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ANNUAL ALUMNI FUND True more for MAINE!

he kill Annual Alumni Fund appeal carries the annual fund to have less than 100 percent of their contributors following message on the envelope — Five more for renew for various reasons. MAINE!An Alumni Association student employee Our efforts now must be focused on adding new alumni ■ saw the envelopes and asked, “Five more what? Five donors to our MAINE family of contributors In the 1996-97 more dollars? Five more points? Five more donors?" campaign 1,367 alumni supported the Annual Fund with a tax­ She was curious. The answer comes in the form of a challenge. deductible gift for the first time since their graduation. For some, University of Maine President Peter S. Hoff has challenged us that was as many as 45 years ago, for others, just one year ago! do more for MAINE during the 1997-98 Annual Alumni The number of new contributors represented a three percent Fund campaign by increasing alumni support. We’re excited to increase over the 1995-96 campaign, confirming that Five moie report we’ve accepted President HofFs challenge and are dedi­ for MAINE is within reach! cating this campaign year to increasing alumni support for There is a renewed optimism in Maine regarding public MAINE by five percent! We’re letting alumni know about the higher education, and this new energy is evident on campus, as Five more for MAINE challenge over the next several months well. In the spring, the Maine State Legislature increased the state through letters, phone calls, and alumni publications. Will appropriation to the University of Maine System —two percent alumni answer the call and help increase total participation to for this year and three percent in the next. While this encourag­ 22 percent, we wondered? We know MAINE alumni — and ing news means more support for the University of Maine, it we know they can make it happen. doesn’t erase the loss of financial resources over the past seven Currently, seventeen percent of MAINE alumni (11,600 years when there were no state increases in the appropriation and out of 69,000) contributed to the Annual Alumni Fund during the University was forced to downsize. Alumni support helps the past campaign which ended bridge the gap and keeps the June 30, 1997. Our goals each How does MAINE rank in New England? positive momentum building! year are to both encourage more n their September 1 issue U.S. News & World Report alumni to renew their gifts and What will we do with released their rankings of U.S. colleges and universities to urge new contributors to additional alumni looking at factors such as academic reputation, student support the Annual Alumni I support? retention, faculty resources, financial resources, student 1 Fund for the first time. To ESS The University of Maine relies selectivity, value added features, and alumni giving rate. achieve this goal, we’re looking on alumni to help provide crit­ Specifically, the report considered “the average percentage for 3,500 additional alumni to ical financial resources through of undergraduate alumni who gave to their school in the make a gift to the University the Annual Alumni Fund. 1995 and 1996 academic years.” When compared with this campaign year — between Here’s just one example of other New England four year, land grand, public universi­ now and June 30, 1998. what we could do with ties, the University of Maine placed second for alumni It’s a fact that MAINE increased resources. During support, behind only the University of Vermont. alumni are generous. Last year the past year thanks to gener­ giving to the Annual Alumni ANNUAL GIVING RANKINGS NEW ENGLAND FOUR YEAR ous alumni who remembered f PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES Fund increased by ten percent, MAINE with unrestricted while the number of contribu­ 1. University of Vermont gifts, we provided 22 individ­ tors increased by less than one 2. University of Maine ual MAINE students and nine percent. This means current 3. University of Connecticut student groups with Student contributors are giving more — 4. University of Rhode Island Academic Travel awards to which is great news! It also 5. gniversity of New Hampshire pursue educational interests means that a number of 6. University of Massachusetts outside die classroom. These contributors do not renew their Source: U S. News dr World Report £ students presented papers at support. It’s not unusual for an annual conventions in Seatde, t

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British Columbia, Arizona, Texas and Nevada; and conducted I field research in the West Indies, and Eastport, Maine among other places! Gregory Jamison ‘72 is new To participate in these educational experiences, the I Annual Alumni Fund Chair students needed assistance; and the additional support was there thanks to unrestricted contributions to the Annual Alumni he University of Maine General Alumni Association Fund. More students will be looking for our help next spring. has named Gregory D. Jamison, ‘72 Annual Alumni Just imagine what we could do with additional funding! We can Fund campaign chair for 1997-98. Greg has been a achieve our ambitious goal — with your help. Together, we can member of the do five more for MAINE! General Alumni Association Board of Five ways of giving five more for MAINE! Directors since I • A personal check is the easiest method of giving. You may 1996, and was write one check when giv mg to more than one area on I elected as an officer

campus. Simply make the check payable to the Annual I in 1997, serving as Alumni Fund, then list your gift amounts on the memo line vice chair — fund I of the check or on a separate signed note, and we ll direct raising. I

I your gifts where you want them to go. I Greg • Your bank card may also be used to make an annual gift. You currently serves as may call (800) 934-2586 to charge youi gift to MasterCard executive director for or Visa, or include your card number and signature on the the Maine Pharmacy tear-out form included in this issue Association. His • Matching gifts to the Annual Alumni I und really add up! If I successful career as a you or your spouse woik for a company that matches charita­ pharmacist has ble contributions, please obtain a form horn youi personnel spanned the years office for details. Youi employer may double or even triple following this graduation from UMaine and the youi annual gift! Massachusetts College of Pharmacy in 1976. • Bequests leave a lasting legacy by icmembeiing the Annual Greg’s commitment to the University of Maine I Alumni Fund in youi will. Your bequest of leal estate, includes his involvement in Friends of Maine Football and

I personal pioperty, oi cash to the AAF will strengthen our I Friends of Maine Hockey, and he serves on the UMGAA’s endowment, helping us serve the Univeisity for geneiations legislative advocacy committee. In recent months Greg has I to come. returned to campus as a graduate student and anticipates I • Gifts of Appreciated Securities — the University of Maine receiving his MBA in ‘98. I Annual Alumni Fund welcomes gifts of stock. A gift oflong- A 1997-98 Annual Alumni Fund campaign chair, I teim appreciated securities has two advantages — an income I Greg serves as the lead volunteer for the $2 million 1 tax deduction to the donor equal to the fail maiket value of campaign seeking support from 15,500 contributors. I the securities, and the avoidance of capital gains taxes on the The new campaign is off to a great start, thanks to transfer. Consult youi peisonal financial advisor foi more Greg’s leadership! information. Io make a gift of appieciated secunties, simply direct your brokei to electionically tiansfci stock to us; oi I send a certificate made out to the Annual Alumni Fund; or, if >• • I the stock is in your name, send a signed stock power foim foi * I - each (different) certificate, and mail separately the unen­

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Their impact on MAINE is realized with the preservation of early American stencils in a public collection at Page Farm and Home Museum, scholarship support or non-traditional students, an enhanced track and field program, inspired teaching and research in forestry, and world class pulp and paper research.

To learn more about these unique gifts, and how you can leave your mark on MAINE, contact Amos Orcutt '64 or Elizabeth McKee today.

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MAINE ALUMNI VOLUME 78, NUMBER 3 FALL 1997

Editor 7 Whence El Nino? Jim Frick Design UMaine researchers Jim Frick Design Consultant are studying the Mike Mardosa '73 origins and impact Publisher Jeffery N Mills'83 of the weather phenomenon General Alumni Association Officers Mana R Fuentes 85G, Chair Gregory D Jamison 72, '78G Vice Chair 10 Starting on a High Patricia A Rilev '73, 78G, Vice Chair Catherine Cleale '86, Vice Chair Note Nancy Prisk Leathers 72, Vice Chair UMaine's 17th Fred B Knight '49, Vice Chair Nancv Nichols Hogan '62, '65G, Treasurer president, Peter Hoff, Jeffery N Mills '83, President has a surplus of William S Skoolicas 80, Immed Past Chair Page 10 enthusiasm UMGAA Board of Directors Pamela L Beal 69 Michael M Carney '72 16 Howling at the Fdward S Coffin 54 Anne Adams Collins '61 Door Robert C Covell '44 Do we want the Joseph T Cuccaro '59 Dana B Dolloft '63, '64G timber wolf back Bion A Foster '68, '70G in Maine? Virginia R Gibson '72, 7bC Virginia Barnes Grogean '63 Suzanne K Hart'68 22 Following Cindy Jane Stevens Harvey 54 Joseph F Herbert '58 UMaine's superstar Nicholas P Heymann '78 M Perry Hunter, Jr '52 has a pure Susan A Johnson 85, '87G passion for the game Sandra Emerson King 71, '74G Douglas E Kneeland '53 Elizabeth Hitchcock 1 ocke '77 29 Preacher to the Page 16 James D Mullen '72, '75G Nancy Roberts Munson 59 Prisoners Ednc P Starbird '56 A profile of UMaine Rita F Sullivan '95 Walter E Whitcomb '74 alumnus George Dr Henry K Woodbrev '53 Castillo '67

/ Publications Advisory Committee I > Nonni Hilchev Daly 59 Nancy Morse Dysart '60 H Allen Fernaid '54 Joseph Herbert '58 Douglas E Kneeland '53 Fred B Knight '49 (Chair) Departments Richard W Sprague '51 Daniel R Warren '79 Campus Briefs 4 Research Briefs 6 MAINE is published three times per year by the Geneial Alumni Association of the Alumni Newsmakers 33 Page 22 University of Maine The editorial office is Alumni Bookshelf 34 located at the Crossland Alumni Center, PO Box 550, Orono, ME 04473-0550 Telephone 207/581-1137 Third class postage is paid at Burlington, VT 05401

Fall 1997 3 CAMPUS______News in Brief

Alumni promise second oldest women's fra- ternitv (so-called in the ear- $5 million to lydays) On campus, Alpha UMaine Omicron Pi was the first fra­ academics ternal chapter for women, established here in 1908

Three UMaine alumni have promised the university nearly $5 million for aca­ After 50 years, demic programs and schol- 82-year-old arships The promised gifts I reflect the university's con­ woman receives tinued efforts to attract her diploma funding from private do­ nors and the willingness of its graduates to provide for In 1940 Dorothy Willard the next generation of stu­ Dorothy Willard Dyer is congratulated by her husband Earl Dyer was dressed in her dents. Dyer and daughter Ruth Cambridge. UMaine cap and gown, In recent months, Rob­ standing in line waiting tor ert Buchanan, Class of '44 the commencement cere­ has promised a gift cur­ Phi Mu gevity on campus, says the mony to begin She was rently valued at $2 6 mil­ celebrates 85 organizers, University ot tapped on the shoulder lion to create an endow­ Maine Phi Mu alumnae and told she had received ment for undergraduate years at UMaine Deb Roy ot Bangor and Al­ an incomplete in an educa­ scholarships, John Murphy, ice Smith of Orono Just as tion course Class of '64, has promised important, the event was Without questioning the a minimum of $1 3 million The University of Maine an opportunity to bring to­ circumstances, she left the for a faculty chair in the chapter of Phi Mu celebrat­ gether alumnae and stu­ university to take a teach­ Maine Business School, ed its 85th anniversary on dents to share memories, to ing job in East Millinocket and Dennis Rezendes, campus in October with network, and to explore the She alwavs✓ dreamed of Class of '57, has promised two days ot activities high­ potential of developing completing her bachelor's $1 million for projects in i lighted by an address by new ventures such as an degree, but circumstances public administration and the national president of alumnae chapter in her life prevented it philosophy the fraternal organization More than 700 UMaine In a campus ceremony Each of the promised and a campaign for alum­ Phi Mu alumnae were invit­ on October 10 at Alumni gifts will remain in trust nae involvement ed to be part of the 85th an­ Hall, Dyer's aspirations be­ until the donor's death, a Representatives of dif­ niversary celebration Some came a reality when she re­ common arrangement with ferent generations of Phi are now living as far away ceived her diploma at the estate giving Mu members from the as Peru, Australia, and Swee­ age of 82 from University Once received, the gifts i 1920's to the 1990's were on den of Maine president Peter will create endowment hand to present historical UMaine's Phi Mu chap­ Hoff funds that will rest with the perspectives on the chap­ ter was 16th in the nation "I wras overwhelmed, University of Maine Foun- 1 ter, and a Founder's Day w'hen it was established on but I was so proud and dation. I ceremony paid tribute to campus in 1912 Today it glad to get it," Dyer said The new gifts show that the three women who es­ remains the fourth oldest of "The diploma is a happy private giving continues to tablished the organization the 134 active chapters in completion of a lot of hard play an integral part in the The event celebrated the the U S work It takes me back as if financial strength of the revitalization of the univer­ Nationally and at the it were yesterday " university. sity's Pi chapter and its lon­ university, Phi Mu is the «

