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1940

Reunion 2025, June 6–8

class secretary Leonard Clough lgcclough@gmail.com

1941

Reunion 2021, June 7–13

class presidents Elizabeth Gardner Margaret Rand alpegrand@aol.com

1942

Reunion 2022, June 10–12

1943

Reunion 2023, June 9–11

1944

Reunion 2024, June 7–9

1945

Reunion 2025, June 6–8

class secretary Carleton Finch cfinch612@gmail.com

1946

Reunion 2021, June 7–13

class secretary Helen Pratt Clarkson hpclarkson7@gmail.com class president/treasurer Jane Parsons Norris janenorris@roadrunner.com

Barbara Carter Moore retired as a radiologist in her 80s. She has been able, with help, to stay in her home in Marblehead, Mass., and enjoy the views of the harbor, as well as reading, radio, and friends.…Gloria Finelli DeVoe shares an apartment in Lakewood, Colo., with sister Alma Finelli ’49. Gloria enjoys genealogy as well as theater and music at the University of Denver, where she got her master’s. Still driving, Gloria will resume lunching with her “clubs” as soon as it’s safe. There’s a lot left of the spirit of the girl who boarded the train to Colorado after Bates with the late Pat Wilson Sanborn ’46.…Peter Guglietta is still in his own home, in Somerville, Mass. His retirement is “a quiet one but a good one.”…Mary Frances Langille Randall, now 95, lives in Sarasota, Fla. Daughter Susan visits regularly from Virginia. Mary’s hearing makes phone calls impossible but she’s generally in good spirits despite having lost her husband, Henry.… Jane Parsons Norris reports that, while her activity is limited, she has plenty to hold her interest. She’s comfortable at home in Auburn, Maine, and appreciates frequent family visits.…Agnes Patterson Warren and John still live in their own home in Lyme, Conn., with help from their kids. She manages with a walker and they still drive. Agnes is an alumna of one of the Bates classes that started their term in June. Later she taught for 20 years and is glad not to be teaching under today’s conditions….Now 97, Roula Petropulos Kottaridis resides at Wentworth Senior Living in Portsmouth, N.H. She keeps in touch with son Jim and daughter Kathy. Though Roula uses a wheelchair, her physical health is mostly good even as she struggles with short-term memory loss. Her long-term memory remains sharp, including her Bates years. A townie, Roula lived near campus and still recalls faculty who lived in the neighborhood.… After 30 winters enjoying the Arizona climate, Helen Pratt Clarkson “reluctantly accepted that I needed to cut down to one home and that I should be near family.” A nephew brought his RV south from Denver to drive her to Freeport, Maine. Helen notes, “I am lucky to be comfortably settled by the water next door to my daughter.” She adds, “there have been so many things to enjoy, such as the car parade on my 95th birthday and receiving 228 birthday cards.”… Dorothy Strout Cole claims to be the world prize-winning procrastinator, but was the first of her class to respond to a call for news. She manages well with a walker and still travels from Orlando to Harpswell, Maine, in the summer. In a chat with Helen Clarkson about how their Bates degrees helped them find jobs, Dorothy recalled that her first job was dissecting cockroaches at Tufts for $25 a week.…Mary Tibbetts Kelly writes of being “a town girl” and having to take a year out of college to earn the $300 tuition to go back. Though a fall has left her mostly housebound, she lives more or less independently with her daughter and son-in-law in Fairfax, Va. She enjoys knitting colorful afghans for nursing homes, thankful she can give rather than receive.… Muriel Ulrich Weeks lives independently in a retirement community near Pittsburgh. “I feel surrounded by love and support from my family and my community,” she says. Though they’ve lost sister Ruth Ulrich Coffin ’42, the remaining Ulrich sibs — Muriel, Helen Coorssen ’43, Grace Harris ’51, and Art Ulrich ’55 — all live independently and stay in touch. Formerly an advocate in the mental health field, Muriel has observed how “the pandemic has highlighted the long-term consequences of under-supporting the needs of the mentally ill.”…Elizabeth Widger Arms gets out of her New Hampshire home most days, enjoying the lake and mountain views and the visiting birds. Widge does miss Priscilla White Ohler, who passed away last March. Widge recalls how other students would serenade their Bates house with “Deck the halls with Widge and Holly” — the late Holly Hawkes Stoughton.

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1947

Reunion 2022, June 10–12 class secretary/treasurer Jean Labagh Kiskaddon jean.kiskaddon@gmail.com

class president Vesta Starrett Smith vestasmith@charter.net

1948

Reunion 2023, June 9–11

1949

Reunion 2024, June 7–9

class secretary Carol Jenkinson Johnson rollincarol@comcast.net

class president Nelson “Bud” Horne budhorne@gmail.com

class vice president Beverly Young Howard 9415 Ashley Drive Weeki Wachee FL 34613

1950

Reunion 2025, June 6–8

class president Wes Bonney wbonney@maine.rr.com

1951

Reunion 2021, June 7–13

class presidents Bill Dill wmrdill@gmail.com Jean McLeod Dill

class vice presidents Lissa Barbeau wbarb@cox.net Wilfred Barbeau wbarb@cox.net

Betty Kinney Faella and Tony welcomed four new great-grandchildren in 2020....“The world without Jane seems a lot gloomier,” notes Rob Wilson, who lost Jane Seaman Wilson last August. “She’s not here to share my joy in finishing the new book.” The Irish Brahmin is his novel about a young woman in the 1870s who travels from Boston to Fort Benton, Mont., where Rob’s grandfather was born in 1876. “I researched a lot about his birth and how his mother brought him back to Boston, but I could never find out why she went out to Fort Benton in the first place. So I made it up.”

1952

Reunion 2022, June 10–12

class secretary Marilyn Coffin Brown mcbrown13@verizon.net

class president John Myers johnmyers52@comcast.net

Peter Ault just turned 90, but nevertheless, “I seem to have some classmates still hanging in there and looking forward to 70th Reunion in 2022. I hope to make it and visit with the Class of 1947.” A resident of Wayne, Maine, Peter says he’s “still driving and shoveling snow, so no complaints, but lots of memories.”

1953

Reunion 2023, June 9–11

class secretary Ronald “Ron” Clayton rondot@comcast.net

class presidents Ginnie Toner vatoner207@gmail.com Dick Coughlin dcoughlin@maine.rr.com

1954

Reunion 2024, June 7–9 class secretary/treasurer Jonas Klein joklein@maine.rr.com

class president Dwight Harvie dwightwharvie@gmail.com

Writing from Leesburg, Gilbert Grimes is “still alive in sunny Florida!”...Happy 65th wedding anniversary to Lynn and Beverly Hayne Willsey ’55! College records reveal that since the 1950s, a member of the Willsey family has graduated from Bates in every decade except the ’60s and the ’00s. Grandson Camden Ty Willsey ’21, son of James ’89 and Cynthia, is the youngest.

1955

Reunion 2025, June 6–8

class president Beverly Hayne Willsey stonepost@cox.net

class vice president Merton Ricker mertr33@gmail.com

Ann Brousseau is grateful that “my children and grandchildren all kept their jobs” and stayed free of COVID-19, as did she. But she regrets the recent discovery “that alcohol and my medication do not mix. I really miss that nightly cocktail with the news!”...“What a challenging, depressing, exciting upheaval of a time we are living in!” says Silver Deane Moore-Leamon. “We’re struggling to come to grips with the horrifying evidence of racial bias in the criminal justice system presented in The New Jim Crow, and how to find a way to demand and work for change. Certainly, this pandemic has exposed societal fissures that White Privilege papered over for most of us.” Silver notes that “Sue Ordway Pfaltz, June Ryan Gillette, Petie Ern, and I, roommates as seniors, have been so blessed in being able to continue our friendship into our 80s.”...Donald Gochberg is “staying at home most of the time with my lovely, still youthful wife, Joan, after 65 years of togetherness. Happy to be alive and in Michigan after a long career as a professor of humanities, and then of English literature at Michigan State.”...The pandemic kept Cal Jodat and Dorothy at their second home, in Dewey, Ariz., all summer. “Temperatures there are typically 15–20 degrees cooler than in Phoenix,” where they live and where high-temperature records fell like dominoes last year. Cal adds that macular degeneration “is claiming my eyesight.” The Jodats can no longer drive, but “we shall survive.”...A successful lawyer for 45 years, Melvin King is grateful for his good fortune, and has never forgotten a childhood episode from the Depression. As punishment for some kind of mischief, Mel’s father wouldn’t let him go to a ball game — instead, they went to a soup kitchen with a long line of hungry people out front. “Don’t make a fuss because you cannot go to the baseball game,” his father said. Mel resides in the assisted living community San Clemente Villas by the Sea in San Clemente, Calif. ...Sue Ordway Pfaltz remembers “walking back from Smith to Rand one winter night of senior year. The lamps were lit and lights were on in the dorms. As I passed by the chapel, I heard Dick Hathaway playing Pachelbel on the piano, and I thought, ‘I’ll never feel this kind of peace and safety!’” Sue still lives on the farm in Ruckersville, Va., and is “caring for my partner of 36 years, who is very sick but still practicing law by phone. That’s very hard, but so many have such worse agonies.”... Nancy Ann Ramsdell Chandler lost Bruce last August. “We had 66 wonderful years together, and three great children and five grandchildren who brought much happiness to our lives. I am still at Birchwoods in Portland, Maine, hoping to move back to Kennebunk when an apartment becomes available.”...A self-described loner, Mert Ricker hasn’t minded pandemic-induced solitude for the most part, but did have to curtail some organizational ties. “I’m no longer the musician for the Maine State Grange, for example, but I am contributing as a board member of the Androscoggin Historical Society.”...Writing from Jefferson City, Mo., Roger TannerThies reports that “daily life has not changed much since we sheltered in place last year. We enjoy our five-acre homestead with pond, orchard, vegetables, flowers, bees, and chickens. We continue our monastic-like style with reading, contemplation, and work on the land. We just don’t drive anywhere.”

1956

Reunion 2021, June 7–13

class secretary Fred Huber fredna56@comcast.net

class presidents Alice Brooke Gollnick agollnick725@gmail.com Gail Molander Goddard acgpension@gmail.com

“Although most of our Cornwall Manor activities screeched to a halt in March 2020,” Brenda Buttrick Snyder writes from Lebanon, Pa., “caring and thoughtful staff and neighbors have allowed us to stay upbeat and still enjoy the many benefits of continuing-care retirement community living.” She adds, “Because I’m primarily an indoor person anyway, it’s been a great time to write more chapters of Brenda’s Story, as well as plow slowly” through a collection of New York Times crossword puzzles. “Thank heavens for Cultch!”...Arthur Curtis reports that new residents at The Overlook retirement community in Charlton, Mass., last year included three Batesies: Pepi Prince Upton ’57, and Peter and Jane Anderson Post ’58. For Arthur, treatment for heart problems was a theme of 2020: “The doctors say I’m on the road to recovery, but I still have significant shortness of breath and I’m told there is still room for one more mitral valve clip. So, I guess that all means I’m getting older.”...Trying last December to come up with words for 2020, Diane Felt Swett ran across a New York Post piece that spoke to her. Columnist Steve Cuozzo wrote, “The pandemic disruption of holiday celebrations pales in comparison to World War Two’s family separations that were tragically permanent.” He continued, “We won that war and we will win this one, too.”...Ruth Foster Lowell reports that “Neil and I are well and busy with projects here at home” in Greensboro, N.C. “We get together with our five sons and their families on Zoom. I enjoy gardening, swimming, painting, and reading, and look forward to returning to band rehearsals with my trombone.”... Fred Huber writes: “Sixty-five years since graduation, and I sit here wondering where the time went. A week after I began a new life, I married Edna, my high school sweetie. It lasted 56 years and lives on in happy memories. Three weeks after graduation I began a career in the chemical industry — thanks to professors Lawrance and Thomas — and that lasted for 45 years. Fifteen years after graduation I got us a house on the shore of Moosehead Lake, with roommate Kirk Watson and Outing Club pal Reid Pepin ’55 nearby. That’s where the time went, and I shall be ever thankful for the start Bates gave me.”...About six months before the pandemic, Alison Mann Etherton and Bud sold their house in South Burlington, Vt., and moved to Wake Robin, a continuing-care retirement community in Shelburne. “A timely move,” says Alison. “People here are great.”... In 1954, recalls Bob McAfee, a French Foreign Legion–themed Bates Mayoralty pitted M. Lewis Chaplowe, or “Latin Lew,” against Lucky Pierre, aka Adrien Auger ’55. “About 10 of us put on French Army uniforms, and a photographer filmed us marching over the dunes at the Desert of Maine, defending the Homeland with Lucky Pierre leading the charge. Unfortunately we lost, but it was a fun campaign!” Last November, Bob said goodbye to Doris, his wife of 63 years. “She always said that the secret to our marriage was that we are both in love with the same fellow.”... Nancy Mills Mallett is “sure we all look forward to approaching a likely ‘new’ normal this year. Hopefully we can soon go out to eat, drink, and party — if we can stay awake!” She and Russ live in a retirement community in Basking Ridge, N.J. “Our grandchildren are mostly in their 20s,” she adds, “and following their careers is joyful.”... Gail Molander Goddard was looking out at three feet of snow as she wrote from New London, N.H., a few months ago. “It is a winter wonderland and everything is taken care of.” She notes that “staying at home with a good book and getting out to walk were my normal activities for 2020,” but she has added volunteering for a food pantry and driving for the Council for Aging to the schedule....Jean Penney Fickett lives at The Forum at Rancho San Antonio, a retirement community in Cupertino, Calif. “Life is very uneventful” except for gaining her second and third great-grandchildren. “I’ll be so happy when I can finally see them.”...What’s Elise Reichert Stiles been up to? “Lots of reading, making myself a T-shirt quilt, baking, having Zoom meetings with family and other groups,” she reports....Sylvia Small Spradlin is hereby “virtually reporting my pride in my five grandchildren.” Three are attending or have just graduated from college, all virtually. Another works for Google, remotely. “But our 23-year-old radiation technologist is on the ‘front lines’ in an emergency room in Jacksonville, Fla. — nothing virtual about her job.”...Jessie Thompson Huberty longs to hear the words, “Ladies and gentlemen, please put your tray tables in an upright position and fasten your seat belts.” When lockdown began in March 2020, “I thought I would be happy with my books and music for a few months — life spent in Keatsian ‘delicious diligent indolence.’ Forget that!”...Gail Waterman Fraser and Howard “have made our home at Greenwich Farms — a very good assisted-living facility” in Warwick, R.I., writes Howard. “They are doing their best to keep us from going stir-crazy. This is difficult if you maintain all the safety precautions. A little nip of gin doesn’t hurt, and Baileys Irish Cream for Gail.”

1957

Reunion 2022, June 10–12

secretary Peg Leask Olney pegolney@verizon.net

email coordinator emeritus Douglas Campbell

presidents Judy Kent Patkin jpatkin@gmail.com Dick Pierce rhpierce52@gmail.com

In the fight against COVID-19, Judy Larkin Sherman notes, “fortunately Maine has fared better than many other states and coastal Rockport is still a good place to live. I do miss our weekly breakfast and lunch outings.”...Grant Reynolds enjoyed watching snow

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fall in Tinmouth, Vt., though he and Jo Trogler Reynolds ’58 no longer ski. “She suffered an old-fashioned ski injury in January,” Grant explains. “I’ve been fine, but my turn, no doubt, will come.” (Jo describes her injury in the 1958 section.)...“I’m so pleased,” writes Sidney Treyz. “My grandson Eric Treyz ’25 applied for Early Decision and was accepted.”

1958

Reunion 2023, June 9–11

class secretary Marilyn Miller Gildea marilyn@gildea.com

class president Peter Post postp74@gmail.com

George Adams and golfing partner Norm Jason look forward to playing again. Loraine Allen Adams was scheduled for a shoulder replacement in February....Cook and Marjorie Koppen Anderson are healthy and living their independent lifestyle, if a bit more slowly. Cook donated his skis to a local ski shop to be passed on to deserving kids....For Larry “Lori” Beer and Lyn as for so many others, “2020 was the year of Zoom,” Lyn reports. Lori was attending an online memory group twice a week and “we look forward to being able to invite the members over in person.” Living in Vienna, Va., “we have great windows that face the back yard, and we watch the animals, plants, and sunsets every day.”... Patricia Carmichael Waugh spent six months in New Mexico with son Mike, who thought it would be safer from COVID-19 than Massachusetts....Al DeSantis wrote during the winter: “The weather in central Florida has been great; we do not have to shovel sunshine.”...On Peaks Island, Kay Dill Taylor is grateful to have two daughters living nearby on the island off Portland, Maine. “If Gene ’56 or I call, they are here in minutes.”...Charlie Dings and Laurie missed holding their usual annual mini-reunion with classmates in 2020 but plan to catch up this year....Painter and writer Jude (Judith) Frese Danielson’s website is www. judanielson.com....Virus fears kept Carol Gibson Smith in Florida last summer. She missed her pool and hopes to return to Plymouth this summer....Paul Hoffman continues to study the phenomenological philosophers and the role of American corporations supporting Hitler: “Profits über alles.”...Colleen “Coe” Jenkins Huckabee enjoyed “respite and renewal” with family last June at the Maine camp she shares with classmates. She also visited Bates and was awed by the Bonney Science Center under construction....Kay Johnson Howells had a scare when fires threatened her family cabin in the Wasatch Range, but they ended up safe. She got a new hip in September....Alan Kaplan reports, “We are doing things we probably would have never done without the pandemic: using Zoom, reading more, watching more travelogues, and bingeing on programs such as Downton Abbey.”...After 60 years in Somers, Conn., Art and Gail Baumann Karszes are retiring to Ferris Hills Retirement Community in Canandaigua, N.Y....Phil and Pat Baker Main ’59 have moved from the home they built in 1960 to a senior community nearby in Granby, Conn. Phil serves on town and church boards....During 2020, Marilyn Miller Gildea replaced weekly family dinners with video chats, purged her files, and finished compiling a book of “Grandma’s memories.” After a strict quarantine, a dozen family members gathered for a joyful Christmas....Peter and Jane Anderson Post now live at The Overlook retirement community in Charlton, Mass., about an hour from children Debra Munsen ’82 and Ben Post ’87....Jane Reinelt Brown reports that “the year at Brown’s Harvest Farm in Windsor, Conn., was surprisingly good despite the pandemic. People were happy to roam the farm and enjoy safe activities. We’re busy from May to November, then spend much of the winter in Florida.”...Paula Schilling Foreman was “so grateful for Zoom contacts with family, church, and others as we wintered in place. We both miss opportunities for singing with our barbershop and Threshold Choir groups.”...The Androscoggin River photo in the Fall 2020 issue (“From a Distance”) prompted Jerome Stanbury to write from Riva, Md. As a student, he worked for chemistry professor Walter Lawrance, who as state-appointed River Master worked to clean up an Androscoggin made nearly lifeless by human activity. “My first summer on the job was taking water samples every quarter-mile,” Stanbury explains. “The second summer I was captain of the work boat. We would take two to five tons of sodium nitrate to the lowest spots each day and dump the 100-pound bags into the river” to raise oxygen levels. “I was most happy to see that effective measures have brought this beautiful river back to life.”... Barb Stetson Munkres and Jim “are still plugging along happily in our home in Lexington, Mass. We have lots of help, doing the things we prefer not to do and the things we cannot do, such as mowing the lawn and shoveling the driveway.” They plan to move to a nearby retirement community this summer....“As long as I have something to read, I am happy,” writes Jane Taylor. “I lost a very dear friend to the virus and I miss her, especially because I couldn’t visit her in the hospital.” Jane also lost all three of her

greyhounds, but a retired-greyhound adoption group found her another. “She even smiles at the mailman.”...Jo Trogler Reynolds “had some complicated medical problems last year, but was feeling a lot better, so on Jan. 6 I went cross-country skiing on the lawn. Didn’t notice how dark it was getting, and started going too fast, and crashed, injuring both legs.” She spent a month in rehab, but “the injuries didn’t seem likely to affect my mobility longterm. The no-visitors policy was a nuisance because my family couldn’t check me out visually and I couldn’t hug them.”...Tom and Carole Carbone Vail avoided Florida and spent their first winter in Maine in 20 years. Carole celebrated by having a stroke — fortunately, a small one, and has recovered well. Tom is holding his own....Bruce Young had a difficult 2020. “I was hospitalized twice, fell twice, and broke several ribs. Tests revealed that I had a (minor) stroke in November, and an EEG showed evidence of dementia.” On the positive side, Bruce now has two great-granddaughters.

1959

Reunion 2024, June 7–9

class secretaries Jack DeGange jack.degange@comcast.net Mary Ann Houston Hermance donmar23@gmail.com

class president Anita Hotchkiss ahotchkiss@goldbergsegalla.com Jerry Davis gmdavis@maine.rr.com

Ross Deacon was able to get his second Moderna COVID-19 vaccine dose in just 20 minutes — including the required 15-minute post-shot observation period. “Shockingly great efficiency,” notes Ross, who winters in Melbourne, Fla., and summers in his apartment at son Bill’s home in Cape Neddick, Maine. “Still walking nine holes every other day first thing.”...For Barbara Smith McIntosh and Keniston, it has been a “quiet time in our lives. We do miss interacting with friends, but we take part in outside activities that can be done by social distancing.”

1960

Reunion 2025, June 6–8

class secretary Louise Hjelm Davidson lchdavidson011@gmail.com

class president Dean Skelley dskelley@satx.rr.com

“Fifty-five years married” to Elizabeth, writes George Deuillet — “can’t miss sending a Christmas letter now! It’s been a year to be especially thankful for each of you, and to enjoy the calls, cards, and prayers,” not to mention Zoom, “that keep us connected.” He adds, “We find real joy with our six awesome grandchildren.”...Sandy Folcik Levine offers a tribute to Judy Schramm Westrate, who passed away in December (Editor’s note: an obituary will appear in the Fall 2021 issue): “She lived her freshman year in West Parker, the corner room across from the house mother, with Patty Parker and me.” The three were inseparable at first, but different interests and academic goals pulled Judy toward other companions and ultimately a different college. “She did not return to Bates for a Reunion until perhaps the 40th. Funny thing, the three of us became closer from then on than we ever were when we lived on campus. Judy seemed to have found a very comfortable niche in life, married a man who thought the world of her and she him, and raised a family that extended to great grandchildren.”...Bruce Fox and Eleanor are healthy, happy, but homebound at Keystone Place at Newbury Brook in Torrington, Conn. “We see people daily and are kept entertained to a degree,” says Bruce. “However, we seldom do more than take a short ride in our car.”...After a February 2020 visit to Martha’s Vineyard to see sister Priscilla Hjelm Sylvia ’61, Louise Hjelm Davidson reports that she and Alan laid low the rest of the year. The travel hiatus “turned out to be fortuitous since Pete Skelley, Nan Harrington Walsh, and I had the time to work on the Class Reunion Book. I had very few distractions!”... Nancy Harrington Walsh misses “seeing Sandy Folcik Levine at Boston Ballet outings, our annual gathering at Bates for the Big Game weekend in the fall, and our Bates women’s semi-annual luncheons.” She adds, “Although I and my sons are dealing with other issues, I do endeavor each day to see that my cup runneth over, trusting in our Lord who is in control.”...In Essex, Vt., Jackie Hughes Cote has spent a lot of time with her youngest grandsons while their parents work. Meanwhile, while travel has been on hold, she’s been glad for hobbies. She’s been making hats and mittens to donate, as well as making “jewelry and all my greeting cards, which is great fun. Recently I have taken up watercolor.”...Richard Krause divides his time between St. Petersburg, Fla., and Millinocket, Maine. “I’m absolutely loving it. Activities are kayaking, hiking, visits from family, and model ship making — just finished a destroyer that I served on during the Vietnam War.” He stays in touch with Bates roommate Jim Hall and is proud that son Doug ’99, a biologist, is with NOAA leading the pinniped (or seal) program for the Antarctic Ecosystem Research Division. (Doug is profiled in the Fall 2018 issue.)... David Nelson points out that a family treasure is part of the mineral collection displayed by the Department of Earth and Climate Sciences (formerly Geology) — the Nelson Gemstone, an amethyst. Nelson’s father “stumbled upon the stone, literally” during one of the family’s annual camping trips in Waterville Valley, N.H., in the 1950s. “During those formative summers, I developed a profound love of nature as well as a wealth of mountain climbing experience, which put me on track to serve as president of the Bates Outing Club.” Subsequent travels have given David “a concrete idea about what constitutes the magnificence of the North American landscape,” a sensibility that has driven his support for the BOC during its centennial.... Dean “Pete” Skelley continues to serve as a director of clinical labs in Austin, San Antonio, and Houston, and will also work with a lab in Southaven, Miss. In his spare time he takes bookbinding and watercolor classes.... Linda Swanson Bradley lives in a retirement community in Harrisonburg, Va. In lieu of in-person travel, last fall Linda “took a weeklong virtual trip to Portugal through Road Scholar. It was fantastic.” In daily sessions each lasting up to four hours, she experienced lectures, interviews and field trips on Portuguese history, culture, politics, and more....Laurie Trudel Raccagni writes to express her gratitude and that of Ettore ’55 “that all of us are healthy. We’ve looked forward to 2021, a new president, a vaccine, and a return to the things we cherish.”...Judie Roberts Williams and Bob ’57 celebrated their 60th anniversary in an outdoor gathering with family in September. She says, “It isn’t easy coping with all this uncertainty. We have been most fortunate to have lived in the best of times, and we hope normalcy will return sometime in 2021.”

