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Volume 97 Issue 2 Summer 2008 Article 10

July 2008

Alumni @ Large

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Reunion 2008

More than 1,000 alumni from all over the country and as far away as South Africa, Peru, Vietnam, England, and Japan came to Reunion Weekend, June 5-8. They attended faculty and alumni lectures, played in the president’s golf tournament, and had fun at the new reunion carnival. Volunteers from the Class of 2008 welcomed alums to campus, staffed dorms, and provided golf-cart transportation. Clockwise, from above, the Class of 2003 sets off in the traditional parade of classes, a young reuniongoer eyes an intimidating stack of lobsters, and Paul Svendsen ’58 of Bangor, Maine, shows he still cuts a fine figure in his Class of 1958 beanie. Nine galleries of photos from Reunion 2008 are online at www.colby.edu/mag, keyword: reunion08. PHOTOS BY JIM EVANS

44 We are approaching our 64th and great-granddaughters. Y I, JoJo driveway had been plowed about three Harbor, Fla., for four days to help class reunion. Doubtful any of us Pitts McAlary, had a spectacular year times a week for a total of seven times me open my condo. I spent two dreamed we would live to see that of travels. My latest trip included a and I had missed all of that fantastic weeks over Thanksgiving with my day! Y Louise Callahan Johnson flight to Singapore, sailing from there weather for snowshoeing. —JoJo Pitts daughter Laurel and her family in lives in San Francisco near two of along the Malaysian coast on a four- McAlary York, Pa., and then three weeks her sons. She had a hip replacement masted clipper ship to Phuket. I then over Christmas with my son Bill and found she could no longer live visited Kuala Lumpur and Chang Mai, 46 This has been a sad and difficult and his family in Carmel, Ind. In alone. Y Betty Wood Reed has her where I rode an elephant, then on to time since my beloved Chuck ’45 died February I traveled to Pasadena, ups and downs with dialysis, but was Bangkok. This trip was with my son, in July 2007, one week after our 60th Calif., for a week with my son Jon doing fine at the time she wrote. Y Fred Jr., and a great adventure. Over wedding anniversary. Our children and his family. In March I spent 10 Esther and Dick Mountfort were Christmas, with my daughter and son- gave us a lovely surprise party to days with Laurel to see my grandson in Florida for the winter, but they in-law, I traveled to Austin, Texas, just celebrate our diamond anniversary. Joseph in a hockey tournament, and I delayed their departure to celebrate to see what is there. Happened to be We always tried to go to both 1945 went to Connecticut last April when their twin daughters’ 50th birthdays. in San Antonio the day of the Penn and 1946 reunions, and one year my grandson Mark was confirmed. Y Kay Howes Brooks had surgery in State vs. Texas A&M Alamo Bowl President Cotter commented, “you Chuck and my children have been October but by Thanksgiving was fine game. It was a busy place and a lot of are here again,” which he said kindly a godsend to me. God bless you all. and had a wonderful celebration with fun. To my dismay I returned home and with a big smile. In October my Y Jean O’Brien Perkins is taking her daughters, niece, granddaughters, to find that, due to snowstorms, my daughter Donna flew here to Safety a course on the Odyssey by Homer

38 COLBY / SUMMER 2008 30s milestones you? Y Am I the bionic member of the 1920s-30s-40s Correspondents class? Early in March I had my fourth Deaths: Rosalie Mosher Reynolds ’29, February 28, 2008, in replacement joint—two hips and now 1920s-30s Huntington Station, N.Y., at 100. v Flora Trussell Larrivee ’31, two shoulders. All working well, but it 1942, 1943, 1945, 1947 March 27, 2008, in Manchester, N.H., at 99. v George C. Putnam does take time to go through airport c/o Meg Bernier Boyd ’34, March 9, 2008, in Naples, Fla., at 95. v Mary Small Copithorne security! Y I haven’t heard from a soul, Colby College ’35, February 27, 2008, in Exeter, N.H., at 95. v Ellen Dignam except for Kay, since my last column. Office of Alumni Relations Downing ’35, April 23, 2008, in Appleton, Wis., at 94. v Virginia If you want news, you’ve got to do your Waterville, ME 04901 Swallow Seepe ’35, May 1, 2008, in Boothbay Harbor, Maine, at 95. part! Now’s the time to sit down and 207-859-4312 v John P. Roderick ’36, L.H.D. ’66, March 11, 2008, in Honolulu, send your news either by e-mail or [email protected] Hawaii, at 93. v Myra Mallett Snyder ’38, January 28, 2008, in snail mail. —Anne Hagar Eustis [email protected] Worcester, Mass., at 91. [email protected] 50 Phil Dine writes: “I finally [email protected] completely retired in April. Barbara 40s milestones and I purchased a condo at Arbor 1940 Hills in Kingston, Mass., wondering Ernest C. Marriner Jr. Deaths: Charles H. Card ’40, February 9, 2008, in Amarillo, Texas, at why we didn’t do it years ago. Our 10 Walnut Drive 90. v Nannabelle G. Carter ’40, October 2, 2007, in Machias, Maine, oldest daughter, Andrea, and her Augusta, ME 04330-6032 at 88. v Barbara Towle Wheeler ’40, April 1, 2008, in Waterville, husband recently moved back to this 207-623-0543 Maine, at 90. v Charles E. Barnfather ’41, April 19, 2008, in area. Andrea is director of career [email protected] Biddeford, Maine, at 90. v Norris E. Dibble ’41, February 20, 2008, development at Wheelock College in Springfield, Mass., at 88.v Paul E.D. Sheldon ’41, August 16, 2007, and her husband, Jeffrey Wildstein, 1941 in Pawtucket, R.I., at 89. v Elizabeth Coles Harris ’42, February is the rabbi at Temple Beth David Bonnie Roberts Hathaway 21, 2008, in Nashua, N.H., at 87. v Ronald D. Lupton ’43, April 21, in Westwood, Mass. Our youngest 8366 Trillium Road 2008, in Slocum, R.I., at 89. v Maurice E. Towle ’43, April 17, 2008, daughter, Karin, and her husband, Ft. Myers, FL 33912 in Bangor, Maine, at 87. v Madeleine Turner Arnold ’44, July 24, Brian Barry, are at Fort Huachuca, 239-936-2732 2005, in Burbank, Calif. v Tacy Hood Finney ’44, March 24, 2008, in Ariz. Brian is an instructor pilot [email protected] St. Johnsbury, Vt., at 85. v Mary Sewell Bacon ’46, October 9, 1999, for the Army and expects to be assigned abroad this summer. Karin 1944 in Hampden, Maine, at 75. v Richard A. Durso ’46, August 26, 2006, Josephine Pitts McAlary in North Wales, Pa., at 81. v Hilda Robertson Lyons ’46, February is a full-time mom. They have three boys—one set of twins, 7, and the 131 Russell Avenue 5, 2008, in Fountain Hills, Ariz., at 83. v Richard D. Sampson ’47, youngest, 5. We expect to visit with Rockport, ME 04856 March 1, 2008, in Appleton, Wis., at 85. v Jane Pottle Lee ’48, May them often. I keep busy volunteering [email protected] 1, 2008, in Norway, Maine, at 80. v Philip J. Shulman ’48, February at the Jordan Hospital in Plymouth, 1946 21, 2008, in San Francisco, Calif., at 84. v William L. Mitchell ’49, and Barbara still works a 20-hour Shirley Martin Dudley March 27, 2008, in Saco, Maine, at 81. v Donald J. Zabriskie ’49, week at our temple in Hingham. I 68 Giddings Avenue February 12, 2008, in Newburyport, Mass., at 84. cannot believe that in just two years it will be our 60th reunion. Where did Windsor, CT 06095 all the time go? Best to all.” Y Chet 860-688-4025 and is reading Robert Fitzgerald’s Hawaii in 2006, he and Selma spend Brigham writes “My wife, Anthea, [email protected] translation. She and her family are winters in their new home in La Jolla, and I live in Gloucester, Mass., where 1948 well. —Shirley Martin Dudley Calif., and in the spring they head I mess around in my outboard skiff David and Dorothy Marson back to Falmouth, Mass. They have and kayak, and get in some tennis. 41 Woods End Road given up golf and beaching but still 48 On Feb. 21 we had a pre- Over the past year we have had the Dedham, MA 02026 reunion here in Florida with Jordan keep a hectic social schedule. During pleasure of getting together with 781-329-3970 Kaplan, Aaron Sandler, David November and December they Alice and Paul Christopher ’51, Dottie [email protected] Marson, and Burt Silberstein ’49. We rented a large home in San Miguel (Washburn ’52) and Dick Leonard, met at Burt’s home at Hunter’s Run in de Allende, Mexico. Y We received a and Mary and Arthur Blasberg ’49.” 1949 Boynton Beach. Also attending were brief note from Harvey Koizim, who Chet was scheduled to be at Colby for Anne Hagar Eustis Dorothy Kaplan, Dorothy Marson, heard from Jerry Braff ’50 that Phil the reunion book-signing session June 24 Sewall Lane Elaine Warshaver, whose late husband Shulman passed away Feb. 21, 2008. 7 to talk about his book, Gloucester’s Topsham, ME 04086 Lenny was a member of the Class of Y We heard from Howell Clement Bargain with the Sea, and at the Maine 207-729-0395 ’49, Burt’s significant other, Marilyn March 27 and are pleased to report Maritime Museum in Bath July 23 [email protected] Mades, and Aaron’s significant other, that he is in good health. On the day discussing the book. —Elizabeth Lois Miller. After cocktails and he wrote, they had six inches of snow (Dudie) Jennings Maley any and all info that you would like hors d’oeuvres we adjourned to the with more expected. Y As you can see to share. Y During the winter I saw clubhouse for a relaxed and elegant the response was quite limited for this 51 I have taken on the challenge Ted Shiro in Naples, Fla. Ted’s had dinner. Some plans were formulated issue. Please send more news at any of supplying news of our class—the a lot of operations, hip, knees, etc., for reunion and we hoped to have at time. —David and Dorothy Marson greatest generation class. I will but still plays a good game of tennis least four of the group at Colby in periodically ask you for short updates and he looks great. His wife, Arden, June. Y Janet Gay Hawkins writes 49 Kay Sahagian in Sarasota, on Colby contacts and relevant is going through a rough time but is that she is still involved with the Fla., wants to know where you all memories of our years climbing responding well under Ted’s care. Y Mashomack Preserve (The Nature are. “In assisted living residences Mayflower Hill in the blue bus while I’ve also heard from George Wales, Conservancy) on Shelter Island as well somewhere?” He would love it if you the College was literally being built. who lives at Denison College in as the East End Hospice. She hopes would sit down and write your news We were the transition class from the Granville, Ohio. He keeps busy and to do a major trip in the fall. Y Ron for this column. (I would love it, too!) city railroad stop to the magnificent assists his wife, Lorainne (Arcese ’54), Farkas writes that, since departing He’s going to make 100, how about new campus. Please contact me with with all her music activities for the

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college. They have a daughter who has a national network program on “Our country has relied on entrepreneurs since its beginning, and it is PBS called From the Top. It’s a fun vitally important to nurture future generations of entrepreneurs who are music program about young classical musicians. Y Ernie Fortin e-mailed not likely to launch their businesses through traditional financing methods.” from Sarasota, Fla. He has been contacting Frank Gavel and needles him about his Colby baseball career. Business Model | Charles Morrissey ’56 Y Bump Bean contacted me about giving all my hard-earned money to Colby. We should all participate but Charles “Chuck” Morrissey ’56 agreed to give I’m having so much fun that there may a guest lecture on new business start-ups at be nothing left. Seriously, we should the University of California, Irvine, in 1984 and all give to our great College. Y Well, has been hooked on teaching ever since. Today that’s it for this issue. However, I will Morrissey is a professor at the Graziadio School hound you for news, so please contact of Business and Management at Pepperdine me. All the best to the best class ever. —Chet Harrington University, blending a scholarly background with real-world experience. A former entrepreneur and My apologies that our news new venture incubator, Morrissey also heads up 52 wasn’t in the last issue of Colby. Here it Pepperdine’s annual Business Plan Competition. is now, including lots of travel stories An associate professor of strategy, Morrissey from last summer and fall. Richard says the entrepreneurial environment at the “Fuzzy” Chamberlin took a month- Graziadio School makes his “the perfect job in long trip out West, visited eight states America.” A self-described “roads scholar,” the from Washington to California, and Irvine resident regularly commutes to Pepperdine saw many old friends including Pat campuses in West Los Angeles and Malibu to Erskine Howlett, with whom he teach. He has taught at all of the school’s academic went to school from grade school centers from Orange County to Santa Clara. through Colby. He also took in a With a Ph.D. from Claremont University, an Red Sox vs. California Angels playoff M.B.A. from Harvard Business School, and a game. When he got back East, he B.A. from Colby, Morrissey has deep academic topped it off by watching the Red Sox credentials. Teaching held an early interest for him, World Series victory parade through but it wasn’t until 1989 that he decided to move the streets of Boston. Y Josette and into the classroom. Norman Crook have enjoyed more “When the Los Angeles Times published a than 20 years of RV travel and showing story on the Beckman family gift to Pepperdine dogs. Norm started in our class, left for a new graduate campus, I read it and thought for a four-year hitch in the Navy, PHOTO BY RON HALL Pepperdine sounded like the right place for me,” then graduated in the Class of ’56. Y Morrissey said. He contacted Graziadio School Charles Morrissey ’56 at the Graziadio School of Russ Wallace took two memorable professor John Nicks and managed to pitch Business and Management at Pepperdine University. trips in summer 2007, first to Sicily, himself into a job. The move propelled him into Turkey, and Athens, and then to management education, while allowing him to Mark Mallinger, director of Pepperdine’s full- Scandinavia with the Natural Gas remain in the world of new business ventures time M.B.A. program, says Morrissey brings the Jazz Band. He wrote glowingly of as a consultant. same level of enthusiasm to running the Business going to the premiere of An American Morrissey had previously been involved in two Plan Competition as he does to teaching. “His Opera and recommends it highly. Y successful for-profit ventures: Timeshare Corp., energy and commitment to quality have helped Doris Raphael Winder now lives in which enabled competitive computer timesharing shape the competition into a premier event.” the retirement community of Lasell and was sold to Houghton Mifflin, and a company The students’ plans, presented to an audience Village and takes a yearly trip in called Studio Software. The experience gave of their peers and business professionals as January to Tucson. Y Janet Hewins Morrissey valuable practical experience that serves judges, were evaluated on the originality of the visited Transylvania with her church him well in the classroom. idea, the viability of the business model, and the choir in July 2007. Then she went on “I define entrepreneurship as ‘developing potential for future financial success. a wonderful cruise down the Peruvian innovation without resources,’” Morrissey said. The winning plan for 2008 was Nurse Education Amazon. She still works and enjoys “An entrepreneurial approach to starting new Web, a Web-based clinical practice reservation life as an assessment psychologist in enterprises is contrary to traditional strategy system for nursing schools. The site allows nursing the San Francisco Bay area. Y Nita models involving institutional lenders.” schools to save time and money and expand the Hale Barbour sampled the delights Morrissey illustrates the notion of developing number of nurses available to enter the workforce. of India with her daughter on a Colby innovation without resources by recalling the Meanwhile Morrissey remains dedicated to Alumni trip in February 2007. She followed that up with two Elderhostel founding of the United States. “Our country has his teaching. “It’s important,” he said, “to remind trips with her husband, Chandler, to relied on entrepreneurs since its beginning, and it everyone how important entrepreneurship is to the the Grand Canyon and then on an is vitally important to nurture future generations world economy and that entrepreneurship is a key eco cruise around the Inner Passage of entrepreneurs who are not likely to launch their value in society.” of southeastern Alaska. Last fall businesses through traditional financing methods.” — Jerry Derloshon they went to Turkey with a group of 1960s Peace Corps volunteers.

40 COLBY / SUMMER 2008 She mentioned that “even though Merimbula.” Congratulations, John! days at Colby, that the Lambda Chis 1950s Correspondents Turkish-American relations have —Jan “Sandy” Pearson Anderson knew and thus it was what we always been touchy lately, we were welcomed sang in the annual spring Greek 1950 and warmly greeted in all places.” Y 53 In a Christmas card from choral competition. My recollection is Betsy Jennings Maley And now on to other topics. Dave Barbara Studley Barnette, she that we never had a chance against the 479 Ridgeview Road Crocket and his granddaughters won reported that she and Joey Leader Tri Delts and their rendition of Singin’ Orange, CT 06477 third place in a Halloween parade. He Creedon had a great trip to Russia in the Rain with each singer wearing a [email protected] Y drove his 1930 Model A coupe while and the Scandinavian countries with brightly colored rain slicker. Mary 1951 Y the girls rode in the rumble seat. a stopover in the U.K. Florence and Herb Adams summer in Lovell, Chet Harrington More recently, Dave wrote March 7 “Flo” Fisher Krejci reports that Maine, where they keep busy with Outpost Hill saying, “I’m expecting my two great- Mary Ellen Betts Harrison’s land trust activities, the local library, 757 Newtown Rd. granddaughters tomorrow for my 77th husband passed away shortly after and the historical society. They often Villanova PA, 19085 birthday party. My grandson David moving from Vermont to Concord, see Ruth and Norm Hodgkins ’53, 610-688-6374 (their father) did a tour of duty in N.H. Mary Ellen passed away Sept. who live in Lovell. While in Florida [email protected] Iraq and was awarded a Purple Heart. 8, 2007. Y John Lee’s grandson the rest of the year, Mary is president Some people wonder why I ‘winter’ in graduated from West Point in May, of Peace of Highland County and 1952 Pennsylvania, but, compared to the 14th in a class of 1001. Y Chase and Herb is chair of the home association’s Janice Pearson Anderson winter in Maine and New Hampshire Nan Murray Lasbury took a month- Deed Restrictions Enforcement 237 North Main Street, Apt. 221 this year, it is like paradise here.” Y long cruise last fall from Santiago, Committee. Mary, an avid gardener, South Yarmouth, MA 02664 Caroline Wilkins McDonough was Chile, to Buenos Aires. They plan a spends many hours tending her 508-760-4221 delighted that her dear friend Barbara riverboat cruise from Switzerland to gardens while Herb plays golf, poker, [email protected] Bone Leavitt received a Colby Brick Amsterdam after reunion. Y Carolyn and occasionally delivers a Sunday 1953 at Reunion 2007. We were all proud Doe Woznick and her husband joined sermon. They’re headed for Ireland in Barbara Easterbrooks Mailey of her. Caroline lives in Greenwich, a British group for a week’s tour of June and are waiting for their name to 80 Lincoln Avenue Conn., and winters in Florida with Venice. They were awed by St. Mark’s reach the top of the list at an extended South Hamilton, MA 01982 her husband, Dick. She is still active Basilica, having it all to themselves living facility in Scarborough, Maine, 978-468-5110 in theater and her group was planning one evening. They traveled back Herb’s hometown. Y I talked with Bill [email protected] to do the female version of The Odd to London and visited the British Setser after tornados passed through Couple. Speaking of theater, I’m still Museum to see French and Russian his area of Alabama. He reports that 1954 at that too. Before Thanksgiving I art on loan. Y Hershel Alpert joined he lives quite a distance from all of Arthur Eddy finished a run ofArsenic and Old Lace. the University of Massachusetts the activity. Y Once again, wouldn’t it 12 Red Bird Lane Lots of fun and lots of hard work! Dartmouth’s Charlton College be great if we could be the first class Lakeville, CT 06039-2216 860-435-9778 Y Paul and Mimi Russell Aldrich of Business. He’ll serve as guest of any size to reach the 100-percent [email protected] didn’t take their boat south last winter. speaker and manager of the college’s giving level for our 55th reunion Instead, they braved another Maine executive-on-campus program. He in 2009? Hope to see you all there. 1955 winter (with a couple of trips to the also is involved with a New Bedford —Art Eddy Ann Burnham Deering Caribbean). In November Paul went community program. Y This was the 27 Hedgerow Drive to Colby for the 60th anniversary first year thatCarolyn English Caci 56 Greetings from sunny Falmouth, ME 04105 concert of the Colby Eight, which did not head south for at least part of Melbourne Beach, Fla., where John 207-781-3041 was founded by Bump Bean ’51 in the winter—a big mistake given this and I just returned from a family [email protected] the fall of 1947. Dave Lynn, along year’s winter in New England. Y I was cruise. All 11 of us sitting down to 1956 with Bump, Don Merriam ’51, and informed that George Bazer’s wife, dinner every night for a week far Joan Williams Marshall Jack King ’54, was part of the 60 Ellie, passed away unexpectedly last surpassed the luxury and adventure PO Box 832 members who took part. Y We were fall. She will be missed. Y Tommi of the ocean liner. We can now concur Truro, MA 02666 notified through a note from Richard Thompson Staples is moving but with those of you who regaled us in 508-349-3453 Sargent, who is Diane Sargent expected to join us at Colby in June. your 50th anniversary celebrations. [email protected] Larsen’s brother, that Diane passed She notices that news from our Y En route south we visited Sherry away Nov. 27, 2007, after a long cancer classmates takes the form of either and Don Rice on Spring Island, S.C. 1957 struggle. (Unfortunately, Dick gave travel or hip/knee replacements. We’ll see them again in Sunapee to Guy and Eleanor Ewing Vigue no return address. If anyone can give Her travel was to our 55th and she’s celebrate Don’s 75th. A highlight of 238 Sea Meadow Lane us further information, please send “hopeful that all those knee and hip their winter was entertaining Warren Yarmouth, ME 04096 an e-mail.) Y Very happy news from replacements allow us to attend.” ’57 and Babs Faltings Kinsman, 207-846-4941 John McCoy: “I’m writing from the —Barbara Easterbrooks Mailey Naomi and Andy Anderson, and Pam [email protected] resort town of Merimbula on the far and Karl Honsberger. Y What fun it 1958 south coast of New South Wales, The dictionary defines was to spend the day with Chris Layer 54 Beryl Scott Glover Australia. How did I get here? I was “serendipity” as: “the faculty of Larson and David and Rosemary 4953 Wythe Place married in Orleans, Mass., Dec. 29 making fortunate and unexpected Crouthamel Sortor in Vero Beach. Wilmington, NC 28409-2081 to an Australian woman I met in discoveries by accident.” I’m prone to The downpours chased us off the [email protected] Japan four years ago. We’ve been procrastination when it comes time sand but in no way dampened our here since shortly after the first of to produce this bit of writing but lively conversation. Rosie lunches 1959 the year as she winds up her medical find that this time it has presented with Louise Allen Freedman. The Joanne K. Woods practice (she is a GP). This winter to me a delightfully serendipitous Sortor’s son, John ’81, was at Colby 27 Haven Way (summer in the States) we will travel occurrence. This morning WJMJ, with Louise’s daughter, Ellen ’81. Ashland, MA 01721-4404 around Queensland and the Northern an FM station in Bloomfield, Conn., Rosie had news about John Jubinsky, [email protected] Territories, then return to the U.S. played a choral version of Aura Lee, whose daughter, Melissa, is moving in the fall. We plan to maintain which started the memories flowing. to Virginia, so we can expect to see our homes in both Orleans and Aura Lee was the only song, during my John and Tess stateside more often.

