80s NEWSMAKERS
Beth Staples ’86
Joel Castleman ’81 was inducted into the Western Massachusetts Chapter of the United States Lacrosse Hall of Fame. The former head coach at Western New England College, he is credited with starting a winning tradition at the school, which inducted him to its Downes Athletic Hall of Fame in 2004. ♦ Former coach Beth Staples ’86 received the Maine Association of Basketball Coaches Media Award in March. The former basketball and softball star at Colby was a high school basketball coach before transitioning to become a writer, editor, and sports broadcaster. Staples is currently at the University of Maine as a news writer and editor.
on. It’s an exciting place to be. That’s it for now. I hope all is well with the Class of 1986!
1987
COLBY Spring 2018
Scott Lainer classnews1987@colby.edu
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By a show of hands, who wants news? Okay, good, because I have lots. Y Brad Fay writes to say Hillary Clinton cited him and his company, Engagement Labs, in her bestselling book What Happened, as a key source of intelligence. Conversations about Trump and Clinton dramatically shifted in the last 10 days of the presidential campaign after FBI Director Jim Comey’s Oct. 28 letter about reopening the email investigation. Clinton quotes Brad saying, “the change in wordof-mouth favorability was stunning” after the Comey letter, supporting her contention it was the single most important factor leading to Donald Trump becoming president. (Sorry, Brad. I’ve never heard of these people.) Y Barbara Barch Sgro says, “I retired after 30 years of working in the children’s mental health field. The last 28 were with the Positive Education Program in Cleveland. I taught life skills to children dually diagnosed with mental illness and cognitive delays. Husband Frank and I moved to Lakewood Ranch, Fla. Beyond the great weather, our grandchildren, Selkie, 5, and Uhtred, 4, live in the area, along with our daughter, Amy, and her husband, Travis.” (Way to go, Barbara!) Y Chris Van Horne announces, “I’m going to be a ‘VanPa.’ Oldest daughter Tori is having a baby after she graduates in May from the University of Alabama! She and her boyfriend will settle in Texas after graduation. My daughter Kelsey is a sophomore at Virginia Tech, and daughter Ashley is a
sophomore in high school. We also have a Toller named Colby!” (No way. I have a Colby named Toller!) Y Peter Marshall’s middle son, Will, attends our alma mater this fall. “Scarily, it’s 35 years after we did the same thing. Our youngest, Andrew, is a high school junior. A few weeks ago, my wife and I met Alan Adams and Ron Caporale for dinner in Newport Beach. They’re loving California. I frequently get down to Washington, D.C., and meet up with Chris Van Horne.” (You mean VanPa?) Y Andrew Rudman proclaims “the upcoming college graduations of our twin sons from William and Mary and Davidson. Both have exceeded anything I accomplished at Colby so I suppose I forgive them for choosing other schools.” (I’m sure they forgive you for plenty, Andrew.) Y Chris Vickers writes, “we’ve moved back to Brunswick, Maine, so I could become CEO of STARC Systems, an early-stage company manufacturing temporary modular walls used to contain dust and debris during renovations. One additional benefit is that I’m working closely with Scott Bates, partner at Erland Construction, on different products and services. Hard to believe only 33 years ago, we were showering together in Averill.” (No comment necessary here, Chris. This stuff writes itself.) Chris’s youngest son, Carter, is a first-year at Colby, “playing lacrosse and having a great time. Carter is taking macroeconomics from Dave Findlay, whom I helped hire as a student rep in 1987!” (I smell an A, Carter!) Y Tristram Korten “spent the last year writing a book—Into The Storm—published by Ballantine/Random House in April 2018. It's based on a story I did for GQ in 2016 about a hurricane that sank two cargo ships, the ensuing rescue efforts, and climate change. (Fake news.) Family
seems to have gotten along fine without me. I have two middle schoolers. Oldest is in the creative writing program of an arts charter school here in Miami and published a poem in an anthology. My wife, Rosario Montalvo, just finished her master's degree in nursing education.” Y Ken Vopni reunited with “one of the best guys I had the pleasure to know, teammate and friend Rod McGillis ’85. I met he and his wife, Lynne, at the Big Smoke in Toronto to reminisce over java, and realized it’s been too long. Make sure you take advantage of how incredible the relationships you fostered at Colby helped shape your lives, and hopefully how you shaped theirs. Big Love.” Y Big love to you, Ken. And classmates.
