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summer 2000

vol. 89 no. 3

Features 6

A Legacy of Leadership After 2 1 y ears at Colby,

Bill and Linda Cotter look forward to new challenges 14

The Sex Pistols, Nietzsche and the Will of God

The journey of Savas Zembillas from Gary, India11a, to New York, where he is chancellor of the Greek Orthodox Church of America.

Dispatches 14 Metamorphosis

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editor's desk/letters Feedback from 1970; Jack

Foner: an appreciation; Londo11 in '66 31 Catching up

3

periscope Gleailings from Earl Smith's campus

with Mules

newsletter, FY.I. 4

commencement Class of 2 000; tl1e Honorable

Marg·aret Ma1·shall From the Hill 18

on campus Strategic planni11g, part one; Morton

Brody judicial award; recovering Shirley Littlefield 21

students Three virtuosos; a prize catch; coffee

with Marvel a11d Donne; dissing The Bard 24

faculty E1·ic Tho1nas, master of winds; Sn1ith

and Filosof retire; Boylan speaks 27

arts ''La Esperanza," a poen1 by Elizabeth

Tippet; S111ithsonian treasures at Colby 28

media Katahdin tl1rough H11ey 's lens; Tiare

White's book on filmmaking; Tim O'Brien's g·enre-bending· sou11ds 31

sports Dick Bailey

character of a coach;

campus s111nmer ca1nps; women's lacrosse; track a11d field triumphs 35

development A practical tribute to Dick

Whitmore; c1·eating space for artists 36

alumni Civil War hero Francis Hesseltine, Class

of 1863; update on alu1nni clubs Alumni @ Large

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class notes profiles

28 Captu1·ing Katahdin

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Be11iah C. Harding '42

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Patricia Charlto11Jacob '65

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Alfred Dostie '70

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Michael Carter '80

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Kristen McMaho11-Van Oss '92

obituaries

The Last Page 64

About This Place An essay by Michael Bu1·ke

Dispatches editoria //letters

co/by volume 89

From the Editor's Desk Working for an upcoming i ssue of Colby on a story about Colby a l u m n i who work i n for a fashion magazi n e . When I asked what was hot for fa l l , she looked a bit surprised by

Robert Gillespie Alumni at Large editor

the question . (Was it something I was wearing?) But graciously she polled a few col­

Stephen Collins '74 executive editor

leagues with i n earshot. " Me n 's wear,'" they said. " Plaids." "The schoolgirl look."

"And they're bringing the eighties' stuff back," she said. " Nobody w i l l remember!"

Leo Pando illustrator

That said, I ' l l take a chance and say you 're holding a new i ncarnation of Co/by-one

Alicia Nemiccolo Macleay staff writer

that allows the magazine to reflect, explore and showcase the Colby com mun ity better.

Revamped by art director Brian Speer, this magazine conta i n s some obvious and some

Karen Oh '93 on·line coordinator

more flexible. There's a new "Q&A" feature to better capture the voices of Colby, and short glimpses of a l u m n i lives augment customary profi les. With more elements we hope we've

example-a Greek Orthodox priest, ex-punk rocker, gifted actor and voracious reader/ scholar. If his story is as fascinating to you as it was to us, you might want a refresher on how the Greek and Roman churches evolved . (We needed one . ) That's the package we have put together. We hope you fi nd it more i nviting, more l ively, more i nformative. Entirely new? No. But i t should i ncorporate the best of the past ( more and better class notes than anyone else i n the busi ness) with some new ele­ ments, too-fashion tips among them.

Remembec, ploid' oce book. Yoo ceod it hece, ""' ·

Brian Speer, Jeff Earickson, Dean Abramson (front cover) contributing photographers Erin Rogers

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Michael Burke, Steven Saunders, Earl Smith, Jon King contributing writers

Administration William D. Adams, president; Earl H. Smith, dean of the College; Peyton R. Helm, vice president for development and alumni relations; Margaret Viens '77, director of alumni relations Alumni Council Executive Committee John Devine '78, chair, Lou Richardson '67, vice chair, Eleanor Amidon '75, David Bergquist '61, James Bourne '81, Bruce Drouin '74, Ernest Fortin '51, Lisa Hallee '81, Diana Herrmann '80, Barbara Bone Leavitt '52, Joanne Weddell Magyar '71, Wendy Kennedy Ralph ·90, Christopher Tompkins '89; Johnston Whitman '59, Alex Wilson '73, Philip Wysor '70

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al most invisible changes. The pages are larger, the cover is fresh , the departments are

We've found that Colby folks don't fit into neat little boxes. Savas Zembi llas ' 79, for

number 3

Brian Speer art director

t h e magazine publ i s h i ng i n d u stry, I recently interviewed an editor w h o works i n N e w York

made the magazine more informative and lively.

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Staff Gerry Boyle '78 managing editor

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Colby is published four times yearly.

Address correspondence to: Managing Editor, Colby 4181 Mayflower Hill Waterville, ME 04901-8841 or e-mail to: mag@colby.edu visit us on the internet: http://www.colby.edu/colby.mag/ Alumni Office:

207-872-3190

letters Reactions to A Turbulent Time r read \\ ith interest and with emotion

Cerry Boyle's article (spring 2 000) entitled " \ Turbulent Ti me."

J happened to be one of the "chino and \ 1 hite button-down shirt" crowd tl1at Boyle references. I al�o happened to he one of 01 er 0 Col by a l umni (h) Ill) informa l count) \I ho 'er\ ed in \'ietn a m . I am nor sure hclll man)· of those returned 111 one piece-or i f t he) returned at a l l . \.,a matter o f fact, I remember '1tt1ng at a table in thL ( )fficcr\ Club at 'Ion Son ' hut \1r Jb,e (the main ha'c 111 .11gon) 11 nh "'or 'c1 en othLr Coll>) a lumn i . \\c \1 c re fr.Hernit) gu), 111 tho,c day' .rnd the t.1lk 11.1' Coli>). and home. During d;l) -to-d.l) opcr.mon' "111-countl)," as it 11 as c.il lcd, I r.111 into m.111) Coll>) .1lumni, making it 'ccm Colh) 'cnt morc tlun it, fair ,h,1rc.

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Colby alumni who served . Maybe reading about burn ing tl1e ROTC facil ity, seizing the admi nistration bui ldi ng, running-off to Canada or even pressuring tl1e adminisu-a­ tion for better grades so struggling students wouldn't get dra�ed makes for more i nteresting reading.

Thousands of volumes and i nsightful analysis has been written and spoken of the tumultuous 1 960s, maybe even as much as tl1e tumultuous 1 860s, so anyone can empa­ thize with tl1e frustration of The War and tl1e government's seemingly unresponsiveness to stopping it.

But where do you draw the line' Is the dissolution of the Bill of Rights acceptable in making your point? Is insurrection accept­ able' Is a felony acceptable? Ts murder acceptable? Of course the " ilent majority" had a different point of 1 ie\.\, they just voted an<l didn't �cream.

In any case, most of the returning Colby Viemam vets tha t I have kept in touch with (about 1 0) went on to grad school, didn't really get involved in tl1e anti-war scene and have l ived productive and happy l ives ever since. They simply put that m i l i tary portion of tl1eir l ives behind them. \Ne stopped hearing about the anti-war radicals when the war ended. They quickly became "main stream" and now drive BM \Ns to tl1eir kid's soccer practice. I t's a shame tl1at they didn't put tl1e same amount of energy and zeal into saving tl1e tens of thousands of innocent Soutl1 Vietnamese people who lost their freedom or were summ arily murdered because they bel ieved in America . \Nhy not write about the Colby men who served their country? They may have learned sometl1 ing too .

John Brassem '6-1 Bedford, T.Y.

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Students' Choice

The Student Government Association recognized the terrific hard work and dedica­ tion of Director of Student Activities Lisa Hallen in May, presenting her with its SGA Administrative Staff Apprecia­ tion Award at the annual recognition luncheon.Tony Marin, well-known PPD mechanic,was also chosen by the SGA for this year's Staff Person of the Year Award. The Class of 2 000 gave a special award to Shirley Littlefield, popular dining hall checker, at the year-end senior dinner.

Just in Time

In its February issue,GPS World magazine explained how time is synchronized on the Internet using Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) data.Waterville is the only small town among l 4 .S.sites on the Network Time Protocol (NTP) map thanks to Colby's NTP server in the basement of Lovejoy.Colby is the only college among a dozen large universities that form the U.S.grid for Internet timekeep­ ing.If you need to set your watch,visit (http://www.colby.edu/ info.tech/time/),but be aware that even on Colby's local area network the time you get can be a whole 1nillisecond slow.

Virtual Open House

A new on-line chat room "open house " for students admitted to the Class of 2 004 was well attended and resulted in a lively dialogue.A wide range of topics was covered as the students explored various facets of life at Colby and the prospect of four years in the Maine wilderness.

Current Colby students and faculty added flavor and occa­ sional facts. During one evening session,a participant posted: "I had been set on Williams but now think I should give Colby some more consideration." This wasn't,however, from the guest who logged in as "Go_Bates_Go." Credit Karen Oh '93 and Dave MacLeay '97 for getting the site up and David Jones for making it go.

to an in-depth interview with popular crime novelist Robert B. Parker '54, who's written numerous mysteries starring the private eye Spenser.During a tour of his home Parker showed a picture of himself and his wife, Goan Hall '54), as students at Colby.Parker reminisced about meeting Joan on campus as a freshman and falling in love, which he claims to have done immediately.Osgood is a Colby overseer and received an honorary degree in 1996.

We Remember Charlie Holt, men's ice hockey

Watch Out Bryant

Bates College and their Bi·yant Gumbel (CBS) have nothing on Colby. You may have noticed that Dan Harris '93 has moved to New York,where he regularly reports for the ABC weekend news and can sometimes be seen as the substitute anchorperson on the A BC News This Morning.

It wasn't long ago when Dan, fresh out of Colby,was report­ ing for Channel 2 in Bangor.

Falling in Love

On March 12 viewers of CBS Tews Sunday lvloming with Charles Osgood were n·eated

coach here in the 1960s,who died at the age of77 . He left Colby in 1968 for the University of New Hampshire,where he became the winningest coach in that school's history, taking teams to the

national hockey Fi11al Four tlu·ee times and twice being named national coach of tl1e year. ...And Dot Marchetti, one of Colby's longest-serving staffers, who died March I in \.Vaterville after a long illness.Dot came to work in Miller Library in l 945 and was a familiar face there for 42 years.She retired in 1987.

Honors for Cotter

The University of New England beat Colby in presenting Bill Cotter an honorary degree this spring, honoring him at its commencement in mid-May witl1 a doctorate of humane letters.

"We honor you," his citation read,"for your significant contributions to higher educa­ tion,for your commitment to educational development arow1d tl1e world,and for your personal

investment in enhancing the quaJjty of Jjfe in Maine." ...The Waterville Regional Arts & Commnn.ity Center (WRACC) and the Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce collaborated to create a new annual prize named in honor of Bill Cotter. The surprise announcement was made in June that The William R. Cotter Award was established in recognition of Bill's contributions "to the improvement and revitalization of downtown Waterville." It will be presented each year at tl1e Mid-Maine Chamber dirn1er "to the indi­ vidual,organization or business that has best demonstrated a commi011ent to the downtown business district by restoring economic vitality, preserving and beautifying Main Street, and promoting cultural enrichment."

To Name a Few

A March feature in the Cleveland Plain Dealer h.iglilights Elizabeth Leonard 01.istory) and her acclaimed book on women in the Civil War,All the Daring ofthe Soldier.. .Jim Fleming (science, teclmology and society) gave lectures on the history of cJjmate change at six muversities in New ZealaJ1d aJ1d Australia in June as part of his tl1ree-week visit to study Southern Henusphere environ.mental history.... The May 8 Business Week (circ.

1 ,000,000) includes a colunm on China trade by Paul Magnusson that quotes Tony Corrado (gover111llent)....Sandy Maisel (govermnent) is quoted in the Spani h-language version of the Miami Herald in a translation of an AP story about Jews in the running for vice president. .

Moosecellaneous

It was one very brave loon who landed in Johnson Pond on April 24. She was able to fly out only because of a brisk wind and,even then,took the full length of the pond to get airborne ....If we count right, the new, free-standing building housing electrical switches near Roberts Union is the 59th on Mayflower Hill. ...No surprise, but worth bragging that the Chemistry Depart­ ment has been re-accredited by the Committee on Professional Training of the American

Chemical Society.In the overall, very few col­ leges are ACS approved ... salute Whitney King & Co.... Hockey fans were able to get a real-time on-line report of the Colby men's hockey JESCAC tourney games in March. Via "TEAMLil\TE" telephone,rabid fans were able to listen to a play-by-play-full game or for up­ dates. Colby also had free chat room service on the men's hockey \Neb site, monitored by sopho­ more Joe O'Connell.

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Dispatches commencement/reunion

Smiles Abound at Commencement 2000-Colby's 179th President Bill Cotter (left) was made an honorary member of the Class of 2000 last September, and he and Linda Cotter received honorary doctor of laws degrees at commencement on NI:ay 21. T he rest of the class, including Diane Carr of Alton, .H. (lower left), received bachelors degrees. Erik Bowie (center), of Carbondale,

Colo., the senior class speaker, drew on talents honed as a member of Colby Im prov.

He said he would miss three meals a day, a roof over his head and his extra-long twin bed with sheets that didn't fit. After Father Philip Tracy noted the irony of a Bates graduate (himself) getting the last word at a Colby graduation and offered his benediction, the celebration began (right).

Alumni Revel at Reunion About 1 , 500 a l u m n i a nd guests representing c l asses from the 1920s through the 1990s participated in Reunion 2000, J u n e 2-4. Besides the traditional parade of classes, pictured here headed past Johnson Pond toward the field house, there were class d i n ners, book signi ngs by Colby authors, swing dance lessons and discussions led by d i sti nguished a l u m n i and facu lty members. Professor Emeritus Charles Ba ssett ( Engl i s h ) previewed the July 23-2 7 A l u m n i College with a talk, " Sports a nd Leisure: M i rror of American C u lture." C l a s s years ending i n one or six should plan ahead-Reu n ion 200 1 , next year, will be June 8-10.

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Apartheid Foe, Pioneering Woman J urist Cou nsels G raduates Margaret H. Marshall, chief justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Court, gave the commencement address to the Class of 2000 on May 2 1 . After congratulating students on graduating at a time when jobs are plenti ful and their skills will be in demand, she spoke of social problems and injustice and about the power of individuals to change the world. Here are excerpts from her speech . . . . I was born in a s ma l l , i s o lated rural v i l lage , N ewca s t l e , in t h e

ger of fut i l ity," he s a i d , " i s t h e b e l ief t h e re i s n o t h i ng o n e m a n o r

S o u t h Afri can prov i n c e of N a ta l . I was p a r t of t h e privi leged w h ite

o n e woman c a n do aga i n st t h e e normous a rray o f t h e w o r l d 's i l l s­

s o c i ety in that l ittle tow n , with our s e p a rate s c h o o l s a n d c o u ntry

aga i n st m i se ry a n d ignora n c e , i nj u st i c e a n d v i o l e n c e . " . . .

c l u b and s e rva nts . I k n ew nothi ng-nothi ng-about how b l a c k peo p l e , t h e ove rw h e l m i ng maj o rity of m y cou ntry, l ived .

T h e n I w e n t to t h e U n i v e r s i ty of t h e W i t w a t e r s ra n d i n

Kennedy spoke words that I have never forgotten : " It i s from n u m­ berless diverse acts of courage and bel ief that human h i story i s shaped. Each t i m e a [person] stands u p f o r a n idea l , or acts to im­

J o h a n n e s b u rg . T h e re I bega n to b e aware o f the c r u e l rea l i t i e s of

prove the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, h e sends forth

my cou ntry. I became i nvolved in student politic s , w h i c h mattered

a tiny ripple of hope, a n d , crossing each other from a m i l l ion different

a lot in South Afri ca . Political o p p o s i t i o n parties had been out­

centers of energy and daring, those ripples build a current which can

lawe d , pol itica l l ea d e r s s i l e n c e d , i m p r i s o n e d , torture d , and stu­

sweep down the mightiest wa l l s of oppre s s ion and resistance."

d e nt p o l i t i c s were a p o i n t of the most v i b ra n t , a l be i t da ngerou s , o p po s i t i o n to a pa rt h e i d . . . .

I met b l a c k students a n d the i r fa m i l ie s for t h e fi rst t i m e . O n e of

Senator K e n n e d y c h a nged South Afri ca . C ro w d s of p e o p l e packed h i s meeti ngs a n d fo l l owed h i s car, s e e i n g i n h i m confirma­ t i o n of their own sense of t h e i nj u st i c e of a pa rt h e i d . . . .

t h e t h i ngs that I d i d was to drive the wives of b l a c k pol i t i c a l prison­

Senator Ken nedy cha nged m e . I n 1968 , o n e of the great l ead­

e rs to see t h e i r h u s b a n d s in pri s o n . I n those days , b l a c k South

e rs of South Afri ca, C h ief Al bert Luth u l i , d i e d . . . . Few w h ites d a re d

Afr i c a n s h a d n o cars a n d p r i s o n s for black South Afri ca n s were

to g o to t h e f u n e ra l , w h i c h w a s h e l d i n t h e remote v i l l age w h e re

b u i l t i n i s o l ated p l a ce s , d iffic u l t to rea c h . It was a s m a l l ge sture­

C h ief Luth u l i had been confined by h i s b a n n i ng order. I tho ught i t

rea l ly a k i n d n e s s , not a p o l itical gesture . . . . What d iffe re nce , what

was u n c o n s c i o n a b l e that no y o u n g , w h ite person s h o u l d stand u p

p o s s i b l e d iffe re n c e , could that s ma l l gesture have made to the

a t that f u n e r a l i n recogn ition of h i s greatne s s . And s o I decided t o

gri n d i ng a l l-powerful system of a pa rt h e i d ?

go, a n d to s pe a k . . . .

We l l , it m a d e a d iffe rence to m e . I wa s e d ucated about w h a t

South Africa a l so cha nged Robert Ke n n edy. O n h i s retu rn to

t h o s e fa m i l i e s-de d i cated, i nte l l igent people who wanted n o more

the U n ited States , h e i de ntified more a n d m o re with t h e d e s p i sed

than to b e treated accord i ng to the i r me rits-s uffered bec a u s e of

and rejecte d , with rac i a l m i noriti e s , with the poor a n d t h e h u n ­

the c o l o r of t h e i r s k i n . My e d ucation began as I drove those women

gry-a nd that i nvigorated h i s c a n d i d acy b a c k i n t h e U n ited State s

to see t he i r h u s ba nd s .

a n d d ee pened h i s a p pe a l as a nati o n a l h e ro . . . .

I n 1966 o u r student u n i o n i nvited S e nator Robert Ke n n edy to

Did those s i ngle p e b b l e s m a ke a d iffere nce? I t h i n k they d i d . I

v i s i t South Africa . What d iffe rence c o u l d that p o s s i b l y have made?

s pe a k to you of South Afric a ; l a st year Senator G e o rge M itch e l l

A w h i te p o l i t i c i a n from a cou ntry, t h e U n ited State s , that was sca rce ly aware-the n-of South Africa a n d its rac i a l tyran ny.

s poke t o C o l by's graduates of t h e struggle o f s o m a ny i n d ivid u a l s

R o b e r t Ke n nedy accepted o u r i nvitat i o n . The a pa rt h e i d govern­

T h e deta i l s vary, b u t t h e theme rem a i n s t h e s a m e . W h a t matters

m e n t , fu r i o u s but fee l i ng u n a b l e to keep h i m from c o m i n g , took its vengea n ce out o n Ian Robe rtso n , the student p re s i d e n t who had

ture, can m a ke a d i ffe re n c e . " Never u n de resti mate t h e powe r of

i nv i t e d h i m . R o b e r t s o n was b a n n e d . . . . I took R o b e rts o n 's

a n i n d i v i d u a l to cha nge t h e worl d ," s a i d M a rgaret M e a d . " I nd e e d ,

p l a ce . . . .

it i s t h e o n l y t h i ng t h a t e v e r h a s ."

Ke n n e d y we l l recognized how I a n d my fe l l ow students, young people l i ke you tod ay, w o u l d fee l-ove rwh e l med by t h e power of

i m p rove t h e lot of oth ers , to strike out aga i nst i nj u st i c e . M ay you

t h e a pa rt h e i d stat e , by t h e s m a l l n e s s of o u r i n s ignificant act s , by t h e futi l i ty of o u r gesture s . He s po ke to u s a bout that. " T h e d a n-

i n I re l a n d , u n known p e o p l e , to s e c u re peace i n N orthern I re l a n d . is not to be d i scouraged-to know that a s m a l l act, a s i ng l e ges­

May each of you f i n d your moment to stand u p for an i d e a l , to l ive l iv e s of i ntegrity a n d goo d n e s s . A s graduates of C o l by C o l l ege,

I a m confident that you w i l l .

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A L E GACY O F LEAD E RS H I P After 21 Years at Colby, Bill Cotter Looks Toward New Challenges

In "The Cotter Years," a videotaped tribute shown this spring at a banquet i n honor o f Bill and Linda Cotter, Vice President Arnie Yasinski tells a story about President Cotter's "sense of urgency" when it comes to Colby's business. "I think that we finally hit warp speed one day in senior staff when at the beginning of the meeting Bill asked if we couldn't get some new carpets in the entryway of a building, and at the end of the same meeting he asked me if it had been done yet," Yasinski said.

Apocryphal or not, the anecdote i llustrates part of the Cotter legacy-one that will undoubtedly grow from legendary to mythi c now that the Cotters have departed, bound for new challenges after 2 1 years on Mayflower Hill.

Anyone around long enough to have heard Bill Cotter's inaugural address, in

1 979, is aware that he set that brisk pace right from the beginning. In that speech he noted among his priorities for Colby the need: •

to increase the number of minority students,

•

to diversify the make-up of the faculty and

•

for increased consciousness of "attitudes that connote second-class citizenship"

for women.

Then, before the inaugural speech ended, he announced: •

creation of the Bunche Scholars program to recruit outstanding students of color,

•

addition of an African-American faculty member (an increase from none) for the

spring semester and •

a change in Colby's alma mater such that, beginning at that very ceremony and

henceforth, students and alumni would sing, "Hail, Colby, Hail. Thy people far and near" rather than "Thy sons from far and near."

Hold onto your mortarboards; the Cotter era had begun.

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B i l l Cotter pushed Colby to new he ights with his prod 1g1ous ana lytical inte l l ect and a work ethic to match it. H e had an open-door policy, and this was what the open door usually reveal ed-the president hard at work. Cotter led by example and earned widespread loyalty from students, faculty and staff.

partner and h usband of M rs. Hurwi tz's old coll ege fri end Linda. Cotter, i n his n i nth year as president of the Africa n ­ American Institute, was i n trigued. One t h i n g led t o another until, i n the fal l o f 197 8 , the young lawyer was tapped by Col by's trustees to succeed Strider. " I think he came to Colby with a vi sion , " Hurwitz said, "and he set i n motion a process-a set of procedures and B i l l Cotter has been credited widely for leading Colby to new lev­

policies-that wou l d help Colby rea l ize that vision. He came unen­

els of excel l e nce; for bringing the highest standards to all facets of the

cumbered by a lot of academic baggage-or, I should say, without a lot

institution; and for ful fi l l ing ilie enormous potential of ilie sma l l col­

of institutional baggage. I thi n k that helped him maintain the cla rity

lege i.n Mai11e that he had taken over from a string of predecessors he

of vision."

refers to as "giants," i ncluding Robert E.L. Strider I I , ] . Seelye Bixl er,

I n March 1979 on a ceremonial visit to the campus as president­

Franklin W J ohnson and Ariliur]. Roberts. He earned a national repu­

elect, Cotter gave students and faculty a glimpse of the visionary and

tation for his work at Colby and has been a leader in higher education

energetic dynamo that wou ld arrive fu l l - force the following fa l l . The

associations worldwide.

energy was evi dent after a whirl wi n d of i n terviews, meetings, speeches

Yet Cotter came to Col by's presidency almost by accident, bearing

and tours. The Cotters' flight out of Watervi l l e was cance l l ed by fog,

a resume iliat, at first glance, might not have procl aimed him a poten­

but before they headed north for a n a l ternate depa rture from Bangor,

tial superstar of academe. In 1978 Sol Hurwitz, now a Colby overseer,

Cotter spent an hour as guest lecturer in Roger Bowen's class on po­

had a daughter (Linda ' 82) at Colby when Strider announced his im­

litical development in the Third \i\Torld. There he outl ined his plan

pending retirement and ilie College launched a search for its new presi­

f o r pressuring tl1e South African government to end aparilieid-a plan

dent. Hurwitz changed ilie course of Colby history when he mentioned

tl1at woul d soon make Colby a leader i n a national movement to disin­

tl1e presidential search to Cotter, who happened to be Hurwi tz's squash

vest i n companies tl1at did business witl1 tl1e mi nority-ruled nation.

B i l l C o tter, B efore C o l by Before arriving at Col by, B i l l Cotter had set

1961-62 As a law c l e r k for

c a s e , [esta b l i s h i ng] what

courtroom precedents in the U . S . , had h e l ped

U . S . D i strict J udge Lloyd

a t ri a l j u d ge can d o to

write a n African country's first constitutio n , had

McMahon i n New York, Cot­

kee p order." A l l t h e defen­

been asked by a U.S. secretary of state if h e

t e r worked on a t ri a l i n­

d a nts were convicte d .

w a s a communist a n d had a i d e d l i beration m ove­

v o l v i n g M af i a m e m b e rs accused of n a rcotics traf­

1962-63 As a n assistant

ficking. After the j u ry found

attorney gen e ra l in North­

had five d iffe rent jobs, a n d each one was a

glass in their corn f l a ke s

ern N igeria ( a n d " c rown

rea l growth experi ence ," he said .

and

ments in Africa as o l d colonial e m p i res fel l . · I w a s s i x years o u t o f l a w school a n d I 'd

received

t h re a t s

counsel," s i n c e N igeria

Cotter was the second son of a stay-at-home

a ga i n st their c h i l d r e n , a n d

was part of the British

mother and a d i rector-of-in dustria l-relations fa­

after o n e defe n d a nt threw

e mpire ) , he w a s i n t h e van­

ther who worked at a Chevrolet plant. N e ither

a c h a i r at a prosecutor a n d

guard of Americans work­

h a d attended col lege but both were determi ned

a n other l e a pt i nto t h e j u ry

that h e would . He graduated from Wa shington

b o x , t h e j u dg e a n d h i s

Linda and Bill Cotter pose outside the gates

p r e p a r i n g for i n d e pe n ­

of Harvard Yrtrd 011 graduation day.

dence a n d wanted lawyers

ing i n Afric a . N igeria was

Irving H igh School i n Ta rrytown. N .Y.. and went

c l e r k resorted to c h a i n s ,

off to H a rvard to study government . He gradu­

gags and FBI m e n stand-

ated magna c u m laude from H a rvard College i n

1 n g b e h i n d each defe nd a nt to prevent a m i s-

the transition. "The leadersh i p was there and it

1958 a n d c u m l aude from Harvard Law School

tria l . "We were m a k i ng it a l l u p as we went

was q u ite i m pressive, but it was t h i n ; there were

1n 1961. His education didn't stop there .

a l ong," Cotter reca l l ed . "We m a d e law in the

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Throughout h i s Colby years Cotter taught a Government Department course titled Law and Social Change: Women and M i n orities. He said teaching was one of the h ighl ights of his work, and i n eva l uations students often ranked his course as one of the i r favorites. Linda Cotter said, "About the th ird week of every year he would say to me, 'Th i s is the best group of students I 've ever had.' I would re mind h i m that he said the same th i ng the year before ."

H is broader vision for Colby was evident in an i nterview that ran in The Colb;1 Echo. Sti l l four months from moving i n to the president's offi ce, he said Colby needed: • more i nternational study oppornmities, • more diversity and attention to a ffi rmative action, • l ibrary i m provements, • endowment i ncreases, • more women on the faculty, and

• The number of women tenure-track faculty members increased from

• higher national and international aspirations.

18 (17 percent) to 5 7 (39 percent).

\Vhat is rem arkable about that l ist two decades l ater is that it re­ flects many of Cotter's proudest accomplishments as president.

• And Colby now ran ks among the nation's top s m a l l col l eges by any measure.

• Col by's emphasis on i n ternational study turned it into a national

When former New York Times education editor Edward Fiske did

leader among col leges both in i nternational study and campus-based

his fi rst ranking of American col leges, he used the Michelin system,

international programs.

where four stars is the top rating. In the first edition of Fiske's gui de,

• The number of minority students increased from 6-+ (4 percent) in 1 979

Colby got three stars while Middlebury, Bowdoin and other of Colby's

to 2-+9

( H percent) last year, and the munber of rninority tenure-track

faculty members iJ1creased from fom (3 percent) to 23 ( 1 6 percent).

peer i nstitutions had four. Armed with charts, graphs, data and brief­ i ngs-"at least 50 pages," according to Bob McArthur (philosophy,

• Li brary space was doubled with the opening of an addition to Mil ler

former clean of faculty)-the lawyer-president went to New York to

Li brary three years i nto Cotter's presidency, and a new music and art

enlighten Fiske. "As B i l l left, [ Fiske] probably wondered why he ever

l ibrary and a science l i brary were built i n the 1 990s.

got into the col lege guide busi ness in the fi rst pl ace," 1\ 1cArthur said .

• The value of the endowment soared from $23 m i l l ion in 1 979 to

The next year, after the Fiske gui de appeared with four stars next to

more than

Colby's name, students wore stars on their gm.vns at commencement,

3 00 million today.

peo p l e , " he s a i d . Cotter

in a Wa l l Street law firm

with

was the only American law­

i s u n pa ra l l e l e d . I thought

Oppe n he i m e r, d i n ners with the Pre s i dent, Vice

Lady

B i rd J o h n s o n

and

J.

R o b e rt

ye r in the region a n d , con­

I would be fired; every sen-

President H u be rt H u m ph rey, S u pre m e Court j u s-

s e q u e n t l y, the o n l y o n e

tence was j u st s h redded.

tices and congressional leaders. "I had a de-

who h a d studied constitu­

. . . N u rturing i s not big

bate with Dean Rusk (secretary of state) i n the

t i o n a l law, s o h e h e l ped

o n Wa l l Street," h e s a i d .

State Department d i n i n g roo m ," h e s a i d . After Cotter a s ke d , sym patheti c a l ly, about R o be rt

write a constituti on . A l so the only one who had taken

1965-66 Cotter was o n e

Ken nedy's suggestion that t h e U . S . start negoti­

a tax course, h e wrote the

of 1 5 in the first gro u p of

ating with the North Vietna m e s e , R u s k s napped

first tax code. " It really was

Wh ite House Fe l l ows cho-

back, " What are you , some kind of c o m m u n i st?"

a heady t i m e for a short

sen to s erve i n the John-

Cotter reca l l s . H e co-wrote a proposal to m e rge

while. There was a l l th i s op-

s o n a d m i n i s tra t i o n . H e

the commerce and la bor departments i nto the

ti m i s m ," h e s a i d .

was a s s igned a s a spec i a l

Department o f Eco n o my-an idea that Johnson

a s s i stant to Secretary of

i n c l uded i n h i s State of the U n i o n addre s s .

1963·65 Cotter was a l a w

Cotterserved ns one ofthefi1Tt White House Fellows d11ri11g the Joh11so11 Admi11stmtio11.

a ssociate with Ca h i l l , G o r-

Commerce John T. Connor, a n d at the C o m m e rce De-

1966-70 Afte r fi n i s h i ng the fe l l ows h i p , Cotter

don , R e i n d e l a n d O h l on Wa l l Street. " That's where 1 l ea rn e d to write," h e s a i d . "The q u a l ity

partment he set up an e q u a l e m ployment op-

c a l l ed on a contact at the Ford Fou ndation a n d

portunity progra m and " got a real sense of what

w a s offe red a n o p p o r t u n ity t o go t o Lat i n

of the a n a ly s i s and the rigor of the legal writi n g

gover n m e n t does," h e s a i d . H e reca l l s l u nches

A m e rica a s the fou ndatio n 's a s s i stant repre-

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Dan Maccarone ' 98 got a special gift from Cotter a t Com­ mencement-a button that said, " H ave you hugged your college president today?' " I b l i nked, revealed the candy I had for him and threw my arms around him as if he were a long lost lover," Maccarone recounted. Students responded to Cotter's humor and warmth; when this year's Broadway Musical Revue cast learned Cotter would be out of town both show nights, they went to his office to perform.

l uck.' I didn't know exactly what she meant." After l istening to a rather prolonged debate, Cotter relied on his tried and true approach a n d suggested a procedural compromise. He remembers saying, " \.Ve i l , why d o n 't we . . . "-an d the "sturrned si lence" that i mmediately fol lowed. " I learned that the president presides-tl1e facul ty pro­

poses and disposes," he said. "In tlie sphere of the faculty, a n d one woman a lso wore a sign that said, "Thank you N 1r. Cotter."

The increasing strength of the College coupled with Cotter's h ands­

particularly h i ri ng, tenure and curricular matters, tlie president's role is to see to i t tliat their autonomy is protected."

on attention to detai l l ifted Colby as high as 1 7th in the U.S. 1\ e-£L'S &

It's remarkable how l i ttle changed the man who retired this year

l forld Report rankings ( 1 8th this year), into the "most competitive"

was from tliat yow1g president in 1 979. His hair had grown a few shades

bracket in the Bmron 's guidebooks and among Yahoo.' Internet Life's

grayer i n two decades, but he retired fit and trim, purposeful as he

"most-wired" colleges in every l ist the magazine has compi led.

sn-ode across campus and enormously energetic right through a coast­

Col by's rise resulted from Cotter's analytical a pproach grorn1ded

to-coast fa rewel l tour of alumni cl ubs tllis yea r. The tour l e ft ai des-de­

in his tra i n i n g as a l a wyer, I l u rw i tz said. " He's good a t a n a lyzi ng a

camp awed by his sta m i n a and gasping to keep up. Linda Cotter

problem, then looking for the i nsti tution a l mechanism that can ad­

recol lected the Chicago, Denver and Seattle events, on successive nights in i\ 1arch, and said, "at breakfast tliey would ask for my room number

d ress the problem." " fa·erything ] had done i n leading (prior to Colby] had been i n consensus building," Cotter s a i d . T h a t model genera l l y senred him \1 e l l at Col by, too, but early on he ran into a glaring exception. " I was

and I couldn't even remember what city I was i n . " I t was a b i t of a gri nd, Cotter admitted, " b u t i t's a very efficient way to do it."

on my \1·ay out the door for my first faculty meeti ng and M i l l i e Keller

The Cotters were a near-ubiquitous presence at student events­

[former secretary to the president] said, with a twinkle in her eye, 'Good

concerts, pl ays, atl1 l etic games, lectures, commi ttee meeti ngs a n d art

sentative i n Colombia and Venezuela. When the

and

s t r e n gt h e n

stitute had a staff of

person h i red as the foundation's representa­

America n-African rela­

100 and a board of d i­

tive didn't show up, Cotter stepped up. The foun­

t i o n s . He worked with

rectors a n d , as a non­

dation gave scho l a r s h i ps for Colombians and

A n d rew Yo u n g , J e s s e

p r o f i t o rga n i z a t i o n ,

Venezuelans to attend U . S . c o l l eges and made

Jackso n , m e m b e rs of

re l i ed o n fu nd ra i s i ng .

grants to su pport pop u l ation control, economic

Congress and the lead­

A l l o f t h e s e elements

pla n n i ng , education, agric u l t u re and science

ers of n u me ro u s Afri­

proved good t ra i n i ng

a n d tec h n o l ogy 1111tiat1ves. " T h i s i s where I re­

can cou ntrie s . Cotter

for h i s n e xt j o b , a s

a l ly began to work with American u n iversities,"

worked with the African

C o l by ' s 1 8 t h p r e s i ­

he said. H e h i red academics to put the i r exper-

National Congress (ANC)

dent, Cotter says.

1se 111 o practica l appl ications in South America.

i n South Africa , South

Cotter said h i s pa r­

1970 to coordinate

West Africa People's O r­

ents "were q u ite s u r­

He returned to New York

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the fou ndation's educational progra m s .

to

ganization (SWAPO) i n N a m i bi a and indepen -

' Is president of the Africm1-Americn11 Institute in the 1 970s, Cotter worked with Andre-l/J Young.

pri sed w h e n we went to Afri c a " but were al­

1970-79 As president of the African-American

d e n c e move m e n t s i n

I n stitute. he made th ree o r four trips to Africa

Z i m b a bwe, Angola and

each year and wen to Washi ngton about every

G u inea B i s sa u . He hel ped set up a school in

other week. The m 1 ss1on was o a s s i st African

Ta n z a n i a f o r re b e l s in e x i l e a n d wa s i n

d o i ng.' . . . They were l e s s s u r prised w h e n we

development, par 1 c u l a r ly through educati o n ,

Mozam b i q u e o n its independence day. The i n-

c a m e to C o l by a n d actua l ly c a m e to v i s i t u s ."

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ways su pportive , c u ri­ o u s a n d i nt e r e s te d .

" My mother s a i d , ' I guess you know what you 're

Following a fire that gutted Wadsworth Gym n a s i u m , Cotter conferred with Athletic Di rector Dick Whitmore, Dean of the College Earl Sm ith a nd Director of Physical Plant Alan Lewi s .

Cool under pressure, whether d i sasters l ike the 1992 arson fire, the 1998 ice storm or occasional confrontations involving student groups, Cotter described his leaders h i p style as consultative and consensus-driven.

m useum events. In his spare time Cotter i s a reader, and he never missed contri buting four or five of his favorite books of the year to the a n n u a l faculty and senior-class l ist o f recom mended reading. Famous for advising seniors in his baccal a ureate address to "ca rry a good book," his rec­ ommendations this year were Questiolling the JV [ifle1mi11111

by Stephen J . Gould, A11othe1· Life by M ichael Korda, The And the tension continued. There were l awsuits and the threat o f an

H1111gi')' Ocean by Linda G reenlaw ' 8 3 and The Lexus and the Olive Ti ·ee by Thomas Friedm a n .

inju.nction to hold up commencement that May. "There were hearings

T h e 1 979 Echo intenriew that previewed Cotter's eventual legacy

in court in Augusta the Sanirday before corrrn1encement," Cotter said.

a lso contained this Cotter quote: " Fraterni ties a re appare ntly one touchy problem . " The transformation of Colby's residential a n d social systems from one dominated by Greek organizations to the residential commons struc­

Si nce then the i ntensity of feelings on both sides has dissipated. "As each year passed it became more and more evident that this was the right decision," said Larry Pugh '56, a trustee and chair of the campus l i fe comm ission.

ture of today is an important part of the Cotter legacy and one of the

Cotter's leadersh ip in external affairs was exhibited even earlier in

early demonsu·ations of nis inclusive and consensus-driven leadership.

his tenure. One o f the things that had i mpressed the search committee

Fraternities had been an important part of Col by's h istory and were

about Cotter was his international experience, and even before he ar­

essential to the college experience in earlier times, but the nature of

rived at Colby the debate over appropriate i n i tiatives directed at the

the organizations had changed by 1 979. The year bef ore the Cotters

ruling m inority i n South Africa was roi l i ng the campus and the world .

arrived at Colby there was an i n famous bon fi re on fraternity row, well

Soon after arriving, Cotter took a courageous stand o n apartheid and

covered i n the iVIaine press. "There was a sense that ' H ere's a new

put Colby in the vanguard of concerned i nstitutions as the first college

president; this is a good time to do something,"' Cotter said.

to d ivest itse l f of invesunent holdings that benefited the regime i n

Since there a re no fraternities at his alma mater, H a rvard, Cotter

South Africa. " I 'm urging economic pressure, and political and diplo­

was relatively unfamiliar with them. "So, as a lawyer, I tried to gather

matic pressure, on the South African government i n order to avoid

a l l the facts," he said. " I t surprised me that their role on campus was so

violence, not to escalate it," he told an anti-apartheid rally on campus

huge and that the passions ran so high." Initially a series of guideli nes

two decades ago. " I bel ieve that our pressure can in fact change the

and contracts that spelled out mutual expectations between the frater­

white South African government."

n ities and the College were signed. " Some [fraterni ties] did very wel l ; some did very badly," Cotter said.

A Trustee Commission on Campus Life, including faculty, students,

I n her commencement address this spring, the Honorable i\ 1arga­ ret Marshall, a native of South Africa who is chief justice o f the Massa­ chusetts Supreme J udicial Court, said, " President Cotter played a noble

a l umni and trustees-both fraternity members and "independents"­

part in the enterprise tha t meant so much to my l i fe: the transforma­

was appoi nted in 1 98 3 to study the problems. Nine months of study

tion of South Africa from a racia l tyranny to a constin1tional democ­

led to a report that stated: "Colby without fraternities will be a better

racy. . . . H is fi rm stand against apartheid, long before that view was

place than Colby with fraternities-provided the residentia l commons system and other recommended i mprovements are adopted . "

popular i n the

T h e p l a n was kept secret until the J a n uary 1 984 u·ustees' meeting,

nited States, made a difference."

" I t was a remarkable page i n Colby history," said Tom Tietenberg (economics) in "The Cotter Years" video. "The South African situa­

where it was accepted unani mously i n a rare secret ballot.

tion had the potential to fracture the Colby community and create

"Then all hell broke loose," Cotter said, reca l li ng how fraternity presidents were noti fied before an announcement to students i n the

wounds that it would have taken years to heal. But out of that situa­

chape l . Afterward "a h ideous bonfire erupted. I think we lost another

ship i n an important area, to gain a sense of our underlying principles

piano," Cotter said. " I t was pretty tense."

and to strengthen, not weaken, our sense o f community."

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T h e P u b l i c a n d P r ivate L i n d a K . C o tt e r ,\ 'loving back to Boston ,1; 1 1 b e a h om ecom i n g for t h e

L i n d a w e n t on t o teach on three conti­

Cotters. As a n undergraduate

nents-in 1 ew York, in Nigeria and at the

at \i\Te l l esley College in the

University of the Andes i n Colombia, where

1 950s, Li nda Kester was too

she taught English and English l i terature­

young to vote but not too

before and a fter the Cotters' three children

yoW1g to chair Adlai SteYen­

arri,·ed. Now grown, David is a lawyer i n San

son's presidential campaign i n

D i ego, Deborah is a legal researcher in \Nash­

,\ Iassachusetts. "The [Demo­

i n gton , D . C . , and E l i zabeth works f o r the

cratic] pa rty k n e w E i s e n ­

,\ lore than half of living alumni graduated dm·i11g the Cotter yean and lmeu.· Linda Cotter's

u·mw

smile.

l i fe to su pport m e , " B i l l Cotter s a i d .

n i ted \Vay in \Visconsin.

hower was going t o win," she

David was a rugh school freshman when the

recal l ed. "They couldn't get

fanuly arrived in Maine, and the two gi rls were

the l\ 1assachusetts politicians

youn ger. At Colby, i n teraction w i th coll ege

to do a n y t h i n g . " So s h e

students i n formed her role as a parent, Cotter

stepped i n a n d made some

s a i d . " O u r c h i l d ren were d i sconcerted that

ca l l s , i n c l u d i ng one to the

they couldn't shock us."

p r e s i d e n t of the H a rv a r d

S i m i larly, Cotter's roles as the president's

Democratic Club, an W1der­

\l" i fe and as associate d i rector of off-campus

graduate named B i l l Cotter.

s tu d y c o o r d i n a t i n g s t u d e n t i n te rn s h i p s

H e h e l p e d r e c ru i t s o m e

complemented each other. Travel tl1at i n n·o­

H a rvard students, she ran tl1e

ducecl her to a lumru and her regu l a r contact

I n a con\'ersation th is spring, Linda Cotter

statewide campaign, and tl1eir personal rel a ­

with students helped her forge connections

mentioned many thi ngs she w i l l mjss about

tionsrup turned o u t t o be far more successful

between tl1e two groups and put Colby ahead

Col by. But there were, of course, reasons she

than the i r candidate.

of its peers as i n ternsh ips ga i ned i m portance.

was looking forward to the new chapter th at

After graduating from \Ve l l esl ey, L i n d a ,

The depth of her i n terest in tl1e program reso­

l i k e B i l l , w a s a c c e p t e d to H a rv a rd L a w

nates in her voice as she describes summer and

School-one of 1 5 women i n a class of 5 00.

Jan uary internslups w1dernrri tten for students

be able to ha\'e pi zzas delivered t o her home,

But the cli mate was not entirely receptive to

\\'ho needed financial aid from the Linda K.

for example. I t seems that soon a fter her fam­

women. YVitl1 the Socratic method in use, tl1e

Cotter I nternship Fund , endowed and named

i l y took up residence i n the president's house,

l aw school scheduled a special " l adies day" for

i n her honor last fal l .

prank calls to area pizza shops necessitated

those i n terrogations. And Linda recal ls the

N i any events during tl1e spring semester

tel l i n g all the pizza parlors i n town to assume

dean of admissions asking her, " How woul d

were tinged w i th melancholy for being tl1e

a l l orders were jokes. "\\'hen we want a pizza,

you feel knowing you would take a place away

Cotters' " l ast"-thei r last symphony and cho­

" e sti l l can't get it del ivered," she said th is

from a man who has to support a fa mily'"

ra le concerts, senior scholars' seminars , and

would begin i n J u ly.

For the fi rst ti me in two decades she w i l l

spring-\\ ith an i ndulgent smile offering ab­

I ron ical ly, a fter reconsidering and decl i n ­

I n ternational Extravaganza. " \i\Te had a real a f­

solution to generations of student pranksters.

i n g H a rnrd Law's i nvitation, a n d tu rn i ng

fi n i ty for tl1e i nternational students, and they were so talented, spirited and genuinely ha ppy

" I 'm looking forward to a pri,·ate l i fe," she

down a doctoral fe l l owsh i p at Columbia as

confided, acknowledging the public roles she

we l l , she was the one who took the role o f

at tl1 i s yea r's Exn·avaganza," she said. " I t is so

has played since the early 1 960s when she was

supporti n g a spouse. S h e ta ught school i n

enjoyable to get to know tl1em. I th i n k we botl1

a young schoolteacher and the o n l y white

Lexington , ,\ l a ss. , w h i l e e a rn i n g a master's

feel in many instances a kind of parental pride."

\men can " om an in Kaduna, .:-\orthern .:-\ige­

in education at H a r\'arcl. " S h e cha nged h e r

na. There h,n e been man�- rol es-as a profes­ sional teacher, a ' olunteer, a mother, a '' i fe, a

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da ughter, a friend to many, a fom1al and infor­

" I 'll miss the beauty of Maine and the access to lectures and music and tl1e;1ter. I won't be able to just leave the house, walk over and visit the Renoir or tl1e Homer at the museum," she said.

nul ath isor to students-but "sl ipping into this

"As we get closer to the encl, I know what

representational role '' a� something I\ e been

I ' l l miss most, and tha t's the i nteraction with

do111g smcc earl� 111 our marriage," she sa id.

young people," she said in May. A�er so many

\s she prepared for a less public life and

years on campus, she began to take for granted

looked at houses i n Concord, \ Li ss., last '' in­

the abi l i ty to go to a coll ege dining h a l l , strike

ter, Cotter '' ould si1.e up the dining rooms and

up a conversation with bright, fri endly stu­

'' onder, "I l c l\\ nnn� can I scat at a time ? "

dents and sit with them for dinn er: "There

Then she '' ould catch herse l f, rea l i 1.ing it '' i l l

aren't many people i n their 60s l ucky enough

no longer b e a '' eek-to-\\ e e k concern.

to feel that connected."

/,nu/a and /Jill Cotter u·ith DmJid, Debomh and F./i:,abetb, soon after a1rri:i11g at Collzl' in 1 979.

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B i l l a nd Linda Cotter's contributions to Colby were recognized last year with the esta b l i shment of the Wi l l i a m R. Cotter Distingui shed Teacher Professors h i p and the Linda K. Cotter I nter n s h i p Fu n d , both endowed by gifts from a l most a thousand friends. On stage with the Cotters for the a n nou ncement were Edson Mitchell ' 7 5 , Doug Scha i r ' 6 7 and Larry Pugh ' 56 , leaders o f T h e Campaign for Colby.

I n 1997 trustees named the student center Cotter U n i o n .

D u r i n g the 1 990s Cotter turned h i s a ttention closer to h o m e . R e cogn i zi n g t h a t the e c o n o m i c h e a l th o f Waterv i l l e i s critical t o Col by's a b i l i ty t o continue recruit­ i ng top stu d e n ts and facul ty, he was a founding member of the M i d State Econom i c Development Corporation and esta b l ished a $ 1 - m i l l ion loan fund to help recruit and reta i n downtown busi nesses. He led the e ffort to turn the former Stern's depa rtm ent store i n to the non profit Watervi l l e

the lives o f the disadvantaged. "He's clearly a builder," said Alan Parker,

Regional Arts & C o m m u n i ty Center ( WRACC) and, in his fi nal

vice chair of the foundation. "He's an outstanding executive who can

year, establ ished a trustee subco m m i ttee f o r downtown develop­

get the job done, and with his experience in the international world

ment. In J une the \VRACC board and the M id-Maine Chamber of

and Africa in particular, he was almost a perfect fit." Alan and his w i fe,

Com merce established The Wi l l i am R. Cotter Award in recogn i ­

J e tte Parker, chair of the foundation and a Colby trustee, met Cotter

tion of h i s con tributions " to the i mprovement a n d revitalization o f

when their son Kristian '94 was a student.

