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Volume 100 Issue 3 Fall 2011 Article 10

September 2011

Alumni @ Large

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1920s-30s Colby College Office of Alumni Relations Family Homecoming 2011 Waterville, ME 04901

1940 Ernie C. Marriner Jr. [email protected] 1941 Meg Bernier Boyd [email protected] 1942 Meg Bernier Boyd [email protected] 1943 Meg Bernier Boyd [email protected] 1944 Josephine Pitts McAlary [email protected] I actually have some news! Nan Grahn Christensen moved into assisted living d (almost 10 years ago) and says it is something like going back to college, being S BY greg boy O T

with her peer group again. There are a lot O of Senior Challenges, which include com- PH petitions in many fields. She won a gold A looming snowstorm didn’t cool medal in a swim meet. Congrats Nan! She spirits at Family Homecoming Week- can visit with her family and grandchildren, end Oct. 28-30. Tailgaters Robert who live near by in Wellington, Fla. Y I had a Woodbury ’78, daughter Elizabeth note from Barbara Baylis Primiano saying Woodbury ’15, and wife and mom she has moved into assisted living but is Catherine Woodbury were prepared still in Barrington, R.I. Y A wonderful long for the weather (a good thing, as letter came from Nancy Curtis Lawrence, it turned out). Activities included who lives in Sequim, Wash. She sent along pumpkin carving with a Colby theme, sympathy to me on the death of my 17-year- including the Mule at right, carefully old great-grandson in an accident in 2010. crafted by Susan Duffy P’12, mother She lost her 41-year-old grandson in a train of Tom Duffy ’12, footbal tri-captain. accident in March 2011. Irreplaceable An estimated 3,000 people were on members of our families. Our sympathies to campus for a variety of activities, her and her family. She does have arthritis including football’s 37-14 win over in her knee and hip joints, which restricts rival Bates. Visitors also saw snow on her activities to some extent. But she still Mayflower Hill as the historic October swims frequently and rides her tractor to snowstorm swept into Maine that Saturday night. mow the “back 40.” Y Nancy Pattison McCarthy came to Maine with her daughter Nancy in June to visit her sister, who is in a nursing home in Camden. We did have a chance to chat on the phone. She is so happy to be located in the Fort Belvoir them! At the lobster bake I caught up with 1945 July 12 they attended reunion at Wilton area, as she is near a lot of her family. two of our classmates: Harold Joseph and Meg Bernier Boyd Academy, where Maurice taught science Y My daughter and I returned just three his wife as well as Gabe Hikel and his wife. [email protected] from 1945 to 1948. Maurice also talked We are all well into our 80s and realize how by phone with Beverly Booth, who is in a days before alumni reunion weekend from Maurice M. Whitten and wife Doris were a magnificent trip through nine national fortunate we are to still be around. My left nursing home in Weston, Mass. arm, which I broke in April (an inch or two busy this summer attending reunions. On parks in the West. As the Saturday of June 4 they attended the alumni reunion reunion was clear and warm, I drove over below my shoulder), is now recovered, but I went on that trip to the parks with my arm luncheon at Colby. On June 24 they attended 1946 in time for the parade of classes. That is reunion at the University of Southern Maine, Meg Bernier Boyd always fun as well as moving. I was the in a sling. That seemed like freedom after it had been strapped to my body, which as it marked Doris’s 70th year since gradu- [email protected] only representative of the Class of 1944, ating from Gorham Normal School. And on but the Class of 1946 insisted that I join was a challenge.

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CM_40-68_A@L_RPH.indd 40 11/8/11 2:31 PM 1947 couple has four)—so many that Kay doesn’t reports the “old” news that 16 years ago Foggia, Cerignola, Italy, on its 23rd mis- Meg Bernier Boyd always remember to send birthday cards he started a new business manufacturing sion. The pilot was Lt. Gerald Maroney and [email protected] on time. As someone said to her, I don’t fireplace mantels. These mantels are built the navigator Paul Golden ’49. The target have a memory, I have a “forgetery.” Kay by two furniture factories in China, and was the airdrome at Salon De Provence, The Cambridge Senior Volunteer Clear- wrote, “at least I remembered to send this his company distributes them to building France. A nest of Ju-88 aircraft had been inghouse in Cambridge, Mass., awarded and hope you are both well.” Kay wanted supply companies, hearth shops, and raiding shipping in the Mediterranean. The the Beverly Benner Cassara Award in us to tell all the Class of 1948, “Thank you Internet companies, all of which keeps him group was greeted by heavy flak at the June to Judy Norris of the Women’s Center for your support of the College.” Y Janet busy and out of trouble. His best news is French coast near Nice. The Flak Finder in Cambridge. Established in 2008 and Gay Hawkins doesn’t have much going on that due to “a wayward daughter who gave was hit in the wing and tail and left the named after Beverly, the award recognizes but she’ll have more to report after her trip us a grandson, Carter, three years ago, and formation, turned toward land, hoping a senior volunteer who “embodies Beverly’s to France in September. We look forward because of circumstances, we have had to fly to Switzerland. The engine caught unique and long-term commitment to the to hearing about it. Y David received a custody for almost the entire three years. fire and Paul informed the pilot that they ideals of productive aging, lifelong learning, letter from Bobo Folino in response to What a blessing!” Thank you Jean and Jim were losing altitude and couldn’t clear the and the understanding that volunteering is his letter of condolence regarding Buddy for responding to my blast e-mail. Y Hope mountains. Ten men parachuted and the an enduring resource for the entire com- (Fran Folino). She lives in Vermont. She (Toby) Harvey Graf and I went to reunion plane crashed into the Pic de l’Aigle east of munity.” Beverly received the first award in sent a long letter as well as the program as we usually do. ’49ers were scarce—only Thorens near Le Mas, 30 kilometers north 2008 and remains active with the organiza- for Buddy’s memorial service. The cover seven were on the registration list and all of Grasse. The plane burned for three days tion. Y Dana and Harriet Nourse Robinson of the program was a reproduction of the those were Mainers. We visited with Ruth and the airmen were scattered over an moved to Concord, N.H., six years ago to a May 1948 Colby Alumnus with a picture Endicott Freeman, who was there with area of 20 miles. The Germans captured continuing-care facility called Havenwood- of Bobo and Buddy titled “Seniors.” It was her daughter, and spied Kay and Walter four of the airmen but the other six were Heritage Heights. It’s a special place with a very appropriate tribute! Y We attended Borucki at the lobster bake. Y That does hidden by the French Resistance and given numerous activities. They found a single this year’s commencement at Colby, the it for now. In three months I’ll send out food, clothing, and some shelter for three story home across the street from Harriet’s 190th, to see our grandson, Mark McNulty another e-mail requesting news and will months. All 10 safely returned to the U.S. sister, Fran Nourse Johnston ’49, and her ’11, graduate. Our daughter, Deborah hope to hear from some of the rest of you. after the war. Fast forward to the present, husband. The move worked out well, as one (Marson ’75), and David marched in the when Paul’s grandson found an account son in Portland and another in Middlebury baccalaureate and commencement pro- of a memorial and anniversary celebration visit more frequently than when the couple cessions and the combined Marson, Moller, 1950 of this rescue in a French newspaper and lived in Florida. When they made their last and McNulty clans totaled nine attendees. Betsy (Dudie) Jennings Maley also a PBS personal oral account by O.B. trip to China, in 2002, Dana and Harriet Although it rained a little on Saturday, the [email protected] Streepers, the tail gunner and only living attended the opening of their oldest son’s sun came out on Sunday and, as usual, Joan Seekins Golden McDermott had crew member. Joan’s son, Kevin, met in law firm. He arranged a major 80th birthday commencement was a wonderful event lunch with Nancy Ardiff Boulter, Ginny Illinois with Streepers and his daughter, party for Dana, which was attended by their held outdoors. Davis Pearce, Barbara Starr Wolf, Gloria who knew the granddaughter of Edouard Chinese friends whom they met during the Gordon Goldman, and Connie Foxcroft Parmelin, the Frenchman who hid Paul, 1993-97 period when they lived in Beijing. Perrigo recently. She told them about her Streepers, and the radio operator. A trip to Sadly, Harriet died Aug. 15 and Dana died 1949 trip to France for the 67th reunion of the France was planned, and Joan, Frank, and Sept. 17. They submitted this news before Anne Hagar Eustis 1944 crash of a B24 on which Paul Golden Kevin were guests of Parmelin’s extended they both passed. [email protected] ’49 flew as a navigator during World War II. family. They visited the remains of bunkers Time for a bit of news from the ’49ers. Jean Paul was Joan’s first husband, who died in along the Mediterranean coast that deliv- 1948 Desper Thurston reports that in mid-June 1974 of a sudden heart attack. Joan trav- ered the flak, the American landing site near David and Dorothy Marson four former residents of Mower House had eled to the Cote d’Azur and Maritime Alps San Raphael, and then spent five nights in [email protected] a mini-reunion. Elizabeth (Betsy) Brown with her oldest son, Kevin Golden, and her Le Mas, a town on the mountainside at the Gordon, Elaine Noyes Cella, and Janet husband of 25 years, Frank McDermott. The site of castle ruins with only 30 year-round Mike and Kay Weisman Jaffe recently trav- (Peanut) Pride Davis gathered at Jean’s story of the crash begins May 27, 1944, residents. Parmelin bought the monastery eled to Finland and Norway and even were home in Nobleboro, Maine. They caught up when the B24 Liberator 252399, The Flak in Le Mas after the war and his granddaugh- above the Arctic Circle and on the border on lives, reminisced, and had a great tour Finder, flew from Toretto Field, south of ter now owns it. Joan’s family climbed and of Russia. Northern Finland is famous for of the Colby art museum, making a stop reindeer, and Mike and Kay saw some big to view the old site behind the former Foss and little ones. There are images of Santa Hall. Unfortunately Kathryn Garrick Alex Claus all year round and some beautiful lake and Jean (Jeb) Bonnell Day were unable 30s/40s newsmakers country, too. In Norway they spent five days to attend as planned and were missed. Mary Palmer Mills ’33 turned 100 Oct. 28. A going through the fjords on what was called Hopefully next time! Janet adds that they resident of Palo Alto, Calif., for more than 50 a ferry, but it had fine accommodations and went to Moody’s Diner for breakfast. Having years, Mills was born in Hinckley, Maine, where, the great food, though the rooms were smaller seen Mower House today, she now knows story goes, a doctor surgically removed a rib from than a cruise ship. It stopped at many big “why my father was not very impressed the 5-year-old pneumonic Mills on the kitchen and small ports and, when it stayed long with our quarters.” Heat and humidity table to ease her breathing. Mills now practices enough, they could visit some charming and notwithstanding, Peanut enjoyed the yoga and solves difficult crossword puzzles. She interesting towns. They were in Bergen for summer with her children, their wives and fondly remembers Colby’s old campus yet has Norway’s National Day and saw a parade. husbands, and her grandchildren, the eldest never visited Mayflower Hill. F Norfolk State They had every organization and school of which “graduated from Northeastern in University (NSU) awarded William T. Mason Jr. with separate sections and lots of bands June and is employed!” Three others are ’47 an honorary degree May 7. Mason earned William T. Mason Jr. ’47 his law degree from Howard University in 1950 and children’s groups, most in costumes. seniors in college—at Towson in Maryland, and became the first African-American assistant From Bergen to Oslo they went via ferry and and Endicott and Gordon in Mass. The last U.S. attorney for Virginia’s Eastern District. The longest-serving member of the NSU old-fashioned train through the mountains two are a junior and a senior in high school. Foundation board, Mason, still a practicing lawyer, has provided leadership and support and then a modern train into Oslo. They Y Peanut thinks of our Colby years often. I to NSU, including establishing a scholarship fund in his name. now have seven great-grandchildren (one recived an e-mail from James Pearl, who

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ill. I’m much better now. Y Older news from 1953 Betsy Fisher Caldwell, who said that after Barbara Easterbrooks Mailey 50s newsmakers the tornados hit Birmingham, “It was like [email protected] a war zone in our little village of Cahaba William Wing ’54 was one of 11 inductees into the When the Colby magazine comes I like to Maine Baseball Hall of Fame this summer. A pitcher, Heights.” In July she added, “Wild, hot drop everything. I always read what other Wing earned all-state honors at Colby and the Edward temperatures here. Roy (my husband) class correspondents offer in “Alumni At C. Roundy Award. Wing pitched in the Class B league, has to play tennis at dawn instead of Large.” I have six entries this time. The first signed with the Red Sox, and played in the minors for the afternoon. We will (soon) head north three years before his career with General Electric. “It to Saratoga for the races, then visit the is from Virginia Falkenbury Aronson. Her would have been interesting to see how far he would have children in upper New York State. Back favorite thing this summer was an 80th gone,” a friend told the Morning Sentinel. “He could throw east for Roy’s granddaughter’s wedding at birthday celebration, one that showed as hard a most major leaguers.” F Certified business a camp in New Hampshire, where I’ll see some thoughtful/original planning. Her analyst Bob Keltie ’59 won two awards this year, but not Els Warendorf Hulm ’51 at their summer four children rented an apartment in mid- for success in his day job at the Small Business Develop- home near Lake Winnipesaukee.” Y Edie town Manhattan so that they could walk ment Center at Palm Beach (Fla.) State College. Keltie, Carpenter Sweeney tells us that, “when to chosen activities. Each got to pick one Bob Keltie ’59 also an ice hockey referee, won the 2011 Chet Stewart our girls were teenagers, we hosted a girl thing: Avery Fisher Hall for a Beethoven Award from USA Hockey for developing a training seminar from Torino, Italy, one summer for six weeks. concert, Broadway to see Billy Elliot, MOMA. to increase the number of officials in south Florida. Hospice by the Sea in Boca Raton Sylvana found me on the Internet and will Her son insisted they go to Greenwich also recognized Keltie for his 22 years of volunteering and for 12 years on its board. visit us in Maine after visiting daughter Village to a karaoke bar, where each one Louise in Winchester, Mass. Other than had to participate. They also provided a that, Arthur and I lead old peoples’ lives.” long list of restaurants. Maybe Ginnie will picnicked at the crash site on top of Pic de a historic building—a five-year project. He Y Dave Crocket, a regular contributor says, send me the “results” of all this for the l’Angle May 27, 67 years to the date of the also moved to his summer home, acquired “My grandson, David Scott Crocket V, a staff next column. She sends happy birthday crash. They visited the ruins of the stone 33 years ago in Harpswell, Maine. Y John sergeant in the M.P.s in Germany, served wishes to all classmates celebrating their house where the three were hidden and Linscott was at reunion and entertained us as an escort for the women’s soccer team. big 80th. Y Loretta Mearns Setter wrote saw the building in Le Mas where a sheet with melodies on the piano. He has a band Had his picture on ESPN. David earned the from San Diego, saying she did get back was displayed to warn the airmen to hide that plays at various places in New England. Purple Heart as well as the combat infan- to Delaware in May to celebrate her 80th and not enter the village. Next they drove Thanks for adding to the reunion, John. Y tryman’s badge in Iraq. Another grandson, and also accompany her sister in burying to Grasse, where they had lunch with Clau- Walt Russell looks just like he did on the “Bucky” Farley, has been appointed to the her sister’s husband, who passed away in dette Rouguier and Laurent, the wife and basketball court in the ’40s and ’50s. He philosophy department at Northern Illinois January. Y In July Joyce (Whitham ’54) and son of the then 10-year-old who climbed doesn’t run as fast, but he should run for a University.” Y Evelyn Mack took a trip to Chuck Spencer returned from a 3,000-mile the mountain and hid food for the airmen. Senate seat to change things in Washington. Russia and the Ukraine, including four days trip to visit family in Las Vegas and to attend The last night there Joan’s family took the Y Jane Perry Lindquist, Marie Donovan in St. Petersburg with a trip to the Hermit- a wedding in Alamo, Calif. While there they Parmelin family to dinner in Cannes. Joan Kent, and Helen Palen Roth added glamour age, four days in Moscow with a tour of visited Napa Valley. During their drive home said, “We will be forever grateful to the to our class and attended all the reunion the Kremlin, and four days in Kiev. “Highly they encountered high winds, blown-over Parmelin family for their generosity and true events. They looked fabulous and are just recommend the trip.” Y Dave Morse wrote, 18-wheelers, plus dust storms and hail. friendship. We have many facts and stories, as much fun as they always were. Jane “I was sorry to learn of the death of my Chuck says the roads out west were either including pictures from 1944, 1992, and became “Polly” Leighton again and made roommate, Bob Hooper. He had to deal with very bad or under construction and that 2011, which we’re assembling, including some great comments about all our reunion more than his share of illness. I’m enjoying the Colorado rivers were high or flooding some further research. At the very least, classmates. Thanks Polly! Y And now from writing our condo association newsletter as in places. Y Last May Alice Colby-Hall was we have something of value to hand down the editor, Chet Harrington: I enjoyed well as conducting a writers’ group in Ken- honored for her teaching and scholarship to our family.” spending time with Ted Shiro and many nebunk. Short stories and poetry continue at the 46th International Congress on of our super classmates. Ted has survived to be my focus. The Ogunquit Playhouse Medieval Studies at Western Michigan several tough operations—I was with him is a source of great pleasure for Joan and University. They had a banquet in Alice’s 1951 when he had major heart surgery last winter I. We enjoy fun times with Paul and Mimi honor. She was one of 3,000 professors Chet Harrington in Naples, Fla., where he lives year round. Russell Aldrich, usually associated with and graduate students and participated in [email protected] Thanks for making the trip to Maine, Ted. food.” Y Mel Lyons is working on his novel a roundtable on the pronunciation of Old We held our 60th reunion and there was I’m playing golf anytime I can and on all and has six chapters written. He writes, “My Occitan, the language of troubadours, fol- a wonderful turnout. I wish you all could days that end in “y.” I enjoyed playing in the son brought to my attention an article about lowed by a workshop on French pronuncia- have been with us. It was well planned and alumni tournament with President Adams, the Civil War and the doings of Colby alumnus tion spoken in England in the 12th century. the campus is fabulous. Lucy and Richard who is a lot of fun and a good golfer. He Major General Benjamin Butler 1838 and It was all in appreciation by her colleagues, Bowen attended and were glad to see many has made a huge difference at Colby and how he was responsible for changing the many of whom are her former students. Y friends. Richard recently officiated at his I mean that in a positive way. We enjoyed Union’s attitude toward slavery, leading up Chase and Nan Murray Lasbury went on daughter’s wedding at a park in Boston. He our 50-plus years of vacationing at Orleans to the Emancipation Declaration. Butler is two nice trips last spring. They met some also attended the wedding of his grandson on Cape Cod, where I hoped to catch up usually regarded with some disdain, even by friendly travelers on a three-week cruise Matthew Lynes ’05 and Matthew’s new wife, with a lot of Colby people. All the best to Colby graduates, but maybe this will restore to Norway. Later in June they attended a Maureen Sherry ’05. There were more than the classmates of “the greatest class in some good will to his image.” Y Finally, a bit family reunion on the Outer Banks of North 40 Colbians at the wedding. Isn’t that great? Colby history,” without a doubt. of news from yours truly. After 22 years living Carolina—fun for all ages from 4 to 81. Y Y Ted Weaver graduated from more than on Cape Cod, I moved back to Connecticut in Roger Olson died July 19 and Al Hibbert 45 radiology sessions and in three months mid-October. My children have been insistent sent a nice tribute about his best friend. will learn the results. In the meantime he 1952 about being closer to them, so I’ll live in a He wrote: “Roger was more than a friend, moved to Maine for the summer. We wish Jan “Sandy” Pearson Anderson retirement community in Guilford. If any of he was like a brother. We went to Coburn Ted good results and many years ahead. [email protected] you live in the vicinity, please let me know. Prep School in Waterville and were both Y Dick “Red” Nemrow is alive and well. Dear Class of ’52. I’m back and must start Until next time, my best to you all. ATOs. We played football together and met He moved his office to Brunswick, Maine, by thanking so many friends who sent me up when our ships tied together in Norfolk, after 40 years in Boston and is restoring their concerns and good wishes while I was

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CM_40-68_A@L_RPH.indd 42 11/8/11 2:31 PM Va. Roger married Dot (Forster ’54) and I Beryl Wellersdieck Piper came all the way them, also, was Margaret Vallaly ’07, a by the way. Thanks Colby for not missing married Pat in 1953. We visited each other east from Corona Del Mar, Calif., to take much younger grad. They toasted Colby on a trick. Y It has been a pleasure for me to often at class reunions, anniversaries, advantage of the Alumni College Italian the deck! Jackie told B.J. of her wonderful be your class correspondent the past five birthdays, and our children’s weddings. Renaissance course at Colby. Short of summers spent boating around the Greek years. I send my heartfelt thanks to each We always had great times together at our time, they missed a visit with Karl and Jane islands with her grandchildren. B.J. also of you who contributed news for the many homes in Illinois or at their cabin in Monson, and Dilly (Ann) Dillingham Ingraham, but connected with Ken Swanson, who has issues, sharing little glimpses into your Maine. The four of us had many wonderful did have dinner at Jack and Ann Burnham happy memories of his freshman year at senior lifestyles as we cope daily with old experiences. Dot took such great care of Deering’s home with Harriet Sears Fraser, Colby. All good stuff, B.J. Thank you. Y Julie man old age. Our class is unique in many Roger, and the love they shared was very Kathy McCounaughy Zambello ’56, and Brush Wheeler writes from Oregon that ways, but the ongoing relationship, still so special. I’m going to miss Roger! I wish Dot Larry ’56 and Jean Van Curan Pugh. Beryl several of her former students attended caring after more than a half century, is the very best and hope we can continue to reports that Sistie Restall Horne is doing Colby. “The College is well recognized in still, by far, the most important. John and I get together from time to time.” well and seemed upbeat after Bob died. the Pacific Northwest and I’m proud to continue to be grateful. Y Charlene Roberts She hasn’t changed. Y Bob Johnson lives say I went there.” Julie is an avid advocate Riordan will be your new correspondent. in Canaan, Maine, and keeps busy with of antigun violence, raising large sums of 1954 his family and his woodcutting business. money to perpetuate gun turn-in programs Art Eddy Y Jane (Daib ’58) and John Reisman spent in Oregon over the last 16 years. She told 1957 [email protected] three weeks in Maine this summer. Over the a poignant tale of a recent visit to Istanbul Guy and Eleanor Ewing Vigue Karl Dornish reports that living without pain course of their visit, they saw Larry Walker and being outside the Blue Mosque, where [email protected] following the replacement of both knees, Powley ’54, Willy McDonald Sawyer ’58, she helped a struggling worshipper who There is a lot to write about, so I’ll get right being able to ski again, and being able to Cindy Allerton Rocknak ’58, and Fran (Wren gave her a “perfect rosebud retrieved from to it. Candace Orcutt Ph.D, enhancing compete again on the tennis court is really ’58) and Bob Raymond ’56. Jane and John his ragged belongings. It was a precious her career even further, presented at her nice. He also correctly asserts that during also had lunch with Kathy McCounaughy moment of connection.” Thanks for sharing, third conference on personality disorders her 14 years as head class agent, Judy Zambello ’56 and toward the end of their Julie. Y Ruthann Simmonds Mac Kinnon is at the Psychotherapy Institute in Istanbul. Jenkins Totman has “written the book” on vacation lunched with Jack Johnston and one of the many people who said how great Candace’s book, Trauma and Personality class participation and will be sorely missed his wife. Y Did you happen to see the it was to be together at reunion. She was Disorder, has just been published in Turkish. by both the College and our class. Karl and photo of Connie Putnam Barker and her pleased to have Barbara Faltings Kinsman Y Allan van Gestel is “still standing,” but I Jane (Millett ’55) were the recipients this grandson, Jake, in the July issue of Down visit for a few days after reunion “to just would venture to say that he goes further year of the Marriner Award, the first time East magazine? She’s featured in an ad hang out.” Y Janet Nordgren Meryweather than that! He has a very busy arbitration/ that a couple has been so honored. Y Judy for Thornton Oaks retirement community stays upbeat despite her odyssey with poor mediation law practice at JAMS in Boston. Jenkins Totman sends her sincere thanks in Brunswick, Maine, where she lives nine health. She and husband Steen are indeed Al will conduct an arbitration in Hyderabad, to all who donated this year. Ninety-seven months of the year. Summers are spent at role models. Steen had a grand time being India, and then testify as an expert wit- percent (122 of 126 members) contributed her beloved Orr’s Island cottage. Connie pushed around campus by a darling coed, ness on Massachusetts contract law in a sum that surpassed the dollar goal for is active with the Orr’s-Bailey Yacht Club our class. Y Carol Dyer Wauters continues and cofounded the Abbot Fletcher Sailing to do grassroots political organizing and School there. Jake has been a dock boy at advocating for smart sustainable com- the club. What a great life! Y We’re looking munity planning and the conservation of forward to a beautiful and colorful fall after wildlife and open space. Y Lois McCarty a warm summer in Maine. Please send me Carlson and I had our second annual golf your news for our next column. Cheers! outing during my yearly trip to Maine. Y We Susan S. Y. Johnson ’54 came so close to a 100 percent participa- tion rate that I’m hopeful we will make it 1956 Appreciating the Personal Touch for our 60th reunion. Joan Williams Marshall [email protected] “I’ve been able to give small gifts over all Greetings classmates, from the outer the years since 1954, but I wanted to do 1955 Cape. We’re still basking in the splendor something more financially significant,” Kathie Flynn Carrigan of our 55th reunion in June. So many folks said Susan Johnson ’54. “When I learned [email protected] showed up to celebrate the magnificence about the charitable gift annuity, Greetings from Maine! Last week the of the school and continued devotion to it. I realized it would be perfect. summer issue of Colby magazine came— Amazingly, most people have a recognizable I could give a larger gift what a treasure! Lots of news, both good feature and pulling up names to match was to Colby and have the and bad. Good, concerning all the advances not difficult. Several highlights, of course, guaranteed regular and student achievements. Bad, because but the big one for John and me was the income I need. If it’s time to say goodbye to Parker and trip to the Maine Botanical Gardens in my gift enables just Dick. Things just won’t be the same. But Boothbay Harbor on Friday. A delicious lob- one student to afford life hurries on and Colby is moving with ster luncheon, hosted by Paula and Peter college, I’ll be happy.” the times. Here we are, the ’55ers, one Lunder, was held in the Children’s Garden, year older (and wiser?), a whopping 60 a wondrous place worthy of a special visit years out and counting. Y Karl ’54 and with your grandchildren. Thanks to all who Let’s talk. Jane Millett Dornish received the cov- worked to ensure the success of “Our Last Susan Conant Cook ’75, P’11 eted Ernest Marriner Award at reunion in Hurrah.” Y Barbara (B.J.) Davis Howard 800-809-0103 | [email protected] June. This is indeed a special honor, well floored me with the news that she and her deserved. They’ve worked hard for Colby husband met Jackie Huebsch Scandalios Want to learn more about Susan Johnson? over many years and in many capacities. and her husband in Europe this summer. See special section on inside cover or visit www.colby.edu/willows Congratulations from all of us! Y Eric and They were on the same riverboat! With

