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Volume 99 Issue 4 Winter 2011 Article 11

January 2011

Alumni @ Large

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Walter ’91 and Richardson ’67 Nominated for Alumni Trustees

Lou Richardson ’67 and Amy Walter ’91 have Walter oversees all political coverage on ABC and each been nominated to serve a three-year term on ABCNews.com and provides on-air analysis. She has Colby’s Board of Trustees as alumni trustees. been a regular contributor to the NewsHour with Jim An overseer since 2003, Richardson served Lehrer on PBS and has appeared on CNN, C-SPAN, on the visiting committees for the Psychology and CBS’s Face the Nation, NBC’s Meet the Press, and Theater and Dance departments and chaired the HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher. Walter is a member College Relations Visiting Committee in 2009. She is of the Goldfarb Center’s Washington liaison board, is former chair of the executive committee of the Alumni an admissions volunteer, and was a class agent and Council, a member of the President’s Advisory Com- Career Center volunteer. She lives in Arlington, Va. mittee, and a Career Center volunteer. Richardson is According to alumni association bylaws, other photo courtesy of abc news controller at Xerox Corporation in Waltham, Mass., nominations may be made by petition to the execu- Lou Richardson ’67 Amy Walter ’91 where she has worked since 1979. She lives in tive secretary of the Alumni Council with signatures Wellesley, Mass. of one percent of the members of the association. If Walter joined ABC News as its political director there are no nominations before May 1, Walter and in August 2010 after serving as editor-in-chief of Na- Richardson will be declared elected by the chair of tional Journal’s “The Hotline.” Based in Washington, the Alumni Council.

1920s-30s I’ve had two rather spectacular trips this August and September including “These the bow and I enjoy living in our home by Colby College year. In May my cousin and I had a two- Old Automobiles” and “Whittens’ Maine the river despite a dropped foot from bad Office of Alumni Relations week cruise “doing” the Mediterranean. We Travelogue.” On Sept. 25 he spoke at a back surgery. I do what I can to help those Waterville, ME 04901 started with several days in Rome, and on meeting at Gambo Falls, the site of the less fortunate especially at the ballot box! a Sunday we found our group, along with old gunpowder mills in Gorham, Maine. We have amazing grandchildren and most 1940 about 10,000 other tourists, visiting the Whitten wrote the book The Gunpowder are in college now. One girl graduated from Ernest C. Marriner Jr. Vatican. Somehow I got separated from my Mills of Maine. Swarthmore, another is at Amherst, and [email protected] group! No one came looking for me and one is a junior at UVM. Our only grandson eventually it registered that I had to get graduated from the University of Mas- myself back to the hotel. I found a Vatican 1946 sachusetts. Four more to go to college! guard who spoke English and he assured Shirley Martin Dudley Maybe one will choose Colby!” Y Howell 1941 [email protected] Meg Bernier Boyd me it happened all the time. However his Clement wanted to know how we spent [email protected] next question left me speechless. “What the summer without a boat. David had hotel are you staying at?” I didn’t have the told him that we are approaching our 60th foggiest notion! Eventually with the help 1947 wedding anniversary, which beats Howell 1942 of several guards and their friends, they Meg Bernier Boyd and Norma by two years. They met in Meg Bernier Boyd located the company that had supplied the [email protected] Owensboro, Ky., a town that Dorothy and [email protected] bluetooth and hearing devices that we had I visited when I was travelling in that area been listening to and got the named of the on business. Y Dave Choate took a cruise hotel. I got a cab and arrived back at the 1948 to Panama and Costa Rica for a month 1943 hotel. I paid in dollars and also Euros and David and Dorothy Marson and returned in mid November. He’ll fill Meg Bernier Boyd it amounted to almost $60! Didn’t care. [email protected] us in for the next edition of Colby. Y Janet [email protected] I was so relieved to be reunited with the Dorothy Worthley Cleaver wrote and Gay Hawkins wrote, “I just returned from group. Lesson learned ... when traveling thanked us for the work we are doing. a marvelous and informative trip to the always know what hotel you are staying Here is the text of her interesting letter. lake country of Italy—Lake Como and 1944 in! The other trip I have just returned from. “My life has changed after the death of Lake Maggiore. Beautiful country, good Josephine Pitts McAlary We cruised the Danube from Bucharest to my husband, Charles, last July. He was food, and lots of history. Then some of us [email protected] Budapest. It was most interesting as we 89 and we had a wonderful life together; continued on to Cyprus, which is interest- visited Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia, Croatia, spending lots of it in the wilderness ing and full of ancient history. Forgot to There are still a few of us keeping busy and Hungary. All these countries are once mention the food, which was outstanding. and out of trouble. Of course no one has canoeing in Maine and the wild rivers again free and struggling to get back on of the Northwest Territory and fishing, Other than that trip and maybe another written! I actually did have a chance to their feet and eventually be able to become one to France in the spring, all is quiet.” chat on the phone with Nancy Pattison hunting, snowmobiling, and even writing member of the European Union, if they wish. some poetry. We spent as little time as Y As for us, we returned to Florida in McCarthy during the summer. Her family mid June and remained there until late still has a home right near the shore of possible with a roof over our heads. Our five children created a moving memorial July. In Massachusetts we play golf with Penobscot Bay. She and her daughter were 1945 our daughters and their families and my up visiting her sister, who at that time was Meg Bernier Boyd service for Chuck in our yard on the Ken- nebec River in Skowhegan with 130 friends brother. In August we drove to Maine and in a local health-care facility. It really was [email protected] visited a friend near Castine. Then we very special to have a chance to chat. Y and beautiful weather. I continue to canoe Maurice Whitten gave several talks in our river with our great little Springer in drove to New Brunswick and went to St.

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[email protected] 36 12/22/10 3:39 PM John and then to St. Andrews on Passa- 1950 how you are doing, what you did before similar day in 1951. We were part of the maquoddy Bay. From there we went to the Betsy (Dudie) Jennings Maley retirement, if you are retired, and what dream of Mayflower Hill, now fulfilled with Samoset Resort in Rockport and then on [email protected] you are doing now. It is all interesting to the help of so many of our classmates. to Dedham. We went to Cape Cod twice our classmates. Thanks. There is much to be proud of and those and took the ferry to Martha’s Vineyard Last September Alice (Allie) Jennings of us who remain in this world are now for a day. It was painful to see all those Castelli was among a group of volunteers approaching our last chance to insure the sailboats moored in Vineyard Haven, as honored for their many years of service to 1951 dream for the future. Remembering the we had spent countless nights there on SARAH, a nonprofit Connecticut shoreline Chet Harrington help we all had during our student years, our mooring. In more rational moments, organization dedicated to serving the [email protected] as we approach our 60th anniversary, we we both agree that we sold the boat at the needs of people with handicaps. Since Stanley Sorrentino’s wife, Hope, passed must give our last full measure to Colby right time in life. On July 4 we were playing he was 16, Allie’s son Peter has benefited away Sept. 10 after 62 happy years to help this new generation of students.” in a holiday tournament and Dorothy got a enormously by his association with this together. They were married in Stanley’s hole in one, which was the highlight of her organization. Her son Bill and daughter sophomore year and lived off campus for golf season! In January Dorothy and I will Martha both have chicken coops in their two years. “She is with me in my heart 1952 celebrate our 60th wedding anniversary backyards, with permission from their and our children are a great comfort to Jan “Sandy” Pearson Anderson with a big party where we live at Admiral’s town zoning committee, and are provid- me,” Stanley said. Y Charlie Tobin stays [email protected] Cove in Jupiter, Fla. In answer to one of ing friends and family with fresh eggs. If busy in Sun City Center, Fla., and gets Thanks to all who wrote in! Y Betsy Fisher Howell Clement’s questions, Dorothy was any of you stay up late to watch Saturday out a fair amount. He’s not sure if he can Kearney Caldwell’s husband, Roy, got the daughter of one of my father’s close Night Live you might see son Dan’s handi- attend our 60th reunion in June. Y Even stranded in Paris for a week when the friends. I have known her a lot longer than work. He is a model maker and provides after 59 years as an alumnus, Al Stone volcano in Iceland erupted. She was still 60 years. I gave her my fraternity pin at special effects for the program. Y A group was never able to entice any of his five hobbling after foot surgery so couldn’t go. homecoming in the fall of 1950, returned of us had our annual get together at Pat children to attend Colby. However, his Betsy had a great visit from Jim and Els home to find I had been called back in Root Wheeler’s home in Jaffrey, N.H., grandson Peter Stone ’10 graduated last Warendorf Hulm ’51 in the spring. They the Navy. Subsequently, we married in last summer. Ellen Kenerson Gelotte, May and will be followed by his sister, played seven rubbers of bridge in one short January of 1951, and the rest is history. Connie Foxcroft Perrigo, Ginny Davis Elizabeth ’14. Al offered this reflection afternoon. Y Nita Hale Barbour, who’s Y You can read less about the Marsons Pearce, Connie Leonard Hayes, Stubby after attending Peter’s graduation: “As approaching 80 and has some health if you will only write and tell us what is Crandall Graves, Allie, and I were there I stood on the quadrangle on a brilliant issues, and her husband, Chandler, have happening in your life. and as always had a wonderful time. Y June day, witnessing my second Colby stopped long-distance travel. Nita still has Please write or e-mail about what and graduation, my mind wandered back to a three titles in print. All are texts for early education she did with colleagues; the 1949 third one, which she did with Chandler, is Anne Hagar Eustis in its fifth edition. Y Cynthia and Art White [email protected] 40s newsmakers sold their house in Florida and now reside My well of news from our classmates has in Bath, Maine. “It was the right choice for Surgical pathologist Stephen Sternberg ’41 received a gone dry! I did get a couple of e-mails with us as we love Maine and Bath,” writes Art. 2011 distinguished pathologist award from the United messages, which I pass on here. Y Audrie “I have not seen Bob Kline in a while, but States & Canadian Academy of Pathology. Sternberg Drummond Owsley writes the sad news as soon as hockey starts at Bowdoin, we’ll spent his entire career at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering that Audrey Fountain Jordan has acute Cancer Center and authored two widely used reference join forces.” Art’s grandson has applied to vascular dementia and is in a 24/7 full care books on anatomical pathology. He was also the first Colby and Art’s fingers are crossed. Y After facility in Florida. Y Conrad and Martha editor of The American Journal of Surgical Pathology. living in Scituate, Mass., for many years Jackson White have been “migrated” to (down the street from Nelson Beveridge a new e-mail address: sirmica@frontier. ’53), Barbara Bone Leavitt moved to com. Y I went on an Elderhostel/Road 30s/40s milestones Linden Ponds, a retirement community Scholar trip to Scotland at the end of Deaths: Nancy Nivison Hamilton ’33, Nov. 13, 2010, in Hingham, Mass. Y Rod Howes and his August and into September. It was the in Deer Isle, Maine, at 98. F Annabelle White Messer wife have been RVing for 50 years, but the fulfillment of a lifetime wish to see the Stephen Sternberg ’41 Jameson ’36, Oct. 12, 2010, in Rockport, Maine, at time has come to sell their almost-new country of my paternal grandmother. Our 94. F Marion Libby Warren ’36, Nov. 3, 2010, in motor home. “My wife is now in a facility first stop was Edinburgh and the border Brunswick, Maine, at 97. F Pearl Hoyt Coffin ’37, Nov. 28, 2010, in Dover-Foxcroft, for dementia and I have advanced COPD. country and then up the east coast to Maine, at 95. F Burdett H. Gardner ’39, April 3, 2010, in West Long Branch, N.J., at Had a bad bout with pneumonia in July,” Inverness and the land of the Chisholms. 93. F Katherine Coffin Mills ’39, Oct. 4, 2010, in Farmington, Maine, at 93. F Edwin Rod reports. He lives in Texas, where the F From there we wandered south through F. Savage ’39, Nov. 29, 2010, in Benton, Maine, at 92. Ruth Blake Thompson ’40, weather in October was beautiful. Y In late F the lochs to Glasgow. I knew there were Nov. 5, 2010, in Montpelier, Vt., at 91. Elmer L. Baxter ’41, Nov. 21, 2010, in Bar September I (Sandy Pearson Anderson) Harbor, Maine, at 91. F M. Eleanore King Clark ’41, Nov. 28, 2010, in Kennebunk- castles, but never did I realize that they went on trip up the coast of Maine. One port, Maine, at 91. F Mildred Van Valkenburg Demartini ’41, Sept. 22, 2010, in Vero were so omnipresent! I would never care of the highlights was the Coastal Maine Beach, Fla., at 89. F Virginia Moore Fremon ’41, Nov. 29, 2010, in Hackettstown, to live in one, but, of course, many of Botanical Gardens near Boothbay. It’s a N.J., at 92. F Priscilla Hathorn White ’42, Dec. 15, 2010, in Dover-Foxcroft, Maine, them are still occupied by the ancestral at 89. F Leonard G. Cohen ’43, Nov. 30, 2010, in Longboat Key, Fla., at 88. F wonderful spot unique in its scope and families. We had a wonderful guide who Ruth Howes Mistark ’43, Oct. 10, 2010, in Scarborough, Maine, at 89. F Katherine layout. Last July it opened the Bibby and even made sense out of the history of Howes Brooks ’44, Dec. 5, 2010, in Portland, Maine. at 88. F Harold L. Vigue ’44, Harold Alfond Children’s Garden, which Scotland. It seems to me the Scots had a Oct. 17, 2010, in Waterville, Maine, at 88. F Margery Dodge Radomski ’46, Nov. is delightful for children and adults. I great proclivity to shoot themselves in the 11, 2010, in South Miami, Fla., at 85. F Janet M. DeWitt ’48, Sept. 23, 2010, in strongly urge anyone in the area to go. Y foot! Y I’ll be hoping to hear from some of Syracuse, N.Y., at 84. F David C. Roberts ’48, Nov. 8, 2010, in Saratoga Springs, Our condolences to George Laffey, whose you for my next column. N.Y., at 87. F Beverley Hayward Teague ’49, Oct. 18, 2010, in Fairfield, Maine, at 82. wife, Betty (Winkler ’53), passed away Oct. 3 after a long battle with Alzheimer’s. Our thoughts are with you, old friend. Y Walt

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Hayes e-mailed after a quiet spell. His and Normandy. He said it was an “eye- former wife, Ruth, died following a lengthy opener” to see middle schoolers and teens illness. After her death, Walt invited a staring in awe of the World War II veterans 50s milestones woman named Gail, who was his first boss in wheelchairs and standing when taps Deaths: Henry F. Poirier ’50, Sept. 21, 2010, in Waterville, Maine, at 85. F Nancy when he retired from the Army, to Mesa, were blown at the Normandy cemetery. Ewing Burke ’51, March 4, 2009, in Sarasota, Fla., at 79. F Geoffrey S. Lyford ’51, Ariz., to check out the area. He hadn’t seen “There’s hope yet,” John said. John’s Oct. 10, 2010, in Edmonton, Alberta, at 84. F Robert M. Roth ’51, Oct. 18, 2010, in her in 16 years. She liked what she saw daughter, Wendy, is a civilian intelligent West Hartford, Conn., at 80.F Joan Acheson Bridge ’52, Nov. 14, 2010, in Augusta, and accepted Walt’s offer for her old job analyst under naval intelligence in Bagh- Maine, at 79. F Lois-Marie Cook ’52, July 9, 2009, in Blaine, Wash., at 78. F William as his boss. They were married Aug. 28. dad and John’s grandson, a West Point A. Hill Jr. ’52, Oct. 27, 2010, in Hawaiian Gardens, Calif., at 86. F Henry L. Malloy “We are very happy,” reports Walt. Y Paul graduate, is a first lieutenant in Kuwait ’52, Oct. 22, 2010, in Waccabuc, N.Y., at 79. F Jean Paula Whitcomb Thornton ’52, and Mimi Russell Aldrich took a 12-day but pending assignment in Afghanistan. Oct. 29, 2010, in Randolph, Vt., at 80. F Hershel L. Alpert ’53, Nov. 26, 2010, in trip down the Danube, from Vienna to More of John’s extended family is affili- New Bedford, Mass., at 78. F Judith Brask Kunard ’53, Dec. 10, 2009, in Charlottes- the Black Sea, visiting Austria, Slovakia, ated with the military, so, as John says, ville, Va., at 77. F John R. Faulkner ’53, Dec. 6, 2010, in Houlton, Maine, at 79. F Serbia, Croatia, Bulgaria, Hungary, and “in one way or another, the Lee clan is Elizabeth Winkler Laffey ’53, Oct. 3, 2010, in Vero Beach, Fla., at 79. F Katharine Romania. “Our lecturers and tour guides trying to repay this wonderful country for Russell Kerr ’56, Jan. 25, 2010, in Bradenton, Fla., at 75. gave us an education like we’ve never giving me a home.” Y Ginnie Falkenbury before experienced. It seems their coun- Aronson says that the husband of Sophia tries have withstood one form of chaos Hadjigeorgiou Krallis, who died in 2007, no matter where she was, even when she Bud can relax by any one of their cozy fires after another. In Bucharest we sat next has been writing to her since Sophia was abroad. Marty was loved. this winter! Y Jane Bull Shaver was sorry to our guide for the day. She has worked died. Y Mike Wechsler Edelson enjoyed to miss our 55th reunion, but she had just in government and private tourism posi- a river cruise down the Rhine in Germany. finished another semester at SCSU. She tions all her life. We suggested she must Mike is working on a new book of poems 1954 has been studying on campus for 31 years be much busier now that the borders are called Pathways, including photos work- Art Eddy and says she is still in love with learning! open. She replied, ‘Oh, no. We had many ing alongside a landscape gardener. Her [email protected] Remarkably, she is on her sixth degree more tourists before, but they were all family is growing. In addition to her four I don’t know about the rest of you but, for program, currently doing a B.A. in history from communist countries, especially children, she has 10 grandchildren and me the days pass WAY too quickly. Y Carol and literature, mainly European. She tells East Germany. And that was wonderful.’ one great-grandchild. Y Priscilla Eaton Dyer Wauters is still biking and hiking in the us, “As the CLL is presently under control, And then, almost as a change of subject, Billington attended Family Homecoming shadows of the Grand Tetons during spring, I’m hoping to do a semester in Scotland.” she said, ‘But now I’m free!’” Y Bob Kline Weekend at Colby in October. Ray ’54 , summer, and fall with an occasional river In the summer she’s involved in various wrote with memories of Robert A. Jones, Steven, and Katie attended the football trip for excitement and a change of pace. fiber arts, mostly quilting, knitting, and who died Aug. 12. Known as Jonesy, he game but Priscilla left the “windy hill” for Conservation activities and volunteer work stained glass. Her grandson, Colin, started was a freshman member of our class but an inside venue to watch girls’ volleyball. at her granddaughter’s elementary school at Springfield (MA) College, majoring in didn’t continue past that year. Bob met Both teams won. Y I want to close with occupy several hours each week. Carol is sports management. His sister is Jane’s up with Robert 10 years later when they some notes about Martha Friedlaender, still hopeful of changing the political scene travelling companion, since they both both worked at Pratt & Whitney in North who passed away Sept. 3. I always was so is pushing hard for a Democratic slate love art history. They’ve been to Scotland, Haven. Their girlfriends were best friends in awe of Marty and saw her a lot in my in a very heavily Republican area. Y Lois England, and Ireland and spent eight days and when each couple married in 1959, sociology classes. I remember how she McCarty Carlson put her garden to bed in Paris looking at art. “The total of grands Bob and Robert were each other’s best “edged up” into the class seats, wiggling between late fall and rounds of golf. In stands at nine grandchildren and four man. They both lived in Connecticut and until she was comfortable. In addition, February she will be skiing with a group of and one-third great-grandchildren!” Y Jo worked for United, retiring on the same she was always well prepared for classes. seniors (most of whom are her juniors) at Bailey Campbell had a great vacation in day in May 1991. Y Best wishes for a good Tommi Thompson Staples remembers Vail and Beaver Creek, Colo. Lois intends Duck, Outer Banks, N.C., in September, winter and especially for good health. it wasn’t easy for Marty in college when to continue with these activities until she with her brother Sam. They visited Sam’s there was a social blindness towards “drops.” Y Ann and I have become the son, David, and family. They had a string special needs. One reunion, Tommi says, Hotchkiss School volleyball team’s official of perfect days and the house was close to 1953 Marty wanted to take a shower. She had grandparents. We have followed them all the beach with a pool for swimming. Jo says Barbara Easterbrooks Mailey to call her because she couldn’t reach over New England in their quest for yet that “those memories will warm her heart [email protected] the faucets! Having access was wearing another N.E. prep school championship. this winter.” Y Judy Orne Shorey gave a talk Nelly Beveridge received a call from on her. She told Tommi that whenever at the Cushing, Maine, Historical Society in George Pirie, who was at the University Of she saw a children’s water fountain, she September about her grandmother, Helen Colorado stadium watching the University always took a drink whether or not she was 1955 Knowlton Orne, who, through perseverance of Georgia team get beat. George has a thirsty. Carolyn English Caci, who didn’t Kathie Flynn Carrigan and hard work, became the first woman daughter on Georgia’s swim team and a know Marty that well at Colby, wrote, “It [email protected] lawyer in the State of Maine. In order to be son-in-law who is the swim coach there. wasn’t until we drove together to the 25th Bud and Carol Dauphinee Keene have admitted to the bar and have a practice, George recently played golf with Frank reunion that we discovered how much we worked hard to renovate their pre- she had to change a part of the Maine Piacentini. George also visited Joyce enjoyed being together. Thus began visits revolutionary Colonial home, built in State Law, which she accomplished. and Chuck Spencer while in Colorado. from Marty from NYC every few months 1750, complete with wainscoting cut Judy has done extensive research about Chuck is recovering from back and neck to my Massachusetts home, where she from the original wallboard and three this story and provided many letters and surgery. Nelly sent the obituary notice quickly became one of the family. She fireplaces. Located in the historical vil- photographs to corroborate the facts. of Robert McAuliffe ’54, who died Aug. was such an inspiration to everyone who lage of Westport, N.H., “This Old House” She’s in the process of writing a book on 8. Bob and Helen (Connolly) have four met her. She never thought of herself as borders the Ashuelot River at the foot of her grandmother’s journey. Y Keeping up children. Nelly keeps busy with volunteer handicapped.” Marty had many lasting Franklin Mountain. The couple harvested with Colby’s current events and news is so work and golf. Y John Lee took a cruise last friends like Ginny Falkenbury Aronson, several acres of blueberries this summer. easy online. Search for “Out of the Blue” summer from Barcelona down the eastern Carol Carlson Van Alstyne, Mimi Price Jo Bailey Campbell visited Carol and Bud (a great one) or check out insideColby coastline of Spain, docking at Gibraltar, Patten, and Penny Pendleton Schultz. last spring and saw the work in progress. (by students, for students), or any other then down the coasts of France, Brittany, Carolyn called Marty every Sunday noon She was quite impressed! Now Carol and news listings on Colby’s website to keep

