51 l reunion 2011, June 10–12 l Class Secretary: Dorothy Webb Quimby, PO Box 417, Unity ME 04988, dwquimby@unity.edu Class Co-Presidents: William R. Dill and Jean McLeod Dill, 25 Birch Ln., Cumberland Foreside ME 04110, billdill@alumni.bates.edu, jmdill@maine.rr.com Art Knoll is the co-editor, with Hermann Hiery of the Univ. of Bayreuth, Germany, of the new book The German Colonial Experience: Select Documents on German Rule in Africa, China, and the Pacific (Univ. Press). Art retired in 2007 as the David E. Underdown Professor of History at The Univ. of the South.
52 l reunion 2012, June 8–10 l Class Secretary: Florence Dixon Prince, PO Box 594, Monument Beach MA 02553, fdprince@alumni .bates.edu Class President: John F. Myers, 37 Eagle Wing Ln., Brewster MA 02631, johnmyers52@comcast.net
53 l reunion 2013, June 7–9 l Class Secretary: Ronald Clayton, 5 Augusta Way, North Chelmsford MA 01863, rondot@comcast.net Class President: Virginia LaFauci Toner, 11 Juniper St., Portland ME 04103, vatoner@aol.com
54 l reunion 2014, June 6–8 l Class Secretary: Jonas Klein, 19 Whipple Farm Ln., Falmouth ME 04105, lojoklein@maine.rr.com Class President: Neil A. Toner, 17 Bluegrass Dr., E. Longmeadow MA 01028, cat3sat@aol.com The class extends condolences to the family and friends of Lou Rose, who died April 14, and Roger Schmutz, who passed away May 17. Their obituaries will be in the Fall issue. Lou was a highly respected journalist with the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and, as we remember, a very spunky guy. Roger, as a trustee emeritus, served Bates in valuable and passionate ways.... We also note, with sadness, the passing of great friends and mentors Milt Lindholm ’35 and Bob Hatch. Lynn Willsey, Dwight Harvie, and Jonas Klein joined a throng of alums at the warm remembrance of Milt at his remarkable memorial service. Milt, with that sly grin, “took a chance” on so many of us.... Dwight took his annual trip to Tokyo where Naoko continues to oversee family affairs. Jonas has been re-elected chair of the Resident Council of OceanView at Falmouth, Maine, which counts among its 225 residents John Radebaugh ’48, Doris Hardy Crosby ’52, Donald Graves ’52 and Mary (Betty) Lewis Graves ’55, and Nancy Long Struve ’67.... And in Williamstown, Mass., Bob Greenberg is sporting a new knee and is likely back tearing up the squash and tennis courts.
55 l reunion 2015, June 12–14 l Class Secretary: Marianne Webber Brenton, 16 Nelson Rd., Burlington MA 01803, mab4160@rcn.com Class President: Beverly Hayne Willsey, 324 Hollister Way W., Glastonbury CT 06033, stonepost@cox.net The class extends condolences to the family and friends of Carol Hollister Conklin, who passed away on May 17; her obituary will be in the Fall issue.
56 l reunion 2011, June 10–12 l Class Secretary: Sybil Benton Williamson, Box 222, Etna NH 03750, sybilw@alumni.bates.edu Class President: Richard Lee Hilliard, 139 Glen Echo Shore Rd., Charlton MA 01507, richard.hilliard@ nichols.edu A Portland Press Herald profile of new Portland police chief James Craig quoted Robert McAfee, a former president of the American Medical Assn.,
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whom the city manager consulted before hiring the chief. “I’ve been impressed with the way he’s handled a variety of issues,” Bob said.
57 l reunion 2012, June 8–10 l Class Secretary: Barbara Prince Upton, PO Box 810, York ME 03909, pepiu@earthlink.net Class President: Paul D. Steinberg, 106 Peninsula Dr., Babylon NY 11702-3336, imasearch@aol.com
58 l reunion 2013, June 7–9 l Class Secretary: Marilyn Miller Gildea, 2418 Thaddeus Dr., Mountain View CA 94043, marilyn@ gildea.com Class President: John Lovejoy, 425 Mountain Rd., PO Box 158, Wilbraham MA 01095, lovejoy@ crocker.com Pete Ryers and Jane planned “to adventure tour the Amazon, then wash up in Buenos Aires. Got yellow fever shots and malaria pills but no protection available for dengue fever and a million other different kinds of mosquitoes.” Pete adds: “Does anyone else love the Kindle as much as we do?”
