensive sites write they are “sowing back into the field Pole. Mike looks forward to retirement and her on in February. Make sure you set your for clients. Y Howie and Brenda Lincoln where they both received the gift of faith in describes himself as a “keen tramper and TiVo to catch Lindsay’s performances. Y Lake took a 10-day fall vacation visiting God.” They now have seven grandchildren. canoeist” as well as member of a local Vicki Parker Kozak had a wonderful visit and hiking the national parks in southern Y Bill and Caren Starr Schwartz took the band where he plays mandolin and banjo: with Pam and Mike “Munch” Sherrill in Utah and northern Arizona. Their son, Josh, Alaska cruise she anticipated last year—from http://mikespage13.tripod.com/sites. August. Mike retired in July 2008 after 34 graduated from Bates in May. Y Cathy Mc Vancouver to Whittier and on to Fairbanks by html. Y Bob Grant had a 23-year career as years working in the private sector and for the Gerigle Taylor hopes to be back golfing in land, including a visit to Denali that was way a professional photographer in Manhattan Rhode Island Department of Transportation time for reunion after having hip replacement too short. They’re adjusting to being empty before moving in 2002 to work in Boeing’s as a geo-tech engineer. Since his retirement surgery in the fall. Cathy has started work nesters. Y Scott L. Smith is assistant head intellectual property management division. he has enjoyed traveling, cooking gourmet in financial services and enjoys learning a of Fessenden School in West Newton, Mass. Bob stays active with his own photography dinners for Pam (whom he married in 2002), new field but may need to sell her retail gift He got together with Scott McDermott, and filmmaking and lives in downtown dabbling in photography, and all sorts of store in Waterville. She and husband Bill are who he says hasn’t changed a bit—still Seattle. He visits Maine every summer for outdoor activities. He and Pam live in his following a close niece as she travels to Mali Mr. Optimism and Mr. Intensity. Scott and a couple of weeks. Bob would love to hear childhood home in East Providence. Y Sean as part of the Peace Corps. Y Bob Walsh Scott recalled some of their college pranks. from anyone at robert.a.grant@boeing. and Barbara Thayer Barry recently traveled was elected by the New Hampshire House of Meanwhile, Scott (Smith) has three boys, all com. Y David Lane was inducted into the from the San Francisco Bay area to Maine Representatives to be Hillsborough County’s grown up. His middle son, Sam Reid, played Thornton Academy (Maine) Athletic Hall of to visit Barb’s dad, Jim Thayer ’38, on Orr’s lead prosecutor. As county attorney he will rugby and majored in geology at Colby, Fame. David was a star football player at Island. While there they spent a great day in head a team of 20 full-time attorneys. Bob just like Scott’s roommate Sam Gowan. Y Thornton Academy and was all-state team Rockland catching up with Deborah Wathen is in private practice but once served as an David Christie has been promoted to vice quarterback in 1968. He also shined in Finn and myself (Jill Gilpatric Richard), assistant county attorney. Y Marty Womer president of Atkins Printing and Mailing
40 Colby / WINTER 2010 and is responsible for sales and customer Theanna made some big changes too, leav- service. His wife, Kathy, has turned out ing her lifelong home of Portland, Maine, for her second CD, this one jazz favorites a la 70s newsmakers San Francisco to start a graduate program Rosemary Clooney. Their daughter is 10 and and get her master’s in somatic psychology. adding new trumpet sounds to the house! Under the leadership of Executive Director Rob Wilson This is a model of psychotherapy grounded Y Karen Smith Clark’s second daughter, ’71, the Veterans Education Project in Amherst, Mass., in the new understanding of the central Molly, is a Colby freshman and rowing received a 2009 Community Enrichment Award from the role of the body and the nervous system with crew. Karen had a great time visiting Paragon Partnership of Amherst in recognition of its ef- in human development, trauma, and emo- Colby for homecoming. Y Harry Nelson forts on behalf of local veterans and military families. tional healing. She is in her third and final and a group of mostly Class of ’76ers met Since its founding, in 1992, the group has worked with lo- year of school, seeing clients in the training in Portland for a Columbus Day weekend cal communities to understand war and its costs. F Paul clinic, and considering continuing on for a of fun and laughs, great food, hiking, and Boghossian ’76 received a state historic preservation Ph.D. Theanna feels like a 20-year-old all golf at the Belgrade Lakes Golf Club. Harry’s award from the Maine Historic Preservation Commission over again! Y Also sending news from the golf team, which included Ted Kirkpatrick in October for his work on the restoration of the former West Coast is Rev. Dr. L. A. King, who lives ’77 and Robert Anderson, won the three- Hathaway shirt factory in Waterville. Now called the Hath- in Sonoma and serves as interim rector of St. away Creative Center, the building houses residential, of- team scramble. Other ’76ers attending Mary Rolerson Hebert ’78 John’s Episcopal Church in Petaluma. L.A. included Mike Boyson, Gary Thornberg, fice, and retail space adjacent to downtown Waterville. F teaches a weekly class at the local senior Ned Smith, Scott Pickett, Lindsay Hun- Maine Middle-Level Educators honored Mary Rolerson center using the Latin translation of Harry tington Hancock, Frank Callanan, Rick Hebert ’78 with their 2009 Janet Nesin-Reynolds Outstanding Educator Award. Hebert Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone as the Clunie, Will Porter, Danny Mallove, and was cited for the commitment and energy she brings to her educational undertakings foundation of a beginning Latin course. Y Jamie Stubner. Harry’s favorite quote of on behalf of seventh grade language-arts students at Middle School of the Kennebunks. Jeff Potter has been the drummer for the the weekend was Lindsay’s observation: “It F President Barack Obama nominated David Mills ’78 for Assistant Secretary of Com- Broadway musical Rent since its inception. is amazing how entertaining this group can merce for Export Enforcement. Currently of counsel in the Washington office of DLA Piper, The show has finished Broadway and is now be under any circumstances.” Y Jan Barber Mills formerly served as chief of licensing at Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control on an international tour, with Jeff accompa- Ferguson had a busy summer. In May she and in the Office of Chief Counsel for Export Administration. nying. Stephen Jacobs got together with Jeff, finished 10 years of teaching Spanish at a Jenny Barber, and Anne McCreary when the Christian high school in Fredericksburg, Va. milestones show came to Boston. They had dinner, went In June she and her husband, Keith, took a to the show and had a backstage tour, and Deaths: Mary Ann Golden Kirkby ’70, Sept. 11, 2009, in Pickerington, Ohio, at 61. F group of students to Tanzania to volunteer Robert E. Grant ’77, Nov. 18, 2008, in New Port Richey, Fla., at 54. spent a late night at Jenny’s catching up. Jeff in orphanages and street kids’ homes. and Anne reconnected later in the summer Then in July she and Keith moved 1 1/2 in Brunswick, Maine, where they had dinner hours south to Petersburg to be closer to in New York City was planned for November. tion. They rented an RV and drove 1,300 at a favorite restaurant, Bombay Mahal. Y their daughter-in-law while their son, Matt, Y Despite the building slowdown, Bob miles, visiting Denali National Park and Jim Scott has reconnected with a bunch of was deployed to Iraq with the Army. Jan is Southwick is busy with detailed finishing the Alaska coast. In June Carolyn Frazier classmates. He traveled to Portland, he’s substitute teaching while waiting for full- work on 14K-square-foot house located on visited from Chicago and Chris took her on sorry to say for the first time in years, for the time work to open up; Keith is doing an the shore of Cape Cod Bay. “The detail is a tour of the Pentagon, where she’s worked book signing of Gerry Boyle’s latest, Port internship in curriculum development with the most extensive I have seen in my 32 for the past few years. Y Drake professor City Shakedown. Jim definitely recommends the Army. Y Contact Paul Boghossian at years of work!” When he’s not working Bob Michael Rieck planned some December this page turner. Jim was accompanied [email protected] if you want to enjoys riding his Harley. His wife, Deb, and travel, driving first to Sarasota, Fla., then by Pam Cleaves Devine’s mom, Helen help with next year’s reunion—yes, that said 18-year-old daughter are doing well. Y Mark possibly to New England. If the New England Koniares Cleaves ’53 and, of course, Mary “next year” already. Remember to contribute Fishbon and his wife, Shira, have achieved trip happens, we plan to get together. Y (Vic) Foley Boyle and her parents. Jim has to the Colby Fund, and remember “Colby a milestone many of us are talking about Claudia Schneider, a professional actress since been back to Portland several times College Class of 1976” at Facebook. Best these days: they are now “empty nesters.” since graduation, will perform in The Spitfire as Helen’s guest and has reconnected wishes to you all! Daughter Talia is a sophomore at University Grill at the Good Theater in Portland, Maine, with Pam. Y Chris Bradley, president of of Delaware and daughter Anne is a fresh- in January and February. Cuddledown, was proud to be a member of man at Lehigh. Mark is approaching his 30th Team Cuddledown, which rode a 100-mile 1977 year of practicing law in Boston, and “life is route this fall in Maine in the First Annual Kevin Farnham good.” Y Joanne Karlin Giudicelli is also an 1978 Dempsey Challenge. This fundraising event [email protected] empty nester: son Chris, 27, is completing Janet Santry Houser was created by Patrick Dempsey to fund Jerrold and Ligia Campana Chadwick had his doctorate in physical therapy; Mike, 27, Lea Jackson Morrissey programs in the Patrick Dempsey Center for a busy summer. Ligia spent several weeks is a high tech manager in the Silicon Valley; [email protected] Cancer Hope and Healing. Y Ron Clement in the highlands and Amazon river region and Bryan, 20, is a junior at Dartmouth— Sarah Pollard Cowan and her husband lives in southeastern Connecticut with his of Ecuador, bringing back photos she’ll use which gives Joanne a chance to get back visited Geneva, Switzerland, where their wife and two children. His daughter loves in her Latin American culture classes. Jerry to the Northeast several times each year. son, Seth, is studying abroad as part of his being a freshman at Wellesley, a setting that received a doctor of management degree Joanne had a significant career change due major in globalization studies at Gettysburg reminds Ron of Colby. They have a new addi- from the University of Maryland. He’ll con- to the economy (see “Silver Lining” article College. Their daughter, Helen, started her tion to their family, a Cavalier King Charles tinue his day job in the food industry while in fall 2009 Colby). She moved from the first semester at Cornell, pre-vet. (She spaniel named Ziggy. Y Congratulations to also teaching an M.B.A. course on marketing San Francisco area to the Sierra Nevada was accepted at Colby, but Sarah couldn’t Mary Rolerson Hebert, honored this fall and innovation at UMD. Y Iris Kennedy foothills in northern California, where she convince her to attend!) Sarah stays busy as the 2009 recipient of the Janet Nesin- has a busy travel schedule in her job as a opened self-serve frozen yogurt shops and at the bank in Middlebury, Vt., heading up Reynolds Outstanding Educator Award. This product manager in industrial packaging. “business is booming!” She also published the lending function. She finds working in a prestigious award is given each year to one Her son graduated from Providence Col- her second book, Hire Power. Y Chris small community bank rewarding despite the middle school teacher in Maine. Mary is a lege in May and her daughter was married McKeown Burry and her husband took a economic downturn. Y Empty nest arrived seventh-grade language arts teacher in in Charleston, S.C., in July. A reunion with trip to Alaska with Susan Woods and Peter for Theanna Poulos Pateropoulos in 2006 Middle School of the Kennebunks. Mary Linda Lachapelle and Cheryl Doughty Sholl Breu in a shared 25th anniversary celebra- when her daughter, Sarah, left for college. has also won two Fulbright grants and has
Colby / WINTER 2010 41 alumni at large traveled extensively to Japan, India, and Sri thought it was strange to have two children Lanka and brought her wisdom back to her attending Colby, but “it feels even stranger students. Y Thanks to everyone who wrote. 80s newsmakers to have them as graduates!” They have a third studying architecture in Boston and a Walter E. Judge Jr. ’82, who is in the Burlington, Vt., of- fourth at the Kildonan School in Amenia, N.Y. 1979 fice of Downs Rachlin Martin, was recently named one of Y Longtime Portland, Maine, residents Joel America’s leading lawyers by Chambers USA: America’s Cheri Bailey Powers Harris and wife Talie celebrated their silver Leading Business Lawyers magazine. Judge is an adjunct [email protected] anniversary last year by becoming empty professor at Vermont Law School as well as chair of the nesters after seeing their son graduate Vermont Bar Association Insurance Law Committee. F from Washington and Lee University and 1980 Christopher Carmosino ’82 was named president of RBS Business Capital of Boston, a leading asset-based sending their youngest daughter off to St. Tom Marlitt Paul’s School in Concord, N.H. Their oldest [email protected] lender that operates through a network of offices in major markets in the United States. Carmosino most recently daughter is at Smith and will spend her junior Glen Coral was named director of advanced served as the company’s executive vice president, lead- year abroad studying art in London. Joel is planning solutions for CBIZ Wealth Manage- ing the Northeast/Mid-Atlantic region as well as manag- a partner at H.M. Payson & Co., an invest- ment in March 2009. Glen joined CBIZ in Walter E. Judge Jr. ’82 ing its national capital market activities. F Doug Scal- ment advisory firm in Portland. “As soon 1998 and for the last 11 years has built a ise ’86, pastor of the Brewster Baptist Church on Cape as the stock market recovers and college successful wealth-transfer, business-suc- Cod, organized a mini home makeover for one of his congregation whose family had tuitions are paid off,” moans Joel, “we plan cession, and executive-benefits practice. fallen on hard times. “Our church just wanted to surround [the family],” said Scalise to do some traveling, hopefully before we’re Glen and his wife, Amy, live in West Chester, in an article in the Cape Cod Times. Improvements included wheelchair accessibility confined to wheelchairs and taking meals Pa. Their son Jason is completing his B.S in modifications for the home, since the woman’s husband was paralyzed in a car accident. through straws.” Y Not worrying about chemistry at West Virginia University. Son their imminent infirmity, Jon Light and wife Jon is pursuing a degree in industrial tech- milestones Melissa celebrated their 50th birthdays by nology at Millersville, and their daughter, hiking down the Grand Canyon, spending Deaths: Mark G. Maher ’83, Nov. 8, 2009, in Beverly, Mass., at 48. F Paul J. Mooney Stacey, is a high school sophomore and the night at the bottom, and hiking back up ’87, Dec. 5, 2009, in Evanston, Ill., at 44. an avid softball and field hockey athlete. the next day. Y Despite John Clevenger’s Y Cathy Palmer Smith is working at Casey restrained pleading with daughter Caitlin, Family Services in Concord, N.H., where she Congratulations to Linda and her partner, Lynn Collins Francis at lynnfrancis00@ an epee Junior Olympian, she chose Vassar recruits, trains, and licenses foster parents. Lisa. Y Andy Miller took a month off last yahoo.com or Lisa McDonough O’Neill over Colby, in part because of its fencing In her spare time, she and husband Dan summer and traveled through the Southwest at [email protected]. program. Maybe he’ll have better luck with continue to renovate their 110-year-old with daughters Savannah and Delaney. He son Drew, a high school junior football player. farmhouse in Boscawen, N.H. Y Johanna also spent a great weekend on the Cape Notes John: “If fraternities still existed at Rich Tesman is a psychologist working with with Peter Reif ’83 playing backgammon, 1981 Colby, Drew would probably become an LCA, children with autism. Her husband, Barry ’81, drinking beer, and eating lots of lobster! Y Steph Vrattos which is something his PDT dad would find was promoted to full professor and given an Alice Domar’s new book, Live a Little, came [email protected] amusing, or distressing, or both!” Many endowed chair in Dickinson College’s math out in December. The tag line is “Take the Happy New Year! I’m newly employed by thanks to John, our retiring head class agent, department. Last August Alison Jones ’81 hell out of healthy,” and Alice hopes that the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, who reminds us to keep giving to the Colby and Jim Webb (Colby history professor) book will help women look beyond media- diligently, eagerly, and happily working as Fund. “Every little bit helps.” visited Johanna and Barry. Y Karen Caine imposed guilt regarding health habits. Y patient services coordinator for a thoracic Babbitt’s daughter, Emily, graduated from It’s with sadness that I share that Catie surgeon. Y Congrats to my hockey team- Georgetown last May. She competed with Fulton Teeven passed away this July in mates Sara Bunnell Yeager and Mary Coe 1982 Nancy Briggs Marshall the women’s sailing team at nationals in Florida, where she resided for the past 20 Connolly. Last summer, after 19 years at [email protected] San Francisco and placed seventh overall. years. She is survived by her husband, Gerry Cushing Academy, Sara became academic Karen’s son, Ike, is a junior at Hobart and ’79, and her children Casey, an officer in dean at Suffield Academy in Connecticut. E.J. Meade’s architecture studio in Boulder hoping to compete at this year’s nationals the U.S. Coast Guard, and Ali, a senior at Sara will also teach English and help with (where he has been for 25 years), Arch 11 in Wisconsin. Karen is a literacy coach at Florida State. Bill and Mary Lou Eckland coaching. She lives on campus with her son, (www.arch11.com), has been fortunate her local elementary school in Dartmouth, Jackson, Charlie White, and David “Hully” Robert, a senior at Trinity. Mary celebrated to stay busy in the “new economy.” He Mass. She and husband Jib bought a house Hull ’79 attended services in Florida, and her 25th anniversary and was named direc- completed several modern residences in Sunapee, N.H., and hope anyone i the many classmates gathered with Gerry and tor of college counseling at Presentation that achieved LEED (Leadership in Energy areawill look them up. Y Jack McBride is Casey in early October in R.I. to celebrate High School, a college prep school for girls in Efficient Design) gold certification. In March busy with ABODE, a company he started Catie’s life. Joining the group were Joanne San Jose, Calif. She frequently runs into Tom the studio was awarded its first public proj- that focuses on building custom-designed, Shannon O’Donnell, Mary Lou Eckland Marlitt ’80 and Ed Devine ’89, college admis- ect, the Park County Public Library, and in energy-efficient, green homes. His son John Jackson, Diana Herrmann, Lynn Collins sions reps for Sarah Lawrence University October the Colorado AIA chapter named is a sophomore studying international affairs Francis, Patty Valavanis Smith, Nancy and Hawaii Pacific University, respectively. Arch 11 “firm of the year.” He still finds time at George Washington and son Will is a Reed, Nancy Munroe Corsaro, Liz Nelb At a June admissions conference held at for some fly-fishing and telemark skiing with senior at Concord High (and possibly head- Gearan, and Lisa Mackintosh. Losing Harvard, Mary enjoyed dinner with Karen daughters Eliot and Nora. Y Donna Curran ing to Mayflower Hill). Daughter Louisa is in Catie reminds us all of how fragile life is, Cowles Berkley ’82 and MaryBeth Whita- Stock was named director of development seventh grade. Last September Jack, Dave but also of the importance of the gift of our ker McIntyre ’82, whom she had not seen at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, which Perry, and Tom Eyman sailed from Rockland Colby friendships, despite the years, the since moving to California 12 years ago. Y expanded her fundraising role. Her two up to Brooklin Boatyard to visit Steve White distance, and the various paths our lives “Life is busy and good” for Charlie ’80 and oldest children are off to college (WPI and ’77 for drinks and tour of his boatyard. Y In have taken. Let’s look forward to coming Mari Samaras White, who split their time Eastern Connecticut State) and two others August Linda Alter completed her master’s back to campus to celebrate at our 30th between Massachusetts and Florida. Mari remain at home (high school and middle in public affairs from the University of Min- June 3-6. We’ve set up a Facebook page works at KPMG’s international tax depart- school). She would love to connect with nesota. In September she gave birth to twin for our class, and reunion planning is in ment in Boston, while Charlie does market- classmates during her travels! Y Matt Lewis daughters Rebecca and Zoe Alter Capell! process, so please send your ideas to ing for Chico’s clothiers in Ft. Myers. They is back in touch with Karen Zuffante Pabon.
