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Volume 99 Issue 1 Spring 2010 Article 10

April 2010

Alumni @ Large

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1920s-30s 1943 Meg Bernier Boyd Meg Bernier Boyd Colby College [email protected] Office of Alumni Relations Colby’s Oldest Living Alum: Waterville, ME 04901 1944 Leonette Wishard ’23 Josephine Pitts McAlary 1940 [email protected] Ernest C. Marriner Jr. Christmas did bring some communiqués [email protected] from classmates. Nathan Johnson wrote that his mother, Louise Callahan Johnson, 1941 moved to South San Francisco to an assisted Meg Bernier Boyd living community, where she gets out to the [email protected] senior center frequently and spends the John Hawes Sr., 92, lives near his son’s weekends with him. Her son’s e-mail address family in Sacramento, Calif. He enjoys eating is [email protected]. He is happy to be meals with a fellow World War II veterans her secretary. Y Betty Wood Reed lives and going to happy hour on Fridays. He has in Montpelier, Vt., in assisted living. She encountered some health problems but is is in her fourth year of dialysis and doing plugging along and looking forward to 2010! quite well. Y Judy Jones Zimmerman has a great-grandson graduating from high school 1942 this June and doesn’t feel old enough for Meg Bernier Boyd that! I’m with her. I have a great-grandson [email protected] graduating from high school in 2011. Y Joe and Nancy Pattison McCarthy have “I was surprised to have so much fuss made on my 107th birthday,” said Leonette Ruth Sanderson Rudisill enjoys living in the moved from Carlyle, Pa., into a military mountains of western North Carolina. Her Wishard ’23, Colby’s oldest living alum, in her 2009 holiday letter. Wishard, pictured retirement complex in Fort Belvoir, Va. large family keeps her busy. She and her with President William D. Adams, still knits stocking caps for children, hosts AAUW book They just celebrated their 62nd wedding husband celebrated their 25th anniversary club meetings in her apartment, and attends a balance exercise class. A resident of anniversary. Congratulations! Y A letter in May, her granddaughter married in August, Bridgeport, Conn., she takes advantage of programs and trips offered at her retirement from Lois Peterson Johnson confirmed that and her first great-great-grandchild was home and even kept her two great-great-grandsons for an overnighter in her apartment. their move to Naples, Fla., took place as born in October. She looks forward to two planned in June. Unfortunately her husband, weddings and two more great-grandchildren Ed, had a mini stroke in November, so they (adding to the current 24) in 2010. Ruth is 1946 was a cadet at Colby, died last November, grateful for her good health, which allows moved into assisted living. She hoped that and three months later Dot visited me. Now his rehab would enable him to be home Shirley Martin Dudley her to drive, do housework, participate in [email protected] she’ll be living year-round in sunny Florida. her church women’s group, and be a part for Christmas. Y Gene Struckhoff’s wife, Dot has kept in touch with Roberta “Bobbe” Joan and Cloyd Aarseth enjoy their three of a prayer quilt ministry. Y George Parker Norma, let me know that Gene has been in Holt Sachs ’45. Bobbe also married a Colby grandchildren: Jackson, 3, Annalee, 1, and, spends six months each year in his condo long-term care with Parkinson’s. They are cadet and Bobbe’s sister and brother also recently adopted from Ethiopia, Olivia, 1. at Holmes Beach, Fla., south of Tampa. He both 89 and live in Towson, Md. Y We lost went to Colby. Bobbe wrote that “her health, is president of the condo board, rides his two classmates that I did not report on—but The Aarseth’s traveling days are limited but on the whole, is pretty good. There is so bicycle almost every day, and has learned their obituaries appeared in Colby. In August they did cruise to Halifax and to Chicago to much to be thankful for.” Y Another room- to cook since his wife, Geraldine (Fen- Bob St. Pierre died. He and his son, Mike, attend the Solheim Cup, where American mate, Nancy Loveland Dennen ’47, lives in nessy ’43) died. George spends the other attended reunion just two months prior. women golfers defeated the European Asheville, N.C. Nancy introduced me to oil six months between PA and NJ, where he Merritt Emerson died in December. Y The team. They hope to attend our 65th in 2011 painting, and I have painted ever since. has houses, and two weeks in September weekend before Christmas I happened to as Colby’s “best and brightest” alums. Y at his house at South Yarmouth on the be visiting in the Washington, D.C., area and Frank Heppner savored a family reunion Cape. George firmly believes that if you are watched with interest and amazement as last August with his two daughters and 1947 physically and mentally able you should be 21 inches of snow accumulated in less than three granddaughters. They spent several Meg Bernier Boyd [email protected] as active as possible. Y Barbara Holden 36 hours. Speak of paralysis! days swimming the springs in Florida’s encountered some health problems after state parks and renting a cottage on the Dick Reid’s health did not permit him to Labor Day 2008 when she struggled with Gulf coast. Y In June Jean O’Brien Perkins attend the Colby basketball game in Atlanta paralyzing arthritis followed by shingles in 1945 plans to visit Denali with friends from the last December, but he was happy to have Meg Bernier Boyd her right eye. A period of recovery in the Peace Corps. Jean hears from Cass Lightner his grandson represent him and speak with [email protected] winter was followed by hospital and rehab ’51 and also heard from Anne Lawrence Coach Whitmore after the game. Dick was in April 2009. She is still in her own home, Maurice Whitten received an award Nov. Bondy, who had a difficult 2009 with the there in spirit. Y Larry Kaplan taught his thanks to her niece, a retired nurse. Barbara 24 from the Presumpscot Regional Land death of her husband, Gene. Anne had a NATO history course last fall at George- is thankful to have so many nieces and Trust for his work in the land trust and for heart attack and then sold her house and town. He is in his 57th consecutive year nephews in the area. Despite her ailments his research on the gunpowder mills that moved to Gainesville, Fla., to be near her in the classroom and still feels it is good she took her last trip to France in 2007, were located at Gambo Falls in Gorham- daughter Buffy. After an adjustment period therapy! He is expecting the publication visiting with French friends and introducing Windham from 1824 to 1905. This work she is settling in and, much to her surprise, of a monograph on NATO and the U.N. in a niece and her husband to the beauties of resulted in the publication of his book, cheering for the Gators. Anne has a guest the spring. Y Donald Klein recently retired Provence and Paris. In September 2009 she The Gunpowder Mills of Maine, in 1990. room and welcomes visitors. Y My fresh- from Columbia University and is a professor attended weddings of two grandnephews Maurice and his wife, Doris, left Gorham man roommate, Dot Allen Goettman, now of psychiatry, emeritus. He is pleased to just two weeks apart. Barbara is always for St. Petersburg, Fla., in December. They lives 15 minutes from me in Mission Hills in have joined the department of child and busy—the days are never long enough. will return to Gorham in April. Clearwater, Fla. Dot’s husband, Andy, who adolescent psychiatry at NYU.

34 COLBY / SPRING 2010 1948 profit. Harvey’s son, Ben, 18, graduates 1949 for her church fair. She is most proud of David and Dorothy Marson from New Haven’s Hopkins School in June. Anne Hagar Eustis her two fine sons and their families.Y [email protected] The children from his first marriage live in [email protected] Jack Mahoney lives in Wayne, Maine, Westport, Conn. He has two grandsons. despite his distaste for cold and snow. He Aaron Sandler wrote to say hello. He THANK YOU! I’m grateful to all of you who His wife, Ruth, teaches French at Yale. has traveled a lot, works outdoors when planned a trip to Jupiter, Fla., and we hoped responded to either my e-mail or the recent Harvey keeps in touch with Jerry Braff ’50 weather permits, and volunteers checking to arrange our annual Colby gathering at mailing. Y Jean Sheppard Silva reports on and Ronnie Farkas and was in touch with the water quality of Androscoggin Lake. the same time. Y George ’50 and Harriet her singing tour of Serbia, Bulgaria, and the late Phil Shulman. Every so often he Jack has six grandchildren. Y Gail and John Sargent Wiswell’s trip to see their son, Greece last July with Down East Singers. hears about Ike Kaplan. Y Burt Krumholz Appleton enjoyed our 60th reunion last year. Sandy, in Azerbaijan and grandson Tim in About 60 strong, they sang in churches, finally retired from active practice. He and John worked for the Maine Department of Moscow was wonderful. They assure those at the university in Sophia, and outside the his wife, Shelley, moved to Boca Raton, Transportation and also had an appraisal who have read Three Cups of Tea that this Byzantine Museum in Athens, all in spite Fla., permanently. The move, and parting business. In 2000 they sold their home and is how it is done. At one point they met with of a plague of laryngitis! When at home in with long-held “treasures,” was emotional their cottage and now live in condos. They a family that Sandy knew and visited their Camden, Maine, Jean lives in her own small and difficult. Burt looks for new outlets to summer on Cobbossee Lake in Winthrop, stone house high in the Caucasus Moun- house at Quarry Hill retirement community. keep busy. Y Carol Stoll Baker will spend Maine, and winter on Honeymoon Island, tains. They sipped tea and looked across She volunteers at Bay Chamber Concerts, six weeks on Singer Island this winter. She Fla. Stop by if you’re ever in either area. Y the adjacent valley directly into Iran. It was works at her church’s thrift shop, and in the rented a condo in Fran Hyde Stephan’s Thanks to all who sent news. If your news remote and desolate as well as beautiful. winter helps her church’s free soup lunches. complex. We live a short distance from isn’t in this column, rest assured it will be Baku, the capital, is now approaching Dubai Jean has five grandchildren in high school Singer Island and enjoyed seeing both Carl in the next. I look forward to more news. as the petrochemical center of the Mideast. or college. Y John Stuart reports that after and Fran this winter. Y Betty Dyer Brewster After visiting Moscow they went to Prague 13 years in Florida they have moved to San was “cold” in Rhode Island last summer. She to see friends from Southport. Y Harvey Dimas, Calif., where a daughter is in a family normally spends nine months in Naples, 1950 Koizim sent a photograph (posted at www. practice group. John lists three things since Betsy (Dudie) Jennings Maley Fla. She hopes to continue to return every colby.edu/alumni) and news that he retired Colby of which he is most proud. First, his [email protected] season, even with her “move” to Memphis. from the money world and no longer is a family: his wife, an R.N., and his two daugh- She still “hacks” at golf, but may give that Barbara and Phil Dine had lunch with Charlie part-time lecturer in clinical studies at Yale ters, one an M.D. and the other an English up and stick to swimming. Her new speech ’48 and Libby Hall Cousins ’48. They had a Law School. He still does pro bono legal and professor. Second, his surgical career in processor has been activated, and what a great time reminiscing and look forward to financial management work for nonprofits. private practice and later in a teaching difference hearing with two ears makes! She our 60th reunion in June. Barbara has retired Harvey is a photographer and a collector hospital for Brown Medical School. Third, will never have normal hearing but is thrilled after 30 years working as an administrator of contemporary art. He’s “going pro” with flying light planes and doing flight-surgeon with continued high tech advances. She’s at their temple. They’ll travel to Israel in a one-man show in April to benefit a non- work for the Rhode Island C.A.P. Y Lucile even beginning to understand music better. March and stay in Jerusalem. They plan Farnham Sturtevant e-mailed Jan. 13 to stop in Germany to see their youngest saying, “I’m off to Faulkner Hospital to get daughter and her family, who are halfway a new knee today.” She’s well and about through their three-year assignment with the 30s newsmakers to be more active. We hope it went well, Army. Y Harriet (Sargent ’48) and George Celie! Y Marshall and Haroldene (Deanie) Wiswell’s trip to see their son, Sandy, in March 3 wasn’t just another day at the gym for Fran- Whitcomb Wolf had dinner with Skip ’59 Azerbaijan and grandson Tim in Moscow cis Smith ’34. He celebrated his 102nd birthday and Joan Crowell Tolette ’60. Deanie hadn’t was wonderful. They assure those who have at Planet Fitness. The former concert violinist was seen Skip, a former student, in over 50 years, read Three Cups of Tea that this is how it is profiled in theNaples (Fla.) Daily News. Not look- so they had a happy time reminiscing. Y done. At one point they met with a family ing “a day over 85” and “sharp as a tack,” Smith Cynthia (Dickie) Crook Lieck loves living volunteers for security patrols at Naples Estates. that Sandy knew and visited their stone on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, where they’ve house high in the Caucasus Mountains. They been in a Del Webb retirement community sipped tea and looked across the adjacent 30s/40s milestones for four years. They’ve given up boating on valley directly into Iran. It was remote and Deaths: Ethel MacDougall Alemian ’31, Jan. 7, 2010, the Chesapeake, but Dickie works in her desolate as well as beautiful. Baku, the in Orleans, Mass., at 100. F Franklin Norvish ’34, church thrift shop and volunteers with the capital, is now approaching Dubai as the PHOTO BY LANCE SHEARER Jan. 3, 2010, in Waterville, Maine, at 98. F Joseph C. November Waterfowl Festival, which is a petrochemical center of the Mideast. After Francis Smith ’34 Perry ’34, May 14, 2006, in Mattapoisett, Mass., at big deal there. She’s still biking, walking, visiting Moscow they went to Prague to see 95. F Dorothy Gould Rhoades ’36, Nov. 22, 2009, and participating in exercise classes. In friends from Southport. While descending in Claremont, Calif., at 95. F George Q. Davis ’37, Nov. 19, 2008, in Nashua, N.H., workshops she’s writing memoirs of her hotel stairs, George fell, broke some ribs, at 92. F Edward S. Boulos Jr. ’39, Jan. 3, 2010, in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, at 92. F early years and taking watercolor classes. Y and dented a lung—ouch! The hospital was James R. Cochrane ’40, Dec. 19, 2009, in Newington, N.H., at 92. F Alice Weston Ruth Endicott Freeman is still carrying her old, but the doctors were thorough. George Huff ’40, April 27, 2007, in Laconia, N.H., at 89. F Allan R. Knight ’41, Jan. 18, 2010, camera and sharing photos. I’ve been the is home and mending okay. They send best F in Portland, Maine, at 90. Burton L. Linscott ’42, Jan. 13, 2010, in Kaimuki, Ha- recipient of several photos over the years! wishes to all 1948 and 1950 classmates. waii, at 96. F William E. Tucker ’42, Jan. 20, 2010, in Essex, Conn., at 89. F Charles Her grandson, Christopher, is a sergeant in Y Don’t forget our 60th reunion June 4-6. I E. Lawrence ’43, Jan. 17, 2010, in Nashua, N.H., at 91. * Mary Reynolds Livingstone the “Old Guard” in Washington, D.C., which hope to see many of you on Mayflower Hill. ’43, Jan. 10, 2010, in Rockland, Maine, at 88. F Martin S. Weg ’44, Dec. 12, 2009, escorts foreign dignitaries. They helped set in Woodland Hills, Calif., at 86. F Emily Stocking Matsoukis ’45, July 2, 2009, in up the white silk tent on the White House Orleans, Mass., at 86. F Earl W. Anthony ’46, Dec. 21, 2009, in Wolfeboro, N.H., at lawn when Obama hosted the Indian prime 1951 84. F Jeanne Sellar Yusaitis ’46, Dec. 28, 2009, in Troy, N.Y., at 85. F Marjorie Col- minister. Y Martha Bennett Headley gets Chet Harrington lins Marcyes ’47, Oct. 2, 2009, in North Dallas, Texas, at 84. F Louise Kelley Pape excited if the bus is going to Wal-Mart! She’s [email protected] Rochester ’47, Jan. 30, 2010, in Duxbury, Mass., at 84. F Lewis E. Beers ’49, Nov. in her second year at Windham Terrace in Hi 51ers. Thanks to all you octogenerians, or 12, 2009, in Orlando, Fla., at 84. F Marilyn Perkins Prouty ’49, Jan. 26, 2010, in Windham, N.H., a “home for the elderly close to it, who responded. Charlotte Noble Nashua, N.H., at 84. F Karekin Der Sahagian Jr. ’49, Dec. 20, 2009, in Bradenton, Shimel toured Russia, as she had always Fla., at 83. and simple minded,” she claims. Her first great-grandchild is expected in May! Her wanted, seeing Moscow and St. Petersburg, hands stay busy knitting and crocheting which she found fascinating. In September

COLBY / SPRING 2010 35 ALUMNI AT LARGE she plans to return to Amsterdam and Bel- at Cornell and studied philosophy while his Tampa in February of a committee of the profit organizations including the wonderful gium. Y George Giffin is dancing (maybe wife did secretarial work. Eventually he was National Fire Protection Association, where Strawbery Banke Museum. Y Lois McCarty the twist) to keep in shape. He has been a hired by the University of Illinois at Urbana, I’ve served for 20 years. It sounds pretty Carlson called her Colby friends instead of medical icon but now is on the move from where he still teaches 50-something years dull, but it keeps me busy and challenged.” sending Christmas cards. Many are active the dance floor. Y Bob White relates that later. During Thanksgiving he visited his Y Mike Manus plans a trip to Holland this volunteers and very active grandparents. his pal Ray Reich had his hip replaced so daughter near Olympia. “My one and only spring. He keeps busy with six kids and 15 Her oldest granddaughter has applied to that he can run the marathon—or away book is not exactly selling like hotcakes,” grandchildren as there is always a sporting Colby as an art major. Lois hopes to get to from his wife when she chases him. What he says. Y Rodney Howes said it was cold event or a day at home with and food and Sweden in July for a family wedding. a sport! Y Frank Dyer is still in Providence, in Texas this winter. He’s slowed down board games. Y Harold Cross enjoys life R.I. He was a Powder and Wig actor and was just a little but continues to travel and in Beaufort, S.C., especially the warmer called a dreamer in our yearbook. He’s still always looks forward to seeing something climate. He’s lived there 12 years. His son 1955 Ann Burnham Deering dreaming. He also reads and eats a lot. Y or someplace new. They belong to several moved nearby two years ago, so half the [email protected] John Linscott performed with his jazz band motor-home groups and genuinely enjoy family is there. Harold continues to work in Clearwater, Fla., and plays wherever he the socializing. Rodney is “still upright and part time at a crisis pregnancy center, a Your reunion committee met Jan. 29 at can. His CD is terrific, and his Manhattan saucy.” Y Louise Ginsberg Hirshberg didn’t free neighborhood clinic, and one day a Colby. Present were Kathy Flynn Car- daughter is a super vocalist. Y Dick Bowen have anything to share but wrote to say hello. week at a large prison. He and Alice look rigan, Ann Dillingham Ingraham, Jane keeps busy as a public defender in Lawrence, She loves reading about her classmates. Y forward to their eighth great-grandchild in Millett Dornish, Judy Orne Shorey, Ellie Mass. He spoke with his Colby roommate Melvin Lyon is still working on his book and May. Y Art Klein and his wife had a difficult Small Hudson, and myself. After sharing Bob Brotherlin, who is in Sarasota, Fla., enjoying the warm summery days in Santa 2009 medically, but they’re back on their memories, laughs, and lunch, we got down where he plays golf. Bob enjoys winter in Monica. He does miss the snow, though. feet. They visited Edinburgh, Scotland, and to business. This will be a special reunion Florida and summer in Maine. I bet he sees “Best wishes to all in the New Year.” Y Janet celebrated their 52nd anniversary. They plan and probably the last organized by the Class Ernie Fortin in Sarasota, because Ernie is Hewins traveled to India in January to join to spend the summer at their 150-year-plus of ’55. Please make a real effort to support also very active in volunteer work and Colby a group of Buddhist pilgrims journeying to log cabin in Hague, N.Y., on Lake George. our class and our College! Y Al Landau still events. Y Don Merriam still works eight Bodh Gaya, the site of the Bodhi tree under Visitors are welcome. Y Jane Bailey Blood practices law in Florida and in Boston. His hours a week at Acadia Hospital in Bangor, which the Buddha attained enlightenment. Strete stays close to home in Cambridge, uncle practiced until 100 but encouraged sings in a barbershop group, and plays the The group received teachings from His Holi- Mass., and makes the most of two support others to wind down at 80. Al plans to do piano for his 11 grandchildren and three ness the Dalai Lama. Janet is back home in groups. She’s in touch with her three children so. Y Paul and Germaine Michaud Orloff great-grandchildren. Y Charlie Tobin is in San Francisco “thinking about and internal- and two grands and writes whenever she have four grands in college and eight to Sun City, Fla., and returns to Cape Cod in the izing the precepts, as well as their wisdom can.Y Nelson Beveridge surprised me with go. They enjoy Highland Green in Topsham summer. Y George Wales keeps busy with permeating and enriching daily life.” Y Dr. a friendly phone call. I think he misses this and their welcome mat is out. She hopes his furniture-making hobby and finished a Russell A. Dixon Jr. retired Jan. 2, 2009, job as correspondent, right Nelly? He and to see us in June. Y Marilyn Faddis Butler pedestal for his daughter’s Emmy, which she as chief of oral and maxillofacial surgery at Wes Hayes belong to the same golf club, so enjoys cruising the coast of Florida and the won for her work on From the Top, a show the Chicago VA Hospital, where he spent they play together. Wes’s wife, Joan, died last Caribbean with her husband and family. on PBS. Lorrie (Arcese ’54) still heads up 47 years. At a luncheon in his honor, it was year after a long illness. You might remember She keeps fit by playing tennis, working the music activities at Denison University. announced that the planned construction that he and Joan ran a sandwich conces- out, and watching her weight. Y Margaret Y My wife, Jane, and I recently toured the of the new oral surgery department would sion, delivering to all the dorms around 10 Grant Ludwig, one of my beloved freshman Caribbean and visited six beautiful islands. be named after Russ. Congratulations! Y o’clock at night. I remember them in the roommates, and Frank Dunn are the only Our son, Bob, was with us and he had a ball. Thanks so much to all who wrote. hallway. It went something like this: “… class members still in Houlton, Maine. Frank Great food and scenery. In February we trav- and gum, peanuts, peanut butter crackers, still runs the family furniture store. Margaret and husband Lee recently celebrated their eled to Naples, Fla., to dine with Ted Shiro 1953 and cookies, and, (after a pause) licorice (he never changes) and Bruce Carswell. Y sticks!” Did I remember that correctly? I can 52nd anniversary, a wedding I remember Barbara Easterbrooks Mailey since I was a bridesmaid along with our other All the best to our class. Remember Colby [email protected] accept a correction to my fading memory. in your will, and look forward to our 60th roomie, Jean Hawes Anderson, and Ellie reunion next year. I was happy to hear from some new class- Small Hudson. Margaret’s three children mates. In November I was put in touch with 1954 and five grandchildren get together every Elaine Turner, who has been in contact with Art Eddy summer at the family cottage on East Grand 1952 Barbara Hartsgrove Davis, who, at that [email protected] Lake. Y Archie and Jean Hawes Anderson Jan “Sandy” Pearson Anderson time, was in a nursing home. Elaine was a Bob Thurston’s life has been greatly are delighted that their first granddaughter, [email protected] librarian at Ohio State. Y Paul Appelbaum enriched by close contact with Aub Keef, Emily, was accepted early decision to Colby’s Hello Class of ’52. We start off with news lives in Laguna Beach, Calif., in a community Dave Roberts ’55, John Dutton ’55, Sel Class of 2014. Emily is the daughter of Rick from Tim Terry, who is working part time of 18,500 with amenities for all. Besides Staples ’55, Nate Miller ’55, Lou Zambello ’85 and Kathryn Clarke Anderson ’85. Y Judy after a bout of sickness. His wife, Natalie, 249 clubs, they have a 27-hole golf course ’55, and Don Rice ’56. Bob says that Lou will Orne Shorey is writing a biography of her still teaches skiing at Sugarloaf. His grand- and a par three as well. His wife, Lois, is always be fondly remembered as a talented, grandmother Orne, who was the first woman children are all back in Maine. One grand- recuperating from a broken neck, proving unique, and dedicated friend. Bob and wife admitted to the bar in Maine after working daughter through hiked the Appalachian that life can change in a second. Their daugh- Betty winter in Sarasota, Fla., and summer to change the law allowing women that privi- Trail and two grandsons and another ter, Beth, is expecting twins this spring, in Penobscot, Maine. They often meet lege. Judy’s beau, George Carpenter, went granddaughter all have good jobs. Y Arthur making a total of five grandchildren and Lindon Christie at the monthly Penobscot back to college to get his M.F.A. Judy stays and Edie Carpenter Sweeney still enjoy two great-grandchildren. Y Web Anderson church suppers and report that Lindon still in close touch with Martha De Wolf Hussey, their double life summering in Maine and writes: “Six years ago Sylvia and I retired to has a voracious appetite. Y Derek Tatlock who still owns her gift shop, Marlowes, in wintering in Arizona. At the end of January the old farmhouse in Chester, N.H., where reports that he and Betty are moving from Kennebunk. Y Dave Roberts lives at the their trailer park had a party celebrating all I spent my summers growing up. In June I Sunapee, N.H., to Williamsburg, Va., to be Charter House apartment facility in Min- the couples married 50 years or more. Arthur will finish a three-year stint as treasurer of closer to family. Y Judy Jenkins Totman ’53 nesota, which is owned by the Mayo Clinic. and Edie celebrated their 57th. Y Hugh the Unitarian Universalist Church of Man- received an award from the Connecticut Ruth (McDonald Roberts) was treated Chandler caught us up on a lot of years. chester. Meanwhile, still not understanding Pastel Society in its international juried there before her death, and their daughter He left Colby after sophomore year, moved how , I was elected president of the Chester show for a painting titled Stampede-P. Judy and son-in-law live nearby. Dave keeps in to Bangor, and got married. He ended up Historical Society. I’ll attend a meeting in continues to be active in several area non- contact with John Dutton, Nate Miller, Sel

