Class Notes Cambodia. Enrolling at UMaine, Senior Alumni he worked through the office of Veteran’s Education and Includes all classes that have Transition, tutoring mathematics celebrated their 50th Reunion to other veterans. In the process, he discovered a passion for Nancy Morse Dysart ’60 teaching and hopes to become a 146 Horseback Road high school math teacher. Carmel, ME 04419-3308 A 35-year-old recipient (207) 848-3831 who returned to college [email protected] after completing a previous associate degree. As a type-1 Greetings from Black Bear diabetic, this student manages country. Like real Maine bears, a serious medical condition we have been curled up at home while pursuing a degree in in response to the COVID-19 bio-medical engineering, and quarantine. My prayers are was invited to participate in that you have managed to find research work, assisting in the moments of joy. (I found mine in development of more rapid mid-April, building a backyard Douglas Johnson ‘48 was happy to report that he celebrated his ways of detection of biological snowman after a deep spring 93rd birthday during a trip to Israel. One of the highlights was threats such as bacteria and snowstorm!) I hope that even chartering a sailboat on the Mediterranean. viruses that threaten medical within your isolation, you’ve workers, military personnel, experienced the togetherness in his life, he discovered a recipients: first responders, and front-line of family, friends, and neighbors love for cooking, and enjoyed A student from Ghana essential workers. through the use of little acts baking brownies with his who came to this country The applicants reflect of kindness, social media, the great-grandchildren. Bill lived at age 14, graduated from the highest degree of need, exchange of notes, and old- independently until age 97, Foxcroft Academy, survived dedication to goals, and fashioned phone calls. I’m so when he moved into the Enclave abusive relationships with host determination to persevere in much more aware of the sound community in Scarborough. family members in New York, the face of multiple obstacles of the human voice and its I bet he’d love to hear from and ultimately, with support and challenges. I send my importance to my quality of life. his classmates. provided by Covenant House in deepest gratitude to all of Bill Cullen ’44 was the The members of the Senior Manhattan, enrolled at UMaine. you who find a way to send recipient of the Post Cane Alumni Non-Traditional Student A biology major in pre-med, she donations to this worthy cause. award presented to him by Scholarship Committee met is determined to return to Ghana These are the students who, in Scarborough Town Councilor in April via video and phone to help provide unmet health the future, will help to magnify Paul Johnson. Bill graduated conferencing to review the care needs. the reputation of our university. from Edward Little High School applications for our 2020-2021 An enlistee in the Maine Keep in touch. Stay safe. in Auburn, where he was a awards. As you might imagine, Air National Guard who is Stay well. leader in student government, the need expressed was charged with construction a trumpeter in the school band, overwhelming. These returning project design and management. and “dabbled” in tennis. His or later-in-life enrolled students He enrolled at UMaine to UMaine studies were interrupted manage families, eldercare, pursue a degree in civil and 1950 by WWII. After serving in the home, and time-consuming jobs. environmental engineering and Pacific Theater, he returned to If I were to win a lottery, I’d carries a heavy course load. Ruth Holland Walsh Orono and graduated with a put the winnings right into this Awarded Outstanding Airman 186 Jerry Browne Road degree in civil engineering. scholarship fund to help these of the Year for 2019, he is an Apartment 1112 Bill worked for the Waterville deserving applicants. Thanks to advocate for veteran suicide Mystic, CT 06355 Sewer District and then became your donations to the Senior awareness and prevention. He (860) 536-6265 the director of the Kennebec Alumni Scholarship Fund, we hopes to pursue a doctoral-level [email protected] Sanitary Treatment District for were able to award $77,500 degree and commission with more than 15 years, until his in scholarships to 31 amazing the newly formed United States We did not receive any news retirement in 1988. Married to students. Add to that the 12 Space Force. from classmates for this issue. Jane Longfellow Cullen ’47, scholarships we renewed from A 37-year-old ex-Marine who Although we had originally they raised three children and