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Your support of the

1996 Alumni Fund

produced many winners. Please join us in thanking these volunteers for all their hard work. Winners of the 1996 Class Agent Awards Since

I 979 che Cnllege hm aclmowledged indi1•idual class agents 1!'/w mude parric11UJrh 1J11Cmmding efforcs for Cullrv

llnd clll\\C\

d11ring clit.' {neccding :vear.

Thi.' )rM/Jh Cuh11rn Smich Clms Perfrnmance Awards honor re1mi1111 ,md nnn-n:tmiun classes

char show che besc Ol'erall perfor

nwnct.'' hased rm rhe 1uwl nwnh:r of donors, /Jercemage of partici fJ<mls mid dullars conmbuced. Th<! winners, both non-re11nion and rr:1m1un. llrl':

100 members '31 (decea�ed) anJ PhilirJ. Boyne '46 ErnL·,r E. Hiller '19 cmd Jean Burr Smith ' 3 9. runners-up Classes with fewer than

Roderick E. Famh;1m

Classes with 100-200 me1nbers Rnhcrr S. Rice '.f1 . and Thrnna' W . Burke ' 47 Kathleen 1lt11Hgh<rn Corey '43 and Vivian Maxwell Brown ' 44 , runncr'>-UJ' Classes with 200-300 members Erne;,t V. Fortin '51 and George ll'a'>C)' '63 Franklin E. Huntrc-,�. Jr. '56 and Dcivid N. Rlnom '59, runner -up

300-400 members Kowal '65 and Deborah Nutter Miner '68 Richard J. Valone '72 and Su�an StCJrles Smith '75, runners-up

Classes with

Harold F.

400 members Erb Pittenger '80 and Heidi Henderson '

Classes with more than

Su�an

Kathryn Lucier O'Neil '85 and Anita L. Terry'

9, runners-up

Participation award for classes graduating within the last fl ve years

Stephanie

V. Goff '94 '92, runner-up

Kendra Smith

L. Franklin '63 Reunion Participation Award 5 1 , 45th reunion (206 Jonors for 80 percent participation) Ernest V. Fortin, Head Class Agent

Michael

Class of

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.� �F I i n si de colby cover story 8

Picture Perfect The l 7 5 th commencement developed into one of the be t e\·er.

features page 8

Recovering the Quad Colby's 50-year-old sugar maples are dying, but a ne\,. land caping project promi e re- leaf.

Friends for Life early 40 year after leaving Mayflower H i l l , this network of friend is tighter than ever.

Hart Monitor Want to know what American are thinking? Ask Peter Hart '64, the nation's con ummate information man.

departments page 19

4th Floor Eustis A new policy on obituarie .

34 Paging Parents

Parent of tudents returning home may

find that old hou e rules no longer apply.

Readers Write Letter laud the May issue.

36 Mules on the Move Women'

!aero se

core

big during 1 0-4

ea on.

Periscope G leaned from Dean Earl Smith' weekly newsletter.

38 Alumni at Large Class column , reunion round-ups

From the Hill A federal judge questions the wisdom of

71 Deaths

anti-drug law ; affirmative action debate; alcohol polic ies; aving a local re ource.

page 30

Condon Medal ist Matt Rus

Are grade

at Colby inflated, and if o,

lay profi le.

Boohs & Authors

A new book about the S ixties offers fresh in ight into that tumultuous decade.

Colby's fir t Car

negie Jumor Fellow.

Gifts and Grants A $ 1 - m i l l ion gift sets a firm foundation for the new re idence hall.

Alumni Profiles 38 Beth Pendleton Clark '3 5 45

Diane Chamberlin Starcher '54

Marjorie "Midge" Walton Holme '63

57 Jeff Lawrence 7 2 '

6 6 Cabot Philbrick ' 6

Student Life icole Dannenberg i

On the Cover

reflect

what college meant to him.

Faculty File what can be done about id; David Find

Earl Lewis '96 wa one of 449 degree recipients at the l 75th commencement on May 26.

72 Final Period

70 "After Eight" '90s

fourth floor eusti s I

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Addition by Subtraction ometimes I ife seem t o b e a erie o f traJeoff . You get your d e ert i f you at lea t try the pinach. You can have the car on Saturday night if you wash it and fill it with gas. You can take Friday afternoon off if you get a vital report to the bo s by Thur day.

Sally Baker have been hearing from alumni in the SO-Plus classes who want individual cla s c lumns in the maga3ine. We al o hear from con tituent across the board that they like the issues in which we run four-color photo graphs-and they want more. But with paper and mailing co ts rising almo t faster than we can track them and without additional fund to print color or increase the number of pages in the magazine, we knew we couldn't re pond

po itively to those comments unless we made some difficult choice . The first of tho e choice

Number 3

Colby Staff: ally Baker executi1•e edicnr Ke\"ln Cotil

Life at Colby is like that, too. F r more than a year, editors Kevin Cool and

Colby

Volume 85

is reflected in this issue of Colby. Instead of

printing full obituaries for deceased alumni, Colby now will run brief death notices in the Alumni at Large department. We hope that the re ultant gain

managing edttor Brian

peer

an director/designer Karen Oh '93 designer Marc Gia s photographer Roberr Gilbpie A/11m111 at

Large editor

tephen Collin:. '74 Marc Gia s sraff writers Anc>te> ForiaJe, '89 Pamck 1 lcBride '97 conmb11ting U'11ters

in pages and reduction in cost will allow u , eventually, to expand the SO-Plus section and/or add four-color photographs to each issue. More study i needed, o the e changes won't be made overnight, but we hope that the majority of Colby alumni will favor our attempts to improve the magazine within the constraints of our budget. As always, Executive Editor Sally Baker and Managing Editor Kevin Cool welcome your comment on the magazine. Sally Baker may be reached at 207-

8 7 2 -3 2 2 0 or sabaker@colby.edu. Kevin Cool i available at 207-8 7 2 -3 2 2 6 and jkcool@colby.edu. If you would like information about how to contact survivors, please contact the Alumni Office at 2 0 7 - 8 7 2-3 1 90.

Administration: William R. Corter, president; Peyron R. Helm, vice /Jresidenr for de1•elupmenr and alumni relations; Earl H. m1th, dean of the Colle ge; usan Conant Cook '75, director of alumni relations Alumni Council Executive Committee: Ron Lupton '71, chair; Joanne WeJ<lell Magyar '71, 1•ice chair; Libby CoryJon-Apicella '74; Anhur Brennan '6 ; John Devine '78; Diana Herrmann '80; Anne Hus ey '80; Lou RicharJ on McGirnty '67; Leslie Mitchell '80; usan Jacob on Nester' ; DaviJ White '75 ulby is publi hed four time yearly for the alumni, frien<ls, parem of srndent·, senior , faculty and staff of Colby College. Address corresponJence m: Managing Editor, Colby 4181 Mayflower Hill Waterville, ME 04901-8841 or e-mail to: mag@colby.edu on the internet: http://www.colby.edu/colby.mag/

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Initially, We Were Wrong

The original article referred to was an

I readers write

We bllth haJ beaten them at checker-; 11·e

Afru

excellent depiction of initiarh·e and

both had read their '''lie' ,1f the

Olympic Achievement" on page 33 of

success, \\'ith Blueberry Ale imply as an

Amcncan and Pmshmgh Cmmcr. 11.!annn

your May Colby.

example. Pe0ple drink, and it has been

I was intere red in your article "An

I believe you will find that the

hown that the con-umptton of alcoholic

Oohorne, ..::amuel o,home\ okler daughter, Cla,, of 1900, ll"a' the fiN

Connolly mentioned in the article, who

be\·erage (in moderation) i actually

African-American 1roman en earn a C1)lb,

was the author of many fishing and sea

beneficial. Thar i reality. More impor

degree. I ll"as the oecond,

stories, is James B. (Brendan) Connolly,

tantly, it is imperati\·e that an educational

not James R.

in titution teach people how to learn and

and garden ll"a; no\\" an ugly asphalt

make informed decision .. There wa

rarking Int. Not rhythmically battered mtn

James B. came from Sa\·annah, Ga., on a scholar hip to Harvard, \\'as not afforded an opportunity to take time off to compete in the fir t modem-day Olympic , but took off anyway. Harvard, I believe, refused to rein tare him but recanted later when h1

·rnries

nothing in the article that encouraged people to drink or not to drink. Life is a constant eries of choice . make them a· they affect our 01\·n

Paul C. Veilleux '

pulled all'ay from the site, a car crowded

Fort Lee, Va.

ll"ith )"l)Ung male adults passed

borne in"

othing

1 wa·

when I attended my 50th clas reunion.

burning rage ll'ithm me.

Solomon Fuller ['36], who also attended this reunion, invited me to rake an

Connolly's Olympic victory in che first modern

afternoon ride with him dmmtown. We

games in 1896 were sent b)' requesc to che

\·isited once familiar places: College

American Olympic comperiwrs.-- Editors

No Trouble Brewing Go Down Ea y" letter to the editor written by

tephen

Avenue, the old campus, Alden House, Foss Hall, the railroad ration, Professor Colgan'

choeman '64 in the

Millicent Bollino

mith

'43

Washington, D.C.

Thanks for the Memories Earl

mith' piece on [the clo mg of]

home where I -rudied voice \\'tth hi wife,

Le\·ine'· [clothing tore] in the mo·r

my Chaucer profe or Dr. Alice Com

recent is-ue of the Colby maga:me 1s a

paretti's home-where her new infant was

Thi letter is in respon e to the "Didn't

The tribute to _amuel Osborne m the �lay 1996 i sue of Colby dou�ed the

Connoll)'. Photographs from the arricle abow

possible inclusion in a book abom che hist01)• of

place I felt a burning rage.

reminded of an experience from May 199 3

Yes, we goofed on the middle inirial of Mr.

director of the U.S. Ol)'mpic Committee for

They

us. The orro1\· m my gut left me. In m

amuel

e\\'" (May '96),

lw.

leered, jeered and .houted ob·cenit1e, ar

Gone but Not Forgotten 0

tephen J. Connolly Ill

"-olomon, are you sure th1� is the staring at the parkmg lor. I began to ache

After reading your article on Beverly, Ma .

burned to ashes. Ceremonial me? Arnn?

way dm1·n deep within me. A \\'e >lowly

anniversary of hi Olympic victory, the avannah.

plmters and rubble by sma,hin!< '11"111!!' nf a

place'" He iu·r nodded. We oat -,denrh·.

per onal existence.

It i also interesting that on the I OOth

ailing event will be held in

4 3 year' later.

amuel Osborne\ home

crane', demolition rendulum. lmtead,

We must all be gi\·en the opportunity to

became popular in Collier's maga:ine.

Olympic thi year are in Atlanta anJ the

What had heen

the subject of my project for a cour e in child psychology-the church where Professor

trong of the ForeiQTI Language

\\'eet, e\·ocati\·e and generous es ay. l wa so pleased to \\'1tne

the award

of honorary doctorate· by the College to the Le\·ine brothers at last year'

May 1996 i ue of Colby. I am not up et

Department wa organist and I was the

graduation-my daughter, Karin, wa in

that you printed thi [letter] (it 1s

choir's paid soprano and the site of the

the graduating class.

important that all points of view be

expre ed) but the [letter] it elf bother me. It i unfortunate that Mr.

choeman'

borne ' home.

The closmg of Le\"ine's may be a

was so eager to get to the Osbornes'

place.

olomon became trangely quiet.

experience with alcoholic beverage wa

Had memorie

ilenced him.

olomon had

so negative. However, it would appear

graduated from Colby many, many years

that he 1 advocating the censor hip of

before I had enrolled. Howe\•er, we both

reality and the elimination of choice.

remembered the

borne with plea ure.

metaphor for the end of an era. Your e ay caught the moment, captured the entiment and brought more than a fell" tear to thi rea<ler. Mark B. Lapping Cumberland Center, Maine

AUGUST

1996

C OL B Y

peri scope I �

By Earl Smith What's summer for? Colby f lk have grown accustomed to the du t and d i tche that have marked campus growth for a half century. This ummer, Physical Pl ant Director Alan Le w i s set nell' records of inconvenience when rhe College and the local sewerage district combined effort� in creating a huge mes along Mayflower H i l l for a new l i ne. Other proud disruption included the heginning of rhe new dorm and grand landscap ing projects around the Olin, Schupf and Pugh building , not to mention a complete renova tion of the lower central mall. ( ee "Recovering the Quad , " page l 2.) Ocher projects included the remm·al of the fence around the football field and repair of the l ibrary steps. And, if thar isn't enough, think about boiler removals, Chapel rewiring, renovation of the Rohen Row and Hillside dorms, chem and bio lab renovation·, completion of re·idence hall computer networking, and new fields for softball, lacrosse and field hockey.

Keeping time We're sorry to report the end of a fine Colby tradition with the scheduled repair of the M i l ler Library tower c lock thi ummer. Even though generations of Colby students and others have become used to separate ti mes on rhe four face -and none of them correct-increasingly more outrageous disc repancie have prompted the dec ision to outfit the th ing with precision workings. We can hope chat rhe new tuff won't work ei ther, but more likely we' l l mourn the loss o f the myriad opporrunitie for excuse for being late to clas es and meeting . Life on Mayflower H i l l w i l l never again be the same. Next thing you know,

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they'll cap the spring that floods the McCann Road and spoil rhe ice fish ing.

experimentatil n, Lar en pronounced rhe new brick superior to the Harvard one and specified it for the new campus. The Morin company, which made the new brick in it ki lns in Auburn, asked pennis ion to name the new product after Colby. More than a half-century later, the Colby Brick remains a popular tandard. Larsen thought it wou ld rake 2 7 million of them to complete the campus. Given that the place is now twice the si:e of the one Lar en envi sioned, it wou ld seem a fair estimate chat there now are ome 50 mill ion Maine-made Colby Brick on the Hill .

A bit of blackmail Bowdoin, like Colby, ll'aS chartered by the General Court of Massachusett bur, unlike Colby, Bowdoin has never entirely separated ir-elf from the Commonwea lth. o, in order to make charter change�, the Brunswick college was at the mercy of the Massachusetts as well as rhe Maine legislacure. Paul Matthews, a 1 994 Colby grad, is an aide to Massachuetts Representative Harriett Chandler ( D-Worce ter ) , who shepherded a bill through the Boston ·rate hou e to consoli date Bowdoin's Board of Trustees and Over eer . Matthew· joke that he thought of getting Chandler to hold up the bill in exchange for some kind of graft-"Namely," he said, "the kind of graft that gets boiled in a pot and dipped in melted butter."

Another CASE The Counc il for the Advance ment & Support of Education ( CA E) awarded Colby maga:ine a bron:e medal for the on l ine ver ion of the publication. The competit ion had 70 col lege and university entries. The CA E offic ial who announced the pri::e said that "Colby is obviou l y doing this [online maga:ine] rhe right way and it show . "

Colby's a brick ln 1 9 3 5 , when architect Jens Frederick Larsen wa commis sioned to de ign the new Mayflower Hill campus, he was determined that the building would feature a very pecial brick. He wanted durabi l ity, of cour e, but he also wanted a color that would be softer than ordinary brick, with a more pleasing texture. The brick that most closely matched his needs was the Harvard Brick, a com po ition de igned pecifically for Harvard College and which had become a randard in the construction trade. The Morin Brick Company in Danvi l le J unction, Maine, would have filled the order, but principal there convinced Larsen and Colby trustees to examine sample of an entirely new brick. After a winter of rigorous

Colby pride Bruce Rueger in geology ha

received a grant from the Bermuda Zoological Society to upport his ongoing research into the vegetation hi tory of the i land. Funding from the grant abo will allow Bruce to rake two Colby students with him into the field ... . Jon Weiss, director of Colby' program in Dijon, France, wa invited to give a lecture on the research he has been doing into the life and work of I rene emirov ky, a French writer born in Russia ( 1903-194 2 ) , at the University of Tour in April . . . . The tudent Association honored assistant director of student activitie Josh Eckel '94 with it annual

staff award for his hard work on behalf of all students, espec ially the leaders of tu-A. Over eer and part-time College physician Al Hume ha been elected chair of the board at the Tilton School in New Hampshire. Ben Jorgen sen '92, director of student activi ties, ha been given the additional title of assi tant dean of rudents . . Demetra Giatas '88 ha been promoted from assistant director of alumni relations to associate director.

Bedrock research Andrew C. Flint '96

( Catonsv i l le, Md . ) ha been awarded an undergraduate research grant from the Geological Society of America to upport hi study of the fractured bedrock aquifer in Watervi l le. The project involve h is work as a re earch assi tant to Assistant Professor of Geology Paul Doss with the newly m tailed ground water wel ls in the F.W. Olin Science Center.

Moosecellaneous The campus had an extra sparkle in the long-overdue -pring, thanks to Linda Cotter who gave the College hundreds of daffodi l bulbs for campus planting a couple of year ago, now mature and blooming. A lthough Colby cheese is not named for Colby in the ame way that the Colby Brick i , the softer stuff i mosr certainly named for the same man. Gardner Colby, who aved this college with $50,000, made railroad here and there, including in Wi consin, where they named a town for him. The ame town later began to make Colby chee e . . . . Science and Technology Studie is changing it name to Science, Technology, and Society ( ST ) .

A_ I from the hill Losing Battle?

Federal judge questions the wisdom of the 'War on Drugs' By Kevin Cool

ll'eeping

changes are ne<'d<'d

dle<!.11 clni<! li'l" l'ut funclmc: t.>r

in gm· r n me n t anti-J r u g

c11mb.ltm'! rhe-e le�

policie s, bt'ginnmg 1nth pil c1t

fr.ic(l1'n

nf the

clru�- 1- .1

.1rn1 >unr 'l'l nr ti 1

programs ro rest th<' effecu1·e

f1f:'.ht tlltctt -uh-t.m..:c''· .--\cc11r,l-

ness of Jecnminal1:arion of sc1me

111� t11 ,t.1(1-tlC' T<>rruell.1 l'rc

f1,e

d r ugs , an mfl ue nt ia l ledt'ral

-eIH<',I. 1H1e 111

mun j udge rnld a Colhy audi

Uol.'' rl11:'.1CC<l. re,ult1n� m -f 7-f.c'c'L'

ence last spri ng .

deaths Jnnualh· ,m,i hdl111n,

. Coun ot Appeals for

11 ·h1 k

the First Circuit. saiJ that the

i 97l

,1b11ur

�')

11ne 111

Ameri

can< U'<'S ill<'�.11 Jni'!-. re-ultm'!

111 5.c\X' d e Jt h, each 1·e,1r. " Th e h· .1 lcL1h11 ! .m,I t11-

'\1·ar on drugs" 11·aged since the early

11t

,foliar, m mt'd1c.d C1 "r'. \ k.m-

Juan Torrudla. chief judge of the

.--\mertL.ln'

has bt'en e xp ensi1·e

harm c.1u::ed

anJ lar gely 111effecri1·e and ma\" ha1 · e contrib ute d w a g ro 1nn g

rhan rhat nf

Jnt\!'."

he -.ucl.

Sh,1rt ,1fin,r1rutl11<!,ir.K11111.in

criminal subculture susraineJ by ex tr aord inary pr,1fir s. "The

Lrn·- like thL1'e m S11w.11'ure

more you restrict supply [of a

judge Juan Torruella says anri-drug laws make drug dealing profitable.

proJuct ] the h igher the price

w curb rhe

.111-l ,1!

\!ak\\-,iJ -ll'ht're I'1'"''"111n

e1·en t11w .l!l1t'Unt- 11f dlt'\!.11 Jru\!'

goes," Torruella -aid. .'\rrracred

c,1ukl b<' furrh <' r from m1· L111·n

said. \\'hilt' attempts

by p r of i t margins of 10,000

pe rsL1n al pos1 t1on." he <aid. "Bur

;.upph· l1f dru gs ha1-.:' cfont' lnrle

go1·<'n1ment c.1nn11r -1'!n1f1..:.mrh

percent , drug dealers are engag

11·e mu st ask our<eh-es 11·h1ch

r,1 reduce rh<'1r u;.e, t'..:lucar1nnal

c,1nrr,1! clru;: u-t'. T11rruell.1-,11,I.

ed in "r he best business in

1mpo-;es greatt'r cost on L1Ur Sl1Ci

programs aimed at rt'ducin\! the

"\\'<' '1mph- can't I'Ui e1· t' rd' 1'ch

. '\merica," he said.

etY -permi(( in g drugs or pro

demand ha1·e had rea:,onabh·

in _1 ail . " h<' sJiJ.

hibiting tht'm."

go,1l-l success. "\\'hen it come, to

Torruella rec,1rnmende,i

reducm g drug u;:e, the go1·<'rn

nJUl1nal debate about dru'! r11l1-

T orruella empha si: ed that

1s pun1-haHe

h.m�111'!-thl.'

his ideas about changes in Jrug

Federal spending on ami-drug

polic ie s do nor amount ro an

pr ogra ms- includ 1ng educa(lon.

ment gets more bang for the buck

cie< and a hiparr1 ,a n c1,mm1-

endorsement of decriminali:a

reha bilitation and enforce

from education than enforce

s1on w e x pl 11r <' OI't1nn'. a, 11·dl

rion bur present other options

ment-ha� increas<'d fwm

ment," he said.

for debate. "N othing I sayshc)uld

million 111 19 13 tllS 1 2 billion in

•

100

Torruella noted that alcohd

wbaccl1

be interpreted as my promoting

1993, rhe latest 1·ear for 11·h1ch

and

rhe u e of drugs because norh ing

figures are a1·ailable, Torruella

greater problems for societY than

pa1· for rranscnprs. Regist ra r G t'l1r ge Cole man sa1·s.

amono the nation' top schooL in that important ta tis tic.

CL)leman say, the '1 fee for processirw ex tra rr an ,cri1't,-rhe first

Final figure prodded by the Office of Admissions show were admmed for the Clas of

2 0

cory akays 11·as free-has been in place for more than

applicant

. President Bill

Persons requesr111g rramcnprs that require cwemighr sh 1pp111g, fax ing or other special po 5tage II'ill be charged for those cost>. Cl1leman ,a1· ,.

nary." Only about - colleges in the coun

Because of confidenrialttY c11ncerns. tran sc ri pt reque<rs mu , r

percent of all

20, Cotter

su bmitted in 11-rirmg: fa x es ar e ac cept a b le 1f rhey are signed. Tht'

applicants, and Colby's rate likely places it among rhe top

"F11r

he said."� !any colleg e s char g<' fi1·e dollars ; a numb<'r charne r1t1rhmg."

that the low admit rare "is truly extraordi

30 Y<'Jr;..

all I kno11· 11·e ' re rhe last place m rhe u1111·erse char g lllg that aml1unr."

Cotter told tru ree at their spring meenng

try admit fewer than

,,f

Effecn1·e July l, Colby no lon ger requires student< and alumni r,1

in the lowest admit rate in College history and places Colbv

46 I

pro hl t'm and tllld n l.' 11· 11-.wdeal111g 11·nh n." ht' -.11d. +

Grades for Free

sidewalk talk Record-breaking num ers of application this year resulted

rhar only 31 percent of rhe College's

use produce much

;i, a pil,1r pr,1grarn ,,f ,l<'cn1111-

nal t:ari,m. "L<'t', !,1,1k at rh1,

Reg istrar 's fax number 1s 207-87 2- '076 and the phone nu mh e r I>

aid.

2L 7- I 2-3197. Questi on ' or correspond ence orher rhan rran<cnpr requests may be _enr 1·ia e-mail ro reg i st r @rn lh·. ed u. +

.-\L" GL"ST

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Alcohol Panel Seeks Attitude Adjustment

ranel charged 11'Ith reducing alcohol abuse at Colby produced

not provide adequate alternative option for students who don't wi h

a report in )\,fay that incl uded more than )0 recommendat ion:,,

many of which attemr.t to r.romote "a culture f responsib i l ity . " Following nearly a year of re:,earch a n d discu i o n t h e Trustee

drink. Shannon Baker '9 ( Columbus, Oh io ) , a member of the commi -

sion, says that changes resu lting from the panel's ugge tion won't

Commis,ion on A lcohol. chaired by Beverly Nalhand ian Madden

happen overnight. 'Tm probably not going to ee a big difference

\0, said it seeb to deve lor. a more vibrant social life while creating

during the time I 'm at Colby," she said. "But hopefu l ly five years from

an environment "where ahuse is challenged and not tolerated, where

now we won 't have people coming into Colby expecting ro play beer

all r.ersom ll"ill be honored, and where civility and resr.ect for the educational proce s, both i nside and outside the cla room, are r.aramount."

die every n ight, think ing it' a party school . " Baker ays the commi ion report "has tudent talking." The component most often discussed, she says, are the new regulation

Dean of the College Earl mi th, a comm is. ion member, said the

limiting re idence hall to one party per week and the introduction of chem-free lounges in all residence halls." ot everybody is happy with all of the recommendation , but that's a sign that we've introduced real change,"she aid.

r.anel belie1·ed that changing the campu� culture, rather than the adoption of harsh regu lation , wa- the best approach for allev iatmg alcohol abuse. "The rules are prohahly the least imp rtant part of the report,"

mith said. "Many of the new thi ngs are aimed at creating

In addition to everal faculty and administrators, the commi ion

d ifferent attitudes ahout drinking." A major recommendation ca l l for the creation of a centrali:ed ocial/cu ltural programming student board ro organi:e campus soc ial

included tru tees A I ida Camp, Jane Whipple Coddington ' 5 5, George Ha kell '55, Ellen Ha wee Ii '69, Jean Pratt Moody ' 5 6, David Pulver ' 6 3 , Elaine Zerva

event> and help fund many kind of activ ities. The comm is ion noted that major campus social e1·ents uch as "La-t Day of Loudne "do

tamas '53 and J ohn Zacamy '71; students han

non Baker '9 , A lex Chin '96, Holly Grochmal '98 and Noah Wepman '96; and A l umn i Counc il Chair Ronald Lupton '71. +

Is Affirmative Action Needed? Yes and No.

n outspoken cr itic of affir

sider race as a factor in evaluating

mat il·e action told a por

applicant . He nored that admis

l ight Event audience in early

sion offices often select tudent

May that the program has out

based on non-academic charac

I ived i t u efulne s and has cre

teri tics uch as athletic or musi

ated a stare-sanctioned form of

cal ability. Only when race i used

d iscrimination , but an advocate

to promote diver ity among it

of the program aid It rema in

tudems are college accused of

an important step toward level

"discrimination," he said. The fact that minority stu

ing the playing field for minor ity ci ti:en . Linda Chavez, president of

From the left, Juan Williams; from the right, Linda Chavez.

dent are underrepresented at public college and un iver itie uggest that state are fai ling to

the Washington-ba ed Center you look at the CEOs and people

educate their c itizen in propor

fits certain racial clas ifications

in positions ofpower in this coun

tion t0 their numbers. "In fact,

and to women," Chavez said.

try you find that it i overwhelm

minority tax dollar are being

"To judge people by immutable

ingly, almostexclu ively, a white

used to fund the education of

unfair adrnntages for prospec

characteristic

male pre erve," he said. Will

non-minority students," Will

t ive college tudents of color

iam

For Equal Opportun ity and au

vantaged, but to any person who

thor of a book critical of race based government programs, aid affirmatil·e action provides

uch as the color

aid.

of their sk in i wrong," she said.

iams said the recent attacks on

minority con tractors

Arguing again t Chave: was

affirmative action are politically

competing for lucrati1·e federal

J uan William , an author and

motivated and have little to do

ica will never reach its goal of a

project . "[Affirmative action]

commentator best known for h i

with the reality of the American

"color-blind" society until affir

and

Chavez countered that A mer -

has gone away from its original

Emmy-award winning documen

workplace."The truth i ," he aid,

mative action is abolished. "Two

goals of recruitment and tra in

tary Eyes

"there i not much affirmative

wrong do not make a right," she

ing to giving outright prefer

rejected the notion that affirma

ences, not j ust to those who

tive action i unnecessary a a

W i l l iams sharp ly rebutted

have been v ictims of d iscrimi

vehicle for empowering minor

Chavez's contention that colleges

lead us to a society in which color

nation or who have been d isad-

ity Americans. "The fact is, if

and univer ities hould not con-

is not a dividing line." +

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on the Prize.

Williams

action going on."

aid. "Policies that u e race as a proxy for achievement will not

The Reel Pocahontas Pocahontas may ha,·e been 11·onJerful fam i ly emenamment, but the Disne · film haJ ,·ery l i t t le re:,emblance to the h1stoncal figure 11·hose name it appropnated. That 11·a� the consen

LI\

at a

d iscus ion about Hol lywood's depict ion of Pncahont<b anJ of Nat ive American c u lture in general conJucted h· vi:,1ting I nstructor of Rel igious tudies Laurel Schneider. chneider, ll"ho taught a pring course tit led

am·e Amen

can Rel igious Tradition , read nm Jifferent accounts by Cap tain J ohn WRACC is seen as a key to revitalizing downtown Waterville.

occurred,

m i t h c laimed t h a t tribal chief Poll"hatan released

him after an elaborate rel igious ceremony; he did not mention

Building Up Downtown

mith of h is capture by the Powhatan in December

1 60 7 . In the first account, ll'ritten in the same year the eve n t

Pocahontas.

mi th's second version of the story, 11Titren 1 7

years later, described how Powhatan's daughter, Pocahontas,

ecent economic news from

performing arts, for community

interl'ened to a\·e his life as he ll'as about to be k i l led by cluh

Waterv i l le has been grim.

wielding Ind ians. Despite the inconsi tencies betll'een the two

National media out lets from

group office and for retail busi nesses. The intent is for the facil

Boston to Los Angeles covered

i ty to serve not only Waterville

into popular lore and spa1rned the legend of Pocahontas. But

accounts, Schneider says, Smith's later version was accepted

the announcement in May by

and surrounding towns but cen

even this h istorically questionable account 1rns discarded by

Warnaco CEO Linda Wachner that the Hathaway shirr factory

tral Maine from the coa t to

Disney i n an attempt to add drama and romance to the re lation

kowhegan. All members of the

hip bemeen Pocahontas and S m i th, she ays. I n the movie,

in Waterville would close before

commun ity will be invited to

which chneider -howed following her introduction, Pocahontas

the end of the year. (A group of

become members of the center.

fall

investors led by former Maine

More than

in love with

mith and prel'ents a war between the

Powhatans and the Engli h. A istant Profe or of H i tory

500, 000 was

Governor John McKernan is

rai e d for the purchase from

work i n g

save the plant . )

C o l b y , M id - M a i n e M e d i c a l

The historical Pocahontas-who was 1 1 years old \\'hen

Levine's, an anchor for the dm�Tl

Center, philanthropists El iza

mith was captured-married a Virginia merchant, J ohn Rolfe, accompanied him to England and died, probably of smallpox, at

El izabeth Leonard cal led the fil m "a complete fabrication."

town bu ine-s d i trict, has closed.

beth Noyce and Bert Clifford,

Avian Farms, an internationally

Coloni a l Di tributor , Walter

recognized poultry breeding and

and Mary S imcock, Hannaford

research firm, has delayed ex

Brothers, Thomas College, A.G.

questions about the dep iction of

pansion plan because of a na

Edward &

ons and an anony

Americans by filmmakers, Schneider aid.

2 1 , Schneider aid.

The disronions in the fi lm raise aci1·e

t ional downturn in demand. And, a ide from the revival of

mous donor. The building sold

For example, she said, the models used ro

for $ 3 50,000, and much of the

c reate the an ima ted charac ters in

the Harri

Baking Company,

remaining 1 50,000 will be used

Pocahontas were A ian, not

which is emerging from bank

for repair and renovat ion. An

American. She added, howe1'er, that

ruptcy, local industry is flat.

acive

addi tional $ 5 00,000 must be

Pocahontas resonated 11· ith some Na

o it was w ith con iderable

rai ed by next spring. The group

t h·e A mericans becau e of i t posith·e

enthu ia m that Waterville em

plans to approach other local

portrayal of the ir people.

braced a plan by a group of local

corporations and businesses for

I nstructor in Educat ion and H u

leaders to purchase the Stem

addi tional major gifts and hopes

man Development Sandy Grande said

Cultural Center on Main treet,

to attract at lea t 2 ,000 indi

that she was able to eparate the movie

defunct ince late last year, and

vidual donor at the

character f rom the historical Pocahontas.

chri ten i t the Waterville Re

ber h ip leve l .

gional A r ts and Community Center ( WRACC ) .

25 mem

"There is story and there is history, and I think it'

T h e build ing' current ten

important to distingu ish be

ant are expected to stay, and

tween them," she aid. " l hope we don'r look to Disney for history . " While con

Colby President B i l l Cotter

WRACC has hired a general

leads the group, which purchased

manager and a group to admin

the former

terns department

ister arts programs. Other new

tore at auction in early J une.

tenant may include communiry

WRACC will use the building as

non-profit group and the City

a venue for performing and non-

of Waterville. +

ceding thac Pocahontas i

hi tori c a l ly

flawed, Grande said the story ha value in depicting

ome

ative A merican a

"the good guys." +

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Picture Perfect First came the platform party: the president, honorary degree

m i nation and a loud voice" against injustice and inequity. Cotter

rec ipient , dean of tudent , dean of facul ty, dean of the College,

thanked the cla

registrar, faculty marshal , trustee . Then the fac ulty, resplenÂ

the 1 996 Senior Parent Fund topped 3 5 7 ,000, a record. Cla

dent. Then 449 about-to-be graduates, two by two, flowing down

Pre ident G i nger Com tock of Westfield, N .] . (daughter of

M i ller Library' steps in black robes.

Robert '6 7 and France R ichter Comstock '6 7 ), offered a cautionÂ

M o t ot her years, the Portland Bra s Quintet would have been right on the money in

for the cool , sunny weather and reported that

triking up, a

they did, a tune from

ary tale. Persuaded by a friend that he was "a lock" for an internship at H BO and that a v i it to the corporate office wa a

Wagner' Die Meistersinger van Numberg. Wagner is not known

formality, Comstock aid, he wa

for h i brevity ; neither are Colby commencement proces ion .

mogul's office for a formal interview. "And I have nothing, no

urpri ed to be ushered into a

But in 1 996 it took j ust 1 3 m inute -about half the average for

re ume, nothing to show this man," she said. "And he began to

the last five years-for everyone in the long l ine to proce s and

ask me que t ion . 'Why HBO? Why communications?' I didn't

be seated. ( At a luncheon following the ceremonie , President

know why. And then he aid, ' o, what are your trengths7' I

Bill Cotter j oked that i f the faculty had picked up i ts pace a l ittle,

hadn't given it any thought.

the parade m ight have come i n under 10 minutes. "We're old ! "

'Uh, I dunno . ' That' not really what they want to hear. And then

Profes o r o f Government

after that he said, 'What are your weakne e ?', and of course,

andy M a isel protested. )

o of course I sat there and I aid,

lnnmÂˇation ha its hazards, of course. From the platform, Dean

immediately, I had an an wer. I don't know where it came from,

of Student Janice Ka sman spotted H acho Boho Boho ian '96

but I aid-I looked thi man, he wa so unfriendly, right in the

( sum ma cum laude, Ph i Beta Kappa, honors in chemistry ) , who

face-and I

d idn't appear to have a chair placed behind him. This would be

directions.' . . . He howed me out." Com tock adv i ed her c la -

aid, ' ometime

I have a hard time following

a problem, he surmi ed, when the senior were directed to sit.

mate to take some t ime to a se s their trengths. "You are going

The dean sent an emi ary. " I 'll have a chair when it' time to sit,"

to go off and do omething, each one of you, that fits you and i

Bohossian said confidently, and with good reason-economics

going to be perfect," he aid.

professor Patrice Franko wa

on the j ob, raiding the faculty

Class Speaker Matt Ru s of Cape Elizabeth, M aine, called h is college year "a rich ource of stories," noting that the people he

eating ection. A chair appeared. Not much of a glitch-and the la t of the day. Colby's l 7 5 th

met each had "an intriguing pa t and a promising future." He learned about these people, he aid, by Ii tening to their stories.

commencement was all but f1awle s. Rabbi Raymond Krin ky, the College' Jewi h chaplain, a ked

"Upon graduating, and for the rest of our lives, we are going

in h i invocation that the graduates be granted "courage, deter-

to meet more and more people who are different from our elve ,"

Clockwise from upper lefc : Crawford Family Professor of Religious S tudies Thomas Longstaff and Robert E . Diamond Professor of Women 's Studies and French Jane Moss lead the graduation procession; class speaker Matt Russ; a family member gets into

rhe picture; 1 996 graduates ;

honorary degree

recipienc and commencement speaker Charles Osgood ; Carrie Allen

1 7 5th

Commencement Leaves Lasting Impressions By Sally Baker, with photos by Marc Glass

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Rus · said. " I t will be up

us, wherever we are and whatever we

being tucked in and ki ·sed goodnight; you going off to school for

do, to find a means of coexisting. Call it peace. Call it love. Call

the first time; you in a school play; you laughing and playing and

it tolerance . Call it whatever you like. I will call it haring storie .

inging. You growing up.

I w i l l th ink of my Colby d iploma as a bookmark of orts, marking

"I mean, I don't want to embarrass you, and it would take too

a c hapter of stories that opened my mind to the exciting minds

much time anyway, but we've got hundreds of thou ands of these

of others." A few m inutes after conc luding his speech , Russ

terrific picture of you stored indelibly in our memories, and we are

returned to the podium to accept the 1 996 Condon Medal, an

playing them back in our minds right now. And in our heart . In

honor voted by the c l ass and confirmed by the fac u l ty .

case you d idn't know. Here's looking at you, kid."

Charles 0 good, proud ( and occasionally choked u p ) father of Kathleen Wood '96 and, inc identally, anchor ofCBS News Sunday

Osgood finished h is peech with his verbal signature, a poem for the graduates:

Morning and CBS Radio's The Osgood File, wa on hand to deliver

"You've come now to a m i lepost

the commencement address despite the obvious confl ict. ("I told

where the pa t and future meet .

my mother that Charle Osgood would be here," Bill Cotter said at

At a cros roads for a moment

a reception for the honorary degree recipient the evenino before

that is trangely bittersweet.

Commencement. "She said, 'Well, where will he be Sunday

You knew it would affect you

morning?' We're basking, but millions of people are hating us, "

but you d idn't know how much

Cotter said . )

a today you tell each other that

Indeed, Osgood gave the assembled senior , their parents and

of course you'll keep in touch .

the rest of the crowd plenty of warmth in which to bask.

And perhaps you even will,

"A commencement speech is suppo ed to contain words of

for it is now forever true,

wisdom for the graduates," he said, "but as a broadca ter I have

that you are part of Colby,

di covered that there is neither a great supply of wisdom nor a great

and that Colby' part of you . "

uch as to

Osgood joined Drew Univer ity Pre ident andformer N e wJ e r ey

guarantee that this will be a short peech." Osgood then offered "a

Governor Thomas Kean ( father of Alexandra '96 , Rya Zobel,

demand for it. My own per onal supply of wi dom i

tates Di trict Judge for the Di trict of Massachusetts and

commencement speech within a commencement speech" and

United

recited a 1 4-line poem read by Or. Suess when he addre sed graduates

director of the Federal J udicial Center, and Robert T. Paine, a

at a different college several years ago. The poem, "My Uncle

professor at the University of Washington and an international

T er\villiger on the Art of Eating Popovers," encouraged students to

leader in the <level pment of the cience of ecology, in receiving

"Do a lot of spitting out of air . . . and be careful what you swallow ! '"

honorary degrees from the College. Then all at back and enjoyed the long proce sion of seniors who came to the platform to hake

"Your feeling are mixed now, I am sure," Osgood said. "Joy

Cotter's hand and get their diplomas.

that you have achieved what you set out to. Sadness-that thi chapter in your l ives is over. You realize now that some of the

The Class of '96 displayed its share of unusual garb and back

finest people you will ever know have been here i n your years at

of-the -hat humor. Pleas for jobs adorned a few mortarboards. Josh and hoeless. Deirdre

Colby. From them, the dedicated men and women of Colby, you

Fi hkin of Redding, Conn., was caple

have learned a lot, not only about the subj ects of your studies, but

Foley (Closter, N .J . ) was porting a carrot in place of her ta el.

you have learned a respect for wisdom. And you've learned

After Mass on commencement morning, she'd a ked Colby

omethi ng about dedication yourself, and the fact that the

Catho l ic Chaplain John Marquis if he'd een her lost tassel. "No, I haven't een it," Marquis aid. "Why don't you j ust put a carrot

greatest satisfaction in life are those things we do for others.

on your cap ?" Bingo.

"Without the expressed permi sion of every mother and father

Commencement ended w i th a benediction from Marquis,

here, but ecure in the feeling that I 'm right about this, I can tell you that we parents are experiencing a mixture of strong emotion

who urged the new graduates to erve as well as to strive. And, he

about this day of your , too. Love and pride and happiness for you,

said, "May they be filled with optimi m for their future." Another

along w i th a flood of memories and a breathtaking, almo t dizzying

emi ary from the platform, this time sent by Profe or of French

sense of 'Where have all those years gone?' We look at you sitting

and co-College Mar hal J ane Mo s, gave whispered, last-minute

there in your caps and gown , all grown up, and other pictures flash

directions on how the c la

through our mind of you when you were little. I mean really l ittle,

first to the Runnals lawn for lunch under a blue and gray awning

when you were a baby; yes, even when you were first born. You

and, from there, to whatever awai t them .

should recess. Then they were off

Clockwise from upper lefc : Earl. Lewis; Sarah Gelman; ] . Colin Harringwn; Kim Allen; Wilfredo Alvarez; Tina Garand

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Re co ve rin g th e Qu ad

n a1w ' u n n y day i n spring nr au r u m n , rhc exp;m,e nf

green 'pace t h a r u n f o l d , heh )\\· M i l l er L i h rary i o s pr i n k l ed

,tuLlenb pa>> each year, rhey chnse a spot near a grove nf p i ne s w i t h

11· i th , t u d e n t ;, reaLl i ng , i l l u n g i n g cm t he gr;.i:,:, and p Lw i n,g

a �·annra m i c ,· i e,1· ( ) f t h e qu<iJra n g l e .

Frisbee. The qu aLl ran g l c ha> f o r

of prospecti,·e

5L' ye a r' heen Cc ilhy\ fronr la11·n, s i re

Because of the q uadra n g l e ' s c e n tral p l ac e i n C o l b y ' s iden t i ty-i t ' s

e lf i mp ro m p t u pame,, 1•hmn c1p1•or t u n i t i c " C t lln me nc e m e n t s anLI ,

the m e n ta l i mage a l u m n i o ft e n reta i n most , . i ,· i d l y-i ts a eo t he t i c

ll'cl l ,

q u a l i ty i , of m o r e t h a n t o k e n i n terest.

peopll' ' m i ng ar,iu n LI . A'k ,· i r t ua l l y any Col h y '- t ude n t ll'h a t

o ll'hen Co l lege o ffi c i '1 l s

fir::.t ;H trac teLI h i m t l r he r rn the Co l l ege ;md the terraced p l , 1 tfurm c m

wan ted a d v i c e about how to i nc orporate the n e w F . W . O l i n Sc i en ce

/\ l a yfl , 1 11· er

Center i n to th e q u <i drangl e , they rurned tel M icha e l Van Valkcnburgh

H i l l t h , H i-, the heart of t h e c a mpus 1\· i l l he 11 1 en t 1 oned .

Asonc i a tes ufC<i m bridge, M ass . . l a nd sc ap e arc h i re c t s who two y ar

Fnlm the t<lp , 1f the quad une can ,ee a l l the w;1y tn the C<imden Hill,

m i le, ; 1 11·a y ,

hur

it\ the ,·1e11·

frL Hn

;1g, 1 d es1gned a n e w master plan

belo11· t h a t Jru1•s j a ws.

Flanked h· Get i rg i a n h u i l d m,g , an LI ' u g ar m a p l e •, , the qw1d ri ,e,

1 mprL'�" " ·e l y rnll'<lrd

th e a d m i ;,s1nns o ffi c e t h ro u g h ll' h i c h h u n d reds

f or Han·<ird Y a rd . Van Va l kenb urgh 's

ta::-k 11«1' l ar g e r than t he ass i m i l a t i on uf a new bu i ld i n g, however. The

rcL!c,rnl.

i ru a t i o n fac i ng Colhy i , s 1 m i l m tn H a n·ard\-a monoc u l ture, i n

\Vh e n t h e CPl kgc 11"1::- curhidl' r i n g , i tl'' f , i r the L un d er H n u , e , h , 1 m e

t h 1 :- c ao;e, s u .i; a r mar le,, has re;iched the end of i ts l i fe span, t h reaten-

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it-, 'entn·. t h l' l i hr , H \ " , on I t '- gn:en

I ' " I

Colby's S O-year-old sugar maples are dying, but a new landscaping proj ect promises re-leaf ing r h e char.ic rer l,f r h e Cl' l l ege 's m L 1 s r 1mf'orranr ereen s r a c e . The

I t bran·

quadrangle ll' l [ lwu r rrees � U111mag111,1ble.

l] uad 11· t ! l heir b a lanc<:' rhe '\1 e 1 eh r " l>f rh<' 0 1 1 11 bu tlll 1 n e . l,, · ,ueJ

A dm i n 1 s ua r 1 1·e \ l i c e Pre ' l d e n r \\' . .-\rnl'ld Y a , i n , k 1 s;w, r ha r

U s ing

Van

b<:'au l\·

,1f rhe

c u r m r ,, rhe lL)\I er ,ec r 1 ,,n ,,( rhe

l'f'f'U:' 1 re r h e E u s r 1 s p.1r k 1 11 e .1 re,1. "\\ · e 11·,1 nr e d r,, ,nfr<'n rhe enLI' ,,( rhe

the College recogn i : eLI a n l1pp\ l n u n 1 tr horh lll ease 1n rhe Ol 1 11 b u i l d i n g and presen·e rhe lon g - r e rm

ennance . .-\ nell' rerr.1c

,1uallr;:ing k .

,1uadrangle .mLI ,ilk! m,1re

c , , [,1r," Y;:is1nski sa1ll , exrl.1 1 1 1 1 n e the crabaf'ple ,,rch,ir,J, anll rhe

\ l a l ke n h u rgh's d e , 1 e n s . Colh· ll' t l l Cl1mr l e r e r h 1 <

addit1,1nal rerracmg. " 0. \ ,,:,r 1mf'''rr,mt. 11·e 11·anred r , 1 ref'lace rhe

summer a $ 3 00 ,000 l ;:i n d s c a r m g rroJ ec r rhar 1 11 c l u J e s refore.;rmg

monnc u l r ure> 11·e no11· ha1·e 1nrh ml1re d 1 1 · e r, 1 rr and create ,1 ,hade

rhe q u ad . There ll' t ll be more rree> and more spec ies l,f rree, . Red

canof'1· rhar 1n,uld 1wt hide L1ur b u t l d m e , . "

oaks, red maf' les and a hard ier srec 1 e s of rngar m a r l e s a r e b e 1 n e

8 1 · acune nL"I" rhe C,1\lee<' h a s an,1ded lo,mg n, <:'nure uee

p l anted i n u d 1· roll's on e ither , 1 d e ,,( rhe quadrnngl e . Fl,111·er 1 n e

c anl1r1· a r l1nc<:', Ya, 1 11,k i s.11· , , .ind rhe ne11· rlantine, ,lwuld en:;ure

c rabapple uees ll' i ll form small orchards i n front

Lll

rhat ,uch a scenan.1 1n1uld n,1r ,Kcur in the furure. "\\ · e 11·anr w

rhe 0 1 1 11

b u i ld i n g a n d rhe Eustis park 1 11g !or. Benche, are b e i n e allded 1 11

.1lll'a1·, ha1·e marure rree, ak1ne rhe ,1uad . " he :,a 1LI .

srra r e g 1 c p l ac e s , and a " ,- i n ing 11·all" 1< b e i ng t> re c r e d nt>ar rhe

Future gt>nera t 1 L1n< ,,f C,, [ b 1an< rw dl1ubr 11·ill be erarefu l . +

By Kevin Cool

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Ma be it started over a burger at the Spa. Ma be you met

But life manages to c leave pace where there once

in a clas and continued a discussion on the way to the

wa none. Distance, time and changing lifest le can

library. Maybe there was a ski weekend with common

gradually erode the relationships that were ea i1

acquaintances. Maybe you were roommates. Colb

maintained when " getting together" meant walking

friendships have many origins, but the thing

they have in common is the College itself. It is the great meeting place-the venue for developing friendships that can last a lifetime. No great college would be great without

down the hall or across the campus. College friendships that become long-term friendships take work. The degree to which Colb friendships endure seems, if not extraordinar , certainl unusual. Colby alumni have

the legions of alumni whose collective memor and joint

taken the time not merel to sta in touch but to remain

perspective give meaning to it traditions-which are

part of each other's lives, defying the transience of career

rooted in their shared experience. After the classes are

and hometowns to forge even deeper ties.

forgotten and the knowledge stored away, friends remain a tether to the place where adulthood begaďż˝; a reminder of how good those years were.

There is one group of Colbians for whom friend hip are particularly profound. The speak almost reverent! about their time together; at once wistful and grateful. Not just friends. Friends for life.

