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At Mass General, Joren Madsen ’77 transplants hearts, runs an immunology lab, directs the Transplant Center and “stays in touch with Bates through students who shadow me each year.” Jay Bangs is chair of microbiology and immunology at the Univ. of Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences....Lisa Barry, retired from Chevron, is a new Bates trustee....In Santa Barbara, Calif., Amy Batchelor Bacheller’s holistic healing practice, Scent From Heaven, is expanding. She and Glenn ’76 love the sense of community and year-round gardening....Peter Brann teaches part time at Columbia and Harvard law schools. His twins are college seniors.... Elizabeth Smart and researcher Landi deGregoris Turner discussed “Helping Teens Build Healthy Relationships” at the annual Adolescent Sexual Health Course in Houston. Smart, infamously kidnapped when she was 14, is an advocate for survivors of rape, kidnapping and human trafficking. Landi, co-chair of the psychology department at Eastern Univ., studies the relationship between religion and sexuality.... Jane Duncan Cary and Michael are happily ensconced in Wilmington, Vt. She is director of science and technology advising at Williams College....Joel Feingold expanded his business by returning to his passion, artist management....Kate Flom had marvelous rendezvous with Robin Lee and Paul, Ellen Gross and daughter Becca, and Nancy Schroeter Werner. All were at Sue Fuller Wright’s home in Buffalo, Minn., to celebrate the weddings of her two sons....David Foster splits time between Portland, Ore., where his company is, Truckee, Calif., where he and his wife do lots of skate skiing and trail running, and NYC....Linda Griffiths Johnston and sister Carol Griffiths ’81 have been busy helping relatives in poor health. Linda plays medieval and Renaissance music in the Calderwood Consort....Carl Grove enjoys working at CMMC in Lewiston and is helping to start a new church, Victory Church, in Bath....Sherry Knudsen is now director of development at Vermont Works for Women, which helps women and girls recognize their potential.... Wendy Korjeff Bellows works for Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences in East Boothbay. Alan ’78 has taken up blacksmithing.... Steve Lancor and Ann Marie celebrated their 35th anniversary.
He enjoys working in the wine and spirits industry....Linda LeBlanc Manning and Peter live in Kingfield. He found his niche at Mount Abram Regional High School, now in the chemistry lab. She works part time at Maine Huts & Trails, Carrabassett Coffee and Sugarloaf....At Massachusetts General Hospital, Joren Madsen transplants hearts and directs the Transplant Center. He sees Doug MacSwan and family every July 4th. “I stay in touch with Bates through the students who come shadow me for a week each year.”... Cardiologist Dervilla McCann is taking a year of personal leave to complete a master’s in public health at Harvard. She’s been working on a project in Lewiston focusing on the increased risks among Franco Americans for very high cholesterol and early heart disease. “I hope the work can continue and possibly be complemented by studying public health.”...Ken Sabath was delighted to “re-experience” Bates and Maine through daughter Zena ’14, who graduated with a B.A. in biochem and is off to medical school....Peter Sucsy lives in northeast Florida and works for the St. Johns River Water Management District. He reports Anna ’17 loves Bates.... Keith Taylor and Wendy started renovations on a vacation home in Chatham, Mass., while dealing with full-time care of an elderly parent....Janmarie Toker Strong ’76 practices law at McTeague Higbee and is a frequent guest columnist in local papers.... Jackie Wolfe says her malignant melanoma cancer is all gone and she’s “working on the facial scar which, as far as scars are concerned, is pretty nice.”
1978 Reunion 2018, June 8–10 class secretary Chip Beckwith chipwith@yahoo.com class president Dean M. Berman dean@oceanedgefoods.com
1979 Reunion 2019, June 7–9 class secretary Mary Raftery mgraftery@gmail.com class president Janice McLean janmcle@charter.net
1980 Reunion 2015, June 12–14 class secretary Christine Tegeler Beneman cbeneman@gmail.com class president Mary Mihalakos Martuscello mary@martuscellolaw.com
David Beneman was reappointed for a third term as the federal public defender for the district of Maine....Visual artist Jo Ann Fleischhauer and the contemporary music group Musiqa collaborated on the public art installation “What Time Is It?” at the Market Square Clock Tower in Houston.