last year, and we’re at a grand served in Iraq and throughout planned to gather for Reunion celebrated nearly 60 years of total this year of $107,500 with southeast Asia before receiving on campus in September, the marriage before her passing in 43 awards! Kudos to all you life-changing injuries in a COVID-19 pandemic changed 2007. Starting a new chapter donors. These are some of the humanitarian operation in those plans. However, perhaps Class Notes Legend Bolding of name G denotes graduate H following class year Hon. indicates an Only UMaine degrees identifies UMaine degree from UMaine identifies honorary honorary degree are noted in Class Notes alumna or alumnus member of that class from UMaine even more of you can now join a patio home just a couple of us for our “virtual” Reunion via miles away. We continue to Zoom in September. work with our local U of Maine Ruth Holland Walsh has alumni group in putting on an been recovering from a broken annual lobster picnic. We remain hip. Thanks in part to her little in pretty good health for our dog, she is now able to get age (I turned 90 last November outside and log about three and Sue had an 86th birthday miles a day. She is glad to be in March). Like so many other driving again. places we are pretty much in a Hoppy missed the last lockdown mode at the moment Reunion, and his absence may with all activities canceled. have been a first for him. However, we are still able to Henry Saunders planned to get out to the grocery store attend — I expect we’ll see him and medical locations. We have and many Class of ’50 members a daughter locally, who is a via Zoom in September. nurse and is getting a master’s I hope you have been able to at the age of 53. Our son and make the best of the “physical daughter-in-law recently bought distancing” guidelines while Maryellen McCallum Bowman ‘78 visits with Prescott Johnson ’52 a 1784 house in Shelbourne remaining in touch with friends during the Black Bear Road Trip event in Tucson, AZ, in February. Falls, MA, and our other and family. daughter has a landscaping the atomic bombs. “Everything He lives for his ‘ship to come business in Red Hook, NY. We was demolished,” Bob said. ”We in.’ Whether it does or how is have three granddaughters. could see everything burned the plot.” And Malcolm’s third Claire is a senior at Hofstra 1951 to a crisp.” On their way home novel, called Rich’s Ride, was with a major in publishing. Lyra after the war, their identification self-published via Amazon is a first-year student at the Frances Pratt Caswell comedy failed them. Dick was as a paperback and a Kindle. Savannah College of Art and 25 Thornton Way #106 deployed on one ship, while The Class of 1951 Design. Our youngest is a senior Brunswick, ME 04011 Bob was deployed on another Scholarships for 2019-2020 in high school in Rhinebeck, NY. (207) 725-6084 and stayed behind for an extra were awarded to the following: “I’m afraid we are a bit too [email protected] week. However, Bob’s ship was Benjamin Quimby from Old old to be able to travel to Maine, faster than Dick’s and he got Town, a senior majoring in unfortunately, but we do get From the Kennebec Journal we back first. The brothers reunited mechanical engineering, is the Yankee and Down East to keep learn that fraternal twins, in Massachusetts,00 and they grandson of the late Dodd informed. For several years I Richard and Robert Butler, came home to Maine together. Roberts ’55G, and Alexander went to the Woodenboat School were honored on Veterans Day They enrolled at the Uni- Thacker from Readfield, a senior in Brooklin, ME, and have built 2019 by Winthrop American versity of Maine in the College majoring in computer science, a few small wooden boats. I Legion Post 40 with other of Agriculture. Dick majored in is the grandson of the late have given all my boatbuilding members of the Post for their horticulture and Bob majored Vance Norton. equipment to the Finger Lakes service in WWII. The twins live in animal husbandry. Following Boating Museum, which is in Zephyrhills, FL, and were not graduation they opened Butler located south of Hammondsport, able to attend the meeting. Dick Twins Floral Center in Farming- NY, in the Finger Lakes region.” and Bob enlisted in the military dale. Bob later became an Epis- Last year, our Class of ’52 following in the steps of their 1952 copal priest. Dick and his wife, scholarship was awarded to father, who was a WWI veteran. Barbara, who died in 2004, had Al Cole Courtney Reddish, the great- They tried to stay together six daughters, 19 grandchildren, 2009 Hillside Road granddaughter of Ruby Bryant because they were twins.