1961

Reunion 2021, June 7–13

class secretary Gretchen Shorter Davis norxloon@aol.com

class presidents Mary Morton Cowan mmcowan@gwi.net Dick Watkins rwatkcapt@aol.com

Suzanne Kimball Adams and John “are so grateful that we moved to a senior community in Naples, Fla. We are in an independent apartment and have made many friends. Here’s to a better year for us all.”...Penie Allalemdjian Papazian and Richard “hibernated in 2020, duh!” They love their White Mountain location in New Hampshire, “even running into classmates in our town of Madison — Carol Smith and Dianne Lynch Izzo.”... Doug Ayer retired for the second time, stepping down from his post as professor of international studies at Virginia Military Institute after 29 years — which, he says, “followed the better part of 30 years in the Foreign Service.” In addition to doing more volunteering with his Bates class, “I may start prospecting for vacation property near the Maine coast.”... Alan Cate writes: “Since our last Reunion five years ago, some water has flowed down rivers and canals, new sporting adventures have happened, we’ve blossomed our interest in Native American issues, and we’ve enjoyed being involved in our grandchildrens’ lives.”...“Still proud to be an original Merimander,” Lois Chapman Knight stays involved with The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee, which she helped found in 1995. Her pandemic experience stands out: “We’re all following my husband, Dr. William Schaffner of Vanderbilt Univ. Medical Center and the CDC, on his many TV appearances as an expert on the COVID virus.”...Beverly “Bev” Connolly, an anthropologist and ethnomusicologist, continues to give public programs such as “Ancient Egypt: Land of Firsts,” “Napoleon’s Battle of the Nile: Birth of Modern Museums,” and “Suite to Symphony: It’s Totally Sonata.” Also a jewelry designer, she divides her year between Stratham, N.H. (13 Baron’s Way, 03885) and Delray Beach, Fla. (7655 Francisca Club Lane, 33446)....Carl and Mary Morton Cowan of Cumberland, Maine, live near Judy Rogers McAfee and Ken ’60, and have been looking forward to a post-pandemic visit.... Gretchen Shorter Davis and Jerry report that in the travel-free year of COVID-19, their camp in Millinocket, Maine, was “especially welcoming! We spent more time than usual there and made it into October.” Jerry played golf every day, Gretchen found friends for bridge, and both helped with the renovation of the Millinocket Memorial Library. Gretchen adds, “We continue to enjoy Highland Green, our senior community in Topsham, Maine. Social activities ceased, but Zoom came to the rescue and for New Year’s Eve we enjoyed a virtual cocktail party with 81 people.”...Sally Drew Cokelet states that her “biggest pleasure this year was finally finding the Wilson House Seven from 1961.” She and Giles live at Highgate Senior Living in Bozeman, Mont. They look back fondly on years of volunteering in schools, museums, and the Hopi Reservation in Arizona, but their pursuits nowadays are lower-key: Sally embroiders and is learning to paint and use sign language....“In this last quarter,” writes Dick Gurney, “I’m in Amagansett, N.Y.” He and Deborah have the ocean “and Paul McCartney, Billy Joel, and Alec Baldwin.” Yet, Dick adds, “I still think of Maine and classmates living there, and have especially fond

thoughts of teammates like Dick Watkins.”...Jack Henderson writes from Phippsburg, Maine: “Mary Jane and I are thrilled that our granddaughter, Samantha Gamber, has been accepted Early Decision to the Bates Class of 2025! Having another Batesie in the family is a complete joy, and we look forward to hearing about her great experiences in the coming four years.”...Dick Hoyt still enjoys retirement in South Lubec, Maine, having helped set up and coordinate a year-round farmers market. He enjoys “country living while internally raging at the injustices in the wider world. A small group of us stands in peaceful vigil on our town common Saturdays 11–noon, rain or shine. It don’t do a damned bit of good, but we feel better for doing it.”...Vera Jensen Bond, a native of Denmark, previously wrote a book for her family about their Danish heritage. Now she’s compiling a genealogy for Joe, who died in 2017. She adds, “It is hard to believe that I have been fighting multiple myeloma for over 16 years. I am grateful for these extra years with family and friends.” She stays in touch with Joel and Rachel Smith Young ’62, and still lives on Lake Livingston, north of Houston. “I awake to a glorious sunrise, birds chirping, fish jumping and an occasional alligator gliding by.”... Nadine Parker is still in Nashua, N.H., “with the beautiful Merrimack River in my back yard. Nashua is a great little city with access to the ocean, mountains, and Boston. I have no plans to go anywhere else.” She is in her 40th year as an industrial sales rep, now on an independent, part-time basis....This from Jack Simmons: “Margo and I are reasonably healthy, and happy our minds still work. Hard to believe we have been married for 60 years.”...The Rev. Harold Smith and Roberta landed in Los Angeles from Hawaii the day before California locked down in 2020, and ended up sheltering in place for a “long southern California summer” at the Jojoba Hills SKP RV Resort. (“SKP” refers to the national Escapees RV Club.) “We’re looking ahead to going ‘on the road’ to Maine and Wisconsin.”...Channing Wagg writes, “I’m doing more reading than I have for some time. I plan to tackle a few oldies I somehow missed during Cultch.”

1962

Reunion 2022, June 10–12

class secretary Cindy Kalber Nordstrom cindyknordstrom@gmail.com

class vice-secretary Lyn Nelson lynnelson10@gmail.com

class president Ed Wilson ed-wilson@kellogg.northwestern. edu class vice president David Boone doboone@peoplepc.com

class historian Jan Moreshead janmoreshead@myfairpoint.net

1963

Reunion 2023, June 9–11

class secretary Natalie Hosford nataliemoir@netflash.net

class president Bill Holt wholt@maine.rr.com

class historian Dottie Stone dottie@stone-stonect.com

Writes Judith Outten Badavas, “After swearing I would not get another dog, I adopted Mia. She is a 4-year-old, 7-pound, mostly Yorkshire from a hoarding situation. She is cute and challenging. She gives me a much-needed focus.”

1964

Reunion 2024, June 7–9

class secretary-treasurer John Meyn jemkpmeyn@aol.com

class assistant secretary-treasurer Rhoda Silverberg rhodaeric@att.net

class president Gretchen Ziegler gretchenz958@gmail.com

class vice presidents Joan Andren dixmont258@gmail.com Dick Andren dixmont258@gmail.com

class historian Dot Harris dotharriswi@gmail.com

Dick and Joan Spruill Andren “followed the national trend” last year in Dixmont, Maine. “We enlarged our vegetable garden, painted the house, and did other long-neglected landscaping and repairs.” Dick continues, “We’ve been able to see a small group of friends safely and carry on carefully with other activities. Dixmont is a wonderful alternative to Philly.”...“Where’s the most dangerous place for seniors since this COVID business started?” Russ and Sharon Fisher Baker ’65 ask. “You guessed it: a senior retirement community!” Nevertheless, they sold their house and moved to Birch Hill, a continuing-care retirement community in Manchester, N.H. “Our health is good — but looking forward to our 80s, with the waiting lists to get into these places, the onslaught of boomers coming on the market, and our family history, we decided to make the move when exactly the right apartment came available.”...Marion Day Czaja points out that Twin Lakes, the name of her CCRC in Burlington, N.C., is fitting “since I am a twin anyway.” (See next item.) Twin Lakes, where she moved from Vero Beach, Fla., suits her in more fundamental ways, too. Amenities include “a pool, your own garden plot (music to my ears as a Master Gardener), medical center, restaurants/cafes, and a pub (no alcohol). Lots more but that is enough of a sales pitch.”...“Exploring new areas of Chapel Hill, N.C., is one of the special fun things I do in good weather,” notes Marion’s twin, Nancy Day Walker. “This town is blessed with people who care about the environment. There are many preserved places and trails for people, animals, and birds!”... Pat Donovan enjoys assigning and refereeing high school soccer on the Cape. He and Carolyn sold their house in Bridgewater and are now full-time residents of Harwich, Mass....Paula Downey Bacon finds inspiration in Jennifer Wingate Gilchrist, someone who faces adversity squarely. “A layoff from Raytheon at age 55 did not deter Jenn from finding new employment in a new field,” and she became a nurse. Nor did rheumatoid arthritis slow her down — and “when cancer threatened, Dana-Farber saved her life because of her willingness to try new treatments.” Indeed, Jenn helped to get the cancer treatment Yervoy on the market. “Jenn’s values, honed at Bates, make the raw material of a life well-lived,” Paula concludes. “Fame and fortune may come to some, but basic values are where they are found. Jennifer embodies quality. And she is our classmate.”...Diane Gallo DeFrancisci writes from Vero Beach, Fla.: “I have not made any masks as they are easily available now, but I have knitted seven scarves. In Florida they are pretty useless, so if anyone needs a warm scarf, let me know.” She adds, “My hope when this is all over is that we’ll have learned to treasure the small joys of life and be grateful for each day.”...Dave Harrison, a senior staff scientist at Maine’s Jackson Laboratory, suggests that classmates view COVID-19 as a long-term proposition. “Even with vaccines that are effective in the general population, older people may not respond well,” he writes. And older people have a markedly higher risk of death. “We must continue to be careful.”...Bill Haver has “really retired!” Though he officially retired in June 2015, Bill stayed involved with mathematics instruction, in both the classroom and program development. “COVID stopped that. So it was time to really retire” — meaning that nowadays he’s devoting only a couple hours a day to mathematics education....Paul Holt writes that thanks to advances in technology, “wheelchair tennis has been a great experience that I wish more people with disability could or would take advantage of.” Today’s chairs allow players like him “to compete against other wheelchair players and standup players alike. I’ve traveled all over the country to take part in USTA-sanctioned tournaments. And to be able to play tennis with my wife Pam again is very gratifying.”...John Meyn “walked into old age unprepared for its difficulties. In our Bates time together we were just beginning to fill our individual life vessels. Now I struggle, as my vessel empties, trying to diminish that diminishment. On the remedial physical side, hydration, stretching, and light cardio exercise head the list. On the mental side I must cope and adjust to a seriously failing memory capacity.” Yet, he continues, “overall my life is enjoyable in its mostly sedentary comfort. Each day is a privilege. We live in Friendship, Maine, on an inland sea bay. Now and then we catch sight of a harbor seal or a young adult eagle. We stand surrounded, as the seasons pass, in an environment of seasonal green, lightless nights, and quiet.”...Nancy Nichols Dixon and Richard have “survived just fine during COVID. Luckily we have a big house and a yard so we have lots to keep us busy, and we are thankful that we didn’t move into a retirement/care community.” In warmer weather, they can “get together with friends on our big front porch.” Nancy adds that though pandemic precautions stalled her volunteer work at the local library, “we still deliver Meals on Wheels.”...Jon Olsen describes 2020 as a “whirlwind year.” Early on, there were family visits and COVID-19 encounters, including a “medium case” afflicting his former wife, Lilia. After recovering, she spent the summer at Jon’s farm in Jefferson, Maine, lending invaluable aid with the blueberry and tomato harvests. Jon also notes that he was active with the Green Party during the fall campaign, supporting Lisa Savage for the U.S. Senate....Pat Parsons Kay points out that it’s been about a year since she drove from Bethesda, Md., to Pemaquid, Maine, where she’s now a permanent resident. All on Zoom, she has taken part in a craft group, practices Pilates, and takes courses on astronomy and literature about the Maine coast. She has met up with Esther Rosenthal Mechler, Dick and Joan Andren, and Linda Rolfe Raiss and Ahmed.... What’s new with Bob and Carol Kinney Sherman? “We bought a condo, an old carriage house, in downtown Kennebunk, Maine! It is 19 minutes away from our beach cottage. Lots of character. No closets.”...Rhoda Morrill Silverberg and Eric are “doing pretty well,” Rhoda writes from Austin, Texas. As a daughter pointed out early in the pan-

demic, astrophysicist Eric “had a lifetime of preparing for social distancing. Rhoda not so much.” Eric enjoys fishing and riding his bike, but unlike him, Rhoda hasn’t yet retired, continuing to work for Wilson Language Training....Alan and Sandy Prohl Williams “have been healthy and safe here at Stoneridge Creek in Pleasanton, Calif. Playing duplicate bridge online has been our salvation.” And they’ve been safely able to gather with her son’s family, including a wonderful August weekend on a houseboat on Lake Shasta.

1965

Reunion 2025, June 6–8

class secretary Evie Horton ehhorton@me.com

class president Joyce Mantyla joycemantyla@gmail.com

vice presidents Newt Clark newtonclark@comcast.net

class vice president Peter Heyel JPTraveler@gmail.com

Newt and Patricia Lord Clark ’67 enjoyed the Bates Outing Club Centennial Zoom presentation that reflected on club activities from the late 1960s to the early 1970s....Still living in Westport, Conn., Peter Heyel has closed his heritage tour and cruise office in Westerly, R.I. “I was told by one of my previous employees, ‘Peter, you just have to reinvent yourself. So I will spend a few years ‘reinventing myself.’” He’s regularly in touch with Ted Foster, among other classmates.... Richard Hillman has published his third novel, The Condo, about a New York couple who move to Florida seeking early-retirement bliss. But “stress abounds, even in paradise, much of it comic with some underlying threats and a few surprising plot twists” as the husband gets embroiled in conflicts with the homeowners association....Leon Hurwitz reports that he and Fran are healthy, and he has offset Netflix and Amazon Prime consumption with treadmill time in the basement: four miles per session, five days a week....Joyce Mantyla sends greetings from Palm Beach, Fla. “It’s easy to survive here, as it is an outdoor life: sun, birds, boats and sunsets. Yes, dear ones, we can still count our many blessings!”...John Norton has written The Adventures of Eva and Buckskin Charlie, a series of six books for ages 9–14, plus a prequel. The prequel, titled The Fortune Teller on the Train, and the first book of the series, Eva’s Secret Name, are available on Amazon. Best Publishing Company will also publish the second book, Eva’s New Older Brother. “I need some help from Bates friends,” John says. “I’d like to find advance-copy readers for two new young-children’s books in a birthday series,” When Is Santa’s Birthday? and Dear Tooth Fairy. He will email copies to willing readers.

1966

Reunion 2021, June 7–13

class president Alex Wood awwood@mit.edu

“Technically 2020 ended the Bates Outing Club’s centennial year,” notes Judy Marden, “but festivities were extended into 2021.” For her personally, pandemic restrictions amounted to something of “an introvert’s paradise: staying close to home and exploring nearby woods and waters by foot and kayak. I feel so fortunate to live in this beautiful state, with the great outdoors right outside my back door, and rivers, ponds, and streams just down the road. I’m grateful to be surviving and thriving, in good health, where the wild things are.”

1967

Reunion 2022, June 10–12

class presidents Keith Harvie kcharvie12@gmail.com Pam Johnson Reynolds preynolds221@gmail.com

Marty Braman Duckenfield’s memoir of her JYA experience at the Univ. of Leeds, Blind Luck: A Year Abroad, is now available in paperback and Kindle formats.... Keith Harvie writes that classmate David Howe died last July after living with Alzheimer’s disease for years. (Editor’s note: an obituary appears in this issue.) Dave was a respected businessman in Maine’s Saco-Biddeford region and a devoted volunteer. He and Sally traveled a good deal, usually managing to find a bakery or ice cream shop along the way. A visionary, savvy, and practical man, Dave was always known to travel with a charged flashlight. He is much missed by his dear wife, children, and grandchildren....A frequent traveler to Bermuda and Key West, John Ladik was grounded by the pandemic in Pepperell, Mass., when he wrote. “Not much new other than splitting firewood, working on the town budget, and helping my granddaughter navigate hybrid first grade.”...Maren Elouise Panton Barnett started out in the Class of 1967, spending two years at Bates before transferring to the nursing program at Columbia Univ., whence she graduated in 1968. (Noted Maine politician Margaret Chase Smith was one of her patients while she worked at Columbia-Presbyterian during her master’s program.) She married Fred Barnett in 1968, in 1970 became a professor of

Arms Race

In a now-familiar scene, Dr. Louis Weinstein ’68 gets his COVID-19 vaccine. But in his case, the dose was part of a successful clinical trial for one of the vaccines.

“To stress the importance of everyone receiving the vaccine, Andrea and I enrolled early in a vaccine trial and were informed that we received the actual two doses of the vaccine — not the placebo — with no side effects,” he said.

In April, Weinstein joined Bates biology professor Larissa Williams for the Zoom panel discussion “Understanding the COVID-19 Vaccines: Facts and Fallacies.”

nursing at the Univ. of Rochester, and later moved to Albany. In 2001, Elouise writes, “we got sick of snow and moved to Florida, outside of Tampa. I continued working into my 70s when the dreadful discovery was made that I had Parkinson’s. No more driving and no more work.”... Still living in Boxborough, Mass., Malcolm Reid and Beth Krause Reid ’68 stay in touch with about a dozen Bates friends of 50-plus years. Mac keeps busy with the MARS Consulting Group, which helps school districts with strategic decision-making. He is replicating the ’32 Chevy hot rod that he took to Bates in 1964 and that infamously burned on campus. To “celebrate” the pandemic, Mac grew his first beard….“While 2020 was not what we wanted,” note Dick and Pam Johnson Reynolds, “the great news as it ended was granddaughter Sofia being accepted Early Decision for the Bates Class of 2025!”...Annie Warren Turner and Richard live on a hill in Western Massachusetts, “over 1,200 feet up, which means it usually does not get too hot. I have noticed an astonishing amount of wind this year, in all seasons, and assume this, as well as the frequent torrential rains we experience, is part of climate change.” They enjoyed a 10-day visit from son Ben, a substance abuse counselor, and his wife Amy, a music teacher. “We have never spent that much time together probably since grad school.” Son Char “continues to work on his fantasy novel, a gender-bender, while also walking dogs in the hills.” As for her own writing, Annie reports that she’s done writing books but still produces short faith articles, short stories, and a blog, at faithismyos. blogspot.com....Edward Wells Esq. has celebrated 45 years as a member of the Massachusetts Bar Association.

1968

Reunion 2023, June 9–11

class secretary Rick Melpignano rickmel713@gmail.com

class president Karen Goober goober@comcast.net Nancy Hohmannk nhohmann@yahoo.com

Richard Alexander and Ellen have been married 50 years, he says, and “after 40 years or so of not seeing each other much while I worked, we were happy to find out we still like each other.” He has been retired for six years after putting in 40 at an internal medicine practice, the last 15 as medical director and full-time physician. “I would not have traded that for anything, but it was time to get out.” They live in Marblehead, Mass., and were looking forward to travel opening up so he could resume writing humorous travelogues. “Do not know where that came from. Never wrote anything at Bates that I did not have to.”...Philip Herzog wrote from Medellin, Colombia, where he and his wife, Camthuy Nguyen, retired in 2016 after long careers in healthcare in Seattle, she as a contract negotiator and he as a pediatric oncologist. Camthuy’s daughters each work remotely for the mayor of a major city, New York and Seattle, while Philip’s son, daughter, and grandchildren are in Seattle....Jane Hippe Reilly sold the house that she and Russ ’66 had built outside of town and moved back into Middlebury, Vt., last fall. She is still employed at the Mary Johnson Children’s Center and got many lectures from her daughters about masks and handwashing, “being in that demographic.”...Craig Lindell does development for AquaPoint, an environmental business he started in New Bedford, Mass., and works with the international Water Environment Federation to create a governing system to enable the management of wastewater as a resource. Craig’s family is doing well, with the grandchildren living with him and Melanie Kocima Lindell ’71. Craig chats with Gene Schiller ’70 several times a week....Here to vouch for Zoom is Anne MacMillan Dolan and five classmates who continue to meet via the app each week. Host Nancy Blackburn Rogers, Jane Woodcock Woodruff, Nancy Harris Riley, Val Wallace, Judy Leard Nicholas and Anne found this weekly connection to be one of the best pandemic coping mechanisms. It’s a way to find out “what’s going on in different states coast to coast, how to safely see grandchildren, how to find lots of laughter in the midst of uncertainty, what to read, and so much more,” says Anne.

1969

Reunion 2024, June 7–9

class secretary Deborah Bliss Behler debbehler@aol.com

class president George Peters geo47peters@gmail.com

“My new novel, Emily’s House, will be published in August by Berkley,” Amy Belding Brown says. Her fifth book, it adapts the story of the real Irish immigrant Margaret Maher, who was maid to Emily Dickinson and played a pivotal role in sharing the poet’s work with the world....Lynne Bishop Noyes writes from her small neighborhood in Ridgefield, Conn., that during 2020, “we all realized just how broad the benefits of a neighborhood are. Children were home, but during breaks from schoolwork, they rode or skipped along the road saying ‘hi’ to everyone. Gyms were closed, so neighbors walked and waved to each other from safe distances. Travel was curtailed, yet we found so much to see right around the corner.”... Debbie Bliss Behler is at heart “what some call a gym rat.” So in response to COVID, “I dusted off the spin bike and paid for a Zoom account for online exercise classes. I wish the bike had an odometer — I’d like to know how far I’ve pedaled. In any event, it has helped keep me sane.”...Dick Brogadir and Tina weren’t “greatly impacted by COVID-19. Tina has been retired from teaching for four years and I was working only one day per week, so we are not exposed to a lot of people.” During the lockdown, he says, “I’ve jogged about three days a week, played the guitar every day for about an hour (much to my wife’s dismay), have read many books, and have watched more TV than ever in my life.”...Marya D’Abate reports that two Pfizer-BioNTech doses are in her arm and all is well....Carol Drewiany Johnson coped with COVID by ramping up her bicycling. Unlike Debbie Bliss Behler, she bought an odometer. When she had racked up 699 miles, in September, her daughter suggested trying for 777, which she hit on Sept. 28. “Why not 888, and ultimately 999?” October brings snow in Alaska, so now it was a race. “After a blitz of 222-plus miles in 14 days, the odometer was retired at 999 on Oct. 14. It snowed two days later.”...George and Jan Moniz Peters celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary last August, safely hosting children and grandchildren on the Maine coast for a week.... Garry Neil and Catherine Fay Roberts ’70 bought a derelict farm, a beautiful property on the Hudson River, in the early 1970s. “With Cathy’s gardens and my woodworking with the many wood varieties coming from our land, we have been blessed to be surrounded by beauty and solitude,” Garry says. While his Bates degree sure didn’t hurt, “hard work and luck have played a huge role in any success Cathy and I have enjoyed. As I get older I appreciate how lucky we have been.”

