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INSIDE COLBY The story about student activism on page 2 5 includes an account of the campus recycling program started by J ennifer Alfond '92 , which raise a question often asked of Colby : "Why don't you print on recycled paper?"

We want to-and not j ust be­ cause it is trendy or politically proper.

Here in Maine, we're c lo e enough to the forests to appreciate the trees and too dependent on groundwater to bury what we can reclaim. But we are t i l l trying t o find a v iable alternative to the paper on which this is printed.

We try to publi h a h igh qualiry magazine as economically as we can, and for the moment we cannot iden­ tify paper that i commerc ially avail­ able and fits the criteria. But Assoc i­ ate Editor Nora Cameron, who hand!� production and de ign, ays technol­ ogy continue to advance, and hardly a month goes by in which he doe not inve tigate a new product that m ight fit the bill. We witched to 50% re­ cycled stock in producing the 1 99 1 Annual Report of Contributions , ora notes, and are hopeful that a recycled paper meeting the magazine's needs w i l l be on the market soon.

One thing we and other have noticed about the recycling effort i that enthusiam at the consumer end ometimes outpace meaningful in­ dustrial participation. Thus Colby and other hotbed of recycling can have trouble finding an outlet for the mate­ rials they collect. A t the same time, we have learned to read the fine print.

To meet market demand, some manu­ facturer offer "recycled" paper that con t a i n a scant prop o r t i o n of postconsumer recycled material. We prefer ubstantive acts to such sym­ bolic, if not mi leading, gestures. Thus we w i l l wait for the real thing.

Cover Story

18 a Lifetime: The tenure process works-if Colby' excellent faculty i any ind ication. But it puts candidate like Dav id Findlay (pictured with \\'ife Roch­ elle and the ir golden retriever, Casey, on the cover) through an agon i: ing vigil.

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Features 6 A B i g Test in Room 2 3 :

Teach For America struck a chord at Colby, attracting nine grads in two year . But they have not had an easy time of it. One tell her own story and offers an update on Colbians in America' troubled school .

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Alumni At Large 69 Obituarie

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PERISCOPE G leaned by Dean E a rl H. S m i t h from h i s wee k l y campus newsletter, FYI .

Heat Savings omtruc ti m "'·ill hegin tlw, summer o n t h e Col lege\ n e w centra l hem 1ng plant to b e located in the woods we t of the Phy,ical Plant Department build 1 11g. Trustee-. ha,·e apprcl\'ed 1 . 3 mill i on in funds tl l begin the " 3 m i ll ion proiect­ budd ings and brn lers first. When fu lly operat iona l, the new plant 1s expected to pm,· 1de as much a' a 25 percent sa,·ings 111 fuel , ro econom1:e on ma111 tenance and staffing, to al lo\I' for f1ex ibtl1ry in type' of fuel and w reduce em is ions.

Summer School Trusrees have approved funding for a ix-week summer program tu t ach international students English a' a econd language. A d 1 rectnr will he hired 'ioon, and a p i lot program may he held thi ummer. Ir is expected rhar the program will attrac t new '>tudent to Colhy and pa) for it elf.

Respecting All

The Educational Pol icy Comnrntee, uneasy w i th early draft of a gender-neutral language statement , ha re\'ised the resolut 1on to avoid any sugge�rion that Colby ha an appro\'ed canon of expre ion and word . The new tatemenr , which will be considered by r h e Faculty Meeting and t h e �tudent Pres ident Counc i l , ay : "Colby College is committed co che ideal of human dignity and as an eqttal oppommit)' educational institution is

committed as well w both academic freedom and che fair treacmenc of all indii1iduals . The College encourages the use of gender-neucral language in all areas of che commttnicy. The College cakes no official position on che implications of particular words and phrases buc is concerned char members of the community are sensitive co che effecrs of language in which discriminatory attitudes may be embedded . "

I n S ervice President Bill Cotter i sued pecial ervice award to Colby employee at the 1 0th annual Hol iday Dinner Dance in December, capped by a pec ial presentation to Annette Reynolds of the Eusti mail room, who ha completed 40 year at the College. Thirty-year award went to Elizabeth "Libby" Todrank , Off-Campus Srudie , and custod ian Jerome Aucoin.

Receiving recogn ition for 20 year of service were Darlene Hallee, secretary to the Dean of the College, and Orin Marquis, custodian.

Turning Leaves Tru tees have approved one-year sabbatical leaves for 1 992-93 for Silvia Bermudez, who will continue work on a book on the child in fi l m and l iterature in post-war pain; David Bourgaize, who will conduct research on developmental genetic at Wash i ngton U n i versi ty; Debra Campbell, to continue work on the hi tory of the College of Notre Dame of Maryland; Russ Cole, to conduct research at the m i rhsonian to further i n i t iatives in international conservation biology; Susan Cole, to research new technologie affecting l ibraries; J im Fleming, to be a vi iting cholar at M IT; Cheryl

Townsend Gilkes, to

re-,earch the anctified Church and i ts importance fnr the Afrtcdn-American community; David Nugent, to continue re earch nn the pmces'e' nf nation-state formation in modern Peru; Laurie Osborne, to rnmplete her book, The Mul­ tiple Texcs of Twelfth ighr; Adrianna Paliyenko, to complete '>tudy for a pruject cnti tleJ Poeucs of Misprision in Rimbaud and Claud.el; Len Reich, rn re,earch Charle, Li ndbergh' conrribu­ tiom to aviation and the effect of c ience and technology on the qual ity l f human life; and Sonya Ro e, to cont inue to edit a book nf essays titled Gender and Labor Polirics: Historical and Compara­ tiw Perspi:ctil'e\ . . . . Fir t '>eme'>ter �abhaticals have been granted to Doug Archibald, who wtll complete the edition of Yeats ' Aucohiographies for Mac m i l lan of London, and Dale Skrien, who will continue to work nn digital mu ic compo irion. Second '>eme rer ,ahhatical-, are ,ICJted f or Ed Yeterian, who will continue re,earch with neurmmatnmical and beha\'ioral i · ue in primates, and Dexter Whittinghill for continu ing re earch on optimal experimental de ign.

To Name a Few Three faculty members have re­ ceived grant from the David '63 and Carol Pulver Fac ul ty Development Fund. Jay Labov and Tom Long taff will develop a new cour e ti tled Israel: Ancient and Modern, and Guilain Denoeux ha fund to support h i research at the Center for Contemporary tudies ar Georgerown Univer iry . . . . Jim Fleming has received a pre r igiou EH Fellow hip � r next year to help fund hi work 111 the c ience, Technology & ociety Program at MIT. Moosec ellaneous

Of ! Colby grad (Clas es 1 9889 1 ) who applied to med ical chool la t year, 10 were accepred­ a rare that exceeds the national average . . . . The College ha purcha, ed ome 1 5 ,000 worth of c ience equipment for the Waterv i lle Area Re ource Center, which supports regional school . Ir wa purcha ed with fund from a grant to Colby from the Howard Hughe- M ed ical Inst itute . . . . Colby has certified to the tate of Maine that 1 , 7 3 of it 1 ,740 tudent are fully immuni:ed against mea ·le and other infectious diseases in com­ pl iance w ith the law. The other two have exempti n . . . . The Outing Club, founded in 1 9 36, was Colby' first coed student organization. Charles Russ and Bob Anthony, both ' 38, were the fir t two member . Who was the first woman ? . . . T wenry-five tudenr earned perfect G PA la t year, including 16 women and e ight Mainer . . . . Lots of students are engaged in community volunteer work at local nursing home , soup kitchens, elementary chools, the Boys and G irls Club, the ho p itals, a shelter for the homeless and elsewhere. Spring plan include the Fourth Annual Charity Ball and a variety how to benefit the Starlight Founda­ tion.

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he c las of 1 996 ha its first 1 5 7 mem­ sors-so much so that Colby and mo t dents we admi tted under the early decibers, admitted by Colby in December and other e lect ive American colleges may ion program, the average financial grant January from among 3 1 5 candidates who have to do something they would rather will rise to more than 1 0,000 from j ust applied for early dec ision. not do: factor ability to pay into the admis­ o,·er 8,000 this year. That, of course, i The group--89 women and 6 men sion decision process. largely a mibutable to the cont inuing eco­ from 2 1 tates, including 1 1 children of "We don't know the final number nomic rece ion. " alumni and 10 sibl ings of current and yet," Beverage said, "but of the 1 5 7 stuN e x t year' exact tuition and budget former C o l b y t u d e n t figures will not be finali:ed by amounts to l ightly more than College trustees until Apri l . a third of the 450 fir t-year But, working under a set of tudent Dean of Admi sions presumptions approved by the Parker Beverage ay he ex­ board in January, Director of pects w i l l enroll in Septem­ Financial Aid Lucia Whittlesey ber. The balance will come myth ' 7 3 and Associate Vice from about 1 ,200 applicant President and Treasurer Doug­ who w i l l be accepted this las Reinhardt ' 7 1 have targeted spring from among 2 , 00 can­ 7. 7 mill ion in total aid for didate for admis ion. members ofthe incoming clas .

The overall pool, about A portion of that amount will 2 ,950, represents a drop of be funded by direct grant from about 3 percent from the num­ the College. ber of tudent who applied A year ago, operating un­ for admis ion to the Clas of der the traditional "need-blind" 1 99 5 . That i consi tent with ystem that admits the most a body of demographic infor­ qual ified applicants and then applies a formula to calculate mation that college adm i how many of them require fi­ sions officials acros the coun­ nancial aid and how much they try have been analyzing-and require in grants, loans and dreading-for year . work- tudy fund , the College "This year repre ent the granted about 300,000 more nadir, a 30-year low in the in direct tuition aid than it had numberofrraditional-age col­ budgeted. This overage wa offlege students," Beverage said. er by a number of austerity "lt will tay at about this level mea ures ordered by President for the next couple of year William R. Cotter this fal l , in­ and then begin to rise . And c luding delay in ome planned based on tho e number , l ' m purcha es, hirings and promo­ proud to ay that Colby i s tions. more than holding it own.

Facing imilar pres ures, Bill Cosby has accepted the Class of '92's invitation ro speak at From early indications, thi is commencement exercises on May 24 . Cosby will also receive an some college , including mith, beginning to hape up a a have announced they would honorary doctornte from the College during the ceremonies in recogni­ very good cla s." no longer admit student with­ tion of his work as an entertainer, author and educator. His participa­ Students in the next class tion has already added a unique element w Commencement plan­ out regard for their ability to will continue another tati ning--0fficials are bracing for the most enthusiastic response since poet pay. Other quietly adopted tical trend , Beverage aid.

Robert Frost gave the address in 1 9 5 6 and are currently discussing ways new approaches, at least on an They will require more finan­ to accommodate an unusually large crowd. interim ba is. Will iam Ma on , c ial aid than their predeces-

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former admissions dean at deficit- ridden Bowdoin, told a reporter that officials there actually retrieved the acceptance letter of some appl icants and mai led a new batch to other students deemed le s qual ified but more able to pay.

Time magazine reported in February that Bowdoin rejected 40 qual ified cand i­ dates becau e of their inabil ity to pay, and mi th rejected 29. The magazine said chat Sm ith has reversed it posit ion omewhat under pressure from alumni and will adm it students regardless of abi l i ty to pay chi year-but in a way that is tantamount to rejecting them. After i ts financ ial aid bud­ get run out, the Northhampton, Mass., women's college w i l l i mply stop offering it, regardle of need. Amherst and Reed, among others, have adopted a different approach, requiring needy appl icants to contribute $ 500 more than the ex ist ing formula would otherwise d i c tate. At Wesleyan, which grappled with a similar i sue several year ago and decided to retain the need-blind standard, the finan­ c ia l a id shortfall this year was a whopping $850,000, Time reports.

In the chancy world ofcollege adm is­ sions, even ystems that try to skew admis­ sions decisions in favor of wealthier appli­ cants or to meet only a percentage of true need are imprecise. Because mo t student adm itted to col lege like Colby are al o accepted at two or more other insti tu­ t ions, Beverage notes, less than a third of those invited to attend in the spring round of admissions actually enroll. And there are no assurances, he add , that the stu­ dents who do enroll w i l l need financial aid in the same proportion as the Larger pool of accepted students.

What w i l l this mean for Colby and its applicants this year ?

N othing w i l l change for those most qualified to attend, Beverage said. He and his staff are now reading application files, and the best and brightest among the 4

2 ,800 eligible for the remain ing 300 slot will be invi ted to attend regardless of abi lity to pay.

But at ome point, Beverage acknL)Wl­ edged, two safeguards will be deployed to assure the College' financ ial a id comm it­ ment does not outstrip i ts re ource . First, he said, in borderline cases the admi sions staff will consider financ ial need in deter­ min ing wh m to accept. Then, after the May I deadline for responses for those adm itted in early Apri l, if there are some openings in the cla ·s, the financ ial aid need of tho e who have reserved paces will be analyzed. If all budgeted financ ial aid has been allocated by then, Beverage said, on ly chose who can afford to pay the ir own way will be accepted from the wa iting I i t.

The process Beverage outline ug­ gests that for now, the College will oper­ ate on a financial aid model that blends need w i th merit in distribut ing grant money.

She 's for Hillary for First Lady For J ane Moss, Democratic hopeful Bill Cl inton' elec t ion as president would have special meaning. It would move her one step closer to having her 2 5 t h college reunion at the Wh ite House.

Moss, a professor of French at Colby, and H i l lary Rodham Clinton, wife of the Arkansas governor, grad uated from Wellesley College in 1 969. At their 1 0th reunion, Moss and her husband, Pete, a Colby history professor, joked with the Clinton that their silver reunion barbe­ cue could be in the Rose Garden.

That was one of the stories Moss told when she introduced Hillary Clinton to a

Colby aud ience during a campaign stop in J anuary. Moss said that even during the years Cli nton lived one floor above her in Davis Hall at Wel lesley, their whole class knew that H i l lary Rodham wa going to be a tar. he was, Moss says, a "big shot."

"Yet it never seemed to annoy you. he's a genuinely smart, funny, intere t­ ing human being. . . . When I saw her at Colby :.he a ked me the ame que t ion everyone el e does, 'How's your life, how's your kid, how's your hu band?"'

After they graduated from Wellesley, Cl inton and Moss both went to Yale­ Cl inton to the law chool and Mos to graduate school in French. Clinton mar­ ried after law school, went to work for the Chi ldren' Defense Fund and eventual ly moved to Arkan a , where she taught in law chool for a time and now has a private practice.

When charges urfaced that B i l l Cl inton had been unfaithful t o hi wife, Mos watched the pair being interviewed on televi ion and cringed. " I feel bad for her daughter and for her," Mos said. "But if anybody can come off well in a situation l ike this, it' H i llary. She's not going to it there and look l ike the wounded wife."

Moss has followed Clinton's career through Wel le ley publications and the national med ia. " I don't know anybody who doesn't l ike her or respect her," Moss said. " She's an extraordinary woman. My only disappointment i that it couldn't be her running."

Moss de cribed Cl inton as bright, as erti ve and articu late, characteristics she demonstrated at their commencement after Sen. Edward Brooke, a Massachu­ setts Republican, delivered an upbeat ad­ dres stre sing positive economic reports.

Clinton, the class president, had not been scheduled to speak but felt compelled to respond.

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when American oldiers are dying in Viet­ nam ?' " Moss recalled. "lf Bill Clinton's elected," Moss said, "don't expect H illary to spend her time picking out china patterns and gho t-writ­ ing dog biograph ies."

They'd Like to Help Out, but .

A lumni who have been away from campus for a decade or longer contact Colby for any number of reasons-to plan an upcoming v isit, d i cus a friend or relative's prospects for admission, re pond to a fund appeal, establish the where­ abouts of an old roommate, inquire about omething they've heard or read.

Lately, in the throes of a national economic recession, another reason has urfaced. Increasing nu mber of older alumni are calling or writing for job Ii t­ ings and career counseling, seeking a life­ l ine in a time of concern i f not crisis. The problem, Career Services OirectorCynthia Yasinski says, is that her staff is not alway equipped to respond.

"Our training and our expertise really focu on the per on entering the job mar­ ket for the first time," Ya inski aid. "We really are not trained in mid-career devel­ opment. . . . We really don't work l ike an employment agency at all."

A lumni who come to campus are welcome to u e all the material in the career service library, she adds, including lists of alumni contacts in various fields.

More appropriate, however, are network­ ing events conducted periodically by Colby clubs in New York, Boston, Portland and other locales. Information about upcom­ ing events is available from the alumni office.

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Scott Davis

Lynne Marsden-At/ass , assistant director of the Colby museum , leads a group of schoolchilaren on a gallery wur.

7 , 000 Children Will See Payson Art Art lover from central Maine are l ikely to flock to Watervi lie for the unique opportunity to view Claude Monet' Le Printemps d Argenteuil, Maurice Pren­ dergast's Rhododendrons , Boston Public Gardens, Augu te Renoir's Confidences and other paintings in the Joan Whi tney Pay on Collection when it is exhibited at the Colby Mu eum of Art this spring.

But the collection of European Im­ pre ioni t art will l ikely make a more dramatic impre sion on the more than 7 ,000 schoolchildren who will travel from Maine locales such as Machias and Fort Kent (eight hour by bus to Colby) to see the paintings. For many it will be the i r fir t v isit to a museum, said M useum Director Hugh Gourley. "It will be a new experi­ ence for them, exposing them to the ex­ ceptional Payson Collection as well as works from our collection and works that will be lent to us for temporary exhibits," Gourley said.

The throng of young v isitor comes in respon e to a letter Colby Pre ident William Cotter wrote to elementary, middle and high chool principal north of Augusta inviting their students to visit the museum and offering financial assis­ tance for the trip.

When John Payson P '89 decided to move his late mother's collection from its previous quarters at Westbrook College in Portland to the Portland Museum of Art, he wanted it to as ure i ts continued use as an educational tool. He stipulated that Colby would exhibit it for a emester once every other year, making it available to art history classes rudying Impre ioni m .

When t h e College suggested the larger and younger target group, Payson re ponded enthusiastically, helping to ar­ range a grant from the Charles Shipman and Joan Whitney Payson Charitable Foundation to fund the outreach program.

"Mr. Payson is extremely pleased h is mother's collection will be seen by so many young people," Gourley said.

Gourley said the museum ha added new docents, including some Colby tu­ dents, to accommodate the young stu­ dents and their teachers as well as other groups that will v isit the mu eum to see the collection before it goes back to Port­ land on J une 10. The docents, who are volunteers, received special training to conduct tours of the collection from J udith Sobol, former director ofthe Joan Whitney Payson Gallery at We tbrook College.

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A Big Test in Room 23 Wh en Her Tears Turned to La ugh ter, A New Teacher Turn ed the Corner - by Janet Boudrea u '90 -

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u t 3 ,000 m i le but I wasn't ready for the separate Ma ine heap of re ponsibi l i t i e and Cal i forn ia. that fe l l o n me once I But when I arrived in in­ opened it. ner-city Compton, near On my fir t day, Lo Angele , two years arri ved ar chool at 7 ago with the ink barely a.m.-a full hour before dry on my Colby diploma, the student . My heart I thought I m ight j us t a was pounding, my stom­ well have landed on Mar . ach was in knots and my I wa a new teacher palms were sweat . After in a new program, Teach pacing for at least 1 5 min­ For America. Created by ute , I decided to reread Wendy Kopp, a 19 9 (for the fourth time) the Photo b y Laura E. tevens Princeton graduate, the tip I had received from Boudreau at the school where she currently teaches seventh-grade histoT)' · program wa designed to T FA on the do' and addre s t h e g r o w i n g don't of opening day for teacher hortage in the nation's inner-city and rural chools. I was the fir t-year teacher. I had pent the past two day in thi room among the fir t 500 recent college graduate cho en to pend two creating bulletin boards, organ i:ing file and arranging and rear­ year in place abandoned by many veteran teachers. In ex­ ranging de k ·, but I could not picture it fil led with children. I change, TFA gave me eight weeks of training and promi ed remained holed up unt i l the la t pos ible moment, petrified to ongoing upport, both in and outside of my future chool. It wa face the tudent who were a embling j ust out ide the door.

1 fina lly had to leave my haven at :05, and as I emerged I was ort of a dome t ic ver ion of the Peace Corp .

Teach for America encouraged u to break the mold of greeted by tare , glare and muffled comment ( "Man, look at all traditional education-we were prepared to be innovator in the the e white reacher ; ' lot more than la t year. " ) . After u hering my group into Room 23 I aid they could it wherever they cla room. But I, for one, wa not prepared for student who didn't wanted. The k ids rushed to claim chairs near the ir friend , and eem to want to learn, for playground ex game or for a gang­ cl ique formed instantly. Latinos sat with Latinos, black w ith banging Bart i mp on. I had been [,anded the keys to a classroom, blacks, girls with girl , boys with boy . One group of African­ American girl at in the front. All day they made sn ide comments Janet Boudreau was an honors student at Colby. She is undecided to counter everything I aid or did, ba king in the ecurity of the ir about her post-teaching plans.

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I kn ew supplies migh t be scarce and classes would be large. B u t I resolved that despite the difficulties, I would work hard.

numbers and fam i l iarity. They yelled and laughed ab ut noth i ng.

Thei r atti tude terrified me. I was certain they had it in for me not only becau e l was new but becau e l wa wh i te.

After a brief introduct ion, l started a name game that he ulJ have la ted an hour. Two and a half hour later we had only made i t around half the class. As I called on them, each tudent wa e i ther timid or raucou . And the subver ·ive effort of the group of girl in front gradually spread. The game had fa i led and l wa floundering, but I d idn't want to cheat anyone of a chance to play, o even when I was given a graceful ut-reces -l continued.

We plodded on until lunchtime. tupid.

I oon real ized that the morning was going to be the ea ·iest part of the day. The afternoon wa a n ightmare. The chi ldren got out of their seat at w i l l , ignored my d irections, threw paper on the floor, yelled across the tables, ran in and out of the room and made a point of tell ing me repeatedly how boring and tupid the morn ing had been. I recal l the la t 1 0 minute v i v idly: I wa stand i ng in a comer, guard i ng one door whi le keepi ng an eye on the other, scream ing for them to find a seat and yel li ng "shut up," cringing all the whi le at my anger, lack of c ntrol and helpless­ ness. When the bell rang they raced out, leav i ng me w i th a mes of bal led- up paper on the floor, an aching throat and tears welling in my eyes.

When I arrived home there wa a " How'd it go ?" me sage from my parents on the answering machine. Before I could face their eager voices, 1 sobbed in the hower, tryi ng to wa h away the pain of the day's failures. And when I did mu rer the strength to call, I fought back add itional tear as their exci tement turned to concern. That day-and on many sub equent tumultuous day I felt helpless and weary. I wondered if I could stick it out until J une.

Mo t novice teachers have experience similar to mine, but the lack of common ground between my students and me was overwhel m i ng. In their eyes I was a new teacher, a wh i te teacher.

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They challenged me with their atti tude , their di respec t. What did I know about life in Compton, they eemed to ask. What did I know about the v iolence , drug and poverty that were fixtures rhere ? What d id I know ab ut thi p lace where the ocial code wa enforced by gang ? oth i ng.

When I wa i n school in Waltham, Ma . , 1 joined the choru and the French Club. My tudent are pressured to join the Bloods or Crip . l carried c leat and a ccer ball to chool. Many of them carry kn ives or gun . I wa never in a fist fight. They fight con tantly; it's one of the ways they urvive on the street and in school. l had one black cla mate throughout my own public education, and Colby wa barely more d iver e. Only one of the students I 've taught in two year was wh i te .

I

appl ied t o Teach For America becau e 1 w a exci ted b y the pro peer of partic ipating in omething so new, o altruis­ t ic. ! was thrilled w i th the chance to ee another part of the country and to "experiment" with teaching. In my application essay I wrote: "l cannot think of a more important ta k than educating and being educated, of imparting knowledge and instilling a love of learni ng. I ndeed, I believe education is a c i v ic duty. To teach­ the civil rights movement, the work f George Orwell, A I DS awareness or new writing-i a respon i b i l i ty I have endeavored to uphold a an undergraduate and one that 1 hope to maintain a a po rgraduate."

M y decision to teach wa largely motivated, though, by a elf­ serving de ire to test my abilitie and limit . What would I learn by randing on the other ide of the de k? What could 1 gain from Colby , March 1 992

Wha t did I know abo u t life i n Compton, they seemed to ask?

Wha t did I know abou t the violence and poverty there ?

living in another tare and working in the inner-city ? How would I fare teaching? How great a teacher could I be ?

Of course I figured it would be tough, very tough. I knew I had no real under randing of l ife in the inner-city or of the children I wa charged w ith teaching. I knew upplie might be scarce and cla se would be large. But I resolved that de pite the challenge and difficulties, I would work hard. I would do more than other before me had done. If that meant an hour le leep every night, then so be it. 1 would be more re ourcefu l, more creative, more innovative. I thought that if I made the le ons exciting the kids couldn't be all that bad. But 1 didn't know that hours ofhard work and preparation were u e les if the kids did not re pect me and I had to truggle every other m inute of the day for order and control.

Without control, teaching wa nearly impo ible.

I was on the wrong end of all the verbal tomatoes and the hi sing that my fifth grader could mu ter. The barrage never let up--it went on day after day de pite numerous effort to alter my sy tern of di cipline and my teaching method . I was not the teacher I thought I would be.

T

e total burden of being "Ms. Boudreau" to 40 kid in ne mall room was-and still can be-thoroughly daunting. Le son planning, grading paper , decorating the cla room, fil ling out forms, meeting and talking to parents, di c ipl ining, counseling and upervising aren't so difficult indi­ vidually. But taken together, one tumbling upon the other in five­ minute interval for even hours every day, they were more than I could handle at flrst. I tended to dwell on my fa ilures and forget my succe e . And I, who until then was o much in control of my environment, never felt o incapable. Throughout mo t of that

Colby, March 1 992

fall I acted l ike an ogre in order to maintain ome semblance of order in the cla room, trying de perately to succeed, to teach and make a difference. But 1 wa not teaching. I was barely existing.

The first school wide awards ceremony, which took place in late November, would, o I wa mid, provide my k ids with an incentive for per onal and academic growth. Tho e who had done good things would be publicly recognized and would, therefore, continue to do good things. Those who weren't doing so well would be inspired to do better.

My tudent and I did battle that morning. They were hyper in anticipation of this break from our regular routine. Lewis refu ed to ray in hi chair for more than fi e minute . Turquoise sulked in a corner becau e she was not getting an award. Tonshae chattered with the tudent around her. A fight between Marcu and Heriberto topped off my le son on how to write a paragraph.

By the time Room 23 entered the cafeteria at 10 a.m., we hated each other. I was hoar e from yell ing, they were tired of tuning me out. A ordered, I had cho en three student for pec ial recognition at the assembly, and all but the cho en trio were furiou with me. A I fantasized about throwing the whole lot of them out the door, I heard, "And our teacher of the month award for October and ovember goes to M . Boudreau of Room 2 3 . She ha been an out randing addition to our staff." I couldn't decide whether to laugh or cry.

In the weeks leading up to the award I pent nearly 20 hours a day teaching and preparing to teach. Every day wa an exhaust­ ing ordeal, highlighted by un ucce sful le ons, yelling and hair­ pull ing to maintain order, tears ( their and mine ) , fight and l ittle apparent growth for them or me. Thi wa not "out randing" work, in my opinion. My principal m ight have thought it merited teacher of the month laurel , but I knew better. I knew what thing were like when he was not in my cla room. During every le on I was juggling illiterate w i th more proficient reader , non­ Engli h speaker w ith Engli h-only peaker and motivated kid 9

w i t h t hu,l' \\'hu preferred d rn\\· ing p i c t u re' nf a gun - toti ng Bart

s i h i l i t i e>. "She i ust leave> the h a hy w i th M o m ma when she wants

S i m p,on C l 1 m p l c te with the re levant gang 1 1v, i g n i a l ln his t -:,h i rt

to gu to a rart y , " one g i rl said

and

N i ke, on h 1 � feet .

At t h e e n d u f rece'� nne mPrni ng, m y pri n c i pa l c a l led tWl l

e m e rgency fift h -grade a'�em h l te,, ' inc for the hoy� and one for the g i r l:,. She haJ ulN�rved the c h i l d ren nn the playground runn i ng in :, i ng l e-,ex pac b, each 'topp ing peri,1J ica l l y to i n v i te 'omebody of the opp,1:, i te :,ex i miLle tll he

f ond led by the c rowd. l t was a new

t w i :-.t tn ta[!, t h e game that had occ u p ied much nf my t i me in fifth grade.

A " h 1 rJ:-. and bee," char a mung the g i rl

, the princ i pa l and me

pnw ided another w i ndow i n tu m y studen t�' l i ves. When the princ ipal a:,ked i f anyone k n e w of "a haby hav i ng a h,1by "-t e e n w i th k id� of t h e i r nwn-cvcry hanJ in the room '

of her

s 1:,t e r .

ex game scandals, ro m m a nagement and reach i ng d id n ' t seem ro be i mp ro v i ng , hut l had no i dea whar to dn. l was out of energy. The day-to-day tre se refu ed to let up.

One of my st ude n t s , Vonesia, was espe cia l l y difficult. he rarely completed i n - c las assignment and never turned in home­ wor k . he cou ld hare l y w r i te the alrhabe t leg i b l y , let alone a '>entence. She cou ld nllt re ad. When she wa not sleeping t hrough a lc�s\ m w i t h her t h u m b in her mouth and her head down, she wa yel l i ng at a c l a��mate or geari ng ur for a fight. he eemed to i mrrnve f or a w h i le , but hy D e c e mb e r she was uc k i ng her t h u m b aga i n , and she wa <J l ternately v l at i l e and w i t hdrawn .

An e motional explmion from Vone�ia ju t before rece one Jay prompred me rn r u l l hera�id to remind her (and me) who wa Ry Dec e m her there had heen rwo more

�hot u p . Q,·er h a l f I wa' me, hut the::.e I 0-

ta yed up \\'hen she asked 1f those teem were o lder sihl i ngs.

2 3 , an d the thnugh t \if h a v i n g a bahy terrified

year-old-, were �anguine about their older 'i�ters' pare n r n l re,ron-

and l haJ l o r my vuice twice from ye l l ing too much . My c las

Some of the Lessons Are N

ine Colby graduate are among tho e taking a place for Teach For America m rural and 111ner-c 1 ty cla room a ro America.

"The power of TFA ha j u t begun," ay. founder Wendy K pp, a 1 989 Pnnceton graduate who laid the blueprint for the program in her enior honors thesi . The yOLmg rganization wa. born in the ummer of 1 990, when 500 recent college graduates gathered in outhem California for e ight week of inten ive training. That fall, they were placed in cla croom in area a d iver e as Lo Angele , rural Georgia, Loui iana, North Carolina and New York City. TFA grew by half the following year, and Kopp ay that between 500 and 1 ,000 new teacher will be recruited in 1 992. " I t' a name people know," ay David Craig, who travel to colleoe throughout New England to recruit ideali tic studen for the program. "We have had an e cellent reception." lntere t in TFA ha been unusually trong at Colby, Craig says, noting that 7 5 ruden t howed up for a recent information es ion on campu . He credit the Career ervice office for supporting TFA and says other factor , including rhe rece ion and the increa ing popularity of ocial service work, have added to it appeal.

"Corps member are having a tremenJou ly po i tive impact on the school and in the communitie where they teach," Wendy Kopp says. But many TFA member , lacking the founder' national perspective, aren't o sure.

"Lastyear l d idn t really teach, l j u t pul led my hair out," ay Tom Sherry '90, who teache remedial reading to eventh grader in North Carolina. "This year I'm till not the purveyor of knowledge I'd hoped I would be. My job is to teach reading, but

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Linda Bell

Mark Winiecki '90 after a long day.

I teach them how to I i-ten, to under tand and realize what they want. l teach them how to be themselves." " It's hard when there are no book , too many k ids in each cla and no di c ipline in the hall ," ay Megan Blumenreich '90, who joined TFA directly after graduat ing from Colby and now teache· in Compton, Calif. "Kids don't appreciate what you've done.

U ually they're not apt to ay, 'Gee, I really liked that le on.' I t wear you out."

Colby , March

1 992

suppo ed to be "bos " in this c lassroom. Chi ldren boi led around m desk in the u · ual pre-recess confusion, but one look at Vone ia's face made me soften my tone. After the other chi ldren left he began to talk. l l istened, trying to maintain my calm.

Vone ia had been raped by a 2 1 -year-old neighbor a few weeks earlier. She cried to me at school. I cried at home.

I

had to get tougher. Armed only wi th the strong resolve that a group of 1 0-year-olds was not going to get the best of me, I engaged in inren e elf-reflect ion over winter break. I o b erved veteran teacher and a se sed and reas­ se ed what I had done well and what I needed to change. This marked the true beginning of me as a teacher, a real teacher who knew I

no l onger winced at being cal led "M . Boudreau."

Compton never changed. The kids rema ined kids. I changed.

I monitored my speech pattern , opting for slower, softer anJ more methodical tones. I lowed down my instruc tion in order to state my expectations for the ir succe s frequent!) . I worked on being consistent in enforcing c lassroom rules. I worked on becommg a teacher wirh an attitude-acting as if I wa tougher than my student and wa unfa:ed by their l ives. Of cour e I ne\·er could be unaffected, but playing the part made all the difference in the world. The tudent came to count on the confidence and stabil ity I pre ented on my classroom tage.

I knew I had made it O\·er the bigge t hurdles when a part i cu larl y horrible day in late February did not bring me to tears.

In the fir t two hours I broke up three fight -over a stolen penc i l , a look a n d a "your Momma" comment. Then Tyrone, looking a t me, exploded with, " I want t o kick your butt, you @*%=@ ! " "Whose butt d o you want t o kick, Tyrone?" l a k e d calmly.

Sobering for Nine at the Front For Marc Winiecki '90, who e picture illu trated a Newsweek tory on TFA, the realitie of life in hi

rural

orth Carolina

Fortin' complaints are common to many fir r-year teachers, but he acknowledge that unlike most, she ha a upport ystem

clas room are bleak. "l'm a l l alone here," he ay . "I don't have the

in TFA. "Knowing

kids on my ide, no parents are on my id and neither my tare nor

echoing the opinion of many corp member that ongoing net­

county are on my

working among TFA teacher

ide. I'm not valued. I 'm the only one that

and mentors i

the program's

greate t trength.

[-chool i ] important to.

"I feel I have to defend my elf every ingle econd," he add .

"Every moment omeone i trying to attack, deceive or wrong me to get away with tuff--even my best tudents. It' extreme here." early six of every 1 0 teachers in Winiecki's TFA recruiting class quit before fini hing their two-year commitments, but tho e who joined the program last year have tayed on in far greater numbers. The attrition rate for 1 99 1 corp member is only

4.5

percent, compared to a national average o f 2 5 to 4 0 percent m imilar teaching iruations. Kopp attribute the high retention

Tho e whohave been in the cla room ince l 990 are, by and large. finding this year more rewarding than their fir t. ' I 've deve loped solid relation h ip

with these k ids,"

Blumenreich ay . " I can ee them changing partly becau e of me.

That' really rewarding.'

Rich Cooke '90 i

in hi

econd year of teaching Engli h,

reading and journalism to j unior high tudents in outh central Lo Angeles. '

ow I'm a rep ahead rather than a rep behind,"

he ay . "Thing are really happening. I've really fo tered some tremendou relation hip between the tudents and me. We deal

rate to "huge improvements in all a pee ts of the program."

Eric Ru man and Jan Fortin, both from Colby' Cla

of

1 99 1 , reaped the benefits of change . Although Fortin ay

he

wa

I'm not alone kept me going," he say ,

tempted to quit in the fall, the two eem to place more

with each other a people, rather than in more traditional teachertudent role ."

"The mo t exciting thing," he add , "i to ee the kid grow

than their

and mature a people and be able to say, 'Hey, I was a part of that.' "

"I knew it would be difficult. But people are doing it, o I

parents who can read and write, parents who were intere red in

knew it could be done," ay Ru sman, a Hou ton pecial educa­ tion teacher. " I don't feel like I know what I'm doing, but I'm

committed to. I am more in olved in education a an i ue. 1 am

prepared to learn and TFA was bold enough to give me that

more apt to tand up and defend educational issue ."

confidence in the program and in their abilitie

"Teachingha taught me a lot about how lucky l am . . . having

predeces or did.

opportunity."

Fortin, who teache third grader in

ew Orlean , ay her

TFA training wa lacking. "Except for teachmg me how to les on

my education," say Blumenreich. "It is somethmg I will alway be

" I've taken a era h course m maturity," Cooke ay . " other profe ion teache y u

o

[ uch] grace under pre sure, how to

get out of the mo t extreme circum tanc

with grace, poi e."

plan, it was mostly all theory," he ay . "No one explained to me how much rrucrure the e kid

Colby, March 1 992

would need."

-Janet Boudreau

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As I got m ore comfortable with a sterner-even m ean er­ m e, I was surprised at h ow well the stu dents responded.

He hesitated but went for the big left hook. "Yours," he aid, a bit

and the idea that I 'd b e judged a fa il ure i f m y kid misbehaved­

more ofrly but no less angrily. He had been given an out but wa

and I dri l led the cla

not going to give up. N either was I . Tyrone was promptly e correJ

in their part for hours at a tretch.

My cla�� performed a min i-play about Ro a Parks and the

to the principal's office carrying a page-long account ofh1s crime .

Montgomery bu

He was suspended for the re t of the week .

"Lift Every Voice," in cadence and pre ented poem . The assem­

wa

boycott, chanted the black national anthem,

When I thought the day couldn't get any worse, it J id. A I

bly wa a tremendou ;;ucce

dism issing the cla ·-after a massive clean ing effort and

of a Lang ton Hughe poem capturing the pirit for me.

several ermonetres from me on their behavior-an anonymou student threw a lighted match into the heaping ba ket of trash.

I decided to

w i tch

, with Tyrone' stunning olo reading chool

and grades at the end of the

year-I now teach ancient h i t ry to eventh grader . What I

The room was instantly filled with ·moke. A mall group of my

learned through a l l the battling and all the sleeples nights has

k ids formed a line between the sink and the fire, pa

served me well. N ow when I remember the group of girl that

ing paper

cup fi lled w i th water to dou e the flames. Once the fire wa but not before the culprit had e caped, I left the me custodian

ut,

to the

and went to the main office to recount the day'

mi haps. The loudest laughs were mine.

Being able to laugh at myself wa a good sign. W i thout seeing

made my fir:.t day o m i erable, I think of how weet and support­ ive they became by the end of the year. Vone ia's tory t i l l haunts me, but I al o sm ile recalling the way he shone when we taged a mock trial in late M ay-she was in the middle of her a a i lant' trial and knew more about pr cedure than the re t of us put

i t , I was maki ng progress. I 'd already changed my classroom

together. I t d idn't seem to matter that he stumbled over word

demeanor, but as I got more comfortable with a stemer--even meaner-me, I wa urprised at how well the tudents re ponded.

during reading or tuned out for 21 divided by three,

he was

needed and she knew it. That showed in her smile. Even Tyrone

They respected my newfound authority and howed me tremen­

and I reached a p int of mutual re pect, ignaled by a private grin,

dou affection at t imes.

a pat on the bac k , a high-five in the halls.

I

I could have remained at the elementary level-I wa offered the chance to teach an accelerated fourth grade-but I wanted de perately to experience teaching older k id history before my TFA tenure was up. I wondered if the change might make my second year j ust another first year, but, while the pace ha n't think the simplest moment were the best-a hug from T urquoi e or Dejavu, questions like "Do you have any

babie , Ms. Boudreau" or "What [race ] are you ? Are you m ixed ?" from Robin, a game of double-dutch w i th the girls or teaching Demedrick and David how to throw a football .

slowed and the paperwork i

t i l l unwieldy, another "first year"

couldn't have happened. I now have a confidence in teaching and in myself that I didn't have in the fall of 1 990. And I can see that I have managed to close some of those i n itially daunting gap .

We've built a bridge, the e Compton k id and I, spanning a l l

Following school tradi tion, m y class participated in the Black H istory Month assembly in February, and I wa in charge.

t h e mi les and all t h e ignorance that tretch between here and

I dreaded the assignment-given my experience w ith as embl ies

in the wind-but it is a place for us to meet.

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Waterv i l le. It wasn't bu i l t in a day-and i t still ometime sway

Colby,

March 1 992

Sou p to Kn i ts

Anth ropo l og i ca l Lesson s Lu rk i n Al l of Professo r 's Varied Pasti mes - by Denise Goodman -

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the uninitiated , anthropology may suggest

dry esoterica-studying people on remote islands or in dense rain forests untouched by

Western c i v i l ization to discover unusual rites of passage and social customs. And because their reearch ites are often far from campus, anthropolo­ gi ts usually can't blend their studie with the ir daily lives.

But Phyl l is Rogers, assistant professor of an­ thropology and American stud ie at Colby, finds it almost impossible to shake her academic d i c ip l ine, even when he is pursuing her avocation . Every stint in the k i tchen provokes curiosity about the regional origin of the dish he's preparing. She took up knitting for relaxation but oon tarted studying sweater patterns, finding in them distinctive geographic and cultural

ignposts. She's even

done the old American tradition of running away to join the circus one better-thi year she plan to fini h a book on circus clowns and present i t to a publisher.

"Everything

I do is anthropology," Rogers ac­ I do for pure enjoyment

knowledges. "Something

doesn't stay that way for long."

Denise Goodman is a freelance writer and Maine correspondent for The Boston Globe. She lives in Searsport, Maine .

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Smm after �he arri ve<l i n Maine three year::. ago, Roger� began taking week ly jaunts throughout the state.

"Maine is j ust one big forest," he says former colleagues in aliforn ia had a�sured her, "and everybody look li ke someone on a m i th Brothers cough drop box ." What she found instead. Roger ays, wa a state " cross­ cul tural and so cosmopolitan and, in other ways, so rural and prov incial. lt was extraordinary to find that in a state which you art of felt was limited-l imited in scope, l i m i ted in opportunity."

Visits to antique shops revealed items from Asia­ and that provoked a keen interest in their port of entry on the eacoast. A lecture serie led her to the Penob cot Marine M useum in earsport and to an opportunity to bring her pecial per-pec tive, includ ing a trnng femi­ nist strai n , to ome museum materiab.

Rogers is analyzing a eries of photograph by a 1 9th-century ea capta in' daughter, tryi ng to uncover what they and a few diarie reveal about the role of women in sh ipping. Women were more than capta in ' wives, Rogers says. They erved as "cultural broker ." A woman who traveled with her hu�hand didn't et sai l simply t o civili:e t h e crew-if somethmg happened t o h e r husband she became a rerre entative o f t h e hip' owner.

