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Tissue issue again; gay-lesbian film donation; writer intended to support gay Colby alumni. 3

pe riscope

Gleaned from Earl Smith's weekly newsletter, F. Y.l. 4

from the hill

Scholarship program for international students a bonus for Colby; Colby Emergency Response; returning an overdue library book. 25

books & authors

A l i ce Damar '80 says its okay for women

nurture themselves. 26

By transporting Colby's academic standards

Europe, CBB-London program adds new vigor

Margaret Mc Fadden on J ack Benny and

in language.

traditional study abroad.

A Turbulent Time

Veterans of Vietnam-era at Colby, from peace

student life

activists

Rebecca Solomon '00 is a consummate

Strider [!, look back with pride and regret.

volunteer; macroeconomics-in a month; writers on the block; Regis, Colby style. 30

former President Robert E.L.

The B i rdman of C ol by

Professor Herb W i lson's passion :cr

m u l e s on the move

ornithology is contagious-at Colby and

Dick Whitmcre notches SOOth win; men's

in the community.

squash team targets top- 1 0 ranking. 32

gifts & grants

Paganuccis endow new chair in Italian language and literature; Campaign for Colby tops $ 1 50 million; Davis c lassroom allows students

scrutinize the Internet. 64

faculty file

Mae West; Kerill O'Neill sees c lassic patterns

A Classroom with a View

final period

A visit to a convent on Colby's borders reveals a passing tradition.

alu m n i news

classnotes

ob ituaries

profiles

34 Donald C. Freeman '26 38 Candace Orcutt ' 5 7 46 Courtney Grimes ' 7 8 5 2 Lynn Brunelle ' 8 5

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Number 2

Volume 89 i

Tissue Reissue The anicle ['The Issue Wa Tis ue"] in the mo t recent [,,·inter]

Colb)•

maga:ine

wa rem i n i cent of a s i m i lar is ue that came up, I believe in the 1 964-5 school year when I wa a fre hman at Colby. often d u l l one'

ow time

memory, but I d istinctly

remember that one of my classmates, Phil running for tudenr govern

Merrill, wa

ment. He wa looking for a campaign topic to moti,·ate the freshman class at the ame t i me that there appeared to be an epidemic of hemorrhoids on campu as someone with a sen e of fiscal re ponsi b i l i ty had gone with the lowest bidder and gotten a no name brand of toilet paper that seemed to and a; ns major ingred ient. Phil

ha,·e

qutckly grabbed onto this acute problem and ubmitted a letter to the editor of the chool paper t i tled, "The Tissue Issue." If ue caught on and

memory serves me, the i

Phd "wtpeJ" hts oppo i t ion in the election. Again we ee that those who don't know h t tory are bound to repeat it-this from a biOlogy major!

Gay-Lesbian Films Available to

a generou donation by Dr. Larry

R. /1.-!n hell '60, the Bndge has recently acqutreJ an excellent collection of contem r ran e:-.u.t l , rramgenJereJ -themed films. to

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to be gay or lesbian. Colby has certainly progressed a long way in terms of dealing with homophobia and hererosexism. But in a world where people are still attacked and

Robert Gillespie

Alumni at Large editor Stephen Collins '74

executive editor

murdered for being gay, it is important for

Leo Pando

GLBT A (Gays, Lesbians, Bisexuals, Trans to feel that

gendered and Allies) person rhey have a place to turn

to.

Although this

organ ization was envisioned by the Bridge and a caring group of alumni, the support of Colby and the Alumni Relations Office is a testament to rhe College's commitment to rhe health and well-being of its alumn i .

Dave Sherwood '00

Administration: Peyton R. Helm, vice fJresident for development and alumni relations; Earl H. Smith, dean of the College; Margaret Viens '77, director of

alumni relations

The obituary notice for Ruth Michalek McAlary '36 (Colby, winter 2000) incomctly identified her husband. Colby regrets the error. The notice should have appeared as follows.

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-,choob for 1 0 year; and in

Erin Rogers '0 I, Earl Smith contributing writers

William R. Cotter, president;

Correction

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he abo was acttve in commu he i; survtved by her

htP.h.mJ of 62 year.,, Eugene A. McAiary '35 , a

Karen Oh '93 on-line coordinator

editorial assistant

taci Warren Administrative Secretary, pecial Programs

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Joanne Lafreniere production assistant

Jennifer Carlson '01, Jon King,

Jan Munroe Counseling Services

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scalf writer

contributing photographers

Laura Van Gestel '00 Committee member, Proj ect Ally

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emiccolo MacLeay '97

Alicia

From cover photo: Brian Speer

Erin W i lkes '00 Chairperson, Proj ect Ally

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tended Colby when it was in fact dangerous

Ruth Michalek McAiary '36, August 26,

Gerry Boyle '78

community, particularly for those who at

roran anJ c ia;, tc l e btan, gay, bi exual, The e h;l \ e hcen Jonared

Colby Staff:

pose is to provide support and a sense of

Marilyn R . Pukkila Reference Librarian, Project Ally member

R tchard Moriarty '6 Roch t l le , Md.

Thank

ue. I t was imply an invitation to alumni

to take pan in an organization whose pur

Jaughrer, a hrother, a ; i rer, six

).!r.mJch t !Jn:n anJ >IX grear-grand chtldren.

Alumni Council Executive Committee: John Devine '78, Chair; Lou Richardson '67, Vice Chair; Eleanor Amidon '75; David Bergquist '61; James Bourne '81; Bruce Drouin '74; Ernest Fortin '51; Lisa Hallee '81; Diana Herrmann '80; Barbara Bone Leavitt '52; Joanne Weddell Magyar '71, Wendy Kennedy Ralph '90, Christopher Tompkins '89; Johnston Whitman '59; Alex Wilson '73; Philip Wysor '70 Colby is published four times yearly for the alumni, friends, parents of studem , seniors, faculty and staff of

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periscope

By Earl Smith

Machlin on Waller

YN02K Bug

Seventeen tran criptions by Paul Mach lin ( music) of Fats Waller's organ, piano and vocal performances w i l l be published later this year in the American Musicological Society's M u sic of t he Unite d States of America series. An article in the March issue of A tlantic Monthly magazine highlights Pau l's remarks on the s ignificance of Waller and the time-consuming transcrib ing process. "Machlin was motivated to try it," says the article, "in part because he was frustrated at how often Waller's work has been misunderstood by critics and historians who simply do not appreciate his formidable keyboard technique and his inventive gen ius."

Thanks to Ray Phillips (ITS) and Colby's Y 2 K Task Force, the m i l lennium bug was as D.O.A. here as anywhere. " I t was a complete dud," Ray said. There were several inconven iences: Beginning January 1 the Class of 1 998's Web page announced that members would have to wait "- 1 709 1 years" for their fifth-year reunion. People running older versions of Netscape had to upgrade before they could use ecure Web sites. And though the vendor insisted it was not a Y 2 K glitch but would have happened "in any leap year," software that manages the dial-in modem pool went down December 3 1 and remained out of commission over the weekend.

Brian and Dolly

Have Books, Will Travel

Brian Neligan '80 recently

A recent C hronicle of Higher Education story reported a 15 percent increase in the number of American col lege students abroad and placed Colby eighth among bach elor's-degree granting col leges with the highest raw number of students overseas. The figures ( from 1 997-98) showed that 3 5 1 Colby students went abroad. N ESCAC schools in the l ist included M iddlebury ( second with 445) and Bates ( 1 7th with 253 ), though Colby had the highest

appeared as the dobro player in Dolly Parton's bluegrass band, which included such other bluegrass luminaries as Sam Bush, J im Mil ls,Stuart Duncan, Byron House and Bryan Sutton. The band,with Brian, appeared on the David Letterman show and with Regis and Kathy Lee, playing the tune "Silver Dagger" from Dolly's album The Grass Is Blue.

Bang Center The Weston Geophysical Laboratory's seismometer in the Colby vault, located underground between Keyes and Arey, is one of three in the Northeast used by the U . S . Geological Survey to pinpoint earthquake epicen ters i n the area. The other two are at the Weston labs at Boston College and at Dartmouth. The three meters give real-t ime seismological data, allowing scientists to locate and measure 'quakes within minutes. Credit, among others, emeritus geo professor Don Koons, who designed the original Colby vault; the late vice president Ralph "Roney" Williams, who found the money; and Professor Bob Nelson ( geology), who keeps the place going.

Moosecellaneous David Brancaccio, star of Public Radio International' acclaimed show Marketplace and son of our own Pat ( English) and Ruth, has written a book,S quandering Aimlessly : My A dventure in the American Market place ( Simon & Schuster), certain to be a great read . . . . Mark Schneider, director of the Peace Corps, has written President Bill Cotter to say that Colby ranks lOth on the list of smaller colleges and universi-

ties with graduates serving in the Corps . . . there are 1 4 Colby grads serving around the developing world . . . Priscilla Doe! ( Spanish) was among those nominated for a 1 999 President's Service Award; she was not chosen but received a congratula tory message from President Clinton, thanking her for "serving as a beacon of light to many, addressing our country's social ills." . . Jane Brox '78 has been nominated for this year's National Book Critics Circle Award in general nonfiction for Five Thousand Day s Like This One . . . . Members of the Boston Colby Club, led by Chip Gavin '90 and Diana Christensen Frothingham '93, overwhelmed the we l l-known Crittenton Hastings House in Boston with nearly 70 donated toys for needy children during the holiday season. Gavin and Frothingham work at the house, which provides services for women,children and families in the Boston area . . . . More than 65 percent of all the gifts distributed by the Maine Chi ldren's Home in Watervi l le were donated by Colby students, faculty and staff . . . . Colby was 1 87 years old on February 27 . . . happy birthday,Colby . . . . We see that James Finney Boylan's novel Getting In has been chosen as an alternate selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club . . . . A t least l l leading universities declined t o participate this year in Yahoo' Internet Life magazine's popular survey of campus technology, citing flaws in the survey and fundamental objections to its ranking system. .

Carrying Water and Webs Cred it English Professor Linda Tatelbaum ( she whom you might expect to eschew modern contrivances) with being the first faculty member in the history of Colby to file course grades using the I nternet. Registrar George Coleman, who leads us

to the modern age with such things, put out a call for grade entry via the Web at 5:25 p.m. on December 1 5. W i thin minutes, off-the-grid Linda had beaten all others, including computer geeks.

Two New Directors Patricia Murphy, a profes

sional engineer who has led the physical p lant department at Bates College since 1 996, has been appointed d irector of PPD at Colby and began February 7. Before taking the Bates post , she served three years as director of PPD at the SU Y College of Environ mental Science and Forestry in Syracuse. Varun Avasthi, a veteran food services manager,began work as the new d irector of di n i ng services in J anuary. A graduate of Johnson & Wales, Varun ha degrees in hotel restaurant management and in human relations.

S P R I N G

2000

COLBY

A from the hill A World of Difference Davi s g ift bo l sters i nternational d iversity at Colby By Stephen Collins'74

new scholarship program

the UWC system through the

establ ished by Trustee

Armand Hammer UWC in

Andrew Da1·is ' 5 and h i fam

Mexico, the state where some of

I l y should bring a significant

the firm's offices are located.

number of talented, well-pre

The UWC concept so well

pared international tudems to

matched the fam i ly's interests

Colby and to four other top col

in promoting international co

lege beginning next fal l . Grad

operation and harmony that last

u a te:, of the U n i ted World

year the Davises endowed l 00

College ( UWC) sy tern, a net

full merit scholar hips for the

LO pre-universiry-level

most promising American teen

work of

;chool located on fi1•e conti

agers to attend UWCs for their

nent

that bring together stu

final two years of pre-univer-

dent

from all over the world,

are e!Jg1ble for the new Davi WC

ity education. Those cholar United World College graduates Grete Rod '03 and Zahra Khilji '02 say the Davis

h i p , conceived as a junior

cholars Program.

UWC scholars program will bring talented international students to Colby.

ver ion of the Fulbright schol

Andrew Da1·i , pre idem of

students were thril led by news

Zahra Khilji '02 , a Pakistani who graduated from Atlantic

America's brightest teenagers

UWC

an opportunity for an extraor

program. "There are so many

cholar; Program in February.

elec ted Advi er , an

nounced

the

Davi

not previously represented here."

arsh i p s , w i l l give some of

of the Davis UWC scholars

Dans

dinary preparation for univer

[UWC) k ids who do b r i l l ianrly

UWC i n Wales, said UWC

The fa m d y ha pledged to meet

s i t y - level studies, a global

and who would do wonderfu l l y

graduates are e x tremely well

l 00 percent of demonstrated

p e r pective and an I n terna

at American l iberal a r t s c o l

prepared and end up competing

t ional Baccalaureate degree.

leges, but t h e y j ust d o n ' t have

against each other for limited

the money," said Grete Rod

opportunities in American col

need, mc l u dmg re l ief from loan

or work- rudy req u i re

Davis said that Colby' em

m e n t , for any graduate of t h e

phasis on international educa

'0 3 , a graduate of

tion and its commitment to

\;i.l

;y rem who 1 accepted

ordic U W

orway.

leges. "Something l ik e this will be so nice, because there are so

anJ matnc u l a t e

a t Colby,

d 1 versity init iatives made the

Parker Beverage, dean of ad

many who get left out," she said.

C o l l e g e o f the

A t l a n tic ,

ub equent Davis UWC chol

missions and financ ial aid, ex

"They can add flavor to the

n11 er 1ty, Middle

ar program the next logical step.

plained that much of the United

Colby community. Colby will

" I t ;hould help Colby recruit

rates' financial aid system is

benefit from the global views

tudent> of different races, dif

ba ed on federal money and

pay for

ferent na(lonall(les, different

isn't available to non-U . . ap

Davis praised President Bill

,ch<llar,hlp a' there

rehg1ou> creed , languages and

pl icants. For that reason the

otter's leader hip in making

cult ure ," he

Pnnceton

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a1d. Each of the

DavJ> UWC scholarships fi l l a

international education a prior

the

f11 e 1n muriom where the >chol

neglected niche and create im

ity at

up fr,mt rh,lt

,tr,hlp may he applied ha; ex

portant opportunities for stu

abroad opportun itie , enrol ling

cel lee!. pamc u larly regardmg

dent from othercountrie . " I t's

more international student and

mrernat 1onal program> and >tu

unusual to pick up paying cu -

offering solid international aca

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romer; from the developing

demic programs. "That's criti

world," Beverage said. "The

cal," Davis said. "If a college

Dm 1'

" h o gr,l d u.HeJ from u> ll ege ,- one e.1

cholar>hlpt. will

g11t.: u' a bump and wdl enable

h from

JorJ,Jn,

l<l hnng -.rudent> to

olby

from pi.ILC' around the world

I fung.tn .mJ Denm.1rk. Tho e

olby by expanding study

1sn't thinking internationally today, it'

going to be out of

busines -the

arne as in the

business world."

"There are so many [UWC] kids who do brilliantly and who would do wonder fully at American liberal arts colleges, but they just don't have the money."

On the Scene, Out of the Goodness of Their Hearts A woman breaks her arm sledding and emer

is called. Usually hospitalization isn't needed

gency workers take three minute to get to the

and CER walks the patient to the health center

scene-from their Colby dorms. The student

for further evaluation.

EMTs monitor the woman's vital signs, splint

There are misconceptions about the pro

her arm, arrange for transport to the hospital

gram. "Students worry that other people or the

and administer oxygen.

deans w i ll know if CER was called for them,"

For members of the student-run Colby Emer

said J unko Goda '0 1 , schedu l i ng director. But

gency Response (CER ) , it's all in a day's---or

unless someone is sent to the hospital only

night' -work. All students,the CER team mem

CER and the Health Center know.

bers carry radios and medical kits and provide 24-

CER members don't get paid. "We're a

hour voluntary medical service to anyone on

volunteer squad, so what we do, we do out of the

campus who needs it.

goodness of our hearts," said Gatlin. CER holds

Each CER member has current EMT and

monthly mandatory training sessions, says

CPR certification and serves one to three 24-

Goda, because "there are things that will catch

hour rotations a month. They cover athletic

you by surprise if you j ust expect the ordinary."

events, parties and concerts and respond to ev

The squad has about 30 students, most of

erything from alcohol-related incidents to sled

whom it recruits from the EMT course offered

ding accidents and flag-football injuries. During

every Jan Plan. The course is 1 1 1 hours plus

each rotation two to three EMTs are on-call and

eight hours for CPR. Each student volunteers

never leave campus. "One is more experienced

John King '02 takes the EMT Jan Plan test.

and therefore more relaxed, and the other one tends to be a rookie," said

with a hospital or ambulance team and must

assess a minimum of five patients.

Jason Gatlin 'OO,directorofCER. The group receives some 80 to 90talls

Both Ghaffari and Goda are graduates of the c lass. Goda says she

a semester, most on the weekends. "The worst calls are late at night or

took the course after seeing CER in action and being impressed by its

if you're in the shower," said Ali Ghaffari '02, a CER member.

capabilities and being made aware of her inab i lity to help. She is now

During the ice storm of 1 998, CER worked around the c lock at the

adept at taking control of situations. "I wasn't as confident as a

Red Cross emergency shelter in the field house. Gatlin calls the storm

freshman , " said Goda, "but now I have no problem tell ing people

the most difficult medical situation he's been in. "When you work off

what they need to do." Chelsea Hoffmann '03 completed the c lass this J anuary. "I was

campus you see more variety," he aid. When the Colby Securiry Office receives a call for assistance it

impressed that Colby offered such a course, so I j u mped at the

radios the CER member on duty, who runs to the scene and begins

opportunity," she said. Hoffmann now works with CER and said she

medical treatment. Securiry joins them, and if the condition is serious

hopes "to gain some experience and put our tra in ing to the test in

or if the victim is a non-Colby individual, the local ambulance service

the field . " -Alicia Nemiccolo MacLeay '97

Better Very Late Than Never Ever borrow a book and for

( Macmillan, 1 9 1 1 ), had taken

a fine of

get to return it? Chances are it

up residence in the letter writer's

librarian to dol

4,433.50. What's a

caught your eye in 1 0 or 20 years,

library instead of Colby's. 'The

"I thought it might no longer

but that's not the Colby record.

evidence indicates that it was

be l isted as part of our collection,"

line history has been fi lled by

Early in 2000, a letter arrived

my doing," he wrote. "The check

said Frances Parker, assistant di

others . . . . we therefore are

in M i l ler Library explaining that

out date in J une 1 95 1 coinc ides

rector for publtc services in M iller

happy t o be able to ve niam dare

An Outline History of the Roman

with the last month I was at

Library. She found that the Col

for the oversight and

Empire, by Will iam S. Dav is

Colby as a student."

lege had the same material in

the Outline to continue its com

The book was 48 years

other books and suggested that

fo rtable re t i re m e n t i n y o ur

and seven months over

the borrower might like to have

home l ibrary."

the book for keeps.

due. At the current day, that's

the years, the place of this out

allow

A s for f i n e s , Parker says

Suanne Muehlner, director

there's a cap when the bill reaches

of the Colby libraries, noted that

$ 1 ,000. And all fines revert to a

the alum had found the book

lower, standard amount if a book

while brushing up on his an

is returned. "But," she said, laugh

cient hi tory-and that he had

ing, "we don't encourage people

used a Latin phrase in his letter.

to take things and keep them

She sent the book back to him. "Clearly this is a case of liber

non surrep tus," she wrote in a letter, "and as, in the course of

j ust so we'll give them back!" -Robert Gillespie

S P R I N G

20 0 0

C O L B Y

Merely Extraordinary, or Supernatural? After six generations of Colby g raduates, the I Isley fam i ly is sti l l d rawn to the C o l lege 8) Gerr)' Boyle '7

-file

m Colby'

pec ial

theRev.

One

ila l lsley . " l had seen

unday even

that painring a number of t i mes

ing before Christmas,

B i l l J e ffer on may have u n

but never had the context

j u s t b e fore h e w a s

earrhed some.

it," Jefferson said. " I said

scheduled ro e n d h i s

Bevin, 'That's got ro be the

shift, Jefferson got a

same family."'

call from a woman who

Collections? Archivi t

Jefferson'

bru h w i th the

"forces" at work in Miller Li

wanted

I t was. Jeffer on checked the

brary began Ia t August when,

buy five

i las l lsley,

bonles of maple syrup

34, was the first llsley

and have the bonles

ro attend Colby, the one who

senr ro five d ifferent

as a newly h 1 red pan-time ar

files and found that

chiviSt, he embarked on the task

Class of 1

of acquainnng him elf with the Colbiana archives. Rummaging

kicked things off. Jefferson al o

people. She was very

through file

and folder , he

noted that Paul l lsley had gone

ebullient and outgo

came across a newspaper srory

on ro become a professor at

i ng , J efferson recalled.

from 1 969 about the arrival at

orrhem I l l inois University in

When she gave her

Colby of a tudenr named Paul

DeKalb. "I almost thought of e

cred i t card number,

lbley. The srory said the enroll

mailing him and saying, 'Can we

the name on the card

menr of lbley ' 7 3 marked the

expect a seventh ?"' Jeffer on said.

1xth con ecunve generation of

But he didn't. Instead, Jeff

Donna Jones - l l

sley. " I thought, ' l lsley.

the lbley famdy to anend Colby.

erson went about his archivist

"I thought, 'Huh. That' inrer

business and also hi business at

J ones- l ls l e y ' s ad

e t mg," Jefferson sa1d. "I figured

L . L . Bean. An experienced

dress was DeKalb, Ill.

Huh,"' Jefferson said.

that mu t be a record. I on of

mounraineer and backpacker,

he was sending syrup

put 1t m the back of my m md . "

he's worked for the company on

ro Claremonr, Calif.,

Anonymous portrait of the Rev. Silas !Isley, c. 1840.

And there L t srayed untd

and off for more than 20 years,

among other places.

Ocmber when El!:abeth Broun,

selling outdoors equipment and

"That's where Paul's father Uohn

J 1 recmr of the

esmblishing the first L.L. Bean

l lsley '46] is," Jefferson said . " I ' m

than you do. And now I know

trainmg program

thinking, it would b e roo bizarre

their Christmas buying habits."

anonal Mu

'eum of Amencan An at the

in map-and

know more about your family

m1rh on1an Jn,tL tutLon, came

compass orienteering and winrer

ro be true. That she would be

Now, the L.L. Bean story d id

to Colh1. JeffcNm anJ hts 11 1fe,

mounraineermg and producing

funneled through ro Waterv i l le,

make the rounds of the l lsley

A"1 rant Pmfe"or of An Bevm

a rrainmg video for company

much less get me . . . . "

En�m.m, went

phone-order employees. This

Broun', lec

family, according ro Paul l lsley,

The woman spoke of Maine

who teaches eth nography and phenomenology. H e said the

past w1nrer Jefferson did a stinr

and her husband's family ties ro

olby

at the L.L. Bean call center in

Colby College.

he starred to

phenomenon of all those gen

, lu,eum of An. Broun ureJ 'LX

Warervdle, one of four the com

recite the family's Colby lin

erations at Colby might not end

1 .unttn�' from the mu-,eum \

pany operates, employing about

eage, and Jefferson could con

with six. "My son Chrisropher i

tain himself no longer.

j ust 1 3," he said. "He i an aw

ture

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the JeJLcatwn of the

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rcrm lnL'l1l 11)).! ,m

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ponr,lLt of

people ro rake telephone

orJer' from all over the world.

a1d, 'My god, I probably

fu lly good student."

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Rodman,

William R Cotter Distinguished Teaching

Professor of Government

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Tamae K. Prindle,

UlllL' ne11 uri.: :

Elizabeth

Oak Professor 111 East Asian Language and Literature

Leonard,

Hamet S and George C . Wiswell, Jr. Research Fellow

Phish Shtick

wit & wisdom

Alex Chin '96 cut his teeth in the rock concert promotion business during his senior year when, as social chair of the Student Government As oc iation, he helped bring Dave Matthews to

"I think this is a place that has a l i king for itself; a quiet

Wadsworth Gymnasium. S i nce then the assistant director of student

sense of satisfaction."

ac tivit ies has had a hand in putting J ewel, the Ind igo G irls, the

Colby's president-elect William D. Adams, summing up his sense of the College in a question-and-answer session in Cotter Union with students on February 24 .

Squirrel Nut Zippers and the Black Crows onstage at Colby. So what does he do on vacation? For the Y2K holiday break he took a busman'

holiday-in a Winnebago actually-with half a

"A lot has been said this weekend about memorable games and,

dozen Colby students who helped him run the information booth at the huge Phish

shall I say, expressive behavior."

ew Year's show in the Florida Everglades.

Dick Whitmore (men's basketball coach), at a banquet held February 12 co celebrate his 500th career vicwry, acknowledging references co shoes thrown and other outbursts by the coach.

Best known a the heirs apparent of the Grateful Dead, Phish attracted more than 1 00,000 fans to the Big Cypress Swamp over New Year's.

"It's always about people causing trouble and it's never about

Chin rounded up seniors Jake Conklin and Matt Todesca,j uniors

Joe having two drinks and going home and hanging out with

Rob Henzi, Tony Frangie and Mead Rust and sophomore M ike Sesko

his friends."

for the 3 9 -hour ride to Florida. They took shifts manning the booth

Associate Professor Bill Klein (psychology) at a Wellness Lecture February 10, explaining how the nature of media coverage of student drinking skews what people perceive co be the norm.

so that each got to see plenty of the even-plus hours of concert. In the process they helped a penniless woman whose husband kicked her out of their tent, d isplayed up to 50 lost sets of keys at a time and visited the backstage compound, which featured a swimming pool

"Professor Bassett has taught and advised for nearly 31 years at

and volleyball court for band members and their inner c i rc le.

Colby since his g raduation from the University of Kentucky."

Despite being back from a semester in London for only a week,

An Echo report on the impending second retirement of Professor Emeritus Charles Bassett (American studies and English), who holds degrees from the universities of South Dakota and Kansas.

Henzi j u mped at the opportunity to jump on the RV. " [ couldn't have asked for a better way to spend my New Year's," said the veteran Ph ish fan. "[ got a paycheck [for his work in the information booth] in the

"We don't have much mud at the moment. I apologize for that . "

mail last week," he said in February, "and I laughed out loud"足 stunned again by his good fortune.

Woodsmen's team coach Dave Smith, welcoming team captains co Colby's annual SfJring Mud Meet on March 11, when the ground was frozen solid.

-Stephen Collins '74

"Mud? I thought this was the Mr. Colby Contest."

Woodsmen's meet judge Allen LaPan (student post-office supervisor), assigned co referee the ax-throwing contest. "Testimony to Colby's growing popularity."

Dean Parker Beverage (admissions), analyzing an on-campus housing shortage created when 31 percent more midyear admits chose Colby than the College expected. " Every year we love coming to Col by; the crowd is the best part . "

The MIT Logarythms' Kuo-Chiang Lian, co an Echo reporter covering "The Blue Lights Invitational," an a cappella festival. "Since 1 960 each Miss America has gotten thinner, but the average American woman has gotten heavier."

Luolou Hong, Louisiana State Universit)' health educawr, in a Wellness Lecture titled "Beautiful Bodies, Beautiful Souls: Redefining Women's Body I mage. "

In the Line of Duty Colby's Wadsworth Gymnasium was pressed into service for two funerals

"Although gender has been an important divid ing line, a more

for public safety officers who died in the line of duty this winter. The

important dividing line is yichus-a combination of one's wealth,

gymnasium proved the only space in the vicinity large enough to hold the numbers of police officers and firefighters who joined families and

education and family connection. It is good to have good yichus."

communities to honor their fallen comrades. On January 18 a service was

Pulver Family Assistant Professor ofJewish Studies, in a Women's Studies talk, "Down from the Pedestal: Thoughts on the HistOrical Experiences of Modern Jewish Women ." Howard Lupovitch,

held for Robert M. Jones, sheriff of Waldo County and a volunteer firefighter in Unity. Jones died of a probable heart attack during a tragic house fire that killed six-year-old triplets in Unity. The crowd was estimated at 2,000.

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Ma1tin Andrucki, a Bates College professor of art, was talking about Oliver Cromwell and the repression of theater in England dming the Reformation when he pointed over the heads of a dozen Colby, Bowdoin and Bates students, past a double-decker bus that was careening tlu-ough London's Bloomsbury Square, and down toward The Strand a few blocks away. "There's a place called The Temple Bar. Have you seen it?" he asked. "That's the boundary between the City of London and Westminster." It marks the line between the city, where theater and dancing were forbidden in the 1640s, and the West End

yfai r and Soho-where, 350 years after

Westminster, Kensington, Ma

Cromwell scowled at their sacrilegious play acting, theaters still thrive.

� elcome to the new CBB-London Center, part of an innovative con ortium for international study pioneered by Colby, Bates and Bowdoin. '.: elcome to a portal through which Colby, Bates and Bo\\'doin tudents enter a brave old world.

By tephen Collins '74

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Photos by Brian Speer

Andrucki had the students' focused attention on a Monday morning in mid足

of his weekend like a soccer player

February. On Tuesday, students in the

describing a spectacular goal. "And then

center's Modem and Contemporary

British Literature and Culture cluster

restaurant afterwards."

would resume their study of E.M. Forster,

saw [actor] William H. Mason in a "Hey. There's a new Mamet p lay,"

Virginia Woolf and the Bloomsbury

chimed in another student. " I t's a

Group in a course titled Bloomsbury足

limited run March 1 4 through April 6 .

TI1en and Now. A third cluster studying

Anybody interested ?"

International Policy Issues would meet

Andrucki, interviewed after the

with Colby Professor of Government

c lass, said, " I 'm in theater; London is

Kenneth Rodman, who was teaching

the place to be. I t's totally different to

European and American Relations.

sit in a c lass in Lewiston or Waterville

For students in Andrucki's course,

One challenge in establishing the CBB center (above) has been to strike a balance-to offer the benefits of immer足 sion in a foreign culture without sacrificing rigorous academic standards.

his c lassmates, recapping the highlights

and say, 'What about O t hello?' Here we

clearly the play is the thing. As they

saw the Royal Shakespeare Company

settled in around the table, talk of the

do Othello last week. "

previous weekend's activities was all

Each group o f students has i t s stories:

about theater, never mind that during

first-semester comparative government

January and February they had see1

students sitting on the British throne

Shakespeare, Beckett, an Italian classic

( while Parliament was out of session )

and a couple of modem plays in weekly

and later visiting the Scottish Parl ia足

outings that are part of a Text and

ment in its inaugural year; the literature

Performance class. "I waited two and a

group v isiting the haunts of and

half hours and got some returned tickets

exhibits of art works by the Bloomsbury

for American B uffalo," one student told

Group; the art and architecture in

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Campus Study Office since

1 989. "A

lot of programs s i mp l y don't meet our standard s . " The chal lenge h a s been to strike a balance-to offer the benefits of immersion in a foreign c u l ture without sacrifi c i ng the rigorous academic standards that Colby, Bates and Bowdoin fac u l ties expect in their own courses. The three col lege decided tO try to have their scones and eat them roo. I n J anuary

1 998, the Andrew W .

M e l lon Foundation awarded Colby, Bates and Bowdoin

8 50,000 to

develop study-away programs rogether London group both surrounded by and

The center is conveniently

1 m me r ed in it ropic; Rodman's

located near the theater

mtemational policy group bound for Brus els tO vi it

A TO headquarter .

d istrict and Parl iament

" A l l the teacher here u e London a

(above). "All the teachers

a laboratOry , " aid Profes or J onathan

here use London as a

Wet s, Colby' assoc iate dean of fac u l ty and d t recror of off-campus rudy.

laboratory, " said J o n Weiss,

Amencan undergraduate are

Col by's d i rector of

-,rudymg abroad in record numbers-

off-cam pus study.

1 1 4,00 of them at last count, r enough

fill

65 col lege

olby'

i:e.

At Colh� , the percentage of tudenrs

have proliferated but w i thout a comprehensive set of standards.

among the h tghe t m the

n.mon, ancl more than

70 percent of

'nih\ ' gr,tJ uate' 111 the pa t ' r uJ teJ ahrnaJ 1 11

Program vary i n the degree

years

59 <..h f erenr counrrie .

The\ rerurneJ more a'' are, marure,

cJ .mJ

fou1

T h e C B B - London Center a n d the CBB-Quito Center in Ecuador opened in the fal l of Town,

1 999; another in Cape

outh A frica, w i l l open this

coming fal l . The centers are staffed i n part by C B B faculty members, and their programs of study maintain academic standards consistent with the three Maine campuses. At Colby, the C B B centers are the only study-abroad programs whose grades count toward

<l\·er,ea'

as a consorti u m .

umhJenr ,mJ with a more

grade-point averages.

which

Each of the three col leges owns and operates one of the three centers . The

they are well planned and academically

col lege presidents decided that Colby

rigorous. Trad itionally, some students

would establ ish the C B B - London

have seen international study as a

Center, Bates CBB-Quito and Bowdoin

re p1te from the serious work required

CBB-

ape Town. Colby moved from

glnl .II rer rcu1 ,·e, pmfc, or report.

on campus-a chance to take a trip and

temporary quarters last fa ll to the

L l \ 111g ,m,l 'ruJ\ mg 111 .morher <.. ul ture

earn cred t r .

permanent CBB-London Center on

nflc n

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aw.Ikem

111tc lln:ru.d �.: uno H ) .mJ ,J thtr r f()r

very enou ly, both 1 11 promoting i t as

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m tk l.' rho..' \\ <1rlJ

l u me ll

1.111

1 n r \\l thout

n 1l pr ,!r I Ill t r

'rudent aren't J U'>t off on a joyride.

\\ OrlJh exrenen<.. e

l m:,:, r hc ru

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lenr

arc \ C ry

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where we ,Jl lll\\ -,t udcnt>

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powerful part of rhe undergrad uate

e x pcnc ncc anJ 1 11 emunng thar

I cncr pi.Ke.

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rh I ro.1 l 1 lc.d, .m,l

Colby ha> taken m t ernational rudy

>tudy;

Bloomsbury Square starting in J anuary. An open house and dedication of the London center wa held in March. Andrea Morris, admi nistrative d i rector of the center, who has been involved with foreign study programs in London for years, said students from

mu<.. h more o than many of our peers,"

other A merican programs in the c i ty

,,uJ Wet' , w ho ha, J t rcctcJ the Off-

were envious of the fac i l i t ie s and

programs at the CBB-London program.

comparable to what they would expect

center leases a group of furnished flats

M ight she call it the Cadillac of

back in Maine. "The big thing about

near Hyde Park in a neighborhood with

international study programs in

these programs," Mackenzie said, "is

a large Arab population. It has a

London ? "No, no. The Rolls Royce,"

that the students get grades that count.

relationship with a bank for establish

she said .

If not, they might bail and go off to

ing accounts, and it provides tickets for

I taly at the end of the semester."

transportation on the London Under

Students in the center's inaugural year gave it rave reviews as well. "I have

Because the academic program is so

ground, for example. So instead of using

nothing but praise for it," said Rob Henzi

demanding, the center anticipates many

their spare time on a longer commute or

'0 1 , who was in the first-semester

of the students' needs and takes care of

trying to get a plumber, students are

comparative government program. While

odds and ends that might take an

likely to head for the British Museum,

Americans rarely get access to the top

inordinate amount of students' time if

almost next door to the center, even if

professors when they enroll in foreign

they had to work out the detai ls. The

it's j ust for an hour, said Mackenzie.

universities, he said, "you really can't complain when [Colby's Distinguished Presidential Professor of American Government G. Calvin) Cal Mackenzie is teaching two of your courses."

The handbook that students get when they enroll in the CBB-London Center says: "There is a great misperception that somehow British culture is similar to American culture, which creates problems for

Despite being in the comparative

the unprepared. " Words of wisdom not lost on jon Weiss, Colby's associate dean of faculty and director

politic curriculum, Henzi said, "l kind

of off-campus studies. For it was on Weiss's shoulders that responsibility for setting up the CBB-London

of latched onto the theater c lass,

Center landed.

because there were always extra tickets." Besides taking in plays he visited museums and particularly liked

' ' I 'm an academic," said Weiss. " I 've neverdone anything like this." His role in theCBB consortium is "line manager" in London, he said. "I don't even know what that means." In the two years leading up to the dedication of the CBB-London Center this March, Weiss had

The Tare. Hyde Park is near the

to establish Colby's first-ever subsidiary corporation-Colby College-U.K. Ltd.-sign piles of

student flats, he said, so he and other

documents whose depth he described in feet and petition a British court for an exemption to the

students would take blankets and books there to study. Bowdoin j unior Adam Wong and Colby's J ustin Pare '01 and Jarrod Dumas '0 1 , all at the center for the spring semester, said many students see international rudy as a bit of a "free ride." But they were eager to contrast that perception with their own experi ences in the CBB-London program. Mackenzie said his students took advantage of the opportunities that the

British Landlords and Tenants Act of I 952. He had the 200-year-old building renovated to Colby's specifications. And Weiss did it all despite the fact that initially he couldn't get anyone in London to pay attention to a group of upstart colonials, he said. "Trying to get the Brits to take us seriously was very difficult." For Weiss, managing the project from five time-zones away presented additional challenges, and he heaps praise on the two women who have served as administrative directors of the center-jennifer Gammell, who laid the groundwork and got the place up and running, and Andrea Morris, who currently manages day-to-day business at the center and handles emergencies from plugged laos to injured students. Morris, a Zimbabwean transplant, is gregarious, enthusiastic and unceasingly helpful. "She's more like a sister than a mother hen," said one student. Weiss's efforts created a modern academic center inside a historic building with a prestigious London address. The five-sto1y center has classrooms, a small l ibrary, faculty offices, study rooms and a break room. It contains its own computer network with personal computers for student and faculty

city presented-rock and j azz c lubs,

use. Out the back window is a courtyard that abuts the Duke of Bedford's private gardens. Half a block

theater, pubs and museums. They also

west is the British Museum; a few blocks south is Covent Garden; students ride the London Underground

took advantage of inexpensive flights

to Holburn Station, two blocks east of the center.

( under $ 1 00 round trip) to Mediterra

" I t was an enormous adventure for me," Weiss said. " I t took me into areas I'd never been." I t

nean countries. But, he said, there came

was also the capstone o f his I 0 years as director o f off-campus studies. Next year h e returns t o full

a point in the semester when they

time active duty in the French Department, where he will be the NEH Class of I 940 Distinguished

realized they had papers to write and

Professor in Humanities.

exams to pass and that the work was

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The center also provides a valuable uppon ystem when things go wrong, a they sometimes do. In February a Colby student was h i t by a raxi a he eros ed the rreet, and he spent a night in the public health-care hospital. The fol lowing day Morris arranged treat ment through a private phy ician and fac i l i tated the student's return ro the . . for fol low-up care. Faculty panicipation i another innovation in the CBB collaborative. Profes or from all three chools erve on steering committee for the pro grams, and those who want ro teach at the center

and invested in the CBB programs

ubmit proposals for unit

they would run in London, Quiro or

should better integrate the rudy-abroad

Cape Town. Competition for the

experience w i th what goes on back on

po 1 uon ha been o t iff that i t has

the Maine campuses, says Colby

come down ro "rough choices" selecting

President B i l l Cotter. That's been a goal

among all of the programs that profes

of his-ro make sure that pre-travel

sors have propo ed, Wei s said.

preparation and post-travel follow-up

Ha\'mg the fac u l ty broadly engaged

maximize the value of a student's

W h i l e some p e rform ing arts classes (right) are held at The D ri l l Hall, a couple of b locks away, many classes are h e l d a t the Center.

n1e February 24 Colby Echo ran a stOIJ'. exce1pted belOit', about some

had little knowledge of the English language." �lcMurrich sat with her new

Colby students zrbo bad unusual e.1periences abroadfirst semester.

friend for the eight-hour ride.

\.<. many Februal!· freshmen and juniors discovered last semester, spend

As Devon Douglas '03 passed the British Museum, she did a double take.

mg ume off ,\ layflower Hill brings all sorts of surprises, and you never know

The Queen of England was walking into the museum. "She was so little and

11 ho 1ou'll end up runmng into.

so cute," said Douglas. "She was wearing a red outfit and eve1yone else was

\\nile 11 alkmg home w1th frienru; from her internship in a ritzy area of

wearing black. She was walking in with the Chinese president for the opening

central !Jmdon. Stephanie .\lc.\lurnch "01 spotted a man who appeared to be

of an exhibit about archaeological digs in China. There were Free Tibet

Ht had an old rat!} trench coat on. frazzled h:ur and bottle in his

home!t= pocktt

protesters evef)where and people were getting arrested."

lc lurnch a1d .\.'> the man turned, .\lc.\lurrich thought he bore a

On a trip to New Zealand from Australia, where she was studying, Emily

tnkm g rt: ·mblancc to actor 1ck olte \ b� tander heard her arguingwith

�lahlman 'OJ ran low on money. She missed her return flight and found

h r lnenci 01cr he tr:mgcr ' idtntll} and cut in to solve the conflict. "That

herself tranded. ··1 finally hopped a cab to get back to the airport," said

olte H l11c nght :tround here."

