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For more information, please contact [email protected]. xr* • c alumnus I ‘ t 4. ’ - 9 .-•■ • x • Mail-order church goods— big business for Michael<, Fendler '74 « r « I _ 9. * 'S * r i BILL JOHNSON '56 is one of the University of Maine at Orono's top salesmen. When he is at the University, which isn't often, the president of the Alumni Council bounds up the steps of Crossland Alumni Center and reaches the administrative offices of the Alumni Association by 7 a.m. When he is traveling, which is often, Johnson is "up and cracking early," relating the University's fundraising needs to alumni and friends. He usually finds a receptive audience. 1 "The University has contributed a lot to experiences that have helped me in the business world," said Johnson, district sales manager for Mobil Oil Corporation. "I want to return a small portion of what UMO has done for me." By that standard, Johnson may be a consummate "UMO man." He describes himself as enthusiastic and competitive. His iavorite adjective is "great" and in Johnson's world, a few things rank as great: his family, his job, his church, and the University of Maine at Orono. His family ranks first. Johnson is married to the former Mary Atkinson '55 and two 1 of their sons graduated from UMO. Their daughter is a first-year student at the Univer­ sity of New Hampshire. As an undergraduate, Johnson was captain of two track teams, sang bass in the Glee Club, and was elected vice president of his junior class. To this Sigma Chi brother, UMO has ranked high for years. Because Johnson has convinced more than'WO Boston area youngsters to attend UMO, his home in Topsfield, Massachusetts is affectionately called "the UMO Admissions Annex." "I'll do the best I can to help UMO grow and to encourage alumni to become more active," said Johnson, who will serve a two-year term as council president. He seeks a record $1 million from 13,500 contributors during the coming fiscal year. ; • "I have great pride in our University at Orono," he said, "and I want to elicit the same pride in my fellow alumni." Johnson joined the council in 1977* and was named national campaign chairman in 1979’. He served an unusual second term as fund chairman and vice president until he was elected president this year. *r % / Announcing! At press time, Johnson announced the highest giving club ever instituted within the Annual Alumni Fund—$5,000 contributors will now go on record as members of the new Raymond H. Fogler Society, named for an honored alumnus from the Class of 1915. At the same time, the GAA announced the opening of an Alumni Endowment Fund, which will provide unrestricted funds for future GAA operating expenses, UMO President Paul Silverman's discretionary fund and Reunion and Homecoming activities. December, 1983, Vol. 65, No. 1 alumnus page 8 page 11 Publisher Lester J. Nadeau ’59 Editor Catherine M Palmer ’72 Assistant Editor Faitti Hutchins Webster ’60 Photography Jack Walas, Al Pelletier and Keith Dresser Design Consultants F. Stephen Ward ’76 and Arline Thomson Alumni Association Officers William D Johnson ’56, President Henry L.P Schmelzer ’65, First Vice President Chairman, Annual Alumni Fund Fred P Tarr ’53, Second Vice President Richard W Sprague ’51, Treasurer Patricia N. Shaw ’70, Clerk Lester J Nadeau ’59, Executive Director Alumni Council Kenneth W Allen ’56G Barbara C. Barker ’39 Barbara H. Bodwell ’45 Owen H Bridgham ’68G Margo F. Cobb ’52 Mark H Cohen ’54 Timothy W Cooper ’85 Arthur E. Dentremont ’51 F Paul Desmond ’59 Dana C Devoe ’56 Dorothy B Erikson ’42 8 Church goods coast-to-coast, by Betty Adams Antonio Esposito ’52 Former history major and ski team coach, Michael Fendler ’74 Nonnne H Fitzgibbon ’59 Craig A Freshley ’85 now directs manufacturing for a multi-million dollar religious James H Goff ’63 vestments company in Pittsfield, Maine. James G Good ’71 Preston W. Hall ’54 Margaret T Homans ’54 11 Gone but not forgotten Jeffrey D MacDonald ’68 Arthur Nicholson 111 ’67 Edith Patch ’10, well-respected entomologist; David O’Meara Robert L. Olsen ’50 ’54G, lover of sailing and photography; and John Ford, one of Carroll R Pickard ’52 Deborah A Scott ’80 Hollywood’s greatest film directors, were all intimately connected Charles E Stickney, Jr ’44 to the University of Maine at Orono. The reporters who wrote the Janet U Sweetser ’68 Stephen M Towle '73 stories in our feature section were selected from among the fac­ Janet R Willis ’74 ulty, student and alumni bodies. Exofficio Members Paul H Silverman, President, University of Maine at Orono 32 Jeff Hollingsworth ’74 Malcomb E Jones ’52, President, Rallier of conservative public opinion and specializer in health University of Maine Foundation Charles F Bragg 11, Chairman, issues, this alumnus looks back over a career of everything from UMO Development Council chairman of Young Americans for Freedom to candidate for Alumni Representatives to the public office. Athletic Advisory Council Willard C Farnham ’59 Winston E Pullen ’41 3 University News Harrison Homans ’52 10 Gallery 18 Homecoming Photographs Maine Alumnus is published four times yearly 19 Class Notes by the General Alumni Association for alumni 34 Deaths and friends of the University of Maine at 36 Alumni Club Directory Orono The magazine’s editorial office is located at the Crossland Alumni Center, UMO, Orono, ME 04469 A voluntary gift of Cover: The majesty of the church is expressed in this model religious vestment $10 to the Annual Alumm Rind is a subscrip­ and altar frontal of the “tree of life.” Michael Fendler ’74 has hundreds more tion Third class postage is paid at Orono, just like it in his Pittsfield, Maine showroom. C.M. Almy and Son, Inc. 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Maine 04416 (207) 469-7946 • Newington N.H 03801 (603)431-5131 • Portsmouth, N.H. 03801 (603)436-4120 • Providence. R I. 02903 (401) 421-6100 • Searsport, Maine 04974 (207) 548-2531 • Weymouth. Mass. 02191 (617)337-2040 C.H. SPRAGUE & SON AFFILIATES: ATC Petroleum. Inc • Petroleum Heal and Power Company of Rhode Island • Sprague Steamship Agency University News Alumni office welcomes two new employees In an effort to meet the challenge of in­ creased computer programming demands and to answer an overwhelming alumni response to fundraising appeals, the General Alumni Association has hired two new employees. Ken Bubar, 22, of Plymouth, Maine, was named Data Processing Manager, succeeding Joseph Lloyd, who joined the University’s Office of Institutional Re­ search. Bubar, an early graduate in his Class of 1983, joined the GAA in June after working as a student programmer and achieving graduating honors 3/2 years after he entered UMO. He also worked as a technician for the Com­ puting and Data Processing Services and the Department of Plant and Soil Sciences. Kathy E. Littlefield, 24, of Old Town, Maine, was named Assistant Director for the Annual Alumni Fund in September. E Littlefield earned a bachelor’s degree 73 Technologists/ CL Q in elementary education, with honors, in C c alumni meet 1981. While an undergraduate, she •—» CTJ served on the Inauguration Committee U More than 56 UMO alumni attended a for Paul Silverman, was named Resident Ken Bubar ’83 and Kathy Littlefield ’81 join reunion dinner for graduates of the Assistant at Hart Hall, president of her the staff of the General Alumni Association Eastern Maine Medical Center’s Chi Omega Sorority, and in her senior (EMMC) Medical Technology Program, year was chosen an All Maine Woman. director of the Annual Alumni Fund, according to program director, Martha She went to work for the UMO admis­ coordinate phonathon activities, class Fogler Wiebe ’76. sions office shortly after graduation and reunion giving, off-to-Maine receptions Graduates of the EMMC technology became assistant director of admissions and will draw up annual fund appeals. program are affiliated with UMO’s in 1983. She succeeds Michael Crowley ’81, medical technology curriculum. Students In her new capacity at Crossland who joined the development staff of spend their senior year at the hospital Alumni Center, Littlefield will assist the Quincy College in Quincy, Illinois.