Rogers is also plumbing the history of the 5etrle­ ments along Penobscot Bay, which were ini tially fo­ cused on farm ing, then devoted to seafanng, then farm­ ing again and now , with Maine' 'trong touri t arpeal. are prime recreat10nal area .

Coastal farm fam i l ies of the mid- 1 9th century often had a do:en or more chi ldren to provide labor and continu i ty of the family name, Roger ha discovered.

Male children were pri:ed and, after the 1 8 3 0 , the younger ans often became hip captain . I n the late 1 9th century, the small coastal town of earsport alone was home to l O percen r of the nati on's merchant marine captains. Those capta ins' fam i l ies had fewer chi ldren, Rogers ays, and oon "female birth became important because, instead of training omeone, training y ur on to take over the position as captain or busines manager, you have a daughter and you can marry her to someone who has tho e sk i l ls."

"These women were as ure and certain about their futures and about what they wanted a their parents were," she adds. "And when they enter marriage, they're entering a partner hip. They're entering a business and they have a say in that business. That's really interesting to see."

Rogers supervised a group of student conducting research at the Searsport mu eum during Jan Plan and say he's trying to create an intern program for under­ graduates to allow student with American studie and other major "to remain in Maine, to learn more about

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Maine . . . tn become regional authori tie ." he says she had hored four , tudents might be interested in the mu eum project, but "when I announced it one day in my anthropology class 1 got 2 2 people to ign up."

At Colby, Rogers teaches courses on indigenous reople of North America, vi ual anthropology and women of color in the United tates, as wel l as an introduction to American studie . This pring he is teaching two new cour e , a en ior seminar in anthro­ polngy and a cour e comparing American of Japanese, Chinese and Korean de cent with I tal ian Americans.

Sh ha m dified her c las on native Americans to incl ude fewer lecture and more di cu ion to encourage rudent · to voice thei r opin ion -and next year, he ay , she'll "champion 1 99 3 , which the United N ation has de ignated a the Year of l nd igenou Peoples."

Roger 's c la room approach i having an impact, according to He len Hopk in '92 , an American tudies major from Rye Brook, N.Y. " he' got a great i n ight in that he i native American," Hopk in ay . "She' lived in various cultures. he' seen a lot of things from Jifferent angle than the average Colby tudent, [who is most often] white, midd le cla s, East Coa t."

Hopkins ay Roger bridge the gap between her experience and tho e of her rudent . "When you see on the new that the native Americans are up et about something," Hopkin ay , "y u have a hard t ime eeing who they are. Do they live in hou es ? Do they have job ? . . . [Roger ] ha the ame life tyle a u . You can identify with her, but he can al o ay, Thi is hard for me when l hear about the [Wa h i ngton] Red kin or the Atlanta Brave .' " On the flip ide of that coin, Roger ay he al o hopes to reach out to Maine' native American popula­ tion and bring more of them to campu in order to demonstrate "that Colby is not this rich, white bastion."

A l ready noted for her way with tudent on a campu that pride itselfon an acce sible faculty, Rogers often u e the cooking skill honed in childhood at a neighbor' knee to whip up supper for a few dozen tudent crammed into her apartment in Goddard­ Hodgkins residence hall. Tho e not preparing the meal are probably watching a video ( and, at Rogers's urging, analyzing the d i rector's ryle and per pective a well as cinematic trend ). " I 'm alway trying to teach them something about the country," she ay .

Rogers suspect her own unquenchable curiosity i inherited. "On both ides, l sort of had the e nascent anthropologi t ," he ay . Her maternal ance tors were from a North Carol ina-based white, American I ndian and African-American group called the Lumbee. Her maternal grandmother was a profes ional gambler ( That's how she upported her fam i ly" ) who traveled the East Coast gaming circ u it and became so adept at

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Mary Ellen Matava

Helen Hopkins '9 2, poring over artifacts with Phyllis Rogers at che Penosbscoc Mmeum , praises the professor's "great insight. " interpreting outhem accents that she could identify a per on's home count and ometime even hi- lineage after hearing a few words.

Roger was brought up by her ther grandmother, a Navajo who decided at the age of 75 to move from Arizona to Phi ladelphia "to raise me properly," Roger ays.

"My grandmother really steered me from any Afro­ American connection," Roger ay , explaining that the older woman wanted to cement her native Ameri­ can heritage. A a re ult, though Roger recal l watch­ ing the civil right truggle play out on television, for her 1 960 wa a benchmark becau e that' when the Navajos became a nation.

Roger grew up in a working class, largely I talian neighborhood where most women married early and tayed home. But there were other female role model , and Roger followed their lead. Her grandmother thought women were uperior to men, Rogers says, and she had a number of teachers who had attended women's col­ lege and felt background houldn't be an ob tac le to

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fulfi l l ing nontraditional a pirations. Rogers wa active in her own cau e, t o- he went to high school an hour early every morning "to read the New York Times cover to cover" before del ivering copies of the newspaper to her teacher . ti II, there were obs tac le . Al though she was among the 1 00 students in her cla of 1 ,000 on an academic track, he couldn't get an appointment wi th a coun elor for the college-bound until he earned a high SAT core. Her mother' family opposed her going to col lege, Rogers says, adding, " I d idn't know anything about cholar hips."

Part of what made her move on to higher educa­ tion, he says, wa "the disintegration of my neighbor­ hood." The war in Vietnam had taken o many young men that "there wa no one left to marry." She headed acros town to Temple Un iver ity and majored in politi­ cal science, planning to become a lawyer. One ource of upport never waned-when Roger couldn't afford an expensive textbook, her grandmother, then in her eight­ ies, took a paper route to help pay for it.

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At Te m p i e , Roger was ac t i ve in a n t i- war demon­ Wh en a prof ssor promoting Earth Day sug­ gested students :.hou ld "get off the Vie tnam k ic k " and strat i ons.

get on the env i ronmental bandwagon and i n v i ted any who d i sagreed c lassmates d i d .

with him to leave, Ro ge r and two "We all went o u t the w i ndow," she

remember�.

Rogers says �he became d i i l l us ioned w i t h pol i t ical

cour e on tat ist ics, he rea l i zed " I t was a if we would bring everyone d }wn ," she says. " l felt �o d i sen­

sc i ence when, i n a

American I nd i ans weren't i nc l uded. franch ised ."

A new v ista appeared after a friend used her a� the subject for a paper on Navaho ethics. When he turned i t i n , hi� professor wanted to meet Roger�. At the end of a four-hour con\'ersa t i o n , Ro ge r rec a l ls, the profes or

Yuhgo Yamaguchi '95

Knitting is a communal activity at Rogers's cam/)US apartment, where the conversation is lively and dinner is also food for thought.

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told her he wou ld make a great anthropologi t . Rogers wrote to the Univer ity of Colorado to inqu ire about a program in Navajo tudie . She wa offered a full schol­ arship to pur ue graduate study there in 1 970.

"When I got there I di covered that the main reason 1 had been accepted was that they wanted to find nut what I looked like," Roger ays. The university had discon tinued the N avajo project, but the chair of the department was studying the Black Ute, a group of rac i a l ly mi xed women with a common African-Ameri­ can ance tor-a "buffalo oldier" of the 1 87 0 who had I ived on their reservation except for a brief stint working for the U . . government in Philadelphia.

Forced to abandon Navajo tudie , Rogers began work on a master's in soc iol inguist ics w ithin the anthro­ pology department. V i it to reservation Ind ians "re i g n i ted my en e of American I ndian identity," she ays. Until then, he note , he had related only to her g ra ndm o ther ' s identity-"old and traditional. All of a udden I wa finding identit ies of people my age." he f o u n d in anthropology an academic liberation from the limitat ions of her earlier pol i tical c ience tudie . "An thropology al lowed me to look at any­ thing," he say . "! liked the idea of hol i m. If I couldn't find an an wer in one area, I could look omeplace e lse, [and] it d idn't deny anybody acces into the culture."

In 1 9 7 3 , Roger headed back east to Princeton Univer ity to cominue her graduate tudies. he planned to write a doctoral di ertation n the American Indian Movement, but a minor d i agreement with her advisor led her in another direct ion. The ad vi or, he explain , boa ted that hi Pueblo people were the only true ritual c lown in the world. Ever up to a challenge, Roger ay , he did a little re earch, returned with "a retort" the fol lowing week and ended up studying American c ircu clowns for more than a decade.

The profe or supported her decision, Rogers says, on the grounds that most American I ndian tudent of anthropology had been forced to study American I ndi­ ans, "a if we were incapable of tudying anyth ing e lse."

Clowning wa ripe for tudy, he says, because i t is "ritual behavior . . . . I t's in an in titution. Someone take on an identity that they maintain. Ju t in that repetitive­ nes it' ritual."

Roger says he began reading everything she could find deal i ng with the circus and w ith theorie of humor and why people laugh. When he began interviewing c lown , he di covered that no researcher had ever v iewed American c i rcus c lowning from the performer's perspective. She was given a warm welcome.

"They felt no one had ever talked to them before," she ays. "They also felt very special about me coming in becau e I was comi ng i n as American c ircu c lowning was dying. . . . I t had lost i t trad i tion and become a

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chool. Those people \\'ho fi t the criteria of being a c lown fel t that c lown were born, not made ." A forth­ comino book, the outgrowth of Roger ' doctoral reearch, examine what he call this "most American of our amu ements. We got c lown ing from a European tradi t ion, but we changed c lown i ng. We changed c ir­ cus. We made it uniquely American."

I n 19 0, needing a j ob, Roger headed we t aga in, thi t i me to Los A ngeles, where UCLA offered her a posi tion teach ing about American I nd ians de pite the fact that he had no formal training i n that subj ect. "If thi i what l ' m going to do," she thought, " l 'm ooi ng to become ver good at it-holistic and thorough." he d idn't want to isolate native Americans, "sort offreezing them in t ime," he ay , but to how how their cultures evolved. " l wanted to how how we managed to urvive in p ite of the ituations." Too often, Rogers says, people would study the S ioux, for example, as if they were unchanged and unaffected by other cultural factor , "as if they were till rid i ng horseback, hunting buffalo." Her studies and her teaching at UCLA began with native American group j ust before contact w ith European and ranged through the 1 940s to show how they weathered change while still maintaining an Ameri­ can I nd ian identi ty.

'When I talk about American cu lture," Rogers ay , "I don't let tudent act as if European technology i nece arily uperior."

"If you got one good hot off in the 1 640 with a mu ket," he add , "you were doing pretty well," and rain could render the w ick and powder impotent. Ameri­ can I nd ian technology, on the other hand, allowed for firing up to five arrow imultaneou ly in any weather. he re i ts bitterness or re entment and, in tead, bring a gentle, wry humor to her studie and tudent .

"If the United tares, the dominant society, [ i com­ po ed of] uch rabid I ndian-hater ," Rogers asks, "why do so many tate , so many rivers, so many towns have American I ndian name ? Why does damn near every RV have an I nd ian name ?"

Even thi ear' controversial quincentennial obervance of Chri topher Columbu ' arrival in America leave Roger mo tly unruffled, because, he ay , "no­ body i really talking about di covery anymore. They're talking about exploration and encounter." he's buoyed becau e cholar "have done an extraordinary job in examini ng the impact of devastation that Columbus and the European explorer had on native American communi t ie ." By acknowledging the re ultant loss of c iv i lization, tho e cholars "place value on u ," he maintain . oting that in 1 892 the native American popula­ t ion wa at it lowe t point, Roger adds that ' within a hundred-year period, for the quincentenary, we are a

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voice that' being heard throughout the United State about thi celebration. That' a hell of a difference in a hundred years."

There i in Roger-' - outlook th is ability to make lemonade from lemons or, a· she puts it, to capitali:e on "wi ndows of opportun ity." Rather than bristle at the fact that, "as a lecturer, I'm u ually the most popular between Columbu Day and Thank gi,·ing. That's when everybody want an I ndian," she ees it as a chance to educate when people are receptive. "! go out of my way to try to show them another view," she says.

Even in her personal life, problems become oppor­ tunitie . After six years as a v isiting assistant professor in anthropology and American tudie -at Amher t Col­ lege i n 1 98 1 - 2 and for the next five at the Un iver i ty of California at Santa Cru:-Rogers \Ya in a car acci­ dent that left her temporarily unable to speak. "It's hard to teach when you can't talk," he ays.

The lo of voice was short-lived and even had its amu ing moments ( " ! had to write th i ng to people," he remembers, "and they'd write me back," even though they had no trouble speaki ng ) . But it sent her away from the c las room. he spent rwo years working for the Yamaha Corporat ion, creating a corporate archive and, drawing on her intere t in vi ual anthropology, teach­ ing people how to u e and catalogue lide-. " I got to ob erve th i ort of corporate tribe," she ays.

The affection for Roger in the Colby community has become obvious during the past year, as he copes w i th pain from injurie ustained in a fall on ice. " ! wasn't upposed to get depressed," he ays. "It' really hard not to get depre ed with all this pain. The students kept me going." A t one point last pring, when Roger wa bedridden for six weeks, Colby's audio­ v isual and computer departments rigged her computer to an O\·erhead projector o he could continue to write. " tudents v isited me all the time," he says. "They walked my dog. They talked. So while I was i n a great deal of pain, I d idn't have time to get depre sed. The same th ing happened over the ummer with the facu lty.

They're very encouraging. That' one of the wonderful things about Colby."

Rogers says he hopes to establi h a model for a future American tudie program at the College that goe beyond l i terature and history to include anthropol­ ogy, women' tudie and native American srudie -al l with a n empha i on multicu lrurali m. " M y ' I n tro to American tudie ' incorporate Hi panic , Asians, Afro­ American and American I nd ians," she says, " o at least [the tudent J know omething about the e people they've labeled 'the other."'

"What I try to bring to Colby i not ju t my en e of who I am," Rogers say , "but I try to get them beyond them elves."

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Decision of

a

Lifetime

Faculty Up for Tenure Endure an Ordeal Equal to its Reward: Career Appointment - by Edward Hers hey -

D

avid Findlay rayed c lose to the phone on the econd Saturday in December. He spent much of the morning addre sing Chri tma

card , but when hi

wife, Rochelle,

returned from an appo intment at the hairdresser' j u t after noon, he found him

grind ing out the m i le on h is exercise b ike. "

ervou energy, huh ?" he aid, teering clear.

A t 1 2 : 3 0 , he topped pedaling and alanced aero

the room at the phone.

" Plea e don't ring yet, " he aid. " I m o out of breath , I'll ound terrible." Then he laughed . I t no longer mattered how he ounded. The ordeal wa

O\

er. Only the verd ict remained. W i thin the half

hour, ready or not, he would receive a call from Dean of the Faculty Robert McArthur that would change h i life forever.

David Findla

wa up for tenure.

The long morning of wait ing wa the culm inat ion of a life time' effort, tarting the ddy Findlay entered kindergarten and continu ing through four year of college , three year of graduate tudy and ix year of teaching economic at Colby. And what wa at take was more than j ob ecurity-which the receipt of tenure guarantee , barring malfea ance or financial ex igencie . For a young professor l ike Findlay, McArthur' good or bad new could mean the difference between taking his p lace a a re pected teacher in a h ighly re pee red department or becom ing, at least for a time, an academic nomad look ing for another campu on which to p i tch hi tent.

Find lay wa among e ight Colby profe or

wearing out the morning, though McArthur would

have to p lace only even call . Hu band and wife cla ic profes or J o eph and Hanna Roi man were both tenure cand idate . " urely you're not worried ?" Jo eph Roi man wa

a ked earlier that week. He and H anna,

member of the Te l Aviv Univer i ty faculty, had been recruited aggres ively by the College in 1 990.

For mo t , the road to tenure take five and a half year , but profe or l ike the Roi man who are well into academic careers when they are hired often accelerate the proce

.

"Worried ?" Roi man aid. "I don't know. If you have been around academic in t i tu tions long enough, you know that trange thing can happen."

E erybody worrie about tenure.

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Dean of the Faculty Robert

" 'T J. enure

P.

McArthur

is d esigne . d to .

ensure that the faculty is as highly qualified " as any could be .

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Two years ago, another hu banJ and wife teaching pair received the ultimate good news, baJ news call from McArthur. he had qualified, but he had not. And such cautionary tales en ure that in the days before the second Saturday in December the campu� is abuzz w i th spec ulat ion and scuttlebutt about the impend­ ing notifications.

With the largest number of cand idates up for tenure in years a· 1 99 1 c lo ed, there seemed to be more whi per than u ual, though few of them centereJ on FinJ l ay or the Roi man .

Indeed, Findlay seemed the embod iment f the kind of profe or Colby li kes to cultivate-an ace mpli hed and committed teacher who had al o proven hi mself capable f fine cholarly re earch. The on of a profe or and administrator at the Univer i ty of Southern Maine, Findlay wa elected from among 300 applicant to fi ll one of twn tenure-track po it ions in economics at Colby in 19 5 . A I though he says he made a few m i tep in the c lassroom and in h is po t-doctoral re earch Ju ring hi first two year on Mayflower Hill, hi progre· along the academic t ighrwire wa ready. By early 1 99 1 , he wa� publishing art icle in the right cholarly journal , his teach ing was going we ll anJ he knew he was going into the final tage of the tenure proce with the highe t recommendation hi department coulJ give.

But in the days immed iately preceding the dec i ion, he wa obviou ly j umpy and a lternately apprehen ive, defensive and philo­ ophical-hardly the cool economist and enth usia tic teacher col­ league and student thought they knew. He had uccumbed to the sheer en rm ity of the decision.

"There i nothing qu ite like it," ay Dana Profe or of Ameri­ can tudie and Engli h Charles Bas ett, a member of the College commi ttee that is charged with pa ing j udgement on tenure candi­ date . "The American tenure proce is really qui te unique and a lot newer than many people realize. It only date to the th irt ie .

College borrowed it from the legal profes ion's approach to partnerhip. You know the old expression they have: 'up or out."'

Bassett knows better than many. When he wa a young in truc­ tor at the University of Pennsylvan ia, the tenure proces wa not nearly a formal a i t i today at Colby and el ewhere. The depart­ ment chair' opin ion carried overriding weight. Bas ett remember the day h i chair, a courtly Southerner, "put hi arm around m y boulder and took m e fo r a walk . He a id, 'Charle , you like to teach, don't you ? And you're a wonderful teacher. The problem is that that's not what we do here at Penn. We publi h. And you haven't published anyth i ng. I think maybe you ought to go some place where people teach, Charles. I'll write you letter . ' He wrote me a glowing recommenda­ t ion and I came to Colby."

That cene could not be repeated today-not at Colby, probably not any­ where in the United State . The tenure process i almost univer a l in American higher education, and through the years, colleges have standardized it, replacing caprice with criteria and expanding the breadth and depth of the review.

But these reforms al o have made the profes or's road to tenure a far more wrenching rite of passage than the y tern upon which it wa patterned-the lawyer' quest for partner hip. A lawyer who g es out instead of up leaves the firm in relative privacy. He or she can blame the etback on a personaliry cla h with the managing partner and can often connect with another firm nearby.

A profe or denied tenure has been publ icly rebuked and mu t contend with the bald real ity that in the eye of the instituti n he or he failed to mea ure up­ a matter almost certain to complicate the search for new employment. The untenured professor can hardly go to another floor or down the block in quest of a new job. Relocation to another part of the country is often neces ary.

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Though academic tenure has its cri t ic , proponent contend that it i l ike the oft-quoted description of American democracy-imperfect but better than any足 thing el e yet dev ised. They note that at i ts roots, tenure i le. about ecurity or loyalty than academic freedom, peer rev iew and standards of excellence. ''Whi le it is a rigorou proces ," McArthur says, "one mu t remember what i t i de igned to do. I t is designed to en u r e that t h e faculty at Colby over long periods of time is as highly qualified a any could be."

For F indlay, the final pha e of the 66-month proce s began i n February 1 99 1 , when McArthur met \\'ith the tenure candidate a a group. H e usually hold uch orientation meetings ind i v idually, but there were 10 hopeful at the time--0ne eventually accepted an appointment at another college and another delayed the proces after learn ing he wa pregnant-and that made him change the proce足 dure . lt also brought one question into sharp focu : Colby would never grant tenure to everyone in such a large field, would i t ?

" There is nothing quite

" W e don't start o u t w i t h any assumption a t a l l , " McArthur recalls aying a t the t i m e . "The proce s i de igned o that each person i examined a an individual.

like it. The American

I t is not a competition within a year or within recent year . Whi le we kno\\' from

tenure process is really

experience that about 6

percent of a l l candidates will be tenured over time, we

could well grant tenure to a l l candidate in a year or none. There are no quota ."

Findlay remember

those word -and he remembers glanc ing around the

room and feel i ng that regardle

of McArthur'

best intention , no one quite

.

.

quite unique .

,,

bel ieved him. "There wa a lot of nervou tension," Findlay aid. " l t was a weird meeting." t i l l , he aid everal months later, the ba ic me age held.

o

matter how the tenure and promotion committee cho e to mea ure them, all the candidate could do wa pre ent their credential . And he recalls thinking that he could be true to h is princ iple

and

in tinct even if they occasionallyseemed at odds with the in titution's demand .

"I run into problem if the objective i tenure," he said. " I t would be l ike my telling tudent in m

c

, 'try to get the highe t grade

you can, ' not 'try to learn a much a - you can . ' " Yet a ambiauou a he ometime fe lt abou t the proce s , Findlay geared him elf up to begin the bu ie t leg of the journey. He as embled a committee of advisor and prepared a personal state足 ment after examining tho e ubmi tted by a pair of tenured colleagues when they were candidates. "Bob McArthur tatement hon," Find lay said. "! turned in

aid to make the

1 5 page

ingle- paced."

He agreed to the appointment of an outside expert to evaluate hi re earch ( hoping that person wouldn't be " omeone w ith an axe to grind " ) , and he olicited opin ions about h i teaching from "friendly commentator " to augment responses from student

and alumni

polled at random by the College. everal former students mai led Findlay copies of h ighly flatter足 ing endor ement - ome aid he wa the be t teacher they'd ever had, q u i te a compliment con idering hi compe t ition at Colby. But a he wa quick to point out, it was unlikely that any naysayer would hare copie of their letter with him. "[ know that in my fir t couple of year , in my effort to project a certai n image, I came aero

a aloof

and arrogant," he said la t fal l . "I know ome of the evaluation reflected that.

I hope i t doe n't come back to haunt me."

For each tenure candidate, material such a those Findlay collected are added to a thick do sier that includes the candidate' body of re earch a well as every

Charles Bassett , Dana Professor of American S tudies and English

written evaluation turned i n by former tudent . The do iers are kept locked in a room on the top floor of the Eu tis Bu i ld ing. In the ir pare time, usually on nights and weekend , member of the promotion and tenure comm ittee unlock the room and remove the files, poring over each word and usually tak i ng copious note .

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Associare Professor of Religion Dehra Campbell , memher uf Promotion and Tenure commit tee

Someone once estimated that it takes about seven hours to read a single candidate 's dossier.

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The commi ttee i:, comprbeJ of three tenureJ mcmhcr� each from ol hy's three acaJemic di vi!> iom-hu man ities, �cience. anJ �ocial sc ience -who are elec ted tu three-year terms by the faculty. No Jerartmcnt may have more than two memhers, and anyone compl eting a term must stay off the commi ttee for one year.

NobnJy runs for the committee, at lea�t not officially. All tho e el igible are on the ha! !or anJ hy musr account the elect ion generally reflect the highest level of pee r e�teem. nme memhers serve al mo t perenni­ ally except f or the requ ireJ yea r away, although one respected senior fac u l ty member stanJs up j u t hefore the vote each year and make a hermane que Jisclaimer, hegging off f or lack of time . " omeone once e�timated that it takes ahout seven hours to read a 111gle Jo icr," McArthur sa id. "Multiply that hy e ight candidates and you get a sense of the cnmmitml'.nt requireJ to erve on 'P and T.' And that\ j u�t read i ng the Jm ier. , which i only a fract ion of the work."

The comm ittee spends all fa l l plumbing a cand iJare's record hut take� no act ion until it receives a recommendation from hi or her accidem1c department, which can endorse a cand idacy without reservatiun, endorse it with stated reservation or recommend de­ nial. (Cand idates have the chance to re pond to ei ther f the latter rwn recnmmendatiorn.. ) The commi ttee then con ider each candi­ date individually at >eparate meetings. Concern are expre ed, positions are championed and emotion occa ionally boil over.

After the c indi\·idual \"Otes are taken, there i a final meeting and a last \'ore, accompanied in each imtance by a one-paragraph summary of the VL ter's v iew� on the candidate.

The dean nf the fac ulty part ic ipate in the d i cuss ion but doe not vote. He carrie the vote and the written rationale· to Pre ident William otter and offers hi own opin ion ·eparately. McArthur says that in hi., four year� a dean and v ice pre ident for academic affa irs he ha never Ji agreed w i th the commi ttee majority.

"Every once in a while, on a c lo e vote, the pre ·idenr w i ll bring us back together and o;ay, 'Are you sure?"' Ba ett said. "And we ay we are. I know of only one in tance, ·ome year ago, i n which the pre ident ha rever ed the comm ittee, and, frankly, that wa uch a clo.e call that there wa;, no hue and cry over it.''

Colby'· ba ic policy tatement on tenure, adopted in 1 976, cites three criteria for tenure: teaching and advi ing, scholar hip and service to the College and the candidate' academic di c ipl ine. In recent year , ome faculry members have a ked whether exce i ve empha i · on re earch i forc ing profe sor to acrifice time with rudent . Robert Reuman, a longtime member of the promotion and tenure comm ittee, ounded uch an alarm in Colby la t March and again in his retirement valedic tory at the annual faculry/tru tee dinner on Commencement weekend.

But Bassett, who left Phi ladel� hia for Maine because he valued teaching more than publi h ing, come down firmly on the other ide. "I love undergraduate ," he dec lares, "and I love undergraduate teaching. It' what l do. I'm a choolteacher.

But let' face it, undergraduates do not comprise the ingle mo t demanding aud ience in the world. Unle you have ome other, more demanding forum in which to test your idea , to k ick against the side of the boat, you never know."

Find lay says he felt great pres ure t publi h hi re earch on how pol itical and institutional consideration affect macroeconomics, espec ially after the be t journal seemed so difficult to crack in his early years. Eventually there wa a key breakthrough, and suddenly it seemed easier for hi work to find it way into print.

"But the p int i n't, or shouldn't be, to publ i h j u t to ati fy the tenure requ irement," he insisted. "l know thi may und arrogant or egoti t ical, but I'm a driven per on. I enjoy Colby. l feel this is the place l hould be. I l ve my department. I love the teach i ng, but I also l ike the re earch. lf l get tenure, I'm not

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going ro stop doing research. The day after I get tenure , I don't think I 'I l start doing anyth ing differently."

And if i t turned out to be the day after he

didn' t get

tenure ?

"l don't think about it that rnuch at a l l , " he a id . "Life w i l l go on. If I ' m denied, I'll be back in the j ob market. '' But at another point in the same inte1Tiew he aid, "Thi whole tenure thing has been a catalyst for a lot of introspec t ion. Certainly l want tenure. It would gi,·e me the -tability l 've been looking for. And until the deci ion come there i a certam amount of anxiety . " "If l 'm den ied I won't be angry, at l e a ·t n o t a t fin,'' Findlay a i d . " I ' l l b e shocked."

"Oh, l think you' l l be angry," his wife said. "You're the redhead, remember1" For Rochelle Findlay, too, a career and l ife-tyle \\'ere on the l ine. A registered nur e at the Kennebec Valley Medical Center in Auou ta, she ha- adrnnced to upervi or of a bu y intensive care unit and i · close to earning the ma ter' degree that could lead her further up the line.

he and Findlay own a house in � l anc he ·ter,

25 mile south of Waterv i lle.

A native of Ind iana, Rochelle said she love Maine and her j ob. But if her hu band was denied tenure, they would pick up and move. And \\'h ile they were confident of hi- chance , there \\'a a Plan B in the picture. Da,·id on College in North Carolina m ight be the place to a i m for, they thou ht.

"I

enjoy Colby. I feel

this is the place I s hould be . I love the department. " I love the teaching.

"lt' not as if we don't have other choice ," Find lay said. "You know, that' one thing thi whole proces ha done for me-for both of u , rea l ly . I t ha

iven u per pecti\'e. I mean go down to the food

bank i n Augu ta and try tel l i ng ·ome of the people there how rough you have it, wearing O\'er a lifeti me job guarantee and if you don't get i t you have

1 month at full pay to find omething e l e. It' not

that important. It really i n't. I mean Rochelle and l have made fam ily planni ng deci ion around thi , talked about not hav ing a baby until after we know.

O\\", I think that' cra:y."

But the idea that a i n ale phone call will detem1ine the cour e of your l i fe obviou ly take a tol l , e\'en on tho e, l ike Findlay, who eem to be especially qualified for tenure. Though a ca ting agency could hardly have

ent Colby a more

ub tantial candidate for

tenure, he continued to can the hori:on for the hint of a cloud.

Once the department had recommended Findlay for tenure w i th enthu ia m , for i n tance, all hand

-fr m chair Henry Gemery

on down--offered words of encouragement. All, that i , except Tom Tietenberg, the economics profe sor who wa an elected member of P and T.

"l don't know how to read it," Findlay confided a gave wa

ovember

to December. ' Tom ha been very upporrive unti l now,

but uddenly he eem d i tant. I 'd l ike to think he' doing it becau e of hi

role on the committee, but l don't know." l t probably d id not help to know that Tietenberg, one of

Colb ' mo t popular teacher- and an international figure in the field of ecological economic , wa

once den ied tenure. De pite

enthu iastic support from his W i l l iam College colleague ( "there was practically a revolt," one former a

ociate ay ), his candidacy

failed because a new pre ident decided nobody would get tenure at William that year.

Word of comfort d id come from another P and T member in the final day of Findlay' candidacy. Ba ett decided he could watch Findlay' ob\'iou agony only o long before trying to put him at ease. "I couldn't tell him he had it, and of

Doug Oppenheimer '92 and S ceve Swartz '92 with Find/a)' .

cour e l didn't," the English profes or said. "l j u t wanted him to know that he could relax, that he had done everything he could." "lt wa real ly a funny cene," Findlay recounted. "Charlie came into my office and looked up at the ceil ing and down at the floor. It reminded me of a father trying

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to t a l k to h i� '>On ahout �ex . Fi nal l y , he �a id , 'I j u�t wan t you to know that I k now

what you're going t h rough . "' On the m o rn i ng after the fi n a l day of c l asse� f or the fo l l emc ter, McArthur and Cotter go to Bnston to relay the recommendat ion� to the trustee commi ttee on educ a t i on a l pol i c y for i t f ormal approval. Then McArthur goe to the phone.

"The hardest t h i ng I do at Col hy i to make tho�c calls," he aid. "There's no way to ma ke i t e a s i er to hear th i� news f or a person who has had a record of accompl i�hment even to get to this poi n t . What I try to <lo is to <lel i ver the mes age q u i c k ly, w i t h i n a second and half. I 'll . ay, ' I ' m afraid I have bad new ' or 'I have great news for you . ' " Those de n i ed tenure can con t i n ue t e ac h ing f or the final year and a halfof thei r even-year appoi n t m e n t�. There i'> a bo a n appeal proces , a n d o n e now-valued memher of the facu l ty gai ned ten ure on appeal . But th i s was an exceptional case­

" This ·

tenure t h ing . has

been a catalyst for a lot of introspection . It has given us perspective . . .

"

t h c i!>sues m st :uscept ihle to ;.ippeal are procedura l , not j udgmental, and by December, hundreds of hours of re a d i ng and J i c u. ion have steeled the decision

makers i n the i r resolve, even on the clo.,e c a l l s. " A n<l, rea l ly, when a l l i s saiJ and Jone, the decision usual ly aren't that close," accord i ng to Basse tt . "A five to four vote i� very, very rare."

Professors who Jnn 't get tenure are gi ven access to the commi ttee' comments and a um mary of their dossier prepared hy M c A rthur, who ay the actual fi le remains confident i a l to encourage candor from all partic ipants.

As t u ng as t h e y are by the rejection and even if they exercise thei r right to appea l . most fac u l ty members who <lo not ga i n tenure try to accept the decision w i th grace. Les· can often be aid f or some of the i r colleague . It is almo t a trad i t ion

for tho e rejected to beco m e imtantaneou�ly i nvisible. " I t' h appen , " said o n e veteran of nearly

not right, but i t

20 year a t Colby. "They become non-people.

I know if i t wa me, I wou ld do almo t anyth i ng to avoid rayi ng the extra year."

To the \'ery end, the myth, lore and

uper t i tion of the proce

rel i nqu i h their grip on F i nd lay. He . at on hi

refu ed to

exercycle and hoped the phone

wou ldn't r i ng, not so much because he wa breath le

a becau e he had worked out

one la·t calculation. McArthur wa to begin notifying cand idates at

1 2 : 30, and

Findlay had heard that he l ik ed ro get the unplea ant call out of the way first.

Of the seven c a l l� McArthur had to make December

1 4 , only three carried the

great news. One went to the Roisman

( they heard s i m ultaneously on eparate

phone ) , a second to N i kky-G u n i nder

i ngh, a popular profes or of rel igion who

i a facu l ty residen t , and the third to the hou e i n Manchester to tell David and Rochelle Findlay that they could stay i n Maine for the next three decade or so.

The fin a l result were true to McArthur' word

1 0 month before. There were no

quotas. Four of e ight had ucceeded.

After he talks to the wi nners ( and those involved would be the first to say that n this day there are o n l y w inners and lo er ), McArthur puts Cotter on the l ine for further congratu l a t ion . F i nd lay recall that the dean and the president each told him pretty much what he had been tel l i ng him elf for almost six years: he i j ust the k ind of pro fe ssor Colby wants.

Win or lo e, he and Rochelle had p lanned to drive to Portland for some Christma

hopping, and they were about to leave when the phone rang aga i n .

A l ready t h e news, both good a n d bad, wa spreading. A faculty colleague w a s o n t h e l i ne, congratulating h i m a n d ask i ng i f he a n d Rochelle m ight l i k e to drop b y t h e home of another professor w h o wa havi ng a get-together t h a t n ight.

The Find lays say they have stayed away from Colby parties because of her odd hours at the ho p i t a ! , because they live so far from campus and because they're not

especially parti a l to soci a l i z i ng with coworkers. In his pondering of the i ntangibles before the deci ion, Findlay had wondered if thi failure to make the Colby soc i a l scene m ight work against h i cand idacy. N o w he begged o ff for a n e w reason. " I thought about those people who d idn't make it," he aid, "and 1 almost got ick a t the thought of celebra t i ng."

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Colby,

March

1 992

STUDENT LIFE Setbacks Temper Success for Activists Ta

ra Esua '94 walked out onto the stage of the Waterv i l le Opera on campu . M any students looked askance at her when he fir t Hou e on the Saturday before Thanksgiving as the vanety how told them of her assignment. '"Oh. You live chere, "' he remembers he'd organ ized to rai e money for Maine A I DS support organ i:a­ them aying. tions drew to a clo e.

Estra, A lfond and Sayewich are three students who have Her emotions were m ixed. he thought of her friend , actor done more with the ir college years than go to class and ociali�e.

Rex Rabold, who d ied of AID and whose memory inspired her They have been campus activists, dedicating time, energy and to organize the show under the Dcedalu Project banner. A feeling emotion to cha llenging preconcei\'ed notions. All ha\'e experi­ of elation wept her as he e nced succes -but a l l thought, "Oh m y God, 1 pu lied have h a J some low it off! " But her heart ank moments, too. when he looked out at the h o u e -o n l y 1 4 0 of t h e theater's 1 ,000 seats were fil led.

J enn ifer Alfond '92 has worked for more than two year to build a recycling pro­ gram at Colby. Many day he Colby's recycling program as a has risen at 5 a.m. to help load ophomore in the fall of 1 989. the truck that takes paper to he approached physical p lant be recycled. A handbook he director Alan Lewis, who en­ wrote outlines ways tudents couraged her to tart small. She can c o n s e rv e n a t u r a l re­ began by putting out boxe for source . But despite her ef­ new paper in her re idence hal l . fort there are still people who forget or ju t won't take the At fir t, Alfond had t o d o a l o t of tne legwork h e r elf. time to recycle. She gets frus­ She and other tudents put trated when tudents pour beer many mi les on her family' sta­ into campu recyc l ing bin , tion wagon lugging huge bags contaminating the paper, or of paper to the recycl ing tor­ remove the pla tic top and age trailer. She says her goal use them as leds i n the win­ wa to educate the campus ter. Every styrofoam cup he about recyc l ing and conserva­ ees on Mayflower H i ll gives tion. "But we were never get­ her a pang. ting to the education part, we "Sometimes it's hard to were so busy with the opera­ keep up momentum," A lfond tions side of it," she aid. aid.

Eventually A lfond won Erika ayewich '92 d idn't the support of then-vice presi ­ a k to be named head resident dent for administration Stanley of Sturtevant, the fir t chemi­ N icholson and began to make c a l - free re idence h a l l a t recycl i ng a part of mainstream Colby. But he took t h e job life at Colby. he poke to a enthu iastically when it was Mary Ellen Matava meeti ng of campu cu todian offered and agreed to adopt and tressed the fact that recy­ Jennifer Alfond '9 2 , ensconced among the trappings of her three-year the ubstance - free l i fe tyle c l i ng wou ld be economical for recycling crusade , which has changed attitudes and behavior. and help it gain acceptance Colby, March 1 992

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\O I/ ' flllIll"' ,,, . ..... _

Colby anJ ll'nulJ < 1 bn 'a\'l: tree,.

" I r wa'

;i l i tt l e hard t a l k i n g tu

them, bern u'e they had doubt, ahnut i t , " ,he ' a i d .

Bur A l fund ', rer'i'rence m a J e h n r h c u,tnd i <ln' and adm 1 n ­

pru m o t 1 u n , w o r k e d

h<1 c brage or h e ld ' m a l l

ist rawr' t a k e h e r eff o rt , 'eriuu,Jy. "She\ l i t a ll1t l1f fire' u nJer renp l e , " ,aid a d m i n i,tra t 1 \'e ser\'ices d i rec tl1r Ken neth Gagnun, whn worked w i th A l fond w buy large b 1 m fnr rarer and to

pecfocmeJ m che

,how, helped w n h

ducate the Colby com m u n i ty

fundrai,er' t o h e l p p a y t h e expemes.

Bur when n came t i me w fi l l the Orera Hou e on show n ight,

the Cl Jlhy 'tudent, weren't there. Apath y had an effect on the

abuur recyc l i ng. At A lfond\ urging, Gagnon buys n:c yc led paper

tu rnuut , <inJ '0 J id pol i t i c . . Members of The Bridge, a campu

for

hnnw�exual 'uppmt group, J 1d not attend. Though no one

n l l ege rhntocL)riers whenever he can and ha, moveJ away

dec l ared an outright boycott, murky 1

from t he use of c o loreJ-and thu u nrecyc l ah le-paper.

Al f ond went uff to Rus ia for the fir t sem ster of her j u n ior

ue of ego anJ t u rf made

nu- hows of [,tra' most oh\' iou� potent i a l booster . "Tho&e that

year t h i n k i ng she had left a goi ng operat it n beh i nd . But when he retu rned to

o l by she founJ overflowing hins and a tra i ler fu l l of

paper that hadn't been empt ied in weeks.

"E,·ery t h i ng had gone Jmvnh i l l wh i le I \\'as away," he sa id. " I fe l t l i k e the prngram had come to a !>tandst i l l . The <id m i n i �tra­ tion was recept i \'e but nor c o m m i tted . " W i th the h e l p nf grnunds and m o v i n g surervi nr Keith rock ford , A lfond got the program back on tra c k . When graduate

he

i n May, she hopes the College adm i11 1stra t inn-<111d

student -w i l l c o n t i nue what she started. "Rec yc l i ng is here to stay," A lf onJ said. "Colby neeJs to u nder rand that. If the College i c om m i t ted to it, i t c a n ' t fade . "

Ti

,e s a m e k i nd of determ i n a t ion m a d e E t r a beg i n planning

next year' D<edalus Project a lmost a ·oon a the c urta i n came down on N ovember's show. "Thi

is who i

coming to do m y

benefi t next year," s h e s a i d w i t h a s m i l e , p o i n t i n g to a p i c ture o f Bette M i d ler on t he c o v e r of December's

Vanity Fair

maga: i ne.

" A n y t hi ng can happen. [ M i d ler's) very dedicated to t h i . I'll tell her, ' I f you don't come and do t h i s , people are going to d i e a lone.' " Concerts and

how

to benefit A I D

support age n c i e are

c o m mon i n Estra's n a t ive New York C i t y , where the di ease is far more prevalent than i t i in M a i ne. Two years ago, as a fir t - year Colby studen t , E tra rea l i:ed that people l i v i ng with A I DS i n M a i ne were very isolated. H e r r e ponse, the Dcedalus Proj ect, was ba ed on a Estra

i m i lar effort at t he A h land, Oreg., theater where

tudied

hakespeare for two s u m mers and where he met

Rabo l d .

L i ke A lfond, E s t r a devoted m uch of her free t i me to h e r project.

he pent hours on the p h o n e l i n i ng up act , arranging for

donat ions for a

i le n t auction and tak i ng care of a l l the det a i ls

as oc i ated w i th a stage produc tion. About

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Colby student

Tara Esera '94 in front of the Maine portion of the AlDS quilr that bedecked the stage at the benefit performance she promoted. olby,

March

1 992

Erika Sayewich '92 , lefc , wich Lisa De Hahn '95 , one of che charter members ofa chem-free residence hall.

weren't there, they m i sed someth i ng," E tra , aid, trying to shrug off the apparent nub. rill, the low turnout, particularly on the part of Colby rudent , hurt Esrra' feeling . he had gone door to do }r in her re idence hall elling t icker to the how and mentioned it at many hall meeting·.

"The only way we could ha\'e o rren more people wa· for me to go up to the ir door and Jrag them there," Estra aid.

When he returned to her hal l after the -how at about 2 a . m . , he m e t a fe l low r e ident in t h e rairwell a n d a k e d him what he'd done that niohr. "Noth i ng," he replied. "J u ·t ·at around. How about you ?"

E tra said she hesi tated for a moment, m i led at him and an wered, "Nothi ng."

"That hurt," she aid.

A

the head re ident of turtevant in it· fir t year as a sub ranee-free hall, ayewich ay , he knew she would become omerhing of an advocate for the "new" l i fe ryle. he welcomed that chal lenge. And a the daughter of a recovering alcoholic, ayewich know where many of the re ident are coming from.

A l cohol ha omehow touched their live , whether they per onally have a problem or they've watched a fam i ly member truggle with an add ict ion. " I t doe n't matter why they're here, th ugh," ayewich a id.