�I

to R m

h1m 1f h

I t ld h1m II ana'

r R

the cab fare was $30." Fearing a confrontation, Mahlman was saved when

�oung man apptan-d confu�. "In Engli h, I a.o-ked

eeded h lp II wan � to kum1

w1th an accen

1th ut h 1 Bul

.\lahlman. "But I didn't have enough money to pay for it. I only had $20, and

lumch had ·mother trangc C\ptnence 11 hile waning for a train

th hllano

:u d

f'JI

-.o

her cab driver found out she was a Colby student. He had a brother-in-law

h:u tune the tram wa,o, leanng.

from \\"atenille. "I asked him to bring me to an ATM, but he wouldn't," said

a: kl-d

.\lahlman Instead the driver said, " It's okay, any Colby student i fine in my

him 11 here he 11a.o- from.

ht I� he a1d, I

a111

from f-mg

cab,' and let her off the hook.

rand m conung from 'onJt.'<JIW 11 ho clearly

-Bliss Woolmington '02

experience abroad. It's not unique to

abroad, one notices the differences in

service in the world on its own

have resident faculty in study-abroad

how people organize the ir lives, how

campus in Waterville, students

programs, Cotter says. But the level of

poverty and c lass structures affect

frequently c i te the semester they spent

control that CBB facu lty have in

individuals and nations, Cotter says. It

abroad as the experience that trans

setting up the programs they will teach

gives students and faculty a v iew of

formed them. I f a less-than-rigorous

at the center is unprecedented.

their own country as seen by the non

study-abroad program compromises the

Americans they encounter. Interna

value of that international experience,

receive from international experience

tional experience prepares students for

it's an opportunity at least part i a l ly

accrues to the professors as wel l .

The same value that students

the increasingly interact ive and

wasted. Now, with the CBB program

"There is no w a y you c a n read about o r

cooperat ive global economy, and the

b lend ing the three schools' academic

describe another culture without liv ing

insights gained tend to make people

standards with the catalyst of world

in it," said Cotter, who l ived and

better U .S. citizens when they return

experience, the fu ll promise of

worked in N igeria and Colombia and

to America, he said .

international education is likely to be

traveled extensively in Africa before coming

Colby in 1 9 79. L iv ing

Despite Colby's efforts

provide

the best faculty, fac i l i ties and student

fulfi l led for increasing numbers of Colby, Bates and Bowdoin students.

center that has Ethernet connections, which is almost

For Will Polkinghorn '99 "study abroad" means

unheard of here," he said.

two years at Oxford University in England as Colby's

Many of Polkinghorn's friends at Oxford are Rhodes

latest Rhodes Scholar.

scholars from South Africa, Canada and the U.S. The

Polkinghorn was the kid from Santa Monica who was getting C's and D's in high school until he was

"colonials" have difficulty assimilating into the Brit

treated for Attention Deficit Disorder. At Colby he made

ish students' world. In hindsight, Polkinghorn said, "If

up for lost time, winning a Rhodes in January of his

I had Colby to do over again, I would t1y to go the extra

senior year and graduating as valedictorian with a

mile to get to know the international students. " But listing differences that he has observed between

double major in chemistry and religion.

tl1e British and the American schools isn't to suggest that

Colby caught u p with Polkinghorn in Oxford in

February. He admits he's taking it somewhat easier at Oxford after having worked extremely hard for fouryears

W i l l Polkinghorn '99

Polkinghom is unhappy or un-awed at Oxford. First semester he played host to Colby, Bates and Bowdoin

at Colby. He's studying politics, philosophy and economics at Brasenose

students from theCBB-London Center and spent a day proudly showing them

45 colleges that comprise Oxford University, and for his

Oxford's campuses, some dating to the 12th century. He showed them court

efforts he will receive a second bachelor's degree. He has been accepted at

yards so old that sundials were essential because clocks hadn't been invented.

College, one of the

He pointed out "modem" additions designed by Christopher Wren. There were

Harvard Medical and plans to go there after two years at Oxford.

portraits of famous alumni like John Locke and Lewis Carroll and silver beer

At Brasenose he meets with his tutors-faculty members-one-on-one

goblets in daily use in his dining hall since the 1660s.

to read them his pa ers. But the student-faculty relationship doesn't extend beyond the classroom, he says. Colby's take-a-professor-to-lunch program,

Even his college's peculiar name has a colorful story dating to medi

where the Dean of Students Office will pay for meals to encourage Colby

eval times. Brasenose College is so called because a brass doorknocker in

students and faculty to get together informally, would be an alien notion at

the shape of a nose with a ring through it hung on the main door. The

Oxford. Oxford faculty and students dine in the same hall every evening, but

knocker bestowed good luck; anyone who could wrap his fingers around it

at separate tables. The meal is called "high table" because the dons eat on

would be offered asylum from the authorities. But in

an elevated platform, separate from the students.

rebel students. " I t took the college five centuries to follow its nose to

1 334 it was stolen by

"Colby has so many great professors," Polkinghorn said, recalling how

Stamford [ i n Lincolnshire ] , where in 1890 it regained the famous knocker

accessible to and engaged with students they are. The facilities at Colby are

by buying up the girls school to which it then belonged," according to

better than what he has seen at Oxford. "Brasenose just built a graduate

college history.

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Today,

30 years after the deaths of four students at Kent

the struggle that culminated in the semester-ending strike in

tate, a quarter-century after the fal l of Saigon, hindsight tells

1 970 started smal l . I n 1 967 a small group of students, w i th the

even the Vietnam War's architects that the war was a mistake

support of an even smaller group of facu l ty members, began

that the thinking that led the country to be mired in that

holding weekly vigils around the flagpole i n fron t of M i l ler

1 970 that

Library. Some of those students had worked i n the c i v i l rights

clivi ive conflict was fatally flawed. But for many in

conclusion was reached only through a painful process that

movement before coming to Colby. Others had never been

involved rej ection of a system of bel iefs that had been i n place

"politic ized" before, but the Vietnam issue drew them in.

for generations. "What was at Colby minored what was in

The Echo was filled with commentary on President Richard

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believe in about my country was just slapping me i n the face .

ton. On-campus issues seemed t o carry greater weight, as stu

That w a s t h e feeling at t h e t i me. O f course, later o n , in later

dents pressed for greater attent ion to be paid m i nority students

years, you're able to make a more sophisticated assessment of all

and studies. The post-World War II era, when students were

of the factors, that i t wasn't black and white . . . . " For many in the Colby community, as in the country as a whole,

simply grateful for an education, was over. Students focused on problems and demanded they be fixed. " I cannot tell you how

'70, an attorney from Old

the issue of the V ietnam War-and what to do about it-wasn' t

earnest we were," said Anne Pomroy

black and white 30 years ago. At Colby, the debate pitted student

Orchard Beach, Maine. "We were angst-ridden a l l the time. So

against student, faculty member against faculty member and the

we'd stay up all night long. We weren't doing frat parties and

administration against activists. The war was an i ue that wouldn't

drinking and dancing-we were staying up all night long in the

go away, one that eventually forced everyone to take a stand.

chapel with our sleeping bags, debating something."

Both faculty and students supported a strike-eventually.

Pomroy said she arrived at Colby as "a l it t le scholarship kid

But not before war protesters were pelted with sandwiches at

from Hancock" on the Maine coast. I n her first year, there were

Roberts Union and anti-war posters were ripped down on

panty raids. By the t i me she graduated Martin Luther K ing J r .

campu . There was a sometimes-vocal minority, including Daniel

and Bobby Kennedy had been assassinated. Sixteen African

'7 1 , now a lawyer in Attleboro, Mass., who remembers

American students had occupied Lorimer Chapel, demanding

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saying, "Hey, I paid for what I'm getting here. I'm here for an

that the College admit

education." Ronald Lupton '7 1 , a lawyer in Bath, Maine, opposed

incoming c lass and hire a professor of black h istory. National

the war but doubted that a student strike would have any impact

Guardsmen in Ohio had shot the Kent State University stu dents, and the U.S. had bombed Cambodia and Laos. President N ixon was denying what many A mericans knew to be true. In

on foreign policy. Lupton, a footba l l player at Colby, was ultimately won over and spoke in favor of the strike. "The wonderful thing about i t was the naivete that was hown," he aid. "The fee l ing that somebody in the

ixon administration

was really going to look at this student trike and be impressed." U l t i mately someone was impressed, if not by Colby alone then by the anti-war protests at col leges ac ross the country. But

one encounter c i ted by Pomroy and other students of that t ime, U.S. enator Margaret Chase Smith, then a member of the Armed ervices Committee, actually pre ented the N i xon po sition to a crowd that had converged on Colby from throughout the state and packed onto the M i l ler Li brary lawn .

"That mall was chock-a-block full as it's ever been in the history of the College," said Earl Smith, dean of the College and then assoc iate dean of students. " Margaret Chase Smith said we had no troops in Laos. Out of the crowd steps this guy in fatigues, on crutches, and he says, 'Where do you think I got these wounds?' The crowd went nuts." While protest at Colby was relatively benign, it was persis tent. tudent occupied the chapel and Lovejoy and sat in Eustis hallways. Many Colby students took part in marches on Wash ington and on the Waterville Post Office. "We took over the ROTC building a few times," said Joan Katz ' 70. "It seemed like we had to work with what we had to work with. Colby wasn't really the problem as much as it was the greater world." But if the greater world wa the problem, activists set about trying to change it, and it was col lege students who led the charge, often literally. "Big places like Harvard and Columbia and Berkeley had it a lot worse than we had," said Robert E.L. Strider I I , then Colby's president. "But it fi ltered down to small colleges and ours wasn't any picnic." Strider, now retired and living in Boston, remembers the time as one marked by soc ial change: the Sexual Revolution, the civil rights movement, experimentation with drugs-and the anti-war movement. "We had kind of a general revolt against authority," he said. " l had four children in college at that time. We were coping with problems at home as well as with the children of 1 ,600 other families. It was not a happy time. There's a great line in G ilbert and Sullivan: 'A policeman's lot is not a happy one.' And that was true of the president of a college." For about three years, Strider was often pitted against student activists who were demanding more resources for African American students, an overhaul of the College governance structure and abolishment of the Air Force ROTC program on campus. Strider, who says he felt the anger about the war was j ustified, argued publicly that P.OTC had nothing to do with the Vietnam War, "and it would be nice if some of the high

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cation teacher in the Springfield schools, told of his assignment with the l O l st Air borne in South Vietnam. H is job was to perform " i nsertions and extractions" of sol d iers, from U . S . Army i nfantry to Austra l ian commandos, he said. One fl ight stands out in his m in d , Santos sai d , because he had a si ngle passenger: a dead American sold ier who had been horribly d isfigured. " I 'm thi nk i ng, 'Th is is somebody's brother. This is somebody's son , " Santos said. " It made me sick. After that you shut down . " H e told students h e sti l l wonders how the U n ited States could have lost the war. But other veterans said they questioned why the U . S . was in Vietnam at a l l . August Carbon e l la was drafted i nto the Army i n 1 968 from a working c l ass neighborhood i n New York City. After s i x months of combat he walked i nto his company commander's office and declared h i mself a conscientious objector. H is commander said, "You can't q u it the Army. Go get some rest . " Only a sy m pathetic Army psyc h i at r i st saved Carbonel la from a court martial . Now an anthropologist. Carbonella said he felt Vietnam was a crucible for a l l of the tensions b u i l d i ng back in the U . S . over race and class. "We knew we were the poor who were sent over there to be ki lied , " CarboneI Ia said. "The rich kids didn't go. "

But the worki ng-class Americans who did go to Vietnam were confronted by pov erty. George W i l l i ams, a retired New York City fi refighter, told of watc h i ng Vietnamese orphans eating from Army garbage. W i l l iams, an Army infantryman whose letter to h i s mother is incl uded i n the renowned anthology Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam, said he j ustified his part in the war by convincing h i mself he was securing a better future for South Vietnamese c h i l dren, several of whom he nearly k i l led. He and another soldier had guard duty at a fire base one n ight, W i l l i ams sai d . They saw something moving in the darkness and cal led for flares to be dropped by parachute. As the area was i l l u m i nated they fired off a fusi l lade from thei r machine guns. When they ventured out to check for dead, they found two c h i ldren, very much al ive. "They were just trying to get the s i l k , " Wi l l iams said. "The cou ntry was so poor the [para ch ute] silk they wou ld use to make thi ngs they could sel l . To get this one-yard piece of silk, they'd risk their l ives." These real-l ife stories are a tough act to follow. But in the classroom that day Wi lson tal ked about "mental armor," the shield we create to protect ourselves emotional ly from war, family problems, violence on our city streets. " But we also find this armor screens

out emotions I i ke love, happiness, joy because you're filtering out the thi ngs around you , " Wilson said, putting a G l helmet o n a student. It wasn't a firefight, but the students were listening. Only one of 30 was asleep. Later that day, two veterans led a group d iscussion on domestic violence. The ses sion was a success, as kids who were consid ered hard cases at the vocational school in Northhampton, Mass., opened up with sto riesoftheir home lives. Afterward, the group four combat veterans and Wilson-gathered for coffee at a Northhampton d i ner. One veteran talked about being rebuffed by the peace movement after he came home from Vietnam. Another talked about putting his own chi ldren through a sort of boot camp, part of his reaction to his combat years. They talked about their conflicting emotions about the war. "A lot of it isn't because of the trauma , " said Gordon Fletcher-Howell, a landscaper. " It's because of the quandary . " B u t thei r own issues aside, t h e veterans said they th i n k they have found a way to get through to kids. And every t i me they do that, they stand a chance of breaking the cycle of anger and violence. If it takes stories about a war fought before the teenagers were born , so be it. "The kids who are gang members can rea l ly relate to it, " Wilson said. "They've been out on patrol in their neighborhoods. "

he still remembers the feel ing that "we were on the cusp of some real transformat ion." And has he had that feeling since? " o," Burkart said. "Not at all." But the memories are not all about camaraderie or even empowerment. Burkart says he left Colby d isillusioned by insti tutions and only later came to realize that he had a lot of respect for the College and the way situations were handled Pomroy, the Maine lawyer, still feels ambivalent about Colby and in hindsight feels her activism should not have been discouraged. "I was a very peaceful, benign individual just struggling with national and world events, and why I couldn't do that and be encouraged, it was beyond me. I couldn't figure out where ! was going wrong." Pomroy recalled Strider's comment that the strike dimin ished the Colby degree earned by the Clas of 1 9 70. Strider, meanwhile, says he feels he and the Board ofTrustees and other admini trators simply did the best they could in the context in which they had to operate. Students' anger was j ustifiable, he says. 'The administration was in charge so they attacked the administration," Strider aid. "[ don't blame them for that at all. I don't blame anybody for much of anything." And revisiting that turbulent time ? . " It's certainly not something to ignore o r sweep under the rug," he said. "It's a very important period, though a rather painful one."

Ken Eisen ' 7 3 , a Waterville cinema owner and film critic, says the drive to effect social change was a passion, one that permeated many students' lives. Eisen, who was arrested during a sit- in outside the j ustice Department in Washington, teaches film part-time at Colby. He say:;: he doesn't think today's Colby students have the same belief 111 their own power to change the world. "I don't think they have the feeling that we had, that they can make those kinds of changes that we felt we could make, and we did make in some ways. Of course we all know the places where we failed. But the implicit thought behind all of the actions that we did was that we somehow were going to affect the world . . . . Having that feel ing was crucial." And to some former students, it still resonates. "I still remember it was just overwhelming to me," Effron aid, in Poughkeepsie. "It was l ike suddenly the entire student body was of one opinion." Said Orlov, in Montreal, "There was this sense that we had a mission and were gonna stop this war one way or another." He said the upcoming anniversary of the Kent State shootings led him to contact Eisen recently and suggest some sort of gathering of the activists from that year at Colby. While nothing had come of it as of this writing, Orlov says the fact that the notion came up at all shows j ust how those times have stayed with Colby students of that era. Burkart, the psychothe rapist and former patrol boat gun ner, says that though the experience left bittersweet memories,

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The B irdman o f C olb y Eagle-eyed Professor Herb Wi lson is winging his way i nto the hearts of students and b i rders a l i ke By Robert Gillespie

man studying turkey vultures lies next to a dead calf in the de ert for days, waiting for the birds to land on him. Is thi scientific research, asks a newspaper reporter in an e-mail that reaches Colby's resident bird expert, or nutty obse ion ? "He isn't going to have any success until he gives off ethyl mercaptan-that's the smelly stuff, sulfur and mercury in one," Herb Wilson answered with amiable matter-of-factness-ex plaining that vultures locate their prey not by sight but by smell. In other words, the fel low has to be dead to study vultures thi way. But if he's really c lose to the calf, might they land on him, too ? " I uppose it's possible," Wilson said, sounding like an expert witness admitting it's possible a bird can ride a bicycle. "But it's pretty darn peculiar." Associate Professor of Biology, ecologist and ornithologist Herb Wilson is careful not to sound elitist, but roosting in his office in Olin 2 1 6 is some decidedly sophisticated equipment for his study of birds. The room looks like the office of a scientist in a movie: prominent computer screen, spotting scopes, a video camera, directional tape recorders and floor to ceiling book shelves crammed with hardback books, texts, binders of course materials and virtually complete sets of all four major ornithol ogy journal . A side door opens into his laboratory. "Most of what I do relie on statistical analysis, so it's based on a combination of things accumulated over time," Wilson said, disclaiming any sudden new wrinkle or bee in the bonnet like turkey vultures and a dead calf. To demonstrate, he swivels to his computer screen, which glows with what looks like a series of deep blue bar graphs in the hape of horizontal hourglasses separated by snowflakes. As a white-throated sparrow sings out, the computer program graphi cally represents the vocalizations as sonograms, those hourglass and snowflake patterns on the screen. Wilson sings a translation of the bird's song-"Poor Sam Peabody Peabody Peabody," the fir t two syllables slowly, then speeding up: Pooor Sammm PeabuddyPeabuddyPeabuddy. Then, moving his cursor on the creen, he transposes Poor Sam and the Peabodys. The bird sings, "Peabuddypeabuddypeab uddy pooor sammm." Canary-the name f this program from the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology enables him to dissect syllables to try to understand what they mean to the birds. He can tape the song and play an endless loop

to learn how birds in the wild will respond to the made-up sound. Maybe different syllables mean different thing , he says, or i t may b e the song itself that's important and not the individual yllables in a particular order. Or certain bird "might hold a syllable longer; they might drawl; they might have a different pitch," he explained, making the birds sound like plain folk who understand each other despite different regional d ialects. I t's possible, he says, that the sound may be made for a mate alone rather than a non-mate. I t's even possible that the birds may not be interested in the made-up sound at all. Whether he's teaching his ornithology course at Colby, leading a group of local amateur birders to Togus Pond to spot osprey and bald eagles or attending a talk at a meeting of professional ornithologists in Montana on the function of song in the red-eyed vireo, W. Herbert Wi lson J r. is whole-heartedly taken with feathered creatures-their vocalizations, their struc tures and differences within species, their feeding habits. A member of all four major ornithological societies, he attends at least one meeting of each every year to check out research similar to his own or to happen across an interesting talk on, say, the DNA of crows. "That's serend ipity," he said. "But most important, it's a meeting ground for ornithologi ts-j ust talking to someone over coffee about chickadees." Wilson was in charge last June of lining up the speakers for a meeting of the Wilson Ornithological Society (named for famous birder Alexander Wilson but no relation) . One of the enlistees, Rachel Zierzow Jennings '96, who presented her research on hummingbirds in the Sonora Desert, began studying the birds in Sidney Bog after she took Wilson' Jan Plan course in winter ecology and his ornithology course the following spring. "I loved it," said Jennings, now in a Ph.D. program at the University of Texas at Austin. "I spent the next few summers working with him and others. He's really the person who sparked my interest." The laboratory adjoining Wilson's office is his own dedicated research lab. Each of the students doing independent re earch with him has a key to enter at any time, and equipment does not have to be dismantled for classes. Wilson gives high marks generally to the space and equipment of the new F.W. Olin Science Building and to the research software and assi tam the College has made available to him, all important in hi teaching.

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and dark meat. "[ try to mix it up," He tum back to hi computer he said, "to make the column interto check an e-mail from Erin Vogel esting and to help people learn '9j. Did he mention, he asks, the more about birds." He usually end six publi hed papers written in coleither with a "bird bulletin" of laboration with tudents who were sightings reported by readers or with ummer or academic-year research a request for questions. assistant ? One of those former And flock in they do, two to 1 0 fledgling , Vogel is currently at letters or e-mails after every colY- tony Brook studying . . . umn. From all over the state he monkeys? Yes, Wilson says, bird � hears about sightings of 40 sharpand monkeys share enough simi� shinned hawks, a northern shrike, laritie in foraging behavior to be � a peregrine falcon, a few merlins. of interest. In fact, he says, he's done more research on winter for- Professor Herb Wilson confers with students. Some students say Wilson And however many e-mail or snail mail questions come winging his aging and the ecology of chicka- inspired their own careers in science. way, Wilson says he always rakes the time to respond. dees and nuthatches than he has with vocalization. He also gets phone queries. What was it, one mystified caller A birder who talks turkey at professional meetings about the wanted to know-a bird flew up out of the snow literally effect of food supplementation on chickadees in the Maine between his shuffling snowshoes during a moonlight trek in the woods and publishe papers with tides such as "The Foraging woods the night before. Did he hurt the bird ? Was it already Behavior of Semipalpared andpipers in the Upper Bay of injured or freezing? o, no, the bird buries itself in the snow, Fundy: tereotyped or Prey- ensitivel" Wilson communicates explained Wilson, describing the behavior of the ruffed grouse. ju r as well with people who don't know biology from biomass. Sometimes, he says, strangers recognize him from his picture in He ha given talks and led outings for area birder since he the column and chat him up. "It's fun," he said, a scientist gladly arrived at Colby in 1 990. A column he began writing for the instructing novices. local Audubon ociety newsletter evolved to "For the Birds," a Wilson, who grew up in North Carolina, says his mother bi-weekly Waterville Morning Sentinel and Augusta Kennebec Journal column that has offered timely information for area claims that his first word was "bird"; he says he was 1 2 or 1 3 when the family vacationed on the coast and he and his four siblings birder ince 1 993. One article Ia r fall explained how the pine siskin, an walked along the beach to see an osprey nest. "That got me mfrequent winter vi iror in Maine, hawed up in 1 999 because excited about birds," he said. It may have taken something like eed crop ro rhe north were poor, forcing the pine siskin , which Big Bird ro catch his eye, but over his undergraduate years at the feed on eeds from spruce, hemlock and other trees, ro migrate University of North Carolina and Ph.D. work at ]ohns Hopkins mto Mame and point ourh. Even rookie birders could recogWilson's interests tended toward smaller species-such as the n1:e th1s lmle finch (brown on top with white underparts and ong sparrows on Colby's Runnals Hill-a prime site for the yellow wmg bar ), It personal ity ("highly ocial") or irs call ("a sparrows, he adds, because they like a little woody vegetation. hu::y ':rceeeee' note") and di ringu ish the male from the female. Below the main campu in observation blinds in Colby's The column rapped off with the e-mail addresses of a couple of Perkins Arboretum and Bird Sanctuary, Wi lson and his students Wch '>ltc> >howmg picture of the pine si kin. watch chickadees cluster around nearby feeders. Sometimes the , lmcnme W1lson touche on ubjecrsof general interest-the birds are captured in mist nets, then banded with color bands. cffecrofwmJ-rower turhme on migrating birds, for instance-and When a particular bird returns to feed , visit or vocalize, the bird '>tlmenmc on 'f'CCific 1 uc>, uch as why rurkeys have both light watcher usually needs only binoculars, bur the microphone and

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Birds at Your Fingertips directional tape recorder or the flying insects. Nectar. You see "The World W i d e Web is for the b i rds, " accord i ng to H e rb video camera also may be up and them boring into deadwood. A l l W i l so n . He says that anybody, a mate u r b i rder or profes running-mechanical eyes and sorts o f things." s i o n a l o r n i t h o l og i st , can f i n d i n formation on the Web, from ears helping take stock of the fre "The joy is to see them in C h r i stmas B i rd Count data to tra c k i ngs of warb l e r m i g ra quency of the bird's returns, varia their natural habitat," said Bets t i o n s to u p d ates on Proj ect Feeder Watch and oth e r tions between it and other birds Brown, who shares her husband's vo l u nteer b i rd research progra m s . coming to the feeder, the bird's interest in birds. When Brown www. birdsource. com/ aggressiveness or other foraging was getting a Ph.D. in marine T h i s site is r u n by two venera b l e orga n izations for the st u d y behavior. "The banding allows biology at the College of Marine o f b i rds, the Corne l l Laboratory of O r n i t h o l ogy a n d the you to identify an individual. Oth Studies at the UniversityofDela N at i o n a l Audubon Soc i ety. erwise you're j ust looking at ware, Wilson came overone day chickadees," Wilson said. from Johns Hopkins to conduct www.mp2-pwrc.usgs.gov/bbs/i ndex.htm As the result of a ortheast a seminar for graduate students, W i lson recommends t h i s site for its part in a c o n t i nent-wide Educational Services grant, effort to assess the popu lation c h a nges of N o rt h American and they got talking about birds. breed i ng b i rd s . The Breed i ng B i rd S u rvey offers i nformation which included funds for the "Did you know about the errant on how various spec i es are faring as we l l as i d entification blinds and for faculty who use white-fronted goose in Rehoboth t i p s a n d q u izzes. the arboretum as a resource, his Beach ?" she asked. Always moniornithology course will visit the toring bird hot lines, of course, www.virtualbirder.com/vb irder/ area more frequently than in the he did know, and off they went T h i s is the site for those who d o n ' t have the t i m e for past, W i lson says. "We're seek to take a gander at the errant b i r d i ng. Each month The Vi rtual B i rd e r offers a v i rt u a l tour ing increased use of the arbore ( i.e., out of its normal range) of a n i nterest i ng b i rd i ng area and tests i d e n t i f i cation ski l i s . tum," he said, explaining the goose at a pond near the coast. Recent tours have i n c l u d ed Down East M a i n e , says Wi lso n , overall theme of the grant. Al "That's how we discovered we w h o praises the s i te ' s beaut i f u l b i rd photogra p h y . though the ecology and animal were both birders," said Brown, www. mainebirding.neVpuffi n.shtml behavior courses have always who has taught marine biology T h i s is the site for puff i n s . The M a i n e B i rd i ng page, The used the place, and the intro and a women's biology Jan Plan Stanton B i rd C l u b page a n d the Maine A u d u bo n Soc i ety ductory biology course goes in at Colby and serves as as ociate page a l l deal with b i rd i ng i n M a i ne . director of corporate and foun for a day, he thinks new courses www.ntic.qc.ca/-nel l us/l inks.html in humanities may be devised dation relations. "Real serious Want l i n ks to bird sites? W i lson suggests t h i s site, B i rd birders chase birds all over the around the sanctuary and that L i n ks to the Wor l d , where h u n d reds of U R Ls are arranged i n place." the humanities will profit most a c l e a r , l og i c a l fash i o n . Real serious birders also go to from the stipends. great lengths to attract birds, al Perkins Arboretum is home to barred owl , downy and hairy and pileated woodpeckers, though most stop short ofdead calves. Kestrels have bred for three years in a box in the bam of the couple's three-acre South China, bluejays, American crows, American goldfinches, white and Maine, home-"a pretty spot to perch," said Brown-and pairs of red-breasted nuthatches ( they descend trees headfirst) and bluebirds and tree swallows nest in some 2 5 or 30 boxes located brown creepers ( they climb trees using tails as well as feet, like around the property and an adjacent farm. Wilson fills eight a lineman with cleats and belt going up a utility pole ) . The feeders once or twice a week, and in a year goes through 300-400 numbers of these year-round residents swell in the summertime. of sunflower seed, 30 pounds of thistle seed and some suet. pounds "What's said. "You can find fifty species in a few hours," Wilson on ( He still feed hasn't had time to repair two feeders that were damaged They types. interesting is the diversity of the feeding

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Thistle or Niger Seed

Suet

From an Eth i o p i a n p l a n t u n re l ated to o u r local t h i st l es . Exce l lent food for the s m a l l e r f i n c h es (Amer i c a n go l d f i n c h es,

Exc e l lent source of energy for many b i rd s . Read i l y taken by downy wood peckers, h a i ry wood peckers,

p i ne s i s k i n s , c o m m o n red p o l l s ) . N i ger seed wi l l not ger m i nate in o u r c l i m ate so there is no d a nger of i ntrod u c i ng Afr i c a n

b l a c k-ca p ped c h i c kadees, red- breasted n ut h atches, wh ite-breasted n ut h atches.

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Maine's 4 3 routes in the survey. in the ice stom1 in January 1 99 . You begin a route at dawn, he "Nter all, he' chair of the deparrexplains, counting the numbers of ment," Brown joked.) Brown and each specie you see and hear in Wil on al 0 planted mountain a h three minutes, then drive a half and highbush cranberry bushes, mile down the road and count again which retain berries all winter, to for three minutes and so on until attract Bohemian and cedar waxyou've made 50 stops in 24 1 /2 wing and pine gro beaks. Fruit tree miles. "The more advanced birders on the properry entice oriole . I t' like Herb do the count by hearing all simple, they agree; when you rather than sight," she said. know what each kind feeds on, you Colby lore includes a treasured can bring in an array of birds. example ofbirding by ear by worldJ ust a imple is their home equipment: binoculars kept handy Wilson fills a thistle feeder frequented by finches. Birds eat 300-400 renowned b i rder Roger Tory Peterson, who received an honorto watch what's going on outside, pounds of seed a year at Wilson's South China home. ary degree from Colby in 1 974. After the commencement and a spotting scope, a tripod with high-powered lens, to see ceremony, Dean of Faculty Paul Jenson leaned over and politely farther and in more detail. From the house they have identified inquired of Peterson how many birds he'd identified during the 91 pecies, including bald eagles, hawks and owls. Although proceedings. "Eight," Peterson said without a moment's hesitabirding i Wil on' vocation, at uch moments at home it tion, pegging them by both calls and contours. remain his avocation. "He' relaxed," Brown said, "You j ust Reminded of this anecdote, Wilson nodded; he understands drop what you're doing. lt' being outside, the educational side, another pro perfectly. "We're always listening and comparing that's important." notes on anyoutdoor activity," he said. "We do it subconsciously." Together Wil on and Brown are coordinators ofthe Christmas Bird count in Waterville, and both participate in the U. . Peterson told Jenson that his record, set when he was the speaker Breedmg Bird urvey for the U. . Fish and Wildlife Service, at a university commencement, was 1 2. Wil on nods at that, too, as if the bird in the bush--or the chickadee in the arboretum, the tracking migrant and over-wintering birds. It's important to do waterfowl below the dam near Fort Halifax, the osprey or bald eagle the survey for a number of years, Brown says, because the count, at Togus Pond-is worth just as much as the bird in hand. lfit hasn't monitoring which birds are breeding and which are declining, is already been sized up and pored over, maybe-like the whitea barometer of environmental health. Each year for the last eight or nine year he and Wil on each have completed three of fronted goose in Rehoboth-it's worth even more.

Tower Kills The following is an excerpt from Herb Wilson 's column, "For the Birds, " published in the Watervi l l e Morn i n g Sentinel and

towers become a letha l ly d isorienting signa l . T h e b i rds apparently m i stake the l ights on the tower for the moo n . The b i rd s f l y around the tower, somet i mes f l y i n g i nto the tower, somet i mes i nto the guy w i res that h e l p su pport the tower, and somet i mes

K e n n e bec Journa l . H u m a n act1v1ties greatly i nfluence b i rd popu lations. You can fmd b1rds that prof1t a n d those that suffer from a l most any

i nto other b i rds c i rc l i n g the tower. Some b i rds d i e from exhaust ion as they fly ro u n d a nd rou n d the tower. The rad io signals these towers tra nsm i t may i nterfere with the

h u m a n a lteration of our l a n dscape. W1 ndow k i l l s are a t h reat to b i rds that frequent feeders, as most readers of t h 1 s col u m n w 1 l l know. A less apprec i ated t h reat

a b i l ity of m igrati n g b i rds to detect the eart h 's magnetic f i e l d . T h i s effect m a y expl a i n w h y b i rds fly cont i n uously arou nd the towers. What can be done to decrease b i rd-tower deaths?

to b1rds IS com m u n 1 cat1on towers. Cons1der the fo l low1ng examples of tower-related mortal 1ty. Beneath a 1 ,482-foot-ta l l tower 1 n central Flonda, 1 , 592 dead

F i rst, towers should be c l ustered . Towers for tra n s m i t t i n g r a d i o s i g n a l s , T V s i g n a l s , telephone c a l l s a n d o t h e r e l ectro n i c signals s h o u l d b e located i n the sa me area to m i n i m i ze r i s k to m1grat i ng b i rds. No permits shou l d be issued for tower con足

b1rds of 37 spec1es were fou nd shortly after dawn on September 29, 1 9 70. O n the mor n 1 n g of October 8, 1 9 5 5 , approximately 4 , 000 b1rds of 62 spec1es were found dead below the base of a 6 7 3 -foot TV tower at the Ta l l Ti mbers Research Stat1on some

struction 1 n areas of known high m igratory b i rd concentrat ions. The type of l ig h t i n g c a n reduce b i rd morta l ity. W h e n Ontario

20 m i les north of Ta l l a h assee, Flonda. On Jan. 22, 1 998, an est1mated 1 0,000 Lap l a n d Longspurs d 1 ed one foggy, snowy

Hydro replaced the con t i n uously sh i n i ng spot l ights on its em1ssion stacks at six electricity generat i n g p l a n ts, b i rd col i isions decl med d ra m a t i c a l l y . Deaths from tower col l is ions are l i ke l y to i nc rease i n the commg years. Te levision stat ions convert i ng to the d ig i t a l broadcas t format 1 n t e n d to erect more t h a n 1 , 0 0 0 towers i n the next few years, each at least 1 , 000 feet t a l l . Prudent location of these towers Will h e l p to temper their effects on b i rd s . A n 1 n t e r e st 1 n g W e b s i t e s h o w i n g t h e l o c a t i o n s of com m u n 1cat1ons towers 1n the 50 states can be found at www.towerk 1 l l .com

n 1ght 1n western Kansas from coll i s 1 ons w1th a telev1s1 o n tower that was "only" 420 feet h 1 g h . Recent est1mates 1 nd 1cate that about four m i l l ion b1rds a year 1n

orth Amenca d1e from

c o l l iSions w1th h u m a n -made struc ures. Why do towers cause such b1rd mort a l i ty? Most of the tower mort a l i ty occurs d un ng m1grat1on. Most songb1rds as wel l as a n u m ber of other b i rds m 1 grate at n 1ght when the nsk of predat1on 1s lower and the cool a1r helps keep the b1rds from overheatmg due to he awesome exert1on requ1red 1 n m 1 gratory fl ight On overcast or stormy n 1ghts, the l 1ghts on commu mcat1ons

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� I books & authors You Deserve a Break a Today Alice Domar '80 teaches women that its okay to n u rt u re themselves By Salty Baker

Se lf- N u r t u re

'80 in her newest book, Self-Nur

to joy for its own sake ? What

"Winter" concentrates on basic

ture: Learning to Care for Yourself

happens to our willingness to let

techniques of self-awareness, in

As Effectively As You Care for

others help meet our needs ? When

c luding meditation, structured

do we start to feel guilty about

relaxation techniques and the

Everyone Else ( V iking,

2000 ) .

Damar, a Ph.D. psychologist

ult imate self-awareness exercise for women-an examination of

Domar says parents' examples

Women's Health, M ind/Body

often are the source of women's

themselves as daughters and

Medical Institute at Beth Israel

attitudes toward self-nurture but

mothers. "Spring" covers issues

Deaconess Medical Center in

that society at large puts a pre

such as body image, sexua l i ty

Boston, lays out in Self-Nurture a

mium on certain kinds of behav

and love. "S ummer" teaches

variety of techniques women can

ior. "Women have been trained

techniques for encouraging play

use to reprogram themselves for

. . . to feel guilty about taking

fulness and creativity. "Autumn"

self-care. More important, per

time for creativity and leisure.

addresses ways for women to find

haps, she offers to women a clear

We've been taught to fulfill our

joy in j obs and satisfaction in

and compe l l ing rationale for

roles as wives, mothers, and suc

their spiritual l i ves.

finding ways to put themselves

ce sful career women, and if

Damar acknowledges that

much-lampooned televi

f i rst: t h e i r h e a l t h-and the

there's any time left over, we'd

there is nothing simple about self

sion commercial of several

health and well-being of their

better find something 'produc

nurture. That is underscored by

loved ones-depends on it.

tive' to do. 'Productive' doesn't

the elaborate specificity of the

Self-Nuture

Alice D . Damar '80 and Henry Dreher Viking, 306 pages

pursuing pleasure and play?"

who heads the Center for

years ago featured a woman in the center of her kitchen reeling

Domar brings to the task years

mean painting or singing or tak

tasks she sets her readers, from

among irritants: a crying baby,

of experience as a clinician and

ing photographs, and i t certainly

drawing up pie charts of one's day

the shrill ring of the doorbel l ,

researcher specializing in women's

doesn't mean kicking back with

to include things like "relaxation"

the telephone shrieking from i ts

stress, and her insights should be

a trashy novel. I t means keeping

and "lounging" right alongside

wall mount, smoke rising over a

both familiar and welcome to

the house squeaky c lean, clear

"child care" and "commuting" to

frying pan. Pandemonium.

most women who read the book.

ing out those cluttered c losets,

making lists of "acts of kindness"

Many women, Damar notes,

paying those bills, or finding new

a woman can bestow on herself.

began life as bold little girls who

ways to be certain our loved ones'

asked for what they wanted but

needs are tended."

"Calgon," the woman wails, "take me away ! " A nice long soak in a t u b of

For a society still struggling with the issues raised when a

Calgon bath o i l beads couldn't

grew into women who almost al

Struct ured as a year-long

vast majority of women leave

hurt, but it isn't the answer to

ways putothers' needs before their

course (although it needn't be

the home for the workforce , Self

everything that ails the stressed

own. "Why," Damar asks, "do we

used that way), the book features

Nurture seems at once ahead of

out woman, says A l ice Damar

lose the sense that we are entitled

lessons timed to each season.

its time and overdue.

Tornado in a Junkyard: The Relentless Myth of Darwinism

fresh prints

James Perloff '73 Refuge Books ( 1 999)

Make Room for Joy: Finding Magical Moments in Your Everyday Life

"Warn ing: This book may change your life. Are

Susan L. Colantuono '72

you really the descendant of fish and apes?

I nterlude Productions, 2000

Examine the growing evidence that i s shaking

This is a book born of what could have been despair. Susan L. Colantuano, a consultant and educator, endured two years of what

on this presentation of the "scientific case

long-held beliefs." That's the back-cover copy

could have been spirit-breakin g disappointm ents only to find she had thrived. The book offers her suggestions about how to find joy in

against Darwi nism. informally written for

everyday l ife-without winning the lottery or inheriting millions. Colantuono' s guidebook shows that life's true rewards are all around

Out, Turns On. Bums Out, Burns Out,"

laymen." Chapter one. "Baby Boomer Tunes incl udes references to Perloff's left-wing,

us, even in the m i d st of what society tells us are setbacks. From taking a wal k to patting the dog to offering forgiveness , Make Room

hippie days at Colby, 1 969-73, to establish that the author wasn't

for Joy tells us what we should know but too often do not.

selection" of the Conservative Book Club.

raised as a fundamentalist. Tornado in a Junkyard was a "new

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faculty file Mr. Parasite and th e Big Sissy M a rgaret M c Fadden exam i n es American c u ltu re i n the ' 30s t h ro u g h movies

B )' Gerry Boyle

hen most people watch

West, is that popular culture both

where she wrote her doctoral dis

Fred Astaire glide across

reflects and shapes the way we

sertation: "'Anything Goes': Gen

the dance floor they see, well,

live, that "this really is stuff that

der and Knowledge in the Comic

Fred Astaire glid ing acros

matters and we should pay at

Popular Culture of the 1 93 0s."

the

dance floor. Margaret McFadden

After teaching at the Univer

tention to it."

sity of Virginia, McFadden came

ymprom of America's

McFadden has been paying

wounded manhood, a reaction

attention to this period in Ameri

to Colby, where her study of the

to the country's economic woes

can culture since she was a child

world of 1 930s comedy-and its

ees a

in the 1 930s. With more than 20

growing up in Queens. "My fa

reflection of gender relat ions

percent of men unemployed in

ther ( then with the U . S. State

has continued. She has presented

Depression-era America, the

Department) was one of the fun

papers on Astaire-Rogers dance

m e s age from the d e b on a i r

niest people I 've ever met," she

musicals as New Deal allegories,

Astaire characters was that i t

said. "] think in truth part of my

gender and economic crisis in

was okay t o b e a man with nei

interest in comedy comes from

1 9 30s musical comedy and the

ther a job nor prospects. The

the fact that he was so funny.

cultural force of the Jack Benny

subliminal message from movie

Other kids came into the city and

program. Now on sabbatical, she

Margaret McFadden

makers: men didn't need money

went to museums. My parents

is writing a book on gender and

big sissy"? She says it was a re

to be considered drop-dead sexy.

rook me to Marx Brothers mara

class in 1 930s comedy. McFadden

sponse to a male identity crisis

" l think they were trying to rem

thons." At all those showings of

has concluded that comedy is one

caused by the Depression. I n or

edy a real crisis in men's iden

TheCocoamm a seedwas planted.

place where it is culturally safe to

der to reaffirm their mascu l inity,

After graduation in 1 98 3 from

turn social order upside down. " I t

men needed a sissified foi l .

