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On Common Ground
The Pugh Center open in a spirit of roge therne · .
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A Place in the Sun
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56 Final Period A acional Geographic video fearure round the -world p ilot Tom Claytor ' 5
From the Hill
tudent rally aga i n t raci t e p i ode ; tu dent die in alamanca; potl ight on hate crime . Faculty File
Eight new faculty bring broad expertise. Student Life
Alumni Profiles
25 Frank Ful ler '33
30 Charles Robin on '50
36 Anne Ruogle Gere '66
42 J ame "Huey" Coleman '70 52 Dana McClintock '93
u mmer trip to avajo and Hop i land proved i n truct ive.
special section p. 1-p. 40
The President's Report
President Cotter comment on why a l i beral art education i the be t preparation for this generation of tudents.
Cover Illustration Karen Oh '93
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Colby
Resurrecting Obituaries
Volume 85
You talk, we 1 isten.
Our decision to implement a new policy on obituaries in our last issue made a fairly resounding thud, heard most distinctly here in the magazine office where we received several thoughtful but firm letters asking us to reconsider.
Number 4
Colby Staff: Sally Baker
executive edicor Kevin Cool
managing edicor
So we have. Beginning with the February issue, we will expand our obituaries to include personal and professional achievements, noteworthy associations, college involvement and other information that conveys the contributions of a life. We will continue to use the space we devote to obituaries judiciously; we have no choice. The magazine, which appeals to readers across a broad spectrum, must continue to allocate content in a way that interests a cross section of
Brian Speer
arc direccor/designer Karen Oh '93
designer
Marc Glass
photographer Robert Gillespie
Alumni ac Large edicor Stephen Collins '74
Colby people.
Marc Glass
We recognize that nothing short of lengthy, newspaper-style obituaries will satisfy some of our readers, but we hope they will understand that we are trying to do what is best for the magazine in its larger context. When tradeoffs are made, we have tried to make them equitably and with as little pain as possible. But
scaff writers
Administration:
William R. Coner, president; Peyton R. Helm, vice president for
development and alumni relations; Earl H. Smith, dean of the College; Susan Conant Cook '75, directcn· of
painful they remain. In coming issues you will see expanded coverage of some alumni who are currently classified in the 50-plus group. Many members of this group have felt
alumni relations
Alumni Council Executive Committee:
determining the magazine's direction. Although the volume of letters we
Ron Lupton '71, chair; Joanne Weddell Magyar '71, vice chair; Libby Corydon-Apicella '74; Arthur Brennan '68; John Devine '78; Diana Herrmann '80; Anne Hussey '80; Lou Richardson McGinity '67; Leslie Mitchell '80; Susan Jacobson Nester '88; David White '75
received about the obituary policy was not large, the tone of those letters
Colby is published four times yearly
underrepresented in the magazine as a whole and in the class news section in particular. Whether we save space now or later, we must eventually carve out pages for covering the lives of these alumni. Revisiting our policy demonstrated again the value of reader involvement in
reasonable, sincere and respectful of our judgment-was persuasive. Colby
students, seniors, faculty and staff
obviously means a lot to the people who wrote those letters, and for that we are
Address correspondence to:
thankful. With their help, we hope we have put the issue of obituaries to rest.
Managing Editor, Colby
for the alumni, friends, parents of of Colby College.
4181 Mayflower Hill
Waterville, ME 04901-8841 or e-mail to: mag@colby.edu on the internet: hnp://www.colby.edu/colby.mag/
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By Earl Smith Moose be a sign One of the first spectators at the October 1 women's soccer game was a huge bull moose that roamed the field before the game began and then wandered off to the prac tice field to watch for a few minute before heading north through the woods. Jen Holsten '90's splendid team no doubt inspired by the support of a real, live mas cot-went on to beat Plymouth rare for the first rime in the 17-year history of competition between the two. Best in the U.S. A guide hawing the seven most exciting museum exhibitions in the United States in the September issue of Conde Nast Traveler magazine had datelines from New York, Lo Angele , Chicago, Washington, D.C., and Waterville, Maine. The guide ays that Colby's new Paul J . Schupf Wing for the works of Alex Katz i "one of the few wings in an American museum devoted to a l iv ing arti t." Licked again We will hope that no Loyalists noticed that the postcard to alumni and parent in the United Kingdom, alerting them to the Campaign for Colby November kickoff event in London, carried commemorative postage stamp showing John Trumbull's etching of the 1777 surrender of General Burgoyne at Saratoga. What they say The newest edition of Barron's Profiles of American Colleges
lifts Colby to it highest of all rating�. The gu ide rates college from "noncompeti tive" to "most competitive." Colby i among the handful in the top category. Colby also fare well in the Princeton
Review's Best 310 Colleges. In the now-famous section on rating by category, Colby appears prominently on the l ist for happiest students (9 ) , most beautiful campus (8), great food ( ) and best overall quality of campus l ife ( 1 8 ) .
where Amie Mallett '00 (Lee, Maine) was a competitor. Amie got the day's biggest applau e after correcting a judge's ruling on her own answer. She convinced judges that one of her answers was wrong after they had ruled she wa right.
Mis-history repeats Who would have thought that when the picture of Richard Abramson ' 7 1 got mixed up with a classmate's in the 1 967 Faces & Places booklet, the mistake would be repeated 29 years later? Well, it was. When the 25th reunion committee prepared its memory book, of course they nipped the same wrong photo from the old book and reprinted it with R ichard's current essay. orry about that. omeone, please, pr m ise we'll get it right for the 50th reunion book.
Small world Suellen Diaconoff (French) wrote Dean of Admi sions and Financ ial Aid Parker Beverage from Beaverton, Ore., to say that recently, while jogging in her Colby sweatshirt, she was stopped by a gentleman in his 70s who introduced himself as Colby Thompson . H i parents graduated from Colby in 1 9 1 6 and 1 9 1 8-and named their son after their alma mater. Colby, however, d idn't go to Colby.
NSF helps physics The Physics Department has been awarded a $ 175,000 National Science Foundation Academic Research Infra structure grant. Duncan Tate is the principal investigator and Charlie Conover and Robert Bluhm are co-Pis. The funds will be used to equip a research lalioratory in atomic, molecular and optical physics.
Singing for supper J ac k ie Tiner of the develop
ment office staff tells of chaperoning the Colbyettes to a recent campaign kickoff event in Portland. They topped at a local restaurant to ear, and while they were waiting for tables to be set up the hostess found out that they were singer and asked for a tune. So, to the enjoyment of customers and taff alike, the Colbyettes broke into song. When a waitres came by to ay that she was sorry she had missed the first one, they repri ed the im promptu concert.
Nuts Officials of the Maine Wardens Service speculate that Colby's squirrels have become spoiled by handouts from students. In the summer, with some 1,700 benefactors gone, the creatures were emboldened to press their demand for food with ome overly aggressive panhandling. The phenomenon is also common in the rate's park land . The solution, so the wardens say, is to prohibit feeding of the tiny beasts. Sure. And if thi doesn't work any better than the prohibi tion on feeding ducks, we will
Colbee M. F. Chip Gavin '90
organized thi year's State of Maine Citizen Bee, a high school democracy education program run by the Secretary of State. Chris Coakley '98 ran the regional competition in Bangor and WCSH-TV reporter Dan Harris '93 moderated the rate event, 3
prepare for kirmishe with squirrels a well as a pond full of poop.
To name a few J ames Boylan (English) has been hailed by the New York Observer a one of America's
"20 be t novelists under 40." Russ Cole (biology) i an editor of a new text, Measuring and Moniwring Biological Diversity: S tandard Methods for Mammals, publ ished by the
Smithsonian Inst itution Press. Tony Hoagland (English) has had his second collection of poetry accepted for publica tion by Greywolf Pre . Tony Corrado (government) has received the Emerging Scholar Award from the American Pol itical Science A sociation. Bruce Rueger (geology) has been named a research as ociate at the Bermuda National Museum, Aquarium and Zoo. Liz Hutchinson (Latin American history) has won the New England Council on Latin American Studies (NECLAS) Dis erta tion Prize for 1996.
Moosecellaneous This year, for the first time ever, a majority of an entering Colby class comes from ou tside New England. The class that entered in the fall of 1 93 7 was the fir t to have a majority from ou tside the state of Maine . . . . Colby get 75,000 viewers on its Web s ite every day, more than 80 percent from outside the College . . . . Lots of compliment abou t the appearance of the new, low fencing around the football field. . . . A portion of the new $ 1 -mill ion grant to Colby from the Howard Hughes Medical I nstitute is earmarked for the Col lege' Partnership for Science Educat ion with the four area school d istricts.
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C OLBY
from the hill
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'Not in My Community'
A Lot of Class
Racist graffiti shocks campus, prompts rally By Kevin Cool
The Cla
of Double Zero
adds up to a lot. Member
of the Cla
2000 arrived in early ber a
of
eptem
the most academically
gifted, most geograph ically di verseand mo t ethnically mixed group of new tudent in Colby's history. They also overcame the toughest election proce
in the
College's I 76 year . A record 4,60 1 pro pective tudent appl ied to Colby la t year; roughly three in 1 0 were accepted. The final new stu dent enrollment of 4 7 5 included about 1 60 student who elected Colby as their c l ear fir t choice during the Early Decision pro ce s la t fa l l , according to Dean of Admission and Financial Aid Parker Beverage. "Our abi l i t y to enro l l such an exc i t ing c l ass reflects the
T l ate
he campu�community was
Pierce balcony or the flagpole
-hocked and galvan i:ed in
not so long ago in thi; country,"
eptember by racist graf
he aid. "I'm not phy;ically fear
fiti found in two locat ions of a re i d e n c e h a l l , a p p a re n t l y
T h e word "nigger" was found scrawled aero s the face of
ru
On
eptember 27, approxi
mately 500 people attended a
ing for my life, but the reality i
con t in ued and i t
trength of Colby
i n c rea ing national
reputation," Beverage aid.
ral ly on the ter; of Miller Li
omeonefeelsthi wayaboutme."
brary organi:ed by students in
Incidents l ike tho e in ep
re ponse to the graffiti. For more
tember are extremely rare at
than an hour, speakers treamed
Colby, bur the College has c l ear
out of rhe audience to share
climbing the ladder
pared remarks; mo t were moved
annual America's Best Colleges ranked Colby 18th among na
c rawled b y the same person in the ame wee k .
tributed on camru and beyond.
their thoughts.
and forceful policies in place to
ome had pre
U.S. News & World Reporfs
Jent A; ociation President Jo;h
Woodfork '97 on a poster that
combat them and the fear they cause. Adm inistrator notified
by the moment. The expressions
public i:ed the tate of the Col
the Mame atrnmey oeneral'
of ·adnes , an er and frustration
tional liberal arts colleges in its
lege address held a few clays ear
office about each incident, the
reflected a declaration heard
1996 edition, up from 19th a
often in the wake of the inci
year ago and 23rd in 1994.
l ier. The poster wa; located in
act
Woodman H a l l , the ame resi
the first Campu
dominated the agenda at
dence ha l l where a swastika was
Com m i ttee meet i n g of t h e
dents: "Not in my comm unity."
Community
Many of the rudenr
peakers
The magazine's rankings are based on statistical data that
later di co\·ered in a first-floor
chool year a n d President B i l l
encouraged those in attendance
measure selectivity, financial re
hallway. Woodfork, who i · Af
Cotter publicly rebuked t h e per
to build upon the rally to fight
sources, alumni giving, educa
rican American, told The Colby
petrator in several forums. "We
actively against racial
Echo that the epithet on rhe
deplore thi
type
act and are om
tereo
tion expenditures. retention
and to confront rac i m
rates and graduation rates, as
whenever it occur .
po-rer and the wa rika on the
raged to think that this incident
door were frightening remind
has occurred on our campu
er- rhar member of m i norities
when the Colby commun ity at
rally die after today," said Lawaun Curry '97. "Thi
mu t rill confront old hatred .
large i united on the need to
"What that word [n igger] repre-
fight rac i m and to honor d i ver
ents is me hanging from the
sity," Cotter aid in letter di -
C 0 L B
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"Let' not let the pirit of thi i a good fir t
tep, but it' only a tep. We have a long way to go."+
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well as subjective reputational rankings Colby placed highest in retention (11th) and student selectivity (17th). The College's poorest rating was in alumrn giving (51st).
Making Hatemongers Pay ivil- rights attorncyanJ ac
juLlgment again ·t Tom l'v!et:ger,
murJer thrt)ughnut a mal that
Ctivist Morris Dees rl\·eteLI
leader n{ the White Aryan Re
nameJ the Kli!n as the Llefen
a Spotlight E\·ent audience
,i>tance, fur hi, role in the he<H·
dant, ll'a; JLklre,,eJ near the
September 19 as he de,cribed
ing death of an Ethiorian man
trial's end b\' m1e L)f the men
the hate crimes and subsequent
by a group of skinheads 111 the
\\'ho haJ carried out the mur
early 19
In both cases, Dees
der. Snbbing and remllr-.eful,
ll'as able to attribute the mur
he arolog1:ed to her and a,keJ
trials of two
roup accu,ed of
inciting murder.
Os.
ders to the hatefu I
Dees co-founded the South
hcl 1 e fs
of a
for her fnrg1veness. Dee> >a1d.
ern Poverty Law Center, a non
larger organi:ation. thus "hold
"This elderly 1rnman ll'ho had
profit group of lawyers that
ing accountable once anJ for
l,1st her only >tm,
speciali:es in civil-rights viola
all" groups that advocate \·io
tering a bit, and said 'I ha1·e
>tol>LI up, tee
_
lence as a means for ad\·ancing
already fnrgi\·en you.'" Dees told the audience. "Wh;it she
The poignant story of the
groups, ranging from the Ku Klux
mother of slain college stuJent
mL)re 11·eight than the judgment
Klan to anti-government mili
Michael Donnell, who was
aga111st the Klan."
strangled anJ left hanging from a
"When the que>tion anses
bers lynched a black man in
tree by two young Klan mem
'Who:ie America is this", our
Mobile,Ala.,Deesandthe outh
bers, demonstrates the redemp
ern Poverty Law Center sued the
tive poll'er of lm·e that is
America," he said. "People of all
Klan for inciting violence and
necessary to O\·ercome racial di
races and religions ha\·e made
won a
\·isiom. Dees
ecuted and \1·on a
12-million
her
aid. The elderly
contribution>. Our country is great because of our di\·ersity,
grarhic depictions of her son's
not 1n spite of it."+
uf
1lf
Tucson, Ari:., wa, found dead 111 her bedronm at about
7 a.m. hy a Bra:il1an
doctor who 11·as rent111g a r o o m in
ansll'er should be' 1t1s e\·eryone 's
ll'Oman, who had listened to the
27.
Chri:itine C,dl1e
did in that cuurtroom carried
tias. ln 19 1, when Klan mem
pa111, clleLI
her ho,t family on -ertem
their ideas, he said.
under mines American hate
alam<mca,
suJdenly at the home
tions and racially motivated
7-million judgment.
Colh\' iun1ur ll'ht> A11',b rart1c1rar1ng In the College\ rrngr,1m m
crimes. The center exposes and
Dees also successfully pros
Student Dies in Salamanca
Callie'
rhe home llf
host family. The
doctor meJ un,ucces,full� to re>u>c1rate Callie.
Accord mg toDirector of
Academic Affairs and Off campus
-tud\' Jonathan
Weiss, Callie \\'as ,een h\' pwgram director Ja\·ier
Keep on Plugging
Gon:ale:-Alonso at his of fice on the e\·ening ofSer
The College this summer
computers into a ll'all socket.
I -mil
The completion of the ll'irrng
There are Ethernet ports for
lion project to install 1� iring in
reali:es the vision Colby had for
e\·ery student on campus. "We
all residence halls that will gi\·e
maximi:ing computer resources
in tailed e\·enreen hundred of
student fast and easy computer
available t o students, says
them," Phillips said.
completed a three-year,
networking capability. With the
their ll'ork," he said.
nology
en·ices Ray Phillips.
ill and exhibited nc1 signs of di tress. The cause of death ll'a> undetermined pending an
Prior rn the hard-ll'iring of
autopsy report. Weiss said
residence halls, students could
Callie died of narural causes
Director of Information Tech
in tallation of cab I for Ethernet
tember 26. Callie \\'a, nllt
service in every room, students
"Our student
now can plug
access the Internet only \'ia a
may now acce s other comput
inro the netll'ork in their room,
modem, which exchanges infor
ers on campus and use the
unplug. walk to the science cen
mation much more slowly than
Internet simply by pluggino their
ter, plug in again and resume
an Ethernet connecuon. +
and that authoritie> Ill rain did not suspect foul play.
you've come a Long way, maybe Forty students enrolled from
Washington. continuing the westward trend of recent years.
Of the 700-plus students at Colby in 1946, exactly one came from west of the Mississipp1"international" student 50 years ago was Barbara Bond from the Territory of Hawaii.
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Add Eight to Faculty Cadre Newcomers bring broad expertise and experience to Colby By Marc Class
E
ight tenure-track profe sors jo ined the Colby fac u l ty thi
fal l , w i t h expe rt ise ranging from Arapaho c u l ture to the role gen der pl ays in c o m i c popular c u l ture o f t h e 1930s.
s i ty of New Mex ico, and she received her Ph.D. from the Uni versity of I l l inois. She comes to olby from the Robert
. Dow
Neuro log ical Sciences Ins t i t u te in Portland, Ore. , where he wa
J e ffrey Anderson, a si stant
a senior assoc iate cond u c t ing
professor of anthropology, re
mathem a t i c a l research on the
ceived a bachelor' degree in so
nervous system .
c iology and anthropology from
been a research assistant at Los
Knox College and a Ph . D . in
A l a mos N a tional Labo ratory
he a lso has
anthropology from the Univer
working on hydro- and thermo
sity of Chicago. H e come
to
dyna m i c s progra m m i ng and
Colby from Mankato
tare U n i
computer ecurity risk analysi-.
v e r ity , where h e wa
an a sis
t a n t professor in t h e department
Russell Johnson, ass istant omes to
Front row: Jennifer Yoder, Jan Elise Holly, Margaret McFadden, Pamela
of ethnic stud ies and A merican
olby from Montana State U n i
Thoma; back row: Jeffrey Anderson, Russell Johnson, Elisa Narin van Court,
professor of biology,
Bevin Engman.