1981 Reunion 2016, June 10–12 class secretary Katherine Baker Lovell cklovell@verizon.net class president Kathleen Tucker Burke sburke4155@aol.com Jane Cynewski Elkin published a chapbook, World Class: Poems Inspired by the ESL Classroom. The collection illustrates her students’ struggles and triumphs by addressing their linguistic challenges and culture shock alongside broader social issues....Marcy Innes and Dan Pontbriand were married June 7, 2014....Patti Lane enjoys life in Tewksbury, Mass. She works as a BSA at Epsilon, a database marketing company, and is active in ski racing....Paul Morin was elected vice president of the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners....Bud Schultz hiked the Appalachian Trail, raising money for Tenacity, a literacy life-skill development program he started that serves youth in the Boston public schools. While hiking through Virginia, Bud visited with Rob and Judy Dolan Jobrack and Steve Curran. Bill Heines ’79 joined him for a week on the trail, and Mark Miller joined him on the final day of the hike to the summit of Mount Katahdin....John Spence is grateful to be back in Austin, Texas, following a year in Houston with the nonprofit Reasoning Mind. He’s now a program associate with SEDL, working to support the Texas Education Agency on a variety of education change projects.... Rick Sullivan is now chief of staff to Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick....Chris Walton enjoys being a father but worries about having the energy to keep up with his 5-year-old twins. “I haven’t been mistaken for their grandfather yet, but I know that is coming!”...Karen Woodberry joined Oyster River Veterinary Hospital in Lee, N.H., as an associate veterinarian.
1982 Reunion 2017, June 9–11 class secretary Jerry Donahoe maineescape@aol.com class president Neil Jamieson njlaw@maine.rr.com
Sue Purkis ’82 stopped by Bates and ran into her former teacher Gene Clough, who immediately recognized her after 30 years. “He is still the caring, intelligent man he was then.” Ann-Marie Caron was inducted into the AuburnLewiston Sports Hall of Fame. She excelled in softball and field hockey at Lewiston High and went on to play at Bates, where she also ran track. She earned 12 varsity letters at Bates and set several field hockey records and an indoor shot put record. “It’s a great honor,” she told the Sun Journal. “It’s bizarre to be recognized for something I just enjoy doing.”...Jerry Donahoe concluded six years of service on the Bates Alumni Council. He continues as class secretary and lead class agent.... Walter Dillingham, managing director for endowments and foundations at Wilmington Trust, was quoted in Pensions & Investments on his coauthored study of 1,300 foundations that support public and presidential libraries. The report reveals a “little-examined asset-owner segment” of the endowment world that could become fertile ground for investment management services...Heidi Duncanson and Mark Weaver ’80 are empty nesters with son Andrew now a BU grad and daughter Hope attending Stonehill College....Greg Fox directs the Program for International Legal Studies at Wayne State Univ. Law School....J.D. Hale and Cindy enjoyed watching the Bates women’s lacrosse team and daughter Rosie ’14, though torn when Rosie played against sister Lacey, a freshman at Connecticut College. (Bates won 15-12)....Ruth Mary Hall is now certified as a basic hatha yoga and meditation teacher in the integral yoga tradition....Kee Hinckley and Mollie planned to marry this summer. She’s working on a Ph.D.; he has a blast working for TiVo....Neil Jamieson’s big news: Oldest daughter Ainsley ’18 entered Bates.... Tim Kane and family couldn’t be happier with the move to Gotham. He enjoys his work at The Masters School in Dobbs Ferry, N.Y., which Spencer (17) and Olivia (12) love. Emma ’14 graduated from Bates. Beth George ’85, entrepreneur, lawyer, writer, owns and operates Spelt Right Baking LLC.... Visiting youngest son Kent ’17 at Bates, Kim Lawrence Byrd has had fun catching up with friends like Jeff Melvin, whose
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