Colby Magazine
Volume 100 Issue 2 Summer 2011 Article 12
July 2011
Alumni @ Large
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1920s-30s Colby College Office of Alumni Relations Waterville, ME 04901 Reunion 2011 1940 Ernie C. Marriner Jr. [email protected] 1941 Meg Bernier Boyd [email protected] 1942 Meg Bernier Boyd [email protected] Margaret Campbell Timberlake is still maintaining her house but has simplified her life by ending a lot of nonessential things. She loves going to jazz programs at the art museum on Sundays. She also enjoys having lunch with friends. All in all she’s doing very well. Y J. Franklin Pineo passed away in 2006 in Ithaca, N.Y., and was survived by his wife, Caroline Cole Pineo, who passed away this May in Ithaca. Caroline met Frank while she was assistant minister at Colby—they were subsequently married in Lorimer Chapel.
They were Friends in every sense of that PHOTO BY JEFF POULAND word to everyone they met. They will be Colby friends, from left Colleen Halleck Taylor ’91, Jessica Butler ’91, and Elizabeth Helft Darby ’91, smile as Lesley Eydenberg Bou- missed but never forgotten. vier ’91 shoots a reunion photo. Reunion revelers enjoyed perfect spring weather during three and a half days of events on campus, including a celebration of the life of the late Professor Charles Bassett. Some 1,200 guests participated in reunion events, according to Assistant Director of Alumni Relations Palmer McAuliff ’08. Many more photos are online at www.colby.edu/reunion/. 1943 Meg Bernier Boyd [email protected] she taught for 25 years. Her first mar- be but Ted Shiro ’51. Small world! I think riage had long since terminated. She and we are the only two Colbians in Naples, 1944 her second husband, also a teacher at 1947 but my brother, Dick Dyer ’42, is in nearby Josephine Pitts McAlary Meg Bernier Boyd [email protected] Thornton, retired and moved to Limerick, [email protected] Estero when not in Rhode Island. Y From Maine, where Eleanor’s mother was born Dave Choate: What’s new in the world I received two letters from classmates. and raised. They bought an old stately David Weber continues teaching computer except one crisis after another? Was it ever Judy (Corrine) Jones Zimmerman is home (eight fireplaces) and restored it and classes to seniors, where they learn skills thus? In order to escape the maelstrom homebound but is involved with her very opened an antique shop. She would love in word processing, e-mail and Internet we took a cruise down the Danube to the busy family. She has a grandson gradu- to have anyone in the area stop for a visit. use, greeting card production, and pho- Black Sea (via Hungary and Romania) ating from college looking at graduate Her second husband has died. Eleanor, at tograph processing. Recently he compiled in May in search of some peace, if not schools and another grandson graduating 90, is one of several long-lived people in the illustrated story of his homeowners peace of mind. Diane and I are involved from high school looking at colleges. She our class. Y I turn 88 this August. I went association, Jasmine Creek, and the his- in reading for the blind and dyslexic and had several 89th birthday celebrations at for a walk in Camden on a beautiful April tory of its land use dating back to 1836. teaching English to refugees. So far our various places. Y A letter from Eleanor day, made a misstep, fell, and broke my health has had no major blips—we go to Eisberg Foster Watson was the first left arm very close to the shoulder. Chal- the gym several days a week. Keep up the communiqué I’ve ever had from her! It 1948 lenging development. However I’m very David and Dorothy Marson good reporting! Y Evie Helfant Malkin was beautifully typed, but she explained lucky, as I’m right-handed. The fact is that [email protected] retired as of mid-January. She worked for that, although she is 90, she has never in mid-May I undertook a long-planned 29 years at Mass General Hospital, the Here is the Class of ’48 news! First from learned to type and has paid someone two-week trip with my daughter, starting last 10 with families and their children Betty Dyer Brewster: Because my three to do her typing for the last 70 years. All in Bozeman, Mont., and visiting eight of undergoing proton therapy. She misses the sons and families are all in Tennessee of the Class of 1944 started on College the national parks. children especially but will likely volunteer and Georgia, I’m relocating to a beautiful Avenue, and she lived right across from at Christopher’s Haven, a place across retirement community in Memphis, not far the DKE house. In her freshman year she from the hospital with seven apartments from where I lived for 10 years and near went out with Frank Foster and married 1945 for families whose children are being Meg Bernier Boyd my oldest son. I will continue to return to him her sophomore year. He was a pilot. treated. Evie’s own family is expanding: [email protected] Naples in season as long as possible. My She came back to Colby and graduated two granddaughters had babies in April. new address is 177 N Highland #4402, with a major in French literature. “How In March Evie went to Vietnam, where a 1946 Memphis, TN 38111. I was recently at a impractical,” she said. She did go to grandson and his girlfriend work. She Meg Bernier Boyd cocktail party and overheard someone Nasson, got a teaching certificate, and took a short trip to Laos afterwards. In got a job at Thornton Academy, where [email protected] talking about Maine, and who should it
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CM_40-64_A@L_RPH.indd 40 7/7/11 9:02 AM September a granddaughter will marry the 60th anniversary reunion of the Col- in southern France—romantic! She’ll go byettes at Colby in April. She spent only to Vienna from there. Y Ronnie Farkas’s 30s/40s milestones one day there because of the April Fools big change is that they now live full time Day eight- to 10-inch snowstorm. Sandy in La Jolla, Calif., in a house they bought Deaths: Frederick A. Howard ’29, March 24, 2011, in Norwood, Mass., at 103. F Pearson Anderson ’52 was supposed to F six years ago. The climate is ideal and the Ruth Ramsdell Elfstrom ’32, June 12, 2011, in Wheaton, Ill., at 99. Irene Tardiff go with Carolyn, but was in the hospital F cultural options are limitless. One house Hamilton ’32, April 21, 2011, in Madison, Maine, at 101. Vernon L. Bolster ’33, at the time. Carolyn reported that Sandy March 26, 2011, in New Gloucester, Maine, at 100. F Raymond E. Shibley ’35, May is more than enough responsibility, so La is okay at this writing. Y Priscilla Eaton 8, 2011, in Waterville, Maine, at 99. F Catherine Laughton Briggs ’36, April 14, Jolla is where they’ll be. They plan to look Billington looked forward to graduation 2011, in Vernon, Conn., at 95. F Helen deRochemont Cole ’36, May 24, 2011, in for a waterfront cottage for a month after season. Yet another Billington “offspring” Lewiston, Maine, at 97. F Edmund N. Ervin ’36, June 1, 2011, in Waterville, Maine, Labor Day to maintain contact with East at 96. F Florence Hapworth Erskine ’38, April 23, 2011, in Clermont, Fla., at 93. graduates from Colby this year then heads Coast friends. They have accumulated F Mary Crowley LaFleur ’39, March 20, 2011, in Greenville, S.C., at 93. F Jane I. for postgraduate study at Columbia. I have lots of new friends in La Jolla and are Mulkern ’39, March 9, 2011, in Brandon, Fla., at 92. F Marjorie Chase Chapman lost count. How many, Priscilla and Ray? It avid bridge players. Contact them at 2676 ’40, Nov. 17 2010, in Scarsdale, N.Y., at 92. F Ruth Hendricks Maren ’40, April doesn’t end there, because a grandson Jon Caminito Prado, La Jolla, CA 92037 or at 5, 2011, in Gainesville, Fla., at 93. F Carolyn Nutting Martin ’43, April 22, 2011, Stonack will head to Colby this fall after 858-456-1260. in West Boylston, Mass., at 90. F Frances Willey Rippere ’45, March 25, 2011, in graduating from Brooks Academy in North Stuart, Fla., at 85. F Sylvia Gray Noyes ’47, March 27, 2011, in Ellsworth, Maine, at Andover, Mass. Y David Lavin wrote in for 85. F Robert E. Timmins ’47, March 2, 2011, in Waterville, Maine, at 87. F Alice the first time with a brief synopsis of his 1949 Duryea van der Veer ’47, March 13, 2011, in Washington, N.C., at 85. F Robert A. life after Colby. David earned a Ph.D. in Anne Hagar Eustis Batten ’48, March 15, 2007, in Sonoma, Calif., at 84. F Mary Burrison Odell ’48, [email protected] sociology from NYU, which he attributes Jan. 14, 2010, in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., at 83. F George I. Smith ’49, April 9, 2011, in to his relationship with Kingsley Birge. Thanks to Haroldene Whitcomb Wolf, who Portola Valley, Calif., at 83. After a postdoc fellowship at Harvard, he was “glad to help pad the column,” I have taught at the University of Pennsylvania a smidgen of news. Deanie is still playing until 1970, when he started working for tennis and golf—way to go, Deanie! She home” from La Mesa, Calif., to Wesley as a jazz band leader. Y I was at Colby the City University of New York. At CUNY and Marshall have a new “grandchild” in Palms in San Diego. for reunion and co-hosted the alumni he studied its “open admissions” program the form of a rescue dog, part Shih Tzu, golf tournament. Y Please put Colby in until his retirement 40 years later. He’s part poodle, which she says is an endearing your will—you will add a lot to our classy authored five books and many articles 1951 class no matter how much you give. You combo. All of my beagles except for the Chet Harrington and papers and has traveled to Europe, first one have been rescue dogs of one [email protected] will always be a member of the greatest the Caribbean, and Latin America. He sort or another, and I’m convinced they class—ever. All the best. Sixty years ago we were riding the blue lives in New York City but summers in are forever grateful for a loving home. Y bus to see our new Mayflower Hill campus the Hamptons, where he loves to read Well, how about some of the rest of you 1952 on the beach. He has three daughters helping “to pad the column” the next time under construction with hopes that we’d soon live on a brand-new campus. We Jan “Sandy” Pearson Anderson and four grandchildren. Y Keep the news you receive my e-mail requesting news? [email protected] coming—any tidbit is welcome. I’d be forever grateful. were the “transition class,” ready to renew the Colby name and start a new identity. Due to illness and a lengthy rehabilita- We hope many members of that “greatest tion, your correspondent was unable to 1954 1950 generation class” returned to Colby for our put together a column for this issue. Art Eddy Betsy (Dudie) Jennings Maley 60th reunion in June. Harland Eastman Check back next quarter for news from [email protected] [email protected] planned to attend Friday’s functions then the Class of 1952. Art offers apologies to the Class of 1954 Sorry this column is so brief, but there leave for a Maine Historical Society meet- for the lack of column this issue. This is has been a dearth of news from our class. ing—he’s been a trustee there for 17 years. 1953 the first time he’s missed a submission Y Nancy and Dick Birch planned to attend Please let me know what is happening Barbara Easterbrooks Mailey during his tenure as correspondent. Medi- in your life. Grandchildren? Book club? with Marcia and George Giffin. Y Stan [email protected] cal issues with his wife, Anne, prevented Courses? Volunteer work? If you don’t have Sorrentino was honored by the Rotary him from submitting a column this quarter. e-mail just send a note to 479 Ridgeview Club of Providence as their Rotarian of I hope everyone is enjoying their summer activities. Rick Tyler and his wife, Ann, still Check back in the next issue for news from Road, Orange, CT 06477. Y On the personal the Century. Great work Stan—congratula- the Class of 1954. side, I had my second hip replacement in tions! I’ve been a 25-year member of an live in Salt Lake City, where they usually November, and my twin sister, Allie (Alice older, larger rotary club—the Philadelphia ski 30 to 40 times a season. This year, Jennings Castelli), not to be outdone, club. Y Charlie Tobin arrived home to Cape however, Rick’s season was shortened so 1955 had a replacement two months later! Cod from his Florida winter home, but he he could receive a new knee. Rick will be Kathie Flynn Carrigan Unfortunately, hers wasn’t planned as was couldn’t join us at reunion because of back in Maine for his 12th summer at his [email protected] mine—she fell at home and broke her hip. commitments in Chicago and London. We’ll home-by-the-sea in Ogunquit. He says Greetings ’55ers! Several great “down We both have done fine with the help of miss you, Chas. Y Cass Lightner couldn’t he plans to leave for a week in Colorado memory lane” events have occurred physical therapy and exercise. I’m back be at reunion because his granddaughter to attend their granddaughter’s wedding. on campus. On April 2, 46 Colbyettes walking every day, fitness classes, and was graduating from Amherst. Y John Y Another classmate, Tommi Thompson convened for their 60th anniversary Staples, said, “I have taken the first step yoga, and Allie is on the way. Y On a sad “Criff” Crawford planned to join us from gathering, including five from the ’50s: note I report the death of Susi Goldey Mor- Martha’s Vineyard—I hope with his lovely towards being bionic.” She, too, received Carolyn “Muffin” English Caci ’53 (from rison last March. She left four children as wife. Criff keeps busy planting his gardens a new knee, last September. This summer the original founding group), Kathie Flynn well as her grandchildren and her husband, and playing golf but finds time for Meals on she’ll enjoy Broadway shows with one Carrigan, Barbara Preston Hayes ’56, Ann the Rev. Kermit Morrison. Susi was active Wheels. Nice going Criff. Y Ted Weaver is granddaughter in New York City, then will Jefferson Barnes ’57, and Debbie Robson in their church and played the organ every busy breaking in his fourth computer and go cross-country for some West Coast fun Cobb ’58. We performed a few old-time with her other granddaughter. Y Carolyn Sunday. They lived in Hamden, Conn. Y is doing some radio operating with many barbershop harmonies, seldom heard Had a postcard from John Harriman, who stations. We hope to connect at reunion. English Caci had the “distinguished nowadays, and thrilled a packed audience “finally did it—moved out of house and Y John Linscott is entering his fifth year honor” of being the oldest Colbyette at in Lorimer Chapel. It was especially great
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to greet Professor Ré and his wife, Betty. that horrendous blizzard. Shelia was not Dr. Ré came to Colby the same year we with us in June due to knee surgery, but did (1951). The same evening, the Colby 50s newsmakers sends best wishes. Y Susan Miller Hunt Chorale, directed by Paul Machlin and Robert A. Marden ’50 received the Mid-Maine Chamber was at reunion and visited with Ruthann having just returned from Spain, sang an of Commerce Distinguished Community Service Award Simmons MacKinnon, up from Georgia for extraordinary performance to a second full in April. Marden, an attorney in Waterville, former state the occasion. Sue writes, “Our summer is audience. While having lunch, I noticed a senator, and trustee emeritus, has served on numerous bursting with celebrations: graduations, large poster that read: Johnson Day today! boards in central Maine and devoted his life to helping silver wedding anniversaries of our kids, It turned out to be a revival of Johnson others, the Morning Sentinel reported. “Bob’s life has and the big 80 for Tom ’54.” Y Bonnie Day, which ran from 1952 to 1964. On been all about service,” said Kim Lindlof, president of Barron Laforme missed reunion but sends Johnson Day in 1954, then-President the chamber. F The New England College of Optometry greetings. Her life in Tarpon Springs, Fla., Dr. Seelye Bixler joined us, and before (NECO) highlighted Dr. Alton Lamont ’52 in its Vision- is full. She does hand bells, Girl Scouts, long a tractor pulled into the field across aires newsletter. A 1955 alumnus of NECO, Lamont, an chorale rehearsals, mah-jong, and often from Mary Low driven by former President optometrist in Newton, Mass., for 35 years, “exhibited fills in as chaplain. She says, “I’m enjoying Franklin Johnson! We all helped plant the an extraordinary commitment to his profession and his Florida through the lens of a camera at seedling trees on Mayflower Hill that grew Alton Lamont ’52 patients,” the article says. He also founded an eye-care my monthly shutterbug club.” Y Susan and to be massive. Even the Colbyettes sang facility in Boston’s South Cove Chinese Community Brian Stompe checked in from California out in the field! This year 105 students and Center and was chief of eye care for the Massachusetts Department of Health Services. and, once again, issue an invitation to Physical Plant workers cleared walkways, visit. Y Barbara (B.J.) Davis Howard was picked up trash, painted in the Alfond 50s milestones at reunion and had many stories of the Apartments and in the athletic center, and eight grandchildren and their accomplish- F washed windows. Hopefully this tradition Deaths: Mary Goldey Morrison ’50, March 2, 2011, in New Haven, Conn., at 82. ments. “One of the girls is teaching English Jacquelyn Downey Burnham ’51, March 22, 2011, in Nashua, N.H., at 81. F Robert will continue. Y Harriet Sears Fraser had in Taiwan on a Fulbright scholarship.” Y L. Hooper ’52, May 10, 2011, in Pleasanton, Calif., at 80. F Margaret Macpherson a great trip from Maine to California to see Finally, a word of thanks from Henry and Legge ’52, March 23, 2011, in North Palm Beach, Fla., at 79. F Jeanne White Simon her roommate, Sistie Restall Horne. She Marilyn Brooks Wey for your generous ’52, March 24, 2011, in Wilmington, Del., at 79. F G. Louise Davis ’53, March 22, was kindly greeted at the airport by Eric and 2011, in Raleigh, N.C., at 79. F Herbert R. Adams ’54, March 18, 2011, in Portland, response to their letters. “We do cherish Beryl Wellersdieck Piper, who escorted Maine, at 78. F Abbott E. Rice ’54, April 28, 2011, in Hudson, N.H., at 79. F Richard our Colby connections and are grateful her to Sistie’s home. The Hornes and Pipers E. Whiting ’54, April 15, 2011, in Rockport, Maine, at 79. F Selden C. Staples ’55, to so many friends who responded in this were loyal Colby friends who took the “red April 25, 2011, in Wilmington, N.C., at 77. F Gale Parker ’56, Feb. 18, 2011, in Boynton weak economy.” Y That’s it for this time, eye” to Maine for their reunions. Since Beach, Fla., at 75. F Carolyn Bossi Hadge ’57, March 22, 2011, in Toms River, N.J., folks. John and I continue to be grateful that last visit, Sistie’s husband, Bob, has at 75. F Cynthia Fox Dancer ’58, April 9, 2011, in Doylestown, Pa., at 75. F Barbara for each and every one of you. passed away. Y There is more sad news. Estes de Luna ’58, Dec. 2, 2010, in Garden City, N.Y., at 74. F Dale S. Patchell ’58, We lost Selden Staples, husband of Sue May 26, 2011, in SaddleBrooke, Ariz., at 74. F John C. Ferrie ’59, March 22, 2011, (Biven), April 25. Sue and Selden worked in Jersey City, N.J., at 73. 1957 Guy and Eleanor Ewing Vigue tirelessly to break the giving record of [email protected] any other ’55 reunion class with a grand total of $96,435 for our 50th! Y Dave have trepidations crossing Route 1, even to the Keys, where we saw Linda and John Thank you for such a terrific response! and Nancy Robinson Rollins still live in though there is a crosswalk. “It’s a 50-50 Ziegler in Key Largo. Others we have It may even be enough fodder for two Tucson and in Chatham, Mass. They’re well chance,” said Ann. “Some cars speed by, enjoyed this season include Sherry and columns, so here goes. It was so good and active. Y Luckily Karl ’54 and Jane others slow down. I call it car-tag. You put Don Rice, Naomi and Hugh Anderson, to hear from Peter Hussey, whose family Millett Dornish are still in Winslow, close your life in your hands!” Y Ellie Small and Karl Honsberger. We still conclude business, the Hussey Seating Co., cel- enough to attend many concerts, talks, Hudson and 14 of her family members that old friends are best!” Y Judi Pennock ebrated its 175th anniversary in 2010. and sports events on campus. Y Hal and had a great time at Disney World. She and Lilley reports from Chapel Hill, N.C., that The company was established in 1835 Marilyn Faddis Butler took a wonderful her husband have seven grandchildren. her granddaughter’s June dance perfor- as the Hussey Plow Company by William cruise with their son and his wife. Marilyn One graduated from Bowdoin, one is a mance kept her from attending reunion. Hussey, a North Berwick, Maine, farmer and Hal enjoy Florida retirement on the junior at Hamilton studying abroad at the She expects to connect with several of you who needed a better plow for his fields. “nature coast” (west) with tennis, golf, University of Berlin (and singing with the as she drives through Maine en route to Hussey Seating has since become a world cruising, and reading. Marilyn has joined chorus in German), one graduates this year Canada in August. Y Abbott (Pete) Greene leader in school and sports seating, carried the church choir (the first singing since from Portland High, and the rest are still still struggles with the loss of our beloved on through six generations. Reminds me Y the Colby Chorus!). Y John Dutton sends in high school. Cheers! Keep in touch! Nancy (Hubbard) but he keeps more than of L.L. Bean in 1912 needing a sturdier greetings from Citrus Heights, Calif. Y Paul busy crewing on Bar Harbor Whale Watch hunting boot for the Maine woods! Kath- and Germaine Michaud Orloff were in 1956 excursions. This summer Pete will be cap- erine and Peter enjoyed a trip to Scotland tain one of the sightseeing ships. “I can and England last September, including a Treasure Cay, Abaco, Bahamas, where it Joan Williams Marshall was 86 degrees. Some of their children [email protected] use my USCG master’s license, although week-long cruise on the Hebridean Prin- I’m too old to fly the B-747.” Peter invites cess through the Outer Hebrides, then on came for Christmas—“there were 18 of us in Greetings and salutations dear ’56ers! four villas!” One highlight was having lunch anyone in Bar Harbor to a free whale watch. to Edinburgh and down into England by Once again I’m writing from Melbourne He mentioned that he runs charters out of car. Y Ron Rasmussen’s older son, Scott, with Archie and Jean Hawes Anderson, Beach, where we were fortunate to see who looked “great and hadn’t changed Ketchikan, Alaska, and has fished there and his wife are expecting their second Christine Layer Larson as well as Kath- with Steen and Janet Nordgren Mery- baby boy, and his younger son, Lance, got much!” All of Germaine’s family are plan- leen McConaughy Zambello on her odys- ning to celebrate Paul’s 80th birthday weather. Y For our Australian contingent, married in June in Ron’s backyard. Ron sey to Atlantis, Fla., and Belize. Of course Shelia McLaughlin Freckmann spent also has an 18-year-old daughter at U.C. this summer, which she hopes to enjoy we see Jean and Richard Campbell ’58 but not plan. Y Jack and Ann Burnham Thanksgiving in the States—first time in six Santa Barbara who will spend her junior often, as they live right down the beach. years. From her daughter’s in Denver, she year in Spain. Y Anne Schimmelpfennig Deering love their new digs in Falmouth, Warren ’57 and Barbara Faltings Kins- Maine, a condo just across Route 1 from traveled east to see the rest of the family Laszlo traveled to Guatemala in April “to man are still juggling their lives between and managed to be in New York City for photograph the incredible Easter week daughter Janet. They see her often, but Maine and S.C. “This past winter we went
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When they arrived in Cairo for Judy Allen Ferretti and her husband had helped at the registration desk. In March a she resumed 16 years ago. She’s having a their trip down the Nile, their itinerary was brief respites from the harsh New England group from the Friendship Force Clubs from wonderful time in three dance companies cancelled. They were flown to Milan and winter with trips to Arizona for a Mount Tashkent and Moscow spent a week with in the Boston area and also traveling with then returned to the States. The adventure Ida College’s board of trustees meeting their club. In June they expected to go to a fourth company out of Montreal. * Leslie was alarming and disappointing. When and a visit with the retired president, their granddaughter’s high school gradua- Wyman Randolph-Brancart enjoys living that area is more stable, they hope to with whom Judy worked closely as board tion—she’s valedictorian of her class—and in Brunswick, Maine, and takes advantage return for that trip down the Nile. Y Four chair. They looked forward to a trip in then will continue on to see other sons in of all that the college (Bowdoin) has to singing classmates continue to share their May with friends to several national parks New Hampshire and Massachusetts. In offer. She and her husband, Claude, still talents: Marian Woodsome and Debbie in Utah and Arizona. Y Debbie Wilson November they’ll go to Mexico with son sail the waters of Casco and Penobscot Robson Cobb attended the Colbyettes Albee is lucky to have many Colby folks number four and his wife. Last winter Paul bays and travel a lot to keep up with 60th reunion the first weekend in April in her life. She regularly sees Liz Mavis, watched the recovery of a small plane that grandchildren. Leslie sings in her church with five other alums from the ’50s and Judy Hatfield, Wendy Mc William Den- crashed into the Atlantic Ocean less than choir and is chairing the search committee ’60s, joining a total of about 50 singers. neen, and Charlotte Wood MacPhetres. a half mile from their house, killing two for a new director of music. Leslie visited They visited with Peter and Betty Ré, who Debbie, Betsy Perry Burke ’61, and Janice people. Y In May Mary Ranlett Mossman Janet Kimball Clymer in Colorado last attended the Colbyettes concert. “It was Coburn Ananian ’59 are active members and her husband sold the family home in December and reports that Janet looks great fun. The campus, draped in white in the Exeter Congregational UCC church, Bangor, which has been in Mary’s family great and is making some progress in snow, was gorgeous!” Y On April 6 Helen where they knit prayer comfort shawls on since 1936, and moved to a new home in her therapy, despite communication chal- Payson Seager sang in a special alumni a monthly basis. Both Debbie and her Stuarts Draft, Va., to be near their daugh- lenges. Y Carol and Peter Merrill moved choir of Harvard University Choir at the daughter, Rebecca Bullen ’84, have had ter, her husband, and three boys. Their son recently to the West End of Portland, a memorial service for Harvard’s Plummer knee surgeries performed by orthopedic will be four hours away in North Carolina wonderful location in the heart of the Professor of Christian Morals Rev. Peter surgeon Dr. Roger Nowak ’88. Y Dick with his wife and two sons. Mary wonders city. Peter keeps busy playing piano with Gomes. “The music was fabulous and Lucier and Jock Knowles played in the if there are other Colby classmates in the various bands, including Port City Jazz, his the whole experience a treat.” Y David May golf tournament sponsored by the Shenandoah Valley. Y I just returned from own trio, and with Pete Collins in the mid- Adams planned to sing again for the Colby football program at the Beverly a very informative Road Scholar program coast of Maine (Coveside in South Bristol) Colby Eight’s performance at the Class Golf Club. They were perhaps the oldest during the summer. This June, as usual, of ’61’s 50th reunion banquet in June. “I Peter sang in a Colby Eight alumni group had thought I might not want to continue along with Bo Olsen and Tom Brackin for after losing Peter Bridge and Bump Bean the Class of 1961’s 50th reunion. Which ’51, and it certainly won’t be the same, reminds me, while we are on the subject of but the group isn’t ready to fold just yet. reunions, that in June 2012 we’ll celebrate We’ll make another attempt to resurrect our 55th! Just a gentle reminder, but more ‘the old songs.’” Y John Edes recently on that later. welcomed a great-granddaughter, Peyton Adam Berluti ’55 Brie Edes. Unfortunately he also broke his leg and spent February in a rehab center, A Colby Education Is Priceless 1958 impersonating Jack Nicholson in One Flew Mary Ellen Chase Bridge Adam Berluti established the Patsy and [email protected] Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. Scratch those golf outings for a while. John did enjoy having Peppa Berluti Memorial Scholarship Fund After 30 years Judy Levine Brody will no lunch with Charles Twigg ’57, former team- to honor the memory of his parents while longer work in Admissions and Financial mate and frat brother who “often visits with simultaneously acknowledging Colby as his Aid at Colby. “It has been a real pleasure old teammates before we play in the court alma mater. to have worked for our College all these in the sky!” Y In September Kay (German “I plan to make the scholarship fund years, along with many classmates and ’59) and Al Dean went to Tanglewood the primary beneficiary of my estate,” other alumni volunteers.” Judy will miss her to set up the WICN radio booth and see he said. “My intent is to support, contacts from all classes but looks forward one of their favorite entertainers, John however modestly my financial to keeping busy, especially spending time Pizzarelli. There were no tickets left, but circumstances allow, Colby’s with her nine grandchildren. Y Last winter a little wangling got them box seats next outreach efforts in offering a liberal Beverly and Dan Yett traveled to Ecuador, to the stage. Since then John has gone to arts education to those for whom it highlighted by a week in the Galapagos the radio station and appeared at a local might otherwise be unavailable.” Islands. They spent several days in a his- tavern, the Bull Run, in Shirley. Al is still toric hacienda in the Andes and visited a host on the Sunday Jazz Matinee on WICN photogenic crafts market in Otavalo. They 90.5. “We are NPR and one of about 15 Let’s Talk then returned to Istanbul for 10 days of stations in the U.S. that still broadcast Susan Conant Cook ’75, P’11 wandering with their son and two grand- 20 hours of jazz daily. It has been such 800-809-0103 | [email protected] daughters, who live in Skopje, Macedonia. fun meeting very talented people over the Y Last winter Ed and Carol Hathaway de last 12 years, having them as guests, col- Want to learn more about Adam Berluti? Lemos’s local newspaper interviewed lecting old jazz vinyl records, and playing them about their recent trip to Egypt. On them on air.” See special section on inside cover or visit www.colby.edu/willows