Indian studies. He also was visit
versity, where h e w a s a post
ing assistant professor of soc iol
doctoral re. earch a sociate in the
Gender, Race, and the C u l t u ra l
M.A. in English l i terature from
ogy and anthropology at Gustavus
department of plant, soil and
Work o f the Jac k Benny Pro
Colmaclu
Adolphus College. He ha con
envi ro n m e n ta l s c ienc e s . H e
gra m , 1 9 3 3- 1 946," in the Jour
come
nal of American Hiswry.
ver·iry of Colorado at Boulder,
duc ted field re earch on the north
earned a bachelor's degree i n b i
ern Arapaho tribe at the Wind
ology from Colorado Col leg and
Elisa Narin van Court, assi -
River Indian Reservation in Wyo
a Ph.D. in p l ant physiology from
rant professor of Eng l i s h , comes tn
rate University.
he
to Colby from the Uni
where she c o n c e n t r a ted
in
A�ian-A merican and women'
tanforcl Univer
l i terature. She has been a vi ir
�ity, where �he wa� the Andrew
ing lecturer at Takayama Col
ming and is working on a book
Wash ington State University.
about "Northern Arapaho l ife,
He also wa a postdoctoral fellow
knowledge and personhood."
in the department of med i cal
W . Mel lon Postdoctoral Fel low,
lege in Takayama, Japan, and
Bevin Engman, assistant pro
bioc hem istry at the University
·pec i a l i:ing in Chaucer.
won the Diver i ty Award from
fessor of art, comes to Colby from
of Calgary. H i research interests
graduated magna cum laude and
the Un iversity of Penn ylvania.
are the phy iology and molecular
earned a Ph. D . in. Engl i sh from
her re earch on the school's Gen
where he earned a master of fine
biology of plant eeds, the con
the University of
der
arts degree an I wa a lecturer in
trol of plant mRNA degradation
Berkeley. Her teaching intere ts
the fine art and archi tecture de
and the defense mechanism used
are Medieval l i ternture, e pe
fe or of government and inter
partments. She received a bach
by plants against insects.
c i a l l y Jew and anti-Judaism in
nat ional
M i dd le Engli�h narrative·, and
bachelor' degree in pol i t i a l c i
1 6th - and I 7 th- century l i tera
ence from t h e Univer-ity o f Ak
elor's degree from the M a i ne College of A rt and a bachelor's
Ma rga ret Mcfa d d e n , intruc tor in A merican
tud ies,
olby from
he
a l ifornia at
oloraclo
rnte University for
tudie· Integration Project.
Jennifer Yoder, a istant pro tud ies, earned her
of
ron and her M . A . and Ph.D. in
he ha pub
comparative pol i t i c and inter
degree in Eng l i sh from the Col
grad u a ted s u m m a cum l a ude
t u re, espec i a l l y the work
lege of W i l l ia m and Mary. Her
from W e l l s
Edmund
work has been reviewed in the
bache lor's degree in ph i losophy
li ·hed �everal arti cle , inc l uding
national relations from the Uni
Philadelphia Inquirer and has been
and women'sstudies. She earned
"The Siege of Jeru a lem and
versity of MarylanJ. Her teaching
e x h i b i ted at everal gal leries, in
a master' degree in philo ophy
A ugustinian H istorian.s: Writing
area· are German pol i t i cs and
Fox
from Duke Univer i ty and two
about Jew
en.
German unification, politics and
in New York City and the Arden
ma ter' degrees and an M . P h i l .
tury England," which appeared
soc i ·ti s in Europe and the rran-
in A merican studie from Yale
in The Chaucer Review.
c l ud i ng Kohn, Peter on
&
Gal lery in Bo ton.
Jan E l ise Holly, Clare Boothe
o l lege w i t h a
penser.
in Fourteenth
Univers ity. M c Fadden, who e
Pamela Thoma, instructor in
it ion from communism. She won a Fulbright cholar hip to tudy
at the Univer i tat Regen burg in
Luce A sistant Professoro f M ath
expert i e is gender in the c o m i c
A merican stud ies and women's
ematic , graduated summa c u m
pop u l a r c u l t ure of the 1930s,
stud ies, received her bachelor'
1 989 and ha written several ar
laude w i t h a bachelor' degree i n
p ubl i s h e d '"A m e r i c a '
degree in Engl i h l i terature from
tic l e
mathematics from t h e Univer-
Friend Who Can' t Get a Date':
Ohio
in ea tern Germany. +
COLB Y
NOVEMBER
1996
Boy
6
tate Univer i ty and her
n pol i tical - e l i te b u i ld ing
Gemery Wins Teaching Award
pundits & plaudits Poetry Prize
P
ugh Fam ily Professor of Econom ics H enry G emery has received the 1 996 Jonathan Hughes Prize for Excellence in Teaching Economic H istory. Gemery received the award in Berkeley, Cal if., on September 7 at the annual meeting of the Economic H istory Association. The award cited Gemery for the "high standards he has set for undergraduate teaching," noting that many of h is students have gone on to earn doctorates in economics and to pursue careers in the field. "Professor Gemery's teaching and his career more generally are noteworthy for the combination of genuine interest in the scholar ship of other economic hi torians, genuine interest in h is students and continuing contributions of h is own to scholarship in the field throughout a long career devoted to undergraduate education," the citation said. "He is known to students and colleagues alike for his modesty and graciousness." Gemery's teaching and research specialties include macroeco nomics, immigration and labor-market patterns, technological changes and labor-change patterns and the economic history of the U.S. and Europe. He is the co-editor of two books, Technology and the Environ ment: Multidisciplinary Perspectives and The Uncommon Market: Essays
Professor of English Peter Harris has won the 1996 Maine Chapbook for Poetry for his manuscript
Blue Hallelujahs.
Harris's work was chosen for the prize from 113 entries
Fellow Scholar Associate Professor of Biology Paul Greenwood recently was named the first Dr. Charles C. and Pamela W. Leighton Research Fellow, a three-year appointment that begins this fall
Sharing His Savvy L. Sandy Maisel, William R Kenan Jr. Professor of Govern ment, has been appointed consulting editor in political science for Rowman & Littlefield, a leading publisher of scholarly books. Maisel will chair a committee that determines the winner of an annual. national award for the best innovation in teaching political science and will convene annual think tank sessions on new approaches to the study of politics
Plenty Of Air Time Associate Professor of Government Kenneth Rodman explained the fine points of the Helms-Burton bill to listeners of
in the Economic History of the Atlantic Slave Trade.
KPCC radio's "Talk of the City" program in Los Angeles. On a
The Hughes Prize wa established in memory of] onathan Hughes, a committed and influential teacher of economic history, and carries a $ 1 ,000 cash award. t
live call-in program, Rodman outlined the potential effects of the bill, including the effects of a provision that would allow U.S. citizens in some circumstances to sue foreign corpora tions that do business with Cuba. "It attempts to use the American legal system to extend our laws to foreign corpora
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tions from countries that are encouraging trade with Cuba," Rodman told host Larry Marino. In response to Marino's
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am an unabashed supporter of affirmative action," President Bill Cotter said to applause at a September gathering in the Portland Museum of Art. "I devoted the essay in my 1995 president' report to the College to the issue because I think it is so important." Cotter's insistence on the importance of affirmative action, diver sity on campus and multicultural programs brought him to the museum gathering as one of two recipients of the Equity Institute of Maine's 1 996 Leadership Award. The other, Karen Geraghty, is president of the Maine Lesbian and Gay Political A l liance; she was honored, in part, for her work to defeat an anti-gay-rights referendum on Maine's 1 995 statewide ballot. Cotter said he accepted the award "with humility and gratitude and, really, on behalf of Colby College." He told the audience about efforts to promote diver ity at Colby, such as the work of the Campus Community Committee and the new Pugh Center addition to the Student Union, and said that h is goal is to teach all Colby student that "prejudice has no place among a community of scholars." Loe! Greene, equity coordinator for the New England Desegrega tion Assistance Center, presented the award to Cotter. Summarizing Cotter's contributions to promoting diver ity and battl ing discrimi nation and prejudice, Greene said, "He talks the talk and walks the talk, confronting the challenge of today as he leads Colby, Maine and the country to the horizons of tomorrow."
question about whether other countries are pursuing such measures, Rodman said, "We are absolutely alone in the world in terms of boycotting the Cuban economy " Rodmrtn also was interviewed by Christian Science Monitor Radio about U.S -European conflicts prior to the G-7 economic summit. Rodman discussed disagreements between the allies over sanctions against Cuba and Iran
One Great Prof The Carnegie Foundat ion for the Advancement ofTeach ing has acknowl edged what Colby student already knew that As oc iate Pr fe sor of Engl ish Cedric G . Bryant is a great reacher. Bryant, who won the enior Class Teaching A ward in 1 994, was named 1 996 Maine Profes or of the Year by the Carnegie
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I� Indigenous Education Sixteen days in Navajo and Hopi lands were very instructive By Kevin Cool
everybody listened. In our culture, you 're put on the shelf when you reach sixty five. The Navajo respect age; tney respect wisdom." Moore made other cultural comparisons as well. "Life among the Navajo is not on a linear timetable," she said. "When it's dark you Students helped plant a corn field in Dine'bike'ya, the traditional Navajo grounds bring in the hor es; when the sun comes up you feed the hor es. Time, in Canyon de Chelly. as in time on the clock, doesn't dictate life. I took off my watch when handful of Colby tudent , led by Instructor in Education and 1 arrived and didn't put it on until I was on the plane coming home." Human Development Sandy Grande, pent two weeks last Conceived as a J an Plan offering, the summer trip materialized as um mer in the Navajo and Hopi nation tudying Native American an immersion experience, and a pilot for the formal program, when cu lture in what may be a prelude to a future J an Plan. students expressed interest in accompanying her to the region, Grande organi:ed the trip in cooperation with Robert Vadas, a Grande says. "There were several competing goals on this trip, profe' or at the Univer ity of Wiscon in-Oshkosh who specializes in including seeing what possibilitie existed for taking Colby students Na\·ajo education, and Dean Jame , a tudent at Navajo Community to the reservation for a ful l-fledged J an Plan," she said. "I'm optimis College, who acted as a guide. The Colby tudents vi ited Navajo t ic. Everybody we were in contact with was eager to have a continu ing relationship with our students." ·chool , Anasa:i ru in and everal national parks, including Mesa Grande says she also wanted to see how Colby students re ponded Ver<le and Monument Valley. They also were invited to rake part in to the physical and emotional challenges of l ife on the reservation. "l traditional family ceremonie during their 1 6-day trip, and they think students felt overwhelmed at times," she said. "When students rayed in the homes of five ho r fam ilie . fly to Tibet [for example) they're prepared mentally for On the floor of Canyon de Chelly in northea tern a different experience. Because we were in the Ari:ona, tudents stayed with the Bia family United States and we occa ionally saw fa in Dine'bike'ya, acred Navajo grounds, "The sweat was miliar things l ike Dairy Queens and Wal accessible only by foot, where a handful Marts, student had a harder time being of fam ilie ha\•e lived for hundreds of a moving experience for me comfortable with the vast cultural difyear . Ir is an area that, although ferences. It took a while for the ad ju t I cared in a national park, is off ta see the students endure that and ments to take place." limit to touri t , said Grande, who The culmination of the trip cal led it "a very spiritual land." emerge from that with a was the students' participation in a Narnjo in the canyon maintain their sweat, a centuries-old practice for spiri traditional life tyle , ub i ting on deeper sense of what life tual cleansing, seldom opened to out home-grown vegetable and carry siders. "lt was the mo t inten e thing 1 've ing water from local stream . is like for the Navajo. " ever done," Moore said. "When it was over Students tayed in the Bia ' hogan, I felr complete!y drained, rejuvenated. l 've never helped plant a com field, carried water and felt anything l ike it. " tended the heep herd. Grande says the family was "The sweat was a moving experience for me-to ee the rudents grateful for the help and plea ed to share their home. "Larry [Bia], the endure that and emerge from that with a deeper sen e of what l ife i farmer who e field we helped plant, wa very happy. We did in one like for the Navajo," Grande said. afternoon what would have taken him everal day ," she said. Grande ays she will continue working on a prospective Jan Plan Erica Moore '97 ays the time he spent with the host families was on the re ervation, an idea Moore endor ed wholeheartedly. "We both educational and per onally enriching. " I wa impressed by how barely scratched the surface of what we could have learned in tho e elderly per ons in their culture are re peered and revered," she aid. two weeks," she aid. "If students could go out there for a whole month "The grandmother we met (in the canyon] mu t have been ninety
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Speak Up Student Association President Josh Woodfork '97 ( wamp cott, Ma .) in his State of the College addre s September 12 encouraged the Colby community to "listen to what each other i aying" and to overcome fears of talking about difficult i ue . "We're too cared to laugh and talk about ome LS ues l ike affirmauve action, abortion, political correctne . What bet ter opportunity will we ever have to discu s the e is ue than at college?" he aid. "Free speech i valued on this campus. I was talking with President Cotter last year about the College's peech code, and he really I i tened." � Woodfork said students who avoid challeng � ing topics because they are "too touchy" deny �7 themselve and the larger community an oppor� tunity for growth and bridge building. 'The new � Pugh Center is an excellent place where di cu ion Woodfork '97 can happen, but the building i only a good a we make it," he said. "Take that ri k. Break that ilence. Try to learn what is behmd what people are aying."
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ix dining service employ ees worked three days pre paring 1 2,000 worth of food boxes for the 5 7 1 students who participated in COOT thi year. According to Dana dining man ager Jim Gagnon, the ub1quitou bagel topped the Ii t offood items. COOTers ate 3,600 of them. What el e were students eat ing while they hunched over campfires and huddled in tents? W e l l , there wa the typical scuff-oatmeal, dried fruit and
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new book edited by Associate Professor of cience, Technology and ociety Jame- R. Fleming feature a collaborative re earch paper written by Fleming and Colby senior imone L. Kaplan. The book, Hiswrical Essays on J-.. 1eteorology , 1 9 1 9- 1 995, was published by the American Meteorological ociecy, which this year celebrated it 7 5 th anni\'ersary. Contributors include pro fe 10nal historians of science and technology and eminent pioneer of meteorology. The es ays constitute a ubstantial am pl ing of what has been learned since 1 9 1 9 in the atmospheric ciences and ervices, says Fleming. Kaplan's paper, written with Fleming, 1s titled "Hi torical Writing on Meteorology: An Annotated Bibliography." Kaplan, who is majoring in English with a minor in cience, technology and society rudie , is the only undergraduate author included in the book, which contain 20 e ays. In addition to thi volume, Fleming also edited The Interna tional Bibliograph)' of Meteorology ( 1 994) and wrote Meteorology in Americ:a, 1 800- 1 870 ( 1 990) .
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Ramen noodle . There al o was something called wa:irack, a sort of homemade Power Bar, pre pared m the Colby bake shop from a recipe ubm itte d by Di rector of tudent Actidtie Ben J orgensen '92 . The basic diet remains the same each year, Gagnon ays, but srudent and COOT leaders occasionally ugge t alternatives. "We u'ed to end pudding but students aid it was too heavy [to carry]," he aid.
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"The social gatherings which have moved offColby property are still part
The Colby Echo wants the College to provide return transporta
of the Colby social scene and the College should act accordingly.
tion from off-campus parties.
The newspaper. in an editorial September 1 9. said the College s
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Students from the Class of 2000 who attended the speech
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President Bill Clinton gave at a campaign rally in Portland in early October were well prepared.
and don't feel comfortable asking upperclassmen for a ride " "With half of the senior class (thus almost half of the 2 1 -year-
The Colby Echo reported that Clinton
discussing the potential breakthroughs that could result from the
olds) off campus and parties fewer and farther between on
Human Genome Proiect. touched on ge-
netic research that is the subject of 810/ogy
campus, 11 1s clear that events which three years ago would have happened 1n Drummond are
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now happening in Waterville ... the
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Olin S c ience Center, the lab s , and t he possibilities . a re b i gger
ak Profe s o r o f
-orh isticated audil1-1· isual
the last electrical outlet
Biological Sc ience.
equirment in se\·eral
and computer plug-in.
Russel l Cole i· not gi\·en
c lassrooms and laborato
thought of c\·en th ing,
to hyperbole, but he
ries. ,.\nd i t 1s beautifu l ,
111clud111g a ro1.1m
couldn't Stoi:' LI i ng the
ll"ith ieatures l ike srndy
word "great."
lounge framed by floor
ll"ading boots u:,ed on
laboratory; see ho\\' much
to-ceiling 11·indoll"S
fiekl trips.
ee thi
srace \1·e ha1·e 1 Great.
offering ranoramic 1"1e11·:i
Check out t h is c l ass
of cam�'U:i and the
room-that rroiector
College 1rnods.
will d isrlay comruter
designated for storing
"You'll iinJ wry fe11· labs 11·ith the computer capa h l 1 ty that l1LirS
Studerm' reactions fell
have,'' C1.1 le said. "You
image to the entire class.
11·ithin the narro11· range
Great. Look at this-a
from exci tement to a11·e.
equipment that students
lecture hall direct from
"This building says to
11·ould use. I t real!\" 1s a
can't get much faster
the 2 1 st century. Great,
reorle, ' Here's a small.