Welcome to America as seen

Wells College in New York,

gives y o u a k ind o f plausible

A n d what o f r h e golddiggers,

through McFadden' conscious

where she majored in philosophy

deniabiliry,"shesaid. "Ifyou name

the dizzy dames ? The answers

-raismg 3 - D gla es. As as-

and women' studie , McFadden

a character 'Mr. Parasite' (as Jack

will be included in a M c Fadden

I rant profes or of American

went on to earn her master's de

Benny once did ) , you can say it

book to be publ ished by the

;tudie:. at Colby, Mc Fadden ha

gree in philosophy at Duke Uni

was just a joke."

University of N orth Carolina

;pent rhe past rh ree year

versity.

my," McFadden said.

he then worked as a

The subject is no joke for

Press in 200 1 . In the meantime,

mo\'mg the cul tural cataract;

park ranger at the Women's

McFadden. She has spent weeks

she will continue to teach her

from 'ruJent;' eye . Her pomt,

Right Nat ional H istorical Park

in the Warner Bros. collection

students

one . omen me' made wnh the

at the University of W isconsin

in popular culture. " ! love it when

hclr of J ack Benny and Mae

traded her ranger duties for Yale,

and in the Jack Benny Collec

a student says, 'My friends won't

eneca Falls, N . Y . , until

tion at UCLA.

watch movies with me anymore.

to hours of radio program and

They say I'm always analyzing

watched hundreds of movies in

things . ' That's really the goal,"

theaters, on video and on clas

said McFadden.

turn myself into a Thirties

Mc Fadden s a i d s h e m ight turn her attention

my elf saying things li ke, 'That's

cult ural wave: d isco. She heard

:.well.' I saiJ, 'Oh, my god. I ound

of a stunt at Comisky Park that

another

involved mass destruction of

Bur her :.rudy is about more

d isco records and eight- track

than m i micry. McFadde n has

tapes. The d isco-hating crowd

IUcnnfieJ "rhe b1g trope " or

became so impassioned there

metaphor' 1n 1 9 30s comedy and

nearly was a riot. "My question

a,kcd \\ har rhey ;ay about Ameri

is, 'Why ?'" M c Fadden said.

can culture at rhar nme. Why d 1J 'o many movies mclude a charact er McFadd en c a l ls "rhe

And after the 1 9 30s comed y ?

per on," Mc Fadden said. " I found

l i ke Ruby Keeler."'

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decode the messages

he has listened

sic-movie able channel . " I tried

l B Y

Fortunately for Colby stu dent , with McFadden the ques tion j ust keeps coming up. +

The Singular Ker i l l O'Neill Kerill 0 '

e i l l , the Taylor Assistant Professor o f Classics,

grew up in Ireland speaking English and G ae l i c . He started Lat in at

8 years old and Ancient Greek at 10 at the Jesuit school he

attended in Dublin, and he picked up French and a bit ofSpanish during the summers that he spent at a Franco enclave in Iberia. H e recognized at a young age the power and intrigue of both ancient and modern languages. But i t wasn't a bri l liant and electrifying teacher that launched the young O'N e i l l down the road to becoming a classical scholar and a tenured professor at Colby. I t was a teacher who didn't seem t o be getting through to the c l a s. " I fel t bad for the guy," O'Ne i l l said, "and I tarred memorizing declensions." I t didn't take long until he started seeing systems and pat

Kerill O'Neill says the relevance of classics i s never a problem.

terns behind all the languages, and soon he was hooked. ''To some degree," he said, "classics is j ust a highly convoluted, complex

it's for everyone. You have to be a pretty heavy sleeper, for one thing."

word game."

An avocation that, l ike the fac u l ty-resident role, guarantees

As an academic d is c i p l ine it's much more than that, of course.

plenty of quality time with students outside the c l assroom probably

O' N e i l l rattled off l anguage, philosophy, l i terature, art, archeol

helped with the sound sleeping. O'Ne ill is a long-time member of

ogy and anthropology as some of the components of Colby's

Colby's water polo team. Since it's a club sport, the team was able to

c l assics curricu lum. And "relevance is never a problem," he said. In

petition the "league" to allow him to play as a fac ulty member, and he

a Tuesday afternoon Roman Legends and Literature lecture this

takes great pride in "regularly" beating Boston University and, one

spring about heroes, he connected the traits of modern heroes to their

year, coming within a goal of go ing to the national tournament.

c lassical antecedents.

"We're a team that other teams fear," he said, sounding l ike a Spartan

Pacing the stage and the aisles of Lovejoy 1 00 , he paused, looked

commander praising his troops.

up and said, "One of the things about Jason [of Argonauts and Golden

Fleece fame] is that he strikes me as a precursor of our James Bond.

eill, who was granted tenure at the January trustees' meeting,

was the only faculty member eligible this year. That's very unusual,

Bond constantly needs to be helped out of a bind by Ursula Andre

insofar as Colby has tenured an average of eight professors annually

or someone l ike that . In J ason's case it was Medea."

over the past five years. Due only to the quirks of the tenuring schedule, this is the first year since 1 977 that only one person was eligible,

When it comes to the heroic characteristic of going to the under world and returning, dying and coming back to l ife, 0'

according to Lillian Levesque, assistant to the dean of faculty.

eill asks, "Any

The singular O'N e i l l c learly relishes his work-"opening new

of you seen The Matrix? It's really a modern hero story." W i th his lean frame, narrow neckties, longish hair, glasses and

vistas to students" and getting to teach a variety of material and

fa int traces of the Emerald Isle in h io accent, O'N e i l l c uts the figure

classes that range from 10 students or fewer to a comfortably ful l

of a classics professor but not the remote and purely cerebral don. He

lecture hal l . " I came into a very dynamic program," h e said, crediting

and his wife, J udy Landers, spent six years as faculty residents in The

c lassics profes ors Hanna and Joseph Roisman for the v ital i ty of the

Heights, and he fondly recounts tales of student vs. faculty bowling

department that he joined and that has grown to have 2 5 - 3 5 majors

matches and Hal loween talks about ancient magic. He found the

each year. "That compares favorably with schools that have 1 0,000

faculty-resident role overwhelmingly positive but said, " [ don't think

undergraduates," he said. -S tephen Collins

'74

On January 30 the Dallas Morning News published an essay, " It's

pu ndits & plaudits

easy to remain ignorant," by Colby Echo editor Matt Apuzzo '00. After reporting that two out of five high school seniors he interviewed

On January 3 The New York Times ran a front-page story citing

thought Nelson Mandela was a singer, Apuzzo wrote: "I find the

research conducted by L. Sandy Maisel, the Wil liam R . Kenan J r .

overall apathy of today's youths frighten ing . "

Professor of Government T h e story concerned t h e reluctance of candi dates to run against Congressional incumbents because of the

The February GPS World magazine explains how time is synchro

money they have to raise and the separation from family and friends. Maisel said : " I think the cumu lative effect of those deterrents is that

nized on the Internet using Global Positioning Satellite ( G PS) data, and it l ists 13 big universities and Colby College as hubs in the U . S .

high-quality candi dates for one reason or another opt out" In the

Network T i m e Protocol (NTP) system. Colby's N T P server, which

same article Stuart Rothenberg '70, a Congressional analyst, offered a different perspective. "You give me a recession, a grid

resides i n the basement of Lovejoy, can be consulted at http :// www.colby.edu/info.tech/time/. Be aware that from a remote location

locked Congress and a war, and I'll show you candidates coming out

(California, say), computers consulting Colby's time server cou l d be

of the woodwork to run," Rothenberg said.

u p to two hundredths of a second off.

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student life

Putting th e V in th e eve R e becca Solomon '00 h as g u ided the C o l by Vol u ntee r C e nter to new h e i g hts by Gerr)' Boyle

'7 olomon '00 has

Volunteer Center (CVC ) . That

helped out at the Water

year he took over as the center's

ebecca

ville Area Humane Society since

assi rant director. The next year

her first fal l on Mayflower H i l l .

she became director, a position

One morning last J anuary,

she's held ever since. A govern

amon went to the animal helter

ment major and four-year mem

and pitched in yet again, walk

ber of the nordic s k i team,

ing the animals and doing the

Solomon and the center' as is

paperwork on a couple of dog

rant director, Morgan Mi lner '00,

adoptions, including a basset

oversee 14 programs that send

hound who came to the helter

300 student volunteers into the

with an ear infection. "He had

community every semester. With

olomon said.

students heading each program,

"He looked like the most pa

the volunteers read to school

thetic thing."

children, tutor at Waterville Jun

h i head tipped,"

But there.

ior H igh

o l omon d i d n ' t stop

chool, work at the

Mid - Maine Homeless

he made calls to animal

helter

shelter supporters who e names

and area soup k i tchen and sand

Rebecca Solomon '00, who volunteers at the Waterville Humane Society, is

she'd c u l led from the Humane

wich programs, and pair with

shown with a friend from the shelter.

ociety files, and she popped in

area c h i ldren d ubbed " L i t t le

tion

ibs" or siblings.

on the president of a local bank

for "Be Kind to Animals

available pool of Colby students.

Week." Solomon hopes to go

And on occasion, Solomon's

to ask for h 1s upport. The goal:

" ! see them on the climbing

into policy making on animal

to e tabltsh a volunteer group to

wall in the field house, in the pool,"

rights and to help bring about

i t overburdened H u mane

Solomon said. "Students are al

more humane treatment of pets

oc1ety taff. " ! wanted to brain

way calling me for meal passes to

and other animals.

take them

corm way that I can find some

quo,"

tatus

olomon a 1d .

When Solomon visited the bank manager about the animal

In the meantime, she and the

s h e l t e r' s n e e d s , h e s a i d the

he has participated in most

hundreds of Colby volunteers

Waterville Rotary Ciub was look

of the programs run by the eve,

work to help make Waterville a

ing for students to take part in a

but the H u mane Soc i e t y i s

more humane communi ty-for

new Rotary program for young

>Ort of volunteer ba e so [the >taffl can get out of the

the dining halls."

rudy of the workings of govern ment also comes into play.

olomon' pet. Last summer she

humans and animal . Solomon

people. "I said, 'Okay, I ' l l work

olomon haJ been at

olby

d i d an I n ternsh i p w i t h t h e

works with community leaders

with my volunteers,"' Solomon

nnly a couple of month

when

Amencan Humane Assoc iation

and agency administrators, co

recalled. "'You help me out with

olby

m Colorado, Jomg publtc rela-

ordinating their needs with the

this one."' +

he k now o fwhat h e peaks.

he '' em

work at the

Is That Your Final Answer? Reg1,, mo,·e O\'er.

As m the telev i s ion versi n of the game show, a correct response

l n>plreJ h, the ucce" of Reg1' Ph t l h m ' tele\'I'>IOn game how,

earned a certain amount of money. A harder question fol lowed in each round. Contestants also were given three " l ife l i nes" for help

Colh, heiJ

lh <l\\

n ' er,wn of \\:'ho \.\:'ants

Be a Mtllwnwre 1 m

!\ 1 arch. Three lud.) come tant> e<ILh haJ the chan e to \\ m

an aud1 ence pol l , help from a fr iend and a

" J , " -LhecreJ on h\ a hol>terou crowJ of tudem >upporter at

two mcorrect re ponse!>.

Page

re'p,mJ

rh c huck , .1 1 1 ruJ.:m were off.:reJ the chance

.1 4ue tl<l!1 J l ,trthurcJ h\ c - m,u l a few Jay' heforc the

,cheJuleJ contc'>t, ,pon,nr.:J h, John,<Inftr,r 2 4

nmmnn . The

the granJ pme of

SOO after 1 ,000 question and risk losing money if she re>ponJed mcorre tly. Parker, who later said she was going to use the

re p,mJ corrcLth \\ ere ,de r.:J for the c\·em From rhme

ruJem,, 2 1 were d 1 mtn.1tcJ

fma l t ' r ' , J am.:'

Ah,-.Jcch

P R I

111

'crtc

1,000, Parker came closest, taking home

dec1Jmg nor to answer the

the f t r>t rounJ. The three

; J J .L. RuJman I , El 1 : .1l>c r h P.trkcr 'L'C m

, each haJ a turn to an '' cr J

C. O L B \

h.t p l m

e l i minat ion of

The que>tlons ranged from "What i the name of Homer Simpson's younge>t cht!J on The S1 mpsons ?" ( Maggie ) to "What i the capital c i ty of the l>lanJ natton ofVenuatu 7" ( Port Vila ) . Although no finalist won

<Immon .

T<l get a h,H w

"SO/SO"

money to throw a party, wa!> ready to celebrate even though she hadn't come ,1\\'a) a "thou and a t re . "-]enn ifer Carlson '0 I

<lf mult1plc-chn1cc <.JUI:,tlon,.

Macro in a Month By Alicia

emiccolo MacLeay ' 9 7

When I was a student at Colby there was a T-shirt that said, "Jan Plan . . . The Way Life Should Be." This take on the Maine slogan captures the atti-

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tude of Jan Plan, a chance to explore new

This was Donihue's first t i me teaching mac roeconomics during J an Plan. While the material is the same as the semester-long version, the time frame has advantages and disadvan

areas and gain greater insights. I t is a month

tages. The students, almost without

filled with possibilit ies.

exception, are highly motivated,

Colby still offers courses unique to J an Plan

"which was a real benefit from my

woodworking, black-smithing and EMT train ing

perspective," Doni hue said later. "They

and many students pursue internships or independent

self-selected themselves in." Since the J an

projects. But, continuing a trend towards more credited

Plan version requires microeconom ics as a prereq

courses, this year' classes included Introduction to Astro

u isite, students already have comm itted to the subject

physics, J apane e and Principles of Macroeconomics.

and others have been weeded out.

I reentered the classroom this January on a mission to learn

The speed and intensity have some drawbacks, though, including a

macroeconomics in a month. A week before our first class

lack of time to deal with current events, unfortunate in an election year.

received an e - mail warning from M ichael Donihue '79, associate

"However, the students are mine for the month," said Donihue. "In

professor of economics. Student were told to know chapters one

theory they can't claim other priorities beyond macroeconomics."

through six before we met. After that, the c lass would cover a chapter

Every day was a learning cycle. I had a triumphant feel ing of

a day, with a daily q u iz thrown in for good measure. At that pace you

insight in class as I understood the consequences of monetary and

have understanding each day's lesson to keep up.

fiscal policies, unemployment and inflation. Then I read a new

While many students take Jan Plan c lasses outside of their disci

chapter at night and I was ignorant again. One night a new caster

plines, that trend doesn't seem to reach into macroeconom ics. Virtu

announced a monetary policy change by the Fed. I spent 1 0 minutes

ally everyone in the c lass was, or intended to become, an economics

enthusiastically explaining to my husband how interest rates and the

or international studies major, for whom the course is a requirement.

money supply are changed.

Doni hue recalls his own Jan Plans as a Colby student as a chance

Not only did I learn about important concepts-the money

to try something different outside of his major. "I am opposed to

supply and economic growth-but the course also sharpened my

teaching this c lass," he said, half-joking the first day. He believes

math skills. The night before the final I calculated what grade I

students are responding to the increased number of courses offered for

needed to get an A. After the exam I came home and calcul ated

credit during Jan Plan. "Most are anxious to get on with their studies

what grade I needed to pass the course, which l d id . And I came away

in either economics or some other major and want to get this course

w i th a deeper appreciation for J an Plan and proof that macroeco

out of the way, " he said.

nomics can be grasped in a month, if you're committed.

Ever Get Writer's Block at 3 in the Morning? Last year Farnham Writers' Center tutor Anna L'Hommedieu '02

The collaboration can b e invaluable to a writer o n a solo a l l

was so sure there would be no takers for her 3 a.m. shift in the center's

nighter who may b e experiencing a bewildering loss o f perspective. I s

M i ller Library offices that she showed up in her pajamas. She won't

the point o f the paper c lear ? Is it organized ? Are i t s conclusions supported in the tex t ? Whom do you ask in the early morning hours?

do that again. "There actually were people here, " L'Hommedieu said. "I tutored somebody for a 1 5 -page paper for over an hour." She is one of the tutors-there are 1 7 on call-

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"People are amazed at how busy i t can get at 2 or 3 in the morning," said the Writers' Center's director, Angela Cannon '99. Of course some students avail themselves of the center's services during daylight hours. As

who staff the center for its end-of-the-semester

first semester came to a c lose, Suzanne

30-hour marathons. The sessions begin the

Skinner '03 stopped for a session with

Thursday before the end of c lasses and end late Friday afternoon, when many papers

tutor Erin Roger '0 1 . Skinner's paper,

and take-home tests are due. Students

for an integrated studies class, explored

who wander in from the dark find an

feminist reaction to the sexual revolu

expository shoulder to lean on-and

t ion of the 1 9 50s and 1 960s. Skinner

nuts, chips, veggies and dip.

said she wanted a sounding board so

Students won't find volunteers to

that she could tell whether her point

do their work for them. "The writing

was clear. "Back in high school my

center is not a 'correctional' fac ili ty,"

mom did it," she said, "but she's not

L'Hommedieu said. " I t 's supposed to

here."

Gerry Boyle ' 78

be a collaborative fac ility."

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� I m ules on the move Whitmore N otch es SOOth Win 'Wh it' b u i ld s a legacy; p roteges fi l l coac h i n g ranks By Patrick McBride

'97 Attention to the game, yes.

he Colby men' basketball

Attention to h i mself, no.

team was on the road, 300

m i l e s fro m h o m e , b u t y o u

A d i nner at Colby in Febru

wouldn't have known by the

ary honoring his SOOth win left

noi e in the stands. At Wesleyan,

him uncomfortable because he

the M ules and head basketball

felt the honor should be shared,

coach Dick Whitmore drew a

Whitmore said. But 225 people

crowd of alumni, former players

gathered for the event, includ

and Colby parents and friends. I t

ing Chris Vickers '87, the master

was a typical turnout for the

of ceremon i e s , and a s s i s t a n t

M ules, and testimony to the loy

coach Dow. D o w broke t h e news

a l ty to Whitmore, who recently

of an on-going fund-raising ef

capped his 30-year career with

fort in W h i t more's honor, w i t h

his SOOth win. But on that day it

proceeds

was clear that the Wh itmore in

fice/locker room space for men's

fluence extends far beyond the record books.

Basketball coach Dick Whitmore, who won his SOOth game in January.

be u s e d for n e w of

and women's basketball or a n e n d o w m e n t fo r m e n ' s a n d

At the Colby bench, Whit

January 2 7 at Colby against the

lin, the Wesleyan assistant coach.

women's basketball. According

more was flanked by Roy Dow '84

University of Maine at Farming

The bond forms b e c a u s e

to M aines, there has been a 1 00

and Thoma

"TJ" Maines '95.

ton, places Whitmore in the top

Whitmore stresses the importance

percent donor response from the

Both Dow and Maines played for

20 of winn ingest coaches in Di

of the individual as a successful

players from the last seven years.

"Whit," as he is affectionately

vision I l l in the nation. But fit

person rather than j ust as a suc

"The 1 00 percent participation

known by Colby friends, and have

tingly, hesaid one ofthe pleasures

cessful athlete. And even the les

is a testament to the respect and

ince joined his coaching staff.

of reaching the 500-win mark

sons Whitmore imparts as he

loyalty he has earned from h is

was the occasion to look back on

presses for excellence on the bas

players," said M a i nes. "They all

Acros

the

corers' table from

Whitmore stood Wesleyan head

the people he has worked with

ketball court carry over into ev

want to give something back to

coach Gerry McDowell '76, a

for those three decades.

eryday life. Orefice, who teaches

Coach Whitmore for all he has done for them."

former player and assistant under

"The win gave me much more

high school English and theater,

Whitmore. With McDowell were

of a chance to reflect on the

said he uses Whitmore as a model

As he heads into his fourth

h1:. a :.1 rant>, Dave McLaughlin

people who have made it hap

as he directs school plays. "It was

decade as head coach at Colby,

'97 and john Hebert '97, also

p e n , " s a i d W h i t m ore. "The

his passion for basketball-and

Whitmore is the same coach he

former

people at Colby have been won

his commitment to excellence,"

was back in 1 9 70, albeit a bit

A one-tnne Colby basketball

derful to work with and have

Orefice said. "He always gets the

more reserved. As driven as he

manager, John Orefice ' 7 5 , came

made I t such a plea ure to coach

most out of his kid because they

was when he began coaching,

from . ew York

olby :.tandout .

-,ee the Mule '

h re. Throughout my career, we

are inspired by his energy and his

Whitmore has managed to bal

Jemon>tratl\·e and flamboyant

ha\'e ne\'er topped getting good

quixotic recklessness in the pur

ance his roles as athletic d i rec

heaJ coach once aga111. "It wa; a

player; IntO the program."

suit of victory."

A key to that ha

,pmtu.l l expenence to -,ee h1m m

been the

husband. "I find something that stimulates me every day," he said.

h1, fam d i<H P<l>ltlOn' '' nh tho e

network he ha:. fo tered through

four years you' l l run through a

unf<lrgeuahlc ge,rure; anJ fac ial

former player>--one that has al

wall for him."

expre' I<m-.'' OrehLe ,,11J. "It \\ a"

lowcJ Whi tmore and lm :.taff to

a' 1f I C<lulJ rei I\ e all tho,e great \ car,, 1f ,mh for

momcnr."

F<1r \X'h1tmme the\ ha,·e hcen

tor, head c o a c h , fa t h e r and

Or as Maines put it, "After

" I t ' s always interesting to see

But pa;sion alone doesn't pro

where today's stimulus will come

connnually attract the top player:.

duce victories. Maines said he

fro m . The relationships, the

olby program. Former

came back to coach at Colby

coaching, the success are as re

<l} their lo} alry to

w i t h W h i t m ore b e c a u s e he

warding as ever. I also enjoy the

the

Colh

player

great year , huth 1n term of \\ 111-

rhe1r former C<Mch anJ rhe

olb�

wanted to learn as much as pos

trust and mutual respect as much

nm� <\11 the C<lUrt ,m J

program Joc,n't Jnnii1I>h

>Ible from a master of the game.

as anything else."

the rc,pect anJ .1J m 1 rauon <lf

pa mg ye.lr . "There I> an ama:

"Offensive ly, he's as good as it

hunJre J

<llh ba ketb.1Il

mg hcmJ bcm cen e\'eryone who

get ," he sa1d. " H is attention to

player . The 5L 1th " 111, notched

ha: pia\ eJ for hm1," a1J McLaugh-

detail IS unbelievable ."

B uffy L. Clifford , assistant director ofAlumni Relations, con tributed to chis article.

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Squash Team Courts Top-1 0 Ranking l n J anuary, during the heart of the

sports shorts

quash season, the Colby

men's team reached an a l l - t i m e high-water mark when i t was ranked

Both basketball teams qualified for their respective ECAC

I Oth in the nation by the

Tournaments. Men's basketbal l , 1 9-7 overal l , reached a number

at ional l n tercollegiate Squash Racquets

Assoc iat ion ( N I SR A ) . Head coach Fred Brussels says this is espe

of milestones. Not only d i d head coach Dick Whitmore pick up his

c ially impre sive considering that three of his top 10 player ,

SOOth win but Ken Allen '00 scored his 1 ,OOOth point and finished

includ ing co-captain Tom Reynolds '00 ( P i ttsburgh, Pa. ) , never

his career as the 1 Oth leading

played squash before coming t o Colby. "Everyone worked hard this

scorer in Colby history. Led by

season and our ranking showed it," said Brussels.

Allen and Sam Clark '01 , the

This year the White Mule won the Colby-Bates-Bowdoin squash

White Mules advanced to the

title for the second t i me in three years, and co-captain Preston Amos

ECAC final, where they fell to Tufts

'0 1 ( Ladue, M o . ) won the ind ividual title. The team ended the regular

74-73 in overtime . . . . Women's

season w i th a 1 3 - 5 record and a ranking of 1 1 th in the country.

basketbal l

went 1 7-9. On the last

Brussels, in his fourth year as the Colby head coach, is part of the

day of the regular season Colby

reason for the team's recent success. Prior to his coaching, the highest

played Bates in Lewiston for the

the team had been ranked was 1 7 th. Brussels routinely schedules

right to advance to the NCAA

matches against the best teams in the country. The team's five regu lar-season losses came against Harvard, Corne l l , Brown,

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Dartmouth and Yale-all top 10 teams.

Ken Allen '00

Colby entered team nationals held at Yale University in February

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Tournament. When the Bobcats won 60-57, the White Mules took the i r game to the ECAC Tourna-

ment, defeating Emmanuel in the fi rst round but losing to Trinity in

with the number three seed in the "B" flight of nationals, up one flight

the semi-finals. Erin Cole-Karagory '00 and Jenn Freese '00

from 1 998-99. The 38 collegiate teams are eeded by record into five

finished stellar four-year careers with the Mules. Cole-Karagory is

divisions. The M u les initially were up three wins to one against Navy

second on Colby's career scoring list, and Freese i s on top in

in their first round contest but

career steals and assists . .

u l t i mately lost 4- 5 . The final two

regular season, advanced to the semi-finals of the inaugural

Men's ice hockey,

1 6-9- 1 in the

losses came from matches that

NESCAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. The White Mules were led

lasted the fu l l five games. " I think

by AII-N ESCAC Second Team performers Fred Perowne '01 and

we j ust ran out of steam," said

Scott Richardson

Brussels. A tough 3 -6 loss to the

O'Grady

'00 and NESCAC Rookie of the Year Sean

'03 . . . . Anchored by the ECAC's Goaltender of the Year,

University of Pennsylvania and a

Josie Chapman

5 - 4 win against MIT left Colby

just short of the playoffs in their first season playing in Division I l l .

with a final national ranking of 1 5

With n o graduating senior o n the roster, the team expects t o make

and a 1 4 - 7 record.

a run at a post-season position next year . . . . Women's swimming

'01 , women's ice hockey went 1 1 -7- 1 , finishing

"Team nationals was a good

and diving

experience, but a l i ttle disappoint

in 10 years.

ing," said Amos. "Al though we

year swimmers pacing the squad . Jonathan Eck '03 set four new

d i dn't win our first two matches

school records on his way to qualifying for the NCAA's in Atlanta.

finished 7- 1 , including their first victory over Midd lebury .

. Men's swimming

finished 3-5, with a pair of first

as we wou ld have l i ked to, finish

Eck qualified 1n the 1 00-meter and 200-meter breaststroke and the

ing with a win was a nice way to

200 individual medley.

end the season," he said of the

right to represent Colby at the national meet in Atlanta. Williams

M I T match.

Mindy W i l liams

'03 also earned the

qualified in the 1 650, the 400 I M and the 500 freestyle . . . . The

A mos and Rahul S ingh '03 Co-captain Preston Amos '01

women's indoor track

distance medley relay recorded a school

( N a ida, India ) , the top two play

record 1 2 : 0 1 .62 and finished fourth in the NCAA Track and Field

ers on the team, both competed in

meet in I l l inois in March. The four seniors, Nicole Neault, Katie

the individual national tournament in March at Will iams College.

LaRochelle , Jeannine Bergquist

They'll also both return to the team next year. Singh, a past member of the Indian J unior N ational Team, says that in his eight years of

Massachusetts), all were named All-Americans for the event. Toland also earned individual All-American honors for fifth place i n

competit ive squash, this year's Colby men's team was one of the most

t h e 1 500 (4:39.72) . . . . Men's indoor track finished the season

dedicated and committed teams he ever ha played on. "Our next target is to break into the top 10 next year," said Singh.

with a second-place finish at the USM Quad Cup and a third place

-Alicia Nemiccolo MacLeay

and Elizabeth Festa '01 both qualified for the NCAA Champion

and Sarah Toland (all from

finish at the Bowdoin Quad Cup . . . . Alpine skiers David Riss '01

'97

ships held in Park City, Utah.

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gifts & grants

Pag anuccis Endow Chair in Italian A n other c hapter is written in a long h i story of s u p p o rt By Stephen Collins

'74 their high schools, Waterville and

is t h e grandson of four foreign

"The College is reintroducing

Deering in Portland respectively,

born grandparents, only one of

I ta l ian, and the i n terest has

in 1 9

them I ta l ian.

. This J anuary they an

Paul and Marilyn Paganucci Chair

Waterv i l le H igh School in 1 949,

Paganucci chair comes at the

then attended Dartmouth Col

perfect time," he said. A search

He explained his fondness for

lege. After earning an M . B.A.

is on to fill the position for the

degree from the Amos Tuck

2000-0 1 school year.

the College as the result of grow

School of Business and a J . D.

Paganucci has led the trust

ing up in its shadow. "l guess it

degree from Harvard Law School,

ees' I nv e s t m e n t Com m i t t e e

was having relatives who went

Paganucci had a dist inguished

most of t h e 2 1 years t h a t Cotter

there, grow ing up on G i l man

career, or rather several distin

has presided at Colby. "Paul de

treet with professors in every

guished careers, with W.R. Grace

serves much of the cred it for the

fourth or fifth house and going to

& Co. and as a founding partner

successful performance of the endowment and its d i versifica

school with their children, who

in a Wall Street investment

set a fast pace in the Waterville

firm, as a professor, dean and

tion into new investment ve

or a guy who never attended

schools. I t's j ust always been part

vice president of finance a t

h ic les," Cotter said, c it i n g a

Colby, Paul Paganucci of

of my life," he said.

Hanover, N . H . , has been an in

Paganucci called the deci

credibly loyal ·upporter of the

sion to endow a faculty position

College. A Waterville native and

in I talian "a bit ironi c , " i nsofar

Dartmouth, and as fo u n d i ng

more than 1 2 -fold increase in

chairman in 1 99 1 of the Ledyard

the endowment's value since

ational Bank, headquartered in Hanover, N . H .

a Colby rrustee ince 1 9 7 5 , he and

as, despite his surname, he de

ht wtfe, Marilyn, endowed schol

veloped a love for I talian c u l

the Paganuccis'

ar htps to Colby for graduates of

t u r e o n l y in recent decades. He

to establish the faculty position.

President B i l l Cotter praised

Campaign for Colby tops $ 1 50 mi l l ion

1 4 5 mi llion. But after an

Falmouth, Maine. The money is being used to build an electronic research classroom in M i l ler Library that will al low librarian and

fund-rat,mg effort m Mame h t tory.

profe sors to teach students how to make the best use of electronic

The campatgn rat;ed rwo and a half times the cumulative gtfr

information resources. "There's a lot of j unk out there," said Sua nne Muehlner, d i rector of Colby librarie . "We want to teach students to

olhy capt tal campaigns. Vanous

m late Decem her helped to pu>h the final tally past

m t l l tnn, .1mong rhem a

I 50

use what's good."

I 00,000 gtft from trustee Paul chupf for

"The proj ect has generated considerable enthusiasm across the campus,"said Bets Brown, assoc iate d irector ofcorporate and foundation

'Lulprure garden that w t l l hear ht name at the Mu eum of Art

.md h t gtft nf the Alex Kar: pa m t t ng Pa de Deux to rhe museum\

relations. Equipment and furniture have been ordered and electrical and

pernunenr C<llle�:non. TI1e 1 1 -fuor t.t ll, 30-foot long otl pamtmg, cnn 1dered t<l the mu

cum

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Your c lass correspondent is looking for news for the next issue of Colby magazine. Please take a moment to respond to the questions below and on the back to let your c lassmate in on what you've been doing recently or hope to be doing eventually. Have you moved ? Changed careers ? Traveled ? Read a great book ? This new questionnaire will be in each issue of the magazine, allowing alurrmi to contact their class correspondent four times a year. The past system for collecting news, sending separate letters once a year, was unwieldy and time consuming for the small staff in the Alumni Relations Office and the postage was expensive. Now we look forward to hearing from you more than once a year! Please mail or e-mail your news directly to your class correspondent. The correspondents' addresses are l isted within the Alumni at Large section of the magazine. Keep the news coming!

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I al u m n i at large Starfish Foundation Reaches Out Colby friends i n s p i red by strength of children with H I V and A I D S

l l alumni share a bond through Colby, but

Polcari is now assistant d i rector of Camp

C.] . Polcari '97 tapped his Colby friends'

AmeriKids and is applying t o medical schools

camaraderie to help children. As a Colby student

to study pediatrics. H is involvement w i t h the

Polcari spent h is summers volunteering at Camp

camp a l lows h i m t o observe firs thand the

AmeriKids, a nonprofit summer camp in N ew

fo undation's impac t .

York for underprivileged inner-city children with

The Starfish Foundation supports chi ldren

H ! V and A I DS. H e found the work to be so

beyond camp. Its members have taken kids to

rewarding that he became an advocate of the

their first Knicks game, paid for a teenager to

camp, maintained friendships w i th campers and

become certified as a Red Cross Lifeguard, given

recruited other Colby students ( and later alumn i )

Broadway tickets to a girl with cancer and run toy

to volunteer.

drives for Boston-area hospitals' pediatric depart

I n March 1 998, Polcari and fel low volunteer Karen Last told friends and fam i ly in Massachu setts stories about the chi ldren who had changed

C . J . Polcari '97 and young friend at Camp Amer i K i d s , a camp for c h i l d ren with H I V and A I D S .

ments. They also maintain consistent contact with the chi ldren, make hospital visits, organize group activities, reward good grades and provide academic and extracurricular scholarships. The

their l ives. In an evening they raised more than

foundation also has started to grant the wishes of terminally i l l children

$8 ,000 for the camp. Empowered by the realization that they could make a huge differ

and hopes to open its own Massachusetts camp in the future.

ence for children in their community, Polcari and Last decided to start

Polcari tells of a 1 7 -year-old girl born H I V posit ive , whom he

their own foundation to benefit children living with life-threatening

first met in 1 99 5 . Last w inter she was in the hospital, not expected

i llnesses in the inner c i ties of New England and New York. The result

to surv i ve the hol idays and unable to at tend a camp reu n i o n .

is the Starfish Foundation.

Polcari, K idd a n d L a s t drove t o t h e Bronx to s e e h e r , bearing

Since its 1 998 inception, the foundation has worked with families

Christmas gifts. During their v i s i t the girl pro m ised to a t tend a n

to promote the soc ial, educational and physical well-being of disad

upcoming Camp AmeriKids New Year's p a r t y . T w o weeks after the

vantaged children living w i th life-threatening i llnesses. Last summer

v i s i t , the girl at tended the party with her camp fr iends. "The ir

they sent 10 Boston-area children to Camp AmeriKids. Next summer

strength, drive and zeal for l i fe are what continue t o i nspire me , "

they hope to send 20.

said Polcari o f t h e youngsters .

Mamie Eckelman '97 and Steve Kidd '97, camp counselors in

"Every time I have a conversation about the chi ldren or the

1 998, are now trustees on the foundation's board. They plan to hold

foundation, someone is compelled to offer of themselves any and all

a benefit this year in New York to help get the foundation up and

forms of support and encouragement," said Polcari. "We have found

running, said Eckelman, who described the work as "an amazing

that a little awareness about the needy population of chi ldren l iving

experience." Other Colby alumni are involved in the foundation in a

with H!V and A I DS is all i t takes to generate a team of dedicated

variety of volunteer roles.

donors and volunteers." -Alicia Nemiccolo MacLeay '97

Glowing Success in New Zealand The spectacular New Zealand glow worm l ights up its body to attract mosquitoes for dinner, but Martha Child Ash '67 has landed in the news for using that light j ust as craft ily to attract and

glow worms in Waitomo (Chelsea Clinton was among recent

educate thousands of children.

uncanny simulation of the night sky. Unwitting insects emerge from

I n total, about 500,000 tourists visit each year t o see the famous guests) as they c l ing by the thousands to the roof of the cave in an

Schoolchildren are eager to learn about the amazing cave-dwelling,

the underground river that flows through the cave and fly into the

mosquito-eating worm (actually a maggot ) with the phosphorescent rear end. Ash takes the opportunity to give them a lesson about the

cave's perpetual night, only to become ensnared in the sticky silk

caves, the worms' entire ecosystem and general environmental issues

threads that the worms dangle from the ceiling. Ash says she never dreamed while s i t t i ng in sociology c lass on Mayflower H i l l that she would find herself educating c h i l

while she has their attention. Funded by the country's M in istry of Education and recently

dren in c a v e s in rural N e w Zealand-and s h e certainly never

reported in the Waitomo News, more than 6,000 chi ldren visited Ash's program last year in Waitomo , a rural New Zealand town of

chorus that gives an annual hol iday concert under the "sky" i n

j ust 3 00 residents.

t h e cave, w h i c h h a s p l ayed h o s t t o other music ians a n d is

" Ch i l d re n are able t o l earn about the world u nder their fe e t and have some adventur e sport a t the same time," re

renowned for i ts acoustics.

ported the newspap er, n o t i ng that c h i ldren often go cav ing and raft i n g as part of this very popular lesson p l a n .

imagined s i ng i ng there . The former Colbyette helped start a

You can learn about the education services run by Ash at the W a i tomo M useum of Caves a t www. waitomo-museum.co.nz. -Chip Gavin '90

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The Objects o f H i s Affection When Donald C. Freeman '26 was court i n g h i s wife-to-b e ,

1 928, just before t h e Depress ion, and it was a job. I t also was the

I s a b e l l e Brown o f U n ity, he wou ld take a t r a i n from Waterv i l l e t o

home of Freeman's hero. " H e saw that t h i s is where Whittier was

Burn ham J u nction, then walk eight mi les to Brown's h o m e . When

and he decided that he wanted to stay , " M r s . Freeman said.

the evening visit ended, Freeman wou l d hike 1 7 miles back to

And stay he d i d . For 44 years, Freeman was involved i n

Colby. " A good many a night," Freeman said.

education in Haverh i l l , a s a teac her, p r i n c i pal and su perinten

Freeman, 98, recalled those long-ago treks last winter at his

dent. He was active i n dozens of civic and p rofessional organ iza

apartment in Have r h i l l , Mass. Mrs. Freeman, 92, l i stened and

t i o n s , from

smiled. " I f I hadn't met her I wou l d have been a medi cal mission

drug-awareness and mental-health g roups. Raised as a Quaker,

a ry , " Freeman said with a g ri n . "She diverted m e . "

he was on the board of t h e Whittier C l u b for 60 years, t h e last 20

the M a s s a c h u s etts T e a c h e r s A s s o c i a t i o n to

I n a l i f e marked by unswaying devotion t o education, t o h i s

years as president. He retired from that post last year at 97.

community, t o t h e Quaker abolitionist poet J o h n Greenleaf Whittier

"When he was walking down the street, anyone over 50 said ,

and to Mrs. Freeman, those detours have been few and far

' H e l lo, M r . Freema n , "' said Betty Pike, a c u rator of t h e Whittier

between . Freeman g rew u p on a farm i n Sidney, the oldest of eight

Family Homestead. " N ot , ' H ello, Don ald . "'

c h i ld re n . He graduated from Oak G rove Seminary, a Friends

Freeman has written or edited many educational a n d h i stori

school i n Vassalboro, in 1 9 1 9 and entered Colby the same year.

cal pamphlets, i n c l u d i n g The Whittier Trail and Haverhill in World

Freeman g raduated cum laude but not until 1 926. " I took time off

War II. He wrote the script for the pageant held for the city's 325th

to teac h , " he said. "App leton, Maine, for two years and Unity,

anniversary, and i n 1 993 wrote an addendum to the h i story of

Maine, for one. To save, get money ''

Sidney, Maine. Life in Sidney was-shall I say- bland. It was a

I was at U n ity H i g h School-three teachers, 1 00 students

quiet town and we were in a super-quiet area. Only one neighbor

that he met Isabelle, then a senior. Freeman went on to teach i n

within miles had children, two sons. One, Carlton Hammond, was

Pennsylvania but t h e school told h i m his b r i d e cou ld not l i v e with

my chum, at home, school, and at Oak Grove Seminary. (His

h i m in the dormitory. He q u it. A

brother, Elwood, married my youngest sister.). . . I worked on our

teac h i n g job was ava i l a b l e i n

farm and Howard Hammond 's, read, roamed the woods, fished,

Haverh i l l , i n eastern Mas

went to school, played games like backgammon and checkers.

sac h u setts, and the

Now the Freemans live in an apartment in an elderly-housing

c o u p l e went to

complex The living room is lined with bookshelves; the book

check it out.

shelves are packed with volumes by Whittier, Edward Arlin gton

This was

Robinson, Kenneth Roberts and others. The couple is visited by their two sons, Donald J r . and Harris, their g randc h i l dren and g reat-grandc h i l d ren Sitting by the window i n the sun, Donald Freeman summed u p h i s career i n a sente n c e : " I enjoyed meet Ing people and fee l i ng I was doing some good in the world . " A s h e spoke of the long-ago past, M rs . Freeman watched and listened, the object of h i s affections then and now. -Gerry Boyle '78

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We're pleased to announce that Fletcher Eaton ' 3 9 will resume the task of writing the Before the '40s column. If you have news you would like to share, please send the questionnaire enclosed in this magazine directly to Fletcher at his address: 42 Perry Drive, Needham, MA 02492. He would love to hear from you . . . . John Chadwick '30 wrote to say that he has two daughters and five great children. The impor tant part of his l ife that started at Colby, he says, was "more awareness of where I was. . . [I] needed to make folks know what they could do for others."