Like the otherre idents, ayewich had ro work on turte ant' i mage. "We're n t proh ibitioni t ," he said, " I r 's not l i ke turtevant' on the fri nge." But Sayew ich and other have taken a rand and are proud f the ir deci ion to l ive i n a sub ranee-free environment.

Colby, March 1 99 2

Mary E l len 1' Iara ' �

To peorle \\·ho ay, "You l ive rhen!," ayewich respond�.

"Ye�. I'm a person who has been here for three years n w anJ 1 1 ike li\' ing in turte\·ant. We're fun people, very ac tiYe and involved ," ·he ·aid. " I look at rho e instances as opporrurn tie to chal lenge any preconceived notions."

Alcohol i an important part of the soc ial scene at Colby.

Con equently, some of the re· idents of turtevant, part icu larly fir t-year student , said they felt our of p lace initially. Sayewich wa there to help them put things in perspecti\·e. She regularly hold- meetings with re· iden t · to d isc u � how they are doing and how they want things tn change.

Underlying the experiment i the theory that rudenr don't need to drink to have a good time or let off steam. "This i n'r a quiet hall. The e student are fun, creative and l i \· e l y . I t ' not a d u ngeon here," ayewich aid. " he' a caring per·on who i · genuine," said Paul John ton, assoc i­ ate dean of ·rudent . "When she i r­ down to work with omeone, she is genuinely concerned. he's nor jLn doing her job. Ir' - who he is." " I 'm glad I wa chosen to be in this position," ayewich aid. "Ir's nice to be a part of ometh ing that' o nebulous, that keeps changing."

Thing change when people change them. And, l ike A lfond's quixotic cru ade again t wa te and E tra' unfinished que ·r t rai e A I DS awarene , ayewich' en iti\'e rewardship of an experiment in campu liv ing cou ld change tudent l i fe on May­ flower Hill for years to come.

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PAGING PARENTS A Positive Approach to Senior Job Search Ar

th i:, time of year, �ome parent'> of pru,pec t i v e col lege

grad uates begi n tn broach a certa i n ubjec t ever so gen rl y . " W e l l , n o w t h a t you're a h n u r rn g e t off the gravy t ra i n , ' ' they may say to a son nr daughte r during the spring hreak, "what are you going to dl) for a l i v i ng next yea r ?"

different jnh areas and what might he appeal ing." The offi ce al o ha, an i n terac t i ve computer program that w i l l extract s i m i lar information, though i t i ' not meant to replace per,onal in terview w i th coun�elnr,.

"Cnming i n and :> i r t i ng down with us can real l y help,"

Thi year, w i th the nat ion m i reJ in the th ird year nf a deep

Ya,i nsk i ay�. "<mLl then they hould hegin to work in the career

ecnnom ic nxe:, iun, the que�t 1nn m ight he espec i a l l y :-ign i ficant

ervice l 1 hrary, which ha a lot of desc r i p t i ve i nformation about

i n many home . AnJ the me�'age

d ifferent j oh area and lots of d irec­

from all � ide :, 'eem::. to be that op­

tnrie . If you are i nterested, ay, in

t i o1r �)r this year' graJuming c la:,s

fin d i ng a job i n a :,c ience lab, we

are severe l y l i m i ted.

have di rectorie

N e v e rt h e l e s s , ::. a y ::. C y n t h i 1 ·

of lab

[ that ex­

pla in ] the k i nd ofwork that they do. l ) [ tuJent ] can begin sen d i ng let­

Yasin k i , head of Colby\ Career Serv i c es O ffi ce, there are prac tical

ter and re·ume

\\'ays for students-and the i r par­

employer you're i ntere red in."

ent -to make the j ob , earch a po i­

ut to the k ind of

One avenue Ya in ki -rre e i

t i ve experience.

t h e " i n for m a t i o n a l i n te r v i e w , "

"Jobs certa i n ly a ren't going to

wherei n

walk in the dom," Ya i n ki say , "but

tudent

i n tere ted i n a

certain l i ne of work phone or visit

if a tudent and the student's pare n ts

people c u rrently employed i n tho e

can understand the s i tuat ion and

j ob to get mL re i nformat ion. Colby

give each other a much support a ·

alumni and parents have been ex­

pos ible, o that there' not the sense

treme ly helpful in thi

that [ the tudent] absol u t e l y has to

note , so much o that the office is

area, she

have a j ob the m i nu te after gradua­

poi ed to launch a new

tion, I rea l l y think there are job nut

cal led Career Connect ion, which

ervice,

will strengthen tudents' links w i th

there."

alumni, parent and friend of the

Yasi n k i , who is complet i ng her

U ing i nformation gath­

first year a d i rec tor, says she and her

College.

col leagues have noticed that stu­

ered from a pec ial ection of a u r­

dents take two basic approache· to

vey that i being mai led in rage to

find i ng work. Some start early ( many

a l l Colby alumn i , the office w i l l be

as j u n iors ) and take advantage of the

Cynthia Ya.sinski , direcror of Career Services

ful l range of counseling avai lable from c a reer services. Others o p t to p o tpone t h e earch.

able to offer nidents a deta i l ed Ii t i ng o f a l u m n i i n various career .

For tudent who are not on the brink of graduation, plan­

" I f they are coming i n here at a l l ," Ya i nsk i ays of the l at ter

n i ng ahead can pay off i n the long run . "If we're having these

group, " they are coming saying, ' I 'm j u t here to get a re ume

conver·arion i n the j u n ior year or i n the first semester of en ior

becau e I ' m going to travel next year' or ' I ' m j ust going to be a

year," Yasinski says, "w always strongly ugge t trying to get out

wai tress this u m mer.' They're j us t not ready to think about i t . "

and try our, on a J an Plan or an i n tern hip or for a um mer j ob, the

B u t f o r those w h o are ready, Yas i1rk i suggests everal strate­ g ies. I f a tudent hasn't yet sett led on a career goal , he or he can beg i n by attend ing one of everal self-a es ment workshop

get his feet wet i n a particular area. A l o, of cour e, i t ' wonderful on a re ume, and it doe give you ·ome contacts."

presented throughout the year by the department' assoc iate d i rector, Cate Talbot Ashton '80. "Thi walk a student through

schedule of employer v i i t , but many companies do not have the

her value , her i nterests, the th ings she has enjoyed doing, the jobs he'd had ," Yasinski say . " I t's not anything that g ives you an

n ies and other financ i a l insti tu t ion

an wer, but i t 's a fairly focu ed way of beginn ing to think abo u t

Colby also parti cipate i n recru i t ing fairs i n four major c it ie . In

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job areas a student i i ntere ted in. That's a way for the student to

Recrui t i ng coord i nator Penny

pear manages a complex

budget to end recrui ter to campu -banks, i n u rance compa­ are notable exceptions.

Colby, March 1 992

addi t ion, Ya in k i '

trong bu iness background-she came to

another for four and another for s i x , and then maybe they dec ided

Colby from a long career in commerc ial bank i ng-and A-hton'

that they wanted to go to gradu8te choo l . The fir·t twu or three

experience as a counselor for people who want to teach or \\'Ork

years out i a continuation of the time of exploration."

for nonprofit organ i:at ion or soc ial service grours make for a n ice fit. "We complement each other well," ·he ays.

Pre l i minary re ult from a recent un·ey of the member of

19 9 indicate that rudent ·hou ldn't be overly concerned about finding the perfect job the first time out. "A lmost Colby' Class of

nobody [from that c lass] is in the job that they

"In an ideal world ," ·he adds, "mayhe you'd j u t cont inue thi exploration, j ust trying thing· out here and there if you don't ha\·e a very focused knowledge of what you want. What' · hard i when you are up against loan

to pay back and the need tu uppurt

your.elf."

In the end, of course, it is up to the job-seeker to find

tarted with,"

Yasinski ·ay . "Many, many of them j ust had l i ttle job for the fir t

employment. Career

year or two years. M any of them d i d one job for two months, then

jobs. "That certainly would be a wonderful thing if we could do it,"

en·ices cannot put tudent

into specific

Ya i n k i says. "The reality, of course, i· that we are a small office i n a u n i ver e of j ob and career opportunitie· . . . . There are o many thing · thm people want to do. The best th ing we can do is

24-Hours-and-Out Rule : This Year Colby Means It Every pring, the Colleg' encourage students to ob erve the requirement that they be packed and out of their re idence hall 24 hour after their la t final exami­ nation. The idea i to allow the oon-to-be graduates to have the campu to d1emselve for enior week, and to make sure member of the Physic al Plant Department can prepare hou ing and other facilitie for alumni reunion weekend and um mer programs. But every pring a few traggler try to find a way to beat the y tern. ot thi year, if the College can help it. An unu ual confluence of event -including the arrival of 1 ,000 competitor , coaches and officials for the NCAA men' and women' CAA Division I II track and field cham­ pion hip (see page 3 2 ) a well as the l i kel ihood ofa large Commencement turnout to ee and hear B i l l Co by ( ee page 3 )-makes 1t es ential that students ob erve the required departure chedule.

A few students are a ked tO work during enior week, but a ide from them all but graduating eniors mo t be off the campu -even tho e tudent cheduled to return m a week or two to perform research or work in office as part of the Colby ummer enrichment pro­ gram. One aspect of the we-mean-it-thi -time and this­ mean -you approach that could be of pedal intere t to p rents: the College will trictly enforce the e tabli hed $ 1 00-a-day fine tor tho e students not out of their room on time.

show them how to go after that opportunity."

1 992 Parents Funds

Off to Very Good Start Appreciation for Colby eem pre ·ure of the economic rece

to be outpac ing even the

ion amona parent of present and

former students. The College' two parent fund drive are off to record start · th is year.

The Parent

Annual Fund , wh ich receive

most of it

support from parents of first, econd and third-year tudent and

1 59 , 3 5 2 in gifts and pledges by 24, a ri e of 26 percent from the ame t i me a year ago and fully three-quarters of the 1 992 goal. parent of alumni, had recei\•ed

January

The

en ior parents gift, instituted la t year to endow a

distinguished teaching fellow hip in the name of each graduating c la

70, 25 by late J anuary, a 3 0 ,000 j ump from the 1 99 1 and barely 29 ,000 short of it goa l .

, had rai ed

same time in

Whi le several generous leader hip gift· helped swell the early totals of both fund , As i tant Director of Annual G iv i ng Paul M u l l ins reports, levels of partic ipation are up a well, w i th

424 contributor tO the parents fund, compared to 3 7 1 at thi time la t year, and 79 part icipant in the enior parents' endowment, up from 68.

M u l l ins cred its the funds' leaders with generating such impre

ive number

. Lowell and andra M intz chair the parent

fund, with M i ldred a n d H i lton Ro en and Paul as vice chairs. The

en ior fund i

u sbaum erv i ng

chaired by Ted

and Barbara

Alfond.

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GIFTS & GRANTS Grant Will Spur Lab Renovations Nu facet uf rhe undergrnduatc c u rr i c u l u m require.., lllL)re ongo­ i ng re,· i s 1 1 1n or tangihlc support than the �c ience.,, a truth undcr­

�cored at Colby la,t year when a science p l a n n i n g com m i ttee recomm<:ndeJ a prngram at

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L

f expan�ion and mudern i :a t i nn priced

m i lliLm.

flurry ofo c ti v i ty s o grat ifying i.., thm 1 r has hegun to aJdre s all four.

The H ughe-, grant me1.:t'> a need 1 11 cu rric u l u m development anJ rhe M i ... elb c h a i r ... urrnrts fac u l ty . AnJ now we �ee upport for the other t wo r 1 ce -labura t 1 lrie� anJ e4uipmen t . " T h 1.: W . M . Keck Foundation grant w a � e'>pec i a l l y gra t i fy i ng ,

Colhy devnte a ,1miderable �hart: of i ts d<:ve lopment effort

Col lege offi c i a l.., ... a i d , hecc1 use it fi lls a v ariety o f need .

to a t t ra c t i n g g i fts and grants in the sc i ences, and lrttely, the ..,ucce"

Cd l u lar and 1rn 1lec ulm h1ology/b iochem i. try was iden t i fied

ra re ha, heen i mpre�s 1 v e . The la..,t t\\'() is,ue.., DfCulhy rq,orted on

by the plann 111g c om m i t tee as an i mportant area of i nterdi c i pl i ­

a

I m i l l ion gra n t from the Hnwmd H ughe, Med i c a l I ns t i t u t e fLir

nmy study f o r chemi stry and hiolngy tudent and fac u l ty. The

1 m i l l inn gifr from

K ec k grant w i l l a l ln\\" the College rn relocate it.> biochemi try lab

c urric u l u m de,·elopmen t i n the �c ien es and a Dr. Frank J . M ise l i s Now the

'4 3 to <:ndow a c h a i r in chem istry.

in the Keye'> b u i l d i ng to the f oot of a new, t h i rd-floor k yway that

ol lege ha� an nounced rece ipt of t wo foundat ion

will connect Keye. tn the Arey l i fe '>C ience:-. h u i ld ing. The kyway,

500,000 i n adJ i t ional suppnrr f or

funded hy the H ughe, l mt t r u te grant, will a l low bi )logists and

grants that w i l l res u l t i n nearly

updated and e xpanded sc i ence fac i l i t i e..,, most ly devoted to the k e y fi e l d of cel l u lar and mole u la r b i o logy/biochem istry. The W. M. K e c k Fou ndation of Los Angele� granted Colby

2 50.000 fnr

chem i s t� ca y acce :-. tu the lah and each other.

Of the

2 50,000 gran teJ by

2 30,000 will be a l lotted 20 ,000 for equ ipment. That 20,000 of the 1 50,000 i t w i l l

Kec k ,

f or the mod1.:rn i:at ion of the lah and

the modern i:ation (1f <1 nell" hiochem is t ry lab in the Keye.., chem­

w i l l prov ide Colby w i th the fir t

i, try b u i l d i ng, a nd the George I. A lden Trust ofWnrce..,ter, M a''· ·

b e re4uired tn r a i e to match t h e A lden grant.

5 0,000 3 - 1 c h a l l enge match grant f o r n e w lab

gave t h e Col lege a

F i n a l ly , the new lab will be a sign i ficant part of an LWera l l

1 .4 m i l l ion renm·at inn of Keye· already ide n t i fied by Pre ident

equ i pment .

"When Yl u embark on a program as a m b i t ious a e n v ision<:d hy the

the one

c ience plan n i ng comm i t tee," �aid L i nda

W i l l iam R .

otter anJ the College tru tee a the first rep in

Colby\ rev i t a l i:at inn of i t sc ience curric u l u m and faci li t ie .

Goldste i n , Colhy's d i rector of corporate and foundation rela­

"This repre en ts a water hed event in our effort to rehabi l i ­

t ions, " there are four areas that merit attent ion-c u rr i c u l u m ,

t a t e o u r teaching laboratorie ," Peyton R. H e l m , v ice president

fac u l ty, laborn tories a n d equ i pment. W h a t makes this recent

for development and a l u m n i re lations, wrote to the W . M. Keck

NATURAL LINKS O n some campuses, Dav id Bourgai:e acknowl­

The c l o e l i nkage between b i o logist and chemi ts i n the

edge , profe sor ofb iology and chemistry u ed

emerging field of biochemi try " rems from the advent of

to relate to each other abou t as wel l as Hatfields

reco m b i n a n t DN A and related technologie ," Bourgaize says.

and McCoys. "Every once i n a w h i l e it's s t i l l t h a t way ," he rt Y S w i th a laugh.

But the two d i sc ip l i n e have been com i ng

together for year , and Bourgai:e i one per o n i ­ fic a t i o n of t h e phen.omen n . A n assistant pro­

"Simply put," he explains, "biology a a d i c ip l i ne trad i ­ tionally starts a t t h e organi m a l level a n d works down , wh i le chem i try tarts w i t h the atom and work i ts way up. A each has gotten better, they have begun to meet i n the m iddle. Now there i

no barrier between the two d i s c i p li nes any more.

fessor of biochemi try/molec u lar biology, he

Biologist

has team- taught a molecu lar genetics course

u ing the same t c hnologie and see k i ng to an wer the ame

and c h m i t

are work i ng on the

a me project ,

with plant biologist M aureen Whalen, Clare

que t ion . The new biochemistry laboratory w i l l provide a

Boothe Luce Assi·tant Profe sor of Biology.

complete re earch and teac h i ng faci l i t y for six or even of u

H e a l o teaches c l a·se in b iotechnology and

at Colby who e work overlaps a great deal."

metabo l i m , biochem istry and bioenerge tics.

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Foundation, addi ng that he anticipates that the grant ll' i l l help rai e till more support from other ource "for the balance of renovation and instru mentat ion co ts we are seek ing a part of this proj ect."

In i ts appl icat ion for the latest grants, Colby noted that recent facu l ty appointment reflect the College' comm itment to the interdisc iplinary approach to biochem istry envisioned by the sc ience plan.

The College told the W. M . Keck Foundation that i t plan for the science "focused on three curric ular goals: trengthening the trad i tional program i n biology, chemistry, geology, math­ ematic and computer c ience and phy. ic and a tronomy; bu i ld ­ i ng n e w interd isc ipl inary program in cellular a n d molecu lar b iolog /biochem i try , computer c ience and environmental ·ci­ ence; and i nsurin srudent ' ability to carry out oph isticated, inte l lectual ly rioorous c ientific re earch by empha i:ing inde­ pendent, hand·-on work and collaborative research wi th faculty."

Financial upport for c ience fac ulty in the area of emerging interdi c ipl inary tudy ha already come from a bequest by Clare Boothe Luce H '46 de igneJ to enc urage increa ed work in the sc ience by women. Two of the fir t three Clare Booth Luce profe or are cholars in bi xhemi try . Maureen Whalen, a plant molecu lar biologi t , joined the fac ulty a· Clare Boothe Luce As i tant Profes or of Biology in 1 9 9, and last eptember J u lie M i l lard, a b iochem i t, became Clare Boothe Luce A i tant Profe or ofChem i try. tart- up co t for M i l lard' re earch are to be underwritten by yet another grant-a I 0,000 award from the Cam i l le and Henry Oreyfu Foundation.

Michelangelo Up Close Student of a r t a n d art hi tory at Colby w i l l have the chance to tudy ome ma terworks of the I talian Renaissance without leaving Mayflower H i l l , thank to a gift from A lan B. M i rken ' 5 1 .

Late l a t year, M irken, who was profiled i n the N ovember 1 99 1 i sue of Colby, donated a copy of the two-volume Vatican Frescoes of Michelangelo to the College's art and mu ic l ibrary. The work wa publ i hed in 1 98 1 by Abbev i l le Pres , where Mi.rken is a ociate publi her, and only 400 copie were printed before the plate were de troyed. Li t price wa $4, 500.

Becau e the photographer, Taka hi Okamura, wa allowed to hont the cei l i ng of the i tine Chapel from a high caffold ( in much the ame way that the frescoe were painted ) , the book offer c lo e-up v iew of M ichelangelo' work unavai lable even to tho e who vi it the Vatican. Be ide the chapel ceil i ng, the Colby, March 1 992

Lupton Chairs Fund Ronald W. Lupton ' 7 1 has a urned the chair of Colby's Alumni Fund. He succeed M ichael Frankl i n '63 , w h o d ied i n October.

Lupton, an attorney w ith the firm of Stin on, Lupton & Weis in Bath, Maine , has erved on the Alumni Fund committee � r three year . He ay he will tre financ i a l aid i sue d uring hi tenure at the head of the committee.

"One rea on I feel the College i worth supporting is that I went to school largely on cholarship a id,'' Lupton ay , "and a great deal of the money given to the Alumn i Fund goe into cholar hip . . . . lf the College is to main­ tain any kind of ocial and economic d iver ity, people mu t give to the Alumni Fund."

"Thefir t th i ng he aid to me when l a ked him to take the position was ' I 'm no M ike Franklin.' " ·ay Pamela Alexander, Colby' annual giv ing director. "He ha ome b ig hoe to fi l l. We're glad we found omebody who i up to that challenge and who real izes how important the Alumni Fund is. Ron i ready to bring h i style to the j ob and do ·ome of the thing· that are mo t important to him."

Lupton i married to Linda Howard Lupton ' 7 2 and is the ·on f Ronald 0. Lupton '43 and the brother of Carol Lupton Morgan ' 7 7 . He al o ha Colby connection at work-his firm' enior partner i Carl "Skip" tin on '63.

Okamura photographs depict three other M ichelangelo ma ter­ pieces: The Last]w:lgment, which i painted on the istine Chapel' altar wall, and two fre coe found in the Vatican's Pau line Chapel, The Conversion ofSt. Paul and The Crucifixion of St. Peter. " umerou arr book have depicted the major and mo t famou scenes from each of the e four," M ichael Coakley wrote in the Chicago Tribune when the book were publi hed. "What make the new book o different and o valuable to art tudents is that i t focu e also on the m inor scene . . . [which) di p lay a range of human emotions that, if anything, are even more powerful than tho e seen on the faces of the principal character ."

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MULES ON THE MOVE Making the Hill a "Little Olympic Village " A lbertvi lle, Barcelona anJ Waterv i l l e ?

table mea l� for competitor� to preparation of rooms in Dana, Jnhmon, Averill anJ Drummond re idence halls. uperb competit ive fac i l itie� were one reason rhe NCAA cho�c olby m·er a large field, including T ufrs University outside Bo..,ton. The ability to feed an<l house athlete on campus was another. Partic ipant�. who begin arriving on the eveni ng of May 2 5 , w i l l be bil leteJ in what We cott likes ro call "a little Olympic vil lage."

During rhc meet, rhe tudent enter and J o eph pa w i l l be fully functional tu proviJe what Aitken call "a common ground for soc ial ization." Events such as t-. hi rt tradi ng, movie showings and ice cream �ncial will highlight the three n ights that the athlete� will he on campus. "Most campu es that ho t this event do not have on-campu. living fac i litie ," he note , "and therefore cannot provide �uch an opportun i ty."

NCAA officiab will work the ouvenir stand and coordi­ nate award ceremonie , but as host i nstitution, Colby will staff concession �rand5, cnurte y rooms, t icket booth and press faci l i ­ tie . ''The all-encompassing nature o f o u r faci l i ty," Wescott says proudly, "will provide a central place to c ordinate from. We don't need to gn two blocks down the road to get from one event to another."

Athlete, from more than 300 NCAA Division l l l teams are eligible for the meet, but all mu t qual ify. A new rule in tituted by the NCAA for this year establishes two level of competitors. A elect group of athlete will qualify by what is termed as the 'A' tandard, meaning that a high lev I of excellence will be met and w i l l automatically qualify the athlete fo r the cham­ pionship . The remai nder of the field in each event will be filled from a list of qualifier who surpa ·s a lower, 'B' tandard. The NCAA will u e the e qualifier as nece sary in events not filled by 'A' standard qual ifiers.

Two banquet w i l l take place on the eveni ng before the meet commences-one for the athlete at which a pasta meal w i l l be erved and another, more extravagant one for the coaches at which an organizational meeti ng will be held. The first two days will consist ofqualifying trial for most evenr and final for the pentathlon, heptathlon and 1 0,000-meter run. The last two days w i l l i nclude the finals for all o f the events and the awards ceremonies.

Coaches Jim Wescott and Debbie Aitken are preparing to stage Colby's first national track Wescott and A itken hope they will also and field. championships , May 27-30 at the Alfond track .

W e l l , n o t quite, b u r t h e large�t athletic event ever stageJ a t o l b y , t h e 1 992 Nat ional Collegiate Athletic A�soc iation Divi­ sion l l l outdoor track and field championship meet for men and women, will bring nearly 1 ,000 athlete·, coachc� and nfficiab to the Alfond Track and i ts environ� M ay 2 7-30.

"The champion hips are comi ng to Colby as a rc5uJr of the superiL rity of our track facil ities," said J im Wescott, men's track and field coach ar Colby for the last 1 3 year:,, who joineJ the women'· coac h , Deb A i tken, and Ath letic Di rec tor Dick Whitmore in preparing the ·uccessful proposal to bring the meet to Waterv i lle.

I n truth, a cheduling quirk had as much to do with Colby's landi ng the pre rigiou5 event as anything else. In rhe past, the NCAA championship dates coincided with Commencement weekend on Mayflower H i l l . This year, rhe meet was set for the weekend after Commencement and before Reunion.

We corr, A i tken and Whi tmore are nld hands ar organ izing and promoting league and regional event , but rhey face a dec id­ edly larger challenge in coordinating an event of national dimen­ sion. Work i ng with a campuswide commi ttee that includes staff from physical plant, d i n ing service!>, special program , schedul ing and residential life, they are seeing to every derai l from training-

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have the chance to erve as coaches during the meet.

M ichelle Severance '94 , a top-cla long-distance runner, "looks extremely hopeful right now for the 5 ,000-meter run, the 1 0,000-meter nm or both," according to A i tken. Jose ph Tamburini '92 , an experienced competitor at the N ationals in the 20-pound hammer throw, "i in line for a second appearance this year," according to Wescott.

N ormally, coache measure the uccess of their spring track and field season by the number of competitor who qualify for the national and how well they perform. But this spring, Wescott and A i tken already have the biggest quali­ fier of all-the College itself. "The best thi ng that will have happened," We cott said of the NCAA meet, "will be the opportunity we had to bring hundred and hundreds of people to Colby to see the beauty of thi campu-."

A second, indirect beneficiary i l ikely to be the Waterville area. While mo t athlete will tay on campu , coaches, trainer and official have already booked all available hotel rooms and are certain to find t he i r way to local restaurants and shops during their stay, infusing extra dollar into the local economy several weeks before the summer touri t ea on u ua l l y peaks.

-Jeffrey Baron '93

DaviJ Leaming

They Wish !

When Kevin Whitmore ' 9 1 ( cencer) had his No. 40 retired before che Colby­ Baces game)anuary 28 , Bobcat coach Phil Moresi ( left) brought his own gift , a Bares warm-up shin . Kevin ' s dad, Colby coach Dick Whitmore enjoyed the laugh. The game itself was a tense , intense 40-minute struggle won by the White Mules , 89-83 , with the help of 39 points from John Daileanes , a senior whose No . 33 just mighc be the ninth co hang from the Waill worth rafters one day .

Derek's on Target; Women's Five Weak in the Knees The 1 992 men's ice hockey varsity was flirting with its fir t winning record in ix ea on ( 87 overall and 6-7 in the rugged ECAC Divi ion I I ) as January ended, thank largely to the hard and true shooting of center Derek Bettencourt '92.

Bettencourt, a dean's Ii t student in economics and ad­ ministrative science from M urDerek Bettencourt '92 raysvi l le, Pa. , cored 1 9 goals and assisted on 14 other to help account for 3 3 of the 5 7 goals scored by Colby in its first 1 5 game . With 5 1 goal in four ea ons, Bettencourt had an 01 1t ide chance ofhecoming the first White Mule to score 60 goals in his career ince Vin Paolucci '87, a stalwart of the la t Colby hockey varsity to make it to the ECAC playoff: .

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The women's basketball quad will not get the chance to defend its ECAC ti tle, but it has displayed character normally associated with a champion. Knee injuries th.at sidelined the two tar of the 1 99 1 title team, Maria Kim '93 and Liz Cimino '92 , left the White Mule without a easoned ballhandler. "I gue s you could win with five guards and no center i.f you had to," fi.r t-year coach Carol Anne Beach '88 aid after the team's 1 -8 start. "I'm not sure that you can win with five center ."

Neverthele , Beach-a four-year point guard at Colby-per evered, waiting patiently for Sandra Jewers '95 to adapt to the college game. That, plu the emergence of Andrea Bowman '94 and Sue Roberts '92 as olid offensive players, parked Colby to four victorie in it la t five game in January, topped by an 87-68 blowout of Bates. Beach i out recruiting more guards and is hoping Kim will be ready to play next sea on.

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ALUMNI AT LARGE

FIFTY--PLUS

5 0+

girl" when :,he wns a fre,hman <lt Del t .

col lege and he in g <l T r i

_

What a prompt and gra t i fy i n g rc�1,onsc h a � c o m e from the re ­ cent F 1 ft y- Plu� U pd < i t e c a rd 1 Thank you tn a l l w h o have taken t i me tn re turn them. What i-.n't cm·cred in rhi, column w i l burely appear i n the next i � 'u e or 1 n nur n e ws l e tter.

Pre .. 20s

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� uuth Portland, Ma ine, deserve' to be proud ofha\' i ng ar rcnded h e r 7 5th re un ion last J une at the age nf 9 ( looking 10 year� y o u n ger ! ) . A l ­ though � h e w a s a math major, h e h a � f ond mem o r i e' of r h e poetry c o u rse t a u g h t by P r e s i d e n t Rnbem. . Harold E. Hall ' 1 7 , A u b u rn , Maine , regret� that h e c a n no longer attend reu n ion' but hopes to remain a r hi, pre ·enr " h e a l t h c e n t e r . " . . . Harvard Moor ' 1 8, Jaffrey, N . H . , s t i l l en­ joys th e mounta in v iews from his home . . . . Raymo n d Whitney ' 1 8, Dexter, Maine , notes that he and h is wife have reached rhe stage in l i fe when they receive attention because they have lived so long. He is 96, and she is 9 5 .

They have been married f o r 7 2 year . Congrat u l ations! . . . Rob­ ert Su llivan ' 1 9 , Trenton, N . J . , write t h a t he retired from the service after 49 year , and now he volunteers a t the local hospi­ t a l . . . P h y l l i s S t u rd i v a n t Sweetser ' 1 9, Portland, M aine, continues to work on her fam i ly j ournal and keep in touch with Mira Dolley ' 1 9, also of Port­ land, who ha been in a nursing home for two years . . . . Mildred D unham Crosby ' 1 9, A lhambra, Calif. , remember being a "town

Vivian Skinner Hill ' 1 6,

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' 2 5 , MnnLhc,tcr,

N . H . , cont i n ue' to l i v e in a nur-.­

rrohl m� or dilem mas . . . . Irma

Davis McKec hnie '26, North fort Myer , Fla., plan to l ive mn,t ,·aluahle Colby c ou r'>e . �everal more years and keep play­ ing golf! . . . Clarence McLaugh­ E l i zabeth Kingsley Chapman lin ' 2 6 , Gard i ner, Ma ine, and his '2 5 , Ea;,t G ree n w i c h , R . I . , at­ te n d e d h e r 7 0 t h r e u n i on a t wife have dec ided, after pending Hehrnn Academy, wh1.:re ellie 2 5 year in ara ota, Fla. , to enjoy Pott l e Hankins '2 5 , Oxford, their rem a i n mg "golden years" m Maine . . . . Edith "Ducky" Grear­ Maine, wa' hon o red 11 ith a '>Cr­ son Money ' 2 6 , We t Medford, v1ce a\\'ard ;ind ga ,· e a ,peech.

Ma-.s . , urges member of her class . . S p ec i a l thanks to C l a i re Crosby ' 2 5 , Mi lo, Maine, for her to upport the A l u mni Fund and hope� that rhey can meet together \\ ' ord� uf aprrec i a m m ! . . . Mar­ a- a cla � one more r i me. To her, jorie Everingham Edgerly ' 2 5 , olhy Mt ill the ideal college . . .

W n g h rwood , Ca l i f. , an avid tnl\'­ heerful Dorothy Farnum Scott cler, h,1-. taken 'cveral auw r n p , '26, Annapolis, Md., repor that mc l ud i ng i me tu J a-.pcr N a t ional he ha moved to a retirement r.1rk, A l hcrw. Canada, and -.he home and rhar he i " rill ac t ive, rook rhe fe rry ro V i c toria, B.C. bu'y and happy at 6 1 " She hope She pla nned ru dnve to New to travel. . . . Claude Stinneford Mexico la-,r fo l l for the annual '26, Richmond, I nd . , made two h ut -a i r bal loon fe., r 1 v a l . . . . Ed­ trip through Canada to Maine, ward Merrill ' 2 5 , Exercr, N . H . , c i te;, Prnfc,,or Wilkinson's gov­ one ro attend hi 6 5 th reunion a t Colby and the other to Bangor, ernment cour:,e as rhe mo·r valuwhere he wa grand marhal in a parade and was pic tured in the Bangor Daily News a the olde t l iving graduate of the h igh school. . . . Helen Kyle Swan '26, M i lton, Mass., and her husband, Gordon, Marjorie Gou ld h u man '37 deserve congratu lation .

P.O. Box 1 02 , outh treet In eprember they cel­ We t Oneonta, NY 1 3 6 1 ebrated their 65th wed­ 607 -432- 936 d i ng anniversary with a fam i l y party given in Bos­ ton by their on and h i wife. The wans have two c h i l ­ able he took . . . . Perhap Edward dren, even grandchildren and Moynahan '2 5 , Radnor, Pa. , will seven great-grand c h i l d ren . . . . write more abou t h i m elfanorher Emily Candage Ellis ' 2 7 , Farm­ time . . . . Rosamond Cummings ingdale, Maine, keep in touch Morehouse ' 2 5 , outhbury, with Colby friend who l ive in Conn., fel t t h a t "J udy" Taylor's Maine, including E ther E. Wood Latin c la s helped her when he ' 2 6 , Blue H il l , Caroline Rogers t ra nsfe rred to Radc l i ffe . . . .

Hawkes ' 2 7 , W i nd h a m , and Thank for the warm greeting Myrtle Main Sherman '2 7, Port­ from Flora Harriman Small ' 2 5 , Ian I. She is grateful to Prof. Tay­ W i nslow, M a i n e ! . . . D o n a l d lor for hi cour e in Latin and to Armstrong '26 recalls apprecia­ Prof. W i l k i n on for h i tory t i vely President Roberts's chapel Lessons . . . . Angie Reed Hoch sermonette , in which a Biblical ' 2 7 , New Hartford , N .Y . , i gratetext related to the rudent ' da i l y ing home and -.ay-. Latin wa' her

Correspondent: Marjorie Gould Sh uman '3 7

Mildred Briggs

20s

Leonard Mayo ' 2 2 , Chagrin Fall , Oh io, report' t h<H he and h i� Co l b y w i fe , Lena Cooley Mayo '24, ha\'C a comforrnhle and cn:y home and arc .,urmunded by fam­ ily, hel pfu l ne i g h hn r:, a nd friend,.

He b 92, and he i' 89. The i r "wnrld" con-.i:,ts of fo m i l y ( two daughter-., fi\'e grandchildren and 1 2 grc;i t -grandc h i ldrcn ) , t h e i r c h urch , r h e l1 h r a ry at < h e We,r­ crn R e ,e r v e U n i v c r , i t y ;i n d C11lhy. He t11nk part I l l t h e re­ cent!\' com p leted study of Colhy\ fu t u re, a long w i th many other a l u m n i . He feels that Co l h y i. 1m t h e right track u nder Pre:,, 1 denr Cotter. . . . Leonette Warburton Wi hard '2 3 , Bridgeport, Con n . , w i , h e t h a t m o re c l ;bsma res would re s p ond to i nq u i ne � and mayhe join her f or the 70rh re­ un ion in 1 99 3 ! She reports that Elizabeth Kel lett Craven ' 2 3 , formerly o f Hamrton, N . H . , is now l iving in Florida bur is un­ able to write, whereas Louise Tilley ' 2 3 , Pirman, N .J . , write a good letter de pite hearing and v is i o n pro b l e m s . . . . A r t h u r Brown ' 2 4 , Woronoco, Mass . , t urned 9 1 in December a n d ay that his general health i good.

He con ider Colby to he one of the best place w g t a good educat ion . . . . Paul Gates '24, I thaca, N .Y . , report on the pub­ l i cation of hi 87th book! Con­ gratulat ions! . . . . Mary Gordon Harvey '24, M ia m i , Fla., enjoys l i v ing in her own home, and he hopes th.at all who can attend the next reunion w i l l . . . . Margaret Tu rner Howe '24, New Glou­ ce ter, M aine, who is 88, says she hopes to stay healthy and happy.

Recently, she enjoyed a trip to Bryant Pond and Orr's Island . . . .

Fifty--Plus

Correspondent

Colby ,

March 1 992

ful for her year· in the Oneida Chapter of the D.A.R. becau e ·he was able ro do research on her ! 6 th -centur · ance·ror·. he ha held office in e\·eral church and c o m m u n i ty organ i : a r ion Ava Dodge Barton '28, W i-­ ca er, laine, has mm·ed to an­ other hou e in rown but can t i l l b e reached at her a ld address. he i awaiting the arri\'al of her fin great-grandchild, due thi- ·pring. . . . Like everal other Colbian - , Rod ' 3 1 and Peg Davi Farnham '28, Hampden, Maine, traveled to Ala ka la t summer and spent two week on a delightful rour there in J une, mar\'eling at the pectacular cenery from J u neau k aoway t o F a i rbank- to to Whitehor e to Anchorage. Be­ fore that they attended Com­ mencement at Colby in May to \\·arch their econd grand-on re­ ceive hi diploma. They both enjoy their norrhwood cabin, e pec ially in the ·pnng, when theirfamilygather-tomakemaple yrup . . . . Cla mate will be ad­ dened to learn that Edmond F. Fiedler '28, Adam·, Ma ., d ied i n an automobile accident in eptember. . Wendell R. Grant '28, Houlton, Maine, i mode r about hi accompl i h ­ menrs b u t ay- that he v i i t - h i wife each day a t the nur ing home.

Mathematic wa h is mo r valu­ able cour e at Colby. . . . Elwood Hammond '28, Lakeport, N . H . , pl a n to r a y h e a l t h y m h i s ret i re ment. . . . Weldon K n o x ' 2 8 , Laytonsville, Md., ay he i "trying to tay upright o a to continue loo k ing down at the gra in read of looking up at it from u nderneath ! " . . . R u th McEvo '28, Batavia, N .Y . , is pla nn ing one more trip abroad.

A a rudenr, he e n j oy e d " Pe rk y ' " g e o l o g y c l a the m o r . . . . J oyce Go rd on t ead y '28, Laconia, N . H . , plans "to ray well and enjoy what come·. " . . .

A l ice Paul A l len '29, Ea t ProviColby, March 1 99 2

Newsmakers Melva M a n n Farnum ' 2 3 wa featured in a Portland ( Maine) Press Herald to ry about the SOth anniversary of the Japane e attack on Pearl Harbor. Farnum and her late husband, Marlin, were mi sionaries in the A ian nation until late in 1 940, when police haras ment forced them to leave perman e nt ly . Their grand on now live in Japan with hi wife and chi ld re n .

Mileposts Deaths: Florence Carll J ones ' 1 2 i n Brattleboro, Vt. at 1 00 . . . _ Crary Brownell ' 1 3 in Moodus, Conn., at 1 l . . . . Mary Warren '23 in Waterville, Maine, at 9 . . . . William McDonald '24 in Colche ter, Conn., at 9 3 . . . . Edmond Fiedler '28 in Adam , Ma -., at 9 . . . . J o h n O 'Brien ' 2 8 i n B ca Raton, F la. , at 7 . . . . Warren Payson '29 in Wilminoron, De l., at 3 . . . . Robert Brown ' 3 0 in Hartford, Conn . , a t 4 . . . . Theodore Nel on '30, in Wakefield, Ma . , at 2 . . . . Charles Weaver, J r. '30 in Portland, Maine, a t 2 . . . . Ruth Pineo '3 1 in Milo, Maine, at 1 . . . . Elizabeth F ra n k l i n C a l l ' 3 5 i n Portland, Maine, at l . . . . Beulah Bennett Sayle '35 in t . John bury, Vt., at 79 . . . . Cumming Walden ' 3 5 in Bath, Maine, a t 7 7 . . . . Cecil Nutting '37 in Water ille, Maine, a t 76 . . . . Bernard Stallard ' 3 7 in Montclair, 1 .J . , at 76 . . . . Carroll Danforth '38 i n Kitty Hawk, .C., a t 7 5 . . . . Phyllis Chapman Gardner ' 4 0 i n Portland, Maine, at 7 3 .

hares ro go to Florida this srring.

He report· rhar he �a\\' Frank Twadelle '29, J ekyll Island, G a . , 1 0 eptember. Frank say' r h a t h e a n d another cla·smare, Joseph Campbel l '29, Augusta, Maine, exchange greeting· each summer in the Augu ta Cmmtry Club locker room, bur neither one i� rroud of hi golf scores !

Thanks to Frederick Howard '29, or\\'ood, Ma�s., for h is gooJ wi hes. Frederick ·ays he likes reunions the way they are and is proud of Colby's influence.

Herbert Messenger '2 9, 1' !arble­ head , Ma . , appreciates th i - col­ umn bur at reunion would like more ne\\-- of the College and of hi classmate . . . . Eurorean tra\·­ e ler E r n i e M i l l e r ' 2 9 , ew !ilford. Conn., had ·uch a good time exploring Leningrad and the candinanan counrrie. la.t sum­ mer that he i� already making plans to d - i r Great Britam and I reland this ummer. . . . La-rly, news has come of the death Ola S w i ft D a c e y ' 2 9 , A u g u s t a , Maine . ymparhies t o h i s fami­ lie· and fnend-.

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Donald A llison '30, Westerly,

dence, R . l . , planned t o pend four week in Califomia ar Christma time. A for Colby friend , she report that he has lunch with Flora Rideout Philbrook '29 and Helen Cha e Pardey '30 about once a month. Her 60th reunion was a great ucce . . _ . Dorothy Deeth '29, anta Ro a, Calif., d idn't ay much about her elf bur d id remember with plea ure her Engli h and chemistry cour e at Colby . . . . V i r g i n i a D u d l e y Eveland '29, Carmel, Calif., ex­ tend a warm welcome to vi ir ing friends: "If you come to Carmel,"

he ays, "you'll find me on Fri­ day at the front de ·k of the C a r m e l Fou n d a t i o n and on Thur day at the Cannel Bu i ­ n e s A ssociation. I ' m in the phone book." . . . Nella Bucknam Ham­ ilton '29, Augu ta, Maine, is con­ tent with living alone, keeping her home, driving her car and d o i ng her b e t from day to day! . . . Thank for rhe warm greetino from Philip Higgins '29, pnngfield, Ma s., who is pleased that he has rayed rel a t i \'ely healthy. He ha participated in the corr i h R ite degree and

R . l . . claim that owning a Winnebaoocamper keeps himout of trouble in hi- retirement . . . .

Faithful alumnu and reti red fac­ ulty member Phil Either '30, Watervi l le, Maine, continue to ·erve by \'Olunteering at 1 id­ Maine Medical Center. He re­ ports that Ruth ( orton '29 ) and Edgar McKa '30 still lh·e in Orono, Maine, and every ·um­ mer they like to dri\'e ro Bear River, ova coria . . . _ When Mabel Dolliff Craig '30, Clare­ mont, Calif., wrote, he and all of the re ident of Pilgrim Place were involved in getting ready for their a n n u a l P i l g r i m Fe r iv a l . . . .

