The University of Maine DigitalCommons@UMaine University of Maine Alumni Magazines - All University of Maine Alumni Magazines Winter 2010 Maine Alumni Magazine, Volume 91, Number 1, Winter 2010 University of Maine Alumni Association Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/alumni_magazines Part of the Higher Education Commons, and the History Commons This publication is brought to you for free and open access by DigitalCommons@UMaine. It has been accepted for inclusion in University of Maine Alumni Magazines - All by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@UMaine. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Winter 2010 Patriots free safety Brandon McGowan ’05 Moving Forward Black Through Tough Times A New UM System Plan is n the Limited by Political Realities A Stimulus for Offshore Wind Enemy Alumni ■ Give and Receive. .. Do Both with a Life Income Plan Perhas you pwould tolike support your University of Maine department or program Amos E. Orcutt, President/CEO and also supplement your retirement plan or provide a predictable income stream to a dependent. Life income plans can help you support the University of Maine and focus on retirement planning issues. A life income plan may enable you to make a major gift for the future of the University of Maine. Thus, you can support a particular program, leave your own legacy, and help make a difference for future students and faculty. The concept of a life income plan is quite simple. You make an irrevocable gift now with cash or appreciated property, such as stocks or bonds, and you receive income from the gift for life. You can plan your gift to achieve many personal objectives such as converting highly appreciated, low-yield securities into an attractive income stream while possibly reducing taxation, supplementing your current retirement plan cash flow, or providing for a dependent relative in a tax-efficient way. To determine which life income plan might be best for you, talk with both your advisors and the planned giving staff at the University of Maine Foundation. Step One: Donate assets and take a charitable income tax deduction for your gift. You avoid or reduce the impact 1 UNIVERSITY*/ MAINE of capital gains taxes if you give highly appreciated stock. Step Two: We pay you income for life. Your gift FOUNDATION 2 provides cash flow for you or for whomever you designate. Step Three: After you pass away, your gift, which will Two Alumni Place be greatly needed and appreciated, will benefit the Orono, Maine 04469-5792 3 207-581-5100 or 800-982-8503 University of Maine. Please contact our office for a brochure. We will be happy to www.umainefoundation.org work with you and your advisors at no obligation and in complete confidence. 100 Foden Road, Suite 303, W. Building South Portland, Maine 04106 207-253-5172 or 800-449-2629 The College of Our Hearts Always Why We Care What we do for s the president of a self- governing and self-sustaining UMaine and You AAlumni Association, I spend a fair amount of time asking UMaine grads for support. It's a We are your connection to the job I embrace because I believe University and classmates through: so strongly in what we do, and • Sponsorship of alumni events because I love meeting and such as Homecoming, reunions, and talking with my fellow alumni. In alumni receptions appealing for your support, I often • Production of MAINE Alumni hear inspiring testimonials on why Magazine and UMAA website with you care about your alma mater extensive classnotes, alumni fea­ and your Alumni Association. tures, and UMaine news That means a great deal to those of us who work and volunteer here at UMAA. • Support for our alumni chapters So many loyal UMaine alumni contribute time and resources to their Association. But to remain viable and effective we need more of you to express your pride in, and interest groups and support of, your alma mater by becoming sustaining UMAA members through • Support for today's outstanding the Alumni Fund. students with scholarships, academ­ I see every day how a strong, independent Alumni Association benefits the ic travel grants, staff advising, and University and its alumni. As our mission statement indicates, we represent your alumni mentors viewpoints to the University's leadership, the student community, and to our • Operation of your home on cam­ elected officials. We are your voice on campus, and, with our beautiful Buchanan pus, Buchanan Alumni House Alumni House, we're your home on campus too. • Communicating alumni view­ UMAA is also your primary connection to your alma mater and your classmates. points to University leadership Take a look at the column on the left side of the page for a list of just some of the things we do for UMaine and you. We advocate for the University, as A strong alumni