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Liberal Arts and Sports

Liberal arts colleges sit like cities, some on a hill, some not, awaiting each generation of young people. These venerable institutions, of which Bates, Bowdoin, and Colby are representative, maintain that a libe ral arts education should be a preparation for life, not merely preparation for a job. For this reason, liberal arts colleges insist that the social life-the time students spend outside the classroom-is crucial to developing the best sort of graduate. Increasingly in the last 25 years, students have protested the colleges' control of campus social life; they have insisted on more freedom to create their own atmosphere outside the classroom, and, for the most part, they have won. This clash between freedom-seeking students and nervous college faculties and administra­ tors is an important theme in the recent history of American education. To understand this clash, one has to understand the tradition against which the students revolt. The tradi­ tion is old and deep. It conceives of an education as a total experience preparing the young, in the most general way, for life's tasks. John Milton in the seventeenth century wrote that "a complete and generous education [is] that which fits a man to perform justly, skillfully, and magnanimously all the offices both public and private, of peace and war." Much nearer our time Cardinal Newman hoped that education "would constitute a whole .. embody a specific idea ...pr esent a doctrine ...adm inister a code of conduct [and] furnish principles of thought and action.'' Such sweeping goals could not be achieved, or even seriously contemplated, at a college that drew a broad line between the academic and social program. This tradition is alive but under increasing attack by the larger culture that creates generations of young people who, for a number of reasons, are hostile to the goals of a liberal arts education or who simply do not understand them. No one any longer sees education as preparing only a small percentage of the male popula­ tion to occupy the key public and private stations in a society. In the general advance of democracy of the last two centuries, coeducation has produced students more sensitive to their rights and freedoms-which colleges ignore at their peril. The liberal arts tradition also often assumed that education was in part religious. In Ameri­ ca especially, religion is conceived of as a personal matter to be freely decided by the individual, not inculcated by institutions or the state. Sexual equality, democracy, and secularism have all undermined the notion that a liberal education should seek to teach some vision of "character" or "virtue." Yet while the modern student is democratized, secularized, and very interested in the opposite sex, another factor may be more important in undermining the holistic liberal arts tradition. The average student comes to college having learned to draw a clear line between work and play, work time and free time, the vocational and the social. Study has become analogous to work, and when the work is done it is time for play and leisure. Perhaps the most convincing evidence of this division in student life is the rise of sport to a dominating position on most campuses. Colleges added sports to their programs ostensibly to build character and instill virtue, but by World War II sports for the most part had become a diversionary spectacle at the intercollegiate level and a safety-valve for dangerously pent-up energies on the intramural level. The result is that sport and study do not blend well on to­ day's campuses. Students, assuming a strict division between athletics and play, often see sport and study as an­ tagonistic; the classroom and the playing field both call to the student, who complains that time does not exist for both. To a great degree, liberal arts colleges already have adapted to the modern notion that existence is bifurcat­ ed between work and leisure. Colleges set aside separate buildings for leisure (gyms, unions, student centers) that are clearly different in style and function from classroom buildings. The Colby College catalogue reflects the ease with which we accept this division of life on a campus into work and leisure. The catalogue has two main sections, one of which is "General Information" that among other things describes something called "cam­ pus life.'' It could also be called "leisure life.'' Section two is the ''Academic Program;· and one searches in vain for connections between this program and "campus life.'' It would be very easy for colleges to simply go with the flow of twentieth-century American culture. This would amount to an admission that the ancient liberal arts tradition has no relevance as we approach the twenty-first century. Because so much was wrong with this tradition- basically, it was exclusionary-many would say let's junk the whole thing. I, for one, would like liberal arts colleges to defend the notion that life can be lived as a whole. I would like liberal arts schools, as part of their basic mission, to defend the concept that fragmentation of life into compartments drains us of our passion and makes us less than human.

Richard Moss, Associate Professor of History

"Commentary" does not necessarily represent the editorial position of The Colby Alumnus nor the opinion of College officers. Readers are invited to submit proposals or opinion essays of between 500 and 800 words to the Ed itor, The Colby Alumnus, Colby College, Wa terville, Maine 04901-4799. The editor cannot guarantee publication of any submission. THE

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FEATURES DEPA RTMENTS

11 Commencement ·wonderful and Warm Commentary (inside front cover) Superlatives all around marked the day: it was simply the greatest. 2 Eustis Mailroom

20 Born To Do the Story Investigative journalism by Don J. Snyder '72 leads 4 ews from the Hill to a powerful book about betrayal and to a project­ ed Hollywood film.

10 Ex Libris 24 Once upon a COOT Colby Outdoor Orientation Trip photos record good times in Maine's wonderful wilderness. 19 Colby in Motion

26 "Harambee": By the Power of the Pen 32 Class Correspondence On-site insights in Kenya, by Judith Fishel '87, in­ spire further contact with the children of Africa.

53 Milestones 30 The Balloon Is Up: Reunion 1987 A happy gathering of the "Colby family" brings record numbers to the campus in June. Alumni Club ews (inside back cover)

Volume 76, Number 4, October 1987

The Colby Alumnus is published quarterly for the alumni, friends, parents of students, seniors, faculty, and staff of Colby College. Address cor­ respondence to the Editor, The Colby Alumnus, Colby College, Waterville, Maine 04901-4799.

Editor: Robert Gillespie; Assistant to the Editor: Nancy Fortuine Westervelt '54; Director of Publications: Bonnie Bishop; Production Editor: l\lar­ tha Freese Shattuck; Editorial Interns: Priscilla ]. Phinney '87, K. Hilary Pfeifer '89, Julie Marks '90· Photography: Catherine Anderson jcover pho­ tos, pp. 4, 12, 13, 16, 18, 23), Bowdoin College (p. 7). orman McGrath (p. 9). Scott Davis (pp. 11, 12, 13, 1 5). David Coleman 90 (pp. 13. 32 37, 39, 41, 43, 44). Paige Alexander '88 (p. 19), Rob Garland '89, (p. 19), COOT file photos (pp. 24-25). Judith Fishel '87 (pp. 27-29) Alex Wu '87 (pp. 35, 48, 51). Jay Reiter '71 (p. 46). Susan Conant Cook '75 [inside back cover), Sid Farr '55 jinside back cover).

Printed by Knowlton & McLeary, Farmington, Maine

On the cover: Brian Lee '90 looked ahead to his first Colby Outdoor Orientation Trip. Back cover: COOT leader Julie DAmico 87.

THE COLBY ALUM US _ , _ _ A 1 L R o o M _ --....l___ -... _u_ s T_I _s �M

End of a Myth What's in a Name? We appreciate your attention to this matter and look forward to your sup­ As an old Colby man, Class of 1917, I I am perplexed by the use of "Scot's" in port . Colby cannot truly live up to its found much of interest to me in The the article on Charmian Herd in the creed until The Colby Alumnus in its Colby Alum nus of March. March issue. The lady could be true to name also recognizes Colby alumnae. I was rather astonished, however, to her Scots background, to her Scottish see a revival of the persistent myth of background, or even to her Scotch back­ The members of American Studies 274: "Mount Hebron Academy" on page 42 in ground, but never to her Scot's back­ The Fe male Experience in America the profile of Nancy Briggs '82. It is ground. You would not say "true to her Colby College true that Hebron and Hermon both be­ French's background," would you? gin with "He" but the former, Mt. Her­ In any case, I wonder about the va­ mon School, is the Northfield Mount lidity about such racial generalizations. Hermon School in Massachusetts, while When they are intended to be compli­ The issue of the offensive nature of the Hebron Academy is in Hebron, Maine, mentary, as in this case, we tend to let title of The Colby Alumnus has been and one of Maine's oldest and most dis­ them slip past, but the same tendency brought to the attention of those who tinguished schools. Colbyites and He­ can so easily go in the other direction, have the power to make a change. bronites familiar with Ernest Marriner's that, perhaps, it would be as well to There should not need to be a mas­ History of Colby College surely know that avoid them completely. sive outcry in order for the change to Hebron Academy, older than the Col­ occur. The question should not be, lege, was a preparatory affiliate of Col­ Eric Binnie "How many people favor a name by for many years. Also, Hebron Acade­ Associate Professor of English and Pe r­ change?" The question should be, "Is it my is the only surviving independent fo rming Arts. right to leave the title as it is once its school of the former group of four acad­ sexist meaning is known to all?" emies. It has been my experience to be To me, it is merely one more indica­ a member of the Hebron faculty 1948- tion of Colby's true feelings on the 1965 as instructor in German, French, What's in Another Name? value of the women it graduates and and Spanish. After serving many years employs. as al umni secretary and director of de­ Mary Low graduated from Colby Col­ velopment, I became author of History lege in 1871. She was the first woman Karen Heck '74 of Hebron Academy, published in 1977. to earn a degree from a liberal arts col­ Wa terville, Maine I hope this will be the end, at least lege in New England. It has recently at Colby, of the persistent myth of come to our attention that the magazine "Mount Hebron:' that is published for all Colby graduates does not honor her in its title nor does Harold E. Hall '17 it recognize any female Colby graduate I write this letter as a formal complaint. Hebron, Maine in its title. Indeed, The Colby Alumnus in I think that the title of the Colby maga­ its name alone is blatantly sexist and zine, The Colby Alumnus, is inconsider­ hence discriminates against women. As ate of all women who graduated from Kicking "Kicking Football" the American Heritage Dictionary states, Colby College. The ending on the word an "alumnus" is a "male graduate of a "alum" is the Latin ending for a singular Having lived in Kansas City for most of school. college, or universitY:' masculine word. I do not understand 25 years, I have observed the "pro" foot­ Quite obviously Colby is not a why Colby, especial ly Colby as a liberal ball played by universities in the Big 8 single-sex institution. It is unfair and arts/nondiscriminating college, has chos­ and have always criticized it in contrast hypocritical that a college that publicly en such a title. If it continues to use to the truly amateur college ball played adheres to a policy of nondiscrimination ''Alumnus" as the title for the magazine, at Colby and in New England. May and diversity publishes a magazine that the College itself will be promoting sex­ amateur college ball survive! The play­ clearly discriminates against women in ism in a very overt form. If women ers understand this. its title. As College editor, we feel that continue to support the magazine, I will P.S. If you can't win half of your it is your responsibility to make the be very surprised. I hope to make more games, your entrance requirements are necessary changes in the name of the people aware of the sexist title and urge oul of Louch. publication so that it respects all gradu­ that it be changed immediately. ates of Colby. As long as The Colby

Roger Olson '53 Alumnus retains its present name, it is Brian K. Axel '89 Kansas City, Missouri doing the College a grave disservice. Colby

2 THE COLBY ALUMNUS When I was young, my parents' favorite words of wisdom to me were, "You can't judge a book by the cover:· To this day, 01' when I first encounter any person or Good Sports thing I endeavor to remember what I had been told about the deceptiveness of outward appearances. Recently I had the oppor tunity to think again about my parents' advice while looking at The Colby Alumnus, a magazine with a blatantly sexist title (an alumnus is a male college graduate). I had to ask myself whether a publication that discriminates in its name might also discriminate within. Should such a publication then be worthy of my at­ tention? Fortunately, the recent March 1987 issue contained an article about wom­ en's cross-country by Priscilla Phinney '87 and the December 1986 Alumnus had an article by Associate Professor Marilyn Mavrinac about Mary Low and other early alumnae of the College. However, it is a shame that the preemi­ nent publ ication for graduates should be so initially offensive. I find it hard to believe that the "Colby athletics continues after graduation, even if we are has-beens," say the Col­ College widely circulates a magazine by Wo men's Alumnae Soccer Te am. Indoors at Wheaton College are (front/ Carol that directly contradicts the policy of Simon '85, (second row) Pa trice Galvin '86, Carolyn Parsley, Channaine T\vigg '87, nondiscrimination printed in all other Debbie Brooks '8 6, (third row) Julie Bruce '8 3, Mary Needham '8 6, Laura Shaver College materials. While the discrimina­ '8 7, Lesley Melcher '8 5, Martha Landau '8 4, Jen Estes '8 6. tion expressed in a magazine tit e is subtle, it is nevertheless discrimination. The Colby Alumnus may not exclude women in its pages but it certainly does on its cover. One should not have to "j udge a book by its cover" or a maga­ zine by the title, yet when the title is of a repressive nature it is difficult not to.

Mike Diamond '8 7 Co-editor-in-chief, The Colby Echo

All Mixed Up

My March issue of the Alumnus arrived with several of its pages mixed up, one section missing altogether, and the mid­ dle section a duplicate of another part of the magazine. I want to draw this sit­ uation to your attention and ask you to please send me another copy. Thank you very much. On the weekend of May 1, the Colby Alumni Blues Hockey Club in Montreal en­ Janet Grout Williams '60 tered the Po inte-Claire Youngtimer's To urnament in Pointe-Claire, Quebec. The Swarthmore, Pa. competition included 48 teams from Canada and the United States. Several Colby alumni sharpened up their skates fo r a great weekend of hockey and fun. (Left to right) Pa ul Marleau '8 5, john Siletto '85, Mark Ciara/lo '82, Pa ul "Ike" Eichelroth The Alumnus urges readers who have a '82, and Mark "Skeets" Kelley '80 led the club to a 2-1 record. CABHC promises to similar problem to let us hear of it so that be back fo r the Yo ungtimer's next year. we may talk with our printer.

THE COLBY ALUM US 3 ---�ws FROM THE /-15LL

Fall Crop on the Rise The Kennedys as History obligation to set the scene and fill it with authentic color and accurate detail. Colby harvested another bumper crop "I couldn't allow myself to imagine Her bestseller took 10 years to write, this fall, as the acceptance rate by stu­ 'What will the Kennedys think?' when I and research for its 1,000 pages took dents admitted to the College exceeded began writing, I couldn't pick and her to the rare book room of the Boston the usual target number of 430 set by choose material ...wh atever influenced Public Library for floor plans of 1860s the Admissions Office. The entering their public life went into the book. tenements in East Boston and to medi­ freshman class of 510 students de mon­ I think they're glad now that someone cal journals for the context of the times, strates Colby's steady rise on the list of took the time and trouble to pore over, to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese ar­ the nation's most preferred colleges. The sort, and document their lives. Many of chives for details of church festivals, numbers, Assistant to the Dean of Ad­ the facts I uncovered the family didn't and through more than 150 cartons of missions Gretchen R. Bean '85 said, are know. . :· Doris Kearns Goodwin '64, Kennedy family letters, checks, theater "a good sign. Colby is a hot school." . speaking on May 7 to a large, affection­ stubs, and other memorabilia. Other good signs include the increasing ate audience in Given Auditorium, She took special pleasure in dis­ number of inquiries, campus visits, and talked nonstop for an hour, fl ashing a covering the dimensions of buildings interviews as well as the exceptional quick smile and "speaking" with her ex­ the early Fitzgeralds lived in. For the academic quality and diversity of this pressive hands, obviously delighted to historian who immerses herself in year's applicant pool, which topped be back with old friends and admirers. another time, she said, "History is 3,300. Earlier she had signed copies of her yours:' The book that emerged "really book, The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys, wrote itself" and convinced her that "the at Seaverns Bookstore. intensity of the Kennedys' lives made Carried Away by Spring Goodwin described the historian's up for the tragedy." Quoting Francis

Colby students were delighted to return from spring break to find a virtually snowless campus. Not so amusing, however, was the destruction caused on April Fool's Day by Central Maine's worst flooding in over 50 years. The state was declared a federal disaster area as heavy rains combined with runoff from last winter's deep snow to wash out roads and bridges and destroy homes and businesses. News of the flooding prompted several Colby students to come back from vacation early to assist families and local authorities in cleaning up the estimated $63 million in damage. Said Scott Bates '87, "The guy I helped had four kids, just lost his job, and had bought a new trailer home and furni­ ture three months ago. He lost every­ th ing in the flood and had no insurance because it's not available for trailers since they have no foundation:' Wa ter poured over the three bridges in Fair­ field and came within a couple of feet of carrying off the 1\.vo Cent Bridge at the foot of Te mple Street in Waterville. Flood da mage was partic ularly severe around Lithgow Street in Winslow, where seven houses and historic land­ How to celebrate your 90th birthday? When M. Lucile Kidder '20, of Fairfield, mark Fort Halifax, the 233-year-old Maine, hoped fo r her first motorcycle ride, Pa ul Irgang, husband of Colby psy­ wooden blockhouse and last remaining chotherapist Janet Jrgang, offered his Harley-Davidson. Wit h sparkling cider, Presi­ structure of its kind in the United dent Cotter and others toasted the cyclist after her 30-mph three-mile loop around States, were swept down the Kennebec the campus. River.

4 THE COLBY ALUMNUS Bacon -''Anyone who gives love is a as much public attention as skipper co mmitment on the part of the ANC to hostage to fo rtune•:._Go odwin said that Dennis Co nner, Whidden hasn't gone nationalize So uth Africa. Land reform living with the story for so long has unreco gnized. Fo under and president of would be necessary, however, to make made her deeply aware of one's vulnera­ his own sailmaking business, So bstad up for the present inequity: 72 percent bility, more appreciative of her own Sails, which he recently sold, he has of the population lives on only 13 per­ children, more co ncerned "to lead a been hired to be president of the wo rld­ cent of the land, much of it located in balanced life." wide sailmaking firm North Sails. remote areas. Americans nevertheless During a short question period after must work to make the ANC's resort to the talk, she speculated on subject mat­ armed violence less necessary. "If it ter for her next boo k. She wo uld like to Problem or Solution? blows up, it's our fault;· he warned. write about a wo man, the subject yet Ro binson finished with the reminder unknown, in an earlier era. Lack of per­ Randall Ro binson, director of the anti­ that these are not "black issues" only. sonal knowledge of the background and apartheid lobbying group Transafrica, "These are global issues, human issues." no chance of face-to-face interviews spoke to an audience of some 50 stu­ with eyewitnesses, she said, would test dents and faculty in the Student Center PJP her powers as a traditional histo rian. on April 22. His message in the opening address of this year's Ralph J. Bunche NFW Symposium, "In the Name of Peace and Trustees Divest Human Rights;' was clear: the United States can choose to be "either a part of Time was when the Board of Tr ustees Colby-in-Perth in New York a solution" to apartheid in South Africa meeting in May was mostly perfunctory, "o r part of the problem:· signing off on the senior list and elect­ In early May, the ew Yo rk Colby Club Robinson believes that the United ing officers and new trustees. Not so held a reception for To m Whidden '70, States "holds the key" to dismantling the this year. When the board determined tactician of the yacht Stars and Stripes in apartheid system in South Africa yet that "significant progress has not been last winter's America's Cup sailing com­ has not used it due to the ignorance of made toward the goals set out in the petition in Pe rth, Australia. During the the American public about what goes board resolution of October 1985," the 4-0 American victory over Australia's on in co untries outside of their own. By vote to divest from co mpanies doing Kookaburra III, Whidden, of Essex, and large, Americans concern them­ business in South Africa was unani­ Co nn., was described by the Associated selves with domestic issues, while fo ur­ mo us. Complete divestment should co n­ Press as "the eyes, ears, companion and-a-half million white So uth Africans clude by December 31. brain, and guiding light" to skipper Den­ co nstitutionally deny rights to 27 mil­ Reporting for the faculty, Professor nis Co nner because of his tactical skills lion blacks. Robinson recommended of Government Sandy Maisel noted the in sailing. Being a tactician requires that we "develop some minimal level of adoption of the Freshman Seminar (on a quick thinking and a cool head. Whid­ public awareness on these issues in or­ two-year experimental basis) as a re­ den kept a constant eye on the op­ der to get mobilized:' He supports pro­ quirement for all new students; ex­ position, noted wind shifts and sea posals that colleges should require plained that the faculty had worked out co nditions, and functioned as relief co urses that give st udents an under­ a new method of selecting members for helmsman and racing rules expert. standing of "what's going on in the the Co mmittee on Promotion and Ten­ During the Colby Club reception in world. " ure; and spoke about the division of New Yo rk, Whidden made a slide Apartheid is not merely a vio lation sentiment among faculty on the issue of presentation of his experiences in Aus­ of civil rights, however, said Ro binson. merit pay. A staff report fo llowing room tralia as the crew prepared for the co m­ It is also a struggle for power. "Whites;· draw in the spring informed the board petition. Whidden tried out different he pointed out, "won't give up power that 46 percent of the students chose to types of hulls and keels and sails as unless they have no choice but to do remain in their Commons this fall. And well as different sailing tactics to test so.... The powerful always seek to de­ the Planning Co mmittee agreed to fo rm those they wo uld use in the race. Whid­ fend their position:' Robinson feels that a special task fo rce to co ntinue investi­ den once said of the yacht's sails, "I the U. S. must take a firm stand against gation of methods of financing a Colby know them better than my own chil­ apartheid by using its economic and po­ education. dren:· Each race day he was responsible litical clout to pressure white South In other developments, three vete­ for choosing-from an inventory of Africans into negotiations to relinquish ran faculty members received promo­ 50 -the 13 sails that fitted aboard Stars their monopolization of power. The tio n to full professor: Ro ger Bowen in and Stripes. Fo ur years of preparation divestiture of American businesses from government and East Asian studies, Ar­ since the last cup race paid off for the the South African economy, a positive thur Champlin in biology, and Paul Americans as they regained the cup af­ step, is indicative of how serious the Machlin in music. The trustees also re­ ter having lost it in 1983 for the first problem has become. ''When trouble elected Ridgely Bullock '55, Lawrencf. time in the 132-year history of the race. comes, money leaves;· he quipped, add­ R. Pugh '56, and Sidney Farr '55 as Before a crowd of over 100 people, ing that only when the cost-benefit rela­ chair, vice chair, and secretary of the Whidden spoke graciously of his Colby tionship changes will whites in South board. Emeritus status was granted to experience and how it had prepared Africa negotiate. Professor of Biology Thomas Easton and him for later challenges. He was hon­ Although he cautioned against any to retiring board members Anne Law­ ored, he said, to be honored by the arming of the African National Con­ rence Bondy '46, Philip Hussey, Jr. '53, reception. Even though he didn't receive gress, Robinson said that "There is no Robert Lee '5 1, and Ro bert Burke '61.

THE COLBY ALUMr US 5 Colby Cycling from the University of Oregon. A form­ status of minority groups in the eco­ er teacher at the University of Hawaii­ nomics profession. The end of the 1987 spring season Hilo and Idaho State University, she is a marked the beginning of a new sport al specialist in linguistic and psychological English- Lisa Elaine Low, visiting assis­ Colby. The Colby cycling club, which anthropology with a particular interest tant professor of British literature, was recognized as an official club sport in the Ac adian French of Maine and earned her B.A. degree from the Uni­ last January, finished its first season Louisiana. versity of Wisconsin at Madison and with the First Annual Colby College her M.A. and Ph.D. from the University Road Race on May 3. The 22-mile race Art - David Sensabaugh, visiting instruc­ of Massachusetts at Amherst. She has cut through the middle of campus and tor in East Asian art. taught at the latter school, at Cornell included teams from the University of College in Iowa, and at Boston Maine-Farmington, Harvard, and the Biology- Pa ul Greenwood, assistant University. University of Maine-Orono, as well as professor, with a B.A. degree from Knox Heidi Jon Schmidt, visiting assistant individual racers from Bates, Bowdoin, College and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees professor, has a B.A. from Bennington and the Waterville area. Lane Wilkinson from Florida Stale University, has a spe­ College and an M . F. A. from the Univer­ '89, Mike Salvador '87, and Scott Bates cial interest in how cell ular events af­ sity of Iowa and has taught at that '87 fi nished 16th, 17th, and 18th, re­ fect an organism in its environment and university and at Cha ffey College in spectively, in a field of about 50 racers. in the cellular basis for defense California. She has published fiction, ar­ A 16.5-mile race was also held for wom­ mechanisms in a type of invertebrate ticles, and reviews in such periodicals en. Colby racers Megan Flaherty '89 animal. as The Boston Globe magazine, Ms. and Sonya Hall '89 placed fifth and magazine, and The Atlantic. seventh. Chemist ry- Carol Baker Libby, assistant Patricia A. Yo ung, visiting assistant The Colby race was the culmination professor of biochemistry, earned a B.S. professor. of a student-initiated effort that began and Ph.D. from the Pe nnsylvania State in the 1985-86 school year with the en­ University. She has taught at Oberlin, Government- Rita D. Moore, visiting in­ thusiastic interest of John Nelson '86. Kenyon, and Skidmore colleges and the structor. Dave Longcope '89, Lane Wilkinson, University of Maine-Farmi ngton. She is Pa ul H. Zernicke, visiting instructor, and Mike Salvador took charge of the married to Daniel Libby '68, assistant earned a B.S. from the University of group this year and were responsible professor of chemistry at the College. Wisconsin at Oshkosh and an M.A. at for the attainment of full club status. the University of Wisconsin at Madison, Visiting geology instructor Keith Brug­ Classics- J. Anthony Podlecki, visiting where he is completing his Ph.D. degree ger also helped out the team on training professor and acting chair of the depart­ in political science. He will be teaching rides and during the race, and the ath­ ment, earned his A.B degree from Col­ in the Freshman Seminar Program as letic department provided some funds. lege of the Holy Cross and M.A. and well as in government. Wilkinson has "several goals for the Ph.D. degrees from the University of team -to put on our race again, to send To ronto. He was formerly chair of clas­ History- Irina Livezeanu, assistant a men's and women's team to the East sics at the Pennsylvania State University professor of Russian history, was born Coast Cycling Federation champion­ and the University of British Columbia. in Romania and graduated Phi Beta ships, to get some points for Colby in He has also taught at Northwestern and Kappa from Swarthmore College, where those championships, and to get the served as a visiting fellow at Oxford, she majored in Greek. She earned both Colby name on the college circuit'.' Un­ Strasbourg, University of London, and an M.A. and a Ph.D. degree from the der the leadership of Dave Longcope, the University of Wellington, New University of Michigan . Proficient in next year's club will explore all of these Zealand. nine languages, including Russian, Ro­ opportunities. Henry John Walker, Ta ylor Lecturer manian, and Polish, she comes to Colby in Classics, received a B.A. degree from from the University of California at Tr inity College, Dublin, Ireland, and an Berkeley, where she holds a Mellon New Faculty M.A. from Cornell University. Currently Postdoctoral Fellowship. working on his doctoral dissertation, John A. Murphy, visiting exchange Anthropology- Jeffrey Ehrenreich, assis­ Po litics in Greek TI·agedy: The Case of professor from University College Cork, tant professor, is a graduate of the Theseus, his special interests include holds two degrees from that college. A University of Bridgeport in Connecticut tragedy, epic, and Roman lyric poetry. member of the Senate of Ireland and a and earned his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees popular public figure, he is a controver­ from the New School of Social Research Economics -Clifford Reid, associate sial historian and a politically non­ in New York. He has taught at the Uni­ professor, with a B.A. degree from aligned commentator on current affairs versity of Northern Iowa and the New George Wa shington University and as a member of the Broadcasting Com­ School of Liberal Arts, Brooklyn College Ph.D. from Princeton, has been teaching plaints Commission. of CUNY. He has conducted research economics at Grinnel College in Iowa and field work among the Coaiquer In­ since 1973. He has published extensive­ Mathematics - Kevin J. Farrell, visiting dians of Ecuador and also among the Pi­ ly on housing market and labor market instructor, holds a B.S. degree from Nas­ aroa Indians of Venezuela. discrimination. A former Brookings Eco­ son College and an M.S. from the Uni­ Suzanne Falgout, assistant professor, nomic Policy Fellow, he was selected by versity of Vermont. He has previously graduated from the University of New the American Economic Association to taught at the universities of Vermont, Orleans and earned an M.A. and Ph.D. be a member of its committee on the Rhode Island, and Maine-Farmington,

6 THE COLBY ALUMNUS and at Rhode Island College and Wil­ he has taught for three years. He plary career devoted to ... 'the common liams College. He is a candidate for a received a B.S. from Lyndon State Col­ good: " The citation testified to Cotter's Ph.D. in mathematics at the University lege in Vermont, an M.S. from St. "dedication to furthering human under­ of Rhode Island. Mary's University, and a Ph.D. from the standing across the barriers of culture University of Victoria in British and race" and noted the continuation of Modern Languages- Manuel Alvarez, Columbia. this quest at the College with the estab­ visiting instructor in Spanish. lishment of the Ralph J. Bunche Schol­ Monique Fecteau, visiting instructor Psy chology- Eileen England, visiting in­ arship Program to bring minority stu­ in French and resident director of the structor, earned a B.A. from Florida dents to Colby. Colby in Dijon Program, is a 1979 Col­ State University and an M.S. from Vil­ To Colby students Cotter "sets an ex­ by Graduate. She has taught English as lanova. For four years she has taught at ample;· the Bowdoin citation said "of a second language and French at the In­ Lehigh University, where she will how a career dedicated to the life of the ternational Center for Language Studies receive her Ph.D. this year. mind can also encompass the life of pol­ in Washington, D.C. During the past Linda L. Hoopes, assistant professor itics and action:' Pointing out that the year she taught English in To go, West of psychology and administrative Colby president has "shared with us at Africa, as a Peace Corps volunteer. science, earned an A.B. from Davidson Bowdoin the heartaches and joys of Blanca Rivera-Melendez, visiting in­ College in North Carolina and is a can­ defending the cause of the small liberal structor in Spanish, is a native of Puerto didate for a Ph.D. at the University of arts college, in a world that seems to Rico. She received her B.A. from Prince­ Te nnessee, where she has been a gradu­ grow ever larger, more specialized , and ton University and her M.A. from Cor­ ate teaching assistant for four years. At less free," the Bowdoin citation praised nell, where she will finish her Ph.D. Resource Associates at the University of the "courage and farsightedness" that this year. She has taught at Wake Forest Te nnessee, she was a consultant to Cotter has brought to this task. University during the past year. several industries during the same Sylvie C. Witkin, visiting assistant period. professor of French, was born and edu­ Space Politics cated in France. She received her M.A. from the University of Wisconsin at Cotter Is Honored Russell Schweikardt, former NASA as­ Milwaukee and her Ph.D. from Wiscon­ tronaut speaking at Colby May 6 on sin at Madison, where for several years President Cotter not only bestows hon­ "The Commons of Space: A Question of she was director of the French House. orary degrees on others, he receives Governance;· warned that the use of She studied theater in France and per­ them, too. A week before he conducted space in the future must be carefully forms and directs both classical and Colby's 166th Commencement ceremo­ planned and executed without political modern French plays. nies, Cotter was awarded an honorary dominance by any nation. From the per­ Doctor of Humane Letters by Bowdoin spective of his space flights, Schwei­ Music -Norman David, director of band College. Recognizing Colby's president kardt views the earth \·vithout political activities. as "Teacher, lawyer, public servant, son boundaries, and he views space in the of Harvard, and champion of learning," same way. The proliferation of space Perfomzing Arts- Ruth Brancaccio, visit­ Bowdoin cited Cotter's "long and exem- satellites and discussions about space- ing adjunct lecturer, earned a B.A. from Brooklyn College and an M.A. from Holloway College, University of Lon­ don. She has taught drama and film­ making at Colby during the January Plan in 1981, 1982, and 1983, and has also directed and acted in plays at the College and the University of London. In 1986 she was chosen for a National Endowment for the Humanities Seminar in Greek tragedy at Stanford.

Philosophy and Religion - Ernest William Saunders, visiting assistant professor, earned a B.S. and S.T.B. from Boston University and a Ph.D. from Duke University. He was both teacher and ad­ ministrator for 28 years at Garrett­ Evangelical Theological Seminary, and he has also taught at Northwestern and Southern Methodist University.