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participants! Y Kay and Ralph Nelson Rica and it was a blast.” Y Bill ’62 and Barb have a wonderful time living in Florida. In Haines Chase send greetings. Y Nancy April Ralph participated in a family bike 60s newsmakers (Judd ’61) and Pete Coughlan spend time ride down the Florida Keys. This summer A new book by Mary Bryan Harrison Curd ’65 was with their three sons and seven grandchil- he’ll help develop cycling routes for several reviewed by Historians of Netherlandish Art. Curd’s dren and have been on several ocean and New England sections of the Washington- Flemish and Dutch Artists in Early Modern England: river cruises. They saw Cushman Andrews Rochambeau Revolutionary Route, which Collaboration and Competition, 1460-1680 “makes a and wife Pam and invite anyone visiting runs from Newport, R.I., to Yorktown, Va. valuable contribution to the field of British art studies, the DC area to call and “reminisce about See www.w3r-us.org. Y Ellie and Russell the growing area of Anglo-Dutch studies, and no less the good old days.” Y Coral Crosman is Zych enjoyed another fantastic spring importantly, Netherlandish art history,” the review notes. doing yoga and skiing and “learning life in “paradise” (Rainbow Springs, Marion A tutor with Harrison Middleton University in Tempe, as a widow.” She’s publishing a selection County, Florida). They’ve been there 13 Ariz., Curd received her Ph.D. in art history in 2007 of short stories. Coral is assisting with years since Russell retired from the fashion from Arizona State University. our three-year gift campaign for Colby. Y fabrics business in NYC. They still travel Steve Eittreim has retired from the U.S. quite a bit and looked forward to a two- milestones Geological Survey. He and wife Carole love week trip in May to Lancashire County, Mary Bryan Harrison traveling by train and hope to attend our England, where they celebrated their Curd ’65 Deaths: M. Josephine Deans Auchincloss ’60, May 19, 50th—from Palo Alto, Calif., via Amtrak! 2011, in Charlotte, N.C., at 72. F Peter Shays ’60, Feb. 50th anniversary doing further ancestral Y Karen Forslund Falb sends greetings 9, 2011, in Ballwin, Mo., at 73. F Richard M. Bonalewicz ’63, June 3, 2011, in North research into their families’ genealogy. to all. She recently heard from Karen East, Pa., at 70. F Lee M. Weiser ’68, May 1, 2011, in Saratoga Springs, Fla., at 64. They thoroughly enjoy staying at B&Bs, Beganny Megathlin, who is helping gear F William I. Sparkes ’69, Feb. 16, 2011, in Moultonborough, N.H., at 63. where they meet interesting people from things up for our 50th. Y After five years all over the world, and stayed at a nice cot- as a receptionist for Weight Watchers, tage in Blackburn while motoring around and much travel. They plan to celebrate graduation. He is now an official Green Joanna Buxton Gormley spent last winter the county. Y Tony ’57 and Bev Jackson their 50th wedding anniversary soon. We Beret. Y Sandy Keef Hunter journeyed to traveling in Barbados and central Florida. Glockler put in many hours of time with anticipate more-frequent meetings now Texas for an intensive birding trip to state Joanna looks forward to our 50th. Y Chris their local EMS squad. Bev wonders why that we’ve reconnected. Y Martha (Marti) parks and national wildlife refuges around and Midge Walton Holmes returned from members with the longest service run so Raymond Scherpenisse was really looking Harlingen. Y Dick Mittleman spends most a Road Scholar (formerly Elderhostel) pro- many of the calls. They had a wonderful forward to reunion, her second. Y Helen of his winters in Ft. Lauderdale and the gram to Tahiti, where they snorkeled, kay- trip, minus the deserts, in November 2010 Johnson Knox planned to attend her first remainder of the year at their condo in aked, and frolicked with spinner dolphins. to the Middle East. They came home to Colby reunion with husband Ron. Helen Warren, R.I. Dick still practices business Y Ruthie Pratley Madell still enjoys her Thanksgiving with all their family. Y Eunice and Betsy Perry Burke worked on our law, although not for as many hours as he work as grants manager/budget director Bucholz Spooner had a great time in reunion book together in Florida this past once did. Y Gail Macomber Cheeseman is for the Kansas Humanities Council. She Boston with two of her sons. She was January. Your correspondent supplied another classmate still working. She and loves visiting her son in Chicago and her lucky to attend two Red Sox games with some electronic editing suggestions, but husband Doug will lead wildlife trips in daughter and family in San Francisco. her oldest son and family, thanks to Ken Betsy and Helen really put the book “to Brazil’s Pantanal. Normally in the summer Y Ron and Bunny Read McEldowney Nigro. She plans to go again before she bed.” Y Please remember to share your they lead safaris in Tanzania and Kenya at celebrated their 45th anniversary on a gets a Great Dane puppy. She’ll be cruis- post-reunion news. Many of you will travel the peak of the northern Serengeti migra- safari to Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, ing January 15-29, 2012, the first week after the trip to Colby, and our future tion. But this August they’ll embark on a and South Africa. Y Betsy Doe Norwat is with Ken and the Red Sox fantasy cruise. columns will reflect these adventures! quest for jaguars in the Pantanal instead flying to Barcelona for a Mediterranean She’s also cruising the Caribbean in April. of for African cats. cruise after a semester of teaching. Betsy She suggests we join her. You can book was reelected to the city council. Y After with [email protected]. Y John Wilson, Ken 1962 13 years serving Colby as an overseer and Nigro, and Jane Holden Huerta enjoyed Patricia Farnham Russell 1963 trustee, Michael Sylvester left the board a lively discussion at a Colby luncheon Nancy MacKenzie Keating Paule French in June. He writes, “Colby is a special place [email protected] in Sarasota. George Shur ’64 and Dennis [email protected] and I urge everyone to use the forthcoming Dionne ’61 also attended. Greetings from Maine! Tax season has Judith Allen Austin, in NM, stays in touch reunion to come back to Mayflower Hill ended for me and maple syrup season with Buck ’62 and Nat Gates Lawton, who and see firsthand all the wonderful things ended successfully with the Farnham 1961 moved back to CT. Judith gets together with that have happened to our College since family descendents producing almost 50 Katherine McGee Christie-Wilson ’66 for 1963.” Y Patti (Raymond ’65) and Tom Diane Scrafton Cohen Ferreira gallons of the sweet liquid. Next year we’ll hiking and camping. Judith and husband [email protected] Thomas had a very good trip to Spain in return to the beautiful campus of our alma Noel will be in Maine for his 50th Bowdoin January. The highlight was the Mezquita in Fiftieth reunion news of the Class of ’61— mater to celebrate our 50th reunion. Your reunion. Y Michael Archer is doing well Cordoba. Y Mel and Jean Elliott Thomason The Wonderful One—will be reported in the committee is hard at work planning a great and still living in Brazil. Y Jim ’62 and Jean will cruise the “Great Loop” this summer fall magazine. I’m thrilled to hear so many weekend. Is there anyone who feels like Eielson Bridgeman will celebrate the heal- aboard their trawler. Last winter they classmates telling me they check out our they have been out of Colby 50 years? Y ing of her back (she had seven vertebrae cruised Florida with a two-month stay in class news before reading anything else. One thing in common with all who respond fused) by taking a river cruise down the Trinidad. Y My apologies to Lillian and You make it happen, so never hesitate to is they plan to be with us in June 2012. Volga from Moscow to St. Petersburg. Lucille Waugh for having confused their send in the smallest tidbit of information! Brenda Wrobleski Gottschalk has not Jean’s totally au courant with Facebook! Y names in the last newsletter. Lucille lives Y Prior to the return to Maine, I’ve been given up working. She recently escorted 12 After a Peace Corps 50-year reunion in DC and works in MA. Lillian and Doris Kearns in touch with several classmates. Chatted travel agents to Argentina for an inspection in September, Sandra Moulton Burridge Goodwin ’64 had a delightful reunion in with Peter Denman, now permanently a tour. Brenda was sure they had bought will visit classmate Lillian Waugh in West Morgantown, W.V., in April, where Doris Hawai`i Island, or Big Island, resident, the farm on a horrendous flight over the Virginia. Y Linda and Al Carville had a very gave the keynote address at a conference. where your correspondent lives. Pete Andes. Earlier this winter she took a trip enjoyable cruise in February transiting the Lillian continues playing the cello and and wife Susan returned to the Aloha to Venice, Florence, and Rome. Next it Panama Canal. “… for something wild and doing yoga at an advanced level. Y Jim State after teaching stints in Hong Kong was to NC to see her son’s Special Forces crazy, Linda and I went zip lining in Costa Westgate sends greetings from Bangkok.
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CM_40-64_A@L_RPH.indd 44 7/7/11 9:03 AM He recently spoke with Judy Magalhaes cocktail party discussion. Y Marjorie Con- on “interior renovations” (house I assume, a contractor doing legal investigations for Garcia. Y Thanks to all for sending and very and her husband enjoyed the beautiful not medical!) and with Jean (Hoffmann Denny’s restaurants. Her “labor of love” is resending your news! spring weather in the central Gulf Coast ’66) enjoying the grandchildren. Y But wait, conducting searches as a confidential inter- of Florida. They enjoy exploring Florida by there’s more! After receiving the spring mediary helping adoptees and birth families biking and kayaking. Marjorie plays a lot issue of Colby, I received the most excit- reunite. As with many of us, Joanne finds 1964 of golf and volunteers in the community. ing news of all. Jann Buffinton Browning joy in time spent with her grandchildren. Sara Shaw Rhoades [email protected] In April they volunteered once again with has remarried. “We are coming up on the Attending our 50th reunion is on her bucket the Outback Open tournament at the first anniversary of my airborne wedding to list. Joanne sends her best to all 66ers. Y Dick Geltman: During the last half of Janu- TPC Tampa. Part of the PGA Champions Warren Clark May 22, 2010. We missed the Ditto for Californian Ed Mowry, still work- ary, I revisited Tanzania, where I served Tour, it’s a fun chance to see great golf 45th reunion at Colby because we were on ing, though admittedly by choice. He’ll be in the Peace Corps, for the first time in up close. Marjorie planned a trip to the the way to Paris for our honeymoon. Other coming east in August to drive from Prince 45 years. I spent the first eight days as a Vineyard in June and hoped to get to Maine trips since then included several weekends Edward Island to Key West. Y Michigander volunteer instructor in a capacity-building to see her roommate Cate Camp Lund. Y (or weekdays—LOVE retirement!) in Maine; Anne Ruggles Gere received my quarterly workshop for rural teachers in the Mt. John Pomeranz and his son refurbished Thanksgiving in West Palm Beach; a three- plea for news while evaluating the English Kilimanjaro region, most of whom had a condo last winter in NH, and now he’ll week southern road trip to visit friends in Department at Colby! Y Gayle Jobson no training since their graduation from sell it and move to another, probably in North and South Carolina, Atlanta, and Poinsette and Garfield Barnes returned to teachers’ colleges. This was an opportunity Portsmouth. He’s also busy readying a couple of places in Florida while three snowy Vermont in April to continue work on through my service on the board of the his boat and fishing equipment for the major winter storms hit New England; and their new house following two recuperative nonprofit Friends of Tanzania, providing season. Y John Brassem: Been writing we just got back from 24 days in Rome. In months near Tucson, Ariz. They brought with funding for community and economic like crazy for jewelry magazines in Hong between, we’re still flying small airplanes them five hand-painted sinks from Mexico development. It was incredibly satisfying Kong, Australia, Canada, US, Singapore, and loving every minute. Retirement is and other Talavera pottery to bring color giving back to the Tanzanian community and Israel; still teaching international great—I loved my job, but I’ve not woken up to the Vermont April landscape. Having that had offered me so much after Colby. business at University of Hartford; doing one single morning and wished I could go witnessed the Mexican border conflict The day after the workshop I was fortunate some consulting work for international to work.” Now that is a happy retirement. and our government’s war on drugs, Gayle to join a wildlife safari. This once-in-a- companies. Took on a partner recently. Y Hail, Colby, Hail! asks, “Will we ever learn that war is not the lifetime trip concluded with several days (The old management saying holds: One answer?” Y Sal Manforte reported that he in Amsterdam to celebrate my birthday. employee, 10 problems, two employees and Ed Phillips participated in the Colby My new philosophy is “do it while you 12,324 problems); in close touch with 1966 ceremony to honor legendary baseball can!” Y Jim Harris is volunteering at the Meg Fallon Wheeler my Vietnam friends—several from Colby. [email protected] coach John Winkin on campus in March. Sal Issaquah Public Library and the Pacific Vietnam always with me. Y APB from and Ed were on a panel of former Colby and Northwest Writers Association. Y Larry Susan Curi Cross and Nick Ruf: looking Soon-to-be-retired Mac Donaldson will UMaine ball players who discussed coach Dyhrberg: Our eighth grader went on a for Steve Goldberg for the last 30 years? move his dream list of fishing, golfing, Winkin’s impact on athletics and their lives two-week exchange in northern England shooting, boating, reading, exercising, during the 1960s. Y European travels kept this spring. Her host family took her to woodworking, gardening, volunteering, etc. Bob and Merri Aldrich Egbert from attend- Edinburgh. Caroline has a dream that 1965 from the back burner to the front burner ing our 45th reunion, but they were excited she’ll walk down the High Street and come Dick Bankart when he ends his duties as manager of a [email protected] about plans to be in Ireland, Scotland, and face-to-face with J.K. Rowling, her real- boatyard in Manchester, Mass., at the end the UK. They continue to enjoy their retire- life hero. Such a world! When I took the Retired with grandchildren—this seems of 2011. More time for those two special ment life in Richmond, Va., with children bus to Colby for my interview, it was the to be the big class news from the eight grandkids, too. Y Three years to go for math nearby, delivering Meals on Wheels to the furthest I’d ever been from home on my responses received. Four of the eight teacher Terry Clark’s anticipated retirement elderly, gardening, walking their three-mile own. I’ve been accepted to participate in had rather limited news such as “nothing from The Gunnery School in Washington, neighborhood route several times a week, a National Endowment for the Humanities to report”—name withheld by request. Conn., where he’s been for 26 years. Five of and just spending time together. Y Travelers summer institute in Chicago, studying the “Attending a 50th high school reunion”— Terry’s children/stepchildren have attended Doug and Beth Adams Keene continued 1894 Pulman Strike. Also, the women and Connie and Dave Fearon. “Been biking and The Gunnery, and number six will enter their Civil War explorations this spring with I will attend the 15th anniversary of my playing trivia”—Dave Hatch. “If you need as a sophomore this fall. Two dogs and a a road trip to follow Sherman’s campaign Peace Corps group this summer. Y George news let me know”—name withheld. So cockatiel round out the family. Terry says, and March to the Sea. Next stop? Turkey Shur: This past few months I’ve served these 59 words cover four of us. Y Lew “My hair is very gray from the Red Sox and for three weeks, then on to Maine and our as president of a 731-unit condominium Krinsky hosted a dinner for men’s bas- six kids, but life is good.” Y Waterville’s John 45th reunion. Y The planning committee for complex in Sarasota. It’s a volunteer ketball coach Dick Whitmore in Houston Wheeler finds retirement glorious after 36 our reunion held their final meeting at the position but requires hours of weekly during the NCAA Final Four men’s basketball years of computer programming and five beautiful historic home of Linda O’Connor commitment. With a full-time staff of 42 tournament. Dick recently announced his years of over-the-road truck driving. He’s McDonough in Beverly Farms, Mass. The we’re like a small town. Martha and I now retirement after 40 years as head coach. Y back to horn playing with the Blue Hill house is for sale, and Linda thinks it would have condos in both Illinois and Florida. For Eliot Terborgh has refocused on spending Brass quintet and several Maine college be the perfect home for some lucky Colby those who have not yet “down-sized,” let time with grandchildren, four boys aged 0-3, orchestras, perhaps including Colby’s this person, so do check it out at www.bever- me report that condo living requires some after serving as a part-time CFO to three fall, where he played for 41 years before lyfarmsmanorhouse.com and call Linda adjustments. Whenever the board decides Silicon Valley start-ups during the past 10 his truck driving stint precluded that. Y at 978-927-9229 to ask any questions or to embark on a project, we have a few years. He’s now spending more time in his After his two-year California stint, Brian learn more about this very special place. hundred “experts,” no matter the subject. local Rotary club, playing golf, skiing, and Shacter drove from San Diego back to his Imagine being criticized for the color of traveling to New England (to see those Cape Cod home this spring, cruising Rt. 66, pillows in the clubhouse! Or criticizing grandchildren). Y Ruth and Harold Kowal exploring nine national parks, and visiting 1967 plantings because they’re the wrong shade “are now fully retired.” They had a Caribbean Erik Thorson, Rhonda, and their son, Lars, Bob Gracia of green. (Honest!) But Pelican Cove is a holiday last winter and will summer in Maine in Nashville along the way. Like his father, Judy Gerrie Heine [email protected] wonderful place with multiple activities on as usual. Y Our most active classmate, Lars is a fine musician who will attend site. There are a ton of retired academics Neil Clipsham, is “down to two to three Berklee College of Music in Boston this fall. Joyce Demkowicz Henckler was named here so the classes are terrific, as is the hours/week” with the balance of the time Y Coloradan Joanne Richmond Shideler is chief development officer and associate
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vice president for development at the Uni- of an athlete residence for biathletes in in unexpected ways and is always an ’97. Bud and Cheryl spend much of their versity of Central Florida. After attending her hometown of Fort Kent, Maine. The adventure. Hope everyone is well. Contact lives on Peaks Island in Casco Bay. Bud her son’s wedding in Vermont, Joyce and article quoted Phyllis saying “... this is me at [email protected].” Y Ken also says “I was privileged to be a stem husband Don traveled to Scotland. While something I can give back to the town I Hoadley writes: “After finishing a most cell donor for my sister this past year. She in the land where golf was invented, they love so dearly.” We have a reunion next rewarding eight years as president of is now ‘cured’ of her pesky lymphoma and played a round at St. Andrews. Y Phil Max year and we hope you’ll seriously consider Zamorano University in Honduras, my wife enjoying life with new vitality.” Y Alan Levin Kay continues to travel and work and enjoy joining us on campus. and I moved back to the U.S. and live in is progressing nicely after the emergency both. From skiing in Vail and Austria to Bethesda, Md., where I’ve been appointed heart surgery reported in the last column. whale watching in the Dominican Republic principal associate in the International Y Barry Atwood informed me of the recent 1968 Economic Growth practice at ABT Associ- death of his good friend Bill Sparkes. Bill to trekking in the Caucasus mountains, Peter Jost ates, Inc., an international consulting firm. worked for Travelers Insurance for more Phil keeps moving and savoring life’s [email protected] My work will keep me traveling, including than 30 years and coached in the West adventures. He admits to working fewer Rose Buyniski Eriksson writes: “This last to Asia and various African countries in Hartford youth leagues. Y Craig Stevens hours of late, but is in no manner retired. quarter was a little more exciting than addition to Latin America. My wife and had several exciting professional experi- Y Kurt Swenson, while sharing Phil’s previous ones. I’d been working in Libya I maintain a second residence in Costa ences, including two one-person shows interest in travel, has taken a few more since February 2010 and planning on Rica, where we plan to eventually retire. Y of his photographic work in Iceland. His steps toward retirement. Kurt has backed coming home in the middle of April when Peter Roy says: “Still married. Still work- show, Eddas—refering to the literature of away from day-to-day management of demonstrations were followed by violence ing. Still skiing. Staying in touch with Dave ancient Icelandic mythology—took place in Rock of Ages as a result of a well-planned that led to what looked like a civil war. I Lanman ’72, Ted Allison, Jed Davis, and Savannah, Ga., at the Oglethorpe Gallery reorganization that allowed him and Elaine was living in Sirte, Ghaddafi’s hometown, a raft of others. Both daughters married. and in Atlanta at the ACA Gallery at the High to spend a month in the Caribbean. He and trying to get home when I found out Two grandchildren. Still healthy. Not a Museum of Art. He was also in a exhibit of can tell you more at our next reunion. Y about a Dutch helicopter that would be member of AA [yet]. No complaints. Can’t American photographers at the Moot Gal- As regular readers of this column have evacuating a Dutch engineer. Things ask for much more than that.” Y Steve Ford lery at SCAD-Hong Kong last fall. Craig is in noted, Charlie and Sally Ray Bennett have went wrong and we were held for three reminds classmates that our 45th reunion his 23rd year of teaching at the Savannah been traveling folks since Sally retired. days before being allowed to go home. in just two years. He needs suggestions for College of Art and Design. At Christmas While they maintain their headquarters The helicopter crew was kept about two weekend activities, ideas for a Thursday his daughter, Emily, became engaged. Y weeks altogether. I was treated well and in Rhode Island, Sally and Charlie make night (pre-reunion) gathering, and names Doug Kant works as a benefits lawyer at was never worried that I would not come a yearly swing to warm climes to visit their of class members who’d like to serve as Fidelity Investments and his wife, Joy, is home but my family here in Sweden was children. Sally, as you might recall, was class president and class correspondent sole proprietor of a fine arts business. In very upset. They had lost contact with me our correspondent for 10 years when, in (Doesn’t anybody else want this job?). May their son, Jared, received an M.S.W. and didn’t know where I was. The most the pre-e-mail and Facebook days, the Because 2013 is Colby’s bicentennial, it from Simmons, and their daughter, Alexis, exciting part of the whole affair was the promises to be a special weekend. Please is expected to receive her Ph.D. in clinical class column was one of the few ways to media interest from the Netherlands. contact Steve at [email protected]. psychology by summer’s end, after which obtain information about classmates. Y A TV team actually came to Sweden to she’ll begin a fellowship at Children’s Sandy Miller spent the bulk of the winter interview me, and a newspaper journalist Hospital in LA. Doug and Joy plan to enjoy in Florida helping her father while her appeared on my daughter’s doorstep at 1969 their vacation home on Martha’s Vineyard mother was ill and, sadly, died at 95. As 9:30 one night. The whole thing was a Ray Gerbi [email protected] this summer. Y Don Clark wrote from Thai- trying as such a situation can be, Sandy scandal in the Netherlands. I’ve had my land, where he is the temporary director has nothing but praise for the hospice 15 minutes of fame now and am quite Greetings classmates! Teri and Don for the Asia Regional Mission covering a agency. Sandy has returned to her store happy to stay in my quiet little town in Caouette’s daughter, Jennifer, gave birth variety of programs from Tibet to Papua in Milton, Mass., and to her new grand- north Sweden doing translations for my to their first grandchild, a baby boy named New Guinea. Don retired from USAID in daughter, Molly, named after Sandy’s little company. If you’re ever in northern Jackson. Their son, Brian, is in Liberia 2007 but continues to “unretire” to fill in mother. Y Judy Kolligian lives in Boston Sweden drop by!” Y Art Brennan: “I plan starting a new company, Farm Builders, short-term gaps for the agency. Last year and continues to do clinical social work to retire this summer after nearly 30 years involved in rubber tree farming. Teri works he went twice to Burkina Faso and once and is active in community organizations. as a Maine judge. Looking forward to a for MLTI and Common Sense and Don to Burma. Don enjoys jumping back into Recently she attended the Colbyettes 60th more flexible schedule and will ask for volunteers helping elder people cope with development work now and then, but also reunion at Colby. Judy points out that are active-retired status so I can continue to Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security. enjoys spending time at home in NH cross- Y Anne York Sampson retired from Kaiser- now six singing groups on campus. We serve as a judge on an as-needed basis. country skiing, working on various projects, Otherwise, all is well.” Y Margo Schmidt Permanente and spends time with family might think of these groups as children and seeing family. Y Steve Fisher had an Mariana writes: “Greetings from sunny and grandchildren. She was in Switzerland of the Colbyettes and Colby Eight. Y Eric exciting winter experience. After a client San Diego, my home haven for the last for the birth of grandson Lukas and again Meindl lives in South Carolina, where he had a transformative experience climbing six years after tiring of New England for his first birthday. Anne works on call entertained Cheryl (Anderson ’70) and Ed Mt. Kilimanjaro, Steve was inspired to weather. Many journeys in my life and as a Kaiser-Permanente psychologist. take on the challenge himself. In Febru- Scherer. Y Tim Crowell also connected am very happy—though not doing what She’s still in Denver and welcomes Colby ary he joined a Sierra Club adventure and with old friends when Dick Kensley ’68 I envisioned after graduation—this is by visitors. Y Bud Higgins says he’s never succeeded with a successful summiting. visited Boston. Dick runs a company in no means a complaint. My life led me to been more content, having left the world Steve experienced no big transformation Cambridge. Y Fred Hopengarten has much exploration in teaching, psychol- of executive hospital administration and (except perhaps in humility!) but was one published the second edition of his book ogy, traditional health, and then broader returned to his true passion, academic happy camper. “If such an expedition fires on antenna zoning for radio amateurs. The means such as a more psycho-spiritual, emergency medicine, where he’s blessed your loins, take heart. My 71-year-old tent first edition went through two printings and holistic methods, and interface between with teaching and mentoring emerging mate trudged his way to Kili’s 19,340-foot completely sold out. Y The next time you Eastern and Western modes. For the last emergency physicians. Last year Bud peak with far fewer gasps than I.” To help watch the Winter Olympics, there might be 25 years I’ve done psychic counseling, and wife Cheryl (Moriarty ’70) celebrated his mental preparation for the climb, he a Colby connection at the medal ceremony. life coaching, and medical intuitive work. their 40th anniversary (still hopelessly in sought “therapy” from Micky Jako and Y Phyllis Jalbert was recognized in the Learn more at www.margomarianapsychic- love) and the birth of their first grandchild, John “Doc” Kearns last fall. Steve says Portland Press Herald for her support counselor.com. Life continues to unfold Atticus James, to daughter Jenny Higgins