By Ke Âˇ Âˇn Cool

Norman Lee '58

"Want to know what a friend is ?" Lynne D'Am ico M c Kee ' 5 8 , a mall woman with a large presence, was sitt ing on the couch of her Hampden, Maine , h o m e w h e n s h e proferred the que t ion, and, a moment later, the answer. " I ' l l tell you what a friend i ," she said, and leaned forward so her elbows Andria Peacock Kime ' 58 re red on her knees. For the next 90 minutes she related stories of joyful reunions, anniver ary celebrations, birthday part ie -, shared vacations and children's weddings. She talked about spou es who died, chi ldren who took their own l ives, i llne es, funerals. And through it all, friendships that endured, deepened and solidified. M cKee is one of several people-many of whom are Colby Cla s of ' 5 8-who comprise a c i rc l e of friends that has shown extraordinary staying power. Nearly 40 years after they left Mayflower H i l l , these former roommate and fratern i ty and orority budd ies congregate reoularly. When someth i ng happens to any member of the group, phones tart ringing. oon all of the others know about i t . To s a y the e folks know h o w to h a v e fun wou ld be an understatement. When they get together, ays M cKee, " it's non- top laughter. " Take, for instance, the "Colby Weekends" held annually s i nc e the late ' 70s at the Maine lake cottage of N orman Lee '58 and Charlotte Clifton Lee '6 1 . They are raucous gatherings that inspire prodigious travel efforts. Regulars will do a l mo t anythi ng to avoid m i ing them. Last year they came from Seattle, Lo A ngeles, W isconsin-a l l over the U n i ted tare -and one "member" tried to come from Katmandu, Nepal. What began a a tiny gathering of old fratern ity buddies ha grown to involve dozens of people. Chi ldren are now bringing grandchildren a the partie pill over into the next generat ion. " 1 think our k ids have come to enjoy i t as much as or more than we do," N orman Lee said. In an age when friendships are as tran iem as careers,

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Peacocl< Kime '58 , Bruce

Blanchard '58 and

John Kime .

Charlotte Clifton Lee ' 6 1 , onnan Lee '58 ,

John Wilson ' 60 and

the �olidarity of this group f Colbians eem extraordinary, if not unique. "A lot of people focus their friendships on where they l ive," Norman Lee said. "We've done j ust the opposite. Distance is not a factor for us." Beryl Scott G lover ' 5 calls it simply "a love network." Friends for l ife ? As far as she is concerned, there's no other k ind . "I dec ided a long t i me ago that these people were too important to me to let them l ip out of my l ife," she said. G lover says -he and her late hu band, Bob-a Bowdoin graduate and "honorary member of the Colby Class of ' 5 8 "-moved so often they joked that he was "a m igrant worker." The re ult of so many different addresse was that the G lovers aid a lot of goodbye . " I r became ,·ery painful to leave friend behind, o I dec ided I wa going to take my friends with me," he said. " I found that 1 could put a WAT li ne to better purpose than anybody in the uni verse." If shared happine has been the glue of these friend hip over Lynne D'Amico the past 40 year , shared sorrow McKee '58 ha been the cement. N early everyone in the group has dealt with the lo s of a loved one, a serious i l lness, or both . McKee' husband, Robert, d ied in 19 8 ; G lover's husband d ied in 1 993 . E leven years prior to lo ing her mate, Glover had endured the ·uic ide of her daughter, Kathy, to whom -he had donated a k idney two year earlier. "We've shared each other's happine s and we've hared sadne- , too," M c Kee said. On February 2 7 , 24-year-old Bradford Lee, a pec i a l i t fourth c las in the Army N a t ional G uard, " loved by everyone who knew h im," accord ing to hi father, N orman, commi tted suic ide. The Lee , a lways the couple who had brought other Colbian together, now rec eived an outpouring of love and upport. McKee and G lover mob i l ized the army of friend to come to the Lees' aid. " Beryl and Lynne must have called 50 people. I heard from c las mate I hadn't heard from in year , " said N orman Lee, h i voice breaking. " I don't think w e realized how much the e people meant to u until Brad' death . " Mc Kee a y Norman called her on Mother' Day, a few week after h i on' death, in tear . "Norman is a very lo ing man. If there i omething he can do to make omebody happy he will do it. l w ish there wa a way to

take ome of the burden he and Charlotte are carrying. When they hurt, I hurt too," he aid. The death of the e loved one ha brouoht home the fact that pain will be a companion to j oy as these friendships age . "Up until the time Lynne and Beryl lo t their husband we fel t invincible," aid N orman Lee. "We j ust rhought we would alway be together. I think tho ·e deaths brought a new d i men ion , a deeper understanding, to our relation h ips. We appreciated l i fe more and we appreciated each other more . " G lover rec a l ls h o w h e r grief fol lowing t h e suicide of her daughter was made ea ier by Colby friends, and in tum a llowed her to provide comfort later to others confronting a lo . "I've been the beneficiary of the depth of these friendship , and I \·e been a part icipant when my buddie faced these tough challenges, " -he said. "When Kathy d ied I fel t a c irc le of love around me; the Colby gang was there. When Lynne's [hu band] Bob d ied I had omething to give her, and the ame wa true when the Lee lo t Brad. I knew what they were going through. I f you'"e had to gut it out yourself and others have showed you the way, you are better able to give comfort and upport. " T h e death o f c l a smate Andria Peacock K i m e i n 1 99 2 provided another i l l u tration of t h e closeness of the member of the Cla of '5 and their extended network. Kime wa d iabetic and was t ld by doctors that he probably wouldn't live past the age of 3 5 . They m is e d b y 2 0 years. A few day before he died, Kime called a clas mate from the emergency room to apologi:e because he couldn't attend a reunion planning meeting. he had disguised her illness o effectively that many of the clas mate at that meeting were hocked to learn of her death, McKee said. When the reunion took place several month later her classmates selected a Japanese cherry tree on the Colby campus to dedicate in her memory. Glover, Kime's Colby roommate, wrote the memorial eulogy. Beryl Scott Glover '5 "Everybody

These Class of '58 fiiends ' shared memories began with College events like the Strawberry Breakfast (above, 1 957) and continued with periodic mini-reunions (below, 1 99 1 ) .

showed up for the ceremony," he aid. "Her death wa part of the ongoing love network in our group. The troops gathered around and upported her husband and her children and tayed in touch." Glover is convinced that Colby friendships are extraordinary, particularly in the Clas of '58. "Our cla s eemed to have a special bond

when we were at Colby, and that bond ha continued and trengthened ince,' Glover said. he attribute that bond in part to "marvelou

human being who happened to be in the ame rlace at the ·ame time" and to a pec ial chemi try Colby seem to engender. " I think Pre ident [ eelye) Bix ler had <.i Im to do with the feeling we ha\·e for the rlace anJ for each other," ·he aid. "He sort of et the tone. He kne\\' every tudenr by name and knew where you \\'ere frum, anJ even omething about you . " A.lmo t 40 year later, Glm·er anLI other refuse to let that sen e of communi ty die. One product of Glm·er's eamc mes 1s a new letter published for Tri Deir soronty member , complemented by periodic mini reunions, the first of which wa held at the Gkwer ' home in 1 9 7. There ha\'e been two more reunions since, and another is planned for next year, but that first meeting i particularly memorable for G lO\·er. "Th i was four years after Kathy died, but I still had ome unfinished bu ines to deal with. I didn't alway talk about my grief, but at that reunion I was encouraged tn talk about i t . They at and cried with me. Ir was something I needed to do, and omething they needed to do and something we needed to do toaether." Glover's Colby support group tepped forward again when her husband died suddenly in 1 993 . "We haJ a memorial service for Bob in New York City. It was a January day and the weather wa ju t a\\ful-a terrible ice stom1 prac tically hut down the city. But people came. They came from all O\'er the place. There wasn't any question about it-they j ust came," she said. L ikewi e , McKee ha been the beneficiary of a lo\'ing support network of Colby friends. he recalls that "the phone neYer stopped ringing" fol lowing the death of her hu band. One old Colby friend, J ohn hute ' 5 7 , heard about her loss while v is i t ing the campus and immediately drove to the M c Kee home in Hampden. "He was on my doorstep within twenty-four hours of Bob' death," McKee recalled. " ! hadn't een John for years, but there he wa , coming to help me." " ! can't de cribe how much the upport of my Colby fr iend meant to me after Bob d i e d , " h e aid. "These were the people I wanted to be w i t h . " Robert M cKee and Lynne had traveled with the Lee to Thailand, I nd ia and Nepa l i n ovember 1 9 7 and were planning another trip to A laska when Robert d ied the fo l lowing J une. Buoyed by the Lees' in istence that her husband would want her to make the A la ka trip, Lynne called a former prep school friend, M i m Brown to accompany her. S ince then, Brown ha invited M cKee and the Lee to her cottage on Lake George, M aine, everal time , further extendi ng the " love nen ork."

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t.. ! c K ee j oke that the e gatherings a l ways hold new oppmtun i t ies for pok i ng fun a t nne another, an i m portant element of the e friends' p layful affec tion. "Norman ha� been dubbed the offi c i a l ' leg l i fter' becau e he h a · to help me into the boa t , " Mc Kee said. M c Kee has been d iagnosed w i th m u l t iple sc leros is and oays it 11-;r the Lees whn persuaded her to 1· i s i t the L1hey Clini

i n Boston ro determ in

why she was

experienc ing pain i n her leg . " N orman sa id, 'Maybe l can get rid nf t h i - job as leg l i fter, l d o n ' t g e t a n y t i p · a n y w a y , " ' Mc Kee said, laugh i ng. The Lees s u rp r i ed her recently w i th a gift of art they had purc hased for t h e i r home several years ago, Mc Kee says. " How could omeone ll'ho bought this beaut i fu l piece of art for the i r own home j ust gil'e i t away l i k

that ?" Mc Kee

said. " I r'- goi ng right O\·er there," she sa i d ,

poi n t i ng to a s p o t on her l iv i ng room wa l l . "

! ll' i l l t h i n k of Norman a n d Charlotte

e very t i me I look at i t . "

T h e Lees, i n t h e m id�t o f p la n n i ng f o r

t he i r daughter Cyn t h i a 's wedd ing i n A ugust , a r e m o v i ng from t h e i r longt ime home in We t H a rtford , Con n . , to Florida, where they ll' i l l pend the w i n ters. They will return for summer -and more "Colby Weekend. "-at t h e i r M a ine cottage. G l over recently moved to N orth Carol i n a . She i s b u s y help ing to p l a n next year's T r i De lt reun ion. McKee ·h are h e r H a mpden home with her son , R o b , a n d d reams of m o r e t r a v e l adventure . " l f I c a n

get t h i s damn r i g h t l e g under control I ' m g o i n g t o h e i n A frica aga i n hefore l d i e , " he said.

he g e t s regu l a r

p h o n e c a l ls and l ' i s i t from old C o l b y friend , i n c l ud i ng orman Lee, who ays he hope M c Kee can make one more Ol'ersea trip with them before h e r i l lness become too evere. "Lynne is one of the e gutsy women who won't let her cond i tion get i n the way of doing what he wants , " h e said. "She ju t has remarkable spi r i t . " L e e s a y h e worries that as members of t h is c l o e group grow old e r d is ta nce may become more of a barrier. "We' re determi ned to s tay together and get crotchety together," h e sa i d . " M aybe we w i ll buy our

own fac i l ity, h i re n u r es and ra ise a l l the havoc we wan t. We've t a lked about c hanging the cottage i n to a p lace where we cou ld a l l go and move around on ramps and p u l ley . " When s h e reflects on t h e length and depth o f the friend h i ps stem m i ng from her Colby d a ys , M c Kee is

rem i nded of an anecdote she overheard her father, A.

Glover is convinced that Colby friendships are extraordinary and she attributes that in part to a special chemistry the College seems to engender.

A "G u " D'Amico '28, t e l l a grou p of friend . " Dad was t a l k i ng about how he a lmo t went to Dartmouth

i n read of Colby, and that made me think what the impl i c a t ion of that wou ld have been on my l i fe , " he a i d . " A l l of the e people who have been o dear to me for all these years wou ld not have been part of my l i fe becau e I probably would not have ended up a t Colby. I get emotional ju ·t t h i n k i n g about it. Life without my Colhy friend 1 l can 't i magine i t . "

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WANT TO K N OW WHAT AME R I CA N S ARE TH I N K I N G ? AS K PETER HART ' 6 4 , T H E N AT I O N ' S C O N SUMMATE I N FO RMAT I O N MAN B Y S T E P H E N C O LL I N S ' 7 4

t's a c h i l ly Monday momin

in early April anJ a low m·ercast hang lWer DupL)nt C i rcle in _ nm,·. The cacorhony ot new� ahout the Rerublican

northwe t Wa hington. threatening

rresidential rri mary ha · d i mmished since Bob Dole final ly ecl ir�ed h is rcsky rinls rn

arparently ·el\' up the t1L)minat ion. But the urcommg race between Dole and Bill Cl inton i· much on the minds, and tongue · , of those 11·ho prowl the . idewalks and corridor� of power and of influence in ide the Beltway. hortly before 1 1 a . m . , the door of Peter D. Hart Re ear.:: h As ociates Inc. on Connecticut A\'enue open and out onto the -ide,rnlk dash e · Peter Han ' 64 . He almost collide· with a large man walk i ng to\\'ard Dupont Circ le \\·ith h is head dm\'n. Han dodges, apolog1:es and ·l ip' into the from pa ·enger side of a bright red Dodge "Thanks, Henry. Thi· i

eon that's double parked by the c urb.

reat , " he S<l)"S so ·incerely you \\'ould think he's unu ed to being

chauffeured around tmrn. As the car pulls into traffic he tell the d ri ,·er hi . chedule so the l i ttle N eon w i l l be wa i t ing for h i m . A r 1 1 a.m. there' a meeting with Reed Hund t , chair of the Federal Communication Comm i

ion. Ar noon Harr ha· lunch plans "·ith a pol i t ical reporter for The

Washington Pose at Vidalia' , a restaurant aero - the treet from the FCC-an ea·y \rnlk. At 1 p . m . he w i l l need a lift t o t h e W h i t e Hou e, where Laura Ty · o n , a · istant to t h e Pre·ident for econo m ic policy, want to ee h i m . H a r r mo\'e l i ke a halfback through t h e ueet" a n d halhrnys-leanmg forward, hurry ing to keep up w i th h imself, but w ith hi head up scanning the m iddle-d istance for ob tac le . Trim and agile,

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of average · tature, he leaves h is raincoat streaming in his

of information overload, "Peter H art i seen a- the guy who can

wake. Doors open and he moves effi c iently through a ·ec urity

cut through i t all and tell you what's important here," said

checkpoint, but he i ne\'er too hurried to say thank you or

A oc iate Professor of Government Anthony Corrado, him

exc hange a few pleasantries, to make introductions and to

self no stranger to the world in ide the Beltway.

j oke abou t pol it ics or baseball or, frequently, about himself.

Hart is ne of two pol l ter chosen to do opinion re earch

At the FCC, Hundt begins by addre ing Hart about a

for the Wall Srreet }ournal/NBC Ne\\' weekly national urvey.

propo�al invol\'ing free a i r time for pre idential candidates.

When he took on the job ( a long with Robert Teeter,

"Let's kick thi off and explain it, and then you can tell us what

GOP poll ter who balances the political background of the

you think we ought to know or do," Hundt ay .

tea m ) it wa the fir t t ime a major new organi:at ion went to

Journal began a quarterly sect ion titled "American Opinion"

cover the upcoming presidential race. Baiz

jot ideas in a reporter's notebook

former

out ide firms for opin ion survey , Hart says. In January the

Later at the re taurant, Post reporter Dan Bal: asks Hart for adYice on how

based entire ly on Hart' and Teeter's finding .

Hart responds.

S t i l l later, oucide the entrance to the White House West

Hart ha been involved in pol ling and adv ising for more

W ing, a small group of acquaintances arrives at the guard

than a hundred pol i t ical campaign , inc luding tho e for presi

hou e simu ltaneously. " ometh i ng must be up if Peter Hart'

dential hopefu l · back to Morri Udall in the 1 9 76 primary.

going in," note

During the 1 992 pre idential campaign he was the econd

Maura Lia son, Nat ional Public Rad io's

mo t -quoted pundi t on the topi c in the nation's new med ia,

White House correspondent.

one tudy reported.

In H undt' office, at the lunch table with the Post reporter

With a professional taff of about three dozen in Washington

and in the Roo evelt Room at the White Hou e , others run the

and a bank of 1 00 phone in Akron, Ohio, Hart Re earch typically

meet ing , but all defer to Hart.

has 40 or more project in the work

imultaneously. The firm

art i the con ummate information man. After 2 5 years as

serves corporate clients including MTV, Chry ler, Rolling Stone,

the president of Peter D. H art Research Assoc iates Inc.,

American Airline , Time-Warner and Kodak, and the tairway at

h is reception wherever he goes conj ure up the E.F. H utton ad

the Connecticut Avenue office i lined with framed corporate

of the 19 0 . When Peter Hart talks, people l isten. I n an age

logo of c l ientele. "That's truth in packaging," aid Hart. The

At the l unch table with The Washington Post reporter and in the Roosevelt

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Worldwide Fund for

ature, Amnesty Internat ional, the

aid, " I looked out from the rop floor of the old Henry Luce u ite

mithsonian Institution, Drug Strategies and Habitat for Hu

at the Time-Life Building in New York and I aid, 'Thi� isn't

manity are among a host of non-profit c lient that benefit from

what I want to do."' He expla ined hi restle sne s to Harri. and

Hart' ser\'ice .

left, with the bo ' ble ing, to do campaign 11·ork for a cand i

"What I think my bu ine s i about i understand i ng the A merican pub l ic and translat i ng what i

date i n the Democratic Senate primary i n Ohio. " I t ll'a n ' t about

Oil & Gas Journal," Hart said. "It was about is ues thar move our

happening out

there , " Hart aid. Whether it' reform i ng the way presiden

society-issues that count."

tial c a mpaign are run, refoc usin� how the media co\·ers the

In 1 9 7 1 Hart started his Oll'n firm in Wa hingron. " I t was a

campaign or having a hand i n shapi ng soc i a l policy, Hart i

totally different busines then," he aid. "We did u1Tey. door to

pas ionate about h i s hope for po i t i ve change . "More than

door. We'd send sun·eys via the U . . Po tal

anything e l e , you can make a d i fference . You can play a

would ha\·e e\·en to 1 0 days to return the forms, and the fim1

role," he said.

would take that much time again to code, tabulate and analy:e

en·ice." People

the data. It took three weeks to produce re ults. Today it takes

art grew up in Cal ifornia, where his father was an Engl ish

a l ittle a e ight hours, he ·ay . Ifa majorevent happens ad p.m.,

professor at the U n iversity of Cal ifornia at Berke ley. At

Hart' ste>ffcan have a survey approved, call made, inten· ie11·ing

Colby he majored in h istory. When he graduated in 1 964,

completed and preliminary result ready for the 1 1 p.m. ne\\' .

there were two pollster of any tature in the U . . -George

"That' how much this busine

Gallup and Louis Harris. Hart went to work for Harris right out

years," he said.

has changed in twenty-five

of college, starting in the coding department at 2 per hour. He

Now, too, there are hundreds of polling organi:ation . "You

soon moved up to the re earch office and tudied the 1 966

can't pick up a newspaper today wi thout gett i ng report on at

e lections for the CB

least five poll , " Hart said. Hart Re earch i one of the few

New polling conducted by Harri . The

companies that does everything in-house.

tumultuous ocial and poli t i ca l event of that t ime-including

While Hart

the civil right movement and the V iemam War-prompted

erves a range of corporate, non-profit and

Hart to re-evaluate h is d i rection. Late one January night in

politica l c l ients, it was work for the Democratic Party and

1 96 he was working on a report for Oil & Gas Journal when, he

Democratic candidates that brought him esteem. He was direc-

Room at the Wh ite House, others run the m eetings, but al l defer to Hart.

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As Hart began tal king, there was a fl urry of activity in the back of the room . tor of re�earch for d1c Democratic Nat ional

omm i t tee in 1 969,

greater than t h e anger t h e public has for pol i t i c i ans i t h e anger

hefore he started h i� fi rm, anJ was head of research for numerous

i t has for the med i a , " he said . Second, the country i

campa ign includ i ng Walter M< ndale's president ial hid in 1 984 .

thre -hnld of a h u ge i nc rea e i n t he nu mber of televi ion

" E ,· e rybudy ,,·a n t - to he t h e pol l s t e r for a rre� i d e n t i a l

channels, wh i c h probably will have far-reac h i ng effect on how

c a m r a i g n . I t \ a h uge j ob and i t ' - h ig h l y c o m re t i t i\'e , " s a i J Corrado, who h a w o r k e d \\' i t h H a r t and c o n t i n u e H a rt's d a t a i n h i

ampaigm reach v iewers in the fut u re . He

at the

u ggeste d that

to u s e

H unLl t see i f the effort cou ld be b i l led as the Paul Taylor/Walter

r e e a rc h . " l re m e m ber d o i ng t h e e i g h t y

Cron k i te proposal w i th M u rdoch i n a low-profile role. W h i l e

fou r M o n d a l e c a m pa i gn when Peter was t h e Mond a l e pol l

M u rdoch's p l a n h a d meri t , the fact that i t c ame from a corpo

s t e r . H e \\'a� i n s t ru m enrn l . H e w a - a t t h e t a b l e e v e ry morn i ng

rat ion that could profit from the campa ign programming make

w i t h t h e c a m r a i g n manager and t h e c a m p a ign c h a i r , sort i ng

it rroblcma t i c , H art said .

t h e i n form a t i on and ac t u a l l y � h a p i n g t h e c a m p a i g n . He was

After l u n c h , H a r t hust led a e ro s town and i nt o t h e

a l way� t h e ,·o i c e of reason , even when t h ree h u n d red t h o u

Roo�ev e l t R o o m of the Wh i te H ouse, a d j a c e n t to the O v a l

�and peop l e a d a y were dec i d i n g they l i ked G a ry H a r t b e t t e r

Offic e . T h e r e h e sat w i t h Tyson and two of her staff, a l l

t h a n Wa l ter Monda l e . "

c l us t ered aro u nd the e n d of a hea,·y, 2 0-foot t a b l e . H i

"Clearly h e '

a Democ ra t i c pol bter, b u t h e ' s ·o good a t

m ission, he explai ned later, w a s to t r y t o g e t President C l i nton'

w h a t he does t h a t h e t ran ·cended t h a t party affi l i a t io n , "

�taff to frame their me ·sage corr c t l y-to t a l k about the

Corrado s a i d . " Experience, good mea�ured j udgmen t , r r u

accom p l i hments of the adm i n i � t ra t ion not with s t a t i s t i c s

dence i n t h e c las� i c a l � e n s e , w h a t ' the k e rn e l of truth h e re

a nd nrncroeconomic but i n h uman terms. " I t's about l ife tyles,"

t h a t ': what P e t e r prm· idcs."

Hart told Tyso n . "In part i t's ta l k i ng t o p ople about peopl e . "

Corrado point� to Hart's h is tory w i t h the N BC New-/ Wal l

T h e p u b l i c w a n e - to h e a r about h o w the government is going

S treet Journal i�o l l . "That [assoc i a t ion] more than anyth ing i an

to help m iddle-c lass peop le make it in today'- economy, he

indicat ion of the re�pect he ha ."

�aid. N o matter how good t h e

t a t i s t i c s are, people don 't

neces arily feel i t i n t h e i r own l i ves and , even if they d , t h ey

don ' t l i n k t h a t fee l i ng back to t h e Pre ident, he a i d .

t the A p r i l FCC mee t i ng, two prop ) als were made for

H a n a lso ad,·ised the C l i n to n staff to m a k e s u r e t h a t every

te le,·i ion networks to pro v ide free t i me rn c a nd idate

pos� i b l e reference to opponent Bob Do le l i n k h i m with House

late in the rres iden t i a l campaign. Hart say he was i n v i ted to

peaker Newt G ingri c h , since G i ngri ch'

comment beca use of hi experience i n president i a l race� and h i

negat i ve rati ngs

were a l ready being een by ome a a l i abi l i ty for the Repub

sense o f how Ame ricans fee l about c a mpaign-, and a l o because he is ou tspoken abou t h is i n terest i n campai gn reform . "My goa l

l i can . While Hart probably wa n ' t the only one with the idea,

wa� not to represent the Democrat". There' a rroces· that ha�

i t wa exac t ly one month later that M aura L i asson d id a piece

broken dow n , and i t 's t i me to put i t back on t rac k , " he sa i d .

on N a t ional Public Rad io's Morning Edition spec ifi c a l l y about the Wh i te House's pers istent u e of t h e " Dole-G i ngrich team"

H e t o l d H u n d t that the prnposab-from F o x N e twork 's

i n i ts t a te m e n t .

Rupert M u rdoch and from Walter Cronkite and Pau l Taylor, who i s on leave fro m The Washington Post crusad i ng for cam

Wh i le t he ro u nd of meetings in Wa h i ngton i l lu trates how,

paign reform-came a t an opportune t i me . F irst , h e said, the

and with whom, Hart operates, it does not represent a t yp i c a l

mood of t h e country, from a l l points of the compas , was of

day for h i m . "Any regular day you m ight find me sitting at the

"anger and revul ion" with p o l i t i c . Further, " the only anger

table here with another analy t working through a question-

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A tel evision reporter roused h i s cameraman and whispered, " Ro l l , rol l . " naire or an analysi , " he �aiJ, poi n t i ng to a work rable srac keJ

d e n t s c a m e from ur \\'hat t h e y maJL1reJ i n . " An1L ll1!.! chal len[!e',

\\'i th 1 1 th ick, black notebooks anJ flanked by a Colhy chair.

alcohol 11·as the "hot button" i �ue, ar1LI ,tuden t' [!enera l l \

H a n '· regu lar-day scenario, howe,·er, doesn't r a k e i n to

ll'anteJ tn s e e t h e aJmin i-,trarinn l i ,ten more c lmd) a n d oict

account rhe fac t t h a t he t ra \'e l

1 00 days anJ runs abL1ut 1 00

nwre quickly, he saiJ. Hart has a ll'ife, Florence, an�I tll'o c h i ldren ( a daughter ar

focus gro u p · each y e a r . On the Tuesday after hi· round of m e e t i ngs i n Washington, Hart p resented research on d rugs

Duke Un iwrsity, a o;on tn h i gh -.chnol ) , i � on the wad one 1 1!

and crime in A m e r i c a at t h e Freedom Forum i n A r l i ngton,

e,·ery three ,,·eekdays, play.; temw, anJ 11· ims before ll'ork e,·en·

eat r l e

morning, \\'orks in hts study from after d i nner unt i l m td n t ghr

t h a t afternoon t o run foc us group · f o r corporate c l i e n t s ,

Va., i n t h e morn ing before fly i ng tu Los A ngele_ anJ

and still finds t i me to sen·e as a rru,ree a r Coll')" "There are a

i n c l u d i ng T i me-Warner. The company \\'a, about to launch

k1t of peopl e who are a Im busier than I am 11·ho fit tt in and make

i t s fi rs t - e ,·er corpora te i mage a d · u s i ng t h e theme "There's a

it \\'ork , " he said. .As the ·on ofa professor, he ays, he ha� a l\\'ay ,-a lued h tgher

l i t t l e b i t of T i m e - W a rn e r in every one of u s , " a concept Hart

eJucation and its in t i tu tion.�. " I \\'a� born that \\'ay and rat-;cd

h e lped d e ,· e l o p . Knowledge and i n s i g h t a r e raramount in h is bu ine ·s, but

that way." But he feeb he Oll'e a rec ial debt to Ctilhy. "Colby

there a l o is the matter of tend i ng to the bu ine ·s and maintain

took a chance on me," he said. "My career is Jue, in ran, to my

i ng quality that has kept H a n R e earch at the tor of i ts field

educat ion a r Colby. Ir d idn't land me my fmt j ob , but it

ince i t inception. W ith more than 40 projects running con

rrepared me for all the job l \·e had ." I n add i tton to contrib

currentl y , Hart set h igh

tandard

u ting his t i me ( recentl y as an LWerseer, now a� a trustee anJ for

by r u t t i ng him e l f i n his

c lients' shoe and rem ind i ng h i mself that people are paying h i m

year a sponsor of frequent Colby t n tems a r his W a h ingrnn

to get the be t information. " T o e,·ery o n e of these c l ient , it's

offi c e ) H a rt also endo11·ed the Hart

the

cholar·hip, which is gi\'en

to a tudent "'ho Jemon.strate commi tment ro publtc or com

uper Bo\\'l , " he aid. "You can't forget i t . There's nothino

munity en·ice.

rout ine. The challenge i to do i t we l l . " T h ree d a y s after t h e T i me-Warner focu group H a r t \\'as on the oppos i te coa t ru n n i ng s i m i l ar

e s i on

in Colby'

M i l le r L i b rary. H e p i tched i n to auoment Colby's

e n i or

la ·h back to Wa·hingron and the Freedom Forum program on drug · and crime. Harr pre.ented re earch comm is ioned

by Drua

e x i t - i n terv i e\\' process by ru n n i ng two group , one a l l m e n

trategie· ( an organi:ation "com m i t ted to fac ts, qual preading etfecti\·e t ra tegie· " )

a nd t h e oth r a l l women, probi n g the i r experience a t the

i ty re earch and analy i and

C o l lege. H a rt c l a i m s there' an e le m e n t of ·elf- in tere ·t. " l t'

a n J T h e Pol ice Foundation. After h i presentation H a r t faded into rhe

the o n l y way to k now firsthand what'· rea l ly o u t t h e re , " he

c l ie n t

l i ke R olling S tone a nd MTV, c o ll ege i

than an hour d i ·cu sing the implication· of the re earch. A

unti l, ·uddenly, Harr j oined the panel and fielded a que t ion from

tele\·i ion crew tap in the proceeding had hut off it· equ ipment

He came away i mpre · ed. "The e k ids are en ible and

mart,

U.S.

o genera lly knowledgeable, and their love of

there' a uniquene

and a criminology profe or ·pent more

not an age

group h e can i gnore .

Colby and commitment to Colby is so

hadow , and a panel of law enforcement offic ials,

poli tical con u l tant

a i d o f his opport u n i t y to meet w i th c o l l ege t u d e n t s . W i th

trong," he

ews & World Reporc writer Ted Gue t. There was a flurry

of acth·ity in the back of the room. The tele,·ision reporter roused

aid. " l f

hi cameraman and \\·hi pered, "Roll, rol l . "

to Colby i t h a s to be t h e tudent-fac ulty

Peter H a rt \Va · t a l king.

relat ion h i p -that came through regardles of where the tu-

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faculty file I

(t Fear of Inflation Grades are up, but are standards slipping? By Kevin Cool

A Because student eualuations figure hea uily in tenure and promotion decisions, some faculty belieue they can be used as leuerage to extract better grades. But Dean of Faculty Robert McArthur doesn 't buy it. "Our

reJ'nrtecl t h ; 1 t i n 1 992 t h e <ll'er

that there b a d i rect relation h i p

; rn adm 1 n i-,mn in� , 11iice late

< 1 ,[( c gr;1de <rnwng S ta n f o rd U n 1 -

h e t ll'e e n r i g o r a n d g r a d e 'i , "

lcbt '!'ring 11«1l ' i n,e a J'arcr ;rnd

\'c'r> i t y u n ck r g ra d u ;H c ' \l'<lS a

M c A r t h u r saicl .

l nl >k i n e , 1 1 gh r l y flw.ht' d . " 1-k re\

D-J'I w' . A n d the Princcwn Alwn n i

crea:ie [ i n .eradc:i] m�1y b e < l t t r i h u t

'nrhnmnre 'tuden t enrcred _

o me n f t h e i n

'nme e1·1dence nf .e rncle i n fl a

\\'cl'kh· noted I ll A t'r i l that un

a h l e to rhi, change i n reac h i n,g

t i o n , " ,he ' a i d . a n d d i,J'l ayecl t h e

cler!..'. rilduatl''> t h e r rec e i l'ed tll'ice

p h i lnsoJ'hy."

p<irer tu the m<rn h e h i n d the de::-k. A l arge " A - " 11·<1, ;,Crall' led

<l'

many A\ la::.t year ,b di d t h e i r

C < >un tcrp<1r t;,

25 y e a r ::. a gn .

M c A rt h u r doe' not adl'ncate ;1 grad ing sy,,tem that ll ' o u l cl ar

at the rnr , )( the !'age. " I h<1rd l 1'

At C, ilhy the r i ,e in grncle::

stucl i ecl for t h io; , " the w, 1man ,aid.

hi t r a r i I y cl i ::. t r i h u t e > t u d c n t :i

appcar' w ha1·e "'�1-era I 1·a r i a h l es .

<l mong the fi l'e l e t t e r .e racle;, ::.n

" I Jnn't k n , 111· ll'hether t<l he

l v l c A rr h u r ''li'' 'truc rural c hange::

that, es-,e n t i a l l y , there ll'nukl he

h a11p1· < l r ::-acl . "

made m·er the pa:,t tll'O decade'

nne F for e1'l'ry A. "That's nm

That anecdote m a y n o t ac c u

may he re'�'e m:iible f,)r "the 1·ir

the an:,11·er. You ll '<J n t sruden t:i

ra tely J e p i c t grad ing pra c t ice' ar

t u<il e l i m i m 1 r i , ln e i [)\ and F's"

rn reach a poi n t ll'here t hey ha1·e

Cnlhy, hut som e t h i n g l i k e it hci'i

and a .l!rndua l upll'ard creep in

learned the materi<1 l . We aren't

ge l t t t'n the a t r e n t i nn nf the Col

graJe, , 11·era l l . I n the 1 980s the

here rn fa i l 'tuden t<' he -;aid.

lege. G raJe::. are u nder i 11 1·e::.tiga

Ce 11lege introclucecl the u::.c L)f

H, i11·e1·er, h < ' hcl i e 1·es there i s

tie1n.

plu:ies and 1 n i n u ::-e::. ll' i t h l e t t e r

::.e1me 1 · a l u e i n mm· i n g toward a

A t a ' k f,11-ce composed n f Fac

grndt' ' · which 1 mw hm·e contrib

mnre rig<)r, )u::. h u t u n i f orm :,tan

u l t y members Charles Conn1·er.

u ted r,) a cnmJ'ression of grade'i at

dard of grad ing.

Da1· icl Fi ndlay, J ane Mo,:,, Da1·id

the h igh end of the scale. "There

The me);,t cnntrm·ers i a l of the

ugen t , Ira Sadelff. Mark T<1ppan

11«1::. a t i me ll'hen there ll'ere four

ra::.k force fin d i ngs is t h a t some

and Dean o f Fac u l t y Robert

g r a d e s you could pa:i' ll' i t h

fac u l t y may be g ra d i n g l <:' ss

Mc A rt h u r i:i study i n g 1d1ether

A ,B,C and

D. Noll' there are that

s t renuously to a 1·oid poc1r s t u

grade i nflat ion e x i::.t:i and, if so,

many disrinct il'no j ust betll'een

dent evaluat ions. S i x ty of l 1 6

ll'hat rn do about i t .

A and B," McArthur said. He a lso

fa c u l t y sun·ey<'d said they he

" W e h a 1 · e n ' t re a c hecl a n y

noted that u n t i l recently st udents

l ie1·e there i s a correla t i o n he

students are smarter

conc l u s i o ns , " sCJ id M c A r t h u r ,

were a l ln11·ed to 11·ithdraw from a

rween the grades they g i ve and

who speaks c a n d i d l y a h o u t t h e

c l ass they were fa i i i ng right up to

the el'aluar ions they receil'e, and

than that, " he said.

i :i :, u e and Cl \llcedes that " there

the last day of the course, ll'hich

4 5 of those said the el'a l ua r ions

'There is a fair amount of euidence that the opposite is

c e rta i n l y i s a phenomenon elf

had the pre d ic table resu l t of re

i nfluence their grad ing srandards.

h igher grades." The data hacb

duc ing the n u m ber of students

Beca u ·e srudenr e n 1 l u a t ions fig

up that c on te nt i o n . The med i a n

ll' i th poor grades. Effe c r i 1·e ll' i t h

u re hea1· i l y i n tenure and �'rO

c u m u l a t i l'e G PA o f the senior

the c lass of l 999, students c a n

mnt ion dec i sinns, some fac u l ty

c l a::.:, h a ;, risen from � .38 i n 1 96 7

nnly w i rhdrall' from a c lass before

helie1·e they can be used as lel'er

ro 3 . 0 l lasr year. "Al'erage " used

m id-term. Accompany ing these

age to extract better grades. B u r

to he a C - p l u s ; noll' it's a 8 .

c hanges, he says, h as been a dif

M c Arthur doesn't buy i t . "Our

ferent approach to teaching that

:, rudents are smarter than t h a t , "

l f grnde i n fl a t ion i s occ u r r i ng

true. Some of our

at Colby-and relugh l y h a l f of

i s more collahora t i 1·e and empha

he sa i d . "There is a fa i r a m o u n t

the fac u l t y su n·eyed by the task

si:es student ·uccess. For example,

o f evidence t h a t the OJ'pos i t e is

most reuered faculty

force he l iel'e it is-the Col lege

a student who t u rns i n a paper

true. Some of our mo t revered

may he e x perienc i ng what has

that 20 year ago would ha1·e re

fac u l ty are the toughe t graders . "

are the toughest

been a n a t ional t rend i n recent

ce ived a C now has the opport u

S t i l l , a y s M c A rthur, the per

years, M c A n h u r :iays. "Grade i n

n i ty to rell' r i t e t h e paper u n t i l h e

c e p t ion that r i gorous grad i ng

fl a t i o n h as been a pro h l e m a t t h e

or -he produces a at isfacrory re

produce poor e v a l u a t ions doe

h· 1 es a n d , to a l esser e x t e n t , a t

sult and is sub equently rewarded

e x ist, and the task force h a a t

rhe -; m a i ler h ig h l y selec t i v e p r i -

w i th a grade that reflects their

tempted to d e a l w i th it b o t h h y

1·ate [ ·c hon l ] f o r s o m e t i me," h e

final wor k , not their original sub

i nvest i g a t i n g the c red i b i l i t y o f

a i d . A n art i c le i n Link maga: i n e

m ission. "lt\ nor c lear, therefore,

u c h c l a i ms a n d hy con i d e n n g

graders. ,,

( · 1.l L f\ \

.-\ L (; L " T

I <> <J 6

procedures that

McArthur says

would indemnify

the phenomenon

fac u l t y against

probably hasn't

Faculty Notes

"punishment" for

impaired Colby

G . Calvin Mackenzie, Distinguished Presidential Professor of

maintaining

students entering

Government, was named to head the Maine Commission on Gov

high standard .

graduate school

ernmental Ethics and Elec!ion

The task force

or the workplace.

Practices in May, replacing

also is trying to

"Because of the

Dean of Faculty Robert McAr

wide

universal nature

thur, who did not seek a new

spread variability

of this problem,

term. The commission monitors

between depart

our students have

campaign financing and legisla

ments ' grad ing

not been put at a

tive ethics in the state. Macken

d i s ad v a n tage , "

zie will serve a two-year term.

resolve

patterns. Statis

Robert McArthur

tics show that one

. . . Associate Professor of

he said.

Sociology Terry Arendell was

department gave virtually noth

Study will continue through

ing but A's and B's in a recent year,

most of the next academic year,

while others gave a much lower

McArthur says, and the task force

Sociological Association, which

percentage. McArthur said this

will prepare a set of recommen

selected her for an appearance

disparity is unfair to students com

dations aimed at addressing the

peting for Latin honors and other

core issues involved with grade

all-College distinctions. He is col

inflation. "The study already has

meeting in New York City. Five leading sociologists will comment

lecting reports from all depart

changed some behavior," he said.

on Arendell's book Fathers and Divorce

ments to aid in assessing the origins

"Faculty are talking about and

of Biology Jay Labov attended a meeting sponsored by the Nation

of these differences and ways to

thinking about their own grad

al Science Foundation and the National Research Council to

remedy them.

ing practices. We've begun a dia

honored by the American

G. Calvin Mackenzie

at "An Author Meets the Critics" session at the ASA's national

Associate Professor

discuss strategies for revitalizing undergraduate education . . Assistant Professor of History Larissa Taylor was named nomin

Despite acknowledging that

logue about what grades mean

average grades have risen, thus

and how they should be admin

raising the po sibility they would

istered. I expect more positive

tion Research, and received a two-month fellowship for 1 997 to

be v ie w e d as less c r e d i b le ,

benefits to come out of this." +

work at the Herzog August Bibl iothek in Wolfenbuttel, Germany

ating officer of the executive committee of the Society for Reforma

Colby Mourns Passing of Four Faculty

he Colby community re

Hinckley School. At the Col

eled extensively, teaching and

recent years he taught Elder

cently noted the passing of

lege he was a member of Alpha

researching in universities. His

hostel courses in Washington,

four retired faculty members

Tau Omega fraternity, majored

journeys to more than 50 coun

where his keen ob ervation on

whose careers spanned more than

in h istory , graduated s umma

tries included 12 visits to Africa

political systems of the Pacific

50 years and whose influence is

cum laude and was elected to

and a score to Asia, and his

Rim, contemporary India and

preserved by alumni who still

Phi Beta Kappa. He received an

teaching positions at more than

U.S. policy toward China and

M.A. in history and interna

a dozen institutions around the

India led his local community to

Palmer '30,

tional relations from Yale Uni

world included four appoint

honor him in I 992 a Citizen of the Year.

credit them for their success. N or m a n D.

L . H . D . , internationally known

versity in 1 93 2 and a Ph.D. in

ments at the Graduate Institute

political scientist, historian and

1 93 6 . He taught history and po

of Peace Studies at Kyung Hee

He was a member of the

writer and Colby professor, died

litical science at Colby from

U niversity in Seoul, Korea,

board of directors and secretary of the American Academy of

February 2 1 , 1 996, in Seattle,

1 93 3 to 1 94 7, although he spent

when he was in his 80s. ln one

Wash. , at 86. Recognized for

the war years 1 94 2 -46 as an air

year he was a Guggenheim Fel

Political and Social Sc ience,

more than half a century for his

combat intelligence officer in

low, a research fellow of the

president of the

knowledge of the governments

the Pacific.

Council on Foreign Relations

c i l on A ian Affair , chair of the

ational Coun

and cultures of South Asia and

For the next 34 years he

and a fellow of the American

Friends oflndia Committee and

Korea-his accomplishments

taught at the University of Penn

Council of Learned Societies.

pre ident of the International

fill an entire column in Who's

sylvania, where he chaired both

He wrote two dozen books on

S tu d ies Ass o c i a t i o n . C o l by

he was a na

the political science and inter

international subjects, includ

awarded him an L.H.D. in 1 9 5 5

tive of H inckley, Maine, where

national relations departments.

ing three after his retirement to

he attended the Good W i ll-

Throughout his career he trav-

Washington state in 1 98 2 . ln

Who in A

mer ca i

continued on page 2 7

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Under the Macroscope Master teacher David Findlay puts economics in clear view One needn't spend a lot of time with

and ultimately improves their chance for

As ociate Profe sor of Economics David

tenure and merit pay increases, Findlay said.

Findlay to understand why students rate him

"If it i in the faculty member' best interest

among the be t teachers on the campus. When

[to grade more easily] and if other faculty

he talk about economics, hi entire body gets

members do it collectively then tho e mem

involved, coiling and uncoiling with each

bers who hold the line and don't alter their

explanation, daring you not to be interested.

standards would be hurt," he aid.

"Macroeconomic -money and bank ing

Findlay says he u ed the grade inflation

i sues-really interest me, and I get exc ited

issue a a platform for his lecture becau e it

talking abou t them, " Findlay said. "Not j ust

was timely and offered a way to d iscu s

talking about them but presenting those

economic principles in a Colby context. "l

ideas to tudents so they can talk about the e

d i d n ' t even t h i n k about how t h e t a l k would

is ue , too."

go, but asked, 'Are there macro issues I can

tudents l ast spring elected Findlay as

use to motivate what happens here in a

the fourth rec ipient of the annual Senior

micro world-Colby, grades, facu lty, stu

Teaching Award, an honor he says is both

dents ?' I had a blast coming up with the l ist."

gratifying and humbl ing. " I was shocked. To be incl uded with the group of previou win ner really is a tremendous honor, and to be

Findlay, a member of the Grade Inflation Ta k Force, says the talk also was an attempt

David Findlay

to address the underlying implications of in

selected from among all of the great fac u l ty

dynamic fashion. He i always hitting you

flated grades. 'Thi is a cultural issue, and we

members at Colby, well , I ju t can't bel ieve

with real-l ife i tuations and bringing them

need to send a message about what we value,"

back to theory. Then, a soon as you have

he said. "I t's a fight against G.P.A. emphasis."

it," he aid. "Maybe students m i read the que tion," he j oked. " I might be the first rec ipient to

grasped the concept, he will turn it on i ts head and test you ."

Findlay wasn't always ure he would enjoy teaching. He recalls that as a graduate tu

"It' gratifying to know that you've pu hed

dent at Purdue, where he earned his Ph.D., he

The origin of Findlay's popu lari ty as a

the tudents, that you've challenged them , "

wondered how faculty could teach the same

teacher stems from hi will ingnes to chal

Findlay said. "You t r y t o b e fair, a n d I was

material repeatedly without getting bored.

lenge students, ay h is former tudents.

very pleased that student recognized that. "

"There are two reasons why that's not the ca e for me, and you only realize these over

request a recount

Steve Swartz '92, now head of the opera

Findlay took o n the issue o f grade infla

t ions depanment at Morgan Stanley Canada

tion in his Spotlight lecture on May 9 ( see

time," he said. "First, the students are always

the

"Fear of Inflation " ) . Using a l ist of 10 prin

d ifferent; it's a new gr up every semester.

toughest grader and mo t demanding teacher

c iples to explain where and why inflation

And second, I j ust really get a kick out of

he had. He a lso wa one of Swartz's favorites.

occurs in the macro economy, Findlay pointed

helping students learn about economics."

"l got the worst grade of my Colby career in

out how the same principles could be applied

H is goal as a teacher, Findlay says, is to

h i cla ses, but the atisfaction that I re

to Colby. For example, he said competitive

bring student to their own understanding of

ceived from those grades wa greater than

devaluation and depreciation-which occurs

economics and equip them to analyze poli

from any other grade I got, " he said.

when a country intentionally devalues it

cies critically. "Ultimately what you want is for students to not ju t spit back what I 've

in Toronto, reca l l

that Findlay wa

wartz ays he's not surpri ed that Findlay

currency to increase exports-may be used to

rece ived the Col lege's highest teach ing

explain why, theoretically, faculty would

told them, but to be able to interpret policy

award. " H is classroom i a whirlwind," he

soften grading tandards. Recent surveys sug

statements and make the ir own determina

aid. "From the moment you walk in, you are

gest some facu l ty believe that giving higher

t ion about whether those statements are

bombarded with information presented in a

grade results in better student evaluations

correct," he said.

C O L BY

A U G U S T

1 996

-Kevin Cool

for his work as a Fulbright pro

Cornell University. She became

fessor in India, and in 1 980 he

an associate profe ssor in 1 95 3

del ivered the Boardman address

and a full professor in 1 96 1 . Her

on the occa ion of his 50th re

book The Whice Doe of Rylscrom

union. He was predeceased by

remains an authoritative criti

his brother, Albert Palmer '30,

cal evaluation of a poem by

former chair of the Colby Board

Wordsworth, and Gregory ' s

of Trustees. He is survived by

Angels, a n adventure novel for

his wife , Gurina, his daughter,

children, was lauded for its ac

his sister, Mary Palmer M i l ls

curate portrayal of the cultural

'3 2 , his nephew, David Palmer

and social history of sixth-cen

' 5 7 , stepsons and stepdaughters,

tury England. On the old cam

a gran d d a ughter and m a n y

pus as well as the new, she taught

great-grandchildren.

both major figures and general

Clifford Osborne, D.D. '49,

courses in literature and com

retired Colby chaplain and pro

position. When she retired,

fessor emeritus of religion, died

former chair of the department

May 1, 1 996, in Naples, Fla., at

Alfred K. Chapman ' 2 5 wrote,

95. He was born in London, En

"the College is losing a fine

gland, and served in the Royal

scholarly mind and a conscien

Navy during World War I. After

tious, devoted teacher." She is

pundits & pla udits Returning to Worship Cheryl Townsend G i lkes , John D . MacArthur Associate Professor of Sociology and Anthropology and African American Studies, was quoted 1 n an article 1n the San Jose

Mercury News about the spiritual renewal among midd le-class African Americans Burgeon ing "megachurches" are the latest evidence of b l ack baby boomers' desire for spiritual nourishment, the article said. G i l kes noted that these large churches fu lfill a need in the African-American community. " Primarily, they've grown because of very hard-working pastors who bring to those congregations traditional African-American worship that addresses the current problems of baby-boomer African American Christians and younger," she said. " U sually [these churches] are geographically mobile, so church is the way in which they reconnect with the black community."

Not Nearly Enough

taking an honors degree in phi

survived by her husband of 5 8

losophy at London University

years, professor emeritus o f mu

Assistant Professor of Economics Sara n na Thornton

and graduating from Richmond

sic Ermanno Comparetti, and

in an opinion arti c l e in the Providence Journal-Bulletin, said

Divinity School, he served Meth

by a son and daughter.

