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Days

in

the Desert

WHEN THE STANDARD

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Although 88% of alumni urveyed ay Colby i worthy of their up� rt, nly 45% gave Alumni Fund in 1994. Every gift ha a real impact on thi important tatistic.

College

t

% participation in Annual Funds*

Amherst

62

Hamilton

56

Williams

56

Bowdoin

55

Swarthmore Dartmouth

54 49

Haverford

48

Carleton

47

Colby

45

Bates

41

Trinity

41

Oberlin

40

Smith

38

* based on 1994 CFAE survey reports

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COVER S T ORY WHERE KNOWLEDGE BLOOMS Fifteen Colby rudents went to the Mojave Desert expecting desolation. What they di covered wa an intricate ecosystem that fills the sen e and nourishes the spirit.

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FEA T URES WHY TENURE WORK

CHARACTER STUDIE

HITTING FOR THE CYCLE

President William Cotter discus�es

Adversity has deferred but not

From "Baseball" to a best-selling book,

how tenure liberates faculty and

deterred the dreams of the e two

Dori Keams Goodwin '64 has been

strengthens the College.

Colby alumni.

all over the field.

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DEPAR T MEN T S 4TH FLOOR EUSTIS

STUDENT LIFE

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30

READERS WRITE

GIFTS & GRANTS

3

32

PERISCOPE

PAGING PARENTS 34

4 FROM THE HILL 5

MULES ON THE MOVE 36 ALUMNI AT LARGE

FACULTY FILE 26 BOOKS & AUTHORS 28

41 OBITUARIES 73 FINAL PERIOD 76

ALUMNI PROFILES Virginia Kingsley Jones '39 43 Ronald Moran '58 48 John W. Kusiak '69 54 Deborah Wathen Finn '74 60 Andrew Nemiccolo '93 71

Colby

Volume 84

Colby

Number 2

Staff:

ally Baker executiw edicor J. Kev i n Cool managing editor Brian Speer designer Rohen Gillespie Alumni ac Large ediwr Stephen Collins '74 Lynn Sullivan '89 sc.aff wi·iters

Christ i a n Daven port '96 Elizabeth Baker '97 srudenr conrribuwrs

Anesres Fo tiades '89 Jenn ifer Aengst '95 edicorial rusisr.ant< Contributing Photographers: J. Kevin Cool (cover)

Caught in the Web Two year ago I attended a conference for college periodical editor and at in on a sparsely attended eminar ahout on-line magazines. Few of us in the room had ever heard of such a concept-publi hing our periodicals in cyberspace. The prospect of reading a maga­ zine on a computer seemed pretty ridiculou at the time. What were the advantages of this new medium for the reader? I was keptical.

Since then, on-line magazines and new paper have proliferated. While many are electronic versiow of their pap r predecessor , new periodical available only in electronic form are being founded with increa ing frequency. Recently, college have begun to trans­ late their printed publications into computer ver ions. And now handful of pioneer . Beginning with the January 1995 is ue,

Colby ha joined the Colby i available via the World

Wide Web, a form of the Internet that can end picture , ound and video as well as text.

Our resident computer guru, Anestes Fotiades '89, ha de igned form. It's all there, the unabridged

Colby magazine in an ea

Colby in its new electronic

y-to-navigate form that transfers

the stories, new and photos of the printed magazine into a new medium that ha potential to bring you even more information about the College.

Reading a magazine on a computer is no substitute for the real thing. The tactile enjoyment of reading can't be duplicated by moving a mouse on a de ktop. Neither can the

Administration:

computer version be relied upon to perform many of the traditional function --coffee table

William R. Cotter, presidenc; Peyto n R. Helm, vice presidenc for

ornament, subway companion, fly ·watter-of its printed counterpart. Bur it has its charms.

developrnenc and alumni relations; Earl H. mith, dean of che College; Susan Conant ook '75, director of alumni relations Alumni Council Executive Committee: Albert F. Carville Jr. '63, chair;

Elizabeth J. Corydon-Apicella '74, vice chair; Cynthia L. Auman '80; 111omas M. Dailey '80; John B. Dev ine Jr. '78; Solomon J. Harrman '67; Ronald L. Lupton '7 l; William E. M a rv in '65; Judith Orne Shorey '55; Ca rol G. Sly '80; 111omas P. LaVigne '58

C o lby is published four times yearly for the alumni, friends, parents of students, seniors, faculty and staff of Colby College.

Address correspondence to:

First, the on-line versi n of

Colby is acces ible virtually anywhere in the world. With a laptop

computer and a phone modem you can read the magazine in the most remote parts of the planet.

Second, the on- creen

olby will become a jumping-off point for additional information

about the College and it faculty. For example, an article about a Colby professor may be linked to full-text papers he or ·he has presented recently. Your class's alumni notes may be linked to information relevant to your class. The possibilities of the computer version go well beyond what can be imagined for the traditional magazine.

Third, depending on the software you're u ing, you can send a letter to the editor and let us know immediately what you liked, or didn't, about the latest is ue.

The be t thing about the on-line

Colby is that it's there if you want it.

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Mosaic and Netscape are the two most popular Web browsers, and Colby can be accessed by either. The address is http://www.colby.edu./communications/CM/CMpage.html.

Obviously, we don't expect hundreds of alumni to suddenly abandon the printed ver ion in lieu of its computer cousin. But if you have half a much fun reading the on-line we did pmducing it, it will have been wocth i

Managing Editor, Colby 4181 Mayflower Hill Waterville, ME 04901-8841 or e-mail to: mag@colby.edu

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Here's what you'll

need to find and read it: access to the Internet and software to "browse" the World Wide Web.

J. Kevin Cool managing editor,

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Colby

Colby

as

eaders rite

The Genuine Article Sally Baker's splendid arcicle on Sid Farr captured che essence of one of Colby's finesc people. On visits co Mayflower Hill, my wife and I alway headed co see Sid. His welcomes were invariably a ueac.

I acrually mer Sid through my wife, Bene. She was once associated with the Alumni Office of the University of Maine-Orono. Their com·ersations were punctuated with mucual remembrances of conferences and the ever­ changing role of college life in general. To dust off my Colby philosophy

Designed to Please

The anatomy of the new design is a success. I can 'c remember when the

degree; Plato observed, "The way co get things done is not to mind who gets the credit for doing chem." That had to be a key to Sid's unusual success.

maga:ine had a last makeover, bur I like this resulc. The results that we all now see seem to me to have captured enough of the old to provide continuity and enough of a new style to enliven the formac.

A happy, resourceful retirement to Sid and our many thanks.

Gilbert Y. Taverner '48

Pem1it me a general comment, which stems from your report that

Concord, Mass.

readers wish "for more news about the College." I also feel the need for more news of the campus and ics faculty and scudent life. This issue has too linle

1 just finished reading your arricle regarding Sid Farr's deserving recire­

of that. l don't mean information abouc sports (keep that to two pages, as

you did). And I don't look for more on us alums; you already have enough to portray how and where we have pursued our careers. However, if I want to find out what the faculty activities are, their research endeavors or the changes in instruction in their deparcments, I only find the page and a half ofFacultyFile. That is coo little. We far from Waterville would like to know how the academic heart of the College is doing these days, by whom and how are our childeren being taught, what is the profile of the deparrment ofour own major, how are the library collections and services, the compmer capacicies and che labs-the reaching environment. I suspect those are the topics of which we out here would like "far more news." A full eight pages on "Hard Time" is only depriving us of news of the Colby we love1

ment from Colby. However, I was rather disappointed that you neglecced co mention one very important volunteer position in which Sid served---coach of the Silver Street Service Linle League baseball team of 1975.

During an era when little girls were encouraged to be "mother's little helpers, ' and boys were encouraged to play competitive sportS, along came Title IX. Aft:er reassurance that the Warerville Morning Sentinel had not made a typographical error, and yes, girls had to be entitled to a tryout, knew my little apron and rolling pin were about to be replaced by a bat and ball1

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Within days I was notified that I had not only been assigned to a baseball team, but that I had the dubious distinction f being the first girl ever to make the league. The Sid Farr you WTote so highly about in your article was the same person who challenged tradition by selecting a girl for his baseball team.

One can only imagine the torment a linle girl would encounter from other players, parents, coaches and league adminisuators in the traditional male setting of America's favorite pastime. It was not too long inco the season when I realized that most players' fun was at my expense. I recall my

David C. Weber '47 Sranford, Calif.

parents calling Sid and explaining my frustration and desire co leave the team. 'Tell her she'll go down in history and pave the way for little girls!" he said. Now I know why Sid has been so effective as a Colby development

A Taste of Reality 1 am writing a short response to an article in the January

1995 issue of Colby that arrived today. The article, on page 6, is entitled B.Y.O.B. Jr concerns the new Colby policy rhac allows local liquor scores co deliver only kegs of beer to campus.

officer. How could a 9-year-old girl quit after hearing those words?

Sid Farr is a class act. I haven't seen him in 20 years, but his words of encouragement ring in my ears as if it were yesterday. Thanks for the great

It was just a year ago, January 28 to be exact, that our Colby College son's best friend left his dorm on the campus of Springfield College with his buddies. They were headed to drink at a local bar. Springfield College doesn't allow any alcohol deliveries though students can go to liquor stores and bring it back to their rooms. Sometime during the evening he decided to leave the bar. By himself. No one saw him go. It was an evening when the temperatures were sub-zero, and few people were on the road and, frugal as he was, we think he tried co walk back to the College. He never made it back. He collapsed along the way because he had drunk too

article and bringing back such good memories of a fine Colby person.

Margie Arnold-Riley Champaign, Ill.

A Few Feet Short The Olin Science Center looks coo big from the drawing to be only 10,000 square feet. Could it be 10,000 square feet per floor? With four

much hard liquor, and he died of hypothermia. To this day we believe if

floors, 40,000 would be the total square footage. In any event, it's an exciting addition.

he had stayed on campus and been around people, this would not have happened. Someone would have saved him.

Richard Riemer '68 Cedar Grove, N.].

adults by instituting this policy" leaves something to be desired. Alcohol is alcohol. The reality is, college students are going to drink. As a parent I would prefer they do so in the confines of the campus we entrust them to, and not out on the sueets of Waterville or beyond.

"The administration is treating the Colby population like mature

The acrunl square footage is 37,150 . The article also shouU:I have said that the $6.4 million gift by the F. W. Olin Foundation was the largest in Colby's

history. The article was corrected but an earlier version mistakenly appeared in the magazine. Sorry for the confusion. -Ed.

Pam Smith North Bridgton, Maine

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Periscope Hottest of All An informal survey of

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renowned foren ic 'cicnri,r, ha>

llf rhe

nation\ hc>t lihcral art> college> >hows that Cilhy\ r er cnt increa>c in re g uLi r

mndernted Colby\ forcmic

medi ine co ur'c for more than

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twll decadc,. Lee and Wolf have

6)

tor them all. Ne xr

closest i> Recd College, which had a 17 rerccnt humr. Cnlhy\

Only the Best ·

whtipring 49 percent j u mp in

Having thus far avoided any referenc to the O.J . Simpson murder trial, we must now tumble to a note from Special Programs Director Joan Sanzenbacher, who points out that three principal wimesse in the much-publicized trial have Colby ties. DNA experts Michael Baden, Barbara Wolf and Henry Lee all have been

CO L B Y

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1995

Climate

·

·

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Five

Cl1lby >tudent' recently gave rn:-.entatiom at a meeting of

'ec t io n of o( Phy ics tudents at We l blc y C u l l cge . Of all the co l le ge:. rer re � en ted, no other

'95

the New England the

(E rn a , Maine), Brent

Felker '96 (Care Girardeau, Mo . ), Ja on Spooner '95 (Wa>hin g ron, orm. ) and Katie Thompson '97 (Lakewood, Colo.) arrearcd in American Buffalo February 2 5 <it Regi College in Mm,sachusett,.

and Emerson College hfl e named Colby poet Tony Hoagland (EngIi h ) a the 1994 recipient of the John Zach<iris Fir t Book Award for hi book, Sweet R11in.

Professor of M usic Paul Machlin ha received a N a tional Endowment for the Humanities Fel low,h ip for College Teach­ ing to pur ue research on the music and career of Thomas "Fat "Waller, the legendary American jazz pianist. . . . Mary Beth Mills of ociology and anthropology has received a Vi iting Research Fe l lowship for 199 5-96 at the Program in Agrarian Srudie at Yale University. The award includes a significant stipend.

Mitchell Family Professor of Economics Tom Tietenberg recently participated in a United Nations press conference in Geneva, Switzerland, a n nounc i ng the publication of his report regarding policy options for dealing with global

4

n

iety

had a many tudent willing to rre enr their work. alur e

Dhu mal Atu raliye '95 (Kandy, ri Lanka), Mike Doogue '97 ( Br<1in t ree , Mass.), J i m Porter '95 ( Wate rv ille) , Mike Rosenthal '95 (New Canaan, Conn.) and Mark Sinclair ' 97 (Quine , M as ) .

•

Colby Pride Ploughshares literary magazi n e

·

hange meeting' in

Japan earlier la'>t year . . .

( L i tt le ton, Coln.), Mike Daisey

'95

rolicy

Govemmental Panel on

ollegc Theatcr Fe>tival.

Thanksgiving food drive, help at the local homeles sh el t er , a Halloween party f or disadvan­

OD'd on O.J.

p a .'>t

five ycar>, Per f o rming An� at

tudent' Scott Cole

A>sociate Dean of Re ·idenr1al

Family V i olen e Project and a bake-a-than for the Waterville Soup Kirchen. Jan's listing al o includes more than a dozen hea l th education program and nearly 30 cultural event .

rhc

w ,ed in

dbc u ,� iom al the l n ter­

in the Region;:d American

The Good They Do

taged kids, volunteering on the playground of a local elementary school, fund r aisin g for the

For the third time in

E arl y re ult, of the

rernrt were

Colby wa, >elected to com r et e

e a rly decision a prl i cat iom wa' torped only hy Middlebury, which saw a 55 percent increase. The large volume of applicanrs will improve Col hy \ number>-in ac1dcmic quality, in o v e ra ll d ive r,ity and in enrnllmenr yield.

Life Jan Arminio comriled a Ii t of programs sponsored hy residence hall· through the first emester. Ir is long and impressive, especia l l y in the category of public service activities, which incl u ded the co l lectio n of rra h along the three-mile loop near campu , a

w ;.i rming .

hccn fn:qucnr gue,t lecturer>.

admis, io n , a ppl icat i on, (M:c rage

Gleaned by Dean Earl H. m ith from the weekly campus new letter, FYI

'ummer faculty. Raden, a world

I n Colby Service Traditional ervice awards were handed out by Pre ident Bill Cotter at the 13th annual Holiday Dinn r Dance in D cember. Honored for 20 yea r of ervice were Dean of Student Janice Kassman, Carmeline Fredette (bu ine office) and Joyce Matthews (economics ) .

Moosecellaneous

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Book tore manager Bruce Barnard is the first GOP city councilor elected from Waterv i l l e's Ward Four since Lord knows when and retired alumni secretary Sid Farr '55 had the job . . .. Doug Archi­ bald (English) will direct the Colby in Cork Program next year, J ean Sanborn (Engl ish) the year after. . .. Lydia Bolduc-Marden, Colby's sterl i ng nurse practitioner, volunteered her services i n the Dominican Republic in January

in cl rro g ra m that provide health care in developing Caribbean nations. .. . If ever there was a reason to gloat over a tie :.core, it would be the 3-3 eric hetween Colby and Princeton in men's hockey on January 3. The Tigers had nipped the vaunted Univer ity of Maine Black Bear , 3-2, in their previ< u; outing and Maine, th same week, was rated number nne in Division I. We think thi; made Scott Borek's extet at lea t a good as any college hockey team in the nation . . . . Sara Westervelt Bizier, R.N., is a new day nurse at the Garrison-Foster Hea lth enter. ara' grandmother, the late usan Fortuine, R . N ., wa the head nurse in the old Colby infirmary in Roberts Union in the 'SO and '60 . ara' mother and dad, of cour e, are Colby' own Nancy '54 and cla ics profes or Peter Westervelt.

President Bill Cotter wa invited by the Booth Ferris Foundation to participate in an informal conver ati n with college presidents and founda­ tion official about the needs of the higher education commu­ nity over the next decade. The e ion was held in N ew York.

Booth Ferri targets i t funding at high-quality liberal arts college . The president al o joined an American Counci l on Education panel in San Francisco, discussing "Fir t Steps in Build i ng Campus Commun i ty". He serves an ACE planning group that is studying free speech and campus civ i l i ty . .. .Elected for second terms as overseers are Bill Alfond '72, Ken Hart '5 1, Rocco Landesman '69 . . . . I n a l l of NESCAC, only Amherst and Will iams brought in more cash gifts last year than Colby's $17. 5 million.

Spreading JAM All Around

W

hat began a- a modest

cultural and religious

in active i1wuh-cment in

expr ssion of cultural

traditions R,ither than a

Hillel," he said.

pride by a handful of Colby

militant expression \J

stud nts has exploded into

disaffection, he says, Je\\'ish

included a tr;1Jition:1!

an international event

Awareness Month is an

sh:1bbat with students fn1m

incorporating more than 80

attempt to reach out to the

Yeshi\"<l Uni\·ersity in Ne\1·

colleae· throughout the

non-Jewish community.

United States and in five

"We just want to build

were torn between going to

reprcscnrnti\·es uf the Likud

awareness," he said.

syn;1goguc nr g,1ing to the

:md Merct: parties of lsr:1el.

f oreign countries.

Jewish Awarene-s Month wa observed at

olby

Jewish A\\·meness �lnnth

Ynrk, :1 debate between

first day of classes," he said.

"Since the first day I arrived, I knew there were

Although Jewish students

:1 discussion of H:1sidism hy

<1 Portland rahbi, a Purim

during March, but its

some things that needed to

comprise about 12 percent of

outreach went well beyond

change at

the

Mayflower Hill. The series

are ·rill sorn

of activitie celebrating

need to change." Medwick

200-Medwick feels thL·rc i ·

:1 discussilm

recalls that the first day of

little rerngnitiun ,if this

diversity by Ass,iciatc

co

Jewi h tradition - and

olby-and there

olby population-their

total is c ·timated at about

things that

1�:1rry and informal gather­ ings and film shnwings.

The month culminated with

uf Jud;1ism :1nd

classes his first year at Colby

segment of the c:-1mpus

Prnfcssor of English Om· id

was the san1e day as Rosh

CL1mmunity. "One result of

Suchuff and a talk by

Colby chapter of B'nai B'rith

Hashanah, one of the holiest

the Jewish Awareness Weck

assistant professor of

Hillel. Led by

cott Kadish

days L)n the Jewish calendar.

we had last year was an

Sociology and Anthrnpul­

'94 and Matthew Medwick

"As a result, Jewish students

incrca-e in membership and

,1gy Adam Weisberger.+

heritage was

nceived last

year in a meeting of the

'95, of Ea· t Lyme, Conn. and

Jonathan Paris '96 of Canton, Ma .. the group organized

Facelift For the Spa

A

olby's fir t Jewish

Awarenes Week with help from a Pitt grant fr m

International Hillel. This

e

year the organization

e

The Joseph Family

mbraced Colby Hillel' idea

and prom red it

to

colleg

around the world. With

s

pa re­

opened in early February after a

-ix-week, $65,000 renovation. tudents eemed pleased with

Medwick erving a· a con ultant, International

the chanoe·, which included

Hillel prepared kit that

removing large support pillars in

pr vided upport for Jewish awarene

the main dining room and

event on other

repl acing them with ceiling

campuses. Jew i sh Awar ness

beam , constructing a small stage

Month i now planned at

in the northeast corn r of the

c ll ges in Russia, Australia, Canada and I rael a well a

dining roum and lowering

at more than 60 public and

partition barriers in th small

booths near the · nack b·u. Kim

private college in the United

tare

.

Berg t '97, told the Echo "From

M dwick ay Jewi h Awarene

what I've heard, people generally

Month wa

like what's been done. It makes

important for the C olby

the place look bright r and

community becau e of th

more open."

lack f r cognition and under randing of Jewi h

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Tenure for Ten

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n January the Board of

na

e

PromL)tion and Tenure ol b

y fa y

L au r i e

app o i n t men ts w re pr o­

m ot e d

to associ at e

professor.

ee

B.A. at Smith C oll g and

ment in

o

e taught at

1 990.

A Yale

graduate, he earned her

of Michigan before joining the EcorH1mi s Departm nt

1 992.

z 0 h m

Michigan before coming to Colby's English Depart­

her Ph.D. at th University

in

He is active in

Oakland University in

Debra Barhezat earned he r

e

e

r al w at r photoch emi try

nation al organ i at ions. hake peare scholar

cu lt .

E ig h t who rece ived tenu re

e

1989.

research funded by everal

ommittee and g rant d

10

tu

ment in

recommendations nf t he tenure to

hemi try Depart-

Colby'

Trustee� Clmfirmed the

M.A. and Ph.D. from

yracu e U niv ersity .

he has publi hed

Ursula Reidel-Schrewe, a

many articles in the ecunom­

native of Hamburg, Gennany,

ic of higher education and

did her undergraduate work at

labor econ omi cs.

James Rodger F l e ming

the University of Tubingen.

specia li zes in the history of cience in America and t he

Front row (1-r): Herbert Wilson Jr., Ursula Reidel-Schrewe, James Webb. Back: Eva L1nf1e ld, D. Whitney K111g, Debra Barbezat. David Su choff, James Rodger Fleming, Laurie Osborne.

his t ory of the ge ophys ical sciences. He earned degrees in both science and history,

books includ e Meteorology in

i nclud ing a doctorate from

America, 1 800-1870;

fr

M I T and Penn

rafJhy of Meteorology (co­

tate. Hi·

edited with Roy Goodman).

D. Whitney King, whose

She has an M.A. and Ph.D. from Harvard Univer ity and ha taugh t Gem1an language, literature and culture at Colby since 1989.

David Suchoff, who e areas of intere t are Victo­

Princeton University. He

Science, Technology and the

field is chemical oceanogra­

rian literature comparative

has held fe ll owships om the National Endowment for

Em.iironment: MulridiscifJlinary

phy and environmental

PersfJecrives (co-edited with

chemi try, earned a degree at

literature and Jewi h studies, j oined the Colby English

the Humanities and the Smithsonian Institution and

Pugh Fam ily Professor of Economics Henry Gemery);

St. Lawrence Univer ity and a Ph.D. at the Univer ity of

visiting appointments at

and the lntemarional Bibliog-

Rhode I land before joining

Department in

1992 after

teaching for everal years at Boston Umver ity. His

Good Service T

he appointments of Alumni Secretary Sid Farr '55 and Dean of the College Earl Smith to the rank of full

Bucking a national trend, Colby's Admi ions Office i having a

professor were announced at the January meeting of the Board

record-setting year. In early March, the College already had received

of Trustee . The promotion recognize "comparable records of

4,200 first-year applications, a 23 percent increase over last year's total and a 4 7 percent increase over the total two years ago. Dean of

extraordinary service to the Co lleg e in a variety of role ,"said President William R. Cotter.

Admissions and Financial Aid Parker Beverage attributed the uc­ cess in attracting pro pective students to everal factor

Farr's retirement after

.

35 years of service prompted Cotter to

promote him from associate to full professor. After he had made that deci ion, Cotter ays, he realized Smith was equally deserving.

"The College is truly on the move and is finally earning recognition for the extraordinary educational institution we are,"

Farr erved as alumni secretary, director of financial aid and

he said. He credited faculty accomplishments as well as faculty involvement in the recruiting process, enthusiastic student tour

career counseling, vice president for development and secretary of the co.rporation. "Sid is unique. Never a harsh word about anyone

guides and lobby host , recent fund-raising succes and a commit­ ted and talented admissions taff for making Colby one of the

and never a harsh word from anyone about him," Cotter said.

About Smith, Cotter said, "Whatever Colby asks him to do,

hottest colleges in the country.

he adds it to his plate and then produces results." Smith served as director of student activities, director of communications,

In addition to the increase in applicants, Beverage points out that more than 200 students already have been offered admission through

assistant to the president and dean of students before becoming

the early deci ion program, which means that about 40 percent of next

dean of the college.

fall's incoming class identified Colby as their clear first choice prior to January

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"They are both confidants to very large circles of people, and

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that kind of accessibility in the top levels of administration is es ential to the College," Cotter said.+

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degrees are from the Univer­ sity of Cal ifornia- Berkeley.

Mauritania on a Fulbright

awarded numerous research

le bian tudies. She co-edited

grant and was a develop­

grants. He received his B . A .

What ls an Emotion? She

He is the author of many

ment economist in Senegal

Critical Theory and the Novel: Mass Society and Cultural Criticism in Dickens , Melville and Kafka.

and M . A . degrees from the

earned her B.A. at North-

for three years before join ing

Univers i ty of North Caro­

we tern University and an

artic les and a book,

He was co-translator and author of the introduction to a translation of Alain Fink­ ielkraut's

The lmaginery Jew.

Hi torian J ames Webb

the Colby faculty in 1 98 7 .

lina and his Ph.D. from

M . A . and Ph. D. at the

He is t h e co-author o f

Johns Hopkins Univers ity.

University of Texas-Austin.

Mauritania and author o f Desert Frontier: Ecological and Economic Change Along the Western Sahel 1 600- 1 850 .

W ilson has completed

W. Herbert W ilson J r.

postdoctoral fellowships at

A native of Germany, Linfield i a musicologist \\'ho

the Harbor Branch Founda­

specializes in 1 7 th-century

tion and for NATO at

European music and music

Dalhousie Un iversity.

theory. She also is director of

came to the College in 1 990

Cheshire Calhoun in

spec ializes in the economic

after three years of teaching

philosophy and Eva Linfield

history of Africa and pre­

received her B . A . from

biology at the Univers i ty of

in music were awarded tenure

Wellesley College and her

the Collegium Musicum. She

colonial African h istory.

Washington. A special ist in

having previou ly achieved

Ph. D. from Brandeis Uni\'er­

After obtaining his B.A . ,

the identification and

the rank of assoc iate profes­

sity and came to Colby in

M . A . and Ph. D . degrees

m igration patterns of birds

sor. Calhoun's expertise is in

1 993 after teaching at Yale

from Johns Hopkins Uni­

and in marine biology and

ethical theory, fem inist

and the State University of

versity, he studied in

ecology, he has been

philosophy and gay and

New York-Stony Brook.

Living History O

rganizers of this summer's Alumni College say that an all- tar facu lty lineup, an interdisciplinary c urriculum

and a World War I I theme make the five-day event one of the most attractive ever offered by the College.

Designed to coinc ide with the 50th anniver ary of the end of World War 1 1 , the Alumni College w i l l be held J uly 29-August 3 on the Colby campu . "We wanted to do

Pushing the Envelope Colby's ethic of envi­

l ike the perfect opportunity," said Director of Alumni Relat ion Susan Conant Cook ' 7 5 . "And the quality of the

mean, the envelope has

ronmental stewardship

been c irculat ing around

shows up i n several ways,

Colby for nearly two

including i ts campus-wide

decades, and perhaps

mantra of "reu e and

longer. A lso included on

recycle." Envelopes often

the family tree of u er

eris -cross the campu to

are Profe or of Phi losophy

half a dozen or more

and Relig ion G u tave

recipients before being

Todrank, who d ied in

discarded. But an envelope

1 983 , retired Profe sor

received recently in the

of Mu ic Dorothy Reu­

Communications Office

man, the Accounts

may set the record for

Payable Office and

longevity. The original

Associate Professor of Art

recipient was Profe sor

M ichael Marlais.

J ames Armstrong, former

something pecial for our war-years alums, and thi seemed

faculty and the curriculum will interest all alums, not ju t those who lived through the war." even current and former Colby faculty member will teach cla ses at the Alumni College. J ame M. G illespie Professor of Art and American Studies David Lubin will lead a discu sion about the film

returning from the war. Associate Professor of Sociology and Anthropology Terry Arendell will teach a course about change in the American family brought about by World War I I .

Associate Professor o f Engli h David Suchoff w i l l teach "The Holocaust as H istory and Memory." A ociate Profes or of English Cedric Bryant will examine the great northern migration of African Americans and the literature inspired by the war years. Distinguished Pre idential Professor of Govern­

Assoc iate Director of

chai r of the M usic Depart­

Communication Stephen

ment who taught at Colby

Collins '74, the most

from 1 9 7 1 to 1 98 3 . That

recent rec ipient, said it's

would date the envelope at

the first t i me he has

least 1 2 year , except that

bestowed h istorical

the second rec ipient wa

s ignificance on an

Dean Jarker Johnson, who

envelope in campus m a i l .

retired from Colby in 1 9 7 8

" I t ' s practically an

( he d ied in 1 986 ) , which

artifact," he said .

The Best Years of Our Lives, a cla ic "coming

home" movie that depicts the experiences of three soldiers

ment G . Calvin Mackenzie w il l teach "World War II: The Century's Political Pivot." Emeritus Profes or of Philosophy Robert Reuman will d iscuss con cientiou objectors to the war.

Lee Family Professor of English and American Studies Charles Bassett, who helped organize the Alumni College, will teach a clas titled "Snobbery on the Homefront."

"We want to expose alumni to facu l ty that they know we ll and showcase new faculty that the College is exc i ted to have on board," a id Demetra G iata '88, assi tant d irector of alumni relations.

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Bas�e tt say� t h e c lasse� w i l l he team t m 1ght to c a p i ta l ize on the i n t e rd i sc i p l i na ry n a t u re of the c u rr i c u l u m . "Th i::. be i ng a sma l l col l ege where most uf t h e f a c u l t y k now each < H h e r <l nLI where team teac h i ng i s encourage d , t h i � seemed

l i ke < l .�oud nppmt un i t y for us to get toge t h e r , " Basse tt s a i d .

"Cedric ! Brya n t ] and I may even he i n the c l assronm at t h e

H I L L

s a m e t i me . T h a t ' ::. h e e n a s o r t of mod u s operand i w e ' v e used in A me r i c a n stud i es cla sc� to get t wo per�pec r i vc, a t once

on t h e same u bj ec t . "

Dig This

Bas�ett says the A l u m n i Col lege i i n teres t i ng for h i m not

l )n ly becau�e he gets to see l lld friend· and teach a d i fferent

Excavat ion t the ite of t h e n ew 01 i n

a ge group, but hecause i t i� a l ea rn i ng experience for a l l

th e m i d d l e of t h is mo nth .

w h i c h i s som e t h i ng I usua l ly dnn't get to do. To have an op­

The 37,000- qu are-foot fac i l i ty-made po·sible by a

po rt u n i ty to � i t down with Ca l and say , ' Hey, hnw can I work

co m plet ed hy the fa ll of 1 996. In add i t ion to technologically

ence f or the fa cu lt y , " he :.a id.

G i at as sa y s t h e oppor t u n i ty

We want to

to facu l ty that they know wel l and showcase new faculty

tn c a mpus and enjoy

M a i ne is a l way s an a t t ra c t ion of the A l u m n i

house a c i ence l i brary a n d a computer center.

The Co ll ege ha� apprnvC'd a new major in econom i c w i th

\)l i e ge . "We

that w i l l replace the

a cuncentrat ion in financ ial marker

ha\-c a lot of events and

ad min istra t i ve c ience major in 1 998, when all c u rrently en­

a c t i v i t i e� p l a nned out ide of

rol led ·t udent� will have graduated .

the c l as room fr r people to

tudent who choo e the

fi nanc ial marker- trac k w i l l take four more cour e

en joy , " she sa i d . "We ' l l have a

than a

trndit i una l economic major, three of them in adm i n i trarive

d i n ner at the A lu m n i Hou�e

sc ience. Ad m i n istra t i ve c ience will continue to be offered as

a n i nt e rd i �c ipl i nary m inor.

the fi n n ight. We h<.we the A l Corey Band Quartet

The dec i ion wa · made following nearly 1 8 month of tudy

pl a y i ng W edn e s d a y n i gh t , and

and debate and on a recommendation by a review commi ttee

there w i l l a bo be p e r i od

made up of econom ics and a d m i n i ·tra t i ve

Bogart fi lms every n igh t . "

Evaluat ion o ft h e admin istra t ive c ience program wa prompted

on July 2 9 may pay an additional

c ience facu l ty .

b y the ret i rement in 1 99 3 of Profes or Yvonne R ic h mond

C o t f or the fu ll e s · i nn , i n c lu d i n g a l l meals, room a n d t u i t ion, is

for Saturday night and a

a dv a n c ed cla��room an<l lahnratorie�, the new b u i l d i ng w i l l

Major Overhaul

a few da y · of · u m m c r i n

expose alumni

6.4

m i l l i on g i ft from t he F . W . Olin Foundat ion-i · expected to be

t h i s in w i th what yl1u 're d ni ng , ' it w i l l be a learn i ng expe r i -

to re t u rn

c i e n ce Center began

la te in Fe b r u a ry and con truc tion i � expected to be underway by

a l M a c k e m i e a h n u t W m l d War I I ,

involved. " l get to t a l k to

S I D E S

2 9 5 . Early ar r i v al

Knight ' 5 5, which left the a d m i n i tra t i ve c ience program w i t h

30, which in c l u de s a roo m

only t w o fu l l - t ime fac u lty, both of w h o m ·hare appointment

u nday breakfast. Per on · w i - h i n g ro

with other deparrmenr-.

Dou g l a · Profe or of Economic and Finance Randy N e l on

remain after the College is conc l uded may ·e lec t an a<ld 1t ional

w i l l become mL)re focu ed in fi nance, and Assoc i ate Profe or

$60 package that pro v i des a room Thursd ay and Friday n ight� and Friday and Saturday breakfasts. "We wanted to arrange a

of A d m i n i trative

c ience Leonard Reich w i l l focu

more

program that would allow people to m·�ke a m i n i vacat ion out

h ea v i l y on sc ience technology stud ies. Both w i l l continue to

of the ir trip," G iata said. Free daycare for c h i ldren a ge 2 - 1 2

offer c la·se · in ad m in istrat ive T ience. Currently enrol led tu­

w i l l be available throughout the week , she added.

dent� will be perm i tre<l to declare the a d m i n i tra t i ve sc ience maj or, and suffic ient course

Bassett says the fact that many of the part i c i pant w i l l c las room d iscu s ions and a compe l l i ng week of study.

Housing Decision Delayed

"You're goi ng to have people who can say, ' I was there' and who may c ha l lenge some of the t h i ngs that are said in the

The Tru tee Cam m i s ion on M u l t i c u l tural and Spe c i a l

c lass. We're goi ng to have people i n t h is course who were

I n terest H o u i ng w a s u nable to reach a consen us a n d extended

Ro ie the R i veter worki ng i n a n a irpla ne plant. We're go ing to

w i l l be provided to fulfi l l that

major through the p r i ng eme· ter of 1 99

have l i ved through t h e w a r them e l v e w i l l m a k e for l i vely

i ts deadl ine for a final recommendation u n t i l thi

have people who went to Colby in the 1 940s and who

M ember of the commi

remember what it was l ike to be down on the old campu

pring.

ion were "sharpl y d i v ided" meet i ng

al out the de i rabi l i ty ofa separate housing u n i t for m u l t ic ultura l

and have a v i rt u a l l y a l l - female col lege for a nu mber of years.

tudents at t h e conc l u i o n o f i t December 1 5 meet i ng, lead i ng

There w i l l be a substa n t i a l portion of tudents who w i l l have

to the dec ision to extend d iscuss ion and debate,

had d i rect experience w i th the materia l . "

Crawford '64, comm i

O n e Con t i n u ing Educat ion U n i t is a v a i l able for p e r ons

The com m i

ays J ame

ion chair.

ion held another mee t i ng on M arc h 4 and was

who complete the course. A lu m n i who w ish to get more

expec ted to make a fina l recommendation to the Board of

i nformation or to reg ister for the A lu m n i Col lege may c a l l

Trustees at i ts A p r i l .

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WHY T E NU RE WO RKS The Ten ure System Encourages Creativity, Ens ures Stab i l ity and Promotes Conti n u ity

by Presi dent W i l l iam R. Cotter Alumni and friends o f t h e College frequently ask i f I favor

views off campus and extensive reference checks, as well as

the retention of the tenure ·ystem for Colby faculty. They are

interviews and model lectures on the campus. After that ex­

often startled by my emphatic "yes-'' Although there can be

tremely competitive process, the successful candidate is nor­ mally given only a one-year contract.

mi takes in tenure decision and there are opportunities to abuse the privilege, my experience in 16 years at Colby is that these

Mid-way through the first year, the candidate undergoes a

risk are small when compared to the significant advantages of

second evaluation. Assuming sound teaching and acceptable

the tenure system for our students and for the College.

progress in scholarship, the typical candidate receive a three­

First and foremost, the continuing heart of a college is its

year contract renewal. I f doubts arise during the first year, the

faculty. Students, trustees, presidents and staff turn over with

person might be given only a one-year renewal and would be

some regularity, but tenured faculty make a lifetime commit­

subjected to a further evaluation during the econd year.

ment to a college and are deeply invested in its quality and its

The third evaluation is a comprehensive pre-tenure exami­

future. Faculty are the custodians of the values of a college and

nation during the sixth semester of teaching. This inrnlves a

the guarantors of its continuing excellence. It behooves the

departmental committee ofat least three members which reviews:

administration and the trustees to provide the resources and the

the candidate's course yllabi, assignments, examinations and

environment to liberate the creativity of the faculty and to

laboratory instructions; all material published or submitted by the

sustain their dedicated work over a lifetime of effort. The tenure

candidate and any published reviews of that material; statements

system plays a fundamental role in that proce

from the candidate evaluating hi or her own teaching, advising,

and guarantee

academic freedom, enabling the entire institution to seek truth

scholarship and contributions to the department, the College and

unfettered by imposed orthodoxy.

the discipline; a statement by the department chair evaluating the

The recruitment and evaluation systems leading to tenure

candidate' teaching as a re ult of departmental peer review; all

at Colby are not unlike tho e in finance and law, the granting of

evaluation forms that have been submitted by tudents in the

tenure being equivalent to becoming a parmer. In all cases there

candidate's courses; and stati tical summaries that compare stu­

is a probationary period, rigorous testing, careful evaluation by

dent ratings of that candidate's teaching with departmental,

the senior members of the organization and, finally, a decision

division and all-College average . If the candidate pa ses this third

review, she or he is normally granted a pre-tenure sabbatical to

that generally lead to a lifetime association.

I n law and banking, of cour e, partnerships are not as ecure

complete an important scholarly or creative work and is given a

as they once were, with many recent examples of enior partners

three-year contract extension.

being asked to retire early or otherwi e alter their tatus in the

The fourth review is for tenure itself. The same kinds of

face of radically changed economic circum tances. So, too,

materials involved in the sixth-semester review are gathered for

colleges may, in a financial crisis, terminate programs and end

the six-year period, and the scholarship of the candidate is

the tenure of the faculty in those programs. In higher education,

submitted to disinterested (non-Colby) expensforreview. The e

the example is rare, whereas the early termination of partners

materials (collectively called "the dossier") are once more exam­

seem to have become more common.

ined by the departmental committee, which makes a report and recommendation to the elected, nine-person faculty Committee

The pre-tenure or pre-partnership period is one of incred­

on Promotion and Tenure. All faculty, including those not yet

ibly hard work and extreme pressure on young people, pressure compounded in higher education, becau e the scholarly work is

tenured, are eligible to vote in the election of the committee.

ubmitted to review by those outside the college. The probation­

Once elected, faculty serve a three-year taggered term to ensure continuity and consistency over time.

ary period at Colby involves four separate, rigorous step . First,

The Promotion and Tenure Committee, chaired by the

all candidates have participated in national-and, ometime , even international- earches involving

dean of faculty, will spend countle

1 00 to 900 applicants.

hours reviewing each

dossier and di cu sing whether the candidate meet the high

The tenure-track appointee typically has gone through inter-

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olby standards for teaching, cholarship and service. Member�

fac ulty member to hecome ·rn even more pr ductive and impor­

tenure, and each member submit to me a demi led evaluation of

am! her or h i finest scholarly work 1 usua lly produced after the

every tenure candidate in which they compare the teaching,

tenure dec ision, not before. Tenured fac u l ty are motivated by a

11f that committee vote individua lly on whether ro recommend

tant contributor to the quality of our academic and campus life,

chol arship and ervice of the candidate to the very best fac ulty

pride in their profession, a sense of responsibility and a recogni­

tenured in recent years.

ti on that they are the real "owners" of the College. In add i t ion,

The commi ttee, the dean and I have operated on the

the tenure selection proces looks forward and temls to yield on ly

princ iple "when i n doubt, don't tenure." Con equently, on

tho e who are most l i kely to be stimulating teachers, productive

average only two-t h irds of tho e who reach the tenure decision

·cholar and active participants over a 30-year career.

year are recommended for tenure. Other� fa i l to pass the first or

Moreover, the tenure decision i not the end of tudent and

th ird year reviews. In fact, some have worried that, given the

peer evalumion of our fac ulty.

rigor of our tenure po l ic i e , fa ulty turnover at Colby might be

effectivene

tudents continue to rate the

of teaching through their wntten evaluations at the

too high. This fear is m i t igated by the fa c t that there is no annual

end of every cour e , and these evaluation are closely reviewed

tenure quota. Our proced ure - emphasize that "who is tenured i

each emester by the faculty member and the department chair. I n

more important than ht)W many." Nevertheless, the overall

addition,

olhy maintains a merit alary system i n which fac u l ty members, department chair and the dean of

percentage of tenured fac u l ty at Colby is comparat ively low, a l low ing us ro continue

to h i re young fac ul ty, fre h from graduate education, who bring to the campu

the

latest development" in the i r d isciplines. In the fall of position at

1 994, of the 1 40 tenure-track olby, on ly

7 7 were tenured-

52 percent of the fu l l -t ime teaching faculty.* Finally, the tenure sy rem i t elf is regu­ larly reviewed by a joint comm i t tee offac ulty or the Committee on Promotion and Tenure and Trustee members of the Educational Policy Committee of the Board, to be certa i n that it is serving the bes t interest of t h e College a n d the fac u l ty.

Those who ach ieve partnersh i p in a law or i nve t men t firm or tenure in h i gher education ach ieve professiona l

ec u r i t y ,

wh i le tho e w h o do n o t a r e often expected to leave. ln co l l ege

they must leave, be­

faculty review teaching, cholarship and ser­

I've found that the granting of tenure liber, ates faculty members to become more productive and impor,

vice every third year throughout their ten­ ure. The merit y tem can add hundred of thousand · of dollar to the lifetime earning

of the mo·t out randing faculty.

Fac u l ty also undergo a complete i n ­ ternal and external rev iew, e q u i v ale n t i n a l l respect to t h e tenure dec ision proce

,

when they are nominated for promotion to

tant contributors to the

fu ll profe

quality of teaching and

duc t i v e ? There are procedure -although

campus life, and their finest scholarly work is usually produced after the tenure decision.

or. But, ome have asked, what

if the fu l l professor becomes ill or unpro­ they are, properly, c i rcumscribed w ith great afeguards-that al low the College to req u i re a fa c u l ty member ro take a med i c a l l e a v e ( wh i c h c an ometi mes become per­ manent ) . l n other cases, fac ulty c an be d is m issed by the College for "adequate cau e" that i s "related d irec tly and substan-

cause the rules of the A merican A ocia-

t i a l l y to the fitness of the fac u lty member as

t ion of U n iversity Profe sors ( wh i c h Colby

a teacher or a researcher." This procedure

adopted i n

i s rarely u ed in higher education, a lthough there are many

1 9 7 1 ) proh ib it the fu l l -t i me employment of teach­

ers beyond seven years w i thout tenure. I n the examples of law

i n ranees of negotiated terminations i n c a e

and ban k i ng , there i genera l l y no fixed l i m i t on the probat ion­

members have become !es produc tive.

where faculty

Final ly, the question ha been raised whether there i

ary period and i nd i v iduals c an be passed over i n one dec i ion

danger that facu lty member

year but made partner i n a subsequent round. l n col leges, this

a

w i l l stay wel l beyond normal

retirement, a problem that does not occur i n partner h ips, where

is not possibl e.

there i u u ally a mandatory retirement age established as part of

Some commentators concede that the pre-tenure selec tion and decision-ma king process i indeed rigorous, but they worry

the partner h ip agreement. This is certainly a potential problem,

that fac u l ty may reduce their efforts once they obtain tenure and

but i t has not become one at Colby. Very few faculty teach

l i fet i me secu r i ty . My experience at Colby is to the contrary. l n

beyond 65 and many retire earlier. S t i l l others have reduced

v irtually every case, the granting o f tenure has l i berated that

their teaching loads from full to part t i me a

they approach

* A recent survey of 12 nationally ranked liberal arts colleges revealed that tenure percentage for full-rime faculty ranged from Colby's low of 5 2 percent t o a high of 7 7 pe rc e nt. The average tenure ratio was 6 5 percent.

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Of course, there are cost

retirement. Ir w i l l be important for rhe College ro encourage

to rhe tenure sy rem. Faculty

retirement around age 65, and I hope that our pension and

member do nor punch time clocks and are relatively free to

retiree health program · will continue to make that possible for

mini mi:e their workload if they choo e to abu e the sy tern.

our senior faculty, who have, in most cases, given their entire

Some faculty members, in fact, do so, but they are o fe\\" in

professional careers to Colby.

number that those costs of the system, for me at least, are c learly

Some also worry that the tenure system will inhibit the

outweighed by the O\'erwhelming benefit . Moreover, becau ·e

College from making the curricular changes that are necessary to

of the merit system, the pos· ibiliry of removing facu l ty, and

respond to societal changes and student demand for new courses.

other sanctions and rewards available to the College, ir is

This danger i mit igated by the fact rhar faculty themselves are

unlikely that abu e of tenure would become uncontrollable.

constantly updating their own material and introducing new

The B a l an ce Between Teac h i n g and S c h o l a rs h i p

courses. Moreover, there is sufficient turno\·er (retirements, res­ ignations, denials of tenure or contract renewal, ere . ) to enable

Colby i s a teaching institution, and having a tenure system

the College to make new appointments in emerging disciplines.

allows us to maintain a wise balance between reaching and

Also, the curriculum tends to evolve more slowly at a liberal arts

scholarship. Emphasis on first-rare teaching is what distin­

college as compared to vocational-oriented institutions where

guishes liberal arts colleges in the United States from research

rapid adaptations are needed to meet the

uni\·ersiries. All ofour tenured faculty teach

changing demands of technology or of the marker place. So, too,

75 to 0 percent of

Colby graduates will go on to graduate school where more pecifically vocational training is be t offered.

Colby depends heavily upon the volun­ teer effort of the faculty who take on advis­ ing, mentoring, committee and other service activities well beyond that which would be found in any sensible job description. The great bulk of that volunteer effort-the extra time with rudents, the long hour on campus committees, the pecial efforts with alumni and regular consultations with trustees­ comes from tenured members of the faculty.

If w e d i d n o t have a tenure system, we

the same fo·e-course load (or four courses

The Faculty Handbook makes it clear that the "paramount criterion" in determining whether a faculty member should receive tenure is "the candidate's

plus laboratories in the natural sciences) and virtually all faculty reach all c lasses­ freshman th.rough seniors--every year.

Wherea undergraduate education will frequently be neglected ar institutions where graduate and professional programs domi­ nate, the opposite is true for the American college. In the large univer · i r ies, students frequently receive the bulk of their instruc­ tion from graduate students, but that never happens at Colby. Our students may work as

excellence as a teacher

re earch assi rants to our faculty, an oppor­

and adviser."

graduate students. The central nature of

s imply could nor compete for the best and

tunity typically available only to university teaching is so much a part of the ethos of Colby that most of the senior administra-

tors reach at least one course each year.*

brightest grad uate students who prefer appointment at col­ leges where tenure is poss ible. Moreover, even if tenure fe l l

The Faculty Handbook makes it clear that the "paramount

out of favor everywhere, this m ight, arguably, reduce the

criterion" in determining whether a faculty member should

number of people going i n to col lege teaching becau e re la­

receive tenure is "the candidate's excellence as a teacher and

tively low salaries combined w ith no job security would make

adviser." Such excellence has become the sine qua non for

teach i ng less attractive. Tenure may, in fact, enable col leges

tenure at Colby, although the Committee on Promotion and

to attract and hold very able people for less money, since they

Tenure also looks for "demonstrated continued cholarly ac tiv­

have the benefit of l ifetime job security. Even if tenure were

ity and professional development and potential for continued

abandoned elsewhere, I am not certain that i t would be w i e

growth." The committee require that research, publications or

for Colby to drop i ts tenure program. Mainta i ning t his system

other professional activities must be "judged by peers and by

would give us a compe t i tive edge in recru i t ing and re taining

outside referees." Finally, service to the department, to the

the very best fac u l ty , thu

College and to the discipline "is expected."

provid ing our students w i t h a

I t is undoubtedly true that research expectations among

uperior education at no add i t ional expense.

* Vice Pr,.sident for Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty Robert McArthur reaches either logic or philosophy of law in me Phi losophy Department; Vice P res i dent for Administration Amie Yasin k i teache Eng I i h an<l American poetry in rhe English Department; Vice President of Development and Alumni Relations Randy Helm teaches the Homeric epics in the Classics Department; Dean of me College Earl Smith supervi es rudenrs doing independent work in journalism; and I reach a course on law and social change in the Government Department.

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Cnlhi foc u l r y ha \'L' 1ncn:< hl'd nvcr the ye< i r•,, hut

t h i� ha.,

Ll( )t

kcturc.,, re., 1dcncc hal l d1Ku.,;ion> anJ othe r ac tivit ies .

hecn at the l' ·ren'c of t he i r c1 nn m 1 t me n t tn fi r., t- ra te t l' a c h 1ng.