,rate-of-the-an iac d i r1·
great, great.
l iberal art> college that
that al lm1·s us to do marn·
Almost 10 years after
has made a commi tment
it ll"as originally
to the sciences."' said
concei1·ed and e1·en
biology/en 1· iron menta I
years after the fin,r
sc iences major
fundino propo al ll'as
011'en-.'\ hley
subm i t ted, the
"herything about it i
6.4-
m i l l ion F.W. Olin c ience Center opened thi fall to ll'hat can only be described a great
oah
Yi.
more th111g s . "
"The O l i n buildmg has ·er the standard fo r aca demic and administrati\·e
out the buildmg,
( or piece:i oi mformat1on )
computing on camrus,"
l'rol"lding student;; 11 1th
rer second from one
"abundant acce:is,"
computer ro another.
aid Ray Phi l l i ps. director
according to Phillips.
":\II
state-of-the-art. It's
of informati n technol
1mrress11·e.
ogy serl"lces. It is
of these computers ha1·e
equipped 11·ith more than
tremendous capabihry."
From the "case srndy" room rerlete 11·ith h 1gh
� 2 50, '"\00 \\'Orth of
he said. "In add1t1on to
basic computers, there
:\
tyrical modem connec tion exchanges mfo rma t1on at a rate of about
2 , 1(\\ bnes per second.
reviews. By all accounts,
tech gadoetry to the
computers and anc i l lar ·
the
the build ing ll' i l l
greenhouse ll'here
equipment, the large
are
re1·olutioni:e science
computer monitor and
one-building technology
computers; but e1·en the
technological change 1s
teaching and research
adj ust c l imate conditions
irn·estment in the
basic machmes are
so rar1d. the Olin
at Colby.
minute by minute, the
College's history,
spectacular machmes."
buildmg's mfrastru ·ture
It i big-3
, 500
square fe t , including a
1 , 2 00-square-foot
Olin building i a sholl"case for the late ·t
t
ays Phillips. 1xry-fi1·e Po11·er
(ll"O high-end
.'\ high-speed
Phill ips sa1·s that because the pace oi
11·as des1gnecl to be
Ethernet data ne(ll"ork
urgradable 1\"hen currern
sen-es as the spme oi the
hardll'are and :ioimare
and best in educational
J\ !acintosh computers 11"ith 1 . 2 gigabyte hard
building's technolog1cal
are replaced bl" faster.
dri1·es are located m
frame\\'ork. The nemork
more po11·erful succe:i-<..iro.
se\·eral cluster- through-
mo1·es
":\.nnh111g ll'e could bu1·
library. It i bold,
appointments.
brimming ll'ith oee-ll'hi:
faculty,
technology, including
b u i ld ing right do11 n to
c ience
ll'ho designed the
10 m i l l ion byre
tL1Jay ll' i l l f.1 1 r h· r<1f1icl l y be l1h't'lete," he ,,1 i cl . " W e ha1·en't lPckeJ our>eh-e, mw a part1c ubr tech1wll1l!\',
'l l
11· e hm·e
the fle x i b i l ity tll c ha nge a> 1mprl11·ement' l1ccur.
P h i l l i p' 'a' ' the ke\' io hanng the cable in !'lace to handle the ma"i1·e
ras:,ing through the computer net1l'ork. :\ l thL1ugh the Ethernet 1,
tcht, It
rroll tglllU,ly
cornume:, only a ,mall pmtiun of the carac 1 ty of the c able imrnl led b1· the
,c 1cnce:,," Cole >aid. " \Xie
ch,H. uur 'race' 11·cren 'r
w foc u I ti' ll'as one of the
College Ph i l l ir, ,ay, che
1\'anced w ha1·e thi,
CL nfi�ured prorerly.
hig 1:,,ue>."
cable can ea> i h· hanllle
c a pa h l 1 ry
the next genera t ion Lif
in the roonb, 1l'h1ch
an1d ah le right
\Xie had to chanl!e the Llricnta tiL lll of laburaco
The librar:' is near!)' fit'e times as large as the old
A c w rd ing co Professor of Geology Robert
one in Ke)•es . E thernet
nenrnrk ing, asynchw
m a x i m 1 :e, the J'Llten t i a l
r ie ,, 11·e hall tL' re-equip
N e bon, che nell' lab in
nou; tranofer mode,
f o r it; u,e . "
'race ll'ith :,tatc-of
Olin
che-art equirmen r, 11-e
rnental :,tudy "are
needed to ha1·e lecture
undoubte d ly the fineot
immediare access w the Internet with a lapwp
11·h i c h is
10 t i me:, faster
"The planning l1t the buildm.g really ll'a:, baoed
than Ethernet. Throughout the
for paleo-em·iron
on c u1Ticulum," 'aid Cole.
hall' ll'ith fu l l <1ud 10-1·1sual
such labs i n the 'rate of
b u i ld i ng, 1 · 1deo carah i l i ty
"\Ve 1\'anted to mL11·e
capahilic1· anJ computer
Mame and possibly i n a l l
is a rec u rring c harac teri,-
from a c urriculum i n
proj e c t ion caf1ahd ity."
of Ne11· England."
ea'\' access to facu l ty and
to the conraminanc
,ruJ\' resource, by
friendly settings students
configuring teach ing
endured before. The air in
become a favorite
laboratone,, m.earch lab:,
the palynology laboratory
and facu l ty offi c > m
destination for swdencs
is filtered to remo1·e
c l usters. "The otudenr can
extraneou; fine du;c,
be ll'Orking on research
ll'hich might include
projects here [ tn c h e
rollen that could degrade
c lasoroo1m ha1·e c e i l mg
>relied out to le»
near the fac u l ty menwr,"
mou n ted rro j e c ro rs and
pred ictabil i ty and more
Cole oaid. "The facu l cy
:,pec ial :iink ll'ith a 1·enril
rece:,:,ed d i ,play ;creen'
hando-on ll'ork. \Xi e
reach in labo aero:,; the
ation ,·enc to extract
;ample:i, and the macro-
fo :,i I laboratory ha' a
that deocenll at the r u oh
\\'anted to pu,h 'tudent>
hall 'o - rudenr can be
fume' created during the
of a button.
to thmk anJ w 11mhlem
11·ork i ng m·er there a nJ
:ierar::ition of i nsect
i mrurranc teaching
,nh-e and w dL1 re;1l-ll'orkl
come acroos rhc hall and
remain from :,ediments.
reSllUrce, eorec i a l ll' in the
k 1 mh of J'n l J eC t'>. To do
a<ik qucotion,. That acce:i;
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mid)' areas . Aesthetically
Nebon says che Olin laboratories are far ·uperior
re,earch lab ] and they're
C L) L fl Y
compwcr right ar their
Physical srace, ll'ere
ll'h1ch rroject:, ll'ere
I ' an
chair give smdencs
Je;igneJ to a llo1I' students
tic. Se1·eral labs and
"V 1deo
/Jons ar t•inuall)' ever)'
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"In year:, past we
pleasing and room)' , the library already has
both da)' and nigh t .
ha,·e been makmg Jo
O n e ,,f the 111:1 1 , 1 , ,1
,,·1th a fume hnod m the
m1iJe,t
I - teer ,leer: the
other re ache, I l 1.' tt'et
mineralogy lahorator\ m
� !udd, a room 1rnh
hene;arh the l, a , e me n r 111
gr,1clu.1 re r r1 1 gr m1 In h1clr1 •!Cc<'''''-'' ·
In iJ,l t n, 1 n t11 the
f, irmi-LiHe t,K d 1 t 1 e ,
unfiltered arr, a lor of mmeral specimens belllg
mon1t1.inng 'tdt 11•n I '
handled, \\'tndoll' <>
kiCCJtt'cl ill d IWnJc,Crtp
continually being opened by ·tudents and a
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h1dd111� · , rrc,1.nCl' h,J,
m11m m rh, l,111·<'r le,·el
r n1J uce J
11·here ;a Jt',·1ce that rhe-
thr11ugh the t'nttre -ctt:iKe
,1 nrrle effec t
tremendous amount of
,mJ foll, 1nth rhe
student traffic, all of
gr,1und,,·arer le,·el rec11rd,
c b"n111m , r ac e m .-\re1 .
pa�1er. Do" 'a1·, ,ru,lent,
11r 11 tll re remwateJ (11
for <rec1f1c J 1 , c 1 r' l lll <' ' anJ
\\'hich created porential contamination problems," elson aid. "For the
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anah·;,is center 1n ll
the ,lar.1 on a '['1.10 1 , ,f
can 1dent1fy "ecHth tlllt', . .
macrofossil exrract1om,
become a great blesslllg
h· tnlln1rn1g the
\\'e \\-ere using a 'dirty lab'
as the students ,,·ork on
tluc tuatmg gr11und1rJ ter
c,1mplex . L1h1rat11ry anJ f-.:e1·e< a n,1
\ ! u J J ha- heen
�1r11nde 1.lt'd1.:,iteJ 'pact'
sub-d1,c1pllllt» .incl w tit
in the basement le,·el of
their map appl1canons,"
lt'\·el.; re.;ul ung from the
the C,>llege\ nt'11 cum
� !uJJ, ,,·1th an exterior
F1rmage said. ":\.
m11on\ and .;un'<
culum. 11·h1Ch emrha<1 :t'
door propped open and 3
c hemical anah·,i, center
graY1tat 111nal pull 1.1 n the
eJucat111n [hr1.1u£h
large fan in the door to
adjacent to the i r lab
earth's c ru.;r.
rt'-earch. >a1 ' C,11 <'.
the lab to blO\r out the
a llo,1·� a l l of the irater
The l'J m t 1rzi- n1.1t
"Bt'cau,e tht' ec1>k)£\ lab, are n1>11· lwu,ed in
Olm . the iwnhern halt 11f
fume · . It \\'as hardh·
c hemi>rrY to be J1.me Ill
e\·en dry 1.• n the 11·alb ,1f
com·eniem and defmiteh·
dedicated ,pace, maklllg
m1.1,t
less than optimal."
their 11 •Jrk ho th ea<>ier
ll'hen academic 11·,1rk m
tht' th 1rJ tfoor of :\re\ t'
and mor� acc urate ."
tht, ro1.)m had be!!un.
dt'd1cated rt',t'arch ;pace
Faculty in other d iscipl ines report similar ad,·amages. Da,·id
monitorm_ ll'ells, belie,·ed to be the onh·
tal
\\'elh housed Ill an
in his Biology 493
em·1ronmental science
course-ll'ho produce a
build mg at a college or
[, •tt t!r
up rilt<.' l de'•1 . la.,.:r.lI <i.:
' •r
um,·er'1t\ 111 the GniteJ
qualit · and land use
_
patterns in the North
from a serendipitous ,·i:,it
Pond \\'atershed of the
Assistant Professor of
Belgrade Lakes chain-
Geology Paul Do,, maJe
tate,. Ther resulted
ll'ill benefit from
to the exca,·arion site of
ad\'anced d igital mapping
the build ing's eb·ator La<t Year :\ndrell' Fl lllt
to create and manipulate
'96 gathered <ampb and
for four hok1£Y faculn-."
mto the hole they had
map usino different
made for the shaft and
anah·:ed them for a
Frank Fekt'te. "Tlw
\'ariables of oil tvpes,
sall' groundll'ater," he
<t'ntor pro1 ecr that
,race make, a,·at laHe an
ele\'ation, slope and
said. "Thar's \\'hen it
c0nmbuted to Flint's
enmt' lab bench for
other em·ironmental
occurred to me that ll'e
acceptance at \\ .estern
re,earch <race and a
factors. "The data
could dig our O\\'n 1rel l . "
ystems that allO\r them
cun
The bu. ldlllg also
Firmage, Clara C . Piper
1 50-page report on 11·arer
(uc!ll1;. mt!mli.:r
feature< tm' grounJ,,·ater
Proiessor of Em·ir1.m men-
rud ies, ;,ay:, 'tudent�
1.i the build Ill!!
room . From hat! il
shaft. "I looked do\\'n
� ! ich12an l n 1 ,·ermy's
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l 0 L 10 Y
cal led for rh e immediate
expan,ion of sc i e n ce
fac i l t r ie,. "Judg i ng from <;un·ey<; of science srace at
co m pa ra h le colleges,
one m ight
safely
conc l ude rhac we are rwo
science b u i l din gs hon at
Colhy in add i t i on ro ha\' ing too many
outdated laboratories and other fac i l i rie ," the
report said. le re c o m
mended that r h e Coll ege
seek funding i mm ed iately for
a nell' science
b u i ld ing of "at least
30,000 square fe e t . "
Th<!
grec.'nlw11:ie fem11n>s
rlire.; com}m ter-conrroll<.'d chamber:,
rhm
cun
lighring and h u m idir:· of any clima re .
inclading deserr and rain fore s t . "\\"e can
grott'
lirerall\' an:· pl a n e
in the
u '01 ld in chis space , " sa:,·s
Oal<
Professor of
B iological Sciences Ri1ssdl
Cole .
WU'ering s r rncrnre
floor ' s sowh side , in
pe1fecr f){)si w m
Je,ks, comrurers and
"1 1cl facer iou,ly, "J gue:is
y n u knoll' ll'har our
ll'a<; 5een a' part of a larger
h a d m1 idea at rhar u me
exi:iting fac i li r ie:i. The
before rhe foundat ion
1·i:iion 11·as ro rc i m · e nr the
::.cience program, u ' ing the
.
!BL R
finally said "yes." The :ic ience center
" B i l l Cor t e r ll'ent from
say mg, 'lf O l i n doesn't
Cnl lege's focus on
lahorarory -;cience."
ThL' hui ld ing hecdll1e a
defi ned insrnurional
fund thi-, bui ld i ng, we ' l l ha1 · e co do ll ' i thout i t ' t o
'We\e go r to hal'e t h i ' b u d d i ng , "' Helm :ia1J.
pnomy 11 · h e n che Sc ience Planning
" Had 01 111 no t funded it,
groll'th of a comprehen
money for its const ru c
hy Dean of Fac u l ty
h a s h a d on
Rohen M cA r th u r ,
ra i sing ll'Oulcl have been
omm1tcee, an our
, 1\·e e 1 · a luar i on ;;purred
11·e'd still be ra i si ng
t ion. And the effects
1r
o th e r fund
new fac i l i r i ::. as a spring-
fir:it imag in e d by Russ
board. lr 1ra<; a 1·ision 1 0
Cole and h i s science
,uhm 1 c ceJ i ts final report
lost. We\·e rai ed an
years in rhe making.
fac u l ty colleagues,
in 1 99 1 after more than
add i t ional four m i ll i o n
B
comru ter, 11·a , in rhe
i l l Cotter haJ done h i s homell'ork.
sketched our on a h om e b eg i nni n g , m erely the su hje c r of casual
d i rectors of the F.W. Olin
d i s c u s s ion s . '"Wou ldn't it
Foundation 1·isireJ Co l by
he nice if ' ll'as the
to Ji:,cuo:i a J'O:i>ible grant
a t t i tude," said Vice
r rop osal
h a c k in 19 9,
Corter 11 rod u c e d a letter
President for De 1· e l o r ment and Alumni Relat ions Randy Helm.
the College 111 the 1 9 50
" J c ll'asn't u n t i l much
to inform Colhy that i t>
later that i l hecame c l ear
Jmrn. "Wel l , " Olin
'- l' \ I::
College
j u,r hrnr long it 1rnukl he
proposal had he en turned
( tl L B \
Cutter and th e
mcluded the reno1·arion of
F.W. Olm h i m se lf sent to
for
am1wr ,, . "
pac kage, Cnle say<i, ll'hich
When t he hoa rd of
The
cltrl'C tur Lall ' re nc e 1' 1 i la:i
analytical m:-rrumerm . " The Olin ccm,rructton
s i m u late tcm(>era naes .
letds
(l(Cl)mll1llclare '(Ullenr
I '! 'I ''
that this huild i ng wa<; an
indi ren abl e ran of rhe
14
c11·0 years of s tudy .
Jc
dollar:, for science
rentwation in large pa r t , I
Sb:pk,, ni1.dH,. l n ten'e
"
tt' 1 1npre" rlw Olm
1mpn11·l' 1 t , G ( 1 kl'tl'l11
think, hecau'e donm> Llrl'
pre, , u re . .Ancl a clucume nt
'a1cl. "Thue 11 ,1, nt1th 111g
exci ted about he111g pm
a' th ick <1' a
lefr tur u' ru ch.1rn.!L'."
of this effort. The Ol in
rclerh, me d i rec t\1r\'.
grant emboldened J' eorle
"Gt1in�
� ! anha tr.rn
for 8n Olin
When 01 1 11 nnt1t1l'd
11',1, <1d ,1 pte cl a' a c 1 1 de tt'
['l'<l\!r.lm ,1 f J'ft>ll1 , 1 ( \ ( 1\ l'
refl'r
''' 11 e l l p, 1l1 ,hL·J rh . 1 t
quietly culti1·ating a
::.mall
college tuncl ra1::.in2."
r elat i onsh ip 11·ith the
Helm sa i d.
Olin Foundat ion for
nmh ing el,e like 1r."
many years, making
"There\
t'ffort. b·er1· corner
and tt1 , uppl \ load, nf
ul k!le c h 1ppeJ 1 11,
tal'k had reen ,makeJ
m c l u d 1 11l!
mentar\' 1 ten1'. Gnld , t e in
ch dJren. ll'h1) 11·ere
1 5 -a l' t ) Ut
l -1
w Oli n .
rec ru it e d w cnlor , h ,1dt> cl area'
for b l 1 11J 'P< 1 t ' . The O l m pe t 1rle ll'ent ,111"11·
1n
llt' chart,
1m1're"ecl. Then the 11·an m g began.
J' re , enred m the
Tht> e<1 ll came nn J une
J'W['tl'a l . The team\ 11·ork rrocluced a
l 1. l 99-1. Gd,btt>111
1 -1 1 -
,1[ mt)rl' than three do:en
pa ,ge clt)(umenr plu'
Joe<n ' t rcmcml'er much
Cnllege .;raff. foc u l t\',
hundred, more rages of
ah)ut that da1· exCl'J't that
rru,tee.; a ncl admin istra
atrachrnent,-a three
t1)r' rn r es pond to the O l 1 11 qucst1onnaire .
