Colby Magazine vol. 90, no. 4

it's what we do...

When Rob Weisbrot, professor of history, came across a posting for a research internship with the Martin Luther King Papers Project at Stanford University, he knew a student who would be perfect for the job. Problem was, the student,

Adrienne Clay '97, was spending part of her junior year in Ghana. So when he mentioned it to Associate Dean of Students Jeri Roseboro, Weisbrot thought there wouldn't be time to find Adrienne in the isolated village where she was staying-with no regular mail, phone or fax.

The application deadline was fast approaching, and it seemed unlikely Adrienne would 0

be reached. Roseboro contacted Adrienne's mother and, working with the Dean's office, Roseboro was able to fax the application to a town near Adrienne's village. It was delivered to Adr ienne. She submitted her a p plication and was awarded the internship, which eventually led to a job as researcher with the project.

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Features 6

Impossible Image Eating disorders threaten mil足

lions of Americans, including students at Colby.

What to look for and what is being done.

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The World of David Patrick Columbia Tracking the

parties of the rich and famous, Columbia '62 is 1 ew York City's high-society diarist.

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Indomitable Subtext In the life and work of

Hanna Roisman, the Holocaust is an ever足 present undercurrent.

Dispatches 2

editor's desk

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T he Colby community searches for solace.

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A chronicle of campus reaction.

September 11

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periscope Gleanings from Earl Smith' s campus

newsletter, FYI. 4

letters

From the Hill 23

on campus Sevdie Ahmeti refused to turn away

from atrocities in Kosovo; Tom and Pat Gish's Mountai11 Eagle causes a stir; forensic investiga足 tions; math prodigies; Q&A with Frances York.

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faculty Russ Johnson sees the fruits of his labor;

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students Light and space are in abundance for

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media Matthew Testa '91 follows bison herds in

Cedric Bryant sets new students on course.

Colby artists; first-year students mingle online. his film The Buffalo liVrm; Debra Spark tackles race relations and the ghostly realm in her novel The Ghost ofBTidgetown; recent releases.

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alumni Peter Forman '80 is Massachusetts Gov.

Jane Swift's right hand; John Brockelman '92 ran the Massachusetts GOP. 36

development Colby friend Paul Paganucci H'Ol is

recognized with posthun1ous degree.

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class notes profiles

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Melvin Lyon '52

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Marjeanne Banks Vacco '62

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Karen Caputo Craft '77

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Mary Schwalm '99

obituaries

The Last Page 64

Students Become Your Children Linda Tatelbaum

reflects on being both professor and parent.

Staff Gerry Boyle

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managmg edttor Bnan Speer art dtrector Robert Gillespie alumni at large editor Stephen Collins

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executive editor Leo Pando illustrator Alicia Nemiccolo MacLeay

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media editor Joanne Lafreniere production coordinator Karen Oh

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online coordinator Nma Berman, Brian Speer, P.T. Sullivan, Stephen Collins

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Fred Field. front cover contributmg photographers Matt Apuzzo

'00, Jonathan Kaplan '94, '01, Linda Tatelbaum

M1lan Babik

contributing writers Administration William D. Adams, president Earl H. Smith, special assistant to the president Peyton R. Helm vice president for college relations Margaret Felton Viens '77 director of alumni relations Alumni Council Executive Committee

'67. chair; '73, vice cha1r;

Lou R1cllardson Frank A. Wilson

'92, Hope Palmer Bramhall '56.

'91, Heather M. Daur '00, Karl Dorn1sh Jr. '54, Todd W. Halloran '84, Wendy Kennedy Ralph '90, Enc F. Rolfson '73, ChnstopherTompkms '89, Ph11ip Wysor '70

Rebecca Birrell

Shawn P. Crowley

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SEPTEMBER 11: WORDS ARE ALL WE HAVE J

ust as fam i l i e s gathered for solace in the wake of the World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks, the Colby fam i ly came together on

the n ight of Sept. 1 1 , which President Bro Adams described as "a very complicated and upsetting d ay . " " I th i n k o n e o f t h e most u psetting thi ngs about it i s that words

She agreed, and u rged the Colby com m u n ity t o refra in from blam­ i ng a particular religion or country.

Several students u rged tolerance and forgive ness, w h i l e one said he was not will i ng to let hatred dominate him. Another asked the gro u p to consider its capacity to love one another. One first-year

are hard to find and attach to feeli ngs and to the events and to

student said a friend he made on a COOT trip two weeks before

describe in any accu rate and satisfying way either what we feel

cal led h i m to make sure he was okay.

or what we th i n k ha ppened , " Adams told the h u n d reds of somber students who packed the Page Commons room . "That's a natural

Another student wrestled with the tragedy in a more personal way.

"I j ust recently got off the phone with my l ittle s i ster and she was

consequence of this kind of surprise and trauma . . . . But sti l l , words

crying, " she said. "She described to me how at around n i ne o ' clock

are all we have . "

when she was i n Engl ish the pri ncipal came over the loud speaker

I t was the hea l i ng quality o f words that brought the commun ity

and described the events that had ha ppened and the teacher

together on a day that had admin istrators setting up counsel i ng

was crying and how throughout the day they cal led students one by

services for students and comforting students themselves. "It's been

one, almost

hard for us to comport ourselves as we saw students call ing home

half of the

and crying tears of joy to find that the i r parents were, in fact, okay, "

schoo l , down

said J an i ce Kassman, vice president for student affairs.

to the princi­

As of this writing, one 2001 graduate had learned that she

pal 's office to

had lost her mother and ste pfather, passengers in the airliner that

let them know

crashed in Pennsylvania. The husband of one alum na also d i ed i n

whether their

that crash. But dozens o f Colby parents, a l u m n i and friends who

parents were

worked in the World Trade Center towers had apparently escaped

al ive. She

w h i l e thousands of others had not. "It's a spectacle of loss we don't

described the

very often confront i n our l ives , " Adams said.

tears that

Attempting to h e l p the commun ity cope with that loss, College chaplains asked students to refra i n from h id i ng beh i nd ideology,

were shed and having to

to resist the temptation of xenophobia, to see peace and love as

hold her

stronger than violence. "Let us strive not to let this event im prison

friends and

our spirit , " said Chaplain Rabbi Raymond Krin sky.

console

Professor Cheryl Townsend G i l kes (sociology). a minister, referred to the writings of phi losopher Howard Thurman. "He says we live under the shadow of the event and our hearts reach out for some measure of relief, " G i lkes said.

And students d i d reach out, rising from the crowd and walking to the lecter n , some in tears. They asked that everyone tel l loved ones

them . " The student said her s i ster had j u st seen a television

A studem rises to speak during a sile11t vigil 011 tbe NiilLer Librmy steps calling fo7· nonvioLe77t response to tbe te7Torist attacks. A bandfuL of students ended tbeir siLence witb brief remm-ks, tben placed flo<vers at tbe war-71/e11/07·ial at tbe base of tbeflag poLe.

how they fee l . One student referred to the Lord ' s Prayer passage

news report

about forgiveness. "Today someone trespassed against us and I think

of Pakistani chi ldren celebrating the attack. "She was pissed , really

it's i m portant to forgive , " he said.

mad . " The student said she could not fathom celebrating anyone's

For others, the trespass struck closer.

death, that she was shocked but was refu sing to succumb to the

"I spoke to my mom at eleven o'clock this morni ng," one weary

temptation of hating back. "The whole th i ng i s started by hate , " she

student said, fighti ng back tears. "And my father and my brother both work in the World Trade Center. And um,when I spoke to her she d i d n 't know anyth ing. And I j u st got an e-mail before this began that they're both fine. But I've been sitting i n my room for seven hours wondering if they were alive and really seething with hatred for a particular group

said. "I think that should stop and it should stop with u s . " Sti l l other students j u st wanted to talk, and they reached out from the stage , turning the room into an inti mate place.

Describing herself as a New Yorker and a writer, one student said she was at a loss for words and felt very far from home. But she said

of people. As a Jew and one of Israeli descent I find it difficult not to

it was good to gather with friends, though after each speaker she felt

lay very specific blame, but I also received a forward from somebody

an u rge to clap, ·'because the si lence scares me . "

1 don't even know asking to be aware that this i s n 't the time to lay specific blame . "

As she stepped from the stage, for the first time that night the crowd broke i nto applause. -Gerry Boyle '78

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Jim Mcintyre (German) wil l receive one o f nine national cer­ tificates of merit (and a cash award) from the American Asso­ ciation of Teachers of German at an awards l u ncheon i n vVashington i n November. The AATG and the Goethe-Institut have presented these awards since 19 8 to honor "outstand­ ing achievement in furthering the teaching of German i n school , colleges, and universi­ ties in the .S."

On the Bean

Porker on the Lam With the encouragement of a wireless electric fence, Pedro, the pet pig belonging to President Bro and his wife, Cathy, seemed content to browse the b a c kyard of the P r e s i d e n t ' s H o u s e . T h at i s , u n t i l the students arrived the first week of September and the sweet s m e l l s emanating from Dana H a l l kitchen made a small jolt worth a tri p to check it out.

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Cou1·-mu, Pbiladelpbia Tribune

and Associated Press reports in J ul y that U.S. foreign poli cy is partly to blame for a crisis in coffee-producing nations. Farmers in Kenya take home about a penny per pound on coffee that retai l s i n America for $ 1 2 .99, t h e articles reported.

No Women Upstairs An anonymous 1988 grad has returned a framed photo pur­ loined from the Cotter (then rodent) nion and used to decorate h i s various apartments around the country ever since.

The photo is l abeled "LC Open House, 1 951." That would be Lambda Chi Alpha, now Tre­ worgy. I t hows two men and a woman in the fraternity lounge.

A sign in the background says: "�o \\ 'omen Allowed pstairs."

John Talbot (socio logy) is becoming a favorite media source for stories about coffee.

An expert on coffee and tea commodities markets, Tal bot was quoted in the Hm7fo1'd

First Place Display Meehan Gets a Hit

Jim Meehan (economics) is quoted in the August 9 San A ntonio Express-Ne-llJs talking about one of his subspecialties­ the economics of basebal l . In a story about the future of the sport Meehan acknowledges the l i kelihood of labor strikes but discounts the long-term impact. "'People always come back after

strikes; baseball a lways seems to recover nicely,' said J i m Mecham [sic] , a professor o f economics at Colby College i n Waterville, Maine. 'After the last strike, people said they wouldn't go to games, and maybe they didn't for a year or a year and a half. But they come back."' At least they spelled "Colby" right.

Barb Shutt and Colby's Seaverns Bookstore took fi rst place i n a national competition sponsored by Random House/ Knopf's "The Borzoi Reader" for a window display of the Sibley Guide to Birds. Many wil l share in the prize-a fal l visit from author Richard Sibley, who wi l l appear at the bookstore.

Letters Better Late Than Never

ongraru lation on the summer issue feature a rticle, "The D \Vord: Reexami­ nation of Di 1·er i ty at olby." ;\Iy enthusi­ a m for the article i only omewhat tem­ pered b) the fact that it i four (or more) decade� 0\ erdue.

The credit for the a rticle clearly belongs to the student organizer of the olby/ B,w.:-./80\1 doin onfcrcnce on Di\'er ity, and I '' ould l i ke to usc thi letter ro ex pre 111) grantudt.: and admiration for their initia­ l l l t.:. 1 ht.: 1dc,1 t.:\prcs t.:d at the conference, a" rt.:porrt.:d 111 the arnclt.: arc deep, complex, and on urget. \\ .F. B . I u Boiq1 rotc in I 9()3, " I he problem of the �Oth centuf) is the problem of the color I me." Thi li ne opem and clme h1 t.: SJ) ··of the Da11 n of , I reedom . in h1" cb""ll Tbt• out.- of Blad� Fo/J.:. It 1 alread) clt.:ar, from census data, that the 21 "t centuf) 1 the ccntuf) of 011 cr-

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sity; this century is better already for the leadership and example of these students.

"The Last Page" article on Dean Ernest Marriner in the same issue was ironic for me. The only conversation I ever had with Dean Marriner happened when, as a student, I made an appointment with him to ask about the shamefully small number of black people at Colby. I volunteered for this mission on behalf of the Student Christian Association ( CA). I was apprehensive because I knew how admired and revered he was. I went to the appointment alone-a strategic mis­ take that I understood only many years later when, in the femini t movement, I learned that you never face down "the Man" alone.

In my class only one black student, Sylvester Burch of Texas, was enrolled. He left after our freshman year; I don't know why. Dean \ Tarriner's explanation wa that not every black person was a Vashti Boddie. Vash was

an outstanding and much-admired scholar a class or two ahead of us. Marriner was all but saying a 1 95 0's version of "They're not qualified." Marriner, a product of the times and the place that Maine has always been, clearly had no notion of the importance of "campus climate" as it relates to inter­ action among representatives of diverse groups. That consciousness came to Maine campuses much later. I think Chaplain C l i f­ ford Osborne, advisor to the SCA and the one who put me up to making the appoint­ ment, may have understood.

I've never forgotten what Marriner said, and nothjng ever resulted from our con­ versation. In those days, the predominate (WAS P) culture assumed that outsiders were fine as long as tl1ey aspi red to become insid­ ers l i ke us, and Colby was just l i ke almost any otl1er campus in that respect.

The sidebar article, "Diversity H i story

letters

Dispatches

from other groups on a personal level. How

D' Souza, which I found appallmg. It tells us

The alunmi magazine's reportage of the

many of us have never rea l ly had a con­

that issues of tolerance and diversity are still

1 970 chapel occupation was disappointing,

versation with a person from "that" group?

contested issues in our society." The last sen­

1 0 1 " is inadequate; its tone is a little smug.

\t\Then you can reach beyond your comfort

tence is certainly true but not i11 the way

Cotter's attempts t o " improve t h e clima te"

zone to listen closely to another person's

Professor Gilkes suggests.

were never enlightening. I hope that Jeff

story, you begin to recognize and respect

Calareso's research into the history of diver­

their humanity. But you must be willing to

D' Souza's conclusions, h e is polite and rational

sity examines Colby's reflection of and par­

take that first step and Colby can create the

as he presents his views about race from the

ticipation in the wider majority culture of

opportunities.

and the statements by and reportage of B i l l

blindness, indifference and insensitivity as well as the first this or the first that.

The student-to-student dia logues a t the CBB Diversity Conference need to take

\t\Thether or not one agrees with Dinesh

perspective of someone born in India. Colby students should not have been criticized by Professor Gilkes for i nviting him.

place more than once a year. Perhaps tills is

Professor Gilkes's comments reflect a

already i n the planillng, but I would suggest

change in the way issues are discussed since

by great serious ideas with big mearung. At

that every student be encouraged to take

each reuruon I naively hoped that I' d have

part in a facilitated, fixed-session (say four

I was an undergraduate a t Colby in tl1e ntid­ ' 5 0s and a graduate student at \iVesleyan in

As a student a t Colby i n the sleeping Fif­ ties, I was happily engaged in and challenged

a chance to reflect with my classmates about

meetings) dialogue group on issues of race,

the ntid-'60s. The good news is the increased

the meaning of the rapid and radical changes

culture, sexual orientation, etc. Without

wi l lingness to consider seriously improvi ng both race relations and opportuluties for

taking place i n our society. I longed for a

making it obligatory, I would hope that the

chance to look at these changes in an aca­

College would strongly support tills eA'Peri­

those unfairly treated. Unfortunately, there is

demic setting. Still hoping, I returned to

ence as a component of the education of a

more of a tendency on many campuses for

Colby for what I believe may have been the

whole person in 2 1 st century America.

authorities to preach to students, suggesting

first a l unmi/ae seminar. I enrolled hoping

In the last t\Vo years, I 've participated in

a professor's personal view is the only one to be taken seriously. As Allan B l oom wrote in

that I could take a serious look with acade­

t\vo dialogue groups in which I ' ve learned

micians a t the meaning, especially to whites

more about what it means to be white, black,

The Closi11g of the Anm·ica11 Mind: "The most

like me, of the civil rights movement in gen­

Jewish and Palestiruan . It isn't always easy,

successful tyranny is not the one that uses

eral and the death of Martin Luther King Jr.

but my eyes, heart and mind have been

force to assure uillformity but the one that

in particular. I was disappoi nted; Easy Ride1·

opened up i n more ways than I expected.

removes the awareness of other possibilities,

got a thorough look, but not the civil rights

My fellow dialoguers and I have heard each

that makes it seem inconceivable that otl1er

movement.

other's fears, sufferings and hopes. \t\Then

ways are viable, that removes the sense that

you begin to appreciate the humanity and

there is an outside."

I was delighted to read about President Adams's background after he was appointed,

dignity of the other person, you want to

primarily because anyone who once wrote

reach out i n friendship, not reject them.

for Mothe1··]ones magazine can't be all bad.

I think tills time I am not disappointed.

L1 the article, Ryan Swank ' 0 3 says, "I feel

Richm·d J. Davis '56

West Suffield, Conn.

there are a lot of students burning to get into

Diversity does indeed belong "at the head of

these kinds of conversations." Notillng could

the agenda." I t is the most important thing

make me more hopeful than a statement bke

Unfortunately, the feature you ran on

Colby can emphasize in the t\venty-first cen­

that. Colby ought to help its students chan­

"The D Word" ntissed the most important

tury. It is so important that, yes, i t is better

nel tills healthy impulse to reach out and

component of diversity; diversity in thought.

late than never.

learn by offering a facilitated dialogue expe­ rience to all who are will i ng.

Helen Payson Seage1· '58 Nantucket, Niass.

Kudos and more power to the Colby commuillty. You make tills alum proud.

In the spring of200 1 , author and aca­

dentic, D inesh D' Souza spoke a t Colby on the topic of racism. Aside from the heckles he received wllile speaking, professors and students demeaned his character and nlisrep­

Erutor's

ote: A page on Colby� H7eb site, "The Umold Stmy: Activism & Social Justice at Colby," is available nt 7VW7v.colby.eduleducntionlnctivism.

Jeff Stone '73 Milton, Mass.

resented some of his views. In the presence of such acts, what is the value of having a multiracial, and otherwise heterogeneous student body, if members of the Colby com­

Congratulations to the students and administration for gra ppling head-on with

Diversity Means Tolerance

Responillng to a question about a ruversity

munity are not tolerant of scholarship that is outside of the mainstream?

the challenge of embracing human diversity

conference held recently, Colby magazine

on campus. Your excellent feature article

quoted Professor Cheryl Townsend G ilkes:

let us not forget that variety of ideas is what

("The D \Nord," summer 2 001 Colby) tells

"Unfortunately they ruscovered that not all of

brings people together.

me exciting things are happening a t Colby.

their fellow students agree with them. \t\Te've

The key to combating prejudice and ntis­ understanding is to encounter individuals

D iversity is multifaceted as you point out;

also seen some mischiefmaking, e.g., the invi­

Zomho1· Zoltnni '04

tation to [author and commentator] Dinesh

Lutherville, Md.

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Eating disorders can develop when societal pressures overwhelm students

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When Stephanie Looney '02 says she battled anorexia for six years, she means it.

Ever y second, every day, was consumed by her obsession. Even sleep didn't bring a reprieve. "I used to dream about food," Looney said. "I'd have terrifying nightmares that I ate a bowl of cereal."

Looney, a bright, ar ticulate woman who is now leaning towards a forensic science career, developed anorexia when she was 14 and became overwhelmed with pres颅 sures. She was par ticipating in sports year-round, found she had to start working to earn those once-assumed A's and was experiencing a home life she describes as "miserable." Suddenly she felt her world was falling apart. "I had no control, and that scared me," she said.

So, like many others, Looney tried to regain that sense of control through eating habits. Six years later, after some counseling, an addiction to laxatives and several emergency room visits, anorexia landed her in a five-week par tial-hospitalization program in Connecticut. "It was the hardest thing I've ever done," said Looney of the intensive medical and psychological treatment during which she was only allowed to sit, eat and talk-no unnecessar y movement. "A lot of the time I hated it, but it was exactly what I needed."

Unfortunately, Looney's battle with an eating disorder isn't unique. An estimated eight million women and a million men in the United State have one, with the number of men affected growing more rapidly- and Colby isn't immune.

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tors of eating disorders in Donihue's life­ style survey. This fall she plans to continue her research in a Senior Scholars project.

"There's such a spectrum of different risk levels," said Mcinnis, citing risk factors for developing the disorder that range from skjpping meals and dieting to sexual activity to a mother's rugh level of education. Put those together with certain personalities and actions and you can get an obsessive disor­ der. "I see it happeillng all the time, at the gym, in the dinillg hall," she said.

As do others. As director of counseling

services, Patti Newmen sees students for individual and group counseling and has heard a lot of concerns about image con­ sciousness at Colby. "Students will say to "I know o many girls at Colby with eating disorders and it really scares me,"

at Colby with the disorder or the rustory

me, 'There are no overweight people on dUs

of one. Many students and staff members

campus,"' said Newmen. "I'll say, 'come on.'

said Looney. She's not alone. According to a

believe the competitive climates at schools

They'll say, 'there are three.' And they' re

Colby lifestyle survey administered by Asso­

like Colby attract personalities predisposed

right." While one wants to believe that's the

ciate Profe sor of Economjcs Michael Dow­

to eating disorders and allow the illness to

mark of a healthy campus, being thin doesn't

hue '79,

thrive. Ask someone to describe Colby stu­

necessarily mean being healthy. "It's hard to

at lea t one person with an eating disorder.

dents and you'll hear terms like rugh-acruev­

break that belief system," said Newmen.

0-'ineteen percent knew of four or more.

ing, perfectiorust and athletic. Add pressure

One woman told Newmen she felt

6 1 percent of respondents knew of

Virtually every year Colby must send a

to conform in an image-conscious society

shamed into an eating disorder because she

student home to get better; athletes with

(nearly three-quarters of lifestyle survey

hadn't been a runner before she came to

dangerous eating or exercise practices are

respondents agreed or strongly agreed that

Colby, where many students jog. "Now

confronted by coaches; and the health center

their body image was very important to

granted, there had to be some thi11gs in her

medically a sesses students for permanent

them) and many individuals will end up with

personality that made her susceptible to that

bone or heart damage. That doesn't include

an eating disorder as a way to cope.

peer pressure, because there are a lot of

the students who manage to keep hidden

"I t's so competitive," said Michelle

their caring di order-typically anoreria or

McLmis

'02 of the Colby atmosphere. "You

people who resist it," said Nevvmen.

While eating disorders are most com­

bulimia, hut a! o binge eating-or d1ose who

don't see a lot of unattractive people at

monly developed by teenagers and college­

refuse to ,.i it a doctor or counselor, despite

Colby. It's yet another pressure-to be

age individuals, especially high-achieving,

the urging of concerned friends.

smart, beautiful, successful and thin." Mcin­

perfectionist women, every case is uruque.

nis has had several close friends with eating

An eating disorder is a symptom of complex

and the a\ erage age of the onset of the prob­

disorders, worked on awareness of d1em

medical, psychological and emotional disor­

lem drops, health center officials belie,·e an

as president of SHOC (Student Health on

ders that go far beyond a person's relation­

mcreas111g number of students are arri,·ing

Campus) and last year studied the risk fac-

ship wid1 his or her body and food. It's

\s eating disorder increase in society

Ask someone to describe Colby students and you'll hear terms like high-achieving, perfectionist and athletic. Add pressure to conform in an image-conscious society and many individuals will end up with an eating disorder as a way to cope.

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estimated that up to 20 percent of Colby stu­

Four years ago the health center and the

dents have them. Ask why and you're likely

Athletics Depar011ent created a joint pro­

to get just as many answers as there are suf­

tocol for dealing with eating disorders on

ferers-personality, self-esteem, body image,

teams. Deb Aitken, who coaches runners,

the media, depression, anxiety, sexism and

and other coaches have had to tell students

chemical imbalances, to name a few.

they must visit the health center for an exam

"It's never just one thing," said Newmen.

and counseling if they want to stay on the

"Everybody's subjected to peer pressure. So

team. Aitken has told students bound for

there have to be enough factors contributing

anything from local meets to major champi­

to lead to the development."

onships that they can no longer compete.

The presence of eating disorders on

"We seem to be promoting eating disor­

The Survey Says Data from Colby Student Lifestyle Survey administered by Associate Professor of Economics Michael Donihue '79 during the fall of the 2000-01 academic year. A total of 980 students (54%) responded to the survey.

My body image is very important to me.

strongly disagree ..... 12.0% disagree ................... 1.3%

college campuses puts a responsibility on

ders," said Aitken, alarmed that coaches at

administrations to deal with the issue. At

other institutions turn a blind eye to the

agree ..................... 55.4%

Colby there are groups like SHOC and

problem. Aitken says one of the top Tew

strongly agree ......... 18.4%

no opinion .............. 12.9%

HEEAT (Healthy Eating and Exercise Atti­

England college runners is so thin as to be

tude Team), medical professionals, a nutri­

practically skeletal and, because she's suc­

I regularly restrict the amount of food I

tionist, counselors, coaches, professors and

cessful, other runners emulate her.

eat to control my weight and appearance.

administrators who regularly deal with the

As president of the New England Div-i­

strongly disagree ....... 6.6%

prevention, identification and treatment of

sion III track and field association, Aitken

eating disorders.

would like to propose minimum weight

no opinion .............. 44.9%

requirements. "There are very few coaches

agree ..................... 19.6%

who would be willing to do that, though,"

strongly agree ........... 6.8%

Colby's health center identifies students with eating disorders through a variety of

disagree ................. 22.1%

means. Director of Health Services Melanie

said Aitken. This fall she will require all of

Thompson, M.D., counselors and a nurse

her athletes at Colby to sign a contract that

I seriously fear failure at Colby, socially

practitioner are all involved in identifying

covers the importance of healthy nutrition.

andjor academically.

and treating eating disorders in a team

"As a coach, when you have someone with

strongly disagree ..... 10.1%

approach. Incoming freshmen who note dis­

an eating disorder it takes so much of your

disagree ................. 11.7%

orders on their health form are notified of

time and emotional well-being," said Aitken.

no opinion .............. 38.3%

campus services. Some students eventually

"It puts a strain on the rest of the team."

reach a point where they realize they need

And even once a student with an eating

help and come in. However, Dr. Thompson

disorder is identified the work has barely

says half come in for some other issue, like

begun. "It's very difficult for a person

a digestive problem, missed menstrual peri­

to recover in this environment," said Mar­

ods or depression. "You have something else

cella Zalot, associate director of athletics.

going on," she said, "but they would never

"There's no nice set formula that says if you

dream of coming in and say-ing 'I have an

do A, B and C then you're going to be

eating disorder."'

healthy." Depending on how advanced stu­

Because attention has typically focused on adolescent girls it's even harder for men to

dents' problems are, sometimes it's as simple as confronting them about their weight loss

come forward and seek help. "I think people

or eating habits. Usually, it's much more

would be surprised at how many men do

complex. "You

o·y something and maybe it

agree ..................... 28.6% strongly agree ......... 11.2%

How many hours do you typically spend working out in the athletic center each week?

0-1 hour ................. 35.1% 2·5 hours ................ 28.6% 5-10 hours .............. 19.6% 10-15 hours ............ 10.2% 15+ hours ................ 6.6%

How many Colby students do you know to be suffering from an eating disorder?

have issues," said Dr. Thompson. But, she

doesn't work," said Zalot. "So, you regroup

says, men don't tend to ask for help with

and you try something else. Sometimes

1-3 ............................ 42%

body image, depression cr anxiety.

progress for one student is defined very dif­

4-6 ......................... 10.7%

"There's been relatively few so it's hard to generalize," said Newmen of the cases she

has seen.

ferently than progress for another." \Vhile most students will never e;...'Peri­

0

· · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·

38.8%

7-9 ........................... 4.3% 10+ ......................... 4.2%

ence a clinically defined eating disorder, that

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Eating Disorder Warning Signs Anorexia N e rvosa

Deliberate self-starvation with weight loss I nte nse , persistent fe ar of g aining weight Refusal to eat, except tiny portions Continuous dieting Compulsive exe rcise Abnormal weight loss

doesn't mean they're immune from the same

friends were experiencing the campus social

societal pressures. "I think there's a whole

life, Looney says she just wanted to be left

continuum of eating disorders," said Vanessa

alone with her vices. Ultimately she became

\Vade '00. "I don't think it's black or white­

a recluse.

[ that] you have anorexia or you don't."

VVh.ile it feels excruciatingly lonely to

\Vade was involved with H EEAT at Colby

have an eating disorder, the disorder's impact

after seeing several high school and college

is far-reaching. Nurse Practitioner Lydia

friends suffer. She's now a graduate student

Bolduc-Marden says the health center sees

in Tufts

just as many friends, roommates and team­

niversity's school of psychology

Sensitive to cold

and includes eating disorders as one of her

mates who are concerned about someone

Abse nt or irregular menstru ation

topics of interest.

else as they do actual eating disorders. Part

\Vade says that when she first walked

of the advice they give to peers is how to

B u l i m i a Nervosa

onto Colby's campus as a freshman she

have a healthy confrontation with an eating

Preocc upation with food

was shocked by how attractive everyone

disordered friend.

Binge eating , usual ly in secret

appeared. "I thought, 'Oh, my god. How do

Vomiting after b i ngeing

I even compare? '" \Vade never developed an

Abuse of laxatives, d i uretics, diet pills

eating disorder, but she admits to having dis­

friends her sophomore year. BeLieving she

ordered thoughts. "In the dining hall you'd

was simply going to visit friends in a dorm

Den i a l of h u nger or denial of use of drugs to i nduce vomiting Compulsive exercise Swol len salivary glands Broken blood vesse ls in the eyes Physical Repercussions

Maln utrition

Heather Daur '0 1 was the focus of one such intervention arranged by seven of her

analyze what you were eating in comparison

room, Daur was instead confronted by them

to what others were eating," she said. And

and listened as they read letters about their

though she'd never worked out before, she

own feelings. Despite an ini tial defensive­

soon felt compelled to .

ness, Daur says the session was a deeply

The difference between \Vade and those

moving two hours. She still has the letters. "I

who develop eating disorders? "I just knew

didn't really realize what it was doi ng to me,"

I ntesti nal u lcers

it wasn't something that I wanted to go

she said of her eating d i sorder. "It affects

Dehydration

through," she said. "I'd seen enough of my

your mind. It makes you an unhappy and

Ruptured stomach

friends suffer."

Senous heart, kidney and liver damage

unfriendly person to be around. I never real­

And they do suffer. "It's hell," said Martha

Tooth/gum erosion

Dermey, director of off-campus studies, who

Tears of the esoph agus

was anorexic for 1 5 years. "There's no other

Psychological Repercussions

Depress 1on

Daur said she began to eat more, but got

way to describe it. It's such a mental strain

worse when she returned to campus from the summer vacation to find her network

3 0 years old I 'd been anorexic

half my lifetime and I think that was really

Shame and g U ilt

lating calories."

because you're nlwnys thinkjng about it. By the time I was

Low self-esteem

ized just how much of the day I spent calcu­

of friends abroad for the fall. Eventually, after a friend sought help through the

a terrible waste." Now Denney assists with

Dean of Students Office, Daur ended up at

Mood swmgs

Colby \\'Orkshops to help students with

the health center for a medical evaluation,

Perfect1on 1sm

eating disorders and their friends deal with

counseling and meetings with a nutrition­

" A ll or noth 1 ng " th i n kmg

the disease.

ist. "I was lucky I hadn't done any per­

lmpa1red family and soc 1 a l relationships

"It's really a psychological suffering and it's a \\'aste of energy and life and happiness,"

manent damage," she said. The following spring when her friends returned to campus

From the National Association of Anorex1a

said Denney. "You may be thin, you may not

those relationships reestablished themselves

Nervosa and Associated Disorders

be, but you' re not happy."

and she began to get better.

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aid Looney of her experience, "all that

",\ ly friends chose a tough-love approach

mattered to me \\·as my anorexia. It took up

and I think that's what worked," said Daur.

all m) time and all my thoughts." \\'hile her

"The threat of losing the people I cared

Because attention has typically focused on adolescent girls it's even harder fo1

men to come for ward and seek help. "I think people would be surprised at ho\1\

many men do have issues," said Dr. Thompson. But, she says, men don't tend tc ask for help with body image, depression or anxiety. about the most was my kick in the butt."

there for me," said Denney of the disorder.

the person to talk to the professionals. But

Those &·iends pointed out upsetting things

"It's kind of like alcoholism in a way. It's

many friends never take that step. The

she would do, like talking about food or

always hovering a bit."

taboo against discussing eating disorders, or

always worrying about her appearance, that

Periodically Colby holds support work­

being identified with one on campus, hin­

shops solely for concerned friends. Denney

ders progress. "It's very commonly talked

tionships. "It's unnerving to have a meal

remembers a young man practically in tears

about in the second person, but people don't

with someone who's barely eating anything,"

at the last workshop. "He just didn't know

stand up and say, 'I went through tllis,"' said

were beginning to take a toll on her rela­

Daur said. "When you Live in a close envi­

what to do because he'd tried everything,"

Daur. "It's not sometlling people jump at the

ronment it's your responsibility to see how

she said. "It wasn't just mat his girlfriend

chance to be identified with, and so other

what you do affects others."

was doing it to herself; she was doing it to

issues come to the forefront."

W hile the involvement of Daur's friends was a Ulrning point for her, coLmselors warn

him, too."

Much of the time, though, mere is no

Ironically, when people do come forward to educate others for prevention it can

that no one can help someone who doesn't

confrontation. Friends talk to the health

have tl1e opposite effect. Anecdotally there's

want to change. "Mostly we tell them that

center, ask what to do and are told to ask

evidence that increasing the aware­

tl1ey can't cure [their friends] and

ness of eating disorders has acUlally

they have to back off and take

helped increase their prevalence.

care of tl1emselves," said Bolduc­

Assistant Professor of Psychology

i\ilarden. That may mean chang­

Tarja Raag says prevention has to

ing rooms or backing off from

go beyond simply making people

tl1e friendship. "Many get all worked up and want to take it on," she said. "It can become an obsession and it produces a very unhealthy dynamic."

Friends often get frustrated trying to

aware of the symptoms. "The culUlral framework is much more complex than weight and tllinness," said Raag. She says people reveal their struggles with culUlral pressures in different ways-some may drink

help someone who only wants to hold

or become depressed-so eating disorders

tighter to a coping mechanism. "It's a very

should be part of larger discussions about

selfish thing in a way," said Denney of her

confornlity.

own eating disorder. "I knew it was impact­

Despite the obstacles, a year after her

ing people. But you get so wrapped up

release from the hospital treatment program,

in it, that it's only maybe when you can't

Looney now considers herself to be on the

sustain it anymore tl1at it makes a differ­

road to recovery. "I've done so many things

ence. I can't imagine now, looking back,

tllis past year that I wouldn't have been able

what my family went tl1rough, but it must

to do the year before," she said. "I've real­

have been a real drag.

ized that there's so much out in me world

"I don't know if it ever goes away com­ pletely for otl1er people, but it's always still

that I want to see, do and experience, and I can't do that if I remain anorexic."

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uggy pring afternoon in Manhattan and David Patrick Columbia '62 has just strolled into Miahae ' , a crisply understated restaurant on West 5 5 th Street, to a round of greetings. The wait sta

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he maitre d'. As Columbia crosses to a table h eads turn from conversations. Women at

window tables nod and smile. A ta1med yachty-look.ing man says hello. He's the publisher of a national tabloid. The women are Betsy McCaughey Ross, former New York lieutenant governor, and Polly Bergen, the star of Follies on Broadway.

The maitre d', Steve Millington, stops to take Columbia's order: cappuccino and Pellagrino. "\tVe've missed you," Millington says. "You must be very busy."

"I am very busy," Columbia says.

I ndeed, he is. H e has just left the Astaire Awards, a benefit Broadway performance at the Hudson Theatre, where h e made several new acquaintances in the dance world. The previous night he attended an awards dinner at The Rainbow Room. That came on the heels of a Literacy Partners benefit at Lincoln Center, where the columnist Liz Smith was the host. "You had what's his name, David Sedaris, and An ne Beattie and Tom Brokaw and Barbara Gol dsmith reading from their books," Columbia said. "And then afterward you dine with these people.

That's just special. It really is."

And for David Patrick Columbia, it's also all in a day's-or night's-work.

A former actor, stockbroker, clothes-shop owner and autobiographer for l u re, Columbia is the premier chronicler of New York society or, as The New York Observer put it recently, "society darling and scribe." Editor in chief of Avenue magazine, a glossy montl1ly dedicated to the world of black-tie benefits and celebrity weddings, Columbia is also the creator of NewYorkSocialDiary.com, a daily \tVeb report on the conLings and goings of tl1e kind of New Yorkers who get their picture in The

NrLV York Times when they su·oll into parties. I t's a Fitzgerald-esque world, and Columbia, who once described his mean and modest western Massachusetts childhood as "Tennessee \tVilliams up north," is an unlikely character to have emerged as its diarist.

Or is he?

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Columbia grew up in \ \ 'estfield, .\ l ass., the son of a machinist who at one time had been a dri,·er for B l ac k J ac k Bomi.er, father of J ackie Kennedy Onas i s . The \\'estfield household was a tense one, accord i n g to Col u m b i a , except "·hen his parents talked about their early �·ears in Xew York Ci�·"The world that they talked about "·as a Yery m a gi ca l "·orld for this l i ttle bo�- who gre\\· up in a ,-ery cold house where people "·ere fighting "·ith each other a l l the time. And "·e l i,·ed on the edge of pm·er�·- This \\·as a II'Orld "-here people l i 1·ed i n ,-e�- grand houses a n d gran d apa ro11ents a n d had chauffeur-dri,·en cars and sailed on ,-achts. \\nen m y mother and father talked about it, they talked about i t with a kind of "·onder and a reYerence . " A h a l f-centu�· l a ter, t h e i r son would, too.

But the route that led Columbia to the world of the weal thy was a circuitous one. Columbia, who acknowledged h i s homose.x uali�· long after college,

Drn·id Patrick Columbia '62, abo·ve, visits U'ith guests at a benefit pmT)• at an estate in Sou tbbampton, Long Island, last smm1m: At 1·igbt Columbia maps a digital photo jo1· use on his Web site, Ne·w Y01·kSocialDimy.com . .tlt far 1·ight, he catches up u:itb a Sou tbbampton friend.

recalled h i mself as an e ffemi nate young boy who ah1·ays fel t l i ke a n

B u t w i th Columbia a n d h i s serendipitous social contacts, o n e thing

outsider. I I e decided e a r l y on t o cm·er up t h a t part of h i s makeup and

seems to a lways lead to a nother. He worked for a movie producer,

to beha,·e i n a "-a�· that "·ould a l l ow h i m to ad,·ance socially. "And I

freelanced (Esqui1·e publ ished h i s firsthand account of one of Truman

succeeded,'' Columbia said. " .\ I�- first success was at Colby . "

Capote's " l ost weekends" i n H o l lywood), wrote stories for a movie

I l e w a s rushed b y and pledged t o Delta Kappa Epsi lon, then a

magazine, scripts for a courn·oom television show. In 1 986 a book­

fraterni�· of pri1·ileged students and sports captains. Columbia, who

editor friend pointed h im i n the d i rection of another e d i tor looking for

" as neither, s a i d being a Deke was his fi rst experi ence of "being

a writer to collaborate w i th Debbie Reynolds on her autobiography.

inside." I t also was a perhaps-chance encounter as a Deke that affi rmed

Columbia signed on and the book Debbie: My Life was published by

his abi l i �- as a " ri ter, he said. A fraterni�· brother and hockey star,

\Vi l l i a m l\ 1orrow i n 1 98 8 . I ts success led to contracts to do other

Fra n k . tephenson '62 , thrust a paper i n to Columbia's hand as they

celebrity biograph ies-the Cushing sisters o f Boston, a noted j a zz

passt.:d on the path to the DKE house. The paper was a Ayer for a

singer-though neither of tl1ose projects was completed.

p l ay-\\ riting contest and

tephenson said Columbia should enter. H e

d i d , and " i t h Professor James G i l lespie i n the cast, the play won .

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Then C o l u m b i a 's l o n g - t i m e partner J e ft h i m . It w a s a b i tter brea l'1lp, and Columbia packed a few belongings and h i s dogs i n to

hortly after that, at the end of fi rst semester

h i s Yolkswagen convertible and drove from L.A. to New York. H e

of his Junior year, Columbia added to his string of Aunked science

sti l l was t i n k e r i n g with the j a zz-si nger book w h e n the owner o f

The prize " as

courst.:s and " as asked to l e a 1·e Colby. I r e mo1·ed to l" e "' Yo rk;

Quest magazine asked h i m t o write for her. Columbia wrote about 5 0

I 00 " as h i s seed money. l l i s first stop was a fe l l ow student's

profiles of society figures from 1 994 t o 1 99 7 , walking o u t w h e n h e

the

mother\ apartment- 1 6 rooms on Park A1·enue w i th a m a i d a n d

fel t h i s editor had become heavy-handed. Eventually he signed on a t

c o o k .m d C o l u m b i a \ first l o o k a t a " or l d from "-h i ch h e woul d

.--!venue, another society magazine, b u t b y t h e n C o l u m b i a had h i s eye

Ll[(.:r forge a career.

on a d i fferent venue-the L1ternet.

B u t he spent years Aoundering, he says. l i e tried acti ng but quit

"I could see that was the future for me," he said. " Because what I

.1 fter tl ubbmg l i n es i n a summer-stock production i n Lake Placid.

write about is not of great i n terest to everybody, but those who fi nd i t

I l e m.uned. became a stockbroker. Br I 9 - 1 he had left \\'all Street

i n teresting a r e everywhere and they a r e devoted."

head shop m Pound Ridge, X. Y. It was a Aop unt i l a

And are there people who are part of this world and people who

fn end suggested he sell designer sports\\ ear. "The same mothers who

are merely fascinated by it) "Yeah , and of course the people who are

,, otddn 't bu� .1 T- s h i rt for three dol lars '' c )U i d sar, 'Two hundred

i n it are also fasci nated by the people who are in it," Columbia said.

thlrt\ -lllllC doiLl rs for a s\\ eater set: l l o11 fa bulous . "'

"There are people who run toward the nearest photographer to make

.md opened

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oon C o l u m b i a h a d t\1 o s to res a n d a r e n ted estate . B u t the pl.1� 11 nght 11 as sti l l msale C :oluml>1a the businessman.

sure their picture i s taken.

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_

. T t's really i n teresting because when I

mm·ed to California, if you went to a big party or a big benefit or a

( .oltunhi,l "s .mecdmcs <lre fu l l of "names," and b� this time in h i s

premiere, there were a l ways photographers a n d there were a l ways

i l k thL n.1mes .Ji re;HI� smacked of ccle l m � . F r i c Premi nger, s o n o f

m01·ie stars and the mo1·ie stars were always camera ready. \Vhenever

d m:nor ( ) n o Prun i nger .md ( · � ps� Rose l .ee, " a s a good fri end.

there 11·as a camera a round there was a pose and they looked rea lly

l i e ,ll!!!!C,tcd Columbi,l pur ue hi' 11 n n ng. The mother of a friend

good. They just lul0\1 ho" to do it. It was just a curious thing for m e to

one of the hig!!est mm i e 'tud 1 o heads in I loll� " ood .

�ee because I had ne1 er seen people so attuned to the lens. But when 1

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11 ,1, m 1 ried

to

Col umbia l1.1d 11 ri m:n a 'creenpl.1 � <lnd the fri end got It to Sher�

came back to Ae\\ York in the early 1\"i neties,

l ..m � i n g . then .1 producer. ! .n c r cl1.1 i rnun of Paramount P1u ures. . d told C :o l u m h i .1 h e s h o u l d he i n L ,1 n � 1 n g re.1d the �ne e n p Ll � m

the " hole street "·as l i ke that. Everybody is camera ready."

I l oll� \\ Ood , he '<1� ' · I i L ,ofd rhe bu�iness . m d he<lded 11 esr. ''That\ a l l I needed . .. he �.1id . ... her� l . .1n�ing ne1 er �poke ro me <lg•l l n . "

maguinc ( 7 5 ,000 circulation) or \\'eb site (400,000 hits a week) look

I found that everybody in

l i e read i l ) ackn< JII ledges that many of the people who look at his at the picture� and skip his prose. "The nature of the time we're living

H i s reporting i s largely charitable (as was t h e Denise Rich commentary), however, cementing his reputation in New York society as a good guy.

"Oh, isn't he wonderful," said

an Kempner, socialite

and cookbook author, in a telephone interview from Paris, the telephone number provided by her assistant.

"I' m crazy about him. He's a great pal ."

"He's just an incredibly charming, likeable fellow," said the wife of a prominent New York investment banker, dividing her time last summer between Manhattan and Southhampton. "He's good company and in terms of studying society, I mean, what makes David 's writing more special than anybody else's around I suppose is that he always has a theme. He ties it to the architecture, he ties it to the beautiful boiserie." vVhen Col umbia wrote in," he remarked, citing Louis Mumford 's

about a party at her Manhattan apartment, he tied the Ve rsail les-like

Pentagon of Powe1·, which he read at Colby.

decoration to the actual Versail les, she said. "It's not just a bunch of

"Basically what Mr. Mumford was saying is

names at a party," she said . "vVhen he does his real stories . . . he

that we've become so mechanized that we're

usua l l y has done a lot of research and he's usua l l y learned a lot

losing our humanistic qualities," he said. "And I do think it's really

about the famil y and the history and the arch itecture. He has a

come to pass."

lot of detail."

If that sounds like someone who longs for another time, it may be.