1970

Reunion 2025, June 6–8

class secretaries Stephanie Leonard Bennett slenben@comcast.net Betsey Brown efant127@yahoo.com class president/treasurer Steve Andrick steve.andrick15@gmail.com

class vice president Barbara Hampel barbaraph@live.com Susan Cragin Cole and Steve are enjoying retirement and grandparenting in Athens, Ohio. “We live with my youngest son, Devin. And my son Colin, his wife, and our granddaughters live not far away.” Other offspring live in Hawaii and Spokane, so they have looked forward to the easing of travel restrictions....Susan Emmet and Michael Wing are still in West Gardiner, Maine, “in our final home, all on one floor with radiant heat. I write and edit for the Gardiner Library Association, the West Gardiner Weathervane newsletter, and the local Democratic committee.”...During Women’s History Month in 2020, U.S. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-Fla.) honored Jan Face Glassman for her dedication to her community and for the impact she has made helping women and girls in Southern Florida. The congressman read a citation before the 116th U.S. Congress, an official entry into the Congressional Record....Frank Foster reporting: “I am active in Neighbors Eating All Together, a group in Arlington, Mass., that works to alleviate food insecurity. We’ve met about once a month to supply soup to more than 100 people in need.”...What’s Charles McAleer up to? He’s the cook of the household, favoring “wholesome but monotonous stews.” He recommends Open the Wall on Amazon Prime. “It’s a Cold War film about the night the Berlin Wall came down,” he explains. “Imagine The Lives of Others meets the Keystone Cops.”

1971

Reunion 2021, June 7–13

class secretary Suzanne Woods Kelley suzannekelley@att.net

class president Michael Wiers mwiers@mwiers.com

class vice president Jan Face Glassman jfaceg1@hotmail.com

1972

Reunion 2022, June 10–12

class secretary Steve Mortimer stevenhmortimer@gmail.com

class president Wayne Loosigian wloosigian@gmail.com

Sue Ahnrud volunteered to do nasal-swab COVID-19 testing near home in Chepachet, R.I. “All brains remained intact,” she reports....Mike Attinson has been characterized by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee as its “boots on the ground” in assessing the needs of people affected by disaster. In that role, this resident of a farmers cooperative in central Israel has

“been all over the place since retiring,” from the Bahamas to Nepal. Yet, he says, “the most satisfying thing I have done over the last 10 years is volunteering as a medic in Israel’s national ambulance service. The adventures are different, but are a real education in understanding the different elements of Israeli society.”...Jan Hotaling Bass and Ivan ’71 of Holderness, N.H., mark their 50th anniversary this year. “We have three well-accomplished children and six wonderful grandchildren,” says Jan. She has taught in the health and human performance faculty at Plymouth State Univ. for 26 years and now is “trying to decide when to retire.” She adds, “The lifestyle here is wonderful. We have the lakes and the mountains in our backyard.”...Rachel Belanger sends greetings from Rockland, Maine, where she moved 18 years ago after 21 years inland, in the Dover-Foxcroft area. In both communities, she provided public-school psychological services, but in Rockland “the salary was better. And that was good for my retirement pension!” She was able to retire early, in 2008. Since then, “I have reconnected with my oldest friend from childhood — 67 years of friendship — and with my college friend, Jane Pendexter Delson. We were both ‘townies’ though we did not meet until Spanish class with Miss (Barbara) Garcelon. I spent a lot of time at her house on Russell Street. I remember watching a vehicle crash through the ice on the Puddle from her kitchen window.”...Nancy Bowden Maynard retired from Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory in Hanover, N.H., five years ago. Since then, “I’ve spent a lot of time in my kayak photographing birds during the warm weather, and dogs at the dog park in the winter.” She still lives across the Connecticut River from Hanover in White River Junction, Vt.... When she wrote in, Melinda Bowler DeVoe had just totaled 3,000 miles of hiking and walking for 2020. Living in Idaho Falls, she and Glenn “are still doing lots of outdoor adventures, including Fish and Game volunteering.” She adds, “I just learned that 2021 is the year the film Mad Max was set in. In comparison, our world looks upbeat.”...Donn Brous got back to work managing the Main Street Gallery in Clayton, Ga., when COVID guidelines permitted reopening a couple days a week. She eschews Zoom but partakes of “many long phone chats and video calls.” She adds, “I’ve made masks and wear a mask whenever I’m out, and have been fascinated (and to be honest) horrified that maskwearing has been so controversial.”...The Rev. Steve Comee feels that “2020 turned out to be a year that even Stephen King would have had trouble writing about! It sometimes seemed as if we were reliving the plagues of the Old Testament!” (Who could disagree?) In spite of all, though, this resident of Chiba, Japan, is busier than ever: he works as an English-language consultant for a trading company and an organization related to Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and took on editing and translation projects including one for a member of the Imperial Family.... Sue Cross Kelly retired in 2017 after 43 years teaching high school history, but she’s not resting on her laurels. Living in Manchester, N.H., she keeps idleness at bay with part-time work for the N.H. Historical Society and primary-source transcription projects. For six years a member of the state Juvenile Parole Board, she also “recently became chair of the Juvenile Justice Statewide Advisory Group and New Hampshire’s voting member on the national Coalition for Juvenile Justice.”...“The circle of life keeps rolling!” Randy Glenney writes from Vernon Rockville, Conn. “I lost my brother to COVID-19 in spring 2020, and more recently my brother-in-law (non-COVID). But my older daughter has had a second son, and we took a rare excursion to Chattanooga for our younger daughter’s wedding — on the banks of the Tennessee River.”...Pam Green retired from the Maine Bankers Assn. four years ago and feels “fortunate to be out of the demographic of working remotely during the pandemic while juggling kids trying to learn from home.” She and Bill welcomed their first grandchild last June, she adds, “so 2020 wasn’t as big a bust for us as it was for many.”...Caroline Haworth Wandle reports: “Two of our grandsons are active hockey players in Rhode Island, and we enjoy seeing photos and videos from their games. Our granddaughter turned 1 year old and seems to be thriving. I continue to work on genealogy from both my and my husband Bill’s families, and have made connections with cousins across the world. Also keeping in touch with my Bates roommate Jocelyn Penn Bowman and other classmates as members of our 50th yearbook team.”...Bill Hawkens enjoys semi-retirement in Warwick, N.Y., and continues to play bagpipes with the Orange County AOH Division 1 Pipes and Drums….Wayne Loosigian and Laurie switched houses with their daughter, Emma, in 2019 to give her both more living space for her growing family, and a chance to run the family orchard in Brentwood, N.H. Wayne and Laurie left the house at Apple Annie’s and moved into Emma’s smaller place

LANDMARK SCHOOL

media outlet:

Salem Evening News

headline:

Longtime Landmark School leader to retire

takeaway: From teacher to leader, a career supporting students with learning disabilities

“Helping to build this school into the respected institution that it is today has been the greatest honor of my life,” said Robert Broudo ’71, who is retiring after three decades as head of Landmark School.

Celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2021, Landmark specializes in evidence- and research-based teaching of students with dyslexia and other language-based learning disabilities.

One of Landmark’s first faculty members, Broudo joined the school shortly after his graduation from Bates as a psychology major. His final year as head will be 2021–22.

At Landmark, Broudo has served as teacher, supervisor, department head, houseparent, residential coordinator, founding director of the Outreach and Prep programs, and head of the high school. He was elected president and headmaster in 1990.

Bar None

In December 2020, Charles Turner ’76 (second from left) and his team from the Alameda County (Calif.) Workforce Development Board visited the county’s Santa Rita Jail to present the board’s annual partnership award to Sheriff Greg Ahern (far right) and his department.

Turner is ACWDB’s re-entry coordinator, helping previously incarcerated individuals rejoin their communities. A former recipient of the California Workforce Association’s Professional of the Year award, Turner continues the work “to help with re-structuring our broken criminal justice system.”

nearby — and now they have switched back. “Emma and Michael realized that running an apple orchard was more work than they anticipated, and we really missed life in the orchard!” So Emma’s house has been enlarged and her parents are back among the apple trees....Mike Miskin writes that he and Liz are still active in Tapestry Press, their 33-year-old custom textbook firm. 2020 was especially busy, with so much learning being done off campus. “We needed to provide e-texts to our colleges,” Mike says. “Far more efficient business-wise, but I still prefer print.”...Steve Mortimer happily reports that Alice has retired. Settled into their log home in Raymond, Maine, “we love being back among the woods and lakes, and we enjoy the wildlife around our house, which so far has included a baby bobcat — how did it know?”...Linda Oliwa Machalaba writes, “Thank heavens for Zoom! I can stay home and still tutor or socialize from my dirt road in Vermont.”... From Fairbanks, Alaska, Jocelyn Penn Bowman brings us up to date. In 2017, in their 37th year together, her husband, Jim, died of cancer. This followed “many years of determined struggle with a stroke that had left him cortically deaf,” says Jocelyn. She retired in September 2019 from a career as a clinical social worker helping to resolve conflict in court-identified families. She adds, “I am grateful for the affection of close family and friends (shout-out to my Bates roommate, Caroline Haworth Wandle) who stay in touch. I’d welcome any classmates who are traveling to the Alaskan interior to come share my home for a few days or longer. The guestroom is ready!”...John and Paulette Nadeau Rand have moved to two acres of woods in Fremont, N.H., “about 10 miles from Plaistow, just a wee bit north of Mass. and a wee bit south of Maine — 30 minutes or less from at least two of our kids and two grandkids.”...Chris Riser was joined in retirement by Julie two years ago. They’re gardening and working on their 1774 house in Edgecomb, Maine, but “arthritis and joint damage put a dent in physical activity.” Chris adds, “My two daughters are grown and living on this peninsula.”... Mike Schwartz says that “for us 70 and above, 2020 was a stolen year. For my children and grandchildren, I believe it will simply be a blip in their lives — at least I hope so.” Janine, his wife of 35 years, is seeking an agent or publisher for her growing lines of children’s books. As she plans a trip to Africa in June, Mike adds, “I’ll have several weeks in Tampa should anyone enjoy visiting Florida before it gets too hot.”... Homa Shirazi drew a number of lessons from the pandemic. Here are two: “Instead of complaining about what they don’t have, there is a lot that average people have to be thankful for — most of all for good health!” She adds, “One’s loved ones must be contacted and appreciated verbally, and in every way, very much. One does not know when he or she will expire!”...Roy and Carolyn Travis Standing ’73 look back on a 2020 distinguished by Roy’s newfound enthusiasm for fitness. He credits Mike Touloumtzis’ pandemicthwarted plan to run seven marathons to celebrate his 70th year. “Mike inspired me to finally get off my butt and start daily walks” — and as of November, Roy was topping 12 miles a day. Speaking of COVID, Roy noted that “neither Carolyn nor I have had our hair cut since the pandemic began. My neighbor thinks I’m a red suit and a toy sack short of breaking into homes to exchange toys for milk and cookies. She is wrong, of course — I already own a toy sack.”... Mike Touloumtzis and Paula Foresman “have a long list of things we did not do this year. Family gatherings, of course, and road races and musical rehearsals and concerts.” He adds, “I’m guessing this non-news heavily overlaps with classmates’ experiences.”...“Twice-retired” and living in Chelmsford, Mass., David Troughton has parlayed his long career in public education into teaching graduate courses on school law, school finance, and education policy at the UMass Lowell College of Education. He also works with a national faith-driven ministry that provides free immigration legal services to low-income immigrants....Jeff Tulis stepped up his public writing in response, he says, “to the national political crisis.” The Atlantic, The Bulwark and Public Seminar have all run his essays, and he is now a regular contributor to the online publication The Constitutionalist. The newest generation of Batesies will know Jeff from virtual lectures he gave last fall, and he’s still teaching political science at the Univ. of Texas at Austin....John Zakian supposes that he’s “one of the dwindling members of our class who have no plans to retire.” He continues to serve as the disaster recovery grant administrator for the city of Minot, N.D., and, as a consultant for the state of Texas, provides technical assistance on federally funded economic recovery from Hurricane Harvey. Metaphorically speaking, John keeps one foot at home in New Bedford, Mass., where his wife, Cynthia Wallquist, is the city’s human services director.

1973

Reunion 2023, June 9-11

class secretary Kaylee Masury kmasury@yahoo.com

class president Tom Carey tcarey@bates.edu

Chuck Gaputis is “almost retired” from medicine after 30 years in practice in a small Alabama town. He and Kelli now live in the Atlanta area, close to kids and grandkids, and they summer in northern Michigan.... Beverly Nash Esson confirms that 2020 “was a very challenging year to be an election volunteer.” She put in 140 hours as a deputy registrar for the town of Wells, Maine, and “our team had to quarantine after exposure to

COVID.” Increasingly popular in Maine, absentee voting “exploded for the presidential election.” She adds, “Dozens of former seasonal residents became full time, and a surprising number of middle-aged people registered for the very first time. Meanwhile the phone rang constantly with panicked folks terrified that their votes would not count.”... Joanne Stato “retired” to Safety Harbor, Fla., in 2016 — “fulfilling a lifelong desire to live in a place where I can swim, kayak, and walk barefoot year-round.” These days she supports herself doing transcription work for such clients as NASA, the U.S. Forest Service, and WWE. And she’s still writing and performing music.

1974

Reunion 2024, June 7–9

class secretary Tina Psalidas Lamson tinal2@mac.com

class president Don McDade mcdadecbb@gmail.com

Peter and Ellen Brown Hollis received the COVID-19 vaccine during the winter, sparking hope for a “return to some sense of normalcy,” Peter writes....Peg Kern says that retirement seems “just as busy as my ‘working’ days, as I stay heavily involved in volunteer activities, primarily as a search and rescue volunteer for the sheriff’s office” in Yavapai County, Ariz. “Not only do I respond to call-outs and training, but as a system administrator for our dispatch and recordkeeping system, I use my career skills in software development and implementation to support all search units for the county.”

1975

Reunion 2025, June 6–8

class secretaries Deborah Jasak Deborahjasak@gmail.com Faith Minard minardblatt@gmail.com

class presidents Susie Bourgault Akie susieakie@gmail.com Janet Haines jbh580@aol.com

1976

Reunion 2021, June 7–13

class secretary Jeff Helm bateslax@gmail.com

class president Bruce Campbell brucec@maine.rr.com

Diane and Michael Arrato- Gavrish, now retired, have enjoyed taking care of their granddaughter four afternoons a week. “Having been a children’s librarian most recently, I’ve enjoyed the transition to having story time at home,” Diane writes. Michael enjoys photography, political activism, and searching for UFOs....Pete Basiliere is retired and living with Gail Virtue Basiliere in Milford, N.H. Pete stays active as Milford town moderator. “I am responsible for one of the largest polling places in the country, with more than 13,100 registered voters eligible to vote in the high school gym. My team of 120 volunteers plus 30 town employees and officials ensured safe, secure, and trustworthy elections in 2020 — as did poll workers around the country.”...Martha Brown Bomely still lives in Charlotte, N.C., and enjoys both her work as a technology manager for Wells Fargo and her location, less than 45 minutes from her six grandchildren. She adds, “After 20-plus years here, I think I’m finally acclimated — this winter it really felt cold when the temperature went below 40!”... Carolyn Gordon Ladd and Mike still live in Wayne, Maine. Son Chris and his wife joined them at the start of the pandemic, bringing one child with them and welcoming a second at Central Maine Medical Center just days after arriving. Carolyn keeps busy as board chair at a tennis facility in Augusta, as well as volunteering, playing tennis, and being Grammie. Mike continues his counseling work and also plays tennis. They were pleased to see Cindy and Fred Foster-Clark in October....Sharon Spencer Parsons launched a second career in 2015: scoring teacher certification tests for Pearson. “It keeps my mind active and supplements my retirement so that Earle and I can travel again.”

1977

Reunion 2022, June 10–12

class secretary Steve Hadge schmuddy@yahoo.com

class president Keith Taylor drkeithtaylor@msn.com

For Lisa Barry, the pandemic’s silver lining was “the opportunity to connect with Bates friends via Zoom as well as in person.” She adds, “I treasure my work as a Bates trustee and am so proud of President Spencer and her team’s efforts to ensure a safe on-campus experience for our students and to strengthen efforts at diversity and equity in campus operations.”...Peter Brann has been able to do his legal work and teach remotely from home, in Harpswell, Maine. His twins, David and Michelle, are scientists, and David has published research into COVID–related loss of the sense of smell....Eric Chasalow released Ghosts of Our Former Selves, a new recording of his and was active in election-related activities....Barbara Griffin Arsnow and Ed “have seen Bates friends outdoors, on short hikes and around the hard-working fire pit,” she reports. “Last summer our family all got tested and gathered at a lake house on Lake Sunapee, a high point. Thanksgiving was on the porch, with everything in crockpots and us in our woolies!” She has also resumed taking piano lessons, “and have almost achieved my fourth-grade level of expertise.”... Steve Hadge is in the third year of his semi-retirement from teaching — “semi” referring to ELL tutoring that he provides. Meanwhile, he has become an enthusiastic backyard birdwatcher. “An experienced birder friend told me it is good to learn the sounds of the birds as well as the visual aspects. That was all well and good until I discovered that most birds make multiple sounds and many of them sound alike. It is like being back in school taking a class! But fun.”...Last year, Leo Jaskoski’s airline employer retired him early because of the coronavirus. “Thus ended an airline career that covered 38 years and eight airlines.” He still flies for pleasure, and “now that I’m an old retired guy, I hang around drinking coffee in the morning, single malt or añejo in the evening, and I swap lies and insults with other old captains.”...Wendy Korjeff Bellows has found that “being retired and living in Maine during the pandemic is a rather nice combination.” She has gotten lots done around the farm in Boothbay: “laid one horse to rest, adopted another, also adopted a new dog.” There was plenty of hiking — Alan ’78 did much work on the Appalachian Trail....Terry Maillard Keyes and Bob ’74 have been “safe in sunny California — survived fires and virus this far, staying close with the family pod and navigating ever-changing school and business situations.”...Dervilla McCann found her role as Bates trustee during the pandemic “particularly challenging as the college has worked to increase its endowment, continue an in-person learning experience, and engage meaningfully in all the debates that have gripped the country this year. I learn a great deal at every meeting and have great pride in what the college has accomplished.” She worked with fellow Trustee Paul Marks ’83 on a project to boost Maine’s PPE supply, and donated organic produce from her garden to a Lewiston restaurant that provides meals to elderly residents with food insecurity....Classmates may know that MaryBeth Pope Salama’s sister Suzy Pope ’79 attended Bates for a year before finishing her undergrad education at Carlton. MaryBeth is sad to report that Suzy had been “fighting (and winning!) a

compositions, in October. After seven years as dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Brandeis, he will step down July 1 and return to the faculty.... Carol Crow Clark has worked in the ER at St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center, just down the road from Bates, for about 15 years. “No plans to retire yet, but I’ve got that red, white, and blue card — quite a rite of passage we are all experiencing. When not at work, I enjoy playing keyboard in my church’s worship band.”... Landi deGregoris Turner expected to retire in May from her full-time faculty and co-chair position in the Eastern Univ. psychology department, but will continue to teach as an adjunct. “The best of all worlds!” She and her husband inherited her parents’ cottage in Maine, and now divide their time between here and Pennsylvania....The Rev. Mark Diters is still the minister of the Flagg Road United Church of Christ in West Hartford, Conn., and has been married for more than 40 years to the former Susan Moneymaker, who is a nurse in the Family Birthplace in the Hospital of Central Connecticut....Donald Earle reports “that we celebrated my younger daughter Caroline’s wedding last August. It was a scaled-down version of what was originally planned, but we managed to stay within safety guidelines by hosting it under tents at our home” in Boothbay Harbor, Maine....As a talent agent during a year of shuttered performance venues, Joel Feingold shows considerable restraint in calling 2020 “tense.” He adds that “Houda is loving retirement,” thanks in part to his efforts in the kitchen. Meanwhile, “we have not used weed killer out back for some time and enjoy the frequent flocks of Muscovy ducks, Egyptian geese, and white ibis with occasional great white egrets, a great blue heron or two, and less often, a wood stork.”...David Foster and Mina Samuels spent much of the pandemic “in California’s Sierra Nevada, enjoying the gift of long trail runs, mountain bike rides, and cross-country ski adventures where seeing another human is a surprise.” Zooming has encompassed “cooking and celebrating together, making sure my business publishing company and our employees are thriving, and talking to friends to try to keep some fresh thinking alive.”...In Milford, Mass., Linda Greason Yates is in Year Two of retirement. For her and David, 2020 included a three-month precautionary visit from her 96-year-old father and the arrival of their first grandchild — not to mention a summer sojourn with son, daughter-in-law, and the new bundle of joy at the Yates’ Maine cottage. Linda is on the board of the League of Women Voters Worcester Area

battle with glioblastoma, only to die in a terrible car accident with her husband of 16 years the day before Thanksgiving, just shy of her unprecedented third-year diagnosis anniversary. She leaves a legacy of living a most authentic life with enthusiasm and passion. Thanks to those who knew and loved Suzy and have reached out to me during these dark days.” (Editor’s note: Suzy’s obituary is included in this issue.)...Dan Quinn retired from PTFS, Inc., in October, though he’s still consulting part time, and he and Renee Beerman now live in Smith Mountain Lake, Va....“Even given the challenges of COVID,” says Liz Skinner King, she and Rufus were pleased to be able to reunite with a few classmates in Vermont in September....Paul Sklarew reports that 2020 was a big year “for Mari and me as we retired from medical practice on Sept. 30. We sold the practice and our Cape Cod home and moved to Denver, where Mari lived for 40 years. We love our 11th-floor apartment with a view of the Rockies and we love city life!”... Kevin Soucy has “settled down nicely on a new set of chemotherapy and things are looking up for us.”...Stuart Strahl is CEO of the Chicago Zoological Society, which operates the Brookfield Zoo and is widely recognized for its education and conservation programs. Until the pandemic, he says, the zoo was the “most-visited ticketed cultural attraction in the Midwest” — but the facility ended 2020 with its lowest attendance since World War II. “Last March I extended my contract through August 2021, and the search for my replacement is on!”...Keith Taylor reopened his Marblehead, Mass., optometry practice in July 2020 after a pandemic-induced shutdown. Revamping the office to meet COVID-safety guidelines, they installed plexiglass screens, new doors, barriers for patient flow, and enhanced air filtration. “The most important thing is that everyone is healthy. Wendy can teach remotely, which she enjoys, and I’ve adjusted my schedule to allow for more time off.”