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Harry and Lyn Brooks Wey house 50s milestones and last son was married (“at last”) and sat for Jean (Van Curan ’55) and Steve sat in on drums at the reception. Larry Pugh while the Pughs attended Deaths: Lois Bragg Holway ’51, April 20, 2008, in Biddeford, Maine, “What a hoot to see one’s kids and The Masters in Augusta. Y Donald at 89. v William H. Carter II ’52, October 24, 2007, in Medfield, grandkids clapping for the old man!” Dunbar reports that his book, What Mass., at 77. v Mortimer M. Guiney ’52, February 14, 2008, in Steve is making plans to attend the You Don’t Know Can Keep You Out of Paris, France, at 78. v Daniel J. Sullivan ’52, February 22, 2008, 50th. Y Margaret Lippincott Brezel, College, is selling well. Recommend it in Salem, N.H., at 78. v Ruth Flagg Lyon ’53, May 21, 2004, in looking back on the 50 years since we to your grandchildren! Y Ed and Lois Huntington, N.Y., at 72. v Jess H. Smith ’53, April 10, 2008, in were all together, realizes she’s had a Latimer Pan completed two years as Sarasota, Fla., at 75. v Leslie D. Stewart Jr. ’53, March 27, 2008, in fortunate and happy life, topped off resident couple at the Quaker Center Vero Beach, Fla., at 76. v George W. Huther ’55, April 11, 2008, in by her current life in Hawaii. She in Honolulu. Yes, folks, they did see Webster, N.Y., at 75. v Mary Connelly Luney ’55, March 22, 2008, and husband David live two blocks Jube! Lois says, “The time here has from the ocean on the windward in Tarrytown, N.Y., at 75. v Nelson P. Hart ’56, January 30, 2008, been incredibly fascinating—big (east) coast of Oahu, 20 minutes over in Waterbury, Conn., at 76. v Arthur E. Engdahl Jr. ’57, February Hawaiian sea turtles on a deserted the mountain from Honolulu. They 28, 2008, in Dover-Foxcroft, Maine, at 73. v Thomas Lenssen ’58, beach, my first and only hula dance have opera, symphony, art museums, v performance, my Hawaiian quilt. September 3, 2005, in Ormond Beach, Fla., at 71. Thaddeus G. theater, fine restaurants, etc. close by, I’ve marched in a Martin Luther Alwyn ’59, March 22, 2008, in Baldwinsville, N.Y., at 75. but they have a delightful small town King Day parade and Ed met friends atmosphere. David swims twice a day from college in Taiwan. We visited in the ocean, and Peggy paddles with mainland China where Ed met in New England and beyond. The last His new career is running a hot dog five women in a Hawaiian outrigger Beijing with friends he had not seen few months have been relentless in cart at the south end of Lake Sunapee. canoe twice a week at sunrise and for 60 years. He was the only one terms of snow, ice, and cold! Y One ’57 “It’s truly a fun job, and you meet often walks on the beach mornings. among them who left China before ski buff who appreciated the extreme the darndest people.” He’s had both “The ocean is so renewing!” Besides the Communist takeover.” Y Joanna snow conditions (all 152 inches of it) knees replaced and looked forward to having family visit, Peggy runs a McCurdy Brunso plans a mini- is John Conkling. He found this to “seeing everyone at the reunion and B&B for visitors from around the reunion on the Cape in the early fall. be the best ski season ever. Y Tony comparing scars!” Y Ann Harding world. “It’s such fun and we meet I will attend and have lots to report. Glockler writes that in early February Jamieson writes: “One additional such nice people!” Peggy is involved Y Janet Nordgren Meryweather Tom Totman, Donna and Ed White, note [to her yearbook bio]—six in planting trees and saving heritage attended a Colby gathering in Bill and Nancy Rollins Spence, and pounds worth. A girl, after three boys, trees, raising money for scholarships, Sarasota this winter and says, “We the Glockers were guests of Diane for Michele and son Tim, which a discussion group on international were treated to a marvelous speaker and Van Bernhard at Hummingbird boosts the count of grands to nine.” relations, and a book club that has from the Colby College Museum of Cay in the Bahamas. They all had Speaking of comparing scars, it’ll be been active for 42 years. They both Art whose presentation noted some a wonderful time with constant fun to see who has the most grands “plan on living to 120, so there’s of the Lunder Collection.” Y Thanks sunshine, fishing, wonderful food, and great-grands! Y Jim Bishop lots more of this delightful life to Kathy McConaughy Zambello for and friendship. Quite a contrast from wrote to describe a series of writers’ savor.” Peggy anticipates being in the the news that ardent golfers Larry our very rough New England winter! workshops he gave in May in Sedona, running for the reunion attendee who and Grace Mainero Andrea left Y Cedric “Mac” Harring had five Ariz. Titled “Polish Your Gifts,” the comes the longest distance—it’s 6,000 Wilmington, N.C., for the dry weeks of skiing in Colorado and workshops aimed to remove writer’s miles to Maine! Y Art Goldschmidt climate of Denver and are enjoying Utah, traveling with Elderhostel and block by focusing on a simple formula: wrote A Brief History of Egypt, with the change. Are there grandchildren the 70+ ski club. Mac skied a total of “imagination plus discipline plus 54 illustrations, published in 2008 in this picture? Y Bill Wyman writes 46 days with only a minor complaint craft.” —Beryl Scott Glover by Facts on File, Inc. He works for from California, “Our class column of “sore” knees. Most of us would be Chelsea House, a subsidiary of that needs involvement.” Well said! He aching from head to toe! Y The news 59 Jack and Barbara Hunter company, as the editor for its series of reports, “Brave Barbara Nardozzi from Babs (Faltings ’56) and Warren Pa l l o t t a s p e nt t he w i nt er Middle Eastern country studies. He Saxon is out here again. Bro Adams is Kinsman in Dawtaw, S.C., is positive, in Fiddlesticks, Fla., a golfing was invited to speak (in Arabic) at a also coming up for dinner. We wanted as always! They enjoy having Naomi community, before returning to N.J. symposium in Kuwait City in January others from Colby but they are scared and Andy Anderson ’56 on Dawtaw for the summer. Jack has become honoring the 50th anniversary of of my road. Many will be at the Colby Island and see them often. Sherry and active in a club in which he has chaired Al-Arabi, widely regarded as the dinner in San Francisco anyway.” Don Rice ’56 and Karl Honsberger the strategic planning committee leading literary magazine currently Bill’s novel, High Country, is out in ’56 are also on the scene—sounds and sits on the board. They play lots published in the Arab world. He paperback. Congratulations on four like a Deep South Colby delegation! of golf and only know the day of the taught a course last winter for the printings in hardcover. Y It truly is a Warren is going to rehab to try to week “when the big paper comes.” Osher Lifelong Learning Institute joy for me to read and hear about all avoid knee surgery, but still managed Y Sandy and Steve Levine have at Penn State (where he is a retired the interaction among our classmates. a trip to Florida. Y In January Howie been busy traveling: a second “self- professor) on Children and Youth in I offer my appreciation to those prime and Janice Thomson Christensen captained” canal cruise in France, this the Middle East. Y Elaine (Healey ’62) movers, such as Dave Sortor and and the entire family traveled to the time on the Canal du Midi; a transit and Paul Reichert spent a week in John Jubinsky, who make things Bahamas for their youngest daughter’s through the Panama Canal from the Bogota, Colombia. They stayed with happen wherever they go, like Lou wedding. It was a long awaited event Pacific to the Atlantic (“We didn’t a family in their new apartment, built Zambello does for the Class of 1955. and everyone had a wonderful time. try to personally navigate, but took on what was farmland a couple of years Let’s all get onboard encouraging Y Buddy Bates has sent an update a Holland America cruise!”); visiting ago. Cars are restricted as to days and others to attend the 55th, just three on our class fundraising and urges kids and grandkids in Seattle, LA, and times they can drive in the city, but years away. Until next issue, John and everyone to participate in meeting Fort Myers; golf and sun in Sarasota; buses and taxis are readily available. I send best wishes for your continued our class goal. —Guy and Eleanor celebrating 46 years of marriage April Driving in the city is almost like health. —Joan Williams Marshall Ewing Vigue 1; and seeing Steve’s photographs riding bumper cars at an amusement of products and projects published park. They traveled to a working salt 57 The calendar says spring at 58 Delighted to hear from Brad in a major environmental lighting mine with a chapel and the 14 Stations last—a great relief to everyone in Sherman, who has retired from manufacturer’s catalog. “Active of the Cross carved out 600 feet teaching high school social studies. retirement is exciting!” Their third

42 COLBY / SUMMER 2008 underground. They stopped at a small Portsmouth, N.H.) activity includes hats for all—lots of fun!” Wendy and yammer about Colby days, fraternity rose farm that ships 15,000 roses a day. participation in honor guards as well Bob plan a cruise to Italy, Greece, life, Onie’s, and how their plans to Y Bob Auriemma was profiled in the as greeting military flights leaving for and Turkey this summer. Y Finally, change the world worked out. Y Jean Asbury Park Press (New Jersey) Feb. 15 or returning from war zones. Flights Sandra Nolet Quinlan writes: Gaffney Furuyama reports that she with the headline “Legendary Brick touchdown at Pease Airfield, where “Winter in Palm Beach Gardens, will become the next president of the Coach Still Going Strong.” Bob, in his we cheer, feed, converse, and supply Fla., followed by two weeks in late Japanese Medical Society of America. 42nd year as coach of the Brick High free phones for their use. We’ve April at daughter’s writers and artists She and Toshi travel extensively School varsity hockey team, won his met 157 flights over the past three retreat in southern France (www. and continue to practice dentistry. 600th career game Jan. 21 and shows years, with well over 100 ‘greeters’ LaMuseInn.com). On my return Y Brenda Lewison, Sandy Keef no sign of slowing down. Bob has waiting day or night. The looks to Maine, Dean and I will travel to Hunter, Cynthia Dunn Barber, and coached many family members, from on the faces are gratifying and Las Vegas, then on to the Grand their respective spouses, met for a mini his own sons to his grandchildren. truly unforgettable. When Senator Canyon, the first stop on a three- reunion last fall at Cynthia’s home in He has 19 grandchildren, five great- John Sununu mentioned the ‘Pease week, 11-national-parks road trip northern Vermont. They had a grand grandchildren, and another on the Greeters’ activity to President Bush, terminating at Glacier National.” Y time taking walks, trading stories, way. He says that as long as he is he invited a group of the founders Wow, this Class of ’61 is breathtaking and howling at the moon. The three healthy and his wife has patience, to the Oval Office March 10.” Y and still kicking! Send your pictures were roomies all four years at Colby. he intends to coach. Y Thank you Carole Ann Pope is auditing a online to the Alumni Class of ’61 home Y Brenda Wrobleski Gottschalk to all who sent me news, and I look course in 19th-century European page! Y Colby in Hawai`i met at the shows no sign of retiring. Now in forward to hearing from more of you art at Bowdoin and participating Outrigger Canoe Club in Waikiki Denver, she and her daughter are as we approach the big 50th. —Joanne in The Genographic Project, the Jan. 8. There is a news item about the both restoring old Victorian homes. K. Woods brainchild of National Geographic event on the Alumni home page news Brenda brought her travel business Society (where her daughter worked archive. The Colby Club of Hawaii with Maxim Tours with her and is 61 Our news begins with a sad for the past 20 years) and IBM. It’s link is also under Regional Clubs with organizing a wine and tango tour to message—the loss of classmate about collecting DNA samples a link to pictures with the Class of ’61 Argentina for this coming fall. She’d Deborah Berry Denniston, a member from all over the world, following represented. Check it out at www. love to have some Colby folk along. of Cap and Gown, the senior women’s the footsteps of our ancestors in colby.edu/alumni. Warmest Aloha. She and her daughter drove across honorary. I especially remember Africa, and charting their migratory —Diane Scrafton Cohen Ferreira the mountainous Mexican states of her brilliant mind and her engaging paths. Carole says, “I officially retired Oaxaca and Chiapas to Palenque. and entertaining sense of humor. June 2, 2007, and am spending loads 62 This will be the year of our They were stopped twice for drug Women may remember the Mary of time attending concerts and doing 50th high school reunions—the searches. Like me, Brenda was sorry Low jousts—in full costume!—the all the things I’ve been too busy to warm-up for our Colby 50th in 2012. to have missed the 45th—our first White Knight (your correspondent, do before. Had a fantastic holiday I’ve recently heard from some of our reunions missed. Y Tricia and Bill Pye representing sororities) versus the season with my kids in New York more silent classmates like Jim and had a month-long trip to Southeast Black Knight (Deborah, representing City, Philadelphia, and D.C. And I Susan Welch Bishop, who have Asia touring Thailand, Cambodia, independents). After Colby Deborah had the occasion to meet Jamie Wyeth been married 47 years. They have Laos, and Vietnam with layovers in was a teacher, wife, mother, 4-H at the Farnsworth Museum and had three sons—an attorney and two golf Tokyo. They have now logged 30 mentor, and enthusiastic horsewoman. my picture taken with him. Colby pros—seven granddaughters, and countries. Y Another welcome voice She will be missed. Y Susan Miller folks seen recently: Betsy Perry newborn identical twin grandsons. from the past is Dirk Leiser. After Anderson sent her holiday newsletter, Burke, Carol “Chickie” Davidson They both retired in 2006 when Sue graduation Dick returned to Brazil which included news of a week-long Jack, Sue Fourcade Erskine, and was diagnosed with breast cancer. She and worked there with multinational Elderhostel to Oaxaca, Mexico, Janie Bowman. Would love to see is now a one-year survivor! Their lives companies. He has five children featuring Oaxacan cooking. She and any classmates passing through include lots of golf travel along with spread around the world: Baltimore, husband Ralph spend July and August Brunswick. Give me a call and I’ll take family and friends. Sue says there have Brazil, England, and North Carolina. at their condo in Frisco, Colo., at 9,000 you to Bailey Island for lobstah!” Y been two “tourist only” trips to the Dick now lives in Durham, N.C., and feet, where, Sue reports, “It’s cool and Carolyn Evans Consolino Albrecht British Isles. Y Cassandra (Cousins is a travel agent. Y Elmer Bartels lost dry. The summers at home in Boulder writes, “Knute and I became Florida ’65) and Joe Wright live on Mount his wife of 45 years in April 2007. She have become much warmer in the residents at Hammock Dunes in Palm Desert Island, Maine. Joe flew Air had been his nurse while he was in last few years.” In late October Sue Coast. Knute is partly retired but Force planes for 33 years and then rehab following his hockey accident and her sister took a trip to Vietnam, still working in Pennsylvania, so we taught in the simulator for another at Colby. After 30 years under six Cambodia, and Laos. Sue and Ralph maintain our home in Devon also. We six. Cass is a retired librarian but one different administrations as head have two sons, Doug, an attorney in have 17 grandchildren between us. would never know it. She is chair of of the Mass. Rehab Commission, Chicago, and Craig, a middle school Gianni Bolles Consolino was born the trustees of the Southwest Harbor Elmer was replaced by the current teacher. Y Penny Dietz Sullivan last summer in Bermuda and was Public Library. They have two sons governor—sort of a double whammy. regularly sees Caroline (Webster ’60) number nine for me! Each summer and two daughters, all married, with Elmer is optimistic and says he will and Ted Lockhart, who stop by on we return to our island on Little three in Maine. Y Irina and Ceylon continue to do some consulting. Y their way home to New Hampshire Sebago Lake, Maine. Life is full to Barclay traveled to Russia, Bulgaria, Many of you have written expressing from South Carolina. Drop Penny overflowing!” Y Wendy Ihlstrom and Chicago this winter. Ceylon spent sadness at Sue Burleigh Meyer’s an e-mail if you want to visit at her Nielsen has been busy with an the month of January working in passing in September. Sue fought new home in Bern, N.C.: penny@ organization called Child & Family Mzuzu, Malawi, on a U.S. Agency for a rare type of cancer but did live gurunet.net. Y Terry Lee enjoys of Southeastern Connecticut. On International Development project to see her first grandchild. Our his first grandson, who is “talking Mothers Day weekend, she chaired to combat poverty. The people sympathies are with Sue’s family. up a storm.” Terry is involved in the an event with her auxiliary (one of he worked with live in extended Y Cathy and Tony Mainero enjoy SCORE Merrimack Valley Chapter, seven area towns) called Touch-A- families of 12 to 18 and live on less their seven grandchildren. They which has about 60 counselors covering Truck. She says, “We had large trucks, than $1 a day. Penny (Wheeler ’64) are still on Cape Cod, where Tony Concord, Manchester, Nashua, and bulldozers, tractors, and fire engines and Ralph Bradshaw visited from works but takes longer vacations. Salem, N.H. He adds, “My Marine for children and adults to see and California. Ceylon says it is always a The Maineros traveled to Italy last Corps League (Detachment 394, climb into, along with yellow hard delight to toss down a few suds and fall to visit distant family. Y Tony

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Kramer’s daughter is a sophomore me that Dr. Zukowski was residing at the Monadnock Region and is now and his patient and quiet manner at Colby and his son is a freshman in an assisted living facility in Topsham, working at Prudential Verani Real inspired love and loyalty among those Kansas. Tony and his children spent Maine. He was in his 90s and doing Estate. Y Steve Eittreim regrets that who knew him.” Jim was teaching eight days rafting the Colorado River pretty well and she invited me to join he could not make the 45th. He still English at the academy at the time in the Grand Canyon last summer. them for lunch. Other than a few enjoys his work and life in California. of his death in 1995. Y George Shur Tony still works full time. Y Pete minor issues, Dr. Zukowski was great. Y Dian Emerson Sparling reports was in Sarasota for the winter and Leofanti, Dennis Dionne ’61, and He continued to be a voracious reader that the snow was endless in Colorado returned to Illinois in May. “We Wayne Fillback ’64, along with their and was referred to as ‘the professor’ this winter, which was a good thing hope to spend a few weeks in Maine spouses, attended the Colby Alumni by his fellow residents. We spent a because of a drought. She still takes this summer, probably around the College in 2007. Pete said it was a great good part of the time reminiscing backpacking trips and works for Alumni College program,” he said. experience and highly recommends about my Colby days. I learned that herself as a full-time nurse midwife. “I’m trying to convince Martha to join this program. Having frat brothers in 1958-59 Dr. and Mrs. Zukowski —Karen Forslund Falb us on the Hill.” Y Susan Woodward there added to the fun. Y Roey lived in Baghdad where he taught at checked in: “You never know what Carbino teaches at Wisconsin and Al-Hikma University, a Jesuit college. 64 Jean Brennon Call writes, might happen when you up and leave has traveled to interesting locations In 1965-66 they both taught at Robert “I put down my paintbrush this home! I met someone wonderful for conferences, including New College in Istanbul and, in 1972-73 past year and added several more the day after I arrived in N.M. We Zealand and, most recently, Korea. at Iranzamin College in Tehran.” Dr. Spanish classes. I teach at our local had a fun-filled three-month RVing She was sorry to miss our reunion Zukowski’s funeral was in Freeport senior center and in two retirement adventure, he followed me home, my because of a prior commitment in and he is buried in Augusta with communities. Some of my students house is now on the market, all my British Columbia. However she will his wife, Professor Lucille Pinette are nearly 90! I fell into doing this personal possessions are for sale, and not miss the 50th. Y Gerry Tays Zukowski ’37. Y Lillian Waugh writes almost by accident, but it gives me so I’ve retired from real estate. For the drove their motor home east last fall a special thanks to Colby’s women’s much pleasure. We have a wonderful foreseeable future, we’ll be on the road for his 50th high school reunion in athletics. “This winter I received a little private language school here in exploring. Home will be wherever Milton, Mass., before motoring back letter from Colby’s women’s athletics Chapel Hill (N.C.) where I can work we park the RV, or both RVs, which via New Mexico. They also visited inviting me, as a donor and holder of on both Spanish and French and visit is what we have at the moment. I’ll Italy for a couple weeks. Gerry’s a Colby ‘C’, to attend the women’s with friends in another language. I be painting, writing, and running license plate and e-mail address is basketball game at Tufts as a special had a nice visit with B.J. Campbell my little online business www. “BertNI.” Anyone get it (besides me)? guest. Being included in the Colby when she was visiting friends in itsabirdworld.com. What a glorious Y Judy Hoagland Bristol is already C Club was something I never really Raleigh over Thanksgiving.” Y Norm world this is!” Y Jim Harris has a “churning and burning” for our 50th expected, but as the project historian ’65 and Nancy Mitchell Miner had new job as a book sales rep. He also reunion. She says everyone alive and for the West Virginia University the pleasure of dining with Peter reports that Dick York is working well is expected to be there. She Women’s Centenary, it is profoundly and Kris Meyer Gordon and Hilde for the Seattle Mariners this summer. suggests the Samoset as a gathering meaningful both personally and and Jim Simon in Mill Valley, Calif. Look for them if you’re in Seattle! Y place for two to three days of extra politically. The letter brought tears The Miners live in Hopkinton, N.H., Ben Beaver took a week-long road time. Remember, you are guests of the to my eyes as I would have liked near their two sons. They’ve had trip to see friends in Florida and the College for 50th reunion on-campus nothing better—except, perhaps, a a succession of sailboats on Lake Carolinas. Marilyn and Ben had a activities. Judy and Harry had a great straight-A record in Mr. Kempers’s Winnipesaukee, but in the future pleasant dinner in Charleston with trip to Southeast Asia this past fall. Russian classes—than to have played will focus on a 36-foot cutter-rigged Connie and Alfred Olivetti, who Harry came through back surgery intercollegiate basketball complete sloop out of South Freeport, Maine. have been in Charleston since 1992 with flying colors, allowing them to with full-court and multi-dribble This winter they sailed out of Tortola and have no intention of leaving. As go on a snorkeling and cave tubing privileges.” Lillian continues that in the British Virgin Islands to ports of late last year Ben decided to stop trip to Belize. —Patricia Farnham back in the early 1990s the basketball in Puerto Rico and the USVI. Y working full time. After 30 years in the Russell skills she honed at Colby enabled her Diane and Art Fulman had dinner executive-search business, the past to make a 35- to 40-foot basket in a in November with Dick Pious when 14 or so in his own firm, it was time 63 For those who did not make faculty-staff halftime interlude at a he was in the Boston area teaching a to stop. They are looking forward to Reunion Weekend this year, we Rutgers-WVU game. And that was segment of The One Day University. more time on the golf course and with hope you can join us for our 50th against a much taller pre-Title IX “Dick is a chaired professor at their kids and grandkids (4-year-old in 2013. It should be a wonderful woman. To top off the experience, Columbia-Barnard College in New twins, Ben and Katie), who live in time, especially since Colby will be her junior high daughter was there to York City and is a highly regarded Andover, Mass. Their dad is Ben’s celebrating its 200th anniversary. Y watch. Y I am about to make a trip to expert on the American presidency. older son, John, Class of 1992. Their Two long letters are our major news. California to visit my oldest daughter It was fascinating hearing his views younger son is dating the daughter The first from Bruce Swerling is in grad school at Cal Berkeley. I took on President Bush and the individuals of a Colby friend as well. Best to all! about Professor Walter Zukowski, a trip to eastern Maine in March and vying to succeed him. This election —Sara Shaw Rhoades who passed away March 8, 2008. found the snow cover reminiscent season has really gotten the juices Bruce writes, “In 2006, I inquired as of our senior year. Y Bruce Fenn moving in the Class of ’64 government 65 STILL WORKING! And to the status of Dr. Walter Zukowski, has been promoted to division majors and others. I haven’t seen this loving it! Dave Fearon chaired a who during my years at Colby was manager of commercial banking and much excitement since Jack Kennedy program this summer at Babson the head of the Administrative senior lending officer at Chittenden ran in 1960. It is wonderful to see the College for the Organizational Science Department. Because of Bank in Brattleboro, Vt. He is involvement of young people again.” Behavior Teaching Conference. the application of many things they responsible for the overall leadership Y A nice tribute to Jim Valhouli His topic was “Entrepreneurial taught, especially accounting, I of the commercial banking account was written in the Philips Exeter Teaching—Entrepreneurial was always grateful to the business managers’ team and staff, as well as Academy magazine last year, titled Learning.” Dave has been a teacher department staff, especially to Dr. government banking, loan resolution, “So Decent and Responsible a Man.” in this field for 35 years. His daughter, Zukowski and Mrs. Fisher/Knight. and the credit departments. In his A new “green” faculty house has been Laura, started a new career as a The College put me in contact with spare time he still enjoys skiing and named in his honor and the tributes pediatric nurse in the U of Vermont Dr. Zukowski’s daughter, Mary golfing. Y In January Lawrie Barr include this: “his bedrock knowledge, Children’s Hospital after earning a Zukowski Hurd ’79, who informed “bid adieu to Bishop Real Estate” in conviction and optimistic spirit, B.S.N. from U of Wyoming. Y Dr.

44 COLBY / SUMMER 2008 Nancy Kendig Montagna says, you get to flying through India. They “I’m doing exactly what I want to do spent two nights in Calcutta and now!” Nancy has a psychotherapy five more on a tea plantation near “I want to support Colby practice with a focus on “how to Darjeeling. “Bhutan is only 180 miles maximize joy and life satisfaction.” long and 90 miles wide but it takes five but I am worried about my Check out pathwaystohappiness.com days to drive from west to east and to learn more. She also continues five days to return on the same road. financial future.” with volunteer work, for which she Much of that time is spent zigzagging has learned Spanish. She is “testing up and down the mountains.” Later a program in Mexico which is very Sunny went to Omaha Beach for a effective in treating court-ordered D-Day event with her niece, Hannah, We can help. domestic violence offenders in the on a Davidson College tour. Sunny U.S.” She is looking for a location in continues on the Board of Easter Seals Latin America where the government of Massachusetts and in 2008 began wants to enforce the laws against a year on the national board. “I enjoy domestic violence and needs an life here in New London more every alternative to jail. “I mention this in day.” Looks like Sunny has channeled the hopes that helpful associations Dr. Nancy’s course. Y Hail, Colby, will be triggered in the minds of my Hail! —Dick Bankart far-flung classmates.” If this is you, contact her at [email protected]. Y 66 Steve Rand of Plymouth, Nick Locsin recently joined IDEXX N.H., and Sari Abul-Jubein ’69 of in Westbrook, Maine, as a product Boston flew to San Francisco last manager. He moved into the house he summer to visit Gerry and Dede was building on the Kennebec River Wilson Van Atta. Dede is retired in Woolwich. Y Joan Stressenger and Gerry has his own computer Chesley “enjoys real estate sales in software service company. They Vero Beach, Fla., although quite a live in a wonderful house in Haight- challenging market now.” Joan is busy Ashbury, which they’ve owned since with a wedding (daughter Carol), new the 70s. Sari still owns the Casablanca grandmother duties (son Robert), and Restaurant in Cambridge, and Steve is a graduation (daughter Sue—Indiana still in the family hardware business U.) Y NOT WORKING! And loving in Plymouth, N.H., rated the seventh- it! Tom Donahue is translating a best small town in America. Y John book about venomous snakes from and Ellie Caito Thompson have Portuguese to English to aid his been busy making movies on how daughter, Jess, complete her fourth they travel and how they cope with book dealing with zoos. Tom reports John’s progressive MS. With the he “gave up horses this year. I loved help of Ellie’s good friend Gretchen it, truly, and miss it deeply, but I will Wollam O’Connor, who did all the be 65 on my next birthday and the film editing, they put their movies only kind of riding I ever enjoyed was on YouTube. Search for them at aboard a spirited horse alone in open “Thompsonsonthemove.” Gretchen country. One should never ride alone. studied film editing following her It seriously tempts the hand of fate.” retirement from administrative work Tom and Judy enjoyed travel to New at Harvard and “is hooked.” Her first Contact the Gift Planning team at Colby to Orleans and Mackinac Island. Tom film was of John’s swim routine and took a westward drive from his “little includes interviews with Ellie, who learn about how you can make a gift that house on the prairie” in north Texas not only manages John’s care but also starting in Lawrence, Kan., retracing the care of her two parents who are creates a stable source of additional income for the Oregon Trail. Y Norman Miner in their mid-90s. Other Thompson reports from Hopkinton, N.H., that videos highlight accessible travel you and a loved one, for life, with a he has retired from a life of production in Europe, Canada, and the U.S. management and 30-plus years with While you’re at YouTube, check Charitable Gift Annuity. the U.S. Navy and N.H. Army out the videos Gretchen made of National Guard. His new focus is the music partnership between her on a 36-foot cutter-rigged sloop he husband, John ’65, and their son, Susan Conant Cook ’75 or and his wife, Nancy (Mitchell ’64), Mark: “Universenarrowsduo.” Y Kate O’Halloran keep at South Freeport Maine. They Barry Willdorf wrote an article that returned last December from a 10-day was published in The Jewish Magazine Gift Planning at Colby round-trip charter from Tortola, about his step-grandmother, Rebecca 800-809-0103 B.V.I., sailing to St. John and several Senders, a heroic member of the French [email protected] ports in Puerto Rico. Y Our favorite Resistance during World War II. The Gang of Four were back in Asia last article is a compilation of actual events summer. Sunny Coady joined Rick taken from Rebecca’s oral history and Nancy Winslow Harwood and done in the 1980s and from research met George Hooker at his home in of a number of her documents. Read Bangkok for a tour of Bhutan, which Barry’s article at www.jewishmag.