Sony, no news from classmates nada-rien-nichts-Zilch-nothing !

-Robert S . Rice

In January 2000 The Jewish Heritage Museum of New York City videotaped an inter view with Len Caust in which he recalled his experiences in World War I I . This interview is the first time that Len has been asked to describe his extraordinary military career, which started when he joined the U .S. Army his senior year at Colby. The tapes will be archived at the museum for future research and media use. Len and his

wife, Ruth Dombrow, reside in Goldens Bridge, N . Y . . . . Edwin W. Alexander wrote about the death of his close friend Donald E. Sterner '44. He also was sorry to read of the death of Charley Lord '42, with whom he played on the 1 940 and '4 1 tennis teams. "I'll not forget his doubles matches with Cappy Dyer '4 1 and their yelling in high-pitched voices at each other, 'Drop it,' for lobs going long over their heads." He says he observed the 50th anniversary of his ordination last May and the 1 4th year of retirement from active ministry in the United Church of Christ. He writes, "[ supply pulpits in Spring Hill, Fla. , and Hancock, Maine, occasionally, sing in the Spring Hill Choir and have served on the Diaconnate, Christian education, music and nominating committees and the recent pulpit search committee to secure our new minister. We're planning to build a new sanctuary in Spring Hill to replace the temporary one built 2 5 years ago." His daughter Susan Alexander Burnham '74 and her husband, David, have returned to managing Mother's Restaurant in Bethel, Maine, where Dave is chef and Sue does salads and desserts while managing the dining room. Daughter Judi Alexander Hayward '80 works at the Jackson Lab in Bar Harbor, arrang ing seminar and conference programs.

-c/o Meg Bernier

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Slim pickings this time, though I'm delighted to have had a letter last fall from Frannie Drew Wells. Frannie, who l ives in Farmington, M a ine, wrote about an adventure she and her sister had had a few months earlier. "We chartered a small plane," she wrote, "and took a three-hour flight up the St. John River and back down the Allagash Waterway. The weather was good although a bit windy as we started out from Moosehead Lake. But as we went along, the wind subsided, with excellent visibility. We had studied maps beforehand, and the pilot had other maps as well. Both my sister and I had heard certain areas on both rivers mentioned again and again so we were en thralled. Our house in Fort Kent where we grew up was located right on the banks of the St. John. So that river has always had a special p lace in my heart." . . . Last fall Helen Strauss and I managed another one of our little N .Y.C. tour and-lunch outings for Colbyites, classes of 1 9 5 6 and earlier. I f you're planning a v isit here, do call us during your stay-it might j ust be that we're doing a tour of interest to you. Also last fall, my wandering ways took me to Italy ( mainly the beautiful Amalfi area this time ) , California and M issouri ( visiting relatives) plus New En gland ( including a visit with Rae Ga!e Backer

BEFO RE T H E '40s May, of Thomaston, Maine, received congratulations from the Maine Legislature on their 60th anniversary in January . . . . Sunny Smith Fisher '42 was the subject of a story in the Narragansett, R . I . Times for her work with Seniors Helping Others, a volunteer group based in her hometown. "Volunteering has enriched my life. I t keeps me young, busy and happy. I 'm a very fortunate lady," she said . . . . An article in the Providence journal spotlighted Arthur M. Barrows '45 's active l ife traveling, painting and writing for his retirement community newsletter.

A Down Erut magazine article by Sally Aldrich Adams '39 recalls her days in Guilford, Maine, during the Depression when she sorted wooden ice cream spoons for the Hardwood Products Com pany to help earn Colby's $200 tuition.

Deaths: Pauline Lunn Chamberlin '26, November 1 8, 1 999, in Canton, M a ine, at 95 . . . . Evelyn Gilmore Pratt '2 7, J anuary 1 6 , 2000, in Wrentham, Mass., a t 9 5 . . . . Angie Reed Hoch '27, J anuary 1, 2000, in Manchester, Conn., at 93 . . . . Walter F . Knofskie '28, November 2 1 , 1 999, in Manchester, Conn., at 93 . . . Myra Stone Knofskie '28, J anuary 1 7 , 2000, in Manches ter, Conn., at 93 . . . . Ruth Hutchins Stinchfield '28, December 1 0, 1 999, in Gorham, Maine, at 9 1 . . . . Joseph B. Campbell '29, November 30, 1 999, in Augusta, Maine, at 9 1 . . . . Dorcas Plaisted Larsen '29, October 26, 1 999, in Quincy, Mass., at 93 . . . . lsa Putnam Johnson '30, November 1 8, 1 999, in Houlton, Maine, at 9 1 . . . . Ethel Rose Liberman '30, November 1 2 , 1 999, in Margate, Fla., at 90 . . . . D. Marshall Eastment '3 1 , J une 29, 1 999, in Cazenovia, N.Y., at 89 . . . . Hope Pullen Gillmor '3 1 , January 1 9, 2000, in Camden, M a ine, at 92 . . . . Frederick R. Knox '32, November 30, 1 999, in Concord, N.H., at 9 1 . . . . Marion Clark Harmon '33, January 2 7 , 2000, in Mars Hill, Maine, at 87 . . . . Eliza beth H. Weeks '34, J anuary 30, 2000, in Exeter, N . H . , at 86 . . . . Maxine L. Knapp '36, October 3 1 , 1 999, in Farmington, Maine, at 84 . . . . Arne 0. Lindberg '36, November 1 8, 1 999, in Port Angeles, Wash., at 87 . . . . Ruth Marston Turner ' 3 7 , No vember 4, 1 999, in Yarmouth, Maine, at 83.

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Deaths: Joseph Alton Burns '40, December 2 1 , 1 999, in Morristown, N .J . , at 85 . . . . Oscar H. Emery J r. '40, September 1 8 , 1 999, in W i lsonville, Ore., at 8 1 . . . . Dorothy Corliss Ormsby '40, No vember 5, 1 999, in Marshfield, Mass., at 82 . . . . William D . Pinansky '40, December 8, 1 999, in Scarborough, M a ine, at 79 . . . . J a n e Russell Abbott '4 1 , December 24, 1 999, in Vera Beach, Fla., at 80 . . . . Robert W. Bender '42 , January 1 3 , 2000, in Summit, N . J . , at 80 . . . . Avis Marston Harding '42, August 1 , 1 999, in Canton, Maine, a t 7 8 . . . . Betty Anne Royal Spiegel '42, January 28, 2000, in Gaithersburg, Md., at 7 8 . . . . Russell P. Barrett '43 , July 20, 1 999, in Salt Lake City, Utah, at 80 . . . . Mary Lemoine Lape '43, November 24, 1 999, in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, at 78 . . . . Sona Tahmizian '43 , November 6, 1 999, in Cambridge, Mass., at 79 . . . . Errol L . Taylor Jr. '43, December 24, 1 999, in Augusta, Maine, at 79 . . . . Alan L. Bevins '44, January 6, 2000, in Marlborough, Mass., at 78 . . . Edward R. Cony '44, January 9, 2000, in Aptos, Calif., at 76 . . . . Donald E. Sterner '44, January 1 0, 2000, in Wolcott, Conn., at 7 8 . . . . Robert D . Horton '45 , October 1 3 , 1 999, in Swanton, Vt., at 76 . . . . George A. Ober J r. '45 , December S, 1 999, in Englewood, Fla., at 77 . . . . Ruth Drapeau Hunt '46, November 8, 1 999, in Brunswick, Maine, at 76. .

'40s N EWSMAKERS In an article he wrote for Actuarial Digest, Douglas C. Borton '48 reviewed his life's work as an actuary and reflected on the "Golden Age of Actuaries." . . . Beniah C. Harding '42 and his wife, Ida

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1 940s Correspondents 1 940 Ernest C . Marriner Jr. R R # 1 , Box 1 8 1 5-P North Mon mouth, ME 04265 207-933-2401

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1 942 Robert S. Rice 1 978 Bucklin Hill Road Bremerton, WA 983 1 1

Francis J . Heppner's latest adventure

was a five-day canoeing trip Ia t August. Francis braved the Allagash Wilderness in Maine with his brother-in-law and his four grandsons. He says they "pur in at Churchill Dam and paddled downstream ro the rown of Allagash. It was good ro camp in the woods and live off the supplies we carried in rhe three canoes, bur at the end everyone was glad ro ear at a hamburger stand and use a telephone to call home." . . Hannah Karp Laipson is recuperating well with two new knees. She and Mike are staying at their condo in Sandwich, Cape Cod, where she can avoid stairs. One knee replacement is major enough, but two at once! . . . Gene and I were in Morocco in October for a memorable explora tion of a small parr ofrhe Arab world. If you have a strong stomach and good working joints, do go--it's wonderful. You will find gorgeous scen ery, interesting architecture and ruins, beautiful mosaics, tremendous poverty, uneasy political, social and economic systems, good food and nice people who like Americans. Bur if it both ers you ro see women denied the freedoms we have, or overburdened donkeys or unbelievable living conditions, consider yourselfforewarned. . . . Mosrof us celebrated the big 7 5 this year, and we're all about to celebrate the big Y2K. When you read this, I hope the celebrations, long over, have left good memories and an optimistic our look for the next millennium. ! like the Random House Dictionary definition of millennium: "A period of general righteousness and happiness especially in the indefinite future." Amen. .

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'44 ) . . . . I'm eager ro report all your travels and other activities. I believe it's well established that class columns are what get read first in alumni magazines. And let's face it. Supplying news from this column is up w all '45ers. Enough already, reports from my New York Colby scene.

Arline Kie ss li ng Wills writes that her e-mail address was printed incorrectly in Colby maga:111e, and she still would like ro hear from old friends. The correct address is akwills@ix.net com.com. . . . After 2 7 years a a welfare director 1n ew Jer ey, Annette Hall Carpenter ha retired. he ha five grandchildren and is busy volunteenng, especially 111 a literacy program. he plays bndge, reads a great deal, knit and quilt . In ovember he v 1sired Italy. he prom Ised me a lener after the holiday giving more 111formanon . . . . Roberta Marden Alden report a new granddaughter and that her daughter is now renred and hv111g 1n onnecncur after 20 year 111 the avy 1n Hawau. Bobby and her hu>band volunteer for Toys to Needy Famihe . . . . Dana and Harriet urse Robinson pent Thanbg1'·ing \nth Harner' mrer, Fran ( ourse John ron '49) , and famil} at the farm 111 Alb1on, Ma111e. While 111 Ma111e, they vtmed Ray and Tos ie Campbell Kazen tn Warervdle. The Robtmom' on Davts and famtly are ltv111g 111

Portland since he began reaching at Bowdoin. . . . Please fi ll out any news you have on the new forms in Colby magazine, make my news collec tion easier and bring all your classmates up to dare. How about hearing from more men ?

-Mary "Liz" Hall Fitch

We do not know where all of our c lassmates are h iding, bur we have only re ceived information for this issue of Colby from Marguerite Jack Robinson. She writes that on Maine Heritage Days in Buxton, Maine, she brought her scrapbook on the 1 9th-century artist Gibeon Elden Bradbury and a copy of her essay on this artist, whose writings are located in the Edwin Arlington Robinson Room in the M iller Library at Colby. Marguerite and her sister, Adelaide Jack McGorrill '46, recently auended rhe Dorcas Society at "Quillcore," formerly rhe home of Kate Douglas Wiggin. They had a tour of this outstanding author's home, whose bedroom walls feature The Painted Room by Rufus Porter, an important itinerant artist. The Society for Preservation of New England Antiquities in Boston stared rhar they have never seen anything more outstanding in all of ew England. The December issue of Down East magazine featured Kate Douglas Wiggin's play, The Miracle of the Old Peabody Pew, which is based on rhe Dorcas Society and has become rhe longest-running play in Maine history. Borh Marguerite and Adelaide are I ife rime members. Helen Knox Elliott and husband Charles, who live in the Raleigh/ Durham/Chapel Hill "Triangle" area of North Carol ina, have had rwo pleasant recent visits from Helen's former roommate ar Colby, Mar guerite Baker Stackpole '49, and her husband, Howard , who live in Manlius, N . Y . The Srackpoles also visited their son Tom, who is an Army officer at Fort Lee in Virginia. Helen and Marguerite were each other's maids of honor. The rwo couples enjoyed sharing the large comprehensive book of Colby's hi tory showing the development of the old and new Colby campuses, ro both of which rh y could relate . . . Hero is ready ro be hauled our of the water, and in a few days we will be heading for our winter house in J upiter, Fla. Please let us hear from you so that we can keep your clas mares advised on what is going on in your life. .

-David and Dorothy Marson

Hey, we have a new author in our midst! The Alumni Office has forwarded sev eral cl ipping about Horace P. Landry and his fir r book, A Maine Mystery : Death Under Tall Pines. After a career in journalism, Horace has pent the last three years of his retirement simultaneously learning how ro use a computer and wming his book! And now rhar it' done, rhe first 500 copies of rhe elf-publ ished mystery are gone and the second printing is now avail able. According ro a clipping from rhe Central Maine Morning Sentinel of August 1 5 , 1 999, rhe story i er in M iddleton, "a thinly disguised

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Waterville, right down to its local college, which could pass for the Colby of four decades ago." If I've whetted your appetite, this book can be ordered by calling 800-969-5 3 2 6 ( access code 3 ) or 207-283 -4476. Horace and his wife now spend winters in Bonita Springs, Fla. , and sum mers in Saco . . . . The Alumni Office also has notified me of the death of Robert Cook in August. Our sympathies to his wife, J u ne Stairs Coo k , and his family . . . . Haroldene Whitcomb Wolf wrote in her Christmas card of a happy event in September when her daughter, Wendy, was married to J on White in Arlington, M ass. Deannie and Marshall have finally decided to move to Florida, so as of February 2000, her new address is 7 7 5 W . Orchid Island Circle :r l 0 5 , Vero Beach, FL 3 2 963 . . . . Not much news from you '49ers, as you can see. I'm still waiting for the l ittle man who l ives in my computer to tell me, "You have mail." Let's keep him busy in the next three months when our next column is due !

-Anne Hagar Eustis

By now you have probably heard from

Jack Alex and are aware of all the great plans for

our 50th reunion. A good number of biographies have been sent in so the Class of 1 950's book should prove to be great reading for us. The whole program sounds like it will be a wonderful time thanks to the many people who have been work ing towards that goal. . . Did you notice the comment about Russell (Tubby ) Washburn in the last issue of Colby magazine? It seems that Tubby was featured in an article in the Maine Sunday Telegram about his amazing golf perfor mance. He is a member of the Purpoodock Club in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, where he shot his age ( 7 7 ) at least eight times last summer. One of his partners calls him the Energizer Bunny since he j ust keeps going and going with great, long shots when most people start to slow down. Tubby was a teacher and basketball coach in Portland and since retirement has stayed physically fit. What a good example for us all! We remember him as a star on Colby's basketball team and that he was drafted by the Boston Celtics. They wanted him to play for Hartford in the Eastern League, but he decided to return to college . . . . Speaking of basketball, Richard M. Bowers mentioned Lee Williams, the coach when we were at Colby, and what a great influence he had on the players. Lee went on to become head of the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass . . . . John Harriman writes from La Mesa, Calif., thar he is in good health and that he'll beat the reunion. He and his British wife, Terry, have traveled a lot in the British Isles, visiting relatives as well as sightseeing. They went through Scotland and Northern Ire land on the latest trip. The year 2000 features a J anuary trip to Chile and Argentina and February ski trips to Lake Tahoe. Guess he hasn't given up "the board " yet! . . . That's about all the news l have, so we'll expect to catch up with everyone in June. See you then.

-Virginia Davis Pearce

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esteemed class officer Ernie "Chap" Fortin, Sarasota, Fla., really gets around. In August he was in attendance at the groundbreaking of the Madison, M aine, busi ness park, the intent of which is to provide jobs so young people will not need to move out of state to find work-as Ernie did after he gradu ated from Colby . . . . Another classmate who really gets around is William Burgess, Tucson, Ariz., who has taken his third trip to Australia by freighter.

-Barbara jefferson Walker

Many of us, now retired, use hobbies and volunteer jobs for recreation: stamp collect ing, genealogy, meals-on-wheels. About as ex citing as, well, waiting for spring to come to Maine. But for contrast take Rod Howes, now retired from the USAF and McDonnell Dou glas. His back yard boasts a hangar where he builds, then flies, experimental aircraft. His R V -6 cruises at 1 90 mph. Great for cross-coun try travel, says Rod. H is current project is a Kitfox l l , which will poke along at 90. But when it gets cold in Fallon, Nev., Rod and Mary Ann load up their fifth wheel and trailer and head for Key West and environs for a couple of months. . . . Lois Thorndike Sharp, living in Maysville, Ga., went on a cruise of the Greek Isles and a tour that included stops in Turkey, where she observed firsthand the aftermath oflast summer's earthquake . . . . Bruce and Carol MacPherson move between New Hampshire, Naples, Fla., and Needham, Mass., as the spirit and weather d ictate. Bruce is still somewhat active in his business ventures and his 30-year directorship of a major mutual fund. The MacPhersons spent three weeks last year on a cruise and tour, visiting, amongotherstops, London, Edinburgh, the Norwegian coast, the fiords and Copenhagen. . . . Ever the thespian, Jan Pearson Anderson appeared in a Cape Cod production ofTen Little Indians last fall. . . . Barbara Bone Leavitt, our class representative to the Alumni Council, attended a weekend retreat at the College last fall. I ts purpose was to evaluate the role, obj ec tives and effectiveness of the council. One conclusion: the need for greater alumni par ticipation. To this end, plans for Homecoming Weekend in October 2000 will provide for a wider variety of activities. In addition, area Colby clubs will be making a special effort to get local alumni involved in their programs. Bar bara welcomes any recommendations we may have that might increase participation in Col lege alumni activities and programs . . . . In spite of Art White's emergency quintuple heart by pa s surgery last October, he is back in the saddle as our anniversary gift chair, directing the effort that seeks to raise, in the next three years, $ 1 .5 million in celebration of our 50th anniversary. Art and Herb Nagle, assistant chair, have assembled 26 of us who have been making personal calls to each member of the Class of ' 5 2 . No doubt you have heard from one of us by

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now. Whereas our three-year goal, of which $200,000 is dedicated to the Alumni Fund, at first seemed ambitious, with the variety of ways by which we can make contributions, and with some thoughtful planning on the part of each of us, making this very meaningful gift is certainly possible. Please respond generously. -Paul M . Aldrich

John Lee sent me a sequel to his sum mer travels. In August he went on a 2 7-day bus tour of England, Wales, I reland and Scotland. He visited a variety of p laces, including Oxford and Cambridge, Loch Ness ( less monster) and theaters of London and Dublin. He logged 4 ,400 miles around the British Isles . . . . I had my first information "tear-out"-from Hershel and Bar bara Weiss Alpert. Barbara said that Hershel, who is owner of a furniture business in the New Bedford, Mass. , area-Hershel has expanded his own business by 50 percent and totally rebuilt it-is now pre ident of National Home Furnishing Association. Therefore, he has been traveling throughout this country and beyond this year. He will be national chairman this year. . . . Nelson Beveridge attended the wed ding of Barbara ( Berg '54) and Frank King's daughter in Amherst, Mass. He said it seemed to be the hottest day of J uly, but the reception was under a tent on the college campus and was great despite the heat. He ran into a few Colby friends in attendance from the Class of ' 5 5 . First was Susanne Capen Stutts, now widow of Peter Stutts ' 5 5 , who lives in Lyme, Conn. , and is very active in politics. Second was Joanne Bailey Anderson from China, Maine, and third was Dotty Dunn Northcott of Marlborough, N . H . Dotty told N elson that she had j ust done a n entire renovation o f a n old farmhouse there. From the Class of '54 were Susan ( M iller ' 5 6 ) and Tom Hunt, who still lives an athletic l ife in his retirement. Nelson remembered that during his Colby days he was either climbing or canoe ing. Lastly, elly said that the Kings put on a fantastic party for the last of their children's weddings. They probably have now retired to their oceanside condo in Ft. Myers, Fla . . . . The day this news was due I received an amusing note from Joe Bryant. I don't want to change its content so I will include it in its ( al most ) en tirety. He writes: "I have been in touch with Priscilla Eaton Billington, and she suggested you might be interested in some comments I made to her re Parvis Chahbazi. I was sorry to hear that he had died. I had wondered where his travels had taken him since his last day on Mayflower Hill. Parvis was one of the first c lass mates I met when I arrived on campus in Sep tember of '49. He had a smile that completely covered his face, and I swear he already knew the names of half of his c lassmates. Parvis told me a little of his background, and my insecurity as a green freshman with a beanie blossomed. Parvis's native tongue was Arabic. He went to France, where he learned that language. Then he went to England. He learned our language by

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Some psychotherapists have a variety of patients with a

psychotherapist she has worked with a range of patients-from

variety of issues. Candace Orcutt '57, who special izes in patients

career professionals to a New J e rsey hit man-and learned that

suffering from psychological trauma and multiple personalities,

severe personality d i sorders and schizophrenia afflict people of

sometimes finds that variety i n a single case . " I t's a real d i lemma

all classes indiscriminately.

when you work with mu ltiples because you have to work with all

Associated with the Masterson I nstitute of Psychoanalytic

of the different personae , " she said, reca l l i n g one patient whom

Psychotherapy for more than 1 7 years, Orcutt recently was c i ted

she counseled seven days a week in order to deal with all the

by institute fou nder James F. Masterson , M . D . , for her contri b u

parts of the personality that had split apart i n the wake of severe

tions, i n c l u d i n g treatment, teac h i n g , s u pervision, art i c l es a n d

c h i l dhood trauma. " I t's very time consumi n g . "

lectures t h a t "helped s h a p e the Masterson I nstitut e . "

Orcutt might have been tempted t o major in psychology at

Orcutt says she is w i n d i n g down her career as a c l i n i c i a n ,

Colby, but the department was just taking shape when she was

c u rrently works part t i m e , and p l a n s t o devote her f u l l e n ergies to

a student so she didn't have the choice, she says. As it is, she has

writing beginning later this year. On the professional side she is

never regretted majoring i n English and studyi n g with professors

working on a book about her specialty in psyc h i c trauma and its

Ric hard Harrier and Mark Benbow. "It was a wonderful founda

effects as man ifested i n abused patients and those with M u ltiple

tion , " she sai d . '' I ' m glad I didn't major i n psychology, but I wish

Personality Disorder. " I t ' s a real how-to guide," targeted toward

I could have minored in it."

clinicians, she said.

She took a job at Oxford U n iversity Press i n New York and,

On the creative side, " I 've always wanted to return to fiction , "

among other duties, wrote copy for the

s h e said. "This is where I got t o be an E n g l i s h

back covers of paperback versions of

major in the first place . " She has novels as w e l l

books. 1nclud1ng ed1tions by Edmund

a s short stories in m i n d . They will draw from

Wilson and Conrad Aiken . She

family remi n i scences as well as from t h e

even earned Wilson's rare appro

colorful p e o p l e she has worked w i t h d u r

ballon for her efforts, she says. I n

ing 30 years i n the mental health pro

h e ferment o f the '60s however, she

fessions-perhaps even "the kid who

dec1ded she d1dn t want to stay 1n the

used to ride his bicycle down the

1vory ower o p ub l i shing and she hit

hallway of the Payne Whitney C l i n ic ,

h e s reets o East Bronx as a social

insisting it was a pony. When the

worker She has master s degrees 1n

receptionist spoke to h i m about it he

Eng,sh II erature and 1n soc1al work

said, ' Lady, you're h a l l u c i nati n g . This

rom Columb1a Un1vers1 y S e moved

is a horse . "'

rom welfare case

Between "acter-outers" like that and

work o hosp1 al-based soc1al work

her multiple-personality cases, "There's

and earned a Ph D. at International

never a dull moment," she said.

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translating back to French and then back to Arabic. l am still having trouble with English. Parvis received a new car when he was at Colby, and hi smile broadened. He knew l was from South Paris, Maine, and he had a brother at Hebron Academy, about 10 miles from my home. He knew l hitchedhiked home now and then, and he offered the late Eddie Gammon ' 5 4 and me a ride. Remember, Interstate 95 in the ' 5 0s was only a dream. My ride home was one lane going, one lane coming. We headed out. A car would pass us. Parvis would stomp on the accel erator, and we would fly by while Parvis turned h is head to the driver, smiling and waving for the fun of the chase. This need to lead d id not happen j ust once, Barbara. When we were 1 5 m i les out of Hebron, we hit 'country roads' covered with ice and compacted snow. The car did a hula dance at every corner and down every hill, and Eddie and 1 were sure that we would never take another final exam at Colby. Need less to say, we turned down all further offers from Parvis. He was unique."

-Barbara Easterb1·ooks Mailey

In July the Melrose ( Mass.) Free Press announced that Vic Scalise would be serving as interim pastor at the First Baptist Church of Melrose. Vic and his wife, Mary, live in Brookline and have attended Colby reunions. In fact, Vic conducted a workshop at the reunion last J une. . . . This column is very short. Please help make the next one a little longer by sending in your news. We would especially like to hear from people who haven't attended reunions or sent information lately. Let us know what you are doing; it doesn't have to be earth shaking to be interesting to old friends.

-Helen Cross Stabler

News for this c lass is pretty slim; many of us have been involved with reunion p lanning and alumni fund raising. l would encourage you to be a donor so that l 95 5 ers will have good percentage participation numbers. l am sure you have been contacted ! . . . Kathy Flynn Carrigan has some exiting plans for a reunion chorale, which you will hear about shortly . . . . Margaret Connelly Callahan is enjoying retirement after working in the school system many years. She walks two miles each day with her poodle, Madeline. More important, she and Joe treasure their nine grandchildren. Peg's sister Mary Connelly Luney also lives in Tarrytown, al though Mame spendssummers in theirold home town of Camden, M aine. It would be wonderful to see these two special sisters at reunion . . . . Several c lassmates were at the olby-Bowdoin football game-always nice to beat Bowdoin on their turf. And there was a sweet 4-3 win in hockey recently over the Polar Bears, too. Jack Deering was in his glory with these victories! Ann

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Ann D i l l i ngham

Ingraham, Germaine Michaud Orloff and l chattered away during the games . . . . Patricia Levine Levy and husband Sevy ' 5 3 have both

retired from their respective jobs and are enjoy ing the freedom to travel . They were recently in Florida and Alabama to visit their sons. . Tony Leone is faithful in writing. He has been in touch with Jim McCroary, who lives in Winthrop, Maine. Tony is hoping he can find a way to come to reunion . . . . Good wishes to you all as we meet and greet the year 2000! And don't be afraid to write with your news!

-Jane Millett Dornish

Happy Birthday to our class. Most of us are reaching the big 6 5 Medicare Birthday this year. . . . AI Clapp is up-to-date with this milestone as president of Financial Strategies & Services Corp. in .Y.C. His company does financ ial planning for seniors, including estate planning and long-term care insurance. AI and his w i fe , A l ic e , a music teacher, live in . Carol Barton Neubauer was Bronxville. awarded a silver medal for 25 years of service at Bridgewater State College. She is the assoc iate librarian at the Maxwell Library. Carol, who lives in Carver, Mass., received her master's in library science at Simmons College after Colby. . . . Bill Haggett was recently elected chairman of the Maine Maritime Academy board of trust ees. He has served on the board since 1 989. Bill is also a member of the American Bureau of Shipping and a life member of the Navy League of the United States . . . . Dave and Rosemary Crouthamel Sortor went trekking in Nepal, a fabulous but eye-opening trip. Happy people but no electricity, running water or plumbing out side of the tourist facilities . . . . Liz Russell Collins plays golf with John Jubinsky on her frequent trips to Hawaii . . . . Mary Ann Papalia Laccabue looked up Ted Margolis when she was in Seattle last fall. Ted, have you ever been back to Colby, and if not, don't you think it's time? . . . Don Rice and Sherry have relocated to Spring Island, S.C., from Scottsdale, Ariz. They will still spend summers at Lake Sunapee, N . H . . . . Regards t o you a l l .

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Hello, folks. Have finally dusted off some piles of paper and found Colby news that needs to be passed on. Some may be outdated. 1f so, please feel free to resubmit. Guy and Ellie Ewing Vigue will be doing the column from now on. They are at guyjviguer@aol.com or 2 3 8 Sea Meadow Lane, Yarmouth, Maine 04096 . . . . I so bel Rafuse Capuano planned to start a con sulting business after leaving AT & T but de cided to take up golf instead. Way to go, Isabel. She and Hank plan a move to North Carolina soon. . . . Marietta "Hank" Roberts Burrowes, in addition to doting on l 0 grandchildren, has a busy life as an artist. She does interior design in commerc ial as well as residential sites. Murals, faux paint ing, rugs are her specialties. Many nursing homes use her talents to brighten up for their c l ients . . . . Don Tracy and wife Linda live in Rockport, M aine. Don currently does income tax preparation as a busine s and d igital photog-

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Ash lee, Daddy's l ittle girl! 1 also have a 1 6 raphy for fun-and lo,·es Maine . . . . Tom and The questionnaire system appearirlg in year-old son, Lance, a great k i d and a j unior in Marilyn Brackin are still in ew Jersey. Tom Colby magazine has nor produced much corre high school. In addition, I have an older son, remains acti,·e in insurance and real estate and spondence, at least for this c lass. However, a Scott, in San Francisco. His mother was k illed sings with a symphonic chorus as well as with new e-mail system has been put in place and in an auto accident when he was 6 years old. I any Colby Eight person he runs into . . . . Durham, will probably generate a lor more mail. In wish I lived nearer, so I could have attended England, is home for Rose Stinson Zuckerman October the Alumni Office launched an some reunions. I told my old roommate, John Ebsworth. Rose has raised a large family of nine on-line d irectory of Colby alumni, and each Koehler, that my four years at Colby were the children and has 1 5 grandchildren-maybe more by now. A librarian for many years, ,..-----, class correspondent has a perma nent e-mail forwarding address Rose credits Colby for having given N EWS MAKERS in this system ( ours is classnews her great exposure to good art and 1 9 5 8@alum.colby.edu ) . Those of music and for academic encour Harland H. Eastman ' 5 1 was you who wish to use this system agement. . . Roberta Santora counted among Sanford ( Maine) will have your news forwarded di Hindert retired from her position High School's most distinguished recrly to my personal e-mail ac as assistant to the president of graduates in a local newspaper count. Until I established my own Kalama:oo College. Having sur article that honored his 24-year account, the Alumni Office was vived the loss of husband, brother career as a U.S. foreign service forwarding correspondence to me and father in a short period of diplomat in six countries. He Leda a n d A r nold Sturtevant ' 5 1 the old-fashioned way through the rime, she now lives in Cone:, Colo. continues to serve in retirement, U.S. mail. So, I hav some news Roberta volunteers in archaeol leading historic walking tours and writing history books on his for you, but not as much as usual. . ogy research and education, plays hometown . . . . Arnold H. ' 5 1 and Leda Whitney Sturtevant ' 5 1 . . Bob Saltz ( bsalrz@amrresearch. the recorder and does ice dancing. recenrly self-published a family history tided Home-Nest Chronicles, com ) and his wife, Lynne, have Hats off to you in your new life, named for their farm in Fayette, Maine, where the Sturtevant family been guests at Alayne and Marty Roberta. . . . We were saddened to has lived for eight generations. The volume contains two books: Ripe Burger's home and vice versa. This hear of J im Rogers's passing. J im Berry Moon by Leda, which includes Wabanaki folklore from her is a pleasant opportunity for Bob and Ellie (Jones) were doing a a rive American ancestors, and Tales from Labrador by Arne. "Labra great job as class agents, and Ellie, and Many to relive their Colby dor," in this instance, refers to the name of a cold room upstairs in the to her credit, continues the role. experiences, although Bob claims Home-Nest farmhouse. The book is available through the Sturtevants' he fmds great support in family his experience bears very little re Web site ( http://www.megalink.ner/- homenest/index.htm ) or and friends . . . . We lost another semblance to Marty's, and Marty through a link from Amazon.com . . . . A recent article in the Spring cia smate, Mac Remington, j ust wondered if they even went to the field, Mass., Union News chronicled the long history of King & over a year ago. Louise ( Mullin same college! Not ones to follow Cushman, an insurance company formerly owned and run by Franklin '5 ) 1 maintaining the homestead the established retirement route, King III ' 5 3 . Since he retired in 1 997, his son, Scott, has kept up the tn Rumney, . H . , and has just Bob and Lynne sold their condo proud traditions of the family business . . . . Robert B. Parker ' 5 4 , enJoyed a 1'1 it from daughter Lea and purchased a house and then author o f the best-selling Spenser novels, kicked off a new mystery and 1 nfant grandson Connor Bob started a new business within series with the publication of Family Honor. Sony Pictures has Malcolm. . Monumental pas his current business. As of)anuary contracted to buy the movie rights to the book, which features Sunny ages uch a hort- or long-term I Bob has been semi-retired from Randall, a female gumshoe to be played by Helen Hunt. . . . The d ines , lo s of loved ones, marital AMR Research and will now work Dana Hall School recenrly awarded John W. Cameron ' 5 7 an fatlures, financ1al setbacks affect only on special projects as well as endowed faculty chair in recognition of his excellence in reaching at all of us a we put more years on with several charities. He is espe the institution. He is currently the head of the school's English the record . o , roo, do good cially interested in prostate cancer Department . . . . Annie Proulx ' 5 7 was picked by The Boston Globe thtng> happen ro all of u;. That' groups as he is a lucky survivor of as one of the four top fiction writers of 1 999 for her recent work, Close ltfe . To handle burden whtle this disease. The best thing that Range: Wyoming Stories . . . . An article on Peter A. Vlachos ' 5 8 in foc u , 1 ng on the pos 1 t 1ves m l 1 fe has happened, however, is the birth The Boston Globe featured his comments on the current state of the 1' key ro sun· 1 val and mamre of their first grandchild, Bryce, in U. . rock market. Manager of the Austin Global Equity Fund, nance of human >p1 r t t . ome April 1 999 . . . . Sheila Tunnock Vlachos ex pre sed concern about the specter of higher interest rates u me' 1 \ e had trouble w 1 th the Cox ( tunnocox@aol.com) has and signs of creeping inflation in the U.S. balance m rra1 elmg the long been retired since 1 996. She now ro.Jd w 1 t h my h u s h a n d , an spends three days a week volun M I LESTO N ES Al:he1mer\ \'1 t1m. A re em let teering at uch fun places as two Deaths: Robert E. Cannell ' 5 1 , January I I , 2000, in Portland, Maine, ter from Ron Ra mu sen has tn· museum and a new aquarium, ,p1red me w J-.ol,ter ur anJ he ar 72 . . . . Robert L. Bechard ' 5 2 , October I I , 1 999, in Nashua, Ocean Journey, in Denver. Her .H., at 7 1 . . . . Kemp M. Pottle ' 5 2 , ovember 2, 1 999, in Webbs rwng. I 'd ltke w 'hMe part wnh latest challenge is learning how to M tlls, Mame, at 69 . . . . Robert L. Stevens ' 5 2 , August 4, 1 999, in 1 uu: " n j uh I , 1 99 / , l woke ur use a computer and being on line. Akron, Ohw, at 74 . . . . Kenneth R. Gesner ' 5 3 , November 7, 1 999, par,th·:ed w 1rh a ,r.1ph mfec(l(m I think this is a challenge for most 111 Rtdgell'ooJ, .J . , at 6 . . . . Janet Hamilton Kriek ' 5 6, J anuary 2 , tlf rhe ,ptn;l l cord. I w enr from a of us senior citizen types . . . . Jim 2000, 111 A'hevdle, .C., a r 65 . . . . Robert E. Brolli ' 5 9 , January 3 1 , totally hei!lthl mderendenr rer B i s hop ( hayduke@sedona.ne t ) 2000, 1n R1chmonJ, Ma; ., at 62. 'on ro .1 wral h dependent per,on. writes that he has forsaken Social The rea,on I 'm wnrmg ts ro re Security for a new post on the mmd orher rhat <Jualttv of ltle 1, tmporranr be. r of my l tfe. I almosr forgot to mention an faculty of the Sedona Creative Life Center to and ro make each day ounr, ftlr one does nor tmportant famdy member, a heine dog named reach creative writing at weekend workshops. know hm1 man1 qualtry Jay, remam. I stdl Colhy' I hope life ha been good to you. Your He also hike in those famous red rock canyons h.11 e much w l11·e ftlr; I rian w do 'orne '' nnng c ia> mare, Ron." May we all hare Ron's pirit in Arizona and vi its with an Apache medicine and I enJtlY rradmg rock, t ll1 the Internet, but and phtlosophy. man. And he is planning a film on a recovering mo'r ot all I !m e m\ 7-l·ear-nld daughter, -Eleanor Shorey Harris lady gambling addict. . . Sandra Doolittle

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and her husband now own a multi-dealer an t iques shop. Their son, S k i p , a lso a clinical soc i a l worker, l ives in Plainfiel d , N .J . , and is an actor and s i nger as well. Daughter A l l ison and her husband, both musicians, live in New Haven, where A l l i son works at Yale ew H aven Hospital and her husband is a t Christ Church . Sandy's granddaughter is her b iggest delight and a lready shows signs of the family's musical talent. W h i l e v isiting M a i ne for e x tended t rips during the s u m m e r , S a n d y often seems to run into C in d y A l lerton Rock nak when-what e lse-shopping . . . . Peter Doran ( pcdoran@m i n t . n e t ) recently received the President's Award at the M aine Public Health Association's annual meeting in Portland for community health contributions. Daughter Lee Anne is on leave from teaching third grade while she is serving as Distinguished Educator for Early Literacy in M aine with the Depart ment of Education. Dana, the youngest son, has returned from a Washington, D.C., Presidential Fellowship and is taking a new position as assis tant to the commissioner for the Maine Depart ment of Labor. M aine is lucky to have the Doran fam i ly l iving there1 And there we are. The people who replied to the e-mail found it quick and easy. It seems to work, and once the Alumni Office jogged your memories via e-mail, there were some replies. Keep in touch this way and keep our column alive and well. •

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-Margaret Smith Henr)'

When we started discussing our 40th reunion a year or more ago, it seemed a long way off. Not so1 In case you hadn't noticed, time passes more quickly these days. Those of us on the committee hope that a good percentage of you will consider coming back-we promise you that the trip will be worthwhile. . . Don Williamson goes to the head of the c lass for being the only one who returned a question naire from Colby magazine. He and his wife, Carole, are both retired and living in Murell Inlet, S.C. They have two grown children and three grandsons. Don wrote that he had the privilege and fun of being with h is former room mates, Ed Burke and Ed Marchetti, three times this year-in N . H . , M ass., and S.C. Toby Blanchard also joined them for two of the get togethers: "It was as though time had stood still and nothing had changed ! We still laughed a lot ! " . . . Newspaper articles have been the source of some other news. One was an interesting story about Bob Gerrard and his nine-year involvement with the infamous Demoulas case in Massachusetts. It is a c lassic case of dissen ion among family member -in this case, the mem bers of a supermarket empire with power, money and control at stake. One of the attorneys quoted in the article called Bob "the best courtroom lawyer I 've ever seen," and several other attor neys were equally complimentary. Bob and his wife, Bonnie, live in Gloucester, Mass., and have two sons. . . . The College also sent me the

obituary for George Gross, which appeared last spring in a Newark, N.J., newspaper. He had a career in government, which began in 1 982 with h is appointment by President Reagan as director of property management for the Gen eral Services Administration. At the time of his death, he had been the administrator of the General Services Administration for the State of New Jersey since 1 994. I know he must be missed by his family, friends and professional associates. He is survived by his wife, Jane, a son and a daughter. . . . Another article was a profile of three candidates competing for a seat on the housing authority in the Pembroke, Mass., town elections. One of those candidates was Katherine Linscott Barrett. I don't know the outcome of the elec t ion, but one of her priorities would have been obtaining more money from the federal government for the housing complexes in Pembroke. Another priority would have been to get more housing in town and to work on Section 8 housing to get the authority more involved with the handicap disabilities com mission. Sounds to me like a very ambitious and full-time agenda-hope she was given the op portunity to make a difference . . . . Louis Rader is a professor of modern, feminist and Jewish literature at King's College. After Colby, Lou received a master's degree and doctorate in English from Cornell University. A notice was sent to me after he presented a program at the Hazleton Area Public Library in Hazleton, Pa. . . . Susan Macomber Vogt and husband Dick '58 completed a three-month cross-country bi cycle in September, starting in Whidbey Island, Wash., and fini hing in Kennebunk, Maine. They averaged 5 0 miles a day and took only five days off in three months. Dick credits Sue with the idea, but they said they had thought and talked about it for 10 years. What an accom plishment! Sue and Dick live in Henniker, N.H . . . . My last contribution came from Colby j ust a week ago. l t was a pic tu re of John Vollmer, Bill Clough '6 1 , Frank Stephenson '62 and Steve Carpenter '62. John is a business executive and l ives in San Francisco. Of their mini-reunion, John writes, "We all thought it amazing that we finally could get together again and swap our various stories. olby certainly fostered this type of bond, and we plan to get together soon again." . . . Dick Lucier has been working very hard as our reunion gift chair. Several of us have been on Dick's committee and have enjoyed the opportunity to talk with other classmates, and for some it was the first contact in 39 years! Hope you will all consider supporting the alumni g ift requests so that we can have record class participation . . . . In closing, I would like to share a few thoughts about the Lovejoy Convo cation in November. W i l l iam Raspberry, noted Washingwn Post columnist, was the recipient. He was a favorite of ours during the many years we lived in the Washington, D.C., area, and we not only thought he was a superb choice but was worth the trip to Waterville. Colby did an outstanding job with the reception, the dinner

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and the convocation itself, and l istening to Bill Cotter's remarks reminded us, once again, how fortunate we have been to have had Bi ll's leadership a t Colby. As students, we thought no one could fill President Bixler's shoes, but I think they have been ably fil led by each suc cessor-each one different but each one the right person for the time. Who of us ever considered, in September of 1 95 6 , that this small college in Maine , with the little trees and big ideas, would become the first-c lass institu tion that it is today ? Plan to come and share in a reunion celebration '

-Carolyn Webster Lockhart

Thanks to Jon Wolfe, who responded to my pitiful cry for news all the way from Casper, Wyo. A lthough he c laims that he's one of the "less interesting" members of our c lass, it sounds as though he isn't j ust sitting around watching the snow p i le up on the Rockies. He has taken up scuba diving to j ustify trips to tropical isles every year or two and is skiing again. He says he would like some day to get back to Sugarloaf, where the skiing all started for him 4 1 years ago. H is two daughters have provided him with three grandchildren, two nearby and one in California . . . . Anne Lehman Lysaught is a stage behind Jon. All three of her children were married within a 1 5 ·month pe riod in 1 998 and 1 999; now she and her husband are waiting for grandchildren . . . . Jeanette Benn Anderson's life continues to be full, despite MS . Three grandchildren are nearby and two are in North Carolina but keep in touch via frequent phone calls and Internet messages. Jeanette and her husband, Bob, continue to vacation at Marco Island, and this past November they traveled to a small town in Quebec, where they celebrated their first childless Thanksgiving since 1 96 1 . Their standardbred colt began his racing c a reer in t h e summer of 1 999, a n d t h e y are already looking forward to next summer's rac ing season. The best news in J eanette's Christ mas newsletter is that, thanks especially to some diet changes, her MS attacks are slowly becoming less frequent, giving her body more t ime to heal. . . . We're on a mini-roll when it comes to contributing class news. Can we double the number of c lassmates we hear from for the next issu e ? Please ?

