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▶ The New Global Beginnings Program CSC’s Real Life CSI Takes Off! Kim Rumrill ’84 ▶ Prof. Pat Anderson’s Amazing Sabbatical ▶ A Special Groundbreaking for the New Windy Hill School ▶ You Are There… Mountain Day and Fall Festival Photo Essays

W INTER 2010 EDITOR BOARD OF TRUSTEES David R. Morcom Anne Winton Black ’73, ’75 CLASS NOTES EDITORS Chairman Tracey Austin Mike Gregory Richard Dulude Vice Chair CONTRIBUTING ARTISTS Peter Noonan ’95 Suzanne Simons Hammond ’66 Derek Veilleux ’12 Executive Secretary

CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Pamela Stanley Bright '61 Patrick D. Anderson Alice W. Brown Tracey Austin William P. Clough III Amber Cronin ’11 Thomas C. Csatari Ryan Emerson Karen Craffey Eldred '86 Meghan K. Fligg ’10 Joan Campbell Eliot '67 Jessica K. McLavey ’10 Christine Biggs Ferraro '65 Kate Dunlop Seamans Thomas C. Galligan Jr., ex officio Kimberly Swick Slover Harry Gazelle William E. Gundy STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Susan Carroll Hassett '79 Ed Germar G. William Helm Jr. George Jamieson VICE PRESIDENT FOR ADVANCEMENT Erik Edward Joh Elizabeth A. Cahill Joyce Juskalian Kolligian '55 Robin L. Mead '72 DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS Sara Hammond Misiano '01 Kimberly Swick Slover A. John Pappalardo P'10 David B. Payne DESIGN AND PRODUCTION Mark A. Peterson P'08 Lisa Swanson William S. Reed Second Story Design Erik C. Rocheford '01 Manchester, N.H. Jean M. Wheeler Daniel H. Wolf PRINTING Penmor Lithographers HONORARY LIFE TRUSTEES Lewiston, Maine David L. Coffin P'76 Peter D. Danforth P'83, '84, GP'02 William H. Dunlap P'98 ADDRESS LETTERS AND SUBMIT ARTICLE IDEAS TO: LIFE TRUSTEE EMERITA David R. Morcom, Editor Mary Trafton Simonds ’38, P’64 Publications Office Colby-Sawyer College 541 Main Street New London, NH 03257 Phone: (603) 526-3730 E-mail: [email protected]

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FEATURES Bad Guys Better Beware! 17 Kimberly Fish Rumrill ’84 is a criminalist who likes to solve forensic puzzles.

Mountain Day 22 Colby-Sawyer’s oldest and most popular tradition in photos.

Cherish the Child, Celebrate the Teacher 25 The college receives lots of help On the Cover: Kimberly Fish Rumrill breaking ground for the new ’84 is a wife, a mother of two teen- Windy Hill School. agers, and a crime scene investigator for the New Hampshire State Police Forensic Science Laboratory. Her expertise is serology, the science that From the Heart 28 deals with serums, especially blood. The winners of the 2009 Her fascinating story starts on art and essay contest, “My page 17. Colby-Sawyer Experience.”

2009 Alumni Fall Festival 30 A photo essay of our inaugural fall alumni reunion.

Unimagined Opportunities 35 Professor Pat Anderson’s 2009 sabbatical allowed him to explore ancient and contemporary cultures. DEPARTMENTS

Colby-Sawyer Matters 3 Learning to See 38 Global Beginnings shows first- Sports Round-Up 44 year students a whole new world when they study in Europe. Class Notes 48

WINTER 2010 1 Dear Friends,

hat do we believe in here at Colby-Sawyer College? We believe in committing ourselves to our students and in making every decision by focusing on how it Wwill benefit their educational experience, both in and outside the classroom. One of the ways in which we hope our students will learn and grow is by teaching them to understand and employ multiple perspectives. This means we expect them to learn and understand how different academic disciplines approach, explain, analyze and solve problems. We want our students to know that as they face the world they must be able to see it through many intellectual and practical prisms. We also want our students to experience different people who are part of, and beliefs that are shaped by, different national and global cultures that differ from their own. The Global Beginnings story in this issue is about those aspects of learning and employing multiple perspectives. The story is also about what we call diversity, and we use that word in its broadest sense.

There are many ways in which Colby-Sawyer has always celebrated and experienced diversity in an inclusive, welcoming manner. As a junior college we devoted ourselves mainly to educating women and preparing them for a world in which their participation as equals with men would grow and grow. In 1990, we extended our campus diversity by opening our doors broadly to men. For many years we have benefited from political diversity, religious diversity, a community with diverse and varied sexual orientations, and socioeconomic diversity. Indeed, today more than 360 of our approximately 1,100 students are first-generation college students and over 90 percent of our students receive some form of financial aid through the college.

Today, while we celebrate all the ways in which we are diverse, we are still striving to diversify our community in an inclusive and welcoming manner. We are committed to increasing our global, racial, ethnic, and cultural diversity. Specifically, we are focused on recruiting more students from urban areas and from geographic areas outside New England.

At the same time, after many years of limited study away by Colby-Sawyer students, we are striving to increase the number of students who spend some time away from our beautiful campus and who then return to teach and inspire us with the bug to study away. Through these new student populations and study-away initiatives, we believe that our campus will become an even better, more vibrant, and more exciting place where the wide world, and all it has to offer, will improve our learning environment. Through globalization the world truly is an increasingly smaller place, and that fact raises both opportunities and challenges. Our students must be prepared to negotiate that world successfully, and we must prepare them to do so. Moreover, by about 2035 there will be no majority race in America—our graduates must be excited, eager players in that wonderful, new world.

The Global Beginnings Program is just one of the exciting programs underway to expand our students’ knowledge and use of multiple perspectives in their lives. We plan to feature articles in the future issues of the magazine which may include the Progressive Scholars Program, our expanding international student population and more. I know you will find them as interesting and invigorating as I do. I could not be more proud to showcase these fantastic programs that are all about improving the education and lives of Colby-Sawyer students, which is the reason we are here.

Sincerely, Francamente, ƌƨƪƨƩƯƨƬн, Sincèrement, 근실하게, Herzlichst, Sinceramente, ǜȔȘȧȬșȖȡȢ, 誠意をこめて, Oprecht,

Thomas C. Galligan, Jr. President and Professor of Humanities

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by Kate Dunlop Seamans, Kimberly Swick Slover and David R. Morcom

IN MEMORIAM

The Honorable Judge Martha Ware ’37 Alumna, Trustee, Benefactor

The Honorable Judge Martha Ware, hospital bed when she was suddenly a member of the Colby Junior College stricken with polio. She was elected Class of 1937 and former trustee, and served for three terms (1950– passed away on Aug. 4, 2009, at the 1956), one of just two women in the age of 91. She had a long and distin- legislature at the time. guished career, with pioneering posi- In 1956, Martha was appointed tions as a jurist and in local and state as the first female judge in Plymouth government. She performed equally County, where she served until her important volunteer leadership and retirement in 1979. She was particu- service for the protection of children, larly proud of her service to children educational and charitable organiza- in the state’s juvenile courts, and she tions, and her beloved alma mater, often said she was drawn to the law by Colby-Sawyer College. her interest in fair play and equity for Born in Weymouth, Mass., in 1917, all people. $1 million or more during their life- Martha graduated from high school Following her retirement, Martha times to Colby-Sawyer. She recalled in Abington, Mass., her lifelong place focused on her philanthropic and char- Sept. 4, 1990—when the college dedi- of residence. She earned an associ- itable interests. She gave generously cated its Library-Commons building ate’s degree in secretarial science in to the college’s Annual Fund, and, in and Fernald Library as the new Ware 1937 and went on to study at Boston 1983, founded the Samuel L. and May Campus Center in honor of her and University and Portia Law School (now Davis Ware Memorial Scholarship to her beloved parents, Samuel and May New England School of Law), where assist students in receiving a college Ware—as one of the greatest days of she graduated with an LL.B. cum laude education. She then joined the Board her life. in 1941. of Trustees, which she served with Over the years, Martha’s connec- After passing the state bar in 1942, distinction from 1988 to 1997. The tion to Colby-Sawyer continued, Martha became Abington’s first female college recognized her service to the often through visits with old and selectman, a position she sought in institution and to society with the new friends, including President order to address what she viewed Susan Colgate Cleveland Medal for Tom Galligan. “Judge Ware was an as the inadequate size of the local Distinguished Service in 1989 and an incredibly special person. Not only police department and its lack of legal honorary doctorate in 1994. was she a fantastic lawyer, public training. Once elected, she helped to Martha was previously recognized servant and alumna, but she was a enlarge the police department and by the college with the Distinguished ground-breaker as a woman in her arranged for its officers to take courses Alumni Award in 1985 and the Alumni profession and her community,” he in criminal justice. She later sought a Service Award in 1974. In 2003, she said. “She was an exemplar to men and seat in the House of Representatives was inducted as an inaugural member women of what a person with resolve, in the Massachusetts State Legislature, of the college’s Legends Society, intelligence, compassion and concern campaigning by telephone from a which includes those who donate can accomplish.”

WINTER 2010 3 IN MEMORIAM M. Roy London Jr., College Friend and Benefactor

M. Roy London Jr., a long time friend of the college and a member of the Legends Society, died at the age of 85 in Brighton, Mass., in March 2009. Roy lived in Westwood, Mass., and remained supportive of and close to Colby- Sawyer College until the end of his life. “Roy London was a smart, committed and gentle man who literally grew up on and around the Colby-Sawyer campus,” says President Tom Galligan. “His father was a beloved faculty member, and the entire London family and extended family will always be in the heart and soul of our college. They have been generous with their support and generous with their love of our school and its traditions.” Roy was born Oct. 14, 1923, in Buffalo, N.Y., and graduated from New London High School in 1941. He earned an A.B. from Colgate University in 1945, and, for 25 years, worked for Fairfield & Ellis Marine Insurance in Boston. He was president of Customhouse Marine in Boston and also taught at Northeastern University. The London family’s relationship with the college is a long and storied one. M. Roy London Sr. came to New London in 1915 to teach at Colby Academy for three years, and he returned to the institution to teach at Colby Junior College from 1928 to 1958, when he served as chair of the Secretarial Science Depart- ment. Roy’s sister, Jean, later taught sociology at Colby Junior College. In 1975, Roy and Jean established a scholarship at Colby-Sawyer in honor Baird Health and of their father. In 2001, the London family established a professorship at the Counseling Center college, the M. Roy London Endowed Chair, to recognize an influential profes- sor and community member whose work and vocation combine excellence in Welcomes New Director teaching with an influential and attentive persona on campus and in the wider community. Roy was a long time member, past deacon, moderator and trustee at First Pamela Spear of New London, N.H., Parish Church in Westwood, Mass., and he served the town of Westwood on was recently appointed director of the many committees and as president of the Westwood Historical Society. He was Baird Health and Counseling Center also a volunteer for a number of organizations. (BHCC) at Colby-Sawyer College. This Once, when asked about his father’s distinguished record of community position coordinates all programs, service, Roy London Jr., said, “I believe the great people of this country are not policies and procedures in the delivery in Washington, D.C., or in Hollywood, or on the football field. The truly great of health and counseling services to people are those who love their communities.” Like his father, M. Roy London students within a context of holistic was one of those truly great people. health care. Pamela holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in business administration, and For 21 years, Pamela worked at director. “A business background helps her extensive business background shifts Haemonetics Corporation in Braintree, in building a better functioning opera- the role of the BHCC director from a Mass., a global company that markets tion,” he says. “A practitioner can be an more traditional lead medical role to automated blood-processing systems. expert in the medical field, but manage- that of an administrator model. She held a number of positions, includ- ment training and experience matches The BHCC is dedicated to sup- ing manager of donor center opera- our current needs, which are increased porting health and well-being, tions at New England Medical Center demands in regard to the quantity preventing illness, and engaging Hospital in a partnership agreement and variety of our services amid tight students in active learning and with Haemonetics; director of disposable resources. Pam brings the ability to responsible decision-making. The manufacturing; and, for the last seven think differently about potential part- center is licensed by the state of New years, vice president of quality systems. ners and solutions. Her demeanor under Hampshire as an educational health David Sauerwein, vice president pressure is calm and it calms those facility and its staff includes nurse for student development and dean of around her, she’s a great listener, and practitioners, licensed counselors students, points out the advantages of she speaks with understated confidence. and a collaborating physician. having a business manager as BHCC’s In short, Pam’s a great team member.”

4 COLBY-SAWYER ALUMNI MAGAZINE Annual Gifts Now, and One to Grow On

Karen Craffey Eldred ’86 always every student. He quickly knew she would stay involved with her grasped that all gifts to college. With her mother and a second Colby-Sawyer make a cousin both alumnae, Colby-Sawyer profound and immediate was an important part of Karen’s life impact on the lives of even before she arrived on campus. our students, providing After graduation, Karen kept in touch an excellent return on with favorite professors, as well as with investment. In the fall classmates in her class agent role, and of 2006, with Dave’s full she loyally supported the Annual Fund. support, Karen eagerly A regular attendee at reunions, she accepted the invitation became further engaged as a member from Chairman Anne of the President’s Alumni Advisory Winton Black ’73, ’75 to Council. It became clear to her just how join the Board of Trustees. much the college relies on alumni for In this new role, both annual gifts to support crucial scholar- Eldreds learned about more ships, faculty development, new majors, ways to invest in Karen’s and a myriad of student-centered initia- college to provide critical Karen and Dave Eldred with their beautiful daughter Samantha. tives. Karen relished the opportunity financial flexibility. They to connect with other alumni and to also learned the significant others close to the college had on their learn firsthand about the programs and difference they and others could make thinking. Karen says, “It’s enticing to the resources needed to achieve Colby- in the life of the college with their us to contribute to Colby-Sawyer now, Sawyer’s priorities and potential. resources, now and in the future. This while realizing that we’ve planned for a David, Karen’s husband, was inspired Karen and Dave’s decision to future gift as well.” introduced to Colby-Sawyer at her 15th join the Heritage Society and include The college is grateful for the Eldreds’ reunion in May 2001. They returned to Colby-Sawyer in their estate as they thoughtful gift intention, and we invite campus for Reunion a week after their planned for the financial security of you to consider joining them to make a wedding in May 2006. A 1984 graduate their young daughter, knowing that difference through your own gift plan- of the University of Michigan, Dave they wanted to provide for all they ning. For a confidential conversation embraced our college, impressed by value most. The couple acknowledges about how you can provide for your its small size and the personalization the joy they feel in the possibility of loved ones and make an impact with which he experienced as a guest, as helping to inspire others to make the a future gift to Colby-Sawyer, please well as the individualized academic college a philanthropic priority as they contact Peg Andrews ’85 at pandrews@ and co-curricular programs available to have done, and the positive influence colby-sawyer.edu or (603) 526-3726.

College Introduces New Academic Major in Health Studies

Colby-Sawyer introduced a new degree program Sport Sciences, Humanities, Natural Sciences, Nursing, this fall, a Bachelor of Science in Health Studies and Social Sciences and Education. major with concentrations in Health Promotion The new major was created in response to surging and Wellness; Public Health; and Health Care interest among current and prospective students in Management. health disciplines, and it provides a range of alterna- The Health Studies major will prepare tives to the college’s popular nursing major in the graduates for careers in the health care field field of health care. “This new program represents and for graduate school programs in the health yet another way in which our faculty collaborated professions. This interdisciplinary major offers a across traditional disciplinary and departmental bound- strong foundation in liberal arts combined with a core set aries to develop an innovative, multi-disciplinary major for of courses in health issues and health care systems. The students which will prepare them to meet health needs in major includes courses from a variety of the college’s aca- their communities and across the world,” says Academic demic areas such as Business Administration, Exercise and Vice President and Dean of Faculty Deborah Taylor.

WINTER 2010 5 New Trustees Harry Gazelle Sara Hammond Misiano ’01 Harry received his Doctor of Medi- Sara graduated from Colby-Sawyer cine degree from the University of in 2001 and was a Dean’s List Alexandria in Egypt. Following an History, Society and Culture major. internship and four years of resi- She played varsity volleyball and dency in diagnostic and radiation basketball all four years and holds therapy at Cleveland Metropolitan records in both sports. Sara was General Hospital and a nuclear inducted, with the inaugural class, medicine residency at the Oak as an individual scholar-athlete Ridge Medical Institute, he was into the Colby-Sawyer Athletic board certified and joined Case Hall of Fame. She was also a valu- Western Reserve University as an able member of the 1998–1999 assistant clinical professor in radiology. Women’s Basketball Team that was inducted into the Hall of In 1963 Harry entered private practice at Fairview Gen- Fame in October 2009. eral Hospital, a 550-bed community teaching hospital in Sara has a Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from Massa- Cleveland, Ohio. He served as chairman of the Department chusetts School of Law. She is an associate with a law firm in of Radiology, a member of the Hospital Foundation Board, Salem, Mass., and her specialty is civil litigation. Sara is a fre- and was the first recipient of the Physician of the Year Award. quent community volunteer and is involved with the Special He retired from the active practice of medicine in 1993. Olympics as a basketball coach. She lives in Revere, Mass., Harry’s professional affiliations included the Cleveland with her wife, Robyn. Academy of Medicine, the Ohio State Medical Association, Sara is a Winton-Black Trustee. the A.M.A., the Radiological Society of North America, the American College of Radiology, and he was president of the Erik C. Rocheford ’01 Greater Cleveland Radiological Society. For 15 years Harry Erik, an Exercise and Sport Sciences served as a trustee of the Key Bank Victory Mutual Fund, major, was listed in “Who’s Who chairing the Audit, Investment and Membership Committees. Among Students in American Harry and his wife, Donna, make their home in Sunapee, Colleges and Universities” in N.H., where he serves on the Zoning Board of Adjustment. 1999, 2000 and 2001. He was co- president of his freshman class, Susan Carroll Hassett ’79 president of his sophomore class, a Susan received her Bachelor of Key Association member, president Science degree from Colby-Sawyer and associate member of Alpha College in 1979. She was a mem- Chi National Honor Society, win- ber of the Key Society and was her ner of the Guy F. Williams Award senior class president. in 2001, co-winner of the Key Award in 2001, captain of the After graduation, Susan moved rugby team, and president of the cycling club. Erik graduated to Boston for a position in then- summa cum laude in 2001. Mayor Kevin White’s administra- Erik received his Master of Science degree in Health and tion. She transitioned into the Exercise Science from Colorado State University in 2005, business community three years where he authored two articles in peer-reviewed journals. later and eventually founded He is currently a scientist at the Novartis Institute for Conferencing Services International, which she ran success- BioMedical Research in Cambridge, Mass. He does early fully for over ten years before selling it to a French telecom- stage drug discovery as an in vivo physiologist for the munications firm, Genesys Corporation, in 2001. cardiovascular and metabolic disease area. Erik and his Since that time, Susan has focused on family while remain- wife, alumna Katie Lynch Rocheford ‘02, live in North ing active in her philanthropic endeavors. She serves as a Billerica, Mass. member on the Development Committee for Room-to-Grow in Boston, a non-profit organization dedicated to enriching Erik is a Winton-Black Trustee. the lives of babies and families in poverty. She also serves on the Parents Association Board of Advisors at the University of San Diego, and as a member of the President’s Alumni Winton-Black Trustees are alumni of the college who have Advisory Council at Colby-Sawyer College. Susan is mar- graduated three to nine years prior to their election. They serve ried to John Hassett, a managing partner with Tuckerbrook a term of one year. Alternative Investments, LLC. They live in Marblehead, Mass.

6 COLBY-SAWYER ALUMNI MAGAZINE Members of Class of 2009 Give Back in Their Own Ways

With a 72 percent participation level, the Class of 2009 came together to present Colby-Sawyer with a senior class gift of $755. The effort catapults the class into the top five senior gift campaigns within the last 15 years according to Mike Gregory, assistant director of Alumni Relations and Annual Giving. The 115 seniors who contributed to the gift campaign demonstrated that gifts of any size are welcomed and make a difference. The top priori- ties were green initiatives to support the college’s efforts to move toward sustainability and new team or athletic photographs to display in the Dan and Kathleen Hogan Sports Center. Other top categories were scholar- ships and unrestricted funds, followed President Tom Galligan holds the big check from the Class of 2009. by gifts designated for student life, technology, campus maintenance, to drive the giving. items such as the Adirondack chairs teaching and learning, and the library. This is the second year that seniors that grace the quad, the flexibility of Class advisor Kristine Macagba have chosen to present the college their gifts’ destinations was popular worked with gift committee members with funds instead of the traditional with 2009 graduates and provided Colin Bellavance, Megan Comolli, single physical gift. While past classes them the same giving opportunities Katelyn Kimball and Nicole Poelaert have presented Colby-Sawyer with they will have as alumni.

Professor Jon Keenan Visits Japan as Fulbright Scholar

Fine and Performing Arts Professor Jon Keenan spent a month art history by investigating the role of Buddhist patronage of at Kyoto Seika University last summer as the recipient of a the arts, past and present, and the ways in which Buddhist Fulbright scholarship in art and anthropology. He represented traditions have found expression in Japanese arts. the United States as a visiting artist, scholar and teacher. “My Fulbright experiences in Japan will inform my teach- The Fulbright Program, the U.S. Government’s flag- ing at Colby-Sawyer in a direct and significant way and keep ship international educational exchange program, seeks to me current in my field,” Professor Keenan says. “I also hope increase mutual understanding between the citizens of the to build on Colby-Sawyer’s relationships in Asia and establish United States and the rest of the world. connections that could lead to academic exchanges for our “As a Fulbrighter, Professor Keenan joins the ranks of students and faculty.” distinguished scholars and professionals worldwide who are Professor Keenan is the third Colby-Sawyer faculty mem- leaders in the educational, political, economic, social and cul- ber to receive the prestigious Fulbright award. He joins John tural lives of their countries,” says Sabine O’Hara, executive H. Callewaert, former director of the Institute for Community director for the Council of International Exchange of Scholars. and Environment, in 2007 and Joseph C. Carroll, professor of As part of the Fulbright Specialists Program, Professor Social Sciences and Education, in 1992. Keenan taught classes in ceramics, Japanese art history and “My work in Japan was a collective learning experience, a anthropology. His lectures focused on ceramic art and its his- dynamic process in which ideas, perceptions and techniques tory and contemporary practice in the United States and in were shared,” said Professor Keenan. “I am both honored Japan. He also provided demonstrations of his research and and grateful for the opportunity to have served as a creative work. He pursued his research interests in Japanese Fulbright Scholar.”

WINTER 2010 7 FACULTY NEWS So Happy Together: Colby-Sawyer Welcomes Learning Commons Unites Academic New Faculty Members Support Resources in One Location

The college welcomed seven new faculty members this The Harrington Center for Career and Academic Advising fall in its Business Administration, Exercise and Sport has a new home in the Susan Colgate Cleveland Library/ Sciences, Humanities, Nursing, and Social Sciences and Learning Center, as does the Academic Development Center. Education Departments. Now under the same roof as the librarians, the Help Desk “Over the past several years, we have undertaken staff and the Information Commons area, these academic a concerted effort to increase the size of our full-time resources combine to form the Learning Commons and faculty,” says Academic Vice President Deb Taylor. enable students to have all their academic support needs “We’ve been very fortunate to attract talented new addressed under one roof. members of the faculty to deepen and broaden “When the Susan Colgate Cleveland Library/Learning our curricular offerings and to help us provide our Center opened in 1985, our concept was to provide students expanding numbers of students with the personalized with learning resources in one central location on campus,” educational experience that is the hallmark of the says Academic Vice President and Dean of Faculty Deborah Colby-Sawyer academic experience.” Taylor. “All of these years later, we have made yet another The new faculty members include Jeffrey A. Phillips significant step in that direction. This summer, the librarians, (Business Administration); Jeremy Baker (Exercise and with help from faculty, conducted a significant collection Sport Sciences); Michael Jauchen (Humanities); Margie management process to support the expansion of other ele- Lim-Morison and Lisa E. Wilson (Nursing); and Kathleen ments of the collection, to permit the initial implementation P. Farrell (Social Sciences and Education). of the Learning Commons concept, and to create more space for student study and group work.” Faculty Members The Harrington Center, formerly housed in Danforth Hall, teaches career development skills and provides the resources Awarded Tenure and support for students to secure employment, internships and study abroad opportunities. Director Kathy Taylor reports increased student traffic in the library with more requests for In May 2009, the Board of Trustees granted tenure reviewing resumes and inquiries about study abroad. She says to Associate Professor of Humanities Hester Fuller. The that walk-in sessions have proved popular in Harrington’s trustees also awarded tenure to Assistant Professor of convenient new location. Now in the same corridor as the Natural Sciences Semra Kilic-Bahi and promoted her to Academic Development Center, the two centers can more associate professor. easily work in tandem. Professor Fuller teaches courses in radio and After trading its space in James House with that of interactive multimedia and serves as the faculty advisor Information Resources staff in the library, the Academic to WSCS-FM, the college’s student-run radio station. Development Center has also been busier than usual this Her areas of expertise include media, writing, radio year, according to Interim Director Caren Baldwin-DiMeo, programming and management, statistical modeling, and she credits this to the initiative of our students in taking multi -media development and applications of new advantage of the services offered. media technology in education. Professor Fuller holds The physical restructuring that took place this summer a master’s degree from Columbia University and a in the Information Resources/Library and Academic Support master’s degree and Ph.D. from Harvard University. areas has strengthened all the programs involved, creating a Professor Kilic-Bahi specializes in the mathematics Learning Commons that better serves our students. fields of operator theory and linear algebra. She is the principal investigator of a National Science Foundation 100 percent of grant to integrate quantitative literacy into the academic CSC Fun Colby-Sawyer’s Class of curriculum and offers presentations and workshops on Fact using technology in teaching. Her other areas of exper- 2009 nursing graduates tise include the history of mathematics and interdisci- passed the National Council Licensure plinary mathematics. Professor Kilic-Bahi received a B.S. Examination (NCLEX), which is a challenging from Turkey’s Middle East Technical University, an M.S. standardized exam that each state board from the University of Saskatchewan, and a Ph.D. from of nursing uses to determine whether or not a the University of New Hampshire. candidate is prepared for entry-level practical nursing.

8 COLBY-SAWYER ALUMNI MAGAZINE Women’s Rugby Team In The Colby-Sawyer College Women’s Rugby Team finished 4th in their the Pink and In the Mud New England Rugby Football Union D3 Western Conference in 2009. The women played the season in new pink jerseys to pass along the message of breast cancer awareness and the need to support research. Pink items were sold throughout the season in an effort to raise funds for the Susan G. Komen For the Cure organization. Read more at www.colby- sawyer.edu/currents/rugbyteam.html

PHOTO: Gil Talbot

Student Honored for Achievement by Muscular Dystrophy Association by Jessica K. McLavey ’10

Colby-Sawyer junior In May 2009, Amanda raising money for the MDA. “We want and Hudson, N.H., native received the news that she these volunteers to have some fun, but Amanda Knightly is the had been selected for the we also want to help them realize what 2009 recipient of the Robert award. “I had no idea I was they’re doing is really important,” she Ross Personal Achievement even nominated to receive explains. Award from the Muscular the award!” she says. The Amanda volunteered to assist behind Dystrophy Association nomination shouldn’t have the scenes with the 22-hour MDA (MDA). The award, present- surprised her, however, as Telethon over Labor Day weekend and ed annually to an individual she has attended monthly was presented with the Robert Ross from each state, recognizes meetings, served two terms Personal Achievement Award during the her efforts to create greater as New Hampshire’s MDA broadcast. She plans to stay connected awareness of muscular dys- goodwill ambassador, orga- with MDA and continue raising aware- trophy and the organization. nized programs, and promoted awareness ness of how people are affected by these Amanda was diagnosed at age two of the diagnoses associated with muscular diseases. She hopes to one day become a with Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) dis- dystrophy for the New Hampshire chapter national representative for the organization ease, one of many diagnoses categorized of the organization over the last decade. with opportunities to speak and promote as muscular dystrophy. CMT affects Amanda believes the most important awareness across the country. the peripheral nerves, and, in her case, part of her involvement with MDA is Amanda recently received word that a resulted in weak wrists and ankles. When encouraging people to become active in video documenting her experiences with she was about ten, Amanda experienced this important cause. She has planned and muscular dystrophy has been sent to the a growth spurt that her muscles were run fund-raising events such as “lockups,” MDA’s national headquarters for review. unable to keep up with, leading her to in which restaurants or other venues are “I’m hoping that something big comes use a wheelchair. At that point the MDA decorated like jails and “prisoners”—vol- of it,” she says. “We’ll just have to wait reached out to her and she has been unteers representing various organizations and see.” involved with the organization ever since. and companies—bail themselves out by

WINTER 2010 9 Two New Distinguished Professorships Named

Colby-Sawyer College named two faculty members to its newly established distinguished professorships. Susan Reeves, chair of the Nursing Department, has been appointed as the Gladys A. Burrows Distinguished Professor of Nursing, and Jon Keenan, professor of Fine and Performing Arts, as the Joyce J. Kolligian Distinguished Professor of Fine and Performing Arts. The faculty members were formally invested as distinguished professors on Friday, Oct. 16, in a campus ceremony. “As we invest our newest distinguished professors, we are reminded that distinguished professorships are vital in the pursuit of academic excellence and one of the highest honors bestowed in academia,” said Academic Vice President and Dean of Faculty Deborah Taylor. “Faculty members who receive such honors daily demonstrate the habits of heart and mind of distinction as teachers, scholars and citizens of the college community. It also establishes a transformed life- time connection to the college and to those for whom the professorship is named.”

Distinguished Professor of Nursing their shared alma Distinguished The Gladys A. Burrows Distinguished mater,” he said. “We Professor in the Arts Professor of Nursing was established are extremely honored The Joyce J. Kolligian this year by Trustee Tom Csatari and his and humbled that Distinguished Professor of wife, Judy Csatari, and named in memo- Tom and Judy have Fine and Performing Arts ry of Judy’s mother, Gladys A. Burrows. chosen to so gener- was established this year Burrows had directed her own philan- ously and thoughtfully by Joyce J. Kolligian, a thropy toward nursing, and her mother share their resources Colby-Sawyer trustee and (Judy Csatari’s grandmother) had spent with Colby-Sawyer.” alumna. Kolligian, who her career as a nurse. In introducing Professor Reeves resides in Massachusetts the benefactors, President Galligan joined Colby-Sawyer and Florida, served as a described the college’s first professorship in 2004 as interim trustee from 1982 to 1991 in nursing as a “perfect and wonderful chair of the Nursing and began her current match” between Tom and Judy Csatari, Department and term in 2004. A leader in and the college’s Nursing Program. returned in the fall the marketing and com- of 2007 to assume The Joyce J. Kolligian Distinguished “The Csataris are extremely commit- Professor of Fine and Performing Arts munications profession ted volunteers and supporters of many her current position Jon Keenan received his professorship and an active supporter organizations in their Upper Valley as assistant profes- medal from Trustee Joyce Kolligian, who of civic and cultural community and for Dartmouth College, sor and chair of the established the first professorship in the activities in her commu- arts at Colby-Sawyer College. Nursing Department. nities, Kolligian has held She earned a Diploma a variety of leadership in Nursing from the Mary Hitchcock roles at the college since the 1970s. Memorial Hospital School of Nursing, “Through the years, Joyce has been a B.S. in Nursing from Colby-Sawyer committed to supporting students and an M.S. in Nursing Administration and faculty and has previously estab- at the University of New Hampshire. lished two scholarship funds, the Joyce Professor Reeves is currently work- J. Kolligian Scholarship in 1986 and ing toward a Doctor of Education in the Dr. Michael and Joyce Kolligian Leadership and Policy Studies at the Scholarship Fund in 2004,” President University of Vermont. Galligan said. “It is with generosity, Professor Reeves’s areas of exper- vision and a true appreciation for the tise include healthcare ethics, nursing arts at Colby-Sawyer and of the impor- administration and organizational tance of great faculty to our arts pro- behavior. Previously she worked for grams that Joyce chose to create this The Gladys A. Burrows Distinguished Professor of 17 years as a nursing administrator at professorship.” Nursing Susan Reeves (center) appears with the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Professor Keenan, a member of the benefactors who established the professorship, and she continues in her role there as a Fine and Performing Arts faculty at Trustee Tom Csatari and his wife, Judy Csatari, at vice president. Colby-Sawyer since 1990, is an interna- the induction ceremony on campus.

10 COLBY-SAWYER ALUMNI MAGAZINE College Celebrates the Contributions of New Legends

Members of the Colby-Sawyer College community recently importance of early childhood education, gathered to recognize several new members of its Legends and they have great appreciation for our Society, which celebrates the extraordinary philanthropy of laboratory school,” President Galligan said. individuals and families whose lifetime gifts to the college “We talk about the building, which is very exceed $1 million. important, but never forget the impact of The college recently learned of a $2 million bequest from the building on the program and the impact the estate of an alumna who wished to remain anonymous. of the program on our students and their During her lifetime, this alumna, who graduated in the 1950s, educational experience.” was committed to supporting the college’s highest priori- Colby-Sawyer’s Legends Society ties. Prior to her death, her most recent commitment was a includes individuals and families who $500,000 pledge, also anonymous, in support of a new fine since 1990 have collectively con- and performing arts center. tributed more than $49 million “When this very loyal graduate passed away this year, the to the college. These leaders have college learned that she had left her entire estate to her alma supported students with gifts to mater,” said Trustee Chairman Anne Winton Black ’73, ’75. enhance teaching, provide scholar- “Half of the bequest is undesignated and the other half is unre- ships, enhance the campus, and stricted endowment. Even in her last gift to Colby-Sawyer this grow the endowment. Their vision friend has thoughtfully provided flexibility to the college.” ensures that students will continue Another alumna, Eleanor Seybert Kujawski ’45, who passed to thrive at Colby-Sawyer for away earlier this year, left the majority of her estate of more generations to come. than $1 million to the college. The first $250,000 will establish President Galligan went on the Carl J. and Eleanor S. Kujawski Scholarship Fund, and the to thank all of these benefac- balance will be added to the college’s unrestricted endowment. tors, now officially known as Chairman Black described Eleanor as an active volunteer in Legends. “I cannot adequately her New York community and a loyal supporter of the Colby- express the magnitude of appre- Sawyer Annual Fund. An only child, she married and never had ciation we have for those indi- children of her own. For decades Eleanor received visitors from viduals and families who have Colby-Sawyer, including former Trustee Kathy Nixon ’68, who made transformational gifts like kept her well-informed about the college’s progress and encour- this,” he said. aged her to provide for the college in her estate plans. “They choose to President Galligan also acknowledged another anonymous gift do great things, from the family and “great friends of the college” who in May to change lives, 2008 offered a $1 million challenge gift to build a new Windy to improve lives. Hill School. With just $150,000 left to raise in order to meet They have the $2 million goal, this extraordinary family and the generous shaped our donors who’ve responded to their challenge have made it future.” possible for the college to begin construction of the school. “This special family understands and deeply values the

tionally recognized artist and scholar University of Fine Arts Graduate School. The distinguished professorships in ceramics, East Asian art history, and Professor Keenan was awarded a honor the recipients as well as the col- Japanese art, language and culture. Fulbright Scholarship in art and anthro- lective excellence of the entire faculty, His current work involves anagama pology at Kyoto Seika University in according to Academic Vice President wood-fired functional and sculptural Kyoto, Japan, where he served in sum- Taylor. In naming a distinguished pro- ceramics, through which he strives to mer 2009 as a visiting artist, scholar and fessorship, she noted that the benefac- meet the aesthetic needs of everyday teacher. He has exhibited widely and tors provide “significant and tangible life. He holds a bachelor’s degree in guest-lectured at institutions around acknowledgment of the vision of teach- East Asian Studies and Studio Art from the nation and world, and he was rec- ing and learning described by Albert the University of New Hampshire and ognized with the Nancy Beyer Opler Einstein, who once said, ‘The supreme a Japanese master of fine arts in art Award for Excellence in Advising at art of the teacher is to awaken joy in history and ceramics from the Kyoto Colby-Sawyer College. creative expression and knowledge.’”

WINTER 2010 11 Old Science Labs House New Technology Reichhold Hall science labs renovated to accommodate new computer classrooms by Jessica K. McLavey ’10

With Colby-Sawyer’s student body setting new enrollment records each year, the demand for more study space and classroom facilities has increased. Recently, professors and students alike have expressed interest in classrooms in which more than 25 students can use computers simul- taneously for research, exams and group study. The graphic design and other fine arts programs have experienced unparalleled student interest in recent years, increasing the need for a specialty computer lab in addi- tion to the iMac lab in the Sawyer Fine and Performing Arts Center. In response, two new computer labs in Reichhold Hall, the former science building, have been created. During summer 2009, workers refurbished two of the older labora- tory classrooms in Reichhold. After weeks of retiling, waxing, painting, tearing out fumigation hoods, and lugging out old lab benches, the rooms were transformed into attractive, efficient spaces holding a total of 42 computers. Professor of Fine and Performing Arts Nick Gaffney, who helped organize the layout of the new lab and select the computer and soft- ware equipment, says, “In some ways the new lab is superior to the one in the Sawyer Center. The screens are larger and the computers were installed with newer software. However, the computers in Sawyer Center are perfectly usable and can do most things the new ones can. I think the largest problem the new lab solves is simply providing additional high-powered computers for students to use.” The new iMac lab, with 12 new 24-inch computers along with a scanner, projector and laser printer, is on the first floor of Reichhold. Here, video, photography and graphic design students can use special- ty programs such as Final Cut and the Adobe Creative Suite to create professional quality projects and gain experience using the programs they will depend on in their careers. The classroom also dedicates an area to a small photography studio where students can shoot and upload images to the computers just a few steps away. Deborah Campbell, an adjunct faculty member in the Fine and Performing Arts Department, shares her enthusiasm for the learning environment the new lab provides, explaining, “The new iMacs are so nice to use, and the large screens make it much easier to work on projects. Also, the state-of-the-art projection station makes it easy for the professor to provide demon strations for the class.” Just down the hall from the iMac lab is the second refurbished class- room. It contains 30 computers recycled from faculty desks (the faculty received new Energy Star-compliant and EPEAT Gold-certified comput- ers that are part of Colby-Sawyer’s sustainability initiative). This space serves as the new IR lab, but professors from every program are able to reserve the classroom for use. The lab meets the need for a new space where more than 25 students can get together and work simultaneous- ly on separate computers. One department that will benefit from the addition of this lab is Nursing, as an increasing amount of the informa- tion, programs, and exams the students need to access are web-based. The lab’s potential is limitless, as it will also be helpful to any class that wishes to use the computers for mid-term or final exams.