42 Colby / WINTER 2010 He stays active cycling and competing in School working with autistic, ODD, ADHD, Megan, 19, is a sophomore at Furman bike races, duathlons (run/bike/run), and and other special needs kids. Daughter University, where she was recruited to play a 5K this summer. He recently completed 1983 Carrie is 30, married, and an R.N. Daughter soccer. Vicki volunteers in their community Bike MS Charity Century, his first 100-mile Sally Lovegren Merchant Becky just graduated and will be married and travels quite a bit for their youngest, ride since 1996. Lost friends can e-mail him [email protected] next June. Youngest Samantha is a junior at Allie, 14, who plays competitive soccer. Y at [email protected]. Y Doug Sacra, Morgan Borer ’84 and Duncan Gibson got UNH majoring in zoology. Y Don and Dawna Proud dad John Tawa reports that 10-year- as he approaches 50, enjoys returning to engaged this fall. Y Ashley Lasbury Dow Eastman-Gallo celebrated their 25th anni- old son, Tim, helped his West Linn, Ore., old sports and learning some new ones. This teaches breastfeeding classes at Maine versary in Italy with fast cars (visits to Fer- youth baseball team not only qualify for summer he took up sculling. His daughter, Medical Center and works at a bakery in rari, Lamborghini, and Maserati factories) the 10-year-old Cal Ripken World Series, Haley, rows for Wayland Weston crew. If Portland. She is president of First Parish and lots of fantastic food and wine in the but they finished third nationally! In the any alums would like to join him, he’s often Unitarian Universalist Church. Y Karla Piemonte region. Visiting them in Colorado process, Tim set a World Series record for looking for someone to ride with. Y Carolyn Hostetler and her son live in Antigua, where last year were Ross Brennan ’82 and his two extra-base hits, slugging percentage, and Berry Copp joined the Newton Community Karla is founding director of Resortful Arts, delightful daughters; Barclay Foord ’80 and home runs in a game and was named to Service Center in West Newton, Mass., as a nonprofit organization/consulting firm: his partner, Daryl English; and Sam Staley both the all-tournament and all-defensive vice president of development. NCSC is a www.restortfularts.org. Karla is also gallery ’84. Dawna’s OB/Gyn practice is doing well teams. Hopefully Theo Epstein is reading social service agency that serves children, director of Harmony Hall, an art gallery, res- and she’s active in a tennis league. Don is this, as the Sox could use Tim’s help. Y Kate teens, families, and the community with taurant, hotel, and marina. Y Last summer still in management consulting and enjoys Shaw recently left the government having educational programs. While she misses Ron Krevat spent two weeks in Chennai, mountain trail running and marathons, served for three years as deputy secretary working in the arts, she really enjoys being India. Ron is the manager of ProCore skiing, and mentoring disadvantaged local of postsecondary and higher education for involved in an organization that helps chil- Solutions in Marietta, Ga., and volunteers kids making the transition from high school the Pennsylvania Department of Education. dren in need. Y Jeff Brown says the small as president of Dogwood Toastmasters in to college. Y Delisa Laterzo’s clan added She’s returning to Philly as executive director world of Colby has entered his kids’ lives. Atlanta. Y Kelly Burke Corwen and kids a mustang and a donkey to their zoo of of an independent educational research Alec, 15, has Susan Whitney ’86 for his math Brendan and Meghan went to Europe last horses, dogs, cats, peacocks, chickens, organization. Kate and husband John, a teacher, and daughter Hannah has Tom Colt summer. Kelly spent an evening in London ducks, and doves. Delisa and son Austin faculty member at Arcadia University, and ’85 as her college advisor. Jeff caught up with Brian Daly and his wife, Mary Ann, and visited Venice, Florence, and Rome and 13-year-old daughter Anna are take-no- with Matt Figel, who is doing well in LA. children Jessica, Steven, and Sebastian. The then went to East Hampton for a wedding. prisoners Phillies fan (sorry Anna, maybe Both their daughters are seniors in high Dalys were heading to Corsica. Y News from Since Austin is a high school junior, they next year). The highlight of Kate’s year—no, school and figuring out where to apply to Linda Greenlaw came in while she was in toured colleges in the NYC and Washington, of the decade—was playing beer pong with college. Unfortunately, Colby is not on either Newfoundland. Onboard her swordfishing D.C. areas. Delisa’s looking forward to a David Rosenberg at our 25th reunion! Kate list. Y Henry and Jen Maire Hagemann boat was a crew from Discovery Channel spring trip to Barcelona. She is president of recently met up with Lori Sturgeon Davis, Joy lived aboard a friend’s boat this summer. filmingSwords . Season two is slated to air TouchStone Promotions, Inc. in Steamboat Valvano, and Ann Poolos Bailey for a Quad They look forward to getting their boat in in May or June. Linda’s new book, Seaworthy, Springs, Colo.: www.touchstonepromos. reunion at Ann’s home in Texas. Y Marian the water next spring and living aboard for will hit shelves at the same time. Y George net. Y Troy Dagres’s son is a senior at The Leerburger had two business trips to London most of the summer and fall. They have a and Liz Murphy Kloak stay busy with three Governor’s Academy. Troy and the family this year—accompanied by her 15-year-old house in Naples, Fla., on the market, so kids in high school—Peter, a senior, Lucie, a were at Colby to check it out. Troy hadn’t son on one trip and her 12-year-old daughter give them a call if you’re interested. Their sophomore, and Georgie, a freshman—and been in Waterville for at least 15 years. They on the other. A great time was had by all. Y oldest daughter, Katie, graduated from Yale Lillie in fourth grade. They went to Michigan, live in Newburyport, Mass., and Troy sees In the “we’re-not-that-old-yet” category, in in May and is traveling through India. Their Indiana, and Chicago to visit family and look John Perlowski frequently. Y Chris Easton September Cindy Mulliken Lazzara finished youngest daughter is a freshman at UVM, at colleges last summer. Liz is at Ramapo turned student over the summer, taking an her annual triathalon in Darien, Conn., finish- loving linguistics (who knew?), has joined College doing part-time development work. accelerated EMT course so he could run ing fifth for her age group (moving up from the crew team, and has already coxed the Y Living in Maine Todd Coffin runs into Colby with the newly formed Dixmont (Maine) last year’s 11th). Todd Halloran competed third varsity boat in a race. Y Michael people a lot. Todd’s son is on a soccer team Rescue Squad. His son, Thomas, is a high in the same triathlon, finishing second in his Clark still lives in Vassalboro, Maine, and at North Yarmouth Academy with the son of school junior and looking at colleges. Son age group and 27th overall in a field of 299 works as faculty at the Maine-Dartmouth Tom ’87 and Kathleen Pinard Reed ’86, and Robert is a high school sophomore, and competitors. Y Jennifer Cleary Calabro Family Medicine Residency. His wife, artist Tom’s skiing buddy’s daughter, Molly Susla daughter Marian, 7, is a horse rider and a wrote from Merrimack, N.H. She and her Ann Rhinehardt-Clark, works in pastels, ’13, is a freshman at Colby training with the skier. Wife Patti is working at Colby in the husband have three kids; a sophomore mixed media, and woodcarving. She also Nordic ski team. That same team swarmed Biology Department and volunteers with the son at RPI, a freshman daughter at Fisher teaches at Freshwater Arts in Waterville. the Sugarloaf Uphill Climb in October and Dixmont Fire Department and the rescue College in Boston, and another son, 12, who Ann’s art has won local awards and been placed two strong climbers ahead of Todd: squad. Chris is an instructor and chair of the keeps her busy. Jen continues to work part accepted into national and international Wyatt Fereday ’11 and Corey Park ’12. Todd is math and science department at Eastern time as an attorney in MA and volunteer juried exhibits. They have three children: senior project manager at GEI Consultants, Maine Community College in Bangor. Y in the schools. Life is good! Y Y Finally, I Jackson, 19 (Colby Class of 2012), Graham, Inc. in Falmouth. Y Deena Schwartz Ball’s Becky Crook Rogers is raising a puppy for enjoyed some post-reunion get-togethers. 16, and Evan, 12. They were scheduled to daughter, Lydia, is in Colby’s Class of 2013. Canine Companions in Columbus, Ohio. I met Cindy Mulliken Lazzara and her boys go on sabbatical in New Zealand for three Y Jim Bream lives in Chicago with his for lunch in Darien on my annual trek back months starting at Christmas. Mike will work wife, their four kids, and three dogs. He’s a from Cape Cod in August, and I had a great in a Maori health clinic in Thames while Ann shareholder at Querrey & Harrow, Ltd. and 1984 time with Tracy Weiner and her partner, will paint the beautiful scenery. Jackson will practices health-care litigation. Jim serves Mary Kate Whalen Bill Cotopolis, here in D.C. over Columbus join them for an independent-study Jan Plan, as president of the board of education, is [email protected] Day weekend. Tracy was visited in Ohio the and the younger boys will be homeschooled. co-chair of “Character Counts!,” and serves Hope everyone had a safe and happy holiday previous weekend by our former roommates Y Last summer Cathy Leonard Swain took on the executive committees of the Lew season. Lots of news. Y I heard from Vicki Kitty Wilbur and Genevieve Hammond her 17-year-old daughter, Gretchen, and two Blond Memorial 5K and the Jackson Park Crouchley Dougherty via Facebook. She and ’86, both of whom are in the Boston area friends to Spain for four weeks. They spent Hospital Run for Life. Y Jim and Debbie Tom ’82 reside in Arkansas and celebrated and doing great. Y Anyone else have any two weeks in Sevilla, where they took classes Holmes Beam live in Edgecomb, Maine, and their 24th anniversary in September. (I have post-reunion stories? Send them along or and lived with host families. The other two have been happily married for more than 29 vague [not due to age] but fun memories feel free to reach me via Facebook, www. weeks were spent traveling around Spain. years. Deb is an ed tech at Edgecomb Eddy of that wedding!) Their oldest daughter, facebook.com/marykate.whalen.
Colby / WINTER 2010 43 alumni at large
busy working as vice president for develop- Stone program to brush up, she got along and had worked as a commercial fisherman. ment and support for ResulTech, a group pretty well on the French she learned in high Y Seize the day, enjoy the moment, hug your 1985 that works with schools to help motivate school and at Colby! Y In contrast Jessica loved ones, and reconnect with friends far Gretchen Bean Bergill kids. Mike says that by far his proudest Flood Leitz is back to work full time after and near. I treasure the connections and [email protected] accomplishment since graduation is cre- 13 years home with the kids. She has her hope to see you all at Colby in June 2011 I received an interesting collection of ating a project-based virtual school. Prior “dream job” as the executive director of the if not before. responses to my last plea for news, some to our 50th reunion Mike would really love Massachusetts Caucus of Women Legisla- from “first-time callers,” others from some for his school to have a national impact on tors. Her son Keegan is loving his first year of our best and most far-flung correspon- education by providing multiple pathways to at Worcester Polytech. Younger sons Nils 1987 dents. Y Steven Haynes wrote (I believe success in school. Y John “Gin Pup” Collins and Duncan are busy with cross-country Scott Lainer for the first time in my almost five years of says, “Hope all is well. I’m hoping to attend and hockey. And, just to fill that empty [email protected] assembling this column) that he has done reunion next June. In terms of what I would bed, they have an exchange student, Axel, I want to thank George Clooney for offering nothing exciting short of getting married like to accomplish by our 50th: I would like from Hamburg. As I write, Jessica is head- me a role in Ocean’s 14, but that nude scene and having two kids. Steve’s coolest to finish paying off my student loans.” An ing to the Cape for the annual “birthdays” was a bit too much to ask, given that this vacation was in Yellowstone National Park, admirable goal for sure. Y And finally Tom weekend with Laura Goepfert Stolp, Lisa installment is in 3D. Anyway, I already have and he would love to go back and spend a Claytor checked in from Argentina, where he Foley (who married Jim Cooney this summer too much on my plate. For example, the class week in the backcountry. Sounds good to was preparing to climb Aconcagua. Next year after 20 years of cohabitation), Robin notes! Y Irene Izquierdo Patterson says me, Steve. Y Mark Phillips, another first Tom is planning to try and climb Everest. He Clisby Pelczar, and Amy Barnes Hurley. “things are just swell here in L.A. The fires timer, commented, “Twenty-five years is a was proud to announce that he has a son in Jessica says they try to recreate the wild ravaged the Angeles Forest and we held long time,” while promising to attend the Bhutan whose name is Tshering Lhendrup. parties of yore but bedtimes keep getting our breath because of all the smoke and reunion in June. Mark has been married to I guess playing elephant polo isn’t quite a earlier (read: board games and photo album now are worried about the flooding. But so Tia Boaz for 21 years. Tia was at Colby as full-time job for Tom? Y Personally, I have sharing!) Y Craig and Alison Capstick far it’s okay. Now we are back to scorching an exchange student from Pomona. After nothing to top that, so I guess it’s best I just Carlson live in Santa Barbara, Calif., with weather just when I thought fall had finally graduating from Pepperdine Law School, stop and wish everyone well, no matter how kids Matthew, 9, Hayden, 8, and Sydney, arrived. [Sounds like paradise, Irene.] We Mark practiced law in California for a number exotic or domestic their personal adventure 6. Craig is a professor of oceanography at are enjoying our new house in the hills, of years before returning, with his family, may be. See you in June! UCSB, while Alison is “mom” with part-time below which I can see the observatory, which by then included twin boys, to New sales work from home. Y Ricardo Sieveking downtown, and Dodger Stadium. I really love Hampshire. Back at home Mark began still lives in Guatemala. His oldest son is teaching first graders as I continue working coaching football, wrestling, and baseball 1986 in 12th grade, a great soccer player, and on my credential. Does school ever end? at Bishop Guertin High School in Nashua. Henrietta “Hank” Yelle applying to colleges. Y Dave and Jeanne My own two are Charlie, in fifth, and Anna Although initially he thought he would return [email protected] Choquette Radvany are still in Pelham, is a junior at my old alma mater. I’m trying to law, Mark decided to stay in education I won’t let it happen again. My heart sank N.Y., with Rachel, 10, and Andy, 8. Jeanne is to convince her to look at Colby, but I think and has been teaching since 1995. His when I received the fall Colby magazine with president of the local education foundation, the cold scares her, and we have already boys are now seniors playing football and no column for 1986. My fault—not yours. raising private funds to enhance education told her that her room will be the office baseball, and they hope to continue their You’ve been great with the news—keep it programs. They had an incredible family trip when she leaves. No major vacations or education and athletic careers next year coming! Y One recurring theme is REUNION. last summer to the Canadian Rockies, tour- events. We’re nesting in our new home.” Y in college. Good luck with the two tuitions Many folks have written saying “I will NOT ing Banff and Jasper National Park. Having Kristine Davidson is still doing that whole next year, Mark! Y Another Mark, Mark miss our 25th.” Mark your calendars now, seen those mountains, Jeanne longs for real estate thing at www.maineislandliving. “Howie” Howard says, “There have been June 2-5, 2011, Waterville! Y Lila Hopson Sugarloaf. Y Suzanne Masiello’s family had com. Great slide show of the island! But it many adventures for this Mule since June Monahan is one who can’t wait to recon- a summer trip to Italy, visiting Rome, Naples, doesn’t end there: “I am in the process of 1985. The most exciting (besides weddings nect, looking especially for Cindy Castro- Venice, with a stop at a Tuscan villa. She creating a design company with my very and births) was probably bushwhacking Minnehan, Joyce Sutton Anderson, and and kids Mark, 14, Lexie, 12, and Juliana, 9, good artist friend, Eric Hopkins. He’s a North through Alaska with my wife, Marion, pre- Scott Olewiler. Lila lives in Nashua, N.H., are having gelato withdrawal symptoms! Y Haven guy who is pretty well known for his children. The scenery was spectacular, the with her husband, daughter Cassie, 14, an Diane Smith moved to Maine several years aerial landscapes of Maine Island. [Now lifestyle was totally unconventional, and the avid gymnast and teenager, and Nicholas, ago from the D.C. area and loves it. She why can’t I have a cool artist friend? Prefer- fear (of grizzlies) was palpable.” Mark has 10 (“Mr. Baseball”). At her thriving practice, works for a nonprofit agency as a civil rights ably named Van Gogh Jr.] We have some had some time on his hands ever since last Partners in Pediatrics, Lila sees patients and attorney and is a mom to her 15-month-old extremely cool, fun, and vibrant stuff. Hope year’s financial meltdown and has begun to works