'81 ,

recent cong ressional and White House b u d get proposals fall far short of what is necessary to red uce the national deficit

odist pastorate in New York and

George Douglas Maier, pro

Maine before joining the Pleas

fessor emeritus of chemistry,

ant Street Methodist Church in

d ied of lung cancer on March

Waterville. He was appointed

1 2, 1 996, in Chicago, I l l . , at 6 5 .

chaplain at the College in 1 950

He was born i n Chicago, gradu

result i n large deficits Budget plans proposed by both would

and was professor of religion

ated from Cornell College with

eliminate the deficit by the year 2002 as advertised, but would

when he retired in 1 9 6 5 . A

a B.A. in chemi tty and received

merely postpone even larger deficits i n future years, she said.

founder of the Maine Council of

his master's and Ph.D. from Iowa

Churches, he broadcast its Sun

State University. He came to

deficit problem , " Thornton wrote. "The combination of current legislature and i m pending demographic changes would cause

over the long term . Thornton said both the C l i nton Administration and the Congress have failed to address the underlying problems that

"Cuts in discretionary spending won't solve the long-run

day morning programs for sev

the College in 1 96 5 and be

eral year and was the first Maine

came a full professor in 1 98 3 .

spending on entitlement programs such as Social Security

clergyman to be selected as a

Over t h e course of h i s 20-year

and Medicare to equal 1 00 percent of government revenues

preacheron CBS radio's "Church

Colby career he taught a range

by 20 1 2. Proposed balanced budget plans would only push

of the Air." H is book, The Reli

of courses, from environmental

the date back a few years."

gion ofJohn Burroughs, was pub

biochemistry for nonscience

lished in 1 929. Predeceased by

majors to upper-level biochem

Spend Thrift

his w ife of 67 years, Beryl, he is

istry. After retiring in 1 986, he

survived by his son, Timothy

continued to do biochemical

Osborne '48, his daughter, Ma

research in various laboratories

vis Lee, four grandchildren and

in Chicago and enjoyed ongo

five great-grandchildren.

ing relationships with former

A l ice Pattee Compare t t i ,

Associate Professor of Government Tony Corrado , quoted in the May 1 7 Wall Street Journal, said that despite having nearly reached the ceiling on pre-convention campaign spen d i n g , Sen. Bob Dole will continue to deliver h i s message via other means. The spending cap "limits some of his options, but it isn't

students; many honored him by

emeritus professor of English,

a t t r i b u t i n g their success in

died April 7 , 1 996, in Tempe,

graduate schools and in their

Ariz. , at 88. She j oined the

careers to his reaching of bio

Colby taculty in 1 93 6 , the year

chemistry at the College. He is

she completed her Ph. D . at

survived by his parents. +

going to make h i s campaign grind to a halt, " Corrado said. "There is probably going to be a more visible presence than the public is used to." The article said that Dole would take advantage of "issue" advertisements subsi dized by the Republican Party to b u i l d support f o r his run f o r the presidency.

A U G U S T

1 9 9 6

C O L B Y

boo ks a n d a uthors I

!E�m

Understanding the Sixties Douglas Miller goes deep into the decade that still divides America By Richard J . Moss

mericans ha\'e the pecu l iar

larly sensiti,·e to the symbolic

habit of s l ic ing up their past

meaning of event . To ome ex

into decade . We use terms l ike

tent fueled by an expanding me

the 1 9 50s, the 1 920s and the

dia, American were flooded by a

19 30s ll'ith an easy assurance that

relentle s tide of interpretation

we w i l l be understood . Only

that found meaning (often omi

s l ightly more problematical are

nous, often hopeful) in events large

terms like the Gay N inetie ( the

and

I 90s ) . Certainly the l 960 have

Movemen t," one of the best chap

become not merely a decade but

ters in the book, Miller oives a full

mall . In "Twilight of the

a conci e topic m·er which hisro

i llustration of the remarkable de

rians and others have expended

gree to which Americans were

much ink. Douglas T. M il ler ' 5 8's

engaged in a complex game of

Our Own : America in the Six

attaching

ties ( D.C. Heath) is a sane and

ymbolic meaning to

e\•ents. By turns, the rock concert

non-pol itical contribution tO the

at Wood-rock meant that the age

ongoing attempt tO make ome

of Love and Peace was at hand,

sense of that cruc ial decade.

and then the rock concert at

M i l ler, a h istory professor at M ic h igan State U n i ver ity, has

A l tamont meant the end of hope and the coming of the era of Death

a c learly defined point of v iew.

Miller says variou s protes ts upset the status quo.

He bel ieves that the 1 960 was

notably A l len Mat u ·ow' · The

would ha,·e us understand that

went on and on; America became

one of the mosr i m portant mo

Unraveling of America ( 1 9 4 ) ,

for many Americans the late

a nation addicted t0 a daily read

ments in the A merican past and

have establi hed the idea of"com

ties and early e,·entie were not

that A merican l i fe was ub tan

ing apart" or "unraveling" as the

an era of de pair and decl ine but

A t the heartofOnOur Own is

t i a l l y transformed between the

dominant theme in the 1 960-. I n

rather a fertile period of libera

a tension between this con tam

late 1 9 50 and 1 974. The agent

this v iew, the New Left o r "the

tion and experimentation.

for this transformation was "the

Movement" blossomed in the ix

While the book i exceedingly

events and the clear fact that in the long run, meaning was rooted

and De pair. The ymbol making ix

ing of the national tea leave .

desire to find meaning in small

Movement," which M i l ler see

ties as traditional liberal remedies

well written and i a joy to read, it

a a combinat ion of the variou

for the nation' problems proved

is also an excellent reference to

in larger but often le s dramatic

prate ts a imed at almost a l l as

incapable of solving long-term

have on your book helf when you

trends uch as women'

pects of American c u l tu re. The

problems such as poverty and civil

need to sort out your fa i led or

tion or environmental reform. In

"Movement," in prate t ing on

rights for minorities. By the late

fa i l ing memorie of the

the end, the book allows us to

o many fronts ( ci v i l rights, femi

Sixties, the violent clash between

M i l ler has even included an ap

under tand that the Sixties wa a

nism, gay rights, env ironmen

liberalism and the New Left had

pend ix, "The Language of the

va tly complex era that wa often

ixties.

libera

talism ) , amoun ted to a profound

left the country exhausted, anx

Sixtie ," for tho e who have for

grossly mi under rood by the

critique of the status quo in the

ious and divided. M i l ler does not

gotten the meaning of "lid," "far

people who l ived it. We are only

U n i ted States. M i l ler also be

reject the notion that many of

out," "unreal" and "trip." M iller

now coming to understand its last

l ieve

the \'alue that had tied Ameri

also has included many well-cho

ing significance and what it ac

cans together frayed and snapped

sen illustrations that take us back

compli hed. Doug M i l ler's On

roots in the Fiftie and by follow

in the late

ixties, but he con

to memories that hurt (a beaming

Our Own: America in the Sixties is

ing the decade's impact on the

cludes that the ''coming apart"

Lyndon John on, an immolated

a fine place to get that per pec

thesis "overemphasize the extent

monk in Vietnam ) or that make

tive, that larger understanding of

of A merica's unraveling [and)

us smile ( Bob Dylan, a great im

the e crucial year . +

lead tO a fal e en e that the era

ageofTimothy Leary, astronauts) .

that we have tO under

stand the

i x ties by tracing its

eventie and beyond. On one point, M i l ler stand in contra t w i th accepted wis

Richard "Pete" Moss is John ] . and

ixties

came to an abrupt end and thereby

I have long uspected that dur

and especially the New Left. Sev

downplays the enormous impact

ing the ix tie Americans became,

Cornelia

eral very influential books, most

and legacies of the decade." M iller

as they had in the pa t, particu-

History at Colby.

dom on the nature of the

C O L B Y

A U G U

1 9 9 6

V. Gibson Professor of

Reading the Future

magine a society in which two

fresh prints

avoid derision and v iolence.

David Suchoff (English) and Mary Rhiel. editors

third of all mothers had chil

I n " A G o lden Age of Equal

dren out ide of marriage, often

i ty"-the most optimistic of the

The Seductions o f Biography

using "artificial wombs" to carry

four cenario -the removal of

Routledge

the fetuse , and women began

artifici al barriers between c u l

generally to disassociate them

ture a n d gender-, driven by the

selve from men.

This book of essays about the strengths and limitations of

explo ion of commu n i c a t ion

biography will be as entertaining

This cenario, tit led " epa

technologies l ike the I nternet,

to the general reader as it 1s

rate-and Doing Fine, Thanks!,"

resu l ts in worldwide prosperity

instructive for students of the

is one of four po sible world or

and a new attitude of col labor

form. Associate Professor of

der

e n v i s ioned by a u thor

a t ion. Women lead the way to

English David Suchoff and his

Pame la McCorduck and N ancy

prac t ic a l advancement

co-editor, U N H Associate

Kudriavetz Ram ey '62 in their

educat ion, environmental pres

Professor of German Mary Rhiel.

book The FuturesofWomen: Sce

ervat ion and confl i c t reso l u

attracted contributors ( 1 nclud1ng

narios for the 2 l sc Cenwry ( Addi

t ion. Differences a r e celebrated

Colby Professor Betty Sasaki)

wn-Wesley, 304 page ,

rather than expl o i ted or u ed

who tackle the subject from a

as a mean of d i vi ion. Pol i t ic a l

variety of fascinating angles

Written a

24) .

i f these event

already have occurred, the book

s t a b i l i ty becomes the ru l e

de cribes the soc iological de

rather than the exception.

velopments involv ing women

Marjorie Garber. for instance, examines the ways biographers have written about the private

"Two Steps Forward, Two

around the world up to the year

Step

lives of public figures. She says, in part. that despite freer use of information about subjects' sexual habits , biographers still

Back" perhaps most

2 0 1 5 . Each of the four cenarios

c losely resembles w h a t the a u

make many subjective choices about what constitutes "decent"

dep i c ts po l i t i c a l and soc ia l

thors refer t o in their foreword

information. Michael Eric Dyson ranges across the literature by

change

a "the official future," in which

and about Malcolm X and concludes that both X's desire to

w men continue to make gain

"'make sense" of his past 1n his autobiography (written by Alex

temming from trend

that began late in the 20th cen tury. For example, i n "Backlash"

tn equ a l i ty , b u t the pace of

Haley) and his biographers' inabil ity to round out the flesh-and

the authors sugge t that a rising

change i slow and impeded by

blood man mean that the definitive X biography 1s yet to be

tide of rel igious fundamental

economic depri\·ation.

written Other selections look at provocative ideas such as how-and by whom-a person's life story is controlled and

i m fueled a bell igerent and ag

McCorduck's and Ram ey's

gre ive worldwide campaign to

book i intell igent, provocative

why , as The New Yorker's Janet Malcolm has said, " b iography is burglary . "

turn back the c lock on repro

and occasionally (perhap inten

ductive rights, equa l i ty i n the

tiona l l y ) outrageous. I ts con

workplace and other basic c i v i l

struction of imagined soc ietie i

" T h e proliferation of theories a n d practices of biography represented in this volume tells us that the seductions of

right for women. So thorough

in tructive if not always entirely

biograpry cannot be reduced to a generic form u l a , " Suchoff

were the e movement that in

credible. But any book that pre

and Rhiel write.

We tern coun

dicts soc ial be

women

haviorism

Martin Gliserman

began to wear

b a ed on the

Psychoanalysis, Language, and the Body o f the Text

study of an ob

U n iversity Press of Florida

trie

t r ad i t i o n a l M iddle Ea tern chadors and ub

m in e d

range of oppres sive mea ures to

the

fu of women

G l iserman, an associate professor of E n g l i sh at Rutgers

scure primate spe c i e ,

'63

the

University and a psychoanalyst in private practice, identifies

bonobo, pro

how the presence of the body becomes a central component of

v ides plenty to

the novel form.

think abou t. +

He discusses how the arrangements of words in sentences. paragraphs and chapters serve as expressions of bod ily gestures, particularly representative of primal bod ily pain The book examines four novels, Robinson Crusoe, Jane Eyre,

S ce n a rios for t h e

Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse an d David Bradley's The

2 1 st Ce n t u ry

Chaneysville Incident, to reveal the role language plays in integrating mind and body.

A u G U

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C O L B Y

student life

I $� She's

Winner

Dannenberg lands Colby 's first Carnegie junior Fellowship By Kevin Cool

appro p r i a t e c o n s i d e r i ng D a n

Thomas Carothers ro re\·iew U . S.

nenberg's re ponse. " [ couldn't

stra tegy i n A s i a , A fr ic a , Latin

b ines e x traord i nary i n t e l l e c t u a l

he l ieve it , " she said. " [ honestly

A m e r ic a and eastern Europe and

gi fts w i th enth u s i asm for l e a rn

d idn't think [ had a chance."

i c o l e Dannenberg

'96

Dannenberg will

will re v ie11· and e d i t manuscripts

i ng and a w i n n i ng persona l i ty .

She began work ing a t the en

for Carneg ie's n agship p u b l i c a

Foreign Policy .

he i s, according to A soc iate

dowment i n early J u ne . Her work

t ion,

Professor ofGm·ernmen t G u i lain

i n c l udes c o l l aborative research

Denoe u x say that perhaps the

Deno e u x , '\imply d e l ightfu l . "

Franko a n d

w i th Carneo1e senior assoc iate

m o s t v a l u a b l e b e n e f i t from

T h e Carnegie Endowment

Adoni Hoffman, d i rec tor of the

Dannenberg's i nternship w i l l be

for I n te rn a ti ona l Peace appar

endowment' U . S . -Africa Pol icy

the contacts she makes i n Wash

ently agrees. Dannenberg wa

For u m . The project c a pi tal izes

ingto n . " She will \'ery qu ickly

on Dannenberg's in terest i n Af

learn who peorle are-a c adem

one of

Nicole Dannenberg

'96

that rare s tuclen t who com

students c hosen from

the e l i te of the c u n t ry ' s top

rican affa i rs, which he says stems

ics, rolicy makers, t h i n k - tank

schools tO work a l ongside a se

fr m her study i n Morocco and

people-who heir shape and in

n i or assoc iate as a Carnegie J un

ubsequent read ing, which con

form pol i c y debates," Franko said.

ior F e l l o w for s i x m o n t h s . She is

vinced her that "Afr ic a i s the

"It' j ust enormously va l uable rn

the first Colby student e\'er se

most neglec ted c o n t i n e n t . " She

have that oppor t u n i t y . "

lec ted for a Carnegie fe l l owsh ip.

wrote a research paper on ethnic

Denoeux acids t h a t t h e expe

"This i s a \·ery presti gi ous

violence in N igeria for Denoeux's

rience of part i c ipating i n and co

Patrice

senior sem i nar desp i te b e i ng bet

orJmating h igh-level conference

Fra n k o , assoc i a t e professor of

ter acquainted 11· i th Arah coun

sronsored by Carnegie 11· i l l equip

e c o n o m i c s and i n t e rn a t i o n a l

tries of northern Afr i c a . "Th i i

Dannenberg for future cha I lenges.

senior associates to

s t ud ies a n d c h a i r o f t h e Carnegie

typical of

i c o l e , " Denoeu x said.

" he can watch how people oper

nom i n a t ion c o m m i ttee. " I don't

"She d es not l ike short c u ts and

ate in those settings and use that

retJiew U S. strategy

k noll' any grnduate student who

does not opt for the easy way out.

knowledge i n her c areer," he aid.

ll'Oul d n't drop what they were

he knew that the proj e c t would

Break i ng inrn the intensely

doing to have t h i s opport u n i t y .

represent a greater i n te l l e c t u a l

c ompe t i t i ve J u n ior Fel low pro

This ll' i l ! w r i t e her ticket, i n c om

c h a l le nge a n d that i t would pro

gram has long been a goal of

b i n a t ion w i th her ac com pl ish

vide her w i t h a n opport u n i ty to

Colby fac u l ty. " I t ' an honor for

me nt s a t C o l b y , t o whatever

learn about an area w i th ll' h i c h

the inst i t u t ion," Franko a i d , and

graduate program she wants. I t 's

she was less fam i l i ar. "

worh with Carnegie

in Asia, Africa, Latin America and eastern Europe and will retJiew and

appo i n t m e n t , "

sa i d

Dannenberg al o w i l l work

for an undergrad uate i n terested

w i th Carnegie senior associate

i n foreion re l a t i o n s . "

for Carnegie 's flagship publication,

Two Colby students are among

School of Econom ics sol idified

Lake, Maine, and Steve Higg

i nterna t i onal stud y and encour

aged Dannenberg to pursue pro

scholar natiomride elected for

1 996-97. Amy Lyon '9

of ebago

of Birmingham, Mich., each will receive

$5 ,000 award to be used toward tuition, fees and room and board. Lyon majors in environmental policy and international studie . Higg

grams that would bu ild on her

is a double major in biology and environmental policy.

experience. "Carnegie wa first on

The scholarship honor the former congressman from Arizona, Morris

K. Udall, and

to be in Washingt0n so [ thought

upport academically talented U.S. tudent who have intere t

in and potential for career in environmental public policy, health care and

I m ight as well give i t a shot." She

ari1·e American public policy.

heard about her s e l e c t ion on April Fool'

the h ighest leve l . +

prestigious Morri Udall Scholarships for

an a l ready strong hackgrouncl i n

my list , " she aid. "I knell' [ wanted

Foreign Policy.

Col lege's a b il it y to su c c e e d a t

kudos

A seme ter i n Morocco and another semester at the London

edit manuscripts

i t i s one more s i g n a l of t h e

the be t opport uni ty o u t there

This is the fir t year Colby has participated in the program.

Day, which seemed

Patients, Patients

pring, the

that our nurses tried to persuade

health center at Colby looked

or o n e d a y t h i

them to j ust go back to their

like the emergency room of a

rooms after being treated, but

metropolitan hospital on a busy

the roommates refused," Thomp

Saturday night. Students were

son said.

lying on couches, on cot , on the

teritis is not a life-threatening

flat

illness, although it i

The Colby Eight received good reviews for their latest compact disk titled Bitter Little Dutchboy, released this spring The CO contains 20 songs and features the voices of 15 current and former

a major

modate a human body. This was

cause of death among young chil

not a drill to test the proficiency

dren in developing countries,

of health center taff. I t wa an

Thompson says. "A few of the

hone t-to-goodnes epidemic of

students we saw were dehydrated

what tudents were calling "the

enough that we put them on IVs

Colby virus."

and sent some to the hospital.

A particularly virulent train

But most of them were feeling

of ga troenteritis hammered the

okay after twenty-four hours,''

campus for about two weeks in

Eight Plus Seven

Properly treated, gastroen

floor, in the hallway, on every urface that would accom

graffiti

Colby Eight performers. Both the 1 994-95 and 1 995-96 Colby Eight groups provided songs, including recent popular works like Seal's "Kiss From a Rose" and R E.M 's "Everybody Hurts " Judy Ring '99, who reviewed the CD for The Colby Echo, praised Jonathan Howe '96's arrangements and called the

he said.

late April and early May, accord

Thompson says the e p i

album "a great mix of tunes."

A Fun Atmosphere

ing to Medical Director Melanie

demic probably was caused b y a

Thompson. The peak of the epi

combination of a strong v irus,

demic occurred on April 25, when

inattentive hygiene and c lose

ambitious program of activities to celebrate Earth Day 1n late

The Student Environmental Coalitton sponsored an

the health center treated 65 tu

living quarters. "Rout ine hand

Apri l . Nature walks and instructive ecology tours in Colby's

dents. "We were so bu y we actu

washing is the be t defense

Perkins Arboretum were popular attractions, as were interactive

ally had our nurse doing triage,"

aga in t gastroenteri t i s , " she

programs featuring reptiles and birds of prey.

she said. "It was the worst [epi

said. "Students are espe c i ally

demic] I've seen at Colby."

vulnerable because they get run

Several Colby faculty participated

Assistant Professor

of Environ m ental Studies and Government Beth DeSombre

News of the highly infectious

down from lack of sleep and

spoke about financing international environmental

illne --characterized by acute

other factor and their immune

protection, Associate Professor of Science. Technology,

nau ea and vomiting--created

system are lowered . "

and Society James Fleming presented a talk on g l obal warming and M it c h e l l Fam i l y Professor of Economics Tom

so much anxiety that students

The virus had virtually disap

were bringing their roommates

peared by mid-May and did not

Tieten berg d i scussed market-based approaches to environ

to the infirmary and insisting

significantly affect end-of-the

mental protection.

they stay there. "We were so full

year activities. +

Promises Made and Kept Th e Colby Echo prai e d outgoing Student Association President Tom Ryan

'96 and vice president T ina Goudreau for leading tu-A

"through a very difficult year." The newspaper, in a May 2 editorial, said Ryan and Goudreau de erved credit for their role in establi hing a mentoring program for first-year students called Big

ibs, for working with the Academic

Affair Committee to change class schedules, for engaging tru tee about alcohol policies and residence hall renovations and for promot ing attendance at the Spotlight Event eries. "While perhap it wa unnoticed by many Colby tudents, Ryan and Goudreau have lived up to their campaign promi es," said the Echo. "How many politicians can say that?" + Tom Ryan '96 (center) speaks with Dean of Students Janice Kassman and Brian Golden Spotlight Event

'97

after the Trustee Commission on Alcohol

A U G U

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C O L B Y

gifts a n d gra nts

�

Setting a Firm Foundation

Long-time trustee Robert Anthony gives

$ 1 m illion toward residence hall By Marc Glass

hen the new residence

chair of the board when I wa

hall near J ohn on Pond

inaugurated," said Pre ident B i l l

The new r e idence h a l l w i l l provide beds that w i l l b e lo t

opens in the fall of 1 99 7 , the

Cotter. " H is comm i tment to this

when Colby renovates and up

Colby <:ommunity and the 1 40

c o llege has alway been

grade l iv ing pace i n a l l dormi

first-time residems of the three

and vi ible, and this latest gift

torie

b u i l d i n g c o m p l e x w i l l h a \'e

r e i n fo r c e

the next five years.

trong

his ded i c a t i on to

trustee Robert N . Anthony ' 3

keeping Colby fir t - c la s i n ev

t o thank fo r h i s $ l - m i l l ion gift to

ery way . "

the construct ion projec t .

except t h e He ights over

The overall proj ec t earmarks 7 . 2 m i l l ion for dorm renova

Anthony, w h o is Ross G ra

t ions, $6.5 m i l l ion for new con-

A n thony's i t h e first o f what

ham Walker Professor of Man

truction and $ 2 . 5 m i l l ion for

i expected to be three nam i ng

agement Control, Emeritus, at

upgrading the three ex isti ng din

g i ft

for the res idence h a l l ' s

t h ree b u i ld i ng s . One of t h e longest e r v i n g members of t h e

the Harvard Busines Robert

N. Anthony ' 3 8

c hool,

ing hal l . I t is the most exten ive

erved as assistant secretary of

fac i l i t ies project undertaken by

defe n e, c o m p t ro l l e r i n the

Colby since the College moved

B o a r d of Tru tee , A n th o n y

t a n r way of ass u r i n g t h a t the

Johnson Administration, and is

from downtown Waterv ille to

s a y s t i mel i ness wa

n e w d o r m i t ory w i l l be c o n

c redited with developing the

Mayflower H i l l 5 0 year

field of management account

G roundbre a k i n g for the new

an i m p o r

t a n t fac tor in h i s dec i s i o n t o

truc ted p ro m p t l y , " he - a i d .

ago.

c o n t r i b u t e to t h e p r o j e c t .

" Bob An thony wa c h a i r o f

ing. He has been a trustee i nce

building is planned for August

" Pres i d e n t C o t t e r c om· i n e ed

the searc h c o m m i ttee that

1 95 9 and was chair of the board

on a

me t h a t t h is w i l l be an i mpor-

brought m e to Colby a n d was

from 1 9 7 8 - 1 98 3 .

complex and Johnson Pond. +

ite between the H i l l ide

New Intensive Course 'An Attractive Innovation'

i th the help of a

1 . 4 - m i l l ion grant from the Christian A .

Physics Charle Conover and Profes or of M usic Paul Mac h l i n . A second p i lot emester i planned fo r t h e f a l l of 1 997, after which

J ohnson Endeavor Foundation, C lby i s developing a n inte

grated, inten ive course of study that Pre idem B i l I Cotter says could

a chair holder w i l l be selected to adm i n ister the program.

become a ignature program in the Col lege's curriculum.

Details of the program s t i l l are being worked out, bur pre l i m inary

The J ohnson Foundat ion grant provides for the endowment of a

plan c a l l for up to 2 0 tu dents to be enrolled from al I c lasses, Wei brot

permanen t fac u l ty posi tion, the holder of which would design and

said. If more than 20 wi h to partic ipate, facu l ty w i l l give priority to

' O tudents and

fir r-year and ophomore tudent . "We want to reach student early,

an interdisc i p l i nary team of fac u l ty. The idea is to examine a

espec ially before they are too far into their academic trac k, to acquaint

implement a seme ter- long program involving 20 to

them w i th the possibil ities of a l iberal art education,"

parti c u lar period ofhistory through the len es of several d i c i pl ine . Each program will comprise fo ur or five cour es that w i l l erve as the enti re academic workload fo r that semester. "There is an antecedent for thi program in the early 1 970 that invol ved an integrated teach i ng ap proach, so we are cap i ta l i:ing on omerl1ing that i part of rhe Colby trad i tion," Cotter said. That earlier inter d i c ip l i nary program wa d iscont i nued becau e it was not permanen tly funded. Robert Weishrot, Chri tian A. J ohnson Distin-

"This is exactly the kind of activity in

Weisbrot said. "It eems to me this is exac tly the kind of activity in which a l iberal art

chool hould be engaged."

A l though the current propo al involve only one

which a liberal arts

semester of the program each year, Cotter say integra

school should

and to larger numbers of students if faculty bel ieve that

be engaged. "

tive learning c lu ter m ight be provided more often sho u ld happen. This i

the second profe sor hip endowed by the

Chri t ian A . John on Foundation, and was the product o f several year

gui hed Teaching Profes or of Hi tory, is a c t i n g c h a i r

o f discus ion between Cotter and

of rhe program and a l ready ha developed a p i l t semester f o r t h e

foundation direc tor J u l ie Kidd. Cotter say the foundation'

spring of 1 99 7 . Thi

Colby has been "almost unique," and he cred i ts K idd, who he ay ha

inaugura l s e m e t e r , t i t led " Revo l u t ion, War

"an extraordinary commitment to l iberal learning."

and the Cri i of Modern Culture," will focu on the period between 1 9 1 9 and l 94 5 . Fac u l ty w i l l i n c lude Lee Fam i l y Profe or of Ameri can

tud ies and English Charle

C O L B Y

A u G U _ T

1 9 9 6

Bas ett, A

upport of

"We've promised to have meetings here to share our experience with other . We think it i an attractive i n novation," Cotter said. +

i rant Profe sor of

Gibson Funds History Chair

ohn "Van" G i b on · 5 9 ha, endowed a rrnfe :ior:ihir in h 1,rnry a t Colby. bnngmg t h e weal number ot endowed c h a i rs at the

College to 2 4 . T h e f i r t occuram of the J o h n J . a n d Corne l i <i

V. G i bson Chair

i n H i·tory. named for G i b,on\ rare n t . is Ric hard " Pete" Mos�. a member of t he Colby fac u l t v :ii nee 1 9 7 . Mo · . who holds bachelor\ Ph . D . from

! ich igan

tate, is the

a u t hor of t h ree book · : 1 oah \\f'ebscer, a b 1ograrhy; H iscor: of American Language; and A Sra tion of Peculiar Exposure: The L1je of Jedediah fors e . H is research

An etching form Piranesi's Vedute d i Roma.

and teac h i n g srec i a l t ies m c lude

Valerie's Piranesis

i n te l l e c t u a l and c u l t ural h is tory of the U n i ted States; hi tory L1f

srorts; and trends in A m e r i c a n thought and popular c u lture. The G i bson c h a i r is the 2 4th

Richard "Pete" Moss

Anne

ne's auction hou<e in ;-Jc11· York.

Spierl ing ' 9 d ied ofcan

say, the commi ttee ll'anteJ tl1

hen

Valerie

cer in the spring of 1 994 , her

pwnde the mu�L'um 11 ith ll'orb

.uch gift to the College and the

mother, Penelope Dean Robb

that �tudent> ll'nu lJ fmd u eful

20th since 1 990. Endowed chairs

'6 1 . and a ·mall group of friends

in their stud\' of art h1-.tor\' .

such a G ibson' a l low Colby to

determined rhat she \\'Ould be

"When I ll'a· at Colh I curated a sholl' on contempl1r<ll"Y pnnr ,

recogni:e and reward i t s most

remembered in a special ll'ay.

d i s t i ng u H1ed teachers and ·cholars in selec ted fields, supporti ng

1' !emorial donatiLm· 11·ere sought

and there ll'a, a l,1t m rhe mu

their compensat ion and prov id in a them ll' ith d iscre uonary fun d · for

in I ieu offloll'ers in the hope that

seum to draw on. P 1 rane,1 i> .;nrt

their researc h . The new chair

an acquisi tion could be made m

of an art h istorical che,mut

pierl ing' · name for the Colby

h1s prints are famou>. \X'e felt It

profe

haYe helped Colby retain it best

or- and attract top · c holar to the fac u l ty by offerino salarie

and benefit that are among the be t in the n a t io n . 011· retired a n d l i1·in

in B a y

Museum of Art.

hore, Long I s l a n d , G i b·on 11·a· for

Thi

many year· an execut i1·e w i t h Cha e Manhattan Bank. +

was important ft1r the College t )

·ummer the rroduct of

that effort material i:ed when tll'O

m1·n at least a prime example of that 1rnrk," he said . pier! ing worked at a contem

p r i n t s by G io1· a n n 1 B a t t i s t a

Record Participation -ff\

Colby has

e x c eeded

"> it partici

tant fund for endowm e n t . "Of course this i

Pirane i , purchased ll'ith dona

porary art gallery in

t ions to the Spierlino memorial

·oon after graduating from Colby,

fund and money from the J ere

and from there ll'ent to London to

Abbott Acquisi t ion

-tudy decorarn·e art and fme art m

Fund, ar

ril'ed at the mu ·eum.

j u t the

ew York

first step of a three-year c h a l

The prints, 11· h i c h d e p i c t

a program operated b

· _

otheby\.

he ll'a· workino at the Tepper

p a t io n goal

lenge-It 11· i l l be critical for us

l'iews of R o m e , a r e from P1r

Gallery, a small

for 1 996, attract

to retain the loy a l ty of those

anesi' \ "edwe di Roma . a set of

house, ll'hen he became ill.

ing a total of 7 , 6 1 6

ll'ho ga1·e thi year, and ll'in the

1 3 7 e tc h ings publi hed m the

died in l'darch 1 994.

donor , t h e highe t number ever.

·upport of e1·en more new Colby

" O u r a l u m n i and fr i e n d s

upporter

1 th century. Chn topher

"It i- our hope that the _tu

G a i l lard '90, who helped -elect

dents of Colby ll'd l u t i l i:e the prints as mile cone- in pri n t

late

next year to secu re

ell' York auction

accepted our c h a l l e nge to i n

t h e n e x t b i o c h a l l e n ge g ift

the print a long 11·ith M ark Tay

c rea e drama t i c a l l y the n u m

[ 1 1 7 , .5 00] to the endo\1·ment . "

lor '90, Catherine Long '90 and

making a n d a r t history a n d be

b e r of i n d i v i d u a l g i fts to t h e

Colby rai e d more than

Robb, say they ymboli:e many

a b l e to e x a m i ne t h e p r i n t ·

Col leoe, and 1 e are v e ry grate

m i l l io n t hrough the A l u m n i

thing about

fu l , " a i d V i c e Pre i d e n t for De

Fund in 1 99 5 -96, another record.

ll'a increa ingly intere ted m the

p ierlino. "Valene

c losely, a object

alerie u t i l i:ed other

m the m u eum collec

velopment Randy H e l m . "This

The College met its goal of at

Old Ma ter , particularly e igh

t ion throughout her tenure at

new level of g i v i ng enhance·

tract ing .55.5 new donor , whose

teenth-century ma-ters, and in

Colby," G a i l lard aid.

Colb ' pos i t ion among premier

gift

each were matched w i t h

arc h i te c t u ra l Y i e 11·s, " he said.

p ierling al o i remembered

1 00 f o r endowm e n t , r a i s i n g

"These prints al o el'oke her i n

through a memorial cholarship

tere t in the decoratil·e art -

for

furniture and co tu me."

t ab l i h e d in

p rivate l iberal art c o l lege·, i n add i ti o n to prov i d i ng i mpor-

more t h a n

5 , 00. +

Gail lard, who works at Chri -

e w York C i ty tudent- e -

V lacho

1 99 4 by P e t e r

'.5 . +

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l <l � t>

C O L B Y

t)) p agi n g parents _ l..

Home

By 1 1 ?

Parents of returning students say the old rules may not apply By Marc Glass

tudems usual ly spend sum

another. If the expectation are

mer vacat ion t o i l ing for tu

changing on a daily ba is, kid

i t ion dol lars and havi ng fun, but

will play that to their advantage,"

ret u rn ing to the nest after a year

said Nelson, whose son, Graham,

of independence at Colby can be

j ust finished h is sophomore year.

difficult. The student, del ivered

Aside from good parenting

at Colby' doorstep a scant n i ne

sk i l ls, which he says he learned

months earlier, may come home

from friends and older fam i l ies,

w i th different values, a changed

N e lson cred its a rigorous aca

appearance, new amb i t ion and,

demic program for regulating stu

most certainly, a decreased de

dent beha v i o r when parent

pendence on his or her parents.

aren't around.

Mark Serdj enian ' 7 3 , assoc i

"Colby has taught Graham

a t e dean o f students, says that

that with freedom come signifi

de pite attempts to counsel their

c a n t responsibi l ities like attend

c h i ldren from home through

ing classes and being prepared

phone c a l ls and e-mail me sage ,

for exams," he said. "I think he

parents may have les influence than ever before. "At Colby, the students are in

realized early on, ' I f I haven't College students returning home bring with them a new independence.

taken advantage of the opportu nitie , it's my loss."'

a position to go to Quebec and not

an arre r i ng c o l o r

tell anyone. This is a hard fact to

his hair, but

cheme in

i n g t h e sophomore year differed

erdj enian >ays

from tho>e of the fir t year-they

cau es

accept, but when the on or daugh

paren rs who are t reated to a

were occasions for catching up

hometown friend hips once con

ter is away parents can't apply the

ch ange in appeara n c e need to

rather than seeking counsel. But

sidered indi s luble. When her

maintain per pec t ive.

Anderson, whosedaughter,J e sie,

daughter, Jenna, returned home,

j u>t fini hed her sophomore year,

Laura De imone of Winchester,

ame re tric t ion

that worked

when the child wa

at home,"

"My wife and I real i:e there

ometimes a year at Colby tudents to reexamine

Serdjenian said. " As students walk

are bigger issue

than appear

believe thi i a >ign of maturity.

a fine l ine between childhood and

ance, and we've seen ome d i f

" he tended to handle the

adulthood, parents sometimes feel

ferent hairstyles over the years,"

minor upsets without us this year

he said. " tudent who expres

because she problem-solved with

" he hadn' t spent t ime re

themse lve through body pierc

a wonderful group of friend ,"

k indl ing friendships from home," DeSimone said.

left on the sidelines." erdjenian, whose son, Kerry,

Mass . , wa concerned that Colby fr iend

had

u p p l anted h igh

school friend .

home after h is first year at

ing and tattoos find themselves

Ander on said. "They talk about

Brandeis, says some parents have

saying, ' I 'm still a good k id ! I'm

w men's is ue , graduate schools

Though De imone ays Jen

difficulty accepting the fac t that

still working hard at chool ! "'

and career planning. Sharing

na initia l ly was restless about be

the days of the midnight c urfew are over.

Regard I es of the is ·ues that

the e rhings with her fr i nds rep

ing accountable to her parents

arise when a student returns

re ent a tran i tion from u , but

after a year without supervision,

ay he's re

I 'm very happy she's hanging

the t i me apart actually improved

the student to indicate where he

minded of a banner that was d i -

around these whole ome k ids and

their rapport.

or she will be and when he or he

played at a nursery school where

can work out so l u t i ons she'

will be home, when parent

his wife used to reach: "There are

happy with."

Even though i t's a courtesy for

home,

erdjenian

"Before he went to col lege, she was unsure of what I had to

que t t h is information it's some

two gifts we give our chi ldren,

Jack Nelson of North A n

offer her i n the way of advice,"

t i mes

one is root , the other i wing ."

dover, Mass . , h a s particular con

said De imone, whose daugh

een as an i mpos i t ion,

tudents stretch

cern about how rules at home

ter j u t completed her

r ion parents and rudenr find, i r

their wing gently, giv ing notice

apply to both the returning stu

year at Colby. "Now th.rough

definitely w i l l involve less con

of their independence without

dent and their sibling .

trol for the parents."

much affront. Nancy Ander on

" I t's inappropriate to have a

on d id n ' t ret u rn home

of Norwell, Ma s., says that her

younger ibl ing adhere to one et

she can tell me t h i ng that he

sporting a nose ring, ta ttoos or

daughter' phone calls home dur-

of rules, while the elder chi ld has

can't tell. her friend . " +

erdjenian aid. "Whatever olu

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Sometime

econd

let ters and phone c a l l s we've never been more open.

he say

Parents' Advocates

nothi ng new

cott a n d J e a n Peterson, parents of H i lary '97 , of M iddlebury ,

Conn. , will serve as chairs of the

A Great Beginning

Executive Committee of the Parents

The Class of 1 996's commencement ceremony on May 26

Assoc iation for 1 996-97.

marked the 1 75th time that Colby has granted bachelor's

The Petersons will lead the Ex

degrees to a graduating class. On this anniversary year it

ecut ive Committee in i ts efforts to

seems appropriate to remember the College's orig inal

raise funds for the College and ad

commencement, held r n August 1 822, when Colby was

vise admini trator on i ues of con

known as Watervi lle College.

cern to parent . Margaret Felton Viens ' 7 7 , assistant director of an-

The first graduating class consisted of just two students

Scott and Jean Peterson

George Dana Boardman and Ephraim Tripp. There was one

nual giving and administrative l ia ison for the Executive Committee,

honorary degree recipient, Samuel Wart. who later founded

say the group is called upon to as ist the College in several way .

Wake Forest College.

'They're there as ounding boards for ocher parents and for

Colby's first president. Jeremiah Chaplin. who shep

President Cotter when he want a pulse check on how parent feel

herded the College through its infancy, presided over the first

about a certain issue," Viens aid.

commencement. He wrote the Latin phrases that str l l are

The Executive Committee a l o works with the Admission Office

used at graduation ceremonies and that appear on every

co conduct retention programs, including v isit by current Colby

di ploma, including the often-invoked sentence, "All that your

parents to prospective parents. "They can give a parent' -eye view of

instructors have been able to do for you has been done. "

what it's l ike to be at Colby," Vien said.

T h e processional was b i g o n pomp b u t small in number.

The Parents Association has been in trumental in adding more

I n addition to the two students. the group included Albion K .

ecurity l ighting to the campus, creating after-hour study rooms in

Parris, Maine's first governor, trustees, C o l b y professors

M i l ler Library, establishing quiet hours in residence hall and in

(there were only two) and Chapl i n .

improving d ining ervice . +

T h e ceremony took p l ace in t h e meeting h o u s e r n the center of Waterv i l l e , which was then a v i l lage of a few

Keeping Costs in Line

h u n d red peop l e . Most of the audience were Waterville residents who at first were eager to wrtness the ceremony

eturning Colby students w i l l

year. These increase

p a y 4. 7 percent more to a t

cessary to maintain Colby's po-

i t io n i n c re a e i n 2 1 y e a r .

for the nation's best teaching

tend n e x t year, t h e smallest t u

i tion a

talent, Cotter

the increase in a letter to stu

computer equipment, library ac

dents and parents, noting that

qui i tion and, most notably, fi

although the full cost of attend

nancial aid all increased at rate

ing Colby will go up, the com

ings had ended .

a id. Costs for

well above inflation, Cotter said.

prehensive fee of $ 2 7,900 still

Colby has reduced its ex

does not cover the expen e of

penses in some area by increas

A l though Colby's ruition in

i n d uction speeches. Many of them left before the proceed

a leading competitor

President B i l l Cotter explained

educating a student.

and stampeded in but grew restless d u ring t h e long

are ne

ing efficiency and re training staff growth. The ize of both the

crease i 2 percent higher than

faculty and administration are

the national rate of inflation,

frozen and a l l future growth w i l l

Cotter points out that most co ts

b e through

as ociaced w ith higher education

College ha worked hard to keep

ri e faster than the general infla

co t down "while t i l l providing

u bstitution. The

tion rate. For example, he aid,

( and expanding) the kinds of

faculty compen ation-about 45

fac ilicie , programs and quality

percent of the College' coral

of instruction that caused you to

budget-generally rises 2 to 3

choo e Colby in the fin place,"

percent above inflation each

Cotter aid i n hi letter. +

The meeting house, where the first Colby commencement was held, still stands today as the Park Street Baptist Church.

A U G U - T

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C O L B Y

m u les o n th e m ove I

�

Goal Oriented Women 's lacrosse team scores big during I 0-4 season By Marc Glass

efore taking the field a t

ing to Sicchitano, breaking the

every game t h i s eason, the

team's "48-hour rule," which for

women's lacros e team broke from

bade the consumption of alco

its huddle shouting "Pride ! " I t

hol and late-night social izing

was an appropriate declaration.

before games, wouldn't be toler

The White Mules finished the

ated within the ranks.

eason with a 1 0-4 mark and their

"Everyone, including those

fir t ECAC playoff berth ince

who might not play much, is will

1 989. Three regular-season vic

ing to sacrifice a couple of nights

tories were by a margin of more

of fun for the team," Sicchitano

than 1 8 goals, and the Mules won

said. "If one per on isn't one hun

the CBB championship.

dred percent during a game, it

G o a l i e J enn ifer Pope '96

jeopardizes our chances for suc

( Needham, Mass. ) was named NESCAC Player of the Week for routinely exceeding 16 saves per

ces and team unity." The lifeblood of any uccess

Amie Sicchitano '96 was one of several individual stars.

game, and she wa elected to play

honorable mention in All America

in the STX North-South Senior

voting by the United

All-Star game, which featured the

Women's Lacro e A sociation.

top enior Division I I I women's !aero se players in the nation. Amie Sicchitano '96 (Wellesley

ful program is able newcomers,

had a difficult deci ion ahead. Her

and Godomsky's recruiting effort

i ter Iris '9 1 announced that she

la t year resulted in a talent-rich

would be wed on April 20, 1 996-

group of fir t-year tudents who

Stacy Joslin '97 (Warwick, R.l . )

the same day Colby was sched

often outshone the seniors and

broke the chool record for mo t

uled to play nationally ranked

earned most of the playing time

a sists in a eason with 2 3 , and the

Tuft at Seaverns Field. Though

on offense. But instead of gener

tare

Hills, Mass.) was named first alter

team set school records for mo t

familial obligation and sisterly love

ating re entment, the first-years'

nate to the STX all-star game.

goals ( 1 8 5 ) and most points ( 264 )

won out, Kelly agonized over

contributions were welcomed, ac

Pope and Kara Marchant '97

in a ingle ea on.

whether to mis the game or the

cording to Kelly.

( Lakeville, Conn.) were named

Why wa the team ucce sful ?

wedding. Head coach Heidi Go

"We looked at the new players

second-team regional All-Amer

Consider the quandary of senior

domsky exerted no pressure, but

as the answer to our prayers," she

icans by the I nterc o l legiate

center Cindy Kelly as a mea ure of

he said Kelly's "heart-wrenching"

said. "Their kills were above and

Women's Lacro seCoachesA o

this team's devotion: A little more

decision reveals much about the

beyond ours, but they pushed the

ciarion, and Marchant was given

than a year ago, Kelly realized she

team's dedication.

upperclassmen to play better. We ago, players

still had a lot of leadership and

were mi ing game and practices

experience to offer, and the result

unnecessarily. That's changed.

was a stronger lacrosse ream."

"Several year

still kicking

Cindy was in tears about missing

Chri tie Browning '99, an

Debbie MacWalter '9 1 , an All-American heptathlete and four-time All

the Tufts game, and though her

A l l-American attack player in

American in the jave li n , knows her school hep ta th l o n record ( 4, 384 points)

teammates understood her desire

high school, considered two Di

to be in two place· at the ame

vision I schools but says he'

roomed with Pomerleau's older si ter, Pam '9 1 , at Colby, wishe the heir

time, it was a big deal that she

happy she cha e Colby.

apparent we ll.

w a s n ' t here for the g a m e , "

m i ah t fall to Cynthia Pomerleau '97 before too long. But Mac Walter, who

"I'm happy for her, but it'

Co-captain Sicchitano be

accomplishment."

l ieves that

MacWalter earned a master's degree in physical therapy from Simmon

"The upperclas men are al ways telling us how much they

Godomsky said.

ad to ee it go already," she said. "It' a big

elf-di c ipline was

appreciate the first-years, but they're not giving themselves

College in l 993 and practices at South hore Hosp ita l in Weymouth, Mas .

another reason for the team's

enough credit," Browning said.

30 m t le per

improvement. At the close of

"The defen e i all uppercla s

And she hasn't lo t her desire to compete. She now runs up to

week in preparation for her first sprint erie triathlon this summer. he ·ay�

prac t ice, especially in the two

men, and they've saved u

her husband, Fred Bright '9 I , a real estate appraiser at Bank of Bo ton , will

day before a game, the eniors

many games. Pope i

serve a her " upport crew" for the event, which includes a half-mile swim,

and captain routinely admon

goalie in the NESCAC. I don't

1 2-mile bike nde and three-mile run.

ished their teammates to

know what we're going to do

tay

well-re red and healthy. Accord-

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the best

when they graduate." +

Hurry Up and Win

f you attended women' crack and field meer

rhi

sports shorts

coach Debbie Aitken aid.

pring,

" L l ike the heptathlon because

there were two ound you were

I like to be bu y and I like the

decade and ended the season with a five-game w i n n i n g

The Colby baseba l l team ( 1 4- 1 2) enicyed its best record in a

'96

certain to hear: the report of the

challenge," Pomerleau aid. " I f

streak John-Charles Panio

starter's pi tol and frustrated offi

o n e event goe poorly, there'

pitching staff with a 6-0 record , and h u rler Galen Carr

c ials saying, "We're waiting for

alway another to do well in."

(Walpole, N . H ) posted a 3-0 mark Outfiel ders Jerrod

(Scarsdale, N Y ) led the

'97

Pomerleau ! " Cynthia Pomerleau

But none of the event went

'97, who competed in at least six

poorly. he finished the outdoor

of the heprathlon' se\'en event

track and field eason with All

(Woonsocket. R I ) were

Deshaw

Vt )

'97

( B u rl i ngton

a n d Pat McBride

'97

in most meets, would be ripping

A merican honor in the hepta

the team's top hitters with

through the 1 00-meter hurdle

thlon, a N ESCAC title in the

while a schedule-minded hotput

batt i n g averages of 398

long j ump and

official awaited her cu tomary 40-

hotpur anJ a

and .376. respectively

ixth-place national ranking in

foot throw. The j avelin official

the h e p t a t h l o n . H e r 4 , 3 4

waited while he bla:ed through

heptathlon point total i

200 meters. Somehow, Pomerleau

1 0 5 hy of the Colby record held

al o found the time and stamina

by Debbie MacWalter '9 1 ( ee

to launch her elf more than 1 7

t i l l K ickino) . Pomerleau, who

feet in the long j ump and five feet

won the ECAC and New En

The men's ten n i s team posted an 8-4 record,

only

in the high j ump. While official

gland Di v i ion l l I champion hip

waited for Pomerleau to arrive,

in the five-event indoor pen

her rivals hoped for a no- how.

tathlon la t winter, ha only one

i n c l u d i n g its first-ever undefeated spring-break trip. Top s i n g les player

Gerry Perez

Brian Emme

'96

( M aho

pac. N Y . ) was 1 0- 1 . w h i l e

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the top doubles t e a m o f

Perez and Staunton Bowen

'97

(Toronto, O n t . ) w e n t 8 - 2

T h e soft b a l l t e a m posted a 1 4- 1 2 record under first-year

"Sheu uallydoesherbestwhen

regret about her j un ior year of

rushing from event to event," head

competition-a hamstring train

head coach Jen Holsten '90 Shortstop Meghan O ' N e i l

prevented her from competing

(West Newbury. Mass ) was named N ESCAC Player of the

on the cross-counrry team.

Week i n May for getti n g nine h i ts 1n 13 at bats and second base player Stephanie Patterson

The three- port chedule and

named N ESCAC Player of the Week for her fielding prowess . The men's

little time for anything else but

she made only one error i n 26 games

studying, and Pomerleau, a biol

lacrosse team fin ished the season with a 7-7 record and a

ogy major with a concentration

q uarterfi n a l - round appearance in the ECAC p l ayoffs B rian

'98

in environmental cience , de

Fra n k

mand a much of her elf in the

most saves i n a season with 24 1 . and Matt W i l l i a m s

classroom as he doe on the track.

(Cape E l izabeth, Maine) set the school record for most

"When I et a personal record

assists (30) and total points (49) by a first-year student.

( Essex Fel l s , N . J ) b r o k e the s c h o o l record for

'99

in track, Deb alway encourage

B rian Emme

me to do better by saying, 'Don't

(Scitu ate, M a s s . ) were named to the Brine/Lacrosse Founda-

be ati fied with that"' Pomerleau

tion East al l-star team . .