12 COLBY-SAWYER ALUMNI MAGAZINE For more news, stories and information regarding academics, awards, accomplishments, athletics, and much more about our students, faculty, staff, and friends, please visit the Colby- Sawyer College web site at www.colby-sawyer.edu

Davis Educational Foundation Funds New Teaching Enrichment Center by Amber Cronin ’11 Colby-Sawyer is home to a group of dedicated writing, graduates have little background in and talented professors, 76 percent with terminal pedagogy, the study of being a teacher. The new degrees and all with valuable field experience. Teaching Enrichment Center at Colby-Sawyer Recently, the college was awarded the opportu- “will help both new and experienced faculty to nity to improve those great professors’ knowledge refine and assess their teaching techniques in a of pedagogy through a grant for a new Teaching shared or individual format, and based on ‘best Enrichment Center. practices’ in the education of college students,” “The grant is from the Davis Education according to Taylor. Foundation and is a three-year grant to support The ultimate goals of the Teaching and faculty development and to enhance student Enrichment Center are to enhance student learning,” said Dr. Jean Eckrich, professor of learning through the support and development Exercise and Sport Sciences. “It will allow us to of excellent teaching practices; extend course have programs and activities such as workshops and curricular development, including learning- Jean Eckrich, professor of Exercise where we bring in speakers. It will also allow us and Sport Sciences across-the-college initiatives; and to enhance to utilize each other as resources and learn from faculty pedagogy skills at all career stages, each other about new and emerging processes in pedagogy including leadership skills development. and to develop our abilities from that perspective.” With the Teaching Enrichment Center, the college hopes According to Academic Vice President and Dean of Faculty to further build on the knowledge of pedagogy of its more Deborah Taylor, the idea for the Teaching Enrichment Center experienced professors and create mentoring opportunities came from Dr. Eckrich who wrote the grant in collabora- for newer professors. tion with Vice President Taylor and recently retired Grants “The center will be the college’s structural home for peda- Manager Janice McElroy. gogical enhancement and faculty development designed The Davis Educational Foundation was founded in 1985 to foster excellent teachers,” says Vice President Taylor. by Elisabeth K. Davis and Stanton W. Davis. Since then the “Ultimately, students will benefit as learners, and faculty foundation has lent charitable support to undergraduate pro- will be better supported in their teaching.” grams of public and private colleges and universities around According to Dr. Eckrich, the wheels are already in motion New England. Since its inception, the Davis Educational for the center as professors have begun to participate in activi- Foundation has provided over $75.8 million in grants to 139 ties aimed at improving their skills: a group of professors institutions. began last summer by taking part in a reading circle discuss- “Our college has been fortunate to receive other grants ing a book related to teaching, and a workshop in January from the Davis Educational Foundation, and it was our col- will include guest speaker Terry Doyle, who will discuss his lective sense that our plans for the Teaching and Enrichment last book, which is about student-centered learning. Center were very well matched to their mission and goals,” “We have lots of great teachers here who love to talk said Vice President Taylor. about teaching, and I think this Center and these workshops As many doctoral programs prepare their candidates are a few of the things that will enable us to keep refreshed mainly for specialization in research and professional and excited about teaching,” said Eckrich.

WINTER 2010 13 Extravagantly Beautiful Wow! Mount Rainier is one big mountain. Photos provided by Prof. Laura Alexander

Legendary conservationist and author John Muir described the Mount Rainier area as “the most luxuriant and the most extravagantly beautiful of all the alpine gardens I ever beheld in all of my mountain-top wanderings.” This past summer Professor Laura Alexander, who fully agrees with John Muir, embarked on a trip to the state of Washington to climb 14,410 foot Mt. Rainier via the Kautz Glacier. Laura reached the summit of Rainier in 2006 via the less challeng- ing Emmons Glacier. Although she did not reach the summit this time, she did enjoy a grand and glorious adventure, and she and the members of her party took some beautiful and interesting photographs which, along with her captions, will allow you to share her experience vicariously.

The descent onto the Nisqually Glacier was on frozen snow, and we didn’t want to lose our foot- ing because there were about 10 tents on the flat spot below us that we did not want to take out like Red heather, magenta paintbrush, white heather bowling pins. and lupine were only some of the flowers that turned the meadows into a kaleidoscope.

Mount Rainier offers a dramatic backdrop for the photogenic Myrtle Falls, which is surrounded by beautiful, high open meadows.

I climbed 10,000 feet to Camp Muir to acclimatize to the elevation, then glissaded back to Paradise Lodge where I met the rest of my climbing It’s hard to get a feel for the steepness from a team later in the day. photo, but, trust me, it was steep.

14 COLBY-SAWYER ALUMNI MAGAZINE Boiling water–everyone needed to get two liters in them and have two liters for the summit climb. This was a 2.5 hour job.

This is my tent. A spectacular location. Note I positioned the door away from the abyss on the right.

This is what we were climbing in the dark. We even- tually had to stop at 12,000 feet, as a team mem- ber was suffering from altitude sickness.

We made our way down feeling tired and exhila- rated by this amazing experience. The tall mountain We awoke at 1:15 a.m. to get ready for a 2 a.m. departure to the summit. Three hours of climbing offered off in the distance is Mount Adams (12,276'). spectacular views. That’s my tent in the circle. I climbed it in 2004.

WINTER 2010 15 2009 Athletic Hall of Fame Class Inducted PHOTOS: Gil Talbot

Colby-Sawyer College inducted Basketball Coach’s Second-Team two individuals and an entire All-Northeast District and First- team of student-athletes as new Team All-CCC. members of its Athletic Hall of Also inducted into the Fame in October. This year’s hon- Athletic Hall of Fame was the orees include equestrian Suzanne 1998–1999 Chargers women’s Horrigan Campbell ‘78, men’s basketball team which set 14 basketball player Matthew George records, including six that still ‘98, and the 1998–1999 Chargers stand. Among them are the sea- women’s basketball team. son records for points (2,082), Suzanne Horrigan Campbell field goals (774), free-throws of Bow, N.H., is one of the most (428) and rebounds (1,381). The accomplished equestrians in Chargers won 25 games, which Colby-Sawyer’s history. She quali- is still the school record for most fied to compete as an individual Suzanne Horrigan Campbell ’78 and Matt George ’98 is welcomed to the wins in a season. rider in the Intercollegiate Horse Joseph Forest, who coached her when Athletic Hall of Fame by his former The 1998–1999 team was Show Association (IHSA) National she was a Colby-Sawyer student rider. coach, Bill Foti. Colby-Sawyer’s first to go unde- Championships in all four of her accumulate, and, in 1996–1997, he feated in the regular season in years on the team and served as captain was selected as the most valuable player the conference, and the Chargers forged for three years. She was twice selected as for the men’s team and First-Team All- a 17-game winning streak to advance to the team’s most valuable rider. Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC). the National Collegiate Athletic Association As a freshman, Suzanne placed first In his final year, Matt was chosen as (NCAA) Championships. In the NCAA in the IHSA National Championship in Colby-Sawyer’s Male Athlete of the Year tournament, the Chargers defeated Hunter the Open over Fences category. She was and honored again as his team’s most valu- College 74–60 at home to advance to also the IHSA National Champion Reserve able player. He garnered many other hon- the second round, a first for Colby-Sawyer in the Open on the Flat category and ors, including his selection to participate women’s basketball. the Cacchione Cup National Champion in the New England Basketball Coaches If you would like to nominate someone for High Point Rider in 1975. The following Association (NEBCA) Senior All-Star game the Colby-Sawyer College Athletic Hall of year, she was again the IHSA National and as New Hampshire Division III Coaches Fame, nomination forms and details can be Champion in the Open on the Flat and Association First-Team All-Star. Matt was found at www2.colby-sawyerathletics.com/ Open over Fences categories, as well as also named to the National Association hof.aspx. The deadline is April 1, 2010. the Region III Reserve High Point Rider. She received an award of merit from Sports Illustrated and was featured in the magazine’s “Faces in the Crowd” for her Cacchione Cup win. Matthew George, of Brookfield, Vt., was an outstanding guard for four years on the Chargers men’s basketball team, demonstrating leadership on and off the court. He is the college’s all-time leader in free throws (476) and one of its all-time leaders in total points (2,050), steals (157), three-pointers (284), assists (374) and field goals (645). He was also a member of the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) New England Championship team in 1997–1998. In the 1994–1995 season, among On floor in front: Head Coach George Martin. Front row (l to r) Julie Sheehan O’Neill ‘02, Heather St. Louis other honors, Matt was selected as the ‘99, Leisa Jesser Tripp ‘01, Ashley Bramwell Arruda ‘02, Michelle Dailey ‘99, Tasha Beaudin ‘02, Amy Callahan ‘02. Back row (l to r) Assistant coaches Nate Camp ‘98, Brian Beauman ‘99 and Beth Chartier Tower ‘97. Columbus Multimedia Northeast Region Team members Hillary Cross Hagerty ‘02, Sara Hammond Misiano ‘01, captain Kristen Diachisin ‘99, Megan Rookie of the Year. In 1995–1996, Donnelly Hydock ‘99, captain Melissa Eckman Binette ‘99, captain Alison Gulubicki ‘99, and Cheryl Carr ‘00. his honors and awards continued to Not pictured, Katarzyna Fadrowski ‘01, Elise Johnson Korbet ‘02, and Katie Moynahan Burke ‘02.

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Bad Guys Better Beware!!

Kimberly Fish Rumrill ’84 is smart, experienced and a master at figuring out crime scenes. by David R. Morcom PHOTOS: Gil Talbot

WINTER 2010 17 Sealed evidence bags are brought to the exam table where they will be opened and prepared by Kim for a Biohazard waste containers are used for safe serology exam. This exam will determine which bodily fluids are present. disposal of used swabs and other detritus from the forensic laboratory.

imberly “Kim” Fish Rumrill ’84 is a warm, highly intel- a medical technologist in Keene, N.H., at the Keene Clinic. ligent woman with a calm demeanor and a ready smile. Meanwhile, she was developing an interest in forensic science KShe’s also a wife, mother of two teenagers, homemaker, from reading her father’s professional detective magazines. She and dogged puzzle solver for the New Hampshire State Police soon found herself going back to school at the University of Forensic Science Laboratory in Concord, N.H. Her official title New Haven (UNH) to study forensic science. is Criminalist II, and her expertise is serology, the science that After graduation from UNH, Kim was told that you needed deals with serums, especially blood. to wait for someone to die or retire in order to get a job in the Kim’s major at Colby-Sawyer was Medical Technology, and N.H. State Police Forensic Science Laboratory. During a stint she says the hands-on skills she was taught gave her a strong as a medical technologist at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical foundation for all the science fields in which she’s worked. She Center, Kim found that someone had, indeed, retired, and she remembers with fondness professors such as Kathy Springsteen, was chosen to fill the position. That was 15 years ago. Larry Dufault, Peter Mitchell and Helen Morrison. It was from When asked what type of evidence she receives and from them that she learned anatomy and physiology, microbiol- whom, Kim says, “We receive our evidence from all police ogy, toxicology, child psychology, and the other sciences that agencies in the State of New Hampshire, and some even comes started her on her career path. from the FBI. We may receive evidence as diverse as swabs “I remember they all seemed to have a good sense of collected from crime scenes, sexual assault kits from hospitals, humor,” Kim says, smiling at the recollection, “and the small carpeting from a doctor’s office or a car, weapons, all sorts of class sizes made it easy to connect with them. It allowed them things, you name it. to know us as individuals “Because I’m a serologist, and to specifically tailor the once evidence reaches our lab, amount of help they offered I have the opportunity to par- each of us. ticipate in solving crimes hav- “I never got bored ing to do with blood or other because a lot of the girls bodily fluids, as well as DNA, in my dorm were Med which means I’m involved Tech students, so there was in helping to solve sexual always a lot of camaraderie. assault and homicide cases. I I remember it used to get take the evidence, which has a little cold sometimes on either been bagged or placed the third floor of Burpee in in appropriate containers, to the winter, so we’d study in an examination room where the hall where we’d line up it’s spread out on clean, white our hot air popcorn poppers paper on an exam table.” down the hallway and get Kim is a serologist, but them going while we drank a more colloquial term for our two liter bottles of Tab.” her expertise is blood spat- Kim’s father was a ter expert. She explains that detective, and law enforce- phrase as she seems to do ment was in her blood, Kim is seen here performing presumptive tests for bodily fluids. Among the everything, carefully and so to speak. After Colby- presumptive tests that can be done are those for common fluids such as blood, patiently. “A blood spatter Sawyer, she found a job as sweat, saliva, and urine. expert is someone who studies

18 COLBY-SAWYER ALUMNI MAGAZINE Kim prepares the ABI 310 genetic analyzer for a DNA run. By the time the 15 markers generally used in profiles in forensic laboratories are examined, it is not uncommon to find a profile so rare that, when it is entered into a statistical program, the likelihood of finding a match in the general population may be represented at one in five quintillion. the distribution, size of spatter, and patterns of blood at a crime I arrive at a crime scene, the body is usually already gone. I scene, or on a person’s clothing, or on a weapon, or wherever can deal with almost anything, but sometimes the smell really blood is found. What I’m actually doing in these situations is bothers me. The way I deal with it is to wear a paper mask with evaluating the blood stains and determining what I can say strong perfume on it. There are times when I’ll have flashbacks about them and what they may represent in terms of what took to the smell. If I’m at a scene and the smell is terrible, and then, place to make those patterns. weeks later back in the lab, the clothing comes in from that “For example let’s say I find a castoff pattern, which hap- scene, I’ll get a most unpleasant flashback to the smell.” pens when somebody has used a blunt object like a bat. As they Kim feels that one of the things that makes her job reward- swing the bat it’s going to cause a linear series of spatters that ing is when she gets to think creatively and come up with an will travel along the wall or the ceiling. As the blood is being important piece of the puzzle that will help solve a case. cast onto the wall, it forms droplets that are elliptical in shape One case in particular involved a young girl and an older and they’ll have long tails that point in the direction of travel. man who had assaulted her, but who had left no evidence on That allows me to tell where in the room the crime took place. the girl. However, shortly after the assault, detectives were “One pattern I remember in particular was a case where a able to retrieve the suspect’s underpants, and, as Kim explains, knife was the murder weapon. As a knife is swinging perpen- “I was examining them with an alternate light source we dicular to a wall, the blood will come off both sides of the blade call a crime light. That’s a light that shines at a blue-green at the same time and create these tiny little twin spatters that wavelength of around 450 nanometers. We use it to look for are parallel to one another.” the presence of body fluids on fabrics. As I studied the inner As Kim explains it, there is a multi-step approach to look- waistband area of the underpants, I saw a faint fluorescence. It ing at evidence. For example, when she’s looking at a reddish- struck me that it might be a transfer of the young girl’s vagi- brown stain on clothing, she does a presumptive test for blood nal epithelial cells onto the suspect’s waistband. So, I took a called the Kastle-Meyer test. The stain is swabbed and then a cutting of that and did a DNA analysis. What I had thought drop of the Kastle-Meyer solution, which is reduced phenol- turned out to be correct. By finding this trace evidence on the phthalein, is added to it. A second drop of three percent hydro- criminal’s underpants, I was able to show that the girl’s DNA gen peroxide is added. If the swab turns pink rapidly, then it’s ended up where it shouldn’t have been, which helped result positive for blood. If you’ve ever watched any of the CSI shows in a conviction.” on television, you’ve seen this test done numerous times. Among the other tools of the trade Kim uses are yellow There’s another test that takes it one step further that can filter goggles that block UVA and UVB, the two spectrums of be used to determine anti-human hemoglobin, but, as Kim ultraviolet light, and allow her to more easily identify explains with a touch of humor, “We can only call our urine, semen, saliva, or sweat stains, and which stains findings using this test as ‘consistent with human may be from some other fluid. Once Kim determines blood’ because it cross-reacts with ferrets, although what she believes the stain to be, she does a presump- we haven’t had many problems with criminal fer- tive test using various chemicals to pin down the rets in New Hampshire.” exact source of the stain. Finally, a cutting of the When asked what gives her the stain may be sent for DNA testing. most difficulty at a crime scene, Kim One of the common tools Kim uses is a answers without hesitation. “When biological microscope, but the new star of all the

WINTER 2010 19 crime-solving tools, and the one that has changed the face “With so many CSI shows on TV,” she explains, “juries seem of crime detection almost as much as fingerprints did, is the to understand much more of what we explain in court. For Capillary Electrophoresis Genetic Analyzer. This powerful tool example, if we use the terms Leuco Crystal Violet (LCV) or is more simply called the DNA typing instrument, and it can luminol, they know what those are.* In the old days we’d have deliver a DNA profile from a sample as small as 50 to 100 cells, to spend time explaining those chemicals and what they’re which is about the size of the period at the end of this sentence. used for. The downside of the CSI programs is that juries think While the tools for solving crimes have come a long way you can get DNA off anything and everything, and that DNA technologically, one tool has stayed the same, and Kim feels it can solve any crime. The CSI shows are accurate for the most may be the most important of all. “The crime scene investiga- part, but there are things they depict that sometimes make us tor is close to the ultimate tool because the more you see, the laugh down at the lab. more experienced you become, the more valuable you become. “The worst pitfall in court,” Kim says with just a hint of If you can get to the point where you can think outside the agitation, “is when you get what I call ‘a mean attorney’ who box, you’ve made a breakthrough. The instruments and tools may show you a book you’ve never seen before and ask if we use can’t think outside the box…yet, so the trained crimi- you’ve read it. When you say no, he jumps right on it and asks nalist is currently the ultimate weapon in solving crimes.” why you haven’t read it and proposes that it’s essentially the With a CSI as dedicated as Kim, the bad guys better beware. bible for your field of science. Then, even if you say, ‘No, that’s Kim is asked to testify in court about four or five times a a pathology book,’ he still may have discredited you a little bit year, and is more often asked to give depositions. While she with the jury.” does not particularly enjoy testifying in court, she says the Kim has seen difficult sights, smelled terrible smells, and upside is that you have a chance to interact with the jury. has, at the least, brushed shoulders with the worst in human

*When Leuco Crystal Violet (LCV) and hydrogen peroxide come into contact with the hemoglobin in blood, a catalytic reaction occurs and the solution turns to a purple/violet color. Luminol is a versatile chemical that exhibits chemiluminesence with a striking blue glow when mixed with an appropriate oxidizing agent. Both are used at crime scenes, but LCV is easier to photograph, as it does not require a fully darkened room, whereas luminol does.

Kim uses tweezers and an alternate light source to collect fibers from a pair The FTIR microscope is used when examining fibers for chemical composition. of blue jeans.

20 COLBY-SAWYER ALUMNI MAGAZINE Firearms, knives, and baseball bats are only some of the weapons Kim has processed in her serology lab. behavior. You would think it might wear her down emotion- doing the serology work and then take it to DNA. “I like having ally, but Kim rejects that thought. “When we go to a crime the ability to put all of the pieces together and then, hopefully, scene,” she says, “yes, we may be walking into something seeing a completed picture. You have to have a passion for that’s horribly gross, bloodstained and miserable, but I your job. In every unit in the lab, whether it’s fingerprinting, approach each crime scene now as if I’m looking at pieces of a firearms, computers or the drug section, the thing that gives puzzle. I just want to figure out how everything fits into place. people the strength they need is their passion for the job, I’ll see different patterns in different rooms, and I’ll picture in wanting to solve their part of the puzzle. It’s simply a love for my mind the scenarios that might have taken place. What’s what you do. It’s also the challenge because just as technology rewarding is when you can piece together what happened at advances to help us in the lab, the bad guys are using it to help a particular scene from what you’ve observed. Maybe you can themselves as well.” tell that a suspect is lying about committing a crime in self For now, Kim is perfectly happy as a puzzle-solver, but defense because of the way the bloodshed event is evidenced she has other interests that she may pursue in the future. She on the walls or floor. Or maybe you discover a piece of hard- teaches about blood spatter, serology and DNA at local high to-spot evidence that will help nail the lid shut on a criminal.” schools, and she feels when she’s ready to retire she may do Kim finds it most satisfying that she can work on crime by more of this, as well as consult on forensic science. And then, solving puzzles from start to finish. Unlike many in her field of course, there’s always that book that needs to be written, who are more specialized, Kim can go from the crime scene to which might start something like this:

It’s a pitch black night and I’m standing in the bathroom of an isolated farm at the end of a long dirt road. The farm belongs to Sheila LaBarre, a suspected serial killer. The window is open to let in fresh air, and I can hear the crickets chirping. Other than that hypnotic sound, the night is still, and the inky blackness presses heavily through the window. I’m accompanied by a photographer and a police officer, but we don’t speak. I begin to spray the shower stall with luminol. As I spray, eerily glowing areas of blue phosphorescence emerge from the darkness. This is where blood has run, where a bloody handprint has been left, where a blood spatter pattern shows itself. Each of us feels the hair rising on our arms and the back of our necks. Each of us sucks in our breath with a low whoosh as these creepy vestiges of crime begin to appear. The blue glow brings forth answers no longer in hiding, as well as a haunting, chilling echo of past violence. ■

WINTER 2010 21 Mountain Day is Colby-Sawyer’s oldest and most popular tradition. It’s a day when the bells peal, classes are called off, and everyone heads for Mount Kearsarge. At the mountain summit there are gorgeous autumnal views, a bed sheet for climbers to sign and lots of photo opportunities. Once students return to the base of the mountain, there are shirts to tie dye, games to play and a bountiful picnic feast. While some of the details of the day change from year to year, the basics are still there: the mountain, the students, and a day of fun, laughter and camaraderie.

Photos by Ed Germar and Gil Talbot

22 COLBY-SAWYER ALUMNI MAGAZINE Cartoonist Peter Noonan is an award-winning illustrator and artist. A native of Manchester, N.H. and 1995 graduate of Colby-Sawyer, Peter attended the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. His illustra- tions have appeared in many local and national publications and his fine art is shown in public and private collections across the United States.

WINTER 2010 23 24 COLBY-SAWYER ALUMNI MAGAZINE Cherish the Child, Celebrate the Teacher College Breaks Ground for New Windy Hill School

by Kimberly Swick Slover and Kate Seamans

olby-Sawyer College hosted a ground-breaking ceremony in mid-October for its Cnew Windy Hill School, the college’s laboratory school for Child Development. The Windy Hill students, equipped with hard hats and shovels, joined the celebration at the construction site behind Colby Farm, along with the college’s Child Development, Early Childhood Education, and Psychology students, Windy Hill teachers, parents, alumni and faculty, and other members of the college and New London area community.

WINTER 2010 25 The new Windy Hill School, seen here in concept drawings by Ingrid Banwell of Banwell Architects, is optimally located on campus and will be conveniently accessible from Main Street. It will also be as aesthetically pleasing as it will be functional, featuring “smart” classrooms, a seminar room, classrooms with built-in kitchens, and computer work areas, as well as unobtrusive observation rooms for faculty, students and parents.

The ground-breaking celebrated the long-awaited construc- Chairman of the Board of Trustees Anne Winton Black tion of a new school that will unite Windy Hill’s programs— ’73, ’75 expressed gratitude for the exceptional generosity now housed in the basements of two residence halls—in one which continues to shape Colby-Sawyer’s future. “The Windy beautiful building with more space, better facilities and more Hill School has for many years been a signature program at convenient access. In May 2008, a family that wishes to remain Colby-Sawyer College, and today we celebrate the beginning anonymous put the college on the path to meeting its goal, of a wonderful new chapter in its distinguished history. The offering the $1 million Windy Hill Challenge toward the cost love of learning is being cultivated in our Windy Hill School of the proposed $2 million school. students and protected by the faculty and college students who “The family told us they appreciated the excellent teaching inspire the children in their care,” she said. “Our donors have and learning taking place at the Windy Hill School and that given selflessly of their resources to make possible a beautiful they understood the constraints of its space and location,” a new building. Let them, and all who pass through the Windy hard-hatted President Galligan told those assembled for the Hill School, find a place that cherishes the child, celebrates the ground-breaking ceremony. “They wanted to make it possible teacher, and gives generations of college students the finest of for the college to create a home for Windy Hill specifically academic experiences.” designed to support Early Childhood Education. Although we The dream of a new Windy Hill school had been fostered, continue to work on raising funds to meet the challenge, we nurtured and advanced by many people. “Most particularly, we have made excellent progress so far. Based on that success, our tip our hat today to our friend and colleague, Janet Bliss, the Board of Trustees voted to begin the construction to bring the director of the Windy Hill School for 31 years,” said President Windy Hill dream to fruition.” Galligan. “And we also tip our hat to all the Windy Hill teach- ers and to our colleagues in Social Sciences and Education. Finally, there is deeply felt grati- tude to the family whose chal- lenge made today possible and to the many other friends of the college whose greatly appre- ciated contributions brought this long-awaited project to this moment.” The Windy Hill teachers then signaled to the hard-hatted youngsters that it was time to dig their small shovels into the irresistible piles of dirt before them. The wild, dirt-flinging rumpus began, inspiring gig- gles among the children and onlookers alike. The youngest students had, perhaps unknow-

In his remarks at the groundbreaking, President Galligan (center right) said, “Most particularly we tip our hat today to our ingly, staked their claim to a friend and colleague, Janet Bliss (center left), the director of the Windy Hill School for 31 years.” new school of their own.

26 COLBY-SAWYER ALUMNI MAGAZINE Up to the Challenge

The building and furnishing of a new Windy Hill School is projected to cost $2 million, and fortunately, an anonymous donor family has posed the Windy Hill Challenge, offering to match, dollar for dollar, all gifts up to $1 million toward the new building. Momentum has been building toward meeting the challenge in the last year. Generous contributors have committed $850,000 toward the $1 million challenge grant, leaving just another $150,000 to raise for the project. “Colby-Sawyer is thrilled at the prospect of a new home A Typical Day at Windy Hill School for Windy Hill, and the advantages for families, college On a typical day at the Windy Hill School some children are students, teachers and faculty will be tremendous,” says operating sewing machines, writing plays, inventing games Vice President for Advancement Beth Cahill. “We invite on computers, photographing baby chicks or hiking in their everyone who has been touched by the school, as well as “Hundred Acre Wood.” Others play dress up, bake bread with those who simply wish to support this wonderful educational their teacher, construct forts and hideouts, and investigate partnership between the college and the community, to natural phenomena. consider joining us in this challenge.” Still other groups of children are embarking on big adven- Gifts of every level will make a difference and will be rec- tures such as scaling the Ray Climbing Wall, learning how to ognized in the new building. To contribute or to learn more produce sound effects at the radio station, or critiquing a new about the Windy Hill Challenge, please contact Beth Cahill exhibition at the campus art gallery. The school offers a rich at (603) 526-3426 or [email protected]. Learn more teaching and learning environment where young children are about the Windy Hill School at www.colby-sawyer.edu/ encouraged by their teachers to explore, imagine and create. windyhill. These activities show Windy Hill’s commitment to play, the arts, technology and joyful learning. The Windy Hill School has been a magical part of childhood for area families since 1976, when it was licensed by the state of New Hampshire to serve as a laboratory school for Colby- Sawyer’s Social Sciences and Education Program. Under the direction of Associate Professor Janet Bliss since its inception, the school has become an exemplary model of best practices in early childhood education, widely recognized for its innova- tion, research and high-quality educational programs. The pro- grams are based on the constructivist approach to education, in Additionally, a seminar room, two technology-enabled or which classrooms are communities and learning occurs in the “smart” classrooms for child development classes, an early context of social activities. childhood curriculum laboratory and resource library, and Today the Windy Hill School serves 85 area children, faculty offices will both strengthen the college’s Social Sciences employs 13 teachers, and provides after-school programs for and Education programs and enhance the children’s learning grades one to three and summer programs for children up experiences. The new school will stand on the periphery of to age six. Each year 30 to 40 college students, mainly Child campus near Colby Farm, with expansive grassy areas for out- Development and Psychology majors, become involved in the door play and magnificent views of Mount Kearsarge. school to learn, alongside their teachers and mentors, about The new building will be handicapped-accessible and exceed young children and the institutions that support them, as well the National Association for the Education of Young Children’s as to observe and engage in the children’s learning. requirements for 50 square feet of usable indoor space per child. “Everyone associated with the lab school is appreciative A College-Community Partnership and so enthusiastic about having a facility that matches the The new facility and location will benefit children and their quality of our program,” says Professor Bliss. “The donors’ families, as well as the Colby-Sawyer community. It features foresight, generosity, and belief that young children and those classrooms with built-in kitchens and computer work areas, who work with them deserve beautiful environments is indeed along with unobtrusive observation rooms for faculty, students a celebratory event.” ■ and parents. WINTER 2010 27 From the Heart Derek Veilleux ’12 and Meghan Fligg ’10 Win Student Art and Essay Contests

n the spring of 2009, the college held a contest for students called “My Colby-Sawyer I Experience.” In order to compete, students were asked to submit essays and artwork describing what Colby-Sawyer meant to them. The rules of the contest required artwork entries to be accompanied by a short essay. Cash prizes were awarded. Following is the impressive winning submission by artist Derek Veilleux ’12 and the moving, heartfelt entry of essay winner Meghan Fligg ’10.

o often it seems people for- Sget there’s more of a pur- pose to the existence of one’s daily schedule or day-to-day routine than what “time allows.” For some, however, the consciousness of a more significant motive is present in the moments of each and every day. These are individu- als who share an understand- ing for the importance of our relationships with one anoth- DerekD k VVeilleuxill ’1’122 “Good“G d Company”C ” WatercolorWt l (18”(18” x 23”)23”) er. At Colby-Sawyer, people

28 COLBY-SAWYER ALUMNI MAGAZINE The Family I Found

On Kelsey Field by Meghan Fligg ’10

he few months of summer before I started my fresh- harder to think of Tman year were interesting to say the least. I had decid- not being with the ed to play soccer here at Colby-Sawyer and could not find team. In the past a solid stance on how I felt about it. On one hand I was three years I have excited to meet new people and play a game for which I been blessed with have a true passion, but on the other hand I was apprehen- meeting some of sive about leaving the world I knew and starting all over the most incredible, talented athletes I have ever encoun- again. Pre-season was something I had never experienced tered. These girls have not only influenced me as a soccer before. Coming into it I thought I was in pretty good player, but they have also helped mold the person I have shape, but, once we began three-a-days, it was an entirely become. different story. We spent hours running and pushing to At the end of our season during my freshman year my become faster, stronger, more agile, to become better ath- father passed away of a lung disease. I was supposed to be letes. It was hard work and required extreme amounts of embarking on one of the most exciting stages of my life, diligence and perseverance, countless days of sweat and and I was forced to cope with the greatest loss I have ever pain, yet, somewhere in between all of that, something known. My strength had been tested before, but never more important began to happen. We were 20 girls, some to that extent. I was not sure how I was going to handle who knew each other, others who did not, and we were everything by myself, but I soon found out that was not becoming a team, we were becoming a family. We were a going to be an issue. The same girls who I ran with, who group of girls who were all working toward the same goal. helped pick me up when I was falling behind, were now We each wanted to improve our own skills, we each want- with me once again. My teammates and my coaches were ed to make the team better, we wanted to win, but we also there to stand beside me when I was not sure I could do wanted to learn. In those first few weeks we were not only it on my own. Through this unimaginable loss there was taught the fundamentals of soccer, but the determination also an even greater discovery. I found out what it means it takes to be a better person and a better teammate. I can to be a true friend, and what it means to be a teammate. admit there were times when I thought about quitting, but I realized that although I was uncertain about joining the the girls would not let that happen. Each of us ran together team when I came here, it was one of the most amazing side by side, and, if one person began to fall behind, it was things I could have ever done. I have made friends who, I the job of the team to pick her up. Sometimes in life it is can claim with undeniable conviction, will last a lifetime. hard to find people willing to do whatever it takes to help I know that when I grow older I will sit with my children someone else succeed, but we were lucky to find that in and tell them of their grandfather and how blessed I was every person on our team each year I’ve been here. to have known him. I will tell them of the team I became I am currently a junior, and will be going into my last a part of and how my family of seven grew to a family season this coming fall. It is difficult to imagine only being of 27 in an instant. I will tell them of Colby-Sawyer, of able to play on Kelsey Field a few more times, but even Kelsey Field, and the greatest choice I ever made. ■

are cognizant and appreciative of such right place. part of something so important. lasting bonds. I’ve enjoyed local cuisine with profes- My Colby-Sawyer experience is one I can’t say I’ve been here a long time, sors on more than one occasion, scored a that includes both the people and the but I already feel more connected with game-winning goal as part of a collegiate place: a setting fit for one’s growth this community of the most welcoming athletic team, met more people than I and development as part of a cohe- people than I ever could have imagined. can remember names for, made friends sive community. Seldom do you find a As a freshman, the transition from the who are already closer to me than those more inviting place that you can truly comfort and security of high school to from home, attended plays, games, and call home. Distinguished by tradition, the diffidence of a first-year college stu- art exhibits, as well as community events Colby-Sawyer provides close interaction dent is a foreboding experience, often of and other scholastic functions. I’ve had among faculty, staff, and students in a serious concern. Yet, I can say this: being conversations with the president, com- supportive environment—a place made part of the Colby-Sawyer community for pleted my first semester as a college of its people. ■ less than nine months, I know I’m in the student, and never in my life have I been by Derek Veilleux ’12

WINTER 2010 29 Colby-Sawyer College new tradition was intro- A duced at Colby-Sawyer as the inaugural Alumni Fall Festival was celebrated on campus during the weekend of October 2–4. Despite less than ideal weather on the Hill, the event was a rousing success, as nearly 500 alumni, family members and friends gathered on campus for festivities throughout the weekend. Plans are in the works for Alumni Fall Festival 2010—October 1–3. There’s no better time to come home than during the picturesque New London autumn, when the campus is vibrant with foliage and student activity. We hope you’ll mark the date on your calendar and Alumni plan to join us! Fall Festival in Photos

by Tracey Austin

Photography by Gil Talbot and Betsy Marcello Class of 1939–70th Reunion Ai-Li Sung Chin poses with President Tom Galligan.

Jen Deasy ’94 greets pal Donna Judy Anderson Anderson ’59 and Diane Taylor First year student Emily Orenstein (center) with her godmother Thurau-Smith ’94 with a hug. Bushfield ’59 at the Fall Festival BBQ. Susan Brown Warner ’74 (left) and her mother Ann Woodd- Cahusac Neary ’74.

30 COLBY-SAWYER ALUMNI MAGAZINE Class of 2004–5th Reunion (Front row, l to r), Lisa Maggio, Stacy Fraser, Erin Sawler Massa, Karen Lewis Class of 1969–40th Reunion (Seated, l to r), Anne Betts, Kendra Seavey Robert, Sarah Crete, Courtney Huff, Greg McGown, Melissa Tobin (2nd row, l to r) Laverack Gallivan, Marni Fowler Most, Barbara Rebecca Groene, Melissa Leitch, Lois McKnight, Mary Lougee Lambert, Lauren Barry, Nicole LeBlanc, Julie Siferd Sunshine, (standing, l to r), Margo McVinney Murray Dimakis, Jessica Price, (back row, l to r), Alex Darrah, Officer Marc Wildermann, Christopher Adams, Marvin and Catherine Sandford Morgan. Topher Plimpton and Amanda Ashe.

Class of 1959–50th Reunion (Seated, l to r), Jacquelyn Duffany Schmidt, Bonnie Bladworth Fallon, Judith Wilkinson, Deborah Clark Benedict, Suzanne Parris Ten Broeck, Diane Taylor Bushfield, Judith Gilmore Getchell, Nancy Cooke Latta, (standing, l to r), Carolyn Bokum Redmond, Judith Christie Anderson, Carole Hamell Wenthen, Priscilla Tufts Bartle, Marsha Halpin Johnson, Shirley Noakes, Jane Dittmann Voss, Nancy Wiesner Conkling, Catee Gold Hubbard, Sarah Beal Fowler, Carolyn Farrand Hager, Linda Bereton Wirts and Patricia Doyle Donius, (3rd row, l to r), Judith Anderson Anderson, Marilyn Winn Goodwin, Mary Joyce Klapproth Forsyth and Anne Chisholm Smith.

A large group of alumni and friends boarded the MV Mt. Sunapee for a scenic foliage cruise around Lake Sunapee.

WINTER 2010 31 The Department of Fine and Performing Arts and the Alumni Office hosted an Alumni/Faculty Art Show and Silent Auction.

Professor Emeritus Don Campbell poses next to Alumni and friends gathered for the opening reception of the art show. his piece, “Lidded Jar.”

Class of 1954– 55th Reunion Barbara Dennett Howard, Elizabeth Moss Phillips, Janet Rich Nixon, Gertrude Bast Vermilya and Louise Moser Stoops.

On Saturday, President Tom Galligan and his wife Susan hosted members of the classes of 1939, 1944, 1949 and 1954 for afternoon tea. Class of 1984–25th Reunion (l to r), Renee Potvin O’ Neil, Nancy Sullivan Bussiere and Brigid Rice Gunn.

Class of 1974–35th Reunion (l to r), Patricia Quinn Sally Randall ’49. Louise Cornish Creel ’48 with her son George and daughter-in-law Karen. Whiting, Ann Woodd-Cahusac Neary, Susan Brown Warner and Susan Brown Holtham.

Chris Audet ’94 (2nd from right), frontman for the Van Professor Hilary Cleveland (left), pictured here (L to r), Barbara Siferd Sunshine ’69, Marni Halen tribute band, Balance, is joined at the microphone with alumna Janet Rich Nixon ’54, presented a Fowler Most ’69 and Anne Laverack Gallivan by his wife (right), Jeannine Timchak Audet ’94 and friends workshop titled “The Impact of the 1960s on ’69 catch a ride to the Kelsey Athletic Fields for Kate Ireland ’98, Kaylee Ireland and Jeff DelliColli ’95. American Culture” to a large crowd of alumni the Alumni Fall Festival BBQ. and friends. 32 COLBY-SAWYER ALUMNI MAGAZINE The rain and fog didn’t dampen the spirits of the alumni who played in the annual alumni athletic matches. Colby-Sawyer College

Alumni Rugby (Back row, l to r), Chuck Mayer ’06, Matt Hiller ’01, Eric Keskula ’03, John Marsh ’00, Tim Morin ’04, Jamie Georgitis ’06 , Rob Wardwell ’08, Rob Ryder ’03, Sean Crowley ’04, (front row, l to r), Mason Law ’09, Anthony Giacomini ’06, Peter Mailloux ’06, Coach Chris Reed and Corey Rondeau ’09. Alumni Fall Festival

Alumni Soccer (Back row, l to r), Dimitiri Dimakis ’03, Dimitri Tsihlis ’01, Ryan Willis ’04, Matt Solazzo ’04, Julian Frey ’04, Dave Fitzpatrick ’06, Doug Currie ’09, Garrett LaVallee ’06, Greg Ladd ’06, Dan DeWalt ’04, Brett Soucy ’05, Tom White ’09, Nic DeZenzo ’08, Pat Colbert ’08, Ryan Oldfield ’09, Brian Doucette ’09, Tyler Davis ’08, Rob Barletta ’08, Nat Cole ’97, Jim Bullock ’95, (front row, l to r), Stephanie Kimball ’08, Andrea Lee ’06, Phoebe Wolcott-MacCausland ’08, Mallary Blair ’08, Julia Steese ’09, Leisa Jesser Tripp ’01, Alicen Jesser ’99, Heather Gardiner Shupenko ’99, Anne Michaels Yates ’95, Travis Dezotell ’97 and Pat Class of 1964–45th Reunion Benson ’09. Nancy Woodring Hansen ’64 and her husband Roger.

The Alumni Fall Festival Beer Tent provided a dry spot for watching the men’s and women’s varsity soccer games.