association is vital to a great university. While we provide the voice of alumni, to the state and services to UMaine, the University no longer has the resources to fund any of those its citizens. services. We can only remain effective with your help. The Alumni Fund is your vehicle for support of our programs and the vision of the University. If you've already made a gift, thank you. If not, I'm asking you to become a We provide support for the fundrais­ supporting member through the Alumni Fund by calling us at 207-581 -ALUM or ing efforts of the UMaine Foundation by visiting our website at umainealumni.org. We need you! and UMaine Development Office. Be Well! Be a Black Bear! We help the University maintain an integrated database for all alumni. Todd Saucier '93, '97G Winter 2010 1 ALUMNI a S S O C I AT I O N Come spend every Editor Jim Frick season with us! Editorial Assistants Abigail Zelz Betty-Jo Watt Design Dirigo Pines Jim Frick Retirement Design Consultant Community Mike Mardosa '73 Publisher combines the Todd D. Saucier '93, '97G perfect location for Alumni Association Officers Suzanne K. Hart '68, Chair peaceful and relaxing Barbara Brown Dalton '81, Vice Chair retirement living Elizabeth A. Downing '77, Vice Chair Michael J. McInnis '68, Vice Chair with easy access to a Brooke D. Wagner '86, Vice Chair wide variety of four Kurt R. Marston '74, '79G, Treasurer Todd D. Saucier '93, '97G, President season activities. John M. Rohman '68, Past Chair The University of UMAA Board of Directors Erving H. Bickford '55 Maine with its fitness Karen Rossello Boucias '71 center, Collins Nathan P. Briggs '02, '05G Gregory A. Dufour '82 Center for the Arts, Joanne Bodwell Ferreira '73 athletic arenas, Robert D. Fitta '83 cross country skiing Thomas L. Gorrill '78 Amanda Haines Gosselin '04 trails and Senior Samantha Lott Hale '02 College is 10 minutes Calista W. Hannigan '89G A. Jeffrey Harris '72, '87G away. Combine Andrea Poole Hauck '97, '04G these amenities with H. Arnold James '72 Kristen Andresen Lainsbury '97 Bangor International Joseph D. Lloyd '07 Airport & Eastern Michael D. Lynch '88, '89G Irvine W. Marsters '63, '71G Maine Medical Jay P. McClosky '70 Center around the Kyra Rusch McCool '01G Erin K. McCormick '05G corner and you owe Richard L. McNeary '65 it to yourself to visit Leonard E. Minsky '50 Sharad Rathnam '01 our 68 acre wooded Caroline M. Seastrom '07 campus. Jon F. Sorenson '86 Paul M. Tomassini '91 Come see for yourself. Seth A. Woodcock '99 Communications Committee Join us for lunch. Barbara Brown Dalton '81, Chair Call Steve for more Nonni Hilchey Daly '59 Nancy Morse Dysart '60 information and to H. Allen Fernaid '54 arrange a private tour. Robert D. Fitta '83 Kristen Andresen Lainsbury '97 Leonard E. Minsky '50 1-866-344-3400 Steve Riley '50 Jeff Tuttle '91 DirigoPines MAINE Alumni Magazine is published by the University of Maine Alumni Retirement Community Association for members of the Association. The editorial office is located at One Alumni Place, Orono, ME 04469-0001. Telephone: (207) 581-1137. 9 Alumni Drive Email: [email protected]. Orono, ME 04473 2 MAINE Alumni Magazine Volume 91, Number 1 Winter 2010 A Stimulus for Offshore Wind Energy 7 UMaine researchers receive an $8 million federal grant. > A Cool Way to Spend a Summer Break Two UMaine undergraduates conduct re­ search in Greenland. Moving Forward in Tough Times Political realities limit the scope of a new University of Maine System plan. Black Bears in the NFL 14 Patriots' safety Brandon McGowan '05 tops the list of UMaine alumni playing at the top level of pro football. Alumni NewsmakersNew 18 • Gary Clegg _ '01 William Brennan '77, '02 Ph.D. Steven Hooper '94 David LaBreque '79 Bruce Leavitt '77 Ken Hodgkins '78, '80G Plus Around the Campus 4 Alumni Activities 22 Classnotes 26 Weddings 58 Deaths 60 Cover Photograph—AP Images/David Drapkin Winter 2010 3 Around the Campus Maine Business School Selected Among the World's Best he Paris-based international edu­ cational consulting organization TEduniversal has included the Univer­ sity of Maine Business School among its selection of 1,000 of the world's best business schools for 2009. It's the second consecutive year the UMaine school has received the honor. Eduniversal has established a pre­ mier global database of higher educa­ tion programs in economics and busi­ ness education to help students choose Attorney General Eric Holder (left) with former Defense Secretary William Cohen among the best business schools in any country or region in the world. Attorney General Eric Holder Visits Campus The results of Eduniversal ratings testify to the recognition by interna­ United States Attorney General Eric Holder traveled to Orono on October 23 as the tional experts of guest speaker in the 2009 William S.