COLBY / SUMMER 2008 45 alumni at large com/121mag/petite-mama/petite- 60s newsmakers Resource Center on the campus of the mama.htm. Y Diane Leach Wilbur University of Maine, Augusta, took of Scarborough, Maine, and I enjoyed Jean Gaffney Furuyama ’62 will be the next place May 25, 2008. Named in honor a wonderful week-long visit in March president of the Japanese Medical Society of of Phyllis Jalbert’s late husband, to Pam Harris Holden’s lovely America, which administers and distributes who was a childhood survivor of the home in Scottsdale, Ariz. Pam was a scholarships to medical, dental, and nursing Holocaust, the center will be a public fabulous host and made sure we saw students. A past president of the American exhibition space and research facility all the best that area has to offer. It Association of Women Dentists, Furuyama for the Holocaust and Human Rights was a welcome break from a long has practiced in New York City since 1981. Center of Maine. Its mission is to winter for two snow-weary Mainers. In 2005 she led a group of women dentists turn tragedy and abomination into Y Faithful responder and avid RV to South Africa. v Michel Picher ’67 was awareness and action. The center will traveler Ted Houghton checked in elected president of the National Academy expand the study of the Holocaust to of Arbitrators for a year starting in May. from east Texas en route to the West Michel Picher ’67 address all abuses of human rights, Coast. He and Liz (Drinkwine ’68) Comprising leading labor arbitrators from from racial genocide to civil injustice. had volunteered for two months at the United States and Canada, the Academy promotes and publishes What a wonderful gift Phyllis has Gamble Rogers State Park in Florida. scholarship in labor law and intervenes regularly in the courts of both given to her home state of Maine. Ted devours books along the way. His countries. Picher practices labor arbitration in Ottawa. v William Y Kate Maloy lives on the Oregon latest? Lobster Chronicles by Linda Antonucci ’69 was inducted into the New Hampshire Legends of coast with her husband, Alan MacKay. Greenlaw ’83, America Alone by Mark Hockey Hall of Fame in February. A founder of the Back Bay Youth Her first novel, Every Last Cuckoo, Steyn, Citizen Soldier by Stephen Hockey Association in the early 1980s and the hockey booster club at was released in January 2008 and has Ambrose, The Coldest Winter by David Wolfeboro’s Kingswood High School, he is one of the “builders of the been doing well. She has another in Halberstam, and Into Thin Air by Jon game,” according to the Union Leader. He spearheaded fundraising for the works. Fiction writing is her post- Krakauer. When he’s not reading, Wolfeboro’s Paul “Pop” Whelen Ice and Arts Center. retirement career and she loves it with it’s Sudokus! Follow the Houghtons a passion. Other passions include long on their travels at www.toad.fobria. milestones walks with her dog, cultivating her com. Y When I signed off from my perennial garden, and working a huge Deaths: Deborah Berry Denniston ’61, February 16, 2008, in first go-round as class correspondent communal garden—fondly called v in 1991, Russ Monbleau of Milford, Albany, N.Y., at 68. Gordon C. MacDonald ’61, April 3, 2008, Brokeback Farm—with six friends. N.H., took over the job and did it in Scituate, Mass., at 68. v Robert P. North ’61, April 19, 2008, in She’s involved, as well, in various well, always getting those columns Birmingham, Mich., at 69. v W. Richard Sharron ’63, February 14, efforts to make her community more out and making us laugh along the 2008, in Glen, N.H., at 67. v Richard S. Lewis ’68, May 17, 2008, in self-sustaining. Kate has one son, way. He rivals Ted Houghton for New York, N.Y., at 62. Adam, 22, who lives in San Francisco “most faithful responder” status, and and will resume music studies and I ask you now to go to bat for Russ Marriages: Karen Riendeau Remine ’66 to Joseph Pacheco Sr. in embark on classes in chemistry and in whatever way you can as he fights Seekonk, Mass. botany. He’s a free spirit who had a a tough battle against a rare form of dreadful time in high school but is soft-tissue cancer. The treatments now thriving and happy. His mama at Dana-Farber in Boston have been to hike and camp this summer in the time she’s fostering up to 12 kittens is proud. —Bob Gracia and Judy rugged and the challenge is a big one. North Cascades of Washington state in their condo that allows only two. Gerrie Heine Yet Russ’s e-mails remain upbeat and with his daughter. On the professional Dick is proud of a four handicap. A yes, funny, as neither the disease nor side, Brian will chair CONVO 2009, four! Look for him on the senior PGA 68 Margie Reed McLaughlin the treatments have broken this man’s which will bring about 600 Unitarian tour in a year. Y Nick Hadgis set writes that during November “a long- spirit or damaged his sense of humor. Universalist ministers to Ottawa for up an agreement between Widener planned and finally-accomplished Russ’s e-mail address is rmonbleau@ a continuing education event. Y Jim University, where he is dean of the second-floor Sturtevant reunion took aol.com. Y For those of you who don’t Katz held up, but just barely, during School of Hospitality Management, place at the spacious and comfy second get my e-mails asking for news, I the relentless Canadian winter that and the Hong Kong Polytechnic home of Judy Dionne Scoville in welcome your news anytime in any tried him, body and soul. He writes, University School of Hotel and Ossippee, N.H. Eight of the ten format. Why not send me something “You wanna know what the !@#$% Tourism Management, where his SFS gals—Judy, Margie, Nancy right now while you’re thinking about I’ve been doing? I’ve been @%^ing students can do a semester abroad. Schweitzer O’Malley, Betty Savicki it? Never done it? Try it—it’s painless! around in the &%^^$^ing snow in this Nick recommends a stop in Hong Carvellas, Jolan Force Ippolito, —Meg Fallon Wheeler %$#%ing country. One %#%^ing Kong and his welcome mat is out at Marty Holmes Nickerson, Dianne day it was even too #%^&ing deep to his home in Bryn Mawr, too. Would Radune Poland, and Maxine Allison 67 Brian Kopke retired in June drive and we had to abandon the nice you expect less from the dean of the Anderson spent the weekend doing 2007 after 23 years as senior minister green (and Green) Prius for another School of Hospitality? Y Nancy and a whole lot of reminiscing, laughing, at First Unitarian Congregation in green vehicle by John Deere. All I can Jim Helmer enjoy Boulder and their and comparing notes on 40 years of Ottawa. Retirement has been full say is Y&$% winter anyhow.” For his travels. They spend time in North life. We covered jobs and retirement, of trips to see friends and family, sanity and the sake of his family and Carolina with their daughter and with children and grandchildren, but more so with a small geological students, spring couldn’t come soon their son in D.C. Jim was in Ecuador adventures, and surprises. We tried exploration company that set up a enough. Y Mary and Dick Heend and the Galapagos Islands in March to remember classmates (with partial drilling program in western Quebec spend eight months in Naples, Fla., traveling with some old friends. Jim success). We drank a little, ate a lot, where they have found diamonds. He’s and four months in Breckenridge, saw Erik Thorson ’66 and his family tried yoga, and enjoyed the hot tub. also involved with a Web site company Colo. They avoid the ski slopes out in Nashville last spring and hoped There is no doubt that there will be that works for NGOs free of charge. of respect for their bodies—and they to see Lincoln Bates in Atlanta this a second SFS reunion in the near After 10 winters of hiking alone in the just don’t like the cold. Dick has been spring. Jim hears from Steve Brooke, future, this time including the two eastern deserts of California, Brian retired for eight years since leaving Andrea Jennison, Sol Hartman, and missing members—Susan Davidson switched the venue to Mexico, where Hong Kong. Mary is actively involved Lenny Parks. Y The dedication of the Lombard and Jane Brown Kriege. his son is getting married. Brian plans with a no-kill cat shelter. At any given Michael Klahr Holocaust Education All is well with the ten of us from SFS.”

46 COLBY / SUMMER 2008 Y Ken Young writes, “We are in the and he reports that it is like a living excitement of welcoming our third 1960s Correspondents process of acquiring a bigger, good museum. In addition to experiencing granddaughter to the family. Molly is old sailboat and thinking about how the prevailing spirit from the ancient the daughter of John ’99 and Melissa 1960 to retire in the face of this downturn native cultures, the surrounding Gerbi Doyle ’99. With our three Jane Holden Huerta 3461 Tallywood Lane in the market. Anne is ready to let mountains encircling the desert children and three grandchildren all Sarasota, FL 34237 someone else take over the education valley invite exploration, and there is within a few hours of where we live, 941-586-7333 of the town’s third graders. I have the glamour of Hollywood past. He we get frequent opportunities to visit. [email protected] a number of really great projects also notes that Palm Springs is the Please keep your updates coming for 1961 in the works and need a few more world capital of mid-20th-century future issues! —Ray Gerbi Diane Scrafton Ferreira years to get all the work done. Our domestic architecture and that, “We Pihanakalani Ranch daughter, Sarah, left in February for are but a two-hour drive from the 70 Our own class president, Mark PO Box 249 26 months of Peace Corps service in cultural center of Los Angeles.” Alden Zaccaria, is the first Republican to Pa’auilo, HI 96776 Zambia, working on conservation claims that this is not retirement, but throw his hat into the campaign ring [email protected] and agriculture products. Very just the next adventure. Y Tom Geibel for representative from Rhode Island’s 1962 early reports are filled with wonder wrote from Bangkok on his way home Second Congressional District. Patricia Farnham Russell and enthusiasm, as southern Africa from a 36-day tour of India. The one Mark, who owns Rustin Marketing 181 Maine Avenue has been a goal since Diversity question everyone seemed to ask was Services, notes that, “The chances of Millinocket, ME 04462 207-723-5472 Leadership Institute. We hope to whether he saw any tigers, which in defeating an incumbent congressman [email protected] visit her in 2009 in her village and to fact he did. Y Rob Borteck recently are small.” He praises the incumbent do some touring in Kafue National opened a new five-person “boutique” for overcoming adversity and for Nancy MacKenzie Keating Park, where the elephants, antelope, law firm for the practice of trusts and doing what he promised. However, 2292 Ferndale Drive and hippos roam. I see Joe Boulos estates in Livingston, N.J., Borteck Mark has a different vision and Decatur, GA 30030 occasionally and Steve Ford as well.” & Sanders, LLP, and finds it very would work to see our country move Y Ed Quinto says, “After 37 years of exciting and energizing. His wife of towards more individual initiative and 1963 Karen Forslund Falb practicing law, the past 30 of those more than 36 years, Lynn, and he are responsibility. Y Mark sent along news 245 Brattle Street years in Woodbridge, Va., I have enjoying time with their two children gleaned during his fundraising calls. Cambridge, MA 02138 decided to retire. My two boys are and two young grandchildren. Y Bruce McNamee, a Maine CPA, is 617-864-4291 now both gainfully employed and Bill Antonucci had the honor of transitioning from running a pure tax [email protected] one is married. My wife, Bonnie, who recently being inducted into the New and accounting practice to managing 1964 retired from Ft. Belvoir a few years Hampshire Legends of Hockey Hall an investment fund. Bill Aldrich is Sara Shaw Rhoades ago, and I plan to stay in the area, as of Fame. After years of playing on into long-distance bicycling, complete 76 Norton Road both boys are here and Virginia is as Brewster Academy’s outdoor rink with a trailer for his road bike so he Kittery, ME 03904-5413 good a place to retire as anywhere. We and then at Colby, Bill was one of can carry more than just a spare inner 207-439-2620 [email protected] may travel some, and I see Tuscany the founders of the Back Bay Youth tube and a power bar. Jack Wood lives in my future.” Y Tony Jordan says: Hockey Association in Wolfeboro, in Lausanne, Switzerland, and teaches 1965 “I’m playing more music than ever. N.H. He also spearheaded the postdocs at a management institute. Richard W. Bankart The Mount Vernon Swing Band fundraising for Wolfeboro’s indoor Paul Tabor is laboring mightily for 20 Valley Avenue, Apt. D2 Westwood, NJ 07675-3607 (http://mvbands.com) will play at ice arena and spent many years as Maine’s Developmental Disabilities 201-664-7672 Blues Alley, D.C.’s best-known an officer of the New Hampshire Council. Y Mark also notes an error [email protected] jazz club and one of the best in the Amateur Hockey Association. Y in an earlier column: Brenda and Gary country. The Annandale Saxophone Mary Walker Rector is in her eighth Woodcock, proprietors of Round 1966 Meg Fallon Wheeler Ensemble is now five saxes (soprano, year of the second incarnation of Top Ice Cream in Damariscotta, 19 Rice Road alto, tenor, baritone, and bass) plus working at the reception desk in make 600 gallons of ice cream each PO Box 102 drums. I’ve also started playing in a Admissions at Colby, a job shared DAY, not each week, during the Waterford, ME 04088 sight-readings/rehearsal big band on with Martha Donovan Reinhardt ’73. season. Y Clare Bonelli writes that 207-583-2509 Thursday nights. We have a higher Mary directs two choirs at St. Mark’s tiny Patagonia (Arizona) Union High [email protected] level of musicianship and we’re Episcopal Church in Waterville and School, of which she is governing- 1967 playing better charts (that’s musician sings with Colby-Kennebec Choral board president, received a bronze Robert Gracia lingo for written music). I’m hoping Society on campus. Mary and her award last fall from U.S. News & World 2 Sherman Street to make it up to Waterville for our husband, Tim, have a 13-year-old Report for being one of the best high Roslindale, MA 02131 40th class reunion. Trying to find son, Nate, in junior high, and a schools in the country. Not bad for time to work on my golf game.” Y Joe daughter, Sarah, who graduated in a high-poverty school district of 88 Judy Gerrie Heine Boulos writes in March that he was 2007 from Lawrence University in kids! Congratulations, Clare. Y Susan 21 Hillcrest Road Medfield, MA 02052 going to be host of a cocktail party Appleton, Wis., magna cum laude Baird Hilario has lived in Guatemala 508-359-2886 at his house in Falmouth, Maine, the and Phi Beta Kappa with degrees in for 32 years. Her husband is a Mayan [email protected] Thursday night of our 40th reunion chemistry and piano performance. whose mother tongue is Pokomam and everyone was invited. By the Mary and Tim have become avid and who is university-educated in 1968 Peter Jost time you read this, our 40th will Red Sox fans in addition to their Spanish. They are missionaries to the 65 West Main Street already be history. Hope you made loyalty to the Celtics. Tim works for Pokomam people. Susan writes, “My PO Box 5389 it! —Peter Jost the state of Maine in environmental original intention was to translate Clinton, NJ 08809 protection. They also have a couple the Bible into Pokomam. Since the [email protected] 69 I hope everyone is having a of plots in the Colby community language was unwritten when I 1969 great summer! I received a further garden in which they putter during came, a colleague and I learned to Ray Gerbi update from Alden Wilson and his the summer. Y As for me, my wife, speak Pokomam phonetically and 26 Columbus Avenue recent activities. He and his partner, Pam, and I are about to celebrate our developed an alphabet and some Concord, NH 03301-3119 Don Chase, settled into their home 39th anniversary, and in December preliminary literature. After Ruben 603-224-3642 [email protected] in Palm Springs, Calif., in fall 2007, 2007 experienced the pleasure and and I were married, in 1984, he

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and I have concentrated more on enabling education (at that time “I see them as word puzzles. Can you tweak it in a way that expresses the the local school only went up to the proposal in the clearest way possible while also passing constitutional muster?” sixth grade; now it goes through ninth), training leaders, and helping people in their spiritual walk. We still work on translation, but there is Clarity Is All | Meg Matheson ’79 a trend toward leaving the traditional language and adopting only Spanish. We have four children who speak English, Spanish, and Pokomam. Our The 2007 session was an ambitious one for oldest son will graduate from WPI the Maine Legislature. A statewide school district in May. The second, a daughter, is consolidation plan was enacted, and a sweeping a sophomore at Northeastern. The tax reform bill fell just short of passage. The two- other two, a girl and a boy, are in year budget bill was a record 800 pages. While high school here in Guatemala.” things were busy on the floor of the House and Susan has enjoyed a few summers Senate, they were even busier behind the scenes, in the U.S., when she got together where Meg Matheson ’79 keeps the paper flowing with classmates Chris Sherman as the revisor of statutes, a nonpartisan office. Daviau, Paula Crowley Kaveney, “Usually, we see the sun come up once near the Marlene Goldman, Marianna Ochs end of the session,” she said of her round-the-clock Estabrooke, Pat Gerrior, and Jackie working staff. “This time we saw the sun four or Dingwall McClean. Y Kathe Cahn five times.” Morse had her first photography Her first all-nighters were at Colby, where she show of pictures taken in Oaxaca, majored in government. Matheson then enrolled Mexico. The show was a success in the University of Maine School of Law, where with all hors d’oeuvres eaten and a she set her sights on becoming a trial attorney. “I half dozen pictures sold. Kathe, who wanted to be Perry Mason,” she recalled during an shoots with film, thinks it is better interview in her corner office on the first floor of than digital. Y With the political the State House. situation in Venezuela, I worried that After a short period of litigation in law school, we hadn’t heard from Norma Rivero she realized the courtroom was not a good fit de Biermeyer recently. But Norma for her and returned to her first interest—public reported that she and her husband are service. In 1983 a position for an attorney was PHOTO BY TOM BOLLIER ’11 still living there and dealing with high open in the revisor’s office; she applied and inflation and food scarcity. “The fact that I can bake a cake occasionally was hired. She progressed steadily to the top Meg Matheson ’79 works as the revisor of statutes, is good news,” she wrote. Y Pam job, in 1993. a nonpartisan office in the Maine State Legislature. “Policy isn’t my job,” Matheson said. “We’re Warner Champagne spent most of the past year in Gambia with a start-up always very careful not to try to tell legislators ultimately are added to the statutes, making for microfinance institution. “Smart, what to do.” Her goal as chief statute writer, she plenty of out-of-session work. committed Gambians started this said, is “to make the law as accessible, clear, and While the sheer volume of legislation on their own initiative in December unambiguous as possible.” If Matheson does the might seem daunting, Matheson said each bill 2006. It’s been fantastic working with job well, attorneys will have fewer opportunities to piques particular interests and poses particular them, getting their systems in place take advantage of ambiguities in the courts. She challenges. “I see them as word puzzles,” she said. and seeing all their accomplishments, admits the language isn’t always perfect, but she “Can you tweak it in a way that expresses the ideas, and enthusiasm. I’ve had to does have a test: “I should be able to pick up a bill proposal in the clearest way possible while also set aside my traveling bags this and not tell who wrote it.” An absence of style is passing constitutional muster?” month, though, as I just had a hip what she’s aiming for. The electronic era does make some aspects replacement last week, which will This does not mean she finds the work dull. of bill-making easier. Other states sometimes keep me in one place pretty much for Over time just about everyone involved in the have laws similar to what a Maine legislator is three months.” Get well soon, Pam! proposing and enacting of statutes finds his or her proposing. Back before e-mail, a request for Y Kit Wells Poland encountered lots way to the revisor’s office, including legislators and another state’s law involved a week’s wait for the of Colby people during the Goldfarb their staffs, executive agencies, lobbyists—and the mail—for a text that might not be relevant. Center’s American short story course public. Ordinary citizens have an unusual degree of Even when bills are clearly going nowhere after taught by Professor Emeritus Charlie access to the legislative process. a public hearing, Matheson believes the process Bassett. Kit roomed with Leslie As one might expect, open access means a has value: “Sometimes having a public debate on Seaman Zema, who is retired from lot of paper—even though the bill-writing process an important topic is reason enough for a bill.” a long teaching career in NYC. The is now completely electronic. In the long session Matheson’s favorite community pursuit is two old “roomies” had quite the of the Maine Legislature, which lasts six months, participating in Hallowell’s Gaslight Theater, online volleys, especially about the nearly 2,000 bills are printed from nearly 3,000 where she’s played just about every possible role Alice Walker stories. Y Kit reminds requests, with another 900 requests in the short over the years. It may not provide Perry Mason us that March 7 marked the third session from January to April of this year. And confrontations, but she says it’s dramatic enough annual International Day at Madison unlike in Congress, where only a tiny fraction of after all those long hours with the Legislature. (Maine) Junior High. Professor bills become law, in Maine 30 to 40 percent of bills —Douglas Rooks ’76 Sheila McCarthy brought Colby international students and teaching

48 COLBY / SUMMER 2008 assistants to Madison to share their 70s newsmakers to ride her horse, work in her garden, cultures. The kids loved it! Kit thanks travel, and enjoy her newfound George Roundy ’72, director of academic Sheila and the Colby representatives. leisure. Y Kathleen Cintavey moved advising at University of Puget Sound, Y Libby Brown Strough enjoys her to a new position: superintendent was named a 2008 Outstanding First-Year new granddaughter and her new of schools for Wickliffe, Ohio. She Student Advocate by the National Resource Portuguese water dog puppy. “It’s not looked forward to the challenges Center at the University of South Carolina easy housebreaking a puppy during and opportunities. Located not far and Houghton Mifflin Publishing for the excessive rains this year,” writes from Cleveland, she enjoys going to outstanding work on behalf of first-year Libby. She also loves being able to Indians games! She and her husband, students and his impact on the culture of see her grandchild monthly. Y Jim Al, spent some wonderful time in his institution. Roundy implemented an and Eileen Boerner Patch have Maine last summer and went to award-winning program designed to provide enjoyed a closer association with Colby’s reunion where they met up  Colby during the past few years. Their Susan Whalen academic support for incoming students. with Russ and Cindy Lindgren sons, Gregory ’06 and Timothy ’08, Frechette ’79 Edward A. Snyder ’75 joined the board of Condon, Becky Talcott, and Jim and are both Colby graduates. Y Deborah directors for Career Education Corporation. Diane Malpass Gloriant. Kathleen Thurlow Long writes that, “Over As dean and George Pratt Shultz Professor of Economics at the and Al’s son, Chris ’97, is flying from the past year and a half I have been University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, Snyder oversees Tokyo to Chicago for the wedding of a  responsible for starting a college- the school’s academic programs in Chicago, London, and Singapore. classmate. Y Sally Barker’s daughter, access program for high-potential, Susan Whalen Frechette ’79 was named deputy commissioner of the Hemma, 13, is in eighth grade. She’s low-income, first-generation college Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection in April. She is one lucky kid because they travel a students in Alamance County [N.C.], responsible for management of state parks and forests, wildlife and fisheries lot—this summer to Germany and the county in which my university— management, and the Environmental Conservation Police force. Slovakia. Steve (Sally’s husband, a Elon—is located. To learn more professor of environmental science visit www.elon.edu.elonacademy.” Y milestones at Brown) has meetings all over the What’s happening in your life? If you world. They’ve traveled to Mongolia, haven’t been featured in our column Deaths: Elizabeth Piper Deschenes ’75, April 20, 2008, in Orange, Beijing, Taipei, and Namibia. They’ve recently, please send an e-mail about Calif., at 54. v Mark E. Brefka ’77, April 6, 2008, in Verbank, N.Y., been to Etosha, Namibia’s main game what you’ve been doing for our next at 52. park, and to Kruger, South Africa’s. column. —Deb Fitton Mansfield Sally would go back to Africa in a Marriages: Wendy Broadbooks Roberts ’76 to Jack Pickett in heartbeat. She’s still happy teaching 71 With the hint, and that’s all, of Titusville, N.J. part time in the textile department spring in the air, I am writing with at RISD. Sally saw Cathy Joslin at wishes for a healthy and promising a few Surface Design Conferences summer season for all of you. Y Chip in Kansas City. Sally’s artwork has Altholz writes that after 20 years of evolved from fine art weaving to and Bone Density Unit at Brigham him try to beat this disease. It was back pain, a spinal fusion, and an collage. She regularly shows in the and Women’s as well as an associate grueling for him, and my sense of anticipated new knee, he will be a faculty biennial at the RISD museum professor at Harvard Medical School. relief for him that he no longer has bionic person and ready to ski again. and has a one-person show in July She sees Barry Hurwitz ’70, who to struggle is only a tiny part of what His project for the second half of his at a gallery in Stony Creek, Conn. practices law in New Bedford, Mass. I am experiencing as I go through life has been the biz plan for a global Two summers ago they did a major Y Leslie Anderson had a wild and this process of dealing with life and youth empowerment program. He’s renovation of their Victorian house crazy winter. Her husband, Dan death, grief and loss. Thank you to happy to report that his team is now in Providence. She would love to see Nygaard, has been a visiting professor so many who have written and called. funding and implementing it. Y old friends, so look her up if you are at Bowdoin once again, and they The outpouring of love and kindness Jil Eaton’s news is her 10th book, in or around Providence. Y Chris rented a condo in Portland to see how has been overwhelming, and I am Pipsqueaks: Quick Knits for Babies & Belsky Russack has lost touch with they liked living there. They liked it forever grateful. For me the promise Toddlers, coinciding with her new line Pat Thomas and just about everyone so much that they sold their house of spring and rebirth is especially of eponymous hand knitting yarn. To from Colby. But her fond memories in Somerville, Mass., after 26 years, important this year. Y Thanks to all keep her busy, she has a quartet in will never die! She is retired and and purchased a condo of their own, who have written for this column, which she plays electric bass and sings living in Weeki Wachee, Fla., home which will become their winter home. too—keep your news coming. —Ann with a drummer and two other women of mermaids. She doesn’t miss living They continue to enjoy summers at E. Miller on vocals, keyboard, and rhythm. up north—even Florida winters their flower farm in Sedgwick, Maine. They perform original compositions are too cold for her! Her gardening Leslie still paints and was preparing Since leaving Colby, Charlene in the pop-jazz-Latin genre in the 72 hobby followed her to Florida and for numerous summer shows. Y Nancy Rasch Revette has had seven jobs, Portland area. Y Fred Copithorn the orchids she tried to grow in New Hammar Austin reports that being six dogs, five children, four blissful reports he is trying to meet a deadline York are now flourishing without the a first-year teacher at the Hampshire trips to World Peace Assemblies, to finish the downstairs in his house slightest care. “Florida is a gardener’s Educational Collaborative, teaching three bicycles, two houses, and still before his stepson, Ben, and Ben’s dream come true! My home here is girls in a “secure detention facility,” lives with her one husband on top of fiancée get married at Fred’s house. my dream home and my husband and keeps her busy preparing lesson plans a hill. She sees Greta Gordon (one His sauna club is still going strong, I enjoy every minute of it. We have for math, science, and life skills. She of those students who took over the and “life is good.” Y After graduation a lakefront home with an array of is also taking courses to upgrade chapel in the ’70s and now travels Meryl LeBoff went straight to wildlife that includes mallard, wild her preliminary teaching license. Y to Vietnam for fun) now and then medical school. After completing turkey, and deer. Not a day passes My news is that Jeff, my partner of in Berkeley, Calif. Y Pat Downey a fellowship in endocrinology at where we don’t get a glimpse of 22 years, died in January 2008 after Schannen retired after 32 years Brigham and Women’s Hospital in an osprey, bald eagle, egret, stork, a year-long struggle with cancer. of teaching. Bill, her husband, also Boston, she joined the faculty. She crane, or some sort of wild animal.” He fought until the end, and as his retired and they took two vacations is currently director of the Skeletal In November they took a trip to the sole caregiver for this entire long to celebrate: a three-week trip to Italy Health and Osteoporosis Center Galapagos and Machu Picchu. Y John siege, I fought beside him to help and 10 days skiing in Utah. She plans