59 l reunion 2014, June 6–8 l Class Co-Secretaries: Jack DeGange, 52 Farr Rd., Lebanon NH 03766, jack.degange@valley.net; Mary Ann Houston Hermance, 35 Briarwood Ln., Scituate MA 02066, donmar23@verizon.net Class Co-Presidents: Barbara Van Duzer Babin, Apt. 711, 197 Eighth St., Charlestown MA 02129, barbarababin@comcast.net; Calvin C. Wilson, 125 Markham Dr., Pittsburgh PA 15228, ccoolidgewilson@comcast.net The older we get the faster the time flies. Though a year has disappeared since we gathered for our memorable 50th Reunion, the kudos keep on coming, beyond those shared in the Class Letter that circulated in March. It’s been a good year, albeit tinged with sadness. As Mary Ann wryly says, “Too many ‘celebrations of life’ these days.” This issue includes obituaries for classmates Bud Baxter (who died Jan. 1), Barbara Johnson (Jan. 12), Dave Smith (March 20), and Ben Getchell (March 25). A few thoughts about each: Bud, a Navy chaplain for 20 years and a pastor at several churches in California, was quite at home with Dwight Haynes when they joined to celebrate the Alumni Memorial Service concluding our 50th Reunion; Barbara, switching
Topham, Chick Gesner, Walt Neff, Jack O’Grady, and Jack DeGange.... As for those evergreen Reunion memories, Sabe Vacca said: “In some ways it was as if we had never left, and yet the people we had become seemed wiser, steadier, more interesting, and, well, truly more grown up. I have always been proud to be a Bates graduate. I am now bursting with that pride.”... Pete Onksen added: “I enjoyed the Reunion, especially the Navy happy hour (12 class members “went Navy” after graduation and seven were at the Reunion). The ‘sea stories’ were most interesting. I guess we did quite a lot for just a few guys from a small liberal arts college in Maine.” Pete is bouncing back from winter’s risks: In January he fell on a patch of snow-covered ice and broke his left leg. He’s mended after three months of dealing with four casts, a boot, and several screws.... Reggie Abbiati Lucas reports that when daughter Jennifer ’96 was married Dec. 11 to Steven Young ’96 (son of the late Joyce Cook Young ’66; see this issue’s wedding photos), the wedding cake had the Bates seal on the front and Hathorn bell on top. “A lot of guests couldn’t figure it out, but 23 Batesies in attendance could.”... Betty and Al Coykendall hosted classmates (again) for lunch and conversation in March.... David Danielson says passing healthcare reform was the “linchpin” to try to solve America’s problems. “If Bates taught me anything, it was to go out to meet the future, not to ‘just say no.’”... John Darrow reports the 50th Reunion “love fest” that Fred Drayton spoke of continues with mini-reunions of ’59ers in Connecticut.... Ross Deacon, captain of the Bates golf team, completed his college career with a record of 4 wins and 44 losses, numbers that happened to match the New Jersey Nets’ NBA record as of Feb. 3. “My roomie, Rene Goldmuntz, called me at 7 a.m. the morning after the Nets’ 44th loss to inform me that the Nets and I were tied in futility. Sometimes, you can’t outlive your accomplishments, or lack thereof.” In Boston to visit family on Feb. 5, Ross took his grandkids to their first Celtics’ game and watched the Nets lose to eclipse his record.... Jack DeGange is working on a book project. He does a couple of Alumni-in-Admissions interviews annually, and he and Jane Lysaght DeGange make fairly regular visits to campus. “It helps to have an idea of current campus life.”... Fred Drayton saw the publication of his play, A Pardon for Adam and Eve, and is researching a novel centered on the Tree of Life, also found in Genesis.... Bob Finnie and Gloria enjoy life in North Carolina. A substitute teacher, he is active in church and plays old-guy softball.... Peter Gartner reports Mary-Ellen Crook Gartner ’60 has made a “miraculous” recovery from a nearly fatal pedestrian-car collision in 2008. They remain
Rene Goldmuntz ’59 phoned roomie Ross Deacon to remind him that the New Jersey Nets, by losing their 44th game, had equaled Ross’ career golf losses at Bates. “Sometimes you can’t outlive your accomplishments, or lack thereof,” Ross says. from graduate studies in science years ago, pursued artistic ventures — she styled and produced jewelry — in Hawaii and on Cape Cod, where she was part of a gift-shop coop; Ben, an avid mountain climber, died while hiking on Mount Major in Alton, N.H., prompting Dwight Haynes to observe that “Ben never aspired to be a couch potato, but rather, one living life to the fullest, even to his dying day”; Dave was equally active until he was slowed by lung disease in recent years. His widow, Joan Perry Smith, and their three children hosted a wonderful gathering on April 24 that welcomed friends from their years on the Connecticut shoreline as well as a number of classmates: Vince and Sabe Scoville Vacca, El and Eileen McGowan Guthrie, Jack ’60 and Carol Heldman Flynn, Jeannette McDonald
active in the Western Mountains Senior College.... Gary Girard says wife Anita’s new hip is great. They wintered in Florida.... Tom Hawkins left the hospital to cheers (from his nurses) after surgery on April 21 to repair an abdominal aortic aneurysm.... Dwight Haynes achieved a lifetime goal, cycling 63 miles around Lake Winnipesaukee.... Mary Ann Houston Hermance and Don volunteer, do church work, and enjoy their kids and grandkids.... Tom Johnson and MJ, who celebrate their 50th anniversary this year, split their time between St. Augustine, Fla., and Connecticut.... Tom Lee, recovering from cervical fusion surgery, and Melva took an Amazon cruise.... Dave Lowry and Margie are active in their UCC church in Southborough, Mass. A major scene in the new movie Grown Ups was filmed at the church, and More alumni news and photos at community.bates.edu