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Editor Jim Frick 4 How the Bond Issue Editorial Associate Deborah Warren Would Help UMaine Designer A yes vote on Question #6 Jim Frick will create space on campus. Design Consultant Mike Mardosa Contributing Photographers 12 Maine's Obsessed Jack Walas, Mike York, and Keith Dresser Mathematician Publisher Henry Pogorzelski's life is I I. Maxwell Burry ’57 uncomplicated. Math is all he Advertising Marilyn Tourigny '90 does. Jackie Verrill '65 By Tom Weber

Alumni Association Officers James H. Goff '63, President 14 Setting Priorities Ronald E. Bishop '53, First Vice President Athletic success and academic Sally G. Vamvakias '63, Second Vice President Willard C. Farnham '59, Treasurer quality at Maine. Jeffry W. Raynes '76, Clerk By Charles Horne 71 H. Maxwell Burry '57, Executive Director Fred P. Tarr '53, Immediate Past President

UMAA Board of Directors 19 The "Survivor" Brook Merrow Adelman 78 Miro Czapowskj '58G made it Bunny T. Andrews '63 Deborah S Aseltine '80 through some tough times to Pamela L Beal '69 become a highly respected Steven E Bonville '69 forester at Maine. Meredith S Burgess 78 Nonnne H Daly '59 B y Jim Frick John N Diamond 77 Karla H Downs 71 Dorothy B Enkson '42 H. Allen Femald '54 23 Preserving Maine's Peter T. Gammons, Jr '61 Edward C Hall '48 Landscape Penny S. Harris '63 Steven Harth '67 Whether it is restoring a lost Earle L Ingalls '41 garden on Mount Desert Island Susan Rice Kenebrous '66 Robert F. McKown '58 or advising a planning board, Carol P Mower '53 Patrick Chasse works to James D Mullen 72 preserve Maine's legacy. Charles J. Ochmanski '60 Karen W Reis '67 By Anne Kozak Patricia A Riley 73 Henry L P Schmelzer '65 Ronald J Sheay '55 David W Simard '65 William S Skoolicas '80 Frances R Soderberg '57 Departments Stephen M. Towle 73 Campus 6 Bruce A. Vemll '77 Margaret T. Villarreal '61 Alumni Newsmakers 28 Henry A. Voss, Jr. '65 Letters 30 Carl A Whitman '35

MAINE is published three times a year by the University of Page 19 Maine Alumni Association The editorial office is located at the Crossland Alumni Center, UM, Orono, ME 04469 Tele­ phone 207/581-1137 Cover Photograph of Mike Buck ’90 by Mike York Third Class postage is paid at Burlington, VT 05401 Circulation i 10,000 issues per year Cover Design by Mike Mardosa FALL, 1988 3 SPECIAL REPORT

Mainers to decide on Question #6 on November 8th Funds From Bond Issue Would Bring Much Needed Space to UMaine

O n November 8 voters will have the enth hour an additional $5 million was also provide space for faculty offices and opportunity to make a major impact on added to the bill. computer workplaces. The total cost of the direction of their country by choosing Of the $36. 8 million requested, a little the building is estimated at $7 million, a new president. over $18 million would go to the Univer­ with the additional $1 million to come On the same day Maine voters will also sity of Maine campus. The largest por­ from private sources. have the opportunity to make a major tion of that, $6 million would go to the Also planned is a new $5 million science impact on their state university by choos­ College of Business Administration for a building. Since 1971, sponsored research ing whether or not to support a $36.8 new building. The facility will provide has increased from $1 million to $10 mil­ million UM System bond issue. space for three 300-seat lecture halls, six lion with almost a 30% increase in faculty. The two questions for voters will be on 100-seat classrooms and many smaller But during the same time span, little new opposite ends of the ballot— the presi­ classrooms and seminar rooms. It will space was made available for research. dential choice at the top — the One important aspect of a new UM System Bond Issue at the building is that it would enable — ■■■■■--

••• ••• * /••• • •**** * * i • • • • bottom (question #6). But the • • •.* • • c < ’* • • | many interrelated sciences to position of the bond issue is in work under the same roof. » • no way an indication of its • 4 UMaine System Bond If the University of Maine is <4- • £ • i j importance. X 7 to provide its students with the 7 AI "We are asking voters to in­ V » instructional tools becoming ' z Issue Projects vest in the future,"said UM common in major universities Trustee Harry Richardson. J University of Maine across the country, it must have "This is a major new effort for Business School Building $6,000,000 a modem, well-designed com­ us. And in addition to the much Science Building 5,000,000 munications system linking needed funds the bond issue / s* Communications System 3,500,000 classrooms, study centers, and 1 < z would provide, this is some­ Renovations • I 1,900,000 dormitory rooms. The bond Performing Arts Building 2,000,000 thing of a referendum on the issue would provide $3.5 mil­

• • ***".<•• _• -X direction of publicly supported ‘ 7 .' . University of Southern Maine lion for just such a system. z * w. X s • education in the state." r *■ •x Library Addition ✓ I 9,150,000 Another $2 million would go - *• / ’■ W- • •> ' < Specifically, Question #6 will • / ’ < to the construction of a per­ >•: '•V; • % ask voters: "Do you favor a UMaine at Farmington • •. g * ‘« forming arts building connec­ Building Renovations • •• *• - 1,550,000 $36,800,000 bond issue for the >.«. • . . il tor that would join together the Health, Phs. Ed., Recreation % % • I-. »• • • *• •* construction and upgrading of 'x. Hauck Auditorium and the Expansion . 1 • 1,450,000 • «» > r Z; libraries, classrooms, laborato­ •vt?;.. 7 < < ,• t Maine Center for the Arts. It V ■' • • / - • • • • • , *•5 • • -.V/• A \ •* . . • • • • • • • • z •• . • • • - - t • • t •z st- ries, and other educational fa­ • / would also provide for teach­ UMaine at Fort Kent • .* A ■ • /. .V cilities at all branches of the Science Wing V6 V / < a. 1,000,000 ing and practice studios and a

i *** A > JL University of Maine. ‘•■S' / lighting design laboratory. ’ /■’ A •'.■/•z V •• UMaine at Machias V A’ Originally the UM Board of :-C?‘ ■’A' . « 9 Finally, $1.9 million would Building Renovations 700,000 . - .V • X Trustees submitted a bond re­ • *' ■J *•<% *• K n • * * A go for much needed academic Support Building 150,000 t quest for $60 million. But it soon % Performing Arts Completion 150,000 building renovations. became clear that neither the *•. ‘1 / * /.S': y > ji «■ V Because the bond issue would S' •V V *:.<•. legislature nor the governor 1.- •5 UMaine at Presque Isle r, benefit every UM System cam­ • ' v. Ji- would support such a request. Campus Center • *• * •' ?■- 1,000,000 pus it has received widespread 1 - • C • • '4 '<► * *. • y. Building Renovations V*• • A < After extensive consultations 510,000 y/. ’fV '» • . r z support across the state. A re­ **■ *v rZ1 V • •V •• •% Support Building y 440,000 « 1 with Governor John McKeman • » ».’ • A"* cent poll showed that a major­ • • and legislative leaders, a bill X 4 ity of Maine voters were pre­ UMaine at Augusta . .■> • • <•«•< calling for $31.8 million for uni­ ■ * Library/Leaming Center pared to vote yes on Question •A* K’/’ versity facilities was introduced * . Student Center Renovation '/y Z #6. But friends and supporters as part of the governor's bond • /' of the university are not taking •z ' r recommendations. At the elev- Total x *,A * • r v < the yes vote for granted. A Ml

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ments at the university is less In Brief than the national average. Despite the long list of problems,the chair of the President's Task Force on the Status of Women, Sharon Report Issued Jackiw, says there are some signs of improvement. The on the Status number of women in high of Women administrative positions has increased (including two as­ sistant vice presidents), a woman has been named as A s reported in the Spring | interim dean of the College of issue of MAINE ("Maine and Arts and Sciences, and steps its Alumnae Look at the Status have been taken to equalize of Women at UM") President men's and women's salaries. Dale Lick recently appointed a task force to look into the status of Women at the Uni­ versity of Maine. The report was released in 96-Year-Old June and it sent some shock waves across the Orono cam­ Woman Earns pus. As expected, it revealed that women are making less UM Degree than their male colleagues, and that they are less likely to move 96-year-old UMaine graduate Elizabeth Crosby gets a hug of into higher paying adminis­ congratulations from outgoing UMAA president Fred Tarr '53. trative positions. What was less expected was the conclu­ A fter 75 years and many slip by. | university's all-time high set sion that the campus is interruptions, 96-year-old Crosby's permanent resi- > in 1982. plagued with sexism and what Elizabeth Crosby received her dence is Carlisle, Pennsylva­ Last spring UM received the the report referred to as the master's degree from the Uni­ nia, but she has spent the last largest number of student "ghettoization" of women. versity of Maine last August. 40 years summering in applications in more than a "We describe an environ­ She started her studies at Castine, Maine. decade. On-campus residence ment in which women tend to Juanita College in Pennsylva­ She was encouraged to re­ halls, including two refu’ play only marginal or subsidi­ nia after completing high turn to school by her daughter bished on the Bangor campu ary roles, " the report's sum­ school in her native city of and friends, especially Esther are expected to be at total mary states, "a system of val­ Washington D.C. After gradu­ Rauch, a former Castine resi­ capacity (4,800 students). ues in which those interests ation she married David dent and now an assistant Because there is a 33% in­ more exclusively dominated Crosby in 1913 and had two professor of English at Maine. crease in new students request­ by men are consistently more children Anjeanette and ing housing compared to a positively valued and highly David. When she was 26, her year ago, freshman on the rewarded." husband died of pneumonia. Orono campus are all expected All together the report makes Crosby returned to her home Record to be housed in triples — three 102 recommendations for city of Washington and pur­ students to a room. Those change. The recommendations sued graduate studies at Number students living in triples re­ in the report have been en­ George Washington Univer­ ceived a 20% rebate on the cost dorsed by Lick who stated in a sity. She finished the courses of Students of their rooms. cover letter with the report that necessary for a master's de­ Additional sections of fresh­ "it is likely to generate contro­ gree, but her thesis was not Begin Classes man English, mathematics, versy, reflection and delibera­ accepted. and speech classes will also be tion." Crosby left school to work as provided for the large number One of the facts that people a teacher and later as a social of new students. Highly quali­ are likely to reflect on is that worker. On October 1925, fied part-time and full-time women faculty members earn GWU offered to grant her a The University of Maine instructors will also be hired. an average of 83% to 87% of master's degree upon satisfac­ opened its doors this fall to "The tremendous enrollment what men faculty members tory completion of a thesis, but one of its largest freshman growth reflects the excitement earn. Also, the percentage of occupied with her other inter­ classes in its history that sent people perceive at the Univer­ female faculty in 29 depart­ ests, she let the opportunity overall enrollment over the sity of Maine," said UM Presi­

