Maine Alumni Magazine, Volume 85, Number 2, Spring 2004
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The University of Maine DigitalCommons@UMaine University of Maine Alumni Magazines University of Maine Publications Spring 2004 Maine Alumni Magazine, Volume 85, Number 2, Spring 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]. Intuition and Innovation Researcher John McMichael ’71 Restructuring the University System A Championship Season _ for Black Bear Sports Paul Kariya '96 Remembers Maine Hockey Join the Weilands Establish a Charitable Gift Annuity Bud and Val Weiland ’54 established charitable gift annuities with the University of Maine Foundation in celebration of their upcoming 50th reunion. “We considered the charitable gift annuity to be a wonderful way to give back to the University of Maine and, at the same time, receive guaranteed income at a great rate. We appreciate that the University of Maine Foundation’s planned giving staff made the process simple and easy.” Charitable gift annuities: Are easily established without fees or costs Provide the beneficiaries with guaranteed income for life Competitive rates much higher than a CD May provide donors with generous tax advantages, including income tax deductions and reduced capital gains taxes Provide great support to programs, scholarships and other activities at the University of Maine To learn more about establishing a charitable gift annuity, please contact Amos Orcutt, President/CEO at the University of Maine Foundation. UNIVERSITY*/ 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 Alumni Association Membership means staying connected... no matter where life takes you. Capt. Robert Brewer ‘98 UMAA Lifetime Member Photographed on the banks of the Tigris River in Baghdad, Iraq It was easy to be a part of the UMaine community when you were a student - it surrounded you. Now that your life has progressed, the UMAA comes into play: we exist to help you maintain those com munity ties, and to facilitate lifelong relationships with your fellow Black Bears - even if you ’re on the other side of the world like Rob. To join or upgrade your membership to Lifetime, call the UMAA at 1-800-934-2586 or visit us at www.mainealumni.com. The University of Maine Alumni Association. We ’re here to help you ALUMNI stay connected - no matter where in the world you might be. ASSOCIATION 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 Suzanne K. Hart '68, Treasurer, Vice Chair M. Perry Hunter '52 , Vice Chair Douglas E. Kneeland '53, Vice Chair ... Nancy Prisk '72, Vice Chair Jeffery N. Mills '82, President Gregory D. Jamison '72, '98G, Immediate Past Chair UMAA Board of Directors Stanley C. Allain '61 Susan J. Bell '70, '71G, '93G 200 Years in the Making Peter T. Berry '61 Dwight S. Blease '83 Rachel L. Bouchard '91 Introducing the newest addition to The Highlands Elizabeth Cleale '00 Perry R. Clough '63 community campus: 10 extraordinary new apartment Barbara Brown Dalton '81 Virginia R. Gibson '72, '76G homes to be built on the site of the former Franklin Candace A. Guerette '83, '86G A. Jeffrey Harris '72, '87G Family School in Topsham. Combining elegant Federal Nancy Nichols Hogan '62, '65G Alton M. Hopkins '50 architecture and todays finest modern amenities with Dione Williams Hutchinson '54, '71G Pamela Gaul Johnson '83 Highlands services, these exclusive apartments will adjoin Jonathan P. LaBonte '02 James M. Leger '00 Kurt R. Marston '74, '79G The Holden Frost House that is being meticulously John G. Melrose '73, '75G Deirdre M. O'Callaghan '85 restored to all its past glory. For adults 55 and better, John M. Rohman '68 Dianne McLaughlin Tilton '81 The Holden Frost House is the most unique David W. Townsend '74, '81G Brooke D. Wagner '86 opportunity to come along in centuries. Jeffrey M. Wright '73 Call today for your personal tour.- Publications Committee Nonni Hilchey Daly '59 (207) 721-3215 or 1-888-760-1042 Nancy Morse Dysart '60 H. Allen Fernaid '54 Douglas E. Kneeland '53, Chair Steve Riley '50 Thomas O. Shields '62 MAINE Alumni Magazine is published four times per year by the University of Maine Alumni Association for dues paying members of the Association. Membership dues are $40 per year. The editorial The Holden Frost House office is located at One Alumni Place, P.O. Box 550, Orono, ME 04473-0550. Telephone: (207) 581-1137. Postage paid at Burlington, 24 Elm Street, Topsham, ME 04086 VT 05401. 