Colby Magazine
Volume 89 Issue 2 Spring 2000 Article 15
April 2000
Alumni at Large
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Your class correspondent is looking for news for the next issue of Colby magazine. Please take a moment to respond to the questions below and on the back to let your classmate in on what you've been doing recently or hope to be doing eventually. Have you moved? Changed careers? Traveled? Read a great book? This new questionnaire will be in each issue of the magazine, allowing alurrmi to contact their class correspondent four times a year. The past system for collecting news, sending separate letters once a year, was unwieldy and time consuming for the small staffin the Alumni Relations Office and the postage was expensive. Now we look forward to hearing from you more than once a year! Please mail or e-mail your news directly to your class correspondent. The correspondents' addresses are listed within the Alumni at Large section of the magazine. Keep the news coming!
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Starfish Foundation Reaches Out Colby friends inspired by strength of children with HIV and AIDS
ll alumni share a bond through Colby, but Polcari is now assistant director of Camp A C.]. Polcari '97 tapped his Colby friends' AmeriKids and is applying to medical schools camaraderie to help children. As a Colby student to study pediatrics. His involvement with the Polcari spent his summers volunteering at Camp camp allows him to observe firsthand the AmeriKids, a nonprofit summer camp in New fo undation's impact. York fo r underprivileged inner-city children with The Starfish Foundation supports children H!V and AIDS. He fo und the work to be so beyond camp. Its members have taken kids to rewarding that he became an advocate of the their first Knicks game, paid for a teenager to camp, maintained friendships with campers and become certified as a Red Cross Lifeguard, given recruited other Colby students (and later alumni) Broadway tickets to a girl with cancer and run toy to volunteer. drives fo r Boston-area hospitals' pediatric depart In March 1998, Polcari and fe llow volunteer ments. They also maintain consistent contact C.J. Polcari '97 and young friend at Karen Last told friends and family in Massachu with the children, make hospital visits, organize Camp AmeriKids, a camp for children setts stories about the children who had changed with HIV and AIDS. group activities, reward good grades and provide their lives. In an evening they raised more than academic and extracurricular scholarships. The $8,000 for the camp. fo undation also has started to grant the wishes of terminally ill children Empowered by the realization that they could make a huge diffe r and hopes to open its own Massachusetts camp in the fu ture. ence for children in their community, Polcari and Last decided to start Polcari tells of a 17-year-old girl born HIV positive, whom he their own fo undation to benefit children living with life-threatening first met in 1995. Last winter she was in the hospital, not expected illnesses in the inner cities of New England and New York. The result to survive the holidays and unable to attend a camp reunion. is the Starfish Foundation. Polcari, Kidd and Last drove to the Bronx to see her, bearing Since its 1998 inception, the fo undation has worked with fa milies Christmas gifts. During their visit the girl promised to attend an to promote the social, educational and physical well-being of disad upcoming Camp AmeriKids New Year's party. Two weeks after the vantaged children living with life-threatening illnesses. Last summer visit, the girl attended the party with her camp fr iends. "Their they sent 10 Boston-area children to Camp AmeriKids. Next summer strength, drive and zeal for life are what continue to inspire me," they hope to send 20. said Polcari of the youngsters. Mamie Eckelman '97 and Steve Kidd '97, camp counselors in "Every time I have a conversation about the children or the 1998, are now trustees on the fo undation's board. They plan to hold fo undation, someone is compelled to offer of themselves any and all a benefit this year in New York to help get the fo undation up and fo rms of support and encouragement," said Polcari. "We have fo und running, said Eckelman, who described the work as "an amazing that a little awareness about the needy population of children living experience." Other Colby alumni are involved in the fo undation in a with H!V and AIDS is all it takes to generate a team of dedicated variety of volunteer roles. donors and volunteers." -Alicia Nemiccolo MacLeay '97
Glowing Success in New Zealand
The spectacular New Zealand glow worm lights up its body to In total, about 500,000 tourists visit each year tosee the famous attract mosquitoes for dinner, but Martha Child Ash '67 has glow worms in Waitomo (Chelsea Clinton was among recent landed in the news for using that light just as craftily to attract and guests) as they cling by the thousands to the roof of the cave in an educate thousands of children. uncanny simulation of the night sky. Unwitting insects emerge from Schoolchildren are eager to learnabout the amazing cave-dwelling, the underground river that flows through the cave and fly into the mosquito-eating worm (actually a maggot) with the phosphorescent cave's perpetual night, only to become ensnared in the sticky silk rear end. Ash takes the opportunity to give them a lesson about the threads that the worms dangle from the ceiling. caves, the worms' entire ecosystem and general environmental issues Ash says she never dreamed while sitting in sociology class while she has their attention. on Mayflower Hill that she would find herself educating chil Funded by the country's Ministry of Education and recently dren in caves in rural New Zealand-and she certainly never reported in the Waitomo News, more than 6,000 children visited imagined singing there. The former Colbyette helped start a Ash's program last year in Waitomo, a rural New Zealand town of chorus that gives an annual holiday concert under the "sky" in just 300 residents. the cave, which has played host to other musicians and is "Children are able to learn about the world under their renowned for its acoustics. fe et and have some adventure sport at the same time," re You can learn about the education services run by Ash at the ported the newspaper, noting that children often go caving Waitomo Museum of Caves at www.waitomo-museum.co.nz. and rafting as part of this very popular lesson plan. -Chip Gavin '90
33 SPRING 2000 C 0 L BY The Objects of His Affection
When Donald C. Freeman '26 was courting his wife-to-be, 1928, just before the Depression, and it was a job. It also was the
Isabelle Brown of Unity, he would take a train from Waterville to home of Freeman's hero. "He saw that this is where Whittier was
Burnham Junction, then walk eight miles to Brown's home. When and he decided that he wanted to stay," Mrs. Freeman said. the evening visit ended, Freeman would hike 17 miles back to And stay he did. For 44 years, Freeman was involved in
Colby. "A good many a night," Freeman said. education in Haverhill, as a teacher, principal and superinten
Freeman, 98, recalled those long-ago treks last winter at his dent. He was active in dozens of civic and professional organiza apartment in Haverhill, Mass. Mrs. Freeman, 92, listened and tions, from the Massachusetts Teachers Association to smiled. "If I hadn't met her I would have been a medical mission drug-awareness and mental-health groups. Raised as a Quaker, ary," Freeman said with a grin. "She diverted me." he was on the board of the Whittier Club for 60 years, the last 20
In a life marked by unswaying devotion to education, to his years as president. He retired from that post last year at 97. community, tothe Quaker abolitionist poet John Greenleaf Whittier "When he was walking down the street, anyone over 50 said, and to Mrs. Freeman, those detours have been few and far 'Hello, Mr. Freeman,"' said Betty Pike, a curator of the Whittier between. Freeman grew up on a farm in Sidney, the oldest of eight Family Homestead. "Not, 'Hello, Donald."' children. He graduated from Oak Grove Seminary, a Friends Freeman has written or edited many educational and histori school in Vassalboro, in 1919 and entered Colby the same year. cal pamphlets, including The Wh ittier Tra il and Haverhill in World
Freeman graduated cum laude but not until 1926. "I took time off Wa r II. He wrote the script for the pageant held for the city's 325th to teach," he said. "Appleton, Maine, for two years and Unity, anniversary, and in 1993 wrote an addendum to the history of
Maine, for one. To save, get money '' Sidney, Maine. Life in Sidney was-shall I say- bland. It was a
I was at Unity High School-three teachers, 100 students quiet town and we were in a super-quiet area. Only one neighbor that he met Isabelle, then a senior. Freeman went on to teach in within miles had children, two sons. One, Carlton Hammond, was
Pennsylvania but the school told him his bride could not live with my chum, at home, school, and at Oak Grove Seminary. (His
him in the dormitory. He quit. A brother, Elwood, married my youngest sister.). .. I worked on our
teaching job was available in farm and Howard Hammond's, read, roamed the woods, fished,
Haverhill, in eastern Mas went to school, played games like backgammon and checkers.
sachusetts, and the Now the Freemans live in an apartment in an elderly-housing
couple went to complex The living room is lined with bookshelves; the book
check it out. shelves are packed with volumes by Whittier, Edward Arlington
This was Robinson, Kenneth Roberts and others. The couple is visited by
their two sons, Donald Jr. and Harris, their grandchildren and
great-grandchildren Sitting by the window in the sun, Donald
Freeman summed up his career in a sentence: "I enjoyed meet
Ing people and feeling I was doing some good in the world."
Ashe spoke of the long-ago past, Mrs. Freeman watched and
listened, the object of his affections then and now.
-Gerry Boyle '78
34 ALUMNI AT LARGE
BEFORE THE '40s wife , Ruth Dombrow, reside in Goldens Bridge, We're pleased to announce that Fletcher Eaton N.Y.... Edwin W. Alexander wrote about the 45 Slim pickings this time, though I'm '39 will resume the task of writing the Before death of his close friend Donald E. Sterner '44. delighted to have had a letter last fall from the '40s column. If you have news you would He also was sorry to read of the death of Charley Frannie Drew Wells. Frannie, who lives in like to share, please send the questionnaire Lord '42, with whom he played on the 1940 and Farmington, Maine, wrote about an adventure enclosed in this magazine directly to Fletcher at '4 1 tennis teams. "I'll not fo rget his doubles she and her sister had had a few months earlier. his address: 42 Perry Drive, Needham, MA matches with Cappy Dyer '4 1 and their yelling "We chartered a small plane," she wrote, "and 02492. He would love to hear from you.... John in high-pitched voices at each other, 'Drop it,' took a three-hour flight up the St. John River Chadwick '30 wrote to say that he has two for lobs going long over their heads." He says he and back down the Allagash Waterway. The daughters and five great children. The impor observed the 50th anniversary of his ordination weather was good although a bit windy as we tant part of his life that started at Colby, he says, last May and the 14th year of retirement from started out from Moosehead Lake. But as we was "more awareness of where I was. . . [I] active ministry in the United Church of Christ. went along, the wind subsided, with excellent needed to make folks know what they could do He writes, "[ supply pulpits in Spring Hill, Fla., visibility. We had studied maps beforehand, and for others." and Hancock, Maine, occasionally, sing in the the pilot had other maps as well. Both my sister Spring Hill Choir and have served on the and I had heard certain areas on both rivers Diaconnate, Christian education, music and mentioned again and again so we were en 42 Sony, no news from classmates nominating committees and the recent pulpit thralled. Our house in Fort Kent where we grew nada-rien-nichts-Zilch-nothing! search committee to secure our new minister. up was located right on the banks of the St. -Robert S. Rice We're planning to build a new sanctuary in John. So that river has always had a special place Spring Hill to replace the temporary one built 25 in my heart." ...Last fall Helen Strauss and I 43 In January 2000 The Jewish Heritage years ago." His daughter Susan Alexander managed another one of our little N.Y.C. tour Museum of New York City videotaped an inter Burnham '74 and her husband, David, have and-lunch outings for Colbyites, classes of 1956 view with Len Caust in which he recalled his returned to managing Mother's Restaurant in and earlier. If you're planning a visit here, do experiences in World War II. This interview is Bethel, Maine, where Dave is chef and Sue does call us during your stay-it might just be that the first time that Len has been asked to describe salads and desserts while managing the dining we're doing a tour of interest to you. Also last his extraordinary military career, which started room. Daughter Judi Alexander Hayward '80 fa ll, my wandering ways took me to Italy (mainly when he joined the U.S. Army his senior year at works at the Jackson Lab in Bar Harbor, arrang the beautiful Amalfi area this time), California Colby. The tapes will be archived at the museum ing seminar and conference programs. and Missouri (visiting relatives) plus New En for future research and media use. Len and his -c/o Meg Bernier gland (including a visit with Rae Ga!e Backer
BEFORE THE '40s
A Down Erut magazine article by Sally Aldrich Adams '39 recalls May, of Thomaston, Maine, received congratulations from the her days in Guilford, Maine, during the Depression when she Maine Legislature on their 60th anniversary in January ....Sunny sorted wooden ice cream spoons for the Hardwood Products Com Smith Fisher '42 was the subject of a story in the Narragansett, R.I. pany to help earn Colby's $200 tuition. Times for her work with Seniors Helping Others, a volunteer group based in her hometown. "Volunteering has enriched my life. It Deaths: Pauline Lunn Chamberlin '26, November 18, 1999, in keeps me young, busy and happy. I'm a very fortunate lady," she Canton, Maine, at 95 ....Evelyn Gilmore Pratt '2 7, January 16, said ....An article in the Providence journal spotlighted Arthur 2000, in Wrentham, Mass., at 95.... Angie Reed Hoch '27, M. Barrows '45's active life traveling, painting and writing for his January 1, 2000, in Manchester, Conn., at 93 ....Walter F. retirement community newsletter. Knofskie '28, November 21, 1999, in Manchester, Conn., at 93 .. . . Myra Stone Knofskie '28, January 17, 2000, in Manches '40s MILESTONES ter, Conn., at 93 .... Ruth Hutchins Stinchfield '28, December Deaths: Joseph Alton Burns ' 40, December 21, 1999, in Morristown, 10, 1999, in Gorham, Maine, at 91. ...Joseph B. Campbell '29, N.J., at 85 ....Oscar H. Emery Jr. '40, September 18, 1999, in November30, 1999, in Augusta, Maine, at 91. ... Dorcas Plaisted Wilsonville, Ore., at 81. ...Dorothy Corliss Ormsby '40, No Larsen '29, October 26, 1999, in Quincy, Mass., at 93.... lsa vember 5, 1999, in Marshfield, Mass., at 82 ....William D. Putnam Johnson '30, November 18, 1999, in Houlton, Maine, at Pinansky '40, December 8, 1999, in Scarborough, Maine, at 91. ...Ethel Rose Liberman '30, November 12, 1999, in Margate, 79 ....Jane Russell Abbott '41, December 24, 1999, in Vera Fla., at 90.... D. Marshall Eastment '3 1, June 29, 1999, in Beach, Fla., at 80 ....Robert W. Bender '42,January 13,2000, in Cazenovia, N.Y., at 89 ....Hope Pullen Gillmor '3 1, January 19, Summit, N.J., at 80 ....Avis Marston Harding '42, August 1, 2000, in Camden, Maine, at 92 ....Frederick R. Knox '32, 1999, in Canton, Maine, at78 .... Betty Anne Royal Spiegel '42, November 30, 1999, in Concord, N.H., at 91. ... Marion Clark January 28, 2000, in Gaithersburg, Md., at 78.... Russell P. Harmon '33,January 27, 2000, in Mars Hill, Maine, at 87.... Eliza Barrett '43,July 20, 1999, in Salt Lake City, Utah, at 80 ....Mary beth H. Weeks '34, January 30, 2000, in Exeter, N.H., at Lemoine Lape '43, November 24, 1999, in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, 86.... Maxine L. Knapp '36, October 31, 1999, in Farmington, at 78 .... Sona Tahmizian '43, November 6, 1999, in Cambridge, Maine, at 84.... Arne 0. Lindberg '36, November 18, 1999, in Mass., at 79 ....Errol L. Taylor Jr. '43, December 24, 1999, in Port Angeles, Wash., at 87 .... Ruth Marston Turner '37, No Augusta, Maine, at 79.... Alan L. Bevins '44, January 6, 2000, in vember 4, 1999, in Yarmouth, Maine, at 83. Marlborough, Mass., at 78 .... Edward R. Cony '44, January 9, 2000, in Aptos, Calif., at 76.... Donald E. Sterner '44, January '40s NEWSMAKERS 10, 2000, in Wolcott, Conn., at 78.... Robert D. Horton '45, In an article he wrote for Actuarial Digest, Douglas C. Borton '48 October 13, 1999, in Swanton, Vt., at 76 .... George A. Ober Jr. reviewed his life's work as an actuary and reflectedon the "Golden '45, December S, 1999, in Englewood, Fla., at 77 ....Ruth Drapeau Age of Actuaries." ...Beniah C. Harding '42 and his wife, Ida Hunt '46, November 8, 1999, in Brunswick, Maine, at 76.
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'44 ) .... I'm eager ro report all your travels and Portland since he began reaching at Bowdoin. 1940s Correspondents other activities. I believe it's well established ... Please fi ll out any news you have on the new that class columns are what get read first in forms in Colby magazine, make my news collec 1940 alumni magazines. And let's face it. Supplying tion easier and bring all your classmates up to Ernest C. Marriner Jr. news from this column is up wall '45ers. Enough dare. How about hearing from more men? RR #1, Box 1815-P already, reports from my NewYork Colby scene. -Mary "Liz" Hall Fitch North Monmouth, ME 04265 -Naomi Collen Paganelli 207-933-2401 4 8 We do not know where all of our Francis J. Heppner's latest adventure classmates are hiding, bur we have only re 1941 46 was a five-day canoeing trip Ia t August. Francis ceived information for this issue of Colby from Bonnie Roberts Ha haway braved the Allagash Wilderness in Maine with Marguerite Jack Robinson. She writes that on 142 Turnpike Road Maine Heritage Days in Buxton, Maine, she New lpsw1ch, NH 03071-9635 his brother-in-law and his four grandsons. He brought her scrapbook on the 19th-century 603-878-454 7 says they "pur inat Churchill Dam andpaddled downstream ro the rown of Allagash. It was artist Gibeon Elden Bradbury and a copy of her 1942 good ro camp in the woods and live off the essay on this artist, whose writings are located Robert S. Rice supplies we carried in rhe three canoes, bur at in the Edwin Arlington Robinson Room in the 1978 Bucklin Hill Road the end everyone was glad ro ear at a hamburger Miller Library at Colby. Marguerite and her
Bremerton, WA 9831 1 stand and use a telephone to call home." . .. sister, Adelaide Jack McGorrill '46, recently 360-692-8734 Hannah Karp Laipson is recuperating well with auended rhe Dorcas Society at "Quillcore," two new knees. She and Mike are staying at fo rmerly rhe home of Kate Douglas Wiggin. 1943 their condo in Sandwich, Cape Cod, where she They had a tour of this outstanding author's c/o Meg Bernier can avoid stairs. One knee replacement is major home, whose bedroomwalls feature The Painted Colby College Office of Alumni Relations enough, but two at once! ...Gene and I were in Room by Rufus Porter, an important itinerant Wa erville, ME 04901 Morocco in October for a memorable explora artist. The Society for Preservation of New 207-872-3185 tion of a small parrofrhe Arab world. If you have England Antiquities in Boston stared rhar they [email protected] a strong stomach and good working joints, do have never seen anything more outstanding in all of ew England. The December issue of 1944 go--it's wonderful. You will find gorgeous scen Vivian Maxwell Brown ery, interesting architecture and ruins, beautiful Down East magazine featured Kate Douglas 174 East Second Street mosaics, tremendous poverty, uneasy political, Wiggin's play, The Miracle of the Old Peabody Corn1ng, NY 14830 social and economic systems, good food and Pew, which is based on rhe Dorcas Society and 607-962-9907 nice people who like Americans. Bur if it both has become rhe longest-running play in Maine ers you ro see women denied the freedoms we history. Borh Marguerite andAdelaide are I ife
1945 have, or overburdened donkeys or unbelievable rime members. . Helen Knox Elliott and Naomi Collett Paganelli living conditions, consider yourselffor ewarned. husband Charles, who live in the Raleigh/ 2 HoratiO Street #5J ...Mosrof us celebrated the big 7 5 this year, and Durham/Chapel Hill "Triangle" area of North New York, NY 10014-1608 we're all about to celebrate the big Y2K. When Carolina, have had rwo pleasant recent visits 212-929-5277 you read this, I hope the celebrations, long over, from Helen's fo rmer roommate ar Colby, Mar have left good memories and an optimistic our guerite Baker Stackpole '49, and her husband, 1946 look fo r the next millennium. ! like the Random Howard, who live in Manlius, N.Y. The Anne Lawrence Bondy House Dictionary definition of millennium: "A Srackpoles also visited their son Tom, who is 771 Soundv1ew Drive period of general righteousness and happiness an Army officer at Fort Lee in Virginia. Helen Mamaronec , NY 10543 especially in the indefinite future." Amen. 914-698-1238 and Marguerite were each other's maids of -Anne Lawrence Bondy honor. The rwo couples enjoyed sharing the 1947 large comprehensive book of Colby's hi tory Mary "L,z" Ha F1 ch 41 Arline Kiessling Wills writes that her showing the development of the old and new 4 Cana Park #712 e-mail address was printed incorrectly in Colby Colby campuses, ro both of which rh y could
Cambndge, MA 02141 maga:111e, and she still would like ro hear from relate . ...Hero is ready ro be hauled our of the 61 7-494-4882 old friends. The correct address is [email protected] water, and in a few days we will be heading for ax 617-494-4882 com.com.... After 2 7 years a a welfare director our winter house in Jupiter, Fla. Please let us John_F ch@msn com 1n ew Jer ey, Annette Hall Carpenter ha hear from you so that we can keep your clas - retired. he ha five grandchildren and is busy mares advised on what is going on in your life. 1948 volunteenng, especially 111 a literacy program. -David and Dorothy Marson Da 'd and Dorothy Marson he plays bndge, reads a great deal, knit and 41 oods End Road quilt .In ovember he v1sired Italy. he prom Hey, we have a new author in our Dedham, MA 02026 49 Ised me a lener after the holiday giving more midst! The Alumni Office has forwarded sev 781-329-3970 111formanon . ... Roberta Marden Alden report ax 61 7-329-6518 eral clipping about Horace P. Landry and his a new granddaughter and that her daughter is fir r book, B• so41� msn com A Maine Mystery : Death Under Tall now renred and hv111g 1n onnecncur after 20 Pines. After a career in journalism, Horace has year 1949 111 the avy 1n Hawau. Bobby and her pent the last three years of his retirement si- Ar>Fle Hagar Eus s hu>band volunteer for Toys to Needy Famihe . multaneously learning how ro use a computer P 0 Bo� 594 ...Dana and Harriet urse Robinson pent and wming his book! And now rhar it' done, Pr ce on v1A 01 541-{)594 Thanbg1'·ing \nth Harner' mrer, Fran ( ourse rhe first 500 copies of rhe elf-published mystery 978-464-5513 John ron '49), and fa mil} at the fa rm 111 Alb1on, are gone and the second printing is now avail ax 978-464-2038 Ma111e. While 111 Ma111e, they vtmed Ray and able. According ro a clipping from rhe Central aeus sgs@ao com Tos ie Campbell Kazen tn Warervdle. The Maine Morning Sentinel of August 15, 1999, rhe Robtmom' on Davts and famtly are ltv111g 111 story i er in Middleton, "a thinly disguised
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Waterville, right down to its local college, which now. Whereas our three-year goal, of which could pass fo r the Colby of four decades ago." If 51 Our esteemed class officer Ernie $200,000 is dedicated to the Alumni Fund, at I've whetted your appetite, this book can be "Chap" Fortin, Sarasota, Fla., really gets around. first seemed ambitious, with the variety of ways ordered by calling 800-969-5326 (access code In August he was in attendance at the by which we can make contributions, and with 3) or 207-283-4476. Horace and his wife now groundbreaking of the Madison, Maine, busi some thoughtful planning on the part of each of spend winters in Bonita Springs, Fla., and sum ness park, the intent of which is to provide jobs us, making this very meaningful gift is certainly mers in Saco ....The Alumni Office also has so young people will not need to move out of possible. Please respond generously. notified me of the death of Robert Cook in state to find work-as Ernie did after he gradu -Paul M. Aldrich August. Our sympathies to his wife, June Stairs ated from Colby ....Another classmate who Cook, and his family.... Haroldene Whitcomb really gets around is William Burgess, Tucson, 53 John Lee sent me a sequel to his sum Wolf wrote in her Christmas card of a happy Ariz., who has taken his third trip to Australia mer travels. In August he went on a 27-day bus event in September when her daughter, Wendy, by fre ighter. tour of England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland. was married to Jon White in Arlington, Mass. -Barbara jefferson Walker He visited a variety of places, including Oxford Deannie and Marshall have finally decided to and Cambridge, Loch Ness (less monster) and move to Florida, so as of February 2000, her 52 Many of us, now retired, use hobbies theaters of London and Dublin. He logged 4,400 new address is 775 W. Orchid Island Circle and volunteer jobs for recreation: stamp collect miles around the British Isles ....I had my first :rl05,Vero Beach, FL 32963 ....Not much ing, genealogy, meals-on-wheels. About as ex information "tear-out"-from Hershel and Bar news from you '49ers, as you can see. I'm still citing as, well, waiting for spring to come to bara Weiss Alpert. Barbara said that Hershel, waiting for the little man who lives in my Maine. But for contrast take Rod Howes, now who is owner of a furniture business in the New computer to tell me, "You have mail." Let's retired from the USAF and McDonnell Dou Bedford, Mass., area-Hershel has expanded keep him busy in the next three months when glas. His back yard boasts a hangar where he his own business by 50 percent and totally our next column is due! builds, then flies, experimental aircraft. His rebuilt it-is now pre ident of National Home -Anne Hagar Eustis R V -6 cruises at 190 mph. Great for cross-coun Furnishing Association. Therefore, he has been try travel, says Rod. His current project is a traveling throughout this country and beyond 50 By now you have probably heard from Kitfox ll, which will poke along at 90. But when this year. He will be national chairman this Jack Alex and are aware of all the great plans for it gets cold in Fallon, Nev., Rod and Mary Ann year. ...Nelson Beveridge attended the wed our 50th reunion. A good number of biographies load up their fifth wheel and trailer and head for ding of Barbara (Berg '54) and Frank King's have been sent in so the Class of 1950's book Key West and environs for a couple of months. daughter in Amherst, Mass. He said it seemed to should prove to be great reading for us. The whole ...Lois Thorndike Sharp, living in Maysville, be the hottest day of July, but the reception was program sounds like it will be a wonderful time Ga., went on a cruise of the Greek Isles and a under a tent on the college campus and was thanks to the many people who have been work tour that included stops in Turkey, where she great despite the heat. He ran into a few Colby ing towards that goal. . . Did you notice the observed firsthand the aftermath oflastsummer's friends in attendance from the Class of'55. First comment about Russell (Tubby) Washburn in earthquake ....Bruce and Carol MacPherson was Susanne Capen Stutts, now widow of Peter the last issue of Colby magazine? It seems that move between New Hampshire, Naples, Fla., Stutts '55, who lives in Lyme, Conn., and is very Tubby was featured in an article in the Maine and Needham, Mass., as the spirit and weather active in politics. Second was Joanne Bailey Sunday Telegram about his amazing golf perfor dictate. Bruce is still somewhat active in his Anderson from China, Maine, and third was mance. He is a member of the Purpoodock Club business ventures and his 30-year directorship Dotty Dunn Northcott of Marlborough, N.H. in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, where he shot his age of a major mutual fund. The MacPhersons spent Dotty told Nelson that she had just done an (77) at least eight times last summer. One of his three weeks last year on a cruise and tour, entire renovation of an old farmhouse there. partners calls him the Energizer Bunny since he visiting, amongotherstops, London, Edinburgh, From the Class of '54 were Susan (Miller '56) just keeps going and going with great, long shots the Norwegian coast, the fiords and Copenhagen. and Tom Hunt, who still lives an athletic life in when most people start to slow down. Tubby was ...Ever the thespian, Jan Pearson Anderson his retirement. Nelson remembered that during a teacher and basketball coach in Portland and appeared in a Cape Cod production ofTen Little his Colby days he was either climbing or canoe since retirement has stayed physically fit. What a Indians last fall. ...Barbara Bone Leavitt, our ing. Lastly, elly said that the Kings put on a good example for us all! We remember him as a class representative to the Alumni Council, fantastic party for the last of their children's star on Colby's basketball team and that he was attended a weekend retreat at the College last weddings. They probably have now retired to drafted by the Boston Celtics. They wanted him fall. Its purpose was to evaluate the role, objec their oceanside condo in Ft. Myers, Fla ....The to play for Hartford in the Eastern League, but he tives and effectiveness of the council. One day this news was due I received an amusing decided to return to college.... Speaking of conclusion: the need fo r greater alumni par note from Joe Bryant. I don't want to change its basketball, Richard M. Bowers mentioned Lee ticipation. To this end, plans for Homecoming content so I will include it in its (almost) en Williams, the coach when we were at Colby, and Weekend in October 2000 will provide for a tirety. He writes: "I have been in touch with what a great influence he had on the players. Lee wider variety of activities. In addition, area Priscilla Eaton Billington, and she suggested went on to become head of the Basketball Hall of Colby clubs will be making a special effort to get you might be interested in some comments I Fame in Springfield, Mass.... John Harriman local alumni involved in their programs. Bar made to her re Parvis Chahbazi. I was sorry to writes from La Mesa, Calif., thar he is in good bara welcomes any recommendations we may hear that he had died. I had wondered where his health and that he'll beat the reunion. He and his have that might increase participation in Col travels had taken him since his last day on British wife, Terry, have traveled a lot in the lege alumni activities and programs ....In spite Mayflower Hill. Parvis was one of the first class British Isles, visiting relatives as well as sightseeing. of Art White's emergency quintuple heart by mates I met when I arrived on campus in Sep They went through Scotland and Northern Ire pa s surgery last October, he is back in the tember of '49. He had a smile that completely land on the latest trip. The year 2000 features a saddle as our anniversary gift chair, directing covered his face, and I swear he already knew January trip to Chile and Argentina and February the effort that seeks to raise, in the next three the names of half of his classmates. Parvis told ski trips to Lake Tahoe. Guess he hasn't given up years, $1.5 million in celebration of our 50th me a little of his background, and my insecurity "the board " yet! ...That's about all the news l anniversary. Art and Herb Nagle, assistant chair, as a green freshman with a beanie blossomed. have, so we'll expect to catch up with everyone in have assembled 26 of us who have been making Parvis's native tongue was Arabic. He went to June. See you then. personal calls to each member of the Class of France, where he learned that language. Then -Virginia Davis Pearce '52. No doubt you have heard from oneof us by he went to England. He learned our language by
37 SPRI G 2000 COLBY A Matter of Multiples
Some psychotherapists have a variety of patients with a psychotherapist she has worked with a range of patients-from variety of issues. Candace Orcutt '57, who specializes in patients career professionals to a New Jersey hit man-and learned that suffering from psychological trauma and multiple personalities, severe personality disorders and schizophrenia afflict people of sometimes finds that variety in a single case. "It's a real dilemma all classes indiscriminately. when you work with multiples because you have to work with all Associated with the Masterson Institute of Psychoanalytic of the different personae," she said, recalling one patient whom Psychotherapy for more than 17 years, Orcutt recently was cited she counseled seven days a week in order to deal with all the by institute founder James F. Masterson, M.D., for her contribu parts of the personality that had split apart in the wake of severe tions, including treatment, teaching, supervision, articles and childhood trauma. "It's very time consuming." lectures that "helped shape the Masterson Institute."