Physics- Douglas W. Forbes, visiting as­ sistant professor in astronomy, comes from Trent University, Ontario, where Bowdoin'sPresident A. LeRoy Greason honors President Cotter.

THE COLBY ALUMNUS 7 based weapons are only two of the were a measure of the effectiveness of contained apartment complexes or con­ ways that governments have already be­ the lecturer's cause. Klarsfeld herself dominiums. Essential services and local gun to politicize space, he said. remarked that she preferred "to act on government are provided privately. Schweikardt, who holds a master's the spot rather than express beautiful Within these safe, independently-oper­ degree from MIT and speaks fluent ideas in a meeting hall:' For years, after ated environments exists a homogene­ Russian, was the Apollo 9 pilot of the all, she has been a player not in meet­ ous population of people from a similar first manned earth-orbital flight of a lu­ ing halls or in television dramas but in class and racial background. Residents nar module in March 1969. When he a real-life drama acted out in the see "o nly people like themselves," ac­ left NASA he served as environmental newspapers and courts of the world . cording to Little. There is little impetus and energy advisor to California Gover­ She has been arrested and expelled for them to concern themselves with nor Jerry Brown. To day he is president from several countries for her activities. opinions and problems outside their iso­ of the Association of Space Explorers Her car was bombed, an event she lated community. (ASE), a group of former astronauts and passed off coolly, saying that one has to Little also pointed to technological Russian cosmonauts dedicated to the face mortal risks to do the work. Presi­ advances that contribute to the trend of peaceful exploration of space. ASE is dent Cotter said it best in his introduc­ privatization. Owning an automobile is particularly concerned with a possible tory remarks to the lecture: the fact is now part of the American way of life joint Soviet-American mission to Mars. that justice, history, and the future have while public transportation is consi­ all been changed by Beale Klarsfeld. dered to be a hassle. And the develop­ That is hardly an ordinary life. Any lec­ ment of personal computers has allowed Actions Speak Louder than Klarsfeld ture hall chronicle of the life, including people to work in isolated units in the Klarsfeld's own account, pales beside it. workplace or in their own residences. "She looks like an ordinary housewife," Te levision further encourages privatiza­ one student lamented. "Housewifing's RC tion as advice counselors and religion commendable work, too, isn't it?" a are broadcast into viewers' homes. friend answered her, then added, "But Americans do not need to leave their you're right - I'd like to know what "Privatization" of the Public Space houses and interact with one another. makes her tick:' To many of the large Little sees the growing trend audience in the Page Commons Room On April 9, Craig D. Little '66 delivered towards privatization in American life on April 29 for the annual Lipman Lec­ the fifth annual Kingsley H. Birge Lec­ as a negative development. A successful ture, famed "Nazi hunter" Beate Klars­ ture, honoring the former sociology democracy requires forums for public feld seemed remote and unimpassioned professor who taught at Colby from debate, Little maintains, and thus public -a fa r cry from the vibrant woman 1948 to 1979. The lecture is unique in space must be available as a place they expected after seeing Fa rrah Faw­ that it is funded by donations from where all people can interact. American cett as Klarsfeld in last fall's television friends, former students, and colleagues democracy truly functions only when drama about the native Berliner's suc­ of Birge. A former Birge student him­ people have the opportunity to come cessful hunt for former SS officer Klaus self, Little is head of the sociology together to air public issues, formulate Barbie. department at the State University of options, debate alternatives, and elect Giving a general chronicle of her New York at Cortland. courses of action. anti-Nazi projects, Klarsfeld spoke of the Little's speech, "The Erosion of Pub­ need for Germany's "moral rehabilita­ lic Space in American Life," discussed PJP tion" after the Hitlerian era. Because the "privatization" in the United States, a Nazis attempted to destroy the Jewish phenomenon whereby economic, demo­ identity, Klarsfeld is driven by the spec­ graphic, and technological areas of the A Playful, Yo uthful Building ter of thei r suffering to resuscitate the public sphere have now become part of victims, to discover and publish the the private sphere. In the economic 1\vo recent articles in The Boston Globe names and nationalities of the deported area, he said, the rise of the suburban and the magazine Architecture by Robert Jews in order to give each a history and shopping mall has decreased the availa­ Campbell laud the personality of Col­ a personality. Assuming a permanent bility of public space. Little described by's new Student Center -or, more pre­ moral responsibility for the German the shopping centers as "single-minded cisely, its multiple personalities. Calling people, she hopes to "build a solid ram­ spaces" because they exist for a single the structure "one of the most engaging part against Nazism" by providing docu­ purpose: the buying and selling of and delightful new buildings in New ments for historians to record the truth goods. Other public activities such as England," Campbell, in high good hu­ of the Nazi extermination program. leafletting and speechmaking are pro­ mor, points out its "stagestruck inven­ Many of the audience, eager to hear of hibited in these private spaces. By con­ tiveness" and "tongue-in-cheek pom­ the passions that compel this 48-year­ trast, in "open-minded spaces" such as posity.'' The building, which reminds old Christian woman to hunt Nazis parks and plazas, Americans have the Campbell of a country house, then a around the world, hoped to learn less opportunity to carry out a wider range villa, then a castle, impresses with its about her general aims and more about of activities and to interact with people "playful, youthful feeling:' Pointing to her feelings after the events she set in of different backgrounds, cl asses, and the Student Center's significant position motion. opinions. on the campus, Campbell believes that But, said a third student, maybe au­ Demographically, the phenomenon the building responds in lively fashion diences simply expect too much of a of privatization is seen in the increasing to the geometrics of the two parts of show from speakers, as if the show number of people who live in self- the campus. He notes that the path run-

8 THE COLBY ALUMNUS ning between both campuses. the one behind and above the building. the other below and in front enters the building itself which "seems simply to arch its back O\'er the path and let it through:· Emphasizing the attractive \·ariation from room to room and the versatility of the Student Center, Campbell claims that the inside is "e ndlessly complicated endlessly explorable. . . But ,,·ithin the overall clarity of the plan there are changes of level, layering of spaces an­ gling of walls, colors, textures natural light -all used to create a variety almost like that of a hill town ,,·ithin the walls of this small building." Space, "'filled with color -royal blue, Pompeian red, off-v,'hite -and with little inven- tions ...never stands still but climbs twists, and layers:· Most appealing are the different moods of the different eating places, from the "sinfully dim poolroom" to the Spa's "cascade of little booths, each a private crow's nest or trysting eyrie," to The Student Center: a country house, a villa, a castle. The Page Commons Room: the airy dining room that looks out over outdoors indoors. a terrace and lawn. "As a student choos­ ing among these different eating places,'' Campbell remarks, "you can pick your spot to serve your mood or the role you choose to play; and perhaps even, at some level, you are helped to perform the primary work of youth -the choos­ ing and shaping of an identity." Whereas the cafeteria offers "choices of roles and images," the Page Commons Room "tries to be all things at once:· Walls "are mock housefronts, fully ga­ bled, with windows and chimneys. At the ground floor of the housefronts is an arcade, and in front of them is a row of streetlights. Thus. when you stand in the Commons you feel you are simul­ taneously in an indoor room and an outdoor piazza:· The Commons room is also "an Elizabethan theater." Its house­ front wall curves before an open stage, and balcony spaces transform to in­ dividual meeting or dining rooms. Campbell applauds the adaptable character of the room, which can be used for parties, dinners, musical events, plays, lectures - even a Ping­ Pong tournament. "You could explore it for your whole four years of school;' he says of the Student Center, "and still find it surprising." Campbell concludes: "as new generations of students arrive at Colby they will surely welcome what is one of the be t - and one of the most student-sensitive - buildings of its kind anywhere:'

THE COLBY ALUMNUS 9 JCx }1 BRIS ) L

The special collections staff of Miller governments more and more have fore­ sound advice for those investors con­ Library catalogues and keeps any books gone "pay-as-you-go financing" and sub­ templating municipal investing for the written by alumni and fa culty of which stituted a method of financing by "pub­ first time. The authors explain what to they are aware. Fo r this reason, and fo r lic debt and bonds;· borrowing now and look for in areas of legal protection, lia­ the purpose of this book review section, all paying back over the life of the asset. In bility, and disclosure, invaluable advice Colby authors are encouraged to send some states - Maine, for example - legis­ particularly as potential investors read books to the College Editor, Colby College, latures often raise these funds by estab­ preliminary official statements of pro­ Wa terville, Maine 04901-4 799. lishing government agencies called Bond posed offerings. In any event, municipal Bank or Health and Higher Education bonds as a component of personal Municipal Bonds authorities. The agencies pool requests by financial wealth have increased from by Robert Lamb and colleges, hospitals, and nursing homes, 2.9 percent in 1981 to approximately 6.4 Stephen P. Rappaport '72 and the syndicates raise money at lower percent in 1986. Hence, for those who McGraw Hill, 1987 interest rates for several facilities all in do purchase munis, this updated book 327 pages one bond issue. According to Lamb and is a must . Rappaport, this significant change in Municipal debt, according to figures Most of us live in towns or cities how we finance our institutions will be­ provided by Lamb and Rappaport, is whose political systems are held respon­ come even more pronounced in the fu­ almost five times what it was in 1960, sible for the orderly growth in munici­ ture. For the investor seeking clearer and in the 16-year period from 1970 pal services and revenues. To wn and understanding of these many tax-exempt twice as much municipal debt as cor­ school budgets, for instance, are yearly income projects of state, city, power, porate debt was issued - just the oppo­ news items in our media. According to hospital, education, industrial develop­ site of circumstances prior to World Robert Lamb and Stephen P. Rappa­ ment, or transportation revenue bonds, War II. Municipal Bonds is therefore a port's book Municipal Bonds, the market Municipal Bonds is a well-written text­ book about something quite new and for municipal securities, which help book. For the scholar, too, the authors very big in the world of finance. finance state and local public services present an excellent history of the vari­ Citizens will improve their knowledge through the issuance of debt, remains ous bond issues, explaining their pur­ of debt liabilities by a thorough reading "The most dynamic area of the invest­ pose and needs throughout the states of this very important analysis of ment industry today:· Now in its second and communities. municipal bond markets and their place edition, this work reveals the authors' This book gives clear explanations in the debt structure of our homes, immense specialized knowledge and of legal issues, methods of rating that communities, and states, but any inves­ their ability to explain every type of are vital to the investor, how the Tax tor who is serious about doing home­ "muni bond," from general obligation Reform Act of 1986 will affect tax­ work before putting money down will bonds to large highway and sewer exempt municipals for the investor, and find Municipal Bonds a valuable projects. detailed explanations of the risks inher­ resource. Both the technician and the The explosion in the birth rate fol­ ent in munis. While these bonds gener­ educated reader can understand this lowing World War II created an in­ ally are considered safe because they comprehensive, plain-English book that creased demand for schools, hospitals, are government paper, massive growth deals with issues of real importance in sanitation services, and transportation in sophistication and complexity has public finance today. facilities during the 1960s and '70s. To come about in the way that municipali­ provide these facilities, state and local ties are using them. Municipal Bonds Robert M. To nge '49 will make investors aware that default President of his own investment company of a municipality, delayed payments, or in Wa terville, R. M. To nge has been serv­ delinquency are all potential hazards. ing clients in New England fo r the past 30 When the New York City crisis hit years. in 1975 and bankruptcy became a possi­ bility, investors quickly learned about credit analysis homework. The chapters Other Noteworthy Books by of Municipal Bonds dealing with meth­ Alumni and Faculty ods of credit analysis should be fruitful reading for any buyer seeking detailed Ta verner, Gilbert Y. '48. St. George's explanations of these bonds prior to in­ School-A History: 1896-1986. Newport, vesting. The book's approach to the R.I.: St. George's School, 1987. analysis of the debt structure and its ex­ planation of outstanding debt and secu­ Snyder, Don J. '72. A Soldier's Disgrace. rity behind the obligations also provide Dublin, N.H.: Ya nkee Books, 1987.

10 THE COLBY ALUMNUS Commencement Wo nderful and Wa rm

Th, 1987 Colby Commenoe­ ment was certainly the largest, perhaps the warmest, and maybe one of the best as hundreds of parents and family gath­ ered in the cauldron in front of Miller Library to celebrate the graduation of 4 79 seniors. To set the tone of the fes­ tival, a quartet of trumpeters, rehearsed by music-maker Adrian Lo, sent out a soaring trio of brass fanfares from the highest balcony of the library tower. Friendliness as well as Fahrenheit measured the warmth of the occasion. While the temperature in the sun flirted with 100 degrees, George Padula, in­ troducing the senior speaker, paid spe­ cial tribute to Cal Mackenzie, vice president for development and alumni relations, who paved the way for a fun­ filled senior week. Director of Student Activities John Farkas, who managed Commencement from the Class of '87 side and is forever pulling the fat out of the fire for students, also was applaud­ ed warmly. A dean of students, by na­ ture of the responsibilities of the posi­ tion, is always much beloved, and Dean Janice Seitzinger came in for special praise, too.

THE COLBY ALUM US 11 Clockwise: Mike Barnicle of The Boston Globe; Kristine Davidson, Vinalhaven, Maine, Adrian Lo and the band on the steps of Lovejoy; seniors singing "Hail, Colby, Hail" at Commencement's end.

Seitzinger read the senior names in first Colby mother-child duo ever to called to say she could not accept be­ record-breaking time, flawlessly reciting cross the platform on graduation day. cause she had to attend a dinner with at a rate that sometimes reached 16 Pamela Sherbondy, wife of Professor of President Reagan on the eve of the names a minute, completing her part of Government Charles Hauss, also got her Third Annual International Conference the ceremonies in just over three quart­ degree. Maine natives proudly pointed on AIDS. A renowned cytogeneticist, ers of an hour. The English depart­ out that five of the nine seniors gradu­ Dr. Krim is a leading expert on the dis­ ment's Phyllis Mannocchi, who had ating summa cum laude, including the ease. While lamenting Krim's absence, predicted a time of 46 minutes, won the valedictorian, Jennifer A. Cole of Augus­ Dean of the College Earl Smith also ob­ faculty pool, nosing out Pete Moss of ta, were from their state. In all, 26 per­ served that all the honorary degree the history department, who won last cent of the Latin honor s went to Maine recipients would make excellent Com­ year and thought he had the formula. students, twice their relative number in mencement speakers. Va rtan Gregorian, Things slowed just a bit when Adminis­ the class. Seniors voted a Groton, Mass., president of the New York City Public trative Vice President Stan Nicholson native, Louisa P. Bell, the Condon Med­ Library, was especially eloquent at the made some commotion opening the al for good citizenship and significant Saturday night dinner that preceded the diploma that pranksters glued shut. contributions to the College's academic Sunday morning ceremonies, and Applause broke out when Mitzi Ar­ and social life. Bishop Donald Pelotte moved at least a chibald, wife of Dean of the Faculty The night before graduation, Dr. couple of his hometown audience liter­ Doug Archibald, graduated four seconds Mathilde Krim, who was to receive an ally to tears as he spoke of the impor­ before the Archibalds' son, Mike - the honorary doctor of science degree, tant avenues that education opened to

12 THE COLBY ALUMNUS Clochwise: Hats offto the graduates, Senior Marshal Jennifer A. Cole. Augusta Mai ne; Class Speaker Scott Laine1; West Boylston, Mass. · Kristine Zabriskie, Gillette, NJ. , and Alex \Vu, Ludlow. Mass., in a place in the sun.

him and his family as they were grow­ thing was on the level:' Barnicle cata­ however, said Lainer, "a certain enthusi­ ing up in poverty in Waterville. Other logued incidents of scandal, contradic­ asm" is lacking. Continuing a theme of honorary degree recipients were Con­ tion, and economic depression that his popular Echo column, Lainer said gressman William Gray and Anthony J. show how we are "victimized by two that he generally does not support the Lukas, twice a Pulitzer Prize winner. things that you should perhaps always Commons system "as I feel that Colby is The graduates, warm as they were be on guard against: politics and too small to be divided into sections. I on Commencement day in their black privilege:· will not fondly remember my Commons robes, delighted in the remarks of Class Lainer earlier drew frequent laughs - when I leave, but I will surely remem­ Speaker Scott Lainer and the principal he carried on admirably as the public ber Colby. . . School spirit needs to be address by Boston Globe columnist Mike address system suffered a case of heat­ reinvigorated." Seniors applauded Lain­ Barnicle, who delivered a verbal knuck­ stroke - but he, too, turned earnest er's remarks. le-rapping with the same hectoring hu­ when he said that the decision to abol­ On that hot Sunday morning, how­ mor that he delivers in his column. An­ ish fraternities, made during the seniors' ever, good cheer might have resulted as nouncing the demise of the dream of freshman year, "has proved indeed to be much from cool water as from the equality and freedom, at least as we positive, as all campus housing is now speeches. Dining services dispensed knew it in the 1960s, Barnicle said that open to women as well as men, social some 300 gallons of the stuff during the the world in the last 20 years has problems have radically decreased, and bright proceedings. othing all week­ changed around us and we haven't even the student body is, generally, more end, not even the wonderful food they noticed because we believed that "every- tolerant:' With the going of fraternities, served, went down more welcomely.

THE COLBY ALUM US 13 "Politics and Privilege"

The fo llowing remarks are excerpted from doves and peace signs floating across Anyway, I would not want to leave the Commencement address by Mihe Ba r­ the landscape. here today without dispensing some nicle. The fu ll text is available from the If you don't believe me about that free advice. Not necessarily anything College editor. distant time, let me tell you something. you'll be tested on tomorrow. I called to ask how many Colby gradu­ One: look around you today. Look When I was in your place ...the ates died in the war, and the answer at the person sitting next to you or the commencement speakers almost always was not surprising - none, zero. person who has been your best friend told us that we were part of the great­ Harvard, with its larger student these last few years. Remember the face est, the most powerful nation on earth. body, lost one student in Vietnam -one and remember the friendship. Friend­ And maybe we were ...we truly be­ casualty. Yale lost two. ship is a valuable commodity. T\venty lieved that the torch had been passed The Ivy League body count was years from now, if you have a truly and that we should never ask what our minimal. good friend for every finger on your country could do for us but rather what Yet there is a school, the same right hand, you'll be way ahead of the we could do for our country. school that [honorary degree recipient] game. We believed. To ny Lukas wrote about so perceptively, T\vo: beware of hypocrisy. Fight it. We didn't see a whole race of peo­ so movingly. It's called South Boston Stand against it. Oppose it each chance ple held back because of the color of High School. you get. their skin. We didn't see hunger, didn't TWenty-six kids from Southie were Three: don't be afraid to be kind. really acknowledge poverty or the dis­ killed in Vietnam. T\venty-six. Four: ask a lot of questions. Yo u've ease of racism or the terrible poison of Privilege indeed has its rank. had to provide a lot of answers in order class distinctions that divided us then ...Dallas ...Memphis ...Los An- to get here today. But now, the rules and divide us still merely on the basis geles ...Wa tts, Wo odstock, and Water- have changed. Yo u're the ones who get of what school we attended or what gate ... Through all of it, because of it, to ask the questions. country our parents came from. we paid the price by burying our illu­ Five: oppose privilege and rank and No, we believed. We believed in the sions and grimly accepting the new pretension. That will certainly keep you dream. We believed that everything was reality of the seventies and the eighties. busy because it is certainly a full-time on the level. . We were no longer number one. job in a country where the only real A piece of our dream, of our beliefs, Ye t, maybe, we are starting to learn glee of the last 10 years arrived on the really died half a world away in South from all that. day that mortgage rates dipped below Vietnam. It died along with more than And maybe you can help us continue 10 percent. Remember that most people 55,000 men ...sent off to a war that to learn, to learn a little faster. ... Maybe don't have second homes and that for not one president could fully explain you are going to be better equipped to most people their principal investment and few soldiers wanted to fight. deal with all of it than we have been. is not real estate or tax exempt bonds, it They were victims, and so are we: First of all, you're coming out of the is their children. Remember the the survivors. starting blocks fully aware of the fact children. They were victimized by two things that a lot of people older and supposed­ Six: forget every test you have ever that you should perhaps always be on ly wiser are playing catch-up baseball taken .... They are literally history. For­ guard against: politics and privilege. with the life around us. You're coming get how you scored or where you rank. The politics of the war in Vietnam out of the world of ideas, and maybe And remember, there has never been a were obscene. The ingredients were ly­ you have already figured out that an test given that truly measures courage, ing, official dereliction of duty, neglect idea, the power of a single thought, has determination, the size of your heart , of the common good, the use of the more capability than an army, a strong­ the inventiveness of your mind, your blood and bones of the children of this er thrust than a B-1 bomber, a bigger sense of humor, or your sense of com­ country as cannon fodder on behalf of payload than a hundred cruise missiles, passion. Those are the items that will the reputations of men named Johnson, a stronger defense against evil than any be your strongest allies, your most valu­ Bundy, Rostow, Kissinger, Nixon, and preposterous Star Wars system. able resources in the years ahead. others. ...You have already racked up a Nobody will ever ask you again Privilege played its own role. The considerable achievement-you have a what mark you got in history or biolo­ war began to wind down when another college degree. Yo ur lives, your world, gy. They will ask you what you think Mother for Peace bumper sticker started your outlook, is considerably more open and what you feel, and those answers to appear on the back of Vo lvo station than a lot of people around you. You've come from inside your soul and your wagons in the suburbs. When the fight­ experienced what it is like to know peo­ head, not from a textbook. ing and dying was being handled by ple from other places, other cultures, And, lastly, have fun. But be care­ kids whose fathers came out of fire­ other countries, other races. Yo u're ful -we need you. After all, we are the houses or Local 114 or the META. probably a lot less parochial than I was ones who have a proven track record of Whose mothers worked as waitresses, if when I was where you are. You know screwing up. We are Triple Crown win­ they worked at all. There were no more, you have access to a lot more ners when it comes to leaving bad news marches on the Pentagon; very few knowledge. on the doorstep. Now it is your turn.

14 THE COLBY ALUMNUS Taking a Stand

Excerpted from President Cotter's Bac­ through casual contact. She is the co­ writes, "and may be moving exponential· calaureate address, the fo llowing remarks chairman of the American Foundation ly through the rest of the world. We commend Dr. Mathilde Krim, who was to for AIDS Research and has, for more have learned enough about lhe cause of have received an honormy degree but was than four years, advocated the kind of AIDS to slow its spread, if we can make unable to attend the Commencement exer­ public education campaign that is only rapid and fundamental changes in our cises. The full text of the talk is available now getting underway. Mathilde Krim handling of our most powerful part of from the College editor. has spent her life - both as a scientist human biology -our own sexuality -but and as a private individual - working for medicine, as yet, has nothing to offer as humane causes in this country and a cure and precious little even for palli- In years to come, I hope that many abroad and has always taken her stand ation. . AIDS must be viewed as a of you will achieve the special rewards on the side of those who are least able virulent expression of an ordinary natu­ and satisfactions of simultaneous self­ to help themselves. ral phenomenon. Yes AIDS is a natural fulfillment and of service to society. But AIDS is a plague, the true dimen· phenomenon ... [which] may run to do so, you must take a stand: an sions of which are not currently known, through the entire population, and may open and vigorous stand on behalf of and the potential for further spread can carry off a quarter or more of us.. those issues that you find compelling. only be described as terrifying. Steven AIDS is both a natural phenomenon was reminded of this when I read the Jay Gould of Harvard wrote recently in and, potentially, the greatest natural words of Elie Wiesel. who moved us all The New Yo rk Times Magazine to warn tragedy in human history." when he spoke at Colby last year, and us that we must redouble our AIDS Mathilde Krim sounded that alarm who subsequently received the obel education program. as Dr. Krim has four years ago. Perhaps we could have Peace Prize. In accepting the prize in urged, if we are to have any chance of arrested the exponential growth or dis· Oslo, he said, 'We must always take avoiding a further catastrophic growth covered a real cure or vaccine by now sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, of the disease. Gould called the AIDS had we listened earlier to her clarion never the victim. Silence encourages the pandemic "an issue that may rank with call. I am not sure that American col· tormentor, never the tormented:' nuclear weaponry as the greatest danger leges reacted quickly enough, either. I To morrow morning we will confer of our era:· His arithmetic is indeed fear that high schools and even elemen­ honorary degrees upon a number of dis­ devastating. He wrote, "We are all sus­ tary schools may be doing a better job tinguished Americans [who] especially ceptible to AIDS, and the disease has educating their students about AIDS exemplify unique service to society. been spreading in a simple, exponential than colleges, and perhaps that is They have grappled with some of the manner. Exponential growth is a geo· why I have dwelt on this issue this most important issues confronting us metric increase. Remember the old kid­ morning. all. ... dy problem: If you place a penny on . As your classmate, Jennifer Cole, Dr. Mathilde Krirn ...is an eminent square one of a checkerboard and dou­ reminded us in the responsive reading virologist and cytogeneticist who was ble the number of coins in each subse­ by Kahlil Gibran that she selected, "For one of the founders of the AIDS Medi­ quent square - two, four, eight, sixteen, the vision of one man lends not its cal Foundation. She has given countless thirty-two ... - how big is the stack by wings to another man." Yo u can no television and other interviews and the sixty-fourth square? The answer: longer leave these problems for others written extensively to reassure readers About as high as the universe is wide. to solve. You are now joining the and viewers that AIDS cannot be spread ... AIDS still has far to spread;' Gould "others." You must take your own stand.

THE COLBY ALUMNUS 15 A Degree of Pride

Botton row, left to right: Va rtan Gregorian, ]. Anthony Lukas, Bishop Donald E. Pe lotte, S.S.S. To p row: President William R. Cotter, Michael Barnicle, William H. Gray III, Board of Trustees Chazrman H. Ridgely Bullock '55.

Michael Barnicle nedy, Hubert Humphrey, and George self the public defender for the com­ McGovern. You also assisted in writing mon person and the public prosecutor Doctor of Letters the screenplays for Robert Redford's The of elitism. Not a man to make angry, Candidate and for All the President's and frequently angry yourself, your so­ Populist extraordinaire. You are the Men. After graduating from Boston Uni­ cial satire and moral outrage are consis­ friend of the common man and the versity in 1965, you served in the Ma­ tently marshaled for the cause of social bane of politicians, bureaucrats, the so­ rines, moved to Washington, and found justice. Whether by exposing venal, self­ cial elite, yuppies, and other privileged work as an elevator boy, a parking at­ serving politicians, the hypocrisy of folk. Yo ur columns for The Boston Globe tendant, and a policeman. Then, in some religious institutions, the sorry and service on WCVB-TV's Chronicle 1973, you landed a $75-per-column job state of education, or the scams of bu­ have earned you public esteem, such as with The Boston Globe. For the past reaucrats, your writings reflect the in­ an Emmy, and public ire, as demon­ fifteen years, as a native son, you have sights of I.F. Stone, the bluntness of strated in letters to your newspaper. written your twice-weekly columns as Jimmy Breslin, and the passion of Tom Truly the public man, you have lent the conscience of Boston. Always con­ Paine. Colby honors you because our your writing talents to Maine's own Ed­ troversial and provocative -some would regional capital, Boston, and your read­ mund Muskie, as well as to Robert Ken- say inflammatory-you have made your- ers are the better for your work.

16 THE COLBY ALUMNUS William H. Gray III were selected head of the New Yo rk ty; public interest vs. private interest; Public Library. There you met a great territoriality and gentrification. You Doctor of Laws challenge. The library's funds and hours have made these compellingly concrete had been curtailed. Its collections were through the lives of the participants, Congressional leader, clergyman, inaccessible. Its branch system 1,vas de­ both the powerful and the ordinary, outspoken champion of the disadvan­ teriorating. Its main building, the great who become extraordinary through your taged. Yo u have demonstrated that Beaux-Arts landmark on Fifth Avenue, skilled portrayal. Yo ur analysis of the public policy can respond to moral im­ was in dire need of repair. You put the three families who held such very peratives. A graduate of Franklin and library in the spotlight, rekindled the different views 1Nas always empathetic Marshall College, Drew Theological city's affection for it. Yo ur passion for never judgmental. We are pleased that a Seminary, and Princeton Theological the preservation and dissemination of tiny portion of the immensely rich Seminary, you followed your father and its treasury of knowledge helped raise historical detail of Common Ground grandfather into the pulpit of the 4,000- the millions necessary not merely for refers lo Kennebec County, Maine. and member Bright Hope Baptist Church in the lib1 ary's renovation but for the we hope that your new ties with Colby Philadelphia. First elected the U.S. Con­ restoration of its former glory. As a si College will bring you here often. gressman from the 2nd District in Pe nn­ ter educational institution which shares sylvania in 1978, you led in advancing and applauds your vision, Colby is the human rights of black South Afri­ pleased to honor you and to recognize cans by securing passage of the South your remarkable spirit. African sanctions bill despite a presi­ Bishop Donald E. Pe lotte, dential veto. You were selected by your s.s.s. colleagues to be the Chairman of the House Budget Committee where you Doctor of Divinity have established a reputation as a shrewd strategist who can forge effec­ J. Anthony Lukas Religious pioneer; distinguished tive, yet compassionate, budget com­ Waterville ambassador. In a gesture promises. In particular, you have shown Doctor of Letters symbolic of the spirit of your ministry, that it is possible to reduce the budget you selected the motto, "Strengthen One deficit without placing the most vulner­ Pulitzer historian, teacher, percep­ Another;· for the occasion of your con­ able members of society in jeopardy. tive social critic. For over 30 years, you secration in 1986 as a bishop of the For your efforts to reduce the large debt have been an active journalist, inter­ Catholic Church. Throughout your years burden which succeeding generations spersing periods of teaching and re­ of service you have sought to promote must pay, and for providing effective search with writing. You have attained understanding and cooperation among moral leadership in domestic and inter­ distinction in all that you have under­ people of diverse backgrounds. You national affairs, Colby is particularly taken. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of have fostered relationships marked by proud to salute you today. Harvard, you began your reportorial peace and tolerance, as much by the ex­ career with The Baltimore Sun after ample of your life as by your more for­ postgraduate study in Berlin and a stint mal leadership as a priest, a major in the army. You then moved to The superior, and a bishop. Born in Water­ New Yo rk Times, where assignments ville, a descendant of the Abenaki tribe took you to the Congo for three years in of the Algonquin nation, at the age of Va rtan Gregorian the mid-sixties, followed by two years 41 you became the first Native Ameri­ in India. Yo u received your first Pulitzer can and one of the youngest priests ever Doctor of Humane Letters Prize in 1968 for "special local report­ to be elevated to the rank of bishop in ing;' focusing on the lives of college-age the Roman Catholic Church, thus bring­ Educator in a universal sense. As members of the counterculture. You ing special honor upon yourself and president of the ew York Public Li­ have held Nieman, Kennedy, and Gug­ upon American Indians throughout the brary, you have understood the impor­ genheim fellowships, and you have nation. The thousands who attended tance of your library, its 28 million taught at Yale, Boston University's your consecration service last year volumes and 88 miles of shelf space, in School of Public Communication, and represented many races, cultures, and the largest and most dignified terms. To Harvard's Kennedy School of Govern­ nations. On that day your ability to in­ you it is a repository of civilization, the ment. You have also found time to con­ terchange your episcopal mitre with the home of a million memories, a sacred tribute to leading magazines, and to feathered headdress presented to you place of education. Education has been write books with such intriguing titles became a powerful symbol of your ac­ important to you since your boyhood in as The Barnyard Epithet and Other Ob­ ceptance as both a leader of your own Ta briz, lran. Master of seven languages, scenities, and Nightmare: The Underside people and the people of God. We of you came from Ta briz to Stanford as an of the Nixon Ye ars. Yo ur second Pulitzer the Colby College community join with undergraduate in 1962 and you stayed was awarded in 1986 for your highly­ citizens of the City of Waterville to wel­ to earn a B.A. and Ph.D. in history. Af­ acclaimed book, Common Ground. Your come home a native son. Colby is ter having taught at San Francisco State, elucidation of the desegregation of pleased to honor you, both for your UCLA, and the universities of Te xas and Boston's schools is a masterful analysis achievements in the past and for your Pennsylvania, you became provost at of such abstractions as community and continuing commitment to justice and Penn, a position you held until you equality; race, social class, and ethnici- reconciliation among all people.