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[email protected] 38 12/22/10 3:39 PM informed about the current Colby scene. Tuscany in July with their son Robert and and Sue Fairchild Bean and Ellie Shorey Rosen regrets not keeping in touch with Cheers to all! Don’t forget to keep in touch. his family. A cruise out of nearby Baltimore Harris and her friend Harry. We had many classmates; my description of Peter’s jazz is on the docket for them in February. chuckles and it was great to see them all service “jarred her into action.” Music Thoughts of last year’s 30 inches of snow in such fine form. All of our Colby friends has always been her greatest passion; 1956 still haunt them and made the winter sail mean a great deal, especially as the years she played piano in a 16-piece swing Joan Williams Marshall to warmer climes an easy decision! Y It are ticking away much too quickly. Please band for 10 years and also worked with [email protected] was great to hear, at long last, from Dick keep in touch! inner-city kids—“a most rewarding effort.” Greetings classmates, once again, from Phillips, who lives with his “S.E.” (spousal Now she transcribes and composes and the Outer Cape, where we awoke this morn- equivalent) in Chestnut Hill near Boston hopes for publication. Husband Bill is ing to our first hard frost and newspaper College. Dick has been in the investment 1958 battling Parkinson’s, but he and Polly feel headlines declaring that Massachusetts business since 1960 with Oppenheimer Mary Ellen Chase Bridge incredibly lucky with their three wonderful is, alas, navy blue. Y By now you have in Boston. He also plays the Dixieland [email protected] sons, one of whom went to Colby, and received mailings from both the College banjo with the Stone Street Strummers in Despite Archie Twitchell’s decision to four terrific grandchildren. “They all love and reunion chair David Sortor with dates Foxboro and enjoys skiing and traveling stop dancing 40 years ago when the music and sports—a perfect combo!” Y and details of “Our Last Hurrah”—our to such interesting places as Hong Kong, twist came in, he and his partner recently Helen Payson Seager reports the sale reunion June 2-5, 2011. Our hope is that Russia, and Vietnam. Dick hadn’t been started taking dance lessons. “So far of their Nantucket house, a place where many of you are inspired to attend. Y Class back to see the College since 1957 and we’ve managed the basics of the waltz, she “found solace, creativity, and refuge.” news other than reunion plans is rather could not believe at our 50th reunion rhumba, cha cha, two step, and jive. Last Her goals now are to keep up the music scant. I did hear from Robert Weiss that how beautiful the campus has become. year we started square dance lessons. and get to some serious writing. Recently he and his wife, Susan, recently moved to Y In September Nancy and John Conkling At one point we were dancing four nights she and Brad visited Tucson and Phoenix; Charlotte, N.C. Bob retired two years ago hopped into their ’89 Volkswagon camper a week but that proved to be too much their son has a tenured appointment at and is enjoying “considerable time with and had a great motor home trip to the so we are back to three.” Y Cathy Stinn- Arizona State. Y Recently Dave and Jan our two youngest grandsons, 6 and 9.” north shore of the St. Lawrence River to eford Walther is amazed so many of us Pratt Brown visited Hawaii for a reunion Y Janet Nordgren Meryweather reports see the whales, among other things. They have made the golden anniversary. “Bob of New Zealand and U.S. siblings, held that she had visits from Brian and Jean then took a ferry across the river to travel and I and Gail and Bob Hesse made our near Waikiki Beach. Swimming, kayak- Farmer White this fall. They were visiting the Gaspe Peninsula. On the return trip ‘jubilee’ two years ago, Kay and Warren ing, seeing dolphins and sea turtles, and a grandchild at College of the Atlantic they stopped in Houlton, Maine, to have Judd and Gard and Mary Webber Rand spending time on the big island gave them and en route to Nova Scotia. Janet also breakfast with Woody Barnes ’56 and last year, and Buzz and Mary Harrington great memories. They also celebrated their mentioned that her oldest granddaughter, Fred Moorhouse’56. With an eye toward Chase in September.” At the annual Zete 50th last summer in the Adirondacks with Jennie D’Amico, graduated from Harvard winter, Conk was firing up the outside reunion in Maine, Cathy and Bob saw some lots of family and friends. “Those were in June and was married on 10-10-10, wood furnace and getting the skis waxed friends for the first time in 50 years: Matty the highlights of the year.” Y Thanks to her husband’s birthday! Y Well 56ers, we for another season on the mountains. Y Gache ’60 and his wife, Donna, and Lee all who sent condolences and memories have been anticipating our 55th college Bobbi Santora Hindert took her oldest Mathieu ’57 and his wife, Louise. Y Ann of Peter. He said, “I’ve had a wonderful reunion in the past several columns and granddaughter to Santa Fe, N.M., for a Wieland Spaeth says, “We had the hottest life and I don’t regret anything!” Does it now the time is fast upon us. When you week last summer to experience the Santa summer I can remember in Philadelphia, get better than that? read this brief article you will, or will not, Fe School of Cooking and the many natural but got away for relief” by visiting Squam have made your reservations. In either wonders of the Southwest. Y Marilyn and Lake, N.H., Eagle, Colo., and Squirrel event, John and I send our best wishes Tom Brackin chose the most beautiful Island, Maine, for three gorgeous weeks 1959 to each and every one of you. By the way, of Maine summers to spend three weeks in August. Ann’s son Karl found work in NY Joanne K. Woods John shot a 78 yesterday! at Christmas Cove near Boothbay. The after being unemployed for a year—“What [email protected] Brackin’s family joined them, making a relief!” Son Christopher, his wife, and Libbe Latham Hale is a semi-retired their stay extra nice. On a sad note, Tom her parents run the Cornerstone B&B psychologist living in Thousand Oaks, 1957 writes that they joined the Colby Eight in in Philadelphia, a large Victorian that Calif. She travels and enjoys life. Her Guy and Eleanor Ewing Vigue a memorial for Bump Bean ’51, a pillar of Maxfield Parrish’s grandmother lived in son-in-law (married to her daughter the [email protected] the early Eight groups and a popular active for many years. Y Lois and Peter Doran doctor) was the astronomer in charge A gorgeous summer here in Maine has alumnus. Tom still works at his agency, looked forward to Colby’s basketball of the group that created Google Sky. Y faded into the colors of fall. Summer sings with the local symphonic chorus, season. Their son, Dana, continues as Wilbur Hayes never expected to see Down memories for us include a wonderful dinner and helps out at the historical society. Y assistant men’s coach to Dick Whitmore Under. Nevertheless, this past July he went at Dick and Perk Perkins Canton’s home After 20 years abroad, Don Dinwoodie’s as well as director of energy programs on a group tour from Wilkes University in Bridgton, Maine, on Long Lake. What a oldest son and family returned to Colo- at Kennebec Valley Community College, visiting Australia, New Zealand, and Fiji. spot, and in the cooking department, Perk rado Springs and will share in the joy of where he leads a northeast solar certifica- He looked for a duck-billed platypus but could easily give Julia Child a run for her horseback riding around the Dinwoodie’s tion training program. As an architect in only saw an Australian naval submarine money! Also enjoying the evening were ranch. Their third son, William, is now in Colby’s Physical Plant Department, Dana’s named Platypus. He enjoyed seeing the Sheldon and Audrey Hittinger Katz and New Zealand studying to be a marine wife, Kelly, works on building projects. Y six-million-year-old rock in the Australian Larry ’56 and Jean Van Curan Pugh ’55. biologist. Y With retirement looming on Pam and Dave Adams spent two weeks Outback as well as the customary wom- Y Ken Haruta has attended tennis camps the horizon, Don Tracy will have more time trailering in Nova Scotia and Cape Breton bats, koalas, and wallabies at the Wildlife in many states once every summer for the on his hands to learn to play the spinet Island. “Absolutely gorgeous scenery and World in Sydney. Domestic travel in the past 25 years, but never did he encounter piano, “which has sat in the living room some great bicycling.” It’s on to Florida in United States may be next for Wilbur. Y such hot days as last July at Swarthmore for decades.” His wife, Linda, has high March. In October Dave sang, with other Elaine (Healey ’62) and Paul Reichert College. When the temperature reached hopes that Don will learn how to cook members of the Colby Eight, at an event planned to host members of the Friendship 105 degrees, the camp director fortunately (that’s every wife’s fantasy). Whether a celebrating the life of Clifford “Bump” Force from Ottawa, Canada, in Florida for a moved the session indoors! Y Nancy “Mozart” or an “Emeril” develops is really Bean ’51, who was one of the founding week in November, after which they headed Hansen Marchbank informs us that Jim secondary to the enjoyment of their four members of the Eight in 1947. Bump was to Massachusetts for Thanksgiving. By the is the proud owner of a new knee. This children and families living nearby. Y In at a 60th anniversary celebration in 2007 time you read this news, they will be enjoy- intentionally followed a “magical” trip to late summer Guy and I caught up to Bob and was awarded a plaque. Y Polly Seely ing the warm Florida sun, without snow to

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shovel, and eating fresh-picked oranges was packing for a trip to NYC, Dubai, and class in either 2012 or 2013 (Colby’s necticut, I sing in a choir and am a docent and grapefruit. Their oldest granddaughter Cairo, and leaving the next day! Y Kay 200th birthday). Thoughts include a Red at an art museum. In March we become enlisted in the Army while a senior in high White, who also enjoyed our reunion, is Sox game, a cruise up to Maine or Nova grandparents again and head to Arizona school, and upon graduation went to basic president of the Village Club Foundation, Scotia, and then a visit to Colby. We do to see our newest family member. Life is training. She spent a year in Iraq, was which just gave $90,000 to 49 tri-county need to know what Colby plans for the big good!” Y Nancy Tozier Knox writes, “Our back in the states for a year, and now is nonprofit agencies. This was important event. Let us know your thoughts on this. summer consisted of surgeries, physical in Afghanistan. She should be back in the because Michigan is having hard times therapy, and occupational therapy. My states in January or February. Y I recently and these grants really help. She is also husband, Jim, had a total spinal fusion had two wonderful Road Scholar trips to going to a fundraising training in Chicago, 1961 in June and had recuperated enough by South Dakota and Natchez, Miss. I always so her volunteer work keeps her busy. Y Diane Scrafton Cohen Ferreira the end of August to take care of me after enjoy hearing from you. Gingy Clark Heyler reports that all is [email protected] having a total right shoulder replacement! well in western Montana. She and Pete Bebe Clark Mutz reports, “I’m most look- So, both of us are loaded with steel and took a 2,500-mile road trip around the ing forward to seeing classmates at our titanium and screws. Our kids came to 1960 Southwest and marveled at the beauty. 50th reunion. I think another nice thing camp for their vacations and helped us Jane Holden Huerta Monument Valley was the highlight. From will be that everyone there will be as old out. Our daughter, Debra, drove our car [email protected] September through December, they spend as I am.” Y Janet Haskins Mandaville to Florida for us and took her daughter, Lucky Christov made a final decision time in VA, Florida, and Chicago with their spent a conversation-filled visit with Judy Crosby, to check out a few colleges on the that retirement is for sissies and became children and grandchildren, celebrating Hoffman Hakola recently. The great time way. We flew down. We are now settled involved with yet another business. He birthdays, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. included a tour of the new Orono Public in our Florida home. More PT will be on became a partner in a Hong Kong-based Gingy enjoyed receiving the 50th reunion Library, a project Judy worked on from its the schedule for both of us this winter, trading company that provides agricultural book and reading all the bios. Y Kim inception. They plan to attend reunion and along with lots of time exercising in the fertilizers to India and some other areas Kimball Chase had a beautiful summer on hope Penny Dean Robb will join them! Y pool. We are looking forward to the 50th with lesser needs for food. His previous Long Island, Maine. She hasn’t connected Wendy Ihlstrom Nielsen looks forward to reunion and being back to normal (or as experience as an investment banker with any classmates yet but is taking the seeing classmates at reunion. “It was so normal as folks our age can be).” Y Gale served him well and provided needed reunion book south in hopes of finding much fun to see members of the Class of Holtz Golden was just awarded Vermont capital to get this off the ground. He’s still classmates on the way. Kim had lots of ’59 when Bob ’59 and I returned for his Social Worker of the Year. Gale is a clinical wrestling with some health issues (who company this year and says it always fun 50th almost two years ago.” Wendy and associate professor of psychiatry at the isn’t!) but, all in all, living in Southern to share her little island. Let her know if Bob witnessed the inspiring Passion Play University of Vermont in Burlington and California has its benefits. His son has you’re in the area. Y Ken Nigro and I get in Oberammergau, Germany, in Septem- recently wrote In the Grip of Desire: A improved his surfing style, and they play together about once a month for brunch ber. “We took the beautiful alpine route Therapist at Work with Sexual Secrets. Y In tennis and have a great guitar act playing or lunch. He has some really great ideas from northern Italy through Switzerland addition to developing Pihanakalani Ranch “House of the Rising Sun.” Y Molly Lynn about planning a mini reunion for our and Austria to Germany. Home in Con- into a retreat center, your correspondent Watt spent three weeks in China, where teaches both an online and a “hybrid” she was honored by the People’s Education course for Hawai’i Community College. Press for work she did with them in 1986! Y Please make every effort to return to Y Eunice Bucholz Spooner received Colby for our 50th reunion; the alma mater reunion CDs from three people and is experience you’ll always remember is only waiting for more so that she can make a a few months from now! See you there! class reunion CD. If she was healthy she planned to go on the maiden voyage of Harry and Judith Hoagland Bristol ’62 RCCL Allure Dec. 1-12. Y Dick Peterson 1962 had memorable summer months since our Members of the Colby family Patricia Farnham Russell great class reunion in June. They were in Nancy MacKenzie Keating PA, on Cape Cod, and on a cruise around Colby has been an integral part of the Bristols’ lives for nearly [email protected] Scotland, where Bette and he attended the 50 years. They attend reunion every five years and always Lots of news from ’62! I’ll start with a British Open at St. Andrews. They played look forward to seeing old friends. They claim brief message from John Chapman that five links courses in Scotland, not very Harry has more friends from Colby reads, “I’m out. Michael McCabe, Nancy well, in the wind and rain. In September than from his own alma mater. MacKenzie Keating, Nancy Rowe Adams, they spent two weeks in Italy, the first on and Debby Price are witnesses!” In his With their bequest, the the Cinque Terra on a mountain hiking trip, own inimitable way, John is saying that Bristols hope to engender in and the second resting in a villa in Tuscany. he finally took the plunge into retirement, future students the kind of Dick’s still working with an Internet start-up and the four of us helped him celebrate! enthusiasm they feel for company, but slowing down. Retirement Y Malcolm MacLean and his wife, Debby, Colby and the same desire beckons and is most welcome. Y Ed Mar- enjoyed a wonderful trip to Venice and chetti took Steve Curley and Phil Shea to for a lifelong relationship Paris last spring, and last fall they attended hear Dale Arnold, a radio sports talk show with the College. the Colby-Tufts football game at Tufts. host and Bowdoin alumnus, speak about Y Brenda Wrobleski Elwell Gottschalk the current atmosphere of pro sports in Let’s Talk wrote of many exotic travels, including New England. It was an interesting ses- Susan Conant Cook ’75 a trip for travel agents to Ecuador and sion and highlighted by dinner afterwards 800-809-0103 the Galapagos and a pending excursion with a chance to rehash the great time [email protected] to Vietnam and Bangkok. She described everyone had at our 50th. Lots of locals her daughter’s wedding in an outdoor looked forward to the Colby-Tufts game Want to learn more about Judy and Harry’s story? ceremony in the foothills of the Rockies, as another opportunity for a gathering. 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[email protected] 40 12/22/10 3:39 PM Calif. She invites all of us to join them if instructor at Husson University in Bangor. we love wildlife! Y Michael (McCabe) and She’s looking forward to exploring new 60s newsmakers I returned to Decatur, Ga., where we hide adventures. Among other things Judy The National Association of Social Workers named Gale out from Maine winters. While in Harpswell volunteers at the cancer center. She Holtz Golden ’61 Vermont Social Worker of the Year for we managed a brief get-together with Harry visited Colby roommate Dian Emerson 2010. A clinical social worker and psychotherapist with and Judy Hoagland Bristol when they Sparling in Ft. Collins, Colo. They traveled expertise in clinical sexology, Golden lectures exten- visited Brunswick to hear Harry’s nephew, together throughout New Mexico and even sively, has served as a forensic consultant, and consults Will, perform piano at the Bowdoin Music saw the King Tut exhibit in Denver! Y John on issues around reproductive health, mental health, Festival. We also saw Bob Ipcar and his and Marsha Palmer Reynolds hosted and social planning. Golden is also a clinical associate wife, Jane, for lunch in Bath and a brief Susan Ferries Moore, Cile Tougas Nix, professor of psychiatry at the University of Vermont. F visit to his childhood home in Georgetown, and Peggy Fuchs Singer for a lovely fall Following the death of his beloved dog, Norman Maine, where we met his mother, Dahlov weekend at their home in Biddeford, Maine. Macartney ’61 wrote a manuscript about their bond Ipcar, much venerated Maine artist and Yours truly joined them for lunch and lots and then hit the road to spread the word. Macartney’s lovely lady. And finally, the ninth annual of laughs and reminiscing. Y Rosemary “Trans-America Drive to Support Community Animal get-together of “old” Tri Delts happened Blankenship Hubbard writes “My grand- Gale Holtz Golden ’61 Shelters” took him to shelters in 12 states, where he in Maine this summer. Present were Patch father, Frank Wood ’04, graduated from left a manuscript for each shelter to sell and use the Jack Mosher, Debby Price, Olive Pingree Colby over 105 years ago, and for many proceeds itself, the Morehead City (N.C.) News-Times reported. F Retired lawyer Ingraham, Jeanie Banks Vacco, Gail years was class agent. My grandmother, Tom Cox ’66 was working pro bono helping a Maine homeowner in a foreclosure case Smith Gerrish, Linn Spencer Hayes, and Carrie Allen ’05, also graduated from when his discovery of “robo-signing” practices by banks led to a national investigation yours truly. The usual wonderful time was Colby. The two were married by President of foreclosure practices. As head of the Maine Attorneys Saving Homes project, Cox had by all. Y Remember the 50th! Roberts. They first settled in her hometown is credited for the furor over the mishandling of foreclosure cases and, as Mainebiz of Mercer, Maine, then moved to Charlotte, magazine reported, “was able to crystallize the nature and scope of the problem like N.C. in 1922. I think my great-grandfather, no one else before him.” 1963 Charles Harper Allen, was also a Colby Paule French grad. Every single year my grandparents milestones [email protected] went back to Colby for their reunion. Deaths: Frank D. Kirby ’63, Nov. 23, 2010, in Rocky Hill, Conn., at 69. F John E. Doug (Muldoon) Mulcahy visited Peter We’d go to my grandparents home after Dahlfred ’66, Oct. 1, 2010, in Boston, Mass., at 66. F Anne Paul Schmidt ’67, Nov. Leofanti ’62 and Pam (Plumb ’65) and church every Sunday, and nine times out 14, 2010, in New London, Conn., at 65. F James R. Vaughan ’67, Oct. 15, 2010, in Charlie Carey. He looked forward to the of ten the talk would turn to Colby. I grew Middletown, Conn., at 64. F Priscilla C. Austin ’68, Dec. 7, 2010, in Holden, Mass., at 63. Colby-Tufts football game. Y When George up hearing about Maine and the College. Swasey was taking an architecture class Those Sunday visits were as close as at Colby he admired Alvar Aalto’s work and I got to New England before I actually his Scottish heritage. Brenda plans to Vermont they rent every year and spent dreamed of visiting Finland. In August he went to Colby.” Rosemary and Al met at attend our 50th in 2012! Y A nice long time with Cynthia Barber Dunn, Sandy spent a week in Helsinki eating herring and Colby and will soon celebrate their 49th note from Peter Duggan relates that he Keef Hunter, and their husbands, celebrat- reindeer with Finnish beer and taking in anniversary with a trip to the Holy Land. saw Rich Simkins in Naples, Fla., in May ing another roommate reunion. Brenda Aalto’s work. He liked Finland so much he Y Sally Morse Preston thinks that Peggy and at his home in Newburyport, Mass. wishes us all a happy 70th! Y Gerry Tays may accept a position there and invites Fuchs Singer’s book, Legacy of a False Peter reports that Rich “looks and acts and his wife, Nancy, celebrated his 70th us to visit. Y After a month as a volunteer Promise, is moving and beautifully written. very young, which I greatly enjoy.” Peter with a combined riverboat cruise through sawyer in Idaho, Gordon Moog and wife Peggy was my freshman year roommate also sees Bruce Marshall regularly and France and five days in Switzerland. He Bev worked on a forest restoration project. and I had no idea of the troubles that her describes him as a seasoned traveler and heaps praise on the cruise, saying they Then it was on to an archeological dig at family had endured. I love you, Peg. I was fisherman. Peter’s daughter, of whom he is would go again “in a heartbeat.” He put his the site of a Boeing B-17 bomber. Ski patrol also moved by the essay by Carl Glickman very proud, recently won a silver and four house in Olympia, Wash., on the market first responder and chairlift evacuation ’68 in the summer 2010 issue of Colby. bronze medals at the national dragon boat and bought a condo in Edmonds, Wash., training is next. As he says, “This retire- It reminded me of how much Dr. Todrank races in Chattanooga. Y Ed Kyle traveled which he describes as “like living in an ment is really tough!” Y Jane Melanson has influenced my life, and I’m sure that to Yosemite Park to do some backpack- arboretum.” It’s a wonderful walking town Dahmen had a wonderful show, Through he and his classes have done the same ing with Bill Chase. He says “the Colby with views of the Olympic Mountains, Puget the Trees, at the Gleason Gallery in Port- for many of you.” Outing Club is a great teacher!” He also Sound, ferries, cruise ships, etc. Gerry has land, Maine. I had the pleasure of seeing it relates a trip in September 2009 to canoe talked to Joyce Dignam Flynn, another and was bowled over by the sheer beauty the Allagash with Bill and others and to Washingtonian, as he makes his calls in of the large landscapes. She sent photos 1964 climb North Brother, close to Mt. Katahdin. the class gift effort. Y Sharon Gear Drake of the opening that included several Colby Sara Shaw Rhoades “Great adventure,” says Ed. Y Joanne reports that “all goes very well with life classmates: Cate Camp Lund ’64, Anne [email protected] Herbold Clarey invites all of us to visit in Bath, Maine.” Her real estate company Ticknor McNeece ’62, Louise Melanson Jim Harris: After 38 years in the book her on Facebook. Y Ceylon Barclay writes: had a terrific year. “Waterfront is still sell- Belknap ’65, and Bonnie Brown Potter. business as a bookstore owner and sales “After a 27-year hiatus, I rejoined the Colby ing!” Sharon is vice president of Maine’s Y Jean Eielson Bridgeman is recovering rep, I let my colleagues know that in June Eight in early June to croon old tunes with First Ship, an organization dedicated to from back surgery, where eight vertebrae I’ll retire. Madie and I just returned from 14 guys I hadn’t seen since ’83 and in wooden shipbuilding, and recently she were fused! Recovery is long, but she and my final regional booksellers trade show, some cases since ’62.” He and his wife, helped launch a “shallop,” or small boat, husband Jim ’62 are hikers and skiers and at the end of which I was presented with a Irina, traveled to the Czech Republic last built by Morse High School summer school hope to be back in form. They moved from very large chocolate cake shared by many summer. Y Brenda Lewison writes from students as the tender to the ship Virginia. Utah to Mesa, Ariz. Jean’s quite a Facebook friends in the business. I have one more Ohio, where she laments that her “silence Y Doug and Gail Macomber Cheeseman aficionada, thanks to her grandchildren! show in February in Seattle. Then one last and solitude are under assault” by a crew will lead their first safari to Ethiopia this Y Judy Thompson Chandler spent last “farewell” tour to visit my customers that of painters. Her husband, Bill Blunden, January, and their 40th (!) to Tanzania and year recovering from a mastectomy and will take place in segments between now still works as an architect and loves it. Kenya in February and March as owners of enduring the effects of chemotherapy. and June. Madie and I plan a trip next In September they visited the cabin in Cheesemans’ Ecology Safaris in Saratoga, She retired as a consultant and adjunct October to Israel and France for about a