Orcutt might have been tempted to major in psychology at Orcutt says she is winding down her career as a clinician,
Colby, but the department was just taking shape when she was currently works part time, and plans to devote her full energies to a student so she didn't have the choice, she says. As it is, she has writing beginning later this year. On the professional side she is never regretted majoring in English and studying with professors working on a book about her specialty in psychic trauma and its
Richard Harrier and Mark Benbow. "It was a wonderful founda effects as manifested in abused patients and those with Multiple tion," she said. '' I'm glad I didn't major in psychology, but I wish Personality Disorder. "It's a real how-to guide," targeted toward
I could have minored in it." clinicians, she said.
She took a job at Oxford University Press in New York and, On the creative side, "I've always wanted to return to fiction," among other duties, wrote copy for the she said. "This is where I got to be an English back covers of paperback versions of major in the first place." She has novels as well books. 1nclud1ng ed1tions by Edmund as short stories in mind. They will draw from
Wilson and Conrad Aiken. She family reminiscences as well as from the even earned Wilson's rare appro colorful people she has worked with dur ballon for her efforts, she says. In ing 30 years in the mental health pro
he ferment of the '60s however, she fessions-perhaps even "the kid who dec1ded she d1dn t want to stay 1n the used to ride his bicycle down the
1vory ower o publishing and she hit hallway of the Payne Whitney Clinic,
he s reets o East Bronx as a social insisting it was a pony. When the worker She has master s degrees 1n receptionist spoke to him about it he
Eng,sh II erature and 1n soc1al work said, 'Lady, you're hallucinating. This
rom Columb1a Un1vers1 y is a horse."'
S e moved rom welfare case Between "acter-outers" like that and work o hosp1 al-based soc1al work her multiple-personality cases, "There's and earned a Ph D. at International never a dull moment," she said.
Un1 ers1 y 1n St K1t s. As a clln1ca. -Stephen Collins '74
3 ALUMNI AT LARGE
translating back to French and then back to retired from their respective jobs and are enjoy . Arabic. l am still having trouble with English. ing the freedom to travel. They were recently in 1950s Correspondents Parvis received a new car when he was at Colby, Florida and Alabama to visit their sons.. and hi smile broadened. He knew l was from Tony Leone is faithful in writing. He has been 1950 South Paris, Maine, and he had a brother at in touch with Jim McCroary, who lives in Virginia Davis Pearce Hebron Academy, about 10 miles from my home. Winthrop, Maine. Tony is hoping he can find a P.O. Box 984 He knew l hitchedhiked home now and then, way to come to reunion ....Good wishes to you Grantham, NH 03753 and he offered the late Eddie Gammon '54 and all as we meet and greet the year 2000! And 603-863-6675 me a ride. Remember, Interstate 95 in the '50s don't be afraid to write with your news! [email protected] was only a dream. My ride home was one lane -Jane Millett Dornish going, one lane coming. We headed out. A car 1951 Barbara Jefferson Wa lker would pass us. Parvis would stomp on the accel Happy Birthday to our class. Most of us 56 391 5 Cabot Place #16 erator, and we would fly by while Parvis turned are reaching the big 65 Medicare Birthday this Richmond, VA 23233 his head to the driver, smiling and waving for year. ...AI Clapp is up-to-date with this 804-527-0726 the fun of the chase. This need to lead did not milestone as president of Financial Strategies & happen just once, Barbara. When we were 15 Services Corp. in .Y.C. His company does 1952 miles out of Hebron, we hit 'country roads' financial planning for seniors, including estate Paul M. Aldrich covered with ice and compacted snow. The car planning and long-term care insurance. AI and P.O. Box 217 did a hula dance at every corner and down every his wife, Alice, a music teacher, live in Bristol. ME 04539 hill, and Eddie and 1 were sure that we would Bronxville. . Carol Barton Neubauer was 207-563-8744 never take another final exam at Colby. Need awarded a silver medal for 25 years of service at [email protected] less tosay, we turneddown all further offers from Bridgewater State College. She is the associate Parvis. He was unique." librarian at the Maxwell Library. Carol, who 1953 -Barbara Easterb1·ooks Mailey lives in Carver, Mass., received her master's in Barbara Easterbrooks Mailey library science at Simmons College after Colby. 80 Lincoln Avenue South Hamilton, MA 01982 In July the Melrose (Mass.) Free Press ...Bill Haggett was recently elected chairman 54 978-468-51 1 0 announced that Vic Scalise would be serving as of the Maine Maritime Academy board of trust 978-777-5630 x3310 interim pastor at the First Baptist Church of ees. He has served on the board since 1989. Bill Melrose. Vic and his wife, Mary, live in Brookline is also a member of the American Bureau of 1954 and have attended Colby reunions. In fact, Vic Shipping and a life member of the Navy League Helen Cross Stabler conducted a workshop at the reunion last June. of the United States ....Dave and Rosemary 206 Crestwood Drive ...This column is very short. Please help make Crouthamel Sortor went trekking in Nepal, a North Syracuse, NY 13212 the next one a little longer by sending in your fa bulous but eye-opening trip. Happy people but 315-457-5272 news. We would especially like to hear from no electricity, running water or plumbing out estable1 @twcny.rr.com people who haven't attended reunions or sent side of the tourist facilities . . .. Liz Russell information lately. Let us know what you are Collins plays golf with John Jubinsky on her 1955 doing; it doesn't have to be earth shaking to be frequent trips to Hawaii.... Mary Ann Papalia Jane Millett Dornish interesting to old friends. Laccabue looked up Ted Margolis when she 9 Warren Terrace -Helen Cross Stabler was in Seattle last fall. Ted, have you ever been Winslow. ME 04901 back to Colby, and if not, don't you think it's 207-873-3616 [email protected] 55 News for this class is pretty slim; many time? ...Don Rice and Sherry have relocated to of us have been involved with reunion planning Spring Island, S.C., from Scottsdale, Ariz. They 1956 will still spend summers at Lake Sunapee, N.H. and alumni fund raising. l would encourage you Kathleen McConaughy Zambello to be a donor so that l95 5ers will have good ...Regards to you all. 135 Iduna Lane percentage participation numbers. lam sure you -Kathy McConaugh)' Zambello Amherst, MA 01002 have been contacted! ... Kathy Flynn Carrigan [email protected] has some exiting plans for a reunion chorale, 57 Hello, fo lks. Have finally dusted off which you will hear about shortly . . ..Margaret some piles of paper and fo und Colby news that 1957 Connelly Callahan is enjoying retirement after needs to be passed on. Some may be outdated. 1f Guy and Ellie Ewing Vigue working in the school system many years. She so, please feel free to resubmit. Guy and Ellie 238 Sea Meadow Lane walks two miles each day with her poodle, Ewing Vigue will be doing the column from Yarmouth, Maine 04096 207-846-4941 Madeline. More important, she and Joe treasure now on. They are at [email protected] or 238 [email protected] their nine grandchildren. Peg's sister Mary Sea Meadow Lane, Yarmouth, Maine 04096 .... I so bel Rafuse Capuano planned to start a con Connelly Luney also lives in Tarrytown, al 1958 sulting business after leaving AT & T but de though Mame spendssummers in their oldhome Margaret Smith Henry town of Camden, Maine. It would be wonderful cided to take up golf instead. Way to go, Isabel. 1304 Lake Shore Drive to see these two special sisters at reunion .... She and Hank plan a move to North Carolina Massapequa Park, NY 11566 Several classmates were at the olby-Bowdoin soon.... Marietta "Hank" Roberts Burrowes, 516-541-0790 football game-always nice to beat Bowdoin on in addition to doting on l 0 grandchildren, has a their turf. And there was a sweet 4-3 win in busy life as an artist. She does interior design in 1959 hockey recently over the Polar Bears, too. Jack commercial as well as residential sites. Murals, Ann Segrave Lieber Deering was in his glory with these victories! fa ux paint ing, rugs are her specialties. Many 7 Kingsland Court Ann Burnham Deering, Ann Dillingham nursing homes use her talents to brighten up for South Orange, NJ 07079 973-763-671 7 Ingraham, Germaine Michaud Orloff and l their clients .... Don Tracy and wife Linda live [email protected] chattered away during the games.... Patricia in Rockport, Maine. Don currently does income Levine Levy and husband Sevy '53 have both tax preparation as a busine s and digital photog-
39 SPRING 2000 C 0 L BY A L U l\ I A T L A R G E
raphy for fun-and lo,·es Maine ....Tom and Ash lee, Daddy's little girl! 1 also have a 16- Marilyn Brackin are still in ew Jersey. Tom year-old son, Lance, a great kid and a junior in 58 The questionnaire system appearirlg in remains acti,·e in insurance and real estate and high school. In addition, I have an older son, Colby magazine has nor produced much corre sings with a symphonic chorus as well as with Scott, in San Francisco. His mother was killed spondence, at least for this class. However, a any Colby Eight person he runs into.... Durham, in an auto accident when he was 6 years old. I new e-mail system has been put in place and England, is home for Rose Stinson Zuckerman wish I lived nearer, so I could have attended will probably generate a lor more mail. In Ebsworth. Rose has raised a large family of nine some reunions. I told my old roommate, John October the Alumni Office launched an children and has 15grandch ildren-maybe more Koehler, that my four years at Colby were the on-line directory of Colby alumni, and each by now. A librarian for many years, ,..------,class correspondent has a perma Rose credits Colby for having given nent e-mail forwarding address her great exposure to good art and N EWS MAKERS in this system (ours is classnews [email protected]). Those of music and for academic encour Harland H. Eastman '51 was agement. . . Roberta Santora counted among Sanford (Maine) you who wish to use this system Hindert retired from her position High School's most distinguished will have your news fo rwarded di as assistant to the president of graduates in a local newspaper recrly to my personal e-mail ac Kalama:oo College. Having sur article that honored his 24-year count. Until I established my own vived the loss of husband, brother career as a U.S. foreign service account, the Alumni Office was and father in a short period of diplomat in six countries. He fo rwarding correspondence to me Leda and Arnold Sturtevant '51 rime, she now lives in Cone:, Colo. continues to serve in retirement, the old-fashioned way through the Roberta volunteers in archaeol leading historic walking tours and writing history books on his U.S. mail. So, I hav some news ogy research and education, plays hometown ....Arnold H. '51 and Leda Whitney Sturtevant '5 1 for you, but not as much as usual. . the recorder and does ice dancing. recenrly self-published a family history tided Home-Nest Chronicles, ..Bob Saltz (bsalrz@amrresearch. Hats off to you in your new life, named for their farm in Fayette, Maine, where the Sturtevant family com) and his wife, Lynne, have Roberta.... We were saddened to has lived for eight generations. The volume contains two books: Ripe been guests at Alayne and Marty hear of Jim Rogers's passing. Jim Berry Moon by Leda, which includes Wabanaki folklore from her Burger's home and vice versa. This and Ellie (Jones) were doing a a rive American ancestors, and Tales from Labradorby Arne. "Labra is a pleasant opportunity for Bob great job as class agents, and Ellie, dor," in this instance, refers to the name of a cold room upstairs in the and Many to relive their Colby to her credit, continues the role. Home-Nest fa rmhouse. The book is available through the Sturtevants' experiences, although Bob claims he fmds great support in fa mily Web site (http://www.megalink.ner/-homenest/index.htm) or his experience bears very little re and friends ....We lost another through a link from Amazon.com ....A recent article in the Spring semblance to Marty's, and Marty cia smate, Mac Remington, just field, Mass., Union News chronicled the long history of King & wondered if they even went to the over a year ago. Louise (Mullin Cushman, an insurance company fo rmerly owned and run by Franklin same college! Not ones to fo llow '5 ) 1 maintaining the homestead King III '53. Since he retired in 1997, his son, Scott, has kept up the the established retirement route, tn Rumney, .H., and has just proud traditions of the fa mily business ....Robert B. Parker '54, Bob and Lynne sold their condo enJoyed a 1'1 it from daughter Lea author of the best-selling Spenser novels, kicked off a new mystery and purchased a house and then and 1nfant grandson Connor series with the publication of Family Honor. Sony Pictures has Bob started a new business within Malcolm. . Monumental pas contracted to buy the movie rights to the book, which fe atures Sunny his current business. As of)anuary ages uch a hort- or long-term Randall, a fe male gumshoe to be played by Helen Hunt. ...The I Bob has been semi-retired from dines , lo s of loved ones, marital Dana Hall School recenrly awarded John W. Cameron '57 an AMR Research and will now work fatlures, financ1al setbacks affect endowed faculty chair in recognition of his excellence in reaching at only on special projects as well as all of us a we put more years on the institution. He is currently the head of the school's English with several charities. He is espe the record. o, roo, do good Department ....Annie Proulx '57 was picked by The Boston Globe cially interested in prostate cancer thtng> happen ro all of u;. That' as one of the fo ur top fiction writers of 1999 for her recent work, Close groups as he is a lucky survivor of ltfe. To handle burden whtle Range: Wyoming Stories ....An article on Peter A. Vlachos '58 in this disease. The best thing that focu,1ng on the pos1t1ves m l1fe The Boston Globe fe atured his comments on the current state of the has happened, however, is the birth 1' key ro sun·1val and mamre U. . rock market. Manager of the Austin Global Equity Fund, of their first grandchild, Bryce, in nance of human >p1rtt. ome Vlachos ex pre sed concern about the specter of higher interest rates April 1999 ....Sheila Tunnock ume' 1\e had trouble w1th the and signs of creeping inflation in the U.S. Cox ([email protected]) has balance m rra1 elmg the long been retired since 1996. She now ro.Jd w 1th my hushand, an MILESTONES spends three days a week volun Al:he1mer\ \'1 t1m. Are em let teering at uch fun places as two ter from Ron Ra mu sen has tn· Deaths: Robert E. Cannell '51, January II, 2000, in Portland, Maine, museum and a new aquarium, ,p1red me w J-.ol,ter ur anJ he ar 72.... Robert L. Bechard '52, October II, 1999, in Nashua, Ocean Journey, in Denver. Her rwng. I'd ltke w 'hMe part wnh .H., at 71. ...Kemp M. Pottle '52, ovember 2, 1999, in Webbs latest challenge is learning how to 1uu: " njuh I , 199/, l woke ur Mtlls, Mame, at 69 .... Robert L. Stevens '52, August 4, 1999, in use a computer and being on line. par,th·:ed w 1rh a ,r.1ph mfec(l(m Akron, Ohw, at 74 ....Kenneth R. Gesner '53, November 7, 1999, I think this is a challenge for most tlf rhe ,ptn;ll cord. I w enr from a 111 Rtdgell'ooJ, .J ., at 6 ....Janet Hamilton Kriek '56, January 2, of us senior citizen types ....Jim totally hei!lthl mderendenr rer 2000, 111 A'hevdle, .C., ar 65 ....Robert E. Brolli '59, January 31, Bishop ([email protected]) 'on ro .1 wral h dependent per,on. 2000, 1n R1chmonJ, Ma; ., at 62. writes that he has fo rsaken Social The rea,on I'm wnrmg ts ro re Security for a new post on the mmd orher rhat
C 0 L B \ 'PRI C. 40 ALUMNI AT LARGE
Hunt has retired as a clinical social worker. She obituary for George Gross, which appeared last and the convocation itself, and listening to Bill and her husband now own a multi-dealer an spring in a Newark, N.J., newspaper. He had a Cotter's remarks reminded us, once again, how tiques shop. Their son, Skip, also a clinical career in government, which began in 1982 fo rtunate we have been to have had Bill's social worker, lives in Plainfield, N.J., and is with his appointment by President Reagan as leadership at Colby. As students, we thought an actor and singer as well. Daughter Allison director of property management for the Gen no one could fill President Bixler's shoes, but I and her husband, both musicians, live in New eral Services Administration. At the time of his think they have been ably filled by each suc Haven, where Allison works at Yale ew death, he had been the administrator of the cessor-each one different but each one the Haven Hospital and her husband is at Christ General Services Administration for the State right person for the time. Who of us ever Church. Sandy's granddaughter is her biggest of New Jersey since 1994. I know he must be considered, in September of 1956, that this delight and already shows signs of the family's missed by his family, friends and professional small college in Maine, with the little trees and musical talent. While visiting Maine for ex associates. He is survived by his wife, Jane, a son big ideas, would become the first-class institu tended trips during the summer, Sandy often and a daughter. ...Another article was a profile tion that it is today? Plan to come and share in seems to run into Cindy Allerton Rocknak of three candidates competing for a seat on the a reunion celebration' when-what else-shopping ....Peter Doran housing authority in the Pembroke, Mass., town -Carolyn Webster Lockhart ([email protected]) recently received the elections. One of those candidates was Katherine President's Award at the Maine Public Health Linscott Barrett. I don't know the outcome of 61 Thanks to Jon Wolfe, who responded Association's annual meeting in Portland for the election, but one of her priorities would to my pitiful cry for news all the way from community health contributions. Daughter Lee have been obtaining more money from the Casper, Wyo. Although he claims that he's one Anne is on leave from teaching third grade federal government for the housing complexes of the "less interesting" members of our class, it while she is serving as Distinguished Educator in Pembroke. Another priority would have sounds as though he isn't just sitting around for Early Literacy in Maine with the Depart been to get more housing in town and to work watching the snow pile up on the Rockies. He ment of Education. Dana, the youngest son, has on Section 8 housing to get the authority more has taken up scuba diving to justify trips to returned from a Washington, D.C., Presidential involved with the handicap disabilities com tropical isles every year or two and is skiing Fellowship and is taking a new position as assis mission. Sounds to me like a very ambitious and again. He says he would like some day to get tant to the commissioner for the Maine Depart fu ll-time agenda-hope she was given the op back to Sugarloaf, where the skiing all started ment of Labor. Maine is lucky to have the Doran portunity to make a difference ....Louis Rader for him 41 years ago. His two daughters have
family living there1 •••And there we are. The is a professor of modern, fe minist and Jewish provided him with three grandchildren, two people who replied to the e-mail found it quick literature at King's College. After Colby, Lou nearby and one in California.... Anne Lehman and easy. It seems to work, and once the Alumni received a master's degree and doctorate in Lysaught is a stage behind Jon. All three of her Office jogged your memories via e-mail, there English from Cornell University. A notice was children were married within a 15·month pe were some replies. Keep in touch this way and sent to me after he presented a program at the riod in 1998 and 1999; now she and her husband keep our column alive and well. Hazleton Area Public Library in Hazleton, Pa. are waiting for grandchildren ....Jeanette Benn -Margaret Smith Henr)' . . . Susan Macomber Vogt and husband Dick Anderson's life continues to be fu ll, despite MS . '58 completed a three-month cross-country bi Three grandchildren are nearby and two are in 60 When we started discussing our 40th cycle in September, starting in Whidbey Island, North Carolina but keep in touch via frequent reunion a year or more ago, it seemed a long way Wash., and fini hing in Kennebunk, Maine. phone calls and Internet messages. Jeanette and off. Not so1 In case you hadn't noticed, time They averaged 50 miles a day and took only five her husband, Bob, continue to vacation at Marco passes more quickly these days. Those of us on days off in three months. Dick credits Sue with Island, and this past November they traveled to the committee hope that a good percentage of the idea, but they said they had thought and a small town in Quebec, where they celebrated you will consider coming back-we promise you talked about it for 10 years. What an accom their first childless Thanksgiving since 1961. that the trip will be worthwhile. . . Don plishment! Sue and Dick live in Henniker, Their standardbred colt began his racing ca Williamson goes to the head of the class for N.H ....My last contribution came from Colby reer in the summer of 1999, and they are being the only one who returned a question just a weekago. lt was a picture ofJohn Vollmer, already looking forward to next summer's rac naire from Colby magazine. He and his wife, Bill Clough '61,Frank Stephenson '62 and Steve ing season. The best news in Jeanette's Christ Carole, are both retired and living in Murell Carpenter '62. John is a business executive and mas newsletter is that, thanks especially to Inlet, S.C. They have two grown children and lives in San Francisco. Of their mini-reunion, some diet changes, her MS attacks are slowly three grandsons. Don wrote that he had the John writes, "We all thought it amazing that we becoming less frequent, giving her body more privilege and fun of being with his former room finally could get together again and swap our time to heal. ... We're on a mini-roll when it mates, Ed Burke and Ed Marchetti, three times various stories. olby certainly fostered this comes to contributing class news. Can we this year-in N.H., Mass., and S.C. Toby type of bond, and we plan to get together soon double the number of classmates we hear from Blanchard also joined them for two of the get again." ...Dick Lucier has been working very for the next issue? Please? togethers: "It was as though time had stood still hard as our reunion gift chair. Several of us have -] ud)' Hoffman Hakala and nothing had changed! We still laughed a been on Dick's committee and have enjoyed the lot!" ...Newspaper articles have been the source opportunity to talk with other classmates, and 62 It is January 16 as I write. The snow is of some other news. One was an interesting for some it was the first contact in 39 years! finally falling, and the wind is blowing. Looks story about Bob Gerrard and his nine-year Hope you will all consider supporting the alumni like we are in for a real nor'easter. Our 5-year involvement with the infamous Demoulas case gift requests so that we can have record class old grandson arrived on the doorstep earlier, in Massachusetts. It is a classic case of dissen ion participation .... In closing, I would like to ready to try out his skis ....Bill Alexander among family member -in this case, the mem share a few thoughts about the Lovejoy Convo retired from teaching science in Fairfield, Maine, bers of a supermarket empire with power, money cation in November. William Raspberry, noted in June. Bill spent 35 years at Lawrence High and control at stake. One of the attorneys quoted Washingwn Post columnist, was the recipient. School in Fairfield, where he brought the "real in the article called Bob "the best courtroom He was a favorite of ours during the many years world problems" of jumbo jets, schooners and lawyer I've ever seen," and several other attor we lived in the Washington, D.C., area, and we even skidder into his classroom. Bill and his neys were equally complimentary. Bob and his not only thought he was a superb choice but was wife own the schooner Timberwind on which wife, Bonnie, live in Gloucester, Mass., and worth the trip to Waterville. Colby did an they run charters out of Rockport Harbor. have two sons.... The College also sent me the outstanding job with the reception, the dinner Wouldn't a charter day trip be fun for our 40th