6 MAINE s dent Dale Lick." This includes such things as the advance­ ment of high-quality academ­ UMaine Selected as Site for M ics, the progressive meeting of new challenges, and the sense National Science Foundation of warmth and responsiveness on campus." There was also good news Research Center from the graduate school. Enrollments there are up in Three university consortium will receive $5.5 million over .! most departments. Enrollment in UM graduate programs has five years for geographic information and analysis. almost doubled in the last five T , years. 1 t's not every day that the University of caps on when they made this decision." Maine beats out the likes of Harvard and The goal of the center will be to expand M.I.T for national recognition. But that is the nation's research efforts in collecting, UM to Sell just what happened late this summer analyzing, and understanding geographic when UM, in a consortium with the Uni­ information. The work will bring together Part of versity of California at Santa Barbara, and faculty from several departments on all the University of New York at Buffalo, re­ three campuses in a cooperative effort to Palmer Art ceived word that it was selected for a promote innovative research and meet multi-million dollar National Center for the rapidly growing demand for trained Collection Geographic Information and Analysis — people in this field of study. the first of its kind in the world. In addition to the $1.1 million in grant The National Science Foundation will money provided each year from the NSF, provide approximately $5.5 million to the center is expected to generate ap­ A bout one-third the pieces fund the national research center for a proximately double that amount in re­ in the Hudson Museum's five-year period. The consortium pro­ search dollars from other federal agen­ Palmer Collection of pre-His- posal was selected over eight other uni­ cies and private industries. The national panic art will be sold by the versity groups including a consortium of center will attract researchers from all University of Maine to fund a Harvard, M.I.T., and Boston College, the over the world and spinoffs from that number of academic and ath­ University of Wisconsin, Ohio State Uni­ research should benefit regional and letic projects. The pieces to be versity, and Pennsylvania State Univer­ national companies as well as govern­ sold will be either duplicates sity. ment and public service agencies. or ones that are judged not to ."We believe this is the first time a NSF "This is an extraordinary achievement fit with the collection. center has been located in Maine," said for the University of Maine, "said UM In an interview with the UM president, Dale Lick. "It is a major System Chancellor Robert Woodbury. Bangor Daily News UM Presi­ research step forward for us, and it will "More important than the money, is the dent Dale Lick said there was likely lead to major public service pro­ status the center will bring. It's a mark no expectation of how much grams. We are excited about what it will that we are going to have certain things would be raised by the sale. mean to us. The people at the National that are world class." But he noted that the first Science Foundation had their thinking $50,000 that is raised from art will go toward a lounge and new baseball clubhouse that display at the Hudson Mu­ by the sale of the collection. and the Beijing Forestry Uni­ will be named for the late seum at the Maine Center for versity were formalized dur­ William Palmer, a University the Arts. ing a working visit by mem­ 1 of Maine graduate. Palmer Lick noted that Palmer's will bers of the UM College of was an enthusiastic and gen­ clearly stated that any part of Forestry, headed by acting erous supporter of the UM the collection could be sold UM—China dean, Fred Knight. baseball program, and it was within seven years, at the dis­ The five-year agreement his financial support that even­ cretion of the university presi­ Sign Forestry with Beijing University paves tually allowed the team to dent. the way for an exchange of in­ travel south in the spring for " But when a university gets Agreement formation, scientists, and training, and competitive something that is one of the graduate students. games early in the season. best in the country, it would Under the exchange three Two separate agreements Palmer's valuable collection be unfortunate to let it get visiting scientists from the of pre-hispanic art was left to away," he told the BDN. between the University of Ministry of Forestry and two the university following his Lick said that other projects Maine and the People's Re­ graduate students are study­ death in 1982. Pieces of the in the arts, academics, and public of China's Academy of ing at UM. Next summer more collection are on permanent athletics are likely to be funded Forest Inventory and Planning UM faculty will visit China.

FALL, 1988 7 CAMPUS "The Fight" is Over on UM's Reorganization

There were casualties, but President Lick's ideas for academic structure are taking hold.

r By Charles Horne

he fight is over." That is how Steven Barkin, chairman of Sociology summed up the situation re­ garding a controversial reorganization plan that will expand the number of col­ leges and dramatically change the largest UM vice-president John Hitt Former UM dean Michael Gemignani college, Arts and Sciences. The plan, approved by the University of Maine Board of Trustees last May, will "Reorganization will help us get the take full effect in July, 1989. The plan will most out of the programs without establish nine colleges instead of the pres­ ent seven, the result of the break-up of the jeopardizing the liberal arts." College of Arts and Sciences into the — John Hitt College of Arts and Humanities, the Col­ lege of Social and Behavioral Sciences, contains 20 departments, while most of one former College of Engineering and and the College of Science. The three new the university's colleges contain fewer Science department, chemistry. The Col­ colleges will be governed by the newly than ten. lege of Life Sciences and Agriculture will established Faculty of Arts and Sciences. According to Hitt, the wide range of be renamed the College of Food and The plan, backed by University of Maine subjects covered by arts and sciences has Agriculture Science and the College of President Dale Lick, Chancellor Robert made it increasingly difficult for any dean Engineering and Science will be renamed Woodbury, and a specially-appointed to judiciously focus on all of the depart­ the College of Engineering and Technol­ reorganization advisory committee, was ments. "The reorganization will make it ogy. The Colleges of Business Admini­ passed despite the opposition of some easier for all of the deans to work on stration, Education, and Forest Resources faculty members, particularly from arts strategic planning and the allocation and and the University College are virtually and sciences. reallocation of resources," he says. unchanged in the reorganization. Michael Gemignani, former dean of the Under reorganization, the 20 arts and While critics of the plan no longer plan College of Arts and Sciences, resigned in sciences departments will be split within to oppose it, they are still concerned about July, citing his opposition to reorganiza­ the three new colleges. The College of some of the changes, particularly in arts tion as the reason for his departure. Arts and Humanities will include art, and sciences. Many of the critics believe Gemignani accepted a vice presidential English, history, music, philosophy, and arts and humanities and social sciences appointment at the University of Hous­ theater and dance. The College of Social departments should be in the same col­ ton in Texas. and Behavioral Sciences will include lege. Eleven arts and sciences depart­ In spite of Gemignani's departure, op­ anthropology, economics, journalism and ment heads signed a letter to that effect ponents of the reorganization plan have broadcasting, political science, psychol­ prior to the board of trustees reorganiza­ indicated they will cooperate under the ogy, public administration, sociology and tion vote. According to Stewart Doty, new system. social work, and speech communication. chair of history, the break-up of arts and "We needed to establish colleges of a The College of Science will include com­ humanities and social sciences could more manageable size and with a better puter science, geology, physics and as­ damage valuable ties between the two focus," says John Hitt, vice president for tronomy, mathematics, and zoology. areas. "Our international affairs program, academic affairs. Hitt, who has worked In addition, the College of Science will for example, entails courses from both on the reorganization with President Lick receive three former College of Life Sci­ areas and presently can be easily admini­ and various faculty and staff, notes that ences and Agriculture departments, bio­ stered," Doty says. "It will be much harder the present College of Arts and Sciences chemistry, botany, and microbiology, and to run the program and maintain its

8 MAINE momentum if it is not housed in one college." But other faculty members do not be­ lieve the reorganization will damage any university programs. "The reorganiza­ tion will make it possible for academic leaders to better focus on their units/' says David Field, chair of forest resources. Field, a member of the reorganization advisory committee, believes the College of Arts and Sciences has been too paro­ chial in restricting its students to the sci­ ences contained in that college. "The new College of Science will have a broader range of sciences within its realm," Field says. Not all of the reorganization plan's sup­ porters are outside of arts and sciences. Bradford Hall, chair of geological sciences, believes that consolidating the sciences is a major benefit of reorganization. "My department is one of the most interdisci­ plinary oriented in the university," Hall says. "It will become easier to work with the other sciences while still having ac­ cess to such departments as history and anthropology." Reorganization critics are nevertheless still concerned about the future of some university programs. "The new system may result in a diminishing of liberal arts programs, which I do not believe are as valued as they used to be," says Steven Barkan. The cycle of the seasons in Maine draws family and friends togeth to celebrate the traditions of Christmas The sharing of hospitality Gemignani extends the concern right to entwined with the fragrant evergreen's promise of renewal the bachelor of arts degree. "Under reor­ warms us all At Dawn til Done Farm we continue these ganization, departments may find it eas­ traditions by offering you the best from field and forest ier to pull away from the bachelor of arts Balsam Wreaths area full Z4"diameter; tastefully * degree in favor of a more narrowly fo- decorated with all-natural nuts t berries and a big bow r cused bachelor of science degree," he says. from *i9so postage paid John Hitt sees it differently, believing Our unique Kissing Ball is a I6'diameter sphere of that the College of Arts and Sciences of­ long-lasting balsam tips to scent a room or decorate an entry, fering only a bachelor of arts degree has from *24 50postage paid created stress in the system. "We are not Each wreath and Kissing ball is individually hand-crafted and erecting any walls, and we want im­ carefully packed for shipping proved collaboration among the colleges," Our six standard GIFT BASKETS are each a he says. "There is a current high demand complete traditional Downeast meal Or pamper for our science and engineering programs, your individual palate by selecting your own basket as we have the best concentration of sci­ contents from our wide and varied listing-from1 is oo <3 entists and engineers in the state. Reor­ ganization will help us get the most out of Whether you are down the road or across the country we invite you id share the delight of Christmas in Maine the programs without jeopardizing lib­ eral arts." Stop by our farm store in OldTown, or write tor our Hitt also stresses that the reorganiza­ tree descriptive listing Phone orders gladly accepted tion plan will be carefully evaluated and with visa or MasterCard subject to revision if problems develop. We ship all orders within 7days, and are open "Above all, we want to prepare the every day through December Z4 University of Maine for the '90s," Hitt says. He is convinced reorganization of Dawn'til Done Farm the colleges will help the university meet 16 CENTER STREET, OLPTOWN, MAINE 04468 PHONE 20^27-7787 the needs of a changing student body.

FALL, 1988 9 CAMPUS

Sports

F oilowing the surpris­ has had and bring it to a ing, sudden departure by Ex-Olympian to Coach different level" UMaine women's basket­ Players and fans are ball coach Peter Gavett likely to see some changes this summer, Black Bear Women’s Team under Roberts leadership. fans were understandably First, she likes an up­ worried about the Patricia Roberts will bring a running tempo game — lots of program's future. running and fast breaks. Those worries were game and a record of success to Maine. Second, although her main quickly laid to rest, how­ recruiting focus will re­ ever, when a fast and ef­ main in Maine, she plans fective search culminated to make use of her many in the appointment of ex- contacts to recruit players Olymic star and success­ from outside the state. ful assistant college coach One thing that Roberts Patricia Roberts. plans to keep the same is "Trish has been around the program's emphasis major college basketball on academic achieve­ most of her career as a ment. It was a point that player and a coach," said endeared her to the search UM athletic director, committee. Kevin White. "She's been " I am very well aware a high impact staff mem­ of the high G.P.A. of the ber and a proven re­ team, and I'm proud to be cruiter." a part of that, " she said. " White was basing his I want to maintain the assessment on Roberts' high academic stan­ work as the assistant dards." women's basketball coach But Roberts also wants at the University of North high achievement on the Carolina, and on her two basketball court and she previous jobs at the Uni­ is cautiously optimistic versity of Illinois and Cen­ about the coming year. tral Michigan. "At this point, the only Prior to starting a coach­ thing I have to go by are ing career, Roberts was a the films I have Kodak and Street and Smith watched," she said." The All-American at the Univer­ players are all enthusias­ sity of Tennessee. While at Tennessee she tic, and they seem to enjoy the kind of up­ was selected for the U. S. Olympic team tempo game that I will emphasize." that won a silver medal in 1976. Roberts’ appointment has already pro­ Roberts comes into a highly successful duced one very positive move. Maine's regional program at Maine, and she star player, Rachel Bouchard, who had admits to being a bit nervous. "I want to take given serious thought to transferring to "If s the biggest challenge of my life," Rutgers, quickly announced that she she said. " But I've always wanted to be a the success the would stay when she heard that Roberts head coach, and after seeing how women's was to be the new coach." basketball is such a big sport around program has had "I'm very excited," Bouchard said. "She here.... I wanted to be a part of that." has a lot of good ideas, and I think she is Roberts thinks that the program is and bring it to a going to do a lot with this program" headed in the right direction and says If Patricia Roberts’ past record as a that she sees a commitment to carry different level" player and coach is any indication, Black women's basketball even further. Bear basketball fans can rest assured that "This program has enjoyed a lot of the women's basketball program will con­ success, and I don't want to come in here Patricia Roberts tinue its winning ways well into the and change a lot of things," Roberts said. future. " I want to take the success the program