B efore departing Mayflower Hill the Cotters were praised at events

downtown vVaterv i l l e . " This spring the Cotters were busy wrapping up business at Colby

here and across the country for the enormous contributions they had

and preparing for a schedule that only they could consider "retire­

made to Colby and Watervil l e . At dozens of formal and informal events

ment" but that most would consider ful l -time work. They have moved

groups not only applauded the Cotters but broke i nto spontaneous

to Boston, where Bill is full-time chief executive officer of The Oak

standing ovations saluting their extraordinary dedication to the Col­

Foundation and Li nda continues consulting for the organization. The

lege and their inspired l eadership.

Oak Foundation is a relatively new international philanthropic foun­

Waterville businessman Joe Karter, who worked with Cotter on

dation that com m i ts i ts resources to issues of global social and envi­

downtown initiatives, said it all. " Bi l l Cotter," he said, "is a guy who

ronmental concerns, particularly those that have a major impact on

knows how to get things done." i

L i n d a Cotte r H o n o r R o l e s Citation r end at commencement when Linda Cotter was awarded mz ho11ormy doctor of laws degree.

Linda K. Cotter: Like a fine actress in repertory,

alumni ties to the Col lege. Your su pporting roles

Forum-were created through your leading par­

you have graciously taken roles that varied day to

have taken you around the nation and the world

ticipation and hard work. Colby has honored you

lead , now a valued bit player-but

representing Colby. Here at home, because of your

as you have honored Colby. You received the cov­

a lways one without which the dazzling Colby story

special interest and attentiveness, the impeccable

eted Colby Brick Award, and in a special citation

would not unfo l d . You r steadfast su pport and

grace and exacting deta i l of special events have

i n 1994 the Board of Trustees called you " a n

counsel i n your starring roles as wife, mother,

become the norm. Your unfa i l i ng personal ac­

exceptionally valuable participant i n the continu­

day-now

a

daughter and friend have brought immeasurable

knowledgment of the good work of others across

ing success" of the Col lege. And, most recently,

strength to those you most love and who most

the campus and your many expressions of con­

Colby friends both on and off the campus raised

love you. You r versatility on the College's own

cern for those in trouble have been hallmarks of

more than $ 7 50,000 to create the Linda K. Cot­

stage has enhanced many segments of the Colby

your time at Colby. And, l i ke a true star, you have

ter Endowed I nternship Fund that will forevermore

experience, most especially for our students. I n

shared your time and talent in the greater com­

expand the learning opportunities for students.

your work i n off-campus study, you created a n d

mun ity, playing key roles in the area U n ited Way

Today, as the curtain fa lls on the memorable " Cot­

n u rtured myriad opportunities for valuable intern­

campaigns and for the YMCA, Oak Grove-Coburn

ter Years," we are proud to confirm you a s a very

ships , i n January and i n the summer, which have

School and the Maine Children's Home. Two fine

special graduate of Colby and honor you, above

not only broadened the preparation of countless

Watervi lle institutions-the annual Martin Luther

a l l , for the role you have played as a model for

students but have also meaningfu lly strengthened

King, Jr., observance and the Mid-Maine Global

more than five generations of Colby students . . . .

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'lr'm� ��� ���'lr'®M� ��'lr'!t��� �� 'lr'm �� � ®� �®� �avas Zembillas's Jou rney from the P rofane to the �acred Maybe it was the stately stone building on 79th Street, just around

monk to prominent ecclesiastic, Zembillas has followed a twist­

the comer from Fifth Avenue in ManJ1attan. Or the shoe-tap echo

ing, turn ing path that would have defied prediction. Is he an

of the marble floors. Or the woman behind the desk, who said Savas

iconoclast or the u l ti m ate tra d i tionalist? Like a hol ogram,

Zembillas '79 was in a meeting with "His Eminence" and invited

Zembillas can seem like either, depending on cl1e angle from

the visitor to have a seat in the foyer next to a silent chapel where

which he is viewed . " H e 's an enigma, wrapped in a riddle,

gilded icons hung and votive candles flickered.

wrapped i n a beard, wrapped i n a robe," said Robert Lizza '79, a

But somehow it was completely unexpected that in a matter

Boston lawyer and one of Zembillas's closest Colby friends.

of m i nutes Zembillas, chancellor of the Greek Orthodox Arch­

Zembillas broke away from the pack early, leaving inner-city

diocese of America, would be chatting about, among other things,

Gary, Ind., where his parents, Greek imrnigrants, ran a corner

his short but happy career as a punk-band front man.

grocery store. Gary was-and is-ranked among the most dan­

The band: Mick and the Malignants. The set list: covers of

gerous cities in America, and Gold Coast Finer Foods was held

the Sex Pistols, the Ramones. The venues: Frat Row and the old

up three or four times a year by robbers undeterred by cl1 e pistol

Colby Spa i n the basement of Roberts Union. At the Spa gig,

i n Zernbi llas 's father's belt. But holdups went with the turf as did

band members were escorted through an up-on-the-tables crowd

the expectation that Savas Zembilias and his three brothers would

by the men's hockey team. Zembi l las went on as a rock-and-roll

pitch in at tl1e store. " It was every day i n the summer," Zem billas

lounge lizard, reca l led drummer Robert Noyes '82, and finished

said. " I t was every night a fter school . "

i n fatigues as an urban punk guerri l l a . "It was really a peak expe­

Until college loomed a n d Zernbillas planned h i s escape.

rience," Zembi l las said. "Our tactic was to treat every song l ike

"I really picked Colby to get away from the grocery store

the last song. Jump up and down like a madman, that sort of

because I knew-I'd been accepted at Notre Dame and closer

thing. It was almost shamanistic."

schools-if I was close enough, I would have been expected to

Not so his new front-man job, as the Greek Orthodox chan­

come home for weekends," Zembillas said. "So I just kind of put

cellor hand-picked last year by Archbishop Demetrios, with whom

a compass on a map and I would only consider schools a tl1ou­

he had just met upstairs in the church's stately headquarters down

sand miles away."

the street from the Meu·opolitan Museum of Art. Seated at a table

Colby fit the geographic and academic bill and Zembi llas came

in the church library, Zembi llas, 42, spoke of his time in Greek

to Mayflower Hill. His blue-collar background hadn't prepared him for things l i ke Eastern prep-school old-boy networks, and

Orthodox monasteries and his responsibilities as a parish priest in Long Island and as overseer of more than 500 parishes across the country. He wore black robes and the traditional full beard of a Greek Orcl1odox clergyman. And without a trace of embarrass­ ment or irony, he noted that the Mabgnants always kicked off their shows wi th cl1e same tune: " We did a punked-up kind of \i\Tho version of 'The Kids are Alright."'

From gifted actor to punk rocker to ascetic Greek Orthodox

he was surprised tl1at some first-year students actually had met before. But if some aspects of Colby were new to Zembillas, some aspects of Zembil l as were startling to Colby. " I consider myself sort of a regular guy," said Lizza, Zembil­ las's first roommate. "You know how i t is. You don't want to stand out too much. I 'm corning up from the pub in town, i t's like eleven o'clock at night. My room's i n basement vVoodma n .

By G e rry Boyle '78

were no Greek Orthodox communities near Waterville, and Zembi l las was looking for a break with his Greek past. Early on at Colby he took a philosophy course and was first exposed to rational bases for the existence of God. "I hadn't realized in my days as a Midwest kid that there were such things as arguments for the existence of God and that they're not really good," he said. "And so that whole experience was really corrosive to my faith."

But only temporarily.

ZembiUas was an inquisitive student, given to folding so many sources into a single question that classmates recall that Ed Kenney, the late professor of English, once, in jest, called him "an argument against a liberal arts education." In Foss dining hall Zembillas led hours-long dis­ cussions of everything from R & B to foreign policy. By his senior year, Zembillas had been drawn back to Greek Orthodox religion, not from the approach of rational argument but from the position that religion is a compulsive force, something that, in all traditions, has changed the Father Savas Zembillas, Chancellor of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of direction of people's lives. Zembillas became fascinated by "the litera­ Amenca, in the l ibrary of the church's Manhattan offices. ture of religious experience" and, after graduation, continued reading.

He was in Boston then, working as principal roaster for The Cof­ I look in my window. Anybody who's standing waiting for the J irney fee Cormection in Harvard Square, singing with a New Wave band can look right in. And he's in there. He's wearing this robe. He always called La Peste. \;\Then he had time off he studied St. Basil, St. J ohn of wore a robe. Usually you wear your gym shorts. He's wearing a robe.

Damascus, Maximus the Confessor-the great thi n kers of Eastern tra­ He's got his headphones on. And he's doli1g 'tl1e Bump' with the closet dition. Meanwhile, Ronald Reagan was preachi11g the doctrine of win­ door. I thought, 'I gotta get a new roommate."' nable nuclear war. To Zembillas it was an apocalyptic time, while the Instead Lizza came to admire ZembiUas tremendously. He wasn't alone. spiritual world beckoned through the words of early Christian monks. \\'hile his parents expected him to choose one of two career paths­ "I decided I had to make a radical break. I disu·ibuted all my clothes doctor or lawyer-Zembillas plunged into the world of art and litera­ and records and books and all that stuff and j ust left with a one-way ture at Colby. In his fi rst year he landed the lead in Barefoot in the Park ticket to Mount Athos, the holy mountain." (the Robert Redford character, he points out) and the lead in The Glass Zembillas's intention was to stay there, on a rugged penil1sula in .\Ienagerie. In Jesus Christ uperstar Zembillas played tlie part of Pontius northern Greece dotted by some 2 0 monasteries. And he did, sleeping Pi late. " I f l had to list tlie ten best students I 've ever had, he would be on planks set on sawhorses, spending at least eight hours each day in one of tliem," said Richard Sewell, adjunct associate professor of the­ church, 1 7 hours on feast days. He lrnows his Colby friends thought ater and dance. "An absolutely trutliful ability to zero in on the emo­ the monk thing was "the Savas flavor of the month ." tional tates of whate1·er role he was playing. There was never a ' fakey' " I thought he'd be back in three months," Lizza said. " H e didn't moment in anything he el'er did on stage . . . . That's sometliing that come back. He didn't come back. H e didn't come back . . . . " can happen fairly often witli a young performer, but usually it's not The monks let the young American stay for a couple of months, a coupled 11 itli tlie ability to project tl1at, to make it happen for an audi­ stint marked by thi s exchange: "One monk asked me if I 'd made any ence at a distance. He had botl1 ." intellectual errors in my life," Zembil las said. "I asked him what he \ \ 1iile ewell said he is chary to encourage student actors to at­ meant by that. I t was a l ittle chapel, three in the morning. There were olive-oil lamps and he's got a beard down to his waist and I ' m sitting tempt to go pro, he made an exception in Zembillas's case. "I really felt on a stool and it's freezing and he's whispering, asking me if I 've made the potential was there," he said. _·\.nd the potential to become a monk and priest) That lurked deeper any intellectual mistakes. And I said, 'What do you mean by that? ' He beneath the surface. said, ' H ave you read any Freud or Marx or ietzsche? H ave you lis­ Zembil la had ome experience as a counselor at Colby, serving as tened to the Beatles? ' I was still mourning for J oh.n Lennon because he'd just been shot. J ust to mention his name would make me cry. I he,1d resident to the flock in tlie .\ Ien's Quad, "kind of a big brother to anyone 11 ho needed the help," recalled �oyes, tl1e ;\ Ialignants' drum­ said, ' \Nell, I 'm willing to discuss those ideas but I'm not going to mer, 1\ ho l i 1 ed in the Quad as a freshman. Zembil las spoke Greek at confess that it was a sin to have read them.' He said, "Well, you have a lot to learn, young man.' I said, 'Vle i ! , not from you."' home and �en ed a a C reek Ortl1odox altar bor and reader. But there

A Most Soul-Ed ifying Discovery For I 0 years. 1nclud1ng seven spent 1n doctoral

one 1n the Vatican, one 1n Ve111ce and one on Mount

a Oxford University. Father Savas Zemb1llas

Athas [1n Greece]." Zembillas said in New York this

book that says. in Greek, ' Nicodemous of the Moun­

e le ers of two monks who lived out­

spnng. Zemb1llas had never seen the actual letters; at

tain: The most soul-edifying book. Venice 1 8 1 6 . ' I

Oxford he worked with microfiche.

thought. this can't be. There's only four of these. And

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e early SOOs The letters had gone

shelves, Zembillas paused . "There is this brown leather

undiscovered for I . 200 years before a manuscnpt was

In November Zemb1llas was named chancellor of

it's in the middle of this bunch of stuff I took it down

found 111 the library o a Greek monastery. The sub­ Jects of e le ers rarge from e mundane· -01scus

the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Arnenca. He re­

and I looked at it and it's a first edition . . . . No one

ported to work at the archdiocese offices 1n Manhattan.

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"The first day I asked 1f there was a library. and

The fifth known copy of the letters of Nicodemus

they gave me a key to the library upstairs." He found

now resides on the bookshelf in Zembillas' s office. "I clas­

coffee-table books. Gift books. But as he browsed the

sify certain encounters." he said. "under the miraculous. "

So from there Zembillas made his way back.

First stop was a monastery in Pam1os, G reece Orthodoxy East and West (where a monk was devastated to learn Lennon The separation of Christians in the East and West crystallized with the schism of I 054, when Patnarch had been killed), then on to a G reek Orthodox Michael Cerularius of the church of Constantinople and an equally uncompromising Pope Leo IX of the com m un i ty in Oxford, E n g l a n d . Z e m b i l l a s church of Rome excommunicated each other. While I 054 is the symbolic date of the separation, the m ixed cement and read for several months be­ division was six centuries i n the making and led to the infamous sacking of Constanti nople by Western fore leaders there advised that he should go on Crusaders in I 204. to get an advanced degree. He did, at Holy Cross The division of the churches is rooted i n cultural and geopolitical as well as theological d ifferences.

G re e k O r t h o d o x S c h o o l of T h e o l ogy i n Culturally. the split between Western Christianity (Roman Catholicism and Protestantism) and Eastern B ro o k l i n e , M a s s . W h i l e Ze m b i l l as s a i d h e Orthodoxy perpetuates the Roman Empire's division into a Western half, in which Latin was the domi­ wanted only a l i m i ted degree, h e went well be­ nant language, and an Eastern half, i n which Greek was dominant among literate people. yond that. "There was a need for parish priests I n the West theology became largely the province of priests. I n the East a tradition of lay theologians that was i mpressed upon me, and I kind of ac­ continued. Romans emphasized redemption of sinners; G reeks emphasized deification of humanity. The knowledged the need and succumbed to the pres­ two factions disagreed about the wording and intent of the Nicene Creed. sure," he said.

Today the beauty and richness of its ceremonial worship is a striking characteristic of Eastern Ortho­ Zembillas spent seven years in Oxford, includ­ doxy. In Orthodoxy, images, rather than text, express theological ideas. Aesthetics-the priest's chant. ing two years as a deacon, the first step toward gilded icons, the aroma of incense-are extremely important. priesthood. vVh i l e Greek Orthodox priests can marry, they must remain cel ibate if they are unOrthodox Church of America. Kinder, gentler and, in Zembillas's case, married at the time of ordination. In 1 99 5 Zembillas, then single, was well loved. ordained a priest and assigned to a parish in Kalamazoo, M ich. Two " I s no words to express how tl1e whole parish feels about Fatl1er years later, he moved to a parish in Merrick, N .Y. , on Long Island. All Savas," said Peter Loucas, a service station ow ner and president of St. those years a fter Mick and the Malignants and The Glass f\l lenagerie, Demetrios parish i n Merrick. "Getting his new post in the Archdio­ Zembillas once again found himsel f at center stage. cese, it is heartbreaking for everyone."

"It isn't the script I would have written for my l i fe," he admitted. "I Loucas said it was time for Father Savas to move on because he's think for all my performing background, I really fel t rather reticent botl1 educated and gifted. At St. Demen·ios, Zembillas is credited with about being a community leader, the shepherd of a flock. I t really felt increasing the number of fam jlies in the parish from 2 60 to 3 20. Loucas like too big a thing for me." also pointed out that Zembillas has donated his time to the parish for But Zembillas has grown into the role. As in years past, he speaks tl1e past six months, a gesture that recently drew the attention of the with quiet passion of the tenets of the Greek Orthodox faith and its Greek-American media. "He's loved by all tl1e kids and everybody," emphasis on leading a l i fe "transparent" to God's divine purpose, i ts Loucas said. "Old and young. Un fortunately we're going to lose h i m . " rejection of any polari zation of body and spirit. But Zembi llas's duties But not yet. go beyond a bstract theological ma tters. He As devoted to his parishioners as they are to blesses babies, performs weddings. He delivers !um, Zembillas has not yet picked his successor. eulogies at funerals and sermons in both En­ So he commutes daily from Long Island into glish and G reek. He blessed 1 70 homes in J anu­ Manhattan, juggling lus chancellor duties and ary and February. " A typical Sunday morning his parish job. His archdiocese position involves service f or me is three and a half hours. I mean, hours of meetings, public appearances-he was people can drift in toward the end i f they li ke, interviewed recently on vVT\TJ3C in ew York­ but I ' m up there chanting f or three and a half and otl1er obligations. During the intenriew for hours. And in Holy Week, the week leading up tlus article, Zembillas's cell phone rang several to Easter, the deeper you get into the week the times. He answered, saying he could not be dis­ more demanding the services become. I mean, turbed. Later he learned that the consul general Holy Friday-you're j ust in church from morn­ of Cyprus had dropped by to pay him a visit. ing to n ight. Ti l l late at night." \'\Tith his archdiocese clay done, Zembillas And then last year the new archbishop looked drives back to Long Island where the parish du­ around for a chancellor for the l . 5 m i l l ion­ ties await. "The youtl1 groups, the philantlu-opic member church and chose Zembillas. H e was societies, the G r e e k l a n gu a ge s c h o o l , the surprised; friends from his past are not. "He was catechistical school," Zembillas recited. " I t's a going to be great at whatever he did," said Steve seven-day thing."

Kirstein '80, keyboard player in the Malignants " Like the store? " he was asked. and now an I n ternet marketing manager.

"Exactly."

The new adminisn·ation was put in place at I t seems tl1ere are some traditions that can­ a time of contention in the Greek Orthodox not be escaped by drawi ng a circle on a map Archdiocese of America. The previous leader with a compass, nor should they be. "I remem­ of the church in An1erica, rchbishop SpY1·iclon, ber what I wanted and I wonder how I ended was ousted amid charges that he was autocratic Savas Zembillas, left, as lead singer with up where I am," Zembil las said. " B ut I'm of and didn't understand Greek Orthodox culture Mick and the Malignants, a popular campus ilie tradition that believes it's God's w i l l . And in America. Archbishop Demetrios-ancl his band in the late 1 970s. so I bow my neck to i t." li chancel lor, Zembillas-represent a new G reek

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O p tions fo r Adams

strategic planning initiative undertaken at Colby last yea r was con1pl eted this spring and wil l provide

Planning c o m m i t tee drafts comprehensive report as

incoming President V\ i ll i a m D . Adams w i th a

b a s i s for

detail e d inventory of where Colby stands and what

strategic

i ts various constituents believe are the opportunities a n d cha l lenges l oon1ing in t h e next 1 0 t o 1 5 years . \\ 'hile the inquiry produced an enormous amount of data and a

p l an n i n g

appropriate moment to take inventory and to imagine the world that

wide range of "option plans" for Colby's future, conclusions, priori­

today's grammar-school students w i l l inherit and the Colby that they

tie and policie were ne,·er intended to come from this first phase of

will attend.

the planning process; those w i l l be deYeloped as Adams gets i nvolved

"Looking back on the 1 99 1 plan," said Goldfarb, "it was very grati­ fying to see how much we had accomplished-far more than we prob­

during the coming year.

Further, the major planning issues that emerged "aren't going to

ably should have dared to dream . " He described the planning process

come a a tremendous surprise," according to \'ice President Peyton

to date as producing a series of options to present to the new presi­

R. I I e l m (alumni relations and development), secretary to the Trustee

dent-"sort of a wish l ist"-that will be the foundation of a formal

Planning Committee. "They're ob,·ious," he said .

strategic plan.

Exhibit _.\-the " new" campus isn't ne,1· anymore. The t i m e has

Options and challenges that emerged i n the study of faci l i ties­

come to engage profe sional master planners to study future develop­

desires for new offices, classrooms, performance space, athletic fa­

ment on .\ l ayflo,1·er H i l l .

ciliti es-revealed the need for a new master plan for the campus. An

The Trustee Planning Committee, established in the spring o f 1 999

architectural firm and a fac i l i ties planning firm were chosen this

and chaired br Tru tee Y\'i lliam H. Goldfarb '68, had three charges:

spring to study the siting of future bui l d i n gs, use of space, a dapta­

•

•

tion of existing b u i l d ings, open spaces and traffic flows for both au­

un e) important trend in higher education; as es

Colb)-'

trengths, n1lnerabilities and preparedness in

H e l m said other issues that emerged from the study cut across

ke) areas; and •

prepare "option papers" to present the new president with the

several of the subcommittees' jurisdictions. H e described a matrix of academ.ic quality, selectivity, financial aid capabilities and diversity that

choices that lie ahead for the College. �e1 en subcommittee

tudied academic affa i rs, di,·ersi ty, enroll­

ment, facilines and technologr, external affair , financial resources •rnd

tos and pedestrians.

student l i fe . 'l rustees, faculty, taff, alumni and students partici­

raises questions. " You can't plan sensibly for Colby's future without looking at how these fit together," he said .

The intersection of technology and the curriculum is another area, along with financial planni ng, that w i l l require hard analysis and cre­

pated 1 11 the process.

The m 1 l len111al urge to reflect on the pa t and contemplate the iurure ju r h.1ppened to coincide '' ith a ,,·atershed time in the College's

ative thinking as Colby continues to compete with the best l iberal arts col leges and universities i n the nation .

h1 m i: . The College i e\pericncing onl) i ts sixth pre idential transi­

r l elm said he concluded from the planning initiative that people

uon s1 11<.:e l lJO I , ,1rch1 tcct J . Fredrick Larson' layout f or de,·eloping

care very deeply about the College's prospects for the future. "Colby

\ l.i)

tlcl\\ er I ! i l l ha been ful fi lled and the direction of future expan­

people can dream the big dream, but they're also not afraid to get

um

1s no longer prescnhed; Colb) ' Plan for the '90s '' a completed

under the hood and tinker with the nuts and bolts," he said, if that's

or

nu:eded: .i nd the fi n a l thonls of The Campaign for

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,ol by, an

, are n i l re1 erberan ng. \JI of '' hich created an

what it takes to keep the institution running at peak performance and achie,•ing it full potenti a l .

-

tepben Collim '7-1

Brody Judicial Award Established The Honorable M o rton A.

eve nt o n t h e c a m p u s, at

Brody, U . S . District Court j u dge

which the award w i l l be pre­

for the State of M a i n e and l o ng­

sented. Akin to the Lovejoy

t i m e r e s i d e n t of Wa t e r v i l l e ,

program for journal ists, t h e

passed away i n March. H e had

new award w i l l h ci n o r a n

long been a c l ose friend of t h e

outstan d i ng federal or state

College a n d had t a u g h t courses

j u dge w h o d e m o n strates

o n the j u d i c i a l system for t h e

t h e q u a l i t i es of i ntegrity,

G ove r n m e n t D e p a r t m e n t for

compassion, h u m a n ity a n d

seve r a l y e a rs . His wife, J u d y

j u d i c i a l excellence a s exhib­

( L ev i n e ) Brody

'58, assoc i ate

dean of a d m issions a n d f i n a n­

During the last decade, the square footage

of Colby's b u i l d i ngs increased 20 percent, and duri ng the same period the physical plant staff decreased by about 10 percent. Never­ theless, " The campus is in much better con­ d it i o n t h a n i t wa s 1 0 years ago , by a ny measure-appearance, maintenance or func­ tion," according to the subcomm ittee on fa­ c i l ities, p l a nt and techno logy.

by

Judge

Brody

cial a i d , has worked on the Colby

Precise crite r i a for se­

staff for more than two decades.

lecting award w i n n e rs will

At Brody's memorial service,

b e developed b y a newly ap­

C o l by J e w i s h C h a p l a i n R a b b i

pointed selection comm it­

Raymond

tee

K r i n s ky r e m i n d e d

mourners that "a good life has

Taking Stock

ited

throughout h i s life.

c h a i re d

by

Brock

Hornby, chief judge o f the

its n u m be r of days, but a good

Federal D i s t r i ct Court in

n a m e continues forever." Now, i n

Maine. Other members of

accordance with t h e wishes of

the i n itial selection commit-

The Honorable Morton A. Brody R . K e n a n J r . Professor o f Govern-

the Brody fa m i l y and the enthu­

t e e a re : V i n c e n t M c K u s i c k ( H

s i a s t i c s u pport of the U n ited

'76), former c h i ef judge o f t h e

ment; Ann Depew, Esq., a former

States Federal District C o u r t ,

M a i n e S u p r e m e C o u r t ; N a ncy

law clerk of Judge Brody's a n d

Judge Brody's n a m e a n d memory

G e r t n e r, Federal District Court

a n attorney w i t h Hale a n d D o r r

will be perpetuated by the estab-

judge i n Boston; Colleen Khoury

i n Boston; the president of Colby

1 i s h m e n t o f Th e H o n o r a b l e

'64, Colby trustee and dean of the

or the president's appoi ntee; and

Morton A. Brody Distinguished Ju­

U n iversity of M a i n e S c h o o l of

a m e m ber of the Brody fami ly.

dicial Service Award.

Law; C h a r l e s M i l l e r '69, Esq . ,

-Earl Smith Contributions to the endowment for the Brody Award may be sent in care of the Office of the President.

C o l by's B o a r d of Trustees

Port l a n d , M a i n e , attorney with

agreed to create a speci a l en­

Bernstein S h u r Sawyer & Nelson;

dowment to support a biennial

L. Sandy Maisel, Col by's W i l l i a m

The strategic planning option papers incl ude

requests for more than $60 mil lion (using con­ servative estimates) of new capital projects.

Adams I naugu ration Set

Choices w i l l have to be made. Accord ing to the strategic p l a n n i ng comm ittee's report,

\Vi l l i a m D . A d a m s w i l l b e i n a ugurated a s

" Refi n i n g estimates, weigh i ng the benefits

Colby's 1 9th president o n Saturday, October 2 1 .

that will be generated by specific investments,

Inaugural events, a l l open to alumni and other

and setting priorities w i l l be important as the

friends of the College, will begin Friday, October

Col lege engages in the next stage of the plan­

20, with an evening of events centered on the in­

n i ng process."

auguration theme, The CofbJ1 Difference. Fireworks will fol low.

Colby has 32 varsity teams-the largest num­

ber of any school in the New England Small

Saturday, a full day of celebration, will begin with

College Athletic Conference. This presents a

a 1 0 a . m . dedication of a sculpture by renowned

wide range of opportu nities for students, but

American artist Richard Serra and of a new court­

it also presents chal lenges. " It is extremely

yard entrance to the Colby College ;\ l useum of Art.

d ifficult if not impossible to admit enough aca­

The start time of the Colby-Hamilton footbalJ game

demically and athletically qual ified students

has been moved up to noon, and the central celebra­ tion and installation of the new president will be held

each year to sustain the competitivenes s of a l l 32 varsity teams," according to the report of the subcommittee on enrollment.

President William D . Adams

at 3 p.m. in \\'adsworth Gynmasium. fa-ems will conclude with a gala inaugural balJ that evening.

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wit & wisdom

h a d been b ra i nwas h e d . I h a d

" Q u ite a l a r m e d :' Associate Dean of Students PAUL JOHNSTON , on the reaction of church officials who learned ther had been assigned a tol l - free telephone number aff:ixed to condom machines at Colby.

" I d o n 't k n ow h ow to exp l a i n how we su rvived . The f i rst yea r we cut a l l the trees in the c ity d own fo r f i rewood. Later we b u rn e d f u r n i t u re , carpets, o l d clothes:' a Bosnian i- Iuslim "·ho surYi,·ed the siege of Sarajern before e m i grating to \'i'ateni l l e, addressing Raffael Scheck's history class on Yugosl a,ia : E mergence, History and Dissolution.

I ZET SMAJOVIC ,

b e e n ra ised o n Ta rza n m ov i es. . . . 'Wow . . . Ta rza n does not r u n Africa. D a m n : " " I ' l l never get t h rough my own l i brary. But I h o pe yo u ' l l u n d e rsta n d h ow satisfy i n g a n d wonderful it'll be t o d i e tryi n g:' CHARLIE BASSETT (English and American studies), referring to his l ove for books in his commencement address at the University of South D akota.

"We a l l h ave a l ittle bit of I n d i a n a J o n es i n us a n d w e wa n t to c o n n ect with the a n c i e n t wo r l d :' Taylor Assistant Professor of C lassics, commen cing on a cal l for adding an archaeology professor to the C lassics Department.

KERILL O ' NEILL,

" We h ave h i gher sta n d a rds for fiction than rea l i ty. That's why fict i o n i s consi d e red a rt a n d rea l i ty is j u st a mess:' \!.sociate Professor J A M ES F I N N EY BOYLAN (English) recipient of the Senior Class Charles \ \'. Bassett Teaching ward, i n a Spotl ight Lecture.

BOBBY SEALE , co-founder a n d national chairman of the B lack Panther Party for Self Defense, i n a l ecture at Colby i n which he reca l l ed his reaction to l earning the Ulle h istory of Africa.

"We h ave no p ro b l e m tras h i ng t h e c h u rch-a n d-state issue o f ed itorial i ntegrity and s h o p p i ng a n d m e rc h a n d i s i n g a n d c o m m e rce, because we b e l i eve tod ay's ge n e ra t i o n wa n ts us to d o that:' CLIFFORD SHARPLES ' 86, C E O of Garden .com and publisher of Grwden Eswpe magazi ne, in a lecture at Colby.

" I saw m a ny people d i e i n the

"I was afra i d I wou l d be bought by

priso n , a n d their last thoughts were

a q u a d of guys to c l e a n t h e i r

not of their wife but of thei r country.

bath room o r somet h i ng:·

The i r one wish if they su rvived was

All G HAFFA R I

' 02 , after taking part in a ftmcl

raiser that auctioned volunteers' services to other students.

to see that Ti bet was free:' Tibetan monk who spent 3 3 years i n a Tibetan prison, speaking a t Col by.

PALDEN GYATSO ,

Sh i rley Swi pes Agai n Shi rley Littlefi eld underwent a triple bypass and

dents year rou n d . All those Colby friends were appreci ated d u ri ng Littlefi e l d 's

a valve replacement on October 8 , 1999 . She spent

recovery as she was a ided by a del uge of card s , flowers and vi sits from

most of the school year resting and recove ring.

students a n d a l u m n i . " The k i d s rea l ly c u red m e ," she s a i d .

Students suffered her absence patiently th i s year,

Ten years ago Littlefield had a heart attack b u t recovere d . " T h i s i s j u st

having only seen her-and her crazy hats-for three

being 7 1 years old a n d eating too much salt a n d a l l the stuff that clogs your

weeks 1n September.

arteries ," she s a i d .

B u t a t t h e end o f March Littlefield was back, with

She rema i n s cheerfu l , a lways. In fact, Littlefield's only regret a s second

renewed energy. · 1 · m doing fabulous," she said. " I 've

semester came to a close was not being able to have her " ki d s " over to her

exceeded what the d octor expected of m e ."

house for a big mea l . The tables have turned for the t i m e being, a n d stu­

Littlefield h a s been working for D1111ng Services o n and off for 24

ears. She l ives o n a 38-acre farm 1n East Bento n , where

she p l ays host to the E a st Benton Fiddlers Convention every J u ly-and stu-

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dents have taken advantage of the opportunity to show her how m u c h she 1 s appreciate d . "I guess that's what it takes to get wel l ," Littlefield s a i d .

-Erin Rogers '01

students

From the Hill

Perfe ct Pit ch C o l by musicians excel in and out o f the performance h a l l

sk a Colby music student the meaning o f music score, and you niight hear not about compositions but about victories.

Kaniini Bhargava '00 won the 1 998 American Music Association National Youth Violin Concerto Con1petition a scant three weeks after her teacher tricked her into going to a regional competition in Minneapolis under the guise of playing a recital . Competitors usual ly need five n1onths to prepare. " I was practicing twelve hours a day," said Bhargava, the last of nine regional winners to perform at the final competition in Austin, Texas.

From left: Sara Gross '0 1 , Ka m i n i Bhargava '00 and H i lary Ja nsen '02.

The judges award­

Camp in i\ 1ichigan and the Music Horizons program at Easnnan School

ed her the $5,000 first

of Music and was a student at the New England Consen·atory Prepara­

prize, put up by the

tory School. "The kids in the class were phenomenal. They were all

National Endowment

going to conservatories," she said. She thought about a music conser­

for the Arts, for her performance of Beethoven's V iolin Con ce110 i11 D

vatory, too, but ultimately chose a liberal arts program because she felt

,\ Iajo1; "and that very night I was playing with the Austin Symphony

she could have the best of both schools. Colby, she says, doesn't stress

Orchestra. I t was a whirlwind. It was O\'erwhelming," she said.

performance at the expense of a broad educational f oundation. "You

Pianist Sara C ross '0 1 , accompanist f or Bhargava's senior recital in

still have your lab science. I think I made the right decision," saidJansen,

April, won the Colby Symphony Orchesn-a's second annual concerto competition in L 998-99. Grass's performance of the fi rst movement

who attended the Colby Piano Institute last summer and is considering graduate school in music.

of i\ 1ozart's Piano Conm10 in D ,l .Jinor earned her the top spot in the

Like J ansen, Gross ultimately chose a liberal arts program because

fall 1 998 auditions and the opportunity to per­ f orm with the Colby Symphony Orchesn-a dur­

Musical Medley

ing its March 1 999 concert.

Pianist Hilary J ansen '02, co-winner this year

Colby currently has 1 .+ official m usical groups for students.

with a performance of Beethoven's Thii·d Piano Co11w10 i11 C :l fi1101; believes that playing with the Colby Symphony Orchesn-a gave her a broader sense of the piece. Because she enjoys playing with her friends, J ansen also played the cel lo in the orchesn·a as co-winner, baritone Neil Crimins '02, sang solos o f i\ Iahler's Songs ofa T l 'aJfare1: "\ \ 'e're all making this one piece of music together. ,\ l u­ sic means a huge deal to us," she said.

Both Gross and J a nsen have been playing the piano since they were 6 or 7 years old. During high school, Jansen attended the I nterlochen Arts

B l ue Lights (male a cappella) Broadway Musical Revue Colby Col lege Chorale Colby Eight (male a cappe l la) Col byettes (female a cappe l la) Colby Handbe l l Ri ngers Colby Jazz Band Collegium Musicum (early music) Colby Symphony Orchestra Colby Wind Ensemble Lorimer Chapel Choir Meglomaniacs (mixed a cappe l l a )

"there's more opportunity." She planned to ma­ jor in English at Colby but started taking piano lessons and switched to music. " I 've been ,·ery ha ppy h e r e , " she s a i d . G ross attended the Bowdoin Summer ,\ I usic Festi,·al last year, an intense se,·en weeks of practice, lessons, coachings with her chamber group and nightly concerts.

This summer she is participating in the seven­ week B revard j\ I usic Festi,,aJ in A'orth Carolina.

Yiolinist Bharga,·a, a music major, hopes to go to graduate school in music pedagogy. Like Bhargan, hm1·e,·er, not e\·eryone aims for a life in performance. Economics major Crimins says that he loves singing and wants to continue per­ forming but is focused on a career as a pediatri ­ cian. -Robe11 Gil/e,pie

Sire n s (female a cappe l l a ) Sounds o f Gospel

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From the Hill students

Angli ng for Answers

G ll1an Moreion '00, Watson Fel low

tries ll'Orldll'ide. A Spanish and international

Morejon has had to put some of her femi­

studies double major, she spent a semester in

nist beliefs on hold to understand what it's

S a n ti ago, C h i l e , d u r i n g her j u n i o r year.

like to be a Chilean woman. She's growing

.\ Iorejon chose the Phil ippines as a compari­

her hair longer and not bleaching it this time.

son because its fishing indusnT is dangerously

Initially she plans to meet Chileans through

close to extinction as a means of supporting a

conl'entional \\'Omen's avenues, such as ,·isit­

famil�·· She says that ,\ Taine, Chilean and Fili­

ing local schools. "The more I go at this as a

pino fishermen all face the same dilemma try­ i n g to s upport a fa m i ly by fi s h i n g ll' h i l e

traditional ll'Oman, the more I ' l l learn ,'' she

operating under international regulations and

attack the problems. "

national go1·ernmental economic policies.

In both Chile and the Phi]jppines Morejon

in fishing communities-even the one she gre11·

said. "I need

to

approach it in subtle ways to

Morejon is fami]jar �1�th crossing boundaries

By the time she \\'as 8 years old, G i l lian

11il l talk \1ith fishing families about their roots,

\ Iorejon '00 of Freeport, � Iaine, "·as helping

qua]j�· of life and the industry's sustainabili�·.

her dad o n his l obster boat: spotti ng the

She'll have a unique opportunity to do firstl1and primary-source research, but speaking to fish­

dad, a lobsterman since the age of 1 0, also has

family's red and \1·hite buo�·s, hand]jng the dead bait fish and learning em·ironmental regula­

ermen may be difficult. In the Philippines,

special agent for the National ,\ farine Fisher­

up in. " T'l'e alll'ays lived on the edge of what ll'as normalcy in .\ Iaine,'' she said. :\ Iorejon's ll'Orked for the gm·ernment as a "fish cop"-a

tions as she measured lobsters to determine

� Iorejon ma�· rely on a n·anslator. In Chile lan­

ies Service enforcing federal fis h i n g l aws.

\I h i ch could be kept. � Io re j o n 's personal

guage 11·on't be the barrier; culture may be.

i\ l o rejon earned a sch o l a rsh i p to North

ki1m' ledge of the complexities of the fishing

" C h i leans are pretty close-mouthed," said ,\ Iorejon. " It's hard to talk to men. They ha1•e

ll'hich ll'asn't offered at Freeport High. "The

l'ery l ittle respect for American women."

boys I went to school with [in Freeport] don't

indusr�· is about to expand to a global le1·el.

This fall .\ [orejon \l'ill lea\'e .\ faine for a year to tra1·el

to

Chile and the Phil-

as C o l b� 's 5 1 st T h o m a s J . \\'arson Fel i o\\ . " It's shocking dut l 11 as able to comince some­ one to gi1 e me

2 2 ,000," she

s;ml after recei1ing one of tl1e 60 \ \'abon follo11 ships for indepen­ dent '>tuth abroad.

day's ll'Ork," she ll'rote in her

'00 was selected

ci pie nts chosen from more t h a n

as a Fulbright Teaching Assistant i n

1 , 000 mathematics, science and en·

Germany for 2000·01 and w i l l spend

gineering students nominated by the

next year teaching English i n a Ger·

facu lties of colleges and u n iversities

man school. Fa migl ietti , a German

nationwide. Awarded on the basis of

major with a minor in education, a l so

academic merit, the $ 7 , 500 schol·

is the recipient of a Fulbright travel

arships go towa rds the costs of tu·

grant from the Fulbright Commission.

ition , fee s , books a n d room a n d

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\\'atson proposal . Many of those "bo�·s" are noll' l obste r m e n .

"They don't knoll' ll'hat t o make of me,'' she said. ;\ forejon hopes ,\ faine fish­ ermen can benefit from what she learns in Chile and the Phil­ ippines. "T want to bring some­

board. Olson is a double major i n

thing

'01 is the reci pient

French studies and chemistry with a

com m u n i ty, ll'here fishing is

of a Barry M . Goldwater Scholarship

concentration i n cell and molecular

e1·eryon e 's l i fe , " she said. " I

biology/ b iochemistry.

think I owe it to the m . "

\ l o r e 1 o n 11 i l l s p e n d n i n e monrhs i n southern Chile and

HEATHER OLSON

three months 1 11 the Philippines com p.i re the m;1 11agcment

for 2000·0 1 . Olson i s one of 300 re·

to

believe that I have ever done a

A Fulb right and a Gol dwater

ippines for her stud�., "Communities of the Fishing Indus�·,"

Yarmouth Academy so she could take Spanish,

back

h e re ,

to

my

-,,.J,/iria Xemicco/o J iarLeay '97

.111d 1 1 ;1h i l i � of fish mg ind us-

I wa nt to bring s o m eth i ng b a c k h e re , to my c o m m u n ity, where fishing is everyo n e ' s life , " she said. " I t h i n k I owe it to th e m . " M o rej o n h o p e s M a i n e f i s h e r m e n c a n b e nefit from what s h e l ea rns.

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how we teach Heard a m i d the chit-chat at Jorgensen's Cafe on M a i n Street in Waterville one afternoon last May were the graceful words of Shakespeare's sonnets, the dramatic speeches of Antony and Cleopatra and even the voices of God and Satan as imagined by M i lton in Paradise Lost.

Students in 17th Century Poetry, taught by Assistant Professor of Engl ish Elizabeth Sagaser, recited four to six poems or passages from memory. This-and the subsequent i n-depth d i scussi on-was the stu­ dents' final examination.

While some might associ ate recitation with a now scoffed-at past when learn i ng was mostly by rote, Sagaser begs to differ. " The actual act of memorizing poetry, of com m itting la nguage to your bra i n , is really a rich and productive process," she said.

That process c u l m i n ated with students taking the ir places, one at a time, across from Sagaser at a table in Jorgensen's front window where she spent the better part of three days. She si pped a large cappucino; some students brought coffee. And then they recited. Shakespeare and Donne. And rew Marvell and Robert Herrick. Some students were stirringly

El iza beth Sagaser, assistant professor of English , favors recitatio n .

dramatic. Others were q u ietly reflective. " N obody was woode n , " Sagaser said. " Everybody had some thoughtfu lness to what they were sayi ng."

Reciting from memory i s much more than a break from a written fi nal exa m , she said. The process encourages students to hear the rhythms

carry with them long after the course was completed. Sagaser, who carries some 7 5 poems around i n her head at all times, treated her i nterviewer to an i m promptu recitation of Shakespeare's Sonnet 64:

of the poe m , to con sider why certa i n words were chose n , to adopt the

"When I have seen by Time's fell hand defaced

persona of the spea ker, to consider ways the poem can be i nterpreted.

The rich proud cost of outworn buried age . . . "

Students took to it l i ke bards. " Let recitation rule," said John M. Hobson

Sagaser said she recites poems to her children in place of l u l l abies,

' 0 2 . Memorizing poems forced him to understand every word of the

wh ich has led to discussion of meta phor at bedtime. And she's we l l

poems and feel the mood shifts and expressions, he said.

aware of t h e benefits o f l i stening to poetry rather than reading i t o n the

Ryan Davis '02 said he got the poems i nto his head and then cou l d n 't

page. In that way the final examination for 17th Century Poetry may

get them out: "When I te l l people this, they laugh and say, 'You get

have done some col lateral good for the larger Colby commun ity. "I guess

poems stuck in your head? Boy, you a re an Engl ish major, aren't you?"'

there are roommates all over the campus who �mow these poems now,"

Students were encouraged to choose poetry that they would l i ke to

" I f you

l ove

Shakespeare, you'll like this play," said Erik B owie '00. " I f y o u h a te S h a k e ­ speare, you' l l l ove this play." \t\Tith all of

Sagaser said. -Gerry Boyle '78

been presenting this play for several years, with different casts every year, always draw­ ing an enthusiastic crowd. \!\Tritten by Adam Long, D a n i e l S i n g e r a n d J e ss Winfield and originally pro­ duced

by T h e

Reduced

took the play on tour during

P o w d e r & \t\Ti g 's c a s t s

spring break this year, present­

through t h e years have added

ing the "Compleat \tVorks" at Keene High School i n New

crazy production. Many of the

H a m p s h i r e a n d t h e Ve r­ gennes Opera House in Ver­

play's best jokes are those set by the actors. They i nvolve

a d i sti nctive fl avor to t h i s

mont. "It was a whole lot of

references to Star Wars, career

fu n , " s a i d stage m a n a ge r

services appointments, a crush

Shakespeare Company, the

Stacy Erickson '0 1 . The cast

on Britney Spears and a spoof

show is based on a simple-if ambitious-premise: to per­ form all of Shakespeare's 3 7

was j o i n e d o n the tour by E r i c k s o n a n d two w a r d ­

version of t h e movie Romeo

robers, Elizabeth\iVatters '02

and Julie t s t a r r i n g C l a i r e

plays in just over an hour and a half. The cast pulls this off

and Margaret Stone '0 1 .

Accord i n g to E l l er, per­

Works of Wilm Shkspr

through a combination of im­

forming this work is all about

Caprio. " I j ust sit i n the booth a n d l a u g h , " s a i d Erickson,

(abi-idgec() at T h o m a s

drawing energy from the au­

who has done a bit of Shake­

College o n April 24 and

provisation and audience in­ t e r a c t i o n , a l l the w h i l e

dience. "The scenes are te­

speare herself, playing Lady

in Colby's Su-ider The-

keeping one goal i n mind-to

dious in rehearsal , " he said.

Macbeth i n Colby's produc­

"So m uch of the show de­

tion of ,Wacbeth last fa l l .

pends on the audience."

-Erin Rogers ' O 1

the Bard's bases cove red, B o w i e , Michael Eller '00 a n d J ordan Raphael '02 of Powder & Wig per­ for m e d The Co111p leat

ater M a y 4 and 1 5 .

Powd e r & \t Vig has

make fun of Shakespeare.

Eller, Bowie and Raphael

on the Gabri e l l a Marti n e l l i

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From the Hill faculty

B reathing

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Eric Thomas

fi nds h armony and inspiration i n teachi ng and performing

E

ric Thomas, about to set off down the Colorado River on a j etboat, checks on his cl arinet. A strin g tri o , a vocal ist, a pair of pianos are a l ready aboard. When the cra ft pull s

into a grotto 4 5 minutes downriver, the musicians w i l l unload their i nstruments and in this natu ra l stone a mphitheater

with 2 00-foot red rock wal l s will perform , among other s e lections, J ohannes Brahms's Serenade No. 1 in D a n d D a rius Mi l h au d 's

Creation of the Wodd. The audience of a bout 1 00 wi l l have arrived on another jet boat. " l r\ a spectacular concept," said Thomas, " ho performed at the grotto in ] une and has played beautiful " orks of mankind in this beau­ ti ful \\Ork of nature the last six or se1·en Sep­ tembers. I t\ one of 1 1 concerts held indoors and out during the rn O-\\ eek chamber music frsti1 JI 111 \ loJh, L·rah-and on!�· one of his

jazz groups," performed both classical and jazz clarinet ll'ith the Boston Pops ]f-aveling En­ semble and played a duo concert 11·ith jazz pia­ nist Billy Tayl0t· at Bral'o1 \'ail Val ley ,\ l usic Festival. "That," he said, "was a moment for me!"

Onl�· 9 ll'hen his music ability ll'aS discov­ ered in the Los Angeles public schools, Tho­

man� performances around the countr� . "] usu,111� pla� classical chamber music. I 'd

mas won his first competition a fell' months later and at 22 performed with a New England Con­ sen·atory woodwind qui ntet in Carnegie H a l l .

like ro he ;1hle to do both classical and jau," said Thomas, t.he d1recLOr of Colli� \ \ \ Ind Ensemble .md Ja11 Band smce 1 99 . I le say'> he\ "pla�·ed 11 ith �ru� s 111 the '.\;\\ fork Phil \\ ho also play in

CAT C H I N G T H O M A S The following 1 s a bnef schedule of dates where Enc Thomas will be playing.

vate lessons to Harvard students. Back in 1 978, even before he graduated from the New England Conservatory of J\Iusic, where he later studied as a graduate sn1clent, he was teaching at Phillips Academy in Andover, Mass.

The \Nine! Ensemble at Colby is open with­

Thomas says he had alreadr established a career as a performer but came to Colby to teach,

out audition to brass, wind and percussion

conduct and compose, too. He liked the college

dents), and like the .J azz Band it performs twice

players (townspeople as well as Colby stu­

August 1, East Sull ivan, N . H .

September 1-10, Moab, Utah

Apple H i l l Chamber Players t n o version o f Igor Stravinsky's

Moab M u s ic Festiva l . For tickets and i nformation on the

L'Histoire du Solda t.

Moab Chamber Music Festiva l , call 435·259-7003 or on

August 8 , East Sullivan, N . H .

Jazz on the H i l l .

August 25-26, Portland, Maine

Dance Portland 2000 Ballet premiere.

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level, he says, since he was an acljrn1Ct faculty member at Brown University and ran the saxo­ phone and clarinet studio there for three years while playing with a jazz band. He also gave pri­

l i n e at www. moabmusicfest.org.

October 7 , Colby College

Fam i ly Weekend . Bal let music by Eric Thomas, choreogra­ phy by Tina Wentzel , dance by H o l ly Labbe Russell ' 9 4 .

a year. The 2 0-member J azz Band was be­

the meantime, he and Fox, along with bassist

All That Jazz

set w i th inconsistency, however, as juniors went abroad and the n umbers would dip, so Thomas a l so started a blues band and a small jazz combo. Next year the smaller jazz group, which gives more people more c h a n c e s to i m p rove, w i l l p l a y at l o c a l schools-where kids a r e at t h e age w h e n they are a b o u t to c h o o s e i n stru m e nt s .

"You're i n the com m u n i ty, you share mu­ sic with the community," Thomas said . " I 'm always learning how to get to their place of emotion when players don't have a lot of expertise,'' he said. One tenor sax player in the J azz Band showed remark­ able abi l i ty to improvise but had no for­ mal u·aining. " She can't tel l you what scales she's playing or why she switched scales. It doesn't make what she's doing any less valu­ able,'' he said, "but how do I teach some­ body like this? My job is to find out how

Jolm Lockwood, make up the Fox-Thomas­

Colby asked Eric Thomas to recommend jazz recordings for the uninitiated. H ere they are: Smithsonian Jazz Collection of Classic Jazz S m ithso n i a n Folkways Recordings Louis Armstrong

Hot Fives, Volume 1 B i l l i e H o l iday

The Billie Holiday Songbook

Lockwood Trio, which has perfom1ed with

the Boston Ballet. Thomas also is a member of Vidernus, a Boston group that promotes the work of minority and female musicians.

