The University of Maine DigitalCommons@UMaine University of Maine Alumni Magazines University of Maine Publications 9-1973 Maine Alumnus, Volume 55, Number 1, September-October, 1973 General Alumni Association, University of Maine Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/alumni_magazines Part of the Higher Education Commons, and the History Commons Recommended Citation General Alumni Association, University of Maine, "Maine Alumnus, Volume 55, Number 1, September- October, 1973" (1973). University of Maine Alumni Magazines. 293. https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/alumni_magazines/293 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 by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@UMaine. For more information, please contact [email protected]. X 7 ML •• .Si’'■mb Sk ■ * » *8 i . V- The Maine Masque Summer Troupe appeared in America Hurrah (above), one of three summer performances. The expanded 1973-74 Masque season has much to offer. Write to 330 Stevens Hall, University of Maine, Orono, Maine 04473 for tickets. A Streetcar Named Desire.............................. Oct. 16-20 Story Theatre...............................State Tour Oct. 15-26 Campus Oct. 28, 29 The Thwarting of Baron Bolligrew................ Dec. 4-8 End Game....................................................March 12-16 Fiddler on the Roof...............................April 30-May 4 I The Maine Alumnus vol. 55 no. 1 September/October 1973 contents r Robert N. Haskell retires 2 Other Voluntary Giving 9 6,000 conferees pick Orono 5 Alumni News 10 New AAF alumni team 6 Book Review 13 Scholarship student profiles 8 In Memoriam 14 AAF Recogniton Insert Sports 15 This the first issue of the year 1973-74 contains the Annual Alumni Fund Insert giving recognition to all those alumni who generously contributed to the 1972- 73 Annual Fund. No class notes are published in this issue but will appear in the Alumnus, to be published in November. sta# alumni representatives to alumni council the intercollegiate athletic Margaret R. Zubik ’71, Editor John W. Ballou ’49 advisory council Lester J. Nadeau ’59, Publisher William E. Bodwell ’50 Roger C. Castle *21 Howard L. Bowen ’24 Willard C. Farnham ’60 Stephen A. Briggs ’65 Vernon W. Tozer ’51 Leland F. Carter ’42 Raymond R. Couture *51 J. Edward DeCourcy ’34 photo credits Dr. James F. Donovan ’45 John R. Dyer *41 Albert M. Pelletier Mrs. Clara (Peabody ’27) Hersum John A. Walas George P. Hitchings *37 Margaret R. Zubik ’71 Dennis P. Hogan ’71 annual alumni fund Timothy J. Keating ’74 committee Dr. Waldo M. Libbey ’44 Mrs. Sarah (Weeks ’50) Paine National Chairman Albert M. Parker ’28 John F. Wilson ’33, Mrs. Alice Ann (Donovan alumni association officers Vice Chairmen ’40) Poeppelmeier Thomas J. Desmond ’33 President David E. Svendsen ’65 Ralph L. Hodgkins, Jr. ’59, George P. Hitchings ’37 Carl R. Toothaker ’39 Gordon I. Erikson ’43 First Mrs. Helen (Wormwood ’41) Pierce Mrs. Pauline (Jellison ’40) Vice President Weatherbee Leonard N. Plavin ’48 Mrs. Fern (Allen ’34) Turbyne, Whitney L. Wheeler ’29 Second Vice President Eugene F. Sturgeon ’52 John F. Wilson ’33 Herbert A. Leonard ’39 Treasurer David E. Svendsen ’65 Cover: Jacket cover designed by Kenneth F. Woodbury ’24 Mrs. Priscilla (Thomas ’49) Ring, Fund Coordinator Arline K. Thomson for the book, Clerk Donald M. Stewart ’35 Mrs. Eleanor (West ’33) Yerxa “A Part Of The Main”, No. 95 of The Maine Alumnus, published five times a year in September-October, November-December, January- the Maine Studies Collection, by February, April-May and June-July by the General Alumni Association, Alumni Center, University of Maine, Prof. Edward M. Holmes. A review Orono/Orono, Maine 04473. Editorial and Business offices at Alumni Center, North Hall. Lester J Nadeau, publisher. The General Alumni Association, Ralph L. Hodgkins, president, is an UI?nc°r^^ cl issii ed as an educational and charitable organization as described in section 509(a)(1) of the Internal Revenue of the book appears on p. 13 by Dr. Codei Total number- of copies primed per year, 104.700. Average per issue, 20.940. Send changes of address Constance H. Carlson, acting dean to the business office six weeks prior to the next issue. Advertising rates on request. The Maine Alumnus is bent to members and to those who contribute to the Annual Alumni Fund. Member American Alumni Council. of the University of Maine at Bangor. Second class postage paid at Orono, Maine 04473. with us after that particular date," he told the retiring Bangor native. Stalwart trustee The president of Bangor Hydro Electric Com­ pany may have ended his trusteeship at the Uni­ versity of Maine but he is not "retiring" from all Robert N. Haskell his countless other business, civic and community activities. Now 70, Haskell has led an incredibly activ - life since his graduation in 1925, in business, leaves the Board Maine politics, his community and, of course, his "The ability to couple basic technical knowl­ alma mater. edge with an understanding of human nature is He first worked for Bangor Hydro while still a the main ingredient in a leader in the Twentieth student of electrical engineering at Maine. He be­ Century." came field engineer in 1926 and vice president UMO trustee Robert Nelson Haskell, class of and general manager in 1935. 