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CM_40-64_A@L_RPH.indd 46 7/7/11 9:03 AM they “both seemed in fine fiddle and John all-consuming than a 20-minutes, twice- regaled me with his delightfully spirited, a-day practice. The Purusha program self-effacing, and sometimes raucous 70s newsmakers adds extended practice of supplementary poetry.” and advanced techniques drawn from Jack Wood ’70 spoke in March in Chandigarh, India, the classical yogic universe and is very for a global outreach program on leadership presented much a lifestyle choice. The Uttarkashi by India’s Institute of Planning and Management, The 1970 ashram is in a traditional setting devoid Libby Brown Strough Pioneer (India) reported. Wood, clinical professor of of as many distractions as possible (no [email protected] leadership and organizational behavior at the International phones or Internet). It’s definitely for the Institute for Management Development in Switzerland, Congratulations to Steve and Laura fanatic few, a charge to which Dick happily Struckhoff Cline on the birth of their spoke on “understanding the unconscious and irrational F pleads guilty. While there may be occa- first grandchild. Kaylee Elizabeth Cline forces in managerial decision making.” The Society of Interventional Radiology awarded Dr. Gordon McLean sional pilgrimages to Colby and visits to joined the family March 23 weighing in ’73 a gold medal for his “contributions, dedication, and relatives, the idea is for the Himalayas to at 6 lbs. 14 oz. and 20.5 inches long. service to the field.” For three decades McLean, chief of become home and for vedic science to be They’re thoroughly enjoying being grand- angiography/interventional radiology at Western Penn- his focus. (We wish you much happiness parents and consider themselves most Jack Wood ’70 sylvania Hospital and professor at Temple University, and a good life.) Y After 27 years Bill fortunate in that Kaylee (and her parents) helped develop techniques for image guidance systems used in surgical procedures. Tracy retired from his position as senior live 15 minutes away. Sounds like many “I’ve seen radical changes in the way we approach diseases and provide care,” McLean planning advisor for Heritage Resource babysitting opportunities in the future. Y said, “and it’s been a privilege to have played a part in this.” F MaineToday Media Management for the province of Alberta. James “Huey” Coleman has released a hired Patrick Sweeney ’78 as its chief financial officer. A self-described “change His retirement has afforded him time to new film, In Good Time, The Piano Jazz of agent,” Sweeney plans to modernize computer programs so that MaineToday’s finance pursue interests in Native American art Marian McPartland. It’s a feature-length division can provide better information faster. “Pat is yet another strong link” in the and he’s taken some contracts, presented documentary portrait of the musician and team, CEO Richard. L Connor told the Portland Press Herald. F Joseph Meyer ’79 is papers, lectured, and written. He spent tells the story of McPartland’s journey from the first-ever chief administrative officer at Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEx), the last two winters in Santa Fe escaping playing piano at home as a child in England Asia’s largest stock exchange. Meyer brings his experience running Chi-X Japan to major Alberta winters and collecting native art. to becoming a jazz legend in America in the projects at HKEx, including major IT upgrades and completion of a next-generation data All in all retirement is great, although center—projects that will require “organization-wide coordination to ensure success,” 1950s. McPartland, now 93, tells her own living in western Canada affords him said HKEx chief executive Charles Li. story through interviews with Huey filmed no opportunities to connect with Colby
over four years and is seen performing and classmates. He’d be glad to hear from improvising in clubs, concerts, and Piano milestones any old buddies. Y In April Bob and Judy Jazz recording sessions. March 19 was the Deaths: Ilan Hadani ’70, April 10, 2011, in New York, N.Y. F Jeffery A. Seip ’74, March Moreland Spitz were in California, where film’s screening for cast and crew and for 24, 2011, in Cape Canaveral, Fla., at 58. she performed the marriage ceremony for McPartland’s family and friends. It was a their middle son, Ben. California has a glorious day and the screening was a big program nicknamed “Deputy for a Day,” in success. The Maine premiere will be at lives with her daughter and her family in wife, Martha, Bill Williamson is a senior which a person can be deputized to per- the Maine International Film Festival in Manchester, N.H., and helps care for the vice president at Bank of America cover- form marriages for California residents for Waterville July 15-24. Other screenings children and the house. She has three ing northern New England. He has three one day only. So she flew out on Thursday will occur throughout Maine this fall. For grandchildren and is involved with autism daughters, two of whom will be married from Connecticut and was sworn in Friday more information, visit http://filmsbyhuey. awareness in addition to a genealogy in the next 12 months. Y morning as deputy commissioner of mar- com/ or become a Films by Huey fan on By the time you project. She caught up with Linda Wallace read this, our 40th reunion will be another riages. Then they drove from Mountain View Facebook. Y As for me, after a long, snowy on Facebook. Mary Anne hopes to resume of our memories. I hope that those of you across the mountains to Half Moon Bay New England winter, I’m looking forward her summer vacations to Cape May, N.J., who were there enjoyed yourselves. I’ll give and had the honor and pleasure of mar- to warm, sunny weather. Best wishes to when the youngest children are old enough a full report in my next column. rying their son and his bride, Yuri, on the all for a great summer! to withstand the car ride. Y Having retired beach. The couple will have a traditional from education and from sole proprietor- Japanese ceremony in Kazuno, Japan, at 1971 ship of a security agency, Charles Jones 1972 the end of the summer. Y Peggy Zientara Nancy Round Haley Ann E. Miller Y Lessard is a freelance writer who also wonders if anyone knows who he is. [email protected] [email protected] Debe Nelson Averill has lived quietly in works as a seasonal legal proofreader/ Dick Kaynor has made a monumental editor for the Maine State Legislature’s Bill Hladky writes with much enthusiasm Orono, Maine, all these years. She and life change—he moved to the Himalayas, Office of the Revisor of Statutes. She that his son has only to choose which col- her husband have two children, the young- long-term. He’d been visiting India since and husband Paul caught up with David lege he will attend. Bill’s pride that his son est of whom graduated in May from Mt. 1980, averaging four months per year Liskowsky last June when they traveled pulled his AP physics grade from a D to a B Allison in New Brunswick. Debe has been over the last three years, mostly studying to Washington, D.C., on vacation. David rings clear in his message. Y For Jan Han- a librarian since 1974 and completed her and taking advantage of Ayurveda, India’s left Colby in 1970 and graduated from cock life continues to be full and happy. 22nd year as library/media specialist for traditional medical system. He retired from Northeastern and the University of Miami, She’s halfway through her coursework for Bangor High School this year. She also teaching Transcendental Meditation and where he earned his Ph.D. in psychology/ a master’s in theology and pastoral care has dabbled in antiques, coached debate shifted his attention to his own practice, neuroscience. A NASA scientist since at Saint Michael’s College in Vermont. and speech, taught Italian cooking, and which he pursues sequestered in a remote 1992, he currently is the director for She enjoys her role as a family support done some gardening. She appreciates ashram near the ancient pilgrimage town medical policy and ethics for the agency. consultant, and her four grandchildren her very liberal arts degree as invaluable of Uttar Kashi. The ashram is for members David recently opened an online shop to fill her with delight. Y John Slagle wants in teaching kids to think critically and to of the Maharishi Purusha Program, a niche sell his handcrafted silver jewelry: www. to be Gary Fitts when he grows up. (Why solve problems effectively. She’s even branch of Maharishi’s global organization etsy.com/shop/SimplySilverJewelry. Y I is that, John?) Y Mary Anne Tomlinson sent some of her students to Mayflower that he joined soon after its inception want to remind everyone to plan now to Sullivan (aka Tommy) has retired from Hill. Her one burning question is, “Where in 1981. The program in general is for return to Colby in June 2012 for our 40th sales and is an avid scrapbooker. She is Lucinda G. Stiles Cormier?” Y Resid- ing happily in Falmouth, Maine, with his single men interested in something more reunion. It’s hard to believe but true, so
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Eyes and Ears | Jed Snyder ’76
Jed Snyder ’76 picked up a new hobby in and forth between the policy-research com- A biology major at Colby, Snyder intended each of the countries where he’s lived. In Bah- munity and government. to go to medical school until he took an inter- rain he played chess with local cab drivers. In “[My job is] to try to limit the number of national relations class his junior year. Rather Croatia he polished his cooking skills, hosting surprises that national security decision-makers than becoming a doctor, he went from Colby a dinner party at his place every Sunday. And in Washington have to anticipate,” said Snyder, to the University of Chicago to earn his Ph.D. in Italy he went to the opera. a 56-year-old self-described conservative. in political science. But before completing his But while these activities kept Snyder busy “That means if you’re working on issues in the dissertation, he was distracted by a think-tank they also helped the Philadelphia native get a Middle East or Asia or Europe, they depend on in California, the RAND Corporation, and, better sense of the cultural, political, and soci- you to tell them what’s going on out there.” with a masters degree in hand, decided to work etal forces at work in Having served as an advisor in each of there instead. the respective coun- those regions, Snyder says his goal is to help “I was all of twenty-five years old, and I tries. That, along the United States plan to act proactively rather find myself in the middle of an advisory group with his research, than reactively. “We’ve been too reactive in for Ronald Reagan,” Snyder recalled. “When helped him under- Pakistan,” he said. “We’ve been sufficiently he became President, I then went to Washing- stand the forces anticipatory regarding China and North ton and took a job in the State Department.” affecting leaders’ Korea. But some of the most serious threats Since then he’s held a variety of positions, decisions regarding don’t develop over a period of time; they come including with the Department of Defense’s their international up overnight.” Institute for National Strategic Studies and interests. That, in Acting proactively, Snyder said, requires the Johns Hopkins University’s Foreign turn, affects U.S. a combination of knowing what’s happening Policy Institute. strategic planning. Jed Snyder ’76 in those countries and understanding trends Despite a résumé brimming with accom- An international that have occurred elsewhere so they can be plishments, Snyder has two more goals for his security affairs specialist and advisor to the applied to potential hot spots. “It’s more of career. The first, one more round with the senior U.S. Navy commander, Snyder serves an art than a science,” said Snyder, who’s now government, preferably in an appointed posi- as the eyes and ears of the Center for Naval based in Hawaii. “The capture and killing of tion where he could put his fieldwork to use. Analyses, the U.S. Navy’s federally funded bin Laden is an example, but that took many And the second? To write a screenplay based research and development center. Throughout years. We don’t always have the luxury to on his experiences. You can bet it will include 30 years of working in defense, foreign policy, spend four or five years trying to stop a threat stories of chess games, dinner parties, and opera. and strategic planning, he has toggled back from getting worse.” —Alexis Grant ’03
mark your calendars and hopefully we’ll reports that Bob’s youngest son, Charlie retired in January after 27 years in the 1974 see everyone then. ’12, is enjoying his time at Colby. Bob foreign service. He served in fascinating Vicki Parker Kozak looked forward to his daughter’s gradu- places like China, Poland, France, and Jill Gilpatric Richard ation from Princeton in May. One last bit Israel. He retired in Colorado Springs with [email protected] 1973 of news about Bob: after a recent round long-time partner Lynn, and they spend Carol Chalker Happy summer everyone! Bill “Bugsy” [email protected] of golf with Phil Mickelson, of golf fame, time skiing, traveling, and hiking. Y Nour Callahan wrote (for the first time in at least Bob reports Phil is “a genuinely nice guy Nahawi continues to work in banking, live 10 years) from Bridgewater, Mass. Bugs The Class of ’73 turns 60 this year and … the real thing.” Alex reports that Jim in Algeria, and cover Tunisia. He has three many are finding special ways to celebrate and his wife, Jane, have their hands full with ’72 and Lisa Kehler Bubar were also at sons, two at American universities and one four daughters. Their twins are in college: Y Alex Wilson and Joe Mattos anticipated the CAN weekend, and Jim is learning working as an environmental consultant the 60th chopper birthday celebration Catherine at UVM and Mary Ellen at Holy gardening techniques and agricultural in the UK. He would love to hear from any Cross. Mary Ellen will study in Scotland confab weekend in mid-May, when Lambda science at UNH. Y Speaking of Lisa, a Colby grads in the area. Y After 30 years Chi brothers gathered. Many came from at the University of St. Andrews for her group of the “second floor Dana girls” Ann and Dave Swardlick have decided to junior year abroad. “Jane and I will save a distance, including Bruce Smith from celebrated our 60th birthday year this close their business, Swardlick Marketing Texas, Gary Fitts from Florida, and Bob every penny to make a trip there in May June. Jackie Nienaber Appeldorn, Chris Group, which markets the Maine Office 2012 to visit and bring Mary Ellen back O’Neill from California. Joe offered a group Mattern Way, Debbie Mael Mandino, of Tourism—a chapter ended. Y Norm photo as a centerfold shot for the alumni to the States.” Rita Margaret graduated Lisa, and I met in Boston for a weekend Olsen reports many challenges in his new from Fontbonne Academy in Milton this magazine. Y Joe Mattos graduated in of visiting, walking the city, and playing Maine government position—with plenty May from UMO with his doctorate, which year and will go to Providence College this bridge. Our gathering in January, to plan of angry fishermen—but he is enjoying the fall. Their youngest daughter, Anne Marie, he began in 1989, alongside his daughter this excursion, was special, as we were experience. Y Francesca Gates Demgen Emily, who graduated from the business finished her freshman year at Fontbonne. treated to the culinary delights from the looks forward to a trip with her family Bill has entered politics in Bridgewater, his school. His newest interim superinten- Bubar kitchen. Y Retired Peter Rinaldi (including two daughters, son-in-law, and dency is in Isleboro, so he remains busy hometown. He is an elected councilor at works a mere 60 hours a week instead of two grandkids) to the Cook Islands in the large for the nine-member town council. in retirement. Y Alex Wilson attended the 80 and continues to play soccer twice a South Pacific. CAN weekend at Colby. At a dinner hosted He added, “Our town voted a new town week—crediting his genes and Blue Cross charter after 355 years of town meeting by Bob Diamond, he visited with him and for keeping him moving at 60. Y Andy Koss
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CM_40-64_A@L_RPH.indd 48 7/7/11 9:03 AM and selectmen to a town manager and town engineering major at Worcester Polytech, former life in the Marine Corps. Y Alan ’73 of faith and public health with faith-based council form of government. We started and daughter Sarah finished her first year and Deb Morrell Polackwich live in Vero organizations in Philadelphia. Recently last January and it’s been a learning experi- of graduate studies at the Yale School Beach, Fla., where Deb is part owner in she had the honor of representing Colby ence for sure. At one of the meetings I met of Public Health, where she was on the an art gallery. She makes “funky pieces” and President Bro Adams at the inaugu- Christine Legere Wallgren ’72, a reporter graduate school crew team. As it turns of jewelry with lots of wire and weaving. ration of Drexel’s new president, John for the Boston Globe. Small world, hey?” out, Dave and Suzie Benson Turnbull’s Married for over 36 years, they have two Fry. Y Jane Hoffman looked forward to Bill had dinner with Steve Colella recently. daughter, Elizabeth, who was finishing married children: daughter Jessica, a law spending time in June with Mika Hornyak They’ve planned a golf trip to Maine this up her graduate studies, was one of the professor; son Scott, a urology surgical Hale, her Dana roommate. Mika lives in summer and put Chris Cambridge’72 in captains! Dave now works in Vancouver, resident; and two grandchildren. Y In May Newton, Mass., and also has a home in charge. Golfers will include Bill, Steve, B.C., as CEO of Hillsborough Resources. Karen Kusiak received her doctorate in the south of France. Y Stuart Georgitis Rick Beaubien, Mike Mather, Jay Sarson Suzie’s business, Personal Legacy Advi- education from the University of Maine. has a new job at Spectro Analytical and ’76, and possibly Bob Cooper ’76, Dave sors, is flourishing, providing resources and Y Dan Sexton’s road bike seems to be a thoroughly enjoys time spent with his Scudder ’76, and Mark Janos ’76. Y Last services for people who want to write their bit slower each spring. He takes it in every four grandchildren. Y In June Richard fall Vicki was pleasantly surprised to run personal history or create an ethical will. year for a complete tune-up, but he just Conant retired after 33 years working for into Dave Inglehart at Hebron Academy in Suzie is excited about a new product line, can’t figure it out!Y Laurie Fitts Loosigian the federal government as environmental Maine. Dave has taught English there but LifeLegacy Cards, which offers prompts for is officially now an owner of Apple Annie, division director at the submarine base will move to the history department this conversation and writing, found at www. an orchard in Brentwood, N.H. She would in Groton, Conn. He plans to spend this fall. He’s also involved in the publishing lifelegacycards.com. Y Liz Richards Julian love to see any classmates this September summer hiking with his youngest son and business. Dave recently completed devel- met Peter Clark and Carla Call Stewart or October! his Scout troop in the backcountry of New opment of two history titles now available for lunch in April at the Mt. Washington Mexico, followed by a hike with his eldest online: Fateful Lightning: The American Hotel. After 35 years they discovered that son on the 700-mile New England stretch Civil War and Born in Battle: The American they remarkably hadn’t changed at bit and 1976 of the Appalachian Trail. This fall Dick will Robert Weinstein Revolution. Both are multimedia resources had a great time! Y Will Tuttle and wife [email protected] enter a teaching internship for his M.S. in with an emphasis on military affairs, but Madeline are now in their 16th year of living education; he hopes ultimately to teach a good deal of social history is included. full time on the road in their “rolling home,” marine biology (his original academic His wife, Donna, is also a writer, and Vicki a 27-foot solar-paneled, fifth-wheel trailer. 1977 love). Y David ’78 and Terry Grassey enjoyed her most recent book, Grindstone, Will speaks in cities throughout North Kevin Farnham Sciore live in Marlborough, Mass. They historical fiction depicting 19th-century America on the main ideas in his book, [email protected] were at Colby in May for the graduation life in the Thousand Islands of the St. The World Peace Diet, which hit number of son Tim ’11. Tim majored in chemistry, Qaiser Khan continues to work for the Lawrence River. Learn more about Dave one on Amazon overall in March 2010. He plans to work for a while, then attend World Bank as lead economist and sector and Donna at www.troubadourinteractive. hopes to see classmates at some point, graduate school. Their oldest graduated leader for human development for Ghana, com. Daughter Dana, 25, lives in Brooklyn so check out his tour schedule at http:// last year from Providence College; their Liberia, and Sierra Leone. His efforts help and works at an educational outreach willtuttle.com. Y John “Jack” Sklepowicz youngest is a freshman at the University improve education, health, and social center. Daughter Caitlin, 28, is in the retired from teaching middle school English of San Diego (“WAY too far away!” Terry protection in these countries, and also communications and graphic design field. in Miami, Fla., last February and moved says). Terry notes how much the Colby in Guinea, where he’s engaged in reinte- She and her new husband, an architectural to Abingdon, Va., a “happening place” for campus has changed since our time grating the nation back into international engineer, live in San Francisco. Y natural beauty, the arts, music, and hiking. there, but, she says, “Every time I see the institutions after its first free election in Karen Heck, senior program officer of He would love for any of his Colby buds to library it takes my breath away.” Y Mark more than 50 years of independence. The Bingham Program in Augusta, Maine, visit. Y After 20 years at Texas A&M, Vinnie Richardson is looking ahead to our 35th Qaiser’s son will attend an ancient Scottish and Bruce Olson ’76 are partners in Tree Cassone moved his lab to the University of reunion, June 1-3, 2012. He’s seeking university, while his daughter is looking at Spirits, a winery and distillery in Oakland Kentucky in Lexington. Two different labs thoughts/ideas/suggestions for making large urban universities (despite Qaiser’s that opened in December. They uses local were set up for him, plus a building was it a great weekend. Planning started in preference that she select a small rural cider and maple syrup to make sparkling erected in a unique urban field station June and you’re invited to participate by college). Y Susan Woods and Peter Breu wines and distilled spirits. Tree Spirits for his bird research. Vinnie has started contacting him at mrichardson@richard- say that “life continues well in Manchester, Knotted Maple won a bronze medal at studying the circadian clock control of bird sonknapp.com. Y As for me, I echo Terry’s N.H.” Their son is a junior at Middlebury the San Francisco International Spirits song as well as circadian and seasonal sentiment regarding the Colby library, and will be joined next year by their Competition in March. Find out more at rhythms in reproductive behavior. In the which I observe with fondness each time daughter after she completes a year at www.treespiritsofmaine.com. Karen, we’ll past year his son and daughter were both I drive past on I-95 (on my way to annual a ski academy in Norway. Peter makes be up for a wine tasting soon! Y While married. Last winter in Lexington, the cold vacations at Acadia). I survived a heart custom furniture, roller skis, and coaches you’re lying on the beach, spending time in and snow provided quite a change after all attack in October, which led me to reduce Nordic skiing at a local high school. Susan your backyard, or cooling off somewhere, those years in Texas. Y Earlier this year Sue my income-seeking labors and pursue is a business consultant. They hope to do please take a few minutes to send us a Conant Cook and Dan Cohen attended a some long-postponed objectives: studying some ocean kayaking off Deer Isle this line. We need new voices to keep our talk at Colby given by Curtis Johnson, a Attic Greek, rhetoric, and the history of summer. Y Valerie (Jones ’76) and Steve column fresh and interesting. dentist now in private practice who recently poetry and science. My wife, Dale, and I Roy became grandparents for the second retired from the New York State Department regularly and happily lend support to our time in June. Steve plays golf with Dave of Correctional Services. Curtis worked daughter, Kala, as she pursues a livelihood Lillich, Peter Skoler, and Herb Magid 1975 as a certified situation controller, better as a professional performing songwriter. Laurie Fitts Loosigian fairly regularly and stays in touch with known as a hostage negotiator. Y Pete Susie Gearhart Wuest Bob Keefe (AKA Nemo). Y Russ Lowe Coz spent six months in Afghanistan as a [email protected] had a great springtime visit with Diane member of the Border Needs Assessment 1978 Lockwood Wendorf ’76. Y Nancy Epstein Janet Santry Houser After living in suburbia for 25-plus years, Team, which identifies the gaps and weak- is now full-time associate professor of Lea Jackson Morrissey Sue Blanker and husband Mike moved nesses in all customs- and border-related community health and prevention at the [email protected] to Cambridge, Mass., and look forward infrastructure. Pete thinks he has probably Drexel University School of Public Health. to the urban lifestyle, especially in the seen more of Afghanistan than just about Tim Farley wrote in for the first time. His She teaches and works at the intersection heart of Red Sox Nation. Son Peter is an anyone else; it was very reminiscent of his radio career started at WTVL in Waterville,