36 COLBY / SPRING 2010 with them, but are off to college in the fall. during a trip to Italy and enjoyed Tuscany’s Y Bill Wyman and Barbara Nardozzi Saxon beautiful countryside and museums. They 50s newsmakers took a two-week trek through Wyoming and also celebrated their 50th anniversary! Y Montana. Could it be true that “except for Ellie Gray Gatenby was happy to receive Florida Governor Charlie Crist appointed Patricia Orr Frost ’59 to the Florida Board of buffalo surrounding the car, elk dozing on a hand-addressed Christmas card from Governors, which is responsible for the management of the State University System. Frost spent 28 years as a teacher and principal in Miami-Dade County and is a trustee lawns, snow passes to cross, feeding horses Janet Kimball Clymer. It was an amazing at Florida International University. in a blizzard, and an Indian packer letting feat for Jan to write her own card. Ellie and loose a chain of profane and colorful compli- Art enjoyed a few weeks in sunny Puerto milestones ments about her,” Barb claims it wasn’t too Rico playing a few rounds of golf! Y Judy different from her bridge and tennis games Prophett Timken writes that 2009 was a Deaths: Charles H. Lord ’50, Feb. 13, 2010, in Oakton, Va., at 83. F Henry H. Fales in Delaware? Y Brian and Joan Harlowe good year to stay home, especially since Jr. ’51, Feb. 15, 2010, in Orleans, Mass., at 84. F Jean Castelli Laliberte ’51, Aug. 19, Kelly are actively farming in the Northeast Bill was recuperating from his successful 2006, in Ocean Grove, N.J., at 76. F Richard B. Mack ’51, Jan. 28, 2010, in Longboat Kingdom of Vermont. Joan manages an art total knee replacement. He’s back playing Key, Fla., at 81. F Louis M. Patterson Jr. ’51, Jan. 2, 2010, in Portland, Maine, at gallery in St. Johnsbury and is on the board tennis and swimming laps in the pool. The F F 86. John W. Pettengill ’51, Feb. 2, 2010, in Indianapolis, Ind., at 80. F. Brittain of Catamount Arts, which provides film, fine Timkens enjoy seeing Glenn and Gabby F Kennedy Jr. ’52, Jan. 20, 2010, in Highlands Ranch, Colo., at 80. Robert E. Ardiff arts, performance, and classes. Her children Krebs Isaacson at Colby dinners in San ’54, Dec. 16, 2009, in Worcester, Mass., at 77. F George Foster Barry ’54, Dec. 4, are scattered across the country. Y Richard Francisco. They are always amazed at the 2009, in Arlington, Texas, at 77. F Nancy Ives Quinlan ’54, Jan. 2, 2010, in Oviedo, and Louise Peterson Forsleff divide their number of Colbyites living in the area. Judy Fla., at 76. F Robert B. Parker ’54, Jan. 18, 2010, in Cambridge, Mass., at 77. F time between lengthy trips abroad and home and Bill have been in California 35 years and David J. Kimmett ’56, Oct. 1, 2009, in Hughesville, Pa., at 75. F Allen D. MacLean ’57, Jan. 30, 2010, in Jackson Heights, N.Y., at 74. F Janice Bray Pawlisch ’59, Dec. in Michigan. She recommends the Picasso feel fortunate their children live nearby. Judy 12, 2008, in Elk Grove Village, Ill., at 71. Museum in Antibes in southern France. keeps busy as a trustee at the California Louise underwent cataract surgeries and College of the Arts, but visits the East Coast says it is one of the easiest things to fix. Y at least once a year. Y About two years ago and Sue Biven Staples, Minot Greene, Y Yvonne Noble and her husband are now It’s only a year until our next reunion. Our Lou and Bill Bois designed and built their and Kathy McConaughy Zambello ’56. Both full-time residents of Canterbury, England. ranks are shrinking fast, but our class is new handicap-friendly (just in case) and David and Kathy miss their spouses greatly “Lagging behind the rest of you, we are, at special, very special. We knew that back in energy-efficient (always needed) home. but are bravely getting on with their lives. Y last, grandparents! Our daughter bought 1952, when we were the first to fully occupy Since moving into their new digs they have Our class sends sympathy to the family of a house in the midland cathedral town of the hill. Let’s make a concerted effort to been busy landscaping and “tweaking the Judy Holtz Levow, who passed away Nov. Litchfield.” Vonnie’s son is with the U.N. journey to Waterville. It will be good to see place to their liking.” Y Mac Harring had 30, 2009, in Florida. Judy was an enthusi- working on an early-detection and warning you. John and I send fond wishes. a knee replacement in November 2008, astic and faithful alumna who came to just system for tsunamis. Her son-in-law is an (back on the ski slopes by January 2009), about every ’54 and ’55 reunion with her environmental engineer, and her daughter was married in May 2009, and then hon- husband, Barry ’54. Y George Haskell is is a resident specializing in sexually trans- 1957 eymooned for two-and-a-half months in a Guy and Eleanor Ewing Vigue “plugging away” every day at his company, mitted diseases. Y Julie Brush Wheeler [email protected] trailer, visiting the western national parks. where last year he volunteered his services still lives in Portland, Ore., with a bonus of They plan to head off again this year but in to Colby with a web-based volunteer alumni three grandchildren nearby. The three-year- What a great response for our column this a larger rig! Y Nancy and John Conkling information survey. His daughter, Kate, old is learning Chinese! Several of Julie’s time! I report the news in the order it arrived, headed once again down the Allagash earned her pilot’s wings after a year of former students attended Colby and loved and any overflow will be in the next issue of River, following their August adventure training following graduation from the U.S. it. Y Robert Weiss and his wife, Susan, Colby. Y Candace Orcutt is still attempt- in a ’89 Volkswagon camper to northern Naval Academy. “It’s been a thrill to follow moved to Charlotte, N.C. “We both retired ing to retire! For the past three years she New Hampshire, Canada, and Sugarloaf her pilot training as it seems like yesterday two years ago and are looking for a warmer has been on the faculty of the Masterton to compare the amazing changes since the when I was doing the same,” George says. winter and the joys of these young grand- Institute, teaching advanced courses, via 1950s. They then traveled to Weld, Maine, to Rocca, the restaurant in Boston’s South sons. Our oldest is a freshman at McGill.” Skype, in psychotherapy to professionals see Jo (Sturtevant ’56) and Neil Stinneford End owned by his wife, Karen (Lawrence Y Charleen Roberts Riordan and Martha from South Africa, British Columbia, and and to congratulate Neil on his election to ’67), continues to prosper. George hopes Meyer Kugler both live in Darien, Conn., Florida. Classes focus on the study and the Maine Baseball Hall of Fame. Y Seems to see many of us at reunion. I second that! and keep in touch. They attend concerts by treatment of personality disorders. Although that Allan van Gestel’s retirement from the See you in June! a young Russian pianist who is sponsored Candace doesn’t plan to continue teaching, Massachusetts Superior Court is anything by Martha’s neighbors. Robbie teaches at she will contribute articles to institute publi- but a retirement! During 2009 Allan acted the same school where Dave and Rosemary cations. Y Tom Brackin has had his second 1956 as a special advisor to the attorneys general Crouthamel Sortor’s grandchildren attend. successful hip replacement and is ready of 46 states and six territories on arbitration Joan Williams Marshall “It was fun sitting with Dave and Rosie at to do some hiking again. Tom and Marilyn [email protected] issues including disputes on the tobacco the Turkey Bowl Game and cheering for attended Dottie and Mac Blanchard’s 50th settlement agreement, an embezzlement Greetings, classmates, from semi-frigid their grandson.” Y The Karl Honsbergers wedding anniversary party and took with issue, and a case in Nicosia, Cyprus, regard- Florida. John is off to the putting green moved to Ormond Beach, Fla., from South them a real treasure—the only photo of their ing a Massachusetts biotech company and as a quadruple bypass in early December Carolina. They miss seeing Naomi and Andy entire wedding party, most of whom were in a Cypriot distributor of a drug product sold Anderson, Warren ’57 and Barbara Falt- negates his teeing it up until March. Thanks attendance! The Brackins still run their real in the Ukraine. Y That’s all for now! to those who reported in. The column is ings Kinsman, and Sherry and Don Rice, estate and insurance agency but make time fantastic! Y Lucy Blainey Groening donated who all live outside Hilton Head. Karl asks to visit their homes in Ira, Vt., and Christmas her scrapbooks to Colby’s Special Collec- if there any ’56ers in his new area that he Cove, Maine. Y Jeanne Arnold, M.D. and her 1958 tions. This generous gesture was especially doesn’t know about? Y Barbara (B.J.) Davis husband, Peter Jeffries, visited Doris Tur- Mary Ellen Chase Bridge appreciated as students are using archival Howard is retired from teaching in N.Y.C. and cotte Thomas in Denver last March during [email protected] materials in preparation of the Colby Bicen- now lives in central Connecticut. She enjoys their annual ski and genealogy trip to Salt Marty Burger is “probably one of the few tennial in 2013 and there is a shortage the full gamut of suburban life, complete Lake City. They drove by way of Minneapolis class members still working.” On Dec. 17 from the “middle period.” Lucy is now fully with music, volunteering, and summertime and Idaho to cover some research. Last fall his former company, which had 400-plus retired and spending time on Vinalhaven. in Vermont. Her 18-year-old grandsons live Jeanne and Peter joined their middle son employees, was sold to Marsh & McLennan

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Agency, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of a 1959 what’s the deal? They both like road trips. the holidays Ronald Weber visited his four larger corporation with 54,000 employees. Joanne K. Woods Who is this mystery man? Al Rogan. Y Jack sons, who live all around the country. Y Marty looks forward to this new relationship. [email protected] and Barbara Hunter Pallotta know there Ralph Nelson has written his bio for the 50th Y At least two class members have taken are lots of Colby classmates in Florida. They reunion and was amazed at the many ways Carolyn Cummings Crain didn’t make it to had a delightful time with Joan (Crowell in which his Colby experiences formed useful exciting trips lately. Beryl Scott Glover reunion but instead visited in July with Erla ’60) and Skip Tolette in their new home foundations for activities later in life. He’ll had “a terrific couple of weeks cruising the Cleaves Davis in South Portland. They had in Vero Beach, including dinner with Bev be at our 50th. Y Ralph Galante lives the Red Sea and touring Egypt, Saudi Arabia, a good time in Rockland, even though Erla (Johnson ’60) and Keet Arnett. Y Reed senior life with wife Jane and will celebrate and Jordan in November.” Ed and Carol was not well. Carolyn had hoped to see her Thompson headed off to Waterville for the their 50th and reunion the same year. He Hathaway de Lemos had a fantastic trip again but Erla lost her battle with cancer Nov. 50th reunion with some reluctance, but lives on a NH lake in the summer and in to Turkey in November with Grand Circle 3. Carolyn went to Portland for Erla’s service had one of his most enjoyable three days Bonita Springs, Fla., in the winter. Ralph Travel. They spent 18 days traveling 2,500 and had time with her family and also a visit in a long time. After graduation he attended miles by coach, following the coast line of with Ann Worster, Judy Colbath Drinon, and retired from American Airlines 12 years the Naval OCS program in Newport, R.I., Turkey from Istanbul to Antalya and then Barbara George Rose. She then enjoyed ago and uses the flying benefits to visit his and served as a navigator aboard a P2V going inland via Cappadocia to Ankara. Their a couple of days with Sue Taylor in York. family spread over the country. He sees John Neptune ASW Patrol bomber and as an air excellent guide, Serif Yenin, is a native of Carolyn enjoys her grandkids, knits and and Becky Crane Rafferty on Chebeague intelligence officer. He received an M.A. Turkey who has written books on the country. reads, visits friends, and does some writ- Island, Maine, during October visits and says in international relations from Vanderbilt they look great. The Raffertys spent time “A highly recommended trip!” Y As noted ing. Y Gay Fawcett loved reunion, her first earlier, John Edes was inducted into the one. In January she was off to France and and entered the brokerage profession. He in South Carolina in February, where they New England Basketball Hall of Fame last expected to see Georgia Johnson Manin. continues working half days. He has a son, golfed and got some sun. Ray Berberian a daughter, and three grandchildren. Reed Y October. He received congratulations from Y Tom and Colleen Cruise Reynolds were and John speak on the phone frequently. Beryl, Lois Munson Morrill, and Bruce back at Sugarloaf for the winter. Tom works stays in touch with Grant Hendricks and Since retiring back to Maine Robert Haggett Blanchard among others. John reports in the ski school and Colleen works part time last December visited Tony Ruvo and his has kept busy as a substitute teacher in the wife, Mary Jane, in New Jersey. He sorely that “Bruce just made his seventh hole in in the resort day care. Colleen has been the Saco and Kennebunk area. In February he misses his close friend Bill Foehl. Travel one. It’s amazing how proficient you can editor for Tom’s and his partner’s successful and his wife took their Massachusetts family has been the primary diversion for Reed and be playing miniature golf. He’s the best!” website for almost two years, so logic told to Washington, D.C., to take advantage of his wife, Solange. In San Diego they enjoy the numerous new activities and sites since Y Brad and Helen Payson Seager planned her that she should have her own website plays, movies, reading, and get-togethers. his last visit. Later they’ll spend a week in to put their historic house on Nantucket and editing business: www.e-edit-my-work. They would love to see anyone visiting San a resort outside of Orlando with his son on the market March 1. Helen has been com. Y Jane Spokesfield Ayer Hamilton Diego. Y Thank you all for writing. and his family. Y Steve Finner is in his writing newspaper articles about some finally retired, three weeks after turning 72. third career, as minister of music at the St. of the house’s earlier residents. Y Last She has been catching up on projects such Johnsbury, Vt., Universalist Church and is October Walter and Maggie Smith Henry as making cushions for porch furniture and 1960 proud to report that he has a publisher for visited David and Lois Munson Morrill on birthday presents. Jane and her husband Jane Holden Huerta his modest liturgical compositions. Y From their way home from seeing other friends visited Florida to see dear friends. Y Liz Hay [email protected] fall 1960 until late spring 1962 Chet Lewis near Damariscotta. “Lois and David are Henderson had her left eye implant fixed in Roger Brown retired, moved to Providence, served in the 226th Army Security Agency wonderful hosts.” The Henrys’ two sons are October and in December she had surgery on and took up apartment living. He sees Art Company on Kanghwa-Do, Korea. Last in medicine: Michael an infectious disease her left carotid artery that was 90-percent Calfee occasionally on Cape Cod. When October he and his wife, Fran, attended the attending physician at Bronx Lebanon Medi- blocked. Now she has matching scars on her Jock Knowles called him, Roger agreed fourth reunion of that company in Orlando, cal Center and Tom an anesthesiologist, neck. Y Russ Longley continues to consult to work with the anniversary gift commit- for a Canadian aerospace company. His Fla. The highlight was a VIP tour of the mainly at Nyack Hospital. The Henrys are tee. Jock and Pat (Walker) live nearby fun and physical fitness regimen includes Kennedy Space Center. Y Todd Marchant frequent visitors to Manhattan and Brooklyn and enjoyed a joyous family Christmas daily Latin/Smooth dance lessons. He wrote that his life is dull as it gets but there and look forward to spending time with their (18 strong) in Rehoboth, Mass., and New and his instructor placed first in waltz and isn’t any bad news. Y Lucky Christov had young grandchildren there. Y The highlight of Year’s in Maine. Jock had a second knee rumba and second in foxtrot and cha cha dinner with DU brother Reed Thompson ’59. the year for Harry and Joan Shaw Whitaker replacement Feb. 24 and hopes to be at a gala in Kansas City last August. He’s Lucky misses working full time but works as was in September when their daughter and walking normally by June. Y Carole and Don now working on tango, waltz, and rumba a consultant. He plays tennis and likes how son-in-law completely surprised them with Williamson may be able to come to reunion. gigs for a major competition in St. Louis California helps with the aches and pains. Y a 50th wedding anniversary dinner at the Y Janet Grout Williams had a lovely winter in March plus a gold level waltz exhibition in northern NH with plenty of snow and even Nancy Bassett Mack and her sister moved East Bay Grille in Plymouth, Mass. Colby in May at the Forget Me Not Benefit Ball in some sunny days. Their older son lives in NH their mom from independent living 90 miles alumni present included Carol Hathaway Lake Ozark, Mo., benefitting Alzheimer’s. He and their younger son visited from Utah with away to assisted living two miles down the de Lemos, MaryBeth Whitaker McIntyre looks forward to dancing as long as he can their grandchildren. Y Judith Allen Ferretti road. Nancy looks forward to reunion! Y I ’82, and Janice McKeown Dumas ’82. “It walk. Y Lloyd Cohen visited Ray Berberian and her husband traveled with friends to had Thanksgiving dinner with relatives in was a wonderful evening, which we will ’60 in November while he was in NJ for his Germany and Amsterdam. The boat was the Tampa Bay area, including cousins Dick treasure and remember forever.” Y Carol induction into the Cliffside Park High School comfortable, the meals superb, the crew ’58 and Susan Macomber Vogt and Lois Conway Denney, Dot Greenman Ketchum, of Fame. Lloyd and Sheila have been married outstanding, and their fellow passengers Macomber. I spent a few days in Scottsdale, Susan Sherman White, and I had a room- for almost 50 years. The three children from pleasant and fun. Y Wendy Mc William Ariz., with cousin Pam Harris Holden ’66 mate reunion in November at Dot’s home her first marriage have blessed them with Denneen walks three miles a day, goes to (widow of Randy Holden’65). I’ve enjoyed in Plaistow, N.H. We reminisced and got four grandchildren. Y Ann Worster is seeing Curves, and volunteers in the library. She’s teaching bridge to middle schoolers in Sara- caught up on news, ate very well, walked off a man who she had a huge crush on when had fun babysitting her first East Coast sota, and I play duplicate bridge whenever the calories in Newburyport and Ogunquit, a freshman at Colby. She is a widow, he a grandbaby. Wendy traveled to CA to see possible. I also watch son Jon Huerta ’95 and played Rummikub. Strange to think we widower. Both had long marriages and lived her daughter and her family and to London play baseball. Y I hope you plan to be at met 55 years ago! More get-togethers are on opposite coasts. On the surface they have with friends of their “Not so Serious Book our 50th reunion. Carolyn Lockhart has planned. I also had a pleasant lunch with nothing in common. He is an athlete, she is Club.” She took a cruise in January and will been busy with the fundraising and Jerry Ginny Angney Bushee in January before we a klutz. He thinks reading is for old people, visit Puerto Rico in March and Tucson in Goldberg has been busy planning a cruise both headed for warmer climates. Y Best she devours books. He likes home-cooked May. Fortunately Wendy is saving the first June 3 out of Portland Harbor. Jock Knowles to all, and please keep your news coming! meals, she has locked the kitchen door. So weekend in June to visit with us! Y Around was delighted when Betsy Perry Burke ’61

38 COLBY / SPRING 2010 agreed to edit the reunion book. And Steve lots of pasta, but no turkey! We then spent seven years who delivered a very moving Ann Bruno Hocking traveled to England and Curley is preparing a special memento for Christmas visiting my four children and 11 speech. They toured the Museum of Naval France in September and recommend St. participants. See you in Portland June 3 grandchildren as well as Betsy Perry Burke.” Aviation, which Pete says rivals the Air and Mawes in Cornwall. They were also in Ber- for the cruise, and then in Waterville for Y Bob and Jeanette Benn Anderson had Space Museum in Washington. They then muda, Cancun, and Naples, Fla. Ann sings in three days of fun! a “picture perfect Mediterranean cruise,” visited Mobile, Ala., where Fran was born. her church choir and sang at Notre Dame (in especially enjoyable because friends and Their son, Peter, returned from his second Paris) in 2006! She also quilts, plays Mah neighbors joined them, including Ann stint in Iraq in time for Thanksgiving, making Jong, and golfs. Y Bill ’62 and Barb Haines 1961 Gerry Gassett ’60. Their favorite port was this year a happy year despite the economic Chase took a canoe trip in Nicaragua for fun Diane Scrafton Cohen Ferreira Y and adventure. Barb is finding Peggy Fuchs [email protected] Monaco! Carol Walker Lindquist, now fiasco. The Beaumonts especially enjoy 10 years retired from college teaching, their four grandchildren. Y John Chapman’s Singer’s book, Legacy of a False Promise, Where did you spend spring break while lives in Brooklyn, N.Y., and summers on the pun directly relates to the e-mail request “amazing… an honest and painful tribute at Colby? Your correspondent went home Maine coast. She volunteers as a docent at for “news of your last three months.” John to her parents and her survival.” Y Ron with roommates or traveled to Bermuda, Brooklyn’s zoo in Prospect Park, where she says, “As I hope I have more than three more and Bunny Read McEldowney traveled to entertained by the Colby Eight! Some of us is learning about “the critters—birds, bugs, months to live, it is impossible to predict Xcalak, Mexico. Bunny is presiding governor went to Chateau Lac Beauport in Quebec to snakes, and small animals. I think it will be what my last three months will be like.” Y of the Colorado Academy of Educators for ski. Share your recollections! Y Sandy Nolet fun!” Y In December Margie Chamberlain Patricia and Bill Pye spent three weeks the Gifted, Talented and Creative. They work Quinlan reports “new adventures and our Davis and her daughter, Holly, traveled to touring Dubai, Nepal, and India, which he with educators on multiple levels to serve growing families never cease to amaze us.” Disney World, where they stayed at the describes as a fabulous journey of immense gifted students. Y Coral Crosman lost her Sandy now has 20 grandchildren! Sandy Grand Floridian Hotel and, on arrival, were diversity and cultural learning. Y Peter husband of 41 years, J. Rene Gonzales, after and husband Dean winter in Palm Beach upgraded to the VIP wing because of “Pixie and Brenda Wrobleski Elwell continue to his 18-year battle with Alzheimer’s. Her chil- Gardens and travel extensively. They spent Dust.” They enjoyed nightly fireworks for improve their 10-year-old Victorian house in dren and five grandchildren were all home a week on St. John in the Virgin Islands and seven days. “We went to all four parks and Denver. They travel extensively throughout for the holidays. Coral went to Argentina in visited southern France twice to see family on all the roller coaster rides and the Tower of the West, most recently in Navajo country, February. She enjoys substitute teaching in in the charming village of Labastide Espar- Terror.” Margie still works full time and asks, Canyon de Chelly. Brenda still travels to nearby Saratoga Springs High School, and bairenque (www.lamuseinn.com). Sandy “Am I the only one?” No, Margie, your class South America on business and will lead she’s putting together a selection of stories and Dean drove to Barcelona, where they correspondent, though retired, continues a group to Ecuador and the Galapagos. she’s written. Y Don and Betsy Doe Norwat embarked on a transatlantic cruise to San working full time! Anyone else? Y Aloha! They both enjoy hiking and snowshoeing. were in Goose Rocks, Maine, last summer Juan, Puerto Rico. Several Spanish ports, Brenda’s daughter, Monique, will be married visiting her cousins Kendall ’64 and Linda as well as Morocco and the Canaries, were next summer. Y Nancy McKenzie Keating Doe Burford ’64. They have two grandchil- on the itinerary. Y Penny Dietz Sullivan 1962 and Mike McCabe are appending a month dren. Betsy teaches a Spanish class at the Patricia Farnham Russell continues sending her news in verse. She in Dataw Island, Ga., checking it out as a Metropolitan Community College (Kansas Nancy MacKenzie Keating and husband Paul travel to Phoenix and City, Mo.) and is “enjoying the life of a [email protected] possible winter location. They will return Austin to visit family. Fairfield Harbour in in April to their summer home in Maine. Y mostly retired person.” Y Gordon Moog and New Bern, N.C., keeps her busy with golf, Ellie Tomlinson enjoys retirement in Marble- Tony Mainero’s most important item is the wife Beverly retired northwest of Spokane, sailing, bridge, dominoes, and canasta. Y head, Mass., where she has converted her fact that he is grandfather to eight beautiful Wash. Boating, fishing, camping, hunting, Tom and Janice Dukeshire Halliwell sold garage into a studio with room for a car. grandchildren ranging from 1 to 14. Tony, skiing, and volunteer work for Washington, their home in Noank, Conn., and became Ellie plays squash, skis, and is anxiously with the help of his son-in-law, continues to Idaho, and the National Forest Service permanent residents of Bradenton, Fla. Y awaiting spring and her gardens. Y Dick run his business, which is doing very well. keep them out of trouble. Gordon says, Janet Haskins Mandaville says that she Mittleman and his wife of 47 years, Linda, He and Cathy travel frequently to Aruba “retirement is nothing like everyone says; and Judy Hoffman Hakola are already enjoy winters in Ft. Lauderdale, summers in and Palm Springs. Tony would love to hear it’s much better!” Y Jean Eielson Bridge- Y e-mailing about the reunion in 2011! Last Warren, R.I., and six grandchildren. Patch from any KDRs. Y Our esteemed prez, Judy man’s new e-mail is [email protected]. October Jan connected with her sophomore Jack Mosher writes that in September Hoagland Bristol, is already working the Y Jim Westgate spends his time between year roommate Sue MacLean Herron in Marjeanne Banks Vacco hosted Nancy phones and making big plans for the big Bangkok and his house in the country, a Rockport, Mass., who recently returned MacKenzie Keating, Debby Price, Linn 5-0, which is coming up fast. Set the first beautiful place on the river where he tends to her hometown after 30 years in the Spencer Hayes, Liz Conley Clagett, Olive weekend in June 2012 aside and get yourself bromeliads and many other extraordinary California Bay Area. Sue is active with local Pingree Ingraham, and Patch for their back to Colby. Now that Judy’s hubby, Harry, plants. His new e-mail is westgatejim@ history projects in Rockport. Jan continues seventh yearly mini-reunion. In January has turned 80, they feel the need to speed gmail.com. Y Nancy (Godley ’65) and to volunteer at the Athena library in eastern Olive and Patch visited Linda Nicholson up some of the hard trips ASAP. They are John Wilson look forward to Nancy’s 45th Oregon, where she enjoys a second home. Goodman in CT. Y Bill Alexander says at off to India and Nepal in March. reunion. They’ve winterized their house on Jan reports, “the new library is a huge source this time of year in Albion (Maine) he’s in Deer Isle and spent last Christmas there with of civic pride in this small town and the winter survival mode. That means: eating their children and grandchildren. They’re several years spent in blood, sweat, tears soup from the freezer, bringing in firewood 1963 anticipating our 50th, as we all are! Y Mac to raise funds and get it built were definitely from the shed, throwing out junk mail, and Paule French Smith is now semiretired after 43 years in [email protected] worth it!” Jan was one of the movers and deleting e-mail. It’s even too cold in the the family insurance agency, now run by shakers behind that project. Y Anne Lehman garage to work on his Model T Ford. Y Steve Al Carville and wife Linda took a “country” his two sons. He and Jeannine, his wife of Lysaght announces the arrival of grandson and Sandy Keef Hunter had a fabulous road trip covering Tennessee from Pigeon 44 years, spend the winter in Naples, Fla. Henry (named for her late husband) born trip to Turkey in October. They started in Forge to Nashville and Memphis. Al saw They have three children and eight grand- to her son, Mark, and his wife, Heather Istanbul, traveled down the Aegean coast Bonnie Brown Potter and Jane Melanson children. In Naples Mac sometimes sees Lounsbury ’94, Dec. 24, 2009! Y Donna and by coach to Troy and other ancient ruins, Dahmen recently at a Portland Symphony George Bagas ’61 and Bob Burke ’61. He Bob Burke spent Thanksgiving in Florence, sailed the Turquoise Coast in a gullet, and concert. Y Al and Rosemary Blankenship often e-mails Dave Columbia, “who lives Italy, visiting Donna’s son, who spent the swam in the Mediterranean in Antalya. Hubbard stay active with the homeless among the rich and famous in Manhat- first semester of his junior year at Fairfield Sandy would happily share tour company shelter, concert association, natural tan.” Y Beth Brown Turner is writing her University in Florence. They had a great info. Y Fran and Pete Beaumont attended resources conservation, Democrats, and Ph.D. dissertation on black francophone time visiting the churches and museums a reunion at the Naval School of Preflight in Rotary. Rosemary sings in a choral society Caribbean women playwrights. She’s also without the usual long lines. “We got right Pensacola in October. One of his classmates and Al is helping introduce geology into the producing Black Masks, a magazine on the in to see David with no wait at all. We had was a POW of the North Vietnamese for elementary school curriculum. Y Dave and black performing arts, and manning her

COLBY / SPRING 2010 39 ALUMNI AT LARGE new doll webstore at www.dollbabyshop. surprise to hear from Candy Camp Lund, Beach, Fla., from CT in 2002. They “keep a reporter on the local weekly in favor of com. Daughter Shairi is a deputy secretary who is ostensibly helping a friend move busy with tennis, golf, book clubs, etc. and editing/publishing A Yellow Springs Blog for health in Florida, and son Kai works in out in San Rafael, Calif., but also hiking have now added learning bridge.” Last fall that gets “over 200 hits per day in the vil- web design and architecture in London. Y and hot tubbing. “Daughter Lilla Lund ’04, they went to Paris and took a barge trip in lage of 3,700. It has made me very popular Marsha Palmer Reynolds and I got together with her marvelous husband, lives outside Burgundy. Travel plans for 2010, to visit with the folks in town and very unpopular recently. She and husband John retired Bozeman, Mont., and practices law. She three children and three grandchildren, will at the newspaper, which had a monopoly from teaching in Manhattan and moved graduated magna cum laude from Suffolk prevent them from joining us at reunion. of what got reported and what did not.” to Biddeford, Maine. They volunteer at the last May and has her own office in Boze- Y Jim Spates is professor of sociology at Y Neil Clipsham is semiretired from his Saco Food Pantry, tutor needy children, man in a wonderful firm. The apple fell very, Hobart & William Smith colleges, where he AECOM government services job. He and and take their two dogs to nursing homes very far from the tree! Lilla ran the Boston has taught since 1971. He is chair of the Jean (Hoffmann ’66) “spend most of our for pet therapy. Y Pen Williamson rowed Marathon last April (Susan Ellsworth and urban studies program and the author of open time with family/granddaughters” again in the Head of the Charles Regatta in I watched), and she also got a puppy. I’m Moral Sociology relating to that field. “I still and have been to Disney World. “Getting October. “It’s always great fun. Scratching living in Falmouth, Maine, near my son and love teaching, and retirement still seems our face time and influence in while we my way towards the top third in my ‘veterans’ two grandsons, and singing in the choir.” a strange notion.” His specialties are the can. By age 10 they’ll be more-friends-than- class.” Y Peter Vogt produced and directed Y Nick Ruf also reports getting a puppy. Y sociology of cities and the “social thought grandparents oriented, and we’ll be less able two major videos for the International Civil Charles Fallon sums up his current activity and life story of the 19th-century British to do things.” Neil and Jean will have just Rights Center and Museum in Greensboro, as “grandparent (four); executor; literacy thinker John Ruskin.” Alas, he too will miss returned from an Eastern Europe river cruise N.C. Through Peter’s videos, visitors are volunteer; aspiring vocalist; substitute reunion due to conflicts.Y Bob Rogers had by the time you read this. Y Dave Fearon immersed in the experiences of landmark principal in city schools; house husband; a spectacular 2009. He was promoted to still teaches at Univ. of Central CT. Y Marty events such as the first lunch counter sit-in looking forward to an Exploritas expedition full professor at Ashland University in Ohio. Dodge completed his 43rd Finger Lakes and other peaceful protests. Peter has also with my wife, Marcia, in May.” Y Ken and In March he published a book, An Economic Community College January travel ecology created the audiovisual attractions for the Ann Schmidt Nye attend the same church History of the American Steel Industry. trip. The latest one was to Belize. In June Rosa Parks Museum in Montgomery, Ala. as Candy (aka Cate). Ken writes: I just In October he was elected president of he’ll lead his 14th trip to Alaska. “I’m well Y Paul and Susan Schaeff Pineo moved brought out my fourth and last book of the Ohio Association of Economists and into my 38th year at FLCC and I have no from NY to SC. They keep busy in Port Royal, poetry, Clouds of Glory. It’s my last because Political Scientists. “I took up kayaking for intention of retiring any time soon.” Y Nancy S.C., with Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Parkinson’s has apparently closed off that the first time and I think I will do more.” Y Godley Wilson splits her time between Deer courses. Y Tom Thomas is in India on the section of my brain that drove the poetry, Virgil Hervey is “semiretired for the 10 years Isle, Maine, and Lexington, Mass., where she spiritual journey he briefly described in our and without that drive absolutely nothing he’s lived in Yellow Springs, Ohio.” He runs volunteers for the Unitarian church, Elder last column. He’s promised to tell us much is coming. I’m saddened by this, but also the Yellow Springs Community Foundation transit, and board of directors activities more in the future. Y Yours truly is working grateful that I discovered poetry five years part time but gave up his part-time job as at her old employer, Walnut Hill School in on her first children’s book, based on a true ago and had a chance to say some things story of a dog’s adventure in Casco Bay. that probably never would have been said.” The Nyes have two beautiful granddaugh- 1964 ters, 16 and 18, and two new grandsons, 1 1/2 and three months. Y Joan Mc Ghee Sara Shaw Rhoades Ames says, “I love our New England winters [email protected] and am enjoying the steady light snowfalls Good Bob Marr is actively involved in the purchase we’ve had but I will spend six weeks in Key and restoration of the William Henry Seward West this winter. Although we’ve been going Chemistry homestead in Florida, N.Y. (Seward was for the last 20 years for short stays, this is Lincoln’s Secretary of State, among other the first time I will stay through! Before that Raymond Lacombe ’42 and things.) He has been assisted by Doris I will meet Suzy Noyes Mague and Susan Kearns Goodwin. Y Jim Simon writes: Ellsworth in Longmeadow, Mass., where Mary F. Lacombe ’42 Blessed to be an M.D, and in my 41st year Suzy is babysitting her grandchildren for practicing medicine went to work part time a week.” Y And from John Brassem: “Now Through 14 charitable gift at Kaiser Occupational Health in northern write columns for four trade magazines from annuities, designation of Colby California as a pool physician. What an around the world. Just finished a consulting as a beneficiary of her retirement empowering renaissance. Using all the assignment for the Mark Twain House and plan, and a bequest, Mary diagnostic skills and a little suture work Museum. (Mark Twain is my idol.) Spent a Lacombe created a scholarship and using a 21st-century computer system. one-week vacation in Jamaica (at Sandals). fund in memory of her late I have someone marketing my patents, still Still a professor (adjunct) at University of husband to help Maine students fly once a week for fun and once a month Hartford on international business and study chemistry for generations to the Oakland Air Traffic Control Center to management. Now cast member of local to come. Now that’s good do physicals, and I swim 40-60 minutes community theatre production of Oliver at chemistry. daily. Hilde, my bride of 34 years, is still 1,700 seat Warner Theatre. (Was Winkee doing garden design and is happy. Y B.J. General in Wizard of Oz during the summer.) Let’s Talk Campbell is engaged to Frank LeRose and Still working on great American novel but will marry in October! Y Bill Hendrickson maybe losing that battle.” Susan Conant Cook ’75, P’11 is doing real estate brokerage with Pru- 800-809-0103 dential in New York’s Brooklyn area. He’s [email protected] happily married, healthy, and anticipating 1965 third grandchild’s debut in April. Y Gloria Dick Bankart [email protected] Shepherd received recognition for her paint- Want to learn more about Raymond and Mary Lacombe? ing in an intriguingly titled exhibition called Norman and Joss Coyle Bierman moved to See special section on inside cover or visit www.colby.edu/willows “Those Delectable Vices.” Y It was a lovely the Windsor retirement community in Vero