1978

Reunion 2023, June 9–11

class secretary Chip Beckwith chipwith@yahoo.com

class president Dean M. Berman deanocean@aol.com

Claude Guerlain writes to share the pride that she and husband Scott Karpuk take in the accomplishments of their sons, Michael Karpuk and John Karpuk, who both earned mechanical engineering degrees at McGill Univ. Mike works at coronavirus vaccine producer Moderna as an applications engineer, while John has followed fiancée Riley into medical school. Both retired, Claude and Scott divide their time between his childhood home, in Northborough, Mass., and their vacation home on Block Island....Jean Roy has served as the labor representative on the Maine Unemployment Insurance Commission for nearly five years. She worked at home, in Lewiston, during the pandemic — and during the winter, began exercising her new knee in her College Street neighborhood. “I now enjoy walking around the campus and seeing how it has changed since I graduated!”... Chip Beckwith couldn’t go to the gym during the pandemic, so he started walking two to seven miles a day. Not only that, but “I taught myself to make sauerkraut and lost 35 pounds. I think they are all connected.”

1979

Reunion 2024, June 7–9

class secretary Mary Raftery mgraftery@gmail.com

class president Patrick Murphy patrickm@paceengrs.com

Allyson Anderson-Sterling has fingers crossed for a trip to Yellowstone this summer....Sue Calhoun and Jack Cole have moved from Portland, Maine, to nearby Windham. “We very much enjoy being in the country, within walking distance of the Presumpscot River.” She adds that “after a short stint as admin at Windham Adult Ed, I have officially retired!” She’s happy to see fellow Windham resident Stephanie More Vary from time to time....Steven DiPirro gained grandchildren since his last update: Zoey and Sasha. “I’ve challenged my three sons to see who can be the first to give me a grandson. I hope it’s not my youngest, who’s still in college!” Steve has visited via social media with Gary Page, Bill Pitts, and Bob Snell. “It’s like nothing has changed between us in more than 40 years.”...The pandemic taught Mark Massa that “I can survive without sports on TV! I also learned how technology can keep me close to my business and my family.” He still lives in Old Lyme, Conn., and Chatham, Mass.... Mark Price has retired after 35 years of practicing pediatrics in St. Johnsbury, Vt. “I’ve been disappointed not to be able to play old-man hockey” during the pandemic. “I enjoy the skating but never score any goals or get any assists because I don’t have Willy Ring to make me look good anymore.”...Bonye Wolf Barone finally retired fully, after almost 20 years with the Middletown (Conn.) Police Department — she attained the rank of lieutenant — and nearly 30 years in a solo law practice. She and Nick have moved to Cornville, Ariz., where “the sun shines every day!”

1980

Reunion 2025, June 6–8

class secretary Chris Tegeler Beneman cbeneman@gmail.com

class president Mary Martuscello mary@martuscellolaw.com

Mark Hurvitt has retired after a long career in education. His last post, as superintendent for Maine’s School Union 93 (comprising five communities on a Down East peninsula), “was my longest stay, 15 years. My family and I will spend most of July on Monhegan, where I will be figuring out the next chapter!”

1981

Reunion 2021, June 7–13

class president Hank Howie hhowie@gmail.com

Don Mayer has moved to Crested Butte, Colo. “Wonderful trail and mountain running out here, and also a fabulous cross-country ski center. Get in touch if you’re coming out this way!”

1982

Reunion 2022, June 10–12

class president Neil Jamieson neil@southernmainelaw.com

The class is deeply saddened by the death of our longtime class secretary, Jerry Donahoe, in March. Jerry spread good words and good cheer to us all. His obituary will be in the fall issue....Walter Dillingham wrote a white paper about community-college endowment strategies that was mentioned in Community College Journal last fall. Managing director of endowments and foundations for Wilmington Trust, Walter also teaches endowment concepts at New York Univ....Heidi Duncanson writes: “It’s hard to believe we are old enough to do this, but Mark Weaver ’80 and I have bought property for our future retirement home in Maine!” They found “a problematic house on a beautiful oceanfront lot in Harpswell,” and will replace that structure with an energy-efficient home. This pied-à-terre will put them near Portland, where their son and his fiancée plan to settle — “plus there are lots of Batesies around.”...For Scott Hoyt, the pandemic year at least provided some professional interest: At Moody’s Analytics, where he’s senior director of consumer economics, “we had to determine how the pandemic would impact the economy while we were all working from home.”...Sue Purkis, most recently a customer-experience leader for IBM, has retired — “finally! And I have returned to Maine,” specifically Acton. “But I don’t recommend moving from North Carolina to Maine during a pandemic.”... Melissa Weisstuch joined the New York Proton Center last July as the company’s first full-time marketing and communications manager. The center provides a highly precise form of radiation therapy with fewer side effects than other techniques....Known as an MSNBC commentator on legal issues involving the Trump administration, Joyce White Vance and some lawyer friends have launched a new venture, a legal podcast called #SistersInLaw. In other news, the Vances “have become chicken farmers. We now have 10 of them and a big backyard coop.” Daughter Ellie Vance ’21 just graduated.

1983

Reunion 2023, June 9–11

class secretary Leigh Peltier leighp727@gmail.com

class presidents PJ Dearden tribecapj@yahoo.com Bill Zafirson bzaf@maine.rr.com

Eric Leimbach has taught fourth grade in Madison, Maine, for 12 years. “I enjoy it immensely. COVID has made for an interesting time in education, but I’ve discovered just how resilient the kids and I are.” He and Marilyn celebrated their 30th anniversary during the spring, and Eric stays in touch with Andy Kling, as well as Tom and Lori Norman Campbell, Nick Kent, and Greg Pizzo, all ’82.

1984

Reunion 2024, June 7–9

class secretary Heidi Lovett blueoceanheidi@aol.com

class president Linda Cohen linda@lscdesignstudio.com

Lou Kimball Swenson is now a certified surgical technologist at Southern Maine Healthcare’s Biddeford hospital after graduating with honors last December from her intensive 15-month CST program. She passed her certification exam a week later. “I decided to change careers from counseling to be able to help people in a new way. It has challenged me and given me a new chapter following the loss of my husband, Boyd, two years ago from cancer.”...Heidi Lovett and family have adopted a “beautiful,

super sweet, 5-year-old rescue poodle, Ruby. Life is different with a dog around, and we are all getting used to the new routine.”

1985

Reunion 2025, June 6–8

class secretary Elissa Bass bass.elissa@yahoo.com

class president Lisa Virello virello@comcast.net

Derek Anderson published a book in October that in many ways, he believes, “represents the culmination of my Bates education.” Improbable Voices: A History of the World Since 1450 Seen From Twenty-Six Unusual Perspectives looks at 26 individuals who made essential, but now largely forgotten, contributions to places and eras as diverse as Reformation Europe, Tokugawa-era Japan, and post-colonial Kenya.... Shannon Banks reports that she and LK Gagnon ’88 “have sold our family home in Brunswick and relocated to Harpswell — just eight miles away, but a different world.” Shannon became COO of MaineHealth’s Accountable Care Organization last year, while LK continues as associate director of student aid at Bowdoin....Elissa Bass tells us that her daughter wrapped up a bachelor’s from Lang College in 2020 and is completing a BFA from Parsons School of Design. Her son attends Worcester Polytechnic. Elissa adds, “Stayed in touch with my Bates girls as best we could with our annual September beach weekend canceled.”...Heather Beebe comments that 2020 reminded her of a word she learned at Bates: bouleversement, meaning upheaval, dislocation, or disturbance. Career changes accompanied the upheaval wrought by coronavirus, as Heather retired from management consulting and husband Luc Jarry took a new job in the Eastern Townships south of Montreal, far from their Calgary home of 21 years. “House finally sold, in July we made a beautiful cross-Canada drive complete with masks, hand sanitizer, and social distancing. We are now a quick drive away from our East Coast friends.” Their daughters are Anna and Laura Jarry ’20.... Leanne Belmont Valade speaks for many: “So grateful for family and friends — they are always there! I keep sane because of people like Debbie Valaitis Kern, Kate Sweeney, Lisa Virello, Elissa Bass, and Kathy Leonard Bertagna.”...Adam Caper and Rebecca Yang moved from Boston to New York City early last year. The move, and then the pandemic, gave Adam more time to refine and attract investment for his latest startup: dineoutwith.us, which enables users to host dinner parties at selected restaurants. Adam explains that the platform is designed to handle organization, invitation, messaging, and payment chores, with the goal of “reviving the dying art of the dinner party” for folks who aren’t equipped to host fancy dinners at home. Incidentally, Adam’s former Page hallmate is the firm’s CTO: Rick Myers ’86. The two hadn’t been in contact until a mutual business associate reconnected them....Allison Groves and Michael Sovik “are enjoying life in Wellington, New Zealand, and we feel very fortunate to be here now.”...After retiring from the CIA, Daniel Hoffman enjoys a new career as an independent consultant and a “nonpartisan, straight-shooter national security analyst” for the news media. “I’m now focused on tending to my own garden, raising two sons, and caring for my wife, Kimberly, who has been battling cancer for almost four years.”...Of their nine children, John and Christina Martin Kroger ’84 “are down to only three at home,” John notes. The three are all sons: twins Stefan and Othniel, 21, and 16-year-old Christoph. They all performed last fall in the Dance Center of Auburn’s online production of The Nutcracker. Christina “is nearly done with homeschooling — all of our children were homeschooled until they started college,” John notes. He practiced at Swift River Family Medicine in Rumford, Maine.... Patty Lemay Lufburrow recently became vice president for quality at Exelixis, a small Bay Area biotech company focused on oncology medicine. “After working at small companies that became large companies, I’m enjoying the small-company culture once more.” Daughter Emily Lufburrow ’19 has started at Drexel Univ. College of Medicine....Lance Matthiesen has joined McKinsey & Company as its global manager for McKinsey Black Network programs, designed to enhance the management consulting firm’s success in recruiting, retaining, and developing Black talent. Meanwhile, he’s in touch with fellow D.C.-based classmates Kevin Pomfret, Mark Rees, and John Luddy II....Cyril May was one of several Connecticut individuals and organizations to receive an Environmental Champion award from Aquarion Water Company last fall. As refuse and recycling coordinator for the city of Waterbury, Cyril uses “enviromagic” presentations to give the city’s 110,000 residents a better understanding of their power to protect the environment. “My environmental magic shows on recycling, water, energy, and other topics will never likely lead me to besting Penn and Teller on Fool Us, but it is nice that they are recognized.”...Allison Webster Matlack and Dan are still renting

media outlet:

The New York Times

headline:

The cradle of global baking? (It’s not New York)

takeaway: Bagel-makers worldwide turn to Beth George for help

Beth George ’85 “is one of the world’s few, and most sought-after, bagel consultants,” reports The New York Times.

George’s bagel-baking expertise started in Maine more than a decade ago with Spelt Right, a bakery she founded that used flour made from spelt, a grain with different properties from wheat that is also more difficult to bake with.

Since then, she’s become a kind of worldwide bagel guru, now working from a commercial kitchen in Fair Lawn, N.J., under the name BYOB Bagels, in partnership with a New Jersey distributor of bagel-making equipment.

“From the Bahamas to Saudi Arabia, from India to the Horn of Africa, dozens of aspiring bagel bakers — novices and professionals — have hired her to provide and adapt recipes,” the Times notes. George helps with business plans, kitchen layouts, and troubleshooting “for issues from kneading and rolling to boiling (or steaming) and baking.”

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1986

Reunion 2021, June 7–13

class secretary Erica Seifert Plunkett ericasplunkett@gmail.com

class presidents Bill Walsh messagebill@gmail.com Catherine Lathrop Strahan catstrahan@gmail.com

Neil Adams moved on last fall from John Wiley & Sons to join Karger Publishers, a health sciences publisher in Switzerland. Neil continues to work with editors, authors, and industry partners to publish important clinical research in all areas of medicine....Kelli Armstrong, Salve Regina Univ. president, reports that the past year was consumed with efforts to keep campus open so that the school could offer as much of an in-person experience as possible. “Weekly calls with the Rhode Island Department of Health and daily emergency team meetings became the norm, and although it was a weird year for faculty and students, they rallied as a community.” It’s been a gift to have Dan Ludden nearby and to witness his creativity as general manager of Boston Baroque, she adds....Carol Bagshaw Murphy still lives in Chicago’s North Shore suburbs and is still with John after 30 years. One daughter attends Smith College, a second just graduated from high school, and the third is close behind, graduating in 2022….Charles Baldwin and his wife, Shizuka, celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary last year. In June 2020, he started a new job at a New York financial company. Onboarded remotely, he finally got to meet his new co-workers face-to-face during spring 2021.... Denise Barton, deputy general counsel for the Univ. of Massachusetts, lives in an old saltbox in Westborough. Her parents, both in their 80s, live just a few miles away. “Their proximity during the pandemic has fostered a unique symbiosis,” she writes. “I do their errands, Dad reciprocates by doing yard chores — giving him exercise, since I banned him from the gym last March — and this, in turn, gives my Mom a few hours of peaceful alone time now and then.” Denise adds that Bates relationships continue to matter and feed her soul: shout-outs to Ben Robinson, Lisa Petrini Bell, Maria McCann Ghazal, Mary Bartlett Petrini, Staci Warden ’87, Betsy Klebanoff-Hills, Ashley Parker- Snider, Carol Rosenau, Krissy Murray Thomas, Dave Reynolds P’22, Susan McCulley, and Kent Sinclair.... Andrew Beardsley and family have lived in Charlottesville, Va., for six years. Andy and Andrea Preston Beardsley ’87 teach at St. Anne’s-Belfield School, an independent school in Charlottesville. A personal highlight for him has been pushing his best friend from high school, who’s living with cerebral palsy, on a bike in races including the Boston Marathon. “So much fun!”...John D. Boyle and his wife, Bisi, live in Laguna Beach, Calif. A mechanical engineer, John is vehicle systems lead for Nuro, which makes autonomous delivery robots. Bisi is vice president of product planning and mobility strategy at Hyundai Motor North America, in Fountain Valley....John J. Boyle serves on the boards of the Robert F. Kennedy Children’s Action Corps and The Base, a nonprofit in Boston, and is executive managing director at Cushman & Wakefield, in Boston. “As you might assume, the commercial real estate market has been in a real time of change,” he notes. John sees Greater Boston friends like Peter Noonan, Jay Spinale ’85, and Dave Campbell when he can.... Bill Burleigh and Krista are now empty-nesters, with sons Chris and Alex on their own again after their pandemic pause at the ranch in Wyoming. Bill adds that Laramie River Dude Ranch is now just Laramie River Ranch. No more dudes nor employees, just hay to grow, animals to tend, and quiet to enjoy. “Visitors are welcome,” says Bill. “There is always a fence to fix.”...To Jay Cleary, closing in on 60 seems bizarre. “It used to sound old, but not anymore.” President and CEO of Bridge Financial Group in Littleton, Colo., Jay has lived in the Centennial State for 30 years. He and Lisa have two girls in college and two boys working in finance, one in NYC and one in Denver....To Lisa Cogan Brown, in her 30-somethingth year of teaching, 2020 “must have been the weirdest year of all. I was amazed daily by the resilience of my students and their ability to manage hybrid education. Who would have guessed that teachers would learn to recognize students by their hairstyles and mask preferences, and not by their smiles?” Lisa and David have lived in Durham, Maine, for 22 years....Laurette Cousineau Carle has resided outside Nashville for 20-plus years and has been married to Jay for 13. She is executive director of teaching, learning, and assessment for the Williamson County Schools, a public district of about 40,000 students. She credits her Bates education with preparing her for the challenges imposed on educators by the

pandemic. Laurette treasures long friendships with Jennifer Goodwin Oates, Cathy Kiley, Kathy Gundlach Austin, and Megan Kelley....Kerry Crehan Dunnell manages a training center for public health workers in Massachusetts. She also joined her local board of health in 2020 — “I was concerned about being able to commit the time, but knew it would be irresponsible not to contribute my knowledge.” Since 2016, supported by friends, Kerry has run half-marathons on Key West for Team Challenge and the Crohns and Colitis Foundation, netting more than $25,000 for the cause. She stays in touch with Bates friends including first-year roomie Sharon Williams, buddy Nadeem “Bobby” Bezar and Gina Bezar, Kathleen Flaherty ’87, Molly Marchese Mullin ’87, and Tim Nelson. Her Bates connections “have an authenticity that makes me grin from ear to ear.”...Maura Curtin Lundie writes that both of her and Bruce’s children have graduated from college, Ainsley from Colorado College and Nate from Case Western….Fred Dockery and Catherine are finally experiencing the empty nest. One child is in grad school and the other two are still close to home in Charleston, S.C., but living on their own as they attend the College of Charleston. Fred still works for the state of South Carolina, “driving various boats as much as the pandemic has allowed,” and Catherine works in health services at the College of Charleston. “When things get better, Charleston is a wonderful place to visit,” Fred hints....Karen Drugge Kemble and Jay were happy to have their two college kids home in Bangor, Maine, for much of 2020. Being home gave Peter an opportunity to work for a local optometrist — he expects to start an optometry program in the fall. Meanwhile, Anna was able to return to the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Through all of this, Karen and family have felt lucky to live where they can enjoy the outdoors....Actress Pamela Dubin, who played opposite Martin Landau in the 2017 film Abe and Phil’s Last Poker Game, loves reconnecting with Bates folks....Tom Duff has enjoyed several different careers with one employer, Willis Towers Watson, for 34 years. Peggy Simmonds Duff teaches English to adults and, she says, “really enjoys meeting these hard-working folks.” Their third child has finished college, so they are contemplating new futures. But their love for making music won’t change: Peggy sings with a dozen women and Tom plays diverse instruments with whoever drops by....April Durant Hutchinson still lives in Cohasset, Mass., though she and Jon regard Oregon as their second home.

White Water

Around this time last year, it wasn’t a case of COVID but perhaps a bit of cabin fever that prompted Pam Rawson Morse ’85 (in front) and Earle Morse ’84 (behind the camera) to set up a photo with son Sam (in back) outside their home in Maine’s Carrabassett Valley. The Morses are in their 31st year of pastoring at Sugarloaf Christian Ministry at Sugarloaf Mountain.

Still, the pandemic made time for “exploring our most beautiful corner of our most beautiful state!” she writes. Sam is on the U.S. Ski Team, competing in World Cup downhill events, and is a Maine Guide as well.

Son Matt is in a doctoral program in molecular biology at UMass Boston, and Harrison works in hospitality in Burlington, Vt. April looks forward to faceto-face time with classmates including Mary Sulya Powell, Heather Larlee Ries, and Kris Falvey Freeman....Chris Flanagan has arrived at that age when he perceives time more in decades than years. (Tell us about it.) He and Anna have been married for close to three decades, and their children are in their third decade. For two decades, Chris and Anna have lived in Holliston, Mass., and Chris has worked at Harvard Pilgrim. The pandemic posed unique challenges, as he was lead attorney for the company’s COVID response to state and federal requirements while ensuring that members were covered for needed testing, treatment, and vaccination...Kristine Falvey Freeman and Scott ’85 were thrilled by the graduation of daughter Caroline Freeman ’21, making a Bates trifecta with Samuel ’16 and Andrew ’18. Kristine still serves on the board of Svaroopa Vidya Ashram, a nonprofit that trains yoga and meditation teachers.... Kristen Carlson Garnett and Jeffrey ’83 send greetings from Madison, Conn. Family life transitioned during 2020: Kristen’s dad passed away at 96 after living with them for the past seven years, and daughter Katharine completed her undergraduate degree....Peter Gluck, who practices as Patnstr, APC, was recognized as a Distinguished IP Lawyer for 2020 following the issuance of his 1,111th U.S. letters patent. He spends a third of his time counseling start-ups pro bono publico and has garnered sufficient equity to plan his imminent retirement by the time his youngest son graduates from the Univ. of Colorado Boulder.... Jonathan Green continues to be a house husband (“minus the apron and heels”) and to explore the desert around Prineville, Ore., with his and Sue’s dog. Sue has been subbing online for a school district, while one son works with folks with mental health issues in Washington state and the other approaches senior year at Pacific Lutheran Univ. “We have all survived due to the ability to order wine online!”... Melissa Hambly-Larios reports that she and family have moved to Panama after five years in Peru. She still works for the International Potato Center.... Eric Hamilton lives in the Philadelphia area and works for Prudential, “trying to impart some wisdom to the younger generation.” He and his wife have two kids and regularly travel between Cape Cod, Maine, and Arizona....Deborah Hansen has retooled her highly regarded restaurant in Brookline, Mass., Taberna de Haro, several times in response to changing pandemic guidelines. These past many months, “finding the silver lining in any frightening or maddening or just plain terrible situation was the only constant, along with unwavering love and fun over Zoom with my kids, Camille and Inés. It’s a joy to see their creativity and spirit as they forge new lives in these formidable times.”...John Harris is keeping busy. Still an account manager for Pfizer, he also runs a travel and leisure business that has taken him around the world. And good works keep him on the go, too, as he pitches in with a Christian mission foundation whose

media outlet:

Publishers Weekly

headline:

Why are men still writing about sex?

takeaway: Cis white men feel entitled to write about sex, however poorly

Since 1993, the British magazine Literary Review has given its whimsical Bad Sex in Fiction Award to the worst description of a sex scene in a novel. Most winners (25 out of 27) have been male, including Thomas Wolfe, Norman Mailer, and, in a lifetime achievement award, John Updike.

Why is that? asks Christina Chiu ’91, a novelist who won the James Alan McPherson Award for her 2020 novel Beauty. “If there are as many female writers as there are male writers, shouldn’t we suck equally?”

A couple things are in play when writers write about coupling and the like, says Chiu.

For one, because women are expected “to write from their lives” while men are “able to use their imaginations,” women might avoid sex scenes altogether for fear that readers will assume it’s autobiographical.