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Muriel Farnum Medrow 'JO ha� mo\'ed from D<1vid.on to An­

napol is, Md . . . . Wa l l ace M e ye r 'JO. Rrimfi c l J , Ma,, . , rerom that he ha, ,urv i \·ed three operat ion in the la t three year:,, . Unfortu­ nately, they ha\·e rrcvented h i m from a t t e nd i ng re u n i o n, . .

Verna Green Taylor ' 3 0 , Saco, Maine, is hop ing tc return rn a more normal way of l i fe after eye ·urgery . . . . Helen Chase Pardey 'JO, M iddleboro, M as. . , rerorts that she has heen ncc upieJ \\'ith p l a n n i ng programs for U n i reJ Church women , w ith the Christ­ mas Fair and with a Pop' con­ cert . . . . Myrtle Paine Barker 'J l , Watertown, Con n . , is look ­ ing forward to traveling rn Eu­ rope \\' ith her grandson thi; ,um­ mer. he say that · he would l ike to attend reunions at Colby.

John and Faith Rollins Davidson 'J I , Harrisburg, Pa. , expected to go to Cal iforn ia in November to see their new great-grandchild and then return home before go­ ing to Stuart, Fla., for the winter.

They report that Harvey Evans ' J 2 , Lynnfield, M a s., is in good health. . . D. Mars h a l l East­ ment 'J I , Cazenov ia, N . Y . , i one of the lucky ones who has urv i ved stomach cancer. When I heard from h i m he wa look i ng forward to spending the w i nter i n t h e South . . . . Howard Ferguson 'J I , W i l l i manti c , Con n . , has re­ cently moved from Newton vi l l e, Mas . , to an excellent ret irement home near hi daughter and her fa m i ly. He enjoy v is i t i ng h is son i n Ohio every three months. It was Prof. Colgan' course i n edu­ cat ion that inspired Howard' 4 2 y e a r c areer as a teacher a n d coach . . . . F ranees L i b b y ' J I , Greenfield, M ass. , l ikes to k n i t , b u t , s h e says, s h e ha done "noth­ i ng really great." She enjoys the club letter and news of people she knew at Colby, and she hopes to hear from c lassmate Isabel Clark ' J I , unset, M a i ne.

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'3 1 , New Port R ichey, Fla . , write· that he hope to stay ret i reJ as long as possible.

Carroll was a reacher at North Attlcbon) H igh chool i n Massa­ chu etts . . . . G eo rg e S p r a gu e '3 L , Owl's H ad, Maine, spen<ls h i · t i me carmg for h is wife and would like rn hear from hi Colby friends . . . . Frances Page Taylor 'J 1 , Tavares, F l a . , regrets that a bwken leg is keeping her from bicyc l ing for a while . . . . Richard Cumming ' 3 2 , anrn Barbara, Cal if. , report that since h is re­ t i rement in 1 976, he ha'> served a, interim pastor in Bapti t churches in 'cattle, Wash . , and Pa,adena and O a k l a n d , Ca l i f. He al o helped out in the Palo A l to Bap­ t ist Church and in two others in the Bay area. He continue to be <lCt ive in church and commun i ty affairs but ha managed to travel to Ch i na, Mex ico and the Cana­ d ian Rockies si nce he remarried in 1 990. (Thanks for the good wbhes ! ) . . . Louise Dyer Hall ' 3 2 , Portland, M ai ne, can now relax. he retired from the Port­ land Publ ic L ibrary in 1 990 . . .

Evelyn Johnson ' 3 2 , Camden, M a i ne, i proud to be keeping well and happy. She report that i n September, c las mate Ruth Ramsdell Elfstrom' fam i ly gave Ruth a urprise 80th birthday party in Wheaton, I ll . , and that another c la mate, Doris Camp­ bell Wilson , Bath , M a i ne, was in an auto acc ident that ho piral­ ized her. Doris i now home.

Frederic k Knox ' J 2 , Enfield , Conn . , has been retired s i nce 1 976 and expect to enter a re­ tirement home in Concord, N . H . , i n 1 99 3 . H i daughter graduated from Colby in 1 95 5 , and he has one granddaughter in the Class of 1 979 and one in the Clas of 1 98 2 . Most of h is Colby friends travel too much for h i m to see them, he says . . . . Christo Tho­ mas Nasse 'J2, Ormond Beach, Fla., formerly a math and physics Carroll Mcleary

reacher at turhridge Regional H i gh c h ool , now take� art cour e�, play huffleb Jard and bridge and ride his bicycle. He would l ike new from h b cla s­ mates, part icularly John Curtis, Palm Harhor, Fla. . . . tudent Barbara J o hn son Alden ' 3 J , Andover, Ma�� . . write that a cour e on the Renai ,ance he took at Merrimack ol lege wa worth w h i le . h e w ishes that Colhy, too, would offer ·enior c iti­ :ens the chance to aud it courses free, if it doe�n't already. he hope� ro v i s i t pain thi . pn ng. . . . Evelyn Stapleton Bum ' 3 J , Norway, M a i ne , is ju r i fi a b l y p l e a ed that s h e can ·r i ll manage her 9 -acre farm, which i n ine m i les from town, by herself. he i in her 1 2 th year of working on world hunger 1 ue for the U nited M e t h o d i s t C h u rc h ' - G e n eral Board of Church and oc iery . . . .

Dorri Moore Cox Bretz ' 3 3 , ebring, Fla . , l ike to remember her travel to I re land, cotland and England and her c ru i e to Canada on the . . Rotterdam . . . .

Bob Finch ' 3 3 , pokane, Wa h . , m a y peak fo r many Colbians o n t h e West Coa t when he recom­ mends that we have a 50-Plu reunion in that part of the coun ­ try. He said he wa rel ieved that he put hi ro es to bed before Christmas, and he planned to go to the Oregon coa t to watch the winter torms . . . . When Donald ' 3 3 and Dorothy Gould Rhoade 'J6, Claremont, Calif., were in N ew England last fa l l , they were plea ed to include v i its w ith h i brother Roger ' 3 5 and Roger's wife, Juanita White Rhoades '37, i n Concord, N . H . , a n d D i c k '35 a n d J a n e t "Jay" Goodridge Saw­ yer '37, in New London , N .H .

The sad word has come o f the death of John L . Sk inner ' 3 3 , G len Cove, N .Y. Our ympathies to h is fam i ly and friends . . . . En­ ergetic and c iv i c - m i nded Kay Holmes Snell '3 3 , H al lowel l ,

M a i ne , de ervesheartycongratu­ lation for havi ng been cho en c i t i zen of the year and awarded a me<lal on Old Hallowell Day la t J u l y for her many year of work­ ing to make Hallowell a better place to l ive. Mo t of her fa mily an<l many friend ;.mended. When �he wrote, he had j ust returned from al ifomia, where he vi ireJ her enior-year roommate and do e friend, Mary Palmer Mills ' 3 3 , in Palo A lto. They had 40 year· to catch up on, even though they have exchanged let­ ter� and talked on the phone.

Then they c e l ebrated M a ry'� birrhday, the "Big -0." . . . Ruth Leighton Thomas ' 3 3 , Pitt field, Maine, write that he help her grand on ( in or j u t out of col­ lege ) and volunteer at a nur-ing h me. Next ummer she plans to attenJ the we<lding of one of her grand on in Holland; three oth­ er will be "b t men." Recently he had lunch w i th classmate Glad s Averi l l Heubach ' 3 3 , West Newton, Ma . , and Jane Leighron Carr ' 4 2 , Auburndale, Ma he al ·o keep in much with Ethel Mac Dougall Alemian ' 3 1 , Orlean , M a . . . . Perry W o r t m a n ' 3 3 , G re e n v i l le , Maine, adm its to the renewal of a 6 5 - year-old friend h i p w i th a widow. ls there a romance brew­ i ng ? La t J u l y he traveled to A la ka on a 1 3-day AARP trip with h i s on Edward, and he ex­ pected to spend Thank giving and Christma in Denver, Colo., and the winter month i n Florida.

W i th orrow, he reported on the death fhi fr-atemity br ther and cherished friend, R. Leon Wil­ liams ' 3 3 , E. Eddington, Maine, early in the ummer . . . . Muriel "Mim" Walker Dubuc '34, Win­ ter Park, Fla. , and her hu band celebrated their 46th wedding anniversary i n the fa l l by tak i ng a golf vacation at M is ion I n n Re­ sort i n Florida. The ir greate t achievement, they say, wa be ing Co lby , March 1 992

A Quiet Volunteer W

hen Charle Dignam '39 retired a a ew England Telephone d iv i ion manager a dozen year a o, the last thing he wanted wa to be idle. A ray in the ewton/Wel le ley ( M a s. ) ho-pita! led him to a new "career" in community ervice.

"I wa o impre ed with the quality of the nursing and care that I volunteered," he ay . " I've got omething over 500 hour of olunteer work [there] now."

Dignam was a igned to the ri.k management department, where he proce ed infomrn­ tion about new Medicare regulation , and then witched to social ervice . He now call former patien to ee how they have fared after being di charged.

"I ltke doing it becau e I l ike talking to people," Oignam ay . "Occa ionally I feel bad, talking with omebody who' a terminal cancer patient [or] an alcoholic, but a lor of my work wa dealing with people, and I enjoy it." m bu ine The local ho pital wa·n't the only organization to pot a valuable re ource in Oignam.

Soon after retirement, he received a call from the head of the branch library in hi neighborhood, and for the next year and a half he pent hours each week entering catalogue data onto a computer. When an ad hoc committee wa formed to save the l ibrary from do ure due to budget cuts, Oignam joined. He and the other committee members first tried to convince the library admini tration to ave money elsewhere, then took their ca e to town meeting and final ly pu hed through a town wide referendum.

"We won that override by 5 percent ofthe total ot ," Oignam ay . ''That committee i what I'm proud t of, really, becau e thi i a beautiful old library. They end architecture studen out from MIT j u ·r to look at it."

Oignam al o has donated hi ·ervice to enior-citizen organizations, and in ovember he wa elected pre·ident of the 3 5 0-member Friend of Welle ley Senior eighbors.

"Welle ley i a fairly affluent town," Oignam ay , "but we're facing budget con traints ju t l ike everyv;here eLe, and our enior population i growing. We can't get everything we would l ike in the way of tax upport, o the Friend help ·upplement and do what the town can't or won't do."

Oignam claim that hi motivation i mo t ly elfi h. "I thought I ought to pitch in and do mething," he ay . "Ir' g od � r me mentally and I ' m helping to keep this thing alive.

Who know- when I may need ome help?"

But he al o admi t that he enjoy volunteering o much that he' orry he didn't ha e more time to do it when he was younger. He ay he under rands when people tell him they can't help. "We'd love to oet ome younger people involved" in the Friends, he ay , "but mo t of them are either young mother or they are working people, and they don't have time.

Retired people, ure-we can meet at 1 :30 on a Tue day afternoon."

Colby i a family affair for Di!!Tlam. H is brother and four isters all attended, as did everal cou in , an uncle, two dauohrer and everal niece . A great nephew, Kevin Flynn 'Q3, 1 currentlyenrolled. As the younge t ibling, Oignam remember getting "lot ofadvice" while he wa a student. "My i ter Alice, who was a year ahead of me, would get concerned 1f I hadn't rudied enough for ome exam. he'd take me aside and tell me to get to work."

Colby, March 1 992

told by their doctor that they were both \·ery healthy! Mim ·av · he hated to mi s the summer mini-reun1on ofher c las�mate in Maine, and he is looking for­ ward to seeing many Colby friend at her 60th reunion in 1 994 . .

Ruth Stubbs Frazer '34, Pm.­ burgh, Pa. , reports that she ha mo\'ed to a smaller house with a smaller yard to weed while he recovers from hip replacemenr surgery. he expected to spend rhe holidavs in Houston, Texa , with one �f her daughter . . . .

'34, Sumner "Pete" Mill Farmington, Maine, retired law­ yer and state enator, is pleased ro ha\·e reached age 0. La t sum­ mer, he and Beulah Fenderson Smith '36, Wells, Maine, kept each other's courage up while they both awaited heart urgery at Maine Medical Center, and both were touched by the vi it of loyal Colbian John Dolan '36, De Moine , Iowa, after the ir success­ ful operation . . . . Annie Tuck Russell '34, Orlando, Fla., re­ ports that he and her husband celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on March 2 2 with family and friend . Congratula­ tions! In Ocrober they spent a weekend in an Diego, Cal if. , where they had fun seeing the iohrs. At the annual reunion of se\·eral members of her clas held in Ma ine last summer, during which all the participant real­ ized that they had achieved four­ core years, Annie ob en·ed that she didn't feel that old . . . . That' it for now. ee t he next i sue of Colby for news of the remaining classes. Meanwhile, Colby alumni can certainly be proud of their generous giving to their alma mater, if the recent publication about contributors can be relied on, for this genera ity mu t be an appreciation of what Colby gave to them!

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THE FORTIES

4 2_ Correspondent: Ch ri' Merrill Wysor

By the t i me th i' t>�uc nf ollJ)' ha, reached you , we will h:wc lc�s th;rn t h ree months hcfon: uur BIG WEEKEN D. It i' >t i l l not too late tn 'end mc:m,1rnb i l i a for our J b­ rl ay' and hook that A l u m n i Di­ rector uc Conant ook '75 'ay' mu>t go to pre. hy Apr i l . We rromi�e tn rake care of what you ,end and return i t to Yl)U ,afely, b u t w e m u s t h a v e: i t hc:fore J un e . . J ohn Stevens w r i te' that he is ret i red from the A i r Force a n d from the ourva i r d i ­ v ision o fGeneral Dynamic. " i nto a rather p leasant l i fe . " He and h is \\'ifc, L u c i l l e , l i ve in an Diego, Cal if. W h i le L u c i l le s t i l l worb as a legci l secretary at the U n i versity of an Diego, John keep busy writ i ng i n support of veteran ac­ t i v i t ies for \'Hrious outfits he s e r v e d in W o r l d War T wt).

A mong other Colby friend , h e keeps i n touch with Ray Burbank and Bob Rice from our c lass, N a t ( Cousens '4 3 ) a n d Dick Dyer and Ernie Marriner '40. Hope you and Luc i lle are planning to come to our 50th i n J une, J o h n . . . .

Mu riel Howe Delano write that she and her h u band, Ralph '40, are "not q u i te ret i red but wor k i ng on i t . " Together they own and operate t h ree wee k l y newspapers in Joh nston County, N .C. Their youngest son now does mo t of the managing, but they love the bu i ness and are rel uctant to leave it completely . When they ret i re they are look ing forward to de­ velopi ng their hobby of wea v i ng.

Ralph h as a l ready built h is own loom. 1 992 promise· to be a very pec i a l year for M u r i e l and Ralph , for they are plann i ng to come to Muriel' 50th reun ion i n J une and w i l l be celebra t i ng their 50th wedd i n g a n n i versary i n eptem38

her . . . . Eman uel Fruman '<tys, "! am ahsolut l y not ret i red." He also wri te' that hl' has begun <1 fo,c i nat i ng new business, "sl lmc­ t h i ng n e ,· e r done h c forc in A meric1." Now you must coml' t<H1urreun i l ln and fi l l rn, i n on the demi I�. Emanuel <1bo say he has hel'n 1 11 s<iles f or 20 year.., and i or the pa�t 1 5 has abo heen lllvnlved with r hc management of their c o n d o m i n i u m d e v e l o p me n t .

Lo,)king forward t o sl'e ing you and your \\'ifc, Ncid i ne, i n J une. . . . Sue Rose Bessey, npw hu,y work i ng on rlans for our reu n i o n , writc'i that , h e h as :-.pi:nt m a n y years on the board o f d i rectors uf the M a i ne h ildren,' 1-fome i n Water\' i l le . She ·ay' she ha :-.een many cha nges through the yems i n a t t i tudes row;ud teenage preg­ nanc i e . he notes that abort iom. and fam i l ies kee p i ng bah ie · , 1f t h e i r u n ma r r i ed m ot h e r, h a s m e a n t f a r fewer c h i ldren avai l ­ a h l e f o r adopt iun. N ow t h e Maine C h i ldrens' Home -,pends more r i me counse l ing pregnant tee n ­ ager> a n d offering Jay c a r e f o r their babies. A long with t h e i r many c i v i c d u t i es, ue a n d Earle have also found t i me to travel on every continent except A n tarc­ tica. They have been on safari i n Africa a n d k ied i n France, A us­ tria, w i t:erland and I raly. In the ·ummer, Sue ·ays, "! play lots of golf." Look i ng forward to sharing the j oy of our reun ion with you, ue . . . . Carl Pizzano and h i wife, E leanor, l ive i n M anches­ ter, Wash . After 28 years he is now retired as a commander i n the U . . N aval Reserve and from the furni t u re business. He now serve, h is commun i t y as v ic e p re i d e n t of t h e M a n c h est r Comm u n i ty A oc i a t ion, as treaurer of the Retired Officer A·­ oc iation, a a l ibrary volunteer and a advisory board member of the S h ipyard Officers Club. H e says t hat w h e n h e left Colby he never dreamed he wou ld leave

N e \\' England for 1 hl' Sean le are<t . " Rc'r move I ever m;1de," he 'il)'s, add i ng, " I h:id a lor ofgrenr fncnd, ;it Culhy." Hope you me pla n n i ng tll com<: h;Kk for t iur 50th, C 1 r l , to ' c c ' o m e uf tho.,c grl'<lt friend, aga i n .

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Correspondent: Eleanor mart Braunmuller

I \\'onJer ho\\' m;iny corre'>pon­ dcnts ret u rn from a l\l'! l·\\'eek ah,ence ;ind find a pmmry m a d r<ickage u mtallling .... 1mple,. I t w a s a fir-,t for m e , nnd 1t e<1111e from Tom Farnsworth, d i rector of The G l H )J Turn healrh c luh.

Over the \'C<lf' Tom h a� been involved with .md 1 ntere,teJ in health-related field ... . The ,;;< 1mrle, were of a whey-based milk rrnd­ uct and a c hocolate-flavnrcd bev­ erage mix and enc Jn,cd with rhem wa urport i ng l i tera t u re . I t i' a l l fa c inating a n J very logical. W e a l l w i�h Tom the be�t i n h t con­ t i n ued explora t ion of new ideas.

Tom re ently ,pent three dciy� h a c k r a c k i n g 1n r h c W h i t e M o u n r a 1 n� . . . . I w i s h I h ad enough �pace to i nc lude Charlie Barletta's ent i re letter, w h i c h started by c i t i ng Hilda Niehoff True's i tem about memory (c la·, letter) and cont i n ued, "I t h i nk my name i. Charl ie Barletta, and I t h i nk I will a t tend the 50th reun ion ifl can find where Colby is now . I t h ink l c a n even write a ong that Jay commemoratingour 50th-if I can find my cohort Huck K raft-we arc a team from the Taylor House gang. " That sounds gm d to me. How about it H uc k ? . . . I nfo rma t i o n c a m e from Preston Barry about H ar­ bor Walk, a Capc Cod gue t hou e that he and hi w i fe run . It ound idyllic, a n ice retirement occupa-

t 1un. . . . idney Rauch, now with i:meritu' 't;itu> at Hof�tra Uni­ ,·er,ity, '>t i l I teache� one graJuate cuuN.: a wee k . Two ofh i. Barnaby Brown c h i l J re n \ honb were among the wi nner> of the New York rate Re;1Jing A oc iat inn 's 1 99 1 c h i !Jren\ choice forgraJc · 3 - 5 . . . . C l i ff a n J M a rj o r ie McDougal Davis enjoyed their 't.iy i n La> Vega' at the t i me uf the h i rrh nf their 2 5 th granJ­ c h t ld. N or only J1J they find a rlea. ant and economical place to ... ray, hut t hey J iJ a lot cf explor­ lllg i n the area. List u mmer Maqor i e tnok a course ( via TV ) on the Bi hie taught by a rrnfe or at the U n i \'er, 1 ty of Maine. At thc fi nal meeti ng of the cour e al l rmu c 1 rant� were together at Ornno; one of them wa a j u nior at Colby, and the others were of ,·ariou> background· and i nter­ e't . Marjorie �aid the cour e, ''Thl' Bible: Myth, Fiction, Po­ lemic" was "all rretty fasc i n a t i ng to me." . . . Howard and Muriel Mclellan Flagg De Shon visited Aw.rria, w it:crland and north ­ ern Italy i n � eptemher. M uriel i enjoyi ng be ing our c las repre­ 'en rn t i ve to the A l u m n i Counc i l a n d i a member o f t h e M i l lett A l um n i House Com m i ttee . . . .

H i lda iehoffTrue sugge t that i n your next letter you i nc lude ome "I remember when . rem i n i cence·. Good idea. I ' l l be h e a r i n g fro m y o u ! . . J i m Moriarty ay , "Don't forget to put J une 3-6, 1 99 3 , on your cal­ endar . "

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Correspondent: Louis M. Deraney

ometime l get confused, but don't we al l ? I a m o di organized that I am h av i ng trouble remem-

Colby, M a rc h 1 992

bering who and what corre pon­ dence is in order. I n my column for the November 1 99 1 issue, 1 wrote asking for an update on certain "townies," one of whom was N awfel , and in the same isue, lo and behold, Colb'I had a full -page pread about th � family and their practice of denti ·rry in Waterv i l le . . . . I ent our a ques­ tionnaire and the response, al­ though gratifying for one is·ue, top comi ng, and I am lo-r for news. I n the pa t I tried to v i it old buddies who ne\'er wri re about them elve and wa happyto have found them in good health and act ive. . . . ome t ime ag )--old new now-Robert h i \·ely in­ formed that his wife, Patricia Coning h ively '4 5 , pas ed away on J uly 2 1 . She had a long siege with M . . he had retired a- l i ­ brarian at East rroud berg E l ­ ementary chool in Pennsyl\'a­ nia . . . . Ronny '4 3 and Betty Wood Reed re ide in Montpe­ l ier, Vt., and are both retired.

They returned to Colby in A u ­ gu t to h e l p p l a n Ron's 5 0 r h re­ union and were impre ed by the beautiful fac i l i r ie and d irection· of the College program . . . . Or. Harris Graf finally retired in January 1 99 1 . He i one of the happy group who have had their B.A. degrees granted po t World War Two. H e brag that he was one dam good, honest, ethical den t i t and m i e being "The Dentist" for hi former patients. . . . Malcolm McQuillan ha re­ tired from teaching. He i a former reporter who know how difficult it i to extract new from people and feel rather vain in li t i ng hi trivial pur uit but does want to make my job easier. I do appreci­ ate your reliable re pan es and w i h that other c la mare were a c o n i d e r a t e . . . . B a r b a ra Blai dell Libby resides in Damar­ i cotta, Maine. he ha retired

from teachmg at Lincoln Acad­ emy. Her hu band, Carlyle L. Colby, March 1 99 2

Libby, d i e d in M ay . . . . Prisc illa

Gares Moriarty had back ·urgery

Keating Swanson reported that her husband is now retired, and

he ha. good day and bad days, and given to bragging, ·he report that her ;,on- in- law George H iggms '69 led the medi ­ cal seminar last ·ummer at Colby and her son C a p t . R i c h a rd Moriarty '6 lectured at a U . .

N<l\·al ·eminar. . . . Or. Arnold Gro man '45 ha· r tired fwm acti \·e practice and is a sistant professor at Tuft- Dental chool.

Hi wife, Hore, is an arri.r. Hi pride are hi· chi ldren: Mrs. J i ll Crovir:, a psychologist, Thomas, a Bo ton attorney, and Or. Peter, a Boston dentist. Amy want to know why you a l l do nor respond to the que tionnaire. Perhap i r ' · becau e o f t h e question -so t o

that at the r ime he wrote , her parents were 1 0 1 and 9 5 years old. he is act ive in the May­ flower oc iery, at her church and in an a n r i q u e gro u p c a l l e d Brandywine Q u e rers . S h e asks.

"Where i J ean Hayes WasselJ I" . Bmh Helen Wat on Baldi and her husband are now retired, and he state that she refu�e to write a whole bunch becau·e your corre pondent reported hardly any of her pa ·t wnti ng� . . . . Amy Lewi · mall '42 informed us that her hu band, Patter on '47, died in October 1 990 and that this wa reported in Colby . . . . Evelyn

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Marie Wy or ( Marie "Chri," Merr i l l ) RR 2 , B o x 1 90-B outh Haqnvell, ME 04 7 9 -9 02 207-7 29-6506

1 943 Mrs. Albert R. Braunmuller ( E leanor mart ) 1 1 5 Lake Road Ba k ing Ridge, NJ 07920 2 0 1 -766-3 5 6

1 944 Louis M. Deraney 57 Whitford rreet Ro l indale, M A 02 1 3 1 -42 1 0 6 1 7 - 3 2 7 -4486

1 945 Dorothy McCunn ( Dorothy anford ) 8 Honey H i l l Road Canaan, CT 060 1 203-824-7 2 36

1 946 ancy Jacob en 3627 orthlake Drive A t lanta, GA 30340 404-934-9 7 5

1 947 J u n e Coal on (June Ch ipman) 1 29 J anelle Lan Jac k onv i l le , FL 32 2 1 1 904- 7 2 5 - 1 479

1 948 Katharine W. J affe (Katharine Wei man) PO Bo 1 1 3 M i l l River, MA 0 1 244 41 3-229- 1 7 1

1 949 Anne Eu t i ( Anne Hagar) 3 1 5 M irick Rd. PO Box 594 Ea t Princeton, M A 0 1 5 1 7 508-464-5 5 1 3

correct that rhe next quesnon­ na i rc ll" i l l have more questions wirh mean mg. I rry to be resron­ �1\·e and fair to all cla·smares, hut rlease be aware that my space is l imited. Write occa ionally and !er': keer ahrea t of those who ha\·e a hahir of nor respond ing �o that \\·e do nor lo.c rouch with each other. The count<loll"n to 1 994 continues.

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Dee Sanford McCunn l r' great to hear from old friend· with whom I ha\•e lost track. Two cla ·mates 11·ho have re ponded rhis r i me are Anita Konikow Glassman and Roberta "Bobbie" Holt Sachs. Anita tells me that he is reri red and enjoys life in Delray Beach, Fla. Anita earned her college degree 22 years afrer leaving Colby. he raised four chi ldren before he found r i me to return to college. All four c h i l ­ dren a r e married, a n d s h e has nine arandchi ldren, age 1 1/: to 1 9 . Unfortunate! y she lost her husband, Arnold Glassman '44, in 1 986. Anita volunteer in play therapy groups in grade K-3 . he maintain her interests in renni and bowling. We missed A n i ra when she left Colby . . . . Bobbie report that he, too, i retired, as is her husband, Don. They moved to eattle 30 year ago when Don worked for Boeing. They are cur­ rently involved with the pre er­ vation of B- 1 7 bomber from World War Two. Bobbie's inter­ e ts are m u l r ifold. he taught for a number of year and now occu­ p ie her elf w i th reading, watch­ ing baseball , gardening, knittin , playing bridge and entertaining . he has aved ome t i m e forteach­ ing Bible rudy c la es. They have 39

one son who i� m a r r i ed to a de­ I ightful girl . . . . A n amu�ing r ak abou t c l ass news rerorting np­ peared in the Smichsonian maga­ : ine i n M arch 1 99 1 . �tarting ,m pnge I 0 1 . I f you ewr g c t a chance to rend it, please do. I l·ulpe you get as many laughs from 1rns I did.

Please keep grinding out your news to me, or I tllll may write about Dave Henderson.

Peter Kouchalakos ' 44

Newsmakers Peter Kouchalakos '44 was named to the Lowell (Ma

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Correspondent: Nancy Jacobsen Betty Scalise Kilham had a round of peaking engagement� la t fall

and winter. She add ressed an in­ ternational eminar in Boston on the ubject of su ic ide. A t a busi­ ness sem i nar in Florida she spoke on the art of communication, and he finished up with a flourish, speaking at a funeral d i rectors' symposium in Hawaii . . . . Chuck '45 and Shirley Martin Dudley alway wanted to i ir Oregon and Wa h i ngton, and they pent September there "seeing every­ thing." Shirley recently lost her brother B i ll, who many people k ne w from h is Colby vi i ts.

Shi rley also mentioned that he ran into Charlotte Carrington Jameson in a grocery ·tore re­ cently. Chari tte went to nurs­ i ng school after her freshman year and works as a visiting nurse in Hartford, Conn. She was wid­ owed seven years ago and ha three grown c h i ld ren , two of whom l ive with her. "Never a d u l l m o m e n t , " accord i ng to Charlotte . . . . The big news is that our Florida classmates plan to get together in the Clearwater area in April. All you snowbirds hould contact Shirley Martin Dudley for details. Her number is 8 1 3 - 7 26-4 1 1 6. The get together 40

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chool Athl tic Hall of Fame . . . . Carl

Stern '44 is quoted in a Lynchburg, Va., News & member chools.

art icle about the practical experience facu l ty and deans can bring to America' tern, who head- th economi

bu · in

department at

Randolph-Macon Woman' College, ay- hi work a a con u l tant to local bu i oe �e informs am! improve hi teaching.

Mileposts Births: A son, Benjamin

eth, to Ruth and Ha r vey

Koizim '48.

Buyd, born September 29 to their d a u g h t e r , C a ro l i n e A l l u red Boyd . . . . D a n a and Harriet Nourse Robinson spent Apri l and May in China. They came home and �pent June vi iring her mother in Maine and her sister and her children in Vermont. In Augu�t they went back to Chi na and lived at the hanghai H i lton unti I mid-October, when they went rn Be ij ing for two weeks.

Dana pbnned to return to Ch ina in January, and rhey both hope to �renJ two more month there thi �rring. bn't that the life ? . . .

Let me hear from ome of you who haven't ent me any new in a long ti me. I hope you're all plann ing to come tO our 45th reunion in J une.

4 8_ Correspondent: Kay Wei man Jaffe

will be a good way to contact each o t her-you may have a Colbian next door! Carl Wright '4 7 is in ara ota, Dixie Roundy Bebee i in Crystal River and Nancy Loveland Dennen '47 is on Amelia 1 land. And that's j ust for tarter .

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Correspondent: J une Chipman Coalson

I have a new lea e on life. 1 went to Maine in eptember and filled up on lobster and c lam . The oc­ casion was my 50th reunion at Gould Academy. We all agreed that we had weathered the years very well. I also went on an Out­ ward Bound sai l i ng trip off H urri -

cane I land-it wa� the most in­ �piring and upl ifting experience of my life . . . . I vb1ted Clayton and Priscilla Weeks Currier i n Newcasde. They have moved hack to her old home. 1 n October they tarted out on a three-month driving tour ofthe United tate , tak ing in everything they could in that time. If they missed some­ thing they will have to fly back another t i me . . . . In October I vi i ted my s ister in L i tchfield Beach, S.C. She told me about a group of Colbians who u ed to work with her a calculators for General Electric in Pittsfield, Mass., during the '40 and '50s.

Roberta Young, Nancy Burbank Allu red and Betty Wade Drum

were among those who turned up at a reunion of the group in Pittsfield last ummcr. Nancy and Jonathan Allured are the proud new grandparent of A lec Brooks

This is written a 1 travel north­ ward on my way from Taiwan to the Ma sachu ett Berkshires via North Carolina. Not having been home for six weeks, l have not seen all the communications ent for this column. Any that arrive by the next due date will be used.

P l e ase send n e ws ( o r e v e n olds} . . . . A s is often threatened, this column will tell mostly of my adventures. l spent a delightful few days with Carol Silverstein Stoll Baker when she visited la t summer. We both enjoyed much of the music, crafts, antiqu ing and good food this Berkshire area of­ fers. You are al o welcome to do the ame from our home, now being enlarged from weekend ize to permanent residence. Carol ha been working with the Ameri­ can Jewish Congre in Bo ton and recently coordinated a j uried art show of works by Soviet J e wCo lby , March 1 992

ish em igree . She is in touch w ith Fran Hyde Stephan , who i· her

u ual bubbling self. They visi ted with Gloria S h ine Seidenberg a w h i l e back and had a good reminisce . . . . A planned trip to D.C. never materialized but be­ cause of it I learned that Hanna Levine Schussheim's daughter i now mayor of Ann Arbor, M ich.

How about t h a t ? . . . H o w e l l Clement checked in from Mon­ tana w i th ome interesting com­ ment comparing the values of our college days with today. I know he'd like to get into a dia­ logue on the ame or other ub­ jects if you write to h i m ( 3 7 5 1 Foot h i l l Rd . , K a l i pe l l , M T 5990 1 ) . Here endeth c las mate ' news . . . . Now some impre ion of our Taiwan tay ( our fifth in rwo year ). I arrived October 20, to meet my hu band, M ike, who had been there a month. H is c l i ­ e n t ( the manager of a powder metal parts plant) drove me from Taipei to ChuNan and the fac­ tory-owned dormlike apartment house where we have our uite. In our apartment complex courtyard the thoroughly mechanical rub­ bi h vehicle i followed by a three­ wheel bicycle truck-like convey­ ance with a gla back carrying fresh steamed rolls and weer cake - tandard fare with morn­ ing tea.

By 7 : 30 a.m. mo t workers and chool bu es have departed and the housewife, who often does piece- or cottage-work at home, is visited by the vegetable lady with produce plucked fre h from her garden carried in two tub hanging from her shoulders. Vari­ ou other food di tributor arrive on all kind of transport, from baby carriage or motorcycle to familiar panel truck. There are many markets, from tiny grocer­ ie to very modem upermarkets to bazaars with hundred of tails.

Department and pecialty tore abound, but nothing is cheap.

Colby, March 1 99 2

Away from the crowded east coa t, Taiwan eem almost an entirely different cuuntry. It re­ a l ly is "Formo·a" (beaut iful land ) .

Roll ing hil ls and high mountains extend down the center of the i land l ike a pine. We crossed the East-We t Highway this \'isit for the firsr time. A pectacularly beau tiful and fearful experience. nakelike, spira l l y , eemingly ingle-lane roads are the rule­ two mall cars can barely pa s without falling off the edge or cru hing against the mountain.

Guard rai l are a luxury here and there, and land !ides and wa h­ ours are frequent ha:ard , a are cave- l ike tunnel , many of which have one lane for two-way traffic.

One car or the other mu t wait or back out, which they u ually do w ith equanimiry. The wild, fear­ le aggre ion of the two-, four­ and multi-wheeled vehicles is omewhat tamed at the heights.

I could and might go on and on at some future date about the wonderful friendly people we mingled with ( my hu band in bu iness and I i n mo t oc ial situ­ ations) and the remarkable way they worked to under tand our communicating with really no Chinese; our perfect ho t ( who earned hi Ph .D. in the U . . ) ; Mike's client, another perfect ho t and busy bu iness whiz; the de­ light of the fre h, fresh produce, scenic as it grows and a gourmet's delight; the garish and cozy and con t a n t l y used sh r ines and temples everywhere; the joy of celebrating not only holiday and festivals and weddings but even funeral ; and the warmth of ho pitality in homes. It has been the fulfi llment of a dream for me to l ive i n a fore ign country for months at a time and gratifying for my hu band to find him elf o needed and useful in hi retire­ ment.

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Correspondent: A n ne Hagar Eustis

This fall' class questionnaire has brought a number of re ponse , which will ensure that our col­ umn i full for an i· ue or two.

However, I got one re pan e that I wasn't really expecting' I n the ovember I 0 Worcester Sunday Telegram, Sid McKeen 's Wry and Ginger column, titled " ate on old classmate· extraordinary read­ ing," wa a tongue -in-cheek poof of c la columns. id claims to be "thoroughly hooked on the notes from the class correspondents.

Where else can you find a publ i ­ cation (Colby) that doe n't co t a cent telling about people you once knew per onally, or till do, do­ ing o many wonderful things? omewhere there must be cla s­ mates doing ordinary things, but I guess they don't write the cla s correspondent." And then he let hi imagination go--well, it cer­ tainly d idn't sound like anything I 've written about our cla ! And he c lo ed with thi : "I got a note the other day from my own c la corre pondent, asking me to tell folks what I ' m up to. This is what I 'm thinking of ubmitting: 'We retired to our ummer villa on the French Riviera in J une. till bask­ ing in the Pul itzer I won for com­ mentary, but nearl y finished w i th my novel for Random Hou e.

Wintering in Tahiti. Children all I vy League . Be t to a l l . "' Thank for your "new ," id! . . .

Alex Richard, one of our more faithful correspondent , reports that he went back to Colby last Commencement and felt "an­ c ient " ! He and hirley play ho t to Ronnie and Ray Deitz every year at their ummer place on Lake We serunsett in Ea t Madi ­ on, Maine. A lex and Don Leach had their 5 0th reun ion from

Madi�on High chool thi ·um­ mer, a did J ac k Mahoney from kowhegan H igh chool. This pa t ·ummer A lex visited with J oh n Paq u ette in A r l ington, Va . . . . Our heartfelt ympathie� to Marilyn Soutter Puopolo, whose h u band, ito, died la t May in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. "Hur­ ricane Bob tore the roof off my apartment building [in Falmouth, Ma- .]." Marilyn wrote. "The rain· that followed did terrible dam­ age. It will he Nm·ember before I am able to go back. Two and a half month a a 'bag lady' has been difficult." I hope you are back in your apartment now, Marilyn, and well ettled in. Lon and I were on the Cape camping and bik ing in early October and the damage was devastating . . . .

Alice J ewell Smith writes from Win red, Conn. , that he retired in J une as a e\·emh-grade math teacher. ow he very definitely anticipate� tra,·el, but he ha no definite plan yet. Al ice has two children, ancy Eli:abeth Davis and Donald, J r . , and a grand­ d a ugh t e r , J enn ifer E l izabeth Dav i , age 3. . . M a rj o r i e Plaisted, a retired P.E. teacher and girls' varsity sport coach, has been idelined by "aggra\'ating but not life-threatening health problem-. Because of 'skin' and 'arthritic' problems 1 have become an avid sports fan in tead of par­ ticipant. Do miss being active." I bet you do, M arj e . . . . A n n e Houston Stiller h a s l ived i n Branford, Conn., fo r ix year almost a record for our itinerant cla smate! Hootie ha five grand­ children and, would you believe, they are "all beautifu l"! Thanks for all your kind word about this column. I 'm glad ou are enjoy­ ing reading it a much a I am enjoying writing it.

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N an c y Ricker S ears Our c la:,:, memher cont inue to involve themselves in worthwh ile anJ rewarding acrivirie:, a many enjoy the retirement years. A re­ cent conver-ation w i t h Alice Jennings Castelli, who rctircJ two year- ago, revealed that :,he i �ervmg a president of the voca­ tional agency for the horel inc Assoc iat ion for the RetardcJ and H andicapped . Allie retired after 20 year ar the Country chool in her hometown, Madison, Conn.

She tarted as a teacher and later became admi ionsdirecror, a po:,t she held for 1 2 yem . Her , on Dan is a freelance model maker in N ew York and currently is working on the arc hitect's model for rhe Tencment Mu cum there .

A grandson and a granddaughter ( from her daughter, M artha ) arc twoofthedelightsofhcr life. Allie a l o reported on h e r s i t e r , E l i s a b e t h " D u d i e " J e n n in g s Maley, who a isr- her hu band

i n hi busine , which manufac­ ture mall l ighting fixtures. They have two married son and three grandchildren . . . . Bob Stander write : "Other than pol i t ic , life is great in Loui iana." He is d is­ trict governor of Rotary lnrerna­ rional , and helping him to run a fam ily busine are a daughter, a son, a on-in-law and a grand on, who work part time wh ile at­ tending a local university. Bob conrinues, "All in all it' been a wonderful life. My only regret i that I don't ee my Colby cla mate that often. So the be t to all of you-may your l ives be as happy a mine." . . . Rudy Cas­ tell i i recovering n icely from bypass surgery. He i l i v i ng in Las Vega , Nev . . . . Friends from other cla es have commented on the length ofour cla column. I n 42

everal issue · n f Colby i t ha:, been the longe, t . That is hecau e . o many of you responded gener­ ously to a plea for information in last year':, cla :, letter. That' the good new:.. The baJ new:, i� that the fi le i, now empty, and we need to hear from all of you. We arc a vital anJ inter :,ting group, and we all benefit from the re­ newal ofolJ tie:, that occur when we receive news of friend-. from way hack when.

5 1_ Corresponden t : Harland Eastman

Drawing once aga in on re,pomc to Warren Finegan's 40th rc­ Lm1on qucstionnairc, 1 hall couch thi time on accompli hmentsand refl e c ti on:, . . . F r e d Bo y l e , whom I sec frequently ( h e had the good ense ro retire to my home town ) , survived 30 years as a h igh ·chool teacher in Ma·sa­ chu etts to l ccome a gcnealogi t and au thor of two importanr work : Early Families of Sanford­ Springvale , Mame and Volume I V of the Folsom Genealogy . . . . Gene C h a r t i e r , who now l i v e i n Carlsbad, Calif., wa reacher of the year at Metropolitan rate Univer ity in St. Paul, Minn . . . .

Shirley Raynor Ingraham, ad ­ mini trative a sistant for Latch­ key, I nc. in Clearwater, Fla., per­ forms an important service for chi ldren of work ing parenr . . . .

J a n e P e rry L i n d q u i t was a teacher for 1 2 years in Cape El iza­ beth, Maine, and served on the b u i l d i ng com m i t tee for Cape El izabeth H igh School. She now lives in Beverly, M ass. , where he i pa t pre idem of the League of Women V o t e rs . . . . S t a n l e y Sorrentino heads h is family' jew-

elry manufacturmg bu incs,, now in its 80th year in Providence, R. l . . . . Paul Chri topher i;, still work ing on what he hope' will he h i major <1ccompl1-.hment: re­ mo\·ing d1e "Reagan- Bush Greed � yndromc" from the pol i t ical cene. I gather Paul i not a Repub lican . . . . Warren a keJ classmate what they had learned in 40 year . Myra Hemenway Bower c 1 teJ rhe preciou�ne'' of health, family, fnenJ anJ the earth . Rus Gold mith feel that Jning what you \\'ant to Jo in l ife i� mmt important. Donald Maheu wrote: " Don't rake life roo seri­ ou ly. Eniny whm ttme you have with your famil ies, help other in need anJ then look back and ay ' L i fe 1 s re a l l y gre a t . "' Gene Pelle tier a ch· i es u all ro " l i ten. " 1 think most o f u � c a n agree with Bill Burges , \\'hn wrote: "Colby gave me and still doe give the finest I iberal art education money can huy." Kershaw Powell car­ ries Bi ll's thought a rep further with the:,e words: "Our country of depends upon the ·ucce school l ike olhy." . . . Youdon't have to wm a Nobel Pri: to be incluJed in thi column. Please let me kn w what you are doing.