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It is January 16 as I write. The snow is finally falling, and the wind is blowing. Looks like we are in for a real nor'easter. Our 5 -year old grandson arrived on the doorstep earlier, ready to try out his skis . . . . Bill Alexander retired from teaching science in Fairfield, Maine, in J une. Bill spent 35 years at Lawrence H igh School in Fairfield, where he brought the "real world problems" of j umbo jets, schooners and even skidder into his classroom. Bill and his wife own the schooner Timberwind on which they run charters out of Rockport Harbor. Wouldn't a charter day trip be fun for our 40th

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had been on one of the Cheesemans' trips to retire from teaching in two years. he and her reunion1 Congratulation , Bill. We hope you Australia for a month. I'm green with envy! . . . housemate rented a cottage at Sebago Lake this are enjoying your retirement . . . . Alice Webb Lynn Ki mbal l , who retired a year ago, is still past summer and loved it. They are hoping to writes that he has performed 40 shows in the return this summer. They have done a lot of based in White Plains, .Y. he summered at past 20 year wtth the Colonial Chorus Players at Reading, Mass. he took a tap dane- ,.------, New Harbor, Maine, and is busy reno vating, with plans to move there more ing cia thi pa t summer, leaving N EWS MAKERS permanently in April. She is active in "belly dancing" as the only dance type various choral groups . . . . Rollie and I that she ha never had any instruction Rodney Pierce '63, president of Stafford traveled to Colby for the Colby in. Alice, we expect a demon tration, Savings Bank, a small community bank Bowdoin hockey game in early De including belly dancing, at our 40th1 in Connecticut, was named incoming cember. It was thrilling to be watching Alice and her husband took a trip to chairman of the Connecticut Bankers a game live after all the e years. See· Prince Edward Island last summer, only Association . . . . Katherine P. Whi te '60 ing Ron Ryan's = 1 0 shirt hanging on to have their car break down in the assumed the chair of the board of direc· the wall of the arena brought back a Dtgby ferry terminal. The car was towed tors of Common Ground Sanctuary in Robert M . Furek '64 flood of memories. The arena was on and off the ferry and all the way tO Pontiac, Mich. A crisis agency, the Com· packed. I think every student from Calais before beingfixed1 Pete Duggan mon Ground Sanctuary aids anyone in need, from teen runaways both schools was there-and what and wife Mary Vance have purchased to senior citizens . . . . The Colby Alumni Association presented nice-looking kids! ( o fights this his parents' home near West Point, Robert D. Dy er '64, a teacher at Maine's Sea Road School, with year! ) We have adjusted to all the life l . Y . Restoration work is underway the Outstanding Educator Award for 1 999 . . . . The Boston Sun changes of the past year and are en· as, accordmg to Pete, " othing works day Globe declared lawyer and Concord, Mass., selectman Arthur joying living in the Bangor area. Win· tn an old hou e but the owner." When S. Fulman '64 "point man" in a legal battle between the ters are milder, and we're closer to he and Mary mo1·e there this summer, Massachusetts Port Authority and four towns, whose residents family. I n October we enjoyed a trip Pete \\'til be the third generation to are upset over noise, traffic and environmental impacts a oci by rail across Canada from Banff to l tve in thts 1 90 7 country home. pe ated with commercial aviation operations at Hanscom Field in cial itwttattons will be issued, with Vancouver on the Rocky Mountain Bedford . . . . Robert M. Furek '64 has been named to the board eer, a special train that travels only Rich imkins first. Pete ays his of directors of ! KO Office Solutions, one of the world's leading lo1·e for tee hockey and watching during the daylight hours. What a office technology companies . . . . Mainebiz featured Lee D. Ur TV a long wtth hts d islike for En wonderful way to travel-sitting back ban '68, new director of economic development for Portland, glt h were all started at Colby. Pete and watching the country roll by from Maine. "If we here in economic development and the city t lookmg for telephone numbers our own private compartment. We enhance economic vitality," he said, "we better the quality of life for Bruce Marshall, Tony M ani e ro marveled at how they built railroads for everybody who lives and works in Portland." and Pe te Thompson. (They must be through the mountains and along the on the It t 1 ) He al o report having river canyons . . . . Thanks to all of you M I LESTO N ES poken wtth Whit Coombs tn Pennwho have sent news. My e-mail ad Deaths: Karen Graf Paharik '6 1 , November l 9 , 1 999, in Worcessylvanta. . . Tony Kra me r ha two dress ( prussell40@hormail.com) is per ter, Mass., at 60 . . . . P h i l ip E. Allison '63 , January 4 , 2000, in ktd ages I I and 1 2 , hence rettrement manent . . . . Start planning now for Gorham, Maine, at 58 . . . . Julia D odge Burnham '63, January t> not tn the tmmedtate future. Tony i our 40th ! 1 6, 2000, in Boston, Mass., at 58 . . . . J u l ie Nuge n t Coates '63, on the ;chool board m Hm dale, I ll., -Patricia Farnham Russel! " hose two htgh chools send swdent eptember 1 1 , 1 999, in Jackson, Mo., at 60 . . . . Lee Claire McGowan '68, October 2 5 , 1 999, in Philadelphia, Pa., at 5 3 . on to Colhy on a regular ha t . He First of all, thanks to all of recently wa named to the board of "- --------------------------' you who have helped me through this ,.-dtrecror of apt tal Consul tore lmmobilanos, kayaking, recently buying new boats. Kathy very difficult year. Each card and remembrance whtch " a newly formed corporatton based in continues to be active in her choral group. . . was a lifeline for me, and you were kind to take annago, htle. reated to gtve tnstttunon Linda Laughlin Seeley wrote from Lake Osthe time to write. Throughout these many real e'tate ad1·hory ;en·tce'>, tht new assoctamonths of remembering and rebuilding, I've wego, Ore. he and her husband Elmer took a non ha' allowed hnn to travel not only to Chtle turned my back on you and Colby, turning Jet boat ride on the Snake River in Hells Canhut al"l to Argentma and Peru. Tony wtshe he inward to sort out thoughts and reactions and to yon whtle on a trip last summer. he marvel at had taken pant,h at Colhy. He t no long r an how Lewi and lark crossed and survived some friends nearby to distract me. And your reOi eN�er at olhy and mt"e the campus l't>tts, of the mountain passes. Linda keeps busy quiltsponses to questionnaires have piled up in my in ,mJ he ,tmngly recommend' all of us to return tng whtle Elmer i bu y with orthwcst Textbox. l can't possibly do them all justice now but mJ -e� rhe tremenJou change' to the campu . will try to summarize all the good information book. Thetr son con and hts wife l tve in anta \\ e \\ <luiJ h: ple.i'eJ. I 'econJ rhar, Tony. . . . Ro:,a, Caltf. . . In Rangeley, Mame, Jo Ann you've sent . . . . Joan McGhee Ames sent me a .\larlyn rittendon offey " eJttor of the exton Hardy tS enjoymg her beaunful new nice report from our 3 5 th reunion, including ( , r��mu Kf, Ga�e!le, htl leJ a' a new,letter for home located on scentc Haley Pond, a bird the following excerpts: The highlight of the On { .\1.!". ) .mJ hevnnJ .\1arlyn 'ent me a sanctuary. he connnues to do a lot of hiking, alumni dinner for our c lass but also for many u>pl , \\ hteh I enJOieJ re.tJmg. lr " ftlled wtrh fhhmg, huntmg, sk n ng , gardenmg and bird orhers was the acceptance speech by Bob Dye r , loc.tl Jom�'· .tJ . upuHnt nl! e 1 ent,, poern anJ \\ archmg. Jo ts the proud grandmother of two who received a Colby award as Educator of the lither tnrt:rt: ung nJhtr-. . ' tee J<>f-, . 1arh n. . . . ltttle hoys . . . . Pam Taylor, a soc tal worker who Year. ! hope it will be published in a future Colby I hc.trJ f w m " Illl d.h,m.ne m· e r the holtJay . worb 111 genatrtc mental health, ltves tn nearby magazine so that everyone can read it. It was a o l l e e n "J o" L i t t l e f i e l d J one l 1 1·e tn Banfo!Or; her 90-plu -year-old mother ltves wtth moving and modest summary of Bob's teaching , hm heg.m .\1.ltnl, .mJ " .t re,ource room her. Pam spent a week thiS past summer vacagoals and phi losophy over the past 35 years in tt:. Lhcr .n L.tl\ rt:nu: Ht gh t n F.urftt:IJ Her on, twnmg tn 'outh\\ e>t England, attended a con· the sixth grade classroom. He paid tribute to two A.tron, a "'-'' hutldt:r, .mJ ht rer nhcllteJ l''l! ference m .\1ontreal and spent nme at thetr classmates, Ben Potter and Ken Nye, whom he ha1 c 1-ecn -r.1 1 mg 1\lth J<� yuue ,1 htt. )<l h.h 'ummer place tn Fore t tty, Mame. . . I recalled as mentors during his year at Colby. a J J u, r eJ \\ t: ll after lu m� her l<·n�·rtme c<�mrece11·eJ a c.1rJ from my gooJ fnend harlotte, aturday, some of u toured the art center or panton L1-r \ t:.H Karh1 Hert:berg p Lln , rn ''ter of Gail Macomber Cheeseman. They all vtstted the Marchese Blue Light Pub ( they've • • •

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built a bar in the Cotter U n ion for students over 2 1 , open six nights a week ! ) before relaxing at the pond. Our c lass dinner at M i l lett Alumni House was the perfect choice for our social hour, dinner ( with Kendall-Jackson wine provided by Jon and E i leen Fredrikson) and the '60s-style dancing that followed till midnight. A strong contingent of about 1 5 stayed till the "last dance." Then we returned to the H i l lside dorm for an impromptu songfest led by Joan Phillipps Thompson and Lemon Morang that lasted well past 3 a.m . . . . More book recommendations: The Greatest Generation, Tom Brokaw; Snow Falling on Cedars, David Guterson; A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll ever Do Again, David Foster Wallace; Tuesdays with Morrie, M itch Alborn. . . . Colleen Khoury has been nominated for the ABA's Margaret Brent Award, which honors outstanding women lawyers who have achieved professional excellence within their area of spe cialty and have actively paved the way to suc cess for other women lawyers . . . . Art Fulman, Concord, Mass., selectman, was the subject of a long article in the Boston Sunday G lobe about his activities as point man in the legal battle with the Massachusetts Port Authority over resump t ion of commercial aviation at Hanscom Field. He was described as having "a wonderful! y sound, reasonable voice and [he] gets to the heart of issues without playing politics." He has his hands full with Massport but in the long run expects to win on the merits . . . . Martha Schatt Abbott Shim, Jon Allen, Joan McGhee Ames, Charlie A n g e l l , S t e v e B r u d n o , N a n c y Be rgeron C o r n w a l l , Peg C h a n d l e r D a v e y , L a r r y Dyhrberg, Bruce Lippincott, Gloria Shepherd, Jim Simon and Bonnie Bankert Taylor all rook

time to ponder how they would distribute Bill Gates's billions of dollars, if they had the chance. Here are their suggestions: put all the homeless in unused military bases, clean them up, clothe them, detox them, train them, and send them out; tear down old inner-city buildings and put up baseball/football fields; youth services and recreation for the handicapped; medical re search, education, art; create a fund to pay for all political campaigns; education, education, edu cation; housing worldwide; medicines for the elderly, school safety; college scholarships; re newable energy, population control; child care. Charlie Angell also suggested, "I'm pretty sure I'd also buy my way out of being called "the Andrew Carnegie of the 2 1 st century." Some of those folks we haven't heard from in a long t ime, so it was great to get their news . . . . I also heard from Dennis Hardy, who lives in Wells, Maine, and writes that he has an informal networking group that meets Thursdays at 7 : 3 0 a.m. to talk about common concerns and cur rent events. Over nearly six years some 3 00 people have come and gone, but the nucleus of the group l ives on and has a domain site at www.businessconnection.org . . . . D i c k Friary sends news that his second book, jobs in the Drug Industry : A Career Guide for Chemists, will be published next year. Dick also spoke at the

Colby Chemistry Department in November on employment in his field. . . Lee Sc rafton Bujold dug up an old questionnaire and sent a lot of info! She's still an antiques dealer and has had fun showing twoJapanese Chin dogs. Daugh ter Noelle is the youngest senior duty officer in the history of the CIA, and son Marc runs Rossignol Snowboarding-USA and has starred in a Warren M i ller movie. Lee continues on the Board of Governors of the Colby M useum of Art. . . . Bonnie Bankert Taylor is a teacher and has two sons, a pilot and a veterinarian . . . . And finally, 1 asked everyone to what country they would like to be appointed ambassador. Their answers: I taly, France ( x 3 ) , J apan, Aruba, Israel, Norway, Spain and New Zealand.

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Disney cruise to the Bahamas last Thanksgiv ing. Bud says he came out a tad light at the casino but his son did well. He will be explain ing his strategy at our class reunion shortly. Tiger Susan Brown Musche won a golf cham pionship at Pocasset Country Club on Cape Cod last summer. She then placed first at Wannamoisett in Rhode Island. . Tom Donahue traveled east last summer for alumni weekend at the Storm King School in New York. "The campus had that impossible lovely June-in-the-Hudson-Valley quality about it, and it was a pure delight to visit our old haunts, hike the Black Rock Forest again . . . and eat some lovely meals under a J une sky," he wrote. Tom has a new " 1 7 hand" thoroughbred horse he rides in the Santa Susana Mountains north of Los Angeles. "So far he does everything reason ably well, and is will ing to take my direction in learning new things. 1 always ride alone, and usually a long way out there, and it's important that he and I agree on basic issues. Thus far, we do." Tom continues at the Harvard-Westlake School as director of special projects. In addi tion to teaching six courses, Tom is in search of programs that might have some interest, travel ing to visit the best and reporting back. He says, "I visited one wonderful program in Denali National Park ( Alaska ) , where they combine an Elderhostel with a youth-at-risk program by putting an older person and an inner-city kid in a two-person kayak and floating them off down the Tanana River for a week or so while they try to stay clear of bears, rapids, mosquitoes and hypothermia. There are all sorts of unwritten agenda there, and as often as not the kid and the elder wind up pretty close to each other by week's end." . . . Since no column is complete without a Sunny Coady mention, she reports completing the first of two years as chairman of Massachusetts Easter Seals. She's proud they were able to add a vocational program to help the most severely disabled gain employment and an after-school program for children, teach ing them how to integrate into already e x isting after-school programs rather than creating a special one for them. She rook a third trip with

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unnamed Colby classmates to Thailand, visit ing with George Hooker. I n May another trip with classmates to England on the Cornwall coast at Penzance . . . . I spent some time in Jamaica studying warm sand and pelicans last winter; touring kyline Drive and the Blue Ridge parkway last pring; and then driving 2 ,600 miles of Morocco in 1 7 days last August. . . . Harold Kowal and his committee have sent you a letter about reunion giving. Colby is a wonderful college, well regarded, and in the top echelon in all rankings. Your check helps pro vide Colby with the financial resources to con tinue this tradition . . . . By the time you read this we'll be packing for our 3 5th on Mayflower Hill. . . . Hail, Colby, Hail!

-Richard W. Bankarc

was saddened to receive an obituary for Sandra Shaw. She died june 28, 1 999, at her home in Yarmouth, Maine, after a ix-momh illne . Sandy wa a journalist and non-fiction writer and wa very involved with Planned Parenthood of orthern ew England. he leaves her daughter, Shaw C. Wilhelm, and her husband, John C. Ore tis, both of Yarmouth, and her i ter, Susan, of Portland. . . Pam Harris Holden report that although she is "sem t-rettred" she is working full t ime at cott dale Princes Resort in conference plan ning. Pam notes that the most important parts of her ! tfe coming from Colby years were meet mg her late hu band, Randy Holden '65, and developmg life-long friends. he reports that Bryan Harri on Curd '65 live in nearby Tempe and that they manage to get together frequently. Jemmie Michener and Matt Riddell visited last January. Pam goe to her Blue Hill, Maine, famtly home for two week in June and then on to lew London, .H., for a VISit with family. Pam enJOY volumeenng at Taliesin We t, the Frank Lloyd W ngh t western home and school of archttecture. Pam's goal t to be an architect in her next ltfe ! . . . Lona Eldridge Hardy write from Falmouth, 1ame. he 1 an M . . W. famtly therapt t. he and hu band Btl! Hardy '7 have one on, Joe, who 1 a Ph.D. tudent m re earch p>ychology at Berkeley. The most tmportant expenence at olby for Lona was "rnng around talkmg a hour rei an n htp , and now 'he '' Jmng the 'arne thmg profes wnally. Lona and Bdl ' '"ted relattve on the l >le of Guern,ey, England, th" pa t year. . . . Gary Knight w rote that the mmt unportant event from ht, olh\ Jay' w a> meenng and marrymg L1 nn ( Lon",'felltm '65 ). Thctr two cht!Jren, Kathryn .m J Enc, each reccl\·cJ a B. . from the c-AF Academy, and each ha a 'on and daugh ter Gan ' mo't recent htg e1 ent profe "onally w a' the ,ale of h t , hank m J anuary to Andro C<)ggm Bank. Gan \ dune rem am e 'enttall\ the 'arne 1-- u t wtth more empha " on Je,·el<>pmg the tru't 1--u,me". The mo't re em per,on.Jl e1 enr: a two-wee!.. tnp to Europe and the elebratwn lli ht 33rJ weddmg anntver 'an·! . . . Bonnie Z immermann Henricksen

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describes her occupation as a "home manager," and with her busy family she deserves that t itle. The family unit still at home is shrinking Christian, 20, is at Framingham State; Karl, 1 7, is a j unior in high school; Kyle, 1 4 , is in eighth grade; Katrina, 1 2, is in sixth grade, and Karin, 8, is in second grade. Craig, 2 3 , graduated from WPI in May, got a job, bought his first car and, by now, has moved into his own place; Kristi , 2 7 , i s married and l iving in Tucson; Kari, 2 9 , i s engaged and a starving artist in Portland, Ore.; and Kurt, 3 1 , is engaged and living and working in Delaware! Bonnie is now whipping both body and mind into shape with twice a week Nautilus workouts at the Y and taking rae kwon do and rae chi lessons. Bonnie's husband, Clifford, is building his dream car-a Cobra-from a kit in their garage ! Bonnie reports that her social life started at Colby, and over the Colby years she learned to be more open and trusting, there fore a better friend . . . . Claudia F u gere Finklestein is a school psychological examiner and a jazz vocalist. Her daughter Beth and her husband, Chris, have a bright, happy ! -year-old son, joshua Lake Caiazzo, and daughter Leah is a gifted musician/arranger/composer. Claudia has embraced the mid-life crisi years by getting her own little two-seater Mitsubishi Eclipse convertible. Her most recent "big" event was releasing herfirstcommercial CD in May 1 998Smoarh Swinging. The Colby connection is that Paulette ( Paule) French '63 took the cover photo . . . . Lynne Egbert Eggart, a rancher in Arlee, Mont., spent seven weeks in ew Zealand in January and February '99 and found wonder ful country and wonderful people. She reports that friendships were the most important part of her life that started at Colby, particularly through the Outing Club-Katahdin Council. Lynne's husband is deceased, but she is pleased to have added to the family unit-a granddaughter, Ashley, daughter of son j ustin and his wife, hari. Lynne has two other sons, Quentin and James . . . . Doug (foreign service officer) and Beth Adams Keene ( teacher) report that son Garrett i living in Florida and son Sterling is ltvmg in California. The most important life event begun at Colby were their marriage at Lorimer Chapel, the birth of Garrett at Thayer Hospttal and the beginning of their careers Doug rook the foreign service exam his senior year, and Beth dtd teacher trainmg at Colby and pracnce teachmg at Lawrence High chool her entor year. Over last hnstmas they visited terltng, hts wtfe, Heidi, and their new granddaughter, ham Altka, m Santa Cruz, Calif. terlmg and Hetdt had JU t moved mro a traw hale home that they budt themselves . . . . David Erdmann wrote from WInter Park, Fla. He i the dean of admt >ton and enrollment at Rollin ollege. He and wtfe usan have a I S-year-old daughter, Lmd,ay . . . . Ted Houghton report that e-mad ha made lt easter to tay m touch w tth orne old olhy fnends- ue Turner, Marry De Cou Dick, John Hutchms '6 . We hould all follow Ted' lead and keep m touch

with old Colby friends through e-mail ! Ted reports his occupation as meteorologist, chief of weather, HQ Air National Guard. He and his wife, Liz, are living in Port Republic, Md. Their twins, Kate and Geoff, now 29, are both married and each has two children-a grandparent's delight! Friendships developed at Colby are the most important legacy of Ted's Colby days, especially meeting his "best friend" Liz. Liz and Ted have a slide-in truck camper that is their home away from home. They take lots of long weekends and have found that it is a great way to visit their kids-just drive up and park in their driveways and enjoy the grandchildren. They had spring and summer plans to visit South Carolina ( including a visit with Sue Turner), followed by a three-week trek through Kentucky and up the Blue Ridge. In the summer they plan the annual visit to New England to visit children, grandchildren and parents. Their dream is to spend a year wandering cross-coun try and driving the length of the West Coast.

-Natalie Bowennan Zaremba

Merrill "York" Stephens writes from Portland, Maine, his home of many years, where he manages the Acme Body Shop. Five years ago York was browsing at a yard sale and was rewarded with a treasure beyond his expecta tions. While considering the articles for sale, he recognized a woman he had known many years earlier at the University of Southern Maine; they chatted, reacquainted themselves and were married a year later. York and his bride, Jeanne Palais, have three grown children: York's daugh ter, Marion, 32, his son, John, 30, and Jeanne's daughter, Chelsea, 1 8. York and Jeanne enjoy one of Maine's great delights when they raft on the Penobscot. . . . Like York, J im "The Bear" Coriell l ives in the hometown he listed in "Faces and Places"-he and his wife, Lydia Sullivan, and their seven children reside in Moorestown, N.J . J i m is president of Partnership Marketing while Lydia has kept busy caring for their triplet boys, born October of '99. J im's son James, 28, lives in New Hampshire. The family also in cludes Ellen, 2 5 , Ted, 1 9, and Caroline, 6 . . . . Sandy Miller Keohane has no new children to report, but she ha started a new chapter in the book of her life. Sandy is living on her own for the first time in 3 3 years and enjoys the freedom and challenge of it. She has moved from Milton, Mass., to the Wollaston section of Quincy, Ma s., but continues to run her business, Earthly Possessions. andy's son, Joey, 2 7, I ives in Provi dence, where he runs a night club, and her daughter, Chamy, 2 5 , is about to be married in Boca Raton, Fla., where he follow her mother's ani tic inclination as an interior decorator. . . . Another classmate making her way in the arts is Jean Goldfine as she performs with the Penob cot Bay inger . Jean performed with the group this ummer in Belfa t and Camden . . . . Recently I had the pleasure of having a profesional contact with Mary Beth Lawton. Mary Beth i a profes or of child development at

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Wheelock College in Boston. After graduate school, Mary Beth lived and worked in Vermont for some years and then returned to Boston to take the position at Wheelock. . . Another academic of note is)oe Candido, long at h is post i n the department of English literature at the U niversity of Arkansas. Joe and Ann Marie may be traveling east this year as their oldest daugh ter looks at colleges in the Boston area . . . . This past year held one of life's major transitions for Sarah Shute Hale. Her husband, Lome, suf fered his third attack of serious depression in February and overdosed on anti-depressants. Sarah says, "We were married for 2 7 years, so the change has been deeply painful, but it has also been a time of growth and learning, when I have been sustained by my children, my rural com munity, my friends and my faith i n God. I carried on w i th my art business through the summer and fal l , and after my major pre-Christ mas show in Ottawa, I will leave for Vancouver, where I plan to spend a semester at Regent College, to work on a master's of divinity degree that I started 30 years ago. And from there, who knows?" We wish you well as you continue your journey of self-discovery, Sarah . . . . Although she is married to Thomas M urphy, S u san Denfeld Wood has retained her name. As of December 1 999 she is living in Southbank, V ictoria, Australia . . . . Ruth Elliott Holmes was the subject of an article in the Detroit News on women who have a passion for their profes sions. "When you grow up in a town that spawned R a lph W a l d o E merson a n d H enry David Thoreau, you find yourself think ing of indepen dent self-actualizing careers," she said. She's made a name for herself as a graphologist and has been employed by corporate clients seeking to gain insight on prospective hires. As an expert witness she has appeared on CBS News , Court TV and Dateline NBC. As a long-time friend of J ack Kevorkian, and one of the few people who regularly visit him in jail, she as sisted lawyers in j ury selection at his trials. Daughter Sarah, a recent Colby grad, also does handwriting analysis. Ruth and her husband, Peter, live in Bloomfield H il ls, M ich., and re cently celebrated their 3 1 st wedding anniver sary. Their son, N ick, is a law student at University of M ichigan . . . . Todger Anderson is president and director of portfolio manage ment at Denver I nvestment Advisors, which manages the Westcore family of no-load mutual funds. Last February, Todger and his wife, Mary Ellen, attended a progressive dinner i n the Vail, Colo., area that raised $ 1 50,000 for the United States Ski Tea m ! . . . Retirement seems to be on the mind of many c lassmates. Charlotte Killam writes from Greenwich, N . Y . , that she has put away the chalk and red pens after 32 years of teaching eighth grade English. She and her friend Terry have had plenty of time to travel. They spent spring break in Grenada, where they got red carpet treatment because he was on crutches after a foot operation. They spent two weeks in September visiting her family i n

Calgary, Alberta, a n d Regina, Saskatchewan, and had a wonderful time hiking and horseback riding. Then she spent nine days as part of a church mission project in N icaragua, in a tiny village near the Honduran border, where they built 1 9 cement-block houses to replace hous ing lost to Hurricane M i tch. "Hard work, but all of us felt that we received far more than we were able to give," says Charlotte. She's still keeping her hand in teaching, but this time it's a Bible study class at church . . . . Betty Coffee Gross was looking forward to 2000 and "Life Part I I " because she, too, w i l l b e eligible t o retire-from teaching in East Haddam, Conn. She and her husband spent a lot of time at their summer place in Unity, Maine, and took a three-week vacation in Morocco. Their son, Matt, is teach ing health in Old Saybrook, Conn., after gradu ating from Hofstra . . . . If you haven't already done so, please add your e-mail address to the Colby on-line directory. All c lass e-mail mes sages will be forwarded to class correspondents using this system. Please take note of our new e mail address (classnews l 967@alum.colby.ed u ) . We look forward to hearing from even more of you now that it's so easy!

-Robert Gracia and }udy Gerrie Heine

I received only one questionnaire for this column, and a couple of items came from Colby's clipping service. I'm hoping those of you with news to send will look for the question naire in this magazine. Gathering news this way rather than mailing questionnaires saves Colby postage and staff time, but it doesn't seem to be work ing for our c l ass. If it's easier, e-mail m e ! . . . Heard from Lorraine MacCarter Lessey, who had been named manager of the M issouri City Branch of Fort Bend County Libraries in September. She says a bigger branch with 20 staff members is keeping her busy and chal lenged. She and her husband, Bruce, are parents of Sarah, who married in 1 998, and Jennifer, who is a sophomore at Texas Tech University and a member of Alpha Delta Pi sorority. Lorraine collects antique library paste pots especially ones with silver tops-which she says are rather rare, so the collection is small. A big event was a cruise through the Panama Canal in December with her husband and another couple. Lorraine has l ived 1 8 years in the same spot, which she says is amazing for someone raised in the Air Force . . . . J udy Mosedale was named new head ofHunter McQuire School in Verona, Va., a private school with an enrollmentof95 in grades K- 5. She had served as the head of the lower chool at Pike School in Andover, Mass. , s ince 1 99 3 . T h e chairman of t h e H unter McQuire board said, "Judy's professional experi ence and academic credentials are first rate, but truly her appeal is her enthusiasm for education and her warmth and dedication to children, which was immediately evident to those who met her." Congratulations, J udy. . . Peter Rouse is chief of staff for M inority Leader Tho mas Da chle; he's served a hi top aide since

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both moved from House to Senate in 1 98 7 . He supervises Daschle's leadership office as well as his personal Senate office, his South Dakota operation and his political team . . . . I heard from Nancy Thomas Fritz and family via their an nual Christmas card that she, her husband, Greg, and their youngest daughter, J ulie, were living in a rental house on Providence, R . I . 's East Side, not yet having broken ground on their new house in Warren. She calls Provi dence "revitalized," and I agree. (Check out Waterfire in downtown Providence on a sum mer weekend. ) Their daughter Cara has started graduate school at Oregon State in marine biol ogy, their son, Peter, is a senior at Vassar, and J ulie is j ust beginning the college search process. Nancy continues to enjoy teaching ESL. Last summer she and a friend had a great adventure going to Mexico for a couple of weeks, including language school in Oaxaca. She says she keeps trying to learn Spanish and thinks if she l ives to be 1 00 she may do it. The family went bareboat sailing in the Grenadines in June-sounds won derful. . . . My husband, David, retired from Z i ldj ian in February but to keep busy bought into a fledgling business selling baseball caps over the Internet ( check it out at www.capsized. com) . Now he's back to working more than full time to get it up and running and refers to himself as an "Internet mogul." Our daughter, Lisa, was married in Tucson, Ariz., in Novem ber. Many friends and family celebrated with us, including our son, Dave '94, and daughter-in law, Karen Whitcomb Bryan '94 . . . . On a sad note, l heard from Lee McGowan's husband, Craig Gripp, that Lee had passed away on Octo ber 2 5 , 1 999, in Philadelphia, Pa. She spent many years working in the municipal bond department of Pennsylvania Merchant Group and most recently at Tucker Anthony, Inc. She was very active in numerous civic and educa tional organizations. Our sympathy goes out to Craig, daughter Maura and her parents.

-Nancy Dodge Bryan

It's a week before the last Christmas of the 1 900s; 30 years since we last celebrated the winter holidays as Colby students. J ust think how different things were then. We were all a lot younger, with more hair and fewer wrinkles. A man had set foot on the moon for the first time a few months earlier, the Mets had won their first World Series, the Jets had upset the Colts in Super Bowl l l l , the Vietnam Conflict ( it never was an "official" war, was i t ? ) was raging, and Watergate was j ust another building in the nation's capital. Most of us were single and did not have kids. P and C were j ust two individual letters. No one knew about being "politically correct," and the idea of a personal computer was j ust that, an idea. It was an anx ious time, too-with job hunting, graduate school, possibly marriage and/or the military staring us in the face. The future was ours. Do you ever wonder what we did with i t ? . . . A note from Andy Starkis arrived today with prelimi-

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answer man for a steady flow of c l i ents, from surgical i n strument

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manufactu rers to courtroom forensics experts.

fascinating stories about how it was made, how much heat it can

He combines an i n q u i ri n g mind with a gold-coating m a c h i n e ,

stand and when and why it might fai l . A history a n d government major a t Colby, G rimes is now

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scales so sensitive that breathing on them registers the weight of

vices i n Massachusetts, which he started i n his garage about

you r words. He has enough comp uter screens for a video arcade.

n i ne years ago. Besides an office manager, he employs part-time

H e occasionally invites seventh g raders to his lab and lets

h e l p and consu ltants as needed. A modest busi ness profile

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perhaps, but he's h i g hly respected and has been called "the Ken

computer c h i p or pacemaker w i r e . I n c l assrooms h e ' s a m a g i

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c i a n , levitat i n g objects and d e monstrat i n g t h e p o w e r of l i q u i d

Grimes's l a b is a 3 , 700-square-foot magic kingdom of metal

n itrogen t o t u r n r u b b e r b a n d s b rittle a n d b a n a n as rock h a r d .

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in a salt-water environment. I n a matter o f weeks Grimes's

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accelerated corros1on tank can produce the environmental equ iva

body. He works and plays with scientific m i racles that would

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make J u les Verne's jaw drop.

0 years of New Eng land winter drivi n g .

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A v i s i o n a r y , h e talks about t h e i m p o s s i b l e as i f it were

etc h1ngs He tests the b1o-wort h mess of medical imp lants and

o n l y m o m e n t a r i ly d e l ayed and e n v i s i o n s the d a y w h e n

can spot meta fat1gue at 60 paces. He knows what's

magnetic-levitation transportation w i l l be t h e norm. "As

wrong (or nght) w1th galvan1zed nails and why

soon as they can do those t h i n g s at room tem-

water p u m p rotors m1ght shoot through the hous

perature, it'll change every motor we now

Ing 1mpenling mechanics or car owners. A nat1ve o

u s e , " he said. " I t ' l l change everyt h i n g . "

antucket. Gnmes earned a degree

Grimes, for o n e , w i l l be ready a n d

1n mechan1cal eng1neenng from Central New

w a i t i n g- a n d p r o b a b l y p rov i d i n g

England College and set up shop 1n Sturbridge

some o f t h e answers.

6 years ago. As a defect detective he helped Cross Pen troubleshoot leaky pen-po1nts and

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nary information about our upcoming reunion, whic h is going to take place at the College over the first weekend of J une. Did you ever think in the winter of 1 969- 70 that we'd actually be getting together as a class in a year beginning with a 20 in front of i t ? Do you believe we graduated from Colby 30 years agol Looking back is a good thing. The experiences we hared on Mayflower H i l l helped shape the life path we've taken and the people who we are today. l t will b e great to s e e everyone again a n d share Colby memories. Hope you all can make it. . . . ot a whole lot of news from class members . . . . Ever wonder what someone with a degree in art history ends up doing? J ust take a look at the accomplishments of Earle Shettleworth. Earle is rhe director of the M aine H istoric Preserva tion Commission. He has an M.A. in American architecture and decorative arts from Boston University, has served as president of the New England Chapter, Society of Architectural H is torians and has written or co-written nine books! M a kes me feel like a real slacker! . . . Ben Kravitz writes that his son Alex recently celebrated his bar mitzvah. The proud papa reports that a first class job was done. Congratulations to the en tire family ! Joani Katz and Michael Baskin represented rhe Class of 1 970 at the event. Joani is actively recruiting volunteers for the reunion committee, and M ichael is head of the town of haron's long-range planning committee that is deciding what the town will look l i ke in the year 2 1 00 . . . . When I told the father of a friend of my daughter that Laura and I had gone to Colby, he let me know that he is related to Elinor Bartel Miller. He told me that Elinor and Charlie '69 live in M a ine, where Charlie is an attorney with a Portland law firm. He did not know what Elinor is doing but did know rhar El inor and Charlie have three kids and that their oldest son got married last spring. Once again, con gratulations to the ent ire fam i ly. Of course all of the information about Elinor and Charlie is second hand. Guys, send me an e-mail to con firm! . . . Well, I 've reached the bottom of the page, so that tells me i t's time to wrap things up. By the t ime you read my next report, I'll be able to fill you in on the end of Whitney Cline's college search. And, when Laura and 1 see you guys at the reu n ion, we'll let you know which i nstitution of h igher learning M iss Whitney will honor with her presence next fall. . . . Ann Arbor, phone home, or fax, e mail, send something v i a Pony Express-what ever! Let us hear from you.