D uring spring break this year, Thomas performed seven concerts i n n i ne days i n halls between L o s Angeles a n d San Fran ­ cisco. The Apple H il l Chamber Players, a group of four on a tour called " Pl aying for

Tito Puente

Peace,'' raised money to bri n g together

Tito Puente 's Golden Latin Jaz-::; All Stars Live at the V illage Gate

groups of m usicians-Isra e l i s and Pales­

Stan Getz, Joao G i l berto and Antonio Carlos Jobim

Chinese, Greek and Turkish Cypriots-in

Getz/Gilberto

tinians, H o n g Kong a n d other m a i n l a n d th is counoy. Thomas has done the tour

C h a r l i e Parker

three years i n a row. " I t's a tre m e ndous

Yrmlbird Suite: The Ultimate Charlie Parker Collection

thri l l . I thi n k of it as a certain nourishment, a meal I have to have,'' he sai d .

Last October, w h e n he performed i n

Thelonius M o n k

iWonk Underground

the M usic at Colby series, Thomas played

Errol G a r n e r

his own " Seven Videos, Seven Days to

Conce11 by the Sea

Clarinet Mastery," described by The Colby

has been called "about the finest clarinetist

Artie Shaw

Echo as "a comic piece attempting to teach

I 've ever heard" by Gene Pack, host of the

The Complete Grn111ercy 5 Sessions

the audience 'everyth ing there is to know

N a tional Publ ic Radio morning classical

she's doing it-she needs to teach m e . " That's t h e philosophy of a teacher who

M i l es Davis

about the blues i n 1 0 mi nutes."' (" I t actu­

music program on KUER i n Salt Lake City.

Kind of Blue

a l l y took twenty minutes," Thomas joked.)

Thomas has performed as a side man on

Grover Washington J r.

This s u m m e r he i s work i n g w i th Tin a

CDs with pianist Donal Fox, a Guggenheim

Winelight

Wen tzel, adjunct professor o f dance, on a

Fellow in 1 99 7 . And George Walker, a dean

Ella Fitzgerald

new piece-inspired, he says, by his 2 -year

of classical composing and winner of the Pufazer Prize for music in 2000, heard Tho­ mas play 'i\Talker's " Five Fancies for Clari­ net and Piano Four Hands" and asked him to record it for Albany Records.Thomas "is

Mack the Knife, Ella in Berlin Sarah Vaughan

The Diviue Sarah V aughan: The Columbia Y ears 1 949- 1 9 5 3

old black Lab. "Tina has some movem e n t i n m i n d and I have s o m e sounds i n m i n d . " Speaking of movement a n d sounds, Tho­ mas believes that music is like running. "You throw yourself physically into it to bring life

a very fi n e player," Walker said. " H e understands the freedom necessary

to the playing,'' he said. He's run S Ks and three marathons, including the

for the music coupled with the proper control. This is very unusua l . "

Marine Corps Marathon in \i\Tashi.ngton, D .C., "each one slower than the

Thomas says he should have a solo CD in the next couple of years. In

last. But," he said, "it was important to me to beat Oprah."-Robe-1 1 Gillespie

Citizen Wayne and the French Guy Wayne Smith, best known i n the

science, offering a lab demonstration

He said he started walking or cy-

that made chemical solutions change

zen s class and outside the Keyes

cling to work in 1968, a yea r after

color, explode, smoke a n d even sti n k .

b u i l d i n g for h i s e n v i ro n m e nt a l l y

he a rrived, rea l izing t h a t a two-m i l e

Guy T. F i l o sof, a profe s s o r of

friendly modes of transportation, re­

commute " i s good exercise for a n

French at C o l by for 30 years , is retir­

tired as professor of chem i stry after

i ndividual a n d b a d for a car." T h e en­

ing a n d , l i ke Smith, w i l l be accorded

33 years at Colby. " I concluded fairly

e rgy-conservation and environmen­

e meritus statu s . After e a r n i n g de­

early on that it was unfortunate that

tal-protection benefits weren't widely

grees at R o l l i n s and M i d d l ebury col­

most people were not going to be

appreciated at the t i m e .

chemistry majors," he said, explain­

Professor Wayne Smith.

begin two new books this year.

laboratory for his Chem istry for Citi-

B u t Smith's concluding effort t o

leges F i l o sof received a P h . D. i n French l iterature a t the U n iversity of

i n g the ge n e s i s of his " C it i z e n s "

bring chemistry to the layman was

Rochester. He taught a t Rol l i n s be­

course, a i med at non-majors. Tra ined

appreciated. Addressing the trustees,

fore j o i n i ng the Colby faculty i n 1 9 7 0 ,

in i norganic and organometa llic chem­

faculty and administration at the Fac­

and he specialized i n 19th- a n d 20th­

istry, Sm ith co-wrote the text Principles

ulty-Trustee Dinner, Smith played up

century French l iterature, 1 7th-<:en­

of Chemistry, f i r s t p u b l i s h e d by

the mystery that most non-<:hem i sts

tury French theater, and styl istics a n d

Macmillan i n 197 5 , and he plans to

encounter in this particular branch of

tra n sl ation .-Stephen Collins ' 74

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From the Hill faculty

Q�4es

F i n ney Boylan on writi ng, teaching and bowl i n g with B i l ly

"' You were given the 2000 Senior

� � .__ _ _ _, "'

C l ass Charles W. Bassett Teaching Award. How does that make you feel?

I n a l l honesty? I t's the greatest honor of my professional l i fe .

D i d Bassett give you any advice about your su bsequent Spotlight Event lectu re? Offer you his trenchcoat?

�o, he d i dn 't offer m e his trenchcoat, but I d i d ask i f I cou l d borrow those h i deous plaid pants a n d t h e woolen ties. Cedric [ B ryant (English)] once looked a t one of Charlie's ties and said, " Bassett, i n i ts previous l i fe, this tie was a sock. " D o you now have t o muss your own h a i r a s you teach?

1'o as it turns out the terms of the a\\'ard are q ui te specific.

Bassett has to come in a n d m uss m y h a i r for me.

Why do you think students picked you?

I don't kno\\'. I mean, I do thin k I 'm a good teacher. O n a good da\· I can real]\- teach students that l i terature i s i m portant. O n a . go od d a\· stud nts discover-some of them for the fi rst time, ever­ h a t fict ion a n d poetry a n d drama can teach you how to live your l i fe . It can make \'OU \\'eep \\'ith unspeakable sorrow and it can m a ke \·ou it there \\'it h \'Our j a \\' d ropped open a n d drooli n g as you n d e rstand the m a n i n g of joy a n d l a ughter for the first time. \ \'hen I ha\·e a dav l i ke that, I think rodents lea\·e the classroom feejjng that the ,,.;.\. they ee the world has actu a l l y changed, possi bly f ore,·er. 'o m a )· be that's \\'hy they picked me.

That, a n d the fact that I know a few d u m b jokes.

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What is one essential trait a good teacher must have?

Pa sion f o r " ha t he or she i teaching. You h ave to m a ke your 1 0\ c for the subject a pparent to the students i n their cha i rs. Your enthu iasm ought to prerry much Je,·i tate them i nto the a i r and straml them on the ceil ing.

I n t h e s a m e v e i n , do y o u think y o u can learn t o be a Ch a rles W . Bassett Tea c h i ng Award recipient or is that ability to relate to students an i n n ate gift?

\ \ e l l . I t h 1 11l.. \ ou get to be a better teacher the longe r you stay a t 1 r . I n both ficno

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a ml teac h i n g. ) ou ha' e t o k n o w your a ud ience. I thm l.. 1t wok me a bour fi, e ) Ca rs to rc a l l) understan d ho,1 to reach a Col l )\ t ud c nr . \s o p pmed to <l J o h m I l opkim student or a \ \ esl \ .111 �tuden t , \I hich <ire places '' here I \ e a lso taught a n d '' here the tt; dem� re<ICC CO CO U J h d i fferent th ings. \ \ lien J spent J ast year , l l L 111, e r I t) C o l lege C o r k , 1 11 I re l a n d , that \1 as )·et a nother h uge

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leap. So I th i n k teach i n g i s rea l l y a learned activi ty. You a n d the students work togethe r over the years to come up with the process that succeeds. n fortunately, you can't rea l l y ever rest on your l aurels, because the students keep changing eve1-y year and so do you. \Vhen I first came to Colby, I was 29; the students and I pretty much l i ked the same songs, rea d the same books. I was the i r peer, almost. That's not true a n y more. D a m m i t. I guess that's a nother thing Bassett's given me. iV I etamuci l .

How d o you balance your own writing with your teaching?

\ Ve l l , one thing about h avi ng l i ttle kids (mjne a re -+ a n d 6), you learn how to work in a ny circumstance whatsoever. H I have an hour

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between classes, I ' l l try o write a page. I t's not the best way to work, but i t's better than nothing. I wrote the novel Getting In w i tl1 m e i n m y office a t home a n d two kids pretty much rol l i n g o n tl1e floor scre a m i ng, beating each othe r over the head w i tl1 Legos.

You've taught at Colby for 12 years. Are student writers changing i n any cultura l ly identifiable way?

I tlun k students now a re more oriented toward fi l m ratl1er than fiction. In 1 98 8 , we were sti l l i n the vivid days of high eighties m i n i m a j jsm and there was a lot of excitement for the short sto1-y as ' a n art form. Now students a re more i n terested i n movies. vVhen I try to fin d a story or novel everybody's rea d at the begi nn i n g of tl1e s mester, I usual l y come up e mpty-handed. But they've a l l seen Pulp

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Fiction.

You've signed a multi-book contract-with a TV tie-in-to write novels intended for a college-age audience. Presuming that doesn't mean V i rginia Woolf, what does that mean?

1\ Io ney.

Could you tell us one good anecdote about working with the original Saturday N ight Live cast?

\ Ve used to go bowling witl1 Billy M u rray at Beacon Lanes on Amsterdam Avenue. Not a bad bowler, I guess, for a comedi a n .

Anyway, tl1e end of the place-it's b e e n torn clown now, of course­ was just th is long wooden bar, a n d you bought your beers a n d stuff from the same woman who rented you your shoes. And one time, I asked her, is it a big deal h aving B i l ly M u rray in here, a n d she said, "Oh no \\'e o-et celebrities in here a l l tl1e time. You know that Dustin I To a ? I I offered us a m i l l ion dollars to close f o r six weeks so they could shoot some movie in here." She went back to wiping tl1e bar witl1 a rag. And T said, " \Vei l , d i d you do it? Did you take the

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ncl she j ust shrugged and said, " Yeah, wel l , we thought

about it. But \\'e figured it would only screw up the leagues."

arts From the Hill

Smithsonian Collection at Colby

La Esperanza

A trave l i ng exh i b it of A m e r i c a n art m a sterpieces from t h e Smithsonian American Art M u seum w i l l be i n sta l led at t h e Colby Col­

Fo r niy Father

lege M useum of Art begi n n i ng August 1. Modernism & A bs traction:

O h , there a re sti l l those t i m e s I taste

view at Colby through October 15. The 7 0 major paintings and scu l p­

a s i p of the fi rst d r i n k of the n ight

century as seen i n works by Georgia O ' Keeffe, Marsden Hartley, Stuart

Treasures from the Smithsonian American Art Museum wi l l rem a i n on

and return to age fourtee n , to C a l l e d e l a E s pe ra nza , ba refoot feet on cement, m a rga rita in h a n d .

tures show the radical transformations of American art in the 20th Davis, Franz Kline and others.

"There has never before been a n exhibition of this magnitude in Maine dealing with modern ism and abstraction," said H ugh Gourley I l l , director of the Colby museu m . " It's a n extraord i nary opportun ity for people in Mai ne-a nd indeed New England-to see works by a rt­

I fe l t s pec i a l , the o n l y k i d there

ists who were at the forefront of 20th-century American art."

o u t of a l l the n i eces a n d n e p h ews

to Go," a series of exhibits touring the nation through 2002 while the

a l l owed to have the wea k l y m i xed d r i n k , the o n l y one u n dersta n d i ng my fat h e r as he s p o ke to me i n S pa n i s h .

I practiced a c l i p ped accent i n

the c i t r u s tree bed room a n d l i stened

Modernism

& Abstraction is one of eight exhibitions in "Treasures

Smithsonian American Art Museum i s being renovated. Colby is the second of nine stops for the exh ibit.

Modernism

& Abstraction features art that embodies the develop­

ments in the 20th century, from emerging technologies to new political theories. The show includes many artists, from Joseph Stella and Geor­ gia O' Keeffe to Willem de Koening and Fra nz Kline. The most recent works featured are by Jenn ifer Ba rtlett, Eric Fischl and David Hockney. " Storing treasures that attract more than half a m i l l ion vis itors

to us l a ugh at n ight. B u t even with

each year was not an option we wanted to con sider," said El izabeth

h i s rubias s l ee p i ng some doors down

speak at the Colby museum while the exhi bit i s on d i splay. I n stead , to

in hea lthy s k i n and fresh l i n e n s , h e s l e pt re st l e s s l y o n the cou c h .

Was h i s l a s t b reath wa iting for h i m i n t h e bedroom? We ate wa rm torti l l a s a n d c o m peted for h o u rs a t c a rd s , my s k i n h ea l i ng from t h e Ca l i fo r n i a s u n . Those d e e p i n d igo n ight s , with b a rbec u e coa l s e l ect rified ,

I l a i d m y head

o n h i s lap a n d saw the s m oke wa n d e r

Broun, director of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, who will share its collection, the Smithsonian American Art M useum lau nched the most extensive art tour ever.

Modernism

& Abstraction previously was on exh i bit at the Art Mu­

seum at Florida I nternational U n iversity ( M i a m i ) . After Colby it a l so will be shown at the Memorial Art Gal lery of the U n iversity of Roches­ ter (N .Y. ) , the Allentown Art Museum ( Pa . ) , the Frist Center for the Visual Arts ( Nashvi l l e , Ten n . ) . the Worcester Art Museum ( Ma s s . ) . the National Academy Museum ( New York, N . Y. ) , the Des Moines Art Cen­ ter (Iowa) and the Oakland Museum of Cal iforn ia.

Colby Museum of Art hours are 10 a . m . to 4 : 30 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and 2 p . m . to 4 : 30 p . m . Sunday. Ad mi ssion is free, and the museum is accessible to persons with d i sabi l ities. For i nfor­ mation call (207) 872-3228. -Alicia Nemiccolo MacLeay '97

off, c a r r y i n g away a ro m a . N ow, I w i s h I c o u l d te l l mys e l f: Breathe deep ly,

t h i s w i l l not be forever. When wee py with grief for h i m ,

I get

I catch

my breath and I re m e m be r h i m the way p ro ba b ly o n l y how

I d o : as a l ways

b u rnt s i e n n a a n d leather with h i s l a nguage .

Elizabeth Tippet '00 Robert Motherwe l l , Monster, 1959, oil on canva s , 7 8 1/4 " x 1 1 8 1/4"

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From the Hill media

and the

Mountain J am e s ' Huey'

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i th cartons o f exposed fi l m and tape stacked a l l around him, James C o leman ' 7 0 peered at the s low-motion images o n the screen of the flatbed fi l m editi n g tabl e . H e feathered the control s a n d the

C o l e m a n 70 scripts a

images inched forward and back until the p icture and audio-in this case a man a l on gsid e a canoe and a barely audi b l e growl-matche d exactly. "It's an

career i n i nd e p e n d e n t

arduous form in that you have two disparate e lements and you h ave to synchroni ze the m , " he said.

fi l m .

\\Telcome to the real world o f filmmaking, the iceberg whose tip

trait of Todd Webb, was screened at film festivals across the country, from

surfaces on screen only after years of planning, fi l ming, editing and

Taos to Denver to Ft. Lauderdale, and won a silver plaque at the Chi­

splicing. I t's been Coleman's �·orld for more than 30 years, since his

cago International Fihn Festival . Yet for all the acclaim, Coleman said

introduction by then-Professor of Art C. Abbott Meader to Bergman

his reward i s knowing he has made a portrait that otherwise would have

and a host of French surrealists. "They opened my eyes to a l l the pos­

been lost. "He would be gone," he said. "We'd have his photographs,

sibilitie ," he said. "And then Abbott said, ' \Vell , we have this camera."'

but he would be gone."

Coleman has been toting a movie camera ever since. In the early 1 970s

Coleman said he is drawn to subjects like \iVebb whose lives em­

film was h.is arncation. In the mid- 1 970s the National Endowment for the

bodied their art. But his current subject is neither artist nor person­

.\rts instituted an artists-in-the-schools progran1, and Coleman went to

it is Maine's Mt. Katahdin. Beg1111 three years ago and sti l l a year from

\\ ork. For more than 2 0 years he has been artist in residence at schools in

completion, Wilderness and Spirit, A Mountain Called Katahdin is an

\ laine and Aew I Iampshire, where

attempt to portray the subject

he is knO\m simply as I I uey, a nick­

i n all its facets. "My wife says

name dating

to

his first year a t

Katahdin is my oldest subject to

Colb). "Except m ) E S L (Engl.i h

date," Coleman said.

as a Second Language) kids," he

The fi l m e x p l o r e s the

said. "The) 're ' ery proper. They

mountain itself and those who

c."Jl l me \ I r. I Iue) . "

h a v e b e e n i n fl u e n c e d by i t s

\n i n d e pe n d e n t fi l m maker

beauty a n d majesty, from mem­

\\ hen he i s not in the cl assroom,

bers of the Penobscot tribe to

Coleman\ subjects ha' e included

Henry David Thoreau to M a ine

( , race DeCarlron Ross-a dancer

Gov. Percival Baxter, who pre­

'' hos<.c c.1n:er spanned more than

served the mountain and its sur­

70 ) ears, rranco - \merican mu­

roundings in their natural state.

siciam and the renm1 ned \meri­

Coleman said he has spent time

can photographer " fodd \\"ebb.

on a n d a ro u n d K a t a h d i n for

'I hat film, I lonc.rt I Imm

many years but three years ago

.

.

I Por-

Ed iting and syn c h ronizing f i l m and sound is pa i nsta king work, accord i ng to J a m es Coleman

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decided the mountain was his next project. He had come to know many Penobscots through his work at the school on Indian Island and had long admired Thoreau's writings. "All these things started fal l i ng i n place,'' he said. " Finally you kind of go, 'Something is going on here."'

Subsequent goings-on have included pre-dawn hikes with Meader, associate producer for the film, and others to the mountain's summit.

The crew climbs with heavy camera equipment, and there have been brushes with heat exhaustion and hypothermia . Not to mention the ongoing and perhaps more challenging hunt for fi nancial backers.

In M ay, Coleman was to make another foray to the mounta i n , knowing he'd notice something new. " I t's constantly revealing i t ­ self,'' he s a i d . " I t's a very spiritual b u t very mysterious and ever­ changing thing."

But for all its mystery, the motmtai n must be reduced to a 90minute documentary from the more than 20 hours of fi l m a l ready shot. In a recent interview Coleman was mulling whether a scholar or an actor should read Thoreau's words. Work on the Katahdin fi l m still was being j uggled with Coleman's work o n grant proposals. Some funding already has been provi ded by the Maine Humanities Coun­ cil, the Charles A. and Anne Morrow Lindbergh Foundation and oth­

Ja mes Coleman has been fi l m ing Katahdin for three years, captu ring i mages of the mounta in in a l l seasons.

ers. " Eve1ything I do,'' Coleman said, "is somehow related to fi l m . "

-Gen y Boyle '78

M a king Movies , No Matter What 162 Strategies

actors (make s u r e t h e i r parents w i l l drive) t o

many occa sions when

for Making Your Own Movie No Matter What. The

self-promotion (pose a s a producer and call a n

f i l m m a ke r and writer

book deals with the nuts and bolts of filmmak­

agent demanding you r o w n script) t o w h e n you

Tiare White '92 has ap­

i ng but, more i m portant, sends the message

need a lawyer. But the book a l so counsels as­

preci ated her l i be r a l

that there are ways to make your movie dream­

pi ring fi l m ma kers to stop a s piring and j u st do

a rt s e d u c a t i o n , b u t

and probably others-come true.

T h e re h a ve b e e n

WHAT THEY DON'T TEACH YOU

.... ��

" " " ' � - .,·�··"

Don't Teach You at Film School:

it. "The obstacles are there ," White concedes, but there are ways to create despite them.

none more unlikely than

White and La ndau, her writing partner, wrote

this one: a few years

the book after emerging from the American Film

With advice l i ke "Anything but writing i s pro­

ago, White found her­

I n stitute and the U n iversity of Southern Cal ifor­

crastination," White leads fi l m m a kers step by

self writing a business

nia Film Schoo l , respectively. White, a Bunche

step down the path toward the big-or s m a l l­

plan for a major bank

Scho lar at Colby, transferred to U C LA after her

screen. The road can be a long one, but she

Whnt They Don 't Teach You at Fi/111 School

that had bough t a na-

first year at Colby but returned to Mayflower H i l l

shows the way i n s m a l l steps that make the

t i o n a l dating service.

" a ppalled" a t the q u a l ity o f education a t the

process much less daunting.

Hyperion

White and her partner,

larger u n iversity. After grad uation from Colby she

W h i te herself doesn't seem the type to be

origi nally brought in to

completed a one-semester filmmaking crash

da u nted by m u c h . With La n d a u , s h e 's shoot­

reva m p the company's video dating, ended up

course at New York U n iversity. She spent three

ing her first feature fi l m in Corsica t h i s s u m­

recommending drastic changes in the company's

years at AFI and emerged fee l i ng l i mited by the

mer. Working with her brother, a fi l m m a ke r a n d

premise and operations. White's friends said,

label the ind ustry had put on her. "I rea lly felt

h i p-hop DJ , W h i t e i s fi n i s h i ng a documentary

"You're doing what?" But the bank l i stened-to

that I cou l d n 't write my own screenplay because

o n the u n d e rgro u n d world of h i p-hop. And What

an East Asian studies major whose varied pur­

I was a production designer. . . . I rea l l y began

They Don't Teach You at Film School is expected

suits at Colby incl uded everyt h i ng but business.

to bel ieve in the constraints."

to be fol l owed by What They Don 't Teach You

"Al l those thi ngs give you a broad sense of

Not for long. White, who has made more than

About Dot.Corns. A l l of t h i s i s to be expected

who you a re," White said recently from her home

30 short films and has done production design

from someone who took a c o u rse on how to

i n Los Angeles . " It 's more d ifficult for people to

for award-w i n n i ng Lexu s a n d Li ncoln-Merc u ry

find a l iterary agent. At the c o n c l u s i o n , the

convince you that your options are l i m ited. I defi­

commerc i a l s , is a model for the passport to fi lm­

agent-i nstructor said she would look at student

nitely believe in my i nterd i sc i p l i nary strengt h . "

making offered i n her book . The book is a prac­

book proposals and White was more than ready.

T h a t self-confidence i s at t h e core of White's

tical guide to the real world of fi l m m a k i ng , with

"We had 30 different i d e a s , " W h ite s a i d .

( a n d C a m i l l e Land a u 's) new book, What They

chapters on everything from how to select c h i l d

-Ge rry Boy le '78

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From the Hill media

Real Time a n Acoustic Delight Ti m O ' Brien ' 6's

h i l arious song, "The

latest C D , Ren/ Time, a

Second Mouse"-ref­

col laboration with the

erences to flamenco,

multi-talented Darrell

cow1try fiddling, Tin

Scott, showcases both

Pan A l l ey, Paga n i n i ,

The Papers of Martin Luther King Jr. Volume I V: Symbol of the Movement Adrienne Clay '97, c�ditor

U n iversity of C a l ifornia Press, 2000

Acclai med by Ebony magazine as "one of those

perfonners as singers

" Dueling Banjos" and

rare publ i s h ing events that generate as much

i n stru m e n ta l i s ts a n d

even the theme from

excitement i n the cloi stered confines of the

songwriters. The 1 3

Ren/ Tiwe

tracks (recorded l i \·e i n

Howdy Skies Records

"real time" in Scott's l i\'1ng room) are an apt mix of old

The Flintstones.

academy a s they do in the general public,"

O 'Brien's talents as

this set of books chronicles one of the 20th

a s i n ge r a n d s o n g ­

century's most dynamic inte l l ects. In Volume

\1Titer a r e nowhere more evident

I V, King confronts the sudden demands of cel ebrity wh i l e trying to

and new, with nine original songs

t h a n in the b a l l a d " I ' m N o t

identify the next step in the burgeo n i ng struggle for equal ity. The vol­

written or co-written by O'Brien

G o n n a Forget You , " a movi ng

ume covers the years 1 9 5 7 and 1958.

or Scott alongside four traditional

t r i b u t e to the l a t e C h a r l e s

numbers, i ncluding the murder

Sawtelle, a member o f O ' B rien's

ballad " L ittle Sadie," the gospel

o l d b a n d H o t R i ze . O ' B r i e n 's

song " Keep Your Lamp Trimmed

mellow yet i ntense baritone lov­

and Burn i n "' and two co\·ers of

ingly conveys the a lmost palpable

H a n k \\]lliams songs. The duo

memory of someone lost.

not on!�· pro\'ide rnca1 support for

Insu-umental virtuosity is evi­

each other's solos but also furnish

dent everywhere on the a l bum;

nearly all the instrumental accom­

l i sten, for example, to the tight

paniment,

rapport i n the i nstrw11ental sec­

p l ay i n g

a

banjo,

The Puzzle of Latin American Economic Development Patrice Franko (economics and international stud ies)

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 1999

Franko provides the basic economic tools for understanding problems facing Latin America. She explores the contradictions of growth a s it relates to overcoming problems of poverty, health and d i scri m i nation.

By exploring the difficult choices facing Latin American leaders, Franko gives readers background to understand the puzzle of how to susta i n healthy growth in t h i s regi on.

bouzouki, fiddle, gui tar, Hawaiian

tion of "There Ai n 't No Easy

Turning Toward Philosophy

guitar, mandola and mandoli n .

\Vay," where O ' Brien and Scott

Literary Device and Dramatic Structure in Plato 's Dialogues Jill Gordon (philosophy)

O ' B r i e n 's roots i n bluegrass

draw more than a dozen d i ffer­

music are nearly a h1·ays apparent,

ent textures from the banjo and

Pen n sylvania State University Press, 1 999

particular!�· i n his fl uent finger­

guitar i n j ust a few bars. I n short,

We know Plato has had a profound i m pact on p h i l osophical thought,

picking and in his \'Ocal duets with

Ren/ Time is a del ight-a rich and

but what is it about his dia logues-and their construction-that is

cott. Ye t the a l bum is at once

varied C D that is sure to please

compe l l i ng? Gordon shows how Plato's l iterary tech niques engage

eclectic and original, showing in­

anyone with even a passing inter­

fl ue n ces as d i \·erse as old-time

est in conte m p o ra ry a co u sti c

music, roc k , gosp e l , blues a n d

music. -Steven Saunders (associ

country-we tern and-in the final,

ate prnfesso1· of 11111sic)

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readers in philosophy and attract them toward the phi losophical life .

Gordon b u i l d s a deta i led analysis o f l iterary devices on dramatic form, character deve lopment, irony and image making.

The Everything Get-A-Job Book Steven Graber '90

about the artist

Adams Media Corporation, 2000

Looking for your first, second or even 10th

Tim o· Brien returned for h i s sophomore year at Colby i n 1973 only to

job? The Everything Get-A-Job Book shows

find that the bl uegrass band he'd been playing in no longer needed his

how to write a successful resume, how to

services. -1 felt l i ke my life was over," O ' Brien said from h i s home in Nash­

handle stress, how to negotiate for better

v i l l e . I n terms of m u s ic , his life was just begi n n i ng.

pay, how to look beyond the want-ad s .

O ' Brien left Colby and made his way to Jackson Hole, Wyo. , where he landed

Readers sti l l may have t o pound t h e pave­

his first paying gig: room and board for playing in a pizza joint. The musician who once practiced 1n a Dana Hall stairwell was on his way.

A gifted songwriter now fiuent i n mandol i n , fiddle and guitar, O' Brien has

ment, but Graber can help them make bet­ ter i m pressions with pote ntial employers.

spent the last 25 years exploring musical worlds and absorbing them into his

Visions of Voices: An anthology of poetry by genre

own genre-bending sound. He has played bl uegrass and traditional folk and

Mark Shovan '67, editor

recently explored his Celtic roots in the C D The Crossing. In April the C D Real

booktec h.com, 2000

Time was released on o · Brien·s new label, Howdy Skies Records.

Shovan , a teacher of Engl ish at Brooks School in North Andover, Mass . .

A born-and-raised West V1rgi n1an, o · Brien said h i s bl uegrass tastes ac­

has produced a textbook i ntended to take the frustration out of read­

tually were whetted at Colby, where he found a group of kindred m u sical

ing poetry. Acknowledging that some high school students come to

spirits and a n 1ndefat1gable su pporter 1 n Shirley Littlefield , the bluegrass

poetry with " negative preconceptions," Shovan has separated poems

fan and Dana d i ning hall legend. O ' Brien arrived on Mayflower H i l l with a

into categories according to voice and device . I nterior monologue, let­

gu1 ar but soon branched out. - Jeff McKeen ( ' 76 ] had a mandol i n . He went

ter narration, bi ography, memoir: these designations a l l ow students

away for spring break and I staye d . I borrowed that mandol in and started

and i nstructors a l i ke to better l i sten to the voice of the poet.

pla i ng 1t. That was he start:

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C o l by s o ftb a l l coach D i c k B a i l ey i s d e d i c a ted to h i s team and winning

Nitro

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the

Diamond

l i zabeth Goodm a n '00 remembers fi rst meeti n g the n ew Colby softba l l coach . " I w a l ked i nto h i s o ffi ce, he i n troduced h i m s e l f, and he s a i d , ' So, are you any good ? ' " she reca l l e d .

Goodm a n w a s caugh t o ff guard b u t even tua l ly c a m e t o appreciate D i ck B a i l ey's directness a n d h o n esty, h i s i ntensity a n d passion. " I l i ke know i n g that when I go to h i m , h e ' l l tel l m e exactly w h a t h e thinks," Goodman s a i d . " I l earn every day from h i m . H e cares about us so much a s p layers and a s peop l e , too. " \i\T i t h m e b e i n g so fa r a w a y from h o m e , h e 's Last year, Bailey's third at Col by, the v Vh i te d e fi n i te l y b e e n a n i m portant m a l e figure i n M u l es posted their fi rst-ever 2 0-win seaso n . m y l i fe . " Bailey believes t h i s year's team w a s even better.

B a i l ey, w h o recently com pleted h i s fourt h "Six of the starters are freshmen, sophomores. season a t Colby with a n 1 8- 1 2 record, has h a d For me to get someone i n that may knock those kids out of starting positions- [ i t's] a challenge t h a t kind of effect on people th rougho u t his I i fe: for me to find someone that good. Not that I as a softba l l coach a n d dean of students at St. ever stop looki ng."

J oseph's Coll ege , where he picked u p most of To ga i n an edge in recru iting he buys The his 3 1 6 career wins; as a M a rine who served 2 0 Boston Globe every Thursday during the spri ng years a n d took shrapnel in Vietnam; as a con ­ because he knows i t will l ist the top pi tchers cerned citi zen who made a brief foray i n to pol i ­ and h i tters i n each h igh school conference. H e tics chairing J oh n McCai n 's recent presidential h a s a folder with 6 0 o r 7 0 girls w h o might at­ campaign i n M a i n e .

COLBY tend Colby next year who i n d i cated a n i nt e r­ " At times, I think he comes across as gru ff," SOFlBALl e s t i n s o ft b a l l . B a i l e y k n o w s h e w i l l b e said Candice P a rent, one of B a i ley's assista nt Dick Bai ley extremely l ucky i f two o f those pl ayers a re coaches, "but that doesn't take away from how good enough to make his tea m . much h e o·uly cares about people."

Bai ley doesn't leave softball at t h e fi e l d house office. Sometimes a t H is first coach ing experience was in South Africa, where he was din ner with h i s wife, Faith, " I p u t on this thousand-yard stare," Bailey on m i litary assignment from J 9 7 3 to 1 976. As a former star athlete said. "An d she says, ' \i\There are you now ? "' (he earned a basketball scholarship and is in the Sr. Anselm College " He's someplace between fi rst base and thi rd," Faith Bai ley said.

H a l l of Fame) he joined a Cape Town athletic club. Bai ley was asked The Baileys have been married for -J. l years. The gruff coach will to coach softbal l players ranging from 1 8 to -J.O, and he immediately express his love for his wife extemporaneously and sincerely. "At one sent a message by benching a handful of regular starters. That estab­ point when we were in Florida," Parent remembered, "he j ust put his l ished a tl1eme in Bailey's coaching career-he's going to do whatever arm around her and said, 'She is my soul mate and I love her. "' he can to field tl1e best team. " I serve at the pleasure of the athletic department here at Colby Bailey, who looks remarkably young for someone i n his mid-60s, and at the pleasure of my darling wife," Bailey said. " I f one of them continues that i n tensity at Colby. He has made few concessions to says, ' I don't want you to coach anymore,' then I pack up my bags. I age, though he's carried n itroglycerin pills i n his pocket for I 0 years. hope that doesn't happen for a while because I love what I do." " I t's the hereditary thing," Bai ley said. " I 've got an artery that's closed -Matt DeFilippo 90 percent. Another one's -J.O percent. I take my medications and stuff.

Usually, when I 'm out there screaming a t a n umpire, their comment ,Hatt DeFilippo is a sports <LTiterfor the Central .\ Iaine .\ Iorning Senti­ is, 'Coach, should you be out here screaming at me?' I a lways say, nel, where this sto1y first appeared. lt is reprinted u·ith penuission. ' \Veil, my n irro's in my right pocket i f I keel over."'

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A Colby Tr yout: Sports Camps I ntroduce Kids to the College fa·ery summer hundreds of

" People know how quickly they

kids ages 1 1 - 1 8 are introduced

fill up," she said. Serdjenian

to Colby on the soccer pitch

does no advertising, but the

w i th .\ lark Serdjenian ' 7 3 ,

1 7 5 spots in both of his one­

during basketball drills with

week sessions are filled within

Dick Y\'hitmore or at one of

a week.

Serdjenian, associate dean

se\·en other summer sport camps run by Colby's Office

of students and a former el­

of Special Programs. Often it's

ementary school teacher, says

the beginning of a long rela­

h e corn bi ned aspects of the

tionship. " From the first time

other New England soccer

I stepped on campus for camp,

camps he worked at before

I knew that I was going to

starting Colby's i n 1 97 9 . He

come here as a student," said

made it coed because, he said,

Jake Civie l lo 'O 1 of Bangor, a

" I always felt d1at it kept a real

f o r m e r camper and now a

sense of normalcy and civility. "

guard on the basketball team.

Serdjenian's camps also give

ince retired football coach

many kids exposure to Colby

Dick .\ IcGee first offered a day

The Pine Tree Baskeball Ca mp is one of the summer sports camps offered at Col by.

and many of his campers return

schools during his sophomore year of high

to campus as students, though not always as

rience, learned about the College's values ruid

school. " Basketball was important," he said,

soccer players, he says.

investigated Colby as a college option. McGee

"but I needed an education that was top-notch

started rus camp, wruch is still in action, to meet

regardless." Vinien Forsyth's parents came to

camp in l 9 7 6 , campers have enjoyed the ex'µe­

a local demand for fundamental instruction.

The Pine Tree Basketball Camp, directed by men'

coach D ick \Vh i t m o re, is t h e

o llege's longest-running overn ight camp.

Pine Tree started at T homas College in the 1970s but mo\·ed to Colby in 1 98 3 for the fa­ cilities. I ts three one-week sessions bring about I ,000 boy to campus e\•ery summer.

ntil

three years ago it included a girl's camp. Now girls ha\·e their

mm

camp, run independendy

[)\· women' basketball coach Tricia O' Brien. " Pine Tree, of course, was the camp to go to," said

am Clark 'O I , of \ \'oohl-ich, ,\ Iaine,

a fomard on the basketball team. Clark says Pine Tree, \1 h ich he attended from middle �chool through his enior year of high school, \l<l� hi� fi r�t introduction to Colb�· and to be­ ing <J\I <1� from home.

Clark looked at other 0- � CAC schools but he�1tated in appl�ing to Colby because he as­ �oc1Jted it \1 ith summer camp onl�-. " But die oach \\ 11itmore and

more I tai led \1 ith

former plJ� er. the more r reali7e<l hm1 com­ foruhle I felt \1 1th ,olb� ," he aid. "So a tour .m d ;1 \ 1�1t Luer T \1 a� appl�ing earl� decision, .md I don't think T \ e e\ er mac.le a better choice."

D.n 1d For�� th '0 1 . of G rand RJpids, \ Jich. , read ; 1 ,\po11.i ll/11strt1Tcd <i rticle on '\' F .'C \C

1aine for a sailing vacation after hjs jwi.ioryear

Sarah Eustis '96, who grew up in vVaterville and now Lives in Albuquerque,

in rugh school, he signed up for Pine Tree. " I

I looked fon¥ard to my week at camp," she sajd.

T hjs summer, her si.A'th year on the staff, will T rus summer's camp offerings include base­ see her taking a more !incited role since she tore ball, basketball, football, lacrosse, running, a knee ligament last fall. " I t's ruce to be in a soccer and softball. "It's nice to have the cam­ place where kids are appreciated, where a com­ pus full of life in the summer, '' said Joan mon purpose moves us," Eustis said.

Sanzenbacher, director of special programs.

This summer, coaches Heidi Godomsky Sanzenbacher has overseen the camps in die and Dave Zazzaro add boys' and girls' lacrosse 2 3 years they've been on campus. Her four camps to the schedule. Sanzenbacher says sons attended Pine Tree and d1e first cross­ word gets out diat Colby camps are well ruJ1 country and soccer camps. She says d1e ma­ and have great facilities. The cross-cowitry j o rity of campers are camp run by coaches Summer Sports Camps at Colby from . M aine or ew Debra Aj tken and J im England. H o wever, vVescott started wi di 1 3 Soccer (coed) grandchildren of area runners in 1 9 84 and Football (boys) residents attend, and now enrolls 1 00.

Lacrosse (gi rls) some physicians partici­ N o t only d o t h e pating in the summer campers discover Col­ Lacrosse (boys) continuing medical edu­ by, says Sanzenbacher, Cross Country (coed) cation workshops of­ but so do their broth­ Softba l l (girls) fered at Colby enroll ers and sisters. "Camp­ d1eir kid . e rs a rrive in s t a t i o n Basketball (gi rls) Sanzenbacher says wagons that a r e a l so Basketball (boys) applications for men's filled with siblings," she Baseba l l (boys) soccer coach erd­ said. " I t's their first view j e n i an' coed soccer of college life." -Alicia For more information about these or any camp arri\·e by Fed Ex. of the other summer programs at Colby Nemiccolo tvlrtcLeay '97

fell i n love with the campus," he sajd.

ca l l Special Programs at 207.87 3 . 3 3 86 or go on l ine (www.colby.edu/spec.prog).

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On the heels of a Rookie of the Yea r sea­

the postsea son. ALEXIS GRANT '03 fi n i shed the season with a confer­

s o n l a st year, BASEBALL outfi e l d e r/

ence best 1 . 55 ERA, STEPHANIE GREEN LEAF '01 was not far behind at

pitcher JON LORD '02 again put together

2 . 6 7 , good for fifth in N ESCAC, and STACY TH URSTON '03 threw 4 7 . 2

solid offe n s ive n u mbers, l e a d i n g the

i n n ings with a 4 . 2 6 ERA. Each o f the three pitchers won s i x games this

team i n batting ( . 434), h its (46) and

season. Third baseman MARCY WAGNER '(12 , Al l-State and Second Tea m

doubles (8) and fi n i s h i ng second i n RBis

All-NESCAC, l e d t h e team i n batting ( . 392), h its ( 3 8 ) , RBis (25), doubles

(23) a n d home runs (5) on his way to

(7) and home runs (6). KATE MAGNUSON '02 , a lso Al l-State, knocked i n

selection to First Tea m All-N ESCAC. Af­

24 r u n s and l e d t h e team in triples (4) while hitting .355. Second Tea m

ter dropping their first two games on the

All-NESCAC outfielder K I M CHADWICK ' 02 scored a team-high 28 r u n s i n

annual spring break trip to Florida, the

the leadoff spot.

tea m's three straight wins proved to be

wins over Hartwick, Hobart and H a m i lton, and fi ni shed the season at 8-6.

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M EN ' S T E N N I S fi n i shed t h e spring break a t 3-2, with

the longest w i n n ing streak in their 12-

After facing five h ighly ranked regional N ESCAC tea m s , the team made it

18 s e a s o n , w h i c h i n c l u d e d a 4- 1 1

to the third day of competition at the N ESCAC tournament for the first

Jon Lord '02

N ESCAC conference record . . . . M E N ' S

time i n five years. OWEN PATRICK '01 was a semifi n a l i st in the #2 si ngles

LACROSSE chalked up spring trip wins over Roger W i l l iams and S U NY­

fl ight at N ESCACs, and JOHN MCMANIGAL '03 and RICK HARBISON '03

Geneseo before return i ng home and a 6-4 win over Bates to even the

were semifi nalists in the #3 doubles fl ight at N ESCACs before fa l l i ng to

squad's record at 3-3, but the Bates victory would be their last as they

reigning national champion W i l l iams . . . . W O M E N ' S T E N N I S a l so was 3-

ended the 3-10 season on a seven-game skid. Senior attack JEFF BOYER

2 on the spring break tri p, including a tough 5-4 loss to M iddlebury. The

led the M u les in scoring with 12 goa l s and 19 assists, giving him 3 1

M u les rebounded with a win over Sm ith and an excellent showing versus

points o n the seaso n . JEREMY BARRON '00 a l so netted 12 goa l s for the

Williams. BRITT PALMEDO '03 picked u p where she left off in the fa l l ,

M u l e s , and BARRON BUTLER '03 added 1 1 . Sophomore JOHN SHEA was

capping the spring season by w i n n i ng the C B B s i ngles cham pion s h i p a n d

strong in net for the M u l e s , finishing the season with an 1 1 .87 goa ls

teaming with E R I KA GOSS ' 02 to take the C B B doubles title. The women

against average and a . 558 save percentage . . . . A few close losses

fini shed with a record of 6-8.

kept the 18-12 SOFTBALL team from another 20-win season and a trip to

From reports produced by Jon King, Sports Information Director

Championshi p Bid Blocked by Camels Colby junior Ange l a Pappas (Gwynedd Val l ey, Pa.) scored seven goal s and senior 1 icki Furek (VV .

H a rtford, Con n . ) a d de d t h ree more to help the fourth-seeded women's lacrosse team topple top­ seeded Bowdoin 1 8- 1 3 i n a n ECAC tournament se1nifuwl game on M ay 1 3 . \i\Ti t h the v i c tory, Colby advanced to the conference championship game. Sophomore Mary Zito (Manhasset, 1 .Y.), with 1 9 saves, was "superb in goal," ac­ cording to a Bowdoin press release.

T h e fo l l o w i n g d a y F u r e k scored the fi rst three goals i n the championship game against the Connecticut College Camels and helped spot Colby to 4-0 and 5 - 1 leads. The teams went into the fi ­ nal m i nute of the game tied a t 1 2 , but with 5 1 seconds rem a i n i n g Conn ecticut Col l ege's Meghan \tVe lch scored her fi fth goal, giv­ ing the Camels a 1 3 - 1 2 edge. The Mules did not give up; a Colby shot hit the post with three sec­ onds left on the game clock, but

it bounced away and left Conn Col lege with the victory and the championship. Zito had another "great gam e " in goal w i th 1 5 stops, and Colby closed the sea­ son with an 1 1 -6 record.

Coach H e i d i Godomsky praised the team's performance i n a tournament h e l d during fi nals week. "They were able to balance the pressure of getting there with schoolwork done well , " she said. \Vhen s p r i n g semester grades were released, 1 3 of the 2 3 ath­ letes made the dean's list and the team's grade-point average, both for the semester and cumulative, was 3 . 1 , Godomsky said.

The Mules opened the ECAC tournament with a 2 2 -7 quarter­ final victory over \i\Theaton Col­ l ege on M a y 1 0. In that game Pappas a n d sophomore i\ 1 a rcia I n graham (Georgetown, Mass.), both Second Team All-1 ew En­ gland selections, scored four goals each, as d i d sophomore Becca Bruce (Exeter, N.H.) and first-year

Lau ren G remelspacher '03, surrounded by opponents in the Trin ity game, is part of a strong corps of lacrosse players ret u r ni n g next season .

A l l y King (\V. Hartford, Conn.).

Furek, named a Second Team Division i l l A l l-American, broke three Colby scoring records: most career assists (60), most assists i n a season ( 3 9) and most poi n ts i n a season (46 goals, 3 9 assists). She a n d co-capta i n defender Robin Ackley (Gahanna, Ohio) were the

o n l y gra d u a t i n g s e n i o rs , so Godomsky sees a prom ising out­ look for next year: "The talent is there and these kids have had a taste of how it is to be successful."

-Stephen Collins ' 7-1

Press releases proi•ided �)' Jnc Coyne '9.J, Bawdoin s spo11s i11fonnatio11 direct01; con­ tributed to this m1icle.

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From the Hill sports

All-American Power, All-American Stride Between them, the men's a n d women's track

coach, lauding Brewster's rebound from

and field teams sent seven competitors to the

the out of bounds warm up. \!\Tescott says

national championships in ;\ f ay, and afrer dra­

Brewster didn't hit "the big throw" of200

matic progress during their outdoor seasons

feet, a realistic goa l , "but psychologically

each team produced an ..\J I -American.

he's so sn·ong. H e 's a real professional.

Colby's Early Bird Classic in early April saw hammer thrm,·er J a m i e Bre,,·ster '00 deliver a personal best and school record hea,·e of 1 96'

He's one of those kids you just have so much confidence i n . " Brewster was presented with the Bixler

t the .:\'ew England Di,·ision I I I meet,

Award, which is given to the athlete who

w h e re C o l b y p l a c e d s i x th of 2 3 t e a m s ,

has contributed the most to tl1e team dur­

Brewster's w i n n i n g throw w a s fol lowed by

ing his Colby career. He also received the

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.:\'ate Laing 'OO's 1 7 5 ' 6 " , good for third place.

Ellsworth \V M i l l ett Award, given by the

Both throwers qualified for the l\:CAA Di­

C Club at tl1e annual dinner in Portland,

,.-jsion I I I Track and Field

to recognize the stu-

Championships held at

dent w h o contrib-

.:\'orth Central Coll ege

uted the most to Colby

H eading off to the D ivision I l l nationals,

Jamie B rewster '00, three-time national champion.

in .:\'apen'ille, I l l . A week

athletics in his four years.

Toland was undefeated i n Division I l l in both

a fter c o m m e n c e m e n t ,

The Lady iV Iules out­

the 3 000-meter run and the 5 000. A week af­

Brewster won h i s thi rd

door squad continued the

ter she won tl1e NESCAC 3 000 she took fi rst

national .:\'CAA Di,·ision

forward momentum of its

place in the New England Division I I I 5 000.

T I I hammer throw title

successful i n door season.

Her 9:45 third place in the 3 000 at the Open

and

All­

At the l\TESCAC Cham­

American honors i n the

p i o n s h i ps, the w o m e n

e ,· e n t . A fter fi n i s h i n g

� took third b e h i n d \Vi l ­

his

fo u r t h

Iew Englands, a New England D ivision I event, established a new school record.

In botl1 the 3 000 and the 5 000 races at cl1e ve1y fast fields, a n d she ran times cl1at a n y other

m o re y e a rs , B r e ,,·s t e r

� Iiams a n d Middlebury as I� Sarah Tol a n d '00 ran a § JESCAC record 9 : 5 1 .9 1

placed third at last year's

in the 3 000-meter run

head coach Debbie Aitke n . Tol a n d 's 3 000-

fi r t in the nation i n his fre s h m a n a n d s o p h o ­

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� and also ran on tl1e school � record-settin g -+ x 800� meter relay (9:2-+.7 l ) with

national . H e rega i ned the crown with a throw of 1 9 3 ' -V , m a k i n g h i m the only three-ti me ,,·in­ ner of a national .:\'CAA

Sara h Toland '00, five-time All-America n .

hammer throw championsh ip.

t e a m m a te s

year would have won her both events," said meter time of 9:-+0 . 3 2 broke her own school record, and her 1 6: 5 8 .92 in the 5 000 is the fastest time ever run by a Colby woman acl1-

M e re d i t h

lete-in cross country or on the track, i ndoors

'03, Jeannine

or out. By the end of her college career she

eault '00. Five indi­

was All-America five times in cl1e three sports.