1925, is the man retiring President Winthrop C. In reviewing his life's civic activities, Haskel Libby refers to in the above excerpt taken from refers back to 1933, the depths of the depression, the citation he read at the August commence­ when as a 30 year old president of the Bangor ment at which Trustee Haskell received an hon­ Chamber of Commerce he took over a major orary Doctor of Engineering degree. responsibility in a successful effort that helped On August 17, Robert N. Haskell's alma mater to reopen a major Bangor commercial bank. conferred upon him the honorary degree and one As a four year ROTC student at Orono he was a short week later, on August 24, he became 70 Corps of Engineers reserve officer during World years of age, which officially ended his 10 year War II, but his application for active service career as one of the most influential and effec­ was rejected by an alleged heart deficiency, tive trustees of the University of Maine. so he accepted an appointment as a War Speaking of his retirement on August 24, Labor Board member in the Boston office. Haskell believes the mandatory retirement age Republican Haskell began his political life in provision, one which he helped establish, is for 1945 with one term in the Maine House of the good. "Got to have some younger people in Representatives. From 1947 to 1959 he served in there," he put forth. the Maine Senate—four years as majority floor At the July 25 trustee's meeting, Board Chair­ leader and as senate president in the last foujL years. ™ man Lawrence M. Cutler announced Haskell's forthcoming retirement, thanking him on behalf In a difficult and surprise decision, Haskell re­ of the board for all he had done. "It's just an act signed from the Senate in 1959 after having been of the legislature that you are not going to be elected president of Bangor Hydro Electric Com­ pany. He told the press that after 14 years of public office he had no further political ambitions and that his responsibilities at Bangor Hydro had become increasingly great. Before leaving the I I political arena forever, though, Robert Haskell served a five-day term as Governor of Maine in January 1959. "No question," Haskell emphasized on looking back on his 14 years in state government, "it helps you in every phase of business life to know and understand the workings of the legislature." "It is entirely, one-hundred percent, up to the trustee himself if he has the interest and the capability," was Haskell's answer when ques­ tioned whether he believed the role of a UM Trustee was a rewarding and effective one. "He can go along and just rubber stamp, if he wishes, but on the other hand if he wants to work, study Retired Trustee Robert N. Haskell relaxes in his Bangor Hydro Electric office the morning of his 70th Birthday, the issues, know the alternatives, he can be very the day his term of office on the Board officially expired. effective." 2 Robert N. Haskell (third from the left) at the August 17 commencement exercises with (from left to right) fellow trustee Nils Y. Wessel I of New York City, retiring President Winthrop C. Libby ’32 and Judge Armand A. Dufresne Jr. of Auburn. Haskell and Judge Dufresne, Chief Justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court were awarded honorary de­ grees at the exercises. Trustee Wessell addressed the graduating group of 450. The latter route was Haskell's choice during state subsidies required have been greatly in­ his years as an effective trustee. In the board's creased," he says. "farewell resolution" to him, he was noted for In 1968 there was much campus unrest over his work on the Physical Plant and Public Rela­ the merger of the campuses and the following tions Committees in addition to his work as chair­ bond issues for University capital expenditures man of the Finance Committee. With his back- were defeated. Haskell feels student unrest and around in Maine government and business, Has- public reaction to the merger has in the past ►Wl's work at the legislative level in University been a key factor in referendum votes. finance was his greatest contribution. Though he thinks Maine students were unlike "His key role as chairman of the Board of the students rebelling across the nation in the Trustee's Finance Committee has paid high div­ early 70's, student activism still was a factor in idends in terms of the University's fiscal integrity the public vote.