10 MAINE r> The Arts

Variety Marks Third Season at MCA

By Deborah Warren

A fter the Maine Center for the Arts' smashing debut season, and its even more exciting second season, many people were left wondering how the third season could possibly top the first two. Under the theme "Soaring Spirits", it promises to do just that. Having established itself as a world­ class entertainment center, MCA's 1988- 89 season features an equally outstand­ The American Indian Dance Theater will perform on February 10 at 8:00 p.m. and ing variety of events, the highlight being will consist of 26 dancers representing 15 tribes. The performance is supported by a an appearance by Rudolph Nureyev and generous grant from the UMaine Alumni Association. the six principle dancers of the Paris Opera Ballet in a sold-out benefit performance the University of Maine Alumni Associa­ to two free tickets to performances per se­ on September 30. tion with funding from the Classes of mester (not including special events and "The appearance by Nureyev is the cul­ 1958 and 1973. In addition, the two classes gala events such as the Nureyev perform­ mination of two years of negotiations," are supporting a performance by the ance). Attendance by UMaine students according to Joel Katz, executive director Portland Symphony Orchestra, with Bill doubled during the second season as a of the Maine Center for the Arts. The Crofut, and the Club 47 show with Tom result of this comprehensive fee, accord­ evening will begin with a four-course Rush, Livingston Taylor, and Christine ing to Joel Katz, and the general audi­ Russian dinner, followed by the perform­ Lavin. ences to MCA events have not been re­ ance and ending with a champagne re­ To celebrate its quarter-century anni­ stricted to the Bangor-Orono area alone. ception, which will be attended by Mr. versary year, the Maine Public Broadcast­ Eighteen percent came from south of Nureyev and his dancers. Among the ing Network (MPBN), along with the Waterville last year, as well as a good hosts for the evening will be Governor Sawyer Family of Companies, is under­ portion from northern parts of the state. John McKernan and University of Maine writing four performances at MCA this And the MCA has plans to grow. If the President Dale Lick and his wife, Mari­ season: Bob McGrath of Public $36,800,00 bond issue, which will be on lyn. Television's premier children's program the November 8 ballot, is passed, a little The Nureyev performance is just one "Sesame Street", with the Bangor Sym­ over $18 million will be earmarked for the event in an exciting and diverse spectrum phony Orchestra (Nov. 4), the Irish group University of Maine campus. $2 million of cultural attractions for the coming the Clancy Brothers (Nov. 12), the Boston of this would go to the construction of a season. The events are grouped by type Camerata (Dec. 15), and the New Stock­ performing arts building that would join — Orchestras, Chamber Music, Jazz, holm Chamber Orchestra with harpsi­ the Hauck Auditorium and the Maine Popular Entertainmant, Theater, and so chordist Igor Kipnis (April 2). Some of Center for the Arts. It would also provide on. They include nationally renowned these events will be broadcast on MPBN for teaching and practice studios and a productions such as Evita (which will be television and radio. lighting design laboratory, as well as for presented at Homecoming) and 42nd After only two full years in operation, it additional restrooms. (The lack of ade­ Street, the more regional Springfield is clear that the Maine Center for the Arts quate restroom facilities has been a point Symphony Orchestra and Portland String has had a major cultural impact on both of contention with the current structure.) Quartet, and the performance of the the immediate university environment For further information about the 1988- American Indian Dance Theater. The lat­ and on the arts in the state as a whole. 89 season, contact the Maine Center for ter is supported by a generous grant from Fulltime university students are entitled the Arts box office at 581-1755.

FALL, 1988 11 CAMPUS

Research

Maine’% s • Obsessed Mathematician

In Henry Pogorzelski’s life there are no diversions. Math is all he does

By Tom Weber (Senior writer Bangor Daily News)

Ina small brown building near the

University of Maine, Professor Henry J. Pogorzelski believes he has made mathe­ matical history. No one but Pogorzelski and a single collaborator may ever know this, how­ UM professor Henry J. Pogorzelski at work in his Institute for Semiological Mathematics. (Bangor Daily News Photo) ever. The body of his proof is so vast, its language so new and esoteric, that there may be no mathematicians around who During a recent break from his work, Pogorzelski was born in West Caldwell, can verify it. Pogorzelski stood smiling in the door­ N.J., the son of a Polish florist and a "bril­ It has taken eight years to publish just way of his Research Institute for Semiol­ liant, neurotic mother." He did not be­ two thick volumes of his work; the entire ogical Mathematics, his thin face lit by come interested in mathematics until series of 12 will probably take more time the sun. He is a slender and spry man, World War II. As a soldier overseas, he than he has left on earth. So Pogorzelski, with tinted glasses and gray hair worn would think about numbers to pass the a 65-year-old man in a race with time, is long over his ears. time in foxholes. After the war, he worked forming a research center in the little In the entryway behind him, two muddy for three different banks on Wall Street. building off College Avenue to ensure bicycles are propped against a wall. They "I had a dream that I would make a that his work will go on when he dies. are his only form of transportation since million before I was 30, retire, and spend Pogorzelski, a logician in the university's he gave up his car 10 years ago. Because the rest of my life doing research," he math department, has devoted 25 years bikes wear out, he keeps five. said. "It didn't happen that way." of his life to solving a puzzle that has Pogorzelski lives alone at the tiny insti­ Instead, he worked as an editorial assis­ frustrated other mathematicians for 240 tute, which is filled with books of mathe­ tant at Columbia University and later at years. His proof of the Goldbach Conjec­ matics and some philosophy. His notes the American Mathematical Society in ture, if it could be verified, might bring for the Goldbach proof, 36 hefty binders Providence, R.I. The more time he spent him recognition one day. But his obses­ in all, sit in a row on the desk. in mathematics, the more his fascination sion with the problem also led to es­ There is a cassette player in the room, grew. He got married, wrote a few pa­ trangement from his wife, now dead, and but Pogorzelski does not bother with it. pers, and suddenly was faced with the his only son, whom he never sees any­ He took it to a repairman once and was most exciting but terrifying decision of more. told that the cassette had rusted into the his life. In the process, he has become a scien­ machine. Andre Weil, once regarded as the tific hermit and the object of professional "He said I really should turn it on once world's greatest living mathematician, skepticism. a week or so," Pogorzelski said. "I guess had read Pogorzelski's work and invited "Oh, what a life," Pogorzelski says, you could say that I'm not a music lover. him to be his assistant at the Institute for sighing deeply. I have no diversions. Math is all I do." Advanced Study in Princeton, N.J.

I 12 MAINE "I was terribly afraid, but my wife said piece seemed to fit together. I'm not Yet his work has intrigued a small group what have I got to lose," Pogorzelski re­ mystical, but there was someone up there of teachers and students, who feel that called. "She said I must be good if they who wanted me to keep going." they are witnessing an exciting and dar­ invited me. She was extraordinarily dip­ In 1977, he published the last of a half ing mathematical breakthrough. lomatic in handling me." dozen papers in the German "Crelle's "I cannot say that he is correct, of Journal" of mathematics. He says now course," said Henrik Bresinsky, a mem­ that he had the answer to the Goldbach ber of the math department. "But I can w hile in Princeton, Pogorzelski de­ puzzle 10 years ago, without realizing it. say that he has made a deep commitment cided he would have to tackle something "I was like a guy who has the Holy Grail to mathematics, and I think that is some­ big to keep his position. Driven by youth­ in his pocket and walks around the world thing that is very, very laudable. In my ful ambition, he chose the stickiest prob­ trying to find it," Pogorzelski said. case, at least, one has to take Pogorzelski lem he could think of. With William J. Ryan of Hampden, his as he is — eccentric, but then, so are many "I figured that if I solved the Goldbach student and a man whom he calls a mathe­ interesting people." Conjecture they would keep me on," he matical genius, Pogorzelski is driven to Dr. William Snyder, who has partici­ said with a self-conscious grin. "It's crazy, prove his life's work. In solving the con­ pated in the seminars, said he thinks I know. Absolutely insane, really." jecture, he said, he has had to tear apart Pogorzelski has found the answer. The conjecture, a simple but maddenly the very foundations of mathematics and "But I base that on faith more than stubborn puzzle of mathematics, is named build new ones upon which to work. anything," he said. for a Russian who raised it in 1742. He The solution, however, is far less impor- Apparently, however, his venerable old surmised that every even num­ mentor will have nothing to do ber greater than 2 can be repre­ =71 with his work. sented as the sum of two prime "He has sent me the first of the numbers. A prime, such as 2,3,5, three volumes of his proof so far, I 7, and 11, is a number that cannot "I was like a guy which is something I can't read," be divided by any numbers other said Andre Weil, now 82 and re­ than itself and 1. The even num­ with the Holy Grail tired. "And honestly, I don't ber 10, for example, can be ex­ want to read it. He is a logician, pressed as the sum of the primes in his pocket who and logic is a branch on the out­ 3 and 7. skirts of mathematics. I couldn't Goldbach could find no viola­ walks around the think of anyone who would be tion of the rule. Neither have qualified to prove he is correct. I modern mathematicians, who world trying to find have to say I am skeptical." have used computers to test ev­ Pogorzelski shrugs off Weil's ery even number up to 100 mil­ it." seeming indifference.

lion or more. The maddening I "We have created a language part, however, is that there is no no one understands," Po­ guarantee that the next number gorzelski said. "Weil is an old won't be the exception to the rule. tant than the methods that got him there. man, and to expect him to read my work Pogorzelski, distracted by the activity The new mathematical thinking, he said, is like asking him to learn Hindu. Mathe­ in Princeton, looked around for a quiet could change the way scientists view the maticians know there's this nut up in place to work it out. He applied for teach­ world. Bangor. They figure if he was good, he'd ing positions throughout New England, "Others have worked on this as if there be in Princeton. If he's in Maine, he can't and settled on the University of Maine was a ladder that they would climb rung be very good. So I shut myself off." after one visit. to rung, a one-dimensional plane," he Despite what other people might think He allotted five years to his research in said. "But prime numbers are not predict­ of his life, his obsession with these num­ Maine, after which he would reveal his able. I claim that this is not their natural bers and symbols at the cost of everything findings to the stunned mathematical elite habitat. I sort of believe that we've found else, Pogorzelski said he has no choice but at Princeton and secure a place there for­ a semblance of another habitat, where to continue what he has begun. A life of ever. they all belong." moderation, the possibility of a happier Nearly 20 years later, with mathematics The theory, still locked up in his thou­ existence, was never a serious option. his only interest in life, Pogorzelski sus­ sands of pages of notes, is a radical depar­ "I suppose that being obsessed with a pects that Goldbach will occupy his dying ture from mathematical tradition. Po­ problem is a measure of irrationality," thoughts. gorzelski expects that he will be labeled a Pogorzelski says, his long fingers tapping "I really thought I could get it in Maine. curiosity as his work unfolds. That is a page of numbers. "But actually, I'm I worked day and night, neglected my already the case at the university math luckier than most people. When I walk at family, gambled everything away on the department, where he has been removed night, I see people in their homes flop­ problem," he said quietly. "It pains me. I from the graduate program for not pub­ ping down in front of the TV after a da/s thought my family understood that I was lishing an article in four years. work. At least I have a mission. I am never doing it all for them, but they did not. I "Every university has its eccentrics, and bored. I am trying to outsmart death so would have dropped it after 15 years, but Henry happens to be ours," one of his that I can finish this damn thing." I was building an immense puzzle. Every colleagues has said.

FALL, 1988 13 "J Setting Academic Quality

Some folks think that too much emphasis is being placed on sports. Others think Maine's success in athletics enhances the overall quality of the university.