Millen

Bergquist '00 and 1 icole

Division I l l nationals, Toland placed third " i n

Despite getti ng only one warm up cl1row­

,;duals went to the Division ill Track and Field

An Academic Al l -American as wel l , Toland

'' hich '' ent out of bound -Bre,1·ster tossed

l\'ational Championsh ips, including Toland,

was elected to P h i Beta Kappa as a jun ior and

the steel ball 1 90 feet on his first effort in the

:\ I aria � I ensching '02 in the 5000, Neault in

graduated summa cum laude and second in her

finals. "That one put cl1e pre sure on the other

the 1 500, heptathlete Faith

class. She was a B ixler Scholar and won sev­

gu� , " �ai d .J i m "'e cott, men' LTack and field

hammer thrower Kim V lcCarron '00.

nderson '00 and

eral Engl i sh Department awards. This spri ng she received the Patty Valavanis Award for aca­

Rugby Fourth in N ation The m e n 's rugby team ended the year ranked nu mber four i n the nation. With regular season matches this year i ncluding a 46-0 win over U N H , a 5 1-12 win over Babson and a 7 8-3 defeat of LeMoyne i n the first round of Northeasterns , Colby earned a spot i n the national tournament for the second straight year. On April 15 Colby was a first-round host for the Divi sion II nation a l s and beat Radford U n iversity 3 1- 1 1 . O n May 6 a nd 7 the Mules com peted in the fina l-four tournament held at Ohio State U n iversity. The club team suffered its first defeat of the year i n the semifi n a l ga m e . 3 1 - 1 3 aga i n st C l a remont McKenna College. Colby's consolation match against t h e U n i­ versity of

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orthern Colorado ended a nother exceptional season with a tough 32-29 loss.

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demic and acl1letic excel lence, personal lead­ ership and sportsmanship and the Marjorie D. Either Award for her leadersh ip i n Colby acl1letics and on campus during her career. She was nominated as ICAA \!\Toman of the Year for the state of M a i n e . -Robe11 Gillespie

development From the Hill

Lookout for

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Basketba l l a l u m n i l ead the way as proj ect gi ves coach cou rts i d e view

hen a n a rson fi re destroyed much of Wadsworth Gyn1nasium i n 1 992 , one of th e casualties was Dick Whi tmore's office overlooking the basketba l l court. Alterations nude during renovations d i d n 't a l l ow for i t to be rebuilt, so Whi tmore, d i rector of ath l e ti cs and m e n 's basketball coach, n1oved to a new office-with a view of the footba l l fi e l d .

Assistant men's basketbal l coach Roy Dow '8-t says v\ni itmore oc­ casionally lamented the loss of his old vantage point. As \t \ Th i onore approached his 5 00th career win in the 1 999-2000 season, "we knew we had to do somethi ng," Dow said.

H e formed a committee of alumni players interested in honoring Whitmore. The plan was to do something both appropriate and prac­ tical. "Whit wouldn't want something useless and symbolic," Dow said. " I t's not his style. H e'd be much more interested i n having someth ing that would benefit the players."

The alumni group decided new men's and women's basketball locker rooms a n d coaches' offices would be a fi tting way to recogn i ze \i\fhitmore's career, since locker room space is at a premium. The men's team currently shares space with the football team.

Several plans with varying price tags were drawn up by architects.

At tlie annual alumnj game last fal l , tlie commi ttee briefed other alumni on the project and a nnounced a fund-raising goal of $600,000. Fund­ raiser J im Crook '78 called for 1 00-percent participation from every­ one who played for \iVhi miore. Dow says it didn't matter how much anyone gave-it was about participation.

In J anua1y the project went public and responses were immediate.

H a rold ( L. H . D '80), Bibby ( Levine ' 3 8) and Bill ('72) AJfond were among the supporters of the project. " \Vithout their generosity and

leadership tlie project would not have reached the necessary lel'e l , " Dow said. Contributions from alumni players (beth during and bef ore \Vhio1iore's career) and friends of the coach put the group near its fund-ra ising goal by Februa1y, with about 90 percent of alumni play­ ers participating. Dow said fund ra ising for \\niitmore was easy given the respect the coach has earned over his 30 years at Col by.

"The passion of my life is Colby men's basketba ll," said \Nh itmore. " I 'm blessed to have worked with amazing groups of people over the past three decades."

Dow says \\niio11ore is excited for the players but hates the atten­ tion associated with die project: " H e woul d never ask for something l i ke that for h imself."

The current two-level design located between the gymnasium and die hockey rink is slated for construction starting this fal l . T t includes men's and women's locker rooms on the lower level and basketba ll offlces above, facing d1e court.

Whi011ore says the involvement of so many of his players and Colby basketbal l supporters is appreciated. " I am tota l l y grateful," he said.

"The job that Roy Dow did in putting die pieces together is one of the most thorough and cari ng efforts I have ever seen . " \Vh ionore w i l l move into h i s new digs this winter.

-Alicia Nemiccolo J lncLeny '97

Art in the Making On the heels of recent dramatic expa nsions of

At the same time a ha lf-m i l l ion-dollar renovation

several years ago by Pa ula (Crane ' H98) and Pe­

ga l l ery space that made the Colby College Mu­

project will be undertaken i n Bixler's existing art stu­

ter Lunder ' 58, H ' 98. A n u mber of members of

seum of Art the largest in the state of Maine, Colby

dios and the entrance to the museum and its lobby

the art muse u m 's Board of Governors as wel l as

has begun a project focused on art being created

will be redone. The museum courtyard was being

other C o l by a l u m n i and p a r e n t s j o i n e d the

at the College. Site work has begun for a two­

completely overhauled for the installation of a major

Crawfords i n respond ing to the Lunder's chal lenge,

story art studio bui l d i ng exten d i ng from the Bixler

Richard Serra sculpture this summer.

which a l so endows an additiona l , much-needed

Art and Music Center towards the Roberts park­

The new b u i l d i ng , which will be l i n ked to Bixler,

i ng lot. The $ 1 . 5-m i l l i on fac i l ity wi l l open for

will be named for benefactors Li nda (Johnson '64)

The building was designed by Frederick Fisher

classes i n the fa l l of 2001 and w i l l be the 60th

and James B . Crawford '64, chair of the Board of

& Partners of Los Angeles, the firm that designed the museum's Lunder Wing. " I ' m thri l l ed with it,"

curatorial position for the museum.

b u i l d i ng on campus. With 9 , 000 square feet of

Trustees. The Crawfords' $ 1- m i l l ion naming gift,

floor space, it w i l l have painting studios u pstairs

announced in May, ulti mately made the project

said Professor M ichael Marlais (art). " It's j u st a

and scu l pture studios on the ground leve l .

possible by helping to fulfi l l a challenge grant made

tremendous addition to the department."

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From the Hill a lumni

From Colby to Colonel Watervi l l e ' s fi rst Civi l War v o l u nteer l ed

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company o f M a i n e co l l ege students Fra ncis S . Hesseltine, second from right, shown with officers o f t h e 1 3th Maine. n April 1-+, 1 86 1 , two days

served i n the archives of Special

entirely of Maine college students.

1 ,000 Confederates guarded the

after the i nitial bombard­

Collections i n M il ler Library. The

Captain H esseltine became a

main enu-ance through the coastal

m e n t of Fort S u m ter i n

late Colby historian Ernest Mar­

major in the 1 3 th Maine regiment,

islands to Corpus Christi Bay. For

Charleston H arbor, President Lin­

riner ' 1 3 , in a letter marking the

which was formed in December

two d a ys the M a i n e m e n s k i r­

coln issued a cal l for 7 5 ,000 vol­

donation, described H esseltine's

1 86 1 and had its early training on

mished and fought with help from

unteers to protect the

nion. The

m i litary documents, writings and

the grounds of the U.S. Arsenal in

two Federal gunboats. F i n a l l y the

fir t \ \'ate1Yille man to answer was

Confederates were driven back,

medals as "items we will cherish . "

Augusta. The winter was cold and

tudent at Y \raterv i l l e Coll ege

They tell of Hesseltine's enlist­

hard for the men of the 1 3 th, who

and H es s e l t i ne 's men w e re re­

(now Colby), Francis S. Hesseltine

ment in Company G of the Third

l i v e d in t e n ts o n the a rs e n a l

moved from the peninsula by the gunboat U . S . S .

a

of Bangor, Class of 1 86 3 .

Maine Volunteer Infantry Regi­

grmmds. In mid-February 1 862, the

H esseltine's Ci,ril \Var story is

ment, where he was elected captain.

1 3 th departed from Augusta by

one of se,·eral from that era pre-

Company G was made up almost

train, boarded ships in Boston and

Peninsula, Colonel Hesseltine was

sailed south to Ship Island, Miss., a

awarded the Congressional Medal

scrub-pine-covered sandbar off the

of Honor with the follovving cita­

coast of M ississippi City, today's

tion: " In command ofa detachment

U pcoming: A l u m n i i n cities throughout the cou ntry are set to kick off the

Gulfpo rt . Hesseltine was promoted

of 1 00 men, [Hesseltine] conducted

2000-2001 year with annual "Welcome to the City" club events sched­

to lieutenant colonel and served as

a reconnaissance for two days, baf­

u led for Sept. 20 . .

. Last fa l l loca l c l u b vo l u nteers gathered to

commanding officer of Fort Jack­

fling, and beating back an attack­

greet the Class of 1999 and a l u m n i in 13 cities: Portland ( M a i n e ) ,

son and Fort Saint Phillips on the

ing force of more than a thousand

Boston, Providence, Ha rtford, N e w York, Philadelphia, Washington,

Mississippi River about 70 miles

Confederate caval ry and rega i ning

D.C .. Atlanta, Ch icago, De nver, Los Angeles, San Fra nci sco and Se­

south of

his m1.11 sport without loss."

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att l e . This year Cha rl otte joins the l i st.

O n May 25. Colby a l u m n i , parents and friends bade farewe l l to B i l l and Lmda Cotter i n Portland , Maine. This rounded out a tou r d uring which the Cotters accepted invitations to 15 regional locations. The most d a u nting tri p was i n March: C h icago, Denver and Seattle on three consecutive nights. As u s u a l , the Cotters d i d n ' t miss a beat.

The Colby clubs of Bosto n , New York and Washington, D.C . , played host to mystery writer and Colby magazine editor Gerry Boyl e ' 7 8 . . . . Art enth u siasts e njoyed tours of the Art I n stitute of Chicago, the Asian Art M u se u m 1 n San Fra ncisco a n d a lecture at the I n stitute of Con­ temporary Art 1 n Portla n d . M a i n e . . . . M u sic enticed a l u mn i to at­

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ew Orleans.

In October 1 86 3 , because of

After the war H esseltine stud­

possible conflict with Mexico, the

ied law in Portl a n d , then went

1 3 th Army Corps was assigned to

south to practice law in Savannah,

show the U . S . flag near the bor­

G a . In 1 870 he returned to

der in Texas. The 1 3th Maine was

England to open a law office i n

put ashore

ovember 3 near the

Boston with his son . H is accow1t of his Civi l \i\Tar experiences is re­

m a rch i n g

to

corded in the journal of the M il i ­

Brownsv i l l e , the regi ment, with

several

m i l es

tary Order of t h e Loyal Legions

Hesseltine as its acting command­

of the United States, Massachu­

i n g officer, marched, waded and

setts Command, and his personal

ailed its way northeasterly to a

copy of that book is i n M i l ler Li­

poi nt near Corpus Christi on the

1n B o u l de r. Colo . . . . A l u m n i bird watchers joined bio logists Bets

i\ Iatagorda Peni nsu la. One hun­

B rown (development) and Herb W i l so n (biology) for a n ea rly-morn i ng

clred men under H essel tine's com­

wa l k through the Perkms Arboretum . . . . Theater. sports events and

mand went ashore through heavy

p u rely soc i a l gatherings rounded out the season. And Colby's vol u n­

surf with orders to make a "recon­

teer s pirit 1s thriving as c l u b volu nteers pick u p their h a m mers and

n a i ss a n c e in f o r c e " n e a r Fort

h e l p b u i l d homes for H abitat for H u m a n ity. -Meg Bernier '81

E s p e ra n z a , wh e re more t h a n

M

ew

mouth of the Rio G rande. After

tend the Boston Pops. the New Jersey Symphony and a d i n ne r theater

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Scotia.

For the action on Matagorda

brary.

-Osborne Ellis

Osborne Ellis is a retired engineer who has done considernble research on the Civil Wm: He Lives in China, Maine, with his wife, Viiginia Young Ellis '49.

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20s/30s Alumni @ Large '20Sf30S All our news this time comes from

Marjorie Gould Shuman '3 7 . She reports that Don ' 3 3 and Dorothy

and is an avid reader to boot. The will be celebrating their 60th wedding anniversa1y i n November, but i n July

Gould Rhoades ' 3 6, Claremont, Ca­

they plaru1ed to take their children on

lif., made their annual flight east last

a cruise up the C o l u m b i a River.

sununer, rented a car in Boston and

. . . Alice Bocquel Hartwell '36 flew

drove more than 1 ,000 miles visiting

to France last summer with her daugh­

Don's brother, Roger ' 3 5 , and Roger's

ter, Alice Louise, to attend a cousin's

wife, Juanita White Rhoades '37, in

wedding. Alice still manages three

T. H., various cousins and

houses (her home i n Waterville and

Concord,

'20S/'30S

couple, who met as freshmen at Colby,

Mal Wilson ' 3 3 , a long-time advocate of the mentally ill, put himself on record in the Central Maine Newspapers in support of the right to vote for the mentally ill who are under guardianship. \Nilson hopes to reverse Maine's 1 997 consti tutional amendment that rejected that right.

Deaths: Ruth E. Wills '20, February 1 3 , 2 000, in Danbury, Conn., at 1 02

Dorothy L. Austin '25, April 1 8 , 2000, in \1Vi nthrop, Maine, at 96 StoneMittelsdorf'27,January 1 7, 2000, in Dallas, Texas, a t 94 A. Roy '27, Februa1y 24, 2 000, in Augusta, Maine, at 97

other relatives i n Augusta and Belfast,

two vacation homes in Ocean Point)

Maine, and friends and relatives in

and keeps up with various friends. She

Newton, Mass., and on Cape Cod be­

still likes to travel but no longer on

fore heading to Connecticut to see

freighters as she did for a number of

other relatives and friends. They went

years . . . . Ruth Yeaton McKee ' 3 7 ,

on to upstate New York to visit

East Boothbay, Maine, is active in a

E. Alexander '3 1 , February 1 7 , 2 000, in

Dorothy's brother, Gilbert Gould, and

Boothbay conservation group and is

Rollins ' 3 2 , April 8, 2000, in Albion, Maine, at 89

his big family and his sister Marjorie

currently trying to sell her home so tl1at

Neilson ' 3 3 , March 9, 2 000, in Falmouth, Maine, at 89

(Gould ' 3 7) and Ed Shuman '3 8 , in

she can move into tl1e new retirement

'34, February 26, 2000, in Watervi lle, Maine, at 86 March 1 7 , 1 999, in Columbia, Md., at 86

Libbey Dadow '3 7 has sold her home

California. Don maintains his connec­

i n China, i\1aine, a11d moved to \Vest­

30, 2000, in Portland, Maine, at 8 8

tions with the Claremont School of

field, N lass., to live near her children

Theology and often leads a discussion

and grandchildren. Please send your

of pertinent topics; Dorothy continues

news to Fletcher Eaton, 42 Perry Drive,

to hold positions of leadership i n her

Needham, M A 02 1 92 .

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J. Warren Bishop '35, April

Charles Edward Houghton Jr. ' 3 5 ,

April 2 8 , 2 000, in Wolfeboro, N . H . , at 8 7 2000, in Deauville, France, at 86

nderh i l l , Vt., at 93

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Boston to catch their flight back to

Oneonta,

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Hawley Russell ' 3 5 , April -J.,

Harold Hurwitz ' 3 7 , October 4, 1 997, William R. Walkey '38, February 2 1 ,

2000, i n Fort Lauderdale, Fla., at 8 5 .

Bunny and Lin Palmer l ive i n

Damariscotta, M a i n e , w h e n n o t win­

"Story o f Easter," b y t h e late Addison

( Dorothy met Don at Colby when she

tering i n Lehigh, Fla. Although re­

was a freshman and he was a senior.) . . .

tired, they stay quite active in church

Steeves '42, is included in Celebrating Easter

ln themeantime, Ed Shuman hasmade

and governmental affairs in addition

a remarkable recove1y from major heart

to being involved as partners in a resi­

surge1y, when he had his aortic valve

dential development firm i n Damaris­

replaced and six by-passes in the fall of

cotta. Their one son and two daughters

'98, then two abdominal surgeries in

have provi ded them with seven grand­

April of '99 to correct a blockage. Now

children, all living i n Maine . . . . Ida

he is back doing his hobby of wood­

May and Beniah Harding celebrated

work i n g a n d rep a i r i n g clocks a n d

their 60th wedding anniversary i n

watches. Classmates still recall that E d

Thomaston, Maine, i n January. Bob

once pw1ted t h e football 8 5 yards in a

Anderson (who graduated i n

game Colby played with the U ofNH1

a t te n d e d . . . . B l a n c h e " S u n n y "

'47) ar­

and Spring, an anthology of Unitarian Uni­ versalist readings publjshed recently by Anne Miniver Press. Steeves'served as rni n ister at Unitarian Universalist churches in Stock­ ton, Calif., Dedham and Melrose, Mass., and Auburn, Maine.

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tion, the Maine chapter of the American Association ofUniversity \!Vomen presented

Jeanne Littlefield Hammond '49 with its Jean Littlefield

Achievement Citation Award. During more

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than 20 years of service to the organization she held many positions, including presi­

In Penney Farms, Fla., people like to

Smith Fisher now resides i n

call him "Your Honor" because he was

ragansett, R . I . , and has been honored

mayor of the town a few years ago. "As

for her volunteer work, most recently

part of my involvement i n the activities

as a "Friendly Visitor" with Seniors

at Penney Retirement conununity,"

Helping Others. Although she never

year member o f t h e Registrar's O ffice a t Colby u n t i l h e r recent

says Marjorie Shuman, "I serve on a

had any formal art schooling, she took

retirement.

program committee to bring profes­

lessons wi tl1 a professional artist and

Daily Democrat in April. Shoe manufacturer Burton Silberstein '49 opened

sional artists here for concerts, and I am

has been teaching art to seniors for

coordinator ofa creative writing group.

several years. She also writes stories

Ed and I look forward to another sum­

(including her memoi rs) a11d has pub­

mer in upstate New York, with perhaps

lished poetry. She has instituted sev­

a trip to Maine, after we attend the May

eral activities at the Narragansett

wedding of Ed's oldest gTandson i n St.

Community Center and concludes,

Louis." . . . Roger '40 and RuthGou1d

Stebbins '40 are regular golfers on the

as a landscape painter i n oils and has had a public exhibition of his works.

Ruth belongs to a gourmet group and puts on delectable meals for friends.

Amendment. The organization cited her humor, quiet dignity, gracious guidance, compassion and tireless effort as a mentor. Hammond was a 3 5 "Closing Shop Is Hard to Do," read the headline in Foster's

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Colby Footwear-named for his alma mater-more than -J.O years ago when New England's shoe industry was booming. Economic conditions forced him to announce that his company, the last major shoe manufacturer in tlie Rochester, Vt., area, would close at tlie end of June.

'40S M I LESTONES

"Volunteering has enriched my life. It keeps me young, busy and happy."

-Robeit S. Rice

greens near their home i n Sequim, \!\Tash. Roger has achieved recognition

dent, and as legislative chair worked in support of the Maine Equal Rights

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Travel news from Dee San­

ford i\1cCunn. She and Ian plan an

August-October cross-country-by-car trip, seeing places and visiting friends

She also uses her computer to keep i n

along the way. They'll be starting out

touch with family a n d friends by e-mail

from their home in Connecticut and

Deaths: Elizabeth Peters Goettel '42 , February -+, 2 000, in Overland Park, Kan., at 78

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Lewis E. Weeks Jr. '42 , December 2 0, 1 999, in Potsdam, Perley M. Leighton '43, ,\1arch 2 1 , 2 000, in Portland,

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Falls, Maine, at 7 8 i\Iass., at

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1 940s \1inding up in Seattle. They look for­

"Goel doesn't have a set o f angel wings

hand at canal boating, spending a week

\1·ard not onk to theinisits but also to

reserved for h i m . '' She reports that

on the Erie Canal with a daughter and

1940

meeting ,,·home,·er they do as the)'

she's progressed to five min utes stand­

her family. Please note the new e-mail

Ernest C. M a rriner Jr. R R # 1 , Box 1 8 1 5-P No rth M o n m o u t h , ME 04265 2 07-933-2401 cla ssnews1940@alum .colby.edu

concenrrate, Dee says, on dri,ingalong

ing alone and is learning how to work

address in the list of 1 9.+0s correspon­

1940s Correspondents

secondary roa d s through fri e n d l y

in her kitchen. "To put it in computer

dents . . . . Your fri ends hoped to see

tom1s \1·ith nice, unpretentious lodg­

language," she says, "I have glitches in

you at the reunion in J une. If you

i n gs \\'here you can meet the folks and

nw C PU (central processing unit),

couldn't be there, please send m e news

fi n d out \\'hat the1·'re thinking about.

a cl my m a inframe has crashed." Ob­

that I can share.

1941

Last )'ear the .\ IcCunns \\'ent to Scot­

viously her P C is in good shape . . . .

-,1-Jmy "Li-:. " Hall Fitch

B o n n i e Roberts Hathaway 400 Atl antic Ave n u e #34C Leo m i n ster, MA 0 1453 9 7 8-343-4259 classnews1941@alum.colby.edu

land, Ian's roots. They went toa cousin's

H aven't heard from the rest of you.

48 Joe and Joan Crawley Pollock

1942 Robert S. R ice 1 9 7 8 B u c k l i n H i l l Road Bremerto n , WA 983 1 1 360-692-8734 classnews1942@alum .colby.edu

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,,·ec\cling in Sterling, toured nortll\1-est

Please send me your news to share

Scotland and the Island of Arran and

wi tl1 classmates from '46 . . . . This edi­

'isited \1·ith familr in England. The

tion of

:\ IcCunns \1-rite, "Altogether, we put

express our profound appreciation to

Cotter at a French restaurant i n Los

2 ,200 miles on our rental and all on the

Bill and Linda Cotter for a l l they have

Angeles.] oan w rote that they were the oldest in attendance and added, " \ \That

Colby

is our last chance to

e-mailed the i n formation that they

attendee\ a reception for Bill and Linda

Hazel

done for Colby. Elsewhere you have

Brewer \Varren and Bob \\'ere cel­

seen details of the Col lege's progress

price fam e ? " They enjoyed talking to

ebrated last )'ear for tl1eir outstanding

during B i l l ' s tenure. i\ lany of us have

tlwee members of the Class of '99 and

,-olunteer service to their to,1·n of

had the opportunity to work with h i m

were i mpressed wi tl1 the opportu nity

Centef\i\le, :\ lass. In tl1eir honor, the

and c a n attest t o t h e effectiveness of

to wish the Cotters farewell even

1943

tom1 has established The H azel and

his leadership. \ \'ith Linda as tl1e ever­

tl1ough they l i \'e 3 ,000 m i l es from

c/o Meg Bern i e r C o l by C o l l ege A l u m n i Office Waterv i l l e , M E 04901 2 0 7-8 7 2-3185 cla ssnews1943@alum .colby.edu

Bob Y\'arren A\1·ards for sign i ficant

gracious first lady, helpmate and doer

Colby . . . . \Ve established e-mail con­

efforts to i mprove the qual il)' of l i fe

in her own right, the Cotters have

tact with Elizabeth Coombs Corke

there. The announcement read, i n

achieved great things for our college.

Myers after her i n i tial futile attempt

part, that the \Yarrens' "hours of vol­

\\'e salute tl1em, \\'e thank them, and

to contact us. Elizabetl1 persisted and

unteer comm unit)' sef\·ice gi,·en on a

\\'e wish them conti nuing success in

put a copy of the undeliverable e-mail

dail)· basis h;l\'e supported tl1e mission

their next l i fe at the Oak Foundation.

i n the regular mail and sent it to us.

of our l ibrary, promoted the cause of

-r/m1e Lmrreuce 8011t61

\\'e then e-mailed her a message with

1944 Vivian M a xwell Brown 17 4 E. Second Street Corni ng, NY 14830 60 7-962-990 7 classnews1944@a l u m . colby.edu

\\Tong side of the road." . . .

Centef\·i l l e Beautification, reclaimed and maintained spots of beaury [andl

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the proper address and are now in

Dick and Marjorie Collins

contact. Elizabeth writes that both

be going on a two­

her daughter and son-in-law are 1 97 7

hi stor)' . . . through their work \1·itl1

week cruise in the Caribbean. Aside

graduates o f Buckn e l l . Consequently,

1945 N a o m i C o l l ett Paga n e l l i 2 Horatio Street #5J New York, N Y 100 14-1608 2 1 2-929-5 2 7 7 classnews1945@alum .colby.edu

Centef\·i\le's Civic Association." Get

from tl1at, they say tl1eir new puppy, a

she is particularly interested in our

this: H azel \\'rites that "I sti l l fi nd

poodle named \ \'inston, is about the

new president. El izabetl1 was plan­

1946 Anne Lawrence Bondy 7 7 1 Soundview Drive M a m aroneck, NY 10543 9 14-698-1238 cla ssnews1946@a l u m . colby.edu

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1947 Mary " Liz" H a l l Fitch 4 C a n a l Park # 7 12 C a m bridge , MA 0 2 1 4 1 6 1 7-494-4882

fax : 6 1 7-494-4882 classnews194 7@alum .colby.edu 1948 David a n d Dorothy M a rson 41 Woods End Road

helped others to appreciate our ,-i l l age

J\l larcyes were

to

time for l i ttle trips, bridge, tennis,

only big change in tl1eir lives. They

n i ng to be in San ibel i n Florida for five

r\AU\ \', etc. :\ Iuch more fun being

occasionally see Les Soule, Ray Deitz

weeks and said that she also has friends

retired than ,,·orking."

'-+9, Fred H i n ck '-+9 a n d i\ l i dge

in Tequesta, which is very close to

-Snomi Collett Paganelli

Stu rte\' a n t At\\' a te r '-+8 . . . . J an e

J upiter, where we now spend the win­

Rollins regretted that s h e \\·as unable

ter. E l i zabetl1 was planning a three­

Jean O'Brien Perkins's ,,·in­

to attend the reunion, as it conflicted

generation skiing week at Lake Tahoe

ter letter from Bulgaria tells of \\'On­

with a long-anticipated tour of the

wi tl1 botl1 her son and daughter and

derful travels in tl1e southwest of the

Channel Islands. She sends her greet­

tl1eir respective fa m i l ies. She said tl1at

country and to Prague and Budapest.

ings and hopes to see everybody a t our

skiing with six grandchildren would

She's enjoyed her classes tl1is year and

5 5 tl1 . . . . C hadotte Hanks Dumas

eitl1er keep her young or age her in a

can't bel ie,·e she'll be home in eight

attendee\ a reunion of the H a n ks fa m ­

hurry . . . . In a previous class column

months. J ean has requested books for

i l j• at Plymoutl1, ,\ Tass. About 2 00

David mentioned his former room­

the school l i brary, which apparently

people attended, some from as far

mates Cloyd Aarsetl1 '-+6 and Howell

had none \\'hen she arri,·ed a year ago.

away as England and Canada. In April

Clement. The reference

he has recei,·ed "o,·er L OO so far from

1 999, she was at the State Department

proved to be a catalyst for an i n f orma­

to

Cloyd

friends" here and hopes for more. \\ ny

in \ \'ashington, D.C., \\'here a Thom­

tive letter from Cloyd, in which he

not '' rite to jean c/o Peace Corps,

as H arlan clock, built in 1 7 7 6 by a

rem i n i sced about the wonderful sum­

P . O . Bo, r9, Sofia 1 000, Bulgaria,

distant cousi n , sits in the Diplomatic

mer of 1 94-+ at Hedman I l a l l and how

and ask her '' hat they need� Books

Reception Room. Th is clock stayecl in

close the three roommates grew. I l e

.,hould be sent surface mail in ,\I-bag

her fa m i ly until 1 96 3 , and she was

wrote that he had a wonderful career

cam a'> <,ack<. from the po<,toffice to the

asked to speak about her cousin and

as newspaperman, documentary fi l m

<ochoo l : Flectrotechnical School Li­

the building of the clock, w h ich plays

and tele\'ision producer, d i rector a n d

bra!") , 3 '."enko I l ic' St., Se, lie' o 5-1-00,

;ix tunes. The tunes have been re­

writer. \\ ' e wish we could share h i s

. Hope Emerson Hatch

corded and are used weekends in l n ­

letter w i t h all of you for it brings back

1949 Anne Hagar E u stis

'><l) •,, "L1 fe b) the inch is a cinch ; I i fe b)

clependence I ! a l l in Phi ladelphia . . . .

a lot of memories. Howell has been

P.O. Box 594 Princeto n , M A 01541-0594 9 7 8-464- 5 5 1 3 fax: 9 7 8-464-2038 classne IVS1949@alum .colby.edu

tht: � anl " hard." She\ been J i , ing

John and I recent!\' returnee\ from I 0

correspon d i ng with us for a few years

her' 1n '>egment'> of an inch since a

da�-., in London, '' here we celebrated

and as we recall gave us some gol fi n g

.,enou., ">troke and tel\., of her progre'>'>

our 5 5 th '' edcling anni,·ersary. \\'e

advice i n h i s last com m u n ication.

" 1 th cour.1ge, humor and thank<, to

cnjo)·ed four theater performa nces,

Thanks. \ \'e can use all the help we

hel pful frn:nd.,. She ha., '>pcc1al 11 ord.,

'>C\ eral mu;eums and unusually good

can get. . . . As we write we a rc com­

of appn:cuuon for LaJT) (remember

\1 eather. In .\pri\ \I C planned to go

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pleting our first wi nter in Florida and

Turke) and in J u ne \1 ere to try our

have rea l ly enjoyed it. \ Ve planned to

beniah c.

On J u ne 7, 56 years to the day after his ship arrived at Utah Beach d u ring the Norma ndy I nvasion, Beniah C . Harding '42 sti l l remem­ bered vividly an American cru iser firing red-hot projectiles over his head i nto German b u n kers on the beach a nd a landing craft blowing up 500 feet to sta rboa rd after hitting a m i ne. " I t was m ighty confusing.

And awe inspiring," said Hard i ng, who was a gunnery officer on the S . S . Thomas B. Robertson with a nava l armed guard u n it that served a board U . S. Merchant Marine vessels.

Hard i ng a lso remembers i ncongruous moments a m idst the confu­ sion-Colby classmates out of context. William Tucker '42 came a longside on a mine sweeper, and "we had a little time to exchange word s . " He a lso chatted with La urie Harris '42 , now deceased. "And one day I saw R ichard Kohn ['42] sitting with his rifle on the beach," he sa id.

Most bothersome, Hard i ng sa id , were the German V-2 u n ma n ned bombers, which made "a heck of a buzzing sou nd" as they headed for London . B ut the aftermath of the i nvasion "was q u ite boring for many of us. " For five months h i s ship was port control vesse l , meeting incoming merchant supply ships and serving wounded sold iers and sai lors, both a l l ied and Germa n . Hard i ng, who sti l l excha nges Ch ristmas card s with a Frenchman he met who sti l l l ives near the i nvasion site, served as a naval officer at points a round the world until J a n uary 1 946.

Two years later, when a friend working at a cement plant in Thomasto n , Ma ine, gave up his job, Hard i ng was h i red . Over the next 33 112 years he was sales office ma nager and d istri bution ma nager for the Dragon Cement Compa ny and i nvolved in some of Mai ne's biggest construction projects, the turn p i ke and Loring Air Force base a mong the m .

I n 1988 Hard i ng received the Com m u n ity Service Award from the Weymouth G ra nge for his outsta n d i ng contributions to com m u n ity l ife i n Thoma­ sto n . I t's only the tip of the iceberg to note his many years on the Thomaston School Comm ittee and on

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state school boa rds, members h i ps with the American Legion , the Veterans of Foreign Wars a nd the Maine State Cha pter of Reti red Officers, and service with the Thomaston Cha m ber of Commerce, the Thomaston H istorical Society and the Thomaston 4th of J u ly Com mittee.

Harding reca l l s writing 40 or 50 letters to congressmen and m i l itary orga n izations as he spearheaded the drive that led to the J u l y 1 985 eight-cent sta m p commemorating General Henry Knox, who served u nder George Washington. In 1987 he was instrumenta l i n resurrecting the a ba ndoned 1 40-year-old Thomaston Academy build ing, now home to the Thomaston extension of the U n iversity of M a i ne at Augusta as wel l as the Thomaston Public Li brary.

An econom ics major from Cam bridge Mass . , Hard i ng was c lass vice president and president at Col by and a member of La m bda Chi Alpha, the Echo staff, Student Cou ncil and the l nterfraternity Cou n c i l . H e stud ied econom ics at Harvard U n iversity s u m mer school before t h e wa r and a lso took education cou rses at the U n iversity o f Maine a nd banking courses at Thomas College .

Eighty-one on J u ly 5, Hard i ng says he conti nues to read h istory, biography and science. At the Thomaston Federated Ch u rch he's d i rector of the sen ior citizen's gro u p and l i nes u p the speakers for their monthly meetings. He's ta pering off on h i s ga rdening, he says, but conti nues a nother long-time i nterest as he tries to fi l l a blank i n the Harding genea logy. He's traced the fa m i ly back to Devonshire, England, in 1 576 and says the first Harding a ncestor a rrived on this continent i n 1 622.

Harding and I d a Mae H a rt were ma rried on Dec. 30, 1939, i n Portsmouth, N . H . , when the 20-yea r-old Colby student and the U n iversity of M a i ne graduate (and schoolteacher of English and Lat i n for many years) eloped . " That's what we wanted to do. We j ust d i d it, " he sa id 6 0 years later. On J a n uary 9, 2000, nearly 1 00 guests brought photogra phs and other memora bilia to the cou ple's 60th a n n iversary pa rty a rra nged by their son , Conrad . Even the Maine Legislature presented congratulations.

-Robert Gillespie

launch our boat, which we elected to

ing the l\'e"" England summer. . . .

springtime 11·hile I sit writing this col­

gram designed for high-risk !'Ouths.

keep on Cape Cod this winter, in mid­

Class news has been rather sparse. Let

umn with our official spring only a

Recently they· built a greenhouse, and

April. \Ve will have to become accus­

us hear from 1·ou 1ia mail or e-mail

11·eek airny· and the 1·ie11· from my win­

the children are no11· engaged in a

(classnews L 9-+ @alum .colby.edu).

dows of the 11·oods encased in ice1

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Shirley Kydd Bastien has shared with

academic but therapeutic a s w e l .

us some of her many· 1·olunteer acti1·i­

S h i rley is also im·oked 11 itl1 TRL.\D­ law enforcement agencies and senior

tomed to the chill of early spring,

-David and Dorothy .\ larso11

especially when the wind comes in from the southeast across the cold

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ties. For 1 8 \'ears she has ser1·ed on the

commencement and then to return to

Day have the right idea1 They are in

board of di rectors of the Good \\'ill­

citizens. Together they work to re­

Florida for a few weeks before enjoy-

the Cotswolds enjoy1ng an English

H inckley communi ty, 11 hich is a pro-

duce the criminal 1ictimization ofolder

ocean. \\'e planned to attend the Colby

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persons and to address safety and security issues. Sh irley comments,

stories with Bob and Ernie about hap­

B i l l 's Rancho Bernardo New England

70th birthday party last spnng. She

penings there during the gulf war.

Club continues successfully. Its 60-

said her whole family joined the sur­

"You recei"e much more i n rerurn

:-;ow retired and in Boulder, Colo.,

plus members include 1\Iargaret Jor­

prise celebration with music and song,

\1·hen �·ou gi"e time to a ,,·orthv cause."

Criff says he will "absolutely" attend

dan Lewis ' 3 5 , who, with her husband,

a veritable talent show . . . . Shfrley

S hirley also has frequent contact with

our 50th reunion, so we can hear some

i\ I i ller, moved to California from Cape

Harrington Furdon retired in 1 993

A n n e B i t h e r S h i re, Pat Lydon

of his stories then. And some of your

Elizabeth . . . . Hap Rosborough , Bir­

a fter working for a manu facturer's rep

Latham and Ethel Quincy Ryan .

stories, too.

mingham, N I.ich . , is gradually retiring

for 20 years. Shirley was involved with

but continues to sell plastics to the

her Wellesley High School 50th re­

automobile industry . . . . Lum Leb­

union and renewed acquaintances with

Mary Sargent Swift and Ed

herz, aka "Sunny Boy" to certain rela­

E l e a n o r O tterson a n d C l i fford

R u n n a ls is permanently remembered

continue to live in their 1 8th-century

tives and close friends, has retired from

"Bump" Bean ' 5 1 . Her greatest joy

in The .\ Iaine \\"omen's H a U ofFame

Glastonbury, Conn. , home and are

the bench Qudicial, not baseba l l ) but

recently was when one of her grand­

at the Gni,·ersi�· of .\ Iaine at Au­

very much invoh,ed in the buying,

from time to time works for the law

daughters (she has six "grands") en­

gusta. The \\"aten· i l l e chapter of

sel ling and appraising of antiques. For

fi rm o f his son, C h ristopher, in

tered the freshman class 50 years after

Business and Professional \\Tomen

R and R , a trip to Tevis, \\'est Indies,

Falmouth, i\ Iass . . . . And if you're

her own freshman year . . . . J ust when

. . . \\'e a l l k n e w a n d a d m i red Dean

R u n n a l s , b u t Jeanne L i t t l e fi e l d

Hammond h a s seen to i t t h a t Dean

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nominated Dean Runnals, andJeanne nomination. This proved to be a more daunting task than Jeanne expected because in the 1 920s, 1 93 0s and 1 940s l i ttle credit was gi\'en to the accom­ plishments of women. By talking with Dean Runnals's secreta�· and perus­ and the

private detective Spenser, has been chosen to receive the Sarah Josepha Hale Award for 2000. Named for the 1 9th-century author of several books and influential magazine editorials, the award goes to a writer who, through his or her l j fe work, maintains a connection to New England.

Colby College Cata­ Omcle, she was able to

pro,· e that Dean Runnals did indeed meet the criteria for nomination.

Therefore, in .\ l a rch 1 99 2 , Dean :-;i netta Runnals was inducted i nto the .\ laine \ \Tom en's H a l l of Fame.

The next time you are in Augusta, top in to see the permanent display m a i n t a i n e d b�· the U n i ,·ersi�· of

encl, Nelson Beveridge came through

Robert B . Parker '54, author of more than two dozen novels featuring the

ing issues of the

logue

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them in tl1e Antarctic among a family of penguins. As usual, the Piries were

fused, dizzy or just plain jealous. They

Lee Peters ' 5 1 , April 2 2 , 2000, in \Vatm�Ue, i\laine, at 70 April 1 3 , 2000, in Springfield, Va., at 67

George Pirie and attached a photo of

places i t could make a person con­

Deaths: Foster Bruckheimer '50,June 26, 1 999, in Tucson,Ariz., ar 70 ·=·

Christmas letter from Colette and

off traveling again in 1 999 to so many

M ILESTONES

'52, i\ Iarch 3, 2000, in Augusta, Maine, at 72

in the nick of time. He sent me a

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Bernard

Paul A. LeVecque

Dorothy Duda Cecelski '54,

Lee M. LarsonJr. '55, Februaiy 20,

Sandra Sivert McRoy '55, ]anuaiy 1 3 , 2 000,

Nancy Henshaw Ferrari '56, May 8, 1 999, in

Robe Sound, Fla., at 6-+.

traveled from their condo in Hawaii to a variety of destinations-the .M asters in April, Bermuda tennis tournament in May, Australia for six weeks of golf and snorkeling-and then from Cairns to Si11gapore and on to Kamunclu.

Wh i l e i n Nepal they tried out a two-week trek in the Annapurna re­

.\ Jaine at Augusta in their l i bra�· ·

gion wi tl1 guides. After various bouts

. . . The �·ear � 000 dealt me a blow

each Janua0' seems to work. i\ l ary

about to be 7 0 and a half, have you

with colds and pneumonia, along with

\1 hen Lon, my husband of 47 years,

reports that after 48 years, she and

made your I RA/40 l (k) R M D elec­

died unexpectedly in Janua�'. I am

a "native" disease, "Tibetan Trots,"

Nancy Nelson Cedrone, Betsey

tion) Gust trying to be helpful ' ) . . .

no\1 going through a period of major

they left the trekking and went to view

Fisher Kearney, J a nice Vaughn

Stay well, enjoy tl1e summer, and visit

adjustment as man�· of you have done

Mt. Everest from the air. Next tl1ey

Crump, Joan Kelby Cannell , Joan

this site in the fall, when tl1ere will be

before me, and I take courage know­

flew on to Chit\van for an elephant

Martin Lamont, Eddi Miller Mor­

more news to be found.

i n g that I 'm nor alone . . . . Let's hear

decai, Bev Baker Verengia, J a n

from some more of you. \\'e are in­

Leslie Douglass a n d E l s \Varenclorf

terested in '' hat �·ou're doing.

H u l m ' 5 l sti l l participate in their

ride i n tl1e jw1gle. \Ve're not finished

-Paul lvl. Aldrich

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yet: tl1ey flew on to Delhi to see the Taj Mahal. Collette added that George

Mary Pike CoUeg·eman sent

"exploded witl1 Dehli- Belly," so at last

me a brief note in her Christmas card.

to meet in September to make plans

they were glad to board the fl ight

I had sent her one of tl1e photos taken

\n� one 1 isiting the Holy Land

home . . . . Now from the world of

for the 2002 celebration . . . . Norman

during reunion of tl1e "boaters" off

111 this m i llennium year is to call or

business. Barnet " Burmy" Fain be­

Crook, now living in Alabama, has

tl1e coast of i\ Iaine. She pro1nises to

drop 1n

' isit 11 ith ?\adeen "Skip"

came the new chairman of the Lifespan

retired from the minis�' and as ex­

take better photos in the new cenrury,

incejul�· 1 998

ecuti,·e director of Bethan)' H omes

board of directors at RJ1ode Island

so I guess we can expect to see " M i ke"

she has been in Kfar \ 'radim, I rael,

and is pending considerable time trav­

Hospital and the Miriam H ospita l .

in 2 003 . . . . Sally Mathews MacLean

" h e re s h e 1 s a group l e a d e r for

eling in the family R\T. .

. Anne Plow­

H e also h a s chaired t h e Rhode Island

sent a long holiday letter witl1 a lot of

Flderhostel tour•,, Skip has '>i\ chil­

man Stevens, \\'erners,·ille, Pa., is

State Council on Arts. H e retired in

news about her family and herself.

dren, I J {!rnndch ildren and one grear­

acti,·e in t\1 o orchestras currently in­

1 994 as president of H i ghland Dis­

One ofher new routines includes daily

gra n d d a u g h t e r . . . . E rn i e F o r t i n

n>h·ecl in three productions: Cinderella,

tributors, I nc., a fa mily-owned floor­

exercise, something that was suggested

keeps me posted o n rhe Flonda con­

Babes

and a re1'Ue of '90s

covering business that serves all

to help her improve her blood pres­

England. He also served on the board

-..·in ne Hagar Eustis

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ro

Finberg Liebeskind.

round-robin newsletter. The group is

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Toyland

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ew

nngent of our chtss. \ \ nen President

Broad,1·a) show runes. The

te1·enses

sure, and walking was her choice. Be­

,111d \ \ rs. Cotter" ere 111 Sarasota, along

had plans for a Bermuda cruise in late

of trustees for Rhode Island School of

ing of "sruclious" nature, Sally first

" u h F rn 1 e

the ga r h e n n g " e re

J u n e . . . . F e l i x " S k i p " N o rd e n ,

Design for 30 years, chairing from

thought it might be a waste of time, as

herw i n '\'e l on. Bob Brothcrlin

C . P . \ . , Kansas Ci� , \ lo., has retired

1 994 to 1 99 6 . . . .

tl1ere were other things to be accom­

and JO) Ce H u tchin . \norher note

fro m cn1 n e ro; h i p of a o;reel com­

i\1ass., recognized anotl1er family busi­

plished, but she devised a plan to

from rrn1e IJn n gs ne\\ s of a get-[()­

pan) . . . . Bill Taylor,

ness, that of Frank King. After many

memorize poe�·while walking to keep

years, Frank is handing the insurance

H

crether 111dud1ng himself. Bob Brorh­

� rlin

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an Diego,

Calif., report!> that his '>On Bruce is co­

her mind and her desire to "accom­

orthampton,

business to his children. I I is son Scott

ra \1 ford.

m1 ner of a successful geological engi­

plish" alert. \\Talking as a relaxation

C n ff " a s horn 1n Bei rut, Lebanon,

neering com pan� . The genesis of

probably takes care of Sally's

ody as

and spent most of h h '' orking career

Bruce\ 1 11rerest " as Bill\ one year

from a man who started to know the

'' e l l as mind (at least l found that to be

in the . aud1 \rJb1a area. He shared

" i rh Donaldson Koons's Geo 1 -1 .

bu iness back i n the days when a per­

true). Sall) 's children videotaped her

son stood in line to get license plates

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and Joh

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has stepped right in and is learning

for the next year at the local Registry

Luther King] r. Board of Preachers of

Lamonica. . .

of i\ Iotor Vehicles-some d i fferent

J\l lorehouse College. The speakers f or

back regarding our reunion next year.

.

I would like some feed­

from the computerized registrations

the occasion were Jesse Jackson and

Should we begin tl1e week early with

of today. In fact, Scott i s now presi­

the grandson ofMohandas K. Gandhi.

an off-campus site, or should we con­

dent of this business that started in the

The event was part of a Spirimal

vene on campus by Thursday so tl1e

'.+Os. Frank sti ll i s a familiar face at the

Awareness \i\Teek, with the theme "Sci­

golfers can take part in tl1e College

agency as it i s a part ofhis l i fe . . . . Jess

ence and Spirituality: A Global Awak­

Smith, who ran a law practice bef ore

ening." Congranilations, Vici . . . \Ve

go! f tournamentheld Friday a.m.' \Ve could plan a private gathering for

he retired, and his wife moved into the

need to hear from more of you1 Have

Thursday eve. Let me know what you

condo I i festyle. The Smiths have uav­ eled to Asia, Africa, Israel, South and

you had any l i fe changes' Gone on a

think? . . . Do you remember Dennis

trip' Moved' Started a second career

Ting' I- l e arrived at Colby from Hong

Central America and Ausualia. They

or new hobby' Engaged in volunteer

Kong speaking no English. He gradu­

have three daughters and six grand­

work? Had a great-grandchild' Share

ated in 1 960 but was there when we

children . . . . I am sorry to report that

it witl1 usl

were. Janet Nordgren Meryweather

Kenneth R. Gesner of Ridgewood,

N.] ., died in November 1 999, accord­ ing to the

NJ

Record of Bergen County,

He was a self-employed insur­

ance salesman and also had been a sports writer for The Associated Press, director of the USA Hockey board and president of the Atlantic Amateur Hockey Association. He served i n the Korean war.

-Bnrbnrn Easterbrooks Mailey

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l n her Christmas letter Diane

Chamberlain Starcher wrote that she

-Helen Cross Stabler

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J received a copy of Betty Har­

it was he who told them of tl1e new

ris Smith's Colby anecdote: "The story begins in May 1 999 when I re­

College president. . . . Hope Palmer Bramhall stays so busy she makes my

ceived a call from a Colby friend in my

head swim . She received the Volun­ teer of the Year Award from tl1e Port­

hometown saying tliat her brotl1er would like the phone number of a friend who went to Colby. As fate would have it, T was able to locate the number, and a romance began, which

Arts in Boston included Arline Berry Ju lia . . . . JohnJubinsky's wife, Tess,

eral of the European Baha'i Business Forum ( E B B F). Diane handles the editing and printing of EBBF publi­

my husband and I-and tl1e bride and groom, Ann Eilertson York and Bill McDonough ' 5 3 . Ann and Bill are

cations, including the quarterly news­ letter. They do a lot of uaveling and

now living i n Kennebun kport and looked f o rward to seeing tl1eir Colby friends at reunion in June." . . . Bar­ bara "Sistie" Restall Horne sent her

tively. Bruce and his wife, Kim, have given Diane and George two grand­ children , Matthew, 4, and Kate, 2. I t was great that Diane was a b l e t o at­ tend our reunion last June . . . . Judy Jenkins Totman, who has worked so hard for our class, and her husband, Frank ' 5 3 , are living i n Kitte1y Point, J\ Iaine, enjoying retirement. In addi­ tion to becoming involved i n commu­ nity ventures, they are fLxing up a 1 9 3 0s house, including add i ng a work­ shop for Frank's many projects. Judy has remrned to painting after a long hi ams. This time her primary medium is pastels. Both J udy and Frank are

planner of montl1ly activities for the Jun ior League i n Portland. H e r re­ cent bus uip to tl1e Museum of Fine

Kennebunkport, N laine. Present from Colby on this wonderful occasion were M a rcia J e bb, H e l e n Cham bers

family around tl1e U.S. Their sons, Loren and Bruce, live i n Houston, Texas, and Portland, Ore., respec­

land Yacht Club and also is chief

ended with an October wedding in

is living i n Chambery, France, where her husband, George, is secretary gen­

manage to get to many art and culmral events. They also visit friends and

and Steen visited with Dennis when they were recently in Hong Kong, and

Cross, Ginny Coggins Eilertson and

Christmas letter-always a fascinat­ ing read. She and Bob have had a daughter's wedding th is past year, welcomed a new grandson, had trips to Tew England and Colorado and to tl1e islands of the South Pacific. The most primitive place they l'isited was an island named Tanna in the New Hebrides. I hope you asked Sistie f or the many amusing asides from this venn1re when you saw her in June at tl1e reunion . . . . Despite no responses to the questionnaire i n Colby maga­ zine, I will assure you that as ' 5 5ers we are busy witl1 fa milies, 1vith uavels, with work and volunteer efforts. I hope you made it to reunion in June. And sent in your alumni donation so our class could lead in participation-"a

very active with tl1e local art associa­ tion, which is recovering from a disas­ trous fire i n January 1 999. They see

good tl1ing," J\ 1artha Stewart would say.

their eight grandchil dren, who live in tl1e Boston area, as much as possible.