40 COLBY / SPRING 2010 Natick. On Deer Isle she volunteers at the of our time in Napa, Calif., our home since at 978-927-9339 for a visit and a sail on her husband had heart problems, but he Stonington Opera House and “I did a bit of 2003. I’ve practiced law in Maine since 1973 Manchester harbor. Y Annette Sandrock pulled through. Betty is a justice of the fund raising for our 45th reunion.” Y Jim and maintain an interest in Hardy Wolf and is off to Vienna, Slovenia, and Trieste. peace and this fall had the pleasure of Foritano gave a talk last January at the Downing in Portland. We attend the opera She takes the local to Washington, D.C., performing the wedding of one of her former Bristol (RI) Art Museum about the Boston art and ballet in San Francisco, enjoy the golf where her son serves in the Coast Guard students. Y Charlotte Killam cancelled a scene and is still with Artscope magazine.Y and scenery of Pebble Beach, have pinot in a unit guarding the White House. Y Jim trip to Israel in February because she was Nick Locsin “spent much of the summer noir vines and make wine with friends.” Y Katz recently traveled to Spain, where he afraid “certain areas would be off limits.” fishing and boating on the Kennebec and Judy Kelley hopes to move back to Maine in spent two weeks in an intensive language She did do a whole lot of driving the rest of Damariscotta rivers.” In October he and 2010 after many years in upstate New York. program. At home in Canada, his thoughts the year, including driving from Florida and a Sue spent a week in Barcelona and liked Y Gayle Jobson Poinsette and Garfield turned to his garden and spring. Jim 3,300-mile trip across the West. The rest of it so much they’ll return for a longer stay Barnes wrote from Bahia Blanca, a small enjoyed the birth of his fifth grandchild.Y the year she was busy with a summer lunch this October. Y Snowbird John Bragg was town in southern Argentina. Next stop was While international travel excites, domestic program at a local park, trips to see shows running the family business in Bangor from Buenos Aires for a month-long stay. They trips can stir the soul. Imagine the scene at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Fort Myers again this past winter. N.W. Bragg revisited Argentine places where Gayle had described by Tif Crowell. Woody Roll on a blueberry picking, family weddings, and Inc. is now 155 years old. Y Dave Hatch lived as a child and Garf had visited 20 30-year-old BMW motorcycle rattling up gardening. She is active with committees at moves from Fort Myers to Venice, Fla., this years later. A train ride across Patagonia Tif’s driveway in Vermont after a trip from her church and the public library. Charlotte, June. Y Wonderful news from Jann Buffinton was another highlight of their travels. Y Virginia, via Waterville, mostly in the rain. Judy Greer Deforest, Cindy Paquette, and Browning, who will be married about the Mary and Stan Marchut toured China in Y Eric Rosen, you might recall, has been Donna Lumpkin planned a fall getaway time of our 45th reunion to “Warren Clark, September 2009 via Colby’s alumni travel involved in serious study at Hebrew College/ weekend in Plum Island. Judy Gerrie Heine, my friend the pilot, who has been with me program, which Stan highly recommends. Andover Newton Theological Seminar. Eric Betty Coffee Gross, and Kathy Denehy every step of the flying adventure.”Y See Colby faculty lecturer Professor Hong has now published a book, The Trial of Lewis couldn’t make it. Y Jeanne Philson you soon. Hail, Colby, Hail! Zhang was terrific. The Marchuts found Abraham and Abraham’s Choice (Vantage Sommers purchased a home in Florida, the Chinese people to be warm and gra- Press). Eric also writes poetry and plays. Y near the St. Johns River and Lake Monroe. cious. Y Ed Mowry wrote before leaving to Sahra Shute Hale directed a large troupe in When not at home, Jeanne plans to take to 1966 ski at Mammoth for six weeks. He’s off to The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. Y Sandy the road in her RV. Meg Fallon Wheeler Miller sold her shop in Milton, Mass., but [email protected] Peru in June, then the upper Amazon on a small riverboat. Y Terry Saunders Lane’s her puzzles have been featured at Barnes Mary Sue Hilton Weeks enjoyed a weekend startup consulting business has sent her to & Noble, NYC. Sandy is celebrating a remis- 1968 visit last Labor Day at Doug and Beth Adams sion and, hopefully, a cure from arthritis. Peter Jost new places, mostly to Jordan with USAID. [email protected] Keene’s summer place in Ocean Point, Two new grandbabies have brightened her She can knit again! Y Sally Ray Bennett Maine, joined by Ruth Kelleher Hertz and home life. Y Doug and Beth Adams Keene’s takes an exercise course in Rhode Island Lee Weiser writes: “After more than 30 Lynn (Longfellow ’65) and Gary Knight. ongoing retirement project is to trace the and her instructor plays music from the years playing and officiating lacrosse on Mary Sue reports that Gary is doing a great Civil War in somewhat chronological order. ’60s that she danced to on Mayflower Hill. the college, club, and high school level, this job in the Maine legislature and that Doug This involves lots of interesting road trips Y Anthony Benjamin continues her work spring will be my first not being on the field. is back on the tennis court with two new and historical research. The Keenes looked as trust and estate attorney in New York I’m hoping to find a coaching job for eighth knees. In December she joined Debbie forward to a trip to Machu Picchu and the City. His professional duties bring him into and ninth graders locally to keep in involved. Anglim Higgins, Barry Clark Hews, Linda Galapagos in February. Y Peter Anderson contact with Todger Anderson. Y Bill Neely My stepdaughter, Caroline, attends Bates.” O’Connor McDonough, and Dick Gilmore and his Argentine wife, Elena, visit Argentina informed us that his wife, Stephanie Barker Y Jeff Lathrop: “Now that my girls have for dinner in Boston. Y Stu Wantman at least once a year. Because Rotarian Neely, passed away this January after a finished their ski racing, Danny Noyes ’02, visited Mark ’67 and Rebecca Cummings Peter has connections both there and in four-year battle with ovarian cancer. We Colby’s alpine skiing coach, whom I coached Shovan ’67 and keeps in touch with George his home state of California, he was invited pause to remember Stephanie. Y Betsey when he was young, talked me into helping Cain, Ed Burrell, Dave Penhale, and Russ in January to be the Rotary International Littlejohn Deloache would like to get in at the Eastern Championships at Sugarloaf Monbleau. Stu still works as co-owner of representative in Washington, D.C., for the contact with classmates who have experi- and again at the NCAAs last March. It was a jewelry business with his daughter and historic signing of a sister park agreement enced cancer as patients or as caregivers. a lot of fun, and two of Colby’s athletes is enjoying his young grandson. Y Theresa between two national parks in California and Contact [email protected] and ask them to earned First-Team All American honors. and Bayard Kennett became first-time one in Argentina, all home to the majestic forward messages to Betsey. Y Mark and With some of the twists and turns in the grandparents last November when son Chip but threatened condor with active programs Sue Barden Johnson have hiked 140 miles financial markets, retirement is not looking ’03 and daughter-in-law Sheila produced to restore their populations. Please go to on the 810-mile Arizona Trail and “only” as imminent as one would hope. Living in Bayard W. Kennett III, to be called “Joe,” www.colby.edu/mag to read more class have 210 miles remaining, but much of that North Conway, N.H., my wife, Susie, and I thereby honoring both his grandfathers. notes about Peter, about the Keenes’ Civil remains inaccessible. They hiked Big Bend enjoy the lakes, mountains, and rivers of “Wow, what a great feeling!” says Bayard. War travels, and about a Russ Monbleau National Park and spent a week in Provence northern NH and western Maine. We’ve Y Winter Floridian Ted Houghton recom- honor. I’ve reached my word limit here, and hiking through Roman ruins, lavender fields, visited our daughters in Park City, Utah, mends two good books, The Glass Castle these stories are too good to miss. hilltop villages, and vineyards. Sue and Mark spent time in the Colorado Rockies, visited and Half Broke Horses. He continues to vent also work in visits to see grandchildren and family in the Oregon Cascades, and took about the sorry state of American politics continue to see their medical patients. Y annual trips for some truly extraordinary in his Musings column at www.wxtoad. 1967 Kathy Denehy Lewis visited grandchildren in fly-fishing in Montana.”Y Ken Young writes: com. Y Good to hear from Bill ’70 and Lona Robert Gracia San Diego and CT. She and Bob celebrated “My daughter Sarah, Peace Corp Zambia, Eldridge Hardy. Bill writes, “Lona finished Judy Gerrie Heine their 40th anniversary with a West Coast was selected to help train the new intake of her Colby years on time. I went to Vietnam [email protected] cruise. Bob hopes to work for Southwest Air 50 plus volunteers. She will leave her village and worked in TV for awhile, graduating Phil Kay continues to zip around the globe. for two more years so they can enjoy free and mud hut in North Western Province for belatedly in 1970. Lona has been a marriage He recently visited Singapore, Moscow, and flights! When at home in Mount Vernon, Lusaka and help select her replacement. and family counselor most of her career and Mexico City for his business representing N.H., Kathy is part of a walking group, works After the training she will take up an intern practices here in California. Our son, Joe, is major information technology companies. in the garden club’s perennial garden, and assignment at Munda Wanga. We anticipate a neuroscientist in San Francisco. We have He returns home to Manchester-by-the-Sea, belongs to a book group. Y Betty Coffee eagerly that she will be home before going a home in Portland, Maine, but spend most Mass., and invites classmates to call him Gross wasn’t able to travel this year because back for her last nine months as a PCV. In

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Ethan, in Portland, Ore., in November, and ships in their study-abroad experiences. were off in January to visit Arizona. Y Rae Last fall business took her to Wales and 60s newsmakers Jean Braunmuller Goodman continues to Northern Ireland. This spring she’ll return to Ashland University Economics Professor Robert Rogers teach economics at the Naval Academy. Ghana and, perhaps, Berlin and Poland. “For ’65 was elected president of the Ohio Association of She says her “great” achievements of fall me all of this work is my way of forwarding Economists and Political Scientists in October. Rogers, 2009 were successfully completing the peacemaking along with art making.” Y who has taught at Ashland since 1993, holds a doctor- Marine Corps Marathon for the fifth time Kathy Hill Wade is retiring from teaching ate in economics from George Washington University. and running the JFK 50 Miler for the first German. She’ll take a group of Amarillo milestones and last time! Y Will and Ginny Coates High (Texas) students to Germany May 31 Barrett have lived just outside of Tucson, for an exchange program. Kathy’s son Jon Deaths: Robert E. Otis ’60, Aug. 24, 2009, in Ludington, Ariz. for 18 months and recently finished teaches art at West Texas A&M and his wife Mich., at 71. F Marijane Eaton Fall ’62, Feb. 5, 2010, building their dream home on Dove Moun- is a physician’s assistant. Their son became in Hollis, Maine, at 69. F Joan Phillipps Thompson tain (where the Accenture Match Play Golf a teenager in February. Their other son, ’64, March 12, 2010, in Marblehead, Mass., at 67. F Tournament is held every February). They Solomon, is quite confident, saying, “Did Karen Jaffe Brown ’65, Jan. 3, 2010, in Zanesville, love the Southwest and enjoy golf, beautiful you know there’s a guy in the Bible named Robert Rogers ’65 Ohio, at 66. F David S. Cutler ’65, Feb. 28, 2010, in weather, and glorious sunsets! Both are F Duxbury, Mass., at 66. John D. Kollias ’66, Sept. 11, retired and Ginny is very involved in art after me?” Kathy’s younger son, Tim, is a F 2009, in North Andover, Mass., at 65. Stephanie Barker Neely ’67, Jan. 6, 2010, (painting and pen-and-ink drawings). See missionary teaching in a barrio in Asunción, in Austin, Texas, at 64. F Dwight A. Riggs ’69, Jan. 26, 2009, in Tucson, Ariz., at 61. her work at www.GinnyLBarrett.com. Y As Paraguay. The school is a Methodist mission for my wife, Pam, and me, we finally sold supported primarily by Americans. Kathy our house in New Hampshire and are now went to Paraguay in July after taking an October I joined the advisory council for the full-time residents of Brunswick, Maine. intensive Spanish course. They also went UMaine Sustainability Solutions Initiative, 1969 I’m still traveling back to New Hampshire to Brazil and visited Iguazu Falls and the a five-year, $20-million National Science Ray Gerbi two or three days a week and hope soon to massive Itapu Dam. The whole trip and visit Foundation-funded program to examine [email protected] begin doing consulting work in health-care there was an eye-opener and a heart-tugger. issues and to develop solutions relating Happy spring, classmates! I hope everyone design and construction. I hope everyone Y Cheryl Dinneen Soon writes, “2009 was to the sustainability of Maine’s economy. Y is well. Bonnie Allen Rotenberg’s daugh- has a wonderful spring, and I look forward a year full of watershed events for me. Ray Our 1999 AFS exchange student, Pascal ter graduated from Colby magna cum laude to hearing from many of you over the months and I attended the Obama inauguration in Bohleber, and his friend, Maren, visited in 2009 and now volunteers for an NGO in ahead with updates for the summer column! January. I got my Ph.D. in urban planning us in late July.” Y Tony Jordan reports: Thailand teaching English to a hillside tribe. from University of Hawaii and am working “My sax group, the Annandale Saxophone Bonnie slowly but surely builds her jewelry towards getting it published. In summer we Ensemble, has been invited to perform at design business (www.bonnieallenjewelry. 1970 the 33rd Annual International Saxophone com). She never runs into Colby grads and Deb Fitton Mansfield took a trip to the Olympic Peninsula where [email protected] we saw bald eagles and the hometown of Symposium at George Mason University.” wonders, “Where is everyone?” Y Donna He also plays with the Mt. Vernon Swing Massey doesn’t expect any big changes Dave and Linda Loring Shea’s son is gradu- the Twilight series. September brought our Band, Swing Command, the official band the soon but is fortunate to like her work and ating from West Point and will go overseas annual trip to Cape Cod, which included a Maryland Wing of the Civil Air Patrol, and the to be blessed with a comfortable lifestyle, in the fall. Dave, Linda, and their daughters fun dinner with Peter Bogle, Debbie Hawks Bob Gibson Big Band. “Incidentally it was my good health, and loving family and friends. are well. Dave saw several Colby friends at Kelley, and their spouses. In November my ex roommate, Pete Rouse, who was put in She plans a river rafting trip in the next Pete Gilfoy’s funeral. “He and Peggy Wiehl son, Kekoa, was married on the beach in charge of wrangling Nebraska Senator Ben couple of years, this time to the middle Gilfoy ’71 had many friends, and deserv- Waikiki. I’m still working and enjoying life.” Nelson’s vote for health-care reform. I sent fork of the Salmon River in Idaho. Anyone edly so. Pete did many wonderful things for Y Jeff Parness’s son, Aaron, completed his him an e-mail saying I saw that he was still interested in joining can check out the OARS lots of people. Many ATO brothers showed Ph.D. in mechanical engineering at Stanford trying to play the ‘hot corner,’ a reference to website (www.oars.com) and then contact up including Skip Wood, Warren Heller and will work on NASA projects at JPL in his desire to make Colby’s baseball team as Donna at [email protected]. Y Anne ’69, Bob Waldinger ’68, Phil Wysor, Todd Pasadena. Y After Colby Deborah Thurlow a third baseman.” Y Barbara Brown is in York Samson enjoyed reunion last spring Smith, and Walter Cotter.” Dave and Pete Long joined the Teacher Corps and earned Eagle, Idaho, working as a special education and extends a thank you to Eddie Woodin were freshman year roommates. Y Sarah her master’s and a doctorate in curriculum, director for a public charter school. She and his wife, to Donna Massey for putting Vose Mackenzie was awarded tenure and instruction, and educational leadership. received a Ph.D. in educational leadership together the lobster bake at Eddie’s home, promoted to associate professor of educa- She has three children, three stepchildren, in 2006. Her youngest daughter, Jamison. and to everyone who helped organize the tional leadership at the University of Maine and seven grandchildren. “My life has been was married last summer in Boise. “Bill weekend. After 18 enjoyable years with the in 2009. Sarah’s second book, Now What? dedicated to raising my children and work- Loveday and his lovely wife, Joyce, attended program, Anne retired as manager of Kaiser- Confronting and Resolving Ethical Ques- ing with educationally underserved youth. the wedding along with his charming twins, tions (coauthored with Colby’s Government Permanente’s geriatric psychiatry program Currently I am a professor of education at Lance and Alicia. Our children have kept Nov. 30, 2009, to have more time to travel Professor Cal Mackenzie), was published in Elon University. I’m also director of the Elon us in contact through the years! I’ve been and see her families and grandchildren. January. Congratulations, Sarah. Y Karen Academy, a college access and success attempting to write a novel and doing a little She plans on doing some contract work Byers, RBP, CBSP, biosafety officer at the program: www.elon.edu/elonacademy.” Y yoga for fun!” Barbara would love to hear in the future. Anne recently returned from Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, is “Hi from North Carolina,” writes Mike Self, from anyone who is ever close to Idaho. Y Basel, Switzerland, where she visited Sarah president-elect of the American Biological who is retired but swims every day. If he can Rose Buyniski Eriksson was planning a Samson and her 16-month-old granddaugh- Safety Association. Y We’ll miss Sharon trip to Libya in February to explore the pos- ter, Meret, and saw an ultrasound of their Eschenbeck Friedler at reunion—she get back into shape, he might find a senior sibility of teaching English at the Altahadi next grandchild, due the end of March. Anne will be traveling. Sharon is Stephen Lang hockey league. Mike got divorced last year University Language Center in Sirte for a and her husband, Don, a neuropsychologist Professor of Performing Arts, director of but “actually enjoys living the single life.” year. “I’m trying to learn how to keep cool who also recently retired, plan on returning dance, and faculty advisor for off-campus Y Greg Andrews works hard at his lifelong while wading through red tape.” Y Betty to Basel at the time. Anne and Don spent study at Swarthmore College. She aims fantasy job, CFO at Saddleback ski area. “I Savicki Carvellas has no news. She just Christmas with their three grandchildren in to increase opportunities for students to also help my wife run our four online retail says “hello.” Y Anyone else? Please write! Kentucky, had fun with newly married son, include more service learning and intern- stores, which are all doing very well despite

42 COLBY / SPRING 2010 the slow economy!” Y We still haven’t heard with his wife and three daughters. Y Debbie www.spiritworks.us. Y Bob Brown is in his as the professor who sponsored a Jan Plan from some of you, so please be in touch! Wentworth Lansing is “doing the same old 36th year teaching history at Southington where all participants played Killer. Alex The countdown to reunion is on. Check class thing: working, hanging out with her two High School and is close to retirement. shares news from his trips to Colby as C e-mails and college mailings for events. We wire fox terriers, boating, landscaping, and His wife, Gloria, retired two years ago, his Club president. During Family Homecom- look forward to seeing you in June. planning another trip to Italy.” Y Taking a daughter teaches special ed in the Bronx, ing Weekend Alex saw Signe and Brian leap of faith Bill Glennon has decided to and his son is in law school. He is active Cone, who were on campus visiting their 1971 pursue a new career in the medical field. in his local and state teachers’ union and daughter, Frankie ’13. On hand for some After many years in finance and accounting, is “still fighting the good fight.”Y Nancy games were Joe Mattos, David Lane, John Ann E. Miller he took over the job of Mr. Mom, taking care Brunnckow Marion retired and enjoys Krasnavage, and Bob Diamond. Bob was [email protected] of his two kids, who have “kept him young.” leisure time while planning her husband’s back for a meeting (he is the new chair of Chip Altholz is dreaming about skiing He keeps in regular touch with several of his retirement at the end of 2010. Her daughter, the Board of Trustees) and also to visit with once again with “Nellie” (Dave Nelson) DU friends. Y As for me, more of the same… a pediatrician, got married in August, and his youngest child, Charlie ’12. Bob, a senior in Colorado, but not until he gets a knee lots of singing, Clementine (my miracle dog), her son works in solar energy. She spends officer at Barclays, told a story about the replacement. (Is getting our body parts board positions in the community, and many time painting, golfing, and skating.Y Nancy 2009 Barclay’s PGA Golf Tournament (that replaced part of our sixth decade experi- friends who keep me sane. Capers Mellen’s youngest son, Kyle ’03, he had hosted). As Bob was about to be ence?) Chip is still raising money for his is finishing his master’s in creative writ- interviewed by the TV network covering the Youth Empowerment Internet project, which 1972 ing at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. event, he was asked to remove his Colby will be launched later this year. He and his He’s been living for three years in a 14 by golf hat (a gift from his son) just before the wife, Linda, enjoyed a wonderful trip to St. Nancy Round Haley worldwide broadcast. He refused and Colby [email protected] 16-foot cabin with no running water. Her Maarten, where he wouldn’t mind living. Me oldest son, Erik ’01, works for a Boston- got a minute or two of good, free publicity. too. Y We have a hockey star among the I heard from Susan Colantuono, who is the area private equity firm that specializes Y Jim King writes from the UK, where he offspring of our group: Bruce ’72 and Nancy CEO and founder of Leading Women (www. in power. Nancy will retire from teaching has lived more than half of his life, mostly Neckes Dumart’s son, Clark, was featured LeadingWomen.biz). She has a new book, in Edinburgh, Scotland. After arriving as a eighth grade English this Thanksgiving in the newspaper as a star contributor to his No Ceiling, No Walls: What women haven’t postgraduate, Jim researched 12th-century and will start taking courses in landscape hockey team’s recent wins. Y From bustling been told about leadership from career- art and architecture, concentrating on design. Y Pam Rudolf Barrios Jaffke and Portland, Maine, Leslie Anderson is expe- start to the corporate boardroom: www. architectural sculpture. His travels have Faith Bushel have stayed in touch even riencing “retirement—the way life should NoCeilingNoWalls.com. Y Doug McMillan’s taken him around Europe and to museums though they live on opposite coasts. Pam’s be”—busy. She has had a very good year youngest son, Evan, 18, will graduate from elsewhere. On a recent trip, which included oldest son, Brian, got married last year and with her art studio and gallery, including a high school in June and will play football Lille, France, Jim met up with Hope Gottlieb, on Christmas Day her younger son, Adam, juried show to which Pat Trow Parent and for Iowa in the fall. His daughter, Marley, who lives there and is an interpreter. Jim announced his engagement. Pam has her husband came. Y Radiant from his first graduated from Dartmouth last June after remembers Colby with great affection and practiced interior design for 23 years and facial (he heard they aren’t just for women), playing hockey all four years. Y Barbara still misses the friends. Y Sterling Williams is currently “rebranding” with a new look Fred Copithorn has been enjoying his travels Freund retired after 27 years teaching lives and works in Gorham, Maine, with his to London’s incredible museums and beer, elementary school remedial reading and and a new website. She is still a member wife, Janet, and stepdaughters Jolie, 16, and not necessarily in that order. He and his writing as well as fourth and fifth grades of Soroptimist International, a women’s Jordann, 12. He’s in his second career as wife, Maria, also visited Enchanted Rock, in upstate New York. She raised her son, service organization. She and her husband, chief risk officer of Gorham Savings Bank. the big exposed pluton outside San Antonio, Evan, as a single parent due to the death Rich, have been married for 14 years and The Williamses love animals, sharing their Texas. Y Harriette “Pinky” (Maurer ’72) of her first husband, but she remarried last visited Colby two summers ago. Pam was home with: a talking parrot, dueling alpha and John Slagle are still in Scarborough, July. She lives on 100 acres in Shushan, amazed by all the changes but reports “it cats, a parolet, two parakeets, four tropical Maine, where John works for Kleinschmidt N.Y., near the Vermont border, in the old still looks beautiful!” Y Jim Vigue writes, finches, a golden gecko, a betta fish, and Associates, an energy and water resources farmhouse her husband restored. She “On Christmas Eve I learned that my latest a barrel-chested beagle, Olive. They enjoy consulting firm. He is the group leader for enjoys her granddaughter, Ariana, 2, and book won it’s third award, that our football their 30-foot sailboat when the weather engineering compliance (dam safety and plans to garden this spring. She keeps program and personal coaching device will allows. Sterling looks forward to retiring in fish passage). “Pretty cool for a liberal arts in touch with Bob ’73 and Anne “Tocky” be presented at the Super Bowl, and that four to five years.Y Ingrid Svensson Crook major.” Their son is skiing in Wyoming; their Wetherill Bialobrzeski ’71. Y Rich Fournier my dissertation had been accepted.” After writes from her home in Georgia, where she daughter teaches in South Korea. “Life is and his daughter, Sarah, purchased a 130- earning his Ph.D. he now spends most of has become certified to teach Spanish. good.” Y Bill Simons and I continue our acre farm/retreat center in Cummington, his time writing about natural and alterna- She is now ‘triple certified’ to teach three chats about our hometown of Swampscott, Mass. They plan to have an educational tive health, specializing in enhanced sport languages (French and German as well) at Mass., where his son and his family now and conference center there. Rich thinks performance, anti-aging, and longevity. Y the K-12 level. She enjoys traveling with reside with Bill’s grandchildren. Y From Cape our generation working together with our Shelly Ball loves Familycamp! Every August students in the summers, and she spent Elizabeth, Maine, Martha Smith Mickles children’s generation can accomplish many and December, for the past 13 years, she last winter in Dublin. Ingrid’s son works at has reconnected with Field Reichardt after of the things we once dreamed about. He takes part in an amazing experience at the Coca-Cola, and her daughter is a student at many years. He imports artisanal olive oils would love visitors! He has gotten together Hulbert Outdoor Center in Fairlee, Vt., where Loyola. She and her husband, Scott, dream from around the world. She also hears from with Ned Carr, Harvey Greenberg ’73, and families share camp facilities and a slew of retiring to the North Carolina coast and Nipper Harding and sees Duncan Hewitt Richard Waldman, “who are all doing well of activities for a fantastic week. Y Look in would appreciate any advice from class- from time to time. Y Jil Eaton just introduced and who are remarkable human beings.” Y class notes online for a great passage to mates in that area. Y Jack Sigel also cor- her new line of luxury hand knitting yarn, Having failed at retirement, Gary Petzold commemorate a monumental milestone rectly identified Mike DeSisto (the ‘Mefisto’) Jil Eaton Cotton Tail, which is 100-percent took a job teaching science at Wilbraham ahead for most of us! www.colby.edu/mag. and adds his own intriguing trivia question: cotton and made in Italy. Her 10th book, Monson Academy in MA. He says that he’ll How many flower people remember getting Jil Eaton Knitting School, will be published retire again and go sailing and RVing in formal invitations that spring to the “Fire- in August. Y Dennis Marble feels like 1971 June. Y Carolyn “Lindy” Dewey is happily 1973 man’s Ball” weekend on the farm? Perhaps was a very long time ago. It was, Dennis. settled in northwestern Montana near Gla- Carol Chalker this can be answered in the next issue. Y He keeps very busy as executive director cier National Park. She feels she has found [email protected] Jon Miller cut back on his law practice and of the Bangor Area Homeless Shelter. His heaven on Earth! Her life is “full of grace and Congratulations to Alex Wilson for being is taking environmental policy and science personal life has stabilized and he’s happy blessings. It is all good.” Check her out at the first to correctly identify Mike DeSisto grad classes at Colorado University while