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followed by stints in Tampa and Richmond, spent a fun weekend with Lindy Williams direction of Professor Paul Machlin. The in Europe, and current director of Opera Va. Tim just marked his 10th anniversary ’79, Vicky Mains Henderson ’79, and Kitty chorale of 60 Colby students spent spring North in Lebanon. They have twins, Sophia at XM Satellite Radio (now Sirius XM). In Weyl Dove ’80 in Gloucester, Mass. Y Hope break giving concerts and touring in Spain. and J-C, 9, and are renovating a new home 2001 Tim started as the program direc- everyone has a great summer. The students comported themselves as on 14 acres next to Moose Mountain. tor for NASCAR Radio, the first ever 24/7 mature cultural ambassadors and they Mark still works as an attorney, but also channel devoted to a single sport. He partied like we used to, dancing into the as a farmer and craftsman selling to local then moved into senior director of talk. 1979 night! This great and rare privilege to stores and farmers’ markets. He’s loving Cheri Bailey Powers He helped create and develop P.O.T.U.S. [email protected] travel to so many beautiful places and the rural life and wonders why it took so ’08, the 24/7 commercial-free channel sing with the Colby Chorale will change long to leave the city. “Still have a foot dedicated to covering the 2008 presi- I asked if you had any great news to in the future as Machlin has announced of snow on April 8, but at least it’s not dential election, and was an on-air host share. Here’s mine: my oldest, Kayleigh, his retirement, in 2012. Y All is well with as cold as Waterville!” Y Alan and Robin and anchor. After the XM/Sirius merger in is engaged to be married! Thank good- Nick Mencher’s family. His daughter is MacLeod Goodridge are preparing to be 2008, he stayed with the new P.O.T.U.S. ness it’s next summer as my youngest in her first year of Teach for America and empty nesters when daughter Courtney (Politics of the United States) as host of graduated high school May 25 and heads teaches second grade on a Navajo reser- heads to St. Lawrence in August. Older Morning Briefing. Tim is married for the to college. Tom and I will join many of vation near Gallup, N.M. His son graduates daughter Meredith will be a junior at second time (11 years now) to the former you as empty nesters come August. Y this spring and is considering going on to the University of New Haven majoring in Dianne Merrill. Sean, his son from his Liz (Yanagihara ’80) and Barry Horwitz philosophy graduate school. Nick sent interior design. Robin still works part time previous marriage, served in the Marines are planning a trip to Taipei this spring in a remembrance of Jon Swenson, who as a gemologist. She’s been appraising (including a stint in Iraq) and now works to visit daughter Ali. Y Sarah Russell died Sept 18, 2010. At Colby Jon and jewelry for DeScenza Diamonds for 28 in Richmond. Sean has two kids and with MacColl’s daughter, Katy, graduated this Nick played in the band Riverside Drive years! Robin and Alan plan to downsize Dianne’s daughter’s three, they have five June from Cape Elizabeth High. Sarah is with Gerrit White and Mike Rogow. Nick in a few years, “hopefully to someplace grandchildren, 3 to 13. Tim gets to Maine a personal trainer and enjoys teaching recalls Jon’s ability to play guitar, to come WARM!” Y In July Leslie Mitchell and every summer to visit family in Brunswick people to swim for the current triathlon out of a solo and blend back in seamlessly daughter Ainsley packed up their Volvo and Jonesport and to do as much fly craze. Y Leslie Taylor loves her job at with the band, and to be comfortable on SUV and headed to Jupiter, Fla. After a fishing as possible. Tim’s sorry his busy Four Rivers Charter Public School—an stage. Nick and Jon studied abroad in lifetime in CT, Leslie is moving south to life has kept him from being in touch. Y expeditionary learning school for grades Edinburgh their junior year, where they be closer to her aging parents. They’ll still Jeff Wheeler has three kids in college, 7-12—in the Pioneer Valley of western continued their musical journey. Nick keep their house in Chatham on the Cape, so there’s always some excitement. Massachusetts. She’s an administrative concludes, “I had not heard from Jon for so will spend summers in New England. One graduated this year from Lynchburg coordinator, and wearing many hats keeps quite a while before I got the news which Y And life is bringing change for me, too. College and one is looking to transfer things interesting and challenging. Hus- I had been dreading for some time. I wish In August I’ll start as the director of West back from Baltimore to her roots in New band Nick Plakias works as a professional I had thanked him for the many lessons Coast admission at Connecticut College. England. On a business note, Jeff’s invest- actor in NYC and daughter Zoe is in grad he taught me. I owe him much. Y Have a I’ll still live in Portland, but I’m looking ment firm doubled in size with a recent school at UC Davis working on her Ph.D. great summer! Let me know if you went to forward to working for a NESCAC school. acquisition. Y Antonio Lopez is an LTJG in agriculture and resource economics. reunion or travelled this summer. Any classmates with kids looking at Conn, in the Navy Reserve and is commanding Y Bob and Betsy Sandin Bush are empty feel free to give me a call! officer of a Navy Reserve Security Unit. He nesters. Son Daniel is finishing a master’s does contract work with the Department in engineering and works at a technology 1980 Tom Marlitt of Energy protecting high-value assets company in Mystic, Conn. Daughter Jen 1981 graduated from Connecticut College last [email protected] Steph Vrattos and is a part-time police officer working [email protected] with Mexican gangs in the Hispanic and year with a music and organ performance Liz Yanagihara Horwitz and Marty MacMil- immigrant community. He and his wife live degree and works in Rhode Island. Their lin ’81 braved an April snowstorm to make By the time you read this column our 30th in Knoxville, Tenn., with two dogs and a youngest, Anna, is a sophomore in clarinet it to campus for the 60th reunion of the reunion will be history. I have no doubt cat. They celebrated their 27th anniversary performance at SUNY Fredonia. Y Peter Colbyettes. Liz had a chance to see her it was a wonderful weekend! Thanks for in June. Their son is graduating from UT Greenberg’s daughter, Sarah, starts this nephews, John ’11 and Peter ’13 Kerr (Sue all the planning by Bob Ryan, the alumni and will be in London for a year. Y Nancy fall at Marist College. She’s interested in Horwitz Kerr’s boys) and reports that the office staff led by our own Meg Bernier Piccin has been a road warrior. So far this business administration and communica- new senior apartments (opened in 1999) Boyd, Sandy Maisel, other distinguished year she’s been to New York, Boston, Los tions. His son Michael is a sophomore at are “pretty amazing.” Y Dahl Hansen guests, and all our classmates who helped Angeles, San Francisco, Santa Clara, Las Skidmore College majoring in molecular joined Olympus Financial Advisors as a put this momentous event together! Y In Vegas (for pleasure), Kansas City (for a biology. Peter looks forward to our 35th regional vice president in Scottsdale, Ariz. May Duncan and Karen Sondergeld Whit- girls’ weekend), and finally Chicago. Her reunion. Y Sam Koch is still at UMass His daughter, Sami, is a junior at Saguaro ney’s son graduated from the University airport commentary mentions Denver, trying to build another champion team. High School and tricaptain on the softball of Denver, while Dani Nemec Micsan’s Baltimore with a wine bar, and Nashville, After this year’s spring season he says team. Y Dougie Herbert reports that life is daughter Jessica graduated from Virginia which has a massage chair and nail salon they could be two years away. His oldest good in Arlington, Va. He spends most of Tech. Y Tory Sneff Schulte started a new that come in handy on long trips. Most of son is a junior, so they’re off on college his time chauffeuring his son to baseball position as a strategic account manager the time Nancy is visiting clients and pre- tours. Two of the children were in Orlando games and practices. He caught up with with K12Insight, a small Virginia company senting research. She sometimes wishes in April performing with a dance group at Peter Shribman via an annual March that works with school districts across she’d done this travel a few decades ago Disney, while mom and youngest went for birthday call. Y Linda Alter Chapel’s twin the U.S. to help solidify relationships when she’d have bounced back quicker. support and sun. Y Catherine Courte- girls were 19 months in April when she with parents, teachers, students, and A few years ago, she and her daughter naye’s solo exhibition of her paintings at wrote. She reports that life is a lot of fun communities. Tory’s middle daughter, traveled to see relatives in Montana via the Boise Art Museum runs May 13 to Oct. with toddlers, especially now that the Min- Delaney, is joining her sister Courtney at Spokane and a rented convertible they 15. She’s happy to report that she made nesota snows have melted. Summer plans Radford University (VA) in September, drove through the beautiful Coeur D’Alene it through a Montana winter (more snow include trips to Colorado and Montana. Y and youngest daughter Kendall will be region. Nancy may do the trip again but than Maine) and is there to stay. Y Hillary Mark Cavanaugh lives in Etna, N.H., with a high school junior. Y On a business via Salt Lake City and Yellowstone. Any Jones Egan was again fortunate to travel his “better half,” Pamela Pantos—Newton trip in Manhattan last winter, Valentine classmates along that route? In June she with the Colby Chorale on tour under the native, Wellesley grad, former opera star Talland spent a “perfect afternoon with
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But it Mashantum Tennis Club in Dennis and was Kittredge’s Three Ring Binder project—a program that promises high-speed Internet service to Maine’s tries to write a book (science fiction) in his free time. His wife, Martha (Merrifield ’85), 1983 underserved areas—that most impressed Mainebiz. F The Sal Lovegren Merchant National Association of Women Artists awarded Stefanie teaches high school English at Sandwich [email protected] Rocknak ’88 the $10,000 grand prize in its Margo Harris HS. Oldest son Luke ’14 finished his first I apologize that a lot of this news is left Hammerschlag Direct Carving competition. Rocknak, year at Colby—he was on the tennis team over from winter. Y Boyd McHugh enjoyed associate professor of philosophy at Hartwick College, and played in the jazz band—and younger Stefanie Rocknak ’88 carves figurative sculptures in wood. “My sculpture is a brother Matthew finished his freshman a ski week at Sugarloaf with wife Astrid manifestation of my philosophical belief that not all art year of high school and his first season and kids Carrena and Brad. Boyd’s clan should be conceptual,” Rocknak said in a release. “There is a perennial need for rep- playing number one on the tennis team. followed Lisa Wormwood Preney ’84 as resentative figurative art … which forces us to stop and look at certain expressions.” F Y Cathy Leonard Swain was selected they “ripped it down White Nitro from the Patrick Clendenen ’88 is among the 2011 Father of the Year honorees of the American to participate in a National Endowment summit!” On the way home to Maryland Diabetes Association. Clendenen, an attorney and cofounder of Boston’s Lawyers Have for the Humanities summer seminar in they had dinners with John Bowen ’85, who a Heart 5K Road Race, was honored based on “demonstrated balance of professional Spain. She’ll spend four weeks studying lives in Portland, and Brad Miller ’82, who success, devotion to his family, and community leadership.” medieval and early modern Islamic Spain lives in Lexington, Mass. Y Leslie Gregory with 15 other teachers. They’ll spend time works as a literacy coach for grades 6-12 and teaches reading intervention and a the remarkable Bishop Sav Zembillas ’79, graphic arts machine manufacturing, in Valencia, Granada, Cordoba, Sevilla, couple of multimedia classes in Sears- wandering the galleries at the Metropolitan importing, and distribution company— and Toledo. She’s really excited! Y Brian port, Maine. Her school’s radio station Museum of Art and chatting about art, with his sisters Pam and Wendy Neville Sanborn remarried last summer after is [email protected]. Son Baxter is books, and life.” Val also went to Colby Kraunelis ’85. He frequently sees Clay 13 years as a widower. He relocated to a sophomore in high school and totally in April to see Yeats’s Cuchulain plays Hutchison ’82, Peter Buzzini, and Victor Sanford, Maine, and hopes to stay awhile. into football. Leslie enjoys whitewater and directed by Richard Sewell. She had a and Ginny Bulford Vesnaver, whose son He enjoyed watching his older daughter, sea kayaking and cross-country skiing nice visit with Professor Sewell and wife Victor “VJ” Jr. graduated from Colby two Allana ’13, play softball on the Colby team. with her sweetheart. Life is good. Y And Kim Gordon, as well as Yeats authority weekends before reunion! “It’s hard to Y Nancy Daley relocated to Wilmington, life continues to be sweet for Andrea and Professor Doug Archibald, then enjoyed a believe that 30 years has passed, but N.C., because her oldest two boys, Michael Scott Stein. Scott started a new job as a wonderful visit with her niece, a freshman oh so fun for us to have a son doing the and Thomas ’09, graduated in June from general manager in the consumer media at Colby. Y Lynne D’Angelo Many’s oldest same 30 years later!” Daughter Valerie Special Forces training, Green Berets, at group at USA Today. Dan Marra, Barb son graduated from Colby in 2010; her ’13 will be a junior at Colby. AND they Fort Bragg. She’s working as a health and Leonard, and Jennifer Thayer Naylor youngest is a freshman at Delaware. She couldn’t attend reunion because they were wellness coach for a nutrition club called visited Scott in NYC in between issues. candidly writes that her divorce in February at the high school graduation of daughter Healthy4LifeNC. Son Patrick finished his Y Noble Carpenter joined Cassidy Turley was almost 28 years to the day after the Veronica, an incoming freshman at Colby! sophomore year at Bridgewater State. Y in New York to lead its capital markets engagement and, after a 25-year hiatus, Validating the voluminous vitality of Victor, Sue Woods Spofford got together with expansion into key markets across the she is “looking forward to her next career Virginia, VJ, Valerie, and Veronica Vesnaver Carol Birch and Marcia Nichols Coffin to country. Cassidy Turley is a leading com- while the rest of you are perhaps looking at our venerable college is very verbose, celebrate their 50th birthdays. They had mercial real estate services provider. Y towards retirement!” Y Laura Littlefield but a vivid victory for this virtual village fun as the “four sillies” at an overnight Deena Schwartz Ball will have paintings Bourne’s sister Pamela Littlefield Gasner of vibrant virtuosos. party. Y Matt Lewis married Loreena included in both Splash 12, Celebrating ’84 and Lisa Nolan Boudreau were part of White May 14 in the Dominican Republic. Artistic Vision, and Splash 13, Alterna- the 26th annual Rhode Island Statewide Karen Zuffante Pabon was there. They tive Approaches, now in bookstores and Historic Preservation Conference in April. 1982 celebrated the birth of a child in Novem- Nancy Briggs Marshall published by Northlight Books. Deena Lisa is executive director of the Southeast ber. Y Dan Crocker finished his 12th year [email protected] attended a lecture at Haverford College by Lighthouse Foundation and Pam is execu- teaching mathematics and reading at Hall- Gina Werfel, her Colby painting professor. tive director of the Block Island Historical Ed Solensky extends greetings from New Dale Middle School in Hallowell, Maine. Curt ’82 and Deena’s eldest daughter, Society. Both women were instrumental Jersey, where he’s a partner in a Newark- He’s moderately active in theater and the Erica, graduated from Bard College and in moving the Southeast Lighthouse away based litigation defense firm. This year Ed go-to guy when the high school produc- attends the University of Pennsylvania as from Mohegan Bluffs, a 180-foot cliff, spoke in New Orleans at the Council on tions require an older actor. Wife Christy a Benjamin Franklin Fellow for a Ph.D. in in 1993. In May the Block Island Times Litigation Management’s annual confer- (Gledhill ’84) is still executive director of music composition. Daughter Lydia ’13 will awarded Pam the prestigious Bayberry ence. Being in the Big Easy brought back the Maine Indoor Air Quality Council (14 be in New Zealand for the first semester Award for her exceptional work to foster fond memories of his days on Mayflower years). They’ll celebrate their 26th anni- of her junior year at Colby. Y Jennifer conservancy efforts on the island. Y Skip Hill. Y Lt. Colonel Bob Benjamin was versary in August. They both sing in the Beever received the Certified Inbound Neville and wife Donna celebrated their deployed in January and has traveled to Colby-Kennebec Choral Society. Daughter Marketing Professional Honors Distinction 23rd anniversary. Son Conant completed various training sites since March. When Abby ’13, who loves Colby, is contemplat- certification for her knowledge in inbound his freshman year at St. Lawrence Univer- he returns he’ll command a battalion in ing spending her junior year abroad. She’s marketing, including online marketing, sity, while daughter Lilli, entering her senior N.H. His wife, Lynne, is a single mom for a history major with a minor in creative search engine optimization, blogging, and year at RPI, is studying mechanical and the next year. Their oldest son finished writing and is active in theater. Son Ben social media. She helps clients optimize materials engineering and has a summer his junior year at Vassar, and their older is a high school junior and captain of the their LinkedIn and other social media internship with Lockheed Martin in NY. Skip daughter hopes to transfer to Univ. San baseball and basketball teams. He went profiles, improve their website traffic and runs the family business—a Rhode Island Diego. Younger daughter finished eighth on a mission trip to the DR in June. Son
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traction, and create social media strate- live in Manhattan, where Karen is a psy- 1985 first time since 1990 (you can get away gies and content. Y Susie Macrae and chotherapist in private practice. Doug is Katie Hollander Adams with that living abroad). Work continues husband Eric Broadbent ’84 enjoyed trips medical director at The Children’s Village, [email protected] to go well. Y This spring Tom Menzies to Colby to visit middle son Jackson ’13. a foster care residential treatment center. spoke to economics majors at Colby and It was great to hear from so many of In addition to hikes on Runnals Hill and Y Last spring Maureen Hagerty Polimeno participated in a panel discussion on you. Stuart Johnson and his wife, Carol, in the arboretum and skiing at Sugarloaf, watched daughter Aimee ’14 during Colby’s careers in public policy. He reconnected welcomed twin boys, Brad and Chris, last they attended a woodmen’s meet. “Nice to softball spring training in Florida, where Moe with professors Tom Tietenberg, Jim November. By his calculation he should see that much is the same. Although I have met lots of Colby families. She and husband Meehan, and Hank Gemery and attended be able to retire in his early 80s. Y Swing yet to meet a student who knows anything Jay ’81 planned to attend as many Colby the annual Grossman Lecture. Tom hopes Robertson planned to run the Boston about the stair falls in Foss.” Y Stephanie softball games as possible this season. On he didn’t scare anyone from pursuing Marathon in April; hope the wind shaved and Troy Dagres’s son Andrew ’14 spent April 2 Moe attended the Colbyettes 60th a career in policy analysis. Y Steven minutes off your time, Swing! Swing was his first semester at Colby in Salamanca, reunion and had a great time reconnect- and Angela Drennen Hansen eagerly honored to be chosen class president. Spain, and loved it. Troy and Stephanie ing and singing with old and new friends. anticipate becoming empty nesters. Their He keeps in touch with Doug Brown, visited him there last October, and Troy The current Colbyettes did a beautiful job youngest son, Matthew, is entering college Dail Zimmermann ’87, and Peter Coley was nostalgic about his first semester of organizing the event and are amazing sing- to pursue secondary education, and their ’86. Y Tom Colt traveled to Cuba with junior year in Madrid. At Colby Andrew ers. “It’s nice to be back at Colby!” Y T.J. oldest son, David, is a sophomore at the his wife, Megan—lots of mojitos, cigar was a pitcher on the baseball team and Palmer still coaches Brewster hockey and Art Institute in Atlanta studying audio smoking, and salsa dancing. Tom is a lived in the old Lambda Chi frat. Troy said, reports that he has a solid team coming production. Angela is in her fifth year as college counselor at Shady Hill Academy “It’s now called some other funny name in for next year—maybe he can finally sell pastor of St. Catherine Spiritual Church in Pittsburgh (expect to hear from some and hasn’t changed in 30 years. I think I a player to Coach Tortorella. If anyone is in Gaithersburg, Md. Y Rodney Krause of us soon, Tom) and started his second could still smell the stale Old Swill. But it’s in the Lake Winnipesaukee area, “the lake visited Tom Valinote in Montecito, Calif. season as a duck boat narrator. Y Carol undergoing a complete renovation over the water is great!” Y Eric van Gestel enjoys Rodney reports Tom is “living the dream Eisenberg moved to Peaks Island, Maine, summer and Andrew will live there again in life in the San Francisco Bay area—can’t with a wonderful wife and two beautiful after graduation and recently moved to a his sophomore year.” Troy is senior account beat the weather. He recently started a daughters.” Kevin Bruen also visited Tom new super-insulated home that she and manager at Lexmark International and company called CrisisGuard, Inc., focused and noted, “When you visit Tom, it’s like husband David Simpson ’86 designed the family lives in Newburyport. They see on helping parents protect their kids and visiting a zoo. He has three horses, four and built with a framing assist from John Perlowski, wife Jane, and son Joey caregivers protect those suffering from dogs, two cats, and two rats.” Kevin still Meghan Casey’s husband. Even without often and communicate with Mule team- dementia and Alzheimer’s. Eric caught up works in CA for the U.S. Coast Guard. Y a furnace, the home is toasty during mates Jeff Paradis and John Northrop on with Jeff “Harpo” Martin, who began his Bruce Raphael changed law firms and Maine winters. Carol recently returned Facebook. Y Becky Crook Rogers turned own entrepreneurial venture. Eric looks has joined the Boston office of Jones Day. from Guatemala, where she volunteered in her first Canine Companion puppy, Nava. forward to a trip back to New England this Y As a new trustee, Julie Sands Causey with her daughter, Maxine, 16. In April she She works part time leading new YMCA summer. Y Sonia Kaloosdian Hale lives in visits Colby often. She is amazed by the headed to Washington, D.C., with her other staff orientations, working on scholar- the Boston area. She and her husband look opportunities the students have and the daughter, Charlotte, 13, who received the ship fundraising campaigns, and also at forward to taking their daughters to Paris quality of work they’re doing. She loves Maine middle school student prize from Starbucks. Youngest son Michael is going this summer. Her oldest daughter plays watching teams practice under the lights Prudential’s Spirit of Community awards. to Ohio State University (go Buckeyes). tennis and will play on a U.S. teen team in on the new football field while students Y After 30 years skiing together in New Becky and husband Jess traveled to Alaska Europe. Sonia paints mostly official and and community members run the track. England, a group of ’85ers got together and have trips planned to Ashland, Ore., family portraits as well as still lifes and Julie encourages everyone to get their at the new home of Ann-Meg White and and to California. They visited Becky’s landscapes. Three of her portraits were Colby Fund contributions in. “Let’s work Sean Padgett in Utah for a long weekend parents in Alabama this spring. Y Write included in the Best of Worldwide Figura- together to support another fabulous of skiing, poker, and football. Stephen to me, people, and fill me in on your lives. tive and Portrait Artists, and she had an group of Colby students.” Y Thanks for Langlois sent a great picture of the unveiling of two portraits for a new library the updates! group (see it at our class page at www. in Dudley, Mass. See her work at www. 1984 colby.edu/alumni) that included Stephen, soniahale.com. Y John Tawa’s life in the Mary Kate Whalen Sean, Rick Anderson, Steve Reed, Mark Pacific Northwest is blissfully boring. He 1986 [email protected] Howard, Eric Trucksess, Sandy Codding, Henrietta “Hank” Yelle has an idyllic, stress-free marriage going Eddie Maggiacomo, and Jeff Flinn. They [email protected] Thanks everyone for keeping the news and on 15 years and three amazing sons. The “survived off piste powder runs and shred- updates coming—you make this gig easy. Y hardest part is being on the road 100 days As I write this column, many of you are ding moguls with an Olympic freestyler, Sam Staley has exciting news—A Warrior’s each year, which means missing athletic getting ready to head to Waterville for our and there were no long term injuries.” Soul, his second novel for middle-grade contests, including those of 12-year-old 25th reunion. I have never missed one and Y Suzanne Krumm Yerdon is director of readers, will be released in July. It’s a bully son Tim, who has been compared by pro am sorry that this is almost surely going industry relations at National Exchange drama set in contemporary times with a scouts to Red Sox center fielder Jacoby to be the first time. Chris (Engstrom) and Carrier Association, a telecom-related martial arts theme. He expects it to be Ellsbury. Y Sharon Kehoe Miller took a I have bought a new house just down the company in Whippany, N.J. She juggles available in bookstores in July. Cross your trip to the Galapagos Islands last February road from where we’ve been living for the this job with raising her 15-year-old twins, fingers everyone!Y We have a few “next with a group from Rocky Mountain College past 13 years in Lexington, Mass. It’s a who play soccer and tennis. Y MJ James generation” Colby reports. While dropping in Billings, Mont., where a good friend works small mid-century modernist house in a Pirri has taken horseback riding lessons off their son Ben ’14 to start his freshman as professor. They took an eight-day cruise woodsy neighborhood—we get a whole for years and just started showing in Rhode year at Colby, Doug Waite and Karen Wexler and then spent five days on mainland new style to enjoy while keeping the Island. She already has nine first-place ’83 ran into Adam ’83 and Becca Cunning- Ecuador. The wildlife in the Galapagos is neighbors and town we love. Our almost- ribbons and three second-place ribbons! ham Weiss, whose daughter Amara ’14 also amazing. If anyone is inclined to go, do it! 8-year-old son, Henri, is looking forward Y James Gill lives in England and had fun started at Colby last fall. Ben launched and After she returned home she learned there to a tree house. Unfortunately, the move performing in “an original English panto- published Outside Colby: A Nonpartisan was a Colby Jan Plan to the Galapagos just date falls right on top of reunion! Would mime” of Peter and the Wolf with two of Political Publication that includes editorials weeks earlier—great minds think alike. Y someone please have a late-night Colby his kids. Other highlights included finishing on political news written by Colby students. Have a great summer everyone. 8 for me at the Spa? (Can’t I call it the Karen and Doug and youngest son Joshua his U.S. tax return before April 15 for the Pub?) Y Jim Campbell’s plans for reunion