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reunion1 Congratulation , Bill. We hope you retire from teaching in two years. he and her had been on one of the Cheesemans' trips to are enjoying your retirement .... Alice Webb housemate rented a cottage at Sebago Lake this Australia for a month. I'm green with envy! ... writes that he has performed 40 shows in the past summer and loved it. They are hoping to Lynn Kimbal l, who retired a year ago, is still past 20 year wtth the Colonial Chorus Players return this summer. They have done a lot of based in White Plains, .Y. he summered at at Reading, Mass. he took a tap dane- ,.------,New Harbor, Maine, and is busy reno ing cia thi pa t summer, leaving vating, with plans to move there more "belly dancing" as the only dance type N EWS MAKERS permanently in April. She is active in various choral groups ....Rollie and I that she ha never had any instruction Rodney Pierce '63, president of Staffo rd in. Alice, we expect a demon tration, Savings Bank, a small community bank traveled to Colby for the Colby including belly dancing, at our 40th1 in Connecticut, was named incoming Bowdoin hockey game in early De Alice and her husband took a trip to chairman of the Connecticut Bankers cember. It was thrilling to be watching a game live after all the e years. See· Prince Edward Island lastsummer, only Association ....Katherine P. White '60 to have their car break down in the assumed the chair of the board of direc· ing Ron Ryan's =10 shirt hanging on Dtgby fe rry terminal. The car was towed tors of Common Ground Sanctuary in the wall of the arena brought back a on and off the ferry and all the way tO Robert M. Furek '64 Pontiac, Mich. A crisis agency, the Com· flood of memories. The arena was Calais beforebeingf ixed1 •••Pete Duggan mon Ground Sanctuary aids anyone in need, from teen runaways packed. I think every student from and wife Mary Vance have purchased to senior citizens ....The Colby Alumni Association presented both schools was there-and what his parents' home near West Point, Robert D. Dyer '64, a teacher at Maine's Sea Road School, with nice-looking kids! ( o fights this l.Y. Restoration work is underway the Outstanding Educator Award for 1999 ....The Boston Sun year! ) We have adjusted to all the life as, accordmg to Pete, " othing works day Globe declared lawyer and Concord, Mass., selectman Arthur changes of the past year and are en· tn an old hou e but the owner." When S. Fulman '64 "point man" in a legal battle between the joying living in the Bangor area. Win· he and Mary mo1·e there this summer, Massachusetts Port Authority and four towns, whose residents ters are milder, and we're closer to Pete \\'til be the third generation to are upset over noise, traffic and environmental impacts a oci family. In October we enjoyed a trip ltve in thts 1907 country home. pe ated with commercial aviation operations at Hanscom Field in by rail across Canada from Banff to cial itwttattons will be issued, with Bedford ....Robert M. Furek '64 has been named to the board Vancouver on the Rocky Mountain Rich imkins first. Pete ays his of directors of !KO Office Solutions, one of the world's leading eer, a special train that travels only lo1·e for tee hockey and watching office technology companies ....Mainebiz featured Lee D. Ur during the daylight hours. What a TV along wtth hts dislike for En ban '68, new director of economic development for Portland, wonderful way to travel-sitting back glt h were all started at Colby. Pete Maine. "If we here in economic development and the city and watching the country roll by from t lookmg for telephone numbers enhance economic vitality," he said, "we better the quality of life our own private compartment. We for Bruce Marshall, Tony Maniero for everybody who lives and works in Portland." marveled at how they built railroads and Pete Thompson. (They must be through the mountains and along the on the It t1) He al o report having MILESTONES river canyons ....Thanks to all of you poken wtth Whit Coombs tn Penn- who have sent news. My e-mail ad sylvanta. . . Tony Kramer ha two Deaths: Karen Graf Paharik '6 1, November l9, 1999, in Worces- dress ([email protected]) is per ktd ages II and 12, hence rettrement ter, Mass., at 60 ....P hilip E. Allison '63 , January 4, 2000, in manent ....Start planning now for t> not tn the tmmedtate future. Tony i Gorham, Maine, at 58 ....Julia Dodge Burnham '63, January our 40th ! on the ;chool board m Hm dale, Ill., 16, 2000, in Boston, Mass., at 58 ....J ulie Nugent Coates '63, -Patricia Farnham Russel! "hose two htgh chools send swdent eptember 11, 1999, in Jackson, Mo., at 60 ....Lee Claire on to Colhy on a regular ha t . He McGowan '68, October 25, 1999, in Philadelphia, Pa., at 53. 64 First of all, thanks to all of recently wa named to the board of "------' you who have helped me through this ,.-- dtrecror of apt tal Consul tore lmmobilanos, kayaking, recently buying new boats. Kathy very difficult year. Each card and remembrance whtch " a newly formed corporatton based in continues to be active in her choral group. . . was a lifeline for me, and you were kind to take annago, htle. reated to gtve tnstttunon Linda Laughlin Seeley wrote from Lake Os- the time to write. Throughout these many real e'tate ad1·hory ;en·tce'>, tht new assocta- wego, Ore. he and her husband Elmer took a months of remembering and rebuilding, I've non ha' allowed hnn to travel not only to Chtle Jet boat ride on the Snake River in Hells Can- turned my back on you and Colby, turning hut al"l to Argentma and Peru. Tony wtshe he yon whtle on a trip last summer. he marvel at inward to sort out thoughts and reactions and to had taken pant,h at Colhy. He t no long ran how Lewi and lark crossed and survived some friends nearby to distract me. And your re- Oi eN�er at olhy and mt"e the campus l't>tts, of themountain passes. Linda keeps busy quilt- sponses to questionnaires have piled up in my in ,mJ he ,tmngly recommend' all of us to return tng whtle Elmer i bu y with orthwcst Text- box. l can't possibly do them all justice now but mJ -e� rhe tremenJou change' to the campu . book. Thetr son con and hts wife ltve in anta will try to summarize all the good information \\ e \\ c 0 l R \ 'I R f G 42 ALUMNI AT LARGE built a bar in the Cotter Union for students over Colby Chemistry Department in November on . 21, open six nights a week!) before relaxing at employment in his field. . . Lee Scrafton 1960s Correspondents the pond. Our class dinner at Millett Alumni Bujold dug up an old questionnaire and sent a 1960 House was the perfect choice for our social hour, lot of info! She's still an antiques dealer and has Carolyn Webster Lockhart dinner (with Kendall-Jackson wine provided by had fun showingtwoJapanese Chindogs. Daugh 170 County Road Jon and Eileen Fredrikson) and the '60s-style ter Noelle is the youngest senior duty officer in New London, NH 03257 dancing that fo llowed till midnight. A strong the history of the CIA, and son Marc runs 603-526-9632 contingent of about 15 stayed till the "last Rossignol Snowboarding-USA and has starred fax: 603-526-802 1 dance." Then we returnedto the Hillside dorm in a Warren Miller movie. Lee continues on the [email protected] for an impromptu songfest led by Joan Phillipps Board of Governors of the Colby Museum of 1961 Thompson and Lemon Morang that lasted well Art. ... Bonnie Bankert Taylor is a teacher and Judy Hoffman Hakola past 3 a.m.... More book recommendations: has two sons, a pilot and a veterinarian ....And 25 Charles Place The Greatest Generation, Tom Brokaw; Snow finally, 1 asked everyone to what country they Orono, ME 04473 207-866-4091 Falling on Cedars, David Guterson; A Supposedly would like to be appointed ambassador. Their [email protected] Fun Thing I'll ever Do Again, David Foster answers: Italy, France (x3),Japan, Aruba, Israel, Wallace; Tuesdays with Morrie, Mitch Alborn. Norway, Spain and New Zealand. 1962 ...Colleen Khoury has been nominated for the -Sara Shaw Rhoades Patricia Farnham Russell ABA's Margaret Brent Award, which honors 16 Sunset Avenue Hampden, ME 04444 outstanding women lawyers who have achieved Bud Marvin and his fa mily took a 65 207-942-6953 professional excellence within their area of spe Disney cruise to the Bahamas last Thanksgiv [email protected] cialty and have actively paved the way to suc ing. Bud says he came out a tad light at the 1963 cess fo r other women lawyers ....Art Fulman, casino but his son did well. He will be explain Karen Forslund Falb Concord, Mass., selectman, was the subject of a ing his strategy at our class reunion shortly. 245 Brattle Street long article in the Boston Sunday Globe about his Tiger Susan Brown Musche won a golf cham Cambridge, MA 02138 activities as point man in the legal battle with pionship at Pocasset Country Club on Cape 61 7-864-4291 the Massachusetts Port Authority over resump Cod last summer. She then placed first at KFF245@aolcom tion of commercial aviation at Hanscom Field. Wannamoisett in Rhode Island. . Tom 1964 He was described as having "a wonderful! y sound, Donahue traveled east last summer for alumni Sara Shaw Rhoades reasonable voice and [he] gets to the heart of weekend at the Storm King School in New 76 Norton Road issues without playing politics." He has his hands York. "The campus had that impossible lovely Kittery, ME 03904-5413 full with Massport but in the long run expects to June-in-the-Hudson-Valley quality about it, and 207-439-2620 [email protected] win on the merits ....Martha Schatt Abbott it was a pure delight to visit our old haunts, hike Shim, Jon Allen, Joan McGhee Ames, Charlie the Black Rock Forest again ...and eat some 1965 Angell, Steve Brudno, Nancy Bergeron lovely meals under a June sky," he wrote. Tom Richard W. Bankart 20 Valley Avenue Apt. D2 Cornwall, Peg Chandler Davey, Larry has a new "17 hand" thoroughbred horse he Westwood, NJ 07675-3607 Dyhrberg, Bruce Lippincott, Gloria Shepherd, rides in the Santa Susana Mountains north of 201-664-7672 Jim Simon and Bonnie Bankert Taylor all rook Los Angeles. "So far he does everything reason time to ponder how they would distribute Bill ably well, and is willing to take my direction in 1966 Natalie Bowerman Zaremba Gates's billions of dollars, if they had the chance. learning new things. 1 always ride alone, and 11 Linder Terrace usually a long way out there, and it's important Here are their suggestions: put all the homeless Newton, MA 02458 in unused military bases, clean them up, clothe that he and I agree on basic issues. Thus fa r, we 61 7-969-6925 them, detox them, train them, and send them do." Tom continues at the Harvard-Westlake 61 7-266-9219 x1 07 out; tear down old inner-city buildings and put School as director of special projects. In addi [email protected] up baseball/football fields; youth services and tion to teaching six courses, Tom is in search of 1967 recreation for the handicapped; medical re programs that might have some interest, travel Robert Gracia search, education, art; create a fund to pay for all ing to visit the best and reporting back. He says, 295 Burgess Avenue political campaigns; education, education, edu "I visited one wonderful program in Denali Westwood, MA 02090 cation; housing worldwide; medicines for the National Park (Alaska), where they combine an 781 -329-2101 elderly, school safety; college scholarships; re Elderhostel with a youth-at-risk program by [email protected] newable energy, population control; child care. putting an older person and an inner-city kid in Judy Gerrie Heine Charlie Angell also suggested, "I'm pretty sure a two-person kayak and floating them off down 21 Hillcrest Rd. Medfield, MA 02052 I'd also buy my way out of being called "the the Tanana River for a week or so while they try 508-359-2886 Andrew Carnegie of the 21st century." Some to stay clear of bears, rapids, mosquitoes and [email protected] of those folks we haven't heard from in a long hypothermia. There are all sorts of unwritten time, so it was great to get their news .... I also agenda there, and as often as not the kid and the 1968 Nancy Dodge Bryan heard from Dennis Hardy, who lives in Wells, elder wind up pretty close to each other by 7 We ir Street Extension week's end." ...Since no column is complete Maine, and writes that he has an informal Hingham, MA 02043 networking group that meets Thursdays at 7:30 without a Sunny Coady mention, she reports 781 -740-4530 a.m. to talk about common concernsand cur completing the first of two years as chairman of nbryan95@aolcom Massachusetts Easter Seals. She's proud they rent events. Over nearly six years some 300 1969 people have come and gone, but the nucleus of were able to add a vocational program to help c/o Meg Bernier the group lives on and has a domain site at the most severely disabled gain employment Alumni Office www.businessconnection.org ....Dick Friary and an after-school program for children, teach Colby College sends news that his second book, jobs in the Drug ing them how to integrate into already existing Waterville, ME 04901 Industry: A Career Guide for Chemists, will be after-school programs rather than creating a 207-872-3185 [email protected] published next year. Dick also spoke at the special one for them. She rook a third trip with 43 S P RING 2000 C 0 L BY ALUM I AT LARGE unnamed Colby classmates to Thailand, visit describes her occupation as a "home manager," with old Colby friends through e-mail! Ted ing with George Hooker. In May another trip and with her busy family she deserves that title. reports his occupation as meteorologist, chief of with classmates to England on the Cornwall The family unit still at home is shrinking weather, HQ Air National Guard. He and his coast at Penzance .... I spent some time in Christian, 20, is at Framingham State; Karl, 17, wife, Liz, are living in Port Republic, Md. Their Jamaica studying warm sand and pelicans last is a junior in high school; Kyle, 14, is in eighth twins, Kate and Geoff, now 29, are both married winter; touring kyline Drive and the Blue grade; Katrina, 12, is in sixth grade, and Karin, and each has two children-a grandparent's Ridge parkway last pring; and then driving 8, is in second grade. Craig, 23, graduated from delight! Friendships developed at Colby are the 2,600 miles of Morocco in 17 days last August. WPI in May, got a job, bought his first car and, most important legacy of Ted's Colby days, ...Harold Kowal and his committee have sent by now, has moved into his own place; Kristi, especially meeting his "best friend" Liz. Liz and you a letter about reunion giving. Colby is a 27, is married and living in Tucson; Kari, 29, is Ted have a slide-in truck camper that is their wonderful college, well regarded, and in the top engaged and a starving artist in Portland, Ore.; home away from home. They take lots of long echelon in all rankings. Your check helps pro and Kurt, 31, is engaged and living and working weekends and have found that it is a great way vide Colby with the financial resources to con in Delaware! Bonnie is now whipping both body to visit their kids-just drive up and park in tinue this tradition.... By the time you read this and mind into shape with twice a week Nautilus their driveways and enjoy the grandchildren. we'll be packing for our 35th on MayflowerHill. workouts at the Y and taking rae kwon do and They had spring and summer plans to visit ...Hail, Colby, Hail! rae chi lessons. Bonnie's husband, Clifford, is South Carolina (including a visit with Sue -Richard W. Bankarc building his dream car-a Cobra-from a kit Turner), fo llowed by a three-week trek through in their garage! Bonnie reports that her social Kentucky and up the Blue Ridge. In the summer 6 6 was saddened to receive an obituary life started at Colby, and over the Colby years they plan the annual visit to New England to for Sandra Shaw. She died june 28, 1999, at her she learned to be more open and trusting, there visit children, grandchildren and parents. Their home in Yarmouth, Maine, after a ix-momh fo re a better friend ....Claudia Fugere dream is to spend a year wandering cross-coun illne . Sandy wa a journalist and non-fiction Finklestein is a school psychological examiner try and driving the length of the West Coast. writer and wa very involved with Planned and a jazz vocalist. Her daughter Beth and her -Natalie Bowennan Zaremba Parenthood of orthern ew England. he husband, Chris, have a bright, happy !-year-old leaves her daughter, Shaw C. Wilhelm, and her son, joshua Lake Caiazzo, and daughter Leah is 67 Merrill "York" Stephens writes from husband, John C. Ore tis, both of Yarmouth, a gifted musician/arranger/composer. Claudia Portland, Maine, his home of many years, where and her i ter, Susan, of Portland. . . Pam has embraced the mid-life crisi years by getting he manages the Acme Body Shop. Five years Harris Holden report that although she is her own little two-seater Mitsubishi Eclipse ago York was browsing at a yard sale and was "semt-rettred" she is working fu ll time at convertible. Her most recent "big" event was rewarded with a treasure beyond his expecta cott dale Princes Resort in conference plan releasing herfirstcommercial CD in May 1998- tions. While considering the articles for sale, he ning. Pam notes that the most important parts Smoarh Swinging. The Colby connection is that recognized a woman he had known many years of her !tfe coming from Colby years were meet Paulette (Paule) French '63 took the cover earlier at the University of Southern Maine; mg her late hu band, Randy Holden '65, and photo ....Lynne Egbert Eggart, a rancher in theychatted, reacquainted themselves and were developmg life -long friends. he reports that Arlee, Mont., spent seven weeks in ew Zealand married a year later. York and his bride, Jeanne Bryan Harri on Curd '65 live in nearby Tempe in January and February '99 and fo und wonder Palais, have three grown children: York's daugh and that they manage to get together frequently. fu l country and wonderful people. She reports ter, Marion, 32, his son, John, 30, and Jeanne's Jemmie Michener and Matt Riddell visited last that friendships were the most important part of daughter, Chelsea, 18. York and Jeanne enjoy January. Pam goe to her Blue Hill, Maine, her life that started at Colby, particularly through one of Maine's great delights when they raft on famtly home for two week in June and then on the Outing Club-Katahdin Council. Lynne's the Penobscot. ... Like York, Jim "The Bear" to lew London, .H., for a VISit with family. husband is deceased, but she is pleased to have Coriell lives in the hometown he listed in "Faces Pam enJOY volumeenng at Taliesin We t, the added to the family unit-a granddaughter, and Places"-he and his wife, Lydia Sullivan, Frank Lloyd W ngh t western home and school of Ashley, daughter of son justin and his wife, and their seven children reside in Moorestown, archttecture. Pam's goal t to be an architect in hari. Lynne has two other sons, Quentin and N.J. Jim is president of Partnership Marketing her next ltfe! ... Lona Eldridge Hardy write James ....Doug (foreign service officer) and while Lydia has kept busy caring for their triplet from Falmouth, 1ame. he 1 an M ..W. Beth Adams Keene (teacher) report that son boys, born October of '99. Jim's son James, 28, fa mtly therapt t. he and hu band Btl! Hardy Garrett i living in Florida and son Sterling is lives in New Hampshire. The family also in '7 have one on, Joe, who 1 a Ph.D. tudent m ltvmg in California. The most important life cludes Ellen, 25, Ted, 19, and Caroline, 6 .... re earch p>ychology at Berkeley. The most event begun at Colby were their marriage at Sandy Miller Keohane has no new children to tmportant expenence at olby for Lona was Lorimer Chapel, the birth of Garrett at Thayer report, but she ha started a new chapter in the "rnngaround talkmg a hour rei an n htp , and Hospttal and the beginning of their careers book of her life . Sandy is living on her own for now 'he '' Jmng the 'arnethmg profes wnally. Doug rook the foreign service exam his senior the first time in 33 years and enjoys the freedom Lona and Bdl ''"ted relattve on the l>le of year, and Beth dtd teacher trainmg at Colby and and challenge of it. She has moved from Milton, Guern,ey, England, th" pa t year. ...Gary pracnce teachmg at Lawrence High chool her Mass., to the Wollaston section of Quincy, Knight wrote that the mmt unportant event entor year. Over last hnstmas they visited Ma s., but continues to run her business, Earthly from ht, olh\ Jay' w a> meenng and marrymg terltng, hts wtfe, Heidi, and their new grand- Possessions. andy's son, Joey, 2 7, I ives in Provi L1 nn (Lon",'felltm '65 ). Thctr two cht!Jren, daughter, ham Altka, m Santa Cruz, Calif. dence, where he runs a night club, and her Kathryn .m J Enc, each reccl\·cJ a B. . from the terlmg and Hetdt had JU t moved mro a traw daughter, Chamy, 25, is about to be married in c-AF Academy, and each ha a 'on and daugh hale home that they budt themselves ....David Boca Raton, Fla., where he fo llow her mother's ter Gan ' mo't recent htg e1 ent profe "onally Erdmann wrote from WInter Park, Fla. He i the ani tic inclination as an interior decorator. ... wa' the ,ale of ht, hank m January to dean of admt >ton and enrollment at Rollin Another classmate making her way in the arts is Andro C<)ggm Bank. Gan \ dune rem am e - ollege. He and wtfe usan have a IS-year-old Jean Goldfine as she performs with the 'enttall\ the 'arne 1--ut wtth more empha " on daughter, Lmd,ay ....Ted Houghton report Penob cot Bay inger .Jean performed with the Je,·el<>pmg the tru't 1--u,me". The mo't re em that e-mad ha made lt easter to tay m touch group this ummer in Belfa t and Camden .... per,on.Jl e1 enr: a two-wee!.. tnp to Europe and wtth orne old olhy fnends- ue Turner, Recently I had the pleasure of having a profes- the elebratwn lli ht 33rJ weddmg anntver Marry De Cou Dick, John Hutchms '6 . We ional contact with Mary Beth Lawton. Mary 'an·! ... Bonnie Zimmermann Henricksen hould all follow Ted' lead and keep m touch Beth i a profes or of child development at C.OL B) 'PR I. G 44 ALUMNI AT LARGE Wheelock College in Boston. After graduate Calgary, Alberta, and Regina, Saskatchewan, both moved from House to Senate in 1987. He school, Mary Beth lived and worked in Vermont and had a wonderful time hiking and horseback supervises Daschle's leadership office as well as for some years and then returned to Boston to riding. Then she spent nine days as part of a his personal Senate office, his South Dakota take the position at Wheelock. . . Another church mission project in Nicaragua, in a tiny operation and his political team .... I heard from academic of note is)oe Candido, long at his post village near the Honduran border, where they Nancy Thomas Fritz and family via their an in the department of English literature at the built 19 cement-block houses to replace hous nual Christmas card that she, her husband, University of Arkansas. Joe and Ann Marie may ing lost to Hurricane Mitch. "Hard work, but all Greg, and their youngest daughter, Julie, were be traveling east this year as their oldest daugh of us felt that we received far more than we were living in a rental house on Providence, R.I.'s ter looks at colleges in the Boston area ....This able to give," says Charlotte. She's still keeping East Side, not yet having broken ground on past year held one of life's major transitions for her hand in teaching, but this time it's a Bible their new house in Warren. She calls Provi Sarah Shute Hale. Her husband, Lome, suf study class at church ....Betty Coffee Gross dence "revitalized," and I agree. (Check out fered his third attack of serious depression in was looking forward to 2000 and "Life Part II" Waterfire in downtown Providence on a sum February and overdosed on anti-depressants. because she, too, will be eligible to retire-from mer weekend.) Their daughter Cara has started Sarah says, "We were married for 2 7 years, so the teaching in East Haddam, Conn. She and her graduate school at Oregon State in marine biol change has been deeply painful, but it has also husband spent a lot of time at their summer ogy, their son, Peter, is a senior at Vassar, and been a time of growth and learning, when I have place in Unity, Maine, and took a three-week Julie is just beginning the college search process. been sustained by my children, my rural com vacation in Morocco. Their son, Matt, is teach Nancy continues to enjoy teaching ESL. Last munity, my friends and my faith in God. I ing health in Old Saybrook, Conn., after gradu summer she and a friend had a great adventure carried on with my art business through the ating from Hofstra .... If you haven't already going to Mexico for a couple of weeks, including summer and fall, and after my major pre-Christ done so, please add your e-mail address to the language school in Oaxaca. She says she keeps mas show in Ottawa, I will leave for Vancouver, Colby on-line directory. All class e-mail mes trying to learn Spanish and thinks if she lives to where I plan to spend a semester at Regent sages will be forwarded to class correspondents be 100 she may do it. The family went bareboat College, to work on a master's of divinity degree using this system. Please take note of our new e sailing in the Grenadines in June-sounds won that I started 30 years ago. And from there, who mail address ([email protected]). derful. ...My husband, David, retired from knows?" We wish you well as you continue your We look forward to hearing from even more of Zildjian in February but to keep busy bought journey of self-discovery, Sarah ....Although you now that it's so easy! into a fledgling business selling baseball caps she is married to Thomas Murphy, Susan -Robert Gracia and }udy Gerrie Heine over the Internet (check it out at www.capsized. Denfeld Wood has retained her name. As of com). Now he's back to working more than full December 1999 she is living in Southbank, 68 I received only one questionnaire fo r time to get it up and running and refers to Victoria, Australia.... Ruth Elliott Holmes this column, and a couple of items came from himself as an "Internet mogul." Our daughter, was the subject of an article in the Detroit News Colby's clipping service. I'm hoping those of Lisa, was married in Tucson, Ariz., in Novem on women who have a passion fo r their profes you with news to send will look for the question ber. Many friends and family celebrated with us, sions. "When you grow up in a town that spawned naire in this magazine. Gathering news