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tain, it was the only job she ever held. She received an award for outstanding service to the National Estuarine Research Reserve System in 2008. Under her direction, the research program grew to include post-doctoral and staff research associates, interns, contractors and numerous graduate students. She earned a master’s from UNC in 1982 and a Ph.D. from Dartmouth in 1991, then returned to Maine, where she met Michael Wright at a meeting about conservation issues. They married in 1993. He survives her, as do daughters Ciarra and Moira Dionne.
Tango. Contra. Morris. Whatever dance group the city of Burlington, Vt., had to offer, Polly Howlett ’76 was there. Polly O’Neill Howlett November 21, 2011 Polly Howlett loved to dance. Tango. Contra. Morris. Whatever dance group the city of Burlington, Vt., had to offer, she was there. It was no accident that she lived in Burlington: It gave her easy access to the mountains for skiing and hiking, and to the lake for sailing, all interests of hers. It also offered employment at St. Michael’s College, where she received her master’s in teaching English as a second language/first language (TESL/ TEFL). She spoke German flawlessly, learning it after arriving on German shores in 1981 in a small sailboat, having navigated the trans-Atlantic crossing solo, speaking kein Deutsch. She had taught TESL/TEFL at St. Michael’s since 1993, after teaching it in Germany and Egypt. Her degree from Bates was in psychology. During her final illness, modern dance alumni from Bates, including John Carrafa ’76 and Geri FitzGerald ’75, commissioned a dance in her honor. Friends, including many of her students, posted a Facebook page full of tributes praising her teaching, sailing, cooking and dancing talents, as well as her warm friendship. She is survived by parents Frank and Elizabeth Howlett; sister Amy Howlett; and countless others.
1978 Lyman Myron Munson January 18, 2012 Many online condolence books contain heartfelt entries. Few are as full of lively, amusing anecdotes as Lyman Munson’s. One talks about how he always considered the cup “threequarters full, not half-full.” Many mentioned his impassioned cry of “Fire it up!” at
work, especially amusing when you consider he was the vice president at Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. in Novato, Calif. One entry was from the barista at the local coffee bar, recalling how he always had exact change, and another marveled how he took the time to journey across country to Portland, Maine, to emcee at his 30th anniversary with Liberty Mutual, where Lyman Munson used to work, calling it one of the highlights of his career. Nearly all remarked on his love for his family, his crazy greyhounds, his work. His cum laude degree from Bates was in mathematics, and he held a master’s from St. Mary’s College and a law degree from Golden Gate Univ. He practiced pro bono family law through the Bar Assn. of San Francisco, and served on the board of Central City Hospitality House and Oakes Children’s Center, both in San Francisco. He was also past president of the Orinda Assn. Survivors include wife Patricia Low and father Myron Munson.
1980 Roy Gates Perham III January 28, 2011 Roy Perham was an industrial psychologist who developed and ran assessment centers to help large public utilities and pharmaceutical companies select and develop managers and supervisors. He held a Ph.D. in industrial and organizational psychology from Stevens Institute of Technology and received postgraduate training at the Center for Creative Leadership in Greensboro, N.C. He was an adjunct assistant professor of psychology at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City, teaching graduate courses in statistics and research methods. He majored in economics and psychology at Bates and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.
1988 Gudbjorn Amundsson Karlsson February 29, 2012 Whether practicing medicine in Maine or studying grey seals in Iceland, Bjossi Amundsson Karlsson was, everyone said, “the real deal.” He excelled in tennis and downhill skiing and in medical research. He published papers on neurological and cardiovascular topics in several journals, and earned an M.Sc. in aquaculture from the Univ. of Bergen in Norway as well as a D.O. from the Univ. of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine. He was an attending physician and assistant director in the emergency department at the Inland Hospital at Waterville. He kept in close touch with his extended family in Iceland, especially his two grandfathers, Gudbjorn Godjons-
son and Asmundur Bjarneason, both of whom survive him. Other survivors include wife Julia Woods Karlsson; daughters Nika Kroyer Karlsson and Anja Kroyer Karlsson; and parents Karl and Bergthora Asmundsson. Ellen Marie Lorenzen February 23, 2012 Ellen Lorenzen left Bates after two years and graduated from the Univ. of Michigan in 1989 with a degree in kinesiology. She is survived by sisters Carol Lorenzen and Julie Reznick.
2001 Apostolia Hantzara June 17, 2006 Lina Hantzara was a member of Sanghai Asia and the International Club, earning a degree magna cum laude in political science and art. As a Community Research Fellow in 2001, she investigated models of successful community arts centers in college communities similar to Lewiston and Auburn. The college learned of her passing in February 2012.
2015 Evan Padraig Dube May 19, 2012 When someone so young passes away, we look to our most profound thinkers for the reason why. First-year student Evan Dube was perhaps a bit prescient when he posted this quote on his Twitter feed in fall 2011: “How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.” It’s from Winnie-thePooh. While studying abroad on a Short Term field archeology course last May, Evan collapsed after swimming in the waters off the Shetland Islands. He was planning to be a classics major, and had already impressed the Bates theater community with his performance as the cowboy Verne in Bus Stop. He also rose to the challenge by being the first of his classmates to recite the Bates mission statement by heart, but wasn’t around to receive the attendant reward — he’d gone off to do coursework. Survivors include his parents, John and Eileen Dube; twin brother Conor; and grandparents John and Mildred Dube.
wanted to know the big questions: ‘What do you want to do in life? What do you want out of life?’ That is an exceptional thing in a first-year student in his first semester.” He intended to major in biochemistry and become a surgeon. A resident of Eliot, Maine, and a high school quarterback, he was learning the skills of a receiver for the Bobcats, who dedicated its season to him (see pg. 16). Survivors include parents John and Mary Pappas; maternal grandparents Gareth and Beverly Blackwell and parental grandparents Thomas and Sally Pappas; sister Rayna Pappas; and aunts and uncles.
faculty Garold W. Thumm May 18, 2012 Professor Emeritus of Political Science Garold Thumm was a self-proclaimed mediocre gourmet cook, fair bridge player and a terrible golfer, but he always loved trying. He was involved in efforts to restore the American chestnut tree, destroyed by blight in the 20th century, and was honored by the Maine chapter of the American Chestnut Foundation in 2010 by receiving the first seeds from a potentially blight-resistant strain. He then donated the seeds back to the Maine chapter, which hopes to plant them on Bates College land in his honor. Tenured at the Univ. of Pennsylvania, he left there in 1961 because he wanted more contact with students. His students know how he embraced this philosophy: He made a point of calling on every student in class, “which many feel is a brutal way to conduct a class, but I did it anyway,” he said. As U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance ’82 told this magazine in 2009, “He wouldn’t let you take the easy way out. He taught us to analyze an issue before taking a side, not take a side and then try to fit the argument to it.” Thumm received his bachelor’s degree from Morris Harvey College and doctorate from the Univ. of Pennsylvania. He is survived by many nieces and nephews, including Suzanne Woods Kelley ’71.
2016 Troy Johnathan James Pappas October 5, 2012 In just a few weeks, Troy Pappas had impressed people with his interest in life’s big questions, recalled Holly Gurney, the dean who spoke at Troy’s memorial service, six days after the firstyear student died of injuries from a fall down a stairwell in Parker Hall. “He didn’t bother with the superficial stuff,” she said. “He
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