4 Maine Bryand Global Memorial Union Sciences Center to get opens renovations and an addition The department of geolog­ ical sciences and the insti- I tute for quaternary studies There have been several have a new home—the Ed­ committees formed in the ward T. Bryand Global Sci­ past ten years to address ences Center, named for the inability of the Memo­ UMaine alumnus Edward rial Union to meet the T Bryand, Class of 1952 needs of today's students. The three-story, 46,000- 1 However, a lack of funding square-foot Global Scienc­ prevented them from get­ es Center is the university's ting very far I newest landmark facility It But this fall a new Me­ provides state-of-the-art morial Union committee laboratories, classrooms, was formed under much . seminar space, and office View of the new Edward T. Bryand Global Sciences Building. more encouraging circum­ and storage areas The de­ stances. The University of partment's 14 faculty, i Maine System Board of along with undergraduate by architects of Payette As- Global Sciences Center | Trustees has approved and graduate students and sociates, Inc , of Boston, with state-of-the-art equip­ funding for the project in research assistants, have features 25 offices, admin- ment, including the com­ the form of a $9.3 million been spread out in Board­ istrative space tor geologi­ puter teaching laboratory loan. Student government man and Aubert Halls, cal and the quaternary in­ hardware, an X-ray diffrac­ and the graduate student Crosby Laboratory, and stitute, 13 research labs, six tion unit, and a mass spec­ association endorsed a Sawyer Environmental Re­ teaching labs, and base­ trometer $3.50-per credit-hour fee search Center. ment storage space. Bryand was the inven­ for all registered students "It's the first time since The realization of the tor of the honeycomb roll taking classes on campus the late '60s that most of the long-awaited facility was used extensively by the beginning the semester the department of geological made possible by a pnvate- paper industry to dry pa­ addition is open for use sciences has been under i public partnership with per. Today, the honeycomb and continuing for the 20- one roof," says Stephen Bryand leading the private roll has applications in the i year period of the loan. Norton, department chair support with a $1 million manufacture of such di­ Dining services and the "It will help communica­ I g>ft verse products as audio­ bookstore will contribute tion among faculty and stu­ Other funding for the video tapes and geotextiles $2.25 million and $1.1 mil­ dents We've mixed the fac­ building included $5 mil­ used in road construction. lion respectively to the ulty and student offices for lion from the state as part Bryand's association project. The development just that purpose " of the 1988 UMaine System✓ with the UMaine chemical office is committed to rais­ Special features of the bond issue. The U S Gov­ engineering department ing $1 million. building include two en­ ernment appropriated $1 began when he was devel­ The first stage of the trances with ground-to- million from the Environ­ oping the honeycomb dry­ project will be to make roof glass walls, a 60-scat mental Protection Agency er using the Pulp and Pa­ mandatory safety im­ auditorium, and a new In addition, Bryand per Foundation's pilot provements. The addition computer teaching labora­ made a $200,000 challenge plant dryer Since then, will then be built followed tory. The entire building, pledge to enable the uni­ Bryand has been actively by renovation of the exist­ including research labora­ versity to apply for the involved with the founda­ ing building. In the end, tory and offices, is handi­ National Science Founda­ tion and the General Alum­ more than 45,000 square capped accessible tion grant totalling as much ni Association feet of space will be added The building, designed as $750,000 to outfit the to the Union.

Fall 1997 5 CAMPUS______Research and Innovation

$1.17 million NSF growths and declines in arenas from Link between construction to auto sales, by county grant to boost Voice-overs, animated graphics, and advertising and aquaculture research photographs accompany the infor­ I low self-esteem mation. Roper's CD-ROM program, "The Maine's aquaculture industry is get­ Economy of Maine," is available A new’ study about the impact of ting a boost from a $1 17 million grant through the Smith Center Copies are marketing on its audience has found for research and development at expected to be provided to Maine that the polished portraits of attrac­ UMaine The National Science Foun­ college and high school libraries The tive, successful people that are so dation grant will provide new equip­ center also hopes to make copies persuasive in advertising cause ment for research, partial support for available (for about $15) to college young men, as well as young wom­ four new faculty members in the professors, business people, and pub­ en, to have lowered self-esteem school of marine sciences, and stu­ lic officials Research has long-since linked the dent assistantships in areas critical to Roper has developed the program abundance of thin, beautiful models the industry's future growth tor a diverse audience, including peo­ to self-esteem problems and eating In addition, the grant will pay for ple who aren't professional econo­ disorders in young women In the a new 4,600-square-foot flowing sea­ mists study, Kim McKeage, UMaine assis­ water lab for culturing fish and shell­ The program shows trends in tant professor of marketing, and col­ fish at the university's Darling Ma­ Maine's economic sectors—fishing, league Charles Gulas, of Wright State nne Center in Walpole and improve­ farming, construction, manufactur­ University, found that young men ments to the aquaculture labs in ing, transportation, wholesale and use images in ads as benchmarks Orono retail trade, government finance, and against which to judge themselves "For more than 20 years, the Uni­ the service industry McKeage and Gulas launched versity of Maine has had an aggres­ their study in 1993 involving 140 sive research program in aquacul­ young men from a major university ture," says Bruce Barber, project di­ in the Northeast rector and associate professor in the UMaine professor The men were shown advertise­ school of marine sciences "We've develops rainfall ments from popular magazines such had success with oysters and most simulator as Spot ts Illustiated and GQ depicting recently cod This grant builds on that, physically attractive men and wom­ but most importantly it strengthens en, as well as financially successful our capacity in basic sciences " Rosemary Seymour, assistant profes­ men and women As a control, the sor of bio-resource engineering, has groups also viewed advertisements designed a portable rainfall simula­ containing only objects CD version of Maine's tor which was used in experiments The men then answered a ques­ economy available ■ on water quality and potato produc­ tionnaire to gauge their self-esteem tion at the Aroostook Farm in Presque I The study* found that advertisements I I Isle this past summer I with idealized images temporarily re- During a six-month sabbatical at The device stands about 12-feet I duced self image of the male viewers UMaine's Margaret Chase Smith tall and uses nozzles and a fan to sim­ in the test Center for Public Policy, Robert Rop­ ulate rainfall rates from about .7 inch The young men in the study re­ er, associate professor of business at to 2 8 inches per hour Students in sponded favorably to ads portraying Bangor's University College, devel- 1 biosystems science and engineering attractive young women, but nega­ oped a multimedia program that is a built the simulator last June. tively to those with attractive young quick, comprehensive, and engaging At Presque Isle, operators were men The test subjects also respond­ guide to Maine's economy able to conduct two tests per day on ed more negatively to those ads por­ The 450-screen program shows , plots one-meter square Seymour traying financially successful wom­ trends in the state's economy from ; hopes to make the device available en 1969-1996, allowing users to track the to others studying hydrologics

6 Maine ■

Whence El Nino? University of Maine researchers are in the center of the debate about the origin and impact of this havoc-raising phenomenon.

By Nicolas Houtman

They're no Indiana Jones Neverthe- of something big Through studies of Nino. less, they've traveled the Pan-Ameri­ Peruvian archaeological sites and Their work is unfolding under the can Highway through some of the modeling of global climate, Daniel auspices of the University of Maine's most desolate terrain in South Sandweiss, of the department of an­ America, and they've even plunged thropology and Kirk Maasch, of the their truck into quicksand. (Truck and department of geological sciences The photograph at the top of the page shows a region near Pompa del Palo, Peru occupants were rescued by workers have put themselves at the center of after the severe El Nino of 1983. The from a nearby salt producer.)And like a debate about the origins and im­ photo below it, taken in 1987, shows the the fictional hero, they're on the trail pacts of the weather phenomenon, El same general region as it normally looks.

Fall 1997 7 CAMPUS

Institute for Quaternary Studies (IQS) I sor of geological sciences at the Uni­ other parts of the world "The most which is celebrating its 25th anniver­ versity of Pittsburgh relevant research is pollen data from sary this year. Indeed, it was the In­ In 1986, Rollins (a specialist in the Australia that show's a change from stitute which brought Sandweiss and ecology of ancient mollusks), low' variability before 5,000 years ago Maasch together and has also paved Richardson, and Sandweiss pub- to high variability that characterizes the way for related geological work | lished an article in the journal an ENSO (El Nino/Southern Oscil­ by Daniel Belknap, professor of geo­ Geomchaeology titled "The Birth of El lation) dominated system We also logical sciences, and graduate stu­ Nino, Geoarchaeological Evidence picked up reports on anomalous mol­ dent Stacy Shafer of Old Town and Implications " The paper sug­ lusks from three other parts of the For people in the tropics, El Nino gested that, among other things, the w'orld including the Atlantic coast of brings severe weather changes which birth of the modern El Nino could be Argentina, the Siberian coast of the can ruin crops, reduce fish harvests, read in the shells and fish bones left Sea of Japan, and Greenland The wash away villages and affect whole behind in ancient middens by coastal same thing happened with about the ecosystems The current occurrence inhabitants That contention drew same magnitude in pretty w'idely of this weather phenomenon has strong disagreement from some sci­ separated places " been especially harsh entific quarters, and Sandweiss' team Another potential confirmation In this country, the California intensified their search for additional comes from work by R Scott Ander­ coast is preparing for its own harsh evidence They also consulted with son '79G, associate professor of envi­ weather conditions this coming win­ Elizabeth Reitz, professor of anthro­ ronmental sciences at Northern Ari­ ter Although what is happening pology at the University of Georgia zona University in Flagstaff. In a pre­ I there is being called El Nino, it is ac­ and a specialist in the identification sentation at the IQS symposium in tually not related to ocean warming of fish and other bones from archaeo­ Orono, Anderson presented evidence off the South American coast logical sites that a climate shift about 4,500 years But the consequences of El Nino With the addition of Maasch's cli­ ago appears to have allow ed Sequoia do range far and wide Worldwide mate modeling expertise, the team redwood trees to proliferate in the damages from the 1982-83 El Nino published another article in Science in Sierra Nevada mountains of Califor­ have been estimated at $8 billion September, 1996 The core of that pa­ nia Redw’oods are associated with This year, forest fires in Brazil and In­ per is a description of biological evi­ frequent fires, Anderson pointed out donesia may be related to unusually dence from several Peruvian archae­ in his presentation, and their rapid dry conditions associated with the ology sites The team confirmed that spread suggests a change in climate latest El Nino mollusk and fish remains in those that Anderson has linked to an inten­ Relating El Nino to cultural and sites show a shift from warm water sification of El Nino around 5,000 social change connections remains to cold w'ater species occurring years ago — a conclusion essentially controversial However, historians through a transition phase about in line with that of Sandw’eiss, have related shifts in political power 5,000 years ago That shift was made Maasch, and their colleagues to particularly severe El Ninos going possible, their argument goes, by a "What w'e think we see is a period back as far as 1,500 years ago change in atmospheric and ocean cir- of much less climate variability in the I culation which allowed cooler water mid-Holocene, about five to eight Carnegie collaboration to migrate into sub-tropical latitudes thousand years ago," says In other w'ords, some 5,000 years Sandweiss "That's the time through­ El Nino (meaning Christ child) is ago the ocean w'aters off South out the world — and it's just specu­ so named because it is marked by the America cooled What we are seeing lation that there might be any connec- appearance of relatively warm ocean now, in El Nino, is a return to the pre­ tion at all — when agriculture booms water off the northern Peruvian coast, cold water conditions We can think This is when settled village life be­ usually around Christmas time of it as a light bulb flickering on and gins And then, within 500 years at- Sandweiss' scientific interest in Peru off, periodically providing w'armth to ter this change, particularly in the goes back to 1980 when he began to the ocean water, and creating dra­ New World, you get people building collaborate with James B Richardson matic changes on land monuments, exhibiting signs of a III, chief curator of anthropology and i The implications, of course, go far more complex social organization acting director of the Carnegie Mu­ . beyond South America If such a Not just bigger, not just settled, not seum of Natural History in Pitts­ change did occur at that time, says just farming but something else en­ burgh, and Harold B. Rollins, profes- Sandweiss, it should show up in tirely"