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-Jn11e J fillett Dornish

is recovering from a stroke this past winter. She will soon be able to travel, so we look forward to seeing them both next year. . . . Ruthann Sim­ mons Mackinnon is involved as a

teacher-coordinator at The Family L e a rn i n g C e n t e r in \Va l doboro, Maine. This center provides free adult education for people i n the commu­ nity by providing mtoring on a one­ to-one basis. Ruthann worked at tl1ree universities in Africa, at one in J\ Ialay­ sia and at York niversity in Ontario, Canada, before retiring and retu rning to J\! [ aine . . . . Send news-I can't write this column without you.

-Knthy lvfcC011a11ghy Za111bello

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Unformnately, news has been very scarce. Although we have tl1 is technology, and even I have come i nto tl1e 2 l st cenmry with a n e-mail ad­ dress of my very own (mhenry58@ yahoo.com), I ha1'e not been hearing from you. See the list of 1 950s corre­ spondents for my College e-mail ad­ dress. Unless things improve, this space w i l l be f o r rent . . . . J i m Bi shop (hayduke@sedona.net) has let us know tl1at his news can be found on the \ \'eb (\\'ww.sedonacreative l i fe . com). J i m teaches at the Sedona C reati1·e Life

among those honored at N iorehouse

you 11'ill send me some news. I promise

Center, which is a primary source of programs i n Sedona for s p i ritual gro1nh. Their programs encourage healing and harmony of the spi rimal, mental, emotional and physical bod­

College in Atlanta, Ga., on J\ I arch 3 0 .

to answer e<1ch of you personally. I hear quite often from Sara Dunbar

This past February J i m conducted a

And they would love to see Colby classmates, too! . . . Vic Scalise was

H e w a s inducted i nto t h e J\ I a rtin

The College has a new e-mail system (see the list of correspondents for my address), and I hope more of

ies of people of all ages and beliefs.

1950s Correspondents 1950 Alice J e n n i ngs Caste l l i

6 Salem Road Madison, CT 06443 203-245-7 7 2 5 classnews1950@a l u m . colby.edu 1951 Barbara Jefferson Wa l ke r

3 9 1 5 Cabot P l a c e #16 Richmond, VA 23233 804-5 2 7-0726 classnews195 1@alum.colby.edu 1952

Paul M. Aldrich P . O . Box 2 1 7 Bristol , M E 04539 207-563-8744 classnews1952@a lum .colby.edu 1953

Barbara Easterbrooks M a i ley 80 Lincoln Ave n u e South H a m i lto n , MA 0 1 9 8 2 97 8-468-5 1 1 0 978-77 7-5630 x33 1 0 cla ssnews1953@a l u m . colby.edu 1954

H e l e n Cross Stabler 206 Crestwood Drive North Syrac use, NY 1 3 2 1 2 3 1 5-4 57-5272 classnews1954@a lum .colby.edu 1955

Ken Va n Pragg P . O . Box 8 7 Grafto n , NY 12982 518-2 79-1696 classnews1955@a lum .colby.edu 1956

Kath leen Mcconaughy Zambe l l o 135 lduna La ne Amherst, MA 0 1 002 classnews1956@alum .colby.edu 195 7 Guy and Eleanor Ewing Vigue 238 Sea Meadow La n e Yarmouth , M E 04096 20 7-846-4941 classnews1957@alum .colby.edu 1958

Margaret Sm ith H e n ry 1 3 0 4 L a k e Shore Drive M a ssa peq ua Park, NY 1 1 762 516-541-0790 classnews1958@a lum .colby.edu 1959

Ann Segrave Lieber 7 Kingsland Court South Orange, NJ 0 7 0 7 9 9 7 3-763-6 7 1 7 classnews1959@alum .colby.edu

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h a nds-on creati\'e \ITiting semi n a r

business as a clinical supenrisor for

titled "\\-rite fr o m the Heart and the

school cow1selors. In addition to tl1eir

Imagination." . . . Leigh Bangs

love of s k i ing, they are both avid

(leigh@bangslab.com) reports that h e

readers, golfers and music l i steners.

a n d h i s \\ife, Sonia, stil l have their

Colleen also S\1ims, gardens and snow­

business and are sti l l trave l i n g for both

shoes. At this level of activity, tl1ey'll

busi ness and pleasure. For business

outlive us a l l . Keep up the good work,

they ha\·e been tO Scotland, Israel (Eilat

guys1

and] erusalem), German\' (Dussel dorf

my fourth successful mammography

for a medical trade s ho�1·) and Paris.

(ladies, is it time for your mammo­

For pleasure they have \·isi ted chil­

gram0) and have lost 7 1 pounds cour­

dren and grandchildren (four) i n Hous­

tesy of \\'eight \\Tatchers a n d a n

tOn. San Francisco and Indianapolis

i ncreased amount of exercise. I fee l so

• • •

On a personal note, I 've had

(where the Bangses also l ive). Leigh

much better, and I can't praise the new

commented that he was amazed that

\Yeight \Vatchers' program enough.

they all seemed tO l ike \'isits from

. . . I'm sure you were disappointed by

grandpa and grandma, "maybe be­

the lack of a '59 colunm i n the last

cause \1·e ne\'er stay tao long." \\Tords

issue of the magazine; I was sorry as

of \\"isdom1

well, but I had not received even one

•

•

•

I received a copy of a

press cupp i n g from

The Boston Globe

communication from you since the

conce r n i n g P e t e r \TJ a c h o s , w h o

cessation of regul a r mailings request­

Colby's H eritage C lub: A Matter Of Will Power

founded Austin ln\'esonent ;\ Ianage­

ing i n formation.

ment in 1 9 9 and has managed Austin

th.is magazine tO write to me, or let me

The beaut i fu l M ayflower H i l l c ampus and the

G lobal Equit:)' s ince its inception i n

hear from you by e-mail-tl1e address

December 1 99 3 . Peter h a s been \ice

is i n the l ist of 1 950s correspondents.

endowment that underpins Colby's a c a d e m i c

Please use tl1e card in

president a t Drerfus Corp., portfolio

I feel l i ke the Forgotten American; I

manager a t �euberger & Berman and

miss hearing from you I

no\\" founder of Austin Investment ;\ lanagement. . . . And that i s it. Ha\•e a great summer and spare a few m i n ­

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our -+Oth reunion. \rVe a l l hoped i t would be a well -attended smash.i n g success and tl1at those of y o u w h o

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came would b e glad y o u m a d e the effort. If a l l goes accordi n g

P r o fe s s o r A r t h u r G o l d ­

schmidt's

And the need cont i n u e s .

You will be readi n g this after

utes t O reply t O the questionnaire i n

-J lmgnret S111ith Hemy

bequests from a l u m n i and fr i e n d s .

-Ann Segrave Lieber

t h i s issue of Colky or send m e a quick e ­ m a i l message.

e x c e l l e n c e w e r e b u i l t l arge l y by thoughtfu l

tO

plan,

Nobody b u t you needs t o know exactly what you've put in your w i l l , trust or other l ife i ncome arrangement. But wearing the Heritage Club pin

you will have a new class correspon­

says you've made a permanent commitment to the

dent who will write up your news until

financ ial support of the College.

Biographical Dictio11my of J lodern Eg)'pt was published by Lynne

the next reunion. I have tl1oroughly

Rienner Publish ers in February. He

enjoyed receivingyour letters and shar­

al o has \\Titten a n entry on Egypt for

ingyour lives with others, even though

the Encarta o n - l i ne encyclopedia and

the time commitment was consider­

a \ ef\· d i fferent entry on Egypt for the

ably more tl1an the " 1 0 minutes every

There are many ways to structure your bequest.

You can spec ify a dollar amount, a fixed percent­

Arthur w i l l

three months" tl1at Kay White prom­

age or particular items of rea l or tangible property.

retire from teach i n g ;\ l i ddle East h is­

ised1 In the last few months, I have

tor� at Penn State in J u n e . . . . Tra\·el

talked with many of you i n connection

You may provide income to a loved one before

\\"aS the focus for Darn·in and J ackie

l\'ith the AJumni Fund and our class

benefiting the College, and you may even derive

Bendelius Davidson last year. ;\ Iany

gi ft. I t i s amazing how -+O years can

trips im ohe<l their children and grand­

wash away in the first sentence1 If you

extra benefit during your l ifetime by maki ng a

c h i l d re n , and they repre ented the

are ever approached about volunteer­

ociet:)· at H i gh land

ing for Colby, do i t-you wi l l enjoy

E11qdopedin Britmmicn.

Clan Dai idson

game; i n .\ l a i ne, �e\1 York and �e\1

reconnecting. Speaki n g o f Kathe ri ne

I l a mp;h i re . On a trip out \1 est, they

vVhite . . . she appeared i n the pages of

<,ta1 e<l on the Queen .\ !my, 110\1 a float­

The Den·oit .Ye-a·s

i n December when

mg hotel i n Long Beach, C a l i f. J ackie

she a sumed the chair of the board of

<l1<l '>Ome te\tile re;earch \1 ith satisfy­

Common Ground Sancruary. The

mg re.,u l r ,- . . . . \ ne\1 ;paper article

agency helps anyone i n crisis, from

n ( J e d "' S uga r l o a fe r "' o u t l i n e ; t h e

teen runa\\"ays

m 1 nad act11 i t 1 e '> ofTom and Colleen � i e Re1·nold . Tom\ personal and

remembers when the agency had a

;

profe.,.,1on l l 1 1 e'> ha1 e re1 oh e<l around ,J... 1 mg. 1 11 c l u d 1 11 g c l 1 11 1c.,, coa c h i n g, tra 1 111n" a n d 11 orkmg on a ;k11ng book "' 11 nh h 1 11 1 fe . Col l e n. ,1 reured h i gh

�

.,chool Fngl i > h a n d '>peech teacher, I'>

,nil deep!� 1111 oh ed 111 the educauonal ro '>tart h e r 011 n

.,, ,rem and plan,

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C0LBY

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2

000

tO

senior citizens. She

;raff of 2 1 and a

-+00,000 budget. I t no" h a a staff o f more than 2 00 and a budget of 7. 7 m i l l i on. Karwas quoted

J'> SJ ) 111g, "f rea l h belie1·e i n empow­ ering people rather than tel l i ng them

11 hat

to

<l o .

\nd that'; Common

G round\ motto, 11 orling 11 ith people to

h e l p them figure out 11 hat they

"planned gift" now.

If you've a l ready put Colby in your w i l l or a spe c i a l t rust arrangement, p lease t e l l us so we can offi c i a l l y wel come you into the Heritage Club.

For more i nformat ion on how to mak e a bequest, writ

Steve Greaves, d i rector of capital giv ing, or

ue Cook

' 7 5 , a sociate di rector of p lanned giv ing,

Colby Col lege, Waterv i l l e , M aine phone:

( 207 ) 8 7 2 - 3 2 1 0

e - ma i l : plangift@colby.edu

0490 1 .

" ,int to do." She is also on the board of

1 996 and now i s a self-employed, one­

Bristol, :\ Iai ne, where she i s the pastor

the D e t ro i t C h a m ber \\'i n d s a n d

person Latin America consultant. As a

of the

Strings, and Ropard, a group dedi­

relocation specialist in the Detroi t a rea,

that occasionally she sees Jane Bow­

cated to fin d i n g a cure f o r retinopathy

he helps La tin American fami lies com­

man, whose parents l i l'e nearby, and

of premarnrity, a disease that bli nds

ing i n to the area on assign111ent find

Suzanne Fourcade Erskine, whose

babies. Kay moved to Detroit i n 1 9 7 6

appropriate housing and schools and

son l i ves just around the corner. J ri s

and is married t o George J\ 1eyer. They

g·uides the111 through necessary pa­

s a i d t h a t s h e h a d n ' t written before

have nvo grown children . . . . Rebecca

perwork. H e also runs seminars for

because she considered her l i fe "quiet

Hamaker Loose wrote from Ephrata,

Americans going on overseas assign-

and ord i n a ry-no rafting trips do1rn

Pa., where she l ives w i th husband

111ents, does business translations and

wild Brazilian ril'ers, in other words'"

Lan-y, co-owner of a farmers' market

genera l l y keeps as busy as h e wants to

. . . Our l i ves may seem quiet and

and auction. They have three grown

be. l l e l i sts cooking, w i n es, collecting

ordinary on the outside (al though I

sons. Becky said, " U n forrnnately, we

1•intage wristwatches and driving his

don't consider Iris's m i d - l i fe career

don't live near M a i n e and seem to be

motorcycle and sports car as hobbies.

change ordinary by any 111eans), but if

busy w i th grandkids, church, work,

. . . Quimby "Q" Robinson sti l l l ives

Colby had any impact on us at a l l , I

golf and tennis, so we don't travel

in Sum111it, !\'.] ., where he works with

think it was to expose us to the ideals

north very often. V\Te do travel west

people with Alzheimer's disease and

and possibili ties of l i ves well l i ved

and south and to Europe, though . "

their caregivers. H e and his wife of 3 5

(tl1rough the example of Dr. Robert

She s a i d s h e hadn't b e e n back t o Colby

years, M i tzi, have three children and

Reu111an, for instance) and to inspire

in years but thought it looked i mpres­

w i l l begin renovating an old fam i ly

us-maybe even to obligate us-to

s i v e fro111 t h e l i t e r a t u r e s h e h a s

home in 1\ lount \'ernon, J\ l ai ne, with

continually strive to do and be our

seen . . . . Eunice Bucholz Spooner

plans to evennially retire there . . . .

best. As I write this column in 111)'

sa id the warning about havi ng new

Another cl assmate re-esta b l i s h i n g

faculty office at the U n i versity of

grandch i l d ren the first part of J une

i\ l a i ne ties is Dick Fields, w h o with

i\ l a ine, picnires of my Colby heroes,

came too late. H e r fifth was due on her

w i fe Kathy (the 0\\11er of three Crafty

Dr. Reuman and English Professor

birthday,] une 7 . Eunie has been such

Yankee Home stores) purchased a

,\ l a rk Benbow, keep an eye on me

a fa ithful attendee ofour reunions that

ni rn-of-the-cenniry log cabin on Lake

from a nearbv bulletin board. \\'ho

111y guess is we all saw her at the -+Oth

1\ looselookmeguntic in the Rangeley

are your Colby heroes? \\'hat have

as w e l l . She e-ma i l ed that her most

Lakes region. Dick is executive vice

you done to honor them recently?

(That's your homework assignment,

recent m i l estone was that she was back

president and d i rector of the interna­

to wheeling around after be ing con­

tional division of Monet, the la rgest

dear classmates. Let me know how it

fined to bed f or 111uch of the past nvo

fashion jewelry manufacnirers in the

turns out.)

years with a pressure sore. She has a

worl d .

-]11r61 J-Joffi11a11 / lakola

D i ck l i ves i n L e x i n g to n ,

cordless keyboard and large screen so

1\ lass . . . . Carol Davidson Jack, a re­

she can be on the I nternet and says

tired 111edical technologist living in

that l i fe has been far from d u l l . As the

Topsha m , i\ Iai ne, dug up and renirned

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springs eternal" tl1atthere w i l l be more

\Veb designer for our class, she was

an old class news questionnaire from

mail and news from all of you . . . . l

involved with the debate about the

December 1 998 and embellished it

received a newspaper clipping from

class \ \'eb sites being moved to a 111ore

with more news on a card-as well as

Colby about Carl Meyerhuber. Carl

"secure" and less user-friendly site.

a program from a recent concert in

recently retired from Penn State's

Her work on behalf of our class i s very

Brunswick fea niring the Al Corey or­

Kensington campus witl1 emeriuis sta­

much appreciated. Thank you, Eun i e 1

chestra. \ Vow1 Does that bring back

tus after 27 years of service. Carl re­ ceived his doctorate in history from

. . . As I write this, I a111 i n t h e process

memories' Carol bu111ped into Carole

of resign ing my position as d i rector of

Ann Pope at the concert, so she had

UC San Diego and has taught Ameri­

volunteer services at New London

someone to be nostalgic with. Carol

can, Pennsylvania, labor and business

Hospita l . Ted '6 1 continues to work

(does anyone sti l l ca l l you Chickie?)

hi story at Penn State el'er since. I l e

in Newport, R . I . , and I a m really look­

was delighted last November when

also d i d research on the a l u m i num,

ing f orward to spending more time

Bebe Clark Mutz, her Col by roo111-

coal and steel industries in western

with h i m as well as further developing

mate, 1•isited her f o r a few days. I t was

Pennsylvania and the labor unions that

J\ lo 1,ing J\ Iatters, our 111oving and re­

the first time in 3 9 years that they had

organized their workers. He published

location coord ination and consulting

seen each other. (Hey, guys-that's

numerous articles on labor and indus­

what five-year reu11ions are f or, and

trial unionism. Carl is 111arried to class­

business. H ave a great summer'

-Cnro6111 Webster Lockhr111

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\ Vhimpering works' Several of

you who responded to my w h i n i n g in

our -J.Oth is coming up next year.) . . .

mate Lisa �'alker). Lisa, what ha1·e

And speaking of nosta lgia, an article in

you been doing all these rears? .

Courier by Debby

Judy Hoagland Bristol is a retired

Berry Denniston meditated on an

educator. She and husband Harr)", a

the Chatha111, N.Y.,

the w i n ter 2 000 issue of Col�)' about

experience that many of us hal'e had

retired stockbroker, l i 1·e in Houston

the massive silence of Class of '6 1 ers

recently or are gird i n g oursell'es f or:

with thei r three dogs. They keep busy

mentioned that it's what motivated

rurning 60. Part of Debby's article was

with tral'el , most recently to :\rizona

you to write or e-ma i l . . . . Bob North

a recol lection of memorable birth­

and the Carolinas. \'olunteer jobs keep

was one of the first to let me know that

days, including her 1 8th, which she

tl1em 1·ery bus\'. \ \ 'hen asked what she

111y " forlorn message" inspired him to

celebrated at the Jefferson. Debbi·

remembers when she tl1inks of Co lb)-,

mentioned that she could reca l l the

J udy responds, "Good friends a n d

menu ;rnd prices at the] effbetter than

good times i n a beautiful :\ l a i n e set­

update us on his l i fe. After 33 years working f o r General i\ Iotors, nearly half of i t i n Venezuela and Chi le, Bob took an early reti rement buyout Lil

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nion Congregational Church,

her Social Securin· number. . . . Iris

ting. I 'm proud to ha1·e been and stil l

J\1ahoney Burnell wrote from Soutl1

b e a part of such a great schoo l . " I

1960 Jane Holden H u e rta 2955 Whitehead Street M i a m i , FL 33133 305-446-5082 classnews1960@a lum .colby.edu 1961 J u dy Hoffman H a kola 2 5 Charles Place Orono, ME 044 7 3 207-866-4091 classnews196 1@alum.colby.edu 1962 Patricia Farnham Russell 1 6 S u n set Ave n u e H a m pden, M E 04444 207-942-6953 classnews1962@a lum .colby.edu 1963 Karen Fors l u n d Fa l b 245 Brattle Street Cambridge, MA 02 138 6 1 7-864-4291 classnews1963@alum .colby.edu 1964 Sara Shaw Rhoades 7 6 Norton Road Kittery, ME 03904-5413 207-439-2620 classnews1964@a lum .colby.edu 1965 Richard W. Ban kart 20 Va l ley Avenue Apt. 02 Westwood, NJ 0 7 6 7 5-3607 201-664-7 6 7 2 classnews1965@alum .colby.edu 1966 Nata l i e Bowerman Zaremba 11 Linder Terrace Newto n , MA 02458 6 1 7-969-6925 Fax: 6 1 7-266-92 7 1 classnews1966@alum .colby.edu 1967 Robert Gracia 295 B u rgess Avenue Westwood, MA 02090 78 1-329-2 1 0 1 classnews1967@alum.colby.edu

J udy Gerrie H e i n e 2 1 H i l lcrest Road Medfield , MA 02052 508-359-2886 classnews196 7@alum.colby.edu 1968 Nancy Dodge Bryan 7 We i r Street Extension H i ngh a m , MA 02043 7 8 1-740-4530 cla ssnews1968@a lum.colby.edu 1969 c/o Meg Bern ier A l u m n i Office, Colby C o l l ege Watervi l l e , M E 04901 207-872-3185 classnews1969@alum .colby.edu

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t h i n k J udl''s exact thoughts are ech­

Farnham Rabeni '66 and I h;we just

drop a note about your doings and

cul niral in troduction

oed br manr of us . . . . I had an enjor­

returned from an Elderhostel i n N"ew

tl1ose of any classmates you keep in

tion of The Repons ofSir Edward Coke,

able phone com·ersation "ith Pete

Orleans. Ifrou haven't considered one

touch "�th. This column i s not for me

K11t in Verse,

Duggan, who happened to catch me

of these programs, please do. I t was an

to report only on tl1e happeni ngs here

Hein and Co., B u ffa lo, N. Y., 1 999.

exciting and invigorating combina­

in the north ;\ Iaine woods.

at Ill )' :\ l i l l inocket home recent!)'. I

hope, Pete, that )'OU ha,·e found !'Our

-Pnn·icia Farnham Russell

tion of tl1e best of col lege-style lec­

to

a th i rd edi­

published by Wi l l i am S.

First publi shed i n 1 7-+2 , i t i s an i m por­ tant "early volume of English legal poeo-y," which was especially popular

buddies and are gatheri ng notes for

tures and on-site field o-ips coupled

me. .

. . J o A n n S e x t o n H a rdy

with excellent local cuisine, friendlv

dropped by for a ,·isit. She relocated to

people and a low price tag. \\'e joined

welcome class news questionnaire and

ries. This book i s the fifth in the Po­

the Rangele,· area last year and \\°aS

a group of five Bates '6 1 friends. The

several e-mails have been received. J .

etry and Law Series reprinted by

looking to relocate once again, this

rivalry continues1 This was our first

\-Vesley Miller wri tes from Spri ng­

\\'i l l i a m S . Hein and Co. since 1 985 . J .

time to \\'ashington County, :\ Iaine.

experience and definitely not our last1

field, 71 1ass . , where he is an attorney

\Vesley was t h e fo u n d i n g editor of die

I t appears the fishing and hw1ting are

. . . N"ow, may I plead wi tl1 you to pick

specia l i z i n g in art law, tl1at he has

company. Other titles, a l l edited witl1

better Do'rn East. . . . :\ l)' sister Jane

up your phone, type an e-mail or even

edited and wri tten a bibliography and

introductions by J. \Vesley, i nclude

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A Horse of a Different Color

When Patty Cha rlton J acob '65 was a you ng girl , she asked for the sa me gift every Ch ristmas: a pony. Sa nta never came through, but now Jacob doesn't need h i m .

The da ughter o f a self-e m ployed entrepreneur, J acob moved every cou ple of years growi ng u p , which kept her horse d ream a fantasy. She put the d ream on hold until after studying chem istry at Colby, jobs as a chem ist in the pha rmaceutical and a utomotive ind ustries, and the b i rth of her two c h i l d ren. And then a long came Wendy, "a backyard horse, a horse with no specific breed ing," she sa i d .

Wendy was gentle t o r i d e , b u t wh i le o n a trip t o Spa i n Jacob got a taste of a horse of a d ifferent breed, if not color. "We rode these Spa n ish horses , " she sa i d . "They were of such good tem pera ment, so strong, so w i l l i ng, and made such good mounts. I decided that if I were ever 1n a pos1t1on to have an Andal usian horse that wou ld be the horse I would l i ke to have next . " The Andalusian horse i s a rare breed now, but the maneuvera ble Spanish horses were the ride of choice for G reek warriors.

Named for the Andal usia region of Spa i n , Andal usian horses hel ped Spa rta defeat Athens and Hanniba l defeat the Romans. William the Conquerer rode a n Anda lusian at the Battle of Hastings 1n 1066.

Anda lus1ans d isa ppeared from the battlefield when la rger breeds were needed to cart a round knights 1n heavy a rmor. But the speedy, strong and agile breed never fell out of favor with eq uestria ns, and i n recent years it's come ga l loping back.

There a re a bout 2 , 500 Andalusian horses 1 n the U n i ed S ates, a n d 1 n 1 988 J acob set o u t to fi nd one With the proceeds of the sale of her husband's M e rcedes sports car ( " H is passion for he car had d 1 m i n 1shed , " she sa i d ) , Jacob traveled to Los Angeles from her home i n

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Seattle a n d bought Electra CV, a wel l - ped igreed Anda l u si a n m a re recom mended by a n L . A . horse tra i ner. J a cob had i ntended to keep the m a re for her own riding, but i n 1 990 her h usband d ied . Sti l l new to Seattle, with a son i n high school and a nother entering col lege, Jacob had to decide what to do with the rest of her l ife . " The only t h i ng I aspired to do was to have a s m a l l horse- b reed i n g o peration , " she sa i d .

Jacob d id more tha n aspire . S h e located a nd purchased Electra CV's ha lf-sister a nd q u ickly bolted to the front of the Anda lusian- breed ing pack. Electra CV had a foa l , Prestigio, i n 1 993. Last yea r, P restigio was na med a national cham pion . He has a video and in Novem ber graced the cover of Canadian Equine magazine. " M ost of what he's doing this year is breed i ng the mares that were booked at the end of last yea r.

He's been asked to lead a parade of sta l l ions at a big S pa n ish horse festiva l , Fiesta of the Spa n ish Horse, i n L.A. in May," J acob said in Apri l . " He's a hot ticket right now . " Ma rried t o Haa kon Ragde, a renowned u rologist, Jacob now owns and operates ECV R a n c h , a 25-acre fa rm on Camano Island in P uget Sou n d , a bout an hour from the cou ple's Seattle home.

ECV Andalusians " have a tra n q u i l l ife i n the pasture with other horse friends," J acob sa id .

She said her background in science has been helpful in various ways, from the genetics involved in horse breed ing to chemical tests used to predict when a mare will foal .

B ut her passion for these majestic animals? " I t ca n hardly b e explained in words," Jacob said. " But when you see the horses and you view them as l iving a rt, it's easy to know why I'm add icted to them now."

That passion for horses was not bred i nto her own offs pring, however. " I t h i n k t h e next generation is my best hope , " s h e sa i d . " I ' m wa iting for a gra nd­ da ughter. " - Gerry Boyle '78

Legal Laughs: A Joke for Eve1y ]my by

ers Duncan, who is living in Orlando,

tion that assembles teams of volun­

Gus C. Edwards. H i s many interests

Fla. She has retired from AT&T and

teers to build houses f o r the poor.

basis, a n d I am enjoying it. I n 1 999 I

include bei ng a cataloguer of "street

is a widow. She says that her two

Perhaps Barbara's success i s due to the

exhibited in two group shows: one at

continue to paint on a lmost a daily

l i terature," the fl i ers and posters of the

brotl1ers were looking forward to their

fact tl1at she's sti ll walking three miles

tl1e Broome Street G a l l ery a n d the

city streets, which h e believes record

SOth reunion at Colby th is June and

a day1 Barbara feels that her volun­

other at the Cork Gal lery at L i ncol n

important current history. He de­

that she would love to hear from Colby

teering comes from enjoying and pre­

Center. Also I am learning how to

scribes himself as an "extremely l i b­

friends . . . . More news from Ceylon

ferring a hands-on approach. "I don't

design \Veb pages. Please look at my

eral Republican" (socially progressive,

Barclay, who says he has just been

l i ke to be working on boards," she

fiscal l y conservative) and was included

appointed a Fellow of the Royal Soci­

says. " I do much betterin the trenches."

gas3_97 /). Best wishes t o a l l . " . . . T h e

i n the May 6, 1 999, issue of The Valley Advowte as one of"the characters who

ety for tl1e Arts by Prince Philip. One

-Kmw Forslund Falb

College h a s sent me clippings about

of England's prestigious royal societ­

give the region its character." Having

ies, the 2 5 0-year-old RSA is commit­

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Outstanding Educator Award by the

pdge ( h ttp://ww w . ge o c i t i e s . co m /

Bob Dyer, who was presented the

myself grown up i n the Connecticut

ted to "stimulating innovation and

back the form in tl1e back oftl1e alumni

Colby Alumni Association, and about

River Val l ey, I find his answers to the

creating a better society." Former

magazine. Hence I have no news to

Bob Furek, who was elected to tl1e

board of di rectors of I KON Office

questions in the article about the best

members include not only the English

report, except for two nice e-mail re­

and worst things that have happened

Samuel Johnson, Adam Smitl1 and

sponses. FromJin1 Harris: "I am now

Solutions. He is a l so chairman of the

i n Springfield right on target. On a

Charles Dickens but a l so tl1e Ameri­

board ofo·ustees overseeing the H a rt­

personal note, he thinks that "the new

cans Ben Franklin, Alexander Gra­

begirming my third year as an i n de­ pendent book sales rep (Book Reps

presidential family for Colby looks

ham Bell and Thomas Edison. Elated

\i\Test). I represent 30 com panies,

pointed position. He recently retired

good 1 " He also wrote that he gave the

at being in such "heady company,"

which range i n size from two publ ish­

as president and CEO of Heublein,

late Bob Crespi's last letter to him to

Ceylon and Carolyn were looking for­

ers witl1 only one title each to a divi­

Colbiana "for it had a nice sum mary of

ward

sion of Random House with several

Inc . . . . Now please tear out that back page and send it to me. If you're look­

his life." . . . Nancy Reynolds Jensen

to

traveling to Russia in January

hundred titles. This a l l started at a

happily retired and are enjoying being

to work with the Citizens Democrat Corps doing business consulting and i n l ate February to Nicaragua, where

with their family, wh ich now includes

his company, Dos Culturas en Herm­

point in time when I thought I could start to enjoy the fruits of my labors (5 5-plus). Instead, it was Ground Zero

three grandchi l d ren. Also Nancy's son

adadas, continues to work with tl1e poor in fi nding jobs, a project that has h e l pe d h u n d reds in the l ast two years . . . . Pauline Ryder Kezer writes

warding to me tl1at I can aid small publishers with the sales and market­ ing ski l l s developed over a quarter of a

and her husband, Roger, have just

John was married last April on a beau­ tiful beach in Maui. She has just taken up ri d i ng western style and was look­ ing forward to going on a cattle drive t h i s s u m m e r. S h e says, " L i fe is good 1 " • • • Dan Traister, who i s the curator of tl1e li\Talter H. and Leonore Annen berg Rare Book and Man uscri pt Library at the University of Pennsyl­ vania, has been written up i n the univers i ty's a l u m n i maga zine, The Pmnsylva11ia Ga::.ette, in a n article on alumni education. Penn has been de­ veloping a l i fe-long learning program

that her latest endeavor, Kezer Con­ sulting, a consulting service for busi­ n e s s e s a n d profi t a n d n o n profi t organizations, h a s been launched since tl1e new year. She writes, "After 20 years i n the public sector and tl1ree decades in the non profit world, it is time to put those experiences and skills to work for others." Her brochure includes such accolades as " Kezer is

in which a lumni can take courses on line, and Dan has taught such a course

regarded for her abil ity to motivate and involve individuals for a catalytic team leader's approach to problem

on Shakespeare plays. He has f0tmd that these alumni, many of whom are

solving." I'm sure many of us could use Pauline's consulting in our lives 1

YVharton graduates, are very excited

. . . Joanna Buxton Gonnley is sti l l

about getti ng a broader l i beral arts

enjoying h e r position a s assistant to tl1e headmaster at Roxbury Lati n . She

foundation . Dan was hoping to meet his Shakespeare course students, who hai led from as fa r away as Israel and Austra lia, in New York to see a pro­ duction of Ha7111et. Dan's expertise has

and husband Tom have recently seen Cindy Richmond Hopper and her husband, J\l lonte, at Foxwoods i n Con­ necticut. She keeps up witl1 Ma ry Dex­

again. However, it is extremely re­

century in the book business." He says that he and Madie planned to attend Linda and B i l l Cotter's fi nal official visit to tl1e Seattle area i n early i\1arch. "vVe are looking f orward to tl1at event.

L i nda and B i l l will be sorely missed by tl1e Colby community i n general and by us personally. Our son, B i l l , i s ne­ goti ating a possible company transfer to soutl1 Texas, where he would head the IT deparonent in a new branch office. That's a good excuse for us to spend some time i n the sun during our gray winters. Our nephew ScottTurtel '89 and his family w i l l be moving to

f ord, Conn., school system, an ap­

ing for a question to write about, how about your views on how to reform presidential campaigi1s) As I write tl1is column on M a rch 1 5 , tl1e presidential candidates have a l ready been chosen. \Vho needs conventions) And Florida now wants to move its primary up to January l so it will count! This is nuts 1

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News is tl1in . . . . I ' m reduced to rumors that . . . Judy Eyges Dalton l eft last February on a back-packing trip to Thailand and took her two daughters. It is not yet known if she ran into Sunny Coady, who frequents tl1e area on her e l ephant. . . . Jeff Fleuren has a new job witl1 Housa­ tonic sometl1ing . . . . A h i gh -level de­ bate rages on whether Caesar Seferian

would arrive at our 3 5 th reunion in h i s n e w Porsche Boxster or with Nick Locsin i n his new a i rplane . . . . Pam

Tokyo for an 1 8-month corporate transfer. Anotl1er excuse to travel? Our 3 5th reunion gave me an excuse to

Plumb Carey denied that she i s chas­ ing 'gators off her back yard i n Florida.

''isit other, non-Colby friends i n Tew England. The trip included a stay i n a Coru1ecticut farmhouse built in 1 72 6 .

stopping here and there to ''isit. . . . I

There isn't a building in t h e whole Northwest that is that old1 For busi­ ness, I will be traveling to Hawaii and

She was to drive north for reunion, can imagine thatmany classmates have retired and tra\'eled to parts unknown in search of adventure. (Your corre­

found him speaking on l i brary exhibi­ tions ata conference i n Lyons, France,

ter Wagner, who witl1 her husband

and he i s looking forward to o·aveling

i n g antique Depression glass . . . . Bar­

to Hannover, Germany, to speak on

bara Haines Chase was the subject of

" m a n uscripts to books: books

an article on volunteering i n her Keene, N . H . , newspaper, Keeue Sentinel.

Through the years we have become

to 'isit a high school buddy whose son

of our classmates recently graduated from col l ege and are poised to attack

ment at Lehigh and w i l l have a book

aware of her work as a hospice volw1teer provid i ng resµite care, her expe­

is getting married i n Chicago. If time al lows, I will tr\' to find classmates i n

the dot com world i n ways we ne\'er imagined, but we w i l l ne,·er know of

out on Simon Forman, a 1 6th-century

rience s as a n emergency medical

tl1ose locales. I keep i n touch \\'ith

London astrological and magical phy­ sician, to be published by tl1e U of

technician for tl1e ll'es011oreland Fire Dep>ir011ent, her quilting and lately·

Dick York, who li\'es i n the Seattle

them because . . . you did not return the post wrds concealed in )'Our last Colby

Ch icago Press tl1is year . . . . A short e­

her i nvokement witl1 ,\ lonad nock Habit:it for Hurnaniry·-an organiza-

to

I n ternet." H i s w i fe, Barbara Howard Traister '65 , is finishing her second tour as chair of the English depa rt­

mail note arrived from Gloria Bow-

enjoys the specialty of buying and sel l ­

Alaska i n April, New York i n ,\ lay, Chi cago inJ une, Salt Lake City in] uly and Lake Tahoe in August (''acation). \ l'h i le in the \ l'indy Ci ty', I will be able

area. His son, Da,·id, has started col­ lege this 1·ear." . . . And from Gloria Shepherd: "Greetings from � . Y.C. I

spondent went to ,\ Iorocco i n August 1 999 and had a great time.) Some classmates ha\'e acrue\'ed great politi­ cal and ci,·ic honors. Only they know who they are. Gazzillions of children

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The 1'-larblehead Repo11er

their daughter, Amy, and then to travel on. They returned to ,VJ issoula to see

featured Hooper

Amy's theatrical and musical perfor­

Cutler '62 on rus retirement as a captain

cards for 1 999 (vou \1·ere late \1-eren 't vou 1 ) to \\Tite to me. I understand that

mances in early December. For two

&om the Marblehead Fire Depar011ent after

weeks at Christmas, Amy joined them

3 3 years on the job. -:· Philip M. Janes '62's

is "·hy "-e had separate m a i l ings of a request for news so you would leave i t

at a wonderful inn in Stanley, Idaho,

S imsbury, Conn., studio apar011ent was fea­ tured in a

o u t on your desk a n d feel just guilty enough to mail i t back. But you seem

where they were fed and waited on by

Hrn1fod Sunday Co11rn11t series on

the wonderful owners. They skjed al­

"rooms mat tell stories." Rugs, carvings and

most every day, despite 2 0-degree

tools-ra nging &om Janes's boyhood to the

to be leaving the bound cards safelv i n t h e a l u m n i magazine t o presen·e tl�em

below-zero temperatures each morn­

Peace Corps in India to a decade as an admjn­

ing. They spent New Year's Eve 2 000

isu·ator wim CARE in Pakistan, Afghanistan,

for posteri�-. Hey, that's where m i 11e are, too, but then I \\Tite the column

in Salt Lake City, enjoying all kinds of

Viemam and Nigeria-fill his aparunent Like

and the College sends me a separate

And rew J. We i l a n d

post card to renund me the column is

music and dancing. They are sti l l trav­

"a book, composed of chapters." ·:· Denrus

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Kinne '62 was named one of Connecticut's

tl1eir van for several days at a time

Hrn1ford Cournnt. As coach of boys' basketball at

due because if they bound it into the

coaches of me century by me

magazine I ' d never remember to care­

Suffield Academy, Kiru1e earned five New England Championships. In his

the Mastins have "de-accessed" and

ful!)' detach it and complete the col­

eight years ,,-im me girls' squad, he has posted a record of 1 5 5 - H and three

are enjoying retirement . . . . Frank and

u m n . As I said news i s t h i n . Hope you

Ne11· England Championslups.

I were pleased to have a visit from Ann

are too . . . . Help Harold Kowal out

meeting. Ann and Budge have adapted

ments in me state. On four occasions, me New England Press Association has

-Richm·d JI V Brmkrn1

nicely to Living between two residences,

judged The Da)''s editorial page the best in New England for newspapers with

one in K i rkwood, Mo., where Budge

less man 50,000 circulation. ·:· Andrew J. Weiland '64 has been elected

I recei\·ed a ne\\'S clipping from

i s pastor of tl1e First Pre�byterian

treasurer of me Americm Academy of Ortl1opaedic Surgeons. A professor of

Valley Times, ,\ ladawaska,

Church of Kirkwood, and one i n Ann

surgery (orthopaedics) and professor of plastic surgery at me New York

,\ l a i ne, deta i l i ng a marvelous theater

Arbor, where Ann continues to teach

Hospital, Cornell University i\Iedical College in New York City, he has

production in tl1e French language in

at tl1e University of M jchigan. Aru1 is

received numerous honors, including me Kappa Delta Award for Outstanding

L i l l e , as part of the ope1ung ceremo­ n ies of the

Ruggles Gere in January when she was i n Boston for a Colby crustees'

Conn., for the success of his paper's editorial page in bringing about improve­

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Hrn1fo1·d Business Journal colunuust Andy

Nelson ill lauded Morgan McGinley '64, editor of The Day in New London,

b)· sending in 1•our reunion pledge . . . .

the St. John

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while tl1ey bike and hike. Obviously

currently president-elect of the Na­

Ormopaedic Research in 1 986 and in 1 99 1 . ·:· Susan K. Nutter '66 was me

cadian Festi1·al . Gregory

tional Council of Teachers of English

featured "Tar Heel of the Vleek" in a recent story in me Raleigh, N.C., News

C h a b o t , of � e w b u ryport, ,\ I a s s . ,

er Observer.

played t h e narrator i n t h e p l a y cal led

(an organization of about 70,000 K­

Vice provost and director of l ibraries at North Carolina State

college English teachers) . . . . A news

UruYersi�' since 1 9 8 7 , she propelled me institution onto tl1e Internet and imo

Encore 1111efois, si vous vous pe7711ette;:, b)'

clipping from The Union Leader (Man­

me nation's top ranks. The Association of College md Research L ibraries

noted contemporary Quebecois au­

chester, N . H .) reports that Suzanne

recently presented N.C. State witl1 me association's first Excellence in Aca­

thor ,\ l ichael T remblar. Greg is tl1e

Zellers, formerly of Con Corp Realty

denuc Libraries award.

autl1or of tl1ree pla1•s, radio and TV

Services, and J\t lary SkobyCowan were openil1g a new real estate firm at 2

scripts, and essa1•s-al l in French. He

M I LESTONES

has extensive theater experience in both French and English and fre­

:.ette,

Board of Realtors and a member of tl1e

at 61 ·:· David R. Walley '64, April 29, 2 000, i n Kennebunk, Mai11e, at

rele\·i ion and radio programs . . . . A

Somerset

Suzaiu1e i s a di rector o f t h e Concord

Deaths: Betli Whitehead Baker '60, March 1 , 2000, in Port Charlotte, Fla.,

quent!\- appears on local and regional ne\1 s clipping from the

S o u t h S t a t e S t . i n J\t l a n c h e s te r .

New Hampsh i re Board of Realtors.

57 ·:· Carol Ann Lordi '66, N larch 9, 2 000, in Los Altos, Calif., at 5 5 .

Ga­

She lives wi tl1 her husband, Paul Beck, in Bow, N . H . , and has two daughters

kowhegan, ,\ l a i ne, announced

and a son . . . . A news clipping also

a benefit b)· the Blue H i l l Bras Quin­

l ishing and public relations. She was

grandson, Joshua, born in September

tet to assist i n the rebu i l d i n g of the

also a member and mayor pro-tern of

'98. Grandparenthood continues

to

informs us that Michael Brodinsky is

rate Fai r after fire razed

the city council i n Aspen, and using

get rave reviews from a l l classmates

"On the Ballot" in \Nallingford, Coru1.,

the grandstand and Constitution Hall

that experience spent a year as part of

who write about it, so there must be

a l though for which public position

1 999. J ohn \\ 'h ee l e r, a

a federal government program in Ro­

truth i n tl1is. Claudia also reports hav­

was not clear from the clipping I re­

member of the q u i ntet, has been a

mania a·aining local governments in

ing released worldwide her C D titled

ceived. The article says that Michael is

meml er ofrne Bangor ),11phon)· Or­

what tl1ey call "democratic practices."

che.,m1 and the Portland Symphony

ue has tons of energy, and we had a

Charlie & Claudia Live! S111ooth Swi11g­ i11g. It can be found on Amazon.com

gree from the

Orche.,mi. Current!) h e i s a member

del ightful reunion . . . . I also was for­

under "music, jazz." H er hope for the

cut Law School.

ofd1e C1m er'>i� o f \ l a i n e a t Farming­

tunate to \'is it Charleston, S.C., and to

future is to have good tl1ings continue,

ton Orche.,trn, the Colb) Symphony

catch Sue Turner for lunch. She i s

remain healthy, retire i n good shape

ko" hegan i n \ l a rch

an attorney who received h is law de­ n iversity ofConnecti­

-Natalie Bowem1rm Zaremba

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Fam i ly seems to be very i mpor­

till teachingat t h e College o fCharles­

and continue to fi nd new horizons,

ton, e njo1·i ng kayakjng and keeping

experiences and creativity . . . . J\1ary

tant to a l l ofour classmates as we enter

up 11 ith a teenage daughter . . . . Sue

G o url ey Mastin and husband Bill

the new decade. Fred Hopengarten's

Barden Johmon '67 reports that in a

retired as Christmas presents to them­

commercial 2 SO-foot rower, on a 700-

ue ,\lahoney

phone call 11 ith David Benevy, he

selves and each other in '98. Since that

foot ridge near Lew i ston-Auburn,

.\ L i chael 1 n the '>pnng a ) l!<lr ago a; .,he

rold her that the "gizmo" that a l lows

time they have sold their house in

Maine, is finally profitable, but just

h a ., IllOI e d h.1ck e.1.,r. 1fter many ) ear'> 1 n C o l orado. S h e ha'> had a m u l n ­

\

ou to listen to current CDs before

\ \'inthrop, ,\ J aine, along with many of

barely. The book he's writing on how

you bu) them i s his "im ention . " Con­

their belongings and moved to their

to obtain a permit to erect and main­

graru lanons, Dai id! . . .

lau dia

summer place i n ,\ 1 r . \'ernon on Long

tain an amateur radio antenna system

Fuge1·e Finkelstein report!. that the

Pond. I n September '99 tl1ey packed

w i l l be published by The American

grcatc

their \'\\' EurO\'an and headed west,

Radio Relay League this year. Fred's

Orche'>tra and the \ l a i n e Chamber Fmeml le. I le '>tudied hi; in'>trument, the horn. 11 1th Lou!'> Stout of the L: n i 1

e N � of \ l ich 1gan . . . . I " a' fortu­

nate ro reconnect 11 1th

focered career. 1 11 1 0 1 ' m g 11 o rk 1 n n o n profit tra 1 11 1 n g , fu n d r;l l '> l n g , or­

gan1 7,1tion.1 l <lei elopment, radio. pub-

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"mi J e.,rone" of all ic, their

" i fc, Betty l l crr, is a psyc h i atrist i n

their I 0th a n n iversary. John w r i tes

e\•er. . . . J o hn M o rgan " ri tes from

private practice i n Boston, a n d they

that he con ti nues to sen·e as a d i strict

G reen ,\ founta i n F a l l s , Colo., that he a n d h i s daughter, Sara, took one of

have two ve1-y active teenagers. Their

court judge , a position that is s i 1 11 i l a r

son , Ste\·en, i s a seventh grader, and

to c i rcu i t judges in other states, and

their i n frequent trips back east last

h i s big "sports fantasy" came true when

will soon complete h i s 1 3 th year. After

summer and '' e n t sa i l i ng on the schoo­

he was the guest operator of the manua l

three relatively b l i ssful years hearing

scorebo<ird i n side the G reen J\ 1 onster

civi l , probate a n d mental health cases,

n e r T i m berwind (out of Rockport) f o r a delightful few days. \ \ 11 i l e i n ,\ l a i n e

at Fenway Park and the video of it

he's been reassigned to a cri 1 1 1 i n a l d i ­

they '·i s i ted w i t h R e d a n d Evelyn

ai1·ed nationa l l y on Fox Sports as a

vision whose case 111anage111ent issues

Brown Garnett i n J\."orth J\."ewcastle.

segment of Ill the

Zo11e. Their daugh­

and emotional de111;111ds bring 111ore

H e says they hm·e a beautiful spot,

;\ l a i n e . Last fa l l Ken term i n a ted h i s l a w practice i n Port l a n d t o become

,·ice president and regional p l a n n i n g d i rector i n t h e trusts a n d estates d i ,·i ­

sion f o r the ,\ l i dwest f o r S a l o m o n S m i t h Ba rney ( i m ag i n e fi tti ng a l l t h a t o n t o a sta n d a 1·d busin ess card ' ) i n C h i ­ cag-, J . A t a ti m e of I i fe w h e n m a n y of u s

ar� t h i n k i ng ofsl o\\' i n g d o '' n , K e n h a s e m b a rked upon a n e w career, tra\ e l s a lot a n d , accord i n g to B r e n d a , Jo,·es the

ter, i-\n n i e , is i n 1 0th grade, and she

stress than in ci,;J divisions. A h igh­

complete w i t h a newly fi n i shed trout

too has had TV fa me. Sh e's been a

light occurred last October when the

pon d . They had hoped to say h e l l o to

camper on the Disney Channel series

Colorado chapter of the A111erican

Phil Merri l l , too, but he and his fa m ­

Bug Juice.

Last year they did a great

Board ofTrial Advocates honored h i 111

i l y " ere o u t o f state. f n J\."e\\' York they

deal of travel i n g, i nc l u d i n g H i l ton

w i th i ts a n n u a l award for judicial ex­

stayed \\' i t h

H ead, S . C . , for Renaissance \ \ 'eek­

cell ence. The publi shed criteria are

daughter, Kate, \\·as look i n g f o r\\'ard

end, \Ta i l for s k i i ng, Bermuda a n d

" l ongsta n d i n g judicial excellence and

to her first year at Colby. On a trip

me111ber of the Port l a n d S), n phony

Germany for t h e l a rgest ham rad i o

a com111 it111ent to the im pro,·em e n t of

through Santa Fe at Ch ristmas J o h n

a n d Com m u n i ty Chorns. B re n d a and

. . Sue Ba1·den

the civil j u ry syste m . " Congratula­

got together w i th Bob H a y de n , w h o

Ken's daughters, Sarah (Tufts '96) and

J o hnson and her husba n d , ,\ I ark, both

tions, J oh n . During a C h rist111as visit

w a s preparing for a t r i p t o Tokyo. f t

Laura ( C o l by '98), l i ,·e on the \ \'est

practice medici ne in Arizona. Their

to Bc,·erly, ,\ l ass . , he and Ten-y at-

h a d been close t o 3 0 years si nce they

Coast. Son Ken n y is a sophomore

convention i n Europe . .

son Ch ris is painting and ta k i n g sculp­ ture classes a t ASU w h i l e his w i fe does research in polymers. The i r other son, Nolan, does computer consulting in Bosto n . Sue and 1\ 1 a rk rea l l y en joyed a h i k i n g trip to the I ta l i a n R i ,•iera, the C i n q ue Terre, where they h i ked up and clown mounta i n s from town to town, up to n i n e m i les a clay. Sue says, "\Ve ate and dra n k o f l ta l i a n fare with­ outga i n i n g weigh t a n cl slept l i k e i n no­ cents . " They're p l a n n i n g to repeat the experience w i th the same tour group in another region of I t a l y and h i ghly reco m m e n d " C o u n try \Va l k e r s . " They rafted th rough t h e Grand Can­ yon last September w i th Ch ris and his "·i fe . Sue's dad, who had Alzhei mer's for many years, passed away a fter Than ksgi,·i ng and was buried at Ar­ l i ngton

Tational Cemete1-y with fu l l

m i l i tary honors. " I t h a d been several years si nce I was sure that he recog­ n i zed me, and so \\·e have had t i me to say goodbye. I had no idea what that meant until I \l"<lS w a l k i ng a n n and arm

Bob H u g h e s , \\' h ose

college on ,\ l ayflower I l i l l . \ \'< m , the

CEO of the Ha rtford B a l let until 1 99 7 , C o n n ecticut's Secretary of State 1 990-94 a n d assista nt trea s u re r a n d h e a d o f u n c l a i med prope rty u n t i l J a n ua ry 1 99 9 .