COLBY / SPRING 2010 43 ALUMNI AT LARGE recovering from an automobile accident (not and it isn’t him. He also attended a rowing neering major at Vanderbilt. Rick stills plays Ferreira is taking a respite from creating his fault). He and his family took a winter camp in Craftsbury, Vt. He does yoga almost hockey and is on two teams. Y Tom Huebner compelling marketing materials for Boston- break trip to Africa, which included Kenya every day and swing dances on a regular remarried in 2006 to Tricia McKean. He has area software companies to pursue her and Tanzania wildlife parks and Mombasa basis. “My orthopedic doc says I have the been at the Rutland (VT) Regional Medical passion of sharing the outdoors, including marine park. Y Chris Mattern Way and I spine of a much older man. I’ll show her!” Center for 20 years—the last 12 as president ski instructing and leading biking/hiking/ recently spent a Saturday night at ‘Chez You go Clif. Y Mark Curtis, from Augusta, of the hospital. His married son, Ben, is backpacking trips, especially near North Bubar’ in Portsmouth, N.H., with James ’72 Maine, had a great year. He attended his a lawyer with the Department of Justice, Conway, N.H. Gail’s son is at MIT pursuing his and Lisa Kehler Bubar. James, a graduate first reunion in 20 years and had a great having graduated from Haverford and NYU master’s in chemical engineering and hoping of Cordon Bleu Cooking School, treated us time. He also visited Ireland last summer Law. Emily, a UNH graduate, is a fundraiser to continue for a Ph.D. Y Douglas Rooks to gourmet cooking and fine French wines. and highly recommends it. He plays a lot of for a nonprofit targeting childhood hunger in wrote the cover story about wind power for After virtually nonstop rounds of bridge, we golf and enjoys skiing with his three beauti- the U.S. Tom enjoys doing alumni interviews the last issue of Colby. Last September he noticed that when the scores were tallied, ful granddaughters (7, 5, and 3). For the and helping stepdaughter Katie with her and his wife, Janine, celebrated their first the winning team always included James. next three years he’ll be working on the big college search process. Y Phil McCahill wedding anniversary with Doug’s first trip in Some things never change. Three-Ring Binder fiber cable project. When recently celebrated his 30th anniversary decades to Cape Cod. It was a nice break finished, over 1,000 miles of new cable will with Xerox, where he’s held a variety of from freelancing and parental responsibili- 1974 have been built around the state of Maine. finance jobs and is currently managing ties for their two kids. Y Joe ’75 and Joanne Y Tim Glidden and Kathy Lyon still live in enterprise risk-management functions. Vicki Parker Kozak DeFilipp Alex are proud grandparents of Jill Gilpatric Richard Topsham, Maine. They had a great trip last To celebrate their 30th anniversary, Phil Annalise Frances, born this January. Talk [email protected] year to India visiting Richard English ’73 and and MaryLiz are planning a two-week trip about Colby roots—Annalise’s parents are his wife, Chris Files, in Delhi. They see a lot through Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Jessica Alex ’01 and Pat Keenan ’00. Y Also Robin Hamill-Ruth was sorry to miss of Matt ’73 and Susan McBratney Powell, Their daughter, Martha, graduated from becoming grandparents are Steve ’77 and reunion last year but she was going through who are moving to Scarborough, Maine, from Providence College and is settling in the Valerie Jones Roy, who welcomed Lily Louise a difficult time. Her husband, Roger, was their long-time home in Princeton, N.J. Tim Portland area. Y Karen Chadbourne is in last April. Steve and Valerie, who celebrated ill with cancer and passed away in July. says, “All roads lead to Maine!” Y Cindy a master’s program in somatic psychology their 30th anniversary last November, try Our condolences to Robin and her family. Vietor Kahle still lives in Houston, Texas. She at Prescott College in AZ while working She has five kids, the oldest is 30 and the to balance work and grandbaby sitting with has three kids—one in NYC, one in Houston, as a financial analyst for Pratt & Whitney golf, the elliptical, and Zumba class. Y Mario youngest is a junior in high school. She’s and one in college at Vanderbilt. She had and continuing her spiritual doll-making back to work full time but fantasizes about Cardenas writes from his empty nest in a fabulous trip to Greece and Croatia with business. Y Charley Bolger wrote about Harvard, Mass.—his twin daughters, Lydia being part time. Once life settles down she friends. Cindy keeps in touch with Jen Goff his family milestones with his daughter’s will try to get to yoga class and back into and Margaret, are in Oregon attending Lewis Goodspeed ’75, even though Jen moved college graduation and her engagement & Clark and Reed, respectively. He and his being creative (painting and stained glass). from Houston back to Maine. to a fellow Middlebury grad. His son will She’s looking to finish her house renova- wife, Laurie, recently traveled to Argentina graduate from Miami (OH) in the spring. Y tions, then moving to something smaller. to visit Lydia for her semester abroad. They Will Tuttle and his wife, Madeleine, an artist especially enjoyed Patagonia and their trek Good luck with everything, Robin. Y Pam 1975 from Switzerland, began their 15th year Watson Linnell, from Roswell, N.M., works Dianne Billington Stronach around Mt. Fitz Roy, even though it meant [email protected] living full time on the road in a solar-powered missing the annual pre-Thanksgiving fete at by day as a clinical psychologist but at night RV, putting on lectures, concerts, exhibits, plays fiddle music. She went to Maine Fiddle Thank you for all the wonderful news. Dan the home of Rob Chandler ’77 and Ronda and workshops around the U.S. Google Will Faloon ’78. Y Linda Wallach Schroeder Camp in 2009 and ran into lots of Colby Alexander is a math professor at Drake Uni- to get his tour schedule, as he would love alums. Y After 20 years living and working in writes that “life is good and God is great.” versity (Iowa) and is completing a scholarly to see any alums along the way. Y Janet Cincinnati, Andrew Lipton got divorced and book on the history of mathematics. Family She loves her job of 10 years teaching Hansen wrote between her return home high school science at an adult education/ moved to Colorado. He has two grown sons, milestones include daughter Caroline, 17, from a 10-day train tour of southern Italy one a banker in Ohio and the other doing preparing for the college application process high school credit diploma program. Lin’s with her daughter, Sarah, 21, and heading husband, Daniel, took early retirement from marine biology research in Wilmington, and Elise, 13, preparing for Bat Mitzvah. out to Puerto Rico, where she is designing N.C. Andrew now lives with a woman who Y Bristol-Myers Squibb, but is her right-hand Binkie Cammack Closmore has been a new Armed Forces reserve center. Y Carol man at home. Son Jesse, the youngest of is a writer, and they travel between a home busy parenting six children ages 16-26. Majdalany Williams continues to teach five, is a high school junior. Christopher is a in Durango and an apartment in New York She also works on a grant from the Science science at the local Montessori school and sophomore at Messiah College and in China City. He says that “the contrasts are pretty Museum of Minnesota to make a bird- recently returned from a vacation in Croatia. for a semester. Rebecca, 22, is part of an close to perfect: hiking, kayaking, x-country banding training and volunteer recruitment Her daughter, Carla, teaches at the Noble independent living program. Sarah, 26, is skiing in Colorado; theater, museums, music program. Y David White’s daughter, Cathy & Greenough School (MA) but plans to a third-year med student at Albert Einstein in New York.” Andrew handles occupational ’06, received her master’s in medieval art attend medical school this fall. Son Peter School of Medicine. Maia, 28, is taking time disease cases around the country, repre- history at the Courtlauld Institute in London ’11 is spending his junior year at Dartmouth senting workers who get cancer from chemi- off from teaching Spanish to work as a and she has remained in the city to work. studying mechanical engineering. Y Ed physical therapy aide, teach snowboarding, cal exposures in the workplace. He’s also Youngest daughter Nicole graduated from Walczak visited Jeff Frankel in Phoenix and travel. During the winter, Lin skis every doing the photography for his girlfriend’s Harvard and is a paralegal in D.C. Y Annie and attended Jeff’s daughter’s Bat Mitzvah. Y Sunday with Rebecca and Special Olympics upcoming book. Rocky Goodhope writes Holloway Stone wrote from her new home, Rachel’s project was to direct all monetary in Connecticut; they sail during the summer. from the rainy Northwest that he has spent near family, in Baton Rouge. The city is a proceeds to a children’s educational charity the last three months absorbed in finding Teaching and her two book clubs keep Lin contrast to her home of 36 years in the Blue in the Philippines. Y Rod Jones reminds mentally acute. She welcomes visitors ways to encourage everyone from the Class Ridge Mountains of western North Carolina. everyone to call your friends and make plans Y passing through Connecticut. Y Noel Barry of 1974 to attend the 40th reunion. Clif Her son, Will, is a drummer with the band to join the reunion crowd June 3-6, 2010. Brittain still works part time at the St. Paul Incognito Mosquito. Y Rick Drake recently Stella says “hi!” No news, just “hi!” Y Betsy public library. It’s been an athletic year for moved with his wife, MaryJo, to Nashville, Bowen looks forward to regular visits to him. His rowing club, the Minnesota Boat where he runs business development for a 1976 Washington, D.C., now that her son, Ben, Club, won its big event, and he contributed hospital management and consulting firm. Robert Weinstein is a freshman at American University. Y If a couple of points. He is the oldest male Their son David graduated from UMiami (FL) [email protected] I’ve missed your news, it will appear in the competitor, rowing in the “Grandpa Boat,” last spring and has been doing volunteer Lots of news, both glad and sad this time. next magazine. Y Our next reunion, June 2-5, even though only one of them is a grandpa work in Thailand. Son Chris is a junior engi- Starting with the glad: Gail Ciborowski 2011, is barely a year away. Contact Paul

44 COLBY / SPRING 2010 part of the country). Her second son is in tion.” Karen caught up with Lynn Baldwin eighth grade. Y Leslie Warren van Berkum Dallas, who lives in Connecticut. Y David 70s newsmakers has been busy rebuilding the nursery she Crane lives in the Berkshires in western and her husband, Peter, own in Deerfield, Massachusetts with his wife, Claudia, and Sue Feinberg Adams ’73 is the 2010 president of the N.H. It was hit hard by a tornado in 2008, their dogs, Oliver and Belle. He works as New England Chapter of the International Furnishings destroying 800 trees. On the bright side, an arborist and screenwriter and is in pre- and Design Association. Adams, a professional interior Van Berkum Nursery won a silver medal from production on an independent film, Based designer for over two decades, owns Sue Adams Interiors the MA Horticultural Society for outstanding on a True Story, which was named one of in Andover, Mass. F Priscilla Bondy Dube ’77 was recog- service to horticulture in New England. Leslie the top 20 dramatic scripts at the 2008 nized by her peers in the 2010 edition of The Best Lawyers in America for divorce and family law. Dube, a partner and Peter have three children in college. Y Austin Film Festival. Y Abi Rome lives in the with Bergeron, Paradis & Fitzpatrick LLC in Burlington, Valerie (Jones ’76) and Steve Roy are now Washington, D.C., area working in ecotour- Vt., is involved with family court and is regularly an acting grandparents. Lily Louise was born April 13, ism and sustainable travel as well as doing magistrate for child support. F Stephen E. Cummings ’77 2009, to their son Dan (a Hobart graduate) some freelance writing. In November she joined the board of directors of NorthStar Realty Finance and his wife. Valerie is already planning Lily’s organized and led a successful ecotour to Group. A former vice president with Wachovia, Cummings first skating lesson.Y Qaiser Khan trans- Peru and is offering one to Ecuador in June Margaret Matheson’79 brings 30 years of investment banking experience to the ferred to the World Bank’s regional office in through Tierra Vista Tours and Consulting. board, which looks forward to “drawing on his experience, perspective, and business Accra, Ghana, where he leads programs in Y Greg Jordan and his wife, Betsy, live in wisdom in helping to grow our company.” F Margaret Matheson ’79 was nominated education, health, and social protection for Carlsbad, Calif. Their son Alex is in college to Maine’s Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices. Matheson was Ghana, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Liberia, and and enjoys skateboarding and film; Gregory recommended by leaders of Maine’s House and Senate following 16 years as revisor of Sierra Leone. “After six years working on Asia is in high school playing tennis, baseball, statutes and principal attorney at the Office of the Revisor of Statutes. and before that eight on the Middle East, and soccer; Colby is in junior high and plays I’m enjoying the rewards of getting basic basketball, soccer, and videogames. Greg milestones services to the most needy in the world.” Y looks forward to visiting Colby in May for Deaths: Mark Chamberlain ’71, Nov. 19, 2009, in Placerville, Calif., at 59. * Timothy J. Dick Conant lives in Mystic, Conn. He is a his nephew’s graduation. Y Marty Connolly Orcutt ’72, March 3, 2008, in Boston, Mass., at 57. * Gwynelle Dismukes ’73, Oct. 3, federal employee doing work that involves “left the restaurant business at the Bill- 2009, in Flat Rock, N.C., at 56. * Peter D. Suorsa ’76, Feb. 3, 2010, in Coventry, R.I., at 55. environmental permitting. His middle son is ings Petroleum Club and did a short stint at UVM majoring in conservation biology and as a legal assistant to the former public doing a lot of skiing. Y Charlie Burch was defender in Billings, Mont. That was much Boghossian at [email protected] fifth grade social studies and science at presented the National Secondary School’s more up my alley, given my background as if you would like to help with the planning. Marion Cross School in Norwich, Vt. His 2009 Man of the Year award at the most a former investigative reporter.” After that Y I’m very saddened to report that we’ve wife, Corinne, is school receptionist, and recent U.S. Lacrosse national convention in he worked as a night auditor in Billings. He lost our classmate Peter Suorsa, who died his son, Jonathan, is applying to colleges Baltimore. Charlie is currently top assistant caught up with Jim Thrall, who has been from an accident while ice skating on a local in Mass. Y Mark Lyons, my predecessor coach at the University of New England. Y working at the University of Bridgeport in pond in Rhode Island. Peter was a classic as class correspondent, decided to “take Leslie Ramsay volunteers with Girls Inc. of the religion department. Jim is married to outdoorsman, always with a big smile for pity” on me by sending news. He lives in New Hampshire, teaching young girls how Grace Coddington Thrall, who is with the everyone. For more information and to share Hampton, N.H., and works at Wheelabrator to improve their reading skills. She’s been psychiatry department at Duke. They have remembrances visit our Facebook group, Technologies developing renewable energy happily soul-mated with Douglas Draper for two daughters. Y Tony Lopez says life is busy “Colby College Class of 1976.” Finally, power plants. Mark’s daughter Vanessa is a almost 20 years. They are renovating their but good. Tony is a commanding officer of please be sure to contribute to the Colby sophomore at Colby. Mark is a member of arts-and-crafts home in Manchester’s north a Navy security unit and the oldest ensign Fund. If nothing else, a contribution is a fine the Alumni Council, attends Colby athletic end, bringing it back to it’s natural beauty. in the Navy. He constantly travels the U.S. way to remember Nancy Wilson Maltez, events, and sometimes challenges current and overseas. He has been married to Pok Martha Dewey, and Peter Suorsa. A safe, students on the athletic field (using, for sun Lopez for 25 years, which he says is the healthy, and happy spring to you all! example, his still-accurate fastball). Y Bob 1978 smartest thing he ever did. Their son, Chris, Southwick is working away, finishing details Janet Santry Houser Lea Jackson Morrissey is a junior at the University of Tennessee, and on a 14,500-square-foot “house” in Dennis, [email protected] they have two Dobermans. Y John and Pam 1977 Mass., with Cape Cod Bay in the back yard. Cleaves Devine’s daughter, Kim ’06, works Kevin Farnham He is eager for the weather to turn so he Dan Driscoll was working at the St. Rock [email protected] for an advertising agency in Portland, Maine, can “bring out the big Harley for some real Clinic in the low mountains above Carrefour while aggressively pursuing applications Jane Hoffman is a college admissions offi- fun.” Y Dave Bogan was never able to forget in Haiti just days before the earthquake hit. for a master’s in health and nutrition. John cer and founder of www.CollegeAdvice-101. the excitement of working on lunar lander He writes: “Just came back Saturday from and Alicia Rodriguez recently had lunch com. She offers Colby colleagues an hour of games with me in Colby’s computer room: working… near the epicenter of the quake. in Maryland. Alicia is president of her own time without charge. Jane’s son is a happy since the mid-1980s he’s worked in the IT … It was my first experience in a place so business, which specializes in executive freshman at Oberlin; her daughter graduated world. Currently he’s CIO for CSC’s outsourc- impoverished. There was little water access, coaching. Alicia and her husband, Gerry from Smith and will study interior design at ing business, working primarily from home no police presence, and little infrastructure. Connolly ’75, have a teenage son. Parsons. Y Alix Levintow Howell lives in in Cincinnati. He says, “What I learned The people were dignified, polite, beauti- Lyme, N.H., and researches HIV-1 infection [at Colby] stands me in good stead each ful, and appreciative. They have amazing at the Veterans Affairs Hospital/Dartmouth day. My work is a lot more about thinking, fortitude and resiliency, but they will need 1979 Medical School. Her second child recently writing, and analyzing problems than it is a lot of help from others and some divine Cheri Bailey Powers graduated from college and also works at about the latest whiz-bang technology. So I intervention to get through this.” Dan was [email protected] the hospital. She spends lots of time driving guess there is still hope for all those English interviewed about his experience on WBZ-TV. Lou Chong happily reports that his oldest Caroline, her hockey-playing 14-year-old, majors out there.” Y Deborah Buccina has Y Last fall Karen Keithline Diop moved to daughter, Vanessa, has been accepted to to games. Jonathan Fenton’s 13-year-old been busy “lawyering and mothering.” She Montpelier, Vt., for a new job with Project Colby early decision for the Class of 2014. daughter, Katie, plays on the same hockey practices in Portland, Maine, and sees Harmony International. Her son graduated He feels old (but proud). Lou and his wife, team, and “she’s a phenomenal goalie for several Colby grads regularly. Her older from UVM and “is following in my footsteps Patty, reside in Wellesley, Mass., with their a seventh grader” (quote is from Alix, not son is applying to colleges, but (to her by doing a year with AmeriCorps working with three daughters. Around the holidays Lou the doting parent!). Jonathan teaches dismay) not to Colby (he wants a different refugees as he waits for a Peace Corps posi- and Art Radcliffe got together for drinks

COLBY / SPRING 2010 45 ALUMNI AT LARGE in Hartford, Conn. Y Nick Nichols retired this year. Y After a year in Japan teaching, the patience back then that I have now.” Y 1981 from the Naval Reserves as a captain after researching, and translating, Elizabeth Darcy MacKinnon Sledge and her husband Steph Vrattos 30 years. At a ceremony on the USS Con- Armstrong is settling back into teaching went on an all-expense-paid trip to South [email protected] stitution, he and Kimmie (Rossi) renewed at Bucknell. She offered a new course on Africa (thanks to Darcy’s house sales) that I visited beloved mentor Charlie Bassett in their wedding vows (27 years!). Nick flew translation studies this spring. Her oldest included a safari at a luxurious private January. Charlie has been battling serious missions and commanded units in Kosovo, daughter, Rebekah, 14, is applying to board- game preserve. Darcy’s oldest son, Kyle, illness in recent years but still retains his both Gulf wars, and post-9/11 activities. ing school. Y Nate and Kay Lavoie Lowell transferred from Villanova to UVa, where singular wit and warmth. Send him get well Now he’s focusing on his “day job,” which he live in Greeley, Colo., with their daughters, he studies chemistry and economics, plays wishes if you can: 9 Martin Ave, Waterville, started in 1987 at Bath Iron Works. Y Janet Elizabeth (EJ), 14, and Jennifer, 11. Kay rugby, and is a member of DU. Her youngest ME 04901. Y Artists from across the country Deering Bruen is still reeling from all the was promoted to full professor in 2005 at graduates this spring and will spend next submitted more than 6,000 images to Utre- dancing, singing, and revelry at our 30th. Two the University of Northern Colorado (UNC) year in Brazil. Y John Monroe is semiretired cht’s 60th anniversary juried art competi- of her daughters are in Montana—one works libraries and earned a second master’s in and living in San Diego. He’s working part tion, and Pam Ellis’s Three Boys was one of as a snow reporter/PR for Big Sky Resort, 2006 in educational technology. She is now time as assistant clinical professor at six winners in the watercolor category. The the other is a sophomore at the University in archival services, where she works with UCSD’s School of Medicine. He’s taking painting was featured in the January and of Montana. Her youngest daughter is a the James A. Michener papers. Those who time to enjoy life and still remains active February issues of American Artist maga- senior in high school. Phil (Bruen ’77) has remember “Nate the Answer Grape” from with weight lifting, swimming, running, and zine. See her works at www.pjellisart.com. 30 years at UNUM. Janet teaches French the Colby bookstore may be surprised that Y martial arts. Erin Ireton Elliott is still in Y Macy’s 2009 Christmas catalog featured to fourth graders, a job that will end when he is now Dr. Lowell. Nate earned his Ph.D. the Bay Area. She and her husband bought dog trainer Eleanor Campbell’s German her school district switches to Spanish. Y in educational and sensory disabilities at a cottage in Rhode Island and hope to shorthair, Soleil, with a model wearing Ralph Kyle Harrow’s son, Sam, had his bar mitzvah UNC. Y Deb (Perkins ’77) and Sean Smith spend more time there as the years move Lauren clothing. Eleanor’s dogs also appear Oct. 31.. Linda Frechette was a guest. Last are empty-nesters. Their oldest daughter, on. She’s enjoying connecting with Colby in TV commercials and PSAs, visit nursing summer Kyle and her daughter, Ella, stayed Hannah, graduated from Colorado Univer- friends on Facebook. Y Doug Herbert rang homes, and participate in children’s reading with Angela Mickalide when they visited sity and works for AmeriCorps. Their son, in the new year at a Rose Bowl party at the Washington, D.C. Kyle is excited about new Malcolm, is a freshman at Colorado College programs. Y Although Pam Heleen Spear house of Miguel Browne ’78. Doug keeps works full time as a community college math downhill skis, her first in more than 20 years. and loves it. Sean and Deb have seen Elisa- busy coaching his son’s Little League team Linda and Angela got together last fall when beth Turner ’80 and Brad Warner, Sarah professor, she writes: “My costume design and taking care of his 88-year-old mom. Y Angela was in Maine for a conference. They and Weld Butler ’80, Charlie ’78 and Jacie work keeps me sane as I play my version of Linda Alter Capell and partner Lisa are busy Cash Cab raising two teenagers in central hadn’t seen each other in years. Y Geoff Cordes Hurd, Bob Lizza, Bishop Savas with twins Rebecca Lucy and Zoe Grace. Y New York.” Y Life is busy for Leslie Kaplan, Emanuel is racing in the 2010 Newport- Zembillas (as holy as ever, but knowledge- Greg Mills and his wife, Susan, live in NJ Bermuda Race this June with Charlie Hurd able about current film and music), and parenting two athletic boys while running a with sons Sam, 14, and Alex, 13. Greg has ’78, Tim Hussey ’78, and Fred Madeira ’80 Gordon and Katherine Wall Hunziker. retail store and serving as managing partner been working at HSBC in NYC for the past on Fred’s boat Resolute. Y George Powers Deb still works on transportation projects with The Boston Group ad agency. Leslie was nine years. Y Sue MacLeod has lived in checked in from California, where he works and Sean still oversees the curriculum at at Sugarloaf for Christmas, where she saw the Washington, D.C., area for the past 30 for a Silicon Valley networking startup that’s Colorado Academy. Cancer still lingers in his Henry Kennedy ’80 and his family. In March years. She recently joined BAE Systems, hanging on by its fingernails. His four sons head, so his pace is slower but he moves she skied with Kathy Dornish DuGrenier a large aerospace and defense company, are teenagers. George still skis when given under the grace of God. in Vermont. Y Ken Bruder is back in New as head of talent and management for the chance. Y First-time submitter Kirby York after working in London for several one of their large operating groups. In her Rowe wrote from Port Charlotte, Fla., years on a start-up financial analysis firm spare time, she knits compulsively and has where he resides with wife Linda. They’ve 1980 with a Harvard Business School classmate. taken up ocean kayaking. Y Nancy Munroe worked in real estate inspections and Tom Marlitt Ken proudly reports that Bloomberg LP [email protected] Corsaro and her husband have lived in sales for more 10 years. Kirby and Linda has bought his company, now Bloomberg Methuen, Mass., for the past 24 years. will have two new grandchildren in 2010, The Class of 1980 started the New Year off New Energy Finance (www.newenergyfi- They have two kids, 16 and 12. Having their second and third. Y After what felt like with some very sad news. Our beloved class- nance.com). “Following the tenets of Tom years of nonstop work and creativity in the mate Jay Moody passed away Jan. 7, after completed five Boston marathons and the Tietenberg’s environmental economics Bay Area, Catherine Courtenaye spent six a valiant seven-year battle with prostate Olympic trials in the ’80s, Nancy put her courses,” notes Ken, “our goal is to provide weeks in Bozeman, Mont., having fun and cancer. In mid-December friends and family running career on hold. Recently, though, analysis and transparency to the global contemplating a permanent move. Any Colby threw a party for Jay in Falmouth. Several of she’s back on the road and placed second environmental markets.” Y Sandy Clemens alums in Big Sky country? Last November our classmates were present: Ted Tinson, for her age group at the Boston marathon Scott, “the coolest grandma around,” is Catherine had a successful solo exhibition Elliott Pratt, Fred Madeira, Ronni (Possner and became the only runner, male or female, still developing software for Marathon of paintings at the San Francisco gallery ’78) and John Carpenter, Ted Reed, Lynn to win the New England Grand Prix Series Technologies in Littleton, Mass. She now Modernism, Inc. In October she’ll have her Francis, and Dan O’Halloran. A registered as an open, masters, and senior runner. has five step-grandchildren, three born first museum show at the Boise (Idaho) Maine Guide, a licensed fishing guide in Congratulations, Nancy—you do the Class of last year, including her first granddaughter, Art Museum. Y Writing from Eugene, Ore., Montana, Wyoming, and New Zealand, an ’80 proud! Y And congratulations to Elliott Ada. Her daughter is a freshman at Guilford Doug DeAngelis says his youngest son will accomplished skier, birder, and cyclist, Jay Pratt, Lisa Turner, and Fred Madeira, who College in Greensboro, N.C., which reminds graduate from the University of Oregon this was a lover of life. John Carpenter wrote a each had a child admitted early decision to Sandy of Colby—“small, friendly, only much year. He heard that John Longley ’80 plans wonderful tribute that can be found on our the Colby Class of 2014. Fred is prepping warmer!” Y Jane Eklund and Sarah Bauhan a trip to Oregon this summer to hike and class page at www.colby.edu/alumni. Y his sailboat for the 2010 Newport-Bermuda were joined in civil union in a backyard vacation. Doug usually makes it to Boston Jenn Scully Shaffer visited Val Brown ’78 race. His crew of 10 includes: Geoff Emanuel ceremony at their home in Hancock, N.H., for Red Sox game each year, along with his in Naples, Fla., last January. “It seemed like ’79, Tim Hussey ’78, Charlie Hurd ’78, in May 2009. In January they had their old Phi Delts from the Boston area. Y Greg no time had passed at all (certainly not 29 and John Madeira ’14. Y Don’t forget, our union “upgraded” to marriage when New ’78 and Kathy Quimby Johnson spent the years!).” Jenn has set up shop as a luthier 30th is June 3-6. Contact Lynn Collins Hampshire’s gay marriage law went into holidays in Edinburgh, northern England, (stringed-instrument maker) in Danville, Francis ([email protected]) or effect. Jane is programs information officer and Ireland during the coldest winter in Pa. “It’s a pretty incredible experience Lisa McDonough O’Neill (lisaoneill80@ for N.H.’s State Council on the Arts. Sarah is decades. Their daughter, Lydia, is studying and pulls together many of the skills from gmail.com) if you have ideas or would like a traditional flute and whistle player who also at the National University of Ireland-Galway sculpture days at Colby, though I didn’t have to volunteer. See you all in June! runs a small family publishing company. Y