'97

( Evergreen , Colo . ) and Brett Nard i n i

Fal l s .

ing well academically, ! don't feel

Vt )

'96

Men's track a n d field was h igh-

l i g hted by the performances of Patrick Fournier

ing the minimum. Lf I 'm not do

'97

( M argate N J ) was

all the nece ary aaining lea\'e

said. " l 'm not sati fled with learn

Cynthia Pomerleau

'99

' 96

and Conrad Saam

'96

'98

( Be l l ows

(Skil lman . N J ) at the NCAA

New England Divi sion I l l Track and Field C h amp 1onsh1ps

good about athletics." +

Fournier clocked a 31 06 3 7 f i n i s h 1n his 10 000 meters win and broke the Colby record in the event Saam scored 5 , 858 points to break the school decathlon record He won the pole

Three Cheers. . .

vault. long jump, 1 OD-meter dash and 1 .500-meter run o n his

. . . for the women's tenm team, ranked 1 9th national ly in Divi ion I l l , which ended the ea·on with an 1 1 -4 record. K im Cheah '99 ( Pu lau Pinang, Malay i a ) fin i heJ as the Maine

tion Donald Saucier

single champion and was ranked No. 32 nat ion a l ly among

track and field anchor runner Rachel Ehlers

way to a second-place overall finish t n the decathlon competi

'96 (Westport

Mass ) won the 1 OD-meter

high h u rdles at the NESCAC championsh ips.

D i vi ion lI l ingles p layers.

In women's

'96 ( R1chheld

Springs. N . Y ) came from fourth place to lead the women's 4 x 1 00-meter relay team to victory at the ECAC champions h i ps .

a lu m ni at Large I

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Correspondent :

Howard Ferguson ' 3 1 , a man who ha coached ba ehall all h io l i fe . finJ:, that watc h i ng m i l lion a i re athletes try to play the game J i:itrac t h i m from the more eri ou> pu r:,u i t of l ife, l ike try i ng ro amwer a quc t ion nairc . Howard i:, 8 7 nnw anJ l i ve:, at t . J crcph ' L i \' i n g C e n t e r in W i n d h a m , Conn. When he entered t h e fa c i l i ty l ast y ar, he had t rouble \\'alk ing , but wtth phy ical thera-

Fletcher Eaton ' 39 42 Perry Dri \'e N eedham, M A 02 1 9 2 6 1 7-449- 1 6 1 -1

eth Pend l e ton Cl ark

py and good care he i walking aga i n and k e e p i ng fi t. He only w ishe he cnuld move faster ( how many of you wish you could move slnwer l ) , but he enjoy reading the new paper every day and says he i� work i n g now at " c leaning out a bunch of files. " Howard enjoys garde n i ng and is able to have ome g arde n space at h i s da ughter's h o m e in nearby Leha non, C( n n . H e abo ha · a son in M i lford, Ohio . . . . Don ' 3 3 and

Dorothy Gould Rhoades '36 sent their 1 99 5 Christmas letter s i n g le - s p a c ed, both sides-a an efficient means of pas ing the word. ( Dorothy is the si ter of Marjorie Gould Shuman ' 3 7 , whose encyc l o p ae d i c know l edge of Colby alumn i gave this col u m n an a u then t i c i ty hard to matc h . ) The Gouldse and the Rhoadeses are n u merou , and the i r sheer mas di ·tributed over the northern h a l f of the North

The Greatest Gift

who i l i red in Who ' s Who in Religion. I t's not that she' not

' 3 5 , an interim m i n is

been happy pitch i ng in, but now, he sa id, '' I ' m 8 2 , and I

ter for the U n i ted Church

think it 's t i me to enjoy l i fe."

of Chri t, has alway given

All she has done is attend a recent conference in Toronto

o he was en

t i re l y i n c haracter last Feb

on stewardship and g i v i ng, then return home to Sel insgrove, P a . , to her d u t i e as chair of the nomi nating com m i t tee of

ruary 22 when she donated

her church. Her inten ive study of grief for her Ph . D.

of herse lf.

her daughter,

di ertat ion at Lanca ter not on l y helped w i th her interim

Barbara Daggett, who ·uf

min istries, she ays, it a l o led to her current work in a local

fers cystic k idney d isea

hosp ice program that erve several counties. Last fall she

a kidney

was the peaker at the program's memorial serv ice. She a lso

the ame here d i tary d i ease that took Clark' hu band 40 years ago .

Beth Pendleton

does book reviews for the magaz ine of the Alban I nstitute,

Clark ' 3 5

where she trained year ago.

' T m o gratefu l . I couldn't help h i m , b u t I could help her,"

Although a national organization helps find donors for the

Clark said of the operation at Brigham and Women's Ho pi

600,000 people in thi country who have polycystic kidney

ta! i n Bo ton . "Th is wa de tiny. I ju t had to do this."

d isease, all of Clark's stre , heart and blood test

The da ughter and w i fe of Bapti t m i n ister , Clark fol l owed

howed that

she was in excel lent health and the best donor for her

her bent toward c hu rch and soc ial work as a ociology major

daughter. " I 've been tested for A I DS so many t i mes," she

at Colby. Three year later he recei ved a bachelor of d iv i n ity

joshed with her doctor, "I don't kn.ow whether to be i nsulted

he was

or compl imented on being t i l l sexually active." When the

ord a i ned i nto the Christian m i n istry in 1 96 7 , rec e i ved a

transplant surgery al o involved removing a rib from her

ma ter' of d i v i n i ty in 1 968 from Eastern Bapt ist Theological

upper abdomen, Clark told the surgeons, "If they're going to

e m i nary and completed her doctorate at Lanca ter Theo

make a man out of that rib, I want to do the specifications."

degree from Andover N e wton Theological School.

Today Barbara Daggett, a M a i ne state legislator who

logical S e m inary in 1 98 1 . I n 1 9 7 5 Clark serveJ on the orig i na l committee that organ izeJ the Interim M ini stry N etwork . As an i n terim min ister for the U n i ted Church of Christ she took on fu l l dut ies i n 2 1 ch urch as ignment averagi ng n ine months each. Five c hurche cal led her back for a econd m i n i stry and one for a th ird . For many of those churches, she was the fir t woman pa tor. " I 've broken down ome barrier ," said Clark,

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m i s ed only three es ions of the legi l ature, ha been ap poi nted chair of a commi ttee to reshape the government and is gear i ng up for a run for the state senate. She' back playing ten.ni , too. The tran plant operat i n, Clark said, has given her "a completely new perspective about g i v i ng. It makes you t h i nk about what g i ving means. G i v ing is basic to your l ife ."

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American continent may well accoun t for the wobble recently detected by astronomer i n the path of the Earth around the sun. Thei r letter leaves no doubt that they paid countless del ightful v i it to counties del ightful fam i ly members, to the great reward and enrichment of all. . . . The worst m i take Evelyn Stapleton Burns '33 e\·er made wa to buy a tele v i ion set for the fam ily. During her t i me at Colby, the banks were clo ed ( remembe r ? ! ) and she \\'a l ucky to have t\l'L pair of shoe De p i te privation at t imes, E\·elyn ha always been super-ac t ive in com m u n i ty affa ir . During spring break one year, ·he wa i n Rome personally to hear M u sol i n t ad dressi.ng the crowds, a \·isit that wa made po ible by her Carne gie I n ternational Peace c holarh ip. Says Evelyn, "Our age group has l i v e d t h ro u gh a l o t of hi tory." . . . Ruth Stubbs Frazer '34 asks, "Jn the upco m i ng elec t ion for President , why can't 1 be enthusiastic abou t any pro pec t ive candidate . " he l ives i n a lovely ret i re m e n t c o m m u n i t y cal led Friend hip V i llage i n P i t t burgh, where she imprm·es her physique by walk i ng half a m ile ( one way ) to the d i n ing room. However, she doesn 't we igh any more than ·he d i d 5 0 y e a r ago . . . . R o b e r t F. E s t e s ' 3 5 want t o know what happened to Wallace Bates McLaughlin ' 3 6 a n d Larry Dow ' 3 5 . Mr. M c Laugh ! i n i decea e d . M r . Dow's

NEWSMAKERS Bonnie Roberts Hathaway '4 1 \\'as awarJed the Shaklee Comm u n i ty Caretaker Award from the ew England haklee Corp. for her work to raise awarene � of e n v i ronmental i u e · a n d to educate people on t e p t h e y can t a k e to h e l p prQ[ect the planet . . . . B. A . Royal Spiegel '42 pub l i hed a poem, "Lessons from the Pond," i n Highlights for Children maga:ine.

address b Route 3, Box L 2 9 , Belfa·t, Maine 049 1 5 . tv l r. Este· has ''t\\'O g1rb, t\\'O boys and n ine grandchi ldren, all doing \\'el l and k e e p i n g a n e y e on t h i- o l d m a n . " . . . T h e Re\·erend Doctor Beth Pendleton Clark ' 3 5 do nated a k idney to her daughter in February here in Boston ( see pro file on page 3 ). Personal ly , I am fi lled \\' ith admirat ion bl- Beth's courage and de\·otion. She ha resumed her lifestyle of upply preach ing, book re\· iew1ng. gar den ing and being ac t i ve on se\' eral boards and c o m m i t tees. For exerc ise. he uses a rreadm i i l. ]. Warren "Joe" Bishop ' 3 5 \\'ishe h e cou ld ha\·e been a ber rer person and ha\·e l i \·ed a bet ter l i fe. However, if you read about the mode t Mr. Bi hop, you wish you could ha\·e done as \\'el l . For 10 y ar he \\'a chairman of the Department of Busine s Admin istrat ion at Colby. From rhere he went on to be control !er and then v ice president at Uni m M u t u a l L i fe I n urance Company. He h a s t w o adopted o n s and , by having

been \\'1do\\'ed t\\' ice, ha� acq u i red fo u r s t e p s o n , t h ree d a u _g h rers - i n - lall' and sll'arm' o f grand chi ldren and gre,1 ts-all doin_g 11·el l . . . . Nat Guptil ' 3 9 is "get ting a l it t le t i red of be ing a Re publican." He extend; greetmg� to Sally Aldrich Adams '39 and Eli:abeth " lppie" Solie Howard ' 3 9 . On A u g u · r 1 . Nat and Helen ( Carter ' 3 9 ) w i l l ha\·e been married 5 9 years. . . During the Korean War, Lr. Col. Charles E. Mclean '39 tle\\' , combat m issions ( 4,000 ri lot hours i n 1 2 different models offighrer rlane ) . He says he ll'ould love. once aga i n , to ger beh i nd rhe stic k ofa fighter aircraft, the gu l l - w i nged Corsa i r i n rar t i c u lar-a m o · t demand i ng and b e a u t ifu l p la n e . ( Du r i ng World War 1 1 , your secretary worked in the Chance Vought a i rc raft fac t o ry in t r a t ford , Con n . , \\'here Corsa i rs \\'ere manufact ured. Ar rhe t ime, I knell' every nur and bolt in thar plane and feel , as doe Lr. Col . McLean, that ir w a a beautiful iron bird . ) . . . G . Allan Brown

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' 3 9 and \\' ife Prisc illa rerse\·ere despite gra\·e problems of health. Hm\·e\·er. rhe renremenr commu n i ty w ll"h1ch they mo\·ed in the nick of rime ha prm·ided \\'onder ful help and 'uppl1rr . ...\ ! Ian'< mam difficulty '' lu" ,1f hb �en'e 1 1f halance. \\'h 1ch ha' affectecl h1> ll"alkmg e\·er ,mce the G u d la1n Barrc nen·e ,Ji,e,be h i t him 1n 1 99 3 . Ho\\'e\·er. ,1 h1r orernrtnn + 111 \1\'emher may help.

FORTIES Wendell Starr '4 1 ha:i Jbour a � brief a 1ni rt:-up ( one l me ) a' you'll find i n any copy of the Oniel<?. Y e r the:ie Jay a s a -; c 1 e n t 1'>t ( e lectron ics) and c rusad m g en \· irnnmenrali t, he menrs laree 1n1 te-ups. He regrets that he i nor much heir around the hou,e for h is \\'ife, A nna ( " j ust raking care of rhe \\'eedmo <1nd prun mg is a big job" ) . I n the fir n e -- de r<1rtment , he ha> re,oh-ed to q u n j ogging becrn-e his knees are gi\· mg o u r , b u r h e feel - lucky to ha\·e kert jogging for ,o long. I n Febru ary ll'hen he \\'rnte, Wendell \\'a look ing for\\'ard to a ,em inar led by Norman Palmer ' 3 0. I am deeply saddened ro rerorr thar Dr. Palmer d ied on February 1 1 , 1 996. Dr. Palmer <1nd l main tained a l l \·ely corre·pondence centerino on rhe errors of omb s ion, commi s ion, grammar and taste and rhe general inepm ude hameles-1 · d i played in rhis column. I shall mis· h i m . +

Homecoming '96 Colby Night Friday, October 1 8 , 1 996 Honoring Sid Farr '55 1 996 "C" Club Man of the Year All alumni are invited and welcome to attend the Colby N ight d inner, span ored by the "C" Club. Watch for your Homecoming brochure , or call the Alumni Office

2 0 7 , 8 7 2 ,3 1 90 to make your reservation !

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sons. One heads affirmati\'t: ac tion f or He\\'lett Packard in Or egon; the second i a hanker/farmer in I ndiana; the third teaches at ULSAN Uni 1·ersity in outh Ko rea; and the fl lurth \\'orb for Pi::a Hut in Phoenix while pursuing a m a s t e r ' s d e gree in c o m p u t e r + sc ience.

Correspondents: 1 94 7 Mary H a l l F i tch 4 Canal Park, = 7 1 2 Cambridge, M A 02 1 4 1 6 1 7 -494-488 2 1 948 David and Dorothy Mar,on 4 1 Wood · End Road Dedham, M A 02026 6 1 7 - 3 2 9 - 3 9 70 1 94 9 Rnbert M . Tonge S r . 5 G reylock Road Waterv i l l e , ME 0490 1 2 0 7 - 7 3 - 3 2 44

We rec e i v ed no n:spome to our most recent m a i l i ng reque ting news o f the Class of l 94 . Nevertheless, we will carry

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reun

Robe rta M a r d e n A l d e n has t h ree married ch ildren and, when she wrote, was expecting to be in Honol u l u i n M a y rn welcome a fifth grand c h i l d . he and her husband are both ret i red and do a lot of tra\' e l i ng , most recently to n a t ional parks in the 'ou th\\'e t . She con tinue to hear from Emily Cardell Hueston and Joan Hunt Ban field. . . Ronald Coe i a phy i c ian still ac t i v e l y prac t i c ing in terrnil med ic ine in arnden, Conn . He and his wife, Eleanor, ha\·e a married daughter who ha one on and two tepson . Tom Bu rke c a l l him elf a "pro fessional amateur gnlfer" and hi wife a "household engineer" and " l i fe ma ter bridge player." He play golf three ti mes a \\'eek, ,·ol unteer at hi HMO c l inic in to\\'n and loves cru ise . He ha crui ed to Montrea l , Quebec and can d ina\· ia and will be in the Orient for 1 4 Jay in October, when he hopes rn see Dana and Harriet Nourse Robinson. Tom has four

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Curresponden t:i: David and Dorothy Marson

on by tell ing you that \\'e j ust returned from a l 0-day trip w Israel. Ir wa, Dorn thy\ seventh \'is it and my fir t. Before \\'e left l

Correspondent: Mary Hall Fitch

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was concerned ahout o u r ,afety due rn the recent bu hnmhings and the rockets up north, but we were ne1·er in any danger and the trip wa� \'ery enl ightenmg and enjoyahle . . . . You do not ha\'e to ll'ait for the A l u mni Relat ion Office to send out a letter reque t ing cla,s news. J ust \\'rite to ei ther Dorothy or David Marson <lt 4 1 Wonds End Rnad, Dedham, M A 02026. This >ec t ion o f Colb)' i s o n e o f the fir"t that e\'eryone reads. We ll'i l l inc lude all the ne\\':i that + we rece i \'e.

Cnrrespondent: Robert M. Tonge Sr.

Haroldene " Deanie" W h i tc o m b W o l f , who

l i \'es at 2 1 Pippen Way, Morris town , NJ 07 960, is retired and recently bought a tennis v i l la in Vero Beach, where she spend two nr three month a year. he says she is currently unmarried and look i ng . . . . Leonard Warshaver and h is wife, Elaine, are also re t i red . They ha\'e six grandchi l dren , four boy- ( the t w o oldest a t Tuft a n d Columbia respec t ively ) and two g i rls. Leonard ays hi golf game has deteriorated, with a handicap -oaring like the stock market, and his tenni game i not as aggre si,·e, but otherwi.e he' doing well physically. He give his regard to all '49ers . . . . A class corre ponclent, I enjoy providing new ofcla· mates, but plea e he lp m out by rnntribut ing to the flow + of informat ion 1

1946

y fir t memory of our 50th reu n ion w i l l alway- be Betty Ann Riker and her husband, Roe Howel l , getting up for a 7 : 3 0 a . m . tee-off at t h e Waterv i l le Country Club. My econd vivid memory w i l l be Charlotte Carrington Jame on eeing her fre hman roommate aft e r 53 years. Charlotte left to go to nur ing school and hadn't seen Emily Holbrook Pel i sier until this J une. It was great fun in the dorm to ee everyone' name appearing on doors on mi cel laneou craps of paper. Pre ent were 3 1 member of our wartime cla s and an additional 2 1 gue ts, husbands, children, etc. We a l l shared meals a n d catch- up conversation in Lovejoy Commons. The meal certainly have improved; I fel t I wa a t a splendid h o t e l buffet. T h e lobster bash alone under t h e b i g tent w a worth t h e trip. Cloyd Aar e th and his wife, Joan, had set up a wonderful memorab i l ia d i play in the dorm i tt ing room. I t inc l uded a t u i t ion bill for less than 200. l understand Colby now c o ts 29,000 a year total. A t the award banquet, Jean O'Brien Perkins received a olby Brick for her wonderful work of keeping track of u and pur u ing u to keep pledging. At the Parade of Classes on aturday morn ing, i t was great fun to watch everyone march by and then parade ourselves through all the c lasses wi th applause resounding. Our reunion banquet in the Art Museum was very c l assy. Betty Scalise Kilham, our president, introduced President Cotter and his wife, Linda, and led us through a wonderful program. The superb video ofour war year at Colby was done by Cloyd Aar eth. If you would l ike to enjoy a flood of memorie , the video i available for 2 5 . Al o, our new c la picture can be obtained through the College for 6. Each of u looks healthy and happy. One of my high poi n ts wa the unday Boardman ·ervice in Lorimer Chapel . I am o proud when l ee the accompl i hment in someone I 've known a long t ime. Hannah Karp Laipson gave the addres and l was thril led to ee her in her profe ional role. l was also glad to ee the other partic ipant , a rabbi and a Catho l i c

p r i e s t , the Col lege chapla ins. Our reunion letter book by o many ofour cla mates was my late night reading and will be for year . Lt was edited by the great triumvirate, Hannah, Carol and Anne. Barbara Pattee Healey wrote a wonderful letter to us all. There i a lovely new Colby with all new rule , coed dorm , new b u i ld ing i n the future. But it wa the p l ace I began to be a real per on. I'm proud of me, my c las mates and the College where it all began. -Nancy J acob en

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Margaret rn i th Henry 1 304 Lake hore Drive Mas apequa Park , Y 1 1 762 5 1 6 - 5 4 1 -0790

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Virginia Davis Pearce P.O. Box 9 4 Grantham, N H 03 7 5 3

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Ann Marie egra\·e Lieber 7 Kingsland Court South Orange, NJ 07079 2 0 1 - 763-67 1 7

Barbara J e ffer on Walker 3 9 1 5 Cabot Place, Apt. 1 6 R ichmond, V A 2 3 2 3 3 04- 5 2 7-0726

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Edna M i ller Mordecai 1 1 4 5 Walnut treet Newton H ighland , MA 02 1 6 1 6 1 7 - 3 3 2 - 3 707 fax: 6 1 7-965-9 2 3 e-mail: M Mordecai@aol.com 1 95 3

Barbara Easterbrooks Mailey 80 Lincoln Avenue South Ham i l ton, MA 0 1 9 508-46 - 5 1 1 0 1 95 4

Bill a n d Penny Thre h e r Edson 3 2 5 3 Erinlea Avenue Newbury Park, CA 9 1 3 20 - 5 1 1 0 5 -49 -9656 1 95 5

J ane M i l lett Domish 9 Warren Terrace Win low, M E 049 0 1 1 95 6

Kathleen McConaughy Zarnbello 1 3 5 lduna Lane Amherst, MA 0 1 00 2 4 1 3 - 2 5 3 -3 00 1 1957

Brian F . Olsen 46 Washington Drive Acton, M A 0 1 7 2 0 5 0 - 2 63 - 9 2 3

Virginia Davis Pearce

ew frorn Chicago: J e rry Frank i the proud grand

father of triplets! One of his sons and h i daughrer- in-law had a girl and two boys, born in J anu ary. Lucky Jerry ha hi three chil dren and now fi\·e grandchildren all living within a m i le and a half of him. He recently v is ited Rona ( Kopan ' 5 7 ) and Bob Rosenthal and reports a l l i s w e l l w i t h them . . . . I had a n ice letter from Patricia " Rus t y " J ensen, who has retired after 44 years of teach ing-the la t 17 at the Uni\·er sity of Rhode I land, where he ha been honored with the rank of profe or emerita. ow she i a ful l - t i m e v o l unteer at o u rh County Ho piral in Rhode Is land, working in expre s care and as v ice pre ident of the aux i l iary. I gue we can't say you have real l y ret ired , Rusty . . . . J erry Baker is not about to ret ire, he writes from ew ]er ey. He is the general manager of a J apane e company's sub idiary and enjoy the world travel . H i family con sist of wife Peggy, three chil dren, two of whom are now married, and h i s 9 1 -year-old morn. J e rry p l ay tenni three t i mes a week and enjoy d i ranee biking . . . . Richard Arrnknecht I i e in Concord, Ma s . , and i retiring thi year but will con-

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tinue on the board of adn ors of his daughter Beth\ temporary placement busme·s. Dick \\'ri tes that he' planning ro attend War ren Buffer's annual rneetmg 1 11 Omaha aoain this year ince he h a d u c h a g r e a t t i me l a s t year . . . . Foster B r u c k h e i m e r write from Delray Beach, Fla. , where he's ad ju t ing to s i ngle life after the death of his wife, elrna. Hi daughter Eli :aberh i \\'Ork ing on her Ph.D. at Ander on C a n c e r C e n t e r in H o u ton , Texas, and daughter Ellen li\·es in Tucson, Ari:. , with three chil dren. Fo rer ha retired from work ing in the jewelry trade ro working in community affairs, uch as the Palm Beach County heriffs Of peak fice and condo board. . ing of Ari:ona, Charl ie '49 and I were in Green Valley, Ari : . , for the month of March and spent ome time with Beverly D e schenes L i b b y and her husband , J im , who own a home there. They are in Maine all um mer and Ari :ona a l l winter-the best of both worlds. Be\' plays tenn is about every day, goe- kiing i n Colo rado every year and enter enior Olympic wimm ing e\·ents. A you m i oh r gue s, be ide- her nur e' train ing, Bev has been a phy ed teacher ( in Portland, Maine, chool ). Charl ie and 1 also attended an Elderhostel pro gram near beautiful Sedona Ari:. This was our third one, and we've enjoyed them a l l . Tho e of you who have been to Elderhostel , let u know about your favorite . . . . Robert Bonner, of ewton , Ma ., ha retired from General Electric and keeps him elf bu y doing home repairs and wood working. He has three children and seven grandchi ldren and two hou e to maintain. I bet he's a handy grandfather t o have a round . . . . C h a rlotte S h o u l Backman and hu band I rvin also l ive in ewton. They ha\·e a on and daughter and four orandchtl-

dren. he \\T1 te that the ir \'llung est daughter d ied m l 9L 4 at the age of 2 -1 from a choking acc i dent. Charlotte keep;. herselfhusy taking cour es. doing communit\· sernce , fund ra1smg, etc. They ha,·e tra\·e led exten i\·ely and espec ially enioyed nm mps to Ru sia and one to China . .'\bout our da · · at Colby, Charlotte men t ioned enjoying the tea that Pre idem Bixler ho ted for us . • plea ant memorie .

Correspondent: Barbara Jefferson Walker

Here's hoping the reunion has stirred up a lot of rnern orie and therefore a lot of ma i l m yourcorre pondent. Bargain! You end your "stuff' in and I ' l l ·end 1 t o u t . . . . Keep your e a r alert for the ounds of Maury Ronayne, A lexandria, Va. , who as a ·en ior c i t i:en is rak ing \'Oice and piano Jes ons at a local cornmunin· college . . . . I appreciate contmu � ing to receive the "Atomic Vet eran " new let ter, courte y of editor and national commander Dr. O s c a r R o s e n . . . . H a r r y W i l e y has retired from Y EX. AT & T and the Maine T umpike Authority. He i no\\' a director and offic ial writer for the Mame port Hall of Fame as well as bein inrnlved w ith his church and condominium a soc 1ation. Joan ( Kelby ' 5 2 ) and Bob Cannell a \1·el l as Jack '55 and Anne Burnham Deerino ' 5 5 were among the celebrant at one of Harry' ret i re ment partie . . . . F e nton Mitchell. Roll ing Hill , Calif. , write that h e i i "founder, presi dent and o l e owner of C X a n d B United Corp., which i one of the l arge t promotional prod u c ts cornpanie on the We t Coa t . " Among t h e h ighl ights of h i l i fe s ince graduation, he ay , are "con rant per onal growth and development, be ing the father of

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fi\'e c h i lJ ren, a l l of whom turned out well, anJ ach ie\' i ng peace f m in d . " What he wants rn do noll' is to "keep bu i ld ing the company, tra v e l and �imply ra·re a l l the b e s t t h a t l i fe has ro g i v e . " . . . S y l via Fredette S c h u r i n , Rockport , Ma ., is a ret i reJ lan guage teacher and antiques dealer ll'ho noll' is studying o i l and ll'a tercolor paint i ng. 1 apprec iated her personal note reflecting on when we fir t knew one another as freshmen in Hedman Hal l . That fall of 1 94 7 ll'ith college looming ahead was a chal lenging adventure for rhe "shy girl with the fey ense f humor" that ylvia recalls . . . . I have ju t returned from yet an other adventure-this one taking me to Botswana and Deception Valley in the Middle of the Kalahari De err. Do endnews ofyourdreams and adventure to share with your + '47-' 5 1 classmates!

Correspondent : Edna Miller Mordecai

Thanks to those of you who have taken t he t i m e to write to m e , but j us t in c a s e it' getting harder to find the paper, search for the envelope, d i a out the tamp and run to the mai l box, here' m y e - ma i l addre s : M M ordec a i @ AOL.com ( I may not be profi c i e n t a t m a t t e r s I ntern t , but I w i l l an wer all m a i l as we l l a pas - along any thing you want to hare with your c las m ares ) . You may want to hare your own e-mail address . . . Peop l e who w ro t e t h is t i m e around seem to be fi n d i ng new ways to invest t he i r t i me. Fritz Zeigler write· from Ohio that a l t hough he' older and grayer, he' not notic ing m uch effect of aging. H e reports having ome success "mes i ng around" w i th thoroughbred rac ing. Russ Wallace, in M i l l Valley, Cal if. , say that he and wife K i t are "prob ably lowing down." ( Don't you love the probably ? ) From h is re ports it should read "probably not." They made t h ree trips out side of the c o n t i ne n tal U n i ted rate i n 1 99 5 t o p laces l ik e Ti ber and M ongolia. R u play a ro l e in th e P a c ific I n t e r c l u b Yachting Association. Thorough breds and yac h t , w o w ! Polo, anyone I . . . A rt White of New

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great way to feel 1 ( Actually I have that job ! ) H e teache ( half t i m e ) graduate students at the business chool at Boston Col lege . . . . I t m a y h e hard fo r you t o believe, but it is t i m e to begin to plan to attend your 4 5 t h Colby reunion, J une 1 99 7 1 Yourcomm ittee, Bar bara Bone Leavitt, orma Berq u ist G a r n e t , R a y K eyes, Dave Lyn n , Ben Sears and I , Eddi Miller Mordecai, are hav i n g fu n p l a n n i n g the e v e n t . N orma is planning a memorable v ideo, which w i l l req u i re the par ticipation of many. Look for more new of t h is. We'll be in touch frequently from now on with lures to tempt you to Waterv i l l e in '97.

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ur 4 5 th reunion J une 6-9 pro ve d to be a huge success. Sixty c la s members attended and we had more than 1 00 people at our aturday evening reunion dinner, i n c l ud ing former Colby fac u l ty members Don Koons, Bob Pullen and Ronie W i l l iams. Everyone who attended seemed to have a v e ry enjoyable time meeting with old friends and generally " sc h m ooz i ng " with each ot h e r . Thirty c lass members attended the pre-reunion get-together in Portland that was organized b y Bob and Jane Perry Lindquist. Th is event featured a wonderful harbor cruise on Casco Bay and inc l uded a delightful l unch at the Diamond Ed ge Resraurant on beaut iful Diamond Island. On Friday evening a t the a l l -College dinner, c las mate Warren Finegan w as honored with the Ernest C. Marriner Award for h i d istingui hed service to the C o l l ege over the pa t 45 year . The weather cooperated on Saturday for the Parade of Classes from the Student U n ion to the football rad ium, after which it was an nounced that over the past two year the Clas of 1 9 5 1 ha contributed to Colby in capital gifts and Alumni Fund d o na tions the grand sum of 2. 9 m i l l ion. Our thanks to all classmate who contributed and to Ern ie Fortin, our clas agent fund-raising leader. We were all mighty proud of that accompl ishment and feel fortunate to have so many classmates who care so much for our coll e ge . Our c l ass d i nner on aturday evening p roved to be the h ighl igh t of th e weekend with 20 "J u t-for-Fun" awards pre ented to c lass members for extra ordi n a ry accompli hment during their alumni year . These awards, which drew many laughs, were ba ed on indi vidual re ponses to the questionnaire sent out to all members of the c las prior to reunion. A summary of the e responses was prepared by Bob Archibald and assembled into a class directory that was d istrib u ted a t the reunion. The big surpri e o f our class d i n ne r evening wa the after-dinner mu i c provided by a j azz combo made up o f four cla mates: Bob Lee ( p iano ) , Fenton M i tchel l ( trumpet ) , John L incott ( sa x a nd k e y bo a r d ) a n d Bump Bean ( bass viol i n ) . Class officers nominated and elected for the 1 996-200 1 period w e r e Clifford Bean, president; Ernie Fortin, v i ce pre ident, chief c lass agent and Alumni Council representative; and Barbara Jeffer on Walker, clas ecretary. Thank to all who helped to make our reunion uch a ucces . Now let's all look forward to the 50th, which hould be even bigger and better.

-Clifford "Bump" Bean

Don' t tell us you ' re wait ing for the 50th. Our motto is, " I t 's too late to wait. Carpe diem ! " For now, please give ome thought to your part i c ipation in the c las gift . Sure, we hope for lot of b i g buck , but the percentage of par t icipation is a rea l l y cruc ial issue. ln the past, only 42 percent of us have contributed. J us t a l ittle ef fort will raise us over our 50 per cent target. When you hear from Dave Lynn and h is comm inee, do whatever you can to make the drive succe sfu l . The C llege will be tell ing u more about some exciting opportun i t ies for mak ing our gifts count ! . . . One of the ta k of the reun ion i n g classes i to try to locate m issing cla mates. We have a n umber of these, and l w i l l publ ish their names in lots of ix or so from now t i l l reun ion. If you k now the whereabout of J e remy Amott, J oa n A c h e s o n B ri dge , Lois Green, Ray Henderson, Harriet Clouter Horan or Howard Kent, please make contact and urge them to let the College k now of + their whereabout .

Corre pondent: Barbara Easterbrooks Mailey

J u t when I think there i l ittle new com ing my way, my mail box fills up. Elaine Zervas Stamas sent her notes too late for the last deadl ine and I'm sure thought 1 had left her out. In add i t ion to her duties as a Colby trustee, Elaine still volunteers her rime, as does her husband as chair man of the New York Phi lhar monic and many other board . he reports her granny-stand ing i now "two." he ha a new grand son to go with the first g r a n d daughter. . . . Bob Wulfing is now reti red and l iving i n W a l lingford, V t . , with h is wife, J oan. H is three chi ldren are on their own. H is on is a mini ter in Portland, Maine, married, with four daugh ters. H is daughter H o l ly wa chef to the governor of Georgia and now has a home maintenance busine s with her husband. Their daughter Amy is al o married. Bob i keeping h i mself bu y a a trustee of Pub l ic Fund in Wal l ingford, p laying a lor of golf, trav e l i ng and gen e r a l l y enjoying l i fe . . . . Marty Friedlaender'

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many fr iends will be happy to know that she' back home after several month in the hospital follow ing compl tcat tons from cheduled spinal surgery. You can write her ar 382 Cenrral Park W e s r = 1 4A , ew York, N Y 1 00 2 5 . . . . Mimi P rice Patten from ourh Harpswell on the beautiful Ma ine coa t wrote that her three children and four grand chi ldren were all together at Christmas '9 5 . M imi acquired, v ia the surgery route, two new body parts: a new hip and new knee. We will all ha,·e tO catch up to her next reunion . Last Sep tember he went on a cruise w ith Charlie W i ndhor t ' 5 4 , L o u Ferraguzzi a n d i c k arris ' 5 4 a n d their wives, a n d I b e t they all had a g r e a t t i m e . . . . K i t t y Webster Smith i n San Bernar dino, Calif. , informs us that he is a school bookkeeper for rhe Del Rosa Christian chool, where her husband i the administraror. He al o is enior pasror of Grace Bap t i t Church. K i t ty's fam i ly wa planning a family reunion in J uly on two houseboat on California' Lake Shasta ( they'd need all that space to accomodate four mar ried children w i th the 12 grand children ) . She and her hu band celebrated their 42nd anniver sary i n January. e ither one ha imminent retirement plan . . . . Alan Whittaker thanked me and the A l umni Office for including him in the Class of ' 5 3 . ( He' not ure if he' in the right class year because he plit t ime a t Colby, '49-'5 1 and ' 5 5 - ' 5 7 , due tO U AF dury. ) Alan i now retired as a hospital CEO and keeping himelf busy in real e tare. He and h is wife, Ruth, raise Maine Coon cats and do ome traveling around to cat shows. And having reared six children, they are now enjoying all the grandchi ldren . . . . My roommate, D iane Chamberlin Starcher '54 ( see profile p. 46 ) , rook the t ime t o phone m e from Grown, Mass . , on her way to vi i t her son and daughter-in- law out in Washington tare. I will leave the report on her trip up to her and hope to read about i t in her c las news . . . . I am sorry tO have to tell you of two deaths in our cla : Gilbert "Gil" Sewal l on April 8, 1 99 5 , a n d Robert Carr on March 4, 1 996 . . . . As

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NEWSMAKERS David Crocket '52 received a Johnson Hardy Memorial Fund Award from Lafayette College in Easton, Pa., for longe t con tinuous ervice to the college. . . . Philip Hussey '53 and the Hus ey eating Company of orth Berwick, Maine, were recognized by the Maine Coun cil of Churche for " the exemplary ethical and ecologically Max Singer ' 5 3 respon ible standards by which ten generation of the Hus ey fa m i ly have conducted their business i n Maine." . . . Max S i nger '53 received a 1 996 Uni ver iry of Lou isville Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order. Singer i co-author of The Real World Order: Zones of Peace , Zones of Tunnoil. . . . The cribner publi hing company has rei ued Hean Songs, a book of tories by E. Annie Proulx '5 7 first published in 1 9 . Proulx also i the author of a new nove l , Accordian Crimes . . . . Mabe l l e M c K e vett Grolljahn ' 5 9 was appointed vice pre ident of the Peterborough and Rindge, . H . , ERA The Ma iello Group real e rate office .

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aples, Fla., where she l ive with her bu band, John, a pilot/con sultant. J ackie, a tra,·el consul t a n t , ha t w o daughters a n d two granddaughters. Her question to c lassmate : "How about group travel for the Cla of' 5 4 1" Sounds l ike an intere t ing idea! Accord ing to J ackie, "being a French major in college has allowed me to make the world my oyster." . . . Philip Reiner-Deutsch i a travel c lerk for A m track Cu tamer er dces i n Lo Angeles, ha\"ing hifted careers in 1 9 7 3 . He man aged to survive a heart attack and sub equent coronary bypass and is coming back \'ery well. Ac cording to Phil, "checking out current level of hospital care i a revelation in i tself. Food not nearly a grim a the rumor mill would have it." Hi retirement tii:: "only do i t if you are ab o l u tely sure the t iming and the finance are right." When remem bering Colby, Phil wonders "how a m ixed-up b ig-c i ty k id was ever going to fit into the academic framework demanded of me." He would l i k e to ask cla mate whether there i "any re idual b itterne s left over regardino the abo l i t ion of fra t e r n i t ies and sororities . " . . . Lindon Christie retired from private/public edu cation in 1 9 79 . He serve a a l ieutenant colonel in the Maine air wing of the Civil Air Patrol and was centerdirector at Hu son College in Portland, Maine. He spends a great deal of t ime at h is seasonal home in North Brookl in, Maine. " till fly occa ionally in C- 1 7 2 , usually in Turner, Maine," he write . "Maine look awfully good from 2 , 500 feet." . . . Diane Lee Stevens Brown writes from Baker field, Calif., where he live with her hu band, Dr. Herman Brown, a practicing psychologi t. Diane i an artist and portrait painter who e oil and pa tel are all commissioned works. Diane plays tournament bridge and love

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to dance, wim, garden and help care for a 9-year-old grand on. The Browns ha,·e two orown daughters and a on. According t0 Diane, "we aren't retired yet, and I 'm not ready for it. We like to e n t e r t a i n and parry w i th friend ." Diane, who did not an t ic ipate moving over the whole country and finally settling in California, especially remember lot of partie , rudying play Imes for Powder and W ig, s mgin in every choral group, dance and writing long English major pa per while at Colby. he a k clas mates, "Hey, what' going on ? Doe n ' t anyone e v e r g e t t o California?-love t o e e ome of you." . . . Marcia Curtis i a re tired dean at the Medical Univer sity of South Carolina. he li\·es in Charleston, S.C., and summer i n Waterville Valley, .H. Marcia enjoy keeping in touch with many good friends around the country, including Beth Young Baker ' 5 5 , who lives with her husband in Boi e, Idaho. Marcia has experi enced arthrins and cancer. "My l ife i lower, more thoughtful and

weeter as I get older," she write . "hery day i a pleasure of keep mg up my friend hip , helpmg other and keeping inrnh-ed." Garden ing, exercise cla in the pool, educational con ulting, fi bing and some tra,·el keep her busy. Marcia' retirement t ip : "keep bu y . . pay attention t0 your health . . . eek out friend \\'ith a po iti\·e outlook on l i fe . . . enioy every day as it comes-look to the future with anticipation of ood thing to come." Marcia ne\'er expected to become a nurse and receive an Ed.D. in education he alway wanted to be a doctor, but, she say , "It wa hard in the '5 s for a woman t0 e t into medical chool." Marcia remem ber "the mall cla e , good fac ulty like Allen c o t t in biology who encouraged me-a phy tc teacher who rold me that women had no place in medicine-great t re s-happy t i me -life long fr iend h ip s and c areer goal unfulfilled . " Marcia asks if there are any alumni in Charle ton or + in Waterville alley.

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John R e i s � a n w r i tes that he and ll'ife J ane ( Da i h ' 5 ) ha,·e retired. J oh n ll'as w i t h La:aru s Department tores 1 11 Columbu , Oh i o , for 3 6 years and 11011' fi nds t i me tll \'Olun teer and tra\' e l . One rart i c u l a r trip to C ,ta Rica in J anuary was an ecology coun.e that had them s logging through the rai nfore t and j ungle . . . . Lou Zambello's alh- ice to u s all is tC1 "reach out and call" a long- lost c las mate, someone you enjoyed in years pa:it. " l t", a k i c k ! " he said. He am! ll'ife Kathy ( McConaughy ' 5 6 ) p e n t t i me i n Bend , Ore . , \' isiting friend and �k i i ng M t . Bachelor. Lou\ golf game ne,·er gets any be tter, but he'> "one lucky dude" becaw,e of fam i ly. friends and good health . . . . Karl and l m issed eeing Diane Reynolds Wright ll'hen we were in teamhoat prings, Colo., th i w i n ter. Diane l h·es i n M il waukee but spends wi nter i n team boa t . � he and h usband Dick take bik i ng trips around the U. and rec e n t ly b i k ed in I taly-a great ll'ay to see the country ide. A n intere t i ng ven t u re for t h is fam i l y im·oll'es

being ent rerreneur in European hard -cru t bread bakerie -our favorite kind of bread. Check it out when you're i n W i scons i n . . . . A q u i c k n o t e from E l l i e Larned Wescott a s h e ll'as go i ng out the door says she was on her ll'ay rn Beal'erton. M ic h .-a new adventure in her l i fe. She has her fir t rand c h i l d , Tamara. We w ish E l l i e w e l l a s she e t t l e · i n M i c h igan . . . . Da,· id ' 5 7 a n d Anne Burban k Palmer are oren ing a nell' Burger K i ng j ust off 1 - 9 5 on K M D in W ate rl' i l l e . Anne' ad,· ice f o r a n y one o f u s w h o is faced w i t h health con cern is to educate yourself about the d i ·ea·e o r cond i t ion. The i r s o n Todd suffered a e r i o u s head injury last summer in a motor cycle accident; each day is a learn i ng experience as she and Dave handle Todd'- recovery . . . . I t 's great to hear from you a l l . +

Correspondent: Eleanor Edmunds Grout

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capably occuried by Kathleen McConaughy Zambello. Good luck, Kathy 1 • • • Patricia Robinson Tucker wrote from Cam b r i d g e , M as s . , w h e r e h e is d i rector of award management and re ource i n formation, 1-lar \'ard U n i ,· e r s i t y . Pat r i c i a and h usband Stephen , an architect, travel frequentl y-"To France at least once a year," she write , adding, "my job also take me a l l over the world . " he h a s no plan to ret ire for a long t i me . . . . Sue Veghte Wilson keer busy with real e tate busi ness and ha an i nterest i n the � pec ial Olympics. Travels to Mex ico and Rome are hoped for, and sports-tenni , golf, sa i l i ng and k i ng-always keer Sue busy . . . . Harry and Lyn Brooks W e y l i \'e in H i ngham, Mass. H arry is semi -ret ired from i nsurance, and Lyn is an interior decorator. They are both bu y reople- Lyn i a hospice volun teer and Harry work on the har bor development commi ttee and t hey enjoy golf, s k i ing and boa ting. They have three daugh ters and four grandchi ldren. Two grandch i ldren are adopted from Korea . . . . I was ·o glad to hear frnm Bill Wyman, who l i ve in La Honda, Cal if. B i l l is head master emeritus, The Thach r

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he accolade are arri v i ng d a i l y-the verdi c t is i n . Our 40th reun ion wa super. Fifty- even c l a smate plus spouses, gue t and vi i tor from t he c l as es of ' 5 5 and '57 spent a memorable Reunion Weekend at Colby preceded by 6 5 of u conve n i ng earl ier at the Samo e t Re ort. The weather cooperated u n t i l a t u rday p . m . b u t nothing cou ld put a damper on the pecial camaraderie t h a t preva iled. There were many first t imers to the great del ight of tho e of us who c a l led and wrote to send encouragement to attend. The overwh e l mi ng consensus was, "Why d id we wait o long to return ?" Fir t t imers were Phy l l is and Charlie Brown, Loi Weaver N eal, Dick and Domenica Tranquillo Rainer, Bobbie Moore Parsons, ue Veghte Wil on, Bill Wyman, Peg and Dave Van A llen, Liz Ru ell Col l ins, Larry and Grace Mainero Andrea, and Kathleen Vogt. I f I m i ed omeone, my apologies, p lea e drop me a l ine. I 'l l be reporting in future column on reun ion a c t i v i t i e and encourage input from all i nvolved. A s John M arshal l h a s a i d , " W h y ru in a good t o r y for l ac k of a few fact ." We had re ponse from 3 7 c l a mate for our reu n ion memory book. I nc l uded are excerpt from baccalaureate and commencement p l u Profe sor ary' poem to the C l as of ' 5 6 ( 30th Reun ion ) . I w i l l s e n d a copy to anyone reques t i ng o n e i f a belated que tionnaire i e n t . Let' k e e p the new c o m ing, particu larly of those m i n i - reunion that are now b e i ng planned. Everyone who a ttended the reunion urely agrees that the Clas of '56 i i ndeed "ali ve and k ic k i ng." -Cathy McConaughy Zambe llo

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c hool, Oj a i , Cal if. , which he de cribe as a chool where a l l t u d e n t s m u s t c l ean up after horse a wel l as pack them. The theory: rak i ng manure i the be t way to keep out of w r i t i ng the i r Eng l ish papers. B i l l , who h a s re t i red, sort of, and b u i l t a home in Cal i forn ia's coastal mountains, loves to go pac k i ng in the ierra Nevada Range and keeps bu y w r i t i ng and researching the S ier ra and the West. He's al o in volved in helping c holarship programs and programs for i n ner c i ty k ids around the c o u n t ry. . . . Thanks for all your news over t he last five years. Au revoir. +

Correspondent: Brian F. Olsen

By now you've heard from c lass pre idem Sue Bean about the 40th reu n ion com i ng up in les than a year. "Forty for Forty" is our unofficia l slogan for the gathering, ince our goal is to have at least 40 c l assmates make the trip to Waten· i l le. The last one was a great time, and if we can get 40 of us to "reune" i n J u ne of '97 this one w i l l be even bet ter! There i s nothing quite l ike the c hance to renew old friendh ips and rec a l l old memorie from the not-so- long-ago ' 50s . . . . Fred Hammond wri tes that he' neari ng ret i rement after a career teac h i ng A merican h istory and coaching track a t Beverly H igh c hool in Massachusens. Fred ha been fi l l ing hi pare time play i ng the saxophone i n a concert band on the North Shore for ev eral year . . . . I received a n ice re ponse to one of the q uestion n a i res from Anne Schimmel pfennig Laszlo. Anne i l iv ing in Exeter, N. H., teach ing education course at Northern Essex Com munity College while proudly and happ i l y fac i ng the d a i l y chal lenges of being a single parent . Anne's flower garden provides olace and relief from both of the above . . . . It was go d to hear from Pete Husse y , s t i l l w i th the Hus ey Seating Company ( what a surprise ! ) and now the exec u tive VP. Don't call Pete f o r your new din ing room chair ; do call Pete if you are goi ng to open a new arena l ik e The U n i ted Cen ter in Ch icago, The Gund Arena

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write' about the truegle:, many of u are fac 111g a, 11·e become parent to our parents. ( The chal lenges of l i fe ne\·er seem rn di mi11 1sh, a_ \\'e mo\·e from one srnge to another . ) Eleanor keeps b u -y ll'i th her own 'imall bu-ine,,, ,el] 111g her drieJ flo\\'er arrange ments. J im and Ellie, 11·hL) h 1·e retired to peaceful Fit:wtll tam, . H . , hm·e four children and fl\·e grandchildren . . . . .Anor her hap pily retired c lassmate ts Eli Mar tin. He and Pat are j ust taking ir easy, doing some tra\·el111g and a little \\'riting. � !arty i · s t t l l in G lastonbury, Conn . . . . Th is 1s about a l l the space I ' m allo\\'ed, bur look for plenn· more ne11·s 111 the upcoming issues. Remember the 40rh-June 6- , 1 99 7 . l f you ha\·en ' t been back, you ' l l be

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fol ln\\' 111 Sertember. A.nn 11 a, a lwu,e11 1fe (, ir 1 3 year' and t«1r the ra:-- t fLlUr \ ear-. h,b been a bank. r e l ier. J i m '' a ret t rt•cl A. t r f,irce ptlut nl)11· in real e'tate . . . . In 1 99 3 Plwllis Hardy Peterson anJ her husbanLI. Dean. ,1 ret t recl b 1 nll)gy teachc>r. m , 1 1 eJ tn Green Cwe � �'ring', Fla. The ir daugh ter '' marr1eJ anJ reache' f1r,t eraJe 111 Ne11· Pait:, '.' . Y . Snn l\ 1 tchae l . alsn mamecl ( w a n e l ementarv ,chtiol nlll,tC teacher \ , 1 1 \·e, m \X'aten· i l le and wnrb for Kennebec Mental Health. Before mo\· 1n2, rhe Peterson, had I t \ ed 111 Belerade and 'Pent 'ummer:i there 1 11ce 1 96 ... . . . . Peg Sie brecht Steffensen i' a pn1te''''r of Ene� l 1sh l 1 112u n1cs ar I l l tntlt5 rate Uni\·ers� ty . H e r husband, Dale, is a profes,or of gene tics.

ama:ed. � ! aytfower H il l 1 < spec racu Jar, anJ 1·0Ltr l 1IJ frienJ, 11-;rnt + to �ee you '

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William Lochhead, whtl

spent one year at Colh·, became U111\·erstty of New Hamp ,hire '6 1 , but hi, Jauehter i' Su san Lochhead Yardley ' . he '' now pur·u ing her Ph.D. 1n p:,y chology. A son, J ay , 1s a graduate of RPI. W i l l iam had t1nlY one 1ob. Lochhead M t llwork Co. Inc. 111 Ne\\' Hampshire, unt il he re tired in 1 99 1 . . . . J im ' 5 6 and A nn Harding J a m i e so n l t \'e 111 Boil ing Spring, Pa. They ha\'e three married children and a fourth to

Credit Where Credit Is Due

loans to fledgling entrepreneurs and the self-employed.