Battled breast ca ncer l a st yea r.

W ha t s h e ' s d o i n g Founded Kezer Consu l t i ng for genera l consulting, political tra i n i n g and teach i ng . " I ' m working with a m bula nces-with E M Sa n d with the Connecticut Waterfowl Trust to d evelop the North A me rica n C enter for Waterfowl Study. " The center will be esta b­ l ished with a private collection of m ore than 50 live b i rd s-d uc ks, geese , swa ns, etc.

In h e r future " T h e ten-year plan is to move these b i rd s from p rivate residentia l property to a site where many people ca n learn a bout the b i rd s . " Part i ng thought " Life is c i rc u l a r . I t rem i n d s m e o f m y Colby d ays t re k ki n g through the woods with P rofessor Ron Davis and h i s ecology c l a s s . H e even outfitted a l l o f us w i t h snowshoes so w e could count trees i n q u a d ra nts i n the coldest of M a i n e w i nters . " W ha t she's done

tended the S a l e m State Ch ristmas

had last seen each othe r . J o h n says i t's

with a m i l i ta ry band and color and

tou rnament to see the ,\ l u lcs pla\' bas­

great to ha,•e college fri ends spread

rifle guard. It was what he w a n ted and

ketba l l . Although Colby lost b)· four

around the countr)·-he can freeload

i t fe l t very appropriate." . . . Please

points, he says i t \\'aS a n exciting and

e,·e1·) \\'here ! B u r he generous!)· offers

drop us a note or c-111 a i l us w i th news

\\'el l -played game, and they were im­

accom m o d a t i o n s ( fl o o 1· s p a c e ) i n

about you and your fam i ly. You

C<lll

pressed \\'ith the outsta n d i n g sports­

use the form in the magazi ne or con­

manship by both teams. They \\·ere

Green ,\ fountain Fal ls, too; they're . located 1 5 m i les " est of Colorado

tact us at our e-111a i I address ( classnews

joined b)· Da"e Demers '69 and h i s

Spri ngs a n d a couple of m i l es from

I 967@ a l u 11 1 .co l by.edu). \ \'e look for­

w i fe, Paul a. John a l so m a i n t a i n s regu­

Pi kes Pea k . C l assmates, sen d more

ward to hea1·ing fro111 you.

lar con tact with Pete Rouse i n \ \'ash­

ne\\'S1

i ngton, D.C. , and \\Tend)' ( S l ater '69)

-Robert Grncia a11d Jud)' Gerrie Heiue

and Alex Palmer, who no" J i ,·e on

l heard fro111 only two class­

and Tern· tra,·eled to YellO\\'Stone.

\\'<lilt to share thei r ne\\ S . L a u ra and I

mates, and both l i ve i n Colorado. ,\ lust

H i s last ,·isit had been right after the

recei, ed a n ice holida)· letter from

ha,·e been so111 eth i ng i n the air' . . .

fire, and he says that n a tu re has done

Ken a n d B renda H es s J o rdan. I t

John Leopold J i ,·es i n Engle,, ood ,,·ith

a phenomenal job of restoration -

contained n e,,· that ,,·as mo t surpri'>­

his w i fe, Tern·; they just ce lebrated

and the park is more beautiful than

ing to us: the Jordans are lea\ i ng

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J\ Iartha's \'ineyard. Last spring John

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head i n g offto the \Vindy C i ty, Brenda w a s i nn J ke d i n Port l a n d 's a n n u a l ,\ I a gi c of C h ri s t m as production as a

c\.merican stud i es major a t our fa ,·orite

PAU LINE RYDER KEZER '63

with my sister behind the flag-draped caisson pul led by Clydesdale horses,

excitement a n d fa s t pace. I 'm getti ng w i n ded just \\' r i t i n g a bout i t ' B e fore

Dodge

81y1111

I t's good to see that classmate'>

Jordans are a w h o l e column all by themselves' . . . Sarah Tabor w r i tes that she andJ erry got m a rried on .:\ [ay 1 5 , 1 999, the elate they cons i d e r th e i r a n n i \'ersary, after 1 2 years together

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Congratu l a t i o n s to t h e n e '' l)"'·eds'

In a d d i tion to d i sco\'e ring the joys of wedded bl iss, S a rn h had a n une\'entful year. S h e took on the responsi b i l ity of being K- 1 2 art coordi nator f o r the B a n gor School Department '' hile sti l l teach i n g art fu l l t i m e at B a n gor H i gh Schoo l . I n her "spare t i m e " S a ra h was a,,·ardccl the purchase p1·ize f o r photo etch i n gs she e n tered in the Artists i n Education e x h i b i t at t h e

n i ,·ersit:y o f

,\ I a i n e i n ,\ugusta. I ler a \\ a rd -\\·i n ­ n i ng work is no\\' part o ft h e uni,·ersit:y's permanent co l l ection. ,\ Ty h a t is off to you, Sarah . . . . Terry H a l bert is an associate professor of legal and real estate studies in the Fo\'. School of B u s i n ess a n d ,\ [ a n a ge m e n t a t Te111 p l e U n i ,·ersin·. S h e was recentk recog-­ . n i zed b,· the u n i ,·ersin· as " G re�t

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Teache 1: . " The "Great Teacher" award carries \\' i th it a

1 5 ,000 cash prize,

be l ie,·ed to be the l a rgest gi,·en b)· a col l ege or u n i ,·ersi t:y for the recogni ­ tion of exce l l ence i n teach i n g. Terry i s a n expert o n business l a '' a n d e t h i cs a n d the tobacco i n d ustn . S h e h a s sen-eel as d i rector of Ten� p l e ' s B u s i ­

n e s s Ethics C e n t e r a n d the busi ness honors program , and she is co-author

of a te\'.tbook, La<:: and Ethics in the Business Em:iromnent. � o doubt about i t, Terry is another i n a long l i n e of slackers a n d n e 'er-do-wel l s from the Class of l 9-0 . . . . There's n o easytran­ si tion to m)· closing remarks. So, in m\­ norma l bull in a c h i n a shop m a n n e .

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When Alfred Dostie '70 was a boy i n central M a ine, his window to the world was h i s sta m p collection : tiny scenes from faraway places l i ke Azerba ijan and Andorra . Dostie never d reamed that one day he wou ld be buying sta m ps in places l i ke B ielawa , B ijelj i na and B rzesko.

Dost i e grew up in Augusta , w h e re h i s mother, a widow, worked i n t h e weave rooms o f o n e o f t h e c ity's texti l e m i l ls . H i s father, who d ied when A lfred was 6, was a loom fixer. "I l i ke to te l l people I have two d egrees , " Dosti e s a i d . " C o l by College a n d Bates, Edwa rds Divisio n . That's the old cotton m i l l . That's how I worked my way t h rough col l ege . " O n the advice of R eginald Houghton Sturtevant '2 1 , then c h a i rman of the Boa rd of Trustees of the College, Dostie went to Colby. H e went on to wor k for the Fede ra l Deposit I nsura nce Corp. and several Vermont ba n ks as c h ief a u d itor and senior vice president. Then, ma rried with t h ree c h ildren, Dostie had what he descri bes as a mid-l ife crisis. He left h i s ba n k job and formed his own fi r m , consulting for small com m u n ity banks in New Engla n d . I n 1 996 he took an assign­ ment with a ba n k fa rther afield : Kazcredsotsba n k i n Al maty, Republic of Kaza khsta n . " It was the former state ba n k , " Dostie sa i d . " They had a pretty ela borate lobby but very few assets. " Dostie found h imself 1 1 time zones away from Vermont, 1 00 m i les from the C h i nese border in Centra l Asia . H is two-month assignment: to i ntrod uce Kazaks to western ba nking pri n c i ples. I n the process, Dostie got a n educa­ tion of his own .

Stretch i ng from the Caspia n Sea to the Chinese border, Kaza khsta n has va luable oil reserves a nd other natural resources.

"J ust looking at the world map, you see the strategic i m porta nce of it, " Dostie sa i d . " B ut 1t was pretty bleak.

Not a lot of snow. Mounta i n s outside of A l maty, then the ca pita l , rise to seventeen thousa nd feet i ust ten m iles outside of town. Bea utiful

country but typical Soviet a rc h itectu re . B lock b u i l d i ngs, u n even sta i rs, terrible p l u m b i ng. " I n 1 99 1 , with the d ismantl i n g of the Soviet U n ion, Kaza k h stan was tu rned back to the Kazaks. When the R ussians left, they took their centra l ized ba n k i ng system with the m . I n place of the Soviet system­ essentia lly a money-d istri bution system-260 private ba n ks sprang u p .

Except they weren't banks i n t h e American sense. " T he re were n o depositors , " Dostie sa i d . " They were a l l investors. I f you look at a n American ba n k , you see eight or n i ne percent capita l . Over there, n i nety-nine percent capita l , no deposits . " Those were heady days. Kazaks expected private ente rprise to create an America n sta ndard of l iving very q u ickly. But Dostie pred i cts it will ta ke two or th ree generations for true private ente rprise to become part of the Kaza k culture and that of Bosn i a , where h e worked i n 1 998. Dostie went to Bosnia for the U . S . Agency for I nternational Development, which h i red him to review the performance of 32 ba n ks there and in the R e p u b l i ka of Srpska . He was based in Sarajevo, where eth n i c e n m ity sti l l simmered . He sent vol u m i nous m issives home, mostly a bout the cities, the people. " A rtillery holes a re m uc h more i m mense and i m p ressive, but it's the bul let holes that seem more insidious. T h ey a re everywhere for no a pparent reason other than someone wanted to waste some a m m u n ition or a s if a ga me was played to poke holes i nto every si ngle sq uare meter of b u i l d i ng wa l l in the c ity, " he wrote .

Dostie spent n i n e weeks i n Bos n i a , selecti ng ba n ks for i n c l usion i n a U . S . ­ sponsored $250- m i l lion sma l l-business l e n d i ng progra m . H e was back in Vermont for a l ittle more than a yea r, doing consu lting i n New England a nd N ew York but cou l d n 't resist a nother foreign foray. As of J u ly 1 , he was d u e to begi n an assignment for Asia n Development B a n k-in Uzbekista n .-Gerry Boyle '78

" Ill) la.,r col u m n . (Come on: hold

pleased to sar that T kept that promise.

one could share somet h i n g ou trageous

do" n the appLw'>e, plca;c.) Fol l m1 ing

I ask " hoe\'er is the next chronicler of

about a 50th birthday si nce most of us

S i\ l economist C harles Colgan is

our Wth reunion (can ) ou real I ) be­

our class to keep the streak al ive. J ust

had them last year. \Ve i l , m y wish

a l so frequently i n the news. Most re­

l i e ' c " c · , c hcco m c our parent'>?)

Shore C h a m be r of Commerce . . . .

t h i n k , \\ hen I started writing this col­

came true when Nancy Ham.mar Aus­

cent were several a rticles i n M a i n e

'>Omconc cl'>c get' LO hear a l l about

u m n , no one had c1 en heard of Y2 K,

tin w rote that she spent the weekend

newspapers w i t h h i s views on t h e need

" h at ) ou "re d o 1 11g and com m u n icarc

a n d no" that m 1· tenure is o,·er, Y2 K

i n Paris as a celebration. l won't be

for labor i n this grow i n g economy . . . .

it

rhc e n t i re ciJ,.,. In a '>trangc " a) ,

i; a t h i n g of the pa'>t. \.m azing1 T h a n ks

\\ riting the col u m n , but r hope some­

Also i n M a i n e , Go . Angus K i n g

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dent for Cape Cod. T l e was just na m ed

partner w i th Perry, Fitts, Boulette, &

to the board of d i rectors for the South

F i tton C . P . A.'s i n \Vaterv i l l e , was

h i gh l ighted as a panelist f o r the con­ ference on vVomen in Leadership at

person for creation science, and Jack

B ruce Drouin and his w i fe, Janet

L e m m o n , w h o p l a y e d C l a re n c e

Thomas College . . . . Tony Mara­ marco was recentlywritten up i n Smmt

Hansen '75, traveled me nation and

Da rrow i n tl1e newest version of 111hel"it the T¥ind. I ' m sure Jim, who re­

even Europe before landing i n Maine.

1Vlo11ey since he was named manager of tl1e Babson Value Fund . . . . Macy

s i d e s i n Arli ngto n , i\ll a s s . , wou l d

busy witl1 kids and careers. Bruce i s

appreciate n e w readers of his work.

DeLong was recently featured i n

senior credit officer for FA.ME (Fi­

The

. . . Bruce D. Cummings has written

nancial Authority of Maine). I n addi­

Bosto11 Globe f o r Solutions at \Vork,

an opinion piece on Indiana-based

which she created. Solutions at 'Nork

tion

Anmem's purchase of me Blue Cross

demands, Bruce serves as our class

Like many of us, Bruce and Janet are

to

a l l the work and fa m i l y

i s a Cambridge-based organization for

and Blue S h ield company. In a

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representative and as chairman of the

homeless people tl1at includes The

vember 3 0, J 999, article for Central

Career Services Committee on the

Cambridge Furniture Bank, Child ­

i\1aine Newspapers, Bruce advocated

Colby Alumni Counci l . Despite it all,

ren's Cloming Exchange, Bread and

remaking Blue Cross a state-chartered

he sti ll made it up Mt. Washington on

Jams Day Center for tl1e Homeless,

corporation to be called Community

his 47m birthday witl1 Scouts in tow1

and Speaking Up. If you missed it,

Healtl1 Trust of Maine. Bruce's cre­

. . . Anomer active Colby classmate i s

Colby ran a feature article on her i n me

dentia ls-president of Blue H i l l Me­

Bonnie Nielson, w h o i s n o w Colby's

spring 2000 issue. She has show11 amaz­

moria l Hospi ta l , past president of the

assistant d i rector of annual giving.

ing courage and commitment, and we

Maine Hospital Association, former

Bon nie says that she enjoyed me re­

are all very proud ofher efforts . . . . Pat

a d m i n i s t r a to r for J\ 1 a i n e G e n e ra l

Montgomery seems to have a little

H ealtl1 a n d former vVaterville city

free time on her hands and has been

counci lor-give Maine's governor and

w1ion, seeing Tim Glidden and re­ memberi11gour first homecoming. H e still dances u p a storm, s h e reports,

hobnobbing wim Mark and Linda Ruggles H i l er, Nancy H a m m a r

legislature good reason to heed his call for state leadership in tl1e health in­ surance arena . . . . Ken Eisen i s mak­

the reunion' Bonnie said she shared the same general memories as many

Austin, Barbara Waters, Jeanne Miller Ouellette, Sandra H utcheson Buck and Dorian Platt Hardwick. . . . Mary Anne Tomlinson Sullivan

writes from Chelmsford tl1at she is working in customer senrice in pack­ aging and is living with her daughter, M a ry Beth, a n d two cats . . . . Jon Stone sent a note to share tl1e news

mat his son Matl1ew, a 6 ' 5 " and 2 2 5 lbs. junior, was just named i\ 1VP. H e plays defensive encl a n d tight e n d . . . .

Rocky Clark writes from Cape Cod, where he i s a landscape designer. H i s children a r e Timomy, Keim, Anna and Carolyn, who is Class of 2 000 at Colby. H is passion i s sti l l philosophy. . . . I now have e-mail (I don't know why I waited so long1), but you should use the class address (classnews l 97 1 @ alum.colby.edu). Keep in touch.

-James Hawkim

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Mail has been very sparse these

past few montl1s1 H ere, tl1ough, i s an update on a few classmates. Congratu­ lations are due James Perloff for the recent publication of his second book,

Tornado in a Junkyanl: The Relentless Myth ofDmwi11is111. According to J im, me book examines much of tl1e scien­ tific scholarship tl1at has in recentyears challenged evolutiona1y meo1y and

ing a name for h i mself not i n text but in fi lm. Twelve years ago, Ken and a pa rm er created Shadow Distribution, a film distribution company. Recently his firm became the distribution and marketing agent for Pmm on Fire, Bangor-native Rocky Collins's fi lm that won best mmrie honors at last year's first Maine International Film Festival. S hadow D i stribution plan­ ned to take tl1e film

to

San Francisco

i n March and New York City in Apri l .

Good luck, Ken; may m i s b e tl1e fi l m mat scores great commercial success for you . . . . Kenneth Gorman writes mat he i s an independent manage­ ment consultant who advises growing start-up companies and restructures troubled fi rms. A singl e dad, Ken h a s e n joyed trave l i n g i n third-world countries with 1 6 -year old s o n , Nie . . . . Patricia Chase writes that she and research scientist Paul Rosar are newly married and the parents of Paul Daniel Rosar Jr., born June l 999. . . . That's it! I told you news was scarce. So when you receive this

Colby magazine, pick up a pen, write something about yourse l f a n d mail it to me. If you prefer, e-mail your n ews (classnews l 9 7 3 @a l u m . co1by. eclu). I'm look ing forward to hearing

although it was with his daughter at

previously unkt1owi1 classmates, mak­ ing it easy to create new fri endships at the r e u n i o n . . . . C a t h y M o r r i s Killoran caught me up on her last five

years, saying that me husband-driven career move to Alabama has been a challenging experience f o r a New En­ glander' Cathy loves her job as pro­ gram manager for a hands-on science center called Sci-Quest. The project has grown from borrowed space i n a community center to a -+0,000-square­ foot faci lity. Nevermeless, me ocean and family ca l l , and I expect she'll move norm agai11 soon . . . . I do feel

i\ l issy if mey could just shake the memories of some oftl1ose Colby mjs­ adventures1 . . . Speaki ngofmisadven­ rnres, rumor has it tl1at mere was an interesting swim i n Johnson Pond during tl1e reunion. Anyone care to share details?

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been pleased witl1 the response by

use e-mail (classn ews l 9 H@a lum. colby.edu) to share your news or use

Publishers �Veek61, Homeschooling To­ day, Dr. Duane Gish, a leading spokes-

tl1e card fow1d in me magazine . . . .

1973 Jackie N ie n a be r Appeldorn 1437 Old Ford Road New Paltz, N Y 1 2 5 6 1 914-255-4875 classnews1973@a l u m . colby.edu 1974

Robin Sweeney Peabody 46 Elk La ne Littleto n , C O 8 0 1 2 7 303-978-1129 fax: 303-904-0941 classnews197 4@a l u m . colby.edu 1975

Bruce Young 20 Applewood Ave n u e B i l lerica , M A 01821 978-667-4670 classnews1975@a l u m .colby.edu

1977

'72 are past 2 5 years now and saw their daughter off to college last fall. Life would be a tad more restful \1•imout

-Robin S11'eeney Peabody

-Jackie Nienaber Appledorn

day correspondence. I hope you will

1972 Janet Holm Gerber 409 Read i ng Ave n u e Rockvi l l e , M D 20850 301-424-9160 classnews19 72@a l u m . colby.edu

Martha Hamilton Benson and Joe

personal retrospective of his former l i fe as an atheist, i ncluding a short

Conservative Book Club, and Jim has

1971 James Hawkins 485 Locust Street Attleboro, MA 0 2 7 03 508-226-1436 classnews1971@a l u m . colby.edu

1976 Valerie Jones Roy 38 H u nts P o i nt Road Cape El izabeth, ME 04107 207-76 7-0663 fax: 207-767-8 1 2 5 cl assnews1976@a l u m . colby.edu

from you.

basis of this column i s a collection of wonderful, lengmy e-mails and holi­

1970 Brenda H es s Jordan 1 5 Reg Roe Road Fa l mouth, ME 04105 classnews1970@a l u m . colby.edu

obligated to let you kt10w tl1at there will be no new building on campus witl1 "Barry" on it, as Sean and Barb Thayer Barry d i d not, in fact, win the lotte1y. However, tl1ey did hit me marriage jackpot and will soon be cel­ ebrating their 2 5 tl1 anniversary . . . .

also looks at the social consequences of Darwi nism. Jim includes a brief

mention of his experiences at Colby.

The book is a new selection of tl1e

1970s Correspondents

For those who missed the an­ nouncement of Nell Eddy Meldahl's deatl1 last.) uly, I 've recei\·ed more in­ formation on her ramer remarkable l i fe. Upon graduating from Colby, she returned to Japan for fi\'e years to apprentice i n traditional techniques

Ellen D . O ' Brien 96 Soaring Hawk Lane Charlotte, VT 05445 classnews1977@a l u m . colby.edu 1978

Robert S . Wood b u ry 484 Bridge Street Ham i lton, MA 01982 97 8-468-3805 fax: 6 1 7-951-9919 classnews1978@a l u m . colby.edu 1979 Cheri B a i l ey Powers 6027 Scout Drive Colorado Springs, C O 80918 7 19-532-9285 7 19-380-6806 classnews1979@alum .colby.edu

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of paper and s i l k restoration . t the Oka shop in Kyoto, she worked on a n u mber ofJapanese national treasures a n d i mportant c u l tu ra l properties.

After returning to the States, she was named a :\ lellon Fellow and assistant conservator i n Asian art at the ,\ l u ­ s e u m o f F i n e Arts in Boston. In addi­ tion to being a n expert i n her field, she was a ,·err fine person whose integrity was a l ready well de,·eloped in our Colby years . . . . Edward Snyder is about to complete his second year as dean o f the Darden School ofBusi ness at the ni,·ersit:y of \'irginia. Ted has a l re a d�- commi tted h i m s e l f to ex­ panding the school, h a s garnered a 1 0 - m i l l i o n p l edge from U n i te d Technologies chairman George David and has stated, "Our intention is to ha,·e the best business school faci l i ties i n the world." tarting salaries for graduating Dardenians (Dardenit:es)) a \· e ra ge 7 5 ,000 before bonuses, J 1 5 ,000 including them. Grad school anyone? . . . Thomas Nangle has been appoi n ted sales manager for the B e l fast, :\ l a i n e , L eu C e n t:e r . Tom joined Ker Bank in 1 998 after stints with .\ I BKA in Belfast: and LL. Bean in Freeport:. . . . A critic describing the m u ical compositions o f Arth ur Le­ vering reports that "amongst: its quali­ ties are: clarity . . . rh�mmic interest: . . . imaginati,·e orchestration . . . wit."

-\ rthur is a Boston-based composer '' ho just debuted with his first C D .

I ncluded on t h e release is " ncle I n ­ ferno," a h i lariou three-mo,·ement: '' o r k for p i a n o s i x - h a n ds , w h i c h "makes deliberate fun ofitselfthrough it,< 1·ariations on what the composer ,, calls an 'insipid tune. . . . . Leon FishJyn chose optometr�· for his l i fe's 11 ork. " ] le� , I had to be someth ing'" Leon 11 rites. J fe checks i n from I Ian ard, .\ l ass., 11 here keeping up 11 idi his teenage children adds purpose to h i s run111 ng, we ightl i fting and kay­ aki ng. Par� ing, ;erious "ra1 ing" 11 ith friend'> and IOI e o f the our-of-doors ra nk h 1 ghh. on Leon\ list o f Jes;on; le.1rned at Colh� . (Dare you rel I the childre n ? ) . . . \nd no11 , in the e\ ent: then I pa'>'> the '>Ccretarial torch after th1., bte'>t column, a 11 ord from m� C o l ll\

roo m m H e of f o u r � c a r •, , \..., � ou ma� hcl\ e nonced, \ !a l! 1 1 1 ha; not '>ent in one communique '>Ince I took lea1 on th1., p<i-iuon ti1 e � ea r., <lg< ing me co fahricue the >tol! of ho11 \ l a f! l i7 .\ loyni han Le1y

,ht: lu; '>pent her product: 1 1 e � e,1r,. \ \ e l l , 1t\ true, \ I .in 111 and Roh '' ere C \ pecu ng their l 2 t ii child 1n \ Li� . I f \ ou h a \ e o l d P J m per-. 1 11 the <ltlic,

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NEWSMAKERS Joanne Weddell Magyar '7 1 recently be­ gan a four-year term as an overseer at the College. Currently tlie chair of the

lumni

Counci l , she also served on tlie recent presi­

Carol M .

Beaumier ' 7 2 is a new parmer in the regu­

dential search committee. ·:·

l a tory risk services practice of tlie Metro New York practice of Arthur Andersen LLP. A Colby trustee and member of the Board of Governors of tl1e Colby College 71Iuseum of Art, she was a founding partner Sara J. Burns

'79

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A B1111gorD11ily News story on women

"in jobs that, ,,·hen they ,,·ere girls, were held by men" featured

Burns

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'79, president of Central Maine Power Company in Augusta,

.\Iaine. Burns also was a presenter at the April conference of the Maine chapter of tlie National 1 erwork of \Vo men Leaders. In June she served as honorary chair of tlie American Heart Association Ladies Gol f Classic in Batli, .\Iaine, an e\•ent intended to help draw attention to tlie issue of women and heart health. please keep i\ 1 aryl i z in mind. She was recently appointed CEO of Unite!, formerly known as Bell Atlantic, for­ merly J\T)' :EX, formerly New En­ gland Bell, formerly AT&T, formerly AJexanderand H i s i\ IarvelousTin Can, Inc. She graciously invites any one of \'OU who passes through \Vellesley to stop b\' for a \'Odka and milk. The fridge is always ful l of pare and beluga.

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Received an informative e-mail

from Dana Pope, who reported that he has been married for 2 -f years to Carol)�i Anderson ' 7 5 . The family, including three daughters (Lindsay, 1 5 , Ceci lie, 1 3 , and Laurian, 1 0) as well as an exchange student from Thai­ land who arri1'ed five years ago but, according to Dana, "never left," l ives in \\'est:wood, ,\ Iass. He works as a partner in a real estate development a n d m a n a ge m e n t fi rm b a s e d i n Burlington, ,\ lass. Dana reported on h i Jan uary 1 997 open-heart surgery, but a mere two years later he was fee l i ng good enough to climb ,\ fount Kili manjaro, go horseback riding in France and sail in die British \'irgin I slands. The family keeps t:\1 o horses in a stable in Do\ er, ,\ l ass., and has a great summer house on Lake \ \'inne­ pesaukee in ;-,: . T r . Sounds l i ke Dana is taking fu l l adnrnrage o f h i s fabulous health these days. Clad to hear it:1 . . .

Taco, Inc., recent!� announced that Jenn G ra ham 11·a., appointed ,�ice pre-,1dcm. fi nance, and t:re<l>urer . . \..f­ ter Col in , C . lenn earned hi., \ 1 . B. \. from Pr01 1dence Col lege. I le and his 11 1 fe, C . cr;1 J� n, and their t:\ I o children

live in Smithfield, R . I . . . . Lydia Mc­ Anerney also e-mai led a long update.

Recently Lydia coordinated a major fund-raising campaign for the Tapes­ try Folkdance Center, where she has worked for the last five-plus years, to acquire and renovate a new build ing.

And she did it all in 1 0 montlis1 Con­ gratulations, Lydia. Chi ldren Andrew, 9, and Rebecca, 7, are doing well, as is husband John, who keeps very busy with landscaping and snow removal.

Lydia spoke of our upcoming 2 5 di reunion-she already has it on her calendar. Does everyone else) . . .

Rebecca Hushing McCole used the new questionnaire from Colby maga­ zine (hint, h int, hint) to send along news tliat she was "healthy, happy and sci II chuggin' along." Among her goa Is for the future: " l ive/work/teach in Europe before 2 0 1 0. " . . . Saw a press release announcing Paul Kueffner's o·ansformation from 2 0 years in the o·avel business to a fifth grade French teacher at tlie Cider M i l l School in \\Tilton, Con n. Paul lives in Soutliport: and in his spare time enjoys sai ling his 3 6-foot: boat. Paul isn't the only new teacher among our classmates, as Joe Stella recently began teaching high school biology. . . . From Lincolnvi lle, ,\ Iaine, David Christie, who contin­ ues to work as a sales rep for Atkins Printing Service in \ Vatervi l le, re­ ported on die A l a rch -+, 1 999, arrival of fi rst-born Anna Carol Christie. Tt ha; been a busy year for Dave and fa m i l ) (11 h i ch a l so i n c l u des w i fe Kathleen, 11 ho 11 orks for ,\I B 1 11 Belfast) as they recently built a new home, 11 hi ch 11 asn't done f o r I 0

months ("1 hope this w i l l he the last one I ever have to bui ld," he says).

Dave has a I -year old, but as previ­ ously reported, many of us have kids in college. I know o f three classmates whose c h i l d ren attend/w i l l attend Colby. Meredith M i l len, daughter of Gary M i l l en '74 and Ann B e a dle , is a member of tlie Class of 2003 , while Abbey Stella, daughter of] oe and Noel Barry Stella, was accepted early deci­ sion, Class o f 200-f . . . . That's it for now. Please be sure to keep tliat news c o m i n g in ( c l a ssnews l 9 7 6@a l u m . colby. edu), a n d I w i l l b e sure t o share it with our classmates1

-Valerie Jones Roy

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Vinnie Martucci (tuchitunt:® aol .com) is married to Liz Lawrence '76, and they have t:\vo children, Katie, 5, and Jim, 2 1 12 . BC ( Before Chil­ dren) Vi nnie recorded and toured in the U.S. and abroad with The Dol­ phins, a band he co-led witli Dave Brubeck. They enjoyed good success a.nd airplay, producingdiree CDs. One of h i s tunes was a top- I 0 a i rplay in J apan a few years ago. After children arrived he stopped touring and is now a part-time professor of jazz studies at tlie State U n iversity of ew York at New Paltz. H e is also writing for tele­ vision, runs a recording studio and is music di rector for Eileen Fulton (As The World Tums). L i z has a business and pottery studio, is marketing her line of interiors and landscapes, and is momming tlieir chi ldren, who, Vinnie says, "are just dreams." Vinnie and Liz send tlieir regards to a l l tlieir Colby friends . . . . John Mason GI mason@ ulo·anet:.com) lives in Ieedham, Mass., with h is wife, Barbara, and tlieir nvo children,John, 9, and Stephen, 4.John i s working in software development and says, "for better or worse, I haven't changed at a I J I '' . . . Priscilla Martin is a physician practicing internal medi­ cine and is an assistant professor at tlie Un iversity of Rochester. She and her husband, Don Bordley, also an inter­ nist: at the niversity of Rochester, have three children: Eri n, 2 0 and a junior at Cornell University, Christo­ pher, 8 and i n third grade, and Kate, 5 and in kindergarten . Prici l l a writes that she is busy having fun, "seeing patients, teaching medical residents and students, and raising kids." . . . J a y Hotchkiss lives in Falmouth, Maine, where he i s a human resources con­ sultant:. President of h is own firm, John Jay & Co., he a l so chairs the Board ofTraining Resource Center, a public/private venture designed to as-

sist the under- and un-employed. H e a n d Sandy married i n 1 990, and h e has a son Sean, 1 6, a stepson, Alex, l 5, and a golden retriever, Casey, -+. He writes that he and Sandy are "definitely ex­ periencing the chal lenges of raising two teenage boys and frequently won­ der whetl1er they were like this at this age (an editorial 'of course not!')." . . .

I heard from Debra Perkins-Smjth, who is Jj,ring in Lakewood, Colo. She is married to Sean Smitl1 '79, and they have two chil dren, Hannah, 1 3 , an � !

Malcolm, 9. Debra is vice president at B RvV, an engineering, design and planning firm, and Sean is the middle school principal at Colorado Acad­ emy. Debra confirms that they "are sti l l enjoying the great outdoors of Colorado." . . . Now, a long drum roll and trumpets: Kent Wommack, the executive di rector of the Maine chap­ ter of me Nature Conservancy, has, with tremendous effort, succeeded in protecting thousands ofacres ofMai ne woodlands. H e and the Nanire Con­ servancy raised $ 3 5 . l m i l lion in only six weeks to purchase and preserve -+O mi les of tl1e Upper St. John River.

This is me largest single conservation land acquisition in Maine since the creation of Baxter State Park. Appro­ priately, last year Kent won tl1e Down East Environ mental Award . Con­ gratulations and thank you, Kent, for your persistence and creativity in sav­ ing such a large and wonderful piece ofonr beautiful Maine wilderness . . . .

And that's it. I 'm out of class informa­ tion' Remember to drop me a note (wim the Colby magazine i n f o card or any old card to 96 Soaring Hawk Lane, Cha rlotte, VT 05445) or an e-mail (classnews l 977@alum .co!by. edu). As al ways, looking forward to hearing from you.

-Ellen D. O 'Brien

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I lmow, I know. You're just l ike me, so when you get your Colby maga­ zine you i m mediately open i t and flip to tl1e class column for us, 1 978. Okay, so here you are. I m mediately after reading this column I want you to fl i p t o tl1e back of t h i s issue a n d write t h e next column b y completing and m a i l ­ ing t h e class news f o r m . Remember when I tl1reatened that if I didn't get enough news, a total colum.n would be dedicated to me? Wel l, for the last two issues we've come perilously close to tl1at. I need news' Get mose forms i n to Colby. Thank you . . . . I was th rilled to receive a card "via air mail" with a posonark of Hong Kong. I t was a nice note from Liz Dugan, who

works as a resident program di rector­ Asia for the I nternational Republican I n stitute in Hong Kong. (I could read the English side of her business card.)

She said she's happy and sent best wishes f or a happy 2000. She also promised to send an e-mail with a little "grist f or my mill," so more \vi i i fol low from Liz soon. Stay tuned' . . .

Jim Moulton, educational technol­ ogyconsultant, had an interesting col­ umn called "The Web \Vanderer" in the Coastal Jo11rnal of Bath, Maine. l n i t h e te lls some personal and family horror stories about tl1e perils of poi­ son ivy. He references some help on the vVeb from tl1e American Academy of Dermatol ogy in identifying, avoid­ ing and treating me evil rashes caused by the urushiol (you-ROO-shee-ol) oil found on poison ivy, sumac and

Steamer was first-team ew J ersey in hoops h is senior year in high school.

He fares better in our hoop league than in tl1e World Series as we've won tl1e championship six times in his 1 1 years. Alboy does big money deals with anotl1erteammate of mine who is an invesonent banker in Boston. Al boy also says mat it would be the "nads" to see some old DUers in Portland. ( I told you w e were perilously close to it all beingabout me.) . . . Scott Drown, now of Leeds, N l aine, is the new prin­ cipal of tl1e Meroby Elementa1ySchool in N l exico. Scotty, who also has a mas­ ters of science i n educational admin­ istration from the U n iversity of Soutl1ern Maine, was formerly the principal of tl1e Leeds Ceno-al School.

In the picture that accompanied the article, Scott looked o-im as ever and is

JOSEPH W. TYLER '78 Owns Tyler Antiques & Appraisa ls, Ltd . , Litchfield, Conn. Was an international trade analyst in Washing­ ton, D.C., a rea . Decided to sell antiques and spend more time with his fa mily after the death of his first wife. Started the busi ness from scratch in 1995. " Litchfield has a lot of antique traffic . . . and very sophisticated clientele. " I nteresting items in h i s shop A 1 6thcentury Spanish wrought i ron candela bra a nd a n 1820 American chestnut and cherry barrelback chair.

I nd u stry cha nges "The big u n resolved issue is the effect of the I nternet on sel l i ng a ntiques . . . . There is a lot of fakery in furni­ ture. Fake pottery is being made in China right now. . . . If you're looking at a fine piece, you need to touch and feel it. You can't j ust look at a d igital picture . " What he does

oak. There is some good news here. As opposed to popular wisdom, you can't catch it from a fri end' . . . Old fri end Alan "Alboy" MacEwan e-mai led from Portland, where he works as a high-powered attorney. He claims mat some real news for our column would be me disclosure that I 've played "old man hoops" w i th Bob "Steamer" Stanley every Thursday night during the w i n ter for the past 1 1 years.

Steamer, as some of you Red Sox fans nndoubtedly remember, was a relief/ sometimes starting pitcher f or tl1e Sox for 1 3 years and had me misfortune to be on the mound in Shea Stadium during game six of the 1 986 World Series. This was the game when the Sox blew a tl1ree games to two lead and 5-3 score i n the nintl1 inning \1'itl1 two outs. This is about as close as you can get to me chalice \l'imout tasting me wine. Anyway, less known is mat

sti l l sporti n g h i s signatu re mus­ tache . . . . That's it for tl1is issue. Now flip right to the class news form and fi l l it out, o r next time I ' l l tell you how many points I scored in last week's game witl1 Steamer' -Rohe11 S. Woodhmy

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Springtime i n the Rockies, and we are shoveling snow one day and in me 60s the next. Playing spring soccer here is always a cha llenge. I am sure that many of you are as busy with kids' sports schedules as Tom and I are.

Being your class correspondent is great' Getting your e-mails is defi­ nitely better tl1an me advertising rut­ ting my mailbox . . . . I was pleased to hear from a Sturte\'ant girl, Kathy Small Surette. Kathr and husband David are Ji,'ing i n Soum Easton, ,\ lass., a long w i m mei r mree children, Flannery, 1 8, Evan, 1 5 , and Hannah,

1 3 , two dogs and three horses. David is teach ing high school English in \Va Imam, Mass., and Ka my works in E . Providence as a physician assistant.

J ust mis past fa ll, they were at Colby for Flan neiy's interview. She says mat it's hard to beli eve it's been 2 0 years a l ready, and I agree . . . . I also learned that Kay Lavoie Lowel l, a fellow Mary Low girl, resides in Greeley, Colo. I wish I had known tl1at on our various soccer excursions to Greeley. Kay is married to I ate, a V\Taterville boy, and has two daughters, Elizabeth, -+, and Jennifer, I . She is me catalogue li brarian at the James A. J\ l ichener Li brary at the University of Iorthern Colorado. I have Kay to mank f or loaning me her TV on Sarurday nights so I cou l d watch Saturday Night live . . . Nick ichols e-mai led me to say mat he, his wife, Kim, and three sons planned to be on the top of Sugarloaf me morning of January l .

They planned to open a bottle ofcham­ pagne Gust a sip f or the kids) and celebrate the new m i l l ennium. He invited Colbyites to join tl1em and promised to bring along plenty of champagne. How many '79ers showed up, Nick? . . . B arty Horwitz and Liz Yanagihara Horwitz '80 wrote tl1at there are great happeni ngs f or them this year. Both chil dren have moved up in schoo l : Michael is i n high school, and Al i is in middle school. M usic is very much a part of meir lives as tl1ey play multiple instruments, following their mother's (Liz was a music major) musical talents. Barty was i n Boston i n February t o launch his new company, Sprockets.com, a business-to-business service provided over me I nternet.

The launch included a private concert at me Avalon i n Boston by me B-52s1 (\Vow, would I have loved to be there!)

Barty is co-founder and chief operat­ ing officer of the company. We a l l wish you great success, Barty . . . . I heard from another Powers, George Powers, in December. George has been deve l o p i n g software a t a n I n ternet start-up company, Packeteer, for two years. The company went pub­ lic last summer. He says mat he doesn't run into a lot ofliberal a rts grads i n the busine s, but Colbr did point us i n the right direction . . . . \\'e l l , mat's it for this colnmn. "'ext time I have some news about Sav Zembill as, Deb Lawler and Randy Papadellis. .

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centl�· surfaced . . \t least as o f the time he \\TOte, Adrienne w a working as a wea,·er and q u i lter as "·el l as an at­ home mom to childre n and soccer pla�·ers �athan and .\ Iorgan Leigh.

Adrienne's husband, Peter Smith, is a teacher . . . . .\ lore recently but "·itl1 fe\\·er changes to report, J im Nelson fil led us in o n his doings in Pittsford, �.1., where h e is assistant principal of the H oneo�·e F a l l s- L i m a Central School District's .\ liddle School. Jim and "·i fe Heidi (a high school guid­ ance counselor) ha,·e two children, Greg, 7 , and Rachel, 6. J im's see n ] a\' Donegan ' I and Ste,·e Pfaff ' 8 1 re­ cently and expected to see G a ry Leonard this summer in Bedford, � . H . . . . Marjorie Smith Bose wri res

from Flower .\ Iound, Texas, where she is raising her daughters, Kendall, 3, and Lindsley, l. ffith the birth o f t h e i r second c h i l d , .\ Iarjorie confesses that she and husband Ron (di rector, database/relationship marketing) fel t compelled to b u y a m inivan, al though they are a l ready planning for tl1e day they w i l l get rid of "The Grape" (it's purple) and start thei r mrn business to take ad\'an tage o f the hot Texas economy . . . . I recei"ed from Colby a charming story from ,Hni11e Times about Dan O'Halloran's stewardsh ip of \\'aten·il le's century-old Boothby & Bartlett, a local i n dependent i nsur­ ance agency. Dan bought tl1e com­ pany from the Bartletts i n 1 998 after cutting his teeth in the insurance in-

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ried role as Plymouth County �hcnff (and setting off a political �cramble for that posi tion, to w h ich Peter was recently re-elected). Peter joins the a d m i n i stration o f Governor P a u l Cell ucci a fter b e i n g recruited for the job by Secretary of Admin istration and Finance Andrew atsios, with whom Peter served in the Massachu­ setts legislature. According to sources quoted in The Boston Globe, Peter is expected to be given "a lot o f power"

by Natsios because o f Peter's knowl­ edge of"the H i l l " and tl1eir close rel a ­ tionship. Although Natsios is credited with haviJ1g first encouraged Peter's i n itial run for the legislature a fter his graduation from Colby, Natsios has cited Peter's character and integrity,

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Working i n a physics lab, beco m i ng a marine engineer and prod uc­ ing sprouts in the fa m ily basement is a roundabout route to r u n n i n g a su per-pre m i u m j u ice company. B ut that's how M ichael Ca rter '80 becam e president of Fresh Samantha, I n c . , a Mai ne-based company that prod uces smooth ies, " body zoomers," soy sha kes and other natural iu1ces d istributed a long the entire East Coast. Carter jokes that being president means he's a jack of all trades, master of none.

In 1 970 Ca rter's father lost h i s job i n I l l inois. With no i m mediate job prospects, the enti re fa m i ly-i nclud i ng fou r kids, a dog and a cat­ d rove to M a i ne , where they had spent s u m mers. Ca rter's mother grew a lfa lfa sprouts in the basement for the Gorha m food co-op. The vent u re beca m e so successfu l that her h usba nd was a ble to q u i t his i nsurance JOb and join her. I n add ition to local superma rkets, Seiler's (then Col by's food su pplier) bought the sprouts and Carter was a ble to eat his mom's vegetables when he a r rived as a fres h m a n in 1 976.

After gra d uating with a physics degree, Carter found that a five-month stint 1n a windowless physics lab was not for h i m . H e l i ked boats and working with his h a nds, so he earned a n associate's degree i n marine engineering and worked on su pply boats 1 n the G u lf of Mexico. Between constant tnps he met h i s future wife, Marth a , 1n M a i ne . He now had to choose between her and a JOb that took h i m away for six months at a time. Carter c hose M a rtha and says it's the best thing he's ever done.

I n 1 984 Carter started working i n his parents' sprout (and now d i p , h u m m u s a nd ta boul e h ) business, sti l l i n the basement. Carter's sister, A bby, and her h u s ba n d , Doug Lev i n , q u it their New York City advert1s1ng JObs, and Doug J01ned h e business. In 1 993 Carter a nd his parents cashed 1 n an nsura nce pol icy and bought 24 Carrot J uices, a s m a l l resh-carrot-iu 1ce processor n Portl a n d . Carter beca m e h e a d of produc ion . " I 've a lways e njoyed being h a nds-o n , " he sa i d . The sprouts su bs1d1zed h e carrot J u ice.

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dustry with M in Philadelphia. friendly takeover, it's fair to assume, since the agency had been run by his dad, Artlrnr (" Red") ' 5 0, as long as I can remember. The story provides insights into Dan's role as i nsurer and confidant to many o f our friends and neighbors in \Vaterville and the re­ sponsibility that comes with tl1at. B ut tl1e part I l i ked best was Dan's sharing the appreciation he's gained of his father's hard work and experience; now in his 1Ttid-70s, Red sti l l s serves tl1e company as vice president. Dan l ives in Oakland \\'ith his w i fe and young son and is expecting anotl1er child . . . .

Peter Forman has become deputy secretaryofadministration and finance for Massachusetts, resigning his sto-

designed f u n , s i m p l e labels, which became pa rt of the com pany's i dentity.

When the basement became crowded, Carter bought land i n B u xton and built his home and a new facility next door. By 1 996 the company had grown to e m ploy 30-40 people. Fresh Samantha leased a " real plant and beca me a real busi ness , " said Carter l="resh Sama ntha fi rst developed flavors, l i ke ca rrot-orange a nd raspberry d rea m , by m i x i ng them i n t h e kitc h e n . T h e company now has a fu l l -t i m e development tea m . Carter's favorite flavors include mocha m i l le n n i u m and banana strawberry, but h i s favorites cha nge as Fresh Sa mantha lau nches new prod ucts.

Realizing the need to b u i ld the bra n d , Levi n a nd Carter have pushed Fresh Sama ntha i nto new m a rkets a long the East Coast. T h is February the company m erged with Odwa l l a , I n c . , a s i m i l a r j u ice company based in Califor n i a .

Carter says r u n n i n g a busi ness i s fu n a nd cred its h i s fam i ly's com plemen­ tary skills for Fresh Sama ntha's success. " Fa m ily businesses i nevitably have issues you have to deal with , but you get t h rough i t , " he sa id . " I n t h e end it is very reward i n g . " -A /1c1a Nem1ccolo MacLeay

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not their friendship, as key reasons for

was reported i n the last Colby maga­

h i s s e l ection . . . . J a n F o l l ansbee

party of Toni Ciota Chandler, and

zine, to my attention. Although Geoff

Binda was named executive di rector

Sam and Susan Wolff Weiser and

apparently went tlirough some di ffi ­

Heidi Proctor Baxter were also tliere.

of the New England Council of the

cult times in h i> 1\/I a i ne law practice

To1-y says that whenever she i s to­

American Electronics Association last

and tlie circumstances of his death are

fal l , after H years with the National

gether with her closest Colby fri ends

complicated, I know that Geoff's many

tliey tearfully feel the absence of Lisa

Association of Manufacturers, which

kindnesses and good works live on in

Dedham Ahn . . . . David Rocks

included roles as New England re­

the memories and thoughts of his

writes tliat a fter nine years in Prague,

g·ional managerand assistant vice presi­

friends, neighbors and family. \Ve will

he and his wife, Jacqueline, and their

dent, member relations. The American

probably never ful l y understand how

two daughters, Esme and Andriana,

Electronics Association describes it­

we lost him. But we know we miss

moved back to the States, where he

self a s the nation's largest high-tech

him . . . . This is my last column for the

got a job with Business Week magazi ne.

n·ade group, representing almost 3 ,000

class. I t's being written before our

They landed i n Atlanta, where they

U . S . - based technology compan ies,

2 0th reunion, at which my successor

thought tliey would be for tliree or

P.O. Box 602 H a rvard, MA 0 1451 978-456-8801 cla ssnews1981@a lum .colby.edu

with offices throughout the U.S. and

will be elected. I t's been a privilege to

four years, but last December tliey got

overseas . . . . I received a flyer for a

share your news, both good and bad,

word tliat tlieywould be transferred to

1982

course taught last summer by Susan

and I hope you'll continue to share

New York. David will be an editor of

MacKenzie. "In Your Own vVords:

you rs e l f w i t h o u r com m u n i ty . I t

the technol ogy section of the maga­

\Vriting the Story of Your Spiritual

doesn't exist without you.

zine there. They will probably look

Journey" was designed to help partici­ pants better understand their spiritual l i fe by documenting and sharing it.

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for a house i n \tVestchester County

I am starti n g to h ear from many

been a huge change for tliem adapting

nortli of the city. David says it has

Susan di rects the Maine Council of

of you via e-mail. Keep tlie electronic

to the lands of freeways and shopping

Churches Spiritua l i t:y an d Earth Stew­

news flowing . . . . Jane Hartzell e­

malls after nearly a decade of post­

ardship Program . . . . Andy Goode

mailed to say tliat great joy has come

com munism . . . . E lizabeth Eustis

became director of the Atlantic Salmon

into her l i fe with the bi rtli of her son,

left her job as leader of customer sat­

Federation's U.S. programs last sum­

Robin Jeffery, on November I 9, 1 999.

isfaction commwiications at L.L. Bean

mer, working out of its Brwiswick,

Robi n ' s other mother i s Ba rbara

and now works for Image \Vorks, a

Maine, offices. As the U.S. point per­

DeAiigelis, and tlie two have made a

high-end \Veb development firm i n

son for the ASF's salmon conservation

home together for seven years on a

Portl and. She is their customer expe­

and restoration efforts, Andy works

farm in central Vermont, where tliey

rience strategist, which means that

witli tlie ASF's regional couJicils, vol­

raise sheep and pigs and grow veg­

she makes sure you can find what you

unteers and conservation parmers to

etables. Jane is also employed as a

want and don't get frustrated. Eliza­ beth loves tlie \Neb world-never a

raise publ ic awareness of tlie risks fac­

home heal di nurse. They see a lot of

i n g Atlantic salmon. Aiidy is well pre­

David and Amy Haselton Bolger,

dull moment. Technically her field i s

pared for his new role, not only as a

who live about an hour away. David

usability and in formation architec­

result of h i s fly-fishing skills and his

and Amy have a daughter, Sadie, who

ture-a perfect combination of psy­

master's i n environmental manage­

is 2. They are also i n close contact with

c h o l ogy, e d u c a t i o n , d e s i g n a n d

ment from Duke but from having

Frank Wirmusky and his parmer,

writing . . . . Kimberly Hokanson is

worked previously for both the Na­

Rudy Carter, and Joe Kelliher and

back in the same office she started at in

nire Conservancy i n New England

his wife, Martlia Hall. . . . Tory Sneff

September 1 98 1 , with seven job titles

and as conservation coordinator for

Schulte is tlie di rector of global dis­

in bet\veen and a couple of years off to complete her doctorate in education.