this way including our son, Dave '94, and daughter-in Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David rather than mailing questionnaires saves Colby law, Karen Whitcomb Bryan '94 ....On a sad Thoreau, you find yourself thinking of indepen postage and staff time, but it doesn't seem to be note, l heard from Lee McGowan's husband, dent self-actualizing careers," she said. She's working for our class. If it's easier, e-mail me! Craig Gripp, that Lee had passed away on Octo made a name for herself as a graphologist and ...Heard from Lorraine MacCarter Lessey, ber 25, 1999, in Philadelphia, Pa. She spent has been employed by corporate clients seeking who had been named manager of the Missouri many years working in the municipal bond to gain insight on prospective hires. As an City Branch of Fort Bend County Libraries in department of Pennsylvania Merchant Group expert witness she has appeared on CBS News , September. She says a bigger branch with 20 and most recently at Tucker Anthony, Inc. She Court TV and Dateline NBC. As a long-time staff members is keeping her busy and chal was very active in numerous civic and educa friend of Jack Kevorkian, and one of the few lenged. She and her husband, Bruce, are parents tional organizations. Our sympathy goes out to people who regularly visit him in jail, she as of Sarah, who married in 1998, and Jennifer, Craig, daughter Maura and her parents. sisted lawyers in jury selection at his trials. who is a sophomore at Texas Tech University -Nancy Dodge Bryan Daughter Sarah, a recent Colby grad, also does and a member of Alpha Delta Pi sorority. handwriting analysis. Ruth and her husband, Lorraine collects antique library paste pots 70 It's a week before the last Christmas of Peter, live in Bloomfield Hills, Mich., and re especially ones with silver tops-which she says the 1900s; 30 years since we last celebrated the cently celebrated their 31st wedding anniver are rather rare, so the collection is small. A big winter holidays as Colby students. Just think sary. Their son, Nick, is a law student at event was a cruise through the Panama Canal in how different things were then. We were all a University of Michigan ....Todger Anderson December with her husband and another couple. lot younger, with more hair and fewer wrinkles. is president and director of portfolio manage Lorraine has lived 18 years in the same spot, A man had set foot on the moon for the first ment at Denver Investment Advisors, which which she says is amazing for someone raised in time a few months earlier, the Mets had won manages the Westcore family of no-load mutual the Air Force ....Ju dy Mosedale was named their first World Series, the Jets had upset the funds. Last February, Todger and his wife, Mary new head ofHunter McQuire School in Verona, Colts in Super Bowl lll, the Vietnam Conflict Ellen, attended a progressive dinner in the Vail, Va., a private school with an enrollmentof95 in (it never was an "official" war, was it?) was Colo., area that raised $150,000 for the United grades K-5. She had served as the head of the raging, and Watergate was just another building States Ski Team! ...Retirement seems to be on lower chool at Pike School in Andover, Mass., in the nation's capital. Most of us were single the mind of many classmates. Charlotte Killam since 1993. The chairman of the Hunter and did not have kids. P and C were just two writes from Greenwich, N.Y., that she has put McQuire board said, "Judy's professional experi individual letters. No one knew about being away the chalk and red pens after 32 years of ence and academic credentials are first rate, but "politically correct," and the idea of a personal teaching eighth grade English. She and her truly her appeal is her enthusiasm for education computer was just that, an idea. It was an anx friend Terry have had plenty of time to travel. and her warmth and dedication to children, ious time, too-with job hunting, graduate They spent spring break in Grenada, where they which was immediately evident to those who school, possibly marriage and/or the military got red carpet treatment because he was on met her." Congratulations, Judy. . . Peter staring us in the face. The future was ours. Do crutches after a foot operation. They spent two Rouse is chief of staff for Minority Leader Tho you ever wonder what we did with it? ...A note weeks in September visiting her family in mas Da chle; he's served a hi top aide since from Andy Starkis arrived today with prelimi- 45 SPRING 2000 COLBY In the Lab, Showing His Mettle Hand Courtney Grimes '78 a piece of metal and he'll tell you answer man for a steady flow of clients, from surgical instrument fascinating stories about how it was made, how much heat it can manufacturers to courtroom forensics experts. stand and when and why it might fail. He combines an inquiring mind with a gold-coating machine, A history and government major at Colby, Grimes is now diamond grinding dust, a scanning electron microscope and president and chief metallurgist of Sturbridge Metallurgical Ser scales so sensitive that breathing on them registers the weight of vices in Massachusetts, which he started in his garage about your words. He has enough computer screens for a video arcade. nine years ago. Besides an office manager, he employs part-time He occasionally invites seventh graders to his lab and lets help and consultants as needed. A modest business profile them maneuver an electron microscope over a defective perhaps, but he's highly respected and has been called "the Ken computer chip or pacemaker wire. In classrooms he's a magi Burns of modern metallurgy." cian, levitating objects and demonstrating the power of liquid Grimes's lab is a 3,700-square- foot magic kingdom of metal nitrogen to turn rubber bands brittle and bananas rock hard. lurgy. Part museum, part testing facility, part research library, it's Grimes glories in arousing students' intellects and exciting a cross between Mr. Wizard's workshop and Dr. Quincy's foren their inquisitiveness. He gets excited himself, talking about SICS lab. Grimes's clients are people with questions about the passivated stainless steel or the proper way to paint rocket strength, composition, corrosibility or culpability of pieces of housings to last decades. metal. He can say if fireplace probes will withstand the tempera Grimes measures things in microns and in degrees Kelvin. He tures they're designed to measure or if saw blades will stand up takes photos of things small enough to fit in a gnat's pocket and in a salt-water environment. In a matter of weeks Grimes's talks about robots tiny enough to perform tasks inside the human accelerated corros1on tank can produce the environmental equiva body. He works and plays with scientific miracles that would lent of 0 years of New England winter driving. make Jules Verne's jaw drop. Gnmes evaluates weld JOints and measures the depth of laser A visionary, he talks about the impossible as if it were etch1ngs He tests the b1o-worthmess of medical implants and only momentarily delayed and envisions the day when can spot meta fat1gue at 60 paces. He knows what's magnetic-levitation transportation will be the norm. "As wrong (or nght) w1th galvan1zed nails and why soon as they can do those things at room tem- water pump rotors m1ght shoot through the hous perature, it'll change every motor we now Ing 1mpenling mechanics or car owners. use," he said. "It'll change everything." A nat1ve o antucket. Gnmes earned a degree Grimes, for one, will be ready and 1n mechan1cal eng1neenng from Central New waiting-and probably providing England College and set up shop 1n Sturbridge some of the answers. 6 years ago. As a defect detective he helped Cross Pen troubleshoot leaky pen-po1nts and Adapted from a Southbridge Evening Hyde Manu ac ur1ng determ1ne the nght News column by Mark Ashton grade o s eel or blades and he served as 46 ALUMNI AT LARGE nary information about our upcoming reunion, lack of your good news .... Here is what some of which is going to take place at the College over you are doing. Randall Childs became a police 1970s Correspondents the first weekend of June. Did you ever think in officer with the Boston Police five years ago 1970 the winter of 1969-70 that we'd actually be after leaving a career with the postal service. He Steven Cline getting together as a class in a year beginning tells it best. "I've developed a specialization in 6602 Loch Hill Road with a 20 in front of it? Do you believe we motor vehicle enforcement and OWl prosecu Baltimore. MD 21239-1 644 graduated from Colby 30 years agol Looking tions, but I can and do handle all kinds of public sdc@connext. net back is a good thing. The experiences we hared service and emergency calls, from blocked drive on Mayflower Hill helped shape the life path ways to domestic disputes and crimes in progress. 1971 James Hawkins we've taken and the people who we are today. lt Speaking of domestics, it is high rime as a 485 Locust Street will be great to see everyone again and share culture that we abandon the idea of "domestic Attleboro, MA 02703 Colby memories. Hope you all can make it. .. . partnership" as a viable and equal alternative to 508-226-1 436 ot a whole lot of news from class members ... . marriage. On the midnight shift, I can tell you Ever wonder what someone with a degree in art for a fac t: we don't lock up husbands; we lock up 1972 history ends up doing? Just take a look at the boyfriends!" (Randall was outraged that the ques Janet Holm Gerber 409 Reading Avenue accomplishments of Earle Shettleworth. Earle tionnaire you receive requesting news asks for Rockville, MD 20850 is rhe director of the Maine Historic Preserva your "spouse's/partner's" name.) He and his wife, 301-424-9160 tion Commission. He has an M.A. in American Shelley, live in Mission Hill in a soon-to-be [email protected] architecture and decorative arts from Boston expanded three-family home. They are active in University, has served as president of the New church and neighborhood matters and home 1973 England Chapter, Society of Architectural His school their four children .... Following a career Jackie Nienaber Appeldorn 1437 Old Ford Road torians and has written or co-written nine books! change, Carolyn Dewey is a polarity therapist New Paltz, NY 12561 Makes me feel like a real slacker! ...Ben Kravitz living in Norwich, Conn. She has three sons, 914-255-4875 writes that his son Alex recently celebrated his ages 21, 18 and 16. . Mitchell Kaplan was [email protected] bar mitzvah. The proud papa reports that a first appointed last year to a four-year term on the class job was done. Congratulations to the en Board of Bar Overseers, which investigates alle 1974 tire family ! Joani Katz and Michael Baskin gations of professional misconduct by lawyers Robin Sweeney Peabody represented rhe Class of 1970 at the event. Joani and passes its findings to rhe Supreme Judicial 46 Elk Lane Littleton, CO 80127 is actively recruiting volunteers for the reunion Court for appropriate discipi inary action. Mitch 303-978-1 129 committee, and Michael is head of the town of is a partner at the Boston law firm of Choate, fax 303-904-0941 haron's long-range planning committee that is Hall and Stewart. Following Colby, he received [email protected] deciding what the town will look like in the year his law degree from Cornell. ... Continuing as 2100 ....When I told the father of a friend of my a textile artist and faculty member at Clarion 1975 Nan Weidmann Anderson daughter that Laura and I had gone to Colby, he University in Clarion, Pa., Cathy Joslyn shows 806 Partridge Circle let me know that he is related to Elinor Bartel both foc us and evolution in her work. About Golden, CO 80403 Miller. He told me that Elinor and Charlie '69 two years ago, she spent a sabbatical leave in 303-279-6287 live in Maine, where Charlie is an attorney with Peru, where she created a series of fabric paint fax: 303-278-0521 a Portland law firm. He did not know what ings inspired by the Andes Mountains and the [email protected] Elinor is doing but did know rhar Elinor and people who live there. Cathy's interest in Peru Charlie have three kids and that their oldest came as a result of being interested for many 1976 son got married last spring. Once again, con years in the art of other cultures. She has appre Valerie Jones Roy 38 Hunts Point Road gratulations to the entire fa mily. Of course all ciated and incorporated into her work "the Cape Elizabeth. ME 041 07 of the information about Elinor and Charlie is dramatic idiosyncratic rhythms of Africa; the 207-767-0663 second hand. Guys, send me an e-mail to con elegant subtlety and surprises of Asia; and the fax: 207-767-8125 firm! ...Well, I've reached the bottom of the colors and complexities of rhe Americas." Her sroy1 @maine.rr.com page, so that tells me it's time to wrap things first textile works were weavings in which she up. By the time you read my next report, I'll be even wally dyed her own yarnsand then began 1977 Ellen D. O'Brien able to fill you in on the end of Whitney adding items like fabric and paper to replace 205 Fernwood Avenue yarn. These works were fo llowed by "quilts" in Cline's college search. And, when Laura and 1 Davenport, lA 52803-3606 see you guys at the reunion, we'll let you know which she continued to explore such issues as 319-359-4665 which institution of higher learning Miss pattern,layering and texture. "Most people don't [email protected] Whitney will honor with her presence next notice that we all are in constant contact with 1978 fall. ... Ann Arbor, phone home, or fa x, e cloth," she says. "Textiles are a part of our Robert S. Woodbury mail, send something via Pony Express-what everyday life. I find them interesting in a tactile 484 Bridge Street way and in a visual way. Working with cloth is ever! Let us hear from you. Hamilton, MA 01982 -Steven Cline a very elemental kind of thing." ...The children 978-468-3805 of Bill A !fond are growing up. He has a 25-year fax: 61 7-951-9919 72 Hi, everybody! First, from the Class of old son playing golf all over the world, a spring [email protected] '72, a big "Welcome" to Bro and Cathy Adams '99 graduate of Brown and a freshman at 1979 as they begin acclimating to Colby and Maine in Dartmouth ....Maryanna Buck Abren lives in Cheri Bailey Powers Middleboro, Mass., and has "survived" over 25 anticipation of the changeover in the College 6027 Scout Drive years of teaching. She and her husband, Peter, presidency. As rough as Bill Cotter's shoes are to Colorado Springs, CO 80918 fill, it appears we are very fortunate to have Bro have a senior at Rensselaer and a sophomore at 719-532-9285 Adams to rake over. Second, I apologize that Boston College .... Is that someone still looking 71 9-380-6806 you have seen a void in our class's news here in for Julie Pfrangle? If so, write or e-mail me and [email protected] Colby. The busy-ness of I ife was the cause, not a I will give you her home address and e-mail 47 SPRING 2000 C 0 L BY ALUM I AT LARGE address in Juneau, Alaska! She for our class are included in the wrote to me after hearing that she N EWS MAKERS reunion registration packet. Friday was "lost" by a friend ....And night, two of our classmates will be from another "outpost" we hear After serving on Colby's Alumni Council and as class agent, honored at the awards banquet. from Gilvan Marcelino. He is gen Claudia Caruso Rouhana '71 has begun a four-year term as a Edson Mitchell will receive the Dis eral coordinator for multilateral Colby overseer. ...Ja mes E. Mahoney '74, senior vice presi tinguished Alumnus Award, and cooperation within the Ministry dent of media communications for FleetBoston Financial, re Sue Conant Cook will receive a of Science and Technology ofBra cently was appointed to the board of trustees of the University Colby Brick award. Following the :il. As always, we are a tal of Massachusetts ....An opinion piece in the Central Maine awards ceremony, we'll gather at ented, colorful and varied group. newspapers by Bruce D. Cummings '73 opposed the impending our class headquarters to reconnect. Your news is wonderful. sale of Maine's venerable health insurer Blue Cross and Blue Saturday activities have something -J anet Holm Gerber Shield to Indiana-based Anthem. Cummings, who is president for everyone, from museum tours to of Blue Hill Memorial Hospital and past president of the Maine swing dancing to lectures. For those 74 Greetings from Colorado! Hospital Association, favors recapitalization and a state-char bringing young children, activities I have discovered that as class corre tered institution ....Director of the Maine Bureau of Informa from pony rides to face painting fill spondent I receive newspaper clip tion Services Robert A. Mayer '73 predicted that recent the afternoon. President and Mrs. pings on cia smates in the news. It advances in computers and telecommunications mean "you'll Cotter will host the 25th reunion eems we have reached the age of be able to communicate with your state representatives on reception at the president's house. success ....Deborah Wathen Finn line." Mayer, recently fe atured in Maine newspapers, is Maine's Sandy Maisel, Earl Smith and Janice was named Woman of the Year by chief information officer and was instrumental in the state's Kassman will join us for our dinner the Women' Transportation Semi efforts to ward off the Y2K computer bug.... Deborah See! on Saturday night. The College nar for demonstrating leadership in Palman '75, fo rmer Maine Warden of the Year, was written up hosts four different parties on Sat the industry and contributing to the in Down East magazine last November. The article declared urday night, one featuring a dj who'll advancement of women and minori that "humility, self-sacrifice, and determination" characterize play music from the '60s and '70s. tie . Just about the time she was her 21-year career with the Maine Warden Service ....Foster's Our fr iends hope to see you at re honored at a dinner in Manhattan, Daily Democrat featured criminologist Ted Kirkpatrick '77, union in June. Debbie moved to Buffalo to become former University ofNew Hampshire associate dean of liberal -Nan Weidmann Anderson the Niagara Frontier's director of arts and now lead researcher fo r J usticeworks at UNH's Institute urface transportation. How deep for Policy and Social Science Research. A tri-state consortium, 76 All right, fo lks, just because did the snow get compared to New Justiceworks studies the effectiveness of programs that deter Colby has moved to a more effi Jersey, Debbie1 . . . Reginald Blaxton crime ....Welch's has promoted Randy C. Papadellis '79 to cient method of collecting infor had his essay, titled 'OJesus Wept': senior vice president to oversee Welch's Internet site and all mation from all of us for the class Reflections on HIV Disease and the aspects of Welch's advertising, product development, market column, please do not use that as an Churches of Black Folk," printed in ing research and trade promotion strategies.... The Very excuse to avoid sending me news. If a volume of essays. He gave a public Reverend Archimandrite Savas S. Zembillas '79, who was you can't remember to tear out the readmg of hi work during an ap ordained to the priesthood in 1995, was appointed chancellor of form in this Colby magazine, simply pearance m D.C. As an aside, ! loved the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. send me an e-mail (sroy I @maine.rr. hts obsen•atton that our class was com) and I'll be sure to get your the ftr t not to be required to wear MILESTONES information to our classmates .... beames as fre hmen-probably be Another set of new parents' Sean Births: A son, Michael Horton, to Richard Horton '77. cau e the edate gray and blue would Drummey and Alison Wetherill have clashed wtth the p ychedelic recently welcomed son Nevin Grif- tte- dye of our era' . . . Andrea Hicks Sa to was her husband, Roger, share six kids, and she fin Wetherill. ...Elizabeth Knight Warn was appomted dtrector of nanonal retail sales fo r all dreams offinding an opportunity in the medical promoted to executive vice president in the of Hemeken U A brand and wa wnrten up in field that would allow more family time. If we retail mortgage lending department of Peoples Breu:ers Dtgest. . . Carolyn Dusty Leef was took a poll, I wonder how many others of us Heritage Financial Group in Portland, Maine. promoted to captam the U ..Naval Reserve would admit to the same dream 1 . . . I would like She also serves on the board ofYark/Cumberland and recetved the oath from her father, olonel to hear from you by e-mail or by way of the card Housing and also has served as a board member Du,ry, who pmned ht> eagles on her collar. he fo und in every edition of this magazine. You of the United Way of Greater Portland ....Ran '' current!) anached to the a'·al Re erve Of will no longer receive a questionnaire in the into Debra Hirsch Corman during the parents hce m \ a;hmgton, D .., but m her ctvdtan ltfe mad. I am regi tered with the Colby on-line weekend at Hobart and William Smith Col w orb a' a 'enwr ,oftware engmeer m Oceanstde, servtce, so if you have a few minutes send me a leges. Debra has two daughters, one a "first year" altf.... Linda Krohn Kildow's daughter, I me 1 Bener yet, come to Colorado and we'll at William Smith and the other a "first year" at Lm'e\, appeared tn ,\'eusueek, havmg, at age catch up tn person ' Muhlenberg. One in college is tough enough on 13, won the gtant lalom, uperG and downhdl -Robin Sweene)' Peabody the family budget ...can you imagine twins? ... raLe tn the Jumor Olymptc> here tn Colorado. Other with college kids include Marion .. Karen Heck wa' appomred to the board of 75 ThiS wtll be the last column before our Mauran Mariner, who sent eldest child Teddy The �1ame 'J omen\ Fund. he 1 a fo rmer 25th cia > reumon. Mark your calendars for June off to Union this fall. Rumor has it that her son pre,tdent of \X1aren die\ Rotary lub and 1 a 2-4, 2000, to head back to the hill' The momen is quite a lacrosse tar. .. Honorary degree foundmg parrner of The A \'alan Group ....I dtd tum 1 buddmg, and we expect a great turnout. recipient in '76 Harry T. Foote was one offour recel\·e an entertammg L·mad from Robin Byrd Allen, our cia prestdent, and the reunion recently inducted into the Maine Press Hamill-Ruth. he " dtrecnng the Pam \1an plannmg commmee have planned a reunion to Association' Hall of Fame. Publisher of The agement Center at the Cnl\·er t(l of Vtrgmta remember. Byrd 1 hopmg to recetve reunion American Weekly since 1968, he works seven and 'rrugglmg wnh the challenge of tn urance, un·ey from tho e clas mates who didn't end days a week and hasn't taken a real vacation bdlmg,, ere. he wmes that ;,norkelmgwnh the them yet-yes, the famtltar "exten 10n" ts till since the 1960s, but he now works afternoons, sharb m Beh:e remmded her of work! he and avatlable! Detads concemmg pre-reun ton eventS which is quite a fe at considering that he is 83 .... C 0 L BY 4 ALUMNI AT LARGE That is it for now. This is the second time I've she first had her children. With them leading will have started in the physician assistant pro found myselfpleading with you to get your news busy school and soccer lives, Laurie has been gram at UC-Davis. His surgical rotation is ched to me ASAP so that l can share it with all the able to squeeze in some art work. It's not hard to uled for the time of our 20th reunion so we'll just Class of '76. Snail mail, e-mail, phone, tear out figure out where she finds her inspiration. In have to hope he can schedule his way back east. the form from Colby magazine ... l do not care addition to work on nature scenes, a recent Yinka is the store team leader for Whole Foods how, just do it! exhibit of hers at the Holliston, Mas ., library market in Palo Alto. . . Amy Page Oberg -Valerie jones Roy displayed another of her subjects: kids skiing reports with equal amounts of amazement and and playing soccer! ...I hope the year 2000 finds resignation that the departure of her oldest son 78 More classmates are being written about everyone happy and healthy. for college this past fall has forced her to recon these days than are writing for the class column. -Robert S. Woodbury sider her conception of herself as perpetually 29. So be it! We'll rely on these third-party reports. With another five kids "hot on his heels," Amy ...Dan Hoefle was elected to a three-year term 79 Hope that everyone had a joyous time surely has lots of experience to bring to bear on as a trustee of the Foundation for Seacoast with friends and fa mily during the holidays. It's her new role on the Barrington School Com Health in Portsmouth, N.H. Dan's been busy a time of the year when everyone is busy. l have mittee. For her "day job," Amy is an attorney before this development as he was already the heard from a few of you and hope to hear from doing tax planning/business. . . Chris and chairman of the fo undation's facility commit many more of you in the next millennium. Kelley Osgood Platt write from the Great North tee, which oversees the design and development Please write and let me know how you cel west, where they live with sons Colin, 11, and of the foundation's community campus. He's a ebrated ringing in 2000.... David Bernier, a Andrew, 14. Chris is a sales engineer with ADE, partner in the law firm Hoefle, Phoenix and Waterville attorney, was recently appointed a and Kelley is treasurer of Freightliner Corpora Gormley and a member of the executive board dedimus justice by Governor Angus King of tion, where they've discovered that semicon of the Greater Piscataqua