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month. Y Joyce Arnold Kottra: I retired returning members included Ben Beaver, outstandingly beautiful and peaceful. Y com. Y Here’s Mary Sue Hilton Weeks’s from my job as a school principal in ’99 Gardner Gray, and Cy Ludwig ’63, a guiding HAIL, COLBY, HAIL! list of classmates she wants to see at and worked for a few more years at the force of the Eight. It was great fun to have our 45th reunion (June 2-5): Paula Mc Chicago Children’s Museum on Navy Pier them stay and reminisce.* Jean Martin Namara, Lou Friedler, Paul Colcher, Bill and then became an “innsitter” (taking Fowler and I remind you that our 50th is 1966 Koster, Jerry and Deedee Wilson Van care of B&Bs for absent innkeepers) and June 5-8, 2014! Meg Fallon Wheeler Atta, Bass Kligerman, Lee Oestreicher, traveling geography teacher before settling [email protected] Larry Angelo, Bill Doll, Alicia Young down in a new home with retired coach and Ginny Grelotti Connolly loves time with her Turner, and Greg Chabot – “and many teacher Pete Kottra. We keep up a busy 1965 four children, their spouses, and her eight others …. Where’s John Tara anyway? I schedule of travel, golf, gardening, and Dick Bankart grandchildren. She had another “cousins’ know these are mostly men, but I generally volunteer work as well as staying in touch [email protected] trip to Europe” This year’s trip was two see my Colby women friends!” DO NOT with our five kids, 13 grandkids, and one Long lost, but not forgotten. Sheila Web- weeks in France—Paris, a river cruise into disappoint Mary Sue! Y Terry Saunders great-grandchild. As a Rotarian, I’m in the ster Mooney is alive, happy, and busy in Provence, and the French Riviera—plus Lane’s news continues from past reports: middle of developing and supporting a new Rhode Island. She left Colby after three lots of shared memories of the cousins’ “Still working, still babysitting for two program called Literacy For Life providing years and later earned a B.A. and an M.A. growing up together. Ginny has no plans grandchildren, still traveling, still trying free monthly programs on language, math, at the University of Rhode Island. She to retire yet. She’s involved with planning to figure out what to do when I grow up.” economic, environmental, and technology worked for Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical her high school 50th reunion. Y Another Y Bill Koster and his wife, Ginger, are literacy. Who said retirement would be Center in public relations and marketing European traveler, Pam Harris Holden, retired and living in Boston. They’re owners “lazy days?” Y Ike Balbus: After 41 years and later in the same field for two law had 25 days in Germany this fall, so she of a tugboat, which they cruise between of university teaching, the last 34 at the firms. Health problems prompted her can now start planning for her next bucket Boston and Long Island. Bill returned to University of Illinois at Chicago, I officially to refocus in a new home-based career list destination: Eastern Europe in the fall academia this summer as guest of Colby retired August 15. I say “officially” because marketing watercolor note cards on the of 2012. Y Alaska was the destination of Assistant Professor of Chemistry Kevin I will continue to teach there part time, Internet. She continues to paint and choice for Anne Ruggles Gere and family Rice ’96 to attend the third annual Colby at least for the next few years. Y Charlie enjoys photography. She wrote a book, A last summer, the highlight of which was Undergraduate Summer Research Retreat Angell: I’m still teaching and advising in Vexation of the Spirit, about the effects several days inside Denali National Park. in The Forks, Maine. He was awed by the my 42nd year at what is now Bridgewater of chronic illness on mind and spirit. She Y Iowan Rick Zimmermann reported on sophistication of the Colby students. This State University. I don’t—most days—feel and David have three children and seven his newest family member, a wire-haired fall Bill returned to Colby for orientation like retiring, and so far no one’s told me grandchildren. Y Jane Patterson Paxton pointing Griffon, “the ultimate hunting as a new Colby overseer. A bonus was I’ve worn out my welcome. Leslie and I checked in from Hallowell, Maine. She has pet.” Rick’s only “bucket talk” was an reconnecting after 46 years with new travel frequently to Damariscotta to visit retired from teaching and now works part upcoming scoping of his knees, between trustee John McClain ’69, an Alpha Delt our son and beautiful granddaughter. time for the local hospital in their wellness hunting and spring skiing season. The fraternity brother. Y It would mean a lot I spend considerable time on my deck program writing three newsletters. Last children and grandchildren are fine, and, to Len Nelson of Tequesta, Fla., to hear watching the world go by, often with a summer she and Bryan Harrison Curd despite working too hard and bemoaning from classmates as he fights continuing glass of wine. It’s said that wine gladdens and Pam Harris Holden’66—widow of the lack of a men’s soccer team nearby, he illness and the accompanying feelings of the heart, in which case my heart is in a Randy—gathered at Pam’s East Blue Hill reports that life is good. Y That is echoed isolation. E-mail him at nelsonlen@rocket- state of perpetual rapture. Y Phil Choate: cottage for lobsters. Jane also had a visit by Terry Eagle, who writes, “Our lives have mail.com or phone him at 561-746-3568. We returned to our home in NC for the from Bill and Shirlee Clark Neil. They been seriously changed by a 14-month-old Show your true Colby colors, classmates. winter after spending the summer at our pored over our class Faces and Places, grandson in NYC and a nine-month-old We’re thinking of you, Lennie. camp in Maine. We had loads of company and “we had great fun reminiscing.” … granddaughter in CA. Wonderful how life including children and grandchildren from This is a popular activity. Y John Tewhey gets better and better.” Y Life has been NC and Germany. Our son recently retired and Gloria, Jay Gronlund and May-Lis quite a journey for Barbie Wise Lynch, 1967 from the USAF (you know you are getting “shared a weekend of nostalgia and fun” who reports that her divorce is now final Bob Gracia old when your children retire). Our good at Rick Davis’s summer home on Cape after a 10-year separation, she’s doing Judy Gerrie Heine news is that, after two years in Turkey and Cod last August. Jay continues to travel fine after a rather virulent form of breast [email protected] eight in Germany, our son and his family the world as a consultant in international cancer several years ago, and she’s still While I was mowing my lawn for the last are relocating to Colorado Springs. We marketing and brand development. He’s enjoying her work as a real estate broker. time this season, Fred Hopengarten was expect we’ll be making frequent trips out been teaching a course on brand devel- Her grandson Charlie is a huge plus in her engaged in a most worthy enterprise: he west. Maybe I unloaded my skis a little too opment at NYU since 1999. He recently life, as will be his little brother, who was became a member of the bar of the U.S. soon? In short, we are happy, healthy, and had a family gathering in Norway, where due in late December. Charlie and family Supreme Court. Fred had a photo of him enjoying life. Now if I could only correct my he went hiking in the mountains with his live just five minutes away from Barbie in and Justice Samuel Alito at www.anten- golf slice, life would be perfect. Y Marcia cousins. Jay also had dinner with Peter Concord, Mass. Y Ed Mowry’s Peruvian nazoning.com. Impressive, and he still Phillips Sheldon: I’ve been coping with Cross, who is still at Columbia University adventure on an Amazon river boat and found time to return to Boston and attend shoulder surgery recovery, but have gone doing research as an epidemiologist. Y exploration of the Sacred Valley and Colby’s October campaign celebration. Y back to tutoring middle school students, David Hatch is “fully retired” in Venice, Machu Picchu was a highlight of 2010 for Sandy Miller is still madly making and which keeps me really busy. Y Don Short: Fla. Y Update! Last August Virgil Hervey’s him. He’s working for several veterinarian selling her creations in her store when Had a great time last year at wife Lynn’s one-act play, Parking Spaces, won “crowd practices throughout California, with an she is not visiting her grandchildren and (Smith ’65) 45th reunion. Harry Kowal ’65 favorite category,” which carried a $100 emphasis on emergency medicine, enjoy- her parents, 92 and 94. Y Eric Meindl and Texan Lew Krinsky ’65 expressed a prize. It was one of 16 plays selected from ing his Kindle and iPad while on the road. spent most of his summer on road trips strong desire to join the ever-present Jim 90-plus submissions in a 10-minute play Goal for early 2011? Forty days of skiing all over the country, covering about 7,000 “Lemon” Morang at our 50th. All three are festival in Yellow Springs, Ohio. Y Your at Mammoth Mountain. Y Congratula- miles. Included in his travels was a trip to leaders involved in reunion and class giving correspondent just returned from three tions to Barry Willdorf on the release his home in Mississippi and visits to the activities. A highlight of the class dinner weeks driving around five of the nine Azore of his historical novel, The Flight of the spectacular scenery of Colorado. He also was not only performances by the After islands and Madeira. These volcanic origin Sorceress, an e-book. Read more about found time to visit old friend Ed Scherer. Eight but also the “Eight” of old, whose 15 islands, a time zone west of Portugal, are it at Barry’s website, www.agauchepress. Y Nick Hadgis also had on his traveling

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[email protected] 42 12/22/10 3:40 PM shoes as he was in Amsterdam, where who drove over from Greenwich, N.Y. Y We great summer here in Colorado that I didn’t of Fame. Norman was inducted in July he continues to expand the study-abroad want to thank all of you who wrote and want it to end. I notified the principal at the at an exciting event in Portland with 50 program for Widener University. Ed is dean kept us posted. Best to you all. middle school where I have worked for 10 members of his family, including his wife, of the school of hospitality management years that I was going to retire and devote Priscilla (Hathorn ’42), and his brother, and hopes to see more Colby graduates my life to photography and fly-fishing full Arthur White ’52. Y Bill Lyons is back at coming into the field of global tourism. Y 1968 time. Contributions are gladly accepted the University of Nebraska and looked Jean Howard Bleyle enjoyed a reunion Peter Jost in the form of cash and dinner invitations. forward to spending two weeks in Maine with Diana Weatherby and Elaine Dignam [email protected] Paula Van Meter, Bob Hughes, and Phil at the end of December. From January to Meyrial at her camp on Clearwater Lake Jann Semonian Czarnetzki writes: “My Merrill are alive and doing well, too, by the May he will teach at Boston College Law near Farmington, Maine. Diane is retired husband, Gerry, and I just returned from way.” Y Phil Merrill moved to Brookline, School. Y Kristen Kreamer says that with from the Department of Defense and Nova Scotia, where we visited Ron and Mass., to be close to wife Barbara’s work, a 17- and 20-year-old who are still work- lives near Washington, D.C. Elaine lives Brenda Cornfield Roberts. They own a the Mentor Network. His son, Nicholas ing their way through school, she expects in Providence, R.I., and teaches English wonderful antique shop in Indian Harbor. ’14, is a freshman at Colby. That makes she may never be able to retire! As of to foreign students on a volunteer basis. While I was there she got in contact with him a fourth-generation Colbian. His this fall she was in the process of selling When not by the shores of Clearwater Lake, John Bubar, who teaches at UMaine maternal great-grandmother, maternal her house in the suburbs and planning Jean and her husband, John, live in Athens, Presque Isle. He continues his yearly grandmother, and dad all preceded him. Y to move back into Philadelphia. Kristen Ga. Y Lee Potter has retired! That is big sojourn to Givourney, France, to work in Jane Finkeldey Stephenson retired after works as a nurse practitioner in thoracic news, at least to Linda (Mitchell ’66). For Monet’s garden. Brenda also contacted 38 years as a medical social worker at oncology at Fox Chase Cancer Center in the past 15 years, Lee has been working Bill Soller, a health science professor of Dartmouth-Hitchcock. She writes: “Gregg Philadelphia and says, “Thank God for at MassMutual in Springfield, Mass., and pharmacy at University of California, San Crawford and Donna Massey ’69 were useful and rewarding work! It keeps me commuting home for weekends in Vermont. Francisco. After Colby he got his Ph.D. here for our annual Big Chill fall weekend. sane!” Y As for my wife, Pam, and me, When Lee bid farewell to MassMutual, the at Cornell and worked to spearhead Dana Heikes was supposed to fly in from we’ve now fully retired to Maine and are company surprised him by bringing his efforts to get aspirin therapy accepted Charleston, S.C., but had to cancel. We busy with home renovations and keep- sons, Ben and Drum, to the party. Now by the government. On the way home also spent a summer weekend with Jean ing up with children and grandchildren. that he is settled in Vermont, Lee will work we stayed with Jane Morrison Bubar at (Peterson ’69) and Chris Balsley and Chris Although I hope to continue doing some on perfecting his skiing and becoming her picturesque mountainside home in and Bob Goldstein ’67. We all loved the consulting work from time to time, it’s an expert handyman. I can hear This Old Dixfield, Maine, and visited her son and article by Carl Glickman in the last Colby nice to slow down and have time to do House calling his name. Some things don’t daughter-in-law, Joshua ’93 and Beth magazine and remember their sunrise many of the things we have talked about change, even when you’re old enough to Cronin Bubar ’93, and their three kids in wedding on the pond.” The Stephensons doing for years. This past June we spent receive Medicare—and that is good. Y Tim Turner. When we returned we visited Clarke planned to see John ’66 and Linda Brooks two weeks in Alaska and British Columbia, Crowell and his wife, Pat, will be climbing and Cathie Smith Keenan on Martha’s Perkins while in Maine last fall. Y In mid enjoying the northwest and visiting our all 46 major Adirondack peaks by the end Vineyard. Cathie is a master gardener and October Mary Jo Baur and Steve Campbell daughter, Melissa ’99, and her family. Y of the year. Y Dave Chait has decided to their backyard is spectacular (so is their spent a lovely afternoon in LA with Phil Have a wonderful winter! I hope to hear forgo retirement and continues to work as Westwood, Mass. backyard hillscape). At and Hethie Shores Parmesano. After a from many of you for the spring edition! an ENT physician at Boy’s Town National the Keenan’s we caught up with Katrina wonderful lunch, they toured the city and Hospital in Omaha. He also took his third Noyes ’03 and Justin Ossolinski ’03. then went back to San Diego to finish a surgical mission to the Dominican Republic Katrina is on her way to Jordan to work two-week stay with Mary Jo’s daughter, 1970 and offered his services to more than 100 with the Queen Noor Foundation, and Christine. Y Rick Moriarty works at UMass Libby Brown Strough children in Santiago. Dave is considering Justin, who works for the Woods Hole Medical School doing a mix of pediatric [email protected] slowing down next year and moving to Oceanographic Institute, is going to the primary care, infectious disease, and I recently caught up with Alfred (Buz) Mexico City. He would love to hear from Red Sea to dive on some coral reefs to get travel medicine. He’s traveled to Liberia Brown, who now lives in Boulder, Colo., Gerry Marcus, so if you read this Gerry, core samples. Otto Wielan ’69 contacted twice in the last two years to help the with his wife, Martha. Buz is the CEO send an e-mail to the alumni office and me from his summer getaway in Santa Fe, Liberian government hospital in Monrovia and chairman of ION Engineering, where they will get you in touch with Dave. Y where we have joined him the past two restart their pediatric training program, they are scaling up technology to remove Caroline Kresky continues her work as a years. He is a big opera buff who loves which was devastated by their long civil carbon dioxide from power plant emis- litigation partner for a national law firm Santa Fe’s outdoor venue.” Y Ken Young war. Going from a top-tier hospital like sions and other industrial processes. based in South Carolina and intends to reports: “I’m working with Roger Woolsey, UMass to a hospital where there are few Appropriately, ION recently received an do so for the foreseeable future. Caroline Colby Career Center director, developing resources is a real shock. Rich reports that award for the Boulder Big Idea Company comes to New England, as her firm has the Colby Entrepreneurial Alliance and its the Liberian medical students and nurses of the Year. As Buz relates, “solving big expanded the Boston office. Last summer partner, the Kennebec Valley Entrepre- are determined to learn and motivated problems like greenhouse gas reduction she attended Colby Alumni College. Y Judy neurial Network. These programs focus to improve the quality of the care they takes big solutions and big efforts.” Both Gerrie Heine and Kathy Denehy Lewis met on ramping up entrepreneurial training, can deliver. of Buz and Martha’s sons, Nate, 28, and for lunch at a midway point between Kathy skills building, and experiential learning in Ned, 21, live in Boulder but only show up in Mont Vernon, N.H., and Judy in Medfield, the Kennebec Valley in ways that connect for occasional dinners. Nate is doing his Mass. They are both ADPi sorority sisters Colby students and others with entrepre- 1969 own start-up based on wound healing and were roommates when they moved neurs. Saw Steve Ford and Mary several Ray Gerbi technology he developed in the chemical to Hartford for their first jobs after Colby. times this summer. Their daughter, Millie, [email protected] engineering department at the University They hadn’t met for quite a while because lives down the street from us. Sarah Young Cheryl Stitham White has retired after 40 of Colorado (CU) and Ned is a junior Kathy, like many others, was busy taking returned from 30-plus months as a Peace years as an educator in southern Maine at CU. Martha is continuing her bronze care of her mother. Since her mom passed Corps volunteer in Zambia. She and her and is pleased to announce that she has sculpture activities. While still working away this summer, Kathy has had more mother, Anne, vacationed in the Western a new grandchild. Cheryl spent time last hard, Buz and family find time to take time to catch up with friends, including Cape Province of South Africa prior to winter putting together a nomination advantage of the Colorado environment: a nice day in Marlboro, N.H., with Judy reentry. Sarah starts graduate school in packet for her father-in-law, Norman cycling, hiking, fly fishing, and skiing. He Greer deForest and Charlotte Killam, September. Y John Morgan: “Had such a White ’50, for the Maine Baseball Hall even plans to enter a few skate ski races