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Bunker Jr. spent the last 36 years more time bicycle riding and guitar in other areas of the country. His short-term behavioral services. Y on a 180-acre woodlot in Palermo, playing than working. As he put it, sons, ages 12 and 14, are serious ice Linda Krohn continues to send Maine, that he purchased with two “All that hard work and persistence hockey players and spend time each news about skiing-star daughter, friends the day after graduating. He’s actually paid off.” Y Dick and Anne summer in Spain sharpening their Lindsey Vonn, who won the World spent countless hours climbing apple Badmington Cass moved from language skills. Wife Kerry is now Cup downhill title and clinched the trees, collecting, storing, and eating Oregon to Connecticut in late 2006. president and CEO of QSP, the Audi FIS World Cup overall title. fruit, pressing cider, identifying Dick, a freelance writer for business largest school fundraising company She is the first American woman varieties, grafting, and listening to publications, was recently elected to in the country. Ed hopes to return to win the World Cup overall title old-timers’ stories for his book, Not the Brookfield Board of Education, soon to his work in finance. Y Craig since 1983. Lindsey had a three-page Far from the Tree: A Brief History of the and Anne is head of the Upper School and Catherine Downes Weston spread in Sports Illustrated and Linda Apples and Orchards of Palermo, Maine at Wooster School, a private K-12 day live happily in downtown Boston and was quoted in the article. Linda’s 1804-2004. Published in 2008, it is school. Y Lois Leonard Stock is a spend weekends on Cape Cod, where second-oldest daughter is at the illustrated with John’s own drawings, licensed clinical social worker who they garden and go boating. Craig University of San Diego, and Linda’s including maps of the orchards and has facilitated expressive art groups spent a number of years as associate triplets are juniors in high school. Y detailed diagrams of historic varieties. as an alternative treatment for anxiety director of the medical-resident I continue to live on the water at the Y George Roundy, director of and depression, as a coping skill for training program at Carney Hospital Jersey Shore, am in my 26th year academic advising at the University of maintaining focus, and as a means of in Dorchester, but he is now back to of consulting in the collaborative Puget Sound in Tacoma, was selected expressing emotions and processing full-time patient care as a partner conferencing space, have a 12-year- as an Outstanding First-Year Student grief. Y Gulsun Aydinlar has retired at Pentucket Medical Associates in old daughter in seventh grade, three Advocate. He was one of 10 educators but still teaches one class at Bosphorus Haverhill. Cathy left her partner Cairn terriers (one named Colby), and to receive the award, which recognizes University in Istanbul, Turkey. She’s position at Ernst & Young consulting a husband at Johnson & Johnson. We George for the impact his efforts interested in classical Turkish music and is now a VP at NaviMedix, a spend spare time boating, gardening have on the students and culture of and sings in a chorus. Y Susan Jane health-care technology company in (now building a garden railroad), and his institution. Kudos, George! Y On Belton’s Coffee Cups exhibit was on Cambridge. Y Mardi Moore Fish is traveling. —S. Ann Earon a less academic note, my husband, display at the Art Complex Museum assistant director at the Cataumet Arts Steve, and I just returned from a in Duxbury, Mass., in mid-2007. Center, an art gallery within walking 75 After 24 years of commuting two-week vacation in South Florida. The exhibit featured her paintings of distance of her home. Now that her into Boston and 19 years at the We visited my oldest brother, Chuck, coffee cups from around the country, daughters, Madelyn, 22, and Colby same company, Byrd Allen made who has retired in Key West (everyone combining her experience as an (family name), 19, are moving on, and a job change that finds him with a should experience Key West at least American landscape painter and her son Perry is 13, she has time to enjoy shorter reverse commute to a smaller once). We drove up the coast to Ft. interest in culture. Y Bob Landsvik and explore her major—art. Mardi environmental engineering firm in Lauderdale and generally enjoyed the helped plan the ninth annual Spring joined a life drawing group, has taken Concord, N.H. Byrd joined Nobis sunny and warm weather in Florida. Chopper Confab in May 2008. This metalsmithing and enameling, and is Engineering at the beginning of I agree with Chris Belsky Russack is a weekend getaway where 15 to 20 setting up a studio for jewelry making. the year as a senior hydrogeologist that Florida is close to heaven. Y Keep Colby men get together to play golf She walks and bikes regularly and and enjoys working with his new those e-mails coming. I thoroughly and cards, enjoy great meals, reflect on takes a yoga class. Y M. Henry Berry colleagues at the employee-owned enjoy hearing from everyone in the old Colby memories, and share recent got his professional engineer’s license firm. Spare time is spent backcountry Class of 1972! —Nancy Round Haley personal and family experiences. Bob in Michigan and Wisconsin. He also skiing and kayaking as well as family thought it would be interesting to hear passed the monitoring well exam travel around New England for 73 Cheryl (Booker ’74) and if there are other annual traditions for Minnesota. He was called as the daughter Marjorie’s Irish stepdancing Doug Gorman received their that are based on the friendships branch president of the local Church competitions. Y Dave Bright has Massachusetts “Colby4” license that were made at Colby. Do any of of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. stayed active with competitive plate after their daughter, Katie, you have stories to share? Y Finally, He also has a one-year-old grandson swimming. He enjoys trips to masters was accepted into the Class of 2012. on a sad note, I received an e-mail and can’t believe he’s old enough to national championship meets around Cheryl and Doug looked forward from Barbara Gregory Lyon’s son be a grandparent. Y Cindy Vietor the U.S. as well as competing (and to their son Bobby’s graduation saying that she had passed away. Our Kahle writes that everything is well placing!) in the World Championships from Colby in May. Y Jon Miller sympathies go out to her family. Y Our in Houston, Texas. Her children in Munich and San Francisco over practices mostly transactional and a next column should have lots of news are either finishing or have finished the last few years. This summer little bit of criminal law in Boulder, from Reunion Weekend. —Roberta college. She took a trip to Vietnam Dave completed the Peak’s Island Colo. He is certified as a mediator Rollins Wallace in May to celebrate two graduations. to Portland race in Maine. Y Jeff and sits on the board of directors of Y Rick and Shelley Bieringer Rau Sherwood has practiced law for 30 the Colorado Council of Mediators 74 Don Richardson and his live in a log home on a small pond years, graduating from Stanford Law and Mediation Organizations and the wife, Janet, work at Worcester in Turner, Maine. Her son, Lucas, after Colby. Recently he was made a Colorado Bar Association Alternative Polytechnic Institute, where Don is graduated from college in December partner in a nationally-recognized Dispute Resolution Committee. assistant director of library systems and is now teaching high school intellectual property practice. Y He and his wife are taking marine and is celebrating 32 years. Janet choral music in Middletown, N.Y. He After living in southern California biology and oceanography classes is vice president of student affairs earned his degree, cum laude, in voice for 27 years, Kevin Manion moved at the University of Colorado, and and campus life. Their son, Matt, performance and music education his office and family to just south of Jon also teaches SCUBA diving. graduated from Rensselaer in 2006 from Crane School of Music at Denver. Having a real yard has been Check out his photos at gallery.mac. and works in Boston for Neoscape. SUNY Potsdam. Daughter Adrienne perfect for his four boys, ranging in com/jonlmiller. Y Congratulations Don and Janet enjoy spending time is a system administrator at Barnard age from 3 to 14. Kevin has been with to Karen Wetmore Grycewicz on at their vacation home on Cape College in NYC but is contemplating Pawling Corp. for the past 30 years. Y her “double news:” twin daughters Cod. Y Ed Hatch continues to a move to Boston. Shelley works as Vinnie Cassone is also on the move. born May 22, 2007! Y Allan Hill make progress in rehab from his an OT and certified hand therapist. After 20 years with Texas A&M, the wrote from Savannah that after 34 May 2005 stroke. He visits a clinic Rick has cut back his private practice last four as head of biology, he is years with the Georgia Department in Texas every other month, where as a psychologist and now works for a leaving to become chair of biology of Human Resources, he now spends they have unique protocols not used medical practice in Leeds, providing at the University of Kentucky. Y

50 COLBY / SUMMER 2008 Gail Campbell Straw wrote about an autobiography). He is also the too. Please keep the news coming. 1970s Correspondents her wonderful two-week vacation in cosponsor of a ballot initiative to —Mark Lyons 1970 Hawaii, free time with her standard restrict the state of Alaska’s use of Deborah Fitton Mansfield poodle, Monty, and a busy anesthesia aircraft to kill wolves. Nick writes 79 David Rice checked in after a 1612 Middle Road career in N.H. She is also an avid that Alaskans have twice voted long time from San Francisco, where Warren, ME 04864 gardener. When you read this, I bet against aerial predator control, but he has practiced law for the past 20 207-273-2139 there is no longer four feet of snow the state legislature keeps reinstating years. Pat was elected managing [email protected] and her garden is in full bloom. Y the practice. He says he has become partner in 2007 with Carroll, Burdick Susie Gearhart Wuest writes from a lightning rod for a controversial & McDonough LLP, where he is an 1971 Florida that she had a great visit with and divisive issue in the state. Good appellate litigator. He and his wife, Ann Miller Flo Gutowski Harlor and her family luck Nick. Y I heard from my old Barbara (UMaine ’79), celebrated 28 100 Belknap Road Framingham, MA 01701 in Denver. Susie has made progress pal Mike Poulin and his wife, Ann years of marriage last summer. Their 508-877-7544 in her struggle with Parkinson’s with (Atherton). Mike still works for son, Justin, is a junior at UC Santa [email protected] the help of a holistic neurologist. One Occidental Petroleum, polluting the Cruz and their daughter, Jessica, is a thing she is able to do again is sew planet one day at a time. Thanks, high school junior. Y Another lawyer, 1972 and she enjoys quilting. Y Rod Jones Mike, for enabling me to drive Pat Maguire David, has practiced Nancy Round Haley reports that his youngest, Trevor, my gas-guzzling, environmentally law in Montgomery County, Pa., for 6 Knowles Lane will be a freshman at Colby this fall. unfriendly, extremely enjoyable the last 16 years with the law offices of West Kingston, RI 02892 I ran into Rod and Joanne at a soccer German sedan. Occidental pays the Maza & David. She and her husband 401-364-6773 match at the Brooks School, where bills and allows his oldest daughter, have been busy raising three kids: [email protected] my son, Jonathan, is a freshman and Taylor, to attend NYU, where she is a the oldest a freshman at Dickinson Trevor was the opposing goalkeeper. sophomore majoring in photography College, a 15-year-old daughter 1973 Roberta Rollins Wallace Y Thanks so much for all the news. and French. Très bien! Mike and in 10th grade, and an 11-year-old 119 Eastern Drive Please keep it coming. —Dianne Ann’s younger daughter, Libby, is son in sixth grade—the latter two Wethersfield, CT 06109-2609 Y Billington Stronach in high school and is a horseback at Germantown Academy. Carl [email protected] rider and future zoologist. Ann Lovejoy is director of development 76 Last July Steve ’77 and Valerie continues to work as a pediatric at Kimball Union Academy (N.H.), 1974 Jones Roy celebrated the marriage of nurse, practicing developmental and where his colleagues include fellow S. Ann Earon their older son, Daniel. Their younger behavioral pediatrics, which makes Colby alumni Mike Schafer ’83 124 Thomas Lane son, Derek, has graduated from her well-suited to care for Mike. (head of school), Rachel Tilney ’89 Manahawkin, NJ 08050 NYU. Val reports that life as empty They plan to visit France later this (director of admissions), Ben Sheehan 609-597-6334 nesters is good, even though both year while Taylor is studying there. ’04 (history), and Chad Weiss ’02 [email protected] she and Steve work more hours than Y Priscilla Martin has never sent (history). Carl’s wife, Cari, left the 1975 either ever thought. Y Craig Spencer in news before. Congratulations on school world and now works for Dianne Billington Stronach checked in from South Dakota, where breaking the nasty habit. She lives Merrill Lynch in Hanover, N.H. 308 Commonwealth Avenue he teaches biology at Augustana in Rochester, N.Y., and is a teaching Their eldest, Ben, graduated from Concord, MA 01742 College. He enjoys January-term general internist at U of Rochester. Dartmouth last year and signed 978-371-1495 trips to Guatemala and Belize to Priscilla is married to another a pro hockey contract with the [email protected] study tropical ecology. His two oldest internist and they have two daughters, Pittsburgh Penguins. He plays for 1976 daughters got married last summer. a son, and two corgis, which I think are their AHL affiliate in Wilkes-Barre, Robert Weinstein Y (I detect a trend here.) Speaking of pets of some kind. Priscilla says they Pa. Second son Matt, a freshman at the 1106 Wellington Place weddings, in May I attended Wendy are kept busy with work, soccer, crew, University of Virginia, plays lacrosse Matawan, NJ 07747 Broadbooks Roberts’ wedding and skiing. Y Linda Cabibbo Toga for the Cavaliers, and their youngest, 732-290-1106 to Jack Pickett in Titusville, N.J., was installed last year as president of Nick, is a sophomore at Deerfield [email protected] near Washington’s Crossing, where the Suffolk County (N.Y.) Women’s Academy. Y David Ashcraft reports Washington (George, that is) crossed Bar Association. I will refrain from from Chicago about their family trip 1977 the Delaware (River, that is). My lame toga party jokes. She has been to Europe last summer. Son Eric, Mark Lyons American studies major is clearly practicing law on Long Island since 15, and daughter Katie, 13, got to 66 Edgewood Drive Hampton, NH 03842-3923 paying its dividends! Y Paul Kueffner 1998, and in 2005 opened her own law experience many areas they studied 603-929-7378 remembered back to our introduction firm in Setauket, N.Y. She focuses on in school, including Rome, Florence, [email protected] to computers, when we all shared the all facets of estate planning, real estate Paris, and the Swiss Alps. David has one mainframe (on the third floor of law, civil litigation, and prenuptial been in touch with Steve Singer in 1978 the math building) with Bowdoin agreements. Paul McCartney sure Boston, Nick Mencher in Atlanta, Janet Santry Houser and Bates. Now all these years later, could have used her. Linda says that and Dave Allen in New York. Y 17 Doaks Lane Paul has completed an M.A. in life is good. Y William “Sandy” Lynne Graybeal and family spent Marblehead, MA 01945 educational technology from Fairfield Welte was selected by his peers Christmas break in Costa Rica. They 781-639-8114 University. Congratulations! — for inclusion in the Best Lawyers in traveled with a group of families and [email protected] Robert Weinstein America 2008 in the field of maritime had a splendid time getting to know Lea Jackson Morrissey law, which probably means none of them while enjoying Costa Rican 1 Shorewood Road Greetings classmates. Nick us can afford him now. Sandy has food and culture. Lynne resides in 77 Marblehead, MA 01945-1225 Jans is still being a wild man in his own law practice, Welte & Welte, Seattle, where she has practiced law [email protected] Alaska. He continues to work full P.A., in Camden, Maine. Y I’ll close for the last 24 years. She now works time as a photographer and writer with some personal news. Your class for Perkins Coie LLP and co-chairs 1979 and is a member of USA Today’s correspondent’s daughter, Vanessa, the trademark and copyright practice Cheri Bailey Powers board of editorial contributors. Nick will be a proud member of the Colby in the firm’s Intellectual Property 6027 Scout Drive is working on his eighth book, The Class of 2012 and will start this fall. Group. Her husband, Scott Harron, Colorado Springs, CO 80918 Glacier Wolf (which I assume is not Mom and Dad are pretty proud, is a middle school math and science 719-532-9285 [email protected]

COLBY / SUMMER 2008 51 alumni at large teacher. Their 16-year-old son, 80s newsmakers not had a year where any client has Trevor Harron, is a sophomore lost money. Russ continues to sail in high school, where he plays Kristen Walsh Porell ’86 ran the 2008 (he’s twice completed the Newport soccer and is on the track team. Y Boston Marathon, her second after a double Bermuda race) but has cut back Barry Horwitz (class agent for his mastectomy as a result of breast cancer in since forming his company. He stays business school) is still focusing on 2002. A sprinter at Colby, Porell had a hard involved in political work with a focus his consulting practice, but he also time staying away from running. “I definitely on a nonpartisan infusion of ethics, teaches (as an adjunct) at the graduate feel very proud and blessed. … That’s why transparency, and justice into politics. school of management at Boston every day you get out there and run, or do And if that’s not enough, his son is University, with a focus on strategy whatever you can, to appreciate what you starting the college search process! and entrepreneurship. Son Michael have,” she told the Boston Globe. v Kimberly Y Rick Linnehan, who left our class graduated from UMass Amherst Lynch ’88 joined LRG Capital’s Corporate to attend UNH, was an astronaut and works for Aramark at the BU Kristen Walsh Porell ’86 Advisory Group as vice president. “Her aboard the March launch of the campuses—a pure coincidence. extensive background in capital markets, space shuttle Endeavour. Y This past Daughter Ali is a sophomore at mergers and acquisitions, and key strategic partnership transactions will weekend I helped celebrate Rachel Occidental College in Los Angeles. be an invaluable resource,” said the CEO of LRG, a global merchant Lavengood’s 50th birthday. Rachel Liz (Yanagihara ’80) stays active with bank specializing in private equity, real estate, secured debt financing, sent an e-mail stating she would be her music and artwork while buzzing and financial-advisory services. Lynch works on strategic international, “at home” all day and friends could around more fluidly with her recently commercial, and real estate alliances and transactions. v David Scannell drop by. Needless to say, there were replaced knees. You can view Liz’s ’88 was named executive director of the New Hampshire Democratic hundreds in attendance! So, here’s artwork at www.lizhorwitz.com. Party. He is also a state representative and worked for Manchester’s wishing all of us happy celebrations Y Bill Muller celebrated his 50th mayor as an assistant for legislative affairs and community relations from as we each hit our half-century! birthday in Breckenridge, Colo., with 2000 to 2004. Scannell, who takes over in what promises to be a hectic —Tom Marlitt a number of Colby friends: Bruce election year, was chosen for his managerial and political experience, Forsley, John Longley, Rick Cline according to the Union Leader. 81 A short and sweet column since ’80, and Lindy Williams joined I only heard from two classmates this Bill, wife Jennifer, and 10-year-old time around! A brief aberration, I’m son Zach for high altitude fun in the his bar mitzvah this March and in and Kelly Dodge ’83. Sue reports sure. Y Hooray for Pam Ellis, who, powder. John Flerlage ’80 (aka Guy attendance was Jonathan Smith ’77. that the campus, while covered with like me, has heretofore never been LaHog) and family joined them for In July 2007 Michael celebrated the snow, looked great, and the Dana to Europe. This year Pam visited the birthday dinner. Bill’s son Zach 10th anniversary of forming Eastern food never tasted better! Y Glenn Paris twice! In March she chaperoned especially enjoyed the Colorado snow Funding LLC, a New York-based Rieger’s daughter, Katy, is off to her daughter’s AP art class, and this and lack of ice, as he is used to skiing finance company. Y Linda Alter is Williams next fall. Though not at June she and her sister visited the at Sugarloaf in the SCVA J5 junior beginning a master’s in public affairs Colby, she’ll still be in the NESCAC City of Lights. Y Jane Hartzell, the racing program. Y Keep those e-mails program at the Humphrey Institute and rowing crew for the Ephmen. first friend I made at Colby, reports coming! —Cheri Bailey Powers at the University of Minnesota. She’s Glenn recently had dinner in Boston that all is well in Vermont with her found her grades have really improved with Jim D’Isidoro, whose son, Jack, and her partner, Barb, who is “still 80 First, an apology to Paul since Colby, especially as she isn’t out finished his sophomore year at Colby. retired.” Their daughter, Robin, will and Kathy McCulloch Wade for partying four nights a week and trying Y Diana Herrmann traveled to enter third grade this fall at Orchard inadvertently implying that they to write papers afterwards. Given the Bhutan last year. Our intrepid traveler Valley Waldorf School. After 17 years had changed career tracks. Kathy current depressed state of real estate, reports that Bhutan is “an amazingly Jane continues to enjoy her job as a continues to enjoy a successful 22-year she left that field in July 2007 and beautiful and mountainous country, community home-health nurse. This career with Merrill Lynch in Seattle explored what’s next, enjoying the with wonderful people—a real treat past winter she had a nice chat on the and Paul is still fully employed at journey. She worked temporarily for for anyone who has the time, but ski slopes with Adam Weiss ’83. Jane NOAA. Y Warren Rosenthal is the a tuition-free middle school for girls not so easy to get to. The culture and Barb stay in touch with many new economic development director and volunteers with groups in North has been preserved from the outside classmates who remain dear friends: for Lewis County, N.Y. Warren had Minneapolis addressing foreclosure world with no TV until 1999 and no Jenny Julian ’82, Lesley DeYulio been a business consultant and real issues and discriminatory lending Internet until 2000.” Y Long-lost DeFio ’82, Paul Muniz ’82, Joanne estate broker in Lake George. He practices. Y Congratulations to Bruce classmate Tim Rogers reports that Terry Swanson, Ellen Freedman was director of the Worcester County Martel, who married Karen Hankla he and his wife, Diane, have been in Rayner, Joe Kelliher, David and (Md.) Department of Economic Sept. 8, 2007, in South Portland. They Ocala, Fla., for the past three years. Amy Haselton Bolger, and Frank Development from 1989 to 1999, live in a circa-1873 house in Saco. “Life is good, golf is great, weather Wirmusky. —Steph Vrattos and from 1986 to 1989 served as an Bruce continues to work as a database is better than Rhode Island!” Y Bo economic development adviser at the developer and quality compliance Preston’s daughter, 10, is doing well 82 In January Tim Dawson National Association of Counties in administrator for an aerospace- and growing like a weed. Bo and his and his family moved to Sydney, Washington, D.C. Y Brenda Bowen related manufacturing company in wife are “working hard, having fun Australia, from the San Francisco has started a new children’s book nearby Biddeford. Y When Susan together, but see very few classmates area, where they had lived for the publishing imprint at HarperCollins Sullivan Hinrichs wrote she had just out on the North Shore of Boston.” Y last 20 years. Tim’s wife, Melanie, called The Bowen Press. She’ll returned from Waterville, where her In 2007 Russ Gilfix opened his own is Australian, so he had visited many publish about 15 books a year for son Colin’s PeeWee A ice hockey team investment firm, Wind & Rose, LLC times. Last fall when his employer, kids ages 2 to 16. The first Bowen represented Connecticut in the New (Wind—the financial and geopolitical Microsoft, offered to move him Press releases appear in January England regionals. The tournament weather, Rose—the compass rose to down to lead their financial services 2009, so look for them at your local coincided with the NESCAC men’s help navigate financial destinations. business, he jumped at the chance. bookstore! Y Michael Fanger and ice hockey championship at Colby A little contrived, but less egocentric While he was sorry to leave friends his family spent their winter break and Sue was able to visit with Colby than Gilfix & Co!). Russ closed 2007 and family behind, the wonders of skiing deep powder in Steamboat friends including Paul Spillane ’79, with a fifth consecutive year of over- modern technology keep him closer and Vail. Michael’s son Jonathan had Jim ’78 and Sue Conant Cook ’75, 20-percent returns and so far has than he had hoped. Tim’s kids,

52 COLBY / SUMMER 2008 Brendan, 11, and Sabrina, 7, are Boston Wine Festival at the Harbor etc. Y Sam Staley visited Colby loving life there, spending hours at 83 Bob Patience lives in Roseland, Hotel last fall and at the reception last fall to participate in a Goldfarb the beach and exploring the beautiful N.J., and works for Prudential as a vice saw Suzanne Battit ’86, who was a Center debate on sustainability and countryside with exotic wildlife president of product development. freshman in Woodman when Deb transportation policy. It was great everywhere. In fact they saw a couple He’s married with a 12-year-old boy was head resident senior year. Deb to see his old professors including of wallabies in “the bush” behind their and a daughter, 15, both adopted got an update on all of her freshman Cal Mackenzie, Tom Tietenberg, house! Y In August Scott Sophos from South Korea. Y Attention “kids” that Suzanne’s still in touch Sandy Maisel, and Jim Meehan. He moved to England, where he teaches tennis players: Karin Whiting with—what a hoot! Y Jen Thayer arrived early to see Jeff Clements in a secondary school in Colchester, 60 Burgess launched a new Web site Naylor is launching a new Web and Nancy Heselton and their three miles northeast of London. He goes for recreational tennis players: project, a recruiting site organized kids. They are doing well, getting into the city all the time, sees great www.tennisidentity.com. Karin around video and social networking ready to send one off to college. shows, and has traveled to Dublin, also runs Whiting Burgess LLC for new college graduates who have Sam’s children are in eighth and sixth Amsterdam, and Florence. He’s been Communications, a public relations few other opportunities to distinguish grade at the Miami Valley School in offered a continuing contract for the firm based in Mystic, Conn. She themselves. HireMe.tv is a personal Dayton, so he’s got a few years. Y next few years, so he is staying. He has recently ran into Tyger Nicholas, branding engine, hiring accelerator, David Rosenberg wrote in: Warren a great house with a spare room, so who moved to Stonington with his and cure for the common résumé. Burroughs, Craig Alie, John Ayer, guests are welcome. Y Eric Ridgway, family. Y I spent some time on the Her kids are now 10 and 11, happy, and David all serve on the board of who was on the swim team at Colby, phone one night before reunion with and underscheduled. She works Agassiz Village, a not-for-profit camp continues to swim regularly and Duncan Gibson and he filled me in for Planned Parenthood, Bed-Stuy for underprivileged kids in Maine. competes in U.S. Masters Swimming. on his planned reunion talk about the Family Health Center, and is on the The camp was actually started by In August 2007 the Long Bridge Edward Gorey Collection as well as all stewardship council for the Omega Warren’s grandfather many years ago. Swim, which he founded and has the great work he does with the Cape Institute for Holistic Studies, where Y Bernie Hefele is in production of directed since 1995, had the privilege Cod Museum of Art. I’ll have a report during a seminar last year she met an infomercial highlighting his new of being the host of the U.S. Masters after reunion of all the attendees. Bets Brown, a Colby administrator product. While he can’t disclose Swimming Association Open-Water It’s a tough time for so many due to who brought her up to speed on details, it has something to do with National Championship. The Long the economy, kids’ graduations, and College developments. Y Kelvin and bread and cheese. Y Bill Sheehan is Bridge Swim, an annual community more. I wish we could all be together. Sue Desrochers Patterson continue training to swim the English Channel event, is important to Eric because Keep the faith and write to me at to get settled in Atlanta (they’ve been this summer. Y John Tawa reports lots of average folks—people who your earliest convenience! Y Kelly there two years) and Sue enjoys her he’s having a great life in Portland, have never been on a swim team— Burke Corwen has spent lots of time job at Coca-Cola Enterprises. They Ore., with his wife, Lisa, and three participate in the 1.76-mile swim with her roommate Susan Sheehan planned an exciting trip to Turkey sons. Eight-year-old Tim is an elite in beautiful Lake Pend Oreille. Schwermer and husband Rich over and Greece this spring. Never having baseball prospect, six-year-old Casey Combined with the USMS National the years as Kelly’s taken her kids been to that part of the world, they is reading at a sixth grade level and Championship last year, it had a skiing in Park City. Kelly and Susan’s were very much looking forward to can spell better than John, and three- record number of swimmers (more oldest boys go off to college this fall. it. —Sally Lovegren Merchant year-old Jordan already is reading! than 670) ages 7 to 86. Check out They talked to Chip Rooney one Lisa and John were both lawyers www.longbridgeswim.com. Eric also day, who lives in San Diego. Kelly 84 Edward McCartin has not but left the practice more than a led the first ever length-of-the-lake also visited with Kelly Dodge when reported in a while but has news. After decade ago. John is now the national swim (about 35 miles) with a relay of he asked her to help with reunion eight years living in Indonesia, he expert on girls’ volleyball, running 10 swimmers ages 13 to 59. They swam planning. Y Chris Chabot wrote after relocated to Singapore. He’s staying PrepVolleyball.com. Though just through the night with a glow stick his son’s hockey season. He actually in the power generation business about every college and university in tucked into the strap of their goggles found himself with time one winter but going back to a U.S. company; the country subscribes to his service, and another on the safety kayak. weekend to enjoy a family snowshoe he worked for a largely Japanese including national champion Penn There’s a fun picture and article at excursion. Reunion 2008 is smack in company in Jakarta. He will be senior State, John’s own alma mater does not! www.bonnercountydailybee.com/ the middle of Chris’ field research director, business development, for —Cynthia Mulliken Lazzara articles/2007/08/21/news/news01. season. He has two grants and a good the ASEAN region with AES, giving txt. Eric invites everyone to swim group of students to work with. him new project control in Southeast 85 Well, it’s official—we’ve hit or watch this year’s Long Bridge Chris’s wife, Heather (Frasier ’86), is Asia. Ed reports that while Jakarta middle age! I can tell just from reading Swim Aug. 2. Y Frank McGee was an associate professor of psychology is like a carnival, it wears on you. the submissions for this column. nominated best singer-songwriter by at New England College. Y From With 12-14 million people, it lacks People aren’t planning wild and the Providence Phoenix. By the time New Orleans, Mike Adams reports most of the basic infrastructure that exotic vacations anymore—they are this magazine comes out, the winner that he and Geoff Ballotti swapped we take for granted in the U.S. He planning on driving up I-95 with their will have been announced. The voting Hurricane Katrina stories, since looks forward to Singapore, which kids to visit the Colby Admissions was under Frank’s stage name: Frank Geoff was there during the whole is more manageable with 4.5 million Office! Don’t believe me? See below! Martyn. Frank also writes tips for mess. Mike stays in frequent contact people. You can drink water from Y Tom Menzies has been working Piano Music for Dummies and just with Dick Whitmore and follows the the tap and ride a bicycle with little for 20 years as a study director at the finished Christmas Piano Music for Colby basketball team. Occasionally threat of being run down by cars, National Academy of Sciences, mainly Dummies, due out next fall. He’s he runs into faculty from our Colby trucks, or motorcycles. It actually on studies of national transportation working on Movie Soundtrack Piano years at conferences or hears from works better than most U.S. cities, he policy. He and his wife, Ellen, live for Dummies—a new Hal Leonard them via e-mail—Tom Shattuck, said. Ed tried in vain to meet Richard in Manassas, Va., with their three division created to employ music/ Tom Newton, and Wayne Smith Kliman when he was in the U.S. in boys, Austin, 11, Chris, 14, and Matt, English majors. Y As for me, I’m from chemistry. Mike’s sister, Michele January. He and Andrew Christy 17. Tom plans a trip to Colby soon blogging about public relations and Adams Prince ’81, lives in Winslow, tried to set up a ski weekend, but that because his oldest is about to begin marketing at www.maineprmaven. and the rest of the family is close by, too fell through because his condos in the college application process and com. Check it out and let me know if too. Contact Mike at mradams@xula. Keystone were booked for the MLK Colby is on the list. Y Donna Boyler you have a blog so we can link to each edu. Y George and Deb Bombaci holiday. They’ll try again in Keystone Aiudi says it’s hard to believe but she other! —Nancy Briggs Marshall Pappas went to opening night at the in March, if Jupiter aligns with Mars, just visited Colby with her daughter,