Starcher ' 5 4 left Colby

One moti\·e for 1mpr0\·ing soc ial and economic cond i

wi th a degree in biology and

tions stems from

although her career has not

empha i:es -elf-reali:at ion, world un ity and \\·orld peace.

dealt

She and her hu band, Georae became acquainted \\· irh

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he ha

ought ways to im

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tarcher's Baha'i faith, which -he -ay

Baha'i in the late '5 s \1·hen his ser\'ice

ever

U . S . Army

Finance Corp took them to Orleans, France. Whi le rai-ing

tarcher, who earned

two ons, Loren and Bruce,

tarcher ha- held se\·eral admin

a certificate from the H ar

istrative positions in Baha'i, includ ing secretary-general to

\·ard-Radcliffe Program of

organi:e the 1 9 76 international Baha'i conference in Pari .

Busine s Admini tration in

he and George currently li\·e in Chambery, France, \\·here

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she leads Baha' i cla se for adolescent and i active in the

from Vermont College of

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European Baha'i Business Forum, a non-go\'emmental or

Norwich U n iver i t y in 1 994, currently is conducting re-

gani:at ion that gi\·es micro-credit loans to the needy.

earch on how mall loan ( a l o called micro-credit ) gi\'en to

"If \\·e limit our goals to materialism, we 11·ill ha\'e the

women entrepreneurs without collateral or credit hi tories

ame ocietal and economic problems we ha\'e today," she

can c lo e the gap between the wealthy and poor. ' Most of the [world'

said. "By sen·ing other- and the commun ity 1\·e become

] five hundred million poor, elf

employed people are women," he

aid. "In Africa, e ighty

more p iritually de\'eloped. " Starcher maintain regular correspondence with former

percent of the food i grown by women. A micro-credit to

Colby roommate Barbara Esterbrook

help women bring food to market can fue 1 economic develop

her whenever she's state ide. Oral exam and fini hing her

ment a well a improve the quality of their l i\·es. They have

ma ter'

a very low default rate and generally reinvest whate\·er profits

c la s reunion in 1 994, but

they real ize in the ir bu ine

making the 4 5 th in 1 999.

At a U nited

enterpri e and the ir familie-."

ation conference on ocial development

la t year i n Copenhagen, Starcher

poke about fostering

thesis prevented

lailey '53 and \·j it

tarcher from attending a 4 th he

ays she'

hopeful about

Starcher, who fondly remember afternoon tea w ith her

fir t-year biology profe or and paghetti picnic uppers with

women entrepreneur through micro-credit lending. In Feb

mu ic tudents at the home of Profes or Peter Re, has only

ruary he will join thou and of participants at the M icro

one regret about her course work at Colby. " H ad I knm\·n 1

CreJit

ummit in Washington, O.C. The summit' goal are

would l i\·e in French- peaking countries, 1 probably would

to bring micro-credit to 1 00 mill ion poor people by the year

have made e\·en more effort in my c la e in French language

2005 and encourage commerc ial lender to offer more mall

and civili:ation," she said.

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They have three children and five grandchildren. During the years they have done much trav eling, including two trips to China during 1 99 5 to do research with a former student. This summer they are to go to Finland, where Peg will read a paper at the I nterna tional As ociat ion of Applied Lingui t ic . . . . Phil Dankert is a l ibrarian at the !LR School, Corne l l U n iver ity, his wi fe , G inny, is a daycare provider, and they have three children. Phil sent along a pre s release about the Philip R . Dankert Park com memoration. I n September 1 99 5 " in recognition o fhis exceptional commitment to youth of the I thaca area, the park on Uptown Road, V i llage of Lansing was re named in honor of Philip R. Dankert. " Phil is characterized as the "patron saint" of v l u n teers . . . . ( William ) Ding and Betty Cooper Cochran overlook Skaneateles Lake, south of Syra cuse, N . Y . Their beautiful home was designed and built by their oldest daughter for her own fam ily; when they had to move, Betty and Ding bought it. They are both active in St. J ames Episco pal Church, the local h istorical soc iety and the enior men' golf group and have "tons of fa mily and friend visit ing." Each of the ir daughter has a son and a daugh ter. Betty and Ding are definitely l ook ing forward to the 40th reunion . . . . C . Lynde Palmer and his wife, Anne, have three ons, one of whom was Class of '9 1 . The two younger sons are still in college. The Palmers live in Yarmouth, Maine. . . P h i l G u i l e s is n o w retired s o he "can do important things . " Phil wa "an older vet" who l ived in the v e t s ' apar t m e n t s and d id n ' t mingle much w i th the "young sters" of our clas . He ha served a a trustee and currently is chair man of the board at Opportunity Farm for Boy , a residential home in New G loucester, Maine, for boys from dysfunctional familie . The G u i les have four children. One son, Ethan '82, stayed on for everal years as an assistant in the Geology Department . . . . N a t Adams, retired b u t t i l l a "roving editor" for Reader's Digest, ha been named d i re c t o r of the London-ba ed Re earch Founda tion for the tudy of Terrorism.

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He al o was appointed an advi sory member on the Organized Crime Task Force of Wash ingwn's Center for Strategic and I n ternat ional S t u d i e s . On a two-m nth trip to Asia and the M iddle East last fall, he looked into the international network that supported World T rade Cen ter bomber Ramzi Ahmed Yousuf. Nat and his wife, Anne l iese , a member of the A ustrian Em bassy' press relat ions bureau , have t w o "unbearable" dachs hund and are completing a log home in Ennis, Mont . . . . Larry La Pointe is a professor ofEnglish at the Univers i ty of Maine-Au gusta, has traveled extensively and publi hed articles. In 1 994 and 1 996 he wa listed in Who's Who Among America 's Teachers

and received an Annenberg KPB Grant. The La Pointes have four children and nine grandchild r e n. . . . Sandy Doolittle H u n t retired i n 1 99 5 from high school soc ial work, and now he and her husband, Bue l l , own a 2 7 -dealer ant iques shop in Wal lingford, Conn. Their daughter, A l l ison, a Colby graduate and profes ional singer, l ives w i th her husband in Connect icut. Son Skip is an ac tor and inger who also followed h i s m o t h e r ' s p rofess ion-he work in the psych program at Beth Israel Hospital in Newark, N . J . . . . I still have quite a few letters that will most definitely be included in future column . +

Correspondent: Ann Marie Segrave Lieber

Congrats w Tom Con nors, who has left Sweet Briar College to run a foundation at the UniversityofVirginia. Tom and J oc e lyn have moved to Charlottesville and would wel come vi it from classmates, both to view the university and to tour beaut iful central Virginia . . . . A n n e W o r s t e r and husband David restored a Portland, Maine, townhouse to 1 830s style. Ann co-edited Ruby , An Ordinary Woman, which has been well re ceived, and is currently at work on a b i ography of her own mother. . . . Carlene Price White manages to keep most of what she owns tax-deductible, i . e . , 1 3 9 animals including even Great

Danes and 22 mini donkeys. Rais ing animals for the movies and med ia can even allow for an oc casional trip to Germany l . B e i ng an e l e mentary school teacher affords Corinne "Tink " Batchelder Weeks the opportu nity to return every ummer w

cotland and England. Tink's daughter J ennifer was married last year. . . . I regret to inform you of the passing of Pat Walters Marier. Our sincerest condo lences tO Pat's husband, Bob '60, + and to their fam i l y .

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Carolyn Web ter Lockhart 1 70 County Road ew London, H 3 2 j 7 fax: 603 - 5 26-96 3 2 e - m a i l : tclockhart@aol.com 1 96 1

J ud ith Hoffman Hakola 8 Charles Place Orono, M E 044 73 207- 66-409 1 1 962

J ud ith Hoagland Bri tol 3 4 1 5 unset Blvd. Hou ton, TX 7 7005 7 1 3 -667-2246 1 963

Barbara Haines Cha e 1 73 Spofford Road We tmoreland, H 03467 603 - 399-49 5 7 1 964

ara Shaw Rhoade 76 orton Road K ittery, M E 03904- 5 4 1 3 207-439-2620 1 965

Richard W . Bankart 20 Valley Avenue u ite D2 We twood, J 0 7 6 7 5 20 1 -664 - 7 6 7 2 1 966

atalie Bowerman Zaremba 1 1 Linder Terrace ewton Comer, M A 02 1 5 6 1 7 -969-6 9 2 5 1 96 7

Robert Grac ia 295 Burge s Avenue Westwood, MA 02090 6 1 7 - 3 29-2 1 0 1 e-mail: Bob_Gracia@ brook l ine . mec.edu J udy Gerrie Heine 2 1 H il lcre t Rd. Medfield, M A 0 2 0 5 2

Mary J o Calabrese Baur 1 3 7 Lexington Road Dracut, MA 0 1 26 50 -454-9733 1 969

Diane E. Kindler 1 1 7 Alba treet Portland, M E 04 1 03 2 0 7 - 774-74j4

Corre pendent: Carolyn Webster Loc khart

What a great response to the late t que tionnaire! I receh·ed busine s cards with pic tures, brochure describino busi nes es and a lot of the word " retired . " Now see what fi ts. Nancy S hoemaker Dargie i cur rently l i\·ing in eneca, .C., \\'ith four off pring at home. he ha three other married daughters and five grandchildren to date. Twin sister Carol Shoemaker Rasmus sen has retired from teaching. . . . Peg Hibbard Miller wrote from Gardner, Mas ., where he i a real estate a ociate. he and hu band Don attended a hip commissioning in ewport, R . I . , l a t October. Ted '6 1 and were also there and wonder how many time we saw them and didn't know it! Some of you may re member when Peg broke her leo in a ski ing accident. he now gue e that he didn't learn a thing becau e she i till at it skiing, that i . . . . P. ( Pat ) Anna J oh nson is pre ident of Open Hand Publi hing Inc. in eattle, Wash., a company that publi he adult and children' book that reflect the d iver e cu lture within the U . . . . . Peg Jack Johnston live in Denver, Colo., and i a business broker and partner in an electrical ervice busine . . . . Dick Kenison wrote from Topham, M a ine, where he is a emi-

retired mu 1c teacher and band director currently teaching in strumental mu ic three days a \\'eek at the elementary le\·el and lm·ing it. . . . In t. Paul, 1 mn . , E l o i e "Didi" Camerer K l e i n 1 a \\Titing m tructor and consult ant and i also de\·elopmg a bus i n e s in \\' h i c h she t e a c h e s i l l u trated j ournal writing and storytellino . . . . Penny and Hen ry Lapham are remed in 1an chester, Mass. , but keep busy \\'ith many ac tiv ities in their commu nity and in Bo ton . . . . Larry Lathrop, retired high school prin c ipal, and \\'ife Donna li\'e in Falmouth, Maine . . . . Bob Le vine, a denti t in Welle ley, Ma . , writes that he has become an accompl ished scale model shipbuilder, with ome ofhi work on exhibit in the Bo ton area at the Constitution M u eum and Rowe Wharf Hote l . . . . Chet Lewis, a la\\'yer and a istant d i tric t attorney, state of M ichigan, plan to retire e\'entually but say "the pattern in the Deparrment of Attorney General is to con tinue working a long a the mind and body allow ( and ometime e\'en when the body is pretty far gone . ) " . . . Rebecca Hamaker Loose is a fashion coordinator living in Ephrata, Pa. he and hu band Larry own a farmers' market and auctton. They travel a lot, love it and hope there is time to see e\'erything on their l is t . . . . Bruce and C h ar l o t t e W o o d Mac P h e t re s re ide in c ituate, Mass. They are plan ning a Bo ton-Bermuda crui e w i th George 'j and Wendy McWill iam Denneen, Doug ' 5 and J udy Ingram Hatfield, Ted and Liz Boccasile Mavis and Debbie Wilson Albee . . . . From Fall Church, Va. , comes word that Pete Mcfarlane, retired U A F colonel, i now working for Delfin ystems, ha three chil dren l iving nearby and no grand children, plays hockey twice a

\\'eek \\'hen m tO\\'n, tra\ el a lot and look- for\\'ard to ret1remenr, maybe m Colorado or Utah . . Doug Mathieu remed from I B� 1 a n d mm·ed t o outh Harp-\\'ell, Mame, and mm the real esrate bu mes . He say it \\'a> a great change, and he \\'di be happy to help anyone who would like to relocate to the Mame coast. . . Sandra Myers Paap wrote from hore\\'ood, W 1 ., \\'here he is a psyc h o l o g 1 t for t h e p u b l i c schools . . . . Dick Peter on lh·es m Bryn Mawr, Pa. , and 1 CEO of M m � t, Inc . , an in urance broker age in N e\\' York City . . . . On a ·ad note, j ust before I senr this column off, Colby notified me of the death of J udy Miller Heekin on March , 1 996. J udy fouoht a lengthy battle with cancer. and our thought go out to her fam ily and friends . . . . I look forward to hearing from more of you during thi next quarter. Plea e don't feel that you ha\·e to wait for a que ttonnaire-your ne\\' 1 al + ways welcome.

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hope you will have ·een all of the following at re union and learned more . . . . Diane Scrafton Ferreira i still on the Big Island in Hawaii w i th her retired hu band, John, on a ranch with more than 4 animals. Smee she i till a professor of English at the Hawaii Community College, he commutes to Honolulu by plane. . . . . J anet Haskins Man daville m Portland, Ore. , i a writer and wa going to Australia before the reunion ( he was look i ng forward to e e i n g J u d y H o f f m a n H a k o l a and A m Eisen t rager Birk ) . . . . Susan Parmalee Daney and her hu band, David, a re earch engineer

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where Sue c an re turn rn teach ing. Their youngest daughter j ust graduated fro m c o l l e g e . Norm Macartney i n Beaufort, N .C . , owns a ceram ic rile busi ness cal led Ti leworks in More head City and is a member of the masters swim team of orth Caro l ina. He hopes -omeone knows how to find Bill Byers. . . Torn and Dorothy Boynton K i r k e n d a l l l i ,·e i n Potomac, Md., ll'here Tom rook early re t i rement from COM AT and now works as a con u l ta n t , wh ich allows them more t i me to v i s i t their camr in Maine. . . . The remaining respondents are in New England . Richard Gibbs wa- in the oil busine s and now has h is own company c reating indu try business deals. . W illie DeKadt Juhlin i an ESL teacher, and she and Thor manage a nonprofit youth la crosse c l ub for m iddle school kid . She had talked to Nancy Larkin Connolly, who had at tended a five-day national secu rity seminar at the War College in Carl isle, Pa. N ancy and her husband, J ohn, have just retired. . . . Scotty ( J ud i t h ) Macleod Folger has, in the last two year , been divorced, then retired , so she is 10\·ing being a "free agent" for at least a year before starring a new career, pos ibly in polarity therapy ( massage ) . he crewed on a 7 5 -foot chooner from Maine to Florida last fa l l and pent Chri tmas in Nepal with her daughter Phoebe. Daughter H i lary, a en ior at Stanford, w i l l attend grad school there. Scotty has visited J udy Chase and her husband in northern California. (I hope J udy has let Colby know her new addre s and name , since my records show she is t i l l single in Nepal . ) . . . Dick Fields changed jobs t o g e t o u t o f N e w York C i t y and i n o w enior V P ofDanecraft Inc. H i wife, Kathy, ret ired a VP of Federated De partment tore and bought a busine s, The Crafty Yankee. Dick's daughter, A l ison '95 , was magna cum l a u d e , Phi Beta Kappa and captain of the Colby women' soccer team . . . . J udy Hoffman Hakola w i l l take over the job as c l ass correspondent. Thank you for all the k ind notes along with your responses. I re-

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NEWSMAKERS for merly v ice president for aca demic affairs at the College of the Redwoods, was named presi dent of Diablo Valley College in Pleasant H i l l , Calif. . . . A. Mark G . Edelstein '68,

Correspondent: J udith Hoagland Bristol

Marshall "Buck" Lawton '62

is the new executive director of the Sharon Arts Center in J affrey, N . H . . . . R o b e r t S . Gelbard '64 was the subject o fa Mark G. Edelstein '68 feature profile in the Miami Her ald. The paper said Gelbard, the government's point-man on the battle against drug importation, is "Technicolor" in his profes sional style. Gelbard recently was elevated from ambassador to career mini rer, a top State Department designation . . . . Doris K e a r n s G o o d w i n '64 was e lec ted overseer at Harvard University . . . . Torn Easton '66 was promoted to adjunct profesor at Thomas College in Waterville . . . . Carl D. Glickman ' 68 , professor of education and chair of the program for chool improve ment at the University of Georgia, was gue t speaker at a erninar, "Educational Reform: Yesterday' Lessons, Today's Decisions," held at Colby in May . . . . Susan Wakeman Davis '69 wa named partner in the Gately & A sociates certified public accounting firm in Welle ley, Mas . . . . The Hartford Couranc profiled Rosemary Lung-Mei Shu Cleaves '69, president of Connecticut General Pension Services Inc. in Bloomfield, both for her busines accom plishments and for her volunteer work in the Hartford community, including the Loaves & Fi he soup kitchen .

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Members of the Class of '6 1 enjoyed a wild ride on the Kennebec River as part of Reunion '96. Pictured above are: Wendy lhlstrom Nielsen, Liz (Rowe '63 ) and Beverly Lapham, Diane Scrafton Ferreira, Claire Lyons, Sandy and Dee Ann Arens and Margie Chamberlain Davis

Bob Reinstein, who left

government serv ice m April 1 993 after 20 years, is ex ecutive vice pre ident for Wash ington I n ternat ional Ene rgy Group and has lived ince 1 994 in Rockville, Md. Bob served a U.S. deputy assistant secretary of state from 1 990 to 1 993, chief negotia tor on the U.N. treaty on global cl imate change and chief nego tiator for the U .N. treaty on ozone layer protection. Hi partner, Sa tu N urmi , is a lawyer in Brussels, where Bob also lives and main tains an office. He has traveled all over the world and says that maybe he will "retire in 10 years to teach at the univers i ty le vel." . . . Craig Malsch married in April 1 99 5 and moved to a new house on a canal in Venice, Calif. Craig is vice president of sale in textile printing and wife Barbara is in medical lab market ing. Craig's son j ust started at Van derb i l t and his daughter is a sophomore at St. John's School in Houston. The Malsches cruised to Alaska at the end of J une and take weekend t r i ps on their Harley-Davidson '95 Dyna Wide gl ide. Craig also enjoys playing with classic cars. . . . Cy Theobald is director of college guidance at the Kent School, wife Jean i an admi sion officer and their two grown son are in Kansas and New Hampshire. Cy retired as varsity football coach after 22 years and used one of his first free Saturdays to watch Colby beat Trinity on a last second TD catch by one of his former Kent captains. Cy went to Colorado on school business a while back and hooked up with Bink Smith and John McHale. . . . Garth Chandler writes that Bill Bryan '48 now is at the Maine Veterans Home in Bangor and suffers from Alzheimer's disease. I agree with Garth that all of us were blessed to have B i l l as Colby'sdirectorofadmissionsand endorse Garth's request that we write to Bill at the Maine Veter an Home, Room B 1 3 , 44 Hogan Road, Bangor, ME 0440 1 . My

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nu\\'>hoein,g, h i k 111g, b i k ing, golf alt Lake ity t> nearby for cul tural ac t i n tle> and rrofes;wnal ·port,. They im·1te Colhy friend' to look them ur . . . . After 25 year · in the , k i h u ine:. \\'ith HeaJ, Lange anJ Ra1chle, Henderson Colley i al o rerned. He ha- a wonderful ooal of 1 00/ 1 00/1 00, which mean;, 1 00 Jciys each of kiing, go lf and ten rns. W i th places in Dem·er. Vail. Vermont and Florida, he keeps mtwing. I s retirement bori n g ? He > ay s he\ "ton busy to work . " . . . Bruce Brown i · a h i g h school srec i a l e d u c a ti o n teacher 1n Freerort, Maine, \\·here he has been for 25 year.;. He'. al o heen an Englt h teacher, assistant prin c ir a l and coord inator of the gifted

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Bangor. Garth w a Ji agno ed \\'ith Hodokin'

d i >ease la t year hut

reports that c hemo r he ra r ) work ed, and he and Jud · planned to travel the northern U . . t h 1 summer . . . . B i l l Barnett i, a >pe cial inve tigatnr for 111 urance claims, and wife Marjorie i> an

emergency room RN at th e Lnwel 1 General Ho pital Trauma Cen

ter. Unril 1 99 1 Bill tra\'eled ex ten i,·ely throughout the U. . a, corporate director of safety for Omni Hotel . Bill i acti\'e in fresh and salt\\'ater fly fi hing and is an avid h ocke y fan. T h e y ha\'e t\\'o son . . . . Jim Bridgeman and wife Jean (Eielson '6 3 ) retired January 1 after Jim' 2 year w1th AlLtate. Their new home in Park City,

hat'

a philosophy

and water sport>, and

and talented prngr,1m. La,t 'Ulll mer he srent 'IX ,,·ee b 111 EnglanJ anJ cot land \\'Ith reacher'> at O x f ord and later \\'enr rn the Ed 111 h urgh Fe,rn·al, the Orkney' and the Outer HebriJes . . . . J ohn C hapman l l \ · e o; l l1 Brun ,,n c k . /I.la m e , \nth \\ '1fe A l l ho n . a miJdle ,cl1ool muo;1c teacher. � on Brian 1· a m u.ic i a n . daughter Ah1gal i· col lege hunrmg and son Joe 1 at Kent's Hill c ho nl . . . Brenda Wrobleski Elwell i< <till a national account m an a.ge r, ha,·111g sun·i,·ed three maim layoff·. Her daughter is \\'0tking on Wall Street, but h e r on i' entering col lege, ·o a lthough she '>ay<; the corporate treadmill i · ,,·earmg her out, he has tO ,,·ork into h er 7 0s ' Last year she and her son hiked Ari:ona and el\' 1'. lex1co and also made a Eurorean trir. This sum-

mer

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he rlannecl a trir to the

friend . . . . Plan, are unJenrnr t«1r nur 3 5 r h next J une . \Vhn 1\·anr' rn

he a cla55 offi c er m rer ? A 1w 1Je;h for a c t h·me, ' Plea-e !er me hear + from ruu.

Corre,rondenr :

Barbara Haines Cha e

I know rnu ,�·1ll he read1n!! rhi> h>ue ot C()l/J) 111 r he

I .1t at m y comruter, I 'iee daffod i l, nud J 1 11g 111 rhe \\'ood, and the , m a l l e · r o f bud , ar rhe t i p , l1f the tree branches-a \1·elcome >1 gh t a ft e r t h is endle.s \\'1nrer' . . . A, the owner of Wellesley Farm· Landcare m Wellesley H i l l ,, fa, . . Richard S harron abo \\'e lcnmeJ hear of m1d<ummer, hut a'

Looking Out for the CIA

After a call from Di ney Ad\·emures, a maoa:ine for kid-,

for in tance, he et ur CIA tra inino for the writer, "Mr.

pacifist doing in a place like

Ad\'enture . " Two pieces on the agency appeared on the

the CIA ? After 19 year with

Di CO\'ef)' Channel and another on A BC' Good iorning America with Joan Lunden. Holme says he' mo t rleased

the agency, Marjorie "M idge" Walton Holmes '63 ha no

w ith heir ing a Make-A-Wish Foundation child's dream

doubt . "The CIA i keeping

come true when the 9-year-old boy was u hered in to the CIA' inner anctum to do py ruff like wear night-\'ision

u out of war," she aid. Holme , who is deputy

goggles, take clande t ine photo

and learn the craft of

of trategic plann ing in the

di guise.

C IA's Office of Public Af

door of a cene in the mm·ie Mission : Impossible.

agency since 1 9 7 7 and re-

Marjorie Walton Holmes

he also arran ed the filming at the CIA' front

The agency encourages j ob rotation, ay Holme , who

'63

won a compet i t ive po ition in 19 9 - 90 with Maine

cently wa honored a o n e o f t h e 1 996 Out tandin Women

William Cohen. ("l wa n't suppo ed to

enaror

upply h im with

of the Central I ntell igence Agency. Until three years ago

informat ion," he exp lained. "I wa a leoislative a s istant on

Holme wa head of the CIA library, helping analy t "put

health care . " ) That led to a po t in the CIA's Office of

p ieces of puzzle together" and informing policy maker about

Congre s ional Affair pro,·iding new member of Con ore

what

going on at border or hot pot all over the world .

with information about the agency.

"Thi

important stuff for policy maker ,"

W ith three grown children, he and her hu band, Chris,

a id Holme .

"You've got to get it right. If something break in Bosn ia, we'd

better be on top. This j ob ha a lot riding on i t . "

covert . " Both that i , could go abroad openly and w i th no

The q u e t ion brought t o the CIA are different from tho e at a public library, ay Holme

� I delle Ea't ,md a ,.1,1t tnil :::i n 1 ,m

major and Quaker

fa i r , has been w i th the

•

whoeamed a ma ter' in library

c ience in 1 967 and worked a a reference librarian for nine year in Fairfax County, Va. At the agency, he said, 'It' 'Are

enior CIA offic ial, are "a tandem couple, overt, not

attempt at concealment. evertheles , he

till can't talk about ome things

the number of CIA employee , the number of women not even the pec ific language of the award the agency pre

the cattle dying of anthrax or i it biological war?"' The CIA library, for employee only, contain va t amounts of material

leader hip

on e c nomics, c ience and technology, he ay , and no fiction.

through the ir careers . "

ented her, althouah he ay i t wa gi\·en for " mentoring, network i ng, helping j unior people progre

he deal with

Holme a d m i t t h a t "you g i v e up a l o t of pri\'acy to come

he'

aware that a

here" but ays he's never regretted \\ ork i ng for the C I A .

public affair office in a c lande tine aoency i an oxymoron

" I t ' a great w a y to pre\ ent w a r , " h e aid. "And every day

but ays that what he doe i "not ju t infomercial . '

wa i ntere ting."

In her public affair posi tion Holme the broadca t media and Hollywood.

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'ipring, I ' m '-Lire. R i c h ard enj ny>

wnoJ ::-c u l p t u re , l a rge ahstrac t

h i k i ng, i' a c r i ,·e ll" i rh rhe

,hape' c a r\'ed from c herry, but

1 994- 1 995 Anmial Re/)OrtofCon cribwiom. I'm rel i e,·eJ to :,ee so

M a i ne in 1 964 as "<i run-do\\'n touri t " and ha n't changed h is

[1( 111 a l Weather , en·ice and t he

ternut and p i ne . H e abn wri te:,

A m e r i c a n M e teorologi c a l Snc i

many peop le add i ng their sup

poetry anJ is a c t i \'C i n the men':,

port to our dear old ;i l m a mater,

Yorker, remembers th ink ing o f tare,

ubject rn th

vagaries of

ety a' n w eat h er oboen·er anJ 1:,

mo\'e me nt . Ed , who is a member

many w i th ext remely generous

i m· o l \'eJ \n r h hi::- g o l d e n re

opin ion ;,ince then . Hi fa,·orite

of the 3 5 th reunion c o m m i ttee ,

trie\'er, B i-;mnrk, i n pet thera�'Y

g ifts. l t '

s<iys thi s w i l l be the first h

commerc i a l : Peps i '

ar nur ing homes. He i� a l sn i n

mrended , hut as the son of a

a lso a pleasure to <1 11 -

saga of the

has

nounce t ha r our nephew ha, c ho

olhy

sen Colby ( h a,· i ng fa l l e n under

. . . P h i l Choate, a l ifelong M a i n e

the infl uence of our onn Andrew

res ident, doesn' t remember h a v

gnldfi. h flushed doll'n rhe toi l e t .

reresteJ i n h i rel ing and travel ed

::-tudent and the parent of a Colby

w i t h the 1'. l a,,a c h usew. A ud u bon

student i t ':, about t i me he jo i ned

'90) and w i l l enter i n the c l a5 of

Suc iety tn A l aoka i n 1 99 3 . T hi >

i n g a percept ion of t h e s t a t e when

i n a reu n i on c e l ebra t ion . . . . Pen

2000 . . . . Charles Fallon, after

we grnd u a r e d a n d ad m i ts h e

man c l a i m :, to be "h<1ppy, healthy

Will iamson \\'ri te' that h i

son,

sel'cn years as a fin;inc i a l ad,·i ·nr,

and a c t i \' t� , " and i t sure sounds

h<idn ' t trave l ed m u ch. "Today I

J o , h u a , i s t e a c h i n g t h e <i t e r at

found that he missed being in

thar ll"<i y 1

Owen Mark Sand-

t h i n k it i a great place to l i ve · i x

Bates. H e also reports eei ng Al

school with c h i ldren and teac h

erson and h i s w i fe, Freda , <i prop

months o u t of 1 2 , " he a i d . "Eco

C a rv i l l e r e a c h i n g � k i i n g <i t

ers. H e i. noll' t h e princ ipal of a

erty m<in<iger. l i "e in CLwen try,

nom i c a l l y , Maine i h urting. But,

ugarlo<if on ll'eekend:,. l heard

residemial school for emotion

when I weioh my choice , l do

that A l had ret i red from Han

ally Ji t u rbed c h i l d r e n . "Th is

l i ke it here. Ir can get cold, it

e x c i t i ng pos i t i on i 1wolve

• • .

C,mn . , where Mark i

an a t tor

ney. H e enj oys golf and i 1west ing in srncks and bond:,. The , <ind

naford.

Way tn go ! S a i l i n the

the

rn mmer, ki in the winter. 'Ti a

design of therape u t i c program

nows every now and then, but c r i m e is low, peop l e are friend ly,

ersom rec e n t l y t ra,·e led rn E u

good l ife . . . . Ralp h K i m ba l l ,

for c h i ldren aged 1 0 - 1

that hope

and we don't ha\-e rornadoes."

rn p e a nd rhe l-l<111·<1 i ian l l<imls.

c l ao. prei,iden t , wou l d l i ke <i l l to

fu l l y r e unite them w i th thei r fami

He a lso reports that h e is "gener

. . R ic h ard Varney is fac i ng the

know that Renai sance '9 ! is

l ie<; and com m u n i t i e ," he wrote.

ally g ai ni ng-in personal rela

c h a l l enge of b u i l d i ng <i new bu;i

c n m i n g to Colby in J u ne 1 998.

"We plan to deoign model pro

t i onsh i p and i n weight , " and he too \'Otes f r the Pepsi comm er

for

ne's at a rime when 'iOme of us a re

That'

contem p l a t i ng re t i re m e n t . H i :i

reunion, :,elected by t h e pl an

gram� that w i l l reduce the <imounr of time c h i l d ren spend all'ay from

c ia l s . He a l o urged me to l i ghten

b u s i n e , , , T h e C h <i n g e C r e :i t

n i ng c o m m i t t ee a t a meeting in

their home . " H e <ilso reports that

u p on my d i s l i k e of the t i re and

G roup, I n c . , a h um a n r e ource

W<i l t ham, Mass . , on April 20.

one on , Abrnham , i a j u n ior at

hahy c o m m e rc i a l s . . . . L i n d a

m a n a ge m e n t c on s u l t i n g fi r m ,

Twent y - f o u r ,·o l u n teer. met and

� k i d m ore a n d a n o t h e r , B e n

Spear Elwell h a

sta rred i n 1 994 mid , h reports, i s

a p po i n t e d t h ree c o m m i t t e e s :

d o i n g w e l l s o far. R ic h ard ' w i fe ,

t h e m e , chaired b y Ann Bruno

j a m i n , is a j u n ior at a magnet c h oo l i n R o c h e · r e r. . . . Ted

F l orida, and her v iews of M a i n e are m i s t y: " I ' v e a l ways l oved

the theme

\)Ur 3 5 t h

m o v e d to

Don n a , i a hosp i t a l \'ll l u n teer i n

Hocking; publicity, chaired by Ed

Malley says he's "sti l l flying

Maine a nd

Morri:,to w n , N .j . , where t h e y l i l'e.

W i n k l er; and g i ft , c h a i red by

Wel ls Beach ince l wa- 1 2 so l 'm

The V<irneyo enjoy \"<Kationing in

George Swasey, our c las:, agent.

spo t t ing tuna and swordfish" and last year got i n two months in

Berm uda, app<ire n t l y often . .

Renais"ance

Tuni i<i and two in the Bay of

prej u dic ed and love the beach area . . . not too knowledgeable

Fran Jones Vitaglione i s coord i n a ro r of t h e Disco\'ery Room ar

fun t i m e for <il l . If you would l ike

Fundy.

about other part

to help, please g i ,·e Ralph a call at

defen eman on the B.C. H igh

Love M a i n e l o b s t e r , c l a m s ,

tate M useum of Natu

508- 7 5 5 - 1 8 7 . . . . Bi l l and I en

champ ions hi p ream i n the first

c iences. During the Christ

joyed watc h i ng spring come to

schoolboy

beac he <incl peop l e, n o t nece <irily in that ord e r ! " he reports

our nell' home. We are ,·ery busy

h i p <it the new Fleet Cerner i n Bo ton. Daughter K a i t l i n i 1 5

the N . C. ral

mas and

ew Year" holiday:,, :ihe

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promi e:, to be a

uper 8

·tart i ng

hampion-

ummer

of rhe stare.

he's gain ing more un hine and exerci e and go l f and lo i ng more weight i nce she can get o u ts id e

and her husba nd, Tom, ,·isi ted

working outdoor

\'ia H<ill"ai i-their younger son ,

damage done by construc t ion to

, andro, a t h i Peace Corps a · ign

the land urrounding our house. Ba ically we'reencouraging th ing

free: i ng my posterior off in some

to grow-plants, that is, not black flie�. Plea e keep i n touch. +

rink long after the rest of you are

t h e i r par ents going to Disn�y

struggl ing through your one m i l e

World . . . . Karen Knudsen Day

ment i n Thai land.

ays, " I t

w <i the trip of a l ifet i me l " . . . J im Westgate is a teacher of Eng l i h <i

to repair the

on Teddy wa

pent

t h e I n t e rn a t i o n a l

chool in

Bangkok, Thailand. H e sen t me an article, publ i h e d in a parent a u x i l iary newspaper, t i t led "Twen

Corresponde n t : S a r a S h a w Rhoades

m o r e. Her fa\'l)[ite ad i the one about the c h i ldren t hi nk i ng of

. Bill

ay she's ga i n i ng on t i me to ki

Pollack responded to m y "What

and los i ng companions to go ski

walk in

e c o n cl l a n g u age and of

cros:, - c u l t ural communication a t

and Greg b 8 . "That's righ t , 8 yearo old ! " he say . " I ' l l s t i l l be

t. A ugust i n e . " .

percentage of your c h i ldren are

i ng w i th.

financ i a l l y i ndependen t ?" by ay

fr�m the J 960 as "a afe place to support the experience of experi

i ng 1 00 percent and then adding,

h e remembers Maine

menting ll' i t h becoming a re ·pon sible ad u l t . N owaday i t i s r i l l

l ' m a l i t t l e fragmented a I

"Your quest ion rea l ly hou l d be,

write in late Apri l . Both

val i d for ra i ing my own son , com

of an A merican Teacher and his

Dusty and I lo t our fathers w i t h in

'When doe paren t i ng end ?' The real answer i appare n t l y never.

Vietname.e

t wo week· of each other thi

'Financ ially independent' i a very

pared t o Cal ifornia [where they

ty-six Years After: The Reun ion tudent . " I r isa mo\'

i ng accoum of J i m 's ret u rn tO the

mon t h . A l ong ll' i t h all the ser

rel a t i v e c o n c e p t . " . . . l ' v e re

spen t a lot of year ] . However, I 'd

town where , as a volun teer for an

v ices and memorie

vot e for mov i ng from w i n te r

i n t e rn a t i o n a l o rgan i : <i t i on , he

gathering , w e became suddenly

c e i ,·ed t he fir t four re pon es to my n e w q u e s t i o n n a i r e , t h e

raught hoy

a w a re of the i n e v i ra b i l i t y of

" 1 996-9 7 I nformation Cen us."

from 1 966 to 1 96 , the h e ight of

c hange. Our l ives now need to be

John Brassem w r i te , " ] am gain

M ay are l ong, brown, m uddy + months." Amen.

the American war. T h is A pri l

restructu red, but we have n ' t fig

ing i n recogn i z i ng that t i me is the

J i m p l a n n ed a n o t h e r t r i p t o

ured out how. Meanwh i le , l i fe

m o t i m po r t a n t c o m mod i t y I

Vietnam . . . . Ed Winkler, a

and eve n t

march on. It was a

have. In tead of be i ng a driven

n e i ghbor of m ine in Claremon t ,

pl ea ure to see how fa i t hful our

busi ne"s man, I ' m spe n d i ng more

cla · ha been in contribu t ion to

t i me ' m e l l i ng the roses' and e n

I n c . a a private cons ult a n t . H i

the

ollege in the recent pu b l i

joy i ng l ife." I n respon e to m y

a r t i t i c talent

c a t ion Accepting the Challenge ,

q uestion abou t M a i ne, he, a N e w

.H., i

C O L B Y

in the loc a l school

e l f-emp loyed a t W i nk are

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Corresponden t : R ic hard W . Bankart

N ew news: Eric Beaver stock, enior oftware en-

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1966

re-reunion at the Samo et: the 18 or so of u that met at the amoset in Roc k land, Maine, ·tarted nff the um mer with renewed friend hips under blue skie at a wonderful location. On Thursday, l l of u-, teed off on what Golf Digesr rates the seventh most beautiful golf course in the country, and it certainly l i\'ed up to it b i l l ing. Friday ·aw repeat round of golf for ome while other took the boat trip ro Outward Bound Camp on H urricane I s land. There they participated in Outward Bound team build ing exerc i::.e,. Oddly, hortly after our departure, a local new ite m reported a udden local hortage in lobster·. Once on campus, our number · wel led to more than 40 cla mates who made at least a v i i t to Colh· d uring Reunion Weekend. I f you haven't been back to Waterv i l le lately, you al most wou ldn't recogni:c the school . The trees and planting have all matured, and the ne' educational and cultural fac ilitie · are impressive. The campu is more beautiful than ever. Significant event included Meg Fallon Wheeler being presented a Colby Brick, the first in our c la�, to earn thi honor. Meg wa rewarded for her tire le ·upport of the College and her lifetime dedication to the field of education. aturday 5 K race in 1 9 : 3 7 , blowing off ome anonymou youngster from the Class of ' l . In fac t, the Class of '66 wa impressi\'e, with Dick G ilmore placing fifth, Fran Fini:io 1 1 th, Larry Eck le 1 2 th, Laura Holmqui t Tara 1 4th, nos ing out new hu band and new cla president J ohn " 1 90 pound, of White tee!" Tara, who wa 1 5 th, Linda M itchel l Potter at I th and Sue Spencer Ebinger and Debbie Angl im H iggin tied at 20th. Not only d id the c lass make a great bowing in partici pation, but had this been a cross country race, the Cla of '66 would have outscored the balance Front (from left) : Deborah Anglim Higgins, Susan Spencer Ebinger, of the entire field. Brian Shacter and Linda Mitchell Potter. Back: Dick Gilmore, Fran As new clas president, John Finizio and Larry Eckle. Tara promise a goose in every pot, while Fran Finizio, our new cla VP, promi e to try to keep John away from the gee e. (John's a hunter, don't cha know. ) Natalie Bowerman Zaremba will a ume the dutie of cla ecretary and correspondent and Mary ue H ilton Week will ucceed Stu Wantman as c las agent. Stu fini hed out his amazing 1 0-year tenure with another trong performance, enticing u to donate another 2 50,000-plu to Colby. Other intere t ing new t idbit include the fact that the Cla of '66 t i l l holds the a l l - t ime record for highe t rate of part ic ipation and large t turnout for a 2 5 th reunion. How many cla e can report that f our member traveled all the way from Wa hington tate for their 30th reunion ? More important, and omething I'm ure you'll hear more about very oon, Colby w i l l be Ii ted in the next Barron' Elite 4 5 , the 4 5 be t educational ins t i t u t ion in the country. Colby rated number one in tudent ati fact ion. We all benefit by thi improved tature even now, and it i gratifying to know that Colby continues on i ts route to excellence. Cla s of '66 reunion attendees included Beth Peo Armstrong, Ken A tor, Wes Barbour, Garry Barne and Gayle J ob-on Pain ette, George Cain, Katherine McGee Chri tie-Wil on and husband David, Betty ( Savicki '6 ) and John "Daisy" Carvel las, ally Leighton Clutter, Pam and Gil Congdon '67, Larry Eckel, Fran Finizio, Ed and Lynn eiden tuecker Gall, Dick G ilmore, Carol everance G lenn, Deborah A nglim H iggin , Pam Harris Holden, B i l l and Ruth Loker Ingham, Lea Kouba, Rick Lund, Pat and a l Manforte, L inda O'Connor M c Donough, u an ( Brown '65 ) and Frank M usche, Len Nel on, Ed Phillip , Lee '67 and Linda M itchell Potter, Phil Proulx, Joan and B i l l Rynne, Brian hacter, Chri tina imp on, Karen ( Day '64 ) and Bill now, am and ue Ebinger pencer, John and Laura Holmqui t Tara, Donna ( Kievit '6 ) and Bob Thompson, Pete and Linda Buckheim Wagner, tu Wantman, Mary ue H i l ton Week and "Whizzer" and Meg Fallon Wheeler. -Rus ell Monbleau

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g in e e r a t C r, 1 , t 1 e l J l nL . t n l\ Ltnche,rer, . H . , \\"ih n,1med "l 995 PP! peNin ,)f the W<tr." ( EnJle,, 'pec ulat ll'n , ,n rh.: po' > 1 hle ongm, .: md 1 mpltc ,lt 1 < > n' nf PPl are nm1 tteJ , hut fe l 1 , n\· t ec h 1 e ' ll' d l figure th1, nut tn , 1 n ; t n , 1,ev nnJ . ) H e al'u rep,1rr, 'r<1rl lng ,1 n ew hu me", _ 1mpl 1fieJ Com puter : , e m ' I n c . , fnr ll'h 1Lh he Je\·elnped some ne11 1 m e 't mc n t trackmg nft11-.1re f11r WmJnll''. La't · ummer he anJ El i:aheth tra\-eleJ 111 lre l a n J , :cntlancl . England and Wale,. H e \ al,,1 nn the hoard of r ru�tee' ofh 1.., c h u rc h i n Hudson, J . H . The ir daughter graduated fwm U H in J une '9 5 , P B K and magna c u m l a ude 11 l l h a d ual degree in Engli. h-journal1sm and psychology. Eric ll'as <1 math major at Colby, an A TO . a member nf e\\'man Cl u h , Po\\' der anLI W ig and Math Cluh and managerof \·arstty basketball. Eric arrived at Colby in _ ept '6 1 from a:,hua, N . H . ( ince he 1\'a' the on l y one to respond to the l,bt request for ne\\'s, you may detect some padding in this column. H i nt, hint . ) . . . A call rn Lew Krinsky brought new' that he \\'as host to a col lege fair in Hous ton la t April. There t' grmnng interest in Cnlby in Texa..,, he ays, due to the gloll'ing report' in the pres and positi\·e feedback from recent area graduate . La,t J anuary, Lew hosted a dinner for Houston area fo l k s fea t u r i n g Pre s i d e nt C o t t e r . L a t e r , h i daughter, L i : Corter, a n d f o u r U p \\'ith People ca t members were Krinsky house guests when Li: and her choral group put on e\· eral concert . I n May, Lew' daughter Lauren was married and daughter Dorey graduated from U of T exa . . Your corre·pon denr will be in Prague a you read thi . . News from the p<tst: Bucky and Anna Owens S mith'' on N athan iel graduated from We·t Point w i th the c la - of '94 . . . . Leah Aranovich reports t h a t h e r o n Z a c h a r y is a t Dartmouth, cla of ' 9 7 . ometime i t a l l come together: Denis Carter writes he i "watch ing my adul t children rai e chil dren who are healthy, happy human beings and knowing I have contributed omething very pe c i a l to the next generation . " . . . R u s and Karen Jaffe Brown aw their daughter, tephanie,

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gr;iJu<1tl.' tmm K e nyon C , > ll c t.: e m '9 1 a, < \ 11 Engl i,h ll1<1 J l lr. , < l l l G re gnr)' fnllmved a t K e n ynn I ll '95 ll" t t h tn<lJl >r' 1 11 pn l n ic1 I 'C ience and m m 1c . . . . For th u , e of ynu ll'r t t m g 11ut col lege chccb: an n u a l ch arge' are t u t tilln $ 1 , 2 50, rnnm · 100, hn � i rJ 45L\ " c k ncs' and accident 1 11,urnncc : 2 2 , ' t u dent acm· i t i e' fee 2 4-$ 2 ,046 ( tcxthl>lib, 'LIJ�pl 1 t':,, hea nte,, per :,nn a l expen-ic::- <l r<: in add n 1on ) . Wel l , 11erhap, I ' ve g 1 m e t1111 for h ,1 c k 1 1 ,046 nf t h 1 , ; 1 m o u n r 11''1' Jue 1 , epr '6 1 fnr n u r fi r,t ye;ir nn the h i l l . . . . Ma Tripp b hark ing " '' '1gn,-n,1 e a r . " Y1lu hat·c fi n1 , h e d Alic<? Through che Loo/rn1g G las� ' . . . H a i l , Col h )' , H a i l i + CnrrespnnJen t : Russell N . Monbleau

You knoll' ynu are gemng old ll'hen \'nu J U't can't ;,rnnd penplc ll'h1) arc in rnleranr. . . Thi' hemg my la::-t col u m n , I have run through the record, to ,ee holl' cl me tn tn)' or1g111al oh1 ec t i n: I got. Over the pa>t ftl'e year>, hetll'een the column!> in the maga:ine and the annual c la;,, let ter:,, J ' l'e re p ort e d nell"., nf 1 54 of the 3 3 6 name!> nn nur c la;,� I i'it ( 30 ofth.em haJn ' t heen heard from in the previou-, fi,·e- 1 O year, ) . , ome hnw, I had t h i:, 'ill)' idea the1 t l 'J ge t m cm ·e r 80 percent (lr more of the clas;,, hut I gue;,;, fil'e year; j u;,t i;,n't enough t i me . . . . Dr. Charles Rabeni has heen 11wi ted h y the New Zealand National l n :- m u t e of Water & A t m o !> p her i c Ltd. to attend meeti ngs and col lahoratc w i t h mher cienti r' to exchange re:,earch and design and exec u te field research i n ri l'er re; rnrnt ion. Charlie wa!> ·elec ted for t h i. proje c t Jue to hi.., unique re search in 'tream ecolog)'. I on l)' found out ahout i t becau e Jane Farnham Rabe n i , m e n t ion i ng Charlie'· mode ty, sl irped the ar tic le i n to t he ret u rn que<;tion na i re. T h a n k s , J a n e . . . . The U n i ver i ty of Lo �t i \' t i le held a memorial concert for Dr. Randa ll Holden ' 6 5 , late hu,hand of Pam Harris Holden. The program , h e l d la r _ e p r e m b e r 3-whar would ha\·e heen their 29th wed ding annt\'ersar)'-includeJ m u sic h y Bernstein, Verd i , Col t rane, , c h u hcrt and others and read mg from _ hakespeare, e.e. c u m m i ngs

R;rn dy \ ' 2 6. li fe l, m .l! deJ irnr ion and a cc n m 1�\ 1,hmenr,, in the ll'nrld uf m u,ic ll"ere c e l e hrat e cl . A c ha i r in the North Rec ital at th e u n i l'ero i t )' a l > 1 1 h a , heen ded1c1tcd in Randy\ ;rnd bther WooJ

memory.

. David

" Dee"

E rd m a n \ U J' C lrn1 i n g t r i p t o

A l r1,ka cnn n i c r-, ll'i t h o u r 3 0th

reuninn, and he re .� ret> that he wi II n11t he ah l e to attend and rene\\' 1 lld <lC q u a i n ta nce!>. Dee i'> the dean of a d m i>'itonc and en rol l ment ;it Rol l i n, Col lege in W i nter Pa r k . Fb. He i:- abn the d i rector of the Fou ndat1(1n of Ex c e l l e n t c h n nb, a n o n- p r1 i fi t ur g;1 n i :at ion t h a t rn i ;,, e ;,, :,upport fnlm foundminn> and ind1\·iduab to imprn\·e the qual i ty nf puhlic educat ion. ( :n who\ helpin,g t he lou'\' ,ch11l1 b ? ) He t\ al:,11 a con ;,, u l rant for i n d e pe n d e nt 'chonb. Dee and , U><lll ha,·e j u:,t c e l ehrated their 3 0th ll'eJding ann i \'er a ry a n d h a \'e a da ughter, Lind>ay, 1 2 . Dee and L i mb ay me golf p a r tn e r-. . . . . Janna Vaughan K a s a rj i a n recen t l y e a rn e d a m aste r\ degree in Engl ish a'> a second language. She reports that her 11lder daughter j ust completed her m1·n ma!>ter's degree and that her second daughter ha, a h ig ll'edding coming up in the next . Barbara Ac kerson year. M c C l u r e wa t o m a r r y B o h Vogler, her b u ines partner, o n M a y 2 5 . They ha1·e purchased a nell" hnme in Ridgefield, C m n . . . . B i l l Snow j o i ned Barher Fonds in Portland , Maine, a> the VP of human relat ion:, . . . . Erik Thorson repLlrt that the major event i n h is l i fe over the past year ll'as j n i n i ng AARP. Please. . . . In a s i gn o f t h e t i m e , K a r e n Riendeau Remine rook an early ret i remen t package from N YN EX and ha. heen h i red back a a con >ultant. he also h a earned t he t i tle of docent for the taten Is land Zoo, where he is a certified rnhhit and g u i nea pig handler. ( Karen a b that you not laugh , and I hel i e\·e I need to add no editorial c o m m e n t!> h e re . ) . L i nda ( Brook ' 6 8 ) and J ohn P e r k i n s r ec e n t l y c e l e b r a t e d a b ha t i c a l w i t h tra1·el J oh n ' through the U K , tudy at Oxford and a m:le on the Orient Expre s. . . Frank Neal and wife tacey were part of a group that new to China l a t ummer and combined sight eeing with adoption. The

ea!, nn\\' hal'e a I 3 - rn o nth - l I d dau.�hter, A n Fei, m e a n ing "safe fl i g ht ," whn is r ep or te d to b e happy , 1 11 good health ::ind sh,)11' i ng >ign; of d evel o pin g a good ;,ense of h umor. . . . After man\' y e a r ' of ' e a rc h i n g , C l a u d i a F u ge re Finkelstein �ucceeded in fi nd i n g her h i r t h m o t h e r i n Montreal, Canada. S h e a b o has d 1 scm-ered twu half brnther>, a n iece, a n ep hell ' and aunt and uncle. Claudia\ journey 11·as the suhject of an extensi\·e <irt tcle in the Pon/and Prcs.1 Hnald. Connie Day prm·es that there are > t i l l gain t n he made in l i fe, even at uur age. he report> that as the c h i kln: n ha\·e gone out on their oll"n, <>he ha.., hecnme the primar\' hreadll' mner again. " I t ha., heen my fa t e to fi nance one husband's education, one hushand\ incor poration and one h usband's re t i re m e n t , h u t h e )' , t h i o n e cooi<s 1 "

•

N a t a l i e Bowerman

Zaremba ha!> gracinu!>l\' accepted

the re pon,ihi l i ty of cla corre 'pc mdent f or the next five year>. I t h m, heen m y plea!>ure t o serve you, an d I tru;t you w i l l all support N a t a l i e as she rake on t h i s t a k . . . . W e are !>tart ing tn reach that point where we have too much room 111 the house and not enough in the med i c ine cabinet. + Beot wiohe .