THE COLBY ALUMNUS 17 "A Truly Gifted Te acher"

The Alumnus is saddened to report that while the fo llowing article was in press, Professor Easton died after a very brief ill­ ness. A memorial service was held July 17 in Lorimer Chapel. In his memory, his wife, Janet. has established the Thomas W Easton Memorial Scholarship Fund fo r the advancement of teaching in the biological sciences. Friends may make donations through the development office.

When asked what is the most important thing he has done as a biologist, Profes­ sor Thomas Easton, who retired in May, replied, "I've turned out some good sci­ ence students." Over the past 27 years at Colby, Easton has taught histology, com­ parative anatomy, embryology, ecology, human evolution, invertebrate zoology, and the omnipresent challenge, fresh­ man biology. Before coming to the Col­ lege, Easton taught anatomy at Johns Hopkins Medical School and spent five years doing classified research for the U.S. Government. In introductory remarks at the ingness to use his knowledge and skill ert spirit who said, 'No comment. I'm faculty-trustee dinner on Commence­ outside the classroom has led him over indifferent.' " ment Weekend, Professor Arthur Cham­ the years to answer questions on every­ The most significant evaluations of plin hailed the Bridgton, Maine, native thing from salamanders to poisonous a teacher sometimes are made years as "a teacher, a scholar, a biologist, and insects. later, and Champlin quoted from a let­ a people-lover who happens to have Not all of his students have been so ter written by a fo rmer Easton student more common sense than most of us taken with Easton's interests. Champlin who has gone on to an academic career put together.'' Easton, Champlin said, is particularly cited Easton's multicolored of teaching and research in anatomy often called on not only by a line of chalk drawings of his lecture topic and cell biology. Easton, the writer said, students waiting to talk but by people while talking. "Rumor has it that he "has all the right stuff: sincerity, interest outside the Colby community. Easton draws on the chalk board with his right in the students, responsiveness, knowl­ told his audience, "When I joined the hand while lecturing," said Champlin, edge, common sense, and humor." faculty of Colby College, I knew the "and erases continuously with his left Tom Easton is also an accomplished subjects I expected to teach very well; hand," a habit that led one student to weaver, and he plans to repair and knew how to test and grade students," grumble, "I really felt I was in Art 122, reproduce old spinning wheels and but no one had prepared him for the not Biology 122.'' Another student evalu­ looms in a home workshop that he and community service that often intruded ation commented, "his detailed drawings his sons built. He is as intrigued with on the classroom. "I now know the life were a great help.'' the inner workings of things as he is of a faculty member is full of surprises;' Easton talked on the value of stu­ with living organisms, a quality that has Easton said, recounting an anecdote dent evaluations of classroom teaching. helped make him a good handyman as about "an agitated lady who asked me to He read several examples, demonstrat­ well as scientist and teacher all these come and mend her snake.'' As substi­ ing that in most cases a positive was years. "It is important to know how the tute veterinarian, he did what he could balanced exactly by a negative, leading world works;' he said: "if you don't, you for Henry, the injured boa, and coun­ him to conclude, "I doubt that such can't fit into it properly." Complimenting seled the agitated lady to keep hunting evaluations respond to the teacher's his department and the College commu­ for a vet who liked reptiles. Even quality as a teacher. I think instead they nity for 27 years "of mutual trust, inter­ though Henry subsequently perished - indicate the interactions between per­ dependence, and liking;' Easton said, of an unrelated ailment - Easton said, "I sonalities of teacher and students ... "Colby has been a comfortable place to had not realized that a professorship Some will find the teacher the sort to work, with interesting and likeable peo­ might entail mending snakes, but to tell whom they can not respond. Sometimes ple to do that work with. I am glad that the whole truth, I enjoyed it.'' This will- reactions will be neutral, as with the in- I was privileged to be here.''

18 THE COLBY ALUMNUS I N 0 TI 0 N

Exploding past the University of Massa­ chusetts-Boston 19-2 in the final match of the season, the men's lacrosse team took a measure of revenge on weeks of foul weather, injury, and illness, finish­ ing with a 3-7 mark. Beating the cli­ mate, the 14-12 baseball Mules also captured the CBB title (4-1), posted the best ESCAC record (9-4). and went 10 innings in the ECAC Division III cham­ pionship game with Salem State before going down 5-4. In other spring action, the Colby softballers, taking second place in the state tournament, finished the season at 7-7. Pamela Hoyt '87, Kit­ tery Point, Maine, led the club in dou­ bles with five, went six for six in steals, and had seven runs batted in.

Even though seven seniors graduated, Ke vin Plummer '89, Aurora, Colo., one of the best midfielders in New England, has high hopes fo r next season.

Co-captain-to-be Doug Calandrella '88, Acton, Mass., who batted .357 with six home Softball's senior infielder Pamela Hoyt. runs and 28 RBis, shows a picture-book stance and swing against Williams College.

THE COLBY ALUM US 19 Born To Do the Story

W,h Hollywood etac will to a committed writer obsessed with into the story he felt "politically inno­ play the role of Don ]. Snyder '72 in the finding out the truth recalls other dra­ cent:' No more than Major Alley could Paramount Pictures film of Snyder's matic narratives of reporters getting Snyder believe that the army would new book? The studio already has a caught up in their stories, most notably frame an innocent man and send him to completed script of A Soldier's Disgrace, Woodward and Bernstein's All the Presi­ prison . Snyder's recently published non-fiction dent's Men. Woodward, who helped Only when he decided that he had account of his involvement in the case Snyder obtain documents, once told enough questions about the conduct of of Major Ronald Alley, the only Ameri­ him, "Doing this story about Alley, you the Alley case -if not answers -did can officer in this century to be court­ must feel the way I felt during Water­ Snyder decide to write the book Erna martialed and found guilty of collabo­ gate, that somehow you were born to Alley hoped would establish her hus­ rating with the enemy. If all goes well, do it:' band's innocence and restore his honor. the movie will star William Hurt as the At Colby last year, where he taught Tw enty-seven years after the court­ young writer and newspaper editor journalism and fiction writing, Snyder martial, by dint of countless phone gradually drawn into investigative jour­ talked about the factors that compelled calls, a couple of cross-country trips, nalism by evidence of injustice and him to take on another man's obsession. dozens of interviews with Korean veter­ cover-up in the Pe ntagon. If the movie They seem as complex as those that ans, several meetings in Wa shington is as good as the book, it'll be riveting. Snyder ultimately found went into the with Maine's Congressman David Emery Like most expose stories, Snyder's A making of Alley himself. Like Alley, and Senator William Cohen, a grant Soldier's Disgrace begins innocently Snyder's own father had gone off to from the Fund for Investigative Journal­ enough. In Bar Harbor, Maine, on a World War II. Alley's son, Gary, who is ism, unidentified "Deep Throat"-like snowy day in January 1978, Major Alley Snyder's age, never really knew his night callers, tapped phones and tam­ called on the young editor of the Bar father; Snyder knew Alley only from a pered-with mail, missing tapes and Harbor Times in the hope that publicity single meeting. Neither did Snyder empty files, the tracking down of a re­ might help him to reopen his case. know his own mother, who died at 18, tired general on a golf course, and even Other reporters had done stories on the two weeks after he and his twin brother a pulse-pounding furtive slip into the affair before, but Alley tried a reporter were born. "When someone dies so that Pe ntagon itself, the weight of Snyder's again, Snyder writes, because he felt he you can be born," Snyder said, "you feel evidence finally pressured the Army was running out of time. Two days later you have to justify your existence:· He Board for the Correction of Military Alley was dead in the snow of a heart understood how Gary Alley felt, won­ Records to convene a new hearing. attack. Despite Snyder's initial reluc­ dering what a parent he never knew A Soldier's Disgrace, then, is the sto­ tance to pursue the story, Alley's widow, was like, what he stood for. "There's a ry of Major Alley, but it's also the story Erna, eventually induced him to help great mystery attached to them;' Snyder of Snyder's dogged persistence with "the clear her husband's name. Even then, as said, "and you'd like to be able to supply story": it's a book about coming of age, Snyder tells it, he was about to give up those answers:· Part of his obsession the discovery, through initial doubt and the story several times, but a phone call with the Alley case also stems from the growing commitment to a cause, of his or a letter would set him off again: fact that in 1978 Snyder considered own convictions and of himself as a "fate" or "providence" seemed to be at himself "a believer in American institu­ writer. In the long run, his own honor work to make him a believer. The tions:· He had not been caught up in the is at stake. Maybe that's what Wood­ relentlessly mounting evidence that campus protests of the 1960s and early ward meant about Snyder being born to drives him from a reluctant participant '70s, he said, and even after he was well do this story. A Soldier's Disgrace is the

20 THE COLBY ALUMNUS significant work that Snyder needed lo justify his existence. The book is Sny­ der's proof that he can push through the muddle of self-doubt and conflicting tes­ timony to the truth of the Alley case, proof that justification comes lo a writ­ er by his commitment to the task and his cherishing of the craft. The truth ex­ ists, Snyder decided, and he would find it. Such doubts might already have "Disillusionment can kill you .... been laid to rest, since Snyder earlier Real heroes may be people who this year published Ve terans Pa rk, the first novel of a trilogy (the second, From get beyond, who recover from the Po int, also published by Franklin Watts, is due out next March). Fittingly betrayal and disillusionment:' for a writer who came to Colby as a scholar-athlete -Snyder was an All-State wide receiver at Bangor High School and captain of the baseball team - Ve terans Pa rk is about a fictional farm league team in Maine. Ac tually it's "about America" in the crucial summer of 1969, as anger and distraction loosed by the war in Vietnam set the various order in American life turns the nation­ not know the truth as you go:· But Sny­ characters free to find or lose them­ al game of baseball into the national der said that he had long been commit· selves. "It's strange how so much in the game of dreaming. ted to the notion that things work a big world has gotten caught in the web Each character hopes that some­ certain way until "you wake up one day of this small place," says 23-year-old thing will change for the better, come and find it's not so -you've been be­ Bobbi Ann Mullens, referring not only back, or get lost. All the characters are trayed:' As he got into the Alley story, to baseball but to the B-52 bombers philosophers- and too wonderfully artic­ he became more certain that Alley was from Loring Air Force Base booming ulate as a result of their losses - because a man to whom this had happened. Al­ overhead, the protests and hippies and Snyder believes that their lives can be ley, he learned, would drift away in gurus, the moon landing, her illegiti­ understood only by letting them exa­ conversation, as if called back to that mate daughter and her disillusi nment mine the dreams that compel them, point or moment of betrayal, and in his at having been "tricked" by a shortstop dreams of "a bigger, better, more un­ novels Snyder has conceived characters rushing on to the big leagues, her common life." Almost as if it were a who struggle to free themselves from a search for her runaway mother and for team effort, the several characters teach similar moment. That's the point at ways to keep her father's depressed each other that betrayal of another is which they become philosophers. "Disil­ farm from foreclosure. At one point self-betrayal. Trying to save each other lusionment can kill you;· he said, think­ pitcher Brad Schaffer, Bobbi's ballplayer from their failures, they save them­ ing again of Alley. "Real heroes may be beau, thinks, "The world is so precari­ selves. Baseball offers a player a chance people who get beyond, who recover ously balanced ...no wonder there's a to become the best picture of himself, from betrayal and disillusionment." place for baseball, for its irresistible but it's also a way for the characters to Much of what makes A Soldier's Dis­ order:' control their own destinies and thus to grace compelling is that it represents Baseball provides Snyder with some confer grace on their lives. The things this disillusionment and desperation so of the best moments of the book - too we behold may save us, Snyder tells us, sparely and tautly. Alley's letters of love few, sports fans will say-and with a and such simple perceptions redeem the for his wife and family and his un­ metaphor. Ve terans Park, the stadium, world from loss and anguish. As Bobbi shakeable loyalty to the army are stark­ represents hope, the possibility of says, "The earth provides us what we ly juxtaposed with the court-martial and change. Bobbi's father, Page, can look need, or a way at least to compensate:' interviews with an array of military ahead because "Everything is possible A wise and lovely book, Ve terans Park is people. Even though minor figures com­ again at the beginning of a new season:· major league fiction. Fawcett Books will plicate the portrayal of Alley as they Bad times are "like a slump" but you bring out the paperback next May. mirror him or serve as catalysts for the can "Turn the whole game around on Given similar themes of betrayal action, the book turns on a simple con­ one swing of the bat!" Bad "scores and the search for order and for truth, flict. Alley believed in his own inno­ against you" but you're going to have did these two books cross-pollinate? In cence and honor, believed to the end some "good innings," too. If the world fiction, Snyder said, you know the es­ that some mistake had been made and were more like a baseball game on a sential truth before you begin, and the that the army would set it right. In his perfectly maintained field, Bobbi muses, writer's job is to reveal it steadily. He blind, incorruptible faith in the army the ball would take no bad hops and doesn't know which scenes he'll eventu­ that condemned him to 39 months in players could rely on instinct and reflex ally write or leave out, but "you know Fort Leavenworth - despite military alone. Snyder's ability to turn the lingo something and you create a lie to reveal regulations to the contrary, he was bur­ of the game into emblems of hope and that truth." In non-fiction, "you truly do ied in his uniform -Alley came to be-

THE COLBY ALUMNUS 21 who was a tough, take-charge sort in any event, took charge. Playing along with the North Korean captors didn't mean buying their arguments; it meant survival for all of the men. For his ef­ forts Alley was suspected by some fel­ low prisoners of collaboration, and, Both the men and the officers later, made to take the rap by the Penta­ gon that made an example of him. At understood that you did what you his court-martial he never said that he'd been threatened and tortured, never had to do to stay alive, and Major Alley, said that the men spied on each other, who was a tough, take-charge sort never spoke about the depression men feel as they worry whether their wives in any event, took charge. will wait for them. He thought the army would find him innocent. A trait of the non-fiction investiga­ tion story appears to be the discovery of a principal figure with "multiple person­ alities," and as the 1982 review hearing drew closer, Snyder found that the men he spoke with saw at least three Alleys. lieve in the existence of two armies: the American prisoners received little medi­ As he went over their 1955 testimony, army of men who take orders and do cal attention and often were kept in un­ wondering why so many of these offi­ their duty and the Pentagon army that heated holes in the ground. So metimes, cers and men testified against Alley in makes policy- "and they," said his wid­ forced to construct their own com­ the first place, he found that some just ow, "were never to be trusted'.' Although pounds, they tossed rice into the con­ assumed Alley was guilty and said so. Snyder's book has parallels not only crete, planning at breakout simply to Another Alley was the man who simply with All the President'sMen but with push over the posts as if they'd been set wasn't well-liked -his "personality," his William Bradford Huie's The Execution in Rice Krispies. The breakouts never "abrasive manner," his stubbornness got of Private Slavik and C.D.B. Bryan's happened, for how could those Ameri­ him in trouble. Alley made enemies Friendly Fire, the most striking parallel can faces blend in with the North with his assertion that he'd voted for the is with the French writer Emile Zola's Koreans? Many such scenes of mental communists in the last election or that famous letter "]'accuse," published in Au­ torture were discarded in A Solider's socialism was preferable to the Ameri­ rore. In the case of Captain Dreyfus, Disgrace, Snyder acknowledged, because can way -a frivolous claim, Snyder's who was court-martialed and sentenced when he wrote them, they "read so researches suggest, but hardly a hanging to prison for treason in the 1890s, Zola much like fiction that they'd cast in offense. Given that Alley grew up in accused the French military of anti­ doubt the rest of the book:' He's holding Bar Harbor in a house without plumb­ Semitism and conspiracy, charges that his breath now, apprehensive that ing and that he was the oldest son and eventually led to Dreyfus's release and reviewers will say a novelist used his partner-to-be of a caretaker for the acquittal. Will Snyder's book do some­ fictional powers to create the prison wealthy summer residents, such re­ thing similar for Alley? camp episodes that do appear in the marks might be written off as bravado An important theme of A Soldier's book. or anger directed against privilege. Disgrace is that Korea was a "different" The movie of A Soldier's Disgrace, Perhaps they were simply foolish re­ war, what Alley called "the first Viet­ however, will flash back dramatically to marks. When another witness confided nam." Back in 1963 and 1964, Ameri­ North Korean compound scenes. Hesper that Alley "went his own boneheaded cans were read ing Robert Leckie's Anderson, daughter of playwright Max­ way," he also commented that Alley was Conflict and T. R. Fehrenbach's This Kind well Anderson and screenwriter of the "a typical martinet" but didn't have West of Wa r, which stressed that Korea was a Academy Award-winning Children of a Point to save him. He was "a rube;' a re­ war that had "new rules'.' We learned Lesser God, spent 15 months on the tired colonel told Snyder. Because no about "Frozen Chosin," where even script and 10 days working with Snyder one was out to save Alley, says this machine guns froze, learned about himself, and he's hopeful that the movie third theory, the conspiracy theory, "Chinese hordes" pouring over the Ya lu will represent the prison camp scenes somebody was out to get him. Was Alley River, their bugles blaring frighteningly tellingly and accurately. To be credible, the goat for the army, which thought it in the night. We learned that North the movie will have to dramatize brain­ had to blame somebody for its failure to e Korea didn't recognize the regulation of washing and the lack of food and shel­ win the war in Korea? Was h a fall guy the Geneva Convention that name, ter. It'll have to dramatize the separation to show Senator McCarthy that the rank, and serial number were all the in­ of men and officers, which was their army wasn't "soft on communism"? Was formation a captive had to give his cap­ captors' way of breaking down military somebody, trying to save his own hide tors. "Brainwashing" entered the lan­ decorum and discipline and inducing in the army-McCarthy hearings, out to guage as prisoners were forced into betrayal. Both the men and the officers make the army look good to the sena­ "reeducation classes" and harangued to understood that you did what you had tor, with the result that Alley was rail­ sign anti-American petitions. Starving to do to stay alive, and Major Alley, roaded? In 1955 the charges appeared

22 THE COLBY ALUMNUS serious enough to send Alley to those not convicted collaborators, and he or­ those he knew in class and in the resi­ 39 months in Leavenworth. Snyder dered the men to be honored instead. dence hall "have every bit as much a so­ pinned his hope in this new hearing on Snyder finds all of this chillingly ar· cial conscience as we did. They're the belief that because the 1955 "trial bitrary. The irony of using the same young people in a difficult age. I'll miss had been deeply and dramatically files to make heroes instead of villains them very much." This fall, after a shaped by the political atmosphere;· a is not lost on him, especially in a time promotional tour to Chicago, New Yo rk, new perspective would lead to a new when Central America could become and Wa shington, including intervie\\"S examination of the facts and would strip another "this kind of war:· with The Wa shington Post and National away the prejudices of that earlier time Snyder made other sorts of discover­ Public Radio, Snyder and his family will - and the verdict. ies in this recent year at Colby. It was a be off to the south of France for the "Ron Alley hadn't done anything the real treat to be around professors who year. rest didn't do;' one colonel told Snyder. were his own teachers, he said, but he Ever since he began to think of A POW in Korea who also worked was particularly impressed with his stu­ himself as a writer during his senior secretly for the CIA said in Alley's dents. One is already following Snyder year at Colby, Snyder wanted to write defense, "They were all collaborators:' at the University of Iowa Writers' Work­ books that were important. As one who Even the prosecutor in the original trial shop and another has collected his first never bought into the protests against admitted to Snyder in an astonishing paycheck from Ya nkee magazine for a the war in Vietnam in the 1960s and phone conversation that Alley was treat­ story assignment. Remembering his own early '70s, he might appear to be mak­ ed "unequally"; he was not treated un­ realization while he was a student at ing up for time lost in his investigations justly, "but there was an inequality:' Colby that "You really could call your­ into the theme of betrayal and his dedi­ Nevertheless, Snyder writes, he discov­ self a writer in this world," Snyder cation to finding the truth. Or perhaps ered that there is simply no way to spoke strongly in favor of the College's he's learned that the steady pursuit of reverse a dishonorable discharge. He policy of bringing in "people who are truth, especially when it's safer not to thinks that the army couldn't afford to committed writers, because it's a great do it, may make for a life that is as change the Alley verdict because peti­ experience for the students at an im­ recovered from disillusionment as it is tioners would line up at the Pentagon's pressionable age:' Also putting in a plug justified. In the meantime, he's keeping doors claiming back pay and benefits if for the faculty residence program - his fingers crossed that if Paramount it did. That is why the court of last Snyder lived in the Mary Low faculty starts filming in Bar Harbor in January, resort is public opinion. If the "times apartment with his wife, Colleen, and it will all lead to a special act of Con­ and the American people" demanded their two young daughters, Erin and gress restoring honor to the name of that Alley go to prison in 1955, only the Nell -he said, "the best thing Colby can Ronald Alley. American people, with greater knowl­ offer is accessible faculty:' RC edge of the affair, can ask the Congress Surprisingly, though, he doesn't see to exonerate him now. a great deal of difference between stu­ A Soldier's Disgrace is available in book­ Although that finding isn't in yet, dents today and students when he was stores or may be ordered from Ya nkee Snyder's book does demonstrate conclu­ in school. Contrary to the popular no­ Books, Depot Square, Pe terborough, NH. sively that the Alley case already affects tion that this is an age of personal gain 03458. Ve terans Park is available in book­ military justice and history. The land­ and that students are only interested in stores or from Franklin Wa tts, 387 Pa rk mark Alley decision in 1955, which de­ money and condos, Snyder said that Avenue South, New Yo rk, NY 10016. fined what a prisoner could and could not do, was carefully considered by a commission that effectively abolished that code after Vietnam, a Pentagon officer told Snyder. POWs no longer will be expected to abide by "the myth" of giving only name, rank, and serial num­ ber: "From now on, prisoners are ex­ pected to just do their best, period. Future POWs will be expected to help each other as best they can'.' A veteran of Vietnam told Snyder that if Alley had been in that war, "he would have come home a hero" instead of the scapegoat that the Pentagon hoped would get them out from under Korea and "get old Joe McCarthy off their back:' Perhaps the most striking discovery that turned up in Snyder's investigation is 1hat the army was about to prosecute POWs returning from Vietnam in the mid-1970s. At the last moment, Secre­ tary of Defense Melvin Laird decided that what the army needed was heroes,

THE COLBY ALUMNUS 23 Once upon a COOT

In 1987-88, 32 different Colby Outdoor Orientation Trips will hike various areas in the Maine wilderness, including the Appalachian Trail; bike the state's coast­ line; canoe, sail, and fish its abundant rivers and lakes; and photograph spec­ tacular scenery during three-day and five-day introductions to the State of Maine and other Colby students.

A Coar means... taking a breather while biking the Camden Hills . . canoeing from the base camp on Bald Mountain ... ham­ ming it up on a hike in the Barren­ Chairback Range.

24 THE COLBY ALUMNUS For COOI'ers, Maine offe rs splendid vistas in September ... and in Janu­ ary.... Others look fo rward to treks through dark and deep snowy woods.

THE COLBY ALUMNUS 25 "Haram bee": By the Power of the Pen

by Judith Fishel '87

A, I trnveled by m;n;·bu> 'long Kenya's countryside, the volcanic moun­ learn about each others' lives. When the roads of Kenya, the smiles of chil­ tains in the Great Rift Va lley, the majes­ Ezina and I ended our talk after the bet­ dren were something I didn't have to try ty of giraffes running along the road­ ter part of an hour, she gave me her ad­ very hard to get. side, the friendliness of the people, but dress for a correspondent - as well as In the United States a parent might I was overwhelmed by my own feelings for a job in the United States if one let a child of 13 watch the younger chil­ of joy, amusement, frustration, and sad­ were possible. dren; in Kenya, five-year-olds watch ness because of the many contrasts or Frequently I found the gift of a pen, over herds of goats or cattle. a stick in contradictions I saw between the natu­ even more than the pen-pal proposal, one hand and a defiant look of maturity ral beauty of the country and the physi­ the way to receive a smile from the on their young faces. The children cal hardships many of the people face. young Kenyans I'd hoped to reach. Be­ know that they are guarding the family For all the economic difficulties that cause pens aren't easy to come by in the wealth, that it is a grave responsibility, many Kenyans confront, I found them a country, I had brought quite a lot of that if anything happens to a herd the pleasant and curious people, always them with me. When 13-year-old Hami­ family will have nothing. As we drove anxious to talk or help out. In Kisumu, si Juma came up to me on a car ferry by barefoot children carrying jugs of when I was sitting on the sidewalk rest­ on the way to Milindi and asked me for water in the scorching sun, I wouldn't ing from the heat, 19-year-old Ezina a pen as I was writing in my journal, I have been surprised to learn that they Khasungu Ludda sat down beside me to told him of my project, and he happily traveled distances of many miles. But see if something was wrong. Ezina did gave me a picture and his address in re­ despite the heat and the hardship­ not wanl anything other than to make turn for the present. Each person I despite the fact that many Kenyan chil­ sure I was alright. As we chatted, she spoke to about pen pals was excited. dren die very young - whenever we was as curious about my life as I was The children really want to communi­ drove by, the children waved at us. If about hers. I told her that our Jan Plan cate with people in the United States. we answered, huge grins spread across group had come to Kenya for several Yet the most powerful experiences I their faces as if we had brightened their reasons - some of us to learn about the had in Kenya involved children some­ whole day simply by acknowledging economy, some to better understand the what more indirectly. I learned more them. When they smiled, the Kenyan government, some to see the birds, about Kenya -about different Kenyas - children finally looked to me like animals, and scenery, most to learn in my day with "the Smiths" (to protect children. about all of these. A requirement of the them I'll call them the Smiths) than I I had never studied this country in course was that each of us would give a learned during the rest of the trip. The eastern Africa, and the little I knew talk about our trip, and since I was go­ Smiths, whom I met through relatives came from the guide books I read be­ ing to give my talk to an elementary and who have lived in Kenya for a long fore our Jan Plan group of 21 students school I decided to try to set up a pen­ time, work for the NCCK (the National reached Nairobi. The books and pic­ pal connection so that Kenyan students Council of Churches of Kenya), the only tures prepared me for the beauty of and students in the United Stales could remaining organization whose members

26 THE COLBY ALUMNUS New friends alongside the road in Ke nya.

can speak out against the government votes sometimes are "counted" by gov­ pick the food the children eat. The sys­ without being put in jail. ernment officials. In one community, tem these children have devised, like Over the entrance to the parliament although most people stood in line be­ the national motto "Harambee;· seems to building in airobi is the national motto hind a certain candidate, the officials be one of "working together" to accom­ of Kenya, "Harambee;' which means said that he received only five votes plish their goal, which appears to be "unite;' or work together, not against (the man had five members in his fami­ simply to survive. one another, to accomplish goals. Inside ly). The people of the community, furi­ As \o\·e drove along the roads, I no· is the inscription, "For the We lfare of ous, said they would never again partic­ ticed some of the differences between Society and Just Government of Man:· ipate in another election. Kenyan men and women that children Officially a democracy established in Later the Smiths drove me around can expect to live with and learn as 1963 when the country received much the Mithari Va lley in Nairobi. No photo­ they grow up. The women carried of its parliamentary system along with graphs are allowed of this seven-mile branches, water, or the children, or they independence from England, the gov­ stretch of slums, where over 300,000 worked in the fields. Ve ry rarely did we ernment of Kenya, according to the people live with little sanitation or sew· see a man doing physical labor. Most of Smiths, is becoming a dictatorship. Peo­ erage systems. In Bombay, India, which the men sat talking in groups, smoking ple who talk against this new trend of I visited while on a Semester at Sea or possibly che\,·ing Miraa (a drug government are disappearing. While program, people live in cardboard grown in Meru). A woman in Kenya tracking down these people to get them shacks or on the streets, and I saw chil­ does about 90 percent of the work. out of prison or wherever else they are dren intentionally maimed by their par­ Even if she has just had a baby, she being held, the Smiths have found that ents or someone who wanted to use doesn't rest. In the maternity ward of their phones are tapped. Their mail, them in order to earn sympathy-and the laua Methodist Hospital, where coming and going, is opened. money- from begging. I am thankful there are sometimes as many as three The Smiths told me that the present that I didn't see any such treatment of to a bed, one \\·oman, who just a few government opposes Kenya's democratic children in Kenya, although the Smiths minutes before v\'e arrived had given secret ballot. In some communities, in­ did tell me about the children who live birth, walked behind a nurse into stead of voting privately for the candi­ at the airobi garbage dump. Orphaned, another room. The nurse told u that if date of their choice, Kenyans are told to abandoned, homeless, or runaway, these the mother had been at her O\vn home line up behind the person. For the first children have developed their own lead­ she probably would have gotten up and time I realized how voters can be in­ ers and a hierarchical system in which started cooking dinner. When I thought timiuated if it appears that they are go­ each child has a specific job such as about it, although the hospital may have ing against the majority or that an elec­ constructing shelter out of dumped plas­ been primitiYe judged by my experi­ tion might not turn out the way the tic or cardboard. Drivers who toss out ence, it was, after all, a hospital. This government wants. Even when they line airline food often try to put it in a mother and her child were lucky to up behind their choice, the Kenyans' cleaner spot for those whose task is to have this much.

THE COLBY ALUM US 27 Wildlife in Masai Mara.