J need fresh material and am anx­ iou to hear from you.

5 2_ Correspondent: Barbara Bone Leavitt

Reunion rime is just around the comer. Plan are being made re­ garding hou ing, dinner and fe tivities. You w i l l be receiving in­ formation about the e events.

Please plan to attend . I f you have never been to one-try it! Watch the years melt away.

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Correspondent: J . Nel on Beveridge Robert Grodberg report : "l have

five chi ldren, age 2 to 3 5 , three natural, two step, and I am till hard at work practic ing law a general coun cl to Purity u­ preme, a lead ing New England upermarket chain. My wife and I travel anJ play tenn 1 and quash.

Look mg forward to attenJing our 4 0 r h reu n i on . " . . . M a r t h a "Marty" Friedlaender ( e e pro­ file next page) became di rectorof oc ial work at the Roosevelt divii n of t. Luke' Roo evelt Ho. pital Center. Marty, you are terrific ! . . . Loui e Davi Stone sent the following note: "Unl ike o many our age, I am not retired.

My h u band, Chuck, took a chaired po ·1r ion at the Univeri ry of North Carolina, Chapel H i ll, in the chool ofJoumali m, ·o we moved after 19 year in Philadelphia. Like o many th­ er we are the reluctant owner of two hou e -unable to ell in Ph i ladelph ia. Our three children are grown and out of the hou e." . . . Joan Shea Conroy has moved from Louis iana to Greenv i lle, N .C., to be near her daughter, who i working toward a degree in art education at Ea t Carolina Univer ity. Joan keeps bu y do­ ing volunteer work at the elemen­ tary chool branch l ibrary and maintain a large ro e and peren­ nial garden. Joan also i planning to attend our '93 reunion. . . . Jean Lyons Shulkin, who left Colby in ' 5 1 ro marry Art '5 1 , vi i red Colby last J une to celebrate Art' 40th reunion and had a terrific time. Jean and Art l ive in T uc­ son, Ariz., and would love to ee anyone from the Cla of ' 5 3 .

Colby, March 1 992

" I Don't Believe in Failure " A

he fielded que tions in an hour-long interview, Martha

Friedlaender '53 barely pau ed between one direct, cri p reply

and the ne t. But when

he wa

being tack in New York, she loved being with a group of people "all headed in the ame direction."

a ked if he had e er

experienced failure. there were everal moment of ilence.

"What a terrible word," he a id finally. "l don't believe

Before Friedlaender

he made her reputation in her profes ion, ay , there wa

a tendency among potential

employers to look no further than her ·ta tu re. "I' e never had

in failure." That attitude ha made Friedlaender (pictured

a problem taking care of my elf and other , but ome agencie

above with grandnephew Jacob Band) one of the mo t

felt they couldn't explain it easily. And why would they iJ

re peered ocial worker in

ew York Ciry and ha taken her

to a top adm ini trative po·1tion in the ho p i ta! where he

they didn't have to, if they had four other people who were n rmal i:e to choo e from ?"

After earning her ma ter'

works.

Friedlaender, who wa recently named director of · cial work at the R

e\·elt divLion nf t. Luke' /Roo eve It Ho -

pital Center, wa reared in a We·tch.e ter Counry family with trong Manhattan tie·. Her father, a busine man who do­

he wa

hired by U n i ted

Cerebral Pal y in Brooklyn to direct a program for 1 2 5 young pe p ie. From there he moved to ew York' Federation for the Handicapped, and in 1 96 1 he received a pre tigiou Fulbright ITTa nt to tudy at the London chool of Economtc .

ttlement hou e work and other

During her year there he al o wa volunteer d i rector of the

volunteer cause , had a direct influence on her career choice.

raff at a home for p ychotic and epileptic children. he ha worked in and around ew York Ciry ever ince

nated a great deal of time to

But he .ay her mother tauoht her how to feel for

ther .

"Mother would worry, and Dad would pu h," he explain .

i n d i er e area of ocial work , dealing with i ue surrounding

"I'm much more l ike my father, fortunately, in that en e. I

adoption and fo ter care, phy ical di abilitie , alcoholi m and

have my mother' in ighr. I can feel people'· pain and I can

health care, among other .

empathi:e-but I don't get buried in 1 t."

Fnedlaender ay- that a a "left-winger," he felt out of

logical coun ·eling. "I demand that a ocial worker is a ocial worker i a ocial worker," he ay , accounting for the variery

place on Mayflower H i l l , although weekly di cu ion with

in her career. "The ocial work is ue are the ame for every

Profes or K ing ley Birge and a few like-minded tudents helped. "In the 1 9 5 2 Ei enhower/ teven·on election, only 16 percent of the College cornmuniry voted for te en on,"

cancer or whatever."

she remember . "How horrendou for me."

Friedlaender ay he a l o felt oc ially e tranged becau e he i a dwarf. She recall v ividly the pain ofbeing o different ciery' norm eerned very ngid, but he in an era when was-and ha remained-popular with her clas mate . he wa pre ident of the Modem Dance Club and wa a member of P wder & Wig a a student, and ince graduation ha erved a cla ·ecretary and pre ident and as a leader of the New York Colby Club. he received a Colby Brick in 1 9 8.

Friedlaender found her footing, both academically and ocially, in graduate chool at Columbia, where he earned a ma�ter' in ,ocial work m 1 956. She ay he not only enjoyed

Colby, March

1 992

he has also done private p ycho­

dynamic, whether you are talking about AID , a broken hip, ince 1 97 7 Friedlaender has worked in hospital . "This ha

been the be t,"

he

ay-, "becau e it'

really putting

everythin together. I t' working on every a pect of health care." I n her current po i t ion he work with h pital admin­ i trator , doctor , ocial worker and patient to make ure every patient receive top care from her 4 7-member taff.

Friedlaender tum 60 thi, year, and although he ay he plan to work for a long time yet, she' nursing an idea for a po t-retirement project. "I want to write a book about my l ife and work, about being a dwarf and making it and helping other people with difference ,"

he

ay . "I think I have

omething to say about pu h ing ahead and making ure you know where you're going and following your own tar."

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Correspondent: Ann Dillingham I n graham

Clifford Bean '5 1

Pinkie Fal l Achor may ha\·c u�

all beat in the grandchi lJren dc­ rartmcnt. he ha., l 0, ages 6 and under. he is in the rroce�� nf selling her house in Clifton , Va., but bemlKlllS the hou i ng mar­ ket. ln add it ion tO seeing her grandc h i ldren, she �rends her time with her 84-year-old mother, who i t i l l managing a book­ store . . . . Don Hoagland write · that one of his daughters i. a marine geologist in London cind i working throughout Europe for an A me rican engi neering con­ sulting fi rm, h is son i:, fi nish i ng h is second year as a music major and hopes to tran fer to Berklee and h is last daughter i a enil)r in h igh school . H e and hi on have been col labora ting on writing music and lyrics. ln Augu t, Don returned to college to take music theory courses, and he is al ·o tak­ ing piano le sons. H e aud i t ioned for the second comet chair with an organization of musical "ma­ niacs" known a Oph ir Prison Kazoo March ing Band and Tem­ perance oc iety, Ltd . He ays, " I t's a pretty good band , young and old, very laid back, and they don't yell at me when l play the last note of a song one beat be­ h ind everyone el e." Don has been named public affa i rs officer of the Civil Air Patrol. H e oversees the public relations program for 1 5 northern California squadron .

Last April he received his "Scan­ ner" rat ing, which qual ifies h i m t o fly w i t h earch and r e c ue crew looking for downed a ircraft . .

Barbara Ayers Haslam writes that in August she purchased a 1 40 - y e a r - o l d fi x e r u p p e r i n Kennebunkport, Maine, while on vacation in Biddeford Pool. he is renovating it and renting it 44

Headliners The lion' hare f a recent five-page pread in Barron' about new trend in telecommunication· wa devoted ro an interview with Clifford Bea n '5 1 f Arthur D. Little Inc. in Bo ton. At th c nter of the di cus ion wa a developing techn logy called "W1reles Per onal Communicati n.s er ice" (P ), which will allow sub criber to rec ive and end communic, tion.s fr m anywhere in the world on a tiny hand et. Bean, a leading expert n wirele communication, told Barron's that PC ha the potential to out trip even the cellular telephone phenomenon and achieve the 40 milli nub criber level within 10 y ar fit introducti n in the general marketplace.

Mileposts Demhs:

Charle Mc i n t y re ' 5 1

in alem, Ma.s . , at

64.

unt i l she can retire and li\'e in it and p a i n t w a t e rc o l o r t h ere her·elf. . . . Ken Van Praag i. st ill retired, and all of h i k id� are grown. He ran for town uren·i­ sor of and Lake, N .Y. He phms to be k i ing in Austria this win­ ter; it was Switzerland last win­ ter. . . . Francis "Pete" Dostie ha· retired from the A i r Force and l ive in Ohio. He ha three chil­ dren, the last, a daughter, is at the Un iver ity of Texas at Au t i n .

He writes, "Seeing Laura at col­ lege brought back memorie of Colby and the good day of youth. l remember with fondne s the Cla s of ' 5 5 and, in part icular, our c l as mates Ron Fran c i s and George Dinnerman. Gone too o n but not forgotten."

5 7_ Corre pondent: Brian Olsen

Before I get into the new about classmates, l think it i appropri­ ate that we gi ,. e a big thank you to Lesl ie Wyman Randolph, who i · doing a great job as chair of the Reun ion Gift Committee. Let's make her job ju t a bit ea ier by giving all we can this year to the Alumni Fund and by topping our reunion year goal of $40,000.

Another note: some of what fol­ low was cut from a previou col­ umn due to space l i m i tations . .

Isobel Rafuse Capuano ha re­ tired ( early) after 1 7 year with

AT&T. I obel wa working in the national account, marketing branch a a ystems con ul tant when >he opted for golf full time . l<;obel a n d Hank have two >on who are both living in Hawa i i , which give� them great incentive to travel to the i lands. Isubel al o write that he frequently ee Carol Ann Cobb Christ, who i god mother ro one of l ohe l ' son� . . . . Ted Harriman pent 3 0 years in t h e F a r East working i n t h e international in urance bu i­ ne and " re t i re d , " or o he though t , i nto the innkcep i ng bu ine s! Ted and wife usan Record Harri man '59 now own The Inn at unapee, N . H . , and would love to ha\'e more Colby alumni v1 it. Along with running the inn, Ted is bu y in everal local bu ine , organi:ati( ns . .

Polly Hoyt Marqui and hu band Gordie '5 3 have been livi ng in Hopk inton, Mas ., for 25 year , and though they are not retired, they are th inking of doing o in a more rural p t. Polly i still teach­ ing pecial ed., and they have a married on and a daughter who i taking her j unior year abroad at the orbonne in Pari . Polly would welcome any thoughts on h w folk have handled moving to a mailer place out in the coun­ try at retirement. Anyone tried that ? . . . I hope you all aw the n ice piece on Dave Palmer in Colby a couple of is ues back.

Dave and hi wife, Anne Burbank Palmer ' 5 5 , were featured in the art icle titled "Alumni n Main treet." I talked to Dave recently on the phone. H e sound great and will be waiting to greet all of u in ) une at the 3 5th reunion . . . .

Another hard worker for Colby and our class i Sue Fairchild Bean. ue is the d i rector of a latchkey program for the YMCA in Glastonbury, Conn. ue and Bob' children are grown and have their own careers, but now there are three grand ons to poi l . N o

Colby , March 1 992

retirement plan as yet, but a home in Kennebunkport, Maine, i their new getaway place. (We do ·eem to have our root i n Maine, don't w e ? ) . . . Dr. S h i rl e y V e r ga Montini-Turiansky writes from Waterbury, Conn. , of her busy l i fe a a phy ic ian. h idey retired as a registered nurse-reacher in the '70s and went on to medical chool and followed that w ith exrernship- in p ychiarry and in­ ternal medicine. h idey is a mem­ ber of Phy i c i a ns for H uman R ight and Phy ician for oc ial Responsibil ity. N ext on her l ist is work with c h i ldren' health pro­ grams, probably w i th a refugee group . . . . It was good to hear from Ron Darroch, who writes from Ea t Haven, Con n . , of h i happy statu as a single per on. Ron i · a hearing con u l tant and has three married children . . . . "Donating artwork to every conceivable fund rai er" i one of Nancy Eggleston Kibens' acti \. i t ie . N ancy write from omewhere in M i souri of her work as a c lay and paper artist and teacher. ancy c laim that arti t do their be t work in their "mature" year and ·rate em­ phatically her lack of plans for retirement. N ancy gets her N e w England f i x every summer sing­ i ng a t the Berksh i re Choral Institute . . . . Le t the editor trike again, I'll close for now. I hope you're all plann ing on your New England "fix" in J une. Let' make it a great party for our 3 5 th!

for the next column. You folk· certainly haw helped me our. l am s t i l l receiving your <.:omplered que rionnaire , which ha\·e a l l sort of great new ·. The fir·t was from our class pre ident, who say to expect a fun r ime that w i l l be unique for our 3 5 th reunion. Tom La Vigne mu r ha\·e ometh ing ·pec ial ur h is lee\·e ' H i s and Edith' fourth child, Kare, is a freshman at Colby, where she plays varsity renni·. � he was m

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N ancy ear ( N ancy L. R icker)

Ann Ingraham ( Ann . Dill i ngham)

3 1 weetwarer A venue Bedford, M A 0 1 7 30 6 1 7 - 2 7 5 - 7 65

9 Appletree Lane Manche ter, ME 043 5 1 207 -622-0298

1 95 1 Harland Ea tman P.O. Box 2 76 Springvale, ME 04083 207-324-2797

1 95 2 Barbara Leavitt ( Barbara ) . Bone) 2 1 l ndian Trail c ituate, M A 02066 6 1 7 - 5 4 5 -4 3 74

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J . N e l on Beveridge 1 34 Border Street Coha ·et, M A 0202 5 6 1 7-3 3- 1 7 1 2 _

Correspondent: And ria Peacock Kime

Organization ha never been a great attribute of mine, and I 'm always urprised and never pre­ pared a the deadline approache Colby, March

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the =2 ingles and =I doubles ·pors and has played excertion­ ally wel l . on Tom, Colby Clas · of ' , j u�t started working at La igne Press, where prouJ Dad say· he is a wonderful adJ i r ion.

The LaVignes see a lot of Gerry and Rae West Jones and Carl '60 and Karen Graf Paharik '6 1 . B i l l ' 5 9 and Linda M a c k e y Foehl '60 entertained Ed ith for her 50th b i rthday in Boston r h i rasr ummer . . . . B i l l a n d C i n d y

1 95 6 Mrs. C. MacDonald Grout ( E leanor Edmund ) RD 3, Jones Road Gouverneur, Y 1 3642 3 1 5 -2 7 - 3 2 7 7

1957 Brian F . Olsen 46 Wa h i ngron Drive Acton, MA 0 1 7 20 508-263-923

1 958 Andria Kime ( Andria H . Peacock) 737 Turnpike treet toughron, MA 02072 6 1 7 - 3 44-84 1 9

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Marlene Jabar ( M arlene E. Hurd) 1 1 Pleasantdale A venue

Susan Frazer (Susan K. Fether ton) 6 Bellevue Place Middletown, CT 0645 7 203- 3 46- 1 37

Wate rv i l le, M E 04901 207-873-447 1

Allerton Roc knak say know111g

rheirch ildren are well, hapry and finding ari fact ion in their li\·es give· them rhe most ati fac t ion. on Ru·s was married in J une of '90. refanie '8 L working in Bo·ron and going to grad school. corr is in D.C. , where, I hope, he has found work in these trying economic t i mes. The Rocknak are c l ea r i ng land near L a k e Megunt icook, where they plan t o b u i ld a h o m e closer ro t h e i r bu i ­ ale ) . ness ( Rocknak'· Yacht They w i l l b e a t the 3 5 th and hope you w i l l be , roo ! . . . I a ked if Larry LaPointe continued in the field of psychology where he Jid o \\·ell "way back then," and he aid he went on to get advanced degree in Eng l i h and coun e l ­ ing. He j ust retired from reaching high school after 33 year . H e is now working at the U n iversity of Maine in Augu ta reaching writ­ ing and l i terature over ITV. H is fam i ly, e pec ially hi· grandc h i l ­ dren (five boy and o n e girl ) , give him the mo r sar i faction in l i fe .

We have a "maybe" for t h e 3 5rh.

What can we do ro make it a "ye·," LaIT) ? . . . Thomas Roy and l go back many year -to our h igh school day . He and wife J anice are liv ing in West S i m bury, Conn. Tom is w ith lTT, The Hartford, where he is as i tant director, EDP ( Ltd. ). J anice is vice pre ident of urgical and ambularory services at N ew Brit­ ain General Hospital. The ir five c h ildren include Deborah ( Sk id­ more ' 4), employed in benefits at Aetna; Pamela (A sumption College ' 5 ) , who works at Fidel­ ity Investment ; tephen ( Sk id­ more ' 6), captain U . . M . C . ( av iaror ) ; K r i t i n ( Siena College ' ) , a marketing rep re entati ve at Merchants Insurance Group; and Matthew ( Holy Cros '90) in benefits at CIG N A in Phoenix. tephen erved in the gulf for e ig h t months on the U . . assau. Mattie Gache '60 wa 45

one of h i ' i n, tru c t \ l r, a t ren,<1cda,

hu,y , anJ evera l of them c l aim to he " m i ler, ,J i m mer anJ ·marter"

Bastten 1mJ

, m J preJ 1crnblc l ife a' ' c 1 \' l l i an,. '

Orlean�. Ma5�. M , ),t wunJcrful

Our r h rce ,nn' arc a l l grown­ Davc , Jr. i-, a lc gi, l a t i \'t: a'5hta nt

worl J ! M e e t i n g an J m a rr y i n g J an i ce and rai,ing fi\'e c h i k l rl'n

C a p e Cod ' , c l ; 1 � -, i c a l m u ., i c

nn a p i ro l H i l l ; S c ott m1•n, h i -, ow n hu:> inc,-. i n catt le ; anJ Je ff,

h a \·e been mo't ' a r i,fy i ng for

dnnr,, wor k i ng on a n ugly wreck

rhe U n i v e r" r y uf A l ahama r h 1� 'pr i ng. Ar horrnm, 1 rhmk Ma rtha

"Wh i l e I am tripp i ng ugly anJ rui nou-, b1yer' of pa i nt and J 1 rt ,

;md I hm·e aJ j u,ted q u ire n i ccl)

ing l i ve J i n Ch icago, Detroit anJ Buffalo. Arleen I'> active on the

t < l an 'empty nc-.r . ' "

wwn commi ttee re pon ihle for

Fla . , \\'hen he

L'arneJ

h 1 -, 11· 1 ng,.

M ;itt i e . a Zl'te l i kl' Tom , rn,)ml.'d

ll' ith Tum a' a fre,hman. S m a l l

Tom . All th ree Jaugh tn> Wl're m;1rrieJ ll' i t h i n l 0 mlmth ::. , 1fcach other, a n J noll', hl' 'ay�. he ha:,

c i a n in Mo:arr\

Ba�rit?nne

r h b p < 1 5t December in

r i me' arc dc�cribeJ as l i '> t c n i ng w

,rmiun \ h rua J ca't o f opera, nur­

tif fu rn i r u rc ro lmng i t n..:w l 1 fr.

three grc<lt 'om - i n - l a w . Tom i n ­

the piece hcgi m to 'peak rn me

J i c arcJ he won ' t be at the re ­ u n i on . M a y hc 1v..: can ch a nge h i ,

about how I .,hould rcfurhi,h i t . " I qunre on He len's hd ief ')"'tcm: ' ' I ' m a fe m i n ist. I know thm a

o u r )'<lLmgc'>t, w i l l grnLluatl' from

Dm·1d \\'<.:n r on rn '>ay that he anJ Martha celebrated th e i r 30th ll'c dJ i ng a n n 1 \'cr,ary in Ntn-em­

woman\ experience i' d i ffe rent

her, hut that he uh,er\'ed the Jay fro m J uh a i l , � a uLl 1 Arahi,1. " Fnl ­

than e\'Cr. � he i· a n admin i�trn­

frnm that of a man, anJ thar th<it cx pn1ence i� not taken i n to ac ­

l o ll' i n g rc r 1 re m e n r frtHn t h e avy," ho.: con rmucJ, " ] acc ep ted

tor i n an execut ive �carch firm rhat serve nor-for - profi t orga n i ­

co u nt ll'hcn dec isions arc bemg made. Di,counr i ng wnmcn' ex­

a po" r i on w1rh BL1l1: - A l l en

mmd . . . . He len Payson Seager s t i l l re:, ides on M ass . , \\'here

anrucker l ,lanJ , he

ound, hu-;ier

:ar ion , espec i a l l y col lege and u n i \'er ir ies. They find pre iJenr:,, dean , fi nanc ia I officer,, provo r , etc . " M y hoss i5 rhe be�r m the bu5iness . " H usland BraJ cont i n ­

perience come5 "" natura l ly a, breat h i ng. There " no point in d i -,cus>ing thc'e facb ll'ith people who don 't get it, o I Jon 't any­ more. Both women an<l men co­

burgh . H e len descrihc him as a

operate to keep women hac k . ( G or<lon A l lport e x p l a i n s r h i5 i n h i, Nature of Pre;udi e . ) Th i5 mu r

terrific t ra i ne r of teacher an<l of

change but won't in my l i fe t i me .

teachers

o now I ::.peak about i t o n l y w i t h people w h o are fr iendly to the

u e s a :, a· oc i ate profe or,

chonl

of Ed ucation, U n iversity of Pt tt,­

l

f reacher . H e w i l l re­

t ire in May, at which t i me H e l en w i l l a l o ret i re to pend t i me with Brad, her m u · i c and crafts. H e r

idea. l don't con ider that there are ' n1'L> s idc ' to fem i n ism-only

father d ied i n J une of ' 9 0 . H e r m o m f e l l i n a n icy f i e l d i n J an uary

greater depth . " Helen w i l l be ar

of '9 1 an<l broke her pe l v is. he w as in rhe fie l d for a long r i me

ge,r ion �)r us. Keep your new coming, friend·!

our 35rh and ha, ome good ·ug­

before her crie::. alerte<l some dog�

g i ve b i rth around Thanksg i v ing.

They had to work through the I m m igrat ion and N atu ra l i:ation Serv ice to obta i n permi ion for the father, a former excha nge stu­ dent from Bra: i l , ro get here for rhe b i rt h . Helen describe him as the "sweetest fe llow I ' ve ever met . " Thei r daughter "show us a wisdom i m pos i b le in our Colby days . " H e len has been stud y i ng voice for rhe past three year . She ang the role of Cola the Magi-

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H;:i m d mn , I nc . , an i nternat ional management and technical er­ \' i C e '> comu l r ing fi r m . [T J h e y

a ' k e d nll'. to r a k e on a n e w prnjccr-ro Jevelup anJ i mrle­

men t a tac t ical tra i ning program for . cn ior officer., in the Royal auJ i avy . . . . A, ) OU can ee, I 'm nor very good <1t pre<l icttng ll'herc I ll' d l he e\·en a month in a lvance, o J u ne l 99 3 rea l l y falls [ n rhe ' too hard' category right now. It 1 d i ffic u l t rn be l i eve that uur ) 5 rh reun ion i' coming up. If b y r h c n \l'e arc bac k in rhe U . . A . , i t woulJ b e great fun to return t o Colby. I r woulJ a l5o he a f i r t- l ha\'c nor been back m Waren· i l le i nce rhe da y we gra<l uated. It is <liffic ulr w beli eve that nearly 5 year:, ha\'e passed-it r i l l eem

and through them, some people.

She is a lone for rhe first time in 55 ye<ir but recently pul led off d i nner for l 2. The eager ' daugh­ ter was married and was due ro

&

l i ke ye terday."

Andria Peacock K i me also for­ w a rded a l e t t e r fro m D a v i d Woodbury, w h o wrote from hip r i ngfield, V a., home. " 1 retired from the U n i ted tare N a \'y two year ago after four succe ful sea commands and more t i me walk­ i ng the Pentago n 's ' h a l lowed h al ls' than I care to remember," Davi d wrote. "It wa a very sa t is­

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Correspondent: Susan Fetherston Frazer T i me has been up to i ts old tricks again- peeding up. I t doe n't eem poss i b le that i t's tim e to

field antic ipating a more q u i e t

anJ her hu:,banJ, Rolf, are back

in Brookfield, Con n . , after hav­

welcom ing newcomer .

he gets

ro N e w York seven or e ight t i mes

a ycm m \' IS lt mu eum , attend the theater and ee her cou in. I n �

eptember h e ha<l a weekend of fun \\' 1th Jane Hartzell Wil ley,

ll'ho wa, V l '> i ting from La G range, Ga. The M unl0 c l i mb on to a ir­ plane a:, often as po 1hle. They have been to Europe '>everal t i me ; rhey went to Norway and we­ Jen la r epremberand they trav­ eled ro ew Zealand another r i me ro ee a fr iend. They are gett i ng reaJy with rhe u ual feveri h ex ­ c i tement for r h e M a y wedd ing of their daughter . . . . Cyndy Croc­ kett Mendel on and I ee each other regularly because we are on rhe s a m e c o m m i t t e e of t h e Alumni Counc i l . Cyndy a n d her h u band , Aaron, recently old Crockett' , rhe women's reta i l clothing b u · i ne· that they ha\·e owned for many year in Long­ meadow, M a ·. Cyndy say that change is good, and that the mo t important t h i ng they learned dur­ i ng all thtre years i n busine for them · e l ve wa i ndependence.

Thus, i n read of going to a corpo­ rate job, Cyndy is <loing everal be her own bo s. She is a subs ti ­ t u te teacher i n the Longmeadow

cerra i n l y <lo not m i

fam i ly separation . Manha and I returned to our home in pri ng­

I t to you to figure out which

one:, . . . . Arleen Larsen Munk

part - t i me jobs that allow her to

fy ing and rewarding career, but I the cxtended

than when we graJuareJ. I leave

write another co lum n , but i t i .

Those reporting t h is tim e are all

·chool , works in development at the Center for H uman Develop­ ment , the bigge t resource center of it k i nd in we tern Massachuett and doe independent con­ trac t i ng and show for a c lo th ing ret a iler. The Mendelson have a son at Kenyon and a daughter wh is awaiti ng col lege adm i ion . Cyndy and Aaron manage

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Where There's a WillThere's a Way . . .

A way to endow chairs for inspir­ ing teachers .

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to provide scholar­ ship aid to gifted s tudents . . .

to furnish Colby labs with scientific equipmen t . . .

or even to put up a building.

A way to leave your mark on Colby and save es tate taxes , as well .

Have you reviewed your w i l l late l y ? For adv ice on how to include Colby in your e tate plan , please contact Le l ie E. Byrne, Director of Planned G iving, Colby College, Waterville, ME 0490 1 .

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to sneak off once or rwice a year ro Naples, Fla . . . . I finally caughr up wirh Dr. Robert Younes, who is now in Potomac, Md. Bob used ro be a pracr ic ing ped iarrician in Bo.·ton and also did some reach­ ing ar a communiry hosp1ral ro which Tufr Medical chool end� studenr-. He has now mm·ed into healrh admini rration and i the regional med ical Jirecror for a group health management orga­ ni:arion. He ay· thar HMO are fighring for urvival, and he con­ siders medical in urance ro be a huge pol itical footbal l . Bob is busier now rhan ever before with h1· k i l l being challenged and improved daily. He ee informa­ t ion management as rhe crux of the medical problem-info come in fasrer rhan ir can be organi:ed.

Bob i \\'Ork mg on an M . B.A . He and hi wife have two chi ldren, age 3 and 7 . . . . lt sound l ike Al and N a ncy Thompson Fearing have a \'ery agreeable life j usr north of Portland in Cumberland Center, Maine. Al retired nine year ago from the Coa t Guard after 2 3 year· of ervice-and 1 1 move 1 He now owns a Dairy Queen, which keep· him a bu y a· he wants ro be. N ancy is an antique dealer. he help people find replacement and add it ional piece of old Haviland china­ qualiry Limoge china from rhe Vicrorian era. ancy ha also become interesred in genealogy. ix year ago, prompted by a fas­ c i nation for A l's mother's family, the Fearing went to England.

They have returned every year since then, have made conract wirh ix li ing cou i ns and have collected a tro e offamily storie . ounds l ike fun ! . . . Rosemary Mc Donough Abele is another old friend who lead -in her own word -a very n ic e l ife. The Abeles run an executive search company in Lincoln, M as . ow that rhey are phasing down to­ ward retirement, they have time

for trip· to places such as A la�ka. where fly fi h ing i good. They sray in lodge where they meet ama:in gly in tere tin g reople.

They ha\·e rwo children, includ­ mg J u l i e ' 9 . Rosemary loves painting, cooking, biking, aero­ bics and dogs. In dealing with grief O\'er the loss of a per corgi, Rosemary ha become a tra iner of dogs for the hearing impaired.

L ittle wonder rhar �he finds rhi work especially sat 1 fying and reward ing . . . . Another "head ­ hunrer," or executive earcher, is our class president, Skip Tolette. kip and Joan (Crowel l ' 60 ) live in Upper addle River, .] . kip says he ha become "biotic man" with h i two hip replacement operarion over rhe past year, bur, he say , "you do have to warch it in airpow." He i ·upposed to be content with golf and piano, but he ·neaks onto the rennis court occasionally. Ar a recent event organ i:ed by rhe New York Alumni Club, kip found himelf seated at the rhearer next to S u e T a y l o r . T h e y e nj o y e d remin iscing . . . . Your class offic­ er are re ·;'lOn ible for planning the c las reunion for J une 1 994 , and it's not too soon to start. \Ve are eager to have a many people as possible part icipate, and here1\'ith ask that anyone intere red in having a ay call or write to say o. You don'r necessarily have to leave home to have a hand in the reunion plans, but you do have to peak up. Plea·e grab your phone or your pen soon!

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THE SIXTIES

61 Co r res pon de n t : Pe nny Dietz Hi l l

By now you ha\'e gotten t h e c l · s letter a n d k now that my first ar­ ticle didn't make it into the J ;:mu­ ary i�sue of the maga:ine. Ned Gow had warned me that he usu­ ally had too much new� to con­ den e into one artic le. However, since four reunion attendee filled out que tionnaires and the rest of you left me with great promise to write, 1 j ust know that my next mail del i \'ery will bring loads of news from the Clas of '6 1 . Now that I have had thi job for several months I would like to lead a round of applau e for Ned Gow for keeping us o well informed for the last five year . . Those of you who missed the 30th re­ union mi . ed one heck of a party.

We even started planning the 3 5 th along the l ines of the Class of '56, which was celebrating the righ t way-with a four-day party!

They had pent Wednesday through Friday at the Samo et Resort in Rockpc rt. Paul and I checked it out on our way home, and i t look l ike a great place to tart our reunion in 1 996. ome of us hope to be retired by then !

Ned covered the reunion in h i last column, but l can't help re it­ erating what fun it was to see old friends and make new ones.

Margie Chamberlain Davis ha already sent me a couple of pic­ ture to hang on the wall at our 3 5 th. he is a c h i ldren's librarian in East Greenwich, R . I . , and ha· a daughter who w ill be spending next year at the Un iversity of Stirl ing in Scotland. Margie cast the first vote for the Samoset in '96 . . . . Scotty Mac Leod Folger wa at the reunion without her husband, Brad, who pent the summer working as a bush pilot in Alaska. Scotty's eldest daugh48

ter, Phoebe, cho�e to attend her father\ a l ma mater, Middlehury. cotty reports that Jock Will iam� '62 i� busy running h is own boat yard . . . . Qu imby Robinson i working on hi second career. He'� in the "rag" ( apparel ) business and is obviously enjoying it. A, he put it: "Lost my job in a corpo­ rate takeover after 26 years. Best thing that' happened to me since I got married ( a lso 26 year ago ) . " . . . A long with Margie, Scotty and Qui mby, the only other reunion attendee who filled out the questionnaire ( h int, hint) was J udy Hoffman Hakola. ince �he is an in trucrnr in Engli h at the University of Maine, I am hoping be won't grade my first column. It was obvious at the reunion that she enjoyed seeing Colin MacKay, and she ha con­ fessed that ·he keeps pictures of Mark Benbow and Robert Reu­ man in her office a:. role models of the student-centered reaching trad it ion he is carrying on . . . . I cannot close without a special thanks to the reunion commit­ tee, which met regularly under the al le guidance of D e n n y Dion ne, and espec ially to Li� ( Rowe '6 3 ) and Bev Lapham, who put so much t i me and effort into the reunion banners, which were crafted to be recyclable for future reunion . . . . That's all I have for now. I am looking for­ ward to hearing from all f you w i th tidbits of intere t and news of you and any other cla mate you have seen. If you find it as hard to sit down and write a letter a I do, j ust call me at home at 20 3- 746- 3 2 2 3 . If I don't answer, that may mean I have moved back to northern Virginia. Paul took an early retirement offer from I BM and joined Systems Center, Inc. I am in the proces of job­ and house-hunting now. If you don't write to give me news about you, you'll be reading a lot more about our adventure 1

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Although the SOOth anniver ary of Columhus' <li covery of the New World may overshadow the 30th reunion of the Cla � of 1 962 , there an.: many o f u s who hav already rut it on rhe calendar for June 5-7. ince it ha been five year> since our last reunion, new class officer will be nominated, and anyone who ha a huming desire to be ecrerary (cla·s corre­ spondent) should feel free to con­ tact me. The events planned for the 30th are less formal than those for the banner years ( 2 5 , 50), and the r union committee would be glad to entertain any other ug­ gestion you m ight have. Con­ tac t mg ue Conant Co k ' 7 5 or anyone in the Alumni Office at 207-87 2 - 3 1 90 will put you in touch with the planner of the reunion. A more relaxed sched­ ule give u,· plenry oft ime for j u t catch ing up on the la t five, 20 or JO year · with clas mares from Colby's great years ( ' 58-'62 ! ) . . .

A questionnaire and letter ar­ rived from Nancy Rowe Adams, who has been working in govern­ ment service for the past 20 years at various military educational center in Europe. For the past 10 years, Nancy has been a coun­ ·elor at and director of the Army Education Cemer in Heidelberg, Germany, while hu band John ha been a systems accountant for the Army. Daughter Laurie, 2 5 , a Dartmouth graduate, is pre ently a pol it ical activi t in South Africa; adopted daughter Son i , 2 2 , is a enior at SacramentoState in California and son am, 22, is a senior at the University ofColo­ rado in Boulder. Both Soni and Sam started college in the East but gravitated to the mountains and ocean of the West. Sound

very fami liarto manyofu ! Nancy ay she stay "on top of things" by having good women friends, doing aerobics, biking, tak i ng cour e and waking up the cul­ ture in an museums when travel­ ing. Although her pre ent life ound indefatigably peripatetic ( try pell ing that twice ) , Nancy' dream i to return permanently to the Brunswick, Maine , area, where the Adams have vaca­ tioned for year . Try to come in June, N ancy, and be part of the reun ion crowd. We've mi sed you ! . . . "Travel" is the key word in Brenda Wrobleski Elwell's respon e. She has done ju t that ·ince graduation a a travel agent and, pre ently, a the national account manager for Carlson Travel N e t work , a corporate travel agency. Am ng the perk of Brenda's job have been globe­ trott mg and the adventurous jaunts (white-water rafting, swim­ ming with w i ld dolphins) that he has enthu ia t ically hared with her two children. Daughter Monique, 20, i studying interna­ tional bu ine in Paris and To­ kyo in pur uit of both an M . B.A. and a degree in corporate law and son Gregory, 1 3 , excel at kate­ boarding. Brenda attributes her feelings of fulfil lment and sati faction to metaphy ic , good friend , powerwalkingand "travel, trave l , trave l . " . . . M a r ij a n e Eaton Fall i completing h e r doc­ torate and learning to adjust to "singlehood." Living on We tport Island , Maine, Marijane ha con­ tinued her five-year private coun­ sel ing practice, begun teaching at the university level and taken up sailing, wh ich he loves. Her three c h ildren are off on their own, and wh i le Theo the cat is her companion during the final rage of her Ph.D., Marijane en­ visions a "male partner type" to share the i s l a nd and sa i l i ng trip . . . . Dave Jacobson, who has been a professor of anthropology

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Michel Picher '67

Headliners J udith Chase '6 1 and her organic vegetable bu i­ ne , Appropriate Agricultural Altemati e , were the ubjects of a recent Netu Yark Times feature. Chase, who lives in epal, ay he hope the high price she commands for her produce will convince more epali to try gardening. "Too many epali are leaving the land," he aid . . . . l n honor ofMas achu ett Rehabili­ tation Commi- ioner El mer Bartels '62, the ational Spinal Cord Injury A ociation has e tabli hed the Elmer C. Bartel Leader hip Award. Bartels has erved the organization for many years . . . . Morgan McGinle '64 was elected pre ident of the ew England ociety ofNewspaper Editor . . . . Donald Short '64 was elected fir t v i c e pre i d e n t of th a t i o n a l F1 herie Institute . . . . Terry Saunders Lane ' 6 6 was named associate dean for development, re earch and pecial educational projects at Bo ton University' chool of Social Work. . . . Toronto attorney and labor arbitrator Michel Picher '67 was appointed a alary arbitrator by Major League Ba eball and the Major League Ba eball Players' A ociation.

Newsmakers J udy Fassett Aydelott '64 was elected to the board of the People's National Bank of Littleton, N .H . . . .

Virginia Goddard Barnes '65 was named plant human resources manager for the Milford, Mas ., divis1 n of Avery Dennllion Corp . . . . Gerry Davies DeGeorge '66 joined the sales force at Carl on Real Estate in Winchester, Ma s.

Mileposts Mamages: Deborah C h a s e C a navan ' 6 6 to

Frederick Herring in Aurora, Colo.

Deaths A l ice Stebbins Fowler '60 in Newport, .H., at 53 . . . . Jack Bober '64 in New Vernon, .] . ,

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at Brandeis Un iver 1ty forthe pa t 25 year , wrote that since he is doing re earch on the organ i:a­ t i on of fam i l i e and households, he i awaiting w i th interest the re u l t s ofmy questionnaire. ince only half the class received the original survey (hopefu l ly the sec­ ond half went out late last year) , I m a y have to bring t h e marriage/ alternative life tyle advice to the reunion-maybe we can have a roundtable di cussion chaired by Dave1 l \·e written about Dave's and Lois' combined families be­ fore, but j u·t to catch us up: ·tepon Eric , 27, is in an Francisco, daughter Emily, 2 3 , i in anta Fe, stepdaughter Sarah, 2 3 , is in Boston and on Matthew, 20, and tepdaughter Abby, 2 1 , are both in college. Dave's phy 1cal regi­ men include 4 5 minu tes daily of quash, tenni , walking or b ike riding. To ray culturally alert he read , Ii tens to c la ical and ja:z mu ic, and he recommend the video Mama, There 's a Man in Your Bed (comedy or soc iological comment ?) . . . . Janet Hertzberg ·ay he has been a professor of math "forever," but her first love i- st i l l singing a n d t h e performing art . Janet de ·cribed eeing Phan­ tom of che Opera done in German in V ienna a " m a g i c a l and t u n n i n g . " . . . F i n a l l y , J oh n Hilton ent new that h e w a · "extremely ati fied" with h is poi tion a a teacher at the Free Christian chool in Edoerton, M inn. Daughters Joanna and Heidi are in the l l th and 1 2th grade at h is chool, and while the family is deeply involved in the Prate tant Reformed Church, John does find t ime to do some weightlifting,carpentryand axo­ phone playing . . . . My on B i l l '9 1 i working for h is father a n d i di covering the thrill of traveling around the country, leeping in cheap motel and making "cold call " on mall bu ine e located in Podunk, Texa . Hi apartment

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1 992

in Mystic, Conn., overlooks the My·tic Seaport, and many travel­ ing Colby graduate have stopped to share bed and board . . . . Maybe by the t i me thi - reaches you, the job market w i l l have thawed and the economy w i l l have begun an upturn. Remember to put June 57 , 1 992 on your summer chedule and write w old cla mates who are jocular, erudi te or j ust plain fun to be with.

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Corres po nd e n t : Jo-Ann Wincze French

Greeting to a l l of you ! I finally moved into my new condo, and I s t i l l managed to not lose all your letter . Can't ay the same for numerou other thing I have packed away somewhere . . . . Jane Melanson Dahmen i a wel l ­ known artist w h o is very exc i ted about her career choice and her fa m i ly. Jane is married to Joe, a manufactu�er of boat equipment, and they have two k ids, Joey, a senior in h igh school (and a vari ty hockey player), and Emily, a tudent at Colby, who last year took a sabbatical and l i ved in California. J ane has taken a b i ke trip to France and Holland and sailed in the Hebride offthecoa t of cotland. he certai n ly eems to have a happy and fulfi l l ing l ife, and I'm waiting for her art how to come to the Cleveland M u eum o fA r t , o I can ee i t my elf, and tell e eryone 1 know her! . . .

J udi Magalhaes Garcia also ha a very intere t i ng career. he i a contract l i ngui t for the FBI and i enjoying her town hou e in Hou ton, Texa . J ud i also does soc ial work for the county, which, a l ong w ith working for the FBI, is what she alway wanted to do.

J ud i ha traveled back to pain

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Pat Dunn Field is pre -. i dent and CEO nf her own hu,i ne''· rhc

hnspi rnl-hNxl 1-h ime c�HL' Cur­ purnt ion. Pm and F re d Field ll'erc mar ri e d in A ugust of 1 990. They

h a "e t h ree c h i l d ren and une grand,on. Pat has heen hack w Colby ufren, as her nlde,r ..on, G regg fatcy , gra d ua ted from Colby i n 1 98 7 . P<1t b wor k i n g on her ma>ter'

in health ,er\'icc'

ad m i n i -; t rn r ion and 'pent her la,r vacation am condo i n Hawa i i .

Ow e n Mark Sanderson i' d o i ng what he wanreJ to do when he grew up. Mark say' he a l wa ys wanted to be an a t t o rne y and sen le i nt o a small rnwn, and Cov­ e n t ry, Con n . , it is! Mark and his

wife, Freda, a l-,(1 became re<Jl es­ ta t e d e v e l ope rs after t h e y pur­ cha ed omc property in Florida and s r a rte d to ell tow· n houses on the oce;:i n . They l i ked Florida so much that they dec ided ro pur­ c h ase their own home i n Pa l m Beach. Sounds l ike t h e i r kids are following in t h e i r footstep Ph i l i p i in i n ve. tment han ki ng , and Pamela is tnto ap a r t m ent m a nage m e n t ( s a m e a- h e r mmher) and also owns cann i ng salons and runs a husi nes as a d istri butor for sportswear. Mark

and Freda pent the i r last \'aca­ t i on re l a x ing in Bermuda.