8 Maine El Nino and Today's Coast

Today, with the exception of a few rivers which support trees, irrigated agriculture and the capital city Lima, most of the Peruvian coast is a bar­ ren desert. Archaeological sites are scattered, and in some cases, reflect seasonal use by early inhabitants. Sandweiss and his colleagues have demonstrated that at some locations early people dined almost entirely on fish and shellfish In the foothills, plant communities known as lomas, or fog meadows, provided plants for human use, but for the most part, there isn't much except sand and rock between the sea and the mountains Predictably, a pre- E1 Nino climate might have produced a different landscape along the north­ ern coast, but so far, scientists have found little evidence to suggest what it might have looked like Monty Rand photo Although others have looked for University of Maine researchers Daniel Sandweiss (left) and Kirk Maasch. clues, Sandweiss and Anderson are considering a new search They would like to find ancient catchments such as brackish lagoons or river backwa­ cies along the northern coast First and that greenhouse warming oc­ ters in which plant remains might suggested by Sandweiss 15 years ago, curred over and above the previously have been laid down gradually over the working hypothesis is that tec­ dominant pattern," says Maasch. "I the centuries tonic activity in the mountains loos­ believe that ocean-atmosphere dy­ Other clues may come from an un­ ens soil which is then carried to the namics are involved in lowering and usual coastal feature, a series of shell- coast during large El Nino floods. raising the atmospheric CO level, topped ridges. Sets of ridges measur­ whether we drive cars or not." ing up to six meters high are located Global Warming? For Sandweiss, the El Nino switch near the mouths of four rivers and one also justifies a closer look at the con­ normally dry river bed Last summer, If the El Nino switch hypothesis nection between climate and culture. Daniel Belknap of the department of holds up in further studies, it could "I don't think that climate drives cul­ geological sciences, and graduate stu­ provide a reasonable basis for estimat­ ture. Eighty to 90 years ago, many dent Stacy Shafer began a study of ing the regional impacts of a warmer people thought there was a one-to-one these ridges near the Chira River with globe in the future. Computer mod­ correlation, that climate determined a combination of on-the-ground in­ els suggest that the average global culture and even personality. That vestigations, aerial photography, and temperature could increase between was true geographic determination, satellite imagery. three and nine degrees Fahrenheit if and they took it to an extreme. That Ultimately, Belknap and Shafer the concentration of greenhouse gases idea went out many years ago, fortu­ hope to relate the ridge-building pro­ in the atmosphere doubles over pre­ nately. But climate change does cre­ cess to periodic El Nino floods The industrial levels. ate opportunities, and it creates neces­ earliest ridges date back to the same "My hunch is that global carbon di­ sities. When the climate changes dra­ period of time when cold water mol­ oxide levels changed in the early Ho­ matically, it creates stresses that re­ lusks were replacing warm water spe- locene (roughly the last 10,000 years), quire response."

Fall 1997 9 Starting on a High Note

Peter Hoff, f you had to come up with one word to describe Peter Hoff's first few months as president of the University of UMaine's 17th president, has a lot Maine it would have to be enthusiasm. Take Friends and IFamily Weekend as an example: The new UMaine leader of enthusiasm for completes a busy morning schedule. He hurries back from a speak­ ing engagement to the President's House to host a luncheon for his new job. He's scholarship students. Around noon, the Black Bear Marching Band going to put that i proceeds into the driveway and everyone comes out of the house I to listen. But listening is too passive for Hoff. This president has to energy toward the get more involved than that. As the band gets ready to perform, Hoff appears with his French horn and joins the student musicians goal of increasing in a rousing rendition of the "Maine Stein Song." state funding and Even Hoff's wife Dianne is a bit surprised by the way her hus­ band has taken to his new job. "I know Peter pretty well, but even I am amazed at how much into convincing I • enthusiasm he has," she said. "He gets up every morning and can't more qualified high wait to get to work." /' It's that spirit and energy that has also impressed people on cam­ school students pus and around the state during Hoff's first few months in office. that UMaine is an And you can observe the results of his infusion of enthusiasm on all corners of the campus. Morale seems to be on the upswing. educational Of course, Hoff has the good fortune to be starting his term dur­ ing much-improved times for Maine and the university. State fund­ bargain. ing has finally reversed its downward slide. Fifty new faculty mem­ bers have bolstered academic programs. The NCAA violations have been put to rest. SAT scores for entering students are on the rise. Plans for a new football stadium and a refurbished Memorial Union are well underway. And perhaps most importantly, polls indicate the people of the state once again have a favorable view of their By Jim Frick state university. Peter Hoff fully realizes that he has inherited a good situation. "Whoever assumed this presidency owes a tremendous debt to President Hutchinson (Fred Hutchinson '53) for guiding the uni­ Opposite page photograph by Monique Mace-Hashey. Page 13 and 15 photos by Monty Rand.

10 Maine

versity through some very difficult to successful college careers who don't of Wisconsin, he majored in English years/' Hoff says "He had to make apply to any post-secondary institu­ and continued his enjoyment of extra­ some very difficult decisions in this tion," he says curricular activities by playing French office. And because he had the cour­ As a personal attempt to raise as­ horn in the marching band As a mem­ age to face those problems head on, pirations in Maine high schools, Hoff ber of that band he performed in the he left this university in far better has pledged to visit every high school 1963 Rose Bowl shape than it would have been in if in the state. After Wisconsin, Hoff went on to he had not been here. We are in a good "It may take more than a year, but receive his master's and Ph D. in En­ position to start my administration, it is a promise on which I will deliv­ glish and Humanities from Stanford and I owe that largely to him " er," he says. "The president of the larg­ Hoff began his career in higher Hoff wants to capitalize on the up­ est university in the state has a respon­ education as a faculty member at Wis­ ward swing at UMaine to achieve two sibility beyond the campus It is im­ consin In 1986 he became dean of fac­ major goals: get increased state fund­ portant for me to be out there making ulty at the University of Wisconsin/ ing and grow the university's enroll­ sure high school students understand Parkside and from that point on it was ment. how important it is to get some post­ onward and upward to administra­ "I'm on a quest this year, no ques­ secondary education—to understand tive positions of increasing responsi­ tion about it," he says "Yes, we did how much difference it will make in bility vice chancellor for academic af­ get a nice increase in funding, but I'm their lives and their livelihoods " fairs at Indiana University Southeast, sure that Chancellor McTaggart and vice chancellor of academic affairs at the other campus presidents will off is also concerned about the University System of Georgia, se­ agree that it is only a beginning the number of good Maine nior vice chancellor of the California Through the work of the Faculty Five students who choose to go State University, and most recently and others, we have made a strong Hout of state to attend collegesenior It is advisora to the chancellor of the case for the need for more research situation with which he has had per­ California State University money Now that we have made that sonal experience Those impressive credentials will case, and now that there is a state sur­ "When I was a high school senior help Hoff considerably on campus plus, I think we have the opportunity I was admitted to Stanford, Cornell, and within the UMaine System, but to build on what we've started." > and the University of Wisconsin", Hoff he will need something more to gain I Hoff adds that the university will explains "But because of what it the support of Maine people We all also be more aggressive in going af­ would cost to go to those private in­ know Mamers like to get to know ter federal grants and money from the stitutions, fine as they are, I had no their public leaders up-close and per­ private sector. trouble making the decision that Wis- sonal They like them to be straight­ "We have to be serious about go­ consin was the place for me because talking and accessible And they like ing after grants and funding from it presented such a great bargain in folks coming into the state to spend donors The last place we want to look terms of cost and quality I never re­ a little time trying to understanding for new money is in tuition increas­ gretted my choice Unfortunately, I what's important here es." I think too many Maine students are From all indicators, Mainers But while Hoff doesn't want to in- , electing to go out of state when they should have no problem with Peter crease tuition at UMaine, he fully re­ could get a better, less expensive edu­ Hoff alizes that increasing enrollment is cation right here " ! "I'm going to spend a lot of time necessary for the institution's future If the UMaine president is going to this year getting to know Maine and stability be successful in his "quest" he will helping Maine get to know me," he "I think it is essential to our devel­ need to draw on all his powers of per- j said "I will be in Maine communi­ opment as a university right now that suasion as well as on his extensive ex­ ties—with businesses, civic organiza­ we grow enrollment, and that we do perience in the world of higher edu- I tions, the halls of government— to it as soon as possible without sacrific­ cation deliver the message that this is an ing quality," he says. Hoff was born in Atlanta, Georgia, • exciting and vibrant place, and that What the university needs to do, but raised in rural Wisconsin Al­ it is important to share responsibili­ Hoff believes, goes beyond standard though he clearly has warm feelings ty for its maintenance and develop­ admissions' efforts. The university in for both places, it is the Wisconsin ment " general, and he personally, need to get upbringing that he will draw on most One person who thinks the peo­ more qualified high school students heavily in his new position at Maine ple of Maine are going to like the new in the state to think about continuing In high school he played varsity UMaine president is former alumni on to higher education football and golf, was a member of the association chair% Jim Mullen '72. He "There are far more students who debate team, and edited the high served on the searchK • _ committee that are qualified and could easily go on school newspaper At the University chose Hoff and is currently a mem-

12 Maine Helping Her Husband Fulfill a Lifelong Dream

our husband fi­ Library Board and on the nally gets the job inaugural committee. And r

that fulfills his life­ :r.r you get the feeling that is Ylong goal But it means you only the beginning. have to temporarily put "I'm very interested in your own very successful technology, the arts, and in career on hold— give up a athletics," she says. "I like job you love as principal of to play around with video a school that you practi­ and multi-media. I'm also cally started from scratch. interested in how comput­ Not only that, you also ers can be used as a re­ have to uproot and move search tool. I'm a big sup­ clear across the country porter of the arts and a from fast-paced, trendy huge sports fan. You'll see California to the tradi­ me at a lot of events." tional, small-town life of And what about all the eastern Maine press scrutiny her hus­ Sounds like a difficult band is likely to undergo

adjustment. Dianne and Peter Hoff with son Jay as the president of the Not for Dianne Hoff, the state's flagship campus? very positive-thinking wife "When I was growing of UMaine's 17th president She ball and get involved in all kinds of up my father was the mayor," Hoff seems to have adjusted just fine, other activities notes. "So we had people in the thank you, and she's looking for­ As for her career, she says she is house a lot, including many from ward to the opportunities open to likely to return to her career in K-12 the press. This is very much like her as the university's "first lady." education in the near future When that here So it is something I'm She's also happy to be living she does, she should be a great asset used to. And so far everyone has what she believes is a better qual­ for whatever school system she en­ been very respectful of our need for ity of life in Maine ters Hoff received her bachelor's and privacy. The students especially "I really like the pace of life here, master's degrees from Indiana Uni­ have been very polite." especially the lack of traffic," she versity, and is currently completing Yes, Dianne Hoff has adjusted says. When Peter was offered the her doctoral degree in school admin­ quickly to her new state. She seems job, we decided Maine was a won­ istration from the University of Lou­ to sincerely like it here, and she derful place, and that we wanted isville. She worked as a high school seems content in her new role. But to make a home here, and become and middle school teacher for 17 there is also little question that this part of the community We arc re­ years. Then seven years ago, she be­ is a woman who willingly made ally pleased with the genuine came the first principal of the 1,200- some sacrifices to help fulfill her warmth everyone has shown to us student Wood Canyon School—the husband's dream. People have made us feel very wel­ only elementary school in California "This job has fulfilled a life-long come." with a performing arts focus. goal for Peter," she says. "One of Among the important benefits "It was hard to leave," Hoff says. the reasons I was so enthusiastic of life in Maine for the Hoffs is the "I started the school and really put it and supportive about it all was be­ educational situation for their 14- all together, picking everything from cause I knew how much this meant year-old son Jay, now a freshman the furniture to the faculty" to him. This is what he always at Orono High School. But it doesn't seem to be Hoff's na­ wanted to do. To be back on a cam­ "Instead of being in a class of 39, ture to look back with any regrets. pus, to have the personal contact as he was last year, he's now in Instead, she is looking forward to be­ with faculty and students, and to classes of 15 or 16," Hoff says. Plus, ing a contributing member of the have the responsibility of knowing because of the school's small size, UMaine community. She is already that your decisions can make a dif­ he has the opportunity to play foot­ serving on the Friends of the Fogler ference. He's loving it"