Anne Michaels Yates ’95, Lauren Ferullo ’98, Kim- Laura Boyle ’98, Lauren Smyrl Koron ’97, Adrienne Mary Grace Nash Shrekgast ’99, Heather Gardiner Shupenko ’99 Spalton ’99 and her The women’s rugby team took advantage of the wet and muddy conditions! and Kate Ireland ’98 stopped by. husband Tim.

The members of the Class of 1959 were special guests at the President’s House for Saturday evening cocktails and hors d’oeuvres.

Class of 1994–15th Reunion (Seated, l to r), Marcy Bronzino Bettencourt ’93, Jennifer Deasy, Patty Randall Berry, Hillary Waldbaum, Jennifer D’Orazio Nancy Cooke Latta and Jacqueline Jane Dittmann Voss ’59 and her Hollongsworth, Beth Sargent Fenton, (standing, l to r), Larry Elliott, Donna Duffany Schmidt ’60 MT (right). husband Don. Thurau-Smith, Daniel Berry, Maura Sinacola Galvin, Tony Librot and Maria Sinacola.

WINTER 2010 33 Alumni of all ages had a grand time at the Fall Festival Gala Celebration, Colby-Sawyer College which featured New Hampshire’s premier party band The Nines.

Pati Woodburn Cloutier ’83, singer for Alumni The Nines. Fall Festival

Class of 1944–65th Reunion Jane Cowles Louise Moser Stoops ’54 and her husband Bill. Julien Frey ’04 and Julie Murray Dimakis ’04. Parmenter (left), and Jane Cooper Fall.

The weekend ended with a special ceremony honoring inductees to the Colby-Sawyer Athletic Hall of Fame: (Fourth and fifth from left), Matt George ’98, Suzanne Horrigan Campbell ’78, and the 1998–99 Women’s Basketball Team represented by their three captains (far left, l to r), Melissa Eckman Binette ’99, Alison Gulubicki ’99, and Kristen Diachisin ’99.

Alumni Awards To learn more about this year’s alumni award recipients, please visit www.colby-sawyer.edu/alumni/awards/index.html

Tony Librot ’94 (left) accepts the Young Alumni Kristen Peterson ’08, recipient of the Graduate Award, Director of Alumni Relations Tracey Austin (right) Achievement Award from Professor of Business with her proud parents Mark and Anne. presents the Alumni Service Award to Marsha Administration Tony Quinn. Halpin Johnson ’59.

34 COLBY-SAWYER ALUMNI MAGAZINE Unimagined Opportunities: ,PPHUVLQJ2QHVHOILQ$QFLHQW&XOWXUHV by Professor Patrick Anderson

Looking down on the magnificent ancient Inca city of Machu Picchu.

he goal of my 2009 sabbatical was to experience first-hand the native cultures of the Mayan and Incan peoples of Central and South America in the hope of discovering the T connections between ancient traditions and contemporary practices.

To this end I spent 15 days in Belize, a week on Mexico’s in Belize, five in Mexico and six in Peru, all of which provided Yucatan peninsula, and another nine days visiting Peru’s Sacred me with a physical sense of the world inhabited by the Mayas Valley and Lake Titicaca. During these excursions, I encoun- and Incas. I experienced first-hand the landscapes and dwell- tered remarkable ancient sites situated deep within the earth, ings, the flora and fauna, the sights and sounds and smells in in caves like Belize’s Actun Tunichil Muknal and Barton Creek which the native populations thrived centuries ago—and in and Mexico’s underground cenotes (crystal clear reservoirs of which many still carve out their lives today. water used by the Mayas throughout the No single moment of my sabbati- Yucatan). I explored magnificent ruins cal can equal the first glimpse I had located high in the Peruvian Andes at of Machu Picchu as the mist began to the incomparable Machu Picchu and lift at daybreak on Easter morning and the rambling structures of Pisac and a rainbow stretched over this magnifi- Ollantaytambo. Sheltered by overhang- cent mountaintop retreat, the only Incan ing mangrove trees and surrounded by a enclave not discovered and destroyed by rainforest containing iguanas, anteaters, the invading Spanish in the 16th cen- howler monkeys, yellow crowns, green tury. Also among my most memorable kingfishers, and flocks of colorful parrots, experiences was the time I spent with my Mayan guide and I paddled a kayak the Shos, a Mopan Maya family who live Kayaking through the mangrove tree jungles of a river down the river used by natives for hunt- deep in the jungle of southwest Belize in in Punta Gorda, Belize, where iguanas and anteaters ing and fishing for hundreds of years. In kept me company and I was serenaded by howler the tiny village of Na Luum Ca, which all I toured and studied ten historic sites monkeys and a flock of parrots. translates to “Mother Earth.” Never was

WINTER 2010 35 With members of the Sho family (l to r: German, Enjoying a quiet moment with one of the dozens Being instructed in the fine art of Maya basket- Placido, Antonio, the author, Hilario, Geraldo, and of llamas who roam freely among the Inca ruins making by Andola Sho inside their thatched dwelling. Thomas) after harvesting our lunch, which was the of Machu Picchu, much as they did more than heart of a cohune palm tree from the jungle outside 500 years ago. their thatched dwelling in Na Luum Ca, Belize. a locale more perfectly named, for this family—Antonio and sentence. “On this ground,” he began, “we find the things we Eugenia Sho and their ten children (some of whom are mar- eat,” a statement which was proven at every meal I had there, ried with their own kids)—lives as close as possible to their though he went on to caution us about how fragile their tradi- environment which, quite literally, provides almost everything tional way of life is: “Today everything, like these traditions, is they require for their daily subsistence. Most of what they eat is getting lost; no one is doing these things anymore.” found in their backyard, which just happens to be a rainforest Antonio might have been thinking, in part at least, about jungle. This includes the free-range chickens which run all over his own sons who are far more assimilated than he and his their land and which they cook in myriad delicious ways. It wife and daughters are. Unlike their father, mother and sisters, also includes the sugar which sweetens their tea, the rice which the young men of the family all speak English fluently, typi- accompanied every meal, the corn which they grind to make cally wear imported sneakers, jeans and T-shirts with American fresh tortillas (the best I’ve ever had), and the vegetation—like logos, and exude gregarious, outgoing personalities which the jipy japa plant and the heart of a cohune tree—which is suggest their more frequent contact with the “outside” world. harvested from plants growing wild in the jungle that surrounds When we were in the small town of Punta Gorda, an hour and their thatched dwellings. The dwellings are constructed exclu- a half drive from Nu Luum Ca, they headed for an electron- sively from materials gathered in the jungle, from the posts ics store which sold CDs and DVDs. One evening, when they which support the rafters, to the could get their generator going, strips of bark which bind them they introduced me to the reggae together, to the palm fronds from MRVWRIZKDWWKH\HDWLVIRXQG sounds of the late African musi- the cohune tree which provide cian Lucky Dube, which they the roofing material. LQWKHLUEDFN\DUGZKLFKMXVW played on an impressive sound In addition to their food and KDSSHQVWREHDUDLQIRUHVWMXQJOH system, the only thing they had shelter, Na Luum Ca supplies the that was powered by electricity. natural medicines they need to In spite of these influences stay healthy, as I discovered on hikes both on the periphery of from mainstream cultures worldwide, I found that each of the their property and deep into the rainforest. As we walked along, sons knew a great deal about their Mayan heritage and tradi- Antonio (the Sho paterfamilias) would point out plants used to tional way of life. The men are all masters of the machete, a treat everything from heart disease, headaches and arthritis to remarkably versatile tool which Geraldo used to clear the jungle insect bites, stomach aches and high blood pressure, which was paths, cut open a cocoa pod so I could taste the soggy substance cured in Benito, one of the sons, when conventional medicines inside—definitely not chocolaty—slice a coconut in two so I didn’t work. could drink the very refreshing water inside, snip a sprig from Antonio Sho was clearly the most traditional member of the the jipy japa plant which I ate and washed down with another family, living on land where his ancestors dwelled for as long drink of water, this time from a grapefruit vine which he effort- as anyone could recall. He was a repository of oral history and lessly sliced open with a quick stroke of his machete. traditions which he graciously shared with us one evening. It Like Geraldo, all of the Shos were eager to share with me was a happy coincidence that the other guest staying with the their Mayan way of life. While the males demonstrated their Shos while I was there, an Irishman named Finton O’Brien, had knowledge of the outdoors, the women, who seemed to leave with him some very sophisticated recording equipment as he the house only to wash the dishes or do the laundry at the creek was in Belize to capture bird and jungle sounds for the CDs he (my outdoor bathtub), instructed me in what they knew best: produces. Knowing of my interest in Maya culture, he offered cooking and craft-making. I tried my hand at making tortillas to record Antonio telling stories one night after dinner. Since (which never came out as perfectly round as those made by the Antonio knows no English, he recounted the tales in his native daughters Felicita, Melinia or Andola), weaving the bottom of Mopan language which his son Geraldo translated sentence-by- a basket (using dried jipy japa plant fibers), making a few awk-

36 COLBY-SAWYER ALUMNI MAGAZINE Climbing a ladder to the third level of Actun Tunichil In an archway of the Inca ruins at Ollantaytambo, The skeletal remains of a 14-year old Maya girl, Muknal (the Cave of the Stone Sepulcher) in western noted for its mortar-less stonework which has left in situ where the ceremonial sacrifice took Belize to view the best preserved of the 14 skeletons stood the test of time for thousands of years. place, on the third level of the cave Actun Tunichil located there. Muknal in Belize. ward embroidery stitches, and grating the heart of a cohune individuals, all in situ, where they had been left by the Mayas tree for our lunch one day. Their own work was very beautiful, more than a thousand years ago. The pots, containing corn, from the dresses they made for themselves, to the baskets and chili peppers and cacao, served as offerings to their gods and beaded jewelry they sold to me, to a most delicious treat which deceased ancestors, while the copal incense discovered here they served at several meals—a crispy, slightly sweetened tor- would have been used during the bloodletting rituals, which tilla called a “chuqua.” Chuquas are festooned on both sides accounts for the 14 skeletons. These sacrificial victims (six with an overall flower pattern, a decoration created not by a infants, a young child and seven adults) would have been mold of some sort but by pressing the head of an actual flower offered to the powerful deities who were thought to reside in a dozen times or so on each tortilla they made. Once again I caves like this, including Chac the rain god, as well as the evil observed how Mother Earth provides what these Mayas need to spirits which cause death and disease. Further underscoring make their food taste good and look quite elegant. the life/death duality associated with subterranean sites is the I clearly learned the most about how contemporary ancient Mayan belief that the spirits of their deceased ancestors Mayas—like the Shos—are carrying on many traditional made their way to these caves where, eventually, they would be native practices during the four days I spent with them in Na reborn. Thus, entering a cave such as Actun Tunichil Muknal Luum Ca. I absorbed much of the history of their ancestors for an ordinary Maya would have been a very mixed blessing, by visiting spectacular ruins providing the opportunity to throughout Belize, like those honor one’s gods and ances- at Caracol, Lamanai, Altun Ha, WKHQZHILQDOO\UHDFKHGWKHPRXWK tors but also fraught with the Cahal Pech and Xunantunich, possibility they might be sacri- where I marveled at the artistic RIWKHFDYHZHKDGWRVZLPLQVLGH ficed themselves. In an attempt and architectural achievements LQZDWHURYHURXUKHDGV« to let us experience the abso- created centuries ago. I tried to lute darkness an ancient Maya imagine daily life here as it might have been between 1500 B.C. would have known had their torch gone out, Carlos asked us and 1500 A.D. as I climbed the massive pyramids, admired the to extinguish our headlamps, hold hands, and walk through intricate carvings on temples and altars and stelae, and envi- the ankle-high water for several minutes as we headed out of sioned spirited athletic contests on the ballcourts. the cave. The blinding physical darkness surrounding us would What brought me closest to ancient Mayan customs, how- have been compounded for the Maya by the spiritual beliefs ever, was my day-long visit to Actun Tunichil Muknal, a sacred they associated with these chambers. site whose English translation—Cave of the Stone Sepulcher— As these experiences with the Sho family in Na Luum Ca might suggest the Indiana Jones-like adventure it afforded me. and my underground adventure at Actun Tunichil Mukal Getting to this remote site entailed a jeep ride across a river suggest, my own understanding of both the ancient and con- where the bridge had washed out a year ago, then a mile-long temporary native peoples of Central and South America was hike deep into the jungle during which we crossed the same increased exponentially through my travels. I was fortunate river several times and were fed termites by our Mayan guide, to meet dozens of people like the Shos and to visit dozens of Carlos (I had just one; it tasted like carrots). When we finally ancient sites where, in often seemingly inaccessible places, reached the mouth of the cave, we had to swim inside, in water these intelligent, artistic, hard-working people carved out lives over our heads, then hike and swim through water for another that still serve as sources of astonishment to those who study kilometer—often crawling through very tight spaces—until them. The time I spent immersing myself in these remarkable we arrived at the main chamber, where we rock-climbed to cultures exceeded all expectations, reminding me once again the second floor. Here we encountered a most remarkable liv- that we never know where our curiosity might take us—or what ing museum. All around us, illuminated by Carlos’ flashlight, treasures we might uncover—simply by being open to those were dozens of ceramic vessels and the skeletal remains of 14 unimagined opportunities which life often sends our way. ■

WINTER 2010 37 LEARNING TO SEE: Global Beginnings Shows First-Semester Students a Whole New World

Story and Photos by Kate Dunlop Seamans

38 COLBY-SAWYER ALUMNI MAGAZINE “WHAT DO YOU SEE?” ASKS THE ART HISTORY PROFESSOR. IN THE BEGINNING THE GROUP OF 17 FIRST-YEAR COLBY-SAWYER STUDENTS Colby-Sawyer created Global Beginnings, in partnership with GAZES TO WHERE HER FINGER POINTS. IT IS 9:30 A.M. ON Customized Educational Programs Abroad and American A MONDAY IN EARLY OCTOBER, AND THEY SQUINT TO TAKE Institute for Foreign Study, to offer more of its students than ever before the opportunity to study abroad and see the IN THE ENORMOUS WORK. “TELL ME, WHAT IS THE STORY OF world—and themselves—from a new perspective. THE ART YOU ARE LOOKING AT?” Just 175 students have studied away from campus in the last 18 years, in large part because students weren’t able to Rachel Keefe, an honors student and soccer player from apply their financial aid to the venture. Maine, correctly identifies the stories of St. Francis, then “One of the breakthroughs with Global Beginnings is that answers a barrage of follow-up questions. She is rewarded after it costs exactly the same as a semester at Colby-Sawyer and each with a cheery “Bravissimo!” When the professor asks the students can apply their financial aid,” Vice President and students if they have questions, they do: Is that an angel at the Dean of Faculty Deborah Taylor notes. top of the image, and what does it represent? And there, is that Fall semester of the first year is the most flexible time in a man tumbling out of a high window? It is, and soon they see students’ schedules, and bringing them back to campus in the same piece in a completely new way than when they first the spring helps balance enrollment by filling spots created laid eyes upon it just half an hour before. by mid-year graduations and transfers. The art in question is not a PowerPoint slide in a Colby- Faculty and staff across campus united to work through Sawyer classroom but 15th-century frescoes in the Sassetti the countless details that arose in putting the program Chapel of the Basilica di Santa Trinita in Florence, Italy. together. “In true Colby-Sawyer fashion, everyone just rolled Just 370 miles to the north, 15 Colby-Sawyer first-years up their sleeves and did it,” says Vice President Taylor. are filing into their Pathway class at the historic Château de Global Beginnings is expected to continue on an ongoing Pourtalès in Strasbourg, France. They settle in as Colby-Sawyer basis, though destinations may change. “We certainly have Professor of Natural Sciences Bill Thomas picks up the theme of a dream and are thinking about the infrastructure we need Seeing the Light: From Faith to Photon. to manage this moving forward, particularly as we plan for “It takes a lifetime to learn to see,” Professor Thomas tells Global Beginnings to be only one piece of a larger picture of the class. “In the womb there are just different shades of dark- international study,” says Vice President Taylor. ness; after birth, a baby learns its parents’ faces; then the world gets bigger and bigger. But sight is only part of vision; it’s MEETING ON CAMPUS learned. You can look but not see. Seeing is a challenge, and college is learning to see at a different level. Information has The Global Beginnings students, representing six countries to be unfolded.” and eight states, arrived on the Colby-Sawyer campus August These 32 students, accompanied by Colby-Sawyer’s 18 for two weeks of orientation. The time was hectic. They Assistant Professor of Humanities Ewa Chrusciel in Florence met the Colby-Sawyer professors and residential staff mem- and Professor Thomas, as well as residential staff members bers who would accompany each group, and they started at eacheach ssite,ite, are the pioneerspioneers ofof Global BBeginnings,eginnings, the llanguage, writing and Pathways courses. There were also college’s largest study-study- mmagic moments thatt tied the group togethertoge with gossamer Florence, Italy. The 14th c. Ponte Vecchio spans a glowing Arno River at sunset. bobondsnd that only strength- eenedned over the course of Have I changed because of this ththee semester.s program? It’s probably not WWang Yu Jia from something I’ll recognize until ChChinain recalls the group doidoingn homework at I look at it in retrospect. It’s CColbyolb Farm together, hard to know in the middle, for listlisteninge to student the same reason you don’t notice DaDavidv Hart play his gui- when you’re getting taller. It’s tartar,, and swimming in a day by day. lalakek at midnight. Together, the stu- –Alisa Slater, Azerbaijan dedents tackled sessions of Rosetta Stone lan- gguage instruction, ttriedr to demystify At left: BBlackboard, and Angela Uberer, a local professor of art history hired by Colby-Sawyer, tells the tootookk cookingcooking classesclasse to prepare for a story of the Florentine art she shares with students. collegec experexperienceience thatthat diddid notnot include a dining hall.

WINTER 2010 39 Florence, Italy. Maria del Fiore, dominatesThe Basilica the di Santacityscape of Florence. To the left is the tower of the Palazzo Vecchio. I think we feel like tourists when we go to another town and we all have our cameras, but I feel more like a resident, ofo Hingham, especially when I go grocery shopping and Mass.,M spend carry everything back to my apartment. Sometimes we just walk around and discover a lot of time streets we don’t know. There are a lot of togetherto explor- those. It’s so weird how the city’s mapped ingin the city, and out. You turn here and there’s the Duomo, PaigePa is very and then there’s the river. It’s smaller than clearcl regarding you think; it looks huge on a map, but you turn a corner and you’re back where howh she feels something looks familiar. aboutab the expe- – Jessica Walton, Mass. rienceri just five weeksw in: “I love it,”it she says. “I don’td want to abroadabroad initia-initia- go back home. titiveve to datdate.e. TThesehese ffirst-irst- TimeTi is moving semester freshmen areare learning tooto fast. We’ve to see not only from a college beenbeen so on thethe ggo,o, withwith visitsvisits to SSienaiena aandnd Assisi—andAssisi— we know student’s perspective but also withth an expandingdi worldviewld i we’re going to the Alps, Rome and Venice—that this weekend as they commence their college careers far from New London. we’re actually going to stay home so we can go to more of the FITTING IN WITH FLORENCE museums and things right here in Florence.” Amanda concurs, marveling, “Some people can’t wait to go Firenze, as Italians call Florence, lives behind walls of stone home, but I dread thinking about leaving, I feel like it’s gone so and windows framed by green shutters, and for three months, quickly. I was talking to my dad last night and told him he was the Global Beginnings students have a key to get behind those going to have to visit. He said, ‘I thought I wasn’t allowed to,’ walls and into their apartments at 7 Via Ghibellina, just min- and I said, ‘If I accidentally miss my plane and end up living in utes from Santa Croce and the Arno River. Many of them seem Florence forever, then you’re allowed to visit.’” to pretend their time in Florence will last forever, putting off a On this morning, walking to the Mercato di Sant’Ambrogio, trip to here or there until “later,” even as they count the days where locals know to find the freshest produce in Florence, to family visits and their own departures. Amanda is proud to realize that the black cowl top and dark Others, though, are only too aware of how rapidly time jeans she’s wearing—even her boots, which she picked up is passing and do all they can to immerse themselves in the during a recent weekend in Switzerland—were all bought in Tuscan hills that soon will be replaced by Colby-Sawyer’s windy Europe. hill, in the restaurants that will be replaced by a dining hall, “I don’t feel I look European, but I’m trying. I hate sticking and in the unity of the group that will be tested when they out like a tourist,” she says. “We’re here for three months, so I return to new roommates and classes full of freshmen they want to blend in as much as I can. We’re somewhere between have never met. tourist and resident, really.” Amanda Martin, from Bennington, Vt., and Paige Estabrooks, Both girls studied Spanish in high school, and though that

40 COLBY-SAWYER ALUMNI MAGAZINE background is sometimes helpful, The Cathedral of Our they wish they knew more Italian. Strasbourg, France. Lady of Strasbourg was the world’s tallest “We’re so stuck within our group building from 1647 to 1874. and want to venture out so badly,” says Paige, and Amanda adds, “We’ve Just walking around tried to talk to Italians and it just Strasbourg, it’s beautiful. ends in laughing fits because no one knows what anyone’s saying.” I like the program; the In the market, though, no one idea of going across the laughs at them. Paige and Amanda sea to study is a brilliant make a beeline for their favorite idea, and it’s definitely cheese vendor, a man who beams at them from behind the counterr something that’s going to and calls them “bellissima.” Over the be useful later on in life. shouts and hum of the market, he – Miles Wylie, Mass. talks to them like a father who hasn’t seen his daughters for too long and gives them slices of bread generouslyy smeared with ricotta cheese and toppedpped with salami to trytry. Against a backdrop of unpackaged meats piled high in a dis- play never seen in American supermarkets, he patiently waits us down.n. I justjust while the girls consider their options, ruling out cheeses they love it hereere tootoo muchmuch toto have already tried and choosing new tastes. He gives them their have enoughough timetime to seesee everythingeverything I cheese with a smile, and they move on to a fruit vendor. would like to. Everywhere we go, I love.” Selecting apples, Paige and Amanda talk more about the Oh, to be able to clone yourself like Michelangelo’s statue group dynamics of the Global Beginnings Program. The 12 of David, versions of which overlook the city from Piazza women are split into two apartments, and the five men share Michelangelo, guard the Palazzo Vecchio, and stand in the one. While incredibly bonded and supportive of each other Galleria Academia. To have three selves in Florence would be overall, the students live together, eat together, and take all almost enough. Almost. the same classes together at the learning center located a few minutes walk from the apartments. The men seem fine, and the SETTLING INTO STRASBOURG women in one apartment are getting along well, but the others are still negotiating the challenges of group living. On the fourth floor hallway of the Château de Pourtalès, tucked “We were talking about this last night,” says Amanda. “We under the eaves of the 300-year old palace, Elise Nichols from spend all our time together and should be going out every night Wilton, N.H., has found a quiet corner for working on her to meet people. But, at the same time, we’re taking six classes, laptop. The ring of a telephone interrupts her and she clicks on so I think that’s part of it—we get a lot of work so that pulls the Skype icon on the computer screen—her mom is calling.

Photos (Left to right): Alex Greenlee of Maryland and Alisa Slater of Azerbaijan pause on the latest version of the Ponte alle Grazie, rebuilt after World War II bombing. Professor Uberer explains Renaissance architecture. Amanda Martin and Paige Estabrooks select cheese at the market. Grand Duke Cosimo I de’ Medici commissioned the interior painting of the Duomo, which was completed in 1579. Students relax on their courtyard balconies.

WINTER 2010 41 Strasbourg, France. to the European Parliament, Strasbourg and isits home historic city center was designated a World Heritage site by UNESCO I love it. I just feel like I learn hardhard to settle into from everything I do. I like taking a liflifee at the cha- the classes, but I wish I could just teauteau which more spend the rest of my life learning closelyclose resembled from being around everything thatthat of a residen- tialtial college. With I’m around. I love France. And twotwo quiet week- the Chateau is wonderful. I like endsend set aside for it because we’re kind of in the tthehe students to country here but it’s really easy to adadjustj to their get to the city. wworkloado and –Kylie Dally, Vt. ttakeak a breather in their new hohome, the EliseElise gentlyy tellstells grgroup in France herher mothermother thatthat sheshe can’tcan’t talktalk ststarted to get nownow, promises to call later,later anda aantsy and feel a disconnects, smiling. What has sheshe bbitit llikeike yyoungeroung siblings as learned about herself in the ffiveive theyy hheardeard storistorieses off the FlorFlorenceence ggroup’sroup’s indeindependentp travel, weeks she’s been in France? evevenen as tthehe ppromiseromise ooff ttheirheir own ttravelravel aadventuresdventur awaited. “I think I’ve learned I can actually live without my mother, Not even two miles from the center of Strasbourg, the though she might not care to hear that,” Elise says. “I have one Château feels a world apart from the busy capital of Alsace, of those mothers who likes to do everything for you, and now with its beautiful park setting and hundreds of acres of gardens I’m doing everything for myself. I’m proud of myself. I used to and trails. Strasbourg is close, though, and easily accessible rely on her for everything, but I’ve learned I can do more than by bus with passes provided to students. In 20 minutes, the I thought I could.” Global Beginners could be studying in a library surrounded by Hearing her voice, Jose Diarte, from Paraguay, and Miles university students, or sitting at a café watching scenes unfold Wylie, from Massachusetts, wander down to join Elise. They before them, but many find it hard to leave the comfort of and the 12 other students in the France group left just four days the Château. after the students bound for Florence, but they didn’t arrive at “It’s frustrating to have all this temptation around us the Chateau until Sept. 19. The group spent 10 days exploring because we want to go out and experience things and travel and the treasures of the City of Light, then took five days to drive all that, but we have to find time to do our work and balance to Strasbourg in Alsace, next to the German border. Along the stuff,” Miles says, after being at the Château for two weeks. way, they stopped at Chartres Cathedral, chateaus, a fromage Finding the balance early on may be hard, but it’s not tasting, museums and a concentration camp. impossible. At that very moment, Maria Cimpean, a first-year After the whirlwind of orientation on campus and then honors student from Romania, stops by to ask the three if they two weeks of activities in Paris and on the road, it was will attend the first group dinner planned for that evening.

Photos (Left to right): Maria Cimpean, Jayme Severance, Hannah Odio and resident assistant Nicole Morin ’11 explore Strasbourg. The Château de Pourtalés is both home and learning center for the Strasbourg students. David Hart, Miles Wylie, Mayra Padilla, Greg Desgrosseilliers, Charlotte Doucette and Jose Diarte take a break at a Strasbourg café. Wang Yu Jia from China works in her room at the Château.

42 COLBY-SAWYER ALUMNI MAGAZINE CSC FACULTY ABROAD She has just returned from grocery shopping across the border in Kehl, Germany, where things are less expensive, and she is Professor Chrusciel, Florence looking for volunteers. Elise agrees to be a dishwasher. Maria My Pathway class is about human desire in sails away to continue recruiting and organizing. literature, and it coincides so well with this pro- A few hours later, in the kitchen where students prepare gram. It’s so rewarding to study Dante, Petrarca their breakfasts, lunches and some dinners, a small crowd gath- and Leopardi in Florence. The highlights were ers around the stove top—they have discovered the four chick- three Italian guest speakers. After the class we ens are still frozen. Professor Thomas swings through and solves went to a trattoria with them, and I could see by the way my the problem, though is dismayed when told his assistance is students engaged in conversation with them how interested in appreciated but no longer needed. such cultural exchange they were. This is why I also organized “I am taught to do things for my elders,” Sugam Rai, a a trip to the Alps where students stayed with Italian families. student from Nepal who has taken on the role of head chef, The intensity of the experience here makes it seem that we explains later. “We wanted to do this dinner for him to enjoy, all are taking an extra course here: “culture immersion.” I think not make more work for him.” our neurons here are asked to fire faster and more often. Thank While some students chop and shred piles of vegetables, goodness I have a resident director, Candace Ruta, who helps Sugam and Wang Yu Jia from China hover over the stove. students to deal with their everyday issues. It would be much Almost four hours later, the 15 students, their professor and more challenging without her. three guests sit down to a feast. I’m very impressed with how the students are doing. This “I’m really glad I’ve learned all that I have here in France,” group is very independent. They are doing well despite some says Greg Desgrosseilliers of Maryland, reflecting on his time of them being homesick. I am impressed by how well they in Europe. “The experience is something that’s timeless. This have adjusted to the intense life here and are thriving. In class experience will not go away. We’re all going to take something they are dynamic and engaged. very important out of this experience, at least one thing. I don’t My challenges here are to encourage students to make know yet what it will be for me, but every day you learn some- good decisions, especially when it comes to finding a balance thing new, every day you see something new, every day there’s between studies and traveling, and to establish appropriate a new experience.” academic standards which will ensure they make a productive It’s a memorable evening, created through collaboration transition to the learning environment of the Colby-Sawyer and goodwill just like the very program itself. The students’ campus. Students are learning here how to make choices, time is full of these tiny moments that bind them together; because one is simply not able to take advantage of all the the full impact of their study abroad experience will emerge for cultural possibilities! They are relearning how to see and years to come, and in unexpected ways. They will always carry think from a different angle, how to be open to a different with them the memory of exploring beautiful cities, but they perspective. might also someday find themselves standing over a stove in their own home, their spouse and children in the background, Bill Thomas, Strasbourg and smile as they recall a group dinner long ago in France, This group is tight, they’re very supportive of when they lived in a fairy-tale chateau and launched their col- each other. There are dual expectations of get- lege dreams with a Global Beginning. ■ ting them to be college students and getting to see Europe, but we’re working through how to do that. The majority of these students are really talented and working well, balancing things and taking every opportunity that comes along. There are others who are struggling with the transition to college, but that’s normal. The Château is a neat place where the students can focus on work, but there’s no automatic contact with French people; it has to be generated. We have to do more to bring them to a functional level in the language. It takes a while in the culture for that sense of functionality to mature. We need to find a way to optimize their experience sooner. The semester goes by so fast. These kids are given every opportunity to take a new per- spective on things and there are an awful lot of variables as to how they do that. There is no question that some are going to go back changed in fundamental ways and be brimming at the seams to share that with others.

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Baseball last nine seasons. Senior Alicia Foss (15–24; 9–13 TCCC) (Greensboro, Vt.) finished her three-year career with 248 saves, which ranks her The baseball team made their 14th seventh all-time. Senior Allicia Murphy straight conference tournament appear- (North Bennington, Vt.) was named ance. They had a great offensive season to the All-TCC First Team. She led the and were one of the most productive team in goals (42), assists (6), and draw teams in school history, compiling the controls (45). She concludes her career third highest total of hits with 370. in fifth place all-time on the career They also achieved a top-three ranking points list with 155. She ranks tied for in school history in most of the offen- fifth in career goals with 124, and ranks sive categories. Colby-Sawyer seniors sixth in career assists with 31. Allicia Tom White (Lisbon, N.H.) and Chris ranked ninth in goals scored and fifth in Gaeta (Lynn, Mass.) were honored by draw controls among all TCCC players. The Commonwealth Coast Conference (TCCC) for their performances on the diamond. Tom earned a nod to the All- TCCC First Team for the second time of his career, while Chris was named to the All-TCCC Second Team. In addition to Tom’s All-TCCC nod, he was named

to the New England Intercollegiate PHOTO: John Quackenbos Baseball Association All-New England Tom White ’09 was one of Colby-Sawyer’s best-ever First Team. He was one of only two hitters and a First Team All-TCCC selection. players from the TCCC to be named to the first team. Tom also received Women’s Lacrosse the Chargers Award for the 2008–2009 (3–11; 2–7 TCCC) Outstanding Male Athlete of the Year. The 2009 women’s lacrosse team fea- Tom finished his Colby-Sawyer career as tured only three seniors, two juniors one of the best baseball players to ever and four sophomores. Meanwhile, the don a Chargers uniform. He solidified 13 freshmen were heavily involved his name in the record books by being from game one. The season was off to in the top three all-time in six offensive a promising 2–0 start before the team categories. Tom ranks first all-time in struggled with several close matches. doubles (39) and second all-time in hits Nevertheless, they won a late-season (164), runs (119), and stolen bases (40). conference match at Nichols to secure

He sits in third place all-time in walks PHOTO: John Quackenbos their fifth straight The Commonwealth Allicia Murphy ’09 led the team in goals, assists, and with 59 and RBI with 133. Coast Conference (TCCC) tournament draw controls, and she was a First Team All-TCCC appearance and their eighth in the selection.

44 COLBY-SAWYER ALUMNI MAGAZINE 40–25 record at doubles. The 51 singles victories ranks second all time, while the 40 doubles victories ranks tied for third all time. Senior Ben Taylor (Derry, N.H.) and sophomore Hart Callahan (Malvern, Pa.) were 9–1 overall and 5–0 in conference play as the No. 1 doubles team. For their efforts, they were named to the All-TCCC Men’s Tennis Doubles First Team. Taylor finished his career with 27 singles victories, 29 doubles victories and 56 total victories, which all rank 10th in school history. Callahan put together an 8–5 singles record at the No. 1 flight and was named to the All- PHOTO: John Quackenbos PHOTO: John Quackenbos Ben Taylor ’09 (pictured here), along with Hart TCCC Singles First Team. Amber Cronin ’11 was outstanding as both a runner Callahan ’11 were named to the All-TCCC Men’s and a jumper. She tied her own school record in the Doubles First Team. Track and Field high jump with this leap of 1.55m. The 2009 season was a good sign for Men’s Tennis England Championships, including the future of the Colby-Sawyer men’s senior Caitlin Pond (Westborough, (9–9; 6–3 TCCC) and women’s track and field athletes. Mass.) and junior Amber Cronin For the ninth straight season the Colby- Several underclassmen and first year (Buxton, Maine), who each qualified Sawyer College men’s tennis team competitors contributed greatly to individually. Amber enjoyed success in advanced to the semi-final round of the success of the team. Many school the high jump throughout the season, The Commonwealth Coast Conference records were broken and 11 athletes including a 1.55m jump on April 18 at (TCCC) tournament and had 9-plus qualified to compete at the New the Springfield Invitational and April 25 wins for the eleventh year in a row. The at the TCCC Invitational, which tied the marquee win of the season came on school record she set in 2008. Caitlin March 28 when the Chargers earned a earned her trip to New England’s after 5–4 victory over Salve Regina, snapping qualifying in the Heptathlon at Holy a 68-game regular season TCCC win Cross on April 16. She placed seventh streak by the Seahawks. After earning out of 15 at the championships and the fourth seed with a 6–3 conference earned All-New England honors. record, the Chargers hosted Nichols for The 4x100 women’s relay team com- a TCCC tournament opening round prised of Cronin, Pond, senior Julia match. Colby-Sawyer came away with a Steese (Wilmot, N.H.) and sophomore 5–2 win to advance to the semifinals at Ashley Finethy (Alton Bay, N.H.) quali- top-seeded Roger Williams, but the sea- fied for New England’s with a time of son ended at the hands of the eventual 55.04 at the Bryant Invitational. The TCCC Champion Hawks who defeated team improved their time at the ECSC Colby-Sawyer 5–0. Leading the way for Invitational to 54.74, and then at the the Chargers in 2009 was senior Evan TCCC Invitational to 53.98. At the Campbell (White River Junction, Vt.) TCCC Invitational, the 4x100 team who had a team-high 20 combined of sophomore Matt Cole (Fiskdale, victories, including 11 singles and nine Mass.), freshman Kevin Meleshuk doubles wins. Campbell made his mark (Reading, Mass.), senior Ryan Laperle as a Charger over his four-year career (Brooklyn, Conn.) and freshman Tyler PHOTO: John Quackenbos PHOTO: John Quackenbos amassing 91 total victories, which ranks Ryan Laperle ’09 was a speedy member of the team Griffin (Waterford, Conn.) set a new third in school history. He registered that won the TCCC Invitational 4x100 relay while school record with a time of 44.32 a 51–11 overall record at singles and a setting a new school record of 44.32. en route to a first place finish in the

WINTER 2010 45 Chargers student- athletes are the beneficiaries of top flight competition, receive the finest in coaching, and enjoy excellent facilities in the Jen Stavenger ’10 led the equestrian team at the Regional Championships with a first place in the Walk-Trot event. With the win, she qualified for the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association Zone Finals. following sports: event. The 4x400 men’s relay team Equestrian of Cole, Griffin, Meleshuk and senior Alpine Skiing The equestrian team performed well Ian O’Leary (Reading, Mass.) set a – Men and Women school record of 3:30.49 at the New in the fall and spring seasons. After England Championships after qualify- showing six times in the fall, the team showed twice in the spring, in addi- Baseball ing and winning the race at the TCCC – Men Invitational in a time of 3:35.13. Cole tion to competing at the Regional also won the 400m dash in a time of Championships and Zone Finals. On March 29, the team was in action at the Basketball 53.27 at the TCCC’s. Sophomore Josh – Men and Women Commey (Trade-Fair, Calif.) and Laperle Regional Championships held at Mount also qualified for New England’s as Ida. Junior Jen Stavenger (Manchester, N.H.) led the riders with a first place Cross Country individuals in the 100m dash. Commey – Men and Women clocked in at 11.33 at the Springfield in the Walk-Trot event. With the win, Jen qualified for the Intercollegiate Invitational to earn the trip, while Equestrian Laperle won the race at the TCCC Horse Show Association (IHSA) Zone Championships in a time of 11.34 to Finals at Mount Holyoke College. Also – Men and Women at the Regional Championships, junior qualify. Commey also won the 200m dash at the TCCC’s in 23.02. O’Leary set Natalie Miller (Lebanon, N.H.) fin- Lacrosse a new school record in the 800m at the ished third in the Novice Flat event, – Women TCCC Invitational in a time of 2:00.41, while sophomore Sara Juel-Larsen beating his previous record of 2:01.50. (Storrs, Conn.) placed fourth in the Soccer Also at the TCCC Championships, Intermediate Fences event. In the – Men and Women freshman Kellie Valentine (West Walk-Trot-Canter event, junior Jessy Lebanon, N.H.) set a new school record McLavey (Merrimack, N.H.) finished Swimming & Diving in the hammer throw with a distance fourth. Jen Stavenger finished fifth in – Men and Women of 32.88m. She beat the previous the Walk-Trot division at the IHSA Zone mark of 31.43m set by 2008 Colby- Championships at Mount Holyoke. At Tennis Sawyer Athletics Hall of Fame inductee zone finals, riders compete in their divi- – Men and Women Stephanie Roy ‘02. sion against the top two riders of each of the four regions in the zone. Track and Field – Men and Women Go Chargers! In 2009 there were 19 Chargers named to TCCC All-Academic teams. Volleyball – Women