In add i t ion, ma ny facu l ty .,upcrvtse a la rge number of ind

I ndeed, 1n 111<"t Chl'' nu r fi ne ... t 'c hnLir., <1rc a l .,o among l lu r

Jll'ndent 'rudenr project.., f or which the y get no reachmg relief,

f111l'>t t e< K h e r' . Our (;1 c u l t\' i ., 111 1 n 1 1·atcd t 1 l con t i n ue t h e re­

inc l u d i ng in the e'>pec ially t1me-wn ummg

cholars rro­

cnior

,e.1rch 1 H c rca r t n� JC l l \' l t ie' t hat h,11'l' hccn an t n tcgr,tl part of

gr<1m . Fmally, facu l t y are ex rec ted rn be active m t hei r profe s1on,

the i r ...eli-dcfi n n inn at lca't ... 1 11ce grnduare ...chunl . Th e i r ,c h l l l ­

a t tl'nd regrllnal and

<l r, h 1 p 1 11form' t h e i r re;1c h 1 11g and hdr, k e e r 1 r fre,h. Trend, 111

cr' tu t he camru., and he acm·e '>cholar who pub l 1;h.

many fie l d , 1n. n·e rc,earch ,md te<1c h 1 11g c l < N:r tnget h er

national meeting" b n ng d tsti ngu i heJ peak­

;1',

There 1, l 1 tcra l ly no t enough t i m e du r i ng the week for

Cnlh\ ... rudenb act i ve ly rart ic i r,11c 1 11 fac u l ty re'C<l rch bot h

t«1 c u l ty to Jn a l l that i' exrected, and yet many faculty partiet­ p<1te ,md L' xcel m ,· i rr ua l l v a l l the respon · ih d i r i e' I ha,·e c i ted.

during the academ i c ye<lr <llld in rhc 'ummcr.

V i rtua l l y all 11L1r e111nr,, 1 n t h t' 1 r c x i r 111tcrv1e"''· gt\'C highc,t

Thi... w i l l frequent ly require .,even - Ja y weeks, one afr e r a nor her .

marb t11 the q ua l i ty oi teach i ng ,mJ the 1 11teracm m wnh i,ic u l t) .

T h i ::.

\\'a'

recnn fi rmed I ll the

Princt.'con Ret'lt.'H',

There 1, a long .,ummer break, but that t · t he time when mo t

faculty get rhc c ha n c e to pur,ue their research and to p re pa re

111 ll' h 1ch C1 ilhy

student' ranked ou r facu l ty m the tnr 20 nf a l l n i l lege ... nnd uni,· e r, it 1 c ;,

for " hr i ng 1 11g

"The be-;t t h i ng::. ah1iut

nc\\ cnur'c'

m<itenal tn l i fe" and rnld the ed 1 tnr... :

11lhy C,11legc arc the excel lence and

aprroach a hi l i ry uf the rrofe,'<lr... . "

The Rt.'t'lt.'U'

f or

thl'

the commg year. M a ny facu l ty remain on

o lh · re earch a>s1 tant'> d u r i ng th is period, nor

ca mpth \\'t t h

nnly alk<mcmg the .,c holar... hir of the fac u l ty member bu t

\\'ent un: "Thi ...

gl\ mg un 1qul' opportunme::. for Colby students to become

respect for the foc u l r y pre,· a d, thmuglwut th<' 'tud.-nr h1 >dy .

re,e<irch Cl11 lcaguc' wtth very talented teachers. Other fac u l ty

Profes::.ors arc wa rm l y de-cnhcd O\'er and 1 wcr a., ' c1 1 mm i t rcd , '

are re\·i... mg cour'e', con t m u ing work on College committees

'oursranJing,' 'alll'ay' an1 i lahle,' and .,,i on . "

( ,t1mc of \\'h 1ch are acrh·e in the summer) anJ pur uing admin-

Fac u l t y W o r k l oads

abo u.,e the ::. um m e r for ;,ome real re·t-and t1111e with their

1.,uarn·c dur ic�

, , 1

department and div1 ion chair . l h op e they

fom i l 1 e'>-'>ll they can return re t r n• 1go rared to meet the new class

o m e n m e char a fac u l ty member rcache "only r w n or three course;, a ;,eme-ter" and make an a!: .,umpt 1on that the total

and rhe pace

of the

fall 'eme-rer.

workk1ad con::.ist of the ::.ix ur n 1 11 e hour> a \\'eek in the c la!,; ,mom.

Our fa c ul t y , aim<) t u 111 versa l l y , 1· compo ed of dedicated

3 1 9 every fall

men and \\'omen who give oi themselve much more exren­

My own expenence m reach mg Gl1,·ernment

,j\·ely-ro their '>tudents. to the Colleoe and to their p rofe -

i that l need about rwo fu l l week · 1n the ;, umme r rn re\"I e t he cou rse , prod uce the syl l abu s and obtain the new matenal,. l then

, ion-rha n. re rhap · , we ha,·e any right ro expect.

rime and many more hours in meeting with ·rudenr;,, wnr i ng and

have init tated, as part of ll1e Campaign for Colby, an effort to

sp e nd abo u t t\\'O to three hour::. to prerare for each hnur oi cla

Tll , u - r a m rhat excel lence for the generations to come we

correcting qui:zes and examinations, making sugge>ted change

mcrea.,e th e numher of endowed faculty chair . T ru te e , o,·er­

in draft; of rem1 pa pe rs, and then grading the fi n a l pa p e r.

'>eer anJ mher good friend· of the College have re ponded

Conseq uent l y , I e timare that l pend

magnificently to that chal lenge, an d we have now increa ed the

1 0 to 1 5 hou r · a week on

1 990 ro 24

1 994.

my single course. Th i · \\' ill be double for a faculty member with

number of fully endowed chairs from 4 in

two courses a semester and trip le for those with three.

These chair- enable u to ay a pee t a l "thank y ou " to facu l ty

in

ro advi e than I

leaders who have continued ro put teaching fir t, bur who also

have, many teach c ur ·e· with much larger enro l l ment and

have ge n e ral ly been \'ery active in Co lle ge ervice and have

,· irru a l l y all have ·ubsran tial commi ttee and other extracurricu­

ach ieved national and international reputation a

Mo·r fac u l ty have many more student

lar obl igations that can require from relatively few to more rhan

20 hours a week for one who serves on

c ienti t ,

cholars, arti ts, music ian and writers. In add ition, new chair reinforce the decision of the T ru tee ro pay among the h ighe t

part i c u la r l y t ime­

competi tive salarie at peer in t i r u t ions, since tho e named to

consuming College committees.

chair receive a sub tantial alary increase. This has helped ro

Facul t y also devote time to earche for new facu l ty member , peer evaluation, contract renewals and tenure and promotion

signal our continuing commitment to the faculty, who, in tum,

committees. We also expect facu l ty to interact outside of clas , in

have given of their creativity, energy, and loyalty to keep Colby

infom1al setting with students. Faculty cheer for the athletic

in the fi r t ranks of nat i on a l liberal art colleges.

teams, attend the plays, concerts and readings and join students for

tenu re sys t em se nd a n e qu a l l y important message.

upport of the

As we d iscus ed our long range plans for the 1 990s, alumni, parent , tudent , fac u l ty and others raised six general questions about the College that l promised to answer in a series of reports. I have already written in Colby about ( 1 ) the co t of a Colby education (Nov. '93 ), ( 2 ) pol i t ical correctne ( A ug. '94) and ( 3 ) the importance of endowment ( Nov. '94 ). This letter ( 4) deals with tenure, teaching and cholarship, and future reports w i l l discu ( 5 ) diversity at Colby and (6) liberal art a preparation for career and for life.

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erve, the lizard squirmed gently in the pal m of Biolo� Teachmg Associate Tim Cluistensen, who held its tail gingerly be tween his thu scribe

and forefinger. As Christensen de,

o

the l izard's phy io l gy to the students clustered around

two inches of d isembod ied l izard thrashing between hi

"It'

an adaptive mechan ism," Christensen said, dang

still,acti've appendage for a l l to

e �.

liQg

the

"When a predator grabs it, the

lizard produce a chemical that a l lo s it to drop its tai l and escape.

Then it grows another tai l . " Seff,amputaring l i :ar d are ju st one o f t h e wonders o f the d e ·ert that tudents in Clara C. Piper Professor of Environmental Stud, ies Dave Firmage' J an Plan encoun tered during 22 days in the arid regi L ) n · of outheastem California.

Th i

year 1 5 Colby students, most of them biology majors,

part i c i pa ted in the Jan Plan that Firmage has offered every other year s i nc e 1 9 79.

T

he goa b of the rrogrctm have nut

Using

c h anged, accord i ng to Fi rmage ,

to

iJenr ify o

but the depth and richnc ·s of the exre r i ­

pl::i n t s-r yre

on-students spent most of the morn ing

to

give them exrosu re

to

a d i ffere n t ernsyst c m , " Fi rmagc s a i d .

o f leaf, color, flower a n J

ide n t i fying spec ies of hruh and cacti in rhe rre-,erve. That

" Most of t h ese student s

C1ft moon they fanned in fi ve three- mem -

have never been west of

t am

to c o n d u c t

the M i:-.:-.issippi, s o for r hem

"transect ," rest to deter-

this is a l l rn m p l e r e l y new.

m i ne the density of vege-

econd , we want

ro

teach

r a t i on i n a g i ven area .

t h e m fi e l d t e c h n i q u e -, .

W i t h i n t h e ecr1on that

The c lass [ back at

t h e y te�red, -,rudents f ound

olhy]

that deab w i th t hese tech-

a l m\ 1st 20 d i fferent k ind

n i qu e · i s taught i n the

of planrs. The i r name are

s p r i n g . and we u · u a I I y

as exotic

can't ger out u n t i l l ate in

�panish bayonet . Darn i ng

the term. Thi g i ves us an opportu n i ty

to

spend more t i me show ing them the:.e

a.

their set t i ng.

need le cactus. Cat's c law. Burro bu h . kunk shrub. J oshua tree . " I never real i:ed there wa

tec h n ique anJ the i r use. We want them ro be fa m i l iar w i rh what i t 's like wor k ing

o much

Lhersity," ·aid Adam Wolk '97 from Davis, a l if. " ] had al ways e n v i ioned t h e desert

in a field s i t u a t i on . "

a thi- flat, barren wasteland."

"Student5 come out here ·ay i ng they thought the desert was such a l i fe le · place,"

There were, however, some p laces that

Firm age said. "By the time rhe y leave

were v irtually devoid of l ife , e·pec i a l ! y

they're a l l say i ng, ' [ c a n ' t be l ieve how

Death Valley National Park, in which the

much l i fe there is here . "' On their first

sr uderw ·ren t a day early in rheir trip.

day i n the field students a lready were be-

Bl isteringly hor i n sum mer-a tempera-

ginning to understand l ife i n the desert .

r u re of 1 34 degrees Fahrenhe i t , for many

Jared Fine '98 holds the wil end .

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hot a n i t'. guiJe

ence have i n c reaseJ w i t h every t n r . " W e want fi r t of a l l

C O L fl Y

<l

v a r i o u s c h arac tl.' r i s t i c s of i n d i v i d u a l

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14

years the world record, was recorded at

ing biology here seemed a contradiction

Furnace Creek in 1 9 1 3-Death Valley

in terms. However, student

during the winter months is sl ightly more

absence of biodiversity as fasc inating as

hos p i t a b l e but no less awesome. At

the plethora of vegetation they had found

found the

Badwater, so named because of the high

the day before in the Moj ave. In Death

salt content in the pools that form here ,

Valley-where wind , heat and shifting

the altimeter measured 282 feet below sea

rock set the agenda for whatever life ex­

level, the lowest land point in North

ists-students' perspective about the re­

America. Relentle s winds gusting upwards

lationship between humans and their

of 70 mile per hour did not deter student

environment began to change.

from w a l k i ng onto

Jared Fine '98, of

the salt flats to better

Westbury, N.Y., said

explore this unique

thedesert forced him

geolog ical phenom-

to confront an en-

enon. Later in the day students

v i ronment harsh

c r a m b l ed

e n o u o h to

through the narrow

resi t

human e n c ro a c h -

natural canyons of t h e Black Mountain

ment. "I'm learning there are places be­

footh i l l in an area known as Artist's Pal-

sides New York C i ty," he said. "There are

ette because of the shades of violet, green

so many other environments, and now I

and orange rock created by decomposing

j ust want to see them a l l . " The trip t o Death Val ley was eye-open-

volcanic ash. O n e tudent described Death Val ley as a "moon cape," and the charac-

ing and provocative for all of the students,

terization wa apt. Other than a few creo-

but for some, l i ke David O'Connor of

truggled to survive on

Waterford, Ireland , the experience pro­

the fringe of the canyon, the only life

vided a imple but profound poignancy.

visible all day wa a coyote that wandered

When asked to characterize his experi­

within a few feet of the road and pau ed for

ence in one sentence, O'Connor rep! ied:

students to get a better look . I ndeed, study-

"I saw a coyote . "

sore bushes that

Stud.ems test vegetation demity .

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It' s a Junqle Out There were

in science. "I would imagine it's import­

tr mping through the desert in California,

Whi le Dave Firmage'

student

ant in every field, but it's e pecially impor­

Vi iting A si tant Profe or of Biology Bill

tant in biology becau e you are dealing

Romey was leading another group into the

with phy ical bject you have to hold and

rain fore t of Ecuador.

touch and examine," he aid.

And j ust a the Mojave De ert exper­ ience enriched tudents' understanding the i ue

f

The phy ical demands placed upon tu­ dent

in Ecuador al o contribute to the

urrounding its pre ervati n, the

educational experience, Romey ay . "A

Ecuador aip clarified for Romey's tudents

Lot of people have never been immersed in

thecomplication of u tainingbiodiver ity

a cul ture-particularly one where they

while providing for

couldn't speak En­

human need .

g l i h fre e l y- t h a t

The theme of the

d o e n't offer

ome

Ecuador Jan Plan was

basic thing

human and environ­

u ed to. The bed we

they're

mental concerns re­

leep on are basically

lated to rain fore t

a thin bit of foam on

destruction. Organ­ ized by Colby gradu­

BILL ROMEY

a piece ofboard. Most of the time if there i

ate Abigail Rome '78, who has worked since

a shower available at all it' a cold shower.

1 990 to preserve Ecuador's eco ystems, the

The food i quite plain, u ually a bowl of

trip put students in touch with Ecuadorean

potato soup and some rice."

officials and scientists and with "squatters" who Live and hunt in national parks. " I n this environment students get to see that there are very poor people who

Students

pent long hours hiking at

high elevations to v i llages accessible only by a crude cow path. ' I t's no vacation," Romey said.

really have no choice but to go in and

Romey expects some of the students will

hunt game in the nat ional parks," Romey

look back years from now and see their ex­

said. "When you read about that, you

perience in Ecuador as a major influence in

might say, 'K ick 'em out, lock 'em up, put

their lives. A similar trip led to Romey's deci­

'em i n jail,' but being there you see that

sion to pursue the study of animal behavior.

you must balance saving the animals w i th

"It was on the island ofTonga and a research­

people's livelihoods."

er who was studying humpbacked whales

Like Firrnage, Romey believes that the Jan Plan is cruc ial to students' educations

invited me to go out with him. There's just no substitute for that kind of experience."

W

eary . hu ngry and red-e yed . their

a l ly 'haring each other\ �race i n a "hl rn1e"

hoots c ru �ted \\'i th -.. a l t from th e

th.at \\'as

rad ical dq,arturc fn 1m their

tr<lLl i t ional rn l leg e �erring. The\' ,t,1ycd at a c , 1m pu u n k noll'n a� T h e De,en , tudie,

trudged i1m1 a re�rn urant i n Baker, Calif.

e g

a

d

flom of De a th \1;1l b· . the Colh\' 'tudcnt'

c

( H,1mc ,1f th e Wnrld\ T a l le ' t Thenrn1m-

Cen ter, llperated hy C;1 l ifnrnia , r a t e Uni­

c tcr ) for the i r e\ · ni n meal. W i thin min­

H'r� i ty-Ful l enon . L i t ra l h·

u tes n n c - l rn e n;- m n' r a t the ex�' en �

former lwal t h 'Pa

c

of

the re�taur;mt\ name, Bun Boy-\l'ere n i l l ­

\\':1�

,m

l1a,i�. the

acce��ihle unl\' h·

<1

n 1c h , a t t i me,; bare l y pa"ahle, mad i n t h e

ing l ik e t u mhle\\'Ced,.

de ·en i nt e ril1r There \\·a.; ,me

Burger� ;r nd �hake� ;1l l

o pe n - a i r , ClHnmunal

shu\\'er room, �parr,m k1dgt u reJ s r a r r i ng \\' i t h t h e wai ters.

" Do n ' t

g e t u�ed

ing and l i ttle in the \\'Cl)' Llf

rn

entert a in men t. After their

t h i - , " F i rm ag e ro l d t h e

e\'ening c lassroom session

group through t h e c h a t te r

with Chri. tensen and

and b ites of Ru n Boy -pe­

F i rmage, students usually

c ials. "Thi - i� t ie last treat

broke into small g ro u p s

for a while. "

p lay c ard , talk or write let­

As t hey pi le d intn t h e i r

ro

ters. Yet they responded

van for the return trip, still j oking and

well to the s i m p l ic i ty of the l i festyle and

laugh i ng, it wa c lear that after only two

the lack of modern con\'en iences.

day together the e 1 5 Co l by .tudent al­

M a rc H e b e r t , a s o p h o m ore from

ready were a commun i ty . Out here in the

Madawaska, Maine, said the Jan Plan for

Big Empty, gett ing a long was one of the

him was much more than an academic ex-

most important lessons of the uip.

perience; it was a t ime for personal growth.

Thrown together for more than three

'This trip had a lot offirsts for me. It was the

week , the tudents l ived with an intensi ty

first time I had ever flown, the first time I 'd

few had ever experienced-l iving, cook­

traveled out of the East, the first t i me I had

ing, eating, trave l i ng together and gener-

been

to

the desert and the first time I 've

Amy Foner '98 analyzes

a burro bus h .

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J 1 \'L'\.I \\" J l h , l Jl1 1t hl'r gn lUJ1 1 1( rel lJ'k•

11 1

thJ\

J 1 k c thc rL' \\';I\ \ \ l l 11l' t h 1 ng J l l j .,-, j ng i n m y

k 1 ml d ' 1 t t1 . l l 11 m ," hL· '' l lL I . " I r h ; 1 ' rc; d l y

cJuL < J t l ! in , ; m J n1 111· I k now wh; i r i t was,"

\ lJ'L·ncJ llr . 1 l1 1t 1 11 Ill'\\' rh rng' I m

nw.

"

R cg.m -, . 1 1 L I . " Re i n g h e re ; 1 11d .,ec ing the Je,l' rt fi r'I h.md i -, ',( ) lll l l l h l lll ire re \'c:; 1 I 1 ng

F 1 rm.l,l'.L' . i c k nu\1·lcJge' th;1t r;1rr d l he

l h,rn rc; 1 J i n g , 1 h1 1U t I t J I) , l hoo k . "

L'J UC H i l lJl , d \'; i J Ue 1 1! tlw llc,ert j ; J l l r i . 1 1 1 j , the "gn 1 1 1 p J y n . 1 m 1c," 1 h . l l . i re m 1rk<:J 1 n1 t . i

F 1 rmagL' hL· l ie \·e, t h ; 1 t J ; m r l . m

1 1 1 1 1,t 1 1llp1 1rt < 1 n t t h i ng 11·c Jo" for 'c icnce

h d n 1L'' Im p l . 1 1 1 1 1 1 ng , 1 11LI J'rL'J'< l n ng llll'< i l

lll . I J \ l r' , 1 11 J n \ l n - , c 1 c n c c m . 1 J o r' a l i k e .

l·ad1 J , 1 y . Th1.·y , i J,l 1 11·e rL' re'J'l HN hle fl11·

"We '\'l' h;1J c . h1.''- l ll ll'h 1 ch j ; m rl,m, h , 1 \'c llct crm 1 11eLl ,ruJent,' cin:cr

ll1L'l l l ; l l)J I; >r 'J'L'L if IOl'll lrL J -

r·.J a n , , " he ,,l JLJ. " M a n y ' t u -

1 11 !_! <1nJ me.1,uri n!..! 1 1t ch t,1.

dent-.. h ; t \'e tulJ

me

,i ft cr

j <1 r e J F 1 1w , t h e N L· 11·

!.!l l l n g tl l i..: r ; 1 J u,l t l' ,c h rn 1 l

Yl 11-k n . i rn·e, ,,1 1,I the eJ u -

r h , 1 t t h 1 , c x r•enence hi:lpeJ

c a t i l m a l a'pec r li( the r rq1

t l1L'lll J'rq1a rl' hec.1u'c they

didn't enJ wnh t he J 1 ,cu'-

h<1Li lwen I ll the f1 e l J ;mJ

, 1 um a hl iut J' l a n t ' anll a n 1 -

u'L'll the,1.' tec hn ique.,."

m a k "Th i, 1 ' not j ll',t ;1h1 lllt

FPr rn 1n -,c 1ence maim�.

h 1 o l 1 1g y , " h e -.. a i d . "The

he ,,1y,, expl 1,ure t1 1 field

1 1 thcr n ight \\'C <;tayed LIJ'

'C Jence !'fl l\'idc. C \ ln tCXt f or em·rn mlllcn t;1 l i,:-ue' that :rudent' \\' i l l he

late ha\' i n g a p h i l 1 1,ophy d i :-c u.,,ill11. Thcr1.·\ m u c h mure

tu

conce rned a h 1 1 u r At er c 1 1 l l ege. I n t h e

le;1rn here t h a n I en:r \\'l l u i J

Mnj a\'e, fur example, F 1 rmage a n d Chris-

h a \·e i mag1 11ed . " Experien t i a l learn i ng wa:, new f or mu:-t

tcn,en de�crihed hnw gra : i ng righ ts had

of the student,, and they l ik ed it. Da\ ' i d

been an i'suc i n rhe dchare nver whether

Regan, a �ophomorc from Li. hon Fa ! Is,

the federal gnvemmcnt should �et aside

M a i ne , sa i d r he Mojave J an Plan "hroug h t

r a n - nf the de�ert a · rwt innal preserves.

the text books

to

" When wc t a l k abou t t hese issues and we're

l ife . "

actually stand i ng i n t h e pl ace and examin-

" I 've rea l l y l iked Colhy, hut I have fe l t

Dave Firmage has led deserr ) an Plans since 1 9 79 .

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"the

. 1 re,u l i . SruJL·n t c rc\1·, 11·erL' L'. l \'1.'n rL''i'' 1n,1 -

h·L'J'l llg t r. 11. kl if hl·kl cqu q'-

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i ng the ec,1system that is being affected, stu-

annu<1lly pru\·ides as,istancc f ur �[lJdcnr-,

dents hm-e a much greater understanding of

\\'hn cannot alford the trip. "\Xie J idn't

the complex i ties in\'oh-ed ," Finnage said.

thi� to becume <Ul exclu:iYe exrenence," he

1\·anr

'<11d. " I t\ :uch <Ul important part of our pw-

Caroline Ketcham, a j un ior from Prath-

to

er, Cal if. , says she has dm·en thwu�h the

gram that 1t \\'Ouldn't be right

limit it to

Mojm·e ·e\·eral time · but al\\'ays \ 'ie\\'ed it

m1dents \\'hu could affnrLI the full cost."

as a "dull, lifeless place." "When I heard they

F 1 rmage said that students 1\'hn s ign up

were hm·ing a J an Plan out here I figured

for the M,1ja\·e Jan Plan don 't expec t a

there must be something more interesting,"

\·acat ton. "Th is is defi n i t e ly not C l ub

she said. Nu\\', she says, she

Med," he said. The kno\\' 1-

under t ands em· i wnmen-

edge and self-kno\\'ledge

tal ists' concerns abl1ut the

that student. acqu ire dur-

fragi l i ty uf the desert em-

ing the three \\·eeks i n the

system and the beauty that

desert are e\· ident i n j uur-

·hould be rreserYed.

nal e n t r i es \\·hose tones

"The desert gets i n your

range from ra\\' exc i tement

b lood , " F i rm< ge said. "l

t o w id e - eyed a\\' e . The

k no\\' I mis" it ir l ' m a\\'ay

journals reflec t al l of the

for too long . "

grandeur a n d harshness o f the desert en\' ironmen t ,

C h r i tensen ·aid, "Oc c a iona l trips

to

and t h e y reveal the spirits of c urious learn-

t h e de e r t are reJ u\'enat-

er

ing" partly because it contrasts with M a i ne

and fun - lov i ng young adu lts.

oah

are o drama t i c . "It' so \·ast; the hori:on is

O\\'en-Ashley, a first-year from Essex

u n i n te rrupted," he said. "Also, it's nice to

J u nct ion, V t . , de c ribed the b iolog i c a l and c u l tural lesson of h is desert experi -

get a w a y from M a i n e winter-."

F i rmage i s e pec i a l l y p l e ased that

ence i n an ep igram that may b est repre-

Colby can offer the de en J an Plan to tu-

sent the c o l lect ive mood of his program

of mean . Past foundation

mates. "The desert," he said, " is burro

dent regardle

bush and Bun Boy. "

upport has created a scholarship pool that

Tim Christensen describes

deserr flora .

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Character Studies

by Lynn Sullivan '89 Majester (Stewart) A b d u l -Ja l i l a n d A n i ta Terry, both C lass of ' 8 9 , ex perienced the death of a

parent at d i fferent times in their l ives and under very d i ffere n t c i rcumstan ces. Their private reactions as t h ey put t h e i r l ives together d i sp l ay a common courage, res i l ience and desi re to h elp others . Today Abdul -Ja l i l has comp l e ted his second year at Morehouse Sch o o l of Medicine, and Terry is i n her fi nal semester at D u ke Law Sch o o l .

A

l t hough h i· father has heen Jead for 1 7 year , Ahd u l -J a l i l say

he'll never forget that Jay after Chmtmas tn 1 97 8 that contin­

ues to infl u e nce h i s l ife.

l ife and perhaps aveJ tt. " H yde i

more concerned with personal growth, ini t iative and

motiva t ion," sa1J AbJu l-J a l i l . " H yde helped me get back on trac k . "

These days h e has taken upon h i mself some of rhe hurJcns left

beh ind in t h e wake of hi· father's death while cont i n u i ng to pursue h is l i fel ong dream of hecom i ng a doctor. Abdul-Jal i i is on a year-long

He says he hope H yde help5 get Corey back o n track a we l l .

O n ad v i ce from a teacher at H yde, A bd u l -J a l i i deferred a t tend­ i ng

y rac use U n i v ersity anJ re m a i n ed in Bath another year to

h i atus from Morehouse to attend to fam i l y matters. H is mother's

apply to Co l h y . H e became t he fi r t member of h i fa m i l y to earn

brea t cancer, first di agnosed tn 19 7, has returned, a brother d i ed of

a c o l l ege degree.

A I DS in February and another brother has been d i agnosed wit h

Abdu l -J a l i l attr ibute

his per everance and per onal ach ieve­

A I DS. He travels between New York and A t l an ta to ensure that h i

ments to hi · I · la mi c fai t h . He converted to I lam in 1 986 and in 1 99 1

brother a n d mother a r e rec e i v i ng proper med ical care.

changed h i

A bd u l -J a l i l has also become a

urmgatc father to ·ome fam i l y

member . H e w e n t to Denver w h e n he nottced h i

name, which mean

nephew Corey

"Islam keep me focu ed. It helped me get through Colby and l am

drifti ng emotion a l l y and academica l l y under lax parental gu idance.

thankful for that,"

H e even t u a l l y helped get

A n ne Burger '89.

orey a 'cholarship to the Hyde

Bath, Maine, Abd u l -J a l i l 's alma mater. He hope

chool in

to get a similar

l i tera l l y " ervant o f the one who

hould be revered." aid A bd u l -J a l i l , who married Colby classmate

After grad uating from Colby with a degree in biology, Abdul-J a l i l

scholar h i p for Corey's younger sister next year. The stra i n , he ays,

worked r w o year a an emergency med ical tec h n ic ian, wh ich pro­

is sign ificant but manageable. Despite the

v ided experience in the med ical field and better prepared him for

eemingly Jaunt ing cir­

c u mstances, he rem a i ns committed to becoming a physician and re turn i ng to his old neighborhood in New York City.

med ical sc hoo l. In the fall of 1 99 1 , a year after being accepted, he began a five-year program at Morehou e , in A tlanta.

In t he s u m me r of 1 99 3 A bd u l -J a l i l worked a t H a rv a rd M ed i ­

Born in H a rlem, Abdul-J a l i l was the youngest of eight c h i ldren.

On the ucce

of h i s father's restaurant business, the fa m i l y was able

cal

c hool researc h i n g ped i a t r i c A I DS t es t i ng m e thod for t h e

to move from their tenement b u i l d i ng to their own home in a safer

C h i ldren's H o p i t a ! of Boston a n d t h e D u P o n t Corpora t i o n .

Bronx neighborhood when he was 5.

L a s t u m m e r h e worked at a c l i n ic i n V i l l a R i c a , G a.-t h e o n l y

A bd u l -J a l i l was only 1 1 when hi father wa · murdered. The event sent h is l i fe sp i n n ing out of control, he says.

" [ didn't deal with

my father's death very we l l , " he said. "My mom

fac i l i t y between A t l a n ta a n d the A labama border-w h i c h a w m o r e t h a n 300 p a t i e n ts d a ily and gave A bd u l -J a l i l the oppor t u ­ n i t y " t o d o e v e ry t h i n g from d ea l i n g w i t h newborns to ger i a t r i c s . "

had to go back to work , l d idn't have any uperv ision and I j u·t d idn't

" M y dream haven't a l l d ied, they've j ust been put on h o l d for a

care about th ings that m u c h . Ages eleven to t h i rteen were tough

whi le," a id Abdul-J a l i l about the c u rrent interruption in h i med ical

ti mes for m e . "

school train i ng. " I t's u p to me to have fait h that what God plans for

H is mother, Marion Stewart, o n e of the m a n y role models h e ' s had throughout the years, knew omeone who e c h i ld attended the H yde School .

he encou raged her son to visit, and A bd ul -J a l i i says he fel l

in love w i th t h e chool at first sigh t .

H e says he k n e w h is opt ions were to s t a y home a n d g e t i n to more trouble or go to H yde. H e chose Hyde-a decis ion that changed his

me is better than what l plan for myself."

He says he'd l ike to get h is master's i n public heal th in add i t ion to h i s M . D. and then return to the Bronx to give back to the comm u n i ty where he grew up. "The Bronx rea l l y needs good physi­ c ians to come back, " he said. "When people make it, they leave, they don 't come bac k . l want to come back."

A

few months before A n i t a Terry was to leave for a Ph . D . program i n phi losophy a t the U n i vers i ty of Connec t i c u t ,

he learned that her father w a s d y i ng of c a n c e r . T h e U n i ted Methodi t m i n ister turned philo ¡ophy and religion profe sor did not have long to l i v e . Terry h ad been \\"O rking i n Col by' A d m i -

he says she coped well with her father's death because she had

t ime to tell him how much

he loved him and h is death wa n't

unexpected. Most important, she says, she was able to ay goodbye and relive many family memories with h im i n h is final day .

"It' not like you ever stop being sad," said Terry. "There are t i mes

sions Offi ce s i nce graduatmg three year earlier and wanted to

that I'll think about omething and want to tell my dad and then say ,

rake her education a step fu rther. Bu

'Oh, yeah, he's not around anymore."'

she deferred a t te n d i n g

Conne c t i c u t , n o t wanti ng to m ake any maj or commit ment while her dad w a so i ll.

During tha t time s h e happened to p eak to Vice Pre id ent for

Academic Affa ir and Dean of Faculty Robert McArthur regarding her choice of Ph.D. programs.

Terry endured: law chool enabled her to concentrate on thing other than her father and her family, and hi death gave her a greater perspec t ive on life and living.

"For law students it's very important to get good grades, but I could not have cared !es because of my father's death ," he recalled. " I n the

"When I talked to Bob he asked me if I 'd thought about going to law school," said Terry, who now says she may have been opting for phi lo ophy to please her father. "I thought about [ law chool] in high school a little, but never at Colby."

end that helped me a lot becau e I was more relaxed than other student . And now, ometimes l worry because I don't pani c. " As editor-in-chief of the Duk e l a w j ourna l , Terry reveals a spirit sim ilar to that d i played during her Colby days--d istingui hed by a n

She changed cour e and planned for law chool. Terry mis ed only

ent hu ias m for meet i ng people, s i nging a nd t h e p ur u i t of knowledge.

four questions on the L AT, scoring 1 79 of a po sible 1 0. She wa

(The law journal editor a t many law chools is the top student i n the

accepted at several school and opted for Duke.

class; at Duke members of the journal elect their editor. )

" ] liked philosophy," said Terry, whose concentration at Colby was in women'

tudies. "My dad taught philosophy at a local college

After her fir t year in law school Terry returned to M a i ne to work in the U . . Attorney's office in Bangor. Last summer she split her

[in Iowa], and for me i t was challenging and inrere t i ng wh ile an

t ime between law firms i n Boston and P h i ladelphia. When she

undergrad. But i t j u t didn't feel right."

graduate i n May he will head to J ack onville , Fla . , where she will

Choo i ng a small chool l i ke Duke-with only 1 80 students i n her

clerk for J udge Gerald Tjoflat, ChiefJudge of the 1 1 th Circuit Court

cla s-was a good deci ion, ays Terry. During her first semester­

of Appeal . She says he will consider working as a public defender or

many law students' most inren e and demand ing time-her father

as an adm i ni trator for a non-profit group and dreams of returning to

died.

Maine to teach at Maine Law School i n Portland.

he left chool for three weeks.

"If I had gone anywhere el e," she explained, "I probably would

" I'm not really interested i n working in a law firm," Terry aid,

have had to drop out of chool. But rhe professors made sure people

despite the lucrative offer she received from a P h i ladelphia firm.

were taking notes for me, they sent me my book

"The money is hard to tum down. But I have this bleeding-heart

helped out. It was the be t that it could be."

and people ju t

liberal de ire to help other , which i n t easy at a b ig law firm."

LL

T

he first time Doris Keams Goodwin '64 met President Lyndon John on, they danced. Literally and figuratively.

Goodwin went to Wa hington in 1 967 a a White Hou e Fellow, nominared for the program by Colby professor A l Ma rinac. After t h e induc tion ceremony, she attended a oiree given by the president that was packed with the most important people in government. Already angling to get Goodwin on hi raff, Johnson swooped her around the ballroom, making mall talk. He asked her if he had a lot of energy.

paper the next day; I thought he wouldn't know what happened if I didn't tell him")-and she'll tell you about the hearcbreak of the Dodger ' move to Los Angele a if it happened yesterday.

She provides lively political commentary for a weekly, Bo ron­ based relevi ion program, and he' been wowing audience and interv iewers on the book-tour circuit since No Ordinary Time wa

publi hed. Scheduled to

peak on Mayflower Hill this

month, in January she held a record-breaking Colby Club of

"Well," Goodw in said, "I hear you only need five hours of leep, but I need only four

she was a li ttle girl ( " I didn't know they put all that ruff in the

Bo ton crowd spellbound through a 4 5 - minute talk about the

o it

Roo e v e l t book , having d rawn

rand to reason that I 've got even

more than 300 soul to Wellesley

more energy than you . " Johnson

College on a m iserable, driz:ly

countered that when he was a young

even ing that begged for home ,

man he, too, had hated to s leep, but

hearth and hot toddie .

the burden of h is office made re t

Goodwin'

more important . Then he went on

formu la for uccess

goe beyond charm and intelligence.

to his next partner.

As a Colby tudent he wa noted

The anecdote, told in Goodwin'

for spending hours in Mi ller Library,

fir t book, Lyndon Johnson and the

poring over books and periodical ,

writing papers-finding things out. A

American Dream ( Andre Deur ch, 1 9 7 6 ) , say a much about Goodwin

voraciou

a

Goodwin ha u ed her endeavors to

i t doe

about the notoriou ly

competitive J ohn on, who couldn't

learner then and now,

pile knowledge upon knowledge.

bear to lo e even a sleep-depriva­

he went from Colby to grad u­

tion contest. Whether or not he's

ate school at Harvard and then to

ge t t ing more

leep the e day ,

Goodwin hasn't lo t a

the White House. After John on

rep. Her

left the pre idency, Goodwin ac ­

book., med ia interv iew and per-

cepted a teac h i ng pos i t ion in

onal appearance are te t imony to

Harvard's government department

the level of energy he maintain .

and , for the n e x t fo u r y e a r s ,

Hi torian, biographer, pol it ical

shutt led between Cambridge and

commentator, baseball avant and

J ohnson' ranch on the Pedernales

friend to pre ident , Goodwin' ca­

River in Texa

reer highs have been meteoric. Bur

comp i ling h i memoir . She mar­

even for her, 1 994-9 5 ha

been

Goodwin and her husband, Richard , in her study.

to as i t him in

ried Richard Goodwin, a wri ter/

memorable. he' appeared everywhere, from Ken Bums's "Ba e­

attorney and a former peechwriter for J ohn F. Kennedy and

ball" documentary to The MacNeil/Lehrer

for J ohn on. Hi contacts with the Kennedy family helped

major television morning how, C- PA

ewsHour to every , all the important

her gain acce s to never-before-publi hed paper

tored at the

new paper , PB and Arts & Entertainment Channel program ,

Kennedy compound in Hyanni

national radio and The

published The Fit�eralds and the Kennedys , An American Saga

ew York Times best- eller Ii t. Her late t book, No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II ( imon & Schu ter, 1 994 ) , ha

( S imon & Schu ter ) , which wa

Port, M a . In 19 7 the ba i

he

for ABC-TV's

erie "The Kennedy of Ma achu etts."

found ardent fan acros the country-including President and

Each of her book pre ented unique challenge , Goodwin

Mr . Clinton-and will be adapted for a televi ion mini erie .

ay . "When I wrote the Johnson book I wasn't thinking of

Goodwin's popularity is a ea y to under rand as her gift are

myself a a hi torian so much-or a a writer-but rather a

extraordinary. She ha the wealth of material and timing of a

omeone who had this \.\ Onderful material and wa trying to

easoned raconteur and the charm of an accompli hed, con­

under rand it. I r's not really a full-scale biography a much as a

tented woman. In writing and peaking, her enthu ia m bur ts

character study of Dohn on] ." Lyndon Johnson wa a critical and

through every story, making it eem a though each telling is the

popular success, and the confidence it gave Goodwin led her to

flrsr.

experiment more with her writing. In The Fitzgeralds and The

he delightedly describe her fanaticism for baseball- he

Kennedys, he says, he set out to create a world for reader .

recounted entire Brooklyn Dodgers game for her father when

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work i ng t h a t m u c h harJer to fu lfi l l her prom i!:>e. B u t s h e al o i avvy enough to use her hushanJ's infl uence to push her agenda.

J ust a� The Ficzgeralds and the Kennedys proved to Go dwin

that he was a writer, No Ordinary Time gave her a chance to grow as a h i::.tor i a n . I t was the fir t hook for which she had no spec ial acce s to the subject and , l i ke the Kennedy book, wa written after years of metic u l ous res arch-inc luding combing the holJ ing!> at the Roosevelt l i brary in H yde Park, N.Y., and conduct i ng hu nJreJs of intervi ew� with the Roo·evelt ' c h i l ­ Jren , gra nJ c h i ldren, other re l a t i ves an<l friend

a n d with

Roo cve lt-watcher .

If G ood w i n had a n y t h i n g to prove-to herse l f or anyone e l se-she succeeJed. A mong all the scholars who have w r i t ­ ten ahout the R oose velt , Good w i n i

The phone is seldom silent at the Goodwin home . in demand cakes a call from a TV re/)(J rtcr.

_J

Abot•e , che author

offers new i n ights i n to the Roose v e l t s ' l i ves ba ed on the l og , which recorded the coming

anJ going

Eleanor and the i r n u mero u s fnen<l

" I had to tart th i n k i ng ahout the craft of wri t i ng , which I real l y hadn't done ," G ood win s a i J .

year

"] tarteJ read i ng a l l the

of Roo eve l t '

of Frank l i n ,

and gue t o v e r the 1 2

pre idency. The log

were Good w i n ' s

w a y of penetra t i n g the l ayers of respec t fu l

i l ence that o n c e

protected p r e ident

be t h i s rory books I could fi n d , reaJ i ng no" cb. That \\'<1 the

the fi r t to m a k e

e x t e n : i ve u e of d a i l y Ing kept by Wh i te H o u e u·her . She

from go

ip abou t the i r p r i v a t e l i ve .

fir t t i me I tried to figure out, ' H ow am I going t o dn t h is ?"' Her

Part l y thro ugh t h e m , for inHance,

efforts paid off on a

R oo evelr each i n t a i l ed an entourage i n the W h i te H o u e.

c a l e that \\'Ould lea\'e most fledgl i ng

wri ters breath less-The F i t zgernlds and che Kennedys \\'a

a

Fra n k l i n 's ecre tary , Mi

he l earned that the

y Le Hand, l i ved there u n t i l he had

a troke i n her m i d - 3 0 - . Hi be t fr iend, H arry Hopk i n s , took

n u mber-one be t e l ler.

Goodwin refined her sk i l ls funher w i t h No Ordinary Time, in

u p re idcnce i n an up t a i rs bedroom u n t i l after h i marriage,

which the private concern· of Fra n k l i n and Eleanor Roo eve It

and a ho t of other ·-i n c l u d i ng an e x i led E u ropean prince s,

are woven i n to the tory of A merica in World War l l . The re u l t

Rooseve l t ' d a u ghter A n na anJ hi. nooty Delano cou in -

is a book whose themes are both i n t i mate and un iversa l . The myop ia of the U n i ted tate is reflected i n Frank l i n Roo evelt's grumbl i ng about poor W h i te Hou ·e c u i ­ s i n e a Europe a n d A s i a are devastated b y war. B u t at t h e same t i me, America' nat ive generos i t y glow

through the

pres ident's damned-if-1 -won 't a id to Brit­ ain i n the Lend - Lease program. I t exu­ berance rings i n h is l augh and flow ·

No I ORDINARY I TIME

c a me and went, pe nd i ng the e v e n i ngs re lax ing over d r inks and amu i ng the pre i d e n t . E leanor, who h ad no pa­ t ience for c o c k ta i ls ,

m a l l t a l k or re­

l a x a t i o n , had a ret i n u e that i n c l uded Lorena H ickok, a former j ourna l i t who l i ved at the W h i t e Hou e v i rtua l ly in ecret. The logs how that Eleanor was away from the W h i te House far more often than not, e v idence Good w i n

c l o e t re lat ionsh ip -with

u ed- i n conj u n c t ion w i t h o t h e r re­

everyone from daughter A n na to Brit ish

searc h-to portray a marriage t h a t

through hi

Prime M in i ter W inston Church i l l . I ts grit is symbo l ized in h is d a i ly struggle w i th paralysis-and i ts fear of weakness is c lear i n his refusal to adm i t publ i c ly that he couldn't walk .

E l eanor Roosevelt comes across as a product of upper-cru t neglect-an un­

evolved from m u t u a l l o v e to estrange­

lirmkli11 t11ul /:1ecmor Rooserelt: 'lhe llome Fnmt i11 'MJl'/d nt1r II

ment to adm i ra t ion to deep affe c t i o n .

DORIS KEARNS GOODWIN K1•1111e1�)'S \11thor of fill• 1-/t:.�cm/d, and /ht'

Goodwin's knack for u s i ng material such as the usher ' log a lso extend to those thing she does n ' t write-for in­ tance, that Eleanor had a l e b ian rela­ t ion hip with Lorena H ickok.

"There is a trend i n some modem

loved c h i ld , a scorned daughter- i n - law, a determined and h umorless crusader and a betrayed wife. But she

biographie

to not only go beyond spe c u lation but to put

is redeemed by late-bl ooming friendship , mainly with women,

thoughts i n people's heads and go beyond the evidence i n order

and by work. She cares pa sionate l y about soc i a l is ue and won't

to make it

l e t reform be swal lowed by the war effort. She is remarkable in

understand that de i re," she a i d . " A l l the re earch I do is in an

her own right, grad u a l l y becoming aware of her worth and

effort to make it seem a much as if you were there as pos ible.

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eem as though you are reading a novel. And I

But if you go over that line beyond the evidence and you c laim something is true j ust because you want it to be so or because it titillates the audience, then 1 think you lose the readers' trust."

Still, Goodwin's take on her ubjects hasn't been overly reverent. She has admired each of them but hasn't hesitated to write about their failings. She ays that's partly because she understands her re pan ibility as a historian to tell the truth and partly because she got to know one pre ident when she wa

o

young. " l t j ust made me think about the president in human terms," she

aid of her time with Johnson. " I n

ome ways,

probably because of seeing him day in and day out in those last years of his l ife and rea l iz ing the kind of turmo ils and ordinary struggle he was challenged by in those la t years, it made me really see beneath the formal imagery of what he was doing as a president to the private joys and adnesses he was encountering at the same time . "

More than 300 people turned out to hear Goodwin speak at a Colby Club event in Wellesley.

Chalk up her tyle, too, to "the female interest in relationships and in people," Goodwin said. She saw in Johnson's final years a cautionary tale about the price for putting one's profession above

ant revelat ions-Joe Kennedy's dec ision to order a lobotomy

all else. John on got o accu tamed to company that he could not

for daughter Rosemary without Ro e Kennedy's knowledge,

be alone-he even made aides talk to him while he sat on the

the uncovering of an anti-Sem i t i c letter written by J oe J r.­

toilet and insisted they swim with h im, doing a slow side stroke,

and Goodw in heard that some members of the family weren't

in a White House pool o choked with floating desks and drink

p leased. "But as it turned out," she a id , "they eventually read

holders and trays that there wa hardly room for people. He

the book, and becau e the Fitzgerald part was new to a lot of

sacrificed family l ife and made those who worked for him sacrifice

them they were will ing to not j ust stereotype it from what

it, too. By the time he retired to the ranch he had become uch a

they'd read in the newspapers . "

workaholic and micromanager that he tormed and fretted if his

A proposed next book may b e less likely t o ruffle egos.

chickens weren't laying enough eggs. He hoped history would

Goodwin and hu band Richard, who is the author of several

remember him for the Great Society re-

books and wrote The New Yorker's "Talk

forms, but he probably knew that he wa

of the Town" column for many years,

more likely to be remembered for escalating the Vietnam War. Goodwin's examinations of]ohnson, the Kennedys and the Roosevelts are unstintingly honest, despite her admiration for and friendships w i thin the fami l ie involved. "You have to be will ing to pay that price of some of those social relationships becoming strained, a s long as

you feel honest about what you've

done," she said. "I'm not trying to 'get' thesepeople-so there's not a tonal prob-

Goodwin offers new insights into the Roosevelts' l ives based on the daily logs kept by White House ushers, which recorded the comings and goings of

!em-but there will be things that they

Franklin, Eleanor and

don't fee l good about. If somebody were

the ir numerous friends

writing about my family I wouldn't want anything negative written e ither."

and guests.

plan to collaborate on a book that will take several presidential decisions and tell each like a story. 'Truman firing McArthur, W ilson and the League of Nat ions, Lincoln deciding to provision Fort Sumter, th�reby bringing on the Civil War . . . . It'll be l ike a biography of the presidency, in a certain sense , " Goodwin said, "because each will i llustrate a d ifferent power."

Goodwin also has been asked to write about her childhood on Long Island in the 1 950s and about the way loyalty to one of New York's three baseball teams helped new suburbanites retain their l inks with the c ity. " I 'm really tempted to do it," she said, "because I can't spend

She says she didn't worry too much

l'=====.i ten years of research on it-there won't about what J ohnson's relatives would think of Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream. "The bigger be that much. And again, it's part of that challenge of trying to

figure out a new form and whether I can do it or not. So I 've been

worry was him, even though he was dead. I sometimes have the feel ing that even now he's looking down and saying, ' How come the book on me is the shortest of the three ?"' Early reviews of The Fitzgera/.ds and the Kennedys focused on unpleas-

reading memoirs lately . . . . " Take note, a utobiographers. The compe t i t ion is about to get stiff.

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Mundy I nsp ires Pos i t ive React ions

.

B y tephen Collin ' 74

I

t' h a rd not to notice M ise I is Professor of Chem­ istry BraJford M u ndy. On the fir t day of Organic Che mis­ try c l a s i n the fall of l 99 2 , rec a l ls Sarri "Sarg " alman '94, "thi ta l l guy wa lks in wear ing boots and a b ig be lt buc k le that says " Bozeman , " and l though t , ' Boze Man ?

What i· that 1 Some k i nd of nick name ? What k i nd of profe- or is th is ?'"

I t d iJn't take long for a l man to answer h i own que tion. Bo:e man, it turneJ out, i where M u ndy used to teach in the graduate chem i try program at Mont ana tate U n i vers i t y .

And the story of M u ndy' · i m ract on Salman and that Organ ic hem istry c l as · is representa t i v e of the imprint he's made u pon Colby · i nce a rr i v i ng th ree year ago.

M undy's c redentia l - are impeccable and h is penchant for hard work is obvious, ev idenced by his d u tie· as department chair, h i workload o n t h e Promotion and Tenure Comm i ttee and his ongoing research in the field of natural produ c t synthesis. H is repu tat ion as a gifted scienti t preceded h i m , b u t i t i M u ndy's e n t h u ia m and approacha b i l i ty that students often ment ion when desc rib ing h i m .

Salman says M u ndy' " i nfec t iou love of chem i try" prompted h i m to dec lare c hem istry a a maj or even t hough i t requ i red an ex tra year on campus to fu lfi l l the req u i rement . Salman had h igh hopes for his u nder­ graduate experience, he aid recently from a lab at Bo ton College where h e is in the

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first year of a doc tora l rrogram in c h e m istry. A M u ndy's researc h as i tant, he ay , he d i :,covered "- mething I rea l l y loved . " "[ als 1 wan ted somebody to c a re ahout me and I rea l l y t h i n k M u ndy d id , " he said.

Fra nk Fava loro '96, one of �even tudent work ing w i t h M u ndy as re earc h a · ista nts t h i, �eme · ter, sw i tc hed to a chcm i:-itry­ biochem istry major after

atanol , a natu ral produc t u ed in Mex ico as a f olk meJ ic in and a contraceptive. he aid he got exci ted about chemi try a a high �cho 11 j u nior in T exa , hut it wa:. her lab work with M u ndy that com·inced

Brad M u ndy, right, d i scusses a n expenment w1th research assistants Eve lyn Ol iveras ·95 a nd Frank Favaloro '96.

ta k i ng M u ndy's organic chemi try c l as·. " He'· j u t a great, great teacher," he a i d .