Corre pondent!>: Robert Gracia and J udy Gerrie Heine

J oe Candido, profe,sor of

Engl ish at the Un ivers i ty of Arkan a>, has recen tly p ub l i hed a t e x t e x p l i c a t i n g t h e ·ubtlettes of hake pearean drama. J oe was considering a t tend i ng o u r 3 0th reu n ion if h e cou ld arrange a d ifferent date for hi yearly trip to the home of The Bard, where he teache a group of g ra d u a t e t u d e n t s . . . . M a r t y Gl iserman, a ·ociate profe ·or of Engli · h at R u tgers U n iver i ty, has publ ished Ps)•choanalys is , Lan giiage , and the Bod)' of the Text

( U n iver i ty Pre of Florida ) , a fasc inating study exam in ing the pre ence of the body as the core phenomenon of the novel. . . . Bill Vanderweil wri tes that h i son Peter was a fre h man a t Colby as he fol low in rhe foot tep of B i l l and wife Cathy ( McManus

'6 ). They l i ve i n H i ngh a m , Mas . , where both are act il'e in c o m m u n i ty affa i r . . . . Susan Monk Pacheco and h u band ]<time l i ve in Dayton, Ohio, where they practice med ic i ne. I n their prec ious spare t i me, they work on their brick Colonial hou e, ll"h ich, according t o u a n , needs some med ical attent ion. In J une her daughter, r istina, gradu<ited from Colby and her on, Ben j a m i n , g ra d u a t ed from h i g h schoo l . u an ha j u t completed two year as c h ief f raff at C h i l d ren's M e d i c a l Center in Dayton and ha heen teach ing ped iatric re idents and med ical tudenrs at Wright tare Univer s i ty Medical c hool . . . . I n Cape El i:abeth, Maine, Dick Lemieux con t i n ue in hi pract ice of oral surgery. After a period of adj ust ment fol lowing the di olut ion of a 2 5 -year marriage, Dick reports that he recent ly spent 1 2 day aboard a 1 00-foot boat in the Red Sea with eight other c uba divers. The di v i ng has led to a new hobby, underwater photograph)'. When not div i ng and ea kayaklng i n Casco Bay, D i c k find t i me to play an occasional hockey game-for in ranee, the a l u m n i game a t Colby, where he teamed up w i t h former mates Paul Cronin and Lee Potter . . . . Caroline Kresky

i nform us that her law fi rm, B ra n c h , P i k e and G a n : , ha merged w i t h a Florida firm, creat i ng an organization with nearly 500 attorneys i n th ree states. Caroline continues ro practice in A t lanta, spec ializing in commer c i a l l i t i g a t i o n and prod u c ts l iability . . . . Clemence Ravacon Mershon reaches and t i l ls the soi l in Pennsylvania, where her o n , Andre , skipped h i sen ior year o f h igh school a n d i a dean' I i t rudent at Edinboro U n iver i ty of P e n n y l v a n i a . C l e me n c e 's daughter, Claire Helene, i al o a top-ranked tudent. Clemence traveled to southern A fr i c a a couple of years ago and al o took a 1 0- tate tour in the rates on behalf of a Quaker organization. he reports that the venture were eye- pening regarding differences in think i ng about ecology, oc iol ogy and t h e o l og y . . . T o m Watson remarried in December 1 994. Hi w ife, Karen, has a dauohter, Kri ten, 1 6. Tom ha t h ree c h i ldren: Katherine, 26,

o\ L , \• '

W i l ly , 2 5 , and Bnnn te, 2 l . Be

\nth ht' \\'tfe, 1 1an, a ,ch,1,1l ,, ic1al

!!rrnnh n f a true lllllldle 'ch,1, i l .

-ides being a Colhy 1wer,eer, T,1m

\\'llrker. and their four c h i ldren ,

He anLl h 1 , \\'1te , Jo\, ; 1 h 1d1 ,ch,,, , j drama n 1ach, han . > nhn·cd >ll1LI .in.'

L.:. .

i a la\\'yer m W t l ton, Conn . . . . lf

age, 5 rn

you need a real estate a t wrney 1 11 the an Franci,co area. look ur

.1 bu,me�s exec u t 1 ,·e 111 \\ "h 1 te

. Thoma Rippon.

John O 'Reilly. He write' that he'�

an o,·erseer of Colby. Tom ha,

ne,·er been married but enjo\'' the

three chikiren-r\\'11 aclult' and .1

freedom and great soc ial and c u l

l L' \·ear ,1ld. . .

,::' p nng', ra . , ha, been app11inted

Danen, C,m n., ,en·e, ,1' \T 11! finance for a comrany that 1\·a:

year for recreational trn,·el and ,o

,,1ld by K11Lbk and b,1ught

far ha· been to 5 7 counme:,. He\

h·

c l .i , ,e , ,u c,,Jh nll >rc-. 11·h1ch 1- pr1 1h,1bh .i g," ,,j 1,ie.1. ) L1ur1 'd'' 'he Saturcl.1Y

.1rn

\ Cf\

n-e'

bet\l t'en 4 .mcl 5 ,i . m t\ 1 !.!c t r.1nc•cl

, ,n her " ' 'rhl.1\ ,m,I rel 1 l'' 1111 T.11

ma J <' r < l l

Chi .mcl tre;1d m 1 1 l m1rk1 1 u t ' . her

Emer,,1n

take- a six-week ''aGHton e,·ery

t u r a l acti,·it ie - m t h e c it\'. He

l \ R L• E

e n J Ll\' 1 11 !! c1md11 l i fe \ n 11 \'<Hd ,1·,1rk ! ) . Th e 1 r LL1u!o!hrer Kn,ten 1,

a ,, i p h n nHi r e

te,·e \\'ard of

� T

ac un g

nl lege 1 1 1 s,,,tLln, and

Jenn ifer 1:- ,1 fre,hman ,Janee m<l + ]"r ar NYU.

rl'd Im!! , ,f P<ll'tn , .md thL·

I, n e

,1 nd -u pp11rt ,,f h e r h u - h,1 11.I . \\ ',1,·ne, t<l mamra111 her rl11,1c .1 I

;md em1 > tl l•n.il well be111!! . She al'l' rt>pnn- pr1iudh- the h1rrh l lt

_annf1, I nc . H 1' fam 1 h- mcludes

Curre,rnnJent:

her !!r<mJnephe\I , C<1111wr �l a x

a c t i ,· e \\' i t h Z e ro Por u l a t t o n Gro\\'th a n d t h e F b a r a::.,oc 1a

"·ife SanLh· and children

Diane E . Kindler

\\'ell Fenin, named fnr her f.tther.

tion. [,·en \\'tth that bus\' ,ched u le, he \\'Ork out at the club four

g o l d e n re r r i e ,· e r s . . . . \Vr i t t ng

�

te,·e

I \'. Chris and K 1 m berh· anJ n,·o frn m

� t a m fo r d , Co n n . , J a y

. . . J u dy Holden \\ ' ra y rq'urt' Cheri

titham White

l i\T' lll South r,1rd,md.

union is in the rlairning stages. Be

S a n d a k a n d h i s \\' t fe , l\ ! a r y S o m m e r , a r e la\\' partner> a t

sure to keep your calendar open

Sandak. Friedman. ancl .::- 1 1mmer,

for J une 6- , 1 99 7 ! The comnrn

"·here they ,lea! \1·irh general l i t 1 -

tee will be meeting again on �ep

ga t 1nn, exc luding c nminal la\\-.

net ther her add res:- n11r her ,pnu,e nllr her pride 111 her t\\'ll chi ldren,

tember 2 in Bo-ton, and "·e indte anyone \\'ho'd l ike to a s t t

The\· ha,·e three b,1ys, age, 1 4. 1 3 and 1 L\ whn are m ,· o h-�d in 'inC

drl\·e i n the 'ummer 11f 1 995 1n a

times a wee k! . . . The 30th re

to contact u- o that ·ou can be kept po-red about the meeting location.

o far, the plans inc lude

tam m

\ 'ermont.

at the

that the kicb are quick!\- outpac ing their parents . . . . Last \'ear

coast, a "Hopeless Open" golf and tennis tournament, a BBQ at John on Pond on

awrday and a

video for the class d mner. Please out your boxe- from the attic and plan to end along whate\·er

-chool. but they \1-ere extremely bu y establishing a ne\\' school.

you find to a id u - \\' i t h t h e

Wes gate Christian :\cademy, in We rnn, Mas,. As of February

orry to hear

that Jean P h i lson Som mers 's bu. band pa ed a\\'ay in May 1 99 3 after an extended i l l ne -s .

he'

t i l l at her j ob at Coopers & Lybrand in Wa)11e, Pa., and ha · aoreed to help the comm i ttee make call t cla smate about the reunion. Her dad i

-rill i n Oak

land, Maine, o she plans to com bine a v i - it wi th him and the re u n io n. We aoreed that -he hould ask h im alono to be part of our cla

ac tivitie .

Correspondent: Mary J o Calabrese Baur

Lee Urban is now exec u ti\·e director of Peabody

� -+ -foot U - Haul 1nth trailer \\'i1' fun but une,·enrful, c1ther than ::-lime funny bu;;ine,, 11·ith >eltne

t-- 1ary and George Rideout offi c ially became "empry ne ter·" a t h e i r younge·t, Ke,· i n , left for

v i d e o ! . . . We're

D i l len and Lm. Her crn,::--c11untry

Trip' rn Park

C ity and \'<'huler ha,·e rro,·en

1 ai ne

She repL1rt' that �he ha' ch.meed

cer and \\'eekend ,ki rrir, w t he i r \\'inter hL1me at Brnm ley l\ l11un

the pos ibil ity of a "pre-reunicm" amo et on the

h1 ine, ;md b the rnnc 1ral at an

dcmen rnr\' ;;chool 1 n Freepurr.

has returned to teaching math ;lt The G u nnery, a o nec t ic u t rrep -chool. �he l iws m Wa,h

;

sion- and is also chairman of the elders at We,rgate Church . . . Betty Savicki Carvellas 1- kert bu. y -erving a pre-idem of the

laude. _ he c,1nr inue' rn enJO\' her \\'Ork a' d i rec tnr of the rarlm L 1 bran· 1 11 [,·ere t t , t-- la'' · · a n d 1,

plannmg a t r i p to J a pan .

,uhiect ,,f a feature arttcle m the Harrj(irJ Cu11ram in \\'h1ch ,he

reople 111 neecl. R,1,eman·, the pre,idenr nf C,mnecr1cut Gen eral Pen,1,1n : en·ice" a d 1n,iLm ,1f C l G :\ C,1rp. , i, de,cnhed a, helping CL1rp11rate c l ients "turn m i l l ions into b i l l ions . " Through her membership 111 ::: t . Jame' Er1,

CL1pal Church, ,he ha> been 111 ,·oh-ed 111 a number of chanrable

Laurie K i l loch H a m i l ton. \ iggins, \\'ho really kno\l·s ho\\'

once a month to be d 1smbuted a,

\\'eek as a leader of the devel11p ment of competition rolic ies and dereoulation of the telecommu

teach full t i me. he \\'rite · that her good friend and mentor, Jane

1 11 l i fe . . . . Debbie \'an Hoek

Abraham f1111,hed her t-- 1 . B.A. . at B a b , n n C11 l k g e , m a gn ;1 c u m

ington Derllt \\'ith her hu�band, Da,·e. Her t\\'O c h i l d ren j u st grad ua ted from c o l l e g e , � c on from Lafayette and Karen from

to fil l out a c las- questionnaire, i \\'orking about a : i l l ion hour · a

ational A --oc1ation of Biology Teacher_ a \\'e l l a contmu ing to

der' \1·har mn't m,H ter' t<' .lnd 1\·ornc, our c la"mate, ,H tht' nme

\\·a. recogn1:ed a, hm·ing qu ietly 111>ptred nther' tLl pronde fr1od for

dri,·e nff 11f a c liff am·,1·a)-. usan Magdefrau \\ erkho,·en

c h 1 lclren are 1 9 .mcl 1 4. J u,ly 1n1n

for Cheri , "'ho note> that .1 l

c e r t a i n "Thelma and Louise"

receh·e state licen. ing. George run two foundations, �hair m �

gre,H �-+ \ e.ir'

Rosemary Shu Cl ave s \\'<b the

quality, she really d i d n ' t \\'ant w

s i x . Much \\'ork \\'as needed to

polH b i rc h t re e in Bn : e m a n , l\ lont. Let', j ust >a\' t h a t l\ Ime l S i x no longer lea,·es the l ight nn th ,1 ugh rhe trip may ha,·e lacked a

1 996, ir enrolled children from pre·chool to grade one and in eprember \\'ill expand to grade

that 'he ha- had

\\·1th her hu,[,.ind. H;1rn . The i r

prnJects. On her O\\'n m 1 t 1ar l\·e she began making 2 50 bag lunches the e\'ening meal for renple eat ing at a local SL1Up kitchen. Se,· eral grnups ha,·e follo\\'ed her leaJ and begun ro conmbute the1ro\\'n lunches to the k i tchen. RL1�emary, "·ho l l \·es in We ·t Hartford with

he describe ·

her hu::.band, Tom, and \\·ho,e

Abbott, is a pa -r president of

her \\'ork at AT&T \\' i rh a mall

ABT and a '4 1 Colby grad. . . .

group of economists and analy.ts 1\·ho \\'ere the architect. of the

daughter, Rebecca, i at Bro\\'n, descril: e her effort- a: an attempt

nication · industry.

Chri Austin Barbour \\'rites that rheir daughter, Karen, is a fre -h

Telecommunications Act of 1 996 the most excit111g of her 2 7

man at Goucher College in Balti

more, and that makes her think of

years in the industry.

he gh·es

to maintain balance m her life: "You ha\'e w factor in the hungry. Then you come back and have w rake care of the \\'ealth." Wise \\'Ord from a ,. ry accompl i-hed

the c ol leoe experience from a

cred it to the Co lby economic

for people in the ad,·anced rage of H I d i ease. He manage op

b rand n e \\' p e r p e c t l \' e .

fac u lt y, e·pecially Hooendorn, Breckenridge and Cox, for much

c las mate . . . . I hope your sum

thinks more highly o f Colby than

eration

e\'er. . . .

tewart Armstrong of

of her \\'Ork in ouiding telecom

forme a new oroani:ation to pro

Concord,

. H . , ends new- of a

munications into the free market.

good oarden - and oood t i me:. + Plea::.e stay in touch.

v ide home health care to tho e with A I D who t i l l l ive in their

differenr job. He' nmnhe prin i-

( Whar l remember from econom

own home . Lee

exc ited to be bringing about the

House in Portland, Mame, a h me

at the home and ha

hares his l i fe

pal of a 5 -

chool, \\'here he'

mer ha· been full ofgood \\'eather,

aturday morni ng. \\' ith

W il on Brown. They don't have

.o\ l..i G L :' T

l � � b

C (l L B )

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L \ R l� I

The Seventies Correspondents:

1 97 9

who grnduared from

Rohert K i nney

rhi

2 9 l I Ed,geh i l l Dri\'e

A lexandr i a , VA 2 2 302 - � 5 2 l 70 3 - c 3 6 - 4 2 2 7

1 97 0

he recen t l y earned

her doc t orate in i n:,truct ion and

Tha r ' a rnugh road to f o l lL1w f o r

c urric u l u m leadership. Congratu

t i l l in h igh

la t i ons, Debora h ! . . . I do have

"Little B ill" Aldrich

more response · , but I don't have

i :, a ve teran of rhe I n ternet. In

mme roo m , so yo u ' l l have ro t u ne

:,chnn l . .

EPA M A I L E PA .GOV

6 6 0 2 Lnch H i l l Road

lege in Bate;v i l l e , Ark. Deborah wri re; that

whn w i l l be a j u n ior ar Duke. t h e i r :,on, who i

e - m a i l : K I N N E Y . RO BERT@

S te\'en C l i n e

k i d mnre

year <md a t h i rd daughter

Ba l t i more, MD 2 1 2 3 9 - 1 644

fac t , he and two parmers ha"e

in next t i me to ee w h i c h c l ass

e-m a i l : cal l a h a n9w@ao l . com

founded J acqu ard

ystems Rc

mate I c<in embarras; the mos t !

�earc h , a company that re -engi

There h a s been o m e i n terest i n

1 97 1 J a me� Hall' k i m 4 5 Locu�t

rreet

Corresponden t :

neers legacy :,oftware. ( ounLb

p u t t i ng together a Class o f 1 9 70

Steven Cline

i m pre � i ve . I ha\'e no idea wh<1t

e - m <i i l d i rectory. I f you're i n ter

t h a t meam ! ) ln h i:, spare t i m e ,

ested, e - m a i l your e - m a i l addres

A t r l ebnro, M A 0 2 7 0 3 5 0 - 2 26- 1 4 3 6

l t a c t u a l l y happened . Ph i l

B i l l i an a\' id ou tdoor man who

rn me at m y e - m a i l addre s and

Norfleet c a l l d home 1 H e

has ,k ied rh rou,gh the Pem ige

we can mai l everyone's e - m a i l addres; to everyone ar t h e ir e

1 972

re1x1rt:, frnm S a n Diego t h a t he\

J a n e t H o l m G e rber

was e t W i lde rne-; w make a m id

al ive and well and work i ng w i t h

1 1 1 08 Broad Green Dril'e

w i n t e r ascent o f Ow l s H e a d .

J a c k N i c k l a u s ( ye s ,

Potomac , MD 2 0 5 4 - 2 0 2 1 3 0 1 - 2 99 - 6 2 40

1 97 3 Margaret M c Part l a n d Bean R R 7 , Box 2 7 9 5

the

Jack

N ic k l a u s ) i n developing golf

r he great Norrhwe t that :,he re

Stu Rothenberg, phone home 1 +

courses a n d resort co m m u n i t ies.

cen t l y "re t i red" ( a r least for a

Phil keep · i n touch w i th "Big

w h i l e ) from her job at M icro oft

Bill" Anderson , who, accord i ng

to spend more t i me w i r h her w n ,

to Ph i l . l i \·es in M assach u;etts

a m , 6. Chris managed a h i gh

A ugusta, M E 04 3 3 0

bur >pend much of h i - t i me tra v

end developer trai n i n g g ro u r .

e l i n g around t h e co un try shoot

C h r i s \ h u�ba n d , Chri

ing wonderful phorngraph� . . . .

c ar r ie

hel ley B i e r inger R a u 1 2 3 H tel Road A u b u rn , ME 042 1 0 2 0 7 - 7 8 3 -0829 e-ma i l : rau@ma i ne . c o m .

1 975 a n Weidman A nd erson 806 Partridge Circ l e Golde n , CO 8040 3

38 H u n t> Po i n t Road Cape E l i :abeth, M E 04 1 0 7 207 - 76 7 -066 3

1 977 44 A pp l e ton

rreet

M a n c hester, NH 0 3 1 04 60 3 -64 7- 7 1 2

Th is is my last art i c l e , w r i t ten ju r before o u r

while Chrb is learning how to

2 5 t h reun ion.

weave and enjoy i ng being a fu l l

update book i n c l udes so muc h

ince the re union

Ann McEwen , l e t t i ng me k now

t i me m o m . . . . N o t qu i re a s far

i nformat i o n abo u t many of us, I

of the arrival of M ichael M c Ewen

west i> Clare Bonelli. C l are and

thought I 'd end my ten u re a cor

Thomson on M arc h 7. M ic hael

her h usband run The Old Benton

respondent with anot her k i nd of

weighed i n at a healthy l I l b . l S

P l ac e , a bed - a n d - b re ak fa t in

o : . M o m , Dad and older brother

onoita, Ari:. 1 h ave the brn

the t i me that were our day on

J a m i e are proud as can be. I n

c h u re if you 're i n terested. Clare

Mayflower H i l l . H ere's the play

add i t ion t o c a r i ng f o r h e r new

is the

wor k i ng on a re t a i l

rem i nder about the t h ing

and

!erk of rhe local e l emen

l ist for the first '67 - ' 7 1 mu ical

tary schoo l d i:, t r i c r gove rn i n g

retrospec t i ve being c rea ted to

board, on w h i c h s h e ·erve w i rh

help set the stage for the reun ion.

wor l d wide market . ( By the way,

another Col b i a n , Fo ter Dru m

This is t he Love

ong

e ct i o n .

i fanyone e lse i n the c l a :, is t h i n k

mond ' 5 2 . . . . J on Weems w r i tes

( Other theme; i n c l ude

u n an d

i n g about g i v i n g b i rth , pl ease

from w i l d and wonderful We t

Rain

note: t here w i l l be an award for

V i rg i n ia, where he has been ar

P l ac e

newe t mom or dad at our n ext

h i " temporary" j ob nn the ta ff nf

Songs, and of course Prote t and

We · t V i rgi n i a U n iver· i ty' · Core

the Counterc u l t u re

The bad news is rhar the next

A rbore t u m for the past 1 8 year

joy r h i s b last from rhe pas t , and as

reu n ion i

h e affer P e n '

reu n io n . Th at ' s the go o d news.

Le:, l i e A . R am�ay

many e - m a i l message; came from

c a t a l og u e for

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Harris,

on a r M ic rosoft a l one

Corre:,ponden t : Na n c y Hammar Austin

One nf the moot i n tere t i ng of

o n , Ann i

V a l e r i e J nne Roy

i m p le , isn ' t i t . .

We've found P h i l Norfleet, so,

e - ma i l : :::k4 1 c@prod igy.com

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ma i l addre se .

. . C h r i s Crandall e - m a i l s from

ong ,

ong abo ut Peopl e ,

a n d G e t t i n g to Them ong ) . E n

wh i le h figure our what he wanrs

al w ay,, B e Brave. W i rh Love,

far, A n n , you 're in the lead . ) . . . I

to do w i t h h is l i fe . J o n and h i

Nancy.

feel honored that Jean Macali ter

w ife, Donna, des igned rh e i r own

( M oody B l u e ) , " H e l l o , H I to"

i n the year 2000.

. . " Eyes of a

h i ld"

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Royall sent me her first respon e

home on the shore of Cheat Lake,

( opw i th Came l ) , " H appy To

N ic hola' Lev i n ro w

in 2 5 year . J ean l ives w i t h her

and he serves as rhe com modore

gether" ( Turtle- ) , " Reach O u r ,

1 02 0 1 Fore:,t Grove Drive

r h y :, i c i a n h u;ba n d , J o h n , i n

of r he H og Wal low Yac h t C l u b .

I ' l l Be There" ( Four Tops ) , "The

R u msen, N .J . The Royal l s h a ve a

. .

Deborah Thu rlow recen t l y

R a i n , the Pack and Other Th i ng "

d a u g h ter wh o grad u ci red from

r ro m o t e d t o d i re c t o r of

Princeton in 1 99 4 , a daugh ter

teacher educat ion ar Lynn Col -

i l \'er Spring, M D 2090 2 - 3 949 30 1 -6 1 - 3 3 2 7

C l) L fl \

A U ( � L' <.. T

I Y 9 6

(

ow · i l l ) , " S u n n y " ( Bo b b y

Hebb ) , " 59th Street Bridge ong"

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(�

1 mon and Garfun kel ) , "Day

Be l i e H r " ( M o n k e e ) , "Brown- Eyed G ir l " ( Van M nr ri ·on ) . "Lo,·e I A ll A ro u nd" dream

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( T rogg, ) , " Laugh, Laugh" ( Beau Brummels ) , "Walk Away Renee" ( Left Banke ) , " [ A in'r Gonna Ear Our My Hean Anymore" ( Young Rascals ) , "You Keer tv!e Hangm' On" ( Van illa Fudge ) , " umJ1 1ne of Your Love" (Cream ) , " l n-A Gadda-Da-V1da" ( Iron Burterfly ) . "M idnighr Confessions" ( G ra�» rom ) , "Do You Wanna Dance" ( M ama's and Para'· ) , " M oon dance" ( Van Morn ·on ) , "Lon: rory Theme," ''The ·e Eyes" ( The G u ess Who ) , " W i r h o u r Her"

ur 2 5 th reunion wa a four-day evenr thar

Wyman. The food wa out randing, and j udgino from the com·ersat1on level 111 rhe room, it took no n me for c las mates to beoin where they had lefr off year before ! The nex t morning we gathered at the dock for a ·hon boat rrip to Peak' I land, where we en1m-eJ .1 Down Ea t lob rer bake. It was reported that Jerome Layman was anxiou ·ly sol i ci t ing vote· to en. ure h1' election as cla s pre ident the next e,·ening. Friday evening found u all a t Colby, in the Fo s-Woodman dorms, which we musr report do not h1k s ubstant ially :lifferenr than they d id when we arrived a· fre:hmen ju t a few year ago. We gathered in the lounge

and traded

torie

and picture .

pec ial thank

ao to

ancy Au tin and Macy Delong, who gathered many

b i rs of memorabilia for the di play , and t0 a l l who added

a tape of our graduation ceremony.

eed a Man ro

ro Lm·e" (J effer

on A 1 rrlane ) ,

" Love r h e One Y o u 're W i r h " ( rephen

r i l l ) , "Touch Me"

( Doors ) , "The Firsr Time her 1 aw Your Face" ( Roberta Flack ) , " omerhing" ( Beatie ) , "Fin l Look ar rhe Pur e" ( J . Geils Band ) , " Happy Birthday, John" ( J an is +

Jori in ) .

special mention for bringing ( a l l the way from California) J im Hawkin and Pat Montgomery manned the re cept ion de k and rhe Polaroid camera Friday evening and arurday morning, and rhe "Rogue· Gallery" of napshots \\'as a help to tho e of u who needed a bir of prodding to put names w i th fac es. Background mu ic wa · prodded by

tape compiled by Bill Glennon and ancy A u rin. Keep rhose for rhe next reunion, Bill and ancy. aturday morning' panel di c u and

ion, "Colby Then

ow," brought back lots of memorie and laugh , a·

wel l a some eriou in i ht

into how tumul tuous our

years a t Colby were. Bob Gordon ably organi:ed the event and invited Charlie Ba sett (no introductlc)n ne

ed ) , profe ·or of ociology Tom Morrione '65 and Ken E i en ' 7 3 , owner of the Rai lroad

Cinema. Tom hared a video he compiled of rhe changina cene at Colby from rhe

ofCl a e - The logo on the t- h ire and on the Reunion Handbook was rhe work of Le lie Ander on, to whom we owe a incere thank you. The parade wa great fun, and our cla ' donarion to the Alumni Fund and

Susan Buttner Lavelle «1ys she i "gening wrinkle - ,

but I r i l l don'r feel l i ke a 'grown up' ! " he and her hu band , A l len, l ive in I rvine, Calif. , wirh rwo sons, rhree dog and a car. 1

usan

a soc ial worker for Orange

Coumy, working with rhe de,·el opmentally di abled . . . . The me nagerie at J udy Moreland Spitz's home has been rrimmed ignifi candy.

he and Bob are down ro

a gu inea pig and a Labrador re triever but " till have three k id-." Who took the goat

? J udy i

back

to teaching. Mom, Dad and the three on

will drive to A danta

for the Olympic thi ·um mer and hope to ee Ann Bonner V idor. . . . Conora t u l a t ion

to J a m e

V igue o f Waterville upon the ucce

ofFir tmark Corporation.

He' pre,ident of the company, wh ich i

quare

ixties to today. The

di · c us ion could ha,·econtinued for hours longer, bur we needed to don our t- hirr and march in the Parade

Corre pondenr: Janet Holm Gerber

eemed to ao much roo 4u1ck l y ' Our weekend be�an

a weethean" ( Penrangle ) , " M ay be" (]anisJorlin ) , "

1•

O Thur day evening at the Pordand Counuy Club, wi rh a wonderful dinner that wa · arranged hy Tun

the i r pictures and memenros. Linda Wallace desen·e·

Love" (Jani Jopli n ) , " omebody

L � k

1971

( Blood,

wear and Tears ) , "One" (Three Dog N ighr ) , " Once I Ha�!

� T

A DAQ

rhe Campai n for Colby were certainly noreworthy. Our c las barbecue had been moved into the field hou e due ro the prediction of rain, but becau e it didn't rain, we exerci ed our right as rebelliou Colby tudent · and ate out ide anyway. Chef Paul Ron Lupton, Dennis Cameron and Ken Bigelow outdid them elve at rhe orill . J on

peis ,

tone organi:ed the

second Reunion oftball Game, which produced ome good play and even berter storie·. There were many classmate who brought rheir familie , and the age

f our ch ildren ranged from l to 2 1 ---quire a pread'

Thank to Peggy G ilfoy for coordinating c h i ld care arrangement \\·ith rhe College. Re red and dre sed after the day, we arri ed a t the Cotter' home for cock ra i l headed over to the

aturday evening, then

tudent Union for our d inner. The h ighl ighr of the dinner was a · l ide show, pre enteJ

by J erome Layman and Le lie Anderson, t i t led "Colby A-Z." Wharever memorie hadn r been re ·ur rected were brou ht forth w ith their how. Dean Earl from h i per pec r ive. The c la congratu lation

and thank

m i th gave u

ome i n ight into our year- a t Colby

officer for 1 996-200 1 ( oh my tha t ' · a scary thought ) were e lec red, and go to Pre-ident Jerome Layman, Vice Pre idem and A l u m n i Counc il

Repre entative Debbie Me er Zlatin and applause for ecuring the band, the

ecretary J im H awkin . B i l l G lennon a l o de erves our

iahr L i fe , for the evening's entertainment.

There were o many c l a mate at the reunion that I he itate to mention name for fear of for ett ing omeone, but there were two "cameo" appearance that can't go by wirhout notice-Barry Kelley and M ike m i th, it wa great to ee you both.

exr t i me tay a l it t le longer!

Thank to all who helped to make the reunion o enjoyable. I t wa succe

fut

only becau e o many

people helped, and o many people came, relaxed and had a good time. It' amaiing that after 2 5 year we can still have such a good t i me toaether, and we can connect with classmate whom we never had the chance to know year ago. For tho e who couldn'r make it, we mi'·ed you , and we hope to ee you next t i me on Ma)rflower H ill. - ue

eeing record

ammi

p ie -

profit _ J im made a point of rec ommen d i ng William Coope r ' s

Town a good readina f o r u a l l .

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W r i t ten by Clllby grad A l an Tay lor ' 7 7 , i t i> the tory of the found ing llf Coopersto\\' n , N . Y . " Mev" Verre ngia Woessner i:, in Dem·er w i t h her h u,band, B i l l . � he is oll'ner/d irector o f the Den \'er Bar As,nc i a t ion Placement � en·ice, he i, an a ttorney , and they ha'-e two daughter:,, Amy, \\'ho works for an ad agency i n N . Y . C . , a n d Kat ie, a j u n ior at the U n iversity of Puget Sound. Jack Williamson and h i, wife, Jody, l i,·e in Birm i ngham, M ich. J ack i!i professor of de,ign stud ie:, at the U n i ,·ersity of M ic h igan and exec u t i ve d i rector l)f the De:,ign M i c h igan Program. He had t\\'O hooks published i n 1 99 5 : Comnrn nit)' Design Managemenr and Our Design Uni1•erse, w h ich he co wrore for a pub I ic de,ign center in N agoya, J apan. . On a much smal ler scale, I con t inue in the arr field, teach ing pre dwol through eighth grade arr a t a pri\·ate school in Roc h i l le, Md. I a lso teach pre school cook ing and pre c hool "fit ne -." l keep fi r by runni ng-l s r i l l e n j o y marathons-bur my t w o boy , J usr i n , 1 2 , a n d Taylor, 9 , are my primary focu and keep me entertained and c hal lenged with their thrills and ·pi l ls. +

Corre ·ponden t: Margaret McPartland Bean

Lois Leonard Stock is happ i l y self-employed as an arti t/i l l ustrator i n Portland, M a i ne. She i teach i ng her elf to draw and p a i n t on her computer and wou ld 10\·e to rece i ve e - m a i l ( Loie@eworld.com ) . . . . Michael Savage, h is w i fe, Martha, a nd their two c h i ldren have moved to ew Z e a l a n d . M i c h a e l a n d M artha a r e both teach ing there and lov i ng i t . . . Mark Serd j en ian h a been men's head oc cer coach at Colby for 2 0 year Mark i a l o Colby' a ocia re dean of students for academ ic. H e and T i n a ( M u rphy ' 7 2 ) have t h ree c h i ldren, rhe olde r a fresh man ar Brandeis . . . . Kathy Sto ver Spencer is rhe d i rector of reh ab i l i tation ar Good w i l l I ndus t ries in Portland, M a ine. She a nd h usband Larry have two teenage c h i ldren and are aging gracefu l l y ( l ike the rest of us1 ) . • • Anne

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Douglas Stanek i:, very busy as a

mother of four, k indergarren/fi rst grade m u :. i c reacher a nd host ro an AF student from Paragrniy. . . . Ellen Kornetsky ha:, made many c hange> in her l i fe in the la>t year. 'he ha:, moved into a houoe, grad u ated from t he U n i ,·ero ity of Ne\\· England w i t h an M . S . W . , been h ired as a,,isrant d i rec tor of <m adopt ion agency and married Denni� P ickering, inherit ing t\\'O reenaged stepc h i l dren and t\Vt) dogs . . . . Robin Barnes is a ful l profe snr of h i s t o r y ar David ·on ollege. He a n d h is wife, Ann Lee Bressler, have two chi ldren and find l ife in N orth Caro l ina pleasant-but rhey t i l l m i s, rhe N orth 1 • • • Gwynelle Dismukes ha, chal lenged the sra r u quo i n her books Affirmations for a Year- RoLlnd Kwan�aa and Afrilwn All<hem)'. A quote from the l a rrer: "Time 1s rhe very ex pression of our J i ,·es. The gift of I ife, however horr or long, how e,·er productive or \\'astefu l , is only a gift of t i me . " Gwynel le perform pirit of Our Ance · tors, a celebration of African ba ed spirirual i ty, which i1woh·e, poetry, music, dance and original I ngrid Svensson songs. Crook is fee l i ng t h e freedom o f having both c h i ldren i n schoo l ! S h e rook a t r i p to Germany, we den and Denmark w i th her par ents and v i i red rhe place where her ance tors l ived for many years. Uncannily, the names of r he ch i l dren l iv i ng there n o w a r e nearly identical to the name of her own two c h i ldren 1 • • • Ron Majdalany is busy maintain ing a veterinary prac t ice and running a llama farm in G reat Barrington , Mass. He and w i fe J ane Laning have a 3 - year-old daughter. . . Mar garet Lich tenberg is del ighted with her on, M ichael, and work rhe "mommy track" ar her oft ware development job . . . . J on athan Miller is an attorney in Boulder, Colo . , and h a been pub I i h ing article on t he law. H e , A r l e n e and on J onah sk i , b ike, sail and ride horse . . . . Susan Rennau work a n u rse coord ina tor for a fert i l i t y c l in ic a r U niver sity Hosp i t a l i n a l t Lake City. he and h usband Rick Hoffman have twin girls . . . . Ken Eisen wa married ro Ann Hutch inson

i n November J 99 5 . Congra t u l a t ion , Ken, and good luck w i t h t h e r e b u i l t R a i l road quare Ci nema ' . . . Pl ease b e s u re to send me ne\\' of your adven ture . The req ue5t for i n forma t i on come only once a year, so don 't + put rhem a,ide !

Corre pondenr: Shel ley Bieringer Rau

Congratu l a t ion ro Norm and C h r i s B o g o s i a n Rattey on rhe b i r t h of t h e i r daughter. J u l iana Mary, on March 1 3 . J u l iana was welcomed by her sister,, 9 and 1 1 , and brother, 4. The Rarrey l i ve in Brunswick, Maine. Norm prac tices law in Auburn w h i l e Chri holds doll'n t he f ort at home. . indy and Herb Landsman are in udbury, Mas;, . , where they abn have four c h i ldren, ranging fnm 1 - 1 /2 ro 1 3 year, old. Herb \\'Orks for TJ Maxx as VP and sale. manager, ll' h i le Cindy manage rhe k ids, fund raising, chauffeuring, re. Herb, who al o reports on the "unfortunate combo of h a i r loss and weight gain," ·ay he i po5ses ed hy fatherhood . . . . Mark Pestana and wife Mary Beth write from Grand Rapids, M ic h . They h a,·e a d a u g h t e r , tephanie i mone, no11 1 - 1 /2 . Mark i an assistant profes or of philo-ophy at G rand Val ley tare U n h·er s i ry. chari and Mike Roy are i n Waterv i lle, where M i ke is Oak land rown manager and chari i · a ped iatric n u rse. They ha,·e two c h i l d re n , M o l l y , 8 - 1 / 2 , a n d Carolyn, 9- 1 /2 . . . . Gay ( Emme K i n g ) P e t e r s o n l i ves i n N . Yarmout h , Maine, with spou e Rob Wood and teenager Ably and Ander . he i- an RN who say she l ikes being m iddle-aged. ( peak for yourself-I now t h i nk m iddle-age mu r tart at around 60; therefore, I'm s t i l l young ) . G a y is pend ing more t i me a t h me weatheri ng early adoles cence and less t i me a r work strug gling with managed care . . . . On t he road again i J eff Seip, who h a relocated from audi Arabia ro hangha i , h ina, as control ler for We t inghouse in joint ven t ure with h anghai Electricity Corporation . . . . J ay '72 and

Robin Sweeney Peabody have

been in L i r rleron, Colo., for e ight years. Rnb is a ale manager with algon. Robin recently returned ro work a- a sale /merchandi ·ing rep, a varied and fun job that she ay5 gives her the t ime and flex ibi l i ty she needs to parent Alan, 1 3 , and Kate, 1 1 . They rea l ly enjoy Colorado and are v isited yearly by Linda Krohn Kildow and her c h i ldr n . . . . Ronda Fay L u c e , M . D . , and "= l h o use spouse" Nathan e ion. live i n Bremerton, Was h . , where Ronda i. tra i n ing with a ;,earch dog ro become part of a certified wi lder ness search team. he report that she has given up her ER j ob for a day job and love being home evenings . . . . On the Ea r Coa t, David Roulston i a lawyer in Greenfield, Mass. He and wife M e l i n d a h a v e t w o c h i l d re n , Michae l , 1 0, a n d Marielena, 4 . Dave is president o f r h e board of d i rector of the Frankl i n Area urvival Center, an emergency food pantry. . From helburne, V r . , wri te Paul '76 and Carol Wood Philbin. Carol recently "re t i red" from Merchant Bank and i con ider i ng launc h i ng a new career in decorative arts and crafts. he'd love to hear from anyone who ha a career in arts/ c rafts/re lated field . Paul is d i rec tor of information service at the U n iver iry ofVermont . . . . Laura and J im Lazour are in Arl i ngton, Va., where J im is a denri r and Laura i a c o u n t y supervi or. J i m h a coached four Greater D.C. c hampion yout h basketball ream , i s ream dentist for the George Was h i ngton U niversity basketball team and h a played golf w i t h B i l l Cl i nton . . . . In Fairfax, Va., are B i l l and P r u de n c e Hoerter P a r ks , who i an a ttorney/federal lobbyi t . They have two c h i ldren, N athaniel, 1 4, and Maggie, 1 1 . Pru is learni ng to ride a horse and looki ng forward ro exchanging the rat race of Washi ngton for r id i ng the range in Montana or Wyo m i ng, ome day . . . . Here in Auburn, M a i ne, we are recovering from a eriou sk i ing injury to our n , Luca , l 0, o had a part icularly house bound w inter. Hi last surgery was in late April, and ir appear he w i l l recover fully. On to bigger

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merican children may grow up with tars in their eye , but J eff Lawrence ' 7 2 , a high- level adm i n i t rator for the ational Aeronautic a n d Space Ad mini tration ( A A ) , ha his feet firmly on the ground. On the ground of Capitol H i l l in Washington most of the t i me. Three y e ar aoo LawJ eff Lawrence '72 rence became a spec ial a i tant to the president of George Wa h i ngtc n U n i \·er ity after the congres man he had worked for lost in the 1 992 e lection. After 16 year on Capitol Hill a a staff member for variou repre entative and congre s ional committee , he wa con idering getting an adYanced degree and tryi ng teac h i ng when he an wered a c a l l from the White Hou e . T h e C li nton A d m i n i tration needed an a soc iate admin i t rator for legi lat ive affai r , and Lawrence had the skills and contact . H e knew most of the people i n the pace agency and most of the people in the halls of Congres . As legi lative d i rec tor for former Rep . B i l l Green ( . Y . ) , Lawrence w a raff member o n the H o u e Appropriation Com m i t tee and the ubcommittee that O\·ersee indepen dent agenc ie . I n that c apacity he had tra\'eled ex ten i\'ely overse e i ng A A proj ects. His experience with A A and hi record f developing legislative strategie and d raft ing legi lation were the c redentials that landed h i m the P r e ide n t i a l appo intment. For Lawrence, the appeal of working for the pace agency lie in the earthly working of Capitol H i l l , not the my tique

u f -pace explorat ion. Hi role i_ "to keep Congre.-� educateJ on what we are doing and [to] en,ure a healthy (lUtcnme for the Pre idenr' budget," he aiJ. In the early 1 990s, a pattern deYeluped in ll'hich ASA's budgets, and particularly fund mg for the pace ::.tation project, were resol\'ed in annual c l iffhanger \"Ote . �ince Lm\Tence joined the legislati\'e affairs office in 1 99 3-a \\·eek and a half before the agency's budget was apprm·ed h· a single \'ote congre ional budget apprornl has come more decidedly. Lawrence meet \\·ith some 2 50 member- of Congre each year. "The key," he aid, ''is to build up enough of an intell igence network o you kno\\" ,,·ho needs what and then et it to them." La t \\'i nter, for example, he returned to his nati\·e Maine \\'ith A A admini trator Dan Goldin and astronaut Mary Ellen Weber to ,·isit schoo l - and bu ine_se . The trip was organi:ed, in part, to counter the notion that NA A offers noth ing for rura l areas l ike northern and ,,·e·tern Maine. La\\'rence explained to Bangor-area busine group that technology de\'eloped by the agency i available to pri\·ate enterpri e, ometime imply by asking. That kind of"technology transfer" i ho\\' ear thermometers fir t used by astronaut ended up on -rare sheh-e and how digital imaoing used for the Hubble pace Tele cope improved the reliabil ity of mammograms in detecting tumor , Lall'rence say.. Lawrence wa a history major at Colby. He recall Profes or Cl ifford Ber chneider as a mentor who "beat me up becau e of my la:y academics and helped me see that j ust bei ng glib wasn't enough . " Lawrence aid h e \ " i ited Berschneider in Pittsburgh after Ber chneider's retirement. ''He ga,·e us a ,·is ion of the \\·arid that wa greater than the little high chool and the great l ittle college on the hill," Lawrence said. "He really changed the way we looked at thing ."

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For those of you earch ing for that next unu ual adventure, follow Tom and J ean Crowle H uebner to the orth ea t Kingdom of Vermont. Last ummer they canoed inn to inn, enjoying uch memorable tops a the Craft bury Bed-and-Break fa t. Bw d v i ta and lu h lawn framed their din ing pot at day' end . . . . Paddling along in a dif ferent mode are Mart and Karin L i t t e r e r W o m e r , who c i rcle Friend h ip Long I land , Maine,

in the ir sea kayak. When not afloat, Karin works as managing editor at Down East Books while Marty hits the book , tudying for hi- la\\' degree at the Uni\'eri ty of Maine chool of Law . . Deep in the wo ds, elsewhere in the rate, you may run into Deborah Seel Palman, who is a game warden pec ial ist in Au rora. he and her hu band, Gre gory, count their three dog a fa mily-two German hepherds, who help with search and re cue, and one Brmany, who e dual role include hunting and playing pet dog . . . . Cathy McGerigle Tay lor write from Waterv ille, where she i a med ical a i tant in a surgical office. he say he i whittling down her golf core af-

ter a humbling outing \\'ith Harold Joseph '44 . . . . Call ing in from the Uni\'ersity of Texas Health c ience Center in Houston i· R. Patrick Wood, M . D. , F.A.C. Patrick is chiefof three li,·er tran plant program at the center, which perform about 5 trans plants each year. half of them children. . Kevin Zorski, D.O., al o pec ial i:e -in osteopath · . He and h i wife, E l i e, ha\'e a son, Jesse, 9 . . . . Alan '73 and Deb orah Morrell Polackwich roost year round in ero Beach, Fla. Deborah i \\'Orkin a m fimo c lay, decorating wine gla e s and Chri tmas ornament and mar keting them through the local art center. When not designing, she a i t \\'ith the mentor program

fo r V e ro B e a c h e l e m e n t a r y c h i ldren . . . . S a r a h V e t a u l t \\'rite from Tu c on, Ari:., \\'here she recently gained simultaneou re pon ibility for a new home and a plumber's niohtmare. While holdino her finger in the dam, he found time to read The Double Helix by J ame D . Wat on. he described the book as a "must read" ( and he' not e \'en a cienti t) . . . . Stephen Smith ha mo,·ed from Richmond, Maine, tO e,,·ton, M a . , after 1 1 year at Bowdoin. If anyone want to own a home in wonderful Maine, the mith ' i till for ale . . . . Who could belie\·e that T iny, the boa con uictor, would still be quirming after all the e year ? It' true. Doug Sc hwarz ay that

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Tiny c lebrated his 3 0th thi; ra�t year. ( Details on the guests' attire later. ) Doug regularly ee Colby friends Dave Pec k , Scott and Patti Cass Smith, Carol Foss ( h is landlady) and John and Ann Gage Conant . . . . Marian Hart man Rogers reports that he and tephen '76 were married in Oc tober of 1 99 5 . They now live in I thaca, .Y . . . "Life i · Good ' " i n Inc l i ne, Vil lage , e\- . , where Kim and J i m Schmidt and their two children make their home . J im is a senior software engineer programming Mac into h comput ers, but someth ing tells me he's in Tahoe for other reasons a we l l . C a n J ennifer a n d Dave downh i l l like t h e i r dad ? . . . T w i l a ( Pun·is '74) and R u s sell Sehnert have been busy build ing a freelance writ ing business. I nc luded with his advertising work, Russ is cre ating Web ires on the I nternet. The ehnert and their two "wild" boy live in ummit, N .j . , but ski in Maine . . . . Deborah Vose and Steven Roman have also been busy with their two: Molly, 4, and Woodrow, 1 , who arrived home from Korea at four and a half month . Molly adore her gigan tic brother ( 26 pound at n ine month ), and Deb ay it's been wonderful. . . . Richard and S u s a n Staples S m i t h have other chal lenge . usan claims even children, 10 grandchildren and two great-grand ons ( by marriage, which, she notes, i the ea ier way ) . When not occupied with her extended family, Susan de sign database y tern for N I H funded r e earch studies o n A l D and on improving the health of the elderly . . . . If you're in the Boston area, you may be able to catch one of Carolyn Anderson Pope' ope r a t i c d u e t pe rfor mances. Carolyn and Dana '76 have three girl , Lindsay, Cec i l ie and Laurian , who accompany mom on the piano and v iol in. Stay tuned for Boyd A l len, Will T uttle, Lisa T urtz and other ! +

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I heard from even fresh man friends. Remember Fre hman Week 1 I remember Stefan Karas from Dana's second floor. Always around 5 p.m. he

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end of rev ival of o ld friendships and the beginning of new ac quaintance . Although the en t ire cla wa not in Watervi l le, those in attendance were treated to a weekend of relaxation. We were awed by the physical changes that have occurred on Mayflower H i l l since we left. H igh I ight of the weekend in c I uded the cru ise i n Portland Harbor, the awards banquet on Friday and the class dinner and danc ing to l ive music on atur day. The c l ass parade wa an op rortunity to finally meet as a class and the cla s picture wa wonderfu l . The tradi tional cla cookout on Saturday gave me an opportunity to ee al l of our classmates one-on-one even though I had to ling hamburgers and hot dogs to do so. Special thanks t o the Clas of 1 9 7 1 for lending me an apron. The c l ass d inner on aturday, preceded by a cocktail hour in the bowel of the l ibrary ( how many of you ever drank i n the l ibrary before then ? ) , allowed u to catch up on old time and renew old torie of fratemitie and sororities, intramural ports and our favorite profe sor . pecial gue t included a surpri e vi it by Profe or Charlie Bassett, who ably substituted for Sandy Mai el, and Pre ident Cotter, who poke, among other things, of Colby's prominence as a forerunner of gender equality in higher education. Professor Bassett did ay we were better than tho e behind us. "More fluent" wa more preci e. "The k ids ju t want to watch that damn televi ion all the t i me,"h e said. The reunion committee hould be recognized: Mark J ano (outgoing pre ident), cott McDermott ( incoming pre iden t ) , Paul Bogho ian ( Mr. Everything) , Marian Lord (cla agent ) , J oe l wet and J ennifer Ford. Thank you all. -Mark Jano

would walk down the hall to and from the cafeteria downstairs. I 'd time it right and be tudying cla ic , Engl i h, art hi tory, etc . out in the hallway, righ t at the L, hoping to trip omebody cute. Stefan i chief of the department of ophthalmology at the traub Clinic and Hospital in Hono lulu, Hawa i i . H is wife, Deanna, i in the fi lm indu try and their daughter, Kel ey, is 3. H i - " pe c ial thrill" i watching hi wife on epi ode of Magnum Pl and Jake and the Fae Man . . . . Mark Lyons l remember from fre hman En gli h, definitely with John M isner ( and maybe second with J oe Mar tin ? ) . Mark now l ives in H amp ton , .H. ( near everal brothers whose names ring a be l l ) , and i v ice pre ident marketing/ ale for Whee labrator E n v i ronmental ystems. He ha been married to

Geraldine foreight years, and they have a daughter, Vanessa, 6, who share her dad's love for fishing and k i ing. H is job ha taken him to Japan, England, France, Hol land, Belgium and Bermuda. . Jeff Sanderson I remember because we were part of the N . H . contingent that fall o f 1 97 3 . Jeff's "family unit" is a Civil War-era home in Alexandria, Va., pur chased in December 1 994. Jeff is a ho p ita! management con u l t a n t and since 1 990 h a s moved i n t h e international arenas o f Egypt, R ussia and the Czech Republic. Jeff was to be married in May to Andrea Zalzal, who is a voca tional service coun elor/ uper visor. Hi career in international health care has worked for him in term of income and perhap has been an emotional " afety net" for dealing with two family deaths.