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Dorothy Hess Spears Janet Green Dean 1934 JULY 02, 2009 AUGUST 4, 2009 1956 Irma Sanford Behrens Gretchen Stubbs Stone JANUARY 10, 2009 Helen McGrath Hayes SEPTEMBER 04, 2009 JULY 07, 2009 1946 Robenia Myrer Smith MARCH 23, 2009 Barbara Moulton Chase Charlotte Capon Twitchell JULY 08, 2009 JANUARY 08, 2008 1957 Grace Colton Smith Lucille Lane Kelleher 1935 SEPTEMBER 27, 2009 1942 APRIL 8, 2009 Hazel Washburn Hutchings JULY 21, 2007 Beverly Booth Taylor Elizabeth Abt Hardy FEBRUARY 24, 2008 MAY 27, 2009 1958 Doris Cooper Jeanne Cushing Hawkins Nancy Longmore Cryan Janice Hesse Somerville MARCH 19, 2009 JULY 4, 1996 MARCH 20, 2009 JULY 04, 2009 Phoebe Neal Burns Barbara Buck Heenan 1936 JUNE 27, 2009 JULY 22, 2009 1959 Nancy Fuller Sargent Patricia Reid Brailey Nancy Houghton Lothrop APRIL 10, 2009 APRIL 30, 2009 JUNE 28, 2009 1947 Marjorie Crocker Handy Constance Ernst Hatch APRIL 26, 2009 Mary Ricker Bohmer JULY 24, 2009 JUNE 19, 2008 1963 Susan Thompson Lynd 1937 1943 1950 AUGUST 16, 2009 Marguerite Getchell Huff Evelyn Hendershot Gumbs MARCH 24, 2009 Joan Hubley Sundeen AUGUST 22, 2005 MARCH 23, 2009 1964 Martha Ware Dorothy Ramlose Fisher Jane Woodruff Hutter Nancy Dearborn Lovetere AUGUST 4, 2009 AUGUST 16, 2009 FEBRUARY 10, 2009 FEBRUARY 06, 2009 Faith Butterfield Wyer Louise Sherman Pearce AUGUST 26, 2009 Helen Germundson Bartlett JUNE 28, 2009 JULY 26, 2009 1965 Barbara Thomas Graham Dorothea Gay Bewley Anne ‘Sandy’ Coburn Odell OCTOBER 10, 2009 AUGUST 15, 2009 JULY 08, 2009 1951 Marion Weait Tresouthick 1938 1944 JANUARY 17, 2009 1968 Barbara Howard Welch Helen Gottschaldt Christie Lisa Spencer JUNE 28, 2009 OCTOBER 2, 2008 APRIL 8, 2008 1952 Ann Merrill Heald Mary Goodnow McCollum 1939 JANUARY 21, 2009 MARCH 9, 2007 1980 Martha Morgan Burns Madeline Chamberlain Joan Comeskey Whiting Anne Smith Bradford JUNE 1, 2009 MAY 2, 2009 McKinnon MAY 23, 2009 Annette Caldwell Blais JUNE 12, 2009 JUNE 2, 2009 Shirley Lorraine 1953 1983 McCullough Joan Otis Peterson Lisa Harrison Michaud AUGUST 16, 2009 1940 JUNE 13, 2009 APRIL 4, 2008 Nancy White Simpson Margaret Gilbert Stanton Judith Seidler Ford APRIL 19, 2009 JUNE 17, 2009 SEPTEMBER 16, 2008 1994 Barbara Weld McGuire Jean Bush Gabriel Mary Lou Bridge Boyt Kathy Cyr AUGUST 29, 2009 MARCH 29, 2009 SEPTEMBER 30, 2009 APRIL 12, 2009 Elaine Olson Smith 1941 1945 MAY 7, 2009 1996 Marion McGar Thacher Gloria Fisher Lee Virginia Erb McGinley Daniel Lussier AUGUST 2, 2007 OCTOBER 11, 2007 MAY 24, 2009 OCTOBER 1, 2009 Jeanne Hall Johnson Nancy Case Colt Sheila Welsh Tuller MAY 29, 2009 APRIL 18, 2009 JULY 18, 2009 Barbara Bartlett Hill Helen Parmalee Leslie Nancy Baldwin Adams APRIL 2, 2009 APRIL 27, 2009 SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

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Farmington, CT, which is a latest was born on Thanksgiving ACADEMY senior residence with assisted 2008: Daniel Scott Colby, son living services. Ruth is totally of Deborah and Peter Colby and 1937 cared for by a Jamaican woman grandson of Pamela Sheldon, all Please send your news to the to 1934 named Olive, who has been with of Concord, NH. Genevieve was Office of Alumni Relations and Please send your news to the us going on 4 years. She lives looking forward to the wedding Annual Giving Office of Alumni Relations with us in Apt. 109 ‘24/7.’ A of granddaughter Allison Hughes 541 Main Street and Annual Giving progressive dementia has robbed to Daniel O’Neil of Stoughton, New London, NH 03257 541 Main Street Ruth of her ability to speak, MA, in Aug. 2009. As for me, e-mail: [email protected] New London, NH 03257 which distresses us. Otherwise Barbara Melendy Parker, I had Please See In Fond Memory e-mail: [email protected] she seems quite well.” Zoe my barn and porch scraped Please See In Fond Memory Rollins Kraus writes, “The last and repainted by a group of 5 time I answered your request, I teenagers and 1 adult from the had some interesting facts to tell Kearsarge Work Camp, which 1938 you. However, I can hardly think is sponsored by the Group Mary Trafton Simonds 1935 of anything you would care Workcamp Foundation. They 1010 Waltham Street, about. The only thing I can think had not met before, and each Ethelyn “Jackie” Dorr Symons Apartment 320 is, one morning when I opened came from a different state. You c/o Sue Symons Lexington, MA 02421 my door on my front step there would have thought they were 1088 Crockett Farm Road (781) 862-7131 was the biggest water moccasin. professional painters, but they Coupeville, WA 98239 I had to call my dad to bring his weren’t—just teenagers having Barbara Knowles Merrill reports (360) 678-0403 revolver and shoot it so I could a good time at work, and eager that her husband William died Please See In Fond Memory get out of my house! At the time to help others. This group was June 21, 2008; they had been I was living near a brook and co-sponsored by the Trinity Bible married 62 years. She has 3 the snake must have come out Church of South Sutton, NH, children living in Vero Beach, of there. Can’t believe I am 92!” and Casey Family Services. Each FL, and one living in CA. She 1936 Nancy Martin LaBahn and her day they had ‘devotions’ after has her own apartment in Vero Barb Melendy Parker husband Bill celebrated their 60th lunch, and asked me to attend. Beach, and turned 91 in Aug. 14 Little Britton Lane anniversary last spring and have Keep smiling, Barb. Betty Champlin Bottorf writes, New London, NH 03257 4 grandchildren. The oldest is “I moved to Walnut Creek, Please See In Fond Memory (603) 526-2724 married, the second is divorced, CA, 4 years ago to be near my and the 2 youngest have their Geraldine “Jerry” McKewen drivers licenses. “Very helpful for Bateman writes, “My darling us grandparents!” Nancy writes. granddaughter Laura Bateman “We stay pretty close to home Save the Date! learned that she has breast can- and enjoy our summer at the cer. Better news is that she is in Our next Alumni lake.” Trude Brauner Rose is good spirits. Although she’s on thankful that she celebrated her Fall Festival is chemo, she still goes to work 93rd birthday in good health. and cares for her 3 children, with October 1–3, 2010! “I still live in my own home, much help from her husband and take care of myself,” Trude Reconnect with friends and and oldest daughter Erika.” Jerry says. “But life is slowing down, classmates, and celebrate still loves living at the Earl M. and I lost several good friends.” Bourdon Center and has made your college memories. Genevieve Shaw Todd is now Alumni some great friends there. Ruth living at Sunrise of Braintree in Allen Gear’s husband Fred www.colby-sawyer.edu/ Braintree, MA, and would love Fall Festival reports that “Ruth is comfort- to hear from old friends. She alumni/fallfestival ably living in The Gables at October 1–3, 2010 has 6 great-grandchildren. The

48 COLBY-SAWYER ALUMNI MAGAZINE Warner brought me up to date Send your news and photos to your with her. She is still in her apart- 1942 ment in Middletown, CT. She class correspondent or to the Office of Bobbie Boyd Bradley has 3 girls, a boy and 2 grand- Alumni Relations and Annual Giving: Jan. 1 – May 1: children. Her granddaughter is at 601 Seaview Court, C-311 Grinnell College, her grandson e-mail: [email protected] Marco Island, FL 34145-2939 has finished college. Bobbie sum- (239) 394-2881 mers in Oak Bluffs on Martha’s mail: Colby-Sawyer College e-mail: [email protected] Vineyard—a fun place for her Office of Alumni Relations and Annual Giving May 2 – Dec. 31: kids to visit. We agreed to make 541 Main Street 865 Central Avenue, our next reunion—2012—God New London, NH 03257 Apartment l-203 willing! Harriet Figley Urschel Needham, MA 02492 still enjoys good health and (781) 400-5249 she has been married 66 years! daughter. My condo is nice, as home with her in Jamaica Plain, e-mail: [email protected] Congratulations! She has 3 is the retirement home, but I do Boston, for my first Thanksgiving children, 3 grandchildren and 2 miss CT and my friends.” Inez holiday weekend, since I had My thanks to Shirley Parsons great-grandchildren. The Urschels Gianfranchi Snowdon says no family in the U.S. to go to. I who sent me news unsolicited! winter in Melbourne, FL, and live that although she has aches and also thought of Ms. Ann Silver, She reports that all is well but in Perrysburg, OH. What fun to pains, she’s still going strong and our class adviser, and Viola she has slowed up a lot and has talk to Helen “Bucky” Starbuck manages to spend summer at her Pfrommer, my special Foreign a breathing problem. It’s hard to Moore. Her sister-in-law lives camp in Acton, ME, “watching Student Adviser who became a imagine you “slowed up,” Shirl, here at North Hill and keeps the lake go up and down with good friend and insisted that I but you have lots of company. me posted, but I haven’t talked all the rain.” She adds, “I am call her Vi. I corresponded with It comes with our old age! Shirl to Bucky for a long, long time. still volunteering at the church both for several years after I also sent me an obituary from She recently fell and reinjured ‘budget box’ and doing a terrific graduated in 1939. I also recall the local paper for Phoebe Neal her back, but is now home after business.” Dr. Duane Squires, who taught Burns. Phoebe was a registered rehab. She was in great spirits us International Relations. Then medical technologist at the Please See In Fond Memory because her daughter was visit- there was the special field trip a Franklin County Public Hospital ing from AZ. Her daughter has small group of our class took, as in Greenfield, MA, and had been battling MS for some time reward by the college for running been living in South Deerfield. so Bucky hadn’t seen her for 5 1939 the first Colby Camp for refugee The poor response I had sent years and was so excited that children from Nazi Germany. me to the telephone to try to Class Correspondent Needed she was able to make the trip We held the camp in the field wrestle up some news. Fun for Please send your news to the to Southport, CT. A long phone house by Lake Sunapee before me! Katherine “Kitty” Gordon Office of Alumni Relations visit with Nancy Nelson Price the building was moved closer to Ridgway enjoys water walking and Annual Giving gave me lots to report. She lives campus. During reunion week- for exercise. Her son and his wife 541 Main Street in Jamestown, NY, and until end I stayed overnight at the are organic farmers and he is also New London, NH 03257 this year she and her husband (a New London Inn. It looks about 1st selectman of West Cornwall, e-mail: [email protected] Williams man, as is mine) have the same as in the old days, CT, where Kitty lives. She has wintered in Siesta Key, FL. This Ai-Li Sung Chin sent an e-mail except for some updating of facil- 5 grandchildren. I talked to year, however, they will have recounting her experience at ities. Oh yeah, the class picture! Virginia “Jinny” Leighty Severs their first northern winter in a Alumni Fall Festival and the Since I was the oldest alum there, and was happy to learn she’s long time. Let’s hope it’s an eas- memories that it brought back. I had the honor of having my feeling better. She had been in ier one than last year! They have She writes, “Here is what I class picture taken with President the hospital and spent a month 3 boys, the oldest a lawyer near- remember about my reunion Galligan himself! in a nursing home for rehab, but by, and 6 great-grandchildren. weekend. I remember going to was happy to be home with her Please See In Fond Memory Lucky ones! Our 1st granddaugh- the President’s reception and girls. We hope to get together ter was married in July. If we’re looking for gray-haired ladies this winter. Marcia Barnes lucky, maybe we’ll have a great to talk to, to find out if they Shaw-Straube and Hal took before we die. Nancy Bowman were near my class. Three such 1940 a trip to AK with Vero Beach Rutherford is still in her own ladies were 5 years behind me! friends. They are heading south Judy Conover Reinicker home in East Longmeadow, MA, I was the only one there to rep- to Vero Beach, FL, for the win- 107 Cardiff Court West and still drives. She is doing resent the oldest 5 classes! I had ter. A long visit via phone with Newark, DE 19711-3442 well but, of course, misses her brought along the picture of 9 Barbara “Bobbie” Molander (302) 239-0965 husband, George, who passed of us taken at our 60th reunion, e-mail: [email protected] hoping to see some of you and to show you the picture. I was then Please See In Fond Memory Want to find out if other Colby-Sawyer alumni driven around by a member of live in your area? Get in The Loop! the Colby-Sawyer Advancement Office to see Appletree House, which was a dormitory where I 1941 stayed in my second year. There Janice Wilkins was a sign on the house saying 20 Longwood Drive, it was built in 1840, reminding Apartment 274 me what a privilege it was to stay Westwood, MA 02090 there. My roommate for that year (781) 320-3240 was Mary Russell, who took me www.colby-sawyer.edu/alumni Please See In Fond Memory

WINTER 2010 49 part of NH has had 5 inches of New England Square & Round Colby-Sawyer may be coming rain! Some people have reading Dance Convention in Sturbridge, groups, but Carolyn Sigourney MA, we drove to Elizabethtown, to an area near you! Holtz has drawing/painting. Her PA, for granddaughter Crystal’s husband recovered well from college symphonic band concert. Visit www.colby-sawyer.edu/ his bypass surgery in July 2008. In May we were back at Hope alumni/events for a complete They traveled to the OR coast College for Paul’s graduation. In and visited her daughter and June, we flew to Long Beach, CA, list of upcoming alumni events. family at Cultus Lake, BC, in July for the ROUNDALAB Teachers for kayaking. Carolyn’s brother Convention and the National and his wife from Nahant, MA, Square Dance Convention, visited them in June. Frances where we danced and taught, set away last year. She has 3 chil- Morton Nugent has been happy up several displays on dancing dren, 5 grandchildren and 7 to live at the adult separate in New England, attended the great-grandchildren. She also 1943 unit community Trading Cove ARTS-DANCE meeting and took told me that Mary Reed Cody Peg Morse Tirrell Commons for the past 5 years. a couple days to visit our son had moved to Newton Center, Post Office Box 37 After her husband Bob died, the and family in San Bernardino. MA, from Mexico, where she Lower Waterford, VT 05848-0037 house became too much for her We planned to fly back there in lived for 20 years. Mary is near (802) 748-8538 to handle so she appreciated Oct. for grandson Ryan’s wed- some of her 5 daughters. She is e-mail: [email protected] the association taking over and ding. In July we drove the motor also only about 15 minutes from “It’s somewhat odd, but very allowing her to have her own home 4,000 miles to Rayne, me so I hope to see her before exciting, living in what was to small and convenient home. She LA, for the National Square long. Mary has 6 grandchildren be ‘the future,’ but realizing that keeps busy with bridge, lunches, Dance Campers Association (5 boys and a girl) and is in fairly future is NOW,” writes Elizabeth her family, and reading the ’43 International Camporee. good health, though no longer Stretch Henry, who recently news. Margo DeGraff Hotaling’s Virginia Mack Gregory has a driving. She lives in an apart- found a picture of her grand- husband died and she moved to new address in Troy, NY. If any- ment complex which she loves. mother’s 86th birthday party with the Sanford Home in Amsterdam, one has a new address for Ruth Peggy Irwin Shattuck lives at herself, now 87, there beside her NY, which she loves. Margo Eberhardt Mason, please send it Piper Shores in Scarborough, grandmother! She’s also been writes, “The girls here are great to us as mail to her Parsippany, ME, a beautiful life care facility busy tending to 3 Siamese rescue and there’s a lot to do with good NJ, address was returned “unable overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. cats. Her first granddaughter is things to occupy our time. The to forward.” Since we had a She is in good health and sends now a graduate at NC and her Alumni Magazine is great.” Since number of 3-year Med Tech stu- her best to all her ’42 classmates. first grandson just entered West going there, Margo lost her par- dents who started their college Marcia “Mish” Barnes Shaw- Point. Pricilla Coan Barnes and ents. All is well with Blanche careers with our class of ’43, we Straube also lives at Piper Shores. her husband Jim are thankful “Blani” Worth Siegfried, who is will include the few cards we Dave and I almost moved there, for their good health. Priscilla’s dividing her time between Vero received. If you do not see their too, but our children thought granddaughter Anna’s wedding Beach, FL, and Bridgehampton, writeup here, please go to the it was too far. Instead we’re in was Aug. 15. Granddaughter NY. She has 6 great-grandchil- class of ’44. Priscilla Bullock our own Paradise, North Hill, Ginger will bless them with dren, a Stanford graduate and a Bubar of Littleton, ME, is busy in Needham, MA, just 20 min- great-grandchild number 11 in wedding in Nov. in Philadelphia. with a book group, art workshop, utes away from our 3 sons. Our Dec. Last Mar. Priscilla and Jim Jean Wackerbarth Hadidian’s gardening, good friends and daughter lives in Kennebunk flew to St. Paul, MN, to enjoy the husband of nearly 60 years died family. Her first great-grandchild Beach, ME, 2 hours away. Dave inauguration of their son, Dr. Jay Nov. 9, 2007. Jean’s longtime was due in Oct. She goes to her and I celebrated our 65th wed- Barnes, as the president of Bethel friend Jeanne “Penny” Losey daughter’s in Farmington, ME, ding anniversary in Oct. and University & Seminary. Virginia Bole ’44 was planning to visit for a couple months in the win- thank God every day for giving Hansen Gato still volunteers 2 her in the summer. Jean’s 2 ter. Jean Marquier Molloy had us so many years together. The to 4 mornings a week at nearby daughters, Olivia and Allison, to cancel all her Colby-Sawyer high point of this year was our Baptist Hospital and is able to use ages 13 and 14, are A students reunion plans last year when she granddaughter’s wedding in July. her Spanish knowledge now and and great soccer players. Frank suddenly needed a heart stent She and her husband, Eli Barnes, then in this multi-cultural atmo- and Jean Thurman Ramsey cel- and coronary artery clearing. She met as sophomores at Deerfield sphere. “Thank you, Miss Alonso. ebrated their 48th anniversary. managed to spend part of last Academy, both 3rd generation (CJC 1941-43).” Jean Spencer They’re enjoying retirement in Dec. in IN with her granddaugh- Deerfield alums. She went to Brown and Bob have their first Good Samaritan Village, which ters: Pam, married to Kevin, Bowdoin and he went to U. of great-granddaughter plus 7 other has many great amenities. Mary with children Dillon and Olivia; VA, but love persevered! We grandchildren, and are thankful Scheu Teach mailed her card Jenny, unmarried and chang- think the world of him and his that they are well. They travel on as she was heading down to ing careers; and Adrienne, who family so it’s a happy time for short trips, but summer on the Irvington, IA, to visit relatives is pursuing her doctorate at MI all. Although I enjoyed talking to Jersey Shore is where they love after visiting granddaughter State. In Feb., Jean traveled to AL everyone, please do respond to to be. Doris Douglas Butler’s Jessy and her husband in San for her oldest son Michael’s com- my plea cards. Everyone loves to granddaughter graduated from Francisco, CA, where she toured missioning in the Air Force; he’d hear about their classmates! My Wellesley College. Doris belongs the new CA Academy of Science. been on fellowship in DC with ancient age makes this job harder to the local chapter of DAR and Mary is busy in New London and the Dept. of Transportation after each year. Thank goodness for is preparing for their annual still playing tennis—barely! In receiving his advanced degree in the patience of the Alumni tag sale to help support a his- Feb. we and our daughter drove chemical engineering. In May, Office, but I do need word from toric house the chapter owns. to Hope College in Holland, Jean went with Mike and his wife all of you! Shirley Hobbs Craven hoped MI, to hear our grandson Paul’s Kathleen to the Police Officer’s Please See In Fond Memory her classmates were enjoying senior voice/organ recital; In Apr. Memorial in DC and went on to nice summer weather, but her after dancing and cueing at the West Point for the 65th reunion

50 COLBY-SAWYER ALUMNI MAGAZINE past summer when they were ME, replied, “No, and as long as Contact the Office at their camp on Lake Sunapee. I can drive, I’ll stay right here!” Shirley Tunison Eustis writes, She is well after a bout with of Alumni Relations “It delights me when I meet an colon and breast cancer, and had and Annual Giving: interesting woman and find that a daughter in FL married in Oct. she went to Colby; we have that to a minister from the United extra tie: a painter, a rescue dog Church of Christ. Myrtle planned trainer, a top golfer, a Sun Valley to attend the Moose Festival ski instructor, a med tech. Does in Colebrook, NH, at the end the school attract diversity, or of Aug. Jane Titus George has create it? My son, Mark, is a GPS been a professional real estate specialist and does Homeland broker for the last 30 years and (800) 266-8253 Security work in DC. He is mar- is a docent at the Philadelphia Louise Fiacre Krauss ’44 and Shirley ried and lives 8 miles from me. Zoo, where she gives tours for Merz Bryant ’44 on Hutchinson or email us at alumni@ Island in Stuart, Fla. colby-sawyer.edu My daughter Pam is an events school groups, seniors and the manager for museums and inter- general public. She spends 12 choir in Fall River and also has national companies, is married, hours a week at a major grocery the joy of being a great-grand- of Neil’s class. “Daughter Nancy and lives in NYC with Bob and store in the area where she is the mother again, which will make and husband Bob joined us,” son Ben, age 5. I do volunteer “banana guru” and sets up fan- this 9 great-grands! As of May, Jean writes. “There was a memo- work in the archives of the tastic displays. From CA comes Barbara has moved to an assisted rial service for those who had Air and Space Museum in DC. news from Connie Brailey living facility called Bay View. CA joined the ‘Long Grey Line.’ We Over the years I’ve arranged art Ackroyd, who has been helping alum Janet Peters Gardiner says returned home to news that our exchanges for museums interna- friends move from one area of th she and her husband Dick live a 6 great grandchild was born: tionally, worked with galleries San Diego to another. She writes, simple life. She doesn’t play golf Lilly Keitly, in IN.” Jean is con- and managed an art school. Trips “Life is much better when we’re anymore, but Dick plays several sidering a trip to San Francisco to all parts of our world have busy, but my body doesn’t want times a week—and for that she with the CA group to visit the been great and one of the best to move as fast as usual.” She is envious! Ann Norton Merrill King Tut’s exhibit and is still is the biannual CSC President’s has 2 granddaughters in DC and attended her son’s surprise 60th working on health issues. Alumni Advisory Council— Seattle, and her children are in birthday in Atlanta. Her daughter truly energizing!” Louise Fiacre Please See In Fond Memory HI, VT and CA. Shirley Merz Antoinette Curtis Ledzian ’66 Krauss has lived in Vero Beach, Bryant lives in Bermuda Run, of CT has published a children’s FL, for 25 years. Her 60-year-old NC, 9 months of the year and book. Her daughter Debbie still son has come to live with her in Hague-on-Lake George for 3 lives in Greece, but planned to and is a great help. Lou has 9½ 1944 months. In the fall she watches visit in Aug. Ann attended the great-grandchildren (6 girls, 3 Class Correspondent Needed her grandson, Ryan Taylor, play wedding of her godson at Squam boys ages 1-10) who all live in Please send your news to the football for the University of NC. Lake. Ann’s husband is 96 and Austin, TX, or NM. Lou went to Office of Alumni Relations “One of my accomplishments she writes that he is doing great. one of her daughters’ wedding in and Annual Giving this year was winning the Davie They have 4 great-grandchildren. NM. She said she still plays golf 541 Main Street County Croquet Championship Cynthia Alexander Carlson twice a week (but very poorly!) New London, NH 03257 for 85 and over,” she says. adds a bit of humor to her mes- Lila Latham Touhey summered e-mail: [email protected] “The last weekend of Sept. I sage, saying, “I guess there aren’t at her home on Lake Champlain went to Raleigh to compete in very many of us left above the Editor’s Note: Special thanks to for the 65th year. Her quiet the state games.” Mary Percy sod!” She may be right, for this Penny Losey Bole, who is stepping town still has an art gallery, the Vaughan from Columbus, GA, time around I haven’t heard from down as your class correspondent famous ice cream store, a post has grandchildren and children as many of you as in the past. after serving faithfully since 2004. office and several gift shops. She in Seattle, Palo Alto, Los Angeles, Cynthia feels most fortunate that This is Penny’s final column. has many friends at her retire- NYC, Milwaukee, Brookline and she and her husband have all ment home in Slingerlands. At Ann Tilton Carpenter still plays Canada. She invites all who of their knees, hips and brains! the bottom of the card where it tennis, golf and a lot of bridge. might be in Columbus, GA, to She found out 11 years ago that asks “Recently Moved?” Myrtle She hoped to show her youngest stop by and visit her pet-friendly she has Crohn’s disease, and her Furbush Mansfield of Alfred, granddaughter Colby-Sawyer this home. Neither she nor her hubby hubby has macular degeneration. drive anymore, but have access She still enjoys driving and has to a chauffeur service. Jane managed to keep their homes Cooper Fall of Rochester, NH, is in FL for wintertime and WI for Get in The Loop and stay in touch busy playing golf, volunteering spring and summer. While in WI, with friends and classmates! and trying to remove the clut- she gardens—in a chair—boss- ter that has accumulated for 65 ing a couple of kids around. years. Elizabeth Marden Hyde Jessie “Jay” Fyfe Armstrong of had no special news to relate, but Chatham, NJ, writes that bridge thanked me for being the scribe is still on her agenda. Although for our class for the past 5 years. she now is on oxygen, she still Barbara Philliips Mello has dines out and enjoys her 3 chil- unfortunately spent some time in dren and 8 grandchildren. Mary the hospital and nursing home Jane Niedner Mason, who has getting rid of an infection in her Login at moved into a semi-retirement leg, and she has had other pain- village in CT called Arbor Rose, www.colby-sawyer.edu/alumni ful difficulties with arthritis and lost her 3 husbands but is now scoliosis. Barbara is in the church

WINTER 2010 51 Dick and I last visited “Bushie” been traveling and volunteer- community college, swimming around Labor Day, lunching at a ing at her local senior center. twice a week, and volunteering at little eatery she loved, and then Eileen Lutz White loves their the church gift shop and the his- returning to her home in New retirement community in Hilton torical Captain’s House. Nancy London. With the memories Head, where they have plenty Grinnell Sayre feels good about of a friendship stretching back of room for family to visit. She still living in her old house. She 65 years, I’ll certainly miss her has grandkids graduating from had a girl and 3 boys, but she happy spirit, her sharing her college and getting married. lost her oldest son. One son is home with any of us from Colby- Suzanne Needham Houston has a vet. She keeps busy around the Sawyer, and her warmth and moved to Wake Robin, a con- house and with church activi- amazing outlook on life, even as tinuing care facility in Shelburne, ties. Shirley Rimbach Rohan is she knew hers was ebbing away. VT, and is enjoying life there quite a celebrity: This year she To those of you who knew her, with her puppy and lots of inter- was named “Citizen of the Year” she certainly enriched our souls. esting people. Emily Morgan by the Concord, MA, newspaper. I shall miss you, “Bushie,” but Clemmer lives in Sarasota, FL, No wonder: Shirl and her fam- I am so thankful that our paths and is mainly visiting doctors, ily have operated the Concord crossed in life. but she enjoys beaching and Diner and dining boat trips on going to jazz concerts. She is also the river daily for many years. Please See In Fond Memory a great-grandma! So is Nancy She has also been involved in Dean Maynard, whose newest many local volunteer positions The late Jean Bush Gabriel ’44 and is a little boy. Lucky Nance—2 through the years. Her husband Jeanne “Penny” Bole ’44 at Jean’s 1945 of her grands are close by so she has since passed away. Despite New London home. can watch them grow. Nance is her open heart surgery, Shirl is Ruth Anderson Padgett well and volunteering 2 days a still going strong, although she 2535 Ardath Road close to her son Bruce and his week at her local hospital. Doris states that she has turned some La Jolla, CA 92037 family in New Britain. M.J. has 3 Peakes Kendall still enjoys living of her duties over to her daughter (858) 454-4623 children, and last Oct. attended in Cape Cod, has had grandkids and family. If you locals want to e-mail: [email protected] the wedding of her grandson. graduating from colleges all over enjoy a leisurely afternoon and Her daughter Bonnie is married Martha Whitney Steers wanted the country, volunteers at her early evening with good food, go to Peter McCausland, who owns to know why I wished to hear senior center and is involved in to the Concord River boatyard a large company called Air Gas. from an 84-year-old widow. Well, Beach Stickers. Doris is in touch and say Hello to Skipper Shirley; Joan Sandler Musen of Boynton here’s why: You’re vertical and with Margaret Wells Bush and they operate from the spring Beach, FL, has 8 children and ventilating! Martha lives in a Grace MacDonald Ross. Joan until Oct. Lois Lippincott Lang 19 grandchildren, and recently wonderful retirement community Smith McIver of Westport, CT, is having fun downsizing, and is celebrated the birth of their 9th in Williamsburg, VA, learning to had a wonderful family 60th anni- amazed at all of the things she great-grandchild. Joan does vol- cope with 2 knee replacements versary celebration last Oct. with has accumulated over the years. unteer work at the local hospital and the loss of her dear husband. her son and 3 daughters and All is well with the Langs. Polly and is busy with her husband She’s been in contact with Jean their mates. Gus and I have had White Phillips changed courses Edwin, playing bridge and enjoy- Morely Lovett, who is remarried back-to-back house guests since at CSC so she really graduated ing the family. Mary Helen and busy traveling. She is mov- the first of June and we loved with the class of 1947, but she Mitchell Williams volunteers at ing in Oct. to Palm City, FL. Jean them, but boy are we tired! As still considers 1946 her class. She Hope Church and other charita- Jacob Vetter’s 2 daughters also of this writing, we plan to treat lived in NH most of her life until ble organizations along with golf graduated from Colby-Sawyer! ourselves to a 14-day cruise in she lost her husband in 1990, in Fairfield, CT, and Manchester, Judith Allen Lawrence is enjoy- Oct. from Ft. Lauderdale through then moved to ME 4 years later. VT. She and her husband of 64 ing the quiet life in the small the Panama Canal to San Diego. All of her children are nearby years have “flirted with cancer” village of Deerfield, MA, after Thanks for all your good help in and visit often. Polly has moved but are still “hanging in there.” years of travel in the military. putting this column together… into a retirement apartment, They have 3 sons and a daugh- Janet Davis Keegan leads a busy couldn’t do it without you! where she especially enjoys the ter in their 50s and 60s and 7 volunteer life in Manchester, NH, day trips. She has fond memo- Please See In Fond Memory grandchildren, all of whom have where she recently printed the ries of Colby and returned sev- finished their education except history of Elliot Hospital in scrap- eral times when her daughter one at Lehigh and the youngest book form. She has one grand- attended the college for 1 year at Colgate. Betsy VanGorder daughter and 3 grandsons. Janet then transferred to UNH. Nancy Minkler has found a new life 1946 is in touch with Jay Shanley Olcott Moreland spent many Ramona “Hoppy” Hopkins companion in Ed Hill, who helps Puckhaber and Shal Glidden summers at CSC as the wife of O’Brien keep her life full and active. I, Splaine. Shal has been battling one of the scientists attending 54 Texel Drive Penny Losey Bole, have been giant cell arthritis but it doesn’t the Gordon research team that Springfield, MA 01108-2638 your class scribe for 5 years and slow her down. Elizabeth Bryant occupied CSC all summer long. (413) 739-2071 have enjoyed hearing personally Parker writes from Windsor, They and their children moved from so many of you. But now CT, that she’s busy volunteering Jane Hatch Benson lives in West to CT in 1952 when her husband it is time to pass the joy of this at the historical society, DAR, Yarmouth, MA, and has 4 girls joined Pfizer. Three of their 4 on to one of you. Please pick up a local nursing home and the and a boy. One of the girls had a children live in the area. Walt where I left off, and experience church Republican committee— set of twins. Jane lives with her passed away in 1990. Nancy the joy of “remembering when”! and all that with a pacemaker! oldest daughter in her home, has been lucky to watch her 6 Sadly, after I submitted my final She’s a 5-year cancer survivor. and they own and operate a B&B grandchildren grow—“Much too news for our class, I learned Mary Lou Craffey Ackley sold in town called The Inn at Lewis fast,” she states. Two years ago, of Jean Bush Gabriel’s death. her business 20 years ago and has Bay. Jane enjoys a busy life, with she moved into an adult living a course in geneology at the

52 COLBY-SAWYER ALUMNI MAGAZINE community in Mystic, CT. Nancy moved to the east side of Welshes but was actually the still enjoys reading. Virginia Cincinnati in 2002 and reverted widower of Shirt and Ginny’s Parsons Breuer from Newington, to the name of her deceased first deceased classmate, Virginia CT, says all is well with the husband so she would have the “Gino” Brock Kenworthy ’47. Bruers and their brood. Ginny same name as her sons and 6 of Katherine “Kay” Heinrich Clark still enjoys live theatre at the her grandchildren. Jan still plays was on her way to Algonquin Bushnell in Hartford and singing. a lot of golf. After 2 cancers and Park, Canada, where she and her When I spoke with Mollie Miller a stroke she feels the Lord has brother go up early every year to Tanner, she was leaving soon for finally blessed her with pretty open the family place. Charlotte her holiday jaunt to her daugh- good health. She was in Ft. “Charlie” Hopkins Canha and ter’s in Long Island, and then Worth, TX, in July for a grand- her husband John went on a was going to FL to spend some daughter’s wedding. In Aug., she great Elderhostel Trip to time with her brother. I’m doing flew back to Ft. Worth to attend Williamsburg last Christmas. well now but I’m not as fast as her grandson’s wedding. Another Charlie made another trip to SD I used to be. As Gene Autry grandson, who lives in on her own. She said Mt. used to say, “I’m back in the Cincinnati near Jan, got engaged Rushmore was on her “Bucket saddle again, back when a to be married next June. One of List,” but not on John’s. She friend is a friend...” Jan’s TX granddaughters moved added that if any of us hadn’t in with her for 3 years while she seen that movie, “The Bucket Please See In Fond Memory got her master’s in architecture at List,” we should make a point to U of C. She graduated last year see it. Both Canhas are “fine and and is happily employed in dandy” and were looking forward Jean “Jeje” Harding Pierce ’47 and Cincinnati. Jan’s kids gave her a to a trip to Cape Cod because Julie Loeffell Hughes ’47 enjoyed 1947 th big 80 birthday party in Sept. their eldest grandson, Mark, was Nancy Nutter Snow some time together in Boca Grande, She kept in touch with her 2 sent by his Berkeley, CA, school 79 Greystone Circle Fla., in April. roommates but, sadly, both have to Brewster, MA, to play baseball Post Office Box 485 passed away. Bridge, golf, her this past summer. He joined the New London, NH 03257 looking forward to exploring and grandkids’ weddings, and volun- Cape Cod Baseball League and Phone: (603) 526-6287 enjoying this quaint city in their teer work cover Jan’s activities. plays right field for the Brewster e-mail: [email protected] free time. Jean Klaubert Friend was surprised to see a picture in She was interested to find that a Whitecaps. Their CA grand- Grace Green Williams the latest CSC Alumni Magazine fellow she dated in HS moved to daughter, Chelsea, graduated 102 Main Street of Jane Maynard Gibson and New London with his wife when from high school this year and Post Office Box 316 herself when they had their he retired. Beej Smith will be going to CSSD in San New London, NH 03257 mini-reunion at the Friends’ Thompson spent Feb. in Vero Diego on a rowing scholarship. Phone: (603) 526-6463 home in Pinehurst, NC. I had Beach, FL, and was surprised to The Canhas’ youngest grandson meet so many people also from will be a sophomore at Please See In Fond Memory written about Jean introducing Sybil Adams Moffat to her hus- New London. In Mar., she flew Bellermine Prep school in San band Paul at Lake George, NY, to Santiago, Chile, to visit her Jose, CA. Their 6-year-old boy- and Jean was reminiscing about grandson who lives there. She girl twin grandkids bring them 1948 the fun she had in those many returned to FL’s Sanibel Island lots of joy. Carol “Shoe” until Apr. when she went home Shoemaker Marck and Chuck Phyllis “Les” Harty Wells summers that she spent there. to NJ to get her garden ready to drove to their vacation home in 6305 SW, 37th Way Jane Maynard Gibson thought show for a breast cancer benefit. Snowmass, CO, at the end of Gainesville, FL 32608-5104 that making CSC a coed school Beej is a bridge fanatic and ran June with their two dogs. They Phone and fax: (352) 376-8475 was a wonderful thing and loved into Carol “Weissy” met their daughter, Christy e-mail: [email protected] reading about the weddings of 3 recent sets of classmates. The Weissenborn Smith when Marck MacCormack ’82, and Nancy “Hob” Hobkirk Pierson Gibsons enjoy the time in Ponte Rumson, NJ, played Bay Head, her family in Snowmass. Shoe says she spends most summers in Vedra on their golf course when- NJ, in a duplicate bridge match was sorry to have missed seeing VT. She hadn’t painted in a while ever FL’s monsoon season takes a in May. I really must apologize to Cornelia “Nini” Hawthorne so was looking forward to doing break. Husband Jack was doing Shirley “Shirt” Peer Burns ’47. Maytag but managed to stop and that as well as seeing her VT his best to avoid a knee replace- In the last Alumni Magazine, I have coffee with Emy Lu Simson daughter, Sally. Because of ment, as content retirees don’t made an assumption that the Croke as they drove through today’s economy, she was con- have time for lengthy repair jobs. man in the photo with Virginia Empire, CO. While in town, cerned about her 2 grandchildren Jane says her golf is pretty good, “Ginny” Orr Welsh and Bob was daughter Christy, her husband who would graduate from college up to a point. The Gibsons play a gentlemen friend of Shirt’s. Michael, and their 3 children in June. Another grandson who duplicate bridge. When I told Seems he was also visiting the kept the Marcks happily busy. graduated from Hamilton in ’07 Jane that I had just had news flirted with law school but has from Janet Kenerson Andrews found he loves being an organic and Barbara-Jane Smith gardener in Nantucket, MA. Colby-Sawyer may be coming Thompson, Jane said she often Another is “unsettled” and is liv- sat next to Janet since our to an area near you! ing in VT. Hob loves her volun- class sat alphabetically for many teer counseling job; she says it’s things. I believe BJ (or Beej) was Visit www.colby-sawyer.edu/ great to know she can’t be fired. in Shepherd dorm like Jane. Jane The Piersons spent a week in alumni/events for a complete remarked that after all these New Orleans with a work group list of upcoming alumni events. years, she could still “hear” BJ’s organized by their church. This voice. Janet Kenerson Andrews was their first visit and they were