2 Maine Spring 2004 Volume 85, Number 2 Spring 2004 Alumni Magazine Inner Peace, Outer Action 7 Conference will address "Peacemaking in the 21st Century." Restructuring the University System The board of trustees and chancellor propose a sweeping 8 new plan for public higher education in Maine. Page 7 That Championship Season 9 A great winter for Black Bear sports. 10 Giving a Hand and Their Heart to Honduras UMaine students take an alternative break. Intuition and Innovation 12 A profile of biopharmaceutical researcher, John McMichael '71. There's Nothing Like Maine Hockey NHL star Paul Kariya '96 looks back with fondness 16 on his days at UMaine. Plus Mainely People with: Classnotes, alumni events, mini-features, weddings, obituaries, and more. Page 16 Cover Photograph by Tanya Bissaillon Spring 2004 Maine 3 Around The Campus System Funding Bog Boardwalk Cuts Trimmed to Draws Over $4.95 million 15,000 Visitors The good news is that the state More than 15,500 people visit budget cut to the University of ed Orono's Bog Boardwalk in Maine will not be nearly as bad its first year, according to direc as originally proposed. The tor Ronald Davis. The board bad news is that it's still going walk will open for its second to hurt. season in May. A state budget passed in late "The boardwalk has be January calls for a $4.95 million come a major outdoor recre reduction to the University of ation destination in the Ban Maine System (UMS)—$2.4 gor area," Davis said. "It's at million of which will come Photograph by Michael York tracted people from more than from the UMaine campus. Recognizing UMaine's Scholar/Athletes 15 other states and 15 coun Governor John Baldacci's '86 tries. It's a quiet and beautiful original proposal called for a Receiving the 2004 Dean Smith Awards at UMaine's Schol place, and it can be a great $13 million reduction in fund ar/ Athlete Day were senior hockey goalie Frank Doyle (far learning experience." ing to UMS to help make up for right) and senior field hockey player Rebecca Ouellet (sec The mile-long boardwalk is an expected $113 million defi ond from right). Also on hand for the ceremony were "M" a public service of its sponsors: cit in the state budget. Club president Nonni Hilchey Daly '59 and Dean Smith '90, University of Maine, Orono The legislature took anoth '91G, for whom the award is named. The award honors a male Land Trust, and Bangor. er step that could ease the and female student/athlete who have demonstrated out budget pain by allocating a standing academic and athletic achievement and communi portion of any possible budget ty service. Who Gets the Fish? surplus for student financial Also recognized were 168 student/athletes who achieved aid and research and develop a grade point average of 3.0 or better. This was the largest ment. number of honorees in the program's history. Five student/ By studying the early creation In a memo to the campus athletes achieved a perfect 4.0 GPA. of international laws that di community, UMaine president vided up what once were the Peter Hoff noted that due to a world's most lucrative fishing larger than estimated enroll waters off the Canadian Mari ment, the university would be Countering the "Brain Drain" times and New England, able to absorb $1.4 million UMaine Ph.D. student Brian against the state reduction. He It seems like everywhere you go in Maine these days, folks are Payne '01G hopes to help pre added that the remaining $1 concerned about the "brain drain"—losing too many of our col vent overfishing elsewhere. million would be prorated to lege educated young people to out-of-state jobs. Well there is some In the next year, he will each division on campus. good news from the construction management technology (CMT) spend time in Halifax, Nova While appreciating the low program at the University of Maine. One hundred percent of the Scotia, and Ottawa, Ontario, er cut, UMS chancellor Joseph 2003 CMT graduates are employed in Maine, including a number studying the creation (between Westphal noted that any reduc who went elsewhere but have returned to the state. 1871 and 1910) of legal bound tion "lowers the bar on our According to Knud Hermansen, a professor in engineering aries and fishing rights in the competitiveness and our abili technology, CMT graduates are in demand and finding employ North Atlantic. A historical ty to provide high-quality ed ment readily in Maine.