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Ed and Tiauna What a beautiful story, and great to hear candor about how Bates had and has room to grow (“Like Father, Like Daughter,” Spring 2021). And it’s so inspiring to hear of Ed’s and Tiauna’s stories. Ed was a JA in Hedge my freshman year, and I remember seeing Tiauna visit one time. I and so many others looked up to him so much. To have this additional story context is amazing. Hope, Maine
The piece on Ed Walker and his daughter was moving. The quality of writing and photography are a credit to Bates College. The entire magazine makes me proud to identify with Bates. Your staff brings an alumnus back to the values we share. Richard Gurney ’61
Gene Clough, a beloved retired lecturer in geology and physics, did a tandem skydive at SkyDive New England in Lebanon, Maine, on Oct. 11, 2021.
Oh, Ed Walker, I remember you! What a beautiful life and family. Many smiles to you and for seeing part of your journey. Sarah Hannigen Laughlin ’03
Cheswick, Pa.
Susan Somer Futter P’21
with such a daunting task. Peter inherited that generous soul. Peter, I hope heaven is treating you well and that you are there with your mother. The spirit of the Goodriches’ goodwill lives on in many.
persevering,” BatesNews, Sept. 9, 2021, and “Remembering Peter Goodrich,” the Bates Bobcast). Peter was a great athlete, a smart and tough competitor, and the kind of person who made everyone else around him up their game. Even more than that, he was a giver, and I think it was typical of Peter that later in his life he actually helped to coach teams he used to compete against in the hammer
Amagansett, N.Y.
‘A Giver’ The loss of Peter is still unfathomable. I had the honor of babysitting Peter and his brother Foster for years, as we lived in the same neighborhood in Williamstown, Mass. He and Foss were like little brothers to me. His parents, Don and the late Sally Goodrich, were the most generous people I had ever known. They brought me on my college tours from Connecticut to Maine as my parents had no experience
Cricket Alioto Fuller ’05
Hope, Maine
As someone who knew Peter Goodrich first as a competitor and later as a friend, this was a good memory (“Love
Peter Goodrich ’89 walks in front of Pettigrew Hall in 1988. This past year, Goodrich, who died 20 years ago on 9/11 aboard hijacked United Flight 175, was honored with the funding, by his wife, Rachel Carr Goodrich ’90, and Bates friends, of the Peter M. Goodrich ’89 Memorial Scholarship Fund.
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There are so many heroes in this story, not least of which was Ed, who knew exactly what he needed to do to give his daughter a great chance in life! Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y
COURTESY RACHEL CARR GOODRICH ’90
Cricket Alioto Fuller ’05
Gene Goes Skydiving What a gem of a man (“Gene Clough goes skydiving,” BatesNews, Oct. 14, 2021). I’ll never forget his course, “Anatomy of a Few Small Machines.”
throw. He was a great man and is greatly missed. Scott Deering
Raleigh, N.C.
The two Bates stories noted here reflect on the life of Peter Goodrich ’89, who was killed on 9/11, and the recent funding of a memorial scholarship fund in his name. During their time in college, Deering, a 1989 MIT graduate, and Peter Goodrich were the top two weight throwers in NCAA Division III. As Deering notes, competition and friendship were complementary, not contradictory. “I like him a lot,” Goodrich told a newspaper reporter in March 1989. “I think we’re both pretty good.” Following Goodrich’s death, Deering wrote a condolence letter to his wife, Rachel Carr Goodrich ’90. He said, “When it was not necessarily convenient or comfortable, Peter offered his friendship to me, and I have never forgotten it. I remember the competitive side of Peter who, while intense and focused, was also fair, honorable, and sportsmanly, win or lose.” — Editor