WINTER 2010 53 she was ecstatic and anxious to the news. Joan also leaves a son, A picture is worth a thousand words. correct her news. Mase and I Randall of NH. Ginny Colpitts took life easy this summer by Bowers and Buzz are enjoying Send us yours. staying home in Gainesville. We life on Cape Cod and would like Guidelines for submitting still have a couple of trips we to hear from classmates in their digital photos for inclusion would like to take but haven’t area. Bobbie Bishop MacLean made any firm plans. We have reports, “My Milburn High in the Alumni Magazine: lots of friends right in our golf School, NJ, class had its 60th Digital photos must be roughly course community so life is never reunion. We have done well. We 3” x 5” in size and have a resolution of boring. Please do write as I think gals agreed we probably will not at least 300 dpi (dots per inch). E-mail your photos to of all you and wish you the best have any more formal reunions, [email protected] of health during our Golden so a small group of us decided to Years. try to have a mini reunion every year. In May 2009, we met at One of Shoe’s cousins, her hus- those zillion steps (a la Rocky the home of one gal who lives band, and their daughter arrived who ran up them) at the on Cape Cod. It was a very good for a short visit in July. When it Philadelphia Museum of Art. She 1949 time. Otherwise I continue to was time to return to the also had a great reunion with her Class Correspondent Needed be active in my DAR chapter.” Poconos, they used the southern 2 daughters in NYC and NJ. In Please send your news to the Lindy Clapp Macfarland and route so they could see their 2 Aug. Fran took one day trip to Office of Alumni Relations Will have been grounded in grandsons, Stephen and CJ. Ann Saratoga, NY, to see the “ponies” and Annual Giving NY for 2009 while Will’s health Wyllie Jarrett moved to a condo and one to ME. In Sept, her “big- 541 Main Street improves. Bobbie Fetzer Herbert in June but has kept the same gie” for the year was a cruise New London, NH 03257 tells of the passing of hubby Bill phone number and email. She around Greece and Turkey with e-mail: [email protected] in 2006. With choices of UT or has great views from her big win- her daughters. Jane “Jimi” NJ, Bobbie built a new home in Betty Pearson Brennan could dows and lives 5 miles closer to Adams Darnell went into a year a retirement community in NJ not attend the 60th reunion Wilmington, DE. All her artwork of depression when she turned near her daughter, and moved but did visit the campus in the was now hung and she had given 80 and doesn’t want to go there in 2008. She loves her summer of 2008 with 2 of her her first dinner party. She through that again. It’s hard to new house and the community 4 kids. “The mix of old and enjoyed a 2-week trip to Aspen believe that we have now and has joined many new clubs. new buildings was great to see,” in between her moves. Jan West reached the term of “elderly”! She was lead tap dancer in “Bye she says. Betty lives in the San Williams traveled to New Jimi said that her husband Bye Birdie” in Nov. She plays a Diego area and spends a lot of London in June for her bi-annual remembered she did the same lot of tennis and won her local time visiting her family, which family reunion at Twin Lakes when she turned 20, 30, etc. Jimi tournament, is taking French includes 5 grandchildren. After Villa. 37 family members ran planned to go to her Sanibel, FL, lessons, volunteers at the food almost 50 years of marriage to relay races, played tennis and vacation home in Oct, even if pantry, cooks for the Ronald Fred Brennan, Betty was wid- golf and went swimming. They she had to take her doctor with McDonald House, and belongs owed 9 years ago. They had met all stopped at CSC and drove her! She had a lousy year last to a book club, the singles club, in Worcester, MA, while she around the campus, which Jan year and not only wasn’t allowed the Women’s Association and the was in high school. Now she said looks lovely. Mary “Oggie” to make the trip to FL but had to Brandeis Women’s Club. Her son enjoys cruising and meeting with Ogden Sutcliffe and Herb were give up her potting hobby. 50 lives in UT and they visit several friends and relatives around also in NH this summer. They pounds of clay is too much for a times a year. Gretchen Siegfried the country. had a visit with both Herb’s and woman with 2 herniated discs Nymoen tells of her success- Oggie’s relatives. After their time and 2 hip replacements. Polly ful knee replacement surgery in in NH, they headed out to DE Carver Watson has had a bit of a 2009. She and hubby plan to be and MD for some camping. balance problem that has pre- 1950 in HI in Nov. to celebrate their Oggie talked to Jeanne “Woody” vented her from doing much 4th wedding anniversary. If they Pat Davis Hoffman Woodruff Ramsey on Jean’s traveling and, worst of all, she’s stay healthy, they’ll be cruising 400 Avinger Lane birthday. Woody’s husband John had to give up golf. She keeps from Capetown to Lisbon on Apartment 345 turned 91 this year. Woody met busy with bridge, movies and the Silver Wind in Feb. 2010. Davidson, NC 28036 John, a former airline pilot, dur- dining out with her friends. Her Gretchen had fun chatting with (704) 896-1345 ing her stewardess years. Oggie 3 children and 6 grandkids also Anne Bailey Shealy and Lindy says Woody is still head of vol- help to keep her busy. She works I have moved from MA to NC to Clapp Macfarland recently. unteers at a local hospital. After out twice a week in both MA and be near family. My son Brad and Nan Frost Smith of NH and her two hip replacements, Fran her FL home. Beryl Knight wife Lisa with 4 of my grandchil- hubby Mort delight in being in Wannerstrom Clark happily Brown sent me a note saying she dren are nearby. I’m a happy resi- reports that she is back to being was temporarily grounded as she dent at The Pines at Davidson, a “herself.” Two days after her final had been having chemo treat- senior retirement home next to PT session, she headed for Philly ments for her lung cancer. She Davidson College. The Charlotte, on an Elderhostel trip with a had an X-ray to check on how NC, airport is nearby and pro- small group affiliated with her much her tumor had shrunk, and vides easy access for my daughter local community college. The if it hadn’t, she would have to and family to visit from CA, as historic Philadelphia tour was undergo another session with a well as you all! My roommate of her “coming out party.” She had different treatment. About 2 both years at the college, Joan signed up for the trip in the fall weeks later, she called to let me Hubley Sundeen, passed in as a goal to speed up her know she had received great 2009. Both her husband Bob of Ann Bemis Day ’50 with her “recoup” time, and it worked! news from her doctor: There was NH, and her twin, Jean Hubley daughter Debbie Day Barnes and Fran and her good friend climbed no sign of any cancer. Naturally, Meyer of NY, called me with grandchild Haven.

54 COLBY-SAWYER ALUMNI MAGAZINE New London occasionally. Their passed away on Feb. 6, 2008. He two grandsons are graduating had celebrated his 54th birthday Contact the Office from Bentley and Hamilton col- just a month before. Many gave 1951 leges in 2010, and their grand- a donation in Alan’s name to Bobbie Green Davis of Alumni Relations daughter will be graduating from the Alan Day Barn Renovation at 107 Columbia Avenue and Annual Giving: high school. Another grandson Knoll Farm. It will still have the Swarthmore, PA 19081 and his wife have PhDs from feel of an old barn but will have (610) 543-6688 Yale, and both now work there. very modern systems, a compost- I am sad to report that Harriet Jane Grayson Slover and her ing toilet and a wood-burning Ward passed last Feb.; our con- hubby George are both doing Tarm that will efficiently heat dolences to her family. Marilyn well. They have downsized to a the barn and farmhouse on just Asbury Taylor writes that she one-story zero lot line home, and 6 cords of wood taken from the has moved to White Horse don’t travel much now. They’ve land annually. The idea is that Village, a retirement community. (800) 266-8253 been taking grandchildren, one this project will significantly Margaret “Shelley” Bindloss or email us at alumni@ at a time, on an Elderhostel trip decrease the ecological footprint White is still married to the same colby-sawyer.edu for grandparents and grandchil- of Knoll Farm and also stand as man and has a girl and a boy dren. In Aug. their youngest will a model for all the visitors to the and 5 grandchildren. She lives to Paris and Norway. Elly Jones be rafting on the Colorado River farm who are interested in green in Stonington, CT, in a condo with Jane. She and George would building and alternative energy. enjoys snow shoeing, hiking overlooking her grandfather’s and cross country skiing. Meta be delighted to have classmates Ann is happy to report that her house. Joan Hapgood Johnson- visit at their home in TX. Gloria second grandchild, Jodi Ann, was “Sippy” Coane Spielman sold Wood is on her second husband; their home in Naples and moved Demers Collins sees Priscilla born in Brisbane, Australia on she was a widow for 12 years and nd to a retirement community Johnson Greene occasionally Nov. 2 . Nancy Hendrickson has been married for 18 years. for lunch. They enjoy a great Latham writes, “In mid-March, in Ft. Myers, and asks if there She is living in a townhouse just is anyone in her vicinity. She friendship which includes talk- Dick and I moved into a retire- outside Ottawa. Fran Sawyer and ing and emailing often. Gloria’s ment area. We have a lovely free- keeps busy with golf and bridge, daughter visited them on the and thinks of NH often. Barbra hubby John maintains an email standing house and when we island. Joan has 7 grandchildren group called the WARLORD need to have something done we Alpaugh Bull writes that they and says, “Life is great.” Lyn travel as much as possible. Last group with many heavy hit- just get on the phone and call. Savely Fotheringham writes, ters and well known folk. Their What a treat! We had been in year it was the Iberian Peninsula, “Life with us is about the same.” Mexico and skiing in VT. granddaughter has her master’s our other house for 21 years so E.J. Martin Albergotti enjoys degree from George Washington the move was not what I would Patricia Odell Caprio has been a living in a retirement home in widow for 15 years. She is blessed U, and their grandson is study- call a ‘picnic.’ Our sons helped Charlotte, NC, just around the ing in VA. Their son and his wife and were very much in favor with 6 children and 11 grand- corner from the Quail Hollow children. She lives in TX with live nearby; he has his PhD from of the move. We still plan to Golf Tournament. They trav- MIT, and she works for the rights spend the summer at our beach 3 of her children. Anna-Rose eled to Turkey last May. Beverly Harrison Hadley lives in Naples of abused children. Gloria has house on Fire Island. A few days Janson Mogensen is living in been sidelined from her hospital before we moved, Ellie Morrison in the winter and in Boulder, Vera Beach, FL. Bev Cushman CO, from May to Nov. Margaret work and her exercise class this Goldthwait ’51 came to see Knudsen closed her business and year because of arthritis in her us and spent the night nearby. Nevers lives in Houston and has is now working on her home. 4 granddaughters. They are all right hip. Pete Peterson writes She looks just wonderful. I also She plans to travel and says that that his wife Joan Van Iderstine keep in touch with Carol Lynch well. Fran Black Rosborough life is great. Margery Bugbee says she has a pretty uneventful Peterson has been in a nursing Hermance and E.J. Martin Atherton writes that they home for almost a year as result Albergotti.” Carol Lynch life, but she did have a wonderful downsized last fall in Plymouth, trip to Ireland two years ago. Her of Alzheimer’s disease. She is in Hermance writes, “In June, MA, and will continue to spend fairly good health but lives in Ellie Morrison Goldthwait ’51 grandson had brain surgery and time in FL. They spent a lovely has been cancer free for 6 years her own world, quite content- arranged a mini reunion in New week in Bermuda. Lynn Healy edly. Ann Bemis Day reports London. Susan Morrison Mayer, now. Wonderful, Fran! Cornelia Nichols spent time cruising, see- Vaughan Tuttle writes, “I’m that 2008 was a difficult year, yet Marjorie Hamilton Gorham, ing China and the terra cotta a year of joy and fulfillment. As Bobbie Hamilton Hopkins ’48, always envious of friends who soldier and horse sculptures. She have mini reunions all over the many of you know, her son Alan Jean Holmes Duffett, Nancy spent last winter on Manasota Frost Smith and Carol Lynch east coast for their colleges and Key West. Ingrid Reichold boarding school graduates. Why Hermance met at the Sunapee Wagner says she is enjoying Country Club for lunch. In the doesn’t Colby –Sawyer ever do Tucson, AZ, in the winter and this? There are tons of gradu- Nominate a evening, Ellie had us for a gour- Prouts Neck, ME, in the summer. met dinner at her lovely home ates all over VT and Cape Cod. classmate for an Janet Nordhouse Kennebeck I never hear of any smaller get- in New London. It was wonder- enjoys Austin, TX, and getting Alumni ful to see everyone as well as to togethers. I am semi-retired, and to know all the doctors on a sold my business to Sotheby’s. Award! see the changes at the college.” first-name basis. She has 5 grand- Please keep the news coming. Travel a lot to Africa, twice to the children. Patricia Day still works Galapagos and Amazon Jungle. We appreciate hearing from you in the hospital and volunteers in all. Hope we can be together on Barge to Alaska, and to Danube the thrift shop. Mary Elizabeth by boat. I am still skiing – a the Hill for our 60th reunion in “Mimi” Bentley Burton says all 2010! See you then lot for 2 new knees.” Barbara Find out more at is well in northern CA. Shirlie Mandelstam De Paolo divorced www.colby-sawyer.edu/ Please See In Fond Memory “Sandie” Flanders English in 1974 and remarried in 1976, is still in Savannah. They are alumni/awards has 4 stepchildren, and retired in retired and went on a river cruise 1994 from the Comprehensive

WINTER 2010 55 of Florida, and began year-long Film Festival, one received her Take a European vacation with celebrations for the founding of master’s for OT, and 2 graduated their town. In June, members of from high school. The rest are your classmates! Tracy’s family spent a week in busy with sports like lacrosse, Napoli visiting friends and fam- gymnastics, figure skating and Turn to the inside back cover for details of ily, and Tracy had a fun week ice hockey. I am still enjoying our new alumni travel program. at her son Sergio’s cabin on an good ole Cape Cod in the house island in Lake Waukewan, NH. I grew up in.” Victoria Sawdon Susan Bice Huetteman writes, Banghart is still living a fun and “We became FL residents this productive life in Elkhart Lake, year, but will continue to be in WI. “Our family has grown with RI during the summer. Now we our sons and daughters and 10 are able to enjoy the families of grandchildren—we are very both of our sons.” Ellen Barrows blessed,” she says. Victoria cor- AIDS Program of Palm Beach Young Camp was happy to have Van Winkle is sorry to have lost responds with Anita Johnson County. That’s all for now...have the Phillies win the World Series her good friend Carol Fox. She’s Beselin, who is living in Portugal a nice rest of the year! in fall 2008. “With 11 grands planning to spend part of the and has traveled all over the you would think I would have summer in Ashville, NC, with US, and saw Georgene Haney Please See In Fond Memory 1 or 2 fans but not yet,” she daughter Kathy and her three Campion, who is a success- writes. “I am still working on children. Ellen plays bridge every ful artist in suburban Chicago. the younger’s. My life is happily week to help to keep her mind Victoria has been working in a children, grands, and gardens.” sharp. Vaughan Peters Rachel gift shop and is making quilts. 1952 writes, “Last Dec. I moved to Jane Carpenter Patterson writes Susan Wiesner Bray writes, “I Rayma Whittemore Murray that she and Ken celebrated Pacific Beach where I live near lost my husband Wats on Dec. 1521 Coral Oak Lane their 50th anniversary. Her twin my daughter and my 2 grand- 24, 2008, to cancer. We were Vero Beach, FL 32963 sister, Edyth Carpenter Sapp, daughters, Leah and Audrey. Life married 52 years on June 30, (772) 231-1935 escapes the Phoenix heat by is a beach—it’s fun!” Gordon 2008. When I returned from our e-mail: [email protected] coming to New Smyrna Beach McAllen Baker spent 10 days in FL home where I spend 6 month Please See In Fond Memory for 3 months, renting a few OR to see her grandson gradu- of the year, I learned that my doors from her. Her new joy ate as valedictorian from high son’s wife wanted a divorce, and is fishing weekly in the inter- school. She visited her old pals that is what is taking up most of coastal waters, pulling out trout, in Portland, then hiked with my time this summer.” her son and his family on Mt. 1953 flounder, drum and redfish, Please See In Fond Memory Jane Pearl Dickinson plus doing overnight shrimping. Ranier in WA. Gordon went on 80 Maple Street Unit #204 Nan Langdon Darche writes a great trip last March to Egypt Danvers, MA 01923. that they find themselves in and Jordan. Martha Funk Miller (978) 777-2778 rural PA for the summer half of writes, “Congratulations, Jane, 1954 on the birth of a granddaughter. e-mail: the year. They’re in Kempton, Jo-Anne Greene Cobban I hope she has arrived and both [email protected] where daughter Gail, her hus- 9 Mayflower Drive band, their 4 kids and a farm mother and baby are fine. I wish Gordy McAllen Baker writes, “I Keene, NH 03431 full of animals live. “We enjoy I could say my summer has been continue to love living in NH; (603) 352-5064 being here and being useful!” she an exciting one, but instead I I’m just 15 minutes north of New writes. Their other kids live in have been living with a broken Editor’s Note: Special thanks to London, so I get to the campus NJ, MA and CT, so they see them arm for almost 8 weeks. Thank Glenice Hobbs Harmon, who often. President Galligan is mar- often. Tracy Rickers Siani writes goodness for my family.” Joan is stepping down as your co-class velous and his wife Susan plays that they raised over $20,000 Vincent Donelan writes, “I have correspondent after serving faithfully tennis next court to me every for the 5K run/walk benefit for a large family and 11 grandchil- since 2003. week. I see Barbara Johnston dren who keep me busy. One the Children’s Home Society It was good to hear from so Rodgers all the time—tough in contributed to the Woods Hole winter while she’s skiing and I’m many of you using the postcard playing bridge.” Peggy Magoun system. Glenice Hobbs Harmon Rothrauff writes, “I’m living decided to “retire” as one of the in Acton, MA, in a 55+ com- class correspondents. We worked munity. My travels now seem to well together, and Glen and I be national, not international. teamed up to attend a number of One daughter and her family class reunions, too. Glen loves to live in Berkeley, CA, and another have the grandkids come to visit. daughter lives in Dallas, TX. Love One daughter and her family will visiting both of them. Other be moving from UT to VA, and 2 daughters and grown grand- Glen is happy to have the family children are nearby.” Judith a bit closer to home. Glen and Treuchet Scott is struggling Vic belonged to garden clubs, with serious health problems so and some of their flowers now doesn’t have much news, but she grace the Cobban flower garden. and Dick have thought of trying Glen is also involved with church to get away for a couple of weeks. activities and senior exercise class. Joan Batchelor Brown had “We know it will be challenging, Nancy Paige Parker ’54, Carol Nelson Reid ’54 and Helen Johnson Sargent a special trip to Boston with a but needed,” she writes. Barbara ’54 enjoyed themselves at Alumni Fall Festival.

56 COLBY-SAWYER ALUMNI MAGAZINE heart surgery in May 2009. I am Home Town.’ A (blank due to a progressing well, but slowly.” number torn off the card) years Moving into the South, Betty ago we celebrated our 50th wed- Bickel Foster in NC announced ding anniversary with our chil- that she and her husband cele- dren and their families on a 7 brated their 50th wedding anni- day cruise to Bermuda.” Emily versary with a trip to the great Spencer Breaugh lives in MI. She Northwest and Alaska. Along the writes, “Thanksgiving 2008, my way they visited their son who FL daughter treated my brother lives in Seattle, WA, and a daugh- and family, sister and us (16 in ter and son-in-law in Portland, all) to a Thanksgiving feast. On OR. Betty retired in 2008, but is our drive home to MI we visited busier than ever. Shirley Wax Lois Kaufmann Anderson and Baron and Bob of FL continue to her husband Dick in Pinehurst, Shirley Wright Cantara ’54 and her family. enjoy good health and an active NC. It had been over 50 years yet life on Key Biscayne. Shirley says we recognized each other imme- neighbor who had never been to sale in the old school gym.” Jean she is playing a lot of duplicate diately—just a few extra wrin- the Isabella Stewart Gardner Cragin Ingweren sent a note bridge and writes, “My two sons kles. Also in Nov., I became a Museum. They admired the with a change of address, adding, are well and grandchildren are great-grandma for the second Italian Courtyard, the beautiful “The Ridge at Riverwood is a about the same age as we were time. A daughter, Michelle’s sec- paintings of the old masters and place to enjoy other people over when we were all together at ond child, half sister to their lovely tapestries. Joan wrote, cards, do watercolor painting, Colby. Hard to believe!” Loved adopted son, was born. They “Good to appreciate all this art make pottery, do aerobics and this note from Ruth Levy received custody of her in June and how fortunate to have Pilates, garden, etc. We have Schultz: “Met Bernard Arieff and 2009. Grandchild #5, a boy, mar- learned so much at Colby.” Joan movies, concerts, interesting dis- now we are living in sin, did not ried in June 2009, so it was off to and her sister, Anne Batchelor cussions, swimming, and a great marry—either one of us. Bernie’s FL for the week of the wedding. De Grazia, treated Barbara library. It reminds me of college, wife died and we met through a Our next trip will be Branson, Knight Price ’55 MT and as it’s very enriching. Come mutual friend. Have been living MO, and Sedona, AZ, in Dec. Jo-Anne to a day at the Gardner visit.” Helen Johnson Sargent, together ever since, first at Until then, its tennis, painting Museum and the Boston Fine our ME resident, and husband Hamlet and now at Boca Pointe. and Civil War activities.” Norma Arts Museum after CSC classes Dick Lindholm sent pictures We both play golf—I only play 3 Oksa Reeve and husband Gary were out for the summer. We taken in 1953 and 2009. She times a week, but Bernie plays at celebrated their 50th wedding cel- were pleased to be able to identi- added a note that life is good least 5 times a week.” After 16 ebration. She writes, “Our daugh- fy paintings after participating in and they were looking forward to years in Naples, FL, Barbara ter Wendy was married in June the Art Appreciation class at attending the 55th reunion. They Brown Bateman and her hus- 2008 at the start of a Caribbean Colby. Helen McWalter Finan dated in high school, skied band made a move to The cruise, and both families went wrote that grandchild #10 was together in college and married Villages. “We wished we had along for a weeklong celebration. born June 1, 2009. She added, in 2007. Joan O’Neil Ross had a done it years ago,” she says. “We Laura, our other daughter, “John Patrick Finan joins his sis- wonderful trip to London and have not met anyone here who launched her writing career as ter, Molly Lucia, age 2, and will Paris in April 2009. She spends doesn’t like it. My husband Al her first book Peacekeeper (by be leaving for Sri Lanka later in her summers at Ipswich, the plays golf twice a week and once Laura E. Reeve) was published in the month.” Ann Rosenbach town that’s famous for fried or twice a week goes to a crib- Dec. 2008.” Peacekeeper is a sci- Scott went on a month long clams in MA. Joan’s health bage game or pitch and poker ence fiction story, and her sec- cruise in Nov. 2008, starting in remains good. Barbara Dennett club. I continue with genealogy, ond book is due to be published Rome, going down the Howard took a trip to Dallas, DAR and motor sports fan club, soon. Another CO resident, Mediterranean Sea, pressing on TX, over the Memorial Day and I golf when I can get it in. Margot Thompson, wrote that to Africa and across the Atlantic weekend to attend the wedding This truly is ‘America’s Friendliest her and Anne Dwyer Milne’s Ocean to Brazil, and finally coast- of Bob’s grandniece. “While we ing into Ft. Lauderdale, FL. She were there we were able to visit adds, “We have been in our new with former Simsbury neighbors house for over a year now and we hadn’t seen in 20 years,” she finally finished decorating.” Ann says. “We visited the Dallas and her husband celebrated their Arboretum, which was absolutely 54th wedding anniversary in Sept. beautiful. We also went to 2009. Peg Lewis Moreland is Dealey Plaza where President doing well living with her daugh- Kennedy was shot.” Mail was ter and her husband. She says it’s returned for Kathryn von a lovely household of three teen- Brauchitsch Heidtke. Can any- agers (one granddaughter is now one help us with this? Harriet attending college), one black Lab Johnson Toadvine spends sum- and two friendly cats. “I have a mers on Cape Cod and returns nice lady come in 3 days a week to FL for the winter. She writes, for half a day, who has a car and “My husband and I had a most can take me out as I don’t drive interesting time in DC with now,” she says. “Jody took me to Nancy Sellers Mion ’55 and her Helen Johnson Sargent ’54 and Helen Johnson Sargent ’54 and the Garden Club Antique Show husband John at a Barbara Bush her husband, Dick Lindholm. Dick Lindholm on a ski date back and Sale on the Green in New Literary program.” She adds, “I in 1953. London and COA had a big book had minimally invasive open

WINTER 2010 57 trip to China was terrific. In the Sargent, who returned with her but I must ask—were any of us summer Margot spent time on husband from ME. Helen was ever less enthralled with our Nominate a Cape Cod and NH visiting Anne staying with Nancy Paige Parker years at CJC just because we had and Jean Cragin Ingwersen on who lives in New London, regis- many surprising weather chang- classmate for an Lake Winnipesaukee. Janet tered for Alumni Fall Festival, but es? Even though alumni were not Alumni Hofmann Hansen of CA tells us never did have a chance to be at able to fully appreciate the beau- Award! that their last granddaughter any of the events I attended. tiful Kelsey Athletic Fields, they graduated in June 2009 and will Myrtle Westhaver Flight entered had to appreciate the typical attend USF. “We will be spending a unique and colorful painting of Colby-Sawyer expertise and 3 months during the summer in ‘Flowers at Fuller Village’ in the adaptability. Huge tents had been our 1901-built house in Harbor art show/auction that Susan set up with tables for the deli- Springs, MI on Lake Michigan,” Galligan enjoyed winning, and I cious BBQ and beer garden. And Find out more at she writes. “What a nice change was pleased to have Myrtle give the soccer, baseball and rugby www.colby-sawyer.edu/ from Carlsbad.” Barbara Knight me a copy as note paper. It was games were played, even though alumni/awards Price told me what she’s been interesting to visit the Sawyer at times it must have been hard doing since her husband passed Fine Arts Center with Myrtle after for the players to see each other. away. One of her sons moved the BBQ to chat and view all the No matter how our reunion for- for Alumni Fall Festival in early from another state to live with entries. We also enjoyed the Fall mat is set up, I am always glad to Oct., and was looking forward to her and find work in the area in Festival Alumni Games. have reason to be back on cam- seeing several of the ’55ers there early spring 2009. Accompanied Returning to Dexter’s Inn for me pus when students are there. It as well. From CA comes news by one of her daughters, Barb resembled one of our traditional was nice to see 9 returning class- from Barbara Curtis Sturgeon hopped a plane to FL and had a class reunions. We came back to mates even though not all at that she and Bill planned a cruise wonderful week at the Animal campus for the All-Alumni Gala once.” Jan was greatly relieved in Sept., starting in NYC and Kingdom Resort at Disney World. Celebration in Wheeler Hall of that on Election Day her “posi- ending in Quebec. They planned Since she has 4 daughters living the Ware Campus Center, which tional vertigo” was correctly diag- to visit Boston on their way. in WA, she and another son were used to be our library. It was nosed and treated after 3 months She and Bill visited CSC several looking forward to a good visit in super to be there with Louise of “feeling like my head was no years ago, and they found the the North. It’s a pleasure to pass ‘Weezie’ Moser Stoops and her longer a part of me!” Frannie campus beautiful. Their son Bill along an inside look of the 55th husband Bill, Gertrude ‘Chris’ Pryor Haws of HI writes that 3 is a captain on a private yacht, reunion at Alumni Fall Festival Bast Vermilya and her husband of her 5 great-grandchildren live and their daughter Sharon lives prepared by Janet Rich Nixon Cliff, Judy Gilmore Getchell ’59, near her town. She takes them in Austin, TX, with her 12-year- for everyone to read. She writes, and her husband Gary, and swimming, to ballet classes and old son Robbie. Fortunately, they “While neither the class reunion Weezie’s delightful sister Edith to mini-golf. From your class cor- do see each other fairly often. photo of 5 members of the class Moser Apostal ’62, and her hus- respondents, past and present, I’ll Barb also notes that she had of ’54 nor the recollection of any band Bill. At the President’s sign off with Aloha to all. attended the memorial service participant will attest to the fact house Sat. for tea I met Barbara for Lucy Hill Coons ’56, who that 12 classmates returned, that Dennett Howard and her hus- had attended CJC for about a is indeed the fact. Since I was band Bob, and they joined us for year as a member of the class there early Friday for the daylong class picture time and a little of 1955 of ’56. Lucy and her husband President’s Alumni Advisory the cash bar, hors d’oeuvres, and Gretchen Davis Hammer Bainy and 5 children lived in Council meeting, I had a chance food stations gala with dance 1165 Morrison Hill CA (first in Coronado and then to chat with Anne Dwyer Milne, music to suit every class year and Barnet, VT 05821 in Baja in Rosarito Beach). Barb who is also a member of PAAC, dance style provided by The (802) 633-3803 reported that the service was a and Sandy Davis Carpenter ’55. Nines, featuring Pati Woodburn e-mail: [email protected] lovely celebration of Lucy’s life. We enjoyed a complimentary Cloutier ’83. When we arrived in Irmeli Ahomaki Kilburn of Barb added that she heard from lunch open to both PAAC mem- Colgate for class picture time, it Needham, MA, retired in March both Rosie Carhart Keenan bers and returning alumni fol- was nice to have Elizabeth from her work as chief librarian and Elaine Gilman shortly after lowed by an enlightening lec- “Libby” Moss Phillips join us for at the Dept. of Veteran’s Affairs. Lucy’s death. Marcia Harmon ture/slide show discussing a little conversation. Carol As many of you may recall, she says that she had a very good Mexico by popular professor Nelson Reid was the only one and Bob (MIT grad) were married winter, spending time with her Randy Hanson. I had the plea- registered to attend who I did not on the afternoon of our gradua- good friend Norm Stanton, trav- sure of sitting with Jo-Anne visit with. I, personally, enjoyed tion from CJC, and he began his eling between Boynton Beach, Greene Cobban, Peg Lewis having a variety of activities to career as a professor at Boston FL, and St. Croix. In May they Moreland, and Helen Johnson choose from. A number of us U. He retired from full-time came back to ME for the sum- were impressed with the way teaching in 1998, and Imie had mer. In June they visited Nancy Professor Hilary Cleveland wove planned on retiring within the Petke Silverstein and her hus- a tapestry of the impact the next year. However, Bob had a band Morris for a weekend in CT. Check out the 1960s had on American Culture severe stroke in April of 1999, Nancy, her husband, and their and how she motivated some Colby-Sawyer putting him in a wheelchair for daughter and son-in-law spent a interesting discussion with her College the remainder of his life. He was weekend in July with Marcia and lecture Sat. a.m. This was fol- assisted by home health care Norm. Nancy and her husband Website: lowed by a chance for insight workers while Imie continued to became the proud grandparents into the very successful current rd work. He passed away in June of of a grandson on Aug. 23 . admissions procedure and 2008. Imie reports that 2 of her Marcia recently had a nice visit President Tom Galligan’s exuber- 6 grandchildren are now starting with Beth Bryant Camp ’92, ant update of CSC today, all of their sophomore year in college. CSC’s Advancement Officer. In which were held in the Ivey www.colby-sawyer.edu She planned on coming to CSC Oct. Marcia planned to attend Science Ctr. A rainy, foggy Sat.,

58 COLBY-SAWYER ALUMNI MAGAZINE her 56th high school reunion Childers was settling into their excellent. Last Spring, Marsha She’s still working at a law firm in Winchester, MA, and hoped new home last Christmas; they Smoller Winer and Nate were in in downtown Denver, living to see Sandra Davis Carpenter moved from PA to Anthem, AZ. from CA for a family gathering in alone and loving it. “My garden and Marjorie “Midge” Dexter Mary Gale Gilchrest loves her MA. We met them in Kittery for is in full bloom and so am I,” she Ayars ’54 there too, as it was to new apartment on the water in a delightful reunion and lunch. writes. It’s been a busy travel year be a multi-class event. She then Southampton, NY. She is still Please send me your news! for Robin McDougal: She went planned to head back to FL from working. Barbara Brown Barrett birding in Baja California in Jan., Please See In Fond Memory ME shortly after Thanksgiving and Charlie had a wonderful visit on a bike trip with VT Bicycle for the winter. She adds that one with friends in San Diego for the Touring in Feb., to the Monte of her granddaughters is now a annual Marine Embassy Guard Vista Crane Festival in CO in freshman at the U of Redlands in Association reunion. They saw 1957 March, and in June she was off to CA, while the oldest granddaugh- people they had not seen in 40 Boston and Portland, ME. In Aug. Jill Booth Macdonell ter is taking a semester off. I’ve years! Their oldest son is a medic Robin planned a bike trip in MT, 1303 8th Avenue heard from so few of you during in the army reserves. Barbara another bike trip in Germany Sacramento, CA 95818 this past year—I hope it means and Charlie have 3 sons. Sally in Sept., and a trip to Glacier (916) 446-3927 that you are all well and busy Maras Culbertson says there National Park, also in Sept. Kim e-mail: [email protected] doing all those things you’d put were several gals from Shaker Yaksha Whiteley writes, “Seems off until you found the time to Heights at CJC in our class. She Annette Gingras Hobbs writes to me that more get-togethers do them. writes that Nancy Bryan Bentley from her new address in Santa ought to be happening with dif- went on to Bucknell after CJC Fe about her business, Great ferent groups in various parts of and Joanne Faragher Weppner Occasions International, a special the country. Anthony was relat- is now in Boca Raton, FL. Sally’s events planning and coordinat- ing what the Dartmouth alums 1956 husband John is a retired college ing company that’s been in do—not just one class but a clus- Nancy Hoyt Langbein professor and Sally’s 2 oldest business since 1990. Sussanne ter.” What do others out there 2 Appletree Drive grandchildren are studying engi- Schumann reports about a think? Diane Shugrue Gallagher Brunswick, ME 04011 neering in college. She and John fantastic sounding idea for an was going to Madrid under the (207) 729-3879 have 11 grandchildren. Sally art show: “In the beginning, 8 auspices of Pueblo Ingles to teach e-mail: [email protected] misses Seattle, where they lived women friends committed to Spanish executives of American for many years, but loves living meeting monthly for 7 months. companies how to speak busi- I write this on a beautiful sum- near family in Avon Lake, which Each person brought a box to ness English. “Challenging and mer day in ME, thanking every- is close to Cleveland for Sal to our first meeting and passed it fun at the same time,” Diane one who sent me Christmas enjoy the world class museum to another group member. The says. “I speak English all day, cards with notes! Sally Marker and orchestra. Sally’s first year boxes were taken home by their then dance and twirl the night Hayward has a granddaughter of retirement was great but she’s new keepers, who began the away—in English still!” She then at the University of WY. Sal now looking to get involved and process of altering them artisti- planned to go to Cotswolds, is proud of her Pittsburgh pro do some volunteering. Barbara cally. At a monthly gathering the England, the Isle of Wright, and athletic teams...two of them McIntire Haskins has retired as process was discussed and each back to London “to get into mis- (Steelers and Penguins) did a dog trainer but is now active box was passed to another group chief.” She adds that a member exceptionally well in 2008. Judy at the Enfield, CT, senior center, member. The boxes evolved until of Colby-Sawyer’s Advancement Tinsman White writes that she line dancing and working out every box had been worked on Office came to visit the Gotlieb did not have her knee replaced at the fitness center. Barb also and blessed with every member’s Archival Center and seemed to last year as reported. She still has volunteers in the kitchen for creativity. Each box traveled enjoy the collections exhibited in all original parts! She had a bad special events. Joyce Caaron with a journal and the pro- beautiful display cases. “If any of year with her dad passing away Hall stopped a couple of times cess was recorded month after my classmates would like to visit (at 102) in 2007 and her brother last summer on the way home month. After 7 months, each Boston, give me a call and I will in 2008. Our sympathy to you, to NJ from her NH summer box was returned to its original gladly give you a tour,” Diane Judy. Marcia Copenhaven home. Barb also has had lunch owner without her ever having says. Barbara Koontz Adams Barrere and Dick invite anyone with Jane Campbell Engdahl touched it.” Judy Abbe Madden writes, “I retired from my psy- passing through Cocoa, FL, to ’57. The family still goes camp- went to Puerto Vallarta and chotherapy practice in 2001, and stop by their “enchanting vil- ing in their motor home in the stayed with a friend who teaches have had a total career change. I lage” for a visit. They spent summer. Nancy Morris Adams English in a private school there. am now a pastel artist, the presi- a week at a timeshare in the sold her home in Canterbury, Camden, ME, area, where their NH, and now owns a smaller children joined them for a few home on the Contoocook River days. They continued up the in Boscowen, NH. She and her coast of ME to the easternmost friend Peter were in ME for the as well as the northeasternmost summer, where Nancy taught points of the U.S. They also saw a yoga class to the lobster men! the longest covered bridge in the Nancy still travels most of the world! Betsy Ferguson Jump year to CO, MX, and FL, then left Manilos, NY, a few years ago to ME each summer. Ed and I to get away from the snow and (Nancy Hoyt Langbein) traveled cold but now she is in Dayton, to Carmel, IN, this past winter OH, where she loves her new to celebrate our anniversary with home but the winter weather my sister Barbara Hoyt Baker followed. She is near family, MT ’49 and her husband. We so that compensates for the visited the Indy 500 Speedway cold and snow. Jane Marcelais and car museum, which was Kim Yaksha Whiteley ’57 and Barbara Elser Boyer ’61.

WINTER 2010 59 dent of the Pastel Society of NH and a juried member of the NH Art Association. A pretty major 1959 Get in The Loop and stay in touch identity shift!” Both of Barbara’s Jane Bruns Lenher with friends and classmates! children have 3 children of 10438 East Watford Way their own, all living in NH, and Sun Lakes, AZ 85248 her husband’s daughter has 2 (480) 883-1096 children, living in Greenwich, e-mail: [email protected] CT. She gets to Colby fairly Marsha Halpin Johnson often and enjoys seeing all the Post Office Box 265 changes and expansions. Barbara Elkins, NH 03233 has had visits from Debby Kent (603) 626-4506 Springer and Robin McDougal, e-mail: [email protected] Login at and welcomes anyone else www.colby-sawyer.edu/alumni who is coming to her area. I’m so glad I was able to contact Suzanne Vander Veer reports so many of you. I apologize that Diane Shugrue Gallagher, to those who weren’t at home Elaine McKenzie Kutrosky and when I tried to contact you. It man in Baltimore and his family Georgia Moss Andrews has 5 Kim Yaksha Whiteley were sounds like all of us are enjoying are fine too. Karen Jorgenson grandchildren now. She travels at Suzanne’s house for a 4-day our retirement. I stay busy with Lewis has 3 grown children and to southern climes in winter. weekend in Aug. ”We did the the Red Hatters (my moniker is 4 grandchildren, 2 in college, Ruth Malmquist Craffey’s Barnes Foundation, Philly, ferry “Lady Jane”). My hubby John the others in high school. They daughter Karen Craffrey Eldred to NJ, swimming and eating and went with his brother to South live in FL and golf a lot, and also ’86 is still on the Colby Sawyer laughing,” she says. “I go up to Africa in Mar. It was an exchange travel often. Becky Lovingood Board of Trustees, so she is PAAC to Colby-Sawyer and will trip with Rotary International so retired from teaching, where she very proud. She is thoroughly stay with Adelaide “Happy” they met many other Rotarians did special music events, after enjoying her “happy, happy” Anthony Griffiths, see Diane there. We are looking forward 38 years. She has traveled to 18-month-old granddaughter. Shugrue Gallagher and Sally to them visiting us. My daugh- Southern France and has been Suzanne Dorr Culgin winters Hutchinson Carola in Boston. ter moved to Dallas, TX, from around the world over the years. in FL, where she visits her mom. Life is busy and good to me as I CO. We are very proud of our Nancy Cook Latta is retired and She has 3 kids, 1 in AR, 1 in am active in the community and granddaughter, Danielle, who has 2 daughters and 4 grand- Salt Lake City, and 1 in MA. an elder and Stephen Minister at graduated from CO State U in children. She and her family On some weekends she goes church.” I, Jill Booth Macdonell May, and of our grandson, Ian, cruised to Alaska last spring with to Lake Winnipesaukee to visit and Kimberly Slover, Director of who graduated from high school. her children. Elizabeth Laidlaw her daughter, who has a house Communications from Colby- The other 7 are coming along Cochran has 2 boys, one living there. Erica Hartmann enjoys Sawyer, toured the famous Tent nicely. My son, John, flies into in Exeter, VT, and the other in being in the same town with her City in Sacramento and other Scottsdale, AZ, now and then Arlington, VT. She is excited to 4 children and 3 grandchildren. homeless spots in March that so I get to see him. The police- be grandma to a 1-year-old girl. She is teaching tano to 4 - 15 Oprah featured on her show. I continue to do photography of the homeless and have 2 photos of homeless children in our Mayor’s office at City Hall here in Sacramento. I have a wonderful new grandson, Wyatt Janover, born in SF on Dec. l6, 2008. It is a privilege to hear from you and your changing lives. Please write about your wisdom and experiences of aging. Please See In Fond Memory 1958 Cynthia Grindrod van der Wyk Huntington Harbour Bay Club 4167 Warner Avenue, Number 105 Huntington Beach, CA 92649 (714) 840-7200 e-mail: [email protected] Please See In Fond Memory The class of 1959 celebrated their 50th reunion October 2-4, 2009. A farewell brunch on Sunday was held at the home of Marsha and Bruce Johnson. To commemorate the passing of classmates a poem was read and as each name was read a gold balloon was released. It was a lovely way to remember those who had once been with us.