For Columbia, who has kept a journal for more than 3 0 years,

Columbia, who describes himself as a social historian, often looks at

detail is a tool used in crafting vivid character portraits, including this

the present as a pale imitation of the past. His reading tends toward

paragraph from a profile of Sarah Churchil l , a Vanderbilt who was

history (that week he was reading Jacques Barzun's From Dawn to

raised at Blenheim. "She was a very elegant woman," Col umbia wrote

Decadence, and his conversation tends to scurry from George Bush

on the occasion of the death of his long-time friend and confidante

to 1 7 th-century memoirists). Asked by a New Y!n·k Times reporter

last year. "A natural elegance. It wasn't her figure, which was long and

about prospects for a new magazine, Gotham, for younger readers,

narrow and somewhat ungainly. She had the Churchill legs and gait,

Columbia sniffed. "I find the young are really boring," he said. "They

long, thin, bowed and delicate. She wasn't a beauty as she got older

don't know anything and they're not curious about anything."

and her ample bosom became operatic, which did not impress her. But

Contrast that with the reverence with which Columbia describes the hostess of a 5th Avenue party organized to kick off a benefit for a

as bossy and domineering as she was, she was a ve1y feminine woman.

A tomboyish girl who was only timid about her allurin�1ess."

cancer center: "Mrs. Petrie loves Casablanca lilies, and their beauty

It is a writer's observation, the perspective of someone standing

is redolent. They speak for her presence; all part of the whole. Mrs.

off to one side, and that is what Columbia has been doing for many

Peu·ie is Old School; beauty, discipline, perfection. A creative force

years. "\i\Then you're a writer you're always relating to the world

called style, which, like its sister, courtesy, is a rare aduevement."

That sort of testimonial wil l get a writer invitations, though

through a kind of prism," he said, "and you are an outsider even if you're an insider."

even without one Columbia manages quite wel l , thank you. At an

As the society insider Columbia gets dozens of party invitations

Oscar de Ia Renta fashion show he arrived to find that some sort

every week, is greeted at restaurants like an old friend, is called by the

of glitch l e ft him with no seat assignment. Not to worry. Ivana

1 ew York media to comment on high society. At iV lichael's restaurant

Trump to the rescue.

that afternoon it was Columbia the insider with whom the tabloid

"I told her my problem," Columbia recow1ted in his diary. "She

publisher came over to chat. The conversation went like this:

convenience, squabbles over inheritances and other items swept out

Publisher: "See you later. Have a good weekend."

Columbia: "\iVhere are you going'" Publisher: "I'm opening my house on Center Island."

Columbia: " Oh, you're on Center Island."

Publisher: "By Oyster Bay and Bayville."

Columbia: "Have you been there a long time?"

Publisber: "Five years. This is the old north shore of Long Island. It's

from under the rug. A takeout on a gay man denied membership to

a great area. The Howards live there. The Ken.nedys. Da\rid Kennedy

a prestigious Newport beach club still has socialites there fuming,

owns a big old place. A big group of swells. I have this wonderful

said, in her tril l y, European/Czech accent (dah ling), not far from the Gabors in their prime, 'I have an extra ticket because Roffredo (Gaetani, the man in her life) couldn't make it, so come with me. "' Columbia did, as the crowds parted and photographers snapped .

"Ivana was a much better ticket."

Col umbia does occasiona l l y make reference to marriages o f

he says. And he can be acerbic, as in this summation of Bill Clinton

house. It was last decorated in 1 95 5 by Billy Baldwin. It was owned

friend Denise Rich and her entrance to New York society, about

by Jack Howard. Scripps Howard."

which Columbia was interviewed by CN T: "As far as i\ lrs. Rich's

Columbia: "Yeah. His wife died not long ago."

Publisher: "Pamela Howard."

Columbia: "Yes, Pamela Howard. I 've met her. \Vel!, good for you.

social ascent is concerned, it is not w1like that of many other socially prominent New Yorkers," he said. "She came to town \\·ith a lot of money, bought herself a large and lm:urious penthouse triplex, hung

Lud.)' you."And like the little boy who only saw this world in magical

out the ham, and they all came running. "

tales told by his mother and father, David Columbia meant it.

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Roisman, arriYed from Israe l . Her research

and oth e r ] ews. But my fa mer could not ta l k

describe Professor o f C lassics Hanna Rois­

and writing have focused on motivation-on

about it a t a l l , for i t pained h i m too much . "

man a s com·entional, her l i fe has a l l the

what makes classical characters tick. " \Vhat

trappings of norm a l cy and success i n turn­

is unsa i d i s often more i m portant than what

riage. Eugenia Zaph i r was born in m e

of-the-century America. Granted, reYie,,·s of

is said," she said.

Ukra i n e and L e o n Maslowski i n me S i l esia

Though no one ,,·h o knows her ,,·oul d

h e r l a test book suggest the way she i s i n ter­

\\'hat few col leagues and students know

preting the classics is extraordinary. Her

is Roisman's own subtext: her exu·aordinary

ex-pectations in the classroom seem tougher

fam i ly history. Much of the tragedy, oppres­

than aYerage. And her pench a n t for bridging

sion and betrayal is unspoken because of

region of Pol a n d . Each had a fam i l y before ·world War I I . \i\Then the

azis came to round up

the Jews i n me Ukra inian town of Yanov,

her modesty and profes­

where Roisman's mother uved, Eugenia

sionalism. Some is si mply

and her infant daughter-Hanna's half-sister,

unspeakable.

Shoshana-were away trying to get milk for

In a n office she is using as a visiting scholar at Cor­ nell

niversity during a

me chi l d . They managed to hide in the woods for days and men headed for Krakow, Poland.

Roisma n 's fatl1er was captured a s a POvV

sabbatical, and later in the

early i n me war and spent five years in

comfort of a sumptuous

concentration camps and working as a s l ave

rented house nearby i n

laborer for tl1e Germans. For a w h j l e he

I thaca, s h e agreed to sit

was in Auschvvitz-Bi rkenau. " He must have

down and tal k about her

been a strong man to be for five years in me

years growing up i n post­

various camps and not sent to be gassed , "

war Poland, her immigra­

Roisman said.

tion to Israel and her l i fe as

But while they sill\rived, both of Roisman's

a child of Holocaust sw•ri­

parents lost family. Her mother's first hus­

vors. N luch of her story was

band, who had joined me resistance, was shot

told matter-of-factly. Occa­

when 1 azis found his bwlker in the woods.

sionally memories would

Roisman's grandmomer Ham1a Schlager was

gush out, evoking smiles

gassed in me deatl1 camps.

and l aughter; at otl1er times

Of her fa mer's fa nul y, h·e alone survived

her quavering voice trailed

the war. His first wife and tl1eir fou r c h i l ­

off, sentences unfinished,

dren-Roisman's h a l f-bromers a n d -sisters,

memories inex'j)ressible.

In I 'J- 5 -:'. . hortf, · l}(:filf'e thr�, - l'llli!£rrltedfimn Pola nd to

For bom parents i t w a s a second m ar­

"You have to remember

ages 3 to 1 4--were a l l k i l l e d in tl1e Nazi deam camps. "I would love to know. I had

ru11/ lwr 11/ntlll l l.n!!l'llia. in fimll '!f ' t!w e. q1ansire IIC'II'

mat I am not a survivor of

fou r siblings. I tlu JLk: it was bom ways: he

tl1e H olocaust, but a child

, .,,/tnrul 1·r·n tr•r ul I I ursrur. /)u rin!! I I odd I I ar /1 DI!!C'IIia

didn't want to talk to protect me, and to

of tl1e Holocaust, a chi l d

talk about chil dren who were k i l led-I don't

of surYivors," s h e bega n .

know-I can 't-" Her voice broke.

lsml '!. /(oislll f l n ri!!h t tmsed ll 'illi lwr l/([(rsister Slwslw na

u n d "/ws!tru/11 11 '1'1'1' si'Jillf'lltl'd. hut t/11� 1 - b o t h surrired t/1(' ! lnlrlf 'ullst ([fl(/ trr•n• r•n•u tuuf�, - f'f'llll ited.

cLw,icJI J i n.: ra ture and popu lar cul rure ha� gorren ">Ome rem,trLtble auention. But as

"There are many Israelis and j ews around the world who are the chi!-

" Sometimes you can find in me ancient l i terature cases in which you can understand

drcn of T lolocaust su r\·ivors, and it has an

the rage I feel when I read about the Holo­

impact on all of us. The horror of our par­

caust. Because what I fee l i s rage. The worl d

R OJ.,man " '' model of success, balancing

ent�' e\ pcricncc� is always lurking in the

stood there watch i ng."

L1 m 1 h l i fe 11 1th an academ1c career based on

background, 11 hethcr they talked about it or

a

te;Jcher, scholar, '' riter, mother and '' i fe,

her pa .,ion for classical h teraru re.

R OJ .,nun h'" uught at Co l b�

'> I liCe

I <)<)(),

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After the i r na rrow escape in the Ukraine,

not. In m� case it 11·a� my momer, Eugenia

Roisman's mother man aged to get fa lse doc­

Z,tphir, " ho thought i t ll'as important that f

uments in Poland that said that she and

.,hould kno11 11 hat happened

Shoshana were Aryan, and for three years

ro

her, my father

they survived the German occupation and

the woman and sent her packing.

the H olocaust. "The odyssey of her surviva l ,

"At the time- I was only six-my

i mprisonment, esca ping from prison i s

mother d i d n 't think she could

worthy of many hours of story te l l i ng," Rois­

explain why my beloved n a r my

man said. Eventu a l l y mother and da ughter

was fired, a n d I raged aga i nst

were separated when Eugenia had to give

her with all a c h i l d 's sense o f

Shoshana up to hide her from the Nazis. She

outrage and hau·ed. \Nh en I w a s

was placed with a Polish -German nan ny-a

old enough t o learn what my

Catho l i c woma n who was i nso·ucted to raise

nanny had done, it was a terrible

the blond-haire d , green-eyed girl to pass as

shock," Roisman said.

Aryan and C h ristian. At the end of the war,

vVh at the woman had done a

only a fter an intensive search, the mother

decade earlier was only revealed

and daughter were reu n i te d .

to Roisman's parents in the mid-

I t w a s d uring t h e search for surviving

1 9 50s. They learned that, rather

fa mily members that Roisman's parents met.

than protecting Roisman's h a l f­

They were married, and i n 1 948 , before

sister during the war, the nanny

H a m1a was born , they tried to emigrate from Poland to the newly founded J ewish home­ land of l srael . But they were denied.

The climate for Jews i n Poland remained threatening. Those who survived the Holo­ caust were the subject of state-supported

, I s a young girl in posl -ll"ar Poland. Rois111a11 learned classica! tnytholog\ -ji·om her be/aced Po/is!t ­ CemJCl/1 nan11_ 1 : ll"ho also told Catholic stories that 111igftt !telp thP liffle girl pass as Cltristian �/ onot!ter purge of t he ./e11·s II'Pre to occur. as 111an l feared. It IC011ld later be rercoled t!tat Iter caretaker betrr�) ·ed

prejudice and harassment, and J ewish fa m­

had tried to turn Shoshana over to the Gestapo. Only the girl's fa i r hair and green eyes had saved her. Fi n a l ly the true explanation of why Shoshana had gone to live with people in the moumains had been repeated. But for a 6-year­

i l ies feared that another H o l ocaust cou l d

n anny, and she had only a c h i l d 's com­

happen a t any t i m e . W h e n H a n n a w a s born

prehension of the pol i tics and hatred that

her parents had her baptized as a Ch risti an,

still existed. It was this nanny, beloved and

to go to Israel as part of a wave of i m m i ­

and the same n a n ny that had taken her half­

trusted, who i n troduced Roisman to the acts

gration sparked b y more government-backed

sister during the war was engaged to care

of heroism and betrayal in classical mythol­

anti-Semitism i n Pol a n d . That and subse-

for the new i n fant and to teach her Catholic

ogy. " S he, to a l a rge extent, was the one

quent waves of J ews fleeing tl1e country

culture. Against the possibility of another

who i m bued me with these stories. She a l so

during the 1 960s have left only a tiny J ewish

attempt to exterminate the J ews, the two

had terrific rel i gious stories-Catholic sto­

population i n Poland today.

fai r-haired sisters were given the cultural

ries," Roisman recal l s . "There were few kids

backgrounds to pass as non-Jews.

who knew names l i ke Ach i l les and Odys­

orga n i zed a fa mjly pilgrimage to Auschwitz

seus, but I d i d . "

to show her chil dren that face o f the Holo­

Roisman spen t her early years i n Poland, much o f that t i me in the company of her

Then o n e d a y her mother abruptly fired

old i t was incomprehensi ble.

I n 1 9 5 7 the fam i l y finally was permitted

B e fore they departed, Roisman's mother

caust. Roisman describes the camp i n the

�� Yo u h ave t o rem e m ber that I a m n ot a survivo r of t h e Holoca u st , b u t a ch i l d of t h e Hol oca u st � a c h i l d o f s u rvivors . T h ere a re m any I srae l i

and

J ews a ro u n d t h e worl d who a re t h e c h i l d ren o f H o l oc a u t u rv1vo rs. a n d i t h a s a n i m p a ct o n all of u s . T h e horror of our p a re n t s · experi e n c e

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a l ways l urki n g i n t h e b a ckgrou n d , "�h e t her t h ey t a l k ed a bout i t or n o t .

The Roismans both earned bachelor's and master's degrees (all magna cum laude) from Tel Aviv Unive rsity, and in 1 977 they came to the U . S . , where they earned P h . D . 's in classics a t the University of Washington in 1 98 1 . " I didn't want to deal with modern history," Hanna Reisman said. "I couldn't, probably because o f what happened in the twentieth century."

After teaching in Israel from 1 98 1 until 1 990-Hanna a t Tel Aviv University and Yossi a t Ben Gurion University of the Negev-the couple learned of openings at Colby. By then they had spent five or six years teaching and working at Cornell during the summer term, and they had tired of a situ­ a tion in Israel that required Hanna to com­ mute three hours each way to her job. They

In 1 96 -: Roisman (left. Lrith a high school.friend) cisited th e Dome of the Rock. which is sarred to ./eu·s. Christians and J luslim. ff lten tast Jerusalem was taken by Israel Ji'om ./ordwt. short(\· before this cisit. it a!Lou·ecl the two .I 'Olmg women to visit the dome and the sorred Wailing fl ail for the first time.

had looked a t a map and talked about New Zealand as a place far away from the uncer­ tainties of life in the Middle East, but then the opportunity in Maine came up. "The fac­

1 9 5 0 s as a deteriorating relic of the war.

in Israel. Teachers were called by their first

ulty a t Cornell assured us [Maine] was not as

There had been no effort to make it a

names, kids could say whatever was on their

cold as Ithaca," Yossi said, chuckling.

memoria l , and she recalls huge piles of shoes

mind, and everyone's opinion mattered," she

The Roismans have maintained their ties

that had been taken off of the prisoners

said. vVhen a teacher asked her about a pas­

with Cornell, teaching there each swm11er and

before they were herded into the gas cham­

sage in the Torah, she reverted to the Polish

spending sabbatical years in residence, using

bers to die.

notion that she must say the correct thing. She

the Cornell library's extrao

r;li nary classics col­

" [.\ ly mother] tal ked about some pretty

raced home to consult her mother so as not

lections and consulting with colleagues. Both

terrible memories, but my father's silence,

to jeopardize the family by speaking against

of their sons, Elad, 2 0 , and Shalev, 1 8 , are

bizarrely, seemed almost as expressive," she

the estab[jshment. "My mother laughed and

enrolled a t Cornell as undergraduates.

aid, foreshadowing her scholarly work on the po" e r in literature of what is implied but not aid.

told me a very important thing, I want you here to think-so

think: 'They

think."'

revered high school literature teacher

"l \\ a eight years old. I t was :\ lay 9,

One Cornell graduate student with whom Hanna has consulted on her last two books is Christopher Roosevel t '94, who majored

and poet, !tamar Yaoz Kest, reinforced

in classics a t Colby and is on the home

1 9 5 7 , that \\ e arri\ ed in I rae ! ," Roisman

the importance of independent and origina l

stretch earning a P h . D . in classical arche­

�aid . . he de cribe� going from being part of

thinking that remains a hallmark of Reis­

ology a t Corn e l l . Roosevelt recalled the

the oppre;sed Je\\ ish min rit:y in Poland to

man 's cholarship.

intensity Roisman showed in the classroom.

the role of ridicu led ne'' comers, fresh off

\Nhen she enrolled in Te l Aviv University

"She's no nonsense. When I first started

the boat. "The� \\ ere making fun of us:

to study classics, she met a young na tive

our D 1 ament bicycle� and our cre\\

1 raeli, Jo eph (Yossi) Reisma n, in her begin­

was kind of startled by it," he said. " Bu t

The� l a ughed at our accen� and our gram­

ning Greek class. The two shared more than

tl1ere's certainly more to her t h a n her tough­

maocal lm�m l.. e �." But Roi�man \\ or ked hard

a love of the classics. They were married and

ness. She puts a lot into her own work, and

ma�ter I I e bre\\ and e\ce l led in �chool.

ha\·e rema rkable simila rities on their resu­

if you put a lot into )'OttT work she rea l ly

"I remember m� a�toni�hmenr coming

mes, up to and including "Professor of Cl as­

respects and appreciates that."

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�� som etimes a n i n s i ght i n to l i fe i s exp l i c i tl y s t a t e d [in c l a ssical l i t erature , s o m e t i m e s i t i s a n i m p l ici t s u btext, a n d it i s m y l i fe - l o ng awareness of s u btext lea rne d from my p a rents that gu i d es m y research . . . .

I k new t h at there were qu estion s t h at sh o u l d n ever be voi ce d unle s s brough t u p b y my p a re n ts , t h a t everyth i n g h a s a b a ck gro u n d wh i c h i s n ot s poken b u t exi s t s un d e rn e ath wh a t i s explici tl y stated , t h at peop l e d o n ot m e a n everythi n g they s ay . " Roisman some outstanding notices in the last year. After

1 03 scholars presented papers

Euripides' play, opening our eyes and arous­

Roisman has avoided talking about her

ing our minds to the implications, ambi­

own history in the classroom and clearly

at the Classical Association's annual meeting

guities and double-entendres . . . Roisman

is torn about sharing her story. "I am not

last April in Manchester, England, The

takes up many established views, turns them

unique," she repeated.

Times (of London) chose to highlight Rois­

upside down and offers us fairly new insights

man's analysis of classical themes in Arnold

on the dnnnatis personae."

Schwarzenegger's Terminator movies.

When she tackled Euripides's Hippolytus in her latest book, Nothing Is As It Seems, a

Though the title of her book, Nothing Is

But her motivation is not obscure. It is to keep tl1e memory of the Holocaust alive in hopes of preventing a repetition of tl1e

As It Seems, was selected to represent her

abominations-"the excesses, the barbari ty,

approach to analyzing Euripides, she now

tl1e cruelty, the savagery." " I think the passage of time is important

reviewer for the prestigious classics journal

sees how it fits her own life and work. "I

Scholia wrote: " Roi sman guides us tl1rough

had no clue when I wrote it. You work by

in looking beyond tl1e atrocities to see how

nature," she said.

can we prevent tlus," she said. " Now, when

"Sometimes an insight into life is explicitly stated (in clas­

you learn about it, it will be a chapter saying 'methods of extermination."' But it is the

sical literature], sometimes it is

personal stories that resonate most pow­

an implicit subtext, and it is my

erfully: people-relatives-who leapt from

life-long awareness of subtext

prisoner trains to escape, others who jumped

learned from my parents tl1at

into mass graves to hide among tl1e corpses.

guides my research . . . . " "I knew that there were

Clearly her visit to see tl1e gas chambers and piles of shoes at Auschwitz, just before

questions tl1at should never be

she left Poland as a child, was a traumatic

voiced unless brought up by

experience. Now she agonizes over the pros­

my parents, that everytl1ing has

pect of returnjng mere. If it were just her­

a background which is not

self, she probably would not return, she said.

spoken but exists underneath

But looking beyond her own comfort,

what is explicitly stated, that

her motivation in speaking, and in possibly

people do not mean everything

revisiting the concentration camps, is an

tl1ey say. . . . "

obligation to future generations. "I would

"In Israel we learned to read

between the lines," she said.

go. I feel my sons, Elad and Shalev, need to see," she said.

! Ianna and I ossi Roisman. both classics professors a t Colb_ 1 : are on sab­ batical. doing research as risiting scholars a t Cornell L ·n irersi(1 · in Ithaca . . \ eu· I ark. /-Janna Roisman specia!i::;es in litera ture. particular(!· Homeric epic. Greek tragec(1 · an d classical themes in modern cin ema. I ossi Roisman is a his torian speciali::;ing in Greek and Roman his tor� · and historiography as Lre/1 as ancient }eu·ish hisiOf":\ " and Greek drama.

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S E PT E M B E R 1 1 : C O L B Y R E A CT S 1I Tuesday, September 11

1 : 03 p . m .

1ass e-mail to a l u m n i about

fe rent coun­

online resources (alumni d i rectory, bul l etin

u·ies, explain

w i th news o f attacks on the \Yorld Trade

boards, \Veb pages). Use of onune d i rectory

the tenets o f

Center a n d the Pentagon.

doubles a n d a l u m n i bul letin boards see

10:20 a . m . Student phone centers in the

h i ts the fol lowing day.

very peaceful

Friday, September 15

says Amjad

Center designated T\T- free zone, staff and

N oon I n terfaith Prayer a n d Remembra nce

Tu ffa ha

snacls a1·ai lable. Student with parents i n

service i n Lori m e r Chapel. Students,

o f Amman,

a ffected areas contacted b y deans. Students

fac u l ty a n d staff are l e d i n prayer by

Jordan . H e

9 : 15 a . m .

enior staff meeting i n terrupted

6,402

re l igion,"

Dean o f Students Office and Eustis open , staffe d by deans a n d counselors. Pugh

I s l a m . " I t's a

'02

Col l ege chapl a i n s, Rabbi Raymond

d i rects the

Krinksy a n d Rev. Ronald Morre l l .

audi ence to

T h e chaplains i nvite anyone to

th e group's

remain in the chapel after the

\ Neb s i te : www. colby.edu/m usu m .

service. Many do.

7:00 p . m . Candlelight vigil at

Thursday, September 20 9:30 p . m . Forwn in Foss. Two hw1dred stu­

Lori mer Chape l .

dents stay past 1 1 p . m . Margaret McFadden (American studies) asks su1dents to consider

Monday, September 1 7 Noon S i l en t R a l l y for Peace o n

l i brary steps attracts about

3 00 s tu ­

dents, fa culty a n d staff. O n e stu­

and faculty i n Colby programs abroad and in \ \'ashington contacted and ad\'ised to cancel all tra1·el. Athletic contests postpon ed.

12:03 p.m. Col b�· phone system nears

capacity. Request to l i m i t nonessential ca lls.

12:05 p . m . President Adams announces

plan for e1 ening communi�· gathering.

1:52 p . m . Some professors recei1·e e-mail

from \ l i chacl Daisey '96. From l"ew York he report�: "The sky is black 11 ith ash, the people ha1 e been panicking and fleeing in unadul ter<lted terror."

7 : 3 0 p . m . Pre�ident \dams opens "Commu­

n n� C . ath en ng'' in

01 erfl011

ing Page Com­

mon� Room. [ .'ro� on page 3 . ] Wed nesday, September 12 7 : 00 p . m . C . 01 ernmenl Profes�or'>

\,Jnd� \ L1 1�cl <lnd Joe Reisen �peak <liHi moderate d i �cu��ion i n \ m hon� - \ l nchel l - .'chupf re�i­ dence h a l k

11:12 a . m . \ \ eb page� on

Lw nched.

time . . . . We don't notice i t; it's l i ke asking a

dent chooses to sing the national

fish to notice water." Kenneth Rod man (gov­

anth e m , a cappella, from the base

ernment) compares events w i th tl1e Trum a n

o f the flagpole. Another rises from the ranks and speaks before placing a rose

Doctri ne: "vV hen P e a r l Harbor w a s attacked, we were iJwaded by a state. We knew what

before the monument to Colby's war dea d .

tl1e return address was." J e ffrey Kasser (phi­

" I 've learned t h a t w e a l l grieve d i fferently,"

losophy) speaks o f the necessity o f adequa­

said Katherine Rauch

'02. "I j ust had to get

up and say som ething."

tion o f thoughts a n d events: " \Nhat ought we aspire to i f we can't grasp tl1ese events ? "

10:00 a.m .-4:00 p.m. Students soucit

money i n Cotter Union for the American Red Cross. This and an evening event raise more than

-+,000 for disaster re lief.

Looking Ahead I n the weeks fol l owing the attacks Adams articulates tl1e i ns t i tution's rol e . "I bel i eve that Col by, and col l eges l i ke Col by, m us t

Wednesd ay, September 19

play a n i m portant p a r t i n tl1e long-term

8:00 p . m . Colby Muslim Group convenes

solution to i nte rnational d i scord and vio­

forum (titled "Am I a Te rrorist� ") on

lence. By tea c h i n g young men and women

Islam, i n the Pugh Center. Overflow crowd

from th i s and many other countries to

l i stens as M uslim students, from several d i f-

debate issues rati o n a l l y, to resolve d i sagree­ ments peacefu l l y, to appreci a te cul tural a n d re l i gious d i fferences with open hea rts and open m i n ds, a n d to assume positions of thoughtful a n d responsible leader­ ship, we a re doing what we can to make t h i s world better a n d s a fer."

T h u rs d a y, Septe m be r 1 3

Col lege\ re�pome

coverage o f tl1e attacks: "The mass media shapes the way we see the world a l l tl1e

to

traged�

A candlelight vigil at Lorimer Chapel September 1 5, upper left. Amjad Tuffaha '02 at forum on Islam on September 1 9, above. Flowers remain at Colby's war memorial, left.

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From the H i l l

Giving Victims

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Voice

Oak Fellow Sevdie Ahmeti chronicles travails of Kosovo casualties

S

evdie Ahmeti was i n mid-sentence during a n interview i n her

"He said, ' R u n .

Lovejoy office last month when somewhere i n the corridor a

R u n out the back

door slammed. It had been two years since the bombing of her

side,"' Ahmeti said.

native Kosovo and three years since Ahmeti j umped a wall to escape

" We

capture by Serb sold iers, later enduring beating and torture at the

w i n dow, I j u m p . I

opened

the

hands of marauding para m i l i ta ri e s . Stil l , when the door slammed

hear them break tl1e

i n the corridor, the Albanian human rights activist gave a vi sible start,

door of the house. I

lowered her head and sighed. And then, j ust as she refused to abandon

jump tl1e wall. Desire.

her mission to publicize rape and torture during Kosovo's decade-long

Desire to live."

tu rm oil, Ahmeti forged on with her comments.

The soldiers took

" I am a h u m a n r i ghts worker," she s a i d . "I l e ave to save my

her papers, her computer, her photos and notes. They threatened

s k i n ? It is moral to save your s k i n and i n terview people from a

that tl1ey would kill her husband if tl1ey came back and fow1d Ahmeti,

distance? It is moral when you're out of the coun try, safe, and you

and then tl1ey would kill her, too. For tl1e next tl1ree months, Ah meti

go to the borderl i ne and say, '\iVhat happened i nside? \i\Tho's killed?

was in h i d i ng, sl ipping from house to house, hidden in attics a n d

\i\Tho's rape d ? ' "

cellars, sleeping in barns.

T h e co-founder and executive d i rector of the Centre for Protection

" H ow can I describe these three months. They were all terror. One

of Women and C h i ldren i n Prishtina, Al1meti, 5 6 , i s at Colby for

minute of terror was as long as twenty-four hours. You can i m agine

the fa l l semester as the 2 00 1 Oak H uman Rights Fellow. Her work,

how long a day was. Are tl1ey com ing to k i l l you? To rape you? To

conducted si ngle-handedly through the worst years of the Kosovo

butcher you? To order you deporte d ? "

ethnic cleansing, focuses on protection and documentation of ethnic Albanian vi ctims of war crimes.

Eventu a l l y Al1meti w a s caught, a n d she and her re latives were beaten and tortured by Serb para m i l i taries. " Fortunately i t was tl1ose

And there were many.

who were a fter mon ey, a fter gold," she said. They did not know who

Ahmeti and her colleagues estimate that 1 3 ,000 ethnic Albanian

they had i n their clutches.

women were raped i n Kosovo before the con fl i c t ended w i th the

By the time tl1e war ended i n 1 999, eight members of Ahmeti's

NATO intervention i n 1 999. Al1meti's involvement i n human rights

fa n1 i l y had been killed. In her birthplace, the city of Gjakova west

work i n the country had started almost a decade before, a fter she and

of Prishtina, 1 ,6 5 8 people were missi ng, 6 7 3 killed, more than 400

other etlmic Al banians were dismissed from their jobs by Serb offici als.

deta i ne d . Kosovo Liberation Army forces found a group of raped

She began writing political commentary for magazines, an effort that

women i n tl1e mountains and brought them to Al1111 eti for treaonent

resulted i n her arrest and the arrest of tl1e editor of the magazine that

and to have tl1eir stories recorded. These and other reports by Ahmeti

published her work. Alm1eti continued to write and to publish her

and her colleagues have been used as evidence by the I n ternational

commentary on the I nternet and to send reports to world leaders. But

Criminal Tribunal of Former Yugoslavia i n The H a gue.

when war broke out i n 1 998, Ahmeti went to the war zones. " I n M a rch 1 998 until M a rch 1 999, until two days a fter tl1e a i r

But conviction of former Yugoslav president Slobodan M i l osevic and others accused i n tl1e Kosovo massacres w i l l not mean an end to

strikes started," s h e s a i d . " I wou l d write every d a y what w a s happening

Ahmeti's work. She and otl1ers who work in the nine branches of the

i n Kosovo. I would visit women and children . I would see them l iving

Ceno·e of the Protection of \ \ 'omen and Child ren know the ,;ctims

out i n tl1e open, no food. No shelter. No hygienic supplies, nothing.

of rape and other abuse ha,·e long-term needs.

For weeks and months i n the cold and i n tl1e ra i n . So I wou l d go interview. I would publish d i fferent i nterviews on Internet."

Already a public figure, her reporting brought Serb soldiers to her door. Her husband, Sebahudin, former m i rtister of health for Kosovo, was tipped off by neighbors and ran home to warn his wife .

" D i d you e\'er see any raped woman who has taken to the streets and protested' "

To, she said, because they are too ashamed, and the

hurt they feel remains "·ith them.

"It's a degradation tl1at i s tl1ere," Ahmeti said. " I t's a bullet that can never go off. " -Gerry Boyle '78

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o m a n d P a t G i s h , r e c i p i e n ts of t h e

On another occa­

2 0 0 1 Lm·ejoy Award, have w a l ked i n

sion, the Gishes sup­

E l i j a h Parish Lovejoy's footsteps.

ported

It was 1 9 -l a nd the Gishes' newspaper, the

a system of

weekly J [o zmtnin Engle in \Vhi tesburg, Ky.,

l ished by the United M .ineworkers Union.

t h e weight of t h e coal trucks t h a t traversed

\i\Then the Kentucky

the mountain roads in eastern Kentucky coal

M e d i c a l Association

country. A t one meeting of a rea coal-mine

and others tried to get

o p e r a to r s s o m e o n e w a r n e d t h a t a plan to

a law enacted to pro­

d e ra i l the coal -truck regula tion w o u l d fa i l

hibit such "socialized

i f Tom G ish got hold o f i t and put i t i n h i s

medicine," it was Tom

paper. "One of t h e other people there said,

G i s h , a former state

' I f Tom G i sh IITites anythi ng about this, we'll

house

j ust burn him down,"' Tom G i sh said. " \Ve J ust a

stand on principle at The Mountain Eagle

medical clinics estab­

was closely covering a bi tter battl e to l im i t

did and they d i d . "

Award winners Pat and Tom Gish

reporter

fo r

nited Press Interna­ tiona l , who showed

p r o - s l a 1· e ry m o b s r e p e a t e d l y

proponents o f the clin­

destro�·ed Lovej oy's press i n I l l i n ois, ruffians

ics how to get t h e i r

d e s troyed the .Uo u n tnin Engle p r e s s a n d

side of the issue heard

o ffi c e s . T h e fi re e 1·e n r u a l l y r e s u l t e d i n

in

t h e c o m·i c t i o n o f a l o c a l p o l i c e m a n for

Kentucky Legislature

a rson, but it d i d n 't pre1·ent the G i shes from

l istened and refused to shut the clinics down.

p u b l i s h i n g e 1·en a s i n g l e i s s u e . " \\Te j u s t

L o u i sv i l l e .

The

Pat and Tom G i s h looking over an edition to The Mountain Eagle.

That had repercussions at the Engle. One of

by much of the com m u n i ty as they refused to buckle before local powerbrokers. "The

aid Pat Gish, a

the key supporters in the effort to shut down

vVh i tesburg merch a n d i s i n g class ge n e r a l l y

fo rmer reporter fo r the L exingto n Lender.

the c l i n i cs-a big a u tomobi l e d e a l e r-was

w a s w1wi l l ing t o m a ke t h e courthouse crowd

mm ed u p t o o u r house,"

" \ \'e d i d it 11 i th typewriters."

one of the Engle's biggest adverti sers over

unh appy so they general l y were never on our

\nd fo r -H �·ear , the husband and w i fe

the years. "He stopped his Engle adverti sing

side," Tom Gish said. " I f they were, they were very quiet about it."

team has done it 11 i th l i no�·pe and a 1·arie�· of

a nd never spent another penny in the next

other presses-and hard 11 ork, h i gh standards

th i rty or forty years," Tom Gish said. " H uge

That was and i s the way of eastern Ken­

and firm con1 ictiom.

in Engle terms. Probably cost me a thousand

tucky, h e s a i d . In a poor rural regi on with

T h e fi r e 11 as o n ! � o n e of t h e r o a d ­ b l o c ks t h a t h a 1 e been th r 0 11 n u p i n fro n t

dollar a month or more. For twenty-five or

power i n the hands of very few, the working

thi r�· years."

class learned to b i te i ts tongue rather than

to

But that was a small price to pay, and one

speak out. " I t's a l i ttle b i t m o re open now

nH i n t a i n t h e .\ 10111/fflill f:ag/e ( fr o n r p a ge

of many exacted Ol'er the decades. v\Then th e

than i n previous years but i t hasn't changed

m o t to : " I t S c r e <l m s " ) as t h e 1 0 i c c o f t h e

ne11 paper started covering county govern­

all that m u c h , " Tom Gish s a i d . " Yo u don't

r <l n k .1 ml fi l e 1 11 L e t c h e r C o u n t � . O n o n e

ment, offi c i a l s stopped goi ng to the Engle

dare publi cly criticize the county judge or the

occa � i o n , t h e n e 11 � p a p e r \ s c r u r i n � o f t h e

printing operation with county business (the

sheriff or the governor or whatever. If you do,

l o c a l � c h o o l �� � r e m r c ) U s e d t h e i r e o f r h e

C ishes sold that side of the operation). The

there's a lways going to be payba ck."

�<.: h o o l h o a rd c h a l r ll l <l ll , a l oc a l p o l i t i c a l

C 1 shes ha1 e been called communists, a serious

T h ere h a s been posi tive payback fo r the

h o � � . l i e u r g e d t h e s <.: h o o l � � s t e m a n d

c h a r ge in the 1 9 5 0 s . The G i s h c h i l d re n ,

Gishes a n d the Eagle. C i rc u l a tion went from 2 , 000 when the couple bought the paper i n

o f t h e C i s h e '> a s t h e � \ e e n d e a 1·ored

b o � c o n t h e fag/e. 'I h e

h rera l l � raised a t the newspaper, were never

i m m e d 1 <1 t e re -, u l r 11 a � :1 7 0 0 - cop� 1 n c re <1 s e

picked for pam in the local school plays. At

1 9 5 7 to 7 , 500, s l i d i n g i n re cent years to t h e

1 11 c 1 n : u Ln i o n .

nme� the C i shes found themsekes shunned

present 6 , 2 00 a s t h e c o u n ty's p o p u l a t i o n

it

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At o n e meeting of a rea c o a l - m i n e o p e rators someone wa rned that a p l a n to d e ra i l the coal-tru c k regulation would fa i l i f To m G ish got hold o f it a n d put i t i n h i s p a p e r. . . . '" If To m G i sh writes a nyth ing a bout this, we'll just burn him down , "' To m G ish said. "We did a n d they d i d . " h a s decl i n e d . The G i shes have a l ways fe l t

a fter the G ishes i t was Seymour Hersh of Tbe

t h e w o r k ; n g p e o p l e o f L e t c h e r C o u n ty

New York Tin1es.

Asked whether they ever considered th a t t h e y would receive such awards, b a c k when

were w i th th e m , and today an anonymous

"We were sandwiched between Watergate

com m e n t section i s the most popu l a r i n the

and the Pentagon Papers," Tom G i s h said,

hours i n t h e e a r l y years, weathering c r i t i ­

n ewspa per, " a fter t h e te l e v i s i o n secti o n , "

chuckli ng. Then he remembered

an award

c i s m from t h e p o w e r s t h a t b e , " E e g a a d ,

Pat G i s h s a i d .

g i v e n the c o u p l e l a s t y e a r by

ew Yo rk

The couple are noth i n g if not self-effacing.

They've received national awards for their writing about poverty. I n 1 9 74 they received

Tom : " We were declared t o b e , wha t's the Pat: " I don't remember, Tom . I could look i t up. I th ink i t was 'Treasures of American

for exemplary work supporting freedom of

Jomnal i sm . "'

- Gerry Boyle '78 Text of the Gishes ' Lovejoy add1'ess is posted

Tom : "Yeah, 'TI·easures of American Jour­ nalism."'

Aclclecl Pat Gish, "I guess we have to handle our small part as well as we can . "

phrase, Pat?"

honor bestowed b y t h e University of Arizona

Graham of Tbe Wasbi11gto11 Post. The yea r

n o , " Tom G i s h s a i d . " Yo u d o n 't t h i n k about such t h i n gs . "

niversity.

t h e J o h n Peter Zenge r Aw a rd , a n a ti o n a l

the press. The w i rmer i n 1 97 3 was Kath a rine

they were writing i n to the e a r l y m o rn i n g

online at www. colby. edu/communicationsl lovejoylrecipientslgish_r.shtml.

A Formula for Fun It was nearly eight o'clock in the eve n i ng and the Alfond Athletic Center

"Thought-provoking lectures given on such topics as n u mber theory,

gym was em pty but for two teenagers i mmersed in a workout. One, grimacing

topol ogy, artificial inte l l i gence, probabi l ity by the best-known authorities in

l i ke an Olympic weight l ifter, was doing bench presses. The other was

their fields , " said Chintan Hossain of Wilmington , Del. " During the camp I

frantically pedaling away on the bike, a stationary Lance Armstrong.

was at a constant state of sti mulation . "

But the bench press bar was com pletely bare . The controls on the

Led by top-notch facu lty and graduate student mentors from institutions

bike were set near the m i n i m u m . And there was another hint that these

including Colby, Harvard, Princeton, Dartmouth and Stanfo rd , the students

were not your typ ical sports c a m pers: a wh ite booklet of sample SAT

engaged in cognitive gym nastics. In fact, it wasn't the h i ke in the M a i ne

math questions spread wide open in front of the sweating bike rider-a

outdoors that was the favorite event, but the chal lenge of doing 30 proofs

Pythagoras , not Armstrong, wannabe .

The teenagers were from Canada/USA Mathcamp, a different appl ication

in 30 minutes. Said Hwang Shi nyoung, a South Korean teenager studying in Massachusetts: "We studied and played in an equally divided standard . "

of the summer camp form ula with math lectures, workshops and other

At $3,000, the camp wasn't cheap ( Hossain said his parents noted that

activities with a mathematical slant. T h i s year the program was hosted by

it cost the same as taking his entire family to Bangladesh). But the camp's

Colby and ran from July 8 through August 1 2 .

value may prove incalculable to the teenagers who gathered on Mayflower

To reserve t h e i r s pot, t h e p a r t i c i p a n t s , some of

H i l l . " Some of the ideas the cam pers encounter here are

the sharpest math whiz·

not taught until grad·

zes from A m e r i c a n ,

u ate schoo l , " s a i d

C a n a d i a n a n d other

C o l b y ' s Fe r n a n d o

high schoo l s , had to

Gouvea (mathemat·

pass a tough qual ify·

ics), who taught one

ing q u iz. They solved

o f the M a t h c a m p

a n d a s ked q u es·

courses. "They are

t i o n s l i ke " If G i s

so far ahead of their

a p-grou p , IGI=p11 n , i s Aut

h i g h s c h o o l c l a s s­

G necessari ly i s o m o r p h i c

mate s , it's amazing.

They want to eat, drink

to s o m e s u bgro u p of Aut

and

(C_p ) 11 n (which i s isomorphic to GL_n(Z/pZ))?"

breathe

m at h . "

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wit & wisdom " W i t h t h e right m ix of geogra p hy,

"They're s m a rt. ' S m a r t i n what

h u bris a n d u ra n i u m , we ca n be

way?' i s my q u esti o n .''

e n e rgy self-suffi c i e n t a n d forget

CATHY BRUCE, fielding n

question nbout ber nnd P1·esident Bra Adnms's pet, Pedro tbe pig.

a bo u t conservation e n t i re l y."

Associate Professor ofHist01y PAUL JOSEPHSON, in IJ Mny 1 7 op-ed titled "A Swiftian Solution to tbe Ene1'gy O·isis, " in tbe Los Angeles Times.

" Everybody I ta l ked to sa i d , 'The s uffe r i n g we h ave n ow is so m u ch better t h a n t h e suffe r i n g we had

"The s u r n a m e Co l by itself

befo re.' . . . Even if th ey d i d n 't h ave

o r i g i n ates from a p l a ce n a m e

somet h i n g to eat, t h ey h a d t h e i r

t h a t i s E n g l i s h i n o r i gi n .

freed o m .'' quoted in n July 8 Boston S unday Globe st01)' nbout be1' resennb 011 tbe recmtly libemted Knmniyn lnbo1·ers in Westem t\'epnl.

I t i s a hyb r i d Anglo- N o rse for m

ELICIA CARM ICHAEL ' 01,

" I t h o u ght it wou ld be great to t e l l y o u a bout my won d e rf u l boyhood i n South D a kota."

(Americnn studies), 1·ecozmting lectm·e tbemes sbe bnd considered, u:ben sbe received tbe senio1· clnss's Cbndes Bnssett Tencbing Au:nrd in ,"\tiny.

MARGARET M C FADDEN

d e rived from C a l d-byr, m ea n i n g 'cold sett l e m ent.' This i s j ust "Clea n i n g rooms t h a t h ave been

a c o i n c i d e n ce , b u t perh a ps a

occ u p ied fo r n i n e months by

cos m i c o n e fo r t h ose w h o

you n g people c a n be very c h a l l engi ng." supen;isor of Cllstodinl services, in a campus fl11110lt77Cement about getting nsidence bnll 1'ooms 1"efld)' for Tezmion.

ARTHUR " BUD" SAWTELLE,

be l i eve i n s u c h t h i n gs ."

Associllte PmfessoT JEFFREY ANDERSON (mttb1·opology), wbose Web pllge www.colby. edu/ penonal!j!jdanden!COLBYbtnz explores unusuiJl connections involving tbe nmne "Colby. "

Professional Life After Death It is perhaps one of the few conferences where the schedule incl udes l ectures on subjects L i ke bloodstain-pattern analysis and bite­ mark identi fication-with breaks for "refreshments and conversation."

The �ew England Seminar in Forensic Science, in its 2 8th year at Colby (the only undergraduate college in the U.S. accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to pro"ide continuing medical education credit to physicians), offers death investigators the opportunity to learn from some of the most renO\med forensic experts in the country. Medical examiners, coro­ ner , attorney and detectives gather on Mayflower Hill each ugust to recei1·e instruction in subjects some might think ghoulish.

"They're g i ng to rudy everything from how do you approach people killed in a fire, people who die in jail or in titutional custody, harp ,-ersu bl unt-force i njuries," aid G regory ] . Davis, associate chief medical examiner for the Commonwealth of Kentucky, a pro­ fes or of pathology at the niver ity of Kentucky School of 1 I edi­ cine and co-di rectOr of the olby con ference. "\\'hat about gunshot 11 0und�? \\nat about blood patter at the scene? \\'hat does it mean? I Io'' can a denri t be u ed tO help identify people burned up or dccompo cd;" \\ l1ilc d1c pro�pect might lea1 e some lap11en cold, if not clammy, d1e�e are the que tion d1at face medical examiners and od1er investiga­ tor. Ja� m and Ja� our. \nd nor only do they warm tO d1e topics at 'olb� . bur burnour-risking profe ional ay d1e '' eek in \ \'atef\·i lle can be like a balm. " l r not on I� ai i0\1 you a chance to exchange infonnation and get our of� our rut, but it also rcjm enatcs � ou," said conference co-director Fred B. jordan, chief medical C\amincr for Oklahoma, 11 ho endured fir.thand me horror. of the Oklahoma Ci� bombing.

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The emotional toll associated with forensic i nvestigation doesn't get much media play, though the field i tsel f has become the stuff of novels, TV and movies. Davis said the media exposure can be a double-edged sword that gives the public an exaggerated sense of what coroners and medical examiners can determi n e . "On the other hand, a l ittle publi c i ty doesn't h urt," he saicl "And to be known as sometl1ing other than the ghouls who reside i n the base­ ment i s a bless i ng."

