The University of Maine DigitalCommons@UMaine University of Maine Alumni Magazines - All University of Maine Alumni Magazines Spring 2006 Maine Alumni Magazine, Volume 87, Number 2, Spring 2006 University of Maine Alumni Association Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/alumni_magazines Part of the Higher Education Commons, and the History Commons This publication is brought to you for free and open access by DigitalCommons@UMaine. It has been accepted for inclusion in University of Maine Alumni Magazines - All by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@UMaine. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Spring 2006 Innovation with compassion Ashok Jhunjhunwala ’79 Ph.D New vodka reflects commitment to Maine Meet the new UMAA president Le Fracais, je I’chante par “coeur” Franco-American singer/educator Josee Vachon ’84 The Charles F. Allen Society is Changing Students’ Lives THE CHARLES F. ALLEN SOCIETY recognizes donors who have included a planned gift of at least $10,000 to benefit the University of Maine in their estate and gift plans. While the Universitymay not receive most planned gifts until sometime in the future, we would like to know about your intentions so that we can thank and recognize you now. Planned gifts have helped many UMaine students who might not otherwise have been able to afford a college education to pursue their goals and dreams. When you write or review your will, please consider leaving the University a charitable bequest through the University of Maine Foundation for future generations of UMaine students. If you have already provided for the University of Maine in your will, trust or other form of deferred gift, you automatically qualify for membership in the Charles F. Allen Society. Please inform us of your intentions. Where there's a will, there's a way for UMaine students. For further information on planned gifts or how to remember the University of Maine in your will or trust through the University of Maine Foundation, please Jessica Paul '06 contact Amos Chemical Engineering Orcutt, President/CEO. Two Alumni Place 100 Foden Road, Suite 303, W. Building Orono, Maine 04469-5792 South Portland, Maine 04106 www.umainefoundation.org ___ 207-253-5172 or 800-449-2629___ CELEBRATING 1OO YEARS A CENTURY OF ACHIEVEMENT AND INFLUENCE The new "21st Century" Phi Eta Kappa at UMaine features a newly renovated chapter house, an alumni mentoring program, adult non-PEK supervision, and a minimum GPA requirement. The Phi Eta Kappa Fraternity will assemble at our home on the University of Maine campus to renew our bonds of friendship, character, and beauty at our centennial conclave! Brothers from around the globe are planning to attend. August 18, 19, and 20, 2006 For more information log on to: www.phietakappa.com Ad courtesy of Grindle Insurance Agency, Brewer and Bucksport Editor Jim Frick Editorial Assistants Abigail Zelz Betty-Jo Watt Design Jim Frick Design Consultant Mike Mardosa '73 Alumni Association Officers Bion A. Foster '68, '70G, Chair Sandford Blitz '92G, Vice Chair Stephanie Barry Brown '65, Vice Chair Catherine Cleale '86, Vice Chair Barbara Brown Dalton '81, Vice Chair Suzanne K. Hart '68, Treasurer M. Perry Hunter '52 , Vice Chair Gregory D. Jamison '72, '98G, Vice Chair Douglas E. Kneeland '53, Vice Chair Nancy Prisk '72, Vice Chair Todd D. Saucier '93, '97G, President UMAA Board of Directors Stanley C. Allain '61 Peter T. Berry '61 Dwight S. Blease '83 Rachel L. Bouchard '91 Elizabeth Cleale '00 Perry R. Clough '63 Candace A. Guerette '83, '86G A. Jeffrey Harris '72, '87G Alton M. Hopkins '50 Dione Williams Hutchinson '54, '71G Jonathan P. LaBonte '02 James M. Leger '00 Kurt R. Marston '74, '79G John M. Rohman '68 Dianne McLaughlin Tilton '81 Brooke D. Wagner '86 Jeffrey M. Wright '73 UMaine Summer Publications Committee The University of Maine 2006 Kristen Andresen '97 Nonni Hilchey Daly '59 Nancy Morse Dysart '60 The University of Maine's 2006 Summer Session offers more than 600 H. Allen Fernaid '54 courses designed to meet the diverse needs of lifelong learners Douglas E. Kneeland '53, Chair including those offered on-campus and at selected off-campus sites, Steve Riley '50 including The University of Maine's Hutchinson Center. Over 100 courses are offered online worldwide and through interactive Jeff Tuttle '91 televised technologies. Visit our website at http://dll.umaine.edu/summer or call the Summer Session Office at 207-581-3143 MAINE Alumni Magazine is published four times per year by the University of Maine Alumni Association for dues paying members of the Association. Membership dues are $40 per year. The editorial 1865 the university of office is located at One Alumni Place, P.O. Box 550, Orono, ME 04473-0550. Telephone: (207) 581-1137. Postage paid at Burlington, MAINE VT 05401. A Member of the University of Maine System 2 Maine Spring 2006 Volume 87, Number 2 Spring 2006 Alumni Magazine Around the Campus 4 News from the University of Maine. The "People-Person" Accountant 9 Meet the alumni association's new president. Page 5 10 Finding a Second Home in Maine Senior Svetlana Miljkovic doesn't let a war-related disability keep her from achieving her academic goals. Innovation with Compassion Technology guru Ashok Jhunjhunwala '79 Ph.D. is helping to bring a better life to India's villages. 