alumni at large Kathleen McConaughy Zambello on your many years of service to the school. Y Folks, it’s time to start planning for our next reunion. Please correspond. I need your input to keep this column alive. Yes, we spend inordinate amounts of time staying healthy, but we care about each other and want to hear a word now and then. Until next time, John and I extend our best wishes to you and your families. —Joan Williams Marshall
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relieved that the political campaign is nearly at an end. All of us, suffering from election overkill, probably feel the same way! Y Donna and Ed White traveled from Phoenix, Ariz., to Virginia in October for the birth of their second grandchild. Y Marilyn and Tom Brackin continue to plug along in the real estate and insurance business. After heading to Aruba at the end of July, they spent time in Christmas Cove, on the coast of Maine. The Colby Eight sang at the Class of 1958’s 50th reunion, where Tom enjoyed seeing Dave Adams ’58, Willy Mc Donald Sawyer ’58, Bill ’58 and Cindy Allerton Rocknak ’58, and many more close friends from the Class of 1958. Y Before beginning her senior year at the University of Hartford, Hartt School of Music, this fall, Pat Martin Maloney enjoyed substituting as organist at her summer church in Dublin, N.H. Pat had lunch with Ellie Jones Rogers, who lives nearby, and visited Janet Kimball Clymer during the summer at the nursing home in Keene, N.H., where Jan continues to make slow improvement. Y In September Nancy and John Conkling visited Babs (Faltings ’56) and Warren “Meatball” Kinsman at their camp at Green Lake (near Ellsworth, Maine) in preparation for a week’s guided canoe trip on the St. Croix River along the Maine and Canadian border. Shortly prior to that, the aforementioned gathered with other Dekes in South Bristol and enjoyed a mini-Delta Kappa Epsilon reunion on the coast of Maine. There were several other Class of 1956ers and Peter ’55 and Hank Roberts French were there. Y Peter and Shirley Lincoln Rigby toured Santa Fe, N.M., this summer and spent many hours on the Canyon Road enjoying the art shops and displays. Shirley had six art shows of her own this fall and is also in charge of programs for the Howard Pyle Art Studio and the Art League of Philadelphia. The Rigbys 40 COLBY / WINTER 2009
50s newsmakers
Thomas Connors ’59
Thomas Connors ’59 has been appointed interim president of Massanutten Military Academy in Virginia. A Marine Corps commissioned officer for 10 years, Connors has held positions at Sweet Briar College and the University of Virginia. Board of Trustees Chairman Pete Wenk said of Connors, “He has demonstrated extreme loyalty and commitment to the board for the last couple of years.”
milestones Deaths: Russell A. Antell ’50, Oct. 30, 2008, in Fort Pierce, Fla., at 80. v Jerome E. Jackson ’50, Dec. 5, 2008, in Andover, Mass., at 84. v Theodore Parker ’51, Aug. 22, 2008, in North Easton, Mass., at 81. v Thomas J. Crossman Jr. ’52, Sept. 19, 2008, in Bourne, Mass., at 80. v Elin Christenson Honsberger ’52, April 27, 2008, in Pensacola, Fla., at 77. v Irwin Winer ’52, Nov. 7, 2008, in Santa Barbara, Calif., at 80. v Arthur M. Tiernan Jr. ’53, Nov. 1, 2008, in Bedford, Mass., at 79. v Nancy D. Foster ’55, Oct. 4, 2008, in Frisco, Texas, at 74. v John G. Herbert ’55, Oct. 12, 2008, in Caribou, Maine, at 76. v Julian H. Morgan Jr. ’55, Oct. 19, 2006, in Cincinnati, Ohio, at 73. v Barbara Barnes Brown ’56, Nov. 20, 2008, in Westborough, Mass., at 74. v James H. Clark ’57, Oct. 5, 2008, in Bangor, Maine, at 73. v Judith Lowrey Ingram ’57, Oct. 26, 2008, in Hoover, Ala., at 72. v Richard H. Mailey Jr. ’57, Oct. 17, 2008, in Exeter, N.H., at 76. v Frederick H. Brace M.D. ’59, April 18, 2005, in Ardmore, Pa., at 70. have 10 grandchildren, four in college, and, for the younger set, Shirley and Peter cheer at their soccer games each week. Y Word from Mikki Chomicz Manno is that she hosted her daughter Andrea and three grandchildren (plus a seven-month-old Lab!) for the summer. Their schedule sounded like a veritable day camp! With her Polish roots beckoning, Mikki headed for a well-earned Eastern European vacation in mid-September. Y Dick and Marilyn “Perk” Perkins Canton are back in