In fact, time spent in d1e midst of this forensic family last summer showed them to be anything but ghoulish . Cases are related matter­ of-facdy, albeit witl1 an occasional tinge of emergency-room humor.

Marcella Sorg, a forensic anthropologist for Maine's medical examin­ er's office, professor at d1e University of Maine, Colby conference faculty member and author of two defuutive books on d1e study of postmortem remains, has seen some of the most horrific things imagi nable i11 her 2 5 years in the field. But Sorg said levity is just one way that forensic professionals cope-and continue to do their jobs.

Davis, who specializes in dead1s from drugs and gunshots, said he welcomes the public into d1e world of forensic science. "I want d1e public to know what we do, and our linlitations," he said. "What I do not want to do is entertain d1em. I do not think that what we do is entertaining in the l east. What has to be retained . . . is that every time I talk about a case with a student or a fellow physician r a member of the press, as cliched as th is sounds, d1e basic truth of what we do is that that [ person ) is somebody's loved one. That i not just a hunk of biological material on a table. I t's the body of somebody's l oved one and it needs to be treated with that respect and that digniry."-Gerry Boyle '78

&A

Frances York

Edito1·� 11ote: Colby 1·outinel)' makes tbe "bestfood" lists in col­ lege guides. Helping to make tbat bappen is Fmu York, wbo 17t77S tbe pizUIIdeli in Dana dining ball.

Sbe took a break from P1'epping pizUI toppings to talk to Colby.

What is Roberts?

I don't know. J ust a home-cooked meaL At lunchtime, we're based on tl1e fast food. A t n i gh t we give them a home-cooked meaL So have you gotten to know many students?

Most of my ri me has been spent back in the kitchen. It's j ust in the last couple of years that I 've actually got out i nto the front and been able to be one on one with them. There are a few who w i l l i n troduce

So, you've been here a while, I understand.

themselves and you remember that one and you get i n conversations.

Twenty-eight years. I d i d do a few years i n Foss, and then they

And tl1ey'll say, 'Oh, you don't look happy today. You look tire d .

brought me back over here.

Do you w a n t t o t a l k about i t ? ' It's n e a t t h a t a kid wou l d w a n t to do tl1at for you.

How has it changed i n twenty-eight years, Fran?

First of a l l , I think with the new dining room-i t's only been here three years-it's n ice, more modern.

Do you ever have students ask for something really strange?

Oh, yes. I had a young lady who asked for no-cheese pizza. She wanted onions and mushrooms and pineapples. No cheese. There

Do people like different kinds of food?

were a couple of guys, I remember what they liked. One was a basic

Oh, yes. I make vegan pizzas and things. They just have to come up

mushroom, onion and olive. He loved that. I would

and request it. If I have the stuff on hand, there's no problem.

What about Colby Eights and other traditional stuff?

vVe sti l l had that up until this past year.

Is it going to be back this year?

I 'm not real sure. I do know there's a lot of changes. vVe're sti l l going

try to do tl1at a

couple of days a week for him. I had another ymmg man, he liked the cheeseless with j ust a bunch of vegetables on it. Any kind of vegetables.

What's the number-one pizza?

Number one is your pepperoni.

What's t h e pizza f o r tomorrow?

to be on kind of the fast-food type of thing, but there's going to

Pepperoni. A sausage. And a cheese. Always a cheese. And I was

be a lot of changes. Our cycles have been four weeks. I t may be a

thinking of doing a tomato, basil and feta. If tl1ey don't want th e

three-week cycle.

cheese on it, it takes five mi nutes if they come up and ask for

So every three weeks the menu changes?

Yea h . We do a lot of specials. We dnesday nights last year we were

something speciaL Are there some students who just love to chow down?

doing baked potato bar, nacho bar. Fruit bar-the kids love it. W e

Oh, yes. Especially the freshmen. They're here for breakfast, l unch

fi nd every type of frui t t h a t we possibly c a n and we put i t o u t here.

and dinner, no matter what.

Do you find types of fruit you never knew existed?

What are you working on now, today?

Stuff that I had never tried, yea h . Even being here. Papaya. Mangos.

Right now I ' m getting ready for the pizza deb. I cut tl1e vegetables to

The l i ttle star frui ts .

put on my pizza, made my sauce. This morning I made tuna fish. I

Are most o f t h e changes aimed a t providing healthier food?

They

try. They try to say, give kids what tl1ey l i ke, l i ke your basic

made egg salad. That's for the deli.

For seven hund red people?

pizza, hamburger-type tl1ing. But a lso stay on the health side.

Yup .

But are there items that are mainstays that have been here forever?

What kind o f quantities are w e talking here?

That woul d be l i ke a meatloaf.

They still have meatloaf?

Oh, yes. They sti l l do meatloaf. And they do the roast beefs. Lots of chicken. And kids l i ke it. Even though we're not considered the

h a l l , they do make a dish if we do have vegetarians who veo·etarian " want to come over and sit w i th tl1eir friends. They have tl1at, too.

So the vegetarian hall is Foss?

Yes.

Okay, let me think. Tuna fish. I w i l l open twelve cans of runa fish on a normal Monday. That's big cans. I have to have ten pans of turkey, which wi l l probably be mree to four turkey breasts. I ' m going to say eight to ten pounds each. I do about fou r of those. And men I do one ham, which i s approximately fifteen pounds . Cheeses, I would do probably forty pounds of cheese, four d i fferent kinds. Pickles, two d i fferent kinds. And all kinds of di fferent breads.

That's every day?

Every day that's what I do.

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The . rut s of His Lab or Professor Russell Johnson brings science to community service

S

owing \\' i l d oats i s a l l i n a day's work fo r

doesn't make starch properly,"

As istant Professor of B i o l ogy Russe l l

h e s a i d . \iVh i l e regul a r corn

J oh n son . L i tera l l y, not metaphorical l y .

conve rts sugars i n to s t a r c h

The bota n i s t

ru d i es p l a n t physiol ogy a n d

polym ers,

s w e e t corn

was

t h e m o l e c u l a r b i o l o gy o f s e e d s a s t h e y

d e v e l o p e d to prevent t h a t

ge rmi nate a n d w h i l e they are dormant, and

fr o m h a p p e n i n g . " I t h a s a

h e gro\\ S

d e fective e n zyme so that a l l

Ac•enn fntun,

a

tra i n of ll' i l d oats

from .\ l ontana, i n the O l i n Science Center

of t h e sugars j u s t p i l e up i n

re e a rch greenhouse. \\'hen h e 's not on the

t h e kernel . "

job you m i ght find him sowing lettuce, car­ rot� . peas a n d bean near what genera tions o f �tudents knew a s "Colby Corner, " next

Johnson's fo c u s e d

on

research the

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m i n u te s t

d e ta i l s o f p l a n t p h ys i o l o gy,

t r e e t .\ I e t h o d i t C h u rc h

i ncluding how a n d why, at the biochemical

a re i n c r e a s e d u n d e r s t a n d i n g a n d c o n t r o l

do11 nto11 n . J o h n on i s one of se1·eral Colby

level, seeds germinate a n d how stabl e plant

o f ge rmi n a tion a n d dormancy. " When you

fa c u l r � a n d �taff m e mbers 11 ho h e l p rai e

m R 1\T

i s . He attributes those i nt e rests to

p l a n t , y o u w a n t t h e s e e d s t o ge r m i n a t e

produce ar rhe c h u rc h \

good professors who got h i m i n terested in

synchronously a n d q u i ckly," h e said. \iVhen

for t h e local h o m e l e�s s h e l te r, food b a n k

plant biol ogy, and h e says that, combined

growi ng oats or wheat, i t's cri tical that there's

<lnd '>OUj) kitchen.

" i th a concern for human i m pa c t o n t h e

enough d o r m a n cy to prevent pre- h a rv e s t

to t h e P l e a s a n t

te11 a rdship garden

The .,ofr - .,pol.. c n Joh nson gr<JII ., a n i m ated

em'ironment, l e d h i m to agricultural research,

sprouting w h i l e t h e grain is sti l l o n t h e sta l k

C \ p L1 i n i n g m 1 n u t c d e t a i l s of h o 11 p l a n t�

s i n c e agr i c u l t u re is a rg u a b l y the b i ggest

b u t n o t s o m uch t h a t germ i nation w o u l d be

" ork-\1 h � , for C\ample, "" cet corn is " eet. ·· S 11 cct corn • ., a mutant rr. 1 i n o f corn that

impact mankind has on the planet.

i m p a i red when the seed gra i n i s p l a n te d a

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how we teach There are moments that define this place; this is one.

N i n e o ' c l oc k on a Wed n e sd ay m o r n i ng in S e ptember. Twenty-one first-year students assembled i n M i ller 14, a classroom at the Roberts end of

the c raft of writing: "The seams can 't show. . . . The la nguage can't sweat . "

M i ller Library. Bare feet in sandals. A couple of baseba l l hats on backwards.

in between them . "

H e recites Emily Dickinson: "The world is not conclusion . . . . " " It is not just the words that are i m portant, " he says. " It ' s the spaces

Nervous chuckles and expectant glances. Professor Cedric Bryant enters the roo m . For these Colby students , college has begun.

All iteration. Syntax. Metaphor or trope. The meanings and i m p l ications of borne and born , the s a i l i ng i m agery in the sentence, the weight of

Bryant i ntroduces h i m self. H e asks if the students have read The Great

the word " beat . " It i s 9 : 28.

Gatsby. Many raise their hands. H e says they must recall the second-to-last

And what the students h ave experienced , a n d we have witnessed,

sentence. H e recites it with care , the words held up to the class l i ke a

is a launchi ng, to hold to the nautical (with apologies to Fitzgeral d ) . I n

string of precious stones: " So we beat o n , boats aga i n st the current, borne

that classroom and i n m a n y others o n t h e Colby campus that morni ng,

back ceaselessly i nto the past . "

professors strode to the front of the ra m p , swung the bottles towards

T h e class i s 3 0 seconds o l d .

the bow and gave their assembled students a shove. Down the ways they

Bryant i s serious t o t h e point o f gravity. T h e question , he says, is what

went and into the current, heading out of the harbor with assignments

did Fitzgerald mean to teach us about l anguage with this single sentence.

in hand, read ing due by Friday.

After Bryant's class, they were a bit blown away. "I was really surprised at

" How does this sentence do what it does?"

H e refers to rhetoric, in its cl assical sense, then asks what it means

how i ntense it was today, " said Aspen Foreman '05 of Delta, Colo.

Said Stan i slav Presolski '05 of Bulgari a, "I have to say it was great. I

today as a pejorative term. The question hangs in the air. Bryant waits. The si lence grows palpable; the first-year, fi rst-day reticence bends but doesn't

was enchanted by the professor, the way he spoke . "

break. Bryant waits longer and then he says, "What did you think we were

S o that's w h at w e d o here, to borrow from C h a r l i e Bassett, who

going to begin class by doing? Sitting around talking about what you did

h i m self h a s e n c h a nted legi o n s of Co l by students over the decades.

o n your summer vacation?"

T h i s s n a pshot i s just a rem i n der, as another school ye ar begi n s , that

There ' s an awkward s i lence, but it' s brief. And then they're off. A student

teach i ng and learning are noble endeavors , re a l ly. Because when these

answers, " m a n i pulatio n . " There's d i scussion of the word "equivocate " and a

students leave as very d ifferent people four years from now, "the seams

reference to irony in the Fitzgerald sentence. Bryant quotes Ton i Morrison on

can't show. " -Gerry Boyle '78

and incredibly productive.

The garden was begun i n

to work and teach and some who want to

1 998.

Susan Mackenzie '80, who teaches a Jan Plan

satisfaction expl a i n ing the i m porta nce of planting lett11ce seeds in cool soil or pruning

course titled "The Green­ ing of Faitl1," said she pro­

tom a to sprouts to i n crease yield that he

posed tl1e project, where a

plant development to talented biochemistry srudents in Arey. " It's a great way to teach my

parsonage had been razed, "to reclaim tl1e eartl1, take care of it and provide this really heal thy produce to people in tl1e area who are

Left, Bota nist R ussell Joh nson ( biology) tends to the Pleasant Street

hungry." She, her husband, Michael Donihue '79 (eco­ nom ics), D e b b i e a n d J i m

daughter [5 -year-old Ursula] about botany," he said.

In addition, Johnson gets enormous sat­ i s fa ction from s e e i n g a b o u n ty of fre s h , healtl1ful food-hundreds of grocery bags full every s u m m e r-go to people who re a l l y need it. "This is tl1e first place I 've l ived where

and

I haven't had my own garden," said Johnson, who traces his love of gardening to his child­

The project attracts a mixrure of green thumbs and greenhorns, some who come

it to the l\ 1 id-l\ Iaine H omeless Shelter on his way home. -Stephen Col l i n s ' 7 4

volunteers (including several Colby families) tl1at keeps tl1e 2 5- by 5 0-foot plot immaculate

(tl1eater

does teach ing botany, plant physiology and

dance) and a couple of other which will be del ivered to the M id-Maine Homeless Shelter.

Colby fam i l ies worked on At the Methodist Church's stewardship aspects of tl1e project before Jolmson took garden Johnson is coordinator of a corps of over as coordinator.

Methodist Church garden a nd a bove checks for ripened tomatoes,

Thurston

learn as they work. Johnson gets the same

hood in P u l l m a n , \Va s h . I t 's also the first place where he can pick a backpack ful l of fresh produce, hop on his bicycle and deliver

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Better Canvas Colby artists stretch out

in Crawford Art Studios

J

oanne ;\ l oy '03 had i t figured out. An art

McDonald aren't lost i n

major, h e made sure that when the doors

t h e d e ta i l s . L i v i n g i n a

tO the Crawford Art Studios opened last

society that often vi ews

eptember, she'd be a t the head of the line. " I

artists as working on the

planned s o I coul d take Sculpture I i n the first

fri n ge , they see Col by's

class i n here," she said, shaping a rectangul a r

i nvesonent in the Crawford Art Studios as a

e i ther a r e t h e student artists w h o , w h e n

c h u n k of p l a s t e r with m a l l e t a n d c h i s e l a t

sign that their work is valued by society--Dr

asked t h e i r opinion of t h e i r new studios, tend

a w o r k b e n c h i n t h e cave r n o u s fi rst-floo r

at least the College. "I don 't know that this

to gush. "Fantastic," said Kate Russo '04.

cul pture s tu d i o . " I t's fan tastic. I 'm i n love

m e a n s society va l u e s art more, but Colby

'' i th this place . " I n p a s t y e a r s , s t u d e n t a rt i s ts a t C o l by

"The painti n g studio i s great," said Loryn

does," McDonald said. " It's encouraging, i n a

Traversi

way. I feel Colby is behind its art majors."

so m a ny windows and natural l i gh t."

'02 . " It's open and l ight and there are

ha, e fe lt that they worked in the shadow­

\Vord can't help but spread, said Professor

I n the past, pai nters l i ke Traversi l i te ra l ly

sometimes l i teral ly--Df the sciences and the

Harriett Matthews (art), who has taught sculp­

have h a d to chase the l i ght across a s tu d i o

e x p a n d i n g s c i e nce fa c i l i t i e s . B u t the new

ture at the College since 1 966 and no longer

a s fa l l clays shorten a n d t h e s u n sets earli er.

studio building and the res u l ti n g expansion

has to turn students away from her i ntroductory

Now the l ight i s even and student painters no

of �pace for print malci ng, photOgraphy and

sculpture course. "It makes us more visible. The

longer crowd the w indows i n the afternoon,

p a i n t i n g h a ,·e put the spotlight on s t u d i o

more visible you are, the more [other] students

s a i d As s i s t a n t P r o fe s s o r B e v i n E n g m a n .

<lrt-e, en in t h e n e w d a rkrooms.

The conmuction ofthe Cra,,ford An Studios cau.�ed a domino effect d1r oughout B x i ler Art and

see someth i n g they m i ght want to do. The

Teaching i s easi er, too, Engman said, when

students are excited about it. They're talking

her lessons do not i nclude the caveat, "if the

about what d1ey're doing."

l i ght were better."

\ l u�1c Center. \s explained by Lisa \ I cDonald

And where they're doing i t.

'01 , during an infonml tour, the fonner painting

"The ambi ance in the class has shifted,"

" I t 's emoti o n a l ly an uplifting space to be

�tudio i� no'' t.he foundation �tudio. The fom1er

.\ 1 a tthews said. "They've got space and cei l i ng

foundaoon �rudio i� no'' part of an expanded

height and space to move around i n and space

pnnt -m.1 kmg �rudio. The dra,,ing studio has

to work . "

b etter �torage. The darkroom� are entire!) ne''

work now i s j ust, 'holy mackere l . "' And the artists' l ives have improved in ways that a re less tech n ical or ethere a l . Traversi

ssoc i a te Professor Scott R e e d ,

pointed out another much loved feature i n the

c1nd �paoou�. '· Look at thc�e d l) ing racks, "

'' ho no l o nger has to s h a re p r i n t - m a k i n g

new painting studio. " ViTe have a bathroom

\ lcDonald �a 1d. "Th1� � � gorgeou�. "

studio space ' ' i t h three section

O n ! ) a ph otogra p h e r \\ O u l d d e�cri hc a d l) mg rack a� gorgeou�. but art major� like

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i n , " she said. "I love my job, but com ing to

of classes of

up there," she said. "You have to change into

Foundations of Art, " I t's j ust a great re l i e f and

yo ur painting clothes. We used to have to

jo) , and T ' m not e\ en used to it yet . "

come all the way clown."-Gerry Boyle '78

I M me on AOL By the time Colby first-years a rrived on campus this semester, they already were acquai nted-through e-mail and America Onli ne's Instant Messaging. The following is a sel ection of excerpts from the fi rst-year online bulletin board. "Colby peeps" read on.

This is the place to get i n t ouch wit h your Colby classmates before yo u arrive

major. . . defi n itely a l so studying German because germany i s one of the

on ca mpus. It i s a p u b l i c for u m , and as such the contents may be viewed by

most i ncred i b l e places i 've ever bee n . anybody who l ives nea rby, m a i l

a variety of members of the Colby commun ity. Use the form at the bottom

me, anyone w h o doe s n 't live nearby and wants t o get i n touch, m a i l m e

of this page to post a new message.

too. we l l , t a l k t o y o u a l l soon.

Hey, my name is C h u c k . Colby R u l e s . If anyone wants to talk, IM me

Hey Colby peeps! Wuz u p ! This is Donte from B-more! I'm making the long

o n AOL.

venture to Colby i n August l i ke everyone else! I can't wait! I've been to M a i n e

Well, it's official, h igh school is over! I am a graduate ... now what to do

fan and l i ke talkin' politics and anything else! Anyone from B-more and the

several times and I love t h e atmosphere, the people, a n d C o l b y ! I ' m a big jazz

with the rest of my l ife??? As sad as I a m to leave my school, I

su rroun d i n g area wanna talk or hang out just IM or e-mail me

t h i n k that my excitement for Colby outweighs any remorse that

I have. I love talking to you guys - anyone else who hasn't a l ready, please I M me - I a m a ba l l to chat with.

Hey eve ryone, my name is Jen and I ' m from M i n nesota (near the twin citie s ) . You m ight recogn ize me at school because the way I talk might sound different to everyone out east. If there i s

A h h , fi n a l l y l i berated from the shackles of the C o l l ege Board and the Acorn Logo staring me in the face for 3 . 5 h r s . . . That's right, A P ' s a r e d o n e . Anyone from Central

anyone w h o i s goi ng out for crew or from M N , e m a i l me. Also

I seriously think I ' m going to be all alone o n my COOT tri p .

I s anyone e l s e d o i n g t h e Jackson station canoe trip? I ' m a hard core camper, s o I ' m s o excited for COOT, a n d to

M A or even M etroWest area feel l i ke celebrating

meet everyone. See you on campus.

with a gathering? Chance to meet some fe l l ow future Mai ne-iacs . . . Email me and the l i ke and

Hey, I ' m J a ke, I ' m f r o m Massa c h u setts b u t have

we ' l l find a swank venue sometime convenient

been ski racing for the past five years at Carra bassett

for a bunch of kids. S ' long.

Valley Academy i n Sugarloaf, Maine. So I ' l l be on the Hey everyone, this i s Lisa from NYC and a reminder for a l l those people out there who live nea r by that Chase is orga nizing a d i n ner downtown this Saturday!! So i want EVERYO N E

ski team, a n d probably will be playing a ton of pickup B-Ba l l . So if you l i ke to ski, go to Sugarloaf a b u nch, or want to shoot hoops this fa l l let me know. I guess I'm on Mahoosuc for COOT; I ' m not too into h i king but it should be a n a l right time a l ltogether. Take it easy...

t o come! i f you d i d n 't know a b o u t it and want more information e m a i l either me or Chase-better if you e m a i l Chase

Hey, anyone has any idea about how to create a page with full of o u r

though, b u t either way. H o p e t o see A L L o f y o u soon!!

photos? Or did it already exist? I'm new to this i nternet thing. Anyway, I j u st want to make a page where we can paste our photos to i ntroduce ourselves.

Hey folks! I s anyone e l se worried about frostbite? I went there i n April and

How ' s that? Any buddy in that? Warning! When you phone me, pis be patient!

was frozen- I'm thi nking about the winter and n u mbness . . . AAK! I ' m really

'Cos i ' m a l ittle bit strange to Engl i s h . haha. Kyawswar

excited though and I hope that a l l of you guys are too. I'm really into the outdoors and nature and I love mu sic- l i stening to it and playing the piano among other i nstruments. Hope to hear from you guys!

H e y a l l ! Fi rst off, congrats! My n a m e is H i l l a ry, and I ' m going t o b e a s e n i o r a t Colby next year. I ' m spending m y s u m m e r working at admissions here, a n d stumbled u p o n this page. S o , I wanted t o add my greeting a n d say t h a t if a n y

Hi everyone! ! ! My name is Saw Sunshine from Tha il a nd. I a m a new student

o f y ' a l l have questions about Colby, don't hesitate t o ask!

of Colby and am real ly excited to get into Col by. I have never been there before. I wo ul d l i ke to have a contact my new first yea r classmate of Col by. Please Email me

Hey Guys! Only 20 days until school. I can't believe it's fi n a l ly here! Is anyone on Sugarloaf B for their COOT? I can't wait to meet everyone in Maine. Please I M me or e-mail me!

Hey Guys ! ! This is my second message and I LOVE COLBY, If anyone's going to SALAMANCA for their first semester, PLEASE ema i l me I M M ED IATELY, and ALL you people out there that are as excited as I am about Colby email me too ! ! -Lisa Hey if you NYC people haven't done your di nner t h i ng yet, ca n I come?

I'm a lways u p for d i nner in New York and I want to meet you guys ... I just got back from Colby a few m i n utes ago and it was i n the mid-seventies and gorgeous! No snow!

Hi guys, this is my second message . . . ! can 't wait to get to Colby next year . . . l am go i ng to be majoring in gov't and poss i b l y d o i ng a double

am i the first from canada to post anything? and is no one else i n m a hoosuc notch fo r COOT? if yo u 're ca n a d i a n o r in ma hoosuc n ot c h , em a i l m e. s e e yo u i n col by. Ya n

Hey, There are so many of you from MA! It is c razy how you all are waiting for COOT. In fact, I am looking forward to it as we l l . I am from REPU BLIC OF AZERBAIJAN, don't ask me now what and where it is, I will tel l you on campus. Currently I am i n Pari s , FRANCE so if anybody else is i n Pari s , 1 would be more than glad to meet! I am transfer student and hopefully 1 w i l l b e j u n ior i n Colby. Take it easy, S e e y o u a l l i n late August!

From the H i l l

media

On the Bison Track Matthew Testa documents the controversy surrounding Yellmvstone's roving herds

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,-ery 11·inter, bison from America's last free-roaming herd leave the protection ofYellowstone National Park in search of grazing land. Since 1 98 5 more than 3 ,000 bison that tested positive for the disease brucellosis ha1•e been killed by Montana's Department of Li1·e tock, which maintains it is protecting local cattle herds. During the wi nter o f 1 996-97 I ,000 bison were lcilled. The controversial practice has caused a clash involving government officials, ranchers, consen·ationists and Native mericans. " omething wasn't right," said ;\ Iatthew Testa '9 1 , a former J ackson l l o l e , \\'yo. , newspaper reporter. " People were very conce rn e d . " \ \ r u l e regional and national m e d i a covered t h e issue i n 1 997, it would be three year before Testa would examine the controversy on film as producer, di rector and cinematographer of Tbe Buffalo Wm·, an all"ard-wi nning hour-long documentary of the con flict.

"I didn't ll"ant to do a news piece," said 1esta, who made his first hort documentary, Bill Briggs: Teton Pionee1·, in 1 995 a n d moved to "e11· York City from \\'yoming in 1 996 to study film. I nstead he �ought characters for his fi lm who had things at stake in the buffalo issue. The�· i ncl uded the Lakota Sioux, who are cultu rally connected to the buffalo, em·ironmental acti1·ists who oppose the government's slaughter and gol'crnment officials and local ranchers who depend on public land� and healthy herd of COli'S for their l iveli hood.

I f i ghlightcd in Tbe Buffalo War is a 5 00-mile Lakota Sioux spirimal ll1<trch, from South Dakota to the park's north entrance, led by Lakota elder Rosalie Little Thunder. Testa asked if he could join the 1 999 11 a l k 11 ith h i s camera, but a 11 eek befo re it began he sti l l d i d n 't h,t, e permission. " l 11·as just an i ndependent with a friend to take -.ou nd," said 'l cst;J . '\'inc production companie wanted access, but t h e '\'am e \mcrican; didn't 11·ant their sacred j ourney to become a pubhct� '>tunt. o ' l e-.ta bought a ticket from '\.' c11 York to outh Dakota on Lmh and called <thead to -.a� , " I hope this is oka� ." \ \ 'hen he arril'ed, the marcher-. told h i m , " \ \'e kne11 it 11 as you 11 hcn you said you , bought l< ncket on fa ith . . " l r \Lh a rem;t rb b l e pr11 degc," s a i d Testa of b e i n g the sole ctnH.:ranun to chronicle the 11 IIl ler 10urne� .

'I he L.t kot. t " -. o l e m n paCJ fi-.m '>ta n d s i n comrast to the c i 1·i l disobed1ence of t h e Buffalo l'ield Campa1gn, a group o f em i ronmcntal <I CUI l'.ts 11 ho u-.e 1 t deo C<tmer.h, elaborate road blockades and C\trcme

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La kota Sioux " buffa lo wa l kers" cross a bridge over the Yel lowstone R iver d u ring a 500-mile m a rc h protesting the sla ughter of ljison that stray outside Yellowstone National Park.

tactics to keep buffalo out of state-rUJ1 capmre facili ties. Even as the state baits facil i ties with fresh hay, the activists try to steer the one-ton animals back towards the park's sanctuary with noise, u·ee branches and snowballs. Sometimes it works. Sometimes it doesn't.

Te sta's fi l m a l s o d o c u m e n ts the struggles a n d concerns of a traditional ra nching fam i ly. As bison threaten the local ra nching l i festyle and liveli hood, ranchers like Keith M unns must try to coexist with the buffalo and ward o ff encroach ing development. " I think environmental ism comes in a lot of shades," said Testa of the issue's complexities. "At Colby I had high-mi nded ideas. I 've come to see thi ngs aren't always clear-cut. I 've become more realistic about what's at stake for people."

Prior to The Buffalo vVrn·, Testa worked on documentary producti ns for Iational Geographic, The Di scovery Channel, PBS and many independents.

Tbe Buffalo l#n· has played at numerous fi lm festivals across the coun try and earned The Colden G a te ward for enviro n m e n ta l documentary at the an Francisco International F i l m Festival, a merit all"ard at the I nternational vVildlife Film Festival and the j u ry prize for best documenta ry at the ewport I n ternational Film Festiva l . I n

November it will appear at the Margaret Mead Film Festival at New York's American Museum of Natural Hist01y.

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recent releases

Testa appreciates reaching new viewers and connecting with other filmmakers at festivals. "The film takes on a whole new identity every

Plan B

time you show it to an audience," he said. In November, Native

After 8

American Heritage month, those audiences will expand further when

Ha-B' Day Records (2000)

PBS broadcasts The Buffalo War (check local listings or pbs.org for

Fear not, a cappella afici onados, there i s l ife after the Colby Eight­

more information).

it's cal led After 8. S i nce its 1994 i nception for founder Mark Longsjo

" Documentaries are ways to be creative and have imagination, but

' 9 2 ' s wedding, the group of Boston-area a l u m n i from the C l asses of

to expose yourself to new people and situations," Testa said. "There's

1992-99 has sung the national anthem at Fenway, the Fleet Center

so much in life that's dramatic and the stakes are so high in an average

and the Davis Cup and won two Audience Favorite Awards at the

person's day. It presents an opportunity to make art that's moving."

New England Harmony Sweepstakes . Now they've recorded a C D

- Alicia Nem iccolo MacLeay '97

o f arrangements, from classic barbershop t o contemporary songs to spirituals.

Ghostliness and Grief

Colby College Chorale i n Concert, 1 998-200 1

Debra Spark, associate professor of creative writing, tackles the tense relations between the black J ews, white Jews and native community of Barbados in her second novel, The Ghost ofBridgetmvn.

Paul Machlin (music), director (200 1 )

COLBY COLLEGE CHORALE

Main character Charlotte Lewin is sent from Boston to the island on

I f you think chorales are only about hymns and other ch u rchly m u s i c , check o u t t h e Colby College Cho­

a seemingly straightforward mission by her ailing lawyer grandfather.

ral e ' s debut CD. Amidst trad iti onal

Her task: determine who should rightfully own a long-forgotten

fare ( " Ceremony of Caro l s " ) and

ornamental menorah rumored to be crafted by a local Barbados

African-American s p i rituals ( " Ride

slave-the local synagogue or a museum devoted to island culture­

the Chariot") you ' l l d i scover pop­

then return the artifact and enjoy a much-needed vacation.

ular songs l i ke " Yo u r Feets Too

Charlotte, wrought with liberal guilt and confusion and suffering from her sister's untimely death, becomes emotionally involved

Big" and premiere performances

with

of works by Jonathan H a l l strom

the locals in her pursuit o f truth. The involved plot quickly takes on

(music) and Peter Re (music, emeritus). Selections include m u s i c

aspects of a ghost story and adds elements of mystery after a fatal

from America, England a n d France, performed i n Engl i s h , French a n d

parachuting accident and charges of anti-Semitism. And always,

Lat i n , a n d com posed i n t h e 19th a n d 20th centuries.

Charlotte is trying to find answers. Is the island's alleged ghost (whom she meets drinking beers and playing cards) really supernatural? Vilas someone plotting murder with a malfunctioning parachute ? Was a local ex-con deliberately framed? And will she ever settle the question of the menorah's ownership? " I t's hard to know what to do," Charlotte tells a set of grieving parents. She might as well be speaking to herself. "There was something Charlotte still needed to learn. ViThat? She didn't know, but she' d know it when she saw it. And then she' d do, she hoped, the right thing. The honest and loving thing." ViThile Charlotte

Weathering the Storm: Sverre Petterssen, the 0-0ay Forecast, and the Rise of Modern Meteorology

James Fleming (science, technology, and society), editor American Meteorological Society (200 1 )

International meteorologist Sverre Petterssen's autobi ography, origi­ nally written in Engl ish and publi shed in 197 4 in Norwegian, ga i n s a n e w audience w i t h this editi on. A leader i n h i s fie l d , Pette rssen ( 1898-1974) recounts his c h i l d hood in Norway, the development of the renowned Bergen school of meteorol ogy and how controversial forecasts for World War I I bombing raids and spec i a l operations,

longs to be finished with the overwhelming responsibility for the

including D-Day, were made when he worked i n the U . S . War Depart­

menorah, her search for its rightful place on the island becomes her

ment. Pette rsse n ' s research inc luded weather ana lys i s and forecast­

own search for identity.

ing and the d i scovery of what we now call "jet stream s . " Footstools and Vanity Benches

Gae [Zimmerman] Savannah '82 Art Resou rces Transfer, December 2001

210 1 1th Avenue, Chelsea, New York S a v a n n a h ' s s c u l pture e m p l oys fabric and other "trifles" in creating works that d raw from c u ltural myths a n d fairy tales in represent­ i n g a v a r i ety o f p e r s o n a l i t i e s .

The Ghost of Bridgetown

Through h e r art-making proce s s ,

Debra Spark (English)

i d eosyncratic fe m a l e c h a racter

Graywolf Press (200 1 )

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Steadying Hand Peter Forman keeps administration of Massachusetts Governor Jane Swift o n course

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ane Sw-ift has had her share of personal controversy during her few months as acting governor of Massachusetts. But whether it was Swift giving birth to twins or lying on her marriage

certificate about the number of times her husband was prev-iously married, criticism has usually been limited to her personal hfe. "In fact, you often hear that Swift has put together a good staff," said Scot Lehigh '

0, a political columnist at Tbe Boston Globe. "Peter Forman is

always one of the three or four put forth as ev-idence."

On a scorching hot

ugust afternoon, Forman

'80, Governor

wift's acting chief of staff, was calmly ensconced in his unpretentious tate House office. \Vearing a blue shirt and red-striped tie, he eemed totally at ease as he reflected on recent upheavals. "Many people l"iew her as an easy target. She is young, she is a Republican,

Ch ief of Staff Peter Forman '80 a n d a i d e El iza beth Morse ' 9 1 confer with

she is a woman," he said. "Having twins in office put her, rather

Massachusetts Governor J a n e Swift, right .

unfairly, at the center of a cultural debate on the balance between 11·ork and family." l'early two months after Swift gave birth, she has

Although Forman lost his first election when he ran for vice

returned to the affairs of state �l'ith Forman at her side. A chief of

president of the student government at Colby, he turned himself

staff's job is complicated. It is part policy, politics, personnel and

into the comeback kid. His senior year, Professor Sandy M aisel

management of the boss's state of mind. It requires pleasing many

(government) and Forman structured a four-credit course around

constituencies and enforcing the governor's will.

running a campaign for the Massachusetts state legislature. "I had

Forman, who is more hail-fellow-well-met than domineering, ha� pro1·ed 01·er the past

2 0 years that he has the right stuff to get

fundraisers, coffees and knocked on every door in the Plymouth and Kingston areas," he said. "Then I got lucky and won."

done without alienating people. "He has been so effective

In choosing to run as a Republican, Forman was less motivated by

in politics because he can disagree without being disagreeable,"

ideology and more by the imbalance of Democrats and Republicans in

�aid Lehigh.

the Massachusetts legislature. "Being so young, I could do things in the

thing

E1 en long-time opponents agree. ). T assachusetts State Representa­ til e Da1 id Linsky

'79, a elf-described liberal Democrat, has been

friend� 11 ith Forman ince their day at Colby. "He's very easy to get " <llong 11 irh and 1 cry cas) to talk to, said Linsky. "l ie does not force a con�efl atil e Republican agenda down your throat. He always tries ro

�eek comen�u�.

I 11 ish he 11 ere a Democrat."

minority party that I could not in the majority party," he said.

Forman, who was the yow1gest state leg-islator elected in the country in

1 990 his 3 7 Republican colleagues in the House selected him as their leader.

Yet Forman did have his share of disappointments. ln 1 994, Forman ran for secretary of state. He lost the primary by 700 votes but later

the last century, held onto his seat for seven two-year terms. By

A c h i ef of staff's job is c o m p li cated. It is p a rt p o l i cy, p o l itics, perso n n e l a n d m a nage m e nt o f the boss's state of m i n d . It re q u i res p l e asing many c o nstitu e n c i es a nd e nforc i ng the gove rnor's wi l l .

discovered that tens of thousands of pieces of his campaign mail never made it to voters. " I

The Life of the Party

was out of a job, but I d i d get a major refund from the Post Office," he said. "Not enough

John Brockelman '92 i s a Mas­

to pay for the campaign though."

sachusetts Republican who, less than

In 1 99 5 , the sheriff i n Plymouth County

a decade out of c o l l ege, has k e pt

resigned and Governor Will.ia m Weld appointed

the state ' s party machinery h umming

Forman to the post, which put him in charge of a new 1 , 3 00-bed prison.

by doing anything from orchestrating

Forman was elected

l e g i s l a t i ve c a m p a i g n s to p l a y i n g

sheriff on his own in 1 996 and 1 998

Democratic U . S . Senator John Kerry i n

I n 1 998, Governor Paul Cellucci tapped

a mock debate against then incumbent

Forman to be his undersecretary of adminis­

Governor W i l l i a m Wel d . He is gregari­

t r a t i o n and fi n a n ce . F o r m a n e x c e l l e d in

ous, articulate and blessed with politi­

that job, too. When his boss, the secretary

cal savvy. " I enjoy being a p o l itical

of a d m i n i s t r a t i o n a n d fi n a n c e , r e s i g n e d ,

operative even if the title gets a bad

even Democrats wanted Forman promoted.

ra p , " he said.

Forman said h e expected to get the cabinet­

It was a career c h o i ce off the

level job but h e was passed over. H e spoke

track of h i s pre-Colby p l a n , which was

with Gov. Cellucci about his decision and said

to major i n math and science. That

that no hard fee l ings linger. "It would have

choice was derailed when Brockel man

been nice, but part of the business is someone

took a course on the American presi­

is always disappoi nted," he said. "I would not

d e n cy taught by Professor Anthony

be J ane Swi ft's chief of staff if I had gotten

Corrado (gove r n m e n t ) . B rocke l m a n

that promotion."

was hooked.

Forman has learned to be phi losophical about such disappoinnnents. "It's L i ke baseball, i f l do one of three or four things right, that's good , " he s a i d . " Lots of things fa i l . Then again, good things happen because you just happen to get the right pitch."

In 2 1 years, Forman has worked on a wide

range of issues. He has helped pass laws to control the cost of credit insurance, instituted a profe s s i o n a l i s m a n d e t h i cs program to s u p p o r t law e n force m e n t and d e v e l o p e d programs t o h e l p convicts make t h e transition

"Tony taught not just how presidents governed but how they got to be president, " he said i n an interview in Boston.

Like many Colby graduates working i n po litics, Brocke l m a n ' s first political experience came during a Jan Pl an-a sophomore-year intern s h i p for his local state representative.

Then i n 1992 Brockel man helped a Republican candidate take on an incu mbent, Democrat Robert Wetmore, a politician with 30 years experience. The race was i m portant because Governor Wel d ' s abil ity to sustain vetoes depended on holding all 16 Republican seats in the state Senate. The seat was so crucial that Brockelman met with the controvers ial political consultant Dick Morri s , one-time advisor to Bill C l i nton.

"We used one of Morri s ' s ideas for a d i rect mail piece , " Broc kelman said. " M orris suggested c a l l i ng our opponent 'Tax-more' si nce h i s last name was Wetmore and h e had voted for tax increases i n the 1980s . " But Wetmore won .

Four years later, i n 1996 when Weld decided t o challenge i ncumbent J o h n Kerry for the

from prison to society. H e also has opposed

U . S . Senate seat, Brockel man was signed u p as c h ief of opposition research. That's when he

universal health care adamantly, arguing that

got to play Kerry i n mock debates to prepare Weld for the real event.

its cost hurts businesses.

"I love debate prep , " he said. " It is the only time I spent beating up my boss with no

Govern or S w i ft a c knowledged that she

repercuss ion s . " At one point, Brockel man said, he got so into his Kerry i m personation that

c o u l d not m e e t a l l o f her respons i b i l i t i e s

Weld started to compl a i n to the other aides and consultants. " H e ' s lying about h i s record ! "

w i t h o u t F o rm a n 's " c a l m a d v i c e a n d a b l e

Governor Weld shouted, according to Brockel man .

assistance."

" Sir, this is not the Harvard debating society, " the aides responded. "This is national politics. "

But Forman's time a s c h i e f o f staff has

Weld lost, but Brockelman soon returned to the campaign tra i l . H e ran Paul Cellucc i ' s

taken its tol l . "This is a burnout position, "

1998 gubernatorial campa ign a n d then took charge o f t h e lackluster, i n active a n d indebted

h e said. " I f Governor Swift wins a four-year

Massachusetts GOP. As party chair he erased a $ 250-m i l l ion deficit. H e also ma naged to get

term, she'll want new energy at tl1e top."

If Forman does leave h i s job a fter the ovember 2 002 election, moving to Wash­ ewspaper

ington, D.C., may be an option.

under the skin of many of the state Democrats by attacking their po licies.

H i s run i n politics ended i n December 2000. " I spent a few days exa m i n i ng m i l itary ballots in Florida for the Bush campa ign , " he said. " B ut my wife and I were about to have a baby and there was no way I was hanging arou n d . " Brockelman recently left his post as executive di rector o f t h e Massachusetts Republican

accou n ts have m e n t i o n e d Form a n 's close relationship with President George W. Bush's

Party for a position with Fidel ity I nvestments, but looks back good-naturedly on h i s experience.

chief of sta ff, Andrew Card, a fe llow veteran of M a s s a c h u s e tt s ' p o l i t i c s . " I f I h a d t h e

it because it is part of the busines s . "

opportu n i ty t o work o n tl1e White House s t a ff, " Forman s a i d , "I would take i t i n a

Boston Herald couldn't resist one last zi nger and described Brockelman as the " bad boy

heartbeat. I t 's a chance to see history."

" You take your l u m ps in the press , " he said. " Yo u can't take it personally. You have to e njoy I ndeed, u po n learning that he was leaving h i s job, the state house reporter for the of Massachusetts politics . " Brockel man didn't take offense. "That's just his last attempt to have fun with m e , " h e said.

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n pril 5 , 1 9 5 , an associate dean of the Amos Tuck School of Busi ness Administration spoke in Given Audi­ tori u m at the 2 -+th annual Colby I nstitute for .\ I anagement. The speaker was Paul D .

Paganucci , a \\'aterville native, a n d the gist of h i s tal k was that ,\ l a i n e , a n d northern � ew England as a region, needed to make sn·aregic invesm1ents to capitalize on sure-fire opportunities to increase revenues.

Paganucci speci fically criticized I n depen­ dent .\ l aine Governor James Longley, who was slashing tourism spending in the year before the U . . bicentennial celebration and the arrival of the summer Olympic Games in nearby ,\ lonrreal . Paganucci was bullish on h i. home state's ,-irtues (quality of l i fe and ell\ i ronm ent) and san--y about trends that 1\ 0uld make ,\ l aine more attractive in years to come (i ncrea ed importance of leisure time and recreation). " \\1lat," he asked ;\ f a i n e bu�i ness l e a d e rs o f the d a y, " d o Q u ebec and �m·a coria have tO make them more appealing tO tourists than ,\ l aine?"

There\ no record that Longley paid any attennon, but officials at Colby recogn ized a �tr<ltegic opportunity. Before the �·ear was out the� had enli�ted Paganucci as a trustee of the Col lege, and for a quarter century Colby profited from hi� fi�cal " i�dom , his busi ness and fin,lnce connection� and his camaraderie .md good humor at bo<l rd meetings, com­ mencemem� <llld mher functiom. i ><lg<lll UCCI p<l�'>ed a\\ a� in Februar� after a l e n g t h � i l ln e'>s, t h ree months before he 11 <1'> w rece11 e <111 honora� doctorate at com­ mencemem 1 11 recogn ition of his reno11 ned co n t n h u u o m to t h e Col l e g e . P res i d e n t \ \ d l 1 am \dam., and Ch,l l r of the Board of I ru.,tee., _l .1 me., C r a 11 fo rd 'o-1- 1 i � 1 t e d h i s 11 1dc )ll , \ Lm l� n, a n d the1r son . 'l (>m, <ll the 1�11nil� \ '>ummer home on C . re<lt Pond in _l ui� to pre.,enr po.,t humou.,l� the degree and the <lcademll hood that 11 cnr 11 ith 1t. \ Lml� n Paganucu rec1l lcd the I <r 'i \ I an36

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agement I nstitute engage­ ment as the begi nning of her late husband's official relationship with the Col­ lege. "Colby was very spe­ cial to Paul," she said.

A year before his death Paganucci said, " I guess it Marilyn Paga n ucci accepts a posth u mous degree conferred on her late was having relatives who husband, Pa u l Paga n ucci, Colby friend and benefactor. From left a re the Paga n uccis's son Tom , Colby President W i l l i a m Ada ms, M rs. Paga n ucci went there, grow i n g up and J a mes Crawford '64, chairman of the Colby Boa rd of Trustees. on G i l m a n S treet w i th professors in every fourth or fifth house and and treasurer of Dar011outh Col lege and in goi ng to school with their children, who set banking as fow1der and chairman of Ledyard ational Bank. a fast pace in the \Vaterville schools. I t's j ust always been a part of my l i fe."

At Colby he is rem embered as me con­ \Vhen Paganucci left Waterville for Dart­ s c i e n c e of t h e B o a r d of Trustees for h i s mouth Col lege and extraord i n a ry success insistence on fiscal prudence and h i s emphasis i n several arenas, he never needed to look on building the endowment. H e chaired tl1e back. But it was his modesty and his genuine board's I n vestm e n t Com m i ttee fo r m o re concern for Colby and \Vaterville that friends than 20 years. He a lso is revered as a sort remem bered this spri ng. " H e never real l y of \Va l l Street god father, having a rra nged forgot his roots-he w a s from Waterville, access for the College to investment i nstru­ Maine, and he knew it, and he was proud of men ts-pa rticularly venture capital fu n d s it," Donald Freeman ' 5 9 told the Morning and private equi ties-that wouldn't normally Sentinel after Paganucci's death. be open to an i nstitution of Col by's size . "I Trustee Joseph Boulos '68 called him "a th i n k our en dowment multiplied more cl1an gentleman-a ve1y, very successful gentleman twelve times while Paul was on the boa rd," witl1 modesty, which is hard to find cl1ese days."

