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Alumni at Large Colby Magazine Volume 101 Issue 2 Summer 2012 Article 9 June 2012 Alumni at Large Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.colby.edu/colbymagazine Recommended Citation (2012) "Alumni at Large," Colby Magazine: Vol. 101 : Iss. 2 , Article 9. Available at: https://digitalcommons.colby.edu/colbymagazine/vol101/iss2/9 This Contents is brought to you for free and open access by the Colby College Archives at Digital Commons @ Colby. It has been accepted for inclusion in Colby Magazine by an authorized editor of Digital Commons @ Colby. CATCHING UP | ALUMNI Profiles The Art of Attraction | Peter DelGreco ’94 Peter DelGreco ’94 keeps an extra pair of dress shoes in the corner of his office and a stack of pressed dress shirts in a desk “It’s given us a certain drawer. He never knows when a visit to a confidence that we can do muddy construction site will be followed by an impromptu meeting with a Fortune the job better than anyone 1000 executive. For DelGreco it’s all part of the job. In else in the country.” September, he was named president and CEO of Maine & Company, a Portland- based nonprofit specializing in attract- states and cities around the United States ing out-of-state business to Maine. Since have substantial resources to lure companies joining the staff as a development specialist across their borders. Not so at Maine & in 2004, DelGreco has helped convince Company, a modest operation with offices companies to relocate thousands of jobs to in Portland’s Old Port. But DelGreco says Maine towns from Winslow and Belfast to its size forces Maine & Company to work Wilton and Lewiston. smarter and more efficiently to appeal to In his new role DelGreco goes beyond prospective companies. “It’s given us a cer- the number crunching and analysis to take Peter DelGreco ’94 tain confidence that we can do the job better a more visible role at Maine & Company. than anyone else in the country,” he said. “In my old role, I was deeply involved in the operational side,” he That also means DelGreco must spend time shuttling between said. “Now, I’m directly competing with organizations across the meetings around the state—and time away from the Falmouth country for these companies.” home he shares with his 2-year-old son, Henry, and wife, Sally Reis DelGreco, a native of Reading, Mass., who majored in American DelGreco ’94, a consultant involved in the redevelopment of the studies, sees himself as part salesman and part evangelist, pitching former Brunswick Naval Air Station. the virtues of relocating in Maine to companies from all over the Still, DelGreco is optimistic that Maine & Company can com- world. He touts an available and dependable workforce, inexpensive pete on a national stage—and that more companies from away will real estate, and Maine’s vaunted quality of life to prospective clients. embrace what Maine has to offer. “We may not have the resources “I just think Maine is a fabulous place to grow a business,” he said. that other organizations have,” he said, “but we know what busi- That’s not to say that DelGreco’s job is easy. He notes that many nesses need to succeed.” —Taylor Smith ’98 Painting Stories of Hope | ellen Langford ’90 What makes Mississippi chickens different attached art studio, she’s situated only a mile from other chickens? Their accents, of course. from where she was born. But her paintings So says Ellen Langford ’90, who paints barn- have found homes all over the world. Her yard fowl, along with clotheslines, dogs, and broad brushstrokes and muted color palette children. She has built an entire career around (even the brightest paintings have an under- documenting these images of her rural state. shadow of darkness) have wide appeal. She’s Clotheslines are iconic in the Delta, she currently represented by galleries in North says, and all her friends have them. “From Carolina, Tennessee, and Mississippi, and their back door, you could look beyond the she has mounted shows in four other states. clothesline and see cotton fields forever, and “Ellen’s one of our top sellers,” said Lesley levees. Visually, clotheslines are about colors Silver, owner of The Attic Gallery in Vicks- and shapes, and the moments in our lives when burg. “When you meet her, you fall in love we do a meditative chore.” with her work. Watching her paint, she’s so Born in Mississippi and returning there after spontaneous. There’s so much energy in it.” years of travel and living on the West Coast, —Erika Mailman ’91 Langford says art