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this winter. Y Next quarter I hope to hear As you may remember, Sally was one of diploma course so that she will have a on Cape Cod in the geology and geophys- from more classmates. Tell me about your the thousands adversely affected by Hur- second career. Y My best wishes to the ics department. He does science support holidays, winter vacations, and any other ricane Katrina, and she’s found catharsis Class of 1972 for a wonderful 2011! on the Coast Guard icebreaker Healy. For news that you would like to share with the in writing this memoir to good reviews. She the last five years he has spent has two to Class of 1970. includes a short Colby memory in her book, four months in the Bering Sea in the spring and Sue Farwell Philson makes a cameo 1973 and the Arctic in the summer. The Bering appearance. She and numerous others are Carol Chalker Sea with ice on it has an amazing bird and 1971 making plans for our 40th reunion. (So, [email protected] animal population that is great to watch, Ann E. Miller you see? You don’t want to miss anything Not much news to report this time—every- not to mention the fun of just being in the [email protected] by not coming, right?) Y Jerome Layman one must have had a busy fall. Y It was ice in 30 below temperatures. The Arctic WHAT? Our 40th class reunion? This June? has moved from Pembroke, Mass., to a treat to hear from Dean Eaton with his is less imposing, but even in his limited June 2-5? How can this be? Who’s been Sandwich, Mass., and now enjoys life on “first contribution ever!” After 18 years in time there he has noticed that there is counting these years as they’ve rolled by? the Cape. Y As he endures the ongoing business, Dean has relocated his kitchen less and less ice. He notes that it is very (There must be some mistake.) You must anxiety of his son’s college application store to downtown Keene, N.H. Dean sad to see this wonderful world slowly consider coming to reunion—you never process, Bill Hladky is perceiving maturity recently completed a renovation of an disintegrating. Tom ran into Ann Richards know how many more we might have left to as an evolution of perceptions, a process old Kresge’s department store back to the last fall on their local bike path while she attend! At least consider making a dona- or work in progress rather than a state 1920s tin ceiling and hardwood floors and was out rollerblading after work. Y Dave tion to our class gift, about which you will of being. Good luck, Bill, and Jacob, is now the largest independently owned and Laurie Thompson Lee live in East hear more from Frank Apantaku. Y Mike his son. Y Jon Stone, who is expecting kitchen store in New England. He invites Winthrop, Maine, with their menagerie of “Ralph” Round sends greetings from Ket- another granddaughter in January, said he everyone to take a tour of Your Kitchen three dogs, one cat, and three horses— chikan, Alaska, where he’s the assistant played in a senior softball championship Store at www.yourkitchenstore.com or in only one of which is actually Laurie’s. She general manager for Southern Southeast in Florida but came in second. Senior? Y person. On a personal note, his wife, Carol, loves to ride and is a foster parent for the Regional Aquaculture Association (www. Life continues to be busy for me as my is doing well as she awaits her third kidney Curly Horse Rescue (www.curlyrescue. ssraa.org). He’s also on the board of local a cappella group’s concert season transplant. We wish you well, Dean. Y Lisa com). She enjoys spending summers at Oceans Alaska (www.oceansalaska.org), begins. Although we rehearse year round, Kehler Bubar spoke to Dean recently. (Lisa their cottage on Cobbosseecontee Lake, which recently hosted its first ever Alaska we have a very busy fall and holiday and husband/chef Jim ’72 have a most just a few miles down the road. Laurie has Shellfish Festival to try to jumpstart a season with gigs all over Massachusetts. impressive kitchen in their new home!) Lisa had a rough year, with hip replacement shellfish industry for coastal Alaskan I continue to be involved with the Yale looked forward to a trip to Venice, Italy, in surgery as well as a broken right fibula communities. Mike recently returned to NH Alumni Chorus Foundation board as well. November with friend Nina Tilander, former and all the hassle that comes with that. for a reunion with his siblings (including So music keeps me happy along with the Colby director of annual giving. Lisa was She was diagnosed with MS in 1988, Nancy Round Haley ’72), all of whom are administrative duties that accompany it. especially excited about visiting the island but is holding steady and attributes her eligible for AARP membership now. (Aren’t Come to reunion! of Murano, where Venetian art glass has ability to remain active to her work with we all?) Mike contacted Dave Nelson and been produced for hundreds of years. She horses. As many of us remember, Laurie Janet Beals in Vail, Colo., to see about has become a very talented craftsperson is an extremely energetic and enthusiastic getting his itinerant son a “ski bum” job 1972 in her retirement and makes a line of person and still greets each day with a for the winter. Y Getting together with the Nancy Round Haley beautiful glass beads from her home. Lisa smile and her usual zest for life. Y Tom usual crowd in August, Leslie Anderson [email protected] shows her bead creations at craft fairs in Lizotte has been elected incoming chair writes that Debbie Messer Zlatin, Pat Kathy O’Dell spent Memorial Day week- New England. Y My request for informa- of the board of directors for the Maine Trow Parent, Mary Jukes Howard, Karen end in Juneau, Alaska, with Aja Razumny tion about our “Colby Dogs” Mojo and Humanities Council. He begins a two-year Hoerner Neel, and Jan Blatchford Gordon (formerly Julie Pfrangle) and two other Olga resulted in an interesting exchange term in 2011, thereby, in his words, “prov- welcomed Sue Farwell Philson into the friends to mark the shared event of of information. Karen Bennett ’74 wrote ing that even English majors can make fold this time. Leslie also did a painting turning 60 in 2010. They celebrated by with a correction. She says that Olga was a positive contribution to society.” The commission for Pam Harris Holden ’66 hiking, whale watching (successfully), John Halpin’s dog, Mojo was Jack Fine’s Maine Humanities Council, a statewide and encountered a bunch of Pam’s Colby and drinking Alaskan beer. Y Joy Bemak dog, and Stuart Wolfe’s dog was named nonprofit, enriches the lives of people friends, all Class of ’66. Six degrees of Hanes is amazed that we’re 60 now. She’s Jake. I received a message from Susan in Maine through literature, history, phi- Colby separation? Y Mary Owen was with back in school taking appraisal studies Gunning Zachos ’74, who verified Karen’s losophy, and culture. Lizotte has been a us at Colby for only a year and a half but classes to become a certified appraiser information and added yet another dog to member of the council’s board since 2005. would welcome contact from roommates for personal property, mostly in antiques the mix: her Greta, who was great friends He has also served as a representative and friends. She lives in Seattle and is an and decorative art. She has recently been with Mojo. Both Mojo and Olga were half on Maine’s Cultural Affairs Council. Tom internist who does volunteer medicine in in touch with Bob Britton ’71, as well as St. Bernard and half Lab, and Jake was resides in the Dover-Foxcroft area and Uganda with victims of the Congolese civil other more senior classmates. “Facebook “mostly lab.” My next question to Sue is is director of marketing development at war. Mary also works with underserved is truly amazing! The antiques business who was the father of the puppies (Olga’s?) Mayo Hospital. Y Rob Burgess shared an coastal tribes in Washington State. You seems to be going forward, despite the that lived in the basement of Lambda Chi? incredible story of his brush with death, a can reach her at [email protected]. economy; I guess people will never stop Was it Jake or Mojo? I leave you all with la Natasha Richardson, but with a much Y Ken Didsbury was promoted to assis- needing to be surrounded with beautiful that to ponder. Looking forward to more better outcome. He wrote: “Watch those tant head of school for academics at the objects.” Y Carolyn “Lindy” Dewey lives in news in the spring. head bangs as something bad may be Benjamin School in Palm Beach Gardens, Whitefish. Mont., next to the crown jewel of brewing. After canoeing the St. John with Fla. He and his wife bought a house in the continent, Glacier National Park. She my son, Ian, Steve Collins, and Chet Scarborough, Maine, where they spend has created a lifestyle there with lots of 1974 Hickox last May, as we were loading up part of each summer. Ken is working with outdoor activities and is growing within Vicki Parker Kozak the truck to head home, I inadvertently Bill Anthony to get some classmates to a community of health-minded friends. Jill Gilpatrick Richard banged the side of my head into the bow Florida for a weekend of saltwater fishing. Y At the end of November Nancy Capers [email protected] of one of the cinched-down canoes. It Y A Katrina memoir, Leaving New Orleans: Mellen retired from 30 years of teaching Vicki was delighted to hear from fellow hurt, but I thought no more of it. Five An Unsettling Tale, written by Sally Cole eighth grade English. 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[email protected] 44 12/22/10 3:40 PM Within one week last summer, Sue Conant Jenn Mizen ’08, one of Di’s former youth Cook and her family returned from a trip group members. Mark and Di’s son, Josh, 70s newsmakers to Africa, Jim ’78 and Sue celebrated their was living at home and working as a bike 25th wedding anniversary, daughter Emily mechanic. Meanwhile, Di was hoping to Art teacher Molly Carroll Mains ’70 was named Maine ’11 celebrated her 21st birthday, and spend some time with her roommate Toby Art Educator of the Year for her dedication and service son David turned 18! The family visited Bobbitt. Y Across the country Irl “Bucky” to art education, according to the Maine Art Education Jim’s sister in Rustenburg, South Africa, Marshall and his wife, Tracy, moved to Association. Mains has taught at Lake Region Middle and Claud and Kate Makumbe P’02 in Cave Creek, Ariz., where they are Realty School for 35 years, where she “challenges students Bulowayo, Zimbabwe. Sue said there Executives real estate agents. Bucky is still to think about their work and use their minds in original and inventive ways.” A visual artist, Mains also conducts were so many opportunities for a local president of Satellite Broadcasting, Inc., a community workshops, coordinates shows, and exhibits experience in addition to animal safaris satellite transmission services brokerage her own work around the state. F Canada’s Princess and viewing Victoria Falls. Y Mike ’76 and he founded in 1984. He writes, “Too many Margaret Hospital Foundation selected John Bowey ’71 Mary Bastron Harper built a vacation cold winters in Maine and living at 10,000 its new board chair. Prior to his May 2010 retirement as home four years ago on Lake Okoboji in feet in Colorado has necessitated a move chairman of Deloitte & Touche in Canada, Bowey was a Iowa. Last summer Mary spent a morning to warmer climes.” Y Lydia McAnerney is Lee Johnson ’79 member of Deloitte’s global board as well as its global with Deb Wathen Finn ’74 when Deb was in at a new juncture since both children have governance committee and audit committee. F The Council for the Advancement and the area attending a wedding. In October graduated from high school. Her eldest is Support of Education and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching Mary and Mike traveled to Austin for their a sophomore at Augsburg College in Min- named Fairfield (Conn.) University Professor of English Betsy A. Bowen ’76 the 2010 oldest daughter’s wedding. Y Last August neapolis, and her youngest is taking a gap Connecticut Professor of the Year. Bowen, called “an excellent classroom instructor,” Lt. Col. [USMC Ret.] Pete Coz joined the year before attending Clark University in has been teaching at Fairfield since 1988 and is one of the vanguards in the service board of directors of the Cold War Air Massachusetts next fall. Lydia continues learning movement there. An advocate for increasing literacy opportunities, Bowen is Museum near Dallas. The museum is a to work in enrollment and development at also associate director of the Connecticut Writing Project. F Ice hockey all-star Lee nonprofit dedicated to the restoration and Great River School, a Montessori/IB junior Johnson ’79 was inducted into the Massachusetts Hockey Hall of Fame. Johnson is maintenance of Cold War-era aircraft with and senior high school in Minnesota. She deemed “one of the pioneers of women’s hockey on the North Shore” and played for the a special emphasis on aircraft flown by the feels so lucky to work with great people at then newly formed Massport Jets in high school. At Colby she was a four-year starter, former Soviet Union. Pete works on and a unique charter school. Y Harry Nelson a tri-captain, and the first woman to have her hockey number retired. flies rotary-winged aircraft and is one of filled me in on a great ad hoc reunion the few in the U.S. to hold a civilian rating in southern Maine last September—the milestones in the Mi-24 Hind helicopter. Y As for me, remnant of a gathering for a charitable golf Deaths: Brian L. Peterson ’72, Sept. 14, 2010, in Peabody, Mass., at 60. F Abbie I always enjoy visiting quilt shops in my tournament that honored Dan Mallove’s Browning Moos ’74, May 13, 2009, in Philomath, Ore., at 58. F Bruce D. McClellan travels, and last April my daughter met father. About 16 alumni gathered to enjoy ’78, Oct. 5, 2010, in Springfield, Mass., at 55. F Sean S. Smith ’79, Oct. 18, 2010, me in Paducah, Ky., where we attended a a hike at the Morse Mountain Preserve to in Littleton, Colo., at 52. large quilt show. Paducah is a neat, little Sewall Beach, followed by a fun dinner town! Hopefully, next time around Laurie at the home of Mike Boyson and Nancy and I both will hear from many more of Grant. A closely contested three-team combination of the trauma and a regime Maine. The Patrick Dempsey Foundation you—we’ll make you sound interesting, golf scramble soon followed at Belgrade of baby aspirin must have allowed a small raises money in support of the Dempsey even if you don’t think you are! Lakes Golf Club, with the winning team bleed to continue to the point at which it Center for Cancer Hope and Healing. comprising Gary Thornberg, Rick Clunie, had become near fatal. Astute observa- Charlie hopes that places like the Dempsey Mike, and … well, of course, Harry himself! tion by my wife (a nurse) forced me in for Center can make a difference for all of us 1976 Harry sent a photo of some of the group, a CT scan that found the ticking bomb. who have lost friends and family to cancer. Robert Weinstein which I will try to post on our Facebook So be careful out there (ahem, ‘at our On the upside, Charlie is ready to relive his [email protected] group. That’s right—our class now has age’), as a bad bang on the head could youth when he retires in 2011. He recently Hi everyone! As you work your way through an official Facebook group. If you’re a lead to problems! Other than that, and purchased a red, mostly restored, 1968 the remainder of winter, remember our Facebook member, join Colby College having a month recovery sabbatical, I’m MGB, similar to one he had when he was 35th reunion is just around the corner. Class of 1976, where you can exchange still happily employed as an SVP heading 21 and in the Navy. Y Dan Alexander Meanwhile, let’s start with news left over class news, post and see others’ photos, special assets at Bangor Savings Bank in had a blast doing the East Coast college from last quarter. Y Hank Osborne works and learn about our upcoming reunion. It’s Portland, and as George Burns used to tour with his daughter, Caroline. He was for a large New England-based nonprofit our turn for reunion: our 35th, coming up say, ‘just glad to be here!’” astounded at how different things are from doing PR and marketing communications. June 2-5. Make your plans now to be in our college days. He tries to refrain from His two sons are rapidly approaching six Waterville for a fun and nostalgia-packed saying kids today are more pampered, and feet and likely to pass Hank (at 6’ 3”) soon. weekend. If you can help with planning and 1975 Dan feels that we definitely enjoyed lots Both play lacrosse. Hank notes that, with publicity, please contact Paul Boghossian Laurie Fitts Loosigian more freedom. Last summer his family California, Florida, and New Hampshire as at [email protected]. Also start Susie Gearhart Wuest took a wonderful trip to Italy. Y Carol evidence, he has proven that he can kill sending in your reunion gifts to the Colby [email protected] Majdalany Williams enjoyed getting a perfectly healthy lawn in under a year. Fund. And continue to send me news. Best Serving as columnist for this quarter brings together with former roommate Lynnie He’s been playing guitar onstage more and wishes to you all! back memories of when I, Susie Gearhart Bruce on Orr’s Island, where they shared more with whatever assortment of bass, Wuest, was your class correspondent in laughs, good food, and, of course, each guitar, sax, or violin that shows up at the the early 1990s and the days of the elec- other’s company. Other than that, Carol is local Concord, N.H., clubs. Y Mark and 1977 tric typewriter. Word processing should doing much the same as she always does Diane Lockwood Wendorf have been back Kevin Farnham make writing this column a breeze! Y In ... “lots of daily routines that nobody wants in Maine for two years. Diane is adjusting [email protected] October Charlie LeRoyer and Dan Sexton to read about because they’re probably to small-church life in lake country—San- Alan Taylor reports that his latest book, participated in a 50-mile bike ride for the doing the same things!” If anyone is ever ford—and Mark is serving a church in The Civil War of 1812: American Citizens, Dempsey Challenge on a beautiful autumn in Litchfield County, Conn., actually in North Yarmouth. Last August Diane had British Subjects, Irish Rebels, and Indian day through the hills around Lewiston, Litchfield itself, be sure to look her up. Y planned to officiate at the wedding of Allies, was published in October. Y Howard

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Ellis is in his 26th year of special educa- tion teaching, which involves working with middle school students who have an Care Package | Marcia M. Gomez ’79. M.D. emotional disabilities. Since 1993 he’s worked for the Lewiston school depart- For Marcia Gomez ’79, M.D., working as senior ment. Howard loves his job, despite the advisor on migrant health at the Office of Minority challenges. He has two children and has and Special Populations in the U.S. Department of lived in Maine for more than 17 years. Y Health and Human Services is a natural fit. Born Beth Shinn just finished a Ph.D. program in and raised in the Dominican Republic, Gomez has early medieval history at the University of a deeply personal connection to and passion for Edinburgh, Scotland. She’s teaching part her work. time while seeking a full-time position in A Spanish major with an avid interest in medi- history or religious studies. Y Jeff Sand- cine while at Colby, Gomez worked for three years erson, Gary Newton ’72, Awetu Simesso, with the Department of Health in New York City and Pam Landry Teichman got together in special services for childen. She then went to recently in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (see photo in the Alumni at Large section of the medical school abroad, with her last two years of fall issue of Colby). Y It took an old friend rotations in Chicago. After medical school, she did from Dana Hall being class correspondent research at the University of Illinois-Chicago, and to induce Richard Clampitt to send in did work connecting refugee and immigrant fami- way I can, through care and support.” She says her his first-ever class news contribution. lies with medical services in Chicago. personal connection to the communities she works Rich and his wife, Rachel Hurst (Pomona Much of Gomez’s research centered on disenfran- with makes her job all the more fulfilling. ’79 but attended a semester at Colby in chised communities with medically disadvantaged Gomez says Colby is one community for which the fall of ’76), took their annual Maine populations, including those at high risk for AIDS, she is particularly thankful. She was pleasantly vacation at Christmas Cove over the July especially among ethnic minorities. Her subsequent surprised during a recent visit to campus by the 4th weekend. It’s a big trip, too, since Rich work in the HIV/AIDS bureau of the federal Health tremendous growth Colby has seen in recent years, lives in San Diego (going on 30 years now). Resources and Services Administration made her re- she said. As a student of color while at Colby, Gomez After graduating with a law degree from sponsible for funds and programs providing services is especially impressed by the College’s efforts to University of California, Hastings, Rich to AIDS patients nationwide, including Puerto Rico attract more students from underrepresented groups. joined a small San Diego law firm. He’s and the U.S. Virgin Islands. She also provided train- “The programs and experiences offered at Colby, now a partner and co-chair of the business ing and technical assistance internationally. now even more than before, will prepare students for transactions group at Gordon & Rees. Rich In her present position, Gomez now oversees tremendous futures,” Gomez said. and Rachel enjoy adventure travel and funding used for research and direct health-care “I have a passion for the work I am doing, and skiing, among other pursuits. Two years aid to refugees and to migrant and seasonal work- it’s exciting even to just talk about,” she said. This ago they climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro and went ers. Her guidance and recommendations provide passion, she says, is imperative in life and work. on safari. Rich wishes all his Colby friends assistance to disenfranchised communities through- “Life does not go from A to B, but if you take every well and invites anyone who’s visiting the out the United States that are suffering from poor opportunity you are given, learn from it, and do well San Diego area to look him up. health care or no health care. by it, the transition will be much more valuable.” “I am giving back to my communities that I —Alexandra Desaulniers ’11 1978 grew up in,” said Gomez. “I’m giving back the best Janet Santry Houser Lea Jackson Morrissey [email protected] their remote application hosting business, roommate, Nick Levintow, in a 5K race. mortgage. I have been in touch with Izzie Doug and Marjorie Gonzalez Blackwell’s and is looking for the next gig. They’ve lived He ran his in Maryland and I ran mine in Rex and Sam Koch ’79, and just two years daughter Laura was married in August in in West Hartford, Conn., for the past eight Maine. He smoked me, turning in a time ago ran into Ted Shanahan ’76, who is mar- Chatham at the Wequassett Inn. Marjorie years but spend as much time as pos- of 23:31 to my 24:39.” Stephen traveled ried to Rae Caravaty. Such a small world!” writes “It was a four-day event where sible at their house in Chatham. Y Martin with his daughter, Emily, to the Grand friends and family gathered for a cookout, Connolly “is hunkering down for another Canyon, Bryce, and Zion, took a Pink a rehearsal dinner, wedding overlooking winter in Billings, Mont.,” where he works Jeep tour in Sedona, and ended up with 1979 Pleasant Bay, and a brunch on Chatham as a night auditor and front desk agent a night on the strip in Las Vegas. Y Dian Cheri Bailey Powers harbor. Doug was the legal officiant at the at the Best Western Clock Tower Inn. He Weisman Miller writes from Kansas that [email protected] ceremony, which was fun, and in true Colby is also pursuing two other areas of inter- she “continues my efforts to fund breast I’m starting off the column with wedding tradition got the place rocking by playing est: working for an attorney in a criminal cancer research through my network of news! Laurie Borden married her partner, a song with the band. Laura is in Miami defense practice and teaching English as golf tournaments.” She was back in Maine Richard O’Donohue, Aug. 28 at home with getting her Ph.D. in pediatric psychology a foreign language. He is fluent in Spanish last summer and enjoyed just about all all five of their children participating. Laurie and married Jonathan Pas, a health care and learning French and German. Y Lise the lobster a human could eat! Y Jean continues to work at the local hospital and analyst with Hewitt Associates.” Their Greenfield Shanahan sent her youngest Sullivan Varriale summarizes the last 32 Richard is a chef manager at Middlebury other daughter, Courtney, graduated with off to Berkeley. She and husband Bill enjoy years with, “Got married to a great guy College. Laurie says she will keep her honors from Northwestern with a degree the empty nest in San Diego. She writes who I met at graduate school. We have a maiden name. Y Carl Lovejoy’s eldest in theater and English and started her that now that she is off “volunteer” mode, 10-year-old, Anna, who keeps us young, son, Ben, was married July 17. He and master’s at Harvard in arts and education. there is more time for tennis and she has has boundless energy, and aspires to be his wife, Avery, live in Pittsburgh. Y David Marjorie is a realtor and was the top sales taken up golf. Lise looks forward to our Mia Hamm. I’ve had my own consulting Ashcraft and his wife, Teri, celebrated agent in her office in July. Doug recently next reunion. Y Stephen Jacobs writes, business (financial services research) for their 20th wedding anniversary last year left Eclipsys, where he was SVP and GM of “I recently had a competition with my old 10 years and surprisingly it still pays the with a long weekend in Michigan’s wine