Crawford sa i d .

Paganucci showed early promise. Freeman H is generosity to Colby did not e n d witl1 s a i d Pagan ucci 's tenacious s p i r i t, evident the time, wisdom and connections he shared during their high school football clays, helped freely. Last year the Paganuccis announced propel Paganucci to such heights of accom­ a $ 1 .2 -mil lion gift to endow the Paul D. and plishment. Tom Paganucci l i ked a comment Marilyn Paganucci Chair in I talian Language that someone once made, that " Paul couldn't and Literature, a gi ft that bore fruit with the afford to graduate from college, he was such hiring of Assistant Professor Mario Moroni an entrepreneur and had so many businesses to ti ll the chair beginning tl1is fal l . Previously going at Darm10uth . " the couple had established scholarships for But gra d u a te h e d i d , from \Vaterv i l l e s t u d e n ts from the Paganuccis' respective l l igh, Dartmouth ( Phi Beta Kappa), Amos hom etown areas. Perhaps more i m portant, 'I uck and l l arvard La11 School. I le achieved Paganucci's i n A uence as "the con science of p h e n o m e n a l success in not one but fo ur the board," in the words of former president career.,: in fi nance as presid ent of a \\'a l l \ \'il liam Cotter, l ives on, as his l egacy of fiscal . treet brokerage firm , i n business a president prudence and wise i nvesting have become <lnd Ia ter chair of the e.\ecuti1·e board of \\'. R. incu lcated as part of Col by's cultu re.

C . race "- Co., in academe as 1 ice president - tephen Coll i ns '74

' 20s/'30s- 1 940s

Dent/;s: Martha Holt Hines '2 9, 92

May 1 4, 2 00 I , i n Sarasota, Fla., at = Frank Giuffra '30, February 24, 2 00 1 , in Montclair, N.J. ·:· Louise

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Murray Deans '3 l , July 9, 2 00 1 , in C ha rlotte , .C., at 9 1 : Janet Locke Jack ' 3 1 , August 5, 2 00 1 , in Maine, at 91 ·:· Charlotte Blomfield Auger ··

' 3 3 , ]tme 2 2 , 2 00 1 , in Norwich, Conn., at 90 ·=· Isabelle Fairbanks Hobby ' 3 3 , July 24, 2 00 1 , in Portland, Maine, at 89 ·:· James E. Poulin ' 3 3 , J u l y 30, 2 00 1 , in Waterville, Maine, at 9 1 ·:· Kenneth J. Proctor '34, June 29, 2 00 1 , in Watm�lle, Maine, at 88 ·:· Ruth Maddock Adam '35, May 5 , 2 00 1 , in Brewster, Mass., at 86 ·:· Wayne B. Sanders '37, July 2, 2 00 1 , in Springfield, Mass.,

at 87.

'20sf30s As she has done for years, Leonette

Warburton Wishard ' 2 3 gave the i n vocation at the a n n u a l d i n n e r meeting o f the Greater Bridgeport, C o n n . , branch of t h e A m e r i c a n Association ofUniversity \tVomen. She also reports tl1at when me Educational Foundation N a m e G r a n t Awa rd was presented to Merrillyn Healey Decker '54, who was president of the Bridgeport branch for two years, "me enthusiastic applause and standing ovation indicated the approval and appreciation of Merri l l yn 's skillful leadership." Merrillyn's husband, Karl '54, was on hand taking pictures as his wife graciously accepted me award. . . . John Chadwick '30 is happy to watch his five great-grandchildren bond at all the family gatherings. The last time John returned to campus was for a reunion in 1 976. He says he was lost in nostalgia on finding his old 1 92 7 chapel seat was in the new chapel on Mayflower Hill. . . . Adrian Cloutiet· '3 1 returned to campus more recently, in 1 98 1 , for tl1e 50th reunion of his class . . . . George '34 and Vesta Alden Putnam '33 hosted the annual \Naterville Club lobster bake at Alden Camps. They are proud tllat meir granddaughter joined me Class of 2005. George mentioned that his great-grandfamer attended Waterville University, so they have sent family members to Colby in mree different centuries . . . . Agnes Carlyle Hadden '36 has four sons, one daug·hter and 1 2 grandchildren.

She is enjoying life in Nortl1 Hill, a life­ care retirement community, visiting her family, writing, needleworki.ng and making and repairing jewelry. The last time she returned to campus was for her 40th and 50m rewuons . . . . After J i,•ing in Rochester, N.Y., for more tl1an 60 years, 40 of tlwse years spent working wim Kodak, �rillard Libby '37 and his wife, Rebecca, moved closer to one of their children. His

son Lowell ' 7 7 is following in the footsteps ofhis grandfather, Professor Herbert Li bby '02 , and is in the educational field at WayneAete School in Portland, Maine, so moving to Falmoum seemed like a natural choice for \!Villard. H e and Rebecca live in a retirement community wim tl1e advantages of the Portland area's attractions close by . . . . Gardiner Gregory '39 and his wife, Anne, have two daughters, Linda and Susan, but he reports that mere are no pets in tl1eir household . . . . Please send your news c/o Meg Bernier, Colby Col lege Alumni Office, Watervil le, Maine 0490 1 .

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I n San D iego, Cal i f., John "Jack" Stevens and his wife, Lucie, are retired and currently enjoying "life in America's finest ciry 1 " He has four daughters: Juditl1, Barbara, Pamela and Cynmia. The last time John returned to campus was me spring of 1 992 for his 50m reunion. . . .

Beniah Harding was awarded the Sons of tl1e American Revolution's D i s t i n g u i s h ed S ervice M e d a l i n recognition o f outstanding personal service provided to tl1e Maine Society of tl1e Sons of the American Revolu­ tion. This was the first time tl1at such an honor was given to a J\1aine resident who is a member of the society, which presents this award at the most every two years. Congrandations, Beniah1 Dorris Heaney Batt is a guide in historical house museums. S h e a n d her husband, George, helped decorate tl1e "'hire House for Christmas me week fol­ lowing Thanksgiving last year. The)' also met Muriel McLellan De Shon '43 and her husband, Howard, for dinner when mey were sta)•ing at Poipu, Kauai, i n i\ Iarch.

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3 and 4 in ew York C h a m be r symphony concerts at Alice Tully H a l l . The entire program sounds great, and I hope to attend and to see tl1e Aikens mere. Widely traveled, they had "an extraordinary trip in Japan," Laura recently wrote to me.

"It has awakened much interest in the Japanese part in \N\tVI I . It was this war mat brought Hugh and me together. He was a cadet training at Colby when we met." . . . I n June, Helen Strauss enjoyed the Class of '46 reunion-mat being the class she started witl1 . . . . Frannie Dow Wells was also tl1ere and reports that she was amazed to find so many young families there, witl1 lots of activities provided for tl1e chi ldren. Frannie a lso has written about her rather overwhelming late spring, hard work and a remarkable requirement of her recycling center: separating tl1e leaves from tile pine needles from me brush, all of mem being moroughly mixed in a small truck load. Now, I mean is that a unique challenge, or what? . . .

Muriel Marker GouJd and I went on a wonderful cruise to Torway in June. We arrived in arctic Spitsbergen (one of several ports of call) on a day when me sun just doesn't set, so it's l i ke broad daylight all mrough tile night. Then, with no sunset, there is, of course, no sunrise. A fascinating experience out on the ship's deck.

One could have a swim in the pool at smmy 2 a.m. if only it were not quite so cold.

-Naomi Collett Pngrmelli

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The campus was gorgeous in brilliant Maine weather when a hardy band of '46ers garnered for our 5 5th reunion at me clam bake on June 9. Those who didn't stay on for the dinner included Marie Jones Nye, Mary Young, who spends half the year in Florida and half in Maine (perfect arrangement), Audrey Dyer Houghton, Paul Adams (retired .S. Navy lieutenant commander), who lives in Southport, i\laine, but is moving to Arizona ("those i\ laine winters'") and B etty Scalise Kilham.

The acoustical problems of me Field House made inten·iewing difficult (did I mention note taking while dripping butter and clam juice?), but it was good to see me group, and we hope to hear from mem . . . . Dinner in Dana's remodeled dining room (huge i mprO\'ement) i ncluded the lunch crowd of Emily Holbrook Pelissier and Bruce, Hannah Karp Laipson, Carol Robin Epstein, Helen Strauss

A l u m n i at La rge

1940s Correspondents 1940 Ernest C. M a rriner Jr. 10 Wa l n ut Drive Augusta, ME 04330-6032 classnews1940@alum.colby.edu 1941 Bonnie Roberts H athaway 400 Atlantic Avenue #34C Leom i n ster, M A 01453 978-343-4259 classnews1941@alum .colby.edu 1942 1943 1944 cjo Meg Bernier Colby College A l u m n i Office Waterville, ME 04901 207-872-3185 classnews1942@alum .colby.edu classnews1943@alum.colby.edu classnews1944@alum.colby.edu 1945 Naomi Col lett Paga n e l l i 2 Horatio Street #5J New York, NY 10014-1608 2 12-929-5 2 7 7 classnews1945@alum .colby.edu 1946 Anne Lawrence Bondy 771 Soundview Drive Mamaroneck, NY 10543 914-698-1238 classnews1946@alum .colby.edu 1947 Mary " Liz" H a l l Fitch 4 Canal Park # 7 1 2 Cambridge, MA 02141 6 1 7-494-4882 fax: 6 1 7-494-4882 classnews194 7@alum.colby.edu 1948 David and Dorothy M arson 4 1 Woods End Road Ded h a m , MA 02026 781-329-3970 fax: 6 17-329-6518 classnews1948@alum .colby.edu 1949 Anne H agar Eustis 24 Sewa l l Lane Topsham, ME 04086-1703 207-7 29-0395 fax: 978-464-2038 classnews1949@alum .colby.edu

'45, Constance Choate Trahan and Bob, Rowen Kusnitt Kessler and Bill (all me way from California), Jean O'Brien Perkins and Shirley Besse)· '4 . Howard .\ liller '40 told us Glenyce 1iller Kaplan was at a grandson's graduation . . . . Jean brought photos and told us about her fascinating two years in Bulgaria with me Peace Corps. She is spending the

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from Kay Weisman Jaffe. She wrote

third year doing programs around � la i n e o n her experiences ,,;th the

'47 is "one of 1 ew

Peace Corps and is about to go to � laine farm i n Thorndike, where she grew up, after a career i n education.

She got her � LA . at \\�sconsin and her E d . D . at Boston "C"ni,·ersit:y and taught i n Kansas, at S

N.H., Granite State News. From 1 9-1-7 to 1 990 Ward taught at both the high school

neighbor. Marie was attending her

Hampshire's fu1est," declared the \Nolfeboro,

San D iego . . . . Shirley i s back on the

• :Y-Cortland

and elementary levels and helped establish

5 0 th re u n i o n a t t h e Ya l e S c h oo l

the award-,,inning Tirle I Reading Program.

of

She has received the International President's

attending his 50th at Yale. Kay says that she is giving up some o f her

outhern

Award for her outstanding service with

� l ai n e , specia l izing i n com m u n i ty

the Lions organization and was named

de,·elopment a n d leadership. After

Osippee, N.H.'s Citizen of the Year for her

retiring she went back to the farm

contributions to the quality of life in the

to h e l p h e r b r o t h e r-the fourth

Lakes Region.

a n d the U n i ,· e r s i t y of

generation to

run

p l a n n i n g an a n n u a l p i l grimage

to

Colby to keep up with the progress to

write solicitation

museums wirl1 Carol Baker in rl1e

-Mi!fii·WfJI

Hereford beef cattle. Shirle�· showed

volunteer work as a l i brarian now rl1at she is our class agent, and she's

letters. She anticipated visiting M a i ne

0 head of

photos of her beautiful and, she says,

ursing, a n d h e r h usband was

since she has

Rachel Allard Ward '47

it. :\ o longer dairy

farmers, they ha,·e 70 to

that she saw Fran l iyde Stephan and

Carol Silverstein Baker in ,\1 ay.

Kay recently saw Marie Machell Milliken, who w a s visiting Kay's

spring or summer. She also is a fund

a ffectionate bulls a n d said, "The\'

Dentbs: Rodney Ellis '4 1 , J une 2 , 2 00 1 , in vVatervi l l e , M a i n e , at

r a i s e r for t h e New M a r l borough

say you can't go home again, but I

8 3 ·:· Linwood C. Potter '4 1 , July 1 9 , 200 1 , i n Wakefield, N.H., at

Meeti ng House and sti l l a board

did." . . . \\'e missed faithful attendees

90 ·:· Mary Robinson Taylor '4 1 , August 1-1-, 2 00 1 , i n Bath, Maine, at

C h a r l e n e B l an c e Ray, orma Taraldsen B i l li ngs a n d Shirley ,\lartin DudJey and hope t o hear from them soon . . . . Ruth Lewin E m e rson w r i te s t h a t t h e y h a " e

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at

1

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79 ·:·

bought a Roadtrek � Iotorhome and are planning to tra,·el

to

Mary Lee Conway KittJe '42 , June 5 , 2 00 1 , in Wal l ingford, Conn., ; Ruth Crowell Knight '42, August , 2 00 1 , i n Baton Rouge, La., at Maxine Merrill Newhall '44, April 1 5 , 200 1 , in Winthrop, Maine, .; Frederick H. Sontag '46, June 2 1 , 200 1 , in South Orange, N.J., at J a mes H. Wmg '49, March 26, 2 00 1 , i n Evans, Ga ., at 79.

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m e m b e r o f F r i e n d s o f the New Marlborough Library. . . . S i x years ago Helen Knox Elliott and her husband moved to

orth Carolina to

enjoy retirement village living. They are halfway between the mountains and the ocean, near tl1e "u·iangle" cities o f R aleigh, Durham and Chapel

Lo"eland,

Colo., and then to Omro, \\'is. � Iaybe

1-fistOI)'. He is currently researching

Gozo, which i s tl1e center of much of

H i l l , an area 'vith many top w1iversi­

Florida w i l l fi gure in their winter

one book and has plans for more. J n

the country's agriculture, population

ties and medical centers. They report

plans. They hope to see some Colby

June he is usually in Europe, where

about

22 ,000; and a sma l l i s l a n d ,

that their neigh bors soon became

friends along the way . . . . Please

h e formerly sought funds in London

un inhabited except b y vacationers in

an extended fanuly, and rl1ey highly

send ne'' s!

or Brussels and recently participated

summer. I t was deforested centuries

recommend giving retirement com­

in conferences. Eventually he hopes

ago by Phoenicians and Romans, who

munities a try. . . . \Ve attended tl1e Colby commencement and briefly saw

-Anne Lnu:rence Bondy

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tO

join us all at a Colby reunion.

used tl1e u·ees for shipbuilding and

Dana and H arriet ourse Robin on �pent eight da�·s in Hong

;\ lean time, he says Marilyn Hubert

natives as galley slaves . .\ !alta gained

Harriet Sargent Wiswell and her

has kept him abreast of acti,ities that

fu l l i n d e p e n d e n c e from E n g l a n d

husband, George '50. Their grandson

Kong '' ith a tour group including 1 6

the magazine hasn't covered . . . .

in 1 98-1-. Remaining i s evidence o f

Timothy Bennet \Viswell was i n the

of their friends and neighbors. She

fn April, at St. :\ Iatthew Orrl1odox

settlements 7,000 years o l d a n d many

graduating class . . . . We were in

prom i � e � u � a note gi,·i ng more

Church in Green Bay, "�s. , Richard

caves with prehistoric animal bones

Vi neyard Haven on our boat on J une

detail'> later. The) recently had a four­

Sampson was tonsured a reader in the

and s i g n s o f h u m a n i n h a b i t a n t s .

9 and called Marvin Joslow. Both

da� ' i '>lt from son Tim's daughter,

Orthodox Church in America by H i s

T h e water supply i s almost entirely

Marvin and Betty drove down from

hu.,band and �on. That makes Dana

Grace, Bishop J o b of t h e diocese o f

desalinated from tl1e Mediterranean,

the fa r end of Martha's Vineyard to

and l l arriet great- grandparents' . . .

Chicago and t h e ,\ l idwest. A reader,

and most of the coastline is golden

join us for dinner. Both of tl1em are

\fter -1-0 years at

tan ford Gn i,·ersity,

he explained, is the lowest rung of

sandsto n e rocks worn smooth by

completely i mmersed in the island

Da,id \\'eber and hi� " i fe, :\atalie,

the clerical ladder in orthodoxy. He

the sea. Shirley divides her summer

l i fe. Betty is active as a l i b ra ria n ,

ha' e men ed to southern California

abo has been re-elected as secretary

between tending flowers and vegetable

a n d M a rvin serves on about nine

to he clme to thc 1 r four children and

of the Eighth Congressional District

gardens in N e w H a m p s h i re a n d

committees and, we believe, is sti l l

n 1 ne gra ndchildren. Da' id says Tom

Democratic Par�· for another two­

working o n the Committee to End

constable a n d a volunteer fireman. We could give you more specific details

B u rke\ pro\lllll� a l'>o contributed to

year term. H e says he and his wife are

Elder Homelessness in Boston . . . . I

the mm c . . . . \fter rennng from the

\\ ell, ,-e�· busy and looking fonvard

am sorry to report the death in March

but we were distracted because we

d 1 rccwr-.h 1Jl of the Center for :\'. \TO

to the reunion next year. . . . Louise

of Eileen McMahon Bills after a

were having so much fun. We missed

�tudiC'> at hcnt 'ltate Lnl\ er'>l � , Larry

Boudrot Phillips visited her daughter

long ill ness.

tl1em last year because we never sailed

K a p l a n n.:turncd to the \ \'a.,hmgton

1n Florida last \\ inter and keeps herself

an.:,1 , " h en h i '> " 1 fc found a 1oh there.

bu'>)

l i e commmcd to Kent <;rare, reach1ng

grantbon and playing bridge a n d

one t:our'c lor

couple of � ca r-,,

g o l f. S h e m u c h a p p r e c i a t e ; h e r

,md th�n. 1 n 1 </IJ I . began to teach a

" " ondcrfu l fam i l � , " ho h a ' e been

1 5 , 2 00 1 , we received an e-mail from

cour c 1n "> \ I ( ) hi-,to� to -,rudt:nh

mo'>t -,upportl\ e" '>ince the death of

Frances Hyde Stephan titled "�ews

1n the '>t:hool of Forc1gn '->cn ILe'> at

her hu.,hand, \ \'endell '-1--1-, near!�

of ,\ged People \\'ho Are Colby

settling in. Not all the cartons are

C .corgctm\ n l n l \ cr 1�

l i e.: 'en e'>

a � car ago . . . . I " i'>h I had room

Grads and Still Truck i n . " She writes

emptied yet, but I am closing i n

t h e \ctrc t a r�

to -,hare the complete letter from

that she sti ll plays golf and tennis and

o n i t . My n e w address is 2 4 Sewa l l

h i r l ey LIO) d Thome about her trip

rides bikes. She has been teaching

Lane, Topsham, M a i n e 04086 (tele­

English as a second language to a

phone number 2 0 7 - 7 2 9-03 9 5 ; e-mail

,1 , ,1

con,u l L 1 n t

,1

to

of Ddcn'c \ l l l'>tontal Office

a-, ,1

bonding " i th her 5 -year-old

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\ !my

"Liz" /-/all Fitcb

the boat to Menemsha H a rbor, which is quite near the house.

�ot long a fter we submitted

our notes that were due on N ! a rch

-David rmd DoTotby Marson

49

Greetings from Maine! I moved

to Topsham mid-May and am busy

mcrnht:r ofrhe C I \ h1 ronul ,Jl h I'>O�

to

p<mel and ,h a member of the cdironal

count r� of three i.,Iand.,: \ ! a l ta lt'>elf,

Ru'>'>ian '>tudent in Ri, icra Beach, Fla.

address: aeustis@suscom -maine. net.

bo,lrd of the Bntt.•b]oum.d oj C�M i t ;,,.

" i th a population of about 3 HO,OOO;

. . . \\'e recei,·ed an informative note

f am now a neighbor of my fresh-

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<1'>

a

man roommate, Martha Louglunan

adopting one more child, a baby from

Shepard, which is fun. Also welcom­ ing me to the area is Hope Harvey Graf, who lives not far away. We've

our c e l ebration was the dramatic

Guatemala. Little did she know that

annow1cement that the Class of 19 5 1

when she went to pick up baby Hope,

had set a new standard of a l umni

a family of three abandoned children,

already had one evening together and

giving to our College, which other

Candy, 1 0, Anna, 5 , and Owen, 4,

50th-reunion classes w i l l be h a rd

are looking forward to more . . . . My

would capture her heart. \Vho would

thanks to Don and Hilda Farnum Nicoll, who graciously accepted my

pressed to emulate or surpass: We

adopt a fa m i l y o f th re e ? Ky and

provided $ 3 1 5 ,000 to the An nual

J a ke would and did. Now they have

Fund over t h e t h ree-year period

appointment of them as "on the scene

six adopted children. And Patty is

prece d i n g reunion i ts e l f, and w e

reporters" at the recent R e u n i o n

learning a little Spanish and teaching

raised a total of $5 ,463,000 in total

\tVeekend. H e r e is t h e i r report: "The

Owen how to say, "I love you" in

gi frs (yes, you read that right, five

weather was beautiful and the program

Engl ish. How very fitting. . . . Jerry

million!) to the College during the

full for the '49ers who made it back for

Baker's fascination with ancient his­

same tl1ree-year period, which set

the 50-Plus Club events on Mayflower

tory, archaeology and other culwres

an a l l-time Colby retmion record.

H i l l . \Ve were housed (those who

has led him and his wife, Peggy,

Another highlight of the reWlion was

elected to stay on campus) and fed

a l l over the world visiting G reek

the appearance in the Parade of Classes

in Dana again this year. We had two

temples and theaters, tl1e Coliseum,

of our 'Sloop Hero' float, inspired by

oppornmities to meet and hear from

tl1e Pyramids, the Taj M a h a l , Asian

Ed Laverty, which included members

President \tVi l liam " Bro" Adams and

rei i cs and M ayan r u i n s . J e rry is

of our Class of '5 1 Jazz Band, who

his w i fe, Cathy Bruce: at the Alumni

currently swdying art and computer

were later to be featured at our Sat­

Association meeting on Sawrday and

science at B rookdale Community

urday night reunion dinner. (Johnny

at the 50-Plus Club reunion dinner

C o l l e ge in preparation for s e m i ­

Linscott notes that he has recorded a

that evening. There were 2 2 of us i n

retirement in 2 0 years1

Phil Dine

CD of 1 2 original mnes, with him on

t h e Class of '49 group: Gail and John

writes that he has stepped down as

the piano and his daughter, Anne, as

Appleton, Kay and Walt Borucki, Mi les and Ruth Endicott Freeman, Swart and Jean HiUsen Grout, Dick and Mimi Dickinson Hammond, Lois and Olaf Kays, Sid McKeen

• • •

CEO of an international receivables

vocaList.) All in all, it was an exciting

management company and cut back

event tl1at we who attended will a l l

to tl1ree clays a week. H e and his wife,

cherish. We missed many of you who

Barbara, are planning their fifrh trip

could not join us. We thought about

to Italy, tl1is time to Sicily for three

you and we hope that you can join

and his friend Page \tVorth, Frankie

weeks this fa l l . . . . On a sad note, Ben

us for

and Bud Nannig, Don and Hilda

Sears '52 passed away in May. Nancy

w i l l i n g 1 ) . Cheers to you a l l . " . . .

Fa mum Nicoll, Peg and Bob Rowell and Muriel a11d Bob Tonge. Conver­

(Ricker) and their four children gave

Our new class officers for tl1e period

a lovely memorial service for Ben

June 200 1 -June 2006 are as follows:

sations ranged from reminiscences to

in Lexington, Mass., on June 1 . A

reports on families to observations on

number of Ben and Rickie's fri ends

Bob Lee, preside nt; Jane Perry Lindquist, vice president and Alumni Council representative; Cass Light­ ner, chief class agent; Nancy Nilson Archibald, class correspondent for the Colby magazine . . . . At rew1ion, Dave Miller received tl1e Distinguished

how Colby has changed to the state of

from Colby were there, including

the world to political differences, all

Pete and Puss Tracey Tanguay, Bob

in the mood of ripening friendships.

and Barbara Hill Millett, Dick and

Following the Boardman Service on

Nancy Ardiff Boulter, Jane Perry

Sunday morning, when we paused

Lindquist ' 5 1 and me as well as a l a rge

mm1 ber

55 i n five years (God

to remember Pauline Vitkauskas

number of Ben and Rickie's other

Alumni Award for his outstanding

Kuzmeski, Robert B. Maxell, Ethan E. Newton and James H. Wing,

close friends.

work as an environmental scientist in

who died within the last year, we said

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-Alice Je�mings Castelli

the field of groWlclwater swclies, and

Ernie Fortin accepted the Michael L. Our S Otl1 rew1ion is now }"tis­

Franklin Award for our class's record­

it back next year and continue the

tory, and we have many wonderful

breaking 94 percent participation i n

conversations and the associations."

memories. The following note from

t h e Alunmi Fund . . . . Please l e t m e

Perhaps more of us should try to join

our class prez, Bump Bean, gives

h e a r from you, especially those who

them next year.

you a flavor of just what went on

did not attend the reunion, so that

that weekend. B ump wrote, " 1 02

we ca.n all be brought up to elate on

classmates turned out for the occasion,

your news.

good-bye with promises to try to make

-Am1e Hagm· Eustis

5Q

I had a lovely letter from Patty

a new 50th-reunion record and one

Root \Vheeler enclosing a front­

of many records that our class was

page article from the P01tland (Maine)

to set. Included among the return ing

-Nancy Nilson A1·chibald

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H i gh on the l i st of several

one of her

'old friends' whom we had not seen in

m e m o r a b l e events that occupied

daughters, Ky \1\Tolterbeek. Ten years

the past 50 years were: Ed Bittar, Geof

the Aldrich family this spring and

ago, after Ky and her husband, Jake,

summer was our week-long cruise

didn't matter. They needed a mother

and Roshana (Florence) McDonell Lyford, Anne Foshay Kershaw, Mickey Rosenberg Rolland, Vivian Bryant, Barbara Hillson Abramow­ itz, Stan Sorrentino, Cass Lightner, Dick Bowen, Frank Gavel, Harold Baldwin and m a ny others. H o w

and a fami ly. A year ago Ky, who

wonderful it w a s t o s e e s o m a n y o f

the emphasis was on the ecological

had spent six months as an exchange

o u r old buddies remrning for tl1is

and sociological feawres of the two

swdent in Guatema l a , considered

special occasion' One highlight of

countries. I n addition to the four

Pnss Herald that feawred

had raised three children of their own, they decided to adopt a little Russian child. First came Tnyana, followed a few years later by Alexis.

Each girl had a defective arm, but that

and tour of Costa Rica and Panama aboard the 1 3 0-passenger

Clipper.

Y01-ktown

A m o n g t h e p a r ti c i p a n ts

were family members and graduates of Colby, Bates and Bowdoin. Far from b e i n g a s i gh ts e e i n g cruise,

1950s Correspondents 1950 Alice J e n n i ngs Caste l l i 6 S a l e m Road Madison, CT 06443 203-245- 7 7 2 5 classnews1950@a lum.colby.edu

1951 Nancy N i l son Arc h i bald 1 5 Linden Ave nue Scituate, MA 02066 781-545-4987 classnews1951@alum.colby.edu 1952 Pa u l M. Aldrich P.O . Box 2 1 7 Bristol , M E 04539 207-563-8744 classnews1952@a lum.colby.edu 1953 Barbara Easterbrooks Mai ley 80 Lincoln Ave nue South H a m i lton , MA 01982 978-468-5 110 classnews1953@alum .colby.edu 1954 Helen Cross Stabler 206 Crestwood Drive North Syracuse, N Y 1 3 2 1 2 3 1 5-457-5272 classnews1954@alum.colby.edu 1955 Ken Van Pragg P. O. Box 87 ( M ay-early Nov) Grafton, N Y 12982 207·873-3616 22 Gold Drive ( Early Nov-May 6) Pt. St. Lucie, FL 34952 classnews1955@alum.colby.edu 1956 Kathleen McConaughy Zambello 135 Iduna Lane Amherst, MA 01002 classnews1956@alum .colby.edu 1957 Guy and Eleanor Ewing Vigue 238 Sea Meadow Lane Yarmouth, ME 04096 207-846-4941 classnews1957@alum.colby.edu 1958 Margaret S m ith Henry 1304 Lake Shore Drive Massapequa Park, NY 1 1 7 6 2 5 1 6-541-0790 classnews1958@alum.colby.edu 1959 Ann Segrave Lieber 7 Kingsland Court South Orange, NJ 07079 973-763-6 7 1 7 classnews1959@alum.colby.edu

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1 9 50s

guide/interpreters from the Clipper

more than

0 rears old, the canal

pneumonia and spent eight and

the latest n e w s of our class, thanb to

staff, the colleges were represented br

re m a i n s a m a n·el o f e n g i n e e r i n g

one-half days in a Beijing hospital.

both e-mail and "sn ail m a i l . "

faculty members who made presenta­

and persistence. Among t h e schools,

Although S a n dy and C h uck don't

elson Beveridge forwarded some of the

tions in t h e i r areas of srudr. D r.

fol l o w i n g in h i s best l o n g h a n d .

Colby had the largest representation

recom mend takjng i l l w h i l e in the

Catherine Be\'ier from Colby' Biol­

on board 11·ith 20 folks, two of whom

Orient, they are high in praise of the

Paul Mendelsohn l e ft Colby after

ogy Department was aboard. Cathy,

were at Col b)· during our years there:

kindness and wonderful care Ch uck

completing his sophomore year, went

w h o d i d h e r graduate study fieldwork

�

Jean H i l lsen Grout '-+9, Bradenton,

received. S a n dy a l so journeyed to

on to Ya le and graduated in 1 95 3 .

in the P a n a m a j u n g l e s , is a frog

Fla., and Alice Beale Gleason, ' 5 5 ,

Colby on Reunion \Veekend to h e l p

At Colby h e was the freshman -year

expert-an d a great mimjc. Stud);ng

Simsbuf)·, Corm . . . . . In ,\ larch, Sandy

cele brate the 5 0 th a n n i v e rsa ry of

roommate ofNelson and the late Phil

11·ith Cathy back on ..\ Ia)flower Hill

Pearson Anderson and Chuck ' 5 3

the fou n d i n g o f the C o l by e t t e s .

Hussey. His career was in education

would be fun. Our tra1·el included

left for a tour of China. They visited

Seventy former members oft h e group

as college counselor at Fieldston, a

h i kes and a n a e r i a l tram11·ay ride

Shanghai, Chongqing, the Yangtze

performed i n concert in the chapel .

pri1·ate school in Bronx, N.Y. Now

through rain forests, both wet and d[)·,

Ri1·er and the Three Gorges Dam

. . . And speakjng o f reunions, i s

retired, h e spends time helping at

1·isits to a coffee plantation, a 11·ildlife

site, the latter being of special interest

y o u r calendar marked for June -+-9,

a school i n R h i n e beck,

refuge a n d 1·olcanoes, a two-hour

as it w i l l flood the Yangtze upon

2002? If not, do it1

children "at risk," covering everything

ri1·er ride i n a H-pas enger dugout

completion in 2003 . Although the

canoe (Yamaha powered ') to a Choco

tour was sch e d u l e d to end i n 1 1

I n d i a n \'i l l age and fi n a l l y passage

days i n B e i j i ng, t h e i r v i s i t there

through the Panama Canal. Although

was prolonged. Chuck developed

melvin lyo Curi� u�

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from AI D S to autism. He resides in New York Ciry but also owns a fa rm

I am happy th<lt I had some

upstate for weekend retreats . . . .

answers to my invitation to send in

Paul Joseph of Torwood, Mass., has

avior

A homema ker vac u u m i ng her carpeting sawed repeated ly across

science atthe U n iversity of Southern Cal iforn ia, sti l l

one spot, wea n ng a hole through the rug. Such repetitive behavior is

working i n a progra m o f resea rc h on a n i m a l s

typtcal of schtzophrenics, says resea rcher Mel Lyon '52. The rea so n : a n

and schizo p h ren i a .

excess o f dopa m i ne , a neurotra nsmitter essential t o normal nerve activ­ Ity, causes vtcttms of the d i sease to concentrate repeated ly on deta i l s to the po1nt that their behavior becomes a bnorma lly l i m ited .

Lyo n , a psychology major at Col by with an M . A . and P h . D. in experi­

. Y. , for

" I ' m sti l l c u r i o u s t o see w h a t ha ppens. I rea lly don't wa nt to stop , " he sa i d .

Lyo n's fa mily backgrou nd-he says he's traced h is mother's origins back eight generations i n Denmark to a priest-has spu rred h i m to

mental and physiologtcal psychology, has worked for more than 30

a nother sort of i nvestigation : he's writing a novel dea l ing with Sca n d i n a ­

years on methods for testtng d rugs to counteract problems related

v i a n mythology a n d "scientific ways of looking at Od i n , the so-cal led

to sc htzophren ta . In the late 1960s, when he joined resea rchers at

father of the god s , " set d u ri ng the development and later centuries of the

Denmark's Copenhagen U n tverstty who were tnterested i n a "dopa mine

Roman Em pire. So far he's written four cha pters of the book, which a lso

hypothests . " he developed a theory connecting the effect of a m phet­

looks at the development of the Ka bbalah a nd Tarot cards.

a m � nes-sttmula nts--on the dopa m t nergic or central nervous system a n d stereotyped behavtor. He tested models and medications on rats to try to stt m u late a n d then treat a bnorma l behaviors.

"We've had part tal success i n treating schizophre n ia , " sa id Lyon , who has co-edtted a book and p u bl ished more than 60 cha pters, articles a nd meet�ng a bstracts on the s u bject. " B ut we haven't rea lly solved it."

Researchers have come u p wtth medtcattons that work on the d is­ ease. but people who develop sc h tzophrenta have u n usual connections and structures t n thetr bra tns, a nd medtcattons "al most a lways have side effects because you're dea l i ng wtth all ktnds of acttvtty i n the bra i n , " Lyon sa t d . He's a p plted for a patent on a dtfferent medtcatton a n d hopes a .a rge pharmaceuttcal company will develop the product.

Sctenttsts may have to t nterfere wtth the development of the fetus to prevent sch tzophrenta, he says, because the d t sease ts not caused by u pbnng�ng b u by a vulnera b i l ity that runs i n fa m l l tes a nd t s determ�ned before btrth Although a s c h tldren schtzophrenics a re n 't too d t fferent from norm a l ch tdre n he says. t h e vul nera bil ity translates into sc hizo­ phrer ta a a bou 1 8-20 years of age. One percent of the world's popula­ ror a re a

cted

" I 's a err ble d sease for hese people, " he satd "And tt's expensive, o e r a brl llon a year ,us

o a ke care of hem . "

A e r 2 0 years a Copenhagen U ntverstty a n d 1 1 years wtth the department o psychtatry and behavtoral sc1ences at the Untverstty of Arkansas or Med cal Sctences, Lyon and hts wtfe. Na ncy, a neuropsy­ chologtst. relocated las spnng. He's now an adju nct professor of neu ro-

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"I probably have too many t h i ngs going. But it's my way of working, " said Lyon , an e n q u i ri ng mind who says he has a l i fe-Jong i nterest i n "experiences that are h a rd to expla i n , " i nc l u d i ng c l a i rvoya nce a n d telepathy. " I find t h a t the curiosity a bout l i fe's experiences t h a t [Col by] President B ixler so often evoked is with me sti l l . " -Robert Gillespie

been ret i red for seven years. H e

best." Judy also has written about the

spent his entire career with the U . S .

trip to Scotland and Ireland witl1 the

Gove rn m ent O ffice of P e rson n e l

The Gardner (Mass.) Nr:cJJs paid homage to

Management. H e started o u t as a n

teacher, coach, mentor, selectman, assessor

three weeks." She and Frank returned

investigator and became a division

and school committeeman Richard Lyon Jr. '50. Citing Lyon's many awards for his

just in time for the birth of tl1eir ninth

chief la ter. He has three children. . . . Norm Hodgkins is a retired

efforts in the classroom, sports and the town,

their involvement with the Kittery

meteorologist for the U . S . Air Force

the article added that be plays "a pretty

Art Associ ation, wh ich is working

and U.S. Government. He lives in

good washtub bass" with the

Love l l , M a i t� e , a n d loves fish ing,

Contradance Band, too

h u n t i n g and s k i i ng. H e h a s two with a master's degree, does geologi­ doctorate from Antioch University . . . . two years, graduated from Western Michigan University; he's married and enjoys ham radio . . . . Marcia Curtis

Richard Lyon Jr. '50

attended Boston University, Yal e and the University of Florida. She was a naval officer for three years, then dean of nursing at the Medical Un iversity of Charleston, S.C. L1 addition, she taught m a r i n e biol ogy at Boston

has developed a special process for dealing with complex business cases, according to

side of tl1e law, reputation for fairness and clear vision of his mission are the cornerstones of van Gestel's "prowess as a peacemaker."

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. . . Colby 0 udy) Thompson Lowe sti l l does substitute teaching several days a week. Her husband, Tony, who has a part-time retirement job, is on a condo board, and judy participates in

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Benjamin R. Sears '52, May 7, 2 00 1 , in Bedford, Mass., at 72 · · Darroll Mortimer Downing Jr. '56, June 26, 200 1 , in Milford, N.H., at 66 · · Thomas B. Newman '56, May 29, 2 00 1 , in Norwalk, Conn., at 67 · · Katharine Lamneck Jones '58, June 1 2 , 2 00 1 , in at 73

shelter for women in Boston, while Frank helps people with their taxes.

a couple of book groups. They were

Deaths: Carlene MacPherson Sparkes '50, June 1 5 , 200 1 , in Springfield, Ore., at 73

tl1e Women's Lunch Place, a daytime

planning a trip to Alaska this year.

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but d i d not i n c l u d e i n forma tion fantastic career in medicine after she

Judy pursues art and volunteers at

the Boston BusinessJozmzal. His commitment to ethics, interest in the scholarly

sent me news for the previous column about her career. Actually she had a

to rebuild a fire-damaged building.

Associate Justice

judge of the business session last October,

cal surveys, and his daughter has a

(!) gran dchild. They both continue

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of the Massachusetts Superior Court Allan van Gestel '57, who was sworn in as the

children. His son, a graduate ofPurdue

Kent Dickerson, who left Col by after

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ame Grant Award was presented to Merrillyn Healey Decker at the annual dinner meeting of the Greater Bridgeport, Con n . , branch of the American Association of

niversity

Wom e n last M a y . M e rri l lyn was president of the Bri dgeport branch for two years. . . .

I hope you will

a l l read this before Christmas and

U n iversity and i n 1 9 5 9 got her doctoral degree . . . . Peter Salmon,

they took a fabulous trip in Turkey,

(Maine) house that had belonged to

remember me wi tl1 your Christmas

who p l a n s

attend our 5 0th in

renting a car to drive the Aegean coast

her mother and father. She has a son

letters so I can put your news in

two years, retired in 1 992 from his

to the Mediterranean and finishing

and daughter and four grandchildren,

future columns.

career in banking, first with Marine

at Istan bu l . Joyce (vVhitham ' 5 4)

a l l l i v i n g i n New E n g l a n d . Lois

Midland for 1 1 years, then Key Bank

and Chuck Spencer are still taking

described skiing last winter in Sun

i n vVaterto w n ,

to

.Y. H e has four

trips from their Colorado home. He

Va l l e y with Jan Holland Smith,

children. His wife died in December

mentioned that they went to Florida

frequently seeing Nancy Fortuine

2000 . . . . Nelson also was in touch

in March and April; they found Gil Tallmadge in Port Charlotte and

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What a great time we had!

I have just returned from our 45th

sti l l e n j oy i n g his golf game. H e

Ned '5 1 and Barbara Hills Stuart '54

told Nelson that h e heard that Stan

on Casey Key. At tl1e end of their trip

Westervelt and meeting with otl1er C o l b y c l a s s m a tes at S u e S m i t h Huebsch's home in Nonqui tt, i\l fass., each summer. . . . Ted Turchon

Doughty '54 taught history at Lisbon

they cruised on a commercial ship

reports tl1at he got tired of being

Rew1ion started witl1 a catered lunch

Falls in Maine for 40 years. Joe has

through the Panama Canal and some

reti red and i s now a pl a c e m e n t

at Sally and Bill Haggett's home in

fo ur gran d d a ughters . . . . H a rry O'Brasky retired from T.] . Maxx five

Caribbean Islands on the way back to

consultant with a company i n Orlando

West Bath overlooking the tidal l ew

Florida. They already have plans to

(Fla.) that finds jobs for ex-convicts,

J\1eadows River and upriver from the

years ago. Harry e-mailed me that he

charter a 36-foot bareboat out of St.

work he finds very rewarding. H e and

Sebasco Harbor Resort. Fifty-eight

has been doing some traveling to his

M a a rten with Joyce's brother and

his wife, Luly, have a son li'•ing in

classmates attended, including first­ time returnees Jimmy Jamieson and Denise Lyons, who came just for iblock the lunch. Barbara Porte and Heppy Reed Powers came with

recently with Joe Bryant, who is

wife's homeland in England as well as

his wife in January 2002 . . . . Bon

Florida and a daughter living in

to Scotland, Europe, western Canada

voyage to a l l .

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and Alaska. Bet\veen them H a rry and his wife have eight children and 1 2

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toured 2 , 1 00 miles through Scotland and Ireland last year with Frank ' 5 3

reunion, and the consensus from all who attended was "The Best Ever."

We had the most glorious, hot and clear weatl1er that M a i ne can provi de.

Last DecemberGeorgia "Gig"

a n d Judy Jenkins Totman. The

Denny. How we would ha,•e loved

taking some courses at Framingham

Roy Eustis completed certification

Edsons keep busy at home, too. Bill,

for them all to continue on with us to

State College. H e resides in Midway,

as a legal nurse consultant and also

who is now retired, golfs, coaches

Sebasco as we just didn't have enough

Mass . . . . I had three e-mails at the end of May from Loretta Thompson

was working for the B roward County

a 1 2 - 1 4-year- o l d boys basketb a l l

time to catch up. But 50 of us went

(Fla.) Elder Program. She was look­

tea m , gardens, works o u t , works

on to Sebasco to spend two fun-filled

ing forward to seeing the Powleys, \Vallingfords and Huprichs, all from

on his computer and plays "�th his

days on the ocean . . . . Our first

grandchildren. Penny is a resident

dinner we joined the Colby C l ass

our class at Colby, on the t\laine

advocate for the elderly in five facilities

of 1 95 1 , who were celebrating their

coast this summer. . . . Lois McCarty

for the \'entura County (Calif.) Long­

50th reunion with a pre-get-together,

Carlson writes that she retired from

Term Care Ombudsman Program,

also at Sebasco. \\'hat fun to see this

college development in 1 997 and now

acts as a docent at the Ronald Reagan

,;tal group who, after a three-year

consults with colleges and tmiversities

Presidential Library and participates

campaign, had 1 02 classmates return

fo r their capital campaigns. Her

in m•o tennis leagues. She says she is

to Colby for their reunion. \Vith

husband died a couple ofyears ago and

still plugging away at golf, but "time

spouses they were 1 8 5 strong on

she now lives in the Cape Elizabetl1

spent "�th the grandchildren is the

campus and the main contingent i n

grandchildren. Lately he has been

Staples, Electra Paskalides Coumou a n d C ha rles "Chuck" Spencer.

"Tommie" reports tl1at she had phms to be riding in a hot air balloon on June 9 to celebrate tl1e 70th birthday of Carolyn English Caci. Electra is enjoying retirement; she and Karl took a tour last summer down tl1e Danube and R h ine, starting in Amsterdam and ending in Vienna . This spring

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the class parade. They were such a sight, they gave us a l l hope that we will stil l be stepping out smartly five years hence. So class, keep exercising, keep eatin g right, keep tryin g to stop smoking, if you stil l do, and keep smil ­ ing so we can reunite at Colby i n five years. �o excuses this time. �o prior commitments, no big a n niversary parties, no business trips. As I told the class at our pri,·ate Saturday night banquet-held i n the Lunder �\Ving at the art museum-11·e are all a little rounder, our hair a little thinner, our face5 a l i ttle l i ned. But after a few m i nutes of conversation a l l drops away, and our hours together are as close as we get to that fountain of youth . . . . \\'e said good-bye to eight when we left Sebasco but picked up enough to tally 72 on campus. Joanne Sturtevant Stinneford and ?\'eil ' 5 7 got Ill)' vote for t h e couple most easily recognized. How do they do it? Send me your secret! . . . I heard from se1·eral classmates who couldn't make it. Willard Wyman is recovering from shoulder surgery. Bob Bruns had to cancel his planned 1·isit to Sebasco at the last minute. Charles B rown remem bered the -l-Oth as great a n d w i l l p l a n on the 50th.