with obesity prevention and treat- daughter. Y In Tunbridge, Vt., Eve Ermer to launch a line by summer 2010. Will keep hatch a plan for the years before our 50th ment. Lila trains for the Multiple Sclerosis added chickens to her “family.” With kids you posted!” Y Rick Huntress and Karen reunion, “Prior to the 50th,” he says, “I aim Challenge Walk—an annual 50-mile walk Erik and Andrea both out of the nest, I Welling got married July 1, eloping to the to give back to Colby and other educational on Cape Cod that she and her sister have guess she needed more babies to tend island of Anguila. In August they celebrated institutions so that future generations will done for eight years. As their older sister to. Husband Scott Russell ’83 keeps busy with Glenn ’85 and Lisa Bothwick Wilson be as fortunate as I have been.” Great senti- was diagnosed with MS 15 years ago, their brewing fantastic beer. Maybe they’ll bring and Gina Cornacchio Leahy. (Do I smell ment, Mark! Y A busy man and not much hearts are in it. Y It’s back to school for some to reunion. Hint, hint. Y Bob Sidman rum?) Y Chris Fay says “I spend my days for class correspondence, Ryan Stinneford Leslie Greenslet Perry, who’s getting a broke his radio silence to let us know that trying to, you know like educate teenagers unintentionally provided me with news master’s in education, media, design, and he is well, living in R.I. with wife Laura and about, you know seriously like, what is good when his out-of-office message informed technology. Translation: she’s learning how their three daughters. His work takes him music and important about history. I spend me he was attending a meeting in Salem, to be on the cutting edge of integrating to a mid-sized hospital just over the border my nights trying to educate my own children, Mass. When I e-mailed back to warn him technology into education. Y Mary Lou in CT. Bob’s in touch with Dave Epstein and teenagers, about how cool I am. Then I go to that Salem is pretty scary in October, Ryan Kopas is also working on a master’s—in Cabot Philbrick, as well as Bill Sheehan ’84 sleep at 8:30.” (Like, y’know, we feel your, replied to say, “Not too scared yet. But hey, midwifery at the University of Washington’s and a few other DUs. Bob shared the very like, pain Chris.) Y Sarah Graves Stelfox I’m a compliance attorney speaking to a School of Nursing. Her own babies include sad news that Tom Noel passed away. His wrote all the way from Kenya. (That’s in bunch of bank marketing people—they are one son in high school and one in eighth obituary in the Providence Journal noted Africa, I think.) “I thought I’d drop you a line going to be scared of me!” Y Mike Muir grade. She and the family vacationed in that he was an inventor, the founder and about how we already have four inches of is also planning to attend reunion. Mike is France last year. After using the Rosetta president of Modular Thermal Technologies, snow on the ground, and how this isn’t really
44 Colby / WINTER 2010 something you consider when you marry a century, Buh! Y Dave and Cindy Cohen heartedness to high culture but ,as they say, Lim Nitchman lives in Scarborough, Maine, Canadian who you met in Kenya when he Fernandez recently had dinner with Suzi myDiva is great for any occasion when your with husband Dave (a Bates grad—she was wearing nothing but a pair of Patagonia and Matt Sotir and Stephanie and Marc inner diva needs to roar! It’s in the Apple tries not to hold that against him!) and shorts and some nice pecs. I missed Senior Rando in Waltham, Mass. Dave and Cindy’s store. Y Bill and Mim Siegel Lombardo their 11-year-old daughter, Bryce. Jennifer Week as I was already back in Kenya with daughter, Allison, hosted an ’80s birthday both work in publishing. They live in Easton, works as senior vice president of IT at Saco aforementioned pec man, apparently the party and put Dave in charge of music. He Mass., with daughter Ally, 3, and son Nick, 9. & Biddeford Savings. They spend most of first ever student to do her final semester says, “I thought it was a compliment, but Y Sarah Faragher and her husband bought their time at soccer tournaments, practices, in absentia.” (Sorry, Sarah. Actually, I did later realized it was anything but.” Dave is a house in Stockton Springs, Maine, and and games but manage to squeeze in a all four years in mental absentia.) Y And now vice chair of the Alumni Council and Sarah closed her used book shop to devote hike or bike. Jennifer exchanges e-mails Colleen Balch kindly corresponded to say: encourages everyone to get involved. In his more time to painting (www.sarafaragher. with Chris Goulding, Brian Monks, Dave “Now that I bought my house in my new town spare time he completed his 15th consecu- com). Sarah has shown work in several Coleman ’90, and Dan Johnston ’90 and I’ve gotten roped into a few things. Mostly tive bike ride across Massachusetts to raise galleries around mid-coast Maine the last had a long-weekend visit with Rebekah musical, to my great pleasure. I’m the probie money for the Jimmy Fund. Y Lara Beetham couple of summers. Y Andrew Doolittle Mitchell, who is still in San Francisco. Y alto in a small vocal group called the Spoon Monasch and her family attended reunion. has a private otolaryngology (ENT) practice Andy and Margaret Mauran Zuccotti live Mountain Singers, and newly exposed to Ten-month-old Skyler no doubt has the Colby in Rockingham, N.C., after getting out of in Pennsylvania. Andy works at Penn Charter Paul Hindemith, a sociopathically, atonal wear to prove it! Lara recently returned to the Army last year. He lives near Pinehurst teaching upper school social studies. Nick composer and my personal nemesis. I’m work as a school psychologist, and her but rarely plays golf. He is trying to start a and Emma are students there now. Robby, playing in a bell choir, anchoring the deep husband started his own Internet marketing lacrosse league for local kids, and he has a 3, thinks he is ready but isn’t old enough. end of the music. When I make a mistake, business. Y Andrew Ian Dodge and his roller hockey league for adults and children. They went to Paris last summer and ran into everyone knows it. And, I’m coordinating wife, Kim, enjoyed a two-week Baltic cruise He and his wife have three children, 8, Jenny Alfond Seeman ’92 and her crew at a small music series for a small, beautiful and a week in Ft. Lauderdale and now are 10, and 12, and they all enjoy visiting the the Luxembourg Gardens. They saw lots of space just down the street from me. I love busy writing books and articles. Y Anthony Northeast in the summer. Y Laura Senier John Roth and family this summer and saw walking up the hill, listening to the evening Scaturro teaches physics at St. Andrew’s completed her Ph.D. in sociology at Brown Jim Hayes and Todd Ver Hoeven as well. sounds of wood and field, or under the School in Savannah, Ga., where he lives last spring. She moved to Madison, Wis., Jen Wood Jencks and Margaret hung out stars to hear Celtic music, blues/jazz guitar, with his four dogs. His adopted daughter last fall to start a tenure-track job at the one afternoon this fall. They look forward Cajun/Zydeco, and folky fusion. I’m on my is in law school and his adopted son is a University of Wisconsin-Madison. It is a joint to seeing the Winokur-Browns and pos- town’s energy committee, educating about senior at West Point. Y Ponch Membreno appointment in the departments of rural sibly the Chris Whelans this winter up in energy efficiency and helping to retrofit our has ventured out on his own, joining a team sociology and family medicine. She was Vermont. Y Fred and Debbie MacWalter town buildings to walk our talk. After teaching that purchased Lincoln Canoe & Kayak this excited about the job and looked forward to Bright and their kids saw Rome in April (also 10-hour days with at-risk kids, that’s about summer. Drew Simmons is handling PR reconnecting with Kristin “Cricket” Girvin Pompeii), Bar Harbor in August (with a stop all I have time for.” (Personally, I just watch for the company, which makes kayaks in Redman, who owns a graphic design com- at Colby and the new bookstore), and D.C. a lot of TV.) Y Be safe! Freeport, Maine. So far Bret Dixon, Lynn Sul- pany in Madison, and Gretchen Schwarze, in September. Y Living in Denver for almost livan, John Robbins ’90, and Cory Snow ’91 who teaches in the medical school. Y Ann 12 years, Matt Hughes and wife Tracy have have visited the store. Y Carolyn Bell-Tuttle Band is still in Jackson, Wyo., with husband three children, Charlie, Henry, and Abby. 1988 and her husband, Dan, are on a sabbatical Joe Hunt and their 7-year-old son. They love Matt has two master’s (M.B.A. and M.S.I.S.) Heidi Irving Naughton from Punahou School in Honolulu. They are to ski, mountain bike, paraglide, and canoe. from the University of Colorado and his own [email protected] visiting independent middle schools across Ann works with Bat Conservation Interna- software process consulting company: the country to study advisory, technology, tional to reduce threats to bats worldwide. Charles Henry Consulting (charleshenryinc. curriculum integration, and science cur- She studied neotropical bats for 12 years com). Y Susan Cummings Wiseman had a 1989 riculum. They started in San Diego, drove and teaches environmental science. In the great summer with her family, despite the Anita Terry north to Oregon and Washington, west to last few years she’s developed a thriving wet/cold June and July. She divided her [email protected] Iowa, and are now in Minneapolis until the jewelry design business: www.annieband. time between Kennebunk, Maine, Conway, Sandy Thayer and his partner, Greg, fix new year. In 2010 they’ll be in Baltimore and com. Y Amanda Sharbrough Bryan ’89 and N.H., and home in Winchester, Mass. Abigail up historical coastal cottages in Maine. New England. Carolyn would love to hear Diana Howell O’Brien are also in Jackson Cook Russell stopped by in June for dinner This winter they are trying to save an 1885 from classmates working in independent raising their families. They get to spend time and catching up. Susan sees Dean Zioze Modern Gothic cottage in the tiny village schools. Y Jennifer Joseph continues her together since they live within two miles of at least once a month at a supper club. of Bayside, in Northport. Last year they traveling ways, going to Edinburgh, London, each other. Di has a beautiful daughter Dean tries to convince the supper club that renovated a 1907 Arts and Crafts cottage, the San Juan Islands, Algonquin Provincial and is a respected physical therapist with one night should be a beer die night at his which ended up hosting Marc Enger, Dave Park in Canada, and Yellowstone and the a busy practice. house. They have no idea what he is talking Keepper ’90, and their families for reunion. Tetons. She had a mini-reunion in Pittsburgh about and he looks to Susan for support. Y Victoria Eanet-Butler lives in a brown- with Kaari Busick, Julie Lewis Petersen, Colleen Halleck Taylor and Susan stay in stone in Park Slope, Brooklyn, with her Mary Lapointe Farly, and Cheryl Mealey 1991 touch. They were planning on doing a half husband and three kids. She is freelancing Cowherd and sent me a fabulous photo to David Shumway marathon together this year, but Susan on the viola and teaching music and violin to prove it. Brian Moore joined the party for [email protected] got injured, so Colleen keeps running kids from age three through sixth grade. Y dinner one night. Jennifer also bumped into Dave Vincent thought it might amuse without her. Susan has four children: Jack, Congratulations to Bill Auerswald and his Danielle Archambault in LaGuardia—small some of the old crowd that, after 15 years Mackayla, Caitlin, and Meghan. Y Kaylyn wife, who had their second child, Cooper world! Keep the news coming! of legal practice in Chicago, Washington, Hipps Groves and husband Richard have James Auerswald, Sept. 24. Bill lives in and Maine, including some seven years of a baby girl, Mary-Alice Clare Groves, born Annapolis, Md., and is the business manager criminal and tax work on behalf of both July 20 in Round Rock, Texas. She has big at a private day school. Y Tim Burton, aka 1990 organized and disorganized criminals, he blue eyes, a dusting of red hair, and smiles Rosette Royale, has joined the computer Barbara Clark Bullock has enlisted in the U.S. Army. He shipped a lot. Y John Avery and his wife moved age. Not only did he get an iPhone, he now [email protected] out in September to Fort Leonard Wood for from Billerica, Mass., to Tewksbury, Mass., has his own Web site: www.rosetteroyale. Pete Sekulow and his wife, Arianna, an training as an E-4 21B, Combat Engineering to their first townhouse, which they love. com, including a blog. He’s on Twitter opera singer, have developed an iPhone Specialist and eagerly anticipates deploy- They attended a wedding in September in and Facebook, too. Welcome to the 21st application called myDiva. It brings light- ment to Afghanistan in 2010. Y Jennifer N.H. and saw Matt ’92 and Laura Fogarty
Colby / WINTER 2010 45 alumni at large
Nerney ’93. Matt and John get together with Greg Greco ’92 for a monthly buffalo wing gathering at Roggie’s by BC. Y Charlie Allen and wife Kristin had their first child, Charlie Winning—And More | Kebba Tolbert ’94 Wheat Allen, in July. Mother and son are Three competitors in world championships, a U.S. Olympic Division III Championships. What Tolbert remembers most from doing well. Y Becky and Matt Melander, trials finalist, numerous NCAA All-America athletes, and several his time as a college athlete, though, was a coaching staff that along with sister Ann (Dartmouth ’97), ran national and international record holders—these are just a few encouraged big strides athletically—and academically. the Chicago Marathon, set PR’s, and had of the many collegiate track and field athletes Kebba Tolbert Excelling on the track was only part of Tolbert’s personal great fun! Matt had a chance to attend ’94 has coached since 1996. training. A dedicated philosophy major, Tolbert knew all too well Dan Bouvier’s 40th birthday in Nashua, But Tolbert knows there is much more to collegiate sports the demanding schedule of a collegiate student-athlete. When N.H., last June. Many classmates attended: than winning. he became head track and field and cross country coach at Lesley Eydenberg Bouvier, Julia Collard Tolbert is assistant track Iowa Wesleyan College in 1997 (after completing his graduate Peseridis, John ’92 and Theresa Sullivan and field coach at the Univer- work in exercise and sport studies at Smith College), Tolbert Brockelman, Leaf Ives, Jess Butler, Matt sity of Texas at El Paso and didn’t forget his own experience. Dumas, and Keith Fortier ’92. Y Thanks for an instructor with USA Track “Athletics and coaches are a big part of the academic in- all the news—keep it coming! and Field, where he coaches stitution and collegiate experience for many students,” he said. week-long, intensive courses “Coaches need to be teaching just as any educator would. 1992 covering biomechanics, motor Student athletes learn how to handle defeat with integrity, how learning, neurophysiology, to work with teammates, how to prepare for life. We are respon- Karen Wu Kebba Tolbert with one of his training theory, and event- sible for what they learn on the field and how that will translate [email protected] athletes at Portland State. specific analysis. But before to what students do in the classroom.” Last issue I told you about Jim Condron’s he coached, he ran. At Colby he was seven-times All-New The UTEP program is top-ranked in Division I, with 40 artwork being shown at the Thomas Segal England, and once (in 1992) a New England champion. He athletes from 12 countries. Tolbert continues to demand excel- Gallery. Read a complimentary review at set six school records in sprints and relays (he still holds the lence of his collegiate athletes, he said, “in every area of their www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/ 200-meter dash record), was team captain in both his junior university disciplines, both on and off the track.” bal-ae.li.gallery27aug27,0,101445.story. and senior years, and competed in the 1992 and 1994 NCAA —Alexandra Desaulniers ’12 Nice going Jim! Y Andrew Barnett and his wife, Liza, welcomed baby boy, Augustus (Gus) Blair-Barnett, Aug. 2, 2009. He’s long Kendra is selling her eco-friendly home with up with Colby friends. Y Jay Hermsen and are ecstatic about their new sister. Y Now and tall, unlike either of his parents! They a view. Y JC Klick moved to Cleveland in his wife, Jackie, had their first child, Peter that, my fellow classmates, is how you do hope to see Jason Reifler ’95 this winter November, where he works at the University John Hermsen, June 23, 2009. Sleeping a jam packed class column! And I couldn’t now that Jason lives in Atlanta and the Hospital of Case Western Reserve Univer- is not one of his favorite activities. Jay have done it without your help. Barnett’s are in southeastern TN. Y Ollie and sity practicing cardiothoracic anesthesia shared that Steve Swartz married Heather Marianne Ansdell Stone welcomed Sophia and critical care medicine. Y Joy Marean Witte Sept. 26, 2009. In attendance were Charlotte June 15, 2009. Mom, dad, Leah, married John Hickey in mid-August in New Steve’s sister, Barbara Swartz ’89, Mike 1993 11, Heather, 9, and Ashleigh, 9, are thrilled. Haven. Meredith Johnson was one of her and Michelle Tupesis Gorra, Mark Boles Jill Moran Baxter Marianne has returned to work part time as bridesmaids. Also in attendance were Tara and Kate LaVigne ’95, Trey Vincent, Joe [email protected] a registered nurse. Y Todd Alexander and McDonough, Drew and Jenn Coffin Hoyt, and Sandy Goldstein-Savoie, Bryan Chase, John ’90 and Beth Hermanson Kinsley wel- his wife, Catherine, had their third girl in Michelle Corrigan Rios, Kim Ereminas Rachel Klein-Ash, Garin ’91 and Kelly comed their third child, Amelia, in October. July. Paige