46 COLBY / SPRING 2010 Farmingdale, Maine. He finished a master’s talks to John Northrop. Y The highlight of of science education from Walden Univer- 2009 for Dan Weeks was being part of an 80s newsmakers sity. He was named to the third cohort of accordion pool-party concert—a group of the Governor’s Academy for Leadership in accordionists performing in an empty pool Kid Brands, Inc., appointed Rick Schaub ’81 president Science and Mathematics Education and full of dancers. Dan and Mary Jo traveled of its Sassy, Inc. subsidiary. With more than 25 years plays music with an acoustic Christian band last year to Los Angeles and Catalina, experience in the infant and juvenile products industry, Unplugged Glory. His daughter, Abby ’13, Paris, Cape May, N.J., and Hawaii. Dan’s Schaub is expected to “build Sassy’s market share began her Colby career last fall. She’s fallen son, Patrick, a high school senior, studies position” and “grow sales in new channels globally.” F in love with the school (and why the heck Portuguese. Y Dennis Belanger is a vice Don ’84 and Sarah Rogers McMillan ’84 were named president with Management Resources partners at Howland & Spence, an educational consult- not?). Ben, a sophomore, was named to ing firm in Boston. The McMillans hope to point talented the varsity basketball team at Hall-Dale HS Group. He and wife Janet live in Milford, applicants to Colby, as they did in their previous roles as and does well academically. Nat, his middle Conn., and Dennis enjoys rare free time administrators and teachers in New England prep schools. schooler, was named to the high honor roll sailing and playing golf. In winter they spend F The Medomak (Maine) Valley Land Trust welcomed as well as the eighth grade basketball team a week in St. Maarten. Y Deb Fanton and Joan Ray ’85 as its land and protection specialist. Ray as a seventh grader. Y Lesley DeYulio-DeFio Rick Manley’s son, George, is a freshman Don ’84 and Sarah Rogers is also one of MVLT’s volunteer easement stewards and had her third kidney transplant two years at Colby. Y Curt ’82 and Deena Schwartz McMillan ’84 has helped prepare baseline documentation for newly ago and it was very successful. She has Ball’s daughter Lydia ’13 loves Colby and completed easements. F Michael Fleming ’88 was been working as a screening coordinator joined the woodsman team and intramural promoted to vice president in the capital markets function of the research and statistics for cancer clinical trials at the University soccer and is pole vaulting for the track team. group at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Fleming joined the bank in 1994 and of Kansas for almost a year. Drop her note Her advisor is Professor Firmage, whom was named an officer in 2002. if you’re near. Y Jen Maire Hagemann Deena and Curt both had. Y Bill Lloyd and plans to move back to New England, as wife Meg have lived in Geneseo, N.Y., since milestones crazy as that sounds. Business is great 1985. Bill is in his 23rd year with Merrill Deaths: James M. Moody ’80, Jan. 7, 2010, in Scarborough, Maine, at 53. * Joel A. and everyone’s happy and healthy. Jen will Lynch. Son Coyne is a junior at Colby, son Potvin ’81, March 16, 2010, in Biddeford, Maine, at 51. be in New England in March/early April to Andrew a sophomore at Skidmore, daughter attend all of UVM’s regattas. If anyone is Catherine is on a Rotary exchange for a year going she’d love to connect! Y John Najar- in Argentina before entering Kenyon’s class Finally, Lynne D’Angelo Many’s oldest son, in Pennsylvania, and Beth also met up with ian’s older daughter, Tracy, a sophomore of 2014, and daughter Maggie is a high Josh, graduated with an engineering degree Sue Kallio and Patty Valavanis Smith ’80. Y at Quinnipiac, is studying in Ireland this school junior. Bill spends free time working from Villanova, while son Ben earned his Eric Lapp wrote that, after a 19-plus-year spring, and they visited her in mid-February. outdoors, running, reading, and skiing. Y bachelor’s in economics and ad sci from career in the international minerals industry Younger daughter Kelly, a senior, is in the Phin Gay lives in Newburyport, Mass., with Colby. Working for a defense contractor in culminating in quality management with a middle of her college search. Kelly wants wife Mindi and sons Parker, 4, and Bowden, Colorado, Josh awaits top-secret security strong IT streak, he switched gears to IT in out of Maine, so no kids at Colby for them. 2. Phin cofounded a marketing services and clearance, which involves Lynne being inter- healthcare, retaining a “minor” in quality/ John stays in touch with Bill Moorman, Seth marketing automation business, Q-Bridge, viewed by the CIA. Living in Portland, Maine, performance improvement. He still lives in Medalie, Dave Marcus, Bob Clark ’81, and Inc., in 2005 in New Haven, Conn. It’s Ben is dating a Colby girl who happens to the great state of Vermont. Y Kim Smith Pete Thomas. While working with one of doing well despite the economic downturn. be Lisa (Sukeforth ’84) and Jay Donegan’s McCartney spoke too soon when she said his clients, Harvard University, John found Phin saw Mark Tolette in December for a daughter’s roommate! Ben got helpful job her son, Will, would likely join Colby’s Class himself speaking with Emily Cummings. Her “power catch-up” dinner. Y Steve Shields interview advice from Jay, Joel Harris, and of 2013. He opted for Bowdoin, where he brother lives about a mile from his house in and wife Amy have been married for 24 Steve Pfaff. Lynne’s daughter, Chloe, a high is on the ski team and a probable history Scarborough, Maine. It was a nice surprise. years and live in Medfield, Mass. Steve is school senior, has applied to Colby as well. major. Her daughter, Blake, is a sophomore a gastroenterologist at Harvard Vanguard Meanwhile Lynne is “breaking back into the in high school and is also a competitive Medical Associates and teaches at Brigham Nordic and alpine skier. Meanwhile Doug 1983 and Women’s and Harvard Medical School. working and dating worlds simultaneously Sally Lovegren Merchant and Kim toil away to pay for tuition and the Daughter Jennifer just graduated UPenn after raising children for 24 years and being [email protected] married for longer than that. Who says old kids’ expensive hobbies. Y Lee Zalinger and works at Children’s Hospital (Boston) dogs can’t learn new tricks?” is teaching science at the Westminster Are you in the DC area? Give a shout to Boyd in the CCU. Tommy is a business major at School in Simsbury, Conn. His three sons McHugh at 301-951-4351. Y Rick Hauser UTampa. Will is a high school senior. Steve are all NESCAC kids, with Zach, the oldest, is a management consultant. He lives with golfs but doesn’t ski nearly as often as 1982 graduating from Colby in 2009. He and his wife Rebecca and sons Fritz, 5, and Rex, 3, when he was at Colby! Y Geoff Ballotti is Nancy Briggs Marshall wife, Wendy (Bestor ’85), are adjusting to in Hoboken, N.J. Y For their 15th anniversary, president and CEO of Wyndham Exchange [email protected] the empty nest. Reach Lee at lzalinger@ Kelvin and Sue Desrochers Patterson cel- & Rentals out of Parsippany, N.J. Y After I’m going to be a Colby parent! My son, yahoo.com. Y Jody Holmes Bachelder fin- ebrated with a trip to Alaska. They cruised more than 25 years living in the Big Apple, Craig, who is graduating from Carrabassett ished her master’s in library and information the Inside Passage and then took a land David Powers still works for Virtuoso (a Valley Academy this spring, was accepted science and works as the district librarian tour to Denali. Sue is still with Coca-Cola luxury travel network) but is now in Des to Colby early decision. He’s opting to take at Hall-Dale (Maine), which she likes very Enterprises as corporate controller and Moines, Wash. He has great views of Puget a PG year off to ski race and train, but will much. Todd and Jody are empty nesters, chief accounting officer.Y Scott Stein, wife Sound and Mt. Rainier. Dave had to buy a start in the fall of 2011. Y Beth Ellis Tautkus and it’s not as hard as she thought it would Andrea, and new dog Milo say hello. Y In car for the first time since 1984.Y Susan retired from the Air Force as a lieutenant be. What’s hard is transitioning each time January Don Gallo and Ross Brennan ’82 Rogers Apple is in Kernersville, N.C., with colonel Dec. 17 with a total of 23 years (6 the kids come home and each time they ran the Mississippi Blues Marathon. Dawna husband Bill and children Katherine, 17, 1/2 years active duty and 16 1/2 years leave! Sam’s a junior at NYU and Hillary’s (Eastman) and Don were visited by Sam and Will, 14, and stepdaughters Mara and reserve). Her first duty as a retired officer a sophomore at Northwestern. Sam spent Staley ’84 and his family and they skied Vail, Lindsay. Susan manages a High Point Bank was to enlist her son, Jason, 21, into the his fall semester in Prague, so they met him Winter Park, and other local “hills.” Y Dan in Greensboro, but she had been at Bank Army National Guard. In August Beth, Col- there for Christmas. Y Dan Crocker’s life Matlack saw Rob Leary ’82, Rick Manley of America for 26 years. The clan returns leen Plourde Harvey, Denise Glennon, and has been good in Hallowell. He still teaches and Deb Fanton, and Jake Filoon at Jake’s to Maine every summer to visit Susan’s many of their kids got together at Denise’s sixth grade at Hall-Dale Middle School in holiday party. Dan sees George Katz and parents on Islesboro. Y Nancy Simm works

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program on patient safety leadership. Ann welcomes travelers and was particularly Vacationland Vietnam | Jim Sullivan ’87 excited to have roommates Kate Shaw, Joy Valvano, and Lori Sturgeon Davis visit in In 2004 James Sullivan ’87 published Over the November. “A good time was had including Moat, his highly acclaimed memoir of falling in love champagne cocktails in the hot tub!” Y with and marrying a young Vietnamese woman Kathy Soderberg was selected in 2009 as named Thuy. He planned to follow that success one of the Top 100 Most Influential People with Dorchester Heights, an 800-page novel about in the Hispanic Community by El Planeta a South Boston family during the school busing newspaper. Her company, Soderberg Insur- controversy of 1974, a book he conceived at Colby. ance Services, Inc, has carved out a niche But it was not to be. in the Hispanic market; over 25 percent of When Sullivan’s budding literary career stalled her clients are Spanish speakers. (Kathy puts her Colby majors—contemporary amidst demands that he cut his novel in half, he Spanish and American literature—to good started looking for another way to support his use.) Kathy traveled to Australia, India, and wife and the couple’s two young children. What Puerto Rico last year. Y Tim Crowley started he found was his own entrepreneurial spirit and a a new job in Boston at Banco Santander. In partnership with Hal Phillips, who had edited whole new way of life. Because Tim works with project members in Golf Course News, Sullivan launched Mandarin Today Sullivan divides his time between Scar- Spain and Mexico, he also has had to crack Media. Former magazine editors, Sullivan and Phil- borough, Maine, and Hue, Vietnam, as a founding open some of his Colby Spanish books for partner of Mandarin Media, a public relations firm lips decided that rather than prospect for stories assistance (or for the first time, Tim?). Tim focused on publicizing travel, including golf trips, with press releases, they would commission stories finished his first marathon in October and to Southeast Asia. themselves and get them placed in English language is training for the Boston marathon in April. It was 2005 and he was living in Yarmouth. He publications. He reports that last September more than was 40. His wife was homesick for her family. It was “We take a journalistic approach to public rela- 40 Colby alums assembled on campus to clearly time for a major change. tions,” Sullivan explained. The formula worked. celebrate 50 years of soccer at Colby. Rep- Sullivan had leveraged the success of Over the Moat Four years later, Mandarin Media has offices in resenting the Class of 1984 were Tim, Eric to land story assignments in Vietnam from the New Hue, Saigon, and Singapore, a staff of 12 and grow- van Gestel, and Doug Terp. They enjoyed York Times and National Geographic Traveler, but the ing, and annual billings of $800,000. catching up with Coach Mark Serdjenian game changer came when National Geographic com- “And it’s been debt-free growth,” Sullivan said. ’73, Assistant Coach Mickey Goulet (who missioned him to spend two years in Vietnam writing The major obstacle to doing business in Viet- traveled in from Canada), and fellow soccer a guidebook, National Geographic Traveler: Vietnam. nam, Sullivan found, was negotiating the bureau- players from the 1950s to 2009. Others In the course of researching the guidebook, Sulli- cracy in order to get permits. Having documented in attendance included Elliott Pratt ’80, van found himself talking to hoteliers, resort owners, his two-year campaign to secure a marriage license Jaime Hansman ’80, Dick Muther ’81, Bill and golf course managers. But how many Americans in Over the Moat, Sullivan was prepared to be pa- Moorman ’83, Mark ’83 and Mike Schafer ever think of taking a golf vacation to Vietnam? tient and persistent. ’83, Mike Sasner ’83, Ted Goodrich ’85, “I realized that Vietnam had a really compelling “Now I’m grateful it’s so difficult,” he said. “If it and three-time All American Mark Burke ’86. Y Nancy Silverman Levinsky works at story to tell that was no longer about the war,” Sul- were easy, lots of people would be doing it.” the law offices of Joe Bornstein in Portland, livan said, “but they were not communicating it.” —Edgar Allen Beem Maine, as an intake interviewer and she’s on the marketing team. She coaches youth at Highland Capital Brokerage as their LTC Arlen is at New Mexico State and daughter is managing director and taunts us with basketball, including son Greg’s sixth grade specialist. She and her significant other, Mariel is in high school. Steve keeps in the promise that a sojourn in Singapore in basketball team, and is a middle school Ernie, live in Simsbury, Conn., and spend touch with Ann Poncelet, a neurologist in January (about 80 degrees F) has to beat student council advisor. Her daughter, lots of time skiing, hiking, golfing, and rock the Bay Area; Jane Holtz, mother of the late January in chilly central Maine (below bloody Andrea, a junior at Deering High School, climbing. Last year they went to Portugal, Keren Holtz; and Eric Dexheimer, special freezing by all accounts). Y Medge Carter, is beginning her college search; husband where Ernie’s adventure racing team par- projects reporter for the Austin American along with her husband, Surja (whom she Ken works at Windham High School. Y ticipated in the world championships. Y A Statesman. Eric and his family, author wife met while trekking in Nepal) and their son, Carol Hildebrand and husband Don live few years ago Steve Albert began working Robin Chotzinoff, daughters Coco, 19, and Amrit, enjoyed a visit to Nepal in June 2009 in Wellesley with their kids Olivia, 10, and for Parametrix, an environmental and Gus, 11, moved to Austin three years ago to visit her in-laws, who live in a remote Nick, 8. Carol keeps in touch with Susan engineering company based out of Seattle after 15 years in Colorado. They love Texas. mountain village near Langtang National Chase Downes, who has invented a couple (after 11 years managing wildlife and other Park. Medge and family live in rural, central of homemade hot sauces that will blow off resources for the Zuni Indian tribe). He lives Virginia near Shenandoah National Park, the top of your head; Dawn Lepanto Taylor, in rural western New Mexico and spends 1984 where she works as a humble public servant who lives nearby; and Donna Altenpohl a couple of days a week in Parametrix’s Mary Kate Whalen in the field of environmental health, with Deasey, whose Phillies sadly could not Albuquerque office. He helps Indian tribes [email protected] a second job as a soccer/cross-country/ keep the dreaded Evil Empire at bay this in the Southwest manage natural resources, Kim Crook teaches E.S.L. in an international wrestling mom and taxi driver. Y After living in year. Y Wayne ’85 and Sandra Winship including forest, range, and wildlife. Wife American school (K-12) school, tutoring London Ann “Feta” Poolos Bailey relocated Eddy’s daughter, Katherine, is heading to Heather is a special education teacher at students from first to 12th grade, in Dubai, to the Dallas/Fort Worth area with husband Colby as a member of the Class of 2014. Y Zuni High School. They own land in Ramah U.A.E. Y Ed McCartin reports from Singa- Stephen and daughters, Alexandra, 16, Apologies to those who submitted news not and about 25 acres and a cabin a few miles pore that he has a Colby intern, Rob Knipp and Stephanie, 12. Ann started her own included in this issue. Word limits force me away, surrounded by forest and red rock ’10, working with him at Asia Renewables health-care management consulting busi- to hold news until the summer issue. Enjoy mesas. Steve welcomes Colbyites to the Pte Ltd., which develops renewable energy ness (Advanced Health Solutions) and Spring (I’m looking forward to the Red Sox/ “most peaceful place in New Mexico.” Son projects in India, Indonesia, and China. Ed is program director of a CEO education Nationals exhibition game in April—go Sox!).

48 COLBY / SPRING 2010 1985 head of strategic partnerships for the MIT invited guests. Y Caroline Nelson Kris is rabbit,’ a Foss standard. Hope the food Gretchen Bean Bergill Leadership Center at the Sloan School. Stu enjoying the freedom of having two children got better.” (Actually, it got worse.) Y Liz [email protected] jokes that it takes a bit of adjustment to in high school. When she’s not teaching her Sedor Nordlie lives in Vevey, Switzerland, get into the “Nerd Pride” mind frame, but as VP of marketing for General Mills Europe. Thank you to everyone who sent in news. kindergarten class for students with autism, For the first time I can remember, I received he’s excited to work with people creating she is playing with her 95-pound “puppy,” a “Christopher, 10, and Ella, 7, attend a great more information than fits. For the full report, and defining the future. Stu also teaches chocolate lab named Bam-Bam. Y I had a international school with kids from 40 coun- check out the 1985 page on Colby’s website. international relations at Bentley and admits great Facebook-inspired mini-reunion with tries. My husband, Tom, is a stay-at-home Also check out the Colby Class of 1985 he feels older with each new class of fresh- Monique Reed Kotsiopoulos. Her home- dad. He loves outdoor sports, guitar, and Facebook page. I’ve posted photos along man. Y Tom Menzies is a study director town (Lexington, Mass.) is my current town, painting.” (Not at the same time.) Y Laura with news stories. Y John J. Collins just at the National Academy of Sciences and so we got together over hot chocolate and Brown Watkin lives in Marblehead, “which missed the deadline last time, so I promised during the past year enjoyed working with tea at my house and introduced our kids. My we adore in summer for the ocean. The kids him top billing, and trust me he deserves Tom Tietenberg on a committee examining 6-year-old Henri was mighty impressed with are happy and too big (11, 12, and 15). It’s it! John, a reporter and videographer, wrote policies to reduce U.S. greenhouse gases. 8-year-old Korina and 10-year-old Alexis, almost time to start pushing Colby to our about one of the most exciting experiences Tom hopes to be at our 25th with his wife as was I. Charming and talented, both of sophomore daughter. We see Charmaine he’s had since graduating (other than the and three boys. He’s spreading the rumor them. And did I mention that Monique is Twigg Hartnett and her clan every New Year.” birth of his two kids, of course): playing that over the past 15 years Rob Boone and as outrageously entertaining as ever? We Y Dana Friedman lives in Mission Viejo, the Red Sox second baseman in the film John “Gin Pup” Collins have planned yet both were pleasantly surprised to discover Calif., “where it’s sunny and a little cold, Fever Pitch, starring Drew Barrymore. Drew another show—“one that might actually be that all three of us (hubby Chris Engstrom low 70s.” (See, all news is worth printing.) ran past Johnny Damon—and then John—in funny.” Y Ending the year on a high note, included) look, ahem, exactly the same. Y Y Jen Carroll Schildge says “kids are Jack, the climactic scene. John wrote about Kelli Crump Ployer got engaged at the stroke Leslie Greenslet Perry is thinking about 12, Carlin, 10, and Kallie, 7. Happily married the experience in the Lowell Sun (Mass.) of midnight on New Year’s Eve on the beach how we all used to look too—and she to Dan 14 years. We’re traveling to Hawaii newspaper. He lives in Hudson, N.H., with in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.Y See you in June. wants proof. She’d like to get a head start at the end of March. Any classmates have his wife of 16 years, daughter, and son. on putting together a fantabulous slide rental property there?” (I know a dude who Prior to working in newspapers John was show for our reunion. Please e-mail her at lives on the beach, if that helps.) Y Karen a radio news director in New Hampshire. A 1986 [email protected] and she’ll let you know Czuchry Sallmann “moved back to Munich, highlight was interviewing each presidential Henrietta “Hank” Yelle how to best share those priceless Colby Germany, from Trieste, Italy. My husband was candidate before the 1988, 1992, 1996, [email protected] photos. Y Reunion, yes I did say, REUNION. named CEO of Europe Assistance.” (Is CEO and 2000 primaries. Another great memory As I was getting ready to write this column, Mark those calendars: June 2-5, 2011, in good?) Y EJ Perry coaches basketball and was having a joke that he wrote appear our class co-president, Suzanne Battit, Waterville. That’s barely a year from now. volleyball for Salem High. He was awarded in a Naked Gun sequel. John still enjoys sent a quick e-mail to say that, in her It’s all hands on deck—time to party! Y So Coach of the Decade from the Lawrence playing baseball, and last fall he reunited position as director of development for be in touch—news was a little slim this time. Eagle Tribune. EJ won six consecutive state with former teammate Ben Lowry in the Boston-based Partners in Health, she’d Don’t wait! Send me a note right now, tell me titles and a national record 112 straight men’s senior league baseball tournament recently been to Rwanda and was at that what you want to do at reunion, tell me all matches in volleyball. He won back-to-back in West Palm Beach, Fla. Y Kevin Bruen is moment exceedingly busy with Haiti relief your ups and downs. Be well and be happy. New Hampshire state basketball titles in teaching law (for one year) at the U.S. Coast efforts. Suzanne wanted to share more, 2007 and 2008; Salem won 33 consecu- Guard Academy in New London, Conn. It’s but I know the overwhelming amount of tive games during that stretch. He’s married a bit difficult, as his wife, Carolyn Boynton 1987 work prevented it. I did catch a quote from to Kathleen Curtin Perry (Boston College) ’84, and two sons still live in Orinda, Calif., Scott Lanier her in the Boston Globe, commenting on and has three beautiful children: Julia, 12, but Kevin gets back about once a month. [email protected] Meryl Streep’s support of Partners in Health EJ IV, 11, and Will, 6. They live in Andover, Before heading east he traveled to Southern and the star-studded telethon to benefit Wow, so many of you came through with Mass., where EJ has taught fifth grade for California to surf with Tom Valinote. One of Haiti. Y Gretchen Bean Lurie joined the news! Thank you. Next time, I’m asking for 18 years. (Gee, EJ, can’t you make it to sixth the benefits of being in CT is reestablishing cash. Y Keary Hanan Marcum “is married grade?) Y Chris Vickers says, “I’ve led the Colby connections: he enjoyed the Colby- communications and marketing team of to Paul Marcum” (which explains that last creation of LLBean Signature, a new apparel Bowdoin football game in November and the Association of Independent School name). Two sweet kids, Jake and Margaret, and footwear collection with a trimmer fit has spent time with Sandy (Winship ’84) Admissions Professionals this year and was and two bad labs, Bert and Sadie. Living and updated styling. It’s classic Bean, but and Wayne Eddy. Kevin hopes to attend a presenter at the National Association of in Spanish Harlem, NYC, as VP of Digital up-to-date. We launched in March.” More reunion before he drives back to California. Independent Schools Annual Conference in at EPIX, the premium HD movie service at LLBeanSiganture.com. Y Jeff Russell Y Elisa Maxwell Tetreault lives in the February. She and her daughter enjoyed an between Paramount, Lionsgate, and MGM. laments “the Middle Ages seem nigh on. Charlotte, N.C., area with her husband, East Coast college tour this spring. Y Ethan There are two teens in my house. Appar- three kids, a labradoodle “with issues,” a Wiesler’s daughter is a freshman at North (Sorry, never heard of them.) “We hang boxer, and a hamster. Elisa is a regional Carolina State, and his 16-year-old son is with Matt and Amy Rosen Moran, Brigid ently. They make an occasional appearance sales manager for a promotional marketing at Woodberry Forest School in Virginia. He Hoffman Murray ’86, Dorothy and George accompanied by demands.” Y Melissa Jen- company and gets out her inner writer by says they are both wonderful kids—and Belshaw ’88, and Anthony Fazzone ’88.” Y kins Mangili writes, “I got married, opened blogging. Elisa recently saw Kelly Chopus nonetheless he and his wife thoroughly Alan W. Adams works at an online media an outpatient clinic for brain illnesses and ’86 and says they’re brainstorming ways to enjoy their empty nest. Y Ethan’s nest is company in Mission Viejo, Calif., run by injuries in Providence (Brainworks RI), and start an alumnae group in the Southeast. empty—another has just been filled! Peter fellow grad Ron Caporale. “My wife, Anne, joined the Army Reserves. My husband, John Y Greg Apostol lives in Marshfield, Mass., Voskamp and Rachel Healy welcomed Annie kids Reid and Sarah, and two dogs moved Mangili, is a support manager for Dassault and recently, in honor of Rod McGillis’ Elizabeth Healy Voskamp June 21, 2009, at to Newport Coast. I’ve noticed a correlation Systemes Simulia in Providence, and we visit from Canada, hosted a Colby hockey Mt. Auburn Hospital in Cambridge, Mass. between the number of visitors from the East live just south in Edgewood. I’m still doing reunion with Tim McCrystal ’84, Tom Boyd Y More in the happy news department. and North as seasons change.” (22,437 clinical teaching at Brown and visit Maine ’86, Don Cronin, Buster Clegg, Steve Getto I’m thrilled to share that James LeBaron people at last count.) He reports “Peter often to see family.” (Okay, I don’t teach at ’87, and Rod. Greg has a daughter, 5, and a and longtime love Pamela Lee Clifford Marshall, partner with E & Y Consulting, Brown. But I drove by there once.) Y Finally, son, 2, and calls his schedule “pretty full.” exchanged wedding vows in Nantucket over just moved to Westport, Conn.” Y Scott E. Teri Scally Kinsella “started a new job as Y Stu Krusell says that given the economy Columbus Day weekend. Matt and Jennie Giles was Class of ’87 and withdrew after consultant at PI Midlantic in metro D.C., he’s pleased to have started a new job as Webster Hartley ’89 were two of only four sophomore year. “I still don’t like ‘welsh helping companies ‘get the right people in