Charlie l o rri s sey still has a teaching commitment in California . . . . \\'e ha1 e ne11 class officers, including a triad of Larry Pugh, Peter Lunder and Bill Haggett for president. Our ,\]umni Council reps are Dave and routhamel Sortor. I will Rosie continue as class ecretary/treasurer, but u sa n Miller Hunt ha ,·olunteered w help me gather news . . . . \ \'e ha1•e �ome money left o,�er from our gener­ OU'> entertainment contributions, and I 111 1 l be 11 orking hard o1·er the next fi, e ) Ca r'> to turn this l i ttle sum I Il lO a l a rge k i tt) for 2 006 . . . .

Thank'> to most generou<, donatiom from anon) mou<, clav,mate'>, 11 e 11 ere treated lO a 110nderful boat ride do11 n the Kennebec R11 er from the .\ Iaine \ lanume \ l u.,eum, 11 1th an mforma­ l l l e Jl<lrrauon from Bill I laggett ahom the m er and the Bath Iron \\"ork., and a clo'>e-up 1 1e11 of the huge nc11 d f) dod. . j o h n Zieg l e r \I a'> '>0 taken 11 nh the 11 c.n hcr and the nde that he cont racted 11 1th the re.,ort the ne1t mornmg for .1 loc1 l hoar nde up the '\. " " \ l eado11 , R11 cr, all rhe 11 a) ro BJII l laggett ' ' em e, and im Jted U'> a l l to g(� l, ion f.!. \hout I of u' h.u l .1 clo.,�-up 1 1� 11 of the oce,ln, the J',l.,ml'>, loh'>tenng toll n' and 11 harf., that I me the m er. Complete 11 ith kJ IIa muffin, from the )eba.,co . . . .

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On campus we a l l received our blue Colby fleece vests, and we send our thanks to our benefactor. \Ve had planned to wear them i n our class parade but it was shorts weather the entire weekend . . . . On our way from Bath to Colby, Lou '55 and I and Jan Nordgren Merywether took a nostalgic trip to Popham Beach and visited the Popham Fort . . . .

S h e i l a McLaugh l i n Freckm a n n , J a n e t Stebbins ·walsh and Susan

Hunt stopped in Jefferson to visit Ruthann Sinlmonds Mackinnon.

. . . I took notes during reunion and will report on various classmates in future columns.

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\Veil, the big plans are under­ way-plans for our 45th reunion (to be held in '02 , if your math is a bit rusty)! You w i l l be hearing more details as the months go by. . . .

Peter Merrill and his wife, Carol, have moved back to Maine from the Chicago area into a lovely home in South Portland. They are situated right on the rocks, facing Cushings and Peaks Island, a breath-taking 1•iew of the Casco Bay inner islands.

Anyone for relay swimming races from Peter's beach across to Cushings Island as part ofour reunion activities? . . . It was great to see Sue Fairchild Bean, and as always her entl1usiasm for the Col lege and our upcoming reunion can't be beat. Sue and her husband, Bob, will soon be arriving in Kennebunkport, Maine, where they purchased a home in tl1e downtown area a few years ago. Their three grown children and four grandkids Ji,·e in California-a good reason for trips to the \Vest Coast! . . . Bev and Brian "Bo" Olsen sold their home in Acton, f- 1ass., and are now living in Exeter, 1\' . H . I imagine tl1at they both enjo)' the ease of condominium Ji,·ing and the ambiance of that lovely old ?\'ew England town . . . . Don Tra cy " rite that life for him often <,eem<, to be in the "fast lane." In J anuaf) , his accounting busine s had e\panded to the extent that he has taken one of his daughters 1nto a formal partnership. ,\fter a hectic <,chedule untJI April 1 5 , he and his " 1fe, Linda, headed off to 1 i'>it friends 1n Brati�Ln a and Prague, " here Don had the fir<,t-timc experience of 11 J t nC'>'>�Ilg <1 robber) . . . hi., 011 n 1 '\e\t the) dnJ\ e th rough Ita!) and rrancc, \ l'>ltll1g fnend<, along the \l"a) and cnJO) mg the "good life of local food.,, chec'>C'> and 11 me<,." Then

they headed home to coastal Maine, where Don can shed those European pounds and lower his cholesterol to healthier levels1 (I-Iis comments, not mine.) . . . In March, we enjoyed a w o n de rful eve n i n g w i th P a tsy and Dave O'Brien '58 at their new home on Bray's Island, near historic Beaufort, S.C.; also on hand were Naomi and Hugh "Andy" Anderson ' 5 6 a n d B abs ( F a i r i n gs ' 5 6) a n d \-Varren Kinsman. T h e Kinsmans are i n the process of selling their home i n H ampton Falls, N.H. They w i l l be enjoying the best of both worlds-Dataw Island, S.C., in tl1e winter and their cottage on Green Lake , i\t lai11e, in the summer. Needless to say, we all laughed the night away . . . a great time was had by one and all . . . . Be thinking ahead to June '02 and our 45th rew1ion-some exciting ideas are beginning to unfold. Please urge your friends and classmates to attend so we can have the best reunion ever. \Ne'll accept no excuses and will look fon�rard to seei11g many people that we have not seen in years.

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Professor J i m Mcintosh has been named chairman of tl1e depart­ ment of sociology and antl1ropology at Lehigh niversity . J im has been at Lehigh since 1 966, having earned a master's degree from the New School for Social Research and a doctorate from Syracuse University. He plans to provide more opportunities for students to participate in independent research and to increase published works by students. Congrats, J i m 1 . . . Susan Osborn Havice enjoys gardening (peonies are her specialty) and active games witl1 her grandsons.

Hope you're sti l l pursuing your wonderful artistic talents, Sue! . . . i\ 1oney manager Peter Bedell and his financial partner have had their share of ups and downs in the investment business, but their perseverance paid off, big time, when their company was acquired in a friendly takeover

by Phoenix I nvestment Partners.

Another success story1 . . . Brownie, a G reat Dane owned by Carlene Price White's Animal ' pisodes, her 1 5 0-critter business, has become a service dog for a patient with Parkin� on's disease. Over tl1e years Carlene has made a practice of donat­ ing animal to worthy causes . . . .

Tri h and Mike Farren are both sti ll 11 orking; ,\ l ike i helping,\ l anchester, � . 1 1 . , ai rport to grow, with many r ra 1 e l e rs c o m i n g u p from .vi a s -

sachusetts t o avoid t h e congestion.

They have nine grandch ildren and enjoy becoming "re-citified" via an occasional weekend in Boston. Trish gave m e the sad news that Mari lyn Greer, wife of Bob Greer '6 1 , who started out in our class, had passed away . . . . Liz H ay H e nd e rson teaches computer ski lls classes for an adult ed program in Maine. Liz has regained some of her old agi l i ty, after a complete hip replacement last summer, and is actively participating in landscaping her home . . . . Sheila and Lloyd Cohen and fam i ly cruised the Mexican Riviera and visited Zion National Park in Uta h . Lloyd had a knee replacement last lvinter and now has to re-think his plans to officiate at footb a l l and basketba l l games; umpiring fast-pitch softball is sti l l in tl1e picture, however. Lloyd would l i ke to hear from "old roomies" John Brooks and Bob Kopchains . . . .

Lydia Katz Pease w i l l celebrate her reti rement, a fter 27 years of tea c h i n g in Pennsyl v a n i a , with a montl1 of kayaking and h i king i n AJaska. Impressive, Lydia1 . . . As usual , I'm heartened b y hearing from so many of you, especially that you're a l l sti ll actively pursuing your "favorite things." Please keep writing to me.

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Reconnecting1 It could only be good-and it was1 The Class of '6 1 's -l-Oth reunion began at the Samoset Resort in Rockport with tl1e return of more than 20 stalwarts anxious to relive the rafti� g experience of tl1e infamous 3 5 tll reunion . . . this time with a return to c a l m e r w a ters.

Our sunset cruise on the award­ winning (Sailboatofthe Year) wooden ketch Morning in M a i n e , ending by moonlight, offered ample time to update and reminisce. Our "rock­ bound coast" pre-reunion activities were initiated by a welcome cocktail pa rty gene rous! y hosted by past­ president Bev Lapham and his wife, L i z ( Rowe '63). Then, thanks to insider tips from Scotty MacLeod Folger and artist friend Tom Sullivan, the group discovered Conti's On the \Naterfront. (The bread covered an entire round table and the menu rolled down from the ceiling on butcher paper!) Anotl1er tip led pre-reunion culture hounds to the Second Read Bookstore in Rockland for a unique glimpse of coastal Maine. Meanwhile, golfers relaxed on the links, as did swimmers in the pool and fitness buffs on walks to the lighthouse and

beyond. For the 45th, in 2 006, plan on the pre-reunion activity for a quality­ time opportuni ty to reconnect with class friends1 Sandy and Nancy Cunneen Boardman, Norman ' 5 8 a n d Charlotte Clifton Lee, Hank and Anne Lehman Lysaght and Mitzi and Quimby "Q" Robinson and family were among the impressive crew at the �amoset. A highlight of the 40th weekend was witnessing Bob B u rk e receive the Marriner Distinguished Senrice Award at the Alumni Awards Banquet. Bob has always "been there" for Colby-you're an inspiration to us all, Bob1 Proud partner Donna a n d son M ichael j o i n e d t h e t h u nderous a p p l a u s e . . . . Cheers particularly to those classmates returning to Colby for the first time since graduation. The lobster bake/chicken barbecue fol­ lowing the Parade of the Classes was, for many, the first chance to greet friends not seen the night before: Bob and Jeanette Benn Anderson joined the festivities along with Dee and •

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enj oyed the tradition of visiting Gifford's (formerly Rummel's) for ice cream in Watervil le. Mary Sawyer D u rgin, Dick F i e l d s , To m a n d Marilyn BJorn Evans ,Jane Bowman, Ed '60 and Betsy Perry Burke, Iris Mahoney Bumell, Ann and Steve Chase, Dottie J oh n Christmas, Ed '62 and Ginny Murphy Cragin, Christa and Frank D'Ercole and M a rgi e C h a m b e r l a i n Davis a l l

returned t o Col by. J o i n i ng them were: Ann (Dudley '60) and Charlie DeWitt, Mary and Denny Dionne, Harriet Lunt Duer, Sue Fourcade Erskine, Toby and Ned Gow, Regina Foley Haviland, Carol Davidson Jack,]oyceJordanJasenski,]ocelyn Keil and Tom, and Dorothy Boyn­ ton Kirke ndall . J i m and Nancy Tozier Knox attended, as did Carol Walker Lindquist, Janet Haskins Mandaville, Judy Parker Millen, Lee Holcombe Milliken, Bob '59 and Wendy Ihlstrom Nielsen, Joa11 and Rush Oster, Bob '60 and Bonnie McGregor Otis, Carole Ann Pope, Margaret a11d Gene Rainville, Penny Dean Robb, Bob and Marge Kemp Roxbrough, Elizabeth and Ed Rus­ citti, Donna Sample Sparks, Ed and Anne Lovel l Swenson, Maggie and Pete Teet and Marjorie and David Tourangeau . . . . The Saturday after­

noon presentation faculty included Judy Hoffinan Hakola, who, to a

standing-room-only crowd, delivered

" S torytelling in the Electronic Age." Your class correspondent for the past five years, Judy met 20 deadlines for us. Many thanks, Judyl . . . At Millett Alumni House we enjoyed a Ja,,ish S a turday even i n g reception a n d class dinner, presided over b y Bev Lapham. Colby Presiden t B ro Adams and his wife, Cathy Bruce, delivered a special welcome, which included Bra's disclosure that Bill Clough h a d been h i s English teacher a t Holderness1 For many returnees, the highl ight of the reunion was Bill " Hoody" Hood's l ively and professional after-dinner auction. Just about everyone was involved, through donation or acquisition. Among the most exciting items bid for hot and heavily: Sy Blum's vintage baseball card; Dick Fields's priceless "vintage" Colby windbreaker; a one-of-a kind "nostalgia" package, including Debby Berry's "Ode to a Frozen Toad"; the "Winter-a-Week in the South" five-bedroom horne in Myrtle Beach and a "Hawaiian Dream Vacation, complete with "Working Randy" (you had to be there). The auction raised more cl1an $2 ,000 for Colby. . . . No one knew for sure, but rumor had it cl1at Claire Lyons danced away Saturday night. . . . Your new officers are Penny Dietz Sullivan, president, Nancy Cunneen Boardman, vice president/Alumni Council repre­ sentative, and yours truly, c l a ss correspondent/secretary . . . . George Nix agreed to help set up a class Web site, so stay tuned for a great way to post rew1ion pictures and news.

Most of us realized, once again, that time just can't separate friends; we'll always be cl1e one and only Colby Class of '6 1 1 vVe missed each and every one not attending-please plan to join us by checking the \Veb site, sending your stories and marking your calendar now for the 45th in j w1e 2006. Aloha1 .

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Scmfron Foninz

Greetings from Maine. As I write on a beautiful, warm and muggy j w1e day, 'tis time to be heading to cl1e lakes and cottages. Per usual I wish that I had more news for you.

(Nly classmates are not very helpful1) The biggest item is a follow-up to my April news: Paul Hickey has won his fourcl1 Em my. Paul, who has been designing sets for CBS-TV for the past 2 5 years, received his Emmy for his outstanding set designs for the drama series As tbe TVodd Ttmzs.

Congratulations, Paul . . . . Ed Kyle

and w i fe Penny both reti red last October and have graduated from tent camping to tra i l e r camping.

Recent travels took cl1em to cl1e Outer Banks, Florida, Maine and all points in between-! assume with the camper.

Their son, Ted, was married this past August to a terrific lady, although she did go to Bowdoin. They skied in Vermont with Barbie (Haines '63) and Bill Chase and in New Hampshire with Allie We l l e r . Tough l i fe, I agree . . . Linda Laughlin Seeley is a new (first-time) grandmother to Matthew Seeley, born in May to son Scott. . . . vVe became grandparents (for cl1e third time) to Meg Eleanor, born in May to our son Andrew.

Daughter Margaret Russell Ewalt '92 completed her Ph .D. in Spanish at UVA and has accepted a teaching position at Wake Forest. . . . That is it, folks. Be marking your calendars for June 2 for the big 40. Linda Seeley and Ed Kyle have indicated they plan to come. .

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News from Ed Winkler is that he has stopped working because of cancer, which has necessitated one major su rgery to be fol l owed in cl1e future by a second. ow, while undergoing chemocl1erapy for eight months, he is working hard on his own personal Web site (edwinkler.com) as well as doing sculptures. I checked out the Web site and found that he has included photos of his latest art endeavor, which is a personal "Stonehenge" circle of large granite stones in a field. He commented, "I'm waiting for the Martians to land in my back field. Things are properly aligned with the summer solstice."

This \Veb site was updated on June 1 6. Let's hope that he was pleased wicl1 cl1e positions of cl1e stones on June 2 1 ! Ed would really love to hear from his friends during this time . . . . Joarma Buxton Gormley writes that after 1 8 years as assistant to the headmaster and registrar at Roxbury Latin School (a boy's independent school in the Boston area, grades 7- 1 2) she has retired to tend her gardens, get back to her aerobics classes and just sit down to read the paper every day. Her husband, Tom, retired three years ago. They have two grandchildren by their son Tom, who is a lawyer in Boston. Their son Tim, an R.N. at Spaulding Rehab in Boston, was married last summer and l ives i n Nonvood, l\Iass. S h e says, " I certainly don't feel 60, although I reached that

1960s Correspondents 1960 Jane Holden Huerta 2955 Whitehead Street M i a m i , FL 33133 305-446-5082 classnews1960@alum.colby.edu 1.961 Diane Scrafton Ferreira Pihanakalani Ranch P.O. Box 249 Pa'Au i l o , H I 96776 classnews1961@alum.colby.edu 1962 Patricia Farnham Russell 16 S u n set Avenue Hampden, M E 04444 207-942-6953 classnews1962@alurn .colby.edu 1963 Karen Fors l u nd Fa lb 245 Brattle Street Cambridge, MA 02138 6 1 7-864-4291 classnews1963@alum.colby.edu 1964 Sara Shaw Rhoades 76 Norton Road Kittery, M E 03904-54 13 207-439-2620 classnews1964@alurn.colby.edu 1965 Richard W. Bankart 20 Va lley Avenue Apt. D2 Westwood, NJ 07675-3607 201-664-7672 classnews1965@al u m .colby.edu 1966 Meg Fallon Wheeler 19 Rice Road P.O. Box 102 Waterford, ME 04088 207-583-2509 classnews1966@colby.edu Li nda Buchheim Wagner 199 Exeter Road Hampton Fal l s , NH 03844 603-772-5130 classnews1966@colby.edu

196 7 Robert Gracia 295 Bu rgess Avenue Westwood, MA 02090 781-329-2101 classnews1967@alurn.colby.edu Judy Gerrie Heine 2 1 H i l lcrest Road Medfield, MA 02052 508-359-2886 classnews1967@alurn.colby.edu

1968 Nancy Dodge Bryan 7 We ir Street Extension H i ngham, MA 02043 781-740-4530 cl assnews1968@alurn .colby.edu 1969 Sari Abui-J ubein 25 7 Lake View Avenue Cambridge, MA 02138 6 17-868-8271 classnews1969@alum.colby.edu

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1 1960s subject of a recent article in the weekly

m ilestone i n J u n e ' " . . . Ruth Pratley

September for Kristen's wedding . .

well-known chef Raymond Blan c.

Madell ends greetings from Kansas,

. . Helping me collect more class

Some quotes i n the article capture the

newspaper The

where she continues enjoyin g h e r

news, Tom Thomas sent i n a recent

essence of Tom Thomas: "England is

After starting some small businesses

work a s the grants manager/budget

article, "A Cook's Tour," from the

not famous for its food. L1 fact, i t's

i n the '60s and '70s, he moved to

director for the Kansas Hun1anities

food section of his local paper, The

famous for bad food, but that's a bad

Hol lywood, where he worked in the

Council . She had a wonderful trip last

lmelligence Reco1·d of Buckingham,

rap. I can't think of a single thing I

movie industry. Living in New York

fal l , visiting her daugh ter, Kristen,

N.J., in which he and Patti (Ra)m1ond '65) are pictured preparing mushroom

didn't like." And "a great chef makes

since 1 99 2 , he has become a successful

food that's fun to eat . . . . I expected

society reporter, editing a column,

who worked i n Bordeau-"•, France,

ew York Obsen;er.

for six months. She sars that eating

ravioli in their kitchen. Patti is chop­

to get my hands dirty and eat good

" Social Dia ry," i n Quest magazi n e

foi x gras i n Fois, dril-ing mrough

ping up ingredients while Tom is

stuff when I went, but fun was also an

f o r five y e a rs b e fo r e m o v i n g t o

Avenue a s editor-in-chief. ill Septem­

the Pyrenees, wading i n the :\ Iediter­

rolling out sheets of pasta. Last year

important part of each day." Recipes

ranean, visiting Aries and A1ignon and

as members of \,.l rtlloso, a group of

now part of the Thomas's repertoire

ber 2 000 h e created a We b site,

seeing :\Iont

travel agents who specialize in "deluxe

include tartare of smoked salmon and

NewYork Soci a i D i a ry . c o m , w h i c h

aint :\1ichel and Paris

was like a dream come true. Ruth has

experiences," they took a four-day

Thai fish soup. Sow1ds like friends

each morning presents what happened

enjored other trips, including a recent

course 11ith hands-on classes at the Le

should visit the Thomases . . . . .

the night before at society functions

excursion to Chicago to see her son,

:\ Ianoir's Ecole de Cuisine, a school

David Columbia, a classmate for

in the city. The article observes that

Peter, and one to San Francisco in

founded in Oxford, England, by the

freshman and sophomore years, is the

he is successful because he is very

s vacco In 1962, the i na ugura l year

'62 While Vacco tried to d ispel the

of the Colby J a n uary pla n , senior

notion that all American schools a re

soc1ology major M a rjea n ne "Jeanie"

war zones a nd a l l America n s have five

B a n ks Vacco '62 landed a n i nternsh i p

cars and l ive in mansions, she found

w1th M a me's Department of H u m a n

some of her American assu m ptions

Serv1ces. She took t o the work natu­

d i d n 't a p ply to Kazakhsta n . Teaching a

ra l l y a n d soon was seeking out chal­

course cal led Social Defense of Pop­

lenges 1 n the field : tra i n i ng workers

u lation , she found that Kazaks had

for the f1rst-ever Headstart program

very d iffe rent ideas a bout who is vul­

in Boston and work1ng w1th fa m i l ies

nerable i n their society. A m bula nces,

m the then new but a l ready troubled

for exa mple, a re u n l i kely to respond to a report that some o n e has fa l l en or

Col u m bia Pomt housmg project. " C ut­ ting edge sort of stuff, " Vacco said

i s ill because of advanced age. O n the

recently

other hand, fa m i l ies a re expected to

She now can look back on a career

care for their own elde rly, with the pri-

tha has 1 nc l uded college-level teach­

m a ry responsibil ity for aging parents

I ng. esta bl1sh1ng and teach 1 ng m a

taken on by the youngest son.

h u m a n serv1ces master's degree pro­ gram at Spnngf1eld College, ea r n i ng her d octorate from Wa lden Univer­

T h e concept of reporting sus­ pected c h i l d a buse or neglect to a uthorities was foreign, a n d corporal

Sity 1n 1991 a n d ongo1ng work w1th troubled fa m 1 l 1es referred to her by

punishment of c h i ld ren was accepted . Some assumptions crossed c u l ­

the New H a m psh1re court system . Vacco a lso has been a guest lecturer

tures, however, she said : " The people love their c h i ld re n . "

at col leges m Fmland, Sweden and Mex1co. Ea rlier th1s year, the C h i n a , Mame. nat1ve broadened h e r soc1olog1cal expenence w h e n s h e made

Last spring Vacco returned to her Londonde rry, N . H . , home, where she l ives with her h usband, R ichard Vacco '62 , a professor at Suffolk

her f1rst tnp to As1a a s a F u l bnght Fellow teachmg at AI-Fa ra b i Kazak

U n i versity Law School. The Vaccos have a son and da ughter in New

S ate Nat1onal U n 1vers1ty 1 n Almaty, Kaza khsta n . " I 'd never had a n

H a m psh i re a nd two gra ndchi ld re n . Jeanie Vacco has settled back i nto

expenence 1 n Central As1a or i n that part o f t h e world , " she sa1d. "And a

Spri ngfield College teac h i ng a n d her private practice, where she is often

la rge part o my l1fe has been look1ng for new a nd different challenges . " A n d a challenge 1! was. Vacco. w h o does not speak R uss1a n or Kaza k , taugh

h rough an mterpreter. A few of her students spoke some

E nglish b u mos were ret1cen

o engage 1 n class d 1 scuss1ons, at least at

f1rs . Vacco was the f1rst Amenca n most of the students had ever met. " The1r perceptiOn o Amenca . for students and m a ny faculty, was from bad med1a coverage a nd bad TV," she sa 1d "When I f1 rst got there one of the tt1mgs hey wanted to ta l k a bout was why we have such hornble 1olence m our schools. How ca n k1ds go to school w1th guns?"

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the last resort for teenagers before they a re placed in state custody.

W1th the troubled teens she finds a nother u n iversal dyna m i c at work. " Basically they have com m u n ication issues , " Vacco sa i d . " Parents don't ta l k to k1ds a nd k1ds don't ta lk to parents. Those thi ngs remain the sa m e . " -Gerry Boyle '18

l i keable and nice to the people he covers. Look for the feature article on David in this issue . . . . Keep sending in news even ifit seems like nothing of interest, such as turning 60 this year and/or getting used to retirement.

We are all acclimating to our new decade and find comfort in sharing the experience.

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My e-mail survey of the quarter pertained to libraries: How is yours?

Are library cards a thing of the past?

What is your favorite memory of Miller Library? . . . Here i n l(jttery, iVIaine, we no longer have cards; my name is in the computer so I just tell them who I am when checking out. Our library is healthy, although odd-one building for fiction and one for non-fiction. I frequent the l ibrary infrequently-usually to get books or books on tape for a trip or research on something tl1at has popped into my head and puzzles me.

My memories of Miller Library are few, owing to the nature of a matl1 major and never enough money for breakfast in the Spa. However, a t t h e foot of tl1e front stairs while standing in a long l i ne waiting to buy textbooks, I met a talkative freshman named Dusty Rhoades. The moment is actually preserved in a picture on page 62 of the 1 96 1 Oracle . . . .

Joan McGhee Ames reports that M a nchester, N . H . , has a healthy library, which also is used for health screenings, book groups, historical society meetings and so forth. They still have cards, but tl1eyare electronic.

Joan says she visits tl1e library about once a montl1 for books and periodi­ cals, adding, "I always found Miller Library a beautiful and inspirational setting. I loved the carrels when tl1ey arrived and made private study very easy." . . . I received an enthusiastic reply from Marjorie Convery: " I g o t o tl1e library every day, 4 0 hours per week, as I am the director of tl1e Vineyard Haven Library on Martha's Vi neyard. I a m h appy to report that our library is thriving·. vVe just completed a $ 1 .2 -million renovation and expansion and are getting a new computer system that will give us 16 access points to the Internet. . . .

Technology has given all l ibraries a new lease on life as we now have access to more than one million titles in our network database, and we have infinite access tl1rough tl1e vVeb to undreamed of resources. " Marge, whose fondest memory of N l i ller

years as b asketb all coach at Connecticut's Suffield Academy with 1 0 New England championships and 520 victories in b oth b oys and girls basketball, he wasn't l eaving the school, only "cutting b ack to a normal schedu l e , " said the Suffield Obse1·ve1·.

"Normal" means Kinne will concentrate on the other academy job he's held-for 3 8 years-atl1letic director of the 50-sport interscholastic program ·:· The Bangor, Maine, Daily News featured Jill Long '65, J i l l Long '65 director of rehabilitative services at the Bangor Mental Health Institute for the past 1 8 years. Long, who instituted vocational training and therapeutic recreation programs, oversees nine departments covering virtually every form of mental health rehabilitation.

"By addressing more than just the pathology, we help patients realize their strengths and b uild skills from them," she said ·:· Pam Pierson Parziale '65 was named West Virginia vVoman of the Year for Art. Parziale and her husband, Ren, produce more than 2,000 pieces each year at Sycamore Pottery, their Leetown studio. The award-winning potter and arts administrator has nurtured female students and on panels and at conferences encouraged women to earn a Ji,�ng with their art. "I want tl1e attention to b e on the people who do hand work," Parziale said.

Library is "studying in tl1e carrels and drinking coffee in the Spa," adds that her library was named last year as one of the top I 0 libraries in the country for a community under 5 ,000. Marge also reported on her tour of China last fal l : "I.Ve started in Beijing, went to Louyang, then Xian, Guilin and Shanghai. vVe tl1en took a week cruise on tl1e Yangtze River starting from Chongching, where tl1e Flying Tigers had been based in IVVVII. It was a fascinating trip, where everytl1ing you saw, from the street vendors to students studying English, was both exotic and culturally intriguli1g. . . . I am really hoping to do some more traveling in China now that I have been tl1ere." . . . Barbie Carr Howson wrote that her l ibrary branch was recently enlarged and tlut the Library system in her county "seems to be healthy."She said, "I do have a library card Oooks like a charge card with a magnetic stripe and all). Since I have gone back to work I rarely use the public library. Usually when I do it is to take out a video or audiotape.

As for fondest memories of Miller Library-one was my interview in front of one of those big windows across the front . . . . Another could be sitting in the stacks, studying and watching a snow blower toss white clouds above the roofof]ohnson HaLl. And of course the English muffins and lemonade in the Spa during study breaks. This line of thinking makes

me very nostalgic. Sometimes my life at Colby seems to have been all a dream. Ever thought so too?" . . . J im Harris wrote that the Issaquah Public Library is about to open a brand new and much expanded building that has been 1 8 months in construction. But, he says, "I only go to tl1e library when I have books to donate or to public meetings in its conference room.

Because I am in tl1e 'book business' I get all tl1e books I need or can possibly read at very good prices (sometimes free). . . . I tried to use M i l ler Library for sn1dying but could never get comfortable at the tables. Then somebody would come along and ask me to join a bridge game in the Spa or tl1e dorm. " He says he has donated money to the History Department at Colby over the years to purchase books for Miller Library; however, "My fondest memory of the library is to see furniture that my parents donated and that my nephew used 2 5 years after w e graduated." . . . Non­ library news came from PJ Downing Curtis, who attended the Colbyettes reunion last April with Martha Far­ rington Mayo and had a great time.

"It was the 50th reunion of the group, and there were Colbyettes there from the Class of 1 952 to the present day group. . . . Each decade had a separate color, and there were abour nine from the '60s. (\Ve were green 1 ) It was especially great for me to connect again with Judy Kolligian '67, who •

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\Vhy did 40-plus members of our class return to Mayflower Hill 3 5 years afrer graduation? Perhaps because it was there . . . or because we wanted to reconnect with old friends . . . or because we wanted to see today's Colby . . . or because we wanted to meet new Colby President Bro Adams and find out if he and his wife, Cathy, really do have a pig and a menagerie of other unusual animals living with tl1em and their children in the President's House (they do) . or because we wanted to compete in the fun run, sing in the Peter Re chorus, attend any number of special workshops, lectures, tours, receptions . or because we wanted to eat lobster in Maine . . . or because we wanted to be 1 8 again. There are probably 40-plus different reasons why we came back, bur I suspect we are unanimous in being glad we did.

The weather was perfect, the campus never looked more beautiful, the trees are big, and some of us noticed for the first time the view of the Dixmont Hills in the distance, swearing that view was j ust not tbere when we were Colby students. vVe were well served by a huge staff of reunion workers and comfortably housed up behind the chapel in The Heights, the common a rea between The H e i ghts' two wings being a great central greeting, meeting, eating a n d conversation area . . . . At the Saturday night class dinner, class president John Tara thanked h i s fel low officers Fran Finizio a n d 1 atalie Bowerman Zaremba and announced that Fran will step up from vice president to president ro lead us on to our 40th

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reunion. Linda Mitchell Potter is the new ,-ice president and AJunmi Council representati,·e, and I am class correspondent, abh- assisted b,· Linda Buchheim Wagn � r. L inda '�-ill help me gather your news, I will do the columns for the magazine, and ,,.e ''-ill co-produce one class letter a year, asswning you send us enough news. . . . Stu Wantman, who flew in to \ \'atervil le with George Cain on a borrowed plane, is truly an unsung hero of our class. He will continue to ser\·e as class agent, a difficult job he has done well for mam· years. Please be generous when he �a l i s, and if \'OU can't be generous, at least be nice to Stu. \\'e also owe him thanks for im·iting retired Sociology Professor Fred Geib and Dean of the College Earl Smith to our class dinner. Fred looked out at us in silence for a minute from the podium, then began hi comments with "God, you're old," adding that that must mean he's ancient. Earl reminded us that he began his -tO-year Colby career with us in the fall of 1 962 and that he has worked '' ith some 1 5 ,000 Colby students since then . . . . Erik Thorson sang four songs from his upcoming C D-\\ hich '' e all should purchase, fi rst because i t 's good stuff a n d second because Erik w i l l donate one dollar to Colby for each C D purchased b ) a member of t h e Class of '66 . . . . .\ lost of us adjourned to the pa after dinner for some �erious singing and dancing to those nmeless '60s oldies-our music-and tt quickly became our dance Aoor.

L e n n y Nelson demonstrated his great part) ing ;kills, learned at Colby man) ) ear ,tgo. Peter \Vagner may �nil be there dancing . . . . . \t least fi,·e cla�-.mates came back to their first reun t on e' er- Pa t Berg u rrier, J an n a Vaughan Kasarjian, Paula H a ) den Knier, Dick Osborne and Da' e \\'ooley, '' ho made a brief . tppear ,tnce on campu� to <lttend the nuth receptton . . . . Anne R u ggles e re, a Colh) t ru�tee and ch,ur of Colh) \ honoraf) degree program, '' ao, one of four Col h) author� at the .... .ttu nl.t) .tfternoon hook o,tgmng. \ n n e \ fntllll<ll<' Pl"ll(fl(r.\ t c l l o, of the t n fl uenn: of '' omen\ <.:luho, <It the turn of the centuf) . . . . Linda 0 ' onnor \ l c Donough\ leuure on o,tre" lll<lll.t gement '' <1'> another . H u rda) a fternoon feature . . . .

Other '66er' m a t t endance '' ere \\·es Barbour, Da' id Bene'·) , Kat) O\\ er a n er. \ l a rt h a De Cou Dick. Dick i lmore. arol Rodg-

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ers Good, Lona Eldridge Hardy, Ruth Kelleher Hertz, Pam Harris H o l d e n , S u e Footer H u m m e r , D o u g a n d Beth Adams K e e n e , Gary Knight, Denny Maguire, Sal M a n forte, Frank Musche, J o h n P e rkins, G a y l e J o b s o n Poinsett

and Gary Bames, Karen Riendeau Remine, Brian Shacter, Bill Snow, Bob Thompson, Sue Tumer and Diane Leach Wtlbur. Some of us caught a fleeting g]jmpse of Bayard Kennett. Due to space limits, I am

unable to name all the wonderful fam i l y members a n d guests who accompanied our classmates. They ha,·e become an important part of our class, and they enrich our reunions.

I must make special mention of one.

Re\'. Budge Gere, Anne's husband, made us all want to move to St. Louis and become churchgoers after he gave a spontaneous and very moving grace before our class dinner. Thank you, Budge . . . . Planning for our 40th reunion will begin this fall, when Fran Finizio meets with a group of '66ers interested in thinking five years ahead. In the meantime, Linda and I promise to share with you any news you or the College send us or any we can garner on our own. Check the 1 960s correspondents listing else­ where in the class notes section for how ro reach us. You may also use our e-mail addresses, megfwheeler@yahoo.com or linda.at.linden@rcn.com. Please send in your e-mail addresses. It will make our job much easier. Thanks, and best to you all.

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As we write this, the 3 5 th reunion is fast approaching. \Ve hope ro get a good crowd, so contact as many people as you can and get them to join us. Be sure that you've put it on your calendar. Don't miss out on the fun . . . . •\s we get closer ro the 3 5 th, more of our classmates are �caling hack their professional lives .

Eric Rosen a,·oids the \1 ord "retire." l ie e-mails, "I just don't " ork full time. I am othem ise engaged and real I) <.:nj<>) the time to do \1 hat I '' am for lll'>tirution� and causes that I ' alue. I thorough!) enj<>) nOt \\ orking fu l l t nnc. I ha' e plcnt) to do. I also ha' c t nnc to thin!.. and read and am ,, orJ.. t ng on a dad) meditation pracuce." l i t., Ja,, pracnce contmues to o,hnnl.. . although ht'> '' orl.. as an .1 rlmrator I '> gro'' 111g. \nd, recentl) elcucd pre.,Jdcnt of'l emplc Beth \m tn Framtngh.tm, \ Ia'>'>., he conunues to tJl.. c cour'c' at l lehrc\\ College

P u zz l e d by t h e N ew Tax Law? Like most people, you are probably reading and hearing-and scratching your head-about recent changes in the federal tax law. You may be wondering what it all means and whether you need to sit down with an attorney or CPA to see how it affects you and your estate plans. You may also be asking, "How do these recent changes relate to my charitable giving-now and in the future?"

Changes in the tax code, as well as major developments in our personal lives, provide impetus to stop and take stock of our gift and estate plans. The planned giving staff at Colby wants to encourage you to dust off your will and other estate­ planning documents in l ight of these recent changes to the tax code to make sure the documents are compatible with the law and that they adequately reflect your wishes. For your own peace of mind and for the protection of your fami ly, we urge you to review your plans with a qualified estate-planning professional.

We also want to offer you a free brochure that explains some of the changes in the tax law and how these changes may affect charitable giving. Simply fill out and mail the coupon below. You also can request a copy by e-mail at plangift@colby.edu or by calling the Planned G iving office at ( 20 7 ) 8 7 2 -3 2 1 0. In addition to the printed material, we are happy to v isit with you personally to chat about the new tax law and about some of the exciting and rewarding options for maki ng planned gifts to Colby. Again, use the coupon to request an appointment-or contact us via e-mail or phone.

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in B rook l i n e and reads theology, philosophy and history. (He particu­ larly recommends J ames Carro l l 's Constnlltine's Sword.) Eric exchanges e-mails with Jim Thomas and had a drink with him last fal l . He sees George Markley from time to time at temple conferences . . . . Geoff C u rr i e r h a s a l so m a d e l i festy l e adjustments. H � e-mailed that he, wife Joyce and son i\1ax have been living on Martha's Vineyard for the past seven years. During the '80s he had an advertising agency i n Boston but moved to New York to be a creative director at Wells Rich Greene in 1 990. \Vhen Max was ready to start school they added on to their summerhouse on the Vineyard and moved down for good. " I 've been freelance writing here ever si nce, primarily advertising, but I'm also banging away at a book," he wrote. " It's a good life with lots of time for helping out with youth hockey and sailing up and down the coast."

Geoff also has two older kids: Polly, an advertising copywriter living in Tew Jersey, and Zak, a photographer living in Sarasota, Fla. Geoff also asks, "Has anyone heard from Bob Schmaltz?" . . . vVhat have you read recently that you recommend to classmates? Send along your picks and we can develop a list to nourish the mind, body, spirit and perhaps your finances. i\ 1aybe we can put together a book discussion group at the reunion? (Hey, it works for Oprah!) Drop us an e-mail. . . . So far, no one has volunteered to work on a Class of 1 967 'vVeb page. Does that mean we're all dinosaurs and still working with tl1e rypewriter, phone and snail maiP Of course not1 They're calling our generation "tl1e rewired/retired." Maybe one of you, or your progeny, could show tl1at the Class of '67 not only mcks but can communicate digitally. " Log on, Elder Terds1 Go, Grey Geeks1 (And \Vhite Mules!)"

-Robert Gmcia nndJm0' Genie Heiue

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On J une 9, after 3 3 years, members of the 1 968 Colby College i\ Iaine State Track and Field Cham­ pionship Team met in New York for tl1eir first reunion. This was the first Colbv . team to win the championship since tl1e meet began in 1 895. Guest ofhonor was former Head Coach Ken \Veinbel, who journeyed from Seattle for the occasion. The reunion was tl1e brainchild of Ethiopian Olympian Sebsibe Mamo ' 7 0 , the greatest

distance rmu1er in Colby's history.

Also attending were Bob Aisner, Chris Balsley, Ken Borchers, Dave Elliott, Carl Glickman, Ilan Hadani ' 7 0 , Rich Lewis, Tom M aynard '69, Bill Palombo, Tom Rippon, Dan Timmons '70 and Walt Young.

Several spouses, friends and one fian­ cee also attended. Aisner journeyed from Texas, Maynard from Colorado and Timmons from Canada. An open house was held tl1at afternoon at team manager Rich Lewis's i\1an hattan apartment, where tl1e 1 967-68 movie "Mamo of Colby," featuring many of the members of the team, was shown several times. Dan Timmons brought a scrapbook that faithfully chronicled the team's evolution, and Coach vVeinbel brought each person a copy of the cover of the 1 968 Champion­ ship program signed 3 3 years ago by each member of the team. A reception and sumptuous banquet took place tl1at evening in a private room at Da Antonio Rjstorante on East 5 5 t11 St. in Manhattan. At the end of the reception, team members posed for a team photo in the exact same positions as they had 33 years before. During the dinner, each member of tl1e team stood and talked about his memories and what being part of the Colby team meant-and still means-to him. vVhile this was planned as the first and last such reunion, people have already started talking about getting another one organized . . . .

Excerpt from Tbe vV rtsbi71gtOII Post, June 6, 200 1 , headlined " Daschle's Staff in Majoriry Leagues; Senator's Aides Are D riven, Loya l . " " Like most of tl1eir Capitol Hill brethren, aides to Sen. Thomas A. Daschle (D-S.D.) prefer to toil in anonymiry, but Daschle's ascension to tl1e Senate majoriry leader's job has also raised the profile of his staff. . . At the top of the hierarchy is Peter Rouse, Daschle's chief of staff since 1 98 5 .

A Com1ecticut native a n d graduate of Colby College, Rouse, 5 5 , holds a master's degree from Harvard and has known Daschle since the two were legislative assistants in tl1e office of former representative]ames Abourezk ( D-S.D.) in the 1 970s. Colleagues describe Rouse as Daschle's 'alter ego' and 'confidant.' Famous for shunning the press . . . Rouse not only runs the leadership office but also oversees Daschle's personal office and politi­ cal and South Dakota operations. ' Pete's probably tl1e qujetest and most understated political staffer on the Hill,' said one Daschle adviser. 'He's

the alter ego staffer who's content sitting at rus desk for 1 5 hours a day . . . . [ Daschlej relies on him to empower all the top aides to do their jobs." . . . I also received e-mail from Carol Sutherland Paterson, who writes tl1at she's been out of touch for 30 years or so but always reads our class news with interest. She only attended Colby for two years before transferring to C-Berkeley (who could argue with tuition of $68 a quarter in California)), but she loved her time in \<Vaterville. She graduated, got married, had a couple of kids (Tracy has a degree in economics but has switched gears and is studying to be a physician's assistant in Denver; Stephen is a graduate student i n engineering a t the Universi ty of Texas). In spite of her comparative literature degree, Carol ended up as a CPA working i n information technology. She retired last montl1 and went to Paris for three weeks.

After comjng home to a green pool and long grass, she says she and husband Jim are considering Ji,ring part of tl1e year in Paris: "\Vho can resist fresh reo·odor bread, terri fie coffee, a metro that can get you anywhere in the ciry and open markets with fresh fruit, vegetables, meat and fish? I just need to figure out what to do with my horses while we're gone.'' . . . Classmates, please send more news1

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Thanks to the Alumni Office I have some news to report. (\Vhile it's great to receive information from the College, I'm really hoping to hear from you personally-there are lots of people out there who care about you and are interested in knowing how you are and what you're doing1) \Ve have a quiet international ambas­ sador in our midst in me person of optometric surgeon Doug Smith, who is currently the president of Medford, Ore.'s Rotary Club. \Vhen he traveled to the Kamchatka Penin­ sula in Russia five years ago tO help establ ish a new branch of Rotary I nternati o n a l , he a n d h i s fe l l ow travelers were distressed by the lack of good medical facilities there. \\'hen he "saw a -1-year-old child die because they didn't have the 90 cents for antibiotics," Doug knew it was time to act. From a modest start four years ago, hjs humanitarian mission has evolved into an 1 1 . 5 -million project. D o n a t i o n s have ranged from computers tO mammographic

1970s Correspondents 1970 Brenda Hess Jordan 141 Tanglewood Drive Glen E l lyn, IL 60137 630-858-1514 cl assnews1970@alum.colby.edu 1971 Nancy Neckes Dumart 1 9 Deergrass Road Shrewsbury, MA 0 1 545 508-842-1083 cl assnews197 1@alum.colby.edu 1972 Janet H o l m Gerber 409 Reading Ave nue Rockvi lle, M D 20850 301-424-9 160 classnews1972@alum.colby.edu 1973 Jackie Nienaber Appeldorn Mohonk Mountain House New Paltz, NY 1 2561 845-255-4875 classnews1973@alum.colby.edu 1974 Robin Sweeney Peabody 46 E l k Lane Littleton, CO 80127 303-978-1129 fax: 303-904-0941 classnews197 4@alum.colby.edu 1975 Bruce Young 20 Appl ewood Ave n u e B i l lerica, MA 01821 978-443-6417 classnews1975@alum.colby.edu 1976 J a ne Souza Di ngman 805 River Road Leeds, ME 04263 207-524-5701 classnews1976@alum .colby.edu 1977 Ellen D. O ' Brien 205 Fernwood Ave n u e Davenport, lA 52803-3606 319-359-4665 classnews 1977@alum.colby.edu 1978 Robert S . Woodbury 484 Bridge Street H a m i lton , MA 01982 978-468-3805 classnews1978@alum.colby.edu 1979 Cheri Bai ley Powers 6027 Scout Drive Colorado Springs, CO 80918 7 19-532-9285 classnews1979@alum.colby.edu

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e q u i p m e n t-a v i r t u a l l y complete hospital at what was ground zero location for the Strategic Air Com­ mand 30 years ago, when Doug was a missile launch officer with SAC. I think Doug has supplied us with a valuable lesson . . . . The state oL\ Iaine continues to be busy preserving its h eritage, t h a n ks in particular to Earle Shettleworth Jr., director of the :\ I aine H istorical Preservation Commission. \\'e owe a great deal to Earle for his prodigious efforts, most recent!�· as co-author of a book, F6• Rod Cl·osby: The Woman Wbo :Hnrketed .l lnine, about a colorful 1 9th-century

:\ Iaine character, and as an evaluator of the old stone and wood piers on the Kennebec River, which surfaced during the recent Kennebec River

restoration . . . . Hello to Phil Wysor, who has recently joined the law firm of Glovsl·y & Glovsky in Beverly, Mass., after having practiced i n Lynnfield for many years. If my geography serves me, this move brings him a l ittle closer to home in i\1arblehead, where he and his wife, Deborah Stephenson '68, live-and perhaps also to the yacht club, PhiP . . . School chi ldren in :\ Iaine are fortunate that James (Huey) Coleman agreed to direct the :\ Iaine Student Film and Video Festival again this year. He has lent his admirable expertise to this program for 2 5 years a n d is acclaimed by those involved with this program as a marvelously patient, excellent teacher who elicits and encourages unfettered student creativity. "Then he's not

encouraging student growth in the arts, Huey, who lives i n Portland, i\1aine, can be found working on a documentary on Mt. Katahdin with his old friend and mentor, Abbott Meader. I look forward to tl1e release of"'Vilderness and Spirit: AMountain Called Katahdin." Please let me !mow when it's available for viewing, Huey. . . . Congratulations to Molly Carroll Ray on her marriage to Jim Maines in August 2 00 1 . Jim's one lucky guy1 J\ lolly's son, Tyler, who graduated from Hobart College and is now working in 'Vashington, D.C., was to be home for the occasion, as was Molly's daughter, Mall01-y, who graduated from 1)1\.T}l and is working in San Francisco. Mallory shares an aparm1ent w·ith Ken's and my two

daughte rs, S a rah, w h o grad uated from Tufts five years ago, and Laura '98. Second generation roommates!