,he QOt a hu g from Bill
rmg hincler , 1 x mc he,
Co rt e r .
th 1 c k . La11wnce /\ I da.;
] Umping ur and dt)I\ n,
"I thmk I 11 ,1 ,
d1)mg a l m le J ll!." �he 'ail!. Since then. Gokbtem
bettt'r than Lincla
d irectors ' offices in Nell'
Goldstt'1n. cl irec ro r nf
York and � d i n neapo l i s .
ct1rpnrate and foundation
Before that , President> J .
relatit)n>. Coldqem ll'as
Seelye B i x ler and Ro bert
re -; ponsi ble ·or pu l ling
Strider had court d O l i n .
wgether 11 hat Helm
To g ether t h e y laid t h e
callee! "the mother of a l l
groundwork for Colhy\
questionnaires" 11·hen
el'entual dec i>ion to
Colby learned a
has ll'orked 11· 1rh 'c 1 ence
facul ty w ,ecure an additional
S 5 . 3 rn d l 1,1n m
grant' for reno1 · at mg '!'•!Cc and endc111·mg program::.. CL1le ,a1·, rhe Olm Bui ld in,2 has tran<iormed
few days
after Christma:- in
e\'l'n the ' i l!ht I me' , if the C\ \nfc:rence r1),1rn
C1k\
:ippend1ce.; ancl rnmplt>
.Arni
, 1f the
Nt1bod1· kn1)11'' that
annual 1·isits ro the
fo r mal ly pun1e a
w th l' w l l e c t i 1·e
rIW)l\)U' q ue , t 1 n nna1 re
She rn1)hi l 1:ed a te<1m
i::. 'on of the
'\ i i , ,
'ta tu,, 1 t a,kecl the
package
Olympic cn mpet1tit)n t)f
l!rdnt rec 1r1ent The·
C 1 l lege tt> c1 1 m �' lt> re a
ll'eeb-w dcl11·er the
)_'.rant
r< " i t \ 1 1\1 a' ,1 p11(l' ntl .1 l
'\ iln"
team ,1rche,trMecl , 1
unt1l
Cotter had bet>n
'l'nnu,11 th.it the \l1 t)n1 ker "T earn
( 0 1 1 11 ,pel lecl hackll ' ard , )
( i l h· 1 1t 1 t ' t111 a l 1 ,r
1rent tn 11'\)rk . She hnd
to stre tch rhcmseh-e,."
d 1 rec wr' ,rncl , e c 1 1 rl· 1 r,
Colby's >C 1 ence J'rtlgram
1 99 3
i nro a nat iona l pu11·er.
construction granr from
that. after fi1·e years ot
"Without it , 11·e rnulJ
O l i n , 1rhich h istorical l y
trying, it had reached the
not ha1·e been C t' mpeti
select o n l y t w o or three
tinals in the Olin
t il'e on a nat1on<1l le1·el , "
rec ipients each year.
S\recpstake,.
he , a id . "Wnh 1 r . ll'e
The effort requ ired to
he had
ha1·e a facdit1· that puts
been 11·01l ing on the Olin
procure the Olin
propo ·al al rno :i t from the
us among the ror
foundation ' s blessing 11·as,
iirsr minute she arriwd at
pro g ra m , m the counm""
according to Helm,
Colby , suhmirring
e x hau st in g, e mot iona l ly
succe,si1·el\' refined
ll ' renching and, u l t i
l'ersions each year since
m a t e l y , · upremely
1 990. A l l of them had
"One of tht> J OY> 1s Because Olin 11·ished r o
c a lled i t rhe best proposal
keep 11·ord on t h e
t h t> Olin Foundauon h a d
final 1st,' -;elections m u m ,
e1·er rece11·ed.
seeing studen t · u s i n g the bui l d i n g . " he s a 1 J .
"\Xie ca n offer so m uc h
rewarding. It i nl 'o!ved
been rejec ted . "We had
member' of r h e group
N ext c a me t h e a l l -
more to st ude nt s m111'.
thousands of work hours
reached the �'omt ll'here
ll'ent about co mplet i ng
important · ire 1·i i t. This
J ust look 11·h a t ll'e can
by do:en of people.
ll'e didn't knoll' holl' to
their respec t i 1·e ta,b in
11·as Colby's OP J'Orwn i tr
do for t h e m . " +
15
� 0 \' E \I B E R
I 9 � 6
- 0 l El Y
W
i l l i a m L t raJa
'9 i� a C \ ) m pac t
a n d snft-sroken m a n ,
so ' e l f-effa c i n g he c a n
al rnn't d id n ' t rer u rn < h a so1' h , ) rnme, he � a i d . Throu�hour h i s t i me at C)lhy, though , SOBI-I U
seem tll d isap1,e a r i n a
has been a steady source
c roll' d . B u t ll'hen
of support. " OBH
Pres i d e n t B i l l Cotter
has a l ll'ays been here for
c a l led for represen ta
me," he said . F u lfi l l ing h i s d u ty to
t i ,·es of SOBHU ( the _ t u d e n t Organ i : a t ion for B l a c k and H ispa n i c
memento for the Pugh
U n i t y ) d u r i ng ope n i ng
Center's fou n d a t i on
c eremon ies for the nell'
stone, Estrada h e l d aloft a t i n y g lobe. " T h i s
Pugh Center in the t u d e n r U n i o n , E trada stepr'ed f orll'ard , took
old, ll'hen I came to t h i -, c o u n t r y , " he sa i d .
O B H U ha>
u n i ty o f a l l peop l e , i n
the nell' fac i l i t y me8ns
t h e Pugh C e n t e r ' � s p i r i t
for h i m and the
o f a " c om mon around"
organ i :a t iun .
for
to
By S t c� p l w n C o l l i n s ' 7J
16
,di student,, and i n
appre c i a ti on o f
a l i fmn ia ll'hcn he
0 8 !-I U a n d h i s fe l lo\\' me mher�. Estrnda
11'8s a c h i ld and he
p l aced the I t tt l e globe
c a m e to Colhy from
he had oll'ned for
Be l rn L m t H igh School
three q u a rters of h i s
in
Lo-; Angele,. " l \·e
l i fe i n t h e b o x and
met a lot of h u rdles
s l ipped hack i n to the
since I c a m e to t h i s
crnll'd ll'h i I
c o u n t ry , and l ' \'e m e t a
audience app l a uded , a
lot of hu r d l e s here a t
Ground
As a s y m hol nf r h e
heen to h i m and ll'h a t
mm·ed from G u a te m a l a
cen ters on togetherness
I I 'hen I ll'as fi ,.e years
e loquen t l y ahnut holl'
E�tra d a \ fam i l y
Common
globe w a s g i,·en to m e
cen ter stage and 'roke
i rnronant
Promise of Pugh addition
pro,· i d e a ignificanr
o l b y , " the Dean \ L i st
the
\' i S i t 111g m u � i c ian ;po n t a neously rounded
h i s rory major tul d more
a c onga d r u m anll
than
Assoc iate Dean of
l 00 people
standing in the c e n tral
l n terc u l ru r a l Affa i r-,
m e e r 1 11g space of t h e
J e r i R,)i-ehoro , a l m o s t
nell' Pugh C e n t e r . I n
<Wercc me hy the
fac t , the c h a l l enges
of
hi., first year a t c o l l ege,
3 , 000
m i !es from h is
horn
anll fa m i l y ,
seemed s o t a l l t h a t h e
mom e n t , fanned herself and leaned on a n e igh bor for surport. N i:ar A l - Bas>am
'97
stepped Lii' to represent
'1'l'C 1,1l h 1 1 u , 1 n g h.h c reated nn l > I her c t i l l <: '.!l' c < 1 m J'Ll'L"'· The l' ul.!h
Ccntl'r 1nL l uclc,
,1
The• P 1 1 gh ( "'IHc l . '
nwl' r i n '.! '[''1(l' h ir , 1 h1 1 u t
J OO pe1111 k .
d ,m,dl
luun g e . l 1fr1 c e , f, 1 r ' r udt:nt l_! r l 'Lil'' dnJ r11·11 k i tchen', 1 llh' "f 11 h 1ch i - kn,her. Rr l1 1ccm ng all of the ,wJcnt
mfunnal lmm�.: . .\ ! 1cmac
grlllll'' u nckr a -; m g k w n f . the C( il lcge hnpe' to c reme an m te r<K t i l·e
em· m m m e n t that w i l l The : l - m 1 l l 1nn
M usl im - cudents. Lanh
::. u m u l a re d ia logue . Cl)nperaunn Jnd a c t !un
lli
and athletic , outgomg
Ba.;; , dm, a gm·crnment
nc ragonal adJ 1 uon tl1
am,,ng ' t u clent'
and relaxed, A l - Bassam
<md ecom)m1cs ma_j or
the S t uclen t U n iun ll"a'
\·ari,)U' rac e , , re l 1 �1on,
recounted ho11-, i n h i'
ancl a \"aN ty soccer
first year, he and a
1'lc1yer, prnduced a uny \·olume of t--- \ u , \ 1 m
grL)UnJ i n which
Pugh Center I ' a
students had a p
prayer' g1\·en to h i m b y
::.tudent' nf a l l rc1Cc',
symh1)l l)f L)Ur next
proached President
h i'i graPdmother \rhen
c u l [Llre' and re l i g ions
,re�'·" 'aicl Pre,1clenr
he left h · s n a t i 1·e
ha\'e a ,take. S i g n 1 f 1 -
Corter, ma,rl'r ni
de ire for a p lace w
Arabia for college.
11·orsh ip on campu'.
"Th is ha::. been a great
<quare-foot Pugh
The College re,ponded
source of ,upport for me
Center 1 ::. at the heart
by denmng a rnom 1 11
at ColbY, and
of the c a m J'U'- The
the H i l l,icle re,idence
lea\·e i t here ," he sai d .
ha\ \ ,
tn ,en· 1ce-; a n d
prayer. La<t <um mer,
[ ll'ant to
And o i t 1rent on eptemher 2 '· As
'56 and J e a n
c a n t k the
7 ,000-
HI' rnld a
rrad 1 uunal ,'\'a m t.?
cmtl pracnc.:s.
t--- l u l t ic u l t u r a l a n J
\Ian C u ran Pugh
wa- g utted for reno\·a-
and t h e i r fam i ly , for
Houo;mg \a,t year as an
tion , the l lam1c
whum the b u i l d ing i s
a l tcrnat l\·e to a
sanctuary 11·ao left
named ,
m u l t i c u l t u r a l re>idence
und i- turhed. "The
to one ::.ide, representa-
h a l l reque::.tecl hy ::.ome
e x t ra work on behalf l)f
t i 1·e- of the
student::. l)f cok)r. The
Spec i a l I n terest
ceremlm i e' for the
organ i : a t 1 ons that ha\·e
proposal ackno11·ledged
hu i ld i n g npe n i ng.
bol of hrn1· dedicated
office �pace i n the Pugh
the ::.rudenro;' expre,.;; e d
''Work continues.
Colhy i to c u l tural
Center 'tepped fonrard
need to ha1·e a p l a c e of
Tnday '' a d ar of
d1vero;iry," A l - Ba.;; ::. am
and offereJ one
t h e i r u11·n t)n campu-;; ,
rene11·al of commitment
sa1�. "And thi bu i ld in g
e x t raord inary artifa c t
b u r I t a1·erted the
a' 11· e l l a� a c elebrauon
is a h uoe symbol . "
after another.
s p l i n termg effect that
of that next ,rep."
o few l1f m 1ras a sym
111
Commi -;ion o n
li the H 1 l b ide Complex
1 4 <;[Lldent
1.!Cllffc
addi t ion 11·as proposed
Lawrence
::.toLk1 pro u d l y
Spurli�h1 E i l'nr
b\- the T rustee
when e\·ery uther part
'55
) ,gm l' rhl' fir l
l n that rur:,u i t . "the
Cotter about then
audi
I be/cm
Ocwher 3 .
and nrientatwn�.
couple of other t--- l u s l i m
elJl.'r anti ht?aler 01Jn
17
;._
L"
\ E
�I B E R
I '1 "
�
l (l L B i
h i swry of the h u i ld i ng,
honored hy the
Cotter :,aicl the Pughs
ceremony and moved by
didn't he, i rn te
to step
students. "Obviously
nam i ng g i ft once the
they are great believers
trustee s apprm · ed the
i n what this center is all
a d d i t i o n to the
about. Every tudent had
tucl e n t
U n i o n . Further, it ll'as
someth ing very spec ia l
Larry Pugh , board
to ay and to offer."
c h a i r, wh o marshaled the financ i al s uprort of
In aclditiun c< mrnwn
ro
J o�h WooJf o rk ' 9 7 ,
/lrot·iJing
gro1md s/Jact' .
r1 re <, iJen t o f the
ll
nunh side entrance .
r e fer to the
A mong those offeri n gs was a N at i ve
the rest of t he trustees.
American ceremony to
" Before the t h ree-Jay
p u r i fy and bless the
trustee ll'eekend ll'as
P ugh Center. J ose
m·er he had ra i sed
Larios
e n o u g h in pledge:, to
K an . , pres iden t of the
k now we could do
h u i ld i ng a� h e i n g "for
th i s , "
ot ter -; a i d .
'9 of Lawre n c e ,
a t i ve A merican organ i : a t ion Four
m u l t i c u l t u ra l ; t u J e n b . "
"None of t h i , c o u l d
W i nds, i n t roduced
11-,1, a m e m her of t h e
He e a rn ed a ro und of
h a v e h app ned ll' i t h o u t
A rn i e N e r rn n e ,
g ro up S t uJ e n b o f
hearty applau�e ll'hen
t h e l eader s h i p of ou r
l i e u te n a n t go1·ernor o f
Color U n i ted f o r
h e :, a i d , "We ha1·e tO
c h a irman. Larry Pugh . "
tudent A;;llc i a t i o n ,
gi i•es the S wdent Union
' t ucl e n t
the contribu t ions of
f orll'ard with the
the Penobsc ot N at ion, ll'ho can1e as ambassa
Change t ha t c a l led for
At rihhon-c1ming
a rc :, iJc nc e h a l l and
dor of the Wabanak i
Cl'rt'monit.'� in Sc/ltl'mbcr
n ther c h cmge> on
Fede rauon , wh ich
)\ f arch 9,
( righ t ) . Srnclent
1 994.
encompasses M a i ne's four n at i 1·e t r i be .
Woodfork ;aid t h a t
Associauon Presiclenc Josh W'ooclforl< ·97 called thl' Pugh Center opening "a Jl0tl'erf1; / experience" hefore shaking hands with Board of Trnstees Chair
11·h i l e the other p o i n t s
Burning sage and sweet
ra i s e J i n
grass, the Penobscot
1 994 were
aJd re:,seJ q u i c k l y .
e lder purified the new
re:,oh- i ng the b u i ld i ng
space inside and out
issue turned i n to a
and offered prayers by
long, harJ j o b . "To
fan n i ng the smolderi ng
stand here and see t h is
grass w i t h an eagle's
h u i l J i n g i; a powerfu l
feather. For the cornerstone he and
xperi ence ," he s a i d a t
benefactor LauTl'nce P11gh ' 5 6 .
the ope n i ng. "The
Larios left Penobscot
q u e -. t i o n noll' i s , ll' h a t
beadwork and a braid
i t ! Wha t \ it goi ng to
fight that i mage t h a t
hecome 1 Wha t is i t
t h i is j u:, t f o r spe c i a l
goi n.!.!
to re pre sen t !"
Woodf ork , a i d he 11·as J i sapro i n ted when he m · e rhc a rd one
(' t� I. R )
' l 1 \ � \\ 'I E K
of sweet grass, a symbol
a r c we g o in g to do w i th
I
•J " I
"Thi col le ge c a n set a terrific example of
of the unity among a l l n a t i v e peor les . Mary Hofmann
'97 of
m u l t i c u l t u ral students,
ll'hat d ivers i ty is all
bccau�c I'm nor u re
about," Pugh said a t the
the Catholic Newman
rihbon c u t t i ng. After
Counc il included a
ward he said he wa
ble i ng and meditation
who they are 1 " Recapp ing the
by the counc i l 's founder,
Cardinal J ohn H e nr ,· le11·man.
Ir read , 111 ran,
rainbow-colored ribb(m
that 1nlUld he cut later
111 the r rog ra m , plugged
"[ am a link in a chain; a
in a ronah l e tape player
bond of connecnon
an d offered for posterity
between �1ersons .
the music of Janet Jack
ra 1 11bo1r tb\! a n d d , ra r e
of ]\ la 1 11 e p111 ' r om l l \! d p 1 11k
triarn.de-h( 1th
s y mb o l s of stru£ gl e ancl p r i d e m the gay ancl lesbian comm u n 1 t 1e ' .