Fall 1997 13 ber of the UMaine Svstem board of What have been your first impres­ the job gives me energy more than it trustees. sions of the state and the campus? takes energy from me "Peter is a person who might not The people here have been tremen­ So far I'm loving what I'm doing immediately strike you as being char­ dously generous in welcoming me 1 look forward to getting to the office ismatic/' Mullen observed "But as and my family People in Maine care in the morning you talk to him, there is a genuine about their university People in the sincerity there that I think will endcar past few months have been coming How would you describe your ad­ him to Maine people. He's a very sin­ up to me and telling me how much ministrative style? cere person. And he's very likable. I they care. I think people would like I think people w ho have worked with think the fact that he is so interested to see more done for the university, me would agree that I believe in a in and accomplished at other things, but there is the reality that resources team approach, a collaborative ap­ such as music and golf, says a lot are limited As for the campus, the proach, but one with clear lines of about him as a person He's someone first thing that hit me was that it was responsibility who is well-rounded and has a bal­ even more beautiful than the photos anced life I also think that his pledge in the view book or that I remem­ You've made it clear that you are on to visit every high school in the state bered from my first visit But I also a quest to increase state funding and will earn him a lot of respect and also have no second thoughts about the to grow enrollment. One thing you boost the university's image " strength of what we have here aca­ say you will stress in that quest is Another thing that will fit in well demically—outstanding professors, * 1 the university's "unique niche" in with Maine values is Hoff's basic an outstanding staff, and a very good higher education. What is it that philosophy of life, one that empha­ array of programming We have a puts UMaine in that niche? sizes responsibility for your own ac­ good base from which to build an Well, of course, we have a unique tions and decisions institution of international pronu- mission within the system, being the "We really need to think about nence only land-grant institution We are that as we shape the educational ex­ the only campus that provides under- periences for students, emphasizing You talked about why you wanted giaduate and graduate education responsibility for one's choices, de­ the job. Now that you are in the job, through the doctoral level On a na­ cisions, and acts. We must also real­ what do you think are the qualities tional level this is one ot the few land­ ize that the best learning sometimes a person needs to be a good univer- grant universities across the country comes from experiencing the conse­ sity president? that has all the responsibilities and quences." It really takes quite an array of qual­ programming of a major university ities One of the good things about but still offers a human scale I can't where I'm coming from is that I have think of a single land-grant institu­ In the following interview Peter been able to observe almost 60 dif­ tion where class size is as small and Hoff talks about being a university ferent college presidents at work In where faculty/student relationships president in the 1990s, his adjust­ this day and age, the really good col­ are as strong as they are here at ment to Maine, his administrative lege presidents have to be effective Maine Those are things that small style, and lus views on a number of advocates for their schools and high­ liberal arts colleges offer, but we can issues in higher education er education in general That means offer it within a comprehensive uni­ being able to go out and rally sup­ versity It makes this place special The average tenure for a university port from alumni and other key sup­ or college president is now just three porters Now, the good presidents You mentioned UMaine's unique or four years. We all know it is a also do a great job internally—com­ role in the system. As you are prob­ stressful, demanding, and highly municating what the agenda is to fac­ ably well aware, the university's sta­ visible job. Why did you want it? ulty and staff so that everyone knows tus and the distribution of funds I guess it is just a natural progression what it really is they are pulling for within the system has long been a in my career Having been an aca­ One other quality all these good pres- ; topic for hot debate. As the leader demic officer in a number of settings, idents seem to have is the ability«/ to of the flagship campus, how do see this was the next step I also really be almost everywhere at once yourself working with and within think that America is facing a leader­ the system? ship crisis in higher education right Are the endless demands on presi­ Well, the first thing is that all the cam­ now There are a good many experi­ dents the reason that so many have puses and the chancellor need to enced presidents and CEOs retiring short tenures? ! make a strong case to get the system, or moving on to other things, and I It could be It is a challenge, but per­ as a whole, properly funded After think it is necessary for some of us sonally I'm finding it to be an exhila­ that, we need the chancellor and the in my generation to fill the void. rating kind of challenge I find that trustees to recognize the uniqueness

14 Maine of what we do—our respon­ I think the university has sibilities in research, public made a start. But we still service, and undergraduate have a very long way to go and graduate education on diversity Now just this Along with those responsi­ fall we added two African/ bilities come resource needs American faculty mem­ Now, I think it is entirely bers, which is two more than possible to meet those re­ we had last year. It is an im­ source needs within the con­ portant first step. I think text of a university system there are other forms of di­ I've seen it happen at many versity that we have to pay of the state university sys­ attention to here in a rural tems where I've worked state like Maine Gender for And those systems all had example. We added 50 new many more campuses to faculty members this fall deal with than we do here in and it struck me when we Maine were all together recently, how many were women. Whenever leadership at the And a hidden issue in some university is discussed, the ways here in Maine is Fran- question of athletics always co/American identity and comes up, especially after the extent to which we pro­ the embarrassing and cost­ mote the aspirations of the ly NCAA investigation the Franco/American commu- university has just been through. D.C. group cited it as one of 25 mty. What do you see as the place of ath­ schools in the nation that has not The same holds true for the Na­ letics in higher education and how done enough. tive American population We need involved will you be in that area? Well, that report was based on out- to build a curriculum and faculty that Well, I can't imagine a university like I dated statistics and information We reflects the importance of those com­ this not having a good solid athletic have a good plan, and we are further munities. program Many students who elect to along than we expected to be at this come here base that decision on the point In fact, 1 think we could say we What other campus issues will you whole package we offer, and the op­ are stride for stride with any univer­ be focusing on in the coming year? tion to watch Dixision I games and sity in the country when it comes to Well, as much as anything, we need also participate in intramural sports compliance with Title IX to address maintenance issues. We is an attractive part of that package need to maintain the beauty and safe­ Ot course, it's not primary Academ­ One last question related to sports. ty of our physical plant to assure a ics always come first You, of course, missed the long good academic experience. During NCAA violations ordeal, but are you the tough budget times, we weren't One specific question that often satisfied that a good compliance sys­ I able to maintain the beautiful build- arises is whether we could move to tem is now in place? I mgs we have on campus We have to a nonscholarship or limited schol­ We appear to have put those compli­ find ways of catching up now. arship football conference. ance problems behind us We recent­ i 1 would be opposed to that because ly had an NCAA checkup that all in­ One final question. There is a lot of of the company we keep, and that we stitutions get A visiting team came buzz around campus that you are want to keep, all ha\e full-fledged and looked at an an ay ot issues in our quite a golfer. But we've heard vary­ Division I programs Because Divi­ athletic programs and based on all ing reports on your handicap. Can sion I sports are so visible in the pub­ their comments 1 expect we will be you set the record straight? lic's mind, they are one of the things getting a clean bill of health i Well, first let me say that ever since that help differentiate the University I( I've been here and in this job I've been of Maine from the other campuses Another issue that always seems to playing golf like a president, which be at the forefront at UMaine is di­ is to say like someone with a lot of Another major topic related to versity. Coming from a very muti- other issues on his mind But to an­ sports is the gender equity question. cultural state like California, do you swer your question directly, when I The university got some bad press have any views yet on how UMaine ' left California I was carrying a 10 this summer when a Washington, can address the diversity question? handicap.

Fall 1997 15 Howling at the Door

Research by UMaine's Daniel Harrison has clearly demonstrated that Maine has plenty of suitable habitat for wolves and that they may be poised for a return to the state. But do we want to let them back in?

By Nonni Hilchey Daly ‘59

acks of Eastern Maine tim­ has been re-established in the north­ for the selection of these areas were ber wolves once roamed ern part of that state The existence population densities and road intru­ freely in Maine's woods 1 of 80 or more wolves in an area for sions in the area But as a result of direct hu- ' five years is necessary for delisting In March of 1977, under the aus­ Pman persecution and habitat alter­ from the endangered list pices of the Wildlife Conservation ation the wolf was completely gone In 1992, the U S Fish and Wild­ Society, Daniel J Harrison, a profes­ from Maine, in fact from the entire life Service published a lengthy doc­ sor in the UMaine department of Northeast, by 1900 Now, almost a i ument entitled Recovery Plan for the wildlife ecology, and his graduate century later, the question is being Eastern Timber Wolf In this plan, hab­ student, Theodore Chapin, pursued raised as to whether the timber wolf itats that were conducive to wolf the conclusions of the 1992 study should be allowed to recolomze in the populations were identified, and in­ even further and found that much state formation about the already occur­ more of the state was appropriate to In fact, the process may already be ring wolf reintroduction in Yellow­ , wolf habitat than had previously underway. Two wolflike canids have stone Park and in northern Minne­ been determined been killed in the State of Maine in sota was shared with interested read­ So, can we now expect to see nat­ the past couple of years, and DNA ers Other scattered locations have ural or forced recolonization of analyses show that they are, indeed, also been identified — Isle Royale in wolves in Maine7 How do people feel wolves, albeit with significant coyote Lake Superior, Michigan, Montana, about this possibility? What effect markers in their DNA structure Wisconsin, and Wyoming—where would it have7 Wolves are considered an endan­ the timber wolf was reintroduced by Since two identified wolves have gered species in Maine and through­ importing animals from a Canadian been killed in Maine, we must as­ out their original habitats in North Rockies population. In the USFWS sume that some small population ex­ America. Only in Minnesota are they proposal, areas in northwestern and ists, even though the interbreeding listed as a threatened species, because southeastern Maine were identified with coyotes has been identified But, a significant population of wolves as potential wolf habitats The bases let's re-examine our knowledge of

16 Maine wolves, outside of myths and fairy six and one-half feet long from nose ing pair, and the rest of the pack are tales associated with Little Red to tail with a broader head and muz­ helpers who assist in securing food Riding Hood and the haunts of Tran­ zle than the dog and a shorter and and caring for the young when they sylvania bushier tail They can weigh up to 175 are born and for teaching them as Wolves are the largest members of pounds; although, most weigh less they grow Spring births produce the dog family (Camdac) and the A male family pet is more likely to from one to eleven pups (four to sev­ largest wild canine. They are gener­ be in the 75-90 pound range, with en is average), and those pups choose ally regarded as highly intelligent typically smaller females. The timber to go out on their own or remain in and courageous hunters with impres­ wolf coat is black-gray to a tawny- the pack as helpers in the fall of the sive powers of endurance. That en­ buff and the Artic or tundra wolf is year in which they are born. durance is demonstrated by their white The red wolf, or Cams rufus, They eat small animals (squirrels ability to maintain a loping run for is now thought to be extinct in the and mice), some plants and berries many miles, through the night if nec­ wild because of hybridization with and occasional carrion; but their main essary. The gray or timber wolf, the coyotes, although, a few hundred re­ effort is directed at beaver, deer, largest of the wolves, is Cams lupus main in captivity. moose, elk, and caribou. They can eat and their relative, the coyote, is Can- They travel in packs within estab­ 20 pounds of food at one time and can is latrans. lished territories, which they scent go without food for as long as two People are often amazed at the mark and identify with vocalizations. weeks. Attacks on humans appear to size of the timber wolf. It most close­ The pack revolves around a breeding occur only in isolated cases of fam­ ly resembles the domesticated Ger­ pair, with the belief that wolves mate ine or an epidemic among the wolf man shepherd dog, but is significant­ for life, and the size of the pack can population. When their normal food ly larger. The wolf stands from 26-36 be as small as four to five animals or sources are in short supply, wolves inches at the shoulders, where the as large as 30, depending upon the will prey on domestic animals, and German shepherd averages about 24- abundance or lack of their prey A this practice has resulted in wolves 27 inches A wolf can be from five to pack revolves around the one breed­ being poisoned, trapped, and shot.