COLBY / SPRING 2010 49 ALUMNI AT LARGE the right seats on the bus using a tool called Beth Bitoff Odom is packing for another As a board member of the nonprofit Teens and I live in Manhattan and love it! I’m the Predictive Index.’” Y Be well! move, this time to Hawaii, and Audrey To Trails, Cory Snow is organizing an with MetLife’s compliance department and Barone lives near Jenn in Andover, Mass. adventure race open to Maine high school recently received a promotion to handle 1988 Y Also in MA is Jon Nash, living in Duxbury students. On May 15, 150 teens will run their international anti-money-laundering Heidi Irving Naughton with his wife and two daughters. Jon’s com- all over Bradbury Mountain State Park program as well as MetLife’s foreign cor- [email protected] pany is involved in clean/green tech space with maps and compasses, like COOT week rupt practices act compliance. My career and installed 542 solar panels on its roof: gone wild. (He misses those days.) Y Kurt path as an attorney has been exciting and 1989 www.newstreamH2O.com. Y Lawrence Whited and wife Dawn Ellen added a new unexpected to say the least!” Y Tris Hussey Anita Terry Collins is a professional musician living member to their family—their first child. had his first book released: Create Your Own [email protected] in Bordeaux with wife Betty and daughter Zoey Martha Whited made her way into the Blog: 6 Easy Projects to Start Blogging Like Minya. He sent the video for Another Sky, Y a Pro. His Amazon.com author biography Even for an adventurer, being in Haiti during world Jan. 10. Healthy and happy. Justin a beautiful song he wrote for Minya. His states, “After picking up blogging on a the earthquake was harrowing. Just ask Ruth ’90 and Stacey King Verge live in Hamilton, family gets together with Gerry Hadden whim in 2004, he quickly became both a Bender, who happened to pass through Mass., with daughters Samantha, 11, and and family and he keeps in touch with Dan professional blogger and a leading expert Haiti Jan. 12. Her hotel was flattened, Lauren, 9. Stacey stays home with the Sullivan. Find him at www.lawrencecollins- in business blogging. In addition to giving but Ruth is fine and kept us updated on kids, volunteers at school, leads a Brownie band.com. Y Anthony Scaturro is a proud and Girl Scout troop, and coaches soccer workshops and speaking at conferences, Facebook. Y Heard from lots of first-timers, papa—his adopted son, Matt, will graduate Tris also teaches social media, blogging, like Tucker Offutt, who started a medical and kickball. Last season she went to New from West Point in May. Y My fellow Iowan podcasting, and WordPress. You can find supply company in Jackson, Wyo. Check Orleans with Megan Finley FitzGerald and Tom Wieck works for Pioneer/DuPont and his posts on trishussey.com, VancouverOb- out www.directhealth22.com. Y Brendan Sheri Berger Bronstein ’90 to celebrate their says “welcome home” to Larry Rocca ’90, server.com, and the Future Shop Community Cahill might have to give up his traveling 40th birthdays. She also went to Vermont who is back from Japan. Larry sent Tom Tech Blog.” Y Thanks for all the news, folks. ways now that he and his wife, Christina, last summer to visit Chris Whelan, his wife, a yellow Oktoberfest T-shirt from college expect their fourth child in June. Y Adding to Lee, and their three adorable kids. Visiting days—Tom says there are probably boxes the Colby-in-Europe contingent, Jeff Koch with them were Scott Stanwood and his of them in Dana somewhere. Tom’s son is working on his master’s in Shakespeare wife, Carolyn, and their two children. Chris 1992 broke his collarbone skiing in Boone, Iowa, studies at the Shakespeare Institute in and Rebekah Winokur Brown also live in Karen Wu (elevation 6,000 mm), and Tom was getting Stratford-upon-Avon. Next summer he’ll Vermont and came over for the day with their [email protected] ready to cheer our Hawkeyes in the Orange head back to Thornton Academy in Saco, son, Chase. Y Jim “Mort” McVay and wife Chris Mastrangelo is a founding member, Bowl! Y Robin Trend Baughan and Melissa Maine, where he’s an English teacher and Kristen had their first child, a girl, Maeve director, and general counsel of Karmaloop. Trend Staid made it to reunion with their boys’ lacrosse coach. Y Bob and Sue Mercedes McVay, Nov. 15. All are doing com. He and his wife, Erica, divide their time daughters, who want to go to Colby together. Banta Gallagher enjoy life in Atlanta with well. Y Also welcoming a first child are Hallie between Boston and South Beach in Miami. Robin lives in CT, has three kids, and loves their two kids. Sue plays tennis and runs Welch and Steve Marshall. Bradley Wilson They welcomed their first child, Coco Anne, to ski. Y Gretchen Kreahling McKay has 10Ks and Bob loves his job in corporate Marshall was born Dec. 29. Steve has lived June 27. Y Felicia Gefvert married Mike been collaborating with art history professor investigations for PriceWaterhouseCoopers. in San Francisco for the last 12 years and is Guerchon in October at a winery in Oregon. Michael Marlais on a book project. Y Leslie Y Diane Pearce Kew is getting her teach- a senior vice president at Wells Fargo Bank. While the setting was beautiful, a cold front Dougherty Biddle and her family relocated ing certificate and master’s, with an E.S.L. He frequently sees Clark Weber, who has dropped the temperature to the mid-40s, to London, where Leslie works for Goldman endorsement. Her husband, Dave ’90, got a a 1-year-old, Ryder. Y “Life is good and I and guests were wrapping themselves in Sachs and her husband, George, works new hybrid car—look for him tooling around hope the Mayans are wrong,” writes Peter whatever they could find.Caroline Earle and for the International Rescue Committee. Brunswick. Their kids, Elaine and Andrew, Weinberg. He took his six-person clan to Mike and Claudia Hackethal Gerard joined Y Chris Tompkins made me feel old with are in fifth and seventh grades.Y Dawna Cali, Colombia, last summer to visit his the celebration. Felicia works in leadership this comment: “It was an event for me as Zajac Perez is raising five kids, getting a wife’s family and reports it was a hoot. Y development at Intuit. Y Jim Condron’s work headmaster of The Perkiomen School to Ph.D., and working full time. She also started David Unruh was appointed senior vice was recently selected for the U.S. State sign a diploma for a student who is now a her own company doing voice-overs: www. president for institutional advancement Department’s Art in the Embassies program freshman at Colby.” Y Mark Cosdon’s book, geminivoice.com. Y Bill Carr is in Seattle, at Temple University in Philadelphia. He and will be displayed at the U.S. Embassy in The Hanlon Brothers, was just published, where he and Lynn have two boys. Bill’s still just finished a two-and-a-half-year stint Kathmandu, Nepal, for three years. I highly and Mark will be guest editing the Journal of at Amazon and wishes for more time to spend as associate VP for alumni relations and recommend his website: jcondron.com. He American Drama and Theatre’s spring 2010 with local Colbyites Kirk Koenigsbauer, development at the University of Chicago, also has shows at the Rosewood Gallery, City and 2011 issues. Y Shaun Dakin is now at Kate Roosevelt, and Jeff Ballaine ’88. Y commuting each week from Philadelphia of Kettering, Ohio, and at SUNY Geneseo. Turner Strategies in D.C., doing public rela- Congrats to Jeff Hall, whose wife, Mary, to Chicago, and is thrilled to be back in Y Jason Nixon is the global lifestyle editor tions, communications, and social media had a baby boy, Tyler Travis, Nov. 15. Y Don Philadelphia and with his family. He and for Delta Sky magazine and trots around consulting. He’s an associate class agent Darby has a new job, at EZSHield in Palo wife Marnie have two boys, Morgan, 8, and the world writing about food, design, and so he’ll be bugging you for money soon! Alto. He and Elizabeth (Helft ’91) have two Dylan, 4. He periodically reconnects with trends. And the interior design firm (John Y Andrew Ian Dodge did a cross-country kids and spent time last summer with Bob roommate Tremaine Cooper and says that if Loecke, Inc.) that he runs with his partner, speaking tour to raise awareness of the Lian ’90 and Rob Schwandt ’91. Y Also in anybody is in Philadelphia drop him a note John Loecke, was profiled in theNY Times plight of California’s Central Valley farmers CA is Nancy Spellman, whose life is full of at [email protected]. Y N. Todd Pritsky (February 2010). Y Cecily von Ziegesar and workers. Andrew’s publishing two books music, kids, and organizing Bay Area single and Ericka Garstka welcomed Samuel Loren has her first adult novel,Cum Laude, set soon, And Glory and Socialism Still Sucks!, parents groups. Nancy is a graphic designer, Thomas Pritsky Sept. 29. Todd still enjoys at an instantly recognizable (but fictional!) and speaks to tea party groups. designing HP toner boxes and publishing a being out of the corporate rat race, still college in Maine, due out in June, published coffee table book on antique Indian horse an adjunct at Champlain College teaching by Hyperion. She hopes to visit Colby in the masks. Y Jenn Cooke Rotman is busy fer- 1990 data communications, and engaging in fall to do a reading and discussion and rying her sons around and volunteering for Barbara Clark Bullock local, national, and international activism visit creative writing classes. Y Warren their schools. Her oldest will attend camp [email protected] on a variety of peace and social justice Claytor’s Philadelphia firm, Warren Claytor in Maine run by Rich Deering ’86. Jenn’s issues. And, he says, he plays a lot of Architects, received an award from Dream family was off to Tahoe and San Francisco 1991 Farmville on Facebook if anybody wants to Home Awards for historic renovation of to see Katie The Losen Goldberg and Ruth David Shumway be neighbors. Y Laura Friedewald Notes the year. Busy as ever, he just finished a Bender, post-earthquake. Jenn reports that [email protected] writes, “My three children (11, 9, and 7) great project in Jackson Hole, Wyo., with

50 COLBY / SPRING 2010 two historic cabins at the foothills of the a book about being a mompreneur. She of qualifying for Boston. Scott and his wife, ing to life with daughter Megan, 8, being Rendezvous Mountain Range. Warren also is a regular contributor to The Huffington Fabiana, spent New Year’s Eve in Vermont away at a residential school for autism in hosted a group including Michael Stanton, Post on women’s issues, personal growth, with Kwok Lui ’92 and his girlfriend. The Boston. Regina’s younger daughter, Anika, Ryan Friel ’93, and Phil Vilar ’93 in Jackson and politics. Y Emily Fisher got engaged Abramses welcomed 2010 by adopting a 6, had a rough time but is doing better now. Hole for a ski week. Kyle Lissack wasn’t able over Christmas to Tony Aldinger. They live new black lab mix puppy, Hobbes, from a Their weekends are busy traveling between to attend as he and his wife welcomed a in Lancaster, Pa., and will be married this rescue shelter. Y Krista Stein has relocated Stamford, Conn., and Boston to visit Meg, new baby. Y Scott Alprin is a proud new summer. Y Thanks for these nuggets of news. from New York City to Paris with American and, whenever possible, Vermont. Y Erin papa. His wife, Anneliesa, gave birth to Express’s travel division. She hopes to see Mansur and Jen Shatney moved to Vermont. their first child, Marléah Grace (“Marlie”), other alums in Paris. Y March McCubrey Erin will start as an associate professor in Sept. 15. Y Sarah Poriss got married in 1993 and his wife, Anne, had a baby boy, Ian, last Dartmouth’s economics department this October 2008 and has been working as a Jill Moran Baxter May. Older brother Grant is almost 3.The fall. Owen, their oldest, is in second grade solo attorney helping people with consumer [email protected] McCubreys live in Nashua, where March and enjoying the new, smaller school. Eli issues, specifically debt problems, identity Rod Gerdsen, his wife Cassi, and kids Kate, works for his family’s commercial printing is four and their daughter, Isla, is almost theft, and foreclosure. She recently joined 8, and Jack, 5, love their life in New Jersey, company and is an adjunct professor of one. “We are all adapting to the winters; I Senator Christopher Dodd’s Consumer where Rod works as a teacher, housemaster, anthropology at Southern New Hampshire haven’t lived in a place this cold since our Advocate Advisory Committee. She visited coach, and academic dean at Blair Academy, University. Y Susan Krolicki Newmeyer’s days in Waterville,” writes Erin. Y Michelle Washington, D.C., where she met with Scott a private boarding school. Other Colby grads second child, Samuel Newmeyer, was born Grdina works as the events coordinator for Alprin and his family. Y Scott and Jen Robi- at Blair include Jessica Matzkin ’94 and Roy in June in San Francisco. Sam’s big sister, Hunt Alternatives and the Hunt-Ansbacher cheau Yagnesak welcomed their second Wilson ’07. Rod started a business called Alice, is 3. Sue and her family live in Sau- family office. She is thrilled with the new child, Colby, May 9, 2009. Eloise, 5, is a Rookie Teacher Seminar that trains faculty salito. Y Sarah Inman and her husband, job and looks forward to being part of the Joe Longo, welcomed their son, Santangelo Y proud big sister! Y Rachel Klein-Ash rang new to boarding schools the summer before great work that the organization does. Salisbury Longo, Sept. 28. Y Dan and Mary in 2010 in Puerto Rico with Katie Martin, they begin work. Y Shannon Roy lives in KC Lawler lives in Washington, D.C., where Fitzgerald Olohan welcomed their sixth (!) Kelly Evans Arevian, and Nicole Dauteuil Oakland while working in San Francisco she teaches math at a private high school. in December. Clare is adorable and joins Begin to celebrate the year of their 40th part time as an editor. Shannon is also When she’s not teaching she trains for and siblings Michael, Will, Catherine, Helen, birthdays! Nicole and Rachel bunked up part of a small group of artists that puts competes in local triathlons with Team LUNA and Jack. They live in Walpole, Mass. Y again, just like at Colby. Rachel is expect- on fireworks shows. Their current project is Chix and raises money for breast cancer Thanks for writing! research. Y Brendan Cavanaugh and his ing baby number two (to join sister Ellyson, a nostalgic roman candle shooting gallery wife, Cathy, welcomed their first child, Claire 2) in early April. Y Norm Stillman lives in called “Bunny Blasto” for a pyrotechnics Victoria, Nov. 6. They live in Albuquerque, Plymouth, Mass., and owns a veterinary convention. Y Laura Steinbrink lives in 1994 where Brendan is a cardiologist at the New hospital (www.courtstreetvet.com). He Cleveland, where she started Humanity’s Kimberly Valentine Walsh Mexico Heart Institute. Y Hannah Beech and his wife, Diane (Osgood ’91), have Loom, an environmental service firm that [email protected] gave birth to her second son, Phineas, Dec. 3 two daughters, 8 and 10. Y Aimee (Flores helps commercial, residential, and institu- Coach Keith Gleason brought his Maine in Bangkok. He joins big brother Dashiell, 2. ’95) and Cal Wheaton live in Baltimore and tional property owners develop and imple- Coast Skaters Association Storm Mites “Dash is so far treating Phin with generosity, are in full princess mode with daughters ment green building practices. Its services (ages 6-8) to Colby in January to watch but once his little brother starts grabbing Serena, 6, Isabel, 4, and Denison, 2. He include start-to-finish support in achieving the Mules face-off against Norwich. All his toys, he may feel less kindly,” writes quite honestly didn’t know so much pink third-party certifications such as LEED. 15 players received a Colby hockey puck, Hannah. Her family will move this spring Laura plans to get her M.B.A. in sustainable could exist in one place. Aimee is still a sticker, locker room tour, and once-in-a- to Beijing, where she’ll still work for Time business from Green Mountain College in hospitalist physician at Greater Baltimore lifetime opportunity to be on the bench magazine. Hannah and her husband, Brook May. Laura writes “I have three kids, two with the Mules. Colby coach Jim Tortorella Medical Center, and Cal works as a general Larmer, are excited about returning to China, partner at ABS Capital Partners. They threw a dogs, a fish, and a husband, and basically was an ideal host. where they were married eight years ago. Y surprise birthday party for Mark Mellyn—the love life.” Y Chris and Laurie Girard Eidt Erika L. Troseth married Marcos D. Martinez big 4-0—on Cape Cod, and Mike Stanton live in Wilton, Conn., with kids Christian, 7, 1995 ’97 June 6, 2009, in Santa Fe, N.M. Kate came from Boston to join in. In New York and Allison, 4. Laurie writes, “For the time Yuhgo Yamaguchi Bolick, Hannah Swenson Vaughan, and Tim Cal frequently sees Chris Wilde ’94, who being I’ve traded in being a physical therapist [email protected] Andreae ’97 attended. Y Lisa DeHahn Jade probably spends more time traveling than for being the ‘room mom,’ ‘science mom,’ Dan Polk, along with his wife and daughter, is skating with Maine Roller Derby. She is in his apartment in NYC. Y Whitney Adams committee chair, and library volunteer at recently bought a house in Noe Valley, San obtaining an associate’s degree in criminal Ward started working part time at Lululemon my kids’ schools. I miss treating patients, Francisco. Y Jennifer Gennaco teaches justice from Southern Maine Community but there is never a shortage of friends or Athletica in Hingham, Mass., and loves it! English composition at the University of College and recently celebrated her five-year Y family with injuries to keep me busy and Peter and Lisa Black Avolio welcomed New England in Biddeford, Maine. She has anniversary working at Day One Substance their second child, Charlotte Grace, Sept. my skills sharp!” Laurie caught up with a son and has been in touch with Cheryl Abuse and Mental Health Services. Y Cal ’92 18. Their first child, Chancellor James, is 20 Ken and Kathryn Steele Zoldan and their Johnson Dutrumble, who teaches high and Aimee Flores Wheaton live in Maryland sons Alexander, 5, and Simon, 18 months. months. Lisa returns to teaching yoga after school Spanish. Y Jesse Salisbury is a and try to keep up with active girls, Serena, a four-month leave, learning the challenge Kathryn and her family live and work in the sculptor living in Steuben, Maine, with his 6, Isabel, 4, and Denison, 2. Cal is a general of balancing motherhood and owning two Philly area and are doing well. Y Paul Froio wife, Hoshi, and son Ren, 3. He recently partner at ABS Capital Partners and Aimee yoga studios. Y Matt Brown has moved to hails from Kingston, Mass., where he lives completed a sculpture for the Open Air works as a hospitalist. They spent two weeks Arusha, Tanzania, with his wife and three with wife Kim and children Noah, 9, Reese, 6, Museum in Aswan, Egypt, and had a solo hiking and fishing near Lake Tahoe, Calif., at kids (6, 4, and 2) to better do his job as and Mia, 5. Paul has been with Reebok for 15 exhibition at the Court House Gallery in Cal’s family cabin, and then several weeks the director of conservation programs for years and is currently director of sales for the Ellsworth, Maine. His sculptures will be at the Cape, where they spent time with The Nature Conservancy Africa Region. eastern U.S. Paul keeps in touch with Willy featured at the Farnsworth Art Museum in Mark Mellyn ’92 and his wife, Echo. Aimee They’ll be there for three years, and visitors Berglund, Shawn Jenkins, Dave McCarthy, Rockland, Maine, in the spring and at the is training for her first half-marathon in are most welcome. Y Tabby Biddle lives in and Tim Merrigan, who was married last Mosan Museum in South Korea in the fall. Disney World in March. Y Your classmates Santa Monica, Calif., working as a writer and year, lives with his wife in New York City, and Y Abe Rogers joined the Massachusetts are working diligently with the alumni office editor, and she just completed ghostwriting welcomed a baby boy. Y Scott Abrams ran National Guard and is attending graduate to plan a fun and exciting weekend for our her first book—about women’s financial his best marathon to date in November in school at Boston University. Y Regina 15th reunion in June. Make your plans for independence. She is also the editor for Philadelphia; at 3:18, just a few minutes shy Wlodarski Kruger and her family are adjust- June 4-6—we look forward to seeing you!

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1996 Vacations. Y Katy and Andrew Weber spent Brad Smith New Year’s with Victoria and Peter Sheren [email protected] 90s newsmakers in Singapore. They also enjoyed a short trip to Hanoi. Y Lars and Lynn Kenoyer Johnson Chris Greenfield and wife Renee welcomed Rabbi Zachary Shapiro ’92 was appointed to the board live in Eagle, Colo., where Lynn works as a their second child, Nolan Alan, Nov. 13. of overseers of the Los Angeles Campus of Hebrew Union senior appellate law clerk at the Colorado Lavery, 3, loves her little brother. Chris sees College-Jewish Institute of Religion. An ordained rabbi Court of Appeals. They have two children, CJ (Chris Johnson), Ethan Platt, Andy since 1997, Shapiro believes “progressive Judaism has Amelia, 3, and Soren, born Dec. 22. Y Meeks, and Kelly Fanning ’00 and Reed shaped modern thinking, and I take pride in HUC-JIR’s Thadd Eldredge married Marija Stikovac in Bundy ’00. CJ works in Washington, D.C., mission to train our future leaders.” F Keith Gleason ’94 February 2008 and they welcomed daughter as an IT consultant for the State Depart- is the National Personal Producer of 2009 for MEGA Life Emma last March. Emma is friends with ment; Ethan runs his own seed business and Health Insurance Co., finishing the year with more Isabel, born February 2009, to Maura and in Burlington, Vt.; Andy is in Portland, Ore., than $1.6 million in personal production. Gleason, also Y with friendsoftrees.org; and Chris works with recognized in 10 other categories, “works with integrity Andrew Morse. Sus Montezemolo wrote: Kelly at BlueCross of MA right across from and an untiring commitment to the company and client.” F “How funny that I should receive a request Fenway. Chris clued me in that Brian Emme As new director of marine education, Jesse Mechling ’95 for class news today, as at lunchtime I ran Zach Shapiro ’92 is flying Super Hornets for the Navy in Japan, plans to expand educational programs at the Provincetown into both Cy Stahlberg and Matt Nelson Center for Coastal Studies. Mechling brings more than 10 and Sarah Eustis is getting married this on Connecticut Avenue in D.C.! Both are years experience in education and marine policy and is a recipient of the prestigious doing well and working for themselves. summer. (Congrats, Sarah!) Y Amy Cham- John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship. F Maine’s Foxcroft Academy appointed Jason berlain and Mike Branca are in Philadelphia Cy is in the process of staring his own Frederick ’98 to the board of trustees. A safety and training administrator for Sargent while Mike pursues his M.F.A. from the business, Cymetrics.” Susanna regularly Corp., Frederick helped create a heavy-equipment operation program in Bangor and sees Cary Gibson, who started a job at a Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts and Amy teaches a construction safety course at the University of Maine. messes with botany classes and works as a lobbying firm in DC. Sus works as the head freelance copyeditor. They hope to see more of government relations for the Center for of nearby Rebecca Hamilton Thackaberry milestones Responsible Lending, lobbying for protec- and Vicki Ferrini ’95 and their families and Marriages: Rebecca B. Shaw ’94 to Michael L. Kelly in St. John, V.I. F Danielle tions for borrowers against foreclosure, maybe even catch a Mike Daisey show. Y Herget ’97 to Joe Ramsay in Medford, Mass. F Michael Payne ’97 to Brenna Margol predatory mortgage lending, and payday Melissa Taylor and Bernadette Graham in Colorado Springs, Colo. F Jennifer O’Neill ’97 to Tom Killilea ’97 in York, Maine F lending. In 2009 she attended the White Hudson took their families to Kauai over Marcos Martinez ’97 to Erika Troseth ’95 in Santa Fe, N.M. House credit card bill signing ceremony Thanksgiving. Bernadette has two girls, and met President Obama! Susanna’s real Clara, 3, and Nora, 1, and Melissa has Births: A son, Samuel Joseph Pulver Fichman, to Roman Fichman and Stephanie Pulver passion is yoga, which she began teaching F F Y two boys, Andrew, 3, and Alex, 1. Y Linnea ’93 A daughter, Lindel Paige, to Jesse and Sarah Holmes Tucker ’97 A daughter, in June 2009. Geoff Schroeder teaches Basu got engaged to Prashanth Saka and Arden Jill, to Greg ’96 and Diana Dresser Nehro ’97 seventh grade English in Fort Collins, Colo. plans a wedding in southern Maine in July. He and his wife, Cara, backpacked through Mongolia over summer 2008. He wrote: “Our Y As of mid-December Brant Janeway was Grace, Nov. 19. Lou practices law in North 3, and Lucas, 1. Dori stays in touch with Mongolia trip was born out of a desire to the marketing director for Macmillan Audio, Haven, Conn. Y Casey McCullough and his Kaitlin Graham Guthrow, who is married, get off the well-trodden paths left by other working in the Flatiron Building. No word on wife welcomed their first child, a son, Anrai lives in Texas, and has a daughter Sophia, tourists. We figured Mongolia would afford what he’s doing now, though I have a sense Jack, Dec. 7. Y The baby boom continues as 3. Y Simon Dalgleish writes from south us some breathing room. Not to say that that he’s hearing a lot of smack talk from Angela Milardo Abbott reports that on Nov. of the border and recently sold the family we blazed any trails, but we did find fewer George Samuels ’96, who won his fantasy 9 she and husband Marshall welcomed a importation business. He’s now director of footprints preceding us.” They welcomed baseball league in September, beating out daughter, Emma Catherine Abbott. Y Mark strategy and new business development daughter Sena in April 2009. He continued, Brant, Kevin McNulty ’97, and Ezra Fowler Mortensen is still a professor at the MIT- for Metros Cubicos, the leading real estate “One moves to Colorado for the lifestyle as ’97 to take the title. Contact George at Sloan School of Management but is currently portal in Mexico. Y Keep the notes coming! much as anything else, and my little family [email protected] if you’re looking in Paris on sabbatical, where wife Melissa for a fun baseball league to join. There are is working on her diploma in cuisine from pursues it accordingly. We’ll take [Sena] three spots open. Y Ben and Jen Anderson Le Cordon Bleu. Melissa, you’re officially 1997 camping as soon as the weather improves, Leah Tortola Walton Freeman live in Putney, Vt. Prior to that they conscripted to cater our next reunion. Y and she’ll undoubtedly get her first Four- [email protected] lived and worked at The Island School and Rachel Sobek Shaw still lives in Billings, teener (+14,000-foot summit) at some point Deep Creek Middle School on the Island Mont., with husband Jayson (her high Congratulations to Christian Laycock, in 2010.” Y In closing, we have a request of Eleuthera, the Bahamas (2000-2005), school sweetheart), raising three children who passed the Georgia Bar in November! for your help. Jerrod DeShaw wrote about followed by a stint for Ben in grad school (9, 6, and 2). They expected their fourth in Y Marc Hebert and his wife (married July Todd McGovern, who has been battling at Columbia (Klingenstein) for a year. Ben February. Rachel works part time in the same 2009) live in Washington, D.C. Marc sees cancer for several years. Todd started an is now dean of students at Putney. They architecture office where Jayson works. Y Gwynne Rogers and Chris Frangione organization called SeasIt, which provides welcomed their third child, Micah, in June, Josh and Dori Desautel Broudy welcomed occasionally. Y Elizabeth and Lincoln Farr recreational opportunities to people battling joining Sage, 6, and Chip, 4. Y Julie Erickson Charlotte “Charlie” Deborah Broudy on their will celebrate the first birthday of their cancer and to their caregivers. Jerrod wrote: Bond returned to work after two years at first wedding anniversary (Oct. 13, 2008). son, Gideon, May 31. Y Emilie Parker “Part of Todd’s amazing story is, throughout home with son Alden. She’s the assistant Dori retired from practicing law to stay home began a new job as director of education his entire fight, he’s remained active and director of the Emergent Media Center at with her kids, and, other than endless games at the Rosenbach Museum and Library in enjoys running road races, triathlons, and Champlain College in Burlington, Vt. EMC is of shuffleboard, contract bridge tourna- Philadelphia. Emilie earned her master’s marathons. Last year we ran in the Vermont an academic center that partners with busi- ments, and spats with her condo board in museum studies from the University of City Marathon together and he liked the nesses and nonprofits to create “serious” (serenity now!), she loves every minute of Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 2000 and was event so much he wants to do it again. Todd or “social” video games. Julie will work on a it. They live in the Old City neighborhood of working in the education department at asked that I turn it into a larger fundraiser project with the United Nations to develop Philadelphia and expect baby number two the Philadelphia Museum of Art before she event for his organization. I’m recruiting a video game for boys in South Africa to in June. Beth Atkinson Zow visited Dori accepted her current gig. Y In November Ted runners and anyone else who wants to dissuade gender violence. Y “Sweet” Lou from South Carolina, where Beth is an ER Weil was hired as media supervisor for the support the fundraiser. Ideally, we would Dagostine welcomed a baby girl, Maria doctor, is married, and has two sons, Adam, Pawtucket, R.I.-based company, Collette love to make it a great weekend and have it