·on: "Prejudice, NO'
K a r a LanJry '91 o f t h e
I gno ranc e, l O! Bigotry,
Co l b y C h n o t i a n
N01 I l l iteracy, 101 • •
Ir' s up to e 1·eryon e ." Henry Lo
'9 7 of
F e l k1 11· s h ir prese n t e d a
th re e- st r a n d c ord and a
passage from
Col by's Amnesty
Eccles iastes. Anna
I nternati onal c h apt e r
T esme ni tsky
presented r\ mnesty's
I nterna t ional Club
symbolic candle of
offered a sm a l l g lob e
hope wrapped in
sig ne d br a l l the
'99 of the
barbed w ire along w i th
members l1f the c l ub.
an Urgent A c t ion
Becky T roeger
r res id e n t o f H i l l e l . the
Letter for a �1risoner of
the C11lby
internat ional J e11·ish
c onsc ience. J i l l
arah O l b r i c h Y i ,
'9 of
\X1omen's
G rnur pres en t ed a
students 11·ore ro rhe
]\ l a r c h 1 99-f meet111 g . Khu,l·11rn nr Bhatia
'9c 11·a> the final ::-tudent
nr11 111 � a11arr
C\•unrrtc,
an,I �1r,1nnce� <incl
.-\'i,1. "it i'
cu l r u n> 111
student organ i:ation,
]\ lorneau ' 9 9 o f the
�1ho r o g r ar h of a l l of t he
pres e n t ed a k ippah
A 1an- American
c lub's members as a
to .; �1eak on b eh al f of an
( yarmu Ike ) as "a
S t udent ,-\s oc i a r ion
symbol of i n d i 1· iduals
orgarn:ation. She notecl
can cc>me a nJ un cl e r -
1·er1· 1mp11rtant fur u' r,1 ha1·e an (1ffic e 11 here 1\"t'
- ym bol of the s e para
conrrit ured a friend
11·ho ha1·e l1ecome a
that the �·resident of th e
sh i r rin§: rn s igni fy the
commurnn· . \Xloodfork.
.-\sian Cul tural S11C iery
stand each c 1ther."
tion be tween man and
on behalf of the
had been unable to f111d
a 1·a r 1 e t\" of nat111nal
God and a symbol of
har mon y and strength-
\'\'1th a backdr11�1 (lf
faith-faith that this
tlags . Jean Pu2h cut the
center 11· i \ I un ite this
rarnb1111· nl•bon to r um
campus." Then she and
the cen t e r 01·er to the
fo ur o ther m e mbers of
studen ts as her
da u ,\!ht ers , Deh 1rah
H i l l e l c ha n ted a
Pugh Kel t1•n ·:l a nd
H ebre11· b lessing.
Diane Pugh bec son,
Tyro ne Boucaud '00
of SOAR ( rudenrs
ti 1 · e grands11ns and
Orga ni:ed Against
husband Larr\" J c> ined in
Rac ism ) had been on
the ap�•lau<e. The
campus a scant three
Afro-Cari bbean percussion "'roup
1�·eeks when he helped
open the Pugh Center.
"Ir'
Cabi ldo rerformed br ie fl y and later
o up l i fti n g to see
p re se n t e d a drumm1112
student get together to tudent Assoc iat ion,
a c urrent map of .-\sia,
c o m ple m e n t ar y bands.
donated h is fi les on the
the ·oc iet ·'s intended
Kyle Potter '99 of The
h istory of the Pugh
discuss and work to soh·e
111 - u n i t y of the three
this plague we ha1·e called racism," he said. He ducked under the
Br i d g e o ffe re d a
Center and one of the
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contribut ion, in I\ !aine tores. Bhat i a said that
1rn r ksh or for :- t u de n t s.
.-\ fo rmal dedic ation L1f the Pugh Center 11·a,
held Ocwber 1 2 . +
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he extem1r is spare-a nearly
heer brick face,
windowless, slightly daunting. Birds and quirrel could get the be t ,·ie\I", through skylights to the galleries below. But e,·en that perspecti\'e is th\\'arted by frosted glass. From any angle, \\'hat's inside remains a mystery. The exterior ays \\'hat Alex Kat: hoped it "·ould: come in and disco\'er the treasures. The Paul J . Schupf W i ng of the Colby
66 \\'orks on d isrlay,
collec t ion of the art of
"· irh
Alex Kat:, on October
including the massi,·e,
building donor and Colby trustee Paul J.
chupf.
Museum of Art opened
1 1 . Th ne\\' ll'ing was
in J uly and was dedi
built excbsi,·el\' for
( 1 1 ' x ' c ' ) . which i s on
recei,·ed an honorary
cated, along with Colby's
Kat:'s art and opened
loan from princ iral
Colby d gree in
fi,·e - pane led Pm de De1t\
In
designed rhe
1 99 2 Kat: . \\'ho
e
conrexr of Colb> 's main I�
announced that he 1rnuld
11·orks of art to the
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neo-G eorgian campiis . keeping in mind Alex
Kar�·s
Col lege . His gift 11"as
desire for an
unpre renrious . no-
cond itional-Colby had
c
to build a ne11· 11"ino to house the art, s i n e many
nonsens e , ··indimrial" b1.tilding. The rernlc is a
oi Kat:'s 11·orks \\'ere too
svnrhesis char Presidenr
large for d isplay in the
Bill Corter called "one of
museum's existing spaces. Schupf came fomard 11·ith a
650.000
donation for the ll'ing,
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Paid ] .
SchLlpf W'ing ll irhm rhe
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donate more than
Archirecr Scarr Teas
rh mosr s rn nnino museim1 spaces
I
hat e
ei·er visited . "
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anll the C 1 l le.s:e a macte J
remai nJer l 1f the I . 5
the
m i l l iun neeJcJ tu ere c t
70' x 36' gal lerie>, two
36' x 36' gal leries, a
1·e-,tibule connec ting the
the builJing frum Jonors
w111g to the ex isting Jem�
including College tru>tee
Gal leries �md a storage
J ' i,erh F. Bou lll>
area for works not on
'6 , The
the threshold o f the
and the spaces are perfect
1 11augural exhibition, to
for my paint ings."
the outsiJe edges of the galleries, where Kat:
not broken umil last
the exhibit ion's
year, the 1l'ing 1\'as in the
curator-has hung some
work for more than a
of h is
decade. Kat:, Schupf,
most stunning
portraits and lanJscapes,
Alex
f-:ac� I ahOl'e ,
righ r )
and his wife . AJa . u•i r h Prcsidenr
Bill Correr at
Parker Poe Charirahle
1·ie11-. The 11·alls rower
T ru>t and The
01·er 1·isitors and end as
Marlh1rnugh Gal lery. The res u l t , lbigned
che deJicarion of che
Sclwpf W 'mg. Opposite Pmi l ) . Sclrnpf ( lower
lef1 ) . cm m·id Ka r �
collecwr ,
clonaced rhe
650 . 000
naming gifc
for che tl'ing.
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they meet the steel j o ists
that 01·ergirJ the emire
hy Scott Tea, of TFH
space. Ab01·e loom the
Arch i te c t� in Portland,
triangular skyl ights,
Maine, is "one of the
offering "an e1·enly
most swnning museum
d i,rributed l ight, ll'hich
spaces I hm·e e1·er
in the dayti me i diffused
1· i;ited," said President
through the skylight
Bill Comr. The add ition
surface i tself and at night
conta i ns
by bouncing artifi c i a l
1 0 ,000 square
feet ( about a quarter acre,
light off the l ight wells,"
or tll'O and a half times
Kat: said.
From rhe
the si:e oi a basketbal l
vestibu le, where t h e first
court) anJ comist of tll'O
cut-out greets 1·i ·i tor at
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Though ground wa
Cotter, Museum of Art
the Schurf wing pays
Director Hugh Gourley,
tribute to Katz's work.
Kat:'s wife, Ada, and
"Teas did a terrific job," Kat: said. "He
Linda Cotter began discussing the project in
produced a physical space
1 98 5 , when the museum
with a rough elegance
exhibi ted Kat: worb
and simple materia ls-
owned by
gla , s teel, cement and
years l a ter, Katz sketched
wood. Everything is i tself
a rough idea for the
chupf. Tw
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galleries. Eventua l l y , hi;, ideas were expanJed by internationally reno\\'ned arc h i tect Max Gordon and, after GorJon's death, by Teas. K a t : says he conce ived his a r t dona t i o n , w h i c h enco mpasses the scope of h i s work over fi,·e decades, a s " a
k i nd of
g ift that holds a lot of e x h i b i t i on s \l' i t h i n i t. " I n add i t ion t o p a i n t i ng s , draw i n gs and c u t o u t s , the a r t i s t donated a complete s e t of his
prints, a s well as books, a\\'ard and m a t e r i a l s from h i s
col labora tions
with choreographer Paul T ay lor .
With his leadmg gift
for the ne\\' gallerie�.
rarity-an
entire museum
chupf helped make
wing de,·oted to a li,·ing
po sible an American
artist. The Pau l J. Schupf
Wing enhance> the
Antiq11es and Elle Decor.
reputation of an already
In addition to mone1·
highly regarded museum,
making it one of the top college museums in nation.
the
The w i ng and the
the ne\\' 1\'\ng and
hi.;
for
sel'\·ice as a tru,tee,
Sc h u p t also has rnntrib-
uted funJ;, to Co\hy for
art i t hou;,e;, ha"e attracted national atten-
Computational Center,
the
museum in such ,·enues as
Conde N ast T ra1·e1er,
The
New York Times, An and
said Gourle1·. "It 1� becau;,e L)f the k)ya!ty and genero,i t \' of peop le
the Paul J. chupf
tion for Colby and
ne11· 1nng i' an e x traur-
such a, Alex Kat: and Paul Schupf that the
the current re�idence hall construction project and other effort>.
contmue w clo 'o in
"The openi n g of the
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TWENTIES ue Cook ' 7 5 , director of alumni relations, ent me a book of poems written by the late Geraldine Baker Hannay '2 1 in the hope that I would select one of the remarkable Mrs. Hannay's light verses for this column. Having read the entire book, I am absolutely unable to find a poem I like better than any other. Accordingly, I have u ed the dartboard approach to choose "Little Miss Muffet." Li rtle M iss Muffet sat on a tuffet Eating her c urd and whey. A long came a p ider and sat down beside her And frightened M is Muffetaway. Again that same spider once more sat be ide her Thinking h is stunt to repeat. h e aid, "Though you dare me You're not going to care me, Thi t i me you're the one to retreat ! " A s the spider went sl inking H e couldn't help t h i n ki ng, "The change i n that gal goe to show That you will feel braver and never w i l l waver When you have lea med how 'j ust to ay no'." A brief note from Ted S mart '2 7 expresses h is regret at m iss i ng the 50-plus Club d inner t h i s past J un e , but l a m e n e s, w i t h wh ich m a n y of u ympathize, + kept him at home.
THIRTIES A l t hough B la n c h e S i l verman
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Field ' 3 5 l ive i n an area rich in c ultural opportunitie , he says, "because of the h igh level of crime all O\'er, I do not go out in the even ing. There are many events held at n ight that I would enjoy attending." . . . Many of the 50plu entries in these pages refer to heart bypass opera t io n s . S o l Fuller ' 3 6 j oined t h e Bypa s Club recently on May 20. Sadly, this forced h im to m i s h is 60th re union. I n that connect ion he wrote, wistfully, "It would be so n ice to share w i t h you one more time, ome of the memorie of our youth now so precious in retrospect." . . . Reginald Hum p h r e y ' 3 6 r e c a l l s P rofe s s o r W i l k inson hooking his thumbs in h is ve t , thru ting h i head forward and saying, "Now we will d iscu s that patriot, gentleman and c holar Warren Gamaliel Hard ing." Reg a lso remember how Doctor L ibby used to rand by a tudent as the latter launched into probably the fine t speech ince L incoln' Gettysburg Ad dre and proceed to ruin the speech by mak i ng faces at the student . . . . N ancy Libby ' 3 6 , Fredonia, N . Y . , i s a hosp i t a l v o l u n te e r , pre i d e n t of the h a k e peare C l u b , member and ex-president of the A AU W and a member and deacon in the Pres byterian C h u r c h . She enjoy bridge, seeing plays in Toronto and soc ial i:ing with lot of good friends . . . . From the p i l e of pa per at the end of my work table, I have unearthed a preciou letter from Marjorie Gould S h u ma n '3 7 , written September 2 5 , 1 99 5 . he reports on people he re cently had contact with: Roger Stebbins '40, Ruth Yeaton McKee ' 3 7, Alice Bocq u e l Hartwel l ' 3 6 , J . Marble ' 3 8 and Hazel Wepfer Thayer ' 3 7, Dor othy Gould Rhoades '36 and, f course, her husband, Ed Shuman ' 3 8. Ruth Mc Kee lives in East Boothbay, M aine, where her great excite ment are "watching my
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amaryllis bloom, the t ide go in and out and the bird come and go at my feeder." . . . Eleanor Barker McCargar '37, portrait painter, had plans, when last he wrote, to go to London to paint Viscount John l im , a member of t he Hou e of Lord . Another ac t i v i ty, ay Eleanor: "For the last 10 years, 1 have been get t i ng rec ognition for my mother, Lucy Hayward Barker ( 1 8 7 2 - 1 94 ) , American I mpress ionist portrait painter. As a re ult, her work i now in 1 8 mu eum , includ i ng the Me tropo l i tan in New York. " . . . Betty W i lk inson Ryan ' 3 7 is in favor of the environment and mad at those who are trying to demol ish federal law protect ing our air, water, forest , etc. She i also deeply unhappy, ticked off and mad at her very own U n i ted States senator, Alphonse D'A mato . . . . L e roy Y o u n g ' 3 8 writes that he and h is wife, Eileen, are alive and holed up cosily in their little cottage at the end of Sabbath Day Lake, M a i ne . . . . In all the que t ionnaire I have read o far, no one has ever admitted to making a bad deci ion, but Peg H iggins W i l l ia m s '38 come along to break the record. Her m istake: not buyi ng in Florida when prices were low . . . . May nard Waltz '38 is delving deeply i n to hi ancestry and has pegged one ance tor, Aedd Mawr, K ing Edward the Great, who l i ved in 1 300 B.C. A t four or five genera tion to a century, Maynard gets 1 3 1 to 1 4 5 generations from h i m to Aedd Mawr. I n an e n l ighten ing note, Maynard point out that in 1 45 generations one ha 2 14;=4 followed by 43 zeroe ancestors. . . . C liff N elson '38, one of my clo e t Colby friend , writes that, not allowing for procra tination, it takes him twice a long to do half as much a i t used to. ( That' all right, Cliff. A lot of u are that way . ) He get up et at the federal government selling public land for the equivalent of $1 a tree.
. . . When Martha Wakefield Falcone '38 returned to China, where he spent her first decade , she found that the house he and her fam i ly had l ived in now held five fam i l ies. I n five week , he aw only one beggar and noted that everyone had c lothe . Her hosts were thril led to �ee an American who could speak their language. N o one dared mention the Chinese government . . . . Vio let Hamilton C hristensen ' 3 9 hare cats a n d , when told t h e 1 996 Colby calendar contained i l l us trations from the art collection of Karz, was less than curious about the paintings until he opened the calendar and not iced how the artist's name was pelted . . . . Faced w i th the question "What aren't you doing, but wish you were 1", Edith Hendrickson Wil l i a m s ' 3 9 , rep l i e "Ge t t i n g + younger."
FORTIES Bob Bruce '40 wrote to correct my November 1 99 5 column de cribing Bob' WW!l exploits. " T w a n ' t me," Bob prote ts. R igh t , Bob. I t was Bob Rice '42 , two years later than your class . . . . A t almost 80, Richard L. Chasse '40, M . D . , is feeling fine. He was a general urgeon for 40 year and i very glad now to be ret i red. H e w i hes he could lose some weight. He and h is wife, M a rgare t, have s i x c h i l d re n . A mong t h e i r d iver i o n : they travel a lot. . . . Ruth B l a k e Thompson '40 i a volunteer helping mentally retarded adult i n the area of Montpelier, Vt. To mainta i n fitness, Ruth does aqua exerci e twice week ly at a local pool. . . . G a r d n e r " C h ubby" Oakes '40 joined the Bypa Club in the um mer of 1 99 5 . H e can't ident ify any "best" deci ion he has ever made, but the bypa s operation may give h i m another 10 year , accord ing to hi cardi ologist, o that may be h i be t
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dec 1-ion . . . . Louise Bolt McGee ' 40 i the econd per5on to ha\·e told me that the "ice box" ques tionnaire would ha\·e been more fun than the one all of you re ceh·ed. he refer- to my cm·er letter in which l debated u ing the que t ionnaire that came ll'ith our ne\\' "ice box . " Loui ·e ha· spent 30 years, all told, in \'Olun teer \\'Ork in the medical fie l d . he wi he she had pur ued more education "\\'hile I t i l l had some memory retention." . . . What i · Howard Miller '40 doino, no\\' that he i· retired ? "Very l ittle now ," he declare , "but \\'hen l get used to i t , I ' l l probably do le s." . . . Virginia G ray Schwab '40 j o i ned the a\·y in 1 94 2 t s e e t h e world-"and did 1 ever ! " ay she. "It was my be t dec i ion." . . . Throughou t the country, and ew England in par ticular, Ruth "Bonnie" Roberts
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NEWSMAKERS The Re,·. Poll y L. C a llard Guild '45 wa e lected ro r h e council of The International A oc iation for Rel igiou Freedom a t it.> triennial congre in eoul, outh Korea, in Augu t . Hathaway '4 1 is kno11·n as a c r u s a d i n g e n d ro n m e n r a l i r . Through her speeches and writ ings, she aYS, " ly main rurpose i to make people a1\ are of how prec iou this em·ironment is and ho\\' we hould learn to l i 1·e in harmony ll'ith 1 t and rake care of 1 t . " . . . The be·r dec is ion e1·er made by V i rginia Moore Fremon '4 1 \\'a to start at Columbia Un il·er i ty chool of ursing at age .5 . he oraduared B. . and R . . in a cla s of young girl all in their early 20s and no11· doe · 1·0[ unteer nursing in a retirement Yil lage. The Fremon ha1·e tll'O
·on' and two Ja ughrers. One daughter has been '"Jown 1:ed" for rhe fourth rime anJ 1s, aga i n , look ino for work . . . . Al though now retired and [i ,·ing 111 Rho d e I ·land, J ean Coyle Delaney '42 meet once a month w i th former teach ing colleague 111Connec t 1 cur. A l i t t l e r u ronng, solnng c ro ·\\'ord p u : : les and read ing keep her busy. ay· J ean: "Vir ginia Mosher '4 1 and J oanna MacMurtry Workman '4 1 are to be commended for finally lo cating me ar my new address." Virginia Mosher ha· one - 1 ter and 1 3 n ieces and nephew plus
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lor- ,if fnend-,. S h e \1·oncler' 1f 1 ( H)Ur 'ecrerary ) am kn,111 n a' '"Stretch" Eilton. �,1. \h br,1rher ..\rrhur T1 hhem Earnn '·H ( 6' 'i" at a !lli e ' ) I ' knn11 n il' "Stretc h . " . . Linwood Potter '4 1 w a -, an arm\· chaplain for � 1 rear', ret1r mg w n h the rank of maior. H1� act 1 1· 1 t 1e� inc lude amateur rad!L), men\ c l uh, ne1ghh,1rhn,1d watch. h u n r r n g and fi �hmg Ill N . H . , rra1·el, fam1h-, fnend< anJ \'F\X'. idney Brick '4 1 graduated w 1rh the las, of 1 990. He anJ hi 11'1fe, Charlotte, ha1·e been married for .52 year,. Their 'on. Larry, 1> an attorney and has three c h i ldren. Their daughter, Joyce, 1s a hou·e1nfe w i th tll'O c h i ldren. Dr. Bnck is a great admirer of the c las agent iob bemg done by Jane Rus ell Abbott '4 1 . . . Stanley G ruber '4 1 1 >em 1 - re rired, he say , hut i- chairman and a d i rector of rhe Bank of
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i n closet and attic -and p u l l them together," Fuller a id
Frank Fuller '33 and
of the proj ect he started when he ret i red from teac h i ng in
Dana J aquith '3 5 , Lambda
1 9 7 5 . He continue
Chi A lpha fraternity broth
d iaries, letters a nd rem i n i cence a n d m e m o i r by M ose
ers at Colby, deepened when
Brown a lumn i .