Fava loro pra i e · M undy' teac h i n , h i acce s i b i l i ty and hi enthusiasm, b u t he is most awed by the depth of M undy' · knowledge. When one of the other re earch as i ran ts reported in a group sess ion that he had u eel "The M u ndy Reac t ion," as the proced u re is offi c i a l l y k nown, Favaloro w a s sold . " [ hope I c a n k now t h a t much someday," he said.

Evelyn Olivares '95 is working with M undy on a new way to ·ynrhesize z ap-

her, "Th i· is the onl th ing I know I can do every day, day in and da out."

M u ndy ay- re earch i· th cap tone of the in ·truc ­ t ional program. " I t's true," he aid. "Colby students are work ing on the a me k i nd of project· l u ed to give my Ph . D . tudents-they are engaged in h igh -level researc h . " The work goe more slowly w i th u nder­ gradu ates because they need to learn procedu res and safety habits a long w i t h the theory. " I t ' slower, b u t i t is st i l l very reward ing," he sa i d .

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mak ing molec ule to m i m i c natural ub tance produced by plant and anima ls. He has ynthesized natural sex at trac tants ( pheromone ) of pine hark beetles, Dougla Fir T us ock moths and A ian c i vet cat . He developed a new way ro make one of the ub ranee in the venom of the fire ant and recreated the tox ic oil of hem lock that k i l led aerate .

"At Colby," he expl a i ned, "we are try i ng to u nderstand how ato m uch a oxygen, n i t rogen and u l fur, when rep lac ing a carbon arom, u b tanrially a l ter how the material reac t . " I n add i t ion to ongoing re earc h , M undy ha publi hed two c hemi try textbooks ince 1 99 2 , both with aunder, , a divi ion of Harcourt Brace. But teach­ ing, he :ay , i h i greatest pa�·ion. " ! enjoy hawing youn women and men the excitement of my field. " H is career i n the c la sroom b gan in 1 96 7 at Montana tate where he worked for 2 5 years, including two detours into admini tration, a the a ·ociate dean of the college of letter- and c ience and a a National c ience Foundati n program officer in Wa h i ng­ ton, D.C. The admini trative experience helped conv ince him that "[ really l i ked my job a a professor-the teachino and re earc h . " W h e n he aw an ad fo r t h e position at Colby and how well he fit the c r i teria, he dec ided to apply. "It eemed a po i t ion de igned for me," he said. M u ndy's arrival at Colby coinc ided with a period when the

Chemistry Department was on a roll. In the last five years the number of chemistry majors has more than doubled, from 1 5 in 1 989-90 to 36 now, according to Dean of Faculty Robert McArthur.

Introductory courses are increasingly popular with non-majors as well. The number of summer re earch a sistants tripled in two years.

After a dozen years during which no chemistry faculty had received tenure, two earned tenure in the last two years-Associate Professor David Bourgaize in 1 994 and Associate Professor D .

Whitney K ing this year. A couple of major grants poured more than 2 million into upgrading the chemistry labs and expanding the depart­ ment's space into a new bridge between Keyes and Arey. And, when construc­ tion of the new Olin sc ience building i completed, chemi try will inherit

additional space.

On top of all that, this winter M undy was named a 1 994 Cam i lle & Henry Dreyfus Scholar. I n that capac ity, he will have a postdoctoral fel low working alongside him in the labor­ atories and classrooms for the next two years. J u l ie M illard , Clare Booth Luce Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and a Dreyfus postdoctoral fellow at the University of Richmond before coming to Colby, nominated Mundy for the mentorsh ip. " I t's an honor for Brad," he said. " I t's recogni­ t ion that he' an outstanding teacher and cholar."

Colby students and chemist!) professors are exc ited about having another chemi-t in the department, all expenses paid, to help with teaching and lab re earch. Mundy aid that impres ive re umes began arriving at the beginning of

the year and he expects to make his selection before graduation. " I t's really going to have a positive impact on the program," he sa id.

"This is an excit ing place ," aid M undy, who is in his second year as a fac ulty resident in Taylor Hal l . "The fac i l i t ies are out randing, the fac ulty are exc iti ng-thoroughly engaged in teaching and scholarship-and the admini stration is outstand­ ing." And despi te coming from a graduate program, he's impressed with the equipment. "People may moan, but I challenge them to vi it many state schools, and they'll know they're in hog heaven," he said. " ! wish more students had the opportunity to see other places so that they could realize the excel lence of Colby. We have v isit ing sc ientists come to our seminar program and tell the

tudents that the fac ilities are as good as many graduate programs offer. From my own experience I can agree."

McArthur ees Mundy a a case tudy of how an endowed chair can help the College . "After Frank M iselis '43, endowed the chair in chemi try we launched a nat ional search for a senior person and rec rui ted Mundy. He' had an immediate impact in chem istry, i n the c ience div ision and on Colby as a whole as a member of the Promotion and Tenure Commi ttee and as an active partic ipant in faculty recru i tment efforts. ' But the industrious Mundy is not resting on his laurels. " I t i my hope to have one of the leading under­ graduate chemistry depart­ ment in the U . S . , " he said.

"G ive us a couple of more years and I think we have a real shot to get there." +

P U N D IT S & P L A U D IT S Shelve "Mockingbird" ?

Respon d i n g to a c o n t ro v e rsy in a S p o k an e , Wa h . , high c h o o l over a t t e m p t s t o remove t h e P u l i tz e r P r i z e ­ w i n n i n g no e l To Kill a Mockingbird from fres h m a n E n ­ g l i h c l asses b e c a u e of i t s portrayal o f b l a c k , Ce d r i c G a e l Brya n t t o l d t h e Spokesman-Re view t h a t the k e y i s s u e is how t h e book is t a u g h t .

Bryant, associate professor o f Engl ish , aid T o Kill a Mockingbird i "j u t ifiably rev i led" un less it is p u t into proper context by the teacher presen t ing i t .

"The book reaffirms what already is a given for African­ Americans: that it's very easy to be vict imized without the lightest provocation and the chance go up exponentially if you are a black male," Bryant told the newspaper. "Any ix teen­ year-old black person knows there are more options [than those pre ented in the book] and rejects . . . polarized soc ial con­ struction for black men."

Bryant said To Kill a Mockingbird should be taught "because of its h istorical importance and as a metaphor for its own racial moment." But he quest ioned whether i t should be the only novel dealing with race in a h igh school l iterature curric u lum.

He suggested Toni Morrison's P u l i tzer-Prize winning novel ,

Beloved, as a n alternative.

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Shrinking Waste Line

Distingu ished Presidential Professor of American Go ern­ ment G. Calvin Mackenzie told USA Today that despite sugges­ tions to the contrary, federal government actually shrank during the first two years of President Clinton's administration.

Point ing out that the federal work force decreased by 86,000 between 1 992 and 1 994, Mackenzie said, "Government isn't getting bigger. It' gett ing smaller."

"These are some of the most s ignificant c u ts we've ever had in peace time," he said.

Guns and Butter

The Miami Herald, in a report about profiteering scheme b former m i l i tary officers in Latin American countries, quoted Associate Professor of Economics and I n ternational Studie Patrice Franko.

Franko, who has done extensive research on the Latin American defense industry, said that many of the region's largest armies are getting rid of m i litary industries established many years ago. "They are going through a divestiture," she said.

I n many countries, however, army offic ials are involved in business operations that have nothing to do with the ir country's defense, the article reported.

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Trapped 1n a C ircle of Fate B y J . Kev in

I

ool

f Maria E lena had taken

her i n su l i n , none of t h i s

wou l d h av e h ap pened .

In Cocorn t ts for che Saine, th e debut novel of V i s i t i ng

Assistant Professl1r of

Engl ish Debra Spark, fate i s a m a i n character.

c t in San J ua n , Puerto Rico, oco n w s is the stnry of M aria E lena, a hip 30- omething art ga ll e ry e m p l o ye e who l i tera l l y stum hles i n to the l ive� o f a handsl1mc wido\\'cr and h i s t r i p l e t da ughters. When she c o l la p · e s in a d i ab t i fa i n t in front n f a �rn a l l hakcry operated by the w idower, Sandrofo, she i s revived by morse ls of wedding cake he ha s p re p a red. The i r c h anc e rn e e t i n g ·ct:, in mot ion a swirl of ev n t s that e x a m ines the role fate plays i n det r m i nin g i den t i t y .

The stury takes rla c i n the l a t 1 9 70, , 1 0 year- after

� park uses an unu::iu<il com h i nation l )f fi rst - and third-per�un narra wr , a l ll)w i ng the three girb and M�nia E l ena tu de sc ri he the same events in their own voices. The :itory often b a c kpedals tO a new version defined from the per-pec t i vc of the narrator. Spark :-.ay �he u :-.ed rhi:-. device tu dra w \ lU t the per onalitie- of her

t h a t t h e i r fa t h e r i an e n i g m a , but wh i l e Tata and M e l one pass thi off casu­ a l l y , Bea t r i z fear that h e r fa m i l y i doom e d . Bea t r i z ' a n x i e t y i n ten i f i e M a r i a drun ken e c c e n t r i c w h o each

E l e na's a t te m p t to l e a r n t h e

year ·elect� a different per­ �nn on t he i land to i m i t a te .

A lthough tl1e m a l e chara c ­ ter arc " lo er- , " pa rk · a y , Co onws i:, not driven by a

truth 2 bo u t

to

androfo a

i m itate,

M a r i a Elena p l a y along,

androfo' past.

about

A nge l o g i ves a hoc k i ng l i tany of mi c h i e f and m a yhe m-drug , rob b e r i e

fa m i l y betrayal -that leave

Maria Elena un­

sctt leJ b u t no c lo er t o the t ru t h . I n fac t , A n g e l o

e

ha f ore hadowed an o m i n ou

reve l a t i o n .

Even a M a r i a Elena mbrace the role of urro­

e

gate mother, -he works harder to fi l l i n the gaps in

androfo has mm·ed w i t h h i s daughters frnrn

Angelo ·e l ec ts h i s ·u bj ec t

a k in g him t o pec u l ate

e

e

and rofo a n d

h i s fa m i l y ' o r i g i n . W h e n

her adopted fam i ly' h is tory.

ew Ynrk

The tac i tu rn

and rofo i no

City to take over the bakery ,

help, con tantl

wh ich ( we l a ter learn ) he i nheri ted from h i · mother­

"It' of no i mportance" whe a ked about h i pre - Puerto

i n - la w . He and the g i rl · have

R ican days. Finally, a trip to

l ived s i mple, u ncompl i c a ted

the local l i brary and ome

l i ves before Maria Elena

i nvestigative work lead

appears. Sandrofo and Maria

s

repeat i ng,

Maria Elena to the truth.

Elena beg i n a cou rtsh i p , fall

fou r m a i n chara c ters. "None

fem i n i t per pec t i v e . "I gue

in love and even t u a l l y plan

of them were re l iable

you could i n terpret it that

who confe e that he is not

to marry. B u t as the i r

narrators on their own , " she

way, but that's not what I e t

who he c l a i ms to be.

relat ionship evolves, M a r i a

aid. "I w a nted

to

see the

E lena is nagged by doubt-.

same events through each of

A lthough she m is t rusts her

the charac ters' eyes . "

i n t u i tion, she is bothered

out to d o , " s h e a i d .

T h e relat ionships among

T h e three m a le c harac­

he confront Sand rofo,

Sandrofo, i t seems, bel ieve one can change

the triplets articu late Spark's

iden t i t ies l ike coats. B u t

theme abo u t the search for

Maria E lena, w i t h Beatriz's

by Sandrofo's shadowy

ters i n t he book all are de­

iden t i ty . Tata i s self-as ured

help, comes to understand

h is tory and h is u nw i l l i ng­

scribed i n the t h i rd per on.

and pop u l ar; M elone is " the

that who we are is a product

mart one," w i t ty and self­

of the sum of our l ive . "FatE

ness to d iscuss it. Mean­

I n add i t ion to Sandrofo are

while, the triplets-Tata,

Rayovac ( yes, l ike the

depre c a t i n g ; a n d B e a t r i z i s

i s identity," Maria Elena's

Beatriz and M elone-are

battery ) , who lobbies for a

q u i e t a n d i n t rospec t i ve and

friend Lucia tells her. "You

deali ng w i th their own fears,

job at the bakery to be near­

more than a l i t t l e n e u ro t i c .

aren't your c hoice , but you

des i res and i nsec u r i t ies.

er to M e lone, and A nge lo, a

A l l of t h e m u n d e rstand

are the produ c t of what is

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Fresh Prin ts

Arendell's examination of "gender strategies" employed by men in her research group reveals the extent to which soc iety influences behavior after d ivorce. Parenting activities and relat ionships driven by a "mascu l i ne discourse of d ivorce" is a primary focus of the book.

Arendell ays men who were committed to tradit ional beliefs about gender d ifferences and whose views about men 's and women's respective family roles were convent ional were most l ikely to engage in long-term overt conflict w ith the ir former w ives. She sees this as more evidence of men's reluc­ tance to let go of male prerogative.

An earlier book by Arendell, Mothers and Divorce: Legal, Eco­ nomic, and Social Dilemmas, dealt with women's roles after divorce.

Luisa Gonzalez At th e Bottom: A Woman 's L ife in Central A m e rica Edited by Robert F re n c h ' 7 0 New E a rth P u b l ications Thi English translation of the award­ w inning book by Costa Rican author Luisa Gonzalez recounts the story of Gonzalez's mother, an illiterate woman who e sacrifices made it possible for her daughter to obtain an education.

Set in the qualor of a San J ose barrio in the early 20th century, At the Bottom captures the d ignity and vitality of the men and women from Gonzalez's childhood. The story of how she and her family struggled to break the cycle of poverty and illit­ eracy is espec ially poignant because the riches they seek are of the m ind and spirit and not merely of money.

At the Bottom rece ived the prestigious Costa R ican Aquileo J. Echeverria Award for outstanding achie ement in l i terature in 1 9 7 0 . The book was translated by Regina Pu tan, a long-time North American ac tivist who has worked to improve the l ives of Latin American people. The book was edited by Robert French, who is d irector of the Uni ted Front Ch ild Develop­ ment Programs of New Bedford, M as .

At the Bottom

Anestes G. Fotiades '89 Colb y College: A Venture of Faith A l a n S utton Press A pictorial history of the College from 1 8 1 3 to 1 963 , A Venture of Faith focuses on the people and events that have shaped Colby.

Compiled and written by Anestes G. Fotiades '89, the book contains more than 200 photographs from the Colby archives, including the oldest known photograph of Colby, a da­ guerreotype taken in 1 85 6 of South College, Rec itation Hall and North College on the old campus.

I n add ition to providing a v isual chronology, A Venture of Faith features a colorful and enigmatic cast of characters whose tories are ometimes well known and sometimes obscure. For example, one page of photographs is ded icated to Samuel Osborne, an African-American born into slavery in V irginia who worked for 37 years at Colby a a j an i tor and whose daughter, Marion Thompson Osborne, in 1 900 became the College's first female black graduate.

The book follows the evolution of the Kennebec River campus and devotes several pages to the move to Mayflower H i l l , includ ing photographs of d irt paths passing through tree­ less pastures in what is now Colby's bucolic campus.

H istoric and no talgic, A Venture of Faith is a del ightful voyage through Colby's colorful past.

Terry Arendell, Sociology Fathers And Divorce Sage P u b l i c a t i o n s Based o n interviews with 7 5 divorced fathers in ew York state, Arendell's tudy explores the attitudes and actions of men dealing with custody issues, family separation and gender politics.

Arendell interprets the response of her subject u ing a narrative analysis consistent with a fem i n ist perspective. Most of the men perceive themselves to be victimized and their rights violated by d ivorce. What emerges, according to Arendell, i the perception of a divorce as a battle to be won or lost , with the former wife as the "enemy. "

ambiance of a Caribbean

interesting because of my relat ionship w ith my s ister,"

single events- u ch a s Maria

legend, ful l of imagery and sprinkled with mystic ism,

Elena's decision to forego

romance and sensu a l i ty .

her insulin-but cannot

Spark writes knowingly

writer-she ed ited the

escape the reach of per onal

about the d iffi c u l t ies

hi tory, as Sandrofo learns.

associated with defining

The book's surprise endi ng

one's elf. A twin her elf,

anthology Twenty Under Thirty- Spark says she worked on Coconuts for 1 0

closes the c ircle between the

she says her own experience

year

happen to you . " I n Coconuts l ives pivot o n

he said.

A veteran short story

.

" I wrote a chapter and

daughters' fate , Sandrofo's

provided insights into the

then another chapter and

true identity and Maria

characters of the book.

sort of putzed around for a

Elena's search for answers.

Coconuts conveys the

"I find the questions and conflicts about identity

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wanted to go, but when I started I d idn't have an ending in m ind . " Spark is teaching three sessions of fiction writing this spring, her first teaching assignment at Colby.

"Anything I write helps bring ideas to the classroom, but the short stories actually are more instruc t ive to my

long time. I knew what I

students than the novel,"

wanted to say and where I

she said. +

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S leep ing on the J ob

tudent ife

By Lynn Sull ivan '89

W

hen the day ends and most fac ulty leave Mayflower H i l l , 1 1 members of the community walk to their homes and the ir other jobs as fac ulty res idents.

Facu lty living in residence hall apartments offer a un ique opportunity for Colby students, although at first some students are leery of their presence because of a misconception that they are d isciplinarians or admin istra­ tion moles. They l ive on campus to foster a sense of community , elevate cultural understanding, provide a more intel lectual atmo-phere and give students a chance to interact w ith profe sors outside of the clas room.

Al though not all fac ulty members can part icipate and not all students take advantage of the opportuni­ t ie offered, those who do praise the program. " H av ing Keri ll in the dorm has broken down the tereotype that I had adopted of a col lege profeso r , " s a i d j u n ior Grace J eanes about Assistant Professor of Classics Kerill O'Neill, who l ives w i th his wife, J udy Landers, i n Treworgy H a l l . " I thought they'd be unapproachable, quiet and only talk academ­ ics. H aving h i m here has

been a nic surprise . " Don Saucier, a j u nior from We tport, Ma s., ays that see ing professor as "regular people" is a po it ive experience. Sauc ier met O' e i l l , he ay , while \\"atching a "Monday ight Football" game involving the M i ami Dolphin . aucier and his friends were reac t -

that he' patronizing or intrud ing," -aid Saucier.

O' e i l l , now in hi third year liv ing on campus, ay that he get a much back from the tudent a he and

Ke r i l l O ' N e i l l and Judy La n d e rs chat with students i n Treworgy H a l l .

s i lenc i ng the group. When the M iami team made a mi take, says Saucier, O'Ne i l l ( a Dolphins fan ) wa v is ibly and vocally upset.

"We all thought, 'He mu t be okay . ' I think of Kerill as a friend now. I can talk to him about everything. I never feel

Landers give.

"There is an added clo ene · with the students," said O'Neill, who sometimes organize d i cus ions around school i sues or Spotlight lectures. "We allow them to reach a different level, maybe have a discussion they never have had before. It is a casual, easy relationship."

Assistant Professor of Soc iology and Anthropology Adam We isberger, facul ty resident in Goddard­ Hodgkins, says he tries to do something formal once a month to help "elevate cultural respect in the residence hall . "

Tamaura Kenton ' 9 5 of Baldwin, Md., was co-author of an article

in the Journal ofMolecular Biology about the gene isolation research

in which she collaborated with three other scientists. The research stemmed from a project Kenton began during a Colby J an Plan at Johns Hopkins University. She later presented her research at the 2 lst annual Colby-Bates-Bowdoin Conference on Undergraduate Research in Biology.

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Not all events a r e serious or organized. O'Neill says he has part icipated in a bowling n ight for charity, cont inues to watch football and will ome t i m e soc ial ize in the lounge when students have gathered. In December, Weisberger hosted a H anuk­ kah party for the tuden ts, and he often ho ts di cu ion in re pon e to Spot­ light events. He ay he regularly attend the hall' Thursday n ight study break to watch the TV si tcom Seinfeld and, like O' e i l l , watches "Monday N ight Football" with the tudent .

A i tant Profes or of pani h Al ison Maginn and husband John O' e i l l , director of t h e Colby in Cuemavaca program, have logged two year a facu l ty re ident in Dana. " I t 's been a fine experi­ ence for u ," said Maginn, who e ub tance-free parties w i th pani h and Latin American themes have become popular events for many Dana tudents. "I would have a different impression of Colby if I were ju t in the classroom. I admire [the students] more having l ived with them."

Faculty who choose to l ive on campus admit to sacrificing a certain amount of privacy and quiet. "It can wear on you, being around 1 8- to 2 1 -year-olds, 24 hours a day, seven days a week," said Weisberger. " I get off campus to preserve my sanity. I am v irtually certain of the fact that I have good relationships, though. " Maginn adds that one of the drawbacks of residential

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l a i n i perhap · as we l l k nown t ) Colby students for i nging folk ongs in the Co ffeehou e a he is for mak i ng the menu in Fo s d i n i ng hal l . Th popu l a r i t y of the gregari ou · oey M c

Feud for Thought

food serv ice m anager terns i n part From gree t i n g hungry tudents as t hey wa lk i n to the vegetar ian -orien ted d i n i ng h a l l and from pl a y i ng h is gu i ta r a t olhy any chance he get .

I n e a r l y J a n uciry, the

l a i n , 3 7 , a id h e wou l d

fe· 1 t u red a "j oc k " tea m ,

"A Colby student heard me

The profc!>sOr!>, capt a i ned by W i l l i am R . K en a n J r. Professor

said, ' H ey, why don't you · i ng

of

my apartment and

fi n a l l y won. Chap l i n

lain.

pop u l a r w i th

One of

t imes-at least five i n collaboration w i t h students. A n d if he

T h e O u t i ng

l u h , f ou nded i n J 920, w a s se l ected by s t u ­

dents as ti e i r favori te i n the po l l condu r e d in l a te F hru ry .

" H e's not a d i n ing hal l m anager per se," said Sa ha

A l though the c l u b sponsors cross country sk i i ng, canoeing and

Corn e l l ' 96 . " He's rea l l y more of a fri e nd . "

kaya k i n g trips throughou t M a i ne , s t ud e n t

McClai n ' fir t concert, i n Fos , was a tribute t o El Salvador.

l i k e to ee the Out i ng

He ha often played at "open m i ke n igh " and performed at the

o u n c i l , the Bridge a nd the

Days and Knights

New Age jazz that combines rock, hlues and jazz ri ff . "lf you've ever gotten totally lost in a ong you 'll k n w what I mean."

Ten years after the i r l ast appearance at after their performanc

After a heavy snow storm l ast year, McClain said he wa tay in the d i n i ng

olhy a nd 1 7 ye ci r !>

in the movie Animal I-louse m a d e t h e m

fam u u , Ot is D a y and t h e K n i g h t

. Student brough t him a

re t urned to perf orm at a

tudent Assoc i a t ion c n M<1r h 4 .

"toga party" pon orecl hy

h a l l more comfortabl e .

Lead i nger O t i s D a y , w h o e rendition of " h o u r " became a

party anthem for a gener tion of col lege students, tc le.I the Echo

" W e a n g o n g a n d tol d torie u n t i l t w o a . m . ," he a i d . " I ' m on campus even w h e n I ' m n o t wor k i ng, a n d t h a t opens

he enjoyed h i s return vi it to

u p avenues for fri e ndsh i ps . "

had embraced h i m u ic,

level apartment roof becomes

o l by Vol ­

enter al o were among studen ts' fa vori te orga n izat ions.

u n teer

said M cClain, who describes h is music a folk with a twi t of

s a i d t hey wou ld

! u h even more ac t i ve .

T h e Env i ronmental

enter la t year.

"Anyone who make magic when they i ng inspire me,"

l i fe occurs during t h e winter

ponsoreJ by t h

t ude n t Assoc i a t i o n .

own P.A. y tern," he said.

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popu l a r , accord i n g to a rec e n t op i n ion pol l

wasn't playing, "l was helping them et up becau e I have my

months when her ground­

" I t was a fee l -good event ( or

Get Out There

( he was a chef in Dana for two) and has played at C !by more than 1 3

mattres , p i l lows and covers to make hi

o l by students.

everyone," he a i d .

Since t h e n , h e h a s been t h e Foss

forced to pend the n ight in Fo

o m m on:, presi den t A n d y Vernon '96,

who organ ized a s i m i l i ar event l ast fal l , says t h e game i s very

d i ning h a l l manager for four years

tudent

a p rn i n La u ra

tea m . T h e g a m e w e n t i n to e x t ra rounds and t h e coa hes' team

new partner

T h a t w a s f i v e years ago .

I n ternational Extravaganza i n the

andy M a ise l , took an early I ad in the m a t c h .

H a l l dorso n , head c oach of t h e wom e n '. v a rs i t y ice hoc k e y

old him a gu i tar and " I haven't

Joey McClain

ovcrnment

The j ocks ca ugh t up q u i c k l y , howev e r , led b y

Jays l a t e r , they

put i t down s ince," aid Mc

;1t h k t ic

o l by professors from se vera l d i s i p l i nes .

tea m , mac.le u p o f

w i t h m y boyfriend and me,"' M c ­

we pract iced . " Hi

' o l by

om po:;ed of v a r i ous

depa rt m ent coaches and adm i n i s t rators, and a n " i n t c l lcc r u ; d "

s i n g i n g in the k i tchen , and she

came over t

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never have p icked u p a g u i ta r .

C l a i n a i d . "T w

Progra m m i ng F u n d coord i ­

o l by fa c u l t y " Fa m i l y Fe ud" game i n t he Page

n ated a

I n both case , many tudents love to s e h i m . A nd if i t were n ' t for o n e of t h o e students Mc

t u d e n t Asso i m i o n , t h e Dea n \

ffi ce ; rn d t he N on - A l oho l i

tolerant of [the i r l i festyle

coolest people i n t h e world .

]."

olhy and was happy that students to

ven if i t rook a movi

do i t .

st ude n t · t h e y ' ve met in the

She relates we l l with the

residence h a l l . " [ Adam

become a part of the residen­

k id . She k now more

We i herger] is one of my

[ tudent

clo est fri ends here at

The fa m i l ies o f fac u l ty

I

than 1 d .

a tarting poi n t for sledder .

tial l i fe as wel l . M aginn'

"Sometime they forget we are

daughter, Hannah O'Nei l l ,

below them, and we'll pol itely

1 0 , ace mpan i e students on

end up babys i t t i ng or goi ng

'97 of Lakev i l l e ,

onn. "We

ask them to stop," she said.

Friday aftemo ns when they

outside to play with H an­

have s i m i lar per

nal

" ome of the students

olhy," aid K a ra M archant

"When we decided to [be

take pet to area nurs i ng

nah," said M ag i n n . "There i

s i t u a t ions and we can t lk to

faculty residents] we were

home for a

a fam i ly atmosphere here ; we

each other. There is no

conscious of moving in on

Center program cal led Pet

bring a fam i l y and a b i t of

question that I wi 1 1 al way)

thei r terrai n . We can't expect

Therapy. "She loves the

c u l ture i n to h is inst i t ut ion . "

them to l ive l i ke m iddle-aged

students," said M ag i n n . "T

profe or so we try to be

1 0-year-old, these are the

olby Vol u n teer

o m e fac u l t y r e ident

a

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keep in touch with h i m .

Pl us, he makes a m e n c u p o f t e a when you ' re s i c k . " + A P R I L

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G ift of Sketch Books c M useum a "C oup " ior B y J . Kev in Cool

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hree sketch books by William Glackens ( 1 8 70- 1 9 3 8 ) , a member of The E ight, or Ashcan School, recently were do­ nated to the Colby Museum f Art by the Sansom Foundation, e tab! ished by the artist's late on, Ira. The gift to Colby came about as the result of th friend hip betvveen Stanford Becker, a board member of the foundation, and Paul J . chupf, a olby trustee and member of the museum' board of governors, who has been a major suprorter of the museum over the last decade.

When Ira G l acken died, most of the paintings in h i s estate were d i tributed to the foundation and the Fort Lauderdale ( Fla. ) Museum.

Subsequently, the founda­ tion dec ided to d istribute c ertain works to educat ional institution , Becker say . He contacted Schu pf, a long­ time c l ient and "a very clo·e friend ," about the pos i b i l i ty of donating three G lackens sketch books to Colby. " Pau l thought it was a fine idea," Becker said. "There wa no purpose in keeping them in a warehouse collecting dust.

They should be in a place where they can be een and apprec iated . " Schupf a y s he w a s on the phone to President B i l l Cotter " i n about two seconds" after Becker's call. " President Cotter wrote a brill iant letter o u t l i n i ng what the Colby museum had and i ts foc us on American art . Colby has other works by artist from the Group of E ight, so this was a good match," Schupf said.

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Cott r cal l ed the Gl ackens sketch books "magn ificent." "We don't have in our c ollection a major Glacken- work , so this is a wonderful add ition to

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The three ketch book contain a total of I 06 charcoal, penc il and red chalk drawi ngs. They includ land capes, view of park and town and fu 1 1 y modeled human figure .

"Sketch books provide the v iewer with a pecial opport unity to see the spontaneous respon e of the artist to subj ect matter," M useum Director H ugh Gourley said.

Gourley says G lackens­ who was a newspaper i l l ustrator early in his career-was d ism issed by most c r i t i cs of his t ime because of his realistic portrayal of everyday l ife.

G lac kens and seven other artists, including Robert

the museum," he said. "We are ex tremely grateful ro Sandy Becker, to Paul and to the foundation."

Schupf, who has contrib­ uted 6 50,000 toward con ·rruc t ion of the Kat: W ing at the mu eum, aid having the Glackens ketch books " is a big coup for Colby. " "The foundation d i tributed books to a few carefully selected institutions, including Colby," he aid.

Schupf praised Becker' persuasiveness in convincing the Sansom Foundation to place Colby on its list of bene­ factors. "Sandy has a great bedside manner and he is a very trustworthy guy, so h is re­ commendation to the found­ ation carried a lot of weight."

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Henri, are credi ted with liberating arti ts from the con traint of academic ians when, in 1 90 7 , they mounted their own exhibi­ t ion in defiance of the ational Academy of Design, which had rej ected many of their submi s ions.

They were derisively referred to as The Ashcan Group. As G lacken began to devote more of h i time to painting, Gou rley says, he was i nfluenced by the work of the French lmpre ionists, espe cially Renoir.

"We are part icularly fortunate to rece ive such fine work by a major figure in the development of 2 0th­ century American art, " Gourley said .

The Marsons Kee p G iving It was a c lassic win-win s ituation. David Marson '48, who, along with h i wife, Dorothy, recently establi hed a $ 1 00,000 charitable remainder trust for Colby, aid the gift satisfied both hi need for ret irement income and for providing an important source of funds for the College .

Marson ret ired recen tly a chief executive officer of The New Can Company , Inc . , a Holbrook, Ma ., fim1 that manufactures metal rubes and components for the fi lter industry. M ar on and h i brother, R i chard , have operated the fam i l y bu i n e since t h e 1 9 5 0s. As he planned for his ret ire足 ment, Marson says he wa looking for a way to help his alma mater w ithout overex足 tending h imself financ ially . " I needed something that would provide some signifi-

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cant cash flow during my retirement, but also help Colby. The remainder trust was a good way to achieve both of those, " he said.

Based on a 5 percent return on a $ 1 00,000 princ iple, the trust wou ld prov ide approximately $ 1 3 0 , 000 in before-tax income for the next 1 7 years. As the principal apprec iates over the trust' life span, the benefit to Colby wou l d be $ 2 2 9 ,000.

The un itrust would provide income for M arson, who is 6 , every year until age 9 5 .

M a r on ha long been one of the College' most ac t ive and support ive alumni. He prev iou ly has erved as chair of the Annual Fund, chair of the A l u m n i Counc i l and member of the A lu m n i Counc i 1 S tructure Task Force an over eer and v ice

chair of the Board of Trustees. Both M arson' c u rrent l y serve a correspondents for the Class of '48 and have won Colby Bricks, and he rec e i ved the M arriner Distingu ished Service Award . H is fam i l y provided funds for the Marson Com足 mon G round Room in the Student Center.

Marson ays he has been back to Colby in 44 of the 4 7 year ince h i graduation. "Dorothy and Do rothy a n d David M a rson '48 I have put about 40,000 mile on our cars, driving back and forth to Waterville," graduate, says his long and he said. deep assoc iation with the "I see Colby as a real College ha- been one of the c itadel of higher learning," most rewarding aspects of h is Marson said. "And Bill Cot足 life. "So many of my c losest ter is one of the fine t chief re lation hips have Colby executive I 've ever met . " connections. It's only Marson, whose daughter natural for me to want to Deborah is a 1 9 7 5 Colby give back to it," he said.

"A Ticket to O pp ortunity"

Ottaway, who t i l l spends much o f h i time i n Africa for the Pos t , says he was overseas during most of Robin's four years at Colby. Not forgotten, however, was a d iscussion he and Marina had with Cotter about m inority scholarships when their on was in his first year at Colby. When they met agai n last year, the Ottaways followed up w i th a propo al to create a spec ial scholarship for African-American students with need. "'W'e see education as the only way out for African Americans , " Ottaway said. "They are disadvantaged in so many ways. Education is a t icket to opportunity . " The Ottaways have funded African-American scholarships at other institutions, including fellow h ips for children at a private Quaker school in Wash ington, D . C . , and fel lowships for doctoral students at Columbia U niversity.

Recipients of the Mandela scholarships w i l l be selected on the ir academic ability and financial need. The scholarship will support four years of the t udent's education at Colby, at which t i me another rec ip ient w i l l be chosen.

"David and Marina are both fasc i n a t i ng people," Cotter s a i d . " I t's e xtraord i nary t o rece ive a g ift of t h is

trengtheni ng a n already deep commitment t o supporting African-American students, David and Marina Ottaway, parents of Robi n Ottaway '9 5 , have established a full tui t ion scholarship with a $ 3 00,000 gift to Colby's endowment.

David Ottaway, whose career has inc luded s t ints as a South Africa correspondent for The Washington Pos t , ays he and his wife establ i hed the scholarship to help Colby attract African-American students and to honor Sou th African President N elson Mandela. M arina Ottaway is an Africa scholar and author who has collaborated with her husband on three books a n d wrote h e r o w n book abou t South Africa.

"While we ful l y realize that one scholarship does nor solve the problem, we know that Colby has had d ifficulty attracting m i nority students because of its location," Ottaway said. H e says the scholarship was named for Mandela, whom he first met whi le living in South Africa soon after Mandel a was released from prison in 1 990, because "we really admire him and see him as a symbol of racial reconc i l iation."

President W i l liam Cotter say he has known the Ottaways "for a very long time," dating back to when Cotter was president ,_,f the African American I nstitute. " David was working on South African issues at that time and so was I , and that's how we came to know each other," Cotter said.

k ind from c urre n t parents. I t's a great help for the campaign, w h i c h focuses o n financ i a l aid endowment, and their parti c u la r i n terest i n hel p i ng m i no r i ty s t u dents makes i t even more spe c i a l . "

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By Stephen Col l i ns ' 74

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here' a reason they call i t conHnencement . Per­ haps no one word capt ures the sen e that ed ucat ion is preparat ion for l i fe more than t h i s one, which turns an end i ng in to a beg i n n i ng.

Over the past 10 years, as the j ob market ha become more compe t i t ive, Co l by sen iors who commen e careers or grad uate tudy are i ncreas ingly aware that academic preparation, pa rticu larly for l i bera l arts graduate · , need to be augmented by experience.

As Colby's career serv i ces opera t ion h as grown d u r i ng that t i me, so too have the nu mbers of students eeking work experience through paid and unpaid intern h i p .

I nternsh i p , whether for J an Plan c red i t , resu me e n ­ hancement or j u t to sari fy c uriosity, are the c urrency of career preparation in the compe t i t i v e '90s.

Said L i n d a Cotter, a soc i ate d i rec tor of off­ c ampus study and academic affa i rs and the coord i nator of Colby's in ternsh ip program, "The whole concept of i n ternships has exploded compared to ten or twelve years ago when I was in career serv ices . " Employers have become increas i ngly sophistica ted i n how they c an make prod u c t i ve u e of i n te rns, how they can use i n te rnships as recru i t ing and scree n i ng tools and how they can measure the value of internships on app l icants' resumes, Cotter said.

D i rec tor of Career Serv i ces Cynthia Yas i nski is blunt when she assesses

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their v<ilue to studen ts: " I ntern h i p� < He pro h a h l y the b i ggc:,t th ing that separa t s the succes·fu l from the unsucc e ·:,fu l jub ecker ," she ::.aid. "They're more im porw nt th<in grade poi n t average . " Yasinski :,ays in ternsh ip� gi\'e student , in ide knowl­ edge of a busi ne·s or profe ion . On the job, ·tudents learn what they l i ke and ,

in tern hip · n The Madeira chool in McLean, Va., a� a dorm helper and writing tutor for her senior-year J an Plan. "M adeira i. a great schL o l , " he said, "but I found �

Traffic in the Career Services Office begins to increase a s seniors near g ra d u ation .

someti mes even more important, what they don't l ike. Some students graduate with three or four intern­ sh i ps on the ir resumes. She said, " I t's very unusual and very unl ikely for a student to say on h is or her first i nternship, 'Th is is i t ! "' For Erika Sayewich '92 , it worked both ways. H av i ng worked at Colby's Wri ters' Center for three years helping her peers w i th writing proj ects, Sayewich thought she wanted to be a teacher. She arranged an

my elf wanting to see more d i rect re u l ts from my work . " B a c k in M a i ne s h e ta lked her way into an informal in ternsh ip ar the Augu ta and Portland l aw firm of P ierce Arwood Scribner Allen Smith & Lanca ter.

"They were real ly great , " she said of the firm's staff. " I had no real knowledge of law going i n . " After commence­ ment, a job as a paralegal in the Wash i ngton, O.C, firm Cov i ngton & Burl i ng gave her experience i n a career field she l iked and a chance

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l i ve in Wash ington. Last ayewich entered the U n i vers i ty of V i rginia Law chool . "Now," he a id , "a a fi r t-year law student I have absolutely no l i fe , b u t I think l made the right ch )ice."

Yasin ki say the first year in colleg i not too early to ·tart con idering career choice and internship . She encourage parent to help by getting the ir c h i ldren to talk about career with friends and w i th member of the extended family. Student hou ld con ider acqu iring extra k i l ls along the way for max imum career flex ibi l i ty, Ya in k i say . A econd language, computer sk i l l , ec nom i c and/or accounting cour e -and e pec ially writing kill -are important, she ay . "Whatever the field i , you need to expres your elf wel l . " I n t h e c u rrent c areer weep ·take , spend i ng the u mmer work i ng con tru c ­ t ion for spend i ng money may be exped ient and spend ing January ski i ng and partying even more hortighted. "Sometimes students don't think, 'l can make an investment in my fu ture ,"' said J ames M eehan, Wad worth Profe or of Econom ics. "The students who are serious start early, are persistent, do intern­ sh ips, volunteer for experi­ ence, learn what they want to do and what they don't want to do. Most of these students end up find i ng a job---not necessarily the perfect j ob, but a job they're reasonably happy w i t h . "

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from tl1e Colb y Arcl1ives

The Butler Did It A now dead but long-honored tradition at Colby, False Or­ ders, called for men of the sophomore class to lampoon some member or institution of the College. By 1 900 False Orders had taken the shape of a publication called The War Cry. In " � 1 903, for the econd con ecutive year and in defiance of College President Charles L. Whit e, the sophomores inter­ . rupted the annual Fre hman Read mg to announce and dis­ tribute the new issue of The War Cry. Outraged, White, who a few months earlier had banned dancing at College parties, suspended every man in the Cla s of 1 905.

The re ult of that action wa the Student Strike o 1 903. Freshmen, j un iors and seniors in the men's · • . d1v1s1on demanded the reversal of the suspension and threatened to boycott classe and commencement exercise . In solidarity w ith the men, the women of the Class of 1 905 declared that they were equally deserving of puni hment. The strike had more bark than bite; after a flurry of meetings and the appointment of a trustee commission, life returned to normal.

In the end, commencement was held and the sophomores missed a few day of classe .

At Colby in 1 8 7 2 there w a s no place to go .

Dorms were rustic; steam heat had been installed only in the previous year, and re idence halls lacked indoor plumbing. In fact, the only bathroom fac ilities on campu were located in a primitive, decrepit s t ru c t u re that s u r v i ved d e s p i te repeated requests by students for replacement. And o on the night of May 1 4 , 1 87 2 , six students et fire to the campus privy. Little was left except for the bare tone walls. The authorities investigated and sub­ peonas were issued, but mysteriously, the case was quickly squelched. The fugitive leader of the Privy Arson Gang was Nathaniel Butler Jr. ' 7 3 , the son of a Colby alumnus and long-time Colby trustee. The inc ident d id not damage Butler's future w ith the College, however. In 1 95 he became Colby's 1 2 th president.

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Meehan said that, "with a liberal educat ion , there' not a ready-made slot for you ."

Colby students hould graduate w ith good writing and communicat ions skills and out randing analytical abi l i t ies, but someti mes research and creativity are required to merge those wi th a su itable career. I nternships are part of that research, he ays, speaking as a mentor to Colby students and from personal experience w i th h is daughters.

Two years ago Meehan's daughter Shana graduated from Hartwick C o l lege i n Oneont a , N .Y . As a spe c i a l ist in the economics of industry M eehan knows a l l about corporate down­ siz ing and the d e c l i n ing n u mbers of wh ite-collar j obs in an era of fla t growth and increased global compe t i t ion and the effects they have had on new grad uates entering the work force . But as the parent of a new l i beral art

col lege grad uate he d i d n ' t know what to expec t.

M eehan dec ided that internship experience wa important enough that he wou ld support his daughter economically so she could accept an unpaid position w i th a congressm an i n Wash ington, D . C .

Whether it w a s econ­ o m ics savvy, parental guesswork or a combin­ ation, Meehan reports that he backed a winner when he put money on h i s daughter. I t w a s less than a month before Shana had a job at a trade organ i ­ zation in add it ion t o even ing a n d weekend hours at a mall reta i l store.

Not only is she making it i nside the Be ltway, she's putt ing money away for her fu ture, j ust l i ke her dad counsels his economics students to do. " I n a tough j ob market, the role you play as a parent is increasingly important," Meehan said.

Job Fare Even a qu ick glance down the roster of Jan Plan field experiences this year makes c lear that Colby students are tak i ng full advantage of the College's ambit ious program of internship placements.

The Office of Off-Campus Study, led by d i rector Jon We iss and associate director L inda Cotter, organized 2 5 3 field placements i n 30 states and 1 3 foreign countries during the recent J anuary Program. Some examples: *Rebecca N ash '97 of Wayzata, M in n . , developed an eco-tourism project at Corcovado National Park in the Peninsula De Osa, Costa Rica. * Erin Carmichael '95 of Essex J unction, Vt., worked with the Vermont Department of Correct ions to develop a le isure-time program for offenders. *Colin DeBakker '97 of H udson, M ass., assisted i n a research project at the New England Regional Primate Research Center at Harvard Medical School . * Erin Duggan '97 o f Chappaqua, N .Y . , completed a media internship at the N BC N ews program Dateline in New York. *Jason K idwel l '96 of Augusta, M aine, worked in the public relations department for the Baltimore Orioles.

According to J ason Mahoney '95 , his internship at the law firm of Morris, J ames, H i tchins and W i l l iams i n his hometown of W i l mington, Del . , provided valuable expe­ rience as well as a chance to evaluate his chosen career field. " I am considering attend ing law school, and this experience w i l l allow me to make an educated decision," he said. "If I decide that I do want to attend law school, this work experience will help me get into a good schoo l . "

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Walker '96 is not one of the star of the Colby men's basketball team, but you'd never k now i t by the way his coaches and teammates talk abou t h i m .

"Tyler is o n e o f t h e most focused guys we have," said head coach and athletic d irec tor Dick W h i tmore.

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" H e is a tremendou · ex­ ample of a hard worker and a vital team membe r . " Walk er's c on tr i h u t ion aren't s i n k ing three-po i n t shots, mak ing k e y rebound or e r r ing up play . "Every day in pra c t ice Tyler works harder than anyone el e [ on the court ] , " said teammate

T.J . M a i ne , a en ior tri ­ captain from A ugu ta, M a i n e . "He i · defi n i tel y a leader. During game he get everyone involv d and get [ the player J on their feet c l apping."

Mo t game Walker is on the hench awa i t ing a rare chance to play. The Hamp­ ton, . H . , nati ve-who wa cut from the team hi first year-has een roughly 20 m i nute of playing t i me d u ring the pa t two ea on .

That do n't faze Wal ker, who rem ain · enthu ia t i c .

"I g e t to pl y again t one of the b t poi nt guard

Ty l e r Walker i n a f a m i l i a r pose-g u a rd i n g Matt G a udet in practice.

around ," aid Walker, who i re pon ible during prac t ice for guarding enior tri­ captain Matt Gaudet, the team's lead ing corer and poten t ial A l l -American. " [ I n pract ice I get] to chal lenge the tarter . The be t th ing i playing aga i nst the good and great player everyday. " Walker, a 5 ' 7 " point guard , says that desp ite the fru trat ion of l i m i ted playing time, basketba l l is h i first love and he'll part icipa te u n t i l he no longer ha fun- omething he hope never happen . " I 'm n t goi ng to ay I ' m content w i th [ not p layi ng] , " aid Walker, " b u t I ' m not going to expre s i t . To comp lain about playing t ime wou ld be ridicu lou . . . it di rupt team u n i ty. I t's natura l to think you can play and i t ' t ugh ometimes not

A Whit of Difference As a n exclamation point on D i c k W h i t more' 2 5 th year as head coach, t he men's basketball team breezed through t he bulk of i ts sched u le , at one point w i nning 1 7 straight games, to compile its seventh 20win season in a row. I t marked the 2 2 nd winn ing season i n W h itmore's Colby career, which a lso has i n c luded 19 Colby- Bates­ Bowdoi n c hamp ionships or co-champ ionships and three Eastern Col legiate A th l e t ic Conference t it les.

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H e was named the 1 994-95 M aine State Colleg Ba ket­ ball Coach of the Year by the M a ine Basketball Coaches and Writer Assoc iat ion.

Led by senior guard Matt Gaudet of Rumford, Maine, the White M u les fini hed the regular season with a 20-4 record. Gaudet, voted to the All-NESCAC team, averaged 1 8. l points per game and finished h is career as Colby's seventh all-time leading scorer. The White M ules, seeded fifth in the Northeast Regional of the NCAA

D i ck Whitmore was reco g n i zed for h is ceremony at Wadsworth Gymna s i u m .

tournament, lost 80-66 t o W i l liams in t h e first round.

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playing, but you have to have respect for sen iority and the guys who've paid their dues. P l us the number one thing with everyone on the team is wanting to w in . " Assistant coach Gerry McDowell '76 says Walker is an asset to the team. "Tyler is tremendously supportive of his teammates. He give everything he's got from the bench to help us win games," he said.

Walker says it's hard to argue about minutes played when you're part of a highly successful team. Last year the White M u les had a 2 1 -4 record and were seeded econd in the orthea t Region of the ational Col legiate A thletic Assoc ia­ t ion ( NCAA ) Divis ion I l l tournament. This year the team went 2 0 - 5 .

"If I d idn't want to play [ i n games] I wouldn't try hard in practice," said Walker, who runs a basketball and soccer camp during summers in Hampton. "If I'm not going to play in games, I 've got to try hard in some other ways. I want to win as much as anyone on the team. You j ust have to keep in m ind that you're contributing to a winning [program] . " "Tyler never complains," said M a ines . "He may be down but you'd never

k n o w by his actions. He never says a word and is alwa s pos i t i e . " W a lker w a s an o u tstand­ ing h igh school athlete, play ing basketball and occer and runni ng trac k .

T h e American studies major says he came to Colby because of i ts academic reputation, not because of athletics.

A start i ng o u ts ide halfback on the men's soccer team, Walker helped lead the W h i t e M u les to an Ea tern Co l legiate Athletic Conference champ ionship i n 1 99 3 and to the tournament semifi ­ nals i n 1 99 4 . He was elec ted a captain for next season by his teammates.

'Tm pretty lucky. I 've been on two pretty success­ ful teams even though I don't play much on one," said Walker. " Part of what you do in coaching is admire," said Wh itmore, "and it's easy to admire Tyler because of everything that he brings to the table every day. He is invaluable as far as the team is concerned . " " I t h i n k of Tyler as a leader," said M aines. "Next year, in my eyes, I think he should be a captain. " S a i d M c Dowell , "Tyler has the heart of a w inner."

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; ce theu second straight appearance in the ECAC hockey tournament and finished the season with a 1 4-9-2 overall record. The team's best game came in January when they played to a 3-3 tie against Div ision I powerhouse Princeton University, a team that handed the 1 993 NCAA champion University of Maine it first las .

Seeded fifth in the ECAC championship tournament, Colby lost 9-2 in the quarterfinal round to eventual champion Salem State College. The women's ice hockey team had i ts fir t winning season in more than a decade, finishing with a 1 2 - 7 - 1 record. The White M ules posted wins over Yale, Bowdoin, M iddlebury, Harvard and ortheastem. F i rst -year standouts Heather R ichardson and Meaghan Sittler were named ECAC rookies of the week-Si t tler twice. Sophomore Barb Gordon and Sittler have been inv i ted to try out for the U .S. national team.

1 2th in the Nation Four members of the women's squash team represented Colby at the I nd ividual Nationals this season-second team A l l ­ American K a t e LaVigne '95 of Paxton, M ass . , first-year student Sonia Totten ofTokyo, Ellen Derrick, a j unior from West Falls, N .Y., and Sarah Molly, a sophomore from I ndones ia. The squad finished the season with a 1 6- 1 1 overall record and a national ranking of 1 2 , the highest in the 1 2 -year h istory of the program.

Best Season Ever The National Intercollegiate Squash Racquet Assoc iation coach's poll selected Colby's men's squad as the rec ip ient of the 1 994-95 Barnaby Trophy, which is given to the most improved team in the nation. In addi t ion, the squad received the Sum­ mers Trophy for i ts performance at T earn N ationals in Febru­ ary. With a 1 6-8 final record, they finished the season with a national ranking of 1 7-the best in the program's 24-year h istory. J un ior J am ie Cheston, of Ambler, Pa., and first-year student Dave Dodwell, of Warwick, Bermuda, represented the White M ules at the I ndividual ationals.