60 COLBY-SAWYER ALUMNI MAGAZINE year olds, and volunteers at a children who have “flown the hospital. Erica does animal care coop” and they enjoy the com- for working people and belongs pany of their dog and cat. Susie Is 2010 your Reunion year? to a community center where Gurney Buckey writes that their she does aerobics. Judy Runge children and 4 grandkids keep Hjerpe celebrated her 50th anni- them busy. “We have 6-year- Reconnect with versary in June. She golfs a lot, is old twins in Dublin, OH, and a classmates during active in theatre and is learning 2-year-old and an 8-month-old to play bridge. She also belongs in Winnetka, IL...plus John and to a 150-member choir and Lauren in Napa, CA, both in the Alumni Fall loves to travel. Gail Goff Even wine business, and Rob here in is enjoying retirement, going Jacksonville. I have started the on day trips and going south in Pink Ribbon Golf Classic at The Festival the winter. Her children are in Ponte Vedeta Inn and Club. VA and KY. Sandra Harper Di We are giving lots of money to Vincenzo is retired and spends a the Mayo Clinic and to Baptist October 1–3, 2010! few months in FL in the winter. Beaches Medical Center for visit www.colby-sawyer.edu/ Marion Hill Dunn is retired Breast Cancer Research.” Ann from her own music store, where Darracq Graham and hubby alumni/fallfestival for details. she and her husband sold man- have lived in La Mesa, CA, since dolins online as well as in the 1968. Their 8 grandchildren live store. Marion belongs to the FL close by. She and her husband Schmidt. We look forward executive recruiter and his wife th Federation of Garden Clubs. She travel in their motor home sev- to our 55 and hope for a AnnMarie is a high school music is a flower show judge and trea- eral months each year, mostly larger turnout. teacher and choral director. “Robert and I enjoy vacations at surer of the State Garden Club. to the eastern seaboard to visit Please See In Fond Memory She is also a master gardener and friends and relatives. In 2007 the NJ shore and Key West,” Judy is now studying landscaping. they went to Alaska and then to says. “Last winter we took our Grethchen Seabold Johnson Quincy, MA, for her 50th high first Caribbean cruise and will is retired and learning bridge school reunion. Babysitting for 1960 go again this coming winter.” Judy’s CJC roommate Katherine and golf. Both of her boys are grandchildren, Curves, scrap- Class Correspondent Needed “Tucket” Batchelder Gibson pilots. Priscilla Tufts Bartle has booking, reading, crossword puz- Please send your news to the was Judy’s matron of honor at 6 grandchildren. They have been zles and eating out with friends Office of Alumni Relations her first wedding. “I have seen in the same home for 43 years. are all part of an enjoyable life and Annual Giving my other roommate Ellen Boldt She retired in Jan. from an early for Ann. The class of 1959 cel- 541 Main Street th Kaiser over the years but she intervention program school, ebrated their 50 reunion on New London, NH 03257 now lives near Seattle,” Judy and is now volunteering for an Oct. 2–4, 2009, at Alumni Fall e-mail: [email protected] integrated pre-school. Her class Festival. 23 classmates returned, adds. “Now Ellen, Tucket and I was half 3- and 4-year-olds with some with husbands. A farewell Judy Gemmill D’Errico writes exchange Christmas greetings.” special needs and half children brunch was held on Sunday at that after graduating from CJC, with ordinary needs. Virginia the home of Marsha and Bruce she graduated from Mount “Gina” Tupper Anderson lives Johnson. To commemorate the Holyoke College in 1962 and on Cape Cod in the summer and deaths of classmates we gathered then worked at McGraw Hill 1961 goes to SC in the winter. She outdoors. A poem was read, and Publishing for several years. She Susan Olney Datthyn sees Carolyn Farrand Hager fre- as each name was read a balloon married Lionel Smith in 1964 55 Pressey Court quently. Barbara Mitchell Ellis was released. It was a lovely way and had a daughter. After she New London, NH 03257 is retired and enjoying life. She to remember those who had and Lionel divorced, Judy worked (603) 526-2283 has 3 children. One son is flying once been with us. Those who for 7 years at the Fellowship of [email protected] Reconciliation, an international, for NetJets International and is returned were Judith Anderson I had a nice phone chat with interfaith pacifist organization. a glider pilot. Her daughter was Anderson, Judith Christie Prue Jensen Heard the first part She and Robert D’Errico were a glider pilot and now teaches Anderson, Priscilla Tufts Bartle, of July. She had just had a golf married in 1992. Judy earned her in a CA school for learning Deborah Clark Benedict, Diane lesson in the pouring rain! Sue master’s degree in social work disabled children, and she has Taylor Bushfield, Patricia Greene retired from her job in in 1992, and she worked for 20 one living in OH. She and her “Penny” Doyle Donius, Bonnie DC and is living in NYC. Her years in foster care in NYC. Judy husband traveled to Argentina Bladworth Fallon, Mary Joyce mom is 102 years old. Nancy is now retired and doing some and Chile for 2 months and Klapproth Forsyth, Sarah Oakes resides in East Aurora, volunteer counseling. Robert met many well-known glider Beal Fowler, Judith Gilmore NY. She has retired as a profes- works in Human Services and has pilots there. Her husband, who Getchell, Marilyn Winn sional gardener. Prue roomed no plans to retire yet. Daughter worked for Cambridge Aero Goodwin, Marsha Halpin with Nancy our senior year. Robin is an attorney with her Instruments, designed the secure Johnson, Carolyn Farrand Betsey Burbank Sink has an own part-time practice, primar- GPA system for gliders when Hager, Catee Gold Hubbard, apartment in Dallas and would ily defending poor people, and they went to an event in New Nancy Cooke Latta, Shirley enjoy hearing from her class- her husband Michael designs Zealand. She says she is a glider Noakes, Janet Preble Prew, mates. Contact Prue for details. websites. Their son Lorenzo is passenger “under protest.” She Carolyn Bokum Redmond, Sally Cook Gregg and husband 8½ years old. Robert’s 2 sons and is very proud of her 2 grandsons Suzy Parris Ten Broeck, Arthur reside in Chapel Hill, NC, their families live near Albany; and 2 granddaughters. Priscilla Jane Dittmann Voss, Carole and summer in ME. They are his son Rick and his wife Betsy Allen Doel enjoys teaching Hammell Wenthen, Judith retired and enjoying life. Thank have 2 children, Grace, 13 and Spanish and Portuguese at M. Wilkinson, Linda Bereton you, Prue, for the class news that Colby College in ME. She has 3 Wirts, Jacquelyn Duffany Zach, 12. Robert’s son Rob is an

WINTER 2010 61 Sawyer group that meets from work. “Since my divorce,” she A picture is worth a thousand words. time to time?” Frances “Lee” adds, “I have been spending as Montgomery writes, “Like much time as I can spare with Send us yours. many people, trimming my life the ‘grands’. Sharon MacKnight Guidelines for submitting a bit to fit the economic times: semi-retired from Stamford digital photos for inclusion selling my horses, selling my Hospital in CT; she’ll remain per beloved old Saab convertible, diem evenings and celebrated in the Alumni Magazine: beginning to market my big old 40 years at the hospital in Sept. Digital photos must be roughly farmhouse in VT for rentals. I “I had a nice visit with Becky 3” x 5” in size and have a resolution of now have a new puppy! I had Irving ’42 in the summer,” she at least 300 dpi (dots per inch). E-mail your photos to a great lunch recently with Peg says. Suzy Shafer says hi. She [email protected] Rogers Andrews ’85 from the is enjoying her retirement and Development Office and learned still lives in Westport, CT. She all about Colby-Sawyer’s build- would like to hear from her you provided for my column. communications to the Veteran’s ing plans.” Sandy Newbert Fitts classmates and says we should Trish Haynsworth Leary has Administration and other agen- writes that their summer was try to get together for the next lived in France all her married cies. She has had 3 major spinal full of weddings of friends’ chil- reunion. Susan Lum-Creitz, lives life. She and husband Jay have surgeries in the past 10 years but dren and their niece Sarah, and, in Cambridge, NY. She writes, “I 2 daughters. One of the girls is doing well. Sue is an active sadly, their son Tim’s divorce. have 4 children, live in a beauti- lives in NYC and the other in gardener, and both she and John Carol Davis Bonazzoli says, ful 1790 colonial, and work part London. Trish visited Prue in ME are active in historic and pres- “Hubby Fred and I are enjoying time for the real estate magazine. several years ago. The Learys now ervation efforts. At last count our summer in MA and looking I had 2 roommates who I have live in Aix-en-Provence. Carol they had 2 great terriers and a forward to visiting friends in lost contact with but would be Graves Cimilluca and husband tortoiseshell kitten. Christy Hale London before a cruise which interested in seeing where their Edward are now living in NYC Riker moved from Pittsburgh, will include Normandy Beaches lives have gone: Nancy Holden and enjoy their condo on the PA, to Cochiti, NM, a couple of in France. We have had lots of Jorve and Noelle Quakenbush East River. They have a daugh- years ago and absolutely loves it. visits from grandchildren this Joralemon.” Marion Ahbe Lord ter who resides in NJ and a son Christy volunteers 3 mornings a summer!” Carol planned to writes, “My husband and I have who lives in NYC. Jackie Taft week at the local kindergarten, return to Captiva, FL, for the been enjoying retirement for sev- Lowe lives in Dallas and has a works in her high desert gardens winter season. Bea Campbell eral years and have enjoyed trav- summer home in Brookline, ME. and says that cooking is still her Kempster writes, “After a hang elling now that we have the time Her husband John is a profes- favorite hobby. Christy and hus- gliding thrill in Mar. with my to do it. We are just back from sor at Southern Methodist U in band Bill belong to the Sandoval 90-year-old mother, sister and a 6-week trip to the British Isles Dallas. Please send me your news County Historical Society, the nephews in FL, I took off with with a cruise through the Baltic. either at my home address or Albuquerque UU Fellowship and husband Jack for a ’suitcase’ sum- We love our summer home in via e-mail. Would enjoy hearing Oasis, which sponsors lectures mer. We went to Europe for the western NC mountains. We from you! and trips for the over-60 crowd. a 2-week adventure, including a spend 6 months a year in FL Christy says, “Come visit!” stop in Erinhausen, Austria for and 6 months in NC.” Mary our older son Ted’s wedding. Lee Burnham Scalise is enjoy- Once back in the US, we went to ing a busy life with Vince in the 1962 San Antonio for the International Finger Lakes of upstate NY, see- Gail Graham 1963 Shriner Convention, then on to ing Barbara Buck McDonald 49 North Shore Road Donna Dederick Ward a week in NH in Aug. to see fam- and Judy Demarais Franzoso Pocasset, MA 02559 4350 Queen Elizabeth Way ily and sisters Kitty and Nancy occasionally. She spent a week in (508) 564-4505 Naples, FL 34119 Campbell Harris ’62. Lee the north woods of Algonquin e-mail: [email protected] (800) 935-2440 Crawford writes that she mar- Park, Ontario, with Connie e-mail: [email protected] ried Robert Crawford on Dec. 26, Rogers Sweet. Tara Purcell Fell Hi, everyone. This past June, 2007. They live in Charleston, writes that she and Dave have Pat White Nash, Ellen Forbes, I’m still managing my B&B Inn, SC, and Grafton, VT. Lucy lived in northern UT for 2 years. Jill Schofield Wainwright and Meadowood Farm, in VT and Finlayson Calcagni continues “We love it out here in Cache I had a nice long lunch at the doing all the cooking. Hubby to work as a certified real estate Valley, living in the very small Daniel Webster Inn in Sandwich, Cliff is working in Fort Myers, appraiser in NY and CT, and she town of Wellsville, in the fields MA. We planned to meet again Cocoa Beach, and West Palm enjoys community volunteer at the bottom of the Wellsville late that month in Sturbridge, Beach, FL. I visit him once a MA, where we were to be joined month. It’s not the best arrange- by Marcia Meyer Snyder. Jill ment. I’ll return to Naples, FL, Schofield Wainwright and I in Nov. to enjoy the winter. Take a European vacation with also had dinner with Margot Surprisingly, the season has been “Mitzie” Fraker Wynkoop and good at the Farm. People still your classmates! her husband on their way to want to travel and experience Turn to the inside back cover for details of Nantucket in late June. They the peace of horse country in are well and happily retired. VT. Margot Dewey Churchill our new alumni travel program. Susanne Landa Moliere wrote has retired to Cape Cod. Hubby that she and John just celebrated Fred is working half time. “We their 17th anniversary and love love being on the Cape,” Margot living out in the countryside of says. “We bought a small house northern VA. John works from and downsizing feels just right. home providing telephones and Is there a Cape Cod Colby-

62 COLBY-SAWYER ALUMNI MAGAZINE Mountains,” she says. “We have children in MD, NC, CO and UT along with 14 grandchildren.” Patricia “Monie” Cunningham Sullivan writes, “Aug. 15th is the Gail Talanian O’Reilly ’63 anniversary of my college room- mate Lynne Reno Peirce’s death and I will forever miss her dearly. As a second generation Armenian-American growing up in the A group of us, all the first floor Boston suburbs, Gail Talanian O’Reilly had little sense of her ethnic of Best, started gathering 30 years identity. She attended the same church as her neighbors and followed after graduation, the ‘best’ thing a common path of American women of the time, attending college to we ever did! There were 7 of us become a schoolteacher. She became active in the League of Women and now there are 5. Bonnie Voters and other civic organizations—“American kinds of things,” in Whitney Burton, who was our the words of her father. After 18 years as a teacher she joined the fam- illustrious Best Dorm President, ily firm, a highly successful realty firm. It wasn’t until visiting Armenia died and then Lynne died in 1991 to witness the rebuilding efforts after a devastating earthquake that Gail really felt the pull of very suddenly.” The 5 of them her heritage. As she says, “If you’re Armenian and you go to your homeland, you don’t come back the planned to get together at Nanci same person.” Cate Steen’s in the Ozarks in Gail became involved with the Armenian Assembly of America and began chartering flights to Oct. Kathy Ketchum Weeman take others to see their homeland. Now independent of the Soviet Union after 85 years of communist says hello. Susie Bladworth rule, Armenia was a country in economic turmoil. “People were leaving,” explains Gail. “I wanted Beeson writes that she and her them to be able to live in their homeland with dignity.” During her trips she would often see artisans husband are 24/7 caregivers to in a large park trying to sell beautifully made work in the freezing cold to handfuls of tourists. Gail, his 100-yr-old mother. “This basi- cally means we stay home most who minored in art while at Colby-Sawyer, decided she had to do something to help. of the time, but I have a perfect In 2000, Gail founded Made in Armenia Direct, a company that brings the craftsmanship of part-time job as a church secre- Armenia to the world. It began with an Armenian-American acquaintance traveling for six months, tary,” Susie says. “My daughter picking out items he thought might be interesting. Now, nine years later, the work of over 60 artisans Jennifer is newly engaged this is available for purchase through Gail’s website, www.madeinarmeniadirect.com. “They are indepen- summer. We live in the woods dent workers,” she explains, “and they set their own prices. ”While her company caters to individuals, on 350 acres in Orford, NH, near it primarily deals in wholesale, and the wares are carried in over 50 stores across the United States. Dartmouth College, and never Gail continues to travel to Armenia twice a year and is thrilled at the changes she has seen over see any Colby friends up here. the past two decades. She has witnessed the emergence of a middle class and has no qualms in I do, however, keep in touch recommending her homeland as a tourist destination. In addition to promoting the craftwork of with Sally Sonntag Gale, Sue Armenia, Gail and her family are also investors in one of the first hotels to open there after the fall Codet Nelson, Cyndie Brainerd of communism. She is also very proud of having convinced the League of Women Voters to send a Troischt and Beverly Smart delegation over for a year, teaching Armenian women about advocacy and coalition building. As she Meginley.” Joanie Gibney points out with a wry laugh, “If it weren’t for the women, the country would have fallen apart a long Whittaker says she and Chris time ago.” enjoy spending time in CT and –Mike Gregory NY with their 4 granddaughters. Joanie also enjoys gardening, needlework and reading. On received the 2009 Best of Boston that you can be included in the pastels and her website is a sad note, Beverly Holbrook Award in the Importers cat- 1964 notes next time. Nancy www.dwtfineart.com. Lynn Treen writes that daughter Emily egory by the US Local Business Dearborn Lovetere is proud to Beaty Sealey and her husband passed away in July from metas- Association. Gail founded the announce the launch of her new Rand live in Seattle and have tasized breast cancer. She was 32 company in 2000. “The artisans website, www.nancylovetere.com, a second home in Walla Walla years old and lived in London. in Armenia continue to gain featuring an eclectic blog and because of the burgeoning wine Gail Talanian O’Reilly sent a weight each time I visit them so information about her forth- industry there. Her husband recent press release. Her compa- I know that MIAD is sustaining coming book on the history started an online newsletter for ny, Made in Armenia Direct, has them and their families,” Gail of rural Bath, ME. Betsy WA state wines, so they make writes. Meyers Hunnewell and Laurie numerous trips around the state. Whittemore tentatively planned In 2000, Lynn retired from work- Please See In Fond Memory on attending the reunion. They ing as a microbiology supervisor Nominate a had not been back since the at a local hospital lab. Since then, classmate for an 35th. Judy Curtis Zscheile was she has spent 6 years as a trustee 1964 not able to attend the reunion on the Annie Wright School Alumni but hopes to make it back to Board in Tacoma, where she Lee Norris Gray New London for our 50th. They spent her last 2 years of HS. She Award! 33 Gale Road have been doing some traveling and her husband enjoy hiking Hampton, NH 03842 from their home in CA in their and skiing, both cross country (603) 926-3443 RoadTrek van and are finishing and downhill, and try to keep e-mail: [email protected] up landscaping projects for in shape by walking (Lynn) and The e-mail blast I sent sure their home, which they built running (Rand). Pat Donahue Find out more at made a difference as I heard 6½ years ago. Diana Tripp has Jones is a compliance officer www.colby-sawyer.edu/ from numerous classmates. The been in CO for the past 11 with a financial services firm in alumni/awards rest of you, please send your years, bouncing between Boulder Boston. She plans on retiring a e-mail address to the school so and Sedona, AZ. She works in year from Nov. but returning

WINTER 2010 63 planned a trip to Amsterdam to life. Valerie Taft West and her visit their 6-year-old grandson husband are doing some long and celebrate their 10th anniversa- awaited traveling: They went to Leah Caswell ’65 ry. Susan Patricelli-Regan writes the British Virgin Islands and the that she and husband Bill just PGA Championship in MN. Next Which dorm(s) did you live in? welcomed a healthy granddaugh- on their docket is a trip to Seattle ter, courtesy of their son Craig to visit her son’s family, includ- Burpee basement! and his wife Kristi. Craig is a ing 5-year-old granddaughter Lili. What do you remember most Navy air-traffic control officer sta- Her other son lives in NYC and about Colby-Sawyer? tioned in Corpus Christi, TX, and is a musician. Valerie’s husband The fun we had. I remember Kristi just completed her teaching has 2 wonderful daughters; one once laughing so hard with my degree. Second son Colin is busy is in Charleston and the other Burpee basement compatriots with his assistant men’s crew in Germany. Between them they coaching position at Williams that I fell off the bed. I remember have 3 other grandchildren. “I’ve College in Williamstown, MA. had a wonderful career and now the study breaks we took to walk In the winter he works full time am enjoying life as a retired, but to the “Curb,” a soda fountain in with H & R Block. Christopher, not retiring, person,” Valerie the arts center, for a late evening the oldest son, has been transi- writes. Nancy Bland Wadhams repast. And I remember skiing tioning from a NY club promoter and her husband spend the nearly every day the bus made and event coordinator to a suc- summer at their cottage on Bear that trip up the mountain. cessful website designer. Susan Island on Lake Winnipesaukee, What are you doing these days? continues to work as a consultant NH. They are expecting Alice Since 1984 I have run my own for her former employer DIAGEO, Lawton Lehmann and her company, Liberty Design Co. We as director of trade and commu- husband to visit for a couple of Leah Caswell with her grand- nity relations for the corporate manufacture stencils, as well as a days. In Oct. they planned to daughter, Piper. relations department. Bill has return to CT to sell their home; line of paints and stencil brushes. taken an active volunteer role as they’re ready for condo life How did you get into the stenciling business? chairman of their town’s Cox TV since they are away so much. I was a school guidance counselor, recently divorced and support- committee. They have 2 horses, 6 In their spare time they love to ing my son on a meager salary. I reasoned that, if I could start my Jack Russell terriers, a foxhound spend time with their kids and own company and work hard, I might be able to provide my son and 4 cats. Susan continues grandsons, read, travel and do with a good education—and perhaps ski in the Alps occasionally. with her avocation as a rider/ any activity out of doors. Nancy Stenciling was popular in 1984, so I decided to manufacture sten- trainer with clients off property has taken up watercolor paint- cils, to which I later added paints and brushes. I named the com- on weekends. She wishes to say ing and is involved with The pany Liberty Design for the liberty of women to do as they choose hello to her former roommate Village For Families & Children Elizabeth “Lee” Reisner Murray. and profit by it. With a lot of hard work, the help of great employ- in Hartford, CT. Liz Ridley Mills Ellie Love-Ammermann writes has just moved to Grantham, ees and manufacturers reps, the wisdom and forbearance of my from Germany, where she con- NH, after her husband Richie young son, and articles on the company in Colonial Homes and tinues to give English lessons at retired as president of St. Joseph’s Country Living magazines, we have sold our products to over 2500 her English Academy outside of College in Rensselaer, IN. They distributors and stores throughout this country and in Canada. Munich, Bavaria. She has been also spend time in their sec- With the advent of the Web, we are also selling to individuals via married to a German for many ond home on Hilton Head, SC. www.libertydesign.com. years. She is learning Italian so Ellen Terhune Schauff is back And when you’re not working? that she can offer other languages in Germany with her husband I enjoy the company of my parents who are 93 and 96 and, along at the school, including French, Dietrich, who unfortunately has with my brother, help them to live independently in their own Italian and German. Ellie’s son Parkinson’s disease. Because of recently married a Thai girl with home. I care for my precious 13-month-old granddaughter, Piper, a fall while there, he has been 2 weddings—one in Bangkok hospitalized, so Ellen will remain two days a week. We go to museums and concerts and are gener- and one in Bavaria, where they in Germany for an undetermined ally on the road looking for adventure. I play the horn when the live. Ellie makes numerous trips length of time. We all wish you spirit moves, kayak all summer, ski all winter, and travel as much to Italy to tend to her vacation both the best, Ellen. Liz, Cathy as I can. home in Tuscany, which she and I will miss you at our semi rents out. She did the restorations annual luncheons in Concord, of the inside of the home several NH. Speaking of Cathy Wood to the same firm to do some most dangerous place you could years ago: www.casa-cantante. Hallsworth, she was enjoying consulting. After being divorced be). He was due to be transferred com. Barbara Pinkerton Corns the summer; all the rainy days for 12 years, Pat remarried in to Germany in Aug., where he was trying to talk her room- gave her more time to quilt, 1999 to her college sweetheart, will be training new recruits mate Sherry Reiche Greene which is her passion. Cathy Dick Jones. With the marriage being sent to Afghanistan. Pat’s into joining her at the reunion. has had some of her quilts jur- she gained 2 stepsons: Matt, an daughter Meghan is a benefits She’s been to New London to ied in the Lowell Quilt Festival architect in Chicago, and Ben, a consultant with a financial servic- visit her brother and sister-in- and the VT Quilt Festival this mortgage consultant in Phoenix. es firm in Boston. She graduated law but was unable to visit the year. She and Dave are off to Pat’s own son Courtney is in the from Colgate one week before her campus. Barbara spends her Boothbay, ME, for their annual military stationed in HI. In Feb. son graduated from Cornell. Pat time in Cleveland, Key West and vacation there over Labor Day. he returned from a 15-month and her husband were preparing Duxbury, MA, in the summer. And lastly, Rick and I are enjoy- deployment in Iraq, where he to host an engagement party for She recently retired from the ing our retirement. Last July was an interpreter with an infan- Meghan in July with the wedding Medical U of SC as the associate we purchased a second home try unit in the Sunni triangle (the the following July. In Aug. they provost of education and student in Bonita Springs, FL, on a golf

64 COLBY-SAWYER ALUMNI MAGAZINE in CO, and then moved to RI Check out the where she also taught PE and was 1967 the athletic director at a private Colby-Sawyer Sis Hagen Kinney school for the 15 years prior to College 104 Downing Drive moving to VT. After a few more Website: Summerville, SC 29485 years of teaching PE at Oxbow, (843) 871-2122 she switched to driver education. e-mail: [email protected] She says that she also has a sum- Allison Hosford reports that all mer property management busi- is still well on their farm; they ness that keeps her busy from Apr. through Oct. She hopes to www.colby-sawyer.edu had just finished shearing their Christmas tree plantation and are retire in 5 years and then con- harvesting onions and potatoes centrate full time on her land- course. We will only spend 4–5 from their garden. Prudence scaping business. Emily is also a months in FL, but after the early Hostetter mentioned that it was ski instructor in VT on weekends. winter we had this past year, it She has 2 sons: Kit Peabody, Betty Bland Homeyer ’67, hot and humid at home in FL, Georganne Hoffman Berry ’68, Sally might be longer. When in NH, a lawyer in Boston, and Alex but that she had a great time on McCracken Smith ’67 outside the I keep involved with volun- Mooney, who works for CNN in Nantucket. Prudence was going Mount Washington Hotel in N.H. teer work with my church, the to the Raleigh/Durham area to DC and will be in Georgetown Women’s Golf Association, and Law School this fall. Son Kit meet up with Susan Yuckman She loves it but misses sing- the President’s Alumni Advisory and daughter-in-law Antonia Reed. She keeps in touch with ing in harmony, and it makes Council and the newsletter for became parents of Emily’s first her old roommate Francie King, her think of people like Diane Colby-Sawyer—plus bridge, book granddaughter, Ali Marshall who has started her own business Eagle Kataoka, Sally Worthen club and my passion for counted Peabody, on June 25. Whitney in the Boston/Marblehead area. and Marina Gopadze. Whitney cross stitching. Rick planned to McKendree Moore sent proof Prudence has been trying her is still writing and sent along go to CA over Labor Day to see that she has a high school gradu- hand at substitute teaching. Pat a rough draft of an essay titled 2 girls we hosted (ages 17 with ate: a photo of her son Ned, who Maher Christodoulou left Colby “Late-Breaking Breakthroughs.” handicaps of 2 or less!) in the was about to enter Bard College after the 1965-66 school year but From the Med Tech ’67 class, First Tee Tournament with the for his freshman year. He was loves being in touch with pals Ellen McDaniel Wilsey has Champions Tour at Pebble Beach, in residence at Camp Hazen as from those days. She would love been living in Albuquerque, NM, then to Santa Rosa for a few days a counselor this summer along to hear from Joyce Wilkinson for about 12 years and found in the wine country, and finally with the son of Gusty Lange Oesch, Sigrid Thorne, or any of out recently that NM governor up to Seattle for a few days’ visit Ettlinger ’68. Whit reports that her “old buddies from Shepard Bill Richardson’s wife, Barbara with our son, Mark, and his fam- she stays in close touch with Hall.” Pat still loves living in NY Flavin Richardson ’69, is a ily. Our youngest son, David, Ann Lincoln Mitchell, Wendy and works in her cardiologist Colby graduate! Ellen invited is living in St. Augustine, FL, so Weinstein Fish, Beth Janes husband’s office. Betty Bland other Colby graduates living in we get to visit with him and his Nesbitt ’74, and Mary Hatch Homeyer writes, “Unable to NM to look her up. As for me, family while in FL and via video Moore (who is her sister-in- make it to Colby-Sawyer during I’m still teaching 4th grade at the conferencing on a regular basis. law). Whitney also says that she Alumni Fall Festival, Georgeann same small rural school located And our eldest son, TJ, and his sometimes connects with Ann Hoffman Berry ’68, Sally in Pineville, SC. Husband Bobby family live right here in NH so Blackman ’66, and that she’s McCracken Smith and I got is still the chief cook and bottle we get to enjoy them on a regu- searching for a long-lost chum, together in the White Mountains washer in our family these days, lar basis. Next summer Rick and Elizabeth Berg ’66. Whitney the week before. Georgeanne courtesy of his retirement. Our I are planning a trip to AK with 3 adds that she’s been earning her made the trip north from VA, daughter Natalie graduated (with other couples. keep by playing guitar and sing- because she missed the NH honors!) in May from Winthrop ing in nursing homes, which mountains so much! Sally and U in Rock Hill, SC, and the day Please See In Fond Memory she finds “really gratifying.” I gave her a good tour of all the before she got her diploma she beautiful foliage and sights.” Betty adds that she continues to 1965 be amazed at how busy her life Chris Murray McKee is now that she’s retired! “How 518 Burpee Hill Road did I ever find time to teach and New London, NH 03257 do all those lesson plans and (603) 763-2761 paper corrections?” she wonders. e-mail: [email protected] She’s been learning to paint with watercolors and became involved Please See In Fond Memory this year with a writing critique group. High on her list of things that she does regularly is playing with the grandkids: Millie, Isaac 1966 and Miles. Emily Waterman Susan Weeks Mooney reports that she will be 3 Winona Circle in her 35th year of teaching this Lebanon, NH 03766 fall. She has taught driver educa- (603) 448-6962 tion for the last 7 years at Oxbow e-mail: High School in Bradford, VT. [email protected] She also taught PE for 11 years Whitney McKendree Moore ’67 with her husband Barry and their son Ned.

WINTER 2010 65 got a job! She landed a job as the stage manager for 5 of the bands that play throughout the park at Save the Date! 1970 Busch Gardens in Williamsburg, Gail Remick Hoage VA. So, we’re the proverbial Our next Alumni 64 Valley Road “empty nesters” now. We went Fall Festival is New Durham, NH 03855 to VA one time to visit with not (603) 859-3241 only Nat but also other family. October 1–3, 2010! e-mail: [email protected] We’ve been to Durham to visit Reconnect with friends and I’m on Facebook (Gail Hoage), our middle son and his family: classmates, and celebrate Ted, Felicia, 4-year-old Savannah, so contact me so I can recon- your college memories. nect with you and share some and 1-year-old Caroline. We’ve Alumni also been to the Newland/ Find out more at interesting news about you to Linville, NC, area to take care Fall Festival www.colby-sawyer.edu/ the ’70 Alumni! That’s how I of my dad’s house there. If you found Susan Pomerantz, who ever have any news from our October 1–3, 2010 alumni/fallfestival is still in TV production in NYC. class, please pass it along. You My oldest son married this July can either e-mail it to me or to vision, though she can walk on Bridport, VT, on Lake Champlain. at a beautiful outside wedding. [email protected]. We marked trails on their property. Nov. through Apr., Terri lives in Carole Kobayashi and I still love hearing from classmates and Meredith went to UT in May and Gold Canyon, AZ, 35 miles east keep in touch and you can also your classmates enjoy hearing all plans to go to the Grand Canyon of Phoenix. She and her husband find her on Facebook. She just about you! Keep us posted! next year. “I’m holding up pretty Dave celebrated their 40th anni- returned from a New Orleans well mostly thanks (I think) to versary in Oct. “Classmates living vacation. Heidi Rice Lauridsen working with weights for the last nearby or traveling through VT or and Bonnie Adamski Lewis ’71 5 or 6 years and of course plain AZ are welcome to call or email both live in New London, so 1968 old good luck,” she says. Evelyn me so we can get together,” maybe they could update us on Kelly McWilliams Dvareckas Morison Huber writes, “I lived in Terri says. Diane Wright Smith the town and growth of Colby- 18 Cannon Drive Columbus, OH, for 33 years after says she and her husband David Sawyer as well as themselves. Nashua, NH 03062-2000 graduating from Colby. I taught moved just outside Ft. Myers in Please contact me on Facebook, (603) 891-2282 elementary ed. for 30 years and southwest FL in 2005. “Although by mail or e-mail at gail@ e-mail: [email protected] at the same time raised a girl and we are both still working, we love michaelsschool.com so I can add a boy. My husband’s job brought the Florida lifestyle,” she reports. some fascinating facts about you, Please See In Fond Memory us to the Philadelphia area— Their elder son, Sean, has headed your life and your success. a town called Exton, PA, near back to grad school for a mas- Westchester. Barbara Lane Gellis ter’s degree in interactive media. 1969 is still teaching and living in New Their younger son Chris has his 1971 Rochelle, NY. Her husband Stuart own graphic design company in Debi Adams Johnston is in the photography business. Las Vegas and is going to make Bonnie Pratt Filiault 3727 Moorland Drive Their daughters Karen and Lauren Diane and David grandparents 650 Old Stage Road Charlotte, NC 28226-1120 are married and living close by. for the first time. I, like most of Centerville, MA 02632-1804 (704) 542-6244 Karen and Alex have 2 children the grandmothers our age, love e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected] who are now almost 4 and almost Jan Brett’s books and buy them I am writing just before our 5 years old. Lauren and Mayan for my grandchildren in doubles, 40th Reunion. Good grief! I do have a baby boy. “I contacted one book for their home, one not even feel that old, let alone Jan Brett not too long ago to tell to read from at my house. They 1972 that it’s been 40 years since we her that I love reading her books are always awestruck to hear Linda Kelly Graves graduated from Colby Jr. College. to my 2nd and 3rd grade stu- that their Grammy was in art 880 Tannery Drive I hope that many of you will dents,” Barbara writes. “Now I’m class with the famous Jan Brett. Wayne, PA 19087-2343 have attended the reunion, also reading them to my grand- My daughter, Emily, is still in (610) 688-0230 and I’ll have more news and children.” Margo McVinney London with Spink & Sons. My e-mail: [email protected] pictures to share in the next Marvin lives in Minnetonka, MN, sons, Ian, Garth and Alec (all I’m writing this in Aug., but by column. Thank you to Marni has 3 grown boys (the last one Naval officers), are all stationed the time you read this it will be Fowler Most of Pembroke Pines, graduated from Boston College out of San Diego. Ian and Garth winter—but updates like this will FL, Barbara Siferd Sunshine in May), and 2 granddaughters are in the Far East on deploy- always warm your heart, cold of Plantation, FL, and Anne ages 3 and 6. Her husband Jack ment until Jan. I had a wonderful weather or warm. Lee Sherman Laverack Gallivan of North is retired, but still consulting. 60th birthday party in San Diego Wainwright of MI writes that Chittenden, VT, for your efforts “When I’m not traveling (which last Mar. with all my children. I she’s been working with adults in getting people together for is my favorite thing to do!), I wasn’t able to make the reunion with developmental disabilities the reunion. Meredith Bennett am involved with the Assistance as I was undergoing knee replace- for 10 years. She and her hus- ’70 MT writes that they still live League of Minneapolis, and am ment. Please go to www.colby- band talk about retirement and in Free Union, VA, in the same honored to be President Nominee sawyer.edu/alumni and sign up may consider moving back to house they bought 29 years ago. this year,” Margo writes. “I would with The Loop. This way you New England. Lee’s daughter was Meredith doesn’t work anymore, love to know if anyone lives in can connect with each other! married a year ago and is an art but her husband Tom is at the the Minneapolis area.” Terri And while you’re there, send director for an Internet ad firm. university in Charlottesville. Reynolds McKeon is now retired me a message about what YOU Her daughter also lives only 5 Her mother (class of 1937!) has and would love to find CJC are doing for the next column. minutes from Lee, while her son moved in with them because she classmates living near her. Happy Holidays! is living in Boston, just finished has almost completely lost her May through Oct. she lives in