Michael Archer i, an insurance broker in Bra: i l . M ike and w i fe Ruth have two young chi ldren, and M ike has an older daughter who graduated from the Ti lton chool in May. M ike ·rent mne of h is v a c a t i o n t i me visit i ng h i da ug hte r a n d hi brother Pete i n B o ron. H e w a ant icipating a trip to Paraguay with Ruth and friend for ome golf. Mi ke end regard to all of you and says he w ishe · he were living and work­ i n g i n the U . S . . . . A r l e n e J enkins Graber c on iders h e r elf a "perpetual volunteer." She and her husband, David, an env iron­ mental engineering con ulrant, 50

h:we f, iur huy,, <1nd the ll'holc

f a m i l y h"' hccome 1 n \' o lv e d in �

c t 1 u t 1 ng. T h i , pa-.t ' u m mer, D<t\'1d and r he i r t 1n 1 younge't '>l l n' , Kev in and A h 111, part i c i ­ pated 1n t h e Ruy Scour N at ion;1l H i gh Alken t u re F l o mla Se<l Bn,e trip, 'a i l 1 11g off the Florid,1 Key'; ;md "' cummi ttcc chilir , ,f rhe troop, Arl ene d id much of rlll' fund rab i ng and made rr;1vcl ar­ ni ngc mcnts. T h e i r o l de , r ,, in , t c \·c n , g rn d u ar e d from Culhy i n 1 990. Another 'on , Rnan, i' at Dartmo u t h . A rlene ha"cen Dee Dee Wilson Perry un oc e<Ntl l1 , a ' Arlene\ mother a n d hruther l i ve near oha,,et, Mu''· The Graher' 1·;icar ion at their fa m i l y c a m p m H m ,cn ec k a n d en JO)' not hav i ng a phone t h ere . Arlene >ay-. that t hey h ;l \'e l i ved in F l orida, Tcxa' and Panama, and �he u'e' her ma,ter\ Jegrec in ,oc 1al work i n d i r ec t ! ) tn c \' c r y t h i n g , h e doc� . . . . Bill Witherell is cnioy­ i ng 'ome t ra\' e l ing w i t h h i> 1nb a' d i rector nf financ i a l , fi,cal and en terprbe affair at the Organi:a­ t i on of Econom ic oope rar i on and De \' e l opment in Pari,. H is marriage to Edie 1n De c e m be r of ' 9 <1dJe<l th ree more c h i ld ren to h is two, and, of c n u r · e , at lea t one of them went to Co l hy 1 B i l l a n d Ed ie w e n t tu Bulgaria, Hong Kong, ingapore and eoul last year but l ike many of u' wou ld love to pend more t i me i n N e w Eng la nd . . . . Another letter w i t h a foreign po>tmark came fro m Ce y l on Barclay in Grenada, We t I nd ies. He l ist h is occupation a writer and rum manufac t u rer.

Ceylon ha four c h i ldren. One , he claims, i· a Tom Cru i e look­ al ike t ry i ng to ge t into the mov­ ie ; another is a um ma cum laude

graduate in Chinese; a daughter ha made h i m a grandfather twice; and h e has a on still i n college.

Ceylon has written a book, Ur­ gent Fury Two 1 , and he travels all over the wor ld c o n sta n tly but found ample time to "adopt" even

-.c h t 1 1 i l , 1n G re n ad a and h a s he l pe d hy p;1 1 nr i ng, fi x t n g up, �up11l y 1 11g h;i..ic-., and teac h mg te ac h ­ er' ll'h< i rhe m,c lve' on l y have -. i x t h -gradc education, . eylon extend, <1 welcume to any other Colhy "hum< iut" whn want-. tu play u n r h 1 ' hem 1 t 1ful ble. He co u l d u'e t he h e l p ! H e rea l l y h d o i n g '>t>1net h 1 11g 1n the d e v e l op · ing ll'urld , and 1t ,o un d , l ike a big chal lenge. . . That\ it for t h i s mont h . I h a ve e ight letters left and will need omc more news '<llll1. Ple;i,e let me k now what ytiu're doing ,, 1 I can w ri te about I[.

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-.oundeJ quite sane tel ling about

i t . He i now e m ployed at Kennehec Valley Medical Cen­ ter as J i recror of patient affa ir anJ ri k manager . . . . A nice quore from Karen Eskesen: "The hook they publ i hed for our 2 5 th reunion wa. really fun. In read of Jwelling on the pa t ( wh ich I would have hated ) , it caught u up on people's pre em lives-­ and aren't we a really interesting bunch ?"

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Corre pendent: ara

haw Rhoades

I re c e 1 \' ed a nice ac c o u n t of Joan Thi el Hadley\ wedd i ng la-t �um­ mer. Her twin �un , both of whom had J Uot graduated from college, walked her down the at le, and Anita He gma nn McCray was matrnn of honor ( j u·t as he wa at ] nan\ fir�t wedd ing! ) . Joanna Cleveland Caswell wa. t h e re as wel l . ] mm is now Mr . William Had l ey and 1s st ill living in the heart of Bo ton and lo\' ing all the good t h i ngs t hat come her way in l i fe . . . . Change- al so have hap· rened in Phil Choate' life . With both k iJ� through college and in the Air Force, Ph i l and J any have moved from Le wi ton t0Augu-ta, Maine. The ir hou e old the fir t week it was on the market (don't you j ust hate to hear that ? ) , and they decided to turn their um­ mercamp into a year-round home.

Wh i le l iving in the camp, they added 700 square feet, a central heating y tem, thermal windows, a w ll, insulation, new e lectrical and plumbing ystem and a new k i tchen ! Bel ieve it or not, Ph i l

Art Beveridge i alive and well after be 1 11g "mi ing" for several year�. I picked up the phone one day ro hear the ever-cheery voice of "Mr. Beveridge," a he wa known to M is Fore.l's fre h man Engl 1sh clas . omeone had given him a copy of Colby. He spotted my number anJ called. Art is married, live in pringfield, Va., and has a t ur-year-old on. H i musical talent have grown be­ yond the trumpet to include the fl.ugelhom, e lectric ba e and pi­ ano. H e i elf employed a a club mu ician and a com po er of l ight cla sical and orche tral music. He recently cored the soundtrack for a TV pi l o t . . . . G o r d o n Corey' I n titute of Equ ine Eru­ dition ha moved to it winter campu in Pinehurst, .C. I t headmaster' lengthy news release s i m p l y tate : "Truc k i n ' on­ Makin' do." The um mer campus is i n Cumberland, Maine . . . .

Virginia Goddard Barnes re­ cently joined Avery Denni on Corp. in M i lford, Mass., a man­ agerofhuman relations . . . . Pr f.

Marty Dodge continues coach­ i ng wood men' team at the Community College of the Fin-

Colby, March 1 992

When the World Meets T

h is J une nearly 1 20 head of tate or government will travel to Rio de J aneiro, Brazil for the first-e er "Earth ummi r"-a Un ired ation - pon ored meeting to di cu worldwide ecological i ue . And if the gathering go off without a hitch, that will be thank in large part to the effort - of Marguerite Malcolm '66.

A chief of planning and meeting ervicing in the U . . Department f Conference ervic , Malcolm upervi e a raff of 2 1 that i re pon ible for organizino a two-year planning calendar for the rgani:ation'- major office- in ew York, Geneva and Vienna and making ure each meeting i taffed, -upplied and erved adequately.

For an event uch a the one in Rio, Malcolm ay , "we organ ize everyrhing on . ire, from every plug outlet for the typi ts to how to handle the visit of the head of rate to open the conference. What you have to do on ite i recreate U. . headquarters on a mai ler ca le.

And that' a lot."

Difficult a it can be, how ver, Malcolm' job i literally a dream come true. he wa me merizeJ by the U. . as a chi ld vi iting the ecurity Council on a clas trip. "A lightbulb went off in my head," he remember , "and I knew this wa what I wa going to do. " Originally he hoped t o ioin the U . . ' ream o f tran lator-, and he majored in French at Colby with that in mind. During her en1or year, Profe · or J ean Bundy of the French Department arranged for Malcolm to pend J an Plan working with the U . . interpreter .

"After I had done a month with them I reali:ed thar my own language kill were weak, in term f the level required to be an mterpreter," Malcolm ay . " But I happened to notice that there were the e people organizing meetino . I thought getting involved in meeting wa a way to get going." he was hired a an a i rant c nference officer for the General A embly es ion after graduation in 1 966. he checked protocol, made ure nameplate were correct and delivered mes age- to and from delegate . But once the es ion wa over, o wa- her job. he wa cal led back the following pring for a pec1al e -i n on amibia and kept on durino the ix-Day War, and ·he earned a permanent po irion when two conference officer re igned that fall.

The former nameplate cu todian now jugole a chedule ofnearly4,000 meeting worldwide and erv a ecretary ro the General A embly' Committee on Conference .

"I come to work every day not know mg what int ere ting problem are going to confront me," he ay , recounting the tale of how the United tare ' ban on Pale tin ian leader Yasir Arafat enr the entire ecurity Council to Geneva on a moment' notice-and how he had to work round the clock to make that po ible. Other highlights include taking in a Mets game with rhen-Amba ador George Bu h ( "a very nice man" ) , meeting head· of tate, workmg with people from around the world and peaking French daily.

"I have a unique po ition in the world," Malcolm ay . " I have counterparts in Geneva and Vienna, but they have only their own program of meeting to worry about. I have to worry about the overview. o it really i a wide-ranging, broad job. There aren't enough hou in the Jay."

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ger Lake5 in .Y. TI1e men\ ream 11\1n irs se1·enrh ride, the \\'omen's its ixth ince 1 974 during the spring compe t i t ion. Marry al o ha� a project im·oh·ing "inrerpre­ ti1·e trail con tructton" for rhe rown of Canandaigua, .Y. Bob Baggs i · ch ief i m·esrment ell' Hamp·hire for officer for Fleer/Norstar lm·esrmenr Adl' i ­ sor·. He and Cherie now l i l'e in a ·hua and pend the \\'armer months travel ing in Europe . . .

Bob Brody ll'a · a warded h i· PHR ( profe ·sional in human re·ource · ) in M av. Bob retired i n J uly 1 9 as a major 111 t h e U . S . A . F. He and Marjorie are both licen�ed pro­ fessional counselors, Bob for rhe Un i red rate Automobile A ·o­ c i a t 1on in an A n t o n i o and Marjorie in pri1·ate practice . . .

Bet y Frazer Eck i a trade holl' manager w i th Cahner Expo i­ tinn Group. La·r May she ,·isired her on Chri , who is tudying in Austra l i a . . . . Harry Mar hall ent a note of great regret from Radda-ln-Ch ianti, I taly. I had hoped to 1·isir with him la t Au­ au r wh i le I ll'a touring Tu cany.

He was tra1·eling too ! . . . Chuck Currie report a move to We t­ lake V i l lage, Calif. He's a pro­ gramcontroller ac NorrhropCor­ porarion. I n l 990 he and h i wife, ima, began a book-exporting venture deal i ng in publication for hospital , univers i t ie and l i ­ braries in I ran. "The future look promising." Indeed it doe . H a i l , C lby, Hail.

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Correspondent: Russ Monbleau Jim Drawbridge had to pay the

price for trying to raise funds from my hou ehold. He wa- ubj ec ted to an interview that la red much

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Correspondents k mger th::m hi:, rl<mned "surrorr your alma mater" J'itch. J i m', ac­ t ual vocation i� w i th Harris Pub­ lishing in the telemarketing/fu nd­ rn ising d i\'biLm, '>L) volu nteering to rai:,e fund� for Colby \\'as the e p i tome of the busman\ holid;1y.

Jim rerorr- that hi� on Peter, 24, is a chip off the old block, cur­ rently engaged in an "extended e d u c a t ional career"-in other wnrd:, l ts of schoo l . J i m remar­ ried two and a half years ago and is liv ing in h is chi ldhood home in Holde n , M a ·s. He , t i l l h a s t h e legs and the des i re to play hockey and was engaged for a time in a huff & puff league in Keene, N . H . , or at least t h a t w a s w h a t h e thought u n t i l t h e Keene tate team showed up one nighL J im ays he instantly found h im:,elf on the wrong end of a generation gap . . . . Len Nelson is a psycho­ therapist prov id ing coun e l i ng on a w ide range of subjects, from troubled marri ages to drug de­ pendencies. Len' son Eric has j ust entered New Mex ico tare University to srudy professional golf management. N MSU i one of only three school in the coun­ try offering thi c urriculum. Seems one day when Len wasn't look­ ing, Eric got down to a four hand i ­ cap-that's some serious golf. l asked Len if h is golfhandicap was comparable, but he said it was clo er to h is l icense plate num­ ber. Len's goal now i to move on to other geographies, so if you know of any career opporrunitie for Len's spec ialty, drop h i m a l i ne . . . . Certa inly one of t h e more interest ing career p a t h be­ longs to Sue Freihofer. Her job h istory has i ncl uded h igh fa h ion ale , modeling and run n i ng the admissions department for the A merican School in I taly. After 10 years in Eur pe, he is back in New England . Last year she bought and renovated a condo in south Boston. She teamed up w ith a busine s partner to open a stock 52

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photo production company two year ago. Her partner i a profesional photographer, and ue runs the sales and business manage­ ment end. A Sue describes it, t h is i a tricky, chal lenging busi­ ness involving ale and ervices to key agencies around the coun­ try. She ha to antic ipate the ad­ verti ing trend and then build an inventory of scock shot that are marketable. ue is c learly mak ing the mo t of a liberal art e d u c a t ion . . . . P a t r i c i a Ross Pehoski saw daughter J e sica off co Whitman College in Wash­ ington state this fall. he reports that her nest isn't q uite as empty as she thought i t would be, as her 8-year-old German shepherd with

a "de licate stomach" expect· contant attent ion. Two years ago, Pat and her hu band of 2 1 year· b u i l t a new hLime on the Mercer Island, Wa h., waterfront. Based upon my travels, this has to be one of the a l l - t i me prime loca­ tion·. They are both looking for­ ward tosome excellent ·k i i ng th is winter, based out of their condo in Park City, U ta h . Deep powder, m d e r a t e t e m p e ra t u re s , no crowds and no knowledge what­ soever of "ice" and "corn snow." . . . Andy Maimer and h i wife, Liz Neily '67, are coming up on 1 9 year a re ident of Salt Lake City. They origina lly traveled there on a sabbatical getaway, and they l iked i t so much they

n c n:r left. Andy h involved in a \'ariery of real e�ratc transaction inc l ud ing i n \'e tmcnt� and refur­ h i -,h mg rrorcrries. Li: earned her

ma,rcr' degree in �rec ial educa­ tion and 1 � c urrently a OCLated with a therapy center that fo­ cu-,c on c h i ldhoo<l diwrder . he L ' al,o an outreach coordinacor hclring teacher' work with high­ n k c h i ldren . Li: and Andy ray young w i th their 7- year-old daughter, Ro e , a n d with liberal do.'e' of outdoor recrca[ton, in­ c l uding ,k iing ( ee Utah k i i ng, abt ve ) and mountain bik ing ( the l;ittcr he ing without motor , Li: wa q u ick to point om ) . They u'uallr get back to New England to vi it fam i ly in Augu t and would ha\'e made the reunion thi, year except for a la·r-minute chedulingconflict. Plan on 1 996, guy . . . . Gramma an<l I a re rl ug­ g i ng along aft r our grand on's first Chri t ma ·, where, as pre­ d icted, everything he got wound up in hi mouth. And h w do you fit a five month old for a baseball m i t t ? . . . Thu endeth another column. M y ability to pad and fill in will be ·e\·erely tested in the clas· newsletter if tho·e que·r ion­ naire returns don't pick up s on.

Drop a l ine.

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Correspondent: Susan Daggett Dean

I am writ ing on a "cold" day in cottsdal e with snow on the mountain to the north and ea t.

1 have heard from over 3 5 of our c la mates regarding attend i ng our 2 5 th reunion in ] une. TI1is i only a sampl ing of their new .

Elizabeth Coffey Gross says that after graduation from Colby he wa a reporter for the Hartford

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Couranr. ln 1 97 0 she began teach­ ing in East Haddam, Conn. Pres­ ently he teache language art / reading. Betty revi its Colby an­ nually, s ince her parent have a cottage in Unity, M aine . . . . Bill Walker write from A lexandria, Va., that he is a l ive and well in "Federal City" w ith h is wife of six years, Ann Hayward, and his 1 3month-old son , Thomas. B i l l hope to attend t h e reun ion and catch up w ith his Zeta Psi frater­ niry brothers, formersoccer team­ m a t e and o t h e rs . . . J u d y Kolligian hope t o ee o l d friend at our reunion. he tel ls u that A n n C h r i tensen i p a i n t i no beautiful watercolors and having show in Bo ton and Cambridge.

Stephanie Burton is still her be t friend. J udy is hoping to ee Gin­ ger Trafton Nomura, J ack Ruth '65 , Kenny May '69, Liz Frey, Andrea J en n i on and Dalma Heyn . . . . A l l ison Burns-Ferro

is hoping to attend the reun ion in J une, a are Peter J ensen and Tim Crowel l . . . . Bob Gracia

write from We twood, M a s . , that he h a recently remarried and l ive with hi wife, Carol, two tep ons, age 10 and 1 3 , and his son, 20, who i a j un ior at Hofstra . . . . Jim Helmer i living in Boulder, Colo., and says that he visited Lincoln Bates in At­ lanta in Augu t and Erik Thor on '66 in Na hville. Jim is a graduate of the ma ter gardener program at Colorado tate U niver ity . . . .

"Hi" right back to Joe Connolly in North c ituate, Ma . J oe plans to make the trek to Colby in J une . . . . 1 was sorry to hear that Ken Johnson will not be at our reunion. He ha a great rea on, however. He and h is wife are ex­ pecting a baby about that time . . . . L e e Potter writes that he at­ tended h i wife's ( Linda M itchell Potter '66) reunion l a t u mmer.

"Tell our classmates that ir' an affair t hey do N OT want to mi ss . " . . . Kurt Swenson jotted Colby, M arch 1 992

a note saying that J ane Machia and Terry Shaw are married. Best wi hes to Jane and congratula­ t ions to Terry! What great new · with which to end th is column !

68_ Correspondent: Barbara Bixby

Here now, the news: The Rever­ end Charlene Ma rinke A l l ing, rector of t. Paul 's and Grace Epi-copal churche in the town of M i l ler'- Tavern, Va., is not o bu y that he doesn't have time to inquire if there i a Colby n l u m n i g r o u p in V i rg i n i a . harlene graduated from Yale D 1 v in ity chool i n 19 9 . . . .

Chris Balsley of beautiful N ew M i lford, in one of Connecticut' "forgotten corners," report that he and h i wife, J ean ( Peter on '69 ) , are plea ed with daughter Elaine, who graduated "magna cum" from Bosron Univer iry,and son David, who is a junior at l thaca College . . . . When asked, "What could never happen at Colby now" ( that u ed to happen while she was there ) , Margaret Casebolt Carter of Boyd, Texas, replied, "A good fraternity party ! " I , fo r one, agree. But the beat goe on. Margaret' five Arabian hor es keep her busy now that her two ons are grown. One of the teeds i a 1 99 1 Texa State Fair cham­ p ion . . . . I wa th.rilled to hear from our man i n I rael , I rv Frutkoff, who eems to h ave coped very well with the "fun war over here a few month ago." I rv a ks if anyone has need of ome s l ightly u ed ga ma ks. I n eri­ ousne s, he w ishe he could decribe what it' like to wake up to an air raid siren-and know it' for rea l . I rv i ng and h is w ife,

Margalit, a mus ic therapist ( I rv i an analyt ical chemist, of course ) , ha\'e three c h i ldren, Carm iel, Kinneret and Amishar . . . . An­ other c las mate who leads an ex­ c it i ng life i Bob Garrett, DC-9 captain for American Airlines.

Bob and hi family ( w ife Kathy [Alford '70] and three childre n ) l ive in York, Maine. From this home base they enjoy k i ing at Sugarloaf and a l l the other won­ ders of Maine . . . . Dr. Richard Foster says that the awful Berke­ ley/Oakland fire was j ust about a m i le from his home. Happily, he and hi family are afe. Recently Richard ·aw Prof. Fred Geib ( re­ tired from Colby) in an Fran­ ci ·co. Richard and Gabriele, h is German bride, both taught for a year in Germany. They were there d u r i ng the reun i fi c a t ion . . . .

Later, my fine friend ! I f ! m i ed you, be strong. Your messages will appear in our next i ue.

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Correspondent: Anna Thompson Bragg

pec i a l thanks go to Barbara M c W h. i rt e r , w i fe of A l a n McWhirter, for fi lling out h is Colby que tionnaire a year ago!

Alan is the chief public defender for the city of Waterbury, Conn.

Barbara is an environmental at­ rorney. They have two sons, Ja­ son and Ju tin, two I rish wolf­ hounds, two Shetland sheepdogs, two cats and one cocker paniel.

1 th ink you need one more cocker j u t tO keep things even! A lan is one bu y man. He is a United State Soccer Federation referee, president of the Connecticut) un­ ior occer A oc iarion, chair of rhe r u l es c o m m i ttee for the Un ited State Youth occer As-

soc iarion and past president of the Connec t icut I ns Society ( he ha bred some beautiful iri�es ) .

W h e n do y o u fi nd t i me to sleep ? . peak i ng of a n i mals and being busy, Alice "Buff" Huse Tanner report from We t Kingston, R . l . , rhar she is the mother offour (agcs l 7, 1 5 , 8 and 5) and the owner of two dogs, a nameless bunny, a guinea pig named ydney and "too many cats and ch ickens." Buff say she has "helped k ids build a lor of houses and learned tO k11 1r sweat­ er- wi thout a pattern." . . . Giles "Gus" Browne, like my elf, re­ turned ro h is homerown and is living in the house where he grew up. He is living in Linwln Cen­ ter, Ma ., and is on the faculty of New England Telephone's man­ age m e n t t ra i n i ng c e n t e r i n Marlboro, Mass. H e has rwo chil­ dren, J essica, 1 6 , and A lec , 1 4.

He also has four tepch i ldren, one tepdaughter-in-law and twostep­ grandch i ldren. He ·ays that he is "particularly proud of hi chil­ dren and a l o proud ofseven years progres in the never ending chal­ lenges of srepfa m i ly bonding.

Every day it has its intere r i ng moments." Gus flew a plane for the first rime at age 4 2 . " I t helped me recreate the adrenaline rush that u ed tO accompany Shake peare papers without having to worry about grammatical errors."

Gu is very active in h is commu­ nity worki ng on the L i nc o l n H o u ingCommis ion, being trea­ surer of Lincoln Wood (a 1 20unir mixed-income housing co­ operative) and being deacon of the Fir t Pari h Church in Lin­ coln. Good to hear from you, Gu ! . . . Please write if you have new to hare.

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THE SEVENTIES

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Correspondent: Nancy Hammar Austin

The i r mess01ge t u for 1 992 i-;: "L ife 1 · \\'hat you make 1 t . " . .

Hanria Halpern Holden was married last ummer and i noll'

Ha,·e a great year, always, Be Brave.

ury·1ce

and. a

mak i ng her home in T ruckec, Cal if. , near Lake Tahoe. ( Con­ gra t u la t i on and be t w i he , " H . " ) . . . N ick and S u e Harding Preston invite everyone to top in at the Mountain Fare Inn m

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Grace's construction chemical d iv is i o n writes from ha ron , Ma ., that hi m iddle on, "Pis­ t o l " P e t e r , wa

rec e n t l y bar

m i tz\·ahecl. Hi three sons, Peter, Brent, a tudent at Roxbury Lat i n , a n d Matthew, a r e all excellent t u d e n t s , a t h l e t e and "good k id . " . . . ancy Howatt W i l ­ s o n , p r e e n t l y work ing i n the small claim

d i v i ion o f t h e

Manche ter, N . H . , d i rrict court ,

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Will you be on

layflower H i l l

t h e first weekend in J une ? Our re union 1 almo·t here. A fabu­ lou' t i me i plan ned-and don't forget the renowned c h i ldren', program that keep the little ones hapry from m m i ng to night. ee you oon . . . . W i l l i a m "Dezy" Tracy i- m herwood Park, Alberta, a, ch ief of plan­ n i ng for the H i toric ire er­ \' ice. He had an article puhli hed

held in l nd ianapoli in Augu t and viewed on the ports Chan­

eli ng-anyplace, she ay . In fact,

doubles div ision. Nancy and Bob

ing goalie in the student mrra­

mural league . . . . Faith Bu he\ Friedman i s a fir.t grdde teacher. he and Allen, an mtern i r, li ve

he' hoping to be rea Paris, where he wa a years ago. he's h ighly one of rhe few in her peak French . . .

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horn. That bahy would he about a year now-hope a l l \ w e l l .

Katherine anJ her hu�hand, R o , l ive 111

in Arcric Anchropology ince ll'e last heard from him . . . . Kathy McGirr's favorite vacation is trav­

nel of America in February. Her

ek He' at olgare U n i ver ity teaching w n r mg. Any free t 1 me 1 >pent on the ice hockey nnk rlay­

Katherine Muhlhau en Mcin­ tyre her fir r bahy \\"a >oon to be

wa the as istant producer of the N a t ional Amputee Golf A so­ c i a t ion ( N AG A ) Champiomhip

husband, Bob, the execu tive d i ­ rector of A G A , w o n in the

nyder h a had four

111 Bal t i more with rhe 1r daughter and on . . . . La't I heard from

Corre pondent: Janet Holm Gerber

. . . J o n Stone, vice president of international marketingfor W . R .

year� D o n

hab1es and ha> authored four nov­

igned to couple of valued a firm who

Chip Edgarton

alt Lake C i ty , where

Tou.111 Line new paper of outh China, Maine, for hi in­

tere t and kill m cooking. After hi Colby graduation, Eric had

terrific reunion que r 10nnaire re­ pon�e. ( Mike Miniutti, your ad,·

ice and Jescnption of your wed­ dino "reunion" weekend were great . ) To dare: "Then and O\\'" i favored by mo t a a theme, Thin are "iffy" a a memento Comedon'r want to adverri e our age ) . Most want a casual Friday night, a fancy aturday night, a port ac tiYity on arurday ( ten­ nis or oftba l l ) and a brunch on unday. There' rime for more input. peak up! And keep in mind we'll be electing cla offic­

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and ha been captain of h is team.

H i and J oanie's c h i ldren, Dana and Mark , are 1 and I 5 now, and

enjoy this j ob and would lo\'e to continue if you'd l ike me rn. Be t \\'i he .

are a t h l e t i c and a c t i v e .

Stephen Tumosa w r i te from Colorado

pring that he' a fast­

the game. They ee golf a a way

food re taurant worker. He has traveled throughout Au tria and

to develop confidence, increase independence, hare a po it ive

was hoping to return there for a ummer job . . . . From Charles­

attitude in com pet i t ion and meet

ton , S . C . , Sheila Seaman writes

new friend . Their efforts have

that she i

been recognized by the Profe -

public

ional Golf A oci a t ion and the Disabled American Veterans. For

Small Library. he and her hus­ band, J ohn N e e , have rwo

m o re

dalmatian . . . . I n t h e last

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write

to

assistant director for

ervices ar Robert Scott

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eba t ian B re raurant in Oak­ land, Maine, back in 1 969, Eric

m the

as a lei ure activ ity for the phys i­

cally challenged, they are ded i ­ cated to promoting t h e love of

parke ' 7 I . Penny i a part-time rehabi l i tation coun elor and a volunteer in the co-op pre chool. . . . The a· 1 tan t chef at Johann

nmg. The comm ittee i active, putt i ng mto play all your input and ugge nons. Thank- � r the

cally challenged. Through F I R T and

included Deborah Keyes, Jean traehl Mos and Pam Wolf

College . . . . On ro reunion plan­

er . I ' m the ecretary/rrea urer.

Leam to Golfcl inicsfor the physi­

ing the drink ing water in the Vir­ gin I land . They have a 27' sail­ boat that they u e to explore the Caribbean. Colby v isitor have

Rolf on ( now Colby's director of major gift ) wa featured recently

plays lot of "old t i mer ' hockey"

W I N G tra in ing seminars for

t.

Katherine 1 ' an a' OClate profe or ar a l t Lake Co m m u n i ty

devote long hours promoting golf

rehabil i tat ion professional

new address m Chri t 1 a n-ted,

Croix, where he l i ve with her hu band, Tom, and the ir on, Erik. A an environmental engi­ neer, Tom i working on improv­

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the good fortune to apprentice under French chef: in a re tau­ rant in France . . . . Norman and Pat Flanagan Olsen have been in Tel Aviv, I rael, ince Augu t. orman i the officer in charge of the U . . aid program m Gaza. Pat plan to learn Hebrew and do graduate work there. Their three boy are attending the American I n ternational chool of I rael.

The family was able to do extenive traveling during February to uch place a Hawai i , Guam and M i crone ia. After c o nc l u d i ng the ir tour of duty in the Mar hall I land last ] une, they pent n i ne weeks in Wash i ngton, D . C . , where they h i tched up w i t h Fran Gates Demgen and Dori Ford Mathis. They welcome any Colby gue t to their part of the world. . . . Tanya Homa Van Pelt of ew Hope, Pa., i married to Rob­ ert , and they have a baby named Elizabeth, born in eptember of

1 990. They are loving being new

ultanate of Oman . Hi new son,

parent and s t i l l enjoy a i ling ( mo t recently in the British Vir­ gin I land for everal week ) . . . .

ami, wa born i_n April in Ath­

Ron Majdalany, a veterinarian

en . . . . Penny Wolf Bum ha a

in Great Barrington, M a s., got

Noreddin Nahawi l ive

in the

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March 1 992

He Still Loves the Silver Screen S

cotr Levine 73 -a that for a long a he can remember, he ha been fascinated by movie and movie -tar . "I ' arched a lot of televi ion when I wa a child," he ay . 'I loved the world that movie and performance offered." And a na­ tional publicity director for 2 th Centur ' Fox, Levine i among the lucky few ' ho have rolled avocation and occu­ pation into one.

While growing up in Cherry H ill, .] . , Levine participated in Children' Theater, and at Colby he acted in everal productions. He say winnmg the role of Guildenstern in an all- tudent production of Tom toppard' Ro encrant;;: and GuiUlenstem Are Dead directed by Profe or Irving u wa "one of the accompli hment I'm proudest of."

Levine mounted a fe t1val of Depre ion-era film in an independent tudy for Profe or Charle Bas ett. "It wa great for me," he ay , "because a lot of tho e movies I hadn't been able to ee before. The 1 6 mil limeter print would come to Colby and I 'd watch it by my elf omeplace in the library, and then there would be th i n ice night. That wa my fir t experience programmmo film ."

After graduation he went on to where he earned a master' in cinema tudie and completed cour ework fi r a Ph.D. In 1 97 he wa- hired a a i rant director of the Art In titute of Chicago' film center. He wa re pons1ble for coming up with theme for film erie and for compiling program note . The fe ttval of which he is proud­ e t, he ay , i The Actress on Film; Chicago ' 79. He commi 1oned ome of the mo r prominent academics and critic in the country to contnbute articles to the fe ti val note and put together a program of film from actre e a diver e as Anna Karma, Margaret ullavan and Dorothy Dandridge.

Levine'- love of movie . combin d with hi trong writing abil ity-he wrote and edited Art In titute publica­ tion for two year -led him to a job in Fox' Chicago office a an as 1 tant for publicity, promotion and adverti ing in

Colby, March 1 992

19 0. Three year later he wa named publicity manager of the tudio' we tern divi ion in an Franci co, and in 1 9 5 he wa- tran ferred to a imilar po ition in ew York. He now direct Fox's ew York-based national publicity effort.

"We make ure we knov,: who in the media co er film ," he explain". " ot j u t revie\ er , but people who commi -ion and write feature torie that are film-related.

Our job is to know the e people, to make ure they know what films we have comincr out, to screen the film for them as often a po ible and to try to get their response before the are in print o we can either warn or delight the tudio."

Levine' office al o organizes film premiere and act a liai on between actor and director and the media.

Levine ar one of the plea ure- of hi- job i workincr with]oel and EthanCoen, the filmmaker bro:her who have made a rring of ucce ful low-budget movies, including RaisingA1izona. He note , too, that last year' Fox hit, Home Alone, came a a plea ant urpri e. "We were impre sed with how good it wa ," he ay-, 'but no one had any idea that it would not top, that it would play for o long and that we would be working harder on its publicity after it opened than we actually d id beforehand."

Unfortunately, however, the adulation that greeted Home Alone i uncommon. Levine' job can ometime mean putting the be t po ible face on a di a ter. Recent box office di appointments include For the Boys, tarrmo Bette Midler and J ames Caan, and aked Lunch. "It' ly and colorful and very provocative," he say of the latter. "It' a movie that provoke di ta te. You wonder who could pos i­ bly ha e thought rhi movie could make money-and yet you thank God omebody made this movie."

Levine ay that de pite hi work in PR. he can till appreciate a crood movie. "[My job] ha n't made my v iewino offilms cynical," he ay". "I can still go to a movie and really enjoy my e lfand not it there and think of how ro exploit it."

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married l ast J une ro J;rne La ni ng.

He serves 1. m �everal tllll'n hoarJ� ;rnJ i, 1�re,ident of the Grear Barrington Kennel Cluh. He re­ cently had a visir wirh Sterling Wil liams llf Gorh am, Maine.

Jeff Stone is interested in net­ ll'Ork ing wi th olby c l as�mate� in the health care fielJ, a he jusr completed an intern hip in stra­ tegic planning in Boston. He rc­ ce n t l y b u m p e d i n to D a v e Delong, w h o is doing aJvanced cour ework at BU . .

Kathy Stover Spencer of Cape Eli:a­ heth, Maine, is director of reha­ b i l i tation at Goodwill of Ma ine.

Kathy's and Larry' chi ldren are J ess i c a , 1 2 , and Christopher, 9 . . . . Patience Gruber Stoddard is a pastoral counselor and min i·­ ter, and her hu band , J i m, i an a s istanr rown manager. Their c h i ldren arc Da v i d , 4 1 /1, and A l l i on, 1 1/,. Patience made her fir t two gal lon of maple ·yrup last winter. . . . To all of you­ enjoy the la t of winter if you are a cold weather fan; otherwise, know that the pring buds w i l l o o n b e peeking out !

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Correspondent: Steve Collins

Famine or fea t. Our late t re­ quest for info generated 4 5 post­ cards, six letter , two c l i ppings­ and 2 7 pages from Ricardo Lujan, Ph . D . , professor and d i rector of the Center for Research in T ropi­ c a l D i eases , U n i versidad del Valle de Guatemala. Ricardo's resume shows a wife, � ur kids ( ages 3- 1 4 ) , an M .Sc. in microbi­ ology, a Ph.D. i n parasitology, two pages of professional honor and s ix page of publication cred­ it . . . Other contributors range from "A" ( Ph y l l i s Hasegawa 56

Auge r ) to "Z" ( Carter ' 7 3 anJ Rachel Hyman Zervas ) . Phylb

reports from TigmJ , Oreg . , that she' been m, 1 rrieJ to the '>amc guy for 1 7 years Jespite having two hoy., with h i m . She mount exh ibit ions for mu eums, :oosand. traJe show ( inc luding M icrosoft, N i ntendo and Avia ) , anJ be­ tween Lirrle League prac tice� ,he managed a trip ro the an J uan Islands during the only rainy week la�t ·ummer . . . . Rachel ( Lan-­ down, Pa . ) said he' reali:eJ four big goal : adopting a Jaughter ( from Chile ) , mo\'ing nut tif Ph i ladelphia, getting a joh in a �chool (a a peech therap1sc ) and teac hing English to imm igrant'>. . Deborah Ikehara mm·ed back to Hawa i i ( with hu�band Alan L i 1rky '7 3 ) after J 9 years in Ne" England, anJ in J anuary '9 1 haJ herfir t ch ild-daughter A melia.

Debbie aid the on ly Colby '74 v isitor o far was Denise Bradley Ridge from Portland, Ma ine . . . .

Richard McCormick's first d1 patch in 1 5 years finds him at the U n i v e r s i t y of W y o m i ng i n Laramie, where he' a n a s oc iate pr fes or of mu cle biology. R ich i married with two k ids ( 6 months and 2 1/, year ) , plan to lecture in Mongolia and France thi· year and srays in touch with Medhane Egziabher, who ha a bu ine s in Detroit . . . . Farther we t, Tom Gil l , a CPA, recently formed G i l l & Bodhan in S a n Mateo, Calif.

He has a son in kindergarten who's "already marterthan I am." . . . S. Ann Earon ( Lake Wylie, .C. ) ha her own management con­ sulting firm spec i a l iz i ng in mar­ keting, telecommunications and tra ini ng, with offices in four srates plus New Zealand and Au tralia.

One c l ient has her implementing v ideoconferencing rooms in 3 5 locations around the world.

The rest of you who wrote, plea e be patient and we'l l get your in.

Better yet, send an update o it's accurate when we print i t !

75 _ Correspondent: Susan Gearhart Wuest

I am nearing the enJ of my fir t harch of �ur-·ey�, n for tho e of ynu wh 1m I d idn't carch the fir t t i me, your� 1� cnming. I thought that thi' was the casie�t way to keer informat ion <IS current a po� 1ble. Hopefu lly, nu one ha felt left out; you can alway write t\l me anyt 1 1ne you want, a� did Charlie Leroyerfrom ear mont, Maine, who an wereJ his urvey and then later sent an update!

Working a� a urgical physician' a �i;tanr for the la t 1 3 years in North Carolina, Vermont, Penn­ '> y l v a n i a anJ fi nally back in Maine, Charl ie l i ve' on the coa t with hi; wife, Maria, a veterinar­ ian, and the ir dog Gi lley and cat Primo. Farm a111 mab are pend­ ing, as they fir t need to build a barn. Charlie pent ix week la t ummer on a rran -Atlantic ail­ ing trip on a 38' loop from cot­ land to Maine via the A:ore .

After urviving two torm with 40-foor �ea and 70-m.p.h. wind (he had h is doubt at t i me ! ) , Charl ie now a i l h is own 30' loop on the "usually tranquil warer of Penob cot Bay." He h int that he can alway u e good crew. In November, Charlie wrote that he had recently een Danny Sexton, who i l i vi ng m Yar­ mouth, Ma ine, working in adver­ ti ing and renovating his hou e.

Charlie had also talked on the phone with Vinnie Cassone, who is a biology profe or at Texa A&M, where he i doing research on biorhythm in bird . V i nnie i married with two dau hters . . . .

Paul Coleman write from Poway, Calif., that he i a dentist with crown, bridge and implant em­ pha i . He and h i wife, Mary Barbara, have two son : Dave Ho w a rd ! I I , 5, a n d J oseph

Lawrence, 3 . Paul de cribes hi life in one entence: "Kid have gotten ca ier; golf ha gotten rougher." Paul is very active in the Poway Rotary and the Cham­ ber of Commerce, he coordinate the an Diego County "Doctor with a Heart" project, and he ha run twogolftournaments forchar­ ity . He wa� al o a United Way Golden Globe Award finali t last year as the county' volunteer of the year. lmpre si\'e! . . . In Oc­ tober, Thomas '74 and Debra Rice Metcalf moved to Fairport, N .Y. ( about two mile from me ) , from We t yack, N .Y. We've talked on the phone. Tom ha a P h . D. in b io c h e m i try from M ic h igan rate and was working for Lederle Pharmaceuticals be­ fore being tran ferred up tate. He i now working for Praxi Bio­ logi doing re earch on bacterial vaccines. Debi enjoy being home w ith their 1 -year-old daughter, Ali on, and has been busy et­ r l i ng inro a new house and area. . . . tephen and Patricia Green Dunn l ive in Needham, Ma s., w ith their three children, Mel issa, 1 1 , Robert, 8, and cott, 6. Patric ia write that her kids keep her very bu y and he i active in their pri ate elemen­ tary chool ( which David White 's daughterCarherine al o a ttends).

Last ear Patricia cochaired the pring fair for the chool' annual fund raiser. he al o serve on the board of director of the Dana Farber Cancer In titute. Winter weekends and vacation find the Dunn sk i i ng at Waterv i l le Val­ ley, N . H . . . . C h ristine Beale B u r c h s tead is a l ibrarian in Walp le, N .H . , where he i in­ volved with environmental/en­ dangered animal group and i al o a recent member of the "Brit­ i h Hedgehog Pre ervation oc i ­ ety! " I n February 1 990Chris trav­ eled to Cornwall, England, and walked along the coast-Pen­ zance, St. I ves, Land' End,

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Mousehole. Forover l O yearsnO\\', she ha been doing corri h coun­ try danc i ng and two years ago took up golf in elf-defense, as her hu -band, Peter, is a "golfaholic . " Chri al o enjoy photography and experimenting \\'ith her cam­ era and lenses. When Chris wrote me l ast spring, Betsy Toops

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Headliners Richard C a s ' 7 3 " as granted a fellow hip for fiction

writing from the

ew Hamp hire

tate Council on the

Art . . . . J oh n Devine '78 wa promoted to national ale manager,chain drugdevelopment, in Proctor andGamble' Co�metics and Fragrance Divi ion.

Newsmakers Rick Gallup '70 i a n e w a ociate at Ma ieUo Life

and Financial

ervice in Kenne,

' 7 1 wa named h ckey coach at New Hamp h ire . . . . J oe Matto Bean Elementary

chool in

.H . . . . Robert Ewell ew Hampton chool in ' 7 3 , principal of the

iJney, Maine, continue to

receive parklingnotices for h i a mini·trative tyle. M atto wa profiled in a recent Kennebec]ournal. "Life' end i not in knowledge but in action," he told the paper. "We try to get kids involved in learning experience ." . . . W il liam Callahan '7 4 wa elected pre ident o f the Greater Brockton ( Mass . ) Board of Realtors . . . . Gordon Welch '74 joined the Center for Family Law in Pen acola, Fla . , a a family and marital law peciali t . . . . Lynn Bruce '75 wa pro­ moted to management upervisor at The Guthrie Group, a Portland, Maine, adverti ing firm . . . . Paul Silvia ' 7 5 was inducted into t h e A ttleboro ( Ma . ) Area Football Hall ofFame . . . . Albert Shapiro '76 wa appointed a ri k management con ·ultant at J .H. Albert International Inurance Advi ors in eedham, M a . . . . Stephen Rieben

'78 was promoted w vice president at A plundh Tree

Expert Co. in Willow Grove, Pa.