allows her to tell a story, “and ideally, one of hope and redemption.” Visit www.ellenlangford.com for more on Living in a 400-square-foot home with an Langford’s art. COLBY / SUMMER 2012 35 [email protected] 35 7/17/12 10:39 AM alumni at large 1920s-30s Bowdoin Glee Club (all boys), Colby Junior the only child of immigrant parents. I just granddaughters set a record for 400-meter Colby College College (all girls), and the Portland Sym- didn’t know what to do, and everything I hurdles for the University of Tennessee and Office of Alumni Relations phony Orchestra in the large auditorium did seemed to be a very bad mistake. But, was off to the NCAA meet and Olympic Waterville, ME 04901 in Portland City Hall (with the spectacular hey, I got over it—almost—and grew to be trials. She graduated summa cum laude organ) and presented the Messiah to a full a responsible citizen—almost. In addition and won scholarship for graduate school. 1940 house. Glorious experience. When we went to the 20-year-old son, I have two children Betty enjoys life and is happy to be near her Y Ernest C. Marriner Jr. outdoors afterwards there were newsboys from an earlier marriage, ages 60 and three sons in Tennessee and Georgia. [email protected] shouting the latest headline—Pearl Harbor 56, and a couple of grandsons: 28 and We regret to inform you that Aaron Sandler had been bombed. It was Dec. 7, 1941. 24—all of whom are living productive and passed away in Chicago June 3. Aaron had 1941 Our world was never the same. successful lives. With the help of time at a great personality and was universally Meg Bernier Boyd sea in the Merchant Marine, I was able to liked by the Colby community. He was a [email protected] come about, return to Colby, pick up a good star on the track team and a member of 1945 education, make some lifelong friends and Tau Delta Phi fraternity. He participated 1942 Meg Bernier Boyd have a pretty good time. Very best to you at our wedding ceremony as a witness to [email protected] Meg Bernier Boyd and all the folks left from the Class of ’48.” our marriage and signed the certificate. Y [email protected] Maurice Whitten returned to Gorham, Ronnie Farkas now lives full time in La Although he lived for many years in both Maine, after four months in St. Petersburg. Jolla, Calif., 25 miles north of the Mexican Michigan and Texas, we kept in contact. Margaret Campbell Timberlake P’69 In May his illustrated paperback, The Gun- border. The climate is ideal. Both Ronnie After he moved to Sarasota, we were able continues to feed a sparrow that has been powder Mills of Gorham-Windham, Maine, and Selma love it. They live in new digs to visit. We will miss him. in the Maine Mall for three years. She says, came off the press. Maurice wrote it for the high on a bluff overlooking the ocean “They cannot get him out—he likes it there! Windham Historical Society, along with an with a spectacular view! Ronnie wrote, He comes on my table to drink water. He article for their May newsletter, “Recollec- “Our hobby is playing bridge. We play in a 1949 is no longer a wild bird.” She adds that tions of Gorham,” about the town as it was tournament once a week and also play a Anne Hagar Eustis she’s doing fine. when he came to teach at Gorham State lot of social bridge.” He reports they are [email protected] Teachers College in 1955. both enjoying good health, considering age Whew! Another three months has flown 1943 and wear and tear. Y Dorothy Worthley by and here I am again with news of our Y Meg Bernier Boyd 1946 Cleaver still lives on the Kennebec River, classmates. Lucile Farnham Sturtevant [email protected] where she enjoys canoeing and fishing. She writes of the demise of the “Colbiana Club, Meg Bernier Boyd wrote, “I have a wonderful little springer started here in the suburbs west of Boston [email protected] spaniel who fills the bow and cheers me in 1979. We mainly lived from Norwood 1944 on. I spend every day I can out from under to Sudbury and west from Newton to Josephine Pitts McAlary 1947 a roof and wonder still at the amazing Attleboro. And then we also had active [email protected] Meg Bernier Boyd beauty of our state and support any effort members from the Cape and Middleboro Interesting class news! I have a current list [email protected] to keep it that way.” She has grandchildren right up to the end. Our members were of our class members, and there are 61 of Calvin Dolan writes from Audubon, Pa., that graduated from Swarthmore, Amherst, from the classes of ’39 to ’59.
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