Mitchell Alexander joins Sally, Reeve, and Stephanie Clement. Joy and Evans Arevian, George Linge, and Jason Amelia joins Johnny, 5 1/2, and Louisa, 3 4, and Grace, 2. Todd looked forward to John live in Battery Park City, Manhattan. Eslick. Y Chris Frothingham is at the 1/2. Beth also started a new job last year a seventh (?) annual golf trip last fall with Joy is finishing her doctorate in education same practice, specializing in osteopathic as vice president and assistant general Mark Flaherty, Brian Mulvey and Jim leadership at Columbia’s Teachers College manipulative medicine. He and wife Heidi counsel at Northland Investment Corpora- Burke. Y Margaret Russell Ewalt contin- and hopes to graduate next year. Joy and have three daughters, Emma, 6, Molly, 3, tion, a real estate investment company in ues to travel. She gives papers on Wake John introduced Meredith Johnson to her and Hannah, 1, and love living in Portland, Newton, Mass. Y Mike Zhe and his wife, Forest University’s dime. Sometimes she husband, Al Lavoie, and they were married Ore. Y Alec Haavik was interviewed by a Lisa, welcomed Brennan Charles Zhe July extends her business travel into pleasure, last September on Great Diamond Island, Web magazine in Shanghai. Alec is a local 15. He joins Tyler, 5. Mike and his family live as with Berlin last summer and Barcelona Maine. Joy and John were both in the wed- saxophonist and composer who plays in Newmarket, N.H., where he is the editor last December. Y Carol Chamberlain got ding party. Others in attendance included in several jazz bands. Y Scott ’91 and of New England Hockey Journal magazine married this summer on Cape Cod to Don JC Klick, Jim Albright, and Dominique Margaret Igoe Osborne live in Frederick, and the sports editor for the Portsmouth Hebert. In addition to her son, Daniel, 12, Saussaye and Laurent Kosbach ’86, who Md. Scott works for Bechtel, where he runs Herald. Mike catches up with Megan Win- she has a stepdaughter, Mandy, 11. Sharing were TAs from France who spent their junior their project controls department. Margaret chester Caradonna, Jay Moore, and April the day with Carol and Don were Rob and years at Colby. Meredith and Al live in is about four classes away from finishing (Armstrong ’97) and Shawn Campbell, Bonnie Dewsbury Chase and daughters, Boston, where they see Steve Swartz and her M.B.A. Their girls, Cate, 6, and Julia, 4, who have baby news of their own; their son, Joanna, 8, Emma, 6, and Julia, 4, and Dave Mark Boles and Kate LaVigne ’95. Y Dana keep them busy with ballet, gymnastics, Jack Benjamin, was born in August joining and Beth Baumer LeBlanc and their sons, Mackin Pilchik is finishing her doctorate and Daisies. Margaret got together with Amy sister Molly, 3. Shawn is a senior software Joey, 3, and Tommy, 1. After their honeymoon in clinical psychology. After completing her Selinger and her family in Williamstown, engineer, game designer, and manager for in Jamaica, they moved into their new house dissertation she’ll do an internship and Mass. Amy and her husband, Mark, have two WorldWinner.com/GSN, and April is with in Cotuit, Mass. Carol still teaches high residency. She works as a therapist with HIV- girls, Hannah, 6, and Julia, 3. Amy works as VCA Animal Hospitals as a senior veteri- school math in Barnstable. Y Kendra Smith positive clients. To top it off she is expecting a college counselor for BB&N in Cambridge nary technician in emergency and shelter enjoys an exciting new job at Bonneville her first baby in January!Y Kelly Wenger and Mark is a lawyer. Y Jim Conrad and medicine. Shawn and April began dating at Environmental Foundation in Portland, Ore., and her husband, Eric Miller, welcomed his wife, Lori, live in a small Bavarian town Colby nearly 18 years ago! Does our class working with watershed councils to restore their second son, Copeland Tate Miller, last about 20 miles south of Munich, Germany. have any other Colby romances that went local streams. She made the leap last winter February. They love living in Portland, Ore., Last June they welcomed Ashley to the clan. the distance? Y Bree Jeppson visited Brian after working 12 years for a local water utility. and wish there was more time for keeping Sister Caitlin, 5, and brother Toby, 2 1/2, and Sue Furlong Kiggins, who are proud
46 Colby / WINTER 2010 parents of twins born July 31. Castle and Jack Higgins, who also ran the BAA half attendance. Honeymoon was in Thailand. Y ies. He spends his weekends rebuilding his Connor are healthy and beautiful! Y Chris marathon. If I’m wrong on that, maybe he Jeffrey Carter married Liz Vollmer in August farmhouse in southwestern Vermont. Y John Wilder works as a portfolio manager at a can write in and let me know. I’m betting in Stowe, Vt. They recently caught up with Dunbar reports that Annika Pearl Dunbar hedge fund focused on emerging markets. on Meghan, though. Y Jason Soules also Tyler Merritt ’93 at the Vermont 50 mountain was born Jan. 11, 2009, and joins brothers He and his girlfriend live in London with ran the BAA half marathon, and he recently bike race. Y Jennifer Hurd married Brock Andrew, 3, and Keagan, 10. John competed their daughter, Thaisa, and are expecting a got his goggles on (the athletic type) for a Lyman (UVM ’94) also in August in Stowe. in several sprint and Olympic distance baby boy in February. Y Michael and Brigid 10K open-water race in Bermuda. Jason Meredith Gregory Ksander and Tracy Callan triathlons over the summer, including the Jordan O’Connor are also expecting—they’ll took in a Red Sox game with Dan O’Grady Robillard ’93 were bridesmaids, and Greg TimberMan 70.3 half Ironman. Y Katherine welcome their second daughter in 2009 or and his wife, Lindsay, who moved back Lynch and Karen Carlson were there. They Marshall Meuse ran the Boston Marathon 2010: Brigid’s due date is New Year’s Eve! to Milton, Mass., from Hawaii. Jason also honeymooned in France. Y Lori Sherf and in April and raised about $4,000 for the Their first daughter, Madeline, is 18 months. keeps in touch with Jack Higgins and Dana her mother participated in the PMC one-day Leukemia & Lymphoma Society in honor of Y Lisen Biersach Kern is grateful to have McClintock. Y Great to hear from all of you. ride—84 miles from Wellesley to Bourne—in her mom, Jean, who is a giant cell lymphoma spent a semester in Chile her junior year, Keep those updates coming! memory of her dad, Bana Cohen ’62 (a survivor. Katherine and her husband, Brian, as her adopted daughter, Allison, 4, speaks former PMC rider) who passed away five celebrated their wedding anniversary and only Spanish. After a three-and-a-half year years ago following a brief illness. They are their daughter, Matilda’s, third birthday in process, Allison joined Caleb, 10, Wyatt, 6 1994 already thinking about doing the two-day October. Y Greg Walsh and Glenn McCrum 1/2, Larkin, 5 1/2, who came from China, Kimberly Valentine Walsh ride in 2010! Y Marile Haylon Borden ’94 have continued to organize the annual and Chloe, 3, also from China. Y Janine [email protected] launched a new online publication for moms Matt Gaudet golf tournament to benefit our Deforge Olson can also attest to the hard You all are wonderful! As I am cooped called Momicillin (www.momicillin.com). In classmate who suffered a severe spinal cord work required to raise five children. Her up recovering from H1N1, it’s unfair to addition to keeping up with Lia, 3, and Jack, injury in May 2001. More than 100 golfers fifth child and fourth son, Colwyn, was born hear about the exotic travels and amazing 6, she runs a marketing communications got together in Old Orchard Beach, Maine, this summer. Cole joins Alexa, Zack, Oliver, accomplishments: Cecily Totten is living in firm she started nine years ago. And in all last summer, including Peter Gates, Mike and Tait. Janine is back at work at Morgan Underberg, South Africa, and returned from her spare time(!) she is addicted to sprint McElaney, Tyler Rainey, and Chris Fos- Stanley Smith Barney and periodically sees a horseback safari in the Okavango Delta trialthlons. She spent a day at the beach in sella. James Colligan, who lives in Playa Kristen Schuler Scammon, Sarah Oelkers, of Botswana. Y Jessie Newman traveled New Hampshire with Jessica Haskell Curtis, del Carmen, Mexico, and his foursome, and Scott Abrams. Sarah and Robbie Rob- to Bucerias, Mexico, and was successful in Holly Labbe, Jennifer Walker Hemmen, including Chris Hubbard, Chuck Bowen ’96, bins are both teachers at the middle school not getting the swine flu (touché) or being Sally Zimmerli ’93, and Beth Cronin ’93. and Mark Porter, won the tournament. The attended by Janine’s daughter, Alexa. In fact abducted by drug lords. Y An annual “Colby Holly lives in Harrisonburg, Va., with her nine tournaments over the years have raised Robbie is Alexa’s social studies teacher! Y Girl” weekend took place in Scarborough, husband, Scott Cole ’95, daughter Ada, more than $125,000 for Matt—a tribute to In October Ellie North visited Corey and Maine, with Marile Haylon Borden, Sara 5, and sons Wyatt, 3, and Eli, 10 months. our Colby classmates. Y Gwen (Nicol ’96) Andrea Walker Fravert and their family Ferry Gyan, Rebekah Freeman Schulze, Holly helps Scott out with productions at and Christian Citarella enjoy the crazy life in Maine. Andrea and Corey had a baby Heather Lounsbury, Carolyn Hart, and Kim Bridgewater State College, where he is parenting Mattea, 8, Tait, 5, and Theo, 2, in boy, rounding out their family of five. Ellie Morrison Lysaght ’90. Heather expected a chair of the performing arts department. Stratham, N.H. Between baseball, softball, lives in Roslindale, Mass., and works as a baby boy at the end of December. He will Jennifer lives in Sacramento, Calif., with and ballet recitals, they love taking their kids hospitalist NP at Norwood Hospital, where join brother Zac, 2. Y Speaking of babies, her husband, Travis, and their two kids, to the beach in the summer and playing in she is a hospitalist leader. Ellie was in the our class is busy: Jessica Matzkin Shact- Sophia, 6, and George, 4. Jen is an ultra- the snow in the winter. Y Zach Nightingale Belgrade, Maine, last fall and drove by the man had baby boy, Bennett, in August, who runner (i.e. lunatic). She competed in two obtained his M.D. and Ph.D. from University site of her COOT. She got so nostalgic she joins siblings Annie and Max. Jess gets to 50-mile road races this summer. Jessica of Massachusetts Medical School in June drove to Waterville and checked out the see Laura Eanes Martin when up at their lives in Grafton, Mass., where she is a and is working at St. Vincent’s Hospital in campus. Ellie occasionally chats with Chris cabin in Connecticut. Y Marina Netto SAHM to Sadie, 7, Wyeth, 4, and Oliver, 1. Worcester for a year before returning to Chin, and reports that he and his family are Campos announces the birth of daughter Y Andrew Kulmatiski just moved with his UMass next July to study anesthesiology. excellent. Y Chris Chamberlain was named Alice Leal Netto Campos in September; wife and baby son (Otter) to Anchorage, He and Barrett Smith ’93 go bouldering president of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Amanda is her big sister. Y Jenn Wolff Alaska, to work for the University of Alaska. together, and John still spends time with in August. This summer he and his wife, DiFrancesca and husband Neil missed He recently met up with Sean ’91 and Jenny guys from the Colby track team. Y Scott Brenner, and their two boys, Ian, 5 and reunion because they adopted a newborn Dorsey Skaling ’93, who live in Anchorage and Kerry Knudsen Galson teach in the Henry, 2, moved to Fox Chapel, a suburb baby boy, Dylan Reed, in May. Y Rebekah and are looking for more alumni to ski with. Chicago area after spending last summer of Pittsburgh. Y Tripp Holton is in his last Freeman Shulze had a baby boy, Edward exploring New England, Quebec, Ontario, year of plastic surgery fellowship at Johns “Teddy” Davis Schulze, in May. He joins sister and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan with Hopkins. His wife, Mara, is an urologist Annie, 3. Rebekah took a new job at WPI 1995 their boys, Avery and Toby. They met up with in Annapolis, and they have a daughter, as assistant director of academic advising Yuhgo Yamaguchi Erin Mansur, Jen Shatney, and their three Plum, 5 and a son, Solomon, 3. “If anyone and learning resources. Y Katie Morrison [email protected] kids in York, Maine. Y Jeff Ball and his happens to be in the Baltimore area and and partner Curran Reichert welcomed Mike Yunes, his wife, Susan, their two wife, Brigitte, had their second son, Owen, wants to do some authentic ‘Baltimore baby Ellis “Ellie” Jane Reichert Morrison in children, Samantha, 5, and Tyler, 3, live in Aug. 7. Y Hilary Anderson left her job at camping,’” writes Tripp, “we have an extra August in Berkeley, Calif. Y Chris Austin western Massachusetts. Susan is a novelist Grainger to start her own consulting firm. car out front that you can sleep in. We’ll and wife Lauren expected baby #1 at the and Mike is a radiation oncologist and the She is expecting her second child in April. Y leave the light on.” Y Karyn Rimas Patry end of November. Y Frances Van Huystee director of the stereotactic radiosurgery Ben Bartlett spent most of last year in Min- met up with Meghan Goughan in September Morris is in Connecticut working in the family program at Baystate Medical Center in nesota working for the Obama campaign. He when they both ran on a Reach the Beach business as a cigar tobacco broker. She and Springfield. Y Foster Klug is a world recently relocated to Berkeley, Calif., where relay team. Over Columbus Day weekend her husband, Robb, are expecting their third services reporter for the Associated Press. he launched Bartlett’s Organic Coffee and Meghan and her partner, Caroline, hosted baby in January. Their daughters, Elisabeth, He and his wife, Emi, welcomed their first Fine teas. Y Jake and Darragh Fitzsimons Karyn and Karyn’s daughters at their digs 2 1/2, and Jane, 1 1/2, are excited. Y And child, a boy, Taiga, in December. They live in Young, and their children, Bryce, 6, and Tripp, in Dorchester. Meghan and Karyn also ran there are marriages to report: Kim Stern Washington, D.C. Y Steven Horsch left his 3, moved back to the U.S. last summer after the BAA half marathon and the Tufts 10K. married Justin P. Allen in September in job at Harvard to return to Massachusetts spending two years in Athens, Greece. They Karyn reports that Meghan is definitely Jackson Hole, Wyo., with Carolyn Greene Institute of Technology, where he heads up live in West Chester, Pa. “It is interesting to the faster runner, perhaps faster than Goetz and Elizabeth Greene Appy in development activities for the MIT librar- be back in the States, but I still feel like a
Colby / WINTER 2010 47 alumni at large foreigner,” reports Darragh. Y Kaatje Van Johnson started SFOYMEDIA, publisher of Medicine. She is looking for Cindy Kelley, gear rental business and is now teaching der Hoeven Kraft visited Heather Beusse travel Web magazines HotelChatter, Jaunted, so Cindy, e-mail Martha at Martha_Botten@ high school ecology/environmental science in Portland, Ore. Kaatje presented several and VegasChatter. SFO was acquired by yahoo.com. Y Teresa Tiangha Cuvelier in Maine. Y This fall Jenny Higgins became education research projects at the Geologi- Conde Nast in April 2008 (Mark continues welcomed daughter Chloé Ava Cuvelier June a new professor of public health at Colum- cal Society of America annual conference. as director of the sites for Conde Nast). This 28, 2008, in Newport Beach, Calif. Theresa’s bia University. She and her partner, Bobby Heather recently spoke at a solar economics summer he moved to Chapel Hill, N.C., with on Facebook, so check her out there. Y Nick Gillespie, continue to live in Princeton, N.J. forum in Washington, D.C., and caught up his wife and two boys. Mark reports that Keith Lambert still lives in Bethel, Maine, and During a road trip up the California coast with KC Lawler, who teaches at Georgetown Albert lives in Auburn, Maine, with his wife works as brand manager for Sunday River in July, Jenny met up with former teammate Day School. Last summer KC and Heather and two boys (4 and 2), and Phil Svor is a and Sugarloaf. Y Peter Bennett is still with Morgan Filler, and the two took a swim in visited Michelle Mathai ’94 in Napa Valley, veterinarian outside Philly, where he lives the USGS but transferred this summer from the chilly San Francisco Bay (Jenny with a Calif. Y Dr. Betsy Robinson Phillips is an with his wife, son, and daughter. Mark also Sacramento, Calif., to Albuquerque, N.M. Y wetsuit, Morgan without!). Last spring Jenny owner of Tonka Smiles, a family cosmetic fondly recalls whipping Lou Dagostine at Katherine Holliday Sohn welcomed a baby and Sarah Muzzy took a road trip of their and sedation dental practice in Minnetonka, NBA Jam in the Spa from 1992 to 1995. Lou boy, Hollis William, last February. Y Mike own to one of their personal meccas: The Minn. Her kids, Ethan, 6 and Ainsley, 4, keep is an attorney in Hartford, where he lives with Montgomery finished his M.Ed. in higher Great American Popcorn Works in Telford, Betsy and her husband, Jason ’96, busy. his wife and young son. Y Caroline Ketcham, education administration from Vanderbilt, Pa. Y Monika Thiele is taking time off from Jason recently bought Health Works Family husband Tom Perciaccante, and sons Elliot, landed at job at Dickinson College, and can marine life to help build the green movement Chiropractic in New Hope, Minn. Y Marsha 3, and Liam, 1, live in Mebane, N.C. Caroline be found at a college fair near you. Mike says in Washington, D.C. She has founded a new Magnus will attend Columbia’s M.B.A. is an assistant professor of exercise science that Jonathan Howe married Lisa Pendexter social and professional networking group program in N.Y.C. next fall. She visited Bar at Elon University. Y Whitney Glockner mar- at the Boston Museum