Fall 1997 17 Potential Core Habitat Potential Dispersal Habitat Potential Unsuitable Habitat Water Bodies Adirondack Park USFWS 1992 Recovery Plan Potential Reintroduction Areas Areas Not Evaluated State / Province Boundaries '/\7 Highways /\y Rivers / \ / Southern Limit of Currently Occupied Wolf Range

Wildlife Conservation Society map showing occupied and potential habitat for eastern timber wolves in the Northeastern L.S

Left unpersecuted, the wolf is gen­ stroying sheep, cows, and other live­ with fewer than about 10 people and erally regarded to have a normal life stock when natural prey is not abun­ 1 12 miles of road (passable by a two- span of about ten years But the USF­ dant Hunters also dislike them be­ wheel vehicle) per square mile WS document also points out the con­ cause they go after the same prey as Harrison and Chapin used maps sequences of the much narrower wolf the wolf in a geographic information system ranges, parasites, and diseases that In discussing the reintroduction of and data on human population and may now be contributing to mortali­ wolves into their former habitats in road densities to study the habitat ty rates Heartworm, canine parvovi­ North America, Harrison says that possibilities in Maine They found rus and Lyme disease are new to the the critical factor is public under­ that most of the northern half of the eastern timber wolf and may be fac­ standing and acceptance of the ani­ state has the appropriate character­ tors in their survival. Studies of the mal Where people agree to share the istics for wolf habitat packs in northern Minnesota show all habitat, as has been shown in some Currently, the nearest w olf popu­ of these dangers present areas of northern Michigan, Minne­ lation is north ot the St Lawrence A positive aspect of the presence sota, and Wisconsin, the wolf popu­ River in Canada And although they of wolves is that they help to lation has prospered and coexisted are more than near enough in terms strengthen the herds of their prey by peacefully with the human inhabit­ of the wide ranging life of the wolf, killing the sick, aged, or impaired an­ ants Harrison and Chapin, using there are some barriers to their estab­ imals By eliminating such animals, USFWS parameters, found that a lishing corridors of movement into wolves perform an important natu­ large portion of Maine's land area northern New England or upstate ral function. However, they do pro­ could support wolf populations Po­ New7 York voke farmers and ranchers by de­ tential core wolf habitats are those The St Law’rence River itself may

18 Maine be a significant barrier. If the river sider potential genetic consequences was closed and iced over in the win­ of hybridization with coyotes. tertime, the wolf could cross easily As Harrison points out, wolves and move southward. However, as are not intolerant of humans; howev­ an active shipping lane, the river is er, some humans are intolerant of open throughout the year and, except wolves For example, wolves persist for some verbal anecdotes, there is no despite high human populations in written documentation of wolves some regions of Europe and Asia swimming across. Maine is 44 miles where human attitudes and cultures in a straight-line distance from the differ significantly from the U S. It is wolf populations of Quebec and, crucial, says Harrison, that signifi­ since the animals can range up to 600 cant public education and involve­ miles, this short distance is not a sig- ment would be required before set­ nificant factor The river and unfor- ting out to force recolonization or fa­ I • ested farmlands south of the river cilitate natural wolf reintroduction seem to be the major barriers to their into Maine. For this reason, the crite­ movement southward ria for establishing habitat were those Harrison and Chapin identified that measured the possible human two potential corridors to Maine and contact with wolves and, likely, the New Hampshire; one upstream from human-induced mortality of wolves: Quebec City where intermittent ice UMaine associate professor of wildlife, the number of people and passable Daniel J. Harrison. cover may provide a way over the roads per square mile barrier of the St Lawrence He cites the vaguely River Another, near the amusing story about the leg­ mouth of the St Lawrence "Wolves are not islator in Wyoming who, af­ where home ranges of ra­ ter wolves were recolonized dio-collared wolves occur in Yellowstone and sur­ north of the river, other intolerant of humans. rounding areas, introduced mammals, such as deer, legislation which provided a have been observed swim­ However, some humans bounty for killing a wolf. ming across a large river Could he not have known and out to a coastal island are intolerant of wolves." that the local Wyoming Therefore, the St hunter, after providing the Lawrence may serve only as proof necessary to collect a a filter and not a barrier. Ac­ bounty, would then be cording to Harrison and Chapin, it ied in Quebec have mitochondrial slapped with a large fine and possi­ is conceivable that a verified wolf and DNA derived from coyotes ble jail time for killing a federally- a second large wolfhke canid recent­ As mentioned, the wolfhke canid endangered species? Significant pub­ ly killed in Maine might have result­ shot in Aurora in 1996 was studied lic education probably didn't happen ed from natural emigration from the and found to be a wolf, but 50 per­ with this colonization Laurentides region of Quebec cent of its markers determine that it The USFWS data show an area According to I Iarrison, their in- ! also could be called a h\ bnd coyote. | consisting of about 2,500 square miles nate tendencies arc for the young I Harrison's doctoral studies con­ in eastern Maine and more than canids to move over broad areas to i cerned the coyote population in 11,300 square miles in northwestern avoid interbreeding. Genetic studies I Maine, which numbers about 15,000 Maine and areas ot New Hampshire have shown differing characteristics coyotes. with low human population. Most of in wolf populations with those No counts have been done to de- ; this area, including Baxter State Park, wolves in the western part of the termine the number of wolves, but a is privately owned Add to that the United States with more room to live wolf-sighting hotline now exists in connecting area shown on the Harri- and range maintaining more of the western Maine With a lack of suit­ son-Chapm map, and it is obvious genetic markers of the wolf Study­ able wolf mates, these few dispers­ that the habitat to support wolves in ing wolf populations in the Midwest ing wolves have interbred with resi­ Maine does indeed exist The ques­ and east, you find more markers that dent coyotes Harrison and Chapin's tion then becomes Do we want denote interbreeding with coyotes as study notes that strategies promoting wolves back in the state? you move eastward. Harrison notes slow natural recolonization of wolves The USFWS study in 1992 certain­ that 100 percent of the wolves stud­ to the northeastern U S. should con­ ly supports both forced and natural

Fall 1997 19 recolonization But others, particular­ UMaine alumnus Jym St Pierre "All the economic projections I've ly hunters, disagree '74, '76G is Maine director of RE­ seen are very positive as far as wolves Hunting is a sport held dear to the STORE, a nonprofit group dedicated returning to Maine are concerned," St. hearts of Mainers and to many from to restoring, preserving, and defend­ Pierre says out-of-state who annually purchase ing the native ecosystems of the North He says that many hunters have deer permits and enter their names Woods. He believes that the limited supported the idea of wolves return­ in the moose lottery. Hunting is a sig­ wolf population that would be likely ing to the state once they understand nificant economic benefit to the state to recolonize in Maine could have a that the number of animals would be and the fact that wolves and hunters i very positive benefit small, and that their presence would are after the same prey is a major con- j "Wolves have become extremely help reduce the number of coyotes. cern. j popular," St. Pierre notes "I just re­ Harrison's work has clearly estab­ George Smith '70 is executive di- [ cently visited the International Wolf lished that Maine can support a rector of the Sportsmen Alliance of i Center in Minnesota, and it is draw­ healthy wolf population But the more Maine and states with surety that ing huge numbers of people Wolves difficult questions remain unresolved. "SAM is completely opposed to either have become big business " The science may be done, but the the forced or natural recolonization of Part ot that business would be in philosophical and economic debate is wolves in Maine I might point out the form of eco-tours Although far from over that this opinion is shared by the gov­ wolves are shy and elusive, it's al­ In the end, the question we might ernor, the congressional delegations, ready been demonstrated that a large all have to ask ourselves is whether and the Maine Fish and Wildlife Ser­ number of people will pay for the animals which once were a natural vice." chance to hear a wolt howl or follow part of our environment and culture SAM's position is that the reintro- wolf tracks Another potential bene­ should be given the opportunity to duction of the wolf would adversely fit would be gift items related to return Has our consciousness affect sportsmen in the state and thus "Maine" wolves, similar to what has changed since we drove the wolf out have a negative economic impact But happened with the moose and the at the end of the last century? not everyone agrees. I loon

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20 Maine

hat is it that makes Cindy Blodgett the biggest Cindy Blodgett's impact athlete ever to attend the University of dazzling Maine—perhaps the greatest female athlete in the history of the state? What makes thousands of accomplishments on Welementary and high school students idolize her and look to i /'• her as a role model? What is it that so endears her to fans and the basketball court nonfans alike, whether she is on the Alfond Arena court per­ / forming her magic or at the Bangor Mall signing yet another have changed the autograph? Talent? Of course, that's a given. face of women's Work ethic? Absolutely—in abundance. Cindy works harder on her skills and her game than anyone. She's the first one to sports in Maine. Her arrive at practice and the last one to leave. Focus? Oh yes. We've all observed Cindy's admirable ability intelligence, high to focus, both on achieving her long-term goals as well as on standards, and making a three-pointer to pull out a last-second victory. Character? In Maine, the name Cindy Blodgett is almost syn­ humility make her onymous with character. She is grounded in small-town, solid family values. She has humility. As is often said, Cindy is as the quintessential i good a person as she is a basketball player. But all these qualities are only part of the equation. They aren't role model. But the what make Cindy soar. They aren't the things that make her turn a basketball game into a celebration. They aren't what make thing that wins our people who don't know a front-court violation from a parking ! ticket care dearly about how Cindy and her Black Bears are do- hearts is her pure ing. What does all that is Cindy's passion—her pure and simple passion for the love for playing basketball. game. i That's what fuels Cindy's work ethic. That's what has driven her to develop her natural talent. And that is what makes us care. / Like her hero Larry Bird, passion is all the motivation she needs. Not fame, not money, just the love of the game. It's the By Jim Frick same reason so many of us are drawn to baseball great Cal Rip­ ken, Jr. or NBA superstar Michael Jordan. Yes, those guys make Photographs by Monty Rand obscene amounts of money. But you get the feeling they would still be diving for the ball or playing when they're sick even if they didn't get paid. There's something special about athletes who always play their hearts out because they love the sport.

Opposite page photograph: Cindy Blodgett talks to students at Asa Adams Elementary School in Orono.