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[email protected] 46 12/22/10 3:40 PM country. (A far cry from their honeymoon who’s in his freshman year at Boulder. Joel “Sluggo” Potvin’s sad passing last ing the World celebration, Bob enlisted in Napa and Sonoma—but still fun!) Son Lisa saw Kitty, Sarah Stiles Bright, and March. A cocktail party was followed by a the services of Beth Pniewski Wilson, Eric is a senior in high school, so they’ve Kurt Cerulli ’78 in Marblehead last fall at dinner boat cruise out of Plum Island. Joel’s Steve Pfaff, Laura Littlefield Bourne, spent the last year visiting colleges and the service for Suze Connolly Levere’s brothers from Lambda Chi Alpha came out Ken Bruder, and Scott Vandersall to narrowing down the choices. Colby didn’t mother. Y Alice Domar has joined with in force: Dennis Ring, Joe Daley, Steve help with reunion planning. Please send make the cut, primarily due to the distance two partners to take complementary care Pfaff and wife Darlene Howland, Harry us your ideas for reunion 2011 and mark from Chicago. Their daughter, Katie, is a centers national. She hopes that by the Hadiaris, Dave Biggar, John Densmore, your calendars for what promises to be a sophomore who wants to be a music major time this magazine comes out the first Steve Dodge, and Al Bruzzese. Other fantastic time on Mayflower Hill, June 2-5! and is already looking at various schools. “Integrative Care for Fertility: A Domar classes were represented by Tim Porter David recommends a book called Colleges Center” of many will have opened. Alice ’78, Jim Gagne ’78, Gerry Skinder ’78, That Change Lives (www.ctcl.org) to fellow has been traveling the country speaking Bob Dorval ’79, Ralph Peterson ’79, RJ 1982 parents who have not yet gone through on stress and fertility and was scheduled Welch ’82, John Lemoine ’83, and Charlie Nancy Briggs Marshall the college selection process. His other to speak in Taiwan in November. Y Esme Ciovacco ’83. The Joel Potvin Memorial [email protected] recommendation is to become a Facebook McTighe’s daughter, Petra, is a freshman Fund has been set up at the Newburyport Many of you heard of the passing of Charlie friend of Bishop Savas Zembillas for a at Harvard and her son, Niall, is a junior Bank, 63 State St., Newburyport, MA, Bassett Oct. 19. He was definitely my daily dose of scripture, current events, there. Last summer Niall qualified for the 01950, for those who would care to make favorite professor at Colby and one of my and quirky music videos! Y Sarah Mac- 2012 Olympic swimming trials. Y Bill a donation. Y Karen Pfeiffer Jones’s son favorite teachers of all time. I feel lucky Coll works for Distant Journeys, a hiking Linnell is the program manager for Jobs Andrew is a freshman at SUNY Purchase, to have been an American studies major company headquartered in Camden, for Maine’s Graduates at the A.R. Gould while younger son Alex is a high school and to have taken just about every class Maine. She backpacked the Tour du Mont School at the Long Creek Youth Develop- junior. Karen had a great visit this summer Charlie taught. He taught us so much Blanc in September and went to Turkey in ment Center in South Portland. Bill helps in the Berkshires with Karen Baumstark and so well, kicked us in the seat of the October. Her plans for the holidays were kids in the juvenile corrections system get Porter, Michele Adams Prince, Susan pants when we needed it, and boosted to stay home! Sarah is an ACE advanced jobs and reintegrate into the community. Robertson Kuzia ’82, and Tracy Don our egos when we needed it. May you health and fitness specialist and IDEA elite This fall he coached the school’s first (in McDonald ’82. Y Dani Nemec Micsan has rest in peace, Charlie. Our thoughts go personal trainer. Y In June Geoff Emanuel 30 years) high school boys and girls soccer started entering local 5K races and has to his son, David, and daughter-in-law and five other Colby alumni/students teams. Bill reconnected with Ronnie-Jo placed in the top three for her female age Patty, and to his daughter, Elizabeth, and participated in the Newport Bermuda (Posner ’78) and John Carpenter this fall group (“wince”). Dani’s daughter Jessica her husband, George, and their children. Yacht Race. Colby colleagues included at the service for Bill Moody, father of Jay is a senior at Virginia Tech, daughter Julia Donations in Charlie’s memory may be Fred Madeira ’80, owner/skipper of the Moody. YTed Reed and Sue Pollis ’78 enjoy finished a successful spring semester made to the Charles W. Bassett Fund for yacht Resolute, a J-44 out of Cumberland, life in the UK more than they expected. They abroad in Budapest, Hungary, and son American Studies, c/o Office of Donor Maine, Tim Hussey ’78, Charlie Hurd ’78, live in the Surrey Hills, halfway between Joseph is a high school sophomore. Y Relations, Colby College, 4345 Mayflower John Madeira ’14 (Fred’s son), and Philip London and the Channel. Ted reports that Sally Fernsten Buffum started a new job Hill, Waterville, ME 04901. YAfter graduat- Hussey ’14 (Tim’s son). YHope to hear from “village life is warm and inclusive, but last June running the credit department at ing from Carrabassett Valley Academy last more of your next column. Happy New Year! perhaps that’s because ours has three Middlesex Savings Bank in Natick, Mass. spring, my son Craig is skiing and racing pubs, a garage, and a church—and that’s She and husband David ’80 became empty in Colorado and California prior to starting it!” Ted and Sue’s youngest daughter is in nesters last fall with both sons away at this fall at Colby, where he’ll compete on 1980 eighth grade at an international school and college. Y Kimberly Hokanson left her the ski team. Younger son Jamie is in his Tom Marlitt their oldest is a freshman at Colby. They job at Bates and relocated to Medfield, sophomore year at CVA, where he is also [email protected] expect to be back in their Maine home Mass., after being named director of an alpine ski racer. I’m still doing public Erin Ireton Elliott and I had lunch in sometime in 2012. Y In October Karen annual giving at Wellesley College. Y Phil relations statewide in Maine and doing October at a beautiful outdoor seafood Caine Babbitt, Linda Davis, Brenda and Beth Pniewski Wilson celebrated a lot of speaking engagements, includ- restaurant in Sausalito, Calif. It was great Bowen, Robin MacLeod Goodridge, Jean their 25th anniversary last year with a ing one at Colby on entrepreneurialism. to catch up after 30 years! Y Michael Minkel, Cornelia Armbrecht Brefka, Alli- two-week trip to Alaska. Beth writes that Y After 40 years playing golf, Susan Fanger’s daughter, Rachel, started her son Erenstein Jacobsen, Betsy Morrell, the scenery was spectacular and highly Wechsler Atkins finally got her first hole first year at Muhlenberg College. His son, Sarah Stiles Bright, Carol Sly, and Sue recommends visiting the 49th state. Y in one! Congratulations Sue! That’s a big Jonathan, is a sophomore at St. Joe’s Prep Erb Pittenger gathered at the Black Point Celebrating their 26th anniversary are accomplishment. YJulanne Cully Wright’s in Philadelphia, and Michael’s company, Inn in Maine to celebrate the life of our Joe and Mary Coe Connolly. Mary’s oldest older son, Conor, is enjoying his freshman Eastern Funding LLC, is celebrating the fifth late classmate Hilary Morton Shontz. Y son, Stephen, graduated from Loyola year at Marymount Manhattan College anniversary of their merger with Brookline Elliott Pratt sent along a great picture of Marymount University, got his master’s in NYC, where he’s working on a B.F.A. Bank. Y The Class of ’80 Tau Delta Phi a recent Colby tailgate party that included at San Jose State, and “has a job! with in acting. He loves the city and doesn’t brothers organized a mini reunion last Elliott and son Chris ’14, Joanne Shannon benefits! and health insurance! I swear the appear to miss Greenville, R.I., too much. September at Glenn Rieger’s Chesapeake O’Donnell and daughter Colleen ’13, Patty job with benefits thing makes parents as Her younger son, Aidan, is a freshman in Bay summer home. Herb Perry, Artie Sul- Valavanis Smith, Esme Mctighe, and happy as the two-year-old out-of-diapers high school. He plays freshman football livan, Chris Cornwall, Jim D’Isidoro, Paul Cate Talbot Ashton. Photos of the Tau thing.” Mary’s son Kevin is a senior at and fall AAU basketball, so they keep busy Faulkner, Tim Bernard, Mike Costello, Delt gathering, the gathering for Hilary, UC Davis, while daughter Christine is a with tournaments in RI, CT, and MA. She Brian McPherson ’82, and Glenn enjoyed and the tailgate party are on our class sophomore at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. is still at New England Tech, where she’s a weekend of golfing, fishing, water skiing, page at www.colby.edu/alumni. Mary and Joe remain die-hard Boston worked for the past 21 years. Y Mark and bonfires on the beach. Y Kitty Weyl sports fans. She saw the Red Sox play Hopkins lives in the Cleveland area and Dove reports that life is good in DC. She in three different ballparks last summer, works for Komori America covering the and her family spent some fun time this 1981 including Fenway Park, where she was in eastern half of the U.S. as vice president summer in Blue Hill, Maine, sailing and Steph Vrattos a luxury box! Y Bob Ryan flew to Maine of sales. Next year he’ll have three kids in eating lobster with Lindy Williams ’79. Y [email protected] in October and visited Pam Ellis, who college and just one at home (out of five). Sean and Lisa McDonough O’Neill look Mike Cronan hosted a memorial get is excited to work on our 30th reunion. His oldest, while in graduate school full forward to visiting their son, Richard, together at his Newburyport home after While in Boston to attend Colby’s Reach- time, is raising her son with her husband.

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Mark brought his family to Colby for the first architecture course he took at Colby. He the night and therefore allowing his old ran into Deerfield dean of students Toby time last July on their way to Moosehead remembers discussing the Hagia Sophia man to do the same! Y Brian and Lisa Emerson ’88, his daughter’s advisor; Gen Lake. It certainly brought back memories and wanted to see it. Y Nora Putnam Wormwood Preney took daughter Tarrah Triganne ’08, her soccer and ice hockey as he walked around what used to be KDR, Dunn had foot surgery this summer and Tibbetts on their annual August visit to Ted coach; and fellow Deerfield parents Tom but he could hardly find his way around was out of commission for several weeks. Jenkins’s New Hampshire lake house and ’87 and Kathleen Pinard Reed ’86. Roy downtown Waterville. He wonders what She was overwhelmed with everything she enjoyed an afternoon of water skiing and writes that he and Tom looked equally became of Willie Perez ’85 and Tracy needed to take care of at work and for her wakeboarding with Ted’s family, including confused in their kids’ algebra class! Y Smith Black ’84. He would love to hear parents before the surgery. She’s on the sons Ben and Bryce and wife Holly (Lord), Due to his twin sons’ high school gradu- from them. He feels very blessed for the mend now. Y Jay ’81 and Maureen (Moe) sister of Jill Lord Bowden. Ted had just ation, Mark Phillips wasn’t able to make life he has, built on the foundation begun Hagerty Polimeno ’84 were featured in returned from a scouting visit to Colby it to the reunion. His son Nick is at the at Colby. It’s soon going to be time to think an article about Colby couples in the Oct. with Ben. See photo of Ted and Brian on U.S. Coast Guard Academy, where he will about our—gasp—30th reunion! Can it be 20 issue of The Echo. Jay and Maureen’s our class page at www.colby.edu/alumni. pursue a career in intelligence/homeland possible? In the meantime, please send in daughter, Aimee ’14, is a freshman and Y Cynthia Mulliken Lazzara spent time security and play varsity football. His twin the news you want to share with everyone gave the reporter their contact info. Read in September with Hall Adams III at brother accepted an academic scholar- for our next column. the story at http://thecolbyecho.com/ the festivities for their 30th high school ship at Bentley University, where he will news/926. Nora, Moe, and I hope there’s reunion in Winnetka, Ill. Y This winter will be pursue a degree in corporate finance a Colbyette reunion in 2011 and plan to Nathan “Waldo” Emerson’s 23rd teaching and accounting. Mark and his wife, Tia, 1983 get together then. Y Nancy Pratt Hurley skiing in Jackson Hole, Wyo., where he enjoy their empty nest! Y Perhaps Mark’s Sally Lovegren Merchant is still adjusting to the fact that she has also is a real estate agent with Sotheby’s son Nick will run into Kevin Bruen, who [email protected] a child in college. Son Ted went off to BC International Realty. Last year he spent finished a year as a law professor at the Sean Duffy and his wife expected their first this fall, and a week later Nancy rescued most of the winter coaching World Cup Coast Guard Academy. Over the summer child in early December. Sean welcomes a dog. No coincidence, Nancy says. Nancy snowboard racing, which allowed him to Kevin served as the legal advisor to any parenting tips. Aside from that, Sean remembers when Ted cut his first tooth at see a great deal of the world while skiing Admiral Thad Allen, the national incident plans to attend many 50th birthday parties our 10th reunion. Her other two kids, 15 at 28 differentresorts in nine different commander overseeing the response to with classmates over the next few months. and 11, keep Nancy busy with baseball, countries. He’s coaching at the World Cup the Gulf oil spill. Kevin then transferred Y Rick Hauser celebrated his 50th at basketball, and cross country. She went level again this season, where the first back to California to become the senior his amazing hillside spread in Vermont, to Florida on business in early December race was in the Netherlands at an indoor legal advisor to the Coast Guard admiral where Rick retired last year. On the busi- and spent a few days with Cynthia Trone slalom race, if you can believe such an in charge of all Coast Guard forces in ness front, the Duffy Agency opened its Berger in Jupiter. Nancy often sees Nancy event exists! If anyone needs exposure California. Kevin writes “Carolyn (Boynton Boston office last summer and has won McNamara Neenan and Michaela Sul- in Europe and Canada for their company, ’84) and I had a great time driving back two new accounts—the Boston Globe and livan Hayes for dinner and laughs. They these athletes need financial support. So without the kids. Stopping in spas in the United Nations—and will work on inte- have big birthdays coming up next year, send all callers his way! Nathan gets back Santa Fe and Sedona—mixing in some grated campaigns involving traditional and so Nancy’s planning a trip to someplace to New England at least once a year in his hiking and mountain biking with some social media for both. Y Life is going well near water, golfing, and a spa to celebrate. official capacity as governor of Red Sox massages, yoga, and meditation.” He in Atlanta for Sue Desrochers Patterson. Ideas anyone? Nation for the State of Wyoming (true!). spent his free time surfing and watch- She and husband Kelvin toured Ireland last Y I won’t even try to top that, so I’ll sign ing his sons, Connor, 16, and Chris, 8, summer for the first time. Weather, food, off with the request that everyone keep play sports. Kevin got together with Tom scenery, attractions, and the group they 1984 the news coming. Valinote last summer in LA for some surf were with were all great. Sue continues Mary Kate Whalen and sun. Y John Robinson still teaches as controller and chief accounting officer [email protected] at Southern New Hampshire University at Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc. in Atlanta, I hope everyone is enjoying winter. Lots 1985 in Manchester. He planned to see Dan which is becoming more like home every of good news this issue. Congratulations Katie Hollander Adams Allegretti in December to celebrate what day, but, of course, “nothing beats New to one of my favorite couples, Ben and [email protected] would have been Frank Zappa’s 70th England,” Sue says. Y Paul Lezberg Tracy Weiner Cotopolis, on their Oct. Cory Humphreys Serrano, her husband, birthday by going to a concert by Frank’s continues to travel quite a bit for work. 10 nuptials in Canton, Ohio! Former and two daughters, 15 and 17, have lived son, Dweezil. John is sorry to have missed He wrote from Hamburg, Germany, which, roommates Kitty Wilbur and Genevieve in Needham, Mass., for the past 18 years. the 25th reunion. Y Rick and Kathryn Paul says, “is a great city but the weather Hammond ’86 traveled from Boston for “It seems like New England might in fact Clarke Anderson are new Colby parents; is even more changeable than what we the event and, judging from the pictures, have better beaches and mountains than their daughter, Emily ’14, is a freshman. see in New England. I’ve been soaked in everyone had a fabulous time. Y Sadly I Ohio, as disloyal as that sounds!” Cory Rick enjoyed following her and the Colby surprise downpours more often than I can was not able to attend as—not so sadly—I was a banker for more than 12 years and women’s soccer team around New England count.” Paul got together with Dan Marra was enjoying Barcelona and San Sebas- has sold software to financial institutions last fall. Y Ben Lowry continues to run his and Barb Leonard twice recently—once tian, Spain, with Lauren Mogensen and off and on for the past 10. Cory and her own law practice handling social security at a great restaurant in Lewiston (who a group of friends including Mary Basler younger daughter had a great time at the disability cases in the Old Port section of knew?) and again in October for Dan’s ’79. No major international incidents to 25th reunion and loved seeing everyone. Portland, Maine. He has also gotten back 50th birthday bowling party. Y I’m quite report, despite our best efforts. From her “It reminded me why I went to Colby in the into the swing of baseball, playing on four pleased to hear from Kelly Dodge, who perch at the heights of Bank of America, first place; it’s an easy place to make the different teams and travelling to Florida for has been working at Maine Central Insti- Lauren works to save the U.S. economy; best friends you’ll probably ever make.” Y several tournaments, where he teamed up tute for more than a year. He and Carole Mary is a partner in a chiropractic practice Roy Hirshland also commented that it was with his old White Mule teammate John had just returned from a trip to Istanbul, in Providence, R.I. Y Congratulations also great to see everyone at reunion. He notes Collins. They have had a blast playing ball where they saw the major sites such as go to Tom Gratzer and his wife, Jacqui, that he is constantly reminded of Colby and hanging out together again after 25 Blue Mosque, Hagia Sophia, Grand Bazaar, who proudly announce the arrival of Tobias ties, whether meeting recent graduates years. Y In May Stephen Reed opened a and Spice Market while enjoying a great Thomas Gratzer, June 6 in Boston. Toby, coming to his office for an informational new law firm in downtown Boston called array of Turkish food, coffee, and tea. 16 lbs. as reported by his proud papa, is interview or in his hometown of Concord, Beck, Reed, Riden LLP. They specialize in Didn’t get a carpet, however. 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[email protected] 48 12/22/10 3:40 PM business litigation. He is very excited about his audience. You entered his classroom this new venture, and so far it’s going very a skeptic and exited a believer. His was well. Y Best wishes for the new year and 80s newsmakers the class you kicked yourself for miss- hope to hear from fellow classmates soon! ing. The man was, in filmic terms, “The Attorney and community activist Helen Dooley Anthony Natural.” I haven’t seen Charlie in many ’82 was highlighted as a “Person You Should Know” in years, although we spoke on the phone the Columbia (Mo.) Business Times. The Connecticut 1986 a few times. Yet I will miss him as if that transplant is licensed to practice law in Missouri and Henrietta “Hank” Yelle physical time had never passed. A soul serves as secretary of the planning and zoning commis- [email protected] like that stays with you. Thank God. Y And sion for the city of Columbia. A recent project offered Mark your calendars now! Our 25th recommendations on future land uses and development thank you for reading. Stay well. reunion is June 2-5! Although reunion is strategies for a swath of land in central Missouri. still a few months away, the celebrations have already begun. By all reports the 1988 pre-reunion parties held in Boston, New Heidi Irving Naughton York, and Portland were great fun. Some milestones [email protected] of you expressed wishes that pre-reunion Helen Dooley Anthony ’82 Deaths: Kevin J. Farley ’86, Sept. 28, 2010, in Santa gatherings be held beyond the East Coast. Cruz, Calif., at 46. To that I say—just pick a date and a place! 1989 Anita Terry We can help you get out the word and get Births: A son, Henry Marcus, to Matt Lewis ’82 and Loreena White organized. But most of all make your plans [email protected] now for June in Waterville. It is going to It must have been an uneventful autumn be a laugh riot! Y If you aren’t going to celebrated their 10th anniversary—and summer in Maine, a trend I hope continues. for the Class of ’89, because I only got make it to reunion, your reason best be that they are planning their trip to join us I’ve been enjoying the lovely fall, watching updates from FOUR of you. Be warned: as bulletproof as the one I just heard from for our reunion in June. As I said, distance the 14-year-old family princess play high if you don’t send in more news, I’ll be Barb Falcone Smith. Instead of traveling is no excuse! school field hockey.” (What a coincidence. forced to regale you with tales of my life. up to Waterville from Louisville, Ky., where I’m the family princess in my house.) Y No one wants that. Y Laura Thornton Pel- they’ve lived for over 10 years, Barb and Finally, if you’ll indulge me, we had a big legrino and her family moved back to New Lars Smith and daughters Lindsey, 9, 1987 loss in the Colby family, which reminds Canaan, Conn., after two years in London. and Alison, 7, will be in China, because Scott Lainer us all that greatness is fleeting. Charlie Although she’s settling in, she misses life Lars has a Fulbright award and will be [email protected] Bassett was the consummate teacher: in London. While there Laura caught up teaching in Wuhan until July! Despite their Only four people have news this issue, compelling, nurturing, and wildly brilliant, with Tom Cahill and his family. Now that excitement, Barb and Lars are really sorry which is four more than zero, so I’ll take while somehow remaining modest. Though she’s back she sees Catherine Andrew to miss reunion and send a huge hug and it. Remember, if you won the Pulitzer or a not everyone reading this will have taken Rogers a lot and is in touch with Ed ’88 hello to all. Y Keep in mind that a Fulbright local pie-eating contest, got married for a course with him, or perhaps even most and Jen Emmet Barr and Tina Clifford is one thing, but distance is no excuse to the fifth time, or went to a crazy wedding, of you, he genuinely earned the adulation Comparato. Laura just finished her first miss reunion. Note that Ricardo Sievek- it’s all good. I’m easy like that. And on he is now receiving—because he devoted triathlon and is training for another in the ing is planning to join us from his home we go. Y John Glass is in Sweden right himself to his craft, and he lived for the spring. Y Gretchen Kreahling McKay has in Guatemala, where he lives with his now. Not sure what that means, but it success of his charges. This is rare in been chosen by her employer, McDaniel wife and three sons, the oldest of whom sure sounds cool. He’s hoping to have most professions, especially during these College, to chair the steering committee for is now a freshman at SMU in Dallas. We a get-together for some Colby folks in hedonistic times of accumulation and the college’s reaccreditation visit in spring will all want to give him an extra welcome, Maine next summer. Y Aimee Good’s garlic self-promotion. Perhaps it even under- 2013. She was also selected to participate as he let me know that in September harvest went well. She is now selling in scores how lucky we were to live in the in a week-long art history seminar this 2010 he survived a “perfect storm of four NYC and Maine (which may explain that bubble that is college itself. People like summer at the Birmingham Museum of Art diseases,” which left him in a coma for smell on 95N, just after Portland). Y Karen Charlie, while fully versed in the world at on late medieval and early Renaissance seven days in Guatemala. Fortunately, his Lawes Webb writes, “For the first time in large, immerse us in an idyllic realm of workshop practices in Italy. Y Speaking of wife and mother decided to air medic him about 20 years, I have some news! After introspection, steeped in the best works Europe, Lawrence Collins is still “playing to Cleveland (Ohio) Hospital, where they living 12 of the last 17 years in Seattle, of our times. They cloister us because they music like crazy” in Bordeaux. He was on saved his life. Now back in Guatemala, I’ve finally made the move back to New already know what awaits, and they try to tour in Holland and Belgium in November, Ricardo says he feels very lucky and England—specifically Oakland, Maine. I’m instill as many ideals as possible before and he is working on his 10th album, to grateful for his general excellent health just a hop, skip, and a jump from Colby releasing us into the wild. Charlie was the be released in the spring. Follow him on and the faith of so many friends. Y Having at Oakland Family Medicine. My husband, professor you impersonated, behind his Facebook or Myspace under Lawrence graduated from Full Sail University, Leslie Tim, is also a family doctor, and my three back or to his face. It really made no dif- Collins Band. Lawrence visited the U.S. Greenslet Perry works doing technology kids, Jonah, 13, Lily, 12 and Sophie, 10, ference—because his eccentricities were recently and saw his Colby bandmate integration with middle school classes at a are loving Maine. Of course we have yet a core part of his charm, never off-putting Mike Henry ’91, who is a screenwriter private school in Greenwich and absolutely to experience winter. In the past month but somehow inclusive. He was incapable in LA. Lawrence also keeps in touch loves it. Y Karen and Ned Stinson, living I’ve reconnected with Zaki Nashed, also of finding insult, as if standing toe-to-toe with Gerry Hadden, Dan Sullivan (who, in Wilmington, Del., have their parenting a doctor here, and his wife Kim (Burnham in any battle, intellectual or otherwise, Lawrence says, is “still trying to sell me a bases covered—they sent their eldest ’86). Any old friends who wish to take a trip was already well won. He never even had Ford after 20 years”), and Kristin Herbster child, Mary, off to Pace University this fall down memory lane and visit Colby, come on to remove his saber from its scabbard. ’91. Y Count Maria Douglass as another while awaiting the arrival of child number up. We have lots of room.” (Wow, Karen, a When Charlie analyzed a story by Poe or classmate living abroad. After 15 years four, a boy due in November. Y And, last doctor? Congratulations. I have this slight Hemingway, you got the feeling the authors in Russia, Maria and her family are off to but not least, a word from another far-flung numbness in my legs, which could be from would have enjoyed being in the audi- Saudi Arabia, where Maria will head up classmate. Laurent Kosbach, who joined lack of use. Also, do you give out free ence, perhaps even learned a few things technology transfer and innovation efforts us at Colby from France during our senior samples? I’m a little short on Rogaine.) themselves—because he embodied their at the King Abdullah University of Science year, has sent word that he and his wife just Y Jeff Russell reports, “It was a lovely passion and transfused their energy into and Technology in Thuwal. As Maria says,