Jeff ha cycled for Dana Farber, raising an impressive problem solver figure. Jeff is happily in tandem-and I would say an in ternationally oriented import/ export busine s ound great, too. . . . Peter Cohn I will always remember for hi Foss Woodman creativity and energy. He gave me an origami bird on a stick that he paperfolded h imself around Valentine' Day that year. Peter enclosed a Knothole newsletter of the Chri topher Morley Knot hole As ociation, which keep alive the memory of the famous Long l land poet. He ent a hol i d a y card, too, of hi wife, Joanne, and their two chi ldren, Aaron and arah . . . . Jane W i ll iam B l umberg had uch a nice mile. he i an elemen tary school teacher after having been an at-home mom since her elde t,

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Alexandria, Va. Fal,e ! � o some nf your letter'> took rhe �reat CI re le route, lecw ing me \\' ith more nell's than I can really Jo i u�t1ce tn. l\ 1 1· apologies go out to any faithful corre-;rondents ll'ho dl1 not 'ee their nell' in this column. I ' l l try again next issue. usan Pollis 11T1tes from Fal mou t h , Maine, that ince late 1 994 she has been wnrking ar LL. Bean. � usan t i l l travels back to the F a r E a t and J apan and ·en·ed as a <ipec 1al del egate celebra ttng the 1 0th anni \·ersary of Portland, ,fame, and hmagawa , J aran , a sister c i t ies. u·an ts married to T eJ Reed ' 0 . . . . Tim H ussey pa:,sed on some news from his old ro 1111mate, Les Morgan, ll'ho is l il'ing with his family in Bangladesh. Les ll'rites: "We are still a family of fi\·e and li1·ing in Rai shahi next door to the Chri ·tian M ision Hospi tal. Our yard i:. a gar den of fruit tree-, and I wake up to the sound of trorical birds e1·ery morning. We haYe pets e1·ery ll'here-rhree cats, fh·e rabbits, two turtles , 23 fish, I dol'es, one pony and e ight guinea pig at last count. After six year-, we feel pretty comfortable in Bangladesh, we travel everyll'here w i th ease, and our Bengali is gett ing better and better. . . . I finally feel com fortable in my job and am able to put my mind and energies toward seeing patient , advising health programs, Yisiting congregations, studying and corresponding with folks back home." Tim reminded me that Le ha been working at the Pre b rterian medical m ission ince 1 990, and he and h i ll'ife, Cindy, ha1·e been raising three children there. Les wa to return stateside thi J une for a year of tud ie . . . . Peter Jeffries da hed off a note to let folk know that he and hi wife, Pamela Thomp son, recently celebrated the first birthday of daughter Ail a Morion Jeffries. Peter and family are I i Ying in Canton, Mass . . . . Peter Bothwell has returned to ew England, Weatogue, Conn., to be prec i e, after two years in Maryland. Peter i in the in ur ance biz and think he urvived the Traveler /Ac tua merger. Pe ter and his wife, Kathy, have three c h i ldren, J e n n i fer, Laura and

Earle Shettleworth '70 i co

author of Gardiner On The Kennebec, a new book al ou t the M aine town . . . . Danny Smith '72 wa an organizer of the Edwin Arlington Robin on Fe tival in Gard iner. . . . Ken yan Pre ident Daniel arap Moi ha appointed William Mayaka ' 7 3 permanent ecretary of the African nation' Mini try of Earle Shettleworth 70 E n v i ro n m e n t and a t u ra l Re ource . . . . Gregor White Smith '73 i co-author of a new book, On a Sn-eet Called Eas)' , In a Corwge amed]oye . . . . J ohn Ladky '74 represented Colby at the inauguration of Mary Bullock a pre ident of Agne corr College in Atlanta, Reginald Blaxton '74 at the inauguration of Howard University' pre ident, A . Patrick wygert, and Thomas Suddath Jr. '78 at the inauguration of Constantine Papadaki at Drexel Univer ity . . . . Wanda Hinckley Brill '75 ha been elected to the igma Theta Tau I n ternational Honor ociety of ur ing . . . . Peter Kraft '76 i a parmer in a new law firm, Kraft & Winger, in Portland, Maine . . . . Gerry McDowell '76 has been named head men' basketball coach a t We l eyan Urnver ity. . . . Frank Malinoski ' 7 6 i the new vice president of medical affairs for NABI of Boca Raton, Fla . . . . Jane Brox '78 won the LL. Win hip/PE ew England Award for her memoir, Here and

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higeo, to Tracey and Henry Osborne '76. . . . A son, J o eph A lfonso, to Gerard ' 7 5 and A l icia Rodriguez

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Philip, was born. Gwen came three years later. he write that her husband, Bruce, is a doctoral tudent a t MIT and that he's happy to be back in the c la room again. I bet the k id love you, J ane . ( Thank for thanking me again for being cla ecre tary. It' ba ically fun, J ane. ) . Karen Gustafson C rossley

wanted to wave hello again, too. he and her hu band, A lan, live in Madison, W i ., and keep am, 9, and Hannah and Caleb, 6, in tow. Karen i the director of de ve lopmPnt a t the chool of Bu ine s ' University of W i con in Foundation, and Alan i a w i ld life b iologi t with the W i consin Department of at ural Re ource . Karen i current-

ly enr o l led in the exec u t h·e M . B . A . program at UW-Madi son' c hool of Busine . . . . Richard D . Conant J r . l ive in My t i c , Conn . , with hi w ife, Catherine. h e is a F r e n c h teacher a n d he is an environ mental biologist. A t the end of the summer, a new l i t t le one will join R ic hard Ill and Gregory David. Richard i the final friend we'll hear from . . . until opho + more year.

Corre pondenr: N icholas Levintow

The mailbag wa bulging thi month despite the fact that omeone i n the Alumni

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Creµnry. and "1 mu't he prett\' gon 1 at :one defense a t t h " p o t n t . . . . Former c l a,, cnrre :.rnndent Susan Ge rn e rt Adams 11Totc me recently 11 1th all kinJ, nf ne11''i. La�t year ll'a:. a higg1e t« 1r her: 'he turned 40, won an Emmy (_ w.an is a nauonal rrnJucer t«ir BC':. Datdme ) , c l1mbeJ a nh1un ta 111 in Olvmria at 1unal Park and gor mameJ to Pope Bwck , a freelance wnter. Congratulatiun-, � u an! . . . Alicia Rodrigue: anJ hu:.band Gerard onnolh- '/ 5 celebrated the fir>t binhJay of nn J l1 s e r h . The RoJ r i g u e : Connolly' recently mol'ed w Annaroli , M J . , and A l 1 c 1a cnm rleted her ! . A . 1 11 111terd 1 �c 1r l 1 nary t u d 1 e ll'ith a n emphm.i!> on women's tud1e:,. Gerry is the headmaster of a prirnte schoo l . . . . I f you're a martial arts mol'ie aficionado, keer an e ·e out for Ton · Lope z , ll'ho ha· been se lected to play role in upcnm111g fi lms to be produced by the ame outfit that make the Chuck Norris films. Tony is still lil'111g and ll'orking in Rome , Ga., at the D a r l i ng ton c h oo l . . . L i s a Klein Boldt and hu-band l\ 1 ichael nm1· ha1·e a econd on, A lden, to join older brother Ian. Lisa ha been actil'e in Ian's cooperatiYe school a- ll'el l as helping a local parentino organi:ation 11·ith their fund-rais ing program . . . . Ted Bristol, j ust aero- the river from me in Fal ls Churc h , Va., 11T1 te t h a t he is now t h e P for agamore As oc. , a om·ernment relations consulring finn. Ted and wife N e l l ie have two children, and Ted reports that he till get our and rows on the Potomac River when he can . . . . Please continue to write. Anyone who actual! y flips over that url'ey and sends me real news about what they're doing, who they\·e een, or what they would l ike to ee at the next reunion ( on ly two year off) will get top b i l l ing in the + next column.

Correspondent: Robert K inney

After even year a t home, Gayle Amato and h u band J erry Lu a have " traded place ," with Jerry taking the helm

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as a stay-at -home dad w h i le Gayle ret u rns tn the wor k i ng world as an instruc tor/c01r u l t a n t for De tiny Corporat ion , a software com pany outside Hartford . The new job ha> resulted in >Ome tra l ' e l and ha; e n l i ghtened ·pou>e J erry tn t h e h e a 1· y b u r r e w ;:i rd i n g workload ar home tak i ng c a re of Amanda, 8 , J acob, 6- 1 /2 , and Tucker, 3 - 1 /2 . Gayle a lso has t ime tn ;ing i n the H artford Chorale. . . . Liz Armstrong and h u,hand Erik Lofgren adopted daughter Rebecca in A ugust 1 99 5 from China, which she desc r i be· as the e1·en t in their l i 1·es. he would be happy to act as a re·ource for anyone i ntere ted i n adopt i ng from Ch ina . . . . Laurie Borden Ahearn is s t i l l happ i l y en>concecl in M iddlehury, V t . , w i th h usband Dan iel and c h i ldren Col i n , 9 . and Haley, 5 . . . . Leslie Chanler Brooks s e n t a long an updated p i c r u re of a happy and rambunc t ious W i l l iam Tucker tuyvesan t Brooks, now 2 - 1 /2 . Lesie topped wor k ing this year to spend m ore

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loughed twice ( i nc l uding al mo t a month over Christmas and into the New Year) and nearly fur11 ughed twice more, only to he saved by 1 1 th -hour negotiat ions between the White House and Congress. With a fiscal year 1 996 budget finally i n place, Kay, Mat thew and I c an look forward to a l i ttle breathing room. I 've had an in teresting and varied career so far at E P A , and recen t l y was awarded my second EPA Bronze Medal in two year , t h i> one for work on a l i t igation team that settled a compl icated c i v i l en force ment act ion aga in t a large company in Penn y lvania. When not rooting for her beloved na t ional c hampion Kentucky Wild cat basketball team, my wife, Kay, is executive vice pres ident for the N a t i o n a l Assoc i a t i on of Mortgage Brokers in Rosslyn, Va. , and w e co-chair t h e Habitat for H u m a n i t y c om m i t t e e at o u r church. I a lso do a l i ttle pro bona work for Legal Services of North ern V irgi n i a . Matthew is a won-

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me a note from sou thern V i r g i n i a . The hard w i n t e r we had here in the south made her home sick for Ne\\' England, but she admits that her southern husband, Keenan, ha l i t t l e enthu ia m for a ml11·e north. Travels to Colo rado last fal l i n c l uded v isits with the fam i l ies of Cheri Bailey Pow ers and Carol Mordecai Myers . • • • L ince many of you ·o k indly i n q u i re , a l i t t l e news on the K i n neys. l 've been a n a t to rney at the U .S. E n v i ronmental Protec t ion Agency for a lmost four years now, m a i n l y work ing in the Wa ter Enforcement Di v i ion of the Office of Regu latory Enforce ment. I n eptember 1 99 5 1 began a detail to the RCRA ( H azardous Waste ) E n forcement Divi ion, where I 've barel y scratched the surface of this complicated area of t he law. EPA was at the fore front ofthe budget battle here in Wash ington, and between No v e m be r and A p r i l I was fu r-

clerful, ex pre sive , buoyant boy of 2 - 1 /2 and the abso l u te joy in our I ive . He's a l ready a bit of a j ock ( un l ike h i clad) and can dribble a fu l l - izecl basketball and hit a tosse ! basebal l . l n ou r recent trav e ls we aw St e ve Singer at Kay's 1 5 th Kennedy chool reun ion at Harvard . S teve is cl i rec tor of com municat ions and adj unct lec t u rer '1t the Kennedy chool. We al o aw Peter Goodnow d u ring h i recent travels b a c k Ea t . P e t e i chair of the h istory department teven on at the Robert Loui School in Pebble Beach, Cal i f. , h u t m i sses t h e East Coa t a n d i s contemplating a reloca t ion. H e a n d wife Catheri ne h a v e a beau t iful 4-year-old, E l izabeth. And I am tak ing the l iberty ofannounc ing the arrival of J oh n Edward Veilleux Jr. ( "X squared" ) , first c h i ld of our good friend and Class of '80 corre ponclent, J oh n ("X") V e i l leux, and his wife, Diana. P l ease w r i te or e-mail m e a t K l N N EY.ROBERT@EPAMAIL + EPA.GOV

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J ohn Vei l leux 4 1 3 Park Cre t Dri\'e i lver pring, M D 209 1 0- 5404 e-mail: 72072 . l l I 4@Compusen·.com 1 98 1

Beth Pniew k i W i l on P.O. Box 602 Harvard, MA 0 1 4 5 1 s o -456- 0 1 e-ma i l : beth_wilson@mcimail.com 1 982

Mimi Rasmus en 63 Re ervoir treet Cambridge, MA 02 1 3 6 1 7-492 - 1 002 1 98 3

a l ly Lovegren Merchant HCR 62, Box 2 44B Mr. Desert, M E 04660 fax: 207-2 44-9445 207- 2 44-044 1 1 984

Maura Cas idy 1 1 Winthrop Road =9 Brookline, MA 02 1 46-4442 6 1 7 - 5 66-00 1 2 e-mail: maura.cassidy@fmr.com 1 985

Barbara Knox A u tran 1 74 Degraw Street Brooklyn, Y 1 1 2 3 1 -300 1 986

Wendy Lapham Ru 206 Cheltenham Road ewark, DE 1 97 1 1 302- 738-626 1 1 98 7

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Correspondent: J ohn Veilleu x

I 'll be the first to claim bragging rights to the tide of proudest new dad ( and cer tainly newest proud dad ) . Diane deli\'ered J ohn Ed\\'ard Vei lleux J r. on April 25 and is enjoying a temp rary assignment as stay-at home mom. By Auoust, I hope to have replaced her for a fe\\' m o n t h s in t h e r o l e of M r . M o m. . . . A lso contend ing for the title is Weld Butler. "He ha big hair. We're going to keep him," ays the gu hing father of Cah-in Koch Butler. Weld, an in\'estment advisor and pre ident of Harbor Ad\'isory Corporation in Port mouth, . H . , describes wife Sarah's occupation a "engi neering dome t i c . " . . . Tony Cunningham teaches at r. John's Univer i ty in Sr. J oseph, 1 inn., where he was the first rec ipient of the Robert Spaeth Teacher of D i tinction Award last year. He ha run Sr. John's honors pro gram for the past two years and last fall d irected the school's in ternational education program in Galway, I re land . Spou e M ickey ( Mu l len ' 1 ) is al o teaching ( art ) and i an art historian. They have two girls, Flannery Claire, 4 , and M a e l e ine L o u i e, 2 . . . . S c o t Lehigh i now a columni t with The Boswn Globe, and he and wife Mar ha are the parents of twin bab girl . cot reports that

he is co-d irector of the New En gland Chapter of PETA. k oc ien· for the Protecuon and Ethical Treatment of A n i m a l s ) and would l ike all Colby alum to kno\\' that lob ters ha\·e fee l i ng roo . . . . C o r n e l i a A rm b r e c h t Brefka recently surprised hus band Mark '77 with a 40th birth day party. The big Colby crowd included Terry O'Brien '7 , Bill ' 7 8 and J oann Barry Getchell ' 7 , Dotty Farrell hel ton ' 7 8 , H i lary M o r t o n S h o n t z and S u s a n Sull ivan Hinrichs. Cornelia and Mark l i \'e in Green\\'ich, Conn. , wi th the ir two boys, Paul , 5, and Henry, 1 - 1 /2 , two doos and 202 worm ( Paul' ) , courte y of god father Terry O'Brien ' 7 Valera Bu tler Crofoot, a chef and food writer, \\'as the 1 996 recipient of the Ju I ia Child A ll'ard from the International Associa tion of Cul inary Profe sionals. h e and m u s i c i a n h u s b a n d Charlesli\'e in Monkron, Md . . . . Cathy Palmer is deYelopment directer for the Lund Fam ily Cen ter in Burlington, Vt . . . . J u l ia Greenwood Kreutz write from Decatur, Ga., where he l i\·e with hu band DaYid and daughters J ohanna and Gretchen. They were all looking forward to the O l y m p i c , part i c u l a r l y i n c e Decatur is h o t to I re land. A a physical therapist/rehab program manager w ith Theratx Inc., J ul ia recently made the uan i t ion from patient care to management. I n addi tion t o h e r profe ional l ife, she enjoys teaching her girls to p l ay p iano and ro s w i m . J onathan Covell o w n a land scaping bu iness and is a i rant boy ' hoop coach at auset Re gional H . . He and w ife u an l ive in Brew ter, Ma ., w i th the ir daughters J essica, 7 , and Kath erine, 5 . . . . J o h n C a r p e n ter writes from orth Yarmouth, Maine, where he and wife Ronni Jo ( Posner ' 7 ) l ive with their twin boy , cott and Robert, ,

daughter A l l 1>LH1, 5, <ind a Luge Yel in\\' lab named Du,ty. John\ a partner at the PL)rtland la\\' firm ,1f Bermte111, Shur, _ a\\'yer & el on and report ' that Ted Tinson 1, CFO oiHealth Plan--, a managed care pro\· ider, and that Dan O'Hal loran recent!\' mar ried and mm·ed 11· 1th \\'1fe Jane tll Yarmouth . . . . Susan Clark li\'t'S 1n Alexandria, Va., \\'here as presi dent of Bryce Executi\·e Air a tering he caters to the needs of business and pol itical h 1ghfhers. The firm sen·es corporate ancl prh·ate jets at the major area air ports, and usan is particularly looking for\\'ard t0 catering an other Presidenual campaign . . Marjorie Smith Bose mm·ed into a new home in Derry, . H . , and traded 111 her title as marketing manager of a small sofrn·are com pany in Cambridge to start a con s u lting busine s out of her home. he and husband Ron also are expec ting a baby. he recently recei\·ed a \'i it from J anet Fisher Gronneberg and had l unch with Ma r y L y n a h B i s h o p , Rob i n Gathany Shea and Debbie Pugh Kelton . . . . Linda Alter also ha

mm·ed her office "in-hou e" and nO\\' repre ents soft\\'are manu facturer e l ling educational soft \\'are to schools in M innesota, Iowa and the Dakotas. he lives 111 t. Paul , M m n . , ll'ith writer Carol Krall'c:ak . . . . Ken Branch is a l ieutenant commander, CEC, U N, and waxe poetic about the challenoes of h is new job as operation officer for Naval Am phibiou Con truction. During the la t nine months, hi group has been responsible for moving Marine, avy and Army unit from hip to shore in Korea, Tha i l a n d , Campuchea, Cenrral E u rope a n d Eoypt. W h e n at home, Ken, wife Maria Murrel l - Branch and daughter Makalea Mae l ive + in Coronado, Calif.

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D a rlene H o w l a n d has been elected vice presi dent of the Boston Associati,m for the Education of Young Chi l Jren. Darlene i s the director of the early chilJhood program at the Wellesley Commun ity ChilJ ren's Center. In her spare time she i active in community theater and recently played the role of Anna in The King and I with the Welle-ley Players. Nancy Welsh Isbell , Ellen Owens D ion, Lynne Winter Bruen, Janet Blau Cobb

and 1 went to ee the play. Darlene was marvelous as a l way ! Mimi Pratt V a ly o has moved with her family from Cal iforn ia to Sim bury, Conn. Now M imi is able ro visit with Brian Picard and h is wife, G isele, who also live in imsbury. Brian and G isele have four children-Christopher, Andre w , M i chael and Laura. Mi mi says she is glad ro be back in her home state, but it has been an aJjustment after being away for many years. M i m i 's daughter A l i on cal led her to the window ro see a man "mowing the now" ( u·ing a nowblower). he and her husband, John, are building a new house in imsbury. . . Scott Murchie i living in Mt. Airy, Md., and i a geologi t working at Appl ied Phy ics Laboratory in Laurel, Md. cott write that he is working on a camera and spec trometer on Near-Earth Asteroid Rendezvous pacecraft, which was to be launched by N ASA in Feb ruary. Scott and h is wife, Karen, have a daughter, Andrea, and two cat . . . . Sarah Swager is liv ing in Hart ville, .C. She is the dean of tudent at Coker College in Hartsvi l le and i in the final phase of her dissertation at the Uni verity of M ich igan for her Ph.D. in h igher education admini tration. h e h opes to grad u a t e t h i s y e a r. . . . V i c t o r a n d G i n n y Bulford Vesnaver are b u y with three children in Glen Ellyn, I l l . Victor is a s istant vice president of sale for Regency y tem olu tion , a div ision of Hyatt, and G inny is a full-rime mom and part-time administrative manager at Deloitte & T ouche . . . . Karen Baumstark Porter i a c l inical p ychologist and lives in Omaha,

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any thanks to teve Pfaff, Darlene Howland and Lyn Bruen Winter for organizing our 1 5 th reunion. The reunion committee was so successful that Steve and Darlene are now engaged to be married at Colby in October. Best of luck to you both ! Steve has served a our cla president for the pa t 10 years and turned the ropes over to Faith Bramhall Rodenkirk at our reunion d inner on Saturday n ight. Our new v ice president/Al umni Counci l member will be Kim Hokanson, and I will be staying on as secretary, so keep those letters com ing i n 1 O u r reunion weekend g o t off to a good start on Friday evening with a cocktail party in t h e turtevant Lounge , which erved as our reun ion headquarter throughout the weekend. The award for longe t distance traveled went to K i m Wadk in Seymour, who traveled from San Franci co with her two c h i ldren. We had one classmate from out of th country: Marisa D'Andrea Barber came from New Market, Ontario, j ust out ide Toronto. Unfortunately, her husband and fel low classmate Bruce Barber wa; unable to make the reunion. Fri fay evening cott '82 and Lynne D'Angelo Many had an unexpected ,.i itor in their room. A very blond-ha ired l i ttle boy came into their room and announced he wa gett ing into bed w i th them. Lynne to ld him she wa not h is mother, but he d idn't bel ieve her. o he climbed in. Finally he real ized Lynne was not h is mother and Lynne was able to return Andrew Dion to Ellen Owens D ion. Andrew, I can relate. Tho e "new" dorms are really strange. I couldn't find the women' room all weekend long and ended up using the men's room. aturday, Pam E l l is had a wonderful showing of her watercolor in the art mu seum. everal cla mate , including Janet Blau Cobb, Kathy Dorni h DuGren ier, Holly Mackin Anzan i , Doug and A my Parker Cook, and Bruce and El len Rein halter Shain, were on hand to view the lovely Maine scene Pam has painted. at urday afternoon we had a barbecue. kip Ne,·ille and V ictor Vesnaver p itched in, fl ipp ing the burgers. Later Steve Pfaff awarded Skip and V ictor the first annual Colby barbecue kit complete w ith baseball alt and pepper shakers for their effort . aturday even ing we had a c lass dinner in Robert . President Cotter stopped by and said a few words. Our guest peaker was Cal Mackenzie, chairman of the Government Department. Cal gave us an update on what wa going on at Colby and mentioned that technology in the c las room i playing a big part in higher education and will be even more so in the future. aturday evening we returned to the turtevant Lounge and danced the night away to songs of the '60s and '70s ( yes, even some di co) until our feet were sore. A number of us toured the new field hou e and wished we could omehow travel back to the future o we could take advantage of thi amazing new fac i li ty .

-Beth Pniew ki Wilson N e b . he and h e r husband, Randy, have a daughter, Mary E l izabeth, and two dogs. Karen got her Ph. D. in cl inical psychol ogy in 1 990, got married in 1 99 1 and went into private practice the same year. Thi year Karen be came a partner in the private practice where she has been work ing, Kairo P ychological , P.C. . Glenn Currier is a phy ician in Well ington, New Zealand. Hi wife, Linda, i also a physi c ian, and they have a son, Tho ma H a rry C u r r i e r , born i n eptember 1 99 5 . They have trav-

eled throughout the outh Pa c ific and Au tralia and now call N e w Zealand home . . . . I re ceived two e-mail . One wa- from Dale Oak, who has been working for the Committee on Appropria tion for the U . . Hou e of Re presen t a t i v e s , manag ing the computer operations office. Dale and his wife, Janet, spend most of their free time chasing their 2year-old daughter and 4-year-old on around. He aw Jim and Laura Littlefield Bourne at an event la t fall of the Maine tate oci ety, an organization in Wa h-

ington, D.C. , for people with a Maine connection. Dale ran into Champe Fisher in Arlington, Va. , where they both l ive . . . . Kim Hokanson, also an e-mailer, mar ried Denni tein la t eptember at the Bowdon ( ! ) College alumni house. everal Colby grads wer in attendance: Cathy D wy e r , andy What ley ' 0, A l a t a i r Caperton ' 8 5 , ara H i ll ' 8 4 and Eliza D r ey ' 1 . Kim i till work ing at the development office at Harvard and i living in Water town with their two dog , Kodak and Brownie ( Denni i a photog-

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I n Rockport, Mas . , S u s a n Hartley B r isson and her husband, John (an assistant professor at M I T ) , ha\'e two chil dren, arah, born in 1 99 1 , and Jack, born in 1 99 3 . A long ll'ith part-t ime con ult ing work for a telerecruiting company (college adm issions ) , u a n i kept busy with carpool ing, volunteering for arah's pre chool-and two large Newfoundland dog ! . . . J o n a t h a n Baskin's relocation to Fort Lauderdale, Fla., ha resulted in an increa e in the purc hasino of PF 1 5 sunblock ! J onathan has a top PR job at Blockbu ter Enter tainment a a VP of corporate relat ion . This i a new job for him, and he enj oy the profesional challenge. Hi wife, El i:a beth, is working part t ime in the PR fie ld. The ir daughter, Cath erine, was born in 1 99 5 , and they have two cats, Fe! ix and Roger. A great book that Jonathan recently read is The True and Only Heaven by Christopher Lasch . . . . Chris Cameron ha tarted a market ing communicat ions firm that pe c ial izes in the recreation and food industries. W ith hi experience at martfood and more recently at Mountain Bike Magazine, the business i pull ing together much fa ter than expected. Hi wife, usan, is a direct market ing con sultant, and they are expecting their econd child in October. ( Peter Wil on Cameron was born in 1 994 and rode h is two-wheeler without training wheels on his second birthday ! ) Chri occa ion ally ee Carson Stanwood and Tim Dawson . . . . Paul V ei l leux

is currently d i rector of in tru c t i o n , Combined Logistic Officer Advanced Course. ince 1 98 8 P a u l ha been stationed in Bel gium and in Frankfurt, Germany, and wa deployed to audi Arabia for De ert h i e ld/ torm, for which he> earned the Bronze tar. At the ational Training Cen ter, Fort I rwin, Calif. , he erved a a trainer for logi t ic units from all over the U . . S ince 1 994 Paul ha been in Fort Lee, Va. He and

hi· wife, Andi, ha,·e two chil dren, Christopher, 9 , and Ryan, 6. AnJ i organi:ed and run a fam ily upport >roup for 3 50 employ ees and fur all the student in CLOAC ( up to 360 at any one time ) . Round ing out the fam i ly are harl ie the dog and amantha the cat. . . . Mary Rudolph Black is practic ing law with her parmer and law school classmate at their firm, Black & Ponti ako Her hu-band, Peter, is a manager, and their twin , ophia and George, were born in 1 994. Mary i curi ous about l n g r i G u n d e r s o n Lombardi -please write in! . . . Jeffra Becknell moved to Cali fornia. he and parmer Liz dro\'e across the country in a U-Haul tow i ng a Ford Exp lorer while Wi lbur the cat got to fly TWA . Jeffra is getting an M . Ed. at UCLA and i teach ing at Dorsey H igh School in inner c ity L . A .-j ust l ike Dangerous Minds-only she says -he doe n't look like M ichelle Pfeiffer and has yet to learn ka rate. he's finding L.A. fun, has managed to find a hockey team to play on and has been an extra on a sitcom . . . . Tim Cross and h is wife, Ann Philbin, have recently returned from two year of work ing in War aw, Poland, where he was c untry coordinator of the Civil Soc iety Development Pro gram. They were expec ting their first child in J uly . . . . After four years in Dubai, UAE, Suzy Teare Morris ha moved back to Lon don. Her hu band, Mark Morri , returned to London with Merrill Lynch as executive d irector, In ternat i o n a l P r i v ate Bank i ng. They have four daughters-Lo gan, Nellie, Catharyn and Annie. Su:y and her fami l y get back to the tare every summer to visit Princeton and the Cape, and they also get toge ther with J anice McKeown , Annie's godmother. They a l o keep in touch with Colleen Glovins Casey but have not seen her for a few year . . . Terry Smith P robst is a bank admini tration officer with At lan t ic Bank in outh Portland, Maine. he and her husband, teve, had their fir t child in November 1 99 5-Adam Mor rison Brob t checked in at lb . 1 2 oz. and 2 1 .5 inches. Everyone is happy and healthy . . . . I want to thank you all for taking the time to write and end new . I

also want to remind everybody that next ::.pring we'll be hav ing our 1 5 th reu11 1nn1 A the time get c loser, we'll he send ing out + more information. Correspondent: Sal l y Lovegren Merc hant

I had too much new for a column, ::.o ll'atch for a newsletter. If you don't recei\'e one, it could be time for you to check on whether we ha,·e your current address. Write me! Hope you're ha,·ino a happy -ummer1 + Correspondent: Barbara Knox Autran

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lando managing an office for r c l\ !ortgage. H ... reloc<Jted tl) C,1n nec t 1 c u t earlier thL year. heryl Lar on Mortensen had her second child, Enka. th1' ra't Augu::.t. heryl complered her adm mi>tratilln/supen·1sillll certi fication while rak111g a courle l)t years off frnm reaching. She en JOY� >pend111g more time \\' ith her chi ldren. . Ch ristopher Leb herz write> rhat the mo t , 1gn1fi canr change in hi life ha been hi· wife ' · rregnancy. " Fa m i l y commitment> have been a change for the be(ter," he say Chm participates in a ba,eball comre t i t ion every year \\' i th K e i t h Turley, B r a d W hitacker, Elliot Kolodny, J oh n Proro k , R i c h Mac N eille and W i l l iam M c Der

mott ' 6 . Tom Claytor says hello to the Clas of 19 5. " I f

you're interested in what I 've been up to, please visit my Web i re ( h t t p : //al l i c a t . m c k . c o .za/bu h pilot/)," he writes, "or drop me an e-mail ( 10007 7 , 7 1 l @compuserve. com ) . " . . . John M. O 'Connor reports that after even years in private prac tice as a trial attor ney he has changed career . Plea e contact him if you want to buy or ell real estate in Boston . . . . Elisa Maxwell married Todd Tetreault, relocated to Rexford, . Y . , and had a son, Luke, born February 24, 1 996. Congratulations ' I 'd a lso l i k e to c ongra tu late my friend ( and former roommate ! ) A n d y a n d B a r b a ra W i l k e s Sheehan o n the birth o f Kyle Tanner. . . . Wendy Ronan de Mon tbrun changed jobs and had a son, Kevin. She writes, " 1 99 5 has been a challenging year lot of work and l ittle play. But i r's been rewarding-wonderful k ids, i nterest ing c areers . " . Maureen "Mo" Cyr i currently l iv ing in rhe Los Angeles area after driving cro country by her elf. he work in banking during the day and is attending grad chool at n ighr ( M . . W. at U C ) . Mo has been doing ome great things ince he left Colby. he volunteered as a rherapisr in-training at rhe L.A. Gay & Le b i an Comm u n i ty Center' coun el ing sen·ice department. he also worked on Cap itol H i l l a n d later in healrh, economic and policy research . . . . J oh n Schleck had a great t i me in Or-

. . . Hathy MacMahon Simpson is a graduate student

and morher of two ons, Graham and James. he [ i ,·es ll'Ith her husband, Richard, in We tporr, Conn . . . W e n d e l l P e r k i n s ll'ould like t o announce the birth of his daughter, El len Margaret. He recently moved to Lake For est, I ll . , where hi wife teache college . . . . Be ve rly Rice Tede schi said she never antic ipated teac h i n g h ig h s c h o o l w h e n · h e left Colby, but she IO\·es it and is glad that she cho e it as a c a reer. . . . M . J . J a me s - P i r r i married M ichael G . Pirri last ep tember. They met at the Univerity of Rhode I land, ll'here she was getting her Ph.D. in biologi + cal sc ience . Correspondent: Gretchen Bean L u r ie

I gues thi can be consid ered my retirement col umn. After writing to you for 10 year , I am turning my pen over to Wendy Lapham Russ. With her wit, creativity and knack for journalism, I know she w i l l do a great job. Ler' help her out wirh a great re pon e to all rho e questionnaire 1 • • • J ulie A rc he r Tunney and her husband, Sean, were married in J u ly 1 99 5 and are l iv i ng in Zimbabwe, where J u lie is a health advisor for rhe Ameri can Refugee Com m ittee. Her work has ent her to Mozambique, Rwanda, Kenya, M a l a w i and Thailand, but J ulie hope to re t u r n ro the S r n t e in e a r l y

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reunion 96 he 1 0th Reunion of the Class of 1 986 wa a rousing success with lots of classmate ( 0 at la t unofficial coun t ) in attendance. We were incredibly lucky with the weather although rain was threatening all day atur day the showers held off until we were safely inside partying on Saturday n ight. Some lucky classmates started the week end fe tivities early by playing golf on Friday afternoon and then joined the rest of the working folk on Friday night and were treated to good food and drink. Later Friday n ight, we gathered in our clas headquarters in Mary Low Lounge and, with the help of ome back ground music and a nice beer and wine bar, settled in for a catching-up session that lasted late into the n ight. Saturday morning, our class made quite a Norma Delaney (left) pic ture parading to the footbal l field, blowing wear balloon hats. bubbles and getting t icky, thank to the cheerleading efforts of our class host, David Hanauer '9 7 , plus Hank Yel le' insistence that bubbles were mandatory. J ay A l len and Chris Engstrom did a great job as banner bearers, with support from Brian Cornwall waving our cla s year s ign. We al o admired the great class T- hirt de igned by Le lie Greenslet Perry and wi hed we'd all worn ours for the parade-next t ime! Tom Fi her d idn't really urprise us when he admitted he'd had a hard time getting up in time for the parade, but did surprise u with h is accurate identification of a Balt imore oriole near Dana-by sound alone. At the presentation of gifts, we wowed everyone, including ourselves, when we aw how well we'd done in supporting Colby; ju t a few dollar shy of $ 200,000 from the Cla s of '86, including all our campaign pledge . Several cla smates asked for and received a mini lesson i n fund rai ing and learned about annual vs. capital giving. I n the afternoon, we gathered on Dana lawn- and, back to basics, cooked our own burgers and hot dogs and lounged around doing lots of catching up and catching ray . Ted Wolff, ue Whitney and Chri Engstrom had a good time remini cing about their ea emester

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in the Bath-Brunswick, Maine, area u n t i l they r e l o c a t e to Hawaii in J uly 1 99 7 , when her U . . Navy commanderhu band' ship move . Gretchen i a busy '"hou efrau" with Thomas, 5, and 3 - year-old t w i n s , J ame and Kelly . . . . Paul Buckley, M . D. , Ph.D., started residence in J u ly a t t . Luke's-Roosevelt Ho p i ta! Center in N .Y.C. after fini hing his medical program at the Mayo (Clinic) Foundation in M inne sota . . . . Scott Croll finds hi life as a easonal national park ranger becoming increasingly migratory. While he misses having a home and garden, he ha enjoyed the

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1986 experience. Profe sors Pete and Jane Moss found our barbecue, despite a last-minute lo cation change, and held court on the lawn. All the kid were in their glory, too: Eve Ermer' Erik and Andrea, Deb Pernice Duffy' Hannah and Joe, J ay Church' Connor, Chapman Mayo's Hugh, John Haber tock's Taylor, plus the darling l ittle tykes of Geoff Alexander who e names did not get written down. Each one wa cuter than the next. Everyone eemed to have a great time. During lunch, Ted Wolff, J ay Church, Sue Maxwell Rei ert, Heather Fra ier Chabot and Anne Butter all agreed to sign up a class agents and, with the help of Bill Northfield's handy year book, even chose the folk they'll be contact ing in our cla s. and Sue Whitney After d i per ing a bit to take tour of the beautiful art museum, impres ive new Olin Science Center, or expanded Alfond Ath letic Center, we came together again for our class banquet in Roberts on Saturday n ight. Our nifty bottle coolers were a big hit all around, as wa the night in general. We were greatly entertained by our vi it from J an Hogendom, who regaled u with stories of Colby Then and Now. Pre ident Cotter' incredibly timely entrance created a sensa tion, unequaled throughout the weekend. J ay Church might argue that the highlight of the evening was having hi picture taken with his "personal harem" of Teri Appleton, Lisa Foley, Robin Clisby Pelczar, J e sica Flood Leitz, Amy Barnes Hurley and ( of cour e ! ) Imogen M i ntzer Church. We had a great time dancing-Deb Brook won the prize for her spunky duet with our mysteriou gue t. For a while, we thought Brian and Laurie Clark Cornwall were the only ones who knew how to dance l ike grown-up , until we aw Peter and Linda Flight Lull waltzing to the Smashing Pumpkin . Sunday morning, we lingered over Bonnie' coffee cake in the dorm and reluctantly said our good-bye , mixed with promise of "next time ! " and " ee you sooner! " Let's start thinking about what we want to do next time! -Hank Yelle

opportunity to travel (G lacier Bay Ala ka in -ummer 1 995 followed by last winter in the Florida Keys ) . He recently spent three months in Hawaii volunteering with an archeologist and learning to scuba d ive. . W e n d y B i rb rower Solomon returned t o work full time as a manager of systems and admin istration for her husband's manufacturing company. The many perk include the flexibil ity to work a schedule around daughters Jordan, 4, and Rebecca, 2. Wendy and her family still enjoy the ir trips to towe, Vt., for ski ing and bike riding . . J oyce Sutton Anderson and her family have been living in Egypt ince epte mber 1 9 9 5 . W ith

daughter Lind ay, 5, and son J ame , 3 , Joyce and her hu band have enjoyed travels to Luxor and the Karnak temple , a cruise on the Ni le and spring hol iday at the G iza pyramids . . . . Chris '8 and Heather Fasier Chabot are enjoying their home in the foot hill of the White Mountain . Heather received her ma ter' in oc ial psychology this pring and is currently working toward a P h . D . . . . M i dori and S t e v e Bridge are living in Alabama, where teve i bu y with four part-time teaching ( ESL) job and managing Lev i , the Great Dane puppy, who i getting "rea l ly big ! " . . . Renata and Bob Cobuz zi are both working in the Val ley

Forge area for Astra Merck, a pharmaceutical company. Bob completed hi postdoctoral fel lowship l a s t fal l , a n d he and Renata are enjoying a brand new home . . . . Chris and Cynthia Lloyd Brogan, Lars and Barb Falcone Smith and Brian and Laurie Clark Cornwall shared a fun weekend at Stowe, Vt., last February. The six enjoyed a few days of downh ill and cros -coun try ki ing, but their bodies felt the 3 0 - omething yndrome afterward ! . . . Suzanne Swain Masiello nearly broke a hospital record la t December-in the ho pita! by 9 a.m., her baby deliv ered by l O a.m . ! he i enjoying motherhood, with l ittle tark

Thomas keep ing her q u i te busy. . . . J i l l M y e row B l i n d erman write from Connect i c u t that with mommying ( Ryan, almo t 5, and Tyler, 1 months ) and working a a ales manager, "who has t i me for anyth ing el e ? I " . Peter Taubkin i v ice president of government relations and pub lic affairs for T ime Warner Cable, Albany ( N . Y . ) d iv ision . . . . Tra cey and B i l l Yardley l i v e in Needham, M ass. , with their first born, who arrived in Februarv. Bill was promoted to manager � t Bo ton Ga Co. in October 1 99 5 . . . . Sue Whitney returned to her teaching po t at Shady Side Academy in Pirtsburgh fol lowing her travels to Ghana, West Africa, where she worked to start a program for h igh chool and college students to pend a e m ester a b r o a d . . . M e l a n i e Megat h l i n Flaherty continues work in government relations in Hartford, Conn. She and her hu band, Brian, purchased their first home last spring . . . . l 'm a bu y fu l l - t i me mom to Paige, now 4, and H unter, almost 6. Thi fal l I ' l l b e serving my third year on the nursery chool board a well a volunteering at H unter' new chool-he starts k indergarten at a nearby private chool in ep tember. My kid ' involvement in occer, ballet and gymnas t i c keep us on t h e g o in outhern Californi a ! M any thanks to all of you for your help and support during the past 10 year . Best wishe to everyone for continued happiness and succes ! + Correspondent: Sara Dick ison

N icola Rotberg and Rob ert Cloutier '89 were mar ried in J une 1 99 3 . They both graduated from the U niver i ty of Vermont' College of Medic ine. N icola i c urrently an OB/GYN re ident at Temple Univer ity, and Rob work a an emergency medical re ident at Medical Col lege of Pennsylvan ia. Both ho pitals are in Phi ladelph i a . . . . Rok Za i e c wa married last Octo ber, ancl J onathan Selkowitz and Chris Brown were in the wed d ing. Rok works a an a i tant trea urer. . . . Hank and C indy Hudson Whittenberg enjoy their

NEWSMAKERS Amy Haselton '81 is the new

pre ident and CEO of Planned Parenthood of the Blue R idge in Roanoke, Va . . . . Jennifer Strode '8 1 wa a featured arti t in the Valley Arti ans Market art how in C a m b r i d g e , N.Y . . . . Timothy Carstens '82 represented Colby at the inau guration of]ohn Bardo as pre i d e n t of W e tern Caro l i n a U n iver ity in C u llowhee, ancy D i Be rn a rd o '87 N.C. . . . N a n c y Briggs Marshall '82 was an invited speaker at three Maine trade aroup conferences in the spring. he poke about pub l ic relation and marketing techniques . . . . Ethan Shapiro '83 wa named asso . H . . . J ack on c iate dean at Phillip Academy in Exeter, Hole, Wyo., ki in tructor Nathan Emerson '85 wa a ked by J ordan s K ing Hus ein to ki w ith the monarch's family for a \\'eek last w in ter. Emerson also publi hed an article on cros -country skiing in Snow Count1·y magazine . . . . Ann-Meg White '85 i the new assistant d irector of Tufts U niver i ty's Fund for Arts and c iences . . . . Nancy D i Bernardo '87 has been promoted to director, synergy for Capital Cities/ABC I nc . . . . Charles Ferris '88 has joined another Waterv i l le trial attorney to form The Law Office of Geller & Ferris . . . . Kenneth Ginder '88 has been named senior as oc iate in the tax pract ice of Cooper & Lybrand in Bo ton . . . . Jodie Caruolo '89 ha opened a law prac t ice in eekonk, R. l . . . . Neil Menard '89 i new d i rector of executi\'e and emp loyee benefit p lans at The K a l e e l Co. I n c . of B ton . . . . Jeffrey Smith '85 has been named v ice president of community banking for Key Bank of M a ine.

MILEPOSTS Marriage s : D a n i e l O 'H a l loran '80 to J a ne M ahoney i n Cumberland, M aine . . . . Wende Davis '82 t o Joseph chultz i n Beverly Farms, M a . . Katherine Keller '86 t o M ichael Garfield Jr. in Holderness, N . H . . . . Holly James '87 to J effrey M ichael in G ranville, Ohio. . . . Sean M. Sullivan '87 to Amy Drury in I lesboro, Maine . . . . Jeffrey Tracy '89 to Kimberley

J enkin in We t Barn table, Mas . Births: A son,

ean M ichael, to J on and Mary Beth Whitaker

Mcintyre '82 . . . . A daughter, Catherine Mary, to Louis '85

an d Susan James Geremia '85 . . . . A daughter, J u l ie pencer Fe is , to Christopher Feiss '85 and Hadley Hubbard '86 . . . . A daughter, Emily, to Katherine Gates Karlik '87 . . . . Two on , icolas and N athan, to Andrew Rudman '87 . . . . A on, A l an Osamu, to Tetsuya and Paige Alexander Sato '88 . . . . A daughter, Haili Ka ak -Moyer, to Ingrid Kasaks-Moyer '89 and Quin Moyer '89 . . . . A son M itchell Thoma , to Stephen '89 and Karen Faunce Rand '90. dent loan the ame month she decided to lu i t h e r j o b w ith the M aine rate Hou ing Authority and tay at home ful l t ime w i th her on, Thomas, born in ep tember 1 994. " I think it took tour at Colby to really prepare for ful l t ime parenthood. While it' b y

two children, Kyla Quay, 4 , and J enna Lee, 2. Hank works as a tax attorney and president of North American Bio y terns, Inc. L ike many Colby alum , they reside out ide of the Bo ton area. Beth Henry Russell made the last payment on her Colby tu-

far t h e hl:''t 'Jl'h' l \·1:' e\·er hacl. 1t\ cerra111h· the most chal len!.!tn!.!." . . . La-,t December Paige Alex ander Sato hacl her fiN L h i l cl, A lan 0-.amu. :he ancl her hu' h<1nd arc cal l 1 11g him :am She ha, been bLI'\" wnh her inh m N .Y.C. as a r u bi 1c affa ir' courcl 1 nator at a Jar,me'e m aJ O r fnnd lll2redknr cL1mrany cal led .--\p n, 1mntn. One nf the cumram·', he,t knnll'n rrnd uct , t> M G , ,n there i� ne\·er a cl ull mnml:'nr 1 :he and her hu,band al o Jn fre e lanL e t ran-,l a u n g from J a rane'e ro English . . . . Bill Reed 53\"' that after f1 nishmg a ma"ler·, 111 h1< tory at the Un l\·erm) of \'e r mon t , he ha:, been teac h 1 11g se,·enth and e ighth grade h1 wry at Berwick Academy in c1uth Bennck, l'v l aine, and coachlllg s o c c e r , k i r n g and baseba l l . . . . Craig Welch , co-founder of a financial software c omram· based tn Boston, ·pent 1 99-1 ex plormg po·sible 1m·estment op pon u n 1 t ie in fo rmer m· 1 e t aircraft companies. Profe sor A l Maninac helped \\'1th some o f + his 1 1w e tigarwns1 Corre pondent: Deborah A . Greene

Roger ' and Danielle Nowak Archambault li,·e

in Tuckahoe, . Y . , \\'here Dan ielle is a c linical research as oc 1a t e for pharmac e u t i c a l d r ug tud ie and Roger i an orthope dic surgery re idenr. Their rro fes s i o n a l c o m m i t m e n t s k e e r them bu·y, b u t ,·ac ar ion w Greece and H awai i provide some q u a l i t y relaxation . . . . S o n y a H a l l Morrison and her hu,band, ala · arri t Chri topher Mornson, moved to Bell ingham , Wa h. onya teaches French at a h1gh chool and, I 'm happy to hear, in her spare time is st i l l danc mg. he and Chri graduated from the Mounta ineer c rambl ing Cia and are putting their nell' k ill to good u e m the wilds of ea tern W ash ington . . . . B rad Mitchell ha left VER Y , I nc . in B o t o n a n d i no\\' a fir t-year l a\\' tudent at ermont La\\' chool. He's ·pec ialt:ina in en\'i ronmental law, an interest that developed during campaign \\'Ork for enator Georae M itchell in 1 9 . In 1 994 he founded a

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Candid Camera ome of those dramatic

and creat i ve writing mi nor, Ph il hrick had produced "noth i ng v isual," however, so after gradu ation he took a fi l m c las

Joc u mentary-style pub

l ic serv ic e announcements

i n Boston to bu i ld up a portfolio, which led to a year of experimental fi lmmak i ng at the School of the Art I ns t i tu te

del ivered on ne twork tele Y ision in J u ly by young, re

of Chic ago. In 1 99 1 he earned an M . F. A . in fi lm prod uct ion from Syrac use U n i versity.

covering drug aJd i c ts for Partnersh ip for a Drug- Free

" Harry Dev l i n-An Artist's Ody sey," Ph i l brick' fi lm

America were d i rec teJ by

on the commerc ial and fine arts artist who e career spans

freelance fi l m d irector, pro

more than a half century, won the Fir t P lace Gold Camera

d u c e r and ed i t o r Cabot

Award for Documentary at the U . S . Internat ional Film and

Phi lbrick '86.