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Cypress. Living in coastal Rockport, Mass., participation rate of 71 percent, a record for “show its really good stuff—cool and breezy official for the NHL’s Florida Panthers since is a great change of pace. Y In early June our class. Special thanks to Bill Slade, Art weather.” In response to my query about the team’s origin. Bob was also recognized Rose Stinson Ebsworth and her husband Smith, and Colette Piqueres Greenwood reading recommendations, Ann suggested for his volunteer work with Hospice by the drove around our beautiful Colby campus. for helping with this successful campaign. writer Daniel Silva, who recently published Sea. He began volunteering with them Rose was amazed at the many additions On the personal level, Buddy and his wife, the 14th book in his Gabriel Allon series. in 1989 as a patient volunteer and has of harmonious new buildings. They also Connie, are as active as ever and enjoy the She likes reading his works because they served on their board for nearly 12 years. Y toured the Perkins Arboretum and found cultural opportunities in Aspen, Colo. Spring are “instructional and riveting—and oh so Greg MacArthur is president of Viewpoint many bird species there before return- and fall visits to Addison, Maine, are a real current.” Y For the month of October Judy 2000, a corporate strategy and consulting ing to a wet and chilly July back home treat too. Y It never ceases to amaze me Brown Dickson will be in England with company primarily in the teleconferencing in England. Y Here’s a challenge for any how our class has come together and the her son and his wife. She’ll also travel to industry. Prior to 1998 Greg was a VP of couch potatoes among us: Lucy Pickles response for our column gets stronger and Scotland to visit Bethia Reynolds Morris investments at Paine Webber for 21 years Haworth recently climbed Mt. Washington broader. Guy and I are so pleased to be ’57 at her home in Helensburgh. “It will be and from 1994 to 1998 VP at A.G. Edwards. via the Ammonoosuc Ravine Trail, “a very a part of unifying our terrific class! Thank another adventure for me.” Y Janet Pratt He’s been quoted in Fortune magazine challenging but scenic hike with its many you for your responses. Some of your news Brown and her husband are happy that in 1996, 1997, and 1998. Shortly after waterfalls.” Staying overnight at the Lake came in too late, but it’s “at the ready” for their oldest daughter, Deb, her husband, moving to Stuarts Draft, Va., Mary Ranlett of the Clouds AMC hut was a wonderful the following issue. Mitch, and their two children, 11 and 7, are Mossman had a visit from her daughter, experience in itself. The next day, Lucy (and moving closer—from Seattle to Vermont, who lives in France. Her son and his wife I don’t know how she could climb out of where Mitch has a counseling position at from North Carolina also visited, and her bed) hiked along the ridge from Mt. Monroe 1958 Williamstown High School. The move “will other daughter lives nearby. The children to Mt. Eisenhower. Y Don Dinwoodie took Mary Ellen Chase Bridge make family reunions a bit easier, and had not been together in nine years. Mary his 14-year-old grandson to Barcelona [email protected] I look forward to visiting Vermont more and her husband enjoy exploring the lovely last summer as a rite-of-passage trip. While in Florida each winter, Constance often from Ithaca, N.Y.” Y Kay Litchfield Shenandoah Valley. Y Margaret Lippincott Life on the ranch hums happily along and Rockwell Ward volunteers with the chil- Cross and Dot Greenman Ketchum paid Brezel completed a trip with her brother Don is not retiring from real estate in the dren of Fellsmere, Fla., working with the a summer visit to Ginny Angney Bushee at and sister to celebrate their only living foreseeable future. Y In April Marilyn and local private library to put on educational her home at Lake Seymour, Vt. As well as cousin’s 100th birthday in Connecticut. Her Tom Brackin attended Tom’s marine heli- programs for about 300 young children catching up on news and driving to Quechee great-grandfather was Gardner Colby, who copter squadron reunion in Branson, Mo., and arranging enrichment programs at to shop, they attended a performance of endowed the College when it needed bailing Alfred Hitchcock’s drama 39 Steps at the out and had it named after him. Y John and famous (at least in Vermont) Haskell Opera Denny Kellner Palmer took a 10-day trip In July Jane Gibbons ’58 completed hiking House, the only theater located half in the in October to Rome, Pompeii, the Amalfi U.S. and half in Canada. The international Coast, Florence, and Venice. The weather all the trails in the AMC Guide to the White boundary runs diagonally through the was “the best.” In March they visited San Mountains. She is the seventh person to have theater, and the exit sign on one side Francisco to help their son John’s three finished—and the oldest. is in English and on the other in French. kids (11, 5, and 3) while his wife went to Fortunately, no passport is yet required Italy. To celebrate their 50th anniversary in to see a show there, but if theater-goers June they rented a house in Bermuda with park on a street in Quebec, they must their three kids and their spouses, and “it which has become the music capitol of the the elementary school. For these efforts report to customs officials; failure to do was WONDERFUL!” When not traveling, country. Wonderful Southern cooking and she was designated Volunteer of the so may result in a $5,000 fine! Y All the Denny stays busy at the Preble Street hospitality! Y Fifty-four years had passed Year at the school and this past season news this time is from females. Okay, soup kitchen in Portland, golf in season, since John Conkling skied at Sugarloaf, and received a proclamation and a key to the men, you’re up next time! I want lots of babysitting grandchildren, and working on the amazing changes there caught him and city of Fellsmere. Y In July Jane Gibbons replies—what you’re reading, where you’re the auction committee for the Community Nancy by surprise. The mountain they knew completed hiking all the trails in the AMC traveling, where you’re volunteering, what Schools at Opportunity Farm in Camden. back in the ’50s, with two t-bars, has been Guide to the White Mountains. She is the post-retirement jobs you’re taking, etc. Travelers to Maine—the Palmers would transformed into one of the most magnifi- seventh person to have finished—and the Please keep me posted! love to see you. Y Cathryn Cootner, while cent ski resorts in the country. Y Andy and oldest. There are 1,420 miles of trails, retired, is very much self-employed. For Wendy Dorman McIntosh celebrated their many to quite remote places in the Whites. almost eight years she’s worked on an art 50th anniversary by spending the month Previously she hiked New England’s hun- 1959 educational website, Cathryn Cootner Art of August in Scotland with their kids and dred highest mountains, climbed to the Joanne K. Woods Forum. It’s a humongous project that was grandkids. Wendy says it’s good to travel highpoint of the lower 48 states, hiked to [email protected] delayed by illness and a terribly bad fall. while they can—she and Andy are off on a the summit of approximately 400 peaks in Thank you to all who sent news. Dick She is well again and is pleased to give tours photo trip to Kenya in October. Y This fall the Southwest, and scaled Mt. Kilimanjaro. Morrison is fascinated watching his grand- of her large tribal art collection, mainly to Dick and Perk Perkins Canton will spend a “Pretty good for a gal who was one of Colby’s children grow, astonished at how quickly museum people and private collectors. She few days in Moscow, then take a riverboat worst athletes while in college! It shows the five-year-old girl and 10-year-old boy began collecting in 1964 and is thrilled as adventure on the Volga River. Y Linda and that it just takes persistence to reach your learned their dad’s iPad, and at their skill an emerita curator of textiles to live in her Don Tracy, having traveled extensively in goal. You might say I was a late bloomer.” at Angry Birds on the iPod Touch. Although own museum with 900 objects and textiles the U.S. and abroad, find that life on the Y In early August Jim ’56 and Ann Harding Dick has used a Windows PC since the ’80s, on display. To see photos of her art, e-mail coast of Maine, with all the activities (sail- Jamieson were in St. Albans, Maine, at their he thinks Apple has it right in how they her at [email protected]. Y Fred and Carol ing, kayaking), beats everything. Don sold camp, awaiting the arrival of four of their design hardware and software. Y Bob Keltie (Sanka) Sandquist Banister celebrated his tax practice and now has more time to nine grandchildren and their parents and won the 2011 USA Hockey-Chet Stewart their 50th anniversary with friends, kids, enjoy his five children and families who live wishing the other five grandchildren could Award, which recognizes an individual who and grandkids (great-grandkids couldn’t in Maine, including a “great-grand.” Y Buddy join them. “That, to us, is about as fun and has made an outstanding contribution to come). Sue Taylor, who was Carol’s maid Bates sends a big “thank you” to those in satisfying as it gets.” One group was coming the officiating education program as an of honor, joined them for the event. Y the Class of ’57 who participated in this from Georgia, where the temperature was official and volunteer. Bob has had a long Tink Bachelder Weeks looks forward to year’s Colby Fund. 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Maine’s Bilingual Education Dynamo | Grayce Hall Studley ’61

When Grayce Studley ’61 became director Department of Education for funding pro- sessions, songbooks, dances, art shows, parent of bilingual ESL programs at the Portland, grams related to all aspects of multicultural newsletters, cultural bulletins, and on and on. Maine, school system in 1983, five language and multilingual education: instruction, She and her staff remained ever sensitive groups were represented and she had six staff curriculum development, staff development, to the fact that students should be placed in members. When she retired in 2003, 57 lan- parent involvement, and dissemination. mainstream classes on an individual basis based guage groups were represented, and the Office • The Portland public schools earned the on their ability to speak, read, and write Eng- of Multilingual and Academic Excellence designation from the lish. Moreover she stressed the importance of Multicultural Pro- U.S. Department of Education. As a result, involving parents in their child’s education. “I grams had more than Studley spent 10 years leading seminars and urged parents to spend quality time with their 100 staff members. workshops at more than 100 replication sites children, which might involve reading to them During that 20- around the country. in their native language.” year span, Studley • She made scores of presentations at state, Studley credits her success largely to her established Portland regional, and national bilingual and ESL mother, who instilled an interest in other as one of the nation’s conferences. “When people learned I was cultures, to her fantastic staff, and to her alma premier providers from Portland, they assumed it was Portland, mater. “Colby prepared me very well to do of all-encompassing Maine, not Portland, Oregon, because of our what I did.” She notes that two of her German services designed to reputation in the field,” she said. professors, Henry Schmidt and Phil Bither, Grayce Hall Studley ’61 ease the transition • She served as chair of the Maine advisory were especially influential. of students into a committee to the U.S. Commission on Looking back Studley said, “I loved my job. new culture and a new language. By combin- Civil Rights. You never knew what language was going to ing wisdom and chutzpah, Studley developed a walk through the door on any given day. It’s national reputation as a guru on matters related In addition to overseeing a superb staff of important that we share what we know and how to multilingual and multicultural education. bilingual specialists and language facilitators we live; we can all learn from each other.” The facts and awards speak for themselves: with backgrounds spanning the globe, Studley —David Treadwell • Studley secured $20 million from the U.S. created innovative programs: films, folktale

Zealand. With cataracts removed and two trip along the Dalmatian coast. Y Eunice chair of the Mount Ida board but serves baldisbeautiful/en. The journal reminds hip replacements, she is feeling like the Bucholz Spooner continues her fantastic on the presidential search committee and me of how fortunate we are to have Pat bionic woman. Y Joan (Crowell ’60) and work as our “historian” with pictures at as chair of the development committee. Y and Jock as friends. Y Kay White and her Skip Tolette enjoy retirement. After 52-plus www.wymanhillgarden.org/colby1960/ Pete Cavari visited New England and spent husband went to NH for antiquing and to years of marriage they are happy and having colby1960.html. She needs pictures from 12 days with his good buddy Steve Curley. MA and ME to see family, especially their fun in Vero Beach, Fla., in the winter and others. Y John Vollmer celebrated his Steve has run the Red Auerbach basketball two grandsons. Their garden is spectacular. in Thousand Islands, N.Y., in the summer. 75th birthday in April on their farm on the school for each of the past 18 summers at Y After learning that Jo Deans Auchincloss Joan still skis and plays tennis, while Skip Bourbeuse River in Missouri. They hosted Bryant University in Smithfield, R.I. At their died in May, I asked her good friend Susan does jigsaw puzzles. They play golf and 20 Vollmers from all over the globe includ- “Colby Day” this year Ed Marchetti, Jock Chamberlin Trauger for contact informa- walk the beaches in Vero and garden in ing John’s two brothers, two sons, and two Knowles, Phil Shea, Peter Leofanti ’62, and tion for Jo’s family. Sue was shocked at the the summer. They’re also active in several grandchildren. The next day wife Diana’s Jay Webster ’62 reunited over lunch. After news after spending a week in Jo’s home civic organizations. Their son Mark ’83 and family showed up, making 46 people cel- the camp Phil treated Pete to a Red Sox in Charlotte, N.C., last October, when Jo his wife, Mary Lou (Waterman ’86), built a ebrating. Pictures will be on our website. game in field-level seats!Y Pat Sturges appeared to be in amazingly good shape. cottage on Vinalhaven in Maine, and Joan Y Sad news from Peg Jack Johnston that Aufdenberg visited her sister in February Connecting with friends was Jo’s happiness and Skip hope to visit and “drink butter” Peter “Mac” McFarlane died June 29. He 2010 at their timeshare in Puerto Vallarta, these last few years. We’ll all miss her. surrounded by lobster often. They have four went in for a hip operation in seemingly good Mexico. She even did a zip-line expedition Please contact me if you’d like the family’s grandchildren 13-17. health but died at home afterwards of an through the trees. She missed most of the contact information. Y More news is online enlarged heart and blockage. A memorial foliage while concentrating on getting to at www.colby.edu/mag. was held Aug. 21 in Evergreen, Colo. Y Skip and stopping at each of the 14 stations. 1960 ’59 and Joan Crowell Tolette really enjoy It was an experience she probably won’t Jane Holden Huerta retirement. After 52-plus years of marriage have again! She fell in love with the place 1961 [email protected] they’re having fun in Vero Beach, Fla., and bought her own timeshare right on the Diane Scrafton Cohen Ferreira For the seventh time, Ken Nigro traveled to and Thousand Islands, N.Y. Joan still skis Pacific. (It’s also available for rent.) Pat’s [email protected] the Dominican Republic to help run a Red (Alta, Utah) and plays tennis, while Skip granddaughter, Emily, 9, is her pride and joy. Congratulations to the 77 classmates who Sox kids camp. The 12 American and 12 does jigsaw puzzles. They play golf, walk Pat would love to hear more from her Colby attended the Class of 1961 50th reunion! Dominican kids worked on special projects the beaches, and garden. Their son Mark friends. Y Jock and Pat Walker Knowles Reconnection is wonderful—and what a and played ball at the Red Sox Dominican ’83 and his wife, Mary Lou (Waterman ’86) attended the first annual golf tournament in joy to see classmates returning for the Academy. Y Bette and Dick Peterson are built a cottage on Vinalhaven in Maine. Their May put on by Colby football fans. They’re first time in 50 years. Bravo! Our four-day excited have new twin grandchildren. They four grandchildren range from 13 to 17. Y In dealing with a serious medical situation weekend kicked off Thursday with a spec- help out from PA and from Rochester, Mass., May Judy Allen Ferretti and her husband with their daughter, Carolyn Knowles Clapp tacular sunny day at Seascape, Marjorie in the summer. Dick recently retired, so visited the North Rim of the Grand Canyon, ’89. Callie keeps an online journal about and David Tourangeau’s waterfront home they’ll travel to Croatia for a 10-day walking Bryce, and Zion. Judy stepped down as her illness at www.caringbridge.org/visit/ in Falmouth Foreside. After a short drive

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to Waterville and check-in at the alumni certs in Weld and Farmington. The final leg Ettinger Tartak in an effort to convince says, “When I think more about ziplining center, we gathered for our first campus included a drive with my sister, Lee Scrafton her to join us at our 50th. Brenda spent I realize my age may be increasing but event, a reception and barbecue at our Bujold ’64, to Warsaw, Ind., for a cousin’s a “girlie” weekend in Italy with her best perhaps not maturity!” Y Bill ’62 and Barb home base, Foss Hall. Some of us were wedding. In all, I was away from Hawai’i more friend recently, and in April took a group Haines Chase write that “life is good.” Y Don in the very place our Colby career began. than six weeks, a record length since moving to Argentina. She went to the Republic of and Betsy Doe Norwat had a trip of a life- Everyone marveled at the expanded dining to the Pacific in 1970.Y Congratulations to Georgia in September with some Georgian time. They boarded a ship in Barcelona and room—the food as delicious as ever, with all the Colby couples celebrating their 50th friends. Her son is in Iraq, having graduated sailed to ports in France, Italy, and Greece. some newer “healthy” choices. And imag- anniversaries this year and next, including as a Green Beret. She and husband Peter Y Yours truly went to Jane Melanson Dah- ine—elevators! Something we could have Bob and Jeanette Benn Anderson. Y We spend long weekends traveling through men’s art opening at the Coastal Maine used in September 1957. A bulletin board truly missed those unable to attend reunion, the beautiful state of Colorado, and she Botanical Gardens. Her work is absolutely crowded with ’50s and ’60s memorabilia but hope for another mini-reunion soon. extends an invitation to visit her in Denver. stunning! Bonnie Potter, Joe Drummond proved popular along with ubiquitous copies ’64, and Bill Chapin ’59 were also there. of the reunion book. Thanks to Betsy Perry In August Bonnie, Jane, and husband Joe Burke and Helen Johnson Knox for these. Beth Brown Turner ’63 completed her Ph.D. will join Bill for a sailing trip to the Bay of On Friday morning the hale and hardy par- Fundy. Y Ron and Bunny Read McEldowney ticipated with President Bro Adams in the in theater studies at the University of Georgia. had a fabulous safari in Botswana, Zambia, Presidential Golf Tournament at the Belgrade Her dissertation, “Haunting Memories: Black Zimbabwe, and South Africa. Highlights Lakes Golf Club. It was widely reported were the multitude of healthy wildlife and that class president Bob Burke and wife Francophone Caribbean Women Playwrights flying in small planes to tented camps. Donna added star quality to the event. We and the Traumatic Slave Past,” was nominated Y Though retired from Earlham College, were happy to participate in the parade of Howard Lamson is involved in Earlham’s classes Saturday morning with our Colby for a prestigious award. Mexico program, including a program Brick Award winners Carolyn (Webster ’60) devoted to studying migration. Students and Ted Lockhart and Steve Chase. Thanks work with local organizations that address to all who contributed to our award-winning Many Mayflower Hill returnees decidedfive Let’s go! Y Gail Macomber Cheeseman immigration issues. “It has been an amaz- class gift! As always, the lobster bake and years is too long to wait for our next gather- went swimming with whale sharks off Isla ing experience.” Y Nancy (Godley ’65) and barbecue buffet enabled us to interact, as ing. Fortunately, Colby has planned well in Holbox (north of Cancun), “where the Gulf John Wilson will be at their home on Deer did our reception and gala dinner in Dana, advance for its bicentennial, in 2013. Check of Mexico currents meet the Caribbean Isle through November. They look forward where we were memorably serenaded by the this column or the Colby alumni website for currents and trap tons of plankton that to visits from family and friends before Colby Eight. A big thanks to David Ziskind’s updates. Y Aloha! these gentle giants feed on.” Gail says returning to Lexington, Mass. Pam Harris wife, Linda, for being our photographer. there is no chance of being bitten by these Holden ’66, Bryan Harrison Curd ’65, and Please send photos to the Colby class sharks, because they can’t even swallow Skeeter ’59 and Karen Beganny Megathlin page or to me for uploading. Thanks, too, to 1962 a fish—only tiny plankton! They plan to have all visited. Y A wonderful suggestion Mary Sawyer Durgin Bartlett for e-mailing Patricia Farnham Russell offer this adventure as one of their ecology comes from Karen Forslund Falb to collect great souvenir memories. Y Ron and Helen Nancy MacKenzie Keating safaris. Y Mike McCabe sends greetings reminiscences of turning 70. Send me your Johnson Knox “enjoyed seeing everyone at [email protected] and heartfelt thanks to the class for their stories for the next column. Their daughters the reunion. We thought the whole weekend Greetings Class of ’62! News is a little response to the Colby Fund. We had a took her and husband Peter to the Island was a ‘hoot’ as they say in Maine.” Y Many sparse this time, but thanks to those who record 66-percent class participation, Creek Oyster Bar restaurant in Cambridge others, including Peter Denman and Bob responded. Ellie Tomlinson says, “There which Mike hopes is a prelude to an even to celebrate. Y Lillian Waugh helped Coral Di Napoli, were “so glad to attend after are only great things to be said about more successful year for our 50th reunion. Crosman round up Class of ’63 gifts. Lil- fifty years!” Please let us know what you retirement and having no schedule, no set Speaking of which, Malcolm MacLean lian won a yoga fitness challenge. Go to thought of the weekend! Y Tom and Dorothy agenda.” She relates meeting friends and reminds us that the 50th will be here before www.innerlifeyoga.com to see her! She’s Boynton Kirkendall regret missing the 50th, colleagues for lunch or dinner, reading a we know it and he’s looking forward to it! also participating in CelloSpeak 2011 at but Dotty was recovering from a complicated good book, or perhaps Skyping her friend Planning for the 50th is underway with a Bryn Mawr as “Cello One” and referred to knee replacement. They summered at their in the Peace Corps in Mongolia. She plays successful reunion committee meeting at Mary Michelmore Ackerman-Hayes as a camp on North Pond, Belgrade Lakes, enjoy- squash, rides her bike, or takes a relaxing Colby July 29, with Peter Leofanti, John fellow cellist. Y John and Marsha Palmer ing the occasional orchestral performance paddle in the kayak around the beautiful McHale, John Chapman, Bill Chase, Hope Reynolds take their therapy dogs to two of the Atlantic Music Festival at Colby. Y This waters of Marblehead. She gardens and Hutchins Benton, Judy Hoagland Bristol, area nursing homes. The residents bake summer your correspondent and a group of muses (as do a lot of us) about planting Patch Jack Mosher, Jeanie Banks Vacco, dog cookies for treats! Marsha volunteers friends and university colleagues traveled weeds so that “then maybe the flowers Nancy Rowe Adams, Bruce Kingdon, Mike at the local spay/neuter clinic at the Animal to Turkey for the reverse of my 2008 trip. would take over.” She volunteers for the McCabe, and myself (Nancy MacKenzie Welfare Society. Y 2013 will be a big year for After reunion I flew to Istanbul for a tour led Pan Mass Challenge bike ride to raise Keating). With the invaluable help of the Wayne and Mary Dexter Wagner when they by Latif Bolat, an internationally acclaimed money for cancer, of which every bit goes alumni office, Meg Bernier Boyd ’81, and attend Wayne’s 50th reunion at Gettysburg Sufi musician. From Istanbul we flew to to Dana Farber. She ends with “life is good.” Carolyn Kimberlin, there are plans afoot College, Mary’s 50th at Colby, and celebrate Bodrum and took a gulet (a wooden yacht) I agree Ellie, and thanks. Y Jean Gaffney for a truly memorable weekend. It’s not too their 50th anniversary! They’ve traveled to Bozburun, exploring a small section of Furuyama sold her dental practice last year early to make your plans for May 31-June 3, to Alaska, Florida, and the Cape and met the Aegean coast. We hiked every day and and now works for the new owner three days 2012. And remember, the College foots the Monte and Cindy Richmond Hopper. Y snorkeled and kayaked off the gulet. The a week. She does expert witness work on bill! Be looking for reminders coming your Congratulations to Beth Brown Turner for second week, a land tour, included visits dental malpractice suits and is a member way in the next several months. completing her Ph.D. in theater studies at to western Turkey sites: Kas, the Pamuk- of the State Board of Dentistry Office of the University of Georgia! Her dissertation, kale Travertines, and Arykanda, one of the Professional Discipline. She and husband “Haunting Memories: Black Francophone “hidden” archaeological sites in Lycia. After Yoshi will take a trip to Japan, to which they 1963 Caribbean Women Playwrights and the two weeks I flew back to Maine for director both are looking forward. Semiretirement Paule French Traumatic Slave Past,” was nominated for Bruce McInnes’s birthday, celebrated by his is agreeing with Jean. Y Brenda Wrobleski [email protected] a prestigious award. Y Michael Archer, group, the Mastersingers USA, with con- Elwell has been in touch with Margot Reminiscing about Costa Rica, Al Carville living in São Paulo, Brazil, since 1970,