52 COLBY / SPRING 2010 grow into a wonderful event for SeasIt over time.” If you’re interested in participating in the Burlington, Vt., event May 30, contact Jerrod at [email protected]. Check Old Meets New | Joshua Eldred ’96 out SeasIt at www.seasit.org. How does an art and antiques dealer keep his third-generation family business relevant in a 1998 world where consumer goods are just a click away? Brian Gill Cape Cod native Joshua Eldred ’96 believes that [email protected] technology and consumer education will play a vital role in growing his business. Congratulations to Harris Eisenstadt and Eldred recalls a time when the parking lot at his wife, Sara Schoenbeck, who welcomed Eldred’s Auction Gallery in East Dennis, Mass., was their first child, Owen Eric Eisenstadt, June filled with cars on auction day. While the capacity 13 in Brooklyn, N.Y. Y Congratulations to Mike and Tracey Keefe Sharis, who crowds of yesterday may never return, he believes the expected another little girl to join Kate, 3, industry and his business are making positive strides in late March. Y Andrea Bassi-Morales to attract the next generation of fine art and antiques and her husband welcomed their first baby, buyers. “The Internet is the most compelling piece Gabriella Isolina, Dec. 7. Andrea’s father, a of technology in a lot of ways because it allows [a naval officer, was able to come home from much broader audience] to interact in the auction. His biggest challenge? “There used to be more his deployment in the Middle East for Gabri- They can sit there and watch the entire auction and people buying at the bottom,” Eldred said, “even it if ella’s birth. Y Stephen Ewing and his wife, participate without being there.” was just an inexpensive piece of furniture.” Jenna, and had a baby girl, Sarah Chandler After Colby, Eldred moved to Boston to work Chains like Pottery Barn and IKEA are capturing Ewing, in November. They’re all doing well. in finance, but he never lost his passion for art and a large share of the entry-level market. Glossy Y Andrew Whittemore Littell and his wife, antiques. Fascinated by the potential to couple the catalogs and efficient websites make it easy to place Margo, welcomed a baby girl, Lucia. In his antiques trade with emerging technologies, he left an order instantly and have it shipped the next day. spare time Andrew has been modeling part his position to work for a start-up antiques portal, Eldred believes that younger buyers overlook time for Eddie Bauer. Y Maggie Drummond Antiques America, and eventually a company, Artfact. tore up her roots in Maine after being there his corner of the market because of misperceptions com, that offers buyers access to a global database of since 2001 and joined her boyfriend in about pricing and a general lack of exposure to fine fine and decorative arts, antiques, and collectibles, Indianapolis, where he works at a law firm. art and antiques. He urges young buyers to get their She found a job working for the South East as well as live auction bidding in real time. In feet wet but advises against buying art and antiques Neighborhood Development Corporation. 2006 Eldred decided to bring his experience back simply for investment. “You should buy a piece,” he She misses Maine but enjoys the urban to Eldred’s Auction Gallery, which specializes in said, “because you love it.” life and living in sports-town USA. If anyone antiques, Americana, fine art American paintings, and —Colleen Creeden ’02 plans to attend the Superbowl in 2012, Asian art and antiques. let her know! She went to the Indy 500 last year for the first time and thinks all New Englanders should experience that at expect a baby girl this April! Y Mark Edgar for seven years. Y Bryan and Erin Darling least once. In July 2009 she went to Kate 1999 welcomed a daughter, Rudy Elizabeth, July Bibeau left California in October for a two- Westhaver and Eric Drotch’s wedding at the 5. Y Will Barron ’01 and Karen Macke month, 12,000-mile, 31-state trip across Lindsay Hayes Hurty welcomed their second daughter, Ellis Emily, the country. After a month in Maine and a public library in Boston. It was absolutely [email protected] beautiful. In attendance were Kari Hoose Jan. 3. Will works in industrial sales and snowy drive across the northern states, Read the class notes for the Class of 1999 and Amy Piantedosi. Y Andrea Doucette Karen is finishing her Ph.D. in sociology at they are settling into their new home in is leaving Brooklyn, N.Y., in April and moving online at www.colby.edu/mag. Syracuse. Y Nick and Jessie Davis Keppeler Colorado. Y Phoebe (Lehmann ’01) and to Costa Rica, which she fell in love with welcomed a baby girl, Sloane Elinor, Dec. Jay Zarnetske live in Christchurch, New after a Christmas trip. She can’t wait to 2000 14. They enjoy life at home in the Jamaica Zealand, working for the National Institute get back to the rainforest and the beach! Meg Bernier Boyd Plain neighborhood of Boston. Y Frank and for Water and Atmospheric Research, a Since she studied French at Colby she has [email protected] Whitney Lawton Linnenbringer and Alexan- Crown Research Institute, participating in some Spanish to learn. Y Sara Eno Felmly der, 15 months, celebrated the birth of son a six-month research experience. They will Jason St. Clair lives in Pasadena, Calif., completed the Philadelphia marathon on her James Sept. 18. Whitney has gone back to do extensive backpacking on many of New and is in the middle of a postdoc at Caltech, quest to run a marathon in each state. Y work at Cheshire Medical Center as an OB/ Zealand’s world famous “Great Walks.” Y focusing on atmospheric chemistry. Y Becky GYN nurse with Jeremy Donovan’s wife, Jes- Noah and Rebecca Solomon Letwin expect Congratulations to Chris and Kristina Smith Rasmussen Dalrymple’s family saw Sarah sica. Jessica and Jeremy welcomed a baby a baby in March. Y Jason Straziuso and Katie Gates, who welcomed a baby boy, Charles Church Murphy and Jen Usher Kilduff in girl, Burke, a few days before Whitney’s son Moulton moved from Kabul, Afghanistan, to Alexander Gates, Nov. 10. Big brother Soren, Boston this Christmas. They also showed 2, is adjusting pretty well. Their dog, however, their five-month-old son (Class of 2032!) was born. Whitney enjoys play dates with Nairobi, Kenya. Jason is the chief of bureau is quite sad to have moved into third place. a frozen Colby campus on their trip back Reba Frederics Libby and her daughter, for the Associated Press in East Africa, and Y Y Clay Surovek happily reports that all is to Maine. Y Gilda and Tom Matzilevich Naomi. Christine Casey Hutchinson is Katie is transitioning from Deloitte Consult- well in sunny Palm Beach! Clay and his wife, welcomed their first child, Lucian Paul. expecting baby number two, who is due ing to Chemonics, a development consulting Jessica, are incredibly blessed with three They reside in Bangor, Maine, where Tom July 3. Y Josh and Kim McCarron Camuso firm in Nairobi. They are pleased with the children: Chelsea, Brady, and Coley, as well is an attorney at Willey Law Offices.Y Amy celebrated their fifth wedding anniversary. transition. Y Kelly Fanning and Reed Bundy as a golden retriever, Moe. Y Raj ’99 and (Piaseczny ’99) and Tim McGee now live Kim enrolled in the M.B.A. program at welcomed their first child, Reece MaryAnne, Jen Spiess Gupta moved to Bedford, N.H., in Pelham, Mass. Amy practices veterinary Whittemore School of Business at UNH and Oct. 11. Jon ’98 and Melanie Guryansky with their two boys. They’re settling in and medicine at the Lichtenberg Veterinary looks forward to moving into an operations Olinto, Greg Hanson, Chris Greenfield anticipating the arrival of their third child in Hospital and Tom works from home for the management position at The Allied Group, ’96, and Alexis Fine Greiner were there June. Y Thanks for all the news. Biomimicry Guild based in Montana. They where she has been a senior client manager to welcome Reece. Alexis and husband

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Craig welcomed twins, Elliot George and for an Internet-based company. Y Cindy book, with the proceeds going to charities from Westminster College and has accepted Leah Brooke, July 11. Chris and wife Renee Rosenbaum and her husband welcomed for children with disabilities. a new analyst position with Goldman Sachs’s welcomed their second child, Nolan Allan, Isaak David Wisnioski in September. Y operations division in Salt Lake City. Greg is Nov. 13. Melanie and husband Jon are Todd Miner lives in southern Sudan work- 2002 happily partnered to Steven Kachocki, and preparing themselves and their son, Jack, ing for Population Services International. Sally Hall Bell they are raising their twins, Madeline and for their second child, due in April. Y Jess They manage distributions of insecticide- [email protected] Evan, who are now in middle school. Y JJ ’01 Densmore and Jeremy Donovan welcomed treated mosquito nets, part of the effort to and Piper Elliott Abodeely took their son, Sam Heck and his wife, Katie, bought a baby girl, Burke Indigo, Sept. 13. Y Alex eradicate malaria. Y Lisa Hart Olsen and Porter, to his first Olympics in Vancouver. a home in Portland, Maine, where Sam Bahn and his wife expect a baby in May. her husband are thrilled to announce the Y Lucas and Kelley Jessopp Cummings started a job as development director at They live and work in Washington, D.C. Alex arrival of Hannah Mia Olson, born Sept. 20 in had a baby boy, Cullen Colby Cummings, Friends of Casco Bay, a nonprofit that does is heading to Utah with Paul Magyar, Paul NYC. Hannah got to meet many Colby alums Aug. 14. Y Ali Culpen recently moved to environmental research and advocacy to Basmajian ’02, Ben Craig ’02, Davey Root at the wedding of Corey Stranghoener and Denver, Colo., and works for the University protect Maine’s marine resources. Y Chris ’02, Tim Rouhana ’01, and Chad Creelman Brian Reuwee in St. Louis Jan. 2. Y Chris of CO at Denver. Y Rachel Meiklejohn is Hale moved to Medellin, Colombia, where ’01 for a ski trip. Y Limi Perry Bauer lives and Lisa Mark McLean expect their first engaged to Shane Hoffman ’00. They’ll he works for the Organization of American in upper Austria with her husband and kids. baby in early March. Y Jeff ’02 and Stacie marry in September. She’s worked as an States’ mission to support the peace She feels lucky that English teachers are in Galiger Williams welcomed Grace “Gracie” academic dean and literature teacher at process in Colombia. Y Annica and Trevor high demand in a region that is perfect for Tea Williams Dec. 22. She joins big sister Zoe Amistad Academy, a New Haven charter MacDonald had a daughter, Leah Vivian her. She looks forward to continuing her life at their home in Alexandria, Va. Y Kristin school. She’ll leave her job to travel in Asia MacDonald, in June. They live in Carmel, there. Y Alex Moskos says all is well. He Moresi is engaged and getting married in post-wedding with Shane for six months. Ind., and work in downtown Indianapolis: still works as a crime/intelligence analyst for September. Hadley Moore, Janine Schwartz Y Ali Ghaffari’s second daughter, Kaelyn Trevor at IUPUI in the athletics department the Boston Police. As part of a New Year’s ’00, Lara Bonn ’00, and Sarah Mahoney Grace, was born Jan. 14. Ali resides in and Annica at Eli Lilly. Y Chase Gentile resolution to be healthier, he and Jonah ’99 will be bridesmaids. Y Vanessa Sibley Meridian, Miss., as an instructor pilot. Y graduated from law school at American Rudman and Johnny Hammond are taking Mudd welcomed a second son, Quinn Monty Hobson recently signed to record University’s Washington College of Law in Zen sword karate classes in Brighton (www. Thomas, June 1 and a month later moved an album with the Crossing record label May. Chase passed the Illinois bar in October shimgumdo.org). It’s been pretty tough so into their new home in CT. Y Dana Holschuh and will put out a CD later this year. He’s and started a law office in January.Y Anne far, but the results are coming. They want is finishing her Marxist-theory thesis for her traveling to El Salvador in February with Tricomi finished an M.P.H. at UMichigan and Scott Friedman to join them. master’s in historical archeology at Portland Living Water, an organization that builds moved back to Portland, Maine, to work for State University. She and Logan Perkins, water wells. Y The Class of 2002 extends the City of Portland’s Public Health Division. a first-year law student learning how to sue our sincere condolences to the family of Liz 2001 the bad guys at Lewis and Clark, are living Anne is a first-year head volleyball coach Dana Fowler Charette Hanson, who was killed in Afghanistan Dec. in a cute house with Megan Wilson ’04. for University of Southern Maine. Y David [email protected] 30. Our thoughts and support are with you. They are in the market for a free beer die Manning is the assistant athletic director Beth Festa married Kurt Ahlstrand, Yale ’01, table—seriously! Y Mark Paustenbach left and varsity hockey and soccer coach at St. in Manchester, Vt. Her bridesmaids included NYC, where he worked as a vice president Andrew’s College (a high school) in Aurora, 2003 Lauren Tiberio Katie Lee Fishbone, Alana Rezaee, and Liz at Rubenstein, a PR firm. He’s back in Ontario. David recently caught up with [email protected] McGann. Beth added that Billy and Beth Washington as a spokesperson for the U.S. Coach Jim Tortorella at a hockey game in Moloney Stimpson had a baby boy, Will, Department of Transportation. Y Jemison Boston along with Paul Nahigian. Y Andrew A correction from last issue: Matt and last November, and that Jeff and Katie Lee Foster has worked as a college counselor Hoyt is finishing his master’s in cultural stud- Courtney Hoffman Tsiaras—not Megan Fishbone expected a baby boy in March. at the Bangkok Patana School in Thailand. ies at Claremont Graduate University and Shannon-Winterson and Dimitri Michaud Y Mike Natenshon started Marine Layer He’s doing a lot of sailing and kayaking has applied to Ph.D. programs in history. Y as was reported—expected their first baby Shirts, which makes casual shirts that come with the Duke of Edinburgh program and Andrew Townsend plans to relocate with his in February. Congrats Matt and Courtney! in so many sizes its almost like getting them learning Thai. He’s proud that he helped girlfriend, Maggie (Wake Forest), from San Y Patrick Koch and his wife, KellyMay, had custom made. He started the business, in one of his students apply early decision Diego to Boston in July. Y Joe O’Connell and their first baby, McKenna Dorothy Koch, part, because his girlfriend finally made him to Colby this year and she was accepted. his wife, Jillian, live in upstate NY. Joe is the Nov. 11 in Pittsburgh. Y Aliya Al-Aufy and part with some of his old college T-shirts. Y Y Laura West traveled to Washington head of technology for SelectMinds, a small her husband had a baby boy, Mansoor Debbie and Devin Beliveau welcomed Ciara State to attend Katie Stimac and Jon software company that develops social Toivo Lindgren, Nov. 22 in Oman. Y Eric Chyi Beliveau Jan. 29. Y Jodi Dakin will Mendelsohn’s wedding at Lemolo Beach. networking technology for corporations. and Courtney Fry Lerch welcomed a new marry Mark Loughlin March 6 at the Round Binah Palmer and Nyasha Pfukwa were Joe and Jillian had their first child, Joseph addition, William Alexander, July 29. Y In Barn Inn in Waitsfield, Vt. Abbie Parker is also at the event. Y Carolyn Szum works in John, on 09.09.09. Y Kristina Tabor moved addition to her recent engagement, Carrie a bridesmaid. They are doing a fire and ice Beijing for ICF International as an energy and from Denver to Aspen to take a reporter job Morin has become an independent con- honeymoon: first Whistler then Hawaii. Jodi climate change consultant and would love at Aspen Public Radio and loves living in tractor doing general dentistry for the Army moved out of Boston (kicking and scream- to hear from other Colby alums in China. Y the mountains. Kristina’s work has taken National Guard as the soldiers are deployed. ing) to Newton. Y Justin Amirault and his Lauren Schaad is in her final trimester at her to Mexico to learn Spanish. Y Mark Y Sarah Barclay married Karl Hoffman Oct. wife, Becca, expect their first child in April. Thunderbird and will graduate in late April. Buschenfeldt is wrapping up a two-year 24 in Washington, D.C. Sarah’s father, a Justin will graduate from Haas School of She took a wonderful trip to the Dominican stint helping Vestas Wind Systems develop Presbyterian minister, co-officiated.Erin Business in May in Berkeley, Calif. Y After Republic (hiked the tallest mountain in the two manufacturing campuses in Colorado. Reed-Geaghan was Sarah’s matron of eight years in Maine, Danielle Fornes moved Caribbean) and Puerto Rico. She also works He has lived in Denver for more than three honor, Traci Speed and Linnea Anderson back to Michigan, where she works full time on her blog on adventure and gluten-free years and credits his COOT trip to the top Myers were readers, Dave Sandak and as a voiceover artist, teaches spinning, and living: Adventures of a Glutina. Y Brian of Katahdin for his love of high places. Y Rich Riedel were ushers, and Ashley Reid hosts pub trivia. Y Jeff Calareso started and Hannah Smith Harrison welcomed Chris Kuhlman left his job at a large law ’02 was the “day of” coordinator. Also in running in competitive races including the Lila Quinn Harrison, Nov. 24. They live in firm to open his own firm in Minneapolis attendance were Tom Geaghan ’02, Allegra Denver marathon. He was also named to Oklahoma and are attempting to build a cob specializing in civil rights litigation and Roundy, Sarah Schleck ’06, and Professors an executive position with StudyPoint, Inc., cottage (an eco-friendly earthen building, criminal defense. Y Dave Hauser is in-house Tony Corrado and Susan Kenney. Y Jenn a private education company, and has the walls are a mixture of clay, sand, and counsel at Rhapsody in San Francisco. Y Brenneman works at Three Forks Ranch, been writing education-themed articles straw). Hannah is illustrating a children’s Greg Jaboin is almost done with an M.B.A. a premier fly fishing and hunting lodge 40

54 COLBY / SPRING 2010 Alaska, where she works for the U.S. Fish marathon in October in Detroit. He plans and Wildlife Service, studying seabirds in on doing the Revolutions3 Quassy Half 00s newsmakers the Bering Sea. Last October she married Ironman in Middlebury, Conn., June 5. I was Katherine Jacobs ’03 was named Rhode Island state Jeff Williams in Acadia National Park. excited to hear this since I’ll also race in this representative to NAFSA: Association of International Suzanne Skinner and Anne Rudolph were event as my final race before Ironman Lake Educators, which promotes international education and in attendance. Y Laura Shufelt recently got Placid in July. Anyone else attending let us provides professional development. Jacobs works at engaged! She is shooting for a summer 2011 know! Y Tim Smith and Caroline Swindells Providence College’s Center for International Studies. F wedding. Also recently engaged are Beth started working together at an immigrant The Portland (Maine) Symphony Orchestra named Urstadt and Amanda Epstein. Y Alyson rights firm in San Francisco. Tim says it’s Leah Robertson ’03 associate director of development Lindquist has two new pets: A cat named amazing to work with her and reminisce and special projects. Robertson previously worked in Abigail Adams and a puppy named Mollie about the good old days! Y Marshall development for the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New Washington. Y Gretchen Groggel still enjoys White’s son Arlo was born April 26, 2009. York and for the Gulf of Maine Research Institute. F life in San Francisco, where she hangs out Y Kellie Phelan continues to work in the Former rugby player Katie Ryckman ’06 didn’t know what with many alums including Jill Geissler, field of energy efficiency/climate change to expect when she tried out for the Lingerie Football Averell Ryland, Heather Finn, Piper Loyd, consulting and will finish her M.B.A. this Katie Ryckman ’06 League’s Seattle Mist. But a profile in theSeattle-Post and Matt Danziger. Good stuff! Y Happy May. She loves living in Providence, R.I., Intelligencer reports Ryckman, who has a day job at Spring Class of 2003! but may have caught the West Coast bug Microsoft, now has an appreciation for the sport. “I’m really surprised with every game during a recent trip to Seattle. Y Kirsten F we play how hard-hitting it’s become.” Rachel Watson ’09 joined the Immigrant Helmcke defended her dissertation Jan. 7 Legal Advocacy Project in Portland, Maine, as legal program associate and volunteer 2004 and will officially graduate with a Ph.D. from coordinator. A native Mainer who speaks Spanish, Watson manages client intake and Kate Weiler the pharmacology department at Vanderbilt oversees recruitment and management of volunteers. [email protected] in May. She’ll move to Durham, N.C., to start Alan Hartmann passed the CPA exam a postdoc position at Duke. Y Andrew Will milestones this year. Y Amelia Confalone graduated started his second semester of grad school Deaths: Elizabeth C. Hanson ’02, Dec. 30, 2009, in Afghanistan, at 30. from Northeastern School of Law last May at Boston University, pursuing an M.F.A. and passed the Massachusetts bar. Y Marriages: James S. LaLiberty ’02 to Tiffany J. York in Waterville, Maine F Aimee in sound design for theater. He moved in Kelly Thomas started a design firm in Los Jack ’04 to Michael Curran ’06 in Boothbay Harbor, Maine F Nora F. Gouge ’05 to with Sam Poland and Danny Donovan. Angeles called Midnite Oil Media, LLC. Her Todd W. Moore ’05 in New York, N.Y. F Jessica Sattler ’05 to Richard Crowley ’05 Y Francie McGowan is working on her on Bald Head Island, N.C. most recent client is Steve Cooley, who master’s in education. She also volunteers is running for California attorney general. on the Chicago Freedom School board of Births: A daughter, Annalise Frances Keenan, to Jessica Alex ’01 and Patrick Keenan Y Amina McIntyre received her M.F.A. in directors and is currently the treasurer. Y F ’00 A son, Kyle Charles Tsiaras, to Matt ’03 and Courtney Hoffman Tsiaras ’03 creative writing from Spaulding University Anne Olmsted is in her fifth year teaching and now lives in Atlanta and works for The an arts-based science class in Dorchester, Infinite Field magazine (www.theinfinite- Mass., and recently finished performing in miles north of Steamboat Springs, Colo. She married Mourine Villadelgado last summer fieldmagazine.com). Y Reese Kelly spent a production of Hair at Turtlelane Theater. is lodge hostess and lives on the ranch. In in Leominster, Mass. Spencer Hutchins, the fall semester as a visiting instructor at Y Trevor Mackesey is playing the financial December Jenn, Shelley Hughes, Marin Katrina Noyes, Justin Ossolinski, Mike Middlebury teaching Sociology of Gender industry’s survivor but has been writing Hoffman, and Katie Altneu went to Ashley Cox, Matt Mahoney, Ben Pearce, and and Transgender Studies. Y Andrew Scull short stories as a desperate plan B. Y Martin’s beautiful wedding in Baltimore. Doug Laliberte were in attendance. Justin married Angelina Marwan Aug. 15. They went Aimee Jack married Mike Curran ’06 in This May they’ll go to Minneapolis for Marin Ossolinski lives and works on the Cape and to Australia for three weeks and now live Boothbay Harbor last August. Colby was Hoffman’s wedding. Y Chris La Putt bought is doing research on the Red Sea. Mike in San Diego. Andrew is in his fifth year as well represented, including bridesmaid a historic Victorian mansion in Jersey City, Cox just earned his Ph.D. from Indiana a natural gas trader for Shell. Y Christine Rachel Tobie, groomsmen Adam Carlson N.J., and is in the process of restoring it. Y in environmental management. Y Emily Jones lives in Boston and works at the Mas- ’06 and John McKee ’06, an entire table full Karli Jaffe was a volunteer with the “No on Goss was promoted to general manager sachusetts Department of Public Health and of professors from the Theater and Dance 1” campaign working towards equal mar- of Willowdale Estate in Topsfield, Mass., a will finish her master’s in public health with and the Music departments, and a bar riage rights in Maine. She writes, “We lost, historic special event and wedding venue a concentration in epidemiology at Boston manned by Cheryl and Lisa from the Blue so that was depressing, but the fight is far that she helped open in 2007. They have University in May. She is also starting an Light Pub! Mike and Aimee bought their first from over!” Now that American Idol is back, already married a Colby couple! Y Nate internship with Doctor’s for Global Health house in Nahant, Mass. Aimee also changed she and Leah Robertson gather weekly to Fletcher is “living the dream, working as a doing grant writing for their finance com- jobs and now works in the communications yell at the TV and eat delicious food. Y Adam whitewater raft guide/ski bum since I gradu- mittee. Y Kyle MacDonald passed both the department of Harvard’s alumni affairs and Cohen lives in Hoboken, N.J., and will finish ated. I’ve rafted all of the country and the Maine and Massachusetts bar exams and development office. his orthodontic residency in May. He will world, and spent a few winters in Jackson, works at Verrill Dana in Portland, Maine. Y stay in the NYC area with Brad Petersen, Wyo., and Mount Hood, Ore. I’m making it Joanna Schroeder is in her last semester Dan Parise, and Matthew Wallerstein. Last my mission to reclaim the transient lifestyle in the M.B.A. program at the Acton School 2005 summer he helped celebrate the weddings with my wife, Michele.” Nate and Michele of Business in Entrepreneurship in Austin. Katie Gagne of Tom Sterio, Jeff Owen, and Dan Parise were married April 4, 2009, on Rendezvous She went on a 19-day private Grand Canyon [email protected] with dozens of ’03 grads. Y Doug Laliberte Peak in Wyoming. Y Sharon Herbert lives in rafting trip this winter. Y Cate Young is I was overwhelmed with news, so there graduated from Tufts Dental School last Vermont working for Burton Snowboard but engaged to Tim Sheehy and they plan will be plenty to catch up on at reunion spring and now works in a public health will move to the Innsbruck, Austria, office an October wedding in York, Maine. Cate in June! Y Natalia King is working toward clinic treating low-income children and to work abroad this spring. Y Kate Hughes works at UBS in Boston and is studying to her Ph.D. in D.C., where she received a families on Main Street in Waterville. He’ll Herd and Vivienne Ho recently discovered be a certified financial planner. Y Brandon fellowship from the German Historical be in Waterville for a year and then return each other on the knitting website, Ravelry. Irwin is in Michigan attending MSU and Institute and is writing her dissertation on to Tufts for a two-year residency in ortho- They’ve been knitting different versions of has started doing motivation and exercise African Americans in Germany. Natalia, dontics. Y Spencer Hutchins is engaged the same projects “together,” 3,000 miles research, which is funded by the Robert Katie Ghelli, Eric Luth, Mike Sirois, Jamie to Laurie DePalo. Y Justin Stempeck apart. Y Brie Drummond lives in Homer, Wood Johnson Foundation. He ran his first Falk, and Kelly Klemarczyk attended Nora

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She’s also publishing her first children’s book, which is elementary-student written and university-student illustrated. Y Alan Young Minds Awakened | Natalie Ginsburg ’07 Ashbaugh is moving to Portland, Ore., with For 10 kids from rural Mississippi, the trip to the the goal of launching a career in user expe- nation’s capital last June was a dream come true— rience design. Y Courtney Smith attends and the first of many. Brooklyn Law School and is adjusting to After graduation, Natalie Ginsburg ’07 joined life in NY, a change from the Colorado Teach for America, a program that recruits recent mountains. It was fun to catch up with Courtney, Gillian Nadel, Jenny Abramson, college graduates to teach in rural and urban public Rachel Serotta, and Kara Lanahan in NYC schools. She was assigned to Sherard Elementary in December. Y Lauren Wolpin is engaged School, in Sherard, Miss., in the Delta region near to Ben Bruno (Middlebury ’06) and lives the Arkansas border. Most of her students had never in Middlebury. Lauren reports that Jillian left the Delta or flown on an airplane, Ginsburg Parker was engaged to Lauren’s friend recalls, but they were excited about the election of from high school, Paul Blakeslee, the night President Barack Obama. She had the idea to show after Lauren’s engagement. Y Matt Roland them where that history was taking place. Ginsburg will marry Jackie Vanderzanden in Exeter, wondered, “If I don’t take them now, who will? N.H., in June. Dave Acker, Sean Murphy, many of the students. Thompson spoke to them And when?” and Andrew Roland ’07 are in the wedding about his childhood in a small Mississippi town, Ginsburg set about organizing and raising the party. Y Patrick Harner spent his summer money necessary for a four-day trip to Washington, and he said hard work and obeying his elders helped in Uganda with the InterVarsity Christian D.C. With support and donations from parents, him be successful. Ginsburg said the meeting was Fellowship and works in Cincinnati for Five local church groups, and the Corps Member Edu- a wonderful opportunity, “showing the students Seasons Sports Club as a personal trainer. cation Foundation, Ginsburg raised the $15,000 that they too can go and do the same great things Y See you all in June! needed to fund the trip in June. Students chipped in anywhere some day.” $150 each, and additional money came from many Ginsburg is one of nearly 100 Colby graduates who have joined Teach for America. She may have found 2006 donors, including parents, church groups, Colby Jennifer Colifores alumni, TFA members, and the students’ families. her calling. After her TFA stint was up, Ginsburg [email protected] The four days in the nation’s capital included a traded the Mississippi classroom for one in Texas, at KIPP Austin College Prep, a charter school. John Wheelock “really crushed it in Peru” tour of the White House, the Washington Monu- during his trip working with a microfinance She hopes the legacy she leaves with her former ment, the WWII memorial, and a performance at organization. He has been hitting the ski students will be that they will “dream bigger the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. The slopes in the Northeast and is looking dreams” as they consider their futures. trip also included a visit with Mississippi Congress- forward to an epic cross-country trip this — man Bennie Thompson, a tangible inspiration to Alexandra Desaulniers ’11 summer, including hiking, biking, golf, shot- guns, surf, and Monty Hankin’s wedding. Y Shari Katz finished performing in a show in Gouge and Todd Moore’s nuptials in NYC less from 2005’s Mr. Colby. Y Dorothy Najda Adelin Cai has a new role as an ads policy Indianapolis over the holiday season. She’s in December. Y Darren Larsen lives in is currently an assistant vice president in specialist at Google in San Francisco. Her back in NYC after being home in Maine to Boulder and is enrolled in a dual-degree Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s Natural band’s full-length album should be out on see her father sworn in as the mayor of Ph.D. program in geology at CU and the Resources Group and was appointed to a small label later this year. Y I caught up Augusta for his second term. Y Andrew University of Iceland. Darren spent New the Women’s Leadership Council of the with Miranda Silverman in Boston. She Jenkins is engaged to Sheehan Lunt ’07! Year’s skiing in Jackson with Andy Orr, who Global Corporate Investment Bank. Y Katie enjoys her job as an account exec at MMB They’ll marry in Woodstock, Vt., in August. Y is enjoying his first year at Cornell Law, and Austgen and Sean Murphy were married in Advertising, where she works exclusively on Noah Balazs moved to Charlestown, Mass., recently saw Danny Uhlmann in Silverton, October in Lake Tahoe, Nev. Y Mary Olsson the Subway account (and yes, she has met in December. Y Frank Fung is returning to Colo., where Danny lives and works as a started a new job as an interior designer Jared). She enjoyed a fun weekend in NYC the States but to the West Coast, this time for mountain guide. Darren also reports that for Jill Litner Kaplan Interiors in Newton, with Emily Gavryck, Meredith Jalkut, and a master’s program in finance in California. Mike King and Injoo Han ’04 were recently Mass. Mary is also busy planning her July Caitlin Grasso. Caitlin is studying at Suffolk Y Nina Korolyova got married in 2008 and engaged. Y Ted Farwell and Katie O’Neill nuptials alongside fiancé Nick Miller. Y Law and training for the Boston Marathon, now has a daughter, Alexandra, born July ’04 will be married in May. Both are first-year Jackie Dao is back on the market again running for Dana Farber. Y Rebecca (Taylor 2009! Y Greyson Brooks is packing up and M.B.A. students at Wisconsin; they recently and keeping her single self busy in DC with ’04) and Nick Malick announce the birth of moving to New York in June with his fiancé, traveled to Argentina and Chile. Y Devon work and school commitments and is very their daughter, Juliet Caroline Malick. Nick is Michael Barry. Y Becky Vance gave birth to McConnell-Gordon will graduate with a much looking forward to reunion. Y Jarvis finishing his M.F.A in creative writing at the Dexter Francis Vance Jan. 14. He weighed 7 master’s of architecture in October, after Brown is engaged to Mili Shah and they plan University of Oregon and they plan a move lbs 4 oz and measured 20 inches! Y Emily which she plans to pursue a career as an a June wedding in NYC. Y I was excited to to the San Francisco Bay area. Y Hannah Boyle Westbrooks writes that the semipro architect. Currently she is managing her fam- hear that Nikki Patel is expecting her first Emery is engaged to Alexander McEach- basketball team Michael ’07 plays on “has ily’s winery. Y Pawel Brodalka and Archana child with husband Mihir Patel in August. ern of Oakland, Calif. Y Liam McDonnell made it to the National Cup Final and they Prasad ’07 are planning their wedding in Fiji She is finishing her chiropractic program in recently discovered his passion for cooking play on Jan 31. He was his usual crazy self next December. Y Doug Summa completed Dallas and will move back to the East Coast. and was accepted to the Culinary Institute on the court with full afro that I’m sure none his master’s in real estate finance at NYU’s Y Cheka Gage started a new job in August of America in Napa Valley. Liam’s longstand- of these Irish players knew what to think of!” Schack Institute and is looking for a job in working for the political action committee ing desire to join the U.S. Coast Guard has Y David J. Civitello and Jenna Morrison are NYC. Y Rich Downing spent his winter break for the American Association of Orthopedic also been fulfilled; he is awaiting a ship engaged! They’re both at Indiana University: hiking Kilimanjaro, carrying all of his gear, Surgeons in DC. She visited with Courtney date for basic training. Y Kristi Eck works Dave is pursuing a Ph.D. in biology and and reaching the summit. I would expect no Morris, who came to DC for New Year’s. Y for Say Yes to Education, Inc. in Syracuse. Jenna will graduate in May with a master’s