66 COLBY-SAWYER ALUMNI MAGAZINE his MBA and was lucky enough e-mail: [email protected] adolescent boys on the autism to find a job after graduation. spectrum. She’s still singing, Contact the Office I’m happy to report that I’ve Debbie Congdon Lorenson and is in a folk trio and also heard from a number of people celebrated her 34th wedding of Alumni Relations does concerts with her pianist. who have never contacted me anniversary in June. She was and Annual Giving: Caroline is living in CT with her before for class notes. It’s great dating her husband while she 2 cats. Ann Woodd-Cahusac to hear from everybody! Susan was at Colby-Sawyer. She has Neary’s eldest daughter—and my Hatch Barton has moved to a son who is married and who goddaughter—Emily will be in FL. She recently reconnected works as a hydrogeological the Colby-Sawyer College class of with Abbey roommate Jan engineer in Helena, MT. Her 2013! We are both so excited and Lyle Malcolm ’73 and Heidi other son obtained his degree both accompanied her on her Hammond through Facebook. in marine sciences at U of ME, first trip to campus. Last summer, Tina Clark Feole wrote in ask- and is now pursuing a master’s Ann participated in a national (800) 266-8253 ing for Suzie Cook Kinsellagh’s in international business at ME teachers convention in Atlanta or email us at alumni@ contact info, which I forwarded Maritime in Castine, ME. Debbie where she presented her strate- colby-sawyer.edu to her. She also reminisced about worked 9 years as a “Colby gies for teaching single-gender how back in 1973, she got the trained” medical secretary and students—in this case, boys—at dates mixed up for starting our then stayed home to raise their MA. Kristen Johnson has been DeWitt Clinton High School in second year, arrived a week early boys. Her husband Rich founded living in western MA the past 8 the Bronx. She also co-created for orientation and the campus a jewelry store called Schroth and years, having lived in Brookline, a special poetry edition of “The was dark, except for a little light Lorenson Jewelers in Summit, MA, for 18 years while she Magpie,” written by the boys. in the room I shared with room- NJ, in 1974. Debbie started work- and her husband raised their Included in the forward is a spe- mate Ann Woodd-Cahusac ing in the store about 11 years 3 children. Kristen has worked cial tribute to Ann, which reads Neary. She was so relieved to ago and continues to work with for glass artists, worked at the in part: “We would like to spe- see us! Susan Brown Holtham her husband daily. Debbie says Fiber Arts Center, been a jewelry cifically thank Mrs. Neary, you reports that she is still work- that she has met numerous cus- designer and juried for the NH have been our hero and we want ing for the US Army Corps of tomers through the years who League of Craftsmen 3 times. She to thank you.” Ann’s 12-year-old Engineers, but is planning to have attended Colby-Sawyer. would like to someday become twins, Mack and Paige (also mine retire next July after 35 years of Debbie stays in touch with Joan a full-time artist. Kristen and and my husband’s godchildren), service. She’s enjoying spend- Messenger and Carole Hall, but her husband welcomed their are very active in swimming, div- ing time with her and Bill’s 9 didn’t give me any updates on first grandson in June. I would ing and water polo, which they grandchildren—8 boys and 1 their lives…so Joan and Carole, like to thank all of you have play on a national level. Eleanor girl all under the age of 7. Sally you need to write! Nancy Gillen sent/e-mailed me your news. Cummings Bowe and husband Williams Cook’s first book, Kunis saw Joanne Hill Munyon It is great to have had such a Jerry recently moved back to the Another Season, will be re-issued in Charleston, SC, in May. They good response. It is your giv- US after living in England for 6 by Little Brown in Oct. 2009. The hadn’t seen each other in 10 ing of yourselves that make this years. They recently purchased New York Times bestseller was years and so had a great reunion. column more enjoyable for us a home in the Upper Rockridge first published in 1997. Sally is They are trying to put together all. Now, let’s hear from the rest area of Oakland, CA, where they currently working on a middle- a mini reunion with Patty of you! live 10 minutes from daughter grade book, as well as a picture Brown Kinnunen in either Gretchen and 40 minutes from book. In addition, she is the the NC Mountains or the SC daughter Stephanie. They are special advisor for the book club beaches. Nancy still keeps in looking forward to becoming of Project Sunshine, a nonprofit touch with Liz Hough-Harden 1973 grandparents in Feb. and Mar. which provides free educational, ’73, Carlyle “Carky” Claypool Nancy R. Messing Eleanor and Jerry still own their recreational and social care to Conrad and Cindy Sawyer 908 Ponce de Leon Drive cottage on Newfound Lake in hospitalized children all over the Campbell. Nancy says she even Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316 NH, and get to spend plenty world. She brings children’s book found Maureen Thompson (954) 779-7449 of time on the East Coast with authors to NYC-area pediatric Coykendall on the Colby-Sawyer e-mail: [email protected] their parents and siblings. Amy settings to present their work Facebook page…she encourages Banford Jakowski retired from to young patients. Jon Keenan, all of you to join the college at Pfizer Global R&D Inc. in Aug. CSC art professor, showed his www.facebook.com/colbysawyer. 2009 after 30 years in the work at a benefit for Project Jane Woodworth wrote to 1974 Pathology Department for Drug Sunshine that Sally and her hus- tell us that she loves hosting a Sue Brown Warner Safety Evaluation. Her husband band hosted at their apartment political radio talk show twice 48 Spring Street, unit 7 Richard is still a pathologist and in NY in Apr. 2009. The show a week on WESO AM 970. Jane Greenwich, CT 06830-6129 professor at the Tuft’s Cummings was very successful and helped continues to live in Sturbridge, (203) 629-1454 School of Veterinary Medicine. raise much-needed funds. Sally’s Amy is celebrating the co- daughter Liz works for Turner founding of the Ninth Annual Construction in NY, and her son CT “Ride for the Cure,” an Colby-Sawyer may be coming Alex is a junior at Tufts U, major- equestrian fundraising event to ing in drama. Caroline Jestin benefit the Susan G. Komen for to an area near you! tells us she’s been married and the Cure and the fight against divorced twice, has a beautiful breast cancer. The ride has raised Visit www.colby-sawyer.edu/ 25-year-old daughter, worked in over $450,000 in donations. Amy independent schools for more alumni/events for a complete is happy to have more time to than 25 years, and is now a list of upcoming alumni events. dedicate to the Ride for the Cure, Licensed Professional Counselor re-decorating her 1840s home, and director of a group home for pursuing her hobbies—horseback

WINTER 2010 67 church in Peterborough, and just finished up directing an annual summer theater camp for chil- Laurie Ferguson ’75 dren. Those who remember me know that music was always an Which dorm(s) did you live in? is filled with important part of my life! My husband and I live in Hancock, Burpee. exciting chal- lenges and NH, with our 2 Jack Russell What do you remember most about meeting terrific terriers and 2 cats. Together we Colby-Sawyer? people all over have 4 grown-up kids and 6 grandchildren!” The fantastic teachers. I did a lot of growing up the state. at Colby-Sawyer because of them. What do you Which faculty or staff member inspired think is the you most? best thing 1975 There are two. Dr. Allen Koop taught me to love about New Nancy Eaton Welch history, to write well, and to better understand Hampshire? 292 County Road the Bible (we met 3 times a week during lunch The landscape. New London, NH 03257 to discuss it). Dr. Mary Glynn inspired me to The White Mountains, the ocean, the lakes, the e-mail: break out of my safe, all-American, suburban-girl open fields, the stone walls, the historic buildings [email protected] cocoon and take risks, challenge the norm, and and town greens, the four distinct seasons that be a leader. always keeps things “new.” How might your classmates remember you? The worst? 1976 Yikes, I’d probably leave that up to them to It’s a long way from where I grew up in Janet Spurr answer. Hopefully the memories are all good. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. I wish I lived closer 52 Rowland Street, Apartment 1 to my family. Marblehead, MA 01945 What are you doing these days? (781) 639-1008 I’m the executive director of NH Made, the Last book read? e-mail: [email protected] statewide organization that promotes the people, The Bible. I, Janet Spurr, have been work- products and places of New Hampshire. We ing hard trying to make my first help market and promote more than 850 Favorite movie? book, Beach Chair Diaries: Summer businesses and the products they produce. There are lots. “The Sound of Music,” “The Tales from Maine to Maui, into a This includes specialty food producers such as Wizard of Oz,” “Babe,” “Simon Birch”—to best-seller. I’ve sold over 2,400 orchards, wineries, breweries, bakeries and name a few. copies in 1 year. Please help maple producers; fine handcrafts such as pottery, Favorite TV show? me in following my dream. If glassware, furniture, and weaving; and service All my favorite shows tend to disappear, like any of you are in book groups providers such as restaurants that serve local “The West Wing” and “American Dreams.” and would like me to come foods, and stores that sell local products. It’s hard to find good stuff these days. I usually and speak to your group or via How do you go about promoting them? watch Fox News and listen to them rant—they phone, I would be happy to do that. Please forward my website: Any way we can, with printed guides and make some good points about the future www.beachchairdiaries.com. directories, e-newsletters, all kinds of special direction of this country. I’m now working on my next trade and consumer events, and our website, What might your classmates be surprised to book, The Beach Goes On, and am www.nhmade.com. For all of you who fell in learn about you? starting to teach workshops to love with New Hampshire while you were at Well, I had to battle Stage 3 breast cancer this writers and authors called Sales Colby-Sawyer, visit the website and you’ll find past year. (I had a mastectomy, chemotherapy Boot Camp for Authors. Nancy thousands of products that make perfect gifts or and radiation, but the prognosis is good and my Barnes Berkeley came to one special mementos for yourself to remind you of hair is finally coming back!) It was a life-changing of my book signings at Barnes the time you spent in this beautiful state. event, obviously, but has served to be a real & Noble with her son Tom, How did you get involved in NH Made? opportunity to help others. Despite this set-back, who will be going to Bucknell in the fall. Nancy has made I was one of the original members of the task life has been very, very good to me. I’ve raised some connections with some force that created NH Made back in 1995. I two terrific boys, now ages 16 and 20, have a old Best Dorm friends through had my own marketing business, Ferguson terrific job that I love, and live in one of the most Facebook, like Melinda Miller Communications, but when they needed an beautiful places on earth. Sexton, who just celebrated her executive director to run the organization, I Anything you’d like to say to your fellow 30th wedding anniversary and didn’t hesitate for a moment. The main office is alumni? lives in Hopewell, VA. She has a in my home which enabled me to be with my Give back to the communities where you live. beautiful granddaughter! I’m also kids while they were growing up. Every day connected to Carol DiGennaro Meyer ’78, Katherine “Cabby” Herr, Dana Swezey ’75, Liz riding, gardening, photography Austin Fleming writes, “I am benefits and compensation sup- Clowney Byrnes ’77, and Holly and crafting—and enjoying her currently working in human port for our 1,500 employees, Hexner Giampapa ’55. It is 3 stepchildren, Peter, Kim and resources at Cheshire Medical so it’s always a busy day in the fun to share pictures and keep Jen, and their children, Peter Center/Dartmouth Hitchcock office. Outside of this job, I am in touch this way. Sheila De Alan, Mia and Gabe. Mary Ann Clinic in Keene, NH. I provide organist/choir director for a Ganahl Moeller writes, “After

68 COLBY-SAWYER ALUMNI MAGAZINE had a busy career in my field fragile and some both.” All 14 education (now looking for a Get connected (Broadway, films, playwright, kids range in age from 2 to 30. job) and she is getting married etc.),” she writes. “If you Google “It is a wonderful life, so reward- to an OH State Grad. I have on Facebook at me, you can get a taste.” Ann ing and a whirlwind at the same been in Cincinnati for 20 years.” www.facebook.com/ Erickson Shaw writes, “The big time,” Gloria writes. Gloria and Emily Wagner writes, “I moved news is that my son Evan Shaw her husband also have 3 grand- to Bellevue, KY, on the Ohio colbysawyer! will be a junior at Colby-Sawyer! sons. She invites people to e-mail River in Jan. 2008. I am the sales He’s majoring in art, and won her at [email protected]. director for a catering company Do you twitter? an award at the annual art show (Yes, she needs to update that called The Upper Crust (www. exhibition. My other son, David, address!) Melinda Miller Sexton theuppercrustcateringcocom). My Follow the College will be a sophomore at Keene became a grandmother on Dec. daughter Liza is 19 and a sopho- at www.twitter.com/ State with majors in film pro- 1, 2008, to a baby girl named more at U of Cincinnati and my colbysawyer! duction and French while play- Carter Lill Sexton. Katherine son Philip is 15 and a sophomore ing Lacrosse. I’m still in Acton Burke started a consulting busi- in high school.” And from Susan working in real estate. I opened ness in Jan. 2007 after 7 years Graham Winslow, “My husband a new company called Keller at Eyetech Pharmaceuticals. She Scott and I were in New London getting laid off in Silicon Valley Williams with a few partners in consults with biotech companies this past weekend. We took a at start of dot-com crash and Concord, MA, and despite the doing clinical drug trials for oph- drive around the CSC campus selling my house in San Jose, economy we are doing great! thalmic diseases. She also works because our daughter will be then-fiancé Rolf Moeller and I I see Lynn Specker Martin, with some large companies like applying for the fall of 2011. The bought a 35’ trailer and traveled Betsy Hill Lynch, and Priscilla Pfizer and Novartis. “Anastasia school and the town are just as for 3 months throughout western Walker Dallmus all of Acton just turned 21,” Katherine writes. beautiful as I remember, and the US, western Canada and AK; we frequently. Also get together “She is working at JP Morgan this new additions to the school are married in Homer, AK, in Aug. with Nancy Hill Smith, Linda summer and will start her senior impressive. Scott and I live on a 2001.” The couple then moved White Maynard, Maura Curry year at Columbia this year. Ted small horse farm in Boxford, MA. to St. Cloud, FL, in 2002 for Rolf ’77, Beth Jones Westra ’77, is the treasurer and managing We have 3 children: Alexandra to attend school to become a Kathy Nielson Detore ’77, and director of Advanced Wealth (22), a recent graduate from Holy marine technician, then on to Suzanne Burchfield ’77 once Solutions Group, a financial Cross, Sam (20), a student at Charleston, SC, in 2003 for Rolf’s or twice a year, looking forward advisory group in NY. We go to Gordon College and Keelie (17), new job; they’re still living in the to seeing them on Nantucket Bridgewater, CT, every weekend a senior at Masconomet Regional trailer. In 2003, Sheila was hired with Lynn Martin. I see Emily and still live on Second Ave in High School. I am a writer as a civilian contractor for the US Leclair ’77 twice a year with a NY after 25 years of marriage.” for The Equine Journal, Equine Coast Guard Sector Charleston group meeting in Nantucket.” Chronicle and Massachusetts Horse (REC). Since her contract with Gloria Modderno Costello and and I have contributed to the the USCG ended, Sheila has been her husband Tom decided to Chicken Soup for the Soul antholo- job hunting, and is starting up a adopt a child after raising their 1977 gies. I am also in the apprentice home-based consulting business. 4 to young adulthood. “One Wendi Braun program to become NARHA Had a great visit with Jennie more became 10 more, and we 5 Carnegie Place certified to teach Therapeutic Norton in RI last July; hope to are now the proud parents of Lexington, MA 02420 Horseback Riding. I stay in touch have her visit us soon before a grand total of 14 amazing (781) 863-1502 with Susan Pratley Rillovick we sell and get the heck outta children,” Gloria says. “Our e-mail: [email protected] and her husband Kevin. She has Dodge! Jacqueline Loewy was first was a little boy with Down an antique store in Farmington, I had such fun getting news just appointed assistant profes- Syndrome, and we loved rais- NH. I hope the other members from the 1977 class. I heard from sor of theatre and communica- ing him so much that the 9 that of the class of ’77 are all well classmates who had never sent tions at Notre Dame College in followed all have special needs, and healthy.” Betsy Clark-Miller in their updates. Many included South Euclid, OH. “I also have some cognitive, some medically (Burpee) had never written in their emails but you can connect before so had lots of catching up with old classmates through The to do. She writes, “After college, Loop website, accessible through I worked a year or 2 then joined www.colby-sawyer.edu/alumni. the Coast Guard Reserves to cure Send me a note and share your the wanderlust that seemed to be news with everyone! Cynthia inside me. I absolutely loved it!” Sparagna is enjoying her life While she was in the reserves, with family, career and commu- Betsy met and married a young nity in Sherman Oaks, CA. She man from Tifton, GA, and has ended 2008 in the top 10 sales been in GA ever since. Together, agents in her office with Ewing they had 2 boys who are now 28 & Assoc. Sotheby’s International and 25. Betsy and Greg stayed Real Estate, and looks to be on together about 10 years then, target again for 2009. Cynthia sadly, divorced. “We do remain serves on the board of directors close friends to this day though,” with the Sherman Oaks Chamber Betsy says. She then went back of Commerce and is president of to school to become a registered a weekly one-of-a-kind profes- nurse, and has been nursing for sional referral networking group. the past 18 years. When she’s not Lynn Lovelett Elizondo writes, Ann Erickson Shaw ’76 poses with her son Evan, an art major at Colby- working at the hospital—which “My daughter graduated from Sawyer. This photo was taken after Evan won an award at The Gladys is only on the weekends— OH University with a degree in Greenbaum Meyers Juried Student Art Exhibtion. she’s with her fella of 20 years

WINTER 2010 69 on their 400-acre cattle, tobacco, ning to get together again soon.” peanut, corn, and soybean farm, The news from my neck of the Want to find out if other Colby-Sawyer alumni and Betsy runs a non-profit woods is that I’m currently look- live in your area? Get in The Loop! horse rescue there as well. Kathy ing for work as a training director Brown Teece writes, “Erica, 26, in the Boston area after my posi- lives in Manhattan and works tion was eliminated at my previ- for a pharmaceutical advertising ous employer. I remain hopeful company. Alex, 23, lives on the that the economy continues its island of Oahu and teaches 7th upswing and I find a new fabu- grade English for the Teach for lous place to work. I continue America program. Samantha, 20, my professional contribution www.colby-sawyer.edu/alumni will be a junior at the University as president of the MA chapter of VT in the fall and lived and of the International Society for worked in Burlington, VT, for Performance Improvement, from Sandra Bielunis Berestka, the summer. My husband David most recently orchestrating a Ann Vennie Fitzgerald ’79, and is busy expanding his wholesale workshop on social networking 1979 Alice O’Rourke ’82.” plumbing and heating business. and best practices in training. Debra Bray Mitchell And I keep busy with volunteer I’m on Facebook, LinkedIn and 17 Rope Ferry Road work at a local Survival Center/ Plaxo, so if you want to connect, Hanover, NH 03755 Food Pantry, involvement with send me an invite. On the home (603) 643-7138 1982 my church, and traveling to visit front, my 2 kids are both in high e-mail: [email protected] Melissa Buckley Sammarco with the kids. A shout out to school with one graduating this Viale Alessandro Magno, 446 Sarah Krueger Bressin and Ellen year. My husband works at home 00124 Rome Dutra Houghton.” Andy Clifton frequently and we enjoy many Italy Harper writes, “I am spend- dinners together with his short 1980 011-39-06-509-8273 ing the summer away from hot commute from the living room. Lee Hartwell Jackson e-mail: [email protected] Cypress Creek Estates Phoenix at our cabin in Munds Many thanks to you who sent Hello, class of ’82. Not too much 6180 9th Avenue Circle NE Park, 20 miles south of Flagstaff. me info and I encourage you news this time. Lisa Dargis Bradenton, FL 34202-0561 The country club here provides to sign up in The Loop so I can Nickerson writes, “Nickersons (941) 747-0406 for lots of opportunities: golf keep in touch with you, as I can here in VA, we’ve successfully e-mail: [email protected] with the ladies league, exercise only reach out to classmates graduated both of our children classes, happy hours, cool weath- who submit their email address. Please See In Fond Memory from high school! Michael is now er, and many friends.” Andy I wish you all happiness, health, a junior at the College of William and her husband Gary planned and peace. and Mary in Williamsburg and to spend a couple of weeks Megan starts her freshman year in Spain and Portugal in Oct. 1981 next week at the U of Richmond. Debbie Pratt writes, “Last Oct. Pamela Aigeltinger Lyons Michael was in Italy this summer. my husband Ted and I visited 1978 436 Round Hill Road He did a 6-week study abroad Anne Delaporte Smith down in Jody Hambley Cooper Saint Davids, PA 19087 program in Sicily studying the Castleton, VA. I hadn’t seen her 89 Main Street, Unit 3 (610) 989-0551 geography of Europe and mod- in at least 20 years, but it felt like Post Office Box 1943 e-mail: [email protected] ern Italian culture and society. yesterday. We had a blast with New London, NH 03257 Our daughter Megan is studying Alicia Amadon Abbott writes, Anne and her husband Tom, (603) 526-4667 business and will take a course “I was a government and pub- and we got to meet her adorable e-mail: [email protected] in Italian this year. Her plans lic affairs major and lived in daughter Jensen. We are plan- include spending a semester in McKean my first 2 years and La Florence next year. Maybe then Chamiere my junior year, and we’ll be able to go visit her! “ spent my senior year at American Is 2010 your Reunion year? U in DC. My husband Will and I live in Holderness, NH. I am the administrator for the Squam 1983 Reconnect with Lakes Conservation Society, a small land trust focused on the Gail Smart Scibelli classmates during Squam watershed. Will is VP for 2901 South Bayshore Drive policy and land management Miami, FL 33133 Alumni Fall for the Society for the Protection [email protected] of NH Forests—NH’s oldest Please See In Fond Memory and largest land trust. We have Festival 3 children. Will is 23 and just graduated from Plymouth State University with a BA in crimi- 1984 October 1–3, 2010! nal justice. Jacob is 20 and will Lisa Reon Barnes visit www.colby-sawyer.edu/ be a junior at Franklin Pierce 11 Allen Place University in Rindge, NH, this Sudbury, MA 01776 alumni/fallfestival for details. fall. Tirzah is 19 and will be a (978) 443-6816 sophomore at Beloit College in e-mail: [email protected] Beloit, WI. I would love to hear

70 COLBY-SAWYER ALUMNI MAGAZINE family. She will be missed by all A picture is worth a thousand words. those who knew her at Colby- 1989 Sawyer. Brooke Scarpa moved Send us yours. Carrie Cherubino McGraw to Charleston, SC, and works as Guidelines for submitting 311 Mountain Cloud Circle an interior designer at a furniture digital photos for inclusion Highlands Ranch, CO 80126- company. She visited campus in 2208 Sept. when her “little” brother in the Alumni Magazine: (720) 344-2612 Christopher Scarpa ’02 was Digital photos must be roughly e-mail: [email protected] married in New London. Brooke 3” x 5” in size and have a resolution of caught up with Rick Ellis in the at least 300 dpi (dots per inch). E-mail your photos to spring when he was in town with [email protected] his students. Jack Tremblay and 1990 Heather Quigley Tremblay ’95 Janette Robinson Harrington welcomed their third child, Ellie. YMCA educating members in the 13 Sherwood Road Says Jack, “Heather is excited to fitness center. Her husband is self Hingham, MA 02043 have a daughter to do girly-girl 1985 employed. They’ve been married (781) 749-2571 things like dress-up and tea par- Carla Byers for 15 years. e-mail: ties. Jacob, Teddy and I have 123 South Street, Apartment 9 [email protected] tried our best to participate, but Northampton, MA 01060 it’s hard to hold a tea cup with e-mail: [email protected] a baseball glove on.” Heather, a 1986 stay-at-home mom who home- Laurie Hall Berry is living in Molly O’Shea Piercy 1991 schools, runs a science club Bow, NH, and has been married Post Office Box 1554 Gretchen Garceau-Kragh for other home-schooled kids. to her husband for 7 years. “We New London, NH 03257-1554 315 Adams Street Jack recently hung out with have a combined family of 10 (603) 526-2346 San Antonio, TX 78210 Dave Morin and Dan Berry in children: 8 boys plus 2 girls,” e-mail: [email protected] (210) 226-7079 Mattapoisett, MA, to help Patty she writes. “That includes 5 birth e-mail: [email protected] Randall Berry and Dan get Sally McDermott Morse children ages 2 - 20, 3 children settled in their beautiful home. Post Office Box 831 adopted from Guatemala (all Dave and Sara Hodgkins Morin New London, NH 03257 age 11), and 2 stepsons age 16 ’95 welcomed Finn, a new choco- (603) 526-6446 and 18. Eight of our kids are 1992 late lab puppy, to their family on [email protected] still living at home.” In her free Jennifer Barrett Sawyer Aug. 15. Dave was recently elect- time, Laurie is working part time 57 Field Road ed to a third term as president of as a home care nurse, mostly Marston Mills, MA 02648 Yankee Toys, a Land Cruiser 4x4 doing home IV infusions, and is (508) 428-9766 Club. Marc Wysocki, finishing homeschooling the 3 5th grad- 1987 e-mail: [email protected] his 8th year at Berkshire School, Susan Brown Danaher ers. She’s still spending her sum- says, “I recently became an 51 Stepstone Hill Road mers in Portsmouth, RI, where EMT and have joined the local Guilford, CT 06437 they love to kayak and play on ambulance service.” Marc’s wife, (203) 453-9544 the beach. Cara Landen Wall 1993 Tammy Hoyt Wysocki ’91, still writes, “I have been home raising e-mail: [email protected] Dawn Hinckley works as the preschool teacher my 3 kids for the past 13 years. 11646 Old Hills Lane on campus at the day care. Son Mikaela is 13, Mary Frances is 11, San Antonio, TX 78251 Keenan turned 5 in Aug. and and Christian is 8. Three kids, (618) 719-7184 was getting ready for kinder- 3 schools living in Marblehead, 1988 e-mail: [email protected] garten. Tracy Sutherland Fitch Letticia Kelly Brown-Gambino MA.” They have a 2nd home sold her condo and moved to 768 Main Street on a lake in ME. “You can find Winchester, MA. She was sad to Plymouth, CT 06782 us outdoors year round engag- leave the city, but needed more e-mail: ing in all activities,” Cara adds. 1994 space! Theresa “Rene” Whiteley- “We sail, hike, ski and bike.” [email protected] Matthew Reed Cara works part time at the local 28 Bow Street Danvers, MA 01923 (978) 777-1424 e-mail: [email protected] Hello again, class of ’94. I am saddened to report that Kate Cyr passed away on Mar. 28, 2009, in Lynn, MA. Kate worked as a staff accountant for hotel chains and retail rental properties, and had lived in VA, NC and CA before settling in the Boston area. She was out enjoying time with friends when she had what is Neil Cremin ’94 and his wife Nicole believed to be an aneurysm. My welcomed daughter Maggie Ryan Three Abbey dorm mates from the class of 1988: Patti Foose Bechok, Alison sympathies to Kate’s friends and on June 14. DiMenna Harbilas and Katrina Wing Clark.

WINTER 2010 71 exactly the same!” In May, Maura Check out the traveled to Maria Sinacola’s wedding to Todd Borland at the Colby-Sawyer MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Dyan College Perewicz Welch in Orlando has Website: had her 2nd baby girl. “I’m the medical director for the Walt Disney World Marathon,” Dyan says, “so I oversee 1,000 medical volunteers over the marathon weekend! It’s an amazing event www.colby-sawyer.edu with 50+k runners!” Dyan will oversee full physicals for the top Warren lives in Amherst, NH, 75 athletes at the MLB pre-draft Tony Librot ’94 and Kristen Kelly Daren Villeneuve ’96 and his wife, with her husband Travis and physical camp. Jen D’Orazio Blankenship ’94 in San Diego. Colleen, welcomed daughter Miriam 4 kids, the youngest of whom Hollingsworth took a trip north Pauline Villeneuve on May 28. enters preschool this year. Rene to visit friends, including Beth new position at Wellesley College has started running again and Sargent Fenton (whom I also in Apr. 2009 as the inaugural gered snake species. As for the hopes to complete her first half caught up with one Sunday director of marketing and stew- Reeds, I have moved to the cre- marathon this fall. Neil Cremin, morning) and Jennifer Ellis ardship. She celebrated 10 years ative services department of the happily married with daughters Vachon. Says Jennifer, “It was of wedded bliss with Che in Oct. Eagle-Tribune and have found it Lucy (3) and Maggie (born June great to spend the day with her 2009—or at least she thought a fantastic learning experience. 14), lives in Malden, MA, and and the kids, watching them run she had. Turns out that due to a Once again I have enjoyed hear- is involved in sales for Wells through the sprinklers and have paperwork glitch, they weren’t ing from all of you, many for the Fargo Wholesale. Neil wishes a water fight.” Jennifer added legally married. “A few bureau- first time in more years than we that his golf game were better another member to her fam- cratic hoops later, we’re now all wish to count. Speaking to and he could get out more than ily: Delaney Mae, who arrived married,” she says. “Question you all has been one of the ben- every Tuesday with his league. on July 2. Andrea Hammond is, do we go on another honey- efits of writing these notes, and Kristen Kelly Blankenship has Burke still lives in Milton Mills, moon?” She has been in touch I thank you all for sharing with gone back to school in San Diego NH, and works as a part-time with Heather Stockford Van me and your friends from CSC. to pursue a master’s in special speech pathologist for Early Gelder, Charlotte Tims, Sarah Please See In Fond Memory education and an Education Intervention. Her youngest of 4 Clements Yoslov, and Brooke Specialist teaching credential for children turned 2 in Oct. Sadly, Scarpa via Facebook. Rebecca students with mild to moderate Andrea lost her mother in June says, “Life is very good, although needs. Kristen’s daughter Sumner after a 5-year battle with cancer. I do still harbor fantasies of drop- 1995 is 9 and started 3rd grade. Says Says Andrea, “I share this as a ping out of the rat race and mov- Caroline Miriam Herz Kristen, “I was lucky enough to way of expressing my feelings ing to the middle of nowhere ME 350 East 62nd Street have lunch with Tony Librot, and how blessed I am to have to raise Bantam chickens, Border Apartment 2D who was in town on business. It Beth Sargent Fenton in my life. Collies, and goats. Maybe when New York, NY 10021 was great to see him again after Beth made trips to spend time I turn 50?” Heather Stockford (212) 688-6998 all these years!” Maura Sinacola with me at my parents’ house Van Gelder graduated with e-mail: [email protected] Galvin and her husband trav- during my mother’s last few her master’s in education in eled sans children to Honolulu months. Beth, you are truly one instructional technology from Wendy Mansson Olsen and Lanaii for 9 days in July. of my dearest friends and words Drury U in Springfield, MO. 5790 Ridgetop Court While in Honolulu, they ran into cannot express how much your She also spent time in Zambia, Lake Grove, OR 97035 Anthony Castellino ’93 and his love and support has meant to Africa, where she stayed in the e-mail: [email protected] wife Angela. Says Maura, “It was my family, my children and me. village of Kaoma and produced Editor’s Note: Special thanks to crazy to be so far from home and We love you!” Andrea, we pass a documentary called “A WISE Jeanne Corcoran Wiggin, who is have a CSC alum be standing along sympathy for your loss. Journey,” a case study about stepping down as your class right in front of me. He looked Rebecca Yturregui accepted a the not-for-profit organization correspondent after serving faithfully W.I.S.E. (Women’s Initiatives since 2004. that Strengthen and Empower). Says Heather, “It was one of the Brenda Sherwood Barth gave most amazing things I’ve ever birth to Grayson Rae on Dec. 16, Save the Date! experienced, and I got to touch 2008. Says Brenda, “She is a joy a lion!” Christine Boulanger to be around and we’re enjoying Our next Alumni McCarthy is living in Frankin, parenthood. We bought a new Fall Festival is MA, and continues to work at home this past June and have October 1–3, 2010! Liberty Mutual as a customer had fun getting to know the new service manager. She gave birth neighborhood. I continue to Reconnect with friends and to Andrew in 2006 and is enjoy- work at Bow High School, and I classmates, and celebrate ing life with husband Kevin. do historical research for Castle your college memories. Celine Goulet ’95 is finishing in the Clouds during the summer Alumni Find out more at her master’s thesis while teaching months. I still get together with at UNH. She’s performing small- Sara Gilderdale Morcom, Lynne Fall Festival www.colby-sawyer.edu/ scale studies on state-protected Morse, and Kim Lunt Dugas ’98 October 1–3, 2010 alumni/fallfestival plants and snakes while also con- when time allows us this luxury.” ducting research on an endan-

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their second child, Ty Alden, on him. Wishing you all a healthy Mar. 14. Diane works part-time at and prosperous 2010! Hallmark Health and enjoys her Please See In Fond Memory time with the kids. Daren “Dow” Villeneuve is still in Wheat Ridge, CO, teaching English at Smoky Hill High School in 1997 Aurora. He earned his master’s Regan Loati Baringer degree in English from the U of Tiffany Taylor Merrill ’96 and her daughters Brooklynn and Kristin hap- 22622 Quiet Lane Colorado in May, noting that the pily welcome husband/Daddy Chris home following his deployment in Leonardtown, MD 20650 Afghanistan. oral comps was the hardest test (301) 997-0781 he’d even taken. Dow and his e-mail: days are filled trying to find the wife Colleen welcomed daughter [email protected] energy to chase my 3-year-old. Miriam Pauline Villeneuve on 1996 Boy, I feel like the sprints I do May 28, 2009, weighing in at 7 Amy-Jo Sichler Baringer Kristin Sneider Mulready after him are harder than any lbs., 2 oz. In July, Dow caught up 13 Margaret Drive 3 Brownlea Road track practices I ever did on the with Holly Ferris Merriam ’95 Wilton, NY 12831 Framingham, MA 01701-4213 hill! We were thrilled to have a and her 2 kids when she visited e-mail: [email protected] (508) 788-6353 Boulder, CO. Tiffany Taylor second reunion with the 6-pack, Hi, class of 1997! Hope everyone e-mail: Merrill was overjoyed to see Donnelle Mozzer Bowers, Kim had a great summer! Regan, her [email protected] husband Chris make a safe return Parent Flanagan, Laurie Bowie husband Roland, and their 3 from Afghanistan in Jan. 2009 as Jen Rowell Pedersen Foberg ’97, and Sarah Racine children Camryn, Audrey and planned. Tiffany says, “The girls 15 Michela Way Vallieres ’95. Everyone is doing Larson traveled to NY and VT and I were thrilled the deploy- Nottingham, NH 03290-5309 well, and we find the ME coast to visit family, spending a few ment was finally over. We cel- (603) 734-2070 agrees with us quite nicely! days with sister-in-law Amy-Jo ebrated with an unbelievable trip e-mail: [email protected] Wendy Howe LaFlower, her Sichler Baringer and her family. to Disney World in Feb.” Tiffany husband Shane, and their 2 chil- Says Regan, “We had a great time Hello, class of 1996! We hope and Chris also celebrated his dren welcomed foster children, and the kids all enjoyed playing that this update finds you return with a 10th aniversary trip Dakota aged 2½ and Daemein with their cousins.” Says Amy-Jo, all well! I, Kristin Sneider to Niagara Falls, Montreal, and aged 1½. Their son Josh is in 5th “My 6-year-old Luke has started Mulready, am still at Toronto. “We’ve been very busy grade and daughter Savannah is football and loves it, and his ImmunoGen, and Josh and I are this summer, making up for his in 1st, while Shane is working 2-year-old sister Janie is his big- keeping up with the boys who not being here last summer by 3rd shift at the state hospital and gest cheerleader! We had a blast are now in 1st and 4th grades. doing lots of camping and fish- planning to return to school to with Regan, Rol and the kids in I, Jen Rowell Pedersen, am still ing!” A hearty thank you to Chris finish his LPN degree in Dec. August!” Julie Sullivan Murphy working part-time at Calef’s for his service and to you all for 2009. Diane Marsden Morley ’98 welcomed a girl named Tess Country Store. The rest of my and Ryan Morley ’99 welcomed the sacrifices of being without

These ladies from the class of ’96 enjoyed a summer mini-reunion in York, Maine. Pictured are (l to r) are Kristin Kelly Ervin Packett ’98 and her son Sneider Mulready ’96, Jen Rowell Pedersen ’96, Donnelle Mozzer Bowers ’96, Laurie Bowie Foberg ’97, Kim Parent Cameron at the Central Park Zoo. Flanagan ’96 and Sarah Racine Vallieres ’96.

WINTER 2010 73 Jessica Lamoureux Montgomery ’99 and her daughter Morgan.

Heon welcomed his first child on Dec. 31, 2008, and started SportLuxe, a wakeboard and water-ski boat distribution com- Blushing bride Lauren Smyrl Koron ’97 is surrounded by her alumni friends on her wedding day. (L to r) Ashley Grant pany. Shannon Zimmerman ’08, Mary Drueding ’83, Melissa Smith Johnson ’95, Sarah Holmes Tucker ’95, Lauren Smyrl Koron ’97, John Koron, Figueroa is on year 5 at Holy Beth Chartier Tower ’97, Kim-Laura Boyle ’98, Jolene Thompson Stratton ’97 and Liz Cronin Gosselin ’97. Missing Cross Hospital. Theresa Saucier from the photo is Tyler Davis ’07. Bousquet works at Fairhaven High School as the athletic this year, so with 2 kids under Banana Republic, and is apply- trainer and is seeing her 1st 2 we know she is busy! Colleen ing to Boston U for the Master child off to kindergarten this Cross Carlson ’98 moved back to 1998 of Criminal Justice program. year. Sarah Wall Bates lives in NH after living in MA for 5 years. Jamie Gilbert Jamie reports that Lisa Lachesky Kansas City, MO, with 4-year- She and her husband bought a 10-2 Countryside Lane works as a flight attendant old Abigail and started work for house in Merrimack, and she Middletown, CT 06457 for Northwest Airlines and as an in-house ad agency in the works at Amherst Middle School (860) 305-4641 an exercise physiologist with reference department. Danielle as a 7th grade language arts e-mail: cardiac rehabilitation patients. Rychalsky got engaged and is teacher. Rachel Anderson Dodge [email protected] Kelly Ervin Packett relocated to planning a wedding in Hawaii in works on the rapid response team Chris Quint Nesconset, NY, and had a baby Summer 2010 as well as a new at FL Hospital in Orlando and 130 Granite St boy, Cameron Drew, on Jan. 8. career path in nursing with hos- enjoys family time with her 2 Biddeford, ME 04005 Kelly still owns Building Blocks pice. Nate Camp went through a children, Eric (2) and Christian e-mail: for Parents and keeps in contact tough patch with the loss of his (8 months). She and her husband [email protected] with Elise Picard Howe and her mother to cancer; on the positive have kept the kids busy with 3 kids. Melissa Morgan lives in side, he was recently named the Sorry for the hiatus in the last the park, library, Sea World and Manhattan, works in Queens as head men’s basketball coach at edition of Class Notes. If you are Disney. Lauren Smyrl Koron still a licensed social worker in an Kearsarge High School in New on Facebook, send me, Chris, lives in Wilmot, NH, and works outpatient mental health clinic, London where he lives with Beth a friend request; if you aren’t, for Nestlé Purina as a veterinary and volunteers on weekends. Bryant Camp ’92 and family. e-mail me to let me know what sales consultant. She and her hus- Chris Cousins, wife Jennifer Jill Rubchinuk LaChance keeps you are up to. Me? I’m lov- band welcomed their first child, Blais Cousins ’99, and family in touch with Beth Ferreira ing life in ME. I hung out with Victoria Kimball Koron, on July relocated to the Pittsfield, ME, Webster and Adina Barber Steve Townsend in Portland in 18. Erica Wells Leighton and area where he took a reporter job Cripps. Jill Bishop Avery, Sept. and also saw Brian Dyer her family had a great summer at the Bangor Daily News. Brian living in Gardiner, ME, with traveling to ME for her sister’s ’99. Life is good in Amesbury, wedding. Her sons Davis (9) and MA for Marty Binette, Missy Nathan (5) were excited about Eckman Binette ’99 and their starting, respectively, football and son Camden. Brian Karbel soccer. Congrats to Erik Daly ’99 got engaged and started a and his wife Betsy, who built a job at Allurent as an account new house in PA that they’re executive. Jamie Gilbert lives enjoying with their 3-year-old, in Middletown, CT, took a Harper! new job in loss prevention for

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Michelle Berger Lefebvre ’00 with ME in 2009. Jennie Mitchell her daughter Hailey and son Tracey Guarda Perkins ’01 with her daughter Abbey Sawyer and Erin Ward Buckler welcomed twins Cate Zachary. Maciorowski ’99 with her son, Ryan Patrick. and Chase to her family on July 6! Says Jennie, “Big brothers for 18 months. Says Michele, her husband and 2½ year old in a place that I have such fond Ryan (5), Coley (4) and Reed (2) “Brian has begun his 2nd year of son, has started a new private memories of.” Devin Healy lives are loving their baby brother residency in family practice, and counseling practice. in Lakeland, FL, working as a and sister.” Elizabeth Freeman I am working per-diem in home physician extender and athletic still works at PC Connection as health, which has been very trainer for the Watson Clinic, a trainer and planned to visit rewarding.” Jessica Lamoureux LLP in Lakeland. As they do Jen James Ensign and Jennie Montgomery took the summer 1999 every year, Devin and his son Mitchell Buckler over Alumni off with 18-month-old daughter Kelley Healey Blake (8) will be up north in Feb. to Fall Festival weekend. Kelley Morgan, then returned to school 3 Judson Road ski. Rich Blanchard received a Healey Blake is taking off the in the fall with only 2 semesters Weymouth, MA 02188 pancreas/kidney transplant in 2009-2010 school year to enjoy of nursing school left. Joshua (781)331-1367 June 2008. “I have been recover- her 2 children, Colin and Riley. Bailey and wife Lisa have been e-mail: [email protected] ing great. I’m still working for Kelley, Ari Lombardi-Willey, married for a year in their home Sodexo at Keene State College Suzanne Blake Gerety Nat Ciulla Katz, Cara Falconi in Scarborough, ME. Joshua still and make frequent trips back 4 Captain’s Way and Melissa Eckman Binette works as a physical therapist at to CSC.” In summer 2009, Exeter, NH 03833 celebrated their 10-year reunion Saco Bay PT in Saco doing sports Rich visited Sean Haggerty (603) 772-2546 with a visit to campus. Alison specific therapy and orthopedics. ’98, Sandy Weirs Haggerty, e-mail: [email protected] Pogue Culver and her husband Says Joshua, “I still see John and their son Colby. Rich also moved into their newly built Bridges often as he lives just Erin Ward-Maciorowski bought enjoyed a 3-day kayak trip on home in Sept. 2008, and their down the way in Cape Elizabeth, a house in NJ, got married, and Lake Champlain. Ryan Morley daughter Ruth Ann was born and I talk to Eric St. Onge when had her first child, who is already and his wife Diane Marsden on Mar. 19, 2009. Says Alison, I can.” Shawn Bachelder and his 1! Erin traveled to NH to visit Morley ’96 welcomed their “Tutoring students and writ- wife Kristi have been renovating Tracey Guarda Perkins ’01, second child, Ty, in Mar. 2009. ing have also kept me busy.” their home in Sharon, VT, and Keith Perkins and their beautiful Ryan, who works as a CT tech- Michele Grodzicki Frenkiewich their other home in NC. Shawn daughter, Abbey Sawyer Perkins, nologist and lives in Peabody, has lived in Glenburn, ME, with is the business manager at The who is 1 week younger than her MA, organizes an annual trip Brian and their 3 girls—Ayla (6), Car Store in Norwich, VT. As son Ryan Patrick Maciorowski. with CSC grads Rob Kasprzak Kylin (4) and Ainsley (18 mos.)— for me, Suzanne Blake Gerety, Erin says, “It was great to be back ’98 and Craig Rennie, going to

Susan Datthyn Sylvester ’00 and George Sylvester ’00 and their son William Shannon Rowell Pine ’00 with her husband Tim and their son Landon. “Billy” Olney Sylvester enjoying a beautiful day on Lake Sunapee.