By Charles Home '71

he north end of the University of Maine campus is still dominated by the Memorial Gymnasium, the Field THouse, and Alumni Field. It remains instantly recognizable to alumni who return even after a generation. But look again and you will see some major changes, namely the state-of-the-art Alfond Arena and Mahaney Diamond. You are also likely to hear lots of stories about former Maine athletes now competing successfully in professional sports and read about the Black Bears in magazines and newspapers far outside the boundaries of Maine. Such changes symbolize a transformation of University of Maine athletics from a largely state and regional pursuit to an enterprise that has gained national recognition in a number of sports. > Since 1980, the University of Maine baseball team has played in five college world series with a number of its games televised nationally by the ESPN cable network. The hockey team was in the 1988 NCAA finals and was featured last winter in Sports Illustrated magazine. The football team has had several winning seasons in the Yankee Conference, playing once on CBS Televi­ sion, and making last year's Division 1AA play-offs. Both the women’s and men's basketball teams have played and com­ peted well against national powers in their sport. The attention garnered by these Black Bear teams has not been lost on University of Maine officials. To the contrary, the university administration strongly believes that a thriving well- publicized athletic program will help the university in its cam­ paign for expanded private and public support for its academic programs. "It is very important that our football, baseball, hockey, and basketball teams have the potential to compete regularly on a national basis," says University of Maine President Dale Lick. Lick is convinced that fundraising for such proposed structures as the science and music buildings will be substantially boosted by a high profile athletic program. Lick's optimism about University of Maine sports is not

14 MAINE n Priorities Athletic Success

without foundation. Many large universities have long success­ fully touted their sports programs as a means of expanding financial resources for academic facilities and services. But amidst the optimism and enthusiasm surrounding UM athletics are a number of concerns and questions that have been raised within and beyond the university administration. Most importantly, will a build-up of university sports teams cause a diversion of resources away from academics? Beyond that question, there is also concern about the possible decline of so-called nonrevenue sports like track, tennis, and golf that do not attract many spectators or potential university contributors. There is concern about the university gaining the image of a "jock" school, seemingly giving athletics a higher priority than academics. There is concern about sports crowd­ ing out other student pursuits, such as computer science com­ petitions, musical ensembles, and theater groups. Lick and his administrative team are convinced that any build-up of the athletic program will help rather than hurt the university's academic mission and other activities. "Academics came first at Austin College where I played football and aca­ demics is and will remain first at the University of Maine," says John Hitt, vice president for academic affairs. Hitt believes a strong athletic program has placed UM on an increasing num­ ber of prospective student's "short lists" of desired schools. "Our 1988 freshman enrollment of 2600 is well above projec­ tions," he notes. "The publicity our teams received has without doubt been a factor." Al Hackett from the admissions office agrees with Hitt's assessment, although he says he can't provide statistics that prove success in sports helps admissions. "When Doug Flutie had such tremendous success at Boston College, applications to the school went way up," he says. " Youngsters want to be where something exciting is happening." Whether attributable to sports or other factors Maine has seen a growth in both applications (14% last year) and in yield of applicants. Thomas Aceto, vice president for administration, agrees with his administrative colleagues and like them, draws the line on the notion that athletic teams will be built up at academic expense. "Money to build the athletic programs is coming from private sources," he says. " In spite of the conviction that university officials display in asserting the primacy of academics, not everyone at UM is convinced the present prominence of UM athletics is in the school's best academic interests. "There is only so much money out there, and if it is used for sports, there is that much less for academic programs, scholar­ ships, and libraries," says James Acheson, UM professor of anthropology. "Quasi-professional sports for public entertain­ ment ought to be pretty far down university's priority list, but it isn't." FALL, 1988 15

J team and individual sports, to add more scholarships for the nonrevenue sports, and to improve student athletic services," he says. White, who holds a doctorate in education, believes that achieving his goals will demonstrate commitment to both the academic and athletic well-being of the university, Since assuming his duties last year, White has sought more scholarship money for student athletes in both revenue and nonrevenue sports. He has established the position of student athlete coordinator to assure student athletes properly manage their time and use the academic resources at their disposal. But White's most visible challenge in strengthening UM ath­ letics is upgrading physical facilities. While Alfond Arena and / _ Mahaney Diamond are in good shape, the Memorial Gymnasium's "pit" and Alumni Field are rated among the smallest and most antiquated at their competitive levels. Already, White has acted to improve the football and basket­ ball playing situations. Beginning next season, UM basketball home games will be played at the 6000 seat Bangor Auditorium. At Alumni Field, new bleacher seats have been erected behind the southern end zone. In addition, at least one home football game per season will continue to be played in the Portland area. White agrees with administration officials that new facilities After last year's record-breaking season, Maine is now considered a national power in hockey. are needed not only for football and basketball, but for such sports as track. "Quite frankly, my immediate concern has been to make immediate improvements where possible. We will not begin serious planning and consideration of new facilities until "I've worked at three different next year." schools, and Maine by far has White can draw support from many sources for new athletic facilities at UM. At least one outside consultant has recom­ the best balance of academics mended a 16,000-20,000 seat football stadium, an 8,000-12,000 seat basketball arena, and various indoor facilities for such and athletics. President Lick sports as tennis, soccer, and track. President Lick agrees that such facilities are needed, but even wants excellence in athletics here there is some question as to what direction the university because he wants excellence will pursue. In the early months of Lick's administration, the UM president spoke positively about building a multi-purpose across the board" domed stadium not only for UM athletics, but for use by outside communities, schools, organizations, and businesses. Hockey Coach Shawn Walsh University officials have since soft-pedaled talk about build­ ing a dome that could cost $35 million or more. "The dome is Acheson says the university's academic facilities are in urgent nothing more than a dream," says Aceto, "that would have to be need of upgrading. He characterizes many UM classrooms as backed and used by state, private, county, and municipal overcrowded, faculty salaries as close to the bottom of the sources." Aceto strongly suggests that less expensive alterna­ national scale, and space for research as so scarce that many tives to a dome are being seriously considered in future plan­ research projects cannot be pursued. ning. . Aceto agrees that the university's academic resources are But the dream of a dome at the University of Maine still has a pushed to the limit. "Our academic programs are running at the following among influential voices. Tim Murphy, who is enter­ margin," he says. But he and other university officials are ing his second year as coach of the UM football team, firmly convinced that money contributed to athletics is money the believes that a domed stadium would help his football program university otherwise would unlikely see, and that such contri­ in addition to being an across-the-board asset at the Orono butions lead to increased support for academic programs. campus. If anyone sits at the center of the issues, opportunities, and The dome "could serve the community, the student body, as controversies surrounding UM athletics it is Kevin White, the well as other sports like basketball, baseball," Murphy says. "I university's athletic director. White was appointed in 1987 with personally think it would be a great economic boon to the a mandate to build upon the emerging success in several UM Bangor area, and that it would pay for itself in a short time." athletic programs. Even though Murphy had a playoff season last year at anti­ In spite of that mandate, White is well aware that not all of UM quated Alumni Field, he no doubt casts a somewhat envious eye faculty members and students support athletic program growth. at the successful UM campaigns, waged on up-to-date facilities, And among those who do, he is also aware of a concern that by baseball coach John Winkin and hockey coach Shawn Walsh. some nonrevenue UM sports, such as tennis, track, golf, and However UM facilities change in the future, coaches like soccer could suffer cutbacks under financial pressure to main­ Murphy and Walsh believe that upgrading their sports pro­ tain or enhance the revenue sports— football, baseball, hockey, grams helps rather than hurts academics. Murphy cites colleges and basketball. like Holy Cross and Villanova, calling them "top academic "My priorities are to maintain a comprehensive program of schools" with well financed and successful sports programs.

■ > 16 MAINE

✓ Murphy believes that UM has wisely used what resources it Playing in a thoroughly modem facility, with access to the best has for its sports programs. "Many people think we have had student prospects in Canada and the United States, Walsh's a major increase in funding for football, but the truth is we have team came closer to a national title than any in UMaine's not," he notes. history. While college hockey does not gamer nationally the attention enjoyed by college football and basketball, it is a growing sport with a wide following especially in northern and hether a dome is built or not, Murphy would like a midwestern schools. Shawn Walsh is convinced his successful hockey program is full complement of football scholarships, something good for UM. "When the hockey team was featured in Sports Wall other Yankee Conference teams currently have. He isIllustrated, realis­ we had congratulatory calls from all over the coun­ tic about player development, in part because the higher profile try and not just from alumni members," he says. Division 1A attracts most of the top prospects. But Murphy Walsh is convinced a good athletic program can attract top believes many top-notch players can be drawn and developed athletes from all over the country to UM, especially because from so-called second echelon prospects. academic programs like the UM College of Business Admini­ If coaches like Murphy and Winkin must constantly pit their stration are highly regarded. "I've worked at three different teams against schools with long-established and well- endowed schools," he says, "and Maine by far has the best balance of athletic programs, one coach - Shawn Walsh - has a program academics and athletics. President Lick wants excellence in that is already the "big time" in his sport. athletics because he wants excellence across the board." Even critics of UM athletic programs would be hard-pressed to assert that UM coaches do not insist on academic perform­ ance from their players. Coaches like Murphy, Winkin, Walsh, "We cannot continue to maintain and others believe that UM athletics must continue to take steps 19 sports in Division 1 at our to assure that student athletes do not neglect their education. The best evidence of that policy may come from the student­ financial level" athletes themselves. Many of them practice three hours a day, mainly in the afternoon, losing what Kevin White calls "prime Athletic Director Kevin White time" for studying. Yet many of these students have adjusted nicely, even without using tutorial or consulting services avail­ able to them. "You learn that when you have time between classes, after meals, and on the bus, you study," says Rachel Bouchard, a sophomore stand-out on the women's basketball team. Bouchard, a psychology major, feared she would become a social hermit because of the need to study after hours. "Once you learn the importance of managing your time," she says, "you find you have some time to socialize and still finish your work." Bouchard is a self-assured Maine native who easily adjusted to UM. But Coco Barry, the 6'8" UM men's basketball center and power forward, faced the challenge of adjusting to a school and nation far different than his native Senegal. "I had to learn English in my first year as a student here," he says. With the help of cooperative professors and tutors pro­ vided by the athletic department, Barry overcame the language barrier and now does well on his own. Barry, a junior political science major who is fluent in French and Senegalese, credits former UM basketball coach Skip Chap- pelle with recruiting him and effectively supporting his adjust­ ment to an American college setting. "Coach Chappelle is a positive thinker who has encouraged me to believe in myself," Barry notes. Barry finds studying along with three or four hours of daily practice to be a difficult challenge. "You study between buses, hotels, and planes, when you have to, at least two hours a day." He credits fan support and an openness he finds in Maine people with making his adjustment successful. Not every UM student athlete resolves the problem of study time lost due to practicing. But the poise of these profiled student athletes and overall team academic averages suggests that the UM athletic program has not lost its perspective relative to UM's academic mission. But in spite of successful student athletes and gradually im­ Maine track has enjoyed success even though it gets only one scholarship and not much support from fans. Some alumni are wor­ proving services and facilities in UM sports, there is concern ried about the future of nonrevenue sports at Maine. about athletics beyond its position relative to academics.

FALL, 1988 17 It's generally conceded that Maine has one of the most outdated football stadiums in Division 1AA. For a while there was talk of a dome, but now that is considered nothing more than a dream.

"I think there is too much attention being given to sports and insufficient attention being given to academics."

Maine Speaker of the House, John Martin '63

That concern affects the so-called nonrevenue sports, as well his program needs a new outdoor track, more scholarships, and as intramural programs and individual athletic pursuits. more publicity. "Surprisingly, we get more coverage in Lewis­ "There's no question it's a completely new ball game in college ton than we do in Bangor," he says. athletics," says Bert Pratt, executive secretary of UM's M Club Ballinger believes his sport will survive at UM because of a and a retired UM admissions officer. recent history of good teams, a large track alumni, an awards Pratt remembers when UM also had skiing, volleyball, gym­ program, and acceptance of track as a competitive sport by the nastics, and rifle teams, not to mention a wide spectrum of North Atlantic Conference. "We're highly respected in the freshman and junior varsity teams. "I'm very sorry we've lost northeast, but we want to do better in the ECAC." these teams," says Pratt, "and I hope that having some nation­ Members of Ballinger's teams may sense they work in relative ally oriented teams does not mean dropping any more sports." obscurity, but they take their academic and athletic pursuits as Pratt supports the UM athletic program's goals, recognizing seriously as their counterparts in the higher-profile revenue the importance of competing in a changed national collegiate sports. "Our season runs from December to June, but we were setting. But he remembers when athletes had more time to be written up in the local papers just twice," says Dave Johnson, a involved in other campus activities. "We did not have dreams senior broadcasting major who is both a long and high jumper. of entering professional sports like some of them have today," Johnson and sophomore zoology major Brenda Sheehan, a he says, the 1943 UM graduate recalling when he captained both long jumper and sprinter, believe that in some respects, the the baseball and tennis teams. revenue sports help track. "One of our fundraising projects is While many UM football, baseball, basketball, and hockey collecting parking money at the hockey games," says Sheehan, players enjoy media coverage and campus visibility, a whole "and I think the big sports draw the attention of students array of UM student-athletes operate in almost total obscurity. interested in other sports." In sports like track, tennis, golf, field hockey, and soccer, partici­ Kevin White wants to maintain all of UM's sports programs, pants work as hard, but perform either to small crowds or no and considers the needs of the nonrevenue sports on his wish crowds at all. list. But he warns that tough choices may lie ahead without Some supporters of these nonrevenue sports may wonder if increased financial support. "We cannot continue to maintain their sport may vanish from the UM roster like skiing, volley­ 19 sports in Division 1 at our financial level," he says. ball, and others. But Jim Ballinger, coach of UM men's and However future monies are spread in the sports program, all women's track, feels track has a good future at UM, even though parties agree that the private sector must bear an increasing he would like his teams to receive more attention. Ballinger, a 20- year UM veteran in various capacities, believes Continued on page 36

18 MAINE THE "SURVIVOR"

Ukrainian immigrant Miroslaw Czapowskyj '58G made it through some tough times to become a highly respected and much loved forester and teacher.