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An Ounce of Prevention | Melissa Early Ruwitch ’89
College freshmen have a lot to do their first dorm events, bulletin boards, e-newsletters, month on campus. Talking about sexual health and one-on-one contacts, the ambassadors and alcohol abuse, however, is typically not bring the issues directly to the students. high on their list. Melissa Early Ruwitch ’89 The health liaisons take their jobs seriously, understands this, but raises the topic anyway. Ruwitch notes, but are creative and have fun As chief of health promotion services at with their programming. Washington University in St. Louis, Ruwitch Ruwitch had a similar experience at oversees programs to educate not just the Colby, where the St. Louis native ran a 1,500 freshman but the entire student body on women’s group and started the group Colby issues such as mental health, stress reduction, Against Sexual Assault. After college, in sexual health, alcohol use, and sexual violence. Washington, D.C., she landed a job at a “The first six weeks of the college experience consulting company whose clients champi- are so dangerous on the topics of sexual assault oned women’s issues such as reproductive and alcohol and other drugs,” Ruwitch said. “We health, breast cancer research, and passage don’t want to leave anything to chance.” of the Family Medical Leave Act, for which Ruwitch’s team starts its programming Ruwitch wrote testimony that was read on early each fall. During orientation, upper- Capitol Hill. classmen present a skit about sexual assault Though Ruwitch is still working on the same called The Date and lead discussions after the issues that she was at Colby—spitting in the performance. The play is powerful, she said, wind, she calls it—she pushes on. New initia- and an effective tool to get students talking tives to tackle these perennial problems, coupled about difficult subjects. Melissa Early Ruwitch ’89 with passionate student leaders, renew her. Her efforts don’t stop there. Ruwitch health services, making crucial connections “We’re always making things better and oversees peer education programs and each and referring students, if needed, to services reaching more people. And critically analyz- year trains a dozen sophomores as health on campus. ing what we do to make sure it’s worth all the liaisons to each freshman dorm. These student Prevention and risk reduction are para- effort,” she said. “You have to keep mixing it up ambassadors—typically premed students—act mount. “We want to be proactive and connect and keep your messages out there all year long.” as an outreach arm to the university’s student people to their resources,” she said. Through —Laura Meader
are also up in the air as I write, as he just busy as usual—she graduated from the 1987 of his junior year abroad experiences accepted a new assignment and is sched- University of Washington with a master’s Scott Lainer while on regular business trips to “Jolly uled to report to U.S. Central Command in in nurse-midwifery in June, after a crazy [email protected] Old.” (Hundreds of years ago, I wonder Tampa in June to begin his position as an few years mixing work, grad school, and if they called it “Jolly Young.”) He also Yes, it’s that time of year again, when the operational plans officer working on our parenting. The two sons keeping her reports that his son, Brendan, was just swallows fly back to Capistrano. Truth various military activities in the Middle busy include a high school junior who named cocaptain of his high school varsity be told, I have no idea why they actually East and Central Asia. Y Tom McCallum wants to study music, jazz in particular. basketball team in Montgomery, N.J., a leave Capistrano. I hear it’s a pretty fun sounds like he needs a dose of reunion His high school band was one of 15 in school that coincidently will contribute place, except for all the bird poop. This too, as he sometimes feels like the lone North America chosen to compete at the a standout player to Colby next year. Y is the time of year when our thoughts Colby person in NC after being pleasantly Essentially Ellington festival, sponsored Hannah Howland Judson just released turn to love, sunshine, and, of course, surrounded by Colby alums in his previous by Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City a record, Underbelly. You can listen at class news. Y On that note, did anyone locales of Boston, the NY metro area, and this year. Her younger son, a high school www.cdbaby.com/cd/hannahjudson. out there make partner at an executive San Francisco. Having made the move freshman, loves history and Latin and She’s performing a 16-week concert search firm?O h wait, here’s somebody. to the “Triangle”—AKA Raleigh, Durham, talks about going to Colby. Mary Lou’s series with her band at a theater in the Jeff DiSandro was promoted to partner and Chapel Hill—Tom is working for Red sincerest wish is have two uninterrupted first arrondissement through July 1. (Wish I at national top-20 executive search firm Hat, the leading provider of open-source weeks of relaxation at their cabin on Birch could be there!) Hannah goes on to say: “I Howard Fischer Associates International. software solutions, as the VP of investor Island in Casco Bay this summer. Good ran the Paris Marathon last week on a very (International because they have a small relations. He’s not all alone, of course, luck, Mary Lou! Y Another classmate who hot Sunday. Our children, 9 and 12, go to office in Lichtenstein.) Well done, Jeff. as he’s married and has two boys, 6 and reports a busy life is Bill Northfield. From the International School in Fontainebleau, Can I be CEO of Microsoft? Please? Y 8. Outside of sports for the kids, Tom’s his outpost in jolly old England, where he and we are in Maine and Spain every Jeff Russell, who always comes through family has fun at their beach house in works at Deutsche Bank, he noted that summer. Life is good.” (Sounds a little with news, is seriously considering getting Pawleys Island, halfway between Myrtle he really looked forward to April, when better than good, Hannah.) Y Gingy Harris a dog (a Jeff Russell terrier, no doubt). Y Beach and Charleston, S.C. Tom notes he’d get some downtime at work due to Gable lives in San Francisco. She says, Brad Fay writes that his “word of mouth” that the water is significantly warmer a late Easter, the royal wedding, and a “We have a ranch in the Napa Valley. I run research company, Keller Fay Group, than in Camden, Maine. I suspect he’ll bank holiday! Y I hope all of you find some into Katie Webster [Kocks] from time to just opened Keller Fay Ltd. in London. (I have more Colby visitors than he ever peaceful time this summer and that you’ll time in San Fran and talk to Marianne actually heard that by word of mouth.) wanted if he releases the address of send me news of your favorite relaxing Campbell Hockenberry. My son, Bo, just Brad is looking forward to reliving some that beach house. Y Mary Lou Kopas is moments. Be well, friends! turned 5 and is going off to kindergarten.
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Our almost two-year-old company, Cultivar online program through UMass. She and year in DC and is a budding gymnast. When to wearing shorts every day than Maine Wine, is flourishing. We just released our Jim live in Northampton, Mass., and luckily she wrote in April, Beth was expecting a was. Y Tom Sherry recently saw some 2010 Sauvignon Blanc and our 2009 visit Maine often, with houses in Kittery visit from Jenn Cooke Rotman and her artwork at a gallery in Black Mountain, Cabernet Sauvignon. Cultivar Wine is Point and Monhegan. Y Also checking in family. Y Congratulations to John Semple N.C., and to his surprise it turned out to on many restaurant wine lists including was Katie Maloney, who writes, “My hus- and his wife, Raquel Guerrero, on the birth be the work of Ellen Langford. They had Bouchon, El Paseo, Boulevard, The Lodge band and our two dogs live in Cumberland, of their first child, John Riddick Semple- a great time catching up at their chance at Pebble Beach, and in Boston at Grill 23 Maine, but are planning to relocate to our Guerrero. The family lives in Denver. Y meeting. Tom placed second in the 24-mile & Bar and at Post 390. We appreciate the camp in Carrabassett Valley. I still paint— Saul and Catherine Cook Zambrano live Tampa Bay Marathon Swim with a time guidance that my Colby friends have given houses and art—and some of my work in San Francisco with their two girls, Zofia, of 9 hours 40 minutes. He now has the us with placement in liquor stores and can be seen at http://divapainting.com. 5, and Josephina, 1. Y Richard and Desiree Manhattan Island Marathon Swim in his restaurants. [Yeah, guidance. In exchange We took a 21-day trip to Nicaragua, our Pullen Merritt live in Raymond, Maine, sights. Amazing, Tom—are you sure you for a few thousand free samples.] Our second time to that country. Because we’re with son, Reese, 8. Desiree teaches fourth are as old as the rest of us? Y Lastly, high-end wine, Caspar Estate Cabernet both self-employed we plan on spending grade in Harrison. Her work integrating I am saddened to report the passing of Sauvignon, will be released later this more time there, trying in a small way to the fourth grade curriculum with making Bill Priestley after a valiant battle with summer, made from our organic grapes. make a difference in the lives of some of films was featured on WCSH-TV (Portland’s pancreatic cancer. Bill is survived by his Looking forward to seeing you here in the locals we have become friends with.” NBC affiliate) as the May 2011 “School wife, Kinda Remick Priestley, and their San Francisco or Napa, or I’ll settle for Y I would love to pass along the torch of that Shines.” Desiree teaches the writ- four children. If you have a photo or story Facebook.” (Don’t worry, Jeff DiSandro writing the column. Please contact Colby’s ing process and helps students work on of Bill to share, you can do it at http:// will call you in a minute.) Y Uh-oh, only Alumni Relations Office (alumni@colby. their reading fluency while incorporating williampriestly.webs.com. Please keep 219 words left. And I always go 650. So… edu) if you’re interested. Thanks so much. the use of digital technology. I wish I’d Bill’s family in your thoughts and prayers. I was just speaking to a writer friend at I hope the next columnist can inspire an had a fourth grade teacher like Desiree! work and discussing the unavoidable outpouring of news! Y Because so few of you chose to share eventualities of life. For the most part, if news this time, you get to hear All About 1991 Dave Shumway we’re really lucky, we get happy times with Anita. After an exhausting but wonderful [email protected] friends and family. Memories that sustain 1989 two-week trip to Australia in March, I’m Anita Terry Greetings, classmates! Everybody must us and offer a clear definition of why we’re [email protected] excited for a July vacation back “home,” here. But eventually, no matter how care- AKA Maine. We’re trying to hit the high have been busy preparing for reunion, fully we live and how hard we try, we get Gerry Hadden will be busy this fall. Baby points, visiting family in western Maine, because the news was been slow. We crappy times. It may be a sudden loss or a number three is due in September, and spending a couple of days on Monhegan, have a few things to report, though, mostly seemingly unresolvable problem at work. his book, Never the Hope Itself: Love spending time at Colby (where I plan to from overseas. Y Last November Becca It may cost money or time or dignity. All and Ghosts in Latin America and Haiti, is purchase lots of paraphernalia—my older Brackett Price’s life was turned upside three on rare occasions. I don’t know if coming out Sept. 6. Y Shaun Dakin runs daughter is nearly 11 and it’s time to start down with the arrival of her 4-and-a-half- it’s to help us appreciate the good times the Application Privacy Project on mobile the Colby brainwashing), and of course year-old daughter, Zoe. Becca and her or that God shakes the globe like some applications and privacy for the Future of catching up with my Colby roommates husband were in China for two weeks and Crazy 8 ball or just the randomness of Privacy Forum in DC. Y Anthony Scaturro Meg Christie and Tracy Gionfriddo and learned very little Chinese, but Zoe is fluent life itself. But remember, particularly if “still” teaches physics at St. Andrews their fabulous families. I cannot wait to be in English already. The Montessori school you’re experiencing anything resembling School in Savannah, Ga. Anthony’s son, back in Maine again. Y I hope you have a she just started attending is challenging, insurmountable challenge right now: when Matt, who graduated from West Point in great summer and that you’ll write and tell but they’ve had a hard time keeping up the hard times come, they always pass. 2010, just completed Ranger school at me all about it. Otherwise the next issue with her as she’s very active and smart. Every trough leads to a crest. Always. If Fort Benning, and his daughter, Kristina, might be a vacation pictures slideshow! They’re all happy and hoped to make it to they didn’t, I wouldn’t have any class news. just graduated from Florida International reunion. Y I was especially glad to hear Y Stay thirsty, my friends. University with a J.D. Tell Kristina welcome from Tim Palmer. Tim and his family live to the wonderful world of lawyering for me, 1990 in Iida City, Japan, in the south of Nagano Anthony! Y Senator Andrew Ian Dodge? Kristin Hock Davie prefecture. They’re a bit north of Nagoya 1988 Our intrepid classmate is running in the [email protected] and west of Tokyo and Mt. Fuji. Tim teaches Heidi Irving Naughton Maine Republican senatorial primary Congratulations to KT Long on her mar- English and does translation work. He does [email protected] against incumbent Olympia Snowe. Check riage to Tom Auger in Atlanta this past karate and is now an instructor with his A little bit of news to report. Roxie Pitkin out www.electthedodge.com. And, Andrew March. Y After a trip to Colby and a third dan (degree). Happily married, he McKeever e-mailed me days after the says, “donations are encouraged and subsequent proposal in Rangeley, Maine, has his two sons, Alec, 12, and Ryan, 7. deadline for the spring magazine. Thank appreciated.” Y Brendan Cahill, his wife, Sean Pratt and Holly Peirce were married They’re both popular in school and do well you for responding Roxie. Roxie works and their four kids moved to Pelham, N.Y., last November. Sean left his job with DOD scholastically. Tim wrote, “The only really as a surgical nurse at Baystate Medical in December. Brendan reports that life at and now lives in Barbados with Holly and earth-shattering news here is the March Center, in Springfield, Mass. After graduat- Fordham University is still going well. No her son, Ben, 7. Holly is the supervisory 11 earthquake. Even though it was over ing magna cum laude in May 2010 from word on whether Pelham has erected a general service officer at the U.S. embassy 200 miles away, we really felt it shake. It UMass Amherst’s Second Bachelor’s statue to former resident John “Johnny P” in Bridgetown. Y Mark Panek published was more of a swaying, maritime kind of Degree Program, she started her nine- Reynolds. Y Beth Bitoff Odom is prepar- his second book, Big Happiness: The Life feel than the normal jolty rumbling that month residency for new RNs at Baystate’s ing for her eighth move with her husband, and Death of a Modern Hawaiian Warrior. we experience, and it lasted for almost surgical trauma unit. She’ll be part of Mark, who is a colonel in the Army. Beth The book is about Percy Kipapa, a gaijin three minutes, which is pretty unheard of. the cardiac/vascular team moving into makes the most of her moves, though. Last (non-Japanese) sumo wrestler known as While we weren’t (and still aren’t) affected Baystate’s “Hospital of the Future 2012” summer she used the move from Wash- Daiki (Big Happiness) and the problems directly in the form of damage or radiation, OR suites next March. “My husband, Jim, ington state to DC as an opportunity for he faces upon his return to Hawaii. Mark we felt it in other ways. There was a lot tells me he’ll never win the ‘How was your a road trip, driving coast to coast with her is associate professor of English at the of panic-buying of bottled water, instant day, honey?’ question since I’ve been an mom, daughter, and the family dogs, who University of Hawai‘i at Hilo. I have to foods, and toilet paper. We were rationed RN working surgery.” She is also a third of apparently enjoyed a “pimped-out” back believe that Mark loves life in Hawaii as to 2-1/2 gallons of gas per fill-up, and the way toward her M.S.N., in a part-time seat. Beth’s daughter, Kate, enjoyed their the climate there is much more suited kerosene, which is our heating oil, sold out
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CM_40-64_A@L_RPH.indd 54 7/7/11 9:03 AM Y Chris and Sarah Burditt McDougall ’92. Y John Utley raced in his first Hare have been in Bend, Ore., for five years. Scramble, which, he taught me, is a form 90s newsmakers Spring finds them cleaning up the yard and of off-road motorcycle racing. It sounds anticipating summer activities. In Colby like just finishing is an accomplishment! Social media expert Tristram Hussey ’91 joined eCrypt fashion Sarah stays active but, in a town Ask him to see the photo with his darling Technologies as community manager and online media filled with professional athletes, doesn’t girls cheering him on. Y Rebekah Free- producer. An author, professional blogger, speaker, strive to be competitive. Sarah works from man Schulze is getting her doctorate and teacher, Hussey quickly launched two websites home as an IT project manager. As is the from Boston University in educational and introduced a weekly podcast at eCrypt. Hussey’s case for many of us, she just turned 40 administration. She’s still working at WPI “extensive background in technology, education, and science … make him the ideal person to lead eCrypt’s and looks forward to another decade of in academic advising. Her kids, Annie, 4, social media efforts,” said Brad Lever, CEO of eCrypt, an adventure. Y Suzy Girard and Mike Saad and Teddy, 2, are doing great. Annie takes information security firm. F Design firm RETTEW hired separately saw Prince play in Oakland in dance lessons with Heather Lounsbury’s geologist David Mostoller ’94 as project manager in February and had fun comparing notes. son, Zac, 3. Heather has Zac and Henry, its environmental science department. With more than Suzy celebrated her 40th with a trip to 1, and works for Avila Technologies and 14 years experience, Mostoller will manage RETTEW’s Paris and Belgium. She says, “I spent my lives in Ashland. Rebekah is also training Kerry Olson Hawkins ’99 natural gas clients, including environmental and water 21st in France during a semester abroad, to do a triathlon in the summer and sees resources permitting and water management planning. so it seemed fitting to celebrate another a lot of Marile Haylon Borden, who got Mosteller’s expertise is in evaluating potential watershed impacts from groundwater big one there. I also just started working her started on these a few years back. Y and surface water withdrawals, drilling techniques, and well design. F Boston/SF for a Boston-based company. Hopefully John Grady is in LA and was recently seen News named Kerry Olson Hawkins ’99 its 2011 Woman of the Year. Vice president at that will mean business trips east that on One Tree Hill. Y And please keep Jessie CB Richard Ellis in Boston, Hawkins was recognized for her professional accomplish- I can combine with long weekends with Newman and her family in your thoughts ments and “vast civic involvement,” such as volunteering as a Spanish translator at friends!” Y Speaking of long weekends and prayers as her mom has lymphoma a food pantry in Charlestown. Hawkins was also named to Boston Business Journal’s with friends, Amy O’Mara Moore and I and so her family is fighting cancer once “40 Under 40” list in 2010. took a long girls weekend at the end of again. This time the odds are stacked 90s milestones April to soak up some sun in Miami and in their favor, so they’re optimistic for celebrate our 40th birthdays. While we great results. Deaths: William H. Priestley ’90, April 8, 2011, in Boston, Mass., at 43. missed most of the royal wedding, you can’t beat margaritas by the pool, jet skis, the sights of South Beach, and all 1995 overnight. Things didn’t get back to normal Y Chris Chin and his wife, Linda, par- Yuhgo Yamaguchi that bright Florida sun! Y Many thanks to until around the end of the month.” Y That’s ticipated in Pat’s Run for the Pat Tillman [email protected] all who sent in news. it for now. It was good to see many of you Foundation in Arizona. The finish line is Foster Klug started a new job as news at reunion. If you didn’t make it, or if we the 42-yard line of Sun Devil Stadium. editor in the AP’s Seoul, South Korea, haven’t heard from you in a while, I extend They also spent a weekend at Attitash in 1994 bureau in November, “just in time for the an extra-special invitation to send news March, with Roger and Leslie Campbell Kimberly Valentine Walsh Koreas to start shelling each other and for our next column. Thanks in advance. Bolton, skiing, singing Irish tunes at a [email protected] threatening nuclear war,” writes Foster. On local pub, and taking in Motor Booty I had the unexpected pleasure of running Jan. 29 Foster’s daughter, Mei, was born. 1992 Affair at Crosswinds (Attitash’s apres ski into Michael Koester and his family on Mother and daughter are doing beauti- lounge). Y Last March Karen Rimas Patry Karen Wu Harbour Island in the Bahamas in March. fully; “my 2-year-old son’s the only one [email protected] participated in the Run for the Border Half We all enjoyed a beautiful and relaxing getting any sleep.” Y Tachou Dubuisson Marathon in Rye, N.H., where she saw spring break. Y Graham and Megan Brown and her husband welcomed their Jason Soules and Sarah Weiland Holland. Campbell Officer had a great visit with first child, Parker Joseph, April 12. He 1993 Meghan Goughan ran the Eastern States Roger Hughes and Katherine in London was born at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Jill Moran Baxter 20-miler that day—both races crossed the and got to meet their new baby, Alice, Angeles. Y Patricia Jurriaans Hunkins [email protected] same finish line. Jen Larsen Daileanes as well as play with their son, Owen. Y is currently a stay-at-home mom in the and her family joined Karen and family It’s raining boys! In May Daniel O’Grady Allison Guth Wells, Elizabeth Labovitz Seattle area. She and her husband, Frank, at Saddleback last winter for some fun and wife Lindsay welcomed son Seamus Smith, and Michelle Tadros Eidson ran have two kids: Blake, 7, and Flora, 5. Y skiing and snowshoeing—and happy hour Daniel O’Grady. Ben Marglin and wife in the Big Sur International Marathon— Debbie Butler had a son, William, March at the Swig ’n Smelt. Karen also ran into Paula had a baby boy March 1, named they not only had beautiful views but 5. “Katie loves being a big sister!” reports Laura Schuler Hagedorn at Saddleback Joshua Howard Marglin. The families of Elizabeth beat her previous time by 25 Debbie. Y Abe Rogers is still in the Paktika last winter. Y Matt Isham earned his Ph.D. Tim Merrigan and Eric DeCosta also minutes and Michelle qualified for the province of Afghanistan. As a member of in U.S. history from Penn State in August both welcomed healthy baby boys. Connell Boston Marathon. Y Congratulations to the 1st Battalion 181st Infantry Regiment 2010 and recently accepted an offer to John Merrigan and Jackson James Decosta Jessica Matzkin Shactman, who takes of the Massachusetts National Guard, be the managing director of the George were born this spring. Congratulations! on the role of dean of students at Blair he is providing security for provincial and Ann Richards Civil War Era Center at Y Scott Abrams and his wife, Fabiana, Academy in the fall. Y Anika Smith Taylor reconstruction teams. Abe expects to Penn State. Matt’s son, Owen, 10, is in visited the Costa del Sol in Spain for a and Megan MacDonald Davis live on the be back in the U.S. later this summer. Y fourth grade and runs track. He’s already warm, sunny vacation. While Scott and same street in Manchester, Mass. The also Karin Hansen is the visual arts director the fastest 400- and 800-meter runner Fabiana had had enough of the winter have kids in the same preschool class! at Boston Children’s Museum. She lives in in his school. Matt writes, “clearly, he weather, their black lab, Hobbes couldn’t Anika and husband Torin (Shaggy) Taylor Marblehead, Mass. Y Stephanie Brewster gets his running talent from his mother, get enough of the snow. Hobbes’s favorite ’92 have three kids—Nils, 9, Augusta, 7, Haen is getting ready to move to Belgium Michelle (Severance ’94) and not from winter moment was accompanying them and Ernest, 3. In January the whole family in July. Y Joe and Alyssa Falwell Ross me.” Y Mark Radcliffe bumps into fellow as they snowshoed up Pico Mountain in traveled to the Dominican Republic for took a cruise and vacation to SeaWorld singer/songwriter Jason Spooner ’95 on Vermont to the summit, where skiers and the wedding of Scott Graham ’92. They Orlando with their boys, Aidan, 9, Colin, the road while promoting his album and snowboaders were shocked to be greeted all had a great time with Josh Cummings 8, and Seamus, 5. Alyssa works as the performing. Mark also sees Dave Moore by a big dog as they got off the chairlift. ’92, Wylie Dufresne ’92, and Aaron Davis director of marketing at Dassault Sys- ’91 in the advertising world while in NYC.