That leads to male privilege. “Cis white men feel entitled to write sex scenes,” however poorly. “Women less so.”

projects have included the building of 130-plus schools in Guatemala. On top of all that, John also published a new book, Breakthrough Success, available on Amazon....Eric Hoffer writes that the kids are out of college, he and Lauren have sold their house of 27 years in New Jersey, and they’ve fetched up in Biddeford Pool, Maine, “while waiting for the right home to reveal itself.” He adds, “we’re looking forward to reconnecting with anyone in or passing through the area.”... Garry and Elaine Coombs Holmes are well. He still runs the family business, R.W. Holmes Realty in Wayland, Mass., with daughter Elizabeth and Dean Blackey ’98 on board. Two other daughters are working too, and the fourth has finished high school and is eyeing nursing programs. Elaine works part time and volunteers for a nonprofit that helps get homeless families back on track....Erin Hourihan is in her 25th year as CEO of Childhaven, a child advocacy center, shelter, and foster care agency in New Mexico, serving children and families involved in the child welfare system. She has hosted four Bates interns there through the Center for Purposeful Work. Meanwhile, her husband, Mike Eisenfeld ’85, works on energy transition issues for San Juan Citizens Alliance. Daughter Mia Eisenfeld ’21 graduated with a double major in psychology and sociology, and son Max studies at St. Olaf....Lisa Kelley Finneral and Gary were fortunate that their jobs stayed intact during the pandemic. The home-improvement boom has benefited Gary’s window business. Lisa’s Kelley Solutions, a strategic-sourcing company in print and promotional products, was deemed essential. She talks with Martha Gelbein Woodard, Diane Meahl Ryan, and Julie Derry Glauninger and “it appears we are all in very similar places. I also caught up with Lance Matthiesen ’85 after quite some time — so nice to chat with him, too!”...Dave Kennedy writes that his and Holly’s oldest has graduated from college, their middle two are in college, and the youngest finishes high school in ’22. Dave teaches math at Shippensburg Univ. and plays chess when he gets the chance.... Beth Landry Ostaszewski is senior research assistant in the Center for Neurologic Diseases at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, where she’s worked for 32 years and these days helps determine potential biomarkers for Alzheimer’s. Her husband of 32 years, Lee, is an account manager at Eastern Insurance and writes a humor column in the MetroWest/ Milford Daily News. One son teaches science at Walpole High School and the other is a doctoral candidate in chemistry at the Univ. of Pennsylvania….Ken Lanik is finishing up a doctorate in public policy and educational leadership through the Muskie School of Public Service at the Univ. of Southern Maine. His dissertation examines the experiences of school administrators in predominantly white communities in Maine when they are tasked with attending to issues of race....Althea Latady reports that sons William and Thomas live on Ware Street near Bates and work at Carbonite. Daughter Sarah has finished up courses for chemical engineering at Santa Rosa Junior College and hopes to attend the Univ. of Maine. Althea herself, working as quality and food safety supervisor at local bottler Boston Brands, is “trying to keep ahead of things.” She’s grateful to family and friends for their support during the trial and conviction of ex-husband R. Kenneth Lindell for theft and tax evasion. “You never know what the future will bring — never give up!”... Catherine Lathrop Strahan has retired from real estate and volunteers in a leadership role at the Newton (Mass.) Food Pantry. “Sadly, during COVID this became a full-time job,” she notes. She’s been uplifted by the commitment of pantry volunteers and the generosity of local residents....Heather Larlee Ries still teaches math at East Carolina Univ., where she’s been for almost 30 years (“Yikes!”). She resumed in-person teaching last fall in a large room wearing a mask and a microphone, but ECU went remote two weeks later. (The university resumed some in-person classes in January.)... Jenny Lidsky Van Beckum and her husband, John, live in a 100-year-old house in Florence, Mass., near Northampton. Jenny works for Melaleuca.com, an online wellness shopping club. John teaches middle-school math and science, while their elder daughter is a senior publicist with Basic Books and their younger daughter is a strategic planner for Planned Parenthood….Maria McCann Ghazal has worked in Washington, D.C., since graduation and still finds her career at the Business Roundtable rewarding. As senior vice president and counsel, she is the chief advocate on corporate governance issues and works on racial equity and justice initiatives. She and Jay have two children and live in Arlington, Va. She notes that “the Zoom catch-ups with Denise Barton, Lisa Petrini Bell, and Staci Warden ’87 kept me sane!”...In September, Susan McCulley launched The Age of Becoming, an online community offering embodied practices and support for women over 50 (bit. ly/becoming-community). During COVID-19 reclusion, she found that the house in Charlottesville, Va., that husband Frank Bergland designed and built has been “a

beautiful and inspiring place to be on lockdown.” It overlooks a river and waterfall, and contains studio space that enabled Susan to move her movement teaching and coaching online....Michael Meehan of Alexandria, Va., remarks that his “choice of starting a crisis communications company,” Squared Communications, 13 years ago “was the right call for a future pandemic.” He lost friends to COVID, but Michael’s goddaughter, a COVID nurse, survived the disease after a week in hospital. In general he has preferred to focus on 2020’s good news, including the rare opportunity to summer on the Cape, take fishing trips off Nauset Beach, and play golf on Martha’s Vineyard with Peter Wyman, Michael Shea, Steve Sughrue, and Andy Doyle....Susan Megroz Rosenzweig writes that she and Dean have been blessed with two wonderful milestones: daughter Emma graduated in December from the Univ. of Kentucky with a degree in hospitality and tourism. And back in June, in a small backyard ceremony, son Jacob became a bar mitzvah. “The rain stopped 20 minutes before they began, the sun came out, and amazingly, a catbird landed on the limb over Jacob and accompanied him as he chanted his Torah portion. It was perfect!”...Eva Meltzer Murray still lives with Paul some 20 miles offshore from Rockland, Maine, on Matinicus Island. (She was profiled in the Summer 2019 issue.) She guesses they’re essential workers, as Eva is a volunteer EMT and runs the freight truck, and her husband handles local telecommunications and other utilities. As town clerk, Eva took a lot of satisfaction from running a clean election in November — “but that wasn’t too hard in this tiniest of municipalities!”...Jamie Merisotis last fall released a new book, Human Work in the Age of Smart Machines (RosettaBooks) that, he says, has done surprisingly well. He and Colleen O’Brien “will see son Ben off to college in the fall.”...Silvia Milkovits Harper reports that she and Steven were happy to host their daughters at home during summer 2020, though it came at the cost of some serious planscrambling — notably, the couple’s plan to sell most of their belongings and their house, in New Hampshire, and resettle in London. “But the dog was really happy to have us all at her beck and call!” she writes, adding that “we still hope to move to the UK in 2021.”...Jane Miniutti of Portsmouth, R.I., recently became dual board-certified in both family medicine and a new specialty, lifestyle medicine, that focuses on a plant-based diet, exercise, stress and sleep management, and preventative measures....Tracey Misins Geary writes that she and her fiancé, Chris, are grateful that 2020 left them and theirs healthy and happy. Tracey is in a new position, working for the Massachusetts Department of Family Medical Leave — and loving it....Jenny Moore Rynne enjoys her work as an environmental, social, and governance analyst covering utilities at Wellington Management in Boston. “We now have three Bobcats on our team of 123!” she reports, and she has hosted job-shadowing Bates students. Meanwhile, she was pleased to reconnect with Robin Cameron Dietz and Heidi Galpern….Assistant city manager for Aspen, Colo., Diane Murphy Foster spent month after month working at home. Using the strategy of “connection before content,” she started in the position by meeting as many of Aspen’s 400 employees as possible, and also joined the local Rotary Club, which has been 100 percent online. She has looked forward to a “second start” in Aspen once the pandemic is under control....Bright spots in Kathleen O’Brien Pagano’s 2020 included the wedding of her and Joe’s son, Leo, to his college sweetheart in a small but beautiful ceremony, and spending summer days on Laurel Lake — socially distanced — with Kristen Carlson Garnett, Cat Lathrop Strahan, and Erica Seifert Plunkett and families. “We missed you, John Howard!”...Assistant head of school and director of education at Riverview School on Cape Cod, Maria Packett Cashdollar and two colleagues last year assumed the role of COVID response leaders at this independent school for students with learning and cognitive challenges. Their goal was to resume in-person learning as soon as it was safe — and by early October, all students and staff were back. “I have never been prouder of the Riverview students, staff, and families,” Maria says. She and her Bates gang Zoomed when they could for cocktails....Writing from Santa Barbara, Calif., during the winter, Ashley Parker-Snider noted that, “miracle of miracles, it’s raining! When you haven’t had measurable rain since April 2020, it’s a big deal.” As with hospitality-focused businesses all over, the pandemic has posed problems for the Fess Parker Winery and Wine Country Inn, and she’s been “grateful for e-commerce.” On the bright side, the family acquired an English bulldog–American bulldog–pit bull–mastiff mix that they named after Maggie Smith’s Downton Abbey character. Violet Crawley “wormed her way into the heart of our 8-year-old pit mix, Toby, and they are now fast friends.”... 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AUTHORITY MAGAZINE

Game On

It’s just another day at Lucasfilm: Christine Beebe ’95 sits at the controls of the Jedi Order frigate Athylia on the set of The Jedi Temple Challenge, the first-ever Star Wars–themed game show, for which she was an executive producer.

Ars Technica describes the game show, available on YouTube, as a fun throwback to the kid-friendly Nickelodeon shows of the 1980s and ’90s, like Double Dare and Guts.

The format has three teams of two kids, each competing in three elimination stages. The final team faces the challenge of the Jedi temple itself.

The Lucasfilm project, Beebe says, “finally gave me the highly coveted ‘cool’ status with my 14-year-old son and 10-year-old daughter.”

As the show’s target audience, Beebe’s children pitched in by testing the show’s obstacle courses and helping with casting. “We wanted to cast nice kids who would be great team players,” Beebe explains. “So each night I reviewed the tapes with my kids. I found that their opinions were invaluable and perceptive about which kids were genuine and kind.”

given you rather than taken.” Her list includes: having her three cats and a dog hanging out in her office every day; getting to know the neighbors because they’re all out walking to escape the house; living in Fort Lauderdale, a city proactive with pandemic precautions from Day One; and curbside pickup — “love it! I was never a shopper.”...Robert Peretti works as head of distribution for the Americas at AXA XL, part of the multinational French insurance giant, AXA. “I wish I had taken French more seriously in high school!” Longtime residents of Ridgewood, N.J., he and Patricia have two children, one in and one out of college....Barbara Peskin still teaches digital literacy to sixth-graders in Concord, Mass., and notes that her curriculum has been a good fit for remote learning. She also runs an Animals and Planet Club, whose projects promote positive change for animals, the environment, and the community….Lydia Pollard-Miller is happy to report that Pebble Cove Farm, an inn and animal sanctuary, survived 2020 — “a weird, challenging year” for the hospitality industry. She and John experienced that weirdness as consumers as well as purveyors, ending an early 2020 trip to Asia aboard the Holland America cruise ship that was “stranded” at sea for two weeks: After passengers boarded in Hong Kong, no countries on their itinerary would allow the ship to dock because of coronavirus fears. Finally, Lydia notes, Cambodia accepted them....John Ramsdell has for years urged the Shoreline (Wash.) City Council to establish a public park in his Westminster Triangle neighborhood. “Serendipitously, a beautiful lot in the middle of the neighborhood became available” and the park is moving ahead. Moreover, he became a member of his local Democratic legislative district organization and was subsequently elected as a precinct committee officer. He and his wife, Nicki, enjoy their sailboat — named Bobcat by the prior owner. “It was meant to be!”... David Reynolds and Kaja Beenhouwer Reynolds ’88 are still teaching in Colorado Springs. Empty-nesters, Kaja makes jewelry and Dave writes haiku. He says, “It’s been a blast to reconnect with fellow alumni virtually,” including Nicolas Lindholm, Alex Johnston ’84, John Abbott ’87, Dan Calder ’84, Mark Scholtes ’84 and Judy Kohin ’85....Charles Richardson has served nine years in the Massachusetts Maritime Academy’s advancement office. He sees classmates and ’85s every once in a while, usually over dinner in Boston. “It’s tough to bust each other’s chops texting — we’d rather do it in person.” The usual suspects include John Anderson ’85, John Boyle, Peter Noonan, Greg Petrini, John Simourian, Jay Spinale ’85 and Scott Truncellito.... Hagar Riley wishes she could say that in 2020, she danced in the rain and gathered raindrops to make ice for margaritas, or learned to weave a basket or fly a plane. But none of that would be true. So what is true? Hagar made pretzels from scratch. Her husband, Lewis Farberman, built a wooden canoe that they paddled on a nearby lake while wearing silly sailor hats. And their teenagers have started cleaning up around the house in Scarsdale. “Wait, that’s not true!”...Ben Robinson is excited about “a new beginning with a fantastic firm”: the marketing strategy company Taylor Global. As chief administrative officer, he oversees critical operational and strategic functions, and has a leadership role in diversity, equity, and inclusion....Joseph Rufo reports that he and family are doing fine. Joe is back at Verizon and loving it, while his wife, Kate Spurrier, still works at Massachusetts General Hospital. Their son has applied to New England colleges and their daughter is a high school freshman....Carolyn Ryan lives in Manhattan and has moved up The New York Times masthead to become deputy managing editor. Before the pandemic made such things impossible, she notes, she took in a Red Sox–Yankees game at Yankee Stadium with John Howard. They remained zealous Sox boosters despite the setting and the occasional hostile glances from nearby fans....Erica Seifert Plunkett is still a research associate and project administrator at the Wellesley (Mass.) Centers for Women. She has researched the prevention of depression in teens, work that has encompassed in-school screenings and a federally funded assessment of ways to treat teens with subsyndromal depression. Her husband, Conor, works in information technology for Gannett Newspapers....Peter Senghas still has a blast teaching fifth-graders, and has been proud of the resiliency and kindness of 10-to-11-year-olds and their families. He and Kellie Thibo- deau ’87 remain content in Acton, Mass., but he looks forward to the reopening of the world so he can resume making music with local friends such as Pat Tambor ’87....Beth Simer- meyer enjoys her role at Minnesota-based Ecolab as executive vice president and president of global healthcare and life sciences. Her firm supports healthcare systems, pharmaceutical companies, and any business that uses hand soap or sanitizers — needless to say, COVID has kept them hopping. She lives with her three children, her 92-year-old dad, and three dogs and three cats....Scott

Steinberg remains in Maine and at the Univ. of New England, where he’s in his seventh year as head of admissions for undergraduate and campusbased graduate programs. Maine’s largest private university emphasizes the health professions, and Scott says that “being at UNE during the pandemic has made him appreciate our front-line healthcare workers even more.” Thanks in part to the pandemic-driven booms in real estate and home improvement, Sarah McKnight Steinberg ’96 has been busy with her design business, focusing on custom kitchens and bathrooms. Their older daughter is a rising senior at Wheaton College in Massachusetts, and the younger is looking ahead to college....Joanna Stevens still lives in her family home on Cape Cod with her spouse and daughter. She retired in December after more than 20 years in education, the last few as director of a special education preschool program in Eastham. “I’m happy to have less stress in my life,” she reports, and “fortunate to live in a place that offers ample opportunities to be in nature.”...John Stewart has enjoyed living, working, and raising a family in the New York City area for the last 25 years, but is still a New Englander at heart. He was happy to dine during the winter with Bill Dunn....James Tarbox became assistant vice provost and executive director for career education at Stanford University at the first of the year and was “honored and thrilled to take on this role.” He went to Stanford after 15 years at San Diego State Univ. James and his husband, Felix, also celebrated 15 years together in 2020....Wesley Toner finds it hard to believe that 35 years have passed since graduation, and that he and Norma have lived in Georgia for 27 years (24 in the same house, in Roswell). Wes still supplies data and products to insurance companies. One daughter has a mechanical engineering degree from Tufts and works at an engineering design firm, and the other is studying health sciences at Furman University. Wes keeps in touch with Brad Hobbs, Al Kropp ’87 and C.J. Fasciano ’87....Bill Walsh and family moved to Fairfax, Va., last year for better schools for his and Katherine’s second-grader. The coronavirus has sown irony where you’d least expect it: “Of course, Naomi has never actually set foot in the new school because it has been closed,” Bill notes. Vice president of communications at AARP, he was appointed in spring 2020 to lead the organization’s national pandemic response, and has done many news interviews and hosted health experts in tele–town halls attracting millions of listeners. In November, he was fortunate to be able to interview Dr. Anthony Fauci, D.Sc. ’93.... Chris and Elaine Bailey White anticipate moving from Byfield, Mass., to Connecticut this summer so that she can take over as head of Westminster School in Simsbury. Chris will transfer his chiropractic license to Connecticut, but plans to spend the next year supporting Elaine in her work and traveling with her as they get to know the alumni base. “This adventure comes at a good time,” Chris notes, as their youngest daughter will be starting college and they will be empty-nesters....Even aside from the pandemic, Julia Wiellette has undergone challenges in recent years. She and Cherie both lost their fathers, and they also said goodbye to their beloved golden retriever at age 13. Julia was also diagnosed with an immune system disorder that left her with mobility issues for a while. “But no one keeps a Bobcat down for long!” She still loves teaching after 24 years, and in addition to her high school position is an adjunct English professor at Univ. of Connecticut’s Hartford campus....Julie Wilkinson Thomas usually hesitates to write because it is always the same news — “still teaching, blah, blah, blah” — but the difference now is that she is retiring, effective July 1. “This was not the original plan, but with a husband who is eight years older and already retired, I’m taking the bull by the horns and jumping in!” Julie and Jeffery will divide their time between Connecticut and Florida. “The number of things to do down there is downright amazing, especially for a bunch of old folks.”...Darrell Williams moved back to his birthplace, Miami, five years ago. He remains busy with startups and small firms nationwide, helping them acquire seed and early capital funding to develop health technologies or medical devices....John Wilson and Denise have lived in Cary, N.C., for 16 years. Their daughter is a junior at the Univ. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and their son just graduated from high school. Denise works at a friend’s boutique and, says John, “has done an incredible job keeping the kids and me organized and achieving.” John is now in his 27th year in financial services. He often speaks with Robert Ricci, looks forward to fine beers with Chris White and Jim Alden, and notes that he and Denise enjoyed a 2020 visit with John Weiner and Kristi Wesslen Weiner ’88....Karen Wood Cartier works in quality and patient safety at Rutland (Vt.) Medical Health Services, and honestly hopes never to work on PPE grids again. 2020, she says, “made me incredibly proud to be part of a healthcare team that has done such an amazing job for our ity • community • academics • pride • knowledge • friendships • professors • arts • excellence athletics • reputation • opportunity • students • value • loyalty • laughter • generosity • com munity • academics • pride • knowledge • friendships • professors • arts • excellence • athletics • reputation • opportunity • students • value loyalty • laughter • generosity • community academics • pride • knowledge • friendships • professors • arts • excellence • athletics • reputation • opportunity • students • value • loyalty • laughter • generosity • community • academics • pride • knowledge • friendships • professors arts • excellence • athletics • reputation • op portunity • students • value • loyalty • laughter • generosity • community • academics • pride knowledge • friendships • professors • arts • ex cellence • athletics • reputation • opportunity students • value • loyalty • laughter • generosity • community • academics • pride • knowledge • friendships • professors • arts • excellence athletics • reputation • opportunity • students • value • loyalty • laughter • generosity • com munity • academics • pride • knowledge • friendships • professors • arts • excellence • athletics • reputation • opportunity • students • value loyalty • laughter • generosity • community academics • pride • knowledge • friendships • professors • arts • excellence • athletics • reputation • opportunity • students • value • loyalty • laughter • generosity • community • academics • pride • knowledge • friendships • professors arts • excellence • athletics • reputation • op portunity • students • value • loyalty • laughter • generosity • community • academics • pride knowledge • friendships • professors • arts • ex cellence • athletics • reputation • opportunity students • value • loyalty • laughter • generosity • community • academics • pride • knowledge • friendships • professors • arts • excellence athletics • reputation • opportunity • students • value • loyalty • laughter • generosity • com munity • academics • pride • knowledge • friendships • professors • arts • excellence • athletics • reputation • opportunity • students • value loyalty • laughter • generosity • community academics • pride • knowledge • friendships • professors • arts • excellence • athletics • reputation • opportunity • students • value • loyalty • laughter • generosity • community • academics • pride • knowledge • friendships • professors 20 2 l BATES FUNDjoin your classmates in supporting bates bates.edu/give arts • excellence • athletics • reputation • op portunity • students • value • loyalty • laughter • generosity • community • academics • pride knowledge • friendships • professors • arts • ex cellence • athletics • reputation • opportunity students • value • loyalty • laughter • generosity • community • academics • pride • knowledge • friendships • professors • arts • excellence athletics • reputation • opportunity • students • value • loyalty • laughter • generosity • com munity • academics • pride • knowledge • friendships • professors • arts • excellence • athletics • reputation • opportunity • students • value Spring 2021loyalty • laughter • generosity • 77 community academics • pride • knowledge • friendships •

community and each other.”... Wendy Wood Meaden is in her 20th year as professor of theater, and fourth year as associate dean, at Jordan College of the Arts, Butler Univ. She was pleased to receive funding for research and travel in Europe before the pandemic hit, and looks forward to incorporating it into a bigger project. She’s excited about visiting Maine and seeing Lisa Cogan Brown and other Batesies....Craig and Martha Gelbein Woodard are still in South Hadley, Mass., after 26 years. Craig is a professor of biology at Mount Holyoke College, Martha continues to practice as a clinical psychologist, and their two sons have started careers….Margaret Webb Wright and Steve ’83 moved to the Charlotte, N.C., area a year ago, finding a great church and enjoying both the area and renewed proximity to their adult children. They welcomed their first grandchild in March....Tracy Zordan Nudo and Sal celebrated their 31st anniversary in 2020, and they still make each other laugh, “which is good for long-term survival in many situations,” she says. Tracy has a chronic illness that, a few years ago, led to one of her vertebrae fracturing and a long hospital stay. “Yes, in Canada that can happen and you don’t end up broke!” says this resident of Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Québec. She now walks with a cane and has given up teaching. And she’s had to re-evaluate her life plan earlier than expected as she figures out the “retirement lifestyle”: Time to read what she wants, whenever she wants?! Pursue arts and crafts she’s left behind? Well, OK then!

1987

Reunion 2022, June 10–12

class secretary Val Kennedy brickates@gmail.com

class president Erica Rowell

David Farrington, Leopoldine, and daughter have stayed healthy in Annapolis, Md....James Gleason has moved to Santa Fe, N.M., and writes that it’s the smallest town he’s ever lived in, other than Lewiston. “Please come visit!”...Kari Heistad continues her work in the diversity and inclusion space through both of her companies, Culture Coach International and her tech startup, the Diversity Dashboard. With the deepening interest in race and social justice, Kari is thrilled at the unprecedented buildup of momentum for this work....Erik and Susanne Morrison Jarnryd have designed an online educational curriculum that students in rural Oaxaca state, Mexico, can access through shared tablets. “This project is taking our family foundation in totally new directions and we are learning a ton as we go along,” Erik writes. Their Bacaanda Foundation last year undertook the construction of a dedicated network designed to bring WiFi to more than 100 schools....During the winter and spring, reports Sarinda Parsons Wilson, “the 2021 work-life balancing act continued to challenge and push me in the classroom” at the Hotchkiss School in Lakeville, Conn., where she teaches French. “Language proficiency, Zoom, experiential ed, hybrid or in-person, antiracism, and a diverse francophone curriculum all shape my approach.” She adds that the graduation of Elliot Wilson ’21 put her in mind of May 25, 1987....A resident of Barrington, R.I., Arnold Robinson is happy to be back on the water with the East Bay Rowing Club along with Molly Snow Robinson ’90. These days, he adds, he’s with national engineering firm Fuss & O’Neill. “I’m working with New England communities adapting to climate change, focused on protecting historic resources in the face of sea level rise.”...George Stewart “spent the last two years building a new boarding school, EF Academy, for international students in Pasadena, California. The pandemic delayed the opening from fall 2020 to fall 2022, so now I’m a head of school with no students! I’m back home in Concord, Mass.”

1988

Reunion 2023, June 9–11

executive committee Astrid Delfino-Bernard flutistastrid@sbcglobal.net Ruth Garretson Cameron ruth.eg.cameron@gmail.com Mary Capaldi Gonzales marcapcar@me.com Steve Lewis mojofink@gmail.com Julie Sutherland-Platt julielsp@verizon.net Lisa Romeo romeoli66@gmail.com

A class note submitted as a prank “on behalf” of Steve Lewis erroneously suggested he had left academia to work in Republican politics. In a brief conversation between Steve and the Bates Magazine editor, he confirmed that was definitely not the case and he continues to work happily in higher ed at Helena College Univ. of Montana.