to d i g up and a emble record s ,
they found each other aga in
A natil'e o f Freedom, Maine, and a graduate o f Freedom
in Providence, R . I . , where
Academy, Fuller wa a Latin maj or at Colby and earned a
J acqu i th made a career in
master' degree in cl as ic at the Un iver-ity of M ichigan. As
i n e tment bank i ng and
fac ulty adv isor to Mo-e
Fuller taught Latin and En
receiYed a grant for joumali m studie at the U n i,·er i ty of
gli h at fo e Brown chool
Rhode l land.
for 3 2 year . La t pring Dana J aquith' widm , Mary, hon
Brown School'
ne,,· paper, he
Mi ouri. He al o studied l ibrary c ience at the Un iver ity of
Frank Fuller ' 3 3
ince his retirement, Fuller ha attended a
lifet ime learn ing program at a churc h near his home. The
ored Fuller with a named scholar hip. Income from the Frank E. Ful ler Endowed
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cholar h ip Fund will support financial aid
l ide
how
and pre entations help h i m keep abrea t of
current e\·ent and pol itical matter , he say . Fuller originally wa in the Colby Cla
to de erv ing student at Mo e Brown. M ary J aquith ay her hu band, who died in l 9 9, wanted to leave money to the school . "I thought i t was better to ha"e
out the 1 93 -3 1 year tryin
s
of ' 3 2 but rayed
to land a teachi ng job. Ul ti
mately he taught in rural Maine elementary chool from
a particular per on rece ive it," he aid. " I t' important to me
1 93 4 to 1 94 3 , and he remember thinking that teachin at
that Frank enjoy knowing about it now. My hu band and
Mo e
Frank were alway friend ."
nur ery to grade 1 2 , would be "a good experience."
"I wa very plea ed with this recognit ion, ' aid Fuller, who, 6, till � ork in hi office at Mo e Brown from 1 0 to noon every day, compil ing a hi tory of the 2 1 2 -year-old
a oc iation with the chool,' he aid. "l 'l'e been fortunate.
Quaker i n t i tution. I n 19 3 - 4 he olicited, ed i ted and put together a book of alumni remi n i cence cal led Shadows ofthe Elms . A fe,, year later he taped the remembrance of a 1 0 -
around. I t' a pleasure to have a lumni come back and to talk
approach in
year-old headma ter '� ho had erved the chool from 1 92 5 to 1 9 5 5 . Recollections h)' L. Ralston Thomas came out in 1 994. " I 've tried to gather c hool me morab i l i a-th i n were
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" I can hardly bel ie,·e it' fifty-three or fifty-four years of And I'm enjoying doing the h i tory. The chool seems to apprec iate it. I t's a pril'i lege to ha1·e the chool ha\·e me with former tudent ." Mary J aqu i th say that other who w i h to honor Fuller may give to the Frank E. Ful ler Endm,·ed cholar hip Fund now or at any time in the future.
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Wol1J t,ic k , Vermon t , w i th em phasi:, nn real estate . . . . I 1 1 a use
fu I g u i d e tn t h e s u bj e c r - llf
1 , 1 99 5 , c lass rre ident Vivian Maxwell Brown '44 reported the absence of Cl ass of '44 note
'95.
gra ndJaughter, S a r a Wa h b u rn ,
mer nf
and ,everal o t h e r c h i l d ren , of an
i n re p o n e to V i v i a n Brown's
. . F r e d Wood ' 4 4 ,
in
O h i o woman and t wo sma l l c h i l
Colby even though Louis Dera ney, C l ass of '44 ecretary, packed
dren who were headed for d i sa -
Fund , s a i d , "Co l by d i d an awful
ter in a rowbo t. The Governor
h::l\'e more of the first and less of
l o t for me by way of cholar h i ps
up everyt h i n g he had rec e i ved
of M a ine presen t ed Sara w i th a
the res t . " H e and h i � w i fe, Betty
and job . The Col lege deserves
from h i c l assmates and , at V i v i an Brown', ugge · t i o n , s e n t i t a l l t o
r l a que in her honor . . . . Bob
my
ur.port . " . . . G ra c e Keefer Parker ' 4 5 i sel dom able to at
me. ( A mi w h e n she c a l led me. I
S i l l en '44 , Bra i n t ree, M a s., ·aw Phil Nutting '44 on Bllston TV
sounded vague. I bet l d i d . In her
t a l k i n g about c u ts i n med i c a l
because t h e y a l ways c o i n c i d e
people are n i c e . " ) . . . . Emanuel
let ter of February I ,
benefi t s .
"Manny" Fruman '42 ha been
reported, "Fletcher has had a most
having a tough year and , most
d i ffi c u l t fa l l and w i n ter so far w i t h
rec e n t l y , had a maj nr m u l t i -by
rneumon i a , a bone infec t i o n , and
pas
a t r i p l e bypas; . " W e l l , c l o e,
c1w i rnn men t , war , po l i t ic:,, crime,
etc . , Elmer Baxter '4 1 ays, " Let's
Sweetser Baxter '4 1 , gre a t l y en JOY Elderhnstel t r ips. (I read some
where recently that "E lderho,tel
opera t io n , \\' h a t e,·er t h a t
e n t a i l . L a s t y e a r , w h e n l wa
1 996, V i v ian
\'i s i t i n g re l a t ive> not far from
V i v i a n , but let's run that by aga i n . I t wasn't pneumo n i a , i t w a s u l
M an ny's home, I had a n i c e t a l k
cers; the b o n e infect ion p a r t is
Rockport , M a i ne , i n the
w i t h h i m by p h o n e because I h a d
righ t , but i t was a quadrup l e , not
heard he wasn't feel i ng wel l . N o w ,
a triple hypas·. I i n · is ted on hav ing the bypass only because all
a l l M a n n y ha to do b recupera te. Be t of luck from us a l l , M a n n y .
. Elizabeth Coles Harris '42
the other guys are hav mg i t . S ince he wrote, a touch of water on the
t h i nks e\·ery t h i ng is too comp l i cated a n d tangled i n red t a p e i n
l u ng-two quarts 1 -has slowed me down some, but I am p i c k i ng
t h e field
o f t h e env i ronme n t ,
up speed and wa even able ye -
ll'ar, pol i t ics and c r i m e . A nd he
terday to q u i rt a wasp nest w i t h
has a quest i o n : How do guns help
. . Priscilla Keating Swanson '44 and her hu band had a short \' i s i t with J osephine "Jojo" Pitts McAlary '44 and her h u s b a n d , F r e d ' 4 3 , i n um-
request for support of the A l u m n i
tend thej une fes t i v i t i e a t Colby w i t h m a j o r events i n her U n i ted M ethodi t church. M rs . Parker i
d irector of e c u m e n i c a l and
c o m m u n i t y program U n i on Theolog i c a l N ew York .
at the
em inary i n +
t uf fy o u hadn ' t ought to breathe.
i n any of the e areas ? . . . Marlee Bragdon Monroe '42 wants us to
They must have held their breath too becau e they are out there
The beautiful Mayflower H i l l campu
bring back the old fa m i l y v i rt ues
aga i n tod a y , peppy a
so t h a t c h i l d ren have effec t i ve guide l i ne_. A l l in favor ay " A ye 1 "
V i v i a n r presented Colby at the
endowment that underpins Colby's academic ex
D i d ll'e hear a ''Nay" ? N o , we
d i d n ' t ! . . A l bert I. Schoenber ger '42 works w i th A l :hei mer\
<len t o f Corn i ng ( N . Y . ) Comm u
patients 20 hours a week t ry i ng to
look ing the town. ( V i v ia n , who
make l i fe more endurable for a
l i ved a few houses up from me on
group of people w i th a d i sease
eve r. )
from alumni and friend . And the need continue .
n i ty Col lege, w h i c h h a s a campu · much l ik e Co l by' , on a h i l l over
i lver
treet i n Wa terv i l le when
we were qu ite young, is one of the
l i fe . . . . Blanche " Sunny" Smith Fisher '42 i on the adv isory
fi ner per nns you ' l l ever mee t and
cou n c i l for
E xcerpt
H O ( Sen iors Help
cellence were built largely by thoughtful bequests
i n s t a l l a t ion of the fourth rresi
the q u a l i t y of
t h a t d e s t ro y
'44
financial upport of the College.
many o f them regre t ta b l y a n c ie n t , inc lude omething y o u m a y
b a t t e red c h i ldren and a b used
k n ow a l ready: L o u Deraney made
women . . . . Harry Cohen '42
the head l i nes and ed i torial c o l
has been a pra c t i c i n g a t torney in
umns around Booton w h e n he
New M i l ford, Con n . , for 49 years and loves it. Life begin:, a t 7 5 ,
was a ttac ked i n h is c l assroom at Br ighton H igh c hool l a t De
say> H a rry, when everyt h i n.g fa l l s
cember and had to have s t i tche
but wi dom i
a t i ts peak . . . .
i n h i upper lip. People were pretty well outraged by the i n c ident
. . B i l l Hibel '44 and h is
land, F l a . , that they m i ss the i r
78.
c l a ·mate and want their affec
w i fe are ac t i ve in Greyhound Pets
t i onate gree t i ng· e x t e nded to each a nd every one of them. l n
of America, which find homes
the health department , Pat and
day are over. Common pra c t i c e
Al are "get t i n g a l ong fa irly w e l l "
w i th the ·e gen tle, lov i ng pets i
for these dogs once their rac i ng
i n p a r t bec au e they h o t h can get
to have them de troyed once they
exerc ise i n w i m m i ng . They have
can no longer turn a profit for
bought a parlor organ and are
theirowners . . . . Pauline Tatham
C (l L B )
letter da ted November
N 0 \' E M B E R
I 9 9 6
Stanley '44
You can pec ify a dollar amount, fixed percentage or part icu lar item of tangible property. You may provide income to a loved one before benefiting
because the attac ker wa ·a healthy 1 7 -year-old punk w h i le Lou i s
h a v i n g fun t a k i ng l e:. on . . . . I n
There are many way to tructure your bequest.
the College and may derive extra benefit during
Patricia Ford Ellis '43 and her h usband Al '44 write from Lake
her c l a
your will. But wearing a Heritage Club pin ay
mail,
i ng Others) and ha pent ! O years a> a le al ad\'oca te in court for
i n rlace. M e mory may be shot
Nobody but you know exact ly what you've put in you've made a permanent commitment to the
a major a ;et to the Col lege . ) . . . fro m t h e
and the
ent a c l ipp i ng de-
c r i b i n g t h e re ·c u e , b y h e r
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your l ifetime by making a "planned gift" now. If you've already put Colby in your will or a pecial tru t arrangement, please tell us so we can officially welcome you into the Heritage Club. For more information on how to make a beque t, write
Steve Greaves , Director of Planned Giving, Colby College , Waterville Maine 0490 1 . Or call 207�8J2,32 1 2 . 1
to:
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The Forties 1 94 7
Mary Hall Fitch 4 Canal Park =7 1 2 Camb r id ge , MA 02 1 4 1 6 1 7 -494-4 2 fax: 6 1 7 -494-4 e-mai l : John_Fitch@m n.com 1 948
David and Dorothy Mar on 41 Wood End Road Dedham, MA 0 026 6 1 7 - 3 2 9 - 3970 fax: 6 1 - 3 29-65 1 1 949
Robert M. Tonoe r. 5 Greylock Road Waterv i l le , ME 0490 1 207- 7 3 -3 244
Corre pondenr: Mary Hall Fitch
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Marjorie Maynard Englert
is retired afte r a long caree r in ea rl y chi ldhood educat ion. A fte r Co l by she did graduate work at the ur ery Tra i n ing chool in Bo ton, then affiliated with Bo ton Univer iry. (The Train ing chool larer became the Eliot Pear on Department of C h i ld tudy at Tuft U n iver ity. ) Al though he had no children of her own, he has known about 1, 0 p re chool familie i n her 40-plu year of teaching in co operative nur eryschool-, daycare center and colle e child devel opment lab . he retired early due to her hu �and' health and has been widowed since 1 9 5 . h e keep i n touch with Chuck '45 and h ir ley Martin Dudley '46 and had dinner with them and everal other from their clas ju t before their 5 th reunion. he al o ha een J oan Hunt
\\'Ith 1mm 1grant'> frnm Russia 111 A tlanta, Ga . . . . Ann Jenning, Taussig and her hu-hand, John, are n,1w ret i red and 'rend rhe >ummer lake�1de in 1 e11· Hamph 1 re. Her f,lur c h tldren are -rreacl from e\1 H a m r s h 1 re rn ,1 l 1for nia, and her grandc h i ldren 111 crea,ed t<l 1 1 l a , r J u h· \\'Ith the arm·al of t\\' in !!lrb. J ohn·, 50rh reu111on at Bowdoin hroughr them back ro M all1e, and they look forward to her Colby 50th. Ann ays ,he ga,·e up y u t l t ing for golf but rhinb -he should ha\'e ,rayed \\' ith q u t l u n g . . . . Three year' ago B e\' erl y Barnett Ammann mtwed tn Ford\ C o l o n y 1 11 \V dl ianrburg, \la . , \\·here -he cont inue to rlay the cello and rounds out lots <)f golf and renn1, \\' ith theater and the handbell choir of her Presb\'terian church at W i l l i am and M ary College. he and pouse Chic k , a retired foreign tax accoun tant , enjoy partic ipating in the m<iny courses at the col lege. Her daugh ter J ulie i· a rrofessor in Maryland and ha three da ughters, he r daughter Laurie is a mu 1cian and R and ha two daughter·, and her on Chip i an Out\\'ard Bound ll1s rrucror in Florida. Be\'erly 1s �'re�i dent of the local music cl ub, \\'hich ra1 es mone · for a r i nng
rie, o f gro\\' ing u r i n Seal Harbor, l a me, 111 the 1 9 30.;. He > t i l l mall1tain, rrorerry at eal Har bor. Dick also inc luded hi, ur clared re:,ume, \\'hich h three page� <.lfab,olurely remarkable achie,·e menrs . . . . Dr. S h i r l ey M. B e ss e y , no\\' re:,1ding at Tlwr-nox Farm., R2 Box 22L in Thorndike, Mall1e 049 6, 1 · cur r e nt l y farm ino and ,ubsrirure teach ing. � he was formerly u - DA exrerdon agent in l\ l aine, · rare recreation >rec ial isr i n Kansa., college inrrucror and profes>or at � rate Un1\'ersi ry of e\\' York, pring field College and Boston U n1\'er sny and d irec to r of , . l)l un reer training in Maine . . . . Those \\'ere the on Cy t\\'o re ronses \\'e had t<.1 our most recent inquine,. Dor othy finally gor me ro lea,· e rhe Western Hemi· rhe re, and in April �he made her ·e\'enth rrir and l made my fir r ro lsrael. We arri\'ed during the fighting in the north and the h eared pol itical campaign, \\'hich made for a worth\\'hile and + informati\•e journey .