V ideo Fest ival i n Ch icago last May. Ph i lbrick hopes to land

"As a d i rector I have a

lot to ay about the vi ual ,"

Cabot Philbrick

h i prod uct ion on a Public Broadcasting Sy tem national

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rota t ion, a l though. he recogn izes " that \Vou ld be a stretch.

said P h i l brick, who conduc ted on-c amera i n tervi ews with

You can be c reat ive and good, but i t ' a whole other job to

one addict's mother and w i th three young people who are

market and di tribute," he aid. 'Tm painfu l l y free lanc e . "

,ucce ses i n a drug rehab i l itat ion program. He and another

Currently l i v i ng in Hoboken, N .J . , Phi lbrick a lso pro

ed i to r then con truc ted 1 1 30-second storie , each with a

duced an i nd ustrial docu mentary, "The Mak ing of Moun

beg i n n i ng, middle and sobering con c l u ion foc using on mari

tain Bike City," i n assoc iation with I nternational F i l m

j uana as the doorway to rupture with fri ends and fa m i ly,

Design Group I n c . in N ew York C i t y . F i lm D e i g n give h i m

dropp i ng out of choo l , crime and other drugs. ( As one young

an office th.at is "only a l ittle shel l o f a place," he said, b u t it

woman say , pot led her to "crack, hash, ange l dust, every

M anhattan phone number "makes me look b igger than I am.

thing . " ) Phi lbrick fee l hi que tions and re pon e to the

I t 's a tough road, freelance. You're never unemployed,

young people e tabl ished a rapport that prod uced the com

you're ju t between proj ect ."

pel l i ng footage. "Anecdota l l y wa the best way to go," he said,

The commercials and a "noble day job" at the American Museum of the Moving Image i n Astoria, N . Y . , where he

"because it makes a connection with k i d watc h i ng . " Ph i lbrick s a y t h a t goi ng to fi l ms w h e n he w a s growi ng up

demonstrates new technology and teaches sch ol groups about

wa "like going to the c i rcu , " but i t wa n't u n t i l h i s j u n ior

filmmaking, support hi ongoing documentary labors, Philbrick

year at Colby that he real i:ed " i t's not th is magical th i ng.

ays. Currently he's working up subjects and pur uing funding.

People actually do this for a career. " The next year he took

Alth ugh he think he'll nrnke a feature film someday, his

fi l m study c l as e w i th Professor Dav id Lubin, who opened h is

experience on the Devlin and other projects ha him hooked.

eye , he ays, to the c l as ics of fi lm h istory. An Engl ish major

"More and more," he said, "I love the documentary."

" Wej ustwannafi n ish Runner's Club" to rai e money for chari ty while runn ing the Bo ton Mara thon. He rai ed 3 ,000 for Rosie' Place and did more than j u t fin ish the race in 3 : 5 2 ! . . . Andy S imons is enjoying the student l ife aaain at Boston Col lege Law choo l ; hi wi fe, Am y ( M o menee ) , i the dean of tudents at the Walnut Hill Schoo l . They ll'orked for four year at a private h igh school in Southern Califor nia and are happy to be back East with their black lab, Sam , adopted after heing abandoned in the ou them California mountains. . . . Shelly H or ton Ols on and hu,banJ Brad are living in N .Y.C. Shelly got her M . B . A . with hon or from Columbia in 1 99 3 and is an equity research analy t at Smith Barney; Brad finished in the top 5 percent of h is cla at

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The Wharton School of Busine s in 1 99 5 and is the VP of strategic p lanning, also at Smith Barney. . . . Mark S icinski and h is wife, El len, were expec ti ng their first ch ild. Mark is a vice president at the Bank of New York and Ellen is an assistant VP for Natwest U A . They are living in Ossining, N .Y. . . . Christin Haight is work ing toward a ma ter' in ocial work at Columbia U n i ver ity while still working fu l l time as a p ychiatric counselor in White Plains, N . Y . . . . K i m Murphy Brewer married Paul Brewer in J u ne 1 99 5 and is l iving near Adrienne and J im Connolly in Arl ington, Va. K i rn works at the Nat ional Academy of cience and tel l me that Sasha Carey is in medical chool at Howard. Mark S i lvern is a law tudent at Suffolk University. He and h is

w ife , attorney Bettina Toner ilvern, l ive in Melrose and saw many classmates at Scott Wen t ze l l 's wedding to Lisa Krikorian . Mike D' Agostino, who i in an M . B.A. program at Case West ern Re erve, wa there, along with Scott W il l iamson, Brad Lord, Bruce Whiting, Quinn Moyer

and Ingrid Kasaks-Moyer and Peter Arsenault. Anthony M a z z o l a 's M . B . A . s t udies a t

Texas Christian Un iver i t y pre vented him from attending . . . . Cherie Poulin Szustak is a full t ime mom after the b irth of her son, Christopher Michael. he and hu band M ichael, a p i lot, l i ve in Lewi ton, Maine . . . . George Stevens graduated from We tern New England College School of Law in 1 993 and is now the in-hou e counsel for A A Real Estate ervices in Newing-

ton, Conn. Traveler J ohn Semple's motto, 'That which does not kill me makes for a good travel tory," i definitely true, and I wish I had pace to print all his tale . He wrote before em barking on a three-year journey through Europe, Northern Af rica, Israel , Jordan, yria and wherever the wind takes him on hi BMW R 0 a/s motorcycle. . . . Scott Turtel is an M . B.A. student at the Kellogg Graduate School of Management, North western Un iversity. Hi wife, Erin ( DeChri topher '8 ) is an account exec w i t h BA i n Evan ton , I l l . . . . Davis Russell received an M.A. in pol itical sci ence and i now a graphic art i t/ production engineer. H i wife, Carolyn ( Baker '90 ) , is a n envi r nrnental consultan t. +

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Laura enier 4 Menotomy Road, Apt. 9 Arlington, MA 02 1 74 6 1 7-64 1 - 3467 e-mail: laura_sen ier@hmco.com 1 99 1

J ennifer Jencks 5 40 Prospect treet eekonk , MA 02 7 7 1 50 - 3 3 6 - 7049 1 99 2

Katie Martin 1 1 Larchmont Avenue Larchmont, N Y 1 0 5 3 9 1 4- 34- 5 5 3 7 e-mail: kmart mb@aol.com 1 993

Will iam M i ller Jr. 1 4 El lery treet = 1 04 Cambridge, MA 02 1 3 6 1 7-44 1 -2 1 5 1 994

A l ic ia . H idalgo 2 Mar hall treet North Reading, MA 01 64-30 1 8 5 0 -664- 5 1 2 e-mail: Alicia_Hidalgo@hmco.com 1 995

Aly a Falwe l l 1 6 1 0 Clarwndon Blvd., A Arlington, VA 2 2 209 7 0 3 - 2 76-942 1

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Sheri B e rge r wrote to let

me know that she gradu ated from Cornell busine - c hool and is now working as a recru i ter for J . P. Morgan. Her job take her to campu e around the country to recru it people for entry-le,·el po·inon . he ent word that E i leen Kinney was to graduare this May from Cornell bu me · schoo l . L a · r summer they l h·ed together in N e w Y ork w h i l e E i l e e n w o rked f o r H e w l e t t Packard. heri al o ran into A n drew Grossman, "·ho i working on a campaign for "·omeone in ew J ersey . " . . J i m C l i fford wwte to tell me that he pent some time after graduation teach ing in Portland, Maine, but is now p Irsuing a "career as a pro fessional wden t," working on a law degree and l h·ing in Newton, Mass. He sends lots of nell"s on friend and c lassmates: Bill ' 9 and Bebe Clark B u l l ock are mo\' i n g t o M anchester, V t . , where Bill w i l l b e working for On· i ( the fly-fish ing/outdoor equipment manufacturer) . Bebe plan- to teach after the b irth of their first child. Joh n and Nori Sterling Gale are l iv ing in Cari bou, M a ine, where John is an as istant d istrict attorney and ori i a graphic arti r. Their on, Tate, i abour 1 - 1 /2 now, and they are expec t ing another baby soon. J im al o tell me that Rich R o b i n wa married to N ur i t Goldman thi p a t January i n ew Orlean and that they now l ive and work in Lo Angele . Brian ew Canaan, Lee is l iving in Conn., where he works in indu trial auctioneering and ale and "travel too much." Peter Syl vester live in Brookl ine, Mas ., and works for a mall in urance company. (] im said that he, Brian and Peter are perfecting their

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handicaps . ) Mark Driscoll re cently mo\'ed back to Boston from Va i l , Colo . ; he'5 look111g for an interesting job in real estate . J i m al·o ay- thar J oc el yn Jones b 111 her fin.t year of law school (he d idn't say \\'hat schoo l ) and that Kaki Martin graduated last pring from Harrnrd' landscape archi tecture program and i > now l t \'lng 111 Cambridge. Thank for all the new , J i m ! . . . Karen C u iffo Booker and her hu band , I ate, are li,·ing and working in Con necticut. Karen 11·orks as a pro gram coordinator at the Hartford Graduate Center and ate i a busine analyst w i th C I G N A . I n their spare time, ate was train ing for a ·pring marathon and Karen was rehear ing for a dance rec ital and 11·ork ing on a second master' degree . . . . Anne Pol lock Briggs l i ,·e in Tennes ee ll"ith her hu band, J ohn, a com p u te r c on u l t a n t . Anne 11· i l l graduate from Vanderbilt Uni \'er-ity w ith an M . B.A. in finance and accounting. After graduation, they will mO\'e to ew York City , 11·here Anne ll"ill work for Chemi cal Bank in corporate finance. . . . Anne Cirillo wrote to let me know that he and her fam i l y ( h u band R o b e r t Freed m a n , Hayden Marie, 2 - 1 / 2 , and R iley mon ths) recently u:anne, mo,·ed to Boi e, I daho. Anne is happy to be clo e to her family again. . . L i s a Bove B a k e r and her hu band , M ike, are still li\' ing in orth Carol ina. Lisa has been work111g there w ith the a t i o n a l H e a l t h e r Y i c e as a physic ian' a i rant for the past two year and wa expecting a baby in Augu t. he tell me that Anne Band is gett ing married ( he has been commuting be tween Wyoming and Montana, where he is enrolled in oraduate choo l ) . Lisa al o mentioned that she' been in touch w ith Randy Grover, who is now an optom etrist and i stationed w i th the

Army 111 Germany, 11·here he ll"dl be for another rwo year' or ,t). . .-\nd f111ally, 1f any of you \\'tll he pa"ing through the Wa,h111gtnn. D.C., area and ll'ant tn do -nme h1k111g, be 'ure to ger 1n touch \\'1th David Coleman. O<Jnd lead, h 1 - ll"e e k l y h i ke, thro u gh the henendoah Nar ional Fore t and u ually ha· ahout 1 0 to 1 5 people 11·tth him. I f you 're 1ntere,ted, you can contact Da"id ,·ia e-ma1 I at colemand1?1ad,·1 ·nry.com . . . . Thank a.g ain to all nf you who 11Tote in \\' Ith news. 1 enj oy get ting your letters and pas inQ the nell's on, n keer th<1se cards and + letters c oming1 Corre·ponden t: Portia Walker

Charlie Allen i-; pursu ing

hi M . B.A. down 111 At . . Peter and Margaret Curran Bailey are enjoying mar ried life in Austell, Ga. he is no\\' the enior youth uperv1sor in a helter for abused/neglected children and started her master's of science and communi ty coun_el ing at Georgia State Uni,·ersiry, and Peter i a student at Life Chi ropractic College. They were mar ried la t eptemher 30, 11·ith Amy Davis and Mike Schwartz in the ll"edding parry. They report a nstt from Josh Green, ll"ho i- currently at the Federal Lall' Enforcement Training Center in G lynco, Ga. (are we tart111g to see a pattern here ?), where he is training to be peak a pecial agent with I ing of Amy, he'll be pending some rime w ith the Bailey during the ummer Olympic . . . . And the final word from down outh: Deanne Newton i a grad tudent in exercise science and cardiac rehab at the Uni,·ersity of Geor gia. . . . Mike Doubleda i nor m a r r i e d . ( M y mt t a ke . ) . . . Corinne Hauser Tardio, recently married to Doug Tardio and new lanta . .

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home Oll'ner, lo\·e, her career a> <1 marke ring manager for EJ Krause A:,,oc 1are, I mernam mal Exhib1r iLm and Conference Manage menr . . . . Ch ris Caponi and his ll'ife, Hearher ( He\\'S '9 3 ) , hm·e a l i n le bn\', C.J ( Chris Caplmi J r. ) . They mm·ed w tv l i l ll'aukee i n � er rember after Chris lefr rhe U . S. M anne Corps ( he ll'a> promored ro capra i n and is srill in rhe re sen·es and recendy spent rhree \\'eeks in Norway ) . hris is no\\' a sale- rep for T oyma l ndusrrial Fork Trucks and Hearher is reac h i ng. H e has become good friends ll'irh J en Scott and Eric Johmon ' 9 2 , and r h e rhree o fr h e m ha1·e �rnned rhe ir oll'n unLlfficial 1' 1 i lll'aukee l u b 1 H e say . " Hearher Colby and I are enj oy i ng being rarenr J en Cos is now wry much." . an e1w ironmental healrh inrern for rhe Brookl ine De�'amnem of Heald1 and i:, gening her ma ·rer's in publ ic healrh ar BU. She and J im Brayer '89 are marrying rhis momh . . . . Trish Biros co-ll'rnre rhe fir r of ar l easr four scient ific papers rhat w i l l be presented in the Journal of Pediatric Pulmon olog)' i n rhe near furure. I r 's ba ed on rhe research she and her col league- ha\'e been conducting for th past three year· on chi ldren wirh a ·rhma. Her work ha> raken her ro major re·earch center ,uch as The T exa:, A;thma Camp for K id in Tyler. Texa · . . . . Trevor Braden and Jen Porter '9 3 are ful l t i me teacher i n biology a n d pan ish, dorm heads and ou rdoor educarion leader ar the Verde Val ley chool in Ari:ona. In be tween :,emesrer · rhey ha\'e \·isired Ch ile and Mexico for rhe la t four year . Trevor u l r i marely would l ike ro srart a school down i n Ch ile . . . . Susan Cummings d id her firsr rriarhlon lasr u mmer and ·ay , "al r hough I d i d nor break any record . I finished w irhout drown i ng ! ( Thar' all I cared abou t . ) " At one of the triath lon he ran i n to Dave Fernande: ' 9 ar rhe finish line, who he says was far out in front of her during the race. . . . I hope e\'eryone had fun at the re + union!

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I had ;o much news rhat ome of i t is dated by

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noll' . . . . Anne Maddocks is l i\· i ng i n Brn(]k l i ne and ll'ork ing at the Dana- Farber Cancer Insti tute doing non- Hodgk ins lym phoma research. She rlan to head ro medical school in the fa l l . She had news about some other c lassmates. J o h Steinber ger is l i \· i n g i n Brookl ine and \\'Ork i n g at Key tone M u t u a l Funds. J e n Nehro Patriacca re cently married and is work ing as a research analyst at Bank of Bos ron. K e l l y Wenger ! 1 \·e· and ll'nrk. in Bou lder. Colo. Meg ew York and i:, Ewing l i \·e:, in work ing for Goldman- ach Co. Sarah Block is teaching and ski i ng i n Crested Butte, Colo. Kris tin Wallace is rur ·u i ng her Ph.D. at MCP/Hahnemann m Penn sylvania and is engaged to Tom L i \·ey '9 1 . Elaine Bueschen is in her >econd year of law school at American U n i \·ersitv in D.C. , and Sura DuBow 1· hea d <;\\' im coach at Col by ! . . . Curt Stevenson is orwood, M as · .. and l h·ing in rec e n t l y rook a pmir inn as a proj ect manager at Fidelity l n \·e,tment . I n December 1 994 h e married h is high chool sweet heart. He h a s been · i nging w i t h . ome Colby Eighr a l u m s . includ ing Kris Boynton. Mark Longsjo, Chris Froth ingham, Mark W in ieki '90, Dm·e O' hea ' 9 3 , Pete Caruso '93 and J ohn Frothingham '94 . H b orher ne\\'s: Pete An drews i married a n d i n law school , Kyle Barnard is operat i ng a constru c tion and reno1·a t ion comrany in Cambridge, and Stephen Bell is an ed i tor for Lall'yers Weekly. . . K imberly Kennedy is l i \' i ng in arasota, F la . , work i ng a a licensed mas sage therapist. he hares to ar tencl oraduate school this fall for phy ical therapy . . . . Eric J ohn son l ives i n M i l waukee and i thoroughly enjoying hi j ob ar trong Capital Management . . . . J C Klick i l iv i ng i n Worce ter, M a5s., and Iov ino hi- econ<l year at UMas med ical school. . . . Dan Starr i s l iY i ng i n I thaca, N . Y . , and i in a P h . D . program i n ge netics at Cornel l . . . . Becky Saw yer, a lso i n l thaca, i pur i ng a or m a ter' in n u t r i t i o n at nel l . . . . J eannette R iddle is l i \· i ng in Denver, Colo., and working at the Ch i ldren' Hospital there. he ski a much a po ible . . . . Meli ssa Small i l iving in Glen

Arhor, 1' lich . . ll'here she work at the Leelanau chool, teaching math, coaching track and cro·s country , acting a ass isrnnt dorm master and coord inatino enrich ment rrogram . � he ha pent u m m e rs r u rs u i n g a m a s t e r ' s degree at the U n i \·ersiry of Con nec t i c u t i n educational �rychol (1gy and ll'a to graduare rh is summer. She hopes to begin a fu l l - t i me Ph.D. program in the ame field 11· i t h i n the next two year-;. . . Thokozan i Kadzamira i:, in ·chool in Washinoton, D.C. , pur:,uing her Ph.D. in econom ics \\'ith rhe hope of one clay I i\· ing in A t lanta . . . . l n No\'ember, Gary Anderson and J es 1ca Graef '9 3 \\'ere engaged and were plann i ng an A u g u · r wed d i n g . . . A n d A n n e Bowie i i n Cambrid e work i ng on her fin a l i nternsh ip and was to grad uate i n May from Wa h i ngton U n h·er i ty . After tll'O year· in t. Loui , he is harpy rn be back on the Easr Coa t . +

Corre pondent: William Miller Jr.

is an arc h i tec t at the Smith ;onian l n s r i t u t ion. he i c hal lenged greatly but de ire· to go back for a n M . B. A . . . . Dave O'Shea work. m one ofrhe dean's office at Rad c l i ffe College and i t i l l inging w i th the l ikes of Pete Caruso, who is a third-year law tudent. . . . Joe McKenna i a techn ical tra i ner, tra i n i ng the staff of Delrhi !n terner ervices how to use and upport I nternet soft w a r e . H e was m arried to Dan ielle M . Paulu rhi past fall on the Cape . . . . Emilie Abair i work i ng at EF Au Pair in Ma sa chusetts, a nonprofit organi:ation that marc hes E u ropeans w i th American host fam i l ies. he has many tra\'el opporrunitie . In an Franci co th is spring she and Beth Montgomery met Kristin Wink ler, who is tudying at tanforcl for her ma ter's and hopes to re t u rn to N e w E n g l a n d o o n . K r i tm, E m i l i e , Beth a n d Romany Rehkamp attended Jen Curtis' wedd i ng. Emilie also wri tes that Sabina King ha returned home after her rwo-year stay i n G uate mala w i th t h e Peace Corp . . . . Beth Cronin i teaching En g l i h at a h igh school in ArlingGenevieve Steven

ton, Ma s. She pent la t u m mer leading Ou tward Bound trir for ar-ri k h igh chool t udents. he l i \· e i n Ma sac h u s e t t s w i th N a n c y R i c h a rds and S a l l y Z i m m e r l i , w h o rec e i ved her master's and is certified to teach h igh chool. . . . Kristen Schuler graduated from Bo ton College Law c hool and i s l i v ing in D.C. . . . Ben Clough i in ew rorr, R . I . , where he i a fir t mate on Conquere, a rac i ng sailboat. The boat i 10 feet longer than the A merica' Cup boats, and he is enjoying a fine sai l i ng season. . . . Ch ris Baynes i a marketing rec i a l i t at Cap i tal One Financ ia l in D.C. He ran the Boston Marathon w i th Mike 0' eil and J ack Higgins . . . . Ken Wilcox is l i \· i ng in Hollywood, Fla. , and is i n his econd year of graduate chool in r·ychology. He pro\' ides therapy to sexually abused adults as well a anger manage ment m Florida rrison . . . . An drew Stanley i l iving in V irgi n ia and work i ng for K PMG Peat Marwick. He is a cons u l tant and tra\'els e x r en s i v e l y . . . . C h r i s Wilder is an a o c i a t e i n the i n v e s t m e n t bank ing d i v i ion o f Yamaichi Securiries i n N ew York. He travels occ a ionally to outh America for work and see Scott Reed and Mike Rosenblum quite a b i r . . . . Dev Tandon i l iv ing i n LA. and work ing a an ac count exec u t i \'e at BBDO, an ad \'e r t i i n g firm. H i s a c c o u n t include Aprle Computer. . . . Jeff Baron is work ing for Med i a Map, a oftware concern in Cambridge, Mass . , where he i i n oftware ales. He has begun the B- chool proce· and worked as a coordi nator for the Dole campaign in Brook l in e , Mass . . . . Heather Hews Caponi, her hu band, Chris '9 1 , and thei r on, C.J . , 1, have mo\·ed from an Diego to M i l waukee, W i s . he oraduated fir r in her master' degree c l ass at the U n iYer ity of an Diego . . . . Kri Balser Moussette was married on February 24 to John Mou ette. he ha graduated from Bo ton College Law chool and will be an attorney in Ma achusetts. . . . Sarah Steindel Blood i an inter n a t ional adm i ion coun elor at Key tone College in Pennsylva n ia . he and her h u band are refi n i h ing an old farmhou e . . . . Jen B ierwirth i l iv i ng in Boston

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and working a a health care con sultant. he recently spent two month work ino and tra\'el111g in Korea and J ap a n . Sa;ah B u rditt i a sy r e m s peciali ·r in Little Rock, A rk. he is inrnked in a home brew club "where home brewers get together to sample and critique each other's prod ucts." arah recommends that we read Ishmael by Daniel Qu inn . . . . Libby Repass is a re ·earch mi crobiologi t l iving in Portland, Maine. he i enjoying her job, which challenge and teaches her much . . . . Dan Connolly wa re cently married and is l i\·ing in Ma sachu etts with h i wife. Jeff Zlot i in San Franc i ·co, ha\' ing moved from D.C. He is work ing for Montgomery ecuri tie ·. . . . Tasha Wo r s ter i a econd year med ical tudent at the Uni vers i ty of Vermont. he has tarted her cl inical rotations and enjoys Burlington very much . . . . Doug Satran is a second grade teacher in Randolph, Mas-. He i " loving e\·ery minute of it" and still keeps in touch with Colby friends . . . . Karen Beauchesne i an im·entory buyer for L . L . Bean. he recently traveled t o Hong K o n g a n d o u t h China, loved Hong Kong and hope to return annually . . . . I wish I could include all ubmi s ions. More + next time! Corre pondent: A licia S . Hidalgo

Congratulations to Ch ris Rogers and Andrea Bow

man, who were looking forward

to their wedding and J amaica honeymoon thi month! Chri i the coordinator of computer pro gram at Cushing Academy in Massachusett , where he al o coache three port . Andrea is the tore manager at The Limited Too in Faneu i l Hall. Chri wrore that Ed Ramirez work for Fidel ity l nve tment in Boston. . . . Cate Czernicki has been work ing for a law office and will enter the UConn chool of Law in the fall. . . . Katy Warrington i at the Purdue School of Veterinary Medicine and plan to pecialize in equine internal medicine. he wrote that Meredith Gregory fin i hed her cour e and tarred her doctoral re earch at Loyola U. in

NEWSMAKERS William Prie tley '90 has joined the law firm of Conn, Ka\·anaugh, Rosenthal, P l e i c h Ford in Massachusett . . . . Peter Seku low '90 wa named director of earned media for the Republican ational Commi ttee . . . . John Daileane '92 is coordinator of athletic for the Dracut, Ma ., ch0ol system. . . . Leslie Campbell '93 i· an ac count pec iali t at haron Merrill Leslie Campbell '93 Associates in Boston. . . . J eremy Samuels '93 was promoted to physical education coordinator at the Jewi h Community Center in Houston. . . . Kerry Enright '94 wa honored by Mas achu ett ' Attracting Excellence in Educat ion program. . . . Gillian K i ley '95 won a poetry teach111g fellow hip at the Uni\·er ity of Iowa' Writer-' Workshop.

MILEPOSTS Marriages: Leslie M. Couture '90 to Peter Mourmoura in Portland, Maine . . . . Garin Arevian '9 1 to Kelly Ev a n '92 in Chatham, Ma . . . . Sean Lucey '9 1 to Megan Fitzpatrick '94 in Chatham, Mas . . . . Devon Tucker '92 to J effrey Bo:ard in Tracey' Landing, Md . . . . Thaddeu Gemski '93 to arah

con i n anbornton, N . H .

Births: A o n , M itchell Thoma , to tephen ' 9 a n d Karen Faunce Rand '90 . . . . A daughter, arah terling, to Jon '90

and Nori Sterling Gale '90. Chicago. Also Heidi Sil\'er. at orrheastern U. Law School. fin ished a c o-op at the U . A t torne y ' s Offi c e . . . . C h r i s Roosevelt, completing h i s L\ . in archaeology at Cornell, de signed and taught a writtng course for freshmen. I n the ummers he works with an archaeological ex pedition in Turkey and ha ap plied to a P h . D . program in archaeology . . . . R o b e r t U n derwood, an English teacher i n J apan, went scuba di\· ing in Ma lays ia and has \'isited ingapore, Au tralia, I ndia and Vietnam . . . . ince graduation, C a ro l y n Read ha become a certified EMT, rnl unteered in a .Y.C. prison 1\·i rh women who k i l led or assaulted their abusive partner and pent a summer in ingapore research ing and writing articles for a tour ist maga:ine. he i now in the Peace Corp in M ad aga- c a r , where he is working a · a health communicator and planned to \'i it Melissa Wilcox in Tan:a n ia. Carolyn wrote that Hollis Rendleman is in eattle doing advocacy and education on do me tic v iolence issues . . . . J ason

Sudano enjoys working for the

.Y. rock Exchange and wa, plann ing to \·isit Amy Clapp in Taos, 1 . He wrote that Adam Furber, his former roommate 111 . Y . , is working for a la\\· firm in Germany, and Marina Grande ha · a ne11· j ob in Latin American re earch at UB ecuritie· . . . . Jen Zwick and J a ·on omer were married la t 0ctober in Connecti cut and enjoy li\·ing in Bosron. J en is employed in finan ial ser1·ices at Fidel i ty l n\'estmenrs, and Jason i an attorney completmg his ma ter' of law in banking at BU. Jen 1note that Greg Chris topher is ·rudying architecture at Columbia and Alyssa Schwenk i in law school in ermonr. . . . Erin Crossland loYe 1rnrking for Arthur D. Little in Cambridge as a consultant/Ru s ian translator and has tra\·eled to Belaru , ll'here he i · im·oh-ed with a project on en\' ironmental restoration and nuc lear threat reduction . . . . Af ter workino on a congre · ional campaign, Pau l Matthews be came a legi lat i\'e aide for a Mas ·achu ett rate repre entat i\·e. He wrote that Jeffrey Cohen is a

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- e c t1 n cl - \ e <H L111 - t u J e n t a r \.i lhm<>\-a ancl l 1n:' 11· 1 rh hawn Keeler. 11 h,1 11«>rk' f,,r .1 n ec1 1nt1m1c C < lll'ultmg firm 111 Phi l.1delph1a. He al,o ><l\' Erik Hassing ll'llrb I ll r,1rtland, /\ lame, anJ Matthew Salah l ' a C< llll['Uter prtH!rammer at l\ led 1 tech. Inc. 111 Frammgham. la-- . . . . Ramsey Ellis. f, >rmerll- a re,earch a"1' tant at the Dana-F.irber Cancer ln-r1tute. planned w tra\ el 111 Eurnpe and 1n1rk 111 l\ 1 i lw;iukee before heg1 11111ng medical ,chn,11 at \'\ a,h111gtc>n LJ. 111 St. Lc1u1' th1, mt1nth. Ram�ey see' J a \' Allard, wh,1 1, li1·ing 111 :\ 1l-t,1n w i t h Ken D u p u i and Ben Damon '95. J ay 1 , a re-earch health sC1ent 1st at the Brcickwn \'A Ho,pit.il and J,1ing research on sch1:ophrenia at the Han·ard I\ 1edical Sch,1,11. Ramsey 1< al'n 111 touch ll'tth Laura Pavlenko, who fi n i shed her master's in j 1u rn a l 1 · m a r 1 l o r t l1 11· e:.ter n and 11·\lrks at a ne11·spaper 111 the Chicago area . . . . l am m1w \\'llrk mg 111 the human re. nurce.; de pa�tment of Houghwn l\ l ift1m Pub Ii ·h111g Co. in Bn,tt.m and cnmpleting the H R management program at Bentley Col lege. + Corre pondent: Alyssa Fa l w e l l

Congratulatmns to Sara Palmer, 11·ho was planning to marry 1 l ike Perfetti on J u ly 2 ara teaches math in M ichigan and al ·o coaches ba kerball anJ occer. he -aid Erin Carmichael is 1rnrking in Chicago and Ali Fields is teachmg middle school Latin in l\1as:,ach�i-en-. . . . Con oratulations are al o m order for A r i a n a T a l b o t , 1Yho married Ke\·in Vance in Bountiful, Utah, on January 5 . Both are sruJenr at the Uni\·ersiry of Wyom111g in Laramie. . . . Wendy Oram-Smith got enoaged last J une and is plan ning aJ une 1 997 ll'edding. Wendy is ll'ith Teach for America on the border of Tex as and Mexico. he 11Tite that the experience has 1::-een ama:ino, and he no11· plans to continue in the education field. he also informed me that Ta ha \\ alker i al ·o teaching-in ·outh em 1aine-and plannin a wed ding for this August. . . . Gillian Kiley recently wa awarded one of three prestigiou poetry teaching

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hen Mark Longsjo

Something to Sing About

'92 anJ Poppyann

enjoy and we're doing i t with our best friends . "

Mastrovita '9 3 were married

Longsjo s a i d t h e g u y s in

in November 1 994 it was,

the group lost touch with

naturally, a beginning, but

each other

not j ust for them. A lso at the

grad u a t i n g a n d A ft e r 8

wedJing were several cutTent

pulled them back together.

hort l y aft e r

and former member� of the

Busy personal l i ve and ca

olby E ight, i nc l u d i n g a

reer opport u n i t ies mean oc

handful who, along with the

casionally los i ng a member.

bridegroom, provided music

Curt Stevenson '92, a char

during the ceremony. They

ter member of the group who

d idn't know it at the time,

often held rehearsals at his

but it was the premiere of a

home, left After 8 a few

new inging group.

months ago, and Griffin w i l l

" W e had s o m uch fun pract ic ing in the week prior to the wedding and the per-

Back : Marc Winiecki '90, lun Shirahama '92, Dave O'Shea '93, Peter Caruso ' 9 3 , Mark Longsjo ' 9 2 . Middle: Chris Frothingham ·9 5 _ Front : Mark Griffin '95, Kris Boynton '92.

depart oon to return to his hometown of San Franc isco. "Nobody can prom ise they

formance was so well received that we dec ided to j ust keep it

will be here for the next year, so we et our goals for three

going," Longsjo said. After 8 was born.

months and play it by ear after that," Longsjo aid. "[ hope we can esta b l i h a revolving membersh ip by bringing in new

The Bosto n - based, n i n e - member group, ignori ng the obv ious numerical d iscrepancy, adopted its name as a tongue-

Colby Eight ingers who grad uate and move to Boston . "

in-cheek bow to the ir Colby c hora l h istory . A l l of the c urrent

T h e group h a s become well establ ished, u s u a l l y l in i ng

member -Longsj o, Marc W in i e c k i '90, Kris Boynton '92 ,

up engage ment week l y at loc a l restaurant , c i v i c organ i -

J u n S h i rahama '92 , Chris Froth i ngham '92 , David O'Shea

zat ion meetings, wedd ing and pri vate part tes. The i r first

'9 3 , Peter Ca ruso '9 3 , M ark Gr iffin '95 and J onathan

offi c i a l gig was a a warmup for a comed ian at the Comedy

Froth i ngham '9 5-sang for the Colby E ight and j umped at

Connec t ion at Fane u i l H a l l . "We 've been doing t h is for

the opportu n i t y to perform aga i n , Longsj

ays. "Th is has

about e ighteen month now and it ha developed its own

noth i ng to do with i ncome or wanting to quit our day j ob ," he - a i d . "We a l l love to s i ng, o we're doing omething we

moment u m , " Longsj o said . "I hope we can keep i t go i ng

fellowship� a t t h e Iowa Writer ' Work ·hop. Gil lian will be teach ing intro lit class at Iowa in the fall. . . . Abe Rogers wa one of three men recently elected to the USA Triathalon' first-en�r Na tional Resident Team at theOlym pic Training Center in Colorado Springs. Abe will be training ;md compering with Team U A while preraring for a hnr at the Olym pics in 2000 . . . . Brian Schwegler spent six months a� a farmer in the C:ech Republic before etting down to work on h is Ph.D. in anthropology at the University of Ch icago. He told me about going to a Colby track team reunion at a bachelor rarry for Matt Train or '94. ln a ttendance were John Dunbar, Zach Nightingale, Kebba Tolbert '94, Ja on Bologna '94, Terry Meehan '94, Jonna Curry '93 and J ason "Grime " mith '96 . . . . Annie Girton i working as a n e d i to r i a l a s i s t a n t for

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Greenha,·en Pre , a publishing company in San Diego. . . Meg Sweeny and Deb Norris are work ing in Jackson Hole, Wyo. . . Bill Bradley i work ing at 3Com, cov ering Wal l Street for computer networking equipment, and Den nis Nations i� working at Putnam in Bo ton. The two of them aw Matt Tangney, who is also in Boston . . . . Jason Hallee i · l ivino in Portland, working at Dexter hoe and tak ing classe at U M. . . . Lauren Pelz is teaching pan ish and coaching ba ketball and lacrosse at Lawrence Academy. he planned to reach and do ad m i n i � t r a t i ve work at Loomis Chaffee over the ummer. . . . Regina Wlodarski recently re turned from training in London with redit uis e Financ ial Prod uct . She is now ba ed out of New York at their office at Park Av enue Plaza. . . . Brett Santoli re cently completed h is first year at

vve l l i n to the fu ture . " Cornell Law and was going to pend the summer at Cornell\ Legal Aid Clinic . . . . P a t Tedes co has been accepted to several Ph. D. programs for history . . . Peter Murphy i going to Tuft for hi M . A . T . . . . Jon Fox is in Jerusalem, where he wa tudying the May el crion . . Jennifer Rock is working for KLM airlines in New York. he was also tak ing Kung Fu, which she ay i an excellent way to balance out the rest of her l i fe . . . . J e n n i fer Packard is going to attend UC Davb in the fall to begin her Ph.D. in ociology. She has been work ing a a panish tutor and book store clerk and raking pottery and photography c l asse . She al ·o rlanned an archaeological d ig on Cape Cod over the summer. he ment ioned that Wing Tam i working for the A ian Cul tural Soc iety in L . A . and K a t r i n a Greenfield i in Portland, Ore.,

hoping to travel to Japan in the fall. . . . Mike Rosenthal is in Erie, Pa. , a a financial analy t in the financial management program at General Electric. Also in Erie i Bram Lutton, who pent la t um mer research i ng shark . M ike writes that Mark R ubin i work ing for DR! in Boston, Yugho Yamaguchi i in New York City and George Hamilton is in Bos ton . . . . Maureen Finn i going to begin work on her master's in soc ial work at Bo ton Un iver ity in the fall. . . . Heather Johnson is in eattle, working as a vet assistant and taking cla se to prepare for vet chool. he men t i oned that he saw Tachou Dubu isson, Rachael DeCosta

and Dan Marsh at a wedding . . . . Drew Matus i a re earch assoc i a t e w i t h t h e Hea l th Care Advi sory Board in D.C. . . . Keep all + the new coming!

D E A T Harriett Lawler Davis ' 1 2 , a Maine school

teacher, February 4 , 1 996, in Eastport, Maine, at 1 04.

Howard B . Gr ee n e ' 3 3 , pre,1clent anJ CEO of CLmnect1cur compan1e·, ! day c , 1 99 5 , 111 t.. ! arco lslanJ, Fla . , at 5 .

Maurice E . Cough l i n ' 2 1 , a U . . Post Office

Otis B . Read Jr. ' 3 4 , a Baptist minner, April

c lerk and postma ter, M a y 1 . 1 99 6 , in Water\' i l le, Maine, at 9 7 . Hazel Dyer Town ' 2 2 , a e\\' Hampshire h igh school teacher, March 2 1 , 1 996, in Peaks

1 land, Maine, at 96. Vivian Hubbard Pillsbury ' 2 4 , a homemaker,

March _9, 1 996, in Bre\\'er, Mame, at 9 j . Russell M. S q u ire ' 2 5 . a bank pre idenr and Colby trustee, (.Wember 4, 1 99 5 , in Exeter, N.H .. at 9 3 . Josephine Warburton W i l k inson ' 2 5 ,

\•ember 1, 1 99 j . chool hi-wry teacher, M ay 3, 1 996, in West Medford, Ma ., at 9 2 . Leola M. Clement ' 2 7 , a Maine high school teacher, February 2 , 1 996, in Waternlle,

Maine, at 90. i e s l e y ' 2 9 , a teacher and

homemaker, February 9, 1 996, in Falmouth, Maine, at 7. Sterling C . Ryder '29, a Un ion Carbide

manager, December 2 j , 1 99 j , in Oak R idge , Tenn., at Robert E. Seaman ' 2 9 , a hard\\'are company owner, eptember 1 0, 1 99 5 , in Woodstock, Con n . , at Lucy Parker Clements '30, a Maine school

teacher and principal, March 1 7 , 1 996, in ear port, Maine, at 9 1 . Norman D . Palmer ' 3 0 , internat ion a l l y known political c ienti t, historian a n d \\'riter

and Colby profe or, February 2 1 , 1 996, in eatt!e, Wa h . , at 6. Carroll C . Mcleary ' 3 1 , a Rhode I land chool teacher, February 1 3 , 1 996, in ew

Port R ichey, Fla., at

William M . Hardy ' 3 2 , a broker and exporrer, January 1 5 , 1 996, in Chester, . H . , at 6. Lucille Cunningham Lovett '3 2, a Jordan Marsh

ale clerk, in Daytona Beach, Fla . , at

Leigh B. Raymond ' 3 2 , a

bu i n e

ew Ha\'en, Conn. , exec u t ive, M arch 1 , 1 99 6 , i n

Milford, C n n . , at

E l l a Huff Compton ' 3 3 , a J .J .

ewberry Co. employee, March 1 1 , 1 996, in Bradenton, Fla. , at 2 .

J ohn P. "Paddy" Davan ' 3 3 , a teacher and

coach, February 2 1 , 1 996, in Portland, Maine, at 9.

l 99 j , in Baltimore, M d . , at 4.

tor, May 1 4, 1 996, in Winter Park, F l a . , at c l .

Harold M . "Pat" Sal isbury ' 3 5 . a chem1 ·t, .Y. , ar 8 2 .

,wember 3 , l 99 j , in Rochester,

George H. Cranton ' 3 6 . a n o i l company o\\'ner, Augu't 2, 1 99 5 , in Boca Raton, Fla., at Robert C. Thomas '38, an Army captain,

eptember 1 2 , 1 994, in Ells\\'Orth, Kan. , ar Paul G . Win or ' 3 8 , a sales agent ,

16,

Edith "Ducky" Grearson Money ' 2 6 , a h igh

Helen Leighton

12,

Edward J . G urney ' 3 5, a Florida U · - . ,ena

M. Reed '4 3 . a per,1mnel J 1 rec w r , February 2 3 , 1 996, 1n t-- ! o n r pel 1er, \ ' r . , at / 5 .

Ronald

Malcolm D. McQuillan '44. ,1 reacher, J a n u a r y 25, 1 9 96, 1 1 1 \'<'arne. :-. I tc h . , , i t 79. P a u l V. \\ itham Jr. '44. a :--. Li 1 11e - t a r t'. e m ployee, February � , 1 996. 1 11 Ban�Lir, � L1 1 n e ,

ar 1 f .

\V. Holcomb '4 5 , a ho'>pttal chapla i n , larch l I . 1 996, 1 1 1 Le\1·i,ron. t a m e . ar ' 1 .

Robert

R. \\'eston Pierce '-t6, an 111,urance exec u ri1·e, � 1ay 22, 1 99 j , 111 Teque,ta. Fla . , ar 7 2 . Patricia Murray Richards ' 5 0 , a homemaker.

� 1arch

3 1 , 1 996, 111 W inche,ter. Ma-- . . ar 6 / .

\V . Small ' 5 0, a � a1·y empl<•Yee, 1 . 1 996, in Camaxillo, Calif. , at 6 7 .

Robert

eptember

l 9 9 j , in anford, Maine, at l.

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Robert A. Stander ' 5 0, a phy,ici,r, Sepem

-f. l 99 j ,

Henry L. Bourassa ' 3 9 , a denti r , March 3 0 ,

her

1 996, i n Augusta, M a i n e , ar 79.

Lawrence E .

Constance Knick erbocker Harley '39, a homemaker, � larch 2 9 , 1 996, in Frankfort. 1 ic h . , at 7 9 .

Robert A. Carr ' 5 3 , a management a n d 111-

E a r l W. Higgins ' 39 , a chool teacher and

princ ipa l , April 2 3 , 1 996, in Lewiston , Maine, at l . Richard W . Hopkins ' 3 9 , a

1aine h igh chool teacher and principal, l 9 9 j , in Vir ginia Beach, a., ar 7 2 . Kenneth G. Stanley ' 3 9 , an execut i\·e,

1 9 , 1 99 5 , in A bury Park,

1ay

.J . , ar 7

J ean Pearson Burr '4 1 , a school district employee, January 30, 1 996, in Rochester, N .Y. , at h

111 Lafaye tte, La., at 6 /.

Wa t tle s ' 5 0 , a farmer and l um berman, t-- t arch 1 7 , 1 996, in New \'ine1 arJ , � 1aine, at 7 2 .

surance consultant, March 4 , 1 996, 111 Ocal,1 , Fla. , ar 6 5 . Harold A. Leathe J r. ' 5 3 , in Dan\·er , � t a · . , at 6 6 .

en-ember / , 1 99 5 ,

'53. a teacher, ...\.pnl l 99 j , in Pre con, Ari : . , at 64.

G ilbert B. S e w e l l

�,

Pelham W. Brown ' 5 7 . a manager and rre,1denr of se1 · eral bu messes, February 2j, 1 996, in arles, Fla . . ar 6 1 . Gordon D . Daugharty, Jr. ' 5 7 , a physic ian and med ical director, January 5, 1 996, 111 St. Clair, M ich., at 60.

Ruth Stebbins Cadwell '4 1 , an editor, A u ou t 3 , 1 99 5 , in Do ·le town, Pa. , at 7 5 .

J udith Mil ler Heekin '60, a Comerica Bank

Abdo "Turk" Hassan '4 1 , a n automobile d e al e rsh i p O\\' n e r , October 4, 1 99 5 , in

officer, March at j 6 .

Braintree, Ma

P h y l l i s Campobasso Flannery Senn '6 1 . a teacher, October 1 2 , 1 99 j , 111 Blach d l e ,

. , ar 76.

Geraldine Stefko Jones '4 1 , a homemaker,

eptember 2 , 1 99 5 , in

eedham, Ma ., ar 74.

, 1 99 6 , in Ann Arbor. M i c h . ,

. C . , at 56.

Keith K . Thompson '4 1 , a teacher, coach

David Almy '63 , a real estate company presi

and princ ipal in Maine schools, April 1 2 , 1 996, i n Dover-Foxcroft, Maine, a t 76.

Joan L.

Jane Soule Engert ' 4 2 a U . . government

employee, April 2 2 , 1 996, in Wa hington, D.C., at 74.

Raymond M. Flynn '42, a po tma ter, D cember 29, 1 99 5 , in Biddeford, M a ine, at 7 ( . Shirley Wagner Lerette ' 4 2 , a o c i a l worker,

Ocrober 4 , 1 99 5 , in Augu ta, Maine, at 74. Melvin N . Lock ' 4 2 , a manufacwring com

pany pre ident, February 6, 1 996, in Boca Rarnn, Fla., ar 7 j . Madeleine Hinck ley G ibbs '43 , a teacher and l ibrarian, October 30, 1 99 5 , in Bethel, Maine, a t 74.

dent, March , 1 996, in Boston, � la-- . , at 54. el on '63 , an insurance under writer, in Worcester, M a · . , at 5 3 .

Martha Beck Webber ' 6 7 , an inn O\\'ner and

interior decorator, December 3, 1 99 5 , in Car raba ett alley, Maine, at 5 2 . Lawrence Martel ' 7 1 , a p ychiatric techni c ian, eptember 5 , 1 994, in Lo Angele , Caltf. , ar 4 j . i . Michael Belt Jr. '75, a computer spec tali t, J anuary , 1 996, in an Franci co, Calif. . at 42 .

Honorary Edmund S. Muskie, L.D.D. ' 5 7 , March 2 6 , 1 996, in Wa hingrnn, D.C., at I .

A U G U S T

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C O L B Y

fi n a l period •

Lessons to Live

For Condon Medalist Matthew Russ, college was a real education By Kevin Cool

ve1 y morn ing last summer, : before the mi t haJ l ifted

people, things I 've learned about other kinds of lifestyle . When

from Johnson Pond and before

you meet kids from other parts

the first car sho\\'ed up in a Colby

of the country and from other

p a r k i n g l o t , a y o u n g man

countries and you hear how they

emerged from a tiny tent atop

spent their chi ldhoods, whether

Runnal

in L.A. or Mex ico or wherever, you ju t come away with thi

H i l l , stretcheJ and

stood for a moment to look out over the campus that had been

different vision of humanity,"

hi home . For Condon Meda l ist

he aid.

Matt Russ '96, tho e \\'ere spe

Now, Russ and hi classmate

cial moments.

begin another journey on an

"Just waking up in the field

other plot of soil. Russ is return

anJ walking down to campus be

ing to Ireland, where he spent

fore anyone else arrived was a

hi junior year in the Colby in

nice feel ing," aid Ru s, who was

Cork program. He isn't sure what

working as a tudent a si rant in

he will do there except that it

the Admission Office. Then he

will involve an "artistic project."

added, laughing, "It wasn't en

He may write and illustrate a

tirely rugged. l did rake howers."

children's book about traditional

L iving in a tent for an ent ire summer i a very Matt Ru s thing to do. A native of Cape El iza

I rish fishing Matthew Russ '96 leads a campus tour for prospective students.

essel known as

curraghs, he ays. There is no definite plan. Russ is simply, in

beth, Maine, he say hi love of

achievements in the classroom

mencement audience the impor

the parlance ofJoseph Campbell,

the outdoors was one of the rea

and elsewhere, Russ also i j ust

tance of community. "The most

"following hi bliss."

sons he tran ferred to Colby from

plain nice. Which probably ex

important thing rhat Colby gave

"I t's a tough time," Ru s said.

Brown University after his first

plains why he wa such an effec

to me was a commu n i t y of

"A lot of my friends are going to

year of col lege. "When I 'm our

tive amba sador for the College

friends," Russ said. "Thar' what

New York City into investment

in the wi lderness, especially the

when leading campus tours for

firm and l admire them. They're

Maine wilderness, it's a time I

prospective students and parents,

l was trying to get at in my peech-for all of the classes and

can think c learly," Ru s said. " [

and why he was selected to rep

ac tivities that I 've participated

next year, but I can't see myself

seem to have a double life-the

resent the graduating eniors this

in, the common denominator was

finding fulfillment in that. At

the people I met. That' what I 'm

least not yet."

sol itude of h i k ing and canoeing

spring as clas

and the enjoyment I get from

speech, which celebrated the

going to remember mo

being with my friends."

power of torie -how they are

my time here.

Colby has given much to Russ and he to it. Admired for h is

sured-conveyed

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speaker. H i

about

"Specific conversation , ex

hared and why they are trea to

periences shared with other

the com-

doing some h igh-powered stuff

No word yet on whether Rus will end up sleeping in a tent on an Irish hillside. "We'll see," he said. Indeed we will. +

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