1989

Reunion 2024, June 7–9

class secretary Sara Hagan Cummings cummings5clan@gmail.com

steering committee Sally Ehrenfried sjehrenfried@gmail.com Deb Schiavi Cote debscote@yahoo.com Michelle Bennett, a lead buyer specialist with Keller Williams Realty in Yarmouth, Maine, reports that as the state became known as a good place to ride out a pandemic, the Portland-area market went crazy. “I’ve helped people from all over the country move to our beautiful city. If any classmates need help, just reach out.” She has enjoyed lots of FaceTime, Zoom, and plain old phone calls with Bates friends since their 30th Reunion — Win Brown, Katherine Wittenberg Pluhar, David Morris, James Olson, Ed Wiser, Andrew Henderson, Emily Buchanan, Sally Ehrenfried, Elizabeth Breed Allen....Phil Bonasia is living in Needham, Mass., and closing in on 21 years with Sunovion, a pharma company that’s only his second employer since graduating from Bates and from the Univ. of California, Berkeley. Head of chemistry and pharmaceutical sciences, he works with Sunovian’s Japanese parent, Sumitomo Dainippon, in regenerative and cellular medicine. One day Phil found a picture of junior-year roomie Mark Cromett. “Mark had a busted foot and was standing next to another kid with a busted foot, so I texted Mark to ask who this other guy was”: Rick “Rocket” LaFleur ’90. “It was great to catch up with Mark and learn about all the salmon and squid fishing he’s doing in the Pacific Northwest.”...As Mark Cromett himself says, “Early retirement after 26 years at Starbucks continues to be great, with lots of fishing in the summer and skiing in the winter.” His and Sherry’s twin daughters attend Seattle Prep and “are competitive soccer players far better than their father ever was.”...Brian Cullen counts his family “fortunate to live in rural N.H.” — specifically, Amherst — “where the pandemic was largely in control and we could enjoy outdoor time with the surprise return of the three college kids,” including Alexandra Cullen ’20. Along with Alex’s graduation, Bates highlights from past months include “a day with Gary Mantha, his family, and their puppy during the August COVID lull”; and January’s Disrupting Racism program organized by Sara Hagan Cummings and Beth Tener — “super great” (see next item)....Sara Hagan Cummings and J.J. are still in Virginia Beach. A U.S. Navy captain, J.J. become chief of staff to the Second Fleet in February after two and a half years commanding aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford, seeing the new ship and crew most of the way through post-delivery tests and trials. Sara, who owns an organizing and productivity business, worked with friend Beth Tener to create Disrupting Racism, a 21-day racial-equity learning challenge for classmates. During January, participants received daily emails with resources explaining how racism works and proposing means of disrupting it, while weekly Zooms provided a forum for discussion. Beth, now in Portsmouth, is working with New Hampshire Businesses for Social Responsibility to offer a similar series for workplaces statewide….Nora Demleitner, Roy L. Steinheimer, Jr. Professor of Law at the Washington and Lee Univ. School of Law, spent her sabbatical writing articles about recidivism, sex work, and sentencing in rural America, as well as a proposal for a popular book on a criminal justice system that, she says, “sometimes has little to do with crime and even less with justice.”...Paul Dill has completed his 25th season as head coach of women’s volleyball at MIT and is “looking forward to getting back on the court with my team after losing a year of competition due to the pandemic.”... Since the start of COVID-19, Tim Donovan and Bates friends have sustained a text string that started as routine social contact but has evolved in an interesting way. “To provide a distraction from the real world, we decided to make it a daily text with a requirement to pick a song from our youth that triggered a good memory,” Tim explains. “It’s been a great reminder of the fun we’ve had together, why we became friends, and why we’re still friends after all these years.” Among the friends are Mark Mandel, David Cogliano, Michael Farhm, Jim Pickette, Todd Murphy, Jay Contis, Paul Guenette, Bill Whalen, J.J. Cummings, Sean Maloney, and James Ash ’90....Amy Freeman Winslow, a high school counselor in Aurora, Ill., was deeply struck by ways that COVID isolation affected students and families. “I feel most students have realized how much they crave the social interaction and the structure that daily in-person class attendance gives them.” She and Jim were glad to spend the winter holidays not only with son Cooper, still in high school, but son Josh, who drove home from the Univ. of New Hampshire — and picked up Amy’s 94-year-old mother in Maine en route....Ann Frenning Kossuth has moved to Lincolnville, Maine, and looks forward to more engagement with her Bates community....Jennifer Gibbons sends greetings from Charlottesville, Va., where she oversees major fundraising in the Northeast and Midwest for the Univ. of Virginia’s Darden School of Business. “If you are passing through C’ville or your kids are looking at UVA, please let me know,” she says....Wendy Graham’s 2020 highlights included a new pup and a summer escape from Hoboken as she spent time in Skaneateles, N.Y.,

with her dad, David Graham ’60....Tony Grima and Peter Muise live in Brookline, Mass. Tony is marketing manager for the National Braille Press, while Peter is director of events for the MIT Alumni Assn. On the side, Peter’s second book on New England folklore comes out this fall from Globe Pequot, and Tony helped create 21 online speaker events for The History Project, Boston’s LGBTQ archives....Clark Hill has been with Spirit Airlines since 2012, but has also owned or worked for a variety of large painting companies and is helping one such firm franchise its business. Living in Las Vegas, he’d love to see Bates friends once the pandemic permits.... Linda Johnson’s department at the telecommunications company CenturyLink, corporate communications, led a major rebranding effort in September that transformed the company into Lumen Technologies.... Heather Jones continues to teach high school math in Maryland, but has transitioned to a new specialty: “I have all the students who have run out of the traditional high school math classes. So this year has definitely been more intense with teaching Calculus 3 and Linear Algebra.”… Writing from Belmont, Mass., Bruce Kozuma says he has “zero about which to complain.” His family is healthy, he and Livia Racz have jobs that are deemed essential “and haven’t required crazy amounts of exposure,” and their kids have done OK with remote schooling....Tom Kugeman has joined Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northhampton, Mass., as finance manager, “which has the benefit of allowing me to see Cynthia Gerstl-Pepin and Craig Pepin ’88 more often. Most of our meetings have been centered around socially distanced hikes in Amherst with their dogs, which provides me much-needed exercise. I am usually able to work from home, with my wife Jen Eifrig ’90, our two girls, one dog, 11 outdoor chickens, and two cockatiels.”...Martha Marriott moved to London from Derbyshire in 2020, and has a new job, as the registrar at the Royal Academy of Arts....Anne Mollerus is “doing as well as can be expected” and continues to “marvel at dog Ruby’s limberness.”...Helen Previdi is “still making Girls’ Weekend work during COVID with Kat Urner Schott.”...Matt Schecter and Jill moved from Connecticut to Palm Beach, Fla. “After living my life in New England,” he says, “we decided to get out of our comfort zone. Looking forward to connecting with classmates who live down this way.” He adds that daughter Samantha Schecter ’20 lives in Cambridge, Mass., and works in a lab affiliated with Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and son Zach is at Cornell Univ. College of Engineering and playing video games at a semi-pro level....Sue Stich is “so grateful to be working. Kids are healthy.”... Stephen Swallen still went to his office at the Univ. of Wisconsin-Platteville, where he teaches chemistry, during the academic year, but it was all Zoom. “Definitely less personal, but the silver lining was that all the many meetings were more efficient.”...Grace Tallman Gooding’s pandemic experience included quarantining in the spare room at her home in Huntington, W.Va., after exposure to a COVID carrier at the daycare where she tutors. But she did have both of her own kids, including Christopher Gooding ’23, home for a while....Susan Wong, a teacher at Holy Cross School in Lewiston, says that her job “during COVID-19 was an adventure and a half” for her and Bates math professor Peter. “It has been difficult to weigh the needs of our children and students against the health of aging parents. But so far, all has been fine.”...“Here in California,” writes Jack Yang, “our family has a lot of privilege.” He has been able to do his work for Netflix at home, and he and Suzanne Blazon-Yang ’90 “have young adults for children who can fend for themselves. I’m truly grateful for that. I hesitate to write all that, because I know so many are struggling for the basics. I’m also grateful that my privilege affords me the opportunity to remain curious, not get set in my ways and views, and to figure out how to give back in my own way. Finally, grateful for all of you and the experiences that connect us.”

1990

Reunion 2025, June 6–8

class secretary Joanne Walton joannewalton2003@yahoo.com

Mona Patel Shah is happy to report that pandemic aside, “living in Hillsborough, California, for 11 years with my three kids and husband, Nahir, has been a dream. After 14 years of driving kids around, I went back to work as director of development at the Mid-Peninsula Boys & Girls Club. Who knew that as an art history major, I would end up in fundraising?” She adds, “Reconnecting with Sarah Stone, Lara Strong, Betsy Davies Mercier, Laura Hillier, Andy Smith, and Bill Savage over Zoom has been so fun!”...Ann Elise Rodrigues Record and Dan have changed jobs since 2019. Dan is now a school counselor at ConVal Regional High School in Peterborough, N.H., helping students with their academic schedules and college applications. Ann

media outlet:

We Are The City

headline:

Inspirational Woman: Shayna Waldman

takeaway: Do your best, and when you know better, do better

Shayna Waldman ’08 is an executive with The ATS Team, an entertainment industry production-services company. Asked what single piece of advice she’d give to her younger self, she said:

“I experienced a lot of bullying in my earlier career, particularly from a very successful top executive producer in Los Angeles…and I wish I stood up for myself. The entire team knew about their behaviour and allowed it. I was not the only victim; it was the environment he created.”

In a recent essay in Broadcast magazine, Waldman said that such behavior is part of the “toxic culture” in the industry that has long been “internalised and excused,” creating a mental health crisis that “has long gone unchecked.”

Her advice: “You learn with age and experience, so I try really hard not to be so hard on myself. Maya Angelou had better advice than I can ever give: ‘Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.’”

media outlet:

NPR’s All Things Considered

headline:

Lessons from Love Is Blind for socially distanced daters

takeaway: When listening, take a beat before responding

Cameron Hamilton ’12 and wife Lauren Speed, who met on the hit Netflix reality show Love Is Blind, spoke with NPR’s All Things Considered about their unique perspective on social distancing.

Contestants on Love Is Blind date without ever seeing each other’s faces, at least until they become engaged. Fan favorites Hamilton and Speed married in November 2018. The couple, whose book, Leap of Faith, comes out this summer, talked about the importance of “truly listening...really focus in and take a beat and try to process what they’re saying and respond to that.”

Hamilton told the Portland Press Herald that getting to know Lauren without seeing her helped their budding relationship. “Looks can be distracting. Removing that component definitely allowed me to dig deeper and talk about some difficult things” right off the bat, such as having kids. “When I started talking to Lauren, I was shocked at how deeply we connected.”

Elise is an elementary-level math consultant “sharing my passion for the subject in ways that set a foundation of understanding for students’ entire math journeys.” Their children, Matt ’14 and Kathryn, live in Wisconsin. “With them so far away, we welcomed our first dog into our lives.”... After almost 30 years in Hungary, Daniel Swartz has become a dual U.S.–Hungarian citizen. He works part time as the World Wildlife Federation’s communication manager for central and eastern Europe, and recently “took on additional part-time roles as the communication manager at WWF’s Global River Dolphin River Initiative and as a communications officer at the Hungarian Helsinki Committee,” a nongovernmental human rights association.

1991

Reunion 2021, June 7–13

class secretary Katie Tibbetts Gates kathryntgates@gmail.com

class president John Ducker jducker1@yahoo.com

The Rev. Peter Carey is rector of St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in Philadelphia, many of whose parishioners are older folks. “Doing this online has left me longing for gathering,” he says. His other news involves a younger generation: His eldest child will attend the University of Virginia, “his dream school,” and Peter was gratified to write a recommendation for a woman who was subsequently accepted into Bates’ Class of 2025....Cathy Pendergast Shay and John are still reverberating from the experience son Nathaniel ’20 had at Bates. “We are so proud of Nate for maximizing his time and the opportunities that Bates offered,” she writes. “Debate team allowed for travel and making close friends. A year studying in London offered him an amazing experience in world culture and travel, and a great education. One of my favorite things is that he became an avid climber of the rock wall in Merrill — while I ran track, I watched as the original wall began to take shape. To think my son now has a passion for it makes me smile.”

1992

Reunion 2022, June 10–12

executive committee Ami Berger ami_berger@hotmail.com Kristin Bierly Magendantz kmagendantz@comcast.net Kristen Downs Bruno Kris10DBruno@gmail.com Roland Davis roldav92@gmail.com Peter Friedman peter.friedman@ alum.dartmouth.org Leyla Morrissey Bader leyla.bader@gmail.com Jeff Mutterperl jeffmutterperl@gmail.com

Craig D’Ambrosia let us know that son Tim passed the Massachusetts bar exam, and his first job as an attorney is with the law practice of Jeff Steinberg, in Framingham. Craig adds that he and Ann have celebrated their 27th anniversary.

1993

Reunion 2023, June 9–11

class secretary Lisa Bousquet lisaannbousquet@gmail.com

class presidents Mike Charland mfc@wilkinsinvest.com Jason Hanley jason.hanley@wexinc.com

1994

Reunion 2024, June 7–9

class presidents Courtney Fleisher courtney.fleisher@gmail.com Jonathan Lewis jlewjlew@mac.com

Paula “PJ” Redes Sidore, living in Bad Honnef, Germany, and New York–based Valerie Belz Kathawala ’93 continue to publish trinkmag.com, the “first and only English-language digital publication dedicated to the ‘German-speaking wines’ of Austria, Germany, Italy, and Switzerland.” They met through their mutual interest in wine — and were pleasantly surprised to discover the Bates connection.

1995

Reunion 2025, June 6–8

class presidents Jason Verner jcv@nbgroup.com Deborah Verner debverner@gmail.com

Joseph Franzino and Laurie Burgan Franzino ’94 are happy to report that son Luca was accepted ED for the Class of 2025.... For Carolyn Kavanagh Gaither and Edmund, COVID’s clouds bore silver linings: a new puppy, extra time with kids Kerrigan and Clayton, and reconnecting with friends and family from Houston via Zoom. Carolyn has been glad to talk “to my Bates Girls — every single week since March 2020!” Edmund left Shell Oil after 18 years and secured a position at mining company BHP....For Deb Nowak Verner and Jason, 2020’s highlights were spending time with their three kids, ages 14, 17, and 18 — “we realized that we actually really like each other” — and rediscovering their love of hiking.

1996

Reunion 2021, June 7–13

class presidents Sarah Ayesha Farag ayesha.farag@gmail.com Jay Lowe jameslowemaine@yahoo.com

1997

Reunion 2022, June 10–12

class secretaries Todd Zinn tmzinn@hotmail.com Pat Cosquer patcosquer@gmail.com

class president Stuart Abelson sabelson@oraclinical.com

RJ Jenkins illustrated a children’s book that was published last August: A Visit to the Bahamas from A to Z, written by Veronica McFall. A visual arts teacher for 17 years at the Kents Hill School in Kents Hill, Maine, RJ “had to carve out some serious time in my busy schedule” for the three-year project, “but I’m glad I did. I learned a lot about the culture and people of the Bahamas as well as book illustration, and really enjoyed the process. The book promotes cross-cultural understanding and exploration, and encourages children to seek out facts as they learn.”

1998

Reunion 2023, June 9–11

class committee Doug Beers douglas.beers@gmail.com Rob Curtis robcurtis@eatonvance.com Liam Clarke ldlc639@gmail.com Renee Leduc rleducclarke@gmail.com Tyler Munoz tylermunoz@gmail.com

Liam Clarke continues to lead operations in Saudi Arabia for APCO Worldwide, an advisory and advocacy communications consultancy. While international travel has been curtailed, he says, “I’ve enjoyed exploring the kingdom more.”

1999

Reunion 2024, June 7–9

class secretary Jenn Lemkin Bouchard jennifer_bouchard@hotmail.com

class president Jamie Ascenzo Trickett jamie.trickett@gmail.com

2000

Reunion 2025, June 6–8

class secretary Cynthia Link cynthiafriedalink@gmail.com class presidents Jenn Glassman Jacobs jenniferellenjacobs@gmail.com Megan Shelley mhshelley@aol.com

2001

Reunion 2021, June 7–13

class secretary Noah Petro npetro@gmail.com

class presidents Jodi Winterton Cobb jodimcobb@gmail.com Kate Hagstrom Lepore khlepore@gmail.com

Robert Ayres is training for his second Ironman in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. And he has started a new position with the Unified Fire Authority in Salt Lake City: EMS training captain. “After years in the fire station, it’s nice to have a day job and be at home at night and on weekends.”

2002

Reunion 2022, June 10–12

class secretary Stephanie Eby steph.eby@gmail.com

class presidents Jay Surdukowski jsurdukowski@sulloway.com Drew Weymouth weymouthd@gmail.com

Drew Weymouth reports that “I’ve been blessed to have our family stay healthy so far. Our boys are 6, 9, and 10, and a lot of fun. They enjoy skiing and riding, and I’ve loved getting back at it! I’m inspired by many of our classmates who have gotten in great shape during this time, so I’ve amped up my running and hope to keep it going (and not injure myself).” He and Lauralynn are public-school educators in Massachusetts and have been eager to see students in person — safely, of course. Drew runs a career technical education program for the Worcester public schools. In that role, “I’m always looking for business relationships to expose students to potential career paths. Reach out if you’re close by!”

2003

Reunion 2023, June 9–11

class presidents Kirstin Boehm kirstincboehm@gmail.com Melissa Yanagi melissayanagi@gmail.com

2004

Reunion 2024, June 7–9

class presidents Eduardo Crespo eduardo.crespo.r@gmail.com Tanya Schwartz tanya.schwartz@gmail.com

media outlet:

The Guardian

headline:

Croatia denies migrant border attacks after new reports of brutal pushbacks

takeaway: The pandemic plays a part in the uptick in violence against refugees entering Croatia

Twice in the last year, The Guardian turned to Jack Sapoch ’18 for stories about increasing violence against refugees and asylum seekers trying to enter Croatia from Bosnia.

Sapoch works with No Name Kitchen, an NGO operating in Bosnia that monitors violence at the Bosnian-Croatian border.

He spoke with The Guardian last fall about an uptick in refugee mistreatment by Croatian police. Last May, the paper reported that Sapoch’s organization reported that Croatian police were spray-painting migrants’ heads as well as robbing and otherwise trying to humiliate them.

Sapoch linked the increase in violence to the pandemic and the “increased autonomy that state authorities have gained during these times. More than ever, it is important for us to keep these forces accountable for their own actions.”

Croatia is in the European Union while Bosnia is not, so many migrants try to seek asylum in Croatia, only to be (illegally) returned to Bosnia.

media outlet:

The Guardian

headline:

How millions of Americans lost the right to vote

takeaway: Since ancient Greece, criminal punishments have included disenfranchisement

In a powerful historical overview of how America has disenfranchised millions of citizens, Ayesha Sharma ’18 explored the concept of civil death, “a form of punishment that extinguishes someone’s civil rights.”

Such criminal disenfranchisement began in Athens and continued in the Roman Empire and medieval Europe. It was typically applied to individuals for particularly grave or election-related crimes, and resulted in civil death.

Since then, the concept of civil death has been “reshaped and reinterpreted over many generations, persisting in the form of felony disenfranchisement, through which a citizen loses their right to vote due to a felony conviction,” Sharma writes.

Today, some six million Americans “cannot vote in the country’s elections because of some form of civil death.” In its racist underpinnings, civil death in America “goes back to the Colonies. It’s a history that has disproportionately affected black people.”

John Scott Johnson and husband Andrew Borchini had two baby boys, Conor and Jack, in March 2020. “They are happy and healthy!”

2005

Reunion 2025, June 6–8

class presidents Kathryn Duvall duvall.kathryn@gmail.com Melissa Geissler melissa.geissler@gmail.com

Nathan Harrington was featured in The Washington Post last December for his work as founder of the Ward 8 Woods Conservancy in Washington, D.C.: bit.ly/Harrington_Ward8.

2006

Reunion 2021, June 7–13

class presidents Chelsea Cook chelsea.m.cook@gmail.com Katie Nolan knolan06@gmail.com Johnny Ritzo johnnyritzo@gmail.com

Lauren Perreault Zinsser and Austin welcomed a second son, Tobias, last July. It was a bright spot in the year, although big brother Avery might disagree. Lauren works for the U.S. Geological Survey and enjoys communicating applied science to policy makers to improve water resource management. Life is busy in Boise but “Batesies are always welcome to say hello.”... Alex Smith married Kat Smith in February 2020, eloping to Disneyland. They live in Rhode Island with many small dogs....Molly Stoddard earned a master’s in speech-language pathology and works for the San Luis Coastal Unified School District in California....Gabby Voeller and Andy Mention welcomed their second daughter, Frances Carver Mention. “We’re excited for her to meet other Bobcat babies born in 2020, but it may be a while.”

2007

Reunion 2022, June 10–12

class presidents Keith Kearney kdkearney@gmail.com Rakhshan Zahid rakhshan.zahid@gmail.com

Sara Culver, a graduate of the Yale School of Nursing, is a certified nurse-midwife and women’s health nurse practitioner in New Haven, Conn....Dylan Morris, M.D., completed an MBA from the Univ. of Pittsburgh’s Katz School of Business. An EMS medical director with the Univ. of Pittsburgh Medical Center and with STAT MedEvac, Morris earned the MBA to support his administrative duties. He and Kathy Wunderle celebrated Brienne’s first birthday in January....Christopher Theile is a chemist at Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, where he contributed to a recently approved drug for a rare kidney stone disorder. He is now developing drugs for central nervous system diseases. His wife, Akiko Doi, researches gene therapy technologies at Ascidian Therapeutics, in Boston.

2008

Reunion 2023, June 9–11

class presidents Liz Murphy elizabeth.jayne.m@gmail.com Ali Schwartz Egelson alisonrose.schwartz@gmail.com

2009

Reunion 2024, June 7–9

class presidents Tim Gay timothy.s.gay@gmail.com Arsalan Suhail arsalansuhail@gmail.com

2010

Reunion 2025, June 6–8

class presidents Brianna Bakow brianna.bakow@gmail.com Tiel Duncan vantielelizabeth.duncan@gmail. com

A story on the website for TeenSharp, a college-access program serving youth in Delaware, New Jersey, and Philadelphia, introduced readers to Bates firstyear Anthony Morton ’24 and Anthony Phillips, TeenSharp's pre-college success manager. The story notes that Morton’s commitment to attending a top college didn’t kick in until he was a high school junior and met Phillips, who issued a challenge. “I said, ‘Anthony, you’re not as bad as you think you are. But you have the strong qualities and characteristics to be as bad as you think you are.’” He challenged Morton to get straight A’s, which he did, paving the way to Bates.... Rachel Straus Ferrante and Cam welcomed their second child, Elliott Straus Ferrante, in January.

2011

Reunion 2021, June 7–13

class presidents Theodore Sutherland theodoresutherland89@gmail. com Patrick Williams Patw.williams@gmail.com

Jane He Kelly and Dan welcomed daughter Emma last November.

2012

Reunion 2022, June 10–12

class presidents Mikey Pasek mikeypasek@gmail.com Sangita Murali sangitamurali12@gmail.com

Tina Tobin and David Wood welcomed a new baby, Tobin Wood, last August. “We are overjoyed to have this healthy, happy future Bobcat!”

2013

Reunion 2023, June 9–11

class presidents Ryan Sonberg rsonberg9@gmail.com Megan Murphy megan.a.murphy3@gmail.com

Tori McKenna Baker-White and Matt welcomed a new Bobkitten into the world in January 2020 — “proof that the whole year wasn’t bad! Sage loves time outside, running with his mama and hiking with his dada.”

2014

Reunion 2024, June 7–9

class presidents Hally Bert hallybert@gmail.com Milly Aroko mildredaroko@gmail.com

2015

Reunion 2025, June 6–8

class presidents James Brissenden brissendenja@gmail.com Ben Smiley bensmiley32@gmail.com

2016

Reunion 2021, June 7–13

class presidents Sally Ryerson sallyryerson@gmail.com Andre Brittis-Tannenbaum andrebt44@gmail.com

Phillip Dube finished graduate studies at the Yale School of the Environment and is working as a senior project associate for the Trust for Public Land in Portland, Maine....Nate Henneman is in the second year of doctoral studies and working at the Institut Necker Enfants Malades in Paris, researching molecular mechanisms that dictate how our bodies adapt to feeding and fasting conditions. He completed a master’s in cellular and molecular biology at the Université de Paris....Sunny Hong has moved from northern Maine, where she taught Spanish for four years at the Maine School of Science and Math, to the Midcoast and a new job at Lincoln Academy in Newcastle. “Being right by the water and having easy access to nature trails is a dream come true.”...Alex Tritell has moved to Nashville and is studying at Vanderbilt Univ. Law School.

