alumni at large Before attending our reunion, Al and Kathe Otterson Cintavey went to Japan for the April wedding of son Christopher ’97, who works in Tokyo. They traveled to Kyoto and enjoyed visiting many shrines and historical sites. As recent retirees, they have now moved back East to N.H. to enjoy all that New England has to offer. * Catherine Joslyn published Engaging History: Continuities of Tradition in Peruvian Textiles for an exhibit of traditional Peruvian weavings that she co-curated/edited with a Peruvian weaver. The events were organized by Kennesaw State University, near Atlanta. “The catalogue includes an essay and photos from years of work I’ve done in Peru since 1997.” The exhibit will travel to Colorado and Kansas City in 2013. At reunion she enjoyed listening to, chatting, and/or dancing with Richie Fournier, John Bunker, Tom and Ellen Woods Sidar, Mitch Kaplan, Peter Krakoff, Gary Newton, Linda Chmielinski Gould, Carol Morland and Mike Meserve, and Howie Haase and Heather Dallas. Catherine caught up with Sally Barker in R.I. at a dinner in January, hosted by Deborah Christensen Stewart and Donna Power Stowe. Catherine still enjoys teaching but is starting to look ahead to the next chapter. (A reminder that she is right on Interstate 80 in western Penn. in case anyone happens to be driving through!) Y Doug McMillan and his wife had fabulous dinners with Dana Fitts and wife, Robin Sweeney ’74 and Jay Peabody, and Martha Hamilton ’74 and Joe Benson. Dana still sells furniture, and Jay retired from a career at Halco, a company specializing in the water treatment industry. Joe sells real estate and Martha is still in the home appraisal business. Doug is in the motor business—his company just patented a high-efficiency motor that uses 40 percent less electricity than most. “It was a great evening with lots of stories and old memories.” * Bob Brown is in his 38th year teaching high school history and still loving it. He is also president of the local Southington, Conn., teacher’s union. * Russ Harris stopped in Portland, Maine, on his way to our 40th and enjoyed visiting with Dennis Gilbert, who is professor of media studies at the University of Southern Maine. At reunion, it was a pleasure for him to catch up with Susan Griffin Benjamin, Anne Emerson, Steve Sullivan, Doug O’Heir, Clark Ruff, Art Young, Susan Bassi Brown, and Judy Berringer Vanzon. This spring Russ and wife Deborah celebrated the birth of their second granddaughter, Tabitha, born to oldest daughter Rachel. Their youngest daughter, Allegra, graduated
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from Northeastern and has a job in a public relations business in Boston. Their other daughter, Midori, recently staged the play Tender Napalm in N.Y.C. Finally, they note the start of the 34th year of publication of the Groton Herald, a weekly newspaper covering the town of Groton, Mass., which was founded and operated by Russ and Deborah since 1979. Y And the last I heard from Chris Belsky Russack, Hurricane Isaac was on its way to the Tampa, Fla., area. She had never been through a hurricane and didn’t know what to expect. She was hoping for the best, with plenty of cans of Beef-a-Roni and enough wine. (Hope that it went well!)