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Katie, who is a junior looking at trips last summer, Linda kept busy to make it an annual—as opposed to N.H., the small, local community colleges. Donna found much has serving as “swim team mom” carting every-two-decades—event. Check bank where she has worked since changed since 1985, and she can’t kids to and from a.m. swim practices out a photo on our class page. Y 1994. She began there as an assistant believe how fast the time has gone. Y and meets. Linda says they are still Great news from Suzanne Battit. in human resources. Y Bill Yardley Congratulations and best wishes for reeling from an amazingly fun and Last fall she became the director of lives in Houston after moving from Debbie Neumann-Dubowsky, who busy Higgins family Thanksgiving in development for Partners In Health, Needham, Mass., a year and a half wrote from Long Island where she Atlanta. Y No mention of car trips up what may be her “most rewarding and ago. He’s working for Spectra Energy works as a cardiologist in Huntington, or down I-95 from Wendell Perkins, fulfilling position to date.” Partners and says that, between the weekly N.Y. Debbie and her husband, Jay, but he’s excited to announce that he In Health is a nonprofit based in travel and two kids (Annie, 12, and are thrilled to announce two new now owns his own business, having Boston that partners with health Turner, 10), he has little time for additions—on Nov. 26 Debbie gave recently completed a management organizations and health ministries in anything else! Y But he DID find birth to beautiful boys named Evan buyout of his employer, Johnson developing countries to bring quality time to write me and aren’t you glad Michael and Shaun Louis. Debbie Asset Management. The new firm, healthcare to the very, very poor. It he and everyone else did? Now, please hopes that their first sentence will Optique Capital Management, a value is the organization on which Tracy do the same and send me some news! I be: Mom and Dad, we want to go to equity boutique, opened new offices Kidder’s book Mountains Beyond love hearing from you all! —Henrietta Colby! So, good luck Debbie and Jay; in Milwaukee in April 2008. The firm Mountains is based. “I feel very lucky “Hank” Yelle your trip to the Admissions Office manages approximately $2 billion to be a part of it all,” she writes. Y is a few years off, but you’d better for institutions and high-net-worth Laurie Brown lives in Nobleboro, 87 As you read this, the Beijing start saving now! Y Fortunately, individuals. Wendell lamented that Maine, in an old Cape with some Olympics are about to start. So please Jim Gill is still out there living an his timing could have been better— chickens and bees for pets. She is watch and root for me in my two big adventurous life. He wrote from buying an investment firm in a bear busy as an elementary teacher in events, the Hot Chocolate Lift and England where he enjoys living in the market—but he’s excited to own the Waldoboro. Having taken on third Marathon Nap. I hold world records U.K. countryside 40 minutes outside business. —Gretchen Bean Bergill graders this year for the first time, in both. Now, on to the scuttlebutt. London. Work has gone quite well for she notes that “8-year-olds can be Ted Grevelis settled in Woodbury, Jim. He has put together some good 86 Wedding bells! Grantland hysterical, especially if someone says Minn., as director of sales, North deals for his company, Vmware, and Rice and Susannah Gordon tied the word ‘underwear.’” Laurie’s own Central U.S., for IGT. Ted says, “I’ve bought a house in 2006. Jim and his the knot on St. John in December kids are growing up: daughter Shelby traveled to lots of exotic places, like family went on a fantastic trip last 2007. Grant’s Coburn dorm-mates is a freshman at Whittier College Pierre, S.D., Warroad, Minn., New summer to Essaouira, Morocco, and from freshman year were both outside of Los Angeles and her sons Buffalo, Mich., and Council Bluffs, Marrakech. Essaouira has great food, there: Wooden Boat Magazine editor are in high school at Lincoln Academy Iowa. I’ve done a lot of work with beaches, culture, and it’s cheap too. Jim Matt Murphy ’87 and Garden.com in Newcastle, Maine. They’re all tribal casinos, and you could not added that the Orson Welles version founder and CEO Clifford Sharples budding musicians and Laurie credits ask for better clients.” Continuing of Othello was filmed there, and a (who transferred to Carnegie Mellon freshman year roommate Cindy on that theme, he also started crumbling beachside fortress inspired before graduating). After the wedding, Lloyd Brogan, who played the cello Grevelis Racing Stable to expand his Jimi Hendrix to write Castles Made of it was an intimate “Colby” sail to and sang with the Colbyettes. “I lifelong interest in thoroughbred and Sand under the influence of various North Sound on Virgin Gorda on a had never seen or heard anything standardbred racing. “Maybe not the substances. This year Jim’s family 53-foot Swan—newlyweds Susannah so beautiful in my life, so I vowed I Triple Crown or Breeder’s Cup, but plans a trip to Sardinia to enjoy the and Grant, Matt and his sweetheart, would ‘make’ my kids learn to play!” they sure are longer term goals!” Y In most unspoiled blue-water beaches Holly, and Cliff and his wife, Lisa. says Laurie. Y Ted Wolff and Chris October Karen Czuchry Sallmann, in the Mediterranean. Jim says he’s Friends to the Bitter End was the tag. Engstrom got together for a beer in her husband, Florian, and two kids, become a bit of a thespian—and that When Grant isn’t honeymooning in Boston in February. Having escaped Selina, 5, and Sydney, 1, moved at our age the thrill of performing is a the Virgin Islands, he spends his time wives and kids for the evening, from Vienna, Austria, to Trieste, genuine replacement for the thrill of as vice president for advancement at they kept details top secret. Y Amy Italy. After only five months, Selina athletic competition. Jim recently Claremont Graduate University. Y (Lumbard ’88) and Guy Holbrook speaks fluent Italian. Says Karen, “It bought a “green” minivan that gets More wedding bells, it seems! On along with their daughters, Sarah, is really amazing how fast kids learn. 48 mpg. He thinks everyone would the weekend preceding Halloween 11, and Welles, 4, and their son, After 11 years in Germany, it is a if faced with the $8 per gallon that 2007, an illustrious group of men Guy “the 5th,” 7, went on a five-day big adjustment for us all.” (Don’t be he was paying in England. Y Linda gathered on Block Island to celebrate whirlwind tour of Walt Disney World jealous, Ted. I’m sure Italy is a lot like Carroll Higgins is busy at home Tony Stiker’s upcoming nuptials: in November 2007 and ran into the Iowa.) Y Adding to Colby’s legendary in Burlington, Vt., as mother to Bill Nicholas flew in from Los Andy Peer family! Upon returning to coupling lore, Rick Huntress and three children ages nine and under. Angeles, Matt Hartley drove up Logan, Guy ran into classmate Peter Karen Welling got engaged in After an intense 16-hour training from Philadelphia, Mark Gordon Cooke in the parking garage. It’s a January. Said Rick, “I pulled out the program, Linda is now a pastoral care drove up from NYC with Josh small world! Y Amy Barnes Hurley ring on the chairlift at Mad River volunteer with the Spiritual Resource Goldberg ’88, and the groom-to-be. is busy at home with kids Kevin, Glen. The first words out of her Center at Fletcher Allen Hospital. Arriving from points north (Maine) 16, and Brenna, 12, and two golden mouth were ‘Don’t drop it!’ I asked, She volunteers on the cancer floor were Adam Rosenbaum ’87 and Stew retrievers. If that weren’t enough, she ‘Is that a yes?’” It was. Y Liz Nordlie and calls it pretty intense. But given MacLehose; from the Boston area, also has two home-based businesses, lives and works in Switzerland with her own experiences, Linda knows Scott Lainer ’87, Don Jackson, and one with Arbonne International and her husband and two children. She’s she has a lot to offer patients, both John Glass ’87. Peter Voskamp, the other with SendOutCards. Amy General Mills’ marketing director in terms of experience and hope. On who lives on the island, paid off the sees Jessica Flood Leitz often and for Europe, the Middle East, and the travel and adventure front, Linda’s local authorities ahead of time. John they continue their annual November North Africa. (So, not much going family skied at Mad River Glen every D. Stephens ’87 joined in via Skype get-together with Robin Clisby on with her.) “It’s quite a change winter weekend. Her three kids are at his home in Slovenia. The gents Pelczar, Terry Appleton, and Lisa from Minnesota, to say the least, and experienced tree skiers, and Linda all complimented one another on Foley. Y Speaking of Robin, she a great experience for all of us. Work wonders if her son Tommy is gunning how little they had changed both in was promoted in January to human takes me to many countries and we for her position as her husband’s physical appearance and maturity resources benefits officer at Meredith travel as a family. The kids attend an “favorite ski buddy.” After a few family level through the years. They plan Village Savings Bank in Meredith, international school, which brought

54 COLBY / SUMMER 2008 back memories of my experiences to catch up with Hansi Hals, Trisha has lived in Tokyo for seven years. 1980s Correspondents while at Jan Plan in Paris and my King Rowe, Brian Connors, Allyn Eric is a partner in a San Francisco- junior year abroad at LSE.” (Oh, poor Emery, and Mary McHugh. Y Anna based national law firm, Morrison & 1980 Ted.) Y Andrew Jeske and his wife McCaw Casey writes, “I’m teaching Foerster, focusing on real estate in Thomas Marlitt just had a baby girl, Naomi! She joins kindergarten at Foote School in New Japan and Asia. Eric has been married 1835 SW Elizabeth Street two older brothers in the chaos that Haven, Conn., where my two kids, for 14 years and has three sons, Jonah, Portland, OR 97201 used to be their house. He’s been at Rob, 10 and Caroline, 7, attend. We 11, Jake, 8, and Sam, 7. Y Sarah 503-248-4310 Saatchi for about 10 years, living north had fun visiting Colby in November J. Doherty enjoys life in Seattle, [email protected] of NYC in Westchester. Andrew with my husband, Bob ’86, for the where she’s “still (for the past 13 1981 joined Lauren Frazza ’88 and Dean Colby Eight reunion. The ’80s years, starting as a graduate student) Steph Vrattos Janice Kassman (formerly Seitzinger) weren’t very well represented but working as a research scientist at the 11 Pond Street, Apt. 23 for drinks in January. Y Hannah Bob had a lot of fun singing and our University of Washington, doing Waltham, MA 02451 Howland Judson is “living with my kids enjoyed checking out Colby climate/global warming-related two children, Jupiter, 9, and Gemma, for the first time.” Y Gil Falcone work.” She is also executive director [email protected] 6, and my husband, Bruce, just outside surfaced to report that he’s worked of an international organization that 1982 Paris, near Fontainebleau. (Ted, you at the Monterey Bay Aquarium for does multinational coordination of Nancy Briggs Marshall should probably stop reading now.) I 10 years and was recently promoted research in atmospheric chemistry. PO Box 317 teach art and design, and Bruce paints to senior dive safety officer/manager “I’m putting my Colby physics Augusta, ME 04332 landscapes. Before France, I moved of dive operations. Gil lives by the degree to use!” Sarah enjoys climbing 207-237-5550 to Chicago for the School of the Art Monterey Bay and volunteers to mountains and paragliding, skiing, [email protected] Institute of Chicago and ended up encourage sustainable practices at gardening almost year-round, staying 14 years. We are fortunately the MBA and in his city. He is getting triathlons, and city life. Y Andrew 1983 not off the beaten path of good friends married to longtime partner, Cristina Longyear runs a wildfire-fighting Sally Lovegren Merchant and family. Todd Bishop and his Amarillas. Y John McNinch lives in company in Bend, Oregon. Y Huge PO Box 12 partner, Greg Weithman, visited his hometown of Lenox, Mass., and congrats to Jen Massengill on the Mt. Desert, ME 04660 this winter. Aimee Good and her owns a restaurant/tavern in town. birth of her first child, Kate Rebecca, 207-244-0441 husband, Josh Margolis, dropped in John and his wife, Jackie, have two born April 5, 2007. Y Kate Walker [email protected] when Aimee was working in London. sons, Tucker, 11, and Connor, 10. works as a middle school counselor Marcus Ratliff and his wife, Amanda, John coaches baseball and soccer outside of Winter Park, Colo. In 1984 came last summer with their two and, like many of us, finds himself February, she skied with Guy ’86 Cynthia M. Mulliken Lazzara boys. We were also able to join them busier than he could imagine! Y Jeff and Amy Lumbard Holbrook 15 Waverly Road at Vezelay for a leg of their journey Ballaine planned to spend time with and their three kids in Steamboat Darien, CT 06820 on a canal trip in Burgundy. Trish John and others this spring. “We’re Springs. Kate keeps in touch with [email protected] (Curry ’86) and John Glass are in taking our family (wife Caroline, Lorin Haughs Pratley, who lives 1985 Paris every now and then, so we are Callie, 5, and Will, 3) to spend a week in Greenwich with her husband Gretchen Bean Bergill able to catch up when they are here.” with John’s family, and a group of 12 and three sons. Y Mary Eickhoff Phillips Exeter Academy She continues: “In France I have or so others, on the beach in North Dunn relocated to the Carolinas in 20 Main Street been able to pursue my hobbies of Carolina.” Jeff and family live in 1990, married a Georgia boy, and Exeter, NH 03833 marathon running and playing music. Seattle. Y Living in Chicago for the never ventured north again. She’s [email protected] I’m getting ready for a half marathon past 11 years, Charlie Lord had a been with Management Recruiters at the end of March in Prague with a mini-reunion in April 2007 when since 1991 and now manages their 1986 group of friends, and my band, Sous his wife, Brooke, ran the Boston Healthcare Division in Statesville, Henrietta “Hank” Yelle Sol 77—Australian, Scottish, French, Marathon. The Lords got together N.C., placing senior leaders in 15 Sutherland Road Hungarian, and American band with Chris Hurley, Kevin Molloy, hospital administration across the Lexington, MA 02421 members—has a few fundraisers and Rick Angeli, and Chuck ’89 and Kim country. Mary has a 13-year-old son, 781-863-1986 parties lined up. The art and music Norberg Burke ’91 the night before Colby. Mary writes, “I have a Colby [email protected] scene here is quiet. However, access the race. Charlie also reconnected alumni sticker on the back of my car. to excellent schools, gastronomy, with Cassie and C. Tom Ferris, who I may be the only one in Statesville. 1987 healthcare, Romanesque and Gothic visited last July. Y John Seidl sends If there are any other alumni in Scott Lainer cathedrals, the Mediterranean, the greetings from Boise, Idaho, where he this region, please reach out.” Y 138 Fuller Street, Apt. 3 Alps, and a general calm and beauty, and his family (wife Brooke, Olivia, 7, Good work Colleen McKenna Brookline, MA 02446 make it a fine trade.” (And somewhere and Ellie, 5) have lived for 15 years. Hennessy—we’re glad to hear from [email protected] out there, Ted Grevelis is sobbing.) John caught up with some friends you! Colleen is a partner at the Boston 1988 —Scott Lainer last year on the Cape: Mike Paquin law firm of Peabody & Arnold LLP Heidi Irving Naughton (Olivia’s godfather!), Dave Rand, and has two wonderful children, Sam, 26 Outlook Drive 88 Mary Federle Porter lives in and Rob Travis. Y Bevin Dockray 9, and Katie, 6. Six years ago, the clan Darien, CT 06820 Cumberland, Maine, with her five Gove lives in Fairfield, Conn., with moved to Dover, Mass., and they run 203-656-8141 children: 16, 14, 12, and 9-year-old husband Matt ’87 and kids, Ryan, 9, into lots of alums including Jay ’86 [email protected] twins. She works in special ed at Anna, 7, and Julia, 3. Bevin works in and Laurie Haley Allen ’87, Mike her local elementary school. Mary New York City at Jose Cuervo as the ’86 and Christine Palmer Savage ’87, 1989 and husband made their first college PR and events director. She writes, and Katie and Eric Green ’87. Y Jim Anita L. Terry visit with their daughter, who is 16. “I recently saw Becca and Susu after Brandt lives in Brookfield, Conn., 501 Warwick Street “Talk about making me feel old!” many years of not seeing them (how with wife Cathy and kids Michelle, Saint Paul, MN 55116 Mary sees Tom Snow, Peter ’89 and sad!). I’ve been in touch with Susi 12, Katie, 10, and Michael, 7. Jim’s a [email protected] Laurie Meehan Reed, Toby and Welch Carpenter and I see Meg third-year special education teacher at Vickie Caron Bell, and bumps into Galloway Pearce and Jill Heslam a John Jay High School in Westchester Greg Cunningham. She would love couple of times a year.” Y Eric Piesner County, N.Y., after 17 years as an

COLBY / SUMMER 2008 55 alumni at large earth science teacher. He’s on hiatus for children at the Robbins Library in day per week from the beginning of of half-marathons and was training after coaching varsity football for 18 Arlington, Mass. He said that though the spring semester to spring break. Y for this year’s Boston Marathon, years. Y Kevin Oates is a professor he mentioned Colby three times to the As you ponder whether to give to the April 21, which is also her birthday. at Drexel University College of reporter, the story made no mention Colby Fund this year, I’ll leave you Y Also in training for Boston was Law in Philadelphia. He teaches legal of our alma mater. If you find yourself with Krisan’s pertinent observation: Colleen Halleck Taylor. Colleen methods, professional responsibility, in or near Arlington on the second “I myself am proud to be from Colby, wrote from Ashburn, Va., where and conflicts. He previously taught Saturday of the month, stop in and an institution that did away with she lives with husband Ray and two law school at Temple and UNLV. catch Mickey’s popular story time. college loans and made the move to kids, son Quinn, 3, and daughter Kevin has two sons, Alec, 7, and Y Shaun Dakin’s pet issue—political truly support its students. So many of Campbell, 1. She ran the Richmond Tyler, 4. Y Laurie Anderson loves robo calls—is “in play” on the Hill, us in the Class of 1989 benefited from (Va.) Marathon as her qualifier and her job as a biology professor at Ohio according to Tony Corrado. Shaun financial aid, and everything we do was excited to be running Boston for Wesleyan. She does research on how testified before a Senate committee to grow that endowment makes our the first time and making a trip home global changes in the environment on the issue and two members of class’s 20th year reunion that much to New England (she’s originally influence invasive plants. Laurie Congress have signed his do-not- sweeter!” Y Keep that news coming! from N.H.). Colleen keeps in touch is married to Dan Seufert and has robo-call pledge. Y Congratulations —Anita Terry with Susan Cummings Wiseman, an energetic 6-year-old son, Evan. to Bill Auerswald and his wife, who who lives in Winchester, Mass., with Y Kelly Marchetti works at Bose welcomed Cate Margaret into the 91 Greetings! The word from their four children—Jack, Mackayla, Corporation in Framingham, Mass., world in January. Bill is the business many of our classmates is children. Caitlin, and Meghan. Y From New and is in charge of strategic planning manager and hockey coach at the Late 2007 and early 2008 saw the York Fred Ramstedt writes, “Jeanine and communications for America Indian Creek School in Maryland. Y arrival of many future Colby alumni. (Caunt ’92) and I went to London in sales. She lives in Natick, as does If you’ve seen a familiar face on Craig Kevin Correa Jr. was born Dec. 7 to November, introducing close friends Karen Reilly Quirk, and sees Karen, Ferguson’s Late Late Show, it might be Kevin and Patty Masters Correa. to a traditional Thanksgiving with her husband, Kevin, and their three John “Johnny P” Reynolds. Mark Patty also met a number of classmates roast turkey and all of the trimmings. kids often. Y Mel Brown Bride Cosdon sent me a hilarious clip of and spouses including Caroline I traveled to Geneva, Lyons, Beune, changed locales from Barrington, Johnny P at his best—search for Craig O’Malley Maynard, Ashley Cornell and Paris, enjoying food and a R.I., to Meriden, N.H., and Kimball Ferguson and Larry King on YouTube Pratt, Cathy Breen Gorodentsev, tremendous variety of wines. Halden Union Academy, where she’ll teach and watch for a familiar face. Y Jeremy Tree Sullivan Brockelman (husband Consulting Services, my own sales Spanish and coach. Y Carol Anne Banks has a big year planned: he will is John ’92), Corinne Hauser Tardio, and marketing business, now has Beach writes from Concord Academy, marry Marcia Bridgman in October. and Julie Daniele Solomita, who three customers. Oh, and the best cup where she was training to run the They plan to honeymoon in Napa, so expects her first baby in August! Y of coffee I’ve had so far is Tanzanian Boston Marathon for a second if you have suggestions about wineries C. Evan Metcalf and wife Amie Peaberry.” Y Christianmichael time as part of Team Beach (www. to visit, let Jeremy know. His band, Brockway-Metcalf welcomed their “Mort” and Brynne McCormick teambeach.org). Y Bert Languet The Score, continues to play in and third child (and first girl), Lucy, Jan. Kristan relocated back to Maine in writes, “My firm, Golden Pond around Hartford. Check out www. 23. Evan reports he is still happily fall 2007. They ended up in East Wealth Management in Waterville (I thescorerock.com. Y Catherine employed as an art director at DC Boothbay for a while and finally am one of the partners), was chosen Andrew Rogers started a new job Comics, so the children will have purchased a neglected house in June as one of the 10 most dependable in as in-house employment counsel for more comic books than anyone else of last year. Mort has been busy the Northeast by Goldline Research GE. She lives in New Rochelle, N.Y., on the block! Y Stephanie Carville resurrecting the house in Boothbay and was featured in the Forbes Feb. with her husband and their two kids Santella teaches second grade at the Harbor (solo except for 80 percent of 25 issue.” Y Deedra Beal Dapice and serves on the board of the local Pike School in Andover, Mass., but the rough plumbing and electrical), and her husband, Geoff, live in children’s library. The family spends is looking forward to taking the next finally practicing the green principles Brewer, Maine, with their children, much of their summer in Mystic, school year off to spend time with her about which he’s been preaching for Coralie, 15, Shannon, 13, and Ethan, Conn., so if you’re in the area look children: daughter Lizzie, born in the last five years. They finally moved 10. Deedra teaches science at Brewer for them on their sailboat. Y Dave December, and son Eddie, 2. Y Daniel in after eight months of living here, High School. Although busy, they get and Cindy Cohen Fernandez and “Jazzy D” Raymont writes, “My life there, and in-between. Children to Colby Homecoming each year. their kids still live in Mansfield, was turned upside down in December Rowan and Gryffin are settled into This year, they caught up with Jon and Mass., but Dave has a new job as with the birth of our daughter, Lulu kindergarten and preschool, and Mort Judy MacDonald Webel and Chris the New England claims manager Maya. As I was wrong-side-up to and Brynne were both looking for and Jayne Grossman Martin. Y for Liberty Mutual. On New Year’s begin with, it is a vast improvement.” jobs. They saw Scott Stecher and Remember, your news is only boring Eve, they joined Rob and Hilary On the acting front, Dan recently his family over the summer and spent to you! Please keep us informed of Barnes Hoopes and their three kids, shot the second season of The Naked the New Year holiday with Linda what you are doing, who you’ve seen, Stephanie and Marc Rando and their Brothers Band for Nickelodeon and Rossignol Ramsden and her family and how you are dealing with your two kids, and Ken Ginder ’88 and his starred in a film calledBuzzKill over when they came to visit in Boothbay. Y 40s. —Heidi Irving Naughton wife and kids at Suzi and Matt Sotir’s the summer with Darrell Hammond, Felise Glantz Kissell is vice president place on the beach in Kennebunkport. Mike Starr, Krysten Ritter, and Reiko of investor relations and corporate 89 Professor Matthew Burke Dave reports that they played football Aylesworth. Y My former roommate spokesperson (along with having some teaches sculpture and drawing at on the beach and Rob hit Dave for a Rob Deacon and wife Amy welcomed other strategy related responsibilities) the University of Kansas. He and his touchdown bomb to win the game. son Logan Wyatt Jan. 14. They for Maidenform Brands, which is wife, Melissa, have a little boy named As Dave put it, “When it comes to haven’t slept much since, but are known for intimate apparel. She also Angus. Y Greg Gatlin recently left the beating small children (mostly 9- and very proud of their baby boy. Y On has a 3-year-old son (and aspiring Boston Herald to take over the public 11-year-old girls) at football, nobody the other hand, John Avery and wife Colby student) named Landon, who affairs office at Suffolk University is better than Rob and me.” Y Cathy Jody are, surprisingly, getting their attends The International School in in Boston. Y M’evie Mead lives in Cook Zambrano and her husband fair share of sleep after the birth of New York City. Y There are still a lot St. Louis, where I tracked her down and daughter relocated to Paris and their first child, Justin Marrec, Feb. 4. of classmates out there who I haven’t through LinkedIn. Y Mickey Beck are settling in. Y Krisan Evenson was Y Linnea Oliver O’Neil keeps busy heard from yet—be sure to write when sent me an article from the Boston tired of snow. Plymouth State, where raising her four children (ages 9, 6, you can! —Dave Shumway Globe about his Spanish reading time she is a professor, had at least one snow 3, and 1). She recently ran a couple