To round out the children news, our son Ken '02, who last springcompleted his junior year at Colby majoring in American smdies, remrned from a semester of study in London and travel in Europe and lived with us for the summer, familiarizing himself with his new city. That's another tidbit of news from the Jordans-we moved last fal l from the coast of Maine to Chicago in a big midlife adventure, and while of course we miss our home state, we have found Chicago to be a marvelously exciting place to live. I f any of you are in the area, please let us know-we'd be delighted to see you. Ken is first

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Ta ke 1t from a n expert: "The only thing more stressful than working on a copy desk is be i n g a mother. " A decade ago, as a young u p-and -comer, Karen Caputo Craft '77 was gra mma r's last line of defense at Capitol H i l l's most i nfluential news source, The Washington Post. Today she is a full-time mother who takes issue with the J u ne Cleaver i mage and t h e stay-at-home voca bulary of the old economy.

kind of thought I wo uld be a n actress , " she

sa i d . " B ut I walked i nto the right em ployment office on the right day . " That la nded her with the Post. " I stu pidly thought I wou l d have a baby, then go right bac k to wor k , " she sa i d . " B ut here's what no one tel l s you : you become add icted to your baby. I became add icted to ba bies a nd kids, and nobody was more

'' I hate the term 'stay-at-home mom , "' said Craft. "You will not find u s a t home. M y l 1fe is f u l l o f dea d l i nes, every hour. I a m constantly o n dea d l i n e . I never stopped working, but I completely cha nged the way

su rprised at that than me. I t h i n k the more focused you a re on you r career, t h e more you ' l l become focused on you r ba by . " Craft does not see herself as a traitor to the women's l i beration movement. I n t h i s d igital age o f i ndependent consultants, home offices

I work . " From her Bethesda, M d . , home, she works as a freelance copy editor for a trade magaz1ne, Psychotherapy Networker, a nd as a n occa s ional freelance reporter for t h e Post. "We need t o get o u t o f t h i s mindset where you leave the house at n i ne a n d come home at six. The traffic is k i l l ing us. Gas pnces a re k i l l ing u s . W e don't need t o do th1s a nymore. W e c a n be

a nd telecommuting, she says, women can have a ca;eer and sti l l be there when their c h i l d ren get home from schoo l .

"I t h i n k mothers should have paid work outside of the home. But maybe that means you get up, go to work a nd come home at t h ree. You can have a n evening together a s a fa m i ly from three to seve n .

H e r h usband , B i l l '75, a n d sons, W i l l i a m , 1 2 , a n d M a x , 8, ta ke u p most of her time now, but Craft says she's t h i n k i ng

flexible," Craft sa 1d.

Two decades ago, Shelby Coffey (who would later become ed1tor of the Los Angeles Times and presid e nt of CNN Bus1 ness News) begged Craft's advert1s1ng su perv1sor to transfer her 1nto the news d e partment. She bailed on a management pos1tion at the Post to take a JOb on the copy desk because she thought 1t would be more fun, and she

a bout making a nother ti re-screec h i ng turn i nto a new career: " I wa nt to do more freelance writing, but I ' m seriously t h i n k i ng a bout be i ng one of those people who leave the busi ness world a n d become a teacher. " "When we were out protesting for women's rights, what we d id n't know

read1ly a d m 1ts developing a n add 1ct1on to

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t h e newsroom, t o commg 1 n early a n d

d re n , " s h e sa i d . " W e a l l j ust figured ,

staymg late On the one ha n d . 1t m1ght be s u rpnsmg t h a t she J u m ped s h r p 1 n

d e a l with t h e whole c h i ld-rearing t h i ng.

1989 to rarse her rrst son On the other hand Craft has a lways been w1111ng to m a ke a cha nge after study1ng for a year rn Rome, Craft had no rdea what she wanted . " I

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vice president/planning director in Smith Barney's private client planning services. vVh en I'm not zooming around northern and central Illinois as a publisher's representative, I've taken it upon mysel f to become Chicago's perso n a l c h a m be r of com m e rce representative to the East Coast.

This is a great city-come visit' Price of admission: ne-.ys from you '

After buying a house on the Pawtuxet River

2 5 years ago, "I got reli gi on about the environment," Ginny Leslie '71 told the

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Colby Retmion Weekend has come and gone, but J une 7 - 1 0, 2 00 1 , holds special memories for all o f us who were forrunate enough to be able to attend. I regret that space will not allow me to list everyone who showed up, but here are some highlights.

Joe and Carol Fall Bourgoin are living happily ever-after in \i\Tinslow, Maine; Carol continues her work for the Maine Home for Little \Vancler­ ers . . . . Linda Chester and Thom Graziano are in Hudson, Mass., with 1 0-year-old J a m i e . L i n d a teaches Latin i n Leom i n s ter, Mass . . . .

Richard Kenworthy, another Latin teacher among us, lives with wife Beth and their children, Anne and Albert, in Glastonbw·y, Conn . . . .

Grace Cappannari E l l iott, fresh from husband Paul's Union College reunion, came, as did Roz Wasser­ man Cooper and husband I van, who had also just participated in his Union College reunion. The Coopers Aew all the way from home in North Caro l i n a . Nonetheless, the long­ distance trave ler prize had to be awarded to Katie and Larie Tripper, who Aew from their home in Lake Tahoe, and to Linda Wallace and George ofOrange County, California.

Linda entertained us with original film footage of our 1 97 1 graduation as well as vintage photos from our era on what used to be a smaller NlayAower Hill. Linda beckons to us to attend the 3 5th reunion to see new film footage caprurecl by her husband's ubiquitous camera work. Otl1er long-distance travelers included: Mary and Rod Schultz of H ouston, Texas, for whom this was a first reunion experience, Dr. Tom Gallant of Marshfield, \Vis., and Janet Beals and Dave Nelson, long-time residents of Vail, Colo.

J anet now reaches classical piano. . . . It is inspirational to see Colby friends-for-life who sti ll get together regularly: Pat Trow Parent reports that she still sees Jan Blatchford Gordon, Deb Messer Zlatin, who made it to t h e reu n i o n , K a r e n

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and Mary Jukes Howard, who Aew from Oklahoma for the rew1ion . . . .

Paula and Craig Dickinson drove up from Wells, Maine, on Sarurclay. . . . Mary Ellen and Bill Glennon brought their children, Leah andJack. . . . Debby ( Bittenbender '72) and Dave Collins joined us at tl1e class dinner and later danced the night away . . . . vVas that Weird AI Yankovic or Mike Smith on the dance Aoor in the Spa in his traditional reunion cameo after-dinner appearance? . .

No '7 1 reunion would be complete without Linda ( H oward ' 7 2 ) and Ron Lupton's "cloud dance"; they were joined in that number by Linda and Dave Williams, Paul and Susie Sammis Spiess and Paul and Jane Hight Edmunds. Paul is our new class president, while Jane will be our class vice president and representative to tl1e Alumni Council. . . . I would be remiss i f I did not mention the outstanding leadership shown by our outgoing cl ass president, J e rome Layma n , i n the p l a n n i n g of the reunion weekend. I a l so extend appreciation on behalf of tl1e class to my predecessor, a hard act to follow in writing class news, Iron Man Jim Hawkins. . . . A last observation: Claudia Caruso Rouhana really does look even more lovely than she did 30 years ago'

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Based on tl1e correspondence I've received, reaching that imposing SOtl1 birthday hasn't slowed any of us down. In fact, a number of us have used tl1is milestone as cause to celebrate with Colby classmates.

Botl1 Alex v\rtlson and Joe Mattos wrote about a gathering of Lambda Chi celebrants tl1at took place on Martha's \'iney<lrd in April. Lloyd Benson, Dick Beverage, Brian

Cone, Bob Landsvik, Duncan Leith, Luke Kimball, John Krasnavage, Joe Mattos, Bob (RobertT.) O'Neill (aka Onie), Phil Ricci and Alex Wtlson were joined by Ken Bigelow

'7 1 , Ron Lupton ' 7 1 ,Jim Brennan '74 and former classmate Chris "Speedy" Lawson. Dick and Bob traveled the fartl1est, Aying in from Colorado and California . The festivities fearured lots of swings on the golf course, plenty of good food and drink, some card playing and an announcement from Bob of his recent engagement (tl1e third time's the charm, Onie1).

This same group celebrated their 40th birthdays with a similar gathering and apparently had so much fun rurning 50 tl1at they already have plans for tl1eir S S tl1 . . . . Patience Stoddard wrote to describe her most amazing 50th birthday. Her birthday gift from her husband and fa mily was two horses. The weekend of her birthday, 45 adults, 1 7 kids and nine dogs arrived from as far away as J\ 1ichigan and California for an old-fashioned barn raising of a post-a n d -beam barn her family had secretly been working on for months. By tl1e end of the weekend, Patience had a barn complete with two stalls and an electric three-rail fence around two acres of pasrure for her two beautiful horses.

Colby roommate Janet Carpenter arrived from J\Iaine to lend a hand.

Patience writes, "there is nothing in life more precious than good friends."

I couldn't agree more. I, too, was forrunate to celebrate this 5 0th­ birthday year with four Colby class­ mates: Lisa Kehler Bubar, Debbie M a e i -Mandino, C a rol Chalker McDowell and Chris Mattern Way.

I n Boothbay H a rbor we spent a magnificent June weekend filled with bridge (of course!), tennis, shopping, dining and enjoying friendship. Linda

Howard Lupton '72 stopped in for a visit one night and led us to a great seafood dirmer. Chris took us up on a dare and clove into the chilly Maine ocean, reminding us of her swim in Johnson Pond . . . . In M ay, I was happily surprised to get an e-mail from Dave De Long notifying me that his family would be spending his father-in-law's 70tll birthday at Mohonk Mountain House, where I work. liVh i l e at Mohonk, Dave introduced me to his family, including his wife and two young daughters, ages 8 and -+. Dave recently earned his Ph.D. from Boston Un iversity and works as a consultant and as an adjunct professor in tl1e M . B.A. program at Babson . . . . I have more news from several otl1er classmates, so look for those updates in the next col u m n . H appy 5 0th birthday to you all; may your Colby friendships continue to Aourish .

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Chuck and Cathy Phillips J ew i tt a re sti l l living i n M a i n e .

Chuck i s director of guidance at a Rockland high school , and Cathy teaches English at Lincoln Academy, where their son, James, is a junior.

O l d e r brother Scott is studying business in M a ryland. Chuck and Cathy spent a Sunday in May driving around the Colby campus admiring the new buildings and noting how well they are integrated with the older ones. . . . Ralph Ted Field e-mails that in December 2000 he moved into a new condo development along the U-Street Corridor in D.C. He says the area used to be known as the " B lack Downto w n " prior to integration in tl1e 1 960s; now it is one of the city's most diverse and vital downtown neighborhoods with lots of jazz, history and interesting neighbors. Ralph is director of?'-Jot­ For-Profit ,\ lanagement, The Gradu­ ate School, Uni\•ersity of ;\ !a ryland University College, where he also teaches. L 1 April 2 00 1 he was initi­ ated into Phi Kappa Phi for his contributions to academic l i fe on campus . . . . Ann Reiman was looking forward to her June ''isit in England with Sarah Dailey Berry and Alan ' 7 5 .

The Berrys are Ji,1ng i n Dorset during their Fulbright teacher exchange year. The experience has been so wonderful that they are threatening not to rerurn home' . . . iV laryA.nn Sartucci Andrews was to defend her master's paper on violence in the workplace on June 1 and then be free'

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ALICIA M. RODRIGUEZ-CONNOLLY '78 What she does Personal coach a n d busi­

ness fac i l itator.

What that means, for those of us who d o n't have one A person who helps you

or you r orga n ization design life and work a round what matters most to you .

H o w l on g she's been i n Maryland Five

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Who she l ives with H usband Gerard J . P.

Connolly '75, son Jose p h , dog Ba iley.

What c l i e nts get out of her personal c o a c h i ng, acc ord i n g to the Sunday Capi-

tal i n Annapo l i s , Md. Rega i n their passion for life a nd work, a b u n ­ dant energy a n d joy.

Who could use some of that? Everybody.

She and her husband celebrated with a week in \ \'yonting and a later ,.jsit to in-laws on the coast of ;\ 1aine . . . .

Bruce Eisenhut currently works as an assistant bar counsel for the Supreme J udicial Court i n Suffolk County, .\ lass. H e is running for election to the �eedham planning board. Bruce wants to continue the public outreach the board has displayed . . . . Kathy Tibbetts Cortez writes that she has lived in Hawaii since graduation. She i married to Jim Cortez and has a daughter, 2-f, a son, 1 3 , and a 2 -year­ old granddaughter. Kathy works as director of policy analysis and system e1·aluation for Kamehameha Schools, best de cribed as a pri,·ate school system. In the last rwo years she has run into ue Ann Earon and Bob ( )'�ei l l ' 7 3 , \\ hO were engaged as consultants . . . . I thought that I \\ JS q uoti n g accu rately from the ne11 ;paper article senr ro me br Colb�· \1 hen I reponed in the spring issue about an an e\hibit in Oaks Bluff in jul) � 000. I \I a� accurate, a; it turns out-e\cept that the artist \\ asn't our 0\1 n Ann Bicknell Chri t ense n . \.nn, I 0\1 e you column space for ;ure. �end me an update!

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u rt owdy J r connn ues to -,pan the globe for \.BC Sport'>.

The 1 4-nme Fmm� \\I ard-111nnmg producer reCl:nrl� completed the -lOth \.nrm cr-,a� �pecral for \\'ide \ \'orld of �port., and produced the \\'orld I rack and Field Champromhrp'> and L r rt l e I cague \\ ·orld . t:rrt:'> t h l '> -,ummer. Curt I n e-, rn '\ C\1 Caruan.

Conn., \1 rrh h" \1 r fc. Kart:n, and thcrr thrt:c daughter-, . . . . The n) der arc 11101 rng, and the� art: takrng Ted along \1 rth them. l i e ,., gorng to ht: the

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dean at the Urtiversit:y of Chicago's Graduate School of Business starting this fal l . Not only is he returning to h i s othe1· a l m a mater, but it's a l so the place where he met his wife, Kim . . . . Susie Gearhart Wuest has been dealing with the empty nest syndrome this year. Daughter Karen is in her third year at the University of Pittsburgh, and son Eric is spendi.ng his senjor year of high school i n the Young Artist Program at Cleveland I nstitute of Music. But Susie is adapt­ ing quite well to the freedom. She took French classes, piano lessons and ballroom dance lessons, competed in some triathlons and biked all over Colorado' . . . Cathy McGerigle Taylor reports that she had a great time at the 2 5th reunion. Since she lives in \\'atervil le, she also attended the inaugural ball for Bro Adams l a st fa l l . She i s al o i m•olved i n planning the \\'aten·ille bicenterrrtial celebration, scheduled for June 2002.

Her particular responsibility is the ga l a ba l l that w i l l be one of the centerpiece events of the celebration.

The plan is for a brass fanfare to be \1 ritten and performed for the occasion . . . . Karen Chadboume ,\[ i l l e r has spent the last 1 8 years \\·ith ,\.rthur Ander en. She is currently the di1 ision operations manager for the assurance practice. She is al o a de1 oted mother to her son, Stash. \nd, pur'iuing a passion for spiritual gro\1 th that she says began at Col by, Karen i'> en rol l i n g this fa l l i n a graduate '>tud) program in \\Omen's '>prrrtualr� at the l l artford Semina�·· . . \ l ichael antara , the former lllJ ) or of Brddcford, ,., rn hi� third term a> ' ork Coun� d!'>trrct anorne) . \\'h r l t: he rcma r m r n tc re�ted i n polrtrc>, h e h a achrc1 e d a great deal of .

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personal and professional satisfaction where he is and plans to seek a fourth term . . . . Always an avid dancer at Colby, Katy Seabrook Brunault is now the very proud owner and director of the Ham.ilton-Wenham (i\ Iass.) School of Dance. The school has a staff of four besides Katy and about 1 0 students. \Vhile mostly aimed at children, the school also offers classes for adults. As much as she loves dancing, Katy says that the joy and creativity of the kjds is as great a reward. . . . And no, Ed Decker didn't really move to Dead Horse, Alaska, w he re he i s n 't d i l i ge n t l y workjng o n the last, really the last, great American novel. . . . That's all for now. Did you know that on my spellcheck, "\Vatenrille" is flagged, and tl1e only suggested change is "waterhole"?

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Hello, classmates' The reunion was a great success, from all accow1ts.

I was not there for much of it, due to scheduling difficulties. (Having five teenage chi l d ren adds complexity to daily l ife') Please let me know your news so we can get it into the magazine. I need to hear from some of you before December 1 so I can make my December 1 5 due date for the column. Your notes for the rew1ion directory are wonderful , now let's not let that effort go to waste' Keep us up to date. Remember, we care (or we're inquisitive, not to say nosy).

I 'm looking forward to hearing from all of you, especially from classmates who did not make it to campus or who have not been in contact for a while. I would also like to hear from people who started out with '7 6 but did not finish with us. \Ve were all frosh together, and it was fun, so contact me at jvdingman@alum.colby.edu as soon as you can '

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Hronn Rikhardsdottir, who was a classmate during our freshman year and roommate ofBetsy Will.iams Stivers, now lives in her hometown of Akranes, Iceland, where she is married and has two daughters who are 1 5 and 7 . She is an assistant principal in a school with roughly 500 students from 6 to 1 6. She also finds time to study for a master's degree in educational a d m i n i stration. �ext semester she \ 1 ill begin her master's project, which i� about feminine and ma'>culine leaden, hip �tyles. Betsy and l l ronn are sti l l in touch . . . . Brad

Germain writes from his hometown of Anleboro, Mass., where he lives with his wife, Bev, and four kjds: Ashley, 1 8, Shaelyn, 1 5 , Rory, 12, and Charlone, 1 0. Ashley joins the Colby Class of 2 005 this fal l ! Brad thought the admissions process was tougher for Ashley than it was for him (probably because he'll be paying the bills'). The Germains have spent the past five summers i n the Northeast Kingdom ofVermont a t a place called Quimby's, an old and storied family camp. It's 700 acres of peace and quiet that is much anticipated all year. Brad a l so m a k e s a p l u g for books by classmates J a n e B r o x a n d G e rry Boyl e , encouragi ng a l l who have not done so a l ready to read them.

I second that motion . . . . Helena Bonnell Gilman's latest news is that she recently transferred her job at Mjcrosoft from Dubai, UAE, to Paris, France. She's tl1ere with her husband and two sons, ages 1 0 and 1 1 , and is working at tl1e corporate headquarters as corporate affairs manager, Europe, M i d d l e East a n d Africa. H e l e n a acknowledges tl1at Monsieur Oudin's French classes are paying off after many years' The Gilmans feel that Paris is a great city and offer to be of help to any classmate who is tl1inking of v i s i t i n g . . . . C l ass pres i d e n t Sandy B u c k h a s been e lected to serve a three-year term on the board of directors for the Massachusetts Audubon Society. Roebuck is also tl1e president of Horizon Fow1dations, Inc., an education-oriented founda­ tion that mak�s grants in tl1e fields of art, environment, h i story a n d l e a d e r s h i p development. A l l t h i s after 1 8 years teaching English and history at Shore Country Day School, Applewild School and Pingree School. . . John Devine writes that after exploring many options following the demjse of Beautyjungle.com, he has l anded: he has found two Maryland corporations to make investments in his business plan to resurrect the distribution and ful fillment services tl1at they offered at Beautyjungle. \Vith any l uck and a l i ttle time, whenever any of us buy our favorite beauty products (man, do I need some of those) at CVS, Brooks, K-Mart, bluelight.com, etc., those products will most likely have flowed through John's distribution network. John's titles are President, Chief Cook and Bottle \\'asher. H e claims he may also take forklift driving lessons . . . .

Doug Light received a third National Science Foundation grant to a llow .

srudents to research red blood cell volume regulation. Doug i s an associ­ ate professor of biology at R ipon College i n Wisconsin. Doug says, " t h e regu l a ti o n of movement o f substances across cell membranes i s a fundamental aspect of cel l physiology that needs to be worked out if we are to better w1derstand how cells function normally.and why they don't function properly during diseased states." . . . Lee Roberts has been named sales representative and ship­ ping consultant at Unishi ppers, a Melbourne, Australia-based company.

Lee will oversee sales iJ1 J\l[ artin, St. Lucie and Indian River (Fla.) counties and quotes on any individual heavy and odd-shaped freight shipments by land, sea or air. He lives in Jensen Beach, Fla . . . . I received a newsy e-mail from long-lost (at least I thiJ1k so) Bill Hough. He sends greetings from a cold and snowy (on M arch I , 2 00 1 , anyway) Riga, Latvia, and "L11lirm, Estonia. He has been active the past eight years in developing a law practice i n these places and in L i t h u a n i a and R u s s i a , w h e re h e o p e n e d a s m a l l o ffice i n S t .

Petersburg a t the end of 2 000. His firm represented the shareholders of Latvia's largest insurance group in their negotiations with respect to sale of the group to a ordic financial conglomerate. While he misses the U.S., he finds his work very reward­ ing, and he says Estonia's coastline is evocative of Maine's. He invites anyone traveling to tl1e Baltic states to contact him . . . . l fyou've \o\'Titten, please be patient, I'll get to you. Thanks.

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By now evet·yone has been tl1rough graduations of some kind.

Congrarulations to all of the graduates of 200 1 1 At my house we watched my oldest daughter, Kayleigh, go through eightl1 grade promotion. Anyone have any suggestions on how to deal with high school? I could sure use some. . . . Richard Uchida was recently mentioned in the New Hampsbh·e Sunday News regarding N.H. profes­ sional conduct rules, in particular rules 3 .6 and 3 . 8. Rich is a Concord attorney, having previously taught professional ethics at Franklin Pierce Law Center, and now sits on tl1e N.H. Bar Association's etl1ics committee. . . . Bob Kinney was feeling a bit remiss in not wTiting since his stint as class correspondent, but it sounds as if he has been very busy since stepping down. He is in the midst of his tl1ird

year as chief counsel for environ­ ment for the ational Association of Attorneys General. A significant portion of his job is arranging confer­ ences and training workshops for staffs of tl1e state attorneys general, as well as acting as liaison between state AGs and federal environmental enforcement agencies. He says he recently had his first opporrunity to say, " J\I[ r. Chief Justice, and may it please tl1e Court," i f only for the purposes of moving the admission of four of his colleagues to the U.S. Supreme Court bar; "Was fun to appear before the highest court in the land, i f only for 30 seconds."

Bob's kids, Mattl1ew, 7, and Sarah, 4, keep him and his wife, Kay, busy with school and soccer. Bob reports that last fall Peter Goodnow, Mark Cecelski andJoru1 Veilleux '80 joined Bob in taking Jeff Manhart '8 1 out for dinner at Morton's of Chicago prior to Jeff's wedding in ovember.

He says that Cecil had a difficult year in 2000, losing both his parents within one month of each other, but has recovered well. He cont i nues to trade occasional e-mails with several other Colby alums outside tl1e Washington, D.C., area and I hope will continue to keep me updated on what he hears. Keep working on the "honey-do" l ist, Bob. I t is a never-ending l ist at my house as well . . . . Jane Gair Prairie writes from Westbrook, Maine. She is working at Mercy Hospital \Vestbrook in the eating disorders program. She loves what she is doing and waits to see if the program will change locations again. Her son, Everett, is 4 and keeps Jane and her husband botl1 amused and challenged. She says that now that the smelly part of tl1e mill has closed down, \Vestbrook is becoming a more desirable place to live. That's good, as she doesn't lack for tenants for her two-family house . . . Martha Soucy is very busy working for Fleet.

Martl1a is constantly on the road, working wherever Fleet is acquiring banks or busi nesses. Her title is financial systems project manager, but she refers to herself as part of " Ken Durling's [her boss] Road Team," six or seven people who have spent tl1e last four years on the road. 1artha hasn't been able to enjoy her new condo, having only spent 30 days in it. I know tlut I haven't been able to keep track of her whereabouts as she has been in N.J . , .Y., Pa. and Mass. and will probably be heading west later in the year. One of these days .

we'll meet up. I need to reintroduce her to her goddaughter, my oldest, Kayleigh . . . . I would love to hear how everyone spent their summers, where tl1ey went and whom they saw.

-Cberi Bailey Powers

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Hereare some ofyour2S-year­ olcl memories in response to our recent class newsletter. Tina Chen Starke remembers l istening to Fmmpton ComesAlive ancl Boston's albums while living i n " Fort Weird." Tina and Larry '8 1 , whom she met freshman year, recently traveled to Cuba as part of a cuirural exchange. . . . Ron Levine remembers adjusting to an environment where classmates came from very different backgrounds. Ron lives in Cambridge, Mass., and works as an engineer/scientist at Mi rror Image in Bedford, Mass. He spends his free time playing tennis and bike racing and has traveled to China, M orocco a n d Iceland . . . Dan Berger's favorite memories are of listening to a band in the Colby pub, then walking to Dunkin' Donuts in Waterville on a freezing cold night.

Another highlight was the Tau Delta Beach Party . . . . Mimi Brodsky Kress keeps in touch witl1 freshman friends Debbie Pugh Kelton and Gretchen Huebsch Daly by traveling nortl1 to Maine every summer. She also keeps in touch with Paul Faulkner. Mimi lives in Bethesda, Mel., where she works as a custom homebuilder and spends time witl1 her husband and children, ages 6 and 1 1 . She does charitable work with homeless pre­ schoolers and reads a lot ("Charlie Bassett would be proud 1 ") . H e r memories are of partying a t KDR and hanging out in the quad. . . .

Dan Salirnone's funny memories of Colby are unprintable' Dan's news is that he was married in January '0 1 in Huntingron Beach, Calif., to Leilani Alfaro. He works as a surgical tech, and Leilani is an operating room nurse in San Jose hospitals. They recently took a honeymoon/surf safari vacation in the Hawaiian Islands ( Leilani's birthplace) . . . . Wayne Lang remembers the (wild) fraternity parties. \Vayne, a biologist, skis and windsurfs near his home in Pacifica, Calif. . . . ancy Kennedy Escher met many of her Colby friends fresh­ man year. She lives in Bristol, Conn., is a career center coordinator and enjoys spending time with husband David and their three boys . . . . Jay Moody, who writes from Falmouth, Maine, keeps in touch with frosh .

1980s Correspondents 1980 Lynn Col l i n s Francis 1 6 Oakridge Road Sudbury, MA 0 1 7 76 classnews1980@alum .colby.edu 1981 Elizabeth Sti ller Fahey 4740 Connecticut Ave. NW #610 Washington, DC 20008 classnews1981@alum.colby.edu 1982 M i m i H. Rasmussen 219 Lexington Ave nue Cambridge, MA 02138 6 1 7-492-1002 classnews1982@a lum.colby.edu 1983 Sally Lovegren Merchant 24 Easy Street Mt. Desert, ME 04660 207-244-0441 fax: 207-244-9445 classnews1983@alum .colby.edu 1984 Cynth ia M. M u l liken-Lazzara 18 Sunshire Avenue Sausal ito, CA 94965 4 1 5-332-3542 classnews1984@alum .colby.edu 1985 Sue James Geremia 8 7 Centre Street Dover, MA 02030 508-7 85-8366 classnews1985@alum.colby.edu 1986 Andrea Sarris 499 Cutts Avenue #2 Portsmouth, NH 03801 603-433-4439 ( h ) 603-868-4490 (w) cl assnews1986@alum .colby.edu 1987 Jane N icol Manuel 8 Wentworth Drive Beverly, MA 01915 978-92 7-6084 fax: 520-833-6214 classnews1987@alum.colby.edu 1988 Dean A. Schwartz 94 U pland Road Concord, M A 01742 classnews1988@alum .colby.edu 1989 Anita L . Terry 501 Warwick Street St. Paul, MN 5 5 1 1 6 651-698-9382 fax: 65 1-848- 1 182 classnews1989@al um .colby .edu

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friends vVarren Pratt,] ohn Carpen­ ter and Ted Reed. H e remembers K D R parties, enjoyed anending last �·ear's reunion and says, "E,·eryone should show up for our 2 5th i n 2005 ! " Jay "·orks as a geologist and skis, fishes and cycles "ith his family . . . .

Lisa McDonough 0' Tei J l li,·ed i n Johnson H a l l freshman year. Suze Connolly Levere was her roommate, and the�· ha,·e been the best of friends e1·er since. She began the year being freaked out by crossing the hall to the bathroom i n her robe; b�- the end of the year she was skinny dipping i n Johnson Pond with friends. . . .

Bob Iotley reports that he is stil l i n touch with freshman friends. H e recent!�· purchased a 2 3 0-year-old farm i n \\'oodstock, Conn., where he enjo�-s life i n the country with his " 1 fe and two children, working in real estate, tra,·eling and gardening. . . . Lisa Paskalides Grirrunig and her husband, .\ lark, had their third on, Daniel Peter, in April '0 1 . He join brothers Chris, 1 4, and Ben, 1 0, i n S u m m i t, :-\ .] . , where L i s a spends many afternoons driving a n d spectating at 1·arious lacrosse and soccer game . She has been volunteer teaching math, art and reading in a fourth grade classroom in .:-\e"·ark and ha helped to establish a center in her community that pro,ides baby supplies to the need�-. . . . Rebecca Brunner- Peters (aka Becky Peters) " ntes from " itzerland, where she I I\ es " ith her hu�band and daughter, '-.'Icole, 6. The} recently bought a home, and she i; a S" i -U.S. dual unzen. Beck') is C . . legal counsel at Credit SUI;se in Zurich. She finds tra' cling 1 11 Europe on ,·acation easy due ro �" Itzerland\ central location and recent!} spent a long weekend 1 11 ";altburg, \ustria. She " ould like ro hear from her former roommates K e l l e} K e e fe I av i n a n d ,\ l a ry L) nah Bi s h o p . . . . Peter Forman I'> th<: chief of '>tat'f for acnng Go1 .

J.mc \ I . 'nuft in \ �a.,.,achmett-,. Peter '>t.T\ cd 111 the \ �a.,.,,J Chu'>t.:ll'> I l ome of Rcprc cnl.l t l \ C'> for 1 4 � ear'>, e1 enm­ .lll} hcu nnin!! lllinon� lc.Jder. l i e .I I'><> h.h hcld pmi llOll'> ;1'> PI} mouth Counn hcnff and depu� '>Ccrctaf} ot .Hi lllllll'>lr.Hion .Jnd tin.mcc Peter I I \ "' 111 PI� mouth. \ Ll'>'> . . '' Ith hi, Plt.:,I'>l: " I lc .md three children cont m u c to '>t.:nd 111L � our 11<.:\\ ' � I 1 1111 ( ,ffms /'r;�n, H .

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ha1·e been better. Many thanks go to class president Faith Bramhall Rodenkirk, who spent a lot of time contacting classmates and coordinat­ ing business trips east to plan the reunion from her home in \Visconsin . .\ lanyofus gathered in the old Lambda Chi house (no"· called Treworgy!) on Friday night to renew old friendships.

Samrday morning "-e marched in the parade of classes and then ate lobster in the fie l d house . . . .

Eleanor Campbell ga1·e a lecmre on dog training and obedience in the afternoon with her dog, Sydney, who tra1·eled with her from .:-\ ew Jersey.

Samrday night we ate in Roberts, the non-disco side . . . . Charlie Bassett, our speaker, talked about his native South D akota affectionately a n d reminded us that it is cooler tl1ere than in \\'aten·il l e 1 . . . A group of Colby graduates called After 8 sang for us during dinner. They are graduates from between 1 990 and 1 999 who sing regularly in the Boston area . . . . Faith passed the role of class president on to Jim Boume, who now has the task of organizing our 2 5th reunion' Jim passed on tl1e role of 1·ice president ro yours truly, which means I \\'ill represent our class on the Alumni Council . I am looking to pass mr correspondence pen (keyboard') to someone, beca use S t e p h a n i e Vrattos 11-ill not be able to pick it up.

I s an}'One interested' . . . ;\ lany thanks also to Laura Littlefield Bourne for being our class agent for so many years and doing a great job. Our class had a record for the 20th reuJlion "'ith a 5 1 percent participation rate. . . . 1\,·o of our classmates now work at olby, Meg Bernier and Lisa Ha llee \ leg i s associate di rector of a l umni relations and a l so was instrumental in planning our reunion.

Lisa i a l o " orking in development as a major gifts officer. Lisa recently bought a house outside of \Vaterville on a lake . . . . Also li1·ing in the \\'a t e n· i l l e a re a is l i s o n J o n e s \Vebb, " hose husband teaches a t Colb� . . . . Linda Clifford Hadley and hu<,band Bill " ere up from their home in Longmead011, ,\ l ass. Bill's firm I'> one of Ill} account; in the Spnngfield area so " c catch up about once a � ear. . . . Bo b R y a n and in d ) oder Bourcly get the a11 ard for rra1 cling the fanhc<,t-from . an hancl'>co .m d Pam rc.,pectil cl� . .

Da' id R} I e) " J'> hac!.. for hi'> fi p, t n.:un1on and ' t:f} tan from JU'>t ha1 ing n:mmc.: d from ' ,Jt'Juon Ill Flomla . . . . tC\ c Pfaff Jnd Darlene Ho11 land .

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came witl1 their two children, Stephen, 3, and Caitlin, 1 . Fred and N an cy Welsh lsbeU came with their tl1ree c h i l d r e n : B r i a n , w h o t u rn e d 1 3 during the reunion, Scott, and Kate.

K a t e h a d l o t s of a t t e n t i o n t h a t weekend-Eleanor CampbeU a n d I are her joim godmothers . . . . Jean Siddall-Bensson is busy with her medical residency, but her daughter Mara came ���tl1 her godmother, J udy Greene Stewart. Judy is living in Needham, ;\ 'lass., and also came with her d aughter and husba n d . I saw David and Amy Haselton Bolger in the distance at the lunch but didn't get a chance to speak with them . . . .

Bruce and Ellen Reinhalter Shain, Doug and Amy Parker Cook and Dan and Liz Pizzurro Ossoff a l l came with their chi ldren . . . . Lynn Bruen Winter and her h usband, dam, came from Nortl1boro, i\ I ass., with tl1eir t\1'0 children, Ethan and ;\ Ieghan. Lynn is busy as a member of the school com m i ttee . . . . I also got to catch up with my old roommate-Liz Stiller Fahey came from \Vashington, D.C., with her husband, Kevin '80 . . . . Thanks to everyone for making it such a fun weekend. I ' m sorry I'm not able ro mention everyone who was there.

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EUen Smith Sicard and hus­ band Chris remrned from China last December with their new daughter, il leili Ellen Sicard, born February 27, a little powerhouse who started walking I 0 days after their remrn home' Like any proud parents, Ellen and Chris expect her ro be able to leap tall buildings in a single bound any day now' By far, Ellen says, this is the best thing tl1at she has ever done in her entire life. This past spring Tracy H a rris and Laurie Avery Caley came to meet ,\ leili and to ��sit. . . . We sley Marrin lives in East Sandwich on Cape Cod with wife ;\ Iartha (,\ Terri field '85) and their nvo children, Luke, 9, and Matthew, 5 .

Luke is into sports and loves to read, 11 hile ,\ l atthew starts kindergarten this fall. \ \'esley is 90 percent retired from practicing law and very happy to be a11 ay from it after 1 2 -plus years. l le i'> currently reaching some law cour<,es and more recent ly some math at local colleges (he's certified to teach math grades 5- 1 1 as " ell). ,\ I arrha tcache<, English at the Sand11 ich l l igh

School, and Wesley coaches the girls tennis team and will be teaching tennis at the Hyannisport Club . . . . Bruce Fields lives in Westport, Conn., and works in New York at a merchant bank. H e runs a desk that trades export receivable notes and syndicated loans and so travels a lot-mostly to Latin America and Europe. His daughters are 5 and 8. Bruce ran into former professor Frank ,\ l il ler in ew York, where he is now the chair ofColumbia niversity's Russian smdies. B ruce would l i ke to hear news of Mike Marlin and Jennifer Batson . . . .

Steve Trimble recently switched positions within Fidelity and now manages software development for the I ntranet. H e spends his free time helping his wife, Andrea, taXi their daughters (Melissa, 7, and Lauren, 5 ) t o ballet a n d soccer, with 1 8-month­ old brother Eric tagging along. This past june Steve planned to bike 1 50 m i les for the eighth year for the M u l ti p l e Sclerosis Societ) . S teve keeps in touch witl1 Ron Miolla, who has relocated witl1 his fan"lily from P l a n tation, F l a . , to the Portla n d , Ore., area . . . . \Ve h a d a planning meeti11g in May for our 20th reunion scheduled for Jw1e 7-9, 2002. One person who was unable to attend was C laire Brovender Liliedah l .

Claire gave birth to twins, N latthew and Jessica, on May 1 8. These long­ awaited siblings join their big brotl1er, Jake, and father, Dan. Claire is looking forward to seeing many people next J une at tl1e 20P1 reunion and hopes that everyone is planning on being tl1ere, kids and all. Last November C l a ire, Sarah Fox W h a l e n a n d Cathy Sm.iili Badmington gatl1ered at EUen H uebsch Anderson's. They had a blast reminiscing about all the old times and talking about times to come. Claire and Susan Wechsler Atkins had a relaxing girls' weekend last January in Susan's new digs in Chicago . . . . Dan Ferguson is living in Cumberland, J\1aine, working at Bath I ron \Vorks. He and his wife, J a net, h ave three c h i l d re n , S a m , I I , Catherine, 8 , a n d jonathan, 3 .

D a n spends most o f h i s time a t Bath with occasional trips to the General Dynamics electric boat shipyard in Groton, Conn. janet volunteers as an aerobics instructor at the Freeport Y,\ l CA. Dan frequently runs into Mike Fraser '83 in d1e Portland area, and d1ey hook up for some skiing as well. ,\ l ike and Dan heard from Ed Ludwig last summer, and the three of them got together for a day on Sebago Lake

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University o fN e w York, Department

can to \Vaitsfield, Vt. Some of you

the gallery from which t o learn about

of Biological Sciences. An article he

w i l l remember Karla's fa ithful fri end,

the Pro\'incetown art colony back

co-wrote this summer witl1 his son's

Ollie; O l l i e i s sti l l with her. . . .

Close to finishing his M . B .A. witll the

to the begi n n ing. .

pre-kindergarten teacher appeared i n

gals to get togeth er at Lake \Vin­

Fire Cbiefl !agazine titled "Preventing

n i pesaukee in J u n e sans husbands

Fear During- Fire Safety Education

University of Phoenix Online is Andy Luce i n Cambridge, J'. 1ass. Andrew

or chi ldren . . . . Noble Carpenter

for Pre-School and Early School

commented that online education i s

and Tyger Nicholas took Tvger's

Ag-e Children . " . . . Rick Hemond

quite good for certain d i scipli nes,

son, Harry, and two of Noble and

lives in Acton, ,\ lass., with \\'ife Beth

but it won't replace the B.A. anytime

from \\'ellesley, .\ lass., where she i s li\�ng \\·ith h e r husband, B r i a n , a n d

ebrations of] enny Knoll Bouchard,

Jan McDonnell Trafeca.nty, Diane Therrien Lamper and Chris Mar­ shall Gaudette were cause for the

. Please keep

the mail headed m y way, and good luck to a l l ' -Sally Lovegren .1 Ierchrmt

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Sonia Kaloosdian Hale wrote

(daughter of Col by's Dorothv and

soon. And!· works i n Framingham as

to ski. Noble and i\ Iariellen live in

the l a te Bob R e u m a n ) and t h e i r

the d i rector of prepress for Bay State

tlleir tllree daughters, r\Jexandra, 6 ,

Bronxville, and h e works i n New York

daughters. R i c k i s tl1e d i rector ofbusi­

Press. He and his \\�fe, Kendal l , ha\·e

Julia, 4, and Emi ly, I . Prior t o h a\-ing

ness development for a n electronics

three children . . . . Colbv often sends me packages of newspaper clippings

c h i l d ren, Sonia a n d Brian tra\·eled

materials company called S hiple\·. He stays in shape by running a lot and

and articles . .\ lost these last two !'ears

M a r i e l l e n 's four c h i l d re n

to

Va i l

City run n i n g tl1e real estate services firm office of Jones Lang LaSalle's Capital Markets Group. Noble was also tl1e �rest of ,\ lark Federle '8 1 at a golf tournament at which they won tl1eir fl ight. . . . John Northrop was planning a J uly birtl1day party

has completed tl1ree maratl10ns . . . .

im·oh-e Linda Greenlaw and scores

I ha\·e an e-mail address for Karla

of clippi ngs about her success and

Hostetler, who would lo\·e to hear

career as a fishing boat captain and

from some of you (and remember,

author. . . . I recei\·ed a n article from

l i beral !!' but are now enjO}�ng fam i l y l i fe . Sonia h a s returned t o h e r first true lo\·e-fi ne art-and has been doing pastel and oil portraits of chil dren and fam il i es. Her fam i ly planned to return to Kennebunkport mis summer. . . .

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A l u m n i at large

1 9 80s- 1 990s

Paul , son Alex, 1 2 , a n d daughter

on the birth of their baby, Andrew,

the globe, more speci fically the South

Natalie, 8, out on Peaks Island, where

in Jw1e . . . . Whitney (Kelting '88)

Pacific. She took the long way home,

Carol lives with her husband, David

and Steve Runge are i.n Pune, India,

stopping off in Austin , Texas, for

Maura Cassidy h a s been rraveling

reunion is nextjune, so start p l a nnin g your trip to Maine. Reunions only come every five years, and i f you

Simpson '86, and daughters 1\ laxine,

where \Vhitney i s researching for

don't make the trip you' l l m i ss out

t h e South -by-Southwest concerts

7, and Charlotte, 4. Meghan Casey

her second book on Jainism. She'll

on rekindling old friendships, seeing

and then in Florida for some sailing

and her husband, Chuck Parker, a11d

become a n a s s i s t a n t professor a t

the campus and reliving the "good

around the Keys. She's back at Fidelity

d a u gh te rs F a l l o n , 7, B r i d get, 5 ,

Gri n n e l l Col l e ge i n J a n u a ry, and

'ole days ! "

i n the Internet group, doing customer

and Anna, I 1 /2 , joined from their

S te1·e continues to write poerry and

research and analysis. She reported

nearby home i n North Yarmouth,

a novel and has begun branching out

-Jane

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icol iV/anuel

Some time ago, in one of those

run n i n g i nto B i l l O'Neil on the

�laine. Alex talked about p l ay i n g

into nonfiction . . . . Kelly Powers

srreet; h e and h i s "ife, H a rriet, are

( a n d n a r r o w l y l o s i n g) t h e s t a t e

wrote, "Same company, 1 1 years later

back from South America and are

c h a m p i o n s h i p i n D e l aware L i ttle

and I'm s ti l l in Beantown. I finally

action, I volunteered to serve as our

li1ing in downtown Boston . . . . Pam

League baseball this summer. Carol

bought a place of my own-a condo in

class correspondent, taking the reins

increasingly rare moments of decisive

Hiscock wrote from � l i nneapolis,

says, "\Ve had fun kayaking, sailing,

the Fenway area. Great location. \NaLk

from the capable Lauren Frazza.

where she i s a pastor at Cedarcrest

biking and playing with our new flock

to work. Still running a lot. Completed

Moments later, our classmate and my

Church in B l oomington, :\ l i n n . Last

of chickens."

my fourth Boston Marathon-aLI for

dear friend Anthony Fazzone, with

Dana Farber cancer research. Have

whom I remain i.n almost constant

started s1vinlln jng and may attempt

contact, charitably told m e I had

-Sue Jnmes

swnmer she was ordained as an elder in the Free ;\ lethodist Church of !\'orth

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Geremin

Ben Diebold is still grinding

a rriathlon or two thjs summer. " . . .

made yet another misstep in a long

attend and teach at Amsterdam 2000,

away on his dissertation. "Literal ly,"

Elaine Mullen Philbrick has a great

srring of poorly calculated moves. I n

a conference hosted by B i l ly Graham

he \\'TOte, "since ! have a fellowship in a

new hobby-competitive b a l l room

a very one-sided phone conversation

for 1 2 ,000 Christian workers around

nuclear reactor to convert 7 ,GOO-year­

dancing. She competes in the amateur

that seemi ngly went on for days,

d1e world. Her workshop (A \\'oman's

old potsherds i n to radioactive dust.

divisions and was going to tl1e Nation­

my candid counselor inventoried, in

Call) wa attended by approximately

In the summer I will be excavating

als in

ugust i n Salt Lake City. She

painstaking detail, aLI of my shortcom­

0 people from around the world. Ever

a late Neolithic town in Turkey, and

and her partner do American-style

ings, inadequacies and episodes of

the English major, Pam still enjoys

in September I ' l l be part of the first

botl1 smooth (waltz, tango, foxo·ot)

fau l ty judgment and concluded tl1at

reading but has added gardening and

group of

America. Pam had the opporrunity to

.S. excavators i n I ra n

and Latin (mambo, rumba, cha cha,

we all would be best served if I just

her pa time list. . . . Sally

in 2 2 years. Hope they've cleared

swing). Fortunate ly, her husband,

went away and l eft everyone alone

(Sarah) Ludwig �'hit e was able to

those landmines 1 " . . . Congrats to

David, is relieved at being offthe hook

al ready.

get a rare two nights away from her

�rula Cobb on the birth of Ethan

and not having to dance so much.

guess I wi l l just relay what news I

1 Tovember 2000) in Portland , i\ laine.

They were to compete i n Boston

have and be done with it. I joined

that Maureen Hagerty Polimeno,

She is "loving motherhood and lucky

on October 7 . . . . Art Nagle says

Sally Lovegren :\ lerchant '83, Barbara

to

be able to stay at home" with her

that after four years in Vegas h e

H i l a ry S e w a rd , C h r i s W he l a n , Shawn Holt, Jon Earl, Greg Gatlin

Leonard ' 3 and !\'ora Pumam Durm

son, who at six months "is al ready 2 2

h a s accepted t h e position of upper­

'89, Chris Preston '89, Tom Abbatiello

' 3 represented our "time period"

lbs.-maybe a future Colby � l ule!"

school director at \Vayne Country

'89, Dave Longcope '89 and Fran

at the Colb�·ette reunion along with

\\'ilia is still in touch with Cathy

Day School in Goldsboro, N . C. H e

Scola '87 at tl1e absolutely fantastic

50-plus other from the classes of ' 5 2

King E�ving, who had a baby girl, :\ laxiJle, in February . . . . Andrew Jeske continues as a senior writer at Saatchi & Saatchi in KY. C. a11d lives

moved there in J une along >vi til his

wedding of Peter Weltchek and tl1e

wife, Kim Hamer, and son, Langston,

srriking Sara Starr in San Francisco.

pottery

to

h u band and jh·e children: she reports

a n d u p . Afrer lots of rehearsa l , they performed 11·ith the present Col byette group and some of the guy ' groups

ever one not to give up, I

and daughter, Pallas. He would love

Pete is at Banc of America, conquering

to hear from any Colby al ums in tl1e

the real estate jnvesm1ent world.

in Lorimer Chapel to a nearly fu l l

in 1\'estchester with wife Laura and

Raleigh-Durham area . . . . Congrats

for our other classmates in attendance,

house. , he " i hed Sue Palmer Stone

son Sam, 2. The)' recently spent an

to Geoff '86 and Lindsay Carroll

H i l a ry i s i n B o s t o n , w o r k i n g at

and A nn Brachman .\ 1 eltzer had

afternoon with Tom Fisher '86 and

Alexander on the birth of their baby,

Hunneman; Chris works at Morgan

been there, too . . . . Derek Tarson

fami ly, and Andrew says that he felt

Garrett, who was born last i\ 1arch.