of Science last fall called The DC Green Connection (www. Harbor last fall and now works at L.L.Bean ried Peter Black Aug. 29 in Geyserville, Calif. with many “After 8” alumni from 1990 to thedcgreenconnection.com). Its mission is in Bangor, where she attends church and The couple honeymooned in Cali’s Russian 1998 in the house. Jonathan lives in Port- to connect Washingtonian consumers with takes care of her mother and sister. Y Beth Wilderness with their Australian shepherd, land, Maine. Y Ruth Bristol finished her the new green economy locally as well as Timm Preston packed up her minivan with Fiddie. They celebrated with Jessica Taphorn training in pediatric neurosurgery and then share simple tips for sustainable living. She her three kids and dog for a great summer Thoma and Cary Gouldin. Y Nicole Jalbert became the first female associate in one of has had helpful conversations with Gwynne of road trips to Vermont, Cape Cod, Toronto, Pirani’s company, Blooms of Hope, recently the largest private neurosurgery practices in Rogers, who works with Natural Marketing and Chicago. They visited Margot Salmela held a fundraiser at the Skywalk Observatory the world. She just bought a new house in the Institute. Monika also does sustainability Dorion and her three kids in Duxbury, Mass., and raised close to $8K in honor of Room Phoenix area, welcomed their second child, consultations, presentations about the and caught up with Steph Hutchison before to Grow, a Boston-based nonprofit. The Oscar Foss Albuquerque, and has an au pair “national green landscape,” green events she left for Tanzania. “I am saving my pen- cocktail party included Rachel Wolf Preti, from Brazil living in their home. Y Keep the management, and helps corporations green nies to visit her while she’s there!” writes Matthew ’98 and Nina Leventhal Paquin, CJ news coming. Great hearing from you all. their operations. Y Arran Stier Franklin is Beth. Y Karin Hansen works at the Boston Polcari ’97, Will Berglund ’93, Shawn ’93 and happily married and living in Seattle. She Children’s Museum as the visual arts direc- Heather Berglund Jenkins ’95, Rick Catino recently welcomed her third daughter. Now tor. She moved to Marblehead, Mass., in ’95, Ethan Spencer ’94, Christie Beveridge 1997 she has three under 3! She is a physical November and will miss the music scene in ’00, Christine Pirani ’00, Alison Silberman Leah Tortola Walton therapist and has spent the last two years Somerville but hopes to start an open-mic ’00, and Mike Sbano ’00. Y Sarah Langan [email protected] working on her Ph.D. Y Steve Kidd received night at one of the taverns in Marblehead. married filmmaker JT Petty in Garden City, The Class of ’97 answered the call for news the Lewis Hine Award for dedicated work in Y Denise (Mailloux ’97) and Jon Bowden N.Y., in July 2008 and welcomed daughter this time around, so I’ll get right to it! Y aid of children in need last year for his solo welcomed their first child, Wyeth Robert Clementine Jane in May 2009. And this is Jess Miller Pachler wrote, “Mike and I are show, Sigh/Omelas, as well as for his work Bowden, June 11, 2009. “He was delivered just awesome: Sarah is a two-time Bram moving back into the house we have been at Camp AmeriKids (camp for children living at home, weighed 7 lbs. 11oz., and has Stoker Award-winning horror novelist who renovating for the last year, with Sampson, with AIDS). He lives and works as an actor full head of flaming red hair,” writes Jon. published her third novel, Audrey’s Door, in 3, and Henry, 18 months. Mike did almost in Providence. Y Greg and Amanda Sprang Y I recently flew to San Francisco to meet October 2009. Follow and share her work all the work himself, [and we’re] proud to Manelick work for ExxonMobil in Papua Marc Rubin, Andrew Vernon, Chris Lohman, at Sarahlangan.com. Y Brett and Jen Hell- say it is an energy efficient, healthy house.” New Guinea (PNG). They have been there Mike Rosenthal, and Joshua Eckel ’94 and man Wilfrid live on a farm west of Madison, The Pachlers live in Annapolis, Md., and since May and “can say that it is certainly to tailgate at and attend a ’49ers game. In Wis. Brett is principal at an elementary occasionally see Rob Gimpel and Brian an interesting place to work. With over 800 addition to a bevy of grilled meat, we also school in Madison and Jen teaches ESL, Dowling. Mike is job-hunting in the IT world, languages and colorful cultures, PNG has it managed to assemble and consume a Bacon heritage Spanish, and bilingual biology at and Jess is cobbling together freelance all—beaches, mountains, jungle, and some Explosion. Coincidentally we were tailgating a high school in Middleton. She has begun writing, event planning, and wine sales. of the world’s last pristine rain forests.” Y two cars from Lisa Carpenter and some of coursework towards a doctorate in bilingual They still host Manaiung every Labor Day, Cindy Pomerleau Leclerc welcomed son her friends. Lisa obtained her M.B.A. from education. When not working they play “a weekend in Pennsylvania full of beer die, Colin Henry June 7, 2009. He joined big the Stanford’s Graduate School of Business, music, build chicken coops, keep bees, and food, friends, and kids. It’s open to all Colby sister, Lauren. The Leclercs have been living lives in San Francisco, and works at the make large bonfires. (Simultaneously?) They friends. More than 20 Colby people attend in Socorro, N.M., for the past two years, where Gap as the director of global responsibility. enjoyed seeing Anna and Kevin Rice last each year, including a special appearance Cindy works as a physical therapist with Y See you at our 15th reunion, June 3-6. summer. Y Melissa Taylor is a pediatrician this year by Andy Zuffoletti—glad to have children and her husband is a professor at Keep the news coming! at Waterville (Maine) Pediatrics. She is rais- him back in the states!” Y Jamie Harris NM Tech. Y Thanks for all of the great news! ing two boys, Andrew, 3, and Alex, 1.5, and married Kara Sullivan in Chatham, Mass., Be sure to check the Milestones section for is married to Jesse Beckwith. Melissa and last September. Celebrating with them were several birth announcements from 1997! 1996 Bernadette Graham Hudson took a joint Doug Ellinger, Hobie and Meredith Walker Brad Smith family vacation to Kauai at Thanksgiving. Antik, Brett ’96 and Erika Ayers Nardini [email protected] BGH lives in Portland, Ore., with husband ’98, Seth Blumenthal, Stu ’96 and Karen 1998 Andrew Milgram and wife Melanie wel- Michael and daughters, Clara, 3, and Nora, Goodrich Wales ’96, Alex ’96 and Mary Thach Brian M. Gill comed a baby girl, Madeline Hazel, Sept 1. Y Martha Previte Botten’s move from Chin ’98, Glenn Forger, Danielle (Rizzo ’96) [email protected] 1. No word on whether she is wearing a SD to VT is complete. She’s a law clerk for a and Gregg Forger, Brian Cronin ’96, John Alyssa Hughes married Chris Makarewich Woodsman’s team onesie or has a Three federal judge in Burlington, and her husband Ginn, Sean Handler, and Dave Stephens ’96. ’03 in August in East Burke, Vt. Lots of Mile Island rattle. Y In January 2004 Mark is an assistant professor at UVM College of Y Lauren Graham Harkins sold her baby Colby faces from 1994 to 2004 were
48 Colby / WINTER 2010 working full time while teaching part time. Josephine in Seattle Sept. 5. Y Matt Y Nathan Radcliffe celebrated five years Lundquist, who was recently accepted to 90s newsmakers in Manhattan and five years of marriage to a Ph.D. program in social sciences, a joint his wife, Lauren. They have two children, offering of the Taos Institute and Tilburg U.S. Navy Cdr. Matthew Ovios ’90 successfully concluded Jane, 2 1/2, and Henry, 6 months, who are University in the Netherlands, left his group his tour as commanding officer of theO liver Hazard Perry a constant source of joy, entertainment, psychotherapy practice in February 2009 class frigate USS Ingraham. The Ingraham was deployed and exhaustion. He is finally working as an to go into private practice in Tribeca, where to the Middle East, the Arabian Gulf, and the western ophthalmologist, specializing in glaucoma he also lives. Y Melissa Knight DuBois Pacific, where the crew conducted maritime security and at Weill Cornell Medical Center. Y Eben got married April 26, 2008, and honey- anti-piracy operations as well as humanitarian assistance and disaster response missions. Ovios will now report to Peck got married in August 2009 in St. Louis mooned in Morocco. Unfortunately, three the staff of Commander, Carrier Strike Group 3, aboard to Colette Bottini. Among the groomsmen weeks after her honeymoon Melissa was the USS John C. Stennis. F Temple University named were Chris Coakley and Ryan Hambleton diagnosed with Stage 2 breast cancer. But, David Unruh ’91 senior vice president for institutional ’99. Others in attendance included Jesse after 18 cycles of chemo and 30 radiation advancement. Unruh recently served as University of Chi- Carlson, Paul Coffey, Charlie Costanzo treatments, she is now in remission! Y Still cago’s associate vice president for alumni relations and and Jen Rose, Kelly Falsani ’01, Drew running national advertising campaigns at David Unruh ’91 development and executive director of university develop- Minkiewicz ’96, Keith Phifer, Laura Blythe GMMB, Oliver Griswold bought a house ment. Temple President Ann Weaver said, “[David’s] exten- ’00 and Nick Wright, Todd Poling, and Andy with his wife, Ellen, on Capitol Hill in D.C. sive experience will be invaluable as Temple seeks support for our strategic initiatives.” F Weinstein. Colette and Eben moved to a Y In May Kim Nagy returned to CT after John B. Dunbar ’95 was recognized in Vermont Business Magazine for his work as sales new house in D.C., and Eben recently com- having lived in El Salvador for more than manager of Jancewicz and Son, a roofing, siding, and windows company in Bellows Falls, pleted a master’s in government at Johns three years serving as a Maryknoll Lay Mis- Vt. Under Dunbar’s leadership Jancewicz and Son was awarded the Certified Contractors Hopkins, where his thesis on congressional sioner doing clinical social work in a parish Network’s 2008 Company of the Year Award and several other national recognitions. earmarking won the government program’s near San Salvador. Kim whitewater canoed William F. Clinger Jr. Award for Assessing this summer in Canada’s Yukon Territory. milestones a Topic in Institutional or Representative Y Peter and Karena Bullock Bailey live in Government using Original Research and Darien, Conn., and love spending weekends Marriages: Meredith Johnson ’92 to Al Lavoie on Great Diamond Island, Maine Displaying Superior Writing. Y Darren and with neighbors Blaine and Lindsay Hayes Kendra Ammann Perry are finally settling Hurty and Allison Birdsong. Karena has two Births: A son, Ian, to John ’97 and Erika Moore Coombs ’97 F A son, Wyeth Robert, to Jon ’95 and Denise Mailloux Bowden ’97 F A son, Wyatt George, to Ted ’97 and down in their house in Sudbury, Mass. They French bulldogs, Halsey and Petunia, and Monica Torres Weil ’00 F A son, Callum John, to Amy and Chris Sullivan ’97 F A welcomed their first child, Eben Pierce Perry, commutes to N.Y.C. to work on Glamour’s daughter, Isabella Margaret Grace, to Douglas and Drea Barbalunga Wood ’97 F A son, Oct. 6, 2009. He came a full month early, Women of the Year Awards. Y Lisa Berry Jack Benjamin, to Shawn ’93 and April Armstrong Campbell ’97 F A son, Tyler Bodie, with the excuse that he wanted to watch Engler and husband Steven Engler, who to Mike and Julie Lovell Dunlap ’97 F A daughter, Teagan Bailey, to Willett and Carole Colby football beat Bowdoin in November. live outside Boston, where Lisa works for Reid Bird ’97 the state doing environmental planning, celebrated son Samuel’s first birthday Aug. 1999 29 with friend Courtney Smith Eisenberg. in attendance, including Alyssa’s sister, 2009.Y Tyler and Sandy Swanson Hill Lindsay Hayes Hurty Y Shelby Thibodeau Dineen, who works as Shelley Hughes ’03. Alyssa and Chris welcomed Alexander Drake Hill Sept. 9, [email protected] a full-time instructor for Kaplan University live in Hanover, N.H., where Alyssa is an 2009. He’s doing great, and Ashley is enjoy- Alex Wall, who resides in Bronxville, N.Y., teaching early childhood education, got associate veterinarian at a small-animal ing being a big sister. Y Dave Dodwell and is an attorney at Fried Frank, LLP in Man- together last summer with Stephanie Shar- practice, and Chris is a second-year medi- his wife, Kathleen, recently competed in a hattan and married Marie Kent Sept. 19 ples Sulzbach and Jessica Montgomery cal student at Dartmouth. Y Farrell Burns tandem kayak race around Bermuda and in Oregon. Evan Robertson attended. Y Green and families in Biddeford for the fifth Hudzik welcomed a new baby, Eli Hudzik, finished second in their age group.Y Kristi Kelly Bregou is engaged to a neuroscien- year running. Shelby, her husband, Matt, Jan. 12, 2009. Y Kathleen Pigeon and Straus and Pete Clark bought a house in tist at MIT, Najib Majaj from Jordan; they and Raymond, 3, welcomed Helen Elizabeth her partner welcomed Rory Pigeon Sept. Seattle this summer. Kristi is still in a Ph.D. live in Boston. Y Louisa Williams, also in Dineen July 22. Y Last fall Dave and Molly 2, 2009. Y Cindy Lohmann and her hus- program at the University of Washington in Boston, is engaged to David West. Y Carrie Pindell Wilkens finished their first season band, Andy Million, had their first son Aug. aquatic and fishery sciences with hopes of Peterson Baughman, husband Charlie, making and selling goat cheese on their 23, 2009: Colby James Million. Y Kevin becoming a professor. Pete teaches ninth and twins Elizabeth and Soeren love their farm (Sage Farm) in Stowe, Vt. They had a Landis completed his Ph.D. in dramatic grade science and loves working with the new log home in Springfield, N.H. Carrie baby boy in May, Soren Emerson Wilkens; literature at Tufts and moved to Colorado students. Y Heidi (Salley ’97) and Justin continues at the Global Health Council in daughter Juliette is a wonderful big sister. Springs, where he is the new director of Ackerman had their second child, Elsie White River Junction, Vt. Y Tucker Jones, Y Chris Rogan and wife Ellen had their the theater program at the University of Violet, Oct. 5, 2009. Y Kazumi Nakanishi his wife, and their two boys, Durham, 4, and first baby, Emma, Sept. 28. Chris finished Colorado, Colorado Springs. Y Josh Walton got married and had four weddings (in Hong Rhys, 1, live in London; they see Brad Selig active duty with the Navy to complete an got married June 20, 2009, in Seeley Lake, Kong, Algers, Tokyo, and Barcelona). She and Jason Cuenca, who both live in London emergency medicine residency in Delaware. Mont., to Andi Rogers. In attendance were now lives in Paris with her husband. She too. Y Dan Zipin finished his residency at Y Flannery Higgins and husband Todd Ellis, Ken and Leah West Raiche, Kristen (Haley also started her own business, with her Boston Medical Center and his fellowship who moved to Milford, Ohio, welcomed ’99) and Will Chamberlain, Deb Shea, mother, making one-of-a-kind clutch bags in pain medicine in Walnut Creek, Calif., a baby girl, Teigan Aubrey Ellis, June 8. Nicky Moody, Carol (Strawn ’96) and Jim out of Japanese obi and kimono. The brand and started a job in Exeter, N.H., doing Y Doug Connelly married Liz Palchak; Fiebelkorn, Alex Roth ’96, and Brendan is called Chako (www.chakotokyo.com). interventional physiatry with an orthopedic they had been teaching in New England Kearney. Devin Colman was planning on Y Laurel Hart joined the adjunct faculty group. Dan got married Nov. 7 in Waitsfied, and NOLS mountain guide instructing in attending, but his flight was cancelled at NYU and will begin teaching a gradu- Vt. Guests included Brian DiBello, Andy Wyoming until last year brought a move halfway through his cross-country trip due ate course on social media in the public King, Sean Foley, and Peter Shapiro. Y to teach at the Teton Science School to weather. Josh lives in Flagstaff, Ariz., relations and corporate communications Brian and Alexis Azar Posnanski expect in Jackson Hole, Wyo. They wed in her and works as a mechanical engineer at master’s program. She is also a partner their “surprise” second child; their kids will hometown in Michigan, with guests Chris Southwest Windpower. Y Bill and Betsy at a crisis management and communica- be 14 months apart. Y Ned Gignoux and Davis and Eric “The Goat” Cook. Y David Kies Raftery had a boy, Sean, Sept. 16, tion consulting firm in N.Y.C. and will keep wife Oma McLaughlin welcomed daughter Black and wife Brooke expect their first