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tèmes, a French-owned product lifecycle third-grade math and research projects a lot of time traveling and snowboarding in human genetics at Sarah Lawrence Col- management software company. Alyssa and teaches infant/toddler sign language and looks forward to reconnecting with lege, where she went to grad school. She works in Massachusetts but lives across classes on the side. Kathy plans a camping Paul Hennigan, Jon Cannon ’96, and also works at a full-time genetic counseling the border in Windham, N.H., where her trip to Acadia this summer. She recently Dan Polk ’95 this summer. Y Carter Davis job. On Saturdays during the school year boys stay busy playing baseball, soccer, ate brunch with Sheila Grant Orphanides, spent a weekend with four of his senior- Stephanie volunteers with Minds Matter, basketball, and hockey. Y My wife, Lind- Gretchen Rice King, and Heather Hunt year roommates—Steve Kidd, CJ Polcari, a nonprofit that pairs adult mentors with sey, and I welcomed our first child, Mia Swales. Y Angelique Coyne Sabin didn’t Mark Adelman, and Dana Cease—at a lake high-achieving, low-income students from Jolie Yamaguchi, in February. Both mom come to reunion. But... but... she had an house in Connecticut. They were joined by NYC’s public schools. Lastly, she ran her and daughter are happy and healthy. We excuse: family expansion, as daughter the husbands of Sandra Lund Sargisson first half marathon in June 2010 in Canton, just returned from a trip to California to Charlotte Beatrice was born March 2, and Marnie Eckelman Steffe. Stephen Mass., with Kate White ’97, Chris Sullivan introduce Mia to her family on the West joining brother William, 6. Angel enjoys also wrote, “Steve Kidd was training a ’97, and Welling LaGrone ’97. Y Todd Coast. We are thrilled beyond words and life at Starbucks while hubby Mike enjoys good portion of the weekend for his June Poling and his wife, Parker, welcomed enjoying our new bundle of joy! agency life at Azeen’s scrappy upstart, recumbent bike trip across New England. their second daughter, Eliza May Poling, Microsoft. Y Sheila Grant Orphanides I also saw Mark and Chrissy Killheffer April 23. Everyone is healthy and well in tells me that her life is not especially Sinclair and their twin daughters in their Washington, D.C. Y Charles Costanzo and 1996 exciting. That’s “gahbage,” as Derek new city, Seattle, in February. While there his wife, Jen Rose, moved from Brooklyn Brad Smith [email protected] Scacchi might say. Anyhow, Sheila and we had dinner with Will Rafferty (the fifth to Seattle with their daughter, Marie, 2. husband Chris ’95 celebrated their 10-year senior-year roommate) and his new wife, They welcomed the change and love their I dedicate this issue of class notes to anniversary with a trip to Scotland in July. who live there.” Y Larry Benesh started new home despite the famous persistent my freshman roommate and the original They live in Rhode Island with son Elias, a new job at Zynga after more than 11 drizzle of the Emerald City. Charlie works Spanish Fly, Alvaro Madrid ’97. Y Jason 6, and daughter Anna, 4. Sheila works years at Microsoft. While in San Francisco as a lobbyist for the American Waterways Imfeld ’97 flew out to San Francisco in part time as an early-childhood education for orientation, he had dinner with Sarah Operators with Chris Coakley. Jen works April for a mini-reunion with Nicole Dan- consultant, and Chris is a marine scien- Simon Shores. Larry was planning to for the Philanthropist’s Forum at the Center nenberg Sorger and Azeen Chamarbag- tist. Sheila planned a long weekend with travel to Boston for the marathon, where for Children and Youth Justice. During the wala. Nicole lives in Belmont, Calif., with Kathy Alexander Romeo, Gretchen Rice he hoped to see Julie Lynch James and move, they enjoyed a wonderful cross- hubbie Jonathan, Noah, 5, and Julian, 22 King, and Heather Hunt Swales. Sweet! Bow Stratton. He also hoped to see country drive and visited Dagan Loisel months. Nicole happily teaches world his- Y And—belatedly (sorry Kristen)—Dan Bob Hart in Chicago over Memorial Day in Chicago, Kelly ’01 and Tara Falsani tory part time at Crystal Springs Uplands and Kristen Drake Patterson welcomed weekend. Larry and Rebecca Hoogs live in Minneapolis, and Brian Golden ’97 in School. Azeen works for an up-and-coming Ezra King Patterson to their family Aug. in Seattle, where Rebecca is doing great Boise. Y Jon Foster recently coauthored software firm called Microsoft. Nicole 2, 2010. Ezra was born at home with things at Seattle Arts & Lectures. They a manuscript detailing the pickled egg- also had a wonderful visit with Suzanne the guidance of two midwives. He joins hope to celebrate their 10-year anniver- making process and was shopping it to Arnold Ennis this spring. Suzanne lives brother Owen, 4. Kristen still works for The sary this summer with a European trip of local TV markets. Y Sara Rigelhaupt and in Manhattan Beach with hubbie Dan, Nature Conservancy’s Africa program out some kind. Y Curt and Simone Kaplan husband Geoff Cramer welcomed Leah Caroline, 6, and Cameron, 4. She keeps of the Arlington, Va., office. Y And finally, Cote welcomed their second baby, Tamsin Rigelhaupt Cramer to the world! Big brother busy with freelance writing projects I got together this spring with legendary Laurel Cote, who joins big sister Margot, Ellis is enjoying his sister and they’re and motherhood, of course. Y Martha Colby javelin thrower Dan Rheaume and 2. Y Congratulations to Morgan von having fun figuring out life with two kids. Previte Botten announces the birth of teammate Ryan Sullivan for beer and Prelle Pecelli, who completed her Ph.D. Y Craig ’97 and Annie Kuniholm Lund- their second daughter, Ella, in October. dinner in Kenmore Square. Dan and wife in anthropology at Columbia. Y Becca sten welcomed a daughter, Gwenhwyfar Of slightly lesser importance, Martha Susan are planning a triumphant return to Durham Whithed moved to the Bitterroot Julia, Aug. 27, 2010. Brother Alexander, recently discovered a terrific hairstylist, New England after a several-year stint in Valley in southwest Montana. She wrote, 3, is a proud ignorer of his baby sister. Y our lovely Kerith Grandinetti. Y Tina Chicago. Upon their return, there will be “We hope to do some mini-farming. I’m Casey and Melissa Carpenter Haire had Garand Branson spent spring break in NYC much rejoicing. Y Keep it coming, please. working at a private ranch doing botany a son, Liam Thomas Haire, April 2. Sisters with her daughter and her ballet company surveys, and enjoying the splendor and my Courtney, 3, and Isabelle, 2, are having a and caught up with Heather Hunt Swales 1997 family.” Y Randy Hall is in his seventh year great time getting to know him. The family while there. Tina still works as a PA in an teaching economics at UMass-Dartmouth. lives in New York City. Y Kevin Zimmerman OB/GYN clinic in Yakima, Wash., with Leah Tortola Walton [email protected] He’s marrying Mandy Eckhoff, whom he Thurston works at UBS in Boston. Y Peter British hubby Paul and children Emma, met five years ago while playing Ultimate and Kristi Straus Clark welcomed Soren 10, and Luke, 5. Tina’s son is proud to Hope everyone is having a great summer. Frisbee. Y Tom Moffitt runs a yogurt Joseph Straus Clark Feb. 17. He keeps say he is a French Canadian from Maine Yawa Duse-Anthony says, “Kids are get- dairy in Brattleboro, Vt. Tom DeCoff, Pat them on their toes. Congratulations to and is totally rocking it on the ice. Beauty, ting huge and I’m still working at Philips Doyle, and Chris Sullivan visited Tom Kristi, who defended her Ph.D. in aquatic eh. Y Aaron Schlechter welcomed a Healthcare.” Y Andrew Weber finished to tour the dairy while it was still under and fishery sciences last November. She’s daughter Jan. 25 named Abigail Chaya an M.Sc. in agricultural economics last construction. They were very impressed! now teaching in UW’s Program on the Schlechter. Concurrently Aaron installed fall, right around the time he became a Environment. Y Marc Hachey has worked a 6.45 kW photovoltaic array on his home father. Y Christian Laycock met Steve as a senior engineering geologist for the in Wilton, Conn., presumably to provide DiLella ’97 for lunch in September. Steve 1998 same geotechnical consulting firm in San cheap renewable power to Abigail’s crib was visiting Atlanta for a housing and Brian M. Gill [email protected] Ramon, Calif., for 10 years. He lives with soother. Aaron works as a project manager urban development conference. Christian his girlfriend and they enjoy traveling, on the Staten Island BlueBelt, where he’s had just started working as an assistant Adam Rana is finishing his residency in skiing, and especially hiking throughout finishing a $21-million infrastructure district attorney for the Atlanta judicial orthopaedic surgery at Boston Medical the West. They took a road trip to Oregon project. Y Kathy Alexander Romeo’s circuit. Y Stephen Drunsic checked in Center. His family—wife Christie (Browning in June and look forward to a trip to Maine life is completely and totally insane. I’m from Vermont, where he now lives while ’99) and sons William, 3 1/2, and Harrison, in September. Y Derek Luke reports lots serious. She has four children: Grace, 9, working for a railroad holding company 1 1/2—is moving to NYC, where Adam will is happening at Coastal Extreme Brewing Ellie, 8, Charlotte, 6, and Lucy, 2—which with properties based in Tennessee. He start a one-year fellowship in orthopaedic Co. Five years ago they launched Thomas means that she has not had a good night’s had a great time recently reconnecting with adult reconstruction at Hospital for Special Tew’s Single Barrel Rum—they were the first sleep since early 2002. Her Colby educa- Amanda Sprang Manelik in Nashville and Surgery. Y Stephanie Andriole teaches a distiller in R.I. since 1842. The Discovery tion comes in handy as she assists with Megan Flynn in Boston. 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CM_40-64_A@L_RPH.indd 56 7/7/11 9:03 AM Channel sent Mike Rowe to showcase their Endowment for the Humanities grant to Mark Edgar and his wife, Kara, had their garage (which holds her newly restored, ethanol-producing skills for an hour-long spend part of the summer studying at second child, Owen Joseph. Ruby has been tangelo-pearl-orange 1970 Camaro) and Dirty Jobs show. The exposure was huge, Brown University. She’s excited to return a gentle, loving big sister! Y Carrie Logie re-sided the house. She’ll be maid of and now eight million people in the U.S. to New England and to see Kristi Jacobi is recently divorced and took the last year honor in her sister’s wedding in August have heard of their flavorful rum. Brent and Meg Belanger as well as others in the to travel. She quit her job and spent 2010 and will spend time in the Azores this fall Ryan ’97, Derek’s best friend and busi- Boston area. This year she convinced six of living in Argentina. She now lives part time with friends. Y Joe and Kate MacLeay ness partner, was the star of the show. her urban students to apply for admission in San Francisco. For the month of May, she Crespo welcomed a baby girl, Amelia Brent and Derek attended the wedding to Colby, and two were accepted! Y Jean- explored Montenegro and Croatia. In Octo- Grace Crespo, Jan. 31. She’s their first of Will Rafferty ’97 along with Mark Sin- Paul Lipton signed on with Idylwilde Flies ber she and her brother will go to Tanzania (besides the puppy). Y Nichole Williams clair ’97. Y Harris Eisenstadt continues Inc., as a “signature tier.” Expect to find his and climb Mt. Kilimanjaro in celebration Badger (married to Paul Badger) manages a busy performing and teaching career signature fly patterns in fly shops across of his 60th birthday. Y In March Michael a successful corporate and entertainment in New York. His first orchestral piece the country next summer. J.P. also joined Farrell went on a fire spinning retreat in law practice in Pennsylvania serving busi- was premiered in June by the American the Ross Reels and Scientific Anglers pro Bali, Indonesia, and loved it. He says Bali ness, authors, filmmakers, and more. She Composers Orchestra, and he recently staff teams. Check in for regular updates is an enchanting place that is definitely also started a nonprofit called Stars Within Y joined the humanities department at at www.roughfisher.com. Steve Murphy worth the long flights!Y While vacationing Reach, which works with professional SUNY Maritime. Harris and his wife, Sara is returning to the U.S. in October after in Panama, Peter Hans, Michael Siegel, athletes and entertainers to support 12 Schoenbeck, keep chasing after their son a year with the State Department in and Ross Frankenfield ran into David different charitable platforms (one each Afghanistan. He will study Arabic for six Owen, 2. Y Drew Magary’s first novel, The Hyde Pierce at a local saloon. Pierce month). Check out www.starswithinreach. months in Washington before starting his Postmortal, will be published by Penguin was a few beers deep and divulged his org. Y Jared and Faith Anderson Hughes next tour with State as a political officer this August. Check it out on Amazon. Y latest brainchild, the Broadway version announce the birth of Annika Marie Nov. in Khartoum, Sudan. Y Shana Dumont Thank you for all your contributions and of hit TV show Full House. Needless to 27, 2010. Annika was born two months married Eric Garr in a small ceremony in enjoy the summer. say, Peter, Michael, and Ross spent the early and spent more than three months Charleston, S.C., April 23. Anne Nettles next four days petitioning Pierce for the in NICU in Spokane. She’s home now and Stanford was there to celebrate. Shana roles of Danny Tanner, Joey Gladstone and doing well. Brother Tanner can’t wait for is based in Raleigh, N.C., and teaches 1999 Uncle Jesse, respectively. Pierce eventu- her to play catch! Lindsay Hayes Hurty art history at the Art Institute of Raleigh/ [email protected] Durham and at the Raleigh Institute of ally gave in and contracts were signed. Unfortunately, upon returning stateside, Contemporary Art. Y Ali Mian is still in Kristy Gould Duncan and her husband Frankenfield pulled out to pursue other 2001 residency at U Chicago, competing in a box Dana Fowler Charette welcomed their first baby, Arlo James, April opportunities while Siegel and Hans didn’t 5 in Santa Monica, Calif. All are happy and lacrosse league, and training for another [email protected] mountain bike race in the fall. Ali chatted feel right moving forward, and the project healthy! Y Oliver Griswold and his wife I’m writing this just weeks before the online recently with Maxine Guay and has ceased. * Jared and Megan Davis Ellen had a daughter, Amelia Milton, Jan. Woodward Poor had their third baby March 10th-year reunion, which unfortunately I’ll 14. She’s a happy baby, and she made Will Polkinghorn, who are both great! 12. Sara Mae Poor joins brothers Jesse, miss as we’re waiting for our second child her parents equally happy by sleeping Y Laurel Coppock lives in Los Angeles 4, and Max, 2. They moved in January to to arrive the week before. Y There was a through the night at 11 weeks! Y Steve with her husband, Bobby Mort. Laurel South Burlington, Vt., (10 minutes from lot of exciting news this quarter. Robb and Lisa Berry Engler welcomed their works as an actor and recently became where they lived before) to a house that Henzi got engaged in January to Pamela second child, Elin Gabrielle, in January. a Groundling, which is a comedy theater can accommodate their growing family. Lowenstein and they’ll marry on Cape Cod Mom, dad, and big brother Samuel love life in Los Angeles. If anybody’s in LA, she Y Y Corey Dwyer Mason and her husband this August. Rob Tarlock ’02, Tim Grayson, as a family of four. Lisa returns to work in performs there every weekend. Kerry welcomed their first child, Charles (Charlie) Erik Balsbaugh, and Justin Ehrenwerth early summer as an environmental planner Olson Hawkins was honored to be the recipient of Boston/SF’s 2011 Woman Clifford Mason, into the world March 1. are participating in the ceremony, and a with the state of Massachusetts. Y Kea bunch of them are headed down to Jazzfest Watson Zemans had a baby girl, Athena of the Year award for commercial real Y Larkin and Danny Schmidt had twin Y in New Orleans for Robb’s bachelor party. Elizabeth, in September. Y Mary Schwalm estate professionals in the Boston market boys born Feb. 23, George and Carter. in January. Kerry is also overjoyed that Phoebe (Lehmann ’01) and Jay Zarnetske Robb works in the marketing strategy won the Dave Boss Award of Excellence for consulting practice at Ogilvy & Mather her entry in the 43rd Annual Pro Football she and husband Rob expect their first will finish their doctoral degrees at Oregon and lives in Greenwich Village. Y Billy Hall of Fame Photo Contest. Her photo, child this August. They can’t wait! Y Ryan State University this summer and will and Beth Moloney Stimpson welcomed Thrill and Agony, was deemed Photograph Aldrich and his wife expected their first return to New England to start two-year Margaret “Molly” Thornley Stimpson to of the Year for the 2010 National Football baby, a girl, May 26. They’re also moving postdoctoral fellowships at Yale this fall. Y their family April 28. She weighed 7 lbs. 2 League season. Mary is the first female from Boise to Littleton, N.H., where they Cipperly Good completed her first year as oz.—healthy and strong. Y Jon and Jenny to earn this honor. Mary will be officially accepted jobs at White Mountain School: assistant curator at the Penobscot Marine Burbrick Engel expect their second child honored at the Enshrinees Game Day Ryan as director of college counseling and Museum in Searsport, Maine, and had a in September and live in Hopkinton. Y Roundtable, part of the 2011 Pro Football backcountry ski coach and Ryan’s wife as great year sailing, lobster boat racing, Hall of Fame Enshrinement Festival, Aug. sustainability department chair and kayak hiking, and cross-country skiing all within Stephanie Fyfe finished her M.Ed. from North Central University and works as the 7. Y Kristi Jacobi left her job of five years coach. They’re looking forward to being a mile radius of her home in midcoast as director of teaching and learning at east again and closer to family. Y Keep Maine. Y As of February Diane Boulay is manager of student services for the K12 Steppingstone to work at Milton Academy the news coming! the project manager for the International International Academy. She moved back in admissions; she also started a side Risk Governance Council, an NGO/think- to Maine after eight long years in Arizona venture making miniature baked goods 2000 tank in Geneva, Switzerland. The same and is very glad to be back home with her husband and two young daughters. Y (www.theittybittybakeshop.com). She Ben Mackay week she started her new job she had a ran Goofy’s Race and Half Challenge at [email protected] wonderful visit from Meghann Foye, whom Lauren Schaad recently joined the Boston Disney World, which is a half marathon she introduced to her husband and 2-year- office of Korn/Ferry International, the In June I celebrated my three-year anni- on one day and a full marathon the next. old son. Diane heard about Meghann’s largest publicly traded executive search versary of moving to Dallas. Outside of Kristi is training for her 20th half marathon experience of becoming a freelance writer firm in the world. Invitations to connect work (which I’m loving) I’m involved with and 10th full marathon. Y After finishing in NYC (all this over cheese raclettes and via LinkedIn are welcome. She has found The Nature Conservancy, working on a her sixth year teaching in Chicago public fondues)! Y a great adventure buddy in Lambie dive trip to the Flower Garden Banks, and Kim Camuso completed schools, Laura Houston won a National some major home improvements: finished Bickford, with whom she climbed a 14er itching to climb Mt. Elbrus in Russia. Y