\ • ? By Jim Frick

iroslaw Czapowkyj '58G education. He held a special place in the the issues of the day. Young Miro sat in on (1922-1987) was a man with community because he could read and these gatherings and developed a keen Man abundance of impressive qualities and received a newspaper. Czapowskyj re­ interest in politics and history, one that credentials. He was a highly respected called how his father would invite stayed with him for the rest of his life. forester, a much loved college professor, friends over to read the paper and discuss Czapowskyj attended the local schools and a multi-linguist who often and after graduation went off worked as an official interpreter to study forestry at Lvov Uni­ for the U.S. Government. He versity. But the Russian inva­ was also a great story-teller, a sion of his homeland in World devoted friend, and a tireless, War II put a sudden end to his enthusiastic leader of the studies. He was well aware the Ukrainian/American commu­ Russian policy of drafting nity. young men from the countries But the term that best de­ they invaded and of sending scribes Miro Czapowskyj is them to Siberian work forces, "survivor". With determina­ so he left his family and friends tion, keen intelligence, and a and fled the Ukraine. He hiked magical ability to get along with to Slovakia,then to Austria, and almost everyone he met, he finally to Germany. " I always survived and thrived under stayed at least 100 kilometers circumstances that would have away from the Russian front discouraged and defeated line," he told friends. many. During those transient years The story begins at he supported himself through Czapowskyj's birthplace in the a number of different jobs, small village of Vatsevychi, including farm hand, post-hole District of Drohobych, in the digger, and finally as a forester. western Ukraine, then under " I liked being a forester best," Polish rule (The Ukraine is in he said, " because there was the western Soviet Union on less danger from air-raids in the northern shore of the Black the forests." Sea). His father, a building At this time Czapowskyj contractor was a self-taught developed an alternative plan man who had a great influence to hide out in the mountains if on the younger Czapowskyj's he thought he could not con­ tinue westward to catch up with the Allied front. When he finally made it to war-torn This article was written with German-occupied Austria, he the assistance of Miro Czapow- had to live in the constant threat skj’s wife, Albina, and his friend Janet Rourke, an employee of the of being caught with no official University of Maine Develop­ papers. In Austria the young ment Office. Miro Czapowskj not long after his arrival in the United States. Czapowskyj demonstrated his

FALL, 1988 19 strong survival instincts. He obtained a cap with an official insignia on it, and amidst the chaos of the final days of the war, he posed as a utility worker and thus managed to avoid questioning from any inquisitive Austrians or Germans. Ironi­ cally, one of his biggest problems was evading the Ukrainian underground, which was helping refugees return to their homeland — something Czapow- skyj definitely did not want to do.

hile Czapowskyj was trying to make his way west, his future Wwife, Albina, was also fleeing her native Ukraine to seek refuge with the advanc­ ing Allies. Both eventually ended up in the American zone in Germany where they met and fell in love. The couple married in the U.S. in 1957. Czapowskyj's judgment about leaving the Ukraine turned out to be wise. When the Russians eventually reached his home town they interned his family, and separated his father from the other family members. After his release from the forced labor camp, the elder Czapow­ skyj returned home only to find that his family had been sent to Siberia. He began a journey north to search for them, but died before he reached his destination. Miro Czapowskyj did not learn about his family's fate for over 13 years. In Germany, Czapowskyj enrolled at Ludwig Maximillian University from which he earned his degree in 1949. From the time he graduated he was deter­ mined to emigrate to the United States. But every time he applied for permission, the authorities turned him down because they thought he might have communist affiliations. Just when he was ready to give up on the idea and settle in Ger­ many, he received word that he was cleared to come to the United States. Czapowskyj landed in New Jersey on November 3,1951 knowing no one, speak­ ing no English, and without a cent in his pocket. But the following day he had an amazing stroke of good luck. As he was walking the streets of Passaic, he ran into a man he had known in grammar school in the Ukraine. The friend bought Czapowskyj his first meal in the U.S.(complete with a Coca-Cola), offered him housing and helped him get a job as a laborer. During this period he worked hard to learn English (which would be­ come his sixth language), and he also saved money so that he could continue

20 MAINE his education in his new country. so well liked and highly respected at After working as a laborer for four years, Maine that a scholarship has been estab­ he began to inquire into graduate schools lished in his honor.. The scholarship will of forestry around the country. Because be granted to a forestry student of Ukrain­ of its great forests and its similar climate ian descent. to the Ukraine, Czapowskyj decided on Czapowskyj would have liked the idea the University of Maine. of the scholarship because he never for­ At Maine he made friends quickly and got his Ukrainian heritage. In fact, al­ was helped in his English studies by Gla­ though he was extremely proud of his dys Ashman, the wife of the head of the American citizenship, his pride in being a forestry department. With a master's Ukrainian/American became stronger degree from UM in hand, Czapowskyj with time. He was active in many Ukrain­ began working on a doctoral degree in ian organizations including service as soil science from Rutgers University. His Supreme Secretary of the Ukrainian Fra­ dissertation, "Site Quality of Yellow ternal Association. He also served as Poplar in Relation to Soil Factors in the president of the Olzhch Research Organi­ Central Plains of New Jersey", earned zation, and he took an active role in or­ him praise from prominent researchers ganizing two scientific conferences dedi­ in this field. cated exclusively to Ukrainian problems. Despite Czapowskyj's somewhat luke­ warm feelings about Russians, he often served as an official Russian interpreter for the United States government (yes, he zapowskyj then worked for was fluent in Russian too). His wife re­ calls that on one occasion the Soviet group many years as a research forester leader complained about Miro's transla­ Cin the Northeast Forest experimenttion Sta and­ asked if the U.S. government did tion in Kingston Pa., where he success­ not have a better translator available. fully planted hybrid poplars and spruce Czapowskyj quickly replied; "yes they on the barren strip mine spoils of the area. do, but he is reserved for more important In 1973 he returned to Maine as a faculty delegations." associate and a researcher with the fed­ Czapowskyj also demonstrated his eral forest experimental station. He stayed language skills at holiday festivities, at UM until his retirement in 1986. where he was always a favorite guest. At During his time at Maine Czapowskyj dinner he would lead an appropriate was well liked by students and peers prayer both in Latin and Ukrainian, then Above all, Miro alike. His good friend Larry Stafford re­ shift into Polish, if Poles were present, members many young people working and finally end it in English. Czapowskyj for him as laboratory and office assis­ Yes, Miro Czapowskyj was a survivor. tants. There were also graduate students But he was also a dreamer and a humani­ loved the silence doing thesis work under his guidance. tarian — a man who loved poetry, fre­ "When official funds ran out," Staf­ quently reciting Ukrainian and other and the beauty ford says, " he personally hired them for poets. And when it came to people, his a few hours a week on 'operation fire­ heart opened wide. As his eulogy stated, of the forests. wood' or 'operation gravel' at his cottage "Miro wished everyone well and loved to on Brewer Lake." help people in need." Part of that love Stafford also remembers Czapowskyj Above all Miro Czapowskyj loved the remarking that, " not one graduate stu­ silence and beauty of the forests. Part of dent from this laboratory turned out to be that love reflected the affection and long­ reflected the a bum!" Many of the graduate students ing for his native Ukraine. He once told a he helped continued to correspond with friend: affection and him until his death. "I have planted our Carpathian spruce Czapowskyj also helped many fellow on former strip mine spoils, so that their longing for his immigrants that came to the Orono area. mournful rustle would always remind us In 1983, for example, the Ecumenical of our countrymen, who far away from native Ukraine. Refugee Committee sponsored and as­ their native land, in the sweat of their sisted in the relocation of several Polish labor, pioneered the building of America. refugees, none of whom spoke any Eng­ Solobidski Poplars I planted because my lish. Czapowskyj who was fluent in Pol­ wife, Albina, comes from Karkiv in Slo- ish, graciously provided translations, bidska Ukraine. Would you believe that these poplars now bow longingly towards Top photo left to right: Miro Czapowskyj, companionship, moral support and jobs John Feriverda, and Mike Papp on a field re­ for them. He took them all into his life, their homeland, the Ukraine. This is my search project in 1982. At left: Czapowskyj because he remembered the loneliness of vivid and lasting manifestation of Ukrain­ alone in the woods of northern Maine. being in a strange new country. He was ian unity."

FALL, 1988 21

Preserving Maine’s Landscape

Patrick Chasse 70 puts his diverse studies at Maine and Harvard to use in restoring gardens, in teaching, and in advocating ecologically sound development.

Story and photos by Anne Kozak

s an emerging discipline in the rently has more than two dozen active nity," says Chasse. "Preservation occurs 1890's, landscape architecture projects. He also teaches landscape de­ as community members place value on Awas a synthesis of horticulture, civilsign en courses­ at Radcliffe College and in the landscape and decide what the com­ gineering, and architecture. And most the College of the Atlantic's summer munity needs to maintain the quality of practitioners in the field came with multi­ program. life that holds residents there. In planning disciplinary backgrounds that reflected But Chasse is not content to simply a future that both preserves the legacy of that synthesis. As an example, the promi­ consult with a few clients or to teach at a Maine and addresses the concerns of the i nent American landscape architect Freder­ few selective institutions. He also sees the people — those who live or visit here, we ick Law Olmstead, who contributed to need for public commitment and educa­ must nurture a sense of history." the design of the Orono campus, and later tion. He is a member of the education Chasse grew up in Caribou. He spent co-designed Central Park, was trained in committee of the Massachusetts Horti­ the summer between the 11th and 12th both engineering and agriculture. culture Society, a member of the board of grade at Cornell University where he In the tradition of Olmstead and others, trustees for Maine Citizens for Historic studied botany in a program for gifted Patrick Chasse, B.S. 70 and M.Ed. 74, Preservation, and last summer he was and talented students. "Cornell was a 19- pursued studies at Maine in botany, cell one of the organizers of the two-day hour bus ride," Chasse recalls, "and when biology, environmental education, the conference—Historic Gardens and Land­ it came time to choose a college, there was visual arts, and landscape design. This scapes: Preserving Maine's Legacy. a lot of family pressure to stay closer to varied background made him well pre­ Because a place achieves its special home. And I like being in Maine." pared for work on his second masters character over time, Chasse believes a The problem was that Chasse was inter­ degree, one in landscape architecture preservation ethic encourages people to ested in both botany gardens and design, which he received from Harvard in 1985. develop a sense of history and to place a and UM did not have a formal program Chasse now runs Landscape Design value on the buildings, parks, gardens, that combined these two areas. So as an Associates in Northeast Harbor and cur- and open spaces in their communities. undergraduate, he majored in biology, "One individual on a planning board, but also took courses in horticulture and Left: Patrick Chasse inspects plants in a regardless of how informed that person is a wide range of the liberal arts. Beatrix Farrand designed garden on Mount or how strong a preservationist, won't While at Maine Chasse took advantage Desert Island. make a major difference in a commu­ of an opportunity that was not related to