WINTER 2010 75 digs in Jacksonville, FL. Jaime Skillern Hebert visited family in ME this summer but prefers Is 2010 your Reunion year? the heat in AR with hubby Chris and 4-year-old daughter Sophie She works at a school and does Reconnect with freelance writing on the side. classmates during Maryellen Skulski Mitrano, living in a new apartment in Newton, MA, in the ballroom of Alumni Fall a renovated mansion, has been in “The Producers” at the Turtle Lane Playhouse in Newton and Festival in “Psycho Beach Party” with the Hovey Players in Waltham. Sandy Weirs Haggerty and October 1–3, 2010! husband Sean Haggerty ’99 are visit www.colby-sawyer.edu/ raising her (appropriately named) Tara Schirm Campanella ’00 with son Colby. Hayley Cozens alumni/fallfestival for details. her husband Jon and their daugh- lives in a great beach house in ters Sofia and Gianna. Winthrop, MA, and works for an accounting firm as an in-house birth of daughter Chloe on near her parents with daughters I keep busy with my son Ryan, recruiter. Katie Sykes Follis, June 3 and are enjoying life in Payton Olivia (3) and Hannah who is now in pre-k, and my husband Matt Follis ’99, and Marina Bay. Michelle Levesque Elizabeth (19 months). Says Julie, daughter, who is almost 3. My 18-month-old Caroline hope to Lefebvre cares for daughter “I am working for Northeast media company is in full swing move into their new home before Hailey (4) and son Zachary (9 Parent and Child Society for and I presented at the Dance Christmas. Katie still works for months) in CT. She adds, “I’m the Therapeutic Foster Care Teacher Summit in NYC this past Merial Pharmaceuticals. Jen busy working as a Tastefully Program.” Shannon Rowell Pine summer and met many of the Prudden got engaged, bought Simple consultant with a team and her husband Tim welcomed past and current SYTYCD con- a house, and is planning a wed- of 7 girls and working full-time son Landon Alexander Pine on tributors. The family travels now ding. Chelsea Bisbee Correia at a law firm.” Michelle keeps in Jan. 14, 2009! and then with my husband Ed and husband Jason Correia touch with Cindy Bailey Mace, who speaks professionally, and ’97 live in Bedford, NH, where whose son Ryder will turn 1 in the kids have fun at the hotel she’s teaching 4th grade in the the fall. Cindy says that “Auntie” pools! It’s great to hear from you Bedford School District for her Catherine “Anne” Raeburn and 2001 all—keep us posted on all of 9th year. Says Chelsea, “We had her hubby love spending time Kristy Meisner Ouellette your milestones. our second child, Sienna Correia, with little Ryder and hopefully 211 Randall Road Number 76 on Apr. 10th, 2009. Both her and he will have a little playmate Lewiston, ME 04240 Dakoda (3) are the light of our soon, wink wink. Bryan Youngs (207) 576-0181 lives.” Nicole Bennos Lentine was getting married in Oct. Julie e-mail: 2000 and her hubby celebrated the Longtin Morales lives in NY [email protected] Jennifer Prudden 19 Henchman Street, Apartment 3 Boston, MA 02113 (978) 852-2601 e-mail: [email protected] Tara Schirm Campanella 15 Lattu Court Middletown, RI 02842 e-mail: [email protected] Hey everyone, it’s Tara Schirm Campanella with lots to report. I am moving to Naval Air Station Lemoore in the CA desert, which should be an interesting change of climate! My hus- band Jon and I celebrated our 7-year wedding anniversary, my daughter Gianna is 5 and starting kindergarten, and Sofia is now 2. Hard to believe we are creeping up on our 10-year reunion already! Melissa Labrie Randi Everett Korona ’02 married Tim Korona on October 11, 2008, in Sharon Springs, N.Y. Posing for the CSC alumni Ashley, who is also married to a group shot are (l to r) Bob Behn ’02, Erin Slavin Tate ’02, Randi Everett Korona ’02, Nikki Fowler Martin ’02, Missy Navy sailor, is enjoying her new Brown Kane ’01, Katie Lynch Rocheford ’02, Erik Rocheford ’01, Jenny Buck Carney ’02 and Brendan Carney ’02.

76 COLBY-SAWYER ALUMNI MAGAZINE Ganas/Tolley Wedding

Anne DeCosta Bousquet ’03 Sue Ganas Tolley ’03 and her Sue Ganas Tolley ’03 (center) was joined by alumni friends (l to r) Julie with her son Caleb Thomas and husband Eric Tolley. Sheehan O’Neill ’02, Whitney Cooksey ’04, Tasha Beaudin ’02 and daughter Emily Katherine. Meredith Buzzi ’03 on her wedding day.

league together. Debbie Panza and loves every second of it! Foundation. What an experi- Brenner still lives in Concord, Christine Symmes Lucius gave ence, Heather! Andrew Cesati NH. Says Debbie, “As of Aug. 2002 birth to a daughter, Ava Helen, is the mountain sports direc- 2009, I will be working at Second Nikki Fowler Martin on June 2. Momma and baby are tor for Crested Butte Mountain Start in Concord, an alternative 44 Van Buren Street doing great! Christine, Ava and Resort, and his department high school program that serves Albany, NY 12204 dad Rich still live in Boxford, provides athletic programs in school districts throughout NH. (315) 854-0641 MA. Cheryl Lecesse lives in alpine racing, free-ride skiing, I’ve shared many days with CSC e-mail: Wilmington, MA, and still works snowboarding and gravity moun- alumni who make life more [email protected] as editor of the Concord Journal. tain biking. Says Andrew, “We fun and exciting, from my 30th Cheryl Lecesse In Dec. 2008, she became a first design and build terrain parks b-day surprise and Derek Flock’s 446 Shawsheen Avenue degree black belt (!!). Heather with, of course, a keen eye on 30th to rock climbing with Pat Wilmington, MA Billings has had quite the event- risk management. This sum- Kelly and Melissa Hazelton e-mail: [email protected] ful year, traveling to CO to visit mer we expanded our summer ’01 and random get-togethers Andrea and Eric Emery ’04 mountain biking trails network. with the Reeders.” Jenny and I hope this update finds the class and Nick Braun ’00, to Seattle It’s busy, but damn fun!” Addie Brendan Carney started Central of 2002 doing well. I encour- for Brad Bennett’s wedding to Goff works at the North Shore Path Acupuncture and Wellness age everyone to share updates Debbie Panza Brenner (while Academy in Peabody, MA, as a (www.centralpathacupuncture. and photos as we love hearing also seeing Addy Danaher and student support specialist, and com) in Waltham, MA. Jenny what’s going on in your world! Matt Danahy ’05), and to Cape recently got an apartment with is also an interior decorator, Briana Angelone Lepore mar- Town, South Africa with her Katie Reeder almost on the graphic designer and art gal- ried Anthony Lepore in East sister. In Apr. Heather ran the beach. Roommates once again! lery manager, while Brendan Providence, RI, on Nov. 1, 2008, Boston Marathon in memory of Addie has spent a lot of time teaches Tai Chi at community 5 years to the day after they met, her best friend Missy and raised hanging out with Ali Quinton centers and works as an instruc- then honeymooned in Mexico. money for the “Make A Wish” ’04 as they play in a kickball tor at Harvard Medical School “We had a beach/big band for its “Structural Acupuncture theme with the groom wearing for Physicians” course. Amanda an ivory dinner jacket and a Anderson is working on her great RI band, The Rockin’ Soul Horns, had us dancing the night away. Brie Stanley Elliot ’03 did a reading and had a great time with her husband Brent. Jamie Soucy Blizzard ’03 was there in spirit as she was in Germany with her husband Bill. I am working out of our CT home as a business development associ- ate for JB Hunt Transportation. If anyone wants to get in touch, my e-mail is bangelone@ hotmail.com.” Crystal Colby Desmond gave birth to a daugh- ter, Charlotte Rose, on Mar. Natasha Deane O’Donnell ’03 enjoys a vacation at Mandalay Bay with her Maggie Warner ’04 and Jen Tooley 28. She is a stay-at-home mom husband Greg and daughter Reese. ’03.

WINTER 2010 77 Hello, class of 2003! I can’t believe that 10 years ago we were all getting ready to attend our first year at CSC! We have come a long way since then. In May, my husband and I, Lisa Noyes-Hardenbrook, were elected to the board of directors for the Friends of UNH Hockey. We attend monthly meetings and team functions and help raise funds for team enhance- ments. Jenny Tooley finished her doctorate in physical therapy Beth McElwee Bristol ’04 welcomed and is working in outpatient daughter Hailey Isabel on May 28, orthopedics. She spends her 2009. Gathering for a Class of 2004 mini-reunion were (l to r) Lauren Kovach, spare time biking and traveling, Jessica Price, Nina Lavigne, Krista Lind Tracey, Sarah Crete, and Amanda and when I last heard from her, months and loves it! Liz Joseph Githens Brougham. she was on her way to a dude marked her 6th year as a labor ranch! Lida Vanasse graduated and deliver/newborn nursery Ph.D. in English literature with stay-at-home mom to her 5-year- from Bay Path College in May nurse at Dartmouth Hitchcock. a concentration in folklore old stepson Ben. A 5-month-old with an MBA with a concentra- She had also planned for an Oct. and children’s literature at the puppy named Yoda joined the tion in Entrepreneurial Thinking 2009 wedding in Quechee, VT! University of LA at Lafayette. family in July. Randi Everett and Innovative Practices. Erica Sue Ganas married Eric Tolley on She planned to marry Andrew Korona married Tim Korona on Pockell just bought a house in June 20, 2009, in Washington, Pomerleau, a student at Southern Oct. 11, 2008, in her hometown NC and is attending Meredith DC. Meghan Oriel Wallas works LA Community College, in of Sharon Springs, NY. The day College for her master’s in nutri- for Madison Handbags and also Aug. 2009. Courtney Norris was beautiful and fun for all tion. Jessica Kelleher and Jen keeps track of her 2-year-old son Francisco have a 2-year-old son those in attendance, especially Foss ’02 became homeowners Brody. Jess Wilfert has been named Parker. Says Courtney, the Colby-Sawyer alums who in Jan. 2009. They have been working as a personal trainer “The real estate company is pick- partied the day and night away. busy painting and sprucing up at Boston Sports Clubs for 2 ing up again, and the economy Randi and her husband honey- the place and are also planning years and is pumped that 2 of has not slowed anything down at mooned in St. Thomas. a wedding. Jen completed her her greatest friends from CSC, the deli/liquor store!” Courtney master’s in early childhood edu- Wendy Theall and Sarah Cailler, is also working from home as an cation from Framingham State have come aboard. A lot of babies advisor/consultant for Shaklee College in Aug. 2008 and walked have also been born for the class Corporation. Erin Hardy Yelle, 2003 in commencement in May 2009. of 2003! Ann DeCosta Bousquet happily married to husband Jeff Lisa Noyes-Hardenbrook She spent the last year of college welcomed her second child, a for a year, moved to VA where 124 Lita Lane as an assistant director of a child- daughter named Emily Katherine Jeff is attending dental school. Newmarket, NH 03857 care center in Ashland, MA. Jess Bousquet on Oct. 10, 2008. Ann Erin loves spending days at the e-mail: [email protected] has been working as a manager was laid off from Community beach, playground, and pool as a at a dental office for the last 18 Newspapers and spent the sum- mer with her children and job searching, while also riding horses again and attending a few shows. Sara Simoneau Martin and her husband Thomas also

Kate Rocheford Ferguson ’04 and Matt Ferguson ’03 are surrounded by their alumni friends on their wedding day. (Back row, l to r) Chris Scarpa ’02, Drew Drummond ’02, Kathryn Meadows Gray ’04, Krista Lind Tracey ’04, Matt Ferguson ’03, Pati Woodburn Cloutier ’83, Nikki Fowler Martin ’02, (front row, l to r) Tim Ingraham ’03, Amy Potter Stacey Dupont Nadeau ’04 married Drummond ’00, Erik Rocheford ’01, Katie Lynch Rocheford ’02 and Kate Rocheford Ferguson ’04. Nick Nadeau on August 29.

78 COLBY-SAWYER ALUMNI MAGAZINE These members of the class of 2004 enjoyed a mini-reunion in March. (Back row, l to r) Ginger Maston ’04 and her niece, Jayda, Amy Woodward (non-CSC grad) and her son, Reece, Sarah Southworth Tamsen Bolte Snyder ’04 married Steve Snyder in June 2008. Joining the happy couple on their wedding day (l to r) Stanley ’04, (front row, l to r) are Professor Laura Alexander ’98, Jolene Rackliff Damon ’03, Euginnia Manseau ’05, Ali Quinton ’04, Steve Snyder, Mary Lougee Lambert ’04 and her Tamsen Bolte ’04, Cecily Danver ’04, Jenny Woodbury ’04, Meghan Gately ’05, Serica Shieve Marden ’03. son, Giacobbi, and Jenni Mongeur Campbell ’04 and her son, Dylan. welcomed a baby girl named Lily ing from TX. Maggie Warner excited to be starting a dietetic in Oct. 2008. Natasha Deane celebrated her grandfather’s internship in Oct. at MA General O’Donnell and her husband 90th birthday with her cousin Hospital. Lisa Maggio is still liv- Greg had an early surprise when Kathie Warner Kirkpatrick ing in Miami, FL, with Rebecca Get connected their daughter Reese Catherine ’61 on Oct. 13, 2008. She had a Groene, and they both enjoy O’Donnell was born almost 3 busy school year teaching and seeing Melissa Leitch when on Facebook at weeks early on Nov. 22, 2008. coaching at Sanford High, with she comes to visit. Rebecca was www.facebook.com/ Jamie Soucy Blizzard and hus- her lacrosse team reaching the engaged to Richard Lowe after band William had a daughter on State Championship! Maggie he proposed to her under the colbysawyer! Dec. 22, 2008 named Gabrielle spent Thanksgiving in Indian Eiffel Tower! Liz Graham ’05 Noel. The whole Blizzard family Creek and Moab, UT, camping graduated from Norwich U in Do you twitter? now lives in Germany. Congrats and climbing. In Apr., she and June with a master’s in justice Follow the College at to all of the new additions! Jenny Tooley ’03 vacationed in administration. Liz continues http://twitter.com/ Sanibel Island and Fort Myers to work for the Department of colbysawyer! Beach, FL. Stacey Fraser received Homeland Security and was her master’s degree in museum promoted to a Law Enforcement 2004 studies in May and is working Specialist. Stephney Anderson Eric Emery part-time at museums in NH and Gonzalez and her husband Dave 6354 South Chase Street MA, while living in Portsmouth, have started house hunting. Littleton, CO 80123 NH, in a beautiful old house with Sarah Crete is working for the (303) 936-6409 her fiancé Justin and planning a Social Security Administration e-mail: [email protected] June 2010 wedding. Stacey spent while finishing a second master’s the July 4th weekend on the degree in organizational leader- Mary Lougee Lambert Cape with John Marsh ’00, Tim ship. Stacey Dupont Nadeau Post Office Box 152 Morin, Shawn Crowley and married her husband Nick on Sunapee, NH 03782 other friends. Kate Rocheford Aug. 29, 2008, then bought a (603) 748-0920 Ferguson married Matt Ferguson house in Milford, NH. Stacey is e-mail: ’03 this summer in New London, attending UNH for a master’s [email protected] CT, with many Colby-Sawyer in elementary education and Hello, everyone! I hope this edi- alum in attendance—even the expects to complete it by 2011. tion finds everyone doing well!! lead signer of their band. Kate is Erin Sawler Massa and her Mary Lougee Lambert ‘04 and her Rebecca Brault Bearce married family on vacation in Maine. on July 25 in Duxbury, MA, with many CSC friends attending. After honeymooning in Maui, the couple returned to their new home in Pembroke, MA. Nina Lavigne Shedd started a new job with the Department of Homeland Security in Mar. 2009, then she and her husband welcomed their son Joseph Thayer Shedd in May. Nina sees Sarah Crete, Krista Lind Tracey, Jessica Price and Lauren Kovach on a regular basis and also spent time with Amanda Githens Brougham while she was visit- Rebecca Groene ’04 and Lisa (L to r) Kathie Warner Kirkpatrick ’61, Ted Warner Sr. and Maggie Warner ’04. Maggio ’04.

WINTER 2010 79 Jaime Peterman Adams ’05 married Keith Adams on May 2, 2009, at the Norfolk Botanical Gardens in Norfolk, Va.

husband live in Croydon and In May this group of young alumni went to Long Trail Brewery for their annual River Raft Race: (l to r) Kim O’Connell enjoy life on the pond. She still ’04, Mike Sullivan ’04, Jon Evans ’04, Angela Shaw Stewart ’05, Kyle Stewart ’05, Jen Dube Fisher ’05, Clayton “Chip” Fisher ’05, Maggie Warner ’04, Adam Therrien ’04, Mary Lougee Lambert ’04 and Kelly Bateman ’05. works at Stryker Biotech and is pursuing an MBA in leadership at husband Eric moved to a new Franklin Pierce U. As for myself, place in Feb., which was quite Mary Lougee Lambert, I have a challenge as 6 inches of snow completed a second bachelor’s fell the day she moved! In Nov. degree in business management Erin met with Stacey Fraser in and have been house hunting Portsmouth for a fun night out. for what seems like an eternity. To prepare for the next school My husband and I celebrated year, Erin took the MTEL and our son’s second birthday with has been studying for the GRE. many friends and family and Beth McElwee Bristol and her great weather. In May a group of husband welcomed their healthy us went to Long Trail Brewery for 8 lb. 11 oz. daughter Hailey the annual River Raft Race, then Isabel Bristol on May 28, 2009. headed to Jon Evans’ house for Tamsen Bolte Snyder mar- grilling!! This summer my family ried Steven Snyder on June 14, and I took great vacations to our 2008, with Mt. Sunapee in the cottage in ME where I spent time background and Ali Quinton with Maggie Warner and Sarah and Cecily Danver as maids of Kelley Carrier. honor. Other CSCers in atten- dance were Euginnia Manseau Newlywed couple Rebecca Brault Bearce ’04 and Michael Bearce pose with ’05, Meghan Gately ’05, Jenny their alumni friends on their wedding day. Pictured are (top, l to r) Tia Holt Woodbury, Jolene Rackliff 2005 ’04, Lynsey Ells ’04, Allison Huckabee Stenson ’04, Hanni Lincoln ’05, Karen Monica Michaud Salvo Nigrelli ’04, Dayna Selvitella ’04, Lauren Palma ’04, (bottom, l to Damon ’03, Serica Shieve 55 Mansir Lane r) Tim Beaton ’05, Michael Carignan ’05, Michael Bearce, Rebecca Brault Marden, Christopher “Skippy” Richmond, ME 04357 Bearce ’04 and Tristan Stenson. Scarpa ’02 and Professor Laura Alexander ’98. Tamsen and her (207) 577-7372

In June this group of young alumni enjoyed a white water rafting trip in Maine in June. (L to r) Collin Bray ’06, Cody O’Leary ’05, Allison Rosmus ’07, Chris Burke ’05, Kelly ‘KJ’ Krasco ’05, Tracy Panunzio ’07 and Andrew St. Tim Bradley ’05, Andrea Griecci ’04, Matt Athorn ’05, Meghan Gately ’05 Clair ’06. Missing from photo Haley Ingraham ’07 and Pete Sula ’03. and Tony Giroux ’05 in Vail, Colo.

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Liz Reinecker Campbell ’05 was married on July 18, 2008, in Billerica, Mass. where they enjoy snowboarding a new job in May as a state Posing for the Colby-Sawyer group shot are (back row l to r) Tarren Bailey and exploring the Lake Tahoe social worker. Julian Frey is still ’06, Kevin Crotty ’06, Jen Wood ’05, Matt Danahy ’05, (front row l to r) Basin. Andrea works for a local working for Stiles Associates in Jenni Beaulieu ’05, Lea Severance ’05, Chris Campbell (groom), Liz Reinecker preschool and Tim for a prop- New London, while living on Campbell ’05, Kate Prescott ’04, Professor Jean Eckrich, Christine Staub (for- erty management company in a lake with Joe Caforia ’04 in mer CSC employee) and her daughter, Audrey Staub. addition to doing videography Georges Mills, NH. Jennifer for sports website REELcomp. Haagensen got her MS in bio- e-mail: [email protected] in general studies in education. com. They visited Matt Athorn, logical sciences from the Drexel When not teaching first grad- Cody O’Leary Meghan Gately, and Tony University College of Medicine ers, Kelly enjoys nights out with 63 Nonantum Street Giroux in Vail, CO, this spring. in May 2009 and planned to Kim O’Connell ’04, Maggie Brighton, MA 02135 Chris Burke ran his first mara- attend the Philadelphia College Warner ’04, and Matt Danahy, e-mail: [email protected] thon this Apr. in Boston with a of Osteopathic Medicine in and get-togethers with Kim and time of 3:57 and is purchasing Aug. 2009. She went on a cruise The class of 2005 sure has been Mike Sullivan ’04. She is excited his first home in Malden, MA. around Long Island Sound with busy. In addition to a cruise and to begin looking for teaching Kristen Deree Travers still lives Cory Marien ’07. Allison Kelly travel to Ireland, Kelly Bateman jobs in NH. Tim Bradley and in Weymouth with husband has traveled a lot this year, graduated from Southern NH Andrea Griecci ’04 have been Justin; in March they welcomed including a VT trip to attend U in May 2008 with a degree living in Truckee, CA, for 3 years their first son, Logan. She started Jaime Guilmette’s wedding. One trip was a 10-day adventure to Costa Rica in which Allison zip-lined in the jungle, traveled by bus in the mountains, hitch- hiked from village to village, and fell in love with the Costa Rican life and people. She vaca- tioned in Hollywood Beach, FL, in June for her birthday with Ali Natowich. Allison planned to run the Hartford Marathon in Oct. with the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s team in memory of her grandmother. Ellen Kirsch loves her work as a Transition Coach for LARC and its School-to-Community Transition Program and was head coach of LARC’s track & field

Check out the Colby-Sawyer College Website: Colby-Sawyer was well represented at the wedding of Meagan Pollard Robitaille ’05 and Adam Robitaille on November 15, 2008. Pictured (from the top of the stairs going down) are Ellen Lampman Reed ’03, Nicole LeBlanc ’04, Jeff Blaszka ’06, groom Adam Robitaille, Meagen Pollard Robitaille ’05, Kelly Dubois ’04, Stacey Philbrook '05, Trent Edwards ’06, Allison Huckabee ’04, Tristan Stenson, Kevin Moran ’04 , (front row, l to r) Anne DeCosta Bousquet ’03, Ellie Scuccimarra ’02, Allyson Titcomb Butler ’04, Kate Provencher ’05, Samantha Schlegelmilch, www.colby-sawyer.edu Stephanie Walsh Moran ’04, Peter Mailloux ’06, Kristin Koslowski ’06 and Steve Rogers ’06.

WINTER 2010 81 Amy Tarte ’06

Most of us, upon hearing of an outbreak of the H1N1 virus, would probably want to get as far away as possible. That’s not an option for Amy Tarte ’06. In her role as the Emergency Preparedness and Response Coordinator for the city of Alexandria, Va., located only minutes from our nation’s capital, she has to remain calm when a crisis hits. And right now, H1N1 is enemy number one. Which isn’t to say the flu is all she focuses on. Preparing for different kinds of natural disasters, terrorist attacks, deadly out- breaks—it’s all in a day’s work for Amy. She manages a vast net- Garrett Husband ’07 and Katelyn work of over 500 volunteers and performs a great deal of Sheaff Husband ’07 on their wedding day. community outreach. What are her biggest challenges? Says Amy, “Staying calm and orderly when the stress level is to the max.” This native of Meredith, N.H., began her career handling emergencies as a first year student at Colby-Sawyer, becoming a volunteer firefighter at the sugges- tion of an Abbey neighbor. The following year she also became an EMT with New London Hospital. Amy, an Exercise and Sport Sciences major with a biology minor, was seriously considering medical school. Horror stories of residency that she heard at the hospital helped push her in another direction. It was a course about emerging infectious diseases in society that made Amy think for the first time about a career in public health. “I realized that I wanted to help people on a systematic level,” she says. Given a choice of master’s programs to attend, she opted for George Washington University, thinking that the move to the D.C. area would provide her with exciting opportunities. While commuting to Washington for her studies, Amy first lived in nearby Fairfax County, Va., working for the Fairfax County Health Department managing the Medical Reserve Corps. Moving to Alexandria in 2009 brought her to her current job. “I’m now working at the city level, rather than the county level,” she explains, “which presents its own challenges of fewer resources to handle the same problems.” Chief among those challenges right now, of course, is handling the H1N1 flu. Amy is responsible for setting up mass vaccination clinics, and, for most of this fall, worked weekends to make sure people could get vaccinated. She also helped organize a flu vaccination exercise held on September 11, which was attended by Katherine Sibelius, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Service. With her master’s degree almost complete, Amy is already looking to the future. She can Denise Benton Estey ’07 and Dave imagine moving to the federal level, perhaps to the Department of Homeland Security or Health Estey ’05 were married in Vermont and Human Services. “I’m basically in the most important area of the world right now,” she says, on June 27. “planning for—and with—the most influential people in perhaps the most influential country in and Dana Bickford. She also got the world.” together with Dana Bickford and –Mike Gregory Cody O’Leary for events over the summer. Jaime Peterman team this past year. Along with Adams married Keith Adams obtaining her medication admin- on May 2, 2009, at the Norfolk istration certification in Apr., Botanical Gardens in Norfolk, she became a certified athletics VA. Meagan Pollard Robitaille coach for Special Olympics CT. married Adam Robitaille ’06 Kelly “KJ” Krasco is in her third on Nov. 15, 2008, at the Bard at year as Head Women’s Basketball Gibbet Hill in Groton, MA, fol- Coach at Clarkson U. Amy lowed by a 12-day honeymoon Lancaster Baker married Randy in Italy. Chris Pugliese will be Baker in Oct. 2008. Tara Pannell going into his 2nd season as moved to Marshfield, MA, in Feb. coach of the Lexington MA High 2009 with Brian Haddad ’07 School boys tennis team, after and spent the summer in a great winning the league title last year. beach cottage. She still works for Hilary Trojano completed a TD Banknorth as a supervisor doctorate degree in naturopathic in Braintree, MA. This summer medicine (N.D.) at Bridgeport U she celebrated Karen Tryon this May, then planned to move (L to r) Katina Caraganis ’07, Kaylee Callahan ’07, and Stephanie Goggin Hoey’s baby shower and Acacia to Somerville, MA, and hoped to ’07 in front of the MV Explorer in Boston in June. During the spring 2006 Batschelet’s bridal shower with practice in the Boston area. Says semester, these three alumnae sailed around the world on the Explorer with Stephanie Gehlbach, Kelly Hilary, “Many thanks to Colby- the Semester at Sea Program. Vachon Ames, Erika Tsipouras, Sawyer for building my confi-

82 COLBY-SAWYER ALUMNI MAGAZINE 2007 Ashley Rodkey 56 Meetinghouse Road Pelham, MA 01002 (413) 253-7867 e-mail: [email protected] Melissa Ferrigno 73 DePauw Circle East Hartford, CT 06108 (860) 289-2079 e-mail: [email protected] Stephanie Guzzo 47 Crestwood Drive Hollis, NH 03049 Garrett Husband ’07 and Katelyn Sheaff Husband ’07 were married on June Valerie Campbell Adams ’07 and 603-465-95802 27. Colby-Sawyer friends in attendance for the celebration included (front her bridesmaid Janine DeSerres e-mail: row, l to r) Rachel Pierson ’07, Katelyn Sheaff Husband ’07, Leah Condon Tadakowsky ’07. ’07, Kristen Scott ’07, Leah Sisson ’07, Nicole Tringali ’07, (back row, [email protected] l to r) Seth Weiss, Dan Munsey ’07, Kevin Crotty ’06, Dave Bonin ’07, Nate Editor’s Note: Welcome and a Katina Caraganis and Kaylee Truncellito ’08, Pat McKinnon ’10, John Johanson ’07, Tyler Fournier ’07 special thank you to Stephanie Callahan went to a Semester at and Garrett Husband ’07. Guzzo, who has agreed to help Sea Reunion in Boston. Andrew dence in learning and providing teaching pre-k in Lewiston and serve as a class of 2007 Pillsbury is in his 2nd season a great basis of good science!” Liz dancing, Monica picked up a 2nd correspondent. with the Manchester Monarchs Reinecker Campbell was mar- job at Sylvan Learning Center. (AHL) after spending 1 season Thanks to everyone who submit- ried on July 18, 2008, in Billerica, Monica saw Kelsey Nadeau Reed split between the Bridgeport ted updates! Looks like you’ve MA, but she and her husband and Jamie Pagurko White (with Sound Tigers and Portland been busy! Melissa Ferrigno are still living in Columbia, SC, daughter Sophie) in Aug. to help Pirates. He is in charge of season, is still in Sunapee, NH, work- where she works for Lexington Jamie prepare her new classroom group and flex ticket sales. He ing for an insurance agency. Medical Center. Alena Slabon for the fall. Lauren Hallworth lives in Manchester, NH, and She can usually be found with Davis and her husband Matt Wall was married Sept. 6, 2009, always looks for other CSC alums Brian Campbell ’08, Katina Davis ’06 relocated to VT to be and bought a new home in Nov. in the area. Nicole Kenney is still Caraganis, Jimmy Giddings, closer to his mother. They are Cody O’Leary went whitewater in Nashua, NH, and employed Laura Sawyer, and Michelle the proud parents of Madelyn rafting in ME with a bunch of full-time at Costco as a cashier Isner ’08. We have lots of Margaret, born Feb. 22, 2009 CSCers for the 2nd year in a row and photo lab technician. She alumni going on to continue and are having a fantastic time in June. spent the summer rehabbing their education! Ashley Rodkey being parents. Marissa Zinsser is from major knee surgery, which works in a 2nd grade classroom now working for Proximo Spirits, sidelined her from work. She still as a 1:1 aide and was accepted to a subdivision of José Cuervo, sees Brian Bent and hangs out Grad School at UMASS Amherst, and loving it. As for us, Monica 2006 with him frequently. She hopes starting 2010 for elementary edu- Michaud recently moved to Tarren Bailey to attend an accelerated BSN pro- cation. Steph Goggin is headed Richmond with her boyfriend 46 Turtleback Road gram to become an RN in 2010. to Antioch U of New England into a house on the water. They Sunapee, NH 03782 Zach Ackles (our class speaker in Keene, NH, for an M.S. in bought a boat and have enjoyed e-mail: [email protected] at graduation) proposed to Kim environmental education. Steph, fishing and tubing. While still Simard ’08 in front of Page Hall on the morning of gradua- tion and of course she said yes! Garrett Husband and Katelyn Sheaff got married on June 27 and live in Enfield, NH. Denise Benton and Dave Estey ’05 of New London, NH, were also mar- ried on June 27 in VT—apparent- ly it was a popular date! Valerie Campbell exchanged vows with Jonathan Adams on June 20, 2009, in Essex Jct, VT. She is cur- rently an RN at Fletcher Allen Health Care in Burlington, VT, on the general medicine floor, and hopes to continue her educa- tion with a master’s of nursing in gerontology. Valerie is still horse- CSC Athletic Training staff and alumni gathered at the NATA Symposium in San Antonio, Texas, in June. Pictured back riding and competing on are (l to r) Scott Roy (Head AT), Dawn Schisler (AT staff member), Jay Geiger ’94, Jennifer Austin (Faculty / Program the local VT circuit. Christiana Director), Jennifer Plouffe ’07, Kristen Scott ’07, Leah Sisson ’07, Stephanie Guzzo ’07, John Culp (former Head AT) “Laura” Nitu is engaged to Chris and April Buchheit ’07. Missing from the photo, but at the event, was Michael Vigneau ’03.

WINTER 2010 83 He also made time for fun this summer by attending the CMA Music Festival in Nashville, TN, for the 3rd time. John Bryan and Aleshia Carlsen became engaged on Mar. 8, 2009, and plan a June 4, 2011 wedding in New London with the reception in Hanover, NH. Molly Mullen was promoted in Jan. at RatePoint, a start-up IT Company, and now works under the Vice President of Sales. Molly also became involved John Bosse ’08 presents his with Team in Training (a non- Capstone research, “Shoulder profit for cancer research), took External/Internal Rotation theatre classes, and planned an Imbalances: Forward Shoulder Oct. vacation to the Grand Turks Posture in College Students,” at the Islands with Kate Managan ’09. Valerie Campbell ’07 exchanged vows with Jonathan Adams on June 20 in National Strength and Conditioning Ashlee Willis is working towards Essex Jct, Vt. Association’s (NSCA) National a doctorate in physical therapy Conference in Las Vegas, Nev. through Franklin Pierce College Rafferty ’08 and planning an in the revenue management divi- in Concord. In between studying, Aug. 29, 2010, wedding at Lake sion.” Thanks for everyone who her 23rd birthday with a canoe she is keeping up with alumni View Pavillion in Foxboro, MA. submitted updates! trip on the Merrimack River (the and has seen Kyle Koch, Lindsey The couple bought a house in same one from New Student Santoro, Tarren Bailey ’06, Kim- MA. Garrett Husband completed Trips) with Colby-Sawyer alumni Laura Boyle ’98, and of course his MBA degree, concentrat- spanning 4 years. Michele boyfriend Mason Law ’09. She’s ing in general management, 2008 Falvey and her fiancé Kyle also been keeping up with past from Plymouth State U and Sarah Heaney Wescott have purchased a town and present CSC staff including graduated on May 9, 2009. Says 5 Seaverns Bridge Road house in Hudson, MA, and were LuAnne Ryall and Jean Eckrich. Garrett, “Katelyn Sheaff and I Merrimack, NH 03054-4541 planning a Sept. 2009 wedding. were married on June 27, 2009, (603) 883-7578 Michelle has been busy working with a ceremony in Swanzey, e-mail: [email protected] as a registered nurse in the ICU NH, and reception at the Keene at Newton Wellesley Hospital in 2009 Editor’s Note: Welcome and a spe- Country Club in Keene, NH. We Newton, MA. Kristin LaRochelle Class Correspondent Needed cial thank you to Sarah Heaney, enjoyed our honeymoon in the works in St. Petersburg, FL, as a Please send your news to the who has agreed to serve as class of western Caribbean with stops in registered nurse in a neonatal Office of Alumni Relations 2008 correspondent. Key West, Grand Cayman, and intensive care unit. She and her and Annual Giving Jamaica. Katelyn changed roles at Sarah Heaney works as a fiancé Nick Mosier are planning 541 Main Street DHMC and is now a nurse in the receptionist at a busy doctor’s an Apr. 2010 wedding. Lisa New London, NH 03257 ISCU and loving every minute of office and was training for the Giordano works as a substance e-mail: [email protected] it. I was just hired by DHMC as a Manchester Half-Marathon in abuse clinician at the Brockton Christine Letendre has been jr. revenue cycle financial analyst Nov. This summer she celebrated Addiction Treatment Center hired as a typesetter for the (BATC) while making progress on Deluxe Corporation in her master’s degree in forensic Groton, MA. psychology at the MA School of Professional Psychology. Zach Irish, in his 2nd year as a resident director at Saint Anselm College, is happy to announce his engagement to Christine Hardy of Tyngsboro, MA, with a tentative wedding date of Oct. 1, 2010. John Bosse is starting his 2nd year as a Master’s student in nutrition with sports dietet- ics emphasis at the U of UT and received a scholarship at the UT Dietetics Association Conference. John also presented his Colby- Sawyer Capstone research (“Shoulder External/Internal Rotation Imbalances: Forward Sarah Heaney ’08 celebrated her 23rd birthday with a canoe trip on the Shoulder Posture in College Merrimack River. Alumni joining the adventure were (l to r) Sarah Heaney Students”) at the National ’08, Pat Sylvia ’08, Angela Eastman ’08, Kristen Belanger (non-CSC grad), Strength and Conditioning Kathryn Mirick ’09 with her aunt Travis Soule ’06, Chad Nussinow ’06, Adrian Pelletier ’07, Kathy Corr ’07, Association’s (NSCA) National Lynne Warburton Najarian ’87, on (kneeling) Sam Moore ’09 and Charlie Belvin ’08. Conference in Las Vegas, NV. Commencement day in May.

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