The University of Maine DigitalCommons@UMaine University of Maine Alumni Magazines University of Maine Publications Fall 2004 Maine Alumni Magazine, Volume 85, Number 3, Fall 2004 University of Maine Alumni Association Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/alumni_magazines Part of the Higher Education Commons, and the History Commons This publication is brought to you for free and open access by DigitalCommons@UMaine. It has been accepted for inclusion in University of Maine Alumni Magazines by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@UMaine. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Alumni Magazine Alumni Magazine Peter Hoff Looks Back on His Engineering graduate Presidency Franklin S. Van Antwerpen ’64 ' is elevated to America’s Lobstering Your Way second highest court Through College FROM John Tortorella ’81 Boardman Leads the Lightning to the Stanley Cup Plus CLASS NOTES TO THE Ha lls of Justice THANKS TO OUR DONORS we have something to celebrate! For seventy years, hundreds of University of Maine alumni and friends have provided generous private support for our public university through endowed gifts. Beginning with an initial gift of $ 1,000 from the Class of 1909 in 1934, the University of Maine Foundation has been able to provide financial support for generations of students and faculty. We would like to thank you for contributing to seventy years of excellence. UNIVERSITY of MAINE FOUNDATION Two Alumni Place Orono, ME 04469-5792 800.982.8503 or 207.581.5100 100 Foden Road, Suite 303 West Building South Portland, ME 04106 800.449.2629 or 207.253.5172 www.umainefoundation.org $800 MILLION IN 70 YEARS IN RECENT YEARS, the combination of an economic downturn and no prospect of an increase in state funding has emphasized the University of Maine Foundations role in providing private support for scholar­ ships, teaching, and research at the University of Maine. At the Foundation, we are able to raise private funds for our endowment beyond what is available through state fund­ ing. The Foundation provides the structure and efficiency needed for the partnership between our public university and our private constituencies to work effectively We are currently celebrating the 70th annivesary of the Foundation, yet at the same time we are looking ahead. The Foundation has grown from an initial investment of $1,000 in 1934 into an organization that now manages over $125 million in assets with more than 850 endowment funds. Our founders would be amazed at the progress and growth of the last 70 years. Their vision, wisdom and foresight set the stage for endless oppor­ tunities made possible by higher education. We want to maintain their vision as we begin the next 70 years. The Foundation has grown from an As we look to the future and the financial needs of initial investment of $1,000 in 1934 UMaine students, the need for private support has never been into an organization that now manages greater. At the University, financial need exceeds $40 million for over $125 million in assets with move this academic year. An endowment of almost $800 million would than 850 endowment funds. be needed to fulfill that need. Although that goal, even over the Amos E. Orcutt ’64 next 70 years, may seem ambitious, the Foundation has commit­ President/CEO ted to making it a reality The University of Maine has more than 31,000 alumni over the age of 55. What if all of those alums remembered the University of Maine, through the Foundation, in their wills with a bequest of at least $25,000 for scholarships? In one generation, the financial need of University of Maine students could be met in perpetuity. It's that simple! We encourage you to leave your legacy so generations of students will benefit from your generosity and your vision of the opportunities available with a higher education. UNIVERSITY of MAINE FOUNDATION Two Alumni Place Orono, ME 04469-5792 800.982.8503 or 207.581.5100 100 Foden Road, Suite 303 West Building South Portland, ME 04106 800.449.2629 or 207.253.5172 www.umainefoundation.org Editor Jim Frick Editorial Assistants Abigail Zelz Betty-Jo Watt Design Consultant Mike Mardosa '73 Publisher Jeffery N. Mills '82 Alumni Association Officers Bion A. Foster '68, '70G, Chair Sandford Blitz '92G, Vice Chair Stephanie Barry Brown '65, Vice Chair Catherine Cleale '86, Vice Chair Barbara Brown Dalton '81, Vice Chair Suzanne K. Hart '68, Treasurer M. Perry Hunter '52 , Vice Chair Gregory D. Jamison '72, '98G, Vice Chair Douglas E. Kneeland '53, Vice Chair Nancy Prisk '72, Vice Chair Jeffery N. Mills '82, President UMAA Board of Directors in on the ground floor of Stanley C. Allain '61 Peter T. Berry '61 your very own Federal-period mansion: Dwight S. Blease '83 Rachel L. Bouchard '91 The Holden Frost House Elizabeth Cleale '00 Perry R. Clough '63 In addition to restoring the gracious interiors of Virginia R. Gibson '72, '76G Candace A. Guerette '83, '86G The Holden Frost House, we