Community Founda Maine. After winning an election in his ward, ductor-capital equipment and the "rusty forest" tion. He's also a member of the Portsmouth he's also serving on the charter commission, (as Freightliner's big trucks are known) are Rotary Club and director of the Rye Education which is reviewing Waterville's governing char counter-cyclical industries. They report that in Foundation. Whew! . ..Tim Hussey, already ter. He and his wife, Karen, are busy with their the 1 998 Maine Congressional race, Jon Reisman the president and CEO of the family business, three children. Luc, 10, is on the hockey ream, '77 gained national support from the Republi Hussey Seating Company in orth Berwick, and Mathieu, 12, and Dineke, 7, are both on can Party, although ultimately he was not Maine, has been elected to the board of direc travel swim teams ....Dave Lemoine is a busy elected. Having been back to the campus re tors at Peoples Heritage Bank. Tim lives in anorney and freshman legislator from Old Or cently, they were amazed at Colby's growth, Kennebunk. He serves on the boards of the chard Beach. His law firm recently merged with while at the same time they "failed to impress United Way of York County and York County another as Prescon, Lemoine, Jamieson and the next generation"-an experience that I Development Corporation and as an overseer of Nelson. He and his wife, Karen, are the proud imagine many of us have had ....Tom Marlitt Colby. Tim's been active in Junior Achieve parents of two boys, Joseph, 4, and John, 2 .... is in his third year at Reed College in Portland, ment, Maine Children' Cancer Program and l have to applaud Jeff Wuorio for the terrific Ore., where he is associate dean of admission. the Pine Tree Council of the Boy Scouts and is article in Colby magazine. Amazing how the After chairing the Colby campaign in Portland a member of the Young President's Organiza cost of a Colby education has grown, but it still last winter, he is looking forward to the class's tion ....Jeff "Shribs" Shribman was running for is worth every dollar. He has been very busy 20th reunion. Tom: to answer your question the board of selectmen in Marblehead, Mass. writing for Money magazine and The New York (and Johanna's) about where Derwood, Md., is, Shrib is married to Robin and has two kids, Times. His book, Got Money!, was wrinen up in it's a tiny little piece of the D.C. metro area, Leslie, 12, and Douglas, 10. He's a partner in the the October 18, 1999, issue of USA Today. l t is tucked in between Rockville and Gaithersburg, Salem (Mass.) law firm of Berka!, Steiman, a great resource publication that targets 20-30 if that means anything to you. You can also ask Davern & Shribman. He's been very active in year olds regarding financial Web sites on the Mimi Brodsky Kress, who knows her way around Marblehead politics already, as he's been on the Internet. ...That's about it this time. Once this this turf. ... Glenn Rieger has taken a big leap, zoning board for 11 years, currently as the chair article is in, l have to tackle my Christmas cards leaving his big company position at Safeguard man. Also, he's a trustee of Salem Hospital and and lener. We may just have a white Christmas Scientifics to fo rm a new venture fund called the president-elect (president by now?) of the here in Colorado. l look fo rward to celebrating Cross Atlantic Technology Fund. And crossing Salem Rotary Club. Shribs still has his athletic a happy, safe holiday season with my husband, the Atlantic he is, with one partner in Dublin side as he's the assistant coach of his son's Youth Tom, and my girls, Kayleigh and Meredith. l and another in London, both of whom he visits Baseball Major League team and also has coached wish you a happy and safe New Year. monthly to look for info technology companie . his kids' football and soccer teams. Oh yeah, -Cheri Bailey Powers Glenn's wife, Tami, and their kids, Katy, 9, and Shribs thinks safety is the overriding concern Grant, 6, are excited about returning to Colby regarding Marblehead's winter overnight park 80 l want to start by apologizing fo r the for the 20th. Glenn ran into Dan Berger at a ing ban ....And still more community news! fact that news from the Class of 1980 has been technology conference in San Francisco and How about Courtney (did we really call him missing from the magazine recently. The best still sees Jim Disidoro every couple of years as "Sweatney"?) Grimes being installed as the new face l can put on it is that perhaps our class Jim hops around the world (at present in British president ofthe Sturbridge ( Mass. ) Rotary Club. members will be even more motivated to come Columbia with his wife and two sons) working Courtney lives in Brimfield, Mass., as previously to our 20th reunion this summer to make up for for Coca-Cola.... Congratulations to Barry ' 1 reported in this column, and is the president and my deficiencies in reporting our clas comings and Johanna Rich Tesman, who have a new owner of Sturbridge Metallurgical Services, Inc. and goings remotely .... Dan Salimone and baby girl, Lucy Rose, under the watchful care of This is a fu ll-service metallographic consulting wife Yinka are on the West Coast in Mountain big sister Emma Victoria, 8, as well as Mom and and testing laboratory specializing in product View, Calif., and raking fu ll advantage of its Dad. Johanna is a child psychologist in Harris testing, quality control and fa ilure analysis. (See opportunities for long bike rides, surfing, rock burg, Pa., at the Polyclinic Hospital. Barry is the story on page 46).... Lauri Hutcheson climbing and hiking in the many national associate professor of mathematics at Dickinson Leavitt, in addition to raising daughters Leah, parks (even if they have stopped doing the College in Carlisle. Johanna saw a number of 11, and Anna, 9, is finding time to return to a long-distance triarhlons). Dan's a surgical as Colby friends while vacationing in New En long-time love, painting. Laurie left a job as a sistant on the plastic/reconstructive team at gland last summer, including Ellen Mercer designer at a Boston advertising agency when Kaiser Permanente in Santa Clara and by now Papera and her three daughters, Lauren Dustin 49 SPRI G 2000 C 0 L BY ALUMNI AT LARGE N EWS MAKERS Jan Follansbee Binda '80 has been development for Tishman Construction Corporation of ew En named executive director of the New gland, was named 1999 Marketing Executive of the Year by the I England Council of the American Elec Boston chapter of the Society for Marketing Professional Services. tronics Association, the nation's larg- Bate was honored for his contribution ro the success of his firm in e t high-tech trade group representing marketing, client development and public relations. almost 3,000 U.S.-based technology companies .... Daniel J. O'Halloran MILESTONES '80 was recently featured in a Maine Times article for his purchase of Boothby Marriages: Sandra L. Demmler '83 to Ronald P. D'Amico in East and Bartlett In urance Agency in Greenwich, R.I. ...Sylvester H. "Buster" Clegg '85 to Jennifer Waterville, Maine. Boothby and Annese in Barrington, R.I. . . . David H. Resnicoff '85 ro Alicia Nancy Marshall '82 Bartlett pride itself on a "dignified M. trohl in Jackson, .H ....Peter B. Blau '87 to Cristina V. blend of the professional and fo lksy ...a reassuring authority with Coletta in Boston, Mass ....Susan L. Whittum '87 to Michael S. a familiar face," said O'Halloran, whose fa ther, Arthur "Red" Obar in Pordand, Maine... . Sara E. Dickison '88 to James W. O'Halloran '50, has been vice president of the company since Taylor in Boston, Mass ....Karen M. Reilly '88 to Kevin J. Quirk 1956.... Local newspapers recendy fe atured Rangeley, Maine, in Centerville, Mass ....David M. Rosen '88 to Donna K. Axel arti t Pamela Ellis '8 1,who ha been awarded several prizes for her in Cliffs ide Park, .J ....Helen D. Walker '88 to Mark L. LaPointe children's portrait and small, realistic watercolor landscapes. in Portland, Maine ....Robert H. Erdmann '89 to Shannon A. "We live in the Garden of Eden. One just has ro look," Ellis rold O'Brien in ew Canaan, Conn.... Rocco D. Genovese IV '89 to the Franklin Journal. ...U ..Cellular, the nation's 11th-largest Julia R. lx in Greenwich, Conn ....Peter J. O'Toole '89 to Eve wireless carrier, selected ancy Marshall Communications of M. Maldonado in Washington, D.C. ...Desiree M. Pullen '89 to Kingfield, Maine, to lead their public relation strategies in Maine. Robert W. Merritt in North Windham, Maine. The Kingfield-ba ed firm, one of the state's few specialized media marketing agencies, i headed by ancy Briggs Marshall '82 and Births: A daughter, Sadie Bolger, to David '8 1 and Amy Haselton her hu band, Jay ....Har tford Life, Inc., the nation's third-largest Bolger '8 1. ...A son, Robin Jeffe ry Hartzell, to Jane C. Hartzell life in urance group, recendy announced that David M. '8 1. ...A son, Eric Stephen Trimble, to Andrea Koumjian and Znamierowski '82, senior vice president and director of life Stephen G. Trimble '82. A daughter, Patricia Hurley, to investment strategy, ha been promoted ro chief inve tment Stephen and Nancy Pratt Hurley '83 ....A son, Hank Wilmot, officer.. . . usan Sheehan Schwermer '83 is the new head of the to Caroline Walker Leggett and Randy Wilmot '83 . . ..A son, Great alt Lake chapter of the American Red Cros . "This Christopher Reardon, to George and Sarah Chapin Reardon '84. organi:anon has touched many generation with compassion," he ...A son,Jacob "Jack" Miles, ro Andrea and Elliot A. Kolodny '85. said tn a Deserer ews feature, explaining how the help given to ...A daughter, Mackenzie Charlotte Conti, to Lorena and James her German grandmother and grandfather, a German soldier in D. Conti '86 ....A daughter, Margaret Duffy , to Richard and World War II, motivated her career path. . . The board of Deborah Pernice Duffy '86 ....A son, Camden Parker, to Heather educanon of Connecticut's Rocky Hill chool District selected and Christopher S. Parker '86 ....A on, Liam Thomas Burke, to heryl Larson Mortensen '85, a second grade teacher at We t Paul '87 and Leslie Chin Burke '87 ....A son, Dylan Quirk, to Hill chool, a Teacher of the Year. ...The Greenfield, Mass., Vincent III '87 and Tamsen Wolfe Quirk '87. . . Twins, Recorder featured Paula L. King '86 after King was named one of Elizabeth and Rebecca Wessman, to John and Marianne MacDonald the e1ght fe male members of the 1999 U.S. limbing Team. "It's Wessman '87 ....A son, Alexander Mario Cameron, to Lisa and a vertical ches game," she said of rock climbing. "You're not just Michael S. Cameron '89 ....A son, Michael Card, to Robert and thmktng one move, but a few moves ahead." ...Newspapers all Jean Moriarty Card '89. . . A daughter, Gladys Valeryevna aero ew England last fa ll wrote up one of the Internet' top Usova, to Valeri Usova and Maria Douglass '89. rated Web Site>, Clifford A. harpies '86' Garden.com, where cu,romer can get all the dirt on gardentng and gardening prod Deaths: Geoffry F. Brown '80, January 21, 2000, in Knox, Maine, u t'>. In Fortune maga" me, the company was ranked as the Web's at 42 ....Charles W. Tenney '84, December 13, 1999, in Saranac ''be,t ne, 1--ar none" . . . . cott Bates ' 7, director of business Lake, N.Y., at 38. .1nd her 1--.Il--\ l--o1 ·md Lmda l1fford Haclle\ 81 Jay Vo tta 1 livmg 1n Av on, Conn., Symmes is living in Concord, N.H. He is a · I. . Ron Levine "a' marned th 1 pa't after ha1·mglived m Los Angeles, an Franci co music teacher teaching piano and voice in Con 'umm�r t<> Beth Z C 0 L B) 50 ALUM I AT LARGE and their daughter, Akilah, 5, spent 10 months Loveland Colo., with her husband, Walt, and in the highlands of Scotland, where she was their daughter, Amber. Marie reported that 1980s Correspondents working on a population viability study on the she's primarily a stay-at-home mom but was also 1980 northernmost population of bottle-nose dol the secretary to the board of North Palm Beach John Veilleux phins. Jack did the transatlantic commute as Heights Water Control District. Her husband 7104 Sonnett Court often as he could. Carol says it was very interest has relocated his painting business; anyone look Derwood, MD 20855 ing work and quite a change from New Mexico ing for a good painting contractor in the [email protected] to live by the sea where the land is green .... Loveland-Fort Collins area should contact them Jean Siddal-Bensson is working on her medical at Cold Star Painting.... Another classmate 1981 degree at the University of Massachusetts Medi writes from Boulder, Colo., to bring us up to Beth Pniewski Wilson cal School in Worcester. She and her husband, date. Dieter Weber and his wife, Joan Ray '85, P 0. Box 602 Steve, have four children: Anne, 14, Andrew, have a little boy, Alexander Baxter Ray-Weber, Harvard, MA 01451 978-456-8801 12, Mara, 11, and James, 9. They also have two who has done a lot of traveling and camping in beth. [email protected] dogs, Abbey and Rose. They live in Attleboro, his short life. Dieter is a software engineer work Mass .... I saw Alex Andrews (aka Christy ing for Compatible Systems, a company that 1982 Gauss) last October at my house for our annual builds Internet routers and virtual private net Mimi H. Rasmussen cider-making party. She and her husband, Dave, working (VPN ) products. Joan is also working 63 Reservoir Street have two sons and live on Lake Boon in Hudson, in the computer industry as a consultant creat Cambridge, MA 02 138 Mass. Alex is at home fu ll time with the boys but ing Web designs. Although they are enjoying 61 7-492-1002 still finds time to do her favorite pastime, garden Colorado, they still have strong ties to Maine as [email protected] ing. Dave recently joined Concord Communica both of their fa milies are there. Dieter reports tions in Marlboro, Mass., after having been with he's been in touch with Dave Hill and his wife , 1983 Banyan for many years.... Please feel free to e who are living in the Washington, D.C., area Sally Lovegren Merchant 24 Easy Street mail me with any news about classmates. What (Rockville, Md.) and have a little boy named Mt. Desert, ME 04660 did you do for the millennium? I haven't heard Zachary ....Another classmate is doing a big 207-244-0441 from many people and am afraid our columns are move: Cathy Bischoff lawrence is moving from fax: 207-244-9445 going to get shorter and shorter, so please e-mail London to Sydney, Australia, while her hus [email protected] ([email protected]) soon! band, Scott, begins attending the Australian -Beth Pniewski Wilson Graduate School of Management in February. 1984 While in London Cathy traveled with her hus Cynthia M. Mulliken-Lazzara 82 It's post-Thanksgiving, pre-New Year band throughout the U.K. and Europe. Now 18 Sunshine Avenue as I write this, and everyone must be busy with she's hoping she can get permission to work in Sausalito, CA 94965 41 5-332-3542 holiday plans. I know that nobody is out shov Australia . ...Sam Stanley and his wife have colby1 [email protected] eling snow anywhere! I'm sure that by the time rewrned to live in their hometown, Bellbrook, Ohio, a suburb of Dayton. Sam is working for you're reading this, we will have had plenty of 1985 winter weather ....The news is brief. Paul Reason Public Policy lnstiwte, a libertarian pub Barbara Knox Autran Maier sends in an update on an addition to his lic policy think tank based in Los Angeles. He 201 1 Rosedale Avenue family. Paige Kathryn was born October 18, was promoted to deputy director last spring and Oakland, CA 96401 1999. Paige, brother Kal (who continues to now supervises the production process for all 51 0-437-9462 progress with his skating!) and mom Jane are their pol icy swdies. Being almost bi-coastal, Sam doing well. Paul continues to keep in touch with is doing much more traveling but has had time to 1986 Wendy Lapham Russ Tom Dougherty and family in Rogers, Ark. turn his kids (6 and 4) on to the thrill of roller 206 Cheltenham Road They spent Memorial Day weekend in St. coasters, airplanes and other more mundane ac Newark, DE 1971 1 tivities like the zoo. Sam welcomes e-mail at Louis-the halfway point for both fa milies. 302-738-6261 The annual Jeton (Marc )/Schwartz (Jon)/ [email protected]. . . Kenny Epstein russ@dca. net Maier reunion was scheduled for February in and his wife, Wendy (Howard '85), wrote to Maine fo r the ski trip at Sunday River. A big announce the birth of their third child, Sophie 1987 event this year, as everyone is nearing their Rose, bornAugust 12, 1999. She joins Lila, 8, and Jane Nicol Manuel 40th. A note from Paul to Grog: call me; I Jacob, 5. Kenny and his family are living in 8 Wentworth Drive worked with a guy who worked with you at Westport, Conn., and Kenny has been working Beverly, MA 01915 UST. ... That's all fo r now. Don't be shy about at Credit Suisse First Boston since July 1998 in 978-927-6084 jmanuel1 @aol.com writing in and letting us know what you're the equity sales area, with a focus on technology stocks. The Epsteins would love to hear from any doing or not doing these days! 1988 old friends in the New York area .... Marian -Mimi H. Rasmussen Lauren Frazza Leerburger-Mahl shared a quick update. She has 200 East 78th Street, Apt. 19A 83 Hi, everyone. Please keep me posted. two kids and was named chairman of undergradu New York, NY 1 002 1 You can e-mai I me ( classnews 1 983@colby .a!um. ate intelligence studies at American Military, [email protected] edu) or mail your latest information to me at 24 where she is teaching part time. She is still Easy Street, Mount Desert, Maine 04660. working for the Department of Defense fu ll time. 1989 -Sally Lovegren Merchant ...The Portland Business Monthly announced in Anita L. Terry August 1999 that Kitty Wilbur has joined Bur 501 Warwick Street St. Paul, MN 551 16 gess Advertising & Associates, a Portland ad 84 HeUo to everyone. A quick reminder 651-698-9382 agency and PR firm. She is an associate creative to drop me a line so I can share with our fax: 657-848-1 182 director .... I leave you on a sad note this quarter. classmates. I'm very easy to get hold of on the [email protected] Web.... Marie Joyce Fletcher wrote while in Charlie Tenny passed away on December 13, the process of moving from Jupiter, Fla., to 1999, and a memorial service was held for him on 51 SPRING 2000 C 0 L BY It's Cool To Be Smart In 1997 Lynn Brunelle '85 was senior editor and ghostwriter of Production of the Nye show ended in February 1999, and children's books for Workman Publishing Company in New York Brunelle began free-lance work on a series of books on science City. Less than a year later she was holding an Emmy for experiments with water and magnets for Somerville House Books Outstanding Writing for a Children's Television Series, which she in Toronto and on a series for all age groups for the Gymboree won as head writer for Bill Nye the Science Guy chain of stores. Back from a honeymoon in Venice following her ''I'd seen Bill Nye doing on TV what I'm doing in books," said marriage last fall to Keith Uyekawa, she also reviews toys for Brunelle, who has written about 30 children's books all told, Amazon.com and writes on science in the natural world for Kids including several for Scientific American and five for the Discov Contact magazine. She's even found time to work on a novel ery Channel on subjects ranging from bacteria to volcanoes. aimed at kids ages 10-14. The Nye show, she says, was funny, fast paced and had a Her major project, however, involves combining books and frantic back-and-forth quality that hooks kids and "connects TV. With two others from the Nye show she founded Big Head science with all sorts of other things." Solidly grounded with her Entertainment to produce Brain Quest, a sort of Jeopardy' for Colby majors in biology and English, four years of teaching in a kids. Based on questions and answers for first through eighth middle school, an M.A. in art history and six years of writing about graders, she says, the show is "straightforward and simple in a science for kids, Brunelle thought her background was "perfect challenging way." They planned to shoot the pilot this April. for getting that stuff across. My grand scheme was to connect At the annual television convention in New Orleans recently, everything-current science, history, social stud- ,------. Brunelle met with executives from Warner Brothers, ies-with art," she said. Fox, Discovery, Nickelodeon and Children's Televi Three weeks after contacting the Nye show, she sion Workshop "to start the buzz over Brain Quest. I felt was on the set 1n Seattle "watching Bill say words I'd like quite the small fish in the mighty ocean of the written-it was surreal," Brunelle said. She deems entertainment industry-maybe even a protozoan," Nye whose own sc1ence work is in fluid dynam she said. ICS an enthus1ast1c charming actor in front of All along, Brunelle says, she has been the camera encouraged to head to Los Angeles and Brunelle's Emmy for wnt1ng-"There's write for sitcoms, but she declines. "I've my English background " she sa1d-left got this thing about making good TV for her earfu that somebody would say kids. TV is such an amazing, powerful · sorry we made a m1stake" and take tool. It can teach kids so much," she away he statue Instead she won a said. " Th e Simpsons is producing a second Emmy 1n 1999 for he Out generation of non-achievers. We s and1ng Children s Senes when want to come across as 'it's cool Btl/Nye he Sctence Guy beat to be smartl'" ou Sesame Street -Robert Gillespie 52 ALUMNI AT LARGE December 29. I'm sure we all send our thoughts receive the questionnaires by mail, but my (or Imagination Works, a creative play and learn and prayers out to his fa mily and friends. In honor our new class correspondent's) long-distance ing center for young children in Natick, Mass. of Charlie, remember to let your friends and phone bill will be astronomical if you don't take They opened the doors in January and invite family know you love them. Keep in touch. the initiative to contact one of us. Personally, I'm anyone who's in the area to stop by and bring the -Cynthia M. Mulliken-Lazzara endorsing Barbara Wilkes Sheehan as our new kids. Find out more at www.imagination class correspondent, but she's hesitant to take works.com. Peter, you owe me a call ....Sherri 85 If it wasn't for the phone call of Bar on the commitment of a five-year term. Any Worthen Christianson has also changed ca bara Wilkes Sheehan, there wouldn't be much body out there willing to split the term with her? reers, twice. After 13years as a research ass istan t of a column, for I only received one letter. So a Also, those of you who know Barb, please talk she got her K-8 teaching certificate, but before big thanks to Barb, who had the fo llowing to her into using her flare with a pen and sharp wit she found a teaching position she and her hus report ....Robbie Baldwin and wife Betty have to keep us all informed of what's going on in band, Greg, had a son, Devin, now almost 2. a baby girl called Ella Stafford Baldwin. They everyone's lives. Sherri says she is now very happy and fulfilled as live in Verona, Maine ....Paul Doyle called -Barbara Knox Autran a mom and homemaker. They live in Seal Cove, Barbara and is reported to have said, "miracles Maine. Keep me posted on any new changes, do happen, and I'm about to hare one with 8 6 Okay, I've got exactly seven pieces of Sherri ....Dan Shiffman has joined the faculty you." The most eligible bachelor will be relin mail here from you guys, one of which was sent of Berry College as an a sistant professor of quishing his title this summer: Paul is engaged to me by Lalyn Ottley Kenyon in July 1999 but rhetoric and writing. He and his wife, Jessica, to be married' Unfortunately I do not have the got lost in the shuffleof disarray that is my desk I ive in Rome, Ga., with their two children, Isaac lucky woman's name .... Kim Glendon (sorry, Lalyn). Three were forwarded to me by and Emma. I got this from Colby, Dan, so please Getschow and hub Greg live in Swampscott, Colby and are all from September 1999, and one write with more details ....Robert Loynd, a Mass., with their daughter, Dana, 5 ....Lauren is a response to my old class questionnaire that major in the U.S. Marines, recently reported for Russo Chocholak and her fa mily moved to is no longer even mailed out. See why I have to duty at Marine Aviation Training Support Florida, where her hu band took a new position. whine and nag at you all the time? Put this Group, Naval Air Station Whidbey Island in ...Paul Burns and his wife have a baby, born magazine down right now, go to your computer Oak Harbor, Wash. Bob, write and tell me about in May 1999, named Alexandra Jhamb Burns, and send me an e-mail about yourself. Other the cool stuff you're flying .... Finally, I have a and Paul is already teaching her how to rock wise, I'm going to have to start making things up baby announcement generated by the Alumni climb in their backyard in Brunswick, Maine. about you. It's as simple as that. ...Okay, so Relations Office: Brian and Linda Michaud Both Paul and his wife are practicing medicine here's Lalyn's news. She and her husband, Peters had a son, Quin, in July 1999 ....Okay, in the greater Portland area. ...Beth Tutunjian Norman, and their son, Max, 3, live in New that's it. Outta news. Look forward to hearing got married Thanksgiving weekend, and she York City, where Lalyn is a directorofhigh yield from you! and her husband are residing in Providence, R.I. at Barclays Capital, the U.S. division ofBarclays -Wendy Lapham Russ Paul Burns was a member of the