Other Kenyans and their children College, he said , is too expensive for A second Colby alumnus with pen­ are more fortunate still, including sever­ Kenyans even if they receive aid. One pal age children, Eric Levi '64, is chief al Colby alumni whom we met. Charles of our group, Louisa Bell '87, hopes to engineer at Bambori Portland Cement Angwenyi '64, currently chair of the set up an exchange program that will Company, the largest producer of ce­ Kenya National Bank, entertained us the enable Kenyan students to pay the price ment in Africa and the fifth largest in first day we arrived in the country. of going to a university in Kenya while the world. Mr. Levi gave us a tour of Driving along the two-lane road that attending Colby and enable Colby stu­ the company plant, most of which was leads out of Nairobi, I didn't anticipate dents to pay the price of going to Colby automated, perhaps because the hot, the life Mr. Angwenyi leads. On Karen while attending a university in Kenya. dusty air is so difficult to work in. The Estate -named for Baroness Karen Perhaps in the future, Kenyans will be company also has contributed to anoth­ Blixen-Finecke, the Danish author of able to come to Colby again. er of Kenya's major industries, tourism, Out of Africa who published under the And perhaps Colby students will by converting an area of desolate land name Isak Dinesen - his beautiful home have the chance to experience some of into the Bambori Nature Trail, a small is surrounded by trees and flowers. It the cultural contrasts that have kept game-park where many of the animals is also surrounded by a fence and Eric Ridgway '82 enthusiastically living roam free. Little monkeys tried to steal watched over by security guards and and working in Kenya for several our cameras, and birds, four and five guard dogs because Mr. Ar.gweyni, as a months. Mr. Ridgway, an American feet tall, snapped if we got too close to wealthy man of high pos ition , requires from Bryn Mawr, Pa ., teaches at a them. Behind fences lurked dangerous protection. During lunch with Mr. Ang­ Harambee school outside of Kakamega. alligators. weyni we were treated to a bar and ca­ His home is a hut made of dried cow Part of the beauty of Kenya, of tered to by servants. and we enjoyed dung in the village where he works for course, is the animals, so we were all different types of meat including a pig an organization called World Te ach, he's eager to get to one of Kenya's famous roasted on spits. Fo urteen-year-old Anne part of the community, and he's treated game parks. In the Masai Mara, which Angwenyi, who later sent me the names as a fa mily member. After we met in contains giraffe, water buffalo, zebra, of some of her friends who would like Kisumu, Mr. Ridgway traveled with our hyena, ostrich, gazelle, and elephant, we to be pen pals, urged me to encourage group for the next 10 days. Even though were able to photograph lions and lion­ the children of Colby alumni and he had never been to many of the esses. When I show my pictures to friends to write. places we visited, his own time in Ken­ friends, however, they see one thing William Mayaka '73 stopped by Mr. ya apparently has been eye-opening, to while I see another. The pictures are Angwenyi's home to say hello when he judge by the insights he gave us into beautiful -a lioness licking a paw, or heard we were going to be there. Now Kenyan customs and attitudes as well as two lions sunning themselves on a in the Ministry of Finance, Mr. Mayaka his help in expanding our limited vocab­ rock - but I also remember a lioness sur­ is the last Kenyan to attend Colby. The ulary of Swahili. rounded by 17 safari vans and mini-

28 THE COLBY ALUMNUS From a train: crowded housing in Na irobi. Eager pen pal Hamisi juma.

buses or two lions ringed by eight vehi­ work, the next time I just laughed and me to live a life between young and cles jockeying to get the best picture. I went along with him. The street ven­ old; they have so many responsibilities felt strange to be a part of this. Giraffes dors of Kenya are in a class of their and pressures at such an early age that running alongside the road, out in "the own. they seem not to have much fun. But wild;' I thought were far more beautiful Kenya is a majestic land whose peo­ once they opened up and accepted us - than giraffes in a game preserve. ple are just as friendly as any other once they smiled -we were able to see My trip involved many such con­ group in the world, just as happy to that they were simply children. It was trasts between freedoms and confine­ meet other people, and I hope to go good to be part of this transition. That's ments, between beauty and squalor, back some day soon, as I went back to a reason why I intend to keep writing majesty and hardship, but it was first the street vendor. I \vould like the to my pen pals. More than that, I hope and last a trip of smiles, and as such it chance to learn more about this land to go back to Kenya again, not to pass had its light moments. For anyone who and these people -perhaps to get to through in a couple of weeks but to has traveled abroad, these words spoken know them in a way similar to my teach or work-as a member of the by a street vendor should bring a smile: meeting in the corridor of the train to Peace Corps if I'm fortunate enough to "For you, special deal:' I think the street Kisumu with a group of five or six chil­ be assigned there. I know that I'll have vendors of the world have a conspiracy dren. When we asked them into our to try harder for children's smiles, have going. The vendors in Kenya even take compartment, the eldest two pulled the to offer more than pens and balloon , it one step further. When you decide other children along, but all of the because of the economic differences that you do not want to buy a Kenya youngsters sat politely quiet. We would and hardships I saw, but those are com­ bag or wood animal carving or piece of try a word of Swahili here and a word pelling and substantial reasons to be malachite jewelry, or want to think it of English there. othing seemed to get there. "Harambee;· after all, is a good over, the vendor will ask you your them to talk. Then I remembered the motto. I would like to help children - name and ask if you will come back balloons I had in my bag. Soon every­ especially those who are, quite literally, later. Being the polite person you are, one was laughing and tumbling after in the dumps -if only to receive again you will no doubt say, "Possibly." When balloons. They were just what was the gift of their smiles. the vendor sees you again that day or needed to break the ice. ot only did two days later, he will say, "Judy, you the children open up to us, but soon remember me? Yo u promised you would they were poking their heads into other Judy Fishel obtained the names and ages come to my shop today. Please do not compartments, playing with the other of several children in Kenya who are in­ break your promise to me'.' The first members of the group, trying on the terested in communicating 111ith American time this happened to me, I argued that walkman and anything else they could pen pals. Please contact the Office of I never promised I would do any such get their hands on. Alumni Relations if you or your children thing, but since that simply does not The children of Kenya seemed to would like more information.

THE COLBY ALUM US 29 The Balloon Is Up: Reunion 198 7

Balloons, clowns, a parade of the classes led by kilted Professor Nick Rohrman playing bagpipes, and a lobster bake and barbecues under the striped tents on the lawn of Lovejoy Commons creat­ ed a carnival atmosphere for Alumni Reunion Weekend 1987. Over 1,300 alumni, spouses, friends, and family joined in the good times, which for the second year in a row included warm early summer sun. At the awards banquet on Friday night, several alumni were recognized for years of volunteer service to the College. The Colby Distinguished Alum-

The classes gather together for the lobster bake.

Reunioners relax, catch up, look ahead.

30 THE COLBY ALUMNUS nus Award went to William C. Carter '38 and the Distinguished Service Award to Nissie Grossman '32. Colby Bricks were presented to Stanley F. Frolio '47, Tina Thompson Poulin '32, and Robert S. Rice '42. Buoyed by generous reunion class gifts, the Alumni Fund rose over $812,000 for the fund year, reflecting a 34 percent increase in giving by reunion classes over the previous year. Special thanks for the all-time records go to Vic Scalise '54, chair of the Alumni Fund, and to hard­ working class agents. Thanks for the record number of reunioners are also due to those who worked so long planning the reunion activities. It was all record fun.

Nissie Grossman '32 delights jerry Goldberg '60 and the packed house at the alumni awards banquet.

THE COLBY ALUMNUS 31 C>As s Co RRESPONDENCE

Fifty Plus Club Reunion------

It was agreed among those dauntless 50+ Club members that this year's Alumni Reunion Weekend was the best everl Perhaps the exciting, diversified schedule This is a "fish story:· But it's for "reel!" The hero is George E. Fletcher '29 of Strong, Maine. of events Colby offered was part of this feeling. Even though many of us live in George achieved distinction in two ways: He Maine, it would have been fun lo "Cruise Casco Bay" along with the Class of '62, caught the first Atlantic salmon of the year (15 and a bus trip to Greenville with the Class of '37 was an attraction some of our 1/4 lbs.) on the second day of the 1987 season, members wanted to take in. However, for us there was never a dull moment. and he presented it to President Reagan at the Jim and I so enjoyed Saturday, when the Class of '32 came out to our East White House five days later in the presence of company that included Governor John P. McKer­ Pond camp. With that big Colby banner again on our fireplace wall, letters from nan and the Maine Congressional delegation. our class members on the table to be read by each and every one, and last year's • William H. Millell '34 wrote from Winston­ pictures of our class, the hours passed too quickly. Salem, N.C., "We are well established here in this Dana Hall is our favorite dining place for the 50+ Club. It's home to us now, part of the country, and what a lovely section it isl" He is a past president of the American So­ and we enjoyed a delightful social hour as well as a delicious roast beef dinner. ciety of Lubrication Engineers and a SO-year Roderick E. Fa rnham '3 1 gave the invocation. Laurence E. Dow '35 was a most emeritus member of the American Chemical So­ popular and capable president and zipped through the proceedings. President and ciety. Bil! is very involved in community and Mrs. Cotter joined us, and in his talk he told us of Colby's high ratings in the list church work • A note from Houston, Te x.: of our nation's best colleges and how difficult it is lo select only a few of the many George Mann '34 and his wife are enthusias­ tic about Elderhostel classesafter attending them capable, gifted applicants. (Weren't we the lucky ones to walk in with a high school at Te xas A & M and Ly nchburg College in Vir­ diploma and a few hundred bucks!) President and Mrs. Cotter have earned the ginia. Jn September they plan to combine pro­ respect and admiration of us all. We are lucky to have them1 grams in England, Scotland, and Wales with Officers for next year will be President Kay Caswell MacDonald '36, Vice Presi­ extensive traveling and sightseeing. George was recently in touch with Harold Plotkin '34 of dent Gordon Steve Yo ung '37, and Secretary/Treasurer Ann Tr imble Hilton '35. Boston, Mass. • Our deepest condolences go Elected to a three-year term as 50+ Club representative to the Alumni Council out lo Colonel John J. Leno '34 whose wife was ]. Warren Bishop '35. passed away March 9. John is spending some But for Nissie Grossman '32, who was awarded the Marriner Distinguished time with friends in Florida and New York be­ fore returning to his home in San Diego, Service Award, and for me, who received the Colby Brick Award, the Friday awards Calif. • William T. "Bill" Bryant '34, Luray, banquet was the most wonderful evening of the whole Colby Alumni Weekend. Va ., first taught physics at the University of Rhode Island and the University of Maryland Tina Thompson Po ulin '32 and then distinguished himself in World War II as a captain in offensives at lwo Jima and the Battle of Japan. Then followed employment as a physicist with the National Bureau of Stan­ dards and as a physical scientist with the Depart­ ment of the Army. His work involved the research, development, and production of sophisticated components for all weapons sys­ tems including some space programs. He retired in 1975 to a 10-acre patch in Luray and restored an old brick house. "We have a 30-mile view of the Blue Ridge Mountains to the East," he said. The Bryants have traveled extensively and are planning a trip to Alaska and the Canadian Northwest this August. Bill wrote: "My lovely and devoted wife of 43 years, Mary Lee (of the Robert E. Lee family), and l have three beauti­ ful daughters and a granddaughter. l tell people when they ask me if we like it here, and if we enjoy our retirement, that it is wonderful lo be in heaven without having to die first" • Annie Tuck Russell '34 and husband Frank havelived in Orlando, Fla., since 1960. They enjoy golf, bridge, and traveling and are regular 10-week summer visitors to Maine • Eleanor Wheel­ wright Ness '34, Auburn, Maine, mentioned a get-together of six classmates last July at John Martin's Manor in Auburn. After lunch they went to Eleanor's house for what one of the la­ dies present said was a delicious dessert and a great afternoon of visiting. Present were Portia Pe ndleton Rideout, Bethlehem, Conn.; BZ White Morse, Springvale, Maine; Harriet Pease

32 THE COLBY ALUMNUS Patrick Saco, Maine; Elizabeth Weeks 50th Reunion: Class of 1937------. Claremont. Calif., Annie Tuck Russell; and hostess Eleanor. Plans are afoot to meet again next summer • Portia Pendleton Rideout has The years really faded away as the members of the Class of 37 met for our 50th chatted recently on the phone with Madelyn reunion celebration. Several activities were planned for all alumni but the best Higgins Stanley '34, Hallowell, �laine; Evelyn were those occasions just for us. Thursday evening \\'e \\'ere entertained at the Hall Spaulding '33, Waterville, 1aine; and Peg new Student Center with a social hour and dinner followed by a program by a Salmond Matheson '34, who ha moved into her new condo in Winslow, Maine. Portia wrote: local group called the "Occasional Chorale." Initiated by Mary Walker Wheeler 6Y "Sorry I'll not be around at reunion time again the group contains many Colby graduates. They knew their audience and sang as I'm flying to Oregon for a three-week visit selections from our era and medleys of college ongs. \Vhen they sang "Halls oi with my daughter and then to Olympia, \Vash., Ivy;· I really expected Lewis Stone to walk on stage! for a visit with son Ralph and family; then I'll drive to Va ncouver, B.C., for a few days with Friday morning37 of us met at 8:00 for a bus that took us to Green\'ille and some of Frank's family there" • Eleanor Row­ Moosehead Lake for a two-and-one-half hour sail on the steamship Ka tahd111. The ell Dorsett '33. Lakeville, Conn., was a guest original Ka tahdi11, commissioned in 1892, was rebuilt in 1913 and hauled freight at Portia's house at Webber Pond last August. and passengers until 1975. Only last year she was refurbished as a passenger steam­ Eleanor has moved from the old family home er and operates daily during the summer. She was "our" boat for the day. The young in Lime Rock, Conn., to a new "little t{iother's home" built onto the house of her son in Bethle­ captain and crew pointed out interesting places as we sailed, and the College sent hem, Conn. • Looking Back, a reprint of the box lunches and beverages, so we enjoyed a delightful trip. No moose swimming Aroostook Republican and ews of Caribou, around, however. Maine, of 50 years ago, notes that the late Rupert The reunion dinner at the Millett Alumni House was for us the major eYent Irvine '29 had been named manager of the Bath, of the weekend. About 60 people attended. President and 1rs. Cotter were our Maine, telephone office • Ada Cram Wads­ worth '3 1 , Hiram, Maine, has been named to dinner guests. The president welcomed us and recalled some of the events and a five-year term on the Hiram Library Board of personalities of our college days. Da\'id '55 and Ruth l\lcDonald Roberts '55 and • Trustees Howard F. Hill '18, Belgrade Lakes, Frances Thayer '30 were also our invited guests. Dave, the director of planned Maine, in a special letter to this column wrote: giving, congratulated our class for its generosity in support of the College. Frances "I retired from surgery at age 80 but continued my main hobby of world travel. I visited 57 coun­ Thayer, sister of Marble Thayer '38, was for many years a secretary to the deans tries in all, my last to Spain at 85 to visit old in the transition years from deans of men and deans of women to the dean of friends. This year Florida was as far as my 91 Yz students. Her mother was the secretary to the late Dean Ernest Marriner '13 dur­ years would permit me to tra\ el alone" • A ' ing our college years. The prayer before dinner v\·as offered by our classmate, biography of R. Leon Williams '33, Clifton, Reverend David Eaton. Maine, was recently published in the magazine Maine 1bday • Alice Paul Allen '29, East Provi­ Following an excellent buffet, your class president recalled items from our dence, R.I., suffered the loss of her husband, J. four years at Colby as found in the Colby Echo. Many e\'ents and personalities '29, Drisko Allen in December and was severely were cited from the famous "Plotter's" column - names and "dates" that many peo­ burned in a fire in her apartment in January. She ple had forgotten - interspersed with reminders of the many things "·e managed wrote that she is recovering nicely, and thanks her friends for their letters and cards • Edwin to survive without: nylons, Scotch tape, television, credit cards, etc. Vice presi­ Merry '29, North Edgemont. Maine, alerts us dent Jv!arjorieGould Murphy read greetings sent by se\'eral of our classmates who to look for three of his stories which will be ap­ could not attend. She also presented me, as reunion chairman, with a huge greet­ • pearing soon in Down East Magazine Muriel ing card from those present as well as two beautiful rhododendron plants, an un­ Sanborn Armstrong '29, Dryden, Maine. necessary but much appreciated gesture. reported that her son, Jim, recently staged the musical production Noah's Flood in Cambridge, The Class of '37 was again honored when Reverend Winthrop E. Jackson was Mass. • A. Keith Littlefield '29, West Peru, invited to give the sermon at the Annual Boardman Memorial Service in Lorimer Maine, attended the wedding of his grandson in Chapel on Sunday morning. San Francisco, Calif.. at Christmastime and vaca­ tioned with his family there • Frank orvish Lucille "Kye" Pinette Zukowski '37 '34, eedham, Mass.. and Paul E. Feldman '34, Endfield, Conn., represented the AJu..-nni Council at the awards committee meeting in Cambridge, Mass. • Frances M. Palmer '34, Pittsfield, Maine, recently made a tour of Philadelphia and the Pennsylvania Amish country • Martin J. Burns '36, Skowhegan, Maine, has been retired from Kennedy Crane Company since 1985 • Dr. John W. Brush '20, Newton Center, Mass., recent· ly celebrated his 88th birthday • Henry C. Bu· bar '3 1 , orthan1pton, Mass., explained his "retailing" of history at a booth on the University of Massachusettscampus as an attempt to upgrade a perceived "rather poor knowledge of history" on the part of students -"very dangerous in a democra· cy" • Florence Carll Jones '12, Brattleboro, Vt., has finally disclosed that she and Jeremiah Roberts were cousins, and neither disclosed it while she was in college! • Ford A Grant '34 of Waterville has been awarded a plaque by the Waterville Camera Club in recognition of his pursuits and pro­ motion of photography. Class correspondent: ER EST E. MIL­ LER, 218 Pickett District Rd., ew Milford, Conn. 06776.

THE COLBY ALUM US 33 by Jeep lhis lime was some improvement over lhe mules of lhe earlier trip. Ippy still sing in a large chorus, takes square-dancing lessons, and works part time in a career counseling office • Class secretary: LAWRENCE W. DWYER. 286 Arline Bamber Ve racka is in Scotland as l Church St., Berlin, N.H. 03570. ___- • - write, on a vacation trip around Britain Eve­ 'fz lyne Short Merrill sent a clipping ab ut her Classmates, you will be saddened to learn of the Reader's Theatre section of lhe AAUW, with a death on April 11 of Prudence Piper Marriner. picture of herself in 1910 costume for a produc­ I know several of us knew at our 45th reunion tion. She edits plays, sings in a lrio, and chairs last year that Pru had cancer and didn't expect the Whittier, Calif., annual awards lo distin­ to live many more months. She and Ernest were guished women • Virginia Kingsley Jones living in North Monmouth, Maine. Also let me may be our only member taking tap-dancing les­ make sure lhat you know that on November 1 I, sons al present -or maybe not? She visited Ruth Fletcher Eaton hopes somebody else remem· I 986, Sarah Winnifred Odlin died in Portland, Pike Berry last year. Ginny lives next door to bers a joint glee club concert with Bowdoin and Maine, of injuries from an auto accident. We Ruth Ye aton McKee '37, in one of Maine's pret­ Westbrook lhat was pretty much of a disaster. shall surely miss them both • Yo ur correspon­ tiest places, Easl Boothbay • The last I heard, Bowdoin's Tillotson conducted, and Fletcher, dent rejoiced at the number of responses to the Leila Ross Hyman was planning her sixth trip having missed the rehearsal with him, was the questionnaire sent to all of you. Many thanks. to Europe • The Reverend Nat Guptill claimed only one of the hundred or so singers to boom There are several "old faithfuls" and how I ap­ to be "unemployed" al the lime he wrote. but over out a drawn-out note as John Thomas had trained preciate their keeping in touch' But DO let me the summer he probably conducted services the Colby club to do. Fletcher was highly visi­ hear from some more of you • It was great to somewhere he was needed. He said Helen Car­ ble on the stage, and among the people who hear from We ndell Starr who is still active as ter continues in "a bundant good works,"and add­ turned to look at him after his faux pas, he es­ a consultant for his own company, jogging five ed, "l shot 93 in eighteen holes on my seventieth pecially recalls To ny DeMarinis '37. Fletcher has miles every other day, and vacationing with his birthday. If I'm ever to 'shoot my age' I've either done some writing since he retired from Polaroid wife. Anna, in Greece. He has been associated got to improve my golf radically (which is un­ five years ago and does the class notes for his with activist churches, worked in Schenectady's likely) or live to be 93, so I've decided to do the Class of '49 column at MIT. He lives in Need­ inner city, and continues to be concerned about latter1" ham, Mass., with his wife of 31 years, Nell, a how we deal with our neighbors in our own Class secretary: SA LLY ALDRICH recovery-room nurse at Mass General • Trying hemisphere. No rocking chair for him. He said ADAMS, 22 Miller St., Medfield, Mass. 02052. to keep up with Dwight Sargent's continuing he's been lucky and people won't let him sit honors in journalism keeps us busy and proud. down • Lubov Leonovich Waltz wrote that He was guest speaker at the spring conference although she never dreamed when she left Col­ of the Maine Press Association and is now vice by that she would go into the music field, as an president of the Overseas Press Club of Ameri­ organist and instructor. over these many years ca. His daughter, Janet, is a copy editor for the it has given her much satisfaction, and even now. Bangor Daily News • Elizabeth "Ippy" Solie tfQ __ though retired, she often substitutes as organist. Howard and her botanist husband traveled to She and her husband, Maynard, enjoy traveling the Dominican Republic this year, where they Class secretary: ELEANOR THOMAS CUR­ in their trailer • Priscilla Patterson Salgo is had collected plants 41 years ago. Transportation T IS, 4607 W. Alabama, Houston, Te x. 77027. another music-oriented classmate, as a choral

ALUMNI AWARDS NOMINATION FORM

The Alumni Council awards committee seeks nominations for threeawards on a continual basis. The Colby Brick is awarded each Reunion Weekend to a few individuals who have served Colby in a variety of roles, and the Marriner Distinguished Service Award is given to alumni or friends of Colby who have demonstrated exceptional commitment to the College. The Distinguished Alumnus Award annually recognizes one Colby graduate for outstanding professional achievement.

I nominate______, Class of 1 9___ ,

for the______Award.

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Sign and mail to: Alumni Council Awards Committee, c/o Office of Alumni Relations Colby College, Wa terville, Maine 0490 1 Thank you'

34 THE COLBY ALUMNUS 45th Reunion: Class of 1942 ------conductor a 1 her hu band Sandor an orches· tral conductor. The\' are still too busv with music Blessed "''ith a sparkling "Maine Day;· approximately 50 members of the Class of to be considered retired. Priscilla ha· en10\'ed be­ '42 - that class noted for "coming in with a hurricane and going out with the draft" ing a mother and ,,·ife too. and feels �cces5ful 1n these areas as ,,·ell a in music • A l ta Es­ (a phrase credited to Betty Ann Royal Speigel) - gathered for registration amidst tabrook Ye lle has found success in working effusive and joyous recognition and greetings. with young people as a teacher for 23 years and Friday evening highlight: the alumni awards banquet at Wadsworth Gymnasi­ a a librarian for 21 years and in a happ� m

Since om reunion of June is reported elsewhere there is very little to add. I had a most satisfac­ tory letter from Mary Elizabeth Jones who in­ tends to be on hand for the Big 50. Her first winter in Greensboro. >J.C. sa\\' the most snow in years. and only God removes it. She was pleased with a visit from roomie Ruth Sander­ son Rudisill and spouse. lary s love and best wishes to all • I have enjoyed being in touch with my classmates this past five years and thank you all. Ave atque vale. Class secretary: CHRIS T!i\'E BR L CE SHEA (Mrs. CharlesJ 1 Springdale Ave .. \\'elles· ley Hills, Mass. 02 181.

THE COLBY ALUM US 35 at Watch Hill. R.l. I've been getting lo Boston fair­ ly often. where it's always a joy to visit Mort and Rae Gale Backer '44 - they are presently touring Italy. Class secretary: Al CY CURTIS LAW­ Class secretary: NAOMI COLLETT RENCE (Mrs. Watson A.). 185 Wildwood Te r­ PAGANELLI. 2 Horatio St., New Yo rk. N.Y. race. Jackson, Miss. 392 12. 10014.

By the time you read this column the results of the 1987 Alumni Fund drive will be history. l hope we find that we exceeded our $6,000 goal • We all received Kathleen Monaghan Corey's good letter. and I trust it inspired you. Kaye is in the process of making the decision be­ When l agreed to serve as class secretary, I didn't tween retirement and continuing her interest­ As I write these notes in late May, I find I'm not realize what a treat it would be to hear from col­ ing work. She and els are really enjoying living alone in looking forward lo summer. Connie lege friends whom I haven't seen for many, many in 1\i laine close to both Colby and Bowdoin • Daviau Bollinger wrote that her plans include years1 The last questionnaire produced a terrif­ Elizabeth Beale Clancy wrote that she became becoming a "pa able" tennis player-in Portland, ic response, and I thank all of you who wrote involved in politics in 1986 and had joined a where this mother of four, grandmother of 12, such warm. informative comments. As for the group on the capital steps in Carson City, Nev. , lives. Connie works at "The Te nnis Racket;' which rest of you, I'll be watching anxiously for the to protest Nevada's low payment to welfare should enhance her chances or conquering the mailman during the next three months • Laura mothers. Keeping involved keeps one young! court • Donald and Barbara Soule Hoover are Dean Field (known to us as "Cricket" Higgins) Elizabeth had been traveling to visit family mem­ going to retire and move in September from Jives in South Freeport, Maine. Formerly an R.N., bers in the United States but didn't get to see her Lansdale. Pa .. to Savannah, Ga. • Polly Callard she became an emergency medical technician sister who was teaching in China • Several of Guild , minister of the Unitarian Universalisl after her husband's death. As she put it, "I you spoke about our 45th reunion. which is next Church in Lexington, Mass., will spend some climbed into my ambulance ...and have found year. Those of you who enjoyed our 40th -due time this summer in Boothbay Harbor. She and it very rewarding'.' Cricket has traveled extensive­ mostly to the scintillating classmates who were Ted enjoy travel - they spent three months last ly and hopes lo add a trip to Australia and New there and not the weather- please encourage year in Adelaide, Australia. where Polly served Zealand by freighter next • Mary "Dixie" others to try to make the 45th. If you have sug­ a church and explored other parts of the coun­ Roundy Bebee, who lives in Crystal River, Fla., gestions, do let me know and at the same time try. They also went to New Zealand's two islands. does volunteer work in hospitals and nursing send along any news • Priscilla Moldenke to the Kingdom of To nga. and Japan • Bill homes and enjoyed a wonderful week in Colum­ Drake sent news of her family at Christmas. Her Whittemore, who said he won't retire "until my bia, S.C.. where her daughter, Carol, was mar­ husband. Bill, had retired and they had treated work ceases to be fun," travels extensively as a ried on January 10 • Norma Ta raldsen themselves to a trip to England and Scotland. nuclear scientist. Ta ke 1986, when he covered Billings is a psychiatric social worker and Daughter Judy. who was in Maine, is now liv­ all of France as the French government's guest: manages to get to Colby three or four times each ing at home • I really enjoyed Sidney R auch's Bangladesh (commissioning a nuclear research year since she lives in Augusta. She and Dick '48 answer to "Spouse's Occupation'.' He wrote, "com­ facility): the Himalayas (didn't say why, but who are proud of their four children and four grand­ panion and best friend, also responsible for my needs a reason); and Tokyo (on a lecture tour). children • Retired from his position as Atlan­ well-being!" Sid and Dorothy's son, Marvin, is not So far this year, he and Alice have been to Gene­ tic City school principal, Lauchlin "Locky" only a stock analyst but also a life master at va (to present a paper, on invitation, before a UN MacKinnon looks back on his career as "a most bridge. Sid has completed 41 years of teaching, symposium) and to Ghana • Louise Groves productive and rewarding experience." He par­ and Book 6 of his Wo rld of Vo cabulary was pub­ Holton. who along with Hans is retired, lives ticularly enjoyed "helping kids in their formative lished early this year • Ruth Graves Mont­ summers in Smithfield, Maine, and winters in years:' He's active now in Kiwanis, especially in gomery describes herself as a retired volunteer. their mobile home in St. Pete, Fla. Louise said Special Olympics for handicapped children, and She is treasurer for the Plymouth County Retired she'd enjoy hearing from classmates • Joan Gay in programs for senior citizens. He asks all of you Te achers Association and regent of the Scituate Kent told me her creative services agency work to call him (Ventnor, N.J.) when you go to the chapter of the Daughters of the American Revo­ hits a peak in the summer and a vacation then casinos in Atlantic City! • Fred Le Shane is re­ lution. Harriet Rex Feeney visited Ruth la t isn't in the cards. She and I had a recent lovely tired, but he still works part time as a clergy­ summer. and they reminisced about Mary clay together touring the Sands Point Preserve in man. He volunteers his services to the World Low -the "old" one, that is • Fred and Hilda Long Island • Helen Stra uss often steals a Federalist Association, the Miami Peace Coali­ Tiehoff Tr ue took what Hilda described as a march on Europe in summer and this very tion, and the Interfaith Retreat Center. His wife, "True To ur'.' Fred did the whole thing, to England, month is revisiting France • Grace Keefer Par­ Phyllis. is director of the South Miami After Wales, and Scotland last September. They found ker reported a trip in January with her husband School House • It was an interesting coinci­ it very dangerous to be American pedestrians in to visit their daughter, Debby, and family aboard dence to learn that both ancy Parsons Fer­ London! • Elizabeth Tobey Choate was well their sailboat home (a Ta hiti Ketch) in Isla guson and Jean O'Brien Perkins are involved occupied last summer trying to bring order out Mujeres, off Cancun. Mexico. In January, the Par­ with Heifer Project International. Nancy, who of chaos, which she described as "every shrub, kers traveled to Nicaragua, where their belief lives in Holden, Mass.. has retired from teach­ flowering tree. climbers, etc., known to man was confirmed that the United States "must end ing and recently vacationed in Hawaii. She and . . . planted in 1920 and neglected ever since:' contra terrorism and leave that nation in peace . her husband. Robert, have five children and five This was at a home in Chestnut Hill, which their Dick and others later met with Lt. Col . Ol iver grandchildren. jean and Cy '48 just completed son, To bey. had bought. 1o doubt it is a show orth, who described his regular briefings of the a "fabulous Insight III" seminar. They have taken place this year as To bey has a gift for gardening • president" • Ronald Roy said he's planning to trips to see their three children who Jive in San As for me, I continue my part-paid/part-volunteer retire in August as chief counsel for the State Francisco and also have two other chil­ work at the local library between frequent trips Claims Board but will continue his private prac­ dren • Fred Sontag ran the gamut during the to Waterville, necessitated by the family health tice • Laura Tapia Aitken teaches al William past months, from being the victim of an as­ situation. We hope lo have the library fully au­ Paterson College of New jersey. Last year, she sault/robbery to being cited by the U.S. Depart­ tomated by this fall with the completion of the and Hugh spent seven weeks touring Spain. He's ment of Housing and Urban Development for computer labeling of the children's collection. 1 a musician/composer. Last year, his concert was "outstanding performance:' Fred and his wife, was in Waterville for the April 29 snowstorm. premiered in ew Yo rk, and this February, songs Edith, live in South Orange, N.J., where Fred is and there was still a small patch left on May 6. of his were sung at Tully Hall, Lincoln Center. engaged in public affairs and research • Eliz­ The joy of the changing climate of Maine. Please Their second grandchild is due this month • abeth Scalise Kilham (Betty to us) said she'll send news and plan now for the 45th reunion. Barbara Kelly Morell wrote to say hi -she and be broadcasting until they "pull the mike from Class secretary: ELEANOR SMART Charlie are retired and Jiving in Center Harbor, my hand'.' She recently enjoyed attending the BRAUNMULLER (Mrs. Albert R.). 115 Lake N.H. • My husband and I look forward to our wedding of her son, Chris, who is advertising Rd ., Basking Ridge. N.J. 07920. annual trek in August to the wonderful beach manager of the "Bread and Circus" stores and

36 THE COLBY ALUMNUS 40th Reunion: Class of 1947------does their radio commercial in Boston Bettv said he is continuing the family tradition. And speaking of \\'eclclings ,\ like and I recently at­ Everyone who was there said it was the best 1947 reunion ever -so far. Fifty-four tended the \\'edding of -l5er 1\ larie Kraeler people came, including 14 spouses. Perhaps, as Shirley Lloyd Thorne put it, "No Lowenstein s daughter 2\ancy. \\'e \\'ere able to enjoy being \\'ith both J\larie and Helen Strauss one has to prove anything anymore"; we could just enjoy one another's company. -t5al the beautiiul occasion • \Veil that s all the The reunioneers gathered late Friday afternoon at the open house hosted by news for now. . . It's been JUSt great heann Dick and Dorie Meyer Hawkes and Ray and Mary Alice "Tossie" Campbell Kozen from so many of you' Class secretary: H ..\:\T;\'..\H KARP L...\ IP­ at the Hawkes's home. Each new arrival was greeted with a second's hesitation, . SO \:\!rs. :\lyron RI . 25 Po. mona Rel \\'or­ then sudden recognition, cries of delight, and, mirabile dictu!, we all looked just cester ;\lass. 01602 the same as we did 40 years ago - sort of. On to the alumni awards banquet in Wadsworth Gymnasium where Stan Frolio, our class agent, was awarded a Colby Brick. Then to the Page Commons Room in the new Student Center where Al Corey entertained with his Big Band. Then back to class headquarters at Goddard ­ Hodgkins Hall (the former ATO house) for conviviality and conversation. On Saturday morning, we took part in the parade of the classes. Cal Dolan, our new class president, led 194 7, with Tom Burke on hand to keep us in step

as we sang "Roll On Kennebec." The rendition may have made composer Bud Class secretary: ELIZABETH WADE DRL'J\I Schlesinger wince, but he tactfully refrained from saying so. We enjoyed campus \1'v1rs. John J.), -t-tCoun try Village Lane Sudbu­ tours until noon and the traditional lobster bake on Dana Lawn. Another high­ ry, Mass. 01776. light was an audio-slide show, prepared by Cloyd Aarseth for the 1946 reunion last year, which vividly evoked the Colby of the 1940s - complete with the "Blue Beetle" and its driver, Rowena Nugent. Saturday afternoon we went out to Alden Camps for serious talk, serious cro­ quet, and horseshoes. Dinner was as elegant as promised. Class election results were: Cal Dolan, president; Dorie Hawkes, vice president; June Chipman Coal­ son, secretary/treasurer; and Ray Kozen, Alumni Council representative. (Inciden­ '1--8-- Glad to be back home after five \\'eeks in Hon­ tally, June warned us that if we do not send news to her, she will make up stories duras and a week on Andres Island in the Ba­ about us for her column in the Alumnus.) Stan Frolio reported that our Reunion hamas. i\!anythanks for all the news • Did you Fund gift exceeded our $10,000 goal, with 58 percent of us giving. Professor Miri­ see the photo of the dynamic duo Oa\'id J\ lar­ am Bennett and Mary Roy from the Office of Alumni Relations joined us for din­ son and daughter Marsha \a Lehigh alumna) in an article on father/daughter business teams ner. We had an informal round of reminiscences of our Colby days with personal \l\1ay 87 Good Househeeping)? • Frances Hyde recollection and anecdotes about all those marvelous teachers we remember with Stephan lists her occupation as part-time affection and gratitude. sales/part-time fun and that sounds like a good On Sunday, a leisurely class brunch at Roberts Union was followed by the balance. Her eight grandchildren range in age Boardman Service at Lorimer Chapel, and then by departures and goodbyes and from 2 to 16. and she skis with them -cro s­ country and downhill! • Eugene Hunter of "See you in five years:' It was indeed the best reunion of all. Cape Elizabeth is now the executive director of the Maine Sports Hall of Fame. Gene is way Helen Jacobs Eddy ahead with 13 grandchildren • Did you know that Phil Shulman studies and collects Japanese woodblock prints from the To kugama era? Phil also does volunteer work at the Asian Art Muse­ um and International Visitor s Center • Rav Webster and his \\'ife, Marge, live in Wiscasset. 1aine, where he finds his work as a contractor creative and challenging and life still fun at age 62 • Ruth Barron Lunder wrote from Swamp­ scott, l\!ass., that her three offspring- Susan, Ellen. and Michael -are pediatric nurse elemen­ tary school teacher. and shoe manufacturer respectively. and that she has two lovely grand­ children. She met Carol Silverstein Stoll Bak­ er and her cousin. Hanna Le\'ine Schussheim. for dinner on a cold February e\·ening. Ruthie is looking forward to a trip to Bangkok and Hong Kong this fall • Everett Roc kwell lives in Boynton Beach. Fla., in the w111terand \Volfboro. . H., in the summer. He spent April of this year in New Zealand • Richard Billings. executive director of the i\!aine Association of Life Under­ writers, said his definition of success is lo be captain of my own ship with a talented crew and go where nobody has ever been and get there'" • Russell '-l9and Helen Moore Phillips live in Walpole, Mass., and although Helen is starting lo wind down from an administrative career she is still a full-time teacher and director of the secretarial office management programs at ,\ IL Ida College • Gordon Miller Shrewsbury.