Roundup

The women's indoor track and field squad placed second, third and fourth at the three New England Challenge Cup meets and secured second at the Maine State Meet. The team finished fourth at the New England Division III championships and 1 3 th at the It's been a while since Frank Stephenson '62 laced up his hockey skates, ECACs. Senior Lenia Ascenso was undefeated in the 1 000 meters so it's no wonder the former All-American goalie misses the game. and 800 meters until the Division I I I championships, where she Currently an education consultant living in Ojai, Calif., Stephenson still placed 1 2th in the 800. Brooke Lorenzen '95 broke her own holds Colby records for lowest goal -against average in a season (2. 1 8)- : school record in the 20-pound weight throw with a toss of et in 1961 -62-and in a career (2.45). After graduating he did a three49'4.2 5 . " . . . The men's quad tied for eighth at the ECAC year stint with the Army before returning to Mayflower Hill to work in the championships. Senior Zach N ightingale won the 500-meter race admissions and alumni/development offices over a span of 1 4 years. In the with a time of 1 :05 .34, breaking a meet record held since 1 992 and early 1 9 70s he was instrumental in the formation of Colby's women's ice a Colby record held since 1 983 by James McHugo '85 . . . . The alpine and nordic teams placed in the top 1 0 at all the ski ca mi vals hockey program. In 1 980 Stephenson became director of admission at the Thacher School in Cal ifornia, leaving in 1 986 to start his own this season except for the nordic races at St. Lawrence . . . . Inj urie and illness plagued the women's basketball team this winter as consu lti ng fi rm . they finished the season with a 5 - 1 7 record.

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Reun ion committees have been busy for over a year planning act i v i t i es to make this weekend special for each class. Below is a general schedule of the events fo r the weekend. Reunion clas�e al o will receive a more complete schedule and reservation form in the ma i l , a l o n g with details about your class activitie . If you have not yet received thi , please call the Reunion Hotline at 207/872- 3 1 90.

A l l event · take place on campus, unle pe c i fica ll y noted. Y u will receive a program when you check in at regi tration that will prov i de you with the full chedule of activities and the location fo r a ll act ivi t ie s .

The registration desk w i l l be open Thursday, 3 :00-9:00 p.m., Fri day : 30 a.m.- 1 1 :00 p . m . , anJ aturday 8:00 a.m .-6:00 p.m. Please let us know if you expect to arrive other than during thtre time so we can make arrangements for your check-in.

Children a r e welcome, too ! A f u l l program o f upervised child c a r e act ivit1e is planned for chi ldren of all ages, on Friday 3 :00- 1 l : 0 0 p.m. a n d aturday 9:00 a.m.-midnight; and unday 9:00-noon for young ters only. You may choose the aturday-evening-only option ( tarting at 5:00 p. m. ) for a reduced rate. A l ist of private babysitters i available through the Reuni n Hor-line. h i ldren not reg is te red for c h i ld care may purcha e ticket i nd i v i duall y and part icipate in c h i ldren's meals. A reduced price i available for chi ldren ages 5 - 1 2 , and complimentary "Happy Colby Meals" will be provided for children age 4 and under.

Reservation deadline is May 26; there i a THURSDAY, JUNE 8,

10 late fee per reg i trati n . N o re fund after J une 2 . We cannot guarantee meals or rooms without re ervati ons .

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la of '60 Trip to Hurricane I ·land Meet in Rockland la of '70 White-water Rafting on Kennebec River Class of '55 Dinner Crui e on Ca co Bay Cla of '45 Reception and Dinner Class of '65 Reception in outh Portland Class of '70 Reception and Dinner in Portland Class of '60 Reception and Dinner at amo er Re ort Dinner Buffet in Dining Hall

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Class of '70 Golf Tournament Alumni Golf Tournament and Golf Luncheon Waterville Country Club

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Clas of '45 Tour of Waterville Cla s of '65 Boat Trip and Island Picnic Clas of '45 Lunch at Alden Camps, Oakland Lunch in Dining Hall Cla s of '80 Boat Cruise, meet in Bremen Class of '70 Boat Trip on Casco Bay ( lunch included) Meet at noon, Casco Bay Lines, Portland Class of '85 Golf Outing Art Museum Exhibit Opening Reception-Winslow Homer: Wood Engravings Portray America ,

4:30-6:30 p.m.

4:30-6:00 p.m.

4:30-6:00 p.m.

5:30-7:00 p.m.

5 :4 5 -6:45 p.m.

6:45 p.m.

After Dinner Evening 10:00 p.m.

1 854- 1 874 , work from the Colby, a gift of Lee Fernandez ' 5 5 and Patricia Davidson Reef Class of '70 Reception Class of '65 Reception Clas of '60 Reception Dinner for Youngsters and Teens Meal for infants served at child care site Awards Banquet Reception All-Cla s Awards Banquet-All alumni are welcome. Reunion cla se will be seated together.

Music by Al Corey Dancing with the Al Corey Quartet Class Reunion Welcoming Receptions Alcoholics Anonymous/Narcotics Anonymous

Breakfast in Dining Halls Class of 'SO Breakfast Reunion Regi tration Desk Open

Afternoon I :00-2:00 p.m.

Afternoon 1 :30-4:30 p.m.

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Evening After Dinner 10:00 p.m.

SUNDAY, JUNE

Alumni Fun Run on the 3-mile loop Alumni A ocianon pring Meeting-President Cotter will provide an update on the College.

Alumrn Council Bu iness Meeting.

The Parade of Classes Clas Reunion Photographs for Clas es of 50+ Club, 'SO, ' 5 5 , '60, '65, ' 7 5 , ' 0, ' 5 , '90 Lobster Bake, Cookouts, Class Events Reunion Lob ter Bake/Chicken Barbecue Clas of '70 Cookout Class of '75 Lunch Cla of '80 Cookout Cla Activities Author Books1gning at the Colby Bookstore Alumni and Faculty Panel Discussions "Estate Planning-Creatively" with Terry Mayo ' 5 7 "Colby in Per pective: 1 970 a a Turuning Point" with ociology Profe sor Tom Morrione '65 Math Department Reception Country Line Dancing Dinner for Youngster and Teen Meal for infants served at child care ite Clas of '45 SOth Reunion Photograph Class of '70 2 5 th Reunion Photograph Class Reunion Dinners Dance , Entertainment, Clas Events including Dance with The Blue Flame Alcoholics Anonymous/Narcotics Anonymou

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Brunch Buffet in Dining Hall Coffee and Doughnuts in Cla s Headquarters Cla s of '50 Brunch Lesbigay Alumni Coffee Hour, Sponsored by The Bridge Class of ' 5 5 Brunch Clas of '65 Breakfa t Cla of 1 970 Informal Picnic Boardman Memorial Service

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Mail to: Reunion Reservations 43 12 Mayflower Hill Alumni Office Colby College Waterville, Maine 0490 1

Fifty--Plus Correspondent: Fletcher Eaton '39 42 Perry Drive Needham, MA 02 1 92 61 7 -449- 1 6 1 4

TWENTIES An ancient letter from Marjorie Gould S h u man '37 ( dated Feb. 1 , 1 994) urge me to be of tout heart if nobody sends any news.

There will be dry spells, she aid.

Soon afterwards, I begged all of you to snow me under with an avalanche of m a i l-and you did !- 203 respon es. So, if you re ponded and haven't seen your name in this column yet, you will. . . . A r t h u r S u l l iv a n ' 2 2 writes: "I mogen and I are a s well as can be expected at 89 and 94.

I 'm till playing golf and croquet.

Croquet i a great game, and I 've gotten quite good at it." A cl ip­ ping that Arthur ent along leave the impression that he is a man you wou ldn't want ro bet again t. . . . Caroline Rogers Hawkes ' 2 7 will have turned 94 on April I , 1 99 5 . he has become blind, and her d a u g h t e r , A n n H a w k e Paquin ' 5 2 , read the newspaper and the mail to her. Her daughter and on-in-law live with her, but he till does hou ework and get out to church, to the Southern Maine Colby Group and to meet­ ing of the Women' Chri tian + Temperance Union.

THIRTIES Sumner Peter Mills Jr. ' 3 4 keep

fit, he says, by outrunning bill col­ lectors and angry women. Sadly, at the timf' he wrote ( April '94 ) , he wa recuperating from a broken hip but says nothing about how it happened: bill collector, woman

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scorned or the law of gravity. . . . Louise Williams Brown '34 is proud of her three children and their spouses and of her eight grandchildren; but modesty pre­ vents her from telling us why. All but two of them spent Thanksgiv­ ing '9 3 with her in Bemrnda. If all went a planned, she joined a group of 30 for a trip to Australia and New Zealand . . . . J ust about everybody who was ar Colby in the years 1 930- 1 9 3 7 will remem­ ber Harold M. Plotkin '34, who di ed on Seprember 2 2 , 1 994.

Colby in the mid-'30s, darkened by the Depression and by the smoke of Maine Central Railr ad locomotives, would not seem ro have provided an up-beat en\'i­ ronment, but there was a lot going on that tended ro liven the place up and predict grear things for the future. It wa in chi decade, we mu t remember, that the college on l\- ayflower H ill was born. Curi­ ou ly ymbolic of the e years at Colby, involving an idea rid icu­ lous at the time-a landlng on the moon-the mu i c a l c o medy Moon Madness was one of the nu­ merou entertaining brain chil­ dren of Harold Plotkin. " Harold Plotkin did many thing to en­ liven Colby in the early '30 ," wrote John Pullen ' 3 5 in a recent tribute. " H is column in the Echo, 'The Plot Thicken , ' wa a picy commentary on Colby social life.

He introduced the College Inn tea dance of I 9 3 3 and the three-day J unior Week-End, which in 1 934 fea t u red M o o n M adness . H i s edi tor hip of T h e White Mule raised that publication almost to re pectability a a comic maga­ zine. After he graduated, l did not ee him again for nearly 60 years, but we finally got together again toward the end of his life. Except for the physical alteration that nature work upon us, he hadn't changed a bit. I sure missed a lot of fun [by not seeing him all those year ] . " Harold and John were the principal authors of Moon Mad-

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ness, which was presented by the j unior class at the Waterville Op­ era House on April I 9, 1 9 34.

Music was composed by Kathryn Herrick McCrodden ' 3 5 and Winthrop Clement '34. The cast included Bernard C. Stallard '3 7 , Beth Pendleton Clark ' 3 5 , Kathryn Herrick McCrodden '35, Arthur 0. Brown '36, Anthony C. S t o n e '36, Beulah Bennett Sa y l es '35, Kenneth A. Johnson ' 3 7 , Robert W. Colomy ' 3 5 , William H . Millett ' 3 4 , Win­ throp Clement '34, James L. Ross '36, Morton Goldfine '3 7 , Carl E. Reed ' 3 5 , Dana W. Jaquith ' 3 5 and Francis Barnes '36.

Arthur Feldman ' 3 5 ha had an

aortic heart val\'e replaced, which lowed him temporarily from hi very acti\·e life a president and founder of Search and Rescue Group of California, president of the orth County Chapter of the World Affair Council of San Di­ ego (Calif. ) and adjunct profes or at an Diego State University. . . . A the result of two heart at­ tacks and three angioplastie , Sidney Schiffman ' 3 5 does a half mile in 20 minute where formerly he did a mile in 1 0. He looks forward to his 60th reunion two months from now . . . . Gordon Patch Thompson '35 write : "On February 1 , 1 994, Sid Farr ' 5 5 , alumni secretary, m e t with the following alumni for lunch at the Clearwater ( Fla. ) Beach Hotel: Louise Brown '34, who winters in Clearwater and summers in Portland; Gordon Thompson ' 3 5 and \\ ife Maude, winter residents of Clearwater and of Arlington, Mas . , in ummer; [the late] Paul ' 3 7 and wife Babs Walden Palmer '40, winter residents of Dunedin who s ummer in Damariscotta ( Maine ) ; Otte l l ie ( O t ) Greely Ward '38, who winters at the M arriott in Palm Harbor and

visits daughters in New England in t h e s u m m e r ; P e g C h a s e Macomber ' 2 7 ( \ h o had j ust cel­ ebrated her 92nd bi rthday) of Florida in winter and Maine in summer; A l bert Piper ' 3 6 of Dunedin in winter and Waterville in summer. Ralph Williams ' 3 5 , who winters in Dunedin and um­ mers in Boothbay Harbor, wa there with hi wife, Barbara [who has since passed away]. E\·eryone look forward ro id's visit and news from Maine."

Mike Cohen ' 3 5 says he fears going to Hell because he's been told "down there all the TV channels are fixed on round-the-clock ba ker­ ball and you can't shut them off."

He and his wife, Kitty, do not ha\'e a dog, and they don't want a dog, but if they did have a dog it would be named "Brown Fang." "Better to have a name and no dog than to have a dog and no name," Mike observes profoundly . . . . A l i c e Bocquel Hartwell '36 has had a cataract removed and highly rec­ ommends the procedure. She ha been reading a college textbook, I n trod uction to L i tera rure b y Bedford. Reading o l d favorites and ampling new literature made her feel l ike a student again, he says. The commentarie were in­ teresting and useful. . . . Eleanor MacCarey Whitmore '36 had a violent cru h on Professor Walter Breckenridge, and rhat' why she remembers him. She loves mys­ teries bur did take time ( and make the effort) to read Truman by David McCullough, 1 ,000 page� I , and calls i t " A \\·onderful tory of an i mportan t p e r i od i n o u r history." . . . Arthur L . Spear ' 3 6 has sold his house and moved into an apartmen t-no hove l i ng snow, no lawn mowing, no house chore : "At age 80, this i a good deal for me." He remember white chalk all over Professor Stanley's blue serge suit, Professor Weber' incomparable English literature classes and Professor Chapman's kindly interest in the welfare of

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. . . El izabeth Thompson Clark ' 3 6 rermt' thm

c::ic h of h 1s st udcn ts .

she has t wo marr ied Jm1ghter•-:

t ine a physical therapist l i v i ng in C h i n a , M a i n e , anJ t h e tll her teaching E ng lis h i n a college i n Ch ina, a' in People\ Rep u h li of.

M r, . Cl ark wa' in the hosp i t a l f o r :: i mL)nth last year a n d t h e n wa; i n San Francisco for I 0 Jays nn

five m i n u tes from in M i lwau kee . . . .

J ames Fox ' 3 8 p h 1 ys viulin with an accord ion ist at the Mona L i sa Rest Home in Ft. Myer�. Fla. 1-l io Lake M ich i ga n , her aparr m e n l

'on J ordan hold a econd m a t e \

license with t h e Merch::i n t M a ­ r i ne a n d 1 s employed by t he U.� .

N av y. Hi-; wn Jon i-. a .,,ic c e r coach in Fai rhaven, Ma.., . , where

a n E I J e rh o s t e l p ro g ra m . S a n

hi� team ha., been c ham pion or co­

Franc i ·co

champil n each year. H i s daugh­

w::i · more fu n . The S::in her :! .i x t h

F ra n c i sc o t r i p was EIJerhL)S te l , and she re

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them h i ghl y . Next E ld r hn,tel ­ H a w a ii . . . . R e v e re n d E d w i n Shuman ' 38 and h i s wife, Mar­ jorie Gould Shuman '3 7, lead lives fil led with bu y (a te rm l J U't c o i ned ) .

W i t h r e l a t i v e :, a n d

friend everywhere, t h e y trave l a l l

ove r ( E ngla nd , cotland a n d t he U n i t d � r n t e ) . ln an a f t e r ­ thought, Ma ri o ri e c o m m e n t ' : " i nce Ed was Dr. Li h by ' s a s1st­ ant for four year , he h a s a gooJ many anecdores rn tel l . " ( torie about Dr. Libby are alway wel­ come in this column, and we look forward to Ed's re pon . ) . . . Henry Wilcox '3 7 ha. two daughters, two grandchildren and four' great­ grandchildren. In the fitne de­ partment he reports walking and doing stretch exercises about five times a week. He recommend When the Bough Breaks by Jon­ . Betty athan Kel lerma n .

Wilkinson Ryan ' 3 7 has given her bicycle away because she lives in a four-sided valley; i.e., "every­ where I go is uphill from my house."

She enjoys "the concerts, operas and museums of New York, where a veritable feast of options lies be­ fore me." Betty's uncle was the beloved Professor W i l l i am J .

W i l k inson . . . . R u t h Y e a t o n McKee '3 7 wants to walk 10 miles a day and entertain as she used to.

She recalls that Dr. Libby used to terrify us in Public peaking and that John Thomas was a joy to sing for in G l ee C l u b . . . . E t h e l Bradstreet Maney ' 3 8 has a son, Ardith '66 ( Phi Beta Kappa ) , a daughter Laurel '70 ( Ph i Beta Kappa ) and a son, Jack, who grad u ated from Dartmouth in three years, but Ethel does not give the year of graduation. Ardith i professor of political science at Iowa State, Laurel is a manager with the Miller Brewing company and Jack is an electrical engineer.

She walks frequently down to

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ter, Adele, 1 '> an acc1

unrant at t he

Bel mont H i l l Preparntmy Schoo l . . Reverend Ph i ll i p Hender­ son '38 report' that on J a nu;1ry 1 , 1 994, he w::i' m ::i rr i ed to R i m Clo u u e r-' \vh o wa� m y m i n ister

NEWSMAKERS Ludy Levine ' 2 1 celebrated his

96th birthd y la t November 30.

When a ke<l by a Central Maine Morning Sentinel reporter how he felt, he replied, " [ d n't ee any difference in my actions. I j u t carry on. I 'm looking forward ro 1 00 year . That' all l wan t." He and hi brother, Pac y ' 2 7 , rarely mi a Colby fo tball, ba ketball r ba eball game and continue to work ix day a week at Levine' Clothing tore in Waterville.

Ludy Levine

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of m u , i c <'It M e m or i a l Rap t i > l

h urc h, Hanford, on n . , when I wa' m i n 1 , ter there 1n 1 974- 1 982."

He recommend� The C 11 lw re

Oishelief hy

tephen

L.

;mer.

of lt

concern' the tn\'ial 1:at 1on of re l 1 -

1t.., rracnce' b y o u r gov­ . . . Violet Hamilton Chri tensen ' 39 h a., had c a tara c t u rgery, w h i c h greatly i mproved the · 1ghr 111 he r left eye. By the time you read th1,, he will have haJ the right eye "fixed." Violet would rather write than anything, hut ,·ol unteer work fre q u e n t l y gets in t h e way. . . . 1 x teen month ago, Margaret Whalen '39 broke her left ( writing) am1 in three place when he fell on the ice. A long period of hibernation followed. he remember Profe ·or Everett Strong' French classes and from that experience has maintained an interest in French literarure all her life . . . . V i rgin i a King l ey Jones '39 is a trustee of her local hospital ( E . Boothbay, Maine ) and is secretary of the board. At the time of her February '94 letter, she was the great-grandmother of a 1 -year-old and, if all went well, was to be a great-grandmother again last J uly ( ee profile, page • 43 ) . g1on ::i n d

ern ment and 'oe ter� .

FORTIES Constance Tilley '40 lives in a

retirement community in Gaith­ ersburg, Md., where the people cou ldn't be n icer. Although the book is not new, Constance rec­ ommends Upstairs at the White House. She really enjoyed i t . . . . For many years, P risc i l l a M a i l e y '40 vowed she would never leave her home but, hav-

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MILEPOSTS Deaths: William M. Chittenden ' 1 9 in Hamden, Conn., a t . . . . Myra Dolley ' 1 9 in Portland, Maine, at 97 . . . . Thelma R der Bu h '23 in pnngfield, Vt., at 92 . . . . Louise M. Tilley

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'23 in Pitman, N .J . , at 94 . . . . W. Robert Lombard '28 in . . . . Ori Greenlaw Walter '29 in M achta , Maine, at mith ' 3 0 in .C., at 6 . . . . Ruth Park Win ton- alem, Lanca ter, .H., at 5 . . . . Pauline Gay Ryder ' 3 1 in Oak Ridge, Tenn., t 3 . . . . Ralph M. Snyder ' 3 1 in Oxford, Maine, at 5 . . . . John H.J. Wi no ki ' 3 1 in Ware, Ma ., at 6 . . . . Robert F. Greene ' 3 3 in Brook line, Mas ., at 3 . . . .

Theodore H . Packard ' 3 3 in Holden, Mas . , at 3 . . . . Margaret Fernald mith ' 3 3 in Wilton, Maine, at 3 . . . . Louise mith Velten '33 in Oakland, Cal if., at 3 . . . . Frederick Bowker '35 in Bangor, Maine, at 3 . . . . Evelyn Fuller Crowe ' 3 5 in Boi e, Idaho, at 1 . . . . Dorothy Tozier LeMaster '36 in Monmouth, Maine, at 79 . . . . Edmund L. Barnard ' 3 7 in Belfa t, Maine, at 79, . . . Whitney Wright '37 i n Damaci cotta, Maine, at 79 . . . . L.D.A. "Dori " Russell '40 in Norwood, Ma ., at 77 . . . . Guy Scribner '40 in Homo a sa, Fla., at 76 . . . . Henry W. Abbott J r. '4 1 in ero Beach, Fla., at 75 . . . . Thomas R. Braddock '43 in Well v i l le, N .Y . , at 73 . . . . Frederick A. Howard '44 in Greenwich, Conn., at 74 . . . . Edward H. Saltzberg '44 in Es ex, M a ., at 73.

ing moved to a retirement com­ munity in Fresno, Calif. , he i glad she made the cruelly dif­ fic u l t tran i t io n . Two lovely ki ttens came along when he moved. To improve her fitness, she attends cardiac rehabilitation sessions on Monday and Wed­ nesdays and walks two mi les on Fridays . . . . Frank J ew e l l '40 lives with his new wife, Lois, at his home in Florida in the winter and at hers in New Hampshire in the u mmer. He sings i n h is church choir, sometimes as a so­ loist. He also solos on the trum­ pet and the harmon ica. Too occasionally to suit him, he plays golf, softball, volleyball and ping-

pong. . . . J oh n Foster '40 has been most affected by time spent in Cuba, eminars on racial ju tice and "enough review of h is­ tory to inspire real anger at my own U.S.A." Travel in Chile, Argentina, Brazil and Cuba are both intellectually and physically re torative, he declares . . . . My brother, John Colby Eaton '4 1 , and h is wife, Barbara, l iving in W terv il le, find their proximity to the Colby campu most re­ warding. They attend many of the c ultural programs offered by the College . . . . Norris Dibble '4 1 has retired from the practice of law after 45 years. He and his wife, Helen, have four children

Caring About Care H

ealth care reform is still up for debate in Congre s, but it's already underway in Boothbay H ar­ bor, Maine. Virginia K ingsley Jones '39, who has worked at Boothbay Harbor's t. Andrews Hospital both in paid and volunteer capacities for more than 50 years and headed the hospital' recently concluded 1 60,000 annual fund-rai ing cam­ paign, ay t. Andrews already has transformed health care in the region.

Despite being the largest employer in what Jone calls "thi town down here on the pen in ula," St. Andrew hasonly 2 2 acute care unit and a 30bed nur ing home and no trauma or transplantfac ilitie . The hospital has lo t ome doctors to larger e tablish­ ments and higher salarie and ha found it increasingly hard to reach people. " o we've gone beyond 'hospital' to 'health care . ' Health care mean working with chool and the YMCA or ha\'ing c l in ic l ike our b lood pressure c l inic ," said J one , who began at t. Andrew in 1 94 1 after receiving her medical technol­ ogy degree at the Central M a ine G eneral H o pita! School of Medical Technology. he ha erved as ch ief medical tech­ nologi t and a pre ident of the h p i ta! auxiliary and cur­ rently i ecretary of the ho p ita!' hoard of trustee . A the only member of the hosp ital personnel on the board, he ay he brings "a different per pective toward employees. " t. Andrews feature three family prac tice doctor and two intern in a group practice, which J one ay she has been advocating for years. "They're all employee of the hospital.

Before, they were in competition, now they're working together," she aid. " I t's working."

Preventive health care i j u t around the corner, ay J one , who ounds a savvy as a hospital administrator after her stint on the ho pita!' executive, strategic planning and human resource commit tee . While the ho pita! s t i l l offer such services as x-rays and physical and draws blood for blood work, it has e tabli hed fam ily cl inic branches, one 1 5 m i le away i n Edgecomb and the other, a women's heal th center, in Boothbay Harbor. Both are serviced by the hospital' five phy ician .

"Preventive health is the coming thing,"Jone said. "You're going to try to keep them out of the hospital rather than in.'

To be in a tronger po ition to deal with in urance compa­ nie , who, she say , increasingly want a facility to serve a base number of c l ients, St. Andrew i inve tigating networking ervice uch as sharing physician and laboratory te ting with as man as n ine other ho p ita! .

"You'll only get so much money to take care of ] ohn Doe .

When it's used up, that's it. H ealth care i going to be a different thing," she said.

St. Andrews, which was built a an in-patient building, already is functioning as an out-patient fac ility, Jones says. One related result i home health care, another front-line St. Andrew ervice. " M e d i c are w on ' t pay for people to tay in hospital o we have to send them home, but they aren't always able to take care of themsel ve - o they need home health care," said Jone .

"We are i t . " I n a c o m m u n i t y w i t h many ret i ree , the ho p i ta! al o i do­ ing a fea i b i l ity tudy to see how much interest exi ts i n e­ n iors' housing. "We need some­ thing for the whole pectru m , " s h e s a i d . "This i a busine s .

Today , y o u have to g e t i n t o the e ou treach things or you can't surv i v e . " The board al o set up a n advisory committee o that people with complaint or ugge tions can call regarding ervice .

"We're trying very hard to meet all the needs of the community , " he aid.

Her posi t ion a head of the recent fund-rai ing drive wa "only t i tu lar," claim J one , a Boothbay resident since 1 94 1 .

"But everybody know me. They wanted somebody local and on the board who's re peered in the community. I 'm cal led on for how local people fee l . " During 1 0 year away from t h e hospital to raise her daughter, Jones did c lerical work at the Hodgton Brothers shipyard. When the yard was sold, he worked in the office of a local shrimp company for a year, then, armed with her Colby chemistry major and biology courses, was employed by the government as a biologist at a local research lab tudying lobster and herring. he returned to the ho pita! in 1 970, where she remained until she retired i n 1 98 4 , a year before her hu band d ied.

Retirement seem a mi namer. In her 70s-and now a great-grandmother twice- he j oined a tap danc ing group at the YMCA. ( he drew the l ine at public performance, he aid, "but if they'd offer the old soft shoe, I 'd do it again." ) he a l o has erved the College as a clas agent and currently i in the middle of a three-year term a a SO-plus repre entative to the Alumni Counc i l . But it' the ho pita! that claim the bulk of her attention. "It's been the bigge t interest in my l ife, " she said.

"Except they don't pay me any more ," he j oked, then added, "It' nerve wracking. But financially we're better now and have more patients."

"We can now look to expand," he aid, already antici­ pating a St. Andrew capital campaign , perhaps for seniors' hou ing, a couple of year down the road.

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nearby Mt. G re t n a , Pa . , I c h a t ted wnh M a n ny by r h n ne , but he

Elizabeth Sweetser B a x t e r '4 1

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T h e lat ter h a -. t h ree c h i l d ren­

h oy, . . . . Cha rle. Heath '42 w i fe , R u t h , have eight

sent me a c l i r r i ng a hour r h e l a t e

h e a l t h p ru h l e m s . H e ha� r u r ­

all

Dr. Gordon Gates ' 1 9 , who w a '

c h a,ed a N ord icTrnck exerc 1 e

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i> ge r n ng 11wo lv ed in I L ' w.e. Bc,t of luck, Manny! . . .

g r a n d c h i l d re n , t h e o l J e t of

a fri e nd and c l a,::. m a r c m o t h e r , P h y ll i s

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her

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frllm Vi llanon:i 1n l 994. R e t ire me n t hec1me hor1 1 1 g , '"Y' M r. H ea t h , >o he ' ' now \\'l >rkmg a l mm t full tune a., coo k whom grad uated

Sweetser ' 1 9 , a n d n f my >!Ster, the late Ha rriet Eaton Ro g e r'

Ernest Weid u l ' 4 3 keep' ,1cm·c

Es t e l le Rogers

, i nd t r) i ng t u keer a I 5 0 - ye.ir-old

MacDonald ' 3 9. Dr. Gate' wa' the wnrld\ lead ing a u t hn r i t y nn

\\' i,he> he \\'ere Jumg ome t h 1 11g

'cholar-.h 1 r fund and

nl igoc h a c ta ( ea r t h \\'llrm , ) and

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d i nator ( M a m e ) nfa m a t u re d n v -

ll'aS ar11n i n ted head nf the B 1 n l ­ L l g y Depart ment a t Cll l hy i n Sep­

1n A rgen t i n a , S 1 hena or A l a,kn. . . . Sidney Rauch '4 3 , t h l lugh

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fr, 1m Hnfstra U n l \'L'r,ity, '' '[ I l l acl l \'C .i., .i

B i x le r r r i n r cd 1 n the 'epr. l LJ ,

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PonlanJ Sun ­ . Thomas J .

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where he read, from a n d .in.,wer' que>t 1on' ab,iur h 1 , c h i l d re n \

Boston or N e ll' E ng l a nd . H e e>­

boob, t h e Barn aby Brown 'enc .

cot i a ,

capes t h e gloom by

be i n g an avid

reader about t h e E u ropean The­

World War I I . H is son, Thomas M . Clohe')'. works 111 t h e fin a n c i a l fi e l d in N e \\' York . . . . Bob R ice '42 has fo u r children and two grandchi ldren, all of t h e m adu lt-. "Lik very­ one else who h as acquired a word processor," he wri tes, 'Tm w r i t ­ ing a book. Thi o n e ' about WW! l activitie- and anecdotes as a p i lot." He wishes he had freedom to sit down and enjoy TV, but he i- too busy writ ing.

He has been singing in his church choir for nearly 50 years . . . .

Dorris Heaney Batt '42 and her hu band, George, went to Ha­ waii in 1 9 76 to give guided tours at W a i o l i M ission Hou e i n Hanalei, Hawa i i . Later ( 1 980) they became gu ides at Grove Farm Home read ( a former sugar plantat ion home ) . The Batts have two daughters and a son.

One of the daughters has been one of four florist in the White House for the la t l 0 years under R e a g a n , B u s h and C l i n t o n .

M rs. Batt a n d my n iece, M a r ­ tha Rogers Beach ' 4 2 , have been c lose friends ever since their Colby days. . . . Emanuel "Manny" Fruman '42 still work as the sales manager for a water­ proofing company i n Plains, Pa. Sadly, Manny had to be hospital­ ized twice this past summer and finds that even with Medicare, a t e r of

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k md n '' and ::.ens1tiv i t y ro mcllm ing fre hmcn, Dr. Libb · , whose c l a-,,e were n e ver dull, and Carl Weber, "who made une rroud of being an En­ gl ish maior." . . . George A. Pop­ per '43 1 bu y \\ 1 t h community activitie in We tfield, N .j . , and recently j o med the We tfield Rescue quad a a di -patcher. The Popper· enjoy t raveling and have vi ired England , Germany , Po­ land, Czecho lovakia, Hungary, wirzerland, l taly , Costa Rica and everal Caribbean i lands . . . .

Patricia Ford Ellis ' 4 3 met her husband, Albert Ellis '44, in the trombone ect ion of the Colby band. Band wa fine duri ng foot­ bal l sea on, but Profes or Com­ paretti changed to c lassical mu ic for the colder months and there aren't many note for trombone in that k ind of music, says Mr .

Elli . She enj yed being among the fir t to occupy the new rooms on M ayflower H i l l . . . . R u t h Graves Montgomery '43 has had both knee replaced and feels great. Next t ime she is at Colby, she can walk with everyone.

M rs . M o n tgomery has t h ree daughter , including Patricia '7 1 , a n d fo u r grand c h i l d re n . . . .

Howard Johnson '43 was writ­ i ng and rev i ing a manuscript for a book on the mean i ng of Jesus, according to his April '94 que t ionnaire. The book will be more Ch.irman for h 1>

.,our k i t chen, t ru,tee of a

-,ran:'.

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i n v 1 , i t 1 11g m1thm program' 1 11 e l emen rn ry -,chn, l l ., ( grade-.

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has been tea c h i ng Nat ive American at Athcnaeum (a Leaming After 50 program at Roche>ter I n�t1 tute of Technology) and ha moved to he near fam ily. Her lare t add re : A p t. 4 5 8, Hollandale Apart­ ment,, Clifton Park, N.Y. 1 2065. . . . Priscilla Moldenke Drake ' 4 3 ha five children and e ight grandchildren . he has heart trnuhle, hut it ha srnbil1zed. For fitne,�. he exerc1 e while hru. h+ 1 11g her teeth.

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w i shes that he wa> hack l i \' i n g 1n

re t i re m e n t in

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Correspondents: 1 94 5 Dorothy Sanford McCunn 8 Honey H i ll Road Canaan, CT 060 1 203- 24-7 2 3 6 1 94 6 Nancy Jacobsen 3627 Northlake Drive Doraville, G A 3 0340 404-934-90 7 5 1 947

Mary Hall Fitch 4 Canal Park, =7 1 2 Cambridge, M A 02 1 4 1 6 1 7-494-4 2 1 948

David and Dorothy Marson 41 Wood End Road Dedham, MA 02026 61 7-329-3970 1 949

Robert M. Tonge r.

5 Greylock Road Waterv i lle. ME 0490 1 207- 7 3 - 3 2 44

traveling far and wide when not at home at 1 86 Flying Point Rd., Freeport, ME 0403 2 . . Dick D u n p h y wrote from Green Pond, N .J . , where he is in real estate.

Last year he and wife Sylvia at­ tended hi 4 5 th We t Point re­ union . . . . Dixie Roundy B eb ee reports from Rochille, Md., that -he i deep into high school sports thank ro her grand on. he watched him hit a grand- lam homer this summer and thought how her dad, Couch Roundy, would have cheered. o rma Taraldsen B i llings write from Augu ta, M aine, that she is tak­ ing a break from soc ial work.

Dick '4 is executi\·e director of Informed loraries of Maine.

The ir grandchildren are busy graduating and like so many are aiming for graduate ·chool. .

Thank you all for sending in the que tionnaires. The new system i a big help to this procra t inat­ • ing new hound.

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Dorothy Sanford McCunn

As 1 994 drew tu a c lo e, I found that l didn't have much recent news from cla mate . My sincere hope, then, is that e\·eryone has been busy writing their autobiographies for inclusion in the cla s year­ book. l do ha\·e one sad item, however. The College recently was notified of the death of Miriam L e i g h t o n Mayo on 1ay 3 1 , 1 994 . . . . I did have a telephone char with Helen Gould Sullivan, who spends the winter months in Naple , Fla . , and d i\·ide the other month between c iruare, Ma · - . , and ew Hampshire. Helen in­ forms me that he has 13 grand­ chi ldren ranging from 1 to high school age. She finds many activi­ tie ro keep her elf bu y 111 each location . . . . I hope ro see many of you on the Colby campu -, J une - 1 1 of '95 !

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Mary Hall Finch

I am taking over as the new correspondent for our cla and hope to maintain the ·tandard et by Be ve r ly Benner Cassara. She and l had coffee together thi morn­ ing, and it was good to get to know her a bit better and meet her husband. Ju t after the con­ ference on world population, Bev was in Cairo a a member of the executive committee of the In­ ternational Counc il for Adult Education, Fifth World As em­ b l y , for a c onference t i t l e d "Women, Literacy and Develop­ ment , Challenges for the 2 l st Century." Attending were people from 1 30 countries around the world, who were invited by Mrs. Mubarek, the keynote speaker.

Bev wa the moderator of one of the ession . In connection w ith

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Nancy J acobsen

l got the nicest note

from Ron Farkas, now living on the garden i land of Kauai, Hawai i . Ron and hi wife left Duxbury, Mas ., and now own everal condomini­ ums-you know, low-slung lanai­ types w ith huge veranda a few rep from the beach. He ent picture , and I have been dream­ ing about it. Ron aid he'd love to see ome Colby people on Kaua i and could offer ome very good deals for vacations. I'm ready!

He's at 2 3 3 7 N ola Rd. , Koloa, H l 96756. . . . Laura Higgins Ander­ son j ust checked in. What's new ? " ] got remarried after 1 3 year of widowhood," he report , "and am very happy. " Robert i a cap­ tain, US , retired, and they are

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At the annual January meeting of the M aine Children' Home for Little Wanderer , Dorrie Me er Hawkes '47 wa hon­ ored w i th a plaque of apprecia­ tion upon her retirement from the agency's board of directors. . . . Don J oh nson '47 wa in­ ducted into the Quincy-North Quincy (Ma s.) Football Hall of Fame in early December for hi football achievements at orth Quincy H igh chool.

Don ]ohnson '47

MILEPOSTS Dearhs: Wilber " Bi ll" Bastien '49 in Togus, Maine, at 74 . . . .

Horton W . Emerson J r. '49 in Maine at 69 . . . . Jeanne M. Hall ' 4 9 in Englewood, Colo., at 69 . . . . A vard Holt ' 4 9 in Skowhegan, M aine, at 66 . . . . Thomas W. Samuelsen ' 4 9 in

Cape Elizabeth, Maine, at 67.

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her wmk in adult educa t i o n , Be,· has traveled tn many cnuntr ie� in

A fr i c a , w Tl·rn il and and to the envi rnnmental cnnfcrence in Rio. . . . Dana and Harriet Nourse

J r. on A ugust 1 2 . . .

h i rley anJ

Alex Richard were honored by

coach a n J princ ipal at t h e h igh ;chool from 1 960 to 1 9 79, anJ

and M a achu;em. Widowed 1 1 year ago, he a l o has two grand­

school a d m i n iMra t i ve J i ;trict 5 9

h i rley, currentl y on the hoard of

d i rector; anJ Madison area hi gh

rrw.ree; of Hu\ on Co l l ege, wa a

cat nameJ M ok i e . Her

,cho, >I when an academ ic w i ng of

hu�ine;

and EngJ i,h teacher at

cant other, a former professor of

the c hool from l 9 5 4 to I 979 . . . .

daughter and a strange S iamese ignifi ­

Robi n son arc i n Bei j ing ( Dana

the school wa; ded icated i n their

works i n h i gh - t ech e l e c t ro n i c e x ports) f o r a one-rn-rhree-yem

n a m e s . A b ro n :

p l a q u e wa;

Elaine Noyes Cella, owner of the

English, 1s owner of A l len Scott B oks on Exchange treet i n

s t i n r . � he says, "We h;we heen

the mai n en trance

spend i ng th ree month; there and

of

;chool . A l e x , who d1 J i n M arch 1 994, was a reac h e r , foot b a l l

c h i ldren' '>ec t i on of the A n t i ­ q u a n a n Book tore Lil Portland, M a i ne , report; that her four aJult

great to hear from c l a smates. + end us your news.

t h ree or four here for the pa;r few

mounted i n the cnrridor c lose tn the h igh

Portland, M a i ne . . . . I t 's alway

c h i ldren l i ve nearby i n Maine

years. So t h is w i l l rea l l y be easier.

I hare the long fl ight and the con t i n ued pac k i ng anJ unpack­ i ng. We l ike the hotel and ,taff­ have a two-room apartment w i t h a s m a l l k i t c h e n but five res­ taurant

if I 'd rather not cook

A l though t h i was her first

hrist­

mas i n Ch in a, she thought i t was Dana's 1 7 th . . . . Jane Rol l in ha; been vac at ion i ng in England for everal year and this October spen t three week i n Britain v i i t ing friends in the central h igh­ lands of Scotland and a week i n Yorksh ire, England. Earl ier i n the year, she enjoyed an Ea tern Eu­ ropean rrip to " t hose wonderful old c it ies." Perhap we can peruade her to w r i te more about her spec ific i mpressions of each of the c i t ies he v is i ted . . . . John and

Planned giving can sound like a foreign language.

I w i l l be ce lebrating our 50th wedd i ng a n n i versary t h is year

A carefully planned charitable gift provide you and your loved ones with immediate benefits:

and as a treat will be spend ing a week on Lake George w i t h our s i x c h i ldren, t h eir pou e and our five grand c h i ldren. I n re t i re­ ment, we both work at Record ing for the B l i nd in Cambridge, Mass., which puts textbooks on tape for p r i n t - i m pa i red s t u d e n t s fro m e le m e n tary t h ro ugh grad u a t e school l e v e l . Judy Dunnington Vol l mer '6 1 is on the taff there and would enjoy a call at 6 1 7 5 77- 1 1 1 1 from any of you nearby who c o u ld volunteer your help.

It'

a great place . . . . Please let

me hear from m any of you before the next issue comes o u t . Your classmates would really like to know what you're doi ng, so i f you don't l i ke to write, g ive me a c a l l . + Thanks !

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I am sorry to report the death of two of our c l assmates: Geor­

gette Yuill Carpenter o n Dece m­ ber 8 and Horton W. Emerson

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it can increa e your income, protect your as ets and reduce your tax burden, now and in the future. But such a gift can also create a legacy for generation of tudent who will benefit from a Colby experience.

Colby ha prepared a l ooklet de igned to help you tran late this language of PIFs, CRATs and CRUT into easily understood, usable idea . For a copy of "Foresight: Colby's G u ide to Planned Giv ing," please return the coupon below or contact Colby' Director of Planned G iv ing, Steve C. Greaves, at 4 3 7 3 Mayflower H i ll, Waterv i l le, ME 0490 1 or call 207-872-3 2 1 2 .

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4 3 7 3 Mayflower H i ll , Waterv i l le , ME 40901

Plea e send me a copy of "Foresight: Colby's Guide to Planned G i v ing."

I would l ike to d iscuss a planned g ift for Colby. Please c a l l me.

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Margaret Smith Henry 1 304 Lake Shore Orive Massapequa Park, NY 1 1 762 5 1 6- 5 4 1 -0790

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N ancy R icker Sears 3 1 Sweetwater Avenue Bedford, MA 0 1 7 3 0 6 1 7 - 2 7 5 - 7865

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A nn Marie Segrave Lieber 7 Kingsland Court South Orange, NJ 07079 201 -763 -67 1 7

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Barbara J efferson Walker 39 1 5 Cabot Place, Apt. 1 6 R i chmond, VA 2 3 2 3 3 804- 5 2 7-0726 1 95 2

Edna M i l ler Mordecai 94 Woodridge Road Wayland, MA 0 1 7 7 8 5 08- 3 5 8- 5 5 74 1953

Barbara Easterbrooks Mailey 80 Lincoln Avenue South Hamilton, M A 0 1 982 5 08-468- 5 1 1 0 1954

B i l l and Penny Thresher Edson 3 2 5 3 Erinlea Avenue Newbury Park, CA 9 1 3 20-58 1 1 805 -498-9656 1 95 5

Ann Dillingham Ingraham 9 Appletree Lane Manchester, M E 043 5 1 207-62 2 -0298 1956

Eleanor Edmunds Grout R D 3, Jones Road Gouverneur, NY 1 3642 3 1 5 -2 8 7 -3 2 7 7 1957

Brian F. Olsen 46 Washington Drive Acton, MA 0 1 7 2 0 508-263-9238

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Nancy Ricker Sears Foster Bruc kheimer is keeping busy as a Palm Beach County volun­ teer, writing tickets for violators of handicapped parking spaces.

He included a picture of himself on the job, wh ich you can see at reunion t ime if you haven't seen the man him elf. . . . Bud Everts, who continue to serve the class on the Reunion Committee, writes that he enjoys golf and tennis as t ime permits from h is inve tment prac t i c e . He and Elinor welcomed a second grand­ daughter in November, which brings the count to four and two . . . . Betty J acobs Christo­ poulos and her husband, Arthur, winter in Bradenton, Fla., but will be back in M aine ar reunion t ime and are planning to be there.

Betty is active in the Sweet Adelines and also enjoys golf and bridge playing . . . . Paul Titus, who boasts a great-granddaugh­ ter, also hopes to make the re­ union from Solana Beach, Calif. . . . June J e nsen Pelger sent a postcard of the QE2, the ship that usually brings her to the U nited States from the Nether­ lands when he come to spend time in Florida. Unfortunately, she won't be able to be with us in J une but sends good wishes to all her classmates . . . . Francis Blon-

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d i n recalls a great time at the 40th and looks forward to our 4 5 th . He and Dorothy live in Manchester, N . H . , and spend a lot of quality t ime w i th the ir 1 -year-old granddaughter. . .

N ewton Bates reminisces about spending his en ior year in the vets' apartments after marrying Shirley in J une of 1 949. He ha not been back to Colby ince our 2 5 th but says he think the cam­ pus is "one of the mo t beautiful of all college campuses," and i t made h i m feel proud to be a graduate . . . . Robert Armitage writes from Vestal, N . Y . , recall­ ing a Colby Eight reunion and other friends with whom he has lost contact. Let thi erve as an alert to Bob's friends. H is wife is no longer living, but he has three children and I 0 grandchildren. . . Shirley Cookson Hall loves being retired and having the op­ portunity to spend more time at her camp on Norton's Pond in L incolnville, Maine. She say that the names in this column are always fami l iar and bring back fond memories, but as caregivers to elderly parents, they don't ex­ pect to be at the reunion. hidey says, "We l ike to be involved with our children and grandchildren, as well as contributing to com­ mun ity service organizations. " Sh i rley chaired a fund- raising committee for her church , which brought in $400,000 . . . . Barbara Starr Wolf writes, " I 've spent more than half my life in South A m e r i c a s i n c e I married in Buenos A i res in 1 960. I have a very exciting life and l ive in the most v ibrant, explosive, active, growing c ity in South America.

Sao Paulo has it all. I travel a great deal, at least once a year to the States, combining business and fam i ly vis its. They're all there, including my daughter and granddaughter." Barbara has been a key exec u tive organizer for N ieman Marcu as well as buying

agent for them and for the Barus Group ( department stores, in­ cluding Saks Fifth Avenue ) . Cur­ rently she is planning tours and bookings for d istinguished en­ sembles and artists such a the Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra and I aac Stem . . . . Jane Merrill Thomas of Lynn, Mass . , will not be able to attend the reunion but has sent some great photo , which Dunn House alums will want to see. . . Connie Leonard Hayes recall that the most meaningful and c lose friendships of her life began at Colby. he and Dick look forward in rwo or three years to retirement in their new home in Grantham, N .H . , where they w i l l be near Charlie '49 and Ginny Davis Pearce and Walter and J oan Foster Barndt ' 5 1 .

Connie and Dick hope to make the reunion . . . . ln Woonsocket, R . l . , Lois Prentiss Mansfield, who taught chool for 3 5 years after getting her master's degree, i struggling with Parkin on's but reveals a spirit that i both in­ domitable and serene. She asked her daughter to write for her and send wishes for good luck with our reunion plan . I'm sure she would l ike to hear from class­ mates . . . . Remember, I can sup­ ply addresses so that you can get in touch with any "lost" friends. Also, as l near the end of my term a class correspondent, I remind you that we are looking for replace­ ments for our present officers. If you are intere ted, contact me or Priscilla Tracey Tanguay. Hope to see many of you there inJ une 1 + Corre pondent:

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Barbara J efferson Walker Ted Weaver gives his

addres a Roseburg, Ore . , but writes that he "threw away the Advi l and spend most of the time traveling in [his] RV home . " H i memorie of

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scription of his poetry that

glish profe ·sor Rona Id

Moran accept re luctantly.

Moran ' 5 8 's Getting the Body w

A t the hub of his world is

Dance Again recen tly won the

tate Route 1 2 3 , a honky-tonk

1 994 National Look ing G la ss

strip in a m i l l town in the Caro­

Poetry Chapbook Competi­

l i nas, where J onathan, the

t ion sponsored by Pudd ing House Publications in Ohio.

:.peaker in a serie of hart nar­ rati ve , ob erve an extended

Moran's fourth poetry collec­ tion, the book won out over

fa mily of aunts, unc les, cous­ ins and other bu y c i ti zen in

severa l hundred entrant", and

their dai ly coming

reviewers are compar ing his

ing ·. Moran argues that rhyth­

portrayal of

mical language and scrupulou attent ion to d e t a i l s , place

mall- town life

with Edgar Lee M a ters' Spoon River Anthology and herwood

name and c redible events "create rich i tuat ions-rich

Anderson's \Xlinesburg, Ohio.

M oran cred its his wri ting and teach ing careers

to

in peop le, deta i ls and inci­

hi

dents"-and that what hap­ pen to the character in the e

h igh school French teacher, ) .

Claude Bouchard '28, who led

poem i ignificant, timely and a lot less ephemeral than today's new paper.

When he gives reading , Moran said, "People say, 'How

him to Colby, and to Colby profe or Richard Cary. Un­

der Cary's infl uence, he aid, "a nu mber of us ·ighted our barrels." M oran, who was born in Phi lade lph ia and grew up in New Britain, Conn. , says that when he told Cary he wanted to go "some place warm" to graduate chool in A merican li terature, hi mentor teered him to Lou i iana State U n ivers i ty, where he received an M . A . in Eng l i h l iterature and a P h . D in A merican literature.

and go­

can he ay those thing about his fam i ly ! ' or 'You're writing about my family ! "' The poem are " udden fiction ," of cour e-Moran and hi wife, Jane, have 34-year-old tw ins and few relatives­ but the approximat ion of real people in a real world demon­ strate that aud iences like the narrative , act ion, per onal

"He d id good by me , " aid Moran, who thank Cary for

experience and colloqu ial language. In an article he wrote

introduc ing h im to another li terary influence, Maine poet

about virtual joumali m in Northeast, Moran predicted that "the c l i mate in A merican letters will continue to warm for

Edw in Arlington Rob in on, the subject of Moran's Ph. D . d i ssertat ion at L U in 1 966.

Moran taught at the Un iversity of North Carol ina­

the VJ poem."