1973 Carol Chalker classnews1973@colby.edu There is a lot of excitement coming through messages from everyone, as we think about our upcoming 40th reunion and Colby’s 200th celebration. We have a very active and involved reunion planning committee and are using 40/200 to describe the big event. The reunion committee is growing and current. Active participants include class president Mark Serdjenian, head class agent Lisa Kehler Bubar, and members Mike Hart, Norm and Pat Flanagan Olsen, Dean Eaton, Janet Gillies Foley, Jane Currier, Susie Yovic Hoeller, Sue Colucci Neumyer, Lucia Whittelsey, Bob Diamond, Doug Gorman, Ken Viens, David Swardlick, and yours truly. Directed by Colby’s wonderful Alumni Relations directors Laura and Josh, and managed by Lisa Bubar, we recently enjoyed an extended conference call to actively kick off our campaign. In honor of Colby’s 200th year, our goal is to pester, nudge, call, engage, and connect with all classmates in an effort to bring 200 back to Colby next June and, if possible, help make our class contribution special as well. Y Many classmates are already planning to come to reunion. Mark McGlynn plans to come for the “first time in quite a while,” and this will mark Malcom Tucker’s first reunion ever. He looks forward to returning to Mayflower Hill and is already excited about the chance to see everyone who comes. Y Monica Bignelli will not be able to attend reunion as she rarely gets back to the U.S. from London. Y Ken Gross is hoping to attend reunion unless his band’s schedule prohibits it. His New Magnolia Jazz Band played gigs over the summer in York Beach, Ogunquit, and Boothbay Harbor. Y Bob O’Neil, a practicing attorney, will hopefully come to reunion He’s working on a song for our
class, writing about the Colby College he loved from 1969-1973. Y Bob Diamond enjoyed quality time with his family this summer and looks forward to spending more time on Colby (as a trustee, Bob already spends plenty of time and energy on us!). Y My Colby forever friends, Chris Mattern Way, Jackie Neinaber Appeldorn, Debbie Mael Mandino, and Lisa Kehler Bubar, all hope to be at reunion. We spent a wonderful day in Debbie’s gardens behind her home in Natick playing a lot of bridge and catching up on everyone’s lives. Y Jon Miller is an attorney practicing transactional law in Boulder, Colo., and is involved in filmmaking and photography. Y Fran Gates Demgen, a member of The Dynamic Demgens Destination is a Cure team, participated for the sixth year in the 5K-walk portion of the San Francisco Marathon to raise research funds for Team Parkinson. Y Susan Schink spent two weeks in June on Cape Cod, where
and contribute ideas and thoughts about reunion 40/200, and is the best place to send photos, including those Forever Friends photos I’m begging for. Remember, Reunion 40/200 is June 6–9, 2013; please help us reach our goal and register early!
1974 Vicki Parker Kozak Jill Gilpatrick Richard classnews1974@colby.edu Vicki and I are writing this column on Labor Day weekend as things are starting to slow down in the beautiful State of Maine. The nights are getting quite chilly while days are still warm and sunny. Let’s hope for a longlasting indian summer. Y I (Jill) returned from dropping my daughter Robin off in Florida for her freshman year at Stetson University in Deland. I’m now an official “empty nester” and thank all of my Colby friends for making this transition less trau-
Catherine Joslyn published Engaging History: Continuities of Tradition in Peruvian Textiles for an exhibit of traditional Peruvian weavings that she co-curated/edited with a Peruvian weaver. The events were organized by Kennesaw State University. Anne Huff Jordan joined her for a bit. They’re forever friends and Sue writes about officiating at the wedding of Anne’s daughter a few years ago in the gardens at Duke. Sue’s other joy, as a minister, is officiating at baptisms. Y Amy Brewer ’71 and Gary Fitts sent many photos from their anniversary trip to Europe and met two different Colby alums in Paris! Y The annual Lamda Chi ’73 gathering at Camp Relief on the Belgrade Lakes was very well attended by brothers and families. They hosted a cookout for former football coach Dick ‘Max’ McGee during the week there, while catching up with Alex Wilson, Brian Cone, Joe Mattos, John Krasnavage, Lloyd Benson, Bob Landsvik, Duncan Leith, Dave Lane, Ron ’71 and Linda Howard Lupton ’72, and Ken Bigelow ’71. Y One more important 20/400 message: Jane Currier has generously offered to create a Facebook page for our class. By the time this article appears, the page will have a name and hopefully many posts from classmates. This page will be devoted to our class and may continue past reunion. Classmates can re-connect, post photos,
matic. Y Martha Bernard Welsh enjoyed attending a talk by Doris Kearns Goodwin ’64 (a fabulous speaker, of course) at a Colby alumni event. We always like to plug Martha’s nonprofit work in Boston. She’s working with a group of people launching a new nonprofit Home Away Boston. She says, “The mission is to provide housing and services to families who bring their child to Boston’s Mass. General Hospital for Children for treatment of critical conditions. Families who need to be in Boston will find a comfortable place to call home at no cost.” Y David Roulston is running for clerk of courts of Franklin County, Mass. If elected, he’ll “continue to use his experience to protect the interests of Franklin County and its people.” The primary was Sept. 6. Artie Bell sent a picture of one of David’s campaign signs he spotted along the Mohawk Trail, Route 2, in western Mass. Y Anne Callaghan has been in the Foreign Service for almost 28 years. After a yearlong assignment in southeastern Iraq leading a provincial reconstruction team on an Army Contingency Operating Station, she moved to Vancouver as U.S.