THE COLBY ALUM US 37 /\lass. travch and exercises more. drinks and Myrtle Beach, S.C., he and his wife, Ronnie, pur­ playing the piano • If you're traveling to the big weighs less. and does photography now! He and chased a very small used RV and plan a 50- lo island of Hawaii, check to see if the Harry other members of the reunion committee arc 60-day trip around the United Stales and Cana­ Lyons who publishes a tourist magazine is our nrnk111g plans for our -1.0th -Junc 10-12. 1988. da via Banfr, Calga ry, and back down into the old classmate • How's this for divided loyalties? Sa,·c lhat \\'cckcnd and plan to come • Mar­ stales via Travers Ci ty, Mich. How's this for l{ershaw Powell. an avid Colby rooter, has a garet Clark Atkins, \\'ho continues lo \\'Ork hard hospitality? Ray and Ron nie would be pleased stepson, Scott, who is a star basketball playe1 for as our class agent \Peg keeps our class stats look­ lo pul up any class111ates traveling through the A111herst. When Colby played them last winter ing good ), sent news of Se\'eral classmates: Anne area, including those classes ju5t ahead or be­ he destroyed lhe Mules. Now dad enjoys a good Fraser Baer and husband "Bugs" now retired hind us since "we kne\\' almost everyone in those family performance bul he really wanls lo see in Punta Gorda Fla., do a lot of traveling - re­ days of 600 or so students. Our house is emply Colby win the game • 1 had a pleasant time last cent I\' lo Alaska and the Amazon. Thev lived in . ' except for the two of us and the only 'cost' wou ld fa ll in Sturbridge Village as Sherwin "Sonny" the Philippmes Thailand, Singapore, and Ta n­ be hav111g to listen me talk." Ray and Ronnie Welson bought me lunch. He looks great, is en­ zania • Bertha Graves Bagby, in Salt Lake City wou ld like to hear from anyone who lives in joying a successful real estate venture, and plays where her husband is a nursing home patient. Florida or other southern climes since they'll be a lot of gol f We're _upposed lo get together again enjoys gardening, traveling, and cultural events on lhe go again thi winter • Fran Nourse in Boston when I can round up Marty Kress and in the city and works for Mountain Bell • Bev­ Johnston. formerly a teacher in Concord, N.H., Te ddy Pa rker. Do you suppose they're setting erly Bailey Beaulieu has retired and enjoys is enjoying a second retirement, this time from me up to enlist my help in starting a new un­ having all her children and six grandsons in the travel agency she and her husband, Gunnard, derground Ta u Delt fraternity? • If you've con­ 1\ taine • Shirley Smith Chellquist said that have recently sold. Future plans involve a trip cluded this column and you're asking yourself, . e\'er since Carl retired they've been in the jct south to visit her sister and brother-in-law, Dana "What about the women in our class?"-you've stream and on the road • Marie Machell Mil­ '47 and Harriet Nourse Robinson '47. Upon paid attention. O.K., ladies, send me some news! liken is an associate professor at Loretto Heights returning they'll be building a new home in Tis autumn. College in Den\'er, Colo. She commented on ho\\' Stowe. Vt . • Ever busy. Skippy Carter, serv­ Class secretary: WA RREN FINEGAN, much i\')' is on the Colby buildings now and how ing on the board of the American Apparel White Pine Knoll Rd., Wayland, Mass. 01778. large the trees are (Perhaps we planted them on Manufacturers Association. was elected to fill a Arbor Day.) • Jlelen Knox Elliott of Ply­ vacancy on the board of directors of Associated mouth. Mass , taught high school English for six Industries of /\lassachusetts • Sid Mc Keen . hu­ years and is literary chairperson, Sta le of Mas­ morist, and recently retired after a full career sachusetts Mothers Organization • Norice Ma­ in newspaper work, was a panelist al the NEPA honey Smith, after raising four children and winter conference. His assignment? What else? living in man) cities. now resides in Pompano To help other learn lo write humor • Short Beach, Fla . and loves it. Physical disability has trips so far have taken me to the \Vhite Moun­ Well, for those of us who made it to the reunion, forced her to retire early from a grant-writing tains in mud time, the Kangamagus Highway it was a great time. The weather was gorgeous, career in the social services • Phil Peterson , beautiful after lhe rain; to Biddeford Pool, Maine, and a lot of years melted away in a hurry • Ba llston Lake. NY., retired after 39 vears with and the wide ra in-swept beach al Fortunes Rock· Janice Va ughan Crump and husband Jim are General Electric. said it's great to b� ga infully and to Syracuse, N .Y., along the Cherry Va lley living in Wisconsin, where he i the president unemployed and his 200-year-old home provides Tu rnpike under omnipresent rain showers. On of Nekoosa Paper Company. Their four children him many projects. Phil and Louise frequently the return trip, however, l had all of Route 20 are growing and have recently given them two see Phvllis and Art Parsons who live 10 minutes to myself, includin" a sunrise and a deer. grandchildren • Nita Hale Barbour is associ­ away ·• Lowell B. Haynes and his wife, Jose­ Class secretary: MARY HATHAWAY ate professor of education and chairman of the phine, live in Colchester, Conn. Lowell is a col­ CHERRY. 63 Indian Pond Rd., Kingston, Mass. education department at the University of lege music history teacher and wa especially 02364 Maryland, Baltimore County. She works with her saddened by Dr. Bixler's death last year. He spent husband. Chandler, who also is at the universi­ three of his Colby years at the Bixle1"s College ty. Tita was lucky to travel to China last year Av enue residence. Lowell and I go back a long and has written Early Childhood Education: An way-to Norlh Grammar School in Waterville !ntroduction. She is a busy lady • Nancy Cope­ when he brought me chewing gum! • Kath­ land wrote that she is administrative assistant arine Weisman Jaffe is trying to cut back on )O�- in the Harvard College Library • Al and Joan all her other activities to be a writer after many Martin Lamont are very proud of their two years helping other writers as a reference librar­ Class president: NELSON T. EVERTS, 121 sons. Gary is vice president of the First Inter­ ian. Kay and Mike live in Mill River, Mass., and Richardson Drive, Needham, Mass. 02 192. state Bank of Los Angeles, and Jeffrey is a resi­ have "wonderful grandchildren, so we must have dent surgeon at the University Hospital in Boston been right somewhere with our children." She • Dave Crockett wrote that all is well and he added, "Colby helped give me certain life alti­ cannot wait until the next reunion • This will tudes. and I'm grateful" • The Reverend Everett be my last article as secretary/treasurer. It has S. Bauer was recently honored at his 25th an­ been great fun, and I know that Barbara Bone niversary as pastor of Lime Rock Baptist Church Leavitt will keep us all up on the news. in Lincoln, R.I . . where he and Mildred Ham­ Class secretary: DONALD G. HAILER. 28 mond Bauer live. They have a son and a daugh­ A nice nole from Bob Brotherlin brought news Forest Rd., Glen Rock, N.J. 07452. ter • I have recently seen Phyllis O'Connell about a reunion in Florida this past April. Er­ Murray and Kilty and Jack Marsh • Keep the mail coming-war111 regards. nie Harnden, an atlorneyin Sarasota, arranged Ned Stuart. Bob Cannell, Class secretary: VIRGI IA BREWER a lunch that included FOLINO, RR !, Box 613, Grand Isle, Vt. 05458. and Carl Wright '47 in addition to himself. Thi gathering of jsilver) eagles could turnint o an an­ nual affair so perhaps we'd better set up a South­ east winter reunion committee ...VO LUN­ TEERS? • Peter Va lli is chief executive of a Borg-Warnerspi n-off. Industrial Products, based News is sparse again this time with the excep­ in Long Beach, Calif. I'll see if l can get more tion of a brief note forwarded by the alumni news for the next issue before Pete becomes an office from Barbara "Brooksie" Easterbrooks inaccessible tycoon • Bob Lee, after a dozen Mailey about her reunion after 30 years with Ray Deitz retired after 30 years wilh IBM. the years as a Colby trustee, stepped down in June. former roommate and member of the Class of last 22 in Raleigh, 1 .C., where he and his wife Bob's dedicated service to your College develop­ '54, Diane Chamberlin Starcher. Brooksie report­ of 36 years plan to remain because "The location ment efforts have produced new highs in annu­ ed that there was much to talk about and many is great "ith the colleges, arts, and sports:' In al funds and in lhe endowment. I am told that years to fill in, especially since Diane has lived addition to co-owning a small condo at North he will now fearlessly pursue his new avocation, most of her married life in France while Brook-

38 THE COLBY ALUMNUS 35th Reunion: Class of 1952 ------>1e has Ji,ed 111 ,\ laine .\ lassachusl'lts \·ermonl and :\c,,· Yo rk • _.\ personal 110le here our library "a� the recipient of a l SI·7 John Cotton Dana national library public relations a,,·ard "h1ch in libran land is ometh111g akin lo recel\·- 1ng an 0 car This award \,·as gi,·en for a �lide It is hard to believe that 35 years have passed. Forty-four of our classmates and shm,· and PR campaign that re ulted in a inur an equal number of spouses spent a wonderful weekend on l\layflower Hill. The to one town meeting \·ote in ta\ or ui a hu ildin..: weather was delightful and the hospitality great. We even had at least four '52ers expansion program and meant a trip lo San Fran­ who returned for the first time ever. cisco ior mY bo s and me lo recei\·c one • i 12 awards gi\·�n to public librarie. nat1onw1de • We elected Caroline Wilkins McDonough as president for the next fi"e years And finally class president \!arty Friedlaendcr Arnold "Jesse" James as vice president, Barbara Bone Leavitt as secretary/treasurer, rt>minds e\·erYone. to clear the calendar next and Ben Sears as the Alumni Council representati\'e. \\'e had a gourmet dinner June for Jare ynu ready for thh'l our 35th re· Saturday night at the beautiful Bixler Art and lusic Center. It is certainly a spec­ union'. \'"o \\·eddin;; graduation or tnp·t o Eu­ tacular place to dine, especially with a very talented harpist playing background rope plea e :\ k anyone ,,·ho ha· att<>nded ' ur . last fe\, reunions ii you need a good excuse t,, music. Caroline \\'as justly proud to announce that our clas had almost reached attend. \\·e hm-.:- FL:\' • .\ leam,·hile gue�> our reunion gift goal of 525,000. All we need is a few more participants to put its time for another questionnaire as it ,eem the us over the top. Sid Farr '55, alumni secretary, and Warren Finegan 51, a trustee only surefire way to get clas ne"·s I look ior· were our dinner guests, and they gave us very positive news about Colby and its ward lo hearing from all oi ,·ou. Class sec1�tary: CARO L\':\' E:\GLISH ever-increasing endowment. CACI 288 \\.ellman Aw. :\c>rlh Chd1miord One of the pleasantest surprises was that most of us stayed in the renovated �la s. 01863. D.U. and Deke houses, which brought back many pleasant memories. Colby has given many of us happy thoughts O\'er the years and I must say that the \\·eather the memories, and the old friends made for a \\·eekend that won t be forgotten. Don Hailer s'i----- The ne\,·s you are reading now was recei,·ed in August and September uf 19 6 so it may be slightly outdated. The system has a built-in time lag. pa1iicularly when you cam·ass all class mem· bers at the same time • Ed Eisen is a law,·er in :\e,,· York and his wife Elaine keeps b�sy as m,·ner of Decorator Showrooms. Their son ,\ \arc attends the Horace :\lann chool • Jan Stevenson Squier li,·es in Boulder Colo. and list her occupation as piano teacher and potter. Her husband Charles is a professor of Enolish at the l.Jni,·ersit\' of Colorado. Thev ha,·e two children: Charle� who recenth· grad.uated from the Kansas City Art Institute ��d Alison. Both are artists and 1�1usicians. Charles. taught in Tian­ jin China in 1981- 2. and the\' continue to main­ ·tain liaison with their Chi;1ese colleague • Thank \'Ou Karl Decker for \'Our contribution. Since I _am heavily left brai�ed l wouldnt at­ tempt lo paraphrase your response to this ques­ tionnaire. Perhaps the philosophy majors and right brain heavies can interpret Karl s mes age for themselves. Karl \note: I have been tortured by hope doubted the truth relinquished elf made love in the rain and deleted several chap­ ters. I have learned pain is joy order is chaos explanation is useless. Professor Carl J Weber \\·as wrong and Thornton Wilder was right and that life' paths are a Hamsun say strewn with blossoms and blood. blossoms and blood • In contrast to Karl' deep thoughts. \\'illiam "Su­ per" G:rnem wrote a nearly unintelligible let­ ter and threatens my life if I print any oi it. Sounds as if he ha been into the green lobster again. If Super invites you to play doubles against a couple of his cronie in Plymouth 1\ lass. be cautious. Playing tennis with an albatross around your neck will certainly make you believe ·or­ der is chaos· and "explanation is useless· • Abbott Rice is the director of Co-op Education and Placement in Hudson .H. and his wife Annie. is a nurse. They have four children: James, Beverly ·ss Abbott Jr. and David who is now a sophomore at \\'entworth Institute of Te chnology. Abbott began a second career when

THE COLBY ALU 1 US 39 he was elected to a new model town council in for Michelle Phillips in American Anthem. Her Hudson . They hop to buy a travel trailer soon two grandchildren, Brooke and Bryan, can be and see the US • Diane Chamberlin Starch· seen in the movie, Raising Arizona • Some class· e r wrote from Chambery, France, and lists her mates who have not moved, but did write (thank occupation as management consultant. She and you, too!) were Ethel Shirlaw Pa rsons, John her husband, George, have two sons, Loren and Reisman, Don H oagla nd, and John Dutton. Bruce. Loren is an engineer with Te xaco in It was good to hear from you , and I'll include Class secretary: BRIA F. OLSEN, 46 Houston, Tex ., and Bruce is enrolled in a two· your news next issue. Washington Drive, Acton, Mass. 01720. year M.B.A. program at Cornell after having Class secretary: SUE BIVEN STAPLES served four years as an officer in the U.S. Navy. . (Mrs. Selden C.). -+30 Lyons Rel., Liberty Corn· Diane and George took a Lhree-and-a-half-week er, N.J 07938. trip to China and Hong Kong in September I 986 • Frank '53 and Judy Jenkins To tman live in Lexington, Mass., and have a second home in Kittery, Maine. Judy is a corporate education specialist, and Frank is regional sales manager for Williamson Company. They have three chi I· dren, Ta sha, Frank, and Thomas, who have pro· Have you arranged family weddings, college __ vided them with three grandchildren who live 56 graduations, and your golf games so you can al· nearby. Judy said the grandchildren yield great I can't begin to tell you how much your response tend your 30th reunion this coming June 10 to satisfaction and her move from traditional higher means to me as well as to all your classmates. 12 weekend? Those of us who have shared other education to consulting work gives her greater If you have been saving your questionnaire for reunions urge you to plan for it -especially if you independence. They have traveled to Mexico, the just the right moment-the time is OW i • For haven't returned in years! • Karen Breen Kras· Caribbean, Europe, and England. and planned those of you who thought the only kind of fa rm· nigor was recently back from a cruise that in· to go lo Hawaii in 1987. I have exactly six ques· ing was in the ground, one of our peers is prov· eluded Aruba, the Panama Canal, and even tionnaires left so all you folks who lost the first ing otherwise ' Peter Pierce is president of Acapulco as a bonus. Karen, who works as an request for information can expect a follow-up Ocean Products Inc. in Eastport, Maine. Salmon office administrator for a dentist near her home letter soon' farming is rapidly becoming big business in this in Marshfield, Mass., said the important aspect Class secretary: ROBERT F. THURSTO state, and Maine aquaculturists are hoping to of the trip was sharing it with her parents and P.O. Box 414, Bucksport, Maine 04416. compete with the imports by getting their fish two sisters . . a family affair. She and Dick '57 to market fresher and faster and at lower costs. saw Peter Doran and his wife, Lois, when they Ocean Products, with 95 acres of salmon-raising attended their daughter's University of Ve rmont area in Cobscook Bay, is the pioneer of Atlantic basketball game versus University of New salmon fanning in Maine. Funded with millions Hampshire. The Doran's daughter was playing in venture capital and some governmentloans, in UNH's band at the game • Just happened to Peter's company expects to raise and sell 500,000 catch Judy Levine Brody on the day she was pounds of salmon this year and 8 million pounds leaving to attend her son Ronald's graduation by the year I 99 I. The company, which has been from the law school at the University of Chica· Classmates: Many thanks lo the 20 or so class· in business since I 982, began with wooden pens go. The Brodys will be happy to have him a bit mates who returned their questionnaires. Could and cages that were not able to withstand closer to Maine as he will now be in New Yo rk the rest of you look in those piles of mail (if your weather, storms, and I 8-foot tides and was thus City. Their daughter, Liz, was married last No· paper work is like mine). see if the questionnaire nearly wiped out in I 983. Revising their system, vember but they have a son just completing is there, and mail 1t to me? • The Class of 1955 using steel pens secured by thousands of pounds eighth grade and he had "the best English teacher seems to be on the move. Our class president, of cement weights to keep the elements at bay, ever-Judy Hince Squire" • Philadelphia Maga· Lou Zambello, wrote that he and his wife, Ka· Ocean Farms has demonstrated its ability to re· zine reports that a poll, the "Hardworking Women thy McConaughy '56, have been living in Wil· bound from the tremendous losses suffered in Project," lists our own Helen Payson Seager as sonville, Oreg., since January I 987. Lou said they 1983 and 1984 and has encouraged others to pur· one of the top 25 most industrious females in are "d iscovering the Northwest:· Kathy has also sue salmon farming. A real success story, Peter! the state. Says Helen, who resides in Pittsburgh, renewed ties with her freshman and sophomore I bet there are others of you who could share "I'm really thrilled about this:' Keep up the good roommate, Liz Russell '56, who lives in Salem, with us- how 'bout it1 • Kathy McConaughy work! • Can you believe some of our classmates Oreg. Liz runs a ski-bus program for Mt. Hood, Zambello wrote that she and Lou '55 have just are into retirement? Lynne D'Amico McKee's and both Kathy and Lou have enjoyed the op· moved to the Portland, Oreg., area for the next husband, Bob, evidently planned ahead. Now the portun ity to ski. Lou is now a vice president for five to six years, where Lou is vice president of McKees are having the enjoyment that comes Avia Group International • To ny Leone, who sales for AV IA Group International. They look with designing a new home they plan to build is a welfare worker, has recently moved to Somer· forward to exploring the Great Northwest but "somewhere within a 50-mile radius of Ashville, ville, Mass. Tony wrote that he cou ld retire this plan to return to Amherst, Mass., for retirement. N.C' They'll be moving from Morris Plains, N.J., April but had not yet made up his mind • Of Kathy recently enjoyed an evening with Julie where their house has just gone on the market. those classmates who wrote, many talked of Brush Wheeler and husband. Having retired And even our class president, Bruce Blanchard, retirement plans, but not too many of us have after nine years as a paralegal, Ka thy is pursu· has retired from his present position. He and been fortunate enough to do so yet. Brenda ing a childhood dream -taking riding lessons and Coleen, who has the summer off from her teach· "Taffy" Mahoney Beckman also wrote with a has even leased her own horse. Sounds great, Ka­ ing, hope to really enjoy the summer • I recent· new address. She and her family have moved to thy! • Don Vo llmer, another "West-coaster" liv· ly attended a Portland area Colby dinner at which their summer home on Lake Sunapee perma· ing on Mercer Island, Wash., was married in May President Cotter enlightened us on Colby happen· nently. Far from retiring, Ta ffy's husband has I 986. He has recently formed his own com pa· ings. Once again Colby is being rewarded with started his own company in New Hampshire. ny, Banc Research Inc., which has partnered overacceptances from the ever-depleting supply of Ta ffy's oldest, Christine, starts in September at banking surveys with Louis Harris, the public 18-year-old college applicants. Looks as though Plymouth State in New Hampshire, and her son, opinion firm. Good luck, Don -sounds both they'll be looking forspace for about 50 extra fresh· Scott, will be entering Holderness as a junior • challenging and exciting! Don mentioned seeing men in the fall! The Colbyettes are still a delight· Jo Bailey Anderson has also moved recently. Bob Jacobs '54 while he was head of the Citicorp ful group who entertained us well. As an indication She is in a new apartment in Waterville. Jo had Office in Seattle and before he was promoted to of Colby's present geographic representation - also written me a long letter at Christmas. It is San Francisco • Guess I'd better save some would it surprise you, as it did me, that not one always good to hear from you, Jo • Ruth Kes· questionnaires for next time. They are such fun member of the Colbyettes was from New England! ner Osborn is now living in Windsor, Calif., af· to read - love keeping in touch and appreciate Were beginning the planning foryour 30th so come ter living in Arizona for many years. She and her the kind words from so many. Thanks1 back and see what's attracting these students. husband are in Sonoma Wine Country and are Class secretary: HOPE PA LMER BRAM· Class secretary: LOIS MUNSON ME· selling grapes to Ernest and Julio Gallo. Her HALL (Mrs. Peter T.C.), I Meadow Creek Lane, GATHLIN, 20 Ledgewood Lane, Cape Elizabeth, daughter, Karen, is a model and was a stand-in Fa lmouth Foreside, Maine 04 1 05. Maine 041 07.

40 THE COLBY ALUMNUS 30th Reunion: Class of 1957 ______

How do you make 30 years disappear? Try this. Drive around Johnson Pond onto )Cf______the Colby campus, pull up in front of the chapel, get out of the car, and join in a conversation with Mac Blanchard. Believe me, it was that easy, and the 30 years Class secretary: K.-\Y GER:\1.-\:\' DE.-\:\' 295 Pierce St. Leominster .\ lass. 01453. stayed vanished for two days, as our largest reunion turnout ever spent a delight­ ful weekend together, catching up with each other's lives and just plain reminisc­ ing. This column is only a brief recap, and the roster of those attending will find its way into future columns, but let me pass on to you the essence of our two days together. Most of our group arrived by Friday afternoon, and we made our way to the __ cocktail hour preceding the alumni awards banquet. It was at the banquet that 60 the catching up began in earnest, as talk of weddings, college graduations, and Although he has taught physics on the college level Bob Littlefield has spent the last 10 years yes, even grandchildren, became the focus of our conversations. The evening dwin­ teaching high school physics in i\1aine. He be­ dled down after the dance in the beautiful Student Center, with all of us gather­ lieves teaching high school provides an impor­ ing in the lobby of Williams residence hall where most of the class \Nas staying. tant service to society. Problem solving rather Conversations were quiet, the tone was subdued, but the feeling was one of warmth than descriptive teaching is his personal prefer­ ence. His brother Ron. also a physicist works as we headed off to bed. for NA A • Ralph Nelson was in Princeton for A Maine early summer day wa made even more perfect by the arrival of the a conference last June, but I didn t see him since rest of our '57 contingent on Saturday. Unfortunately, they had missed the parade I was on l\!ayflowerHill for To ny s !Class of 571 of classes, of which the highlight for '57 vvas Jim l\larchbank leading us on his reunion • Mike Silverberg had an article motorcycle! The rest of that day seems to run together in a wonderful kaleido­ ",\!anaging Financial Risks and his picture in 1\ !athog & Moniellos magazine L'pdate • Janet scope of events, all framed by the beauty of the campus and colored by each per­ Grout Williams' husband Tim who is a son's own thoughts and memories. From lobster on the lawn, to cocktails in the Swarthmore biology professor, was on the com­ gallery of the Bixler Art Center, to our class dinner with Bob Pettegrew playing mittee to review Colby"s biology department • piano 'ti! J 0:30, to more visiting together at the Alumni House, to a \vonderful Since many of you are out when I call or are too busy to answer my postcards, l assume you are get-away brunch on Sunday morning, each turn rolled another memory into view. all doing something. So before this column Congrats to our new class officers: President Eleanor Shorey Harris, Vice Presi­ shrinks further, let me hear from you about your dent Eleanor Ewing Vigue, and Alumni Council representative John Conkling. They '"busy-ness:· and all the rest of us who enjoyed the reunion are hoping for an even bigger turn­ Class secretary: BE\'ERLY JACKSO out for our 35th , a scant five years away. Come join us-we missed you. GLOCKLER !Mrs. Anthony S.J 39 Whippoor­ will Way. Belle JI.lead. N.J. 08502. Bo Olsen

61__ - Joseph and Brenda Ehl Gavin designed and general contracted their new 10-room home in North Reading. Mass. Brenda doe some interi­ or decorating part time and enjoys the challenge of raising their three children - Joe IJI, 20, An­ drea, 16. Erica 5 - and helping her husband. Joseph is a marketing and sales manager for General Electric • David and Patricia Hough­ ton Marr live in South :--!atick JI.lass. David is an attorney in pri\·ate practice and Patricia is M.l.S. director at the l\luseum of Fine Arts in Boston • Edward M. Ruscitti and wife Carole live in Milford, Mass. Ed has a successful chiro­ practic practice in Hopedale. J\1ass. and ne\·er anticipated being a doctor of chiropractic medi­ cine. He received his training at Palmer College in Davenport, lo\\'a. Carole is an artist • Diane Sadler Martin and spouse Alfred call Halifax, Va. home. Diane is an activity consultant and public relations director for a long-term care fa­ cility, and Alfred is an Episcopal priest. They have nine ""uniquely great offspring- four girls and five boys -from ages 24 to 10. {You can guess what Diane never anticipated.) She'd like to be painting, writing, and illustrating children s books but finds life "mostly glorious ' despite the overwhelming \\'orkload • Jack and ancy Schneider SchoonoYer live in Fairfield Conn. Jack (president) and Nancy l\'ice president) start­ ed their own business, PR Data Systems 22 years