Chapel H i l l before taking a posit ion at Clemson in 1 9 7 5 .

h is wife and a friend were itt ing in their kitchen amused by the type of poem com ing out of San Francisco, "so we

From 1 9 7 5 t o 1 980 h e was Clem on's Engl ish department head. Recently, in addit ion to his department re pon ibili­ t ies, he has served as associate dean of liberal art , and he's also been ac t ing head of the speech and commun icat ion studies program s ince A ugust 1 99 3 . He says he's now look­

Moran says he d idn't tart writ ing until he was 25. He and

started writing l i ttle imitations, and I never stopped."

He says he got so interested in the l ittle magazines where he was publishing that at one point he made a list of more than 2 00 for the LSU and UNC libraries to order. A lthough he's also had work in larger quarterl ies-and has written a

ing forward to being released from some of the e du tie and return i ng to the Engl ish department.

"I love teaching," Moran said. "I taught creative writing

book on the poet Louis Simpson and is co-author of an academ ic study, Four Poets and the Emotive Imagination­

last semester. It was l ike an oasis. " H is busy schedule of late has left him only "finite and l i m ited t i me to write," he aid,

l i t t le magazines and chapbooks.

"which leads to finite and l i m i ted poe ms."

One critic has grouped Getting the Body to Dance Again

Moran aid he's pleased to have made a career publishing in

and Moran's third book, S udden Fictions ( which was pub­ l ished by J ohn J u dson ' 5 8 's J un iper Press in W i consin ) ,

Whether his poems appear in large quarterlies or little ones "just doesn't make a great deal of difference," Moran said. " I j ust feel happy that there's some audience out there.

I l ike it that these editors l ike what I'm doing. I feel honored

with the work o f poets writing "virtual journal ism," a de-

that they responded so positively to what I 've done ."

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Colby include Dean Marriner' Engli h Lit and "Little Talks on Common Th i ng s , " President Bixler asking, "Have you ever read the Bible?" and DKE picnics. Ted appre c iates hi B . A . degree, which qualified him to "cackle any pursuit ,.. . . . B i l l B u rgess, Tuc on, A riz. , ent in a copy of the program at which he was hon­ ored for his many contributions in the drama department of ahuaro H igh chool. He writes that this award feels to him l ike the Tony, Emmy and Academy Awards! . . . Fred Boyle, Spring­ vale, M aine, i a genealogist who plans to publi h a second book of local genealogy and then one on the fa m i l ies of anford pringvale, Maine . . . . Connie Preble Anding, having moved from M inne ota to T uc on, Ari:. , i "blissfully retired and heav i ly into hedon i m." he recently enjoyed a vi i t from Patti A n ­ derson Ebinger . . . . Clayton

anta Cruz, Calif. , i retired and president of IR , an organi:ation of enior citizen that "promote the enjoyment, d ig­ nity and independence of retire­ ment." . . . Margaret S l ingerland ummers in Maryland, w inter in Florida and t ravels to E lder­ ho tels . . . . Audrey Bostwi c k , Perkai e, Pa. , an in tructor in equine c ience at Delaware Val­ ley College, went to England as coach of the U. . team at the world champion h ips in dressage and exhibi tion driving competi­ t ion for the handicapped.

Edward Bittar, after receiving his M.D. from Yale, pent time in Jeru alem, the Navy, Damascu and England. He is now at the Univer i ty of Wi con in Medi­ cal chool, where he ay he spe­ c i a l ize i n " c e l l phy i o l o g y , particularly ion cran port acros membranes." He is ed iting a com­ pend i um, Principles of Medical Biology, which i "d i rected at . . . emphas i z i ng self-d i rec ted , prob l e m - based learn i n g . " . . .

Dick B i rc h , Holl is, N .H . , is in real e tate ales with Dewolfe ew England. He enjoys golf and an­ t i c i p ates " w i n t e r breaks" in Florida. . . . Bump Bean, Con­ cord., Mas ., retired and now conults in tele ommunications . . . .

When you read thi , 1 will have walked among the penguins in + Antarctica.

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Barbara Easterbrooks Mailey Carolyn English Caci, N e l s o n B e v e r i dge

and I got together at a local restaurant in early Novem­ ber to hare news of classmates, and we decided to meet every once in a while j ust to keep in touch. Carolyn aid he'd recently had a visit from Gig Roy on her way from ew York to Maine and expec ted Marty Friedlaender during Thanksgiving weekend.

Marty, who retired from her di­ rectorship of ocial work at t.

Luke 's/Roa evelt Hospital in New York City pent three weeks touring London and Edmburgh last summer, but -he can't seem to distance her eli entirely from ocial \\'Ork-she ha plan to do · raft training and serve on social work commi t tee· and boards. . . . Another recent retiree is Joan Shea Conroy, former office man­ ager. Her hu ·band i deceased, anJ he now ::.hare a home with her daughter. he reports that she i active in Friend of the Library in the Greem·ille, .C., area and that her pride and joy is her garden. Perhap· he can take that talent to Ari:ona in May when he mm·e- there with her daughter. he al o mentioned she would enjoy writ ing to or dsiting w i th ocher Colby grad Her phone number i 9 1 9-7 5 7-0 64 for anyone with the same wi h . . . . Barbara Wei A l pert and ew Hershel till l ive in the Bedford area. They have four children and two daughters-in law, two grand onsand two grand­ daughter . Barbara ha retired but ay that Hershel, who i pre i­ dent of A l perts Furn i t u re in eekonk, i working harder than ever . . . . J oe Bryan t still li es in the Brunswick area but at a new addre on Caribou Drive. He and Evelyn have been married 4 1 years, and h is family o f two boy now include their w ive and two grandchildren in Amherst, Ma ., and Freeport, Maine. A far a travel goe , he says he ha been to heaven and back, having v isited the Augusta National Ma ter Open la t pring . . . . Barnette ln­ d u trie keep Bobbie Studley Barnette busy, she says, but she keep the phone company in busi-

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ness keeping in touch with her wonderful family-Dennis in the Marines, Katy in South Bay and Mary Lincoln in Dallas. Bobbie keep reminding me that l am only a bridge away from Cape Cod, and l keep saying "next ummer." . . . Retirement eem · to ha,·e treated G wen ( Van Eerelen '5 5) and Da n a A ndersen well. They live at the Boulder Country Club in Colorado. Dana ay · he has been reti red ince eptember of 19 6 when he worked for C B S Skiing maga:ine.

Although Gwen works part time for NOV A, they have done a lot of ·ailing-mostly charters, but they have their mrn boat, which they u ·e in Florida and Mexico.

Dana ays he finds time to be im·oh-ed part time with a Hawai­ ian company that produce· Pa­ paya Energy Bars. Hi marketing job sends him to Hawaii for plan­ ning meetings, and his travels take him to Europe, the Holy Land , the Caribbean and the Bahamas. He ay that he is will­ ing to reunite in a small way with anyone who happen · to pass through the new Den,·er airport. . . . Karl and Electra Paskalides Coumou'- big e\·ent of 1 994 wa daughter Christina's wedding on Memorial Day weekend, a family affair that brought her son from California and a i ter-in- law all the way from Holland. Their son, Eric, and his wife, Nancy, made Electra and Karl grandparent in March. Electra noted that it's nice to ·ray in touch, a thought 1 would l ike to add myself: keep in couch. + Corre pondents: Bill and Pen n y Th resher Edson

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We a re c o n t i n u a l l y ama:ed and surpri ed b y the variety of activities you all are enjoying in what ome may term "our golden year ." Our conversation with you have been enlightening-and fun! We hope that more of you will be motivated to end your news and comment .

Many thanks to tho e of you who have hared to date. Be t 1 995 wishes from all the '54 officers: President Ned Shenton; Vice Pre identJ udy Jenkins Totman; Clas Corre pondents Bill and Penny Thresher Edson Alumni Coun­ cil repre entative Arlyne Rosen-

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thal Sacks . . . . Ben Duce \\'rire­ of his activitie· in We tboro, Mas . , ince early retirement from re earch in pharmacology. He ha e rablished hi own re idential pet care service, Comranion As oci­ ates, and also work with resi­ dent at a local DMR fac ility. He find this to be '\·ery re\\'ardmg mteraction with people less fortu­ nate than ourseh-es." He enjoys being a producer for Community Access TV, which he describes as an excit ing source of information ranging from munic ipal oovem­ ment to children's programming.

Ben's wife, Diane (Stowell ) , work full time in the high chool guid­ ance department and enjoy the interaction with the student . he also participates in Companion Associates and the DMR fac il ity.

They both have great fun \\'ith theirfourgrandchildren, who, "to­ gether with their parents, are the brightest people on earth." Ben is hoping to become proficient in ign language chis year . . . . Bob Hudson \\Tites that he has re­ cently been teaching physical ge­ ology in the Hou ton area after retirino from a career in the oil indu try. He and hi wife, Betty (Chilson ' 5 3 ) . who hm·e five ·ons and three daughter , have li,·ed in Hou ton for ·ome time. During the ummer , Bob ha been con­ ducting research on the crustal tectonic· of the Big Hom �foun­ tains of Wyoming. He say he is still in touch "·ith Profe sor Don Koons regarding hi research . .

Bill Sullivan tells u that he has happily retired after 35 years of teaching English at omer et, Ma ., High School, where he \\·as department head. ince then, " ully" has devoted time to his golfand hisfamily. He till coaches golf at the high school and re­ cently became a member of the Mas achusetts Golf A sociation, which he erve· on the tourna­ ment committee. Bill i· at the grandfather rage with two boys and a girl. H i daughter i Michaela Haye ' 3 . . . . From Bob Fraser: "Alumni magazine c las note , other than obituarie , in my expe­ rience are univer ally a bore. At our age, one either write about achievements or about grandchil­ dren. Since I have neither, I am writing about some thought trig­ gered by attending our 40th la t J une. Our class stayed at the old

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update from som

other c h anges, c u rre n t ly feature

mates. J ane Whipple Coddington ha� five gra n d c h i klren now in New Jer ey and s t i l l spends t i me wor ki ng w i t h ho�p ic e and ·et t i ng up a l i brary at a :,mu l l c hnnl for deaf i n fant� and rre-sc h oo l er .. .

a condom mac hi ne prom i nen tl y d i splayed in its h1undry room. H ad it appeared t here

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consequence:, would ha\"e been nearly certa i n : socia l prob ;:i ti on f or a t least one year and CPR for the hou ·e morher. To my k nowl­ edge, o n l y one

per on ac t ua ll y

used one wh i le at Colby. That was

'Super' Ganem. He used i t fi l led with water to bombard T;:iu Dei r� from the fire esrnpe at the A TO house wh i le he muttered some thi ng about 'let the J ihad begin here.' I t 's too bad Joycelyn Elder · wasn' t

around to b e a house mother back in the 'SOs. If he h a d been, l b et they wouldn't h;:ive been wa.ted on wa­ te rfig hts . And who know· whm e lse she might h a ve taught u:,. " +

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the l nca l gro u p . . . . A n t e from Don Hoagland bring'> the n e w ; t h a t in May 1 99 3 , w h i l pend i ng five d a y � in Bmton vi;­ i t i ng h i :,on, Erik , a t Berk l e e ollege of M usic, he a t t ended a party at t he Charle5town home of Lee Fernandez and had an o ppo rt u n it y to t a l k with D ick Bartlett. I n May 1 994 Don wa in Ro m e for the wedd i ng of hi� dau ght e r , H i l ary, a ma ri ne ge olo ­ g i '- t who is wo rk i ng an<l livmg 111 Lond o n . Among the w e dd in g gue�t wa Beryl con G lover ' S .

Fo ll o w i n g the wed d i n g , Don �pent a oup l e o f w eek s 111 l raly a n d Pari h e fore head ing for Madrid and Tllledo. Don ha had the o r port un 1 t y to produce four a d u l t J az� l inic� for the acra­

of our c la;�­

of

he and h u :,band Chad 'rend

t i me t rave ling, k i i ng, go l fi ng ::ind scuha J i v i ng. � he say� it mu�t he c a l l ed "growi n g old nn the ra�t t rac k . " J ane abo is e njoy i ng Colby over eer and t rustee mee t i ng�.

Pat M c i n t i re Andrews and her h usband, both ret i red , have f ou r

c h i ldren and four grandson

. Th ey

c el ebra ted their 40t h wedd i n g a n n i ve rsary w1rl1 a mon t h - long to H a wa i i , an Fra n c i co, northern C a l i f o rn i a and Lake Tahoe . They :,ay that centra l New

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H a m p,h 1 re i. a great p la c e for ret i reme n t . with l o t > nf c m'> k i 1 11 g and h 1 k 1 11g and with P l ymo u t h r a t e offe r i n g n u m e rL) U '> oppo r t u n 1 t i e .· fo r

cou n t ry

course , concert> and theater. The In

antic ipat ion of our 40th coming al n ng in

A ndrew :,pend l i me v o l u n t eer­ i n g with Habitat for H u man i t y,

J u ne, here is a q u i c k

Ma

a:, a b u i lder, Pat

a trea�urer

menro Trad i t ional J azz

Don

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t i l l the publ ic relations guy f o r t he l oc a l squadron of the ivd Air Patrol and is working on winning h i s w ing� a a CAP ob�erver-a e'1rch a nd re cue a i r crew po� i r ion. Lee Fernande:, b y t h e w a y , w'1 noti c ed in The Bos ­ ton Globe i n � epte mb e r as one of

NEWSMAKERS Certified genealogi t Frederick Boyle ' 5 1 was gue t peaker at the J a n u a r y m e e t i ng of the R oc k i ngh a m , N . H . , o c i e t y of Genealogi t . . . . N orma Ann Berq ui t Garnett '52 recei ed the Colby Alurnni Out randing Educator Award for her 1 year a an adj unct member of the Brown Univer ity educat ion department and for her work a a n educati n con u l t a n t in foreign languages . . . . Patricia E r s k i n e Howlett ' 5 2 was appointed di­ rector of the M.S. degree program in public relat ion at Golden Gate U niversity in an Franci co, Calif. A a public relations pec ial ist, he has led eminar and work hop n community Norma Ann Berq uist relation , commun icat ion and i ue management and provided Gamett'52 crisis intervention and pub l ic relation support to local chool di trict . . . . The Houston (Texa ) Area A lumni of Colby, Bate and Bowdoin featured Robert B. Parker '54 a the guest speaker at it October l S meeting . . . . In J u l y, Vash t i Boddie Roberts '5 6 was appointed uperintendent of university schools/director of the I nd iana Academy for Math, Science and H u mani t ie at Ball State Univer ity i n M uncie, I nd . . . . The Mountain Ear in North Conway, N . H . , profiled E lizabeth Hardy George '57 la t N vember for her contributions to the community. She i the administrator and hospice coordinatorofVaughan Community Services and has been involved in its c lothing depot, food pantry, medical supplie l an program and various support groups. She is al o the co-ad v i or to Vi iting Nur e and Ho pice Care ervice of Northern Carroll County.

MILEPOSTS Deaths: Frederick A. Greig ' 5 6 in Sun Lake , Ariz. , at 64 . . . . Joan C hipman P hi llips '57 in Savannah, Ga., at 59 . . . . E ug ene Wigner, Sc . D . '59, in Princeton, N .J . , at 92 . . . . Jean Gannett Hawley, L.H.D. ' 5 9, in Portland, M aine.

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t h e volunteers w h o aided in the ongoing restoration of the Opera Hou e, which wa shut down in 1 99 1 hecause of an accumulation + of problems.

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Eleanor Edmunds

G rou t

Don ' 5 4 a n d y o u r ometimes remis cor­ re�pond nt had a hec­ tic summer and fa ll, but life i now more peaceful. We had three family reun ion , and one was a month long. Our AFS daughter from Germany returned fora visit.

While she wa here in the U . ., ,he traveled to the West Coa t on busines!>. Her blond on, who pe aks no Engli h, tayed with us.

Remarkably we could and did get along we ll and even traveled to Bethany Beach, Del . , for 1 0 day .

It wa a real treat for us to have a b oy in the fa m il y . . . . I hope you all are planning to attend our 40th re union. Kathy McCon­ a u ghy Z a m b e l l o say she is r yched for reunion after a visit to Colby. he wants the cla to get ready and reminds us it will be here before we know it. Kathy and Lou 'SS are really enjoying retirement: 'Time at last for gar­ dening, grandchildren, cottage on Damari cotra Lake, M aine, and a fitness c lub." The Zambellos also are enjoying a five-college bike path . Kathy ings in the univeri ty women' choru and play in two handbell choirs . . . . Vash t i 0. Boddie Roberts became uper­ intendent of univer ity chools/ director of the I nd iana Academy for Math, Science and Humani­ t ie at Ba l l State U n ivers i ty, M uncie, Ind. Va hti' new home address is 3 7 1 7 Lakeside Drive, M u nc ie, IN 4 7 3 04 . . . . Hugh "Andy" Anderson has retired after 30 years as a United A ir­ l i nes pilot and captain. Andy and hi wife, N aomi, l ive in Elizabeth City, N .C. They have four chil­ dren and three grandchi ldren.

Andy think retirement is great because he get to sleep in his own bed mo t of the t ime. Row­ i ng and elling Alden ocean shells keep him in hape. Andy and Naomi enjoyed sailing the coa t of M aine last summer with War­ ren ' 5 7 and Barbara Faltings Kinsman and the Deke reunion

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Laccabue was only four mi les from

the epicenter of the Northridge earthquake. She wrote that the house i st ill standing with many cracks. Mary Ann said they had broken pipe , were without water for 36 hours and wi thout power for 24 hours. Mary Ann i plan­ ning to retire from teaching after 25 year service in J une ' 9 5 . She taught math, stopping only nine years to be home with the chil­ dren. Mary Ann hopes to attend our 40th unless her daughter Marguerite' dental school gradu­ ation conflict . . . . Bob and Dor­ othy A ikman Adel have enjoyed a year of travel . I recei ved a Christmas card from them writ­ ten on the beach of Puerto Vallarta. We are envious of your 70 new birds, Dod i. Don and I will have to get busy. Best to all '56ers and remember to plan for + reunion in '96 .

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Margaret S m i th Henry J a n e Daib R e i s ma n

writes from Columbus, Ohio. J ane retired in J une 1 993 and John in April 1 994, and thi past summer was a blur of "being on the road, in the air and on the seas." They also v isited Bob '56 and F ran Wren Raymond in Maine. The Rei mans have three grandc h i ldren . . . . Fran Wren Raymond her elf write that he and Bob are now in their ninth year i n H u l l Cove, Maine, a tone's throw from Acadia Na­ tional Park. Three grandchi Id ren live e ither in Ohio or southern California. Fran is involved in lot of church things a wel l as ho pice, gardening, etc . . . . An­ o t h e r r e t i re d c o u p l e i t h e Cochrans, Betty and Ding. Af­ ter 36 year with American Na­ t io n a l Can Company , Ding retired in September 1 994. They have moved to kaneateles, N. Y., having bought the i r house from their daughter and son- in-law, who were transferred to St. Loui .

Their daughter, Ann, had de­ signed and built the hou e in 1 989 . . . . Al D e a n has seven Midas M uffler store in Maine , although middle o n , Tom, w i l l probably allow A l to cut back over the next two or three year .

During the ir "spare" t ime, Al and Kay (German ' 5 9 ) commute to Maine from their M a achusetts home, monitor two homes, do some, but not enough, flying and sail ing and attend antique car shows ( he till has the 1 95 5 VW bug that wa at Colby ) . Al is act ive with the M idas Dealer ' As oc iat ion . . . . A l though he resigned from Fleer Bank in J anu­ ary 1 994, Norman Lee immedi­ ately volunteered full time with a nonprofi t agency c a l led The Bridge Fami ly Services in West Hartford, Conn. H i intern posi­ tion was over at the end of the summer, and at that time Norm was looking for a ful l - time job in the nonprofit world. He says he wishe he had made rhi change years ago . . . . Peggy Fox Hutch­ inson writes from Rockville, Md. , where she i a private math tutor.

Her husband, Ben, a consultant in the field of satellite communi­ cat ion , frequently travels to Lon­ don, and Peggy ha accompanied him on everal trips. When not working/tra,·el ing or v i s i t ing familie in Boston or Atlanra, Peggy and Ben sail their 3 1 -foot ai lhoat on Che apeake Bay. . . Bob and Cathy Stinneford Walther also li ve in Maryland, in Aberdeen, where Bob has been working for over 30 year a a c i v ilian mathematician for the U . . Army at Aberdeen Proving Ground. Cathy works part time at Harford Community College tutoring accounting as well as teaching two accounting prin­ c iple course a eme ter. All six grandchildren live with.in a 30minute radius. Both Cathy and Bob enjoy bicycle riding and managed over 1 ,000 miles during 1 994. They travel to Maine every ummer and have seen J oyce and Ed Rushton and Kay and War­ ren Judd a well as checking out Colby . . . . J udy Levi ne Brody i associate dean of admis ion at Colby, and her hu band, Morton, is a federal j udge, Di trict of M aine. They have three chil­ dren-their married daughter, an attorney in Boston; a son, an at­ torney in New York; and another on, a senior at Tufts. . . . Dick Mcfarlin is l isted as a veterinar­ ian, but he ha n't practiced in years. At pre ent he l ives in St. Jolmsbury Center, Vt., and spends as much of each day as he can in

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h is own way- plitting wood, working on a book and enjoying the Green Mountains . . . . Sheila McDonald G ilman and her hu band, Goodwin (Goody), moved in the fall of 1 994 from 70 Main Street to 87 Main treet in N ew­ port , Maine. Goody had lived in the first house for 53 years, and now they have moved into a house h is grandfather built in 1 9 1 2 .

They inv i te everyone t o come for a v isit. . . . After 34 years in re­ tailing with Sears, Larry C ud­ more has retired to the bliss of Cape Cod. He and wife Jane have four children and four grandchil­ dren. Larry golfs and does volun­ teer work consulting with small businesses and recently became a Colby overseer. . . . Mary Lou Storm Donarski and her bu band, Ray, have two children. Their son (who went to Bowdoin1 ) recently became a father himself. Their daughter, who is 18, has Down's syndrome. During Down's Syn­ drome Awareness Month (Octo­ ber ) , Amy's picture wa up on the big screen in Times Square, N .Y. . . . 1 was deluged with letters from my own que·tionnaire, and no doubt you are hearing from the Alumni Office directly. Please don't hesitate to reply to those questionnaires even if you have already received mine. l enjoy hearing from all of you and have many letter waiting to be pub­ lished. I will try to give everyone pace in future columns. Please + stay tuned.

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Ann Marie Segrave Lieber

After a wonderful trip to I ta ly in the fall, we're entering 1 995 with vigor and enthusiasm. I'm espec ially delighted by the re­ sponses to the questionnaire that wa mailed to one fifth of our c lass! . . . Congra t u l a t i ons ro Harvey and Sally Dine Bergman, who were married in 1 993 after ally had been widowed for five year . They l ive in Mas achusett , where she is a real estate broker and he's a CPA. Sal's daughter and on are an attorney and a currency trader, re pectively . . . .

Californian Phil Colburn own an insurance agency and was re­ cently married to Charlene, a

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computer data techn ician. Phi l remains "fiercely active" despite a second bout with cancer.

Newlyweds Georgia and S ta n Armstrong ( is a pattern emerg­ ing here ? ) race tunnel boars. Stan gave up the corporate life to focus on the things he enjoys . . . . Jay Church ay business life as the president of Cordage Papers is hec tic. J ay and K i t ty are the grandparents of seven1 • Al­ though Lloyd Cohen say he's slower, chubbier and more or­ nery, he still manages to be ac tive in several organizations and is a fund raiser for the Ciry of Hope.

Lloyd and Sheila named their California bu iness, D 'n J Bears and Dolls, for their children; they also have two grandchildren. . . . Carol Holt Case and author husband Dick made two trips to England recenrly: research. for Dick and fun for Carol. They have a car named Chaplin, so named because he is black-and­ wh ite and funny. Carol owns Copywriring Plus, a print-only adve r t i s ing agency . . . . Ed u ­ cational spec ialist Gladys Frank Bernyk works w ith learning-dis­ abled high school student and is becoming increasingly aware of the value, in today's business c l i ­ mate, of learning real j ob skills in conjunction with an academic education. Gladys and physic ian hu band Alex recenrly became grandparent for the first rime. . . . Carolyn C um mings Crain and Erla Cleaves Davis enjoyed a fantastic trip to Greece last fall, after a hectic period of coasr-to­ coasrcoordination. Before return­ ing to Tacoma, Carolyn enjoyed three day of Maine's fall color.

Carolyn is the proud grandmother of three . . . . l have the double pleasure of keeping up with Bob Younes and family both visually and verbally, as they alway in­ c lude a family photo with their humorou and informative hol i­ day letter. Dr. Bob ha completed his studies for hi M . B . A . and is evaluat i ng some intere ting ca­ reer move . Children N ick and Nora (are you a mystery fan, Bob ? ) are i n elementary school, and Bob and Anne have to stay on their toes to keep up with their youth­ ful curio ity . . . . All the best for 1 99 5 , and keep those card and + letters coming!

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1 96 1 Penny Diet: � ul livan 1 1 1 4 5 G l ade D r .

Resto n , VA 2 2 09 1 703-620-3 569 1 962 J udith Hoagland B n s t o l 34 1 5 unset Blvd.

Housto n , TX 7 7005 7 1 3-66 7 - 2 2 4 6 1 963 Barbara Haines Chase 1 1 alisbury Road Keene, NH 034 3 1 603 - 3 5 2 - 9 3 3 0 1 964 ara Shaw Rhoades 76 Norton Road K i t tery, M E 03904 207-439-2620 1 965 Richard W. Bankart 20 Valley Avenue Suite D2 Westwood, NJ 0 7 6 7 5 2 0 1 -664 - 7 6 7 2 1 966 R ussell N. Monbleau 3 Lovejoy Road M ilford, NH 0305 5 603 -67 3 - 5 508 1 967 Robert Grac ia 2 9 5 Burgess Avenue Westwood, M A 02090 6 1 7 - 3 29-2 1 0 1 J udy Gerrie He ine 2 1 H illcrest Rd. Medfield, M A 02052

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h e 1 ' n o w fi ne , hack at work and lnok mg f orward to '>ee111g a illt llf his c la s�mate,. . . Maren S toll herman-T rembly wi 11 be coord 1 11 a t mg some of the mem­ ber� of nur cla�s who wish to heir with registration, etc. . . . Connie Maheu A rm s t ron g wrote to offer to help s111ce she has been liv ing m Mi not , Maine , since 1 986 when ,he moved hack to work for h e r father's motor home hu, ines .

Work anJ rai ing her on, who now worb w1th her, made her "post-marri age" transition go well, and ·he wa plea ed to hear that there will be a variety of th ing to do for s 111g l es and people wh e ignificant others can't be at this reunion a well a for mameds. o plan to be there. Call a friend or old roommate and get them to come, too. If you need more infor­ mation, please call J ane Huerta ( 6 1 7-4 4-3 32 ) or me ( 8 1 0-646+ 2907 ) . ee you in J une!

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A very enthusiastic committee i work111g hard to produce a re­ union that will be in teresting and fun for all. Carolyn Webster Lockhart is m charge of the "pre­ reunion" at the amo et Resort in Rockport, Maine. Beth White­ head Baker, an ant ique dealer in Rockport, has volunteered to help ince he i right there. "The Samo et doe a great job with groups, " he report ; "food is good." The best part is the variety of act i v i t ie offered-including doing nothing at all. . . . J a n e Holden Huerta reports that there are 45 of "our" facu lty members l i v i ng in the Waterv i lle area whom we plan to invite to attend various events during the reunion.

This will be an excellent oppor­ tun i ty to catch up on a never­ finished class d iscussion or to renew an enjoyable acquaintance.

J ane's younge t on is graduating from Colby in J une, and she is pleased that they will be celebrat­ ing future reunion years togeth­ er. . . . Russell Zych, our fearless president, has been working hard to coordinate all t h is in spite of having surgery to combat stom­ ach cancer. He is happy to report

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Fir t new new to arrive was from Norm Macart­ ney, who has moved from Katonah, N.Y., to Beaufort, N .C., where Norm has tarted a l a nd s c a p i ng/d e s i g n b u s i ness called One Green Thumb. Norm is still racing his motorcycle at Road Atlanta, Ga., and ummit Point, W.Va., and says, " It's the clo e t thing to flying and still being on the ground." H i retire­ ment dream would be to take a motorcycle around the world, but his wife, Mena, would only join him if she gets to go via the QE2 and meet him a t designated ports! . . . Diane Sadler Martin is an activity consultant; her hus­ band, an Episcopal priest. They have nine children, three grand­ daughters and two grandchildren on the way as of last September.

Diane travels country-wide giv-

i ng keynme anJ workshop in long-term care therapie · . Seems that her time 1n dramatics at Colby is paying off, being on tage Ml much . . . he ·rill remembers being Puck in A M idsummer Nighc's Dream. omehow she also finJs time to work on a master's at VCU . he a·k if anyone has heard from Heather Cambell Carney . . . . From Northboro, Ma ., we finally hear from Willie Russell Merri ll, who i a re earch technic ian/lab manager doing research into gene therapy to d is­ cover better treatments for hem­ oph i l i a and other hered i ta ry disea es. he and her husband, Gary, a sale consultant, had three kids at UMass-Amher t at one rime: on Christopher graduated in '92 and daughter Jennifer in '93 ; on Jona will graduate in '95.

They plan to retire on Cape Cod within the next two years . . . .

David and Patricia Houghton Marr check in from Natick, Mas .

They have three grandchildren with a fourth on the way. Pat work as a tax consultant. Dave, an attorney, says about retire­ ment, "Attorneys don't retire, even if they lo e their appeal." . . . Iris Mahoney Burnell is still working as a reverend but is trying to enter semi-retirement by work­ i ng a an i nterim mini ter in churches that are in tran i tion.

Her husband is retired and is lov­ ing it. Between them they have even children and five grandchildren and have fun j ust keep­ ing up with all of them . . . . Carol Ann Rancourt Ahem l ives in Orlando, Fla., where she is an i nstructor in Orange County schools. Her husband, Joseph, has recently retired from Delta Air Lines. She is thoroughly enjoying having him as a "Mr. Mom" be­ cause he has taken a lot of the burden off of her. Unfortunately, he planned to start working part time after Christmas, so i t will end. They have two children-

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Carol Ann's job is a chal lenging one-she teache · deaf students using sign language and says that he learns far more from them than they from her. They al ·o ha\'e been enjoying traveling throughout the U . . and will be in Puerto RiCL after the first of the year. She \\'Un­ der if anyone ha heard from or about A n n e Lovell or Frank Wheat. Write soon w ith your news . . . or fax it to 703 - 7 5 -6709 o r e-mail to penny@opnsys.com. + Corre pondent:

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J udith Hoagland Bristol

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Thank goodness for the ritual of hol iday card and message ! 1 loved hearing from Sandi Rollins Kilgore that her on Rob, 23, is living on Beacon Hill nor far from where she and J a ne G e r m e r Krebs l ived 30 years ago. andi and Bob's daughter Lisa also l h·e in Boston, and a lthough the "Kilgores enjoy weekends at their ummer home on Cape Cod through ovember," according to andi, "they take advantage of lot of cultural activitie in Bos­ ton with family liv ing in the city." . . . Sam McCleery , living near Atlanta and s t i l l work ing for Delta, ay h i olde t son, am, and daughter-in-law Carrie l i\·e in Hou ton, where he is a project manager and she i finishing her master's degree. Their other son, Mike, i in the COOP phase of hi ma ter' program at Georoia Tech, working in the computer department of Chick-fil-A. Thi was the econd summer that M ike pent with the Chri tian Youth Ministrie of Hawaii on Molokai.

And, yes, the other McCleerys did visit Hawaii last summer. The McCleery girl , Andrea, 1 5 , and Chri ti, 1 3 , are doing teenage thing l ike cheerleading, iolin, gymna tics and getting ready to drive. . . . Roey Carbino, a cl ini­ cal profe or of social work at the Univer iry ofWi consin in Madi­ on, continues to be busy with teaching----social work practice and theory, family foster care, field tra ining in child and fami ly ervice-and committee re pon­ i b i l i t i e at the c h o o l and profe ional levels. Roey does workshops on child abuse a llega-

tions in foster care. She has done presenrario1r at an internat ional foster care meeting in Dublin and in W iscon in and M innesota.

With se\·eral col league , Roey 1s spearheading a cooperative in­ ternat ional urvey of foster care abu ·e a llegation · with research­ ers in Canada, rhe U.K. and other · i re·. Roey planned to .ee Margie Brown York and E l l y Blauner o\'er the hol idays and says that she usually misses Jean Gaffney Furuyama, \\'ho till li\·es and practices denti try in ew York City but trad i t ionally visit· her mother in Florida at this time. . . . I got a bnef mes age that it was a "grear Year" for Bill and A lice Webb in Reading, Mass.

How about some information or expl ana t ion on the "great Year," Alice1 . . . Gail Macomber Cheeseman and hu ·band Doug, co-owners of Cheeseman's Eco afari-, will be leading wildl ife tours to Ala ka next summer and to Au tralia for eptember. Gail' daughter, Ro e, ha a 2 -year-old son, and on Ted is now 2 1 . .

Brenda Wrobleski Elwell, who is the national account manager for Carl on Wagonlir Travel, planned a dri\·ing-h i king trip to ew Zealan<l in March. Brenda aid th.:ir her daughter Monique has fully recm·ered from her car acc ident and is till searching for a job in international finance.

Monique currently is a conc ierge for rhe R it: Carlton in Phi lade l ­ ph ia a n d planning r o start work­ ing towards her M . B.A. in the fall of 1 99 5 . Ha anybody got a con­ nect ion for M oniqu e ? . . . B i l l Chase, who ha · en·ed as presi­ dent of our class, is a physician.H. B i l l , urgeon in Keene, married r o Barbara ( Haines '63 ) , a reacher, recently completed a master of science degree in man­ agement at Antioch New En­ gland Graduate School. . . . John C h a p m a n i d i rector of the Coa ral R e o u rc e Center in Topsham, Maine. He is married to A l l i on, a choral arts reacher; Brian, 2 5 , i lead guitar-vocal ist for "the Zoo People" in LA.; Andy, 24, is in the Air Force at pangdahlem Air Base in Ger­ many; Em i ly, 2 1 , i a enior at the Univer i ry of N ew Hampshire; Abigail, 1 8, is an interculrural e x c hange student i n Christ­ church, New Zealand; and J osh,

1 5 , is a sophomore at Kents H il l S c h o o l on the c ross-country ream . . . . Peter Duggan and wife Mary Vance recently moved to Charlotte, N .C. Peter has a ne11· posi tion as \'ice president-mar­ ket ing for Lance, Inc. Peter and Mary have three children; daugh­ ter Lesley, a seclmd grade teacher: son Peter in college at Miami of Ohio; and daughter J enn ifer at RollimCollege . . . . Keep the info coming. I love ro hear from you all. + Correspondent:

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Barbara Haines Chase

Bill and I j ust returned from a week in our cabin in northern Ver­ mont celebrating the year end \\'ith our family. One hope for the new year i that the A lumni Of­ fice ha finally re\·ised it ystem for mail ing class que tionnaires.

My apologies to those who ha\·e received many and to those who have recei\·ed none. Thanks to tho e of you who have re ponded with ne11·s and philosophy and im·itations to visit ! . . . Dave Cox, farm manager for Lind Farms in Fort Collin , Colo., writes that he is till playing ice hockey in the local adu l r league. His w ife, Cherri Lynn, is pursuing her ma ter' degree at NCU in special ed. Da\'e i a bird collector, at present owning a mil itary macaw, an African grey, a Meyers parrot and a monk parrot. . . . Gloria Bowers Duncan l i\·es with her husband, Don, in Windermere, Fla. After 30 years a a y terns analy t and manager with ATT, Gloria has started her own busi­ ness. She is doing tole painting and ceramics, and business is flouri h ing. Don works in audio­ animatronics at the Magic King­ dom-Wa l t Disney World . . . .

Another F l o r i d i a n , C h a r l ey Carey, lives in Delray Beach with hi w i fe , Pam ( P l u mb ' 6 5 ) .

Charley i s managing director of Financial Consultants, Ltd. Both of their ons, Timothy and Todd, have played for the Red Sox. . . . A l Carville returned three completed que t ionnaires1 A l l interesting! He i s , at present, vice president, information y tern and technology, for Hannaford Brother Supermarkets. Hi wife,

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ally ( Page '64 ), will return in March or Apri l from S\\'a:ilanJ, Africa, \\'here .he has been ;;en-­ ing in the Peace Corps. Al and c h i ld ren tephanie, 2 4 , anJ Gregg, 2 1 . tta\·eled to ourh Af­ rica, Zimbabwe and Botswana, where they \· i-i ted , a l ly and roured. A l also tra\·eled ro Au rralia, where Gregg spent la r springsemester. ln Sal ly', absence Al ha taken up roller blad111g and sea kayaking. He al o admir- to dri\·ing a M iata on weekends, al­ most always with the top do\\'n!

Be t wishes to your family a� it reun i tes 1 . . M a r s h a " F e r n " P a l m e r R e y n o l d s shares h e r home i n Connec ticut with hus­ band J ohn, Cra:y Chrissie from the animal shelter and Myriam Montrat '94 from the l vory Coa ·t, who is in a training program in New York City. Marsha and John are teachers and, when not enjoy­ ing the ir "getaway hou e" in Biddeford, travel to more distant de tinations: last vear ormandv, during the cele b ration of t he WWl l landing, and next year poss ibly A l aska or the h·ory Coast. . . . This hol iday eason found S a l l y M o r s e P r e s t o n , spouse J ohn, and daughter Emily, 1 7 , rraYeling to Barcelona, pain, to \'ht theirolderdaughter, Mary , 2 4 , who is working there i n a metals srudio. The Prestons l i\·e in Holland Patent, . Y . , \\'here Sally i a preschool teacher and John i a counselor. . . . Cynthia Peters Mciver, an educational con ultant and freelance editor, l i\·e in Fairfax Station, Va. Cindy and husband Rod pride them­ selves on keeping fit. (Says she can still do the twist 1 ) Bur she is still trying to get up the nerve to free fall from a plane . . . . Tom Richardson and h is wife, Becky, liYe in Maui from April through November and in A lta, U tah, from ovember through April.

To add interest to this humdrum existence, they tra\·eled thi De­ cember to N ew Zealand to do some h i k ing and fly fish ing. . . . Dan Politicaand ue ( Kondla '62 ) , his wife of 30 year , haYe recently moved into a new home in Exton, Pa. Dan is manager of credit card marketing for unoco.

This is the ir econd move in four years, but they are till wishing they were in M aine . . . . Thank to Ceylon Barclay, Steve Eit-

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Going to Work in Genes

J

hn W . Kusiak '69 , a neurobiologist who works for the N a t i o n a l l n st i t u tes of H e a l t h ( N I H ) H u J y i n g

Al:heimer's disease, has n<JticcJ that his career in research

seems to be fol lowing the ea ons of a persnn'

espec ially the biochemistry train ing, helped me a lot in graJuate school," he a id. "I basically breezed through [gradu­ ate cour cs in] hiology."

life. After

D u r i ng his first t i n t at N I H , in the lab ratory of the

earning a Ph . D. in biochemistry from George Wa hington

l m t i tute of N e u rological D i sease anJ

U n i \·ers ity Medical chool, Kusiak' fir. t postJoctoral fel­ low hip for N I H wa ·

dru gs anJ treatments f or Tay- achs and Fabry' d isea e.

troke, he stud ied

Becau e the c l i n i c a l

tudying inherited di -

h o p i t a l wa

in the

eases that afflict in­

s a m e bu i ld ing, he o c ­

fa nts and ch i ldren.

ca ionally v i i ted Tay-

everal year later he changed field

ach

and F a b r a y '

anJ

pat ient on t h e wards.

b e g a n \\' O r k i n g o n

A d i tressing as i t was t o ee t e r r i b l y s i c k

drugs for high blood pre ure, a cond i t ion

c h i ldren , i t w a a great mot i v a t o r , he ays . " I t really make you

associated with mid­ life adulthood. Now, as a molec u lar neuro­

want to run back to

biologist at N I H's Ger­

the lab and pend the

o n to logy R e - e a r c h

n ight fini h i ng up ex­ p e r i m e n t t ry i n g to

Center at the National

hed a l i ttle l ight on rho e d i ea e ."

I nstitute on Aging in Balt i more , Kusiak is study i ng the cau es and prevention of Al:heimer's di ea e, which mo t com­

ed

to

When Ku iak mov­ the I n tJ tute on Aging he fi r t tud ied beta-blocker

monly attacks the elderly.

d ru g for treat i ng high blood pressure , the n , when a new

Fortunately, his career progre·s from the c radle to the nur s i ng home has outpaceJ his own aging. Ju t in from a run

d i rector came on board fi ve years ago , wa granted a abbat ical leave to ·tudy neurobiology ( bra i n function ) and gene t i c at the I H center in Bethe da. H is c u rrent work focu -e on gene tic a-pect of Al:hei mer' d i ea e ; he

and not part i c u larly breathless for a man who turns 4 this month, Kusiak said he jogs three day a week and lifts weights regularly to stay i n hape for ome of h i

other

intere ts-wine tas t i ng and eat i ng out among them.

Ku iak came to Colby in the mid-'60s already pretty ure that he wanted to go to medical school. He majored in chemistry, concentrating on biochemi -try, and spent two

i ·tudying how a port ion of a certain protein i depo ited in the bra i n of Al:heimer' pa t ient . Re earch by Kusiak and hi · col league ind icates that a genetic mutat ion of the prote i n i n one form of A lzhei mer's i inherited. That's the except ion, though, ince Alzheimer' u ually occur po­

Assoc iation studying protein known to increase blood pre -

rad i c a l ly and doe not run in fa m i l i e , he say . Other recent research at the fac i l ity eem to have d i counted aluminum depo i t in the brain a a c ause of the d i ease and has

sure. After graduation Ku iak taught high school for a year in

d i scovered that severe head trauma-gett ing knocked out

summers as a lab assi tant to chemi try professor Doug Maier.

Together they worked on a grant from the Ma ine Heart

Skowhegan, Maine, and then entered a master's degree pro­ gram at George Washington U n iversity, plan n i ng to move from there into GW's medical-doctor program. He d idn't realize until he compared hi own laboratory work with the

cold-can be a risk factor for Alzhe i mer's. o what' left after tudying c h ildhood, mid-l ife and geriatric d i ea es ? "Maybe next I ' l l do re earch on near­ death experiences and the paranormal ," K us iak j oked. I n

studies of med ical school colleague that he preferred experi­

the mean t i me he' dec ided that pract i c ing what h e a n d h is

mentat ion and research to memorization of anatomical and

colleague preach about exerc ise and cardiovascu lar fitness

pharmacological details and to the practice of medic ine.

i a good idea. " I 've been hangi ng around the aging in t itute long enough that I ' m sort of becomi ng a believer in i t , " he

Kusiak, who in those days hared a Georgetown apartment with fe llow Colbian Eric Rosen '67 , said the transition from Colby's laboratories to those at the GW Medical School was smooth a i l ing. "In general, the education 1 got at Colby,

said, explai n ing the mot ivation for h is running and l ifting regi men. " I know i t's real ly hard to do it-you've got to j ust make up your m i nd . "

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treim, J udy Allen Austin and

Dick Bonalewic:, who al n re­ ponded, but l \·e included news

from them in the past year, and my editors are a stem group. +

became vice pres ident o f the

. . . Lynne Davidson-King i

a

Rhode bland women' golf as o­

and Gerry-burg and say · , " I never let a conference stand in the way

ran-rime busmess professor at

c iatinn. , usan and Frank enjl)yed an Alaskan cru ise last summer

nf rnun,m . " Tom spent pan ofh b Christmas holiday in Flagstaff,

New York Univer-i ty, and she and husband Jim ( married in 1 99 1 ·rend their rime between NYC and the Hamrron . J i m retired

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nwn a home i n Bra t t leboro .

after a mere 1 5 -year courtsh ip ) Correspondent:

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last April and is doing consul ring

and some sun in rhe Bahamas a

Ari : . , "v 1siting rhe Grand Canyon

few months ago. Last ummer, u an had lunch w 1 rl-1 Debbie Davis and Lesley Forman Fishel­

and looking into real estate forl)llf eventual retirement ( 'eventual' being t h e key word there ) . "

naires are

man. Debbie is busy wi th ociety ofFriends affa i r - , and Le ley con­ ti nues a- a p -ychiarrist at Han·ard

. . You have senr your check ro the Alumni Fund and maJe plan

The new quesuon­

i n e n v i ro n m e n t a l and u rban plann ing. They'd love to see c l a · - m a tes ! . . . L i n d a S p e a r

Community Health . . . . Tom '63

Elwell i

and Patti Raymond Thomas checked in wi th news of their

rious 30th? Ye ? ee you there. + . . Hail, Colby, Ha i l !

ifring in,

and I hasten to up­

date you on new and on book recommendation . Sandi Alberton-Shea and husband Ray, both profe or at M iddlesex Commu­ nity College in Ma achu errs, have graduated two daughters from college o far and have one ro go. Meanw h i l e , they have bought an 1 2 6 farmhou e and are having a lot of fun. She rec­ ommends Refuge . . . . C h a r l i e Angell, profe s o r at Bridgewater Stare College in Ma achuserrs, pent the u mmer recon trucri ng a greenhou e. He recommend.

The Shipping News by A n n i e Proulx a n d Baby , Will I Lie 1 by Donald We dake {a good my rery read ) , amongorher . . . . Ben Beaver graduated one son from Colby and has another at the University of Vermont. Ben is r i l l refereeing occer and has taken up golf w i th hi w i fe , Marilyn . . . . Jean Brennon Call came home to Maine for Chri t ­ m a thi year with h er mother and brother . he recommend­ Mama Makes Up Her Mind and Ocher Dangers of Southern Living

by Bailey White . . . . By Camp­ bell i enjoying dance c la e , istill reaching English as a econd language and i l iv i ng in a new townhou e. he recommends Joan Bory enko' Fire in the Sou l , A New Psychology of Spiritual Op­ timism . . . . Sally Page Carville comes home from Swaziland in March . . . . Mike Cohen is gen­ eral manager of a Dodge dealer­ ship and has attended the Skip Barber Racing chool and tried racing for fun . . . . Gail Koch and Peter Cooper, teacher and guid­ ance coun e lor i n Vermont's school , spent one day of the holi ­ days wit h Barb McClarin Bing and Sandi Albertson-Shea. G ai l recommends In the Absence of the

Sacred by Jerry Mander, and Pe­ ter recommend Your Money or Your Life by Joe Domingus. They

till with Mary K a y b u t

h a s moved t o Sanford, F l a .

he

recommends Ageless Body, Time­ less Mind by Chopra . . . . Thought you might like to hear some c lass statistic . We carry 3 1 2 people in rhe Cla s of 1 964, of whom 2 77 graduated from Colby. Fourteen ofourclas mare · have died. There have been 1 3 marriages between class member- { by my account­ ing ) , of which 1 1 still exist. There have been 19 " in terclass" mar­ riages, and most of tho e have held up also. everal son and daughters have gone to Colby and many other· to - imilar N ew England small chools. When­ ever I . end out an all-c la-s mail­ ing, I'm lucky to get a I 0 percent return, and about half of the class ha\'e not responded to anything from me in the la r five years.

One important note: whenever you ch.1nge your addres , it costs the College a bundle of money if you don't not ify them right away.

Any is ue of the maga::ine that goe to the wrong addre s i re­ turned to the College at our ex­ pense and must be remailed fir r cla . Every mailing produce 500600 returned maga.;:ine-. Thar's + awfu l ! Do your pan!

rica, Namibia, Bot wan a and Zim­ babwe last summer. Their son Bob '8 married Carrie O'Brien

'8 , and 25 Colby grad were at the wedding. Patti is very in­ volved in the boards of League of Women Voter of Doylestown, Pa . , Central Buck County Fam­ i ly YMCA ( she was Volunteer of the Year in '94 ) and Planned Par­ enthood. Patti also finished her fifth year on the Colby A l umni Counc i l . . . . Bob Beechinor re­ signed from the broken penc il c lub and sent a lengthy update.

He is a guidance coun elor at West Genesee, N .Y. , High chool and reaches psychology a an adjunct profes or ar yracuse Uni­ \· er iry and Onondaga Commu­ nity College. He celebrated a econd wedding anniversary la r November w i r h J oanne, a mental health therapist and pan- r i me fashion model. He writes: "Joanne and I are danc ing to bands in­ -read of playing in them. Keep in ·hape workino our, playing ba kerball, tennis, e re . , keeping up with music on my guitar-hav­ ing a ball." . . . Ginger Goddard Barnes keep busy as manager of human re-ource and cu romer relarions at Avery-Dennison. he has lots of business travel to Cali­

Correspondent: Richard W. Bankart

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three-week safari in South Af­

fornia (weekends at Big ur) and Chicago. . . . Pam Plumb Carey and Charlie are now permanent residents of Delray Beach, Fla.

Let' go to Onie's! Thar

was the message I left on Frank '66 and Su­ an Brown Musche's machine.

They maintain a summer resi­ dence in Westport, M a . Pam is

Two hours later we had estab­

an interior designer and owner of Interior by Pamela. Charlie is a partner in an investment bank­

lished a rime and location over the Chri tmas holiday in See­ konk, Mas ., for lunch with my

to join your classmates at our glo­

Correspondent: R ussell N. Monbleau

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Sometimes too much drink i j ustnor enough. . . . New Hampshire,

January 1 5 , 1 99 5 : i t's 60 degrees.

Bur ince I have been absent for the pa r two issues, my priorities for the day are e rabli hed.

Anne Ruggles Gere was the re­ ci pient of a urprise 50th birthday parry that inc luded cards, leners and calls from old friends, in some cases people she hadn't heard from in more than 30 year . Thi was the handiwork of Mary Jane, her i rer, in con ort with Budge, Anne's husband. ( M ary Jane be­ gan her sleuthing effort three months in advance of the parry . ) Anne has j ust finished a long stint as a member of the Conference on College Composition and Com­ munication, where she served in many capacities, includ i ng the past year as national pre ident.