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CM_40-68_A@L_RPH.indd 46 11/8/11 2:31 PM enjoys traveling and golfing after 33 years another variety show in April. It was the 1965 Sue (Cook ’67), continue with volunteer as an insurance broker. He and wife Ruth best ever, but it may be time to quit while Dick Bankart work at Maine Maritime Museum. Nick are doing well and invite visitors, “but I’m ahead. The last act before the finale is [email protected] teaches boatbuilding while Sue archives advise in anticipation.” Y Chris and Midge a tambourine act, which is a showstopper. boat blueprints. They, too, are in the Walton Holmes attended a farewell party I’m willing to bring my tambourines to our Retirements (3), reunions (3), unions grandparent business and do “boating/ for Silvia Calliet Bois Bonta. Silvia left 50th. I need 8 to 12 people willing to be (1)—not a bad scorecard! Y Now that the fishing on the Kennebec, Sasanoa, and for a two-year tour with the Peace Corps taught (if you can count to eight repetitively, class is mostly retired from the rat race, Damariscotta rivers.” The Locsins were in to teach in Ecuador. Y Allen and Rosemary you’re in). If you’re curious, check out “2005 we are enjoying newfound travel fun and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in May and are Blankenship Hubbard are traveling to Tambo Line” at YouTube. Y Gloria Shep- connecting like crazy with folks from our off to Spain this fall. Y Colby Professor of Yellowstone and the Tetons and visiting herd: I had a fabulous time at the Joseph earlier lives. Dave Hatch—50th high school Sociology Tom Morrione was featured in grandsons. Rosemary’s serving as church Peller “Painting the Vineyards” workshop reunion in Massachusetts last June. “Am the Colby summer issue you received last organist, reading English history, and in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada, loving the Florida lifestyle” Y Connie and July. The article recounts his innovative growing potatoes “in honor of our beloved in June. We painted and enjoyed gourmet Dave Fearon—50th high school reunion at approach to teaching about philanthropy state of Maine.” Y Ruth Pratley Madell’s lunch and wine. Y Bob Drewes: Robbie and Deering High in Portland. “Good practice management. In addition, his wife, Nancy big news is that her son is getting married I moved to Park City, Utah, and our vacation for our 50th.” Dave is looking forward to (Ryen), continues in the Colby admissions Oct. 15! Y Tom Thomas and wife Patti had home has become our primary residence. “another cool T-shirt” from Chris Brown. office as associate dean. Y Our UNION was Y a wonderful trip to Spain. The highlight I’m working on some start-ups. Y Jonathan John Bragg retired in November after reported by Jay Gronlund, with the happy was a visit to the Mezquita in Cordoba. Y Allen: I’m semiretired but continue to do 46 years in the family business started by news of daughter Melissa’s wedding last Whit Bond visited Colby with his daughter, consulting gigs as RF Electronics Consult- his great-great-grandfather, N.W. Bragg, May. Helping to celebrate were Rich and Laura. They met Parker Beverage, Carleen ing, serving mainly the solar photovoltaic in 1854 as a supplier to blacksmiths. He Gail Crosby Davis ’58 and Charlie ’63 and Nelson, Sid Farr ’55, and Bro Adams. Whit (solar cell) industry in its R&D programs. plans to spend more time in Fort Myers with Pam Plumb Carey. Y I conclude with the is looking forward to our 50th! I’ve given talks and written about energy the grandchildren. Y Tim Cleghorn retired sad news that Matt Riddell lost his wife, and climate change. My wife, Shirley, is in August 2010 after 37 years with NASA Jemmie (Michener ’66), after a long battle now retired, and we’ll celebrate 40 years at the Johnson Space Center. Since then with ALS. Our sympathies and condolences 1964 of marriage this year. Our daughter, Laura, he’s been teaching Aikido to small groups. go out to you. She was 66, which is too Sara Shaw Rhoades 27, is in graduate school pursuing a dual Tom Donahue stopped by for a visit last young. Y Hail, Colby, Hail. [email protected] degree leading to a Wharton M.B.A. and February. “Nicest thing about being retired: Jan Young Stinson writes: I’m trying to an M.A. at the Johns Hopkins School for not having to be anywhere at a set time.” Y not let the grass grow under my feet. Advanced International Studies. She wants Neil Clipsham is only “95 percent retired.” 1966 Having just moved to Ponte Vedra, Fla., in to work in financing renewable energy in He now has time for the garden, travel with Meg Fallon Wheeler December to be near one of my sons and developing countries. We’re all luckily in wife Jean, some volunteer work, lunch with [email protected] his family, I’m now moving to Hershey, Pa., good health and doing quite well. Y Barbie old friends, and “answering requests for Classmates came from far and near, but where he started a new job as director of Carr Howson: In April Susan Ellsworth, class news.” Y Lew Krinsky visited Colby Peter Grabosky of Deakin, Australia, came resort sales for Hershey Resorts. My other Margaret Mattraw Dodge, Joan McGhee in June to attend a tribute dinner for retired the farthest to attend our 45th reunion in son and family live in Hollis, Maine, where Ames, Suzy Noyes Mague, and I “did” New basketball coach Dick Whitmore. He spot- early June. Peter enjoyed himself enough he is the training coordinator for Olympia Orleans for a “tween-reunion.” Suzy, having ted John Joseph, Earl Smith, and Carl Nelson to state unequivocally that he’ll be back in Y Sports as well as appearing in local theatre lived there nearly 45 years, was our hostess at the event. Marnie Hale Fowler is busy 2016 for our 50th. Y Ed Phillips attended productions. I’ve spent a lot of time driving just the Thursday night ferry trip and dinner the eastern seaboard—it’ll be nice to have on Great Diamond Island but has vowed that both families within an eight-hour drive! Y Jonathan Allen ’64 is semiretired but he will attend the whole weekend of events Larry Dyhrberg: A French teenager spent for our 50th. Y In many ways the 45th felt a month with us, including four days in continues to do consulting gigs as RF like a warm-up for The Big One in 2016. Ideas Montreal while Michelle did a French teach- Electronics Consulting, serving mainly the were generated, several classmates offered ers’ conference. In Montreal we stayed with help with the planning, and Fran Finizio, Allan Smith. After Chicago we’re driving solar photovoltaic (solar cell) industry in its the newly elected class president, vows to Madison, Wis., to see John Oaks. Y Jim R&D programs. to keep the momentum going. Some 45th Harris writes of a cold summer, which most highlights: Linda O’Connor McDonough’s of us cannot relate to. He’s been volunteering beautiful floral arrangements that filled our at the library and at the Pacific Northwest class headquarters; the announcement Writers Association, which sponsored a and intrepid guide to all things culinary, of reunion class gifts to the College, our four-day writers conference in August. Y musical, and historic. In between seeing with grandmother activities in Belfast and class’s being one of the largest (with thanks Susan Woodward: For all the news of my life gators in the swamp, Ellis Marsalis playing at their summer lakeside home in Norcross, to Gary Knight and his committee for their check out the latest at www.rv-adventuring. the piano, eating beignets, and moseying Maine. Marnie reports “rollicking visits in fundraising efforts); Professor John “Daisy” com/re-adventures-07152011.html. I’m through the Garden District, we caught Portland with Rhoda Goldstein Freeman Carvellas’s lively lecture on the role of the really enjoying all these volunteering gigs up on each other’s lives and vowed to do and Tina Moore Miller—yes wine was housing crisis in the current economic Y and have seen some wonderful places. Y it again! Y Alan Cohen ’63 responded to involved. Thus goeth retirement.” Nancy recession, appropriately followed by Linda Martha Farrington Mayo: I’m finally totally my query as to the whereabouts of Steve Godley Wilson has been involved in theatri- O’Connor McDonough’s serene and restful retired. Time at our summer home on Squir- Goldberg, AKA Krow. Steve moved to Aus- cal activities on Deer Isle and connected anti-stress workshop that returned our blood rel Island is now punctuated by visits from tralia 30 years ago to teach high school. with the Shakespeare in Stonington festival pressure to normal levels; Reverend Barry our grandchildren (and their parents). Even He married and had two children there. at the opera house—costumes, receptions, Clark Hews’s beautiful blessing before though we all live in Bath, Maine, life is dif- Alan reports that Steve died of lung cancer etc. Nancy recounted a nice lunch visit in our Saturday night dinner; the minimally ferent on the island, and I love to see my about 10 years ago. Alan, who was friends East Blue Hill with Pam Harris Holden ’66 rehearsed but bravely performed ditty grandchildren enjoy the beaches, walkways, with Steve before Colby, recalls that Steve and Bryan Harrison Curd (see page 44 sung at dinner by Five Sixties Chix, alias boats, and woods—and making friends with was the only person he knew to get an “A” of Colby summer issue for news of Bryan’s Sue Turner, Britt Carlson Anderson, Meg other generations of islanders. I directed in freshman English. new book). Y Nick Locsin and his wife, Fallon Wheeler, Barry Clark Hews, and

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Beth Adams Keene; the well-deserved grandchildren, we’re spending our money on recognition of the reunion planning commit- us! Y Hope Jahn writes: I continue to sing tee members with special thanks to retiring 60s newsmakers with Sounds of the Seacoast Barbershop class president Stan Marchut, who did a Women’s chorus. We came in first in an fabulous job of leading us up to and through Maine Supreme Court Justice Joe Jabar ’68 was at area contest in 2011 and second in an our 45th; the Colby campus, looking so Fenway Park July 29, but not in the stands; Jabar was international contest in 2010. We perform beautiful, astounding us with its new build- honorary captain for the East squad at the Cape Cod several times a year at various venues and ings and big trees. But I suspect all would League All-Star Game. While in college Jabar pitched have two annual shows. Joy of my life, it is. in the Cape Cod League, earning a league title in 1967. agree that reunions are really about friend- Y Al Gray (aka “Hootie”) attended his son Jabar was the league’s outstanding pitcher in 1966 and ships old, new, and rediscovered, second Chris’s wedding in Danbury, Conn. Chris, 28, 1967 and was inducted to the its Hall of Fame in 2003. chances to connect with those with whom works for Bearingstar Insurance Agency. His “Those were some of the best years of my life,” Jabar we walked the same pathways many years wife, Kara, teaches in New Milford, Conn. told the Morning Sentinel. ago. Hail, Colby, Hail! Y We missed seeing Joe Jabar ’68 Wonderful weekend with family and close Bill and Ruth Loker Ingham on campus in friends. Al writes: Chris is the first of our three June and were saddened to learn that Ruth’s children to get married. Oldest daughter breast cancer treatments were preventing While I appreciated Colby publishing his up Mike and Pam, but, as luck would have Erin, 31, came home from Berkeley, Calif., them from traveling. The good news is that obituary, I want people know more about it, Pam and Mike were on Cape Cod at that for the festivities. She’ll soon be a licensed the outlook is excellent and they definitely the man he was and why it’s important to time. Nonetheless Tif and Pat completed marriage and family therapist and has been plan to be at the 50th. Ruth writes, “For tell a piece of his story, because his Colby their 370-mile trip. Y Mike Thoma works in California about eight years. Youngest all who have walked this road themselves brothers and friends meant the world to as a consultant and rides his Morgan horse daughter Julie, 22, works at The Learning or with loved ones, I cannot recommend him. It seems to me that the experiences in his free time. After Mike leads his horse Experience (daycare center) in Concord, enough a book called Anticancer: A New and the relationships at Colby defined us to the feedbag, he takes up the pots and Mass., and lives in Lowell. My wife, Donna, Way of Life. It has given me fresh energy and and molded our futures, as much as the pans and cooks for his wife, kids, and and I have been married for 33 years and a sense of power over the rest of my life.” education prepared us for it. “Duck” was his friends. Y Sookie Weymouth retired and live in Concord, Mass. In 1988 I started my Thank you, Ruth. Y Those of you who saw nickname, a name that followed him from has spent time traveling with her husband. own insurance consulting firm, Alan Gray, Elena and Peter Anderson at reunion will be Summit (N.J.) High School, where he was When home in Maine, Sookie volunteers Inc. based in Boston. We now have about interested to know that they have remarried lowered from the rafters as the duck in the with a group studying invasive species of 65 full-time employees and work primarily since then. When it came time to put the Groucho Marx show with the secret word aquatic plants and socializing animals. for insurance companies in the commercial deed to their new Buenos Aires apartment “paleontology” for his Latin class skit. Jim While at a library sale near her home, she claims and litigation areas. Donna also in both their names they learned it would became “Duck” and Duck was a Lambda met, unexpectedly, Muffy Place Ireland, works at the company in accounting. Would be necessary to get their U.S. marriage Chi Alpha. I’m sure his fraternity brothers a friend she met in 1963 on Mayflower love to connect with alums in the area. Y Rick certificate translated, copied, notarized, and others have memories from 1963 to Hill when they wore blue beanies. Y Joyce Moriarty says: I still work at UMass medical and forwarded to Argentina—a cumber- 1967 of Duck: he held the world record for Henckler serves as chief development school but have cut down my schedule. We some three-month process. Instead, they reciting the superman mantra (faster than officer of the University of Central Florida, love grand-parenting! My wife and I had an decided to just get married again—to each a speeding bullet), was the drummer in the the second-largest metropolitan university adventure last January when we started out other!— in Buenos Aires. Congrats to the house band, and president of the Newman in the country. Joyce finds time to travel on our dream vacation to see the pyramids newly-reweds! Y Janet Brooks retired from Club (he bought doughnuts for meetings). and this spring, with husband Don, visited and cruise down the Nile. Unfortunately, her job at a Portland, Maine, law firm in June He played IFL sports and loved basketball, a the Mediterranean, where they thoroughly we got caught in the revolution and were and relocated to Iowa City, where she went passion he passed on to his grandchildren. enjoyed the countryside and the rich history evacuated after our camel ride and visit to to graduate school right after Colby—a big He hated geology and the Hotel Cassini, of the region. Y Jim Eisenberg has been a the sphinx—what an experience. We were life change that felt both exciting and scary. loved sleeping the ramps. He even loved practicing radiologist for the last 30 years. evacuated to Athens and spent several She wrote, “If I don’t do this, it becomes snow coming in the dormitory windows and He began his medical career in surgery and wonderful days there. We hope our next the road not taken, and I know I don’t want door, he loved the snoring (many offenders), then did a second residency in radiology. trip will be less stressful—might try Libya that.” Y Susan Footer Hummer wrote from he loved boulders being thrown out the Jim and his wife, Tova, have three children. or North Korea. Y Barbara Brown writes: England, where she and her husband, Jim, second floor balcony (one unnamed but When work schedules allow Jim and Tova I have retired from my special education have lived for more than a year while Jim well-known offender). Duck was bitterly travel and often escape to their retreat on director position and am looking forward works at a nuclear power plant an hour out disappointed when the Greek system was the shore of Lake Michigan. to a relaxed future. I’ve been interested in of London by train. They get back to their abolished. Brothers from Lambda Chi were writing a novel for some time and hope to Bath, Maine, home and Christmas tree farm in Duck’s memory for more than 45 years get started on completing one this fall. My to prune the trees and enjoy the December and he loved and missed them all.” Thank 1968 golf game has been my primary interest this cut-your-own weekends. Y It is with a heavy you, Linda, for sharing. Y Sandy Miller lives Peter Jost summer. It’s now or never if I don’t improve heart that I report the loss of a dear class- between her home in Milton, Mass., where [email protected] soon. I had a video of my swing taken and mate and beautiful friend Jemmie Michener she runs her business, and Florida, where Glenna White Crawforth writes: Like many that was interesting! I stay busy with my Riddell, who died of ALS June 30. We send she cares for her father. When she has time, in the Class of ’68, my current focus is three grandchildren in Idaho and visit as our sympathy to Jemmie’s husband, Matt Sandy researches family facts. One new RETIREMENT. I’ll be leaving the Boise Police much as possible the two in Carlsbad, Calif. ’65, and to all her family. fact: she has a new granddaughter, Molly. Department, where I’ve been the director of Idaho is a long way from Colby, so I rarely Y Jim Katz plans to keep teaching as long volunteer and internship programs for more see anyone from the days on Mayflower Hill. as he enjoys instructing his students. By all than 11 years. Great job, but I’m so ready It would be great to hear from anyone who 1967 indications, that’ll be a very long time. Y to retire. To prepare for our leisure time, my ventures this way. Y Bob Kulp’s wife, Mar- Bob Gracia Mike and Pam Cooper Picher expected the husband and I built a house on the Oregon garet, died in June. Our condolences to Bob. Judy Gerrie Heine births of two grandchildren, one in August coast for summers and a condo in Palm [email protected] and one in September. They enjoy life in Springs for winters; Idaho is the perfect We received a lovely letter from Linda Allen Ottawa and in their cottage on Georgian Bay. place to spend spring and fall. We also got 1969 Vaughn that reads, in part, “My husband, On an interesting note, Pat and Tif Crowell a travel trailer, so we’ll explore the U.S. and Ray Gerbi Jim Vaughn, passed away last October. were in Canada biking and decided to look Canada too. With three grown kids but no [email protected]

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CM_40-68_A@L_RPH.indd 48 11/8/11 2:31 PM at Sugarloaf before reluctantly leaving the meet up with Carol Lewis Jennings and mountain’s beautiful snow in time to catch Lori Gill-Pazaris in either Boston, NY, or the last of the cherry blossoms back in DC. Hartford, their current hometowns. Sue and Benbow Tribute Jane says, “We could not miss the second Larry recently acquired a condo in Seattle birthday of our younger grandson.” Y Tom so they have a place to call their own when Wright recently saw Eddie Woodin and they visit their children, who live in Seattle. his wife, who brought Tom up to date on Classmates are invited to connect with her our last reunion and the Colby-Bowdoin on Facebook to let her know when they’re in football party. Tom’s son Doug, assistant Seattle (or NY). They’re easing into retire- editor at Conde Nast Traveler, published ment and could use suggestions for how his first novel, Pendulum Rift, under the to spend their newly found leisure time. Y pen name Virgil Blackwell. It’s a fantasy I ran into Steve ’69 and Debbie Williams adventure about three friends in their Anderson in August at the hardware store in own subconscious worlds meeting up and Wolfeboro, N.H. Debbie retired as a school saving each other. His daughter is visiting administrator last year and Steve has just center manager at Otter Creek Brewery in retired. They have five grandchildren and live Middlebury, Vt., and his oldest son is a third in Melrose, Mass. Y As of this writing, Bob year M.D. resident at Yale. Tom still enjoys and I are spending some relaxation time in Sugarloaf and Tuckerman’s Ravine (this New Hampshire on Lake Winnipesaukee. year the chute and right gully). Last winter Our son and his family join us whenever he met the three Colby alpine ski racers they can. I hope that everyone had a great at the NCAA Championships at Stowe, summer and is looking forward to the and he says he continues to gate keep at holidays. Best to all from Libby. top national alpine races. Tom still enjoys tennis, skiing, windsurfing, and competing in triathlons. He sends his best to all our 1971 classmates. Eddie reminds everyone of Ann E. Miller the Bowdoin-Colby football game tailgate [email protected] party Nov. 12 in Brunswick. Please plan Wouldn’t you like to know how much fun we on attending! had at our 40th reunion? None of us can At press time, Colby learned that R. Mark Benbow, who taught English at Colby for 40 understand how it can be this many years, years, retiring in 1990, died Oct. 18 at 86. An imposing presence, never more than when teaching Shakespeare, Benbow is remembered for his insistence that students 1970 but we out-danced a lot of underclassmen should be challenged to go beyond their known limits. The U.S. Navy veteran snapped and had a blast in the process. There were Libby Brown Strough about 50 to 60 of us there and it was students to attention when he strode into the classroom, enthralled them with his [email protected] knowledge of Shakespeare, and often handed them their first “C.” A report of the wonderful. We owe a huge thank you to news on Colby’s Facebook page, prompted a flurry of tributes and remembrances. After nearly 40 years Ben Kravitz sold his Linda and Dave Williams, who made sure (See letters, P. 4.) tire distribution business and retired at the we had a good time! Y Pat Trow Parent beginning of the year. Although he enjoys said it’s always such a good feeling to traveling, most recently in Israel and South return “to the place where you are forever I hope everyone had a great summer! I joined up with their son, Brian. Except for Africa, and playing a lot of golf, he finds 17.” Amen. Inspired by the wedding of had the good fortune to connect with Gary getting pick-pocketed in Paris, Don says it retirement a bit too sedentary and he’s Debbie Messer Zlatin’s daughter, Pat has Austin. Gary was in Maine to participate in was a great trip! Don and Teri spend a lot of looking for some new challenges. Y Jane decided to recreate herself as a justice of the three-day Trek Across Maine bike ride time at their daughter’s home in Framing- Stinchfield Knapp is a member of the the peace. Y Leslie Anderson had one of for the American Lung Association. He just ham, Mass., enjoying their new grandson, Maine Legislature. As a state representa- her paintings licensed by Trader Joe’s for finished his fourth year of retirement and Jackson. Y Chris Christensen and the Mer- tive, she attended a three-day educational use as a greeting card. The painting, “Last says he stays busier than ever. He volun- rimack, N.H., Rotary club finished rebuilding tour in July of potato growers and potato Night at the Lake,” was inspired by Debbie teers at a historic preservation site near Kids Kove, a local playground featuring a processing in Aroostook County. Y I heard Messer Zlatin’s camp. Look for her card Annapolis, Md., where they’re constructing 2,000-square-foot overhead “sail” that again from Norma Rivero de Biermeyer. in September in the “friendship” category an 18th-century carpenter’s shop using the will provide shelter from sun and rain. She, her husband, and daughters still live at Trader Joe’s. Y (Debbie has been busy hand tools of the period. He also volunteers The project was town-wide: kids provided in Caracas, Venezuela. They have no grand- inspiring people.) Y After a difficult year at the VA hospital in Baltimore. Gary says, design ideas, and the Rotary contributed children, only two golden retrievers, Ringo Chip Altholz’s wife, Linda, has recovered “When we’re in town, I work as a starter at a 3,800 man hours to do the building over and Marley. Norma volunteers as secretary well from a couple of serious health issues. golf course—gets me free golf!” He and his five days. His summer plans called for on the board of a VAAUW organization He admires her strength, faith, and cour- wife, Judy, took a 30-day trip to Southeast lots of time at the lake with grandchildren called the International Association of age. Chip only needs another few million Asia, traveling from China to Bali. After a Clara, 3, and Caden, 1. Y Sue Magdefrau University Women. It used to be primarily dollars to get his nine-year project of a family reunion in Maine in August, they Werkhoven continues to teach and tutor English-speaking American women in the youth-oriented Internet start-up company took a trip up the Maine coast into NB, part time but managed to get in some 1960s, but now it’s extremely international launched. He misses Jim Peterson and PEI, and NS. Y Bonnie Allen Rotenberg beach time this summer. She announces and sometimes predominantly Spanish Dave Nelson. Y Richard Beaty, although ran into Mike Mooney and Tom McBrierty the arrival of a new granddaughter, Alexis speaking. Norma loves to work in her he didn’t graduate with us, has had an while taking a morning walk at her summer Rose Werkhoven, born July 11. Y In July garden and likes to think of herself as an interesting life as a ski instructor, real estate home in Christmas Cove, Maine. Tom was Robbie Kent English completed a move untrained tropical landscape gardener. Y developer, homebuilder, and stockbroker. there helping Mike with renovations to his from New Jersey to Providence, R.I., to be Sue Doten Greenberg has accepted the Through it all, he’s been a scientologist new waterfront summer home. Y Teri and closer to her daughter and family. She’ll role of head class agent so that Pat Ger- and is married with three children. He has Don Caouette enjoyed a two-week vacation write more when she’s unpacked. Y Jane rior doesn’t have to fill that role as well as fond memories of “those early years.” Y to London, Paris, and Geneva, where they Chandler Carney spent two great months class president. Sue and Larry ’69 often Tom Gallant and his wife, Suzanne, were

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Voyage of Discovery | Stephen Orlov ’71

When Isolated Incident, the play Stephen cased in the Chicago Dramatist workshop. Orlov ’71 co-wrote, garnered the Special The second play in the trilogy, Sperm Count, Juror’s Prize at the 1989 Quebec Drama Fes- opened to critical acclaim at London’s Old tival, he had only just “discovered” theater the Red Lion Theater, where it was directed by year before. Since then he’s written five more Julia Pascal, the first woman to direct at Eng- plays that have gained worldwide attention, he land’s National Theater. continues to work on a novel based in Cam- Thanks to his international success, Orlov bodia, and he has taught film analysis courses recently received a Canada Council writing on political cinema, American foreign policy, grant to write Sperm Count’s sequel, Birth- and Chinese politics at John Abbott College in mark. Yet Orlov gets most excited over his Montreal. collaboration with his wife, Karen Kaderavek, Before embarking on his career in theater, an internationally acclaimed cellist and writer. Orlov earned a master’s in political science Their most recent work, Bow Ties, dramatizes at McGill University, reported on wars and a chance encounter between a male stranger uprisings in Cambodia, Vietnam, and the and woman cellist who only speaks through Philippines as a freelancer, and settled in her cello. Montreal. Yet the social issues that drove “It’s a true dialogue through words and Orlov as an economics major and leader of music and not an accompaniment at all,” Colby’s anti-Vietnam War protests continue Orlov said of the work, which the couple first to drive him today. presented this spring in Montreal. “I get pregnant with social issues I have to Orlov’s years working in Asia continue to address,” Orlov said from North Rustico Har- inspire him. His first, and as-yet unpublished, bour, his summer writing location on Prince novel draws on his journalistic experience Edward Island. “And somehow I give birth to Stephen Orlov ’71 and his wife, Karen Kaderavek covering Vietnam’s 1979 invasion of Cam- them. Whether it’s in the classroom, the stage, bodia, where he trekked through jungles on or in print, still the same motivation is there.” elephant-back and interviewed senior Khmer “What’s different about playwriting is the sparks audiences both within Quebec and in Rouge officials such as Ta Mok. process is so liberating,” he added. “Because, theaters around the world. His allegorical Echoes of his past at Colby help him to as a journalist, you have to present a veneer of comedy, Freeze, sold out the Montreal Centaur feel more at home in Canada. “The first time objectivity as you bear witness to events. As Theater with its treatment of Quebec’s 1998 that I emotionally felt like a Canadian, more a playwright, you have to express the inner ice storm as metaphor for calmer, post-sepa- of a Canadian than an American, was when emotions that you hold for your characters, ratist times in the francophone province. Jean Chrétien chose to keep Canada out of the and that process, for me, is so much more His first in a trilogy of Jewish Diaspora war in Iraq,” Orlov said. “A million people in creative.” plays, Salaam-Shalom, opened at Chicago’s Montreal demonstrated before he made that Orlov’s treatment of serious social issues Organic Theater Company and was show- decision.” —Drew Bush ’03

at reunion and had a wonderful time. They earlier this year. Jon welcomed his fourth new class president. If the energy and mini-reunion, a small practice for the big were busy attending weddings this summer grandchild in June and reports that she enthusiasm she showed at reunion is any one next year. (Yes!) Y Kathy Muhlhausen and Tom gallivanted around the Michigan looks like a good candidate for the WNBA. indication, we’re in for a rousing good time! McIntyre teaches ESL (29 years) at Salt countryside on his motorcycle. Y Due to a Y For those of you following the path of Bill Y Wishing you all well. Lake Community College in Salt Lake family commitment, Elaine Weeks True- Hladky’s son, he is safely within the walls of City and is married to Ross McIntyre (23 blood wasn’t able to come to reunion. She Cal Poly majoring in computer engineering. years). Their daughter, Mary, finished her continues to work for JP Morgan Chase, but Bill is rearranging his nest, learning Skype, 1972 sophomore year at UC Santa Barbara, and looks forward to making travel plans for her training to be his son’s advisor to be his own Nancy Round Haley she and Kathy traveled in Italy and France [email protected] retirement. Y The 100-year flood kept Ruth president, and working on the appropriation this summer. It’s been almost 30 years Moore Barningham more than a little busy committee of this Congress. Y In her first April Nelson McKay, Chris and Deb since Kathy spent time in Europe. “Oh, earlier this year with repairs to her cottage summer off ever, Nancy Hammar Austin Trescott Pinkham, Sarah Lucy, and Judy the changes! Euros, Internet, ATMs, cell on Lake Champlain. She’s in touch with took a trip to Iceland to soak in the Blue “JB” Berringer Vanzon got together in phones—so different from my junior year Christa Mc Carter Kaufman. Ruth is still Lagoon, hike to lots of waterfalls, and ride February in San Diego, where Sarah lives in Caen.” Following in Kathy’s footsteps, the office manager at her husband’s animal little horses on the beach. Coincidentally, and where Chris went for a bankers’ associa- Mary will spend a term of her junior year hospital. Y From Alaska, Mike Round writes her travel companion is a work colleague tion convention. JB flew in from Florida and at University of Bordeaux studying biology. that the salmon business is thriving. His of Nancy Neckes Dumart. It reminded us visited April in Venice, Calif., before they In May Kathy and her husband fulfilled a kids have flown the coop and he’s busy of journeys through Iceland on turboprop drove to San Diego. April says, “It was just longtime dream and spent 18 days raft- with backyard projects. Kathy Parmelee planes en route to Europe back in the old amazing. I hadn’t seen Sarah in 39 years, ing through the Grand Canyon. Utah had Chambers reminded him about reunion, but days. Y This summer took me to Turkey, the and quite a few years since I saw Chris incredible snow last winter, which meant she wasn’t there either! Y Jon Stone and Republic of Georgia, and Armenia singing. and Deb, but it felt like yesterday. Some lots of backcountry skiing through June. Larry Boris spent time together in Las Vegas Y Congratulations to Linda Wallace, our connections transcend time.” It was a super “Life keeps us busy! Greetings to all, and