FALL, 1988 23 his field of study, but which stimulated his interest in research. For two summers he worked at Bar Harbor's Jackson Labo­ ratory as a National Science Foundation/ National Institutes of Health trainee studying tissue culture with Dr. Charity Waymouth. Although he chose not to pursue a career in biomedical, the experi­ ence whetted his interest in research, particularly historical research.

oday, Chasse is actively involved in researching lost gardens on Mount Desert Island (MDI), and on the influence of Beatrix Farrand — a nationally renowned landscape archi­ tect who summered in Bar Harbor until her death in 1959. Farrand's most distinc­ tive works include the Dunbarton Oakes in Washington, the Princeton University Quadrangle, and a number of gardens on MDI, including the Rockefeller Gardens Chasse recycled old columns to construct this artistic footbridge. in Seal Harbor and Reef Point in Bar Har-

Chasse credits another experience as contributing to his development as a land­ "Preservation occurs as community scape architect — studying glass blowing and metal fabrication at the Haystack members place value on the landscape Mountain School of Crafts on Deer Isle. "I and decide what the community needs to developed my visual skills there," he said, "and when designing a garden, I often maintain the quality of life that holds make a cardboard mockup of bridges and other structural and topographical fea­ residents there." tures." As a graduate student in environmental education and botany at Maine, Chasse landscape gardener Charles Savage, the the next four years, Chasse had the pools spent considerable time studying the flora Asticou Azalea Garden was one of the dredged and enlarged; he created a new of Mount Desert Island. Then while assis­ two gardens that preserved Farrand's rare entrance and path system to make the tant dean of students at Orono (1974—77) azalea and rhododendron collection. garden more accessible to the public, he and director of student activities at Colby (Because of her inability to secure an reintroduced heathers to the garden; he (1977—1981), Chasse spent his summers endowment that would maintain Reef restored lost vistas; he removed alders on MDI working as a volunteer with the Point as an institute for education and and other light-stealing plants; and he Wild Gardens of Acadia and also serving research in horticulture and landscape planted willows and shrubs to filter the as a botanical consultant on indigenous design, Farrand broke up her gardens in visual impact of traffic along Route 3. plants for a number of landscape design 1956.) Whether it is restoring a public garden, projects. Although originally designed for guests landscaping a private retreat on French- "Working on design and natural sci­ of the Asticou Inn in Northeast Harbor, boro, a Maine Island, advising a client on ence during those summers proved a won­ the garden was eventually given to the recreating an original Farrand garden, or derful combination," recalls Chasse "For town. "But without a regular gardener to discussing with a local planning board a long time I was unable to reconcile the constantly prune and maintain Savage's how it can preserve MDI's uniqueness two, but my consulting work opened a original design, the garden got out of and character, what distinguishes Patrick door and showed me that design and control," said Chasse. In 1982 an anony­ Chasse is the breadth of his vision. His botany are actually compatible and com­ mous gift made it possible to develop a solutions and recommendations preserve plementary." master plan to restore the garden to its the integrity of the landscape, draw on his During his first year as a graduate stu­ original scale. Chasse was hired for the studies in Europe and the Far East, meet dent at Harvard, Chasse did a research project. the needs of the principal users, reflect project on Farrand. It turned out to be a "Bringing the garden back to its former the understanding of the area, and nur­ fortuitous choice because the next sum­ splendor was my primary goal," said ture a sense of history — the characteris­ mer he was chosen to oversee the restora­ Chasse although an important goal; was tic Chasse considers essential in preserv­ tion of the Asticou Azalea Garden. making the garden more manageable as a ing Maine's legacy. Designed in 1957 by Northeast Harbor public garden which it had become." Over

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e UMaine administrators are helping to foster relationships between industry and academia. By Jim Frick T> ■ hilip Dufour, University of Maine encouraging the creation of new tech­ Economic Education, and the Bureau of JL vice president for business, indus­ nologies and businesses, and expanding Labor Education are now located at the trial, and governmental relations thinks the tax base for the Town of Orono. It park. A side benefit of their move is that the new Maine Technology Park in Orono became more of a reality when H.E. it freed up much needed space on cam­ is right in line with the original mission of Sargent donated a good size piece of land pus. the university. for the project off Stillwater Avenue, Dufour notes that all of the UM func­ " The university was begun in 1864 as adjacent to Interstate 95. The town then tions at the park are related to business a Land Grant institution to help the agri­ got a $350,000 award from the Environ­ and will interplay with future tenants of culture industry in Maine," Dufour says. mental Protection Agency to develop an the park. Most if not all of those future "And in 1980 we became a Sea Grant ecologically sound plan for the land. tenants are expected to be research and institution charged with helping marine- Progress on the park has been slower development firms — industries that can related industries. Part of UM's goal has than planned, but on August 2 , soon capitalize on the facilities and the exper­ always been to help private industry. The after the first building was completed, tise offered at the university. In turn, the technology park is just a continuation of Dufour and other UM officials became tie with industry will give excellent op­ that heritage." the first official tenants. All total, 17 portunities to both faculty and students. The idea for Maine Technology Park employees representing the Office of " The connections between the univer­ was generated about four years ago by Business, Industrial, and Governmental sity and the industries will be for the Orono town officials who were interested Relations, the Center for Innovation and most part informal," Dufour says. "The in fully utilizing the resources of UM, Entrepreneurship, the Maine Council on university will make available such things 26 MAINE as computer services, athletic facilities, li­ developer, the university, and Gordon brary, etc. And the industries might pro­ Clapp, head of the Maine bureau for tour­ vide grants and contracts for research ism. projects to departments or specific fac­ Altogether the park comprises 70 acres ulty members." and will have sites ranging in size from No industry has of yet made a commit­ 1.73 to 5.97 acres. There will be opportu­ ment to locating in the park. But the nity for different types of business oppor­ developer of the project, MaineTech of tunities on the parcel closest to Stillwater Cleveland, Ohio, says it has just begun to Avenue, and plans are already under­ get the word out and will in the coming way for a three-story professional build­ months undertake an aggressive market­ ing. ing campaign. The person who will head The park will be developed in compli­ up MaineTech's effort is Marianne ance with a strict master plan which will Friedlund. allow for a good deal of open space. All "No one has officially signed up yet," electrical and telephone lines will be Friedlund says. " Interest has been slow underground and the site will have ex­ developing. But we have really just started tensive landscaping. " We want to main­ to get the word out, and we already have UM assistant vice president, Phillip Dufour tain an environment similar to a college some good prospects." campus," Dufour noted. In her efforts to attract industries to the And so Philip Dufour sits in his brand park, Friedlund is targeting the Portland " Part of UM s goal new office, looking out over a large plot area, trying to get established companies has always been of open space which he envisions will to relocate or expand to Orono. She is also someday be filled with exciting, innovate trying to interest some Canadian compa­ to help industry. The industries —industries that will make nies into moving to Maine. In her pitch use of the resources and expertise of the she emphasizes the proximity to the uni­ technology park is university, and will in turn bring ideas, versity and the fact that land at the tech­ revenue, and opportunities to UM. A nology park is about one-half as expen­ just a continuation mutually beneficial relationship—one sive as it is in Portland. of that heritage." which the founders of the University of Another part'of the marketing strategy Maine would have applauded. is to target industries that can make the most of the strengths of the university — areas such as forestry, engineering, soil science, marine studies, and food science. Friedlund also thinks the park will be attractive to alumni who are heading up their own companies and are familiar The first of our new tenants in MaineTech Center with the resources of the area and the UNIVERSITY OF MAINE • Bureau of Labor Education potential of the university. • Offices of Business Industrial & Governmental Friedlund believes that once the first • Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship • Maine Council on Economic Education These public service units which serve business, edu­ u few industries are in the park, the market­ cation and industiy, exemplify the kind of relationships ing job will become easier. " We must get fostered in a University related research and support complex like Maine Technology Park FUTURE TENANT one key company or institution and then AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY 6000SF Up to 10 000 sq ft of lab, office or production space there will be spin-off activities," she said adjacent to the UMO facility at MaineTech Center with in an interview with the Bangor Daily subdivisions in 1000 sq ft parcels Ideally located in Maine Technology Park at I-95 and News. " A company with research and Stillwater Avenue, each new space offers ample parking SHARED for you and your clients and can be finished to fit your OFFICE development capabilities will be what exact needs SPACE Maine Technology Park offers business a beautiful/ will make the concept work." professional setting complete with jogging trails and Another factor that both Friedlund and picnic areas In the fall of 1989 a first class hotel/ confer­ ence center will be completed Along with the 10000 FUTURE TENANT Dufour think will generate interest in the sq ft of space available now in MaineTech Center, we have several beautiful park is a planned 100-room hotel/confer- sites remaining in the FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ’HESE park that we can OR OTHER OPPORTUNI’lES ence center, which will include a quality build to suit your new PLEASE CONTACT restaurant, and a fitness center. The hotel facility will be operated by a major chain, and ground is expected to be broken for the MARIANNE FRIEDLUND MAINETECH DEVELOPMENT CO project in November with completion by FRANKLIN ST BANGOR ME 04401 (207) 947 9959 fall of 1989. % " The hotel is the key to getting this park to take off," Dufour said. An added benefit of the hotel is that it will tie in nicely with the university's plans to offer a degree in hotel and motel management. The curriculum design for the program is a joint effort of the hotel's FALL, 1988 27 I • ALUMNI NEWSMAKERS

Voters. Harris, who has been active in the LWV of Maine since 1975, will oversee a $5 to $7 million dollar budget. Among the projects those funds will sponsor are the Bush/Dukakis presidential debates. In addition to her responsibilities as secrctary/treasurer, Harris will manage the League’s national educational fund. She served as chairman of National Voter Registration Day on September 9. Harris served as president of the Ban­ gor-Brewer Area League from 1978-1980 and president of the Maine League from " 1982 to 1985. Her husband, Parker (a member of the class of '63) and her two daughters Susan, 21 and Nancy, 18, also belong to the Bangor/ Brewer LWV. "I would encourage people to get in­ volved in their community affairs," said Harris. "I believe that one person can make a difference, and the skill and knowledge that the League provides make that possible." Karol Wasylyshyn '66 Penny Harris *63 In addition to her bachelor's degree from Maine, Harris has a master's degree in In her position with Manchester, business from Husson College. She is Wasylyshyn develops and delivers origi­ Karol currently assistant director of develop­ nal programs for corporate clients— pro­ ment for the Maine Public Broadcasting grams that address vital career and life Wasylyshyn ’66 Network. transition issues. Her areas of expertise include personnel selection, manager and Honored by executive development, career reap­ praisal, and behavior counseling. Her Hahnemann counseling program helps talented man­ agers and executives modify behaviors William University that are creating work-related difficul­ ties. Currently, over 70% of the Fortune 500 companies in the Philadelphia/New Kearns ’57 K.arol M. Wasylyshyn, senior vice York/New Jersey area are among Manchester's clients. Given Honorary president and principal of Manchester, In her address to the Hahnemann gradu- Inc. was recently named "Alumna of the ates, entitled "Leadership 2000", Law Degree

Year" by the graduate school of Hahne­ Wasylyshyn said that the most success­ r mann University in Philadelphia. She ful 21st century business leaders will be received her masters and doctoral de­ those who focus on their own personal grees in clinical psychology from that growth and seek ways to cultivate the w illiam M. Kearns Jr. '57, managing institution after earning her undergradu­ interpersonal side of their leadership. director of the corporate finance depart­ ate degree from the University of Maine. ment of Shearson Lehman Hutton Inc., Wasylyshyn was nominated for the received an honorary doctor of laws honor by Hahnemann's director of the degree from Gonzaga University in psychology division, Dr. Jules Abrams. Spokane, Washington last spring. The final decision was made by the gradu­ Penny Harris ’63 After Maine, Kearns served in the Ma­ ate school's student affairs committee. rine Corps, did post graduate work in law "This is only the second time in 18 years at Boston University, and eventually that a graduate student from the Depart­ Elected Officer completed a master's degree from New ment of Mental Health Sciences has re­ York University in 1960. ceived this award," Abrams said, " so of the NLWV In addition to his position at Shearson naturally, we are thrilled. Nominees are Lehman Hutton Inc., Kearns is currently people who have made outstanding con­ a director of the Jepson Corporation, is tributions to their fields since graduat­ A University of Maine graduate, Penny director of the Minority Capital Founda­ ing, and Karol's selection just speaks for Harris '63, was elected secretary/ treas­ tion of the Securities Industry Associa­ all she has done." urer of the National League of Woman tion, and a past chairman of the New 28 MAINE York District Securities Industry Associa­ tion. He has also taught at Fairleigh Dick­ inson University and at the New York Institute of Finance and currently is a member of the Executive Visiting Com­ mittee, William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration at the Uni­ versity of Rochester. Kearns also has an outstanding record of community service. He serves on the Cardinal's Committee of the Laity of New York City and is on the boards of Rider College and the Morrison—Beard School. He is also director of the Boy Scouts of America, Greater New York Council, and of the International Tennis Hall of Fame.