With this ac tivity fini hed he i turning to her per onal writings while continuing to direct the Ph.D. program in English and education a t the U n iversity of M ich igan . . . . Heidi Fullerton Warburton, after overcom ing some challenging health matters, is back on track and ha been promoted to district administra­ torforthe Durham ( N .C . ) Guard­ ian a d L i r e m Program. They repre ent the best inrerests ofchil­ dren who have a history of family neglect or abu e. I n the mean­ time, her husband recently ac­ cepted a position in Fort Lee, N .J .,

visit h is family. Susan is a busy mother of 8-year-old Stephen and three older girls. When not at­

ing company i n Ft. Lauderdale. . . . Tom Donahue ha put "a thousand or so books" back on the shelve and repaired the dam­ age after the January '94 Califor­

which means they will deal w i th a commut ing marriage, Heidi in N .C. and Woody i n N . J . . . . This seems to be a growing trend in

tending soccer games, ere., she is

nia earthquake. He has visited

economy may dictate long-dis­ tance job commutes for people

old roomie. Join ing us was Jay Fell '66, home from Colorado to

Civil Warbattlefields ar Mana as

on the golf course. I n '94 she

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America, where a fickle local

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A I

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who a n: u n w i l l i ng to leave a ll l a l

son a l shame and gu i l t for nnt r -

area t h < 1 t offer> t he q u a l i t y uf l i fe

�pl m J i ng in over

1 0 years, sent

me

t a , b -,uch a' p i c k ing u p t h e new'>­

degree., ; m J t h e M u l e., i m perw n ­

t i me c h a l ­

ateJ Pe n n S t a t e , a group of o n e ­

paper h a ve hecome

;i

. . . Craig J ames re­

a n ice l e t ter. Oag i s ;1 se n i or u n ­

l enge. A d d to t h h i..:rnndc h i klren

t 1 m e D. U . \ g a t h e red

vea led h i' whereabouts hy l e t t e r .

Jerwn t i ng excc u t i vc anJ reside,

n u m hers t wo ;md r h ree th1'> year

'>WnJ, a n d re m i n i5ced about t h e da y 5 hnck

they J cs i rc .

A ft e r a s t i n t i n the A rmy ;ind a

in Chel msford, M ; 1,.,. He\ 'ca y mg

( we'rc ' t i l l a l l hoy•,, hy the w;1y ) ,

sh orr c a recr < l t M o h i l O i l , h e

i n .,hape on t h e t e n n i s courts,

my con t i n ued lucal i n volveme n t

earned h is l a w degree i n

in t h e

w h e n. J i m "Yu kon" Thomas, along w i t h members of

where he ra n k ed n i n t h i n New Englancl

f ur men 50 year' ;md u p .

I ll you r h program -.. and 'tarr i ng a

Start i n g in legal <1 i d , he movnl to

'1Lle h u , i ne.,.., ( i n t ended a' m y

New J e r,ey and after the game

the Idaho S u preme Courr J ud i c i a I

H e a l 'o report' t h a t Eric Werner

D ig i t a l t i n p<1rnL h u t e ) a n d I have

d i d 'ome '> 1 g h tsec i ng in Bo. ton.

1 976.

Pete A n d e ri;on

h i s fam i l y , maJe the t r i p from

Educa t i l m Offi ce and t h e n earned

;111d

rec e n r l y

h ad t i m e f or l m l e el,e, Rut llllW

D u r i ng

a parmers h i p i n ;1 fi rm i n Bo i ,e .

'ca leJ the G rn nJ Tet ons. L );1gand

that I have fi n a l l y hegun t o get m y

reported t h < H he

Now he ha� m a d e a momcntou'

Dick D u n n e l l werc i 1w i tcd t,1

p e r... ona l ,cheJ u l e '>nmewhar u n ­

g 1 v 1 n g u p hase ha l l ro Jevore more

Jec i . i o n and i ::. g i v ing u r law. H e

i u i n , h u t D i c k 'ta ted that

der wn t ro l , I ' l l g e t t l > the

t i m e to h i ., golf g<1me.

anJ h i , w i fe , S u e , w i l l become the

c l i m b i n g goa l s i n c l ude on l y r h c

p r i n c i p; 1 l , i n t h e Trade W i n d

h i l b nn the go l f cmi r,c, w h i le Dag

1 1 1 . i k e e\-ery effort Lo get to you

tak i n g '>Ome r i m e

Yachts c h ;1rter sa i l i n g oper;i t 1 on

reported that rhe po t en t i a l fl lr

;1

hcf ore 'pnng . . . . I r \ a r aho u t

n e w l y l<1 u n c hed con u l t i ng b u s i ­

h 1 -,

ci;1,..,

1 994

Chn,t ma' lerte r, w h i c h I ' l l

;1

l u l l i n t h e game, J i m

i> c o ns i J c r i n g eated n e x t

to J i m w a ., Harry " B u d " Graff,

off from

hi

i n St. V i ncenr and the G rena­

m i le-lo ng hang-gl ide d mp w i t h

our . 1ge t ha t o n e hegm.., t l l re; 1 l ize

n e .. s . Bud i -, s i m u l ta neo us l y awed

d i nes. They may he reached at the

nu h a n g g l 1Jer w a s n o t '"me r h mg

that p 1 ::a 1<> the p i e that hmd .. .

and e x c i reJ as

B l u e Lagoon Hotel anJ M a n n a ,

he a'>pireJ to.

. T h i ' p.i-t fo l l

P.O. B o x 1 3 3 , t. V i n c e n t , We,t l nd ie,, >houkl you w i .,h to p l a n an exot i c vac a t i o n . Cra i g con c l u des that "Apraren t l y , l i fe heg i n s a t

h a ' seen more a n J morc J�·par­

. . M y m i l k carron cam­

and more people J01ng le,, and

50 ! " .

Regard,.

t u res from D i g i t ; 1 l , w h i c h 'eem' to

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Corre .. p l m de n t :

hc i n t e n t on re ver, mg .in o ld

R ob e r t G rac ia

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a x iom. Formerly, "Thcre ; 1 re more

M u le

On a hea u t 1 fu l New

le,,, u n t i l pre t ty 'l ll ln everyone 1'

by m y friend and i n,urance agen t ,

<lrnng nnr h i ng" " fa,t hecommg

w h o dec i d eJ t o post my S O r h

"There ; i re fewer and fewer people

b i rthday on t h e advert i s i n g m a r ­

Jrnng more and mme, u n t i l pre t t y

t h e like of which o cur more often I ll memory t h a n

Dean

soon ( h erc w i l l bc nobody d rn n g

rea l i t y , a

on

t h e M i l f o rd ova l .

England autumn Jay,

m i n i -reun ion

of sort'>

"Dag" Will iamson, who was tra\'­

every t h ing." A' a fort unate m e m ­

tonk p l ac e a t the

e l i ng t h rough M i l f urJ, spotted the

h e r of the NohoJy Cnnt mgcnr , I

fo< H h a l l i..: a m e . W h i l e t h e t e m ­

find that c u rre n t d a i l y per�< mal

p c ra t u rc h o v e re d a ru u n d

sign a nJ , ove mJJen w i t h per-

NEWSMAKERS The Leonard Davis l n titute Health Economics of the Uni verity of Penn ylvania instituted the Charles C. Leigh.ton, M.D., Me­ morial Lecture serie on October 1 0. The series was e tablished by the Merck Company in honor of Charles Leighton '60, who wa the company's senior vice pre i­ dent of admini tration, planning and science at the time of hi Nar.haniel Pimof '66 death. Ralph Nelson '60 attended the event on behalfofthe Class of 1 960. . . . Peter Ketcham '63 will be exhibiting his works at the Promenade Gallery in Hartford, Conn., through April 30 . . . . In hi ixth season with the Pittsburgh Penguin hockey team, head trainer Charles " Skip" Thayer '64 wa the ubject of a tory in the Barne boro, Pa., Star. He credited Colby's long-time athletic trainer Carl E. Nel on "for being the father of my career because he gave me the basic fundamental of being a trainer." The Penguins won the Stanley Cup in 1 99 1 . . . .

The Rev. Peter Ives '65 wa profiled in the Daily Hampshire (Mass . ) Gazette last fall. . . . Barbara Howard Traister ' 6 5 is the new head of Leh igh University's Engl ish department. A speciali t in Shake peare and Renaissance l iterature, she ha been a profes or at Lehigh since 1 97 3 . . . . A story in the Cenrral Maine Morning Sentinel di cu ed Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial Issues in Scieru:e, Technology and Society by Thomas Easton '66. The book tackles controver ial issue in science, such a the nature of science and research, the relationship between cience and society,

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faced t h e U n i ve r i ty

of

row in front were J i m Brigh t, Dave Aron on and E r ic Ros e n . J i m continues to make reg u l a r trips to Mame ski M a ine . I n t h e

p a i gn w a s ,eren J 1 p 1 to u , l y a i ded

quee

he face� the chal­ le .. ge' i n vol ved i n keeping h i n e w ven t u re fl y i ng- no t d bs im i ­ l a r t o what i t m u t have been l i k e when Bud p l a yed the l ine a t h e

T u ft,-Colby 70

• and when t h e a rea ,, comes a h i t

out h

too to

now be­

bother ome h e

North Caro l i na, vi i t both h1 c h i l ­ dren , w ho are at Duke. Dave is a t ra v e l

where he c a n

the use of technology and the threats that technological advance could po e to hum n urvival. . . . Law partner Nathaniel Pitnof '66 anJ teven Kre sler are ho ts of a unday morning program, "Legal Expre ," on AM ration WTAG in Worcester, Ma . Ac­ cordmg to Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, Pitnof said, "We j ke around, bur we give I gitimate answer to the question people have . . . . Mo t peopledon'thaveacce ro a lawyer. They're l oking for home pun advice. o we talk in general about the nature of the problem, but we don't give particularized advice." . . . Todger Anderon '67 , pre idem of Denver Investment Adv1 r , wa featured in the lnstinttional lnve tor m january<l i cu ing the benefits ofmid-cap growth tock . . . . G . Ro s Birch '67 wa named the manager of the Hingham, M . , branch of Prudential ecuritie in early October.

He i al o the vice pre ident of the Municipal Bond Club in Bo t n . . . . Richard Hun newell '67, an art history profe or at Plymouth rate Univer ity, received the ch ol's 1 994 Distin­ gui hedT achingAward. A srudent aid ofhim, "Profe orHunnewell fo ter an atmo phere of openne s and trust. Hi love and enthu i­ a m for the subject are infectiou ." . . . ln January, James Bubar '68 moved to Madi on, Wi ., following his promotion to chief informa­ tion fficer at TD Telecom . . . . The Parlin Memorial and hute Librarie in Everett, Ma . , have hired Deborah Van Hoek Abraham '69 a the new l ibrary director.

MILEPOSTS Deaths: A n thony G i le '66 in Marblehead, M a . , at 5 1 . . . . Marshall B . Barker, M.S.T. ' 7 3 , in Weymouth, Ma s., at 66.

Marriages: Thomas J. Watson I l l '69 to Karen Drobeck in

Greenwich, Conn.

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year away from those paren t weekend t rip s as h i s daughter, a senior at Needham, Mass . , H igh, i about to venture into the world of higher education. Eric is con­ templating an early retirement from the legal department of New England Telephone and perhap teaching at a local law chool. An added bonus was a visit from Phil Kay as he re­

tream. She shares her home with fou r longhaired cats, inc lud ing two M a i n e Coon c a t s . The detox ificat ion unit where she worked c losed down due to lack of funds, and she ha been w0rk­ ing as a psychiatric nurse for the last 1 5 months . . . . After her

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three chi ldren gave Glenna and

birth of

her banker hu band, Richard, a

November

wonderful surprise 2 5 th wedding anni versary party, which included many friend and relatives. he is

l a w yer and c h a i r· the

also active in raising funds for per­

husband's brief ass ign ment in Rocky H ill, Conn., Kathy Denehy Lewis has packed up and moved

A T

arah Colt Anthony on . . . . Eric Cote is a

Maine, planning board . . .

aco, .

Jane

Chandler Carney writes that she loved our 2 5 th reunion, \\ anders

fom1ing arts in Idaho, uch a bal­ let, opera, an arts center and a

about rhe whereabout of Tanya McDowell '70 and remembers Jan

museum.

In October, Alan Gray, wife Donna and their three children moved imo their newly

Hogendom a her favorite profes­ or. She notes that his constant dwelling on the food giveaway

newed old acquaintances. Later that evening, J im Wilson j o ined

husband , Bob,

head of the

built home in Concord, Mas .

Alan's community activities in­

programs in Africa in the '60s was prophetic and that every rime she

this crew at d inner and filled us

group purchasing department for

volve coaching children's sports.

reads of famine in Africa, she i

in on the trial and tribulations of running a one-man law office

FASCO.

ince they'd only been

Daughter Eri n , a h igh school

in Connec ticut about a year, Kathy

sophomore , son Chri topher, ixth grade, and J ulie, first grade, all play occer. Alan bumped into

reminded of Profe sor Hogen­ dom . . . . Ines Ruelius Altemose

back to N ixa, Mo., where her

i

on Cape Cod . This every-other­

was able to get her job back at the

year event presents a fine oppor­

hospital, and she tried out her new

tunity for Boston area people to meet and cheer on what has be­

PC at work to write her Chri tma letter. She will be back in New

come, of late, the Wh i te Mule gridiron juggernaut. . . . A new

England, though, because she ha a daughter who recently graduated

year and many of us will cel­ ebrate the big 5 0 when that next

from Keene State ( N . H . ) in ec­

game last fa l l . . . . J oh n De­ Simone i a computer teacher l iv­

birthday roll around. But that'

ondary special education and has a n o t h e r in n u r i ng at U R I .

ing in Saco, Maine. H i s wife, Eli:abeth (O'Gorman '69 ) , is an

OK, because the news we've re­ ceived hows that the Class of

. . . Betty Coffey Gross and her hu b a n d , M i k e , are relax ing

l 967 is not getting older but that we're g e t t i n g b e t t e r a l l t h e

( c heap l y ) now th at their son, Matt, is at Hofstra. (Colby was roo

time ! . . . Perhap we should c a l l E d "Woody" B e r u b e t h e bionic man. He writes that he recently

cold and too far for him. ) She is proud of having survived 2 5 years of teaching with both her en­

had h is left shoulder operated on for a tom rotator cuff, bur that goe along w ith his three knee operations, back urgery and two foot operations. ( Even w i th all this repair work, he carries a four handicap i n golf! ) He's a product logistic project manager w ith Xerox and l ives in Web ter, N .Y .

ergy and interest intact but i

antiques show promoter. l11eir oldest daughter, Anne, graduated magna cum laude from Bowdoin last J une and is now in NYU Law School. Son Joshua is in a p.g. year at Hebron Academy, where he plays hockey. The i r youngest daughter, Emma, is a sophomore

H i s wife, Connie, is a f i r t d e ­ gree black b e l t i n t a e k w o n d o a n d h i 1 4 -year-old daughter, Breanne, has a second degree black belt and play softball and volleyba l l . . . . In case y o u ' re planning an at-home wedding for your daughter, you really mu t contact Sandy Miller Keohane m M i lton, Mass. A mother of the bride, she employed her cre­ ative flair to tran form her house, pool and yard into a beautiful setting for a ceremony and recep­ tion. It was o unique that i t wa the subject of a feature article on wedding in the Qu incy, Mass.,

Jack De mond '67 at a high school "back ro school" night and al o attended a Tufts-Colby soccer

fre q u e n t l y fr u s t ra t ed by a d ­ m in istrative, state a n d federal "decrees." (111 0 e of u in educa­

at Thornton Academy and also plays hockey as goalie on the Thomronboy' var ityteam.John notes that they spend their lives in very cold b u i l d ings . . . . R e e d Harman is an investment man­ ager in California. He and wife Nan ha e two children: Hayden, 2 5 , who is a software consu lranr in New York City, and pencer, 2 2 ,

tion know j ust what you mean, BC! ) . . . . We've tried very hard ro file a column for each issue, but we really do need ro keep in touch and pa on your new and views.

Let' hear from all of you in rhe

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new year!

a junior a t the College of Wooster in Ohio . . . . Linda Levy Fagen­ holz and her husband, Allen, are both pediatrician living in Erie, Pa. Their family includes Peter,

Correspondent: Mary Jo Calabrese Bau r

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Greetings, all. Glenna W h i t e C ra w f o r t h

w r i tes from I da h o , where s h e is t h e diversion unit supervisor for the Ada County ju­ venile court. She's very proud of rhe volunteer program she insti­

ound

interesting. Ines planned a late 1 994 trip ro London for both bu i­ ness and plea u re . . . . Sh a ron Timberlake traveled to London and Paris in 1 994 . . . . Gary Aus­ tin lives in Maryland wi th his wife, Kim, who work as a logistic program manager, and they have two children-Kimberly, an ac­ counts manager for a health care firm, and Aaron, a member of the cla s of '96 at the U . . Naval Academy . . . . Anna Thompson Bragg faces the mixed blessing of having four chi ldren in college later this year. Anna wonder which classmates are looking for­ wa rd to r e t i re m e n t . . . . G u s Browne write from Lincoln Cen­ ter, Mass., that he took an early pension from NYNEX and joined Liberty M u tual Insurance in 1 994.

Gus soon wi l l have two children, Jes ica and Alec , in college and reports that travel plans will have to wa it until after A.O. 2000! . . .

I 've moved my psychotherapy practice to an office overlooking Casco Bay in Portland, the sight of our spend id reunion cruise. My

Corre pondent: Diane E. Kindler

time to stay in touch.

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son, David, keeps me busy and fascinated with his nearly -year­ old zest for l ife . Plea e take the

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Thanks for the inrer­ e ting response to the l as t q u e s t i o n n a i_ r e .

Patriot Ledger. l t sounded like a wonderful party . . . . Susan Fin­ lay Chavez has been having a great time landscaping her home in Annapot · �. Md., and has even

youth and monitor the e clients until completion of the terms of their diversion agreement. Suc­

Many o f you wrote about travel, career changes and children leav­ ing the nest. Of cour e not all ofu

cess is reflected in the very low 20

included a goldfish pond and a

percent rec idivi m rate. Their

are in the same tage of l i fe: Ann and Bob Anthony announce the

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Bryant and J udy Holden.

20, at Brown, Andrew, 1 8, at Wil­ liams, and Elizabeth, 1 1 . That' all + the news for now.

adults meet twice a month to re­ solve p o l i c e c o m p l a i n ts w i t h

tuted three year ago to deal with fir t-time offenders. Forty-five

look forward to doing "Thelma and Loui e quared" once again w i th S u s ie Math e w s , J eanne

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Correspondents:

Rohen K i nne 29 1 1 Edgeh i l l Drive

A lex;mJ r 1 a , VA 2 2 302 - 2 5 2 1 70 1 - t B6-42 2 7

1 9 70 Rnhin A rm i tage C,)te 604 Pr i m rn'e Court Northfield, l\1N 5 5 7 5 7

197 1 Nancy Hammar Au,t 1 11 29 lr\'tng : t reet =5 Wo rcest er , MA 0 1 609

508- 797-4 7 1

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1 1 l 1 2 BroaJ Green Dri ve Potomac , M D 20854 3 0 1 -299-6240

1 9 73 Margaret M c Parrland Bea n I 3 1 Dudley Street Pre que Isle, M E 04769-29 1 3 207-768-602 1 1 974 She l ley Bi e r i n ge r Rau 1 2 3 Hotel Road Auburn, ME 042 1 0 207- 7 8 3 -0829 1 97 5 u an Gearhart Wuest 65 Country Downs Circle Fairport, N Y 1 4450 7 1 6- 2 2 3 - 1 967 1 976 Noel Barry Ste l la 28 Stuart Place Westfield, MA 0 1 085 4 1 3 - 5 6 2 - 5 62 9 1 97 7 L e lie A . Ramsay 44 Appleton Street Manchester, NH 03 1 04 603-647 -87 1 2 1 978 N icholas Levintow 1 020 1 Fore t Grove Drive Silver Spring, MD 20902- 3949 30 1 -68 1 -3 3 2 7

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Robin Armi tage Cote

1 97 2 Janet H o l m Gerber

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S mee my Lbt column wa' Lled i c a tcJ t u the women of t h e Cla" of ' 7 1 , t h i ' aruclc feature' mfnrma­ t in n ahnuL Cl'"' uf '7 I men nnly!

Mn,t nt the mformat 1on come' from the Colby fi le�. 'o if i t \ ob olctc t i r mcorrect, p lca�e l e t u' know ' o that w e make L h e ap pro p r i a t e c o r re c t i on '> .

Que�tll.111: What d o E d Barry, Dan Blake, Larr Boris, John McCallum, Ron Lupton, Mark N e w m a n , J oseph G r e e n m a n , Gary Bu rfoot, J eff Edwards , Philip Byers, Bradford Moir, Alan Tuttman , Bill Shumaker, De n nis Cameron, David Collins, R o b e r t G r e e n e and R o b e r t K n i g h t all h a v e in common ?

Answer: They are ju t some of the lawyers from our cla . . . .

Alan Ackley, John Dyer, Tom E l l is , J o h n Fochs, Lou Gordon, Richard Handel, Barry Kelley, Mike Round . John Philson, Nick Preston , R ic hard Kenworthy, Earl Lane, Steve Leon, Michael Twohig, Ted Weissman and Roger Foster also have ome­

thing in common (strange as that may sound ) : They are all self­ employed busine s owners . . . .

Professors include Dr. William A n thony, i n the Department of German, Northea tern Un iver­ sity; Charles Colga n , a soc iate profes ·or of public policy, Uni­ v e rs i t y of S o u t h e r n M a i n e ;

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Duncan Hewitt, .i,,1.,t<mr rro­ fe"'ir, U n iver'>ity of M<1me; J eff Nord!ttrom, '1'>,l lC L<ltC rrofe,,ur, Ford ham U n 1 v e r,1 ty h1ologic;1I 'c 1 c n c e' d c r < 1 r t m c n r ; S t e v e Orlov , rrofe>sm of human1 uc,, John A hb, m 'ol l ege; Michael Payne, rrofcs,or, Jcrarr mcnt of cell h 1 ol ogy anJ anatomy, New York M eJ i rn l College; Will iam imons, il"l'tant rmfc"or of hi '> ­ [()ry , rhe rate U n l \ er,1ty ofN . Y . ; Harold Tam ule, a''>ista n t p ro fe, ­ ,or. ,' uffn l k U n 1 ver,1ty; and J eff Willman, mathemat ic' rrofcssur, UMaine-Oruno. e v e rn l other men al'>o are mvolvcd m educa­ t ion , m c luJ mg Joh n Bra�,i 1 . whn 1 ' the d i rector ot st udi es at Mt. Ar.ira r H igh chool m Top,ham, Mame, a nd Ken Didsbury, chair­ man o( the human 1 t 1e J 1 v 1 ion, T i l to n , cl1tiu l , T i l to n , N . H .

Other teachers and school ad­

m i n i trator

i nc l ud e D o n a l d

Barton, Dave Freeman, Bruce Hubbard, Robert Ke sler, David m i t h and R o n Rea, A n d y S i l l s . . . . S teve Cai n , Robert A l le n and Terry Towne are

CPA' . Ric hard Blackburn i the Portland, Maine, tax as es or. Bill Buckner, who live i n Menlo Park, Calif. , is the finance v ice president of Any Mountain Ltd. Paul Bennett i assistant v ice pre ident of Cai e N a t ionale Cred it Agricol in Chicago. Ri­ c hard Beaty is a counselor at the Dianet ics and Scientology Cen­ ter in Hacken ack, N. ]. Mike Giuliano i an analy t for the Beacon Company and is l iv ing in Cambridge, M a s. Steve Dane is the general manager for Kluwer Academic Pub l i hers ofNorwe l l , Ma . J . Craig D ickinso n i the president of Woodpile Inc. of Orono, Maine. Bill Glennon is a real estate apprai er in Quincy, Mass. Jay Reiter is the director of photography for the Ithaca Jour­ nal and C h a r l e s A b bott is a p hotographer . . . . Dr. D a v i d G lass is a ascular urgeon i n

New York Cuy. Other rhy icians i nc l ude B i l l J oh n s o n , Frank Apan tak u , Tim R i c h a r d s o n , Tom Gallant, Bill Schirmer and Roger Shell . Both J eff Hood and Scott Eaton are rsychotherapi rs.

Larry Farmer

is an optometrist,

J im Faulkner and Terry Wyman are dent ists, and Lt. Col. Bill

is a me reoro logi t. . . . Please rerurn yourquestionaire to me a soon as you receive it o Agre l l a

rhat l have some mtere t ing and new new� for the next issue.

Thank for your surport and en­ couragement and he brave. + Corre sponde n t : Janet Holm Gerber

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Congratulat ions, author Pat DeBerry Nordstrom,

on publication of Solve Your Child's Maih Problems. The book, wn tten for familie with children m t he 5 - to -year-old range, wa a three-year project.

U n l i k e m a n y a u thors, w h o struggle t o se l l a manuscript or a n idea to a publisher, P a t h a d ev­ eral who wanted her book. She selected imon and chuster. The paperback book is 1 2 in the "parenting" or "reference" depart­ ment of major book tore . Other Nordstrom news-Jeff'7 1 and Par have celebrated their 20th anni­ versary and l ive i n New York City w ith their four children. Jeff has witched jobs from academia to indu try. He is employed by a biorechcompany, working on the c loning of genes . . . . Rhee Gris­ wold Fincher writes of visiting Colby for the first t ime since 1 9 7 2 w i t h her husband, M ike. "What a treat when w� walked into the biology building and found Bruce Fowles sitting at h is de k! I only wished we had made the trip a few years earlier and could have found Tom Easton at hi also."

Rhee and M i ke are till at the Med i c a l Col lege of Georg i a ,

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where Rhee was promoteJ to pro­ fe·sor of med icine in J u ly. helley and Mike Amster li\'e in Concord, M ass., w ith their 8year-old son, Adam, whom I re­ member from our '92 reunion a - a precocious and per onable youngter. Mike is one of the principals and founders of Harvard Ecology Assoc iates, an "environmental health safety and transportation management consu l t i ng" com­ pany . . . . Anne Howard Cotton lives in New Canaan, Conn., and is a re ·idential real escare broker for Brotherhood and Higley Com­ pany. She and her husband, Lee , have four chi ldren, the oldest approach i ng col lege age .

Peggy and J i m Col b u rn are busy parenting Tyler, 3, whose "art­ work" 1 enj oye d on J im's ques­ t i o n n a i r e . The Colbu rn� are experiencing the challenge of leaner time in the real estate ap pra i s a l industry, where Jim is employed, but are grateful for the ·trength of their family and the ir Christian faith. . . Joan and Bill Alfond l iv e in the Beacon H ill area of Boston. Joan is in a " ·er­ vice busines for fo rei gn students in New England prep schools."

Their oldest on, J ustin, i at Tulane and a member of the gol f team there . . . . Sally Barker and Steven Hamburg are new par­ ents! Hemma Leah Barker Ham­ burg wa born in J une 1 994.

H e m ma means "daughter of the mountain ," write Sally, w ho adds: " w e h ave a house we build a little bit at a t i me in the White Mts. ofNew Hampshire. Twenty­ four hour colic for the first 3 1 /2 months, coupled wi th a C-sec­ tion and our move two weeks

mmherand interior Jesigner. Her fam i l y i n c l udes G . Kent Kahle, an investment banker, Carter, 1 1 , Walker, 8, Page, 5, and a large as ortmen t of pets. She keeps busy as a chilJ advocate vol unteer and working on an animal spay/ neuter mobile. Cynthia would l ike to be gett ing rid of the con ­ stant collect ion of j unk in her house (goe · with the three k ids, 1 th ink ) . She wi he� she were a movie star and that she weren't t a l k i ng on the phone so m u ch. . . . J ulia McNagny H u rley is in Columbia City, I nd . , where hus­ band David i ·a fa rmer. They have four chi ldren, ages 2 - 1 4 , and also seem to co ll ec t chi ldren's toys and books. Julia rerumed to Colby last summer for the first t ime in 20 years. She l iked the new bu ilJ­ ing , apprec iating how well they fir into the campus . . . . From fro­ :en M i nneso ta wr it e J o e '72 and M a rt ha H a m i l t o n B e n s o n .

Martha is a real e ·rate appraiser, Joe a mortgage banker. Meli sa , 1 3 , and Tucker, 9, are in fun ac t i v i tie·-sw im team , occer, indoor rock climbing. As a fa m­ ily, they enjoy many outJoor sports, but Martha wishes she were reading and sleeping more, get­ ting t New England and ·eeing friends more often. She a k if anyone has h e a rd fro m L i z Bel s k y ? . . . I n M ich igan, Mark Pestana is assistant professor of phil m op hy ar GranJ Valley tare Un iversity. Wife Mary Beth was expect ing any day. Mark volun­ teers at a local retirement home and collects books by Thomas Aquinas. If anyone has a copy of Commentary on Aris­ wtle' s Treatise on Meceorology, Mark would l ike

endurance test. But not even th i combination detracrs from the + joy of being parents. "

you . . . . Barry Walch is also an assistant professor--of mortuary

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NEWSMAKERS St. Mary's Hospital i n Water­ bury, Conn. , appointed Sheila King Green '73 as i ts senior services coordinator. She will develop a program to meet so­ cial, educational, recreational, health and wellness needs for senior ci tizens in the area . . . .

Cumm ing

& Lockwood law

fi rm in S t a m fo r d , C o n n . , elected William Narwold '74 as managing partner and ex­

Jeff McKeen '76 and

Career Newell '77 ecut ive committee chainnan in November. H e will split hi ti me between the Hartford and

Stamford offices. . . . J ames Shearard J r. ' 75 has been ap­ pointed secretary and director of Nytest Environmental Inc. , where h e has worked since 1 992 as director o f marketing and sales. He ha an M . B. A . from Rutgers Universiry and 20 years of environmental lab e>.. rp erience wi th public and private com­ panies at senior and executive level positions . . . . Art Handman '76 has been named the d i rector of grocery sales for T ropicana Products in Bradenton, Fla . . . . The Old Grey Goo e , a folk band featuring Jeff McKeen '76 and Carter Newell ' 7 7 , has been collecting traditional mu ic from the Northeast and per­ fonning in the Waterville, Maine, area. They also present stories and b allads dep i c t i ng trad i t iona l New England l i fe . . . . Kevin R. Convey '77, managing editor of the Boswn Herald, spoke at the Seacoast Communications Network meet­ ing in Portsmouth, N . H . , in January . . . . Richard Healey ' 7 7 , the president o f Foster-Healey Real Estate in central Massachu­ sett , is now president of the Massachusetts Association of Realtors . . . . Evan T.M. Katz '77 has been appointed chief budger officer of Newton, Mass. . . . St. Peter's Hospital in Albany, N . Y. , has named Dr. Anthony Cagino ' 7 8 as co­ director of its new pulmonary rehabi litation program . . . . Leslie Morgan '78 and his wife, Cindy , were featured i n Harizons for thei r medical m i ionary work in Bangladesh . . . . The hi toric Inn at Chester i n Connect i cut, owned b y Deborah Lieberman Moore '79, has won numerous award for its fine dining and cozy atmosphere. Moore, formerly officer chief mate of a tanker in the Merchant Marine, bought the inn in 1 992.

Thoma '

after she was born were a true

Correspondent: Shelley Bieringer Rau

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to hear from

Births: A daughter, Elizabeth Anne, to Mary Helen and Brian Hurley '76 . . . . A daughter, Rebecca Mary, to David and Mary Zukowski Hurd ' 79.

Marriages : Pamela Bradley ' 7 5 to Ro s Burton i n G louce ter,

science-in Canton, N.Y. He and w ife Joyce have rwo boys, ages 1 4 and 1 1 , who are avid occer play­ ers. Barry is a fraternity advisor trying "to move the frat system

Mass .

. . . George Kesaris ' 7 8 to J ul ie Gray i n New York, N. Y.

Deaths: Luther Foster, LLD. ' 7 1 , i n Atlanta, Ga. , at 8 1 . . . . Benjamin A . Hawkins, M.S. T. '74, i n Brandon, Fla. , a t 6 2 .

G reet i ng from the frozen north ! As I

out of the dark ages" and is ac tive in the P resbyt e ri an church. He wishes he were bui !ding heirloom

write in January, we

quality grandfather clocks instead

Braces " c o l l e c t w h a t we c a n , w h i c h isn't much" d u e to cost

are in the midst of our first really cold weather-those of you who

of still rebuilding a very old house and collecting grad school credit hours . . . . S. Lynn and J ames

and fa m i l y restra i n ts . . . . l n Monmouth, Maine, l ive Kevin and Bonnie Nielson Gimpel with

books and j u n k ; also weight, which she wouId I i k e to get rid of!

She would

l ike not to be doing

Brace live in Friedens, Pa . , w i th

children Zachary, 1 3 , and Torrey,

housework and would l i ke to be teaching fifth- ixth grade. After a t t e n d i ng r e u n ion last J u n e ,

Houston, where t h e weather i s

k ids Corbin , 16, and De i dra , 14, both honors stude n ts. J ames is a n

1 0. They keep busy wi th music, sports, acting, Scout and the lo­

Torrey h a s decided s h e wants t o attend Colby . . . . Tigard, Ore . ,

warm, Cynthia Vietor Kahle is a

excavator a n d a v i d cycler. The

cal credit u n ion. Bonnie collects

is h o m e to Perry a n d Phyllis

have left New England might re­ member single-digit temperatures and a howling north w i nd . . . . I n

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Running a Model Railroad D

o y o u re a l l y r u n a ra i i ruaJ ?" Colby as k eJ Deborah Warhen Finn ' 7 4 .

Before she C \ l u ld amwcr, rhe superi n tendent \ lf the Rari­ tan V a l l ey Ra i l L i ne i n

T ra m por ta t i on

New J er,ey hroke away for

group of tramportation i n ­

a moment, then c.1me hack

du:,rry profe;,sionals network­

"

ora nge j a kc ts for the c rews.

"You've got to start hy

valu ing your e m ployec5, " said Finn, who 111 1 982-8 3 wa nat il mal prcsidentofWomen's

on the ph\lnc to ex p l a 1 11 that one of the enginee r-. j u�t c hecked in to a s k how her gra nd mother\ b roken h i p was mend i ng . One of the eng i n ee rs ? ' T m . . . acces� i h l e , " sa i J F i n n , r h c o n l y w nm a n l i ne � u r1 e r i n r endent u( t h e seven l i n e ope ra t d hy N e w J e r e y T ra m i t , t h e age n c y re p o n s i b l c for p ro v i d i n g publ ic t ra n sporta t i on in t h e t a t c . " l t k ee ps y o u aware of w h a t ' goi ng o n .

A woman i n a t rad i r i n n a l l y ma le-Jom im1ted fielJ, F i n n says that a lot of people arc watc h i ng t he way �he rum a rn i lroad. Far from t ry i ng to dera i l her, she ays, most of them are �trong supporters. l n t he m idst of one serious opcrnt ional issue, an engineer even phoned her a t home with hi- the o n e . "l call them my Deep Throat calb," said Finn, who l i ves in Westfield, N .J . , with her husband, Tom, and two chi ldren. ''People cheering me on, giving advice and insights. TI1ey finJ a wa y to h a re information w i th me. I t's part of an intere t in my uccess."

e m i nar, a

ing to affirm women's roles in ma nagement in the tram­ portation md u� t ry . "My front­

line employees come to me.

They feel they can rake a ri k.

I think I �ee the m taking more ini tiative, makmg their own judgmcnt..,.._ they know they'll

e

he �uppnrred. I ee an increase

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Finn ::.a y� her Colby gov­ ernment ma1nr and c o nce n t ra t ion in i nternat ional relation , 1 11 vo l v 1 11g image�. perception. and confl ict resolut ion, have heen v a lu ah le , hut �he bel ieve a general background in l iberal art� h a� contrihu teJ to h e r management style. '' I t wa::. a good foundation that prepared you for a l ife of learning a n d w a nt i n g to better yourself. l'm never sari fied I 've learned enough ," he said. he al o remember· "a sen e that Co l hy wa� preparing u to make the world a better p lace."

The Raritan l i ne recently init iated focu groups to learn how

1t could improve ervice to the pub l ic . Finn says one sugge tion,

Succe s means superv i i ng 1 30 employees to Jel iver safe,

i n tead of sitting for two month · in a corporate memo, led to a

rel iable service to about 7, 500 d a i l y commuter: o n 50 trains

protntype rai l car in four mon t h . In the future, she believes, the

operating over the 4 5 m i les between Newark an<l H igh Bridge.

ra ilroad mu t c lo e the gap with the automobi l e in speed or

She is respon ible for a quality infrastructure-"the rai l , t ies,

amen itie while offering more frequent service and "re l iabil ity,

signal systems as d isti nguished from the rol l i ng sto k , which is

re l iabi l i t y , rel iabi l i ty . "

the equipment you ride on"-and for the fron t - l i ne employee ,

" I may b e a b l e to a l t e r ervice in t h e short a n d t h e long term,"

Finn sa id. " I t ' tough to do i n an organization with a hierarchy

the conductors and engineer .

Trains move 2 1 hours a day, even day a week , Finn says from

c u l t u re , but if you're w i l l ing to take risk , you can do it. The real

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story i 'walk ing the feet,' rea l ly doing what you say you should

her office in the Raritan yard, the l i ne's headquarter

equipment service area. She moved up from assistant general

do."

Finn wa born i n Bangor, Maine, but " lived all over" before

manager about a year ago. " I 've improved the faci l i t ies, and I 've helped employees to

she came to Colby, fol lowing her mother, Nancy Pratley Wathen

value themselves. These are the two things I 've done here , " sa id

' 5 3 , and her aunt, Ruth Pratley Madel l '63 . Her si ter is K imberly

Finn, who began her career i n the transportation field i n 1 97 7 ,

Wathen '79.

fresh from a pol itical science M . A . a t Northern I l l inoi U niversity.

Fin.n says she espec ially values her Colby J an Plan becau e of

Her work during the 1 980s w ith the Port Authority ofNew York

the field work and the future career options they offered but

and New Jersey in pol icy setting and pub l ic affairs led progressively

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to management.

environment i n which women m ight learn and feel valued.

he'd had even more exposure at the College to an

A s superintendent o f the Raritan l i n e , Finn says she has

"I t'd be n ice to be at Colby now," she said, where career

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counse l i ng and leadership opportu n i t ies for women have

worked

t o w a rd an e m p lo y e e - based team

m a n agem e nt . She c i tes a m e e t i ng at w h i c h ra i l workers

expanded from those available 20 years ago.

c o mp l a i ne d t h a t t h e i r safe t y v e s t s w e re s n a gg i n g on

"Was that when you d i d n ' t k now that girls cou l d do

e q u i p m e n t . She proposed new apparel to her boss, then to the

everything?" her 9-year-old daughter, Stephanie, asks her. Her

genera l m anager of the ra i l road. O u t of t h is c a m e new flame-

answer, she says: "We can take on any challenge."

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1 2 , and Jesse, 8. Phyl l is is an ex­ h ibit graphic artist. She would l ike to be traveling more and is hoping to celebrate her 20th wed­ ding anniversary in Costa R ica this spring. She wishes they were not doing major landscaping at their new house---d id it get done before winter, Phyllis? . . . l'm out of space-more in a few months!

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Susan Gearhart Wuest

Thanks to thoseofyou in the first part of the a l p h a b e t who r e ­ sponded t o the latest question­ naire ! B everly O'Brient Carne and family moved to Glastonbury, Conn. , from New Jersey a year ago. Describing herself as a pro­ fessional volunteer, Bev lists G irl Scouts, PTO and Audubon Soci­ ety as j ust a few of her activities.

Husband M ichael is a portfolio manager for Aeltus lnve tments; their two children are Jennifer, 8, and Christopher, 6. Last May Bev had a wonderful time at a mini­ reunion with Deborah Marson and Barbara Carroll Peterson in Boston . . . . Alison Arthur mar­ ried Arthur Charbonneay in Sep­ tember 1 994. They l ive in Center Conway, N . H . Alison will gradu­ ate from nursing school this J une . . . . E li zabeth " B i n k i e " Cammack Closmore imagines that managing her fam ily l ife is similar to the stress and exc ite­ ment of being "an air traffic con­ troller 24 hours a day ! " Child number six, Catherine, was born in J uly 1 993; the oldest is 1 1 , five girls and one boy. All cynicism aside, Binkie finds her Colby edu­ cation being put to great use, as her L ife only gets more challeng­ ing every day . . . . Janee Keary Connor is the owner of Janee's Originals, custom dressmaking and alterations, in H o l l iston, Mas . I n J une 1 994 she was elected president of the Massa­ chusetts chapter of the Profes­ sional Assoc iation of Custom Clothiers. J anee has di covered that running her own business is very rewar ing and says that after three years she is finally begin­ ning to realize a small profit. Once the school day is over, her three

children, Erin, 1 3 , M ichael, 9, and Devin, 4, claim her time.

Janee met up last year with Mar­ guerite "Mugs" Nelson Sarson

at a gymna tic meet, where their daughters were both competing.

Besides several volunteer activi­ ties, J anee is back singing now with the Heritage Chorale of Framingham . . . thisshedoesjust for herself. . . . "Supermom" Sue Blanker is busy with her two chil­ dren, Sarah, 6 1 /2 , and Peter, 3, in Darien, Conn. Ln April 1 993 Sue was elected president of the Local G irl Scout Counci l , a vol­ unteer position with time require­ ments s i m i la r to those of a fu ll-time job. Besides volunteer­ ing in both children's school classes, she is active in her moth­ ers' group at church and serves on the Darien Youth Commission, in addition to being a Colby asso­ c i ate c lass agent! . . . A n d rea Ward Antone, a physical thera­ pist, is doing home care for a p r i v a t e therapy prac t i c e i n Warwick, R . l . , which allows for the flexibil ity she needs in her sched ule. Her three children, Becky, 1 3 , J amie, 1 1 , and Lind­ say, 6, are all into sports. Andrea's greatest challenge these days is having the three of them on three d ifferent teams ! . . . C h a r l e y Bolger is still in the printing busi­ ne s in Edina, M inn. He and his wife, Gail, have two children, Christine, 9, and Bryan, 7 . It is a small world, as Scott R yerse '7 4 is his daughter's soccer coach.

Charley visited Mark Farrington on a recent trip to Washington, D.C. . . . Anita Baldwin is l iv ing in South Berwick, Maine. She and R ichard McAvlay were mar­ ried in May 1 993 . . . . Lisa Turtz Birnbaum lists her occupation as psychiatrist/painter in Larch­ mont, N .Y., where she Lives with husband Jesse and their two chil­ dren, Zoe, 5 , and Rose, 2. In Au­ gust they moved into a beautiful old house with Lots of room to spread out with the two children. . . . Candy Skelly Crouch is busy making wedding plans for Au­ gust 1 995 in East Boothbay Har­ bor, M aine. In October Candy completed a century ( 1 00-mile bike ride) and is looking forward to several more rides this year. . . . Bill Muller wants to correct the record concerning the report in the last is ue about his alleged

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injuries, news that was submitted by another classmate as a devious but brill iant practical joke. Bill refuses to identify the perpetrator but wants Doug King to know that somewhere, sometime, when he leasts expects it, his time will come ! . . . Hope you all are making your plans for go i ng back to Colby in J une for our + 20th reunion!

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J ane W i ll iams and

Bruce Blumberg stil l l i v e in Peppere l l , Mass . , a pastoral setting for the Blumbergs' children, Phi ll ip, 8, and Gwen, 5, and their various farm animals to live in harmony.

J ane, having been home for the pa t eight years, writes: "It's fun to be back teaching (elementary school ) ! ' Her husband, Bruce, is a graduate student at the Massa­ chusetts Institute ofTechnology. . . . Paula and David Stephen B o u l ang e r l i v e in A ndover, Mass., where she is in her last year of residency (pediatrics) at Tufts N e w England Medical Center. She is now interviewing for more local practice opportu­ nities. He recently moved to KPM6 Peat Marwick-manage­ ment consulting: business strat­ egy/practice/management-and writes, "Look forward to partici­ pation in Colby events in Bos­ ton . . . . We missed homecoming in October." . . . James and Lee CanningBreene live in New York City, where she is an at-home mom of Molly, 7, and Cody, 3 .

He i s a bond trader i n emerging, thus more hazardous, markets. Lee is involved in a lot of fu nd raising for her children's schools-auc­ tion, Christmas sale, annual ben­ efit. "I've Learned a lot," she writes, "and gotten over any shyness about asking for help and/or mon­ ey." . . . M. Myers and Charles Burch Ill live in Kennebunk, Maine. They are both teachers, and the family includes two step­ sons and a daughter. After 1 4 years a t Massabesic H igh School in Waterboro, M aine, and 1 0 years as the lacrosse coach at Cape Elizabeth H igh School, Charles writes (and l read between-the­ L ines, with pride ) : "Stil l officiat-

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ing at H .S. basketball, named Maine H.S. Lacrosse Coach of the Year in 1 994." . . . Susan and Eric Clise Live in Wood inville, Wash. , where they own a shop that provides finishing services to the printing communiry. Their fami ly unit is "five ( yes ! ) k ids.

Three adopted and two of our own ranging in age from 2 1/2 to 19. Love to hear from members of the band and friend . Drop me a letter on America Online c/o R. Eric ." And to answer your ques­ tion, Eric, l don't hear from Sally Byrd anymore. She's not a letter writer like most of us . . . . Evi Anne ( M ul ler ' 7 8 ) and Chas Cowing also live in New York City, where she is a bank er.

Grayson M il ler Cowing is 4 1/2 , and Moppy, their cocker spaniel, is 8. Writes Chas: "Bought an apartment in NYC. Had a son.

Am now b roke . " . . K a r e n Gustafson and A lan Crossley continue to live in Madison, Wis., where he is a wildlife biologist for the state of Wisconsin and she is director of development for the School of Business UW Founda­ tion at the University of Wis­ consin-Madison. Sam Crossley turned 8 in November, and the Cros ley twins, H annah and Caleb, turned 5 in July. Thereare no significant changes in Karen's life, she writes: "Just rolling mer­ rily along." . . . And Karen and S teve Cummings l ive in Char­ lotte, N .C., where she is busy as the mother of their six children and one dog, their eldest being 1 0 and their youngest, Adelaide, four months. He is chairman of Bowles H a l lowel l Conner & Co.-an investment banking company of­ fering advice to middle market companies in areas ofmergers, ac­ quisitions and private financings.

After 10 years of l ife in North Carolina, and before that, seven years in New York City, he writes: "Things couldn't be better . . great place to Live, having a lot of fun with our kids." More to come. + Correspondent:

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Nicholas Levintow

G re e t i n g s t o a l l ! " M u l t i-purpose homemaker" Ronni­ J o Posner Carpenter writes from N . Yarmouth, Maine, to say that

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A l i c ia is married to Gerry Con­ nolly '75 . . . . Best wishes to all.+

enjoyed he<iring S<indy's insights, and we won't hold his prognosti­ cation skills against him! Class­ m<ites in attendance incl uded Peter Krayer, who has left the Navy and works for a defense con­ tractor in Maryland, and Sue (Mackenzie '80) and Mike Doni­ hue. M ike has taken time off from his position in Colby's Economics Departmem to act assen ior econo­ mist � r the President's Counc il of Economic Advisor;. The alumni club was <ilso active in the recent pledge Jrive for PB cation WETA, where I ran into Ann Luedemann Hunt, who along with husband Tim '80 is kept busy by their two youngsters, Colin, 6, and G i l l ian, 3. I al o aw Becky Rogers Bushong recently. Becky and husband Bill are the proud parents of Nell, 3, and recent ar­ rival Andrew ( Drew) . . . . Que tionnaire responses have provided lots of news as well . Ruth Ander­ son Kulman and her husband, Randy, both clinical psychologists, are busy raising Scott, 8, eth, 5 , and Ethan, I , and recently built a new home. Ruth somehow has

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Robert Kinney

Professor Sandy Maisel visited with the Wash­ ington Area Alumni Club in October and predicted that the Democrats would lose between 25 and 30 seats in the House of Representatives but nar­ rowly retain control. As we all know, this isn't quite what hap­ pened ! Nonetheless, everyone

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time to play basketball in a coed league twice a week ! . . . David Caruso and wife Nancie Spec­ tor, al o psychologists, recently founded the ir own consult ing company, which deals with ca­ reer-related matters, and are working on a book about careers.

David al o puhli hed an art icle in Mothering magazine ti tled "Work­ ing Fathers . " I guess raising Rachel, 9, Jonathan, 6, and Ethan, 2 1/2, makes him an expert! . . .

Dave Ashc raft i also an expert on working dads, with Eric, 2 , and recent arrival Katie! Dave is national accounts manager for Hartford Special ty Insurance in the Chicago area and recom­ mends A Year in Provence for those with time to read. . . . Jocelyn Bart­ kevicius writes from Melbourne, Fla., that he received her Ph.D. in English last summer and is on the facu lty at the University of Central Florida in Orlando a a sistant professor of English and creative writing. She is also a second degree tae kwon do black belt (so finish that assignment ) ! . . . El izabeth A rmstrong and

husband Eric Lofgren are t i l l adjusting to t h e Cal ifornia c l i ­ mate after three years and occaionally pine for cold and snow.

Liz continues her work and travel a a Japanese language technical interpreter and when at home is either pa int ing or working in a local pottery studio. She asks, "Where is Kathy Bleakney Paw­ ley ?" . . . Even after 1 5 years I recognized Cynthia Pigott Ba­ con's distinctive handwriting when her letter arrived. Cynthia l ives in Greenwich, Conn. , with her husband, Louis, and three boys, Cameron, 8, Trevor, 6 1/2, and Dillon, 4. When this column appears the boys will have a new sister! Congrats, Cynth ia! . . .