THE COLBY ALUM US �1 1s ago, mid i t still keeping them busy. Nancy Bill is the chief financial officer for Belden & da Laughlin Seeley, Judy Dupras Stanford, . wishes tlh'\ had more lime for trnvelinu and sail· Blake, Belden & Blake Energy Company, and Bel­ Margot Ettinger Ta rtak, Pa m Taylor, Gerry � � 1ng • \\'ir throp S. Smith, Sr. anJ sp( rse Carol den & Blake International -all involved in the Tays, Dave Thaxter, Connie Fournier Thom­ call Milford Conn. home. Winthrop is president exploration, development, distribution, and mar­ as, J. Alice Webb, John and Sue Keith Web­ of George J. Smith & Son He never anticipated keting of oil and gas. Bill and Brenda Lewison ster, Eleanor "Gordy" Weigle, and Allie being elected to the Connecticut Stale Senate. 62 were di\·orced this past fa ll after 24 years of Weller • Although lhe following class members • Carol is a legal admi n istra tor George and marriage • Yours truly, eel Gow, retired from were not registered by May 22, they attended Cynthia Knott Steinhauer are li ving now in the air force lo quiet Canaan in 1982. His wife, all or part of the reunion and helped to swell the Reston \'a. Cyndy is the \'Olunteer coordinator To by, started working as a therapeutic recreation final tally of Class of '62 lo 71. Stunner Bryant, for the Reston Home Owners Association. director in a nursing home. Ned i� now the Henderson Colley, Ed Cragin, Bruce Fergu· George is director ci\'ilian personnel programs housespouse and became the town fire son, Arthur "Bucky" Lawton, John Mc H ale, division C.N.O. They hm e had several moves ­ marshal -on the streets between loads of laun­ Dave Norman, Hank Sargent, Rich Simkins, China Lake, Calif.; Dovlestown, Pa.; Reston, Va .; dry. Once again, thanks for all the news. Those Jan Thompson Smith, Lael Sw inney Stegall, and will be mo\'ing lo H o11olulu , Hawaii, in 1988 w ho haven't responded, let us hear from you. Pa t Fa rnham Russell, Dick and Jeanne • Pe ter J. Stevenson and wife Judy live in Class secretary: EDWIN "NED" GOW, Banks Vacco, and Chris and Joan Tinker H averford Pa., where Peter is a management RFD Box 395, Canaan, Con n. 060 18. Wood -all came prepared to peer at the year­ consultant. and Judy 1s a marketing director. book name lags of ourselves circa '62 • One fi­ Pe ter said they recenllv 1110\'ed from a sen�iblv nal news item on a classmate, Shelley D. sized house lo a huge SO-year-old Pen nsylvani� Vincent, who is a practicing attorney and presi­ house where thev can't even find each other • ' dent of the Boston law firm of T}'ler and Rey­ Penelope Dietz sul!ivan lives 111 Springfield, nolds Professional Corporation. The Milford Daily Va., and is an advisory marketing represenlalive NeH•s reported in January that Shelley had been for IBM . Penny had a year of lrm·el highlighted named president of the Milford National Bank by a fan Laslie lrip lo To kyo. Hong Kong and Aus­ and Trust Company following the death of his tralia in the fall • Frauke and William Sworm· father on January 22. The elder Vincent had been stedt mo\'ed from Nashua to i\lerrimack N.H president from 1959 until his death • More de­ Bill added more commuting miles to his very en­ Before report ing on the 25th reunion of our class, tails and happenings of the 25th are in a special joyable job in Needham Mass. where he is I wou ld like to take some space to thank Patricia report in this Alumnus and will be followed by senior buyer for MRO Facilities GTE-GTD. But "Patch" Jack Mosher for writing Lh is column a longer class letter after your new correspon­ the family is much happier with the country and as class correspondent for the past five years. The dent gets her act together. small -town en\'ironmenl. The Swormstedt's ha\'c J\.losher fai nily, husband Bud, sons Jeffrey, 22, Class secretary: LIN DA ICHOLSO a son Eri c, 13, and daughter Kimberl y JO • Chris, 20, Brendan, 18, daughter Tiffany, 16, and GOODMAN, 96 Lynch 1-l ill Rd., Oakdale, Conn. Ann We ir \'entre calls Arnold, i\ld., home af· son Erik, 13, were described in a February 1987 06370. ter 12 years. !-:!.erhu sband, Thomas. is a research· Pr>mbrohe Reporter article as having "established er and writer for the National Association of their own mi ni -dynasty ;n Silver Lake sports over Home Builders. Ann's current occupations arc the last decade." Their oldest two sons have at­ "general all purpose" mother and part-lime stock tended Annapolis contributing to the sports pro­ options trader. Ann never ant icipa ted leaching grams there, while Brendan and Tiffany continue in a college business department, t radi ng stock the all-star winning ways at Silver Lake Region­ options, t ravel ing t h rough South America, and al High School. Erik is waiting in the wings while adopting a daughter from El Salvador. While finishing seventh grade. Patch has also instilled leaching at the local community college, Ann a love and talent for musical instruments in her Class secretary: KAREN BEGAN iy BRYAN joined a class action law suit in which female talented quintet while teaching Spanish as a full­ (Mrs. William L.), RFD 2, Box 662, East Hold­ . instructors sued t he col lege because of sex-based time high school teacher. Thanks for somehow en, Maine 04429. suit was settled getting out those quarterly class lellers and keep­ salan·. discrimination. The in favor of the teachers, but within a year all non­ ing your classmates posted • When I began this tenured faculty members involved in the suit lost column I was given a list of classmates who their teaching positions. Ann was left unem­ definitely were going lo allend the 25th, and I ployed, needing money and a challenge, yet will list them and hope they all actually do make wanting time for her youngsters. A broker friend the June 5 to June 6 "quarter-of-a-century" affair. suggested stock options. She thoroughly enjoys pauses and children are not listed because of it, and said she is now able to make a reason­ the June 8 deadline bul many also attended. ably steady, moderate income at it • A. Frank Familiar faces included Bill Barnett, Pat Berg· Greetings classmates' Believe it or not, our 25th Jin \i\lhea t lives in Ya rmouth, Maine, with wife er, Judy Hoagland Bristol, Garth Chandle r, reunion will be happening less than two years Susanne and their three daughters. Frank is John Chapman, Bill Chase (thanks to our out­ from now1 Judy Fassett Aydelott, our class president of his own independent insurance going president for keeping us posted on alum­ president, has started some great plans for this agency and coach of the gi rls' fourth lo sixth ni fund raising and getting us to this wonderful event • Many of you have probably seen the al­ grade basketball and softball teams. Frank wish· reunion), Te rry C ordner, Janet Cole Couranl, ready well-received book, The Fitzgera/ds and the es he were coaching al the high school le\'el. Linda Nicholson Goodman, Brenda Wro­ Kennedys, by Doris Kearns Goodwin. Con­ Susanne is a teacher for a new prekindergarten bleski El well, Jay French, David Gallin, Mary gratulations, Doris, for producing such a fine program for children who are c hronologically, Ba llantyne Gentle, Gail Smith Gerrish, Bill historical document • John Dyson has been but not de\'elopmen tally. five years old. She also Green, John Grieco, Janice Griffit h , Henry appointed vice president and chief underwrit­ sings in the local Sweet Adelines Barbershop Ha nsen , Janet "Kathy" Hertzberg, Ruth Viet ing officer of the brokerage and special opera­ Chorus • Henry K. Wingate is assistant prin­ Hodum, Nancy Record H owell, Sandra K. tions group of Continental Insurance. He has cipal , A rdsley Public Schools. and lives in Scars­ Hunter, Hope Hutchins Blackburn, and been with this company for eight years and do­ dale, N.Y. , with his wife. Margo, and two sons. James Johnson (LL. Col. Johnson, commander i ng insurance work since graduation • The Hank and Margo have kept up their interest in of the U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investiga­ chair of the Westbrook, Maine, High School so­ tennis and play in local tournaments. Hank never tions, was admitted as an attorney to lhe Mas­ cial studies department, Larry Dyhrberg, spen t anticipated staying in public education as an ad­ sachusetts Bar, according lo a December 1986 six weeks in Egypt last summer as a Fulbright ministrator. He sent along a political ad from the article in the Lowell Sunday Sun. Congratulations fellow. He was one of 19 United States educa­ Wa terville 1\!Iom111g Sentinel in which David to you . Jimmy) • Others who attended were tors and studied at the American University in Buston was running for Ken nebec County Lynn Kimball, Tony Kramer, Jane Germer Cairo. He has been teaching at Westbrook High Treasurer last November. David did not win that Krebs, Brenda Lewison, Te rry Maclean, since 1973 • Phil Choate has a new position one but he has been active in slate politics. He Mike McCabe, Anne Ticknor McNeece, Al as the vice president for support services at the was in L he governor'scabinet for eight years and eigher, Rich Nobman, Diane Hilton O'Con­ Central Maine Medical Center. He recently re­ in the Maine Legislature for eight years • Wil­ nor, Brenda Bertorelli Pa tes, Art Pickman, tired as a lieutenant colonel from the army. He liam D. Wooldredge is living in Hudson. Ohio. Brenda Phillipps Ryan, Dick Schmal tz, Lin- and his wife, Jany, live in Lewiston and have two

42 THE COLBY ALUMNUS 25th Reunion: Class of 1962 ------...... children in college. 1See his proiile in June is­ sue! • In ;\e\' York City John Kelleter has joined Columbia Pictures Publications a execu· From Houlton, Houston, and Hawaii: - ti\e \·ice president of marketing and sale . He Thursday-A small group meets at the Sonesta Hotel, Portland, in cold, ra im· gut h1� .\ l.B.A. from Harvard in 1966 • Louise weather. We warm up at a floating restaurant, DiMillo's, thanks to Judy Cronk Brown Smith li,·es in \\'atertown :\.Y. with her Liberty. husband an Episcopal prie<;t and their four chil­ Friday - Boarding the Casco Bay boat in early morning fog, we notice that our dren ages 8 to 16. She 1s swi111min� .:0111pet1t1w­ numbers have increased. The hubbub of chatter -"How old are your kids?''._ fills ly 111 the Empire State Ga111t>sanc! has starkd her own private physical therapy practice \\ nrk1115 the air. Raincoats are discarded as the sun appears O\'er the beautiful bay area. with disabled children • Dick Gel lma n !'Ub­ After a quick group photo, we're off to Colby - for some, the first returnsince June lished an article in the journal !11d11srn,1/ o, · f,•P · . 1962. Moving into the attractive Hillside Complex, \Ne begin to appreciate the great mi'11t titled A :\ew Businc'is .\ \ood 1n the job that our reunion chair, Bill Chase, has done. \i\' ith our '62 faces on our name­ L'.S.-\\'hat Can \\'e Expect. Ire I.,.,taft dir eltu1 of the Committee on Economic De\·elnpment tags, we enter the crush at the athletic complex and encounter more faces from and Te chnical lnnm·ation of the at1unal Go- _r­ the past. Wadsworth Gymnasi um is transformed into the alumni reunion awards nors Association • Barbara Gordon Schoe­ banquet; Connie Fournier Thomas, our Havvaiian, almost wins the "farthest neweis has been appointed to the po;it1011 of traveled" award. Strains of Al Corey's Big Band provide the background for our \·ice president of Amicus Inc. a healthcare mar· reminiscing until the wee hours. ket development consulting firm in Radnor Pa She and her husband are proud of their .,<>ecer· Saturday -The kind of beautiful Maine morning one dreams of, and impres­ loving son. sions of the "new" architecture so perfectly snuggled into the rolling landscape - Class secretary: BA RBAR...\ \\'A LTO:\ changed but unchanged. Scottish bagpipes call us to the reunion parade. No\\' let s D...\RLI 'G One Buttolph Drive, ,\ \1ddlebu1-y \ t count our group: 132 \Vith spouses, kids, and 75 members of our class. Sitting in 05753. the sun outside the Student Center, we feel as though we never left. No words can describe the lobster bake on the sprawling lavms of the Lovejoy Commons - you have to be here. The softball game looks like a Ta u Delt pickup game; others tour the campus or sleep in the sun. A reception at the Cotters', a mass photo on the library steps, and cocktails at Roberts Union with our honored faculty guests. After dinner and a round of applause for outgoing President Chase, we hear re­ marks from Professor Hank Gemery and our own Dick Schmaltz, newly reap­ F. Dana Abbott is an air force colonel stationed pointed to the Board of Tr ustees. Dick reports that our class raised over 530,000 at Hanscom AFB in Massachusetts. He recently _: for our 25th reunion class gift, a record high. Congratulations to new officers Jay returned from spending five years in Europe three in Germany and two in England. His wife Webster, president; Peter Leofanti, vice president; Linda icholson Goodman, Claire. i an accountant and his daughters An· secretary/treasurer; and Jeannie Banks Va cco, Alumni Council representative. Re­ drea and 1\ larianne are now 17 and 15. Dana union booklets and tote bags are distributed to everyone. A late-hour party with mentioned that he had e\·entually expected to piano player back at the Hillside delays letting go until the last minute. teach English after he left Colby and has ended up in radar. computers communications and Sunday - More gorgeous weather. Time to pack up the silver memories and military command • Jonathan Moody is the start for home. Heard again and again: ''I'll never miss one of these again; we'll college chaplain at Whittier College. Whittier be back for sure'" and "This campus is so beautiful'" Congratulations to Dave Thax­ Calif. He has recently become a sociate direc­ ter, Jay and Sue Keith Webster, and Pat Farnham Russell, whose children have tor of the Whittier Scholars Program, a self­ design program within the college, and so now just completed their college careers at Colby ...a special place, a place worth splits his time. His wife, Jane Peterson 68, is a returning to. teacher; their son Jonathan is now 13 • Gayle Lenz Mitchell was "unemployed" at the time she Linda Goodman wrote. By now she has probably landed a job most likely through the efforts of Betsy Fraser Eck who works for a management recruiting firm near Gayle's home in Northboro, ,\ lass. In the past, Gayle has worked for her husband Chad J\!itchell'64, at his Chevrolet dealership in Waltham. Gayle's daughters, Kim and Julie, are now 18 and 15. Gayle had recently seen Nancy Gay Cottrell in North Carolina, where she and husband Gene '64 own a stained glass company that is becoming quite well known in the area • Betsy Lyman Rachal is now the busy mother of five children. Her second son Travis, is about a year old • Susan Brown Musche is also a new mother. Her son Ste\·en, was born on March 1.:i, 1986. She has three daughters, Allison, 15, Sandra 12, and Jessica 9. Husband Frank '66 is a physician Susie is also the owner of a retail store in her hometown of Rumford, R.J. • Nancy Godley Wilson teaches French at Wa lnut Hill School of Performing Arts in atick, Mass. She recently began her master's degree in French at Middlebury and will be in­ volved with that for the next three summers. Her husband, John 63, teaches French at Belmont Hill School. The Wilsons live in Lexington with their two teenage sons • Eric Beaverstock

THE COLBY ALUMNUS 43 \\'Orks for H

Congratulations to To ni Russell Merrick on her election to the board of trustees of North Yar· mouth Academy. To ni is a business consultant living in Freeport, Maine • And to Jack Suit· or, who has been appointed headmaster of the Storm King School in Cornwall-on-Hudson, N.Y. • In our summer newsletter, we learned that the Class of '66 is also well represented in the field of education by the following classmates: Ruth Kelleher Shacter teaches English at Livermore Falls High School • Bob Thompson teaches Problems of Democracy at Wiscasset High School • Anne Ruggles Gere is an English professor at the University of Washington • Geoff Quad· land is a technical school instructor of offset and flexographic printing in Greenvil!e. Wisc. • Brian Shacter teaches behavior-disordered adolescents in Lewiston. Maine • Linda John· son Van Dine is a school social worker in Con­ necticut. and Te rry Saunders Lane is director of continuing education at Boston University's School of Social Work • Mary Gourley Mastin is a teacher from Winthrop, Maine, and Gayle Jobson Poinsett is a teacher, anthropologist, and potter from Sharon. Vt • Craig Little. chairman of the department of sociology/anthro· pology at the State University of New Yo rk, Cort· land. gave the Birge Memorial Lecture at Colby on April 9, 1987. (See "News from the Hill") • '66ers on the move include Dave Wooley, whose promotion by Boise Cascade Corporation recent· Iy brought him from Portland, Oreg .. to Portland, Maine· Art Woodbury, whose love of New En· gland i5 bringing him, his family, and his com­ pany, Lumen Tec hnology. home to Boxford,

44 THE COLBY ALUMNUS Mass., from Bellaire, Tex ., this fall; and Susan gious School Committee • Patty \\'hittemore on your mailing list too. Craig. Larry is also a 1 utter, whose new position as director of Jenkins, her husband, and two children live in professional photographer and is president own­ libraries at North Carolina State University took Braintree. J\.lass. Patty is assistant, ·ice president er of Global Odyssey Design. Larry li,·es in her from Cambridge, Mass., to Durham, .C., in commercial lending at State Street Bank in Southboro l\lass. travels a lot and is fortunate in August • What do Louise Reburn Mc­ Boston • Sue Barden Johnson li,·es in Hast­ in loving his work. Larry s notecard are sold all Dowell, Frank Musche, Sue Tu rner and Rod ings, J\linn. with her husband, !\lark. and two over the countrv in card and bookstores and the Small have in common? Little ones! Louise's son. boys. She is a project coordinator; the latest job one l received ;,•as terrific • I was \'ery harp" Clint. is two and a half, Frank's son Steven ar­ involved testing the use of lithium in treating to hear from Carol Hayward Olson \\ horn I · rived in March of 1986, Sue's Alissa is three, and both depressed and nondepressed alcoholics. remember as one of the nicest people l knew at Rod and his wife, Patricia, are the parents of They ha,·e been traveling, too: the latest trip was Colby Carol and her husband li\'e in Chatham adopted siblings ages five, four, and three. Are to India • Bob Jackman lives in J\larshfield J\.las;., were Carol is a fourth grade teacher and there any 1966 grandparents out there yet? Hills, 1\ .lass.. ,,·here he teaches chemistrv and has Carl is a real estate broker. They ha\'e two young • Need a lawyer? See Nat Pitnof of Kessler, turned his hobby of collecting bird de�oys into daughters who love to swim sail and ice Kessler, & Pitnof in Worcester, Mass.. or, if you're a full-fledged antique business. including Sher­ skate • Robert Greene i an a\·id snow skier on the West Coast, Barry Willdorf of Willdorf aton furniture Windsor chairs. artwork and rare and lives in the perfect place for it Boulder & Stevens in San Francisco • And in the field books • Caroline Kresky continues to li,·e in Colo. Bob is a correctional specialist ior the :\a­ of health -Joanne Richmond Shideler is a Atlanta, Ga., where she has changed la\\· firms tional Institute of Correction and he and Deb­ health consultant and counselor for wellness and her field, from corporate law to trial work • by have two preschoolers. Cnfortunately an who specializes in the area of eating dis­ Phil Kay and his wife Barbara continue to liw early ski season injury kept him ofi the slopes orders. She expressed the hope that there is am­ in Topsfield, I\lass. Phil is director of marketing this year, but he enjoys the more sedentarv plea - ple support for students with eating disorders at Ztel in Wilmington. Besides his traditional par­ ure of gazing out his living room window at a on the Colby campus now. Joanne lives in Colo­ ticipation in marathons, Phil has begun to tack­ herd of Rocky J\.lountainmule deer as well :Xot rado • Frank Musche is a radiologist in Rhode le triathlons! • Thats all of the news that I ha,·e too tough but let s hope for a better season next Island • Harrison Monk is a veterinarian in from the last set of questionnaires. I will be turn­ year -no injurie and more snow in the Rockies Maryland • Peter Lax is a pediatric dentist for ing o,·er my secretarial duties to Susan Daggett • I let the deadline get a bit too close this time the handicapped in Oregon • And Deborah Dean at our 20th Reunion TO IORROW. Ten and find myself burning some midnight oil. 0:ot Wilson Van Atta is a speech pathologist in years of reporting has been fun entertaining. and a popular thing to someone ,,· ho is undoubted­ California • Lots more news at Christmastime. frustrating at times \deadlines!. Thanks for your lv one of a very few who ne,·er had e,·en one " Class secretary: MEG FALLO WHEEL­ support and keep the news flO\\·ing." Ns to Zs �11-nighter at co!by. o 1'11 sign off until next time ER jMrs. William A. Ill), Box 493, West Boxford, out there you'll have your chance on the next with thanks for being in touch and greeting to Mass. 01885. questionnaire mailing. all. Class secretary: SALLY RAY BENNETT Class secretary: DO '!\'A MASSEY SYKES jMrs. Charles K.i, ..i7West St. East Greenwich, 228 Spring St., Shrewsbury lass. 015-tS. R.l. 028 18.

John '64 and Diana Walsh Lockwood live in Kailua, Hawaii, where John is an attorney and Diana is a fiber artist/teacher. Their two children are in college, and Diana participates in "too Jeff Silverstein called when he noticed a lack Class secretary: JANN SEM01 IA 1 Box 109, many volunteer activities" while continuing as of class news before all the responses from the Sandwich, Mass. 02563. director of lay education for the Episcopal questionnaires started pouring in. He was eager Church in Hawaii and teaching weaving in in­ to share his news about a burgeoning new (ac­ ternational conventions • Leanne Davidson tually three-year-old) business called larathon Kaslow, her husband, Richard, and two children Development in Fairfax County, Va. Jeff enjoyed live in Chevy Chase, Md. Leanne is a clinical so­ parlaying his legal expertise into the real estate cial worker for Georgetown University Medical development and construction bu iness and, Group, and her husband works at the National 6Cf------although it's a "struggle;· likes being the 'chief Institutes of Health, specializing in the epidemi­ 1ewsflash . . even as I write, our class presi­ cook and bottle washer:· He and his wife, Gail. ology of infectious diseases. "1\�o active kids, an dent is in the final day of his bachelorhood. Ye , are the parents of a son and a daughter. It was old house, and three soccer schedules !Leanne's it's true. Bob Anthony is marrying Ann Walsh a nice surprise to hear from him • A number included)" take up any "spare time" • Barry on June 27. I'm sure you join me in sending con­ of our clas mates are in the New Yo rk City area. · Botelho and his wife, Lena, continue to live in gratulations and best wishes to them. I know Among those I heard from were Alice Ryen Italy, where Barry is the director of administra­ Mark Janes will be happy to hear that new as Jean Blatt Flores, Ilan Hadani and Leslie tion and control of an Italian food company. They he was asking about Bob's marital status. Mark Seaman Zema. Alice and her husband are both have traveled to Hong Kong and India in addi­ wrote to me from Rochester, Minn .. where he attorneys with two children and have recently tion to motorcycling through Sicily, Spain, Por­ is a financial planner for IDS American Express renovated a 100-year-old house in Brooklyn. tugal, Ireland, and France. Barry noted that "by and president and general manager of the Unit­ Jean, also in Brooklyn, after seven years in La­ law, all Italian workers have six weeks holiday ed States Hockey League's Rochester Mustangs tin America as an English teacher and part·time a year!" • Philip Bromwell, his wife, Mary, Club. He is also a proud husband and father of foreign correspondent. is now in charge of a com­ and their two children live in orwood, Mass., two bright young stars. Mark and Bill Antonuc­ puterized inquiry service and has a on. !Ian a where they both work at Polaroid Corporation. ci have much in common. Bill coaches and is first vice president of Israel Discount Bank of Trips, outings, camping, and church fellowship president of the Wolfeboro, .H., youth hockey 1 ew Yo rk, is married to an opera singer. They occupy their "spare time" • Ledyard Baxter league. In the off-sea on Bill is breaking records boast two theatrical and dancing daughters and and his wife, ancy, are both ministers in Lud­ at the golf club. Bill and Mary have two young do a great deal of travel resulting from their dual low, Mass., where they live with their two boys, boys, and Bill is vice president of A.O. Davi In­ careers. Leslie, a dance teacher at a New York Joshua and Jonathan. They recently traveled to surance • After bugging Craig Stevens for City public high school, and her husband Gary the Soviet Union with Bridges for Peace ...!'one some news I mysteriously began receiving a computer programmer and musician, enjoy be­ more way to overcome 'e nemy images' and brochures to travel the world and learn photog­ ing surrounded by parks in their co-op m upper stereotypes and work toward reducing the threat raphy. Craig is a professional photographer and !lanhattan • Roslyn Schwarz Promi !off re­ of nuclear war" • Chuck Levin and his wife, apparently a well-known teacher, writer, and art­ ported enjoying life in Center City Philadelphia Jo Ellen, live in Needham, Mass., with their two ist. Craig and Carol, his wife, are the directors with husband Robert, a physician, and two chil­ boys. Chuck is an attorney and also keeps busy of Image To urs, a company that provides quali­ dren, Daniel and Sarah. At the time of writino as a Little League and youth basketball coach in ty travel opportunities for photographers • You she was planning a visit with Gail Robinson addition to being chairman of the Te mple Reli- might want to put your classmate Larry elson Hyland in California • Jane Alexander

THE COLBY ALUM US 45 H a ines, another proud at-home mother. joked 15th Reunion: Class of 1972 ------...... that with four active children she really spends more time behind the wheel and at meetings. She is involved in the LeLeche league and natural childbirth organizations, scouts, and historical preservation. She and her husband. a teacher and professional trumpet player, live in East Bridge­ water, J\llass.. in an 1826 cape with their two Our 15th has come and gone. Soon it will be time to plan for the 20th! This was daughters and two sons • Charles "Skip" the fi rst reunion that I have been able to attend and I hope that all of you who Wood and his wife. Monika. have only been were there enjoyed it as much as I did. About a third of our class, many of whom married since 1982 but already have three chil­ traveled great distances, returned to Colby for the reunion. dren that include a set of twins born in 1985. The weather was perfect all weekend. Reunion activities began with a social They are happily settled in West Newton . Mas5. kip is an account manager at Digital, and his hour and an open house. The Saturday morningCaen brunch, with Professor Bun­ wife is a biochemist • It was good to hear from dy, was a special reunion for those of us who had spent our junior year at the Buddy Earl e in Fa lmouth. Maine, who is do­ Universite de Caen. The lobster bake was followed by a softball game. I found ing administrative work in grades 4, 5, and 6 as the tour of the campus particularly interesting, not only seeing the new buildings well as teaching full time and raising two chil­ dren with wife Kathy. Congratulations on his and renovations of older buildings but hearing about other changes: the Commons master's degree in school administration earned system, the use of computers to prepare English papers, etc. in 1980 • From the Cape Cod Times comes word Saturday night, there was a cocktail hour, dinner, and then a choice of two of Don Bates. an avid daily runner who believes different dances. Approximately 130 people were present at the dinner, including running should be fun. Having participated in professors Easton, Mizner, Brancaccio, and Bundy. President and Mrs. Cotter many a race, including the Boston Marathon. Don has also been instrumental in organizing dropped by to welcome our class back to Colby. After dinner, Class President Swift races including his town's Cranberry Harvest Ta rbell presented gifts to the outgoing officers - Bruce Haas, vice president and Festival race, \\'hich he won in 1986. lever en­ class agent: Chris Pinkham, Alumni Council representative, and Ann Bonner Vidor, visioning himself as an athlete. Don finds fu l­ secretary/treasurer - and thanked them for all their hard work during the past five fillment not only in running the race himself but years. Swift also expressed appreciation to everyone who made calls to help or­ in volunteering his time coaching others and rais­ ing funds • Good to hear from all of you. More ganize the reunion. Our class exceeded its fund raising goal, a tribute to Bruce news of other classmates next time. and all of our classmates who assisted him with the phone calls. Class secretary: LAURA STRUCKHOFF The entire weekend was well planned and organized , thanks to the efforts CLINE (Mrs. Steven D. ). 6602 Loch Hill Rd.. Bal­ of the alumni office and Swift. According to all reports, the child care activities timore, Jv ld. 21239. and programs were excellent. Class officers for the next five years are: Swift Ta rbell, president; Bruce Haas, vice president; Janet Holm Gerber, secretary/treasurer; and Pam Ma use Vo se, Alum­ ni Council representative. Dick and Fred Va lone will share the responsibilities of the class agent position. We missed all of you who could not come to this reunion and we hope to see 7J_.___ you at our 20th1 Ann Lake Bryant Wyscarver wrote from Washington, D.C., where she and husband Roy Ann Bonner Vidor reside. After starling law school at age 30, she's practicing immigration law. Other big news in­ volved a projected trip to Chile this past winter to pick up their newly adopted son • Susan Cooper took time out to let us know that "I now have an assistant professor's job in the physics department at MIT and will be splitting my time between teaching one semester a year in Bosto;i and spending the rest of the year on an experi­ ment at CER in Switzerland" • Stephen and Elizabeth Allen Cain are residing in Chelms­ ford . Mass .. with daughters Lisa and Deborah and new (born January 11, 1986) son Jeffery. Stephen wrote that "as of January 1, 1986. I am a 50-percent partner of Sprague, Cain, and Cul­ len" • Lin Cotton of Lawrence, Mass.. checked in with the following information. "In Septem­ ber 1986 I assumed the position of assistant director of fa mily day care al the Office for Chil­ dren (OFC) for the State of Massachusetts. OFC is the state agency responsible for licensing all clay care in Massachusetts. Currently there are just under 10,000 licensed family day care providers." As busy as thi schedule sounds, Lin found time for vacations last year in Bermuda and Hawaii • From Athens. Ga .. came news from Harry Dickerson that he was able lo take time out from work there as a research veterinar­ ian to travel to South Africa last Christmas to visit family with wife Mapelon. son Ryan. and daugh­ ter Carlyn • And finally, Marianne Perry has been making news at Nyack College in New

46 THE COLBY ALUMNUS Yo rk, where an exhibit of her artwork was on and part-time accounting consultant in Oak Park, display this past spring. After Colby, Marianne Ill. • The babv boomers are havin� babies ­ · earned a master of fine arts degree with a major Arthur Bell and his ,,·iie had their fi;st in Janu­ in printmaking from Brooklyn College and then As this column finishe the news from our ques­ arv 1981. Cvnthia \'ietor Kahle li\"t�Sin Hous­ ; studied under professional artists at the Arts Stu­ tionnaire of over a year ago. I hope the news \\'ill to;1 Te x. \\ ith her husband and two children. dents League of New Yo rk. Her work !which not be too out-of-date. Laurie Williams Wood­ Claudia Krachling an artist \\Tote from '.'din­ often depicts the ew Yo rk City subway environ­ fin hails from Mendon, Mass. In June 1986. neapolis, i\!inn. that she and her husband had ment) was reproduced in the September 1986 is­ Laurie had a mini-reunion at her home with Cin­ their second child in 1\ larch 1981 • Gail How­ sue of American Artist Magazine. dy Sanders Ingalls jin from Ta coma. Wash.I ard \\'as scheduled lo mo\ e irom 1\ linnesota in Class secretary: LINDA CHESTER. 46 Anne Douglas Stanek, and Gretchen Van Tas­ i\lay to the milder San Francisco area ns the Lincoln St., Hudson, Mass. 01749. sel \Villiams. In the "small world" category result of a promotion in her job with Elizabeth Laurie ran into Peggy Horrigan Coleman and Arden. Others on the West Coast include Bever­ her husband in the Bermuda airport that same ly Kraut a speciality food broker in Oakland summer • Stephen Parsons lives in Southing­ Calif. and John Hawes, Jr. \\'ho is an interna­ ton, Conn., and is assistant general manager of tional export specialist in Sacramento Calif • Parsons Buick. He is active in local and profes­ Howard Lazar \note from Anchorage A.laska sional groups and echoes a complaint of many where he has been working as an allorney tn· 72 Colby classmates - not enough free time • Mar­ a private firm since leavino the air iorce in Janu­ tha Wetmore Scott is busy as an artist, college ary 1986 • Phyllis Hasegawa Auger is in This is my last column as class correspondent. art i nstructor, and mother. During the summer Tigard, Oreg.. where she works as a graphic art­ !L's difficult for me to believe that I have been of 1986, Marlha and her husband, Howard, par­ ist for an exhibit fi rm. She and her husband are doing it for 10 years! l have enjoyed hearing from ticipated in an archaeology dig on their property expecting to be proud parents for the second so many of you • Henry Ogilby and Anne Phil­ in Pembroke, 1v !ass. Last summer they visited time in early September. If there are any other lips were planning to be married last spring. classmate Janet Carpenter in Penobscot. i\laine. alumni in or around Portland Oreg. Phvlhs. Anne is an associate with the firm of Ropes and where Janet lives in a new home that she helped would like to hear from vou • And in San An· Gray in Boston. Henry received his master s to design and build. Janet had attended Patience selmo. Calif.. Anita Dillo;1 is the manager of Old degree in business administration from Bab on Stoddard Gruber s wedding. Patience is a l\.lillTravel and lives with her partner and three College and served in the Trust Te rritories of the graduate of Harvard Di,·inity School and is a children • Back on the East Coast Steve Etzel Pacific Islands as a lieutenant in the U.S. Coast minister in Hartland. \'t. • Anne Huff Jordan is an appraisal officer with J\laineSa,·ings Bank Guard. He spent six years in Switzerland work­ lives in 1\ ledfield, Mass.. and has seen classmates in Portland Maine. He and his wife and two chil­ ing for Digital Equipment Corp. He is employed Doug and Cheryl Booker Gorman '7-1 around dren mo,·ed in the summer of 1986 from their by Digital in its international marketing divi­ Lown in J\ledfield. And speaking of the Gormans condo in Florida back to the Korth Countrv. sion • Cathie Joslyn has been promoted to the Ken Gorman is manager of business investiga ­ Steve (I'll always think of him as Xtraj wa nts io rank of associate professor of art at Clarion (Pa.) tive services at Coopers and Lybrand • Eric know: \Vhen the snow melts 11·here does the University • Bill Goldstein is the university le­ Rolfson continues al Colbv as director oi leader­ while go� Some things don t change. Other gal coun el and assistant professor of law and ship programs. He and l�is wife, Becky, have l\lainiacs are Ann LeBlanc \\'ho is a clinical government at Maharishi International Univer­ spent the last four years rebuilding a 200-year­ neuropsychologist with a private practice in sity in Fairfield, Iowa. He and Le lee Faitler were old farmhouse from the ground up. Eric wrote Waterville and Bangor, and i\lark Curtis the married in 1981, and when he wrote they were that Andy Koss is working for the state depart· southern di,·ision vice president of Central expecting their first child • Bob and Patri God­ ment in Peking and that Rob Schiller is work­ i\'laine Po\\'er Company in Portland. .\lark and frey McKinley have moved from Reno Nev., to ing too hard with a computer firm in Cambridge his wife also built a new house • David Bailey Pittsford, N .Y. Bob is a financial planner for Ko­ • Chris Hall Salazar wrote. "We are a military is a music teacher performer. and instrument dak. Patri spends her time taking care of their family 'on the move' - we spent three years on repairman in Nashua, N.H., where he lives with four children • Kathe Otterson Cintavey and the Gulf Coast of J\.lissis ippi before the (present) his wife, a violinist and mu ic teacher • Chris her family have moved to Torth Olmsted, Ohio. Arkansas assignment" • Matthew Livingston Germer was starting a private practice in clini­ Kathe teaches high school English and French. works as a management consultant/senior vice cal psychology in Cambridge. Mass.. at the lime She reported the following news: Robert president • Bruce Cummings recently "aban­ he wrote. Chris has visited India seven times Christopher is an architect in San Francisco. doned the pastoral life of Vassalboro for 'c ity' liv­ pursuing his fascination with Indian philosophy. Ellen Muzzy Farnham and her family are also ing in Waterville'.'Bruce works as vice president Until next time . living in San Francisco. Nathaniel Smith is a of strategic planning, marketing. and corporate Class secretary: CAROL D. WYNNE comptroller at a toy company in Hudson, Ohio. development at the Mid-Maine Medical Center l oyes Avenue, Waterville i\laine 0-190 l. George and Frannie Birkinbine Welch are liv­ • Susan Alling works at inside sales and cus­ ing in Cheshire, Conn. She has her master's tomer service for Floral Glass and Mirror on degree in special education and hopes to return Long Island • Joe Mattos wrote of "mid-life to teaching after her children are in school. She c hanges -j ust married, first child, adjustment enjoys staying at home now with their three chil­ period" • Gail Andrews McCarthy lives in dren • Carol Beaumier had been employed by Vienna, Va.. where she is director of the CON­ the Comptroller of the Currency until last year SERN Loan Program. She was expecting her when she became a partner and senior vice third child last September. president of The Secura Group, a financial in­ Class secretary: JANET PERETHIAN \Veil. this is il - I've finally hit the end ofthe ques­ stitution's consulting firm with offices in BIGELOW !Mrs. Lawrence C),14 4 Washington tionnaires 1 sent out lwo years ago. A new one Washington and Dallas. Her home is in Washing­ Ave.. eedham, Mass. 02 192. is on the way. so be prepared. And l m on the ton, and she travels regularly throughout the way to San Diego in two days with my husband United States. She wrote that Betsey Rogers for our fir t "trip away from home, sans children, McComiskey is a nurse and lives in Amesbury, since my oldest was born six-and-one-half years Mass., with her husband and three children • ago' So if this article appears incoherent please Barbara Weldon and Eddie Morin are mar­ understand why! • Joe Alex \\'rote that he and ried and living in Houston • Larry and Don­ 7'-t------wife. Joanne Defilipp '76. founded the Stillwater na Huff Davis and their two daughters are It's amazing how sending out a questionnaire al­ i\lontessori School in Maine. He is the owner and living in Hallowell, Maine • Allen and Fa ith ways results in a full mailbox ! Ken Hardigan administrator of the school, and his wife teaches Bushel Friedman are living in the Baltimore wrote from New Castle, N.H .. where he and his there. They have a seven-year-old and a one-year­ area. They have two children. Faith met Allen wife built a house in 1985-86. I hope their house old to keep them busy at home. ln between Limes in Chicago when he was completing his residen­ was completed before the twins were born !iden­ they enjoy sports, particularly kaling at the cy. Faith has taught first and second grades for tical twin boys) in July 19861 • Leo Clayton UMO campus. Alex is president of the i\laine seven years in Chicago and Baltimore. Bowers and his wife also built a home, in Hamp­ i\!on tessori Association. He also obtained an Class secretary: ANN BONNER VIDOR. ton, Va ., where they live with their three chil­ l.B.A. from Husson in 1985 • Ted Snyder is 1981 Innwood Rd .. Atlanta, Ga. 30329. dren • Judy Bradeen is a homemaker, mother, on the faculty al the Uni,·ersity of J\lichigan. He