Kay MacNaughton ’29 Henry L. P. Schmelzer ’65 Stephanie Brown ’65 is "Outstanding Senior Citizen" Two ’65 Maine Graduates Elected to Presidencies of Financial

K atherine M. MacNaughton '29, assis­ Service Organizations in Boston tant nutrition coordinator for the Central Mississippi Planning and Development There is another UM graduate making District, was recently honored as "Out­ H enry L. P. Schmelzer'65 was recently standing Senior Citizen" by the Jackson elected president and chief executive of­ news in Boston financial services. Stepha­ Mississippi Jaycees. The award was the ficer to the Investment Trust of Boston nie Brown '65 (magna cum laude) is also first of its kind to be presented by the (ITB) mutual funds group. In his new a president of a subsidiary company of organization. position, Schmelzer is responsible for the The New England, a company called New MacNaughton, who received a master's overall operational activities as well as England Financial Advisors Inc. Now she degree in social work from the University the marketing and the sales of the funds. has added another title to her resume by of Tennessee after doing her undergradu­ In addition to his new role, Schmelzer being elected president of the Greater ate work at Maine, was also recently rec­ remains executive vice-president and Chapter of the International Association ognized for her contributions to the aging director of the securities/brokerage firm, for Financial Planning (IAFP). network by Mississippi Council on Ag­ New England Securities. Both the Invest­ The IAFP was founded in 1969 and is ing. ment Trust of Boston and the New Eng­ the oldest and largest financial planning In a Mississippi Council on Aging land Securities are subsidiaries of the New organization of its kind, with over 100 newsletter, MacNaughton, now 80, was England, a Boston-based financial serv­ chapters worldwide. It supports the fi­ described as a person who approaches ices company with over $45 million un­ nancial planning industry in areas of her work with a vigor unknown to most der management. regulation, public awareness, and ethics. younger women. "There would be no Schmelzer has over 18 years in the secu­ As president of the 680-member chap­ way of estimating the number of elderly rities industry. In addition to his B.A. ter of the IAFP, Brown will provide lead­ people whose lives she has touched and degree from Maine, he has a degree in law ership on a host of key industry issues, influenced," the article concluded. from George Washington University. with special emphasis on continuing At Maine MacNaughton was active in Besides his professional responsibilities, education. numerous organizations including All Schmelzer is very active in the University Brown joined The New England in 1974 Maine Women and Chi Omega. She was of Maine Alumni Association, and served and was promoted to president of New also a member of the varsity Field Hockey as that group's president from 1985 to England Financial Advisors upon its es­ team and was class vice president. 1987. For his many years of service he tablishment in 1984. The company has MacNaughton plans to "officially" re­ received the Pine Tree Emblem Award at over 60 financial planning offices nation­ tire this October. the 1988 UM reunion. wide.

FALL, 1988 29 LETTERS Remote — Secluded not the only woman in UMaine's Busi­ There Was More ness School in 1968. On behalf of the 38 women majoring in business in 1968, and Than One Woman all of the women who graduated with business degrees prior to that, I'd like to Business Major in point out that by 1968, women comprised approximately 7% of the business stu­ 1968 dent body. There was also a woman on the faculty at that time. Currently nearly 40% of UMaine busi­ Editors Note: We received several letters ness students are women, and this year concerning an inaccuracy in the story on the top-ranking senior in each field of Sandra Bartolini Lawrence 71 that ap­ Nicitous fcMgc study (accounting, finance, management, Budington, ME 04417 peared in our Spring issue. We incor­ and marketing) was a woman. Sandra rectly stated that Lawrence was the only Bartolini Lawrence serves as an excellent Vacationing woman in Maine's business school in role model for these young women, and 1968. In fact, although the number was for the Outdoorsman we appreciate your featuring her in the small, she was not the only woman in spring issue of MAINE. and Family the school. We regret the error and apologize to all those other 38 Maine Virginia R. Gibson '72 "Revisit Maine In Every Sense" women who were majoring in business Associate Professor of TELEPHONE: 207-732-4771 in 1968. Management One hour north of the Campus Information Systems

your hosts: Chris and Pete Norris '68 ^^our spring 1988 MAINE cover story is a real attention-getter. It is unfortunate that it is inaccurate. Ms. Bartolini Law­ Surprised by rence was NOT the only woman in the business school in 1968, as is printed under Attitude on Child BODWELL MOTORS her picture on page 16. In September of 1967,1 enrolled in the College of Business Care Ford-Lincoln-Mercury >1 Administration, with a major in account­ Chrysler-Plymouth-Dodg ing. I stayed at UMO for four years, and 169 Pleasant Street graduated with distinction from the Col­ I our article on "The Balancing Act" Brunswick 04011 lege in 1971. There were other women, (MAINE spring '88) was fascinating, but 729-3375 / too, as the alumni association easily con­ I was surprised with Meredith Burgess's firmed when I telephoned them. statement about child care. Was she mis­

1 Bath Did we all go to college so we could quoted? Did she really mean to say that 443-5533 have two homes, a nice car, and a prestig­ women should not expect that child care

9 ious job? Certainly those things are nice, be arranged by the government or by but when the emphasis is only on them, employers? Her statement implied two Bill Bodwell '50 social responsibility and concern for things. One was that women have the mankind get lost in the process. Jean sole responsibility in the family for the Leach's article, "The Balancing Act", in care of children and two was that every­ the same issue, is much better reading. one will be as lucky as she and find a You owe a small group of us an apol­ "wonderful lady" to take care of her chil­ GRAFFAM BROS. ogy, by way of a feature article that sets dren. a family tradition the record straight. An accurate journal­ As a career counselor I have witnessed since 1946 ist could do no less. women whose careers have been perma­ nently derailed because adequate child LIVE Mrs. Audrey Bemis '71 care was not available to them and thus Holcomb, NY they could not pursue their professional interests. I have seen other women who had to resort to less than adequate child want to thank you for the excellent care facilities in order that they could handpicked and I shipped direct to youi door. article on Sandra Bartolini Lawrence ('71). work and who were then troubled and Call or write for prices & info It is always interesting to read about our worried about their children. I believe 207-236-3396 800-535-5358 successful alumnae. child care should be made a national pri­ Toll Free Outside Maine I do, however, wish to correct a small ority because every woman and every Box 340M A Rockport. ME 04856 error in the article. Sandra Bartolini was man should have the opportunity to * 30 MAINE employment if they so elect, and every child should have decent care. This is an issue that must not be passed off on women as "their problem". Home Plat When, you’re headed for Ann J. Korschgen, Ph.D. home plate, don’t forget to M.Ed. '77 slide into Shaw’s. Our famous quality meats, fruits, and vegetables will mate dinner a big hit with your fans. And our Everyday Lower Prices will be the big Pleased With the save of the day everyday! Coverage of Women in Spring MAINE &hauu

I ! The coverage of and for women in the spring issue of MAINE is admirable. It strikes me as one of the first university publications I have seen, excepting the newsletter of the Women in the Curricu­ lum program, in which women are nearly as well represented as men. (You might find it interesting to look at previous is­ sues to see how they compare.) I am especially grateful for your fine coverage of the Task Force on the Status of Women and of the panel it co-spon­ sored with the Alumni Association. One small correction— 7 of 158 tenured full DISCOVER professors are women (or were, in Sep­ tember). Most associate professors are BANGOR’S also tenured and, theoretically at least, NEWEST even assistant professors might be ten­ ured. Also, although it is true that we AND MOST have no women department heads on the CONVENIENT Orono campus, five departments on the HOTEL Bangor campus are headed by women, as is the School of Nursing here.

Sharon Jackiw Chair, President's Task Force WE ARE BANGOR’S on the Status of Women CLOSEST HOTEL TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MAINE Plea for Maine's Art Museums to Full Service Restaurant • Function and Banquet and Lounge room facilities Work Together Beautifully decorated • Just minutes from Downtown traditional-style rooms Bangor and the airport Color TV with Cable/HBO • Swimming pool, in-room temperature control I read with interest the recent article on Comfort 750 Hogan Road, Bangor, ME Charles A. Shepard, the new curator of At the Bangor Mall, 1-95 • Exit 49 the University of Maine Art Collection Inn. Call 942-7899 or 1-800-228-5150 Stay on the Coast of Maine THE SEASIDE

Oceanfront 22 unit bed and breakfast on 20 acres with private beach. (MAINE spring 1988). However, as the Open year round-Off-season rates, breakfast included. university's first art history major (through the Bachelor of Arts in Special Studies program), class of 1980, a mu­ THE SEASIDE MOTOR INN seum professional (M.A., Museum Stud­ ies, JFK University Center for Museum Gooch’s Beach IJ V % III Studies, San Francisco, CA), and proud N Ini \\\ 8 Box 631M (207)967-4461 j||l w 1 employee of the Portland Museum of Art Kennebunkport, ME 04046 Im---- 1 for the past two years, I take offense to Mr. Shepard's statement, "If the Portland Sandy (Willis) ’65 & Mike Severance ’65 Museum stepped forward and took on Family Innkeepers for Travelers Since 1667 * that role [of addressing the needs of the people of the state in a unified fashion in Y ' the visual arts], I would be content." I » found this statement glib, and lacking elaboration on the specifics of his point. MAINE STATE BUILDERS, INC. If Mr. Shepard is looking to his institu­ 245 WARREN AVENUE. PORTLAND. MAINE 04103 tion to provide a leadership role in the arts field, he might examine the academic (207) 773-5504 role that the University of Maine serves I for a basically rural arts audience, specifi­ cally in the areas of collecting and adult education. He indeed has his job set out 9 Providing comprehensive construction services for him if, as he states, he wants to im­ to the southern Maine area for over thirty-five years. prove UM's exhibition program — spe­ cifically in its broad-ranging interest for The quiet builder Bill Skoolicas, class of 1980 the Maine arts community, and its visibil­ since 1953 President ity within the state as well as its stature as an academic facility in the arts outside the state. In terms of "leadership in the visual Price Selection Service arts", specifically in the area of commu­ nity service, the Portland Museum of Art continues to help provide leadership for a diversified segment of the Maine audi­ ence. The press attacks on the Portland Mu­ seum of Art are not new, and I fear Mr. Shepard's statements are just echoing these stale quips. It is important, how­ ever, for the professionals in our field to move forward in a productive and prag­ Oldsmobile GMC Truck Saab matic manner. Agreeably, it is not an easy task to provide a quality, diversified arts 262 Bath Road 729-6653 Robert L. Hurd climate with the state's limited financial Brunswick, ME Class of 1965 resources and a population that does not always prioritize these endeavors. As a L i O o member of the Maine League Standing HASCALL AND HALL, INC. Committee on Museums and Historical 273 Presumpscot Street, Portland, Maine 04104 P.O. Box 1922 Societies, appointed last year by the Maine o Complete Building, Waterproofing and Restoration o Arts Commission, I know there are many