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they are all “looking forward to living on bike ride with Eileen Kinney Lindgren, who hope all of us will mark our calendars for has eaten any coffee sandwiches lately. the beach at the Red Sea—it’ll be a nice lives down this way. His four kids (5, 4, June 2-5. I look forward to seeing many of Y Keep the news coming. Until next time. change from Russian winters.” Is your and 21-month-old twins) are doing great you back on the Hill. In the meantime, you house big enough for visitors, Maria? Y and look forward to a great ski season don’t have to wait for a reminder to be in Please write and let me know how you’re at Northstar at Tahoe! Y Upon leaving touch—feel free to drop me a note anytime! 1993 doing. Otherwise, you’ll be reading “All Mayflower Hill after reunion last June, Jill Moran Baxter About Anita” in the next column! Steve Coan realized that he had never [email protected] accomplished several of the long term 1992 Last October Taylor Steahly was sworn goals he set for himself upon graduating Karen Wu in as an officer in the U.S. Army Reserve 1990 back in 1990. Deciding there was no better [email protected] JAG Corps. He has been assigned to the Kristin Hock Davie time than the present, he quit his job and Happy New Year everyone. As usual, thanks 22nd LFO and will serve as a trial defense [email protected] began training for his dream climb up Mt. to those who wrote in. Y Kristin (Wildman counsel. Taylor writes, “A little late in Jeff Cox checked in from RIT in Rochester, Kilimanjaro. He expected (hoped) to begin ’98) and Jun Shirahama welcomed their life to serve, but better late than never.” N.Y., where he’s entering his 12th year as his ascent on Christmas Day and ring in first child, a son, Connor Dan, July 12. Y Taylor and his wife, Margo, both work at director of international student services. the 2011 New Year at the summit. Good Amy Vreeland married James Dow Oct. USAA in Colorado Springs, where they live He also just finished up his master’s in luck Steve! 3, 2009, at the Falmouth Yacht Club in with daughter Blythe, 3. Y Katy Donovan “service leadership and innovation.” As if Falmouth, Mass. The couple honeymooned O’Neil was recently honored by the Boston that wasn’t enough, he and his wife, Nikki, in French Polynesia and moved to Newton, Business Journal as a member of their are raising two middle school girls. He also 1991 Mass., last summer. Amy manages global 2010 class of “40 under 40” rising stars reports that Robert Scott’s latest book, David Shumway corporate communications at New Bal- on the Boston business scene. Katy is an 15 Miles, has been published (available [email protected] ance in Boston and celebrated 10 years executive vice president with the Boston on Amazon) if you are looking for a read Greetings, classmates! It’s apparently a with the company in 2010. Y Jason Nixon Chamber of Commerce and is responsible that is hard to put down. Y Sam Tucker, quiet season as far as class news goes. is now the global lifestyle editor for Delta for the Chamber’s revenue through its anxious to regift the “most lame classmate People must be really busy—but we did Sky magazine and travels the world on membership and programs. Congratula- for not attending reunion” award, thinks hear from as few classmates so here’s the assignment. This year he’s gone from tions Katy! Y Ari Druker recently left that Ken Barber may be more deserving. news! Y Erika Mailman and husband Alan Cairo and Istanbul to India, Colombia, Deutsche Bank and now works at Jones The two, who live five houses apart, met up Howard welcomed a daughter, Reid Reilly. Y and Guatemala. His interior design firm Lang LaSalle doing corporate finance at a Halloween party where Sam promptly Christine Murphy Abbatiello works these designed a room at the Showtime Show- (debt advisory/equity placement). Ari whipped out his yardstick. He promises to days at Deloitte LP in the chief talent office house in Manhattan based around the hosted Colby’s Welcome to the City event report back on whether Ken actually lives as the manager of strategy. She’s lucky to show Weeds, and the room landed on in Tokyo and had a good turnout of Colby closer to campus. When not measuring the work from home in Hanover, N.H., where the front page of the Los Angeles Times. grads. Y Scott Abrams was in Germany streets of Portland, Maine, where he lives her husband, Tom ’89, is working in execu- But he most enjoys plodding about in his to run the Berlin Marathon and celebrate with his wife, Lindsey, and kids Finley, 6, tive education at Tuck/Dartmouth. She’s garden with dog Jasper at home in New Oktoberfest in Munich, which Scott says and Reese, 4, Sam spends most of his also mom to two wonderful kids, Clare, York’s Catskill Mountains. Y Lisa Black is “my new vision of heaven!” He planned time on public land and water protection 11, and Ben, 10, as well as a variety of Avolio stays busy with kids Chancellor, 2 to complete two more marathons before on the Colorado Plateau—the beautiful animals including dogs, fish, and a pony! Y 1/2, and Charlotte, 1. She and her hus- the end of the year, one in Lowell, Mass., arid region surrounding the four corners A note also arrived from overseas: Kristin band, Peter, teach yoga, and she is the and one in Philadelphia. Scott and his wife, states of Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, Lorraine Herbster wrote, “I’m really good. full-time director of two yoga studios and Fabiana, met Kelvin Lui ’92 for dim sum and Arizona. He looked forward to winter, It’s still nice and warm in southern France planned to open a third in December. She in Chinatown in NYC and paid tribute to which means only one thing: pond hockey. but now there’s a little snow topping the looks forward to a weekend get together John Lennon’s 70th birthday in Strawberry Y Congratulations to Steve Nahley on his Pyrenees—it’s just beautiful. I wanted to with Tabby Biddle, Whitney Adams Ward, Fields in Central Park. Y Mike Saad met new in-house legal position at Barclays send out a call to the Colby community Dakota Glenn Smith, and Helen Hopkins Janine Deforge Olson, Kristen Schuler Capital heading up their commercial for participants for some new work I’m Kellogg. Y In December Alexandria Peary Scammon, Sarah Oelkers Bullwinkle, legal team supporting the commercial creating, for which I’ll be traveling back graduated from the University of New and Erin McTernan Aaron in New England real estate group. Y Erin Coyle Giesser to the U.S. several times in 2011. This is Hampshire with a Ph.D. in composition. In last fall. Janine and her husband, Sven, reports that Lisa Livens Freeman and open to participants in all demographics August she took a new position as associ- hosted a get-together that included baked Nicole Theriault Randall and their families willing to be photographed (portraits) and ate professor of rhetoric at Wentworth in stuffed lobster. Mike currently lives in San all got together recently. It was a great interviewed and to experience conscious- Boston. Her second book of poetry, Lid to Francisco with his partner, Jason, and evening although not very relaxing with ness expansion with the artist. For details the Shadow, received the Slope Editions often sees Suzie Girard. Y Jason Soules their combined six boys, 2 to 9, running see www.theuniverseisart.com. I’ve had Book Prize and will be published early and his bride, Carolyn Cullings, completed all over the place. Y Congratulations to the great pleasure of seeing many folks in 2011. Y Eric Johnson and his family the Ironman Lake Placid in July (Jason’s Tina Wright on completing the Nation’s I hadn’t seen in a really long time: Gerry relocated to NYC in September. He still first, Carolyn’s fourth) and followed it up Triathlon and raising more than $7K for Hadden ’89 here in southern France, Don works for PIMCO, but will do so from the by getting married in October in Vermont. blood cancer research with Team in Train- ’89 and Liz Helft Darby in Palo Alto, Lizzie East Coast for the next 18 to 24 months. Dan O’Grady, Jack Higgins, and Dana ing. Y Mike Eisenstadt was disappointed Frado Mazzola ’92 and Leaf Ives Gurr in Their son, Drew, loves city living so far—the McClintock were in the wedding. Dan to report that his deposit on the RV was Boston, and Samantha Strawbridge Eddy helicopters and Central Park horses keep lives in Plymouth, Mass., Jack is still in never refunded due to an excess of bodily in northern Spain. I’ve reconnected with him well-entertained. Eric caught up with Boston, and Dana is in NJ but works in fluids and trash found in the vehicle upon other Colby grads on Facebook. We plan Dana McClintock ’93, and he hopes to NY. Y Crawford Strunk and wife Shelly its return. Rumor has it the vehicle may to stay in southern France for a while, but connect with other alums in NYC during welcomed Emma Claire June 6. Her older have to be retired permanently from the we’ll also be passing through Boston and the next few months. Y Ted Bosco has brothers, Asa, 3 and Everett, 2, are very fleet. Y Matt Frymier became president San Francisco with increasing regularity become a public safety officer at the happy. Crawford is still at Toledo Children’s of Sterling Stamos Capital Management, and look forward to catching up with more University of Portland in Oregon. He enjoys Hospital in “peds heme/onc” and runs a private equity and hedge fund firm. His locals when we do.” Y I hope 2010 was the campus atmosphere and his family the pediatric sickle cell disease program. new office is on Sand Hill road in Menlo good to everyone. 2011 brings our 20th likes the benefits, especially the cafeteria Y Thanks for keeping us up to date with Park, Calif., so he’s hoping to sneak in a class reunion (can you believe it?), so I ice cream! Ted wonders if John Beaver your news! Keep those e-mails coming!

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[email protected] 50 12/22/10 3:40 PM 1994 and Osterville, Mass., last summer. They Kimberly Valentine Walsh spent time with Mark Mellyn ’92, his wife, [email protected] Echo, and new baby daughter Lucy. They 90s newsmakers also spent time with Chris Wilde ’94 and ran the Falmouth Road Race with Mike ’92 Catherine Donovan O’Neil ’93 and Kerry Olson ’99 were and Jess D’Ercole Stanton ’92. Aimee and selected by the Boston Business Journal as 40-under-40 1995 Rising Stars. O’Neil is an executive vice president of the Cal are training for the Disney Marathon in Yuhgo Yamaguchi Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce who also volunteers January. Y Jonathan Frothingham and his [email protected] for the March of Dimes. Olson, a vice president at CB wife, Tamsyn, built and opened Brilliant Richard Ellis, is a certified rescue diver and volunteers as Sean McBride and his wife, Britte, had Smiles Dental Hygiene in Oxford, Maine. a daughter, Casey Anne, Dec. 12, 2009. a Spanish translator for a food pantry in Charlestown. F “We’re thrilled about the challenge and Patent attorney Woodrow Pollack ’97 has been appointed “I’m still working at Arnold Worldwide in recognize that what little social life we Boston, a few doors down from Bryan pro bono representative for the Hillsborough County may have had will be a thing of the past!” (Fla.) Bar Association’s intellectual property section. Raffetto, who selfishly doesn’t have a die writes Jon. Pollack, who works for GrayRobinson, P.A., in Tampa, is table in his office.” Y Rick Catino’s com- a “well-rounded attorney who is respected in his area of pany, LeadBridge, has been growing and Woodrow Pollack ’97 specialty.” In 2010 he was named a rising star by Florida just hired its 13th employee. LeadBridge 1996 Superlawyers. F The Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce provides sales intelligence services to the Brad Smith named Maegan Carey Storey ’99 its new membership account executive. Storey, in software industry. Rick recently visited [email protected] addition to her new duties, will continue as sourcebook project coordinator, the position Los Angeles to see Mark Jackson, who This issue of class notes is dedicated to all for which she was hired by the chamber in 2009. is an associate athletic director at the former residents of the Foss Jungle. Holla Y University of Southern California. Emma back. Y So, Ed Bourque writes that he was Spenner Norman wrote a water security finally awarded his Ph.D. in geography from primer with her colleagues at University of King’s College London in August. He now nano, who apparently lives nearby. Here’s Y Happy baby news to share: Yossi and British Columbia, detailing water-related works on global water issues at a small a deal for you baby Leo: If your mom takes Mika Hadani Melamed welcomed their issues in Canada. She is writing a book USAID subcontractor just outside of DC. a picture of you in a Colby shirt, eating a second daughter, Margot Shiri, July 31. Y about water issues along the Canada-U.S. Y Cathy (Neuger ’97) and Gregg LeBlanc bowl of Cheerios in a truck driven by Clair, Ashley and Carter Davis welcomed a son, border. Emma and her husband, Chad, stay bought a new house in Sudbury, two miles I will send you a check for 50 bucks. No Gibbs, Aug. 5. He joins big sister Maisie, busy with their two boys: Luke, 18 months, from their old house, also in Sudbury. joke. Anyhow, Anna still runs a copywrit- 3. Y Katie McGovern and her husband, and Parker, 4. Y Chris Davenport’s wife, Gregg says that the family needed more ing agency, The Hired Pens, in Somerville, Richard Pizzi, are now proud parents of Heather, gave birth to twins, Harrison and space, but sheepishly admits that he was Mass. The firm moved to Davis Square a baby girl, Reilly Alice, born Sept. 30. Y Annie, in April. Y Jason Reifler and his wife living too far from the new Chick-Fil-A on across from Anna’s favorite coffee shop, Katy and Andrew Weber welcomed a baby had their first child, Eleanor Mae, April the other side of the Burlington Turnpike. and probably within a whiff of Redbones girl, Lilian Annabel, this September as Y 14. Karin Hansen lives in Marblehead, It also seems that Gregg’s son likes pie BBQ, which is preposterously good by the well. Y Marjorie Mae was born to Michael Mass., and works at Boston Children’s as much as I do. Go figure. In a loosely way. Y And on a personal note, my wife and Austen Briggs Crossley Sept. 24. Y Museum as the visual arts director. related story, Shaquille O’Neil bought a and I are expecting our second daughter Y It’s a boy for Kara and Mark House. Brooke Lorenzen Frutos welcomed a house in Sudbury at about the same time. in November, and we recently hosted Dr. Matthew Robert was born Sept. 9 and baby girl, Mackenzie Elizabeth, into her Gregg, if you need some street cred with Ryan “The Chief” Sullivan and his brood. joins big sisters Sophia and Laura. Mark family in June. Y Ken ’94 and Julie Rentz the Diesel, tell him about your exploits Chief and wife Lana have two awesome now works at iRobot in Bedford, Mass. He Dupuis happily announce the birth of their with the Load Team. Or, at least tell him kids who enjoy playing Wii. Chief shares and his family recently attended the first second son, Isaac Keith, born in August. about the uniforms. Y Kitter and Erica that he visited Daniel Rheaume and wife birthday party of Callum Sullivan, son of Big brother Max is adjusting well. Y Steph Casano Spater welcomed their second Susan MacAulay in Chicago this summer. Amy and Chris Sullivan and little brother White McKenna and her wife, Kimberley, daughter, Annika, in September. Y The Dan and Susan welcomed a second son, to Teaghan. Mark was happy to see other bought a house in Arlington, Mass. Their ’96 birthing wagon (heeya!) stayed in Hunter, in August 2009. Y I need to round Colby classmates there, including John daughter, Riley, is in second grade and motion as Annie (Clougherty ’94) and this stuff out, so send more notes. Please. and Erika Moore Coombs, Welling and their son, Finn, is in preschool. Steph is Kevin Emerson welcomed a son, Elliott, Heather Derby LaGrone, and Tom DeCoff. a third grade teacher in Newton, Mass., May 4. Y Renee Hoffman Skeffington had Y Melissa Kim and her husband, Clint and still occasionally makes and plays her second child, Claire, Aug. 25. Claire 1997 Highfill, became parents this summer. Their fiddles. Y Eric ’96 and Maureen Finn joins brother James, 2. Renee’s husband, Leah Tortola Walton son, Axel Kim Highfill, was born June 15. Schwartz and their son, Ryan, 3, moved Jim Sr., is director, business and strategy [email protected] When she sent her news, she was preparing to their new home in Andover, Mass. They development, at CVS/Caremark, and Quiet quarter for the Class of 1997. Looks to return to work as principal for the Alice enjoyed seeing Manu and Deb Whedon Renee works as a senior vice president and like I won’t have to worry about word count Deal Middle School in Washington, D.C., Fernandez and their three boys while they head of consultant relations at Acadian this time. Y Chad Card spent his summer as her maternity leave came to a close. were in Maine this summer. Deb and her Asset Management. The couple resides in Palestine and Israel studying Arabic. Back in May 2009, Melissa completed a family were on vacation from their home in on Beacon Hill. Y Tina Garand Branson On his way home to Salt Lake City, where doctorate from UPenn. Y Hope everyone Paris. Y Stephanie Pennix Berntsen and still lives in WA with British husband Paul, he is finishing his Ph.D. in Middle East out there is doing well. I’m looking forward her husband live in Seattle and welcomed daughter Emma, 10, and son Luke, 5. Tina studies, he stopped on the East Coast to to getting LOTS of news for the next column. their new daughter, Madeline Anne, Oct. is a practicing physician assistant in a local spend an evening with Maura and Andrew

11. Madeline joins big sister Samantha. women’s health clinic, and she reports a Morse and their daughter, Isabel. Y Zoe Y Aimee Flores Wheaton ran the Disney recent visit from Heather Hunt Swales, Kaplan Presley was happy to share that 1998 Princess half marathon in March and a newly minted cardiologist. Y And, of she is working as a mental health therapist Brian M. Gill completed the Baltimore half marathon, course, more babies. Anna Goldsmith and at the Native American Rehabilitation [email protected] her fourth, last fall. Aimee, her husband, husband Jeff Stern welcomed a son, Leo Association in Portland, Ore. Last summer Dawn Seckler married Greg Baltus at the Cal ’92, and their three daughters (7, 4, Coolidge. Anna shares that Leo is quite she and Margot Higgins had a great Hunter Museum in Chattanooga, Tenn., in and 2) vacationed in Lake Tahoe, Calif., fond of trucks, Cheerios, and Clair Pag- time hiking through the Tahoe Sierras. May. Dawn teaches Russian at Williams

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College in Massachusetts. Y Eric and Kari is happy as could be. Juliana and her friends cheered her on! Y Mary Schwalm brothers Noam and Raphael. They still love Christensen Anderson welcomed a son, husband work at Indian Mountain School is a staff photojournalist at the Eagle- life on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Y Caden Eric. Big sister Clara is enamored in Lakeville, Conn. Y Allison Birdsong Tribune in North Andover, Mass. Y Daniel Judy Ring Long became the breaking news with him after accepting she got a baby successfully ran in the New York City and Kelly Williams Ramot welcomed their editor at the Bangor Daily News in June. brother, not a sister as she requested. Marathon Nov. 8, where tons of Colby third child, Eden Lily, in June. She joined She’s required to make news decisions They’re settling into the routine of two, and Kari is back to work with both kids at onsite daycare. Y Jen Rose and Charlie Costanzo left New York City and moved to Seattle this summer with their daughter, Bar None | Craig Jude ’99 Marie. So far it really feels like the right Craig Jude’s students in Woodbourne, N.Y., place for them—now they just need to lure have had some interesting reasons for missing some East Coast friends to the left side physiology class. of the country! Y Jessica Rice Healey Occasionally a student, running late, will get moved back to the Boston area with her husband and two-year-old daughter after caught at a checkpoint manned by guards. “Three living in the DC area since graduation. Y of my students said they might have to miss an Leah Bernstein Jacobson has gone back exam in a couple of weeks,” Jude said, “because their to school for a master’s in public health in parole hearings are the next day.” policy and management at Yale. Also, Leah But Jude ’99, who teaches a college course at and her husband welcomed their second Woodbourne Correctional Facility, a medium- daughter, Lily Raphaella, Aug. 5. Y Mark security men’s prison about 25 miles west of and Emily Taxson Meadows welcomed Poughkeepsie, said absences are few and far Julia Elizabeth Sept. 20. She joins brother between. He has found his students to be respectful Finley, 2 1/2. Y Scott Shirey and his wife, of him and each other. “If you were just to talk to

Angela, had a beautiful baby girl Aug. any of them, I don’t think you would think they rappier Jude ’00 31—Olive Summer! Y After staying home would belong in prison,” he said.

with her two boys for two years, Kristen All of the students in the Bard [College] rooke F Paratore Bock started part-time work Prison Initiative, are incarcerated in New York. coordinating and teaching a workplace

Established in 1995, the program enrolls about hoto by B P ESL program for employees at Boston 200 who can earn associates and bachelors degrees University dining services. Kristen writes, from Bard. “So far it’s been a lot of fun and I’m learning for physiology because of the logistical problems Students admitted are the best and brightest a ton. It feels good to get out of the house it would create. Also, according to Jude, while from a population where, at Woodbourne for a few hours a week. Otherwise we’ve students at Colby and Dartmouth often would wait for example, 80 percent have a violent felony been enjoying life in Lexington, Mass.” until after class to admit they were stumped, not so conviction, according to published reports. But, no Y Emily Lane and her husband, Carroll, in his prison class. matter what their offense (their professor doesn’t had a baby girl, Eliza Robin, Aug. 19. Y “They don’t have the same fear of looking ask), the students are motivated, competitive The first annual WOS was held in Hilton foolish in front of the professor. They’ll ask (some very much aware of their high GPAs), and Head, S.C., with Brian Gill, Dave Dodwell, anything that they’re unclear about,” Jude said. determined to learn, Jude said. Pete Felmly, Jon Foster, Dave Gustafson While all college students have a lot to juggle, “There are definitely some very bright students,” ’99, and Dave Neskey ’99. Andrew Littell Jude’s take a four-course load, work a full-time job he said. “On a couple of exams I’ve had people who wasn’t able to make it as he was attending in prison, and have highly regimented lives. “That’s Y have not missed a single question—on a 50- to a quilting conference in Boise, Idaho. one of the comments that the students make a lot,” Thank you for all your contributions and 75-question exam. Their ability to recall and retain Jude said, “that one of the big misconceptions about enjoy the winter! the information is pretty impressive.” prison is that they have nothing but time on their He said the range of grades is comparable to hands.” those at Colby, where he taught two years ago, 1999 He said his students say they want a college though the course is taught differently for a couple Lindsay Hayes Hurty degree so they can get a good job and stay away of reasons. One, the students at Woodbourne are [email protected] from crime after they’re released. According to likely to have less preparation. Two, faculty in the Bard, programs like this one reduce reincarceration Ryan Aldrich married Elizabeth Lokey prison are not allowed to bring in anything other rates from 60 percent to less than 15 percent. (Middlebury ’00), July 4 in Beaver Creek, than papers and books. No computers. Not even a Jude, whose wife, Brooke Frappier Jude ’00, Colo. Alex and Becky Thornton Leach, cell phone. Matt Smith ’00, Steve Smith ’00, Pete teaches biology at Bard proper, said he’s learned For Jude, who also taught at Dartmouth, where Hanby ’01, Alex Parrillo, and Aaron Whit- some things as well in his prison teaching stint. he earned his Ph.D. in biology, it was a big change. more attended. The couple honeymooned “It gets you seeing that it’s not just the people “Even something like a CD or a DVD has to be in Turkey then moved to Boise to start jobs who have always been on that track toward an elite specially cleared,” Jude said. “It’s definitely taking a at Boise State and the College of Idaho. Y college that can do the work,” he said. “Anyone step back in the way you have to teach.” Jamie (Hinson ’02) and James Scribner who is sufficiently motivated, even if they’ve made There are other differences. Guards monitor welcomed Walden Nicole June 20. Y John mistakes in their lives, can do the work and process the class through a wall that is all windows. The and Mary Antrim Maddox welcomed Jack the same information. It’s just a question of getting professor enters the prison through metal detectors to the world June 22. Y Juliana Pecchia the opportunity to do so.” and security doors. There is no time in the lab and husband David welcomed little sister —Gerry Boyle ’78 Harper Metcalf March 12. Big sister Paisley