-Steven Cline

Hi, everybody! First, from the Class of ' 7 2 , a big "Welcome" to Bro and Cathy Adams as they begin acclimating to Colby and Maine in anticipation of the changeover in the College presidency. As rough as Bill Cotter's shoes are to fill, it appears we are very fortunate to have Bro Adams to rake over. Second, I apologize that you have seen a void in our class's news here in Colby. The busy-ness of I ife was the cause, not a

lack of your good news . . . . Here is what some of you are doing. Randall Childs became a police officer with the Boston Police five years ago after leaving a career with the postal service. He tells it best. " I've developed a specialization in motor vehicle enforcement and OWl prosecu tions, but I can and do handle all kinds of public service and emergency calls, from blocked drive ways to domestic disputes and crimes in progress. Speaking of domestics, it is high r i me as a culture that we abandon the idea of "domestic partnership" as a viable and equal alternative to marriage. On the midnight shift, I can tell you for a fact: we don't lock up husbands; we lock up boyfriends ! " ( Randall was outraged that the ques t ionnaire you receive requesting news asks for your "spouse's/partner's" name . ) He and his wife, Shelley, live in M ission Hill in a soon-to-be expanded three-family home. They are active in church and neighborhood matters and home school their four children . . . . Following a career change, Carolyn Dewey is a polarity therapist living in Norwich, Conn. She has three sons, ages 2 1 , 1 8 and 1 6. . Mitchell Kaplan was appointed last year to a four-year term on the Board of Bar Overseers, which investigates alle gations of professional misconduct by lawyers and passes its findings to rhe Supreme J udicial Court for appropriate disci pi inary action. M i tch is a partner at the Boston law firm of Choate, Hall and Stewart. Following Colby, he received his law degree from Cornell. . . . Continuing as a textile artist and faculty member at Clarion University in Clarion, Pa., Cathy Joslyn shows both focus and evolution in her work. About two years ago, she spent a sabbatical leave in Peru, where she created a series of fabric paint ings inspired by the Andes Mountains and the people who live there. Cathy's interest in Peru came as a result of being interested for many years in the art of other cultures. She has appre ciated and incorporated into her work "the dramatic idiosyncratic rhythms of Africa; the elegant subtlety and surprises of Asia; and the colors and complexities of rhe Americas." Her first textile works were weavings in which she even wally dyed her own yarns and then began adding items like fabric and paper to replace yarn. These works were followed by "quilts" in which she continued to explore such issues as pattern, layering and texture. "Most people don't notice that we all are in constant contact with cloth," she says. "Textiles are a part of our everyday life. I find them interesting in a tactile way and in a visual way. Working with cloth is a very elemental kind of thing." . . . The children of Bill A!fond are growing up. He has a 2 5 -year old son playing golf all over the world, a spring '99 graduate of Brown and a freshman at Dartmouth . . . . Maryanna Buck Abren lives in M iddleboro, Mass., and has "survived" over 2 5 years of teaching. She and her husband, Peter, have a senior at Rensselaer and a sophomore at Boston College . . . . Is that someone still looking for J ulie Pfrangl e ? If so, write or e-mail me and I will give you her home address and e-mail

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1 977 E l l e n D. O ' Brien 205 Fernwood Avenue Davenport, lA 52803-3606 3 1 9-359-4665 n e i leyobrien@together. net

1 978 Robert S . Woodbury 484 Bridge Street H a m ilton, MA 0 1 982 978-468-3805 fax: 6 1 7-95 1 -99 1 9 rcwoodbu ry@a o l . com

1 979 C h eri Bailey Powers 6027 Scout Drive Colorado Springs, CO 809 1 8 7 1 9-532-9285 71 9-380-6806 cpowers@efcu . org

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address in J uneau, A laska ! She wrote to me after hearing that she was "lost" by a friend . . . . And from another "outpost" we hear from Gil van M a rc el ino . He is gen eral coordinator for multilateral cooperation within the M in istry of Science and Technology of Bra :il. As always, we are a tal ented, colorful and varied group. Your news is wonderful .

-Janet Holm Gerber

N EWS MAKERS After serving on Colby's Alumni Council and as c l ass agent, Claudia Caruso Rouhana ' 7 1 has begun a four-year term as a Colby overseer. . . . J ames E. Mahoney ' 7 4 , senior vice presi

dent of media communications for FleetBoston Financial, re cently was appointed to the board of trustees of the U niversi ty of Massachusetts . . . . An opinion piece in the Central M aine newspapers by Bruce D. Cummings '73 opposed the impending sale of Maine's venerable health insurer Blue Cross and B l ue Shield to Indiana-based Anthem. Cummings, who is president of Blue H i l l Memorial Hospital and past president of the Maine Hospital Association, favors recapitalization and a state-char tered institution . . . . Director of the Maine Bureau of Informa t ion Services Robert A. Mayer '73 predicted that recent advances in computers and telecommunications mean "you'll be able to communicate with your state representatives on line." Mayer, recently featured i n Maine newspapers, is Maine's chief information officer and was instrumental in the state's efforts to ward off the Y2K computer bug . . . . Deborah See! Palman ' 7 5 , former Maine Warden of the Year, was written up in Down East magazine last November. The article declared that "humility, self-sacrifice, and determination" characterize her 2 1 -year career with the M aine Warden Service . . . . Foster's Daily Democrat featured criminologist Ted Kirkpatrick ' 7 7 , former U niversity o f N e w Hampshire associate dean o f l iberal arts and now lead researcher for J usticeworks at UNH's I nstitute for Policy and Social Science Research. A tri-state consortium, J usticeworks studies the effectiveness of programs that deter crime . . . . Welch's has promoted Randy C. Papadel lis '79 to senior vice president to oversee Welch's I n ternet site and all aspects of Welch's advertising, product development, market ing research and trade promotion strategies. . . . The Very Reverend Archimandrite S a v a s S. Zembillas '79, who was ordained to the priesthood in 1 99 5 , was appointed chancellor of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America.

Greetings from Colorado! I have discovered that as class corre spondent I receive newspaper clip pings on cia smates in the news. It eems we have reached the age of success . . . . Deborah Wathen Finn was named Woman of the Year by the Women' Transportation Semi nar for demonstrating leadership in the industry and contributing to the advancement ofwomen and minori tie . J ust about the time she was honored at a dinner in Manhattan, Debbie moved to Buffalo to become the Niagara Frontier's director of urface transportation. How deep did the snow get compared to New Jersey, Debbie1 . . . Reginald Blaxton had his essay, titled 'OJesus Wept': Reflections on H IV Disease and the Churches of Black Folk," printed in a volume of essays. He gave a public readmg of hi work during an ap pearance m D.C. As an aside, ! loved hts obsen•atton that our class was the ftr t not to be required to wear M I LESTO N E S beames as fre hmen-probably be Births: A son, Michael Horton, to Richard Horton ' 7 7 . cau e the edate gray and blue would have clashed wtth the p ychedelic t te dye of our era' . . Andrea Hicks Sa to was her husband, Roger, share six kids, and she appomted dtrector of nanonal retail sales for all dreams offinding an opportunity in the medical of Hemeken U A brand and wa wnrten up in field that would allow more family time. If we Breu:ers Dtgest. . . Carolyn Dusty Lee f was took a poll , I wonder how many others of us promoted to captam the U . . Naval Reserve would admit to the same dream 1 . I would like and recetved the oath from her father, olonel to hear from you by e-mail or by way of the card Du,ry, who pmned ht> eagles on her collar. he found in every edition of this magazine. You '' current!) anached to the a'·al Re erve Of will no longer receive a questionnaire in the hce m \ a;hmgton, D . . , but m her ctvdtan ltfe mad. I am regi tered with the Colby on-line w orb a' a 'enwr ,oftware engmeer m Oceanstde, servtce, so if you have a few minutes send me a altf . . . . Linda Krohn Kildow's daughter, I me 1 Bener yet, come to Colorado and we'll Lm'e\, appeared tn ,\'eusu eek, havmg, at age catch up tn person ' 1 3 , won the gtant lalom, upe r G and downhdl -Robin Sweene)' Peabody raLe tn the Jumor Olymptc> here tn Colorado. . . Karen Heck wa' appomred to the board of ThiS wtll be the last column before our 2 5 th cia > reumon. Mark your calendars for June The � 1 a m e 'J omen\ Fund. he 1 a former pre,tdent of \X1aren die\ Rotary lub a nd 1 a 2-4, 2000, to head back to the hill ' The momen tum 1 buddmg, and we expect a great turnout. foundmg parrner of The A \'alan Group . . . . I dtd Byrd A l le n , our cia prestdent, and the reunion recel\·e an entertammg L·mad from Robin Hami ll-Ruth. he " dtrecnng the Pam \1an plannmg commmee have planned a reunion to agement Center at the Cnl\·er t(l of Vtrgmta remember. Byrd 1 hopmg to recetve reunion un·ey from tho e clas mates who didn't end and 'rrugglmg wnh the challenge of tn urance, bdlmg,, ere. he wmes that ;,norkelmg wnh the them yet-yes, the famtltar "exten 10n" ts till sharb m Beh:e remmded her of work! he and avatlable! Detads concemmg pre-reun ton eventS -

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for our class are included in the reunion registration packet. Friday night, two of our classmates will be honored at the awards banquet. Edson Mitchell will receive the Dis tinguished Alumnus Award, and Sue Conant Cook will receive a Colby Brick award. Following the awards ceremony, we'll gather at our class headquarters to reconnect. Saturday activities have something for everyone, from museum tours to swing dancing to lectures. For those bringing young children, activities from pony rides to face painting fill the afternoon. President and Mrs. Cotter will host the 25th reunion reception at the president's house. Sandy Maisel, Earl Smith and J anice Kassman will join us for our dinner on Saturday night. The College hosts four different parties on Sat urday night, one featuring a dj who'll play music from the '60s and '70s. Our friends hope to see you at re union in J une.

-Nan Weidmann Anderson

All right, folks, just because Colby has moved to a more effi cient method of collecting infor mation from all of us for the class column, please do not use that as an excuse to avoid sending me news. If you can't remember to tear out the form in this Colby magazine, simply send me an e-mail (sroy I @maine.rr. com ) and I'll be sure to get your information to our c lassmates . . . . Another set of new parents' Sean Drummey and Alison Wetherill recently welcomed son Nevin Griffin Wetherill. . . . Elizabeth Knight Warn was promoted to executive vice president in the retail mortgage lending department of Peoples Heritage Financial Group in Portland, Maine. She also serves on the board ofYark/Cumberland Housing and also has served as a board member of the United Way of Greater Portland . . . . Ran into Debra Hirsch Corman during the parents weekend at Hobart and William Smith Col leges. Debra has two daughters, one a "first year" at William Smith and the other a "first year" at Muhlenberg. One in college is tough enough on the family budget . . . can you imagine twins? . . . Other with col lege k ids incl ude Marion Mauran Mariner, who sent eldest child Teddy off to U n ion this fall. Rumor has it that her son is quite a lacrosse tar. . . Honorary degree recipient in '76 Harry T. Foote was one offour rece n t l y inducted into the M a in e Press Association' Hall of Fame. Publisher of The American Weekly since 1 968, he works seven days a week and hasn't taken a real vacation since the 1 960s, but he now works afternoons, which is quite a feat considering that he is 83 . . . .

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That is it for now. This is the second time I've found myself pleading with you to get your news to me ASAP so that l can share it with all the Class of ' 76. Snail mail, e-mail, phone, tear out the form from Colby magazine . . . l do not care how, just do it!

-Valerie jones Roy

More classmates are being written about these days than are writing for the class column. So be it! We'll rely on these third-party reports. . . . Dan Hoefle was elected to a three-year term as a trustee of the Foundation for Seacoast Health in Portsmouth, N . H . Dan's been busy before this development as he was already the chairman of the foundation's facility commit tee, which oversees the design and development of the foundation's community campus. He's a partner in the law firm Hoefle, Phoenix and Gormley and a member of the executive board of the Greater Piscataqua Community Founda t ion. He's also a member of the Portsmouth Rotary Club and director of the Rye Education Foundation. Whew! . . Tim Hussey, already the president and CEO of the family business, Hussey Seating Company in orth Berwick, M aine, has been elected to the board of direc tors at Peoples Heritage Bank. Tim lives in Kennebunk. He serves on the boards of the United Way of York County and York County Development Corporation and as an overseer of Colby. Tim's been active in Junior Achieve ment, Maine Children' Cancer Program and the Pine Tree Council of the Boy Scouts and is a member of the Young President's Organiza tion . . . . Jeff " S h ribs" Shribman was running for the board of selectmen in Marblehead, Mass. Shrib is married to Robin and has two kids, Leslie, 1 2, and Douglas, 1 0. He's a partner in the Salem ( Mass. ) law firm of Berka!, Steiman, Davern & Shribman. He's been very active in Marblehead politics already, as he's been on the zoning board for 1 1 years, currently as the chair man. Also, he's a trustee of Salem Hospital and the president-elect ( president by now ?) of the Salem Rotary Club. Shribs still has his athletic side as he's the assistant coach of his son's Youth Baseball Major League team and also has coached his kids' football and soccer teams. Oh yeah, Shribs thinks safety is the overriding concern regarding Marblehead's winter overnight park ing ban . . . . And still more community news! How about Courtney ( did we really call him "Sweatney" ?) Grimes being installed as the new president ofthe Sturbridge ( Mass. ) Rotary Club. Courtney lives in Brimfield, Mass., as previously reported in this column, and is the president and owner of Sturbridge Metallurgical Services, Inc. This is a fu ll-service metallographic consulting and testing laboratory specializing in product testing, qual i ty control and failure analysis. ( See the story on page 4 6 ) . . . . Lauri Hutcheson Leavitt, in addition to raising daughters Leah, 1 1 , and Anna, 9, is finding t ime to return to a long-time love, painting. Laurie left a job as a designer at a Boston advertising agency when .

she first had her children. With them leading busy school and soccer lives, Laurie has been able to squeeze in some art work. It's not hard to figure out where she finds her inspiration. I n addition t o work o n nature scenes, a recent exhibit of hers at the Holliston, Mas ., library d isplayed another of her subjects: kids skiing and playing soccer! . . . I hope the year 2000 finds everyone happy and healthy.

-Robert S . Woodbury

Hope that everyone had a joyous time with friends and family during the holidays. It's a time of the year when everyone is busy. l have heard from a few of you and hope to hear from many more of you in the next millennium. Please write and let me know how you cel ebrated ringing in 2000. . . . David Bernier, a Waterville attorney, was recently appointed a dedimus j ustice by Governor Angus King of Maine. After winning an election in his ward, he's also serving on the charter commission, which is reviewing Waterville's governing char ter. He and his wife, Karen, are busy with their three children. Luc, 1 0, is on the hockey ream, and Mathieu, 1 2 , and Dineke, 7, are both on travel swim teams . . . . Dave Lemoine is a busy anorney and freshman legislator from Old Or chard Beach. H is law firm recently merged with another as Prescon, Lemoine, Jamieson and Nelson. He and his wife, Karen, are the proud parents of two boys, Joseph, 4, and John, 2 . . . . l have to applaud Jeff Wuorio for the terrific article in Colby magazine. Amazing how the cost of a Colby education has grown, but it still is worth every dollar. He has been very busy writing for Money magazine and The New York Times. H is book, Got Money! , was wrinen up in the October 1 8, 1 999, issue of USA Today. l t is a great resource publication that targets 20-30 year olds regard ing financial Web sites on the Internet. . . . That's about it this t ime. Once this article is in, l have to tackle my Christmas cards and lener. We may j ust have a white Christmas here in Colorado. l look forward to celebrating a happy, safe holiday season with my husband, Tom, and my girls, Kayleigh and Meredith. l wish you a happy and safe New Year.

-Cheri Bailey Powers

l want to start by apologizing for the fact that news from the Class of 1 980 has been missing from the magazine recently. The best face l can put on it is that perhaps our class members will be even more motivated to come to our 20th reunion this summer to make up for my deficiencies in reporting our c las comings and goings remotely . . . Dan Salimone and wife Yinka are on the West Coast in Mountain View, Calif., and raking full advantage of its opportunities for long b i ke rides, surfing, rock climbing and hiking in the many national parks ( even if they have stopped doing the long-distance triarhlons ) . Dan's a surgical as sistant on the plastic/reconstructive team at Kaiser Permanente in Santa Clara and by now .

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will have started in the physician assistant pro gram at UC-Davis. H is surgical rotation is ched uled for the time of our 20th reunion so we'll j ust have to hope he can schedule his way back east. Yinka is the store team leader for Whole Foods market in Palo Alto. . . Amy Page Oberg reports with equal amounts of amazement and resignation that the departure of her oldest son for college this past fall has forced her to recon sider her conception of herself as perpetually 29. With another five kids "hot on his heels," Amy surely has lots of experience to bring to bear on her new role on the Barrington School Com mittee. For her "day job," Amy is an attorney doing tax planning/business. . . Chris and Kelley Osgood Platt write from the Great North west, where they live with sons Col in, 1 1 , and Andrew, 1 4. Chris is a sales engineer with ADE, and Kelley is treasurer of Freightliner Corpora tion, where they've discovered that semicon ductor-capital equipment and the "rusty forest" (as Freightliner's big trucks are known) are counter-cyclical industries. They report that in the 1 998 Maine Congressional race, Jon Reisman ' 7 7 gained national support from the Republi can Party, although ultimately he was not elected. Having been back to the campus re cently, they were amazed at Colby's growth, while at the same time they "fa i led to impress the next generation"-an experience that I imagine many of us have had . . . . Tom Marlitt is in his third year at Reed College in Portland, Ore., where he is associate dean of admission. After chairing the Colby campaign in Portland last winter, he is looking forward to the class's 20th reunion. Tom: to answer your question ( and Johanna's) about where Derwood, Md., is, it's a tiny l ittle piece of the D.C. metro area, tucked in between Rockville and Gaithersburg, if that means anything to you. You can also ask Mimi Brodsky Kress, who knows her way around this turf. . . Glenn Rieger has taken a big leap, leaving his big company position at Safeguard Scientifics to form a new venture fund called Cross Atlantic Technology Fund. And crossing the Atlantic he is, with one partner in Dublin and another in London, both of whom he visits monthly to look for info technology companie . Glenn's wife, Tami , and their kids, Katy, 9, and Grant, 6, are excited about returning to Colby for the 20th. G lenn ran into Dan Berger at a technology conference in San Francisco and still sees Jim Disidoro every couple of years as J im hops around the world (at present in British Columbia with his wife and two sons) working for Coca-Cola. . . . Congratulations to Barry ' 1 and Johanna Rich Tesman, who have a new baby girl, Lucy Rose, under the watchful care of big sister Emma Victoria, 8, as well as Mom and Dad. Johanna is a child psychologist in Harris burg, Pa., at the Polyclinic Hospital. Barry is associate professor of mathematics at Dickinson College in Carlisle. Johanna saw a number of Colby friends while vacationing in New En gland last summer, including Ellen Mercer Papera and her three daughters, Lauren Dustin .

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development for Tishman Construction Corporation of ew En gland, was named 1 999 Marketing Executive of the Year by the Boston chapter of the Society for Marketing Professional Services. Bate was honored for his contribution ro the success of his firm in marketing, client development and public relations.

named executive director of the New England Council of the American Elec tronics Association, the nation's large t high-tech trade group representing almost 3 ,000 U.S.-based technology companies . . . . Daniel J. O'Halloran '80 was recently featured in a Maine Times article for his purchase of Boothby and Bartlett In urance Agency in W a t e rv i l l e , M a i n e . Boothby and N a n c y M a rshall ' 8 2 Bartlett pride itself on a "dignified blend of the professional and folksy . . . a reassuring authority with a familiar face," said O'Halloran, whose father, Arthur "Red" O'Halloran '50, has been vice president of the company since 1 956 . . . . Local newspapers recendy featured Rangeley, Maine, arti t Pamela Ellis '8 1 , who ha been awarded several prizes for her children's portrait and small, realistic watercolor landscapes. "We l ive in the Garden of Eden. One just has ro look," Ellis rold the Franklin Journal. . . . U . . Cellular, the nation's 1 1 th-largest wireless carrier, selected ancy Marshall Communications of Kingfield, Maine, to lead their public relation strategies in Maine. The Kingfield-ba ed firm, one of the state's few specialized media marketing agencies, i headed by ancy Briggs Marshall '82 and her hu band, J ay . . . . Hartford Life, Inc., the nation's third-largest l ife in urance group, recendy announced that David M. Znamierowski '82, senior vice president and director of life investment strategy, ha been promoted ro chief inve tment officer. . . . usan Sheehan Schwermer '83 is the new head of the Great alt Lake chapter of the American Red Cros . "This organi:anon has touched many generation with compassion," he said tn a Deserer ews feature, explaining how the help given to her German grandmother and grandfather, a German soldier in World War I I , motivated her career path. . . The board of educanon of Connecticut's Rocky Hill chool District selected heryl Larson Mortensen '85, a second grade teacher at We t Hill chool, a Teacher of the Year. . . . The Greenfield, Mass., Recorder featured Paula L. King '86 after King was named one of the e1ght female members of the 1 999 U.S. limbing Team. "It's a vertical ches game," she said of rock climbing. "You're not just thmktng one move, but a few moves ahead." . . . Newspapers all aero ew England last fal l wrote up one of the Internet' top rated Web Site>, Cl ifford A. harpies '86' Garden.com, where cu,romer can get all the dirt on gardentng and gardening prod u t'>. In Fortune m aga " me, the company was ranked as the Web's ''be,t ne, 1--a r none" . . . . cott Bates ' 7, director of business .1nd her 1-- . Il-- \ l--o1 ·md Lmda l1fford Haclle\ I. . Ron Levine " a' marned th 1 pa't 'umm�r t<> Be t h Z<ll11 ' and 1 II\ mg 111 Cam hnJgc, � 1 .1" Ron de,cnhe hh occupation a' e ng tn e c r/ ,u e nt h t and Be t h \ a marl.. c t mg d ! r�L t<>r c,un p [ � t l n g the f.1111 1 i \ U n l [ h L.mcclo t , 1 'r.md.lfd pood le Ron ha, heen L \ L h n g l\l t h P e te r rimmin .md 1 b for ne" ' c>f J ohn lonroe mJ nd1 M i l le r . . . Re1 J a ne Dibden c h 11 ab 11 nte' 11 nh new of .t ne11 !-- .1h g 1 r l , J c " I L ,l , .111d ,I n e 11 ['<hlt lOn ,I d 1 r e L t c1 r clf r he G<lcld . ' C \\ ' c h <H> l of � ! 1 n 1 t r\ 1n 1dnc1 , !\,la m e , where he' do1ng \\·omen'.., m t n t ... r r \· . ·

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M I LESTO N ES Marriages: Sandra L . Demmler ' 8 3 t o Ronald P . D'Amico in East Greenwich, R.I. . . . Sylvester H. "Buster" Clegg '85 to Jennifer Annese in Barrington, R . I . . . . David H. Resnicoff '85 ro Alicia M . trohl in J ackson, .H . . . . Peter B. Blau '87 to Cristina V. Coletta in Boston, Mass . . . . Susan L. Whittum '87 to M ichael S. Obar in Pordand, Maine. . . . Sara E. Dickison '88 to James W. Taylor in Boston, Mass . . . . Karen M. Reilly ' 8 8 to Kevin J . Quirk in Centerville, Mass . . . . David M. Rosen '88 to Donna K. Axel in Cliffside Park, .J . . . . Helen D . Walker '88 to Mark L. LaPointe in Portland, Maine . . . . Robert H. Erdmann '89 to Shannon A. O'Brien in ew Canaan, Conn. . . . Rocco D. Genovese I V '89 to Julia R. lx in Greenwich, Conn . . . . Peter J. O'Toole '89 to Eve M. Maldonado in Washington, D.C. . . . Desiree M. Pullen '89 to Robert W. Merritt in North Windham, Maine.

Births: A daughter, Sadie Bolger, to David '8 1 and Amy Haselton Bolger '8 1 . . . . A son, Robin Jeffery Hartzell, to Jane C. Hartzell '8 1 . . . . A son, Eric Stephen Trimble, to Andrea Koumjian and

Stephen G. Trimble '82. A daughter, Patricia Hurley, to Stephen and Nancy Pratt Hurley '83 . . . . A son, Hank Wilmot, to Caroline Walker Leggett and Randy Wilmot '83 . . . . A son, Christopher Reardon, to George and Sarah Chapin Reardon '84. . . . A son , Jacob "Jack" Miles, ro Andrea and Elliot A. Kolodny ' 8 5 . . . . A daughter, Mackenzie Charlotte Conti, to Lorena and James D. Conti '86 . . . . A daughter, Margaret Duffy, to Richard and Deborah Pernice Duffy '86 . . . . A son, Camden Parker, to Heather and Christopher S. Parker '86 . . . . A on, Liam Thomas Burke, to Paul '87 and Leslie Chin Burke '87 . . . . A son, Dylan Quirk, to Vincent III '87 and Tamsen Wolfe Quirk '87. . . Twins, Elizabeth and Rebecca Wessman, to John and Marianne MacDonald Wessman '87 . . . . A son, Alexander Mario Cameron, to Lisa and Michael S. Cameron '89 . . . . A son, Michael Card, to Robert and Jean Moriarty Card '89. . . A daughter, Gladys Valeryevna Usova, to Valeri Usova and Maria Douglass '89. '80, January 2 1 , 2000, in Knox, Maine, at 42 . . . . Charles W. Tenney '84, December 13, 1 999, in Saranac Lake, N . Y . , at 38.

Deaths: Geoffry F. Brown

Jay Votta 1 livmg 1n Avon, Conn., after ha1·mg lived m Los Angeles, an Franci co and Ch1cago for nme year . He IS a consulting actuanal partner with Delome & Touche. He and hi> w1fe, Flo, have a son, athanael James. . . . Daniel McLean 1 hvmg 111 Palo Alto, Calif., and 1 vice pre\ldem of Boomerang I nformarion en·1ce . l- 1 1 w1fe, h1rley Lo, 1s an mrenor Je"gner. . . . Mari amaras White 1 hvmg in Dor,et, Vr. he and Charl1e ' 0 are the proud parent of Charlie, 1 3 , Kal i l , 1 2 , J .T., 1 0, and Alec, 6. h a r h e 1 the director of catalogue markenngforOr v1 Company, Inc. Man ran rhe Bo,ton �1ararhan m 1 999 and 1 on rhe ski parrol at Killmgton and ugarloaf. . . Whit

Symmes is living in Concord, N.H. He is a

music teacher teaching piano and voice in Con cord and also teache at the Newton Suzuki School in Newton, Mass. H is wife, Marianne Jones, is the director of marketing at Associated Grammaker of Massachusetts. They have three children: Elley, 8, Jan, 5, and Adelaid, 3. Whit moved from eatde to New !-lamp hire after 1 7 years of living in the West. He says it was time to be back with family and old friends. Aside from teaching, his primary role is being a stay at-home dad with his three daughters. . . . Carol Sanders-Reed i living in Cedar rest, N . M . , and working a s a population biologist. Her hus band, J ack, i a physicist. Carol wrote that she

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and their daughter, Akilah, 5 , spent 1 0 months i n the h ighlands of Scotland, where she was working on a population viability study on the northernmost population of bottle-nose dol phins. J ac k did the transatlantic commute as often as he could. Carol says it was very interest ing work and quite a change from New Mexico to l ive by the sea where the land is green . . . . Jean Siddal-Bensson is working on her medical degree at the U niversity of Massachusetts Medi cal School in Worcester. She and her husband, Steve, have four children: Anne, 1 4 , Andrew, 1 2 , Mara, 1 1 , and James, 9. They also have two dogs, Abbey and Rose. They live in Attleboro, Mass . . . . I saw Alex Andrews ( aka Christy Gauss) last October at my house for our annual c ider-making party. She and her husband, Dave, have two sons and live on Lake Boon in Hudson, Mass. Alex is at home full time with the boys but still finds time to do her favorite pastime, garden ing. Dave recently joined Concord Communica tions in Marlboro, Mass., after having been with Banyan for many years. . . . Please feel free to e mail me with any news about classmates. What did you do for the millennium? I haven't heard from many people and am afraid our columns are going to get shorter and shorter, so please e-mail (beth.wilson@westgroup.com) soon!

-Beth Pniewski Wilson

It's post-Thanksgiving, pre-New Year as I write this, and everyone must be busy with holiday plans. I know that nobody is out shov eling snow anywhere! I'm sure that by the time you're reading this, we will have had plenty of winter weather . . . . The news is brief. Paul Maier sends in an update on an addition to his family. Paige Kathryn was born October 1 8, 1 999. Paige, brother Kal ( who cont inues to progress with his skating ! ) and mom J ane are doing well. Paul continues to keep in touch with Tom Dougherty and fam i ly in Rogers, Ark . They spent Memorial Day weekend in St. Louis-the halfway point for both families. The annual J eton ( Marc )/Schwartz ( J o n )/ Maier reunion was scheduled for February in Maine for the ski trip at Sunday River. A big event this year, as everyone is nearing their 40th. A note from Paul to Grog: call me; I worked with a guy who worked with you at UST. . . . That's a l l for now. Don't be shy about writing in and letting us know what you're doing or not doing these days!

-Mimi H. Rasmussen

Hi, everyone. Please keep me posted. You can e-mai I me ( classnews 1 983@colby .a! um. edu) or mail your latest information to me at 24 Easy Street, Mount Desert, Maine 04660.

-Sally Lovegren Merchant

HeUo to everyone. A quick reminder drop me a line so I can share with our classmates. I'm very easy to get hold of on the Web . . . . Marie Joyce Fletcher wrote while in the process of moving from J up i ter, Fla., to to

Loveland Colo., with her husband, Walt, and their daughter, Amber. Marie reported that she's primarily a stay-at-home mom but was also the secretary to the board of North Palm Beach Heights Water Control District. Her husband has relocated his painting business; anyone look ing for a good painting contractor in the Loveland-Fort Collins area should contact them at Cold Star Painting . . . . Another classmate writes from Boulder, Colo. , to bring us up to date. Dieter Weber and his wife, Joan Ray '8 5 , have a little boy, Alexander Baxter Ray-Weber, who has done a lot of traveling and camping in his short l ife. Dieter is a software engineer work ing for Compatible Systems, a company that bui lds Internet routers and virtual private net working ( VPN ) products. Joan is also working in the computer industry as a consultant creat ing Web designs. Although they are enjoying Colorado, they still have strong ties to Maine as both of their families are there. Dieter reports he's been in touch with Dave Hill and his wife, who are living in the Washington, D.C., area ( Rockville, M d . ) and have a little boy named Zachary . . . . Another classmate is doing a big move: Cathy Bischoff lawrence is moving from London to Sydney, Australia, while her hus band, Scott, begins attending the Australian Graduate School of Management in February. While in London Cathy traveled with her hus band throughout the U.K. and Europe. Now she's hoping she can get permission to work in Australia . . . Sam Stanley and his wife have rewrned to live in their hometown, Bellbrook, Ohio, a suburb of Dayton. Sam is working for Reason Public Policy lnstiwte, a libertarian pub lic policy think tank based in Los Angeles. He was promoted to deputy director last spring and now supervises the production process for all their pol icy swdies. Being almost bi-coastal, Sam is doing much more traveling but has had time to turn his kids (6 and 4) on to the thrill of roller coasters, airplanes and other more mundane ac tivities like the zoo. Sam welcomes e-mail at sstaley@compuserve.com. . . Kenny Epstein and his wife, Wendy ( Howard '85 ) , wrote to announce the birth of their third child, Sophie Rose, born August 1 2 , 1 999. She joins Lila, 8, and Jacob, 5. Kenny and his family are living in Westport, Conn., and Kenny has been working at Credit Suisse First Boston since July 1 998 in the equity sales area, with a focus on technology stocks. The Epsteins would love to hear from any old friends in the New York area . . . . Marian Leerburger-Mahl shared a quick update. She has two kids and was named chairman of undergradu ate intelligence studies at American Military, where she is teaching part time. She is still working for the Department of Defense full time. . . . The Portland Business Monthly announced in August 1 999 that Kitty Wilbur has joined Bur gess Advertising & Associates, a Portland ad agency and PR firm. She is an associate creative director . . . . I leave you on a sad note this quarter. Charlie Tenny passed away on December 1 3 , 1 999, and a memorial service was held for him on .

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1 980s Correspondents 1 980 J o h n Veilleux 7 1 04 Son nett C o u rt Derwood, M D 20855 j o h nvei l leux@Co m p u serve .com

1 98 1 Beth Pniewski Wilson P 0 . Box 602 H a rvard, MA 0 1 45 1 978-456-8801 bet h . wilson@westgro u p.co m

1 982 Mimi H. Rasmussen 63 Reservoir Street Cambridge, MA 02 1 38 6 1 7-492- 1 002 m h ras@m it.edu

1 983 Sally Lovegren Merchant 24 Easy Street Mt. Desert, ME 04660 207-244-0441 fax: 207-244-9445 salmerchant@aca d i a . net

1 984 Cynthia M. M u l l i ken-Lazzara 1 8 S u n s h i n e Avenue Sausal ito, CA 94965 4 1 5-332-3542 colby 1 984@eudora m a i l .com

1 985 Barbara Knox Autran 2 0 1 1 Rosedale Avenue Oakland, CA 96401 51 0-437-9462

1 986 Wendy Lapham Russ 206 Cheltenham Road Newark, D E 1 97 1 1 302-738-6261 russ@dca . net

1 987 Jane N icol M a n u e l 8 Wentworth D rive Beverly, MA 0 1 9 1 5 978-927-6084 j m a n u el 1 @aol.com

1 988 Lauren Frazza 200 East 78th Street, Apt. 1 9A New York, NY 1 002 1 l a uren_frazza@deutsc h i n c . com

1 989 Anita L . Terry 501 Warwick Street St. Paul, MN 5 5 1 1 6 6 5 1 -698-9382 fax: 657-848- 1 1 82 a n ita_terry@ m n d . uscourts.gov

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It's Cool To Be Smart

I n 1 997 Lynn Brunelle '85 was senior editor and ghostwriter of

Production of the Nye show ended in February 1 999, and

c h i ldren's books for Workman Publishing Company in New York

Brunelle began free-lance work on a series of books on science

City. Less than a year later she was holding an Emmy for

experiments with water and mag nets for Some rvi l l e House Books

Outstanding Writing for a C h i l d ren's Television Series , which she

i n Toronto and on a series for all age groups for the Gym boree

won as head writer for Bill Nye the Science Guy

chain of stores. Back from a honeymoon i n Venice followi n g h e r

'' I ' d seen B i l l Nye doing on TV what I ' m doing i n book s , " said

marriage l a s t fall t o K e i t h Uyekawa, she also reviews toys for

Brunelle, who has written about 30 c h i l d ren's books all tol d ,

Amazon.com and writes on science i n the natural world for Kids

i n c l u d i n g several for Scientific American a n d five for the Discov

Contact magazine. She's even found time to work on a novel

ery Channel on subjects ran g i n g from bacteria to volcanoes.

aimed at kids ages 1 0- 1 4 .

The Nye show, she says, was funny, fast paced and had a

Her major project, however, involves c o m b i n i n g books and

frantic back-and-forth quality that hooks kids and "connects

TV. With two others from the Nye show she fou nded B i g Head

science with all sorts of other t h i n g s . " Solidly g rounded with her

Entertainment to produce Brain Quest, a sort of Jeopardy' for

Colby majors i n biology and English, four years of teach i n g i n a

kids. Based on questions and answers for f i rst through e i g hth

middle school, an M . A . in art h istory and six years of writing about

graders, she says, the show is "straightforward and simple in a

science for kids, Brunelle thought her background was " perfect

c h a l l e n g i n g way . " They planned to shoot the p i lot this A p ri l .

for getting that stuff across. My grand scheme was to connect

A t the annual television convention in N e w Orleans recently,

everyt h i n g-current science, history, social stud- ,-------. Brunelle met with executives from Warner Brothers, ies-with art , " she said.

Fox, Discovery, Nickelodeon and Chi ldren's Televi

Three weeks after contacting the Nye show, she

sion Workshop "to start the buzz over Brain Quest. I felt

was on the set 1 n Seattle "watc h i n g Bill say words I ' d

like quite the small fish in the mighty ocean of the

written-it was surrea l , " Brunelle s a i d . She deems

entertainment ind ustry-maybe even a protozoan , "

Nye whose own sc1ence work i s i n fluid dynam ICS

s h e said.

a n enthus1ast1c charming actor i n front of

All alon g , B r u n e l l e says, s h e has been

the camera

e n couraged to head to Los A n g e l e s a n d

Brunelle's Emmy for wnt1ng-"There's

w r i t e f o r s i t c o m s , but she d e c l i n e s . " I 've

my English background " she sa1d-left

got this t h i n g about m a k i n g good TV for

her earfu that somebody would say ·

k i d s . TV i s such a n amazi n g , powe rfu l

sorry we made a m1stake" and take

too l . I t c a n teach k i d s so m u c h , " s h e

away he statue Instead she won a

s a i d . " The Simpsons i s prod u c i n g a

second Emmy 1n 1 999 for he Out

g e n e ration of non -ac h i evers. We

s and1ng Children s Senes when

want to come across as ' it ' s cool

Btl/ Nye he Sctence Guy beat

to be smart l ' "

ou Sesame Street

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December 29. I'm sure we all send our thoughts and prayers out to his family and friends. In honor of Charlie, remember to let your friends and fam i ly know you love them. Keep in touch.

-Cynthia M. Mulliken-Lazzara

If it wasn't for the phone call of Bar bara Wilkes Sheehan, there wouldn't be much of a column, for I only received one letter. So a big thanks to Barb, who had the following to report . . . . Robbie Baldwin and wife Betty have a baby girl called Ella Stafford Baldwin. They l ive in Verona, M aine . . . . Paul Doyle called Barbara and is reported to have said, "miracles do happen, and I'm about to hare one with you." The most eligible bachelor will be relin quishing h is title this summer: Paul is engaged to be married ' Unfortunately I do not have the lucky woman's name . . . . Kim G l endon Getschow and hub Greg live in Swampscott, Mass., with their daughter, Dana, 5 . . . . Lauren Russo Chocholak and her family moved to Florida, where her hu band took a new position. . . . Paul Burns and his wife have a baby, born in May 1 999, named A lexandra J hamb Burns, and Paul is already teaching her how to rock climb in their backyard in Brunswick, Maine. Both Paul and his wife are practicing medicine in the greater Portland area . . . Beth Tutunjian got married Thanksgiving weekend, and she and her husband are residing in Providence, R . I . Paul Burns was a member of the wedding party; also in attendance was Mitch Walcowicz . . . . Andy Sheehan and a Colby contingent (former and present runners) ran in a 27 -hour, 1 7 1 -mile relay in Cape Breton last Memorial Day week end under the professional guidance of Coach J im Wescott, who also ran one of the legs . . . . Kate Lucier O'Neil left her position as invest ment consultant at Cambridge Associates, where she worked with Colby's Investment Commit tee to focus on the venture capital and buyout industries as a partner at Flag Venture Manage ment. Kate continues to enjoy the challenge of juggling a part-time career with full-time moth erhood ! . . . An e-mail last spring ( i t was mislaid at Colby) from Tom Claytor reported that he had made it to Bangkok, Thailand, on his ( so far) eight-year bush pilot odyssey. He figures it was about the 60th country on his zigzagging trip back in the general direction of the States. George Hooker '65 , who sent this news, found Tom sitting at the head table of an American Chamber of Commerce lunch meeting. Later, after Tom had exercised a few ponies at the local polo c lub and talked about his adventures in Bhutan, Greenland, Namibia and other far flung de tinations, they shared reminiscences about respective life and times at Colby. Tom is on e-mail ( bushpilot@nez.com ) , and descrip tions of his adventures can be found on his Web page ( www.c laytor.com ) . . . . I implore all of you to respond by e-mail (yes, Colby has given us correspondents e-mail addresses) or by sending me the card inserted into your Colby magazine. I know change is difficult and you no longer .

receive the questionnaires by mail, but my ( or our new class correspondent's) long-distance phone bill will be astronomical if you don 't take the initiative to contact one of us. Personally, I'm endorsing Barbara Wilkes Sheehan as our new class correspondent, but she's hesitant to take on the commitment of a five-year term. Any body out there willing to split the term with her? Also, those of you who know Barb, please talk her into using her flare with a pen and sharp wit to keep us all informed of what's going on in everyone's lives.