Congrats also to Steve Celata, married in August '94 to Karen and now living in Michigan. Steve has spent the last five years as an international business consultant, with significant travel to Europe and South Africa, where he spent an exciting time during the elec­ tions. More questionnaires and an answer to the Bleakney search in the next column ! Please write !+

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Deborah A. Greene 38 orrel Road Concord, MA 0 1 742 508- 369-6978

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Patricia Valavani mith 6 Hammond Way Andover, MA 01 1 0 508-4 70- 1 484 1 98 1

Beth Pniewski W i lson P.O. Box 602 Harvard, MA 0 1 45 1 508-456-8 0 1 1 982

Mimi Rasmussen 63 Reservoir Street Cambridge, MA 02 1 38 6 1 7-492- 1 002 1 983

ally Lovegren Merchant HCR 62, Box 244B Mt. De en, ME 04660 207-244-367 1 984

Maura Ca idy 181 W inthrop Road ""9 Brookline, MA 02 1 46-4442 6 1 7- 566-00 1 2 1 985

Mary Alice Weller-Mayan RD 2 , Box 1 49 Camden, DE 1 9934 302-697-0 1 42 1 986

Gretchen Bean Lurie 2606 San Marco Drive Pa adena, CA 9 1 1 07 8 1 8-3 56- 7 5 3 8 1 987

Lucy Lennon Tucker 9 Well.stone Drive Portland, ME 04 1 0 1 207-772 - 7 1 2 7 1988

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Don 't forget . . . re­ union weekend is J une 8- 1 1 ! Hope you've been making p lans ro attend.

There's a lot scheduled between getting together for the reunion parade, enjoying ome R&R at our own cookout with -oftball, tenni and family acti\·irie , and a Class of ' 0 dinner with guest speaker . If you have any ques­ tions about the reunion, feel free to give me a call . . . . Kelley Keefe Slavin i living outside of Chi­ cago and keeping fit enough to make mo t of us jealous. She' teaching 1 2 fitne classe a week, everything from regular aerobics to prenatal classes to senior fit­ ness and water aerobics. At rhe ame time he's trying to keep up w i th Cra i g , 5, and Da n i e l , 1 . . . . Weld Butler i s the inve t­ ment coun el for Harbor Advi oryCorp. He and his wife, Sarah, bought a house in Eliot, Maine, and are "learning why human are called 'tool users."' . . . Chris Jackson is alive and well and teaching h igh school sc ience, mainly biology and genetics, m anta Fe, N . M . he's on the cu p of completing her master's in sc i­ ence teachmg and is looking to work more in environmental educat ion . . . . Glen Coral i managing hi own in urance bu i­ ne in the We t Chester, Pa., area. H is most recent challenge wa keeping the office together la t ummer while h is partner, J ay igel, pent time {"very prof­ itably") on the Senior GolfTour. ( Wouldn't it be nice for all of u

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to have that k ind of second ca­ reer' ) G len and h is wife are en­ joying life with Jason, 7 , Jonathan, 5, and Stacey, l . . . . J ulie Green­ wood Kreutz is still living in the Atlanta area and working in geri­ atric rehabil itation. She saw Jean Minkel a few months ago when J ean and J u l ie' husband ( who's also a phy ical therapist) got to­ gether for a conference. J ulie is pleased to report that she and E rin I reton E l l i o t t , another Atlantan, finally got together af­ ter two years of trying! . . . Scott Lehigh, a columnist for The Bos­ ton Globe, and his wife, Marsha, welcomed twin girls into the world . . . each weigh i ng over nine pounds! ( ls that some k ind of record ? 1 ) • • • Karen Caine Babbitt found herself thoroughly enjoying being back in the clas room la t fall, teaching fourth grade in Nonh Dartmouth, Ma .

Emily and I ke keep her busy at home while he's grading paper and organizing lesson plans . .

Keep those questionnaires and notes coming! As always, it's good to hear from all of you . + Corre pondent: Beth Pniewski Wilson

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Fred and Nancy Welsh Isbell now have a third

child, Katherine Mar­ garet, who joined big brothers Brian and Scott on November l .

Nancy i taking a leave from IBM, where she is a unit manager for the consulting and -ervices group.

Nancy has been w ith I BM for nme years nowand live in Acton, Mass. he often runs into Jeff Protentis, also in Acton . . . . J i m and Dani Nemec Micsan wel­ comed a third child into their fam i l y , too: J oseph Raymond joined big sisters Jessica and J u l ia in December 1 99 3 . Dani and her fam i ly are l i v ing in A then , Greece, where J im is a foreign

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service officer. While stationed in Greece, the Micsans have done a lot of traveling around Europe­ to Rhodes, with a side trip to Marmaris, Turkey; to Prague, to meet Dani's relatives; to M unich, to visit Dani's mom and sister­ and around the U . S., visiting friends all across the country .

Dani also has found time to start a cake decorating bus iness.

Dawn Brydon married T i m Sweeney last November-a wed­ ding attended by Vi c tor and Ginny Bulford Vesnaver-and

is living in Arlington, Va. Dawn started a new job last October as the director of marketing for a trade association for the electric u t i l it ies industry . . . . J im and Laura Littlefield Bourne, also in Arlington, are the proud parents of Kelsey Winslow Bourne, who was born last November in Wash­ ington, D.C. J im and Laura found time to travel to Sweden, Norway and Poland last summer before Kelsey's arrival . . . . Doug and Amy Parker Cook are busy in Reading, Mass., raising their three children, Gregory, Abigail and Benjamin. Amy says that having three chlldren in a little over three years has given them a lot of ex­ citement and that there is never a dull moment in their house! Amy and Ann Albee Hoefle '80 orga­ nize an annual gathering of Colby friend that they call "Friends Thank giving." Everyone con­ tributes to the meal and football game. This tradition has been going on for a number of years, and now the kid outnumber the parent ! As well as Doug Cook and Ann's hu band, lain Hoefle, Colbians who attend the annual feast include Bruce and Ellen Reinhalter Shain, Dan '80 and Liz Pizzurro Ossoff, Deb (Zarella ' 7 9 ) and Rich D u b e , Marty Mac M i l l i n and her h usband, George Plesko, and Greg and Ginny Low Pomeroy. Amy says they hope to keep up the tradition

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NEWSMAKERS Dr. Karen Ferrante ' 0 re­

cently c mpleted a fellow hip in hematology and oncology at ew England Dea one· and will work on the medical ·raff there and on t h e taff of Waltham We ron Ho.pital and Medical Center in Rh de L­ land . . . . Harold Alfond, H' 0, donated l million in ovem­ ber to the Unive ity of ew England mward the construc­ t i o n of a h e a l r h c i e n c e · buildin . . . . J o h n C l e enger ' 1 ha joined 1eridian Consulting Group in We rporr, onn., a a enior con ultanr. . . . The Cleveland, Ohio, law firm of Hahn Loe er & Parks announced that Laura Gockel l has joined the fim1 a. an a ociate. _ . . Paul Damren ' 2 w - promoted recently to the rank of major in the u . . t-iarine Corp . . . . J im o· ullivan ' 2 wa appointed \·ice pre idem and commercial broker of 1le.

Company in Bo ton in J anuary . . . . ln Ocrober, Ri k Wald ' 2 joined William M. Mercer Inc. in tinneapoli a pracnce leader in the health and welfare consulting group. _ . . Trevor tewan Bur­ ton & Jacob en Inc. in ew York City announced that Patrick Woe lfe l ' 2 ha become the director of the firm'· markerino and client ervice . _ . . Christopher Horner ' 5 is the new director of the instrumental program at Germantown Academy' upper and middle ·chool in Philadelphia . . _ . l n J anuary, Ke • Tru t of 1aine promoted Lucy Lennon Tucker ' 7 to i rant vice presidem and participant recordkeepino upervLor. . . . Donald Pelotte, D.D. '87, m in i ter in the Congregation of the Bies ed acrament in Gallup, f., wa featured in a \'oice of the outhu.·est tor · about was rrengtheninu the mini try . . . . In October, John Go lin ' named to the Ma achu et tate Police. Current! he i· workin joined a a trooper in outh Bo ton . . - . Jennifer S haffer ' ., in ovember Parri h Wickersham , Parmer- in Bedford, M mailing ervice manager. . . . Law firm Gallaoher, Callahan to irs C nc rd, .H., office in Gartrell named Dean Schwartz ' and hi i ter arah o ember. . . . In Boi e, Idaho, John eidl '

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i rant \·1ce pre idem m ales/marketing for U F&G In urance. They have rwo c h i ldren, En c, 3, and Laura, born October '94. . Deirdre Duffy Donohue end new of how bu he and hu band Joeph h a\ ' e been-a new hou e, rwo new job., twobabie ! De i rdre and Jo eph are both arrorne · in Bo ron-De 1 rd re ar Hove · , Urbelb, Field.reel & Bailin and Joseph at Thornton, Ea r ly au me. . Th ey have rwo dau h­ tercr--Katherine, born 01·em be r '92 , and El t :abeth , born April '94. The · also ha\·e a b1 oolden rerne\'er, Thatcher. . . . Curti Ball i. an e.nmaror, and hi wife, Deena ( chwan: ' ) 1 reaching

are running eidl Home Co., a home construction ompanv featuring quality craftman h i p . . . . Jocel rn Wooten ' Joined Oakland Unive it ' in 1ichigan as an admi ions office adYi r for minority rudent recuianent . . . . BT curities Corporati on ha elected David Genove e ' 9 to the office of vice prei.idenr. . . . Heidi Greenman 9 i· now the an bu ·er for the 1assachu­ et ftrm of Houston Effler & Panners . . . . Brian Rign ey ' 9 was appointed director of annual fund and alumni affai at the Univ . ity f , ew En land.

MILEPOSTS Births: A daughter, rella trono, to Brad '79 and Li a Turner \ arner _ . . . A son. tichael Philip, to Brian and Katherine Cowie Berkley ' 2 . . _ . Twms, Meredith and Robin, to Rob pofford ' 2 . . . . A dau hrer, Catherine and u an Wo d Grace, r Ann-Mariraret W'hite ' 5 and ean Padgett ' - . . . .

A dau hrer, London lane, to Donna a nd Andre' Do herty • 6 . . . . A ,on, Jo eph Robert, ro Richard and Deb Pernice Duff ' 6 . . . _ A dauohrer, Rachel Ro e, to J ill G l i kman and Michael Hill ' 6 . . . . A dau hter, Ta ·!or Chn tine, tO tephen ' 6 and Cher ·I Lindenberg McCue ' 7 . . . . A :in, Peter and J enn ifer Erland on A ·er t- 1 ichael , to iichael ' ' 7 . . . . A dau hrer , Jennifer L ·dia, to Thomas and b·dia Kelle ' and el on ' 7. _ _ _ A dauohter, Hallie Eli:abeth to Jam u annah Crowell tridham ' 7 . , 1arriages : Anne Marie Phaneuf ' 2 ro David MacKar m anrucker. 1a- . _ . . Daniel Parrott ' 3 ro KimbeTlv Hannon in Mclean, Va. . . . uzanne De rocher ' 3 t o Ke kin.Parrerson in Cemerville, 1' fas _ . . _ Frank Hamblett ' 4 to Cmthia Peter n in Harwich, Mas . . . . Paul Swart= ' 5 to Linda Cairn. m ashingr n, D.C . . . . Andrew pirito J r. ' 7 ro J u l ie J uchnik m Cran ton, R. l . _ . _ Mar Jane Carry ' 8 to Brian Bro,,·n in ro Kri ten Beard m G I uc ter. fa· . _ . . Matthew tet on ' Blue Rocks, ova coria. _ _ _ Peter Ar enault ' 9 to Colleen Byrne in wamp con, fa . . . . . Patricia C ad on ' 9 to Clifford Ruprecht in auoaruck, Conn . . . . Heidi Coughlin ' 9 to rty Davi in A pen, Colo. . . . Meli a Hallahan ' 9 to cott Fairfield in Pittsbur h, Pa . . . _ cott Harve ' 9 to Tamm Fergu in pr ina Lake, .J . . . _ Karen Lapac ' 9 to Dame! Powell in We r Harrford, Conn.

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art classes to teenager as well as doing ·ome graphic design. Their children are Eric, 6, and Lyd ia, 4 . . . . Arny Bucklin is married to Phillip Brown. Their two chil­ dren are Elyse, 4 , and Benj amin, 2 . Amy i a technical writer, and Phillip i a senior ystems engi­ neer. Ph illip was laid off from a medical tart-up company and ha accepted a job i n Chantilly, Va., where they were to mm·e after the holidays. Amy got back into the professional working world w i th a con.tract doc u me n t i ng imaging oftware. She now en­ joy a part-t ime ched ule that al­ lows her more time with the ir children. Amy, Kathleen Nichol­ son Massey and Wendy Bauer Castleman have been succes ful in having small reunions with one another the la ·t few year-­ the last being la t summer. . .

Wende Davis is enjoying land­ scaping her small backyard at her new townhouse in an Diego, Calif. he mis es the East Coast­ espec ially the fall color and open fields. Wende was able to leave behind her black lab, Cori, and her po i tion a manager of tox i­ cology for Cytel Corporation for a few week to travel to pain w i t h her b o y fr i e n d , J os e p h Schultz . . . . After o u r five-year reunion, Bob Benjamin wa mar­ ried to Lynne H ughe , a regi tered nurse. They traveled to England, cotland, Wales and I reland. They have two children now-Robert Patrick ( A ugu t '89) and Cait lyn M arie ( Oc tober '9 1 ) and l ive in tamford, Conn . , where Bob is an Engli h reacher, tenth grade dean and coach of a variety of ports. He recently re­ ceived hi master's degree from Wesleyan University. Bob started hi second career in 1 988 when he enl isted in the U . S . Army Re erve. He wa named d i tin.­ gui hed leader hip graduate in Officer Candidate School, re­ ceived an Army Commendation medal, was named to the com­ mandant' l ist for outstanding performance and has received the Army Achievement medal. He is currently the execution officer of the 7 3 3 rd Tran portation Com­ pany, a CFP la unit, which means that they are at the highest like­ lihood of call-up. Bob was pro­ moted recently to first l ieutenant in the Officer Advanced Cour e.

He finds hi dual careers in edu­ cation and the military to be chal­ lengino and demanding . . . .Ted Dickerson received h is master's in architecture last May from the University of Colorado in Den­ ver and i designing branch banks in supermarkets. Ted and hi wife, usan, have two children-Brad, born in February '88 and in first grade, and M ichael , born in J uly '89 . . . . Scott Delcourt recently accepted the position of execu­ tive assistant to the vice pre i­ dem of research and public serYice at the U niver ity of M aine after nine year as an assoc iate sc ien­ tist. He is c lo e to complet ing hi M.Ed. in higher education ad ­ ministration. His wife, Sherry Kelly-Delcourt, is a registered nur e at the Ea tern Maine Medi­ cal Center and is in charge of the cardiac floor. Katie Ann is no\\' 4, and their basset hound, Beauford, is 3 . . . . Tom Cone and h is wife, Tina, a regi-tered nurse, have two chi ldren, Zachary T . , born in April '8 , and Trevor A., born in November '92 . Tom is a manag­ ing partner for Chili' Restau­ rants . . . . Thomas Dougherty is a retail men' wear buyer, and he and wife Vicki have relocated to northwest Arkansa following a j o b change. The ir daughter, Megan, was born in March '90, and a second child was due at my deadline. . . Bill Bower's answer to the question "What changes have occurred in your life ince we la t heard from you ?" was an under rated "A few . . . " Bill i an environmental consu ltant, or­ ganic farmer and cro country k i coach. His wife, ina, i an in urance admini trator and or­ ganic farmer. Bill ha a 6-year­ old daughter, four stepchildren ranging in age from 19 to 26 and two grandchildren! +

nanc ial strategy. She' thrilled to be able to ha\·e a more flexible schedule, which allo\\' for more time with the guys at home­ husband Bob and sons Sean, 4, and Connor, 2. I know from my own experience that to be able to ha\·e some time at home with the chi ldren has been invaluable and wonderful for our fam ily, and 1 could feel Kelly's joy at being able to work two of her four days in her home office. Kelly and Bob keep in touch with George and Deb Bombaci Pappas, who are doing well in Littleton, Ma .

They al-o noted that Regina and Nick Silitch have a new baby.

The Corwens and the Pappa es had dinner with Mary and Chip Rooney, who al o are doing well . . Dave Berno wrote from St. Albans, Vt., to keep u po ted .

He's an insurance broker with Coburn In urance of Burlington, Vt. He' been with Coburn for almost 1 0 years and is busy on the road in Maine, New Hampshire and Rhode Island but keeps cur­ rent on Colby sports team each e a on. Son D y l a n , 8, and Brendan, 6, are his life. Dave coache both in hockey and Little League baseball. . . . Tom Ahern claim to be "mellowing out with age." omehow I'm ure he' got more time to mellow, especially ince he and his wife, Susan ( Hamano '84 ) , still have to drive around the k ids, helby, 1 1 , and Thomas, 8 . Tom is an account manager for a computer software company near Boston, and Sue i a conference director. . . . From London, Emily Baker wrote of her sati fact ion with the balance of motherhood and career. Zoe, 1 , live w ith Emily and her hu·­ band, hu-ming Peng, a Euro­ pean equ i ties trader. Emily is e tabli hing her freelance career.

(I really do love hearing from tho e of you who write. On occaion, e pecially now that I'm en­ tering my seventh ecretarial year, some of you w i l l write to tell me you like the news and often end encouragement. Than.ks ! ) . .

Lisa Campbell Bourgeault and hubby Dominique live in Gan e­ voort, N . Y . , where L isa is a credentialed alcoholism coun e­ lor and Dominique is in the re taurant business. Their daughter, Melanie, 2, was the reason they weren't with u at reunion in

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This column i printed after the holidays but g ives that hol iday­ cheer- a l l -year fee l ing. Please give the gift we can all enjoy: your news. I can't wait to hear from you. Thanks! Kelly Burke Corwen happily reported that he had gone back to work for Dun and Brad treet as manager of fi-

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1 993 . . . . A quick he l lo from Noble and Mariellen Sullivan Carpenter. They are in Bronx­

ville, N . Y . , where Noble i- a real estate \·ice president and Mari­ el len i in brand management.

They are expec ting chilJ number three in April to join siblings Noble I I I , 3 , and N icole, 1 . . .

Cynthia Trone Berger ga\·e U'i her new Burlington, Vt., addre -s.

Hu ·band Derns owm the ym­ metree Company there. They\·e been busy with J ack on, 3, and Kayla, 1 . . . . Also busy with kids is J enny Knoll Bouch ard in Evanston, I ll. he and Page, her hu band, are settled in the Chi­ cago area and are about to beg111 the process of rehabbing their Victorian home. on hane is 2 . . . . Jen Thayer' letter from Egypt are packed \\'ith nuance and the essence of travel. he recently wrote from Cairo, ha\·­ i ng returned from a trip to yria-incredible detail ofa busy and eventful two-week journey through centuries-old archaeol­ ogy. Jen will return ro the U . S . to job search, hoping to find some­ thing that will keep her in the M iddle East, which, he say , is "still a frontier to conquer cultur­ ally and l igui tically." Jen i · our link to Scott Stein, who was "close to moving" to New York and look­ ing for a job, and to Barb Leonard and Dan Marra, w ho are in Waterv ille . . . . Keep those card and letters coming . As you know, postage is now 32 cents dome ti­ cally, o your gift of writing is even r.iore valuable. My best to + you all !

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Maura Cassidy Dave Augeri writes

that he j ust completed a contract with Banff N ational Park on the ir ecology and conservation. trategies for large carnivores ( bear , wolve , mountain lions, etc . ) . ow he is moving to the eychelle I lands for one year to work on a project for the Smith onian I nstitution and the Royal ociety for N ature Conservation.. He will be start­ ing a Ph.D. in wildlife ecology, too . . . . Cindy ( G illis ' 6) and Warren Burroughs were expect­ ing their first baby in ovember

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1 994. Warrcn io ; i cnrpur< l l e honJ fur J P Ml >rgan S ec uri r i c, , a nd i ml y i , a e<Herer. The y li v e i n Brm l k l yn H e i g h t :-. , N .Y . I la:-.t '>'1\\' them i n Bu-,tun <lt a fund ra i:>er fm the S rcpp ing, t n n e Foun­ dation, an cducat ion<1 I founda­ r i on for urban you t h , w h ose exccur i ,·e d i rec t or i > Kelly D(>n­ <ihoe '86. . Catherine Coleman M u llen <1 n d her h u:-.ha n d , ThLl­ ma:-., l i ,·e i n A c t n n , M a:-.� . . wi t h d augh te r J e n n i fe r , 2 , a n d were e x pe c t i ng t h e ir :, e con d c h il d i n Febr ua ry . a t h y WL1rb part r i me as a consu l ta n t/free l ancer in de­ "elop mc n t wh ile her hu�ha n d i> a \' ice pres i d e n t/ma nagemt'nr con­ sultant a t Pu g h - Rohe r t> A.,, nci­ ates in C a m b r i dge . . . . David B allo u writes t h a t h e married Kathryn Bedel l , a Welbley Col­ lege graduate, in 1 99 1 . They mer in Boston wh i le a t tend i ng law sc hool and are partners in a mall ge n e ral practice in ape NeJdick, Maine. The y spend their free time sail ing and sk i i ng. Dave encour­ ages anyone u p for a qua h game to contact h i m 1 • • • Br e w st e r Burns is also li ving in Ma ine, in Hebron. He and hi wife, Cari Medd, are English and hhory teacher· respe c t i v e l y . They re­ ce n t ly boug h t a house , a nd Brewster finds that he now ha stuff on weekends that he ha to do ! . . . Ka m M a rq u a rd t M c ­ lellan recently moved to Frank­ furt, Germany, with her husband, cort, an A ustra l ian. Prior to Germany, t hey l i ved in Phoenix, Ariz. (where they met in bu ine s school ) and in Bru els, Belgium.

They have traveled exten ively through Europe during the pa t four years and love every new discovery. Kam isa elf-employed a les and marketing manager, mos t l y coord i n a t i ng i n terna­ tional conference . She is regu­ larly in contact w i th her old roommates-Valerie Lewis Mc­ Hugh, Sandy W inship Eddy and t rader

Diane Perlowski . . . . Kath ryn Soderberg wrote with advice on being t h e c las correspondent ( her stint was '84-'89). She is currently vice president at ISU/ Soderberg I nsurance Agency in Lynnfield, M ass., where she re­ cently received a Customer Ser­ vice A ward from INC Magazine and M C I . She al o finds t ime to teach Spanish at local hospitals and at alem State College . . . .

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write thm he hao k to M a in e-a t !<1,t !

He i:- t h e ;1,, i , rn n t d i rector of cn\'i rnnmenta l educat ion f or t h e Chewonki Foundation in Wb­ e<1,sct and will he compl e t i n g h i , Joctnr:i l d i ;:-.e r r a t i o n m p h i lo­ -.ophy . . . . Ann " Feta" Poolos Ba i le y and her arc h i tect hu ,band, , tephe n , rt' ce n t ! y relncmeJ from L.A. w D.C. , he\ wor k ing a; a Pa u l Arth ur

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program m a nager for co m m u n i t y hea l t h i m r rLwcment a t Vo lu n · tary Ho�p1rn J:..

of A m e r i c a a n d I '> proud In< l t h e r o f A l e x a nd ra E l i:a hct h , horn in December '9 3 . he's glad ro h e i n D . . a > ,he i' an Ea,t Coa.,te r a t h ca r r ! . . . Bob and Beth Sti llin gs Brooks rc­ cenr ly mt1\'ed t n a new h u u ,e m Holl i.,ton, Ma., ., with rhe 1 r rwo d a u g h t e r � . M e g h a n , 5, a n d Katheri ne, 2. Beth i a devel op· mcnta l ed i tn r f o r c i l l ege r ychol­ t he

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c h u ter. l ran i n tn Bob a r a local he a l th cl u h-he's taken up mara­ t hon rac i n g and rnn be 'een run­ n i ng in doll'nrown Bo,llln almost every day at lunchtime. He i · d irecto r of ho,pital con t rac t i n g a t Blue C r m / Blu e h i eld . . . .

T h o m a s B a k e r 1 l i v ing i n Waren·i lle and is a - upervi-or in t h e c l a i ms d epa rtment of Peer­ less In . Co. H e and hi wife, Margaret N ivison, have two c h i l ­ dren , Colby Alexander, 3 , and H i l l ary Margare t , 6 month . Not a far c o m m u t e to reunion:,! . . .

Stephen Bates write- from Can­ ton, Mas ., that he has a travel inten ive job working for Krypt­ on ite Corp. and was looking for­ w a rd to ki and nowboard . Jeffrey and Maureen ea-on.

B e t r o B a r r e t t are l i v i ng in M arion, M as . he i a home­ maker and mother to Jeffrey, 5, Andrew, 4, and tephanie, l . . . . Charlie Wilton married Tracy Hodge last September in Ken­ tucky. J enn ifer Armstrong '85 was the only Colbyite who attended the wedding. Both Charlie and Tracy are Ph.D. candidates in physics at the Un iversity of Wyo­ ming . . . . Classmates wonder: has anyone heard from Leon Buck or C h arles Tenny ( last known to be in Kyoto, J apan ) ? If you have any news about them, plea e write to me. Be t wi hes for the rest of 1 99 5 !

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Ac adem y with Dave Sean Padgett had a ha by girl, Catherine G ra ce , la5t Sepremhcr. They arc hu i!J ing a Beers. She and

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her h u -, ha nd , Andrew '86, were fir,t - t 1 me parent' in March 1 994 when their daughter, Margot, was ho rn . . . . Deirdre "Dede" Gal­ vin-Wemple and fa mily moved to we t e rn M<h achu ctt as her h u band i; ., t u d yin g f nr h i , M .F. A . m cre a t i v e wri t ing at U. Ma Dede i; working on campus in the College of Engineering de­ ,· elo p m e n r office. T h e i r on, 2-year-old Kyle, i · on campu , too, at the uni versity child care center. . . . John Orcutt wrapped up five years as exec utive dir c ­ tor o f Transportation Alterna­ ti ve-:,, a gra roots New York City e n v i ro n m e n t a l orga n i za t ion wor k i ng f or better public t ran it, an urban hicyc l mg network and a ·afer, more pl easan t pede trian environment. In tho e five years, member hip wa l oosted from 300 to 3 , 200, the budget zoomed from l 0,000 to 3 50,000 and taffing went from one to even.

Jon is now a :,oc iate director of the Tri- tate Tran porta t i on Campaign, an organization coor­ di nating work on rran portation by 20 metro-area environmental groups . . . . A n nette Pl um mer Moore is stay ing a t home with two girls, age 1 1 /2 and 4 . he keep busy with part-t ime book­ keeping and making quilts to ell. he i married to Jeff Moore '83 . . . . Wendy Ronan deMont­ brun has a 2-year-old daughter named Brittany Monet and was expect ing her econd child at the end of February. Let us know ! . . . Gary Ruping married Karen Willim in. J une 1 994. He is presi­ dent ofRuping Builders, Inc., and wa selected in 1 993 as "Builder of the Year" by the Bu ilder Asso­ c iation of Greater Boston. Gary is b u i lding his own home in Burlington, Mass. He invite any­ one to vi it him on Lobster Cove in the Boothbay Harbor region.

He's "in the book." . . . Stephen

Meghan El izabeth, born m June 1 99 2 , and David Frederick, born in J u ne 1 994. tephen is an agent with John Hancock and tarted a new husi ness, EBPI , to a si t emerging hu>ine e with taxes a n d acco u n t i ng . . . . C h ristine Petersen is a marketing director at Fidelity lnve-:,tments. he has moved to Bo ton after seven years in the Bi g Apple and an e ight­ month Lint in London and is enjoying the lower pace of New England . . . . H ath y MacMahon Simp on reports a son born in J une 1 994. Hi name i James Edward . . . . Tom Menzies i a tudy director at rhe Nat ional Academy of Sciences in Wa h­ mgton, D.C. He and his wife, Ellen, had their second child, Chri>tophcr, on J uly 1 0, 1 993.

They n w have rwo boys . . . .

Christopher Lebherz is practic­ ing l a w m Falmouth, Mas . , and ha taken in a new parmer. Their firm is now known a Lebherz and anida . Christopher, his wife, Romi, and their l 1 /2 year old daughter, Katie, have moved into a new home m Falmouth . . . .

A this is the la t column you will read before the reunion, I would like to encourage everyone to make a return journey to Colby.

Wouldn't it be great to see it and everyone again? Al o, I am in the proces ofcompiling a list ofnomi­ n e for class officers ( wh ich in­ clude thi po t as ecretary ). If anyone is intere ted in erving, please contact me A AP. • Corre pondent: Gretchen Bean Lurie

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R ick and D e b Pernice D uffy are boa t i ng about their new l it t le addi tion, Jo eph Robert, who ar­ rived la t May. With big si ter Hannah E lizabeth also needing Mommy, Deb feel fortunate that her superiors at the EPA in Wa h­ ington, D.C., are agreeable to having Deb "telecommute" from her home in Cabin John, Md . . . .

A nother Taurus, Alan Tyler Hag trom, al o arrived in May. Proud parenrs Susie and Kyle Hagstrom are both re idem at the M ayo Clinic. Kyle is an ane thesiologi t, and his wife prac-

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tices internal med icine. They keep in touch w i th C h a r l i e Clippert a n d Chapman Mayo, who are also living in M innesota. . . Suzanne Swain Masiello and her husband enjoyed a honey­ moon through I taly, Turkey and Greece last J une. In her fifth year at Fir t Bo ton Corporation, Suzanne works in the institu­ tional sales department. She had a v isit w ith Laury Shea and her husband at their home in Ver­ mont but undoubtedly continue to run into a large Colby contin­ gent in her own Boston neighbor­ hood . . . . Rebecca ( Sears '87 ) and Charles Cleary toured the Colby campus in the fall of 1 993 w ith their l ittle legacy, Esther Elizabeth, now 2 . . . . Thanks to M r. J ames Cusack, we have an address for h is son, Thomas Cusack. Located in Berlin, Ger­ many, Tom landed his current position a a mergers and acqui i­ tions consultant w ith Deutche Bank (Germany's largest) just two days before the Wall fell. Re­ cently he ha been as igned to work on other Ea tern bloc coun­ tries, including Russia. To quote Tom, "opportunit ies like this come once every 1 00 year ." .

Hamilton Brower is senior v ice pre ident account director for Deut ch, I nc . , overseeing IKEA marketing and advertising. Writ­ ing from h is newly remodeled c irca 1 863 Greenwich V i llage apartment, Hamilton tell us that he wa commi sioned by the Clinton administration to pub­ l ish papers regarding the effect of adverti ing on Generation X. He also pent two weeks sailing around eychelles last fall . . . . Jill Myerow Blinderman works flex­ time in pharmaceutical sales, wh ich i a great chedule for a busy mom at home w ith a 3 year old ! She hares some additional class news: Tom '87 and Kathy Pinard Reed welcomed their sec­ ond son, Jo iah, la t fal l . . . .

Suzanne Battit continues to brave the cold winters in Ch i­ cago, where he is with ZS A so­ ciates, a consulting firm. Suzanne spent mo t of last ummer/fall e a s o n a p a rt of a sa i l i n g c rew . . . . Cheryl ( L i ndenberg '87 ) and Stephen McCue are "in the pink" with their little bundle, Taylor Chri tine, who arrived August 30. Naturally, they think

she's wonderful and find the many s l e e p l e s s n i gh ts w e l l worth i t . . . . J ennifer and Christian Barner are living in Cape Por­ poise, Maine, and enjoy getting together with Chri Engstrom '86 and Henrietta Yelle. Chri tian is an attorney with Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer and Nelson in Kenne­ bunk, and his wife is busy at home w ith their two boy , N ichola , 4, and Cameron, l . . . N ew ar­ rived from Florida, where proud parents Donna and Andy Doch­ erty welcomed London Marie to their fam ily October 1 0. Andy is a naval flight instructor stationed in Pensacola. London join big b r o t h e r C onnor , now 2, at home . . . . Finally, I learned what a mall world this really is. La t fall a new humanities teacher joined the fac ulty at the private school where I am an admission a soc iate. he came to u having graduated with an M.F.A. from the University of Arkansas, where he was classmates with our own Jay Prefontaine ! That's all for now. Hope to be hearing from the rest of you soon. Best wishes to everyone for continued happi­ + ness and success !

Burton and her husband are the proud parenr- of Lindsey, who is now almost 2. ( One is enough for now, she said ! ) Nancy works as a busines insurance supervior at C l a r k Assoc i a t e s I n s u rance Agency in Portland, Maine . .

Mary Eickhoff Dunn and her h usband b e s towed our alma mater' namesake on the ir on, Colby, born in 1 994 . . . . Peter ' 9 and Laurie Meehan Reed have a on, Samuel, who wa born J uly 4, 1 994, and is otherwise known as Sammie. . . Lots of engagements have come aero s the wire also. It's been reported that Brian Connors ha been en­ gaged recently. Brian work at the Colorado Public Defender's office and l ives in Salida, Colo. . . . N ina Colhoun is currently living in Cambridge and looking for a job as a study abroad advisor. he is completing her ma ter's work at the School of Interna­ tional Training in Brattleboro, V t . , wh ile her fiance applies to med ical school. . Rick Angeli i one of the many getting mar­ ried in August. He is currently tarting a career in sports market­ ing while working in ewton Centre, Mass . , for lMG-"the oldest, largest sport , marketing management firm." Rick finished his M . B.A. at the University of Rhode Island last May . . . . Al o in Augu t, Toby Bell and Vickie Caron are tying the knot in Port­ land, M a i n e . I t ' fu n ro e e Colbyites match up in matri­ mony. . . . Lisa Collett i on the marriage chedule for th is year, a is Laurie Anderson. Laurie writes that she i teaching biology at the University ofTexas after recently finishing her Ph.D. in p lant b iol­ ogy. Her fiance is a postdoctoral re earcher in developmental bi­ ology. Laurie is wondering how Alan Crowell, Ken Nye, Debbie Gentile, Deedra Beal Dapice and Linda Roberts Pagnano are do­ ing ? Let us know ! . . . Also en­ gaged are Whitney Kelting and teve Runge '87, who are liv ing in Bo ton while Whimey finishes her Ph. D . . . . I last heard that Jim Brandt was still teaching outide of New York City and wa named head football coach. J i m has recently joined the pre-mat­ rimony ranks also ! . . . Mary Jane Carty Brown wrote me a n ice letter describing her wedding la t

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Happy spring ! Many thank to those who d i l igently fi l led out the que tionaires last fal l ! There have been lot of engagement , marriage , buying of home and . . babie ! Pat and Patty Haffey Clendenen recently had their third child, a girl named Claire .

P a t work a a n attorney a t Minz, Lev in Cohn, Ferris, G lou key , and Popeo in Bo ton while Patty keep her hands full being a full­ time mother. They have 4- and 2-year-old boys . . . . Bran Clay­ tor, a tudent at Thomas J effer on Medical chool, and h is wife, arah, had twins last November. . . . Suzie Welch Carpenter had a baby girl named N atalie a year ago J anuary. She is working part time at the Bachman Company in Penn ylvania and over ee their retail outlet at Vanity Fair Outlet in Wyomissing, Pa. he work out of her home and really enj oys the fle x i b i l i ty to be a "mom," too . . . . Nancy Pare

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October 1 in G louce ter, Ma Karen Hentz Merriam, Amy Lumbard Holbrook and Susan Zimmermann were in the wed­ ding party. Mark Wylie made the trip from M iami and ang a beautiful a cape lla ong at the reception, "after which there wasn't a dry eye in the hou e."

Mary J ane and her hubby are l i v ­ i n g in Arlington, Mass . , where he works in the Harvard Uni­ versity government department. . . . Greg Chroni s , who was mar­ ried last October, wri tes that he and h is wife are liv ing in Scottsdale, Ariz . , where he is a professional l iability underwriter.

"We ha\·e no kids or pets," he says . . . . Ed Barr, recently back from Tokyo, got married last J une to J ennifer Pierce '89 in Boston.

They are happily re i d i ng in N .Y .C. , where Ed is an assi rant v ice president of a bank and J en works a an ed itor for Vogue magazine . . . . I saw Kevin Webb and Tom Ferris at a recent party in Maine, where I learned of Kevi n's marriage to Kathleen Hitchcock last October. They are liv ing in Maine, where Kevin practice optometry. Tom Ferris has b e e n prac t i c i n g l a w i n Waterville since h e graduated from law school. . . . till on the hill are Demetra Giatas, the as­ si tant director of alumni rela­ tions, and Scott Smith, who work as the assoc iate controller at Colby. Keep the new coming.+ Corre pondent: Deborah A. Greene

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Congra t u l a t ions to Kirk Koenigsbauer, who was engaged to Anita Gattine last Thanksgiv­ ing. They met at Tom Wilde'· wedding, and Tom no doubt will be there when they tie the knot thi J uly l . Bob Gallagher w i l l be the be t man . . . . Adair Bowlby graduated from UVM med school in May 1 994 and is a resident in fam i ly med icine at H ighland Hospital in Rochester, N.Y . . . .

Mark Cosdon con t i n u e h i s Ph.D. work in theater history, literature and criticism at Tufts Univer i ry . His master's thesis is on the Flying Karamazov Broth­ ers-"the j ugglers with hair."

Mark' published in Asian The-

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conferences i n

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t ended Sonya Ha ll\ wedd i n g i n

Fra n c 1,co. Snmeh(l11· he m a n nge'

K i t tery, M a i n e , la>t s u m m er and � ro kc with Ju lia mith. who i'

w c'cape from the

libr;1rics anJ

Mac to teach ac t i ng and J i rect

. Heidi Cough lin Davis married Scotty D a 1 · i s on top of Aspen Moun­ ra in, with Anne Webster, Bill Stauffer, Salty, Craig Rogers and Susan Penza in anendance. H e i d i is the assi�tant manager of Boogie� of Aspen and Scotty is with Little Nell Hotel . . . . Tina C l ifford is the coordinator of programs in the tu-A office at B.U. anJ i happy to be back in the North­ east. . . . Mel issa Early Ruwitch was married last September to Thomas Edward Ruwitch, an olJ high school friend. Bridesmaids w e re L i s a T r a e g e r , L o u i s e prod u c t ions

for Tuft�.

Tran ch in , Lilly D i m l ing, Aimee Momenee S i mons and Rachel Bernstei n , and M'Evie Mead wa>

maid of honor. Meli a i the as­ sistant director of the alumni and parents program at Wa hington Un iversity in St. Lou is and con­ tinues to volunteer her free time for women's is ues. . Ch ristian D. Antalics i a manufacturer' rep for Antal- Direct and recently bought a home in Wayne, Pa. , with his wife, Gaynel le Peebles '93 . They have a son, Chri tian David II. . . . Lizzie Clapham is reportedly in the Peace Corp somewhere . . . . Robin Trend B a u g h a n bought a home in Branford, Con n . , with husband Maxie Baughan, a golf pro. Robin is a broker manager for U .S. Healthcare and reports that her si ter, Melissa Trend , is working on her Ph.D. in geology at Brown. . . Paul Argazzi wrote that he was "sm i l ing broadly the day af­ ter the Republ ican landslide and t h i n k i ng fon d l y of L. andy Maise l . " . . . Cindy Bruzzese is a pharmac e u t i c a l s rep in M id ­ dlesex, Vt., a n d is currently ap­ ply ing to law chools. he and husband Tom Murray were ex­ p e c t i n g t h e i r first c h i l d in January . . . . Shaun Dakin began his master' in international man­ agement at the American Gradu­ ate S c h o o l of I n te r n a t i o n a l Management (Thunderbird ) i n Phoenix, returning t o t h e aca-

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comid e r i ng a mcJ i c a l c n rcer, anJ

Pamela W ool le y , whn i s stuJy1ngar t h e

LonJnn , choul of Ru�i­ He also wror r ha r Camilla Johansson, who i' in Duha 1 , UAE. working f or her father\ architec­ ture firm, lo1·es t he husme s world so much that 'he i'> t h i n k in g of getting her M . B.A . . . . Rachel Til ney is an ns,isrnnt d i rector llf nt the We, ttown a d m i s si o n � cho, ) I in Wes r rnwn, Pa. ness.

Carol ine " C a l l i e "

Knowle

Clapp a n d hu band Btll ' 8 7 be­

the proud parents of a 9 lb., l l o:. hoy last Augu t. Hb name i s Bernard Knowles la pp, or Ben. A fu l l-time mom, a l l te i pre­ p<Jring to get a ma<;ter\ in soc ial work, and Bill teaches math ar Berwick Academy when he's not working on their Vi torian house. . . Carol ynn Bell completed a ma ter's program at John Hop­ kins in instructional trategie and teache Jarane e to rrivate h igh chool students in Mary land.

Leslie Drapkin C a ey will finish her graduate work at the U. of Texa -Austin thi pring and hope to move back to New Hamp hire with husband Rich­ ard as soon a possible . . . . Col ­ leen and Peter Arsenault were m a rried last October. M a r k Silvern, an usher at the wedding, was j ust one of many Colby guest , i n c l u d i ng A n t h o n y M a z z o l a , came

Mike D ' Agostino, S c o t t Wil­ l iamson, Scott Wentzel, Brad Lord , Dan Valeri and Bruce Whit ing. Peter is a chiropractor,

and Col leen is a registered nur e in Saco, Maine . . . . Last August Jim Connolly married Adrienne Col e , a s i x t h grade s c i e nce teacher, and they spent a few weeks honeymooning in the rain forests of Ecuador and now live in Arl ington, Va. , where they are members of the Capitol Rowing Club and row in everal races a year ( inc l uding the Head of the Charles ! ) . J im works for a grass­ roots environmental group dedi­ cated to re toring the Anacostia + River in D.C.

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David Lub i n , James M . G i l lespie Professor of Art and Ameri can Studies, will present "The Big Sleep."

Evening i n cl u des receptio n , lecture a n d t h e original black and wh ite fi l m starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall .

Event begins a t 6 p.m . , June 2 2 , 1 99 5 , a t the Time- L i fe BuJding 1 2 7 1 Aven ue of the A mericas (across the street from Radio C i ty Music H al l - between 50th and S l st), 8th Floor Auditorium.

For cost and reservation i n formation contact Cynnie Auman '80 2 1 2 . 7 3 6 . 3 9 62 .

attendance is l i mi ted t o 1 00 people.

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Thank to all of you who have ent i n new recently. We're ending

out urveys to portions of the class e ery so often, and the response has been overwhelming! Julie Ambrose graduated from Duke University' phy ician' assistant program in ep­ tember of'93 and is now working in theemergencyroom atMaine Medi­ cal Center in Portland, Maine. he occasionally sees Carolyn White, who is teaching biology ar McAuley High chool in Portland and work­ ing at Maine Medical Center in the poi on control center. Through Carolyn, J ulie heard that Erika Dresser and Rudy Penczer got mar­

ried and

that Erika i teaching and coaching at Holderne ; Karen

Brockway 1s working in Boston and uffolk Law

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Killmer i livino- in Portland and gut engaged to Jorma Kurry '93; Melanie attending

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chool;

Kirsten Rossner graduated from the phy-ical therapy program at Boston University \1·ith an athletic trainer certification and is no\\' working in Charlotte \· ille, \ a . ; Gretchen

Cro� in t. Louis, Mo .. with victims

ma>ter'- in jL1urnalbm at Columbia

of the '9 3 flood_. \Xfhen Anna \\Tote, he wa preparing ro go to Maureen

University in hope· of doing more \\Titmg. H isothernew : Brad Willard

McGlynn's \l'edding m Boston on ew Year' he; Anna herself is planning a June \\'edding to Gleim Barker . . . . Peter Bryant checked in

from Boulder, Colo., \\'here he moved afterdri\·ing aero s the coun­ try la·r ummer with Chris Haddad.

Granger is li\·ing in Portland and \l'orking at Idex.x Labs. Julie has kept

in touch \l' ith Michelle Perron, \\'ho i

at the Uni\·ersity of Vem1ont !edical chool and is applying ro re-idency programs. Julie al-o tell me that Scott ullivan is now mar­ ned and i enrolled in thephy ic1an'­ assistant program at Hahnemann. . . . Kerri Weise Augusto is com­ pleting her di- ertation for her Ph.D. m clinical p ychology. he' now li\·ing m Virginia and has two part­ time teaching jobs at college in the

Peter i working as an account uper­ visor \\'Ith henkin and hennan (a pub! ic relations fin11 i n Dem-er), and Chris continued on to eattle, where he has a job with an architec­ tural firm. Chris graduated at the top of hi cl- \\·ith a master's in archi­ tecture from yracuse last lay. Peter also tell me that David Freed is living in WatertO\rn, Mas ., and ap­ plying w master' programs in com­

area. In her spare time, Kerri -pends time \l'ith her hu band, Jonathan D. Augu ·to (an intern m \·eterinary medicme) and d1e1r pets (two dogs, two cats, one unconure and a school offish). Kerri is applying for clinical internship and hopes toendup back in the &1 ton area . . . . Sheri Berger

recently graduated with an 1.8.A. from Cornell University and i- now

\\'orking in human resource at the JP Morgan Bank m Ne\\' York City. heri tells me that Jenny Alexander ju t gradu ated from Carnegie Mellon with an M.B.A. and was married in Pirtsburgh in December

'93 . Paula Henriques i livmg in Portugal but traYeled back ro the rare for J enny' wedd ino-. . . .

Anne Pollock Brigg l\TOte that ·he and her husband, John, have re­ cently moved to the ashville area, where John i working as a computer consultant and Anne is enrolled in the M.B.A. program at Vanderbilt University . . . . Anna Brooke ju t graduated from the Massachu etts

munications; Chris Jones is engaoed to Jennifer Fenton '9 1 and teaching Engli·h in Han·ard, Mas ; Kate Carswell recently lefr her job at the Computer Museum in Bo ton and is applying to M.B.A. program ; Beth Kubik i li\·ing in Burlington, \ r., taking physical therapy cl, -es and working with heroin addicts in a research project. Thanks for all the new , Peter! . . . Brian Clement is hing in Portland, Maine, workmg as a �tock broker at Tucker Anthony and getting married in June of 1 995 t o Carolyn Palombo . . . . Kathrine Cole will be finishin<> her master' in Engli h at the Uni\·ersity of Con­ necticut in lay and is applyino- to Ph.D. programs at chools in the ortheast. he' currently teaching fre hman comp ar UC- torrs and li\·ing \l'ithJack R. Aydelott '9 1 . . . .

Don't fo111et that we'll also have a chance to catch up at our reunion in June. Hope toseeas manyofyouthere as poss ible! +

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Portia Walker

tate Police Academy and i now working as a trooper ( another Colby arad wa' in her class at PA-Jolm G lin ' 8). Before entering the po­

B e n A m e s , currently l i \' i n g w i t h his doa,

K i l l i a n , ha l eft the world of publi hing to pursue his

l ice academy, Anna spent about eight months working with the Red

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has mtwed back to Pirtsbur h from Du eldorf and is working for a com­ puter y terns adn mg compan\·; Charlie Donaldson has mO\·ed out to eattle; Allen Carlson i- earning his Ph.D. in political cience at Yale and also dabbling in rudent teach­ ing on the side; Craig Damrauer '92 is getting hi M.F.A. in creative\nit­ ing at Ari:ona; Fred Stewart is now a \·ery proud new w1cle--congrats, Fred !-andMatt Bourgault has (and I quote) "dropped off the face of the planet! " . . . Susan C ummin gs, af­ ter mo\'ing back north from North Carolina, is now workino in Harvard quare at Cambridoe Energy Re­ earch A ociate- (CERA) in their markering research end. Whiledown south, he and Colleen Halleck ran in the Marine Corp Marathon in D.C., both sporting Colby gear­ they e\'en ran into one Colby !!rad and one Colby parent { literally ) !

111ey both finished i n four hours,

and "a finish !me ne\·er looked o far away ! " . . . Trish Biros is in her last year of grad -chool at Northeastern for"clinical exercisephy iology." he is doing all the pulmonary function testingforthe new HasbroChildren' Hospital and is also im·ol\'ed in a research project looking at the psy­ chology of asthma. he also bought a hou e two years ago on her own and say , "the re ponsibility is cary but well worth it!" he mi es Tom Brown like Cra.)'1 Deanne Newton

was al o in her program at ord-1easrern, then rransferred to a chool back in Georgia. . . . John Avery 1s a di rributor for the We rpon Ri\·er ineyard and Winery in Wesrport, Ma . , and also helps run the \\·ine tasting room. He in\·ires one and all to come and \'isit and taste "some of Mas achusetts'- be t local wine." . . . Stephanie Carville received her M.Ed. in ovember '92 from Lesley College, then traveled for the next two years to Eno land, Denmark and outhern Africa.

he now i a first

grade teacher at Green Farms Acad-

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emy in Connecticut and 1' ltwing

Augu,t 1 2 , 1 995; ant! Jojo Hardy i

ren Claytor hecamc an uncle when

it 1 . . . Seth Canter I> a chemic1l op­

eng;1gcd to Mike Wil legal!

from

his brother Brannon '88 haJ twins

erntion> manager for Cbm Harbor;

Minneapoli>, weddmg somenme m • 1996.

in Novemb r. Warren's in his fin

c oaches bo y '

year of grad school for land cape architecture at the Uni v c r iry of

M i l l brook

Ern·inmmental

Sernce'

in

incin­

nat1. He and Chn>tina were mameJ

la>tJuly � I . Steve Chernoff anJ Josh Green were gmom>men, ha\· ing flo\\�1 in from St. Peter;hurgand New

York re>pectively. Other' pre>ent were Tom Bnllln, Tim Tanguay '90 and Maureen McGl�nn '90 and her fiancc. . . . Cathy Breen recei\·ed her M.A. frnm Georget L 11111 in '9 3 and rarted

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chool Engli>h with the

\\'Urkmg for 111e W11rkl Rmk

he and

also teaching Engl1'h prh«Hely to

pol ice

wrote that Toby Per e is an edito­

rial assi t a nt at Rolling Swne and l i ves in New York City . . . . John

Pro\'lncernwn Harhnr <I', part of the 11•1m For Life, a fund ra iser f or local A I D orga111;:ar1om, a nJ fin 1>het!