will be building 10 spacious A. Jeffrey Harris '72, '87G new apartments adjacent to the mansion. Alton M. Hopkins '50 Dione Williams Hutchinson '54, '71G Visit our Design Center today and start planning Jonathan P. LaBonte '02 James M. Leger '00 all the details of your dream home, from flooring and Kurt R. Marston '74, '79G fireplaces to cabinetry and counter-tops! Deirdre M. O'Callaghan '85 John M. Rohman '68 With your own custom-designed apartment, private Dianne McLaughlin Tilton '81 access to the historic Holden Frost House, and the David W. Townsend '74, '81G Brooke D. Wagner '86 acclaimed services and amenities of The Highlands campus Jeffrey M. Wright '73 all around you, this is New England living at its finest. Publications Committee Nonni Hilchey Daly '59 Call today for your personal tour: Nancy Morse Dysart '60 H. Allen Fernald '54 (207) 721-3215 or 1-888-760-1O42 Douglas E. Kneeland '53, Chair Jeff Mills '82 Steve Riley '50 MAINE Alumni Magazine is published four times per year by the The Holden Frost House University of Maine Alumni Association for dues paying members of the Association. Membership dues are $40 per year. The editorial office is located at One Alumni Place, P.O. Box 550, Orono, ME 24 Elm Street, Topsham, ME 04086 04473-0550. Telephone: (207) 581-1137. Postage paid at Burlington, VT 05401. www.highlandsrc.com 2 Maine Fall 2004 Volume 85, Number 3 Fall 2004 Alumni Magazine Around the Campus 4 News from the University of Maine. Leaving the Job You Love 8 Peter Hoff looks back on his UMaine presidency. Page 11 11More Than Maintaining the Status Quo Interim president Robert Kennedy will be more than a caretaker. 12 Lobstering Her Way Through College Christina Rackliff '04 learned the value of hard work from her father. Page 12 From Boardman Hall to the Halls of Justice Judge Franklin Van Antwerpen '64 is elevated to 14 America's second highest court. Bolting to the Top 18 John Tortorella '81 leads the Tampa Bay Lightning to the Stanley Cup. Remembering President Paul 20 Silverman Plus Mainely People with: Classnotes, alumni events, mini-features, weddings, obituaries, and more. Page 18 Cover Photograph by Jim Frick Fall 2004 Maine 3 Around The Campus UMaine is now a Engineers Help Sea Grant College With New Army Program Supercomputer The University of Maine has University of Maine computer been designated a Sea Grant engineers, along with employ­ College Program by the Na­ ees of Applied Thermal Sci­ tional Oceanic and Atmospher­ ences of Sanford, will be in­ ic Administration (NOAA), volved in what may be the sec­ joining a network of 28 official ond most powerful computer Sea Grant College programs in the world for the United that conduct marine education, States Army. The Army's deci­ training, and research. sion to build the machine The Sea Grant College Pro­ known as MACH 5 is based in gram links marine and coastal part on UMaine research fund­ researchers and educators at Alumni Association staff member, Shannon Coiley '93, welcomes ed by the Army to develop the university, in particular at the new Bananas to campus. (Photo by Kathy Snow Rice '83.) more powerful and less expen­ the school of marine sciences, sive computer technology for with NOAA's vast databases of Meet the New Bananas military research. environmental and resource in­ "The goal of our work is to After 20 years of faithful service, UMaine mascot Bananas T. formation, and provides access learn how to build bigger, bet­ Bear has retired. This summer Bananas trained his replace­ to NOAA ships, laboratories, ter, and cheaper supercomput­ ment (above), who made his first appearance at the Septem­ and computing capabilities. er technology for the Army," ber 11 Black Bear football game. This is the fourth variation While Maine Sea Grant has says Eric Wages '01, an engi­ of Bananas since 1969 when the university's chapter of Al­ been at the university for near­ neer at UMaine's department pha Phi Omega fraternity began sponsoring and maintain­ ly 30 years, the campus was not of industrial cooperation. He is ing the UMaine mascot. previously designated as an ac­ working with a team that in­ tual "college" in the program. cludes engineers from UMaine It means UMaine will now be and Applied Thermal Sciences as well as graduate students. equal in status to other major A Hearty "Maine Hello" universities that conduct ma­ rine science. Nearly 500 University of Maine Cohen Center employees, students, and alum­ ni welcomed 1,763 new Univer­ Receives University cited as sity of Maine students to cam­ $3 Million Gift a "Best Bargain" pus on August 27 as part of the university's modern version of the "Maine Hello." Students The University of Maine Foun­ In its annual guide, The 357 Best and their parents received direc­ dation has received a gift of Colleges, the 2004 Princeton Re­ tions to the right dorm, and approximately $2.85 million to view lists the University of once there, help in unloading support UMaine's William S.