Alumni at Large 1960s-1970s He sends an open invitation to anyone in the area to stop by for a boat ride, day on the beach or whatever. He continues to enjoy traveling worldwide speaking on sales effectiveness with Holden International, with trips to London and Tokyo planned this summer. He recently returned from Ft. Lauderdale (and took time to boat up the inland waterway) and Portland, Ore. (with time to ski Mt. Hood and hike around the gorge). Phil says, “The highlight of last year was daughter Debbie graduating from UPenn. HOOORAAY.” . . . Keep the e-mails coming! —Robert Gracia and Judy Gerrie Heine
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was delighted to be appointed as your next class correspondent (honest!). Many thanks to Nancy Dodge Bryan for the great job she did during her term. I will try to follow her excellent example. The big event of course was our 35th reunion in June. About 20 of us started off reunion by having dinner on Thursday night in Portland at Walter’s Cafe, which was wonderful. There was also a cruise on Casco Bay Friday morning, which a number took advantage of. For those who keep score, 42 members of the Class of ’68 registered, plus five Colby spouses and/or ’68 classmates who graduated with other classes, plus other spouses, children and significant others. We had a gorgeous sunny day on Friday and partly cloudy but mostly rain-free days Saturday and Sunday, a minor miracle in our soggy spring. The award for most heroic travel goes to Ted Allison, who rode his motorcycle from Seattle to Waterville, stopping only to pick up his 16-year-old son, Jake, a hockey player, in Minnesota on the way. (Did I mention that Ted’s son is a hockey player?) At the Awards Banquet, outgoing class president Art Brennan received a Colby Brick and Joe Boulos received the Distinguished Alumnus Award. The ’68 tables were understandably rowdy in cheering for Art and Joe. Congratulations, guys, and thanks, Art, for a great job as class president. Our new president is Steve Ford and vice president is Jeff Lathrop, both Zetes, I might add, as well as yours truly (just a coincidence, folks, not a coup). I brought my son, Adam, to reunion and dragged him all around the campus, telling him Colby stories and trivia until his eyes glazed over. We also visited a certain college in Brunswick. Another West Coast resident, Ted Bromfield, who jour-
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neyed to reunion all the way from San Diego (not on a motorcycle), recently appeared on the front page of the San Diego County Bar Association magazine and was profiled as one of the leading environmental attorneys in San Diego. Ted moved to San Diego directly after Colby and has been there for the past 35 years, protecting its magnificent beaches and marine life from pollution. One of the highlights of the weekend was our class reception and reunion dinner in the Schupf art gallery. I sat next to Dick Fraser, who now lives in Greenwich, Conn., with his wife and three children. Dick went to Amos Tuck at Dartmouth for his M.B.A. after graduating from Colby and now is president of Ingram Todd, Inc., a mergers and acquisitions firm in Greenwich. He was horrified to find out that I had become class correspondent—this after telling me several of his Colby stories. (Don’t worry, Dick, your secrets are safe with me.) I wish I had room to list the names of everyone who came to reunion; it was great to see you all, even if we’re all just a little bit older. Let’s not wait 10 or 15 years to get together again. . . . On a final note, the Sanford (Maine) News reports that Peter Swett was engaged to marry Jacqueline Ann Taylor on June 21. Peter is the owner of Doughty Falls Photography in North Berwick. Congratulations and best wishes to you both. —Peter Jost
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Gary Burfoot, a semi-retired attorney in Connecticut, ran in the 2003 Boston Marathon with his brother, Amby, the 1968 Boston Marathon winner. They ran with various other family members. . . . Michael Moschos lives in London with his family. His daughter, Ellie, is graduating this year from the Chelsea School of Art and Design, and his son, Stamos, is a first-year history student at University College, London. Mike reports that he and wife Despina recently took a brief sailing holiday in the Aegean Islands. . . . Jerome Layman enjoyed skiing with Paul and Jane Hight Edmunds during the winter of 2000. He disclosed that Paul has a new bionic knee. At the time Jerome wrote to me, he had just returned from a week in the Cayman Islands with his daughter and five of her 17-year-old girlfriends. He had heard from Larie Trippet. . . . Chip Altholz wrote that he and his wife, Linda, were in the process of remodeling their home. He was planning to
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