O'Brien i> a mall-husme s auditor

Andy Ben-

for Arthur Ander en . . . . Matt

fiN m h 1sagq,rroup1

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NEWSMAKERS

vnut\!:(cr 'tudent,, local

retu m ru the ,tate, m J une . . . . Car­

Emilie Da i

the fir.;t half nf'95 hen." in the State>, then move back w Mu-cow. . . . Elin

ol C h a m b e r l a i n f1 11 1 ,h et! h e r

head girl' basketball coach for Lawrencev i l l e in Lawrenc e ,

Baird Cain i� pu!'umg her m<bter' 111

mu\·et! to Atlanta to te,tCh iu111or high at the Pa1dc1a � chool. Friend, of her> li\'mg m At lanta arc Je�, ica

hea lth psychology eJucat 1on at �t<mfi1rd U111\'er;ity:111J ll'ill graduate

:md

mher town employee'>. He plan' Ill

ma,ter\ in eJucauon at B C and

this June. Her hu,band, BnanCain, " a w rg i c a l re,iJ e n t . . . . J a m i e

Maclachlan, who 'Pent la,t 'um­

Chishol m , current ly ll'ork i ng a t Rope, and Gray in Bo;,mn, 1 ;, hiking

Clatchey, who recent!\' mm·ed tll

at law chool tOr fa ll '95. He and h 1 > wife, Alice, recently bought a ne\1 hou·e in Weymouth . . . . Dale Bailey and his wife, Ellen, me al:.n nell' homeowner

in CaribL1u, Mame,

Dewsbury 11\1rb for the FAA and l i \·es 1 11 A r l 1 11 gtun, Ma ::..; Ca l Wheaton I> engaged tl1Aimee Flore..'

Marietta, Ga., and fiancc Peter Bailey i a student in a docmr of chiropractic program. Along with mi ing their t\\'O kittens, they are al'<.1 getting marriecl in eptember '95with Amy Davis and Mike chwart: in the wedding party . . . . Do you re­

member Elisabeth Fowlie! After leaving Colby sophomore year, ,he gratluated from Emory, i · now half­ way through Vanderbilt med school, i · a part-time EMT at the Grand Ol' Opry and i

w r i t i ng a book as

well! . . . . As for myself, l hat! an ex­

tremely busy aurumn. I'm also secre­ tary of the Bosron Colby Club, play violin and sing semi-professionally in the New England Philharmonic and

Choru Pro Musica here in Boston.

N EP performed as part of Bo ron's First Night activities on New Year' Eve. l t wasincredible1 . . . M ilestones: Tracey Johnson is engaged to Peter Carpenter, wedding

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saw mill

. . . Matthew Ovio '90 has returned to Norfork, Va., after a ix­ month deployment to the Mediterranean and Adriatic ea and

the Per ian Gulf. . . . Lauren Knebel '91 has been promoted to account a ociare ofBlattel/A ociauons Public Relations, Inc., in

an Franci co . . . . Charle Leach III '91 i the as ·i rant director of communication at Bowdoin College . . . . The Daily Hamp hire Gazette announced that Laura Longsworth '92 i now the

reporter for Ea thampton, Ma . . . . Methuen High in Ma sa­ chu ett recently hired John Rimas '92 a i junior var ity ba·kerball coach . . . . The George Warren Brown chool of ocialWorkat Washington University in t. Loui , Mo., awarded Kimberl Zimmerman '92 the Michael Harrington cholarship.

The award goes to a -tudent committed ro promoring anti-poverry

Ma s., \\'Ith Jen Robicheau, who is getting her ma ter' m p'ychnlogy at Harr n rd ; Lisa Miller i> engaoed

policie . . . . Cri ten Coleman '93 completed her dual ma ter' program in accounting and bu ine ad mini tration at orthea t­

ern Univer ity with honors . . . . Pier on Bourquin '94, a ale repre entative at Computer Ba e in Lake Tahoe, Calif., aid in an interview with the Tahoe Daily Tribune that the Internet y tem

to Todd O'Connor '9 1 with wet!­ dmg plans for J u ne 1 995; Amy Moody is in herfir t year at BCLaw; Sherri Beals i - in her third year of teaching in Japan with plans to attend grad chool i n the U . . next year; and Shawn Gager i l i \'ing i n Brighton, Mass., a n d working a t

"will change our world." . . . Mark Gallagher '94 was hired by U. .

Congre man Edward Markey a a congre ional di trict aid forhi Medford, Ma ., di trier office.

MILEPOSTS

un Life . . . . Tom Capozza i i n his second year of a four-year scholar­ hip at Dartmouth med ·chool in return for four year of service with

Marriages: Bernie Khoo '90 to Bridgette Co tin in Vienna, Va. . . . Pamela New ome '92 to Nathan Carpenter '92 in Hingham, Ma . . . . Emily Fisher '92 to tephen Medvic in udbury, Mass. . . . Michelle Fortier '92 to John Biscotti in Leominster, Ma . . . . Jennifer Coffin '92 to Drew Hoyt '92 in Walpole, Ma . . . . Robert Sibley '92 to Evelyn Olivares '95 in Yp ilanti,

the U . . Navy. He is a commisioned officer and pent summer '93 i n basic training ( Newport, R.I . )

Angela Toms Fonnan . . . . War -

Laura Longsworth '92

operation manager for Hancock Lumber Company . . . . Mike Niven '90 i interning for the publications departmenrs ofWash­ mgton, D.C.-ba ed magazin American Forests and Urban Fore ts.

J ill Camuso i l i \'ing m Wakefield,

engaged to Jessica Case '89, wedding

engaged to Tom Dorian; Jim Lewis is

a

inmate at the Maine Correctional Center. Hancock

fir't grade m Wmthrop, Ma,,., \\'here he al>o 1 1 \·e-;. he wrote thm

and summer '94 o n the U .

Theodore Roosevelt. A l o a t Dart­ mouth med are Traci Marquis and

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cate t i me to a team playmg b ketba l l game aga i n r p n on

'95; and Krista Gai I'> a flight ;men­ dant for Delta, based m Ne\\' York City . . . . Meredith Corbettfini>hed her ma,ter\ anJ ha' been teach mg

Margaret Mauran is engaged to Andy Z iccorti '92; Twisty Gogolak is

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ciate in the Maine

ecretary f rare' Office. _ . _ A

ired in At lnnra before makmg a mn\'e to Boulder, Clilo . . . . Beth

math . . . . Margaret Curran is the

became the

yndicated new paper tory fea­ turedMatt Hancock '90, C !by' all-r ime leading corer, who dedi­

Mame anJ New 1' lex1rn. Wright Dickinson I'> al-.o li nng m Ar lanta, a nd Carolyn Harvey recen tly \" I'·

senk1r youth supen·i�1r at Cobb CL1.

Children' Center, a ,he l ter for a b u sed/n e g l e c t e d c h i ld re n 1 n

re�ear h a

A r lant;1 ,1fter h<1nn� wmked m

Baumer 11\1rb for LL. Bean anJ l l \·es 1 11 L 1 hon Fa [ [ , ; Bonnie

'90

N .J . . . . Chip Gavin

mer m Ala-,ka, and Eli : a Mc­

where he i · cm i11>urance unden1T1ter and she i· teaching high '>Chl1ol

e at the

. . . J e remy Carver t s l ivi ng i n Menon, Pa., near Phi lat!e l ph 1 a. He

her fiance, Zhenya Gor,1dent>C\', president ofMaior Inc., were married in December '94 and plan ru ;,pend

!aero

chool in M i l lbrook,

N.Y. He ran the Dutchess County Ma rathon la r fa l l 111 3 : 30: 2 3 !

anJ Financ ial A1J at Harvard. He recenrly cnmpl e te J a w 1 m aero .,

J ap a n E x c h a nge -, 1 11 c c A u gu't 1 992-he\fluent inJ;1pane,e-anJ

Ln Mo�ow ;,oon afrer\\'arJ>.

m iss1on , t e ac h es E ng lis h and

>taff assistant at G A Admi s1ons

Ethan Gettman ha been tea c h i n g h i gh

L A R G E

son is the assi tant director of ad­

Penn.,ylva111a . . . . John Cook i� a

Cmre>pondc n t : Kat ie Ma rt in

A T

'93 to Zachary Geisz '94 in Wolfeboro, '93 to Lisa Jacques in Waterv i l le, Me.

Mich . . . . Karyl Brewster .H . . . . John Veilleux

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Roads Scholar A

fter spend i ng a year

ex pen es and al lm\·ed me to

walking through Japan,

Andrew Nem iccolo '93 i

meet my daily budget . " While hik i ng a moun­

convinced that the journey,

tainou

not the destination, hold

asendo road h e v i · i red an

the key to under randing.

elderly couple , one of the

N e m iccolo's 1 993 - 1 994 odyssey, funded by the Tho­

three do:en t i me

ma J. Wat on Foundation,

re· ident .

e c t ion of N a k ­

he was

inv ited to stay w i th local

called for him to walk the

"Staying in hou eholds

entire lengths of] apan's five

and Buddhist temple a l l over the country w a s en­

Gokaido roads, a total of 1 ,000 m i les. Gokaido, lit­

lightening," he sa id. "With­

erally "five roads,"

out quest ion, i t wa

erved

as the routes for an i ngen­ iou 1 7 th-century system of administration that re­

topic of study wa not road at all but the people who

quired t h e d a i myo, or lord under the hogun' author­ ity, to v isit the capital c i ty and live under the shogun' watchful eye for half of every year. For almost three centuri es the daimyo led colorful proces ions to and from Tokyo along the Gokaido. With improvements made by the shogun, the roads became major

the

most valuable experience of the project. In a sen e, my

lived along the roads."

Despi te the hospi tal ity of many Japane e, Nemiccolo found the olo travel and long gaps between mail p ickup -he had mail sent to his host family's home, where he would pick i t up every few weeks­ challenging but ultimately atisfying. " everal month pa sed

highways u ed by merchants, rel igious pilgrims, ight eers

before I came to value the sol i tude of the road. Almost daily

and other traveler . N e m iccolo' trip wa de igned to retrace the e route to investigate the natural topography and current human env ironment.

I questioned and then reaffirmed my reason for walki ng."

Passing through picturesque communities, trip malls, bu y downtown areas and re idential zone , N em iccolo said

Nem iccolo, who spent h is j un ior year on the Colby in Kyoto program, aid the Watson year wa both intriguing

evaluating J apan's contemporary culture ba ed on h is obser­ vat ions was "qu i te subj ective and potential ly dangerous,"

and frightening. "I had not traveled more than a two-hour

but he concluded that the country' development in the

train ride from Kyoto during my j u n ior year," he aid. "The

2 0th century has gone virtually unchecked. The natural landscape as well as the country's h i lorical structures have suffered, he says. Meanwhile, high-speed transportation and

di t inction between a year of living and a year of travel in J apan wa dramat ic . " O n a budget o f 3 3 p e r day, Nemiccolo carried a tent and all of h is clothe and supplie on hi back throughout the trip. Because of the prox imity of "post town " along the

communications and the proliferation of nat ional commer­

day , which allowed time to vi it historic i tes and structures,

cial chain store have blurred geographic difference w i thin Japane e society. "Japane e people t i l l empha ize regional d ifferences, but due to increased mobi l i ty and communica­ tion, th i ngs are les di tinct than ever," he aid. "This

collect road-related l i terature at local mu eum and conduct

realization wa

interviews with local resident . " I permitted myself to ride bu es or trains only to reach lodging, a museum or a h i tori­

the rich variety of related mini-cu ltures w i thin trad it ional

Gokaido routes, Nemiccolo walked only about five m i le per

cal i te that lay off my walking route," he said. "After the detour I would continue walking from the ame point. I n this way I walked the entire length of the five roads. " He

lept i n v irtual ly any open space where h e was

omewhat d i couraging to me at fir t , ince

J apan i what had attracted me. Fortunately, the h i torical movement in J apan has been gaining momentum in the la t decade. Dozens of museums have prung up in the old post town in recent year ."

The j ourney wa enrich i ng a

well a

enl ightening,

laugh," Nemiccolo said. "They ranged from park , castle

Nemiccolo said. " I can say that I have profited greatly from a i mple l ifestyle of walking, note taking and meeting people

ruin:., abandoned mini golf courses and bridge overpa ses.

This wa n't always a barrel of laugh , but it helped cut my

routine on another h i toric path ome day."

al lowed. "Th ink i ng of ome of my tent ing i te , I have to

from different lands," he said. " I would l ike to repeat the

Brown f1111,hcd ;1 r m 1-yc.ir,tm1 ll' i l h

rcmhcrand l i 1·e i n Nell' )\irk. Karyl

Martin . . . . Jeff Baron ha., mol'ed

thl· Pe;Kl' c,'l"J" I I) () hana ; rn J wa'

\\'l >rb .1� a field chcm1;t Im L11dlaw

;1 hike trip d1n 1u,g h,1ur the con t i ·

111g for Media Map, a ,m; 1 1 l re,l!arch

nent ll'ith rn·nt-ncnLI' . . . Ted Bosco

M<iy wL·dd 111g to J 1 m �- tancak and w i l l m,11·e tll H<iu'­

1, l i,·1 11g 111 PmtlanJ, Ore., \\'ai t 1 11g

ron upnn t.:rnduarion from Nurt h ­

cmpl< >yed hy the Weh., tl!r Group.

a' he \\'air, !( 1r " 1me1 h 1 11g

ca,1crn L t \\' . . . . Ingrid Bernhard

. . . Beth Cronin live'> 1 11 Bo,ton\

gct t 1 11g rc<llk 10 n:t u rn tu A t ric,1 f, 1r

rahk,

111<1re CXC l t l lll.! [\l Clll11C ;1 l,1ng. ,

Chris

Ward

;md Whitney Adam�

hack m Rrouk l mc, Ma" · · Jnd ha' rnkcn a joh doing .,ale' and mmket-

E11l'1rnnmcnr, d Scr1·1ce-, . . . . Lael H i nman rl;rn,

a

firm. Jeff '.tY' rhar Ph il Vilar 1' no11

rl'rurt' from Cunncc t icut thm ,he

Nnrth Enll w i t h

worb

ally Zimmerli

to

nmerv d le, Ma'>'>., with Marty

Hergert '93 '1nd Jenna Dinn . . .

usie Belknap trave led th ro ugh

Greece 111 J une with

ally Ret and

1ww live' in Br ighton pursumg a master\ Jegree at Lesley College

.mJ teaching 111 Che; m u t H i l l .

. . . Jennifer C h a in, back home i n

Lo, Angele,, i'> working a'> a parale·

1 , C!lf.!<lged tl' he married in Scrrcm·

and

\\'ere engagell th1, p<N J u l y ( ha\'1 11g

her to RiLh<ml Gordun. Congra tu·

any.

datell ,111ce St>rremher l lf their !Te,h·

. . Pam Cre bas e 1� Ill the

g<1I and lookmg mm graduate pro­

Lmon' t<l . 1 1 1 the harry wuple, 1

middle uf her 'eumd year as a 'ec·

. Karen Beauchesne lm-c., her

und grnlk teacher 111 rural L1u1'1-

grams 111 c l i1 1 1 c al p ychology . . . .

man vear 1 ) \\' t t h plans f o r d 'um mer '95 \\'eddmg n n C1rl'Coll. Wh1 tne1·

JOh '" , m .1'"'t<lnt huyer f or L.L.

,ma f or Tl!ach f or Aml!rtGl. Fmally.

Dc,mara1' '92 were married last

i � i n p roduc r de \'e lnrment f,1r Brirchc<

loth 1 11l!. and

hrh '' an

F\ean\ \\ l lllll' n \ apparel dep<1rt·

ment. Karen has hccn l 1 v mg m

assoc1,ire pr,lLlucc� ,i( \'illco' f,1r cor·

F.1 lmo u t h , l\ ! a i n c , , i tlLC Octo·

roram1n, anJ <N•oc iat ton' 111 D.C.

her. . . . Bill Charron i' l 1 vmg with

Kyle Lissack i,,11 ·0 1 1 \'ing m D.

.-

1\' i t h �corr O,hm1c ' 9 1 -and i' ,1

m a rket 1 11 g con,u l t a n t for J u h n

Rachel Kriteman .mJ their pct

August in Wolfeboro, N.H. Guests

l,1,r her father i<N year . . . . Keep

111cludcd Ben

the ncw,cnmmg. Unt i l next ttme ! +

Oakley. Da1·id is working on a master\ m geology at U Mas·­

& Burling pn11"1d111g legal <h

Tabby Bidd l e are bL1th working for National Geographic; Lisa Black

t� >rpro bunoGbC 111 D.C. . . . Amir.i

work · for the Nat ional Gal lery; and

Medical

Alice Johnson, Margaret Igoe and Christy O'Rourke abo ;ire l i rn1g in D. . . . . Brenda Burke recent!\

rhat she 1, well and proud that 'he

1,t,lllCl'

94

Bahu, 1 11 her 'econd year ,1r Ru<>h ollcge 111 Chicag11, 1rntl!'

Amher,t . . . . Jonathan Kaplan i a t he U111vers1ty ufChicago and al o

Ch ristine Da h 11\irb 111 cu,tomer 'er1·1ce at

De l r h 1

I n t e r n e t Ill

I ' ,ti o a c 1 r­ Lulatt,in 'urer1·1,or at the Reg1'

C<imhmlge, Ma,,., and

h1c<1go Marathun

tn Octllhcr. WL•'rc pn1ud 11! vnu,

trong and Darrell

gradume 'tudent in public policy at

Alicia S . Hidalgo

V,1. Bill ll'orb t h rough Col'mgtlln

H a ncoc k ; Helen Hopkins and

David Mostoller and Danie l le

Cllndulencc' to Jenn Cowles, ll'hli

'1 1rre,p1 indcn t :

hcdf.!chog, Scr.1ppk, in Arl i ngrnn,

C<>mpkted the

f or a puhli,hmg cnmp­

Cnllei.:c l i brary . � he l i ve' m

he r­

i working as the assi rant wim rnJch. He wmes that T.J. Winick I'> employed at a TV ration m Burlmgron, Vt. . . . In the Bo-ton area are Heather Vincola, Christy Lynch and Marika Schwartzman.

Heatherworksasa paralegal at EMC ty L with a

rnok a position d. a re,earch assis­

tu1i, A m i ra ! . . . March McCubrey

nut Hill with Debbie Fit:patrick,

m Hopkinton, Chn

<m t he dc\'elopml!nt of ,p,1rtmg

who ll'mks a' a paralegal 111 &1,mn.

spending two year' at the Dana­

They 'cc Marsha Ilmonen, who

Farber Cancer l mt i tute. -he ha>

rnmp' in

l ive' 1 11 the '.ime apartment h u 1 ld­

rublic relations firm in Waltham and Marika is a mutual funds trader for the Colontal Group in Bo ton . . . . Megan Harris write' that he is m D.C. until next fall, living with Laura tembnnk '93 and working

tant at Harvard med ,chool after

plans to attenll med ical ::.ch,x1I next

I' t11uchm(! up h b old Colby thc'1'

e\\' England. which \\ di

be published rh1, year . . . . Sandra

ing and wnrb fnr a German- based

fa l l . . . . Danielle Desmarais '''a' married in August m Dand Mn>t·

Vines wmcs thar ,1fter �1 yc<1r a' J

company m Wat erto wn .

Fu lhnght teac h m g .i" 1 , r a n t i n

l i ve, near Regis and hc1s \'l'-1tcd Eric

uller '94. John

D1ion, France, a n d a 'ummcr ,if

mirh '95 wa the

best man. and 1 11 attendance were K i m Morrison '90, Elizabeth Kowal.

Anna Lowder '95, Ben

trong '94,

A lex Kean '96, Darrell Oakley '94,

tr<l\'d mg, ,he h<h m11l'ed ro

p,m,,

and that Karen Whitcomb and Dave Bryan l 1 1·e m A r l i ng w n,

andra wa> l"htted hy Anne Griffin 1'

W l1 r k 1 n g

Burger and Mark Danto Ill Colo­ hmtme adJ, that J en Bowen t'> teach111g m I\ laine and b makmg plan' to tra\'el aero'' the CLluntry rado.

whe re ,he plan' t< 1 m 1rk on a 1rnbtcr\ m French l i terature thniugh N YU . whu

ally Rei

Ill

Came �heppard '96 and T i m

'94.

Mathieu ' . Dan i e l le is working a t the Williston Northampton � chnol as a com municat1nns as�btant , year­

l\ ! o,c11w . . . . Annelise Bunger mu\'ed w the Boston are<1 t h 1, fall.

Ma . , and are makmg wedding

doctoral ·tudent i n psychology at

treet in Bo ron, accompa111ed by

pl<m" for J uly. Karen 1 pur>umg a degree 111 edurnt1on at Bo ton Unt­ \'Cr·ity, and Da1·e 1 a computer consultant in Woburn. Jen Hurd w ork, for the same co m pa n . Chri tine also has been in touch with

Stanford. focu ing on sporr- psy­

Bill M i l l e r , Bob Ward , Dave Bartlett and Joel Mackall. hns

Sandy Benson, who attend NYU, and Jenna Lemerise, who teaches

book advisor and dorm parent . . . .

B rooke Coleman fi n i hed her m aste r'· last spring and i' no\\· a

chology, biculturali m and mult-

fam i ly, w take a Job m The forum Corp. as a human re>ource coordi ­

nator. . . . ChrisChin 1·stillat rate

+

now lil'e in orwood, Ma ., with Rod Corey. He a l ·o report · that

Thank for the great response to our partial

Kristin Ellinger, Michelle Ken­ nedy, Cristen Herlihy, and Leslie Tane are livmg together in Bo-ron and that he had the opportunity to meet up with Kimberly Carr, Rob McCarley, Michelle Addario and ue Krolicki at a Grearwood · con­

icultural counseling.

Keep up

the mai l .

Corre pondent:

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after .i summer in -pa111 with her

Kristin L. Owens

Engli h 111 M unich . . . . Pier on Bourquin write from outh Lake Tahne that he works as a sales rep/ Internet consultant and i excited about giving people acces to the

world ofinfonnation while l iving in the mountain and teaching skiing weekends at Heavenly. He would love t o get e - m a i l : pi erson@

cert. Sue has been busy tral'eling, and Rob i employed doing research at Brigham & Women's Hospital in

sierra.net . . . . ErikBelenky attends Duke University Law chool. . . .

Amy Clapp left for New Zealand tO travel and work on organic

. . Karyl Brewster and

Boston. Chinny wrote a well that in Boston he's run into Liz Artwick, Karen Nelson, Keith Dupuis, Josh

. Todd Curtis, a child-care worker in the child assessment unit

Zach Geis: '94 were married in ep-

Bubar, Dean Shaddock and Chuck

of Cambridge Hospital, is moving

m a i l i ng. Chris '9 1 anJ

Heather Hews Caponi also are re­ siding in California and are expect­ ing their first c hild i n May. Heather is finishing up her ma ter's in edu­

cation.

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fanns.

at a law firm w i th Kelly Boudreau. . . . � ince January, Stephanie Cain has been a reporter for the Leu.iswn Sun-]oumal and 1 based in their Rumford, Maine, bureau . . . . Erik Mortenson i teaching Engli h and coachino !ae ro e and football at the Blue Ridge chool in Vir­ ginia . . . . Jenn Zwick works for a law firm in New York and i en­ gaged to marry a Canadian in Octo­ ber. Included ru. brid esma ids are Julie Ackerman, Erinne Clark, Erin Crossland and Alyssa Schwenk. . . . Received a letter from J ess Drislane and Alex Bici, who were takino turns vi iting each other in Europe. Jess works as a con ultant for Gemini in London and writes that the alumni network there is incredibly supportive. he live in Chel ea with Elizabeth Labovitz, who works for the American law firm Whitman, Breed, Abbott & Morgan. Alex finished hi first ro­ tation in Madrid and has returned to Bankers Trust in New York, where Mike Koe ter also is employed. . . . Questionnaires are being sent our to one fourth of our class at a time so keep the new coming! +

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O B I T U

C A R O L H O F F E R B A S S ETT Carol Hoffer Ba e t t , w h o taught mathemat­ ics at Colby for 20 years, d ied February S in Waterv ille, Maine, at 63. Rai ed in South Dakota and Nebraska, she received her B.A. and M.A. in mathematic from the Univerity ofSouth Dakota in Vermill ion. he taught mathematics at a h igh school in Iowa, then taught at the Univer i ty of South Dakota, Iowa State Univers ity, Kansas State Univer­ sity and the University of Kansa . Following her marriage to Charle Bassett in 1 9 S6, ·he moved to Philadelphia, then in 1 969 moved to Waterville when her husband joined the Colby English Department. After raising two chil­ dren, she resumed her teaching career as in­ structor and as i tant professor of mathematics at the College. She retired in 1 994 a an associate professor emerita. She also wa presi­ dent, vice president and secretary of the Colhy chapter of Phi Beta Kappa for 10 years. She is survived by her hu band, a son, a daughter, a sister and everal nieces and nephews.

GO R DO

W. S M I T H

Gordon W . Smith, a professor of modem language at Colby for 42 year , d ied on De­ cember S in Waterville, Maine, at 87. Born in Wareh a m , M a s s . , h e wa e d u c a t e d i n M iddleboro, M ass. , publ ic schools. He at­ tended Boston Univer ity as an Augustus Howe Buck Scholar, then stud ied at the University of N ancy and the University of Pari . He began hi teaching career at Colby in l 930 after receiving hi M . A . from Harvard University. Predeceased by h is wife, Doris, he is survived by two nephews.

JOH

H.

U T H E R LA N D

John H. Sutherland, English professor emeri­ tus, died January 3 1 in Vassalboro, Maine, at 7 1 . He was born in Boston, Mass., and received hi B.A. from Swarthmore College in 1 948 and his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of PennsyI van ia in 1 9 S 1 . Over the next 3 S years he served the College as instructor, assistant professor, associate professor, professor and chair of the Engli h Department. His l ifelong commitment to social j ustice, beginning with hi ervice as a conscientious objector during World War II, and the spirit of the Friends' meeting were always apparent in his awareness

of world concerns and in his patience, toler­ ance and search for consensus among h is fac­ ulty colleagues. When he retired in 1 986, he was known for his work on William Blake and as editor of the Colby Quarter-ly, which had broadened during the 1 1 years of his guidance to include larger issue of literature and cul­ ture. He is survived by hi wife, Joyce, two sons and a sister.

I DA P H O E B E K E E

' 05

Ida Phoebe Keen 'OS, mo t senior of Colby's a lumni, died September 24 in Pomona, Ca­ l if. , at 1 1 0. he was born March l , 1 884, on a fa rm in U n i t y , M a i n e , a n d a t t e n d e d Waterv il le H igh School. After Colby she taught modem languages in secondary school in M aine and Delaware. In 1 9 1 9 he j oined the N ational City Bank of New York as a tran lator for French, German , Spanish and I ta l ian customer , then became a secretary in the department of religion and psychology at the Un ion Theological eminary in New York City. She retired in 1 949 but continued working as a ecretary in the graduate Engli ·h department at Columbia University for nine more years. She had re ided in Pomona s ince 1 96 1 . No immediate relatives u rvive.

M l L D R E D G R E E LEY AR OLD '17

M ildred Greeley Arnold ' 1 7 d ied October 2 1 in Connecticut, four days before her l OOth birthday. She was born in R umney, N . H . , and attended high school in Plymouth, N . H . At Colby she earned a B.S., then became a high school c ience teacher. While raising three children she earned certificates in psychol­ ogy and child psychology from Col umbia University in 1 9 30 and 1 9 3 1 . For a number of years she wa employed by the Episcopal Diocesan Hou e in Hartford, Conn. Her sis­ ter, Winifred B. Greeley ' 1 8, predeceased her.

She is survived by three daughter , a sister, eight grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren and one great-great-granddaughter.

H A RO L D C. M A R D E N '2 1

Harold C. Marden '2 1 , a former j ustice of Maine's Supreme Court, d ied September 3 0 i n Boothbay Harbor, Maine, at 9 4 . Born i n East Vassalboro, Maine, he attended Oak

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Grove Seminary. He interrupted hi College studie to serve a a second l ieutenant in the Army during World War I. Following gradu­ ation from Harvard Law School in 1 924, he had his own law practice for a time, then associated with the late Cyril M. Joly r.' 1 6.

In 1 942 he enl isted in World War II as a staff officer in the 4 3 rd Infantry Division and re­ ceived the Bronze tar and Legion of Merit before leaving the service in 1 94 7 with the rank of colonel. He was mayor of Waterv i l le from 1 946 to 1 948. I n l 9 S 3 he wa appointed to the Maine uperior Court, and in 1 962 he moved up to the Maine Supreme Court, where he served until h is retirement in 1 970. He is survived by a daughter, Roberta Marden Alden '4 7 , three sons, including Robert A. Marden '50 and Harold C. Marden 'SO, 1 5 grandchil­ dren and 17 great-grandchi ldren.

M A RY WATSO F LA D E RS '24

Mary Wat on Flanders '24, a retired teacher, d ied October 16 in Fort Myers, Fla., at 9 3 . She wa born in Littleton, Maine, and attended Ricker Classical I nstitute. She was a member of Chi Omega and was involved in several athletic teams at Colby, where she also ex­ celled academically and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and to Delta Sigma Chi, the jour­ nalism honor society. For three years before her marriage she taught at Ricker. After re­ turning to the classroom in l 94S , she earned a master's degree from Columbia University and taught in Bridgewater, N .Y., until her retire­ ment. Survivors include her son and daughter, her i ter , Elizabeth Watson Gerry '27 and J ean Watson '29, and six grandchildren.

Mo A H E R RO N E R I C KS O N '28

Mona Herron Erickson '28 died September 9 in New Bedford, Mass., at 87. She was born in Brownville, Maine. At Colby she wa a mem­ ber of Delta Delta Delta sorority. After receiv­ ing her degree in English, she taught for two years at Bridgton ( Maine) High School. She pursued graduate studies at both the Univerity of Vermont and Bates College, earning a master's degree in education. Until her retire­ ment in 1 97 2 , she was employed by the Dartmouth ( M ass. ) school department along with her husband of 61 years, the late John N.

A P R I L

1 9 9 5

C O L B Y

Ericbon '28, who wa, a ,chool rrinc1ra l . Sev­ eral ofhe r rdat ion,, inc luding hcr ,isrer, Maude Herron Holt '24, a lw a r t ended Co l hy . She '' >urv1 ved hy three c h i ldren, 'even grnndch i l ­ dren a n d t h ree great-grandc h i ld re n .

�i,ter, Helen Cohurn Smi t h Fawc e t t ' 2 7 , and her nephew, George I. S m i t h '49.

ped ia trics

ol lege in 1 9 56 and wa, in 1 9 59. He is survived

hy h is wife , Patricia, and four chi ldren .

A L B I O N l. FA R N I I A M ·35

A l h 1on L. Farnh;im ') 5, a resident of Brown­ v i i le J u nct ion , M a i ne , d i ed Octuher 20 at h i ,

PA U LI N E G AY R Y D ER ·3 1

at Harvnrd M ed ica l

cert ified m

F R E D A K . A B E L '39

Fred<1 K . Abel ' 39, a chemi t , d ie d August 4 i n R a r Harbor, Ma ine, at 77. Born in North

Pau l ine Gay "Pol ly" Ryder ' 3 1 , a n.::t tred drafb­

h o m e . I k a t t e nded Brownv i l l e J u nc t i on H igh School ancl H 1 gg1 t1> C la ,s i c a l l n,r i ­

man, d ied Jan uary 2 5 , 1 994, in Oak R idge,

t u t e . At Colby he w a ' a memher , i f Lambd a

H igh Sc hoo l . A ft er re ceiv mg her Colby de­ gree in c hem istry, she d id graduate work at

pi tcher on r h e ha�eha l l t c a m . A fter grndua t ­

Institute an<l Rutgers University. She worked for the A l l ied Chemical and Dye orporation

Tenn . , a r 8 3 . She was horn m Ma nche�rer, M as� .. and at tended Hopk in ron H igh Schliol.

A sociology major, �he met and married Ster­ I i ng C. Ryder '29 wh i le at Col by. In 1 944 they moved to Oak R idge, where she w<1, em­

C h i A l pha fra t e rn i t y , served l rn th e :,r uden t coun c i l , pl ayed bask e 1 h a l l and wa, t h e �tar m g w i r h a degree m h i �tory, h e w ugh t : i t Wa ldoboro H igh Scho< l l and Bro w n v i l le

Dc­

J u nc r ion H i gh Schoo l , t h e n took n r(b r t ion

rartmenr and later by EGG ORTEC a� a draftsman unt il her ret i rement 1n 1 97 2 . She i'

a� sale� reg ion, 1 1 m;mager for Fresh S i l k s 1n Worces t e r , M a ss . I n 1 946, aft e r re t urn i ng

ployed by t he U n ion Carbide N u c lear

u rv ived hy her husba n d , four c h i ldren,

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grnndch i l<lren and · i x great-grandch i ldre n .

T H E O DO R E 1-1 .

PAC K A R D ·33

Theodore H. Packard '3 ) , a ret i red college professor, d i ed December 2 3 i n Holden, Mass.,

at 8 3 . H e was born in Bos to n and edu <1ted at Canton ( M ass. ) H igh School. After Colby he earned a B.S. at Tufts University in 1 9 3 4 and an M . F.A. from the Ya le Universi ty depart­ ment ofdrama in 1 94 1 . He held a ·uccessinn of teaching positions from 1 9 3 7 unt il 1 948, then joined Worcester Polytechnic Institute, where he served as a professorof English for 27 ye:m until

his retirement. He is survived by his wife, Mar­ ion, four sons, one <laughter, two brothers, nine grandchildren and two grcat-gmn<lchildren.

LOU I S E S M I T H VE LT E N ·33

Louise S m i t h Velten

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d ied November 1 1

in Oak land, Cal if., at 8 3 . She was born in Skowhegan, Ma ine, the youngest daughter of George Otis Smith and Grace Coburn Smith, both members of the Class of 1 89 3 , and she attended schools i n Skowhegan and Wa h­ ington, D.C. A t Colby she belonged to S igma Kappa sorority and the Kappa A lpha senior honor society and was active on the Colbiana board and as a delegate to the New England Co-ed Student Government Conference. She continued her education at H unter College and New York U n iversity, where she earned a certificate in women's law. Her experience w i t h the Massachusetts Mutual Life I nsur­ ance Co. i n New York City enabled her to become executive secretary to Lewis Catlow,

from Army 'erv1ce as a firM 'ergea n t , h e wa; e m p loyed hy rhe Canadian Pac ific Ra i l ro;id.

In 1 97 8 h e wa, i nd uc ted i n to the M a i ne Raseh;1 ( l H a l l of Fame. He wa� a l ife long e n t h usiast ic supporter of t h e Col lege . Surv 1 vnrs 1 11 c l ude h b bro t hers, Roderick Fa rnh am

and Raymond Fa rnham ' 16, a nd h is n i eces Pa t r i c i a Fa r n h a m Ru��e l l '62 and J a n e Fa rn h a m Rahc n i '66.

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D O R T H Y TOZ I E R L E M AS T E R ·35

Dorothy Tozier LeMa,tcr ' 16, a psych i atr ic

social wo rker and c i v ic leader, died November 3 in Monmouth, Maine , at 79. She wa born in Jersey City, N .J . , and a ttended schools in he Princeton, N .J . , and Fairfield, Maine. rece i ved a bachelor's degree i n Eng l ish educa­ tion at Colby and was active in the lnterna­ t iona l Relat ions Club and in basketba l l , volleyball, field hockey and tennis. S h e al o did postgrad uate work at Rutgers University.

For most of her l ife she wa employed as a psychiatric social worker for the state of Maine at the Augusta Mental Health Institute and at Tri-County Mental Health of Lewi ton. She also was employed for a time at Coburn Clas­ sical I ns t i t u te i n Waterv i l le an<l in the Jonesboro, Maine, schools. Predeceased by her husband, she leaves a on, a foster daughter, a brother, Price Y. Tozier '39, and one grandson.

E DW I N M . L E A C H '38

Edwin M. Leach '38, a physician, died J u ly 2 3 in Will iamsburg, V a . , at 7 9 . He w a s born in

aunt, Louise H e len Coburn, Class of 1 8 7 7 , for

Blue H i ll, Maine. A member of Delta Tau Epsilon fraternity, he majored in biology, was a student assistant in biology, served on the Oracle board and volunteered at the YMCA. He graduated from Jefferson Medical College in 1 942 and interned at Cooper Hospital in

whom Coburn H a l l is named, and her brother, Joseph Coburn S m i th '24--she remained ac­

Camden, N .J . From 1 943 to 1 94 7 he served as a physician in the Navy Medical Corps. Dur­

an exec ut ive of the firm who became known as an explorer and author. A relative of many prom inent Colby a l u m n i-includ ing her

tive in the Colby A l umni As ociat ion and

ing the Korean Conflict he was recalled to

was a regular donor to the rare books collec­ t ion of the library. Survivors include her

active duty and promoted to captain. When he

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returned from duty, he completed a residency

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S u l l i v;m, M a i ne,

;he

attended Bar Harbor

ol umhia U n i vers i ty, Brook lyn Polytechnical

from 1 94 3 to 1 945

and for Arthur D. Little,

I n c . , from 1 94 5 to 1 958. he then was em­ pl oyed as a market researcher and later as promotion coordinator by the Purdue Frederick ompany, an international pharmaceutical research and manufacturing firm. he served

the Col lege as class officer and clas agent and as rresident of the New York Colby Alumni Assoc iation. urviving i her cousin, Karl Bracy.

GUY E. S

RIB

E R '4 0

Guy E. Scribner '40, a ret ired teacher, died August 1 9 in Homosassa, Fla., at 76. He was horn in W<1terv i lle, Ma ine, and educated at oburn Classical I nstitute. He was employed

by Hamilton Standard in Connec ticut before returning to school at Central Connecticut tare Teachers College, where he completed his degree in 1 960. He taught industrial art and auto mechanic at Manchester H igh � chool and at Stafford H tgh School in Con­ necticut. H e wa a World War 11 veteran and a member of the Masonic Evening Star Lodge of Unionv i l le, Conn. Surv iving are h is w i fe, Betty, three daughters, two sister , five step­ chi ldren and 1 5 grandchildren.

J O H N B. DAV E

PO RT '4 1

John B. Davenport '4 1 , a plant manager, died August 30 in Bedford, Mass., at 76. Born in Springfield, Mass., he attended Wi llston Acad­ emy. He left the College to work at Foster Machine Co. in Westfield, Mas ., for two year before joining the Army Air Corps. A bomber pilot, he flew B- 1 7s in mi sions over Germany during World War I I , then returned to his job at Foster Machine Co. In 1 965 he moved to Doylestown, Pa., working and living there until 1 98 1 . After taking a position at a plant in Crossville, Tenn., he retired in 1982 and moved permanently to West Dennis, Mass. He is survived by h is wife, Clara, a son, two daugh­ ter , a brother and sister, six grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.

JO H N P. TU R N E R '44

John P. Turner '44, a former insurance execu­ tive, died September 4 in Cambridge, Mass., at 72. He was born in Lawrence, Mass., and attended Lawrence H igh School. A t Colby he

was clas president and captain of the football team and a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. After leaving the College to serve in Japan and the Pacific area with the Marine Corps during World War 1 1 , he took evening classes at Boston University to complete his Colby degree. He became an executive with Alexander and Alexander Inc . , an insurance brokerage firm in Boston, for whom he worked until his retirement in 1 990. H is wife, two daughters and two isters survive him.

L U C I LE U PTO G A R R E TT '44

Lucile Upton Garrett '44, a social service worker, died J uly 1 4 , 1 993, at 7 1 . She was born in Waterville, Maine, where she attended high school. After attending Hickox Secretarial School in Boston, she worked at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., in support of the troops in World War II and married a returning veteran, J o eph Garrett. Thereafter she gave 40 years of service to the Maryland Depart­ ment of ocial Services. Survivors include her four sons and a daughter, nine grandchildren and a great-grandchild.

F O R R E ST W. H U S S EY J R . '44

Forrest W. Hu ey Jr. '44, an electrician, died Augu t 16 in Winslow, M aine, at age 7 1 . He was born in Watervi lle, Maine, and attended Winslow chools. He also attended Rutgers Univer ity. After serving in the Army Air Corp during World War II, he worked as an electrician for Maine Central Railroad, then established Hussey TV in 1 95 6. In 1 9 6 1 he established Hussey Communication , which installed and serviced two-way radio commu­ nication systems in central M aine. Survivor include his wife of 5 1 years, Doris, three sons, four daughters, a brother, a sister, 25 grand­ children and three great-grandchildren.

M A RY L. ROB E RTS '44

Mary L. Roberts '44, an artist, died in 1 993 at 73. She was born in Augusta, Maine, and graduated from Norway ( Maine) High School.

For a number of year he was employed at The Catholic Warker. Employed as an artists' model, she pursued a career of painting, etching, sketching, tenciling and calligraphy.

M I R I AM L E I G H TO N MAYO '45

M iriam Leighton Mayo '45 , a retired ecre­ tary, died May 3 1 in Portland, Maine, at 69.

Born in Portland, she graduated from Cape Elizabeth High School. After Colby she was an admim trative secretary at Falmouth H igh School before transferring to the guidance department. She erved on the boards of the

Maine Medical Center Auxiliary, Sweetser Children's Home and Northeast Hearing and Speech Center. She leaves two daughters, a son, two brothers and two granddaughters.

D O M I N I C K R. N I STA 46 '

Dominick R. N ista '46, a retired postal worker, d ied J uly 28 in Weymouth, Mass., at 7 1 . A lifelong Weymouth resident, he graduated from Weymouth H igh School. In World War 11 he served as a medical corpsman in the U .S. Marine Corps and was awarded the Purple Heart for wounds suffered while rescuing Marines on Guam. After the war he was employed by the United Shoe Corp. in Bos­ ton. In 1 986 he retired after 3 1 years at the outh Boston Annex and the Weymouth Landing post offices. Survivors include two sons, three daughter , eight grandchildren and one great-granddaughter.

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E S T T. B E R

T E R '5 0

Erne t T. Bernier 'SO, a store owner, died October 5 in Waterville, Maine, at 8 l . Born in Lewiston, Maine, he arrended Lewiston schools before serving four years in the military. He attended Roberts Busine-s School before en­ rolling at the College, which he left to manage Carroll's Cut Rate in Waterville. 1n 1 948 he opened his own store in Pitt field, Thrifty' Variety Srore, which he continued to own and operate for many years. In 1 976 he ran as an independent for the Maine House. He is sur­ vived by a daughter, two sister , a brother, two brothers-in-law, twosi ters-in-law, three grand­ children and many nieces and nephews.

WI L L I A M B .

R I O R DAN J R . '53

William B. Riordan J r. ' 5 3 , a retired sales manager, died on September 30 in New York City. Born in Worce ter, Ma ., he attended hrewsbury High chool and Sr. Peter's High School in Worcester. A Navy veteran ofWorld War II, he was for many year a sales manager for Baccarat Crystal in New York before retir­ ing. He leaves h is long-time companion, Angelo Bosica, a brother and two sisters.

P ET E R S. STUTTS '55

Peter . tutts ' 5 5 , a retired insurance execu­ tive, died September 30 in New Haven, Conn., at age 60. He was born in Brooklyn, N .Y., and attended South Side H igh. At Colby he was a philosophy major, member of Zeta P i frater­ nity, captain of the rifle team and president of the Gun Club. After serving in the Air Force, he began a career in insurance and eventually became senior vice president of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York. Survi­ vors include his wife, Susanne (Capen '55 ) , three daughters, two i tersandfive grandsons.

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F R E D E R I C K A. G R E I G '56

Frederick A . Greig '56, a retired General Mocors Corp. manager, died December 14 in un Lakes, Ariz., at 64. He wa born in Yonkers, N .Y., and attended Gorton High School. After serving in the Marines during the Korean Conflict, he majored in bu iness administration at Colby. He worked for Gen­ eral Motors' Cadillac Motor Division for 3 1 year in Detroit and then at various zone offices, including Memphis, Tenn . , M i nne­ apolis and Overland Park, Kan. He retired in 1 987 as a district manager. He is survived by his wife, Patricia, two on , one daughter, one brother and eight grandchildren.

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Ursula Senenky Pascarella '74 , an emergency room social worker, died in Portland, Maine, at 4 1 . Born in New South Wales, Australia, she was a psychology major at Colby and went on to Boston College of ocial Work, com­ pleting her degree in 1 978. She wa a psychi­ atric ocial worker at Webber Hospital in Biddeford, Maine. At the time of her death, the result of an accident caused by a drunken driver, she wa a social worker in the emer­ gency room at Maine Medical Center in Port­ land. he i survived by her husband, 1110mas, her parents and two sons.

T EA GA L . H . D. '59

E TT H AW L E Y.

Jean Gannerr Hawley, L.H.D. '59, a trustee emerita ofthe College, died in Portland, Maine.

Chairman of the board of Gannett Newspa­ pers in Portland, she headed fund-raising cam­ paigns for the Portland Symphony Orchestra, the Multiple Sclerosis Society and many other local organizations. She served on the Colby Board of Trustees from 1 960 to 1 97 2 . Her intere t in art and the Museum of Art in particular wa invaluable to the College.

L U T H E R H I LTO L L D. 7 1

FOST E R .

Luther H ilton Foster, LLD. '7 1 , former pre i­ dem ofTu kegee University, died November 2 7 in A tlanta, Ga., at 8 1 . He was born in Lawrenceville, Ya., and earned a bachelor of science degree from Virginia State College in 1 9 3 2 , hi master's from Harvard in 1 93 6 and his Ph.D from the Univer ity of Chicago in 1 9 5 1 . l n 1 9 5 3 he became president of Tu kegee University, where he remained until 1 98 1 . He was a trustee or board member of many nationwide organizations, including the United Negro College Fund and the George Washington Carver Foundation. Survivor include his wife, Vera Chandler, a daughter and son and five grandchildren.

A P R I L

1 9 9 5

C O L B Y

A Trip to H illary's House b y J ane

M oss

n

Rohen E. Diam nd Professor of Women's

I

n January 1 99 2 , H i l la ry RoJham Cl i n ton v is i ted Colby d u r i ng a statewide tnur to k ick off the C l i n ton pres ident i a l campaign. David Leavy '92, a Colby sen i or at the t i me, was work i ng f or the C l i n tons, and when he learned that I was a W e l l e ley Col l ege c l assmate of H i l l a ry 's, he asked me to play host to the event. I wa delighted, since I had known H i l lary fairly we l l when we l i ved for two years in the same sma l l dormitory. I w a s proud to present her as an outstanding l awyer, a long - t i me advocate for c h i ldren's rights and the arc hi tect of Arkansa ' educational reform. At the end of my introduction, I urged the Colby community to vote for Bill Cli nton in the M a i ne caucuses so that I could ful fi l l my dream of attend ing my 2 5 t h col lege reunion at the W h i te Hou e.

Everyone laughed , but I was only half jok i ng.

On February 3 my !ream came true when I j oined more than 3 00 of my 1 969 Wellesley c lassmate in accept i ng an i n v i tat ion to the W h i te House. A loyal alumna and student government president d u r i ng our college years, H i llary was d isap­ pointed when her d u ties as F i rst Lady prevented her from attend i ng our 2 5 t h reu n ion last June. ( She had been in Europe for the commemora­ t ion of the Normandy invasion. ) If she couldn't go to the reunion, she decided, she woul d bring the reunion to her.

S i nce a White House c l ass reun ion is a once- in-a-l i fe t i me event, c lassmates flew in from France, England, Cameroon, Pak istan, Canada, Puerto C O L B Y

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ruJies anJ Frcn h

R i c o and ,1 l l uver the Un ned

ee

State�. Many of us w;m ted to

m

he th r to show our �upporr for a long - t i e friend whom we admire grea t l y f or her inte l l igence, thoughrful nes�, courage <md sense of h u m or.

A rr i v i ng at the Wh i te House for our recept ion ( pa i d for by the c la s rrea, u r y , not the taxpayer ), we a l l wer i mpressed hy the i mpo ing size, grace and beauty of the bui ld i ng. We a l t were too bu y greet i ng old friend to notice

afternoon w a s be i ng greeted i n d i v i d u a l l y by H i l l a ry in the Diploma t ic Recep t i on R oom , ;1 c h a rm i ng o v a l room pr id J over hy a portra i t of George Wash i ngton . The F i rst La<ly gr eted each c l assmate, c h a t ted for a few mi nute · anJ then posed f or an offi c i a l photograph. When it wa my t u rn , H i l lary

m uc h as we passed t h rough sec u r i ty checks and fol lowed long corridors to the w i ng where public receptions are held. Herded upstairs by polite young guides and m i l i tary e cort , we were greeted by mu ic from a M arine band in ful l dress un iforms. For three hours, we wandered about the rooms where presidential news conferences and formal receptions are held, sipping drink , sampl ing hors d'oeuvre and ly i ng to each other about how l i tt l e we had changed .

T h e h ighl ight of the

hugged me and i mmed i a t e l y started t a l k i ng a b o u t her visit to Colby three years ago.

She wanted to t e l l me that Dav i d Leavy, the young man who arranged the campaign v i s i t , now work i n the Wh i te House. I i n v i ted her to return to Colby d u r i ng the next campaign and she promised to keep i t i n m i n d .

A n aide asked us to sm i le for the c a mera and in a flash I had sa id goodbye and been ushered into an adj o i n i ng room w i t h i mpressi v e d isplays of W h i te House c h i na sets. A s my friends

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and I wal ked (or ra ther floa ted ) hack to the main recept io n , we a l l agreed that H i l l a ry was a grac iou and bea u t i fu l Fir t Lady.

The other r union events were equa l l y impressive. On Friday morning at the Old Execu tive Office Bui ld ing, c lassmates were briefed on pub l i c pol icy issue affecting women by A t torney General Janet Reno, Health and Human Services Secretary Donna halala, Deputy Education Secretary Made l i ne K u n i n , U . N . A mbassador Made leine A l bright and A i rant to the President A lexis Herman. At the World Bank bui lding on Saturday, we l istened to d iscu sion on "Outlook 2000: What We Need to Know" by two panels of c l assmates working in busi ness, h i gher educat ion, television, government and health professions.

The econd h ighl ight of the reu n ion weekend was the c lass d inner at the Mayflower Hote l . We knew that H i llary would be in attendance, but when the president arrived w i th her, the cheering wa ecstatic. The First Couple m ingled w i th c l assmates and spouses, shook hands, hugged old friends, signed autographs for the c h i ldren of classmates and generally j o i ned in the fun of a college reu n ion.

When he took to the podi u m for a few brief words, the president told us how sorry H i l lary had been to m iss the J une reu n ion and thanked us all for maki ng her so happy by bringing a Wellesley '69 reunion to the W h i te House.

Believe me, we were happy to oblige. It was a thr i l l i ng experience none of us w i l l forget.

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