THE COLBY ALUM US 47 10th Reuni - enjoys watching basketball there and continues on: Class of 1977 ------...... Lo participate in the sport • David Mann is an architect in the Big Apple. His wife. Lori, also works there in in terior design • Carolyn An­ derson Pope, married to Dana Pope '76, lives in Westwood, Mass. After working for nine years she is enjoying her baby, Lindsay. However, she Over 70 members of our graduating class returned to Colby for our 10-year re­ still does a lot of si nging for concerts and union. But it didn't seem possible that 10 years could have gone by already. Reflec­ churches • Sarah Rosenberg is residing in tions of the class reunion bring to mind phrases like "Do you remember the time Wa shington. DC, and besides taking care of when . .?" and "Back when we were here we used to .. :· and "Have you seen ...?" baby Jacob, she's a law student • From West­ As people arrived for thetraditional Dana barbecue, these same phrases were over­ brook, Maine, Gail Dixon Te whey wrote that she is a registered nurse. She is also writing her heard, most often followed by a recapping of a memory that really did seem like second novel and embarking on an M.B.A. • Fi­ yesterday. Our Saturday afternoon softball game behind Roberts seemed like old nally, Laurie White is living out in San Fran­ times. We were spu rred on by the cheering crowd. Only this time instead of car­ cisco. She is an artist. and cur rent projects rying dinner trays, we were carrying babies! encompass graphic design and T-shirt and record album cover design • If you haven't yet ap· Dinner in the Joseph Spa in the new Student Center Saturday evening was peared in this column and have a yearningto . especially enjoyable. As people arrived for cocktails before dinner, echoes of "Have please either write to me, courte y of the address you seen . . _?" were heard again and the recapping of memories continued through­ below, or answer the upcoming questionnaire. out the evening. Dean of Students Janice Seitzinger and Administrative Vice Presi­ Next edition of this news coming up in three dent Stan Nicholson brought us up to date on the changes in Colby over the past months! Class secretary: BARBARA CARROLL 10 years. Also present were our newly elected class officers: Bob Keefe, president; PETERSON, 92 1 Dolphin Drive, Malvern, Pa. John Einsiedler, vice president (present in spirit); Deborah Cohen, secretary/ 19355. treasurer; and Steve Roy, Alumni Council representative. Before we knew it, Sunday morning had arrived, cars were packed, and good­ byes were exchanged. Sweatshirts, baseball caps, and other Colby memorabilia were all carefully packed away as a reminder of the good old days. There just 76�-- wasn't eno ugh time ...but Colby is still everything we remembered it to be! Bob McCaughey And now all the news that is fit to print or all the news thatfi ts. Happily, I've received a num· ber of questionnaires so I'll do my best to cover everyone • Lynn Leavitt Marrison and hus­ band Chad, an insurance broker, have a daugh­ ter, Sarah 11.icker. Lynn is enjoying her part-time Leaching assistant job, which allows her time with Tucker • Patti Arnold Mills wrote from Pa nama, where she and her husband are work­ ing for the U.S. Government. After three years away from home, the family, including the chil· dren , Tina, 11, Brian, 8, and Karen, 5, are plan­ ning a trip to New England • Nancy Bengis Friedman is a publishing poet and freshman En­ glish teacher at Wagner College in Staten Island, New Yo rk. She and her husband, Robert, an ar­ chitectural lighting designer, have a four-year­ old son, Jedediah • 0. James Morgan is also an English teacher, at Baylor School. He received his M.TS. degree from Harvard University Di­ vinity School in 1985. This summer James will direct the Te nnessee Camp for Diabetic Chil· dren. Recent trips include a canoeing trip with 10 students through the lower canyons of the Rio Grande and a summer climb of Mt. Rainier and Mt. Stuart • Karl Methven is a consultant at Numeier and Hogle, Energy Engineers. He and his wife, Randi Numeier, will be, at the time of this writing, proud parents. A month-long canoe trip down the Noatak River in Alaska is also in their plans • Riki Ott is president of O.C. Inc., a commercial fishing business in Alaska. After completing her Ph . D. in fisheries at the Univer­ sity of Washington, she became somewhat dis· illusioned with scientists. So she and her busi· ness partner Danny Carpenter now fish from April to October for five species of Salmon. Riki is doing some free-lance writing on marine science, including fisher y articles for children and marine science education for adults • Julie Stewart is director of communication for Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center in Philadelphia. This is a new field for Julie with lots to learn. She recently founded Colby's Gay, Lesbian, and

48 THE COLBY ALUMNUS Bisexual Alumni Association (CGLBAAJ in case era! Home Loan Bank System;· one of the peo­ you missed her letter in the January Alumnus • ple who "regulate institutions that abuse vour Vincent O'Hara is an attorney and has formed savings and loan money and try to manage a his own law firm of Holm, Krise!, Fried, Kessner bankrupt insurance fund known as the FSLIC:' 7q_�-- and O'Hara. Vincent and his wife, Rosemary, He added, "I have to warnyou that all of this may When asked what changes have occurred in his have three children, Jesse, Vincent, and Bren­ come as a shock to tho e who were convinced life since we last heard from him Rick Levas­ dan • Diane Lockwood Wendorf is a minister during my college days that I was an inveterate seur responded \,·ith an emphatic "Rien'' and for two churches. One is an inner-city mission and politically correct liberal:' like told of his "Pas du tout'" and later lamented about lm, reced­ church and the other is the United Church of first indecision about his future after graduation: ing hairl ine' But there is something to tell. Rick Christ where she is the pastor. Diane also serves "I walked away from a law school scholarship is a feature writer for the Bangor Daill .\'e 11·s on several national boards, most recently as area and became a beach bum in Sarasota Florida." spends his spare time camping playing �occer coordinator for a national project on Faith and Later. Mike entered a Ph.D. program in politi ­ and racquetball and was married in August Sexuality • James Mullarkey writes from Ot­ cal science at the Uni\·ersity of Michigan but Congrats' He now li\'eS in Brewer J\laine and tawa, Ill., where he is a geological engineer. He found that "after one year of teaching political asks classmates to drop him a line • In Calais and wife Leah Jean took a Colorado ski trip in theory to Valley Girls, I decided that 'market­ Ernestine Ochs Reisman directs the Frank . '. February • Sharon Walsh McNally and hus­ ability' was 1:ot such an abhorrent concept after Beckett Center 1vhich employs workers referred band Brian have increased their family by two all. Thu�. I transferred into the master's deoree by the bureau of vocational rehabilitation. since last writing. They now have three children program in public policy in order to make a Although the center produces goods its primary under the age of 6. Recent travels include a trip difference. The only significant difference that purpose is to teach valuable work skills that will to Hilton Head with the children over Easter occurred was my ability to escape the Mid\,·est help workers mo\·e into other jobs in the com­ week. I noticed the word "vacation" was not used in on ly three years as opposed to six!" In clos­ munity • Tyl er Kolle, who attended Colby in the description. Sharon asked, '/\re we crazy?" ing, Mike warned: "I will see you at our upcom­ with our class but graduated from Tr inity Col­ I'll let you be the judge. ing 10th reunion in which all of these emotions lege, has joined the la\\· firm of Berman, Sim­ Class secretary: PAMELA M. CAME, 25+0 will resurface in a completely unproductive and mons, and Goldberg and now li\'es in the Overlook Rd., Cleveland Heights. Ohio .+4 106. antisocial manner. I cannot wait!·' • With re­ Lewiston area • In Biddeford Pool. 1\ laine union just around the corner. I'm sure that many Kristin Whittier-Lorenz is busy finishing her others of you have made tentative plans to at­ last year at the University of Ne\Y England Col­ tend also. I attended parts of reunion '87, includ· lege of Osteopathic i\ledicine. Shes been tra\·el­ ing the Class of '77 dinner. took some notes. and ing all over the nation doing clinical clerkships began collecting ideas for our 10th • John De­ and, when at home \\·ith hubby Donald she vine already has the wheels rolling on next June's finds time to run, k n it , read , and go camping gathering. He reported that two committees are Also in Biddeford Pool, Linda Frechette works being formed, one to plan activities for our class in public relations for the Portland Design Te am This is it . . my last column before you direct during the weekend and a fund-raising commit· an architectural and interior design firm. Her your correspondence to Deb Cohen at the tee to work on our 10th reunion class gifts. other activities include membership on the University of Kansas. Deb is a graduate teach­ Vo lunteers and ideas are welcome! John sent a Maine Public Relations Council and the 1987 po­ ing assistant there in the Spanish depart­ letter he received from Bill Sawyer. Bill has a sition of scholarship chairperson for Maine J le­ • ment Kevin Leddy was promoted to senior year or so left before finishing a Ph.D. thesis in dia Women. Linda also wrote that she hopes all director of marketing for Warner Cable Commu­ solid state physics at the Max Planck Institute classmates will attend our 10th reunion in 19891 nications. Kevin started working for Warner in in Stuttgart. Germany. Bill and his wife, Hele­ ot so long ago, David and Mary Zukowski • 1980 as an intern in franchise operations na, are the parents of Maija !lone, just over a year Hurd , armed with hammers and nails, built a Mike Bolduc has returned to teaching and has old • Other classmates in the news include Jim home in Freeport, where Mary is a circulation started the lacrosse club at Nashua (N.H.) High Crook , who works for Interpretive Data Sys­ analyst for L.L. Bean, and David is a self-em­ School. He wrote that the team is looking tems, a South Burlington, Vt., computer software ployed data processing consultant • And fur­ • good! Pete Garrambone, Richard Clam­ firm specializing i11 programs for the medical in­ ther down the road in South Portland Jane Gair pitt, and Eric Schmidt are also looking good dustry • Al Wilson has been named assistant celebrated her graduation from the northern and doing well in their professions. They recent­ vice president of commercial banking at Meri­ I ew England branch of the University of Con­ ly popped in as surprise guests at a dinner party tor Financial Markets in Philadelphia. Prior to necticut's School of Social Work. She's thrilled of mine in New York City. The past years have that. AJ was a senior commercial banking offi­ to have found a field in which her fascination . . calmed them down . . I have no trash-the-room cer • I also received news that Dotti Fa rrell with human relationships and personal growth stories to report. Seems like I could describe our was married on May 23. She and her husband, can be chanelled and focused. Did vou know that 10th reunion in a similar way: the last 10 years Stanley Shelton, plan to live in Hong Kong • in addition to her "people fascination," Jane have quieted down even the ol' rowdy boys. It Finally, I pulled some questionnaires from the secretly loves to fill out sweepstakes entry forms seemed to me that there was a large contingent file and came up with the names of Janice Phil­ in hopes of becoming independently wealthy7 • of DU brothers on campus as well as classmates lips, Susan Jacke Littlefield, Stuart Alex, and Also in social work and in Maine, Daisy Dore living in Maine. I must say that we really didn't Jeanne Greiter Fine. Janice is a psychologist Janell and husband Jeffrey work as psychother­ need our name tags.... Chr is McKeown Bur­ and lives in Wellsboro, Pa. When asked "What apists with the Bath-Brunswick Area J\rent al ry wrote me from Spain to say that she was not do you do in your spare time?" she responded, Health Center. They both earnedtheir master's able to attend our reunion because she and her 'What spare time? It can be hectic working full degrees in Iassachusetts, Daisy's from Simmons husband are aboard Plove1; their 41-foot sailboat, time and being a parent:• Her daughter. Lauren. Graduate School of ocial Work and Jeff's from until June 1988. They took leaves of absence is nearly two. Sue runs a fishing and lobstering Tufts University. Daisy's other major accomplish­ from their jobs and left Annapolis in June 1986. busi ness on Block Island with her husband, ment before returningto Maine was quitting her Chris expected to have a small Colby reunion Christopher. They also keep bees and sell honey smoking habit after 10 years1 She also wrote that with Carolyn Frazier de Palop in Spain. Well, and beeswax candles. Stu lives in West Hartford, she's seen Chris Blass who is doing some "fas­ I guess this is my final sign off. It's all yours, Deb! Conn., and is an underwriter. He wants to hear cinating and wonderful educational work in the Class secretary: LINDA LACHA PELLE, from Courtney Grimes and Rick To nge '80. Far East:' Chris had returned to the United States 320 East 42nd St., Apt. 2012, ew Yo rk, N.Y. Jeanne works as a software specialist for a hospi­ briefly for some further education but is now 10017. tal computer company in Dallas, Te x. She and back in the Far East • Cal Cooper and his wife, her husband, Howard, are the parents of Kristin. Carol, are also teaching. Cal teaches fifth grade nearly two • I'm looking for some addresses. in Searsport, Maine, and Carol teaches at the Please send a note to me or to the alumni office junior-high level in Bucksport. When not teach­ if you know the whereabouts of Sandra Wal­ ing, they manage their .+O-acre woodlot and work cott, Robert Sundberg, Nancy Seeds, Alice on their 140-year-old cape-style home. Cal men­ Langer, Lyn Hildebrandt, or Kathy Hastings. tioned in his letter that Carol eidig \Vhite now Mike Scott sent a gem of a letter that tells of lives in Fa rmington. Conn., with her hu band, his times and experiences since graduation. Class secretary: JAMES S. COOK, JR., Phil, and two-year-old son Parker. Carol is an al­ Presently, Mike is "a policy analyst in the Fed- RFD 1, Box 3470, Albion, Maine 049 10. cohol counselor. and Phil is a mini ter at the

THE COLBY ALUM US 49 Uni led Church of Christ lhere • Afler complet­ Children's Hospital, mostly concentrating on be­ project development NEPCCO-IT. He and his ing the physician's assislanl program at Rutgers havior lrealmenl lo reduce the trauma of sur­ group, The Whales, cut an album on March I, Universi ly, J ulia Jacobsohn has been working gery). She bicycles in her spare Lime • Da hl 1986, entitled "Whales Rock" • Kelley Kash is as a physician extender at lhe Augusta Mental Hansen gol his LL.M. in taxation al Washing­ an air force captain who is working as a hospi­ Health Institute in the admissions unil. During ton University, SL. Lou is, in May 1986, and now tal administrator. He has a master's in that field. her time off, Julia plays softball for the hospital works in the lax department at Steptoe & John­ He and wife, Ann Nichols Kash '80, are parents learn and does some acting with Meg Mathe­ son in Washington, D_C. • John Ve illeux was lo Jason and Emily • Tim Springer is a private son at the Gaslight Theater in Hallowell • finishing up law school in June, where he had contractor in conference planning. He was elect­ Sarah MacColl is also involved in performances such achievements as being editor-in-chief of lhe ed chairman for the Minnesota Renewable Ener­ of sorts. After leaving Union Mutual, Sarah start­ Georgetown Law journal. He planned to take his gy Society and has been accepted in a master's ed her own business, Health Benefits, which pro­ Maine Bar Exam over lhe summer and then clerk program at the University of California, Ber­ vides employee benefit communications via for a US District Court Judge !Thomas Flannery) keley, called "Energy and Resources Group:' This improvisational comedy performances. he's also in D.C. He reported lhal Sonia Turcotte Fois program represents, in his words, "an interdis­ a health insurance consultant and has returned has resu med her law studies al Georgetown in ciplinary approach lo energy issues" • Dani to school for her master's in health psychology. the evening division. emec Micsan and husband James arestill liv­ Sarah's husband, Ed, is an attorney in Ca1 e Class secretary: DIANA P. HERRMANN, ing in Kinshasa, Zaire. Some new experiences for Elizabeth, and together lhey enjoy running, 360 Easl 65Lh t., Apt. 3H, New Yo rk. N.Y. 1002 1. her have been ea ting antelope, manioc, and fried swimming, and taking car e of their bunny, caterpillars. She and her husband have recent­ "Gardner," named for Carol Gardner Sly '80. Al ly enjoyed a lrip across the ocean to Rio • Da le the end of her letter, Sarah asked classmates, "Do Oak is living in Sherman Oaks, Calif., while at­ you feel old?" We ll ...do you7?? tending graduate school at UCLA. His wife, Janet Class secretary: JANE VEN MAN LEDE­ Allen Oak, is a management consultant • Bill BUHR, 4590 Rocky Hill Way, Williamston, 81...._-- McCully has enriched the University of Maine Mich. 48895. at Farmington's dance troupe by dev eloping a Dear classmates: l am still sorting through the new dance for them. Bill maintains lhe busy questionnaire responses lo prepare my class schedule of a professional choreographer • column, and l thank you all for generouslycon­ Linda Clifford and fiance William Hadley are tributing. Keep the letters coming! Barbra both attorneys who received law degrees from Cooper Comunale and her husband, Dr. Mark Boston College in 1984. They are planning a Sep­ Comunale, are living in Wa kefield, Mass. Bar­ tember wedding • Kathy Marciarille has 80-- bra is a senior research technician for The Center joined Charles M. Bailey Public Library in Win­ Stacey du Bell and her husband, Roberl Mileti for Blood Research in Boston and has co­ throp, Maine, as adult service librarian. She !married October 18, 1986), recently moved their authored a paper published in the Annals of the previously worked as reference librarian for the home and business from Stamford to To rrington, New Yo rk Academy of Sciences • Patrick Mur­ Catholic Medical Center in Lewiston and is en­ Conn. Bob is owner and president, while Stacey phy is busy as a firefighter in Boston, and he joying public librarianship once again. is director of marketing and advertising for and his wife, Barbara, are also busy as parents Class secr etary: PAULA HINCKLEY TRLBY PRODUCTS, manufacturer of toys and to Courtney Rene • Mary Brooks Theberge BURROUGHS !Mrs. Jack). 55 N. Reading St., novelties, the most fa mous of which is the is teaching high school math on Orr's Island, Manchester, N.H. 03 104. TRLBY stunt kite. Their spare time is spent Maine. She and husband David have lwo daugh­ renovating their 29,000-square foot factory and ters, Ashleigh and Amanda • Martha D. Mac­ three-family house. Stacy asked what has hap­ M illin, who received a master's degree in pened to Kelley Keefe, Robin Mac Leod, Su­ medical genetics from the University of Wiscon­ san Miller, To wn Burns'8 1, and Bonnie Roy '781 sin, is a genetic counselor at George Washing­ • Jamie Hansman '79 has been a broker with ton University Medical Center. Her husband, Smith Barneyin Boslon for over two years !Josh George Plesko, is an economist • David Bolger Burns'8 1 also works there); in his spare time, has returned from the Peace Corps and continues This is my final column for the Alumnus .... I Jamie playssoccer with olher Colby alums, such lo be active politically. He is dealing with the is­ hope you all enjoy reading what Emily has to as Elliott Pratt • Lydia Mason finished her sues of urban housing and the Massachusetts say for the next five years! I have several M.A. in comparative literature at the Universi ­ pro-choice campaign • Darl ene Howland is wedding-related items to report. Kim Haynes ty of Wa shington in the spring of 1986. She living in Wa ltham, Mass., working as lhe direc­ and David Znamierowski were marriedin Au­ works at The We ekly, Seattle's newsmagazine, tor of a pre-school program. She wed Jeffrey Cur­ gust. Kim received her M.B.A. from Boston while also assisting !in such areas as production, rier on May 17, 1987. As always, Darlene University and is employed as a financial analyst scriplwriting, editing, and acting) friends who remains active in the theater and was recently by Endowment Management. David received his started an educational videoprod uction compa­ elected president of the Wellesley Players • M.B.A. from Dartmouth and is employed by ny • Adrienne Reynolds and Pa ul Kudlich Beth Pniewski Wilson and husband Phil are Salomon Brothers • Peter Barnes was married married September 21, 1985, and now live in living in Wayland, Mass. They purchased an old April 25th to June Lockhart • Jim Sullivan was Wa ltham, Mass. Paul'sa sales representative for home, circa 1770, which was used as a tavern married lo Barbara Russell in August. He is ZEP Manufacturing, and Adrienne was finish­ during the revolution. A restoration project they director of planning and zoning for the town of ing up her electrical engineering degree with have started is keeping them very busy • Manchester, Vt. Barbara is employed by Eagle honors at Northeastern this past June • Mark Michele Andrea and new husband Greg Haley Development Corporation, also in Manchester Dalton is a senior environmental planner in An­ are both attorneys, practicing in Richmond, • Jean Appellof is engaged to be married this chorage, Alaska, and his wife, Cami, leaches Va. • Karen L. Pfeiffer has graduated from September. Her fiance, Robert Segal, is a mort­ elementary school. He recently finished 15lh out Simmons School of Library Science, Boston, and gage officer at Baybanks Mortgage Corporation. of 50 in a 210-mile cross-country ski race • has just started a job at the Conference Boards Jean is assistant branch manager with Patriot Chris and Kelley Osgood Platt moved to Port­ Library in New York City. She plans to move to Bank, Boston • Seth Medalie is engaged to be land, Oreg., in 1985. Chris is getting his M.B.A_ Long Island shortly • Serge Sondak is living married in November. Seth is director of edu­ while work ing as a sales engineer for Te mPress in Queens, N.Y., with his wife, Raphaelle Camille cation and training for Northwestern Associates Measurement & Control,

50 THE COLBY ALUMNUS 5th Reunion: Class of 1982 ------

From the Friday night cocktail party through brunch on Sunday (where is Page Greeting to ail' I received a note from John Commons?). talking, laughing, and catching up were the preferred activities. By Chapin \\'ho is now \\'Orking with the U.S. In­ Saturday's noontime lobster bake most of the 100+ classmates attending had ar­ formation Agency. John is currently sen·ing a two-year foreign service assignment in the rived and, staking out a cornerof Dana Lawn, were busy hailing old friends and U.S.. R. ,,·ith a U.S. exhibit titled Information. cracking open lobsters with bare hands. New hairstyles (and hairlines). spouses, U.S.A:· The exhibit is part of the cultural C\· and at least one baby were on display. Margaret, who left her post at the door change initiative signed by President Reagan and to Roberts Dining Hall in 1982, was making her way through the crowd greeting Communist Party Leader Gorbachev at Geneva in l985. If anyone is planning a trip lo the O\ 1et people by name. We lost our softball field to a more senior class that afternoon Union in the next two years gi,·e John a but no one really minded. call' • Karen \Va ll wrote that she is currently Saturday night we all sat down for a somewhat chilly open-air meal under employed by Consumers .\lortgage of 0:ashua a tent on, yet again, Dana Lawn. (Older and presumably less hearty alumni merited N .H . as their training coordinator. She plans lo real dishes and four walls in the Student Center, Heights, etc.) Not to complain, enter Rivier Colleges l\T.B.A. program this com­ ing fall • Nancy Raynor is ,,·orking for S:'\ET however - the food and, of course, the company were good. Outgoing President Company as a service consultant • Gregorv Jeff Brown introduced our new class officers: President Meg To rrey, Vice Presi­ i\. larco is a physics and chemistry teacher al dent Matthew Schofield, Secretary Emily Cummings, and Alumni Council represen­ Cony High School in Augusta, Maine • Also tative Donna Curran Stock. Jeff wished them the best in organizing our 10th working in Maine is Scott Footman. He is a real estate broker in Bangor and is planning to open reunion. his own real estate firm • Congratulations are Class treasurer Donna Stock put us over the $6,000 mark by passing an enve­ in order for Burr Johnson, ad copywriter of Ca­ lope. (The alumni office reports that this is the largest sum ever given by a fifth hill Dittrich Advertising. who has been named reunion class.) Sandy Maisel spoke about the changes that have taken place at Rookie of the Year by rid East /\Jagazine. ridEast Colby over the past five years, from the new buildings and the elimination of frater­ presents the award annually to deserving copywriters and art directors in New England nities to the creation of more interdepartmental and team-taught courses, and the advertising \\'ith less than three years of ex­ metamorphoses that these changes have wrought. Colby College is not exactly perience • David Niles wrote that he is a the same school we left five years ago, but neither are we quite the same people. graduate student in physics at the University of Other faculty attending the dinner were Joyce McPhetres Maisel, Professor and Wisconsin, 1\ ladison • Scott Russell is also a graduate student, but in French studies at Bro\\'n Mrs. Roger Metz, and Professor and Mrs. William Miller who were also marking University • Karin Foster Pa lmer is em­ five years since their departure from Colby. ployed as a programmer analyst at the Bank of After dinner people separated to get together with friends who aren't seen often 1 ew England. She is also enrolled in the 1\1 .B.A. enough and to head to the disco at Foss Hall, now known as Mary Low Commons. program at Babson College • Ensign Peter Reif has completed the Basic Surface Warfare For many of us, however, the best time of the evening was spent sitting in the Officer's Course with the U.S. Navy • Barrie second floor hall of Mary Low (our dorm for the weekend) talking, laughing, passing "Holt" Thrasher was recently promoted to as­ champagne bottles, and just plain having a warm and wonderful time. Apologies sociate in the corporate finance department of to those who had hoped to get to sleep before 3 a.m. Smith Barneyin l ew York City • .Also resid­ Sunday brought brunch and trips to Bonnie's, then the farewells. The general ing in New Yo rk City are Kathy Kaufman, Frederick "Rick" Hauser, and Ed Higham. Ka­ consensus was that everyone looked fantastic and, as one classmate put it, "more thy is employed as a technical research coordi­ together:' Thanks to Jeff Brown for his work in organizing our fifth reunion. Those nator for The Harris Poll. Rick works for of you who didn't come were missed. Until 1992 , when we'll be even better. . Salomon Brothers in international accounting. Ed graduated from Columbia's business school Sarah j. LickDyke and is now working as a corporate finance as­ sociate for Chase Investment Bank • Brenda Segota graduated from Northeastern Universi­ ty Graduate School of Professional Accounting in August 1985. She is now employed with Price Waterhouse in Boston as a staff accountant • Kelly Burke is also working for one of the Big Eight. She is a CPA for Coopers & Lybrand in New Yo rk City • That's all for now! Please keep me posted on any new events. Class secretary: DELISA A. LATERZO, 4887 White Rock Circle, dE, Boulder, Colo. 8030 1.