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[email protected] 52 12/22/10 3:40 PM on deadline at night with additional focus of the Grossman six-man as discussed with end of April Kevin and Kate Davies Grugan for their honeymoon. Y Kristen Moresi on presenting news in a timely fashion on Eamon Briggs and Jason Stauth. Ali hung welcomed their twins, Hope and Jack. They got married Sept. 25 to Brian Werstler in their award-winning website. Judy interned out with Maxine Guay at Virginia Beach live outside Philadelphia, where Kate is Connecticut. Her bridesmaids included at the BDN her senior year at Colby. She last summer and keeps in touch with Will finishing up a post-doctorate at Penn doing Hadley Moore, Lara Bonn ’00, Janine lives in nearby Orrington, her hometown, Polkinghorn, who is a radiation oncologist cancer research. Y Corey Dwyer Mason Schwartz ’00, and Sarah Mahoney ’99. Y with her husband of 10 years and vari- in NY. Y Keep sending your news! and her husband expect their first baby Vanessa Sibley Mudd moved to Spokane, ous furry pets. Y Andrew Wnek and his at the beginning of March. She is still in Wash., where her husband, Joe, got a job wife, Christina, welcomed their first baby, Fairfield, Conn., enjoying coaching varsity at Gonzaga University. Vanessa is writing Amelia Grace, Sept. 9. Y Last fall Molly 2000 cross country at Greens Farms Academy. Y a second teachers’ manual for Scripture. Y Frazier left the ad world in the Big Apple Ben Mackay Megan Davis and Jared Woodward Poor Melanie Morin and Jason Meadows were for student life in Beantown. She lives in [email protected] expect baby number three in March to join able to catch up while both were deployed Cambridge and is pursuing an M.L.I.S. in Thanks to everyone who wrote in. It’s fun Jesse, 3 1/2, and Max, 1 1/2. They plan to to Afghanistan. Unfortunately, they were anticipation of becoming an archivist. Y to hear from all of you, especially now stay near Burlington, Vt., but are looking unable to have a Colby reunion and get Ben and Delphine Burke Liston welcomed that we’re all over the place and doing so for a house that can accommodate their coffee at Green Beans in Bagram, but they their daughter, Maeve Eleanor, in May in many different things. Y Nick and Jessie larger family. Y Bryan and Miranda Eberle were able to trade e-mails until Melanie Guatemala, where Delphine had been Davis Keppeler and daughter Sloane, 1, Freberg welcomed a baby boy, Liam Mat- left. Y Devin Beliveau will be representing working for a nonprofit public health traveled to Buenos Aires in November and thew, Sept. 30. Everyone is healthy and Kittery, Maine, after fending off challenges organization for the past two years. They’ve celebrated Thanksgiving over carne asada. doing well! Y On Dec. 5 Benjamin Schlitt from a Republican and an independent moved back to the U.S. and live in Boca Y Peter Hans recently ran into Michael married Hilary Henderson in Houston. Y to win election to House District 151. Y Raton, Fla., where Ben is a middle school Siegel in Oslo, Norway, which was quite David Kirtley’s podcast, The Geek’s Guide Daniel Martin was nominated for an Emmy counselor at St. Andrews School while ironic because they had already planned to the Galaxy (www.geeksguideshow.com) this fall for his work as senior producer on Delphine takes care of Maeve. Y Jenny a summer trip to Norway together. They was picked up by the Gawker-affiliated Dancing With the Stars (alas, no trophy). (O’Donnell ’00) and James Spidle had a now plan to be in Cleveland with Ross website io9, which has more than three But even more important—he’s engaged! great visit with Danielle and Jon Hiltz at Frankenfield. Michael was able to secure million readers and was named one of the Susan Denison and Daniel will be married Sugarloaf over Columbus Day weekend. a summer job as Indians bat boy, Peter top science blogs by the Times. Y Alex sometime in the new year. Y Mieko McKay Y Cate Tynan O’Dwyer and her husband will be selling cracker jacks, and Ross will Moskos continues to live the dream. Y works for a nonprofit in New York City called welcomed Patrick Trescott July 22. He joins be providing color commentary for the Jessica Lauren Creel Gualano celebrated EngenderHealth to improve maternal and big brother Ellis, 2. Y Emmett Beliveau Indians home network, SportsTime Ohio. the one-year anniversary of her wine retail reproductive health in developing coun- and his wife, Catherine, welcomed their Y Michael Farrell made a fire movie he’s and education studio, The Wine Studio, in tries in Africa and Asia. She frequently second daughter, Agnes Josephine, in pleased about. See it at poispinner.com/ Asheville, N.C. She is also working towards travels throughout Africa for work and late September. Y Kerry Olson is a vice andsoitgoes.html. Y Jon Allen wonders if her diploma from the Wine and Spirits recently returned from Rwanda and Mali. president with CB Richard Ellis. On Oct. you need a permit to “whip out” your glue Education Trust. 7 she was recognized by the Boston Busi- gun in Texas? He has been sailing across ness Journal in their 2010 “40 Under 40” the Pacific Ocean with his fiancée, Jenny, 2002 class. Two days later Kerri married Robert and will spend six months in New Zealand 2001 Sally Hall Bell Hawkins in Marion, Mass. In attendance before continuing the journey westward Dana Fowler Charette [email protected] were Katie Frank, Maegan Carey Storey, through Australia (Whitsunday Island and [email protected] and John ’97 and Erika Moore Coombs ’97. Great Barrier Reef) and Southeast Asia Welcome to the world Abigail Sarah, Y Matt Williams and his wife welcomed (PNG, Indonesia, and Thailand) before daughter of Edan and Annie Miller Orgad. 2003 Elizabeth Lynn Oct. 8. Everyone is doing completing the circle in the Mediterranean Abigal was born Nov. 11. Y David and Lauren Tiberio well and sister Caroline is very excited to be in 2012. Y This fall Kelly Fanning, Reed Lindsay Scott McGeehan also welcomed [email protected] a big sister. Y Last summer Jonathan and Bundy, Chris Greenfield ’96, Liz Magyar a baby girl, Clare Scott, May 8. Y Eric Wedding bells… Emily Darman Allen mar- Andrea Hutchins Sickinger were excited Stockwell ’98, and Dan Zipin ’99 ran the Lantzman and his wife, Maggie, had a ried USMC Captain Aaron Anderson Tyler to move back to New England after being Reach the Beach 200-mile relay from Fran- baby girl named Anabel Noa Aug. 14. May 15 at the U.S. Naval Academy chapel away for nine years. They live in Western conia Notch, N.H., to Hampton Beach, N.H. She’s already seen her first moose and in Annapolis, Md. Attending were Abigail Massachusetts, where Jonathan develops The race went extremely well and the team should be on skis in no time. Y And to Newkirk, Leah Robertson, Zack Brown, and markets new products at Yankee was especially popular because of their balance out all the baby girls, Troy Robert and Vivienne Ho. Also in attendance were Candle and Andrea is a physician assistant name: Sharks with Frickin’ Laser Beams was born to Trent and Jenny Kiszkiss dedicated crew fans and Hume Center at local nursing homes. Last spring they Attached to Their Heads, a throwback to Cunningham Nov. 10. Y Angela Makkas benefactors, Dorothy and Alan Hume. Y had their second son, Taylor Luke, who their Colby iPlay days. Y Kim McCarron was transferred back to Boston with Karlie Jaffe was married Aug. 1 in South joins proud big brother, Dylan, 4. Y Crystal Camuso was excited about the arrival of J&J to work as an HR manager at one of Portland to Jay Efron. Helping celebrate Brakke married Nate Sieber Aug. 9 in her first niece, Lilla. Kim and her husband, their medical device companies, DePuy. were Leah Roberston, Zack Brown, Adam Napa Valley in a small family wedding. In Josh, celebrated their sixth anniversary Angela lives in Boston after two years in Birt, and Pete Loverso. Apparently, Leah October they hosted a reception on a farm in June. Kim is working on her M.B.A. at Arizona doing an M.B.A. in international has a future in party planning as Karlie in Minnesota. In attendance were Sarah the Whittemore School of Business and management at Thunderbird School of reports that she was the best planner on Hewins, Dave and Michelle Foster Costa, Economics at UNH and expects to gradu- Global Management and then living in the PLANET, helping to organize a surprise Rachel Reider, Bob ’97 and Alison Rainey ate in 2012. Y Morgan McDevitt and his NJ working for J&J in their HR leadership bridal shower, bachelorette party, and all Doak, Daniel and Kelly Williams Ramot, wife welcomed Sloane Agnes Aug. 19. development program. Y Tim Wiswell and the reception tables the morning of the and Matt and Katie Kinsella Baade ’00. Y Sloane joins big sister Kathryn. Y Mark Natalia Makosiy got married in August wedding. Y Allegra Roundy married David Ali Mian, a neurosurgery resident at the Oleszek completed his Ph.D. in political in Newport, R.I. Friends and family from Sandak Aug. 14 in West Bath, Maine. U of Chicago, raced his mountain bike for science at the University of California, around the world, including Scott Bixby See the Class of 2003 webpage (www. Cannondale Racing and was on a four-man Berkeley, and will teach American politics and Van Haidas, made it a great celebra- colby.edu/alumni) to see a picture from team racing a J22 autumn regatta on Lake at Albright College next fall. Between now tion. Before going back to Moscow, Natalia the wedding! Y Meredith Pfaff married Michigan. He looks forward to some beer and then he’ll work in the U.S. Senate as and Tim spent a couple weeks driving Brad Wolcott Aug. 21 in Boston at the die in San Francisco with select members an APSA Congressional Fellow. Y At the through the beautiful state of California New England Aquarium. The wedding

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party included Cara Dionisi Bradford ’04, are expecting their first child in mid- 2005 ’04 were married in May on Cape Cod Kate Trainor, Anna Schierberl Scherr March. Cassie started a new position Katie Gagne with many Colby alums in attendance. Merrow, Marcia Ingraham Tatum ’02, and with MaineHealth and is now the program [email protected] They also attended the nuptials of Sam Whitney Pearce Fitts ’02. Other alumni in manager for child health. Y Tim Smith is Gray and Sarah Dunham in Oregon. Y attendance included Becca Avrutin ’04, helping run a nonprofit foundation in San My request for news certainly garnered Natalia King was married in September Anna Beardslee ’02, James Bradford ’04, Francisco and attending business school. many updates. Y Patrick Harner suc- to Frederik Rasmussen ’03 in Cambridge. Brock and Stacy Thurston Barton, Alex He still hangs out with Caroline Swindells cessfully qualified for the U.S. Olympic Emily Luth ’04, Samantha Saeger ’04, Lee and Brittney Lazar Burgess ’04, Adam whenever she takes a break from her busy Development Team for skeleton; he’s still Rankin ’03, Megan Shannon-Winterson Y Cohen, Lauren Gremelspacher, Mike job. Y Andrew McKenna-Foster is on working as a personal trainer in Ohio. Lisa ’03 and Dimitri Michaud ’03, and Karyn Higgins ’02, Jasmine Ashe Hodgson, Abby Nantucket Island for the next two years as Andracke finished a documentary with King ’12 were in the wedding party. Y Kussell ’02, Ian MacPherson, Christine the director of natural science education NBC and is now getting her master’s from Michelle Cote and Bill Gallitto tied the O’Donnell, Dan Parise, Brad Petersen, and programming for the Maria Mitchell the Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona. knot at Colby in August. The wedding party Jacob Seilheimer, Zach Shull, and Becca Association. Y Morgan Pratt joined the She hopes to stay in Barcelona after finish- included Melisse Hinkle and Bill Foley. Bruce Vaill ’02. The couple resides in Boulder Triathlon Club and started doing ing her degree. Y Emily Goodyear married Michelle graduated from the Carroll School Charlestown, Mass. Y Andrea Taylor mar- triathlons last summer. She spent most Kevin Forgett in Boston in August. Eliza of Management at Boston College and ried Patrick Gavin (Georgetown ’02) Oct. of September working on the front lines Huleat was a bridesmaid. Y Emma Lynch works as a consultant at Blue Cross Blue 9 on Peaks Island, Maine. Laura Brown of the “four-mile fire” in Boulder—the spent the summer in Houma, La., working Shield of Massachusetts. Bill graduated Kittredge and Alex Gershuny ’04 were in most destructive wild land fire in the with the National Park Service responding from New England School of Law in May the wedding, and guests included Matt state’s history. She was looking forward to the oil spill. Emma will spend the winter and is awaiting the results of his bar exam. Tabas, Deborah Doberne, Kate Hughes to the ski season. Y Kristan Jiggetts and in Colorado as a ski patrol at Arapahoe Y Christian Allen traveled to Costa Rica Herd, Alex Suchman ’02, and Anne Tricomi Desiree Davis ran the Chicago Marathon Basin alongside Heather Hansman and in August with Jay McMurrey ’06 and will Y ’02. Y In other news, John Brighenti joined in October. They both met up with Shan- Katie Lynch. Ilana Saxe is in her second spend time this winter at his share house the foreign service with USAID last summer. non Hopkins in August while she and year at the American School in Switzerland with Katie Lynch and Heather Hansman Y He works as an agricultural development her husband were visiting the states on and ran her first marathon—in Germany. in Colorado. Y Mike Sirois graduated officer and is posted to Uganda for a two- a quick trip away from their residence in Mike Booras wrote in with a nice update from the physician assistant program at year tour. Y Michelle Riffelmacher moved Vietnam. In December Kristan, Kirsten on many of his friends. Chris Duncombe Northeastern and works at a pediatrician’s from Boston to Hoboken, N.J., taking a new Helmcke, Alexis Caselle Bancroft, and will get married next summer and Brendan office north ofB oston. Y Jess Berger has job as the marketing manager at ClearLend Carolyn Plant met up for a weekend in Las Crighton will be a groomsman. Brendan worked for a medical communications Securities, a division of Wells Fargo. She’s Vegas, where they ran a half marathon up works at the Statehouse in Boston, was agency for the past few years and just responsible for developing the marketing and down the Vegas strip. Y Cate Young recently named Ward 5 city councilor began a master’s in communications, strategy for the securities lending busi- married Tim Sheehy Oct. 16 in York, Maine. in Lynn, and got engaged in July! Larry with a specialty in health communica- ness. Y Sean Flood found his way back to Her matron of honor was her sister, Emily Dagrosa is finishing medical school at tion, at the University of Ottawa. Jess Maine—moving to Portland from Boston to Young Williams ’00. In attendance were UVM. Ed Mezer lives in Boston and owns lives in Montreal with her boyfriend and take a new role with Morgan Stanley as a Laura Anker, Jared and Maura Myers his own moving company. Steve Kasper- their Boston Terrier, Chief. Y Brad Kasnet vice president with the firm’s private bank, Bisogni, Kate Chuprevich, Jennifer Bar- ski lives in Seattle with his wife and dog spent the summer in Harlingen, Texas, but helping to build this new aspect that was rett Crocker, Ashley Harris, Evan and and loves keeping up with the Seahawks is back in Boston completing his master’s. Y launched last year. Y Pete Loverso works Kimberly Betz Kearns, Amanda Belden and Mariners. Lynn Hasday completed I have the distinct pleasure of being Brad’s from home in Myrtle Beach, S.C., for Cata- Kramer, Amanda Sullivan Levine, Ryan a graphic design degree at Parsons The roommate and just recently adopted a Y lyst Health Solutions as a senior business and Grace Becker Lochhead, Kaitlin New School for Design in NYC. Andy Orr yellow Labrador puppy named Guinness. analyst. He encourages everyone to check McCafferty, Celeste Miliard, Carolyn is in his second year at Cornell Law and Y Our last column incorrectly reported Facebook regularly to see if he’s “checking Plant, and Mandy Zobel. They celebrated will spend the summer at Kirkland & Ellis that Lily Maltz and Matt LaPaglia ’04 Y in” at an airport near you. Y Alexis Grant Heights dance party style. Cate and Tim in NYC. Casey McCarthy is engaged to were married last summer. The couple moved to Washington, D.C., and would met at the Harpoon Brewery Harpoonfest Margaret Siciliano ’04 and will be married will marry in Boston this June. love to connect with other Colbians in the almost six years ago and live in Boston. Y next summer in Vermont. He works as a area! Y Josh and Lesley Loss Weitz moved Justin Juskewitch is working on his M.D./ marketing manager at Bonnier Corporation back to Rochester, N.Y., where Lesley Ph.D. at Mayo Clinic’s College of Medicine on Saveur, Ski, Skiing, Snow, and Garden 2006 started practice as a dermatologist and in Rochester, Minn. He got engaged to Design magazines. Y John Pollakowski Jennifer Coliflores Josh will complete a combined fellowship Katie Marie Jensen and they plan a June proposed to Emily Tull ’06 in September on [email protected] in allergy, immunology, and rheumatology wedding. Y I was fortunate to attend the their rooftop in NYC; they plan a summer Taylor Kilian ’08 and Rebeccah Amendola at the University of Rochester. They regu- beautiful wedding of Matthew Ritter and 2012 wedding. Y Ashley (Porter ’04) and were married in New Haven, Conn., July 3. larly talk to Dan Chiacos, who lives large Marilyn Katz in August in Colebrook, N.H. Patrick Walsh live in Chicago, but recently They had more than 40 Colby graduates as a professional photographer in Rio de It was a great time with all the Colbians spent time in Boston with Jared Gordon in attendance, including maid of honor Janeiro and is doing well. Y Last February in attendance. The groomsmen included and his wife, Crystal. Jared accepted a (and Colby roommate!) Colleen McGee Michael Cox graduated from the School Josh German and Eric McAllister. Other job with a Portland-based company and and bridesmaids Dana Eisenberg and of Public and Environmental Affairs at alumni included Derek Taff, Josh Zweig, moved there around the holidays. Y Liz Kate Berman. Taylor and Rebeccah Indiana University with a Ph.D. in public Matthew Harrington, Jenny Carpenter Riley was named the director of sales and live in South Norwalk, Conn. Taylor is a policy. He’s now working as a postdoc with McAllister, Allison Dwyer, Stephanie marketing for the Portland Sea Dogs. 2011 third-year doctoral candidate in geology his advisor, Lin Ostrom, who won the Nobel Lane, Sabina Warren, Phil and Laura marks her fifth season with the team and and geophysics at Yale, and Rebeccah in economics in 2009. Barrow Geiger, Adam Freedman ’03, Nate sixth in minor league baseball. Y Hannah graduated in May from Yale Divinity School Werlin ’06, Libba Cox ’07, Sam Burke ’06, Emery and Alexander McEachern were with a degree in religious literature. She Liz Morbeck ’07, Tucker Kelton ’07, and married at the end of December. Melissa teaches middle school Latin at Greenwich 2004 Dave BurtonPerry ’06. It was a great year Hernandez Mwai was in the wedding party, Academy. Y Emily Tull got engaged to John Kate Weiler for Matt as he won the November election while Hande Barutcuoglu, Matthew Ruby, Pollakowski ’05. They live in NYC and plan [email protected] and will serve as the state representative Jonathan Lees, and Nicholas Mwai ’06 a summer 2012 wedding. Y Jake Bayley Cassie Cote Grantham and her husband in the 1st District in Connecticut. attended. Y Ted Farwell and Katie O’Neill and Lindsay Barada got engaged this

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hoto by emily connelly ’08 a weekend in Washington D.C., last August. or 10 international spots. “Most of those are taken P It was great to see other grads including by Americans,” said Barutcuoglu, “but still.” Cait Miller and Tom Gildersleeve ’07. Y After earning her veterinary degree, working in new doctor treating humans would expect—long. Dan Breen works for the National Park the States was out of the question (visa issues, gen- “Like, for example, [Friday] I worked eight hours, Service at Assateague Island National eral state of the job market) so Barutcuoglu stayed in [then] was on call all night, so didn’t go to bed ’til Seashore in Maryland, where he is involved Canada. There were openings in northern Ontario four o’clock. This morning I woke up, worked for with natural resource management. Y and St. John’s—both places were pretty remote, but another seven hours, and Monday I’m on call again. Kristin Schmidt moved to Boston and at least the Atlantic was familiar. “I found there’s a That’s relatively standard. ... There aren’t enough works in the legal recruiting department good circus arts community here and I’m into that vets here.” at Ropes & Gray. Y Elizabeth Ghilardi kind of stuff,” she said, “so I figured, there’s some- And so Barutcuoglu is on the move again. After was named head women’s lacrosse coach thing to do, weather is crappy Atlantic weather, I sticking out the year, she was headed across the at Skidmore College in August and lives can deal with that, let’s go.” country to another wet, remote place at the other in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Y Jess Hulbert Barutcuoglu is a member of the Acro-Adix end of the Trans-Canada Highway: Sechelt, Brit- graduated from law school in 2009 and works as an associate attorney at Gurstel School of Acrobatics (acro-adix.com), where she ish Columbia. Chargo in Minneapolis. She was headed to practices flying trapeze, static trapeze, and aerial There are friends from vet school there, and San Francisco to run her fifth marathon. silks (“Everybody needs something to do,” she said Colby friends in Vancouver. It will be a nice change, Y Becky Mandeville graduated from but that’s probably not the end of the story. with a shrug), continuing training she started in Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine Toronto as a break from vet school. “Newfoundland isn’t a place anyone plans on at Tufts last May and works at Pleasant At the veterinary clinic, Barutcuoglu’s patients coming to,” said Barutcuoglu, “But they come, Valley Animal Hospital in Methuen. She include “cats, dogs, rabbits, guinea pigs, rats—the ... and then they try to leave.” She stopped for a bought a house in Westford, Mass., where whole nine yards,” and she loves seeing a previ- moment and then admitted, “And I’ve heard that Heather Ryder also lives. Y Maddy Hor- ously debilitated animal leave the clinic “purring once they’re gone they start trying to come back.” witz Boccuzzi spent the summer in East or wagging.” And the hours? They’re about what a —Martin Connelly ’08 Africa visiting friends and volunteering. She spent a week in Uganda (including rafting the Nile) and then headed to summer! Jake surprised Lindsay while living in Asia and West Africa. He’ll tour this Wheelock was lucky enough to attend two Tanzania, where she taught AIDS educa- she was on vacation with her family. They spring and is excited to visit Colby folks beautiful weddings last summer: Monty tion in a rural village outside of Arusha. plan an August wedding. Y Ed Kotite and around the country. Y Noah Balazs lives Hankin and Laura Harker and “Diamond” Y Josh Montague passed his graduate Tim Geisenheimer were in San Fran and in Dakar, Senegal, and loves teaching first Dan Cummins ’05 and Carrie Greer ’05. The comprehensive exam and earned his M.S. visited Samantha Chun and Brendan Sul- grade again. Y Meghan Race married Jeff Hankin-Harker wedding nearly overlapped in physics from the University of Colorado. livan. They had a BBQ of sorts and went Petrello in Steamboat Springs, Colo., Sept. with Shark Week, and Jon Bodansky was He’s halfway through the Ph.D. program. to a concert. Y Steven Weinberg lives in 18. Caroline O’Connor LaFave and Lauren almost unable to attend due to the near He had an awesome time playing outdoor Brooklyn, N.Y., finishing his first book with Olmsted were bridesmaids. Meghan and conflict. As he told Monty, “Only a fool soccer with Jess Seymour last summer. his girlfriend, To Timbuktu, about their time Jeff honeymooned in Hawaii. Y John would schedule a wedding during Shark Y John McKee and Lindsay Boyle were