Fall 1997 23 For Cindy, the passion extends game. My dad will put his arm sity on the court, Carver says people beyond the thrill and excitement of a around me and be supportive, even are often surprised to learn about game. It's team practices. It's going make me laugh, no matter how Cindy's lighter side. one on one with a teammate in the things went in the game. " "Cindy is just a great person to be Pit on a summer afternoon. It's the It's no secret that when she first around," Carver notes "She can be a joy of shooting baskets alone for comes out on the Alfond court, Cin­ real jokester And she's full of these hours on end. dy always looks up in the stands to useless facts that she loves to share As sportswriter Ron Brown '73 ob­ make sure her parents have arrived. with everybody They always bring served in his book Simply the Best, It's part of a special relationship that a smile, she can really brighten your when we watch Cindy Blodgett play hinges on a mutual understanding of day" basketball it's as if we are guests at what all the hard work and sacrifice Whether on or off the court, Cin­ her party. has meant. dy has always had the ability to think "I never looked at going out and "They just sit up there and quiet­ through situations and arrive at clear practicing as work," Cindy explains. ly watch, "Cindy says "But inside decisions One of the biggest deci­ "It's just fun. That's why I do it It's they are really ner­ sions she had to always been fun, even when I was a vous There is a con­ make was where to kid. I love to just go and shoot and nection between us attend college work on moves. It's not work for me; because they are the "She is When she was a it's what I love to do." only people who re­ young girl she had There's no one who understands ally know how incredibly dreamed about and appreciates Cindy's passion much time I've put playing for more than her coach, Joanne Palom- in and how much perceptive. She UMaine But after bo-McCalhe basketball means to her phenomenal "Cindy's whole motivation stems me That's some­ sees beyond the high school career from her love of the game," Palom- thing the three of us at Lawrence, just bo-McCallie says. "It's a true passion share at every obvious. I guess about every school Right now in sports you see a lot of game " in the country was young people who work at a sport to While Cindy the word I would ready to offer her a get a college scholarship or for fame Blodgett's motiva­ use is quality. ticket to fame or fortune Now, there's nothing tion might come In many ways it wrong with those motivations; Cin­ straight from the Everything about would have been dy is certainly aware of all that too, heart, it's augment­ an easier decision but it isn't her motivation. Hers is a ed by a keen intel­ Cindy is quality." for Cindy to attend pure and simple passion for basket­ lect. She is an out­ Connecticut or ball Unfortunately, you see many of standing student Notre Dame or an­ those people, with what I call those and, according to other more nation­ false motivations, falter along the coaches and teammates, a highly in­ ally recognized women's basketball way because they don't love what sightful and perceptive human being program At UMaine she would have they are doing." "She is incredibly perceptive, " the high expectations of lifting the Another form of false motivation Palombo-McCallie says. " She sees program on her shoulders and carry­ to achieve in sports can often come beyond the obvious She has thought ing it to new heights from parents. But this was definitely a lot about people and the difference But it was exactly that challenge not the case with Cindy's folks, Eve­ people make I guess the word I that stirred Cindy's interest in lyn and Thayer Blodgett. would use is quality Everything UMaine That, and the more person­ "There is a line parents have to about Cindy is quality." al factor that her parents could go to walk," Cindy says. "Some parents Sandi Carver, Cindy's good all her games It was a decision she cross it; they push their kids. My par­ friend and teammate for all four of doesn't regret. ents were never like that. I showed her years at UMaine, says that Cindy "I don't really think about what it the interest and they were always has a special insight into just what is would have been like at the other there to support me. But they never called for in every situation as a team schools," she says. "Not now anyway pushed. I never remember driving leader. I have to admit, I did have some of home from a game and getting a lec­ "She knows when it's time to those thoughts my first year here, but ture about the way I played. They make you laugh, and she knows not now. It's been great here, and it's know there is more to life than bas­ when to be intense and get right in been great that my family has gotten ketball, and they are always the same people's faces," Carver says. to see me play. whether I play a good game or a bad Because she displays such inten­ "When I chose to come to the um-

24 Maine UMaine coach Joanne Palombo-McCallie (center) will savor this special season with her senior stars: Sandi Carver (left) and Cindy Blodgett.

versity, I took it as a great challenge trips to the NCAA Tournament. And even more than Cindy's athletic tal­ A player from Maine who could go that success has been accompanied by ents and maybe bring the program to a an explosion in attendance "It's hard to even articulate what new level. In a sense, I guess I felt like But all that isn't good enough for she has meant to the UMaine pro­ a pioneer There was no one else in the America East 1995 Rookie-of-the- gram," Palombo-McCallie says "Her the state, at that time, who could have Year and two-time Most Valuable I playing abilities, of course, have el- done that I like to think I was a bit Player evated the program You can't replace courageous No matter what happens "We still have a lot to accomplish," the skills of a Cindy Blodgett. But it's from here on out, I know that I, and Cindy says "I don't want to leave not the points per game, that will Sandy Carver too, will have had a UMaine just saying we made it to the leave the biggest void. It's the leader­ direct impact on this program " NCAAs I want us to get there and ship ability, the work ethic she brings In a way, Cindy believes what she win games When I came here all 1 to the team, the understanding of the did was very similar to what Rachel thought about was the national cham­ game, and the broader goals of the Bouchard '91 did for the program in pionship Everyone said 'Oh, you'll program that she has. It all trickles the late 1980s never see it' But last year we almost down to teammates It empowers the A "If she (Bouchard) hadn't attend­ upset LSU (Louisiana State Univer­ whole team." ed at that time and brought the pro­ sity), which was the top team in the Cindy's decision to stay at home gram to a new level of success, I hon­ SEC Right until the buzzer sounded and play for UMaine has, in fact, had estly might not have looked at I believed we were going to win it an impact far beyond the Black Bear UMaine as an option," Cindy says That's when it hit me that we really team. She has changed the face of "Rachel showed me what a difference aren't that tar away. That game girls' sports in the state. one person can make—that you can opened up a lot of eyes It showed that "What Cindy Blodgett has done is go to your state university and we are not as far off from being on a practically obliterate the gender line achieve a high level of success " top national team as some people in in athletics at Maine schools," Of course, the Black Bears have Maine think " Palombo-McCallie says. "Girls' sports achieved unprecedented success since It's that positive, never-give-up at­ have lagged behind, but that is now Cindy's arrival—three straight league titude and team leadership that rapidly changing. And one of the rea­ championships and three straight Palombo-McCallie says she will miss sons it is changing is because some-

Fall 1997 25 The Blodgett Record Watch

Besides leading the Black Bears to three straight America East Championships and being the nation's top scorer for two straight years, Cindy Blodgett has set or is about to set a slew of UMaine women's basketball records. Here's a look at the record book.

MOST POINTS 3-POINT FIELD GOALS MADE Game: 52 vs Towson State Game- 6 by Cindy Blodgett Season: 889 (1995/96) Season: 69 by Cindy Blodgett Career: 2,409 by Rachel Bouchard Career- 165 (to date) by Cindy Blodgett (Current Blodgett total—2,301) 3-POINT FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED MOST ASSISTS Season:187 Career: 456 (to date) Career: 426 by Julia Treadwell I (Current Blodgett total—373) FREE THROWS MADE MOST STEALS Season: 213 (1995/96) Career: 309 by Liz Coffin Career: 655 by Rachel Bouchard (Current Blodgett total—276) (Current Blodgett total—500)

MOST FIELD GOALS MADE FREE THROW PERCENTAGE Game: 23 vs Towson State Game:l,000 (14/14) Season: 313 1995/96 vs Hofstra and Louisiana State University Career: 875 by Rachel Bouchard (Current Blodgett total 818) AMERICA EAST RECORDS MOST FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED • Most points in a season (889) Game: 32 • Most field goals in a season (313) (record shared by Wendy Farrington) • Most 3 point goals in a season (59) Season: 620 (1995-96) • Most free throws in a season (213) Career: 1,779 by Liz Coffin • Most points in a game (52) (Current Blodgett total 1,674) • Most field goals in a game (23)

26 Mainl one like Cindy comes along and dares her Black Bear team. school," Cmdy remembers. "For some to be great. That's the essence of it. "Cindy Blodgett has shown Ilyse of them it went to their heads. They That commitment to achieve opens up what it is possible to achieve with weren't friendly people; they thought opportunities for others who follow " dedication and hard work," Risa they were above everyone else. And I You can witness Cindy's impact af­ Angst says. used to say to myself: "I don't want ter a Black Bear game when throngs But Cindy's place as a role model to be like that. It's not an attractive of young girls (and boys, too) crowd for young women transcends sports trait I don't want a star aura sur­ around her for her autograph. You can "The point isn't that other people rounding me My father helped keep witness it too by passing by drive­ have to try to be like Cindy," Palombo- my head on straight. Whenever I ways throughout the state and seeing McCallie says "The point is to have a started to think I might be the best, girls shooting baskets until their focus, a strong work ethic, and follow he'd always say: 'Somewhere out mothers or fathers have to call them your heart. Some young girl in Maine there is someone better.' And he was inI for dinner. may pursue her love of playing piano right" i One young Cindy Blodgett wor­ because she has seen what Cindy has Cindy's resistance to falling into shiper that you might see out shoot­ achieved following her passion " the aloof superstar role is something ing baskets until dark is 10-year-old that surprises the young first-year Ilyse Angst of Bangor. Ilyse rarely players who join the UMaine team. misses a women's game at UMaine. indy's example also "Before they arrive, they're intimi­ Fortunately for her, the company her teaches young girls a lot dated by Cindy' abilities and reputa­ mother works for in Bangor has a about self-confidence. It's tion," Sandy Carver says. "All of a skybox at the Alfond which it lets its Csomething she has had on the suddenbasket­ they say, 'My God, I'm going employees and their families use. ball court since she was a little kid. But to be playing with Cindy Blodgett.' "My daughter has made it very according to Cindy, it's a quality she But as soon as they get with her they clear to me that I can't look for a new hasn't always had off the court. relax. Cmdy puts everyone at ease job until Cindy graduates," says Il­ "I don't know about the whole self­ right away. She doesn't act like any­ yse's mother Risa Angst, laughing. confidence thing," she says "I know one special; she doesn't act like a su­ Although Ilyse is only 10, she has I was the same as any other kid as far perstar. She's just Cindy to everyone." followed Cindy's career since the as being self-conscious of how I Being a highly visible role model UMaine star was in high school looked, what I said; I had the same is something Cmdy Blodgett says she "There's no other way of saying anxieties and insecurities that every feels comfortable with. It's something it," her mother says, "she idolizes I kid has The self-confidence only she doesn't think about; but some­ Cindy Blodgett" came when I had a basketball in my thing which is always there. At the games Ilyse wears a num­ hands. When you took the basketball "I think it's good that girls have ber 14 UMaine jersey She concen­ away, I was as insecure as any kid " someone, whether it's me or someone trates on all Cindy's moves on the But that has changed as Cindy has else, to look to—to see what it's pos­ court and diligently writes down grown and matured. sible to achieve," she says. "There each basket, assist, and rebound she "Cindy is a young woman who aren't enough female role models in makes. knows what she is about, Palombo- sports although that is starting to At home, an autographed photo­ McCallie says "She is comfortable change " graph of Cindy hangs on the wall with who she is. She doesn't try to be The only female role model for along with a letter she received from anyone else but herself, although, Cindy Blodgett was former UMaine her idol people often try to impose that on her. basketball player Carrie Goodhue '93. "It's pretty amazing," says Risa She carries herself with a great deal "When I was a kid my dad took Angst. "She reads every article about of confidence, but that confidence me to a lot of basketball games. One Cindy and the team, and never miss­ never borders on arrogance." day he came home and said, 'Come es TV news reports about them. She For someone touted as a "phenom­ on, I'm taking you over to see a girl can tell you what happened in almost enon" since she was in elementary who can really play.' That was Carrie every game and give you all the sta­ school, it would have been easy, al­ when she was still in high school. She tistics She even wears her hair short most excusable, for Cindy Blodgett to could really play, and I was very im­ like Cindy" have become arrogant. But it was a pressed. But Carrie was the only fe­ Ilyse is an aspiring young basket­ trait she observed early in other ath­ male athlete who became a role ball player who's not shy about let­ letes and consciously made an effort model; otherwise, it was primarily ting people know that her goal is to to avoid. Larry Bird." be the next Cindy Blodgett She has "When I was a freshman in high Cindy leads by example. But when even told Palombo-McCallie, in per­ school, I saw that the star athletes she does go out and talk to young stu­ son, that some day she will play for were looked at as the gods of the dents, you might be surprised by