2017

Reunion 2022, June 10–12

class presidents Jessie Garson jgarson4@gmail.com Matthew Baker mattdbaker13@gmail.com

2018

Reunion 2023, June 9–11

class presidents John Thayer john.robert.thayer@gmail.com Jake Shapiro shapirojacob6@gmail.com

2019

Reunion 2024, June 7–9 Harry Meadows harry.meadows4@gmail.com Cara Starnbach cara@carastarnbach.com

Hannah Londoner is one of four Bates graduates working at BioSig Technologies, in Westport, Conn. She’s a public relations associate, while Chardon Brooks and Graham Bonnell ’20 are communications associates and James Lee is an associate clinical strategist. BioSig’s premiere product is the PURE EP System, a signal-processing platform designed to help the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias. Under CEO Ken Londoner, Hannah’s father, BioSig has hosted interns from Bates through the Purposeful Work initiative. “Chardon, Graham, James, and I all attribute our professional development and applied skills to our outstanding Bates education,” says Hannah.

2020

Reunion 2025, June 6–8 Priscila Guillen priscila.guillen65197@gmail.com Maya Seshan mayaseshan55@gmail.com

media outlet:

The Boston Globe

headline:

Boston’s Black women activists walk a historic path and look toward the future

takeaway: There’s power in the past when pushing for change today

The Boston Globe quoted Alexandria Onuoha ’20 for a story about the city’s young female Black activists.

Onuoha is director of political advocacy at Black Boston 2020, an advocacy organization founded by Black college-aged women in 2020 that creates programs and curricula for citizens; advocates for city- and state-level policy changes; and protests police brutality.

Onuoha, a doctoral student in applied developmental psychology at Suffolk University, said, “It’s very rewarding to know that you’re part of something bigger and that there are also Black women that share the same values as you.”

The Globe notes that “Black Bostonian women have a history of getting things done.... Contemporary activists say they proudly carry on the legacy of these women and countless others like them who may not be as well-known today as they ought to be, but who changed the history of this old, obdurate town.”

Lawson Rudasill ’00 and Elizabeth Merrill ’00 close their physical distance after getting married in 20l8 at the Gomes Chapel.

Where are the Weddings? A recent scholarly article confirmed what we all know: Marriage rates have plummeted during the pandemic. The decline has rippled into Class Notes, so we’ve placed our wedding-photo section on hiatus. Looking toward the post-pandemic potential for nuptials, one scholar noted, that “the preference for marriage has been historically robust.” See you in the fall!

Please email your high-resolution Bates group wedding photo to magazine@bates.edu.

Please identify all people and their class years, and include the wedding date, location, and any other news. Wedding photos are published in the order received.

PHYLLIS GRABER JENSEN

V-12

Ralph Wessinger Hilton September 3, 2020 Ralph Hilton attended the U.S. Navy’s wartime V-12 program at Bates and studied at Colby and Bowdoin. He held a master’s in math and education from the Univ. of Maine. He taught math and coached basketball and track at Lincoln Academy, Kents Hill School, and Wiscasset High School, where he also served as principal. He later became a salesman for educational publisher Scott Foresman. Survivors include children Holly Carignan, Lorie Tweedy, and Peter Hilton; and seven grandchildren.

1941

Velna Adams Evans August 20, 2020 Vel Adams Evans wrote half a novel, she used to say — the other half was written by her late husband, Robert J. Evans. She enjoyed bridge and poker, classical guitar and popular piano music, and making and keeping friends. Survivors include daughter Deborah Murray; a granddaughter; two great-grandchildren; nine stepchildren; and two step-grandchildren.

Montrose James Moses September 26, 2011 Meiosis: Most of us can barely pronounce the word. But Monte Moses was an expert in the topic it refers to, a reproductive process that reduces the number of chromosomes in an offspring cell. Enamored by magic as a child, he was given a microscope to “break the spell.” It worked, and he spent his career peering through regular and electron microscopes. A biology major at Bates, he quickly went on to earn a master’s and then a doctorate from Columbia. He discovered the synaptonemal complex, a protein structure that forms between pairs of chromosomes during meiosis. He was on staff at Brookhaven National Lab and at the Rockefeller Institute. He also worked for the American Cancer Society and taught at Duke Univ. His wife was Constance Roy Moses ’41.

1942

Priscilla Simpson Boyan November 20, 2020 Priscilla Simpson Boyan established herself as a Vermonter by being born when her parents were vacationing there, extending the line of Green Mountain Staters started by her grandparents. She managed one year in Vermont schools before moving to Hartford and then Albany. Her favorite poem was “No Vermonters in Heaven” (because they miss Vermont so much). A biology major, she called herself a “lab rat.” She intended to be a doctor, but World War II intervened and she became a lab technician instead. Priscilla worked in labs in Cambridge, Mass., and taught bacteriology at what was then Massachusetts State College. She served on her 60th and 65th Reunion committees, and was an alumni club officer. Survivors include sons Craig and Cory; four grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Her late sister was Isabel Simpson Hall ’39. Priscilla’s husband, who died days after her, was Norman J. Boyan ’43; his obituary follows.

1943

Norman John Boyan December 2, 2020 Norm Boyan built a high school out of a potato field — The Wheatley School, in New York state. He also built a federal program from an idea. He considered these among his biggest accomplishments, along with building a graduate school of education. He held a degree in history from Bates (Phi Beta Kappa), and earned a master’s in history in 1947 and an Ed.D. in educational administration in 1951 from Harvard. A four-year basketball player at Bates, he had hoped to become a coach, but World War II and the U.S. Army Air Corps changed things, and he ended up in school administration. It was a successful choice. He spent 44 years in education, including 11 years as dean of the graduate school of education at the Univ. of California, Santa Barbara. Norm had previously served as an associate professor in the school of education at Stanford, concentrating on secondary school administration in a new program supported in part by the Ford Foundation. During a stint with the U.S. Office of Education, he directed a new educational research program and later handled grants, including one that funded public television’s Sesame Street. He served on a number of U.C.S.B. committees, both administrative and academic. He was a member of the Bates College Key and a former alumni club officer, and served on his 50th Reunion gift committee. Survivors include sons Craig and Cory; four grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. His wife, Priscilla Simpson Boyan ’42, died in November; her obituary appears above.

Virginia Currier Stickney July 1, 2020 Ginnie Currier Stickney, a transfer from Duke who entered Bates as a junior, worried that she would find it difficult to make friends. What she found instead was people who would be her friends for the next 50 years: an apartment-mate, a teaching companion, someone to bring the champagne to her wedding. She and her late husband, Dean “Rick” Stickney, owned and operated a pharmacy and gift shop in Colebrook, N.H., for more than 20 years. They lived in the oldest house in town, renovated to its original glory. She served on her 50th Reunion gift committee. She is survived by nieces, nephews, and cousins, one of whom is David C. Boothby ’87.

1946

Marilyn Meyer Spooner September 22, 2020 A geology major at Bates, Marilyn Meyer Spooner worked at the Boston Children’s Museum before her marriage. A move to Fort Wayne, Ind., led to work at the public library and the dept. of public works there. In Orange, Mass., she was a kindergarten teacher and a real estate agent. She was active in the community in Orange: she was the governor’s appointee to the Orange Housing Authority, a member of the local elementary school committee, a trustee of the library, and a trustee of a scholarship foundation. She was active in the historical society and a member of the Athenaeum Club. She served on her 50th Reunion gift committee. Survivors include children Jane, Carol, and James Spooner, and Lauren Wick; six grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

1947

Jean Wilkinson Moore Miller September 25, 2020 After graduating from Bates with a bachelor’s in chemistry, Jean Wilkinson Moore Miller worked as a chemist for eight years at the U.S. Rubber Co. Chemical Division in Naugatuck, Conn. Jean completed graduate work in education at Eastern Connecticut State Univ. She was a Brownies and Girl Scout leader and sang in church and school productions. She taught for 20 years in Tolland, Conn., and in 1990 was named Teacher of the Year. In retirement in Waldoboro, Maine, she received the Golden Arrow service award from St. Giles’ Episcopal Church in Jefferson. Survivors include daughters Margaret Jones and Nancy Dunmyer; four grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

Frank Emerson Mullet September 14, 2020 Frank Mullet came to Bates ready to catch for the baseball team, but World War II intervened. He served as a signalman on destroyers protecting convoys traveling to and from Europe and North Africa. With his physics degree, he became a science teacher at the high school in Fort Plain, N.Y., and soon rose to the position of principal. He later was superintendent of the Edmeston (N.Y.) Central School district. After “retirement,” he became principal of Pathfinder Village School, part of a community founded by his wife, the late Marian Goddard Mullet ’50 HD ’88, to serve people with Down syndrome. Survivors include children Martha Winsor, and John and James Mullet; seven grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.

1948

Phyllis Smith Baldwin January 19, 2020 Phyl Smith Baldwin was a wood carver, active in several carving groups. She was a founding member of the Bremen (Maine) Historical Society, and a member of the Bremen Town House Assn. and of the library board of directors. Her husband was Richard Baldwin ’47; together they traveled widely and happened to be in Berlin when the Wall came down. She worked on and off as a secretary before joining Connecticut General Life Insurance, where she became an underwriter. She was a former class officer and served on various committees for her 40th, 50th, and 55th Reunions. Survivors include children Judith and Glenn.

1949

Carolyn Schneider Dowds November 6, 2020 Connie Schneider Dowds spent two years at Bates before marrying. Survivors include daughter Sharon Hearn Mattis; four grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

Dorothea Carr Foster October 17, 2020 Deedy Carr Foster, a sociology major at Bates, became a military wife who taught briefly before having children. She was a Jeopardy enthusiast and an avid reader. Survivors include children Susan, Lee, Andy, and Robert; five grandsons; and three great-grandchildren.

Elizabeth Schoenherr Miller November 25, 2020 A history major, Betty Schoenherr Miller was a special education teacher and retired with 21 years of teaching in Massachusetts. Prior to earning a master’s in special education from Columbia, she taught junior high. She was a published author, writing for Teacher Magazine as well as a history of Northbridge, Mass., where she lived. She also wrote a food column for the Blackstone Valley Tribune titled “The Mixing Bowl” for 16 years. She was active in several quilting groups, serving as president of one of them. Betty also won regional and national awards for her cooking, and was a member of the College Key. Survivors include children Judy Whittaker and Don Miller; and two grandchildren.

Marion Dodge Moseley May 6, 2020 Marion Dodge Moseley was a math major active in the choral society and student government. She worked briefly as a secretary and lived on a small farm in Buxton, Maine. Her brother was Brenton Clinton Dodge ’48, and her cousin is Ruth MacLean ’84.

Arlene Finch Reynolds July 5, 2020 Arlene Finch Reynolds left Bates before completing her degree. After the death of her first husband, she attended night school at Capital University, earning a bachelor’s degree in early childhood education. She eventually received an Ohio State master’s degree in that field and became director of the first interracial nursery school in Columbus, Ohio, and was also one of the first cadre of Head Start teachers. Survivors include children Annette Salser and Robert, Paul, and Louis Flocken; 10 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.

Albert Bailey Sparks June 20, 2020 Downtown Malden, Mass., and six other New England towns proclaimed his name in bold letters: Sparks Dept. Store. A joint venture of Albert and his brother George, Sparks was a Malden mainstay for 94 years until its closing in 2014. The store was about fashion, plain and simple. Albert was a member of the Rotary, and in 2012 the Malden Chamber of Commerce awarded him a lifetime achievement award for his decades of service to the city. He was also a 69-year Masonic member in Melrose, and in 2000 received a 50-year veteran’s level award. The son of a Ukrainian immigrant, he served in the U.S. Coast Guard in World War II and came to Bates following the war. He served on his 40th Reunion Committee. Another brother was the late Harold N. Sparks ’44. Survivors include daughters Lorri Kleiner, Joan Kessel, Debra Stevens, and Amy Kremer; seven grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.

Enid Jones Thomas October 3, 2020 A sociology major, Nikki Jones Thomas worked for about eight years for the Connecticut Dept. of Children and Families as a social worker. While raising her children, she earned a master’s in early childhood development from Eastern Connecticut State Univ. She then taught kindergarten in the Norwich, Conn., public schools for 28 years. She and her husband, the late John Nelson Thomas ’48, enjoyed building floats and sewing costumes for the Rose Arts Festival parade. She was an alumni class officer and served on her 50th Reunion gift committee. Survivors include children Gregory and Debora Thomas, and Alison Thomas Nelson; and six grandchildren. Her brother was Austin M. Jones ’50; his surviving wife is Norma Reese Jones ’51.

June Cunningham Walch December 2, 2020 June Cunningham Walch was the matriarch of a three-generation Bates family: her daughter and a granddaughter are Bates grads. Her skills ran a gamut from teaching English to heading that department at Illing Junior High School (Manchester, Conn.), and from sewing to building stone tree wells (enclosures protecting a tree from changes in the level of the soil around it). She held a master’s in education from Eastern Connecticut State Univ. An English major at Bates, she undertook all kinds of activities, from student government to the Robinson Players to the choral society. She was a member of the College Key, a former class agent, and served on her 50th and 60th Reunion committees. Survivors include husband Allan Walch; children Barry and Bryan Walch and Pamela Walch Constantine ’77; seven grandchildren, including Kara Johnson Constantine ’08; and two great-grandchildren.

1950

Barbara Galloupe Gagnon June 16, 2020 Dawn Galloupe Gagnon taught in several Maine school systems before becoming an antiques dealer. A varsity debater at Bates, she was always ready for a lively exchange of views. Her love of reading was lifelong; she was an English major. Survivors include children L.K. Gagnon ’88, Cynthia J. Cave, and Peter and Stephen Gagnon; eight grandchildren, including Phoebe Tamminen ’14; and five great-grandchildren.

1951

Janet Hayes Sterling June 27, 2020 Jan Hayes Sterling didn’t want an obituary or a service memorializing her life. She considered her 90th birthday party celebration enough. A psychology major, she went on to help start a division of a Seattle employment firm. Earlier, she served on the board of directors of the Cleveland League of Women Voters. She was a former class agent and alumni club officer, and served on her 55th gift and Reunion committees and her 60th Reunion committee. Survivors include daughters Sally Sterling and Nancy McKallor; and three grandchildren.

Jane Seaman Wilson August 14, 2020 Jane Seaman Wilson was a longtime reading-skills specialist and a prolific watercolor artist. In addition to her degree in English from Bates, she held a master’s from SUNY. She was the reading specialist at the Advent School in Boston for many years, and taught teachers how to take advantage of learning biases in their students. Survivors include her husband, former Trustee Robert Gould Wilson ’51; children Richard and Roberta; three grandchildren, one of whom is William Rudolph DiBlasi ’10; and a great-grandson.

1952

Norman Elmer Brackett October 15, 2020 Norm Brackett retired in 1995 after a 20-year career with Hannaford Bros. Co. as a CFO. He had also worked for companies such as General Dynamics, American Metal Climax, and General Electric. His degree was in economics, and he received an MBA from Boston Univ. in 1960. He was on the boards of the National Grange Mutual Insurance Co. and the Univ. of New England, as well as Big Brothers Big Sisters. He was also the founding chair of the United Way Foundation, and was honored with its Legacy Award, which recognizes exceptional leadership. He received the Alumni Community Service Award from Bates in 2002; served on six Reunion committees; was a member of the Maine Council; and a member of the College Key. Survivors include his wife, Carolyn Ann Brackett; children Debra, Janice, Paula, and Stephen Brackett; and two grandchildren. Sally Haynes Smith August 8, 2020 Sally Haynes Smith left Bates to graduate from Northeastern. Survivors include children Robert Haynes Smith and Pamela Gurrisi; nine grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

1953

Bruce Warwick Chandler August 26, 2020 For 10 years, Bruce Chandler served as a justice on the Maine Superior Court, following several years as an attorney in the Waterville area. A speech major, he graduated from Georgetown University with an LL.B. in 1960. He was chairman of the Maine Board of Bar Examiners for a number of years, and was active in the Maine Democratic Party, serving as a delegate to several national conventions and acting as general counsel. He also was an assistant Kennebec County district attorney. He was president of the Unitarian Church in Waterville and the Unitarian Universalist Church in Green Valley, Ariz., and served on the board of the First Parish UU Church in Kennebunk, Maine. He was a member of the College Key and a former alumni club officer. Survivors include wife Nancy Ramsdell Chandler ’55; children Brooks, Kimberly, and Kristin; five grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.

Shirley Veale Davenport October 14, 2020 A nursing graduate, Shirley Veale Davenport was proud that her license was always current, even when she left the field to raise her children. She worked side by side with her husband, Dick, in his snack distribution business, applying common sense when business sense wouldn’t do. She was also active in whatever level of Scouts her children were in, and was a deacon of the local Congregational church. Survivors include children Doug and Steve Davenport, Nancy Kearne, and Janice Russell; nine grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Her cousin is Maxine H. Tuxbury ’50.

Lorraine Dittrich Eyde July 10, 2019 Dr. Laurie Dittrich Eyde was an early proponent of women in the workforce. She left Bates to graduate from Tufts, where she also earned a master’s degree. Her doctorate was from Ohio State Univ. She worked for half a century as a psychologist for the federal government, including the Office of Personnel Management and the Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare. Survivors include a son and a grandchild.

Marion Louise Winter Hamilton August 3, 2020 Lou Winter Hamilton was a math teacher. She majored in math at Bates, and did graduate work at Rensselaer, Univ. of Mass., and Cal State L.A. After teaching in Vermont, California, and Massachusetts, she tutored privately for many years. Survivors include children Laurel Fremgen, Charles Hamilton, and Karen Sabbs; seven grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Her uncle was Oscar Voigtlander Jr., Class of 1920; her cousin was Marjorie Walther Keach ’46.

Richard Everett Runyon August 19, 2020 Richard Everett Runyon started at Bates and later studied at New York Univ. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War, and served for 25 years as a naval aviator. He earned a degree in electrical engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School. He was proud that the early-warning squadron he commanded was named top squadron in the Western Pacific. Survivors include his wife, Mary Lou Runyon; children Ann C. Runyon, Richard E. Runyon Jr., Averill C. Springer, Lynn M. Maxwell, and William M. Smith; and four grandchildren.

Marjorie Lee Smart Udy September 1, 2020 Lee Smart Udy held a variety of jobs during her life — program director at three YWCAs, administrator at Dartmouth College, assistant to the dean at that college — but her favorite was grandmother. In Hanover, N.H., she volunteered for the Red Cross, Meals on Wheels, the League of Women Voters, and Girl Scouts. She was elected to and held the position of Supervisor of the Checklist, a role in which she took great pride. Survivors include daughters Martha Cassidy and Beth Taylor; five grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.

1954

Leona Davis Hendricks December 1, 2020 Leona Davis Hendricks spent 25 years in third grade — teaching it, that is. A Lewiston native, she spent her life in the area, teaching in the city’s Thomas J. McMahon Elementary School. Her first career was with the Girl Scouts, where she was a district supervisor in Lynn, Mass. A former member of the local YWCA, she kept in contact with the Y by diligently swimming laps and attending “aquacise” classes in the pool. She served on her 35th and 50th Reunion committees. Survivors include daughters Debra Bellemare, Donna Alexander, Diana Tucker, and Dayle Boucher; 10 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren. Her late husband was William Hendricks Jr. ’51; her late brother was Lester E. Davis Jr. ’47.

1955

Jean Elinor Albro July 9, 2018 Jean Albro completed her degree at Boston Univ. An insurance agent, she had her own agency in New Hampshire. She also was an avid traveler, and twice bought VW vans in Germany that she used to tool around. She was a former alumni class officer and served on her 40th Reunion committee.

William Joseph Driscoll December 9, 2020 Bill Driscoll left Bates to complete his business degree at Fordham. He could sell anything, according to his family, from stocks, bonds, and oil and gas tax shelters to long-term care policies. Survivors include wife Jeanne Snee Driscoll; children William Jr., Tim, and Sean Driscoll, and Kathleen O’Meara; and 11 grandchildren.

Jack Eisner December 8, 2020 Jack Eisner got his start flipping “stacks of wax” for the Bates radio station, and ended up in the New Jersey Broadcasters Assn. Hall of Fame, receiving a lifetime achievement award in 2012. Many credit him with “inventing” talk radio: on the day President John F. Kennedy was assassinated, Eisner took his microphone out to the street to interview passers-by. He quickly changed the format of his show from music to talk about current affairs. “He gave everybody a sense of community, a sense of belonging, a sense of relevance,” New Jersey state Sen. Patrick J. Diegnan Jr., D-Middlesex, said of him. “He was literally the voice of Central Jersey.” He spent 26 years at WCTC in New Jersey. Eisner was also a leading on-air personality in Miami, Philadelphia, and New York City, where he hosted the NBC news program Monitor. Survivors include wife Selby; daughter Amy Strobel; and two grandchildren.

Robert Eugene Hefferman October 9, 2020 Class valedictorian with a degree in English, Bob Hefferman considered the ministry as a career and enrolled in a “trial” program at Harvard Divinity School. But he decided against it and attended Boston Univ. for a master’s in English. In 1958 he joined the faculty of Dean College, where he taught English, chaired the English dept., and served as dean of faculty. He was most proud of his two letters of censure, received for agitating against the Vietnam War. He met his wife, Marlene Haskell Hefferman ’55, when they were sophomores at Edward Little H.S. She survives him, as do children Elizabeth Hefferman Ooi ’88 and Nathaniel Hefferman; seven grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Bob was a member of the College Key and a class agent. He also served on his 50th Reunion yearbook committee and his 55th Reunion gift committee. His sister is Lois C. Hefferman ’49. His father was Gerald H. Hefferman, Class of 1928.

1956

Ruth Stockinger Miller July 26, 2020 Ruth Stockinger Miller received a master’s in public health nursing from the Univ. of Michigan. She became an instructor at the St. Joseph Hospital School of Nursing in Hancock, Mich., and then a charge nurse in the psychiatric wards of the United States Veterans Administration Hospital in Ann Arbor. In the early 1970s, she helped design the nursing dept. at Michigan Technological University. Survivors include sons David, Wayne, and Richard Miller; and seven grandchildren.

1957

Phillip Stanley Carletti August 24, 2020 Phil Carletti was a no-nonsense type of guy. He played baseball and football at Bates, was a member of the state champion football team, and received All-State honors. He honed that direct approach with 27 years in the U.S. Marines, active and reserves, retiring as a lieutenant colonel. He brought that approach to coaching. He was head football coach at Masconomet Regional High School in Topsfield, Mass., while earning a master’s in special education from Simmons College. He taught history, his Bates major, at the high school, and later coached track. He also taught and coached at Staunton Military Academy in Virginia. He was a member of the College Key. Survivors include wife, Lois Demasters Carletti; sons Michael and Steven; and six grandchildren.