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married in August in Massachusetts. It Pan Massachusetts Challenge, a two-day was a fantastic day with Colby alumni from 200-mile bike ride across Massachusetts 1975, 1976, 2000, 2004, and, of course, 00s newsmakers that raises money for cancer research. Y 2006 in attendance. They honeymooned New York attorney Suzanne Skinner ’03 received an Heather Todd graduated from Claremont

in Maui and enjoy life on the West Coast. Excellence in Pro Bono Advocacy award from Sanctuary Graduate University with a master’s in Y Bethany Peck gave up her ski patrol for Families, a nonprofit that serves domestic violence history and archival studies. She’s cur- job in Snowmass, Colo., and moved back and trafficking victims and their children. Skinner was rently employed as the lead bookseller to Portland. She started at Maine Law in commended for her “zealous representation of multiple at Spellbinder Books in Bishop, Calif., September. clients … as well as her linguistically sensitive repre- and loves it. She met up with Cassandra sentation of monolingual Spanish-speaking clients.” F Newell, Stella Kim, Amy Weinfurter, Yvonne Siu ’03 wrote and coordinated two articles in Chantal Balesdent, Haley Blum, and Julia 2007 a seven-page “Work-Life Balance” report for Corporate Gilstein in Maine at the Poland Springs Karli Gasteazoro Voices for Working Families (CVWF). The report ran Resort during Greg Engel ’07 and Alicia [email protected] in USA Today Dec. 3 in New York, Los Angeles, and Thibeault’s wedding. They had a wonderful Austin Phillips married Brian Kupke ’09 in Washington, D.C., and was republished in 16 big-city time! Y Julie Wilson has been promoted August at a rowing club in Westport, Conn. Yvonne Siu ’03 newspapers nationwide. The report explores changing to the producers team at Random House Several Colby grads attended including demographic and economic forces affecting Americans, and collaborated on their fall audio book Elyse Atkind and Lane Phillips ’10 as how work-life balance improves satisfaction at work and at home, and how businesses productions. Julie, Nicholas Cade, Ben F bridesmaids and Andy McEvoy ’09 and can help, reports Siu, manager of communications and government relations for CVWF. Herbst, Diana Sternberg ’09, and Romeo Spencer Crim ’09 as groomsmen. Austin Baseball has changed the lives of many boys in Phillipe Township outside Cape Town, Raugei ’06 hosted a successful fall South Africa, thanks in part to coach Rob Rosenbaum ’07. Baseball offers an alterna- and Brian live in Knoxville, Tenn., with their fundraiser benefiting Engaging Achieve- tive to the daily temptations of guns, drugs, and crime. Players for the Phillipe Angels little mutt, Lexi. Austin is a second-year ment (www.engagingachievement.org) commit to academic tutoring, too “It’s the commitment to something bigger than law student at the University of Tennessee last October. Proceeds helped provide yourself,” Rosenbaum said in a CNN video. “You transfer that to the rest of your life Y and Brian works for Apple. Caitlin Sateia and you’ve got a much better chance.” F Katrina Gravel ’10 won the Harvard Pilgrim underserved students in New York public and Kristopher King were engaged Aug. Maine Coast Half Marathon Nov. 7. Gravel, in her first attempt at this distance, ran the schools opportunities to form personal 22 on Wiggins Pass Beach, Bonita Springs, challenging course with a time of 1:26:53 with temperatures in the 40s and a biting relationships with major colleges and Fla., in the pouring rain. They spent most of wind. This state of Maine record holder in cross country plans to run her first marathon, universities. Y Jamie Poster works as an their free time last year traveling, including the Vermont City Marathon, next spring with boyfriend Dan Vassallo ’07, who won the AmeriCorps Vista member for the Poca- hiking and camping trips to the national Philadelphia Marathon Nov. 21. hontas Opera House in Marlinton, W.V. Y parks of Utah, Arizona, Washington, and Amanda Roehn continues to love life in Alaska. They now live in Watertown, Mass., milestones North Carolina and at Duke. She’s excited and are in the midst of planning their fall Marriages: Shannon L. Corliss ’03 to Gregory S. Wiener in Waitsfield, Vt. F Cameron for her first Duke basketball season and 2012 wedding. Y Liz Boeheim is in her M. Dale ’06 to Brian Liberty ’07 in Popham Beach, Maine F Leah Weitz ’06 to Adam is also hoping to make it up to Colby this second year of grad school getting an Carlson ’06 in Oia, Greece F Bryan Sanders ’06 to Sarah Huckabee on St. John, spring for softball games. Y Avi David and M.A. in English literature at the University U.S. Virgin Islands Cassie Jendzejec are traveling around of Montana in Missoula. Y Hugh Murphy India and up to Kathmandu, Nepal, where is gnawing away at his first year of dental they’ll teach and trek in the Himalayas school at USC. Y Mindy Favreau married and hopes to finish her pre-req courses bicycled cross-country with MaryClaire for much of this year. Y Brad Woodworth William Woerter June 12—they honey- and enroll in a B.S.N. program next fall. Y McGovern and Evan Eshelman, and this is continuing his sail around the world mooned in Aruba. They’re now fixing up Finn Teach MPP is working as a research summer she biked the second leg of the and greatly enjoys the experience. He their first house in Durham, Maine. Mindy assistant at the University of Southern U.S. perimeter, the Pacific coast. She cur- left Canada in May and stopped off in continues to work as e-news editor for Maine’s applied medical science depart- rently lives in Denver. Y Hanna Gerlovin the Caribbean, Panama, and Galapagos the business publication Mainebiz, which ment in Augusta. Y Blakemore Foster lives in Allston, Mass., with Matt Haefele. before a three-week sail to Pitcairn Island. recently took home a gold award in the Alli- moved to Washington, D.C., and works for In September Hanna started a graduate He wrote from Vanuatu. He planned to sail ance of Area Business Publications’ annual Booz Allen as a senior consultant doing program in biostatistics at Boston Uni- to Bali and then cross the Indian Ocean, design excellence awards in the category capital planning investment control and versity and works full time for BU’s Data hoping to arrive in Reunion sometime in of best explanatory journalism. Y Deemed portfolio management. He enjoys candlelit Coordinating Center as a statistical data early January. Y Sam Jones reported that fun by colleagues, no doubt due to their dinners with Matt Warshaw ’08, who also analyst. Y Julia Stuebing moved to Haifa, Matt Hirsch completed an eight-week Colby degrees, Elisa Chiniara and Pete lives in D.C. Y Alex Shafer is working on his Israel, to complete a creative arts Fulbright SCUBA course, receiving certification to Chapin ’03 are responsible for “Fun Friday” M.B.A. at Northeastern with a concentration Fellowship. She’ll work on her project, lead expeditions in Aruba. Matt’s taken blog posts on their company’s website. To in marketing. He is also secretary of the Common Ground: Landscape Painting in to the Aruba lifestyle—rarely wearing a get in on the fun, or chide them, check graduate marketing club. Israel, for nine months. Visitors welcome!* shirt, letting his hair grow to ridiculous out Communispace’s blog at www.blog. Christa Miller-Shelley began a research lengths, and foraging the sea for his communispace.com. Y Beth Hirschhorn assistantship through the AEWC Advanced meals. Whenever Sam talks to him, he continues to work at Novartis as a clinical 2008 Structures and Composites Center at the always says, “The sea is such a plentiful trial leader in Cambridge, Mass. She lives Palmer McAuliff University of Maine in Orono while working bounty.” Y Laura Pomponi finished her with a friend from Bates in Cambridge and [email protected] on a master’s in structural engineering. master’s in deaf education and lives with is very excited that Meg Church recently Victoria Work received her M.S. from Y William Whitledge moved to Washing- Emily Plumb and Liz Petit. She’s working moved to Cambridge for the year to attend the Colorado School of Mines and is ton, D.C., in September and lives with as a transitional kindergarten teacher at Harvard! They frequently have brunch currently in the Ph.D. program studying Katherine Koleski, Luke LaViolet, and SEEM Collaborative in North Reading, dates—but they don’t compare to Sunday algal bioenergy engineering. Her work was Eric Hansen. Bill and Luke work at the Mass. Y Emily Wilson and Martin Con- brunch in Dana. Y Mariah Buckley left her published in the ASM journal Eukaryotic Institute for Defense Analyses. Last April nelly were married by Jack Davidson in job with Make-A-Wish Foundation to pursue Cell and she recently coauthored a text- Bill graduated from Stanford with an M.S. Arlington, Vt., Aug. 14. Many friends and a career in pediatric oncology nursing. She book chapter on algae-based biofuels. in electrical engineering, and spent much family were on hand to celebrate including currently lives in Indiana with her boyfriend After graduating from Colby, Victoria of the summer traveling and training for the Joel Alex, Christine Avena, David Brand,

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Nancy Nivison Hamilton ’33, 3, 2010, in Brunswick, Maine, at 97. and was mentor and public speak- three children, four grandchildren, Nov. 13, 2010, in Deer Isle, Maine, She earned a teaching degree from ing coach to many. She traveled and five great-grandchildren. at 98. She was an accomplished pia- Presque Isle Normal School and was widely, volunteered with numerous nist and organist and was a found- a homemaker most of her life. She organizations, and was active with Elmer L. Baxter ’41, Nov. 21, 2010, ing member of the Pioneer Valley was a den mother for Cub Scouts, a civic organizations. She was prede- in Bar Harbor, Maine, at 91. He (Mass.) Symphony. She worked as member of the Baptist Church, and ceased by her former husband, S. served as an Air Force meteorolo- a home decorator with Hamilton delivered Meals on Wheels. Sur- Peter Mills ’34. Survivors include gist in World War II and the Korean Interiors, a family-owned business. vivors include her children, Paul, her children, Peter, David, Janet ’69, War, stationed in Greenland and Survivors include her children, Vernon, Cathy Blackstone, and Paul, and Dora Anne, five grand- Newfoundland. He worked in insur- Douglas, Margaret Smith, and Bar- Mary Sharp, seven grandchildren, children, four great-grandchildren, ance, was active with his church, and bara Martin, seven grandchildren, and 13 great-grandchildren. and two siblings. was a scoutmaster. He spoke Russian and seven great-grandchildren. and Esperanto, which he taught to Pearl Hoyt Coffin ’37, Nov. 28, Edwin F. Savage ’39, Nov. 29, seniors, and he loved railroads and Annabelle White Messer Jame- 2010, in Dover-Foxcroft, Maine, 2010, in Benton, Maine, at 92. He volunteered as a conductor for the son ’36, Oct. 12, 2010, in Rockport, at 95. She was a homemaker and graduated from Kansas City Uni- Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad. Maine, at 94. She taught high school mother who belonged to the Bap- versity Dental School and then He was predeceased by his wife, in Maine for 23 years while also tist church. Survivors include her served in the Navy. He estab- Elizabeth (Sweetser ’41). Survivors raising her children. Active with the daughters, Elaine, Donna, and lished a dental practice in Fairfield, include his sons, Ledyard ’67, David historical society, her church, and Norma, 10 grandchildren, 16 great- Maine, and served on the Fairfield ’70, and Benjamin, four grandchil- Delta Kappa Gamma sorority, she grandchildren, and four great- town council and in other munici- dren, and a great-grandchild. loved to garden, read, and fish. She great-grandchildren. pal offices. He was married twice was widowed twice but is survived and had five children. M. Eleanore King Clark ’41, by her daughters, Nancy Howard, Katherine Coffin Mills ’39, Oct. Nov. 28, 2010, in Kennebunkport, Lorna Pyzynski, Diane Jerome, and 4, 2010, in Farmington, Maine, at Ruth Blake Thompson ’40, Nov. Maine, at 91. She ran a hotel in Lorraine Tames, seven grandchil- 93. She taught high school Eng- 5, 2010, in Montpelier, Vt., at 91. A Kennebunkport with her husband dren, nine great-grandchildren, and lish for 35 years, retiring in 1991 mother and homemaker, she volun- for nearly 25 years while also raising four great-great-grandchildren. as head of the English department teered and taught Sunday school and her children, leading a Girl Scout at Mount Blue High School. She sewing classes. Survivors include troop, and substitute teaching. She Marion Libby Warren ’36, Nov. earned a master’s in English in 1972 her sister, Mary Louise Endicott, later worked as a teaching assistant

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in Portland, where she volunteered years, Florence, two daughters, and at 85. After raising her four children and belonged to the Maine Dental for Meals on Wheels and Laudholm a grandson. she worked as a secretary, book- Association. He was a member of the Trust. She studied birds and wild- keeper, and respiratory therapist. Lions Club, enjoyed tennis and golf, flowers, painted watercolors, and Ruth Howes Mistark ’43, Oct. 10, Survivors include her niece Ann and was an energetic skier who raced knitted. Survivors include her chil- 2010, in Scarborough, Maine, at 89. Dodge ’77. in the first Sugarloaf Schuss. Survi- dren, Cissy, Robin, and Peter, and She earned a master’s in occupational vors include his twin sister, Henri- six grandchildren, including Jamie therapy from Tufts in 1946, and then Janet M. DeWitt ’48, Sept. 23, etta St. Onge, three children, and Enos ’08. was a welder and shipfitter with Fore 2010, in Syracuse, N.Y., at 84. She two grandchildren. River Shipyard during World War II. was a biochemist at the Syracuse Mildred Van Valkenburg Demar- She later worked in OT in Worcester, University College for Medicine Geoffrey S. Lyford ’51, Oct. 10, tini ’41, Sept. 22, 2010, in Vero Mass. She retired and moved to Cliff for more than 30 years. She bowled 2010, in Edmonton, Alberta, at 84. Beach, Fla., at 89. A homemaker and Island, Maine, and was a caterer for and was an active volunteer. Survi- He worked as a systems designer mother, she belonged to AAUW and 20 years. She also enjoyed reading, vors include several cousins and her in upstate New York until he emi- played duplicate bridge. Survivors needle crafts, and cooking. She was beloved cat, Muffin. grated during the Vietnam War. He include her husband of 66 year, Felix, predeceased by father, Seth Howes worked in systems with the Uni- three children, nine grandchildren, Class of 1914. Survivors included her David C. Roberts ’48, Nov. 8, versity of Calgary, studied urban and three great-grandchildren. sister, Katherine Howes Brooks ’44 2010, in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., design, and then worked with Can- and her son, James. at 87. He left Colby to serve with ada’s federal government designing Virginia Moore Fremon ’41, Nov. the Air Force during World War municipalities within parks, such as 29, 2010, in Hackettstown, N.J., at Katherine Howes Brooks ’44, II. After an honorable discharge, Banff and Jasper. Survivors include 92. She earned her B.S. at Columbia Dec. 5, 2010, in Portland, Maine, he graduated from Colby and then his wife, Florence (Roshanna) Presbyterian School of Nursing and at 88. She traveled and lived around began a 40-year career with the McDonell ’51, three sons, four then worked as an R.N. at the hos- the world while her husband was John Hancock Life Insurance Com- grandchildren, and three siblings. pital there. She was active with her in the foreign service. She taught pany. He served on the Cumber- church and sang in the choir. She English at foreign colleges, man- land County Civic Center board Robert M. Roth ’51, Oct. 18, 2010, was also an equestrian. Survivors aged a commissary, and wrote and was appointed to the Maine in West Hartford, Conn., at 80. include her husband, Richard, four poetry. She was predeceased by her Agent’s Ethics Committee for Life He served as a first lieutenant in children, seven grandchildren, two father, Seth Howes Class of 1914, and Health Insurance. He sang in the Korean War. He worked as a great-grandchildren, and a sister. her husband, Wendall Brooks ’42, the church choir and belonged to stockbroker, and in 1967 he started and her sister, Ruth Howes Mistark the Lions Club. Survivors include Mark Securities. He umpired Little Priscilla Hathorn White ’42, Dec. ’43. Survivors include her daugh- his wife, Ruth, two daughters, four League, coached midget football, 15, 2010, in Dover-Foxcroft, Maine, ters, Wendie Geiger and Katherine grandchildren, five great-grandchil- and started a girls’ softball league. at 89. She was a Maine high school Brooks, two grandchildren, and a dren, and a sister. He served on the board of education, teacher for 49 years, retiring from great-granddaughter. supported local charities, and loved Foxcroft Academy in 1991. She was Beverley Hayward Teague ’49, to golf. Survivors include his wife active with local and state teachers Harold L. Vigue ’44, Oct. 17, 2010, Oct. 18, 2010, in Fairfield, Maine, at of 55 years, Helen (Palen ’51), three associations and other community in Waterville, Maine, at 88. He left 82. A dedicated mother and house- children, and seven grandchildren. organizations, including Daugh- Colby to serve with the Army Air wife, she belonged to the Methodist ters of the American Revolution. Corps during World War II and church, the women’s club, and the Joan Acheson Bridge ’52, Nov. Survivors include her sons, Robert received the Soldier’s Medal for non- Maine Children’s Home for Little 14, 2010, in Augusta, Maine, at and Jere, six grandchildren, and six combat valor. He returned to Colby Wanderers. In 1976 Maine Governor 79. She earned a master’s from the great-grandchildren. and then worked in sales for Maine Longley appointed her to the Gover- University of Maine. She taught broadcasting companies, eventually nor’s Committee on Children and elementary school in New Hamp- Leonard G. Cohen ’43, Nov. 30, becoming president of Capital Com- Youth. Survivors include her chil- shire and then French and Spanish 2010, in Longboat Key, Fla., at 88. munications Corp. In 1988 he was dren, Jennifer Morrisseau and Jack at Cony High School in Maine. She He served in World War II, earned Maine Broadcaster of the Year. He Teague, and four grandchildren. was known as a humorous story- his dental degree from the Univer- served on many professional, civic, teller and she loved dogs. Survivors sity of Pittsburgh in 1946, and then and sports boards in central Maine. Henry F. Poirier ’50, Sept. 21, 2010, include her children, Allyn Bridge served in the dental corps during Survivors include his children, in Waterville, Maine, at 85. Follow- and Allison Pederson, two grand- the Korean War. He practiced den- James ’72, John ’76, Jeffrey, and Julie ing high school he served in the Navy sons, and four brothers. tistry after the war for 40 years in ’83, and four grandchildren. during World War II. After Colby he New Bedford, Mass., where he was earned a D.D.S. from the University Henry L. Malloy ’52, Oct. 22, 2010, also active with his synagogue. Sur- Margery Dodge Radomski ’46, of Montreal. He practiced dentistry in Waccabuc, N.Y., at 79. 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He chaired the Jean Paula Whitcomb Thornton in Rocky Hill, Conn., at 69. He earned an M.B.A. from Simmons English Department in the 1980s, ’52, Oct. 29, 2010, in Randolph, earned his law degree from New School of Management and worked and was named a Dana Professor Vt., at 80. She was a proud home- York University and then prac- as an administrative assistant and a in 1983 and Lee Family Professor maker and mother of nine who ticed as a bankruptcy attorney for paralegal. She sang in the Boston of English and American Stud- supported her children’s activities. 43 years in Boston and Worces- choral music community and per- ies in 1994. In 1994 he won the She loved to knit and was known ter, Mass. He was a lifelong rugby formed with various ensembles. first Mary C. Turpie Award from for giving anyone a ride in her little player, an avid skier, and a golfer. Survivors include her husband, the American Studies Association. yellow car. Survivors include nine Survivors include his wife, Jacque- Murray Kohn, and a brother. He was the first recipient of the children, 23 grandchildren, and line, two children, a grandson, two Senior Class Teaching Award, later one great-grandchild. siblings, and his mother. Bruce D. McClellan ’78, Oct. 5, named for him, and he won the first 2010, in Springfield, Mass., at 55. Alumni Association award for ser- Hershel L. Alpert ’53, Nov. 26, John E. Dahlfred ’66, Oct. 1, He worked a variety of jobs, most vice to alumni. Survivors include 2010, in New Bedford, Mass., at 2010, in Boston, Mass., at 66. He recently in the computer industry, his children, David and Elizabeth, 78. After serving in the Army, he joined the Army and served in and was an engaged husband and and three grandchildren. worked in the family business, even- Vietnam. He worked in the tech- father. He died after a brief illness. tually becoming president of Alperts nology industry before starting his Survivors include his wife, Kath- Robert G. Doel, Nov. 21, 2010, in Furniture as well as its subsidiaries. own business as a sales rep. He was leen, three children, his parents, and Waterville, Maine, at 79. Educated He was named retailer of the year also an antiques dealer who enjoyed three siblings. at Heidelberg College, Kent State, by numerous organizations, chaired antiques preservation and travel. and the University of Wisconsin, home furnishing associations, and Survivors include his wife, Sandra, Sean S. Smith ’79, Oct. 18, 2010, in Madison, he came to Colby in 1965 worked as a consultant. He also two sons, Karl ’98 and James, two Littleton, Colo., at 52. He worked and taught sociology for 20 years. served on the boards of community stepdaughters, two grandchildren, for 25 years as a teacher, advisor, In retirement he sailed the coast of organizations. He was predeceased and six step-grandchildren. coach, academic dean, and middle Maine and Canada and hiked and by his wife, Barbara (Weiss ’53). school principal at Colorado Acad- fished in the Pacific Northwest and Survivors include his children, Beth, Anne Paul Schmidt ’67, Nov. 14, emy, where he started a summer in Argentina. Survivors include his Bruce, Peter, and Scott, seven grand- 2010, in New London, Conn., at program for underprivileged chil- wife, Priscilla Doel, professor emer- children, a sister, and a brother-in- 65. She earned two master’s degrees dren. He pursued graduate work ita of Portuguese and Spanish, and law, Robert Weiss ’56. from Syracuse University. She was at the University of St. Andrews a daughter. director of major gifts in Con- (Scotland) from 1988 to 1990 and John R. Faulkner ’53, Dec. 6, necticut for the American Cancer was head class agent at Colby. He Robert E.L. Strider II, M.A. 2010, in Houlton, Maine, at 79. He Society and also served as executive loved to fish, ski, and backpack. He ’57. Litt.D. ’79, Nov. 28, 2010, in built a 30-year career in the news- director for the New London office. died from brain cancer. Survivors Boston, Mass., at 93. President of paper business, including stints as She volunteered with the garden include his wife, Debra Perkins- Colby from 1960 to 1979, he came manager and editor of the Houlton club, New London Main Street, and Smith ’77, and two children. to the College as dean of faculty in Pioneer Times and then business the Rotary Club. Survivors include 1957 and was a life trustee as presi- manager and eventually execu- her husband, William, four chil- Kevin J. Farley ’86, Sept. 28, 2010, dent emeritus. He earned a B.A. and tive editor at Northeast Publishing dren, and five grandchildren. in Santa Cruz, Calif., at 46. He a Ph.D. at Harvard and held hon- Company. In 2004 was inducted to worked in the computer technology orary degrees from Colby and 10 the Maine Press Association Hall of James R. Vaughan ’67, Oct. 15, industry, most recently with iCon- other colleges. Predeceased by his Fame. He was a fly-fisherman and a 2010, in Middletown, Conn., at trol Networks in Palo Alto. He was wife, Helen Bell Strider, he is sur- hunter as well as a master gardener. 64. He worked in personnel and an outdoor enthusiast who champi- vived by his children, Mary Bruenn, Survivors include his wife, Esther, ran his own recruiting agency for oned the environment and animals. Robert, William, and Elizabeth three sons, and a grandson. more than 20 years. He coached He died from melanoma. Survivors Dain, three grandchildren, and and umpired Little League, was a include his siblings, Pam, Rick, two great-grandchildren, a sister, Elizabeth Winkler Laffey ’53, music aficionado, a food critic, and Kathy Thomas, Maureen Scott, and Barbara Kuehn, and brother David Oct. 3, 2010, in Vero Beach, Fla., at a collector of baseball cards and tin Jean D’Olimpio. Strider. (See story, page 5.)

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