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(mountain over 14,000 feet) in Colorado They expected a daughter in May. Dave plan their Dec. 3 wedding remotely from senior director of business development last spring. She’s now upgrading to cram- splits his time between an entrepreneurial Georgia. Y Serena Vayda graduated in and strategy at the West Wireless Health pons and training to climb the Matterhorn fitness endeavor, Made To Move Fitness, May from medical school at Case Western Institute. West Wireless is a nonprofit this fall. Y Philip Coppage is the director and a new-found passion for food blog- Reserve and will stay in Cleveland for a medical research institute dedicated of political technology at the Republican ging at The Art (and Science) of Food residency in internal medicine. Y Jonah to decreasing the cost of healthcare by National Committee. He’s engaged to Adventuring. Y John Sullivan and Steve Barasz graduated from the University of helping spur innovation in technology and Mary Wilkinson, a senior associate at a Hooper graduated in June from Tuck at Connecticut School of Dental Medicine last information. Spencer and his wife Laurie DC-based health policy consulting firm Dartmouth. They spent their spring break May. He started a periodontal specialty relocated to San Diego recently and and a University of New Mexico graduate. on a cat skiing adventure near Rossland, residency at UConn. He also serves in the would love to hear from any Colby alums They’ll marry this September in Albuquer- B.C., skiing knee- to waist-deep freshies. Connecticut Army National Guard. Jonah in the area. Y Thanks for the news—keep que, where they met. Todd Miner will be Y Anna L’Hommedieu reports in from and his wife, Allison (Stewart ’05), as it coming—and happy summer! a groomsman and Kathy Manu will likely Seattle, where she recently had breakfast well as daughter Toyba Leah Barasz ’32, be at the wedding. Kathy works in Buenos with President Bro Adams, Piper Elliott recently moved into a new “apartment:” Aires, Argentina—beginning her fourth Abodeely, Vanessa Willson, and Rob Jonah’s mother’s basement. Despite the 2004 Kate Weiler year in July—and still loves her job as an Belcher. Anna began a new job at Star- living quarters, the family is doing well. [email protected] international school counselor. The time bucks headquarters in February and will be Y Kate Ginty graduated from medical there allows her to adventure around South married in July on Mt. Hood in Oregon. Y school in May and is excited to stay in Kevin Andrews graduated from the America, including jaunts to Patagonia, Chris and Andrea Graffeo Plant welcomed the Philadelphia area for her emergency University of Minnesota Twin Cities with Brazil, Peru, Europe, and, of course, their first baby, Ryan Gray Plant, in March. medicine residency. Y Ellen Whitesides a bachelor’s in civil engineering and is some time back home in the summer. Y Y Lindsey Morse continues to pursue graduated from Harvard’s Kennedy School now pursuing a master’s and Ph.D. in civil Paul Dante lives in Vancouver, B.C., and new sustainable business ventures. She of Government in May with a master’s engineering with an emphasis on structural works as an environmental consultant on recently joined the green tech startup in public administration/international engineering. Y Kim Strader O’Leary and hydroelectric projects in California and Recyclebank, headquartered in New York. development. Y Jess Martin was engaged her husband welcomed their second child, Alaska. Paul ran into Kathy Manu in Cuzco, Y Jess Povtak just moved from Queens to (alas to a non-Colby guy, Justin Gorbet) in Charlotte Abigail O’Leary, March 10. Y Peru, just before each of them headed to Harlem and loves it thus far. She works as NYC last February, the night after hanging Will Sander graduated from Yale with a Machu Picchu. Y Angelika Makkas lives a nurse on a medical-surgical floor at a out with good buddy Peter Brush. Jess master’s in public health and will take that in the Boston area and works as an HR hospital in the Bronx after two years as a and Justin bought a condo in Boston, to his veterinarian degree work in Illinois. manager at DePuy, one of J&J’s medical visiting nurse. She traveled to Costa Rica where Jess works at WilmerHale as a Y Adam St. Pierre works as an exercise device businesses. Y Betsy Loyd Harvey with Rachel Ellis this winter and will go corporate lawyer. Y Scott and Rachel physiologist/running biomechanist at the earned her Ph.D. in American studies at to Panama soon for another adventure. Y Merrick Maggs bought a house in Little- Boulder Center for Sports Medicine and the University of Iowa, completing her David Friedman and his wife, Mia, proudly ton, Mass., and would love to know if any also coaches a cross-country ski team. He dissertation while living and teaching in announce the birth of their son, Ben Har- other alums are that far out in the ’burbs. planned to run the Western States 100- Geneva, Switzerland. She loves teaching rison Friedman, born 1-11-11 in Boston. They’ll head to Evan Woolley and Alexis mile Endurance Run in June and the Lead- at an international school and has 23 Y Spencer and Whitney Alford Mallozzi Rubin’s wedding this summer and look ville 100-mile Trail Run in August. Y Eric students from 21 countries. Y Dubek ’99 expect their first child in August. Y Sally forward to seeing many Colby friends! Fitz lives in San Francisco. He’s engaged and Sarah Richards Kim welcomed their Hall Bell graduated in June with her M.B.A. Y Trenholm Boggs started a new job at to Catherine Del Vecchio (Bowdoin ’05) second son, Leonidas Kim, April 15. The from the Bainbridge Graduate Institute the Government Printing Office in January and plans a fall wedding in Maine. Y Colin start of her maternity leave marked the and looks forward to future endeavors working in the sales and marketing group Witherill lives in Boulder, where he’s a end of her intern year in psychiatry at in sustainable business strategy in the as a management and program analyst. freelance videographer and has filmed Columbia. They enjoy living in Washington Pacific Northwest. He was married Jan. 15 in Austin, Texas, for Warren Miller, Toyota, Arctic Cat, and Heights in NYC. Y Last summer Wynter to Avery Easley. Barron Butler and Alex others. He doesn’t do weddings. Y Saliou Stinchfieldmarried Virgile Courmont, and Kasuya were there. Y Travis and Carrie and Nicollette Bolton Dione welcomed a this summer, just a year after their wed- 2003 Morin Peaslee honeymooned to Aruba baby boy, Amadou Andre Dione, last Octo- Lauren Tiberio ber. Nicollette is a pharmacy manager at ding day, they look forward to the arrival [email protected] in April. They’ll travel to CA for Caroline of their first baby. They happily live on the Koskinas’s wedding in July. Y Annie Hall Walgreens. Y Alex ’03 and Brittney Lazar East End in Portland, Maine. We’ve welcomed several baby Mules hoboed her way through Colorado in April, Burgess welcomed a baby girl, Grace lately: Bill and Anna Carlson McCloy had stopping to see Courtney Smith in Denver Perryn Burgess, Feb. 19. Mom and dad a baby girl, Elsa O’Brien McCloy, March and Laura Collins Dougherty in Leadville. are very much in love with their little girl. 2002 22. Mom and dad are all healthy and Annie reports that Alyson Lindquist will Y Injoo Han is getting married in August Sally Hall Bell doing well. Y Brock and Stacy Thurston to Mike King ’05. Brittney Lazar Burgess [email protected] be married in August. Y Elyssa Ford, Traci Barton welcomed a baby boy, Benjamin Speed, Joanne Head, and Casey Brown and Becca Avrutin will be bridesmaids. Y Abby Kussell lives in Charlestown, Mass., Thurston Barton, March 6. They’re eager all celebrated Whitney King’s wedding to Henry Munter got married to Kelly Rinck and works at Northeastern. With so many to introduce Benjamin to all of his Colby Brad Billerman last summer. Elyssa will this year and spent most of the year Colby grads living in Charlestown she sees aunts and uncles. Y Kevin Smalley and begin a tenure-track position in the history guiding whitewater river trips, helicopter classmates often. Y Jeanette Gribben his wife Cassandra (UF ’11) are proud department at Northwest Missouri State skiing, and mountaineering expeditions Chalhoub’s first little one, Leila, turned 2 parents to Addison Mackenzie Smalley. University this fall. Y Bianca Belcher was in Idaho, Montana, and Alaska. Y Anne in March. They’re expecting their second, She was born Feb. 17 in Clearwater, Fla. selected as a 2011-12 Albert Schweitzer Olmsted still lives and teaches in Boston a boy, in August. Y JJ ’01 and Piper Kevin teaches algebra II and coaches Fellow for starting a specialty health need and recently performed as Maureen in Elliott Abodeely expected baby number football and wrestling at Osceola High clinic for at-risk youth at a local high Rent at the Footlight Club in JP. Y Mike two in June. JJ recently partnered with a School in Seminole. Y Lots of graduations school. She’s heading into her second year Molloy finished his Ph.D. in immunology new firm in Sonoma, Calif. Y Parker and to report as well. Keagan Russo graduated of the Northeastern physician’s assistant from Dartmouth Medical School in March Hillary Lavely Corbin had a baby girl from Boston College Law School in May. program. Y Billy Thompson is now policy and moved to Washington, D.C., to work
in April , Campbell Magee Corbin. Their In August he’ll relocate to Atlanta, where director in the majority office of the Maine at the National Institutes of Health. Y daughter, Lavely, is 2. Y Dave Seel and he’ll be a consultant with McKinsey & Co. House of Representatives. Y Spencer Katie O’Neill graduated from University of his wife, Jaclyn, live in Stony Brook, N.Y. He and his soon-to-be bride, Jess, will Hutchins started a new job in March as Wisconsin Business School along with her
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CM_40-64_A@L_RPH.indd 58 7/7/11 9:03 AM Beating the Odds | James Cryan ’07 When new teacher James Cryan ’07 walked ter school. He had seen successful charters into his sixth grade reading and writing class- before, and he knew southwest Denver would room on the first day of school in 2007, he was be fertile territory. faced with a daunting task. So in 2010 he enrolled in an M.B.A. pro- Teach For America had placed Cryan in a gram for school leadership and began working public school in southwest Denver. Ninety-five long hours in order to build a new school from percent of the students were at or below the scratch. Cryan earned the board of education’s poverty level, and half spoke a language other stamp of approval early this summer, and than English at home. Cryan’s sixth graders Rocky Mountain Prep is scheduled to open its had yet to progress beyond a second-grade doors to its first class of students in the fall of reading level. 2012. Despite those significant obstacles, Cryan “In my old classroom I was successful was determined to get his students up to par— James Cryan ’07 for most kids, but not all kids,” said Cryan. and he did. During his two-year stint teaching “But if you can have these kids for ten years, at the school, Cryan’s team’s students dem- I was a great teacher.” instead of an hour, you’re truly sending them onstrated double-digit improvement on state So after two years Cryan left Teach For on a path to be competitive with some of best tests—the greatest increase of any reading and America to take up what he thought was his school districts in the country. That’s who writing middle school class in the district. “My true interest: interning for a clean-energy firm we’re pitting ourselves against.” kids were just rock stars,” Cryan said. “But in Massachusetts. Cryan had spent much of his Some already have said that Cryan, 27, is knowing the quality of their middle school free time at Colby in the outdoors, climbing too young to found a school, but he shakes and the high school they were going to, I can’t mountains and scaling cliffs. Working on envi- off their skepticism. “I’m certainly young, but promise you that they’ll make it.” ronmental issues seemed a natural fit. that’s a bit of an advantage too,” he said. “You Of the more than 400 students who started But, to his surprise, the work didn’t excite have to be pretty young and dumb and willing in West High School’s Class of 2008, only half him. “It didn’t seem that important after to work crazy hours to make this happen. It’s graduated, and only four were able to enroll teaching in Denver,” Cryan said. “It wasn’t im- motivating for me.” in a college without first taking remedial pactful enough. I couldn’t see any immediate —Robin Respaut ’07 coursework. “These kids need tremendous change coming out of my work.” and transformational leaders in order to beat He began daydreaming about how he could the odds that are stacked against them,” said help his former students get into college and To learn more about Rocky Mountain Cryan. “I was a good teacher. But I don’t think came up with a plan—to establish a new char- Prep, visit www.rockymountainprep.org.
husband, Ted Farwell ’05. They’re moving Consulting after five years and is now in the back to Boston last fall and is clerking at He’s diligently seeking employment and, as to Minneapolis, where she’ll work for Gen- M.B.A. program at NYU Stern. He visited the Massachusetts Appeals Court. He’ll my roommate, serving as a kind-hearted eral Mills in brand management and Ted Kevin Selby and Justin Dubois before work at Holland & Knight beginning this dog sitter for Guinness in his spare time. Y will work in supply chain for Medtronic. Y starting school. Y Ryan and Wendy Bonner fall. Y Ted Smith is getting his M.B.A. at Carreau Mueller and boyfriend, Jon Ryder Teresa Leyro was thrilled to run into Kelly Spicer welcomed their first baby, Riley UC Berkley. He finished his first year and ’02, are relocating to Hanover, N.H., for Wheaton ’05 while interviewing for pre- Spicer, a future member of the Colby Class really enjoys life in northern California. a couple of years while Jon pursues his doctoral internships in clinical psychology. of 2033. Y Shawn Chakrabarti spent last Y Sheldon Stevenson, who lives in Erie, M.B.A. at the Tuck School of Business. Y While they’ll not be attending the same year teaching fifth grade in Egypt. Y Nicole Pa., will marry Suzanne Finn July 9 in New Enjoy the summer months! site, they’re both excited that they matched Conrad graduated in June from OHSU Canaan, Conn. Several Colby classmates with their top choices: Teresa with UCSF medical school and will stay in Portland, will be groomsmen. Y Kevin and Emily 2006 and Kelly with Dartmouth. Y Cassie Cote Ore., at OHSU for her anesthesiology Goodyear Forgett got a Welsh corgi named Jennifer Coliflores Grantham welcomed a baby girl, Charlotte residency. Y Christina Pluta sent news Paisley, who is passing puppy kindergarten [email protected] Cote Grantham, March 1. that Alice Henderson was married May with flying colors. (I’ll put a plug in for my 21 to Kevin Strachan in Atlanta. Alice and pup, Guinness, who’s been a top student Aine McCarthy and Caroline Theoharides Kevin met in law school at the University of in his Compatible Canine class). Y Rachel met up at the Midwest Economics Asso- 2005 Georgia. Christina, Paige Hanzlik Cullen, Luskin produced her first feature film, The ciation conference, where they presented Katie Gagne papers for their own economics research. [email protected] and Joanna Fontaine were bridesmaids. Aristocrat, which is making festival rounds, Y Nina Harrold will start in the doctor including Dances with Films in Los Ange- They had a drink to honor Jan Holly, their Michelle Cole works in communications of pharmacy program at Massachusetts les in June. Rachael Sheinbaum, Katie amazing Calc 122 professor freshman at the Multiple Myeloma Research Foun- College of Pharmacy and Health Science Austgen, and Sean Murphy have made year, who unknowingly inspired both to dation and also volunteers for other non- this fall. Y Mallory Young ran the Boston it to past festivals to support Rachel’s pursue Ph.D.s in economics and mean- profits. She was recognized in the March Marathon this year (her first marathon) film. Her next short film, Remember while inspired a lasting Colby friendship. 2011 issue of Connecticut magazine as and raised more than $4,700 for Bay State Your Death, is in post-production and is Y Noah Balazs finished his first year one of the “Top 40 under 40” honorees for Games. Fellow ’05ers Rebecca Nisetich, anticipated to be completed midsummer. teaching in Dakar, Senegal, and will spend making a difference in her community. Y Kate Slemp, and Amanda Walsh also Y Brad Kasnet completed a master’s in the summer months in Thailand and the Nels Leader left his job at NERA Economic ran this year. Y Nathaniel Hulme moved broadcast journalism at Boston University. U.S. Steven Weinberg escaped the NYC
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snowpocalypse to visit West Africa for a few 2007 weeks, and Noah says it was great to spend Karli Gasteazoro time with him. Y Brian Rodriguez graduated [email protected] 00s newsmakers from medical school in May. He’ll head close Bayley Lawrence and husband Nick Free- The New England Orienteering Club selected Samantha to our old stomping grounds for a family man welcomed their son, Owen Joseph Saeger ’04 as its Orienteer of the Year. At the World medicine residency at Maine-Dartmouth Freeman, March 30. They’re all doing Orienteering Championships (WOC) in Norway, Saeger in Augusta. Y Liz Shepherd is marrying great and were planning for their move to qualified for the A finals in the sprint and long distances, Chris Christensen July 23 in Ponte Vedra, finishing 42nd in the sprint and 29th in the long, tying Hangzhou, China, in June. Y Eric ’02 and Fla. Her grandfather will marry them, and the best-ever WOC results by a U.S. athlete. Last fall Elise Washer Neumann celebrated the many Colby friends will attend, including Saeger won the U.S. Classic Championships. F Joel birth of their first son, Isaiah, April 5.Y bridesmaids Emily Tull, Lauren Uhlmann, Alex ’08 is project manager for MaineTrailFinder.com, Ian London graduated from law school in and Amanda Stein. Y Greyson Brooks loves an online resource named by American Trails as the May and took the Colorado bar in July. He life in Brooklyn, N.Y. He walks dogs while best website for 2010 for finding trails and their fea- had epic ski days with Jamie Luckenbill ’08 planning his Labor Day Nantucket wedding tures. Launched in June 2010, MaineTrailFinder.com and looked forward to the May wedding of to Michael Barry and prepping for grad includes trail maps, trail descriptions, and trip reports. Mark Phillips ’09 and Raven Adams ’08. Christine Gillespie ’10 school this fall in applied anthropology. “It’s definitely about increasing access,” Alex told the Y Alex and Mariah Hudnut McPherson Portland Press Herald. “Some of these trails are hidden Y Kim Devine finished her first year the continue living in Boulder, Colo., with their F University of Michigan School of Public in plain sight.” Softball tricaptain Christine Gillespie ’10 was awarded the Post old dog, Sophie, and their new puppy, Izze. Graduate Achievement Award at the North Shore Student-Athlete Awards in Haverhill, Health in Ann Arbor. She’s studying in the Mariah recently started a catering business Mass. During her Colby career, Gillespie had 89 hits and 60 runs and earned NESCAC environmental health science department called Three Aprons and they’re excited for All-Academic and All-Sportsmanship honors. Speaking at the award ceremony, she with a concentration in human nutrition, a summer of veggies from their garden and encouraged the high school student-athletes in attendance to “make the most of their working towards becoming a registered mountain biking. Y Jill Greenstein reports college years by trying new activities and taking advantage of all possible resources,” dietitian. Kim is also getting married (to a that she and several ’07ers rocked out at the Eagle-Tribune reported. Bates grad!) this August in Newport, R.I., the Alumni Doghead in DC. Y Amanda and looks forward to celebrating with good 00s milestones Vickerson has become co-advisor to friends from Colby. Y Jackie Rolleri and the Portland High School gay/straight/ Jen Coliflores both graduated from Roger Marriages: Matthew P. Wallerstein ’03 to Lauren A. Bogner in New York, N.Y. trans alliance. Amanda and her wife, Erin, Williams University School of Law this May. continue to skate with Maine Roller Derby They enjoyed their time in Rhode Island, as Lady GayGay and Lez Lemon and invite but nothing can compare to Mayflower alums in the Portland area to attend a sors, including an American fellow and a Hill. Y Barbara Hough is working on her 2008 bout. Y Kristen Renfroe works at Skad- South African coordinator. He’s traveling master’s in music education at the Boston Palmer McAuliff den, Arps and is transferring to the Paris around southern Africa before attending [email protected] Conservatory, teaching nine private flute office for two years. She’s excited that her the Woodrow Wilson Graduate School students in her hometown, Haverhill, and Jeffrey and Jessica Iwasaki Mullins had friends and family will join her in Paris to at Princeton University in September. Y continuing to direct her church choir. Thus their second boy, Noah Toshiro, March celebrate her birthday, which happens to fall Carolina Sicard is pursuing her paralegal far it’s been a great year that just keeps 20. Chase is a happy big brother. Jeffrey on Bastille Day. Y Josh Handelman moved certification and plans to graduate fall getting better. Y Julia Malkin received does consulting for the Treasury with Booz to West Hartford, Conn., where he’s finance 2012. Carolina was excited that Heather a master’s of arts in Jewish nonprofit Allen Hamilton. Y Stacey Dubois gradu- director for another U.S. Senate campaign. Miele visited her from Vermont for a week. Y management and a master’s of public ated from Tufts in May with an M.S. in He also spent a week in London visiting Keyen Farrell will attend Dartmouth’s Tuck administration from Hebrew Union College psychology. She’ll work toward her M.F.A. Meaghan Fitzgerald ’08 and the one and School of Business. Booya! Y Courtney and the University of Southern California. in writing for children and young adults at only Merle Eisenberg. Y Lindsay Carlson Goodie is returning from Switzerland to She moved to Portland, Ore., in June to the Vermont College of Fine Arts. Y Mel graduated in May from Boston University attend MIT Sloan in Cambridge, Mass., work for the Jewish Federation there, Larsen and her partner, Maggie Crowley, with her master’s in biomedical engineer- for a two-year, full-time M.B.A. program where she’ll direct their young leadership live a homo-normative existence in a queer ing, backpacked through Southeast Asia focusing on finance and management. Y and women’s philanthropy departments. co-op in Jamaica Plain with five roommates for three weeks, and then began her new Mariah Buckley is moving to Scottsdale, Julia is really excited to relocate to the and enough tofu to feed an army of lesbian job at Draeger Medical in Andover, Mass., Ariz., with her boyfriend, where she’ll Northwest. Y This summer Dan and Lexi avengers. Just as she did at Colby, Mel working on patient-monitoring devices. Y begin an RN program—she’s excited for Funk Sack are driving an ambulance with cheers loudly at Maggie’s shows, fights Allison Cogbill finished her second year the Southwest. Y Beth Hirschhorn will two friends from London to Mongolia to the heteropatriarchy, and reads too many of law school at Wisconsin and works in attend UPenn this fall for a master’s in raise money as part of the 2011 Mongol books. Y Christina Feng enjoyed her third the district attorney’s office this summer. biotechnology. Y Karli Gasteazoro will Rally. When they arrive in Ulaanbaatar, year teaching through Teach For America. She’ll also attend the wedding of Brianna attend Georgetown University for her they’ll donate their ambulance to a This summer Christina will spend time in Tufts and Michael Walsh ’05 at Colby this master’s as a family nurse practitioner. hospital in Mongolia, where emergency Phrao, Thailand, with Steve Frechette and July with Lauren Oliff Sonalkar, Mindy Y Lucy Hitz will attend the University of vehicles are a critical component of the the rest of the firstclicks team. To learn Favreau Woerter, and other Colby alums. New Hampshire, Durham, M.F.A. program health-care system. Sturdy ambulances more, check out: www.firstclicks.org. Y Mindy and husband Will are tackling proj- for poetry. Y Carolyn Deuschle is moving are sorely lacking in Mongolia—most Maya Klauber finished up year two of three ects at their new home in Durham, Maine. from Flagstaff, Ariz., to Boston to pursue are small retired Russian military jeeps. at Columbia University School of Social Her latest design and DIY projects can be a master’s in landscape architecture at They’re also raising money for the Christina Work with the ultimate goal of working found at www.heartmainehome.blogspot. Harvard. Y After a tumultuous two-year Noble Children’s Foundation in Mongolia with young people and families coping com. Y On March 12 Alan Ozarowski stint working as a blackjack dealer in and for Kiva.org. The money they raise with illness. Her blog, Loving With Chronic proposed to Katie Hayes underneath the Laughlin, Nev., Allison Dunn is turning her above the $6,000 cost of the ambulance Illness (www.lovingwithchronicillness. Snubber chairlift at Sugarloaf! They’re card tricks into prescripts as she prepares will be split between these two charities. blogspot.com), was recognized as a Top hoping for a June 2012 wedding on the for medical school. She lives in Tucson. Y Sponsor them at http://funds.gofundme. Chronic Illness Blog of 2010. She seeks coast of Maine. Y After four years in Cape To put it bluntly, Patrick Benton is up to com/The-Mongol-Rally or follow their “No people living with a chronic illness and/ Town, Rob Rosenbaum has transitioned his no good. The G-rated version: he lives in Turning Yak” tour on Facebook. or disability (physical and/or mental) to nonprofit CHOSA over to a team of succes- Pittsburgh with his cat.