Mileposts Births: A so n, Parker Barn , t o J ame Bunce and Helen Barnes '70 . . . . A daughter, A l ison Sarah, to Tho­ and Debra Rice Metcalf ' 7 5 . . . . A daughter, Susan Marie, to David and Florence Gutowski Harlor '75 . . . . A on, James W i l lard, adopted by J ohn '78 and Susan Raymond Gei mar '79 . . . . A daughter, Kelly Jean mas '74

To .-Le, to Dennis and Robin Towle Glynn '79.

Marriages : J oh n Bennett I I I '79 to Katherine Montague in We thampton, M a .

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D ' Amore, Betty Lou McNally R ob i l l a r d ,

Debby

Morrel l

Polackwich and Chris were plan­ ning a get together in May at Betsy' house in Connec ticut for the ir own Colby mini-reunion. . . . For those of you l iv ing in the East Eddington, M aine, area, l is­ ten to WQCB-FM and you might hear Bob Duchesne, who i a radio program director and an­ nouncer. Bob and h is wife, andi, have a 1 5 -year-old cat, Alyosha ( a · of last pring ) , who is " hon on brain but long on character. " Bob erve on the board of direc­ tor of Down East Big Brother / Big i ters, and andi i back in chool full time at U MO, working toward a B. . in civil engi­ neering. pare time i pent bird watching on the coa t with up to 3 20 species on the l ife Ii t-and counting.

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Scudder, Jay Sarson and Mugsy

elson Sarson ' 7 5 , Tony Shupin with h is wife and two son , Mary Ann and M a r k J a n o s , P a u l Bishop a n d Mark Tanguay. l t was a wonderful e\'ening for a l l of u . . . . Caren Starr Sc h wartz write that she is currently a part timer at I BM following the birth of daughter Emily. he and h u band B i l l are building a home in Southport, Conn . . . . Kate Cone Theberge ha recently started a tide examining company near her Harpswell, Maine, home. She and Bob '74, a general contractor, have three active ch ildren. Kate saw Dan Dawe on the day Hurri­ cane Bob hit. He now has a baby daughter, A l l i on France . . . .

A l o in New England are Mary Ann and Mark Janos. Mark has a law practice in North Hampton, . H . , and Mary Ann works at home caring for Emmanuel , 5 , Louis, 3 , and James, 1 1 /2 . . . . Re­ bec c a Hushing McCole l i ,·e .H., nearby in Port mouth , where she own a n a d agency, A M PS, Inc., which recently cel­ ebrated its fifth anniversary. ln addition to rudying graphic art at U N H , Rebecca volunteers as a family mediator and participate in several professional organiza­ tion . She and her h u band, Bob, a y tern analyst, have been mar­ r i ed for two year . . . . J u l i e Stewart writes from Philadelph ia that he is a voice telecommuni­ cations analy t and oon to be p rofes s i o n a l m u i c i a n . he planned a reunion w ith Wendy

ln November Joe and l attended

Swallow , Heather Finney Eng,

a cocktail party in Boston for the benefit of the J immy Hayes Fam­ i ly Tru t. ince wel l over 1 00 of J immy's friend attended, l can't mention everyone' name, but the '76er we aw included J immy, Pam Carne, Holly and John Mara, Dan Murphy, Bain Pollard with h i on Tommy, Jenny Frutchy Ford with her husband, Ed, Bob and Nancy Coyne Cooper, Dave

Joy Sawyer-Mulligan and Kathy

J ewe tr utherland '77 last fall. . . .

From the M idwest, Ed Under­ wood w r i te that he started h is own i nsurance bu ine s three year- ago, pecializing in aviation and tran portation i n urance.

This keep Ed on the road three day a week trave ling all over the country. He and h i wife, Mary, have three ch ildren, twins A lex57

a n d e r and M a t t h e w , 9, and J eanne, 3 1/2 • • • • Marian Lishman Lord resides with her hu band, son, cat and dog in Norfolk, Ma s., and writes " ince the reunion and because my son is starting ki ndergarten ( tomorrow ) , I feel a need to do more to stay in touch with my past. " . . . Jim D ai gn ea u , a pi lot for Delta Airline a n d the U.S. Navy Reserve l ive in Vir­ ginia Beach, Va. He had "the rare opportunity to eject out ofa burn­ ing A-4 Skyhawk in J une. I t was interesting, to ay the least, and an experience I hope I don't have aga i n ! " J im flies all over the U . . now and hope to add some inter­ national routes oon . . . . Thank you for all the re ponses to the questionnaire. I have lot more news to share.

Club to Honor Winkin John Winkin, one f the nati n' o u t tand ing colle­ giate ba eball coaches, ha been named winner of the Colby C

lub' 1 992 Carl Nel-on

port Achievement

Award. He will be honored at the club' annual award dinner in Portland, Maine, on May 4, C Club Pre ident

G. Arthur Brennan '6

announced.

W i n k in coached ba eball at Colby from 1 95 5 through 1 974, when h e accepted a s i m i lar position a t the Univer ity ofMaine, which ha become a n ti nal power under hi

a gi . Winkin ha

notched more than

00

career victorie .

The popular event al o honor outstanding Colby enior athlete . I t ha been

taged a a brunch in the

Bo ton area fo r the la t four year , and i l ikely to draw an

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Corresponden t : Lisa Tripler Rapaport

When Bob Keefe asked me to take on the respon ibi lity of class secretary, I was real ly excited at the prospect of hearing from o many Colby c lassmates-you know, the inside scoop on what everyone was doing where. I an­ ticipated stacks of intere t ing mail to browse through and the chal­ lenge of conden ing all the news into a small column. But, nooooo. . . . You are now reading the words of a desperate woman. l had yet another deadline looming dark on the horizon and so l ittle news to brighten the outlook that I picked up the phone. P lease, please, tell me omething-any­ th ing-1 can write about our class . . . . My fir t call pressure a reluctant Carol Ricci into help­ ing me out. Carol reveals that she continues to work as a paralegal 58

Regency Hotel. Tho e who w i h to

attend can make re ervation bycall ing the Colby alumni office at 207- 7 2 - 3 1 90.

at the fi rm of Richard on & Troubh in Portland, Maine. he lives right in town but spends as much time as she can travel ing.

Recent trip include Hong Kong and Europe. . . . My next call finds neighbor Liz Damon Weaver at home-briefly. Liz is currently working part time as an a sistant geriatric soc ial worker at Cedar N u rsingCareCenterforthe Aged in Portland, Maine. he is al o working on her ma ter' degree at USM and is presenting tra ining work hop to promote the devel­ opment of holi tic elder health programs. Liz recenrl y completed a UNUM community health edu­ cation project cal led "Day by Day," which produced a hand­ book for the above-mentioned workshops a well a some very

positive re ult in some local eld­ erly hou ing projects. Th i i all juggled around managing a fam­ ily with three active elementary school chi ldren anJ a bu band, Gary '6 , cal led away to active duty from April through August. . . . My last phone call di rupted bedtime at the Dubuque house­ hold ( orry, Dre w ) but produced everal bit of information to hare with you. Drew i athletic d i rec­ tor of the Waynflete chool in Port land , Maine . H e recently coached the var ity girls' soccer team to the Maine rate Prep c h a m p ionsh i p . S u e F r e n c h Dubuque i s a manager in the human resources department of ABB Environmental. Drew and S u e h a ve two c h i l d re n­ Genevieve, 6, and N athaniel, 3 .

Drew reporrs that Lowell Libby i5 head of Waynflete's upper chool and al o ha two ch il<lren-Spencer, 3 , and Anna, l .

A l o working a t Waynflete i David Vaughan, who teaches biology and i involved in the peercounselor program . . . . Ken Fox teache Engli h at Brunswick H igh chool, and John Einsied­ ler is an architect in carborough.

John live in Kennebunk and join the "tw chi ldren set" with Diane, 6, and Luke, 2 . . . . Spe­ cial thank to Jane Hoffman, who wrote of the October birth of her on, Daniel Eric Hoffman Crowe. (Congratulation ! ) He join hi ister, Rachel, who i 4.

J ane and her hu band, Kevin Crowe, recenrh· purcha ed a home in Larchmont, N .Y., a ub­ urb north of YC. Having en­ joyed a career a an admin i tra­ tor in higher education ( after earning her M .B.A. in 1 983 ) , Jane i very much enjoying being at home with and for her chil­ dren at thi time . . . . l know life eem hectic to many of us these day , but how about sending me even a po tcard with new of how and what you're doing1 Or pick up the phone-my number i 207-767-2406. Your classmate would like ro hear from you! Hope all i well.

78_ Correspondent: Susan Gernert Adams Tom Gilligan writes from Little­

ton, Colo., that Lambda Chi, "the dreaded underground fraternity," is about to embark on its annual spring ritual, a golfweekend where 30-40 brothers "get tupid to­ gether," a Tom put it. Tom say he's working l ike crazy for UNUM Colby, March 1 992

life in urance and raising three children with h is wife, Anne . . . .

Dian Weisman Mil ler and her husband, M ark, have a panish exchange tudent l iv i ng with them i n Panama City, Florida.

Dian has been selling real e tate ince graduation, and her hus­ band i i n the Air Force. He wa· j u t out ide the Iraqi border dur­ ing De ert torm la t year. . . .

Susan Kenyon went to George­ town Law School after Colby. ow he' a corporate and securi­ ties attorney in Boston. Her life i "hectic but happy" with her hu band and her two sons A rc h ie and t a n l e y . L as t y e a r t h e Kenyon-Abrams vacationed i n France w ith Jeff Shribman (al o a lawyer) and hi family. u an tay i n touch Dan Hoefle, Doug Kaplan and Kurt Cerul l i , who are lawyer a wel l . . . . Margaret Buck Hagstrom ay she' a tu­ d e n t a ga i n , wor k i n g o n her master's in international manage­ ment. h e a nd her h u band, Mark, l ive i n G lendale, Ari:.

When asked what her greate t accompli hment ha been i nce Col b y , sh e w r i te : "avo i d i n g childbirth ! " Margaret would l i k e t o hear from Addie A i m e , Andy Deininger, Dave Clarendon '79 and Chri ta H utcheon O'Meara '79.

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Correspondent: Emil

Grout Sprague

There is a slow and sporadic trickle of new from the Cla of '79 arriving in my mai lbox lately, includ ing word of a new batch of recent arrival . A mong those are Ed and Sarah Russell MacColl's new daughter. Katherine Lou i e was born in J une. he joins h e r

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brother, Christopher, 3. Sarah notes that after a long earch they have found a Colby alum to care for the k id , J il l W i ll iams Hooper '6 1 . he goe by the name of Nana and is a valued member of the fam i ly . . . . Congratulations are also in order to John ' 7 and Susan Raymond Geismar on the arrival of their adopted son , J ames W i llard, born in February of '9 1 .

Happy first b irthday J a me ! . . .

Congratulations also to Robin Towle Glynn and her hu band,

Denni , on the arrival of Kelly J ean, born i n October. Robin is director of the Un ited Way in Chester, N.H., and enjoy being a member of the Rotary Club . . .

Dean Morrissey an wered his que t ionnaire age ago from Port Royal, .C., where he is the ,·ice pre idem of Oxford Develop­ ment. He is invol\'ed in the de­ ,·elopmem of the " eces ion Golf Club" and is coach ing an Ameri­ can Legion basebal l team . . . .

Debra Wallace Burbine writes

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Rob in Cote ( Robin C. Armitage) 45 Hayes Ave nue Bev e rly, M A 01 9 1 5 508-922 - 74

u an W u e t ( usan C. Gearhart ) 65 Country Downs Circ le Fairport, Y 1 4450 7 1 6-223- 1 967

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ancy A u tin ( Nancy H a mm a r ) 29 I rving Street .v5 Worcester, MA 0 1 609 508-797-47 1 1

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J anet Gerber (Janet Holm) 1 1 1 1 2 Broad Green Drive Potomac, MD 20854 30 1 -299-6240

L i s a Rapaport ( L isa M. Tripler) 2 Tall P i ne Road C ap e Elizabeth, ME 04 1 07 207-767-2406

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A n n e H. Jordan ( Anne Huff) 36 Hiller t Road Medfield, M A 02052 508-3 59-5025

u an Ge rne rt Adams 1 5 5 E. 93rd t., Apt. 50 New York, NY 1 0 1 28 2 1 2-860-8020

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Emily M . Sprague ( Emily M. Grout ) 75 Gotham treet Watertown, N Y 1 3601 3 1 5 -788-5 1 1 9

1 979 Stephen B. Collins R FD 3 Box 6600 Oakland, M E 04963 207-465-3870

that she recently left Digital Equ ipment Corporation after n ine years a a financial analyst to pend time at home with her children, 3 1/2-year-old ara and twin Aly a and Brett, 2 1 /2 • he writes that he enioys the less h e c t i c p a c e of her l ife , t h e strengthened relationship with her k ids and the increase in t ime for family life, hared with her h u band, David, an engineer.

Louis Cutolo wrote from Brook­ lyn, N.Y., letting us know that he completed a residency in plastic surgery and now ha a fellow h ip in pla t ic urgery at the Univerity ofFlorida. . . . Kathy Quimby Johnson and her husband, Greg '78, are l i v ing in Cambridge, Vt., where th ey are re toring an d re­ habilitating their home, an old train tation. They are the par­ ents of Lydia, who was born in Augu t of ' 9. Kathy write that he has only the d is ertation to fini h for her doctorate: j uggling house restoration and parenthood is keeping her busy. he and Greg have heard from J une Fifty, who ha relocated to W i l m i ngton, Del. . . . Rhonda H too wrote from Belmont, M a . , where he i l iv i n g with h usband J oh n O'Connell. Rhonda i a micro­ computer manager for the Gold­ hirsch Group. he pend her spare time biking and cro -coun­ try skiing with J ohn and painting on the beach ( an activity that Rhonda wi he he had more time for) while he snorkel . Rhonda had new of Ava Stone, who i married to Peter Torres ' 7 and is l i ving in ew Mexico. A a ent a nice note to me and expanded on Rhonda's news. She and Peter married in 1 9 9, and she is a doctoral tudent in c l inical p y ­ chology at t h e Fielding I n t itute. . . . That' all fornow. Please share ome of those Christmas new letter w ith me and I'll hare your news with the class.

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Corresponden t : Patricia Valavanis Smith

Thank to all of you who returned that d istinctive salmon-colored quest ionna ire last eptember.

There were ·o many re ponses that the new may be a bit back­ logged for the next � w columns.

Howe er, updates are always wel­ come, and I still hope to hear from people who haven't yet written . . . . Ken Branch, a N avy l ieutenant in the c iv i l engineer­ i ng corps, is living in Temple H i l l , Md., with h is dog Howz- it, his beach runn ing partner fr m Hawa i i . Ken's working on m i l i ­ tary drawdown a n d base clo ures.

I n h is spare time, he' involved w ith Big Brothers and Spec ial Olympics. . . Amy Wight Chap­ man is keeping busy with Wil­ liam, 1 1/2 , and three older chil­ dren in fir t, third and sixth grades while trying to embark on a long­ postponed writing career. She and her hu band, a logger, are build­ i ng an add i t ion onto the ir home in Locke M i lls, Maine. Amy keeps in touch with fel low Colbian Elizabeth S tu art Bailey, who re­ cently fini hed a degree in social work and is work i ng in the field.

She and her hu band l i ve in Durham, Maine, w ith the ir 7year-old daughter . . . . W h i l e s h e ' s not c h a s i ng M a x , 1 1/2, builder/developer Mimi Brodsky Kress is working with a Wash­ ington, D.C.-area builders asso­ ciat ion to build shelters for bat­ tered women and other groups in need. he's also involved with plann i ng hol iday parries for in­ ner-city c hildren. M imi attended the wedding of Le ley DeYulio '82 last summer and saw Beth Garrido Graham '8 1 and Karen Erdos '82. She al o v isited Mike and Gretchen Huebsch Daly and thei r three chi ldren at their dairy 60

farm in J ordanv i l le , N . Y . . . .

Robin Baliszewski is the �enior managing editor for hospital ity, travel and tourism for Prent ice Hall publ ish ing house. When she's not on the road on bu ine , Robi n volunteer at the Pine Street J nn homeless shelter in Boston and works on renovating her l OO-year-old home in Brad­ ford, Mass . . . . A few exits down Route 49 5 , M ike and Liz Nelb Gearan welcomed a daughter into their Methuen home last fa ll. he j oins "Wild Bill," 3 1/2• Liz says they till manage to spend a lot of free time in the unapee, N . H . , area . . . . Lynn Collins Francis i ad ju ting to being the mother of two redheads. Son John joined Elizabeth, 41/1, last March. Lynn i the data manager for vascular surgery at New England Deacon­ e s Hospital in Boston. he work in the ame bu ild i ng as p ycholo­ gist Alice Domar, who's also a Sudbury, Mass., resident. Alice does a lot of traveling to speak at conferences but is al o looking forward to more vacation trips with her hu band, David-per­ haps to cotland in Ju ly. l n terms ofcommunity act ivities, she jokes that "doing enough lawn work to keep our neighbors from getting v iolent" is high on the l ist !

Sue and Jay Moody say there' "never a dull moment' with their 1 8- month-old twin boys. J ay' an e n v i ronmental consultant in Falmouth, Maine, a member of the town's con ervation commit­ tee and president of the Maine Boardsail ing Association. He still keeps i n touch w ith Warren Pratt, who's l i ved in J ack on Hole, Wyo., since graduation . . . .

Cathie Marqu ee, an occupa­ t ional therapist at Mclean Hos­ pital i n Belmont, Mas ., i enjoy­ i ng the p a re n t i ng l ife w i t h Zachary, l , and husband James Pu tejovsky, a professor of com­ puter science at Brandeis Uni­ versity . . . . Anothernew mother,

Dottie Foster Vachon, tends to Gabriel, l , and relaxes by "si tting on the deck with a good cup of coffe e , " l a nd s c a p i n g and kayaking. She'� active in the Bera Sigma Phi ·oronty, erves as a docent for rhe Ell worth ( M aine ) Library Art how and teaches an adult cla s at her church.

81_ Correspondent: Beth Pniewski Wil on

Thanks to everyone who reponded to our clas urvey . . . . pened h i Peter Cocciardi ha own law practice in Everett, Mass.

He and wife Le l ie bought a home in M iddletown la t year and are paren toMarthew, 3 . . . . Wayne and Jan Johnson Gombotz re­ cently moved back to eattle af­ ter living in Bo ton for two year .

Wayne is a c ienti t with Bristol­ Myers, and J ane i a computer con u l ran t w i th I nfo ys tems Architect . . . . J o e l Harris is an inve tment officer with Fleet/ Norsrar in Maine. He and wife N atalie are parents to Morgan, 4, and Phoebe, 2 . . . . Mark "Boom­ er" Bloom i a technical writer l i ving in Lexi ngton , Ma . . . .

Dani Nemec Micsan i l iving in Pakistan, where her husband, ] im, i in the foreign serv ice. Dani and J im have also l ived in Zaire and Tunisia. They are the parents of J ess i c a , 3 1/1, and J u l i a , 1 1 /2 • . . . Stephanie Vrattos is l i ving in Waltham, Ma s., and is an assistant manager a t ranley Kaplan Educa t i o n a l Center, where he runs into many Colby student and alumni. . . . Jay Otis is an attorney w ith Cohen & Cohen in Bangor, Maine . He is l i ving in h is hometown, Veazie, and i the town counse l . . . .

Geoffrey Neville is an in titu­

tional trader vice president at Merri ll Lynch i n Atlanta. He went to Wimbledon last year and says if anyone is in Atlanta, be ure to look him up . . . . Tory Sneff Schulte is living in Ster­ ling, Va., ha left the restaurant bu ine and is selling fax ma­ chines. Li a Denham vi ited for Tory's daughter's first birthday party. Courtney wa born in July of I 990 . . . . Tom Schofield re­ ceived a fellowship in demi try from the Academy of General Denti try in July. He is a partner in a dental practice in We tford, Ma . . . . Jose Sorrentino has moved to Delaware for a two­ year fellowship in surgery. He and wife Laura are parents to two boys, Sergio Rafael and Jose Gabriel. . . . Eleanor Campbell i living in Che ter, N.J . , and is a special products coordinator for the New J e r ey Conservat ion Founda­ tion. . . . Thar's all for now. Plea e keep writing!

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Corre pondent: Emily Cummings

This endeth the "newsletter that would not die." Thanks again, everyone, for your patience in awaiting each i n rallment . . . .

Becca Badger Fisher sent me a newsy update just after the la t column went to print. Becca and her husband, Paul, are l iv i ng in California's San Fernando Val­ ley, "with v iew of the mountain out both the front and the back door . " Becca is a ystem analy t at Jefferies and Co. , a brokerage firm in downtown L.A. Paul i at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory working on the Galileo mission that i on its way to J upiter. Becca says that life in L.A. "i certainly

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different than life in the uburb of Bosto n ! " and that she "would love to find out about anyone who is in the Lo Angeles area."

Well, ince you asked, Becca, here are at lea t a few California neigh­ bors. Jonathan Baskin writes from Marina Del Ray that he is a cor­ porate manager of public affair for Nissan orth A merica. Other than working for a new ( and un­ e xpec t e d l y l arge ) c o m p a n y , Jonathan' bigge t n e w i h is new wife, Elizabeth. The couple were married la t J une. Jonathan tays fit w ith j ogging, r a i rma ter, weights and tenni and till en­ joy writing and recording songs.

From San Franci co, Tim Daw­ son and Melanie Day ent lot of news. Tim is a regional sales man­ ager for Wells Fargo Bank, and Melanie is a trade l ia i on w ith the British Consulate. While Tim ay he enjoy the beauty of San Francisco and its h i l ly state park ( particularly wh ile "ob essively" riding hi mountain bike ) , he re­ ports that Au tralia, M elanie' homeland, i " pectacular." After their v isit last spring, Tim de­ cribed the country ide a "quite diverse: tropical j u ngle to deso­ late desert, and the people very friendly." Tim recently attended M a r k A v e ry's w e d d i n g i n Chatham, M a . A l o pre ent for the festivities were Ken harpies ' 1 and Brian Sharples, Chris Castner, Cindy Kim Beglin and Karen Varnum Matt. Tim re­ port that Brian ha recently moved to Austin, Texas, to head up lnte l l ique t, a market re earch compa n y. MattFigel and h is wife , Linda, are l iving in M anhattan Beach, Calif., where he i em­ ployed in the finance industry.

Matt was married i n M ay of 1 990.

M att says that Jeff Brown, Greg Keenan, Helen Dooley J ur ek and David Strage made the trip

west. M att tays active by bik ing and playing beach vol leybal l and quash . . . . Back on the Ea t Co[by, March 1 992

Coast in Acton, M as ., Carolyn Berry says he has given up the l ife of a marketing consultant for the stabiliry of a ful l-time posi­ tion. he is now a marketing com­ munications manager for Laser Focus World, a technical maga­ zine published by Penwell Pub1 i h i n g . Carolyn tarted her M . B.A. at Boston Uni\·ers1ry in ' 9 and is "plodding along one cour e at a time hoping to gradu­ ate in 1 994 ." A year ago Carolyn rook up b ike riding and enjoyed a b ik ing and camping \·acation in ova cotia. he also enjoy get­ t i ng together w i t h friends to quilt . . . . Karen Cowles Berkley and family: hu band, Brian, and 1 1 /1-year-old daughter, J acque line Eli:abeth, a l o l ive i n Acton, M ass. After hav ino her baby, Karen rook e ight month off work and i now back pan time atCam­ bridge T ru t Company in Con­ cord. Karen tay active by cha i ng h e r daughter a nd enjoy qu ilting. Hey, are you guy be­ c o m i n g a q u i l t i n g fo r c e i n Acton ? . . . Dr. Ron A gnes gradu­ ated from Brown Medical chool in 1 9 9 and is now a enior re i­ dent in emergency med ic i ne at the Univer ity of I l l inoi , Chi­ cago. He was married in August to Su an Moffatt, a c linical dieti­ c ian. The couple hope to return to the New England area next ummer. . . . John Clark is also l iving in Chicago, where he i an attorney and hi wife, Barbara, i a freelance writer. A year and a half ago, John and Barbara were married in a 74 -year-old church in Scotland. John ays he wi he they were living i n Scotland . . . .

Beth E l lis Tautkus was l iving in Fore tville, Md., but planned to move to her next Air Force as­ signment at Langley Air Force Ba e in H ampton, V a . , l ast month. Beth was promoted to captain last October and is work­ ing for the National Photographic Interpretation Center i.n Wa h-

ingron, D.C. Beth ays that he i "working on the Arms Control raff, which is pretty exc iring right now with the igning of the tra­ tegic Arms Reduct ion Talks ( ST ART) treaty and the recent i g n i ng of the Com·e n t ional Armed Force in Europe (CFE) treaty." Beth and he;· hu band, K e i t h , have a 1 7 - month-old daughter, Katherine Ann, and Beth has enjoyed being a Cub cout Webelo Den leader for the past three year . Beth wa nice enough to pass along the fol lowing news of other Col bian : Mark Green ' 3 and Susan Kallio had a son, Christopher Kallio Green, to April 1 990. Mark and Colleen Plourde Harvey adopted a daughter, amantha Claire Harvey, last M ay. amanrha was born in February 1 99 1 . Denise Glennon wa married to Gary Aoubald last J une. Colleen and Beth were i n the wedding party, and Kathy Docherty Lawes and Linda Zee attended . . . . David Fanger report that he ha a new po ition at the same employer.

He is now the raff director of the dealer urvei llance department at the Federal Reserve Bank of .Y. David received h is ma ter' in Public Pol ic y from H arvard's Kennedy chool, where he was in the ame c la a Susan French F i n e . D a v i d ran i n ro L i n d a Hurwitz in Tao , .M., last April , a n d he was best m a n at t h e wed­ ding of h is College roommate, Chri tian M elby ' 1 , in Friendh ip, Maine, last June. David cur­ rently ings with the Canticum Novum ingers i n ew York City and has sung in Carnegie Hall and on televi ion with Peter, Paul and Mary. David says that he never expected to l ive in N YC, but now that he does he wonders "where are all the ' 2 in YC." He and Andrea Brantner are on the New York Colby Club com­ m ittee, and Dave ay , "We never ee any ofour classmate at Colby

Club events." Well, Dave, I have heard from Bruce Fields, who is al o unexpectedly liv ing in the B ig Apple, where he i in interna­ t ional trade bariking. Bruce was married in eptember 1 990 to u:anne, who is employed in po­ l itical ri k insurance, and the couple honeymooned in G reece.

Bruce received hi master of arts in law and diplomacy from the Fletcher chool at Tuft /Harvard. . . . Colleen Plourde Harvey and her husband, Mark, are l ivtng in Yorktown, Va., where Colleen is an industrial hygienist at New­ port ' ews h ip b u i l d i ng, and M ark i a M e rc h a n t M ar i ne engineer. . . . Another Virginian, Warren Krueger, writes from terl i ng, outside of D.C. , where he has a new job at the Science Appl ication I nternational Cor­ poration as a theoretic plasma phy icist. He and hi wife, Lisa Kuzia '84, have a 2 1/1 year old, Caitlin Marie, and were expect­ ing a econd child la t fa l l . . . .

Jo ephine ( Venti ' 1 ) and Ron M i o l l a and t h e i r 2 -y e a r - o l d daughter, C:iroline, are l i ving in Plantation, Fla. Ron received hi M . B.A. from the University of Southern Maine in 1 989. Ron reports that he had l u nch with Pre idem Cotter last March in Boca Raron w i t h the South Florida Colby A lumni Club . . . .

Patricia O'Loughlin rece n t ly moved to Quincy, M a s., and is a te t adm i nistrator at J oh n on O'Connor Research Foundation.

Patti expres e her elf artistically by continuing to write daily in her journal, a he h a for 20 year . She is j u tifiably proud of pon oring a little boy in Guate­ mala through Chri tian C h i l­ dren'sFund . . . . WilliarnOrrand hi w ife, M a ry, are l i v i ng i n Espanola, . M . , where h e i s a first-grade teacher and hi w ife is a wildlife biologist with the U . .

Forest Service. Bill describe himelf as a profe ional fly tier and is 61

given to bragging about the large trout he carche-. . . . El izabeth Pierce Williams and her husband, Benj a m i n , a research analyst, were expecting their econd child last fal l . The Will iam, are living in Bedford, Mass., with daughter Margaret ( Maggie ) . . . tan '85 and S usan Robertson Kuzia also exci tedly report the birth of the ir da ughter, V i rg i n i a M ary, last April. u an says that they are enjoy i ng the challenge of par­ enthood, except for the leeples night . usan, who i an artist, started her own craft bu iness called Kuzia Creation and is do­ i ng local craft show , mail order and sel l i ng on consignment. he is hoping to start a greeting card l ine based on Kuziakin copy­ righted characters . . . . Ann Skin­ ner Rider and fam ily are l iv ing in Brookline, Mass. Ann and her attorney hu band, Tom, had their son, Chri topher, in August 1 990.

Ann i an editor of chi ldren's booksfor Little, Brown . . . . Terry Smith Brobst, husband teve and "Kye , an a l ien that looks and act like a dog," are liv i ng in Freeport, Maine. Terry i a cred it analysi officer who recently experienced an FDIC takeover of the bank he worked at for even years. he described it as a "unique experi­ ence in bureaucracy." Terry en­ j oys s w i m m i n g , h i k i n g a n d land caping . . . . T h e Clarks are del ighted to report that, "they are back in Maine again and this t ime for good . " Michael, Ann R h ine­ hardt and their son . Jackson, have returned to New England from North Carol ina, where M ike re­ ceived hi med ical degree from Wake Forest University . . . . Scott Sophos ent a new y note as well as a great publicity photo he uses in his acting career. Scott has moved from Atlanta to Orlando, Fla., which he calls "the land of the theme park. " He is working fu l l t i me as an actor for Un iversal Studios. He reports that he is 62

"one of e ight actors who know every show on the property and must be able to fi ll in in any capacity." He has also appeared locally in produc tions of Psycho

Beach Parcy, The Importance of Being Earnest and Bleacher Bums and has appeared as a principal model for a five- rate Texaco pro­ motion as well as various indus­ trial film . In hi free time, cott i active with a local AIDS orga­ nization and enjoy the beach at Cape C a n a ve r a l . .

David Strage sent t h e following update from London. "Child number two was due around Halloween, while the first, daughter onya, ap­ proaching 2 , was running the household." David says that he is really enjoying hi work with Digi ­ tal, where he is helping to de­ velop a strategy for service busi­ ne , which may require a move to Geneva. David has bumped into Chris Murphy and ean Padgett '85 in thesouth ofFrance, Chri "Moose" Schmidt '8 3 and teve Kirstein '80 in Bo ton, and he attended the mini-reun ion at Matt Figel's weddi ng in L.A.

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Correspondent: Sally Lovegren Merchant

Happily having heard from ome of you, I now have some info to share with other . Please keep w r i t i n g and send i n g photos.

When I receive photos, I hang on to them for our scrapbook, so feel free to send as many as often as you like. We will be thrilled to have these in the years to come ! . . . Dean B u rpee wrote from Wellesley, Ma ., hav i ng relo­ cated from Dedham, Mass. Dean married Carole Delaney '84 in 1 987. Carole i a vice president at

Bank < f Bo�ton ,pecializ ing in corporate loan workout . Dean manages the Boston office for Tihan Roofing, Inc., the largest union roofing contractor in the Northea t . Home improvement keep Dean and Carole bu y, and they enjoy following the varied ucce ses of Colly alumni and athletic team . They travel to Maine to vi it Dean's parents and to ki weekends at ugarloaf. Julie and Steve Bot ch had recently visited, a long with young on Brian ( horn in J u l y ) . teve and J u l i e live in eattle, Wa h . . . .

Ashley Lasbury and cott Dow have been hu y si nce gradua­ tion-including a cro s-country bike ride they rook in 19 3 . Both ended up in the in urance mdus­ try in Hartford, Conn. con spent ix of the la·t even years as a special agent for Northwe tern Mutual Life, and A hley wa man­ ager of admini tration at Ameri­ can kand ia Life, a company that ell variable annuitie . In late 1 990, con became training con­ ultant at the Northwestern Muru� hrnne offke and �e two moved ro Mi lwaukee, W is., wi th dachshund Martha. A hley and Manha made it through four month of togetherness when A hley wa job hunting. he ac­ cepted a position a a case man­ ager at a small estate plann ing firm. he enjoy the fami ly atmo­ sphere of the small company and like her work very much. Scott travels a lot but t i l l swim . He realized one ofhi life-longdreams in the ummer of '9 1 -to para­ chute. A h ley says she closed her eyes! Any M ilwaukee-area alum should try to contact the e guys.

They'd love to make contact with you . . . . Jenny Ambler, 0.0., has moved her private practice into a brand-new po t and beam-style building in Brattleboro, Vt. 1 99 1 must have been very busy fo r her and hubby Tom Maisner, a they built a cu tom modular Cape-style

home in the woods of Gui lford, Vt. J enny keep in touch with J anet Deranian , Brenda Gat­ comb Strout Christi Smith Fari­ nelli and many other Colbians who are not from our class. She i ac tive in the American Associa­ tion of University Women and in Rotary. . . . Sue Jedrey received her M . B.A. from the Univer i ty of Virginia, and in June she mar­ ried Guy Lewi , whom she met wh i le working i n India in 1 990.

Now the rwo live in D.C., where ue i c irculat ion manager for National Geographic. She ound happy and reported that Sharon Mahoney, Tom Ahern, u an H a m a no A h e r n ' 8 4 , a n d Gretchen Gehrke '84 were at her wedding . . . . A lerter came from Laura Strassman in We ton, Ma s., where he is living with her boyfriend and her dog Enzo.

Laura had been in video produc­ t ion and i now at Si mmon Graduate chool of M anage­ ment's acce lerated on e-year M. B.A. program, to be completed in Augu t. She ay the chooling is ful l-full-time but that she did enjoy gardening this past sum­ mer. . . . Here in Maine, I have kept the profe ion of insurance ale but have gone to work (al­ mo t a year ago) for Lumber Mu­ tual I nsurance Companie out of Framingham, Ma . I sel l in ur­ ance from Augu ta, Maine, to the Canadian border, covering about 4,700 m iles monthly. My family recognizes me and I do enjoy the people contact, but I t i l l play the lottery , j ust i n ca e ! . . . W e l l , Sean McNamara hould be able to make a differ­ ence in some of our lives by the end of the decade! He' in Roch­ e ter, M ich., working for General Motors in the division that i producing electric vehicles. Many tare in the U . . have passed new auto em is ion legi lation re­ quiring that by 1 998, 2 percent of an auto manufacturer's ale i n

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Production Values F

or the pa t i x months, Public Broadca tmg ervice affili­

ate aero . .

.

the United State have been televi ing Quality

Or Else, a three-part documentary about global compe­

ued to ail boats to and from the Caribbean for about a year, looking for a more permanent j ob between trips. Finally, two friend

ugge ted on eparate occa ion that he give docu­

tition and the international marketplace. And, although

mentary producer Clare Crawford-Ma on a call. "It eerned

reporter Lloyd Dobyns ha the mo t vi ible role in the erie ,

to me at that point that the univer e wa trying to te ll me

there wa a crack team of d cumentarian behind him­ including

cott Stein

'

omething," he ay , " o I cal led. " Crawford-Ma on w a le

3.

Stein, who 1 employed by CC-M P r d uction i n Wa h­ ington, D.C. , erved a coordinating producer on the project and wa re pon ible for managing the production taff. "That

than encouraging. " he aid,

'What do you want to do?' and I aid, 'Make documenta­ rie , ' "

tein recall . " he aid, 'The documentary is dead.' " tein ubmitted a re ume anyway, and two weeks later

meant traveling with anywhere from eight to 1 1 people all

he called and offered to work for free to get hi foot in the

the way around the world,"

door. He wa taken on a an unpaid as istant for a documen­

tein ay . "We left Washington

and went We t and came back two months Later."

CC-M i a mall company, which mean that everyone on taffknow how to do a l i ttle bit of everything, Stein ay .

For Quality, for example, he did ome re earch interviewmg, editing and writing in addition to h 1 production chore . tein' training has come on the job. After graduating from Colby with a degree in American rudie and

pani h,

tary on the 1 986 Congre ional elections, and when the project was fini hed he joined the paid taff.

The company was then ba ed in the enior producer' hou e . '' I 'd how up in the morning and the housekeeper would be making cornbread," becau e on what

1 wa

tein ay , "which wa fine,

making I couldn't afford breakfast."

But CC-M ha grown in the intervening year . There are

he was undecided about what to do next. "Then I did what

now even full-time taff members, and the company draw

a lot of people do when they're floundering-I went back to

on an impressive Ii t of freelancers and consultants, includ­

chool," he .ay . He enrolled in New York Univer 1ty' three­ month Publi hing lru.tirute but found, when he finished, that he had li ttle intere t in an entry-level publi hing posi­

ing Dobyns and former

BC

ews chief Reuven Frank.

Stein ha participated in documentaries for broadca t and mdu trial u ·e ( "the real bread-and-butter side of the indu -

tion. So he htred him elf out a a ailor, helping to del i\'er a

try," he notes), and for private nonprofit group

boat to

League of Women Voter . He al o volw1teered to produce

t. Bart's in the French We t l ndie .

"I thought it was the most beautiful place I'd ever een," he remember . "Three day later I called home and told my family I wa n't coming back." He tayed for 1x month , working on the e tate of one of the island' prinklmg of

uch as the

a video for an Annapolis foundation that promote recre­ ational opportunitie

for d i abled people on the water,

partly becau e lfr younge t brother ha cerebral pal y.

Stein ay h is job i a tremendou challenge and that he

"mi fit:; and outlaw ."

i very happy making educanonal films. But he' thinking,

" I regarJed it all a a fabulou adventure," Stein ays, but eventually he decided that between the tropical c limate and the perpetual vacation atmo phere, the i land had become "one big temptation," and he returned to his home ba e in Annapoli , Md. He earned his captain' l icen e and con tin-

too, about what come next. "I've spent five year Leaming televi ion a a craft, and Leaming from people who've pent

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many more years than I working in telev i ion," he says, "so I really con ider the e five year to be my t ime in school. The next step i deciding what torie I'd like to tell."

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these state, must be of veh ic les that have :em emi� ion�. Thu the intense work on the electric \'eh icle. Sean's job is manager of market plann ing, and a uch , he needs tO target on a global level who his cu tomers are, what they want and how many car can be sold. Now's the time to write Sean if you have comment about the e future rigs! ean is living in Roch­ ester and restoring the 1 90 1 farm­ house he has purchased. He says he'd love to hear from some of us he hasn't heard from for a while, such as J im French , Bruce Gabel '84, S u e Shaver Stoloff, Jon Leach '84 and J aimie Verril l i .

As ignment America/beyond: locate these people, place pen and paper and tamp in their hand and get the in� to me ! . . .

Jon Haddow sent an update not­ ing that he is working in the Bangor law fim1 of M i tchel l and Stearns. Hi son, Andrew, was born February 1 99 1 . Congrats to Jon and his wife, Suzanne! . .

Eleanor "Nora" Putnam wrote from Lynchburg, Va. , where she live with her hubby and two hetland sheep dogs. Both he and her hu band ( N ora, send us h is name ! ) are lawyer . Nora is as istant c i ty attorney for Lynch­ burg and love it. They sound busy and happy. Let's look for them at our ' 9 3 reunion . . . .

Speaking of our reunion, things are tarting to heat up in the planning arena. lfyou can or want to help in any way, even though you live nowhere near Waterville, please let me know or write to Barb Leonard at 8 Boutelle Street, Waterville, ME 0490 1 . We need ideas and energy and would like to get a much help as possible even from far, far away. Thanks!

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Correspondent: Mary Alice Weller-Mayan

Thanks to all who responded to the last que tionnaire. There wa� such an overwhelming re pon e that everyone could not be in­ c luded in one column. The re­ m a i n ing information w i l l be printed in the next edition . . . .

Shireen Shahawy Stinn eford i trying to start a company spec ial­ izing in the manufacturing of children' acce ories. he is also a freelance media buyer. Her bu band , Ryan , i tarting hi fourth year at Pierce Atwood, a law firm in Port land , Maine . . . . Heidi Wass Murphy i the office man­ agerof the original Irregular new·­ paper, which cover the western m o u n t a i n / ugarloaf area of Maine . Her job inc lude putting together the Sugarloaf Ski Club magazine, as well as brochure for local bu inesses and sk i program brochure for Carabassett Val ley Academy. Heidi got married in Blue H i ll, Maine, n a beautiful afternoon last eptember. he married Timothy Murphy, a self­ employed carpenter who a lso works as night cook at The Bag restaurant on ugarloaf in the winter . . . . Also married in ep­ t e m b e r was W e n d y R o n a n deMontburn t o Steve deMont­ burn , a computer programmer/ analyst. Wendy says that she i very happy now and has "a new perspect ive on l ife and a new ap­ preciation for the people in my life . " he is a senior revenue re­ quirement analyst for Central Maine Power Company in Au­ gu ta, Maine . . . . Kristen John­ son Wyco moved from the North Shore to l ive with her husband on Cape Cod. As a result, she left her job of ix years a manager of Linebrook Eque trian Center. I n h e r spare t ime h e raise hor e

and hlack labrador retrievers. Ri­ chard the cat, who lived in her suite seni r year, i� st ill alive and wel l. . . . Torn Menzies writes that he is a research a sociate at the Nat ional Academy of c ience in Washington, D.C. He and hi wife, Ellen, have a 9-month-old on, Matthew . . . . Stacy Kessel i a fu ll-time tudent at Kel logg Graduate chool ofManagement.

Prior to matriculat ing at Kellogg, she worked a� the credit manager for the Digital Equipment Cor­ pora t i o n ub iJ i a r y in N e w Zealand. It w a a wonderfu I 1 4 months, she say . For fun, tacy a l o ng Lake ro l l e r b l a d c Mich igan . . . . Peter Westervelt ha beenworking toward h i M . D. and Ph.D. degree at Washing­ ton University since 19 6. He defended h i doctoral thesis ( on the molecular ba i for HIV- 1 tro­ pism) in May and i now fini h­ ing medical chool and applying for a re idency in internal medi ­ c ine for next year. He a n d h is wife, Donna, had their first child, A n n a E l i : a be t h , on J u l y 3 1 . . . . Kelly Keenan i a gradu­ ate tudent in biochemistry at UCLA . . . . Lt. J oel Paine re­ cently returned from a even-and­ a-half-month crui e aboard the U. . John F . Kennedy in up­ port of Desert h i e l d/Desert torm. He flew 20 combat mis­ sions over Iraq, providing elec­ tronic j arnming support and Harm mi sile coverage for the trike groups. He v isited Turkey, Egypt and audi Arabia and e pecially liked Turkey. For hi part in Desert Storm, he received two N avy commendat ions and has been nominated for an a ir medal and di tingui hed flying cross. Joel was looking forward to an uninter­ rupted winter at home in eattle and to enjoying some great sk i­ ing. Joel invites you all to "come on out for a visit" if the Kennedy pull into a port near you . . . .