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CM_40-68_A@L_RPH.indd 50 11/8/11 2:31 PM anyone passing through Utah please get in the University of Nebraska, Lincoln; and up on news, played bridge (of course!), Nickerson Bowers sent an update from touch.” Y Alice Osmer Olson still teaches youngest son is at American University this visited the Chihuly exhibit at the Boston MFA Hampton, Va. The last of their children is second grade at the Winthrop (Maine) fall. He welcomes hearing from Colby grads (fantastic!), and toasted our next decade about to complete graduate school. Leslie Grade School and also serves as Town of in North Africa or at 21-377-060-0800. Y at a fabulous South End restaurant called has retired from teaching but plans to work Mt. Vernon librarian. Their little town library Gay Quimby Auerbach was so happy catch Stella (highly recommended!). Actually somewhere part time, and Leo is working is being automated this year with an online up with her friend Roger Sherman when Lisa, if you recall, we toasted our next harder than he should, as usual. He says catalog. She still loves gardening, hiking, Roger and his wife, Shauna, stopped by THREE decades. he’ll continue working at least until their biking, and kayaking in the summer. Last Gay and husband Alan’s home in Berke- daughter, Jessica Anne, finishes her resi- April Alice took a trip with Louise Nurdin ley, Calif. Roger practices law in Boston dency at Eastern Virginia Medical School. Sidelinger to walk some of the SW Coastal and plays doubles tennis “assiduously 1974 They take long walks with their “grand-dog” trail in England. This summer she planned a and victoriously.” Gay admired Roger’s Vicki Parker Kozak and are avid movie enthusiasts. They hear trip to Costa Rica with her husband. Y Cindy “marathon-running agelessness.” Gay Jill Gilpatric Richard regularly from James Glover. They under- Jevne Buck relayed the sad news that her and Alan (professor of economics) travel [email protected] stand that Keith Wilder is still in Miami, husband of 17 years, Robert, passed away a lot and try to manage semesters at NYC Vicki and I are putting together this column and think Omar Wynn is in Maryland and Oct. 8, 2009, from colon cancer. He was ill to visit grandsons. Both of Gay’s sons are while sitting in her camp on Parker Pond in Kenny Melvin is in Portsmouth, Va. Hey for only five weeks and died after a wonder- gainfully employed, and her youngest is her Fayette, Maine, listening to the rain from a guys, how about sending your news along? ful summer together. Since then she’s been favorite book-sharing buddy. Gay spends passing thunderstorm drum on the roof. We Y Our lifelong group of friends was thrilled with her mother in her hometown of Norwell, her time painting, drawing, and working didn’t get much response to our request to attend the wedding of Linda Krohn and Mass. “It’s been a joy to be back in New fabric. Y The Lambda Chi’s have spent for news, which is understandable since Todd Lund in Apple Valley, Minn., in early England, but I plan to return to Fairfield, many joyous days together since the last it is summer. Here are some odds and July. The wedding was beautiful and a Iowa, to live long term. Friends can reach column. Alex Wilson reports that the ’73 ends. Y We occasionally receive pictures wonderful opportunity to celebrate a new me at [email protected].” Y Donna Power Chopper Confab took place in Portsmouth, of classmates, which are fun to look at but beginning for Linda and Todd. Those who Stowe is still deeply engaged in education N.H. All but four of the LCA Class of ’73 were not easily shared in print. Bill “Bugsy” rallied were: Joe ’72 and Martha Hamilton reform work in the District of Columbia and present for the communal observance and Callahan sent a picture of Mark O’Connell Benson, Jane Dutton, Debbie Wathen surrounding metro area—challenging, but celebration of their 60th birthday year. In standing over several good-sized Maine Finn, Janice Johnson Peterson ’73, Cathy also incredibly rewarding. She stays in attendance were Dick Beverage, Lloyd lobsters. Mark, a Texas resident for the Morris Killoran, Debbie Marden, Barb close touch with Cathie Joslyn and Debbie Benson, Brian Cone, Gary Fitts, Steve past 33 years, is a manager at a Houston Powers ’73, Sonja Powers Schmanska, Sue Christensen Stewart, who she’ll see when Jasinski, John Krasnavage, Bob Landsvik, consulting firm. Mark, anything else you’d Yovic Hoeller ’73, and, of course, Vicki and Debbie stops in DC on her way to South Duncan Leith, Joe Mattos, Bob O’Neill, like to share? Y Tim Glidden is starting me, along with a few random husbands. We Carolina to take her youngest for his first Phil Ricci, and Alex himself. Missing were a new adventure as president of Maine spent a long weekend catching up, laugh- year of college. Donna planned to see Tom Doug Williams, Peter Card, and Bruce Coast Heritage Trust, a land conservation ing, crying, commiserating, exercising just and Ellen Woods Sidar on a trip to Maine Smith. Missed by all brothers was Luke organization that focuses on protecting a little, sampling Midwestern cuisine (love in August, and she has reconnected with Kimball, who passed away in 2004. Also Maine’s coast and islands while also work- that walleye!), and helping Minnesota’s Jeff Lawrence, who works in DC and lives in attendance were Class of ’71 brothers ing with land trusts throughout the state. economy with visits to the Mall of America. in the area. As class agent, Donna writes, Ron Lupton and Ken Bigelow as well as It’s a dream job for Tim, who has spent his Y Vicki wanted to share (read brag) that her “Thanks to all in the Class of 1972 who LCA spouses Barb Jasinski, Jennifer Leith, career working in Maine to safeguard the younger son, John, graduated magna cum contributed to Colby this year. While we fell and Linda Kimball. The LCA’s gathered a environment for future generations. Tim and laude this spring from the S.I. Newhouse short of our total donation goal by about second time for their 33rd Fourth of July $10,000, we exceeded our participation vacation on the Belgrade Lakes. Y Bruce goal of 46 percent. Our participation goal Smith missed the Chopper reunion to Alex Wilson ’73 reports that the ’73 Chopper was of primary importance, so this is great stay at home in Texas with his family as news! Next spring marks our 40th reunion, they faced an illness with his grandson. Confab took place in Portsmouth, N.H. All but June 1-3, 2012. I hope all of you are thinking He hopes to retire in five years from his four of the LCA Class of ’73 were present for the about attending and that most of you can vested position in Texas. We hope you are come. Anyone who wants to be involved able to make it to our 40th reunion, Bruce. communal observance and celebration of their in reunion planning just let me know.” Y Y After a couple of years in New York, Bob 60th birthday year. Okay, so we have heard from some Colby Diamond relocated to London in January women, where is the news from the men? upon his appointment as chief executive Let’s get fired up for our 40th reunion in of Barclays PLC. He’s still heavily involved June 2012. I’m really looking forward to in Colby as chair of the board of trustees his wife, Kathy (Lyon), live in Topsham, both School at Syracuse University. John is off to seeing everyone there! and regularly visits Waterville for board of them within walking distance of work. Los Angeles to seek his fortune in the film meetings and commencement in May. He Daughters Emma and Sophie have flown industry. Coincidentally, Vicki’s older son, notes Colby has strong momentum and is in the nest, but Tim and Kathy wouldn’t mind Michael, is also involved in the film business, 1973 the process of making strategic decisions to if the kids stayed close. They recently had a specifically sound engineering, in New York Carol Chalker strengthen its position as a leading liberal lovely dinner with good friends Matt ’73 and City. Vicki is not handling the empty nest [email protected] arts college. He asks for further alumni Susan McBratney Powell in Scarborough, syndrome very well and would welcome any Peter Rinaldi was in Florida for the summer interest and support and looks forward to and they always look forward to crossing diversions or visitors “from away.” and, when back at home in Mississippi, the bicentennial and reunion in 2013. Y paths with other Colby friends. Y Rocky spends his days “running/ruining his Lisa Kehler Bubar described the second Goodhope, our frequent contributor from newspapers and playing soccer.” Y Nour floor Dana girls’ reunion this summer. Chris Washington, is “getting payback for all the 1975 Nahawi and his family moved from Tunis Mattern Way, Debbie Mael Mandino, years I yelled at refs as a participant and Laurie Fitts Loosigian to Algeria. He’s still in banking but hope- Jackie Nienaber Appeldorn, Lisa, and I parent. Now the shoe is on the other foot Susie Gearhart Wuest fully getting closer to retirement. Oldest (Carol Chalker) met in Boston in June to and I’m taking abuse from high school kids [email protected] son Hani graduated from Concordia in celebrate our collective 60th birthdays and coaches while reffing lacrosse. I guess After living in the sunny south for 28 years, Montreal; second son Sami is a junior at and our 42 years of friendship. 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putting a swimming pool in their Roswell, all of New England and Maritime Canada Ga., backyard. The pool company’s slogan descent; after settling in Gloucester by is “live life with no regrets.” Celeste wishes 1663, his Norwood forefather and wife 70s newsmakers they could have afforded this when the raised 10 children and became progenitors kids were younger, but maybe someday of all the New England Norwoods. Dick is Women’s rights activist Karen Heck ’74 is running for it will be a way to lure grandchildren to also a descendant of Roger Conant, one mayor of Waterville. A long-time Democrat, Heck is run- ning as an independent, believing “voters want elected come visit. Celeste has taught at Roswell of the founders of Lynn, Mass. Definitely officials to work together regardless of their party,” the High School for 23 years and is a Spanish an enthusiast, Dick explains how each Morning Sentinel reported. Running with the slogan “Karen teacher and department head. Her husband generation is naturally connected to its for Mayor? Heck, yes,” she pledged to facilitate “creative is a ministry consultant with Walk Thru the own times, but how genealogical research thinking and innovation” and to promote community build- Bible, an international outreach for Bibli- allows us, through our own families, to feel ing. F Ipswich (Mass.) Athletic Hall of Fame inducted cal studies. Daughter Marian graduated more intimately connected to the times Peter Gorniewicz ’75 to its 2011 class. A running back from the University of Pittsburgh in 2008 and generations that have gone before. in high school and three-time MVP Colby, he earned the with a communications degree and works Will Tuttle can trace his New England Swede Nelson Sportsman Award, was a two-time Golden in post-production television editing in roots back to the Pilgrims arriving on the Helmet Award winner, and was named All-New England Atlanta. Son James will graduate next Mayflowerin 1620 and the Puritans on the Ellen Grant ’79 in 1973. F Ellen Grant ’79 is the first chief operating year as an audio engineering major from Planter in 1635. Y And on a lighter note, officer at the Gulf of Maine Research Institute, a marine research and education lab that the Art Institute of Atlanta and is a certi- Liz Richards Julian’s grandmother, who has grown from 15 to 60 staff members since 2005. Formerly executive director at the fied bicycle mechanic with REI. Y Marty was raised in Maine, had 15 brothers and Institute for Civic Leadership, she also served as consultant to The Nature Conservancy Womer’s elder law practice at the Maine sisters, producing 96 first cousins for her in Micronesia and the eastern Caribbean. Center for Elder Law is busy and recently father, so Liz figures that somehow pretty moved to a better office in Kennebunk. In much everyone in Maine is related to her! July Marty attended his 40th high school seeking his niche in theater/music/film.Y kids had grown, his daughter became a reunion in Connecticut. Y Another 40th Dale Marie Crooks Golden McDonald is teenager and is now a freshman. Y Quick high school reunion attendee was John 1976 vice president of Torrey Pines Bank, a Cali- update from last column: Jim Morgan was Conant last June in Moorestown, N.J. He Robert Weinstein fornia community bank. She lives in Oakland elected president of the Tennessee Asso- found it to actually be fun! He has stayed in [email protected] with her husband and serves on the board ciation of Independent Schools. Y Coming touch with some Moorestown classmates, Miss me last issue? I missed you too. But of Covenant House. Their two daughters are up next time: news from Ed Harvey, John though not nearly as many as from Colby. Y you need to send news to get news. Y First in San Diego and San Francisco. She and Mulcahy, Eileen Dennett Burnell, and John and Ann Gage Conant joined Virginia up are Sam and Karen Smith Gowan, who Betsy Buckland came to reunion together maybe you. Keep supporting the Colby (Day ’74) and Roy Hardin and David Peck have a consulting company, Alpha Geosci- and taught younger alums how it’s done on Fund and help us maintain our fantastic last summer for a week of whitewater raft- ence, near Albany. Sons Josh and Trevor the dance floor. Y Jan Gorman is deciding 64-percent participation. Look for us on ing on the Salmon River, Idaho, followed have become geologists like Sam. Son what to do after retirement from the insur- Facebook: Colby College Class of 1976. by a week of RVing in Yellowstone. This Spencer works at a nearby fish farm after ance industry—possibly a small business And YES, circle the first weekend of June was their first experience on whitewater stints in the Bering Sea and Florida. Sam start-up for fun. But first she has to plan 2016—you don’t want to miss our 40th! for longer than an hour! Y Dave and Nan and Karen are excited to have a grand- a wedding or two for her daughter, Court, Weidmann Anderson are two thirds of the daughter, born last November. Sam was a magna cum laude graduate of Wheaton. 1977 way through the 400-mile Colorado Trail. elected president of the American Institute Because Court is marrying a Brit, Jan’s Kevin Farnham Their latest advice is to ditch those swelter- of Professional Geologists, which includes thinking of both U.S. and U.K. versions of [email protected] ing constrictive mummy bags and grab the lots of travel (Karen joining him) to places the wedding. Y Ron ’75 and Kathy Donohue cozy down comforter! Last June Nan ran like Budapest and Vancouver. Karen plays Yeo have lived in New Mexico the last 26 Mark Lyons and Mark Richardson remind the well-named “Slacker Half,” which was hockey twice a week and enjoys the cama- years. They had a wonderful trip all over everyone that May 31-June 3, 2012, is our mostly downhill from 11,500 feet to 9,500 raderie. Y Toby Bobbitt is a social worker New Zealand last May, visiting their son, 35th reunion. Lots of great activities are feet. Gravity does work! Y Stephanie Maull in Amherst (Mass.) public schools. In July Peter, who was on an exchange program already planned, but there’s still a lot of is excited about the launch of her new online she went on a church-organized work trip to at the University of Otago. Peter was in work to do. If you have suggestions or would business, Tastefully Simple (http://simply- Honduras. She laughs that they wanted to Christchurch last February but fortunately like to help, contact Mark at mrichardson@ delicious-gifts.com), which has joined in put her Colby Spanish degree to use as the was safely evacuated and not hurt follow- richardsonknapp.com. Most of all, plan to supporting the Share Our Strength’s No group’s main translator! Toby’s delighted to ing the earthquake there. Y Kate Cone attend. The more of us who do, the more Kid Hungry campaign. Y Joe Johnson had have close friend Diane Lockwood Wendorf had a great time at reunion and on the fun it will be for all! Y Evan Katz was a great time being part of the large turnout back in New England; they already had a sail around Portland Harbor that kicked chosen to be the first finance director for to honor Coach Dick Whitmore for his 40 southern Maine rendezvous. Speaking of off the weekend. She’s lived in Waterville the brand new Ayer Shirley School District years at Colby. Fellow classmates Brad Diane, I had lunch with her on my way to for three years and is looking for ways to in Mass. Y Peter Cohn’s wife, Joanne, Moore, Gene DeLorenzo, Bill Walthall, reunion. We had a great time catching up! reinvent an American studies major, law enjoys working her community garden and and Kevin Zorski joined him, in addition to Y Melissa Day Vokey has been with Mass degree, and an M.F.A. in creative writing preparing vegetarian dishes. Their son, good friends from the Class of 1976. “It was Audubon at Joppa Flats Education Center in into a new job. She welcomes all ideas! now in New York City, returned to school. a fabulous 48 hours and a fitting tribute to Newburyport, Mass., for eight years. She’s Kate has discovered something not all Their daughter, a freshman, is doing an a great man and leader.” Y Richard (Dick) seven minutes from home, overlooking Colby grads get to appreciate—the campus internship. Peter was displeased when his Norwood and his family moved back to New the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge is beautiful in summer. Y Olen Kalkus is earth science class end-of-year Regents England after 25 years in South Carolina. marsh, to work, at the mouth of the Mer- at Princeton (N.J.) Academy of the Sacred scores declined, despite his plans. Y Alan They live in Bourne, Mass., and are trying rimack River. Melissa and husband Mark Heart, where he was founding head in 1999. MacEwan visited Colby in July, dropping off to make his grandparents’ summer cottage joyfully babysit for daughter Caroline’s two The school has grown to 230 boys in grades his daughter Louisa for a rowing camping a year-round home. A genealogy buff for daughters. Son Nick is deputy art director JK–8 on an almost 50-acre campus with trip organized by the Colby crew coach. He many years, Dick manages a Y-DNA project at the New Yorker and in June married a new gym and a beautiful library. He and found the campus as gorgeous as ever. Alan and a local geographical MtDNA project at Amy McCormick, owner of AMYCLAIRE, a his wife, Kimberly, will celebrate their 25th looks forward to an autumn mini-reunion Family Tree DNA online. His paternal side is women’s wear company. Son Cam is in NYC anniversary in March. Just when his older in New Hampshire organized by Peter Clark

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CM_40-68_A@L_RPH.indd 52 11/8/11 2:31 PM ’75 and promises a full post-event report. Norway, will be a freshman at Middlebury. consulting and resells open-source busi- University of Virginia last spring with a Y Iris Kennedy has a very big day planned They cross country ski with Bill and Chris ness intelligence software. Larry spent a B.A. in history and a national champion- for September: she’s getting married. McKeown Burry annually and recently weekend this summer with John Geismar, ship in men’s lacrosse. With an extra year Several Colby alums will be in attendance, had dinner with Chuck ’78 and Judy Cue part of an annual adventure with his son of lacrosse eligibility due to an injury his including Ellen Geaney Scarponi ’78, Cheryl Lukasik ’78. Y Jerrold and Ligia Campana before he goes to Camp Kieve in Nobleboro, sophomore year, Matt returned to UVA in Doughty Sholl, Drew and Susan French Chadwick became grandparents with the which is run by Henry Kennedy ’80. Last September, enrolled in the Curry School Dubuque, Linda Lachapelle, and Zeynap birth of a daughter, Isabelle, to their son, year Larry and Harry jet-skied on Lake Win- of Education to earn his master’s, and, Baler Toydemir (traveling from Istanbul). Christopher, and his wife, Amanda. Their nipesaukee and stayed with Nancy Hulm hopefully, win another NCAA title! Y Sue Congratulations, Iris! Y Richard Conant daughter, Elizabeth, and her husband, Jones. This year they flew in a Waco biplane Hadlock cruised the Inside Passage with retired as planned from his position as Warren, are also expecting their first replica like the one that did aerobatics over friends on a Norhaven 74 from Petersburg environmental division director at the child. Y Jon Reisman recently traveled to Colby for spring carnival 1978! They also to Juneau, Alaska. It was mind blowing to Navy’s sub base in Groton, Conn. He then Wichita, Kan., at the invitation of the higher camped in the White Mountains with John view snow-covered peaks, bears, whales, traveled to New Mexico for two weeks of education arm of the Koch Foundation, for and his son, Brad. Harry and Brad are good eagles, and glaciers. Last month Sue met hiking 10-15 miles per day across moun- a seminar with 40 business and economic friends and canoeing partners at Kieve. Y Anne Hebert and Deb Zarella Dube in tains and plateaus with his youngest son’s professors from across the U.S. Donna Long Cummens owns and runs a South Freeport, where they cruised Casco Scout troop. Now he’s joining his eldest tax and accounting business with her busi- Bay on her Crowley Beal lobster boat and son, who’s hiking the entire Appalachian ness partner on Martha’s Vineyard. They’ve caught up on life. Y Linda Frechette visited Trail, for the final 700-mile trek through 1978 been in business 15 years, and Donna is Colby roommate Kyle Harrow and family at New England. Next, he’ll pursue a teaching Janet Santry Houser happy that Congress continues to change Sebago Lake in July. Linda and Kyle keep career. Y Jeff Sanderson provided a quick Lea Jackson Morrissey the tax laws! Her oldest daughter, Taryn, in touch regularly. Y Last May Katherine update from Addis Ababa: Pamela Landry [email protected] graduated with her pharmacy degree from Quimby Johnson’s daughter, Lydia, gradu- Teichman is now working with the world’s L. A. King has lived in Sonoma, Calif., Northeastern in May, passed her boards, ated cum laude from Hartwick College, newest nation (South Sudan); Awetu since 2007 and served as priest in the and relocated to Washington, D.C., to work where she double-majored in English and Simesso is still with USAID in Addis Ababa; Episcopal Diocese of Northern California. for Foer Pharmacy at Sibley Hospital. Her philosophy, taking multiple classes with Jeff himself is headed back to the DC area The Reverend Dr. King preaches and cel- youngest daughter, Jessica, is a senior Stefanie Rocknak ’88 in the process. after more than four years as the country ebrates at a number of congregations in at Roger Williams University majoring in Before Lydia’s graduation, Katherine and director for the USAID | DELIVER PROJECT the diocese. Recently one of her sermons architecture. Jessica studied in Florence husband Greg ’78 spent a blissful week in Ethiopia. He’ll work in DELIVER’s home was recorded and posted on the website last semester and Donna, her husband, in San Francisco, where Greg attended a office and live in Alexandria, Va. Y Randy of the Church of the Incarnation, Santa Chuck, and Taryn visited for 10 days in conference, followed by a few days relaxing and Mary (Buffy) Shumaker Schreitmuel- Rosa. Y Back on the East Coast, Al Sheehy April. Donna said it was a fabulous trip and in Carmel that included watching the sunset ler had great fun last October planning and played in the annual Spring Old Farts now it’s summer on the Vineyard, so life is over the Pacific. Y It’s been awhile since attending their daughter Kate’s woodland Classic hockey tournament against Mike good! Y Jeff Wheeler sends a huge thank Ingrid Gjesteby Janes checked in. Ingrid wedding and overnight reception at the “Sleepy” Slavin. Al doesn’t recall recording you to our class, which has always stepped and husband Dale live in Longmeadow, University of Rhode Island’s environmental a point in the game, but his team won in an up to a challenge. The few weeks leading Mass., and will celebrate their 30th anni- education campus. Kate (UNH ’05) works overtime shoot out! Al plays hockey three up to June 30 were amazing. More than 75 versary this fall with a trip to Europe. Their for Droll Yankees in Connecticut. Randy times a week and comments that he still classmates stepped up and participated oldest, Adam, graduated from Williams travels internationally for FMGlobal, where has stone hands and little scoring touch to elevate us to a 55-percent participation and started medical school at Loyola in he’s worked since graduating from Colby. but enjoys the workouts tremendously. Al level for the Colby Fund, surpassing our Chicago. Son Scott graduated from Tufts He bicycles frequently, often participating also bikes as much as he can, and thinks goal of 52 percent and raising $221,162, last year and works in finance in Boston. in charity events. Mary was a research that innumerable back exercise sessions which beat our goal by $97,162. He also Daughter Sarah started her senior year at nurse at Women & Infants Hospital in keep his sciatica under control. Al is a data thanks our classmate for the tremendous Colby. Life has come full circle, though she Providence, but she’s now seeking work analyst at MaineHealth—work is good, as matching gift challenge, which certainly missed out on living in the “new dorms!” Y due to research funding cuts. Their daughter are other aspects of his life. Al loves living inspired our results! GO MULES! Thanks Robin Reid writes from Charlotte, Vt. Her to another classmate, our class now has husband, Robert Mack, still works hard as a presence on Facebook. Check out Colby a dairyman and son Peter, 17, is following L. A. King ’78 has lived in Sonoma, Calif., since College Class of 1978—it’s a great way to in his footsteps. Robin owns and manages connect, especially with reunion approach- Rural Route Today, a local newspaper that 2007 and served as priest in the Episcopal ing. Hope everyone had a great summer. advocates for the rural culture and its role in Diocese of Northern California. The Reverend Please stay in touch! our chosen lifestyles, overall economy, and well-being as a nation. She still writes music Dr. King preaches and celebrates at a number 1979 and plays some gigs singing with friends in of congregations in the diocese. a trio. Y Robin Towle Glynn took a trip to Cheri Bailey Powers Spain with her son Dennis, 14. The trip was [email protected] a birthday gift from her husband, Dennis, Jacie Cordes Hurd had a mini Colby whom she met in Spain during her junior year Marthe (Auburn ’07) is an early intervention in the Portland area (26 years now) and reunion at her daughter Lydia’s wedding semester abroad. For a Spanish teacher, specialist in Houston providing services to plans to look for a new home in the area. this summer. Jacie and Charles ’78 were Robin, and a student of Spanish, Dennis, children from birth to 3. Y Susan Woods Y After many years Larry Hill checked in the proud parents, Geoff Emanuel rep- this was a trip to remember. They spent four and Peter Breu continue to stay busy in from Old Greenwich, Conn., where he lives resented the ’70s graduate, and Katie days in Madrid with a side trip to Segovia Manchester, N.H., with Peter focusing on with his 16-year-old son, Harry (named after Klepinksi ’08 also joined the fun. A great to see a 2,000-year-old Roman aqueduct Nordic skiing and Susan running her merg- his grandfather: a self-imposed rhyme, as photo of Geoff and Charlie whooping it up that was a favorite place of Robin’s. From ers and acquisition advisory firm. Their son, Larry says). Larry’s been divorced for five after the ceremony is posted on our class there they traveled by high-speed train a junior at Middlebury, plans a Wall Street years and has found that Match has run page on the Colby website. The wedding to Sevilla for three days and drove to the career. Their daughter, who took a year its course. He’s partner in a small technol- was at Hope College in Holland, Mich. Y coast to check out the Mediterranean. On off to attend a Nordic skiing academy in ogy company that does Oracle-Hyperion Carl Lovejoy’s son, Matt, graduated from to Barcelona for two days of sightseeing