wedding party; Bank PLC. She keeps in touch with Gage Foster also in attendance was Mitch Walcowicz .... Woodard, who she reports lives in Boulder, 87 Hi to aU. My last column was a leftover Andy Sheehan and a Colby contingent (former Colo., with husband Rob and their son, Luc, 5. portion of a previous column, so I'm sorry if it and present runners) ran in a 27 -hour, 171-mile Lalyn promised me she would "try not to make didn't make much sense! . . . Karen Czuchry has relay in Cape Breton last Memorial Day week it 10 more years" before she writes again. Please been living for the last three years in Munich, end under the professional guidance of Coach see above, Lalyn, and sorry again for not getting where she works for Siemens in the info and Jim Wescott, who also ran one of the legs .... your news out faster. . Jeanne Choquette comm network division. Karen says, "as you can Kate Lucier O'Neil left her position as invest Radvany is also living in New York, where she imagine it was quite an adjustment. First I had to ment consultant at Cambridge Associates, where is devoting her time to taking care of daughter learn the language and make new friends. The she worked with Colby's Investment Commit Rachel, who was bornin September. Jeanne was easy part was the new fo ods, the holidays and tee to focus on the venture capital and buyout formerly with Andersen Consulting, and her the biergartens!" She's been doing lots of trav industries as a partner at Flag Venture Manage husband, David, is an associate partner there as eling, as other countries are so close ....Brad ment. Kate continues to enjoy the challenge of well. Jeanne also wrote, "I think this is the first Fay recently relocated from Connecticut to juggling a part-time career with full-time moth time I have ever submitted anything!" Make it Belle Meade, N.J., with his wife , Diane, Brendan, erhood! ... An e-mail last spring (it was mislaid a habit, Jeanne ....Since graduating from 5, and Allison, 3, to a "new" circa 1840 farm at Colby) from Tom Claytor reported that he Colby, David Watson has lived in Brazil, Florida, house. Brad manages the public opinion poll had made it to Bangkok, Thailand, on his (so Mexico and New Jersey. He was employed by business for Roper Starch Worldwide. They fa r) eight-year bush pilot odyssey. He figures it Bestfoods in 1991, and in June 1999 he was recently published polls on everything from was about the 60th country on his zigzagging transferred to Bolivia, where he is general man "women and stress" to "sex after 60" in the post trip back in the general direction of the States. ager and president of the Bestfoods affiliate Viagra age (these polls were not related!).... George Hooker '65, who sent this news, found there. He says that both the work and the Aimee Good has settled into a new life in Tom sitting at the head table of an American opportunity to live in South America are great N.Y.C. after a four-month residency at The Chamber of Commerce lunch meeting. Later, experiences. He and his wife , Adriana, an ecolo Irish Museum of Modern Art in Dublin. She after Tom had exercised a fe w ponies at the local gist, have a son, Dylan, 5, and a daughter, married Josh Margolis on her parents' farm in polo club and talked about his adventures in Amanda, 1. David writes, "I'm interested in Maine last August in a crop circle cut in an Bhutan, Greenland, Namibia and other far hearing more about our class and their endeav oatfield with beautiful views of Canada. They flung de tinations, they shared reminiscences ors." Me, too, Dave ....Egads! I got an actual celebrated with Hannah Howland Judson, Todd about respective life and times at Colby. Tom is phone call from Peter Solomon in December. I Bishop, Marcus Ratliff, Bill icholas ' 6, Julie on e-mail ([email protected]), and descrip thought he had some good gossip to share about Smith and Tim Oakes '86 and Tricia Curry tions of his adventures can be found on his Web a classmate, but it turned out he was just inquir Glass '86 .... Thanks to the following who page ( www.claytor.com) .... I implore all of you ing about the next deadline. He reports that he responded to my e-mail request for updates. to respond by e-mail (yes, Colby has given us and wife Gina have a new daughter, ell, who Tanya Pinder is currently living in northern correspondents e-mail addresses) or by sending was born in March 1999. She joins brother Will, Virginia and teaching English as a second lan me the card inserted into your Colby magazine. 3. Peter left his position with BankBoston in guage and English at N. Virginia Community I know change is difficult and you no longer July 1998 and with Jeff Packman '88 co-founded College. he's also starting a new business ven- 53 SPRING 2000 COLBY A L U �� l' I A T L A R G E ture that reaches oral communication skills and and i "an absolute blast." David's producing in next round .... Chris Patterson, who married writing improvement.... Steve Runge and his commercials, and his wife, Lauren, is a screen Elizabeth Hutter in June, now resides in Cam wife, Whiting Kelting ' , both work for t. writer in Los Angeles. . . Congrats to Peter bridge, Mass., and works for Arthur Anderson .... Lawrence U. Whitney's a visiting professor of Blau on his September wedding to Cristina ina Colhoun Wilson keeps busy as a fu ll-time outh A ian religions and teve is the academic Coletta. According to a newspaper clipping, mom in Wenham, Mass., with son Gardner, 2, skills coordinator. ...To join the family busi Peter is CFO for an Internet companyin Cam and baby girl Tookie (love the name, Nina!). nes , Jeanne and Doug Turley moved back to bridge, Cristina is an attorney, and they were She reports that Margaret Schafer is in N.Y.C. Palmer, Mass., from an Francisco after eight married in Boston .... In the Camden Herald, and working for ABC Sports (mostly football year in California. Their son, Gordon, is 1,and I read that Andrew Anderson-Bell was part and golf) and that Laurie Meehan Reed lives in Doug ays "he's a lor of fun, and being a father is of a two-person show Ia t summer at the Muse Cumberland, Maine, with her rwo children. even more fun than l thought it would be." With Gallery in Rockport. He was showing his Kate Walker recently became a homeowner in a new state, new house, new job and new son, original sculptural composition made from Littleton, Colo., nearly two miles from Colum the T urleys will be busy for a while' . . Hayden antique wood blocks of printer's type. An bine H.S. As a middle school counselor, Kate pring lived in N.Y.C. for a few year , earned a drew went to the R.I. School of Design after reports that during this difficult year she "real ma ter' in Larin American srudie , moved out Colby. And lastly, who would like to ized how vital my job is. lam totally committed to tamford, Conn., four years ago and is now design our class Web page? Let me know. First to my profession as I love making a difference working for an executive search firm. Hayden one to e-mail gets the honor! for kids." Knowing Kate, I bet she's been a would love to hear via e-mail from anyone in the -J ane Nicol Manuel source of strength and comfort to many chil Florence Feb freshman or the Cork junior year dren and families. She recently visited Lorin abroad group . As Hayden points out, the Colby 8 8 Greetings, Class of ' . I have been Haughs Pratley in Connecticut, vhere they white page are a great resource for e-mail ad incredibly busy lately and missed the last col celebrated the first birthday of Lorin's son, dre ses ....One member of the Florence group umn deadline. My first. Big apology. ! was trying Ben ....Susan Zimmerman Laidlaw and hus l received an e-mail from is Lawrence Peirson. my best never to miss one, but that's been tough band Michael married in September '9 , with He said, "I've been living in London for the last lately. New job with Deutsch, Inc.-nor the Colby friends abounding: Guy and Amy three year with my wife, Concho, and two bank, the advertising agency. Lots of fun there Lumbard Holbrook, Karen Hentz Merriam, children, Lawrence, 4, and Carolina, l.lwork at and in between. Still enjoying .Y.C. but some Mary Jane Carty Brown, Kathleen Lowney '87 Barclays Capital in futures and prime brokerage days yearn for Maine frost, open terrain and a and Louisa Bell Paushrer '87. Suzie now lives in bus111ess development. Previously, l spent eight calm normal pace of life. What's that again? . Hanover, .H., where she is a postdoctoral years in Madrid, where l met my wife and never Offic ial announcement: spoke with Meg Bernier fellow and Mike is a medical student at e caped!" Lawrence keeps in touch with Marco '81 in the Alumni Office, and she informed me Dartmouth-Hitchcock Hospital. ...Juli e Karas, Loretto (who is successfully running a technol that our class needs a new class president. (Big a physical therapist/clinical supervisor for ogy firm 111 .Y.C.), Tris Korten {who is writ- thank you to Toby Bell, who served for years!) Olympus Healthcare in Warren, R.I., is work 111g for the ew Times paper in Miami), Scott Any takers? Hey, I know there's no need for ing on her M.B.A., just bought a house with an later (recendy married and completing his resume building anymore. Bur it's a nice way to ocean view and still plays softball with Mary medtcal re tdency in Boston), Rich Strock {mar give back to your class and Colby. Meg asked me McHugh and Ellen Meigs ....After complet ned to Jamce), Adam Ernster ( nll in .Y.C.) for some suggestions-Mary Federle Porter ing his residency in otolaryngology (ear, nose, and Roma asa (happily mamed and practic- sprang to mind until I heard she and her hus throat), Dr. William Kinney is an assistant 111g med1c111e). ... tuart and ue Payne Babb band have added twin to their brood of three professor at the University of Missouri. Will are bu y WIth recent promotiOns: tuart left five kids! (Big congrars, Mary!) ow that's a iam seems happy and busy with wife Birgit, Polaroid and JOII1ed ew Balance Athletics, good excuse to bail on the job. o, if you can't kids William Jr. and Sarah and dog olby! ... where he IS head111g up thetr running products think of a legitimate reason, I implore you to Matt Kennedy recently got his M.B.A. from category, and ue wa recendy promoted to consider the position. The president of the class Babson College in Boston; Rob Travis gradu dtrector of \'t>ual merchand1 111g for Talbots. is responsible for chairing and/or appointing a ated in the class as well. He reports that Allyn They pend a good chunk of rhetr time f1x111g up reunion committee to organize the next class Emery lives in Californiaand that Rich Hussey thetr 140-year-old fa rmhouse 111 Mdton, Mass., reunion, helping to plan the reunion program '89 has three kids, a new house in Maine and and are look111g fo rward to another ea on of and presiding at class meetings and the clas a thriving family business' .. Peter Quill telemark ,kung, whtch they both took up la;t reunion dinner. The president is re ponsible for works as director of strategic marketing for 1ear. . . ongrat> to ed cheet: on h1 July appoinnng new officer when a position be Western Digital Corp. (hard di k computer weJJ111� ro Holl1 Hillenbrand 1n anta Fe. ed comes vacant at any time dunng the term. The manufacturer) in Irvine, Calif. He's been mar wrote, "\\e haJ a great nme anJ a pe tacular prestd nt may be called upon to represent the ried to hando for four years, and they reside hone1nwon 111 lnJtJne'>ta. The ,aJ new wa; class at College funcnons or for other alumni in the hills of Dana Point Harbor with two ,,h\lou'h Murph, anJ that wa harJ on all of u'>. programs. Additionally, she/he is respon ible golden retriever , Marley and Mickey, and a l'mJU'>tho�ppy I gm ro'penJ a \\CckcnJ wtth htm for work111g wtth the annual gtving office in the cat named Max. . David and Leslie ,h,•rth l efore the trageJy anJ that m1 memone-, >electton of a class agent. (How about you, Migliaccio Mitchell are happy in Barrington, .ItWn Ja,t from 111 year . I know that Helen Walker {aka Maine, and hope to find a permanent ummer ,umnll:rw 1th Hnlh, 5, . l.mh.1, 3, .m J Ch.trlte, • 'ell) gm httcheJ to Mark LaPo111te. nfortu getaway there ometime soon.... That's the l. nn rhe w,l\ w .1 ':1L.lt1 C 0 L B \ 54 ALUMNI AT LARGE Horton Olson wrote last fa ll to report that she . 89 Got an e-mail from Melinda Pittis, and husband Brad welcomed Zachary Ryan on 1990s Correspondents who reports that she spent the summer as a October 20, 1998. Zachary joins two confused teacher research fellow at ew York Medical cats at home. Before Zachary's birth, Shelley 1990 College's department of physiology. During her and Brad took what sounds like a marvelous Laura Senier fellowship, she worked with a team researching cruise to Alaska ....Ogden Timpson reported 38 Pitts Street Natick, MA 01760 diffe rent aspects of cardiovascular functioning that he loves his job at Advest Securities in 508-653-7927 and medications for heart failure. Melinda also Maine and that he loves being a dad. He and his [email protected] got engaged this summer, so it was a busy sum wife, Frances, have one son, John, and were mer for her! She and fiance Michael are plan expecting baby #2 in August '99. . Mark 1991 ning a July 2000 wedding .... Rocky Genovese Sicinski and his wife, Ellen, recently bought a Jennifer Wood Jencks not only got married last summer, to Julie lx, he house in Ridgefield, Conn. They have two daugh 80 Wa lnut Street also graduated with his M.B.A. from Wharton. ters, Emma and Alison. Seekonk. MA 02771 Congrats, Rocky .... According to the paper, -Anita L. Terry 508-336-7049 Rob Erdmann was married in September '99 to [email protected] Shannon O'Brien ....Those of you who visit the 90 As the days leading up to our lOth class home page know that Andrew (Marty) reunion dwindle, 1 have been doing some scout 1992 Michelle Fortier Biscotti Dodge keeps busy, but you may not know that ing to discover exactly what you all most want to 8232 Arbor Drive one of his new duties is state chairman of the do on the fateful weekend. For those of you who Shrewsbury, MA 01545 Maine Young Republicans ....Dave Wehr got haven't subscribed to the Colby Web site with 508-845-6529 his picture in the E. Greenwich, R.I., paper this an up-to-date e-mail address and missed my [email protected] summer, along with an article about his busi message, 1 asked people to let me know: I) what ness, NicheNET, which helps nonprofits raise you would most like to do during our reunion 1993 money through an on-line shopping service. weekend, 2) the three people you would most Beth Curra n Dave also runs Wehr Industries in Warwick, like to see, and 3) who's wafflingabout whether 64 Dane Street #1 R.I. ... In other business news, Dave Losier to go so we can give them one good reason to Somerville, MA 02 1 43 recently joined the business litigation and white make the trip. Here are some of the replies 1 [email protected] collar criminal defense group at Burns & received. Roman Azanza is sincerely hoping to 1994 Levinson LLP in Boston .... That is the sum of make it back to Mayflower Hill in June, al Tracy K. Larsen the "new" news I've received since the last though it might be hard because he's recently 529 Columbus Avenue #1 2 column, so I'm forced to report "old" news that started a new job. He is working with Cemex, a Boston. MA 021 18 Deb Greene received before she passed the reins multi-national cement manufacturer, and was 617-247-9650 to me. I apologize if any of this is really out of in Mexico last winter and Texas this spring; he fax: 61 7-346-3 185 date. (If you all don't send me some updates, I'll expects to travel on to Venezuela and Spain [email protected] be forced to write about stuff that happened in before returning to Manila in August. The three 1996.) . . . John Semple was "busy" traveling the people he would most like to see at reunion are 1995 world on a motorcycle. He wrote from the Czech Sean Pratt, Jimmy Reynolds and Holly Peirce. Alyssa Falwell Republic that he has been traveling for three l heard separately from Holly (via snail mail) 25 Falmouth Road Arlington, MA 02474 years, but he thought he might return to the that she married Tom Kelly in a tropical wed 781-646-3571 U.S. before 2000 . . ..Laura Wood moved from ding ceremony in Islamorada, Fla., in April of last year. They now live in Nicosia, Cyprus; San Fran to London last year. She also got 1996 married to Tom McKeever, whom she met play Tom is the assistant public affa irs officer, and Amie Sicchitano ing co-ed football. Brett and Leslie Norton Holly is the bicommunal coordinator at the 25 Hundreds Circle Rankin attended the ceremony at a castle in the U.S. Embassy, where they hosted two Colby Wellesley Hills, MA 02181 English countryside. . . . Joe Summerill is students during Jan Plan. Holly also sent along working as an attorney at the Department of a wedding photo, and although the magazine no 1997 Justice in D.C. He and his partner, John Coker, longer prints wedding pictures, we can scan Kimberly N. Parker live in Maryland, where they presumably spend them and put them on the class Web site. Logon 5382 Versailles Road Lexington, KY 40510 a lot of time trying to keep their Jack Russell to http://www.colby.edu /c lassof/ 1 990/main.html 606-233-4666 terrier puppy from digging to China through to see pictures of the recent weddings of Holly [email protected] their back yard ....Maria Vallis Wing wrote to and Tom and of Sara Hanson and Tom Cook, who got married in October 1998 in Seattle, say that Ethan (Zeke) received his M.B.A. from 1998 the University of Washington in June '99. Wash. They are currently living in Denver, Allison L. Brown Congrats, Zeke ....Sarah Maddox Rogers Colo., where Sara works for Janus, a mutual 3280 Manchester Way Drive moved with husband Peter from London to L.A. funds company, and Tom works for Tectonic Westerville, OH 43081-8851 and shortly thereafter gave birth to Lily and Management, an architecture/design/construc [email protected] Joseph. The twins join sister Hannah, and all are tion company. They live close to Sam and Sarah enjoying the weather in SouthernCal ifornia.... Brown Jones and Laney Brown and Tom Shyka 1999 Lindsay Hayes Tucker Offut reports that he got engaged to '89. Sara and Tom try to get out to the moun 292 West 92nd St Apt 5C Hanneke Bowmeister in August '98 on Block tains as often as possible, in between working on New York. NY 10025 Zajac Perez and husband their new house, working and going to school. . . 1 land. . . Dawna [email protected] David were expecting the birth of their first son Melanie Brockway is still working at Bingham in November '98. She said she would love to talk Dana LLP in Boston and recently bought a with anyone who faced the dilemma of whether house in Weymouth, Mass. She replied to my e to returnto work full time after a baby's arrival mail to say that she 1) wants to "help a certain or stay at home and work part time ....Shelley Web master paint the water tower, as I somehow 55 SPRI G 2000 COLBY ALUM I AT LARGE missed out on it thefirst time around"; 2) "would most like to see Karin Killmer Kurry and Wendy Naynerski Morrison, "as our sporadic e-mail ing is just not the sameas sharing a dorm room"; Life Income Gift Plans and 3) offers the fo llowing reasons to make the trip: "other than the obvious reasons of seeing old friends and checking out all of the changes Invest Yo ur Money in Colby on Mayflower Hill, when was the last time any of us had a Big G's sandwich?" Hear, hear, Melanie-someone get that woman a Foghorn and Watch lt Grow Leghorn! Melanie also writes that John Kinsley and Beth Hermanson '93 have gotten engaged and are planning a September wedding. No word on whether Wendy Naynerski Morrison will be able to make it to campus for reunion, as she and her husband, Mark, were expecting a second baby girl in February. They are now living in St. Mary, Pa., with their 18-month old daughter, Madeline ....Thanks for the news, Melanie, and thanks to those of you who replied to my reunion questions. To get more (and more up-to-date!) reunion news, be sure to log onto the class Web site and make sure that we have a current e-mail address for you, as we will be sending out more messages as the date draws near. ...Kelly Cogan Champy sent me an e mail message to let me know that she is living in Cambridge, Mass., and working for Thomson Financial in Boston, with AutEx Corporation. They fo cus on straight-through processing for the trading services part of the financial indus try. ("Bassett would be so proud of me!" Kelly jokes.) She works with several Colby grads Jess Butler '9 1, Jay Stabile '89 and Tom Dorion '9 1-and sees Mya-Lisa King fairly often. Mya Lisa is working for Pfizer and has a daughter, 2- year-old Tessa. Kelly and Mya-Lisa spent some and you give your charitable and your time with Susan Kachen Oubari last summer. (for a gift deduction annual income Susan and her husband, Fadi, are I iving in Paris If you are age annuity) would be would be with their two children, Alex and Laetitia. 65 25,000 9,958.25 $1,750.00 Kelly also saw Kristen Pettersen when she came back east for a visit-Kristen has been living in 70 25,000 $10,653.00 $1,875.00 Anchorage, where she is an attorneyfor Dillon 75 25,000 11,407.00 $2,050.00 & Findley. Not one to miss out, Danica Fuglestad 0 25,000 12,268.50 $2,300.00 hopped a flight to Boston from Atlanta, where 5 25,000 13,307.25 2,625 .00 she is working in marketing for Coca-Cola. The intrepid threesome drove to Burlington, Vt., to visit Kristin Fryling '9 1, who is teaching Span When you inve t in Colby through a life income plan, your money ish in a middle school there. It was quite the road trip, and Kelly supposes that next it will be help u provide cholar hip ro deserving students, ustain talented their turnto go visit Kristen in Alaska! ...Erin faculty, and build new endowment . At the same time you may be Coyle wrote to say that she got married last able ro increa e your income, lock in orne gain in an uncertain April at the Harvard Club in Boston to John Giesser. John is EOofNational Energy Choice, mark t while avoiding capital gain taxe , and reduce e tate taxes. and Erin teaches Eng! ish at Bedford High School. Nicole Theriault, Bridget Connelly Ljungholm and Lisa Livens were bridesmaids. At the time, To find out how easy it is to set up a life Bridget was ix months pregnant with her third income arrangement, contact: child, a son. Doug Belkin traveled to the Bos Steve Greaves or Sue Cook '75 ton wedding from Florida, where he i working as a reporter for the Palm Beach Post. Doug in the Colby Planned Giving Office, covers the "religion beat" for the Post and writes 4373 Mayflower Hill, Waterville, Maine 04901 about religious, ethical and spiritual issues. He began hi journalismcareer work ing for weekly phone 207-872-3210 e-mail [email protected] new papers in Boston before moving to Phila delphia, where he worked for two years for the C 0 L B) �PRI.'G 2CCC 56 ALUMNI AT LARGE Inquirer. ...Sally Richards married Michael New Jersey, so I'm back frequently enough to see Kreuzkamp, who gave birth to August Joseph Lehr in Simsbury, Conn., last July. They are friends in N.Y.C. All in all, it's the best of both Kreuzkamp IV in October. Congratulations' living in orwood, Mass., where Sally is teach worlds .... I hope everyone had a happy and safe -Beth Curran ing seventh grade social studies and loves the New Year and that the new millennium is off to challenge of dealing with "120 hormonally chal a good start for all of you. Now please write or e 94 Jim Reichert is living in Cambridge, lenged" teenagers.... Last May Mark Smith and mail with news so that I don't have to babble on. Mass., and working at State Street as a credit his wife, Patty, had a baby boy, Kyle Patrick, and -Michelle Fortier Biscotti analyst for a lending group that makes loans to they know he will be a hockey player but haven't investment companies and mutual funds .... decided on what position he will play (Jim Reduto 93 Hello everyone and happy millermium! Jessie Newman was promoted in October to is betting the little tyke will be a goalie.) ... I just want to take a minute to explain to you all director of the convention and events depart Thanks to all of you for all the news, and I'm the new correspondence system. You now have ment of the Colorado Restaurant Association. looking forward to seeing you in June! the ability to contact me in a variety of ways: via She wrote that Heather Eskey is at the Brook -Laura Senier e-mail (using either [email protected] or lyn School of Law and that Paul White is in the [email protected]), via the insert Peace Corps in Honduras ....Alex and Kristin 92 Amy Selinger married Mark Elefante in your issue of the Colby magazine or via the Spiller Moody were expecting their first baby in this past August. Amy received a master's de good old-fashioned pony express (note my ad early January 2000 ....Congr atulations to gree in education from Harvard and now teaches dress in the list of correspondents). You will no Danielle (Desmarais '92) and David Mostoller, history at Lawrence Academy in Groton, Mass. longer be receiving a newsletter prompting you whose son, Lucas James, was born on October Mark is an associate at the Boston law firm of to write-so l am counting on you to be proac 23. Dave earnedan M.S. in geology from UMass Ropes & Gray ....Also married in August were tive with your correspondence! You can do it, Amherst in 1997 and works as a hydrogeologist Matt Nerney and Laura Fogarty '93. Matt is Little Engines! Anyhoo, due to the info-gath for Atlantic Geoscience Corporation in Gilford, working for the Aberdeen Group, and Amy is at ering switcheroo, lam a little I ight on the news N.H. He also wrote that he and Danielle are Management Science for Health, both in Bos this time around; my apologies in advance .... building a house in Alton, N.H.... Missy Faser ton .... Alec Haavik recently earned a master's Some of our fe llow alums are still pursuing Gramer and her husband bought a house in degree from the Manhattan School of Music .... their love of sport. Hilary Gehman made the Dover, Mass ....Sean Hayes is an institutional JC Klick graduated from UMass Medical School U.S. National Rowing Team this year. She position trader at Merrill Lynch. . Mike and is interning in anesthesiology at Metro competed in the women's quadruple sculls in Mullin is also working for Merrill Lynch and West Ho pi tal in Framingham. He's also study the world rowing championships in Ontario recently moved to Denver, Colo ....Melissa ing critical care at Brigham and Women's Hos in August and finished in fourth place! ... Wilcox is in her second year at Virginia Theo pital in Boston ....Drew and Jennifer Coffin After a stretch with the Canadian Football logical Seminary. She wrote that she is in forma Hoyt had their first baby this past June. Jessica League, Len Baker is teaching and coaching tion to become an Episcopal priest and serves a Lee Hoyt and parents are all doing fine and football in Smithfield, R.I. ...Al so teaching is parish as a seminarian in Silver Spring, Md., and living in Foxboro, Mass ....John Olson and his Jorma Kurry, who is in the math department would welcome any visitors from Colby. She wife, Erin, also had a baby girl recently. Chloe at Falmouth (Maine ) High School. ...Amy will be in Jerusalem forthree weeks this summer Elizabeth now resides with her parents in Port O'Mara Moore graduated from Suffolk Law with fellow seminarians and then will travel to land, Maine, along with a dog, Casey, cat Alex School this past summer, and Holly Coxe is a Nairobi to do a course at the Maryknoll Insti and an African gray parrot named Marley. John public relations account manager at Hauptman tute in African studies. . . Bruce and Sue is the manager of technical support services for & Partners Communications in Portland, Benson Panilaitis are living in Medford, Mass., sec, a software development company based Maine ....Peter Caruso, along with the rest where Bruce should finish his Ph.D. in biology in Portland that develops contract management of "After Eight," sang the "Star Spangled this spring. Sue is a tenured pre-kindergarten solutions for the pharmaceutical industry. He Banner" at the Fleet Center in Boston re teacher in the Chelsea public schools. They recently met up with George Markell, who is cently before the opening of a Celtics game. wrote that the biggest change in their lives has living in Brookline, Mass., and working as a "After Eight" is a group of Colby Eight alumni been the addition of two foster children (actu software developer at Fidelity in Boston .... in the New England area who still sing to ally Bruce's cousins, Michael and Robert), ages Continuing with the baby news ...Lisa gether, both competitively and fo r fu n! .. 