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32 MAINE I BENNETT On Changing the ENGINEERING Maine Stein Song CONSULTING ENGINEERS

Please consider this an open letter to Heating •Ventilating •Air-Conditioning •Plumbing •Electrical those who would change the Maine "Stein Song" in any way. Bennett Road William S. Bennett, P.E. The song was developed by two under­ P.O. Box 297 graduates attending the university in 1904. Freeport, ME 04032 Class of 1962 The school was without a song and the (207) 865-9475 university band leader, Adelbert Spra­ gue, found a marching song by E. Fenstad that caught his fancy. He asked his room­ mate, Lincoln Colcord of Searsport, to On the Go the Maine Way write lyrics that would make the march suitable as a university song. He did so With residential, commercial, industrial & and the Maine "Stein Song" emerged! personal property appraisal. In the late 1920's Rudy Vallee (Class of '25), a famous singer, made the song popular on a national level. He loved to sing his college song and did so often, Robert H. Patten ’47 bringing fame to himself, the song, and the University of Maine. Both Sprague and Colcord were invited PATTEN APPRAISAL ASSOCIATES, INC. to the 1930 commencement ceremony at 160 Fox Street, Portland, ME 04101 (207) 774-7553 the university. At the time the "Stein Song" was being sung all over the country and abroad. They both spoke and then sang the song with reunion classes. It was truly a gala event as Paramount and Fox movietone cameras covered it. Born at sea rounding Cape Horn in a gale in 1883, Lincoln Colcord loved Maine and the sea. As a civil engineer, literary artist, reporter, critic, and political pun­ dit, he always brought great honor to the University of Maine. In 1930 he gave up the fast-paced work and life of Washing­ ton and New York to return to his family home on Penobscot Bay. Now as our sports teams gain national attention for our university it is fitting that we continue to honor this renowned literary figure by singing his words with the comradery he intended.

Brad LaRoche ’81 BANGOR DODGE "FRONT WHEEL DRIVE HEADQUARTERS Dodge w ow, did my heart miss a beat when 377 Hogan Rd I opened the Houston Chronicle and read the story about Prof. George Markowsky's displeasure with the Stein Bangor UALITY Song. The last time we made the local sorvico news was a baseball game against Texas Tel. 945-5674 AWARD A&M. George was on the right track but he didn't go far enough. The entire Stein Phillip McFarland '76

FALL, 1988 33 Song is wrong, wrong and more wrong. Homecoming ’88 Fill the steins to dear old Maine, shout as the rafters ring. Shout? Can't Americans do anything without shouting? What has happened to October 14,15,16 the power of measured modulation? Are we competing with the other colleges to see who can damage the roof? You want examples of shouting? Look at the blight of the inner cities. "SHOUT 'TILL THE Stand and drink a toast once again Here we go, chug-a-lugging another brew. RAFTERS RING!" Life is NOT one big keg party in the~ basement of ATO, you know! Let every loyal Maine man sing. Right you are, George. Get rid of Man and insert Hu-person and flush the singing. Maine Black Bears vs. Rhode Americans are hung up on music. When was the last time you were put on hold and not forced to listen to a rock music Island Rams Saturday, station? Let's break that habit by knock­ ing off the singing at our favorite school. October 15,1:00 p.m. Maine should be a trendsetter and from now on it'll be choral reading, you hear? Drink to all the happy hours Oh no, tossing down another one in the name of happy hours! Phooey, I remem­ ber a lot of hours in the library and dorm Second Annual Tailgate room and chemistry lab and how about flu season in the infirmary? Theme Competition Drink to the careless days Careless days? Bad example for future students. Before long they'll get the idea that they can litter the campus at will... X 10th Annual Homecoming Fair out the careless part. Saturday & Sunday, October 15 & 16 The college of our hearts always Need to insert "...unless accepted at Har­ vard Business School". No one believes that any grad would embrace Maine for­ Class of '78 & '83 plus special reunions ever if they got into Harvard Business School. To the trees, to the skies Oh please, I have visions of John Denver and Grapenut Flakes or is it Raisin Bran? This line is okay for pulp and paper but knock it off for the rest of us. To the life that is moving and calling ‘J-Come (Port Designs, Ltd. us Delete reference to "moving". Too many grads boogie-on out of state the minute their mortarboard tassels are turned. Let's Mid-coast Maine's source of fine gifts and not give them any ideas. The taxpayers of decorative accessories for the home. Maine should not be paying for New Jersey's engineers! To the Gods, to the Fates, to the Rulers of men and their destinies Gods? Plural? Fates? Has this something 66 Front Street Sandra Moores Blake to do with the occult? I feel faint. Have I Bath, Maine Class of 1965 been parroting this atheist line all of these 04030 (207) 443-6424 years? Rulers of men and their destinies? I'm no lemming tromping into the sea

34 MAINE behind a ruler. illustrates an important aspect of the land­ To the lips, to the eyes sea grant mission of the University of '7/ Lips and eyes. I can't stand the titillation. Maine, conducting applied research and GORDON What on earth was the composer of this extending the results of such research to CLAPP pathetic little jingle thinking about? Did the people of the state. TRAVEL he envision we would all be asleep by this Ronald E. Beard 72 SERVICES time and need a hormonal jolt to finish this mind-blinding monstrosity? If I want lips and eyes I can watch HBO. Our school Of "Lie" and "Lay" is to educate and who in the world can study with lips and eyes dancing in their The American College Dictionary, un­ heads? Hey, I'm not too old to remember the effect of spring on the troops. der LAY, indentifies lay as a transitive To the girls who will love us some day verb with only one exception: "(in sub­ Girls? As in pubescent females? Call in standard use) to lie". the law, get these lechers off my campus. Under LIE it points out that "lie, lay, CONSL>L7ANTS,/NC And what about all of the female students often confused, are not synonymous". forced to sing this line? Do you know Lie, meaning to recline or rest, does not what that could do to a security clearance require an object. Its principle parts, too, GREAT for a job with the CIA? are irregular, and are therefore distinc­ Yes sir, Prof. Markowsky, you were tive. Lay (originally to cause to lie), with certainly on the right track but appar­ its forms: laid, have laid, laying, etc., ently some switchman must have pulled means "to put in place;" and, "the verb GORDON your emergency brake too soon. Let's de­ lay is used only when there is a grammati­ CLAPP sex, de-booze, de-arson, and clean up this cal object to complete the sense". sucker. What we need is a good generic The Concise Oxford Dictionary, under TRAVEL fight song, relevant to all of the troops. LAY, identifies the use of lay meaning lie SERVICES as "vulg. also naut." Judy Ohr Guilmartin '61 Fowler's Modern English Usage, more decisively, states the case as: "Except in certain technical terms of seamanship, T he spring '88 issue of MAINE con­ the intransitive use of lay (=lie) is now tained an article entitled, "Change the only illiterate. In modern usage lay is Stein Song?". Please add one more angry transitive only (=to put to rest) and lie protest to Professor Markowsky's pro­ intransitive only (=to be at or come to posal. rest). C I would assume he would also like to I am led to believe either that the new CONSULTANTS.INC change the words to the Star Bangled vice president of Gillette would be guilty Banner. Besides, one can drink a toast of so egregious an error as the quote 100 Commercial St. from a stein without using alcoholic bev­ attributed to her on page 18 of the spring Portland, ME 04101 erages. issue of MAINE: "Sometimes I would just 772-7252 1 (800) 626-8600 like to go home and lay down and read a Russ Lovaas '54 book;" or that the interviewer uncon­ sciously reported it as he would have said it. I fear it must have been one or the GORDON other since it could not have been a typo­ CLAPP graphical error given the layout of the Radon and the TRAVEL standard keyboard. Either way, it should SERVICES Mission of UMaine have been caught in editing. The alumni magazine, in my opinion, has some responsibility to maintain rea­ University of Maine, sonable standards of language usage. Memorial Union, e've had numerous favorable com­ Orono, ME 04773 ments and not a few inquiries following John W. Senders 581-1400 publication of the spring 1988 MAINE Prof, of English & and "Radon: Mother Nature's Hidden Psychology Health Hazard". And as I think I men­ BUSINESS AND tioned, the respondent called the article (The editor pleads guilty as charged. The the clearest writing she's seen on the correct word most certainly is "lie". We ap­ VACATION subject of radon. preciate your in-depth clarification which What I observed, too, is that the story allows us to "lay" the issue to rest.) TRAVEL

FALL, 1988 35 What Do You Think About the Direction of Maine Sports?

Does success in athletics help the quality of a university or does it take resources away from academics and the arts? It seems as though everyone has an opinion on the subject, so why not give us yours? Answer the following questions and send to Publications, Crossland Alumni Center, UM, Orono, ME 04469. We will publish the results inthe next issue of MAINE. Yes No 1) Do you think a strong sports program helps attract good students to a college? 2) Should Maine try to be a national power in some of the major sports? 3) Would you support eliminating more minor nonrevenue sports? 4) Do you feel proud when Maine receives national atten­ tion in a sport? 5) Do you think the UM administration is placing too much emphasis on sports?

Setting Priorities continued from page 18 burden for funding UM athletics. Goff credits the UM athletic program with helping boost Both White and Aceto are paying close attention to how recent successful fundraising campaigns. "We broke a million athletic improvements are to be financed. Both maintain that dollars in our annual campaign for the first time in 1983," he scholarships, new facilities, and facility improvements will says. "Last year we raised well over $2 million." come from various private sources, as opposed to state univer­ And while thousands of Maine alumni remain avid Black sity appropriations. Bear fans, many of those fans have concerns about the direction If the university did go to the state for sports facility funding, of the university. In an editorial to the Bangor Daily News last they would probably not get much support from the Speaker of spring, Thurlow Pitts '42 and Harry S. Hopkins '42 questioned the Maine House of Representatives, John Martin '63. Martin the present and long-term goals of the UM sports in particular says that he is much more impressed with academic achieve­ and with big-time sports at universities in general. ment than with athletic achievement, and he thinks the majority " In recent years," Pitts and Hopkins wrote, "in large part of Maine's representatives feel the same way. "It's nice if Maine because of television and increased media attention generally, goes to the College World Scries," he said, " but I'd rather see intercollegiate sports still 'officially' amateur have taken on students or programs winning academic recognition. I think more and more the appearance and operational characteristics there is too muchattentionbeinggivcn to sportsand insufficient of professional sports and entertainment. UM appears to be an attention being given to academics." active, enthusiastic participant in this trend, with no signs of The fundraising game plan for UM athletics includes market­ decreasing intensity. ing (with a grant from Coca Cola Co.) more season tickets for "President Dale Lick must spend some of his busy hours various sports, scheduling prominent teams where possible, contemplating the operation, expansion, and future direction of making use of the expanded seating at Bangor Auditorium, UM's major sports enterprises," they continued. " What is the seeking corporate support and corporate sponsorships, ex­ relationship to overall educational objectives?" panding the university's athletic merchandise store, scheduling As a new academic year begins at UM, it is clear the most special events like a recent celebrity golf tournament, and visible forces favor an upgrading of the athletic program. If building the privately-backed Black Bear Fund for athletic their plans are realized, there will eventually be a new football scholarships. The Black Bear Fund's $125,000 goal was met in field and basketball facility of some kind, a new outdoor track, 1987, and the 1988 goal has been set at $200,000. more scholarships, more study-aid services available to stu­ White notes how far fundraising has come, but also stresses dents, an aggressive sports marketing program, and a concerted how far it has to go. "We currently have one scholarship for effort to preserve nonrevenue, intramural, and individual sports men's track. Other comparable schools have fourteen," he says. activities. Watching the athletic program's efforts closely are UM alumni But there is no agreement as to how much athletics at Maine officials like Jim Goff. Goff, president of UM Alumni Associa­ should grow or how an increased emphasis on sports affects tion, believes the current prominence of UM sports teams has other aspects of the university. There does, however, seem to be helped alumni fundraising. "It helps in establishing rapport universal agreement that however much the sports program with potential donors to talk about the successful teams," he does grow, it should always be secondary to academic quality. notes. v

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