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(last time there was with Gayle Amato). Fed chairman Ben Bernanke was grilling deployment with the U.S. Marine Corps. in fall of 2012. Yours truly is happy to be The trip gave Robin many new stories to dogs and burgers! In March Darcy and her He will attend college after his active duty a part of this project, which will feature share with her students and Dennis the husband visited their younger son, Chris, is complete. Youngest son Samuel, 13, Colby’s pioneering varsity women’s ice opportunity to hear and speak Spanish. on his Rotary exchange in Brazil. Darcy is entered seventh grade this fall. Y Capt. hockey team. Robin’s daughter, Kelly, had a great first still a real estate agent in Fairfield County, Margaret Carlton Bash, M.D., M.P.H., is year at Cornell, where she is majoring Conn. Y After training all winter Bill Linnell commissioned in the U.S. Public Health in electrical and computer engineering completed the 2.4-mile Peaks to Portland Service and is board certified in pediatric 1982 and earned a 4.0 second semester. Y Liz ocean swim this July. Bill was a panelist at infectious diseases. After medical school Nancy Briggs Marshall Armstrong’s update is short and sweet. Colby’s Bern Porter symposium in August, at the Uniformed Services University of the [email protected] Job: got promoted; Children: Rebekah, speaking about his lead role with Cheaper, Health Sciences in Bethesda, and residency Greetings from Maine! I went to Colby over 16, Mariah, 12, when will the teen years Safer Power and their successful fight to at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, she Reunion Weekend in June to attend the stop; Extracurriculars: distance running, close Maine’s nuclear plant 12 years early. and husband Craig Bash worked at the memorial service for Charlie Bassett. It was swimming; Life: still happily married; and Y Kitty Weyl Dove caught up with a bunch Indian Health Service hospital in White a beautiful service in Lorimer Chapel with next project: volunteer work in Nicaragua. from the Classes of ’78 and ’79—Lindy River, Ariz., then returned to Bethesda great jazz music and wonderful storytell- Y Thanks everyone for writing in! Williams ’79, Vicki Mains Henderson ’79, for subspecialty training. She currently ing by former students and fellow faculty Nancy Piccin ’78, Liz Gruber ’78 and Rus conducts research on bacterial vaccines members. I hope Charlie was there in spirit Lodi ’78, Laurie Hutcheson Leavitt ’78, and recently worked with the Meningitis to enjoy the music, wonderful stories, and 1980 Howie Ingraham ’79, and Jim ’79 and Vaccine Project that developed and is remembrances of his life at Colby. He Tom Marlitt Kristin White Shaw ’78—at a fun weekend implementing a vaccine to prevent epi- touched the lives of so many, including [email protected] in Gloucester, Mass., this spring. Y Susan demic meningitis in sub-Saharan African my own. I always think of him when I write Lynn Collins Francis reminds everyone Sullivan Hinrichs thanks her hard-working countries.* Jim O’Sullivan ’82 and Melise and when I edit my employees’ writing. I to check out our class Facebook page. committee and all those who participated Maggioni-O’Sullivan celebrated their 26th misspelled the word “seperete” (sic) once, There are reunion photos posted as well in the 2011 Colby Fund. She continues to anniversary in August. They still live in Need- and he wrote in red ink on my paper, “there’s as pictures from as far back as our days work in the private equity field and is cur- ham and both are self-employed. Jim is a a rate in separate.” And I will never put an on Mayflower Hill. If you have photos to rently raising capital for a snake robotics gymnasium flooring contractor servicing all apostrophe in “its” unless it’s a contraction post, send them to our class co-president company in the ENT and cardiac arenas. of New England, including Colby, and Melise for ‘it is’! These are just two of the many and Facebook group administrator Fred She and her husband, Peter, juggle visits runs their real estate property management lessons learned from a great professor that Madeira at Fred_Madeira@wrightexpress. whenever possible to their children’s business, leasing two 20,000-square-foot I share with my children and employees all com. Y Tom Eyman’s oldest daughter, Julia, Wednesday and Saturday athletic events office buildings to the Commonwealth of the time. Y Carolyn Berry Copp’s daughter, headed to Bates this fall. As Tom says, “It’s now that Colin and Charlotte are away at Massachusetts. Their oldest son graduated Charlotte (a sophomore in high school), from Dartmouth in 2009 and works for a DC started college visits in June and the first strategic consulting firm. Their daughter is a stop was Colby. They were on a mother- Bob Benjamin ’82 sends greetings from Dartmouth sophomore, and their youngest daughter adventure with friends and also son, an all-league baseball player, will be checked out UMO (where the other mom Kandahar, Afghanistan, where he arrived in a junior at Roxbury Latin School. “Maybe went). Carolyn was shocked and saddened June. He is deployed as the chief of mobility for our third child is the charm and we’ll have to discover that her room on the third floor the joint sustainment command. a future White Mule athlete!” * Still in of Mary Low is now a bathroom! Carolyn Monterey, Calif., Paulette Lynch and hus- loves showing the art museum to folks and band Ken Peterson celebrated their 25th can’t wait until the new wing is completed. anniversary. * Congrats to Beth Pniewski While in Maine they enjoyed whitewater a little like having her become a Yankees boarding schools (Millbrook and Suffield, Wilson on receiving the Colby Brick Award rafting on the Kennebec. In August they fan, but I’m over it already.” Tom met up respectively). Y Congratulations to Rev. at our reunion. She writes that Renee Ross rafted for four days on the Rogue River in with Dave Perry in Boston in June to soak Jane E. Dibden, who married Michael A. Nadler will join her tennis group this fall Oregon. When she’s not rafting, Carolyn up the Bruins’ first Stanley Cup parade in Bishop in Morrisville, Vt. at the Thoreau Club in Concord, Mass. Y works as director of development for the 39 years (that was four years before we Joel Harris, Scott Vandersall, Bob Clark, Newton Community Service Center in started Colby, for those of you counting). and Steve Pfaff enjoyed a “post-reunion” West Newton, Mass. MaryBeth Whitaker Y Jonathan Greenspan has been renovat- 1981 golf outing in New Hampshire. “Never McIntyre lives just up the street. Y Bob ing his historic 1924 house for the past Steph Vrattos have a Phi Delt, Tau Delt, Chopper, and Benjamin sends greetings from Kandahar, year and expected to move back in before [email protected] Deke gotten along so well,” says Joel. * Afghanistan, where he arrived in June. He the school year started. His twins are I am thrilled to present three first-time A former lobbyist for the Podesta Group, is deployed as the chief of mobility for the now 10, and daughter Lauren is a soccer submissions! Alison Thomas Vietze and Dale Oak returned to work in the front joint sustainment command. It’s very hot stud, while son Jared can’t digest enough husband Richard have 18-year-old triplets office of the U.S. House Committee on and dusty there—hard to believe the air baseball. Jonathan continues to run his (two girls and a boy) entering college. Son Appropriations. Dale’s daughter, Anna, is can hold so much dirt! He works a full own business, On-Line Residential, which Will will be a freshman at Colby. * Katie a freshman at Northeastern. Y Although day, but the living conditions are pretty provides a broker-to-broker platform as Critchlow Luther moved to North Dakota Judith Greene Stewart was traveling in good. He shares a room with a few other well as website design and programming after graduation to earn an M.S. in geology Europe during reunion, she “was thrilled senior officers with AC, Internet, and indoor for the residential brokerage community in from UND. She works for the North Dakota to finally attend a Colby commencement plumbing down the hall. He looks forward NYC. They’re located on Broad St. in the Department of Health as a rule manager on the library lawn” with goddaughter Mara to getting home next year in time to see financial district if anyone wants to say hello. in the drinking water program. Married Bensson ’11, daughter of Steve and Dr. his oldest son graduate from college and Y Darcy MacKinnon Sledge’s oldest son, 28 years, Katie and husband Mark have Jean Siddall Bensson. * Finally, as visual to attend our 30th reunion. Y Susanna Kyle, is a senior at UVA. He had a summer three children. Daughter Megan Couser, arts curator for Colby’s Bixler Art and Music Schneider participated in the sidewalk art internship at the Federal Reserve in D.C., 27, is married and teaches international Library, Margaret Libby is conducting oral show at the Munson Williams Art Institute in where his boss was none other than John baccalaureate biology at a high school in interviews with and preparing artwork of Utica, N.Y. Y Jeff Brown’s been a bachelor Colwell. John even took Kyle to a Fourth of Kalispell, Mont. Son Corporal Jed Luther, Colby’s illustrious and forgotten alumnae this summer. His son, Alec, 16, got a job July BBQ atop the Martin Building, where 22, is married and currently on his second for a special bicentennial exhibit on campus at UNC in a biomedical engineering lab

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CM_40-68_A@L_RPH.indd 54 11/8/11 2:31 PM Elon.) Y I can always count on interesting where she and her husband are officially news from the prolific David Rosenberg empty nesters. Their daughter, Devin, is a 80s newsmakers (accompanied this time by Bill Sheehan). freshman at McGill and son Jared is a junior Bill is expanding his foray into the restaurant at NYU. Y Lynn Brunelle was recently in Captain Kenneth Branch ’80 has taken the helm at business and plans to open another Golden New York for the World Science Festival. She the Naval Facilities Engineering Command Washington. Lotus in Kennebunkport. Bill and David was asked to attend by Alan Alda, who had Branch. He took charge during a historic high volume of report that Warren Burroughs’s boar, Jelly heard an interview of hers on NPR. Lynn did business, delivering $1.5 billion of products and services Belly, took first prize in the Vietnamese Pot a show and some street fair experiments in fiscal 2011. Branch admires the command’s “willing- Bellied Pig Breeders’ Competition. Warren for kids before a huge crowd, “20,000 ness and courage to take risks in order to expand their capabilities,” Federal News Service reports. F Sweetbay plans on putting him out to pasture and to estimated!” Lynn is also working on several Supermarket president Michael Vail ’85 discussed the stud in the fall. Brian Hesse spends a lot of book projects, had her first play produced supermarket’s expansion in tough economic times in time coaching his kids’ many athletic teams. this spring, and runs a shuttle service for the St. Petersburg Times. Offering budget price brands, He can also be found at The Lyceum, a her kids Kai, 9, and Leo, 7. Y After gradu- buying and remodeling old stores in established neighbor- restaurant in Salem, every Sunday morning ation Amey Travis Barnes married her high hoods, and using energy efficiency standards are keeping playing the sax for the jazz brunch. George school sweetheart, Brian, settled outside Julie Sands Causey ’85 Sweetbay viable in the Tampa Bay area. Vail also heads Harrington ’85 owns the restaurant and of Boston, and worked for the Alliance the board of Feeding America, a food bank that sells comments on Brian’s musicianship: “He’s Française. A year later they moved to New excess food at low cost. “It fills a very important role,” Vail said, “helping feed the less not that great a musician, but what he Jersey and Amy found a bilingual position fortunate.” F Western Bank chair Julie Sands Causey ’85 received a Top Women in lacks in talent he makes up for in looks at Rhodia (a French chemical company) Finance award from Finance & Commerce, a daily newspaper for the Minneapolis-Saint and comedy.” Calls me back to freshman as an overseas purchasing agent. In 1993 Paul area. Honoring “outstanding efforts of women who are making a notable contribu- year Jan Plan, when I roomed near these she opted for full-time motherhood and is tion to their professions and their communities,” the award cited Causey for Western guys in the Hillside dorms. raising two boys, Jeremy, 18 (a freshman Bank’s conservative business strategy that allowed it to avoid much of the prerecession at Dickinson), and Foster, 15. Amey enjoys speculative real estate lending of other banks. F Ice hockey coach Greg Cronin ’86 volunteering for her church (gardening and is headed to the NHL. In June the former head coach for Northeastern was named an 1985 playing flute for services) and singing with assistant coach with the Toronto Maple Leafs. In his six years at Northeastern, Cronin Katie Holland Adams a women’s group that performs in area earned an overall record of 84-104-29. [email protected] nursing homes. Y John “Ginpup” Collins Debbie Neumann Dubowsky’s twins, 3 writes, “I’ve gotten old fast. The Willows within the neurophysiology department, Wendy Lapham, Monique Reed Kotsiopou- 1/2, are growing fast. Her medical practice Society people have me on speed dial for so his wife moved to NC with him for the los, and Kate Patterson. None of us look in cardiology is going well too. In May her updates.” His daughter, Meaghan, is a junior summer. His daughter, Hannah, 19, works a day older than our time at Colby (or that family went to Ithaca, N.Y., and visited at Mount Holyoke College, and his son, Bronwyn Quirk-Mohlke, who works for the Jack, is a freshman at Berklee College of as a camp counselor at Lochearn Camp for might have been the wine goggles). Y David Girls on Lake Fairlee, Vt. Jeff’s job takes Ballou celebrated his 20th year practicing Cornell University library. Debbie spent her Music. “Since his goal is to be a musician, him to Europe six to seven times a year law and the founding of his law firm, Ballou summer sailing on Long Island Sound and we’re starting now with the construction of and to Asia three to four times a year, so & Bedell, in York, Maine. He hopes that good would love to reconnect with others on an apartment over our garage for when he he’s very busy. health and his current enjoyment of the Long Island. Y Roy Hirshland participated graduates.” Y Kevin Bruen, a lawyer for the profession continue for many more years. in a career symposium at Colby this spring; Coast Guard in San Francisco, had a recent while there he ran into current Colby trustee brush with fame, appearing on national TV. Y Anthony and Cynthia Mulliken Lazzara 1983 sent their oldest son, Forrest, for 26 days Julie Sands Causey. Roy’s firm hired a On July 4 he took his son, Chris, and his Sal Lovegren Merchant at Camp Kieve, an amazing Maine summer Colby sophomore (Colleen O’Donnell ’13) stand up paddle board to McCovey Cove [email protected] camp on Damariscotta Lake run by Henry as an intern for the summer, and she did in San Francisco to “watch” the Giants. A Kennedy ’80. Their youngest, Hudson, was great work. He encourages classmates to home run ball was hit into the cove and scheduled to follow a week later. Cindy and talk to the Colby Career Center if hiring or Kevin jumped off his board (yes, leaving 1984 Anthony got to return for two weekends in looking for a bright intern. Y Congratula- his son behind) to nab the ball. After he Mary Kate Whalen a row and stay at Kieve’s Family Camp. tions to Kelly Crump Ployer, who married got the ball, a kayaker, also going for the [email protected] Next was their annual Midwest driving tour: Chris Capozzoli July 8 in Newport, R.I. Chris ball, ran right over him. He survived and the I hope everyone enjoyed a relaxing, fun, and Chicago, Milwaukee, and Harbor Springs, Lebherz attended the wedding. Y Mike ball is prominently displayed in his son’s Muir is now the multiple pathways leader bedroom. Kevin claims this is “easily my not too hot summer. As many of us are rap- Mich. Y Sam Staley’s second teen novel, idly approaching—or recently passed—the A Warrior’s Soul, was published in July by for the Auburn, Maine, school department. proudest moment since I left Colby.” The big 5-0, I’d be interested in hearing how Wheatmark to positive reviews. This fall Sam He works with the high school to implement scene was replayed over and over on local you celebrate or confront the big day. For moved to Tallahassee to become associ- customized learning and other district sports networks and Espy. Check it out by those who appreciate a poem: “Do not go ate director of Florida State University’s initiatives such as their primary grade going to the Giants website and searching gentle into that good night, old age should DeVoe Moore Center, an interdisciplinary literacy program that includes giving iPads for “Pablo Sandoval splash hit July 4.” Y burn and rage at close of day; Rage, rage unit of the College of Social Sciences and to kindergartners. Mike is also director of Thanks for the news! against the dying of the light.” How do Public Policy. He’ll teach a course in urban Projects4Me, a program for at-risk and dropout youth. Students earn credit for you plan to rage? Y I recently attended a planning and urban economics as well as 1986 mini-reunion celebrating the wedding of my lead the center’s outreach and fundraising self-designed, standards-based projects instead of courses. Y Tom Colt still lives Henrietta “Hank” Yelle former roommate Genevieve Hammond ’86 efforts. His family will stay in Ohio for at [email protected] to Dan Matthews in Canton, Mass., (they least another year so his daughter can in Pittsburgh and is a college counselor at eloped last February but held off on the graduate from high school. During a New Shady Side Academy. He ran the Pittsburgh And in a flash, 25 years have passed! reception). Gen and Dan live in Needham, England college tour, Sam visited Colby with half-marathon in May, “finishing just ahead Although family obligations kept me away, Mass. I had a great time catching up with his daughter, Claire, and Rick Patten ’84 of the mayor (who is only 31!).” Tom recently I heard reunion was a smash. Fortunately, Gen, our former roommates Tracy Weiner and Anna Sandstrom ’85. (Colby is in the saw Gretchen Bean Bergill at a conference Dave Epstein agreed to fill in as guest Cotopolis and Kitty Wilbur, and ’86ers running for Claire, along with Vassar and at St. George School in Newport, R.I. 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25th reunion turnout in a decade and more Girl Scout leader, and finder of lost items. Are you sure? People usually want to hear it instantly took me back to school. I was all money raised than any other reunion class She comes east annually for a Nantucket the bad news first. I’ll give you one more but literally transported, naïve again, full of ever. Jeff and Jen Douglas King accepted visit with Linda Flight Lull ’85 and Andrea chance. No? Okay, you asked for it. I admire potential. The world hadn’t yet tainted my the awards for our efforts. Big thanks to McInnis Leonard. Y Andrew Maley says your optimism. This issue, three fine people psyche and age hadn’t slowed my step. I everyone who made that possible. Spe- it shouldn’t have been a surprise—but it wrote with updates; and one other is having felt exhilarated by that place in life where it cial congratulations to Jane Powers, who was—when the kids didn’t stay kids forever. his published whether he likes it or not. So seemed like the party would never end. But finished her stint as trustee and accepted Their oldest, Margot, is looking at colleges, let’s get to it: Bruce Dalbeck got married. it did. And while I wouldn’t trade any part the prestigious Colby Brick Award. To kick which brought the whole family to Colby for Dr. Christine Barrett decided he was worth of my life, I marvel at the power of memory. off a great weekend, several classmates hit a visit. “Margaret (Davis ’85) and I were the effort, which we knew all along. They Make no mistake, we are all still at Colby, the links for the annual Presidential Golf awash in groans and teen mockery as we had an absolutely beautiful ceremony in the no matter where we find ourselves now. Tournament at Belgrade Lakes Golf Club, fondly revisited old haunts (‘Dad, I’m sure heart of Maine, complete with fancy food It belongs to us, remains as authentic as hosted in part by Evan and Sue Roberts the waitress would love to know how excited and beverages (if you consider Spam and anything we can physically touch or taste Dangel. Others enjoyed a barbecue hosted you are to eat at the Last Unicorn again’).” wine coolers fancy, which I most certainly or feel. All it takes is a song, and for a brief by Susan Maxwell Reisert and husband They enjoyed the impressive changes made do). Bruce wore traditional white, and his moment, we are back. Y Okay, now for the Colby Professor Joe Reisert at their Great to campus and appreciated the fact that bride carried him over the threshold. Wait, bad news. You wasted five minutes reading Pond home. Dave loved meeting up Friday Colby still seemed like Colby. Y Lars and reverse that. Y Last January Chris Vick- my column. But I wish you extra happiness with Cabot Philbrick and Charlie Clippert, Barb Falcone Smith and daughters had ers took a new position with the Vermont for the effort. Peace, classmates. as well as Laurent Kosbach, who flew in an amazing adventure from February to Country Store in Manchester, Vt., as chief from Paris. The class gathered Friday at Riv- July in China, where Lars had a Fulbright merchandising and marketing officer. (Basi- erside Farm Market, where Dan MacDonald to teach law. They lived in Wuhan and cally, he sells maple syrup.) “In July we were 1988 coordinated an amazing dinner and cocktail traveled to Hong Kong, Kunming, Beijing, moving into our new home and a woman Nancy Donahue Cyker hour. Norma Delaney, Mark Burke, Janet Chengdu, Shanghai, and Xi’an and swung pulled up looking for the previous owners. [email protected] Kelley Gjesteby, John Rafferty, Jen Imhoff by Singapore, Elba, Pisa, and Milan on She looked at me and said, ‘I graduated Hello ’88ers I want to introduce myself as Foley, Heather Reay Rocheford, and Geoff the way home. They say, “We would do with you from Colby College in 1987. My the new class correspondent. We all like Alexander were just a few of the 60 or so it all again but are thrilled to be back in name is Colleen Balch.’” (I thought he was to read the news, but are often reluctant in attendance. Dinner Saturday was in Louisville!” Y Jeanne Choquette Radvany going to say Julia Roberts, but Colleen is to submit our own. I’m looking forward to Cotter Union, where classmates (including broke her leg playing tennis the weekend even better!) He went on to say, “Colleen reaching out to you and learning about the Karl Ruping, Karen Mitchell Brandvold, before reunion and had to cancel. She was looked great and is living in Tinmouth, Vt. paths you’ve been on since the Colby days. Colette Cote Mayerhoeffer, Jessica Flood working hard at PT hoping to recover enough Small world.” Y Karen Czuchry Sallmann So, you may get a cold call (or e-mail) in Leitz, Lori Burke, Kathleen Hooper Zane, to enjoy a planned trip to Berlin, Prague, says, “I’m living back in Munich, Germany, search of news and, as always, I encour- Melanie Megathlin Flaherty, Beth Har- Vienna, and Budapest with husband Dave with my husband and my two girls, 8 and 4. age you to submit your news to the e-mail We bought an apartment in ‘the Munich,’ address above. So if you lived on my floor which is keeping me rather busy lately. but we haven’t talked in 23 years—heads Adam Ernster ’87 shot a fitness segment with We visited my brother, Matt, in New York, up! That may be a place for me to start Billy Bush ’94 that aired in early August on where he is filming his TV show The Good (Peter Weltchek of Johnson third floor Wife. (Holy crap, Karen’s brother is Julianna comes to mind). I’m living in downtown Access Hollywood Live. Margulies?) Unfortunately, we did not make Boston with my husband, Fred, daughter it up to Colby. Perhaps, next time we’re in Sophie, 15, and son Leo, 12. I graduated the States.” Y Adam Ernster just shot a from law school but that was the extent of rington, Genevieve Hammond, Suzanne and Rachel, 12, and Andy, 9. Y Nancy fitness segment on Access Hollywood Live that career. I started my family career soon Stahl Muir, Doug Parker, Peter Cooke, Norris Gould’s oldest child, Sam, started at with Billy Bush ’94, which aired beginning after, living in Simsbury, Conn., for 15 years George Samaras, and wheelchair bound Indiana University this fall studying sports of August. (Adam is the foremost expert before moving back to Boston four years (from a torn Achilles) Jay Allen and his management. Daughter Morgan spent the in squat thrusts and received his Ph.D. in ago. The kids have loved the autonomy wife, Laurie [Haley ’87], heard Wendy summer in Israel on a leadership training “Critiquing People Who Do Crappy Squat that city life affords. To this day my Colby Lapham’s amazing speech. Wendy followed and community service program and is a Thrusts.”) Seriously, if you have any alumni friends continue to be the ones with whom a great recap by Janice Kassman (formerly junior in high school. Y While Chris Eng- support in you, watch the segment regu- I laugh the hardest and the ones to whom Seitzinger) of her memories of our time at strom and I didn’t make reunion, we had larly. He never has to know you’re reclined I turn during the inevitable bumpy times. I Colby. More than 30 folks, including Joan a mini-reunion on our patio in July with on the couch. Y 282 words left, and you would say that the friendships are my big- Handwerg and Kristin Giblin Lindquist, Eric Pendleton (who works at Citizens know what that means. If you’ll indulge. Y gest takeaway from Colby. Of course, the went to an “over-the-top” brunch Sunday Bank in Boston and helps runs Garside’s My son just turned 1, which means I’m old education was great. Let’s enjoy sharing at the home of Tom and Kathleen Pinard Ice Cream with his mom in Saco, Maine) enough to be his grandfather. Lately I’ve our stories as we barrel towards our 25th Reed on Merrymeeting Bay in Woolwich. and Kathy Reynolds Dunn (who lives been feeling this sharp pain in my knee reunion in 2013. Y Bob and Carrie O’Brien Reunions are tough, often thankless, events with husband Doug in Connecticut, where that temporarily slows my step, though Thomas regularly see Doug and Deanna to plan and pull off: Rich Deering and she teaches French at Kingswood-Oxford hopefully never enough to keep up with Cook McDonald and Jemma Craig, and Suzanne Battit, our co-presidents, and School). A night of many laughs and the this gremlin. Where there’s a will, there’s they just caught up with Kristen Roeder at the entire reunion committee spearheaded warmth of being with dear friends. I wish Lanacane. Or a prosthetic leg. Or a small Doug and Deanna’s house in Northampton, a flawless weekend. Guy Holbrook, I hope you many happy moments like these in the pony to ride. Next year we celebrate our Mass. Jemma and her husband, Patrick, you took lots of notes, as 2016 will be here months ahead! 25th reunion, which is to say that we will along with Dean Schwartz and his wife, before you know it. Y Harriet Haake Hall have been out of school three years longer Ann, attended the grand opening party of loves living in San Diego with constant good than our entire lives prior to, and through, the Harbor Hotel in Provincetown, Mass., weather and the beach 20 minutes away. 1987 Colby. That is a sobering thought. Tonight, which Bob opened in May after a complete Harriet is married, has two kids, Garrett, 10, Scott Lainer as my wife and I got our little boy ready for renovation of a former Holiday Inn. Bob and and Isabella, 8, and works part time for an [email protected] bed, we listened to Sting. He was playing Carrie live in Cohasset with their children investment manager. Her other jobs include Okay, I’ve got good news and bad news. on a CD, by the way, not actually in our Nonie, 13, and Nate and Henry, 10. Y taxi driver, soccer fan, cook, book fair chair, Which do you want first? The good news? room. The song was When We Dance, and