Fall 1997 27 what this intense competitor tells fessional basketball in America final season at UMaine. She knows, them. "Cindy is really coming of age in her coach knows, and her teammates “When I talk to girls about achiev­ women's basketball at the right know that this year presents a spe­ ing in sports, the first thing I tell them time," Palombo-McCalhe says. "I'm • cial opportunity for the Black Bears is to make sure you have fun, " she so excited about her future because I to go further than they have ever says. “That too often gets lost, but that of the opportunities that are now : gone before Yes, the UMaine wom­ is really the reason you play sports— opening up in women's sports. She en will continue to be a force in Amer­ to have fun If you don't have fun, i has positioned herself perfectly to ica East in the vears ahead, a solid don't play. That's what my father al­ take advantage of those opportuni­ corps of young talented players like ways said. It's really that simple " ties I definitely see Cindy playing in Jamie Cassidy, Amy Vachon, and Cindy also likes to make girls ' one of the new professional leagues. Katie Clark will assure that aware of the many opportunities for She would be an integral part of any But there will never be another females in sports But she also stress­ team because she is so well ground­ Cindy—never be anyone who has es that to take advantage of those ed, and she's a team leader Teams meant so much to one program opportunities, you have to keep your today put a great value on that " Fans have the privilege to join in focus and you have to make some a great farewell party—Cindy's se­ sacrifices hen Cindy came to nior year as a Black Bear It's sure to "I talk about out how easy it is to UMaine, there were nay­ have magic, thrills, and, of course, get off track when you go to college— sayers who predicted she passion parties and boyfriends I've seen it wasn'tW strong enough to play Divi­ Ultimately, what we will be cele­ happen to some teammates. A lot of sion I basketball Some are now sav- brating is a long-time love affair A freshmen really struggle with that mg she's not strong enough to be a love affair between a special young All of a sudden you have a hundred pro But it's something neither Cin­ woman and the great American game other things you could be doing oth­ dy nor her coach are concerned of basketball er than shooting a basketball or train­ about ing What are you going to choose?" "I'm not worried about size or The choice was easy for Cindy strength," Cindy says "That was a Blodgett In her UMaine life there is big question when I came here, too school and there is basketball, with It hasn't been a problem here and I precious little time for much else don't think it will be factor at the next BODWELL When Cindy does get out for a level It's not about size, it's about movie or a shopping trip to the mall, what you have here (pointing to her she is sure to be recognized and asked heart) That sounds like a cliche, but MOTORS to sign autographs. Although she is it's true If you have ability and you not entirely comfortable with her ce­ outwork everyone else, then you'll Ford - Lincoln - Mercury lebrity status, especially when out make it" with friends, she always deals with Palombo-McCallie emphasizes Chrysler - Plymouth - Dodge it with grace that Cindy is deceivingly strong "Most everyone that comes up to "People are surprised by how me is polite and considerate," she strong she is," she notes "She does 169 Pleasant Street says "It's hardly ever a problem Peo­ very well in the bench press and in Brunswick, ME 04011 ple keep it short and sweet A lot of ! other strength indicators And her 207-729-3375 people just like to come and share a size is wonderful for a guard Will she game they attended—tell me how be one of the strongest or fastest in Bath much they enjoyed it. It hasn't been the pros? No There are some incred­ 207-443-5533 a negative thing at all." ibly strong women in the pro leagues Cindy is already one of Maine's But Cindy will hold her own And r best-known citizens But her celebri­ what she has is the complete pack­ ty status in the state is only likely to age, including those intangibles that grow as she enters her last year of make teams win." eligibility at UMaine More records Typically, Cindy doesn't waste are sure to fall, and the possibility of time dreaming about what might All-American status looms large. happen after her college years. As Good Luck Black Bears! And after graduation it is a good bet she's quick to remind everyone all that Cindy Blodgett will become the that is out of her control Bill Bodwell '50 first woman from Maine to play pro­ What she is focused on now is her

28 Maine ALUMNI PROFILE Preacher

O'. ' ■ -■'4k AV r - to the •F • Wfj- - M. Prisoners

For 20 years Reverend George Castillo '67 worked to get prison inmates to take the righteous path. Now he's working just as hard to get society to give prisoners hen Reverend George this next chapter of lus life to advo­ a fair chance Castillo '67 retired as cating tor certain changes within the chaplain tor the U S Bu­ prison system and in society-at-large. reau of Prisons four Two things he believes are lacking in of becoming years ago, his work was just begin­ society today arc forgiveness and re­ ning Castillo telt he still had a job to spect "No matter what we have good citizens. do. That job was to convey his lite done, God still loves us," Castillo experiences to others He decided to says "We need to love and forgive do this in the form of a book, Mi/ Life each othei " Between the Cross and the Bais I In addition, this UMaine alum In writing his book, Castillo not ! strongly supports allowing nonvio­ only wanted to recall lus years as a lent, first-time offenders to serve their Bi/ Lynne Nelson Manion '95G prison chaplain, he wanted to pro­ communities instead ot doing prison mote an awareness tor some ot the time. In this way, he says, families causes he telt were truly necessary in would be kept together and many in­ society today. Castillo has dedicated dividuals would be saved from be­

Fall 1997 29 coming bitter and less-than-desirable when people wouldn't accept me In his small village, everyone looked citizens upon their release Castillo One of the things that I thank God after everyone else The community also advocates requiring inmates to for is that I was reared in a home and literally helped raise the children in learn marketable skills while in pris­ a country where my ego was built I the village on so that they can earn an honest liv­ "Even when I was at a mischie­ ing upon their release. This is vital in The fifth of seven children, Castil­ vous age, it was hard to get too far reducing the recidivism rate. These lo learned early on how important a because adults in our communitv J beliefs form the backbone of Castil­ strong network of friends and fami­ were our parents Our school teach­ lo's book and have guided him in his ly is. Growing up in Dangnga, Brit­ ers were our Sunday School teachers ministry. ish Honduras, now Belize, Castillo Consequently, we were in their pres­ "My recommendations become dealt with hardship at an early age ence six days a week, and they be­ more important as our prison popu­ When he was seven years old, his fa­ came an extension of our family w ho lations grow," Castillo acknowledg­ ther died leaving his mother with meted out punishment just as our es. "I think in a majority of cases, pris­ seven children to raise and no mon­ parents did Despite my teachers' ons are sending out worse individu­ ey The oldest was 16 and the young­ strict discipline, I still remember their als than the ones that came in because est was eight months old kindness, concern, influence, and in­ we are not educating our inmates "Our survival depended on the terest in me " Instead, they are learning from the charity of relatives and friends who Castillo's community ot neighbors other inmates In the long run it were as poor as we were Welfare and and relatives constantly reinforced would be much cheaper to educate public assistance were unheard of in his sense of worth and self esteem an inmate in prison than it would be those days I remember mother tell­ He never felt inadequate or unable to to incarcerate that individual over ing us, 'I shed more painful tears achieve his goals As a result of this and over again " when I looked at my children and positive atmosphere growing up, In fact, George and Muriel '64, his knew there was no food to feed you w hen he later confronted racism and wife of 40 years, feel so strongly It was worse at night looking at your prejudice he was completely taken about the recommendations for pris­ innocent sleeping faces, knowing that aback on and societal reform outlined in the you went to bed hungry'" Castillo understood that in order book, they used part of their retire­ to fulfill his dream of becoming a ment savings to self-publish Mi/ Life o get through those tough minister, he needed more education Between the Cross and the Bars years, Castillo's family Thus, he made the difficult decision "Our aim with this book was not pulled together and the to leave his homeland and move to to make money. It was to have peo­ TMethodist church served as a thecon United­ States It was here in the ple talk about the issues I discuss," stant in the Castillo family's life United States that Castillo first en­ Castillo explains From a very early age, Castillo re­ countered people that weren't as In his 20 years as a prison chap­ alized that his calling in life was to ready to support him in his quest lain, Castillo was able to touch many be a minister His mother recognized In 1953 Castillo enlisted in the Air lives and in turn be touched by many this early desire and strongly encour­ Force and wras proud to serve his people. His time spent ministering to aged her son to achieve country and be able to send home $51 the outcasts of society was filled with "Every time I didn't want to go to out of his $76 monthly pay to his many challenges both from the in­ school, she would remind me in Gan- mother This feeling of satisfaction mates he was trying to help, but also funa, the native tongue of our Carib ' was short-lived from his coworkers and superiors Indian people, 'George, you will nev­ "During the twro months of basic But he always felt God would give er become a minister if you don't go training, I took several aptitude tests him the strength to keep administer­ to school' Those words always sent These tests w’ere different from any­ ing to those in need, despite the dif­ me scurrying to catch up with the thing I experienced before I felt 1 had ficult circumstances oftentimes con­ other children Once I got to school, 1 done well and couldn't believe it fronting him was happy In fact, my early child­ when the sergeant looked at me and "As only the second black person hood was very happy even though said I had flunked all the tests, and I to work in the Federal Prison system, we didn't have very much " was untrainable " I was a pioneer," Castillo says "I was One reason Castillo believes his Being told he was untrainable wras holding a position that blacks had not early childhood was so happy was not only discouraging but also hurt­ formerly held, and there were times the strong sense of community he felt ful, he felt determined to prove that

30 Maine man wrong. er education; our master's de­ "Back in Belize, I was al­ grees wouldn't have been ways led to believe I could do possible without our strong anything that I set my mind foundation from UMaine." to. People always told me, Upon completion of their 'George, you will go places ' schooling, Castillo began his So when the Air Force told first ministry in Detroit, Mich­ me I couldn't learn, that I was igan. It proved to be a diffi­ untrainable, I was confused," cult assignment because of Castillo explains some of the societal changes Relying on his inner going on during this period in strength, he eventually suc­ the '60s. The church Castillo ceeded in passing the basic was assigned to was basical­ training tests ly dying from lack of atten­ Although he enjoyed his dance and finances. time in the Air Force and was "My role became that of very active in the religious comforter to the hurting and community wherever he was reassurer to those who had located, Castillo knew that in lost hope I ministered to peo- order to fulfill his desire of Muriel Castillo '64 ple's spiritual needs, per­ entering the ministry he formed life's important rites, needed formal seminary shared joyous occasions, and training His dreams were fi­ empathized and counseled nally realized five years after during life's woes. But in my joining the Air Force By this "Since George's strong suit is zeal to be all things to church time Castillo had met and members and community, I married Muriel and they had almost neglected my family," * relating to people, I felt he been stationed at Dow Air Castillo remembers. "There Force Base in Maine With one could be very effective in was so much to do, at times it year left in his enlistment, seemed overwhelming. I Castillo was given an oppor­ turning someone's life around." learned, grew, and 'cut my tunity to begin his schooling teeth' in Detroit, but after two jointly at the University of and a half years, it was time Maine and the Bangor Theo­ to move on for my own per­ logical Seminary In 1962 he was dis­ this time period. She was pursuing her sonal growth and the healing of my charged from the service and began bachelor's degree at UMaine family life." his coursework simultaneously at "We basically didn't have any so­ It was at Castillo's second parish, UMaine and the Bangor Theological cial life," Muriel explains "We took East View United Church of Christ, Seminary classes, went to work, studied, and Shaker Heights, Ohio, that George "Seminary wasn't easy and the took care of the family." and Muriel were faced with a major dropout rate was high, but with While they didn't have the oppor­ decision. After two comfortable years God's help, I made it," Castillo says tunity to have an active social life at in the Shaker Heights community, "I wasn't at the top of my class, but 1 UMaine, they did have the chance to Castillo received a letter from Rever­ wasn't at the bottom either. My hands meet some excellent, caring teachers end Leo Dickinson, secretary for were full holding down three part- who really made a difference in their Chaplains of the United Church of time jobs as janitor, manager of the lives. Christ Council for Church and Minis­ Dow Air Force Base bowling alley, and "We were at UMaine because we try. In this letter Dickinson asked preacher at the different churches wanted to learn. We were going to get Castillo to consider serving the Lord when needed (not to mention main­ out of it as much as we could, and the in the ministry of the incarcerated. taining a successful family life with professors recognized this," Muriel "Mr. Dickinson's letter sparked my three children)." says. "The education we received at interest in prison ministry," Castillo Muriel was equally busy during UMaine was the backbone for our lat­ recalls. "I always enjoyed a challenge,