3 and 4. Both were a big hit at the reunion this Churchill Dickson writes that she and husband John Cully announced his engagement to past summer. Bruce and Sue spent a week in the Stephen are now the proud parent of a baby Philippa Edwards while they were vacationing British Virgin Islands on Lorin Knell's sailboat boy, Mitchell, born on 9/9/99 (great birrhdate recently in France. A fall '00 wedding is ex with Dan Demerrit and Doug Hamje '96 .... or what!), and all are doing well. Stephen fin pected! ...Chris Richards and Kelly Berner Chris Sharpe '94J proposed to Ally Goff this ished his Ph.D. in marine geology last spring so are engaged and will be married in Newport, pa t July on top of a mountain in New Hamp the family had a lot to celebrate last holiday R.I., in June '00 ....Scott Greenfield, who has shire. Chris and Ally are planning an August season.... Peter Andrews graduated from his M.B.A. from Washington University, mar 2000 wedding in Bedford, .H.... Other Dickinson School of Law and is now an associ ried Lisa Cohen in June '99 .... Mary Fitzgerald engagements include: Jeff Cotter and Ami ate at a Philadelphia, Pa., law firm that special and Daniel Olohan were married in October Bowen; Zach Rubin and Kim Kessler; Matt izes in defense litigation.... Since I'm short of '99. Both Mary and Daniel are lawyers in the Salah and Sharon Masterson; Sean Devine and news from all ofyou , I'll include news ofmy own. Boston area.... Karen Beauchesne married Nicole Clavette '95; and Ingrid Kristan and After II years of being gone (I include Colby Scott Charette in Scarborough, Maine, in No Mark Renzi . ...Marile Haylon married David years in that count), I've moved back to Massa vember '99. Louise Jalbert was a bridesmaid .... Borden in July 1999. The following attended chusetts, where l grew up. My company offered Reena Chandra Rajpal got married in a tradi the wedding: Joe McKenna '93, Sara Ferry, me a transfer last spring, so John and I took the tional Hindu wedding in August '99. She is Heather Lounsbury, Rebekah Freeman, Jen offer. The timing couldn't have been better for working as an epidemiology fellow in the nifer Walker, Holly Labbe, Melissa Wilcox, John-he quit his job, spent the summer work Wisconsin State Division of Public Health. John Grady, Sally Zimmerli '93, Tim Seston ing on his golf game and his tan and then started Best wishes to everyone! ...Zach '94 and '93, Dave O'Shea '93, Chris Austin, Carolyn with a marketing company in October. Now Karyl Brewster-Geisz are the proud parents Hart, Eric Johnson '93 and Kim Morrison '90J. we're enjoying being around fa mily and old of a new son, Drew! ...Al so with happy news . Devri Byrom is studying for her M.S. in fr iends again. My company is headquartered in of a new family member is Kristen Zilling environmental education at Antioch New En- 57 SPRING ZOOO C 0 L BY ALUM I AT LARGE gland. She will finish this summer with a Thompson in .Y.C., was maid of honor. Also was held in Greenwich, Conn., and they are practicum aboard a ship, teaching marine science present were CJ Just, a Ph.D. student in history happily settled in Boston. Another Colby and math. She will depart from Bermuda and sail at George Washington University; Bryan Carey, couple! ... Please keep the new coming. to Canada and back via Maine to Boston. Last a law student at UConn; Wing Tam, teaching -ArnieSicchitano fa ll Devri and Amy Clapp team taught cience to and going to med school in L.A.; Nick Auffret, 4-6 graders in Amy's classroom in Salisbury, Vt .. exchange student from Caen in '94-'95, teach 97 Congrats to jon Parker, Mandy Ball Leif '93 and Kelly O'Rouke Merryfield are liv ing English near Lille, France; and Maureen and Katie Williams on their recent engage ing in Mount Vernon, .H. Kelly is a GM at a Finn and Eric Schwan: '96, who will be married ments ....Je rrod Deshaw, Tom Beedy and garden center and has her own garden consulting this coming Memorial Day weekend in a wed Shannon Tracy are in Boston. Deshaw moved business, and Leif is an operations manager at a ding with a Colby '95 bridal party of julie back from Colorado and is living in Beacon Hill, software company. Rentz, Kim MacDonald, Susan Clerke and Beedy is looking for a new job after his stint in -Tracy K. Larsen myself. Maureen currently works as a family Kentucky, and Tracy is transferring from Seton therapist at Solutions for Living.... I too am Hall law school to a school in the Boston area. 95 I'm sure it comes as no surprise that joining the wedding crowd when I marry Joe . Kristen Wilson is still in Portland, Ore., wedding news tops thi column. Darcie Ross in August .... In other news, the T unk after finishing a year of leadership with Labrecque married Scott Beaudin last August River Sculpture & Gardens reuben Gallery Americorps. She continues to work in environ in Lewiston. Darcie graduated from BC Law featured several sculptures by jesse Salisbury mental education until she can save enough School and worked as a law clerk for the Maine last summer. . . Jeff '96 and Amy Pompeo money to go to Nepal. She hangs out with upreme Judicial Court before joining the Bos Francis ([email protected]) welcomed Linsay Cochran and Zoe Kaplan among others. ton firm Ropes & Gray.... Patricia J urriaans is their first child, Emma, on August 15, 1999. . ..Michael Coyle is stateside afte1 10 months et to marry Frank Hunkins, a taxable fixed Amy is stay-at-home with Emma as well as of living out of a suitcase in swinging London. income sale coordinator for olamon Smith teaching one class at the Massachusetts College Four overseas contracts, 15 countries and a lot of Barney, in July. Patricia ha led trips for Wilder of Pharmacy and Health Sciences ....Alisa bad hotel food later, he's now living in Brighton. ne s Venrures, which made her decide that she Masson is getting her M.B.A. at Yale ....Lisa While traveling, he says, he saw someone from wanted to work with high chool kids, so she is Zorn is getting her M.D. at ew York Medical our class standing in the shadow of El Obelisco going back to take biology classes and get a College.... Chris Orphanides is getting his in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Although he was master's in teaching .... Erin aftel, a student master's in environmental studies at Duke.. too freaked out to say hello (and commented at BC Law, i marrying BU med student Andrew Michelle Wyemura is getting her master's in wryly that there really is no place to hide from Brown '96 in June. Before going back to school, physical therapy at Northwestern.. . . Tachou Colby people), that person was probably Hillary Enn and Andrew lived on an island resort in Fiji Dubuisson ([email protected]) recently Ross. Hil, who posts regular updates on our and hiked I ,000 miles of the Appalachian Trail. moved to Porter Square in Cambridge, Mass. class Web page about her travels, recently told Enn d1d a ummer internship at the Massachu he is currently a project manager with a com how she was stranded in a cabin on a hike ett Water Resources Authority ....Michael pany called Access International, and she re during a fluke blizzard when she met over half Kaplan and K1m chock '96 are planning their ports being able to travel quite a bit, too. She's the teams that were competing in the Eco weddmg for June 2001. Mike (michael.kaplan@ talked to Jim Zadrozny, who works over at Challenge race. After trading boots with a girl u a.xerox.com) ltves m R1chmond, where he is Fidelity. Tachou also noted that Michelle from the Turkish team, she was able to con tn ales and IS workmg on a master's in public Brumfield is doing well, still teaching in Chi tinue on her trip ....Maybe natural disasters admtniStratlon at Virgmia Commonwealth cago, and that Heather Johnson Webster, are the order of the day, because David Un1verstty ....Kara Toms (KTom Home@c . who is out in Seattle with Fred, is currently Bruinooge lived through his first earthquake. com) marned UVM '99 graduate Dan Barnett making amazing efforts to raise money to fight He's now in Marina Del Ray, Calif., working in on eptember 25, 1999, tn a beautiful field in breast cancer. ...Regina Kruger (rkruger0 1@ the film industry and living in an apartment Keene, N.H. The many olby alumni m atten sprynet.com) is working on marketing and e that's 20 yards from the beach ....David Barr dance mcluded much of the wedding party (An commerce at MasterCard and was looking into is still in "The City That Rocks" (Cleveland, gela Tom� '92, Matthew Tom '97, Zarin Mistry, Joining the alliance and new venture group .... Ohio) in his second year of law school. "If R1ma arl;on '96 and Je e Palmer '97). Kara Hilary Anderson ([email protected]) is liv someone is saying that they're having a won and Dan 'pent Ia t ummer backpackmg in mg in Phoenix, working in hi-tech, and wants derful and interesting time in law school, they're Au,tralta for the1r honeymoon and now live in to know if there are any other Colby grads out crazy or they're lying," he says . . ..Ted Keysor E' ex Junctltm, Vt., "here Dan IS workmg a a her way ....That's all the news for now. By the blew out his knee after being tackled by Dave mechamcal engmeer at Hu,ky and Kara 1 pro time you read this, the ftrst Class of'95 reunion Barr at a wedding. . . Rebecca Zacher is gr,llll d1recror tor Green 1ountatn PreventiOn wtll be upon us1 working for a PR agency in Manhattan that ProJeLt , domg ,ub,tance ahu e prevention tn -Alyssa Falwell deals with new media clients .... Anna Ham len \ crmnnt 'chnok Kara 'ay , "Bemg marned IS lives in Beacon Hill with Steve Kidd and Carter c1 en mnrc ama:mg than we both ever unag 96 Ttm Lieberman recently proposed to Davis after time in Utah and Oregon. She works mcd!" Lauren O'Toole and teve Davi are Bmtany Bnggs ofMts oula, Mont., on the an for Student Advantage, an on-line postal and t<> he marned m October. Lauren " a entor Juan I land> off the coa>t ofWashington. They discount card company for students .... Amy cnr<>llmcnt coordmarorm the d1''''"m of mter are plannmg a September 2000 wedding tn Stengel is in her fir t year of law school at n.Hl C 0 L II) 5 ALUMNI AT LARGE N EWS MAKERS MILESTONES Randall J. Korach '91 has been appointed vice president of Tremco Marriages: Kate Carswell '90 to Timothy R. Schmoyer in Lenox, Inc., manufacturer of construction sealants and roofing materials. He Mass ....Erin M. Coyle '90 to John L. Giesser in Boston, Mass. will be involved in management, operations and manufacturing and ...Kirsten K. Rossner '90 to Scott A. Buchanan in Charlottesville, .---�---....,..-,-----o also will direct special projects . . ..Niles Va ....Carolyn K. White '90 to Peter Lancia in Portland, D. Parker '91 has been nameddirector and Maine ....Ellen R. Billey 91 to Charles P. Donaldson II '91 chief curator of the Nantucket (Mass.) His in Andover, Mass ....Brian Kelleher '91 to Britt Chamasyk in torical Association.... Lance N. Cabanban Hampton Falls, N.H... . Deborah E. Fuller '92 to Edward G. '92, product manager of men's and women's Berger in Edgartown, Mass ....Jennif er L. Pelson '92 to Patrick shoes at Calvin Klein in New York, was Hopkins in Boothbay Harbor, Maine ....Sandra A. Scarano '92 featured in the San Jose, Calif., edition of to Charles E. Crombie in Albion, R.I. ...Ryan J. Strowger '92 Philippine News. Cabanban, who is fluent to Susan A. Sestak in Corning, N.Y ....Reena Chandra '93 to in Spanish and Portuguese, travels several Keshav C. Rajpal in Madison, Wis.... Ju le A. Gourdeau '93 to times a year to Brazil and Spain, where the Thomas C. Whelan '90 in Hamilton, Mass.... Elizabeth P. ---"'�____. ·-_____J company produces shoes . . .. 71 Clinton Arden '93 to Reese B. Rickards '93 in Harwichport, Mass.... Tay l or R. steah l y · g3 Fresh Food and its chef, Wylie Dufresne Erin T. Crossland '94 to Gregory T. Christopher '94 in West '92, earned a hearty review last winter from The New York Greenwich, R.I. ...Scott A. Kadish '94 to Stacey Greenberg in Times. The paper characterized the Lower East Side restaurant's Salem, Mass ....Kathryn T. Pierce '94 to Erik K. Hobbs in Exeter, menu as "full of unusual combinations and thoughtful counter N.H.... Alysa S. Cohen '95 to Brian M. Rayback '95 in Bristol, points." ... Susan Kairnes OBaker '93 has been named press R.I. ...Darcie P. Labrecque '95 to Scott R. Beaudin in Lewiston, secretary to U.S. Senator Lincoln Chafee (R., R.I.).... Taylor R. Maine ....Jen nifer A. Felmly '96 to Shane T. Wright '94 in Steahly '93 joined the Cleveland, Ohio, law office ofVorys, Sater, Oquossoc, Maine ....Margaret R. Harris '96 to Scott Sane! '94 Seymour and Pease LLP, where he specializes in civil and com in Greenwich, Conn. . Katherine R. Charbonnier '97 to mercial litigation ....The Portland, Maine, law firm of Pierce Joshua C. Oeltjen '97 in Marblehead, Mass . . ..Elizabeth A. Atwood announced that Brian M. Rayback '95 will practice in Dunn '97 to Michael Allen in Norwell, Mass. their environmental department .... Business school can be a rough sell in the current, frenzied Internet environment. Patricia Births: A daughter, Caitlin Marie Tardio, to Doug and Corinne A. Benson '96 was featured in a New York Times article on the Hauser Tardio '91 ....A daughter, Sara Stewart Waugh, to Ted growing number of young people who are passing up business and Heidi Meyers Waugh '91 ....A daughter, Meghan Margaret school to join Internet start-up companies. Bentley, to Christopher and Nancy Putnam Bentley '92. with a London-based investment firm called Lauren Graham, who quit her jobdoing cancer Pease. It was nice to catch up with Becky Briber, Schroeders, where she'll be working for a small research to pursue becoming a professional pi Shannon Tracy,J errod Deshaw, Andrew Black, cap value fund at the company's Boston office. lot, was flying by herself in Maine last fa ll and Anthony Rosenfeld, Galen Carr, Benjamin ...John Hebert is one of the assistant coaches crashed on a bad landing. She's fine, however, Russell and David McLaughlin, to name a few, for the Wesleyan University men's basketball and went on a sailing trip to Fiji, Australia and and to reconnect with people who made our team ....Simone Kaplan is in graduate school, New Zealand with family friends who hired her college experience what it was ....Since the studying journalism at Northwestern. ... Lucas to teach their children ....Liz Baker remains in College has developed a new alumni Web Penney has accepted a new job as an equity Boston and is currently the northern regional site, please take the time to visit (www.alumni analyst associate at Loomis, Sayles, L.P. manager of sales at NETC, a travel company. connections.com) and fill in your informa Mika Hadani is now working at the Lincoln . ..Dana Cease works for Fidelity Investments tion so the class can be properly represented. Center at the N.Y.C. Ballet, where she worked in Boston and lives down the street from the Hope everyone is well. Please keep in touch! on the Nutcracker ....Heather Me Vicar is doing Anna Hamlen contingent . . . . CJ Polcari trav -Kimberly N. Parker graduate work at the London School of Eco eled in Europe after spending a weekend in ica nomics, studying economic development ... ragua as part of an airlift with the AmeriCares 9 8 Cheers to 2000! Congratulations to Linda Jenkins is still in D.C. and ran the Marine Foundation . ...Cathy Neuger lives with Gregg Jenna DeSimone on her engagement to Dave Corps Marathon, raising money for an AIDS LeBlanc '96, and both recently moved from McLaughlin '97; they're planning a June wed clinic in the city. Though she completed mas Hoboken to Manhattan ....Katie Reppert works ding. And congrats to Stephanie Brochu, who sage school over the summer, she has no plans to at an environmental education school in Califor was married to Jake Voter last May... . Kevin quit her Senate job but hopes eventually to nia ....Becky Briber lives in Brighton, Mass., and Thurston spent eight months traveling in Eu specialize in sports or pregnancy massage .... works at a behavioral health care company .... rope after graduating, with a brief stint in Ire Anthony Moulton is living large in D.C. and Leah Tortola teaches eighth grade math and land as a lifeguard before heading back to his continues to entertain the masses in his usual spent some time in Ireland last summer. She had hometown of Paris, Maine.... Sally Heath is a a visit from Emilie Parker, Elisabeth Dodds and grand fashion... . Cary Gibson is also still in graduate student at Washington U. in St. Louis D.C., working as a legislative assistant for Con Carolyn Macuga .... Kelly Hagan teaches sixth for social work.... Pete Manning moved up ro gresswoman Shelley Berkley (D-Nev.). She's grade math in Wayland, Mass., while Mary Vermont from Boston to begin medical school started her master's degree in public administra Hoffman is in graduate school at UCLA, where at UVM this past fall. ...Becky Golden is living tion at George Washingtonand is balancing her she's studying public health. . . Katie Lawn in Boston and is currently pursuing a master's time between the classroom and her full-time improved her Mandarin in Taiwan after gradua degree in early childhood education ....Katie tion and is now in her second year of graduate job on the Hill. .. . Benjamin Russell is an Taylor is still living in sunny San Diego, Calif. executive recruiter, recruiting information tech school at Michigan in ancient Chinese litera ... Kim Olsen moved to Washington, D.C., this nology consulting professionals for an IT strat ture .... In early December I attended a Christ past fall and lives with Christina Jacobson. Kim egy firm called Darwin Partners in Boston.... mas party hosted by Lucas Penney and Andrew joined Arnold & Porter, a top law firm in D.C., 59 SPRI G 2000 C 0 L BY ALUM 11 AT LARGE where julie Fidaleo ha been working for the e-mail [email protected]). . . Hope you in Portland, Maine, with Kim Waldron and pa t year. Julie plans to attend law school in are all having a great year! Keep the e-mails Heather Miles. Heather will be starring as Jo the fall of 2000. Ellen Bruce, Sara Kramers, and letters coming. seph in Joseph and the Technicolored Oreamcoar. Jessie Anderson, Jeana Flahive and Monica -Allison L. Brown . .. I heard that Aaron Whitmore and Sean Staaterman are also living and working in Foley and perhaps some others drove aTurkey D.C. Currently, Monica spends most of her 9 9 Making headlines all over the country Hill ice cream truck out west and are pursuing time accruing frequent flyer miles traveling is Alex Wall, who left in July with a fr iend on a further career in the business ....Matt Huse is eros -country to her client ite in an Fran cross-country bike trek from San Francisco to living in Boston and is temping. . .. I have run cisco, Calif. ...Victoria Archibald lives Belgrade, Maine. In weekly updates to the Cen into Susan Cragin a few times, and she is work with her boyfriend, Kris Skrzycki '99, in D.C. tral Maine newspapers, Alex shared his experi ing for Merril in Princeton, N.J ....One of my and work at Burson-Marstellar. . After ence with a large audience .... I got word that roommates here in N.Y.C., Abby Healy, ran graduation Harris Eisenstadt moved to ew Darcy Cornell spent the summer working on into Laurel Coppock on the subway recently, York, where he worked as a musician and for Cliff Island ....Jason Cherella worked along and both are doing well. ...Krishan Jhalani, a small record label. He received full schol side Dan Cortez of MTV ports and on the Wilson Owen, John Doyle and James Scribner arship to begin a master's in performance MTV game show Web Riot; Jason has since all work together at Greenwich Associates in and composition at the California Institute taken a job in Los Angeles as a head hunter. . . Greenwich, Conn.-! can't imagine they get of the Arts, which he began this past fall. . . . . Billy Riley is working in Burlington, Mass., at much work done together. ...Lelia Evans has Vlad Dorjets seems to be enjoying life as a an IT consulting firm ....Will Polkinghorn, decided to pick up and move from Boston to San Parisian; he ha been working as a paralegal our Rhodes Scholar, loves Oxford and is appar Francisco.... Jessica Gilbert moved from N.Y.C. in the French office of a U ..law firm.... ently interviewing to head to medical school in to Aspen.... Scott Whitlow will be moving to Kristina mith writes that he i living in 2001. ... I recently saw Kristy Gould, who is Boston, into an apartment with Ezra Dyer and .Y.C. and working at Gucci ....Warren working in the creative department of an adver Dave Neskey ....Chris Gates is living in Moon is living in Brooklyn, N.Y.... Kudos tising company in Concord, Mass. Kristy re N.Y.C., working at a start-up Internet com to Andrea Bassi-she is an officer in the ported that Jason Cuenca and Chris Fleming pany.... Katherine Golfinopoulos is living and United rates avy and i currently working have become fixtures in the boom boom room working in the N.Y. area.... Flannery Higgins on a degree in optometry at ew England at the Dockside in Boston. She also told me that is working at Colby on Senior Pledge funds.... I College ....After graduation, Hilary White Erin Steven is getting married in September! heard from Robbie Koh, who recently starred as hiked Vermont's "Long Trail" with Meghan Both Kristy and Jenny Harvey-Smith will be in a television hockey stunt double in Canada, and Fallon and then moved out to Breckenridge, the wedding, which will be in Seattle. Jenny is he is planning to attend grad school fo r his Colo., where he boasts of the life of a ski finishing up her last semester at the University master's in physical therapy. Robbie told me that bum ( he kied 100 days Ia t winter!). This of Washington.... Masood Dehnavifar is Raj Khunkhun is researching HIV/AIDS work winter Hilary has been working as an EMT working for Arthur Anderson in hicago. Ryan in Boston. . . . Ben Langille is working as a and has had occasion to ee josh Walton, Waller is living in D.C., and Ryan, Masood and paralegal for a firm called Simpson Thatcher and who' m Winter Park, Colo., and Meg Billy Riley report that they all went back to Bartlett in .Y.C., and he was thrilled that all of McKelvie, who al o live in Breckenridge. Colby for the alumni hockey game in early his applications for law school are complete and If you haven't picked up Elle magazine December ... . Ron Russo and Tucker Jones are in the mail. ...Christina Lemieux is living in the lately, Alyssa Giacobbe has climbed the ranks living in Boston ....Tony Pasquariello is also San Francisco area ....Ross McEwen was taking to a oc1ate features editor at Elle .... In living in Boston, working for Goldman Sachs offfor Australia for a couple of months, where he Bo ton, Annie Merselis 1 working for Ander and enjoying the good life of Beacon Hill. ... I planned to immerse in the outdoor life there, golf on Consultmg. he reports that ina ran into Payal Luthra at a bar the other night, particularly . . .. Steph Patterson and her boy Perkin 1 teachmg at Tabor with her hus and she is working at Oxford University Press friend, Jody Eidt '97, who have been traveling band, Dav1d .... Carl Jenkins i working at in .Y.C. ...Molly Pindell and Dave Wilkens around Australia, Fiji and New Zealand together, Bur r-Med1a 1n Bo ton, and Kirsten have just decided to move to .Y.C., where are now engaged 1 ••• Ian Musselman is I iving and taaterman and Te a Gurley ju t moved Molly will be going to cooking school and Dave working in D.C. ... I recently ran into Andy mto a prawlmg apartment In omerville, is hoping to teach high school science ... Powers, who is living in . Y. and working in the Ma . K1r ten J u t tarred a newJOb at Brodeur Allison Birdsong i working at J. Walter Th computer technology field (make sure you ask Worldw1de, a PR company ba ed m Boston, omp on adverti ing agency in N.Y.C., and she Andy about hi company Chri tmas party) .... and Te a 1s an a 1 rant teachmg second love her job ....Becky Thornton is working at Brad Selig is working at Morgan Stanley in N.Y. grade tn arl1sle, Mas . . . Eric Adam i an executive search firm in N.Y. called Heidrick ...Kara Schiebel is living down in Florida; I 11\'Ing wtth Alex Howard 1n omervtlle, & truggle , where he is a research associate .. heard that from Heather Garni when she came !