William Dixon Clark Jr. September 5, 2020 Bill Clark turned his love of rocks and minerals into a business built around creating fine jewelry. He was an English teacher at East Windsor (Conn.) High School for 23 years and then ran a computer lab there for 12 years, retiring from the school dept. in 1994. He then joined Ahlstrom in its IT dept., leaving there in 2005. A speech major, he also held a master’s from the Univ. of Connecticut. Survivors include wife Evelyn Vezina Clark; daughter Marie Clark; son William Clark; and two granddaughters. Anita Adams Potts August 30, 2020 Anita Adams Potts was a social worker for children. She worked with child and family services in Connecticut, United Cerebral Palsy’s Little White Schoolhouse, the state of Connecticut’s Mystic Oral School, and public schools in Norwich, New London, and Salem, Conn. She augmented her bachelor’s in sociology from Bates with an MSW from the Univ. of Connecticut. Anita was a member of the Niantic Community Church for more than 50 years, and served as a board member of its children’s center. Survivors include sons Douglas C. Potts ’94, Stephen, and Kevin Potts; and two grandchildren.

Adele Brody Silverman October 28, 2020 Adele Brody Silverman was a reading specialist who earned a teaching certificate after her children were fledged. She taught in Lewiston at St. Patrick’s School and Jordan School before a 27-year stint as a second-grade teacher at the Governor Longley School. In 2011 she received the Yellow Bus Award from the cities of Lewiston and Auburn for her devotion to the reading success of elementary students. She came to Bates as a transfer from the Univ. of Maine, and received a master’s from the Univ. of Southern Maine. Her brother was Morton A. Brody ’55. Survivors include children Louis Silverman and Nancy Silverman Levinsky; and four grandchildren.

1958

B. Joeann Berry DeVeaux August 19, 2020 B. Joeann Berry DeVeaux started at Bates with the Class of 1958, and completed her undergraduate studies at the Univ. of Minnesota. She was a database administrator at MIT. Survivors include son Darrell Edward DeVeaux; two grandchildren; and sister and former Trustee Constance Berry Newman ’56.

Nancy Knapp Miles October 26, 2020 Nancy Knapp Miles left Bates early. She worked briefly as a medical technician. Survivors include children Steven and Ruth Ann Mazo.

William H. O’Connell Jr. August 17, 2020 Bill O’Connell started out as an underwriter trainee at an insurance company after graduating with a degree in economics, and ended up founding and running two successful companies, Financial Insurance Services and OM Financial Group, where he finished his professional career in 2018. At Bates, he was a football and baseball standout, and the trainer for the basketball team. As an alumnus, he welcomed stu-

dents as interns and was a career advisor. Survivors include his wife, Cynthia Mancini O’Connell; children William H. O’Connell III ’81, Kelly A. O’Connell ’84, Darci M. Detorie, and Christopher R. Colapietro ’99; and nine grandchildren.

Mary Hudson Roby July 27, 2020 A physics and math major, Mary Hudson Roby started out at Raytheon as a junior electrical engineer. After raising her children, she joined Polaroid in the purchasing department and rose to become the purchasing administrator. A singer while at Bates, she continued to sing throughout her life, especially at Edwards Church UCC in Framingham, Mass. She served on her 50th Reunion committee and was a former class agent. Survivors include sons John and Fred Adair, and Michael Roby; daughter Nancy Trunzer; and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Her sister is Barbara Ann Hudson Fuson ’63. Her parents were H. Kenneth Hudson ’28 and Aurie Balch Hudson ’30.

Ruth-Elizabeth Garner Walker June 23, 2020 Ruth-Elizabeth Garner Walker left Bates for Burdett College in Boston. She was a lover of the ocean, and lived happily at Pine Point and later at Marco Island, Fla. Survivors include children Joanne McKenney, Jayne Walker, and Dean Walker; five grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

1959

Thomas William Johnson Jr. November 5, 2020 Tom Johnson’s career spanned teaching social studies, serving in school administration, and lobbying for United Technologies Corp. (now part of Raytheon). He was director of state government affairs for United Technologies, and served on many boards and committees in the District of Columbia and Connecticut. He also was chief congressional aide to U.S. Rep. Toby Moffett. He held a master’s in education from the Univ. of Hartford as well as his degree in history from Bates. A U.S. Air Force veteran, he worked for McGraw Hill as a district manager. Survivors include his wife, Mary Jane Connor Johnson; children Tim, Mike, and Kevin Johnson, and Kate McCabe; and eight grandchildren.

1961

William Allen Gleason February 28, 2020 Growing up on the water in Marblehead, Mass., Bill Gleason developed a love of sailing — and proficiency in it — early on. This love and skill lasted throughout his life. In 1960, while still at Bates, he sailed in the Pan American Games. While in the U.S. Army Counter-Intelligence Corps, he carried out missions in Laos and Cambodia via parachute from Thailand. He often sailed against the king of Thailand at the Royal Varuna Yacht Club in Pattaya, and won the first national championship trophy there. Later, he would defeat catamaran innovator Hobie Alter himself in the first Hobie Cat international championship. After completing an MBA from Thunderbird School of Global Management, he joined Crown Zellerbach, the large pulp and paper company. He would stay in this field for his working life, building two companies out of the growing demand for recycled paper. Survivors include wife, Doreen Ash; children Nat Gleason and Liza Gleason ’95; and three grandchildren.

Kevin J. Kerrigan August 17, 2020 After a year at Bates, Kevin Kerrigan completed his studies at Becker Junior College. He was an Air Force veteran and served 20 years in the Air National Guard. He was also a lineman for Massachusetts Electric. Survivors include children Sean and Stephen Kerrigan, and Susan Reardon; four grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.

Delight Harmon Reese April 21, 2020 For many years, Delight Harmon Reese and husband Don Reese ’59 made wooden clothes dryers that were available through L.L. Bean, among other stores. She was also a prizewinning photographer as well as a welder and blacksmith. Her husband survives her, as do children Charles and Jeffrey.

1962

Sally Larson Carignan August 23, 2020 An advocate for affordable housing, Sally Larson Carignan was also a dedicated educator. She served as a librarian, substitute teacher, and adult education teacher — and was once honored as an adult education Teacher of the Year. She was a member of the College Key and served on her 50th and 30th Reunion committees. She was a member of the board for Tedford Shelter in Brunswick and volunteered as a respite worker. Survivors include sons Mark, Steve, and Paul Carignan; daughter Sarah Carignan Belanger ’95; and ten grandchildren. Her brother is Lee E. Larson ’59. Her late husband was longtime Dean of the College James W. Carignan ’61.

Charles Edward Moreshead December 14, 2020 Charlie Moreshead always maintained he was a country lawyer, even though he had large corporate clients. He earned his juris degree from Boston Univ. in 1965, building on his history degree from Bates. After working for a large firm in Augusta, Maine, he started his own firm, Sanborn, Moreshead, Schade, and Dawson. He was a state representative in the 104th Maine Legislature and a Kennebec county commissioner for 12 years. He held the position of chairman of the Maine Republican Party for two years and worked on many gubernatorial and congressional campaigns. He was also Augusta’s municipal attorney from 1974 to 1999 and counsel for the Maine Bond Bank, and he served on the Maine Harness Racing Commission (enjoying the conflicts between the tracks in Lewiston and Scarborough). Charlie was an alumni club officer and served on his 25th Reunion social committee. Survivors include wife Nancy; children Andrew Moreshead, Cynthia Mauzerall, and Susan Rice; and seven grandchildren. His first wife is Janice Carroll Moreshead ’62.

Henry George Stenberg Jr. September 13, 2020 Tip Stenberg immersed himself in history. From 1966 until retiring, in 2002, he was a professor of history at Salem (Mass.) State College, where he taught courses in world civilization, English history, and American transportation history. He was especially enamored of railroads, and enjoyed watching livestreams of train arrivals and departures around the world. He served on the executive committee of the New England Assn. for Oral History for nine years, and authored book reviews for the Oral History Assn. In addition to his Bates degree in history, he held a master’s in history from the Univ. of Maine. He was part of the archives committee of the First Church of Salem (Mass.). Survivors include nieces and nephews.

1963

Marjorie Oberheim Degnan September 6, 2020 Midge Oberheim Degnan left Bates for Katharine Gibbs College. She married the love of her life, Dr. Robert Degnan, after knowing him only six weeks. He survives her, as do children Deena Lorraine, Tara Albertson, Colleen Perkins, Shannon Allen, and Shane, Devin, Klancie, and Riley Degnan; her sister, Audrey Oberheim Swift ’53; and a number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Jean Stahlin Lacher July 18, 2020 From her first job shelving books as a teenager (25 cents an hour), Jean Stahlin Lacher was in love with books. A history major, she went on to receive an MLS from Rutgers in 1965, and worked for a number of years in various library jobs, including at the Univ. of Northern Colorado. When she and her husband, Bob Lacher, moved to a 20-acre farm in South Dakota, she set about raising her two daughters, selling vegetables, and doing overnight alterations of men’s clothing. She also volunteered for the Episcopal church at the local, state, and national levels, including serving three times as delegate to the national convention. She was board chair of the only bicultural church camp in the state. In 2019, she was selected as the Honored Woman of the Year by the South Dakota Episcopal Church Women. Survivors include husband, Robert; daughters Jennifer Lacher-Starace ’96 and Stephanie Lacher; and two grandchildren.

1964

David Kholisile Dhliwayo June 23, 2020 David Dhliwayo was dedicated to telling Africa’s story from an African perspective. He was an educator and the first Zimbabwean ambassador to Nigeria, at a time when the Pan-African ideal was in its infancy. He also served as chief of protocol to the president of Zimbabwe and as deputy secretary for special duties to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. For five years, he taught at Franklin and Marshall College, and later taught at Africa University. He held a bachelor’s in history from Bates; a master’s in history from the Univ. of Pennsylvania; and a master’s in African history from the Univ. of London. He conferred with countless heads of state, attended numerous conferences, and taught at several other schools in the States and in Africa. He spoke four languages and read two more. He wrote books on African democracy, African capitalism, the liberation of Zimbabwe, African international relations, African civilizations, and trade. Survivors include children Qelani, Gwinyai, and Sondelani.

Morris Marshall Lelyveld October 8, 2020 A history major, Mark Lelyveld went on to New York Univ. for a law degree, graduating in 1968. He had a private practice in Rockland, Mass. He served on the board of directors of the Rockland Federal Credit Union and was active in the Duxbury (Mass.) Rotary Club. Survivors include his wife, Susan Siles Lelyveld; children Josh, Sara, and Matthew; and three grandchildren. His brother is Louis Lelyveld ’66. Other relatives, all deceased, were father Edward I. Lelyveld ’34, cousin Sandra Lelyveld Marill ’55, and uncle Mark Lelyveld ’40.

1965

Lois Anderson Butka January 9, 2019 Lois Anderson Butka entered Bates with the Class of 1965, but earned a BS at the Univ. of Bridgeport. Word of survivors was not available.

Barbara Fuller Sikes September 14, 2020 After graduation with a degree in French, Barbara Sikes saved her money for another year abroad (JYA was great) and spent it in Italy learning Italian. She was a diehard liberal. She lived on a commune, did part-time family planning and abortion referral for Planned Parenthood, and was a social worker for Head Start. She was a VISTA volunteer and became a chiropractor. Survivors include sister Martha Lee Sikes ’62.

1967

David Huntington Howe July 7, 2020 David Howe took his time at Bates: he graduated five years after his classmates. But he made good use of that time. He was a VISTA volunteer in Kentucky, and worked for the Salvation Army, Ronald McDonald House, and Meals on Wheels. His focus was on the elderly, and he worked at the Wardwell Home for the Aging and, for 14 years, as the administrator of The Pines at Ocean Park. He was a member of the board of directors of the Saco and Biddeford Savings Bank. He was active in the Ocean Park Bates Club, and served as its vice-president and president. Survivors include his wife, Sally Howe; children Lara Favreau, Chris Howe, Jennifer Dadiotes, Julie Cloutier, and Randy Plummer; and nine grandchildren. His brother is John H. Howe ’77. His father was David B. Howe ’39; his uncle was Harris Howe ’30.

Frederick Jessup Kahrl July 11, 2020 Fred Kahrl left Bates for the U.S. Coast Guard, and was stationed in Kodiak, Alaska, where he began his newspaper career. He retired as editor of the Coastal Journal in Maine. Survivors include wife Lynne Wolfe; children Heather Reedy, Allin Kahrl, and Andrew Kahrl; five grandchildren; a stepdaughter; two step grandchildren; and two great-step grandchildren.

1968

Richard James Gelles June 26, 2020 Rich Gelles wrote 17 books and countless papers, and his pioneering research into family violence and welfare shaped government policy and social work practice. His 1974 book The Violent Home was the first systematic investigation of family violence and served as a building block for the academic field of social policy. His 1996 book The Book of David helped raise awareness of the tragic, sometimes unintended, consequences of trying to reunite children in foster care with their biological families, whatever the domestic history. That book advocated the view that children do best when they are positioned in the child welfare system to find permanent adoptive homes. He held a master’s degree in sociology from the Univ. of Rochester, and a doctorate in sociology from the Univ. of New Hampshire, falling into the field that would become his life’s work while conducting doorto-door interviews on family violence. Rich moved to the Univ. of Pennsylvania in 1998 from the Univ. of Rhode Island, where he had taught and conducted research on domestic violence since 1973. In 2001, he became interim dean of what was then Penn’s School of Social Work, and was named dean in 2003. He retired in 2014, after changing the school’s name to the School of Social Policy and Practice, raising nearly $34 million for it, and expanding course offerings. He trained and consulted with federal, state, and municipal child protective agencies and served as an expert witness on child welfare issues in courts across the country. As a consultant to the U.S. Army on domestic violence issues, his work showed that the highest rate of domestic violence was not among those deployed for combat or special assignments abroad, but rather those who stayed home and restocked supplies for foreign missions. Rich was a member of the College Key, a class agent, a former Alumni-in-Admission volunteer, a former Alumni Council member, and he served on his 50th Reunion gift committee. Survivors include sons David and Jason Gelles; three grandchildren; and a cousin, Paula Stick Horowitz ’89.

John Joseph Lyons III December 9, 2020 John Lyons’ real estate company was the largest in western Massachusetts when he sold it in 1987. He retired at 44, but continued to advise New England companies on their growth. His early retirement gave him and wife Carol Barry Lyons ’68 the opportunity to travel to six continents, missing only Antarctica. He served on his 50th Reunion social committee. Survivors include wife Carol; children John J. Lyons IV ’91 and Beth Strachan; and five grandchildren.

1969

Linda Bowman Moberg October 7, 2020 Linda Bowman Moberg was a three-year graduate of Bates with a major in English. She taught that subject to middle-school students in South Portland and Stoneham, Mass., before turning her attention to raising her children, Lisa and James. They survive her, along with four grandchildren. Her cousins are Robert ’74 and Susan ’75 Lastowski.

1970

Mwalimu Gideon Odokano Nyundo ’70 May 20, 2020 Gideon Nyundo was a chemistry major who returned to his native Kenya to become headmaster of a school there. Survivors include children Simiyu Odokano, Lavenda Masinde, Elizerbeth Murabula, Pius Ngayo, and Sandra, Jossy, Pericilla, and Sirima Nyundo.

Clara Ellen Yeaton Perry September 4, 2020 Ellen Yeaton Perry served as president of her class for 30 years. She was a former alumni class officer, class agent, and Alumni-in-Admission volunteer. She served on her 25th Reunion gift committee, her 45th Reunion social committee, and her 50th Reunion yearbook committee. In her spare time, she taught high school social studies at schools in New Hampshire. She was chair of the department at Oyster River High School in Durham, N.H., where she taught for 20 years. In addition to her Bates history degree, she held a master’s in teaching from UNH. She was active in teachers union organizations. Survivors include stepchildren Charles, Kenneth, Malcolm, and Annette Perry; and five step-grandchildren.

1971

William Randall Alsop April 19, 2020 Bill Alsop knew acid rain. He studied its effects at North Carolina State Univ., where he earned a master’s in botany and plant physiology. His Bates degree was in mathematics and biology. An avid intramural athlete, he also was a photographer for The Mirror and The Bates Student. He continued his love of sports after Bates with a lifelong passion for golf. Survivors include wife Susan Gerrold Alsop; stepchild Amy McLaughlin; and two grandchildren.

Lee E. Merrill June 6, 2017 Lee Merrill completed his degree at NYU after starting college at Bates. He owned and operated Barrows and Fisher Oil in Brattleboro, Vt., for many years. His survivors include two sisters and their families.

James Henry Norton Jr. 2019 A chemistry major, Jim Norton pursued a number of interests — music, photography, motorcycles, and computers — until his life was changed at 33 when he recognized his need for a relationship with Jesus. He enrolled at New Brunswick (N.J.) Seminary and was ordained in 1988. Prior to this, he earned an MBA from Rutgers. He and wife Susan Graves Norton ’71 served three years in the 1990s with the English-speaking community in the Netherlands, where they opened two churches in Rotterdam. In addition to his wife, survivors include children James H. Norton III and Carolyn Norton Trevino ’99.

1972

George William Thurston III December 4, 2020 After Bates, George earned a master’s in counseling from the Univ. of Maine. He worked at Maine Medical Center for 11 years, and then moved from Portland to Vermont, where he became a licensed alcohol and drug counselor. He retired in 2019. A lifelong clarinet player, he indulged his love of music by being a sound engineer for the Portland Symphony Orchestra. Survivors include wife Deborah Lindquist Thurston ’72; daughter Phebe; and one grandchild.

1973

Susan Stone Wickwire September 11, 2020 Susan Stone Wickwire and her husband, James D. Wickwire Jr. ’74, were big fans of Pearl Jam, and traveled all over North America to see more than 30 live concerts. Her tastes ran the gamut: she also loved ballet. An honors French major, she worked briefly in banking before leaving the workforce to raise a family. In addition to her husband, survivors include sons Matthew and Scott Wickwire; and two grandchildren.

1974

John Theodore Jenkins September 30, 2020 No matter if he was strolling between classes in a T-shirt and shorts or striding in a dashiki, John Jenkins commanded respect. But that respect was one laced with smiles. A product of the bitter streets of Newark, N.J., he emerged with a “learn, baby, learn” attitude, thanks to an inspiring encounter with Martin Luther King Jr. just days before the civil rights leader was assassinated. John came to Maine determined to get — and give — all he could. Already a martial arts expert, he opened the John Jenkins Academy for Personal Development as a first-year student, and ran it for 24 years, during which he was a five-time world champion in a variety of martial

arts disciplines. He was inducted into the Maine Sports Hall of Fame after becoming a four-time international karate champion and world jujitsu titlist. He was also a member of the World Martial Arts Hall of Fame (inducted twice, for master instructor and outstanding contributor), as well as the Lewiston-Auburn Sports Hall of Fame. He was characteristically modest about all of this, telling The Associated Press, “I’m just a regular person struggling to live a life of integrity, honor, and passion. If I am successful at this, then I would have achieved the greatest of all rewards.” John was a wellness and safety consultant for CBS, a personal trainer, an insurance agent, the operator of the website peptalk.com, and a successful motivational speaker. As he once told the Lewiston Sun Journal, “It’s not coincidental that all of my small successes happened...in Maine. This area has been good for my personal and professional growth.” His “small” successes include being elected mayor of Lewiston, mayor of Auburn (the only person to hold both titles), and the first and only Black elected to the state Senate. He ran unsuccessfully for governor as an independent, losing to Paul LePage. John was a member of the College Key, and worked briefly for Bates as the dean of housing. He received the Alumni Community Service award in 2000. He served on his 25th Reunion social committee. In addition to his martial arts skills, he was a talented football player and a championship track runner. Survivors include his close friend Ann Parker; sister Mujiba Wadud; and brother Walter Jenkins.

Beverly Heaton Kimball December 4, 2020 Beverly Heaton Kimball developed a program for students with complex learning disabilities on Cape Cod from 12 to more than 200 students, turning it into a nationally recognized school-towork program. She had previously taught special education in Acton, Mass. She held a master’s in special education from Boston Univ. She trained dogs to become therapy dogs, and earned her certification as a shamanic energy healer from the Four Winds Society. She also was a certified Reiki master. The second enhanced edition of her book, Sometimes the Magic Works: A Synchronistic Journey, will be published this year. She was a member of the College Key and a former class agent. Survivors include husband Russell Kimball.

Deborah Jean Roy October 9, 2020 If you have ever walked out to Race Point Lighthouse in Provincetown, thank Debbie Roy — one of the volunteer lighthouse keepers, as well as a frequent resident of the dune shacks there. She used her degree in sociology to underpin 35 years as an economist with the U.S. Labor Dept. She also volunteered as a United Way reader working with and reading to early elementary-age students. Debbie co-founded the Northern Connecticut Vegetarian Society, was an amateur radio operator, and participated in animal rescue, particularly with cats, for many years. Survivors include husband Michael Gruber.

1977

Cathy Anne Gallant-Morello July 2, 2020 Cathy Gallant-Morello completed her degree at Boston College after starting at Bates. Her degree was in political science; she also held a master’s in anthropology from Northern Arizona Univ., where she had opportunities to take part in archeological digs including sites at the Homolovi Ruins. Survivors include her husband, Tom Morello.

1978

Susan Venturo June 20, 2020 A government major, Susan Venturo worked primarily in marketing, making use of her writing ability. Survivors include sisters Joyce D’Aoust, Judith Boksanski, and Pamela Kellan.

1979

Susan Jean Pope November 25, 2020 Suzy Pope left Bates to complete her English degree at Carleton College. Not content with that, she also earned a bachelor’s in education from Boston Univ. and a master’s in education from the Univ. of Maine. Not content with that, she went on to Massachusetts School of Law. She was an assistant district attorney for Penobscot and York Counties. Survivors include children Kate, Shannon, and Brendan; and five grandchildren. Her sister is Marybeth Pope Salama ’77.

1980

James Martin Curtin June 30, 2021 After starting at Bates, Jim Curtin graduated in 1981 from Fordham with a degree in communications. He was a television programming executive. Survivors include parents Brian and Clair Flood Curtin.

1983

Mark Phillips Fachada October 17, 2020 Mark Fachada started at Bates but completed his degree at Keene State College. He went on to Ohio College of Podiatric Medicine, and became a podiatrist in 1986. He retired in 1992 to become a ski bum, and left that to work in retailing and manufacturing. Survivors include brothers Paul and Peter.

1984

Kendall Cummings Walden October 19, 2020 Ken Walden, a history major, was an analyst for Bank of America in Belfast, Maine. He was an enthusiastic supporter of all the Boston sports teams, as well as Univ. of Maine teams. Survivors include his son, Judson Walden. His late father was Ronald William Walden ’58. Other relatives, all deceased, include grandfather Judson Gerrish ’30; great-uncle Henry Gerrish ’31; and great-aunt Louise Abbott Gerrish ’29.

2009

Michael Jamal Brooks July 20, 2020 Michael Brooks believed in bringing people together, something he sought to do through writing and podcasts. A transfer from Bennington College, he was a political science major, and spent a semester abroad in Turkey. He described his podcast as a “history driven, politics and entertainment program,” the “vanguard of the New Left.” In addition to The Michael Brooks Show, he was part of The Majority Report podcast. His writing appeared in Jacobin, Al-Monitor, Al Jazeera, The Washington Post and openDemocracy. He also wrote several books, among them The Buddha’s Playbook (with Josh Summers), a collection of tools and strategies for practicing mindful meditation, and Against the Web: A Cosmopolitan Answer to the New Right, in which he challenges the “intellectual dark web.” He was also a frequent commentator on HuffPost and SiriusXM. He had fun as a standup and sketch comedian, doing impressions such as “Nation of Islam Obama.” Survivors include a sister, Lisha.

PHYLLIS GRABER JENSEN