-Barbara Knox Autran

Okay, I've got exactly seven pieces of mail here from you guys, one of which was sent to me by Lalyn Ottley Kenyon in J uly 1 999 but got lost in the shuffle of disarray that is my desk (sorry, Lalyn ) . Three were forwarded to me by Colby and are all from September 1 999, and one is a response to my old class questionnaire that is no longer even mailed out. See why I have to whine and nag at you all the time? Put this magazine down right now, go to your computer and send me an e-mail about yourself. Other wise, I'm going to have to start making things up about you. I t's as simple as that. . . . Okay, so here's Lalyn's news. She and her husband, Norman, and their son, Max, 3, live in New York City, where Lalyn is a director ofhigh yield at Barclays Capital, the U.S. division ofBarclays Bank PLC. She keeps in touch with Gage Foster Woodard, who she reports lives in Boulder, Colo., with husband Rob and their son, Luc, 5 . Lalyn promised m e she would "try not t o make it 10 more years" before she writes again. Please see above, Lalyn, and sorry again for not getting your news out faster. . J eanne Choquette Radvany is also living in New York, where she is devoting her time to taking care of daughter Rachel, who was born in September. Jeanne was formerly with Andersen Consulting, and her husband, David, is an associate partner there as well. Jeanne also wrote, "I think this is the first time I have ever submitted anything ! " Make it a habit, Jeanne . . . . Since graduating from Colby, David Watson has lived in Brazil, Florida, Mexico and New Jersey. He was employed by Bestfoods in 1 99 1 , and in J une 1 999 he was transferred to Bolivia, where he is general man ager and president of the Bestfoods affiliate there. He says that both the work and the opportunity to live in South America are great experiences. He and his wife, Adriana, an ecolo gist, have a son, Dylan, 5, and a daughter, Amanda, 1 . David writes, "I'm interested in hearing more about our class and their endeav ors." Me, too, Dave . . . . Egads! I got an actual phone call from Peter Solomon in December. I thought he had some good gossip to share about a classmate, but it turned out he was j ust inquir ing about the next deadline. He reports that he and wife G ina have a new daughter, ell, who was born in March 1 999. She joins brother Will, 3. Peter left his position with BankBoston in J uly 1 998 and with J eff Packman '88 co-founded

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I magination Works, a creative play and learn ing center for young chi ldren in Natick, M ass. They opened the doors in January and invite anyone who's in the area to stop by and bring the k ids. Find out more at www. imaginat ion works.com. Peter, you owe me a call . . . . Sherri Worthen Christianson has also changed ca reers, twice. After 1 3 years as a research ass is tan t she got her K-8 teaching certificate, but before she found a teaching position she and her hus band, Greg, had a son, Devin, now almost 2 . Sherri says she i s now very happy and fulfilled as a mom and homemaker. They live in Seal Cove, Maine. Keep me posted on any new changes, Sherri . . . . Dan Shiffman has joined the faculty of Berry College as an a sistant professor of rhetoric and writing. He and his wife, Jessica, I ive in Rome, Ga., with their two children, Isaac and Emma. I got this from Colby, Dan, so please write with more details . . . . Robert Loynd, a major in the U .S. Marines, recently reported for duty at Marine Aviation Training Support Group, Naval Air Station Whidbey Island in Oak Harbor, Wash. Bob, write and tell me about the cool stuff you're flying . . . . Finally, I have a baby announcement generated by the Alumni Relations Office: Brian and Linda Michaud Peters had a son, Quin, in J uly 1 999 . . . . Okay, that's it. Outta news. Look forward to hearing from you!

-Wendy Lapham Russ

Hi to aU. My last column was a leftover portion of a previous column, so I'm sorry if it didn't make much sense! . . Karen Czuchry has been l iving for the last three years in Munich, where she works for Siemens in the info and comm network division. Karen says, "as you can imagine it was quite an adjustment. First I had to learn the language and make new friends. The easy part was the new foods, the holidays and the biergartens ! " She's been doing lots of trav eling, as other countries are so close . . . . Brad Fay recently relocated from Connecticut to Belle Meade, N . J . , with his wife, Diane, Brendan, 5, and Allison, 3 , to a "new" circa 1 840 farm house. Brad manages the public opinion poll business for Roper Starch Worldwide. They recently published polls on everything from "women and stress" to "sex after 60" in the post Viagra age ( these polls were not related ! ) . . . . Aimee Good has settled into a new l ife in N .Y.C. after a four-month residency at The Irish Museum of Modern Art in Dublin. She married Josh Margolis on her parents' farm in Maine last August in a crop circle cut in an oatfield with beautiful views of Canada. They celebrated with Hannah Howland Judson, Todd Bishop, Marcus Ratliff, Bill icholas ' 6, J ulie Smith and Tim Oakes '86 and Tricia Curry Glass '86 . . . . Thanks to the following who responded to my e-mail request for updates. Tanya Pinder is currently living in northern Virginia and teaching English as a second lan guage and English at N. Virginia Community College. he's also starting a new business ven.

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ture that reaches oral communication skills and writing improvement. . . . Steve Runge and his wife, Whiting Kelting ' , both work for t. Lawrence U . Whitney's a visiting professor of outh A ian religions and teve is the academic skills coordinator. . . . To join the family busi nes , Jeanne and Doug Turley moved back to Palmer, Mass., from an Francisco after eight year in California. Their son, Gordon, is 1 , and Doug ays "he's a lor of fun, and being a father is even more fun than l thought it would be." With a new state, new house, new job and new son, the T urleys will be busy for a while' . . Hayden pring lived in N .Y.C. for a few year , earned a ma ter' in Larin American srudie , moved out to tamford, Conn., four years ago and is now working for an executive search firm. Hayden would love to hear via e-mail from anyone in the Florence Feb freshman or the Cork j unior year abroad group . As Hayden points out, the Colby white page are a great resource for e-mail ad dre ses . . . . One member of the Florence group l received an e-mail from is Lawrence Peirson. He said, "I've been living in London for the last three year with my wife, Concho, and two children, Lawrence, 4, and Carolina, l . l work at Barclays Capital in futures and prime brokerage bus111ess development. Previously, l spent eight years in Madrid, where l met my wife and never e caped ! " Lawrence keeps in touch with Marco Loretto ( who is successfully running a technol ogy firm 111 .Y.C. ) , Tris Korten { who is writ111g for the ew Times paper in M iami ) , Scott later (recendy married and completing his medtcal re tdency in Boston) , Rich Strock { mar ned to Jamce) , Adam Ernster ( nll in .Y.C.) and Roma asa ( happily mamed and practic111g med1c111e) . . . . tuart and ue Payne Babb are bu y WIth recent promotiOns: tuart left Polaroid and JOII1ed ew Balance Athletics, where he IS head111g up thetr running products category, and ue wa recendy promoted to dtrector of \'t>ual merchand1 111g for Talbots. They pend a good chunk of rhetr time f1x111g up thetr 1 40-year-old farmhouse 111 M dton, Mass., and are look 111g forward to another ea on of telemark ,kung, whtch they both took up la;t 1ear. . . ongrat> to ed cheet: on h1 July w eJJ111� ro Holl1 Hillenbrand 1n anta Fe. ed w rote, "\\ e haJ a great nme anJ a pe tacular hone1nwon 111 lnJtJne'>ta. The ,aJ new wa; , ,h\l ou 'h M u rph , anJ that wa harJ on all of u'>. l'm JU'>t ho�ppy I gm ro'penJ a \\CckcnJ wtth htm ,h,•rth l efore the trageJy anJ that m1 memone-, .It<! \'1\IJ anJ happy one,. Ob' tou,Jy, our rhou�hr- ue \\ tth Jen anJ the t r famd\ . " A far a-, .m urJ.nc, , 'eJ .mJ Holh II\ e 111 )\1 mneapol t,, where 'eJ t- .1 p.trtner '' 1th .1 loc-1! \ Cnturc lr '' .1 �re,u w 'ee Dan .mJ Eli:abeth tunJ \\'arren B go. w ho m.tJe ,1 't<lJ' 111 &l'>Wn Ja,t ,umnll:r w 1th Hnl h , 5 , . l.mh.1, 3 , .m J Ch.trlte, l . nn rhe w ,l\ w .1 ' :1L.lt1<ln t>n . t.urlu\ \'me \ trJ. :..1e h,1J qutte a l.lU�h 'ce111� tlur ktJ all p l .l \ w�erher! . . . A l-- 1 � .! pol<>�\ w David \ olf on tor "'mehow om1tt111� the new ' tlf the 1:-trth of h1, ,,m, Caleb, w htl '' a' born l,l'>t Apnl

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and i "an absolute blast." David's producing commercials, and his wife, Lauren, is a screen writer in Los Angeles. . . Congrats to Peter Blau on his September wedding to Cristina Coletta. According to a newspaper clipping, Peter is CFO for an Internet company in Cam bridge, Cristina is an attorney, and they were married in Boston . . . . In the Camden Herald, I read that Andrew Anderson-Bell was part of a two-person show Ia t summer at the M use Gallery in Rockport. He was showing his original sculptural composition made from antique wood blocks of printer's type. An drew went to the R.I. School of Design after Colby. And lastly, who would l i ke to design our c lass Web page ? Let me know. First one to e-mail gets the honor!

-Jane Nicol Manuel

Greetings, Class of ' . I have been incredibly busy lately and missed the last col umn deadline. My first. Big apology. ! was trying my best never to miss one, but that's been tough lately. New job with Deutsch, Inc.-nor the bank, the advertising agency. Lots of fun there and in between. Still enjoying .Y.C. but some days yearn for Maine frost, open terrain and a calm normal pace of life. What's that again? . Official announcement: spoke with Meg Bernier ' 8 1 in the Alumni Office, and she informed me that our class needs a new class president. ( Big thank you to Toby Bell, who served for years ! ) Any takers? Hey, I know there's n o need for resume building anymore. Bur it's a nice way to give back to your class and Colby. Meg asked me for some suggestions-Mary Federle Porter sprang to mind until I heard she and her hus band have added twin to their brood of three five kids! ( Big congrars, Mary ! ) ow that's a good excuse to bail on the job. o, if you can't think of a legitimate reason, I implore you to consider the position. The president of the class is responsible for chairing and/or appointing a reunion committee to organize the next class reunion, helping to plan the reunion program and presiding at class meetings and the clas reunion dinner. The president is re ponsible for appoinnng new officer when a position be comes vacant at any time dunng the term. The prestd nt may be called upon to represent the class at College funcnons or for other alumni programs. Additionally, she/he is respon ible for work111g wtth the annual gtving office in the >electton of a class agent. ( How about you, Mark Wylie ?) lntere;ted parttes, call Meg in the Alumm Office . . . . Th news-well, I am nm gemng much from you all lately. I wdl share '' hat I have recetved a long as you promise to wme-e,pectally tho;e that we haven't heard from 111 year . I know that Helen Walker { aka • ' el l ) gm httcheJ to Mark LaPo111te. nfortu nately, I wuiJn't make It, hut I hear the Ma111e • 'm·cmher weJJmg wa'> qutte an affatr, with man1 Colh1 fnenJ, 111 attendance. Heard some rrange rumor a l--o ut ell and candle fire on the altar, 1--ut I'll have to get the coop and fdl you

in next round . . . . Chris Patterson, who married Elizabeth Hutter in J une, now resides in Cam bridge, Mass., and works for Arthur Anderson . . . . ina Colhoun Wilson keeps busy as a full-time mom in Wenham, Mass., with son Gardner, 2, and baby girl Tookie ( love the name, N i na ! ). She reports that Margaret Schafer is in N .Y.C. and working for ABC Sports ( mostly football and golf) and that Laurie Meehan Reed lives in Cumberland, Maine, with her rwo children. Kate Walker recently became a homeowner in Littleton, Colo., nearly two m iles from Colum bine H.S. As a middle school counselor, Kate reports that during this difficult year she "real ized how vital my j ob is. l am totally committed to my profession as I love making a difference for kids." Knowing Kate, I bet she's been a source of strength and comfort to many chil dren and fami lies. She recently visited Lorin Haughs Pratley in Connecticut, vhere they celebrated the first birthday of Lorin's son, Ben . . . . Susan Zimmerman Laidlaw and hus band M ichael married in September '9 , with Colby friends abounding: Guy and Amy Lumbard Holbrook, Karen Hentz Merriam, Mary J ane Carty Brown, Kathleen Lowney '87 and Louisa Bell Paushrer '87. Suzie now lives in Hanover, . H . , where she is a postdoctoral fellow and M ike is a medical student a t Dartmouth-Hitch cock Hospital. . . . J ul ie Karas, a physical therapist/c linical supervisor for Olympus Healthcare in Warren, R . I . , is work ing on her M . B. A . , just bought a house with an ocean v iew and still plays softball with Mary McHugh and E l len Meigs . . . . After complet ing his residency in otolaryngology ( ear, nose, throat ) , Dr. W i l l iam Kinney is an assistant professor at the University of M issouri. W i l l i a m seems happy and busy w i t h wife Birgit, kids William Jr. and Sarah and dog olby! . . . Matt Kennedy recently got his M . B.A. from Babson College in Boston; Rob Travis gradu ated in the class as well. He reports that Allyn Emery lives in Cal ifornia and that Rich Hussey '89 has three k ids, a new house in Maine and a thriving family business ' . . Peter Quill works as director of strategic marketing for Western Digital Corp. ( hard di k computer manufacturer) in I rvine, Calif. He's been mar ried to hando for four years, and they reside in the hills of Dana Point Harbor with two golden retriever , Marley and M ickey, and a c a t named M a x . . D a v i d and L e s l i e Migliaccio Mitchell are happy in Barrington, R . I . , with three girls and busy sch cl ules. Leslie's a fu ll-t ime mom and ha her own hand-painted furniture business, and David is a VP/ enior lender for Fleer Leasing orp. They have enjoyed vacations in Kennebunk, Maine, and hope to find a permanent ummer getaway there ometime soon . . . . That's the new to date. If y u've ubmitted new and don't ee 1t, It ha fallen into my new-job-new-e-mail lost files "black hole." Please write again ( love the e-mail ) and keep the news coming.

-Lauren Frazza

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Got an e-mail from Melinda Pittis, who reports that she spent the summer as a teacher research fel low at ew York Medical College's department of physiology. During her fellowship, she worked with a team researching d ifferent aspects of cardiovascular functioning and medications for heart failure. Melinda also got engaged this summer, so it was a busy sum mer for her! She and fiance M ichael are plan n i ng a July 2000 wedding . . . . Rocky Genovese not only got married last summer, to Julie lx, he also graduated with his M . B.A. from Wharton. Congrats, Rocky . . . . According to the paper, Rob Erdmann was married in September '99 to Shannon O'Brien . . . . Those of you who visit the c lass home page know that Andrew ( Marty) Dodge keeps busy, but you may not know that one of his new duties is state chairman of the Maine Young Republicans . . . . Dave Wehr got h is picture in the E. Greenwich, R . I . , paper this summer, along with an article about his busi ness, N icheNET, which helps nonprofits raise money through an on-l ine shopping service. Dave also runs Wehr I ndustries in Warwick, R . I . . . . In other business news, Dave Losier recently joined the business litigation and white collar c r i m i na l defense group at Burns & Levinson LLP in Boston . . . . That is the sum of the "new" news I 've received since the last column, so I ' m forced to report "old" news that Deb Greene received before she passed the reins to me. I apologize if any of this is really out of date. ( If you all don't send me some updates, I ' l l be forced to write about stuff that happened in 1 996. ) . . . John Semple was "busy" traveling the world on a motorcycle. He wrote from the Czech Republic that he has been traveling for three years, but he thought he might return to the U.S. before 2000 . . . . Laura Wood moved from San Fran to London last year. She also got married to Tom M cKeever, whom she met play ing co-ed football. Brett and Leslie Norton Rankin attended the ceremony at a castle in the English countryside. . . . Joe Summerill is working as an attorney at the Department of J ustice in D.C. He and his partner, John Coker, live in Maryland, where they presumably spend a lot of time trying to keep their Jack Russell terrier puppy from digging to China through their back yard . . . . Maria Vallis Wing wrote to say that Ethan ( Zeke) received his M.B.A. from the University of Washington in J une '99. Congrats, Zeke . . . . Sarah Maddox Rogers moved with husband Peter from London to L.A. and shortly thereafter gave birth to Lily and Joseph. The twins join sister Hannah, and all are enjoying the weather in Southern California . . . . Tucker Offut reports that he got engaged to Hanneke Bowmeister in August '98 on Block 1 land. . . Dawna Zajac Pe re z and husband David were expecting the birth of their first son in November '98. She said she would love to talk with anyone who faced the dilemma of whether to return to work full time after a baby's arrival or stay at home and work part time . . . . Shelley

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reunion dwindle, 1 have been doing some scout ing to discover exactly what you all most want to do on the fateful weekend. For those of you who haven't subscribed to the Colby Web site with an up-to-date e-mail address and missed my message, 1 asked people to let me know: I ) what you would most like to do during our reunion weekend, 2) the three people you would most like to see, and 3 ) who's waffling about whether to go so we can give them one good reason to make the trip. Here are some of the replies 1 received. Roman Azanza is sincerely hoping to make it back to Mayflower Hill in J une, al though it might be hard because he's recently started a new job. He is working with Cemex, a multi-national cement manufacturer, and was in Mexico last winter and Texas this spring; he expects to travel on to Venezuela and Spain before returning to Manila in August. The three people he would most like to see at reunion are Sean Pratt, Jimmy Reynolds and Holly Peirce. l heard separately from Holly ( via snail mail ) that she married Tom Kelly in a tropical wed ding ceremony in Islamorada, Fla., in April of last year. They now live in N icosia, Cyprus; Tom is the assistant public affairs officer, and Holly is the bicommunal coordinator at the U.S. Embassy, where they hosted two Colby students during Jan Plan. Holly also sent along a wedding photo, and although the magazine no longer prints wedding pictures, we can scan them and put them on the c lass Web site. Logon to http://www.col by.edu/classof/ 1 990/main.html to see pictures of the recent weddings of Holly and Tom and of Sara Hanson and Tom Cook, who got married in October 1 998 in Seattle, Wash. They are currently living in Denver, Colo., where Sara works for Janus, a mutual funds company, and Tom works for Tectonic Management, an architecture/design/construc tion company. They l ive close to Sam and Sarah Brown Jones and Laney Brown and Tom Shyka '89. Sara and Tom try to get out to the moun tains as often as possible, in between working on their new house, working and going to school. . . Melanie Brockway is still working at Bingham Dana LLP in Boston and recently bought a house in Weymouth, Mass. She replied to my e mail to say that she 1 ) wants to "help a certain Web master paint the water tower, as I somehow

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and husband Brad welcomed Zachary Ryan on October 20, 1 998. Zachary joins two confused cats at home. Before Zachary's birth, Shelley and Brad took what sounds like a marvelous cruise to Alaska . . . . Ogden Timpson reported that he loves his job at Advest Securities in Maine and that he loves being a dad. He and his wife, Frances, have one son, John, and were expecting baby #2 in August '99. . Mark Sicinski and his wife, Ellen, recently bought a house in Ridgefield, Conn. They have two daugh ters, Emma and Alison.

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1 99 1 J e n n ifer Wood J e n cks 80 Wa l n ut Street Seekonk. M A 0277 1 508-336-7049 jjencks@hotm a i l .com

1 992 Michelle Fortier B iscotti 8232 Arbor Drive Sh rewsbury, MA 0 1 545 508-845-6529 biscottm@fra n k l i n health.com

1 993 Beth C u rra n 64 Dane Street # 1 Somerville, MA 02 1 43 bcurran@sig .bsh .com

1 994 Tracy K . Larsen 529 Columbus Avenue # 1 2 Boston. MA 0 2 1 1 8 6 1 7-247-9650 fax: 6 1 7-346-3 1 85 tracy_k_larsen@fleet.com

1 995 Alyssa Falwell 25 Falmouth Road Arlington, MA 02474 7 8 1 -646-3571

1 996 Amie Sicchitano 2 5 H u ndreds C i rcle Wellesley H i l ls, M A 02 1 8 1

1 997 Ki mberly N. Parker 5382 Versailles Road Lexington, KY 405 1 0 606-233-4666 k i m . parker@i h i g h .com

1 998 Allison L . Brown 3280 Manchester Way Drive Westervi lle, OH 4308 1 -8851 allison_brown@primediamags.com

1 999 Lindsay Hayes 292 West 9 2 n d St Apt 5C New York. NY 1 0025 l i ndsay_hayes@hotmail .com

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missed out on it the first time around"; 2) "would most like to see Karin Killmer Kurry and Wendy Naynerski Morrison, "as our sporadic e-mail ing is just not the same as sharing a dorm room"; and 3 ) offers the following reasons to make the trip: "other than the obvious reasons of seeing old friends and checking out all of the changes on Mayflower H ill, when was the last time any of us had a Big G's sandwic h ?" Hear, hear, Melanie-someone get that woman a Foghorn Leghorn ! Melanie also writes that John Kinsley and Beth Hermanson '93 have gotten engaged and are planning a September wedding. No word on whether Wendy Naynerski Morrison will be able to make it to campus for reunion, as she and her husband, Mark, were expecting a second baby girl in February. They are now living in St. Mary, Pa., with their 1 8-month old daughter, Madeline . . . . Thanks for the news, Melanie, and thanks to those of you who replied to my reunion questions. To get more ( and more up-to-date ! ) reunion news, be sure to log onto the class Web site and make sure that we have a current e-mail address for you, as we will be sending out more messages as the date draws near. . . . Kelly Cogan Champy sent me an e mail message to let me know that she is living in Cambridge, Mass., and working for Thomson Financial in Boston, with AutEx Corporation. They focus on straight-through processing for the trading services part of the financial indus try. ("Bassett would be so proud of me!" Kelly jokes. ) She works with several Colby grads Jess Butler '9 1 , Jay Stabile '89 and Tom Dorion '9 1 -and sees Mya-Lisa King fairly often. Mya Lisa is working for Pfizer and has a daughter, 2 year-old Tessa. Kelly and Mya-Lisa spent some time with Susan Kachen Oubari last summer. Susan and her husband, Fadi, are I iving in Paris with their two children, Alex and Laetitia. Kelly also saw Kristen Pettersen when she came back east for a visit-Kristen has been living in Anchorage, where she is an attorney for Dillon & Findley. Not one to miss out, Danica Fuglestad hopped a flight to Boston from Atlanta, where she is working in marketing for Coca-Cola. The intrepid threesome drove to Burlington, Vt., to visit Kristin Fryling '9 1 , who is teaching Span ish in a middle school there. It was quite the road trip, and Kelly supposes that next it will be their turn to go visit Kristen in Alaska! . . . Erin Coyle wrote to say that she got married last April at the Harvard Club in Boston to John Giesser. John is EOofNational Energy Choice, and Erin teaches Eng! ish at Bedford H igh School. Nicole Theriault, Bridget Connelly Ljungholm and Lisa Livens were bridesmaids. At the time,

Bridget was ix months pregnant with her third child, a son. Doug Belkin traveled to the Bos ton wedding from Florida, where he i working as a reporter for the Palm Beach Post. Doug covers the "religion beat" for the Post and writes about religious, ethical and spiritual issues. He began hi journalism career work ing for weekly new papers in Boston before moving to Phila delphia, where he worked for two years for the

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Inquirer. . . . Sally Richards married M ichael Lehr i n Simsbury, Conn. , last J uly. They are living in orwood, Mass., where Sally is teach ing seventh grade social studies and loves the challenge of dealing with " 1 20 hormonally chal lenged" teenagers. . . . Last May Mark Smith and h is wife, Patty, had a baby boy, Kyle Patrick, and they know he will be a hockey player but haven't decided on what position he will play (Jim Reduto is betting the little tyke will be a goalie. ) . . . Thanks to all of you for all the news, and I'm looking forward to seeing you in June ! -Laura Senier

Amy Selinger married Mark Elefante this past August. Amy received a master's de gree in education from Harvard and now teaches history at Lawrence Academy in Groton, Mass. Mark is an associate at the Boston law firm of Ropes & Gray . . . . Also married in August were Matt Nerney and Laura Fogarty '93 . Matt is working for the Aberdeen Group, and Amy is at Management Science for Health, both in Bos ton . . . . Alec Haavik recently earned a master's degree from the Manhattan School of Music . . . . J C Klick graduated from U Mass Medical School and is interning in anesthesiology at Metro West Ho pi tal in Framingham. He's also study ing critical care at Brigham and Women's Hos pital in Boston . . . . Drew and Jennifer Coffin Hoyt had their first baby this past J une. Jessica Lee Hoyt and parents are all doing fine and living in Foxboro, Mass . . . . John Olson and his wife, Erin, also had a baby girl recently. Chloe Elizabeth now resides with her parents in Port land, Maine, along with a dog, Casey, cat Alex and an African gray parrot named Marley. John is the manager of technical support services for sec, a software development company based in Portland that develops contract management solutions for the pharmaceutical industry. He recently met up with George Markell, who is living i n Brookline, Mass., and working as a software developer at Fidelity in Boston . . . . Continuing with the baby news . . . Lisa Churchill Dickson writes that she and husband Stephen are now the proud parent of a baby boy, M itchell, born on 9/9/99 ( great birrhdate or what ! ), and all are doing well. Stephen fin ished h is Ph.D. in marine geology last spring so the fam i ly had a lot to celebrate last holiday season . . . . Peter Andrews graduated from Dickinson School of Law and is now an associ ate at a Philadelphia, Pa. , law firm that spec ial izes i n defense litigation . . . . Since I'm short of news from all of you, I'll include news of my own. After I I years of being gone (I include Colby years in that count ), I've moved back to Massa chusetts, where l grew up. My company offered me a transfer last spring, so John and I took the offer. The timing couldn't have been better for John-he quit his job, spent the summer work ing on his golf game and his tan and then started with a marketing company in October. Now we're enjoying being around family and old friends again. My company is headquartered in

New Jersey, so I'm back frequently enough to see friends in N .Y.C. All in all, it's the best of both worlds . . . . I hope everyone had a happy and safe New Year and that the new millennium is off to a good start for all of you. Now please write or e mail with news so that I don't have to babble on.

-Michelle Fortier Biscotti

Hello everyone and happy millermium! I j ust want to take a minute to explain to you all the new correspondence system. You now have the ability to contact me in a variety of ways: via e-mail ( using either bcurran@sig.bsh.com or classnews l 993@alum.colby.ed u ) , via the insert in your issue of the Colby magazine or via the good old-fashioned pony e xpress ( note my ad dress in the l ist of correspondents ) . You will no longer be receiving a newsletter prompting you to write-so l am counting on you to be proac tive with your correspondence! You can do it, Little Engines ! Anyhoo, due to the info-gath ering switcheroo, l am a little I ight on the news this time around; my apologies in advance . . . . Some of our fellow alums are still pursuing their love of sport . Hilary Gehman made the U.S. N ational Rowing Team this year. She competed in the women's quadruple sculls i n t h e world rowing champ ionships in Ontario in August and finished in fourth plac e ! . . . After a stretch with the Canadian Football League, Len Baker is teaching and coaching football in Smithfield, R . I . . . . A lso teaching is J o rma Kurry, who is in the math department at Falmouth ( Maine ) H igh School. . . . Amy O'Mara Moore graduated from Suffolk Law School this past summer, and Holly Coxe is a public relations account manager at Hauptman & Partners Comm un icat ions in Portland, M aine . . . . Peter Caruso, along with the rest of "After Eight," sang the "Star Spangled Banner" at the Fleet Center in Boston re cently before the opening of a Celtics game. "After Eight" is a group of Colby Eight alumni in the New England area who still sing to gether, both competitively and for fun ! . . John Cully announced his engagement to Philippa Edwards while they were vacationing recently i n France. A fall '00 wedding is ex pected! . . . Chris Richards and Kelly Berner are engaged and will be married in Newport, R . I . , in J u ne '00 . . . . Scott Greenfield, who has h is M . B.A. from Washington University, mar ried Lisa Cohen in J une '99 . . . . Mary Fitzgerald and Daniel Olohan were married i n October '99. Both Mary and Daniel are lawyers in the Boston area . . . . Karen Beauchesne married Scott Charette in Scarborough, Maine, in No vember '99. Louise Jalbert was a bridesmaid . . . . Reena Chandra Rajpal got married in a tradi tional H indu wedding in August '99. She is work ing as an epidemiology fellow in the W isconsin State Division of Public Health. Best wishes to everyone! . . . Zach '94 and Karyl Brewster-Geisz are the proud parents of a new son, Dre w ! . . . A lso with happy news of a new family member is Kristen Zilling

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Jim Reichert is living in Cambridge, Mass., and working at State Street as a credit analyst for a lending group that makes loans to investment companies and mutual funds . . . . Jessie Newman was promoted in October to director of the convention and events depart ment of the Colorado Restaurant Association. She wrote that Heather Eskey is at the Brook lyn School of Law and that Paul White is in the Peace Corps in Honduras . . . . Alex and Kristin Spiller Moody were expecting their first baby in early January 2000 . . . . Congratulations to Danielle ( Desmarais '92 ) and David Mostoller, whose son, Lucas James, was born on October 2 3. Dave earned an M .S. in geology from UMass Amherst in 1 997 and works as a hydrogeologist for Atlantic Geoscience Corporation in G ilford, N . H . He also wrote that he and Danielle are building a house in Alton, N . H . . . . Missy Faser Gramer and her husband bought a house in Dover, Mass . . . . Sean Hayes is an institutional position trader at Merrill Lynch. . Mike Mullin is also working for Merrill Lynch and recently moved to Denver, Colo . . . . Melissa Wilcox is in her second year at Virginia Theo logical Seminary. She wrote that she is in forma tion to become an Episcopal priest and serves a parish as a seminarian in Silver Spring, Md., and would welcome any visitors from Colby. She will be in Jerusalem for three weeks this summer with fellow seminarians and then will travel to Nairobi to do a course at the Maryknoll Insti tute in African studies. . . Bruce and Sue Benson Panilaitis are living in Medford, Mass., where Bruce should finish his Ph.D. in biology this spring. Sue is a tenured pre-kindergarten teacher in the Chelsea public schools. They wrote that the biggest change in their lives has been the addition of two foster children ( actu ally Bruce's cousins, M ichael and Robert ) , ages 3 and 4. Both were a big hit at the reunion this past summer. Bruce and Sue spent a week in the British Virgin Islands on Lorin Knell's sailboat with Dan Demerrit and Doug Hamje '96 . . . . Chris Sharpe '94J proposed to Ally Goff this pa t J u ly on top of a mountain in New Hamp shire. Chris and Ally are planning an August 2000 wedding in Bedford, . H . . . . Other engagements include: Jeff Cotter and Ami Bowen; Zach Rubin and Kim Kessler; Matt Salah and Sharon Masterson; Sean Devine and N icole Clavette '95; and Ingrid Kristan and Mark Renzi . . . Marile Haylon married David Borden in July 1 999. The following attended the wedding: Joe McKenna '93, Sara Ferry, .

Heather Lounsbury, Rebekah Freeman, Jen nifer Walker, Holly Labbe, Melissa Wilcox, John Grady, Sally Zimmerli '93 , Tim Seston '93, Dave O'Shea '93 , Chris Austin, Carolyn Hart, Eric Johnson '93 and Kim Morrison '90J . . Devri Byrom is studying for her M.S. in

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gland. She will finish this summer with a practicum aboard a ship, teaching marine science and math. She will depart from Bermuda and sail to Canada and back via Maine to Boston. Last fall Devri and Amy Clapp team taught cience to 4-6 graders in Amy's classroom in Salisbury, Vt . . Leif '93 and Kelly O'Rouke Merryfield are liv ing in Mount Vernon, .H. Kelly is a GM at a garden center and has her own garden consulting business, and Leif is an operations manager at a software company. -Tracy K. Larsen

I'm sure it comes as no surprise that wedding news tops t h i column. D a r c i e Labrecque married Scott Beaudin last August in Lewiston. Darcie graduated from BC Law School and worked as a law clerk for the Maine upreme Judicial Court before joining the Bos ton firm Ropes & Gray . . . . Patricia J urriaans is et to marry Frank Hunkins, a taxable fixed income sale coordinator for olamon Smith Barney, in July. Patricia ha led trips for Wilder ne s Venrures, which made her decide that she wanted to work with high chool kids, so she is going back to take biology classes and get a master's in teaching . . . . Erin aftel, a student at BC Law, i marrying BU med student Andrew Brown '96 in June. Before going back to school, Enn and Andrew lived on an island resort in Fij i and hiked I ,000 miles of the Appalachian Trail. Enn d1d a ummer internship at the Massachu ett Water Resources Authority . . . . Michael Kaplan and K1m chock '96 are planning their weddmg for June 200 1 . Mike ( michael.kaplan@ u a.xerox.com ) ltves m R1chmond, where he is tn ales and IS workmg on a master's in public admtniStratlon at Virgmia Commonwealth Un1verstty . . . . Kara Toms (KTom Home@c . com ) marned UVM '99 graduate Dan Barnett on eptember 2 5 , 1 999, tn a beautiful field in Keene, N.H. The many olby alumni m atten dance mcluded much of the wedding party (An gela Tom� '92, Matthew Tom '97, Zarin Mistry, R1ma arl;on '96 and Je e Palmer '97 ) . Kara and Dan 'pent Ia t ummer backpackmg in Au,tralta for the1r honeymoon and now live in E' ex Junctltm, Vt., " here Dan IS workmg a a mechamcal engmeer at Hu,ky and Kara 1 pro gr,llll d1recror tor Green 1ountatn PreventiOn ProJeLt , domg ,ub,tance ahu e prevention tn \ crmnnt 'chnok Kara 'ay , "Bemg marned IS c1 en mnrc ama:mg than we both ever unag mcd ! " Lauren O'Toole and teve Davi are t<> he marned m October. Lauren " a entor cnr<>llmcnt coordmaror m the d1''''"m of mter n.Hl<ln.tl program' at Bo,ttln l.Jnl\·er,lty, and �tel c W<lrk, tor Prouder In urance Group . . . . Congr.l tulatl<>m to De b Whedon Fernande: on her nurnage ttl � 1anucl Fernande: tn Portland, �1.unc, <ll1 Augu't I . ! 999. The btlmgual En clt'h Frend1 " eddmg prondeJ a Colby reumon ft>r De b ttl 'ee man1 olhy fnenJ,, whtch ha n't been e,1,1 .b ,he ha, been !tung m Pan, 'ince Juh ! 99 5 .mJ IH>rkmg at the OECD for the pa>t three 1 ear'. J D l"go, " hn worb at J .\XIalter

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Thompson in .Y.C., was maid of honor. Also present were CJ Just, a Ph.D. student in history at George Washington University; Bryan Carey, a law student at UConn; Wing Tam, teaching and going to med school in L.A.; N ick Auffret, exchange student from Caen in '94-'95 , teach ing English near Lille, France; and Maureen Finn and Eric Schwan: '96, who will be married this coming Memorial Day weekend in a wed ding with a Colby '95 bridal party of julie Rentz, Kim MacDonald, Susan Clerke and myself. Maureen currently works as a family therapist at Solutions for Living. . . . I too am joining the wedding crowd when I marry Joe Ross in August . . . . In other news, the Tunk River Sculpture & Gardens reuben Gallery featured several sculptures by jesse Salisbury last summer. . . Jeff '96 and Amy Pompeo Francis (jeffamyfrancis@erols.com) welcomed their first child, Emma, on August 1 5 , 1 999. Amy is stay-at-home with Emma as well as teaching one class at the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences . . . . Alisa Masson is getting her M.B.A. at Yale . . . . Lisa Zorn is getting her M . D. at ew York Medical College. . . . Chris Orphanides is getting his master's in environmental studies at Duke. . Michelle Wyemura is getting her master's in physical therapy at Northwestern . . . Tachou Dubuisson ( tachoud@accint.com) recently moved to Porter Square in Cambridge, Mass. he is currently a project manager with a com pany called Access International, and she re ports being able to travel quite a bit, too. She's talked to Jim Zadrozny, who works over at Fidel ity. Tachou also noted that Michelle Brumfield is doing well, still teaching in Chi cago, and that Heather Johnson Webster, who is out in Seattle with Fred, is currently making amazing efforts to raise money to fight breast cancer. . . . Regina Kruger (rkruger0 1 @ sprynet.com) is working on marketing and e commerce at MasterCard and was looking into Joining the alliance and new venture group . . . . Hilary Anderson (okiepippi@aol.com) is liv mg in Phoenix, working in hi-tech, and wants to know if there are any other Colby grads out her way . . . . That's all the news for now. By the time you read this, the ftrst Class of'95 reunion wtll be upon us1 .

-Alyssa Falwell

Ttm Lieberman recently proposed to Bmtany Bnggs ofMts oula, Mont., on the an J uan I land> off the coa>t ofWashington. They are plannmg a September 2000 wedding tn Montana. Tun 1 work tng for Amazon.com tn eattle on the Auctions, hops and otheby's Ama:on.com 1 te . He recently spent an e1·en1ng " tth Dave Marx at a Ph1sh how in Wa,hmgton . . . . Margaret Harris and cott anel '94 were marneJ on eptemher 2 5 , 1 999, 'urrounJeJ by fnend; and classmates from Cnlhv. They met Margaret's fir;r year and cmt\ J unior year " htle partlc tpatmg tn the olby m uernava a program. The weddmg

was held in Greenwich, Conn., and they are happily settled in Boston. Another Colby couple ! . . . Please keep the new coming.

-Arnie Sicchitano

Congrats to jon Parker, Mandy Ball and Katie Williams on their recent engage ments . . . . J errod Deshaw, Tom Beedy and Shannon Tracy are in Boston. Deshaw moved back from Colorado and is living in Beacon Hill, Beedy is looking for a new job after his stint in Kentucky, and Tracy is transferring from Seton Hall law school to a school in the Boston area. . Kristen Wilson is still in Portland, Ore . , after finishing a y e a r of leadership with Americorps. She continues to work in environ mental education until she can save enough money to go to Nepal. She hangs out with Linsay Cochran and Zoe Kaplan among others. . . Michael Coyle is stateside afte1 1 0 months of living out of a suitcase in swinging London. Four overseas contracts, 1 5 countries and a lot of bad hotel food later, he's now living in Brighton. While traveling, he says, he saw someone from our class standing in the shadow of El Obelisco in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Although he was too freaked out to say hello (and commented wryly that there really is no place to hide from Colby people ) , that person was probably Hillary Ross. H i l , who posts regular updates on our c lass Web page about her travels, recently told how she was stranded in a cabin on a h i ke during a fluke blizzard when she met over half the teams that were competing in the Eco Challenge race. After trading boots with a girl from the Turkish team, she was able to con tinue on her trip . . . . Maybe natural disasters are the order of the day, because David Bruinooge lived through his first earthquake. He's now in Marina Del Ray, Calif., working in the film industry and living in an apartment that's 20 yards from the beach . . . . David Barr is still in "The City That Rocks" (Cleveland , Ohio ) in his second year of law school. "If someone is saying that they're having a won derful and interesting time in law school, they're crazy or they're lying," he says . . . Ted Keysor blew out his knee after being tackled by Dave Barr at a wedding. . . Rebecca Zacher is working for a PR agency in Manhattan that deals with new media c l ients . . . . Anna Ham len lives in Beacon Hill with Steve Kidd and Carter Davis after time in Utah and Oregon. She works for Student Advantage, an on-line postal and discount card company for students . . . . Amy Stengel is in her fir t year of law school at Tulane, where she tells us that "no one, law tuclent included, ever goes home before 4 a.m. on weekend night ." She offers her place if anyone needs somewhere to era h during Mardi Gras . . . . Catherine Fornias i also in law school at Tulane and enjoys the laid-back atmosphere that New Orleans offers to pursue a legal educa tion. he ha a black Lab puppy named Phoebe, who is the "leading ( and only) actor in [her] love ltfe." . . . Amanda Bligh has accepted a new job .

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Marriages: Kate Carswell '90 to Timothy R. Schmoyer in Lenox,

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Mass . . . . Erin M. Coyle '90 to John L. Giesser in Boston, Mass. . . . Kirsten K. Rossner '90 to Scott A. Buchanan in Charlottesville, Va . . . . Carolyn K. White '90 to Peter Lancia in Portland, M aine . . . . Ellen R . Billey 9 1 to Charles P. Donaldson II ' 9 1 i n Andover, Mass . . . . Brian Kelleher ' 9 1 t o Britt Chamasyk in Hampton Falls, N . H . . . Deborah E. Fuller ' 9 2 to Edward G. Berger in Edgartown, Mass . . . . Jennifer L. Pelson '92 to Patrick Hopkins in Boothbay Harbor, M aine . . . . Sandra A. Scarano '92 to Charles E. Crombie in Albion, R . I . . . . Ryan J . Strowger '92 to Susan A. Sestak in Corning, N.Y . . . . Reena Chandra '93 to Keshav C. Rajpal in Madison, Wis . . . . J ule A. Gourdeau '93 to Thomas C. Whelan '90 in Hamilton, Mass . . . . Elizabeth P . Arden ' 9 3 to Reese B. Rickards '93 in Harwichport, Mass. . . . Erin T. Crossland '94 to Gregory T. Christopher '94 in West Greenwich, R.I. . . . Scott A . Kadish '94 to Stacey Greenberg in Salem, Mass . . . . Kathryn T. Pierce '94 to Erik K. Hobbs in Exeter, N . H . . . . Alysa S. Cohen ' 9 5 to Brian M. Rayback ' 9 5 in Bristol, R . I . . . . Darcie P. Labrecque ' 9 5 to Scott R. Beaudin in Lewiston, Maine . . . . Jennifer A. Felmly '96 to Shane T. Wright '94 in Oquossoc, Maine . . . . Margaret R. Harris '96 to Scott Sane! '94 in Greenwich, Conn. . Katherine R. Charbonnier ' 9 7 to Joshua C. Oeltjen '97 in Marblehead, Mass . . . . Elizabeth A. Dunn '97 to M ichael Allen in Norwell, Mass.