in se,·eral min i-reunion l)\'er the year·. Present acti\'i t ie' inc lude ,·olunteering i n a daycare cenrer in Clear\\'ater, Fla., \\·here he l i ,·e m t he \\'in ter. Marj one al ·o play> renni and golf, ·\\·1m> and 1 part ofan exerc i e group. Lately she ha- been rall1t1ng in water color and l e a rn i n g to sketch children's rortrairs at the daycare cen ter. Man · year· ago her aunt and uncle f o u nd ed the rememenr home "· here she n m,· l i,·e · and \\'hich is on the same lake in Col umbia, Conn . , \\'here he had r e n r e \' e r y · u m m e r o f h e r l i fe . . . . I ha,·e heard a fe\\' mnes from Dorothy Rodgers J ordan. he and her hu·band recently \'i ired Dana and Harriet ourse Robinson in Beij i ng and were planning to go to Cote d'A:ur in O c t o b e r . . . . In re t i re m e n t , C ec e l ia N or d s t ro m H a rmon
l ive in ew G louce rer, Maine, and \'Olunreer at Peabody House, a home for terminally ill A I D r ar ie n rs. h e walks a n d plays bridge forrecreation and say that retirement doe n't lea,·e her a much time as she once rhou gh r . ( Probably many of u share the ·a me problem ! ) Her son 1 an accountant married to a fir t grade reacher; they a re the rarenrs of three children, age 10 to 6. +
Corresrondent: Robert M. Tonge
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Corre rondent : David and Dorothy Marson
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Banfield and other i n her gang
Correspondents:
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We heard from Dick B i l l i n g s , who is the execu t i \'e
d i rec tor of Informed orarie· of Maine. Dick and his \\'ife, orma (Tarald en '46 ), a p ychiatric ·ocial work e r a t the Augu ta Mental Health In tirure, were -cheduled to travel to orway rhi J une. Dick received h i Ph. D . from La alle Univer iry in bu ines
administration. He a lso ha writ ten a book, The illage and rhe Hill, a to ry of childhood memo-
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Owing to a m i read ing of my nore by the ediror, my Augu·r Colby column reported that Haroldene "Deanie" Whit comb Wolf \\'a "unmarried and look ing." I magine the c oir r ern a tion rhar she and her hu·band, Mar-hall, mu r ha,·e felt \\·hen the m aga : ine reached their home on their 3 7 rh wedd ing anni,·er sar ·--or, later, when ·he rec e i,·ed a propo al 1 The unmarried-bur looking ind i v id ua l wa one of
and talented musicians. Be,·erly\ roommate, Anne Jenninos Tau. · i g , al ·o mm· e d to Fnrd'. Colony in W 1 lla nrburg . . . . Ray Delt: ha I i\'ed in Raleigh since 1 966 and retired from IBl\ 1 in l 9l 7. Ra y and hi. \\'1fe, who ha,·e one unmarried son, tra,·el frequently, both do me t1cally and o,·er ea . Ray en joy· reading and go lfi ng and say· hi hobby 1s \ITi tin letters ro ne\\' parer· and pl1I itician - "ro keer them on their feer or off balance." Pre ident Corter \'is1red la t J une, and Ray \\'a host of the e\'ent attended by 2 5 Colby alumni. Ray keer· a pare bedroom open for clas mare . Y'all come! . . . Where are you, Robert Bedig ? +
their children . . . . Barb Fransen Briggs rent [WO \\'eeks in Co-ra
Rica in larch and a y he had a ·urer rime. he ha retired from reachino and play a lot of tenni bur till \\'Ork a a tutor. T\\'o ·on l i ve in De m· e r, Colo. , and another i a mi·sionary working
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Correspondents:
( w ith high honors) . . . . Howard B e n s o n , a c lergyman i n the
Brian F . O lsen 4 6 Washington Dri,·e Acton, M A 0 1 720 5 08 - 2 6 3 - 9 2 3 8 e-mail: bfo lsen@msn.com
1950
Virgi ni a Davis Pearce P.O. Box 984 Grantham, H 03 7 5 3
1 958
Margaret m i th Henry 1 304 Lake Shore Drive Ma sapequa Park, Y 1 1 762 5 1 6 - 5 4 1 -0790
1 95 1
Barbara Jefferson Walker 3 9 1 5 Cabot Place = 1 6 R ichmond, V A 2 3 2 3 3 804 - 5 2 7 -07 2 6
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1952
Edna M i l ler Mordecai 1 1 4 5 Walnut Street ewton H ighlands, MA 02 1 6 1 6 1 7 - 3 3 2 - 3 707 fax: 6 1 7-96 5 -9 2 3 e - ma i l : M Mordecai@aol.com
Ann Marie egrave Lieber 7 Kingsland Court South Orange, NJ 07079 2 0 1 - 7 63 -67 1 7
Correspondent: Virginia Davis Pearce
1 95 3
Barbara E a terbrook M a i ley 0 Lincoln Avenue outh Ham ilton, M A 0 1 9 50 -46 - 5 1 1 0 1 95 4
B i l l a n d Penny Thresher Edson 3 2 5 3 Erinlea Avenue ewbury Park, CA 9 1 3 20-5 1 1 0 5 -49 -9656 1 95 5
J ane M i l lett Dam i h 9 Warren Terrace W inslow, ME 0490 1 207 - 7 3 - 36 1 6 1 956
Kathleen McConaughy Zambello 1 3 5 l duna Lane A mher t, MA 0 1 002 4 1 3 - 2 5 3 - 3 00 1
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Ret irement, grandc h i l dren a n d travel seem t o be uppermost in t h e m inds ofour classmate -and i n't it great 1 Leanne Shibles Eaton writes that he and husband Robert have winterized their summer home on the i l a nd of o u thport , Maine, and have mo,·ed from We tbrook, where Leanne wa teaching. She hasn't completely retired, however-she's d o i ng inspections for in urance compa nies. The Eaton have two sons, one the owner of R . G . Eaton Woodwork and the other in the Merchant Marine. Leanne reports that a recent highlight in her life was meeting her Colby roommate, G loria Petrovsky-Graham, for the fir t time in 4 7 year at the Marr iott in Portland. Gloria was Prof. orman Palmer' niece. The Eaten are p lanning ta travel and have attended a grandson's high chool graduation and a grand d a ughter's c o l l ege gra d u a t ion
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Un ited Method i t Church, and his wife of 40 year , Eva, have r e m od e l e d an o l d hou e i n Rockport, Maine, where they live at pre ent. After a m i ld heart a t t a c k he re igned from the Cush ing Ch urch and i s now co-pa ror of the A lder gate Meth od i t C h u r c h in R o c k l a n d . Howard enjoy golf, bowling, car pentry and work ing in his garden. They were planning a trip this fal l t a Au tria . . . . This year many of us w i l l be attending our 50th h igh school reunion . I recently went ta m ine in Wilm ingron, De l . , and had a great time. I d idn't real ize that Charlie Garland l ived there-he's a re earch c h e m i t , retired from d u Pont. Charlie and h is wife, Mari lyn, have a daugh ter and three grandchildren. He keeps busy woodworking, mo tly antique reproduction , and en joys danc ing and exploring gene a l ogy . T h e y p l an a t r i p to Egypt. . . . Philip Dine live in H anover, Mass., and is till the CEO of a finance company. He isn't p lann ing ta retire but man ages to travel to I taly and Mex ico and plan a trip to Greece and Israe l . He and Barbara have three children and six grandchildren. Phil mentioned Prof. Chapman as his favorite profe sor-as many + of you did.
Correspondent: Barbara Jefferson Walker
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My thank ta Linda Burtis Guagl iano '54, a reader of my last column about reunion, for writing from Lo Angele : "How could you forget the mule' name wa YBLOC?" 1 tand ap prec iat ive of expanded reader ship, t hankfu l l y reminded and hurnorou l y chasti ed for the lapse . . . . The e prit de ' 5 1 con-
tinues to re onate. The jaz: quar tet of Trumpet Tooting Mitchell ( Fenton ) , Ivory Po l ishing Lee (Bob ) , W indy Fingers Linscott ( J oh n ) , and tringcl iff Bean (Bump) who entertai ned us at the reunion dinner are t i l l under a rehear al contract and ready to rev iew mu ical reque t for J une 200 l. Get your reque ts in early. I was not at the reunion, but roommate J ane Perry Lindquist and hu band Bob '50 v isited shortly after and fi lled me in on the texture and talk of the week end. I wa j u t back from Decep t i on V a l l e y in the K a l a h a r i Wilderness o f Bot wana, which i acce sible only four-five week a year. Therefore, i t has no hu man re ·ident . However, during my vi it, an Egyptian Cobra was successfu l ly removed from re i dency under the canva floor of my tent. . . . Paul C hristopher, Bradford, Mas ., now retired from the American Cancer oc iety of Ma achu ett , dream of follow ing the route of Genghi Kahn from Lake Baikal to southeastern Europe to ee what is left of a m a r k and . . Tamerlane' Marjorie Sherman Burns, an Jo e, Cal if. , retired a director of urgical, orthopedic and neuro surgical unit and has begun to enjoy travel . Having crui ed to Hawaii and Australia, he wou ld now l ike to crui e around the other half of the world . . . . Fran cis Burnham, Na hua, N . H . , wh retired from L iberty Mutua l In surance Co. , has been on the N ashua c i ty p lann ing board for 20 year and has chaired the capi tal development improvement com m i t tee. He want to ee A la ka and cand i n a v i a . . . . Vernon Corell J r . , Yorktown H e ight , . Y . , i reti red from Exxon International o . . . . "B.J." French Brandt, t. Charle , I l l . , w a married in Lorimer Chapel in 1 9 5 2 by Pre ident Bixler. he
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and husband Dave have tra\·eled to Europe , G reece, ew Zealand, Canada and throughout the U. They have been in ·ocial work as foster parent for troubled k i ds and as urrogate parents for kids in Germany and China, and they ha\'e been adopted grandparents. . . . A r l e n e M c C u rda C ol e , Newcastl e , Maine, co-owner of Cole' Woodcraft , i· now sem i ret ired . he work some, plays ome . . . . C layton B loomfiel d , a n t a Cruz , Calif. , retired from W a l l a c e / I n ternational i l verm i t h and is really enjoying the "We t Pole". . . . Ormonde B row n , W i l m i n g t o n , M a ss . , work a a marke t ing represen t a t ive for Pendleton W o o l e n Mill and hopes to c o n t i n u e d o i n g o m e produ c t ive work. H e ha been recogn i:ed for his sponsor hip of the C o l b y "C" Trophy b l a n k e t . . A u d re y Bostwic k , Perkasie, Pa. , i· an intru c tor of equine dri\•ing at Dela ware Val ley Col lege. She i proud of having been a coach for the Handicapped World Champion Driving Compet i tion in England. . . . Stephen Berkley, Tamarac , Fla . , ret ired president of l :od Children' Wear, having been in\'olved in l cal politics now wants to work w i th m i nority bu i ness people . . . . Nancy W i l l iams Chute i now at Crooked Pond Farm, Hatchville, Ma . , where she love having a greenhouse, bakes yeast bread to ell at a fa rmer's market and is trea urer of the county Farm Bureau . H e r hu b a n d grow and sel ls "dig y o u r o w n evergreen." he w a n t o m e d a y to crui e around t h e world on a freighter. . . . Tom S imp on, orthport, Ala., i a ociare pro fe or of m i neral engineering at the U n iver i ry of A labama in T uscaloo a. He is c red ited with "abo u t 50" publication on geol ogy and m ineral engineering, col lec t m i neral and wa con u l t ing geologi t on gold prospectino in urinam . . . . Philip C a tleman, Longmeadow, M a . , Ii t h i oc cupat ion a lawyer ( at age 4 ), fly fishing manufacturer and ER urinaly i te ter. H e i the large t breed r/imporrer of exotic feath er for salmon flie in the U. . Having caught everything el e , h e ' d like to c atch a 200-pound blue marlin on a fly rod. H e al o
formed the Organ i:ed Crime mke Force in Western Mas·a chu�ett . . . . l \'alue th i oppor t u n i ty to retain contact w i th c la- mare and to gain friendly column reader from any c las, . +
h a w Cameron in Buffalo . . . . David Robinson from up rare ew York ( A lfred) relL u · that although he' had to gi\·e up his Ci\'il Air rdorino due ro two quad ruple by-passes and hi sk i patrol ling d ue to back urgery, he'. still choosing to bra\·e the winters of the snow belt and bask in the summer of the Finger Lakes. . . . Nancy N ewman Tibbetts, ha\·ing retired a a c l inical soc ial worker. notes that her recent abil i ty to spend a whole summer at Lake L George in Maine marks a p a s ·age i n l i fe . . . . ancy Weare Merriman. l ike s o many of us in the e years, rare that he also has moved to be near the water. I n Rye, . H . , she and Bob ha\'e a welcome ma r ou t for Colby people . . . . Herb Simon from the heart of the Big Apple enjoy ret irement, unl ike most of us, right in the thick of c i\·i l i:ation. or that he doesn't get away China \·ia l n terhosrel and the Con t in e n t a l U . . A. for fo u r months on o n e of t h o e senior pas deal . . . . I promised a con t inued I i t of ix of our " m i ing" cla smate . Before ] une '97 let' track down G e o r g e R i t c h i e , Edmond Pecukonis and Priscilla Leach . . . . See you in Waren·ille in ' 9 7 . Remember, "It' too late + to wait."
Corre pendent: Edna Miller Mordecai
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G reeungs to all ' 5 2 crs 1 As _ it \'OU needed reminding, l 997 is the 4 5 th annh·er ary of our commencement. Hope you all are p lann ing to celebrate in Waten· i l le . . . . Bill Taylor from sunny an Diego sent his e-mail address ( KT H F89A@PRODlGY. com ) . E - mail is a wonderful way to keep in touch w i th your c la s mates as well as a oreat forum for rlann ing your ret u rn to reun ion in J une 1 99 7 . 1 urge you all to do this. Mark and 1 went bac k for his 4 5 th rhi J une, and i t ll'a greaL Although reun ion makes it c lear that we're reaching into the se n ior rank of the alumni, for some paradoxical rea on it also makes you feel o young . . . . Bob Ryley writes that he has retired from u niver ity l i fe and o far ha no ti ed only euphoria . . . . Good to ancy Copeland in hear from Cambridge. he write that he has retired from "one fabulou career" with the l ibrary sy tern at Harrnrd Uni\·ersiry after 3 years. With all the exc i t i ng change in librarie O\'er that pan of rime, it i n't hard to imagine that it mu t have been challenging and timu lar i n g to b e i n that a t m o sphere . . . . G re a t n o t e from J anice Pearson Anderson. he tell us that he has taken up act ing again after 41 years and has performed in tll'o musical and 10 ( count 'em ) pla\ he and Chuck '54 l ive full t ime on the Cape . . . . A n n e Osborne Shone write that although he took early retirement ( in 1 990) she i involved in a new app l ica t ion of her former profession. lntead of teaching special ed, she reache ad\'anced E n o l i h-a a- econd - language in the adult education program in Marlboro, Ma . . . . Anne Plowman Stevens write that they travel by what ever mean available, including M i issippi rh·er boat. I n their travel rhey vi ited Don and Sally
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Pete Bell partic ipated in the Memorial Day parade la t April in Wenham, Mass. , where from a gra e a t oppo ire the flag pole I watched hi spiffy color guard. I m i sed rhe recep t ion afterwards, but Pere came to my home for a brief dsit to renew old r ime . . . Electra Paskalides Coumou wrote that he and Karl are rill working bur thinking se riou ly of the land of retirement o that they can tra\·el more and ee more of their grandson in California. They were abou t to lea\·e for Greece to ba k in rhe sun of the Aegean beache . On her ret u rn, she said that she al ready wanted to plan her next trip . . . . Paul A p pe l b a u m of Arleta, Cal i f. , i a ales rep for the floral indu try; h i wife i general manager of A n i mal Behavior &
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T ra 1 11 i ng A 'oc 1 a t 1on. One of the ir ons. al o 111 the animal be ha\'1or bus1ne ' i, a rerre<enta t i\·e for all Petco store, 1n rhe state . The ir daughter recenr h graduared from � anta Iara Law chool. . . . Ginnie Falkenbury Aronson retired and mlwed to "the land of grandc h d J ren" V i rg 1 11 i a , one fa m i ly 1 11 F;:i l l s Church a n d t h e other 111 H ann \·er. The "house next dnor" c ame on the market m the ummer, and now he i a countr\" per"m 1 1 \'ing on 1 4 . 0 3 acre, near her daughter Kathy'_ fa m i ly. , he ay.; there are a couple of chicken , two dogs. three CO\\"� and three horses, a \'egetable garden and an 111creasing amount of plant., tree, and flowers rlu a newly created baseball field for the L i ttle League practice of her grandchildren and their team . he still partic ipate in a church choir and keeps her hand m mu ic \·entures, one of them beino a mu ic camr. he will be d i recting children', choir and e\'en reachino a few c la e:,. G innie and Carolyn English Caci celebrated their 6 5 rh birthday together when G innie made a I 7-day trip to the Bo ton area. he says that Colby always re mains an important part of her life . . . . l n earl y J une Phi l H u sey was feted at a testimonial d inner, where many friends, b u ines associate , and Maine notables honored him for his many contri but ion to the rare. Photographs of 10 generation of the H u ey fam ily ha\·e been on d i play at the h a w m u t I nn in Kenne bunkport. Phi l wa describe :I "as an ordinary guy who ha achie\·ed extraordinary thing . " id Farr ' 5 5 , ne of rhe gue t at the din ner, mentioned Phi l ' loyal ty ro his c o l le o e . . . . Ray ' 5 4 a n d Priscilla Eaton Billington pur cha ed a condo in Florida. The only change that \\· i l l make m their l ive , he say , is that the golf club will never gather du·t out all year round. They um mer in omer e t and Penob cot Bay, Maine. b·en though Ray is re tired, he ha n'r retired from the sport world; he i rill commi sioner of football offic ials in east ern M a achu errs. I n J u ly I drove to Cape Cod to ee Prisc i lla' Colby roommate, Bobbie tudley Barnette. I t had been 1 year
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J oan Leader Creedon and h u s
t i m e . T h e i r d a u g h t e r- i n - l a \\'
hand Dick
Ray D u c h a r m e a t J ohn Lee's bn,1k Chinese Odyssey wa, pub
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have a nell' hnme
a d l y , Bnhh ie'-;
on the sh nre road and treated u'
h u:ihand had ra,,eJ <lll'ay on J u l y
to cnc k rn i l ., on t h e terrace O\'er
t n her
2.
a p e h < 1 rn e .
Her Llm1gh ter Mary - L i nco l n
a n d h e r t w n l i t t l e girb ll'ere , t i l l
look i ng the A r l a n r i
Ocea n . It
wa' bea u t i fu l , and 'l' much fun to
works for
S m i t h Co l l ege.
l iohed
i n Oc ruher. M a n y of u�
who k now John w i l l want to pur
t h ere ( arJLl g u t a k i c k o u t o f hear
:,ee the Creedun� alo n g ll' i t h t h e i r
i n g Bd�hie and me go m·cr Colhy
d a u g h t e r' a n d g ra n d c h i l d r e n .
an d Bnll'd n i n day� and hear i n g w.
a u tngrnph your copie,. W i h h i m
. E v e l y n and J oe Bryant are
-; i ng the P h i Del ta. T h e ta snn g ) .
t h e good l u c k h e dcsen·es. H e
st i l l e rn p lnyed w i n ters hy L L.