Wedding bells rang for many classmates this summer. Others pursued unique endeavors. Skip '82 and Melissa Rihm Thimbault moved into a house they built in Boca Raton , Fla. this past spring. They recently had twins, Gloria Elizabeth and Daniel Alan. This isn't too surprising seeing as Missy always did things 120 percent' Melis­ sa and Skip have hopes of getting together with

THE COLBY ALUMNUS 51 Sarah Jordan, who is an instructor al a marine l{eith Turley, T. Ashley Morgan, or Kathy Doug Scalise saw Bishop Desmond Tutu speak inslilule in the Keys • Charles Te nney re­ Hughes. Keith and Ashley work for the Bank at Westminster Abbey during a visit to England turned to the United States in September of last of New England; Kathy is with the Bank of last March • Va lerie Claff had a teaching in­ year, and then returned home in February, af­ Boston • John Prorok and Chris Lebherz are ternship at Walnut Hill School of Performing Arts ter traveling through China and Pakistan and a also on Beacon Hill. studying law at Suffolk prior to her painting program in Samas, Greece, bit of England. Charles had a two-month ar­ University • Down in D.C. you may run into during the summer • Bill Kules is a computer chaeology job in Pakistan • I recently met with some classmates. Living down there are Mar­ systems engineer in Washington, D.C., but found Parris Pellitier and Jim Cruikshank in Copley cie Campbell, Bruce Hic key, Linda Carroll, time to spend four weeks in Sierra Leone, West Place, Boston. Parris works at State Street Bank Julie Sands, Jim Meltsner, Kate Lucier, Africa, last June • Alec Murray took an excit­ in Boston. Jim remarked that he is aspiring for Meg Wimmer, and Dave Resnicoff. Many of ing trip to Australia, where he and Kelly his M.B.A. at Suffolk University in the evenings these people won't be there for long. Kate and McPhail cheered Dennis Conner to victory in while working at John Hancock during the Dave are moving up to Boston for grad school, Perth • Ilona Nagy returned to Israel last sum­ day • Tracy Sotir was married this past June Kale at Harvard Business and Dave at BC Law. mer for her third season of archaeology study to David Ramsey. Tracy had been working as a Julie will be getting her M.B.A. at Wharton. Meg there • Lucia Stainton was teaching at Spring­ sales rep with Mony in Boston and plans to at­ is going south and getting her master's in public side School in Philadelphia before traveling to tend law school this fall. The couple live in Cam­ policy al Duke • Further south in New Orleans, the South Pacific for a scuba diving expedi­ bridge • Todd Palmer married Lynn Marie Lynn Williams was married lo Howard Nelson tion • Rodney Southworth is a credit analyst McDevitt this past August. To dd is a school­ on March 22, 1987. Mary Beth Boland and Ka­ for Irving TI-ust in New Yo rk but managed a trip master and coach at The Rectory School in Pom­ thy Kamm were in her wedding • Up north to Brazil and Barbados • Eric Pendleton spent fret, Conn. • Steve Michaud married Denise in Port land, Shireen Shahawy Stinneford is a the past year teaching French and Spanish at Morin in June. The couple resides in New Hamp­ co-op specialist with WCSH TV; her husband, Proctor Academy and then went to Europe for shire and Steve is employed as an emergency Ryan Stinneford, is finishing up his third year a nice six-week summer vacation • Deb Spiek­ medical technician for Star Care, Inc. in Man­ at the University of Maine Law School • Also er and Paul Martin reportedly are back from chester. His wife is a nurse at Concord Hospi­ in Po rtland, Kelly Keenan is an analytical Sri Lanka, while Karl Ruping was last seen in tal • Kathryn Nickerson and Brian Russell '82 chemist and plans to start a master's program in Japan • Back in the working world, a number celebrated their wedding in July. Kathryn is em­ chemistry, maybe in Australia • Carol Eisen­ of other classmates seem to be very busy. Kelly ployed as a senior genetic technician at Brigham berg, who is a researcher for community den­ Chopus is a program coordinator for the Leuke­ and Women's Hospital. Brian recently complet­ tal health on Peaks Island, Maine, married David mia Society • Molly Couch was anticipating ed his final year at the Wharton School of Busi­ Simpson '86 this past May • In New Hamp­ a move to Gulf Stream, Fla., at last writing, to ness in Philadelphia and works as a financial shire, Jennifer Kirk is a marketing executive teach at a private school there • Rich Deering analyst in the financial development program at with A.O. Davis • Chris Murphy is the and Geoff Alexander are living in the Old Port, Digital • In August, Daire Fontaine married manager of residential appraisal at the Finlay where Rich was recently transfered by the Sher­ Kevin Starr '85. Daire is pursuing a master's Company • Alicia Bevin is now working for aton TARA Hotel chain • Eve-Lynne Ermer degree in business administration from Boston the Mt. Cranmore Association in advertising • and her husband, Scott Russell '83, are teaching University while employed as a business analyst Up at our own Colby College, Gretchen Bean at the Salisbury School in Connecticut and hav­ at Digital Equipment Corporation. Her husband was recentiy promoted to assistant dean of ad­ ing lots of fun with one-year-old Erik (Colby is working for his master's degree in finance from missions, and David Beers is working for the 20087) • Leslie Greenslet finished her first Boston College • Michelle LeBlanc tied the development office in charge of phona­ year at Parsons School of Design, which she knot this past June to William Murphy. Michelle thons • George Bamfo is a first-year student loves, and spent the summer working for a de­ works for Imaging Te chnology Inc. in at the M.B.A. program at Penn State • That's all sign firm • Mike Hipson is enjoying the Woburn • Other news . . Andy Dubino was the room I have for now. By the time you read Boston city life with classmates Mark Need­ named sales representative for the southern Ver­ this you will have received a questionnaire. ham and Mike Lalikos • Henrietta Ye lle had mont and northwestern Massachusetts areas for Please send it back fu ll of information! quite a scare earlier this year when she was ADCO, a leader in the health care indus­ Class secretary: ANN-MEG WHI TE, 371 burned out of her Somerville, Mass., apartment. try • Lawrence Niemann lives in Bedminster, North Wa ll St ., West Newton, Mass., 02165. Luckily nobody was hurt, and Henrietta is now N.j. He is assistant cashier at First Fidelity Bank, happily settled in Medford and working in fund N.A. in Newark, N.j., where he serves in the na­ raising/development for TuftsUniv ersity, where tional division • Dana Hanley was appointed she sees Colette Cote • Jill Myerow was last January to the Joint Standing Committee on promoted to professional sales rep and bought Judiciary for the l l 3th Maine Legislature. The a new condo to celebrate! • Robert Cum­ house minority leader said of Hanley, "His back­ mings joined the staff of The Lakeville (Conn.) ground and education place him in a good posi­ journal and The Millerton News as editor of the tion on the committee as it begins discussion of 86-- '/\tYo ur Pleasure" section • Suzanne Stahl has the many vital issues facing this session" • Stay David Simpson and Carol Eisenberg '85, Melis­ joined the staff at C-SPAN cable channel, where in touch, you're all wonderfull sa Rustia and Paul Groshek, Barb Falcone she is a production assistant in programming • Class secretary: KATHRYN M. SODER­ and Lars Smith, Jay Chw·ch and Imogen Mint­ Scott Baxter has been working on Maine Sen­ BERG, 5 Smith Farm Trail, Lynnfield. Mass. zer '85, Greg Getschow and Kim Glendon '85, ator George Mitchell's campaign, operating out 01940. James D. Campbell, and Ann Raible are the of headquarters in Portland • Brigid Hoffman most recent married classmates, while Tim Kas­ is working for a Wall Street securities firm and trinelis, Cindy Kelly, Beth Peters, Rick To l­ helps keep me updated on the New York City strup, and Wendy Lapham have announced nightlife! Thanks to all of you for being such their engagements • Heidi Arnao is a Peace great correspondents. Your newsy letters are al­ Corps volunteer in the Philippines as is Sue ways welcome. Best wishes to everyone for a Whitney, who is busy teaching, coaching, and happy fall! working on a renovation project in Malawi, Cen­ Class secretary: GRETC HEN A. BEAN, tral Africa • Diane Smith is spending one to Rte. 22, The Harvey School, Katonah, N.Y.015 36. I know of three recent engagements. Kim Glen­ two years in Kenya working for WorldTeach Or­ don is engaged to Greg Getschow '86, and they ganization • Foreign travel seems to have kept will marry this fall. Beth Garcia will marry Wil­ quite a few of our classmates busy over the past liam "Hoolie" Wiese '84 this fall as well. Kathryn year. Jeanne Choquette is a student of Japanese Clarke and Rick Anderson will wed in the in Kyoto, Japan, and Marc DeRosa and John spring • Rick Anderson and Sean Padgett Nelson are studying in Ta iwan • Grant Rice just bought a house in Grafton, Mass. Steve Lan­ is finding his Watson Fellowship an extraordi­ glois is their boarder. Steve is still working hard nary experience and has enjoyed travels through at Digital with Stacey Kessel, Betsy Holt, New Zealand, Australia, and Nepal • Yasser Kevin Starr. Joan Ray, and Cindy Smith • Alwan took a camel trip across the desert in Class secretary: LUCY T. LENNON, 8014 On Beacon Hill in Boston, you may run into Cairo, Egypt, as part of his Watson travels • Flourtown Ave .. Wyndmoor, Pa. 19118.

52 THE COLBY ALUMNUS ____... _ M ILESTONES

.. MARRIAGES :\lichael E. A O'\lnlley '78 to Kart:n F. Christine ,\ larshall '83 to Jame� Gaudette DePasqualt' ;\"''·ton .\ las . '84 SeplLmber 6 19t-G.

Joan Katz '70 to Arthur Aframe . .\larch 22 Herbert P. Pe rry '81 to Ka thryn ] . Bo,,·man ally Lo"egren '83 tc• \\'a,·ne .\krchant ..\ ��u:,t 19 7. July 12 1986 :\e'' Durham :\· H.· !G 1%6 .\lount De ert .\ lainc.

Olen Kalkus '76 to Kimberly Jones .\larch '81 :\ancy E. \\'elsh to Frederick .\I. I bell Oc· 19 7 in ,\ lorristo,,·n 1\'.J. tober 1 19 6. :'\e\\'ton Lo,,·er Falls .\ lass. BIRTHS

Charles J. Burch Ill '77 to .\liriam K . .\lyers Bruce \\'. Anderson '82 to Leslie Pe rkins '84 ..\ son Patrick Eric Giesler tephLnS

..\ daughter Katrin Elise Henr1ck en to Clifford and Bonnie Zimmermann Hendricksen '66 Dt>cember 16 19 '6.

:\ daughter Chri tina ..\nne Led to \\'dliam and Carol)·n Dust\' Leef ·74 .\ larch .i 19 ;

A daughter Lauren ..\llison .\lac\'ane to Kim and Thomas H . .\lac\'ane '74 February 25 19 7

A. son Da\·id Herrick Drake to .\ Ian· Jo and Herrick A. Drake '75 April 16 19 �. -

A daughterc Ka therine Anne E\'an to Robert \\'. '75 and Ann Carla\\ EYan '75 February ; 198;.

A daughter Emma Fitts Loosigian to \\'ayne \' Loosigian and Laurie B. Fitts '75 June 12 19'7.

A on Christopher Phillip Federici to Louis and Marshall/Gaudette Wedding September 6, 1986 Carolyn i\liller Federici '76 .\lay 16 19 I. Front Row: john Ta wa '8�. jenny Knoll 83. Page Bo11chard Therese Langlois 85. Sipper AlcLeod 8� Bech Coates '83, Roy Dow '8�. Back Row: To ny Pe rhins '82. Dede Arruda 83. C/mstine Marshall Ga11dette 83 A son Ian Gillingham Black to l\lonica and Paul James Gaudette '8�. Tina Pa dur 83 Stephen Hunt Jan McDonnell 83 T11n Trafecancv. G. Black, Jr. '77 .\lay 21 19 7.

A daughter Courtney Joy mith to Kenneth and Karen Sawyer Smith "i7 January 5 19 7

A daughter Anna Lee Geismar to John\\'. '78 and Susan Raymond Geismar '79 June 7 19 ;,

A daughter Enrica Elizabeth .\laifucci to Bar­ bara Patten and Douglas C. l\.laff ucci '78 1\ larch 28 1987.

A daughter Caroline John on .\lorri sey lo Christopher C. '78 and lea Jackson :\1orris­ sey '78 April 12 19 7.

A daughter Hannah Elizabeth Perkin - mith to Sean Smith '79 and Debra Perkins-Smith '77 December 27 19 6.

A son Benjamin John Sedlin to John and Elizabeth Duce Sedlins '80 December 17 Lovegren/Merchant Wedding August 16, 1986 Front: Norma Delaney '86. Maureen Hagerty Polimeno '8.J, Barbara Leonard 83 2nd Row: Janet Mac­ 1986. Pherson Yo unker '77, Laurie MacPherson Gardner '81, Wa yne Merchant. Sarah Lovegren Merchant '83, Ben Sears '52, Rebecca Sears '87, Nancy Ricker Sears '50, Joe Lovegren '55. 3rd Row: Bill Yo unker '76, A son ,\ !organ Goss Harris. to Ta lie and Joel Bruce MacPherson '62, jay Po lime110 '81, Dan Marra '83. Harris '81 ,\lay 20. 19 7.

THE COLBY ALUM 1US 53 DEATHS Arthur Roberts once described as the best plan for evangelism. 'hook and line rather than net: The avowed purpose of the Associates was to use Florence Cross Cleveland '12, March 28, 1981, all the fees to purchase for the library valuable Hackettstown, N.J., at age 90. A native of New items not afforded by the general budget. " Hampshire, she attended Colebrook Academy The Associates also supported several lectures before coming lo Colby, where she was a mem­ annually for many years. Pottle was a frequent ber of Delta Della Delta sorority. She did post­ contributor of articles to The Colby Alumnus as graduate work in education at New Jersey State well. He is survived by his wife. two sisters. and College and New York University and in social a son, Christopher. He was predeceased by a work at the New Yo rk School of Social Work. She daughter, Annette, and a son, Samuel. was subsequently employed as guidance coun­ selor and social worker at various institutions in New Jersey. She was also a member of AAUW and the American Red Cross. Her husband, Ir­ Aubert N. Sylvester '17 , June 16. 1980, in St. vin Cleveland '13. died in 1979. Survivors include Petersburg, Fla., at age 89. He is survived by two a sister, Myra Cross Doe '17, a son , and four brothers, Forrest Sylvester and Charlie Sylvester. grandchildren both of Ashland, Maine.

Margaret Holbrook Titcomb '12, June 1973, Leila M. Washburn '18, March 30, 1987, in al age 80. She was born in Vanceboro, Maine, Marblehead, Mass., at age 90. Born in Caribou, and attended Va nceboro High School. While al Maine, she attended Caribou High School before Colby, she was a member of Delta Delta Delta attending Colby, where she was a member of Sig· sorority. She received a B.S. from Simmons Col­ ma Kappa sorority. She then went on to study lege in 1920 and taught forseveral years in Lime­ at Columbia University, the University of Maine, stone. Maine, and Ludlow. Vt. She is survived and Boston University. She taught mathematics by a son, Lee. Frederich Alber/ Pa ille '1 7 in Marblehead. Mass., for many years. She was a member of the Old North Congregational Church and the Marblehead Historical Society Pottle was born in Center Lovell. Maine. and Irvin L. Cleveland '13, April 11, 1 979, in Hack­ and was a volunteer at the Lee Mansion. Sur­ was a graduate of Oxford High School nearby. ettstown, N.J., at age 88. He was born in Brad­ viving is a niece, Helen Miller. At Colby. he majored in chemistry. receiving his ford, Mass., and attende d Colby Academy in degree summa cum laude. A member of Alpha New London, N.H., before entering the College, Ta u Omega fraternity, he was also elected to Phi where he was a member of Delta Upsilon. He Beta Kappa and distinguished himself in public studied al Columbia University and in 19 38 Pa uline Higginbotham Blair '20. February 24, speaking, acting, and debating competitions. He received his M.A. degree in education from New 1987. in Quincy City, Mass., at age 89. Born in taught history and English at Hebron Academy, Yo rk University. He taught school in Connecticut Stockport, England, she resided in Quincy, and history and chemistry at Deering High and New Jersey. He was a dedicated barber shop Mass., for over 70 years of her life. Before en­ School, both in Maine, and was later assistant quartet singer, a lifetime hobby begun al Colby tering Colby, where she was a member of Delta professor of English at the University of New where he was active in several musical clubs. Delta Delta sorority, she attended Dorchester Hampshire. He served in France from 1917 to His wife, Florence Cross Cleveland '12, died in High School in Dorchester, Mass. She was a 1919 in an army evacuation hospital and later 1981. He is survived by a son, Irvin M. Cleve­ member of the Wollaston Women's Club, the published a book, Stretchers: The Story of a Hospi­ land, a sister-in-law, Myra Cross Doe '17. and Woman's Guild. and the Marsten Class of the tal on the We stern Front, based on his experiences. four grandchildren. First Baptist Church of Wollaston. Surviving is Arriving al Yale in 1920, he began graduate her husband, Ernest, a son. Ernest R., a daugh­ work in English, receiving a master's degree in ter, Dorothy Anthony, five grandchildren. five 192 1 and a Ph.D. in 1925. That same year, he great-grandchildren. and several nieces and '16. joined the Yale faculty as instructor in English. Edith C. Robinson April 17. J 987, in nephews. Lewiston, Maine, at age 91. She was born in A full professor of English by 1930, he continued Lewiston and attended high school there. After a long career in teaching and scholarship well graduating from Colby she studied at Bates Col­ beyond his formal retirement in 1966. He was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1945 and lege and the Massachusetts Institute of Technol­ Hazel Peck Holt '21, February 12, 1987, in Au­ again in 1952 for his work on Boswell, and he ogy. Her career of teaching mathematics spanned gusta. Maine, at age 88. Born in Winthrop. received honorary degrees from the University 33 years al Hebron Academy and the high Maine, she attended local schools and was a of Glasgow, Rutgers University, and orth· schools of Rumford, Maine. and Brockton, Mass. member of Chi Omega sorority while at Colby. western University, as well as Colby. She is survived by two cou sins. She taught chemistry for 37 years at Everett, Po ttle. his wife, and two brothers, John Mass., High School, and was a member of the Kemp Pottle '18 and Albanus Moulton Pottle '22, DA R. the Glass Club, the Literary Club, the Na­ both deceased, as well as his two sisters, Nellie ture Club, the Garden Club, and the Cecelia '17, Pottle Hankins '25 and Estelle Pottle Stone '28, Frederick Albert Po ttle M.A. '32, Litt.D. Club. She served the College as class agent in '4 1, were a loyal Colby family. Pottle served the Col­ May 16, 1987, in New Haven, Conn., at age 1952-53 and was co-chair with her husband, lege in many capacities for nearly 70 years. He 89. Sterling Professor of English, Emeritus, al Daniel Ray Holt '2 1. of the College's first geo· was made a trustee in 1932, served for nearly Ya le University. where he taught for 41 years, graphical solicitation. Her husband and a niece he was one of Colby's most brilliant sons. An three decades, and was named honorary life survive. eminent scholar and chief editor of the Ya le trustee on his retirement in <966. In 1949, he Boswell Papers. he and his staff, including his was awarded a Colby Brick, and in 1977, at his wife, Marion Starbird Po ttle '18, produced 13 60th class reunion, he became the first recipient volumes of James Boswell's journals, four anno­ of the College's Distinguished Alumnus Award. Kenneth C. Dolbeare '22, February 27, 1987, tated vol umes. and plans for 30 to 35 additional He was the founder of the Colby Library Associ­ in Southbury, Conn., at age 86. Born in New Lon­ volumes. At the time of his death. he held the ates in 1935 and its president for 25 years. Er· don, Conn., and educ ated at Bulkeley High title of chairman emeritus of the editorial com· nest C. Marriner, describing Colby Library School, he was a member of Alpha Tau Omega mittee of the Ya le Boswell Pa pers, but he had been Associates in his History of Colby College, said, fraternity while at Colby. He received his M.A. an active researcher of the 18th century bi­ "[it was] the ingenious conception of Frederick from Te achers College-Columbia University and ographer of Samuel Johnson for more than 60 A. Pottle ...who recruited its membership per· then taught at Westminster School in Simsbury, years. sonally. His method was the kind that President Conn., as well as at the St. Paul's School in

54 THE COLBY ALUMNUS Garden City, T.Y., from which he retired as head­ years. Survivors include her husband Robert in Dover-Foxcroft . .\laine and attended Foxcroft master. He was a past commander of the Nas­ cousins, and a nephew. Academy before entering Colby. She recei\'ed sau Commandery of Hempstead, Long Island, many honors in public speaking while al Col­ N.Y.. president of the Te mplar Knights Com­ by, then \\'ent on to teach in Sanger\'ille and manders Association, preceptor for the Holy Kingfield and at Waterville High Lee Academy Royal Arch Knight Te mplar Priests, member of and Corinna Union Acadenw. In each school she '24, the Fraternal Union of Annointed High Priests, Ronald W. Sturtevant February 22 , 1987, was an outstanding coach for public speaking and member of the Kisinet Te mple and the Royal in Livermore, Maine, al age 8-1-. He was born in contests. She is survived by a !>i�ter, \'erna Green Order of Jesters. Surviving are two sons, Ke n­ Li,·ermore Falls and attended public high school Ta ylor '30. neth and Raymond, a sister, and four grand­ there before coming lo Colby, where he was a children. member of Della Upsilon fraternity. He was em­ ployed at Lombard Shoe Company in Auburn Maine, and during World War II he worked at '28 Bath Iron Works Shipyard in Bath, 1\ faine. He Emily Randall Rhoades July 17 19 6. in Sarasota. Fla. She is survi\·ed by her husband Mary Anne Sweeney '22, April 25, 1987, in retired in 1963 from his position as a store room . manager at International Paper Company. He 0. Corwin Rhoades. Waterville, Maine, at age 87. Born and educat­ was the son of Chester H. Sturtevant, Class of ed in Waterville, she studied at the University 1892, and brother of the late Reginald H. Sturte­ of Maine, Bates, Hyannis Te achers College, and vant '2 1. He is survived by his wife, Alma, and Columbia University after graduating from Col­ numerous nieces and nephews, including Arnold by. She taught English and French in Canaan, Harold B. Grand '29 f\larch 17, 1987 of Brook­ H. Sturtevant '5 1 and Joanne Sturtevant Stin­ Conn.. for a year, and then returned to Water­ lyn Heights, N.Y., at age 79. A native of Ne,,· Yo rk neford '56. ville to teach English in the senior and junior City, he was an optician during his professional high schools for 46 years until her retirement. career and the owner of Grand Opticians of She was a Sacred Heart Catholic Church com­ Brooklyn, N.Y. He was also president of the ;\lew municant. Surviving is a sister, Elizabeth Yo rk tale Optical Retailers Association and a Sweeney. member and fellow of both national and inter­ Ve rne Everett Rey nolds '25, March 28, 1987, national academies of opticianry. He was a in Groton, Conn. at age 87. Born in Sidney, generous and loyal supporter of Colby, particu­ Maine, he graduated from Oakland High School. larly its athletic programs, for many years. He At Colby he was a charter member of Kappa Del­ '23, is survived by his wife, Anne, two daughters, in­ Ethel Alley Baxter March 18, 1987, in ta Rho fraternityand was president of Kappa Phi cluding Helen Grand 65 one grandchild a sis­ Southampton, N.Y.. at age 86. She was born in Kappa. He was elected to Phi Bela Kappa. Later ter, and a cousin. China, Maine, and was a member and president he received an M.A. from Boston University. Af­ of Chi Omega sorority. After graduating from ter teaching in Maine and Massachusetts, he was Colby as a member of Phi Beta Kappa, she went head of the English department at Robert E. Fitch on to receive her M.A. from Columbia Univer­ High School in Groton, Conn .. for 30 years, retir­ sity, and she later taught at schools in Maine and ing in 1959. He then taught at Mitchell College Floyd M. Mason '29, April 10, 1987 in Berlin Massachusetts. Surviving are several nephews. in New London, Conn .. retiring in 1966. He is N.H.. at age 80. He was born in Rumford, 1aine, including Brian Alley '56 and John Baxter '58, and survived by his wife, Rosalie Mosher Reynolds and went to the West Bethel Grammar School a niece. '29, and by daughters Bethia Reynolds Morris '57 and Gould Academy before attending Colby and Dorothy Reynolds Gay '59, a son-in-law, Wil­ where he received a B.S. Self-employed as a hor­ liam Gay, Jr. '59, six grandchildren, and a sister. ticulturist with his own market garden and greenhouse, he operated an apple orchard in '2 3, Arlene Ringrose Brown February 17, 1987, Gilead for over 40 years. He served for 30 years in West Long Branch, N.J., at age 84_ She was and was chair of the board for 25 years of the born in Freeport, Maine, and attended area Gilead board of selectmen. He was also a mem­ '26, schools. After receiving her degree from Colby, Esther Lord Bennett January 21, 1987, in ber of the West Pa rish Congregational Church she went on to study at New Yo rk University, Penobscot, Maine, at age 88. She was born in in Bethel. a life member of the Bethel Lodge. a Columbia University, and Rutgers University. Glenburn, Maine, and attended the Castine Nor­ past district deputy grandmaster of the 16th Ma· She taught mathematics for a number of years mal School and Bangor High School. After leav­ so nic District, a life member of the Kora Te m· at Presque Isle High School and Deering High ing Colby, she attended the University of West ple Shrine of Lewiston, member of the Strath School and in the junior and senior high schools Virginia, University of ew Mexico, and Oxford Class Commanderv of Rumford, and a life mem· in Long Branch, .J. She was a member of SL University in England. She taught school for ber of the Purity Chapter, Order of the Eastern Luke's United Methodist Church, Phi Mu nation­ many years and was a member of the Hancock Star of Bethel. He is survived by a niece and two al sorority, the auxiliary of the Long Branch County Literacy Vo lunteers, the Bucksport His­ nephews. Health Nursing Association, and the Long torical Society. the October Club, and the Senior Branch Woman's Club. She was an advisor of the Citizens. She helped to open the Bucksport Tri -Hi-Yand was active in the YMCA Auxiliary. Senior Citizen Center and served as director of activities for seven years. She was a driver for Surviving is her husband, Charles, a son, Robert Pa uline Smith Mayhew '30, February 2, 1987, Sen-Cit Transportation and WHCA Transporta­ H. Brown '6 1, a sister, and four grandchildren. in Westfield, N.J .. at age 79. Born in Bellows Falls, tion for many years. She also was well known Vt .. she attended Winslow High School before for her weekly news column for the Bucksport matricu lating at Colby, where she was a mem­ Free Press. Predeceased by two husbands, she is ber of Alpha Delta Pi. She went on to earn her survived by a friend, Marion Brown. Margaret Gilmour Norton '24, April 14, 1987, master's degree in journalismfrom the Colum­ in Machias, Maine, at age 84. A native of Lubec, bia School of Journalism. She was a teacher at Maine, she attended schools there and graduat­ the Kent Place School for 12 years before her ed summa cum Laude from Colby, where she retirement. She was also a social reporter for the majored in Latin and was a member of Phi Beta Elizabeth Daily journal for four years. She was Idora Beatty Merrill '27, June 1984, in Ve nice, Kappa and Alpha Delta Pi sorority. She taught a member of the Society of Mayflower Descen­ Fla., where she lived until the time of her death. Latin and social science in Lubec High School dants, a member of the Garden Club, chairman Her husband, Bert L. Merrill '24, died in 1986. for 20 years, and was also a member of the Con­ of the Elizabeth Bird Sanctuary, a worker for St. She is survived by two sons and four grandchil­ gregational Christian Church there and a life John's Episcopal Church, and a former member dren, including Benjamin B. Merrill, Jr. '8 1. member of the Quoddy Light Chapter, Order of of the Dramatic Club. Several members of her the Eastern Star. She was an active worker for family, including her mother, aunt, and two sis­ many years with young people at her church in ters, attended the College. Surviving her are two Lubec and at the Congregational Church in East Bernice Green Pinkham '27, February 16, daughters, Paula H. Mayhew and Susan W. May­ Weymouth, Mass.. where she lived for over 25 1987, in Pittsfield, Maine, at age 82. She was born hew, and four grandchildren.

THE COLBY ALUMNUS 55 Germaine C. Archambault '33 March 9, 1987, Shirley A. Thompson '42, March 22, 1987, in Clare Burns Drinkwater '59, December 3, in Lewiston, Maine. She was horn in Fort Kent� Wa shington, D.C., at age 66. A nat iYe of W

Prudence Piper Marriner '4 1, April 11, 1987, in Augusta, Maine, at age 67. She was born in Caribou, Maine, and attended the high school there. Following her graduation from Colby, where she was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and S T A F F Chi Omega sorority, she studied at the graduate Nichols Ray Lindquist '48 school of the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Helen Rancourt Picard, April 18, 1987, in Washington, D.C., and she was employed by the Waterville, at age 70. She was born and educat­ department until 1945. A Californiaresident for ed in Wa terville and was employed in a num­ 31 years, she and her husband, Ernest C. Mar­ Nichols Ray Lindquist '48, April 11, 1987, in ber of local businesses. She was office clerk at riner, J r . '40, moved in 1983 to Wayne, Maine, Hyannis, Mass., al age 65. Born inBourne, Mass., the Wyandotte Woolen Mill and secretary for the where they were living at the time of her death. he attended Bourne High School before enter­ Boothby and Bartlett Co. insurance agency. She She was a member of the Wayne-Nort h Wayne ing Colby, where he was a member of Phi Delta worked at Colby as accounts payable supervi­ Community Church, the Wayne Friday Club, and Theta fraternity. He was a U.S. Marine Corps sor from 1967 to 1983. Her husband, Renaldo the Wayne Garden Club. She is survived by her fighter pilot during World War II with the 4th Picard, who died in 1982, also worked for Col­ husband, two sons, John P. Marriner '70 and Aircraft Fighter Wing. He later worked as a steel by in the physical plant. She is survived by a James C. Marriner, a daughter, Martha Marriner company salesman in the Boston area until his daughter, Mary Picard Goulet, a brother, Robert Voyles, her mother, Clara Collins Piper '14, two retirement i n 1963. Survivors include a brother, j. Rancourt '42, four grandchildren, and a great­ brothers, including Wilson C. Piper '39, and six Robert Lindquist, a sister-in-law, Doris Koshina grandchild. A second brother, Maurice Rancourt grandchildren. Lindquist '49, and two daughters. '39, died in 1962.

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Lisa Kehler Bubar '73, assistant director of financial aid, and Gretchen R. Bean '85, assistant to the dean of admissions, enjoyed the Wa terville Club's Fe bruary excursion to Sugarloaf/USA. At right, Professor of Sociology Fred Geib talked with Ruth Seagull Sinton '67 at the Providence Club meeting in June.

'What is the real Colby?" Or, "When COOTers also get an opportunity to meet Cup winner Stars and Stripes, showed slides was the real Colby?" Sociology Professor other freshmen while hiking, bicycling, from Down Under and regaled everyone Fred Geib addressed these questions at a sailing, or working together in other out­ with tales of the competition. Later in May, meeting of the Colby Club of Providence door pursuits • At the Penobscot Valley ew Yo rkers toured St. John the Divine in June. Many former students have asked Club's annual dinner meeting, alumni talked Cathedral, and in June they enjoyed anoth­ him about Colby today but really seemed with Rob MacDonald, acquatics coach, about er sail aboard a paddle wheel boat. And 48 to want to know that Colby was best when bow alumni can participate in the recruit­ lucky people had tickets for the critically they were in school. In his talk, he noted ment process. He outlined a very positive acclaimed show Les Miserables • In July, that such memories are valid and worth trend among student-athletes and encour­ the Southern Maine Club also sponsored cherishing, but the progress the College has aged others to become involved • When a boat cruise, on Casco Bay, replete with made should be recognized, too • The you're new to a city, how do you meet peo­ jazz band. In August, the club held their Boston Luncheon Group welcomed Phi­ ple and learn your way around? In Wash­ seventh annual freshman send-off picnic to losophy Professor Dan Cohen '75 for their ington, D.C., you can count on other alumni give the Class of '9 1 a hearty welcome to final meeting of the year and learned about to show you the way. The Washington Colby and the Alumni Association • Both the Colby OutdoorOrientation Thps (COOT). Club holds an annual reception in June to the South Central Massachusetts Alum­ Professor Cohen is faculty leader for COOT. welcome recent grads and to help new­ nae Association and Southwestern Maine About half of each freshman class partici­ comers to the Capitol City. Over 60 peo­ Alumnae Association enjoyed end-of-the­ pates in the program, which gives those ple attended this year • Colby people in year picnics in June • The fall is always "from away" a chance to see some of the New York are as busy as ever. In May, Tom a busy time and we'll have lots more to re­ outdoor spots that make Maine so special. Whidden '70, tactician for the America's port in the next issue of Club News! The Colby Alumnus Nonprofit Organization Colby College U.S. Postage Paid/Permit 7 Waterville, Maine 0490 1-4799 Portland, Maine 04101