Matthew St e ve n S m i t h and

Kir ten "Kiki" Warnock '87 l ive in Ferndale, Wash. , with their dog Cochise. Matthew is study­ ing for hi teaching certificate at We tern Washington Univer i ty and i looking forward to teach­ ing h igh school science . . . . Mar­ garet Davi Maley is in a master's degree program at the Conway chool of Landscape De ign in Conway, Mass. Andrew Maley '86 i pursuing h is M . B.A. at the Univer ity of Connecticut. Both Margaret and Andrew will gradu­ ate thi year. . . . Betsy Wood­ house returned to school a year ago for a Ph. D. in hydrology at the Un iver ity of Arizona and is also teaching labs there. I n her pare time he is exploring Ari­ zona, h iking and camping . . .

Rod McGillis married Lynne on July 27 at t. Peter's Cathedral in Peterborough , Ontario. They grew up two houses away from each other. The Colby people who at t e n d e d w e re D o n n y Cronin and Shannon Morrisey.

Rod is studying for h is ma ter' in education. It will allow him to become a h igh chool teacher in Ontario. . . . Mary-Jane James is a Ph.D. candidate in zoology at the University of Rhode Island. he recently received a smal l re­ search grant from the Society of igma Xi to do doctoral re earch on the ecology of larval lob ters.

She spent much of la t ummer on a re earch boat collecting data for her di serration and pent ome time traveling through the Southwest. . . . Mic helle Linder spent the ummer of '91 in Eng­ land. She worked for six weeks at Lloyd's of London insurance mar­ ket and studied ix week at Ox­ ford University. M ichelle was also able to travel to Greece, Paris and Bru sels. She is now a sec­ ond-year M . B.A. student at Wake Forest . . . . Catherine Stehman­ Breen is doing her internal medi­ c ine residency in Seattle, Wash. . . . Vera Hoffmann recentlypur-

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chased a hand-hewn log cabin in Palmer, Alaska. She i a field co­ ordinator with A la kan Observ­ ers, I n c . and i w r i t ing two book --one on the natural h is­ tory of the Bering Sea and the other a collection of poems about I nd ia.

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Greg ha moved into more mod­ e t bachelor quarters, where he mu t battle pollut ion and traffic on h is own. He says he's becom­ ing more and more immersed in the culture and developing quite a talent in the Thai language­ with the help of a pretty 24-year­ old nati e . . . . Greg's former Bos­ ton roommate, C h ris Parker, ha been working on an M .B.A. net­ work with cla mate Gus Wil­ merding and Rick Bernard to help them all get through with common case studies at North-

ea tern ( Chris ) , Columbia (Gus ) and UNC ( R ick ) . C h r i w i l l graduate i n J u l y with a h igh tech M . B.A. . . . Rodney Southworth has been transferred to Germany for t h re e y e a rs to work for DeGussa AG, the parent com­ pany of h is U . S . e mp l o y e r , DeGu a Corp. He received h is M . B.A. in finance from Seton Hall la t May . . . . Coming our of post-graduation eel us ion, Mich­ elle Toder reports for the first time! A fourth-year med ical stu­ dent at UMa s, M ichelle is apply-

Gretchen Bean Lurie

You may know of Colby's v ictory last fall in winning the CBB t itle on the football field--<:ertainly an accomplishment to be proud of. Wel l, all you alumni will be pleased to hear that one of our own ha captured another prize over Bates College. On an in­ credible New England fall day, John Nissenbaum ( Bates '85 ) ab­ solved h i mself by marrying into the Colby fam il y . J oh n and Henrietta "Hank" Yelle were wed in Norton, Ma s., last Octo­ ber. Colby folks in attendance inc luded H an k ' mom, A l t a Estabrook Yelle '4 1 , h e r cousin, AndreaJeanne Yelle '7 , Collette Cote, Scott Ru ell '83 and Eve­ L ynne Erm er, Brent and J il l Stasz H a r r i s , S a l l y J a ff e , K a t h y Reynolds,

Ann

Raible­

Nicholson, Kate Paterson, Isabel Wells, Dan S hiffman and Elise McDonough Gardner . . . . Jamie Stahle and Karyn Weafer al o

tied the knot last fall. . . . Should any of you be looking to travel in the near future, Greg Beatty ex­ tends an invitation to h is new home in Bangkok, Thailand. Greg has returned to the international finance department at Baker & McKenzie, the same law firm he worked � , in the ummer of l 990.

After living h igh on the hog for a month with a personal house­ keeper and chauffeured l i mos, Colby, March 1 992

Correspondents 1 980

1 985

Patricia V. m ith ( Patricia Valavanis) 6 Hammond Way Andover, MA 0 1 8 1 0 508-4 70- 1 484

Mary A . Weller-Mayan ( Mary A l ice Weller) RD 2 , Box 1 49 Camden, DE 1 9934-96 1 1 3 2 -697-01 42

1 98 1 Beth A . W i l on

( Be th Pniewski ) 1 Oxbow Road Wayland, MA 0 1 7 78 508-3 58-284 5

W e n d y B i r b ro w e r - S o l o m o n

1 986 Gretchen A . Lurie ( G retchen A . Bean) 2606 San Marco Drive Pasadena, CA 9 1 1 0 7

1 982

1 987

Emily E. Cumming 2 1 Temple Street ""5 Boston, M A 02 1 1 4 6 1 7 - 7 2 3-267 1

Lucy T. Lennon 9 Wellstone Drive Portland, ME 04 1 0 1 207 - 7 7 2- 7 1 27

1 983 Sarah Merchant (Sarah Love gre n ) H C R 62, Box 2 44B Mt. Desert, M E 04660 207-244-3678

1 984 Amy E. Carbon 605 J ones Ferry Rd., .::sR R5 Carrboro, NC 2 7 5 1 0 9 1 9-942-4982

ing to general surgery residency programs all OYer the country.

After an arduous trek, he look forward to fi n a l l y fi n i s h i ng schoo l ! . . . Mike Marchetti is al o in hi last year of med school at U M ass and is hoping for a re idency program in orthopedic urgery somewhere in New Eng­ l a n d . H e and w i fe S u z an n e Pearson Marchetti enjoy l iving in Providence, R . L , where they get occa ional visits from S am Pietropaolo, Dan G u lizio and Becca ( Sears '87 ) and Charlie C leary . . . . Ted Wolff and Anne Clarke '87 are enjoying married life in Chicago, where Ted i in his third year of law school at Northwestern . . . . Cindy Ardito is finishing up her doctorate in p ychology while working in the Boston area . . . . At the la t ight­ ing, Brigid Hoffman and Meg Frymoyer Stebbins were on a teeple cha e in Princeton, N.] . , and maintaining yuppie status! . . . After nearly a year of ilence,

1 988 Emily J. Isaacs 29 Graves Ave., Apt. 1 Northampton, MA 0 1 060 4 1 3 -586-2443

1 989 Deborah A. Greene 38 Sorrel Road Concord, MA 0 1 742 508-369-6978

piped up fr o m h e r home in P i t t burgh, where she is playing Homer Formby in her Victorian hou e. . . . That's all for now. I sure hope to hear from more of you soon, or future columns will be very bare !

Be t wishe to everyone for con­ tinued happiness and success!

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Correspondent: Lucy Lennon

I hope you all had a wonderful 1 99 1 holiday eason, and now that it's '92, I know you're all settling down to make plans to come to our fifth-year reunion in J une! Before I get to reunion new I 'l l fill you in on a few classmates I 've heard from lately. . . . Louisa Bell, in Zaire with the Peace Corp 65

b nguage tra i n ing, haJ made Ga ho n i n cen­ tral Africa, hut Jue rn a rol i r ical

for

plans to go (ln to

uprising that re�ulred in a lor of v i nlenc e , . he dec ided to re t u rn tl the

Faith Bramhall Rodenkirk '81

t a r e s . � h e fm i shed h e r

master's i n r u b ! ic h e a l t h at B(ls­ ron U n iversity anJ is currently work ing for the Ma·sa huse t ts Deparrmenrof Public Health. Her job sounds very interest ing, not

to memion chal leng i ng , as he i invol ved in a lot of one-on-one educa t i on about H I V/A I DS and sexua lly tran m i t ted d i ·ea es with women awa i t i ng trial in prison and at Bo ron C i ty Hosriral.

Karen Lawes wrote me from Ver­ mont to fi l l me i n on the '87 graJs at UVM Medical c h ool . Mike Rollins is in hi ·econd year and

was on target to fin ish up in the c l as room and hegin i n the c l i n ­ ic · i n J a n uary. Both Karen and Zak Nashed are i n their t h i rd year, are fi n i h i n g up in the c l in ­ ics a n d a r e about ro start w i t h their elec t i ve . Th is is t h e poi nt in their med school careers when they need to start t h i n k i ng about pec i a l r i e . Zak is loo k i ng into radiology, and Karen is interested i n ped iatrics. ( peaking of red i ­ a r r i c , Z a k and h i s w i fe , K i m B u r n h a m ' 8 6 , were e x pec t i ng

Headliners Ma sachu etts House Minority Leader Peter Forman '80 wa awarded the 1 99 1 Fenn Award fi r P litical Leadership by the J hn F. Kennedy Library . . . . Faith Bramhall Rodenkirk '8 1 wa

promoted to a i rant director, group marketing, at

Mutual Life In urance Co. in M ilwaukee, W i . .

.

orthwestern

. Elizabeth Burton Siladi '8 1 was named

directorofannual giving at Brande1 Uni er ity . . . . Chris Cameron '82 and hi teammate, Stuart

toke , won the 1 99 1 national biathlon team champion hips in

anta Fe, N . M .

Newsmakers Daniel Shagoury '82 was named re ource Jevelopm nt officer at Kennebec Valley

Technical College in Fairfield, Maine . .

.

_ john Mun ey '83 joined C.T. Mal A ociate

in Latham, N . Y . , as a enior environmental hyJrogeolog1 t . . hired as manager of government affair at United

.

. Melanie Megathlin '86 was

tat es urg1cal Corp . .

.

. Beth Staples '86

i the new coach of th ear port ( Maine ) High chool girl ' basketball team . . . . Gina Cornacchio Leahy '87 j oined the Bo ton law firm of Parker, C ulter, Daley & White . . . . Lucy Lennon '87 i the new regional coordinator and recordkeeping officer at Key Trust Co. in Portland, Maine.

Mileposts Births: A daughter, J ennifer Bailey, t o R ick and Janet Fisher Gronneberg ' 8 0. .

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ary ! ) Karen wrote about a d i ffer­

daughter, H i llary, to Todd and Jody Holmes Bachelder '82 . . . . A daughter, Abigail, to Daniel '82 and A. Christine Gledhill Crocker '84 . . . . A son, igurd Gunder en, to

ent accompl ishment of her own.

She managed to find t i me t h i s

Curran Stock '82 . . . . A on , Rurik Samual, to Don and Jane Hastings Brackett '85 . . . . A

their first c h i ld i n the end of Janu­

ummer to complete two t r i a t h ­ l o n ( half- m i le wim, 2 3-mile bike

ride and 5 . 5 - m i le run ) . Gets me tired j ust t h inking about it! Karen al o wrote that she's heard from Donna Rago, who's in Bo·t n wor k i ng on her M . B . A . , and Sue Chase, who i teaching i n Bever! y, M ass . . . . Allyson Siwik earned her master of environmental man­

Antonio and lngri Gundersen Lombardi '82 . . . . A on, Trevor, to William and Donna on, Jacob Donovan, to Brent '86 and J ill Sta z Harri

'86.

Man-iages: Suzanne Connolly '80 to Lawrence Levere in Marblehead, Mas . . . . Julia Mellentin '8 1 to Emi l Michelotti in Wil on Borough, Pa . . .

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Saranna Robinson '8 1 to

M ichael Thornton in Philadelphia, Pa . . . . Glenn McGrath '82 to Barbara Hawkins in R iver Fore · t, I IL . . . Ann Plumb '82 to T dJ Root in Princeton, N .J . . . . Jenifer Ambler '83 to Thoma Mai ner in Brattleboro, Vt . . . . Michael Brown '84 to Laura Shea '86 in Bedford, Ma s . . . . Sean Hooper '85 to Mary Frances Desmond in Newton, Mas . . . . Regan Hargraves '86 to Daniel Belluche in Nashua, N .H . . . . David Landau '86 to Meli sa Ehn in Oakland, Calif. .

.

. Henrietta Yelle '86 to John Nissenbaum in Norton, Ma s . . .

.

Brian

a g e m e n t d e g r e e from D u k e

Probert '88 to Sharyl White'9 1 in Sturbridge, Ma . . . . Mary LaPointe '89 to David

U n i ve rsity 's School o f Forestry

Farley in Portland, Maine . . . . Sarah Nelson '89 to Will iam Dalrymple in Norwell, Mas . . . . Kristen Sutter '89 to Timothy McCutcheon '89 in Short H i l l , N .] .

and Env ironmental St u dies in May. She spent the u m mer look­ i ng for a j ob in New England, but

Deaths : Daniel Tillinghast '83 i n

udbury, Mas . , a t 30.

eventually returned to Durham,

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where she is working as an envi­ ronmental economist. he's con­ ducting regulatory impact anal ye of air qual ity regulations, and although she find it interesting, he ar it i a lot of work. Ally on is glad t0 be back in Durham, where he e nj oy the c u lture brought tO the area by the uni veri ties but doe not uffer from the hustle and bustle of a big c ity ( l know how you feel, A llyson ! ) .

That' it for a l l the letters I've rece ived . . . . I n October [ at­ tended an engagement parry for Jane Nicol and Dave Manuel in Bosron, a nd I g ot tO catch up w it h a l ot of people I haven't een i n year. I a w Elizabeth Warren, who recently became engaged t0 Dan Bogo, and Sue Costello, who rece n t l y became e ngaged t o Brendan olan. Both wedd i ngs w i l l take place t his year. I heard through the grapev ine that Tina Zabriskie i engaged to Rob Contable and w i l l marry in June. eem like a lot ofclas mate will be busy with wedding t hi year.

It mu t be omethi ng in the air! I al o talked tO R. B. Klinkenberg, who i working for pecialry Food in Vermont. He said John Black w i l l be getti ng married J u ne 5 . I hope a l l who attend J ohn's wed­ d ing have a wonderful t ime. You'll be m i ed at the reu n ion, but I think John' wedding i a little more important! Al o at J ane' party I aw Joy Pratt, who's work­ ing in the publ i c relation /mar­ keting department at Suiderite i n Bo tOn, and Terry Scally, who i back working for Reebok. Mitch and J eannie Morri on Cook flew out to urpri e J ane and vi it with ome Col lege fri e nd . W h e n asked what t h e future h a d i n srore for them, they aid they were unsure but that they are looking forward tO M itch completing h i master' m May. Mary McCarty, Eric Green, Brian Low, Ned Ca e, K a t h i H a r n e t t , M a r y Reineman, B e t h H e a l y , T o m

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Hubbard a n d Scott Bates al o -howed up for the fe t ivitie . .

Next on the agenda-reunion update. By now you should have all received the questionnaire and returned it. We will be hav i ng a phonathon/re u n ion p l a n n i n g meet ing in t h e Bo t o n area ome­ t ime thi pring. We'll need all the help and input we can get to make the reunion a lot of fun, so let u know if you're interested!

That' all for now. Keep the news coming !

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Correspondent: Deb Greene

I nearly mi -ed the deadl ine for this column becau e I've been thinking of a good excu e for the ab ence of one in the la t is ue.

I'm tempted to write "a griz:ly ate it," but in truth the bear that shredded my pack had l i tt le in­ tere t in non-food i tems. The tran i t ion from Ala k a to the "Lower 4 " kept me bu y for a while. Let it suffice tO say, "[ paced it!" orry ! . . . I finally poke to Kirk Koenigsbauer af­ ter many in-depth chats with his an wering mach ine. He prate ted loudly having anything printed about him in thi column, but l know that's ju t because of h is hy, mode t and low-key nature.

Still l i v ing i n and loving eattle, he' k i i n g , rock c l i m b i n g , kayaking, running and basically being the weekend warrior we all know. He recently fin i hed the Seattle marathon in three hour and nine m inutes, so we may ee him charging up Heartbreak H il l in Bean town n e x t April. I would be happy j ust to find a parking space there in that amount of t i m e. . . . I al o recently got a chance ro catch up with Lane

Wilkinson, recently promoted to

special event coordinator at L.L. Bean. He and h is fa ther poke at the Newburyport Fam ilie· at ea eries held last fall at the Mari­ t ime luseum in Newburyport, Mas . , recounting a harrowing experience they had on an ill­ fated sai lboat delivery in 1 990.

A l though Lane remains typically nonc h a l a n t , J oh n W i l k i n on credits the knowledge that Lane gained whi�. a Mystic-W i l l i am Maritime e mester tudenr with sav ing the day. If you can catch Lane between h is work, M .B.A. cla e·, cyc ling, ski ing and c l i mb­ ing, ask h i m to tell you h i fanta t i c t a l e . . . . B i l l A u e rswald checked in from Cornell Law chool, where he is bu-y com­ pleting his econd year "doing the nonnal law chool thing."

After his fl[St year, he had the opportunity ro spend a year at Deerfield Academy in Ma achu­ ·etts, where he taught advanced

placement economics ro seniors and coached JV lacrosse and ba ketball. The experience, he wrote. "gave me a much-needed break from law ·chool-I hould ha\·e done it before going ro Cornel l m the first place ! " . . . If th ing- get really bad, I uppose he could alway pop over ro see Christin Haight, who wrote from White Plain , . Y . , where she is a men­ tal health worker at ew York Hospital-Cornell Medical Cen­ ter. "I work at a \'ery h igh-paced, high-stres ed, general acute p ych unir. I 've learned a tremendou amount in the two year I \·e been there, but it's not worth putting my l i fe on the l ine every day; it' time for a c h ange . " ( A nd l t h o u g h t tourist were bad ! ) Christ in i s look i ng i n to grad chool for next year, considering college counseling or pec ial edu­ cation a her focus. . . . Anyone in the Tahoe area th is winter should look out for Amy Joy

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What's New? I I hare your news and v iew with your clas mate ! Plea e write I in the blank and send it to the A lumni Office for forwarding I to your c la corre pondent.

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Price, the public relations con­ tact for rhe Tahoe Norrh V isitor and Convention Bureau. Since she' one of only f our people in rhe marketing, public relations and sales department, she's kepr busy, bur she gers ro hit the slopes on the week ends . . . . I n g r i d Kasaks and Quinn Moyer' · wed­ d ing was the occasion for a mini­ Colby reunion in Toronto this pa t September. Much thanks to the bride , bridesmaid and friends for the news-fi lled letter. Ingrid is an account executive forJ . Walter Thompson advertising agency in Toronto, handl ing c l ients such as Federal Expres and Labatt's beer; Qu inn repre ents Seely and Amell as a sales manager. Sarah Maddox, Stacey Mitc h el l , Sue Bratone and Ferrall McMahon

were bridesmaids for Ingrid, and Matt Elders '88 and Mike Venezia w e re Qu i n n ' s ushers. Sa rah Maddox is stil I working in south­ ern France for La Napole Art Foundation and M useum, enjoy­ ing life in the Med iterranean and European men. Stacey M itchell j ust started her first year at Tulane Law chool, surviving Torts and the N e w Orleans h e a t . Sue Bratone and Sarah Geiger trav­ e led to the wedding from New York City, where they hare an apartment. Sue is a corporate con­ tribut ions consultant for Phi l l ip Morris, and Sarah is quickly mov­ ing up in the ranks at a New York ad agency. N YC is also home to Carolyn Harper, who works in the development office at the Cooper-Hewitt Museum a u­ pervisor of its intern program.

Several classmates from Wash­ ington, D.C., came up for the o c c a s i o n , i n c l u d i n g Fe rra l l M cMahon, a congre ional legis­ lative assistant in foreign affairs and defense; J ulie Margolis, who l ives with Ferrall and works at McGraw - H i l l publ ishers, and Lesli e Dougherty, who now at­ tends A me r i c an U n i ve rs i ty .

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Cal lie Knowles Clapp and hus­

band B i l l '87 are teaching at Berwick Academy, where Callie also coaches the women' JV soc­ cer team. Sasha Carey is teach­ ing in lnJone ia, wh ich allows her to travel extensively through­ out Indoc h ina. M ichelle and Bruce Whiting live in A l bany, N .Y . , and recently celebrated the arrival of their econd child, Kim­ berly. Bo b Lewis travels between London and Boston for A ahi America, and Brad Lord was re­ ported to be working for an in·ur­ ance company in Connect icut.

Other wedding guest included: Mike D' Agostino, Mark Silvem, Scott Wentzell , Anthony Maz­

THE NINETIES Newsmakers James Reduto '90 was ufficiently exercised by an

article in the Albany, N.Y., Times-Union disparaging the Colby hockey team to write a letter to the paper defend­ ing Colby. " ure," the article said of the Union College hockey chedule, "a win over Colby would be easy."

Reduto reminds the author that "in the past five years, Union has not alway come out on the winning side

zola, Chris H u rley '88, N e i l Menard, Dave Loser, Rick Angeli

against Colby." . . . Melis a Lawton '90 and Stephanie

'88, Beth Kubik '90, Tim O'Don­ nell '87, Tom Hubbard '87 and R. B. Klinkenberg '87. Whew! l think that's i t ! Until rhe next wedding! . . . My last entry is d i ­ rected towards fellow correspon­ dent Emily Isaacs '88, whose class­ mate Dave Rand and M i ke Paquin are convinced she'll never believe where they are. Yes, Emily, they really did go to A laska. After pending several month aboard a fishing boat off the southern coast, encountering fierce butt­ biting sea l ions and even fiercer h 1 pmates, they headed to hore for more adventure, armed with a recently acquired 1 2-string gu i­ tar, a Playboy magazine collec­ t ion and numerous bottles of] ack.

They arrived in Denali National Park a bit more prepared, how­ ever, thanks to help they received from "Bob" in the Anchorage REI. Needle s to say, the two are now legends up in the park for reasons unprintable in this publ ication ( I 'd be happy to fil l you in, Emily).

Send warm regards to those two, currently settled in frosty An­ chorage, where, the last I heard, Dave was already taki ng the fe­ male population by storm. Peace, love and J a h !

Brookwood

Carville '9 1 are intern teachers in the Lesley Col lege/ chool master's degree program in teacher . .

education in Manchester, M

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Carol Lockwood

'90 is pur umg a joint juris doctor and master's degree i n international l a w at Duke Umver i t y. . . . Videotape of the Oakland, Calif., fire recorded by Jack Aydelott '9 1 was viewed around the country and the world on the CNN cable network . . . . Eric Russman '9 1 has joined Teach for America .

. .

. Todd Urquhart '9 1 was hired as

co-coach of the Seekonk (Mass.) High School boys' hockey team .

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. . Kristen Woods '9 1 was named swim­

ming coach at the Hamilton-Wenham, Mass . , highschool.

Mileposts Marriages: Jennifer Symonds '90 to Scott Webster '90 in Beverly, Mas .

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. Sharyl White '91 to Brian

Probert '88 in Sturbridge, Mass.

Correspondents 1 990

1 99 1

Debbie Adam

Brad Comisar

Assistant Basketball Coach

320 E. 9 l st St., #5 RE

Boston University

New York, NY 1 0 1 28

285 Babcock St.

2 1 2- 348-8968

Boston, MA 022 1 5

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OBITUARIES Jack Bober '64, Company Founder & College Overseer H is fam i ly has requested that contri­ butions in his memory be made to the J ack Bober Fund, c/o Development Office, Colby College, Waterville, Maine.

Loyal Alumnus

J ack Bober '64, a busines executive and College over eer, died December 12 in Mt. Vernon, N.J. He was born in New York City and prepared for college at the H igh School of Music and Art. At Colby he majored in economics and was a member of the Delta Upsilon fraternity . After gradu­ ating he entered the U.S. N avy, erving one tour aboard a helicopter carrier in Vietnam. He earned his M . B. A . from Harvard Business School and worked for more than 20 years at Donaldson, Lufkin and Jenrette, a Manhattan investment firm, where he founded Autranet, a company subsidiary specializing in the sale of inde­ pendent financial research. He retired in 1 989. He was a member of the team of Colby over eers that evaluated the Depart­ ment of M usic in 1 990, and he was in­ volved in various charitable cause in the New York area. He served as a director of the Friends of LaGuardia H igh School, the We tfield Symphony and Pamco, a medi­ cal group in Morristown, N .] . He was an avid pilot and was especially proud of his iai Marchetti fighter trainer, which he called his "Ferrari with wings." He is sur­ vived by h is wife, Pat J enning , and two daughters, Sara and Suzanne '92.

Cofby, March 1 992

Crary Brownell ' 1 3 , whose po itive attitude toward life was an inspiration to many fel low members of Colby's Fifty-Plus Club, died December 3 at h is home in Moodus, Conn. He was l 0 l. He was born in Moodus and prepared for college there.

While he was stil l in h igh school his father died, and after j ust one year at Colby, he returned to Moodus to take over the family twine manufacturing business, Brownell & Co. The bu iness remained in the family until it was sold in 1 9 7 7 . At Colby he was a member of the G lee Club and Delta Kappa Epsilon fratern ity. He was a Mason and was a member of the East Haddam Congregational Church and pa t pre idem of the East Haddam Rotary Club. He was a found ing m e m be r and trustee of the Goodspeed Opera Hou e Foundation, he served on the East Haddam School Board for 1 2 years in the 1 920s and ' 3 0s, he was a member of the town finance committee and he served a town tax assessor. Two decades ago he was awarded a Colby Brick for hi "qu iet and teadfast devotion to the College." He was an avid archer, and later in life, his favorite hobby wa the construc­ tion of nesting boxes for bluebirds. He and hi wife, Hala Hungerford Brownel l , cel­ ebrated their 7 5 th wedding anniversary in J une. Besides hi wife, he is survived by a son, Wilson, five grandchildren, one great­ grandchild and one great-great-grandchild.

Noted Broker Donald O. Smith ' 2 1 , the oldest ac­ tive stock broker in the country, died in Waterv ille, Mai.ne, on November 20. He was 93. He was born in Houlton, Maine, and graduated from Caribou High School.

At Colby he was a member of the Ph i Delta Theta fraternity. I mmediately after gradu­ ation he joined the N ational Survey Co. as sales manager, and he began his long career in investing in 1 92 2 at Halsey Stuart and Co. By 1 9 3 3 he was a partner in his own investment firm, Smith-White & Co. In­ vestments, and in 1 974, he formed the Donald 0. Smith Co. When the brokerage was sold to Burgess & Leith, I nc. in 1 98 1 , h e was named a vice pre ident o f the firm and thereby became the first Watervi lle broker to earn a seat on the New Yark Stock Exchange. In the ensuing years he worked for a variety of investment firms, and at the time of h is death he was vice president of investments at A.G. Edwards in Waterville. He erved as Watervi lle's city treasurer in 1 9 3 3 , was a member of the Rotary Club and was on the board of direc­ tors of Waterv ille Osteopathic Hospital. In 1 98 5 he donated the famed Two-Cent Bridge to Waterville as a historic land­ mark, and in 1 990 he was interviewed on ABC-TV's Good Morning America as the oldest broker in the United States. He is survived by his wife, Arlene Richardson Sm ith, one daughter, eight grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Another daughter predeceased him.

Beloved Teacher Mary E . Warren ' 2 3 , who taught Latin at Watervi l le High School for 42 years and earned many honors for her civic work, died December 1 4 in Waterville. She was 89. She lived all of her life in the Elm City, attending local grammar schools and preparing for college at the Coburn Classi­ cal Institute. She graduated from Coburn with highest honor , thereby earning a $ 1 00 scholarship from Colby, and became the first person in her family to attend college. At Colby she was a member of the G lee Club, the Y.W.C.A., the Dramatics Society, Chi Omega sorority and the Kappa Alpha honorary society. After graduation she taught for one year at Lawrence H igh

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chool in Fa i rfi e l d , then moveJ to Waterv i l le H igh chool, where he taught Lat in and, occasionally, Engli -h and hi�­ tory, until her retirement in 1 966. he did advanced academic work at Columbia Un iversity and earned her M .F.A. from Colby in 1 929. he helped found rhe Cum Laude chapter of the National Honorary oc iety at Waterv ille H igh SchOl l and was a charter member f Waterv ille' chapter of the A soc iat ion of American University Women, an organization that honored her repeatedly for her service and awarded her a life membership. The Mary E. Warren Lat in Award was established at the high school in her honor, and she was a founding member of and advisor to the high chool' alumni a soc iation. She erved a class agent for several years and was a member of rhe Friends of Colby M useum of Art. he re­ ceived a Colby Brick in 1 980, and in 1 986 he contribu ted to the fund for Colby's new Student Center-a u i te of rooms in the build ing was named for two of her sisters.

Executive , Volunteer Robert P . Brown '30,

a business ex­ ecut ive, active community volunteer and noted Colby athlete, d ied November 1 in Hartford, Conn. He wa 84. He wa born in Fairfield, Maine, and attended Fairfield schools and Hebron Academy. He followed two brothers, Chauncey '2 1 and Rus ell '26, to Colby , where he majored in business adm in istration. He was a member of Alpha Tau Omega fratern i ty , the Mystical Soc i­ ety, the Y . M .C.A. and the band and wa secretary/treasurer of his freshman class.

He was a varsity athlete in track and base­ ball-his pitching ski l l earned him a try­ out w ith the Boston Red Sox. After college he joined the credi t department ofMar hall Field i n New York City, re turned to Watervi l le briefly to work in adverti ing w ith the Emery-Brown Co. , then moved to Connecticut, where he l ived the re t of hi life. I n 1 942 he joined the Fafnir Bearing Co. of New Britain as a department man70

ager; ar the time of his retirement in l 972 he wa · vice pre ident of the Fafnir di vi ion of Textron Corp. He was past president of the Rotary Club of New Britain and past cha ir of the finance comm ittee of the local Boy Scout counc i l , and he erved on the boards of the Mooreland H i l l School and the New Britain Fresh Air Camp. Through reg ul ar con triburion ro the harle Seaverns Fund ar Colby, he helped pon or many Connect icut tudent at the College, and hi family de ignared the fund ro re­ ceive memorial gift in hi name. He is urvi ved by his wife, Elizaberh Cooley Brown, two son· and five grandchilJren.

Newspaper Editor Charle W. Weaver, J r. '30, wh enjoyed a long and d i tinguished career a a new paper edi ror and publisher, died No­ vember 18 in Portland, Maine. He wa born in Port mouth, N . H . , and graduated from York H igh chool in York, Maine. At Colby he joined the Ph i Delta Theta frater­ n i ty, participared in several interfratem ity sport and was a member of Powder and Wig, the Colby Band and the Chi Ep i lon Mu professional frarerni ty. He served a ed itor of rhe White Mitle humor magazine and as assoc iate editor of rhe Echo. After graduating wirh a B.S. in chemistry, he became a cub reporter for the Portland Press Herald, and he remained with the Portland Newspapers for 29 year , erving in various positions, inc luding c i ty editor and per on­ nel manager. In 1959 he became general manager of the Malden Evening News in Massachu etts, and two years later he joined the staff of the Nashua ( N . H . ) Telegraph, retiring in 1 97 2 as publisher. He founded the Na hua newspaper' Santa Claus Fund, for which he received the Salvation Army's Booth Award, the organization's highest honor. He erved in the Navy during World War Two a operation and plans officer on the staffs of Admirals Ghormley, Halsey and T umer and as executive officer on the U.S.S. McAnn. He was decorated w ith the

Legion of Merir and rhe Bronze Star for ervice in rhe Pacific and wirh a Phil ippine Pre idential Citation, among other com­ mendarions. He served for several years as Naval aide to four Maine and Mas achuett governors. After more than two de­ caJes as an officer in the Naval Reserve, he retired wirh the rank of caprain. He was a former president of the New England Dai ly New paper A ociati n and the Newspa­ per Per onnel Re lation As ociation and wa a director of the New Hampshire Ro­ tary Club and an incorporaror of the New Hamp hire Charitable Trust. In 1 979 he wa elecred to the New Hamp hire House of Repre entatives. He wa publ ic i ty chair of the New Hamp hire Colby Club, was a c la correspondent and was president of the Fifry-Plus Club. l n 1 98 3 he wa awarded a Colby Brick. He is urvived by two on , Gary Weaver '68 and Charles Weaver l l l , daughter-in-law Elizabeth Damon Weaver ' 7 7 and five grandchildren.

Sportsman Reginald O'Halloran ' 3 3 , an avid sportsman and a College volunteer, d ied on eptember 29 in Waterv il le. He was born in Lowell, Maine, and attended Watervi l le H igh School and Hebron Academy. At Colby he was a member of the Lambda Chi Alpha fraterni ty and a four-year member of the varsity track team. He also competed in i nterfratemi ty hockey and wa a memberof Powder and Wig. After graduation he sold ecurities in Boston until the outbreak of World War Two, during which he served in the C.B.' and ro e to the rank of l ieuten­ ant. He returned to Massachusetts and wa a salesman for Ander on M otors i n Norwood after the war. He retired in 1 97 1 .

H e wa a c la s corre pondent and was re­ union chair in 1 97 3 . He wa a member of several ports-oriented organization , in­ cluding Trout Unlimited and Flyca ter of Bo ton. He is survived by h is wife, Mary Herrick O'Halloran, and several cousins, including Arthur O'Halloran '50.

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Community Volunteer P h y l l i s C h a p m a n Gardner '40, a member of one of Colby' largest and mo t d istinguished alumni fam ilie , d ied Decem­ ber 4 in Portland, Maine. he was born in Portland and educated at Deering H igh chool. At Colby he was involved in nu­ merou activities, includ ing Powder and W ig, the Outing Club, Cap and Gown and the Daughter of Colby, and she was pre i­ dent of her j un ior class. he wa a member of the Chi Omega orority, chaired the Colby N ight committee in her enior year and wa a Queen' Attendant at the 1 93 9 W inter Carnival. he married M . Donald Gardner '40 in 1 94 1 and embarked on a career in chi ldrearing and volunteer acti\'i­ tie . She wa a longtime volunteer at the Maine Medical Center, was a member of the board of the Eunice Frye Home in Portland and past pre ident of the Women's Woodfords Club at Woodfords Congrega­ tional Church and wa a member of the J un ior League and the Salvation Army Auxiliary. Her intere ts included golf, bowl­ ing, cross-country skiing and bridge. Her many Colby relat ive included her great­ grandfather Josiah H. Drummond , Cla s of 1 46, her grandfather Wilford G . Chapman, Class of 1 88 3 , her father, Clark Drummond Chapman '09, her brother Clark Chapman, Jr. '34 and her uncle W i lford Chapman, J r.

'2 1 and Alfred K ing Chapman ' 2 5 . Be ide her hu band, she i survived by a daughter, a son, four grandchildren and three great­ grandchildren.

Weekly Editor Jean L. Whiston ' 4 7 , a w idely re­ spected new paper editor, died October 1 2 i.n Bridgewater, N .] . he was 6 5 . Born i n Kearney, N .] . , he was educated in the Kearney chool y tern. At Colby she ma­ jored in hi tory and was make- up edi tor and then edi tor- in-chief of the Echo, editor of the student handbook and ophomore clas pre ident. She wa a member of the International Relation Club, Cap and

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Gown, the Student-Faculty RelationsCom­ m i ttee and the Library Assoc iates. Her first job upon graduation wa in public rela­ tions, but he was soon hired by the late G. Wallace Conover, edi tor of the Somerset Messenger-Ga:::e rte in New Jer ey, as a cub reporter. Within three years she had risen to managing editor of the paper. In 1 95 6 h e left the Gazette for the public relations firm of John on-Barnett in Flemington.

Whi le she wa at the agency she met the late Malcolm Forbe , r., and left to work on his econd gubernatorial campaign in the late 1 9 50 . A year later she joined the taff of the ewark Evening ews. With her partner, the late Irene Kondratowic:, he founded the weekly PD Re•view in 1 97 1 ; e ight years later they began publi hing the Metuchen-Edison Review, and in 19 9 he was named editor of the Hills-Bedminster Press. he i u rvived by her ward, Charle Everett.

Class Leader Charles S . Mclntyre '5 1 , a 1 ifelong, enthu ia tic Colby boo ter, died on De­ cember 7 in alem, Ma . He wa 64. He was born in Providence, R . l . , but hi family moved to Marblehead, Mas . , when he was tw year old and, except for college and military ervice, he remained in Marblehead for the re t of hi life. He graduated from Marblehead H igh School in 1 94 5 and then erved in the avy Re erve, retiring from active duty in 1 946 but remaining on the inactive rolls for a dozen year . At the College he majored in bu ine s admini na­ tion and was a member of the Lambda Chi Alpha fratern ity, student government, the Outing Club and the Yacht Club. He worked for many year as an accountant in and around Bo ton, most recently for a­ lem Ho pita!, from which he retired in 1 97 7 . He was active in the Layman's League of the Unitarian Univer ali t Church in Marblehead and in the orth Shore Mul­ tiple Sclero i upport Group, and he was trea urer of Marblehead's me & thee cof­ feehou e. He served a cla agent and cla

correspondent and participated in many fund- ra ising campaigns and activities, in­ cluding three Alumni Fund telethons and many North Shore Colby clambakes. In 1 974 he was awarded a Colby Brick for h is inspirational serv ice. H is wa a true Colby fam ily: at the time of hi enrollment at the College he boasted 2 1 cousins who had attended, a had his father, the late Harris B. Mel ntyre ' 1 . He is survived by hi wife, J oan Cammann Mcintyre ' 5 1 , four daugh­ ter , including Carol Mcintyre-Peale '76, and four grandchildren. A son- in-law , James Peale ' 7 7 , also attended Colby.

Educator Alice Stebbins Fowler '60, who helped pioneer a pec ial education program at Proc­ tor Academy, d ied at her home in Andover, . H . , on December 8. She wa 5 3 . At Colby she majored in Engli h and was a member of the S igma Kappa sorority, wa coedit ior of the Echo and served on the J udicial Board and the Panhellenic Coun­ c il. After graduation she taught for four year at the Hawa i i Preparatory Academy in Kamuela, and he j oined the faculty at Proctor in 1 964. She earned an M . Ed. in reading development from the Un iversity ofNew Hamp hire in 1 9 7 5 . A t Procror, she directed and taught in the learning skills department, which asse es the abilitie of learning disabled students, and her exper­ t ise in this area led to an appointment a assistant college counselor specializ ing in the placement of uch students. She was a member of the Association for Chi ldren W ith Leaming Disabilities, the Second Start Adult Tutorial program and several c ivic associations in Andover. She spear­ headed the effort to build a new Leaming Center complex at Proctor-the academy plans to break ground on the center in ] une. She also was a dedicated runner- he completed the 1 98 New York City Mara­ thon. he is urvived by her husband, David Fowler '60, three daughter and her mother.

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LETTERS Colby welcomes lectersfrom readers . We reserve the right to edit for brevity and clarity .

Please send correspondence to: Managing Editor, Colby , Office of Communications , Colby College , Waterville , ME 0490 1 .

Correc tion After reading "Advocate for the Art " (J anuary l 992 ) , l a ked my hu band i f l was as tough on arti ts as I sounded in that interv iew, and he artfully ide tepped the que t ion.

There needs to be a correction made of the name of the federal agency for which I have served a a panel member. It is the National Endowment for the Arts ( N EA ) .

The confu ion may have a r i n a a simi­ larly named federal agency, the Nat ional Endowment for the H umanitie ( N E H ) has been i n the news recently, especially on college campuses. The chairman of the N E H has been an outspoken critic of the excesse of "poli tical correctness."

Al o, I want to make c lear that the N EA is to be commended, not blamed, for it support of diver ity and for its partner­ ships with state and regional arts agencie in reaching out to people of all cu ltures.

Pam Pierson Parziale '65 Keameysville , W.Va .

Writers Applauded I wa very excited to see the article "But Do You Have to Jump?" in the No­ vember issue of Colby. As a student, I took every creative writing c lass offered and continued my writing and l i terarure studie to the enior cholar level under the tute­ lage of Susan Kenney. Although I have been away from Colby for five years, I have not lost contact w ith either Su an Kenney or the valuable lessons I learned from the Colby English Department. How delighted I was to learn that Richard Russo is now part of that department. I urge a l l readers of Colby to run as fa t as po sible to their nearest l ibrary or bookstore to obtain and read Russo's The Risk Pool.

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I del ight in s e i n g Su a n Kenney' p icture on the front page f the New York Times Book Review, remind my elf ften of the many things I learned in Ira adoffs poetry clas and rejoice that qual ity writer l ike Richard Rus o are being hired by Colby.

I have one word of advice for tudents -take advantage f these people, and for God' ake, be an English major !

Wendy Lapham Russ '86 Newark , Del.

Picture Imperfect I wa plea ed to ee the mention of my book on page 49 of the Lianuary 1 992) issue, but I have to say that the woman in the p icture who is i d e n t i fi e d a me , surely i not. I end along herewith a pic­ ture of my elf.

Beverly Benner Cassara '4 7 Bethel, Maine

by the author, is that m t Pale tinians in the We t Bank were not given ga ma k for protection, nor were there air raid sirens to warn resident f impending attacks. After about a month of having no avai lable ga mask , some were i sued, but only becau e ympathetic people in foreign countrie had sent them.

Jean Archibald Underhill , Ve.

Equal Time I can't bel ieve I'm writing thi , but the aging proce give one courage.

Regarding the article on Democratic guru Tony Corrado [and] variou past lec­ turer , vi i t in peaker /profe or , [ the) publicity and pace given by Colby areoneided. How about giving Republican people equal time on campu and in Colby ?

Hilda Niehoff True '43 Georgetown, Mass .

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As I have a daughter l iving in the Occupied We t Bank, I was very intere ted in reading your article "No Ma k to H ide Her Emotions," by Betsy Kuller (January 1 992 ) . The article was wel l written and seemed to me to give a true account of Mi Kuller's emotion upon finding her elf in a war zone during the gulf war. It must have been frightening to feel attacked w ith no defense; her feelings about friends' upport were movingly expressed.

Becau e of the sensitivity of the issues involved in the Palestinian/I rael i confl ict, I think it i important that Colby be accu­ rate in i ts reporting. I believe that the map printed on page nine is a m isrepresenta­ tion. It does not how the Gaza trip or the West Bank. These are occupied territorie , not a part of the country of Israel.

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