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CM_40-64_A@L_RPH.indd 60 7/7/11 9:03 AM participate in her “spotlight series.” A had breakfast at the Early Bird with Emily editor at the New York headquarters of disabilities meet success in the classroom new series, Spotlights On Those Who Wagner. He was fortunate to celebrate the Foundation Center, which provides at the Landmark School, Mass. Y Mary Love Us, focuses on individuals who with Hardy Girls Healthy Women for their resources to grant seekers. In August Soule received a notable sendoff from care/have cared for someone living (or Girls Rock! weekend events, where he she’ll begin studying part time at the Brandon Pollock, Nick Friedman, and passed) with chronic illness. If you’re saw Allison Cole ’07 and Jackie Dupont Manhattan campus of the Pratt Institute Maya Ranganathan in Portland, Maine, interested, contact Maya at mklaub@ ’04. Patrick and his boyfriend, David, are for her M.S. in communications design. before jetting off to Daejeon, South Korea, gmail.com. Y Aman Dang spent the last trying to schedule brunch with Samuel Olivia went to Boston to visit Ashley to teach English at the Little America two years as a school counselor at the Fabens and Julia Bacon ’09 in Eastern Beaulieu in March. Ashley starts med Institute. She’ll be there till March 2012. international Woodstock School, in the Market, where he frequently runs into school at the University of New England Y Despite their busy schedules juggling Himalayan foothills. He’ll be stateside Annie Feutz. Y It was great to see all of College of Osteopathic Medicine this graduate school and teaching, Emily this summer to prepare for his graduate the ’08ers out in force for DC Doghead! fall. Y Nikolai Barnwell cofounded a Marzulli and Sarena Maron-Kolitch enjoy education in international education policy Thanks for all of the updates! project called Sailing Doctors, an NGO their Teach for America stint in NYC. Emily at Harvard. Y Congratulations to Kristine that brings medical services to people teaches third grade while Sarena teaches Robin and Samuel Kennedy-Smith, who 2009 living on the islands off Kenya’s northern fifth through eighth grade special educa- were engaged in February at Colby. Y Emily coast and along the Somali border. It’s tion. Y Darshini Mahadevia works in a Olivia Sterling Butler graduated from the University of [email protected] been running for more than a year and schizophrenia lab in the department of Alabama School of Law in May and headed has helped more than 11,000 patients. psychiatry (medical genetics) at Columbia for Miami, where she works as a prosecutor David Way will do another year of the Medical School. She works on human and in the state attorney’s office. Thankfully, AmeriCorps Victim Assistance Program, mouse genetic research that dissects Emily made it through the devastating this time in Nashua, N.H., beginning in 2010 the genetic, biological, and behavioral September. Y Emma McLeavey-Weeder Sameera Anwar April 27 tornado in Tuscaloosa with no [email protected] complexity of psychiatric disorders such damage to her person or apartment. She enjoyed having Sarah Stevens and Kath- as schizophrenia. Y Jordan Schoonover asks everyone to keep Alabama in their leen Maynard in the Pacific Northwest Hey all! I hope you’re having a fabulous spent four months working and traveling thoughts and prayers. Y Brad Woodworth this year and looked forward to June summer. Here’s our first column; many in Alaska after graduation. Currently she arrived in the Caribbean after completing a and four days of camping and music of us are doing exciting things, so a big works at Los Alamos National Lab and circumnavigation under sail. He’ll continue at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival with thank you to those who sent in news. coaches a track team. Y Victoria Gonzalez sailing this summer, but what comes after Max Friedman, Danny Wasserman, and Y Jen Corriveau is pursuing a Ph.D. in spent the year in Colorado but traveled to that is unknown. Y Kristin Weigle finished Suzanne Merkelson. Y Chelsea Eakin behavioral neuroscience at the University Australia to present her research at the law school at University of the Pacific, relocated from Shenzhen to Beijing in of Connecticut, where she studies the International Melanoma Conference. For McGeorge School of Law in Sacramento, June, while Byron Meinerth will start grad physiology and pharmacology of learning spring break she visited Bonnie Foley and Calif. She’s studying for the California school at SAIS in Nanjing this fall. Y Kat and memory. She’s enjoying her stint in Jay Mangold in Phoenix. Y Jessica Balu- bar exam, which she’ll take at the end of Brzozowski is still an assistant editor at Hartford. Y Graduate studies beckon for kas is currently on an AmeriCorps team July. Afterwards she’s celebrating with her Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin’s Press Kat Cosgrove as she makes her move to through the Maine Conservation Corps at family on an Alaskan cruise and then hopes in New York City. Y Esther Boyd had Colorado in the fall to do an M.A. in inter- the Department of Environmental Protec- to find a job in northern California.Y Matt a great time at DC Doghead this year, national human rights at the University tion in Augusta. Y Alison Cappelloni is Hirsch moved back to his hometown of along with Patrick Sanders ’08, Dustin of Denver. Y Laure-Helene Caseau has assistant women’s basketball coach at Jamestown, R.I. While his house underwent Hilt ’08, Colin O’Shea ’10, Meagan Berg continued to produce beautiful artwork in Roger Williams University and had a great renovations, he moved to the deck and ’07, and Patrick Boland. There were her year-long stint at the Maryland Insti- season there. She reunited with Maddie built a fort to live in. Although renovations tons of Colby alums there. Esther will tute College of Art. Along with Sameera Dufour, Kat Cosgrove, Samantha Smith, are done, he remains in the fort, his “quiet head to New Haven in August to reenter Anwar, she traveled to LA for spring break Jessica Kravetz, Emily Marzulli, Dana sanctuary, where [I] get to really think,” academia at the Yale Divinity School to for quite the adventure. Y Jack Moriarty Himmelstein, and Katia Setzer for a reported Samuel Jones. Y Wesley Miller get her master’s. Until then, she’ll be is pursuing a Ph.D. in astronomy at Yale. Y fun-filled weekend in New York City in the works at Little, Brown’s recently launched in DC working for the Fulbright Scholar Brittany Tasi is a graduate student in the spring. Living in the Boston area, Alison mystery and suspense imprint, Mulholland Program. Soon, she’ll head to San Diego school psychology program at Fairfield frequently sees Christine Gillespie, Beth Books. He acquired his first book: the to visit her Colby roommate, Sejal Patel, University while also being a graduate Bartley, Klaudia Polak, Christi Lumbert, internationally bestselling Japanese novel who works in a neuro research lab and assistant. Y Michael Schwarz enjoys and Carin Rising. Y Sarah Bruce lives Confessions by Kanae Minato. * Patrick takes grad classes at UCSD. Y Catherine the West Coast while studying school in Philadelphia and works in advertising.
Sanders discovered that he’s surrounded Woodiwiss, Colin, Dustin, and Esther are psychology at the University of Oregon. Y Caity Murphy drove cross-country to by Colby people including Nancy McDer- regulars at several karaoke bars in DC For spring break he visited Gill Conly Wyoming to work for Wilderness Ventures. mott, Chris Andrews ’07, Esther Boyd ’09, and even have a small following. Esther ’11, Isaac Opper, Jess Levasseur, and She lived for a short but sweet time with and Meagan Berg ’07. He enjoyed a trip was recently recruited for a 90s cover Hasan Bhatti in D.C. Y Ian McCullough Maya Ranganathan, Nick Friedman, and to the zoo this summer with Leigh Bullion band. Since she’s leaving for CT, her is doing an M.S. in ecology and environ- Brandon Pollock in Portland, Maine, and ’10, Colin O’Shea ’10, and Esther. Patrick dreams of cover band stardom will have mental sciences at University of Maine. Y also saw Sameera Anwar, Jessie Bond, also attended a Nationals baseball game to be deferred. Catherine, Esther, Dustin, Brittany Thomas, Drew Vartanian, Htet Tara Davidson, and Hilana Bernheimer with Bailey Woodhull and Dustin Hilt. Meagan, and Colin started a wonderful Thiha, and Ross Connor are finishing up in Boston several times. Y Alex Fenster- Following the game they played laser book club with meetings that involve their bachelor of engineering degrees macher and Amanda Wolin traveled to tag with Patrick Boland ’09 and several great discussion and food. They also at Dartmouth. Y Emily Barlow teaches Brazil for two weeks in March and had other Colbyites. In March Patrick came have regular movie marathons. Esther fourth and fifth grade English and social a wonderful time. Y While applying to to Colby and stayed with the beautiful and Catherine are learning Arabic and studies at an alternative school outside medical school, Jessica Williams is a Palmer McAuliff and the dapper Justin get together regularly for Arabic coffee New Orleans. She loves the city! Y Colin bilingual family-services advocate at a DePre ’06. Patrick and Palmer had lunch study sessions to practice speaking and Hutzler teaches fifth- through eighth- nonprofit in Boston and also volunteers with Palmer’s sister, Alex McAuliff ’13 in keep each other honest about how much grade Chinese at Collegiate in New York at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Y Bobs; Joe Klaus extends his regards to ground they’re covering. Y Carley Mil- City, alongside coaching, tutoring, and That’s all for now. Enjoy the rest of the Class of 2008. While in Maine Patrick lian will attend UCLA School of Law this exploring the city. Y Terri Bello helps summer and keep me posted about your also visited Joel Alex in Farmington and August. Y Olivia Sterling is an associate students with language-based learning interesting adventures.
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CM_40-64_A@L_RPH.indd 61 7/7/11 9:03 AM alumni at large O B I T U A R I E S Irene Tardiff Hamilton ’32, April began swimming and swam laps into include her daughter, Karen Stew- 1972 and was published in literary 21, 2011, in Madison, Maine, at 101. her late 80s, marking 1,000 miles in art, and nieces and nephews, includ- journals. She was active with the She was a high school teacher in the pool. She was predeceased by her ing Edward Weaver ’51. Methodist church and was a lifetime Maine who taught French, Spanish, husband, Garnold Cole ’38, and two member of the Order of the Eastern and geography. In 1953 she earned sisters, Marguerite deRochemont ’33 Jane I. Mulkern ’39, March 9, 2011, Star. Survivors include her husband, a master’s from the University of and Donna deRochemont Wetzel in Brandon, Fla., at 92. She earned George, four daughters, five grand- Maine. She escorted groups of stu- ’39. Survivors include her children, her bachelor’s from Boston Univer- children, and a brother. dents to France and was a member of Marjorie Patrick, Lawrence Cole, sity and, years later, her master’s the American Association of Teach- and Barbara Walker, six grand- from the University of Hawaii. She Robert E. Timmins ’47, March 2, ers of French. She loved to knit, read, children, two great-grandchildren, taught French, Spanish, and Ital- 2011, in Waterville, Maine, at 87. do crossword puzzles, and cook. Sur- and nieces and nephews, including ian at the Officers School at Pearl He served with the Navy in World vivors include her children, Austin Andrew Bragg ’11. Harbor and also high school Eng- War II and in the Korean War. For and Deane, three siblings, including lish in Honolulu. She loved to travel 35 years he worked for Scott Paper Donald Tardiff ’49, six grandchil- Edmund N. Ervin ’36, June 1, and was a devout Catholic. Survi- Company in Winslow, Maine, retir- dren, and 10 great-grandchildren. 2011, in Waterville, Maine, at 96. He vors include nieces and nephews. ing as mill superintendent. He was earned an M.D. from Johns Hopkins president of the local United Way Vernon L. Bolster ’33, March 26, and then served as a flight surgeon in Ruth Hendricks Maren ’40, April and the YMCA Industrial Manage- 2011, in New Gloucester, Maine, at the Navy during World War II. Prac- 5, 2011, in Gainesville, Fla., at 93. ment Club, coached Little League 100. He received a master’s in educa- ticing pediatrics in Waterville, he She was a mother and homemaker and was active with veterans groups. tion in 1951 and was a lifelong teacher specialized in mental retardation. He who volunteered frequently at her He loved to hunt and fish. Survivors in Maine and New Hampshire, serv- established Ken-A-Set Association local library, hospital, and with envi- include his wife of 64 years, Geral- ing also as principal. He was prede- for the Retarded and received honors ronmental and wildlife associations. dine, two children, four grandchil- ceased by his wife, Edith (Hoskin for his work with the developmentally Survivors include her sons, Peter, dren, and a great-granddaughter. ’33). Survivors include his children, disabled, including a citation from James, and David, five grandchil- James and Janis, four grandchildren, the American Academy of Pediatrics. dren, and 14 great-grandchildren. Alice Duryea van der Veer ’47, and nine great-grandchildren. He was awarded an honorary degree March 13, 2011, in Washington, from Colby. He enjoyed golf, garden- Carolyn Nutting Martin ’43, April N.C., at 85. She graduated from the Raymond E. Shibley ’35, May 8, ing, and antiquing. He was prede- 22, 2011, in West Boylston, Mass., at Katherine Gibbs Secretarial School 2011, in Waterville, Maine, at 99. ceased by his parents, Robert 1911 90. During World War II she taught and then was a secretary and clerk in He served in the Army Air Corps and Caroline Lynwood Ervin 1908. high school in Massachusetts and New Jersey. She was a member of the during World War II. He owned Survivors include his wife, Hilary, then was a substitute after the war. Jehovah’s Witness Kingdom Hall and operated a successful oil and two children, six grandchildren, and She sang with her church choir, in Washington. Survivors include gas distributorship and was able to a great-grandson. taught Sunday school, and was a den her daughters, Laura, Rebecca, and retire at 50, after which he traveled mother. She nurtured a 50-plus- Katherine, six grandchildren, and extensively with his wife. Survivors Florence Hapworth Erskine ’38, year-old flower garden, helped main- seven great-grandchildren. include nieces and nephews and his April 23, 2011, in Clermont, Fla., at tain a section the Appalachian Trail, cat, Lucky. 93. A mother and homemaker, she and was a bicyclist late into life. Sur- George I. Smith ’49, April 9, 2011, also taught English and French in vivors include her sons, James, John, in Portola Valley, Calif., at 83. He Catherine Laughton Briggs ’36, Winslow, Maine, for many years. and Thomas, six grandchildren, and served with the Navy during World April 14, 2011, in Vernon, Conn., at She was active with the Winslow six great-grandchildren. War II and then earned a master’s and 95. She studied at the Sorbonne in Grange and was a baker, reader, and a doctorate from California Institute Paris and then earned a master’s in crossword puzzle lover. Survivors Frances Willey Rippere ’45, of Technology. A noted geologist, French from Middlebury. She pro- include her children, Thomas and March 25, 2011, in Stuart, Fla., at he worked for 43 years with the U.S. ceeded to teach French, Spanish, and Judith, six grandchildren, and 12 85. When her children were young, Geological Survey and was an author- Latin in schools along the East Coast. great-grandchildren. she was a recreation director in ity on Pleistocene lakes of western She was a painter and storyteller, was Dalton, Mass., and later worked states. He earned a Fulbright in 1981 interested in genealogy, and loved to Mary Crowley LaFleur ’39, March for 25 years for Columbia Artists and a Meritorious Service Award garden and play the piano. Survivors 20, 2011, in Greenville, S.C., at 93. Management in New York. She from the Department of the Interior include her children, Warren, Diane, She was a homemaker and a mother was a P.E.O. sister for 53 years and in 1983. He was a Colby overseer for and Susan, six grandchildren, and who was involved with numerous enjoyed bridge and reading. Survi- three terms and was named the 1999 seven great-grandchildren. social clubs, taught English as a vors include her children, Richard, Distinguished Alumnus. He was second language, and acted in and Thomas, and Elizabeth Rippere predeceased by his parents, Ervena Helen deRochemont Cole ’36, directed small plays. She sang in Long ’73, and six grandchildren. Goodale ’24 and Joseph Coburn May 24, 2011, in Lewiston, Maine, the church choir, was a Chi Omega Smith ’24, and his great aunt, Louise at 97. A mother and homemaker, she advisor at Clemson, and loved lit- Sylvia Gray Noyes ’47, March 27, Coburn 1877. He had two children earned a master’s in education in erature. She was predeceased by her 2011, in Ellsworth, Maine, at 85. and three stepchildren. 1962 and taught elementary school in husband, Kermit LaFleur ’37, and She taught in Maine high schools New York. She loved travel, reading, two siblings, Henry ’26 and Ruth and then at Husson University. She Mary Goldey Morrison ’50, March and crossword puzzles. At 60, she Crowley Brandmire ’24. Survivors earned a master’s in education in 2, 2011, in New Haven, Conn., at 82.
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CM_40-64_A@L_RPH.indd 62 7/7/11 9:03 AM She was a mother and housewife who was an ordained minister, a text- abuse programs and later ran her in Saratoga Springs, Fla., at 64. was survived by her husband, Rev. book editor, and an English teacher, own communications business. Sur- He served in the U.S. Navy in the Kermit Morrison, four children, a sometimes filling these roles simul- vivors include her children, Joseph, Vietnam War and then earned an brother, and several grandchildren. taneously. He wrote curriculum for Ronald, Caron, and Cynthia, six M.B.A. from Northeastern. A cer- church schools, earned a doctorate grandchildren, three great-grand- tified picture framer, he owned five Jacquelyn Downey Burnham ’51, in education from Harvard in 1972, children, and a sister. retail framing stores in New York. March 22, 2011, in Nashua, N.H., at and was active with civic organiza- He was a lacrosse referee for nearly 81. A mother and homemaker, she tions. Survivors include his wife, Cynthia Fox Dancer ’58, April 20 years, for which he won several also worked as a nursing instructor. Mary, four children, 12 grandchil- 9, 2011, in Doylestown, Pa., at 75. awards, and became a rower later She earned a master’s in education in dren, and a sister. She earned a master’s in science in life. Survivors include his wife, 1982 and then became program direc- and health and then was a therapist Donna Hassler, four stepdaughters, tor of the associate degree nursing Abbott E. Rice ’54, April 28, in Michigan and Florida, retiring and a sister. program at Rivier College in Nashua. 2011, in Hudson, N.H., at 79. He as clinical director of Behavioral Survivors include her husband of 56 served with the Naval Reserves Health of the Palm Beaches. She was William I. Sparkes ’69, Feb. 16, years, Francis Burnham ’51, six chil- until 1958 and earned an M.Ed. in also a reader and a knitter. Survivors 2011, in Moultonborough, N.H., dren, and six grandchildren. 1960 and an Ed.D. in 1978 from include her husband, Richard, a son, at 63. He worked in insurance for Boston University. He worked in three grandchildren, and a brother. more than 30 years, coached in youth Robert L. Hooper ’52, May 10, education for 50 years, retiring as leagues, and was active with the 2011, in Pleasanton, Calif., at 80. He director of placement for North- Dale S. Patchell ’58, May 26, 2011, Congregational church. Predeceased served in the Air Force as a weather ern Essex Community College. in SaddleBrooke, Ariz., at 74. He by his father, Robert W. Sparkes ’36, officer and then worked with com- He was active in local government earned an M.B.A. from New York and his uncle John Sparkes ’50, he puter software for various com- and community organizations, University and then worked at is survived by his children, Eliza- panies. He was involved with dog including town council and the Western Electric as a product line beth ’02 and Andrew, and a brother, obedience training and all breed Grange. Survivors include his wife manager. He is survived by his wife, Robert W. Sparkes Jr. ’74. dog clubs. He was predeceased of 51 years, Annie, three children, Nancy, with whom he had one son. by his mother, Marion Merriam including Beverly Rice Tedeschi Ilan Hadani ’70, April 10, 2011, Hooper ’25. Survivors include his ’85, and seven grandchildren. John C. Ferrie ’59, March 22, 2011, in New York, N.Y. He earned an first wife, Florence Fisher Krejci ’53, in Jersey City, N.J., at 73. He worked M.B.A. from Babson and then was with whom he had three daughters. Richard E. Whiting ’54, April 15, in insurance and was an expert on an international banker with Israel 2011, in Rockport, Maine, at 79. He bodily injury claims. For 16 years Discount Bank. He retired in 2006 Margaret Macpherson Legge earned a law degree from Boston he worked in San Francisco for and became a professor of economics ’52, March 23, 2011, in North Palm University and then practiced gen- Thomas Miller Associates and then at Berkeley College and New York Beach, Fla., at 79. After raising her eral law in Rumford, Maine. From he retired to New Jersey, where he Institute of Technology. He was a children, she became office manager 1973 to 1996 he served as probate could root for his beloved Yankees. world traveler who loved music, art, for the Palm Beach County Elec- judge in Oxford County and, in and the Boston Red Sox. Survivors tions Office. She was predeceased by 2009, became a life member of the M. Josephine Deans Auchincloss include his wife, Gail, two daughters, her husband, Alfred ’52. Survivors Maine State Bar Association. He ’60, May 19, 2011, in Charlotte, including Mika Hadani Melamed include her children, Sheary Harris, enjoyed fishing, hunting, skiing, N.C., at 72. She worked in advance- ’97, and four grandchildren. George Legge, and Elizabeth and mountain climbing, was an avid ment at Emma Willard School in Kaplowitz, eight grandchildren, and reader, and collected art. Survivors Troy, N.Y., and later worked in Jeffery A. Seip ’74, March 24, 2011, four great-grandchildren. include his wife, Elaine, five chil- real estate. She was active with her in Cape Canaveral, Fla., at 58. He dren, including Christopher ’77 and church, historical society, and book earned an M.B.A. from Thunder- Jeanne White Simon ’52, March Daniel ’89, and 13 grandchildren. clubs and was known for her sense of bird School of Global Manage- 24, 2011, in Wilmington, Del., at humor. She was predeceased by her ment. He worked for Siemens and 79. She was a wife and homemaker Selden C. Staples ’55, April 25, mother, Louise Murray Deans ’31, Westinghouse on projects around who played golf, bridge, and tennis. 2011, in Wilmington, N.C., at 77. and is survived by daughters Jane the world, including Mexico City, Survivors include her daughters, He served three years with the Air and Lee, two grandchildren, a sister, Puerto Rico, Saudi Arabia, and Deborah Simon, Barbara Page, and Force in the mid-1950s and then was and a brother. Shanghai. He and his wife, Rosina, Linda Riggsbee, two grandchil- an accountant in New York City with had one daughter, Lauren. dren, and a brother. International Nickel Company. Sur- Peter Shays ’60, Feb. 9, 2011, in vivors include his wife of 55 years, Ballwin, Mo., at 73. He earned his William H. Priestley ’90, April G. Louise Davis ’53, March 22, Sue (Biven ’55), five sons, including bachelor’s from Principia College 8, 2011, in Boston, Mass., at 43. He 2011, in Raleigh, N.C., at 79. She Spencer ’81, 14 grandchildren, one and later taught there and became its earned a J.D. from Boston Univer- established a career in advertising, great-grandchild, and a sister. director of admissions and enroll- sity and then practiced civil litiga- editing, and writing and then in ment. He was a real estate broker tion in Providence, R.I. He loved the retirement worked on art projects Carolyn Bossi Hadge ’57, March specializing in children’s summer outdoors, skiing, and golfing, was a for nonprofits. Survivors include her 22, 2011, in Toms River, N.J., at 75. camp properties and, along with singer/songwriter, and mentored for ex-husband, Chuck Stone, three chil- She was a volunteer at her children’s his wife, ran a girls’ summer camp Rhode Islanders Sponsoring Educa- dren, a grandchild, and three siblings. school and then received a bach- in Vermont. He and his wife, Mary, tion. He died of pancreatic cancer. elor’s in psychology in 1978 and a had two daughters. Survivors include his wife, Kinda Herbert R. Adams ’54, March 18, master’s in counseling in 1985. She Remick Priestley ’90, four children, 2011, in Portland, Maine, at 78. He coordinated alcohol and substance Lee M. Weiser ’68, May 1, 2011, and three siblings.
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