Stanley; Shawn is in San Francisco,

He joins his big brothers Wi l l , 7, and

working, last I knew, for sometl1ing

" rote to announce his acceptance at

very

Rutger; La"

Tom 's son, J"athan, play together.

Curtis,

4 . . . . Eric Zolov, assistant

computer-re lated; and Jon runs a

. . . Bill Clendenen completed his

professor o f h i s to ry a t Fra n k l i n

fam i l y business in N .J . . . . Also

.\ l . B .A. at Duke

& i\ l a rsh a l l , h a s been awarded a

recently wed are David Rosen and

l i e " a<,

ro

chool in �e" Jer ey.

lea1 e hi

current job at

DebeiCme and Pli mpton in July and mo1 e

to

�e" jer�e� to attend ;chool

old while watching Sam and

niversi ty's Fuqua

chool of Business in 2000 and is sti l l

ful l ume.

\t the present time he's

11 ork.ing for Divers Alert Network as

plannmg

$ 3 5 ,000

ational Endowment for

Donna Axel (twin sister of Brian Axel

tl1e Humanities Fellowship for the

'89) . . . . Margaret M. Schafer was

focu<, on bankruptcy Ia\\.

their I 'P of training. B i l l , his wife,

2 00 1 -2002 academic year. Eric's proj­

married to Joseph \V. Gall in on May

al l ) Lee announced the opening

Laura, and son, Troy, Jo,·e li1�ng on

ect, "i\ I i racle ofi\1 iracles? Examining

1 2 , 200 I , in Kirtland, Ohio, with

4\ \ \'eb ;ire! Please

their small horse fa rm with their

a Critical Juncture in Mexico's Post­

log on to the Colby \ \'eb '>lte and

three qua rter horses, three cats and

Revolutionary H istory, 1 95 8- 1 96 3 , "

chc� y our " a�

.. .

to

of the Ua.,., of '

O\\ n

one dog. \ �mall coincidence is that

focuses o n t h e impact of t h e 1 95 9

ina Colhoun and Laurie Meehan Reed as bridesmaids . . . . Carrie O'Brien and Bob Thomas live in

lmle wrner of the \\'eb. \\'e\ e got

\ l lchael and ,\ lichelle Tupesis Gorra

Cuban revolution o n Mexico's mount­

Cohasset, Mass . , with their beautiful

it a l l : a chat room, a d 1 rector� , etc.

'92 li1 e ju.,t dm' n the street " i th

ing domestic critique of revol utionary

daughter, Nonie, their young twin

Than!.. ., to �all� for a l l of her hard " o r!.. a n d e n e rgy m m a l.. i n g t h l '>

t h e 1 r daughter, '. l a d d i e . :\ l i ch a e l

regi mes. · ric earned his doctorate

boys,

com meed Bill

from the University of Chicago in

profess i o n a l l y schooled choco l a te

01

er

tO

our

1 ery

to

play �occer in the

athaniel and Hen ry, and a

hear from

. umet League, and their team " on

1 995 . . .

Mike Manning has been

Lab. Bob runs Turnstone Property,

more of y ou, '>0 " n t.: 1n .,oon!

- L \ IIIbw . \ 1 .\ lulhhn- l.a::artl

the champ10mhip'>! . . . Congnm to

named a partner at the law firm of

which speci a l i zes in the restoration and adaptive reuse of older buildings

po.,.,1hle . . . . I 'd lo1 e

ro

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Tun and Terie Scally Kin ella on

;.,_· i,on Peabody and " i l l continue

the b1rth of the1r <,On,Jame�, in \pril.

tO

focus his practice in the areas

l i e JOill '> b1g brother Cole, and all are

in and around Boston . . . . AJso in the

of corporate and business law. He

property business is John Seidl in

domg " el l . . . . \nother h1g congrat'>

recei1 ed his la11 degree from Suffolk

c o n Bates

Boise, I daho, with his wife and young

Gni1 ersiry in l 99 l , cum laude . . . . Our

daughter. . . . Anne and Rob Young

ro

�ren (Croff ' ' ) and

welcomed baby Maggie in November

an e-mail from north of the border,

Robin Trend Baughan i s trying

1990s-2000s Correspondents

2 000; she joins older brother J esse,

where she and Quinn have tl1ree

2 . . . . Amanda Howland wrote that

to track down Kristin Palmer and

lcids and Quinn has his own business,

she was expecting baby number three

Moyer Aggregates. Ingrid recently

Alison Wright. E-mail her at robinb @propeninc.com, folks . . . . Laura Thornton Pellegrino and her hus­

1990 Laura Senier 38 P itts Street Natick, MA 0 1 7 60 508-653- 7 9 2 7 classnews1990@alum.colby.edu

in Jan uary '0 I ; here's hoping all went well. . . . Guy

'86 and Amy Lumbard

saw RB KJinkenberg

'87, and Quinn '86, who is a

ran into Greg Cronin

band, Dave, had their second daughter,

Holbrook are in Duxbury, Mass.,

coach for the N . Y. Rangers . . . .

Katherine, last September. They l i ve

with daughter Sarah and young Guy

in New Canaan, Con n . , and often

S haryl White ' 9 1 , .report the birth of

Doug St. Lawrence took a spring trip back to Colby and also saw Meg Christie play a leading role in Zorbn 1

their first child, Sienna . . . . Down

in Portland . . . . This has been a rough

on the Cape, Eric Vander Mel and

year for Tripp and Heidi Lombard

h i s w i fe c e l e b r a t e d the b i rth of

Johnson, so please keep them in your

J r. . . . Brian Probert and h i s wife,

Ch risti a n , who joins s i b l i ngs Lucy

thoughts. H eidi's mom had another

s e e Catheri n e Andre w Rogers, who is expecting baby number two.

Laura recently spoke to Kim Murphy Brewer and Maria Va llis Wing, her Colby roommates. . . . John and Lucie Bourassa Dvorak have lived

and Eric . . . . Ann Armstrong Baines

brain tumor, Heidi discovered more

for the past year in Ohio, where John

and her husband have two children,

mel anoma on her back, and their

has finished a fellowship in colon and

Grace, 5, and Max, I 1 /2 . . . . Josh

youngest son, Wi l l i a m , has spinal

rectal surgery and Lucie attended

and Stacey Mendelsohn Marx are

cord dystrophy and is not likely to

culi na1y school. They recently moved

near Seattle witl1 lcids Sallie and Nate,

walk. Heidi writes that Mattl1ew, 3 ,

to Lexi ngton, Ky., where John will

ages 5 and 3 . . . . Pat Clendenen is a

and Abby,

be i n private practice and Lucie will

5 , will just have t o d o tl1e

l i tigator with M i ntz, Levin in Boston;

wallcing for him. .

h e and wife Patty ( Haffey) have three

to Dawna Zajac Perez's request,

law.

. In response

either pursue culinary arts or practice . . Maria Douglass is sti ll in

lcids . . . . Not to be outdone by all

JV[ickey Beck reports that he is a

Moscow but is hoping to return to

this, Chris Gilman and her husband

software recmiter for Adept Inc., and

the States soon with her husband

ran the Chicago Marathon . . . . Stef

has recently moved from Cambridge

and two kids. She is worlc i n g on

Rocknak completed her second year

to Arlington, i\1ass. He was married

her M . S . in science and technology

as a visiting professor at Connecticut

last J une to Purvi Patwari. Professor

commercialization at the

College, while Kate Walker is a bit

David M i l l s ' 5 7 and Amlrew Richter

of Texas-Austin . . . . Shaun Dakin

farther west, servi ng as a counselor

'90 performed some of the music at

and his wife, Saleena, moved to D .C .

and coach at Mullen H igh School in

the wedding ceremony. Dawna, you

t h i s summer t o be closer t o family.

Denver. . . . Kristin Sween Landeis

can e-mail Mickey at beckpatwari@­

Shaun is worlci ng at webMethods

is down the road in vVyoming witl1

mediaone.net. . . . Carolynn Bell

as a product marketi ng manager,

her husband, "a real cowboy," six

writes that she i s leaving St. Paul's

and Saleena joined a private pediat­

horses and two dogs. . . . Anotl1er

School in Baltimore to startaJapanese

ric practice in Fai rfax, Va . Shaun

cowboy, at least i n his own ITUJld, is

language program at Our Redeemer

good old Anthony Fazzone. As of

School i n Honolulu. She's loolcing

recently saw Rachel Tilney, lVUke Diamond and Julia Smith . . . . Keep

our last phone conversation (about

forward to l iving near her fam i l y

the news com i n g '

an hour ago), Tony was sti l l a doctor,

again . . . . Dave a n d Cindy Cohen

Ji,,ing in Burlington, Vt., sel fl essly

Fernandez l i ve in L o n d o n d e rry,

easing suffering and saving lives . . . .

N . H . , a n d s p e n t M e m o ri a l D a y

As for me, I am engaged to the truly

weekend i n M a i n e w i t h S u z i a n d

extraord inary Ann VVi l l iams. \Ve are

niversity

- Anita L. Ten)'

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More madcap adventures con­

cerning the Class of 1 9901

Alison Glocklet· Schwartz had a baby boy, •

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busy gearing up for our wedding,

Matt Sotir, Rob a n d Hilary Barnes Hoopes, Kristin Palmer and Charlie

which will be held i n North \!Vales,

and E l l e n B i l l e y D o n a l dson '9 1 .

Mom and baby are both well although

U . K . , where Ann grew up. vVe live in

Cindy writes that Matt "continues his

a bit sleep deprived-surprise, sur­

Newton, Mass., with our two cats,

quest to rule tl1e insurance world,"

prise! . . . Sharing i n the recent onset

Gabriel Jacob Schwartz, on May 3 .

Kristin teaches in \Vestfield, i\ Iass.,

of sleep deprivation are Erica Hoff­

my head right now. Ann heads up

and Rob and H i laty live in D . C. and

meister Supple and her husband,

design at Su·ide R i te w h i l e I serve

are expecting tl1eir third child. In

Dave, who welcomed son Ryan james

a s d i rector o f p l a n n e d gi v i n g at

the small world department, Cindy

on April 3. Erica and David recently

tl1e Noble a n d Greenough School

discovered that her daughter is in

moved back

(forewarn ing to Sydney Cook, Ellen

nursery school with Kathy Keller Garfield's little girl. . . . June 12 saw tl1e scree n i n g of John Reynolds's

An1erican Airlines, and Erica has her

one of whom is sittin g on top of

McCarthy Mueller, Rob Travis, Brooks Patterson and Chris Pat­ tet·son, a l l Nobles '84) . . . . Keep the news coming.

-Denn rl.

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Scbwm1:::,

N l y first "new" news for this

to

N e e d h a m , 1\ 1 a s s . ,

Erica's hometown. David is a pilot for hands fuJI with Ryan and big brother

short fi lm, Priesthood, at Flickapalooza

Delaney, who is now 2 . . . . By the

in Santa Monica . . . . Congratulations

time this column is i n print, Greg

to JVlaria Luisa Arroyo, who com­

Lundberg and his wife, Ann, will,

pleted her Ph . D . exams in Germanic

with a n y l uc k , b e past t h e sleep

languages and L iterature at Harvard

deprivation stage, as their daughter,

column comes from Steve vVilson,

t h i s s p r i n g . 1\ I a r i a a l so \\'On t h e

Eleanor Keen Lundberg, comes up

who is now the CFO for a company

department's teaching fellow award

on her first birthda�· in October. . . .

for German-no surprise to anyone around, because 1\ Iaria reports that

John Hayworth a n d h i s ,,.ife had a son, John Hedges, on Febmary l . joru1 tells m e h e was at Steve Coan's

she ran into him heading to a meeting

,,·edding, where he caught up with

at the H a r\'ard Faculty Club . . . .

Andy Arers ' 9, Bob Lian and Charlie

he d i dn't name. H is wife, Kristin, works at MS!\TBC, and tl1ey have a 2 -year-old beagle, Faith, two cats and "many" fish. They live i n Arlington, Va . . . . Ingrid Kasaks Moyer sent

who knows her. i\ 1 att Sotir gets

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Allen ' 9 1 . I heard separately from Ste\'e, who 1note to tell me that shortly a fter his ,\ la rch wedding to Jennifer Starkey, he received a job transfer from Portland, Ore., to Columbus, Ohio. Ste1·e works for Titleist and Foot.Joy \\'orldwide and reports that they are sti l l getting settled but so far are really enjoying C o l um b u s . . . . Kim 1 o r r i s o n Lysaght and her husband, Tim, had an April Fool's baby. They'\'e named their son Coleman (Cole) ,\ lonroe Lysaght. Kim is on maternity lea1·e from her job a a math teacher in �ewton, .\ lass . . . . � lark :lichaud and Amy Farmer had a daughter, Lindsey Alexandra, on April 1 9, in Burlington, \"t. . . . Paul eidicb and his wife, Barbara, had a son, Zachary Joseph, in J u l y of 1 999 (the busy parents apologize for the news lapse, but the�· figured better l ate than ne\'er') . . . . Speaking of busy parents, ori Sterling Gale were Jon and caught up in baseball season-both their son, Tate, 6, and their daughter, Sarah, 5, are playing. Jon coaches Sarah's team, so they were all right in the thick of it, but they planned a break in July for a road trip to \ \'isconsin for �ori's brother's wedding. Jon is at t.;. :-G.\ 1 Pro1ident in Portland, and �ori is at Di1·er ified Communica­ tions, a l so in Portland. They saw Doug Hall at a fund raiser a few months ago and found tl1at "e\'e�· person '' ho passed us as we stood talking to him eemed tO know him 1 nt11nateh ." . . . ,\ l ike and Deb \Vood O'Loughlin 11 ere planning a mm·e back to �e11 England after ,\ l ike's fel lo11 ship at the .\ l a�·o Clinic came to an end this �pring . .\ l ike was '>pectal171ng in crm�->ectional imaging and 11 t i l mi�> ha1 ing acce s to a l l the ne11 e'>t radiological "toys." . . . and \\'endy Kennedy Ralph Btl I ' arc mo1 mg ro \ l ame, 11 here Bill ha> <1Cccpted a JOb 11 tth CommTel. . . . \ndrea (l(_ra.,I.. e r '93 ) and hip Gavin .uc me)\ mg to E<l'>tport, \ la me, 11 here Ch1p ,., going hac!.. to .,chool for a degree 1n manne technolo� and hoat h u t l d mg. \ndrea 11 t i l tlm-,h her d!'>'>eri H IOn t n p'>� cholo� at Bo.,ton College 1 1.1 •1 d!'>tance learn­ mg program . Before he hcgtm hutld­ t nf! ho•H '>, Chtp " •1 '> to '>pend the '>Utnmer r.JCmg them. mcludmg the \ I.Jrhlchead, \ I.J-..., ro l la l t f.n, '\ . '-, . , racL. . . . y n t h i a D e m l i e \lull igan " 1 '> recent!� promoted to '>en tor 1 tcc pre'>!denr ofcomumer hanl..t n g •H \hmgron '-..n mg B.m l.. . . I n \p n l, Bernie Khoo JOmed '\ tercept Com.

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munications as their chief research officer and 1-ice president of product management. �tercept specializes i n multimedia data collection a n d has de1·eloped a state-of-the-art software package to collect survey data over the \ \'eb, including 1•ideo, images and audio. The press release touts Bernie's skills tlms: "Highly regarded for his expertise i n de1·eloping \Veb-based interfaces for computer modeling and market research, Khoo will help guide �tercept as it continues to develop its re1·olutiona�' Net-based market research software." . . . Thank you all so much for all me news, and keep mose cards and letters coming!

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S ince co-correspondent J e n Flynn is traveling in Ireland, I'll take a first crack at our first column. If I miss any news I 11·ill remember for me next one . . . . It was great to see eve�'One at me I Om-year reunion, even mough our beer die playing skills are certainly gone . . . . Laura Pizzarello Scott and her husband are living i n San Francisco. Laura is a graphic designer. . . . Jen Scott And erson recen t l y m a rried a n d works for Accenture i n Chicago.

She completed her il l . B.A. at me Kel logg School of ,\ Ianagement as well. Congrats,Jen1 . . . Julia Collard married Charlie Pesiridis in August 2000 and has been working at Fidelity.

Julia and Charlie recently relocated to soumern �ew Hampshire . . . . Amy Shaw is working at Digitas and living in Charlestown, ;\ [ ass . . . . Charlie Allen is doingwell in l'\.Y.C., working at ,\lien & Company (any relation?).

He had his better half with him at me reunion as well-his black Lab, Zoe. . . . Abigail Cook Russell is also 11 orking in Boston, at Loomis Sayles, and li1·es in H ingham, ,\ [ass., witl1 her fami ly. She told me that Susan Cummings Wiseman was expecting her second ch i l d . . . . Leaf lves Gurr continues to live in beautiful Bermuda 11 ith her husband, Stewart.

She " elcomes an� ,-isitors at any time.

Do call her' . . . Sandy Colhoun has recent!� <,ettled into the Portland, \ l ame, area and is currently im oked 111 hu.,ine'>� de1 elopmenr 11 ork for a rechnolog) com pan� . l le and Kur1: \\'hited pre>ented an amazing slide .,ho" from n:cent global tra1eb during rcunton . . . . ,\ latt Duma ha'> been In mg 111 C .ene1 a for a fe11 ) car'> 11 ith hi'> \l ife, \ lclonte. l ie " 11 orkmg at Pc· C . <1'> the global brand manager for P.u npcr . \n� one " ho need'> coupom,

you know whom to cal l . They also annowlced the arrival of meir baby girl, Marlene, last spring . . . . Erik Potholm tied the knot inJw1e 2000 to Erica Knight. They had an incredible ceremony i n Puerto Rico wim many '9 1 ers i n attendance: Dan and Lesley Eydenberg Bouvier, Pete Antall, J . C . Kiser and Theresa Sullivan Brockelman to name a few. . . .

Becky Streett Melander recently checked i n with lots of good news.

Matt Melander just graduated from U of New England Medical school and w i l l be headed to St. Louis, ,\'lo., for his residency in ormopedic surgery. Becky i s the d irector of copywriting for EF Educational Toms in Cambridge, Mass. Beck.·y and Matt ran tl1e Boston i\1arathon i n April 200 1 a long with Dan and Lesley Eydenberg Bouvier . . . . Rebecca Wmokur married Chris Brown in

M ay of 2 000, and they bought a house up in tl1e woods of Richmond, Vt. Rebecca j ust fin ished u p her internship year in Burlington after gra d u a t i n g from M Medical School in 2000 . . . . Scott Stanwood is engaged to fiancee Carolyn and was to get married in September. Good l uck, Scott' . . . Caitlin Sullivan and her h u s b a n d , D rew, l i ve i n Portland, Ore., where Caitlin works for n l assachusetts-based Taxware LJternational. . . . Carol Cumming, recently home from a five-month round-tl1e-world u·ip, is now doing a .S. circuit, visiting friends. She was working in business development at ww"lv.twon.com 1 11 .Y.C. and soon wil l restart a job search . . . . Elizabeth Morse lives in Boston, sails every summer weekend on her boat down on the Cape and recently moved back into an office in the State House working for the governor's office. . . . Congratulations are i n order to John '92 and Theresa Sullivan Brockelman on tl1e arrival of Jack \Yalsh in December 2000 . . . . Chuck '92 and Erin Kelly DiGrande also are happy to announce the arrival of tl1eir second daughter, Grace. She has a sister, ,\ 1 aggie.

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Chri ty O'Rourke became engaged to]eff Doyle on] uly 4, 2000, at her parent�' home in ,\Jamo, Calif., and planned a June 200 1 wedding. jeff i'> a St. La11 renee niversi ty graduate. Chri'>� " orks at Lyco;.com in \ \'altham, ,\ las'>., a'> a promotions man ager. She had been l i\'ing in \ \"atertOII n, _\ Ia'>'>., " ith Kat herine

Rynearson . . . . A l i c e J o h n son

married Brian H andwerk on June I 0, 2000, outside of Philadelphia. Jen Jarvis was a bridesmaid, and Christy O'Rourke did a reading. Alice and Brian split meir honeymoon between a beach in Sardinia and hiking across Swi tzerla n d . They l i ve in Was h ­ i n gton, D . C . , where Alice i s t h e director of development at me Sheri­ dan School and B r i a n works for N a t i o n a ! G eogra p h i c. c o m . J e n i s living in Switzerland witl1 her fiance, who is half-Swiss, and will be getting married over there this fal l . . . .

The Nobscot (Mass.) Val ley Football Officials Association presented M ik e Regan, head coach at Medway H i gh, with the \Vi l l i a m K i r l ey a w a r d .

The award recognizes a coach who conducts himself and his program in a decorous and dignified manner. . . .

Pam Bove wrote from a cyber cafe i n Seoul, Korea. S h e took a monm off to travel in Asia-Tokyo, Singapore, Bali, Hong Kong, Phuket and Bangkok.

Pam is stil l living in Boston but spends a lot of time in Florida, where she's a parmer in a gol f school business.

Pam is offering a 10 percent discount for a l u m n i w h o a re l o o k i n g to improve their game. Contact her at www.advanragegolfschool .com . . . .

Tara McDonough married H uan ghiem (Syracuse U . '92) in San Francisco, Ca I i f. , on October 2 1 , 2 000. Many Colby fol ks were i n attendance, i ncluding bridesmaids Stephanie Clement and Kimberly Ereminas Reeve. Daniel Price Bar­ Z e ev officiated. G uests included Craig Mertens, Kris McGrew, Dev

Tandon '93 , who signed the marriage certificate, Krista Stein '93, a reader, J e n n i fer Gennaco '95 a n d Alyssa Giacobbe '98 . . . . After eight years in publishing, Jeanine Caunt quit her job as managing editor at Element Books in Boston to try her hand at design. She began working in a marketing capacity for two different architecntre firms. One specializes in affordable housing and omer kinds of community architecn1re. The other specializes in museum and ga llery architecntre, urban design and public art. Jeanine was preparing to enroll at the Rhode Island School of Design for their 2 00 1 Summer I ntensive Program a n d hopes to pursue a master's in industrial design full time in 2002 . . . . Tot·in Taylor is working as a commercial real estate broker at Grubb & Ellis in Boston. He lives in Brookline with his wife, An ika Smith Taylor '94 . . . . Thom Luth lives

in D enver with h i s w i fe, Laurie, a n d i s working a s a sales rep a t Black D iamond Sports . . . . Steve Neuhauser is living in Cleveland, where he just earned a computer engineering degree at Case Western Reserve . . . . . David Leavy is sti l l living in Washington, D . C . , b u t has left the White House and i s now working at the J? iscovery Network (Discovery Channel) in corporate communications . . . . Josh Stein­ berger finished at NYU/Stern Busi­ ness School in May and is moving back to Boston to take a position at Putnam Investments . . . . Anne Mad­ docks Michels finished at Columbia Medical School last year and is a resident at Columbia Presbyterian in New York City. Anne lives on the upper west side with her husband, Bill '93 . . . . B e th ( S t u a rt ' 9 5 ) a n d Mike Gosk live in S a n Francisco.

M i ke works at KMPG . . . . Curt Beckwith is a medical resident living in Providence, R . I . , with his wife, Susanna, and daughter, Isabelle . . . .

Mike Keller lives in New York City ,.vith his wife, Curry (Hamlin ' 9 1 ), and works at Brown Brothers . . . .

Jim Conrad recently moved to San Francisco after graduating from the \Vharton Busi ness School . He is working for a venture capital firm.

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Unformnately I fel l victim to tl1e dot-com massacre, and in tl1e mayhem of my former employer's implosion I lost all of my files. So please take pity on your unemployed correspondent and don't send me vitriolic e-mail if you don't see your news here1 The exclusion is not intentional1 . . . Sue Liacos-Dix, Kristen Schuler Scammon, Erin McTeman Aaron, Beth Foohey, Sue Kaimes Baker and Sarah Oelk­ ers meet for dinner each month and

are plam1ing a trip to the Bahamas next February to celebrate rurning 30 (1) . . . . Holly Coxe is living in Portland, M.aine, after completing a master's in organization development at American University and tl1e NTL I n s t i tute fo r App l i e d B ehavioral Science. Her graduation gift was a nip to Africa1 L1 Portland she sees Kim Carr and Rob McCarley, who wed in Boothbay Harbor this summer; Holly and Sue Krolicki were both bridesmaids. Kim received her master's in adult education, and Rob is a practicing psychianist . . . . Jill Moran Baxter is at home in Sharon, i\ 1 ass., with her son, J ed, and frequently

Michael Branca '96 recently exhibited

his artwork at the Filament Gallery in Portland, Maine, but oil paintings are not his only interest. Maine Times reported, "Branca's not-so-secret secret is mat he collects bugs, dead bugs"-some of mem incorporated in his paintings. B ranca says he would like to do a show not only of his artwork but of me critters in his collection ·:· For Michael Daisey '96 it's 309 interviews and counting-including PBS, Tbe New Ylwk Times, Entertainment Michael Branca '96 Weekly and Wind-and a book deal wim Simon & Schuster. Now it's me New York opening of his one-man show, "2 1 Dog Years: Doing Time @ Arnazon.com." Extended mree times in its Seattle run, me show also is scheduled for performances in San Francisco and Los Angeles. And, Daisey hopes, at Colby.

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Man·inges: Kelly Cogan '90 to Edward Calnan in Lynn, Mass.

J. Paraskos '91 to Stacie Wright in Concordia, Kan.

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Eucha '93 to Frank \i\Thaley in Waccabuc, N.Y.

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Castle '90

: A daughter, Jill Taylor Ross, to Jay and Laurie Brown Ross A son, Cameron Douglas Chase, to Elizabem and Brian Chase '92 ·:· A son, Tucker Steven Flint, to Chris '92 and Karen Larson Flint '92 : A daughter, Gillian Marie Garvey, to Brian '91 and Sherri Bossie Garvey '92 : A daughter, Emma Lillian Longsjo, to Mark '92 and Poppyann Mastrovita Longsjo '93 ·:· A son, Wesley John Stanton, to Michael '92 and Jessica D'Ercole Stanton '92 : A son, Mason James von Jess, to Jodi and Tim von Jess '93 .

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sees Mary Fitzgerald Olohan and her son, Michael. She said that Liz Winslow Keegan graduated from Nortl1eastern Law tlus pastspringand lives in Andover with her husband, Tim . . . . Roger and Amy O'Mara i\1oore l ive in Hull, Mass., in a Victorian home they restored them­ selves . . . . Krista Stein received her M .B .A. from Emory University, Brian O' Halloran is in his second year ofthe M . B .A. program at CLA, Diane Decker is fuushinga veterinary program at Cornell, and DevTandon and Chris Chamberlain finished their i\1. B.A.'s at Sternfr\TYU this past spring. Chris will be working for Tbe New Y cn·k Times in their strategic plamung division . . . . Beth

Hermanson married John Kinsley

'90 in September 2000 in Boothbay H a rbor, M a i n e . Colby attendees included Cassie 0' Teil Li '9 1 , Josh V\Tolman '9 1 , John O'Brien '92, Scott Schirmeier '90, Karen elson, Leah Babcock '95, Hank Kinsley '86, Jeff Hermanson '8 1 and Sally Richards Lehr '90. Beth is practicing law at Goodwin Proctor LLP in Boston . . . .

Jorgen Bocklage is in M i nneapolis, employed as a market strategy research analyst at US Bancorp Piper ]affray.

He and his wife, Sonja, had their first child in August. . . . Lots of babies i n t h e news1 In April Kristin Ostrom Allen and her husband, Andrew, had their first, Joshua Henry, weighing in at nine lbs.1 Joe McKenna and his

w i fe, D a n i e l l e , h a d t h e i r second child i n J u ly. They live on Cape Cod, where Joe works for Lucent Technologies. Joe stays in touch with David O'Shea in Michigan, Ellie North, a n u rse in Boston, F l i n t Hobart, who is headed to J\1icronesia with the Peace Corps, and L a e l H i n m a n Stanczak, who li ves i n Chicago with her husband a n d three children . . . . Karyn Rimas Patry and her fami ly-husband Jeff and daughters Layne and Emlyn-moved to Hooksett, N.H., into a home they had built. Karen, who works for EDS as a business systems analyst, recently visited Jen Larsen Daileanes, who has a daughter, Sidney. Karen also is in touch with Paul and Angela Tennett Butler, who live in Bangor wiili their two daughters, Mary and Katie . . . . L1 San Francisco Nive Filipo works for Intel, runs marathons in her spare time and planned a fall wedding to Tim Bailey. She stays in touch with Wendy Holcombe, who also lives in S.F. Nive sent news that Susan FurstKnight had a baby girl in December and lives in N.Y. C., where she is a marketing consultant, and that Katie Olsen lives in Steamboat Springs, Colo., teaching biology and skiing . . . . Hilary Gehman lives in \Vashington, D.C., and coaches the Georgetown women's crew team . . . .

Kathaleen Smyth lives in Stowe, Vt., where she is a marketing manager of the Stowe Flake ski resort. . . . Ned Brown was recently an attendant at the wedding in \Vestchester County, N.Y., of Heather Eucha and Frank \iVhaley, an actor who will soon have a play produced in N.Y. C. Alums at the wedding included Jen Comstock, Jon Zack and Scott Reed . . . . Emily Slater took the bar this past summer and will be practicing at Debevoise & Plimpton in N.Y.C. this fall. She also had a baby boy in August 2 0001 Last fal l En1ily worked on the Hil lary Clinton campaign and then spent the month of December i n Ausnalia, hiking and snorkeling. She also said that Sue Furlong is moving back to N.Y. C. after a stint in Denver. Doug Morrione and Dave Nicholson '94 also live in N.Y.C., and En1ily sees iliem regularly as well . . . . Marty Hergert attended both the London wedding of Catherine Coyne to Mat Lawn and Laura Fogarty Nerney's 3 0th birthday clambake celebration in Barrington, R . I . Jay Moore, his "·ife, Diane, and their son, Owen, were also guests at the event. . . .

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alm '99 As a n American stu d ies major, M a ry Schwa l m '99 got so i n terested

sideration.

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Poi n t

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in t h e role of ca ptions i n docu mentary photogra phy that she tu rned that

bucking its wa rm-up jockey, which ra n i n

topic i nto a senior research project. Studyi ng the text that accompa n ied

papers

Farm Secu rity Ad m i n i stration photos from the Depressi o n , she wrote

Kentucky Derby, went out on the wire i n part

a pa per for Professor M a rgaret M c Fadden's America n studies sem i n a r.

tha n ks to her enterprise.

" T h e general gist of 1t was the captions l i e and photos should stand on their own , " Schwa l m sa i d . "It [the FSA copy) was propaganda . " Fast forward t o 2001 a n d find Schwa l m i n a fourth-floor office at

a round

the

country

after

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S i n ce photogra phers now transmit i mages over DSL l i nes from ba l l ­ parks or over cell p h o n e con nections from a nywhere, photos a rrive on Schwa l m 's screen wit h i n 1 0 m i n utes. She ma kes decisions, checks

Rockefeller Center i n New York-writi ng photo captions for a l iving. Not

i n formation a n d puts the photos on the A P server in as little as a m i n ute,

JUSt any captions-the ones that go out on the national sports wire from

and clie nts have access moments later. The process is not without stress. "You wa nt to get the photos out as soon as possible, but

the Associated Press.

Schwalm is one of four s ports photo editors for the national AP wire.

She helps plan photo coverage of major events, chooses which i mages get p1cked up from affiliates for i nternational d istribution and writes the

you wa nt the i nformation to be accurate , " she sa i d .

Schwa l m had a deep interest i n photogra phy before she arrived at Col by from Arizona. She honed her skills i n Jan Plan classes a nd internships, as an

capt1ons to go out with the photos. " T h e 1 rony of it IS that now I ' m doing exactly what I cntic1zed Roy Stryker for doi n g , " she sa i d , reca l l i ng the research paper. B u t she a c knowledges the way 1 n wh1ch her academic consideration of the problem

Echo photogra pher and shooting events for Col lege

publ ications, includ i ng Colby magazine. A year after graduation she wangled a job as a " ru n ner" for the AP at the Sum mer Olympics i n Austra­

1 nforms her dec1s1ons a s a documentarian of American

lia. Subsequently she got an assistant's job

sports a nd c u lture, and she does her best to let

in New York and was q u ickly bumped u p to

the photos speak for themselves. "I am careful

sports photo editor, in part because of her

to ensure that n o emot1on IS added in the ca p­

broad-based l i beral arts credentials.

tion , " she sa1d . She can't assume that a retiring

Despite some i n itial a p preh e nsion a bout

ball player with h 1 s k n uckle to the corner of h i s

l iving i n the city, Schwa l m is th riving a n d

eye is w 1 p i n g a tear. She scrupulously avoids

m a i ntains a N e w York pace. After a morn-

tem ptations to sentimenta l ize.

i n g a t the U . S . Open ten n is tournament

While Schwa l m IS part1cular a bout what she

she had a few m i n utes for a phone

won't do, she's acutely aware of what she can

i nterview at work. She excused herself

bring to the decision-mak1ng process-i nter­

for the fourth i nterruption i n a matter

ests in women's sports a nd gender eq u1ty, for

of m i n utes with " C? n you hold on?

exa m ple. She ca lls local affiliates to make sure

That's The New York Times ca l l i n g . " -Stephen Collins '74

photogra phers su bm1t 1mages of professional women's soccer or basketba l l games for con-

of 5 -� car-old \le\a and 1-year-old Zack, ha� 11 orked for Fide l i � for the pa�t four � car� a� the director of produtt managcmenr. " he 'i<Jid that Kristen ( chuler) and Jon Scammon '94 arc 11101 mg had. to Bo�ron from \\ a .. hmgton. D.C. . . . Congrarula­ nom w h ris h a m berlain, ,\ l i ke P011 er and mc-11 ho all got mar­ ned on <.:Oil '> t:C U l l \ c Saturda� � 1 11 September' Chn., nurncd Brenner B ro11 n m D u \ hu r) . \ !J o, � \ l d.. c nurned Pam Jon eo, 111 \ lolll;lna, and I nurm:d Oa1 e B.1lter m \ "cmwnr. . . .

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attended. The couple will relocate from D . C. to � .Y. this summer. . . Sean H ayes m a rried Susan Postlewaite in June on i'..'a nrucket. . . . Laura Eanes married Richard \ lartin on June 1 7 . They are both teaching at Blair Academy and li1·ing m and running the senior girls' dorm.

Laura is coaching JY tennis, squash and lacros�e. This �·ear she taught algebra I and I f and 11 i l l teach \B calc and gcomet� nc\t year. This .,ummer �he taught at Could \eadem) o,ummer o,chool in \ I aine . . . . Erik Belen!<) marncd Sail� Jcna Schuber m nl l ( I -J une. Follo11 1ng a hone} moon to '>t. LuCia, the couple 11 i l l rc'iidc in \tlanta. '>he " a 'itaff auorne� for the Court of \ppeal., of ( .corg1a, and he I '> an a.,.,oc1ate •H Long, \ldndgc c '.:orman L L P m \tlanu . . . . ,\ I ega n

Harris was t o marry Ken Boucher in Aspen, Colo., on Ju l y 14. . . Eric Tracy was to wed \Vendy Russell on August 1 8 in Rochester, N .Y. . . . Josette Huntress is finishing up her year teaching in ]\ lalawi. In September she was to marry Thomas Holland in North Carol ina, where the couple will live . . . . Dan Demeritt is getting married in October to l\fartha Currier at Sugarloaf in ,\ I aine. He i� currently working as a legislative assistant for Senator Susan Collins ( R-.\ ! E) in Washington and will be starting a part-time .\ L B.,\. program at the niversiq of.\ Ia ryland's Smith School of Bu>iness this fa l l . . . . Tracy Kar c h i� man) ing Tony Palumbo in "\e11 York on \pril 17, 2002 . . . . Maria De i mone got engaged to \ \'ayne Carl�on. The) arc planning a '>pring

2002 wedding . . . . Paul Mamoto recently got engaged to Sheri Petelle '93 . . . . J ohn Terborgh worked in sales and marketing in Sil icon Va l l ey for five years but recently entered graduate school at Duke Universiqr fo r a m a ste r's in e n v i r o n m e n t a l management. . . . . Heather Boothe has been working for tl1e National P a rk Service in K e n tucky s i nce graduating from Colby. She recently accepted a new position as a ranger/ m e d i a speci a l ist at M u i r Woods i'..' a rional Nlonument, a redwood forest near San Francisco . . . . Mike K i ng is now co-di rector of the learning resource center at Choate Rosemary T I a l l . Thi� is Choate's first effort at educational support for the increasing number of students with learning differences, and Nlike is very excited

about the opportu n i ty to create the

Africa. H e enjoys Ji,ring in England

her M . B .A. at Bentley College. Abby

in December 1 999 and is working

program from scratch . . . . Amy

and has fo u n d time

to

and Jason ran in the Boston iV Iarathon

a s a n educational tech n i c i a n a n d

A l d e r s o n gra d u a te d from Ya l e 's

Ireland, Belgium, Germany, Austria

with Tan1my Smith, who is engaged

developmental therapist for chil dren

n u rse -mid wi fery program in M a y

and France . . . . Michael

to AJ Wi l kerson . Ta mmy and AJ

witl1 autism. She and Kris are living in

2000 and is now working as a midwife

visited Angel Coyne last March,

plan an October wedding and have

Searsmont, Maine . . . . Sheila Grant

for the I n di a n H ea l t h Service on

when-after eight years of fri end­

just bought a home in Indianapolis,

married Chris Orphanides '95 last

the Pine Ridge I ndian reservation

ship-they discovered that tl1ey had

the hometown of her fiance. Tammy

] une. Gretchen Rice, one of Sheila's

in South Dakota. She l i kes to take

the same feeli ngs for each otl1er and

graduated from Indiana U n iversi ty's

bridesmaids, is engaged to Kevin

advantage of the outdoor recreation in

were married in August. Angel is

Kel ley School of Business M . B . A .

King and planning a fa l l wedding in

the area . . . . Trezlen Drake traveled this summer to Strasbou� g, France, to

currently attending the Simon School

program and is working in marketing

her hometown of Westford, Mass.,

of Business in Rochester, N.Y., and

for Eli L i l ly. . .

and a honeymoon in Hawaii. She and

take a course at the European Court of

M i ke is still working as chief software

graduated from NYU Dental School

Kevin currently live in West Newton,

Human Rights' International I nstitute

architect for GWI Software, keeping

in May and has moved to M i nneapolis

M a ss . . . . Katie Taylor married

ofHuman Rights. This year's theme is

busy trave ling between his current

to work in the Veterans Hospital for a

George Kennedy '97 in June 2000

huma11 rights and religious freedom.

home in Vancouver, Wash., and his

year. . . . Alex Kean-Strong 01usband

. . . Seven Starr Lathrop Grenier

new remote office in Rochester. Angel

Ben '94) is a social studies teacher at

m ew Jersey, with Sarah Hamlin Walsh, Hillary Brennan (who was

is now working in the corporate and

and Mike spent tl1e summer of 2 000

Needham (Mass.) High School. . . .

married in October to Todd McKel­

foundation relations office at Colby

in Vancouver, where tl1ey had a mini­

Margaret Harris Sane! (husband

lar) and Elizabeth Low attending.

as an adminisu-ative assistant. She

reunion with Chris Dawkins and

Scott '94) is practicing law in Boston.

Katie is working as an

is living with her husband, Mark, i.n

his wife, Allyson, Nolan Yamashiro,

. . . Courtney Sullivan works for a

for Abbott Laboratories . . . . Sarah

Vassalboro, Maine. They have a 5-year­ old daughter, Rebecca . . . . Cecily

Susan Macauley and Dan Rheaume. . . . Kirstin Rohrer was married in

recruiting firm and lives witl1 Steph Lynyak in Boston . . . . Dori DesatauJ

Au�1st 2000, and after a honeymoon

Totten is worki ng on Thompson

August to Gregory McPol i n . Kirsten

is practicing law i n H a rtford, Conn.

to Brazil she and her husband moved

Island in Boston H arbor, teaching

is working as an attorney to the United

. . . Becky L e b o w i t z i s d o i n g

to Burlington, Vt., where they live

middle school English. She was to

States Senate Environment and Public

photoj ourn a l i s m i n Florida . . . .

with two pugs and

start graduate school this summer at

vVorks Committee in Washington,

tl1ose atten ding the wedding were

to

travel

Sabin

Robert Gold

HIV specialist

Frechette Potts was m a rried i n

16 snakes. Among

the Bread Loaf School of English at

D.C., where her husband is also a

J e n n i fe r Pope l i ves w i t h A rn i e Sicchitano, Brad Sicchitano '99 and

Middlebury . . . . Colleen Brennan

practi cing attorney . . . . Kristen

Ben Langille '99 and continues to

Nick Miles,Jen Dursi, Nate Davies, Sarah Hare, Janie Lundy '95, Lynn

Thomdike is working at Holland

Drake was married i n Granvi l l e ,

work at Patl1finder I n terna tio n a l ,

Thompson '95 and Laura Finn '97.

Mark in Boston, and she and her

Ohio, over Memorial D a y weekend to

an i n te rn a t i o n a l fa m i l y p l a n n i n g

S a ra h has traveled fre q u e n t l y to

husband, John, expect their first child

Dan Patterson, a fellow Peace Corps

a n d reproductive health nonprofit

England with her husband to visit

in November. . . . Kara Gilligan

volunteer whom she met in Niger,

organization, where she does program

his fam i ly . . . . Carolyn Sheppard

and Ed Ramirez bought a condo

vVest Africa. Kristin and Dan live in

man agement a n d has traveled to

married Darrell Oakley '9-1- in August

in Brookline, Mass. Ed is working

JVI: adison, \Nis., where Kristen is tl1e

Azerbaijan. Amie is teaching kinder­

at Old Sturbridge Vil lage in Mass.

Carolyn is tl1e creative director for New

with Fidelity, and Kara starts her

workform development coordinator

g·arten in Wellesley, Mass., and has

second year teaching fi fth grade in

for tl1e nonprofit organization United

taken up acting, hoping to make it

Shrewsbury, Mass., this fa l l . They

Refugee Services ofWisconsin, which

to Broadway some day . . . . Dori

of the New England H istoric Genea­ logical Society in Boston . . . John "JJ " Lovett married Al l i son G a i l

recently adopted a kitten, Topaz . . . .

serves Madison refugees . . . . Corey

Amy Wrentmore and Jan Dutton

Burnham, currently a law student

Morrison lives in Charlestown, JVIass. . . . Kim Allen is in her second year

Euglnud Ancesto1-s,

the newsmagazine .