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CM_40-68_A@L_RPH.indd 56 11/8/11 2:31 PM 1989 south of France. Y Carolyn Lockwood was a year-long break to have the baby—she and product support for the defense and Anita Terry recently named the director of Maine’s squeaked in a half Ironman just before space team. She took a business trip to [email protected] Bureau of Rehabilitation Services in the becoming pregnant with Chloe. Kristen Prague this summer and later led a group Department of Labor. Congratulations! Y keeps in touch with Said ’90 and Sally of 13 Girl Scouts backpacking in the Grand I’m writing in the heat of this hot, hot Bill and Anne Webster Stauffer and their White Eastman, who live in Bolton, Mass, Canyon. “Weather is warm here—I miss summer, having just returned to Min- two daughters vacationed this summer in with kids Jake, 9, and Abby, 6. Sally’s kids the lilacs in New England.” Y Cecily von nesota from a “best of Maine” tour with Seattle, where they had dinner with Kate are following in their mom’s swimming Ziegesar is very excited about her hilarious my family. Of course, we visited the old Roosevelt, who is executive VP of The Col- footsteps, raking in swimming accolades. new novel, Gossip Girl Psycho Killer, to be alma mater, spent egregious amounts on lins Group, a company that helps nonprofits Said stays busy working at Monster and published in October. Also out by Cecily this Colby propaganda at the bookstore, and with fundraising and other services. Kate also running a great restaurant, the River fall is Class, the paperback edition of her wandered around campus as much as the and her partner recently bought land for Rock Grille, in Maynard, Mass. Kristen also Colbyesque hardcover novel Cum Laude. 97-degree day would permit. We visited a summer home in Port Townsend, Wash. keeps in touch with Linnea Oliver O’Neil, Y Steve and Kristen Corey DeCastro Tom ’65 and Nancy Ryen Morrione ’65 at Bill and Anne also saw Greg Russell and who lives in Wellesley Hills, Mass., with had a baby, Tyler Joseph, in September their home on Great Pond, showing my his family in Washington. Bill reports that husband Micah and kids Brendan, Mack- 2010. He joins Annie, 10, and Clara, 6. Y children that our Land of 10,000 Lakes has Greg “was hard at work shucking oysters, enzie, Connor, and Jack. Kristen said all is Kimberly Kennedy has lived in Sarasota, nothing on The Way Life Should Be. I also which the kids gobbled up before the adults had a mini-reunion in Portland with Meg had a chance to eat any.” Kelly Doyle is Christie and Will Cheever ’85 and Doug planning a trip to China and has been Neha Patel Kishan ’89 recently moved to St. Lawrence, who braved the I-95 traffic e-mailing Bill with questions. Finally, Bill Basel, Switzerland, for two years because of to drive up from Mass. Tracy Gionfriddo says his “biggest executive decision of the planned to come from Conn., but her little year was to allow (give in) my 10-year-old work. Her 6- and 8-year-olds are excited, and Emma got sick. We missed you, Tracy. The to get her ears pierced.” Y I hope you all her 1-1/2-year-old is happy for anything. trip was a raging success: I ate lobster five had a fabulous summer. Please write and times and got a new Colby T-shirt. Y Neha tell me all about it! Patel Kishan recently moved to Basel, Switzerland, for two years because of work. well with Linnea, who enjoys being CEO, Fla., since 1992. She got her master’s in Her 6- and 8-year-olds are excited, and 1990 CFO, and COO of her household. Y A few physical therapy in1998 and has practiced her 1-1/2-year-old is happy for anything. Kristin Hock Davie special notes about reunion. First, “Bring physical therapy for 13 years. Her thesis Y Maria Douglass and her family are [email protected] HEINOUS back!” Those of you in the East dissertation, Runner’s Perils, was published settling in at King Abdullah University of Congratulations to Katie Erickson, hus- Quad lounge on Saturday night know what in a medical journal and in PT Advance Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia. band Pete Mitchell, and James, 3, who I’m talking about. For those of you able to Magazine in 1998. She stays in contact They took a spring break trip to Italy and welcomed Abigail Ruth Erickson Mitchell attend, it was great to see you all. At first with Jill Vollweiler ’90 and planned a long planned a summer trip to Iceland. Y Robin April 19. Katie reports that Abigail is grow- I tried to list all the folks I saw (to include girls’ weekend at Jill’s family winery, Sharpe Trend Baughan says she never writes ing fast and that she (Katie, not Abigail) in this column), but there were too many Hill, in Pomfret, Conn., in August. Kim still because she never has any news. I don’t works very minimally as a private practice to keep track! Special thanks to Lesley runs, does yoga, and keeps busy with life believe that and expect a long e-mail next outpatient therapist for children and Eydenberg Bouvier and Laurie Brown in general. Y Michael Spurgeon sent news time, Robin. Y Dawna Zajac Perez works families in between motherhood duties. Withrow for their tireless efforts to keep about his former roommate, Eric Sohn, who at Northern Essex Community College, Y Julie Ambrose Gray checked in from the reunion train rolling, to Amy Walter for launched a new hedge fund called North where she is an associate dean and the Freeport, where she lives with her husband coming and talking at our class dinner, and River Emerging Equities Fund, focusing on new grievance officer and is spearheading and daughters Abby, 14, Jessie, 12, and to Portia Walker for presenting our class small-cap stocks in emerging and frontier the launch of a Student Success Center and Sarah, 9. Julie has worked since last year at gift to President Adams after the parade markets. Prior to this Eric was part of a early alert pilot. In October Dawna spoke Bowdoin College as a full-time physician’s of classes. (We’ve set a goal of 91 percent group that owned the first taco company at the National Association of Community assistant in the student health center. The for our class participation rate next time, in Russia. He also worked at the Russian College Entrepreneurship annual confer- job is fantastic, brings back many Colby so please plan on helping us reach that desk in the DOE, where he was involved in ence in Portland, Ore. Y Fellow Iowan Tom memories, and is great because she gets target!) Thanks also to Aaron Mosher, who nuclear nonproliferation. Later, his work in Wieck wrote with tales of an exciting 2011, summers off. Julie is also the coach of her stepped up and took the position of class Africa was a significant factor in adopting a including trips to Vegas, Disneyland, India, daughter’s AAU basketball team, where president. More thanks and recognition are boy from Ethiopia. Seems like Eric’s journey Santiago, Chile, and Sao Paolo, Brazil. she sees Kevin Whitmore ’91 and Matt doubtlessly called for and will be addressed post Colby has been interesting! Y Eliza Tom works at Pioneer Hi-Bred, with what Hancock, who also coach in that league. in upcoming columns. For those of you McClatchey Evans works for her family’s he says is the longest title of his career: unable to be there, you were missed—and business, Southern Aluminum Finishing Co. “DuPont production systems mindsets and you missed what may have been the best Her husband is a stay-at-home dad with behaviors coach, the Americas.” Tom’s kids 1991 weather EVER on campus: warm and sunny Gabe, 8, who is on the autism spectrum. are becoming experts at sports camp, and Dave Shumway during the day, nicely cool and breezy at Gabe is mildly affected and is in third grade. his wife, Erin, a second grade teacher, spent [email protected] night. A spectacular weekend! Check out He’s currently fascinated by geography and her summer driving them all over. The family Greetings classmates! It must have been some photos on the Colby website, and if can tell you every capital of every country. planned to do one day of the famous bike a really slow summer—I received only one anyone has pictures to share let me know. Eliza and her husband recently vacationed ride across Iowa, RAGBRAI, this summer. update. A note arrived from Kristen Woods- Until next time, keep in touch! in the Netherlands and Belgium. They’re Y Look in bookstores for Gerry Hadden’s Noonan, who shares the happy news that fortunate to have so much family around new book, Never the Hope Itself: Love and she and her husband, Jim, welcomed their Atlanta and lucky enough to take vacation Ghosts in Latin America and Haiti. Gerry’s first child, Chloe Sierra Noonan, Dec. 9, 1992 without Gabe. The three of them plan to third child was due in September, as if 2010. They’re enjoying her immensely! Jim Karen Wu come to our 20th reunion. Eliza stays in publishing a book weren’t accomplish- and Kristen live in Kingston, N.H., where [email protected] close touch with Nicole St. John and Jes- ment enough. Gerry caught up with Dan Kristen works as a marketing director for a Sarah Haynes Cooney continues to live sica Maclachlan Hall, who lives in Hawaii. Sullivan and Larry Collins this summer health-care consulting firm. She hoped to in Phoenix, Ariz., and works at Honeywell Y Peter Read Smith, his wife, Elizabeth at Gerry’s home in Barcelona and in the get back into triathlons this summer after Aerospace as senior director of customer Stites, and son Zoeth, 9 months, divide

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summer,” writes Jen. Y Tom and Kristin and 14 ounces. Miles has been putting on Eisenhardt Corbin got married in Boothbay weight like a champion, and both he and 90s newsmakers Harbor, Maine, last summer and live happily his mom are doing fabulously. According to outside of Boston. Cristina Harris Faherty Marc, Miles is already showing early signs Sofia, Bulgaria, resident Anne Griffin ’93 has launched was maid of honor. “Some things never of being an intellectual giant and, to that Bulgarian Pottery and Gifts to showcase products hand- change—she and I remain great friends,” end, has hopes of one day earning a B in made by artisans in her adopted country. Griffin sells the writes Kristin. Kristin has been able to Professor Findlay’s macroeconomics class. products online and in stores in the United States, the spend more time with Sean ’94 and Nicole Maybe even a B+. Times-Tribune (Scranton, Pa.) reports. A Russian language Clavette Devine since she moved back to major at Colby, Griffin says Bulgarian pottery traces its roots back some 3,000 years to the ancient Thracians. Boston. Kristin is director of K-8 admission 1996 F Paul Butler ’93 was named principal of Bangor High at Milton Academy. Y Cara O’Flynn mar- ried Adam Bell last June in Brooklyn, N.Y. Brad Smith School, one of Maine’s largest high schools. The former [email protected] director of gifted and talented and Title 1 programs for Y David and Amy Borrell Berner live in the Bangor School Department was “beyond thrilled” at Park Slope, Brooklyn, with their daughter, If you missed reunion you should be his appointment, the Bangor Daily News reported. “He’s Hazel, 5, who started kindergarten this ashamed of yourself. The weather was great, Paul Butler ’93 the perfect fit for Bangor High School,” superintendent fall. David is a systems administrator at there was this giant inflatable bouncy house Betsy Webb said. “His leadership abilities are only the New York Times, and Amy is managing for the kids, Earl Lewis was there—it was going to strengthen an already great school.” F Glamour magazine reporter Lauren editor at a health-related website. “We’re pretty much what you would expect. You also Iannotti ’96 globetrotted with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton aboard Air Force Two making the most of our small backyard by missed hanging out in Marriner, which in all in June when Clinton toured Africa. Iannotti’s energetic piece in September chronicles hosting a bunny named Petunia for the likelihood you also missed your entire Colby the whirlwind trip and includes an exclusive interview in Dubai with Clinton, the most- summer,” writes Amy. Y Ben Bartlett lives in career. I have it on good authority that we traveled secretary of state ever. Berkeley, Calif., and is now chairman of the will be assigned to better digs for the 20th. City of Berkeley’s Zero Waste Commission. Maybe even Sturtevant! Y Speaking of Earl, He oversees a budget of $36 million. He he’s a cook in Dana dining hall. Look, Earl their time between NYC, where Peter is an the oldest of whom began high school this is crafting a plastic bag ban to help save was on my COOT, and I can tell you that international civil servant with the United fall. Paul returned to high school as well, our oceans and is shifting the nation’s first the guy likes butter. What better place to Nations, and Westport, Mass., where they having been named principal of Bangor recycling program into a resource develop- surround yourself with butter than in Dana? have a farmhouse and a garden. Y Chris High School. Paul says Mary, their oldest, is ment model. Y Lauren Pelz Kearney gave How awesome is that. Y And speaking of and Whitney Adams Ward still live in “quietly supportive... .” Y Suzanne Furlong birth to John Burke Kearney in May. “Big awesome, former Colby soccer star and Hingham, Mass. Their kids are growing up Kiggins lives in Brooklyn with her 2-year-old sisters Emma and Gracie are very proud now Glamour magazine reporter Lauren fast: Lily, 11, Sam, 9, and Sasha, 5, keep twins and works part time for same company of their new little brother,” writes Lauren. Iannotti went on a whirlwind roadie through mom and dad busy with school, friends, she has been with for 12 years, a company Y In 2010 Brian Carovillano and Michele the Middle East and Africa with Secretary and sports. The Ward’s got together with that develops learning simulations for Elliot and their kids, Graham, 2, and of State Hillary Clinton. You can find the Scott ’91 and Margaret Igoe Osborne, Chip schools and companies. Suzanne reports Emmy, 6, moved to Thailand, where Brian article on Glamour.com, where you can ’91 and Hallie Hastert Smith ’93, and Paula that Bree Jeppson welcomed Lucas De Fer- is Asia-Pacific editor for the Associated also find a scintillating piece on whether and Ben Marglin ’93 over Memorial Day. It rari Bassett April 18 and tipped the scales Press. They’re settled in and are eager floral and leopard prints go together. Y was a great Colby mini-reunion. Y What a at a whopping 10 pounds! Suzanne sees to host any classmates passing through Miranda Miller missed reunion with a great lead-in to my pitch on our upcoming quite a bit of Doug Morrione, who is writing Bangkok. They spent time in the States good excuse: birth! She and husband Jud 20th reunion, which is less than a year a collection of biographical short stories, as this summer and caught up with a bunch Wolfskill welcomed a daughter, Susannah away. Save the date: May 31-June 3, 2012. well as Dave Nicholson ’94 and his family, of friends, including Jill Kooyoomjian, Alisa Charlotte Wolfskill, June 15. Y Here is news If you’re interested in joining the reunion who live in Queens. Y Anne Griffin hails from and Matt Zalosh, Georgia Brian ’96 and of another, though as-yet-unconfirmed, ’96 planning committee and/or the gift com- Sofia, Bulgaria, and has begun exporting Dave Chen, Liz Keith and Jeff Vacanti, and baby. When I solicited Kirsten Gaudes mittee, please contact Marah Silverberg handmade Bulgarian pottery to the States Natasha and Peter Hoffmann. Y Jennifer Rockwell for the class notes, I received her Derzon at [email protected]. Keep your (www.bulgarianpotteryandgifts). From time “Hank” Ancker married John Whelen June out-of-office message stating that she is eye out for a 20th reunion Facebook page to time she meets up with Sibel Akbay 4 under clear blue skies in Darien, Conn., currently on maternity leave from Bain and courtesy of Mark Boles. and Sandra Vines in Turkey or Bulgaria. Y at the Ox Ridge Hunt Club, where Jen is that she’d only be checking e-mail periodi- Greta Wood started a new job in June as currently president. Alums in attendance cally. I assume that she had a baby, but 1993 assistant professor/instructional services included John’s sister, Beth Whelen Thut, her message said that she would return my librarian at Mississippi State University in Dr. Madelyn Meyn, Alice Tilson Koehler, message when she is able. I hope to have Jill Moran Baxter Starkville. Y Thanks to everyone who wrote Bruce Mason, Matt Marden, Meredith a full update on her whereabouts and her [email protected] in—keep those e-mails coming! Dimenna, Anna Redmond Zable, Molly progeny by the next issue. Y Another ’96er Jeff Kosc and his wife, Becky, recently Townsend ’97, Erin Vogel, Laura Finn, gave birth, but this time it’s the financial visited Mike Murphy at his home in 1994 and Josh Burker and Meghan Scheck ’97. kind. Former Grossman RA Adam Muller McCarthy, Alaska. Jeff writes, “Mike, his Y Abe Rogers returned from Afghanistan quit working for Goldman Sachs after seven Kimberly Valentine Walsh wife Denise, his devastatingly handsome and is reintegrating in Indiana. He plans on years to give birth to a hedge fund. Adam [email protected] son, Rio Murphy, 5 months, and his two dogs finishing his work to acquire a master’s in shares that he is resting comfortably. Y welcomed us to their home (built by hand by education from Boston University in the fall Apparently there was a West Coast reunion Mike from the ground up) and entertained us and on coaching the master’s swim team in April, which took place when Jason Imfeld with glacier hiking, aerial sightseeing (of the 1995 at Harvard. * Josh Burker and Meghan ’97 flew to San Francisco to hang out with Wrangell Mountains and nearby glaciers), Yuhgo Yamaguchi Scheck ’97 welcomed their son, Willem Nicole Dannenberg Sorger and Azeen and the freshest salmon meals one could [email protected] Aleck Scheck Burker, into the world Aug. Chamarbagwala. Nicole lives in Belmont imagine (caught fresh by Mike from the Jennifer Gennaco gave birth to Lora Eliza- 3. Y Marc Rubin and his wife, Hillary, are (not the Massachusetts one!) with hubbie nearby Copper River).” Y Paul and Angela beth May 12. “Lora’s brother, Lincoln, 4, thrilled to announce the birth of their first Jonathan, Noah, 5, and Julian, 21 months. Tennett Butler remain in the Queen City enjoys singing the ABCs to her. We are all child, Miles Asher Rubin. Miles arrived a Nicole is happily teaching world history at (Bangor, of course) with their three kids, adjusting well and looking forward to the few weeks early in June weighing 4 lbs Crystal Springs Uplands School. Nicole also

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CM_40-68_A@L_RPH.indd 58 11/8/11 2:31 PM visited with Suzanne Arnold Ennis earlier brief moment to catch up, but he reported the nurse manager of the medical respite and go to polo matches with her husband, this spring. Suzanne lives in Manhattan that he’s building a home for himself, his program for the San Francisco Department their giant Bernese mountain dog, and the Beach with hubbie Dan, Caroline, 6, and wife, and their 2-year-old son. Then he of Public Health and provides recuperative world’s newest tiny little polo fan. Y Nathan Cameron, 4. She keeps busy with freelance directed them to the best vendors for meat, care for homeless adults being discharged Curtis married Kimberly Bokesch May 7 in writing projects and motherhood, of course. cheese, and veggies. Y Amy Stengel and from the hospital. Y Eben Peck and his Kiawah, S.C. Alumni in attendance were Y I may have already mentioned this but her husband, Brian, welcomed a baby girl, wife, Colette, welcomed their first child, Chris and Kristina Smith Gates, Justin Melissa Taylor visited Bernadette Graham Barrett Eliza Moore, May 11. Y Susanna Lucy Antonia Peck, May 29. She arrived and Montine Bowen Fredrickson, Gray Hudson and her family at the end of June. Montezemolo expected a baby Sept. 19. with a shock of red hair and looks forward Macmillan ’97, David Spiro, Betsy Kies Melissa lives in Portland, Ore., and has two She wrote, “I sure do wish I was spending to hanging out with other Colby babies in Raftery, Mimi Sotiriou Raygorodetsky, girls, Clara, 5 and Nora 2. Y And I saw a my third trimester up in Maine instead of the Washington, D.C. area. Y Dave Dodwell Laurel Hart Willey, Dawn Seckler Baltus, picture of Gregg LeBlanc’s son drinking an D.C.—it’s blisteringly hot here! I’m still work- is training to kayak to all three points of the Samantha Sheridan Spielman, Leah Irn Bru. This was a much friendlier-on-the- ing at the Center for Responsible Lending Bermuda triangle. Y Kate Dunlop has been Bernstein Jacobson, and Mary Ellen eyes picture than the random photograph and teaching yoga on the side, although I’ll the assistant director of communications Shuttleworth Miller. Y William Estrada that LaWaun Curry ’77 found in the Gross- take a break from both during my maternity at Colby-Sawyer College in New London, and Juana Anguiano-Estrada welcomed man attic in the fall of 1995. For those of leave. I regularly see Cary Gibson, who is N.H., for four years. She and her husband, Ernesto Esteban Estrada, or E3, May 26. you who did not see LaWaun’s photo, let’s doing well and getting ready to embark on photographer Michael Seamans, celebrated Now Everett Gutierrez has a play buddy on just say you missed something unique. Y a European vacation to Italy and England.” their 12th anniversary in May. Kate is still the West Coast. Y Thanks for the contribu- Please send more notes. Thank you. Y I was so excited to see Weyron and Mary affiliated with her former employer, the tions and enjoy autumn. Hofmann Henriques and their two sweet Young Authors Foundation of Newton, Mass., sons, Aidan and Timothy, as they traveled through the Teen Ink Writing Program and 1997 east this summer for a family reunion. While spends two weeks in New York City every 1999 Leah Tortola Walton here they also visited Christian ’95 and year with dedicated teen writers. She looks Lindsay Hayes Hurty [email protected] Gwen Nicol Citarella ’96 and their family forward to completing her M.F.A. in creative [email protected] I hope this finds you all well. It’s so hard to in New Hampshire as well as Kelly Hagan writing at Lesley University in January 2013. Melissa Knight DuBois and her husband believe that we are entering our 15th year McCormack, Danielle Herget, Mark Y It was great to see Kara Landry Fieldhouse bought 30 acres of land in Unity, Maine out of college! I’m looking forward to seeing House and their families. It was a whirlwind of Bend, Ore., this summer when she was (only two exits away from Colby!), where everyone at our reunion next June. Y Shawn for them, but they took it all in stride. Y on the East Coast, though sans twins. Y they spent much of the summer camping, ’93 and April Armstrong Campbell are I’ve taken on a new role as co-director Mike and Abbie Hofman Park welcomed hiking, and clearing land for a cabin. They moving from Auburn, Mass., to Irvine, Calif., of the Bedford Family Connection, an all- their third child, Dylan WonJae, May 27. found this land with the help of their real where Shawn will work as vice president of volunteer group that connects families of Brother Tyler, 5, and sister Sydney, 3 1/2, are estate agent, Amie Joseph ’98. Melissa game development at Future Ads. They’re young children (up through 5) through fun thrilled. The Parks live in Fairfax, Va., where accepted a promotion to head nurse very busy with their two toddlers and are and educational activities for children as Mike works for the Department of Energy practitioner of the Baker Surgery Inpatient trying to soak up as much family and friend well as parent education seminars, moms’ as a senior loan officer for the renewable Service, supervising a group of seven inpa- time on the East Coast as possible before nights out activities, and community ser- the big move. Y Chris and Jennifer Atwood vice opportunities. It’s turning out to be a Lesky welcomed a daughter, Caroline Anne, bigger job than I expected, but I’m loving Alice Wong ’98 is the nurse manager of the April 6. Congratulations! Y Eliot (Hyun) every moment! Jung and his wife welcomed a daughter, medical respite program for the San Francisco Elise, in February. Eliot works for the U.S. Department of Public Health and provides Department of State and is stationed at the 1998 U.S. Embassy in Tokyo. He was hoping to find Brian M. Gill recuperative care for homeless adults being and check out the Colby Club of Tokyo while [email protected] discharged from the hospital. there. Y Matt Burgener left Bank of America Congratulations to Kazumi Nakanishi on in Charlotte, N.C., for a new opportunity in the birth of her first daughter, Nina, June Dallas, Texas, where he’ll work for Copart as 17, in Paris. Y Laurel Hart married Scott senior vice president of marketing. Copart Willey ’96 May 28 in Scott’s hometown of energy loan guarantee program. Abbie is a tient nurse practitioners at Massachusetts facilitates the sale of salvaged vehicles Santa Barbara, Calif. Alums in attendance stay-at-home mom. Y After 10 years in Con- General Hospital, where she has worked for insurance companies in the U.S. and included Brent Willey ’91, Christian Powell necticut, Hilary White moved to Ft. Collins, since graduating from Colby. Y Dr. Douglas internationally and also buys cars from ’96, Mimi Sotiriou Raygorodetsky, Shelley Colo., and works as a physician’s assistant Comeau and his wife, Rainelle (Stonehill consumers for cash. Y Lisa Tinanoff was Wollert (who co-officiated), Mary Ellen in the local ER. She’s looking forward to new ’00), welcomed their beautiful daughter to married in 2007 and is mother to Eli, 1. Shuttleworth Miller, Betsy Kies Raftery, job challenges and mid-week ski days at the world May 13. Charlotte Marie Comeau She works as a veterinarian at a small Justin and Montine Bowen Fredrickson, Steamboat this winter! Hilary had a blast was born at Winchester Hospital, and mom, animal hospital in Baltimore. She and her Cassie Wayne Gibson, Kristina Smith last year backpacking in the mountains dad, and baby are all healthy, residing in family recently traveled to Colorado to visit Gates, Samantha Sheridan Spielman, of Patagonia and exploring Vietnam with Melrose, Mass. Doug is team physician Jen Adams and her family, and they had a Nathan Curtis, and David Spiro. Y Paul Elizabeth Castagneto Andrada. Y Jennie for Boston College while also working at great time in the mountains and reminiscing Caruso married Beth Monahan ’01 April Phelps was home for the summer enjoying the Ryan Center for Sports Medicine, the about the Colby years. Lisa also caught up 24, 2010. They recently moved to Weston, time with family. She had been away teach- first primary-care sports medicine clinic in with Linc Farr at a friend’s wedding last Mass., and expect their first child in early ing 4-year-olds at an international school Boston. He also serves as faculty for the October and got to meet his wife and son. October. Y Alice Wong married Raffi in Erbil, Kurdistan, Iraq, and headed back primary-care sports medicine fellowship Y Jon ’95 and Denise Mailloux Bowden, Moughamian July 9 in San Francisco. They for a second year in August. Y Andrew and through the family medicine department along with Wyeth, 2, took a two-week trip to had a traditional Armenian Orthodox wed- Lisa Murphy Maillet welcomed their first at Boston Medical Center. Doug enjoyed Maine to visit her parents in the lakes region. ding ceremony followed by a traditional child, Tucker Andrew Maillet, July 7. They some summer downtime before the busy At a small farmer’s market in Bridgton, she Chinese wedding banquet. Geoff Herrick, live in Bristol, R.I. Lisa took the summer fall sports coverage schedule began. Y Wes bumped into Scott Monteith for the first Marty Elwell, Morgan Filler ’97, and Andy off from teaching high school biology and Baff works as a veterinarian in small-animal time in roughly 10 years! They had just a Brown ’99 were in attendance. Alice is environmental science to learn about babies private practice in Danbury, Conn. In addi-

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tion he cruised around Long Island Sound in services development and marketing for their first trip to Colby for reunion just a few Baby time! Phil and Micki Young Armour all summer on his boat. Y Alex Wall built a EMC Corporation. Y Our thoughts go out weeks later. Y Nathan Boland and his wife, welcomed son Brayden in June. Y JJ ’01 and fence to keep his small Pomerian, Felix, in to Erik Quist, who was seriously injured Elizabeth, welcomed their second child, Piper Elliott Abodeely had their second the backyard, where Felix has developed a in Iraq when an IED hit his caravan. Erik is Eli, July 10. Nathan defended his Ph.D. in child, a girl, Keaton Maykel, also in June. Y taste for their cilantro and lettuce patches. recovering in Bethesda, Md., from damage environmental chemistry in August and then Trevor MacDonald and his wife had a boy, Alex enjoyed catching up with Heather to six vertebrae and both ankles. moved from Baltimore to Tacoma, Wash., Logan Winslow, in July. All are doing well. Miles in NY when he was in town on busi- to take a position as a visiting assistant Daughter Leah Vivian turned 2 in June. Y ness. Heather is engaged and planned on professor of chemistry at the University of Dave Seel and his wife, Jaclyn, had their getting married in September. Y Courtney 2000 Puget Sound. Y Michelle Farrell accepted first child, Eliza Jane. They live on Long Smith Eisenberg gave birth to a daughter, Ben Mackay a teaching job at UPenn and moved from Island and Dave continues to enjoy blog- Charlotte Rebecca, on New Year’s Day. Her [email protected] Washington, D.C., to Philadelphia. Y Lind- ging about his food adventures. Y Amanda sister, Ada, 2, loves having a little sister. Y say Rowland married John Heller, a fellow Cuiffo and her partner, Christy Doyle, had Becca Mets is finally starting her first real veterinarian, in April. Heather Olson was a son, Saben Cooper Cuiffo-Doyle, May job! Becca also gets to live with her fiancé, 2001 her maid of honor, and Marion Matthews 19 in Lebanon, N.H. Y Jared ’01 and Jess Whitney Halgrimson, after three years of Dana Fowler Charette Miller was also in attendance. Y Robb Knight Beers welcomed a baby girl, Ruby being in separate time zones. Becca moved [email protected] Henzi married Pamela Lowenstein and, Adelaide, in July. Y Kate (Zimmerman ’03) to Denver from DC, where she had done My husband, Jon, and I welcomed our after a two-week honeymoon in Thailand, and John Marlow had their first child, Declan a fellowship in pediatric ophthalmology. second daughter, Alden Jane Charette, he returned to work at Ogilvy & Mather as Thomas, in July. They recently moved to In Denver Becca started at the Children’s June 1! Alden’s arrival was thrilling to us, a marketing strategist. Y Piper (Elliott ’02) CT and welcome friends and visitors now Hospital at the University of Colorado in but not nearly as much drama as Lisa Hart and JJ Abodeely welcomed their second, that they have more space. Y Matt ’01 September. Y Joe Kingsbury and his wife, Olsen’s delivery. Lisa’s baby boy, Lucas a girl, Keaton Maykel Abodeely, in June. and Meredith Strasnick Carter had their Amanda, welcomed their first child, Henry William, made a dramatic entrance April 20 In April they were on an East Coast swing second son, Jackson Ross, in May. Y Gavin Quentin, July 3. The little guy is fantastic, by being born in the elevator at Lenox Hill when JJ ran the Boston Marathon and got and Bridget Zakielarz Duffy welcomed and they’re (still) loving NYC despite the Hospital in Manhattan! He was delivered to mile 16 before the pre-race beer drink- their first child, a boy, Finnegan Stanley, in summer heat. Y Billy and Leanna Hush by an orthopedic surgeon with help from a ing with the usual suspects (Chris Brunet, June. They live in Atlanta, where Bridget is O’Donnell welcomed their baby boy, Liam, security guard. It was quite a scene, but luck- Jake Civiello, Jeff Guerette, Pierce Cole, a pediatrician. Y Chris Cogbill and his wife, in May. Leanna continues to work in urban ily everything went smoothly. Lucas joins big Devin Beliveau, and Matt Reeber) slowed Elizabeth, had their first child, Grant Hull, planning in Fairfax, Va., and loves being a sister Hannah, 2. Y Bliss (Woolmington ’02) him down. The Abodelly’s also caught up in May. They remain in Milwaukie, where new mom. Y After seven years in the Water- and Patrick Bernal set off for a five-month with Brian Newman and Geoffrey Sudderth Chris and Elizabeth will finish up respective ville area, Milan ’01 and Jane Chamberlain trip around the world with their two-year-old, (who completed a rare, prolonged exodus residencies and fellowships at the Medical Babik and their two boys, Kylian and Matyas, Jude. After their adventure they’re relocating from Atlanta) in NYC. Y Elicia Carmichael College of Wisconsin, followed by a two-year moved to Hamilton, N.Y., where Milan will to Vermont. Check out their blog at www. received her M.B.A. from Cornell in May and fellowship in hematopathology at the Uni- teach at Colgate. Y Ross McEwen teaches aroundtheworldwithatwoyearold.com. Y joined Root Capital’s strategy and innova- versity of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Chris second grade at the Potomac School and Seth and Hilary Spitz Arens welcomed tion team, where she’ll assess clean technol- reports a quick sighting of Paul Lee and his coaches the varsity girl’s soccer team. His twins Willow Reese and Quinn John June ogy investments for agricultural enterprises family (wife Page, daughter Reese) during wife, Monica (Staaterman ’98), is a manager 25! Y Payal Shah and David Fuente had throughout Latin American. Her home base Paul’s trek across the country from Chicago with a regional software company. They have quite a busy year. After two years in India, will be San Jose, Costa Rica. Y Whitney to begin his internship in general surgery at two wonderful daughters, Claire, 3, and they relocated to Chapel Hill, N.C., where Dayton Brunet wrote that Chris earned his Virginia Mason in Seattle in July. Y Katie Marissa, 17 months. They had a summer David started a Ph.D. in city and regional M.B.A. from Yale’s School of Management in Knepley is a principal at SVB Capital and BBQ with Ross’ brother Marc ’01, Sean Skul- planning at UNC. They welcomed their first May. They’ve returned to Boston, and Chris also started the Wharton executive M.B.A. ley ’02, and Julie Fidaleo Madison ’98. The child, Zara Shah-Fuente, Feb. 4, and Payal is back working at Brown Brothers Harriman. program and expects to graduate in May McEwans recently traveled to Bermuda and finished her Ph.D. in international and com- Y Gavin Garner, assistant professor in the 2013. Katie is engaged to David Riester, department of mechanical and aerospace Middlebury ’05. They live in San Francisco engineering, was honored with the 2011 and plan a summer 2012 wedding in Napa Nathan Boland ’01 defended his Ph.D. in Mac Wade Award for outstanding service to or Sonoma. Y Erin Clark finished up at the environmental chemistry in August and then the U.Va. School of Engineering and Applied Yale School of Forestry in May and landed Science. He also won the professor-of- in Montana. She’s working on wilderness moved from Baltimore to Tacoma, Wash., to the-year Award from the Rodman Scholars issues at wildlife refuges in central and take a position as a visiting assistant professor Program. Y Stu Luth is producing White southwestern Montana for the U.S. Fish Alligator, a feature-length dark comedy and Wildlife Service. She’s curious who of chemistry at the University of Puget Sound. about “acceptable” racism. The film is from 2002 has settled in Idaho, Wyoming, based on his wife, Viviana’s, experiences or Montana. Y Matt Overton married Kara as a white-skinned Puerto Rican actor in Goodman in August at the Crane Estate at then took a summer cabin trip to Colorado parative education from Indiana University New York in an industry that discriminates Castel Hill in Ipswich, Mass. Kara started at to spend a week with Ross’s family. Every in May. During their visits to the Northeast as a rule. Viviana has to pass as “white” to Colby and transferred to Simmons College, summer they also head to the Cape to visit they’ve regularly seen Peter Girard and be eligible for acting work, despite having where she got her R.N. and is now a labor and Monica’s family and see Graham ’98 and Emily Fischer ’02, David Riss, Cassic and white skin. White Alligator works to eliminate delivery nurse at Beth Israel. Matt met Kara Kirsten Staaterman Nelson ’98 with their John Mason, Jess Weisbein, and Pierre discrimination, especially in the entertain- during his senior year—she was his neighbor twin girls, Camden and Marin, 2. Y Dave Vanden. They also see Asher Ghertner ment industry, and through that, worldwide. in Dana. Matt now works for his family’s and Lissa Baur Matson welcomed James from London and Sara Lovitz from New Visit whitealligatorthemovie.com. brokerage business. Y Rashad Randolph, Baur Matson Dec. 5, 2010. They’re having Zealand when they visit the U.S. Payal and Coy Dailey ’01, Thomas Jackson ’03, Karima a lot of fun (and less sleep). They moved to David look forward to a slightly less event- Ummah-Jackson ’04, and Victor Cancel New Hampshire this summer and are happy ful year. Y Joel and Drew Hall Williams 2002 celebrated Thomas’s 30th birthday over to be close to the beach. Lissa practices and son Joel Andrew welcomed 10-pound Sally Hall Bell Memorial Day weekend. Y Steve Hooper rheumatology in the area, and Dave works baby James Morris May 10! All four enjoyed [email protected] graduated with his M.B.A. from Tuck. After