1980s Correspondents 1980 Lynn C o l l i n Fra n c i s

16 Oakridge Road Sudbu ry , MA 0 1 7 7 6 978-443-6 4 1 7 classnews1980@a lum.colby.edu 1981 Beth Pn iews ki W i l son

M i m i H. Rasmussen 63 Reservo i r Street Cambridge, MA 02138 6 1 7-492-1002 classnews1982@a lum .colby.edu 1983 Sa l ly Lovegren Merchant 24 Easy Street

Mt. Desert, ME 04660 20 7-244-0441 fax: 20 7-244-9445 classnews1983@a lum .colby.edu 1984 Cynth ia M. M u l l i ken-Lazzara 1 8 S u n s h i re Aven u e Sausa l ito, C A 94965 415-332-3542 classnews1984@a lum .colby.edu 1985 Sue James Geremia

8 7 Ce ntre Street Dover, MA 02030 508-785-8366 class news1985@a l u m .colby.edu 1986 Wendy La pham Russ 206 Cheltenham Road Newark, D E 1 9 7 1 1 302-738-6 2 6 1 classnews1986@a lum .colby.edu

The O rv i s C o m p a n y . . . . Nancy

tribution for ORBCOMM, a satellite

Chapin has dropped anchor i n

provider oft\vo-way data services. This

She i s die managing d irector of the

Roanoke, Va. , where she i s executive

is a recent promoti on, but her role is

Harvard College Fund. She lives in

di rector of tlie Literacy Volumeers of

basically the same, which is facilitator,

\Vatertown with her husband, Dennis

America, according to a Joe Kennedy

support person and liaison for Euro­

Stein, and tlieir two sons, Nate, 3, and

news column sent my way. Although

pean I icenses. Her territory includes

Baillie, 2 . Kimberly finds the time to

it's not exactly tlie sailing· environ­

Europe, which means she gets to n·avel

teach a preschool Sunday class. She

ment tliat Nancy grew up with, she

to Rome about every two months. She

recently went to a seminar, "Stress

has apparently embraced the morni­

also has worked i n Romania, Norway,

and \Vorking Motliers," sponsored by

tains and railroads that surround the

Germany and the U.K. Tory's hus­

Han·ard, where Alice Damar '80 was

commwiity. Not leaving sailing en­

band, David , is an Oracle database

the speaker. Kimberly was looking

tirely, however, Nancy and sister Aline

admin istrator for Lockheed i\ Iartin.

fonvard to spending Tew Year's Eve

1988

along witli five otlier women were to

They have tliree daughters-Court­

with Eliza Dorsey and her husband,

compete in tlie 645-mile Marion-to­

ney, 9, Delaney, 6, and Kendall, 4.

Jay \Vestra, at their home i n 1'orth

Bermuda Cruising Yacht Race on the

Tory says a recently acquired Game

Yarmoutli, il laine. She also saw Cathy

48-foot Cari be. As tlie race's only a l l ­

Boy occupies a lot of their time.

Dwyer and Sandr Whatley '82 witli

female team in a fie l d of 1 0 8 boats,

Courmey is involved with basketball

their chilclren,J amie and Emma, joined

Lauren Frazza 200 East 78th Street, Apt. 19A New York, N Y 10021 2 1 2-7 1 7-7020 classnews1988@alum .colby.edu

Nancy's group has labeled themselves

and Delaney with soccer, and both

by Alastair Caperton '83 and Sara H i l l

\Vomen for Sail. The race startedJ une

started Girl Scouts this year. Kendall

' 8 4 with a feast prepared b)' Dennis il lrshrall '84 . . . . Our 2 0th reunion­

1 8 . . . . I want to offer a memori a l

is a Britney Spears and Backstreet BO)'S

tribute t o Geoff Brown, who d i e d

fan and is often found in tlie basement

ui June 2 00 1 -isn't too far awar. It's

tragica l l y i n J a n u a ry . H i s former

performing to tlieir CDs. Tory also

not too early to be thinking about who

roommates Dan Berger and Dave

finds time to play competiti"e ten n i s '

our next class president should be.

Mordecai brought his death, which

She w e n t t o t h e surprise 40th bi rthdar

And while I h<l\"e enjoyed being class

1987

Jane N i col M a n u e l 8 Wentworth Drive Beverly, MA 01915 978-927-6084 fax: 520-833-6214 classnews1987@a lum .colby.edu

1989 Anita L. Terry 501 Warwick Street St. Pa u l , MN 55116 65 1-698-9382 fax: 657-848- 1 182 classnews1989@a l u m .colby.edu

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secretary for nearly 1 0 years, I am

writes from Scarborough, Maine.John

Co1·iolr11111s at the Shakespeare Theater

working at Colby as assistant di rector

hoping someone \\"Ould l i ke to take

and w i fe Kin1berly, a floral designer,

in D.C. . . . Cynthia Koehler Bern­

of annual giving, and, accord ing to

over the position after the reUJlion.

have two daughters, Tracy, 9, and

stein of Newton, Mass., works for

Kelly, we are all welcome to check in

Please keep those cyber messages com­

Kelly, 7. Last September John left

Eastern Casualty Corp. of Ma rlboro,

on him as we near Watervi lle. He

ing (classnews l 98 l @ alw11.Colby.edu).

1 1 Corporation after 1 5 years

Mass., as corporate attorney, a n d

hopes to continue honing his winter

-Beth Pniewski Wilson

and started a new company with two

Nancy B riggs Marshall is presi dent

skiing comeback as well as to make a

other former Ul\TlJi\1 executives.

of Marshall Communications, Inc., a

go at some real Maine sports such as

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Their firm specializes i n enrollment

public relations, marketing services

hiki ng, biking, fly fishing and camp­

band, Gary Haubold, went to \Vuhan,

services for la rge

. S . firms for insur­

and printing company with locations

China, i n

Tovember '99 to adopt 8-

ance products covering disabi l i ty and

in North Anson and Kingfield, Maine.

ing this summer. . . . In Cumberland, the news from Abby King Diggins

month-old Clara Yang Haubold. Clara

long-term care . . . . Carolyn Berry

Roommates in Averi ll sophomore year,

was that all is well. Abby lives with her

joins older sister Lucy, also from .

Chi na, and Denise says the two girls

Copp is self-employed as a marketing

tl1ey now go camping together each

husband, J e ff, 2 -year-old son Jack, a

consultant to conference, publishing

June. Cyntliia's two sons, Ben and

cat named Earl and their golden re­

get along beautifully. Denise and Gary

and IT companies. She has been do­

Sam, enjoy camping with Nancy's two

triever, Jamaica. She and her family go

are thri l l e d to be parents and feel

ing this for three years, which she says

sons, Craig and Jamie. Their hus­

to Islesboro a lot i n summer. Abby

blessed . . . . Richard and D e b ra

qualifies as her second-longest job

bands, Jay Marshall and John Bern­

says Joanna Hughes Brach lives in

Nelson Freeman celebrated their

stint. Carolyn says she loves the vari­

stein, prefer to stay home on tliese

Dover, Mass. , with her husband, Gary,

1 7th wedding a n niversary J a n uary 8.

ety and flexibility of working for her­

weekends to monitor tl1e sports scores,

and thei r two kids, Mollie, 4, a n d

After a successful career i n employee

self-and also the lack ofoffice politics'

mow the lawn and play golf. . . . Chris

Weston, 2 . J o a n n a has gone back to

benefits that had them moving four

Daughter Chloe is 4 and spends four

Landry is di rector of development at

work at Polaroid one day a week. . . . I

times, Richard i s now manager of pas­

days a week in preschool, Friday being

tlie Food Bank of\Vestern Massachu­

had no idea that mealworm blood

toral care a t Children's Hospital of

strictly mommy day. Carolyn's step­

setts in Hatfield. He and w i fe Amy

(called hemolymph) was found to con­

P i ttsburgh. Concurrently with this

daughter is a j u n ior at Middlebury but

(Thompson ' 8 3 ) have two sons, Ben­

position, Rich ard is pastor at the

w i l l be studying at the U niversity of

jamin and Dylan. Chris has spent the

tain protei ns that protect the meal­ worms' bodies from freezing i n w i n ter.

Denise Glennon and her hus­

Hopewell Baptist Church inJearu1ette,

Otago on the south island of New

last 1 2 years workiJ1g at museums­

This i n teresting fact is just a small part

Pa. This is a 3 6-mi le drive from their

Zealand. Carolyn's husband lived tliere

tl1e Cliildren's Museum at Holyoke

of C h ri s Easton's P h . D . work at

home i n ,\ 1t. Lebanon, Pa.-meaning

about 20 years ago, and they also have

and Hi storic Deerfield, where he was

Bi nghamton Un iversity, where he is

that i f he's not serving, he's dri,ring1

other friends tliere, so tliey were look­

a fund raiser and developed exhibits

studying the regulation of antifreeze

Richard says h e has been blessed to

ing fonvard to a month-long New

and educational programs. Chris is

protein expression in meal worms. I ' m

fi n d his ordained place in the world

Zealand advenmre. In January they

also a licensed construction supervi­

glad t o report that Chris's family, which consists of a long list of pets,

and feels true peace and happiness.

were in Alabama for her stepson's

sor and holds a Massachusetts real

Debra en joys her work as a trust of­

graduation from Army flight school.

estate b r o k e r ' s l i c e n s e . . .

Paul

also includes his w i fe, Patti, son Thom­

ficerat PNC Bank in Pittsburgh. Their

He is a medivac helicopter pilot sta­

Damren is Ji,ring in Okinawa, Japan,

as Leo, 7 , and son Robert Michael, 6.

busiest job is parenting their three

tioned in Germany, so a summer o·ip

where he serves as a CH--+6 pilot with

Chris is entering his d1ird year as fire

children-Richard Jr., 1 6, Joyelle, 1 3 ,

to Germany may be in store. . . . Ka­

the 1 st Marine Aircraft Wing. Paul

chiefof the Varna Volunteer Fire Co.,

and Andrew, 1 1 -and they now find

ren Zuffante Pabon and her hus­

entered theMarine Corps upon gradu­

Inc. (http://www. clarityconnect. com/

themselves in the process of college

band, Jahir, have two children, Elisa,

ating from Colby. He and h i s wife,

webpages4/vvfc). Dan Weeks report­

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selection with their eldest. Thanks for

5 , and Nicolas, 9 . J a h i r is an engineer,

Sharon, have three clii ldren , Thomas,

edly came to B i nghamton to give a

writing, Richard ' . . . James Haddow

and Karen is a n international student

Victoria and Stepha11 i e . . . . David M.

seminar in 1 999 on h i s genetics analy­

lives in Limington, 71 1aine, with ,vife

advisor. . .

Ron Miolla is in Planta­

Znamierowski was promoted last fa l l

sis studies, which Chris says was well

Michelle Ritchie-Haddow and their

tion, Fla. He and his w i fe, Josephine

t o chiefinvestrnent officer at Hartford

received and much appreciated . . . .

two sons, H amish, in fifth grade, and

(Ven t i '8 1 ) , are both completing

L i fe, I n c. Previous to joiiiing Hart­

Every so often, I receive an enthusias­

.\ l ax, in second grade. They have two

master's degrees in education mis year

ford Life, David was witl1 Aema L i fe

tic e-greeti ng from th e kids and the

.

cats, a 1 0-year-old golden retriever

at Florida Atlantic

and an adopted 6-year-old golden.

work at Florida Atlantic as a professor

Jam

niversity. Ron's

has been with the Portland law

ofmarketing Q1e al ready has an M . B.A.)

fi rm of Petruce l l i & .\ 1artin , LLP for

has been i n teresting for him. Daugh­

n i n e �·ea rs. He i

a partner, and his

ter Caroline is 10; Catherine has just

practice co,·ers a range of subject areas

and Casualty Co. Before tliat, he was

big kid teacher of the Granville Vil­

wi tl1 Salomon Brotl1ers Inc.

lage School in Granville, Vt. For any

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of you readers who have not gotten a chance to buy a few copies of the best­

\Nhen l sent out a plea in i\ 1 arch

selling Harry Potter books or even

fi nished fi rst grade. Ron and his fam­

for news of our classmates, I did re­

read them, the kids at the One Room

be t summarized as complex ci,·il liti­

i ly are spending six weeks in Maine

ceive mail back from many of you. It is

School would l i ke to give you some

gation. J a mes al o teaches continuing

this summer, and any old friends are

always 11ice to know you folks are

clues as to how wonderful the books

legal education seminar on in urance

welcome to visit. . . . Even though

liste11ing and tl1at some are will ing to

really are. (My boys had to have hard

la\1 and ci' i i la\1 trial practice. Last fall

Scott Sophos does not hold a teach­

respond. I am sure tl1at ultimately we

copies.

he '>Cn e d on the faculty of a ,\ Iaine

ing certificate, the teaching shortage

a l l enjoy reading a column that is fu l l .

come out to devour these hot tales. I n

o waiting for soft covers to

State Bar \.<,sociation mun icipal law

is so bad that h e has been recruited to

I hope tliat each o f you w i l l always

J uly of 1 999, w e were told w e h a d to

.,emmar held i n .\ugusta. J a me

and

teach i n Prince George's County,

consider my open invitation to

end

wait until August for the next book to

hi'> fa mil� '>pend a;, much time as pos­

.\ laryland. Scott is now ,\ I r. Sophos,

some news or greetings my way.

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be published. We a l most went as far as

.,1blc ourdoors. The boys a re enthusi­

1 1 tl1 grade American lit teacher at

Todd Coffin's note was brief but tell­

to buy the book from a London book­

<l '>tlC Cuh �cout;, and Youth League

Parkdale I I igh

chool in Riverdale,

i n g when he said that at the Colby

seller on l i n e for almost three times

b,1.,eball pla� ers, '><>James and \ l ichelle

\Id.

cott says thar he has ome great

fam i ly ski day at Sugarloaf Mountain

the price. \Ve got over that.) Anyway,

' ol u nteer time " 1 th both organ it.a­

kids- ome on parole,

non'>. The� t�

to

.

ome preg­

la t winter, Kel ly Dodge was hard to

Peter Flaherty's students created their

take atkantage of

nant-and that he is constantly i n ­

catch. Kelly, who endeavors to stay in

own Web site (http://madriver. com/

the

spired b ) his colleagues. Scott s t i l l

shape by getting out to s k i more these

u s e rs/gra n sc h l / H p c h a m b e r . h t m ) ,

S\1 1 111,

doe'> ma'>'>age rherapr part t i m e and is

days, apparently had the commentthat

where o n e can access their reviews.

fi.,h, '>Ji i , canoe Jnd \I Jtch the bird'>

'>ti ll acting. Thi'> past \\ inter he under­

his "equipment may be old, but he can

Peter defin itely has a good thing go­

'>tud1ed se' era I of the smaller roles in

turn

with the best of diem." Kelly is

ing at that little school. The kids must

e' e � recreauo11JI opporn111 1 � \ faine " omb offer-the� h i ke, i l d l i fe . . . .

and

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love his teaching . . . . Speaking o f teachi ng, Joanne I y o Lewis is the technologycoordinatorat H i l lside El­ emenrai·y School in Closter, NJ, and her husband, Scott, teaches eighth grade language arts atTenakill M i ddle School, also i n Closter. Arthur and Val Spencer Poulos attended Scott and Joanne's 1 999 wedding . . . . Alex Landsman wrote from \Nindham, N . 1- I . , where he lives. He says he ice skates regularly. Alex works i n Salem, N . H . , as a soft w a re e n g i n e e r at Omtool, and one of hjs partners is Susan Scott AJpert ' 8 5 . Alex also keeps i n touch with Gio Fazio '86, who is in Japan, and with Brian Kelley '82 and Ron Shapiro ' 8 2 . . . . Maria Jobin­ Leeds and hubby Greg ' 8 1 live in Cambridge, Mass. Maria wrote about her work for the Access Strategies Fund to i ncrease progressive political p a r t i c i p a t i o n in M a s s a c h u setts's u.nderheard communi ties. Maria is also enjoying her consulting gig as the AI DS advisor to a health impact srndy for a \Norld Bank loan i n v\TestAfrica.

Out and around, Greg and i\1aria have seen Andrew Luce (Maria says Andy's newest child, Jackson, 1 , is a cutie), Adam Weiss, Becca Cunningham '8-t, Damon Douglas '82 and Ralph Palermo ' 8 2 . . . . Heard from Joyce and Paul Lezberg. Joyce has been working at Bowdoin College for a year, and Paul has mai ntained his job i n M a ssachusetts. They recently bought a house i n B ru nswick, Maine, and Paul is hoping to begin a job search that w i l l bring h i m back to Maine for good . . . . From Peabody, M a s s . , c a m e n e w s fro m C h ri s O ' B rien, who's been at Addison \Nesley Longman f o r l 3 years. Her company was recently part of a huge merger resu lting i n the formation of Pearson Education, now the largest educational publisher in cl1e world.

Christine not only kept her job through all of the change but received a pro­ motion to executive editorial project manager f or college-level mathemat­ ics products. Chris says, "In the i nter­ est of p r o m o t i n g a l i be r a l a r ts education, I may feel free to mention that I was 11ot a math major1" Dave Powers wrote to tell us that he's direc­ tor of international sales and market­ ing for First European Crwses, cl1e second-largest European cruise line in the world. Dave lives in Greenwich Vill age, a cou ple blocks from the Hudson River. Thanks, David1 Rochester, N. Y., August 1 999 was the setti ng for J o Schreiner Tarr-ant's wedding, attended by Cindy Milton •

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NEWSMAKERS Jack McBride '80, president of Commons Development, was named Builder of me Year by me Builders Association of Greater Boston. McBride was singled out for his contributions both to me industry and to the community. ·:· The Lowell, Mass., S1111 fea­ tured lawyer Matthew Donahue '82, who is at work on zoning issues to combat urban sprawl in his hometown. Donahue has been a member of both the conservation commis­ sion and city council and helped form me Li nda Greenlaw

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Lowell Parks and Conservation Trust, which places land into protection for me benefit of

the generations. ·:· An thony E. Perkins '82, senior technology, computer and e-commerce attorney at Bernstein, Shur, Sa wye r &

elson in Portland,

Maine, has been appointed to me worldwide Internet Advisory Council, a virtual mink tank aimed at exploring corporate perceptions of technology products, vendors and trends. ·:· Linda Greenlaw '83, professional seafarer and aumor of The Hu11g1y Ocen11 (and, according to Bosto11 Mngnzi11e, one of tl1e most intriguing women of 1 997), addressed me graduating class at Maine Maritime Academy's commencement in May. She received an honorary doctor of science degree from the college. ·:· Inmrnuce Fi11n11ce

& Iuvest111e11t

wrote up me on-line marketing career of Louis Gerentla '85, which has led him to Fidelity Investments and me creation of on-line insurance sales. An insurance li\Teb site, Insurance.com, now quotes term life insurance in 5 0

states tl1rough I 50 carriers. H ea l tl1 , auto a n d home insurance a l s o a r e carried in many states. ·:· Imagination V\Torks, me indoor play space for children in Natick, Mass., is "more l ike a children's museum," declared Tbe Bosto71 Su11day Globe. Tbe Wo1uster 811si11ess ]011rnnl also praised me interactive play

environment opened in] anuary by corporate-world veterans Peter Solomon '86 and Jeffrey Packman '88, citing its entertaining and instructive activi­

ties " for Lids of all ages."

M ILESTONES MmTiages: Susan Mann ' 8 1 to Jackson Gillman in Onset, Mass. ·:· Timoiliy

A. Bonanag '87 to Courtney L. KubacLi in Carlisle, Mass. ·:· Katherine A. Hollister '89 to Michael C. DanielsLi in Stowe, Vt. Births: A daughter, Caitlin Saunders Pfaff,

Steven Pfaff ' 8 1

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to

Darlene Howland ' 8 1 and

A daughter, Marly Azay Maddox, to Brian Maddox and

Karen Orloff '81 ·:· A son, Alexander MacKenzie Rumerford, to Jim Rum­ erford and Heailier D. Nicol '84 ·=· A daughter, Phebe Wickham, to Fred Wickham and Kristin Hazlitt '85

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A daughter, Katelyn Wing, to Timomy

and Cindy Smiili Wing ' 8 5 .;. A daughter, Ellery Standish Ken)'on, to orman and Lalyn Ottley Kenyon '86 ·:· A daughter, Hadley Emmett Barr, to Edward '88 and Jenrufer Pierce Barr '89 ·:· A son, Caleb Jackson llichmond, to Stewart Jr. '88 and Tanya Goff Riclunond '89.

Dentbs: E lizabeili F. Lynch '85, March 28, 2000, in San Mateo, Calif., at 3 7 .

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Mehnert, Beili Lynch Forrest and Beth Schroeder. . . . Rememberro use

the Colby on-line community to get mail to me or to e-mail me or to put something in the mail or on tl1e fax.

Hope to hear from more of you soon 1 -Sally Lovegren 11 lercbr111t

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This will be my last column. I ca n 't bel ieve tl1at five years have gone

by. \Ve've moved to the \\'est Coast, had anocl1er child and bought a house and a \'an. And I am currently in\'oh-ed with tl1ree ''olu.nteer projects: La Leche League, which pro,·ides breastfeeding i n fo rmation a n d support to famil ies, fund raising for the East Bay French­ American School, a bilingual school that our 6- ye a r- o l d son, Dylan, is at­ tending, and writing this column. I t's

getting to be a bit much, and I 'm hoping someone has heeded the ca l l t o become our next class correspon­ dent. Out of the three vol unteer ac­ tivities I 'm involved with, writi ng f o r Colby magazine is defi n itely cl1e least time consuming, and it gives you a ch1nce to keep in touch wicl1 class­ mates. Your biggest challenge could be the development of a \\'eb site and getting more people to respond to the questi onnaires because they are no longer being sent out separately from the Alumni Office . . . . I got a post card from Barbara Wilkes Sheehan, saying that she and her son, Kyle, were enjoying their annual visit to her par­ ents in Arizona and that Kyle is sti l l passionate about trains1 Barbara and I received a letter from Dwayne Jack­ son, who is hoping to hear from Laetitia Smith '86, Katie Holl ander­ Adarns, Cindy Cortez, M.J . Georges

and Ke l l y Frame \\'ennick '86, my former roommate, whom l 'd lm•e to hear from, too-1 hope you're reading cl1is, Kel ly 1 Dwayne is looking for­ ward ro seeing everybody at cl1e re­ union. You can obtain his e-mail and phone number (as you can for many alumni) from the Al umni Relations Office. Dwayne resides in \ \Tashing­ ton, D.C. , and hopes to travel later tlus year and do some sightseeing. . . .

Heidj Wass Murphy is the owner/ publisher of The Origi11nl h-regular, a weekly local newspaper in Kingfield, M a i ne, after having been employed there since 1 986. She has done every­ thing there is to do at a small newspa­ per bef o re assuming its leadership, al tl1ough her focus has generally been on office management, design and cl1e orgaruzation of special publications such as their annual 56-page Sugarloaf ,\ Jngn-::;i71e. Se\' eral of her cover and publication designs ha,·e won first­ pla ce awards. Heidi and husband Tim have two wonderful boys, Christopher, 6, and An d re w, 3, "so there's never a du. I I moment in our neck ofthe woods." . . . Congratulations to Linda Carroll Higgins, whose tw i ns, Molly and Tommy, were born on 1\ 1arch 29, 1 999 . . . . \\'ould an y \\ ' est Coa ste rs l i ke to meetat Heinold's First and Last Chance Saloon inJack London Square, o r maybe the Bay Area Disco,·ery ,\fo­

sewn, a more child-friendly altema­ ti\'e, so m etime du ri n g 2000 as sort of a \Yest Coast ,·ersion of our class re­ union? Call me if you're interested' -Barbnrn Knox rl11trr111

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I now ha\'e proof that Sue

\-Vhitney has not fallen off the face of

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the earth a pre,·iou ly belie,·ed! She

sniff up about rou1 All the news I

e-mai led me i n December to update

recei\'ed this time was from Colbr's

me on her l ife. She and her hu band,

news clipping sef\·ice, so these luc\..-y

Timoth�· .\ Ic\'eagh, Ii,·e i n Pittsburgh

people "·i l l be featured

\\·ith their year-old daughter, .\ lary

Congrats to the follo,,·ing on their

Louise (\\ hom they cal l \Yeezie).

ue

,,·ork achievements. Keith O ' Leary

i s taking a �·ear off from teach ing high

was appointed mortgage officer at the

school math at Shady

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David Lo sier e - m a i led to tell me about

she J i ,·es . . . . Congrats to S u s a n \¥hittum, w h o married,\ l ichael Obar

l i fe with his "'ife and three l i ttle ones

.S. last J une. Susan works for Aema Heal thCare i n Portl and, where they

stays i n touch with Bob Lewis, Mike

. Pam Blanchard H ar­ rington was back east in January for her own baby shower (she was due in

now Ii,·e . . .

in Acton, ,\1ass. l le reports that he

Venezia and

eil Men ard . . . . l n

wedding news, Scott Jablonski was planningaJ uly 2 000 wedding to .\I laria Francesca Florio, and Brian Batting

ide Academy,

I pswich Bank . . . . Scott Bates ,,·as

where he also coached track and cross

named 1 999 .\ !arketing Executi,·e of

April) and looked great. She and hus­ band Tony are enjoying San Fran­

country . . . . I t was great to hear from

the Year by the Boston Chapter of

cisco. I t was great to see Tina Zabriski

ton in August. . . . Peter O'Toole beat

Dwight Trainer, who nm\· I i ,·es i n

S.\ ! PS. The award is pre ented annu­

Hood Ri,·er, Ore., w i t h h i s fiancee,

all�- to one marketing professional in

Con table, Kathi H a mett Linger, Beth Healey and Teri Scally. Beth

,\ l ichael ,\ laldonado in \Vashington.

�an0· Behrmann. After spending two

the architectural, engineeringand con­

had just started a new job with

years in the Peace Corp in Grenada,

struction field. Scott is di rector of

The Boston Globe as a writer in the business

ergy Secretary Bill Rich ardson . . . .

Dwight \\Tites that he did a "stint

business de,·elopment for Tishman

section. You can read her articles three

Desiree Pullen married Robert \Vil­ liam 1' I erritt onJuly 1 7 , 1 999, in

will wed .\ l argare r D i Gregorio in Bos­ them to the a l ta r, marrying Eve Peter works as a speechwriter for En­

Torth

earch i n g for the elusi,·e .\ l arbled

Construction Corp. On a personal

or four days a week and a regular

\ l urrelet on the Oregon Coast" be­

note, Scott and Karen (Croff'88) th row

column on .\ londay. Kathi sees 0."igel

\\'indham, Maine . . . . Rob Erdmann

f ore renirning to school for a master's

a great '70s party. Lo,·ed the outfits'

and Kim Ryan Ekem and their new

wri tes that 1 999 was ful l of once-in-a­

in special education. l l e no'' teaches

. . . John Beaudoin has been named

bah)· boy, Tighe, born last N'ovember.

l i fetime experiences: he got engaged, got married (to Shannon O' Brien) and

in The Dal les, Ore . . . . Deborah

Brooks .\ Iarzi and her husband, .\J, ber. Deb worked as a special educa­ t i o n r e a c h e r b e f o re m a k i n g t h e decision t o stay home with Zoe. The�· l i ' e in \ \ "atertO\\ n, .\lass . . .

. Ethan

\\ ies l e r is n<)\\ an assistant professor '

of orthopaedic surgery at \\"ake For­ est L'ni,·er'>ity, specializing in surgery of the upper e\tremity. He wrote, "' I f anyone had told m e a t Col b,- 1 '' ould end up a surgeon, Ii,·ing in :\'orth Carolina, I would ha,·e called them nut'> . Ye� nut<,." I l is fami l�· menag­ erie include'> two children ages

ran in the N'.Y.C. ,\ Iarathon, all i n

TO M CLAYTOR '85

'' elcomed daughter Zoe i n 'eptem­

and

6, three dog , one cat and more than 2 0 bird . . . . Heather Freeman Black

ha'> become a master >ki racer, '' hich she is enjo� ing tremendou<,I� . She has started her O\\ n photograph� business called Candid Kids '' hi le till '' orking '' 1th her husband to publish Ski Racer m.1ga1ine and '>pen d i n g time '' ith

eight months. Lots of '89ers attended

B ush pi lot and adventu rer What he's doing Left the U . S . in 1 990 i n a s m a l l Cessna t o attempt t h e first solo single-engine circumnavigation of the globe, visiting a l l seven continents and as many countries as possible. So far has hit Europe, Africa, Ara bia and Asia.

M i les l ogged 1 20,000+ Where he is now Maybe over Laos or Vietna m .

Most recent c l a i m t o fame Filmed i n t h e j u ngles and mounta i ns of central Thailand for The Lea rning Cha n nel's Extreme Machines and Daring A viators program that a i red in Apri l . Has !Jeen passed by other pi lots flying a round the world but sa i d , " My journey's d ifferent. I stop i n a country. I learn the la nguage. I go off the beaten track. " Part i ng thought " For me home is at the end. Home is east, " said Claytor, who hasn't been home since he left Pen nsylva n ia i n 1 990. " I 've got to keep going east to get home. " D a y job

the wedding: Christine (Murphy '9 1 ) and Tom Abbatiello, Wil l Spiess,

J e ff Koch, C h u c k M c C o r m i c k , Steve C o a n , Andy Ayers, Courmey I ngraffia, Erik \¥hiteford, Kevin PlummerandJ effTracy . . . . The lo­ cal paper in ,\ Tadison, \Vis., had a profile on Patricia Wheelei·, who works as di rector of development for the

n i \'ersity of \Visconsin Law

School and Ji,•es in \ \'isconsin with her partner, Ke\'i n , and their cat, Louise . . .

. Paul Argazzi

ran for re­

election to the town council of Berl i n , N . H . , l a s t fa l l . . . . Andrew ' 8 7 a n d

Deborah .Mann Johnson moved to Littleton, ,\ lass., from Ohio last J uly.

Deborah is a medical transcriptionist, and Andrew is a molecular biolo­ gist. . . . Soneath Pond has been very busy since 1 989. He got his M . D . , fi nished a residency at Roger \Vil­

daughter \le\andra, 2 . . . . C : Ia.,., presi­ dent J ay . \ l i en sent me an update in

editorial " riter at the

Portland Press

. . . Celebrate the summer by calling

Iiams Hospital and is married with

J .111 ua� . I k \'<ls alread� being asl,;ed

up an old Colby friend. Go to din ner,

three kids . . . . Susan Penza-Clyve is

h� Colb� to start planning for our

J /cmld. . . . C h ristopher Vickers has left L. L. Bean to join E:\ RGY guide.

go to a park, reminisce a l ittle. Have

in the midst of a post-doc research

I ' th reunion. '' hich takes place in

com as ' ice presi dent of e-commerce.

some laughs. And write and tell me

fellowship in psychology at Brown

.::! 00 I . I le

loo\.. mg for ' oluntccrs to

:\fter Co lb� , Chri'> earned his master's

about it!

University med school. She, husband

help '' 1th rcu111on orga n 1zmg, so i f

from I b f\ ard Bmi ne'>'> School. . . .

� ou a r c intcn:.,tcd, plca'>e contact h i m

.\ l a t t .\ l u rphy i s editor of I I 'oodenBoat

(1.11 nc .allcn<P:c.,fl>.com). Ja� ,rnd his

magaz111c, '' here he's been <>ince 1 994.

" 1 fc. Laurie ( I I ale� ' - ), II\ e 111 DO\ er, \ LJ.,.,., " 1th their - -� ear-old daughter.

I h1.Jhcth ..111d 1 -� car-old t\\ 111s. Uurhc

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Eric and Bailey the dog moved to

Apologies to Suzi Schumann

mer. . . . Robin Trend Baughan e­

The article l read described a lecture

Newton, ,,·ho sent a newsy note, with

m a i l e d me about her l i fe . She is

\ I an '' a'> about to gi' e on the preser­

pie of her and h u<;band Paul and their

married, is living in Connecticut and

' anon or replication of fi, e sai l i n g

t\\ o greyhounds, to Deb Greene way

back in ;\ I a�· of 1 999 (I ju t got i t from

has two kids. Accord ing to Robi n ,

th­

and I 9th-centuf\ L" .S. maritime his­

Deb, Suzi. Sorrr!) They live in Louis­

Staid, have started their own busi ness

,cl 1 1 11g mort g.1ge-h.1Cl.. e d rn . d '"'et­

to� . \ latt reccn ed a ma.,ter\ degree

' i l le, Colo., '' here Suzi reaches En­

in 0."e,, Jersey, where ,\ l e l i ssa i s doing

l....e cp '' ming. .ind

from the L of Rhode bland m marine

gli.,h as a second language at Centaurns

a post doc at Princeton. Robin also

a ffair., ,1frer Colh� . . . . !'or .\ l e l i

a

1 1 igh School. She earned her master's

reports that Kate Appleton has two

H rub) Bach. brea \.. m g a mi rror is

degree '' ith Kim King i n 1 995 and

l i ttle girls. And if AJison Wright or

!!Ood luck. "ihe ri.;c� cJe., the pieces a.,

" rite'> that she'd l i ke to hear from

Kristin Pa l m c r are reading this, Robin

.rnd \ l c n.: d1t h .

1 1 :: ha., hcen '' 1th Credit

\u1"c 1'1r t Bo,ton f or al mo'>t 1 4 � ear,, h.Kkcd bond . . .

h,n e a grc.lt ummcr'

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I \.. nrn1 th.it .ill of \ ou re.id thi

' es.,els from p i ' oral moment'> in

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Pro\'idence from ,\ ! a i n e last sum­

1elissa Trend a n d her husband, 1\ Ian

\\ e l l a' hLach .,hi.;lls, '>and dollars and

Brian .\loore, Son a H a l l and Toby

would Jo,·e to hear from you . . . . By

.rnd don"t '' .int to he the one to .ll tu­

' '1 nou., !!tm'> 111to flc)\\ er por.. and gar­

La\'igne '88. Su11 miv,ed reunion be­

the time an) of you read this, Wendy

.1 1 l � 'end the in tormanon 111.

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d1.:11 '>tone.,. "ihe ma\.. i.; ., these piece'> of

came <,he '"" teach i n g English i n

Bellerman and husband J osh Stout

� ou don "t. I'm g<>llll! to t.1 rt makml!

art rn . d '>Lil' them in C . louce.,ter, '' here

\ J en d a , _\ l e, 1 co, la'>t s u m m e r. . . .

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April 2 3-keep us posted, \Vendy. She

Alexander recently became vice presi­

and Josh are both grad students and

to vVi l l iam Eydman and planning a

dentofmarketingat Storm, an I n ternet

live i n Maplewood. N J Wendy i s

March wedding. Traci graduated from

software company. Jenny was previ­

working toward her P h . D . i n medi­

Dartmoutl1 Medical School and is cur­

ously with You11g & Rubicam in New

eval English literature, with a disser­

rently a family physician at Forest

York, specializing in business plan­

tation on Amazons in medieval navel

Park Hospital in St. Louis, Mo. H e r

ning and development for several ac­

literature. Whew . . . . Wendy is not

fiance is a teacher in tl1e Meh lvi lle

counts, including Ford, AT&T and

the only one expecting a baby: yours

School Disuict's gifted and talented

Citibank . . . . Bill Evans i s working as

truly will be a mom soon. I'm due July

program . . . . Jim Hayes is i n his sec­

chief of staff and press secretary for

2 9, so wish me luck! And keep those

ond year of law school at Columbia

John L i nder, a member of Congress

cards and letters coming, please'

University i n N.Y.C. He'll be a sum­

from Georgia. Linder i s chair of the

mer associate at v\Tilli ams & Con­ nally, and starting in January of 2 002

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subcommittee on rules, so Bill's been

And now another episode i n

to improve civility among members

working on projects such as a proposal

he'll be clerking for one year for Chief Justice \Vi lliam Young of tl1e District

the madcap adventures o f t h e gradu­

and studying the impact of technology

ates of the Class of 1 990. Ken Eglinton

ofMassachusetts in Boston .

on House operations. He also moni­

White graduated from The American

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. . Tia re

sent me an e-mail message back i n

tors the implementation of the 1 993

Film I nstitute witl1 an M . F.A. in film a

J a n u a 1-y t o l e t me know t h a t h e and Wendy (Wesunan '92) had a baby girl

Govemment Performance and Results

couple of years ago and started an

Act, which establ ished yardsticks to

intel lectual property incubator in Santa

last summer. By the time you all read

measure department and agency per­

this, Emma I l ene Eglinton wi l l be nearly a year old, and her big brother,

formance. In addition to tl1ese and

Monica, Cal if., called I ndustrial Me­ dia Asts with her producing and writ­

otl1er responsibilities, he reviews e f­

ing· partner, Camille Landau (Harvard

forts to resolve jurisdictional di sputes between House committees and works

'90). Camille and Tiare have co-writ­ ten a book titled Wbat They Don't

M i l f ord, Mass. Congratulations' . . .

on efforts to i ncrease House coopera­ tion with the Senate . . . . Christopher

Teach You at Film School, which wi 11 h i t bookstores on August 1 6, 2 000. They

Steve Nahley e-mailed me back in

Taron earned his P h . D . in biochem­

Janua1-y to let me know tl1at he got

isuy from the University of I l l inois at Champaign last summer. Congratu­

plan to n1rn the book into a series like the " D ummies" books, only, Tiara

Clark, will be almost 51 Ken i s cur­ rently senior product support engi­ n e e r for Waters Corporation i n

married in August of 1 999 to Susan Dubin, a Syracuse grad. They are cur­ rently living i n the Upper West Side of Ma11hattan, where Susan i s a psy­ choanalyst in private practice a n d Stephen i s an attorney for tl1e City of New York Law Department i n the commercial and real estate litigation division. He hears frequently from Jim Redutoand visits him i n H a rtsdale whenever he can, and he's "trying to get back in touch witl1 my old Colby fri ends after having my head in the sand tl1rough law school." . . . Albert " Bert" Evans became a partner at

lations, Chris' . . . Kirsten Rossner got married last October in Char­ lottesvi lle, Va. She i s enrolled i n a doctoral degree program in sports medicine at the University ofVirginia and works as a physical therapist and atl1letic uainer witl1 tl1e UVA football team. Her husband, Scott Buchanan (a Brown grad), is a cardiovascular surgeon at UVA . . . . Congratulations again to all you newlyweds and new parents' \Vhy not drop me a note and let me know what else is new with you?

You can eitl1er fi l l out the question­

says, it will be more irreverent and on a more diverse and unusual range of topics. Tiara invites any Colby alumni who feel tl1ey have become experts in some particular l i festyle, profession or even state-of-m ind to drop her an e-mail (ima@ soca.com). Also look for a vVeb site and for Tiara and Camille's first feature, which was to be shot in Corsica this Jll11e . . . . Thorn Luth and Laurie Li ngle were married on

Davis, Dave Leavy and Kimberly Valentine '9+. Thorn and Laurie in­

and legal ma lpractice, insurance, con­ struction, divorce, worker's compen­

site (http://wwv;.alumniconnections. com/colby) for more news and fun stuff in between the quarterly issues of

vite anyone passing tl1 rough Keystone to look them up . . . . Ben Jorgensen, wife Kris and son Gedrek leftColby i n

Colby magazine. And don't forget to

J u n e a y e a r a go a n d m o v e d t o Henn iker, N . H . B e n is working i n tl1e campus l i fe office at New England

at the Advisory Board Company in Wash ington, D . C. Scott will be di­

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Ryan Strowger married Susan

Stein be 1·ger, Jason Barnes '93, Aaron

College and pursuing his doctor of oriental medicine degree a t the Green N lountain Institute in \\'hite River Jm1ction, Vt. Ben and family live on campus and are having a great time,

rect i n g t h e account m a n a gement group. Before joining tl1e Adviso1-y

Sestak on August 7 i n Corning, N.Y. Ryan is a meeting manager for a non­

Board Company, Scott taught histo1-y in Budapest, HLU1gary, on a Fulbright

profit trade organization i n D.C., and Susan is a fift11 grade teacher in Fai rfax

although they do miss the people at

Scholarship, was the chair of the his­ tory department at Ken ts Hill School

Colby. . . . Kim Kennedy has accepted a new physical therapy position i n

in i\l[aine and received fellowships from

Coll11ty, Va. They honeymooned i n H awaii and a r e now living in Burke, Va . . . . Sandy Scarano m a r r i e d

the National Endowment for the Hu­

Charles Crombie this past October.

manities and from the Joseph Kling­ e n stein F o u n d a t i o n . . . . J e nn i fe r

T h ey a r e now l i v i n g i n Saugus, Mas � . . . . Traci Marqu.is is engaged

1993 Beth C u rran 64 Dane Street # 1 Somerv i l l e , M A 02 143 classnews1993@a lum .colby.edu 1994 Tracy K. Larsen 529 Columbus Avenue #12 Boston, MA 02118 6 1 7-247-9650 fax: 6 1 7-346-3 185 classnews1994@a lum .colby.edu 1995 Yugo Yamaguchi 124 Oxford Street #4 Cambridge, MA 02140 6 1 7-354-0289 class news1995@alum.colby.edu

1997 Kimberly N. Parker 5382 Versa i l les Road Lexi ngto n , KY 40510 606-233-4666 classnews1997@a lum .colby.edu

( c l a s s n ew s l 990@ a l u m . co l b y . e d u ) .

Don't f orget t o stop b y tl1e class \Veb

keep tl1ose cards and letters coming' -Lnum Seuier

1992 M ichelle Fortier B i scotti 8232 Arbor Drive Shrewsbury, MA 01545 508-845-6 529 fax: 508-845-6483 classnews1992@a lum .colby.edu

Dufresne, Steve Neuhauser, Josh

criminal litigation and handles serious personal i n jury, bankru ptcy, medical

and corporate law . . . . Scott Sch.ir­ meier was promoted to managing di­ rector of healtl1care member services

1991 J e n n ifer Wood Jencks 80 Wa l n ut Street Seekonk, MA 0 2 7 7 1 508-336-7049 classnews1991@alum .colby.edu

1996 Amie Sicch ita no 169 H u n newe l l Aven u e #2 Newton , MA 02458-224 7 classnews1996@alum.colby.edu

range of experience i n botl1 civil and

sation, auto accidents, wiJls and estates,

1990 Laura Senier 38 Pitts Street Natick, MA 0 1 760 508-653-792 7 class news1990@alum.colby.edu

September+ in Keystone, Colo. Colby attendees included Jim Conrad, Curt Beckwith, Anika (Smitl1 '92) and Torin Taylor, Anne Maddocks, B i l l Michels, Scott G r a h a m , Wyl i e

naire that's included in this copy of Colby magazine and send it to me by s n a i l mail or send me a n e - m a i l

R iley and Fannell, P.C., i n Pottsville, Pa., i n April of 1 999. He has a wide

1990s Correspondents

Sarasota, Fla. She's been recruited to open an out-patient orthopaedic clinic for Fitness Quest, I nc. Kim "·as to be the director ofrehabi liration when the

1998 All ison L. Brown 3280 Manchester Way Drive Westerv i l l e , O H 4308 1-8852 classnews1998@a lum.colby.edu 1999 Li ndsay Hayes

292 West 92nd Street Apt. 5C New York, N Y 10025 classnews1999@alum .colby.edu 2000 H i l ary Smyth c/o Katie M itch e l l

29 Marlborough Street A p t . #5 Bosto n , MA 0 2 1 1 6 classnews2000@alum.colby.edu

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clinic opened in February 2 000. ](jm also writes that Helen Suh recently got engaged and was planning a J u ly 2000 wedding in Massachusetts. Helen is currently l iving i n Boston with her fiance . . . . Amy Vreeland has been promoted to account supervisor at Agnew Ca rter/1\ 1 S & L , I ew Eng­ land's largest, ful l-service public rela­ tions firm. In her new role, Amy manages media relations, special events and public affairs for clients that i n ­ c l u d e The Bosto11 Globe, T h e Boston Marathon and Ocean Spray . . . . After teaching English in Japan for seven years, Sherri Beals is back in Maine teachingJapanese to eighth grade and high school students i n Farmingdale and Hallowell.

-Michelle Fo11ier Biscotti

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Hello, everyone1 Once again

C h risty Everett a n d E l i za b e t h

KATH LEEN MCKI ERNAN '90

Labovitz are also living in Portland,

America O n Line, Alexand ria, Va .

What she does Sen ior d i rector for corporate com m u n ications. Part of a government relations tea m and a n official spokesperson for AOL. How she got there After fou r years i n The White House press office and two as Senator Edward Ken nedy's press secretary, she chose a corporate job over the time and energy req u i red d u ri ng a Senate c a m paign.

H o w perceptions have c h a nged "When I a rrived here two years ago, everyone thought of AOL as a small compa ny. " In fact, in terms of capita l ization, AOL is the heavyweight i n the AOUTime­ Warner merger.

Best career move i n col l ege Tra nsferring from a journa lism school to Col by. "I learned more working on the Echo than I did in any journal ism classes . " W here she i s

and they all play in a women's ice hockey league together. . . . Katherine

B o rd w e l l r e t u r n e d to P o rt l a n d , Maine, after spending five years in Portland, Ore. Last fall she attended the documentary photography pro­ gram at the Salt I nstitute for Docu­ mentary Studies in Portland, Maine, and her photographs were included in a gallery show o f students' work from December tlirough April. They also were published i n the Portland Pi'ess Herald and Portland Phoenix i n De­

cember to announce the opening of Salt's gal le ry show. Katherine wrote that Katrina Greenfield got married i n Victoria, B .C., last August to Jason Hanevelt. Katherine, Karen Carlson

Swartz and Katrina made it to Home­ coming 1 999 a t Colby . . . . Shane

Wright and J e n ni fer Felmly '96 were

we are a l i ttle light on the news. Please take a moment to send me an e-mail

Ben Merowitz and Shirley Macbeth

Kaye and planning a J uly 2 000 wed­

married in September 1 999. Shane is

and let me know what is new1 The

were married in September 1 999 in

ding in

ew York City . . . . Sara Ferry

working as a legislative assistant a t the

a d d ress is c l a s s n e w s l 99 3 @ a l u m .

Northeast Harbor, 1\ 1aine. They were

is engaged and planning a spring 200 1

U . S . House o f Representatives Com­

Sarah Nagle

joined by some great Colby friends

wedding. She is living in

mittee on Education . .

Spataro was going to be a mom in

and are now resid i ng in Brookline,

City and working at American Ex­

April '001 She and her husband, Perry,

Mass. . . . Sue Baker is tl1e press secre­

press managing campus recruitment.

1 999. Scott is working at the Jewish

were looking forward to tl1eir bundle

tary for Sen ator L i n c o l n Chafee

Sara wrote that Kamin McClelland,

Community Center in Marblehead,

colby.edu. Thanks1

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. Scott Kadish

married Stacey Greenberg in J un e

of boy1 Sarah and Perry live i n South­

( R . I . ) . . . . Taylor SteaWy recently

a senior media planning manager for

Mass. . . . Gary Bergeron is engaged

. . Anna M arie Wrin

joined the Cleveland, Ohio, law office

Modem Media-Passy Tyson in San

to Laura Gibbons, and tl1ey are plan­

Yombo l ives in \Vashington, D.C.,

of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease,

Francisco, is engaged to 1\1att Ma­

n i ng a September 2 000 wedding. Gary

with her husband, Ernest, who is from

LLP, where he practices civil and com­

comber and is planning a fa l l 2000

is working as the hunting product man­

the Central African Republic. Anna

mercial litigation.

wedding i n L.A. Sara also says she

ager a t L . L . B e a n

recently visited Bekah Freeman in

M a i n e . . . . That's i t for th is q uarter.

St. Louis. Bekah is working at \Vash­

Hope all i s wel l '

ern California. .

and Ernest traveled to Africa to meet her in -laws recently, and she says she is "relearning to take each day as it comes and enjoy what we have be­

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C h ri s S harpe is l i v i n g i n

ington Un iversity but hopes to return

Framingham, Mass., a n d working as a

to B oston t h i s s u m m e r . M a ri l e

in F r e e p o r t ,

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cause so many people have so much

research manager with an IT market

Hayton Borden, Carolyn Hart and

less." She is the manager of programs

research fi rm c a l l e d N FO Prog­

](jm Morrison '90 also joined Sara

any of you this time around, I a m relyi ng on newspaper items featuring

Since i didn't hea r d i rectly from

. S . Grains Council and is

nostics . . . . Marina Netto Grande

and Bekah in St. Louis. Mari le is work­

planning on going to graduate school

graduated in March from tl1e Un iver­

i n g a t TFA Leo Burnett in Boston and

in thenear future . . . . Corbett Bishop

all those marriages' . . . Mike Bom­

sityofCh icago's M. B.A. program. She

was recently promoted to art di rector.

also spent some time in Africa leading

bardieri married H eather Twomey

will be working as a manager in corpo­

Carolyn is working on her P h . D . in

trip in the bush and doing a film for

in December 1 999. 1\1ike works for

rate strategic development at PepsiCo

history from tl1e U niversity of M i ch i ­

John Hancock Financial Senrices . . . .

for the

the Discovery Channel. Corbett and

in New York. Her husband, Rafael

gan and is engaged t o Dave O'Shea

his wife, Camilla, currently live in

Lauren Pelz was engaged to be mar­

Campos, is also a graduate of the Uni­

'93 after a millennium trip to London .