I.] . ,

bought a house in Charlottesville, Va .

at UConn, is engaged to be married

of law school at BC and interned at a

S p i l l of Freehold,

Amy graduated from medical school

next year. . . . After spending the

firm in Delaware . . . . Patty Benson

Lake, N.J . , i n September a year ago.

last spring . . . . Andrea Bowman and Chris Rogers had a daugh ter, Abby

last four years teaching at tl1e Tilton

was married last fa l l to Captain Brian

. . . Julianne Erickson married john

School in New H a mpshire, Anne

Bechard. She and Brian are in Seoul,

Bond '94 in October 2000 at the

(8 lbs. 2 oz. and 2 1 inches long), on

J u rg e l e i t '97 sta rts a three-year

Korea, wh.ile Brian finishes his last

H istorical Society in Holliston, Mass.

in Spring

April 3 0 . Andrea is at home taking

physical therapy doctorate program

year of duty in the U . S . Army and

Since it was close to H a l loween, they

care of Abby and Tyler (who turned

at Simmons this fa l l . . . . Jamie Geier

Patty teaches English and coaches

2 in February), and C h ris is still

married Robert Stewart last October

basketball. . . . Laurie Catino Durkin

decided to have a gala masquerade

working with M C I vVorldcom . . . . Kris

in Portland, Maine, where Martha

is still l iving in Cohasset, Mass., with

of honor), Dan Rheaume, Alison

and Ben Morse had their second baby

Previte and Rachel Simson were her bridesmaids and Jennifer Stewart Guay shared in the celebration. After

her husba.nd, Bob, her daughter, J i l l

Werner, D e i rdre Foley, S h a w n

Soutl1, w h o is a l most 2 , and their

Keeler '9-1-, Chris a n d Andrea Bowman

second ch.ild, who arrived in August.

Rogers

a honeymoon to Belize,Jamie and her

Laurie received her master's degree i n

'94 and Steve '93 and Chrissie Cole­

had a baby girl, Meghan Ame l i a ,

husband settled in New York Ci ty,

early ch.ildhood education from Lesley

man S i m chock ' 9 3 j o i n e d i n the

8 l b s . 1 . 5 o z . and

where Jamie is enrolled in a doctoral

College and is currently substituti ng

fun . J u l i a n n e received a m a s ter's

20.2 5 inches long. They are currently

program at Long Island University.

at a local elementary school. . . .

degree from Boston

living in Mansfield, Mass., witl1 their

. . . Martha Previte is in her second

Lesley Finneran is a teaching fellow

is executive secretary for the general

1 8: Alexandra Stephanie Morse weighed 7 lbs. 6 oz . . . . On March 1 8 Karen and Ted Gulley girl on May

w h o weighed in at

theme, and Susan Macauley (maid

'9-1-, Laura Keally H eywood

niversity and

year of law school at tl1e University

in Nepal working for the Cornell

counsel's office of Boston U niversity,

-Tmcy K. Lnnen

of New Mexico and plans to move to

Nepal Srudy Program . . . . Jay Ireland

and Joh.n is employed as a provider

San Diego witl1 her boyfriend when

is living i n Brooklyn worki n g for

r e l a t i o n s c o n s u l t a n t for H a rvard

Christopher McMath fin­

she graduates. She has enjoyed hot-air

NetZero as an advertising representa­

Pilgrim Healthcare i n Quincy. They

ished up his second year of medical

ballooning and horseback riding in

tive . . . . Katherine Holliday is in her

live i n North Attleboro, Mass.

school at the Kigezi International

Santa Fe. . . . Abby Smith was married

second year of a clinical psychology

-Kjm

School of medicine in Cambridge,

to Jason Derrig, from B i l lings, J\ Iont.

P h . D . program in San D iego and was

chocolate Lab, Colby.

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Scbock

England, has been doing c l i n i c a l

They are currently living in Boston,

married to Tom Solm in August . . . .

rotations in London a n d New York

where Abby is in human resources with

Tamela Spaulding Perkins married

7-9, ' 02 ' Put i t on your calendar right

1 2 weeks in Uganda in East

the Gillette Company and pursuing

her h i gh school sweetheart, Kris,

now:

and spent

\\'here are you going on June

fiftb-yenr 1·eunion c0

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\\'anna h e l p out? Drop us a n e-mail

from San Fran to Chicago to attend

Cochran has been living and working

firm. Andy is beginning his third year

and we'll put you on a committee . . . .

Northwestern as well for a graduate

in Eugene, Ore., but rerurned to

as a law srudent at UPenn, where

Matthew Burgener was engaged to

degree in marketing. She sees �'endy

California for a second summer of

he is editor in chief of the Joumal

of Coustitutiounl Law. This fa l l he

Ridder, who is the director of invest­

ecology fiel dwork with birds. The

'02 wedding slated i n Fayetteville, Ark.

ment relations for a biotech company

first summer she srudied and hiked a

will be a writing i nstructor, teaching

M a tt hew, who's li,,ing in Charlot­

i n San Jose, and Liz Baker, who is

500-mile section of the Continental

first-year law srudents legal writing

teS\ille, Va. , also i s i n Matt Ne lson 's

leaving her job ,,·ith :1\.TETC, a travel

Divide trail in Colorado . . . . I 've

J un e '02 wedding . . . . Audra Wrnston

company for high schoolers, to pursue

begun pursing my M . Ed. in secondary

skills . . . . Congrarulations to Kristin Elfering Dieng on the birth of her son, Ismaael, i n April 2000. Ismaael

Mery Brown in April; they have a May

has a July '02 wedding planned to

her i nterests in marketing and event

English teaching at Boston College.

T i m B a i l ey. S h e is currently t h e

planning. . . . Kara Marchant Hooper

Thanks for the news1

managing editor at Brown Publish­

spent the summer traveling around

developed bilateral pneumonia and

Pndm'

spent a month in the neonatal ICU

Monica Staaterman started

w i l d 1 -y e a r- o l d . Kri s t i n a n d h e r

-Ki711 bedy N

after his birth, but he's now a happy,

ing i\'etwork, a s m a l l educational

the \Vest and catching 1 9 major league

publ i s h i n g company i n \Ve l lesley,

baseball games in a month with her

J\1ass., where she's worked for the

husband. Along the way, they caught

her summer with a bang, successfully

husband Live in Silver Spring, Md.,

past three years. S h e also attends

up with

finishing the San Di ego Marathon

and are expecting another baby i n

Babson's part-time 1\l.B.A. program.

and Ellie Peters. Austen remains

in less than fou r hours' Monica was

December. Kristin works ful l time

. . . Sue Hesselbach is engaged to

i n San Fran and recently left public

cheered on by Kirsten Staaterman

as an Africa risk analyst i n Vienna,

J\ 1ike Pierce, who proposed while on

relations to work in sales and market­

and Julie Fidaleo, who spent the

Va . . . . Ellen Bruce will move from

vacation in Bali . . . . Larry Benesh and

ing for Zurich Scudder I nvestments.

summer working in San Diego for

Washington, D.C., to Chicago this

Rebecca Hoogs were married inJ uly.

Andrew Morton, Bow Stratton, Doug Schultz, Bob Hart and Ryan Mayhugh met in Vegas for Larry's

. . . Anna Thomson is still in Boulder.

a judge before prepar i n g for h e r

fa l l . . . . Anne Miller graduated \�th

S h e works for Action Ma rke t i n g

second year of law school at Indiana

an M.A. i n math from the University

Group, a di�sion of "Varren i\1iller

n i v e r s i ty t h i s fa l l . . . . C i n d y

of Texas at Austin this summer. She

JJ Eklund, Austen B riggs

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Films, as the assistant art director iJl

Lohman was also in S a n D iego this

recently moved to Atlanta to work

b a c h e l o r pa rty, a n d , says L a r ry,

a three-person creative department.

summer, visiting her brother and

for Hewitt Associates as an acruary.

"amazingly, we all survived." Larry is

She works on specialty promotions

taking surfing lessons. Cindy Lives

. . . Nick Lombardi is sti l l living just

still working for J\1icrosoft in Seattle.

and marketing for such clients as Nike,

in Arlington, Va. , and is working for

outside Davis Square i n Somervi l l e

Andrew is finishing his first year of

Levi's, AmEX, Dockers, Dannon and

the National Science Foundation as

w i t h E d Kostrows k i .

acupuncture school i n San Diego,

others. After doing some skier-cross

a science assistant/biologist . . . .

started a n e w j o b i n downtown Boston

ick just

and Bow is still working in Boston.

racing, Anna's given up competition

Sara Boulian still loves l i fe out in

as an editorial assistant at Course

Doug continues to live the good l i fe

and is enjoying the "general recreation

Seattle, Wash. Sara is a designer for

Technology, where he's working witl1

in Jackson, \ \'yo. , and Bob is "keeping

of skiing." She was among a group

Gas Powered Games, who will be

h i mself out of trouble (for the most

planning a summer reunion in Tahoe

releasing their first computer game

B ry a n R a ffetto '95 and Heather Markham . . . . Andrew Porter and Justin Harvey '99 delivered a sailboat

pa rt) i n :\'.Y.C." After taking the

with Molly Bracken (who works

(publ ished by Microsoft) this fa l l .

summer off to travel, Ryan started

in admissions at Princeton), Mary

S h e writes that s h e has h a d a blast

to New York from Guadeloupe by

this fal l at Dartmouth's Tuck School

Rosenfeld (who's practicing law this year in Boston), Wendy Morris and others . . . . David B ruinooge

helping design the game for the past

wayofBermuda this summer' Andrew

of Business . . . . Chris Cintavey is a lieutenant Qg.)

rationed in Japan.

two years . . . . Nathan Radcliffe, who

concluded, "After i n tense research

is back for his third year at Temple

and d1e compilation oflarge amounts

H e has tra\·eled through Asia and

is m o v i n g o ffi ces from VH I

to

Medical School, writes, " i t's j u st

of raw empi rical data, we confirmed

Au tralia and earned a medal for his

Lifetime. He traveled around Paris,

like going to Col by, except that I

tlut Red Sox games are on TV in

deplopnents . . . . Monika Thiele left

the Normandy beaches, Belgium and

am in a very dirty ci ty, knee-deep

Freddie's Bar i n St. Georges." I n

the \\'orld \\�ldlife Fund in D .C. and

Amsterdam for a couple of weeks in

in extraordinarily contagious and

Septem ber, �drew w i l l rerum to

headed to the Philippine to work on a

April . . . . Dana Cease was accepted at

virulent diseases, spen d i n g every

Maine (Kennebunkport) to go to The

mari ne/coastal management research

Georgetmm University for business

waking moment awkwardly memoriz­

Landing School in d1e boat-building

project.

he rudied marine protected

school. . . . CJ Polcari finished his

ing an endl ess stream of medical

course .

a rea , su tainable touri m and the

last year of medical school at Loyola

minutia and keeping all social contacts

. . Leah West and Ken Raiche were married on July 1 4 in

local fi hing industry before moving

.

and was in Guatemala on a medical

to an absolute minimum." . . . Dave

M i nnesota and then headed out to

1att

mission . . . . Steve Kidd will attend

Logan reports that he "quit dri,�ng a

Brown this fa ll to pursue his master's

Fenton just began a two-year M . B .A. program at Babson . . . . Hilary �te

activities Mecca." Leah writes that they are "looking forward to being 20

to

eattle for grad school. . . .

Bend, Ore., to live i n an "outdoor

desk in Boston and am tra,·eling the

in dramatic arts and theater. . .

.

is heading to Yale to begin a physician

\\Orld, �tarring in ;-...'e" Zealand and

Andrea DeHaan, bit by the rock­

assistant master's program. H i l a ry

minutes from skiing!" . . . Thanks for

\\Orking m) way th rough Australia,

climbing bug while in Germany, is

spent the past year as a medical

all of your updates-I look forward

assistant in Breckenridge, Colo., and

to hearing from you•

now back in the

a w a Du e-Anthony is in \ndover,

tate . . . . Julie Lovell is currently living in Annapolis,

had the opportunity to travel to Peru

\ l as� . • " here �he remains \\ ith K.KO.

.\ !d., " here she is in an accelerated

last J\1ay . . . . Holly Kozlowski moved

She recend) moved into a nice house

nur ing program at Johns Hopkins

from Canton,

and hoping to get into some sailing

been assistant director of admissions

R e c e n t l y I ran i n to G i n a Espinosa-Salcedo, w h o fi n i s h e d

�oil 1n :\'e'' \(Jrk \\ Orking as associate

'' ith the idea of )i,·ing on board in

for St. Lawrence University, tc I thaca,

h e r master's degree in public heal tl1

producer on the �hO\\ Jmuce File.r,

the future . . . . Jason Klein is the

N.Y., where she began law school at

last year. She'd been working as an

curator of the Edith G. Read \\'ildlife

Cornell

injury prevention consultant for the

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\frica and ending in Europe." . . .

'\"orth Readmg . . . . Line Farr i

" h 1ch �� co-produced " 1th

\ BC '\'e"

.Y., where she has

niversity d1is fal l . . . . After

-Allison BTowu Flynn

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and a1r� on the 0 1 �CO\ ef) Channel.

Sanctuaf)', a I i9-acre park in Rye that

traveling in the Greek Islands and

Department of Transportation and

. . . \ \'endy ,\ lorri filled u� m on the

1'> part of the \ \'estchester County

Egypt this summer, Liz Castagneto

was just h i red by the

\\ ·e.,t Coa�r connngent, �armg that Jennifer o·;-...'eill filmhed her ma.,tcr\

Parks Department on Long Island

headed to N l a ssach usetts fo r her

T nstirute to serve as their partnership

�ound. I r e

coordinator. Gina lives in Colorado

ational Cancer

respo n s i b l e fo r a l l

first year of medical school at the

111 !Ournall.,m at '\orrh" e'>tern and " a� pbnnmg on m<l\ mg out to San

a'>pect� o f the park, including the

ni,·ersiry of ,\I a sachusetts . . . .

hab1tat management projects that

Andy

mith spent the summer in

moyle '00. She let me know that

FranCI'>CO . .\ lichelle Lin I'> mm mg

he' recCI\ Cd grant'> for. . . . Lin a

:\'e\\ York City working for a law

Bryan Rund was working in Idaho

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prings with boyfriend David Nor­

for the summer. After spending this last year in D.C. , he will be attend­ ing graduate school at American Un iversity i n the fal l . . . . After working for Sk:yHawk sports camps in San Francisco, Adam Davis moved to Virginia in April and has a new job . . . . Brad Sicchitano finished his second year teaching at Dexter School in Brookline, Mass., and drove across the country this summer to participate in a TOLS course for outdoor educators in Alaska . . . David Burk e is working at Triumvirate Environmental in Cambridge, Mass., and is living in Haverhi l l . . . . Chris Einstein is working i n Seattle and living with Kate Lite!. . . . . Annie Flanagan lives in Stamford, Conn., and works for African Portfolio. She designs safari trips and is currently traveling throughout Africa on busi­ ness. She is applying to serve in the Peace Corps next year. . . . I also ran into Chelsea Palmer, who a fter earning a degree in massage tl1erapy at the New Mexico Academy of Healing Arts in Santa Fe i n J nne 2000 is now working in Vermont at Cone Editions Press, a digital print-making studio. . . . Mackenzie Dawson is engaged to Nick Parks, a BU graduate' They plan a J w1e 2 002 wedding, and Sasha Brown and Carrie Dube will be bridesmaids . . . . Josh Waldman and Andrea Keisler have been living in Portland, Ore., for more than a year and a half. Andrea just finished up a year as an A.meriCorps*VISTA volunteer doing cooking and nutrition classes through tl1e Oregon Food Bank for people at risk for maLnutri­ tion, a n d she was h i red on as a full-time employee. Josh works in central Oregon, teaching geology, archaeology and arid lands ecology to fifth and sixth graders at tl1e John Day Fossil Beds National Monument through the Oregon M useum of Science and Technology . . . . Lauren Rothman and Jason Gerbsman are still together and going strong after five and a half years, even since Jason moved to Israel and became an Israeli citizen inJ une 2000. He just began his service in the Israeli Defense Forces, where he hopes to be selected for the naval branch of the military. "Then he's not on tl1e base, Jason lives in Jerusalem witl1 friends . . . . After graduation Robin Torbeck moved to Bar Harbor, J\ 1aine, and witl1 her two older brothers is a puppeteer-tl1ey're called the Frogtown Mow1tain Pup­ peteers. They make tl1eir puppets, which are very muppet-y looking, .

and they travel all over Maine. Robin lives with Kristin Engel and Beth Lang . . . As a baseball advisor for a sports management firm, CS1VlG Sports Ltd . , Laura Feraco helps professional atl1letes straighten out their lives. She works mostly with the Latin American clients and all of their clients who are playing ball in Japan. . . . Last fall J enny Harvey-Smith decided that she had had enough of her office job at Outdoor Research, Inc., in Seattle and moved to Hood River, Ore. She works on the pro ski patrol at Mt. Hood Meadows. Over the summer Jenny was a firefighter and fought wildfires for the State Forestry Department of Oregon . . . .

Arin Novick finished up a master's program for teaching in Boston . . . . I headed to graduate school at Harvard in September to work on my master's degree in education.

KYLE GARRY '00 What he d i d H e l ped orga nize "e-pals" at

.

Colby for fifth graders from Fra m i ngha m , Mass.

What was better than that When the fifth

grade got to come to Colby to meet their "e-pals" i n perso n .

What they did on campus Ate i n a d i n i ng

h a l l , had a scavenger h u nt, had a private concert by the Colby Eight.

What helped m a ke it all happen A grant

from the Colby President's Office What their tea cher sa i d " Because the

college kids wrote longer messages, my kids were encouraged to write better responses . " Which leads to what? I m proving their writing.

What one fifth grader lea rned a bout C o l by " How big it i s a n d how

hard you have to work to get there . " What Kyle advised h i m t o d o t o return t o C o l by i n a bout eight years

"Stay i n school, work hard , be good and have self-contro l . "

-Lindsay /-/ayes

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Hope tl1at all is well witl1 tl1e Class of 2000 and that everyone is happy and healtl1y. I recently moved to Brookline, Mass., and am living with Jen Usher and Meg Lawson '99. When I was up at Colby in April for the Colbyettes 50th reunion, I ran into Brenda Yun, who was finishing up her first year of grad school in Boston . . . . Katie Mitchell recently finished her graduate school program at Lesley niversity before mo,•ing to Hawaii in Aug·ust to teach kinder­ garten . . . . Christie Beveridge was to be teaching English at the \IVhite N l ountain School in B e t h l e h e m , N.H., after spending the summer a t the Bread Loaf School of English a t . Alexis Fine reports Middlebury . that she is working as an ana lyst at Morgan Stanley in New York and living with Arnie Mallett and Amanda Carucci. She and Am ie rented a house in the Hamptons tl1is summer witl1 Morgan McDevitt and Matt Todesca . . . . Megan Davis is living in Soutl1 Burlington, Vt., and spent two weeks this summer in India witl1 Kamini Bhargava . . . . Jared Woodward-Poor is also in South Burlington working at the Sailing Center. . . . Mari Masuda is living in Corpus Christi, Texas, going tl1rough Aight school for the .S . .Ka,·y . . . .

Christopher Ix says that both he and i\ lichael Gibson '0 1 are in the Armr pursing officer training programs.

C h ri stopher, an engineer officer, completed Officer Candidate School this year, is ;mending the Engineer Officer Basic Course at Fort Leonard .

.

\Vood and w i l l be on his way to Germany in October. Mike begins Warrant Officer FLight School at Fort Rucker in Alabama in October. . . .

Alex Moskos finished up his master's at Nortl1eastern University in June and says he will probably stay in Boston . . . . Living in Portland, Ore., is Krissy Swanson, who is working for the Oregon Health & Science University doing neurology research. . . . Courtney llgen.fritz recently finished a year of study in China and was joined by Erin DarLing, Kate Davies, Liz Hart, Carrie Keeling and Andy Miller for travel around China this past summer. This fall, she, Carrie, Andy and Liz are moving to \Vashington, D.C., where Andy will be working for the \Vashington bureau of ABC News. He received his J\ I.S. in broadcast journalism from ewhouse School at Syracuse the University in J une . . . . Michael Siegel reported tlut he is doing well in California . . . . . Lisa Cardillo was back in the States this summer after spending a year teaching English in Italy . . . Katie Reber finished her first year of the nurse practitioner program niversity and at Johns Hopkins worked at the hospital this summer as a certified nurse intern. She reports that Mike Farrell is enjoying his work as an admissions counselor at Babson College, that Cipperly Good has been in \\'aten;lle working at the L.C. Bates ;\ luseum and plans to start school in museum studies this fall and that Becka Solomon spent the year "·ith AmeriCorps in California, Arizona and Alaska . . . . Caitlin .

Nelson is livi ng in Portland, i\ [aine, with Carolyn Clark and Kate Henry and working at tl1e Portland Museum of Art, where she worked on the biennial art exhibit that opened in Apri l. Carolyn is teaching violin, and Kate is a management consultant at Baker, Newman & loyes . . . .

Whitney Lawton returned from Siberia and spent the summer in the States. She plans to head back to Russia or possibly to Japan to teach English . . . David ormoyle (aka " Bamboo") is working for the United States Golf Association in Colorado Springs. He is a fellow with the SGA Foundation and helps to manage the SGA's For the Good of the Game Grants Program, which makes golf more affordable and accessible for economically disadvantaged youth and for individuals with disabilities.

This summer he worked at the .S. Open and other USGA champion­ ships . . . . Adam Cramer is living in Seattle and working at Eddie Bauer as an online marketing specialist. . . .

Karen Lee is in Oakland, Calif., as a pathology paralegal at an asbestos litigation firm . . . . Tom Donahue will be attending the niversiry of Chicago this fall to tart an ,\LA. program in international relations. He also reported thatSambit Pattanayak is in Xew York working as an equity research analyst for Lehman Brothers. . . . Brooke Frappier reported that she got engaged to Craig Jude '991 They are planning their wedding for June 2002 before heading to graduate school. .

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0 Martha Holt H ines '29, May H, 2 0 0 1 , in Sarasota, Fla., at 92 . She was a member of the :\ Iotor Corps of t h e A m e r i c a n Red C ross d u r i n g \\'orld \\'ar I I . A homema ke r i n :l'\ashua, :-\ . H . , she was acti,·e i n m a ny com m u n i t y orga n i za t i o n s .

Her husband, K a rl R . H i nes ' 3 0 , a n d several Colby relatives predeceased her. S u n·ivors i n clude her daughter, June C. H i nes, and t h ree cousi ns.

Frank Giuffra '30, February 2-l-, 2 00 1 , in :\ Iontclair, K]. He was a general ph�·sician i n :\ Iontcl a i r for more than -l-0 years and also served as head physician for the :-. Jontcl a i r school s�·stem. u rv i v i n g a re h i s sons, Peter ;. I . a nd James F. Giuffra, two daughters, Carol Boeckel and Kath leen Com i n i , 1 9 grandch i ld ren a nd 2 0 great-grandch i ldren.

Louise 1u rray Deans ' 3 1 , July 9, 200 1 , i n Charlotte, ?\'.C., at 9 1 . A homemaker who was predeceased by her husband, Edwin \'. Deans, she is sun·ived b)' her daughters, Josephi ne Deans Auchincloss '60 and Cynthia D. Curr�·, and her son. John E . Deans.

Janet Locke Jack ' 3 1 , ugust 5 , 2 00 1 , i n .\ I a i ne, at 9 1 . She taught in h igh choob in Fa l mouth and abattus, :\ I a i ne , a n d at Edward L i ttle i n Aubu rn . From 1 9-l-5 to 1 965 she taught in public schools i n \\'e) mouth a nd Qui ncy, .\ l ass . . then, until her reti rement i n 1 977, at :-.Jr. Blue l l igh chool in Farm ington, .\ I a ine. She earned a master's degree from BostOn L'ni\ ersit�·. he also was much 1 11 demand as a church choir member a nd �oloist and performed at man) public e' ems. un i ' ing a re m o �on�. Ru.,.,ell I I . Jr. and Ronald B. J ack, her daughter, Patricia Jack \ \o�her '62 . 10 gra ndc h i l d ren a nd I I great-gra ndch 1 ld ren . h a rl o t t e B l o m field Auger '33, June 22. 200 1 , 1 11 '\on' 1ch, Conn., at 90 . ."he �en ed 1 n \ rill) I ntel hgence ( . 2 1 11 19-l--l- - -l- - . \ re�1dent of the '\on\ JCh <Hea for .- 5 ) Car�. he '' a� emplo) ed at \ JrJOU� bank� 1 11 �e, eral cap,lCJtlt!'> ami ren red from the '\ J\ al Fcder,l l Credit L n 1on 111 1 (r6. he 1 ' �un 1 \ ed 1 ) \ a �on. Fd\\ J rd F. \ugcr, a brother and t\\ O grandch i ld ren.

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She ,,·as a teacher at h igh schools in Island Fal l s and Houlton, M a i ne, then taught English, French and music at R i cker Classica I Institute.

Later she taught at Rectory School i n Con necticut w h i le assisting her husband in operati ng a management consulting business. She a lso was i nvolved w i t h c h o i r s i n M a i n e , Con necticut a n d i\ 1 a ssach usetts.

She leaves a daughter, Marilyn H . \Yescott, a son, R ichard S. Hobby, her sister, M a ry Fai rbanks H askell '3 , and th ree grandchi ldren.

James E . Poulin '33,]uly 30, 2 00 1 , i n "'aterv i l le, M a i ne, a t 9 1 . A spec i a l ist in ophthal mology and otolaryngol­ ogy and a member of the surgica l staff of Seton Hospital in \Vatervi l le, where he served as president, he also was a founder ofThayer Hospital . He remai ned i n private practice for more than -l-5 years and was a member of numerous professional associa­ tions. Predeceased by his w i fe, Tina Thompson Pou l i n '32, he is survived by a daughter, Terry Ann Gruener, a son,James E. Pou l i n I I I , a sister, fou r grandchildren, i ncluding]am ie Gru­ ener '9 1 , and one great-grandch i ld .

R u t h Maddock Adam '35, May 5, 200 1 , i n Brewster, M ass., at 86. She was a teacher at Groveland ( i\ lass.)

H igh School from 1936 to 1 9-l-5 as well as a long-time docent at the \\'orcester Art i\ l useum. She was the wife ofJohn Adam Jr. Charlotte Bates Brooks '35, i\ Iarch 26, 200 1 , in Cala is, i\ 1 a i ne, at 88. A bookkeeper in the George B. Bates Je,, e J ry Store, she a lso played the organ in several Congrega t i o n a l elm rches, i ncluding the Sewal .' demo­ rial Congregational Church in Rob­ bi mton, .\ I a i ne, '' here she taught S u n d a ) S c h oo l . She is su n · i ved h) her hu<,hand of 59 years, John K. B rook'>, a o n , a daughter, a brother, three grandc h i l d ren and four great-grandch i ld ren. h i rl e ) V i n c e n t W h i t i n g ' 3 5 , Fchruar) 2 2 . 2 00 1 , 1 11 BristOl, Conn., at . l i e '' J '> emplo� ed for 32 } ear� at La nder�. Frar} & Clark Co. a nd bter <ll r he . tan lc\ \\'ork'> 1 11 '\e,,

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Lewis N. Brackley '36, February 1 7, 200 1 , in Farm i n gton, M a i ne, at 86. After work ing as a foreman at the Forster i\ l a n u factu r i n g Company for several years, he taught school in Lower D a l l as, K i ngfield, Jay and P h i l l ips, M a i ne, where he also was active i n coach i ng school sports. H e w a s a member of several community orga n i zations. Predeceased by h i s brother, R u fu s Brack ley '40, h e i s s u r v i ved by h i s w i fe , P h yl l i s , a daughter, a brother a n d several grandch i l d ren, n ieces and nephews.

M a rguerite G rover J a ffee ' 3 6 , Apri l 2 1 , 2 00 1 , i n H a l landale, Fla., at 86. A fter receiving her master's degree in early c h i l d hood education at Hunter Col lege, she speci a l i zed in Down's syndrome children and was di rector of the Little Red House ursery School in Fran k l i n , i\ 1 a i ne.

She i s surv ived by her husband, George, a daughter, a brother a nd two n ieces.

Merri ll E. Powers ' 3 6 , Ja nuary 8, 2000, i n Glens Fa lls, N.Y., at 86.

He received a master's degree from Teachers' College at Columbia nJ­ versity and specia l i zed i n audiovisual education i n grades K- 1 2 in New York schools. Survivors i nclude h i s son, Ja mes T. Powers.

Wayne B. Sanders '37, J uly 2, 2 00 1 , i n Spri n gfield, M a s s . , a t 8 7. H e was the owner a n d president-and chemist and research di rector-of the i\ Iosher Company in C h icopee, i\ lass. H e leaves his wife, Betty Herd Sanders '38, three daughter , i nclud­ ing Cynthia Sa nders l nga l ls '73, a sister and three grandch i ldren.

Erwin R . Kaufman '39, M a rch 5, 200 1 , in Cambridge, M ass., at 8 3 .

I Je w a s awarded a Purple Heart after escaping from a German prisoner of war camp d u r i n g \Vorld \Va r 1 1 . From 1 950 to 1988 he owned and operated Admira l Folding Box Com pan) i n .\ lcthuen , :-. l ass. l le lea,•es hi'> '' ife, Donna, three daughters, t\\ O '>011'> and t\\ 0 grandch i ld ren.

s Caroline Piper Overfors '40, April 10, 2 00 1 , i n Waterville, M a i ne, at 8 3 . She was employed during her enti re 3 0 -yea r c a reer in n u r s i n g a t C h i l d ren's Hospita l i n B osto n .

Fol l ow i n g reti rement s h e vol u n ­ teered at M a i neGenera l H o spi ta l i n \�Tatervil le. P redeceased by her husband and her brother, A l bert 0.

P i pe r '36, she i s survived by a n iece, Jan Kornbluth.

Richard H . Bright '4 1 , April 1 4, 200 1 , i n Old Saybrook, Conn., at 8 1 . H e was a pi lot i n the A rmy A i r Corps during \iVorld \iVa r I I . H e was a d i strict manager for the General Electric Co. battery divi sion when he retired after 5 0 years of service.

He i s survived by his w i fe, .Jean, h i s son, David Bright '75, and two granddaughters.

Rodney Ellis '4 1 , June 2, 2 00 1 , i n HTatervi l le, i\ 1 a i ne, a t 8 3 . During h i s 32 years o f Army service, primarily in the parachute i n fa ntry, he received numerous meda ls and awards, i nclud­ ing the B ronze Star Medal for valor with five Oak LeafCiusters. He was a member of several service organ i za­ tions and was a n avid sportsman and run ner. He leaves h i s w i fe of60 years, Donna Horne Ell is '+ I , a daughter, two h a l f-sisters, two grandchi ld ren, a great-gra nelson and several cousins, n ieces and nephews.

Maurice D. R i m po '4 1 , February 5, 200 1 , in Cambridge, Mel., at 82.

He served as a staff sergeant i n the Army during vVorld vVar I I , taught Engl ish at a private school and was on the ed itoria I staff of the Duke niversity Press. I n 1950 he began a long career as ed itor of Tbe Daily Bmnm· i n Cambridge. He is surv ived by h i s w i fe, Bonn ie, two sons, a grandson, two granddaughters and two brothers, Charles H. R i mpo '38 and Edward L. R i mpo '49.

Ruth Doris Peter on Stan ley '41 , pri I 8 , 200 I , i n Teptune, N.J . , at 8 1 .

She was certi fied at Katha rine Gibbs Secretarial School in ew York City and was assistant credit ma nager for the Dickson Coal Company in l ew York. She a l so was employed by the New Jersey Society of Profes­ sional Engi neers and did volunteer

secretarial work for her local church.

Predeceased by her husband, Ken­ neth G . Stanley ' 3 9, she is survived by her daughter, Prisci l l a Stan ley, a son, John Stan ley, a sister, fou r grandsons and t w o n ieces.

M a i ne, Advenisn Later he was editor of the Tenueck (N.] ) Srm, the Bath (Mai ne) Daily Times and the f-loultou (Maine) Pionw· Times. He and his wife, \Ni n n i fred, were the parents of th ree chi ldren.

Mary Robinson Taylor '41 , August 1-+, 2 00 1 , i n Bath, M a i ne, at 8 1 . H igh school valedictorian and Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the College, she served Colby a s class agent. Her husband, W i l l i a m D . Taylor '40, predeceased her. She leaves her sons, ·wi l l i a m , J effrey and Jonathan, a daughter, K a ren, a sister, five grand­ ch i ldren and a great-grandson .

Frederick H. Sontag '4 6 , June 2 1 , 200 1 , i n South Orange, N.J., at 79.

He was a publ ic affa i rs and research consultant i n the Eisen hower and Reagan adm i n istrations, establ ished the p u b l i c r e l a t i o n s d e p a r t m e n t at Busi11ess Week and w a s national di rector of the American Association of Pol i tical Consultants and co­ author of Pm·ties: Tbe Real Opportu-

Stedman B. Howard '42, March 1 9, 2000, in Am herst, Mass., at 80. He was editor of the T¥nre Rive1· News and ed itor and p u b l i s h e r of the T J · i­ County Times of \Na re, Mass. He a I so was purchasing agent at vVare Kn it­ ters, I nc., and owned an i ndustrial adverti s i n g agency in H a m i lton, Mass. H is brother, S. D wight Howard '43, died previously. He is survived by his wife, Anne, two sons, a daughter and seven grandchildren.

He performed organ izational and consulting work for a wide range of corporations, the Episcopal Church a n d i nd i v i d u a l s in p r i v a t e l i fe .

Su rvivors i nclude h i s wife, Edith .

Mary Lee Conway Kittle '42 , June 5, 2 00 1 , in Wa l l i ngford, Con n., at 8 1 . She was a laboratory techn ician at the iVl eriden and Stamford, Con n., hospi t a l s a n d the U.S. Veterans Hospita l i n vVest H aven until her retirement i n 1 9 74. She leaves her husband, Pau l, two sons, a sister and two grandsons.

Ruth Crowell Knight '42, August 200 1 , i n Baton Rouge, La., at 80.

She served as a medical technologist i n the Navy during vVorld \Na r I I and later was a laboratory techni­ cian at the Springfield Hospital i n Spri ngfield, Mass. She is survived by her husband, Herbert T. Knight, a n iece and a sister.

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Maxine Merrill Newhall '44, April 1 5, 200 1 , i n vVinth rop, Nl.ai ne, at 79.

She was employed in the advertising and publ icity department at Central i\l [aine Power Company for several years a n d for m a ny years was a volunteer in the \Vi nthrop school system. Predeceased by her husband, Carl Newhall Jr., she is survived by her brother, Dean 1\ 1erri I I .

Marshall B. H ammond '46, Octo­ ber 2-J., 2 000, in Pittsfield, M a i ne, at 76. He began a long newspaper career i n 1 945 w ith the Pittsfield,

11ity faT Effective Citize11 Politics.

Eileen McMahon Bills '47, February 2 5 , 200 1 , in Merrimack, N.H., at 74.

A computer coordinator for the city ofLowel l , Mass., she received the key to the city for her 23 years of service i n clerical and computer train ing i n the Employment and S k i l ls Tra i n i ng Center. Previously she was dean of students at Rogers H a l l in Lowell.

Besides her husband of 50 years, Ra I ph Bi l is, survivors include a son, a daughter and three grandch i ldren.

James H . Wing '49, March 26, 200 1 , i n Evans, Ga., a t 79. After Army service during \Norld 'vVar I I he retu rned to the College to major i n physics and became a research engineer with Hol l i ngsworth and \Nhitney Co. i n \Naterville, Maine.

Later he was director of resea rch and development for Continental Can Co. in Georgia. Survivors i nclude his sons,JamesJr., Dana andJonathan, his daughter, Bonnie Wing Rowley, three grandchi ldren, one step-grandchild and three great-grandch i ldren.

Carlene MacPherson Sparkes '50, June 1 5, 200 1 , i n Springfield, Ore., at 7 3 . She was a New England Telephone Company service representative and later taught in the D a nvers and L i t tleton, 1\1ass . , school systems.

Predeceased by her husband, John S. Sparkes '50, she is survived by her son, Stephen Sparkes '78, her daughter, Joanna Turteltaub, and a sister.

J. Edwin Martin ' 5 1 ,June 5, 200 1 , i n Rumford, ,\ Ia i ne, at 7 3 . After serving

i n the avy during and after World \Na r I I , he was a fam i ly physician for nearly 40 years in his hometown of Rumford, where he served on many committees and was public health officer. H e received the H e a l t h a n d S a fe t y Advocacy a w a rd fo r his outstanding efforts to i mprove Mai ne's workplaces and com muni­ ties. He is survived by his wife, Marie­ Therese Beaudet, six daughters, i ncluding Priscilla M a rtin '77, th ree sons, i nclud i ng Patrick M a rti n ' 8 6 , a sister and brother a n d 1 3 grandchi ld ren.

Oscar Rosen ' 5 1 , April 7 , 200 1 , i n Salem, Mass., at 78. After service in the Navy from 1 940 to 1 946 he received master's a nd doctoral degrees from t h e U n i ve r s i t y of W iscon s i n a n d taught h i story at overseas U.S. m i l itary bases. Later he taught Fa r Eastern h i story at Cheyney University and at Salem State College. He was the fou nder and e d itor of the newsletter for t h e Atom i c Vetera n s R a d i a t i o n Research I nstitute. He leaves t h ree d augh ters, Don na Rosen, D i a n a Shatz and Joa n ne Si lva, a sister, two brothers, five grandch i l d ren and two great-grandch ildren.

Benjamin R. Sears '52 , May 7 , 2 0 0 1 , i n Bedford, M ass., a t 7 2 . He was president of Bedford Real Estate for 25 years, treasurer for the general contracting company Page Associ­ ates, I nc., for 17 years and i nvolved in Bedford commun ity activities for more than -+0 years. He served Colby as class officer, alumni i nterviewer and Alum n i Council representative, and he and his wife, Nancy R icker Sears '50, were awarded Colby Bricks i n 1 997. Survivors i nclude his wife, his daughters, Jennifer Sears Supple '8 1 and Rebecca Sears Cleary '87, two sons, four grandchildren, his sister, H a rriet Sears Fraser '55, and h i s nephew, Jonathan Fraser '82 .

Darroll Mortimer Downing Jr. '56, June 26, 200 1 , in M i l ford, N.H., at 66. He owned and operated i\ Iort's Convenience Store in Amherst, N.H., and also worked at Sanders Associates in Nashua. Surv ivors i nclude h i s friends R ita a n d Dixie Dickstein.

Thomas B. Newman ' 56 , ,\ I ay 29, 200 1 , i n Norwalk, Conn., at 67. He was emplo�'ed by ,\ [obi ] Oil Corp. for 32 vears. A fter reti ri n g a s a senior executi,·e he was president

of Joh nson and Dix Compa ny i n Lebanon, N. H . , a n d owned A&T Fuel Enterprises i n En field, N.H. He mai ntai ned a l i fe-long i nvolvement with ath letics. He is su rvived by his w i fe, I rene, a daughter, two sons, a sister, a brother, three grandch ildren and several n ieces and nephews.

Katharine LamneckJones '58,June 1 2 , 200 1 , in Rochester, M i n n. , at 64.

She worked as a field representative for the U. S . Census Bureau. She is survived by her husband, Ph i l ip L. Jones, two daughters and a son , th ree grandchildren, her mother, her sister, five n ieces and a nephew.

Lucia Johnson Stuart ' 5 8, January 24, 200 1 , in Grand Rapids, Mich., at 64. She is survived by her husband, J a mes L. Stuart, th ree sons, a brother and her stepmother.

John B. Shoemaker '59, February 24, 2 0 0 1 , i n Palmetto, Fla., at 64. Fol­ lowing service i n the Navy Seabees he worked in the qual ity control departmentofMi l l i ken Woolens, I nc., in New York City. He reti red from Continental Airl i nes. Predeceased by his father, Charles \V. Shoemaker '25, he is survived by his sisters, Carol Shoemaker Rasmussen '60 and 1 ancy Shoemaker Dargle '60.

Joseph W. Barringer ' 8 4, July 1 7, 2 00 1 , i n Lexi ngton, Mass., at 39.

He worked at Bass Museum of Art i n Miami Beach, Fla., a nd later was a self-employed graphic designer.

Survivors include his parents, \'\ fa lter and Joan Barri nger, his sister, two nephews and a niece, his grandparents and many aunts, uncles and cousi ns.

Paul Perez, June 6, 2 00 1 , in Rock­ port, Mass., at 82 . A professor of psychology at the Col lege from 1 960 to 1 98 5 , he is s u r v i ve d by h i s daughters, P a r i s , Tracy a n d Amanda Perez.

Charlene Cannon , August 16, 2 0 0 1 , i n I l l i nois a t 82. Fol lowing t h e death of her husband, Jesse, she took his place as the trustee of the Elijah Parish Lovejoy gravesite in Iron, I l l . , a revered position among both African Americans and wh ites in the area. She received her bachelor's degree in education from K n ox Col lege a n d taught i n the A lton elementary schools for 3 2 years.

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windows and bare bookshelves of their new life.

attribute it to the fluorescent lights. Clearly it's the

We're a l l stuffed to the tai lgate with p i l lows, com­

weight of our b riefcase that makes the stairs so

puters, t r u n ks, plants and winter coats. And we're

strenuous. The desire to nap m i d-afternoon is,

packed to the brink of our l i ps, the edge of o u r

of cou rse, due to eye stra i n from the com puter

eyelashes, w i t h su ppressed sighs and tears.

scree n . Our own kids, whose faces we see at

We ease groa n i n g vehicles t h rough the narrow

these la rge, semi-adult creatu res who show up at

way on green lawns. W e c l i m b too many stairs,

office hours.

with heavy loads no one beyond the age of

18 should ever attempt. We exchange smiles with other perspi ring parents, marveling at the

asking s i l l y questions. We're coaching the a p pli­ cation process. We're awaiting the news. We're

thought the first day of the yellow school bus was

marking our c h i l d 's n a me on a stack of new

bad . The clock ticked too slowly as we waited for

socks. We're packing the car. And now here we

the bus to disgorge our c h i ld only slightly ma rred

a re, meeting the roommate's parents. Finally o u r

by a new worl d . But, our conspiratorial glances

d e n i a l is broken. We're a s midd le-aged a s they

seem to say, this a i n 't no yellow school bus.

are, and just as pathetic. We kiss our c h i l d ren

College presidents, sta n d i ng on the pod i u m in

goodbye in their half-u n packed rooms. H a u l i ng

h u n d reds of chapels just l i ke the one where we

nothing but grief a n d relief, a t ra i l of em pty

j ust sat d utifully in rows, assure us o u r young

cars returns the exhausted parental generation to

a d u lts will return home safe and sou nd , but

altered l ives.

utterly changed. We wonder why we've agreed

I will wa l k , cool and professiona l , into the

without protest to part with o u r life savings and

classroom on Day One as usua l , to greet my

o u r c h i l d ren.

newly nested, outfitted and s h a m pooed fresh­

the m u r m u r of mothers making beds and can-do

men . I represent the next step on their jou rney away from home. I'm the pcofessor, no one's

dads with ha m mer and tape measure. A s u b ­

mom . I struggle to swa l low past a l u m p i n the

m igration t o the local mall ensues. There, the

throat. Let it re mind me to treat them with tender

a isles are crammed with anxious parents gripping

care, so we parents can stop m o p i ng and get on

To me. the begt n n t ng of the academic year

a list, gru m py students sizing each other u p , a l l in

with the rest of o u r l ife.

means stepptng tnto a stuffy office whose wtn­

search of rugs, curta i n rod, lamp, extension cord,

d ows have been shut since May. I say hello to a

ptcture hooks, ha ngers, d etergent.

bla n k computer screen, cha nge the phone mes­

I ' m as stunned as the rest of the parents

sage and ft l l my desk drawer wtth nee cakes and

even though I saw tt com t ng better tha n most. I

ea bags. Then t 's on to meet the ftrst class.

But unttl my son went off to col lege t n Mas­

ated from Amherst College, Class of 2001.

navtgated my office com puter better than I cou l d .

B y 16, he could pass for a freshman a s he waited

o'clock t n LoveJOY 207 was JUSt part of the cal­

for me tn the l t brary.

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Because now I , oo. have found myself t n a

I 'd spent years glanctng wtth curiosity at pro­ specttve parents ltstentng to thetr tour gutde explatn the Blue Ltght. I found thetr awkward tnsecunty somewhat a m ustng. We professors

s ream o cottege-bound ra tC on Route 495,

forget. or never rea ltze, that the fresh crop of

paren s n he ron sea . chtld s rapped t n back

young faces we meet every year ts del tvered to

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tndows sporttng college decals, that

us by parents. Stnce o u r students never pass he age of 2 1 . we are eternally 35, a n d nothtng

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Life: A Homesteader's H i story and Writer on the

could barely c l t m b the stairs to M i ller Library a n d

bleary-eyed . sweaty young freshmen have JUSt

hese are someone else's chtldren. and they've

is the author of Carrying Water As a Way of Rocks-Moving the I m possi ble. Her son gradu­

been through. The fact of thetr presence at one endar's mexorable forward motton. Now I know­

Associate Professor of English Linda Tatelbaum

bega n tea c h t ng at Colby when Noah was 3. He couldn't reach t h e d ri n king founta i n . A t 10, he

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But sudden ly, we've joined the c l uster of par­ ents trudging around on cam pus tours. We're

forces that brought us to this surreal frenzy. We'd

Back in the dorm, the corridors resou n d with

I 've been a col lege professor nearly 3 0 years.

the kitchen ta ble, have nothing i n common with

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