Colby / WINTER 2010 49 alumni at large child in March. Y Jonathan P. Zarecki, sions at Tufts School of Dental Medicine He also started a new company, We Create a professor at UNC-Greensboro, married and is pursuing her master’s in educational Space (www.wecreatespace.org) while Rebecca M. Muich, an adjunct instructor studies at Tufts. Y Jason and Mary Larios 2001 living in Sweden with his wife and working in at Wake Forest, May 30 in Greensboro. Gatlin enjoy their lives in Portland, Ore., Dana Fowler Charette Copenhagen, N.Y.C., and L.A. Y On Oct. 17 Chris and Sarah Banner Frazar attended. with son Jackson, who started preschool. [email protected] Jennifer Carlson married Scott Morneau in Y Mary Schwalm partnered up with a Tufts Mary appreciated seeing so many Colby I’m now writing this column out in the Bethel, Maine, and several alums joined to grad, who is a photographer; they’ve got friends at Melissa Bradbury and Scott suburbs. Jon and I moved to Greenwich, celebrate, including bridesmaids Jen Jost, a dog, Jpeg. Mary, who has been working Friedman’s wedding. Y Will Barron ’01 Conn., in the fall and thankfully the novelty Colleen Dugan, and Melanie Morin. Y as a freelance photojournalist, primarily and Karen Macke expected their second of things like raking leaves and driving to the Betsy Loyd and Kol Harvey ’99 tied the knot for the Associated Press in and around daughter at the beginning of January in grocery store has not worn off yet. Y Kelly in September at the top of Cannon Mountain Boston, returned to Philadelphia for the Syracuse, N.Y. Daughter Brynne is 3. Karen Falsani and his wife, Heather, welcomed in New Hampshire. Friends and family from third year to photograph the Philadelphia is currently a Ph.D. candidate in sociology Samuel Ceasar Falsani, Sept. 26, 2009. six different Colby classes were represented, Phillies in their postseason for mlb.com. at Syracuse. Y Matt Janssen and his Y Elizabeth Wainwright enjoys living in including Jackie Ogutha, Kate Thurman, Y Jon Hiltz and wife Danielle, who still wife, Bahar Shariati, enjoyed catching up N.Y.C. and teaching Class VI English at the and Anna Randall Painter. Kol and Betsy live in Topsham, Maine, where Jon is a with Jamie Brewster in Edgecomb, Maine, Buckley School. Y Robin MacColl is finish- now live in Europe, where Kol works for financial planner, had baby number two, while on vacation. Y Clifton and Carrie ing up her OB/GYN residency in Denver. She PricewaterhouseCoopers and Betsy is Brady Irving, May 30; daughter Lydia is 3. Logie Sprague enjoy downtown life in San recently got engaged and is getting married working to complete her Ph.D. dissertation Y Adam ’98 and Christie Browning Rana Diego. Clifton just started a master’s of in Baltimore April 10. Next year she plans to in American studies at the University of Iowa. welcomed their second son, Harrison, Aug. architecture program and Carrie is working work as an OB/GYN at University of Colo- Y Junko Goda is in Los Angeles working a 13. Y Still in N.Y.C. Abby Manock started as an event sales manager for the Hard rado Hospital. Robin and her fiancé, Blair few Japanese/English translator jobs during a fabric company called AbbyAbby (www. Rock Hotel San Diego. Y Craig and Alexis Fennimore, just bought their first house in the day and continuing to pursue an acting abbyabby.com) in June. She sells products Fine Greiner are having lots of fun with Denver. Y Luis and Jennifer Miller Perez career. Her first TV role was a co-star onEli with her unique designs. Y After completing their twins, Elliot George and Leah Brooke, welcomed little Elena Rose to the world on Stone that aired over the summer! She also her internship at the Washington, D.C., VA born July 11! Y Amy Forrer ’98 and Erik the Fourth of July. They recently took a trip saw an old guest professor, Jack Axelrod, Medical Center, Robyn Osborn earned her Waters purchased a house in Somerville, to Maine to visit John Hutchins to celebrate perform at the Colony Theatre in Burbank. Ph.D. in medical and clinical psychology Mass., this summer and their twins, Elsa his daughter Addyson’s first birthday.Y Y Jemison Foster is in Bangkok working at and started a postdoctoral fellowship in and Olin, turned 8 months. Amy is about Stephanie McMurrich moved back to an international high school. Life is busy, medical psychology. to begin work as a physician and Scott is Boston and works as a staff psychologist but if any Colby kids are heading his way, working in finance for GreatPoint Energy in at the Bipolar Clinic and Research Program definitely contact him. Cambridge. Amy and Scott saw Jon Allen at Massachusetts General Hospital. It is a 2000 in September. Y Matt and Ashley Smith great time to be back since other alums Meg Bernier Boyd Leavell were married Aug. 29. Christine recently moved there: Emily Mahlman 2002 [email protected] Pirani and Alison Silberman were part of and Mindy Mraz. Y Eric Lantzman and Sally Hall Bell Jeff and Katie Curry Porch looked forward the bridal party, and Catherine Pinkerton his wife, Maggie, are settled in Anchorage [email protected] to closing their seasonal restaurant for the Keeling was a reader. Ashley is working and loving life at Alaska pace, working at The baby train continues! Erin and Danny winter and spending time with children, toward a Ph.D. in developmental psychology the native hospital and Planned Parent- Noyes welcomed their first this summer, Carter, 4, Sadie, 3, and Noah, 2. They at NYU. Y Christine Pirani got engaged hood, and hiking a bunch before winter Anderson Carter Noyes. Danny is Colby’s are expecting boy/girl twins in February! to Andrew Hollenhorst. They plan to marry sets in. Eric spent time with Sarah Breul, head alpine ski coach and lives in Augusta. Y Keryn Kwedor lives in Beverly, Mass., this June. Y Keith Richardson lives in Martha Beebe, and Calla Fankhanel at Y Liz Marceau Gensmer and her husband and teaches at the Landmark School. She Colorado and works as a firefighter and EMT. Shanna Brownstein’s wedding in Philly. Y expect their second baby in January. Big recently took on a role with the outreach He started paramedic school in January. Julia Drees and her husband, Erin, had a sister Isabelle is 2. They live outside Min- program, which takes Landmark’s teaching “Gotta love that $120,000 education for daughter, Claire, Aug. 22 and live in Berkeley, neapolis. Y Katie Egan Wertheimer had strategies for students with language- a job I needed a GED for!” Y Frank and Calif. Y In the last column I mentioned Liz a son, Mason William Wertheimer, Aug. based learning disabilities to teachers Whitney Lawton Linnenbringer celebrated Frankel’s wedding to Teddy Rave, but I didn’t 20. Y Loryn Traversi-Irwin graduated in in other school districts. Y Mark Edgar the birth of their second son, James Edward, include attendees from our class: Stu Luth, May from BC with an M.S.W. and received celebrated the birth of his daughter, Ruby Sept. 18. He joins Alexander, 15 months. Karin Felmly Ney, Debbie Schwartz, Beth her LICSW. Loryn expects their first child Elizabeth Edgar, July 5. Y Tim ’99 and Whitney returned to work full time as an Monahan, and Lauren Schaad. Her wedding in April. Y Sam and Becca Bruce Vaill Amanda Carucci Boggs welcomed Sadie OB nurse in December. Y Ian and Katie photography was done by another alum, Meg welcomed son Jack last April. Y Sarah Julienne June 1. She and big sister Sophie, Mitchell Brooks welcomed their first child, Belanger ’99 (www.megbelanger.com). Y Browne Trinward had a baby boy, Felix, 2, are doing great! Y Kelly Fanning and Rachel Elizabeth, Oct. 15 and look forward Katie Stimac got married in August to Jon with husband JT in September. Y Marcia Reed Bundy happily announce the birth of to her first surf lesson in their home state Mendelsohn, whom she met during her first Ingraham Tatum was due to deliver in their daughter, Reece, Oct. 11! Y Chris and of Hawaii! Y James Spidle ’99 and Jenny year of med school. They were blessed to early November. Marcia, Anna Beardslee, Ann Birenbaum Baker live in San Francisco O’Donnell got engaged last summer and have a few friends from Colby make it all Abby Kussell, and Becca Bruce Vaill all and celebrated the first birthday of their plan their wedding for May 2010 in Hanover, the way to Seattle for the wedding, includ- recently moved to Charlestown, Mass., daughter, Sadie Reed. Y Becky Rasmus- N.H. Y Alex Moskos lives in Boston and ing Binah Palmer, Laura West, Nyasha and plan on many Colby gatherings. Y Tim sen Dalrymple welcomed her son, Charlie, looked forward to a trip to the Bahamas Pfukwa, and Paul Berube ’00. Katie will Sullivan lives in the Boston area with his Aug. 7. She looks forward to sleep-filled in November for his sister’s wedding. He start her fourth year of medical school in wife, Katie, and practices law at Goulston nights! Y Scott and Melissa Bradbury had a great time touring wine country in January. Katie reported that Rob and Anna & Storrs. They welcomed their first baby, Friedman are thrilled to announce their California last summer with James Mason, Randall Painter are doing well and loving life Liam Michael Sullivan, May 21. Y Lindsey Oct. 3 marriage in downtown Boston. Drew Davis, Sean Scott, and Fremont with Lucy, 1. Y Ted Wallach was in Cannes Malbon Coffin gave birth to a boy, Benjamin Sarah Cleary Manzo and Christine Casey Latimer ’02. Y Dana and Brian Hanseth with his film Layover (www.blindidproduc- Louis, Sept. 8. Lindsey is back to work as Hutchinson were bridesmaids. They live in welcomed their son, Hunter Brian, to their tion.com). He is finishing his first feature, a parent trainer for families with children Charlestown, Mass., and Scott is an associ- home in New York City June 5. They moved a documentary about inner city kids using who have special needs. Y Erin Gardner ate at Industrial Economics in Cambridge, to Boston in November, where Brian will magic and performance to escape the Broudo and her husband had a boy, Caleb while Melissa is associate director of admis- work for Nova Capital Markets. ghetto, with David Blaine as a guest star. Robert, in January. Erin has a new job as a
50 Colby / WINTER 2010 dual-Mule baby! Y Nicole Russo married Patrick Evans in July near Aspen, Colo., and celebrated with Jill Geissler, Sara To Her Health | Ellen Newcomb ’07 Schwartz Mohan, Heidi Packard, Averell There’s a story behind Ellen “This will really upset you,” she said. “Ten states, Ryland, Heidi Bungeroth, and Kim Victor Newcomb’s job. Fresh out of including D.C., don’t force insurance companies to cover Neckers ’02. Y Justin Stempeck married college, with no idea what she domestic violence victims.” The policy, Newcomb says, Maureen Villadelgado (William and Mary wanted to do with her life, the leaves many women in one of the most vulnerable popula- ’02) Aug. 29 in Leominster, Mass. The two government major moved to tions uninsured. met at Northeastern School of Law. It was Washington, D.C., to intern for It’s an exciting time to be working on health-care re- gusty and rainy on the wedding day but still California Congresswoman Lois form, and Newcomb knows it. Her animated gestures show a lot of fun. Alums in attendance were Doug Capps. Capps was the cochair a passion that many yearn for in their work. “I’ve really LaLiberte, Spencer Hutchins, Katrina of the Congressional Caucus for grown up a lot in the last two years,” she said. “At Colby, Noyes, Justin Ossolinski, Mike Cox, Ben Women’s Issues. At the same time, Newcomb ’07 lost her there was always the disconnect between work and the out- Pearce, Matt Mahoney, and Brendan Gavin health insurance and was tapping into her parents’ policy. side world. I used to be more passive about comments that ’01. The couple honeymooned in Kauai. Y The stars were aligned. Newcomb found her calling. offended me.” It’s a different story now,” she said, laughing. Kara Watson and Darren Sutherland were Today, after working as an advocate at the National The job has been good for her in other ways, too, she married in Scarborough, N.Y., at the end of Women’s Law Center until last August, Newcomb can rattle said. Newcomb always planned to go to law school, but it August. Amanda McKown, Sean O’Grady, off facts about women’s health and reproductive rights: was her coworkers at the center who gave her the encour- Tracy Brenner, Benjamin Craig ’02, Hi’i women have less health insurance coverage than men even agement and information that she needed—advocating like Dye, Jake Hobart, Kate McCarty, Jaclyn though women on average need medical attention more they do best. This fall she entered law school full time at Gilman, Lexi Grant, Sharon Skettini ’02, often; from 1999 to 2008 health insurance premiums American University, where she’s active in the Women’s Law Mike Ames ’02, Alexis Detwiler ’02, Brett increased 119 percent, 3.5 times the increase in wages over Association and the Equal Justice Foundation. But she isn’t Lurman ’02, and Helena Tubis ’02 attended. the same period; 18 percent of women have no health insur- leaving the field she loves. “I definitely want to go back,” Y Chris Makarewich and Alyssa Hughes ance, and among minorities the percentage is even higher. she said. —Jenny Chen ’12 ’98 were married in East Burke, Vt., in August. In attendance and on generally good behavior were Alex Browne, Eddie special education coordinator/teacher at expect a second child in January. Y Rez physician assistant studies at Chatham Piasecki, Laura Morrison, Mike Reilly, Masconomet Middle School in Topsfield, (Amy Reznitsky) and Sara Pullen ask that University in August. She lives with her Robbie MacBain ’04, Olivia Robbie ’02, Jeff Mass. Y Kevin and Cortney Kirkendall we keep their daughter, Becket, in memory. husband, Matt, in Pittsburgh. Siteman, and Shelley Hughes. Chris and Mouillesseaux had a girl, Maggie, in March. Y Meg McCusker climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro Alyssa live in Hanover, N.H., where Chris is Cortney finished her residency training in last summer and moved back to Boston. Y in his second year at Dartmouth Medical June and now works as a pediatrician in Matt Koontz moved to Seattle this summer 2003 School and Alyssa works as a veterinarian Los Angeles. Y Christopher Schlosser got and met up with Evan Anderson in LA and Lauren Tiberio at a local dog and cat practice. Chris adds engaged last summer on Martha’s Vineyard with Andrew Hicks and Mike Donohue ’03 [email protected] these updates: After getting married in to Emily Curry (Bucknell ’03). They met in San Francisco. Matt works on Internet Lots of weddings, graduations, and babies. August 2008, Laura Morrison and Eddie at Columbia Business School and plan strategy work for Microsoft and hangs out We’re getting old! Y Liz Kueffner married Piasecki now expect a new addition to a wedding in Darien, Conn., next fall. Y with Ashley Landbloom and Baskut Tuncak Paul Koors in June 2008. Although Paul isn’t their family in April. Eddie is at Seton Hall Bill Spencer was engaged in August and ’01. Y Matt Tolve married Mercy Horst (Midd a Colby alum, Sohrab Noshirvani ’04 and Liz Law School and Laura is a copywriter in an is getting married next fall in Boston. Billy ’01) in Washington, D.C. In attendance were Hamilton ’04 were instrumental in getting ad agency (and is, in her words, “generally is a partner at a financial planning firm. Y John Skovran, Will Cropper, Carl Tugberk, them together. Colbyites in attendance awesome”). Alex Browne lives in N.J. and is Jonathan Lord married Margaret Panian in Steven Hooper (and wife Laura), Meg included Liz and Sohrab, Erik Bowie ’00, in his second year at Robert Wood Johnson August in Three Lakes, Wis. Classmates in McCusker, Mary Zito, Melanie Ouellette Brett Irish ’05, Will MacPherson, Kate Medical School. Mike Reilly splits his time attendance included David Prinstein, Jed Karlins, and Kristina Tabor. Matt and Lydecker, Jake Hobart, Hi’i Dye, Veronica between LA and NYC making movies and McGraw, James Garrett, Corey Gammill, Mercy live in San Francisco. Y Eric Lau- (Craun ’04) and Justin Ucko ’02, Leda chasing models. Shelley Hughes is still in Cameron Gammill, and Dan Deacon ’03. rits set up a boutique photography studio Chang, Sam Owen ’04, Caroline Seklir, San Francisco working for an ad agency Y Pete Morelli represented the U.S. in (www.ericlaurits.com) in Amesbury, Mass., Sara Saltzman ’02, Sharon Skettini ’02, as an account supervisor and has been rowing at the 18th Maccabiah Games in traveling the world documenting love and Helena Tubis ’02, Dan Schulson, Dan exploring the world of triathlons. Y Laura Israel. The rowing team won each event for relationships. This year he photographed Morrison, and Devon Douglas. Liz and Thomason and Ray Mazza III ’01 were nine gold medals in total. Y Micki Young the wedding of Ryan Wepler and Vicky Paul live in Richmond, Va., where Paul is a married Oct. 3 in Washington, D.C. Their Armour lives with her husband, Phil, in Hayes ’04 at Colby. Y Eric Zuaro survived second-year med student. Y Megan Shan- best man was Chad Creelman ’01 and Long Beach, Calif., and is halfway through an avalanche last January in Telluride, is non-Winterson and Dimitri Michaud were their matron of honor was Victoria Hayes veterinary ophthalmology residency. Y recovering from injuries in Portland, Ore., married in August on a beach in Megan’s Wepler ’04. It was a traditional Scottish Steve Hooper is attending the Tuck School and enrolled in welding classes and builds hometown of Kennebunkport, Maine. Lee wedding including bagpipes, and of course, of Business at Dartmouth. John Shea and sculptures out of plate steel. Y Monty Rankin, Fred Rasmussen, Sarah Style, traditional highland attire (kilts!). Y Julie John Sullivan are classmates at Tuck. Y Hobson is the associate pastor at Windsor and Jeanine Duffy were in the wedding Blossom earned a D.V.M. in May 2009 Bethany Record married Wes Corbin in Crossing in Chesterfield, Mo., where his main party. Attendees also included Jonathan and is working on Prince Edward Island as May with an impressive Colby turnout: job is to mentor volunteers (musicians/ ’02 and Kate Zimmerman Marlow, Lauren a veterinary intern at Atlantic Veterinary Mariah Hamel, Megan Laird Hodgkins, singers). Y Bridget Zakielarz married Gavin Tharaud, Adam Bickelman, Jenni Somers, College. She plans to pursue specializa- Max Sadler, Josh Gerber, Holly Brewster, Duffy in January 2009. Anne Paruti, Sarah Jee Yeon Guimont, Carei Thomas, Gina tion in veterinary cardiology in 2010. Y Emma Hallowell, Helen Sofaer, Jake Mockler, and William Roberts attended. Cooper ’04, Natalia King ’05, Alexandra Jon Allen finished his Ph.D. in geosciences Culbertson, and several others. Y Ali H. Bridget completed her pediatric residency Gelbard, Nick Rohs, Conor Cooper, and at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in Ghaffari moved to Meridian, Miss., with his at the University of Maryland in June and Matt and Courtney Hoffman Tsiaras. August 2009. Kim Langone came out for wife, Mary, and their daughter, Reyna. Ali is currently the pediatric chief resident. Y The Michauds live in Silver Spring, Md., his graduation. Jon now works as an earth is a flight instructor for the Navy, and they Jen Smyth Curti started her master’s in and expect their first baby in February. A scientist for Chevron in central California.