56 COLBY / SPRING 2010 in public affairs and environmental science. stay in school. Jumpers used the motto, 2008 McLeavey-Weeder lives in Tacoma, Wash., Jenna sends congratulations to Mike Civi- “If we can fly, you can graduate!” (www. Palmer McAuliff and works as an admission counselor at tello ’05 and Sara Macdonough as well as raisethesky.org). Y Kyle Haskett wrapped [email protected] the University of Puget Sound. She spent Steve Luke and Holly Eydenberg on their up production of his fourth film,Iguana , at some of the fall visiting ’09ers in NYC, Thanks to everyone who submitted news. engagements! Y David Cheng has been the NYU Singapore campus. Y Mark Biggar Baltimore, and D.C. She hung out with It’s great to hear what you’re all up to! Y loving San Francisco while at Golden Gate is spending his final semester of law school On July 24 Sasha Bartels was engaged to Danny Wasserman in Portland, Ore., University School of Law, where he made in Madrid. Y Felicia Teach displayed her oil Haddon Pantel, a med student at UVM. They exploring the city’s culinary wonders, and dean’s list and placed second in his property paintings at an invitational show at Cygnet live in Burlington, Vt., where Sasha works made numerous trips to San Francisco class this fall. Y Jen Coliflores married Eric Gallery in Portland and will graduate from at Green Mountain Antibodies, a biotech to see Max Friedman, Seth Chanin, and Rosenthal last January in Warwick, R.I.! USM with a degree in public policy and Y company that manufactures antibodies. Y Sam Given-Dennis. Kelsey Sutcliffe is The couple entered and won their local management. Y Bayley Lawrence is headed Erica Ciszek received her master’s in mass in her first year of veterinary school at Ross NBC station’s “Free Wedding Giveaway” to American University’s Washington College communication from Boston University in University in the West Indies. She adopted and had viewers all over Rhode Island and of Law this fall. Y Courtney Goodie moved December. She now works as a strategic a new puppy—a coconut retriever named southeastern Massachusetts voting on all to Geneva, Switzerland, and got promoted analyst at Mullen Advertising in Boston. Sweet Dee. Y Alea Thompson is teaching details of their wedding! Details like Jen’s to assistant VP of application support at She also rescued Charley, a one-year-old English to freshmen at Joseph P. Keefe wedding dress, Eric’s tuxedo, invitations, Merrill Lynch Bank Suisse. Y McKenzie pit bull, from a local shelter. Y Bryan Solar Technical High School in Framingham, and honeymoon were all in the hands of the Wessen moved to Philly this fall, where she and Alex Russell live in Cambridge, where Mass. Alea teaches them literature, they viewers. Jess Coliflores ’08 was the maid met Yvonne Baker ’08, John Goss ’06, and Bryan works for Brookeside and Alex works teach her the new slang. Ashlee Holm of honor and Bruce the basset hound was Kate Braemer. Kate returned to Maine to for LEK. They recently visited Michael King, and Alea are once again roomies, but this the ring bearer. In attendance were Jackie teach students about animals and ecology who loves life while working part time at the time they get to control their own heat in Rolleri, Samantha Chun, Brittany Hamblin, after leading a winter backpacking course Y Gap and applying to graduate programs in their Belmont, Mass., apartment. Ashlee Beth Foxwell, and Liz Turner. Speaking in CO and UT with Danny Wasserman ’09. Y floral management.Y Joerose Tharakan has works at a law firm and is acting in a play of Liz, she will run the Boston Marathon this Mike Bracco moved to LA and works at the lived in London since graduation, working in which Jason Stigliano is also involved. Y April along with Jess Minty, who has quali- Internet startup company Mahalo.com as a on the flow credit sales desk at Nomura Lokesh Todi works at an economic consult- fied for the 2012 U.S. marathon Olympic writer for the tech blog The Next Web, where International (ex-Lehman). She lives with ing group in Boston called Analysis Group. trials. Go Jess! he covers social media and cloud technol- Anu Bhatnagar ’06 and they stay connected Y Kat Brzozowski lives in N.Y.C. with Wes ogy. Y Krissy Thatcher Morin got married Miller ’08 and works as an assistant editor Nov. 14 to her high school sweetheart, Eric. to Colby with all of the Colby mail they 2007 at Thomas Dunne Books, a division of St. In attendance were Caroline Donohue, receive! They’ve had a lot of Colby visitors Karli Gasteazoro Martin’s Press, in the Flatiron building. Y Courtney Larson ’08, Jeff Carroll ’08, and including, Kevin Shers ’07 and Kostadina [email protected] Nacheva. They frequently see other London- Henry Powell has been trying his hand at Lewis Seton ’09. Y Alex McPherson lives Nick Bazarian got engaged to Arpi Paylan ers including Pranay Sonalkar ’07, Kip Kiprop making small batches of ice cream Portland, in Italy herding sheep and goats! Y Laura over the Christmas holidays and is planning Keeler has relocated to Boston, where she ’07, Nina Korolyova ’06, and Fern Jeremiah Maine. With Lauren Pongan he created a big Armenian wedding sometime in 2011. Y continues the CBB rivalry living in the North ’09. They welcome any and all visitors! some delicious flavors, including Guinness Nick is still in DC with IBM and sees Merle End with her Bates roommate and spends Meaghan Fitzgerald also lives in London milk chocolate and honey lavender. He Eisenberg, AJ Herrmann, and Emily Forman her days working for Corinthian Events. and is getting more involved in the tech/ intends to start his own bicycle ice cream regularly. Y Amanda Vickerson is a recent startup scene through expanding her biz Y Y Lindsay Carlson pursues her master’s cart business in Portland this summer. grad of the Dale Carnegie Course. She degree in biomedical engineering at BU and dev role at her company Spoonfed. She is Drew Hill is doing a 12-week-long winter subs, volunteers, and is a new member of recently drove her sister, Kristin Carlson ’04, hoping to build upon her career and begin internship on the summit of Mt. Washington the Maine Roller Derby league! Y Heather to Tahoe and visited Val Friedman, Caitlin exploring M.B.A. options this year. Meaghan conducting meteorological research with Murray continues working towards her Gallagher, Katherine Price, Anthony Gill, was grateful that Kip Kiprop ’07 hosted her the observatory. Y Mollie Ryan works at master’s and began her new job as library and Jan Weidner along the way. Y Chris for Thanksgiving. In January Meaghan met Five County Credit Union as a scanning assistant at the Manchester (NH) campus David Sternesky and Riley Doyle ’07 for clerk, and she hosts scanning demos for of Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Zajchowski began his master’s in experi- ential education and nonprofit leadership dinner in the Haight. David moved to San credit unions across the state. She’s also Health Sciences. Y Elisa Chiniara reports Francisco in November. Y Meaghan Jerrett working toward an M.B.A. at Southern New that tons of ’07ers gathered in Vermont over and management certificate at Minnesota and Jake Obstfeld ’09 teach English at Hampshire University. In early December New Year’s to surprise and celebrate Katie State University, Mankato. Last November Wuhan International Culture University in Mollie saw Alea Thompson and Ashlee Maland. It was EPIC. Y Robin Respaut is he joined Chris Andrews, Elisa Chiniara, Wuhan, China. Y Matthew Warshaw started Holm in Quincy Market, Boston. They caught taking a break from freelance journalism Emma Carlson ’08, and Isaac Needell ’08 in the Bigelows for a dry-run of Alumni COOT. Y working at the Department of Commerce in up and shopped around the area. Y Hannah to be a long-term temp producer at a daily Washington D.C., as a special assistant for show Word of Mouth on New Hampshire Ross Kaplan and Adam Roslyn attended the Pajolek and Meg Schroth are volunteering the under secretary for economic affairs. for the Silva Project in Kerkyra, Greece. Public Radio. Y Beth Hirschhorn works at Professional Bull Riders Rodeo at Madison He enjoyed delicious Indian food with Holly Novartis Pharmaceuticals in Cambridge, Square Garden to better comprehend the The Silva Project is an NGO dedicated to Battelle and Zachary Fritzhand. Y Brett Mass., doing clinical research. Over the connection and oneness of humankind and preserving the Skyrian horse. They work at McNeice reported that Benjamin Herbst holidays Jill Greenstein and Meg Church the natural world. Y Lindsay Kohlhoff is the barn with the horses and spend their free lives in Kips Bay with his new cat, Mittens. came to visit her in Boston. Y Josh Gerber enjoying her new job in consulting, focusing time exploring the island. Y Dave Metcalf Y That’s all for now, but have a wonderful and John DeBruicker formed the “Plenti- on energy and climate-change economics. Y works at a small asset management and spring and hopefully I’ll see you at Colby Pak” in support of touring artist Julian Plenti. A few days before Christmas Kirsten Davis accounting firm and plans to enroll in a sometime soon! Y Andreea Olea set the U.S. national record hosted dinner and gingerbread decorating graduate program for accounting as part for biggest wingsuit skydiving formation, for several Colby runners including Betsy of the path to become a C.P.A. Y Olivia including 68 wingsuiters who jumped at Littlefield, Brianna Tufts, and Jen Ander- Sterling has returned to New York City an altitude of 13,000 feet and flew in son. Y Kali Abel is working on her Ph.D. in 2009 (she is a native New Yorker), where she formations for more than two miles before geology at CU Boulder and runs and skis Olivia Sterling is interning at a PR agency specializing in parachuting to a landing. The event raised constantly. She shares an office with Brent [email protected] art, design, and architecture. She’s also funds to support City Year Los Angeles, an Aigler ’08 and bothers Josh Montague ’06 The Class of ’09 is off to a promising start working towards a certificate in graphic organization to help underprivileged youth in the physics department. as we navigate the “real world!” Y Emma design from Hunter College.

COLBY / SPRING 2010 57 ALUMNI AT LARGE O B I T U A R I E S Ethel MacDougall Alemian ’31, Jan. 7, wife, Hilda, two children, two grandchil- and Maine Audubon and enjoyed bird and Marilyn Perkins Prouty ’49, Jan. 26, 2010, in Orleans, Mass., at 100. A high dren, including Casey Piche ’98, a great- whale watching along the coast. Survivors 2010, in Nashua, N.H., at 84. She became school English teacher in New Hampshire granddaughter, and a sister. include her daughters, Julie Tagen, Martha an R.N. in 1956 and earned a master’s in and Massachusetts, she loved Shake- Livingstone, and Hildegard Livingstone, 1964. She worked in nursing administra- speare, crosswords, and political discus- Allan R. Knight ’41, Jan. 18, 2010, in seven grandchildren, and two great- tion and eventually became vice president sions. She rooted for the Red Sox, listened Portland, Maine, at 90. He served as a grandchildren. of nursing at Mary Hitchcock Memorial to NPR, and in her final 10 years read War bombardier in the Air Force during World Hospital. She helped start the baccalau- and Peace yearly. Survivors include her War II, studied engineering, and worked for Emily Stocking Matsoukis ’45, July 2, reate nursing program at Colby-Sawyer sister, Beatrice Juskalian, and three step- Honeywell and J.P. Salamini designing elec- 2009, in Orleans, Mass., at 86. She was a College and was honored by the New trical systems. He loved sailing and built a children. homemaker and a mother who raised one Hampshire Nursing Association. Survivors 25-foot yawl sailboat in his backyard. Sur- son. She practiced Trager and Reiki body- include her companion, Anne Sweatt. Franklin Norvish ’34, Jan. 3, 2010, in vivors include his wife of 57 years, Norma, work and loved to travel. a son, a daughter and son-in-law, Richard Waterville, Maine, at 98. In 1936 he Karekin Der Sahagian Jr. ’49, Dec. 20, earned a master’s from Yale and began a ’74 and Elizabeth Knight Warn ’76, and two Earl W. Anthony ’46, Dec. 21, 2009, in granddaughters. 2009, in Bradenton, Fla., at 83. He served 40-year career in the English department at Wolfeboro, N.H., at 84. He was a pilot for in the Army during World War II, earned an the Navy during World War II and after- Northeastern. He published two textbooks M.B.A. in 1950, and became an invest- and advised debate teams. He worked in Burton L. Linscott ’42, Jan. 13, 2010, in wards flew for American Airlines for 35 ment analyst on Wall Street. He enjoyed counterintelligence during World War II Kaimuki, Hawaii, at 96. He earned a mas- years, retiring as a senior captain. He was travel and was interested in history, geogra- and earned a Bronze Star. He belonged to ter’s from General Theological Seminary active with the local school board and phy, and language, teaching himself Arme- the Masons and American Legion, and he and from the University of Hawaii. He came theater, and he was a foster parent. Sur- to Hawaii on a hospital ship during World nian, the native language of his parents. loved golf and saltwater fishing. For more vivors include his wife, Elsie, a sister, four War II and was pastor of Epiphany Church Survivors include his sons, Karekin III and than 60 years he was a Colby class agent. children, 10 grandchildren, and two great- in Honolulu for 38 years. For years he Erik, and four grandchildren. He received a Colby Brick in 1980 and the granddaughters. sent postcards to homebound and elderly Ernest C. Marriner Distinguished Service people and he sent age-appropriate books Award in 2009. Survivors include his son, Jeanne Sellar Yusaitis ’46, Dec. 28, 2009, Charles H. Lord ’50, Feb. 13, 2010, in to 96 island children who did not have a Philip, a cousin, and four sisters-in-law. in Troy, N.Y., at 85. She worked as a teacher Oakton, Va., at 83. He served in China grandfather. Survivors include his children, and as a bank teller in addition to being a with the Army during World War II. He John and Betty Hardaway, four grandchil- Dorothy Gould Rhoades ’36, Nov. 22, mother and homemaker. Survivors include worked for the C.I.A. for 35 years and then dren, and four great-grandchildren. 2009, in Claremont, Calif., at 95. She her husband, Francis, three sons, and three worked as a consultant. He summered in taught high school French and in 1969 grandchildren. Belgrade Lakes, Maine, was active with William E. Tucker ’42, Jan. 20, 2010, in his church, and belonged to the Virginia earned a master’s in French from Clare- Essex, Conn., at 89. He served with the Democratic Party. Survivors include mont. She was a Girl Scout leader, P.T.A. Navy as a commanding officer during World Marjorie Collins Marcyes ’47, Oct. 2, his wife of 58 years, Colette, seven president, and Sunday school teacher. She War II and then continued with the Navy 2009, in North Dallas, Texas, at 84. After children, 19 grandchildren, and three was predeceased by her mother, Florence reserves. In 1955 he cofounded Fortune raising her children she worked as an ele- King Gould 1908, and her husband, Rev. Plastics, Inc., which he ran until his retire- mentary school teacher and a residential great-grandchildren. Dr. Donald H. Rhoades ’33, with whom she ment in 1987. He was active with the Old real estate broker. She loved literature, the raised two children. She is survived by two Saybrook (Conn.) community and sup- arts, and languages and was an avid golfer. Henry H. Fales Jr. ’51, Feb. 15, 2010, sisters, Marjorie Gould Shuman ’37 and ported many local projects. Predeceased by She was predeceased by her husband of 62 in Orleans, Mass., at 84. He was drafted Ruth Gould Stebbins ’40. his wife, Ruby Lott Tucker ’43, he is survived years, Richard Marcyes ’47, and her brother, during high school and served with the by his children, Susan Tucker Creef, Debo- George Collins ’51. Survivors include her Army Air Corps during World War II. He Edward S. Boulos Jr. ’39, Jan. 3, 2010, in rah Tucker Grass ’69, and William E. Tucker children, Richard Marcyes ’78 and Susan worked for General Electric as an engineer Cape Elizabeth, Maine, at 92. He served Jr., 10 grandchildren, including Stephanie Browder, her sister-in-law, Sarah Kunkel Col- and programmer and then was a handy- as a dive-bomber pilot for the Marine Sharples Sulzbach ’99 and Scott Tucker ’02, lins ’51, and four grandchildren. man in Brewster, Mass. He was a ham Corps during World War II. He was presi- and five great-grandchildren. radio operator with the highest license, dent of several companies, including the Louise Kelley Pape Rochester ’47, Jan. extra, and he taught code and ham radio E.S. Boulos Co., Coastal Industries, and Charles E. Lawrence ’43, Jan. 17, 2010, 30, 2010, in Duxbury, Mass., at 84. In procedures to fourth graders. He volun- the EFCC Power Group, and he served on in Nashua, N.H., at 91. He joined the Navy addition to raising her children, she taught teered with the Orleans Council on Aging boards for organizations such as Mercy during World War II and served until 1953. middle school for 26 years. She loved the and taught computer skills to the elderly. Hospital, Key Bank, and the Nuclear Waste He then worked in civil service with the Survivors include his brother, Nathan. Authority. Survivors include his children, Air Force and the Veterans Administration. natural world and enjoyed sailing and Edward S. III, Joseph ’68, Margaret ’71, He loved to play horseshoes and was a traveling the globe. Survivors include her Richard B. Mack ’51, Jan. 28, 2010, in Catherine, Dorothy Ricker, and Gregory, 10 Mason for more than 60 years. Survivors children, Heidi, Eric, Louise, Mark, Paul ’75, grandchildren, and three siblings. include his wife of 63 years, Pauline, two and Andrea ’79, three step children, and Longboat Key, Fla., at 81. He earned a doc- children, three grandsons, and two great- 10 grandchildren. torate in applied physics from Harvard and James R. Cochrane ’40, Dec. 19, 2009, grandchildren. worked for the U.S. Air Force at Hanscom in Newington, N.H., at 92. He served in the Lewis E. Beers ’49, Nov. 12, 2009, in Field. He was also a consultant. He wrote Army during World War II. He was a sales Mary Reynolds Livingstone ’43, Jan. Orlando, Fla., at 84. He served with the scientific papers and was a life member of manager and businessman who purchased 10, 2010, in Rockland, Maine, at 88. U.S. Navy during World War II and then the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Seiler Corporation, a food service manage- She worked in the admissions office at established a career in sales. He was Engineers. Along with his wife he estab- ment company. He served on the board of Boston University and then devoted her- predeceased by his former wife, Fran- lished a scholarship fund at Colby. Survi- Kents Hill School in Maine and was active self to motherhood. After retiring to Calais, ces Terry Power ’49, with whom he raised vors include his wife, Evelyn Walker Mack in his community. Survivors include his Maine, she volunteered for the Red Cross six children. ’52, and a sister.

58 COLBY / SPRING 2010 Louis M. Patterson Jr. ’51, Jan. 2, 2010, in in total over 37 years. His books spawned David S. Cutler ’65, Feb. 28, 2010, in Dux- and was a Daoist. She died of renal failure. Portland, Maine, at 86. He served on Army TV and film adaptations. Predeceased by bury, Mass., at 66. He began his newspa- Survivors include her children, Chaing-tu medical trains during World War II and then his father, Carroll S. Parker ’26, he is sur- per career in 1965 as a beat reporter for and Aminata. returned to graduate from Colby. He worked vived by his wife, Joan Hall Parker ’54, and the Patriot Ledger and then founded the as a credit manager for Duro Test Corpora- two sons. Marshfield Mariner in 1972, taking three Peter D. Suorsa ’76, Feb. 3, 2010, in Cov- tion, savored the arts while living in New years off to serve with the Marines in Viet- entry, R.I., at 55. He was president of the Allen D. MacLean ’57, Jan. 30, 2010, in York City, and retired in Maine. Survivors nam, where he earned a Purple Heart. He Coventry Survey Company for 25 years and include his wife, Charlotte, a daughter, two Jackson Heights, N.Y., at 74. He earned two went on to establish the Mariner Newspa- was a member of the R.I. Society of Profes- grandchildren, and a sister. master’s degrees and became an ordained pers, which grew to include 17 community sional Land Surveyors. He belonged to the minister in 1960. He served in churches weeklies. He was a reader of history and Coventry Conservation Commission and John W. Pettengill ’51, Feb. 2, 2010, in in Massachusetts and New York and was politics and an avid conversationalist. He the Pawtuxet Valley Community Chorus. Indianapolis, Ind., at 80. He was awarded proud to serve multiracial, urban congre- fished and played tennis and chess. Survi- gations. He also volunteered as a tutor He died in Johnson’s Pond in Coventry fol- a Bronze Star for his Army service during vors include his wife, Catherine, two sisters, for ESL students. He traveled extensively, the Korean War. He later earned a master’s four children, two stepchildren, and seven lowing an ice-skating mishap. Survivors spoke Spanish fluently, and loved play- in English from Columbia. He worked in grandchildren. include his children, Samuel and Kristina, ing the piano. Survivors include his sister, sales, served as president of Indianapo- and a brother. Susan Herron, nieces, and nephews. lis’s Sertoma Club, loved to sail, and was Stephanie Barker Neely ’67, Jan. 6, an avid reader of nonfiction. Survivors James M. Moody ’80, Jan. 7, 2010, in Robert E. Otis ’60, Aug. 24, 2009, in Lud- 2010, in Austin, Texas, at 64. She held include his wife, Marian, three sons, and ington, Mich., at 71. After serving in the master’s degrees in education and library Scarborough, Maine, at 53. He was geolo- three grandchildren. Army, he earned a bachelor’s from Fair- science and worked in libraries in Austin. gist who worked for Woodard & Curran in leigh Dickinson and then worked as an She brought Vietnamese-language and Portland, Maine. An environmentalist and F. Brittain Kennedy Jr. ’52, Jan. 20, 2010, employee relations manager. Along with his Spanish-language material to the libraries, conservationist, he helped dismantle the in Highlands Ranch, Colo., at 80. He served wife, Barbara McGregor Otis ’61, he raised served as the Asian language collection Presumpscot River dams, served on the with the Army during the 1950s and then three children. specialist, and implemented programs for Falmouth (Maine) Planning Board, and became an investment banker who owned immigrants to improve their English. The volunteered at the food pantry. He had a his own company. Survivors include his Marijane Eaton Fall ’62, Feb. 5, 2010, in New York Times awarded her a Librarian zest for life that took him skiing, traveling, wife, Betty, five children, seven grandchil- Hollis, Maine, at 69. She earned a master’s Award in 2006 for her “outstanding public gardening, and hiking. He died of cancer. dren, and four great-grandsons. and a doctorate in counselor education service.” Survivors include her husband, Survivors include his parents, William and and built a career teaching and counseling William, and four children. Robert E. Ardiff ’54, Dec. 16, 2009, in in schools throughout Maine. In 2007 she Jane, two sons and their mother, three sib- lings, and his companion, Joan Lee. Worcester, Mass., at 77. He earned his retired as full professor from the University Dwight A. Riggs ’69, Jan. 26, 2009, in bachelor’s from Clark University and then of Southern Maine. She was a Teacher of Tucson, Ariz., at 61. He earned a master’s the Year in the UMaine system. A prolific worked for New England Telephone Com- from the University of Denver and worked Joel A. Potvin ’81, March 16, 2010, in researcher and author, she was a national pany (now Verizon) for 35 years. He loved in libraries. He loved to hike and died Biddeford, Maine, at 51. He worked for 20 expert on play therapy. She painted water- classical music and played the piano and mysteriously while hiking in Aqua Caliente years as a programming manager at Evonik colors and played bridge. She died in a car organ. Survivors include his wife, Ellen, six Park. His remains were found a year later. Cyro in Sanford, Maine. He loved sports accident. Survivors include her father, two children, two sisters, including Nancy Ardiff and volunteered with youth sports in Bidd- sisters, three children, including Gretchen Survivors include his children, Jessica and Boulter ’50, 12 grandchildren, and two eford as a coach and an umpire. Survivors Fall ’89, two grandchildren, and two cats. Douglas, and a brother. great-grandchildren. include his wife, Marie, two children, his Mark Chamberlain ’71, Nov. 19, 2009, mother, and five siblings. George Foster Barry ’54, Dec. 4, 2009, Joan Phillipps Thompson ’64, March 12, 2010, in Marblehead, Mass., at 67. As a in Placerville, Calif., at 59. He served with in Arlington, Texas, at 77. He was a U.S. stay-at-home mom, she wrote eight books the Air Force police as a dog handler in Elizabeth C. Hanson ’02, Dec. 30, 2009, Navy captain. Survivors include his chil- for young adults, including Marblehead the South Pacific during Vietnam and dren, Linda Bennet, Carolyn Lytle, and John in Afghanistan, at 30. Originally a member and Parker’s Island. She was a member of then transferred to the reserves, where he Barry, three grandchildren, and a brother, of the Class of 2001, she took time off the Marblehead Democratic Town Commit- served actively for a year after Sept. 11. He to care for her mother and graduated in Clarence Wilson Barry ’46. tee and a delegate to several Democratic became a deputy sheriff as a bloodhound 2002. After working in Washington, D.C., State Conventions. She played the guitar handler, mountain rescuer, and underwater Nancy Ives Quinlan ’54, Jan. 2, 2010, she worked for the CIA and was posted and piano, loved books, played tennis, rescuer in California and Maine. He also in Oviedo, Fla., at 76. She was a devoted in Afghanistan when she was killed, gardened, and enjoyed cooking. She died attended McGeorge School of Law. He was homemaker and a mother who supported along with six of her colleagues, by a of brain cancer. Survivors include her hus- an avid reader and birdwatcher and an Boston sports teams. She was prede- suicide bomber. Survivors include her band, Stephen Thompson ’63, two sons, expert scuba diver. Survivors include his ceased by her brothers, John H. Ives ’49 four grandchildren, and her sister, Brenda wife, Deborah, three sons, a grandson, his mother, Elizabeth, her father, Duane, and and Frederic C. Ives ’52, and survived by Phillipps Gibbons ’62. mother, and two siblings. a brother. her children, Anne Smith, Joan DeMattos, Sally Quinlan, and Jane Babineau, and six Karen Jaffe Brown ’65, Jan. 3, 2010, Jean D. Bundy, March 15, 2010, in grandchildren. Gwynelle Dismukes ’73, Oct. 3, 2009, in in Zanesville, Ohio, at 66. She earned a Flat Rock, N.C., at 56. She was a writer, Providence, R.I., at 85. A specialist in master’s in Spanish and taught Spanish publisher, performance poet, and work- French literature who was educated at Robert B. Parker ’54, Jan. 18, 2010, in at the university and public school levels shop leader who promoted subjects such the University of Washington, Washing- Cambridge, Mass., at 77. He served in in Wisconsin and Ohio until 2006. She as African-centered spirituality, peace edu- ton State, and the University of Wiscon- the Army during the Korean War and then also served as manager of the Southeast- sin, Professor Bundy taught at Colby worked a variety of jobs until he earned ern Ohio Symphony Orchestra and was cation, and sustainability. She published a Ph.D. from Boston University in 1970. active with community and social justice two newspapers, wrote several books, from 1963 to 1990 and was the chair of While teaching at Northeastern he began causes. Survivors include her husband, and organized community events. She the Department of Modern Languages. writing mystery novels, writing 37 of his Russell, two children, two grandchildren, served on community boards, including Survivors include his children, Alison, Spenser novels and publishing 65 books and a sister. The Farm and Center for Peace Education, Lanham, Chris, and Nick.

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