56 COLBY / SUMMER 2008 92 Thank you for all the great 90s newsmakers and Betsy Arden Rickards, who updates. It’s apparent our class is live close by in the Boston area. Y doing a fantastic job increasing the Chris Thayer ’93 received the Appalachian Mountain Club’s 2008 Joe Alex and Emilie Abair Barmashi U.S. population. Congratulations to Dodge Award, the highest recognition for its welcomed their third child, John, in Rachel Klein-Ash and her husband, North-country-based staff and volunteers. August 2007. His siblings, Nora, 4, James, who welcomed their first child, Thayer joined AMC in 1989 as a seasonal and Steven, 6, are having a great time a girl, Ellyson Klein McKillop Ash, employee on the Pinkham Notch Visitor helping and playing with their little Nov. 20, 2007. Rachel continues to Center crew. Today he oversees operations, brother. Emilie apologizes for the late work as a college counselor and dorm program development, and budgeting, and update, but she admits that “time flies parent at Milton Academy in Milton, ensures quality guest and visitor services very quickly when you have three.” Y Mass. Y It was amazing to hear that as AMC’s White Mountains facilities Chip ’90 and Andrea Krasker Gavin Greg and Jane DeStefano Becker director. v Keith Gleason ’94 was the 2007 are ecstatic to announce the Nov. 26 welcomed baby number four. Emily Champion First-Year Achiever of the MEGA birth of Sophia May. She is lots of fun Anne was born Jan. 26, 2008, and joins Life and Health Insurance Company. He set a and they are learning “how to live life Natalie, 8, Matthew, 7, and Danny, company record for new agent sales in a year, on a lot less sleep.” Y Chris Reinhart 19 months. Y Great news as Suzanne Chris Thayer ’93 surpassing the prior national record by almost is engaged to Elizabeth Pytka. They Regnier and husband Greg Papiernik 30 percent. Logging over 50,000 miles during plan a September wedding. Y Doug welcomed Eleanor Jane Feb. 12, 2008. the contest year and meeting with more than 550 Maine residents and Morrione was in Tanzania and Kenya Y And congratulations to parents families, Gleason assisted 430 prospective clients and as of January 2008 visiting Corbett Bishop along with of another four—Melissa Small had more than 700 policies written. v Brian J. Carovillano ’95 is the Soren Peters ’97. The three amigos and husband Stephen Bell greeted new regional editor for the Associated Press for the South. “Brian has “had a blast stalking big game, daughter Phoebe Feb. 25, 2008! She led one of the most aggressive news operations in the AP for the past drinking big beers, and having big joins brothers Joshua, 9, Isaac, 7, and two years,” said AP’s director of state news for the South. Carovillano fun.” Doug writes that if anyone wants Jordan, 4. Y Steve Earp had a nice joined the AP in 2001 and was lead reporter for the federal corruption to go on a safari, don’t hesitate to book Colby encounter recently. While trial of longtime Providence Mayor Vincent Cianci. He will lead the it with Corbett (cbsafaris.com). He has wearing a Colby sweatshirt en route AP’s news coverage in a 13-state territory. v Steve Kidd ’97 won the a mastery of Swahili, knowledge of the to watch his son’s baseball teammates Lewis Hine Award from the National Child Labor Committee. Named bush, and an impressive set of friends finish their basketball season, Steve for the acclaimed photographer who documented early-20th-century and connections throughout East was stopped by a familiar face: Yong exploitation of child labor, the award honors 10 people each year for their Africa. Y Kris A. Balser Moussette Kwon. Both live in suburbs outside efforts on behalf of the health, education, and welfare of children and is now partner at Edwards Angell Dallas. Yong and his wife, Jeannie, youth. Kidd was recognized for a decade as program director at Camp Palmer & Dodge LLP in Boston, have three kids, Caleb, 9, Christian, AmeriKids for children affected by or afflicted with HIV/AIDS. specializing in tax-exempt finance. 7, and Evelyn, 2. As for Steve, he and She and her husband, Jon, welcomed his wife, Patti, have three children milestones their third child, Colin “C.J.,” last as well: Thomas, 8, Serena, 6, and October. He joins his brother Jack, 6, Amanda, 3. Steve still works for Sun Marriages: Heather L. Ferguson ’92 to Gus P. Coldebella in and sister Casey, 4. Kris says, “Life is Life Financial, the company that Washington, D.C. v Charles F. Polcari ’97 to Christine Griffin in hectic but fun with three.” Y Patrick hired him after graduation—that’s Boston, Mass. v Christopher A. Coakley ’98 to Elizabeth L. Martin Robbins received his M.F.A. from 15-plus years. I must admit I have yet in Washington, D.C. v Melissa J. Maguire ’99 to Michael C. Moran UMass-Amherst in February. He’s to hold a job for more than four years! in West Brookfield, Mass. back in Maine, living off the grid, Steve is now a senior sales executive and working on a novel. Should that back in Dallas after a four-year stint in fail, he’s considering paying the bills Arizona. Chad Brown called Steve to to honor Heather Perry Weafer ’93, grade class. John ’92 and Jennifer by becoming an ecdysiast. Y David give him some fantastic news, which who successfully battled lymphoma Larsen Daileanes, along with their Rea recently moved to Brussels, he kindly passed on. Chad and his two years ago while pregnant with two children, visited Karyn for the Belgium, for a global assignment wonderful wife, Kristi, are expecting her first child. Through Facebook, Super Bowl and “ate like kings on in GSK’s legal department and is their first child. Y Ted Bosco sent an Matt touched base with Christy all of Jen’s delicious appetizers.” responsible for transactions for its e-mail that made me laugh. This was O’Rourke last autumn and recently Karyn is an executive with EDS, biologicals division. Y Kris Owens all he wrote, but it’s all too familiar: heard from Katie Martin. Y Lastly, having been with the company for Dorogi teaches kindergarten in “Family-school-work-sports-eat- Curt Stevenson recently joined 12 years managing clients in Virginia Massachusetts. She and her husband, sleep-repeat....” Y Matt Davie got an AgencyPort Insurance Services as and Massachusetts. Karyn skied at Csaba, have a daughter, Quinn, e-mail from Andy Rhein, someone vice president of client delivery. The Saddleback quite a bit this winter, 10, and a son, Laz, 8. In April the he hadn’t seen or heard from since company is a leading provider of Web- where she ran into a few Colby alumni. family planned to visit Skip Harris the day we graduated. Andy lives in based solutions designed specifically Y Janine Deforge Olson and her in Phoenix. Kris is in touch with Menlo Park, Calif., with his wife and for property and casualty insurers. family planned to attend reunion Anthony Couvillon, Dan Belvin ’92, two daughters. He traveled to New Good luck in your new role, Curt. Y in June. Janine has kept in sporadic and Jenn Wolff DiFrancesca ’94. York City for a business trip and Thanks for your updates and please touch with classmates Sarah Burditt met Matt for a drink. Apparently, keep the information coming. It’s McDougall, Sarah Oelkers, Kristen 94 I have to admit that we had Andy looks exactly the same—hasn’t wonderful to hear from so many of Schuler Scammon, Jay Collins, a pretty light showing of updates aged a day. As for Matt, he has been you. —Karen Wu and Mike Saad. Y Dave and Beth this time around. You folks better living in NYC since graduation and Curran Balter expect their second get better, lest we end up with an loves it. He bought an apartment on 93 Karyn Rimas Patry moved to child, a girl, in June, at which point “all about Jessie” update. Trust me, the Lower East Side, does digital York, Maine, in June 2004 and ran Beth will be “retiring” to be at home a single professional woman living development work for Simon & into Michele Kennedy Rainforth, with the kids. She visited NYC to see in cosmopolitan Denver does not Schuster, and competes in triathlons. who also lives there. It just so Kat Creeden Skulte and Sharon need her own column—therapist He completed his first triathlon last happens that Karyn’s daughter and Rosen DiPietro and regularly sees maybe, not column. But, since year, a fundraiser for cancer research, Michelle’s son are in the same first Louisa Merianos Anastasopoulos we’re on my favorite subject. I just

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finished up a tremendous season of skiing in Colorado’s beautiful “We wanted to do something that would make a difference not only for the mountains. The company for which audiences and filmmakers who attend, but would actively ignite change for I run the philanthropy, Rock Bottom Restaurants Inc., went through some the people who represent the stories behind the films we’ve seen and will see.” fairly major layoffs in November and I feel lucky to still have my job. In February, I was on Bourbon Street for Mardi Gras and spent an entire day Mission Statement | Eben Dorros ’96 building a playground with a company named Kaboom that works with corporate partners on community Six years ago, Eben Dorros ’96 was fresh out of playground builds. What a fantastic New York University graduate school, where he’d day. Y Huge kudos to Keith Gleason. completed masters’ degrees in business and music Keith’s employer, MEGA Life and composition for film. So it was natural that when Health Insurance Company, named Dorros decided to produce a film festival his first him the 2007 Champion First Year stop would be the library. Achiever. In his first contest year as “I felt there was a need for independent a MEGA agent he also set a company film to become creative again,” Dorros said. record for new agent sales in a year. “Sundance had started out as a true indie film Keith surpassed the prior national market, but Hollywood kind of took over. I wanted record, held for more than seven

to get back to a festival that empowered true PHOTO CREDIT years, by almost 30 percent. Y Sara independent filmmakers.” Eben Dorros ’96 with actresses Thora Birch, left, and “Always-Has-Good-Updates” Ferry But Dorros had a problem. Jorja Fox at the 2007 Jackson Hole Film Festival. Gyan reports that Josette Huntress “You know there are only two books on how to Holland expects baby number run a film festival?” he said. policy experts, journalists, business leaders, and three in September. Y My neighbor So Dorros based his planning largely in research filmmakers in constructive dialog to exact change. down the road (by about four hours) on his soon-to-be competitors and knowledge of the From Skyler Fitzgerald’s filmBombhunters , Megan Harris Boucher wrote that town he had visited since his youth. “There had been chronicling Cambodians who salvage land Colorado had an especially snowy year a huge influx of culture into Jackson [Hole] in the past mines and bombs to sell for scrap metal, to a (confirmed). Megan and her husband ten years, and, with the third-largest concentration of documentary focused on the rise of Sierra Leone’s bought a home in May. Emma, her galleries in the West and the new Center for the Arts, Refugee All Stars from their war-torn nation, the 4-year-old, loves preschool and is Jackson was an easy sell,” he said. 2007 Global Insight Summit gave a visual narrative very cute and smart. Megan’s husband In 2003, with a team of four, Dorros launched to daily news headlines. Complementing the films, is a private chef in Aspen, where the Jackson Hole Film Festival, run by the nonprofit forums on human trafficking and the education she is a real estate broker. Y Annie Jackson Hole Film Institute. The first year was a of girls in the developing world, sponsored by the Clougherty Emerson works part success, and an eye-opener. “I didn’t realize how U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime, added to the wide- time as a physician’s assistant at a much work it would be—four people, being a ranging dialog. family practice in Seattle and plans nonprofit, and trying to raise money.” The festival’s success in 2007, along with the a camping trip this summer with There are now 13 staffers, but bigger numbers partnership with the Humpty Dumpty Institute and her husband, Kevin ’96, and their Y aren’t the only indicator of the Jackson Hole Film United Nations, drew the attention of new U.N. 2 1/2-year-old daughter, Willow. Festival’s metamorphosis. Since its first year, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Dorros was invited Dave Gabriel (blast from the past!) resides in Whitman, Mass., and is a growth in attendance and sponsor numbers has to meet with Ban and U.N. executives in New York father of three: Colin, 3, Nicholas, 1.5, put Jackson’s festival on the radar of major film to discuss expanding the U.N. partnership with his and MacKenzie, 4 months. Dave runs festivals such as L.A. and Sundance. five-year-old film festival. his own construction company and is “All eyes are upon us,” Dorros said, referencing “I was speechless, sitting there in a room building a house in East Bridgewater, a recent chat with industry competitors. Numbers with people who had so much power,” Dorros Mass. He reports that Karen and aside, much of the buzz concerning the Jackson said. “They spoke about flying the president of Ted Gulley live in Mansfield Hole Film Festival now centers on its Global Nigeria to Jackson, and Ban agreed to give a with their daughter, Megan, son, Insight Summit, whose planning committee is welcome address.” Drew, and dog, Colby. While at a chaired by Bill Rouhana ’72. Part of the five-day Ban will also run small-group forums with recent Bruins game he saw Dave festival is devoted to international social and members of the entertainment industry to address McDonough with his son Aidan, and humanitarian issues. furthering the partnership between filmmakers, Dave had recently added his second “We wanted to do something that would the U.N., and international NGOs. And, while the son, Gavin, to the family. Y Greg make a difference not only for the audiences and films have yet to be selected, they should prove to and Erin Crossland Christopher filmmakers who attend, but would actively ignite be powerful exhibitions of film to address global recently had Alex Gregory, and sister change for the people who represent the stories issues, Dorros said. Shannon was thrilled. Erin is in her behind the films we’ve seen and will see,” Dorros “We’re both excited and nervous,” he said, eighth year with AT Kearney and is said in a press release. referring to his high profile visitors. “[But] I know now a principal for the consulting In 2007 the Jackson Hole Film Institute joined we’ll be successful; we’ve got a great staff,” he said. firm. Greg joined Avant Housing in with Humpty Dumpty Institute, a New York-based “Our new program director passed up a position October and is using his architecture organization focused on global humanitarian at Sundance to come here because she believed in and business background to manage issues. The idea is not only to show films with our mission and what we’re doing here.” the design, construction, and sales of social commentary, but to involve international —Chris Zajchowski ’07 multifamily condo projects. Erin and Greg share a ski house in Tahoe with

58 COLBY / SUMMER 2008 Catherine and Josh Eckel and their 1990s Correspondents Photos of weddings or commitment ceremonies involving Colby alumni 1 1/2-year-old son, Jackson. Greg may be submitted for “The Blue Light,” Colby’s alumni Web site. Visit skied recently with Andie Sulak and 1990 www.colby.edu/alumni/photos to view photos of weddings and other Stacey Warner, and Erin regularly Barbara Clark Bullock sees Erinne Clark in Seattle on alumni gatherings. Please identify all alumni pictured, including class Berkshire School business trips. Y Sara Barker had years. Send prints to Alumni Relations, 4310 Mayflower Hill, Waterville, 245 N. Undermountain Road a wonderful baby boy named Aidan ME 04901-8843, or e-mail digital images to [email protected]. Sheffield, MA 01257 in November. Sara’s husband was 413-229-1130 working in West Virginia and had a lecturer of printmaking at SUNY- Hanssen Goodell was appointed [email protected] seven-hour drive through the night to Purchase this spring. He and his school physician of Medford, Mass. make it back for the last four hours of wife, Margaret, are expecting their —Yuhgo Yamaguchi 1991 labor. And, in the category of “bad ass first child in August. Y Stephanie David Shumway mamma,” Sara rode her bike right up Bunker Shepard had a baby boy 97 Greg ’96 and Diana Dresser 33 Mallard Road until birth. She is still at the Cornell named Tyler in December. She ran Nehro celebrated the birth of Needham, MA 02492 Lab of Ornithology. Y Former class into Chad Tyson in the nursery of twin daughters, Marin Jude and 781-444-1241 columnist and person extraordinaire the hospital—Chad and his wife had a Stella Loren, Nov. 21, 2007. They [email protected] Tracy Larsen Powell and husband baby there two days earlier! Stephanie live in Darien, Conn., and work as Jason welcomed little Clara Elizabeth recently attended Erika Lichter’s in-house attorneys for banks in NYC. 1992 into their family March 7. Y Todd baby shower—she’s expecting twins. Y Carter Davis and his wife, Ashley Karen Wu and Jessica Haskell Curtis had a Beth Timm Preston held the shower, Gibbs, live in Washington, D.C. They 1528 Terrace Road SW new baby, Oliver. With older sister and Debbie Butler, Alice Amstutz welcomed daughter Maisie Gibbs in Roanoke, VA 24015 Sadie and older brother Wyeth, that McDonald, Emily Fantasia Hayes, January. Carter also reports that Steve 540-345-3060 makes three! The growing family and Ann Sprole Cheston attended. Kidd is planning a move to NYC to [email protected] Y lives in Grafton, Mass., where Todd Stephanie owns a store/gallery in continue his acting career. Don 1993 works as a principal in the Shrewsbury West Concord, Mass., which sells Quinby works for KPMG’s M&A c/o Meg Bernier Boyd Public Schools and Jessica works glass, pottery, textiles, and great gift advisory practice in San Francisco, Colby College even harder taking care of the kids. items (www.thegatehousegallery. Calif., and recently got engaged Office of Alumni Relations Y Katie Morrison is back in the com). Y On Feb. 2, 2008, Stephanie to Kristi Sanders. Y Steve Suomi Bay Area (Oakland, Calif.). She Pennix Berntsen gave birth to a married Joanna Hedstrom Aug. 25, Waterville, ME 04901 started a position as pastor at Orinda beautiful baby girl, Samantha Gail 2007 in Concord, N.H. They live in 207-859-4312 Community Church. If you’re in the Berntsen. “My husband, Seth, and I Byfield, Mass., where Steve teaches [email protected] SF area catch Katie at Revkatiemo@ are thrilled,” writes Stephanie. She at The Governor’s Academy. At 1994 Y aol.com. Jon Kaplan ran into and her family live in Seattle, where the wedding were Linda Hall Lord Jessie Newman Matt Lapides and his family at the she is a shareholder and practices ’66, Matt Kuchar, Matt Logan, 3323 Clay Street Patagonia store in Freeport, Maine. employment and securities law at John Hebert, Greg Moody, Dean Denver, CO 80211 Of what I remember of Matt, that’s Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt. Y Stephens, and David Palmieri. Y [email protected] no surprise. Y And the smart people Cal ’92 and Aimee Flores Wheaton Lincoln Farr was married March 31, from Purdue tell me that our proud enjoyed a visit to Colby last June 2007, to Elizabeth Lastique in New 1995 classmate Aram Goudsouzian was for Cal’s 15th reunion. They went York City. Y Larisa Jovanovic Taylor Yuhgo Yamaguchi the recipient of the 2007 Emerging to Vieques, Puerto Rico, for Mark had her second daughter, Madeline 92 Magazine Street, Apt. 2 Voice Award, given by the College Mellyn ’92 and Echo Bigelow’s Ann, in September. She joins big sister Cambridge, MA 02139 of Liberal Arts Alumni Board at wedding in November 2007. Mike Cailyn Alexa, 3. Larisa works as an [email protected] Purdue University. Aram is an ’92 and Jess D’Ercole Stanton ’92 ob/gyn in Santa Cruz, Calif. Y Yawa assistant professor at the University also attended the wedding. Cal and Duse-Anthony started working for 1996 of Memphis. —Jessie Newman Aimee live in Baltimore and are Philips Healthcare in Andover, Mass., Mark Mortensen expected their third daughter in in July 2007. She shared that Vanessa 16 Pickett Street 95 Erin Vogel and her husband, May. Aimee will take the summer off Newell Coutu celebrated the first Marblehead, MA 01945 John Wiedenmann, celebrated the from practicing medicine to spend birthday of her son, Grant, in March. [email protected] birth of their daughter, Jordan Riley, time with their new arrival and their She also heard from Rick Unruh, Feb 8, 2008. They live in Santa girls Serena, 4 1/2, and Isabel, 2. Y who lives in Washington. She wrote, 1997 Cruz, Calif. Y Matt and Jennifer Hilary Anderson lives in Arizona “His two lovely kids are growing Leah Tortola Walton “Guenevere” Packard Kilbury had and works for WW Grainger. She like weeds.” Y Jason Klein reports 2 Pine Hill Road a baby boy named Quinn Alexander and her husband, Chuck, had their that Tony Hernandez will marry Bedford, MA 01730 Nov 28, 2007. Y Chris Lohman first child in November, Phoebe Day Sarah McIntosh in Boothbay Harbor 781-275-8115 and Nicole Berrenson got married Mead Anderson. Y Marsha Magnus this September. Jason remarked, [email protected] in October 2007 in Long Beach, has been traveling overseas to teach “Funny that he had to travel to San Calif. Colby alums in attendance English and is currently applying Francisco to find someone from 1998 included Marc Rubin, Andrew to M.B.A. programs in Maine and Maine.” Y Carole Reid Bird has Brian M. Gill Vernon, Greg ’94 and Erin Crossland Massachusetts. Her goal is to work been living in Hong Kong for more 293 Central Street Christopher ’94, Joshua Eckel in New York City after she completes than four years. She and her husband Weymouth, MA 02190 ’94, Mike Rosenthal, Mary Ann her degree. Y Brian Carovillano, welcomed their first son, Atticus Reid, 617-230-2254 Neumann ’00, and me. Chris and news editor for the Associated Press in August. Carole has gone back to [email protected] Nicky honeymooned in Hawaii and in northern California, was recently consulting work part time. Y Also 1999 now live in West Hills, Calif. Chris promoted to regional editor for living in Hong Kong, Peter Sheren Lindsay Hayes works as a director of web development the South. He joined the AP in hosted Professor Phil Brown and 71 Rowayton Woods Drive at Law Dragon, and Nicole is a district Providence, R.I., in 2001 and has his Jan Plan students for a cocktail attorney in Los Angeles County. since worked for the AP in Boston and party in January. Peter works for J.P. Norwalk, CT 06854 Y Christopher Shore is a visiting San Francisco. Y In January Kristen Morgan and was married in October [email protected]

COLBY / SUMMER 2008 59 alumni at large to Victoria Lim. Y Danielle Herget clearing your schedule for June 2009! Coppock got married Nov. 4, 2006, to there for the festivities. Y Philip got engaged to Joe Ramsey in January. Y I thought I’d share a little of my own Bobby Mort, an actor/writer she met and Sarah Church Murphy, along She’s planning a June 2009 wedding news. In February while on a chairlift while performing in Chicago. Kristin with Oliver, 1 1/2, expected their in Nahant, Mass. Y Katie Williams in Telluride, Colorado, I (Lindsay Devine and Allison DeGroot second child in April. The family Bauer had a baby boy, Owen, Nov. 30. Hayes) got engaged to Blaine Hurty, attended the wedding. Laurel lives has relocated to Medfield, Mass. Y She also has a 4-year-old son, Evan. Y a Bucknell ’99 graduate. We plan to in Los Angeles and works as an Jennifer (Romak ’02) and Michael Monika Thiele started as program tie the knot Feb. 28, 2009. We just actor, and before getting married Siegel did a lot of skiing this winter, officer at The Ocean Foundation bought a home in Darien, Conn., she worked in Amsterdam for the sometimes with Josh Lewi ’02. They (www.theoceanfoundation.org) in and will soon move in with our two comedy theater Boom Chicago as an looked forward to skiing in Tahoe Washington, D.C. She’s excited dogs. Y We are also thrilled that actor/writer. Y Anna Tesmenitsky with Ross Frankenfield, Sarah and to return to the private sector to Karena Bullock, who will marry Priluck has joined the firm of Pete Hans, Dave ’01 and Lindsay help raise and distribute funds for Peter Bailey, a Harvard ’99 graduate, Wright & Associates in Portland, Scott McGeehan ’01, and Meredith the ocean. She identifies donors May 10, 2008, also moved to Darien. Maine. Over the last several years, Strasnick ’02 and Matt Carter ’01. interested in coral reef conservation, Y Shana Dumont is the assistant Anna has argued four cases before Y Annalise Blech married George sea turtles, marine life, marine debris director and assistant curator at the Maine Supreme Judicial Court. Rivas Jr. Feb. 9, 2008, in Austin, Texas. cleanups, and marine tourism and Montserrat College of Art Gallery. After spending several years handling They live in Washington, D.C., as recreation. If anyone is interested, She’ll marry Jason Springer this workers’ compensation and Social George embarks on a career with the contact Monika at mthiele@oceanfdn. September. Y Ryan Aldrich couldn’t Security disability cases, Anna now Foreign Service. Y Parke Burmeister org. Before this job Monika traveled to be happier in Vail. He sees Christina focuses on civil litigation, products married Sarah Plimpton (Bates) last Dominica and enjoyed its “incredible Schleicher occasionally for some liability, toxic torts, and asbestos October. Parke finished his first year jungle waterfalls, freshwater pools, skiing. Ryan headed to Nepal for a law. She is still an adjunct faculty at Maine Law with plans to work at and volcano hikes.” Y Kayla Baker month to lead a community service member at the University of New Preti Flaherty in Portland over the and husband Jesse Strandberg had trip with high school students and England, where she’ll teach Race, summer. They love living in Portland a baby girl, Camden Elisabeth, in work with a local NGO. He also Class, and Gender this fall. Her and run into people from Colby (and February. Kayla currently works as plans to complete his 55th and final daughter, Sophia, turned 2 early this Bates) all the time. Y Laurel Genetti an optometrist for Associated Eye Colorado 14,000-foot peak this year. Y Over the years, many of you Kemp graduated from Mount Saint Surgeons in Sandwich, Mass. Y Katy summer! Y Meredith Coulson left have written with all kinds of news, Mary College with a B.S. in nursing Bakeman Araujo and Christina Rhode Island in April to take a new job and typically we hear of each other’s in May 2007. In June 2007 Laurel Downing Chludzinski also expected at an emergency veterinary hospital accomplishments and good fortune. started working in the Critical Care babies in the spring. Y Bob Doak in Madison, Wis. Y After almost five But I think the main reason that we Unit at Vassar Brothers Hospital in married Alison Rainey ’99 beachside years in NYC, Ben Langille took a stay in touch and read the class column Poughkeepsie, N.Y. She writes that in Bermuda in May 2007. Jon job in the New Investments group is because as a class we support each “the critically ill patients and the Nykvist, Brian Gemme, Todd at Affiliated Managers Group, an other and care about our collective fast pace keep me busy,” and that she Brylinsky, and Keith Stockmann asset management company in Prides growth. Recently, I received an e-mail is “really enjoying the continuous participated in the wedding, and many Crossing, Mass. Ben and his wife, from Jason Cherella, who wrote with challenges and learning experiences Colby alumni attended. Y Ben Pratt Michelle, are in the process of moving sad news, but wanted to inform the I’m faced with every day.” Y Josh and will marry Sarah Williamson this to Lexington, Mass. Y In Truro, Colby community of the tragic loss Kim McCarron Camuso spent nine June in Marion, Mass. Y Melissa and Mass., while ringing in the New Year, of his daughter. Jason and Melissa had days in Yosemite National Park and Brian Gemme welcomed daughter Matt and Katie Lawrence Sawatzky, Marley Jaye Sept. 27, 2007, and she on the Pacific Coast Highway late last Isabella this past fall. They live in Monica (Staaterman ’98) and Ross passed Feb. 22, 2008, just a few days fall and headed to Antigua in April Newburyport, Mass. Y Dave Barr McEwen, Marc McEwen ’01, Janet short of five months. It is presumed for a break from the winter weather. lives in the South End with his wife and Matt Williams, Graham ’98 to be a case of SIDS. They loved her Y Corey Dwyer recently got engaged and daughter. He works as counsel and Kirsten Staaterman Nelson dearly and will miss her immensely. to Will Mason (Middlebury ’01) over for John Hancock. Y Dana Cease ’98, and Carolyn and Andy Young Jason wanted Marley to be recognized Valentine’s Day and will be married lives in Dedham with his wife and ’98 competed in a 10-song play list in the Colby community. Jason and in June 2009 in Cohasset, Mass. They daughter and continues to work for contest. Although Ross put forth a Melissa, you’re in our thoughts and live in Charlottesville while Will Middleton & Company in Boston. valiant effort by performing nine prayers. —Lindsay Hayes pursues his M.B.A. at U.Va. and will Y Jon Nykvist works for American REO Speedwagon songs and Gloria move to Connecticut in May when he River Partners (recently acquired by Laura Branigan, he did not win. Y 00 Matthew Smith got engaged graduates. Corey works as a resource by Alvarez & Marsal) where he Tony Pasquariello, Chris Fleming, to Amy Schluensen (UNH ’99) in the manager for Deloitte Services LP helps clients manage their IT assets and Matt Sawatzky recently met up British Virgin Islands. They sailed in Boston and will transition to a and equipment leases. He and his on a Saturday morning to watch the the BVI for seven days with Colby NY-based role at the firm when they girlfriend, Lauren, recently purchased Manchester United vs. Arsenal FA friends including Kara and Mark move. Y Capt. Rev. Jon Allen writes a home in Watertown, Mass. Y Brent Cup soccer match at the Red Lion in Edgar, Dana and Brian Hanseth, and that, “As much as we used to say as Ryan’s company (cofounded with Greenwich Village. Y Dave Fasteson Ross Freedman ’02. Matthew writes, students that Colby was contained in a Mark Sinclair, Will Rafferty, and has become a born again Christian “We need to get some Colby flags bubble, it’s amazing how often I bump Derek Luke ’98) has added rum to its and will get married in April. Dave up at some of the island destinations into fellow Mules in small corners of repertoire of Newport Storm beers. works at Greenenergies LLC on a down there.” Y Jen Kassakian is the globe.” Last month in St. Anton, They were issued the first distilling project to build solar flashlights in a back in Seattle after a year in D.C. Austria, he heard an American voice license in Rhode Island since 1872 rural village in Tanzania. Y William working for Congress. She is now among the other accents—a familiar and introduced Thomas Tew Rum Guthrie lives in Queens with fiancée with Ocean Conservancy helping American voice: Heather Daur. She this past winter. He writes, “I’ll make Jessica Alverson. Y Abby Manock develop their new sustainable seafood was there with a group from NYC sure to add that to the beer for our 15 received her M.F.A. from Columbia initiative. Y Jessie Davis and Nick including Dave Wright ’97, her year reunion.” We look forward to it! University in 2007 and lives in Keppeler were married Jan. 21, colleague at Deutsche Bank. When —Leah Tortola Walton Brooklyn. She had a show in April 2008, in Playa Potrero, Costa Rica. not encountering Mules at 10,000 at the Art Center South Florida and Fifty guests, including Courtney feet, Jon can be found at sea level 99 Hi classmates! The countdown will give a slide talk about her artwork Genovese, Nikki Monchik, Jenn “mucking around with boats.” He is on for our 10th reunion, so start in November at Bowdoin. Y Laurel Lisk, and Trish Akins Elliott, were currently lives in the Netherlands