Colby / WINTER 2010 51 alumni at large
On his way to California, he stopped in grinding mill in her home village, which has Vegas and hung out with Melv Ladera. Y cut the long distances (up to 30 km) that Kate Zimmerman Marlow graduated from 00s newsmakers people had to walk to reach the nearest one. Teachers College, Columbia University, last Megan Williams ’04 was selected by Mainebiz magazine In January she’ll start working towards her Y spring with a master’s in teaching English. as a “Nexter” for helping to shape the future of Maine’s M.B.A. at INSEAD in France. I attended She teaches ninth- and 11th-grade English economy as executive director of the Waterville-based Jackie Smith and Josh Zweig’s beautiful in Rye, N.Y., and loves it! Y Lucy Baker Hardy Girls Healthy Women. Hardy Girls Board President wedding in Beverly Hills, Calif., in October. graduated from Sarah Lawrence with an Tobi Schneider P’03 said of the selection, “Megan’s lead- It was great to see so many Colby alumni M.F.A. in creative writing and just completed ership has grown Hardy Girls into an organization that including bridesmaids Margaret Siciliano, her first cookbook, a collection of dessert honors girls’ accomplishments on a daily basis, so it’s Liz Neumann, and Catherine Zweig ’08 and recipes with cocktails to match (including only appropriate that we now have the opportunity to do groomsmen Matthew Harrington and Josh Peter Chapin’s hot buttered rum). Y Will the same for her.” F The University of Delaware named German. Other in attendance were Lindsey and Kristen Vaughn Olson bought a house Ryan Glennon ’04 assistant men’s lacrosse coach. Lanier, Derek Taff, Chrissy Atwood, Eric last summer in Ithaca, N.Y. Kristen received Glennon recently served as offensive coordinator and and Jenny Carpenter McAllister, Jessie her M.A. in historic preservation planning assistant coach at St. Lawrence. He has also coached Zerendow, Sarah Gagnon, Benson Hyde, from Cornell last January and works as Megan Williams ’04 Colby and Bowdoin men’s lacrosse, Maine Select La- Nate Werlin ’06, and Adam Freedman ’03. preservation director for Historic Ithaca. crosse, and New England Premier Lacrosse teams. Y Jennifer Barrett married Nick Crocker Will opened a brew pub in Ithaca called last August in Marion, Mass. Evan and Kim Bandwagon. Y Chris Reigeluth is coaching milestones Betz Kearns, Kaitlin McCafferty, Grace the Northeastern squash team and doing Becker, Laura Anker, Ashley Harris, Mike Marriages: Melissa L. Bradbury ’00 to Scott L. Friedman ’00 in Boston, Mass. F Brian psychology research at Harvard. Y Aliya ’02 and Marisa MacNaughton Meloski, D. White ’00 to Melinda Schwoegler in Slingerlands, N.Y. F Robert B. Morse ’03 to Lauren Al-Aufy and her husband have moved to E. Worthington in New Vernon, N.J. Amanda Belden, Cate Young, Meredith Oman, where Aliya works at the National Collins, Allison Dwyer, Maura Myers, and Bank of Oman as a senior manager of HR Jared Bisogni were there to celebrate. projects. They expected their first child in College of Law. She lives in Boston, works the end of August. Y Tom Rogers is still December. Y Luke Ferriter ran (and fin- for Bank of America doing securities regula- in Missoula, Mont., finishing his master’s ished) the Cape Cod Marathon in 3 hours tion compliance, and is working towards in biology studying heavy metal exposure 2005 and 14 minutes, crushing his expectations her master’s in banking and financial law in bears and wolves in the Yellowstone Katie Gagne and his personal goal. Y Carrie Morin at BU School of Law. Kristan Jiggetts is ecosystem. He got engaged this summer [email protected] was engaged on her birthday, Sept. 19. in graduate school at DePaul studying for to Julia Levine and they live with their dog, Mary Medlin’s first story will appear in the She and her soon-to-be husband recently her M.Ed. to become a high school English Sylvester. Chris Zajchowski ’07 will be a March 2010 issue of the literary magazine bought a house in Winthrop, Maine. Also teacher. She ran the Chicago Marathon on groomsman. Y Cynthia Davies finished Colorado Review. Mary recently attended engaged is Laura Brown, who will marry her 27th birthday—one mile to celebrate the first year of her physician assistant the nuptials of John Cole and Wendy Sick- Chris Kittredge (Ohio Wesleyan ’02) in each of her first 26 years. Y Ryan Glennon program in Portland, Maine. She’ll spend ard, who tied the knot in Grande Isle, Vt., September in Boston. Chris and Laura met moved to Newark, Del., and works as an the next 12 months on clinical rotations, Oct. 11. Grads attending included Laura while living in New York City. Laura lives in assistant lacrosse coach at the University some in Maine and others around the Miller, Kristi Eck, Chris Van Wagenen, NYC and is back in school part time getting of Delaware. Y Chyann Oliver successfully country. Y Emily Williamson graduated Dan Seifert, Cory Cramer, Tom Ireland, her M.P.A. in nonprofit management at NYU defended her dissertation, Don’t Believe from UVA with her master’s in architecture Andrew Raser, Robby Mehlich, and Justin Wagner while working full time at NYU as the Hype: The Polemics of Hip Hop and and now works in D.C. at an architecture Depre. Y Carolyn Hunt married Brendan the associate director of annual giving. Y the Poetics of Resistance and Resilience firm called Studio 27. She’s working on her Carroll last summer in Rhode Island. Carolyn On April 15, 2009, Paul and Liz Kueffner in Black Girlhood, and received her Ph.D. thesis project about water infrastructure starts her M.B.A. program at RSM Erasmus Koors welcomed Ellie Johnston Koors. She in American studies from the University and its potential to affect public life in a University in January. Y Helen Brown was was 7 lbs. 14 oz, and as healthy as could of Maryland, College Park. She is in the small squatter community in Cape Coast, named the new director of Johnen Galerie be! Y Thaddeus and Jill Laramee Feeney process of creating a gourmet, vegan, Ghana. She hopes to get pieces of her in Berlin, one of the leading galleries in welcomed a baby boy May 31, Parker Wil- gluten-free, soy-free, and corn-free cater- project built and began a nonprofit to sup- contemporary art. Johnen Galerie repre- liam. He was born at MaineGeneral, just ing company in D.C., where she will be port this and other international grassroots sents established artists such as Jeff Wall, down the road from Colby. He is doing well the executive chef and owner. Y Kathryn design efforts. She also got married last Dan Graham, and Martin Boyce as well as and has already enjoyed a meal at Foss! Y Hulick got engaged on a backpacking trip summer. Y Marc Attiyeh made a career a dynamic emerging art program. Y After On Oct. 2, 2009, Dan and Laurel Burnham in Vermont to Steve Gargolinski. Y Nick detour after working for two years as a two years in Jackson Hole and two years in Deacon welcomed a baby girl, Elle Burnham ’05 and Rebecca Taylor Malick welcomed software engineer and is now a first-year Brooklyn, Andy Orr is now in law school at Deacon. Congrats! their first baby, Juliet Caroline Malick, medical student at Columbia in New York Cornell and already looking forward to our Sept. 6. They live in Eugene, Ore. Y Ian and couldn’t be happier. Y Jeff Moyer mar- fifth reunion. Y Torrey Kulow is in her second Kimmich bought a house in Portland, Ore., ried Allison Cleary last July and they built a year of graduate school studying curriculum 2004 and is writing articles for online compa- house in Bridgewater, Mass. Kevin Smalley and instruction for math education at the Kate Weiler nies, making beer, and editing books. Y ’03, Micah Siegel, Marshall White, Greg University of Wisconsin-Madison. She has [email protected] Andrew McKenna-Foster is looking for a Lynch, and Brian Kittler all attended been running with Allison Cogbill ’07, who Shannon Hopkins married Preston Rybacki Ph.D. program in entomology while study- the wedding. Y Samantha Saeger was is at UW-Madison Law School. Y Alan in August in Denver, Colo. Kristan Jiggetts ing beetles and spiders on Nantucket. Y selected for the U.S. Orienteering Team to Ashbaugh is living at home with his parents and Desiree Davis were bridesmaids Amy Tolsdorf lives in Seattle doing her the World Championships by virtue of her in Needham, Mass., saving up for a move to and Alexis Caselle Bancroft and Kristin internal medicine residency at UW. Y first-place finish at the U.S. team trials in the West Coast. Y Melissa Widdis is in her Carlson attended. Shannon and Preston Samuel Ludwig returned in July from two Cobb, Calif. She is currently a teacher in third year of a doctorate program in Hispanic have lived in Vietnam for four years. They years with the Peace Corps in Mongolia. He Needham, Mass. Y Rumbi Sundire moved literature at Rutgers. She currently teaches run and coordinate a number of charities started a Russian regional studies master’s back to Zimbabwe and is finding ways to Hispanic literature to undergrads, but prior including Children of Peace International. program at Harvard in September. Y Will bring economic development to rural areas to that spent a year in Madrid, earned her Desiree graduated from Stetson University Sander got engaged to Sam Haskins at of the country. She successfully set up a master’s from Middlebury, and spent three
52 Colby / WINTER 2010 summers doing social service work in the fall to surf and build houses. He has a huge a master’s in guidance and counseling Melissa Cianciolo, Amy Pendoley, Alan Dominican Republic. Y Patrick Ochieano framed grizzly bear poster in his apartment program, coaches basketball, and plays Ozarowski, and Francis Chapuredima ’06 began a computer science program this fall and Will Kinder ’08 recently declared 2009 for the top league there. Emily keeps busy attended Mary Catherine Saraiva and at the University of Southern Maine, where to be the “Year of Dating.” Y Garry Bertholf with public relations consulting projects. David Amadu’s wedding. Y Kelsie Cullinan he is working toward his second bachelor’s. is a fourth-year Ph.D. student and William Every so often they see Kim Jones ’05 is in her third year teaching in Dorchester, Y Abigail Robson lives in Lynchburg, Va., Fontaine Fellow of Africana Studies at the who, as far as they know, is the only other Mass., at the Epiphany School, a private, where she is a history teacher at William University of Pennsylvania. In November Colby grad in Dublin. Y Barbara Hough is a non-tuition middle school for low-income Campbell High School. Y Warner Nickerson he planned to cross paths with his dear full-time general music teacher in Bradford, kids. She’s working on getting her M.Ed. in qualified for a place in the World Cup season friend and erstwhile mentor, Colby profes- Mass., where she finally has her own music guidance counseling from Cambridge Col- opener in Solden, Austria, this fall, one of sor Paul Machlin, at the annual meeting room. She also directs her church choir and lege and is roommates with coworker Katie five possible American spots. Before the of the American Musicological Society in teaches private flute lessons in Haverhill and Harris ’08. They’ve taught their students race he spent August in New Zealand and Philadelphia. Y Leah Weisberg is still in New at New England Conservatory in Boston. to love Colby! Y Alison McArdle lives in September in Chile, and yet he still wishes York working at Google. Kelsey Neville and She played with the Boston Metropolis Boston with Jennifer Hinson and continues he had “more exciting news” to contribute Josh Berman got engaged in July! Getting Philharmonic Orchestra and chorale group to work for the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund. to the column. Y Abraham Summers and married next summer. Y Bryan Sanders at Harvard in November. Y Ryan ’05 and Recent highlights include a vacation trip his wife live in Beijing and expect their first and Sarah Huckabee, daughter of former Madeline Horwitz Boccuzzi moved to Los to Hilton Head Island with Laura Keeler child at the beginning of February. Abraham Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, got engaged Angeles, taking a month to drive from NYC. and Blake Foster as well as receiving continues to work in the golf industry and on Bryan’s family ranch in Kansas in August, They visited family and friends and toured a Colby garden gnome from Stephanie is planning a family vacation to Tuscany much to the disappointment of Fraser Mon- eight national parks. Ryan is teaching and Finn. Y Zach Haas recently moved from during summer 2010. Y Jake Colognesi is cure and Colby women everywhere. Fraser, Maddy is working for the Canadian consul- Rhode Island to Savannah, Ga., and is enjoying his first semester studying for his Ted Wright, Matt Birchby, and Jack Sisson ate. They’ve already had a few Colby friends working as a paramedic/firefighter for M.B.A. at Tuck in Hanover, N.H. Y Isabelle were on hand to celebrate. The wedding is visit and look forward to SoCal’s anti-Maine Southside Fire Department. He plans on Reining and Steve Bayes ’04 were married scheduled for May in St. John, Virgin Islands. winters. Y Kristine Fucillo graduated from getting married next year and climbing Mt. July 3 at Fort Mason in San Francisco. The Y Dan Giuliani is living in Seattle, going the Maine School of Law in May and passed Rainier in August. Y When Lena Barouh wedding party included Kyle Foley, Allison to graduate school, and launching a career the bar in Maine. Trevor Hanly ’07 and Krissy isn’t bartending at a local rock club, she Neumeister, Sarah Eilefson, Beth Foxwell in sports broadcasting. He called semipro were married Oct. 3, 2009, at the Samoset puts her hard-won history degree to good ’06, Liz Curran, Kate Crocker Jordan, soccer games in the summer, high school in Rockland. They had an impressive Colby use by reading voraciously and shouting at Nathan Quigley, and Mike Hildebrandt football games in the fall, and University turnout: Theodore (Skip) Fucillo ’68, Ross the History Channel’s many factual inac- ’04. Isabelle is in her second year at the of Washington women’s basketball in the Kaplan ’07, Dan Melega ’07, Adam Roslyn curacies. Lena, aka Whiskey Ginger, can Presidio School of Management working winter. Y Sarah Smithson is a first-year ’07, Best Man Alan Ozarowski ’07, Jon also be found skating with Tilted Thunder toward her business degree. Allison works medical student at the University of New Bandi ’07, Stephen Planas, Bennett Rail Birds, a Seattle-based banked-track as donor relations manager for the University England College of Osteopathic Medicine. Barnwell and Nate Stone, Joe Boulos ’68, roller derby league. Y In November Robin of the Pacific School of Dentistry in San Y Emily Tull works as a business develop- Lee Emmons ’07, Drew Branden ’07, Lynn Respaut took the giant leap into full-time Francisco, and Sarah recently relocated ment coordinator for the international law Hasday ’05, Maid of Honor Rachel Carr, Cait freelance writing and public radio produc- to attend graduate school in English lit- firm Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton.Y Miller, Melissa McNulty, Aine McCarthy, ing/reporting. Check out her latest work at erature at Loyola in Chicago. Liz works in At the beginning of September Elizabeth bridesmaid Taylor Snook, and Gerald Ogus www.robinrespaut.com. Y Michael Wolk Monterey and volunteers at the Monterey Ghilardi moved to Pittsburgh and works ’68. Trevor and Krissy honeymooned in Key is a third year J.D. candidate at Cornell Bay Aquarium. Kate flew in for the ceremony as the assistant lacrosse coach at Robert Biscayne. Trevor is an analyst at L.L.Bean Law School and recently had his note “The and spent a few weeks visiting family and Morris University. She says Pittsburgh is and Krissy was recently sworn in in Maine iPhone Jailbreaking Exemption and the friends stateside before returning to her a very well-kept secret! Y Lindsey Boyle and works for the Maine Indigent Defense Issue of Openness” selected for publica- Ph.D. program in London. Nathan is now and John McKee moved to the San Fran- Center. Y After dancing on two world cruises tion in Volume 19:3 of the Cornell Journal attending law school at Seattle University. cisco Bay area in June. John works for the Shari Katz has performed regionally at dif- of Law and Public Policy. Y Josh Handel- Y Matt Lynes and Maureen Sherry were Department of Justice and Lindsey works ferent theaters. At Christmas she danced in man continues to live in New Hampshire recently engaged. They are making wedding at UCal Berkeley as a research associate a show in Indianapolis. She just signed her working for Congressman Paul Hodes but plans for early 2011. Y After their September in the cosmochemistry lab. Y Rebecca first lease in NYC and lives blocks away from frequently makes it down to D.C., where he nuptials Jeff and Melissa Plante-Dubois Greslick Vance was married in fall 2007, several Colby stomping grounds, including mingles with Merle Eisenberg and Chris relocated to Toyko, where Jeff will do purchased a home in Gorham, Maine, the infamous Dorrian’s. Appel. Merle continues to live in D.C. with research for his dissertation and Melissa will during the summer of 2008, had her first AJ Herrmann and Emily Forman. Merle met teach English, learn Japanese, and explore daughter, Lola Yvonne, in December 2008, up with Charlie Wilson and Rob Doton in the city. Y Mallory Young attended Noah and is expecting number two in February 2007 New York over July 4th weekend and reen- Hoffman and Sarah Goodrich’s wedding 2010. Y Dan Osar is in his third year of Karli Gasteazoro acted many of their ridiculous antics from over the summer in Boothbay. Included in teaching at Hyde School in Woodstock, [email protected] college. In August Charlie tasted wines at the bridal party were Mike Booras, Steve Conn. He teaches English, coaches tennis Lindsay Kohlhoff graduated in May from numerous vineyards in Napa Valley with his Kasperski, Larry Dagrosa, Meghan Bar- and basketball, and works in the college Duke with a master’s in environmental roommates. Y Emily Wilbert still lives in ringer, Adrienne LeClair, and Tom Wilson. counseling office. Y Meghan Race got management. She moved to D.C., where Telluride, where she works at a wine bar Mallory lives in Waterville and works as the engaged to Jeff Petrello, whom she’s been she lives with Duke friends and works with at 12,000 feet, skies a lot, and teaches assistant women’s ice hockey coach at dating for four years. They moved to Avon, Tammy Lewin and John McCormack. Y French at the community college. She Colby. Y Thank you all for writing! Colo., about three years ago. They will Mariah Hudnut and Alex McPherson spent all summer leading teen adventure marry in September in Steamboat Springs. were married Sept. 12, 2009. They plan trips in the Southwest and taking personal Y Kendra King lives in Cairns and works to move to Boulder, Colo., and then head trips to the mountains, the rivers, and the 2006 on a dive boat on the Great Barrier Reef. to Italy for two months of adventures! Y desert in the area. Y John DeBruicker Jennifer Coliflores Conor Sullivan just moved there and will After two years Megan Deeley left her enjoyed his summer off before landing a [email protected] be traveling/working around Australia. Y job at Home for Little Wanderers (a local new job in September as a copywriter at an John Wheelock lives with Brett McNeice Michael ’07 and Emily Boyle Westbrooks nonprofit in Waterville) and started law advertising agency. He lives in Philadelphia ’08 in New York and is going to Peru in the are settled in Dublin. Michael started school at Northeastern. Y Carolina Sicard, and regularly attends Flyers games. Y In