\1a ., whtle butld 1 ng a tart-up consulting ..I ran mto o many of you at Homecoming, and to visit us in .Y. Heather is happy working in f1rm . And ara Rigelhaupt 1 a Latin smce I d1d nor wnte down everything, I worry Bo ton at Miller Group ....That is all ofthe new reacher anJ coach at the Wtll1ston that I wtll m1srepre ent you, but let's see if my news that I've got, and I apologize if any of my 'orrhampron chool m Bo ton ....In case memory erve me well. I heard that Ryan info was inaccurate. I would love to hear from all n1u J1dn't already get your hand; on the new Aldrich 1 ltvmg tn Denver. ...Tom Buchanan of you. All news will make this article, so keep me Blue L1ght, D (Augu t 1999), Matt trobl, 1 tn Boston. ... haron Capobianchi 1 engaged I updated. Take care, and I hope you all survived Jon Bohon, ndy mith, Jared Fine and ...And Raj i Gupta 1 engaged tO Jen p1ess '9 . the New Year. Dave oldman w t il g1ve you rea on to (Ju t o exctttng! ...John "Rocki" Kurucz 1 ltvmg -Lindsay Hayes C 0 L B) P R I G 60 ALUMNI AT LARGE 0 B I T u A R I E s Pauline Lunn Chamberlin '26, November 18, served in the state legislature. He is survived by tensive record of community and professional 1999, in Canton, Maine, at 95. She taught in his wife of 65 years, Dorothy, three daughters, involvement included the youth activities com schools in Vermont, in Waterville and Winslow, including Sheila Campbell Rhoades '58, eight mittee at Temple Emanuel in Newton, Mass., Maine, and at the Oak Grove School for Girls in grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. and memberships in the Quincy, Mass., YMCA, Maine. She is survived by two sons, Arthur American Red Cross and Rotary Club. After Chamberlin and Richard T. Chamberlin '52, 12 Dorcas Plaisted Larsen '29, October 26, 1999, serving as president of the Boston Alumni Asso grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren and sev in Quincy, Mass., at 93. She was a secretary at ciation and the Boston Colby Club, he was eral nieces and nephews. Stone & Webster Engineering Corp. in Boston, elected to the Board ofTrustees in 1964, serving Mass. Wife of the late Gunnar H. Larsen, she is until 1970 and again from 1971 to 198l.ln 1976 Evelyn Gilmore Pratt '2 7, January 16, 2000, in survived by fo ur nephews and a niece. he established the second endowed chair in the Wrentham, Mass., at 95. She was a receptionist history of the College, the Grossman Professor for a doctor and for Norwood Hospital. Prede lsa Putnam Johnson '30, November 18, 1999, ship of Economics. Grossman Hall was dedi ceased by her husband, George H. Pratt '26, she in Houlton, Maine, at 91. A homemaker, she is cated in 1984, and in 1987 he received the is survived by a daughter, Constance Fisher, and survived by her husband, Gordon Johnson '30, Ernest C. Marriner Distinguished Service Award. a son, Ralph C. Pratt. and her daughter. Survivors include his wife, Ethel, two sons, J. Zachary Grossman and Thomas S. Grossman Angie Reed Hoch '27, January 1, 2000, in Ethel Rose Liberman '30, November 12, 1999, '63, three daughters, Eve Grossman, Janis Rush Manchester, Conn., at 93. She received an in Margate, Fla., at 90. She taught in Maine and and Marsha Kadish, five sisters and a brother, M.A. from Boston University and taught in Vermont and also worked as a secretary for nine grandchildren, including Scott Kadish '94, Utica, N.Y.-area schools for many years. She is General Electric in Schenectady, N.Y., the Alas and three great-grandchildren. survived by two stepdaughters, Alice Hoch and kan Native Service in Juneau, Alaska, Sun Norma Pratt, three nieces and several great Federal Savings and Loan in Portland, Maine, Frederick R. Knox '32, November 30, 1999, in nieces and -nephews. and Keyes Fibre in Waterville, Maine. Surviv Concord, N.H., at 91. He was a pastor of First ing are her husband, Joseph R. Liberman, her Baptist churches in Dexter, Maine, Chester, Myra Stone Knofskie '28, January 17, 2000, in daughter, her son, Gilbert Earle '70, her brother, Vt., and Randolph and North Hanover, Mass. Manchester, Conn., at93. She received a master's Cecil H. Rose '28, four grandchildren, fo ur He is survived by two sons, William R. and degree in education from Salem State Teachers stepgrandchildren and a great-stepgrandchild. Kenneth E. Knox, a daughter, Elizabeth Knox College and taught in Tewksbury, Mass. She Stoddard '55, two sisters, 10 grandchildren, in leaves a son, Britton). Pruitt Jr., a daughter, Myra D. Marshall Eastment '31, June 29, 1999, in cluding Stacie Stoddard Starr '79 and Shellie Kalil, a sister, Helen Stone Mittelsdorf '27, two Cazenovia, N.Y., at 89. A Navy veteran, he Stoddard '82, 16great-grandchildren and nieces grandchildren and several nephews and nieces, retired in 1974 after 40 years as a manager at and nephews. including Janet Mittelsdorf Lumsden '57. Long Island Lighting Co. He is survived by his wife, Patricia Claire Walker, a daughter, a Marion Clark Harmon '33, January 27, 2000, Walter F. Knofskie '28, November 2 1, 1999, in brother and a grandchild. in Mars Hill, Maine, at 87. She was an English Manchester, Conn., at 93. He was an inspector teacher at Caribou High School from 1933 to at Pioneer Parachute during World War II. He Hope Pullen Gillmor '3 1, January 19, 2000, in 1940 and later served her community in several earned a master's degree in chemistry and was Camden, Maine, at 92. A homemaker and mem volunteer roles. Surviving are two sisters, chief operator of the Manchester sewer depart ber of several local organizations, she was pre Emmeline Gregory and Norma Brewer, and sev ment. His second wife, Myra Stone Knofskie deceased by her husband, Alexander R. Gillmor eral nieces and nephews. '28, survived him for two months. '3 1. Surviving are three sons, George W. Gillmor, Robert S. Gillmorandjohn P. Gillmor Elizabeth H. Weeks '34, January 30, 2000, in Ruth Hutchins Stinchfield '28, December 10, '65, two sisters, Ruth Pullen '33 and Olive Exeter, N.H., at 86. She earneda master's degree 1999, in Gorham, Maine, at 91. She worked at Pullen Palmer '40, a brother, John). Pullen '35, and a library science degree and had a long career Columbia University and at R.H. Macy's de five grandchildren, two great-grandchildren and as a librarian in 13 libraries, including the Univer partment store and later was the medical secre several nieces and nephews. sity of Maine-Farmington, the New York Public tary and bookkeeper for her husband, Allan J. Library and the Claremont, Calif., library. Prede Stinchfield '29, who predeceased her. Survivors Nissie Grossman '32, February 28, 2000, in ceased by her brother Lewis Weeks Jr. '42, she is include her daughters, Mary Stinchfield Kenney Palm Beach, Fla., at 89. After he received his survived by nieces, nephews and four cousins. '55 and Jane Stinchfield Willett '70, two nieces, master's degree in business administration from three granddaughters, a grandson and three Harvard University he joined Grossman's, the Maxine L. Knapp '36, October 31, 1999, in great-granddaughters. family's lumber and building materials business. Farmington, Maine, at 84. She was a secretary Starting as a yard worker, he moved into sales in banks in Augusta and Portland, Maine, and Joseph B. Campbell '29, November 30, 1999, and store operations and later supervised and at the Sugarloaf Ski Shop. She is survived by in Augusta, Maine, at 91. Except for three years oversaw all purchasing for the company. He many cousins. in the Army Air Corps during World War II he became executive vice president of Grossman's practiced law in Augusta, Maine, from 1933 in 1957 and president in 1965 before becoming Arne 0. Lindberg '36, November 18, 1999, in until his death. He retired from reserve service chair of the board in 1968. He also served the Port Angeles, Wash., at 87. A native of Sweden, in 1968 as a colonel in the Judge Advocate industry on the board of directors and later as he earned master's and doctoral degrees from General Corps. He also was city solicitor and vice president and president of the Northeast Ohio State University, taught at Miami Univer municipal court judge in Hallowell, Maine, and ern Retail Lumbermen's Association. His ex- sity in Ohio and from 1948 to 1977 was a 61 SPRING 2000 C 0 L BY ALUM. I AT LARGE profe or at Washington tate University, where W. Abbott Jr. '4 1, she is survived by her daugh Alan L. Bevins '44, January 6, 2000, in he served as chair of the department of foreign ter, Cheryl Abbott, her brother and several Marlborough, Mass., at 78. He served with the languages. He was a member of numerous orga nieces and nephews. Army in Brazil during World War II. elf-em m:ationsand was listed in Who's Who in America. ployed for many years, he also served as clerk of He is survived by his wife of 61 year , Hazel Robert W. Bender '42, January 13, 2000, in the works on several construction projects in Lindberg, a son and daughter, two grandchil Summit, N.j., at 80. He served overseas with the Massachusetts and worked for several year in dren and four great-grandchildren. 11th Air Force during World War II. For many the sales and service departments of Monarch years he managed the Benelux travel service of Marking Systems. He was active in various civic Ruth Marston Turner '37, ovember4, 1999, in United States Lines in ew York City, then was organizations. Besides his wife, Terrie, he is Yarmouth, Maine, at 3. he worked in the outh manager of regulatory affairs for Gdynia-Ameri survived by three daughters, a brother, three Portland hipyard during World War ll. Later she can Lines. He was active with local organiza grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. was a correspondent for Portland newspapers and tions. urvivors include his wife, jeanne, rwo taught at Deer Run Country Day chool. From sons and three grandsons. Edward R. Cony '44,]anuary 9, 2000, in Aptos, 196 to 1990 she worked at L.L. Bean. urviving Calif., at 76. After serving in the Army in World are a son, Warren Tumer '69, a daughter, Martha Avis Marston Harding '42, August 1, 1999, in War II, he earned a master's degree in journal Hawkins, and five grandchildren. Canton, Maine, at 7 . She taught school for ism from Stanford University. He worked with many years in the Turner, Maine, school dis the Wall Street ]ournal for 35 years, receiving a Joseph Alton Bums '40, December 21, 1999, in trict. She is survived by her husband, Wayne Pulitzer Prize for reporting in 1961 and becom Morristown, N.j., at 5. He received several deco Robbins, a daughter, a son, fo ur grandchildren ing the paper's managing editor in 1965. In 1972 rations and citations from the Marine Corps dur and a great-grandson. he became vice president ofDow Jones publica mg World War II, including the Bronze Star. He tions and news services. He also was president of was an insurance adjuster at General Adjustment Betty Anne Royal Spiegel '42, january 2 , the American Society of ewspaper Editors and Bureau in East Orange, .j.,for45 years. urvivors 2000, in Gaithersburg, Md., at 7 . She earned a of the Associated Press Managing Editors Asso mclude hi wife, Catherine, a daughter, five ons, master's in international relations from Fletcher ciation. He is survived by his wife, Sue, six a SISter, a brother and five grandchildren. School of Law and Diplomacy and served with children and 10 grandchildren. the State Department from 1944 to 1950 as a Oscar H. Emery Jr. '40, eptember I , 1999, in public opinion analyst. From 1972 to 19 9 she Donald E. Sterner '44, january I 0, 2000, in Wilsonville, Ore., at I. A veteran of World was an editor and quiz question writer for the Wolcott, Conn., ar 78. He was an Army veteran War II and the Korean Conflict, he gave 26 television show lc's Academic. She also was ac of World War ll and worked as an accountant at years to the U ..Air Force, serving as a judge tive in church and volunteer activities. Survi the University of Connecticut Medical Center advocate. He also was active in the Presbyterian vors include three daughters, Jane Fox, judith S. in Farmington. He leaves his wife, Bernice, a hurch. Survivors include his on, Richard Moore and Amy Spiegel, her sister, Janet Royal son, a daughter and a brother. Emery, a SISter and a companion. Varone '49, and two grandchildren. Robert D. Horton '45, October 13, 1999, in Dorothy Corliss Ormsby '40, ovember 5, Russell P. Barrett '43, july 20, 1999, in alt Swanton, Vt., at 76. He was with rhe U.S. a val 1999, m Marshfield, Mas ., at 2. For many year Lake City, tah, at 0. A World War ll veteran, Air Corps in the Pacific during World War Il. -,hewa a manager in the retail bus me . She also he had many years of business and banking expe For 53 years he served rhe insurance industry was active m several organizations and clubs. She rience. He is survived by his wife, Erma Sims, a with distinction, including service as a board leave a daughter, andra Howerton, a son, Wil son and six stepchildren and their fa milies. member and director of numerous busines and ham Orm by, five grandchildren, a great-grand- civic organizations. He is survived by his wife of hdd and many n1ece and nephews. Mary Lemoine Lape '4 3 , November 24, 1999, 53 years, Dolly, two sons, his stepmother and in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, at 78. She was a nurse stepfather and several cousins. William D. Pinansky '40, December , 1999, in at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston and at carborough, Mame, at 79. He was a control tower the Brunswick (Maine) Convalescent Center George A. Ober Jr. '45, December 8, 1999, in operatorand m;rructor 111 the Army A1r Corps m before joining her husband, Dr. C. Philip Lape, Englewood, Fla., at 77. After serving in rhe \X'orld WarII. A Ha1Yard Law chool graduate, he as a nurse practitioner. In retirement she be Pacific with the U.S. avy during World War "'"an attorneyat Pmansky and Thelm and prac came a certified emergency medical technician II, he owned and operated the Ober Knorry Pine ticed l,m for more than 5L year,. un'IVII1g are h1s and hosptce volumeer. Besides her husband, she abins of Ashland, N.H., for 31 years. He is "1fe of 55 year">, LCanne, three :,on_-,, rw·o >I>ter:.,a 1 urvtved by ftve daughters, a son, a brother survived by his wife of 55 years, Ruth, a son, two brother ,mJ fo ur grandchdJren. and mne grandchildren. grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, a sis ter and brother and nieces and nephews. Jane Rus ell Abbott '4 1, December 24, 1999, ona Tahmizian '43, November 6, 1999, in 111 \'cw Read1, Fla., at 0, from compl1cat1om ambndge, Mass., at 79. he was a reacher and Ruth Drapeau Hunt '46, November 8, 1999, in f<>llnwmg an .Jutoml>bde acc1Jcnt. For more ll\·ed m Belmom, Ma s., with her si ter, Arax Brunswick, Maine, at 76. She worked as a lab and dun 2 5 1 car' ,he taught aJ,·anccJ placement Baroman, who sun•tves her. X-ray technician at Franklin Memorial Ho pita! h<>lllJ..'\ cllut'>e .u \X1 nen die Htgh Lhool,where in Farmington, Maine, for several years before ,he ,en cJ ,1, heaJ of the 'c1encc department. Errol L. Taylor Jr. '43, December 24, 1999, in raising her fa mily. Surviving are her hu band, The ftr,t rcup1cnt ,l(Cllibl \ uhtandmg EJu Augu,ra, Ma111e, ar 79. In World War II he Philip E. Hum, fo ur sons and three grandchildren. L.lWr :\\1trJ, ,he ;t \,,l t.tud1t m.mne b10logy,u earned fi,·e hattie '>tar 111 U ..Army action 111 &mJn111 nllcl(c anJ JtJ rc,c.trch on Lf\O· , orrh Afnca, tcdy, IraI) , France and Ger Robert E. Cannell '51, January II, 2000, in ill>lclg\ t,>r the , '.mona! Aeron.tuttc ·mJ -p.!Lc manv. A life long Waren:dle, Mame, residem, Portland, Maine, at 72. After service in the :\Jm1111 tr.ttwn. �he "·" a ftn,tll t 111 . 'A A' he anJ h1 hrotheroperared Taylor MororCo. m avy he arrended Colby, where he was twice Teacher 111 �race rroJect 1n 19 5. �he 'cn·eJ W111 IO\\ , Mame. un•tvors 111clude two daugh an All-Maine football player. His career in the College on the Alumm l>uncd anJ a' cia> ter , Karh1e Corbm and Dehorah Hac kaylo, retail clothing panned 10 year wirh Keyes agent for many vear and rece1wJ rhe Colby rwo on , R1chard and MarnnTaylor, s1x grand Fibre, Cluerr-Peabody and Jantzen and 25 years Bnck award. Predecea>ed b1 her hu,banJ, Henn cht!Jren, a ntece and five nephews. as a ale man for Pendleton Woolen Mill . C 0 L B ) 62 ALUMNI AT LARGE Surviving are his wife, Joan Kelby dent of underwriting at UNUM. He Cannell '52, two daughters, includ Jack Foner, Black Studies Pioneer is survived by his wife, Sarah Ann, a ing Joyce K. Cannell '81, a son, a Historian Jack Donald Foner son, three daughters, a sister and sister, Jean Cannell MacRae '42, H '82, who at Colby helped to four grandchildren. and two grandchildren. found one of the nation's first black studies programs, died De Julia Dodge Burnham '63,January Robert L. Bechard '52, October cember 10, 1999, in New York at 16, 2000, in Boston, Mas ., at 58. 11, 1999, in ashua, N.H., at 71. 88. Foner taught at Colby from She taught English at Lawrence He received a master's degree from 1969 to 1976 and returned as a High School in Fairfield, Maine, Rivier College and taught biologi visiting scholar in 1983 and 1985. and at Woonsocket High School in cal sciences at AlvirneHi gh School In the 1930s, teaching history Rhode Island before serving as a in Hudson, .H., for lOyears and at at what is now Baruch College guidance counselor at Concord Locust Valley High School in Long in New York, he was caught up High School from 1974 until her Island, .Y., for 19 years. He also in a pre-McCarthy Red scare, death. She is survived by two daugh directed Christmas pageants and and in 1941, along with his three ters, Cecilie Bredehoeft and Heidi several plays. Survivors include two brothers, he was blacklisted by Barron, and two brothers. sisters, Noella Bonnette and Rita New York's Rapp-Coudert Commission. As a supporter of anti Brideau, and many nieces, nephews fascist forces in Spain, a champion of the trade union movement and Julie Nugent Coates '63, Sep and cousins. a campaigner for civil rights for African Americans, Foner was tember II, 1999, in Jackson, Mo., accused of being a communist, but he refused to testify before the at 60. She earneda master's of arts Kemp M. Pottle '52, November 2, commission, according to his obituary in The New York Times. in teaching from Wesleyan Uni 1999, in Webbs Mills, Maine, at 69. In 1993 he told Colby magazine he con idered the episode versity and with her husband, He received a master's degree from "honorable experience" and said, "there was really no evidence to James, began teaching at a high the University of Maine and for support it. It was just mass hysteria." In 1981 the New York City school in Cali, Colombia. They several years taught at HigginsClas Board of Higher Education apologized to Foner and other victims of moved to Jackson in 1973. Survi sical lnstitute and at Maine Central the Rapp-Coudert Commission, terming the events of 1941 an vors include her husband, a son, Institute in Maine. He later worked "egregious violation of academic freedom." two daughters, her father, a sister in college administration at Clark But for almost three decades Foner was shut out of academe and and three grandsons. son University in Potsdam, N.Y. had to support his fa mily as an entertainer. He was a drummer and Predeceased by several Colby rela comic who worked with Paul Robeson and Harry Belafonte, and he Lee Claire McGowan '68, October tives, he is survived by his wife of 43 maintained a friendship with W.E.B. Du Bois, all of whom suffered 25, I 999, in Philadelphia, Pa., at 53. years, Jean, two daughters, a son, from the blacklisting of that era. Although Foner did some freelance She worked for many years in the his sister, Jane Pottle Lee '48, and lecturing, he was unable to launch his academic career until Colby municipal bond departmentofPenn six grandchildren. hired him in the spring of 1969 to teach history. sylvania Merchant Group and with Foner was born in Brooklyn on December 14, 1910. He earned a Tucker Anthony Inc. She was ac Robert L. Stevens '52, August 4, doctorate from Columbia University. His best-known book is Blacks tive in civic and educational organi 1999, in Akron, Ohio, at 74. He and the Military in American History (I974 ). He is survived by his zations. She is survived by her attended the College after service as wife , Liza; a son, Eric, who is the Dewitt Clinton Professor of History husband, Craig Gripp, her daughter a medic on a hospital ship during at Columbia University and president of the American Historical and her parents. World War II, then did graduate Association; two brothers, Moe and Henry; and a granddaughter. work at MIT before beginning a ca Geoffrey F. Brown '80, January 21, reer at Goodyear. He retired from the department at Searles, at Mount Everett Regional and Monu 2000, in Knox, Maine, at 4 2. A graduate ofFranklin of management engineering in 1989. He leaves ment Mountain Regional high schools in Massa Pierce Law Center, he practiced law for I 0 years in his wife of 54 years, Lucille, a daughter, a son and chusetts, he also owned and operated Bullwinkels Skowhegan, Maine, before becoming a teacher at two granddaughters. department stores in Lenox and Great Barrington, Cony High School in Augusta. He was active in Mass. He appeared on Broadway, in films and at numerous community service organizations. He is Kenneth R. Gesner '53, November 7, I 999, in many New Jersey summer stock theaters, and he survived by his wife, Debora, two daughters, his Ridgewood, N.J., at 68. An Army veteran of the directed local productions as fund raisers. He also parents, two sisters, nieces and nephews. Korean Conflict, he earned an M.B.A. at the was theater critic for The Berkshire Record. He Wharton School and was a self-employed insur leaves his wife, Marcia, his father and his sister. Charles W. Tenney '84, December 13, 1999, in ance agent. He also was a sports writer for the Saranac Lake, N.Y., at 38. He was born in Tokyo. Associated Press and on the U.S.A. Hockey Karen Graf Paharik '61, November 19, 1999, After graduating from the Columbia University Association board of directors. Survivors in in Worcester, Mass., at 60. She was a long-rime School of Journalism,he worked at the Chronicle, clude his wife, Janet, a son, two daughters and volunteer for children with special needs at theAP-Dow]ones News Service in Tokyo and the seven grandchildren. Mill-Swan School in Worcester and a volunteer Watertown Daily News in New York. In I 995 he driver for cancer patients. She leaves her hus filed reports in the Chronicle as he kayaked alone Janet Hamilton Kriek '56, January 2, 2000, in band, Carl M. Paharik, two sons, a sister and by inland waters from Vermont to the Gulf of Asheville, N.C., at 65. She worked as a real estate nephews and nieces. Mexico. He is survived by his parents, Robin and agent. Shealsowas involved in numerous commu Frank Tenny, and two sisters. nity activities at a day school and a summer camp Philip E. Allison '63,January4, 2000, in Gorham, fo r students with dyslexia. She is survived by her Maine, at 58. Following service as a first lieuten Helen Whalon, widow of Colby's long-serving husband, Albert P. Kriek, her son, her sister, her ant in the avy during the Vietnam War, for superintendent of buildings and grounds, died brother and nieces and nephews. which he received several medals, he taught at in late December at 9 I.While at Colby, she and Maine Maritime Academy. Later he worked for her husband lived on campus in what is now Robert E. Brolli '59, January 31, 2000, in Rich Prudential Life Insurance, Meile and Associates known as the Hill Family Guest House. A son, mond, Mass., at 62. A drama and English teacher and Duncanson and Holt/UNUMand was presi- Peter Whalon, survives her. 63 SPRING ZOOO C 0 L BY