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graduation he bicycled across the U.S. with enjoying a glorious summer in the Pacific Kyle Burke welcomed Thea Margaret in May. Talley in Beaver Creek, Colo. in July. The classmates. Steve’s working diligently on Northwest. I attended Anna L’Hommedieu Y Jeff and Sara Schwartz Mohan had a wedding party sounded like trouble, with Jeff a new startup restaurant concept, which and Greg Boyer’s wedding on Mt. Hood with baby boy, Ryan Benjamin, May 28, and the Owen, Ian MacPherson, Brad Petersen, he plans to open in 2012 in Seattle. Y oodles of classmates in attendance (too proud parents report they’re absolutely in Alex Burgess, Adam Cohen, Dan Parise, Deandra Brassard married Josh Early in many to list). Y I invite you all to save the love with him. Y Garrett and Amy Lansdale and Matt Wallerstein as groomsmen. Y June at the White Mountain School, where date for our 10th reunion, in June 2012. Kephart welcomed a baby… no, not that kind Greg Sawyer married Annah Kinsler July 9 they met and have been working. Colby Details are coming! We are excited to see yet… a baby basset hound, Kona, in July (a in Chittenden, Vt. A bunch of Colby alumni classmates in attendance were Chris everyone back on the Hill. good replacement for the ferret, Moose, that were present, including Andy Danziger, Castle, Allison MacRae, Jonathan Greene, Garrett harbored in his senior apartment at Roger Tiao ’04, Derek Snyder ’04, Billy Chris Schlosser, Natalie Buccola Keilholz, Colby). They moved to Seattle in August. Y Twible ’04, Joe Siviski ’04, Mike Molloy and Danielle Olson Beardsley. Deandra is 2003 Plenty of weddings to report as well. Mike ’04, James Oh ’04, and Jamison Sawyer finishing up her master’s in educating for Lauren Tiberio Jarcho was married in August to Annemarie ’13. The couple honeymooned in Belize for sustainability from Antioch University New [email protected] Pizzo. He completed his Ph.D. in psychology a week. Greg is a chief orthopedic surgery England. They moved to Washington State in Way to go, Class of 2003—lots of great, at the University of California, Davis, and resident at Rhode Island Hospital in Provi- September and spent a year skiing, biking, exciting news to report! Y Presenting new started a postdoctoral fellowship at UCLA dence. Y Chris Zeien is engaged to Lynn and paddling. Y As for me, I have been members of the Mule family first: Olivia and in August. Y Jeff Halsey married Mandy Morley. He finished his M.B.A. at Duke and

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moved to Boston, where he looks forward Biddeford. She spent August in northern to connecting with other Colby alums. Y India with Himalayan Health Exchange Melanie Newton Lago continues to teach working with a mobile medical clinic. Y 00s newsmakers kindergarten at Beauvoir Elementary School Elizabeth Turnbull graduated from Yale’s Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace in Washington, D.C., and started her ninth joint M.B.A./master’s of environmental Engineering Gavin Garner ’01 was honored with the 2011 year of teaching in September. This summer management program this spring and joined Mac Wade Award at the University of Virginia’s School of she spent four weeks improving math edu- the Adidas Group to support the energy and Engineering and Applied Science. Garner was recognized cation through various math camps and environmental initiatives in their portfolio of for rebuilding the U.Va. chapter of the American Society professional development opportunities. buildings. She’s excited to join the network of Mechanical Engineers, transforming the department’s She ended her summer with a few weeks of Colby alums in the greater Boston area. lab spaces, and continuing the popular mechatronics hiking and traveling throughout New Zealand Y Andrew McKenna-Foster is helping course after the death of his mentor. Garner also won the and Australia with her husband. Y Jesse design a new science center for Nantucket professor of the year award from the Rodman Scholars DeLaughter joined Teach for America as a through the Maria Mitchell Association. Program. F Playwright Amina McIntyre ’04 premiered corps member. He finished at the training He also completed his first sprint triathlon her most recent play, In the Garden, at Lenoir-Rhyne institute in Philly and started teaching ESL on Nantucket. I raced Nantucket Triathlon University in September. A visiting playwright in resi- at the Elihu Greenwood Leadership Academy as well and also ran into him at the weekly Anya Toteanu ’08 dence at Lenoir-Rhyne last spring, McIntyre wrote In the in Boston. Y Michelle Riffelmacher started Nantucket Brant Point Runners 5K, which Garden as a creative retelling of the Song of Solomon. at Citi in July doing institutional sales for he wins each week! Y Judd Moldaver lives McIntyre has also had her plays staged at the Indiana Theater Association ITWorks F the securities lending group focusing on in LA and was named in the top 40 under and at Wabash College. The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research named Anya Toteanu ’08 2011 Outstanding Customer Service Representative (CSR) U.S. clients. Y Miko Yokoi changed jobs 40 list in The Hockey News last January. He for Massachusetts. A certified insurance service representative for the Richard Soo and is now the tribal optometrist for the is engaged and works at a talent agency Hoo Insurance Agency, Toteanu has “demonstrated a level of professionalism beyond Indian Health Service Health Center in representing professional hockey players. her years, a sincere desire to help, and a tremendous amount of courtesy to clients.” downtown Reno, Nev. She keeps busy Y Tom Rogers and his fiancée, Julia Levine, Toteanu is now eligible for the national Outstanding CSR of the Year award. F Entrepre- with trips to Lake Tahoe and practicing fire finished a year-long trip around the world this neur Nick Friedman ’10 received one of five Entreverge awards from Portland, Maine, arts like hoop dance and poi spinning. Y spring and have settled in Stowe, Vt. They PROPEL, a networking organization for young business professionals. Friedman, along Ellen Whitesides taught quant classes at got married Aug. 2 with many Colby alums with Brandon Pollock ’10, founded Blue Reserve as a senior at Colby and continues Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government in attendance, including Nick Markham, to sell the company’s bottleless purified water to businesses statewide. In addition to over the summer and this fall started working Elizabeth Turnbull, Bethany Craig, Clifton a brightly colored guitar, consulting advice and access to experienced entrepreneurs to help states implement the Common Core Bullard ’07, and Chris Zajchowski ’07. Y come with the award. State Standards, a nationwide education Samantha Saeger and her fiancé took time policy. Y Over the summer Chris Reigeluth off from their jobs and moved to Sweden did research on adolescent development for the year to live and breathe orienteer- and men’s mental health. He also moved ing. They’ll spend the year training, learn- their nuptials in May 2012 in Chicago. Y Rubenstein School of Environment and from Boston to Worcester to be closer to ing, and improving as much as they can. Jake Colognesi graduated from Tuck at Natural Resources. Husband John is in his clinical psychology graduate program. Y They’re both the reigning U.S. orienteering Dartmouth in June and now works for a his second year of pediatric residency in And last but not least—Hal Hallstein toured champions. Y Matthew Harrington just small-growth equity firm, Volition Capital, Burlington, where he started a grant-funded east from Boulder over the summer, visiting opened a hip, new, low-cost, hassle-free in Boston. Jake and I will be swapping roles, program to teach minority students in the Mike Lee’s photography gallery and sailing gym in Brookline called GymIt. Check it out as I started at Tuck this fall to begin my Burlington area to swim. Y Chris and Erin on the wooden boat owned by Nick Owen at www.gymit.com. M.B.A. I plan to regularly see Jon Ryder ’02 Rockney Van Wagenen had a baby girl ’04. He spent time with Jake Beren this fall and Wayne Harrington, who also started named Milly and recently moved to Maine, in canyon country and remains impressed the M.B.A. program, and Carreau Mueller, where Erin started her pediatric residency. with Aaron McCloskey’s flatpicking. He has 2005 who works in Dartmouth’s development Y Kristi Eck was promoted to assistant mixed feelings about Eric Crabtree moving Katie Gagne office.Y Matt Lynes and Maureen Sherry director of Say Yes in Syracuse and was to Vienna from Oahu. Y Hope everyone had [email protected] were married in Brookline, Mass., June 25, featured on the news for helping a group an amazing summer! Maggie Johnson graduated from California exactly four years after their first date. A of students write and publish several books State University, Northridge, with a master’s celebration at the Wellesley Botanical now sold at Barnes & Noble. Y Meg Musser in biology. She’ll continue her research Gardens followed, where many alums were moved to Raleigh, N.C., to start a veterinary 2004 on the effects of elevated carbon dioxide in attendance. Y Nick Malick’s short story medical oncology residency at NC State. Kate Weiler emissions on coral reefs in a Ph.D. program “The Boy in the Lake” will be published in Y Casey McCarthy and Margaret Siciliano [email protected] at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography the Kenyon Review during winter 2012. ’04 were married this summer in Vermont. * Erica Joseffy and Chris Blomberg got mar- (UC San Diego). Y Bill Foley was recently It was runner-up in the Review’s national Jillian Parker got married to Paul Blakeslee ried this summer with lots of Colby friends engaged to his long-time girlfriend and 2011 short fiction contest, judged by Ron June 11 in North Yarmouth, Maine. Lauren in attendance. Groomsmen included Kyle plans a Rhode Island wedding for summer Carlson. Nick and wife Rebecca (Taylor ’04) Wolpin, who introduced the couple, was a Lieberman, Brian Foley, and Doug Dua ’05. 2012. Y Carolyn Hunt and Brendan Car- are schoolteachers in the San Francisco Bay bridesmaid. Y Nikki Patel is again living Bridesmaids included Laurel Wolfrum and roll celebrated two years of marriage and area, and Juliet, their daughter, is 2. Y Julie on the East Coast with her husband, Mihir Justine Belvin. Others in attendance were moved to Brussels, Belgium, where Carolyn Bryar will stay at the Dana-Farber Cancer Patel, working as a chiropractor by day and Leigh Cummings, Sarah Wolfrum, Sarah works for UPS in its European headquarters. Institute as program manager for the chief spending her nights as a dedicated mom to Jasinski, Kristin Saucier, and Alex Kronauer Brendan is finishing his Ph.D. in EU policy. quality officer. She’s getting married this Diya, 1. Y Meredith Duval married Kevin ’05. Erica and Chris live in Boston, where Y Katie Markowski was engaged in March October to Trinity graduate Dave Porter. Y O’Brien July 16 in Boston and now lives Erica is a speech language pathologist to Christo Dru, whom she met in Chicago Peyton McElyea was married July 30 in in Richmond, Va. Y Miranda Silverman at Spaulding Rehab Hospital and Chris while in law school. They’ve relocated to Beverly Hills to Jen Keith. Steve Bogden, got married Oct. 9 at a private estate in is a medical resident at St. Elizabeth’s Hollywood, Calif., where Katie took a job Pat Semmens, Matt Bucklin, and Kyung Wenham, Mass., to Matthew Gaude, who Hospital. Y Cynthia Davies started a new with Hooper, Lundy & Bookman, P.C., and Ko ’06 served as ushers. Y Wendy Sicard is the chef de cuisine at Aquitaine in the job in September as a physician’s assis- Christo began his residency at Cedars Cole started a master’s program in wildlife South End and in the process of opening tant at Southern Maine Medical Center in Sinai. I’m looking forward to celebrating sciences at the University of Vermont’s his own restaurant in Kendall Square.

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CM_40-68_A@L_RPH.indd 62 11/8/11 2:31 PM Caitlin Grasso and Emily Gavryck were guiding high school or college kids. Emily Chewonki Camp for Girls. Kate saw Chris McAleer and Caroline Donohue. Y Katie bridesmaids. Y Have a great fall! now works as communications director for Andrews, Liz Stovall, Travis Kendall, and Himmelmann got engaged off the coast of the Irish Countrywomen’s Association and Amanda Hilton at Sarah Ayres ’06 and Georgetown, Maine, to fellow mule Charlie still writes her blog (www.fromchinavillage. Doug Turnbull’s wedding. At the end of Hale ’06. They’ve dated since Colby and 2006 com). Check it out! Y Lauren Erickson summer Kate and Josh Taylor ’05 married plan to marry in Maine in fall 2012. Katie Jennifer Coliflores continues to live and work in San Fran- and plan to spend December in India and lives in San Francisco and finished the [email protected] cisco and started a graduate program in then move to Philadelphia. Y Last spring first year of her graduate pediatric nursing Nani Crashley Phillips and Jon Moss ’05 counseling psychology this fall. Y Katie Chris Zajchowski graduated summa cum program at UCSF. Y In April Victoria Yuan spent a week in Nantucket and saw Marina Lucas became engaged last March to Drew laude from Minnesota State University, and Bernadette Bibber spent time together Stakes, Kendra King, and Malin King ’11 Geant (Princeton ’05). They plan a summer Mankato, with a master’s in experiential in San Francisco. In May Bernadette ran and bumped into Nicole Turgiss ’08 and 2012 wedding. Y Jackie Rolleri is heading education. He works for Loyola University into Roy Wilson, Denis Shubleka ’05, and Rachel Sheinbaum Sullivan ’05. Nani to Washington, D.C., after graduating from as program coordinator for outdoor expe- Mark Burke ’86 at Cushing Academy’s and Jon also met up with Sarah Belden Roger Williams School of Law last spring. riential education. Y Ashley Hunt got her graduation, where they all previously taught and Steve Markesich ’05 in Baltimore for She was selected for the Presidential M.P.H. from Columbia and is consulting with or currently teach. Bernadette taught and some Colby fun. Y Katie Chamberlin, Management Fellowship and will work for international and domestic organizations traveled around the U.S. with the American Susannah Young, and Kaitlin Adams the National Oceanic and Atmospheric working to prevent and respond to violence Boychoir School and in September began graduated from Yale School of Nursing’s Administration’s Coastal Service Center against women and girls. She and Chris her master’s of biomedical sciences at nurse practitioner program, passed their as a natural resource specialist. Y Doug Juraska ’06 were married Aug. 6 in Chicago! UMDNJ (University of Medicine and Den- board exams, and began practicing in Turnbull ’07 and Sarah Ayres got married They live in Brooklyn with their two dogs. Y tistry, New Jersey). Y See more news online pediatric and family primary care in MA, June 18 in New Hampshire. There was a Robin Respaut was a fellow for the Carnegie at www.colby.edu/mag. ME, and CT respectively. Y Alex Jospe nice Colby crowd there including Brooke Corporation this summer, working at ABC qualified for the U.S. Orienteering Team Barron ’09, Zach Manke ’07, Josiah Taylor News in the investigative unit with Brian this spring and competed for the U.S. at ’05, Kate Braemer ’07, Liz Stovall ’07, Nancy Ross. Y Liz Boeheim finished her M.A. in 2008 the world championships in orienteering McDermott ’08, Chris Andrews ’07, Travis English literature and teaches writing and Palmer McAuliff in August in Aix-les-Bains, France. She Kendall ’07, Elizabeth Turnbull ’04, Mary literature as an adjunct instructor at the [email protected] was more excited for the wine and cheese Tuttle ’76, Anders Wood ’07, Amanda Hilton University of Montana in Missoula. Y Jan Thanks to those who sent in news. I’m and croissants than for the orienteering, ’07, Caroline Turnbull ’10, Anna Morro, Alan Weidner and Tony Gill live in Park City, happy to report that in August I accepted but represented her country with pride. and Dorothy Hume, David ’75 and Suzie Utah, with their dogs, Trace and Allagash. a position in Boston College’s annual fund Last March she competed at the world Benson Turnbull ’75, and Janice Kassman. Jan works as an EMT and Tony is working on office, so I have finally (only three years championships in ski orienteering (basi- a master’s in communication while editing later…) made my way off of the Hill. It was cally orienteering but on cross-country ski for Telemark Skier magazine and skiing in certainly bittersweet, but it’s great to be sur- trails) in Sweden and finished 24th in the 2007 their movie this fall. Katie Price recently rounded by so many Colby alums in Boston. world. Y Brian Rodriguez is settling into Karli Gasteazoro his family medicine residency in Augusta [email protected] and recently moved to Brunswick, Maine. Adam Robbins is an associate at Amundi ’s short story “The Boy in the Y Julie Chessin married Doug Lambert Asset Management, working on how Nick Malick ’05 May 14 in Long Island City, Queens. sovereign wealth funds can invest more Lake” will be published in the Kenyon Review Several Colbians attended including Dan sustainably. His company hosted a con- during winter 2012. It was runner-up in the Osar, Juan Urruela, Adam Rafsky, Matt ference in Paris in October. Al Gore and Birchby, Andrew Fitzpatrick, Kaitlin investors representing about $5 trillion Review’s national 2011 short fiction contest. Herlihy, Jessica Moore ’07, Erika Nelson, attended. Y Rebecca Flint is dean of Anneliese Radke, Toinette Rivas, Todd students at the High Mountain Institute in Basnight, Jessica Wansart, and Ted Leadville, Colo. She got married in June. Wright. Y Bryan Sanders was named Y Finn Teach had an artist’s reception for stayed with them on her way to her new job Y Other classmates are doing equally one of Campaigns and Elections 2011 her oil paintings at the Smart Studio Gallery in California. Y Ellen Newcomb married exciting things. Katie Harris finished her Rising Stars in American Politics. Bryan in Northeast Harbor, Maine. In August she Clarke Denham (CU Boulder) May 29 in master’s in secondary education at Boston is a partner at Dresner, Wickers, Barber, visited freshman year roommates Stacy Santa Barbara. Katie Himmelmann sang College as a member of the Donovan Urban Sanders in Little Rock, Ark. Y Liz Shepherd Robillard and Becky Anderson. Y Siuman at the ceremony and Amy Fredrickson, Teaching Cohort and started a new job as a married Chris Christensen in Ponte Vedra, Ko completed her M.F.A. in drama (major Steph Agrimanakis, and Neila Sage were seventh grade science teacher at Prospect Fla. Emily Tull, Lauren Uhlmann Blazar, in acting) from Hong Kong Academy for bridesmaids. Y Anne Cuttler started the Hill Academy this fall. Y Jamie Luckenbill and Amanda Stein were bridesmaids, while Performing Arts. She looks forward to her Tufts Medical School Maine track in August and Valerie Coit were married July 30 in Laura Harker Hankin and Kristin Schmidt next role with the Hong Kong Federation and is engaged to Nate Hicks. They plan Portland, Ore. Jessica Coliflores, Erica were greeters. Y Greyson Brooks currently of Drama Societies in November. Y Mark an August 2012 wedding at Sugarloaf. Y Kreuter, Christa Miller-Shelley, Taylor works at the Museum of Modern Art in NYC. Biggar works as a lawyer in Chicago and Jess Kaplan moved to Denver and works Kilian, Sam Reid, and Andrew Kabatznick In August he interrupted the first week of sees Jeffrey Barrow, Meggie Herlihy ’08, at Denver Health. She enjoys the Rockies were in the wedding party. Y Anna Birnberg classes at George Washington University, and Casey Civiello ’06 frequently. Jeff while applying to medical schools and sees lives in Chicago and finished her master’s where he’s pursuing a master’s in devel- also spent time with Darkness, aka Rory James Cryan and Liz Coogan when she’s in secondary education last spring at opment anthropology, for his wedding to Murphy. Y Jordan Levinson finished her in town. Y Liz Stovall moved to the south DePaul. This fall she moved to Jaen, Spain, Michael Barry on Nantucket. Y Michael M.P.H. at NYU. She works as a research side of Chicago and attends the Harris to teach English for the school year. Y ’07 and Emily Boyle Westbrooks are associate with EcoHealth Alliance and plays School of Policy Studies at the University In July Stacey Dubois started an M.F.A. doing well in Ireland. Michael completed music at local dives in the East Village and of Chicago. Y Jamie Singelais and Claire program in writing for children and young his master’s in guidance and counseling Brooklyn. She planned to bust out of NYC to Deeley got married July 16 in Plymouth, adults at the Vermont College of Fine Arts. at Dublin City University this summer. begin Peace Corps service in Senegal this N.H. The bridal party included Megan Y Karina Carley began biking across the He still plays basketball and coaches a fall. Y Kate Braemer works as director of Deeley, Alex Shafer, Tara Bergin, and country from Oregon to Maine in June and university team while he looks for a job the leadership program and waterfront at Sarah Smiley. Also in attendance were Jen finished Aug. 8!Y After three years with