D . Parker '91 has been named director and chief curator of the N antucket ( Mass. ) H is torical Association . . . . Lance N . Cabanban ' 9 2 , product manager of men's and women's shoes at Calvin Klein in New York, was featured in the San Jose, Calif., edition of Philippine News . Cabanban, who is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese, travels several times a year to Brazil and Spain, where the ---"'�____.·-_____J comp any produ ces shoes . . . 7 1 C l inton T ay l or R . s te a h l y · g 3 Fresh Food and i ts chef, Wylie D ufresne ' 9 2 , e arned a hearty review l as t w i n te r from The New York Times. The paper c haracterized the Lower East Side restaurant's m e n u as " fu l l of unusual c o m b i n a t ions and thoughtful counter points . " . . . Susan Kairnes OBaker ' 9 3 has been named press secretary to U . S . Senator L i ncoln Chafee ( R . , R . I . ) . . . . Taylor R . S t e a h l y ' 9 3 j o i ned the Cleveland, Ohio, law office of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP, where he specializes in c iv i l and com m e rc i a l l itigation . . . . The Portland, M aine, law firm of Pierce A twood announced that Brian M . Rayback '95 will pract ice in their env ironmental department . . . . Busi ness school can be a rough s e l l in t he c u rrent, frenzied I nternet env ironment. Patricia A . B e n s o n ' 9 6 was featured in a New York Times article on the growing number of young people who are passing up busi ness school to j o i n I nternet start-up companies.

with a London-based investment firm called Schroeders, where she'll be working for a small cap value fund a t the company's Boston office. . . . John Hebert is one of the assistant coaches for the Wesleyan University men's basketball team . . . . Simone Kaplan is in graduate school, studying journalism at Northwestern . . . Lucas Penney has accepted a new job as an equity analyst associate at Loomis, Sayles, L.P. M i k a Hadani is now working at the Lincoln Center at the N . Y .C. Ballet, where she worked on the Nutcracker . . . . Heather Me Vicar is doing graduate work at the London School of Eco nomics, studying economic development . . . Linda Jenkins is still in D.C. and ran the Marine Corps Marathon, raising money for an A I DS c l inic in the city. Though she completed mas sage school over the summer, she has no plans to quit her Senate job but hopes eventually to specialize in sports or pregnancy massage . . . . Anthony Moulton is living large in D.C. and continues to entertain the masses in his usual grand fashion. . . Cary Gibson is also still in D.C., working as a legislative assistant for Con gresswoman Shelley Berkley ( D-Nev . ) . She's started her master's degree in public administra tion at George Washington and is balancing her time between the c lassroom and her full-time job on the Hill. . . Benjamin Russell is an executive recruiter, recru iting information tech nology consulting professionals for an IT strat egy firm called Darwin Partners in Boston. . . . .

Births: A daughter, Caitlin Marie Tardio, to Doug and Corinne Hauser Tardio ' 9 1 . . . . A daughter, Sara Stewart Waugh, to Ted and Heidi Meyers Waugh '91 . . . . A daughter, Meghan Margaret Bentley, to Christopher and Nancy Putnam Bentley ' 9 2 .

Lauren Graham, who quit her job doing cancer

research to pursue becoming a professional pi lot, was flying by herself in Maine last fal l and crashed on a bad landing. She's fine, however, and went on a sailing trip to Fij i , Australia and New Zealand with family friends who hired her to teach their children . . . . Liz Baker remains in Boston and is currently the northern regional manager of sales at N ETC, a travel company. . . . Dana Cease works for Fidelity Investments in Boston and lives down the street from the Anna Hamlen contingent . . CJ Polcari trav eled in Europe after spending a weekend in ica ragua as part of an airlift with the AmeriCares Foundation . . . Cathy Neuger lives with Gregg LeBlanc '96, and both recently moved from Hoboken to Manhattan . . . . Katie Reppert works at an environmental education school in Califor nia . . . . Becky Briber l ives in Brighton, Mass., and works at a behavioral health care company . . . . Leah Tortola teaches eighth grade math and spent some time in Ireland last summer. She had a visit from Emilie Parker, Elisabeth Dodds and Carolyn Macuga . . . . Kelly Hagan teaches sixth grade math in Wayland, Mass., while Mary Hoffman is in graduate school at UCLA, where she's studying public health. . . Katie Lawn improved her Mandarin in Taiwan after gradua tion and is now in her second year of graduate school at M ichigan in ancient Chinese l itera ture . . . . In early December I attended a Christ mas party hosted by Lucas Penney and Andrew .

Pease. It was nice to catch up with Becky Briber, Shannon Tracy, Jerrod Deshaw, Andrew Black, Anthony Rosenfeld, Galen Carr, Benj amin Russell and David McLaughlin, to name a few, and to reconnect with people who made our college experience what i t was . . . . Since the College has developed a new alumni Web site, please take the t ime to v isit ( www.alumni connect ions.com ) and fil l in your informa t ion so the c l ass can be properly represented. Hope everyone is well. Please keep in touch!

-Kimberly N. Parker

Cheers to 2000! Congratulations to

J enna DeSimone on her engagement to Dave

McLaughlin '97; they're planning a J une wed ding. And congrats to Stephanie Broc h u , who was married to J ake Voter last May . . . Kevin Thurston spent eight months traveling in Eu rope after graduating, with a brief stint in Ire land as a lifeguard before heading back to his hometown of Paris, Maine . . . . Sally Heath is a graduate student at Washington U. in St. Louis for social work . . . . Pete Manning moved up ro Vermont from Boston to begin medical school at UVM this past fall. . . . Becky Golden is l iving in Boston and is currently pursuing a master's degree in early childhood education . . . . Katie Taylor is still living in sunny San Diego, Calif. . . . Kim Olsen moved to Washington, D.C., this past fall and lives with Christina Jacobson. Kim joined Arnold & Porter, a top law firm in D.C., .

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where j ulie Fidaleo ha been working for the pa t year. J ulie plans to attend law school in the fall of 2000. Ellen Bruce, Sara Kramers, J e ssi e Anderson, J eana Flahive and Monica Staaterman are also living and work ing in D.C. Currently, Monica spends most of her t ime accruing frequent flyer m i les traveling eros -country to her c lient i te in an Fran c isco, Calif. . . . Victoria Archibald l ives with her boyfriend, Kris Skrzycki '99, i n D.C. and work a t Burson-Marstellar. . After graduat ion Harris Eisenstadt moved to ew York, where he worked as a musician and for a small record label. He received ful l schol arship to begin a master's in performance and composit ion at the California I nstitute of the Arts, which he began this past fall. . . . Vlad Dorj ets seems to be enjoying l ife as a Parisian; he ha been working as a paralegal i n the French office of a U . . law firm . . . . Kristina mith writes that he i l i ving in . Y .C. and working a t Gucci . . . . Warren Moon is living i n Brooklyn, N . Y . . . . Kudos to Andrea Bassi -she is an officer in the U n i ted r a tes avy and i currently working on a degree in optometry at ew England College . . . . After graduation, Hilary White h iked Vermont's "Long Trail" with Meghan Fallon and then moved out to Breckenridge, Colo . , where he boasts of the l ife of a ski bum ( he k ied 1 00 days Ia t winter ! ) . This winter H i l ary has been working as an EMT and has had occasion to ee j osh Walton, who' m W i nter Park, Col o . , and Me g McKelvie, who al o live in Breckenridge. If you haven't picked up Elle magazine lately, Alyssa Giacobbe has cl imbed the ranks to a oc 1ate features editor at Elle . . . . In Bo ton, Annie Merselis 1 working for Ander on Consu l t m g . he reports t h a t ina Perkin 1 teachmg at Tabor w i t h h e r hus band, Dav1d . . . . Carl J e n k ins i working at Bur r - M e d 1 a 1n Bo t o n , and K i r s t e n taaterman a n d T e a Gurley j u t moved mto a prawlmg apartment In omerv ille, M a . K1r ten J u t tarred a new JOb at Brodeur Worldw1de, a PR company ba ed m Boston, and Te a 1s an a 1 rant teac h mg second grade tn arl1sle, Mas . . . Eric Adam i 1 1 \' I ng w t th Alex Howard 1n omerv t l l e , !\ 1 a . , w h t l e b u t l d 1 n g a tart-up cons u l t i n g f1rm . A n d ara R i gelhaupt 1 a L a t i n r e a c h e r a n J c o a c h at the W t l l 1 s ton 'orrhampron chool m B o ton . . . . In case n1u J1dn't already get your hand; on the new Blue L1ght, D ( Augu t 1 99 9 ) , Matt trobl, Jon Bohon, ndy mith, J a red Fine and Dave oldman w t i l g1ve you rea on to (Ju t

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-Allison L. Brown

Making headlines all over the country is Alex Wall, who left in July with a friend on a cross-country bike trek from San Francisco to Belgrade, Maine. In weekly updates to the Cen tral Maine newspapers, Alex shared his experi ence with a large audience . . . . I got word that Darcy Cornell spent the summer working on Cliff Island . . . . Jason Cherella worked along side Dan Cortez of MTV ports and on the MTV game show Web Riot; Jason has since taken a job in Los Angeles as a head hunter. . . . Billy Riley is working in Burlington, Mass., at an IT consulting firm . . . . Will Polkinghorn, our Rhodes Scholar, loves Oxford and is appar ently interviewing to head to medical school in 200 1 . . . . I recently saw Kristy Gould, who is working in the creative department of an adver tising company in Concord, Mass. Kristy re ported that Jason Cuenca and Chris Fleming have become fixtures in the boom boom room at the Dockside in Boston. She also told me that Erin Steven is getting married in September! Both Kristy and Jenny Harvey-Smith will be in the wedding, which will be in Seattle. Jenny is finishing up her last semester at the University of Washington . . . . Masood Dehnavifar is working for Arthur Anderson in hicago. Ryan Waller is living in D.C., and Ryan, Masood and Billy Riley report that they all went back to Colby for the alumni hockey game in early December . . . . Ron Russo and Tucker Jones are living in Boston . . . . Tony Pasquariello is also living in Boston, working for Goldman Sachs and enjoying the good life of Beacon Hill. . . . I ran into Payal Luthra at a bar the other night, and she is working at Oxford University Press in . Y .C. . . . Molly Pindell and Dave Wilkens have j ust decided to move to .Y.C., where Molly will be going to cooking school and Dave is hoping to teach high school science . . . Allison Birdsong i working at J . Walter Th omp on adverti ing agency in N.Y.C., and she love her job . . . . Becky Thornton is working at an executive search firm in N.Y. cal led Heidrick & truggle , where he is a research associate . . . . I ran mto o many of you at Homecoming, and smce I d1d nor wnte down everything, I worry that I wtll m 1srepre ent you, but let's see if my memory erve me well. I heard that Ryan Aldrich 1 ltvmg tn Denver. . . . Tom Buchanan 1 tn Boston. . . . haron Capobianchi 1 engaged I . . . And Raj i Gupta 1 engaged tO Jen p1ess '9 . o exctttng! . . . John "Rocki" Kurucz 1 ltvmg

in Portland, Maine, with Kim Waldron and Heather Miles. Heather will be starring as Jo seph in Joseph and the Technicolored Oreamcoar. . . . I heard that Aaron Whitmore and Sean Foley and perhaps some others drove a T urkey Hill ice cream truck out west and are pursuing further career in the business . . . . Matt Huse is living in Boston and is temping . . . . I have run into Susan Cragin a few times, and she is work ing for Merril in Princeton, N .J . . . . One of my roommates here in N .Y.C., Abby Healy, ran into Laurel Coppock on the subway recently, and both are doing well. . . . Krishan Jhalani, Wilson Owen, John Doyle and James Scribner all work together at Greenwich Associates in Greenwich, Conn.-! can't imagine they get much work done together. . . . Lelia Evans has decided to pick up and move from Boston to San Francisco. . . . Jessica Gilbert moved from N . Y.C. to Aspen. . . . Scott Whitlow will be moving to Boston, into an apartment with Ezra Dyer and Dave Neskey . . . . Chris Gates is living in N .Y.C., working at a start-up Internet com pany . . . . Katherine Golfinopoulos is l iving and working in the N.Y. area. . . . Flannery Higgins is working at Colby on Senior Pledge funds. . . . I heard from Robbie Koh, who recently starred as a television hockey stunt double in Canada, and he is planning to attend grad school for his master's in physical therapy. Robbie told me that Raj Khunkhun is researching HIV/AIDS work in Boston. . . . Ben Langille is working as a paralegal for a firm called Simpson Thatcher and Bartlett in .Y.C., and he was thrilled that all of his applications for law school are complete and in the mail. . . . Christina Lemieux is living in the San Francisco area . . . . Ross McEwen was taking off for Australia for a couple of months, where he planned to immerse in the outdoor life there, golf particularly . . . . Steph Patterson and her boy friend, Jody Eidt '97, who have been traveling around Australia, Fij i and New Zealand together, are now engaged 1 Ian Musselman is I iving and working in D.C. . . . I recently ran into Andy Powers, who is living in . Y. and working in the computer technology field (make sure you ask Andy about hi company Chri tmas party) . . . . Brad Selig is working at Morgan Stanley in N.Y. . . . Kara Schiebel is living down in Florida; I heard that from Heather Garni when she came to visit us in .Y. Heather is happy working in Bo ton at Miller Group . . . . That is all ofthe new news that I've got, and I apologize if any of my info was inaccurate. I would love to hear from all of you. All news will make this article, so keep me updated. Take care, and I hope you all survived the New Year. • • •

-Lindsay Hayes

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1 999, in Canton, M aine, at 9 5 . She taught in schools in Vermont, in Waterville and Winslow, M a ine, and at the Oak Grove School for G irls in M aine. She is survived by two sons, Arthur Chamberlin and Richard T. Chamberlin ' 5 2 , 1 2 grandchildren, 1 1 great-grandchildren and sev eral nieces and nephews. Evelyn Gilmore Pratt ' 2 7, January 1 6, 2000, in

Wrentham, Mass., at 95. She was a receptionist for a doctor and for Norwood Hospital. Prede ceased by her husband, George H. Pratt '26, she is survived by a daughter, Constance Fisher, and a son, Ralph C. Pratt. Angie Reed Hoch ' 2 7 , J anuary 1 , 2000, in Manchester, Conn. , at 9 3 . She received an M . A . from Boston U n iversity and taught in Utica, N .Y . -area schools for many years. She is survived by two stepdaughters, Alice Hoch and Norma Pratt, three nieces and several great nieces and -nephews. Myra Stone Knofskie '28, January 1 7 , 2000, in

Manchester, Conn., a t 9 3 . She received a master's degree in education from Salem State Teachers College and taught in Tewksbury, Mass. She leaves a son, Britton ) . Pruitt J r., a daughter, Myra Kalil, a sister, Helen Stone M ittelsdorf '27, two grandchildren and several nephews and nieces, including Janet M ittelsdorf Lumsden ' 5 7 . Walter F. Knofskie '28, November 2 1 , 1 999, in

Manchester, Conn. , at 9 3 . He was an inspector at Pioneer Parachute during World War I I . He earned a master's degree in chemistry and was chief operator of the Manchester sewer depart ment. H is second wife, Myra Stone Knofskie '28, survived him for two months. Ruth Hutchins Stinchfield '28, December 1 0,

1 999, in Gorham, M a ine, at 9 1 . She worked at Columbia University and at R.H. Macy's de partment store and later was the medical secre tary and bookkeeper for her husband, Allan J . Stinchfield '29, who predeceased her. Survivors include her daughters, Mary Stinchfield Kenney ' 5 5 and Jane Stinchfield Willett '70, two nieces, three granddaughters, a grandson and three great-granddaughters. Joseph B. Campbell '29, November 30, 1 999,

in Augusta, Maine, at 9 1 . Except for three years in the Army Air Corps during World War I I he practiced law in Augusta, Maine, from 1 93 3 until his death. He retired from reserve service in 1 968 as a colonel in the J udge Advocate General Corps. He also was city solicitor and municipal court judge in Hallowell, Maine, and

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in Quincy, Mass., at 9 3 . She was a secretary at Stone & Webster Engineering Corp. in Boston, Mass. W ife of the late Gunnar H. Larsen, she is survived by four nephews and a niece. lsa Putnam Johnson '30, November 1 8, 1 999,

in Houlton, Maine, at 9 1 . A homemaker, she is survived by her husband, Gordon Johnson '30, and her daughter. Ethel Rose Liberman '30, November 1 2 , 1 999,

in Margate, Fla., at 90. She taught in Maine and Vermont and also worked as a secretary for General Electric in Schenectady, N .Y . , the Alas kan Native Service in J uneau, Alaska, Sun Federal Savings and Loan in Portland, Maine, and Keyes Fibre in Waterville, Maine. Surviv ing are her husband, Joseph R. Liberman, her daughter, her son, G i lbert Earle '70, her brother, Cecil H. Rose '28, four grandchildren, four stepgrandchildren and a great-stepgrandchild. D . Marshall Eastment ' 3 1 , June 29, 1 999, in

Cazenovia, N . Y . , at 89. A Navy veteran, he retired in 1 974 after 40 years as a manager at Long Island Lighting Co. He is survived by his wife, Patricia Claire Walker, a daughter, a brother and a grandchild. Hope Pullen Gillmor ' 3 1 , January 19, 2000, in

Camden, Maine, at 92. A homemaker and mem ber of several local organizations, she was pre deceased by her husband, Alexander R. Gillmor ' 3 1 . Surviving are three sons, George W . Gillmor, Robert S. G illmorandjohn P. G illmor '65 , two sisters, Ruth Pullen ' 3 3 and Olive Pullen Palmer '40, a brother, John ) . Pullen '3 5 , five grandchildren, two great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. N issie Grossman ' 3 2 , February 28, 2000, in

Palm Beach, Fla., at 89. After he received his master's degree in business administration from Harvard University he joined Grossman's, the family's lumber and building materials business. Starting as a yard worker, he moved into sales and store operations and later supervised and oversaw all purchasing for the company. He became executive vice president of Grossman's in 1 9 5 7 and president in 1 96 5 before becoming chair of the board in 1 968. He also served the industry on the board of directors and later as vice president and president of the Northeast ern Retail Lumbermen's Association. H is ex-

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Concord, N . H . , at 9 1 . He was a pastor of First Baptist churches in Dexter, Maine, Chester, Vt., and Randolph and North Hanover, Mass. He is survived by two sons, William R. and Kenneth E. Knox, a daughter, Elizabeth Knox Stoddard ' 5 5 , two sisters, 1 0 grandchildren, in cluding Stacie Stoddard Starr '79 and Shellie Stoddard '82, 1 6 great-grandchildren and nieces and nephews. Marion Clark Harmon ' 3 3 , January 2 7 , 2000,

in Mars Hill, Maine, at 87. She was an English teacher at Caribou H igh School from 1 93 3 to 1 940 and later served her community in several volunteer roles. Surviving are two sisters, Emmeline Gregory and Norma Brewer, and sev eral nieces and nephews. Elizabeth H. Weeks '34, J anuary 30, 2000, in

Exeter, N.H., at 86. She earned a master's degree and a library science degree and had a long career as a librarian in 1 3 libraries, including the Univer sity of Maine-Farmington, the New York Public Library and the Claremont, Calif., library. Prede ceased by her brother Lewis Weeks Jr. '42, she is survived by nieces, nephews and four cousins. Maxine L. Knapp ' 3 6 , October 3 1 , 1 999, in Farmington, M a ine, at 84. She was a secretary in banks in Augusta and Portland, M a ine, and at the Sugarloaf Ski Shop. She is survived by many cousins. Arne 0. Lindberg ' 3 6 , November 1 8, 1 999, in Port Angeles, Wash. , at 87. A native of Sweden, he earned master's and doctoral degrees from Ohio State University, taught at M iami U n iver sity in Ohio and from 1 948 to 1 97 7 was a

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profe or at Washington tate University, where he served as chair of the department of foreign languages. He was a member of numerous orga m:ationsand was listed in Who's Who in America. He is survived by his wife of 6 1 year , Hazel Lindberg, a son and daughter, two grandchil dren and four great-grandchildren. Ruth Marston T u rner ' 3 7 ,

ovember 4, 1 999, in Yarmouth, Maine, at 3. he worked in the outh Portland hipyard during World War l l . Later she was a correspondent for Portland newspapers and taught at Deer Run Country Day chool. From 1 96 to 1 990 she worked at L.L. Bean. urviving are a son, Warren Tumer '69, a daughter, Martha Hawkins, and five grandchildren. J oseph Alton Bums '40, December 2 1 , 1 999, in

Morristown, N.j., at 5. He received several deco rations and citations from the Marine Corps dur mg World War I I , including the Bronze Star. He was an insurance adjuster at General Adjustment Bureau in East Orange, .j. , for45 years. urvivors mclude hi wife, Catherine, a daughter, five ons, a SISter, a brother and five grandchildren. Oscar H. Emery J r. '40, eptember I , 1 999, in Wilsonville, Ore., at I . A veteran of World War I I and the Korean Conflict, he gave 26 years to the U . . Air Force, serving as a judge advocate. He also was active in the Presbyterian hurch. Survivors include his on, Richard Emery, a SISter and a companion. Dorothy Corliss Ormsby '40,

ovember 5 , 1 999, m Marshfield, Mas ., at 2 . For many year -,he wa a manager in the retail bus me . She also was active m several organizations and clubs. She leave a daughter, andra Howerton, a son, Wil ham Orm by, five grandchildren, a great-grandhdd and many n1ece and nephews. W i l l iam D. Pi na nsky

'40, December , 1 999, in carborough, Mame, at 79. He was a control tower operator and m;rructor 111 the Army A1r Corps m \X'orld War I I . A Ha1Yard Law chool graduate, he " '" an attorney at Pmansky and Thelm and prac ticed l,m for more than 5L year,. un'IVII1g are h1s " 1fe of 55 year">, LCanne, three :,on_-,, rw·o >I>ter:., a brother ,mJ four grandchdJren. Jane Rus ell Abbott '4 1 , December 24, 1 999, 111 \'cw Read1, Fla., at 0, from compl1cat1om f<>llnwmg an .Jutoml>bde acc1Jcnt. For more dun 2 5 1 car' ,he taught aJ,·anccJ placement h<>lllJ..'\ cllut'>e .u \X1 nen die Htgh Lhool, where

,he ,en cJ ,1, heaJ of the 'c1encc department. The ftr,t rcup1cnt ,l(Cllibl \ u h ta ndmg EJu L.lWr :\\1 trJ, ,he ;t \,,l t.t ud1t m.mne b10logy ,u &m Jn111 nl lcl(c anJ J tJ rc,c.trch on Lf\O· i ll>lclg\ t,>r the , '.mona! Aeron.t uttc ·mJ -p.!Lc :\Jm1111 tr.ttwn. �he " ·" a ftn,tll t 111 . 'A A' Teacher 111 �race rroJect 1n 1 9 5. �he 'cn·eJ the College on the Alumm l>uncd anJ a' cia> agent for many vear and rece1wJ rhe Colby Bnck award. Predecea>ed b1 her hu,banJ, Henn

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Summit, N.j., at 80. He served overseas with the 1 1 th Air Force during World War I I . For many years he managed the Benelux travel service of United States Lines in ew York City, then was manager of regulatory affairs for Gdynia-Ameri can Lines. He was active with local organiza tions. urvivors include his wife, jeanne, rwo sons and three grandsons. Avis Marston Harding '42, August 1 , 1 999, in

Canton, Maine, at 7 . She taught school for many years in the Turner, Maine, school dis trict. She is survived by her husband, Wayne Robbins, a daughter, a son, four grandchildren and a great-grandson. Betty Anne Royal Spiegel '42, january 2 ,

2000, in Gaithersburg, Md., at 7 . She earned a master's in international relations from Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and served with the State Department from 1 944 to 1 9 5 0 as a public opinion analyst. From 1 972 to 1 9 9 she was an editor and quiz question writer for the television show l c ' s Academic. She also was ac tive in church and volunteer activities. Survi vors include three daughters, Jane Fox, judith S. Moore and Amy Spiegel, her sister, J anet Royal Varone '49, and two grandchildren. Russell P. Barrett '43 , j uly 20, 1 999, in alt Lake City, tah, at 0. A World War ll veteran,

he had many years of business and banking expe rience. He is survived by his wife, Erma Sims, a son and six stepchildren and their families. Mary Lemoine Lape ' 4 3 , November 24, 1 999,

in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, at 78. She was a nurse at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston and at the Brunswick ( Maine) Convalescent Center before joining her husband, Dr. C. Philip Lape, as a nurse practitioner. In retirement she be came a certified emergency medical technician and hosptce volumeer. Besides her husband, she 1 urvtved by ftve daughters, a son, a brother and mne grandchildren.

Alan L. B ev i n s '44, J anuary 6, 2000, in

Marlborough, Mass., at 78. He served with the Army in Brazil during World War I I . elf-em ployed for many years, he also served as clerk of the works on several construction projects in Massachusetts and worked for several year in the sales and service departments of Monarch Marking Systems. He was active in various civic organizations. Besides his wife, Terrie, he is survived by three daughters, a brother, three grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Edward R. Cony '44, ]anuary 9, 2000, in Aptos,

Calif., at 76. After serving in the Army in World War I I , he earned a master's degree in journal ism from Stanford University. He worked with the Wall Street ]ournal for 3 5 years, receiving a Pulitzer Prize for reporting in 1 96 1 and becom ing the paper's managing editor in 1 965 . In 1 972 he became vice president of Dow Jones publica tions and news services. He also was president of the American Society of ewspaper Editors and of the Associated Press Managing Editors Asso c iation. He is survived by his wife, Sue, six children and 1 0 grandchildren. Donald E. Sterner '44, january I 0, 2000, in

Wolcott, Conn., ar 78. He was an Army veteran of World War ll and worked as an accountant at the University of Connecticut Medical Center in Farmington. He leaves his wife, Bernice, a son, a daughter and a brother. Robert D. Horton '45, October 1 3, 1 999, in Swanton, Vt., at 76. He was with rhe U.S. a val Air Corps in the Pacific during World War I l . For 5 3 years h e served rhe insurance industry with distinction, including service as a board member and director of numerous busines and civic organizations. He is survived by his wife of 5 3 years, Dolly, two sons, his stepmother and stepfather and several cousins. George A. Ober Jr. '45 , December 8, 1 999, in

Englewood, Fla., at 7 7 . After serving in rhe Pacific with the U.S. avy during World War I I , he owned and operated the Ober Knorry Pine abins of Ashland, N . H . , for 3 1 years. He is survived by his wife of 55 years, Ruth, a son, two grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, a sis ter and brother and nieces and nephews.

ona Tahmizian '43, November 6, 1 999, in

ambndge, Mass., at 79. he was a reacher and ll\·ed m Belmom, Ma s., with her si ter, Arax Baroman, who sun•tves her. Errol L. Taylor J r. ' 4 3 , December 24, 1 999, in Augu,ra, Ma111e, ar 79. In World War I I he

Ruth Drapeau Hunt '46, November 8, 1 999, in Brunswick, Maine, at 76. She worked as a lab and X-ray technician at Franklin Memorial Ho pita! in Farmington, Maine, for several years before raising her family. Surviving are her hu band, Philip E. Hum, four sons and three grandchildren.

earned fi,·e hattie '>tar 111 U . . Army action 111 , orrh Afnca, tcdy, Ira I) , France and Ger manv. A lifelong Waren:dle, Mame, residem, he anJ h1 hrotheroperared Taylor MororCo. m W111 IO\\ , Mame. un•tvors 111clude two daugh ter , Karh1e Corbm and Dehorah Hac kaylo, rwo on , R1chard and Marnn Taylor, s1x grand cht !Jren, a ntece and five nephews.

Robert E. Cannell ' 5 1 , J anuary I I , 2000, in Portland, Maine, at 7 2 . After service in the avy he arrended Colby, where he was twice an All-Maine football player. His career in retail clothing panned 10 year wirh Keyes Fibre, Cluerr- Peabody and J antzen and 25 years as a ale man for Pendleton Woolen Mill .

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Surviving are his wife, J oan Kelby Cannell ' 5 2 , two daughters, includ ing J oyce K. Cannell ' 8 1 , a son, a sister, J ean Cannell M ac Rae ' 4 2 , a n d t w o grandchi ldren. Robert L . Bechard ' 5 2 , October

1 1 , 1 999, in ashua, N .H . , at 7 1 . He received a master's degree from Rivier College and taught biologi cal sciences at Alvirne H igh School in Hudson, . H . , for l O years and at Locust Valley H igh School in Long Island, . Y . , for 1 9 years. He also d irected Christmas pageants and several plays. Survivors include two sisters, Noella Bonnette and Rita Brideau, and many nieces, nephews and cousins. Kemp M . Pottle ' 5 2 , November 2 ,

1 999, in Webbs M ills, Maine, at 69. He received a master's degree from the U niversity of M aine and for several years taught at H igginsClas sical lnstitute and at M aine Central I nstitute in M aine. He later worked in college administration at Clark son U n iversity in Potsdam, N .Y . Predeceased by several Colby rela tives, he is survived by his wife of 4 3 years, Jean, two daughters, a son, his sister, J ane Pottle Lee '48, and six grandchildren. Robert L. Stevens ' 5 2 , August 4,

Jack Foner, Black Studies Pioneer Historian J ack Donald Foner H '82, who at Colby helped to found one of the nation's first black studies programs, died De cember 1 0, 1 999, in New York at 88. Foner taught at Colby from 1 969 to 1 976 and returned as a visiting scholar in 1 983 and 1985. I n the 1 930s, teaching history at what is now Baruch College in New York, he was caught up in a pre-McCarthy Red scare, and in 1 94 1 , along with his three brothers, he was blacklisted by New York's Rapp-Coudert Commission. As a supporter of anti fascist forces in Spain, a champion of the trade union movement and a campaigner for civil rights for African Americans, Foner was accused of being a communist, but he refused to testify before the commission, according to his obituary in The New York Times . In 1 993 he told Colby magazine he con idered the episode "honorable experience" and said, "there was really no evidence to support it. It was just mass hysteria." In 1 98 1 the New York City Board of H igher Education apologized to Foner and other victims of the Rapp-Coudert Commission, terming the events of 1 9 4 1 an "egregious violation of academic freedom." But for almost three decades Foner was shut out of academe and had to support his family as an entertainer. He was a drummer and comic who worked with Paul Robeson and Harry Belafonte, and he maintained a friendship with W.E.B. Du Bois, all of whom suffered from the blackl isting of that era. Although Foner did some freelance lecturing, he was unable to launch his academic career until Colby hired him in the spring of 1 969 to teach history. Foner was born in Brooklyn on December 1 4, 1 9 1 0. He earned a doctorate from Columbia University. H is best-known book is Blacks and the Military in American History ( I 974 ). He is survived by his wife, Liza; a son, Eric, who is the Dewitt Clinton Professor of H istory at Columbia University and president of the American H istorical Association; two brothers, Moe and Henry; and a granddaughter.

1 999, in Akron, Ohio, at 74. He attended the College after service as a medic on a hospital ship during World War I I , then did graduate work at M I T before beginning a ca reer at Goodyear. He retired from the department of management engineering in 1 989. He leaves his wife of 54 years, Lucille, a daughter, a son and two granddaughters. Kenneth R. Gesner ' 5 3 , November 7, I 999, in

Ridgewood, N .J . , at 68. An Army veteran of the Korean Conflict, he earned an M . B.A. at the Wharton School and was a self-employed insur ance agent. He also was a sports writer for the Associated Press and on the U.S.A. Hockey Assoc iation board of directors. Survivors in clude his wife, J anet, a son, two daughters and seven grandchildren. Janet Hamilton Kriek ' 5 6, January 2, 2000, in

Asheville, N.C., at 65. She worked as a real estate agent. She alsowas involved in numerous commu nity activities at a day school and a summer camp for students with dyslexia. She is survived by her husband, Albert P. Kriek, her son, her sister, her brother and nieces and nephews. Robert E. Brolli '59, J anuary 3 1 , 2000, in Rich mond, Mass., a t 62. A drama and English teacher

at Searles, at Mount Everett Regional and Monu ment Mountain Regional high schools in Massa chusetts, he also owned and operated Bullwinkels department stores in Lenox and Great Barrington, Mass. He appeared on Broadway, in films and at many New Jersey summer stock theaters, and he directed local productions as fund raisers. He also was theater critic for The Berkshire Record. He leaves his wife, Marc ia, his father and his sister. Karen Graf Paharik '6 1 , November 1 9, 1 999,

in Worcester, Mass., at 60. She was a long-rime volunteer for children with special needs at M i ll-Swan School in Worcester and a volunteer driver for cancer patients. She leaves her hus band, Carl M. Paharik, two sons, a sister and nephews and nieces.

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dent of underwriting at UNUM. He is survived by his wife, Sarah Ann, a son, three daughters, a sister and four grandchildren. Julia Dodge Burnham '63, January

1 6, 2000, in Boston, Mas ., at 58. She taught English at Lawrence H igh School in Fairfield, M aine, and at Woonsocket H igh School in Rhode Island before serving as a guidance counselor at Concord H igh School from 1 97 4 until her death. She is survived by two daugh ters, Cec ilie Bredehoeft and Heidi Barron, and two brothers. Julie N ugent Coates '63, Sep tember I I , 1 999, in Jackson, Mo.,

at 60. She earned a master's of arts in teaching from Wesleyan Uni versity and w i th her husband, J ames, began teaching a t a high school in Cali, Colombia. They moved to J ackson in 1 9 7 3 . Survi vors include her husband, a son, two daughters, her father, a sister and three grandsons. Lee Claire McGowan '68, October

2 5 , I 999, in Philadelphia, Pa., at 5 3 . She worked for many years i n the municipal bond department ofPenn sylvania Merchant Group and with Tucker Anthony Inc. She was ac tive in civic and educational organi zations. She is survived by her husband, Craig Gripp, her daughter and her parents.

Geoffrey F. Brown '80, January 2 1 , 2000, in Knox, Maine, at 4 2. A graduate ofFranklin Pierce Law Center, he practiced law for I 0 years in Skowhegan, Maine, before becoming a teacher at Cony High School in Augusta. He was active in numerous community service organizations. He is survived by his wife, Debora, two daughters, his parents, two sisters, nieces and nephews.

Charles W. Tenney '84, December 1 3 , 1 999, in Saranac Lake, N.Y., at 3 8 . He was born in Tokyo. After graduating from the Columbia University School of Journalism, he worked at the Chronicle, the AP-Dow]ones News Service in Tokyo and the Watertown Daily News in New York. In I 995 he filed reports in the Chronicle as he kayaked alone by inland waters from Vermont to the Gulf of Mexico. He is survived by his parents, Robin and Frank Tenny, and two sisters.

Philip E. Allison '63, January 4, 2000, in Gorham,

Maine, at 58. Following service as a first lieuten ant in the avy during the Vietnam War, for which he received several medals, he taught at Maine Maritime Academy. Later he worked for Prudential Life Insurance, Meile and Associates and Duncanson and Holt/UNUM and was presi-

Helen Whalon, widow of Colby's long-serving superintendent of buildings and grounds, d ied in late December at 9 I . While at Colby, she and her husband lived on campus in what is now known as the Hill Family Guest House. A son, Peter Whalon, survives her.

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I fi n al period O n ly Memories and Monuments Remain By Gerry Boyle '78 Thought about answering i t ?"

When I first left my job a a long-time editor and columnist

There was no ad campaign

for the Morning Senrinel to edit

when Sister Mae entered the con

Colby maga:ine I was eager to find

vent. She grew up i n Sanford, the

ing stories as far-flung a

youngest of five ch ildren. She

Colby

alumni them elves. But the first

said she has few memories of her

story caught my eye before I 'd

mother, who died when Sister

even hit the campus. It was right

Mae was very young. Her father

here in Waterville and had been

worked in a m i l l . "He vowed he would do the impossible to keep

for decades.

us together," she said.

This was on one of my first commutes to Colby. The route

H e did that, and in 1 940 Sister

leads up M t. M e r i c i A venue to

Mae entered the convent. "When

ward M i l l e r A l umni House, past

you entered the front door, that

the lawns where the p l a i d - c lad tudent

was something," she said softly.

The c e m etery at Ursuline Sisters C a re C enter.

"Oh, yes. A l l those moments. It

at Mt. Merici School for the order, was away. But the

becoming nuns in both teaching

was built on faith and prayer and

chool is a brick dormitory - l ike

delegate superior, Sister Patricia

and contemplative orders, said

the help of friends and fami lies."

b u i ld i n g where, I had a vague

Couture, was home. Sister Patricia

Debra Campbell, assoc iate pro

Sister Mae went on to a career

idea, nuns live. Beyond that

oon had Sister Martha on the

fe ssor of r e l i g i o u s s t u d i e s a t

in teaching, mostly in elemen

building is a cross w it h j esus on

phone and had located a short

Colby and a spec ialist in Ameri

tary schools. Now she is retired.

it, nearly l ife si:e. Arrayed in

h istory of the Ursuline

can Catholicism. Campbe ll, edu

The wood - framed Mr. Meric i

front of the eros

published in The Church World.

cated herselfat Convent ofSacred

Academy she remembers has been

sometime

p l a y . Beyond the

l i k e supp l i

isters,

The article said the order

Heart in Buffalo, N .Y . , said be

razed. I ts site is marked by a statue

8 from

coming a nun offered American

of jesus. The lives of many of the

the car; to learn more I went to

Trois Riv ieres, Quebec, the move

women securiry, refuge, indepen

nuns are marked nearby, silent

the door of the Ursuline

isters

approved by an African-Ameri

dence and a way to answer a spiri

testimony to a way of life that

enter and rang the bell.

can bishop who had been born a

tual call ing. "It was a powerful

soon will pass. I n places like Mt.

1 ter Mae Doucette answered

lave and would be the new

c a n t a r e row of gravestones. That much I could glean from

are

and mv1ted me m .

came to Waterville in 1

feel ing," Campbell said.

Meric i , the monuments

order's first superior. The sister

But then the boom turned

nuns

who have passed outnumber the

W e went r o the library a t the

taught Franco-American chil

bu t. As the country went through

ha k of the huildmg and looked out

dren and young women who

tumultuous changes-Vietnam,

On a knoll overlooking the

the wmdow at the cemetery and the

worked in the c i ty' m i l ls. At the

the exual Revolution, Vatican I I

woods of the Colby campus is the

nearh tone grottO w1 th 1 ts >tatue of

Ur u l ine order's peak, in the

for Catholics -what had been

rest ing p l a c e of S i s t e r M a ry

the Ble»ed Mother. If I had come

1 9 5 0 , there were more than I 50

fervent interest in Catholic voca

Gonzaga, Sister Marie Beaupre, ister P a u l ine j a nsen, S i s t e r

earlier I would ha,·e >een a tarue of t. Bernadette as well. "For the win ter, ,\ e put her away for a lmle re t," 1 ter

tions for women turned cold.

Mame and Massachu ett . "God

There were new models for Catho

lic women to emulate as door

o l d e s t g r a v e is t h a t of t h e

opened in everything from the

Waterville order's founder, Si -

been good to u> in many,

many ways,"

1ae >a1d.

he a1d the remam> of orne memher of the order were buned under t. Fran

members teaching in school

De ale> Church

m \: atern l l e . Then the

I\ 1enCI emeter,

,,.a>

ister Mae said.

But the nun ' number dwin dled \\'lth the pa

mg year . In

I 965 there were about I 0,000

lt.

1 rer l\ 1ae a1d there were other

Peace

orps to social work. "It

wa this huge watershed ,"

amp

bell said. "Everything changed. . . . By the 1 9 70s the convents

e tabh hed,

and the rema m> were moveJ there.

nun who are l iving.

were decimated." med1an age

�>

uns l ike

6 .

one order ha

ter Marie Emma Bu isson, whose brief in cript ion is in French: "decedee 5 Fevrier, 1 89 3 . " The stones look like church goers, l i ned up in prayer. But

In recent month , at lea t

1 rer Mae lived

e c il l e Ouellette and others. The

from another angle, the markers

started rec r u i t

for the grave of all these teach

who knew more about the h1 tory

through the heyday of th1 way of

mg. I t

h o w s a hand

ers look l i ke desks, arranged in

l>ter l\ 1arrha

life. The m1d- ZOth century aw a

hold ing a cell phone. The po ter

orderly rows in a still and tran

boom m the number of women

read : "Do you have call waiting?

quil classroom.

of the cemeten·, that

Helen, who work on the archl\·e

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po t e r

S c ien ce fo r UidA at tlte Co iL., B o o "Afo re

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