Fall 1997 31 and I was intrigued with the idea that classmates and me to attend school in him to participate in constructive ac­ I could serve where the need was the Belize and how we would have done tivities greatest" anything to get an education "With a sullen expression and few Muriel was totally supportive She "It greatly displeased me to see an words,• he would sav, 'I don't feel like encouraged Castillo to do what he felt inmate whose lack of initiatives made it,'" Castillo recalls was best Both agreed that their cur­ him waste good opportunities. It was Finally, after months of counseling rent parish of East View would be even more troubling to watch salvage­ Castillo had a breakthrough enticing to many ministers, whereas, able young men get stuck without "I finally convinced Frank to par­ the majority of people might be reluc­ doing anything to prevent themselves ticipate in the religious programs, and tant to accept the challenge of a spe­ from getting caught in the revolving he joined the choir As our counseling cialized ministry to the incarcerated - door of recidivism " sessions continued, he appeared to be "Since George's strong suit is re­ graduallv adjusting and interacting lating to people," Muriel says, "I felt hile Castillo was frustrated with the other inmates " he could be very effective in turning by those inmates who were By' all indications, Miller was start­ someone's life around " unwilling to be helped, he ing to make real progress But before With Muriel's resounding support Wfound solace in the inmates'Castillo whose could rejoice over saving an­ and encouragement, Castillo decided lives he was able to positively affect other lost soul, Miller committed sui­ to accept the more difficult course in It was the success stories that kept him cide life and committed himself to helping going Russell Davey was one such "I was shocked I kept wondering those in most dire need of his aid and success story Davey was tired ot get­ if I had blown it Did Frank give me counsel ting into trouble and decided his life any signs that I failed to pick up on7 He has never regretted his deci­ needed to change Being highly moti­ Could I have done any more7" Castil­ sion Although there were many times vated, he enrolled in prison educa­ lo asked himself when he questioned his ability to cope tional opportunities and often used With the staff psychologist, Castil­ with yet another seemingly insur­ one of the chapel rooms to study lo exchanged notes, talked, and tried mountable obstacle, God, he says, al­ Castillo not only encouraged Davey to determine if and w hen Miller indi­ ways gave him the strength to contin­ in his endeavors, he also tutored him cated he w ould take his ow n life ue on During the three years Castillo knew "We couldn't find any indica­ "I have always been told that I am him in the Ashland Federal Correc­ tions," Castillo says "Frank's death a good listener, but dealing with peo­ tional Institution, Davey completed saddened both inmates and staff I ple whose script was so different from high school and two years ot college thought about him for w'eeks and of­ mine and from the norms of society* To earn his undergraduate degree, he fered many prayers for his soul " was a special challenge. I had to lis­ requested a transfer to Texarkana Fed­ While Castillo's time as a chaplain ten very carefully to understand what eral Correctional Institute, where he tor the U S Bureau ot Prisons was they were feeling," Castillo explains could complete his last two years ot fraught with hardship, tears, frustra­ "To do so, I vicariouslyJ entered their school The officials cooperated and tion, happiness, and success, he world to be able to lead them to a bet­ he got transferred learned a lot, not only about the U S ter one " "I heard that Russell got his under­ prison system but also about life in Although he always strived to graduate degree and left prison and general make a difference in the inmates' lives, his former life of crime behind," Castillo firmly beliex es that he and he oftentimes couldn't Castillo says "He is now a working, Muriel have been chosen by God to "I became frustrated with young taxpaying citizen Winners like him share his holy w’ork by conveying men who wasted their time without made my efforts worthwhile " their life experiences And they are taking advantage of the rehabilitation Unfortunately, there were more only too happy to oblige opportunities offered by the prison losers than winners Inmate Frank "I think I have a unique story to education department Some would Miller was one of the losers A quiet, tell about how God changed this im­ not work toward a high school diplo­ introspective young man, he was a migrant, labeled untrainable by au­ ma or even read a book Some even loner He didn't take advantage of any thorities, and gave him the ability to refused to do their job assignments," recreation or rehabilitation opportu- i minister to the outcasts of society and Castillo says "I simply couldn't un­ mties Castillo, during his counseling the strength to face the trials along derstand that type of mentality, re­ sessions with Miller, would encourage the way." membering how hard it was for my him to get involved and pleaded with

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Mark Woodward '69 Perry said after his nomination by Governor Angus King. "But there are is new Bangor Daily ; solutions, and it's just a matter of News editor talking with folks and trying to get some ideas and seeing what people think is the best way to go." Mark Woodward '69, a 26-year veter­ During the nomination process, an at the Bangoi Daily News, was | Perry emphasized the need for a bal­ named that paper's executive editor ance between a healthy resource­ in October. He replaces another based economy and unrestricted de­ UMaine alumnus, Robert Kelleter '63, velopment who resigned his position on October Perry received high praise from 1 state legislators, sportsman's groups, Woodward was formerly the man­ and the governor aging and editorial page editor of the "We hit the jackpot," King said News He left that position in March of this year to work as communica­ tions director for Senator Susan Col­ Mark Woodward '69 Susan Coopersmith '93 lins As executive editor, Woodward helps lead effort to will manage a staff of more than 75 save African girl people charged with daily news re­ Lee Perry '67 is porting and editing, as well as the Maine's new graphics and layout of the paper Susan Coopersmith '93 first met and "Mark's experience at the News as commissioner befriended 7-vear-old* Marcelle Nd- a reporter on the city and state desks of fish and wildlife zana when she was living in Came­ and editor of the editorial page makes roon last winter, doing research for him a terrific choice," said News pub­ her UMaine doctorate in anthropol­ lisher Richard J Warren Also his ; Lee Perry '67, a former Maine wild- j ogy knowledge of Bangor and Northeast­ life official who has been working in Then last July Coopersmith and ern Maine will contribute to building the Arizona Fish and Game Depart­ her partner Bobbie Lynn Hutchins re­ upon the progress the newspaper has ment for the past 13 years, is the new ceived word that Marcelle had an made in the recent past " State of Maine Department of Inland untreated case of rheumatic fever and Woodward said his arrival should Fisheries and Wildlife Commission­ she needed heart valve replacement result in some initial changes in the er He replaces Ray "Bucky" Owen surgery immediately She was be­ style and leadership of the paper His who was appointed commissioner in lieved to have only a week to live. long-term goal is to strengthen the I 1993 / Coopersmith and Hutchins set to subscriber base The first step to that For the past two years, Perry has work to get the sick girl to Maine for end, he said, is improving news cov- : been assistant director foi special ser­ surgery. erage I * vices with the Arizona department, i Their hard work was successful. "As executive editor, I will have the He previously served for 11 years as A week later Marcelle arrived in Port­ same objective as an editorial writer assistant director of field operations. land and was ushered to the Maine and editorial page editor, serving the 1 Following graduation from Medical Center for evaluation. A people, serving the community— UMaine, Perry served in the Navv tor I team of cardiologists and surgeons making the newspaper a community two years. i had agreed to give the girl medical asset," Woodward said The department that Perry will in- I attention tor free "Internally, the News has some real herit has been plagued with budget We are happy to report that Mar- strengths to build on the graphics problems in recent years In addition, i celle's surgery was successful and department, solid editing and report­ Perry will face a number of difficult that she is now recovering with Coo­ ing, and a great support staff and li­ issues in the outdoor sports industry persmith and Hutchins in Bar Har­ brary " (From a story by Michael Mc­ "What the answers to our prob­ bor. (Information courtesy of Cathe­ Donald in the Bangoi Daily News.) lems arc here, I really don't know," rine Ivey, Bangoi Daily News )

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Very Special Agents ers up-close and personal not only to cesses of crime and the measures By James Moore '56 a mind-blistering gamut of docu­ taken to thwart it, Moore always Pocket Books, 1997 mented criminal cases, but delves maintains a high level of integrity into the emotional strain and indi­ This brilliant testimonv and trib-

Hi /san notv Of most (OMIOmSill UW DHOtOMlXT IttNCY- Behind the KI JlU 0» AUObOL TCUCCO & F.liUlM vidual valor of the special agents ute to the many ATF agents that have scenes often themselves spent a large part of their lives in our means not seen Never does Moore take a soft ap­ service is long overdue at all. | proach. His narrative is unabashedly (Story courtesy of Karen Mather, Although the straightforward even when he fires Times Rec oid) i FBI maintains a and makes direct hits against the SPECIAL high profile, media-hungry FBI stating, for ex­ AGENTS crime fighting ample, that, "In 1982, 85 percent of James Maare, ATT (Ret.) reputation, its the terrorist convictions 'claimed' by Geography Wizardry for Kids Treasury coun- I the FBI were really ATF cases " Or, Margaret Kenda and terpart, the ATF 1 Phyllis S Williams '88G I referring to firearms fraternities such (Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms) as the NRA, "It's their selfish dedi­ Barron's seems to have recently emerged from cation to preserving the convenience anonymity only to be caught in a con­ of their hobby through lies that's re­ Geography troversial storm that began with the sponsible for thousands of needless VJizaidiy foi illfated showdown at Waco crimes against innocent citizens " Kids by Marg­ But, an explosive new book writ­ But Moore also pro\ ides a much aret Kenda ten by Maine author and retired ATF needed, unbiased view of the politi­ and Phyllis S agent, James Moore, promises to set cal machinations of the ATF itself Williams the record straight. Very Special Agents Again, he does not waver in expos­ teaches chil­ is an intense, incredibly comprehen­ ing the sometimes crippling inept­ dren geogra­ sive inside look at the history and ness of ATF's top brass Moore's state­ phy by invlt- continuing saga of the ATF ment at the close of his introduction, mg them to Originally created to enforce pro­ "Bottom line no apologies," is a per­ take action More than 150 entertain­ hibition laws, the ATF has since in- ; fect description of Very Special Agents ing projects help children discover vestigated and convicted some of the as a whole our world, each project is specifical­ most violent criminals and danger­ When asked why the ATF has ly designed to introduce a fundamen­ ous organizations including the Ma- I typically kept such a low profile, tal geographic concept The projects fia, the Ku Klux Klan, and the Hell's ; Moore quipped, "Gentlemen don't include flat and 3-D mapping, scien­ Angels, amongst a dumbfounded ar- I boast" Then, in a rare, serious mo­ tific experiments, symbolic mapping, ray of individuals and smaller ment, he countered, "The FBI has a games, plus unusual arts and crafts— groups. ATF's expert crime and fo­ different approach all requiring easy-to-obtain materials rensic labs have not only helped crack "Through publicity and cultivating With the aid of this book, children the all too recent World Trade Center the press, they have gained wide learn how to make strange, funny and Oklahoma City bombing inves­ public support which translates into (and important) maps and how to tigations, but it has a remarkably long congressional support which pro­ track weather patterns and bird mi­ history of dedicated service duces appropriations which enable grations They'll solve earth and Very Special Agents methodically them to do better work " ocean mysteries, follow famous ex­ and graphically illustrates the claim Does Moore think law enforce­ plorers, track the routes of world con­ made on its back cover, "While other ment agencies sometimes divulge too querors, create continent coms, craft law enforcement agencies grab the much case information to the press7 a mirror for Attila the Hun, design a headlines, it's often ATF that draws "Journalists will always want to pirate's map of hidden treasure, and the fire, losing more agents to crimi­ know how you caught the bad guys bake an earthquake cookie They'll nal gunfire than all the other govern­ The problem is, some criminals are play an ancient Mayan ball game, ment investigative bureaus com­ literate." j negotiate trade along the Silk road, bined." Concerning his book, though Veiy design an Olympic friendship pm, Using the rapid-fire pacing of Special Agents consistently and with and compare their own school days good crime fiction, Moore takes read­ fine detail examines the complex pro­ with students in Tokyo and Sydney

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