Naples, Fla., after a busy summer in Bridgton, Maine. They plan a trip to Brazil and a riverboat tour on the Amazon. Perk promised me that she will keep a sharp eye out for those slithery anacondas! Y Don Tracy and his large family (now including a great-grandchild) enjoy life on the coast of Maine. After years of kayaking, Don rolled over in his kayak and had a saltwater swim that he did not expect! He also found that his senior years made it difficult to climb back in! Y Our news is very unusual, in that our four children and eight grandchildren live within a radius of six miles of us. And no, we are not on the verge of a decline so that they have to keep their eyes on us! Actually, it’s the excellent Yarmouth, Maine, school system that
brought them all into town. Sure keeps us in a constant whirl of field hockey, soccer, plays, concerts, and many other activities. Y Just a word of explanation! I’m limited in the amount of words for each class column, so in fairness to everyone, if I receive news from a classmate for two class solicitations in a row, I will save the second “news” and carry it over to our next column, unless space permits two consecutive inclusions. Y Thanks for all your input and keep the good news coming. —Guy and Eleanor Ewing Vigue
58 Archie Twitchell continues to
teach grad students in public administration online for the University of Maryland. “I spent 11 years (19902001) teaching face-to-face classes in Europe and moved to online teaching when I returned to the U.S. What fun. I love Europe mostly for it sense of community and its history. I did a lot of walking on weekends—Volksmarching—while there and continue to do so here. I have a lady friend who loves to walk so we try to get 10 miles in every weekend. We visited Philadelphia last month and it’s a great walking city. Walking the historic districts allows one to absorb the ambience and to think about walking in Ben Franklin’s
footsteps.” Y Lois and Peter Doran’s youngest son, Dana, and his wife, Kelly, now work for Colby. Dana is the assistant men’s basketball coach with Dick Whitmore and Kelly is assistant director for capital planning and construction in the Physical Plant Department. “I had a great visit with John ’55 and Jane Daib Reisman in Columbus, Ohio, later in June,” writes Peter, “when I was officiating at the Junior Nationals track and field meet.” And Jane comments, “The 50th is going to be a hard act to follow! What a wonderful weekend reconnecting with classmates and enjoying each event. John and I feel fortunate to have been able to get to Maine twice this past summer. During our July/ August visit we and Jack (UMaine) and Susan Bower Hendrickson got together with Bob ’56 and Fran Wren Raymond, Bill and Cindy Allerton Rocknak, Bob ’59 and Judy Garland Bruce, and Olin (Bowdoin) and Willie Mc Donald Sawyer in East Boothbay. Also, we saw Lou ’55 and Kathy McConaughy Zambello ’56 one day and Mark ’54 and Larry Walker Powley ’54 on another. Some weeks later we enjoyed a visit from Peter Doran here in Columbus. Can’t beat those Colby connections!” Y Kate Knight Hall married L. Daniel “Danny” Dannenbaum Sept. 27, 2008. “My brother, an Episcopal minister, married us so, for the second time,” says Kate, “he can say he married his sister! We had planned an outdoor wedding in Stockton Springs (Maine) overlooking Penobscot Bay but were foiled by Maine’s first hurricane in 17 years! We had 26 family members attend including children, grandchildren, and greatgrandchildren from British Columbia, Oregon, and California among other spots. I haven’t changed my last name from Hall, which seems to be fine with Danny. It certainly is interesting to be addressed as a newlywed at my age, but I must admit I’m enjoying it! We spent four months in Maine this summer but live in Philadelphia in the winter. We’re keeping my house in Chestnut Hill and we’re also keeping Danny’s apartment in Philadelphia, which is handy when we go to evening concerts. What an unexpected but delightful development in my life! How lucky can I be?” Y John Edes reports, “After recovering from the 50th reunion, I was able to play golf again. My ‘old’ pal Bruce Blanchard and I, with the help of two others, were able to come in first in the annual Maffe Foundation Golf Tournament,