Colby / WINTER 2010 53 alumni at large between climbing with Rob Selover ’04 and Y Madison Gouzie was recently named to Portland with Palmer where they met Joel Malpass, and they are negotiating trans- his brother, Grey ’06, and taking in the fall Cosmopolitan’s Maine Bachelor of the Alex for dinner, followed by a fun night with continental wedding plans! Y Dan Moss foliage on Canon Cliff’s Lakeview, Ry Brooks Year and has appeared on Entertainment Dustin Hilt, Emily Kissner, Isaac Needell, works as an analyst at America’s Growth continues making TV commercials at Picture Tonight and NBC’s Today show. He moved Jenny Gold, Charlotte Jobrack, and Esther Capital, an investment bank in Boston. Park and daydreaming about where next to to the Boston area to start a photography Boyd ’09. Patrick and Palmer tried unsuc- Y Over the summer Eric Hansen visited take off. Y Alex Harris can still be found business called Affiliate Media with friends. cessfully to make it to Cadillac Mountain Marcy Shrader-Lauinger in Argentina and frolicking around Massachusetts with room- Y Erin McGowan and Kelsey Hilton started for the infamous sunrise, but the rain Paraguay, where she works as a beekeeper mates Jen McAleer, Lindsay Tedeschi, and their second year at UPenn vet school. Y dampened their plans. Back in D.C., Patrick in the Peace Corps. Because it was winter Erica Ciszek ’08. Unfortunately the final Christina Feng is in her second year of has had a lot of fun with his freshmen- there, they had to drink lots of coffee and roommate, Sarah Nagel, is too far away to Teach For America, teaching government, year roommate, Dustin Hilt, who hosted Argentine wine to stay warm. Eric still lives enjoy the New England fun. Y Liz Stovall economics, and business in NYC. This a barbecue at the apartment he shares in D.C., where he lives in a fabulous house has been working as an AmeriCorps VISTA winter break she’ll travel to Cuba with an with Patrick Boland ’09. Bailey Woodhull with Katherine Koleski, Julia Stuebing, at a Community Action Agency in Kalispell, educators’ research delegation. Mean- and Sam Fabens were both there. Patrick and Luke LaViolet. So far Bill Whitledge, Mont., since July and welcomes visitors. while she’s happy to eat Cuban food with met up with Caroline Voyles at the March Rebekah Fasel, both Sarah Clarks, Jac- Y Jackie Page lives in Tel Aviv, Israel, Billy Fong and Julie Bero! Y Cassandra for Equality in D.C., and walking to and queline Beaupre, Brian Lam, and Qiam and is doing a research internship at the Newell survived her first year (of six!) at from work Patrick has randomly bumped Amiry ’09 have visited. Y Megan Smith International Counter-terrorism Institute in MIT where she is working on her Ph.D. in into Annie Feutz, Eric Hansen, and Julia works as a research assistant at the Yale Herzliya. Highlights include camping on a physical chemistry, doing spectroscopy on Stuebing. Y Colin Riggs works for Tecolote University School of Medicine Child Study beach amongst Crusader ruins. a new water-splitting catalyst. She lives Research, Inc. in Bedford, Mass., as a cost Center doing child psychiatry research. In in Cambridge near lots of Colbyites and estimator for the Air Force. Y Lane Marder January she’ll be in China practicing her enjoys Boston, though she misses Maine! is living in Ciudad Real, Spain, for the year. Chinese! Y Tiffany Ng is at a joint MSC pro- 2008 Y Meaghan Fitzgerald has decided to She has a scholarship from the ministry of gram between the University of Copenhagen Palmer McAuliff stay another year in London, where she is education in Spain and teaches classes to and the Copenhagen Business. She is also [email protected] expanding her role at tech startup Spoonfed first- and second-year students within the working on a new venture called Silver. Amanda Roehn is getting her master’s in to include sales as well as marketing. She Seccion Europea or bilingual program in the Spoon, introducing charity guerilla dining sports administration at the University of recently sold DormWise, the company she small town of Malagon. Y Elizabeth Petit to Denmark: http://silverspooncph.ning. Miami while interning with the Hurricane founded while at Colby. She hopes grads recently moved to the Boston area to start com. Y Jessie Prentice, Andrea Heidt, Club. In July Amanda and Lacy Favreau traveling through London will get in touch! as a research technician at Massachusetts Bryan Solar, Carrie Lovejoy, and Carlie went to Virginia to visit Lauren Baard, who Y In August Patrick Sanders made a trip General Hospital, where she works next to Minichino ’09 visited NYC friends Cadran works at Busch Gardens in Williamsburg. to New England, first stopping in Boston, Jacqueline Beaupre. Y Laura Pomponi is Cowansage, Chloe Warren, Michael They saw Lauren train the animals and had where he had coffee and ran errands with getting her master’s in deaf education at King, Sasha Kenyon, Nicholas Cade, an amazing time exploring Williamsburg. Y Mel Larsen, had lunch with fellow Colby Smith College/Clarke School for the Deaf. Julie Wilson, and Christina Evriviades. Kristen Kouttab is engaged to her former Fund co-chair, Emily Wagner, grabbed a Y Jennifer Mizen returned from Thailand The group met in October to welcome host brother, Driss Jamay, from her study- few drinks with Erica Ciszek, and had a in February and had a chance to catch up baby Chase Mullins, and parents Jeff and abroad program in Morocco. They plan wonderful dinner in Davis Square with Jamie with Dori Smith, Bradford Woodworth, Jessica Iwasaki Mullins, with lots of love a wedding next year in the states and Warner ’09, Stephanie Lubin-Levy, Victoria Beth Darling, Matt Stein, and Zach Zalinger and laughter. Y Cassie Sancartier, Alex will move to Washington, D.C. She also Hayne, Virginia Brown, Emily Wagner, and ’09 in Boston as well as Eric Hansen in Russell and Ben Herbst will soon be tarred owes Patrick Sanders a cup of coffee. Palmer McAuliff. Patrick then headed north D.C. In August Jenn was engaged to Joe and feathered for their lack of appearance.
O B I T U A R I E S
John W. Miner ’29, Dec. 5, 2009, in Cal- leader, sat on the board of the Kenne- daughters, Sandra Cournoyer, Pamela Diana Wiesenthal Friedman Opton ’41, ais, Maine, at 102. He earned his D.M.D. bec Girl Scout Council, and belonged to Quimby, and Marsha Gagnon, nine grand- Oct. 27, 2009, in Stratford, Conn., at 88. from Harvard in 1934 and then practiced other civic organizations. Predeceased children, 14 great-grandchildren, and his She worked as a research assistant at the dentistry in Calais for more than 45 years. by her husband, William M. Clark ’36, companion, Bernice. Yale University School of Medicine but After retiring he ran the family farm in Rob- she is survived by her daughters, Kath- was mostly a homemaker and volunteer binston, Maine, until the late 1980s. He erine Goodspeed and Suzanne Picurro, James Fox ’38, Oct. 1, 2009, in Dart- with groups such as the League of Women was involved with many local organizations two stepsons, nine grandchildren, and 10 mouth, Mass., at 93. He served with the Voters and Jewish Family Services. Sur- and he loved to read. Survivors include his great-grandchildren. Air Force during World War II. He earned vivors include her sons, Martin Friedman wife, June, a daughter, two grandchildren, his degree from Boston University Law and Rabbi Charles Shalman. and four great-grandchildren. Ralph W. Brown ’38, May 9, 2009, in School and then was an attorney for 50 Nashua, N.H., at 94. He earned a mas- years. He refereed college soccer and Eleanor Furbush Chase ’42, Nov. 27, Elizabeth Thompson Clark ’36, Dec. 5, ter’s from Suffolk University. A captain in coached high school girl’s soccer, played 2009, in Bristol, R.I., at 89. She was a U.S. 2009, in Bar Harbor, Maine, at 94. She the U.S. Navy, he served in both World the violin, and was secretary for the board Navy WAVE and then attended the Kather- attended the Katherine Gibbs School in War II and the Korean War and then spent of his local YMCA. Survivors include his ine Gibbs Secretarial School. She worked Boston and was a secretary in Massa- 36 years working as a teacher, principal, children, Jonathan and Adele, a sister, as a secretary at the former Coggeshall chusetts. In Maine she was a Girl Scout and superintendent. Survivors include his and a granddaughter. School in Portsmouth, R.I.. She was active
54 Colby / WINTER 2010 with her church, volunteered with Meals painting, and bird watching. Predeceased ’82, he is survived by his wife, Helen Alfred Fearing Jr. ’59, Oct. 29, 2009, on Wheels, and belonged to the garden by her sister, Helen Jacobs Eddy ’47, she “Sistie,” two daughters, and six grandchil- in Buxton, Maine, at 72. He entered the club. Survivors include two sons, George is survived by her brothers Donald ’51, dren, including Torrey Kulow ’05. Coast Guard in 1957 and served for 23 and Thomas, a daughter, Virginia Phinney, Robert ’54, and John ’55, five children, years, retiring as a chief warrant officer and four grandchildren. including Marguerite Holden ’82 and John Judith Holtz Levow ’55, Nov. 30, 2009, in 4. He then owned and operated the Dairy Holden ’85, and 10 grandchildren. Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., at 76. She earned an Queen in South Portland, Maine. He was Irving E. Liss ’43, Sept. 8, 2009, in Bos- M.S.W. from Boston College and estab- a life member of the General Society of ton, Mass., at 88. He served in the Navy Richard J. Marcyes Sr. ’47, Aug. 8, 2009, lished the Lexington Chapter of the Mas- Mayflower Descendants. Survivors in- during World War II and became captain in Dallas, Texas, at 87. He left Colby in sachusetts Association for Children with clude his wife, Nancy Thompson Fearing of his own ship. He returned to Colby and 1943 to serve in Europe during World War Learning Disabilities. She ran her own ’59, two sons, and two grandchildren. then became a businessman, establish- II, returning after the war to complete his interior design business and was active ing and running Tent City, an urban outlet degree. He established a career in per- with the Florida State Democratic Party. Joan G. Morrison ’59, Nov. 13, 2009, in for camping and backpacking supplies, sonnel working for banks in Maine and She was predeceased by her husband, Exeter, N.H., at 72. She was a librarian for in Boston for almost 50 years. Survivors New York. Survivors include his wife of Barry Levow ’54, her brother, Gerald Holtz 38 years at Folger Shakespeare Library include his companion, Joan Sanborn, his more than 50 years, Marjorie Collins Mar- ’52, and her niece, Keren Holtz ’83. Survi- and was a passionate reader and traveler. former wife, two stepchildren, and four cyes ’47, two children, including Richard vors include her children, Faye and Larry, She rooted for the Red Sox. Survivors in- step-grandchildren. J. Marcyes Jr. ’78, and four grandchildren. her sister, Gale Holtz Hartstein ’61, four clude her sister, Nancy Morrison Lundin grandchildren, and nieces and nephews ’64, two nephews, and a niece. Barbara Grant Nnoka ’43, Sept. 4, Helen Knox Elliott ’48, Aug. 8, 2009, in including Andrew H. Holtz ’82. 2009, in Arlington, Va., at 87. She earned Burlington, Mass., at 82. She taught high Arthur P. Pickman ’62, Aug. 29, 2009, one master’s from Haverford and another school English for several years and en- Louis V. Zambello Jr. ’55, Oct. 30, 2009, in Delray Beach, Fla., at 68. He earned Antioch in Washington. She taught in Ni- joyed her retirement in North Carolina. She in Scarborough, Maine, at 76. He served an M.B.A. from the University of Miami. geria and was an aide to Nnamdi Azikiwe, and her husband, Charles, raised one son. in the Air Force after college and then He worked in insurance and marketing Nigeria’s first president, before returning established a career in sales and sales and was president of Cap Industries, a to the United States to be a professor Melzine McCaslin Pierce ’48, March 30, management, retiring as senior vice computer hardware company. He played and department chair in African studies 2009, in Newagen, Maine, at 83. She president for the Reebok companies. He golf and served on the board for a Jewish at SUNY-New Paltz. Later in life she was taught Latin and English at high schools served on the board of the Damariscotta community center. He and his wife, Claire, director of a Quaker orphanage and was a in Maine, was the librarian at Morse High (Maine) Lake Watershed Association, raised two daughters. social worker for the American Red Cross. School in Bath, Maine, for 20 years, and supported the Casco Bay YMCA’s Adap- Survivors include her twin children, Cath- earned an M.L.S. from the University of tive Services, and raised funds for the Su- Nancy Barnett Fort ’65, July 31, 2009, erine and Barrett, and two grandchildren. Maine in 1973. She was predeceased by danese group Aserela. He skied, golfed, in Portsmouth, N.H., at 66. She bred and her husband, Douglas. and supported Boston sports teams. He raised donkeys at farms in New Hamp- Helen Watson Boldi ’44, Oct. 27, 2009, established a scholarship fund at Colby shire and Texas. Survivors include her in East Hartford, Conn., at 89. She worked John Stewart Thurston ’49, Sept. 25, for Maine students, was honored with children, Jeff Fort ’91, Ali Maglieri, Tucker at various jobs, including syllabus coordi- 2009, in Bangor, Maine, at 88. He was a a Colby Brick in 2000, and was named Fort, and Elizabeth Fort, five grandchil- nator for the medical and dental schools signalman for the U.S. Navy during World 2008 C Club Person of the Year. Survivors dren, and a brother. at the University of Connecticut Health War II, after which he earned a master’s include his wife of 53 years, Kathleen Mc- Center. She volunteered as a cuddler in a from the University of Maine. He taught Conaughy Zambello ’56, three children, Mary Ann Golden Kirkby ’70, Sept. 11, neonatal intensive care unit, loved to trav- English at Caribou (Maine) High School for six grandchildren, and two sisters. 2009, in Pickerington, Ohio, at 61. She el, was skilled at needlepoint and knitting, 15 years and then was the assistant prin- was a junior high social studies teacher and was an avid movie-goer. Survivors in- cipal for 22 years. In his retirement he en- Alden C. Belcher ’59, Sept. 20, 2009, for 16 years and also served on the board clude her children, Martin Boldi and Corin- joyed fishing and walking his dog. Survivors in Calais, Vt., at 72. He was a pilot for of the Pickerington Public Library. Survi- na Boldi Tamburini ’79, five grandchildren, include his wife of 66 years, Greta, two chil- the U.S. Air Force Strategic Air Command vors include her husband, Lynn Kirkby, and a great-granddaughter. dren, five grandchildren, including Kristy T. and later was an official with the Federal three children, two grandsons, her moth- Thurston ’03, and a great-grandson. Aviation Administration. He also earned a er, and two brothers. W. Merritt Emerson Jr. ’44, Dec. 7, 2009, D.M.D. and practiced dentistry in Dexter, in Farmington, Maine, at 87. He served Charles E. Garland ’50, Sept. 3, 2009, in Maine. He sang in his church choir, trav- Mark G. Maher ’83, Nov. 8, 2009, in with the Army Air Corps during World War Wilmington, Del., at 83. He served with the eled the world, and loved to hunt, fish, Beverly, Mass., at 48. He earned a doc- II and later earned his degree from the Navy during World War II, and then he came and camp in Maine. Survivors include his torate in law from Boston College and University of Maine. He was a high school to Colby. He earned a master’s in chemis- companion, June Morse, two children, his practiced law in several Boston firms. He teacher and principal until 1968 when he try from the University of New Hampshire sister, Prudence Belcher Shuler ’53, six was also president of DMM Enterprises became a deputy sheriff for Franklin Coun- and was a research chemist with DuPont grandchildren, and one great-grandson. in Beverly. Survivors include his wife, ty (Maine). He and his wife were founding for 35 years. His interests included ball- Leslie, two sons, a brother, a sister, and members of the Farmington chapter of the room and square dancing, woodworking, Erla Cleaves Davis ’59, Nov. 3, 2009, his parents. National Alliance on Mental Illness. Prede- and genealogy. Survivors include his wife in South Portland, Maine, at 71. A social ceased by his wife, Ethel Paradis Emerson of 60 years, Marilyn, a daughter, three worker in New York City and Maine, she Paul J. Mooney ’87, Dec. 5, 2009, in ’43, he is survived by his children, Sanford grandchildren, and a great-grandson. earned an M.S.W. in 1989 from University Evanston, Ill., at 44. He was a writer Emerson and Elaine Smith, two grandchil- of Toronto and worked in the cardiac care who taught English and creative writing dren, and a great-granddaughter. J. Allen Torrey ’51, Oct. 20, 2009, in unit of Maine Medical Center. She was a at Oakton College. He was awarded the Scarborough, Maine, at 80. He was an member of the vestry and chairperson of 1992 James Michener-Paul Engle Liter- Janet Jacobs Holden ’45, Dec. 13, 2009, investor who, along with his wife, es- outreach at her church. Predeceased by ary Fellowship and earned an M.F.A. from in New Baltimore, N.Y., at 86. She was tablished the Margaret Torrey Crain ’82 her mother, Adelaide Jordan Cleaves ’34, the University of Iowa Writers Workshop. an active volunteer and church member Scholarship Fund at Colby. Predeceased she is survived by her children, Mark and Survivors include his parents, William and in Albany, N.Y., who enjoyed gardening, by his daughter, Margaret Torrey Crain Rachel, a grandson, a brother, and a sister. Jacqueline, and two brothers.
Colby / winter 2010 55