1988
Nancy Donahue Cyker classnews1988@colby.edu John Davie and his wife, Kristin (Hock ‘90), have a daughter in Colby’s Class of 2021. John caught up with Harold Rider in Colorado and Canada for some skiing last winter and then finagled his way back to Canada for more skiing with Bill Bullock ’89, Paul Beach ’89, and Bill Carr ’89. Y Jeff and Karen Linde Packman’s daughter Hannah also is Class of 2021 at Colby. All reports say she had a fantastic first year! Y Leslie Migliaccio-Mitchell says that all is good on her home front. She and David will celebrate their 30th anniversary this fall. While life provided lots of changes over the years, they were all on schedule and they’re grateful for the fun ride thus far. David and Leslie’s youngest daughter, Samie, will be a junior at the Isenberg School of Management at UMASS Amherst. Their eldest, Eliza, is a computer engineer for a financial corporation in Boston. Isabel is a graphics designer for an engineering firm in East Longmeadow, Mass. The empty nesters miss having the girls around to entertain them, but they have grown to enjoy the freedom. Since October, they’ve split their time between the Berkshires and Westerly, R.I., and are contemplating a move back to Rhode Island. David’s still with Bank of America, entering his 29th year, where he’s a senior business control specialist. David has become a master home brewer and also enjoys golfing and skiing. Leslie has returned to teaching and substitutes PreK-12 in several school districts. Y Heidi Irving Naughton’s son, Liam, graduated from Middlebury. Heidi and Kevin enjoyed a special end to his athletic career as the Midd team made it to the
Elite Eight during 2016-17 and hosted the NCAA playoffs for the first two rounds. Exciting for Heidi, a former player herself, to watch. During his senior year, one of Liam’s teammates was the son of her Colby coach Gene DeLorenzo. The Colby world can sometimes be very small! The Naughton girls finished their junior year at Bates while studying abroad in Scotland. They appreciated the opportunity to visit with both girls before a work trip to Berlin. Heidi and Kevin continue to enjoy life in Darien, Conn., and take frequent trips to their homes in Cornwall, Vt., and Spruce Head, Maine. Heidi enjoyed a fun dinner last fall with Lisa Collett Hook, Nancy Pare Burton, Carol Anne Beach, Susan Whittum Obar ’87, and Deb Adams Murray ’90. It was a great chance to catch up and share some laughs! Y Geoff and Deedra Beal Dapice, living in Brewer, Maine, are doing well. Deedra just finished her third Boston marathon in the worst-recorded race-day weather in 30 years (rain, 25 mph headwind, and sub-50-degree temperatures). Supported by Geoff and their kids, she still managed to run fast enough to qualify for Boston next year if she chooses (yet to be determined). Deedra continues to work as a science teacher at Brewer High School and is one of two class advisors for the junior class. Geoff has also caught the running bug, though he’s not nearly as fast as Deedra (his words). Last year he completed three half-marathons. Geoff works as a manager for a small computer firm based out of the Bangor area. Their children, Coralie, Shannon, and Ethan, are busy. Coralie is married and a graphic artist for the Bangor Daily News. Shannon is a nurse at Wentworth Douglas Hospital in Dover, N.H., and Ethan starts his senior year this fall in the chemical engineering program. After attending their 30th Colby reunion in June, Deedra and Geoff have another milestone to celebrate—their 30th wedding anniversary in August! Y Thanks, as always, to all who contributed. Not sure if you noticed the thread running through the entire column…all of the families featured are couples who first came together on the Colby campus. Hail, Colby, Hail!
1989
Anita Terry classnews1989@colby.edu After the “spring” many of us have experienced, some news that has nothing to do with an impending snowstorm is welcome! Y Brad ’90 and Shelly Horton Olson have a son at Dartmouth, a daughter just