1 lou ton, Texas, but he continues to

versity of Chicago M. B.A. program

ried in J u ly 2 000 to C h risto p h e r

S a r a w ro te t h a t D a ve p ro p osed

lead safaris and climbing expedition

and works as an analyst at All iance

K e a rn ey. L a u r e n i s a teacher a t

amongst the tourists in Westm inster

in Africa and beyond . . . . Sloan Black

Capital. 1\larina wrote tl1at she and

L a w r e n c e Ac a d e m y i n G ro to n ,

Abbey. . . . Milly Noyes Stephenson

also has been spending extensive time

Rafael met in 1 995 in Tew York City

Mass . . . . Kristen Hanssen and Ned

abroad. 1 Ie is l j ,·ing and " orking in

recently bought an old farmhouse in

and married in J 999 . . . . Josh Lutton

Goodell '92 were planning aJ u ly wed­

Vermont with her husband, Etl1an.

Chile and plam to come back to the

is also at tl1e Un iversity of Chicago

ding as well. Kristen is a third-year

Botl1 are teachers.

Lori Cohen

Stares thi summer to attend busines

,\ I . B.A. program . .

Donna Bac­

medical student at Columbia, w h i l e

;chool in the fa l l . . . . \Varren Ke l l y is

Sherf recently bought a new apart­

chiocchi graduated from Simmons

N e d is an arch itect w i t h M u rphy,

ment in Back Bay and is sti l l teaching.

College injanuary 2000 "�th a master's

Burnham and Butterick i n

an adobe hoU ,e ' " i th a 60-mile ,-ie" .

. . . Jay H artshorn is at Smith Col­

of science in li bra1y and information

C i ty . . . . Alysa Cohen a n d B rian

1 l e I '> a middle <,chool .,cience and E S L

lege fi n ishing a master's program and

science and is working at the Emerson

R ayb ack were married in Bristol, R . I . ,

reacher a n d a l<,o t a ugin >kiing at Tao>

helping to coach the track team . . . .

College l i brarr as the senior cat­

in May 1 999. Several members o f tl1e

Ski

Josette H u ntress is tl1e dean of stu­

aloguer. .

class were part o f the bridal party:

Ii' ing i n Tao;, � . .\ I . , " here he bought

\ 'a l l e )

to S p a n i > h - sp e a k i n g

.,kiers . . . . \ho reaching Spani>h i

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.

. . Ross 1ussbaum gradu­

ated from \\ 'harton a year ago in ,\fay,

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dents at the Kents H i l l School in

Kate Kraft served as maid o f honor,

,\ 1 a i ne . . . . Jess Matzkin is l iving in

and Lisa Zorn was a bridesm aid. Josh

h e ri Pet e l l e , " ho graduated from

i> l i , ing in 0.'e" York City and is

" 1 th her nuster\ in edu­

Portland,1\ laine, teach ing Spanish and

" orking a<, an a;.,ociate in the invest­

Radoff was best man, and Caleb Ma­

coaching lacrosse at Brunswick H i gh

son and Tuck Evans were among the

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School. She is also the assistant soccer

Stearn�. Ro.,., i> engaged to I l eather

groomsmen. The new lyweds l ive in

coach at Bowdoi n . She wrote that

Portl and, Mai ne, where Brian is a law-

. su MME R 20G0

-tyer at Pierce Atwood and Alisa is a graphic designer at Seven Design . . . .

Cheryl J o h nson married Dan Du­ trum ble in March 2000. Cheryl works at \!\Theeler Middle/High School in orth Stonington, Conn . . . . Emily Fantasia married Matthew Hayes on November 26, 1 999. Emily is cur­ rently an attorney witl1 tlie law firm of Hale and Dorr, LLP in Boston. Matt is a 1 99 5 Bowdoin College graduate and is currently getting his M.B.A. from The Amos Tuck School o fBusi­ ness at Daronouth College and will be doing investment banking in New York this summer. Emily writes, " \Ve had a spectacular wedding, and it was great to have all my Colby friends celebrate the day with us." Colby graduates in tlie wedding party in­ cluded bridesmaids Lisa Carpenter, Beth Timm and Stephanie Hutchi­ son . Attending the weddi ng were

D e b b i e B u tl e r , E ri k a Lich ter, Stephanie Bunker, Missy Smith,

Greg

'94

Donald

and AJice Amstutz Mc­ and Jay '93 and Ma rgot

Salmela Dorian.

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H e l l o , everyone. E n gage­ ments, engagements, engagements' AJex Kean announced her engage­ ment to Ben Strong '9-+. Al e x is cur­ rently attending graduate school at Simmons College and loves her teach­ ing internship . . . . Heather H unt is engaged to Brian O'Sullivan '9-+ . . . .

Sheila Grant is engaged to Chris Orphan ides '95 . Sheila relocated to Durham, N .C., where she is doing child research at the Un iversity of .C. at Chapel H i l l . She writes tl1at Lee St. George is living and teach­ ing in Providence and is getting mar­ ried in October. . . . Suzanne Arnold

a 0 Kristen M c Ma hon-Van Oss '92 was 4 years old when she saw a dolph i n tra i ner in a marine show and sa id that was what she was going to be. She was right.

McMahon-Van Oss is a sen ior trainer of false killer wha les and Atla ntic bottlenose dolphins at SeaWorld Florida i n Orlando, where she performs d a i ly. "All a long through h igh school and college I sa id I was going to be a dolphin tra i ner," she said . As a Colby freshman she stopped by Mystic Aquarium i n her home state of Connecticut and asked how to become a tra i ner. At the Mystic tra i ner's recom­ mendation she majored in biology, took psychology courses and completed internsh i ps at a dolph i n research center in the Florida Keys and at Mystic Aquari u m .

U pon graduation from Colby, McMahon-Van Oss sent her resume to any place that had dol phins.

She spent a year at the I ndianapolis Zoo a nd i n 1 994 moved t o SeaWorld Ohio, where s h e met her husba nd-to-be, Kenneth, a sea l ion trainer.

They tra nsferred to SeaWorld Florida i n 1 997.

McMa hon-Van Oss performs i n the Key West Dolphin Fest, which displays the an ima ls' natural abilities, she said. During performances she swims with bottlenose dolphins, introduces audience vol u nteers to the a n i ma ls and performs aerials (tricks out of the water) a nd hydros (tricks in the water) with fa lse killer whales.

So, how do you get a 1 , 1 00-pound whale to follow you r cue? " Psychology, " she said . "You give them toys, fish or attention to increase the freq uency of good behavior. We ignore the i ncorrect behavior for three seconds, to d raw as l ittle attention as possible to the act . " M c Ma hon-Van Oss says trainers m ust develop a relation­ ship of trust and respect with each animal. "You wou ld n't ask

i s en gaged to someone she met through Nicole Dannenberg, who is also engaged . . . . Sarah Hamlin is engaged to Greg \Valsh '95. Sarah is an economic consultant at In nova­ tion and I nformation Consultants J nc. . . . Meghan Fossum has been named campaign division di rector of Tri­ dent Un ited \t\Tay. . . . Mark Vigor­ oso works for Purchasi ngCenter. com . . . . Cori Green is teach ing Spanish in Massachusett:S . . . . Cindy Kelley plans to attend medical school in the Philippines . . . . Abby Smith lives in Boston and was training for the maratl1on. Abby enjoys her job at \t\T & R Grace . . . . Tammy Smith is living in Indiana and is getting her M . B .A. at Indiana University . . . .

Simon Dalgleish, who still works for Charles Schwab in San Francisco, recently visited Patty Benson in \Vashington. Patty works at Ama-

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zon.com, and she also is engaged. . . . Kim Al len is currently attending law school at BC. She often bumps into Dori Morrison, who is living in Cambridge . . . . Chris Greenfield is living with Andy Meeks. Chris works for John Hancock and is getting his M. B.A. at BC. . . . Ethan Platt is in the shrimp business. He has beefed up quite a bit since graduation and is quite a catch' . . . Courtney S u l l ivan works at Hollister doing recruiting for Internet and high-tech compa­ nies. Courtney reports that Ma ry Beth Thomson is en joying living and working in London . . . . Steph Lynyak is living in Boston with Gin­ ger Comstock . . . . Emily Coppock

works for an auction house in a tick, Mass . . . . Kathy AJexander Romeo and her h usband, J ason, recently bought a house in Bolton, Mass. . . .

Jenn ifer M . Pope continues her

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a friend to do a favor until you knew them , " she sa id. New tra iners r u b down and feed the a n imals, a nd the a n imals, which can d iscri mi nate between tra i ners, view them positively in return.

Tra iners d i rect the a n imals with hand signals and a n extension pole.

To set up an aerial, M c Ma hon-Van Oss swims to the pool bottom , gets i nto position with the a n imal, makes sure the other trainer is ready and then goes for it. " I n aeria ls you have to be very precise, since the pool is only so big, " she sa id . She ad mits there is some risk in working with large a n imals but says tra iners won't get into the water if the a n imals a re out of sorts or behaving stra ngely.

Between shows trainers swi m , instruct and play with the a n i mals. "We spend a good part of the day in the water," McMa hon-Van Oss sa id. To become a marine-a nimal tra i ner you must pass a physical test that includes swi mming 25 feet to the pool bottom , 1 1 0 feet u nder water ( horizon­ ta l ly) without surfacing for air and freestyle laps in a n Olym pic-size pool.

Push-ups and carrying 30-pound buckets are some of the other com po­ nents. " My arms a re much bigger now , " McMahon Van-Oss said .

Senior trainer is the last position before entering management, which is her goa l , a long with eventually moving i nto animal breed i ng, possibly with SeaWorld's false killer whale colony. I t seems i nevitable that M c Mahon-Van Oss will master this next aerial. Like her cha rges, she's learning a l l the time. -Alicia Nemiccolo MacLeay '97 c 0 L B y

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training as a kickboxer. ln some circles she is known as the female Bill)· Blanks. . . . 1arc Small will be teaching and coachingat the A'oble and Greenough School and is thrilled about the oppor­ tunity . . . . If anyone is interested in being a class correspondent, I would be more than willing to pass off the reins. J ust let me kno"·· -limie Sicchitn110

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\\'hat, are )'OU people boycott­ ing sending me in formation) Come on, rip out the questionnaire from this magazine and send it back to me, or just drop me an e-mail-make i t one of t h e millions you send out on a daily basis. Your classmates want to know what you're up to . . . . Here's what I cou l d round up. As has become our custom now, congrats to Carole Reid, who is mO\·ing to Hong Kong o'·er the summer but "·il l return the follo"·ing year for a T.S. wedding, and to Betsy Eisen, who is engaged to :\ lark Ponada. Bets\· has started a master's program in accounting. . . . \ \'e had a Colby basketball reunion i n earl)· February at the \\'esleyan­ Colb)· men's hoops game i n Con­ n ecticut. Patrick M c B ride, J o h n H e bert, David IcLaugh l i n and I " ere there from our cla s, as " el l as Da, id tephens '96, T.J. :\ laines ' 9 5 , Jon Olinto '9 , Paul Conway '9 , .\.ndy :\ lcCullough '98, :\ Iatt \\1iite '9 and J a mes pi die '99 . . . . A week later, even more alumni howed up back at Colby for Dick \\ 'hitmore' - ooth ,-ictor) celebratio n . Lucas Penney, ,\ l a rk ,\ l clnnis and Chad H iggins made the trek back to the

Hill . . . . Brian Golden is l iving i n Portland, Ore., with Aaron Bean.

Beano is deeply entrenched i n the high-tech sector, and Golden is mak­ ing die move himself. Golden informs me that he conducts independent re­ search regarding high-end multime­ dia content. He also finds time to play indoor soccer and fits i n rounds ofgolf w h e n e ,·er the " s h i fty" Port l a n d weather affords him the opportunity.

Golden also assures me tliat he is not going to pop die question to anyone because he doesn't "really feel confi­ dent in my ability to keep plants alive, let alone pets or children." . . . An­ drew Black mQ\·ed out to San Fran­ cisco and is working for an I n ternet incubator. Alex Tuffworks there also.

Shannon Tracy went out to see Black and J e n ny Lawrence and ran into Jon ykvist at a tropical party held

by E l l i e Peters and Austen Briggs at their apartment. \ Vhile out at a bar one night, Lawrence, who has be­ come an expert after taking classes, busted out some world-class hip-hop moves that l eft J ennifer Lopez (who was hanging out at die same bar) impressed. \\'ord has it that Lawrence has recei,·ed some offers to dance in Lopez's next video . . . . Mark H ouse is l i,·ing i n I\'a tick, ;\ lass., and work­ ing for Lucent Technologies i n its I S department. He's gone back to school at night for his M . B.A., wh ich he hopes to finish by the end of next year. . . . 1ichael Outslay has been working as an £,\IT in \'ermont since graduating and finds the experience ,·ery rewarding. He also has had the opportunity to explore his love of

QI WANG '96 The Swiss i nvestment ba n k SBS Warburg, New York office What he does Associate a n a lyst, telecom m u n ications stocks The problem a s he sees it " You t h i n k o f t h e F1del 1ty ma nagers, people who ma nage money. Typica lly they don't understan d tech nology. They have an economics background or a fina nce backgroun d . " H i s ta ke o n the tech -stoc k m a rket " I n genera l , t h e m arket still 1 s very momentu m-driven What's d riving t h e stock, rather tha n 1 u st wha the company 1s worth . . . . If you want to make money, you c a n ' get too involved in valuatio n . " H i s pa rt i ng thought "Ten yea rs ago, n o body would t h i n k what I h i n k At ha 1 m e , technology hadn't happened yet . " W here h e i s

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hiking, as the Long Trail and the AT run near his house. In May, however, he is off to PA (physician assistant) school in St. Louis, ,\1o . . . . S u sanna lontezemolo has appl ied for gradu­ ate school for a master's in public policy. She planned to quit her job in mid-J une to go on a trip around the world with her family. Stops will in­ clude England, I taly, Hong Kong, Australia, San Francisco and M ichi­ gan . . . . Liz Baker recently made the move to me west side. Her company, TETC Student Travel, is expanding i n San Francisco, and Liz is heading up the vennire. Adam E l boirn is out there permanently, too, as is Wendy Ridder . . . . J es s M i l ler, i n an e-mail titled "Quitting Time," explaining that after a long and arduous thought process on "what commuting tliree hours a day was doing to my social l i fe and mental state, not to mention my wallet," left her job at \Norld Learn­ ing. She is temping and devoting her­ self to a more intense job search for a marketing and event planning posi­ tion . . . . I resigned from my job as sports information director at J\ 1ount Holyoke in South Hadley, Mass., to accept a position as a sports producer witli ihigh.com, an I nternet start-up in Lexington, Ky. (my hometown).

The company is a subsidiary of H ost Communications, and its mission is to become the premier site for high school sports. Luckily, we target teenagers, which means that I can now watch 1\ lTV and tliose cheesy movies all the time and write it off as research' Be well, do good work and keep in touch.

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Cheers to J e n Spiess on her engagement to Raji Gupta '99! Jen is plan ning a 2 00 l wedding date . . . . I recently received word that C l a y S u roveck, who is living and working i n his hometmrn of\Vest Palm Beach, Fla., is tying the k not to Jessica Herbert in September. J essica has a fabulous 3 -year-old daughter named Chelsea. Congrats, Clay' . . . Tracey Keefe is Ii,·i ng in South Boston with Lauren Graham '97. S he recently met up \\'ith Laura J ordan for a long " eekend i n 0.'.Y.C. . . . Kevin Landis is snidying theater at Brown U n iver­ sity i n Rhode Island . . . . J a red Fine is living i n i\ 1innesota and has de­ cided to pursue a Ph.D. at the rn­ \ e rsity o f ;\ l i n n esota . . . . Robyn Thomli nson is \ 1 orking i n a hospital and Ii' ing i n Pittsburgh, Pa . . . . J od i

Beznoska is working at a software company in ew H a m pshire and doing comm unity and professional theater . . . . Steve and Amy Lyons H i ggs are now living i n D . C. Amy is designing i n ternational conservation awareness programs and helping pro­ duce conservation/w i l d l i fe vi deos witli Conservation I nternational. She is planning a month-long trip to Bo­ livia for "work." Steve is working as an environm enta l consultant with P PC, and on top of all that they are both applying for grad school. Amy writes, "married l i fe is great!" . . .

Alice Wong and Kristi Straus are serving as Peace Corps volunteers.

Kristi is doin g health care work i n Morocco, a n d Al ice i s building a n aqueduct i n die Dominican Repub­ l ic, where she plans to stay until March of 2 00 l . . . . Scott Williams recently switched jobs and is worki n g f o r Mellon B a n k & Trust i n asset man­ agement. H e keeps his work i n check with an "occasional" gam e of beer die. Scott, along with Mark S i nclair '97 and Brent Ryan ' 9 7 , found time to play a l i ttle beer die i n the middle of the H arpoon St. Patty's Day brewfest. . . . Alyssa H ughes h as been living i n San Francisco for me past year and working at a consulting firm witli Melissa Trachtenberg '99. She spent this past New Year's i n Boston with Kate ConkH n , Stephanie S m a l l and Kristin Wildman. Kate is singing i n a women's a c appel l a group, Stephanie was in training for the Boston Mara­ thon, and Kristin is an admissions officer at Wheelock College . . . . Sa­ rah Boulian is also on die West Coast, working in Seattle, vVash . , as a com ­ puter game designer a t G a s Powered Games . . . . After another cross-coun­ try road trip, Stephanie Andriole moved to San Francisco and is living i n die city with Adam Elboim '97 .

She is working at the Un iversity of California at San Francisco doing he­ matology research . . . . Back on die East Coast Dan Noyes is in Wash­ i n gton, D.C., working as an advisor to a U . S . Congressma n . He is living in G eorgetown with C h ri s t i n e Vaughn and J i l l Mars h a l l . . . . Mary Thach writes that she is doing her best to keep the Colby contingent alive in Phi ladelphia. She often sees Betsy Metcalfe i n good ol' Potts­ tow n . . . . i c k L o m b a rd i ( a k a "Scooter") lives i n Somerville, Mass., with Ed Kostrowsk.i. Ed works as sen ior accountant controller for State

a statell'ide \\'el fare-to-\ \'ark project

summer, a n d he'll b e at Boston C o l ­

i n 1' 1 a i n e ,

h e ll'Orks with 1' [ e d ­

lege Lall' School i n the fa l l . . . . Renee

Steven Graber '90's The Eve1ytbi11g Get­

i c a i d recipients who are ha1·i ng d i ffi­

Lajeuness works for S o c i e ty f o r

A - ob Book, a comprehensive guide for job

c u l t i e s w i t h t h e n e w i\ l e d i c a i d

\\'omen's Health Research, a non­

managed care system i n ,\ l a i n e . I n

p ro fi t in D . C .

addition, h e supports outreach ef­

Rebecca Pol1ard, w h o i s working a t

forts on the C h i l dren's H ealth I nsur­

Nation a l j ournal's G reenw i r e . Renee

ance Program . . . . Keep me po red

a.id Rebecca hang out ll'ith Alexis

and have a great summer'

Azar all the time, and Renee just 1·is­

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seekers, passes along tips garnered from h i ri ng ma nagers, human resource officers, career counseiors, job seekers and others.

Graber is managing editor of the Job Bank series of books. ·:· James Dionizio'92 was the youngest of 1 7 athletes inducted into the Cranston, R . I . , H igh Schools Athletic Hall of Fame. Dionizio was All-State in football, basketball and baseball at Cranston Christian Davenport

'95

East and at Colby quarterbacked t h e football team and played catcher on the base­

ball team. ·:· Wylie Dufresne '9 2 , chef at 7 1 Cli nton Fresh Food, a much-praised new bistro in New York City, was a finalist for America's rising star chef at the James Beard Awards in May. ·:· After several years in

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L. Brow11

Renee l i 1·es w i t h

ited Craig Bowden this 11 i nter i n Lebanon, N . H . , ll'here h e is a n assis­

As we're approaching our fi rst

tant ski coach at Ford Sayre Acad­

ann iversary of being " re a l - I i fers," i t's

emy . . . . Kristi Jacobi is ll'Orking at

been great to hear from so many of

Dartmouth for the career erl'ices of­

)'OU who seem to be q u i te happy as

fice. This summer Kristi w i l l be teach­

you're getting settled. B i g news is

ing a course about fantasy writi n g and

that H eather Fine is thrilled that she

the H a ny Potter books at the Explo­

j u s t got a job o ffer a t S e n a to r

ration Summer Program at St. j\ l a rk's.

Leiberman's Office i n D .C. and was

Kristi planned to run i n the Boston

Texas writing for the A ustin A 'lll ericn11-Stntesmnn, Christian Davenport

picking up from N.Y. C. and moving

i\l l arathon for the M assachusetts As­

'95 has accepted a position as a general assignment reporter at The

dmrn there tl1is (j\ I arch) weekend1 . . .

sociation for the Bl ind's' "Team ll'ith

Wnsbi11gtou Post. ·:· Sarah Holmes '97 was named president of the G reat

l heard from Liz \Villiams, ll' ho fi n ­

a \'ision 1 " . . . I heard from Alex \.Vall,

Lakes Association of Hand11Titing Examiners. She recently joined her

ished her master's i n la nguage (Span­

who safely completed h i s cross-coun­

mother, Ruth Elliott Holmes '67, i n her handwriting analysis and person­

ish) through 1' [ i d d l ebur)' College i n

try bike trip and is no" ll'Orking as a

nel consulting firm, Pentec, I nc., and has assisted on j u ry selection in trials

1\ fay a n d t h e n p l a n n e d to move t o

financial ach-isor trainee (stockbroker)

Barcelona t h i s summer .

for 1' lorgan Stanley Dean \ \'itter in

such as the murder trial of Dr. Jack Kel'orkian.

M ILESTONES /\Jnrriages: Christine M. Bonner ' 9 1

to

Mark F. Burns '94 in Dorset,

Mass. ·:· Kimberly L. M a l inchak to Christopher S. Lahey ' 9 1 in St. Petersburg Beach, Fla. ·:· Susan A. Sestak to Ryan J . Strowger '92 in Corning, T.Y. ·:· Cassandra D. Taylor to William R. Gerdsen '93 ·:· Anne

F . L i l l y to March

0. McCubrey '93 i n Concord, N . H . ·:· Margot Salmela

'95 to Jason W. Dorion '93 i n Duxbury, J\ lass. ·:· Daniel \\I. Barnett to

Kara R. Toms '95 i n Keene, N . H . ·:· Michael A. Shayne to Stephanie L. Tyrre l l '95 i n Rockport, ,Vlaine ·:· J ulie C. Carlson to Joshua F. Eldred '96 in Chatham, Mass.

Births: A son, Callum Owen, to Matthew and Margot Wood Owen '90.

Deatbs: Christopher P. Ripp '95,J anuary 30, 2000, in Portla11d, Maine, at 26.

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. l\1artha

Stewart has j ust moved to the Upper

San ,\ 1 ateo, C a l i f. Alex ! i l'es ll' i th

\ Vest side ofN .Y. C. and has launched

Christian Mastrodonato and Diego

herself i n to a fi n a n c i a l career at

Muilenburg in the 1' l ission District

Donaldson Lufkin & J enrette. Martie

of San Francisco. Christian is chief

loves to use her Spanish with a l l of

paralegal at a non profit e1wironmen­

. Tim

tal legal firm (Natural Heritage I nsti­

Boggs is loving l i fe as a global analyst

tute). Diego is a research assistant at

with Deutsche Bank i n 1' I anhattan ,

San Francisco U nil'ersity and apply­

a n d h e ' s looking f o rll'ard t o h i s I 0-

i n g to medical school. Thepre enjoy­

their La tin American clients . .

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ll'eek tra i n i n g session in London next

ing themselves immensely i n " har.\Jex

fa l l . . . . Aaron \Vh itmore is the

describes as "an incredibly d i 1·erse

driver of a huge truck with a mooing

city." . . . l\1ichael Baru is Ji,·i ng ll'ith

cow on top of it, as h e is out in San

Dan Rizza and Peter Edwards i n

Fran doing marketi ng and promo­

San Fran a l s o . . . . Evan Robertson i s

tions for Stonyfield Farm yogurt.

a salesperson for Netopia,

Sometimes Aaron gets to wear the

cutting edge I nternet company that

cow costume, which a l lows h i m to

produces products meant to increase

l i ve out h i s chil dhood superhero fan ­

the usefulness of the I nternet. . . . Kyle

11hich

is a

Street Bank i n Boston; Nick works

as a brokerage s)'Stems analyst. . . . Al­

tasies. T h e cow outfit is reportedly

Potter is reportedly deciding ben1·een

for C o n tracto r ' s L a b o r P o o l i n

so in Da1�s Square are Emily Record

ll' a y better t h a n u n d e r-ro o s .

. .

!all' school a n d graduate school for

\Vobu rn . N i ck w ri tes t h a t Kate

and Erika Ayers. They li"e with their

Christie Browning is gloa ting noll'

social ll'Ork . . . . Army Spec. Daniel

\Vesthaver, Lexy Gendron a n d

dog "square one." Emily is working at

that she has gotten through the Se­

A. Rogers has graduated from basic

M att Kuchar ' 9 7 l i ve right d o w n t h e

H i l l H oliday doing secon d a ry re­

ries 7 ll'ith flving colors, a n d she's

m i l itary t ra i n i n g a t Fort Leonard

ro a d fr o m

that J i m

search, and Erika just got a new job at

psyched that she just made the mo,·e

\ \'ood i n :\ l issouri . .

Fiebelkorn l ives aro u n d the corner.

the Fidelity advertising agency doing

i n to t h e e - fi n a n ce gro up at \\'it

is the coordinator for the Partnership

Kate is workin

them

and

g at \Venrworth I n sti­

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. Beth Dunphe

media buying. Most of the time they

Capital . . . . It was a pleasure to bump

for a Tobacco Free .\ Iaine at the R i ,·er

tute of Technology i n their publica­

just hang out at home since (and I

into Ingela Ratledge at a l i ttle I ta l ­

\'a l l ey Healthy Communities Coali­

tions department. J i m and Lexy work

quote Erika) "no one likes to hang out

ian bistro here i n t h e city. I ngela told

tion. Beth ll'Orks " ith both the com­

at l -T arvard Business Schoo l , J i m i n the

with people who own a clog." . . . Sara

m e that "ll'hi lst trying to fi n d an ac­

munity and the youth . . . . Ezra Dyer

historical collections department of

Rigelhaupt is finishing her second

countant with the ability to proper!)·

is making a name for h i mself i n Bos­

the li brar)' and Lex·y as a research

year teaching Latin and coach ing \l'a­

handle doing the tax returns on [her]

ton, "·here he is a humorist for The

fellow. Ed and Nick just got back from

ter polo and s11·imming. This summer

sel'en - figure salary· and fl i tting be­

Impropff Bostonian. Ezra is also writing

a trip to Dubl in, where they saw Nabla

she'll be mm·ing back to Boston, II'here

tween society feces," she currentl\'

for another magazine i n Boston, and

Kennedy, who is i n grad school for

s h e and her boyfri e n d , Geoffrey

resides in a duplex i n the \\'est \'il­

although he's ,-ery busy, h e lo1·es ll'hat

biology at University College Dublin.

Cramer, hal'e just bough t a condo . . . .

lage "(phone number is u n l isted, as

h e does. . . . That's all' Bring m e u p to

. . . Betsy Clark is l iving i n Davis

J o n B o l t o n fi n i s h e d a y e a r o f

there are far too man�· pesk·y suit­

date on )'Our nell's1 \\'rite to classne11·s

Square i n Somerville, iV [ass., and work­

AmeriCorps VISTA serl'ice i n No­

ors)." . .

l 999@a l u m .colb1-.edu.

ing at Fidelity Investments in Boston

vember. H e is currently ll'Orking for

i n g from � . Y . C . to Boston t h i s

.

Ben Langi l l e ll' i l l be mo,·­

-Lindsay l-lnyes

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Ruth E. Wills '20, February l 3 , 2 000,

Samson Fisher ' 3 4, February 2 6 ,

Harold Hurwitz '3 7 , October -1-, 1 997,

Larson '56, three da ughters, one son

in Dan bury, Conn . , a t 1 02 . She taught

2 000, i n \ \'aten·i l le, i\ I a i ne, a t 86. H e

111

and seven grandch i l dren.

E n gl ish, Latin and German i n the

operated a medical practice as an a l ­

received his law degree from Boston

R i d gefi e l d , Conn., school district f or

lergist a n d dermatologist i n O a k l a n d

University Law School and was a deco­

50 years. She lea\·es h e r caregi\·er,

a n d \ \'ater\' i l l e , M a i n e , from 1 9-1-0

rated veteran of service in the i\ l i l i tary

1 3 , 2000, in Rocky Mount,

Betty Cai l l ouette.

u n t i l he retired in 1 98 , except for

Police during \\'oriel \Var I I . After

66. She graduated from Clark Univer­ sity a n d d i d graduate work a t Adelphi

ew Bedford, i\ 1ass., at 8 1 . He

Sandra Sivert Mc Roy '55, J a n u a ry .C., at

sen·ice i n \ \'orld \ \'ar 1 1 as a flight

practicing law f o r 3 5 years, he was

H elen Stone M . i ttelsdorf'2 7,J a n u ­

surgeon i n Europe. H e was elected

joined by his son , B arrett H u rw i tz '70,

University. She was a second grade

a ry l 7 , 2 000, i n D a l l as, Texas, at 9-1-.

president o f the Colby Alu m n i Asso­

in a pro fe s s i o n a l assoc i a t i o n t h a t

teacher at the Englewood Elementary School. She is survived by her hus­

She ser\'ed the C o l lege as class agent.

ciation i n 1 962 . Sun·ivors include h i s

spanned another 2 5 years. H e w a s a

Predeceased by h e r h usband, George

daughters, A n n i e Levine and Amanda

band, B ruce E . McRoy ' 5 3 , her mother,

' 2 7 , she i s s u r\'i\'ed b)' two daugh­ ters, i n c l u d i n g J a n e t ,\ l i tt e l s d o r f

Fisher Kobayashi ' 7 1 , a son,

j oseph

leader in many com m u n i ty a n d bar organizations. He is survived by his

t\vo sons and five grandch i l d ren.

Fisher, five grandch i l d ren and two

w i fe, C l a i re, his son, three daughters,

L u msden ' 5 7 , s i x gra n d c h i l dren a n d

grea c-granddaugh ters.

including Susan H u nvitz Tatelbaum

Nancy H e nsh a w Ferrari '56, May

'72, and five grandch i ldren.

8, 1 999, i n H o be Sound, F l a . , a t 6-1-.

Le">is E. Weeks Jr. '42 , December

nvo daughters. S u rvivors i nclude h e r husband, Paul Ferrar i .

1 3 great-gra n d c h i l d r e n .

homemaker, she was the mother of

Jacob Hains '34, i\ Iarch 1 7 , 1 999, in Edwin D .

f e rry ' 2 9 , Fe b r u a r)' 1 8 ,

Columbia, i\ Id., at 86. H e was a teller

: :moo, i n D a m a r i scotta, ,\ l a i n e , a t

and head teller at the Federal Trust

20, 1 999, in Potsdam, N.Y., at 79. He

9 - . F o r -1- 3 )'ears h e w a s a t e a c h e r i n

Bank i n \\'aten>ille, ,\ laine, from 1 956

earned a n M .A. at B rown U n iversity

schools from , \ l a i n e to C o n n e c t i ­

to 1 965 and a

and a P h . D . at Boston

c u t . H e a l s o w a s a n e d i to r a n d fea ­

se,•eral locations from 1 965 to 1 982.

taught l iterature atj onesport (Mai ne)

1 , 2000, in Port Charl otte, F l a . , at 6 1 .

t u r e w r i t e r fo r t h e

\ \'e s l e )' a n

l- l is sister, i\ fary Hains Kaufman ' 3 8 ,

H i gh School, Gettysburg College, the

She was a homemaker a n d an accom­

.S. customs inspector in

n iversity and

Beth Whitehead Baker ' 60, M a rch

n i \· e r s i ty Press i n ,\ I i d d l e tow n ,

d i e d previously. He is survived b y his

niversity of J\i [ a i ne at Orono and

plished ga rdener and part-time a n ­

Con n . , a n d p u b l i s h e d sh ort sto r i e s

nvo sons, Robert and Avram, his daugh­

Clarkson Un iversity. H e was the fa­

tiq ues dea l e r. S u rvivors i n c l u d e h e r

a n d p o e m s b a s e d on h i s beloved

ter, Anna, and h.is brothers, \ Villiam

ther of f o ur ch.ildren. Survivors i n ­

h usband, H . H ayes B a k e r , t w o sons,

t i d e water fa rm in Somh Newcastle,

Hains ' 3 8 and Benjamin Hains '-1- 1 .

c l u d e his \vife, Elizabeth. H i s sister,

her daughter, her mother, her brotl1er

E l i zabeth H. \Veeks ' H , survived h i m

and five gran dch i l d ren .

\ la i n e , i n such p u b l i ca t i o n s as l 'an ­

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kee, Do11'11East, The Reader's Digest, Outdoor Life, The /3osto11 Post a n d The .\"a tional Poefl)' Anthology. H e i s

J . vVarren "Joe" Bishop ' 3 5 , April

s u n i \·ed b ) - h i s w i fe , A l i ce , h i s

retired as a commander i n tl1e

d a u g h ter, h i s sister, f o u r gra n d c h i l ­

J\' a ,· a l Resen·e in 1 965 . F r o m 1 9-1-6 tO

attended Colby after three years i n

and professional se1-vices operations

d re n a n d fi\ e great-gra n d c h i l d re n .

1 95 5 he was an associate professor

t h e Navy a n d received h i s M . S . at tl1e

at H i tachi Data Systems i n Santa

and c h a i r of the Department of Busi­

U n iversity of I l l i nois. H e also at­

Clara , Ca l i f. She served her class as

Arlene Wi lli ams Goodrich ' 3 0, i\ l ay

ness Adm i n istration at Colby. From

tended Yale and the Un ivers i ty of

vice pres ident a n d was instrumental i n plan n i n g re u n i ons. She is survived

b y a month.

Carol Ann Lordi '66, M a rch 9, 2 000,

3 0, 2000, in Portl and, ,\ l a i ne, at 88.

I l e sen·ed during "'oriel \Var

II

and

Charles Kramer '48, December I ,

i n Los Altos, Ca l i f. , a t 5 5 . She was a

.S.

1 999, i n Norfol k , i\ Iass., at 7-1-. H e

vice president of systems engineering

-1-, 2000, in \\'arerv i l l e, ,\ J ai ne, at 92 .

1 9 5 5 u nt i l he retired in

1 976 he

North Caro l i n a . H e was an execut ive

She \\ a'> a h i gh school teacher in

worked at the U n ion i\ l utual L i fe

d i rector of the North Ada ms, Mass.,

by her h usband, Peter Robinson, two

Clinwn, .\ J a i ne, and also worked as a l i brarian in \ \ 'aten·il le. Predeceased

I nsurance Co. A member of the Colby

Chamber of Commerce bef ore be­

brothers and a ni ece.

A l u m n i Council and a generous sup­

com i n g president of Movele I n c. Sur­

h) her '>i'iter, Carol)�, \\'i l l iams Turpie

porter o f the College, he also was

vivors include h i s sister, Roslyn E .

' 3 6 , .,he i'> \Un i \ ed by her h usband of

acti,-e in m a ny com m u n i ty orga n i za­

Kramer '-1-5 .

year'>, Roy R . Goodrich, her son,

tions. H e is s u n· i \'ed by rn·o sons,

5

Elizabeth F. Lynch '85, M a rch 2 8 , 2000, i n S a n Mateo, Calif. , at 3 7 . The d i rector of public relations at the Cen­

Lhree granddaughters, t\\O nieces and

Stanley Bishop and) ames Bishop '69,

Dorothy Duda Cece l s lci '54, April

a nephe\1 , \ l artin Turpie '60.

a sister, four stepsons, t\\'O grandch i l ­

1 3 , 2000, in Springfield, Va . , at 67.

n iversity of California at San Fran­

dren, eight step-grandch i l d ren and

She graduated as a member of Phi

cisco, she also was an opera singer who

Beta Kappa with distinction and re­

performed in many venues, including

ceived a master's degree from H a rvard

the San Franci sco Opera chorus and

I I e n ry \\'. Rol l i n s 3 2 , \pril 8, 2 000, '

se, en '>tepgreat-grandch i l re n .

1 11 \lh10n, \ h1 1 n e, at 89. l i e O\\ ned

ter for the Health Professions at tl1e

a n d operated L h c \ \'aten i l le, .\ J a i ne,

Ch arles Edward Houghton Jr. '3 5 ,

University. After teaching high school

m usical theater productions. She is

fomil) hu.,1 nc.,.,, R o l l i n '> & Dunham

\pril 2 8 , 2000, in \\'olfeboro, T J I . ,

and coll ege English, she was a key staff

survived by her husband, Timothy

Co., u n t i l 1 962, then be­

at 8 � . I l e attended H a r\'ard La\\

member in the national office of Com­

Pershing, th ree daughters, her par­

gan h1., 0\\ n contr<1n1 11g bm1 11e.,.,. \t

Schoo l . I [e \1 as a plant manager in

mon Cause for more than 2 5 years.

ents, four n i eces and three nephews.

I LmhLirc

Colb) he " a., a member of \Jpha 1 au

d i e roofing in dustry for 1 3 )'ears,

he is survived by nvo sons, including

Omcg,1, F p1curcan.,, Chi Fp.,ilon \ l u ,

Lhen O\\ ned and operated the 1 l o l i ­

,\ l ark Cecelsk.i '79, her mother, a sis­

Tht· Coll')

d a ) I n n in l n ten·ale, 0: . 1 1 . , f o r 2 6

ter and t\\'O grandch i l d re n .

le 'en ed on the Board ofTru.,t­

\ car'> before he retired i n 1 9�6. Sur­

ee> from I <Jf>:!. to 1 96 . Predecea.,ed

\ I \ Or'> incl ude h i '> \\ i fe of 65 ) ears,

Lee M . Larson J L '55, Febru a ry 2 0,

where he worked with emotion a l l y

In hh \\ 1 fe, \"iola Ro" e Rol l i n ., ' \ :!. ,

\ \ 1 n n 1 fred \ \ 'h1te l l oughton ' J 6 , h i s

2000, in W a l l i ngford, Pa., at 6 7 . I l e

d i stu rbed c h i l d re n . Previously h e

, 1 1d h i ., .,j.,ter \ L ir) R o l l i n > \ l i l l en

daughLer, Patricia f l oughwn \ l a rr

ret i red in 1 988 as a d i rector of sales

worked w i t h t h e homeless i n S a n

' 1 0, hL I '> > U n I \ ed b) h 1 .. >On, 1 )3\ 1d

'6 1 , Im '>On, Charle; E. I l oughwn 1 1 1

and marketing per,onnel at Scott

'66, fj , e grandch i l d ren and 1 1 greal­

Francisco, Ca l i f. r l i s parents, Peter

\\ .

Paper Company. S u rvivors include

and Barbara R i pp, a brother and h i s

grandch i l d re n .

h i s \1 i fe o f -1-3 years, Chri>tinc Layer

grandmother s u rvive h i m .

Lhe \ LH h e 111ar1c., Cl ub a n d

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a n d h 1 ., '> l '> L e r

k1 t l K n n e Rol l 1 11 ., Bro\1 n '36.

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Chri stoph e r P. Ripp ' 9 5 , J a n u a ry 30, 2000, in Port l a n d , M a i n e , at 2 6 .

H e was a social worker at Kid's Peace,

continued from page 2 I read with interest your recent (spring

2 000) article on the Viemam years at Colby. \iVhile the piece was fair, I felt that it gave an i mpression that we only acted local ly, and often relatively i m potently. In fact, one of my most n·easured memories of my time at Colby is of a trip to the Maine State Democratic Convention in Portland, where a number of students made the rounds lobbying for tl1e inclusion of an anti-war plank i n the Democratic Party platform.

The highlight of tllis trip was a meeting with Edmund Muskie, who was tl1en at the height of his popularity. He spent a half­ hour with about 1 5 -20 of us, explaining his views on why the Senate supported the war, and Listening to our concerns. Our great triumph came later in the convention when M uskie and other party members mentioned their concerns about the war during major speeches. In the end, his career was sabo­ taged by dirty tricks and our e fforts did not win the day, but I do not believe that they were in vai n . Speaking as someone who has always been a loner politically, this was an irreplaceable experience that reinforced my faith i n a system that clearly has flaws, but that has enormous strengths as wel l .

Bill Erm75/Jaw

'72

Edinburgh, Scotland As I read tl1e Colby article on the Viet­ nam �Tar, I fel t dismayed and sad.

It was a one-sided presentation. Only two alum11i who served in Viemam were quoted, one against the war. Otl1erwise tl1e article showcased the dissenting consciences of tl1ose who opposed tl1e war. If Colby had a normal share of patriotic young American men among i ts students, and an Air Force ROTC unit as well, there were dozens of alumni who fought in the war. Surely a few have different views on the war tl1an those expressed in the article.

The article was, moreover, shallow. It recycled all the old anti-war platitudes.

There's no hint of the new scholarship that challenges tl1e pieties of tl1e anti-war left. I

missed reference to tl1e systematic murder of

Foreign-study Foray

upright local officials by tl1e Viet Cong, the

The article about Col by- Bates-Bowdoin connections in London, Quito and Cape Town in tl1e spring issue of Colby brought back memories of what may have been Colby's fi rst non-junior-year-abroad foray i nt o i nternational study more than 3 0 years ago.

In tl1e fall of 1 966, Colby English Profes­ sor Eileen Curra11 obtained tl1e College's approval to take six of us to London for a Jan Plan studying British tl1eatre. We genui11ely appreciated that she was off-duty tl1atJan Plan, which made her sponsorship of tllis expedition far, far beyond tl1e cal l of Colby duty. In late December, we boarded a plane for five weeks' immersion: Miss Curran, Janet Karcz '67, Rick Samson '68, and Moses Silverman, Anne York, Barbara Botwinick and myself, all '69.

In a parallel setting to the current, tony C B B digs, we rented a Knightsbridge row house (from a Polish cou11tess, no less). I t had velvet wall hangings and one feature that was wrnsual for London even in the 1 960s: central heat! Our next-door neighbor produced James Bond movies; it was mat kind of neighborhood.

We reveled in Londm1's best meatre, even if we sat in me cheapest sears. After each play, we retired to a nearby public house to discuss me performance (me legal drink:i11g age in England was 1 8, wllich, please note, made us all of age). I should also note mat Miss Curran was very good at remmding us mat we were over mere for acadenlic purposes, so me play discussions were lively and produc­ tive. It made for great eve1lillgs.

D uring me day, while M i ss Curran (an i nternationally recognized Victorian literature scholar) was busy doing research, we students toured all over London a11d me surrounding cou11tryside, gamering at dinner to discuss what we had learned. For several days, Mark Edelstein and Bruce Kidman, bom '68, joined us d uring their travels, so we had some Colby connecting as well as some fresh perspective.

If me C B B students studying in London mese days have half as valuable a time as we did mat J anuary, men mey are fortunate indeed.

executions in H ue, tl1e exodus of tl1e boat people, the ki lling fields, tl1e gulag of reeducation camps. If it was the Nortl1 Vietnamese govern ment that better served the needs of i ts people and better expressed the nationalist will of tl1e Vietnamese, why did so many people flee its rule? Final ly, who ca11 sti l l say that the defeat of tl1e United States and South Vietnam opened tl1e door to a better future for tl1e Vietnamese?

Donald M. Bishop

P'99

Beijing

Jack Foner's Legacy I was saddened to hear of Professor Jack Foner's passing. As a student in his African­ American history seminar in 1 97 3 , I had the opportunity to study Reconstruction in M i ssissippi. In 1 97 8 I moved to Natchez, Mississippi, to continue my media career.

I 've spent the last 22 years reading and writing about African-American history in Mississippi, especially the Civil War and Reconstruction period. Most of my articles have appeared in tl1e newspaper I own. I credit J ack Foner for helping me discover an interest i11 Mississippi history.

I t was an accident that I moved to M ississippi. B ut it was no accident that Foner's talent and enthusiasm for his subject gave me more tl1an a bit of inspiration. I have often thought of him and tl1e help and guidance he gave me. I sti l l refer to some of his suggested readings for background and to refresh my memory. He'd probably be surprised tl1at one of his students carried his passion so far. But the end result is that thousands of M ississippi readers of my newsmagazine, l V!iss Lou, learn a l i ttle bit more about their history.

I would imagine that Foner's son, Eric, would also be surprised to discover that llis dad had an indirect impact on learning in Mississippi. I t's a pleasant legacy. And I 'l l always remember Jack Foner's kindness, quiet manner and depth of knowledge.

Peter Rinaldi '73

Natchez, Miss.

Gus Browne

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about tb_is_pla� a wxe The conversation usually goes l i ke this: " S o . what brought y o u t o Colby?" I ask t h e student.

First she l i sts schoo l s she was considering

snow, fa l l i n g over h i s barnyard and the graveya rd , seemed to d raw t h i ngs together l i ke ."

features stand out, certa i n views i n s p i re awe,

a n d the reasons. then there is a pa use. A

devotion a n d , in the case of prospective

shrug, a s m i l e . " I don't know." she says.

students. com m itment.

puzzled , a s though there were something

Start from the approaches. Jeff Ka sser

C h uc k Laki n ( l ibrary) says the effect of C o l by comes from the fact that "there clearly is a plan h e re , but they have n ' t let that rule the c a m p u s-there are odd pieces that work, that

mystical about her dec i s i o n . A sh uffle of feet. " I

( p h i l osophy) notes that signs on either end of

fit . and one side of the campus doe s n ' t have to

was doing campus visits with my mom and dad

campus are placed we l l before you get to

match the other."

and I got here. a nd I walked arou nd, and I knew

bui l d i ngs, so your first view of Colby i s of its

this was the place. I j u st knew it." Her eyes get

woods a n d fields. I ndee d , the sign on the north

Mayflower H i l l itself. " It's the fee l i ng of being on

a little starry as she remembers the moment.

entrance a n nounces sky, s i nce that's about a l l

top of everyt h i n g a n d that contact with the sky

you s e e a s y o u come u p t h e steep h i l l .

when you step out of M i l l e r."

Though I know the a n swer, I ask, "Why? What about it? " ow the a n swers get a l ittle more varied but

I 've a lways been parti a l t o t h e view I get

E l izabeth Saga se r ( Engl i s h ) says it is

I m u sed o n the q uestion at home yet sti l l

when I run the three-m i l e loop and come back

d i d n 't have a defi n itive a n swer, so I decided to

say the same thing: " It looked right." " It was so .. " Colby looked l i ke I 'd a lways

across I nterstate 95. W h e n you m a ke the

wa l k the c a m p u s in late May. It was a pai nter's

beautifu l .

cu rve at the stop sign a n d there i s Johnson

day, a l l colors: b l u e s ky, red bri c k s , wh ite

i m agined my col l ege wou l d look."

Pond a n d the l i brary tower beh i n d C h a m p l i n­

clou d s , new green leaves everywhere . I had a

that's i m pressive: a c l a s s i c combinat i o n of

fine wa l k , through the arboretu m a n d up to the

I suppose we'd l i ke it 1f students came to Colby for solid academic reasons: professors.

horizontal a n d vertic a l , water a n d s ky, natural

H e ights, from R u n n a l s to the wood s m e n 's lot,

courses. class size s , even-gasp-the l ibrary.

and ma n-made .

a n d thought for awh i l e that C o l by's love l i n e s s

But those things are abstract before students actua lly attend a class, meet a professor. need a book. Only one thing is real at first: the looming. physical presence of the campus itself.

Attac hment to place 1s a virtue. someth i ng to be encouraged. And choosi ng a college on he basis of aesthetics seem s . on reflectio n .

David M i l l s ' 5 7 ( E ng l i s h ) without h esitation

m ight c o m e from the series of plate a u s t h e

say s , " Th e c h a pe l , a n d the scene from the

c a m p u s i s b u i lt o n ; or the way trees d o m i n ate

front steps of it across to M i l l er. I love that ..

a n d gra d u a l l y give way only i n the center of

view: it's m a rvelous .

He's right. That vision leaps to m i n d

c a m p u s to b u i ld ings; or the consistency of the horizon a l l arou n d ; or the brick construct i o n a n d

whenever I t h i n k o f t h e campus. After the

the e m p h a s i s o n w i n dows, suggesting it i s

memorial service for the Engl i sh Department's

i ntended to b e a v i s u a l place. I rea l i ze d I wa s

reasonable. It does ra ise t h e q uestio n ,

John M izner i n January 1999, my wife a nd I left

having my own c a m p u s v i s it a n d h a d n ' t gotten

though- vha m a kes C o l by attractive enough to

the chapel a n d stood on the landing buttoning

further t h a n the prospective students. L i ke

1u st1fy this attachment? Why 1 s 1t recognized a s

our coats. Big soft snowflakes were drifting

t h e m , I may not be a b l e to say what m a ke s

one o f the m o s t bea u 1ful col leges i n t h e land?

above and landing upon the snow-fi l led bowl

C o l by s o appea l i ng ; l i ke the m , I know i t o n l y

It c a n 't just be the 1ew from the steps of M l i e r

between us and M i l ler, and 1t was a s though the

when I s e e it.

{though h a t ' s pretty spectacular).

campus were becoming one th i ng , a wh ite thing.

I s 1 the b u i l d ings. the set i ng . h e l a n d sca p­ i ng a n d trees? Tile c n s p s ra1gh l i n e s on the

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-Michael Burke is an associate professor of English

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