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Ogilvy & Mather in San Francisco and his M.S. in higher education administra- Battalion. Our thoughts are with you, Colin. Fiona Sheridan-McIver in Madrid, Court- Chicago, Melyn Heckleman McKay was tion at Buffalo State College and works Y Ruth Langton teaches first through third ney Cronin in Paris, and Chelsea Nahill in given a Global Health Corps fellowship. The as the VISTA program manager for the graders at Newton Montessori School in Boston. She works at a French immersion fellowship will take her to Kigutu, Burundi, Service Collaborative of WNY (formerly Newton, Mass. This is her second year in a school in St. Louis. Y Katherine Cosgrove for a year to work for Village Health Works, a WNY AmeriCorps). Y Kat Brzozowski and lower elementary classroom. Y Zac Bloom is excited to start graduate school in Denver rural community clinic. Y Courtney Larson Wes Miller ’08 have been hanging out with remains in NYC, where he revels in the this fall. Y Jenn Corriveau finished up her and Jeff Carroll recently got engaged while Elizabeth Zagroba. Y Jason Stigliano summer heat and deplores the impending first round of experiments for her master’s hiking in New Hampshire. Courtney works visited Ben Hauptman and Ben’s fiancée, winter. He recently linked up with nonprofit project at UConn and is teaching an honors as a GIS analyst for the CT Department of Elyse Apantaku, in Brunswick, Maine, in leaders Qiam Amiry and John Campbell section this fall. Y Alison Berryman lives in Energy and Environmental Protection and July. Y Scott Zeller worked as assistant and became the communications director Philadelphia and works in the admissions is applying to grad school. Jeff completed tennis pro at the Dublin Lake Club in Dublin, for their Afghan Scholars Initiative. Y Carley and recruitment office at Drexel University. his first year of the master’s of forest sci- N.H., this summer. He was outside all day Millian got engaged to David Silva Aug. 8 She began her master’s in higher education ence program at the Yale School of Forestry teaching tennis. In late August he moved to during a trip to Napa Valley. Y It’s great to administration at UPenn this fall. Y Katia and Environmental Studies. The wedding Boston, where he lives with Scott Carberry, hear from you guys—keep in touch! Setzer started her M.F.A. in painting and is planned for July 2012 in Minneapolis. Danny Wasserman, and Josh Sadownik. Y drawing at Pennsylvania Academy of the Y Bryan Solar and Alex Russell live in Collin Weiss is attending Roger Williams Fine Arts. Y Wedding bells ring for Fran Boston, where they’re partnering with the University School of Law, where he just 2010 Still and Reuben Biel, who plan to get City of Boston on their nonprofit Main Street completed his 1L year. His GPA put him in Sameera Anwar married next February in Sarasota, Fla. Partners, which pairs smart young profes- the top third of his class. Because of his [email protected] Amy Beich, Emily Wolf, Zach Hussain, sional volunteers with struggling urban performance on the Law Review Writing Nick Bromley has been helping Nick Tucker and Ben Mickle will attend. Y Bonnie businesses owners. Cadran Cowansage Competition, he’s now a member of the and Sam Rouleau plan their walk from Foley and Jay Mangold live in Williams- and Mike King volunteer their expertise to Roger Williams Law Review. Y On an amazing coast to coast offering help to those that burg, Va., and completed their first year handle all the new growth. Y Ed Fox Davis summer Saturday, Megan Schafer, Scott need it as they go. More information on this of law school at William & Mary. They’re moved to NYC, where he started a new job Carberry, Christina Mok, and Danny noble adventure is at www.makestrides. also planning their upcoming wedding, in project finance with First Solar. He’s Wasserman visited Scott Zeller in Dublin, net. Y Emma Gildesgame took a train which will be officiated in part by Professor crashing with Austin Nicholas ’09 and Brett N.H. They sailed a 420, dove off a 10-foot cross-country and saw Sakshi Balani, Sandy Maisel. Bonnie, Danielle Carlson, Guenther ’09. Y Steve Frechette, Christina platform, and drank Arnold Palmers on the Alex Teixeira, Adam Boe ’09, and Isaac and Amy Snickenberger are training and Feng, and Carolyn Potz ’04 returned from beach. All of them drove to Kennebunkport, Opper among others. She currently works hope to run the Chicago Marathon later this their FirstClicks (www.firstclicks.org) trip Maine, to the beautiful beach house of Fran on Mt. Washington as a hut naturalist. Y year. Y Hamdi Sheriff, Carl Richards, and to Thailand, where they implemented a Nixon ’11 and had a bonfire with Fran, Ben Megan Browning worked on a farm in MA, Lamont Henry vacationed in Barbados this computer literacy program. The trip was Goldenberg, Maxime Guillaume, Danielle traveled to Israel and Jordan during winter, spring. Hamdi consults while Carl I-banks, amazing, they said, and included speaking Crochiere, Steph Cotherman, and Jason and spent the summer helping restore an and in their free time they search for their with kids about career goals and comput- Hine. To end the weekend, Christina, Ben, organic garden on the Amalfi Coast in princesses in DC. Lamont is happily married ers, working with two local teachers on a and Danielle joined up with Jay Larmon, Italy. Y Beth Ponsot and Will Price went and has become a local celebrity on VA curriculum, touring the local school, and beach. Y Ross Connor works for Adimab, helping set up a wireless network for the a start-up biotech company in Lebanon, classes. Y Darcy Taylor was recently pro- Melyn Heckelman McKay ’08 was given a N.H. He lives with Dan Reeves. Y Whit moted to junior analyst on the Starbucks McCarthy moved to Hermosa Beach, La., account at TracyLocke in Wilton, Conn. Y Global Health Corps fellowship. The fellowship and started his own granola company, By Christina Evriviades and Nicholas Cade will take her to Kigutu, Burundi, for a year Hand Granola. Y Kelsey Gibbs and Steve are thrilled to announce their engagement. Erario live in Augusta, Maine, working as They look forward to celebrating their New to work for Village Health Works, a rural a lobbyist and carbon-offset consultant England wedding next year surrounded by community clinic. respectively. Y Leigh Bullion lives with Colby friends and family. Y Julia Stuebing Ross Nehrt in Minneapolis and works as completed her Fulbright Fellowship in Israel a personal assistant/organizer for a family. and began law school at the University of She recently saw Jack Brainard in Indiana Michigan this fall. In August she joined Chris Vancisin and the rest of their softball backpacking for three months across New for some stellar pizza. Y Andrew Cox works Laura Perille, Sarah E. Clark, Lucas team, the Boston Bombers, to dominate Zealand, China, Thailand, Malaysia, and for Epic, a healthcare IT firm in Madison, LaViolet, Tom Treat, Brian Putnam, Jen- with a big win! Y Steph Cotherman lived in Singapore. They live together in Pittsburgh, Wis. He enjoys Madison and hopes to nifer Bushee, William Whitledge, and Boston with Megan Schafer and Danielle where she works for the Post-Gazette. Will volunteer for an ambulance service and others for a much-anticipated reunion in Crochiere last year. She just moved to started at NYU School of Law this fall. Beth OutReach. Y Andy Bolduc lives in Chicago Estes Park, Colo. Y Thanks for the updates! Chicago and started a new job at Energy has seen much of Sarajane Blair, who came and works as a staff writer for Groupon. BBDO. She’s excited to move home! Y Dave back during the summer from her Fulbright Y Rohan Dutt, Reilly Taylor, Doug Sibor, Metcalf finished his master’s in account- in Kosovo. Y Tara Davidson finished her Scott Veidenheimer, James Westhafer, 2009 ing at Boston College and starts work for teacher residency at MATCH Public Charter Julian Patterson, Mary Cummings ’11, Olivia Sterling Deloitte in their Boston tax practice this Middle School and is the sixth-grade math Charlotte Wilder ’11, Scott Brown, Dan [email protected] fall. He’s also started taking sections of the teacher at MATCH this year. She’s excited Marden, Mike Baldwin, Schuyler Weiss, In September Sally Drescher moved in with CPA exam, and will be very happy when it’s to have Aleah Starr ’11 on staff. Y Cindy and Bobby Rudolph ’09 came together in Matt Ahern, Sara Burbine, and Justine all over. Y Kate Jylkka finished her M.A. Guan taught algebra 1 and Chinese culture South Bristol, Maine, for lawn games and Scott ’08. Y Patrick Boland started a in English at Boston College and started to high school freshman at Hyde School in late-night revelry. Y Chris Copeland lives new job as communications director for teaching English and Chinese at Storm King Woodstock, Conn. This year she’ll teach in Portland, Maine, with Ben Many ’09 and Rep. Anna G. Eshoo (D-California) in her School in Cornwall, N.Y., this fall. Y Colin Mandarin. Y Kari Rivers spent the year in works in sports marketing. He recently Washington, D.C., office.Y Adam Goldfarb Flaherty is in the Army and was deployed Bernay, France, teaching English to first went to a Manchester United/New England received his certificate in fundraising from to Pasab, Afghanistan, in July. He’ll be through fifth graders. She visited Brandon Revolution game with Colby graduates to Canisius College. He’s currently working on there for a year with the 14th Engineering Beasley in Dublin, Fiona Braslau in London, witness some amazing futbol!

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CM_40-68_A@L_RPH.indd 64 11/8/11 2:31 PM O B I T U A R I E S Ruth Ramsdell Elfstrom ’32, June Mary Fairbanks Haskell ’37, Oct. dren, Marsha, Steven, Susan, and who was active in her church, the 12, 2011, in Wheaton, Ill., at 99. 21, 2011, in Scarborough, Maine, at Amy, seven grandchildren, and two historical society, and the local chap- She taught English literature and 95. A mother and homemaker, she great-grandchildren. ter of the Audubon Society. Survi- was dean of women at Lee (Maine) was also a nursery school teacher vors include her children, Janet and Academy and was also a saleswoman who became the first director of the Ada Vinecour Mandell ’41, Aug. Franklin, two grandchildren, a great- in Chicago for 10 years. She studied Manchester, Conn., Project Head 5, 2011, in Haverhill, Mass., at 90. granddaughter, and three siblings. pipe organ at the American Conser- Start. She was an avid card player She earned a master’s from Boston vatory of Music and was an organist and a world traveler. Predeceased by University and then taught English Dana I. Robinson ’47, Sept. 17, and choir director at two churches in her husband of 69 years, J. Robert at Syracuse University and North 2011, in Portland, Maine, at 88. He Chicago. She also gave private les- Haskell ’37, she is survived by her Essex Community College. For her served in the Navy during World sons in piano and violin. Survivors sons, John, David ’65, Robertson involvement in her temple, commu- War II and the Korean War. He include her daughters, Debra Costas ’72, and Richard, three grandsons, nity, and numerous organizations, had a lifelong interest in bettering and Judith De Poe, two grandchil- and three great-grandsons. she received a distinguished ser- U.S.-China relations; his job in the dren, and three great-grandchildren. vice award and a person of the year defense field and electronics indus- Muriel Lydia Farnham John- award from B’nai B’rith and in 1992 try allowed him to travel and live Muriel Walker Dubuc ’34, Aug. son ’40, Oct. 12, 2011, in Belgrade was elected to the YMCA Academy around the world, including many 23, 2011, in Winter Park, Fla., at 98. Lakes, Maine, at 92. A mother and of Women. She loved theater and years in China. He was an avid ten- She was a recruiter with the Coast homemaker, she also ran Brass was a seasoned traveler and an avid nis player and developed a passion Guard in the early 1940s and stayed Knocker Gift Shops in Belgrade bridge player. Survivors include her for golf late in life. He was prede- active with the reserves, retiring as Lakes and Boca Raton, Fla. The husband, Stuart, four children, two ceased by his wife of 63 years, Har- a commander. She earned a master’s gift shop in Maine was open from grandchildren, and a sister. riet Nourse Robinson ’47. Survivors from the University of Chicago and, 1948 to 2011. She was active with include three sons, Steven, Davis, while moving around with her Army her church, professional women’s Gerald A. Gilson ’42, June 28, 2011, and Timothy, five grandchildren, husband, taught English in military clubs, the Chamber of Commerce, in Pacifica, Calif., at 89. He was a and two great-grandchildren. schools overseas. She also taught in and the historical society. She was health and life insurance broker Maine when they returned in 1966. predeceased by her brother, Frank who was interested in his family and Harriet Nourse Robinson ’47, During retirement in Florida, she Farnham ’40. Survivors include friends, classical and jazz music, poli- Aug. 15, 2011, in Concord, N.H., taught tai chi, line dancing, and her children, Cary, Carol ’72, and tics, puzzles, and sports. Survivors at 85. She was a homemaker and bridge, stayed active with the DAR Christopher, two granddaughters, include his wife, Elisabeth, and a son. mother who worked retail jobs. In and Mayflower Society, and played a sister, Lucille Farnham Sturtevant the mid-1990s she and her husband golf. She and her husband estab- ’49, and nephews and nieces includ- Freda Staples Smith ’44, May 22, moved to China, where she taught lished a scholarship fund at Colby. ing Dawn Farnham ’67. 2011, in Waterville, Maine, at 88. English, studied Chinese, and served She was predeceased by her mother, She worked as a secretary at Keyes with the International Newcomers Eva LaCasce Walker 1911. Survi- Albert K. Sawyer ’40, Aug. 12, Fibre while raising her children. Network. She enjoyed knitting and vors include nieces and nephews. 2011, in Wilton, Maine, at 92. He She began taking classes at Thomas cooking and was deemed a great served in the Army during World College in 1979 and in 2008, at 85, storyteller. She was predeceased by Beulah Fenderson Smith ’36, June War II, after which he earned a mas- was awarded an associate’s degree. father, Newton Nourse ’19. Survi- 29, 2011, in Kittery, Maine, at 96. ter’s in chemistry from the Univer- She was predeceased by her mother, vors include her husband of 63 years, Along with her husband, she owned sity of Maine. He taught chemistry Margaret Brown Staples ’17. Sur- Dana Robinson ’47 (who died Sept. and operated the Elmere Camp- at the University of New Hampshire vivors include her children, Sherry 17), three sons, five grandchildren, ground in Kennebunk, Maine. for 36 years, was a judge at state sci- and Scott, and four grandchildren. two great-grandchildren, a sister, She was also a poet and wrote the ence fairs, and taught workshops Frances Nourse Johnston ’49, and column “Touchtone” for the York for high school teachers. He played Dorothy Sanford McCunn ’45, nephews and nieces, including Ju- County Coast Star. Predeceased by the piano and organ, gardened, re- Sept. 7, 2011, in Canaan, Conn., at dith Stanley Horn ’65. her husband, Robert Smith ’37, she searched genealogy, and collected 87. She was a housewife and mother is survived by four children, Kaaren, books. Survivors include his chil- who earned her master’s in educa- Everett B. Dowe Jr. ’48, July 4, Susan, Daniel, and Stephen. dren, Kathryn, Albert Jr., Tom, tion in 1971. She subsequently taught 2011, in Windsor, Conn., at 85. He and Dave, one grandson, two great- kindergarten and second grade for joined the Navy in 1943, served for Norman R. Dow Jr. ’37, Aug. 21, grandsons, and five siblings. 20 years. In retirement she was active a year before college, and then re- 2011, in Readfield, Maine, at 97. He with her church, the historical soci- joined during the Korean War. He served with the Army during World Marjorie Day Weeks ’40, July 8, ety, and numerous civic organiza- earned a master’s in education from War II as an occupational counselor 2011, in Gorham, Maine, at 94. She tions. She served as the Class of 1945 Trinity College and taught high and then worked for the Social Se- was a housewife and mother but also correspondent and loved to travel. school physics and chemistry for al- curity Administration. He loved did some teaching. Active in wom- Survivors include her husband, Ian, most 30 years. For his work on the horses and worked at local race- en’s organizations, she belonged to two sons, and two grandsons. town council and conservation com- tracks, first as race secretary and a literary union, AAUW, and the mission, and for serving as mayor, he then as presiding judge. Survivors League of Women Voters. Books, Joyce Theriault Howell ’46, July was named Windsor’s citizen of the include his daughter, Susan. music, and gardening were her pas- 6, 2011, in Robbinston, Maine, at year. He enjoyed reading, bowling, sions. Survivors include four chil- 86. She was a housewife and mother and playing cards. Survivors include

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his six children, 12 grandchildren, John R. Ely ’51, Aug. 3, 2011, in and three great-grandchildren. Naples, Fla., at 82. He served in the Army during the Korean War. He obituaries in brief Gabriel J. Hikel ’48, Aug. 6, 2011, bought a taxi business in Westwood, Colby doesn’t always learn about alumni deaths in a timely fashion, and sometimes in Pittsfield, Maine, at 91. He left N.J., and later also became a school we cannot locate an obituary. In those cases we publish information available to us, Colby in 1942 to serve in World bus contractor. In retirement he as seen below. War II, returning after the war with pursued his love of golf. Survivors a Purple Heart. He received a mas- include his wife, Eleanor, three chil- Morris Cohen ’35, Jan. 24, 2010, in Ocala, Fla., at 97. F J. Robert Haskell ’37, Aug. F ter’s from NYU and then worked dren, and five grandchildren. 12, 2009, in Scarborough, Maine, at 92. Barbara Vannah Moore ’41, April 22, 2010, in Atlantic Beach, Fla., at 90. F Lawrence A. Anicetti ’42, Sept. 3, 2009, in for 30 years at the Irving Tanning San Francisco, Calif., at 89. F Mary Smith Lyon ’44, Jan. 4, 2011, in Glendale, Ariz., Company. He served on the boards Duane A. Hurd ’51, Aug. 16, 2011, in at 91. F John G. Bliss ’44, Oct. 22, 2010, in Jaffrey, N.H., at 89. F William H. Walcutt of SAD 53, Maine Central Institute, Waterville, Maine, at 86. He enlisted ’48, April 28, 2008, in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., at 84. F Alice Kable Mroz ’49, Feb. 3, and Sebasticook Valley Hospital. in the Navy at 17 to serve in World 2011, in Salem, N.H., at 82. F Mauril R. Rancourt ’50, May 19, 2003, in Washington, Survivors include his wife of 61 War II. After Colby he worked in in- D.C., at 78. F Naomi Jennison Noice ’51, May 16, 2010, in Longwood, Fla., at 80. F years, Zanie, two sons, three grand- surance, played golf and tennis, and Richard B. Hodgkins ’52, April 3, 2003, in Lauderdale Lakes, Fla., at 75. F Frederick children, five great-grandchildren, rooted for the Patriots. Survivors in- D. Barnes ’53, Aug. 22, 2001, in Columbus, Ohio, at 80. F John A. Mendles ’60, and two brothers. clude his second wife, Marjorie, three Dec. 24, 2010, in West Dennis, Mass. F Jeremiah G. MacKenty ’61, Oct. 18, 2008, children, six grandchildren, and two in Edgartown, Mass., at 70. Lesleigh Amlaw Perry ’49, Aug. great-grandchildren. 31, 2011, in White River Junction, classes at the University of Maine. Joanne Terrill Petersen ’53, June Vt., at 84. She worked as a postal Charles H. Whitelaw Jr. ’51, July He became a management consul- 20, 2011, in Bend, Ore., at 79. She clerk in Hancock, Vt., for more than 4, 2011, in Bingham Farms, Mich., tant and was president of his own worked briefly for the CIA and then 25 years and was involved with her at 82. He worked as an insurance company. Along with his wife, married and raised her family. She church, historical society, and senior agent for more than 40 years, retir- Nancy, he raised two children, in- was active with the Girl Scouts, ran center. She also served as trustee for ing as partner in Steinhoff, Maas and cluding Heather Morton Tahan ’85. a hardware store with her husband, the Hancock Public Library. Sur- Whitelaw Insurance Agency. He en- and, later in life, earned her teaching vivors include her daughters, Jean joyed golf and travel. Survivors in- Joseph S. Bryant ’53, Sept. 18, certificate and master’s degree. She Middleton and Anne Perry, and clude his wife, Anne, three children, 2011, in Brunswick, Maine, at 80. taught high school for eight years three grandchildren. nine grandchildren, and two sisters. He served two years in the Navy in before retiring. She was predeceased the Pacific. An educator, he worked by her mother, Winifred Shaw Ter- John P. Harriman ’50, Sept. 15, Norman B. Crook ’52, Oct. 4, 2011, as a high school English teacher, a rill ’18, and is survived by her hus- 2011, in San Diego, Calif., at 85. He in Marlow, Ala., at 81. He served in guidance counselor, head of the band, Marven, three children, nine worked at Pacific Mutual Life Insur- the Navy during the Korean War guidance department, and eventu- grandchildren, and a brother. ance Company for 40 years. Survi- and then earned a master’s of divin- ally principal at Brunswick High vors include his children, Eileen ity from Hartford Seminary Foun- School. He loved music and or- Laurence B. Taber ’53, Aug. 18, Miller, John Harriman, and Marty dation. He was ordained with the ganized family jam sessions and 2011, in Morristown, N.J., at 80. Harriman, and five grandchildren. United Church of Christ, and while faculty variety shows. Survivors He earned a master’s from Stevens in the ministry he also worked with include his wife of 58 years, Evelyn, Institute of Technology and then Robert E. Merriman ’50, June 19, Bethany Homes. He traveled in an two sons, and four granddaughters. served two years in the Army. He 2011, Exeter, N.H., at 82. He served RV during retirement and worked at worked as a computer consultant in the Army during the Korean War dog shows. He and his wife, Josette, Ann Burger Noonan ’53, July 29, for Union Carbide for 30 years. He and then worked in insurance, retir- raised four children. 2011, in Colorado Springs, Colo., at was active with his church and the ing as president and CEO of Acord 79. A homemaker and mother, she Shade Tree Authority and was bor- Corporation in Pearl River, N.Y. Raymond C. Evans Jr. ’52, Aug. was engaged with her church and ough historian for Madison, N.J. Survivors include his wife of 59 22, 2011, in Aguanga, Calif., at 81. AAUW, loved to travel, and played He gardened, collected antiques, years, Nancy Weare Merriman ’52, He served two years in the Navy bridge and Scrabble. She was prede- and raised Scottish terriers. Survi- four daughters, siblings Ruth Merri- during the Korean War and then ceased by her husband, Richard ’54. vors include his brother and numer- man ’52 and Richard Merriman ’57, earned a master’s in history from Survivors include six children, 10 ous friends. and cousins, including John Edes ’58. Harvard. He taught high school for grandchildren, three great-grand- a few years before becoming a bud- children, and three brothers. Robert B. Cross ’54, Aug. 3, 2011, Ruth Stetson Pittman ’50, July 19, get analyst for McDonnell Douglas in Suffield, Conn., at 79. He served 2011, in Wilton, N.H., at 82. A cham- (now Boeing). He was an avid pro- Roger C. Olson ’53, July 19, 2011, in the Army during the Korean War pion of the arts, she taught all ages ponent of education and enjoyed in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., at 80. He and then earned an M.B.A. from at High Mowing School in Wilton sailing. Survivors include his wife of served in the Navy during the Ko- Babson. He was a property man- and at Well School in Peterborough. 58 years, Marilyn (Crane ’52), three rean War and then worked as a con- ager and then a telecommunications She adored her students, supported children, and six grandchildren. troller for Trans World Airlines. manager for Konica. He earned life performance arts, and loved ancient Along with his surviving wife, Dor- master status for duplicate bridge, Chinese painting, Native American Robert T. Morton ’52, May 6, othy (Forster ’54), he raised three enjoyed sports, and loved history. art, and everything Italian. Survi- 2011, in Weston, Mass., at 81. In children. Survivors also include a Survivors include his wife of 55 vors include her daughters, Susan the mid-1950s he was a special agent brother, Clifford ’64, and nephew years, Helen Chambers Cross ’55, and Liz, and five grandchildren. with the Army and took graduate John Olson ’92. two children, two granddaughters, and a sister.

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A reader, golfer, from the University of Oklahoma. 30, 2011, in Asheville, N.C., at 66. and is survived by his wife, Terry and history buff, he was a longtime With his first wife, Helen (Johnson She was a homemaker and mother Graves, and three children. member of the Masons and Rotary ’61), he raised three children. who later in life worked at Ashe- and served in leadership roles for the ville Eye Associates. She directed Isis Mendez Lopez ’99, May 5, United Way and other civic organi- William W. Bassett ’62, Sept. 10, her church choir, sang with the 2011, in Cochabamba, Colombia, at zations. Survivors include his wife 2011, in Tiverton, R.I., at 72. A busi- Sweet Adelines, and volunteered at 34. She studied engineering at Uni- of 52 years, Helen, three children, nessman, he owned an automobile a historical museum. She knitted versidad Andina Simón Bolívar and and three grandchildren. dealership, an antiques center, and a slippers and afghans for troops over- worked at Colegio Tiquipaya. The sporting goods retail and mail-order seas. Survivors include her husband, cause of death is unknown. Survi- Steven L. Dougherty ’57, Aug. 27, company. He served on the board of Matt ’65, two sons, three siblings, vors include her husband, Freddy, a 2011, in Scarborough, Maine, at local organizations, loved sailing, and five grandchildren. son, her parents, and two sisters. 75. He established a career in the and played chess. Survivors include beverage industry and in the 1970s his wife, Sharon, six children, and Curtis L. Smith III ’71, June 25, R. Mark Benbow, Oct. 18, 2011, in became owner of Cumberland and four grandchildren. 2011, in Minnesota at 61. A master Baltimore, Md., at 86. He earned his York Distributors. He was involved gardener, he had his own garden Ph.D. at Yale and joined Colby in with local politics and served on Richard M. Bonalewicz ’63, June design business. He also loved read- 1950 as an instructor. He retired in planning and zoning boards. He 3, 2011, in North East, Pa., at 70. ing, music, and dance and was a fly 1990 as a full professor of English. loved to sail and typically had a dog He served as an Air Force navigator fisherman and skier. Survivors in- In addition to teaching, including by his side. Survivors include his during the Vietnam War and stayed clude his wife, Kaye Denny, a son, his renowned Shakespeare course, wife of 54 years, Mary Jane, three active until 1991 as a liaison officer. his father, and four siblings. He died he served as chair of the English children, and seven grandchildren. He earned a master’s at Sacramento suddenly of a heart attack. Department and as a member or State and a doctorate at University chair of many College committees. Charles B. Twigg ’57, Oct. 21, 2011 of Oregon, taught science and ex- Linda A. Day ’74, Aug. 2, 2011, in He was known for his wide-ranging in Wellesley, Mass., at 76. He was a ercise courses at colleges in New San Pedro, Calif., at 59. An artist and intellect, his insistence that students lieutenant in the Navy until 1960, York and Pennsylvania, and coached professor, she earned an M.F.A. from could and should be challenged to go when he started working in sales. baseball. A father and mentor to Pratt Institute. Her work was exhib- beyond their own known limits, and He subsequently owned two busi- more than 20 AFS students around ited in galleries nationwide and is in his unwavering belief in the value nesses and worked in commercial the world, he was an ardent traveler, private and museum collections. She of liberal arts education. Survivors real estate. Survivors include his visiting more than 160 countries. won grants from the National En- include his wife of 63 years, Ann, wife of 52 years, Julia Belzer Twigg Survivors include his wife, Marcia, dowment for the Arts and several res- four children, six grandchildren, six ’58, three daughters, including three daughters, and five siblings. idency fellowships. She earned tenure great-grandchildren, and a sister. Charmaine Twigg Hartnett ’87, 10 at California State Long Beach but grandchildren, and a brother. Kenneth Federman Willinger also taught at UCLA and USC. She Arra M. Garab, Aug. 22, 2011, in ’64, Dec. 25, 2010, in Sagle, Idaho, died from non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Rockford, Ill., at 81. Educated at Jerome S. Ventra ’57, Dec. 31, 2010, at 68. He earned a Ph.D. in clini- Survivors include her husband, David Columbia University, he taught in Valley Stream, N.Y., at 74. He cal psychology from the University Scardino, her mother, and two sisters. English at Colby from 1957 to 1962. earned two law degrees—LL.B. and of California, Berkeley. He worked Considered an authority on Wil- J.D.—from St. John’s University and for Hawaii’s Department of Health, Deanne K. Herman ’76, July 20, liam Butler Yeats, he wrote Beyond then was a judge advocate and an at- consulted with the U.S. Navy’s Al- 2011, in Augusta, Maine, at 58. An Byzantium: The Last Phase of Yeats’ torney in New York. He was active cohol Assessment Program, and advocate for locally grown Maine Career. He became an ordained with the Lions Club, Knights of Co- taught in the University of Hawaii’s food, she was a founding member Episcopalian priest in 1996. Survi- lumbus, and the Catholic Lawyer’s departments of anthropology and of the Fedco Warehouse that dis- vors include his wife, Suzanne, three Guild. Survivors include his children, counseling psychology—all while tributed food to Maine co-ops. For children, and five grandchildren. Frank and Suzanne, and a sister. maintaining a private clinical psy- 23 years she worked for the state chology practice. In retirement in of Maine, where she initiated the Wallace Haselton, Aug. 1, 2011, in Anthony E. Moore ’59, May 17, Idaho, he was a grief counselor and Maine FarmShare for Seniors pro- Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., at 89. A pi- 2011, in Danvers, Mass., at 74. He learned to sculpt and paint. Survi- gram and helped create the “Get lot with the Navy Air Corps during worked in the fishing industry in vors include his wife, Wanita, his Real, Get Maine” motto. She was World War II and the Korean War, Maine, Rhode Island, and Massa- mother, a sister, and four cats. a photographer, a lover of water he was a business consultant and a chusetts. Beyond work he enjoyed sports, and a tennis player. She died bank executive known as the “father fishing, reading, and watching Kennon W. Bryan ’65, April 13, from ovarian cancer. Survivors in- of interstate banking.” After retire- science-fiction movies. Survivors 2011, in McLean, Va., at 67. He clude her mother, Anita, a sister, a ment he worked to get equipment include his wife, Christine, two earned a law degree from the Uni- niece, and a network of friends. used for non-invasive treatment for children, including David Moore versity of Virginia and then prac- heart problems placed throughout ’91, and two grandsons. ticed law, becoming a partner, in James C. Windhorst ’87, Aug. 12, in the country. He was a Colby trustee Fairfax, Va. He was predeceased by Maine, at 46. He worked in the finan- for two terms, 1971-81.

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