60 COLBY / SUMMER 2008 overseeing the refit (sailor jargon for 00s newsmakers They put the finishing touches on just renovation) of the boat that has been in time for the arrival of their baby, his home for five years, the 144-foot Michael Walsh ’05 is a student-elected trustee at Cornell University, due April 16. Stacy manages arts sailing ketch Juliet. They will launch where he is pursuing a doctorate in biological and environmental education programs at the Vermont next spring and will continue on engineering. In his two-year term he plans to Arts Council over the mountains in their nomadic way seeking out focus on key issues facing graduate students, Montpelier while Jory is doing graphic other Mules. Look for them in the such as affordable housing, transportation, design work nearby at Sensible World Mediterranean and Caribbean. Y and sustainability. He also hopes to build in Middlebury. Y Venola Mason Jennifer Goodman continues to better communications between students and has been teaching fourth grade in work as a physical therapist with the administration. v Nicole Lavery ’07 is Atlanta public schools and is pursuing the geriatric population in assisted- working as a Massachusetts Promise Fellow a master’s in educational leadership living facilities in the Boston area. in Melrose, overseeing Friday night dances for and technology at Kennesaw State She organized a kickball team with middle school students at a YMCA teen center University. She’ll participate in pals Trish Akins Elliott, Nikki and working to start a youth leadership board a panel discussion for Teach For Monchik, Courtney Genovese, at the center. Lavery is described as “having America at Colby and visit Mieko Jenn Lisk, and Jessie Davis. Y Mark enough enthusiasm for at least two people,” McKay in Mali! —Dana Fowler Harries married Rebecca Maurer Nicole Lavery ’07 according to the Wicked Local, in which she Charette Sept. 22, 2007, in Macungie, Pa. is featured. They built a new house in the area 02 First up are engagements: and hoped to move in this summer. Y milestones Mariah Hamel got engaged to Mat Morgan McDevitt wrapped up his Rogers, whom she met studying at second year at Cornell Law and will Deaths: John N. Nicoletta ’04, April 11, 2008, in Girdwood, Alaska, the University of British Colombia. spend the summer at Morgan Lewis at 27. Beth Record is engaged to Westley & Bockius, a Philadelphia law firm. Corbin and they are planning a 2009 He hopes to catch the Red Sox when Marriages: Samuel J. Heck ’02 to Katherine Worthing in Brunswick, wedding. Jen Smyth is engaged they are in town. He also dined with Maine v Bayard W. Kennett II ’03 to Sheila Boyd in Washington, and planning a July 2008 wedding Ross Frankenfield in Boston on two D.C. in Aspen, Colo. Classmates Jamie occasions last winter. Y Alex Moskos Langione and Mike Endreny are lives in Allston, Mass., with such also engaged. Y Jennifer Oates people as Scott Blackwell, Jonah Boston and has been having a lot of M.P.A. and is moving to Portland, married Justin Russo in December on Rudman, and Brian Hiester. Alex is fun in her new city. Y Jay and Kirsten Ore. Y Matthew Houlahan is getting a beach in Key West. Jennifer earned an intelligence analyst at the Boston Isaksen Benjamin still enjoy living married in September to Robin Steele her master’s in child development Police Department. He traveled to in Sydney. On Sept. 27 Kirsten gave of Chicago in Santa Barbara, Calif. His from Tufts in May 2004 and now Pennsylvania to be part of Mark birth to a little Aussie girl, Sophie Cyr twin brother, Nicholas Houlahan, is works as a placement counselor for Harries’s wedding last September. Benjamin. Jay works in advertising getting married in July to Jennifer the Boston Nanny Center and resides Alex and Brian recently went to but Kirsten decided not to go back Miller in Bethesda, Md. Y Lauren in North Reading, Mass., with her Los Angeles and were contestants to work since motherhood is a more Schaad is a consultant with Conley husband. Y Mike Ames returned to on Wheel of Fortune’s best friends exciting (and difficult) job! Y Evan & Company, a retained executive Ketchum, Idaho, works as the editor episode. Although they weren’t able Reece is engaged to Annie Stover. Y search firm in Boston. She recently of the Sun Valley Guide magazine, to make it to the final prize puzzle, Devin Beliveau married the beautiful moved to Brookline, Mass., and and was a pledged delegate for Barack their “questionable skills” still earned Debbie Chyi in Palo Alto, Calif., Dec. claims the samba as a newfound Obama at the Idaho Democratic them a trip to Jamaica, planned for 29, with Emmett Beliveau ’99, Conor passion. Last fall she was a movie Convention. Y Holly Brewster and September. Beliveau ’04, Christian Brunet, and extra in The Women with Meg Ryan Beth Record finished their first JJ Abodeely as groomsmen. Debbie and Candice Bergen, to be released in marathon together last November. Y 01 Hello again, from NYC. I and Devin moved back east to Kittery, September. She’s keeping her theater Lindsey Morse moved from Seattle moved back to New York and am now Maine, and Devon teaches history degree alive! Y Isaac and Marybeth to Brooklyn and now works for Green the photo editor at Quest magazine. at Thornton Academy in Saco. JJ Maney Wilhelm returned to MA Team USA, a communication agency It’s been great to see everyone again, and his wife, Piper Elliot Abodeely (from VT) in September 2007. focused on sustainability. Y Katie and one of my spring highlights ’02, live in Seattle, where JJ is the They live in Gloucester and enjoy Harris moved from Chapel Hill to was attending Sean Luoma ’00 and portfolio manager of a new hedge being close to the ocean again. Seattle and started a job with the Becca Bischoff’s beautiful wedding fund whose strategy he co-developed. Marybeth finished her master’s in Gates Foundation. Y Dany Chan in Norton, Mass. Y Tim Wiswell It launched in January. Matt Reeber education in December and then gave finished her master’s in Chinese art still lives in Moscow working for was supposed to be a groomsman but birth to a baby, Benjamin Andrew history from Brown University in Deutsche Bank and has been getting “bailed the day before,” many of his Wilhelm, at the end of January! May 2007 and moved to San Francisco in some good skiing in Sochi, Russia. friends reported. In his defense he Y Sarah Cavanagh started a pre- to work for the Asian Art Museum. Y Stephanie McMurrich, Lauren e-mailed me that his little sister’s doctoral internship in psychology Y Avery Roth moved to Sao Paolo Stevens, Katie Stewart, and Laura wedding was the night before! Matt this summer at the Kennedy Krieger in January. Y Megan Thomas has Montgomery try to get together graduated from Tulane Law School in Institute at Johns Hopkins Hospital been traveling in Sri Lanka with a for a weekly “Wednesday Wine May 2006 and moved back to Rhode in Baltimore. Y After three years in Rotary exchange program. Y Molly Night” in Boston. (With all of their Island to work as litigation associate Barcelona, Kathy Manu is packing Currie and Vanessa Willson have schedules it’s more like once a month.) at the Providence firm of Pannone, her bags and moving to Buenos Aires moved to Los Angeles from Ketchum, Stephanie accepted a postdoctoral Lopes, and Devereaux. Y Martha this summer, where she will continue Idaho, to continue working for fellowship in clinical psychology at Beebe finished up grad school last counseling in international schools. the shoe company MBT. Y Austin the Miami VA Hospital in Florida, spring and will work in CT as a nurse Visitors welcome anytime! Y Jory ’02 Stonebraker is working on his so will move back there in August. practitioner for a few years with plans and Stacy Erickson Raphael have master’s in water resources at UNH Y In October Owen Patrick will to move back to Boston ultimately. been busy with a complete gut and and will likely finish in August. Y marry Christina Counselman. Y Y Shanna Brownstein graduated remodel job on the second floor of Ryan Davis finished an M.A. degree Abbie Parker recently moved to in May from Columbia with a their 200-year-old house in Vermont. at Columbia Journalism School last

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year, remains in New York, and works as a reporter for a legal news Web “The only way to really succeed in doing what I do is to be out there seeing site, http://law360.com. Y Hillary theater and meeting people. I like that it’s part of my job to be part of the Bouchard works as a litigation whole theater community at large, rather than just focus on what we’re associate in Portland, Maine, at Thompson & Bowie. Hillary often doing in our office.” sees Katie Theriault, who moved from Philadelphia to Portland. Y Katy Bruski lives in Irvine, Calif., Curtain Call | Liz Frankel ’01 and teaches English after receiving her credentials and M.A. in secondary education from Claremont Graduate Liz Frankel ’01 lives two blocks from the theater University two summers ago. Y where she works. On average she reads one play Matthew Koontz finished his first per day and sees productions or attends readings year of business school at University or workshops five nights each week. She is a of Michigan and will spend the nominator for the annual Lucille Lortel Awards, for summer doing digital strategy work off-Broadway productions. It all adds up to more for Microsoft in Seattle. Y Monty than 100 shows a year. Hobson lives in St. Louis, Mo., Too much theater? Not a chance. and works as a pastor at Windsor Frankel works as the literary associate at The Crossing. Monty continues to record Public Theater in New York City’s East Village. and write music and reports that he Her job description includes reading scripts, is working on his cooking skills. Y recommending plays to be produced, scouting Blake Hamill is team captain of an writers, and attending readings and performances. all-women’s, mostly Colby, team to But what she loves most, she said, is that it run a 197-mile jaunt from Mt. Hood requires full immersion in the theater world. “The to the Oregon coast. Participants only way to really succeed in doing what I do is to include Megan Thomas, Molly be out there seeing theater and meeting people. I Currie, Piper Elliott Abodeely, like that it’s part of my job to be part of the whole Lydia Terry, Vanessa Willson, theater community at large, rather than just focus Leila Porteous, Jen Smyth, Katie on what we’re doing in our office.” Harris, Anna L’Hommedieu, and Frankel recently returned to Colby to tell Sally Hall among others. The race students about her work and career possibilities in will take place August 2008. Wish professional theater. “There are so many ways to us luck! —Sally Hall keep working in theater and have a steady job and to contribute to the field in that way, rather than 03 It’s becoming increasingly feeling that if they want to have health insurance difficult for me to keep everyone they have to abandon something that they love straight (well, at least the females) now Liz Frankel ’01 at The Public Theater in New York doing. … I think a lot of college students just aren’t that we’ve had so many marriages! And City’s East Village. we can add another to that list. Matt aware of the full spectrum of options out there.” PHOTO BY MEG BELANGER ’99 and Courtney Hoffman Tsiaras Nor was she. would’ve been just as interesting thirty years visited Cat Jessop and Nate Good in At Colby Frankel tried her hand at acting, ago,” she said. From its founding by Joseph Papp N.C., and they have finally set a date directing, producing, and playwriting, involving in 1954, The Public Theater has maintained a for their wedding. Cat and Nate will herself in theater whenever she had the chance. progressive, political message, and in recent years marry this summer in Montana and During summers she interned in theater journalism the theater has produced plays dealing with issues then will live in Denver, Colo., where but realized it wasn’t for her. She wanted to be part ranging from the Iraq war to American-British Nate will practice law. Congrats! Y of the theater community, she concluded, not just relations to the crisis in Darfur. Kate Ginty is in her second semester observe it. Ashlee Holm ’09, a double major in theater and of med school at Penn. She just But she didn’t know what her options were, women’s, gender, and sexuality studies who plans returned from Guatemala and has she said, until Professor of Theater and Dance to pursue acting after she graduates, marveled requested that more Colby peeps Joylynn Wing suggested she look into literary at Frankel’s career path after Frankel’s talk at move to Philly! Y Liz Jackson finished management. When Frankel graduated, she Colby in March. “It’s this roundabout way of being volunteering in Peru for three and a followed Wing’s advice. Moving to New York, she involved that is inspiring and so incredible,” Holm half months and will be heading back quickly climbed the literary-office ladder, working said. Frankel inspired students by teaching them to Wellington, N.Z., to begin her at the Manhattan Theater Club, Miramax Films, what she has learned since college—that, “If you master’s in management studies at and Waxman Williams Entertainment before want to be involved in theater, truly, you can find Victoria University. Y There are a few moving to her current position. your niche,” Holm said. recent graduations to report: Allison Frankel said she also likes her work at The And Frankel has certainly found hers. Asked Killelea graduated from SUNY Public Theater because of the theater’s politically why she loves theater so much, she thought for a Downstate College of Medicine in minded mission. While the theater stages non- moment. “For me it’s like asking. ‘Why do you love May and hopes to do an emergency political plays, “We’re always excited to find really the person you’re in love with?’ Sometimes you medicine residency starting in well-written plays that are engaging with issues just can’t articulate it. You just do.” July. Before her residency, Allison in society today … rather than doing plays that —Emily Judem ’06 planned to travel to the Dominican Republic to practice medicine and then Morocco to explore! Y Carrie Morin also graduated in May, from

62 COLBY / SUMMER 2008 Dalhousie Dentistry in Nova Scotia. Danes of America headquarters in is due to deliver her third baby in 2000s Correspondents She’s headed back to her home state, Philadelphia, Pa. Y Abby Wheeler June. She still teaches yoga. Y Mary Maine, to practice. Y Sarah Barclay visited Tim Smith and Marley Orr Phelps got her master’s at Sotheby’s 2000 graduated in May from Duke’s in San Francisco. They had a fun day Institute London and worked at the c/o Meg Bernier Boyd master of public policy program and in Napa where Parker Thompson’s auction house. She has been working Colby College moved to NYC. She attended Linnea sister provided free wine. Marley is for Christie’s San Francisco office Office of Alumni Relations Anderson’s wedding in Denver in advertising account management since returning to the States in fall Waterville, ME 04901 this past May. Y Kristen Vaughn at Venables, Bell and Partners in San 2006. Y Katie Brown married John 207-859-4312 Olson will graduate from Cornell Francisco. She has been making the Kaufmann in Pennsylvania. They [email protected] in August with a M.A. in historic most of California and hiking on the met about a year and a half ago on preservation planning and will settle numerous trails just outside the city. the subway in Boston, where they 2001 in Ithaca, N.Y., where her husband, Y Susannah Magrane moved back both live and work. Rumbi Sundire Dana Fowler Charette Will, is starting a craft brewery. Y to NYC after a brief stint in San was the maid of honor. Other Colby 401 E 80th Street, Apt. 6F Abby Newkirk finished her M.A. in Francisco. Y Greg Dupuy is doing attendees were Claire Goodman, New York, NY 10075 museum studies from the University an internship at the United Nations Kris Lee, Andre Garron, Katie 646-744-5043 of Newcastle upon Tyne in the U.K. in Washington, D.C., while finishing O’Neill, Erica Bauer, Andrea [email protected] and is now the manager of visitor up an M.A. in international politics at Piekarski, and Laura Mistretta. 2002 services at Lockwood-Mathews American University. After recovering Y Erica Ayotte took a new job in Sally Hall Mansion Museum, a 65-room from finishing his thesis, he plans to marketing at Wheelock College in 6824 SE Knight Street Victorian mansion, in Norwalk, resume bringing rock to the people. Boston. Y Shawn Legendre was Portland, OR 97206 Conn. Y Jasmine Ashe Hodgson Y Peter Rice lives in Arlington, Va., recently promoted to legislative 503-929-3700 and her husband have been busy and works as a management associate assistant in the office of Maine [email protected] visiting Brock and Stacy Thurston at alarm.com. Y Andrew McKenna- Congressman Mike Michaud. Y Barton, Lauren Gremelspacher, Foster finished his first year in an Lauren Henderson now lives in 2003 Meredith Pfaff, and Christine environmental science and policy Berkeley, Calif. In December, she Lauren Tiberio O’Donnell. Jasmine ran into Todd master’s degree program in Green got together in Portland, Maine, with 96 Waters View Drive Brooks earlier this year. Todd lives in Bay, Wis. He’ll spend the summer Nick Battista, Meredith Crane, Wethersfield, CT 06109 NYC and works at Lehman Brothers, running a natural science museum Brad Seymour, Sarah Chapple- 860-874-1118 where he was recently promoted and studying spiders on Nantucket Sokol, and Emily Bernier. Y Josh [email protected] to assistant vice president in the Island. Y Emily Arell works at the Gutierrez and Meredith Crane Capital Markets Finance Division. Colorado state capitol for the Speaker recently got engaged. Y Cynthia 2004 He ran the Houston Marathon in of the House as the deputy director Davies spent the winter as a ski patrol Kate Weiler mid-January and qualified for the of communications. She ran her at Sunday River and is moving to EMC Corporation Boston Marathon, which he ran in first marathon last year in Portland, Portland, Maine. Y Chris Roberts is 300 Conshohocken State Road April. Y Drew Bush spent half a Ore. Y Kristen Jiggetts works as at Cornell finishing up the first year Conshohocken, PA 19428 year living and studying in Costa a news researcher for the Dr. Phil of his M.B.A. —Kate Weiler [email protected] Rica and now has returned, settling Show in Hollywood. She looked 2005 in Washington D.C., where he took forward to Alexis Caselle’s May 05 Adelin Cai graduated from Katie Gagne a job at The Wilderness Society. He wedding in Massachusetts. Y Emma Cornell in 2007 with a master’s of 17 Summit Avenue, Apt. 2 helps design media strategies while McCandless and Karen Prager were public administration. Since then, Brookline, MA 02446 advocating for the conservation of married Jan. 12 in Austin, Texas. she has relocated to Brooklyn and is 617-823-1463 public lands. He primarily works on Laura Olenick was a bridesmaid working at Google. She visited Yan [email protected] oil and gas development in the Rocky and Miranda Bertram was also in Kung in Boston recently at MIT, Mountain West, climate change, and attendance. Emma and Karen live in where he is studying. Y Margaret 2006 issues pertaining to Alaska. Y Chris south Texas and teach for IDEA public Trzyna was married March 15. Jennifer Coliflores Reigeluth started a new job this schools. Y Kaz Zarnetske spent Alana McGee and Courtney 565 Madison Street past spring as development director another winter working with Roxy Smith were bridesmaids. Y Laura Wrentham, MA 02093 at an organization called Summer Ski and Snowboards as well as Miller is moving to Boca Raton, [email protected] Search, an organization focused on at the Skirack in Burlington, Vt. Fla., where she will teach first grade youth leadership and development She spent every available day ice at Saint Andrew’s School and coach 2007 for underprivileged high school climbing in Smugglers Notch and the upper school’s swim team. Y Karli Gasteazoro students in Boston. Y Keagan Russo Bolton Quarries and filled the rest Shawn Sato is currently in medical 477 Selby Avenue has finally migrated back north to with skiing. She’s finishing up her school in Iowa. While scuba diving in Saint Paul, MN 55102 New England. He left Hotlanta for prerequisite course work and will Honduras in December, he proposed [email protected] a more temperate summer in Maine matriculate at UVM in August for to Kate Durda, who is finishing her and will start law school at Boston the Ph.D. program in physical therapy master’s in genetic counseling at College this fall. Welcome back, for the next three years. Y Alicia Northwestern. They have planned by a month-long vacation to Mexico Keagan! Y I hope everyone enjoyed Burrows has been deployed again a June 2009 wedding in Vermont. last November. Abe is a consultant in our 5th Colby Reunion! It was a blast to Arifjan, Kuwait. She is the signal Shawn has also dabbled in some the golf business working at Spring and certainly brought us back to the and electronic warfare officer for a unique underwater photography, City Resort in Kunming, China. Y “way life should be!” Congrats on all transportation battalion that runs which you can see at www.shawnsato. Alana Willhite has left Boston to your accomplishments, Class of 2003, equipment/supplies up through Iraq. com. Y John Cole and Wendy Sicard take a six-month break to backpack in our first five years out of Colby! She will be there until June 2009. She planned to run the Chicago Marathon around Australia. She’ll be moving —Lauren Tiberio met Katie Shagory ’05 in Germany this spring. Y Abraham Summers to Seattle to begin her master’s in right before she left. She was able to go is engaged to Zhang Xing Xing of school psychology at the University 04 Nicollette Bolton is engaged home for Christmas and made a trip Nantong, China. The proposal took of Washington. Y Mike Sirois is in to Saliou Dione and plans a May through Chicago to visit Sarah Walsh place at Namu Restaurant inside the Boston doing clinical research on 3, 2008, wedding in the Colonial ’03. Y Camille Dugan Campanile W Hotel in Seoul, which was followed Parkinson’s disease. He’ll begin a