16 A Brand New Maine "Spirit" Two UMaine alumni are among the partners in Freeport's Cold River Vodka. Page 12 Le Francais, Je l'chante Par "Coeur." Josee Vachon '84 sings French by "heart." Plus Mainely People with: Classnotes, alumni events, weddings, obituaries, and more. Cover photograph by Jeff Unger Page 16 Spring 2006 Maine 3 Around The Campus Students likely to ormer senator and vice mal and veterinary sciences. face tuition presidential candidate At the ceremony, well- increases John Edwards addressed known nutritionist Katherine Fmore than 2,000 University of Musgrave '74G was presented Maine graduates at ceremo­ with an honorary doctor of University of Maine System nies on May 13. It was the larg­ science degree. Musgrave is a Chancellor Joseph Westphal est graduating class in the retired UMaine professor who has proposed an increase in tu­ University's history. continues to teach and work ition for all of the System cam­ It wasn't Edwards's first with local medical profession­ puses. The increases would visit to UMaine; he made a als, advising patients on average 8.7 percent across the campaign appearance on cam­ proper nutrition. campuses and would range pus in September 2004. He A second honorary degree from a $399 increase at Fort currently serves as director of was awarded to James Knott, Kent to a $584 increase at the the Center on Poverty, Work, Sr., the inventor of the wire University of Maine. The pro­ and Opportunity at the Uni­ lobster trap. posal also calls for an increase John Edwards versity of North Carolina at The university also recog­ in room and board at all cam­ Chapel Hill. Addresses 2,050 nized the contributions of the puses. The valedictorian of the late Herbert Sargent '29, It was anticipated that the 2006 class was Susan Eileen UMaine Grads founder and longtime head of System Board of Trustees Scott of Ellsworth, a psychology major. Saluta- H.E. Sargent. He was also very involved in would approve the increases at torian was Alison Marie Pease of Saco, who re­ community service and was a strong supporter their meeting in late May. ceived her University of Maine degree in ani­ of UMaine's College of Engineering. Tuition increases won't erase budget shortfall Westphal noted that even with Campus mourns the tuition increases, the Sys­ UMaine's loss of UMaine tem will still be facing a bud­ get shortfall in the coming fis­ Distinguished senior in Iraq cal year. While budget discus­ Professor sions were still underway Fighting in Iraq claimed the when this magazine went to This year's Distinguished life of UMaine senior, Staff Ser­ press, it seemed likely the Sys­ Maine Professor is David geant David Michael Veverka tem would receive significantly Townsend '74, '81 Ph.D., a in early May. He was the first less than the $5 million increase highly respected researcher UMaine student to die in the it had asked for. and popular teacher, who cur­ conflict. That means a likely multi­ rently heads the university's Veverka was a member of million dollar shortfall and an­ school of marine sciences. the Army National Guard's 3rd other round of belt tightening The award is presented an­ Battalion of the 172nd Infantry at the UMaine campus. nually by the UMaine Alumni Association and recognizes out­ regiment based in Brewer. A "At this point, we're standing achievement in teaching, research, and public service. native of Jamestown, Pennsyl­ squeezing water out of a rock," Accompanying the award is $4,200, a blazer, and a pewter vania, he joined the Guard to Janet Waldron, vice president medallion, all funded by the Class of 1942. help pay expenses at UMaine for finance and administration, Townsend's Introduction to Ocean Science course is the larg­ where he was a top academic told The Maine Campus. "The est lecture class offered on campus by a single professor. Stu­ wildlife ecology major. deficit is more challenging this dents consistently give him top ratings, noting his passion for "David was well-liked and year than previous years be­ his subject, his communication skills, and his dedication. highly regarded by faculty and cause we have exhausted many As a researcher, Townsend has an international reputation fellow students, and his death cost-cutting options through as an authority on biological oceanography, particularly in the has hit the UMaine community past reductions and improve­ Gulf of Maine.