alumni at large most of the games, the team made the conference tournament for the first time in three years. Y Carrie Cooper Jacobson says she kicked around Boston for years, working day jobs and doing freelance writing in music newspapers, before she started working in daily journalism at the Westerly Sun, an afternoon daily in Westerly, R.I. Carrie and her husband, Peter, spent a few years in Idaho but yearned for New England, where she has had various journalism jobs in Maine as well as in Virginia, R.I., and Maryland; they finally settled down in Middletown, N.Y., three years ago. Carrie has a stepdaughter and three grandchildren, all in Rhode Island. In addition to working as the art director and editor of the Sunday paper, Carrie makes pottery and teaches copy editing and design part time at SUNY, New Paltz. And she’s writing a detective novel! Y Ross Moldoff sent a great photo of all who attended a get-together at Chris (Ahlstrom ’81) and Dana Russian’s house in Winchester, Mass., in January: Amy and Ross, Liz (Yanagihara ’80) and Barry Horwitz, George Plesko and Marty MacMillin ’81, Teruni and Eric Rosengren, Sue Horowitz Kerr ’80, Diane and Peter Godsoe, and Chris and Dana. View the photo on our class page at www.colby.edu/ classpages/1979/photos. Y Eric and Rebecca Alex and their daughters, Leia, 11, and Kira, 8, moved back stateside after teaching a semester abroad program in London for the College of San Mateo. Rebecca taught painting and drawing and plans to teach next year in Florence. Life in Santa Cruz, Calif., is good, says Rebecca. Y Linda and Dave Quigley have been married 21 years and have two children, Erica, 19, and Scott, 17. Erica is carrying on the language legacy of Japanese—she is majoring in Japanese at Hope College in Holland, Mich.—and son Scott is on the path to attend West Point. Dave is currently running around the world (Japan, Israel, China, Taiwan) training urologists and oncologists on a new device for the minimally invasive treatment of prostate cancer (something the Class of ’79 does not have to worry much about yet, says Dave). Dave is president and CEO of THS International, which is the distributor for Focus Surgery Inc., of Indianapolis. Y Since his latest book was released, David Surette has given more than 30 readings all over New England and sold lots of books. 56 COLBY / summer 2006
He says it has been great to hear from friends, relatives, schoolmates, and teammates. Y Please keep sharing updates (tckmpowers@adelphia.net or classnews1979@alum.colby.edu). If you’re passing through Colorado, give me a call or drop me a line. —Cheri Bailey Powers
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for Jen and Steve Kirstein, who welcomed daughter Maya Ruth in December. Y Liz Yanagihara Horwitz had an art show in February at the Newton Library (view Liz’s art at www.lizhorwitz.com). She still plays the string bass and flute in several musical groups. Barry ’79 and Liz’s daughter was waiting to hear from colleges while keeping herself occupied kick boxing and playing tennis. Y John Flerlage is still living in Littleton, Colo. After retiring from the USMCR in 2000, John coached youth and high school ice hockey for five years. His son, David, a senior at Columbine High School, was recently admitted early decision to Columbia University. John, his wife, Helena, daughter Lisa, 13, and son Karl, 7, are hoping to make it back to Waterville for a future reunion since they were unable to make the 25th. Y Catie Fulton Teeven’s daughter, Ali, will be going to Florida State this fall. Her oldest, Casey, will be a senior at the Coast Guard Academy. Dianna Herrmann visited the Teevens in their Naples, Fla., home last January. Y Cate Talbot Ashton wrote that “life is full with two 16 year olds in their sophomore year of high school—swim meets, track meets, jazz band concerts, orchestra concerts, and garage band concerts keep us on our toes!” This winter Cate taught a Jan Plan, The Career Experience. Y Herb Perry and his wife, Kathy, live in South Berwick, Maine, with daughters Jennifer, 17, and Hannah, 14. Herb is an editor at Seacoast Media Group (publishers of the Portsmouth Herald), plays ice hockey with Pete Bishop, and serves on the board of Counseling Services, Inc., in Saco. He wrote, “Since I suffer from schizoaffective disorder— which in my case is a combination of schizophrenia and depression—I decided to join the board to offer a mental-health consumer’s perspective. A psychiatrist first diagnosed me with the illness in 1992, but I feel the illness has affected me as far back as my time at Phillips Exeter. All those days of skipping classes at Colby make
newsmakers Kimberly Alexander Shilland ’85 has been hired as a preservationist at Strawbery Banke Museum in Portsmouth, N.H. She will devise and execute a preservation and maintenance plan for the museum’s historic structures. Banke President Larry Yerdon said, “We are exceptionally fortunate to have retained a preservationist of this caliber at this important juncture in our history.” “Greg’s proven himself as a gifted reporter, a first-class Kimberly A. Shilland ’85 editor and a talented leader,” said the Boston Herald’s Managing Editor Kevin R. Convey ’77 of Greg Gatlin ’89. Having served as deputy business editor of the Herald since June 2005, Gatlin was promoted to business editor. Convey expressed confidence that, as business editor, “he’ll take Business Today to the next level.” Jessie Auger ’89, a bilingual first grade teacher in Boston, is the 20062007 Massachusetts Teacher of Year. That makes her the Bay State’s candidate for National Teacher of the Year. While Greg Gatlin ’89 remaining in the classroom, she will also serve as ambassador to the teaching profession over the next year by making speeches and conducting workshops throughout the state.
milestones Marriages: Peter F. Walmsley ’86 to Kristen B. Skoglund in Manchester Village, Vt. Jonathan R. MacBride ’89 to Jennifer L. Haigh in Avalon, N.J. Births: A daughter, Leslie Knapp Piccione, to Nancy Knapp ’88 and Anthony Piccione Deaths: Steven Young ’82, April 23, 2006, in Newton Highlands, Mass., at 44. sense to me now. I welcome classmates to e-mail me at heikkil@comcast.net or to contact me at Seacoast Media Group, and we can share some beers (responsibly, of course).” Y Mark Garvin ran into Chris Perrin at Attitash Ski Area in January. “Chris,” said Mark, “was in the lodge reading a book while the family skied. He blamed a bad neck. It’s a shame to see how classmates who don’t work out enough have gone downhill so fast!” Y Keep the news coming! —Tom Marlitt
81 Bill Clifford was named presi-
dent of the northern New England region of TD Banknorth Insurance Group, which includes offices throughout Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. Y Tony Peduto joined Optasite Inc. in Westborough,
Mass., as chief operating officer. Optasite owns and operates communications towers. Tony had been at American Tower Corp., where he was responsible for more than 4,000 towers. Y Tom Betro was named director of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS). Tom has been with NCIS since 1982 and has held a wide range of assignments and leadership positions, including special agent on board the U.S.S. John F. Kennedy and the U.S.S. Enterprise and as chief, Pacific Division, Counterintelligence Directorate, NCIS HQ. In March 1999, Tom was assigned as NCIS deputy assistant director for counterintelligence operations with responsibility for worldwide counterintelligence investigations, operations, and analysis for the Navy Anti-Terrorism Alert Center