COLBY / SUMMER 2008 63 alumni at large master’s physician assistant program up for D.C. Doghead. Y Erin Rhoda bar that moved to Seattle from the to reinvent the endless summer in at Northeastern University in the fall. of Washington, Maine, was one of East Coast. Dan works and coaches Vail, Colo., as a ski instructor by day Y Ellen Weaver has set an August 12 recipients (out of more than 300 at Lakeside High in Seattle. Dan and bar “security specialist” by night. date for her wedding and graduated applicants) of a prestigious George J. reports that Dan (JoJo) Oliphant Y Ali Fulreader, Katie Maland, this spring from her graduate Mitchell Scholarship. She will obtain has begun playing Arena Football for Tammy Lewin, Karli Gasteazoro, program in teaching. Y Josh Gray a master’s degree in Ireland starting the Manchester (N.H.) Dragons. Y and Liza Benson gathered for a will complete a one-year program this fall. Y Jennifer Radcliffe got Jackie Rolleri will be cycling across gluttonous weekend at the Vail Food, in yacht design at The Landing married March 22, 2008, to Nicholas the country with other young people Wine, and Film Festival. Y Becca School in Kennebunkport, Maine. DeVoogd in Oregon. Colby alums in to raise money for and build affordable Flint and Emily Wilbert make up He has been immersed in physics and attendance were Caroline O’Connor, homes. She is participating in one of the entire French department at the hydrodynamics, a big change from Sarah Belden, Stephanie Atwood, seven cross-country trips organized High Mountain Institute in Leadville, his economics courses at Colby. Y Meghan Race, and Amy Palmer ’07. by Bike & Build, a six-year-old Colo. They work with Kate Braemer, Ilana Saxe is starting a new job this Y Kim Devine now lives in Portland, nonprofit devoted to encouraging the Spanish department apprentice. fall at Saint Paul’s School in Concord, Maine, and loves it—even after the young people to take action to solve Y Carolina Sicard lives in Denver N.H., where she’ll teach biology. Y record-breaking 100-plus inches of social problems. Y Thanks for all the with her little dog and works as a Nick Miller received his master’s in snow this year! She did lots of skiing news, Class of 2006! It’s great to hear patient advocate. John Walden lived education from Simmons College in and works at KG Partners in the client from all of you! —Jen Coliflores with her for a month before finding May and will complete his third year services department. Y Jess Stathis his own place. Y Chris Zajchowski as an English teacher at the Landmark lives in Washington, D.C., and works 07 Josh Handelman lives in lives in Jackson Hole, Wyo., and School. He also founded a tutoring at the CityBridge Foundation, which Portland, Maine, a few doors down works for the Teton Science School and specialized education company devotes its efforts to urban education from Genni Dubuque and Meg and the Jackson Hole News & Guide. called the East Coast Academic reform work and engaging corporate Distinti, and works for Congressman Y Tunde Bamigboye teaches at an Center, which hosts students during volunteerism in D.C. She regularly Tom Allen’s Senate campaign. Y International Baccalaureate school the summer for sessions on the north sees Kate Gurfein, Carrie Ngo, Brianna Tufts and Allison Cogbill in Norway and is planning to head to shore of Massachusetts. Y Matt Guy- Dana Maglaris, and Courtney visited Mindy Favreau in Portland United Arab Emirates sometime soon. Hamilton will stay for a fourth year Rothbard. Y Emily Boyle and on their way to see Colby compete Y Amazingly, Mark Biggar hasn’t at Summit Partners in Boston and will Michael Westbrooks are engaged in a track meet against Bowdoin. been kicked out of Northwestern continue living with the ever-pleasant to be married at Colby in August. Y Y Jess Laniewski lives in Verona, Law (yet). Y Jess Kaplan interviews Jake Colognesi in Charlestown. Y Noah Balazs enjoys rural living Italy, and teaches English for a private substance-abusing HIV patients for Brendan Carroll and Carolyn Hunt in Topsfield, Mass. He still teaches language school. Jess met up with a research study linking HIV care are engaged and plan a wedding for and loves it. Y Greyson Brooks is Lisa Helstrom and Julia Csikesz and drug treatment in non-hospital the summer of 2009. In June they’re taking a break from his zoological in Boston at Christmas and plans settings in Atlanta, and she plans moving to the Netherlands, where museum job and heads to Kenya on moving back to Boston in July. Y to lead youth on outdoor adventure Brendan will complete his Ph.D. Y for six weeks this summer to do Jackie Page lives in the Boston area trips for Adventure Treks on the Warner Nickerson placed third in community organization work and and works for Mullen Advertising. Y West Coast this summer. Y Patrick the U.S. Alpine Championships giant meet with potential students for Megan Deeley lives in Quincy and “Money” Benton lives in Annapolis, slalom ski race at Sugarloaf in March. Daraja Academy, the country’s first has been interning in the literary is pursuing his master’s in classics at Y Megan Daley completed her first fully free secondary school, where office of the American Repertory St. John’s College, and is currently year of a nurse practitioner program at he works with Dan Polk ’95. Y Josh Theatre in Cambridge and working “inflaming his ardor for Hobbes.” Boston College alongside Kelly Welch Montague is still in grad school out as an administrative coordinator at a He sees his D.C. gang frequently, ’04. Megan lives in Brighton, Mass., in Colorado, where he recently had a nonprofit called The Home for Little including Annie Hopengarten, just blocks from Michelle Cote and Colby reunion when Charlie Hale, Wanderers in their HR department. Drew Bush ’03, Austin Slack IV Bill Gallitto, who is enrolled at New Bram Geller, and Chris Zajchowski Y Maro Asadoorian is engaged ’05, Shawn Chakrabarti ’05, Nick England Law in Boston. Kelly is still ’07 came to stay for a few days. They to Eric Gartside ’05 and plans a Matatu ’04, and Ned Brockmeyer. dating Cory Ernst, who is completing met for dinner with Katie Price ’07, December 2008 wedding. She lives Patrick loves his job as a catalog his first year at the Harvard Dental Alexis Heimann ’07, and Kali Abel ’07 in Shrewsbury, Mass., and works assistant at the local J.C. Penney. Y School in the Longwood area. Y for a total of seven Colby alums! Y Julia as an editorial assistant for Jones Andrew Herstein is doing a health Heather Burke is completing her Malkin lives in Boston, is studying & Bartlett Publishers. She spends policy internship at the Center for first year of law school at Northeastern for the GMAT, and is getting ready time with Whitney Simmonds, American Progress in Washington, University. Y I’m still working at for graduate school. She’s running a Jess Zia, Mariah Buckley, Meg D.C. Y In January Erica Annon, Digitas, a marketing agency in half marathon in June to raise money Cordner, Alex Shafer, and Hannah Kaitlin Gangl, Lindsey Toomey, Boston, in the strategy and analysis for the Multiple Sclerosis Society with Beach ’06. Y Alex McPherson lives and Essie Widlanski escaped New capability alongside Whitney Jones. Cammie Dale, who lives with Sarah in Boston and splits his time working York City to visit Caitlin Blodget, Y I hope that this finds all of you Burrows and Priscilla Catir ’07. They in the green schools/energy efficiency Sheehan Lunt, and Lauren Cahill well. Have a great summer! —Katie all get together regularly to relive market and in the mountains with in San Francisco for a week full of Gagne fun times in the senior apartments! Outward Bound. Y Recently featured go-carts and wine-tasting. Y Aya Y Caitlin Peale will enter the Class in her local Melrose Free Press as a Costantino, Andrew O’Connell- 06 This February Jess Minty of 2011 at Columbia Law School this “Wicked Local,” Nicole Lavery Shevenell, and Andrea Linney live placed seventh in the 3,000 meters fall. Y Marina Stakes will travel continues her work towards a graduate in Beijing and teach English. They at the U.S. Indoor National Track & around Europe and Nantucket for the certificate in community justice spend time with Kristin Keefrider, Field Championships. She’s training summer, and then she’s off to Tufts studies, which she describes as “a who works developing events for to qualify for the Olympic trials in Dental School in the fall. Y Bethany mixture of community organization, China Restaurant Holdings, a July and is very happy living in Boston Peck lives in Aspen, Colo., and works community building, and criminal sustainable tourism destination near with her roomie, Liz Turner! Y Nani winters on the Snowmass ski patrol justice.” Y Paul Howanitz lives in the Great Wall that renovates existing Phillips writes that Steve Markesich and summers as a rafting guide. Y Dan Boston and has too much time on buildings, employs people from the ’05 and Sarah Belden visited the D.C. Giuliani is excited to begin working his hands. As a result, Paul wrote an village, uses local foods, and makes area. Colby alums are getting geared in management at Puzzles, a new entire story about Matt Crane’s quest crafts. —Karli Gasteazoro

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Rosalie Mosher Reynolds ’29, nine great-grandchildren. He was Colby. Survivors include her children, dogs. Survivors include his Lions February 28, 2008, in Huntington predeceased by his great-grandfather, Virginia S. Crane and A. William brothers and many friends. Station, N.Y., at 100. She taught school Hugh Dempsey 1846. Seepe ’64, three grandchildren, and in New Hampshire and Connecticut four great-grandchildren. Nannabelle G. Carter ’40, October before working as a research assistant Mary Small Copithorne ’35, 2, 2007, in Machias, Maine, at 88. at Pfizer for 16 years. While living February 27, 2008, in Exeter, N.H., John P. Roderick ’36, L.H.D. She taught English and debate in in Connecticut, she belonged to the at 95. After earning her M.S.W. from ’66, March 11, 2008, in Honolulu, several Maine towns including, Entre Nous Literary Society, the Smith College in 1937, she worked in Hawaii, at 93. An Associated Press for 32 years, Presque Isle. During Indian and Colonial Research Center, several agencies before establishing correspondent whose career spanned World War II she worked for Colby and a needlework guild. Predeceased a private practice and focusing on five decades, he was an expert on Red teaching physics and aerodynamics by her husband, Verne E. Reynolds individual and marital counseling. China and the Far East and was the first to servicemen in training. In 1978 ’25, she is survived by her daughter She was named New Hampshire American to report on Communist she earned her master’s in education. and son-in-law Dorothy Reynolds Social Worker of the Year in 1984. China. He interviewed Mao Zedong She was a painter and printmaker ’59 and William C. Gay Jr. ’59, A long-time member of her church, in the caves of Yenan, reported on the and taught ceramics. She knitted daughter Bethia Reynolds Morris ’57, she was active with New Hampshire Sino-Indian war and the emergence bandages for lepers and blankets for six grandchildren, and nine great- NOW, marched on Washington of South Vietnam, and accompanied newborns, was a four-star member grandchildren. D.C., and loved the power of ideas. the American pingpong team’s 1971 of the Daughters of the American Predeceased by her son David M. visit to China. Posted to Asia, Europe, Revolution, and belonged to the Flora Trussell Larrivee ’31, March Copithorne ’60, she is survived by and the Middle East, he was bureau Machiasport Historical Society. 27, 2008, in Manchester, N.H., at 99. her children Joan Copithorne Bowen chief in Hong Kong and reopened the Survivors include her children, She worked for the Works Project ’65, Elizabeth Copithorne Lewis, and AP’s Beijing bureau in 1979. Colby Benjamin and Candace, a brother, Administration after the Depression. Stephen Copithorne. She leaves 12 gave him an honorary degree in 1966 and cousins including Jane G. During World War II she was a social grandchildren, including Charlie E. and a Distinguished Alumnus award Rollins ’47. worker and a secretary at Grenier Bowen ’96 and his wife, Elizabeth in 1991. He divided his final years Airfield. She was active in her church, Low Bowen ’96, and seven great- between Hawaii and his Japanese Barbara Towle Wheeler ’40, April where she taught Sunday school, grandchildren. farmhouse, restored by his adopted 1, 2008, in Waterville, Maine, at 90. and belonged to the Daughters of son, Yoshihiro Takishita, who survives A lifelong resident of Oakland, Maine, the American Revolution. She was Ellen Dignam Downing ’35, April him. Roderick was predeceased by his she involved herself in town affairs a classical pianist, researched her 23, 2008, in Appleton, Wis., at 94. brother, Ernest ’36. and the historical society. A mother genealogy, and once shook hands During World War II she began a and a homemaker who loved nature with Teddy Roosevelt. Survivors 30-year career with the Treasury Myra Mallett Snyder ’38, January and animals, she enjoyed physical include her daughter, Barbara Tappin, Department as a security officer 28, 2008, in Worcester, Mass., at activities, was active in All Souls two grandchildren, and two great- for international affairs. A faithful 91. For 35 years she worked with Universalist Church, and delighted grandchildren. alumna, she received a Colby Brick her husband in Worcester selling in summer campers at the family in 1976. She was predeceased by her wholesale flowers. She belonged to cabins. Survivors include her husband George C. Putnam ’34, March brothers Walter ’33 and Charles ’39 the Hadwen Park Congregational of 67 years, Alfred H. Wheeler ’37, 9, 2008, in Naples, Fla., at 95. He and her sisters Mary Dignam Murphy Church in Worcester for 50 years, a son, John A. Wheeler ’66, and a earned his master’s in chemical ’31 and Alice Dignam Grady ’39. was a skilled quilter, and designed daughter, Marilyn Wheeler, and four engineering from MIT and built Survivors include her nieces Judith miniature doll houses. She is survived grandchildren. a successful career in oil refinery L. Dignam ’60, Janice Dignam Mauer by her children, Gordon E. Snyder design. For the following 40 years, he ’72, Joan Dignam Schmaltz ’63 and Jr., Carol Ann Hoffman, and Marilyn Charles E. Barnfather ’41, April operated Alden Camps in Oakland, Joan’s husband, Richard R. Schmaltz Wimmergren, and by two brothers, 19, 2008, in Biddeford, Maine, at 90. Maine, with his wife. He collected ’63, and nephew Kevin W. Flynn a sister, five grandchildren, and a He served in the Army during World clocks and antiques, was active in ’93 and his wife, Laura Silverman great-grandson. War II and was awarded a Bronze Star. Rotary Club, and enthusiastically Flynn ’94. He lived in West Springfield, Mass., supported Colby. Described as a Charles H. Card ’40, February 9, for 77 years and worked as director wily cribbage player, classical music Virginia Swallow Seepe ’35, May 1, 2008, in Amarillo, Texas, at 90. He of computer operations for John S. aficionado, and witty storyteller, he 2008, in Boothbay Harbor, Maine, earned a teaching certificate from the Lane and Son in Westfield. He was loved family and a steaming plate of at 95. After graduating from Colby, Farmington (Maine) Normal School an activist and proponent of civil and lobster. Survivors include his wife of she graduated from Katherine Gibbs and a B.A. from Colby. He was a human rights, served on community 70 years, Vesta Alden Putnam ’33, Secretarial School in 1936 and worked second lieutenant in the Army during and church boards, and was dedicated five children—Elizabeth Hinebauch, as a secretary in Maine, including World War II, serving in North Africa to his family. He also loved the Red Priscilla Putnam Minkel ’63, Deborah two years for Ninetta Runnals 1908, and Italy. After receiving his M.B.A. Sox. Survivors include his wife of 60 Putnam, Carol Putnam ’69, and James Colby’s first dean of women. She from the University of Pittsburgh, he years, Eva, two daughters, and three R. Putnam ’73—12 grandchildren was a mother and homemaker who became a civilian trainer at Amarillo grandchildren. including Kristin E. Putnam ’05 and was involved in her church. She was Air Force Base. He belonged to the Garret A. Hinebauch ’88 and his wife, predeceased by her husband, Arthur Lions Club, was a driver for Meals on Susan Maddock Hinebauch ’88, and W. Seepe, treasurer and professor at Wheels, and loved animals, especially

COLBY / SUMMER 2008 65 Norris E. Dibble ’41, February 20, Tacy Hood Finney ’44, March 24, playing cards. Survivors include his Daniel J. Sullivan ’52, February 22, 2008, in Springfield, Mass., at 88. 2008, in St. Johnsbury, Vt., at 85. son, William B. Mitchell, and two 2008, in Salem, N.H., at 78. He served During World War II he served with She earned her bachelor’s from the grandchildren. with the Navy in the Korean War the Army Medical Administration University of Connecticut. She was and earned his master’s in electrical Corps. He received his J.D. from a homemaker and an active volunteer Donald J. Zabriskie ’49, February engineering from Northeastern Yale in 1947 and practiced law in with her church, a women’s club, 12, 2008, in Newburyport, Mass., at University. He was an engineering Springfield until 1991. He was class her local hospital, and the Girls 84. A marine during World War II, program manager for Textron Inc. president for his Colby class from Scouts. She received the Thanks he won the Bronze Star and earned for more than 30 years. A sailor, 1946 to 1991 and received a Colby Badge, the highest adult award five combat stars. He earned a master’s skier, and golfer, he was involved Brick in 1975. He was an instructor at in Girl Scouts. Survivors include in education from Boston University with the Salem Athletic Club and the Western New England College and a her daughters, Melissa Stachacz and was a teacher, coach, and principal Brookstone Golf Club. Predeceased volunteer at Baystate Medical Center. and Cynthia Davidson, and three in the Newburyport school system. by his father, Daniel J. Sullivan Survivors include his wife of 63 years, granddaughters. Survivors include his wife of 53 years, 1918, survivors include his children, Helen, four children, a brother, and Ann, two sons, two brothers, and two Thomas Sullivan, Ann Sullivan, eight grandchildren. Hilda Robertson Lyons ’46, granddaughters. Jane Lawler, and Beth Nelson, two February 5, 2008, in Fountain Hills, brothers and a sister, and eight Elizabeth Coles Harris ’42, Ariz., at 83. She worked as a statistician Lois Bragg Holway ’51, April 20, grandchildren. February 21, 2008, in Nashua, N.H., and administrative assistant before 2008, in Biddeford, Maine, at 89. She at 87. An elementary school teacher dedicating herself to her home and came to Colby after serving in the Jess H. Smith ’53, April 10, 2008, for 22 years in Pepperell, Mass., she children. Along with her husband, Women’s Army Corps during World in Sarasota, Fla., at 75. He received made her home in Hollis, N.H., Gilbert, she raised two daughters, War II, a period when she also played his law degree in 1956 from Boston where she was active in organizations Allison and Karen. semipro basketball. She worked at University and practiced law in related to church life, town issues, Keyes Fibre in Waterville, was an Torrington, Conn., for 45 years as and teaching. She was instrumental Richard D. Sampson ’47, March avid tennis player, and belonged to partner at Smith, Keefe, Morgan & in establishing the first kindergarten 1, 2008, in Appleton, Wis., at 85. the Getchell Street Baptist Church. Waterfall. Predeceased by a brother, program in Hollis. She read, played He served in Italy with the 135th Survivors include her daughter, Linda Paul I. Smith ’48, he is survived by bridge, traveled, and hooked rugs. Infantry Regiment during World Busby, a sister, Ethel Bragg Williams his wife, Marcia, three daughters, Predeceased by her husband, Laurie War II. After earning an M.L.S. from ’33, and two grandchildren. and seven grandchildren. Harris Jr. ’42, she is survived by Columbia Library School, he became her children, Laurie Harris III, head catalog librarian at the Appleton William H. Carter II ’52, October Leslie D. Stewart Jr. ’53, March 27, Judith Harris, and Bonnie Gondola, Public Library. He was an active 24, 2007, in Medfield, Mass., 2008, in Vero Beach, Fla., at 76. He three grandchildren, and a great- member of the Democratic Party, at 77. He served in the Army spent two years in the Army in France grandson. belonged to the League of Women from 1953 to 1955 and earned an negotiating with European suppliers. Voters, was an avid bicyclist, and loved M.B.A. from the University of For 40 years he worked in the Ronald D. Lupton ’43, April 21, classical music. Survivors include his Pennsylvania. He established a career investment field for companies such 2008, in Slocum, R.I., at 89. He wife of 51 years, Alice, a daughter, and at the William Carter Company, a as Lehman Brothers and Donaldson, worked in sales for the U.S. Rubber four grandchildren. clothing manufacturer begun by his Lufkin & Jenrette. An energetic and Company and retired in Florida. grandfather, retiring as senior vice humorous family man, he devoted Along with his wife, Lynn, he raised Philip J. Shulman ’48, February 21, president. Survivors include his wife, time to the mental health association three children, Ronald ’71, William, 2008, in San Francisco, Calif., at 84. Jane, two daughters, a brother, and and the American Cancer Society. He and Carol Lupton Morgan ’77. He served in the Navy during World five grandchildren. had eclectic taste in music, interest in He was predeceased by a brother, War II, then returned to Colby to the arts, and a passion for the well- Walter ’46. finish his degree. In 1958 he enlisted Mortimer M. Guiney ’52, February spoken word. Survivors include his in the Army and, six years later, upon 14, 2008, in Paris, France, at 78. wife, Gillian, two daughters, and four Maurice E. Towle ’43, April 17, his discharge from active duty, joined A lifelong Francophile, he taught grandchildren. 2008, in Bangor, Maine, at 87. He the Army Reserve, retiring at 60 as French for more than 20 years at the left Colby to be a pilot in the U.S. a sergeant major. He also worked as University of Connecticut and was George W. Huther ’55, April Army Air Forces and retained a a mail carrier, traveled extensively in instrumental in creating its study- 11, 2008, in Webster, N.Y., at 75. lifelong interest in airplanes. He Russia, the Orient, Africa, and the abroad program in Rouen, France. He served in the Army during was a potato farmer in Aroostook Middle East, and studied Japanese He specialized in 20th-century the Korean War. He was founder County, Maine, until he retired in woodblock prints. He was married French literature, was passionate and director emeritus of Huther- 1983. He played golf, followed the with two stepchildren. about art and music, and made Paris Doyle, a nonprofit agency serving Yankees, and loved to read. Survivors his home after his retirement in 1989. the chemically dependent, and was include his children, Nancy Coffey, William L. Mitchell ’49, March Survivors include his children, Louise chairman of Huther Brothers, Inc., an Earl Towle, Penny Hawkins, Scott 27, 2008, in Saco, Maine, at 81. He Asherson, Mortimer and Patrick industrial cutting tools manufacturer. Towle, and Gerry Bayat, a brother, served in the Army during the 1950s. Guiney, and Elisabeth Tamarkin, He won several human service a sister, Marjorie Towle Stinchfield He was a recreation director in New three grandchildren, and his second awards and was an avid outdoorsman. ’39, seven grandchildren, and five Hampshire and Maine, then taught wife, Elaine Jacques. Survivors include his wife, Rose, four great-grandchildren. and coached at the Maine Youth children, and two grandchildren. Center. He enjoyed golfing and

66 COLBY / SUMMER 2008 Mary Connelly Luney ’55, March Deborah Berry Denniston ’61, marketing and communications at and Elizabeth, two sisters, and both 22, 2008, in Tarrytown, N.Y., February 16, 2008, in Albany, N.Y., at St. John’s University for four years. grandmothers. at 75. A wife and a mother, she 68. She received a master’s in English A boater and passionate striped bass worked at New York Life Insurance from the University of Wyoming and fisherman, he holds the Florida Keys Robert A. Gillespie, April 28, Company. She belonged to the taught junior high English for seven record for most sailfish caught (and 2008, in San Jose, Costa Rica, at 69. Junior League of Westchester-on- years. She worked as proofreader, released) in one day. Survivors include He taught English at Colby in the Hudson and the Sleepy Hollow writer, and editor for several small- his wife, Janet, a brother, and dear 1970s and ’80s. He was an associate Country Club. Survivors include town newspapers and, since 1977, friend Sebsibe Mamo ’70. professor and, from 1986 to 2005, her husband, William, two children, wrote a country life column “Etcetera” college editor. He logged more than two sisters, including Margaret for the Chatham Courier. She raised Elizabeth Piper Deschenes ’75, 35,000 miles running including Connelly Callahan ’55, and three purebred dairy heifers and was a April 20, 2008, in Orange, Calif., at 54. several marathons. He canoed the grandchildren. 4-H horse project leader for 31 years. She earned a doctorate in sociology, Mississippi, lived briefly in the Survivors include her husband, Roy, worked as a research consultant for Northwest Territories, and shared his Nelson P. Hart ’56, January 30, 2008, a daughter, and a brother. UCLA and the Rand Corporation, and home in Benton, Maine, with huskies. in Waterbury, Conn., at 76. He served had a 14-year career as a professor and An inspiring teacher and meticulous with the Navy in the Korean War. He Gordon C. MacDonald ’61, April graduate advisor in the department of editor, he published stories and verse worked as a purchasing manager for 3, 2008, in Scituate, Mass., at 68. He criminal justice at California State including a 1979 book of poems, Rafferty-Brown Steel Company and served in the Naval Reserves and University, Long Beach. She was a The Man Chain. He is survived by later owned the Curtis Art Company worked as a computer programmer triathlete, trail runner, and, in 2005, his companion, Professor Christine in Waterbury. An active community analyst with the John Hancock a nationally ranked master’s swimmer. Wentzel (theater and dance), a member in Waterbury, he gave his Life Insurance Company, retiring Predeceased by her grandmother, brother, and a stepdaughter. time to the Silas Bronson Library, in 1985. An environmentalist, he Clara Collins Piper ’14, and her father, the Anderson Boys Club, and the loved animals and volunteered at the Wilson C. Piper ’39, she is survived by Evans B. Reid, March 27, 2008, in Waterbury Foundation. Photography Scituate Animal Shelter, where he was her husband, Ray, her mother, a sister, Waterville, Maine, at 94. At Colby and traveling were his hobbies. named volunteer of the year in 1998. a brother, Charles Piper ’70, nieces, (1957-78) he was Merrill Professor and Survivors include his brother, H. Survivors include his wife, Nilah, a nephews, and cousins, including John chair of the Chemistry Department. Spencer Hart. sister, and two nieces. P. Marriner ’70. He taught at and directed the NSF summer institute at Colby (1958-83), Arthur E. Engdahl Jr. ’57, February Robert P. North ’61, April 19, 2008, Mark E. Brefka ’77, April 6, and was the Smith-Mundt Visiting Professor of Chemistry at the 28, 2008, in Dover-Foxcroft, Maine, in Birmingham, Mich., at 69. He was 2008, in Verbank, N.Y., at 52. He University of Baghdad (1960-61). He at 73. He served as captain in the raised in Havana, Cuba, and was fluent earned an M.B.A. from Cornell earned his bachelor’s and doctorate U.S. Air Force. He was a sales in English and Spanish. He worked in 1982 and established a career in at McGill and became a U.S. citizen representative for A.A. MacPherson for General Motors for 33 years, 15 of investment banking, most recently in 1941. He was a violinist with the Co. until 1991, when he became part them in Venezuela and Chile. When with Everlands in New York. He was Vermont Symphony Orchestra and owner of Weatherbee’s Hardware in he retired he established Siboney Inc., an expert sailor, belonging to the the Colby Community Orchestra, Dover-Foxcroft. He was an assistant a translation and relocation company American Yacht Club and navigating an oil and acrylic painter, and a scoutmaster, served on numerous that helped GM move workers Stampede, which twice won the J-44 poet. Survivors include his son, committees for his church, and from South America and Mexico to Class in the Newport Bermuda Race. Nicholas, and a granddaughter. He helped bring economic development Detroit. He was involved with the He loved fly fishing and bird hunting, was predeceased by his wife, Dorothy to Dover-Foxcroft. For his work as a Detroit Symphony Orchestra and the supported the Atlantic Salmon M. Pearson, by one day. Kiwanian, he received the Tablet of Birmingham Jazz Festival. Survivors Federation, and was a member of Honor, the Morton Medal of Honor, include his son, Scott, a brother, a the Angler’s Club of New York and Walter H. Zukowski, March 8, and a Hixon Medallion. Survivors sister, and a granddaughter. of Verbank Preserve, where he died 2008, in Topsham, Maine, at 93. He include his wife of 50 years, Rebecca unexpectedly while walking his dogs. taught in Colby’s Administrative Rowe Engdahl ’56, three children, W. Richard Sharron ’63, February Survivors include his parents, Paul Science Department from 1952 to four grandchildren, and a brother. 14, 2008, in Glen, N.H., at 67. He and Ruth, two sons, a sister, his former 1982, serving as chair for a dozen worked as a horticulturist and for wife, Cornelia Armbrecht Brefka ’80, years. He earned his master’s and Thaddeus G. Alwyn ’59, March 22, many years owned Wellesley Farms and his companion, Jan Allardt. his doctorate from Clark University, 2008, in Baldwinsville, N.Y., at 75. Landscape. A birder and a hiker, he where he also taught. In 1958 he He served in the U.S. Army’s 11th studied meteorology and was active John N. Nicoletta ’04, April 11, received a Rockefeller Foundation Airborne Division before graduating with various weather-watching clubs. 2008, in Girdwood, Alaska, at 27. grant and was a visiting professor from Colby. He worked in sales and Survivors include a sister, Natalie After Colby he moved to Aspen, in Baghdad, Iraq. In 1965-66, he was an accounts manager for Chrysler Scruggs, a niece, and a nephew. Colo., where he tended bar and taught in Istanbul, Turkey, and in Corporation. He played tennis, pursued his dream of becoming 1972-73 he was a visiting professor cheered for the Yankees, and was a Richard S. Lewis ’68, May 17, 2008, a professional skier. Described as in Tehran, Iran. He continued to longtime camper and counselor at in New York, N.Y., at 62. A public passionate, warm, and outgoing , he travel following his retirement. Camp Timanous in Maine. Survivors relations and advertising executive, was an intelligent skier who sought Predeceased by his wife, Lucille include his children, Janet Whitten, he was executive vice president of snow and big terrain. He died after Pinette Zukowski ’37, he is survived Holly Werner, and Pete Alwyn, four Cove, Cooper, Lewis, Inc., and falling at the 2008 Subaru World by his daughter, Mary Zukowski Hurd grandchildren, and his wife, Marilyn president and CEO of Richard Freeskiing Championships in Alaska. ’79, two grandchildren, a sister, and Howarth Alwyn ’56. Lewis Communications. He taught Survivors include his parents, Stephen a brother.

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