Bnhh i e ', ,o n , D n n i > , IV<b back i n
Bean- 1 3 years for J oe . He :iay:i
s a y � h e a l so w a s i n v i ted rn g i v e a
Sea t t l e , w h e re h e i :, 't.' n i or v i c e pre, ident o f W c l l s - Fargo-Seat tle. Her o t h e r daughter, Katie, was in Saratog<i,
he would h a v e at tended
Sowh
Pacific i f he had k n o w n Lou Ferraguzzi wa:i i n i t . H e added
a l i f. , with h e r h u:i
t h a t h e and E\'elyn a t tended t h e i r
hanJ and two c h i ldren. Bobhie
fi r-r Elderho tel n t F r . Monroe,
dro\'e me O\'er to Chatham, where
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he national Publ i c L i brary A soc i a t ion c a l ls h i m "the most in fluential public l i brarian of the la t 30 years . " Critics say he's dumbing down the l i brary' rol e . But the only opin ions that mean much to Charles Robinson 'SO are those of h is patron at the l ibrarie i n B a l t i more County, Md. Robin on, who ret i red recently after 34 years as
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new:, f o r n o w . Of c o u rse I wou l d lo\'e t o h e a r from y o u < m y t i me. +
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wro t e from Mt. K i sco, N . Y. , t h a t h e and her h u band, Nate
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were eagerly a wa i t i ng
the arrival of t h e i r fi r t gra n d c h i ld ( i n J a n uary
1 996 ) . N a t e was
p l a n n i n g to re t i re at the end of December i n
1 995 but expected
to con t i n u e on a con u l t i ng basi
f o r <1 wh i l e . W i n n i e , w h o plans to work for another year or two, aid, "We
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M a i n e last J u l y , v a c a t ion i n g ,
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d i rector of t h e Ba l t i more county l ibrary sy tern , made a career of nvea k i ng convention. He computer ized card catalogs in the 1 960s, years before the prac tice wa widely accepted. He was one of the nation' first l ibrarians to expand anc i llary services-mak i ng available v ideos, records and tapes, and mai nstream period i c a ls that now a re commonp lace but were once con idered fri volou . H is controver ial philosophies about l ibrary management have energized debate about the role of public l ibrarie and public l ibrarian . "A lot of l i brar ians see their job a prov i d i ng books they think peop le hould read rather than as an effective d istributor of material that people want to read, "Rob i n on aid. " People come to l ibraries to borrow books. I f the l ooks they want to borrow aren't there, they won't come. It seems obv ious, but i t ' lost on too many l ibrari ans." Robin on is unapologetic about h is dec ision more than 30 years ago to "give 'em what they want," a · logan that i n prac tice meant p u t t i ng t h e p u b l i c b a c k i n p u b l i c l ibrarie . A t h i l ibrary, T o m C l ancy i a i mportant as Charle Dickens; Dan i e l le teel get the a me respec t asJ ane A u ten. Rob i n on loves the c la ic , but his l i terary pr ference don't get i n the way of prov i d i ng what h i u ers want. "There ha alway been a fee l i ng that if you pander to popular ta res, you're providing
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garbage ," h e sa id. " People have better t a t e than they're given c red i t for. My deputy d i rec tor (Jean- Barry Molz, who al o i ret iring after 3 3 years i n the Balti more y tern ) and I have tried to make decis ion from the point of view of the u er rather than of the provider." The success of Rob in on' approach is unarguable. The Balti more Cou nty l i brary y tern is one of the busiest i n the nation. La t year more than 1 1 m i l l ion item were checked out of the sy rem' 1 5 branches. More than 600,000 people hold l ibrary cards. Robi n on ay he i a pragmati t, a qual i ty perhaps left over from hi day a an economics major at Colby. "M t l ibrar ians were Engli h majors," Robinson aid, which may contrib ute to the widespread bel ief that l ibrarian should promote study of the established canon. "Public l ibraries are not academ ic l ibrarie ," he aid. 'Too many libraries are pub l ic monument that look impressive but don 't give the taxpayer what they should be getti ng-a library they want to u e." The credo "give 'em what they want" al o is the title of a popular book co-written and updated several time by Robinson and member of hi raff, whom he credits for much of h is succe s: " I 'm proudest of the taff l 've built. They have covered up a lot of my weaknesses." And under hi tutelage, several of Robinson' staffers have developed k i l l that re ulted in direc torsh ip at c ity libraries throughout the country. Al though retired, Robin on w i l l remain act ive in the field. He w i l l serve as ed itor of the newsletter of the Publ i c L ibrary A soc iat ion-a po i t ion he accepted on a olunteer basis to save the assoc iation money-and he continues to comment on the future challenge fac i ng public l ibrarie . He is concerned about fund i ng for librarie and about the change being brought about by technology. "We may ee a day when people read e lectronic books on l ight, cheap laptop readers," he said. "If we reach a point when book are cheap and easy to tore, what u e i there for a l i brary ? L ibrarie hould be th ink i ng about how to re pond to the e change ."
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helping parent
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and work i n g on
rhe c or tage . " . . .
Herb Adams
wa eeking e lecuon ro rhe Maine Legislature, District 4 6 . from hi, home in Cenrer Lo\' e l l , M a in e , where he l ives w i t h h i s wife, Mary, a ret ired a t r o rn e y . "We ha \'e
uperior Court hy M a sachusert Gov. W i l l iam Weld.
Betsy ( Powley) is "on nobody'
c h i ldren ( 7 ) and grandchi ldren
Kearns Younghanse mo,·ed to
payro l l , bur fu lly occurkd" ar
( 1 0 ) . " Accord ing ro Herb, "noth
chamber of commerce rep a� ::.he
with con ec u t i ,·e
their home i n udbury, Mas.. They ha\'e three gro\\'n >Ons; J eff
v ic tories for '54 i n the J ohn·nn
in the \\' ine hu,i ness in Alexan
many c ul tura l ac r i ,· i r ie
Pond jou r-w i rh Ward Tracy." Herb wou ld l i ke to kn o w what
d ri a, V a . , Chris, \\'ho recently
area as well a. the many gorgeous
returned from a year- long J Our
ever happened to eymour Bi bu la
ney around rhe world, and Todd
beache . When she and her hus band. Allan, left after our 40rh
' 5 3 , Roger Monrgomery ' 5 3 and
'8 , Han·ard M . Ed '94 , a h istory
reu n i on, they toured rhe Cana
J im Conaway ' 5 3 .
teacher. The W a l l i ngford joined on Chris for a rwo-week trip
dian Mari r i mes and hope to head west sonn . Collec t i ng books is Barb' pas · ion . . . . If you are in
in marke ting w i t h il\'er Burden Ginn and chu ter. She and hus
through Germany. A ustria and
band Frank ' 5 , a manufacturer" repre enrative with Bard Corpo
a reunion in the German town where Da,·e and Ber y 'pent rhe
grandchi ldren are all i n rhe Bos
dorm l ife, certain c la ses she en
Women' Lunch Place, a day time h e l ter for women i n Bo ron. he p o i n r s o u r that r h i
rhe Eurorean archi tec ture cour-e w i rh Dean H udnut ( \'is i r i ng from Har\'ard) and the horror of phys ic w i th Yamaguchi . . . . Richard
w o m e n as
ing p l a c e for more than
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Electric Tool Corporat ion. He and w i fe Ade l i n e have t hree daughter and three grandc h i l
when he left Colby. " Foster House, lonorime friend l i k e the Edsons, a valuable l iberal arts
dren. They l i ,·e in Brookfield, Wis., bur a n t i c ipate b u y i ng a home in aple , Fla., in 1 99 7 to e cape the cold winter . They
J udy'
your retired peer
would l i k e to ask cla
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mare ,
"Why did you elect Col by 7 What experience ha rood you in aood tead ? I
there anything you did
at Colby that you regre t ?" . . . Ruth Brindley C heney writes that spend
h e and h u band M i lton ix months i n Concord,
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ix monrhs i n Cape
Coral, Fla. They are both retired , learn ing to relax and enjo
l ife,
and invoh·e
Jane Millett Dornish Carol Smith Brown write from Plainfie ld, 1 1 1 . , rhar
anti i ared be ing able to ret i re
we r Bank after 23 year of er
e a r l y w i t h financ i a l e c u r i ry . . . . D a v e W a l l i ngford i till
vice. L ike many c l assmate , he
work ing ful l t i m e in h i o w n b u i nes as a man ufac turing repre-
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this year wi th some musical ma
Kathleen McConaughy Zambello
n iacs k no\\'n a the Oph ir Prison M arch in g Ka:oo Band and Tem perance ociery, Lrd. He will re
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wonderful letter in J u l y \\' i t h a much expanded reur non re\' lew, couldn't be w i t h u a r our ban quet to enjoy rhe brief remarb by our guest prnfe- or . Lois Weaver e i l i n trod uced Harold Ray mond, an :I Bill Wyman i n tro
to Colby. Woody l i ve in Geor gia but does get to ew England a couple of r ime a year. He and wife Lynn have two pretty spec ial r win crrand<laughter n ow 2 year old . . . . From Washington tate Andre Boissevain write of hi
duced M ark Benbo\\'; I had rhe pleasure of introduc ing Peter Re. ( I fyou ordered a oroup c la� phmo taken after the parade, rake an other look ar Fran k " p i cture nor a bio surprise if you belte,·e that rhe Lord work i n my rerious way .) . . . Susan M i l l e r H u n t ent me a wonderful ne\\', art i c le
re t i re m e n t from rhe A r m y , a
abou t re un ion , and I would like ro hare a fe\\' I i n e · in hopes of getting a fe\\· more "fir t r imer "
c hool , a fam i l y prac tice and 1 5 year in the Army, Andy and ,,·ife
bac k in 2 0 1 . " A ttending a c ol l e ge r e un ion ra k e s courage. W i l l
J u d i t h h a ve t ra ve l e d by RV, mountain b i ke and foot in the western tare· and Europe. To
1 fir i n 1 Ho\\' do I measure u p ? Reun ion te r and challenge o u r e n e o f \' a l ue l: u t reaffi r m ,
recapture our environmen t, he
through t h e power of reconnect ing who 1\·e were then with ,,·ho
write , "Don't rru r rhe bureau c racy . " . . . J udy Holtz Levow enr c l ip p ings about h e r Larry, w h o i
and her hu band rravel; t hey went aero s rhe continent in an R ,
we are now, our self-\\'orth. Re union get ea·ier a rhe year- go by. W i t h the pa ing of rim e , we come ro . . . reali:e that \\'e have
on,
head g o l f profe -
s ional at Florida' Boca Raton Re ort and Golf Club. h e in-
they come ro Belgrade Lake- and
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brief twen·iew ot nur 40rh
reunion for the A ugu�t Colb)' maga: in e , rhi!> is my fir-r offi c i a l c l a·, column. We were �orry that Frank Huntress, who .ent our a
Dungeness R iver-and c rab run through. After Colby, med
Corre pondenr :
he has retired from First M id
resenr a r i,·e . ) Jo, Kathy Flynn Ca rrigan and Barbara Ayers Haslam had a \\'onderful rimt' ar Dottie Dunn J one \ ,,111 · , \\'ed + d ing rhi 'Pring.
And we are a l l invi ted to come v i s i t ! He" in a town that the
Ir's great to hear from o many + of you !
fa m i l y and friends. Ruth never
for rhe mo q u t ro anJ hh1cl fly popu lation. ( , he\ <m A \'lm rep·
mo\'e to a log home on rhe Olym p ic Pen in ula-and ra ising bee .
rhem in community project . " . . . Keep up r h e good responses.
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buw \\' i t h hand l i n g cottage rent ab ar h i n a Lake, M a in e , and can sugge'>t A nm \ , k i n - ,n-S11fr
ing, prac tice his pani h and hug a pengu i n . afe rra,·el , D n . . . . "Awesome c hange ," say J a mes "Woody" T y son on comincr back
R ichard' ret i remenr rip: " G e r a dog. Establ ish a l u n c heon c l ub of
of Colby.
gra n d c h i l d ren are ne.uhr . . . . J oanne Bailey Ander on kt'ep'
wants to learn about that part of the world , do ome money writ
enjoy t ra v e l in g and c ru i s i n g .
gnlf,
aernh 1 c , , hridge .111d all rn keep her hu \·-rlu, her d,1ughter anLI
trip rhar will rake him around the horn of ourh A m e r ic a . Don
crazy fratern i ty partie and meet ing m y h u s b a n d " - r he e are memorie
from hori ng \\' H h renn 1 ' ,
port to us next year on h is planned
executive vice pres ident of mar keting and a le- with M i l waukee
pared that she would attain rwo advanced degrees from Har\'ard
education, Professor Benbow and Chapman, panty raid , cold ear ,
about rhe four-day J a:: J ubilee. Don played his pocket rrumrer
Randlett retired in J une 1 994 a
women a day. J udy never anr i c i
oi rhe
the acramenro area next u m m e r , c h e c k \\'ith D o n Hoagland
years ago. When Betsy remem ber Colby, she think of friend , joyed lik e French l i terature and
he could be a
e x to l s rhe rhearer, ans, 1a:: and
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is proud to be a volunteer at rhe
gue ts, offers m u l tiple ervice· and act a a community gather
ara�ota, F l a .
rhe C:ech Repu b l i c . I nc l uded \\'as
ton area. ln her pare r i me, J udy
orga n i .: a t ion treat
icholl Butler \\T l te '
ab out her re u remenr fn1m te< t L h ing French and - ran 1,h 111 Con
they're ready to go on their next trip . . . . Ten year' ago Barbara
e,·en
the 'un , rhe penrle anLI .1c t 1 \ n y .
nec t i c u t . L i fe 1 11 Fl1md.1 1, for chemical equipme n t , \\'h ile ll'ife
Their three c h i ldren and
lll .md
Marilyn
s e n rn t i \'e for p e t ro l e u m and
ra t ion, live in Lex i ngto n , M a ·s .
(() Llrnr
Allan van Gestel ' 5 7 wa appoinre<l an a �ociate j u· r i c e nf the
up later, consume les- far. deep ened our re lationsh i p, with nur
J enkins Totman has a pos i t ion
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Regional Campaign Kickoff Celebrations Fall 1 996 Ch icago The Chicaoo Hi rorical oc iety Monday, September 1 6, 1 996
Corresronden r: Brian F. Olsen
M i lwaukee The M i lwaukee Zoo Wednesday, eprember 2 5 , 1 996
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I 'm writing in J u ly, kno\\' ing that a you read rhi we'l l be approaching the hol iday sea:,on and that another year i about ro turn . . . . S ince the last column, I 've been notified of the pa ing of two of our cla5 mates, Pel Brown and Gordon "Mike" Daugharty. Both of the;e men had many friends among cla:.s member·, and our sincere :,ympa rhy goes out to their fam ilie and friend . _ . . We have heen cal led everyth ing from the do-nothing genera t i on to the genera t ion without a pre:,ident, bur as l read your comment; on definit ions of ucce , l can't help but be proud to be a member of thi group and of thi- c l a s . Your respon es howed a love of what is uuly important in our live -family, peace of m i nd, giving more than you take, freedom of choice, laughter and contributing to the world and to the need of tho e around us. Perhaps those who think we haven't done too much ought to take a econd look . Ron Rasmussen write that he is still in San Diego in the in ur ance bu ine , but he and his wife, haro l , hope to retire oon to northern I daho. Ron ha three chi ldren, age 2 2 , 1 2 and 3 1 • • • Dick Phill ips i j ust around the corner, in N ewto n , Ma ., and i fi r r VP of a stock br kerage firm in Boston. Dick ha two children, Emily and John, and write that he' till able to ski the black
ourhern and Coa ral Ma ine The Portland M useum of Arr Tue day, October I , 1 996 The Welle ley and ourh hare Area of Bo ton MIT Endicott House WeJnesday, October 2 3 , 1 996 London, England Deutsche Morgan Grenfell Thursday, November 7, 1 996
Spring of 1 99 7 * W e tche rer Count y , N Y W e t and East Coast o f Florida Wa h i ngton, DC
Fall
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Central Maine ( including Waterv i l l e ) Northern New J e rsey Na hua and Manchester, N H
Spring of 1 998 * Philadelphia, PA Providence, RI eatr le, WA *
Specific locations will be announced as soon as the)' are confinned.
Que t ion about an event in your area 1 In terested in volunteering? Plea e contact Ally on Goodwin ' 7, Director of Regional Campaign , ( 20 7 ) 7 2 - 3 5 3 2 e-mail: algoodwi@colby.edu
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d i amond tra i l at age 60 . . A mong the re pon e wa a won derful letter from Betsy Morgan Salisbury. Bet y lo t her hu band of 34 year to cancer la t year but is staying bu y with all of her outside intere ts as \\'ell a spo i l mg hernew granddaughter. Bet y l i ve in Ba k i n g R i dge, N .J . . . . When w e last heard from J o Lary Mostrom, he was enjoying her work with handmade dolls. Now he has become even more ucce sful a he designs doll for the Adler company in New York. he a lso ha had a doll selected for exhibit in the Metropol itan Folk Art M useum of New York. J o an d her Bowdoin alum hus band , Phi l , a reti red FBI per on, have ettled in Maryland . . . . It wa great to hear from Charlie Twigg, who ha j u t retired from Twigg A soc iate after 3 5 year in the real e s t a t e b u s i n ess. Charl ie's note probably define mo t of our l ives ince we left Colby: L ife ha been terrific; we've been well -off am! broke, had our up and down and our -hare of heartaches, but all in all it' been a forward moving, po i tive exrerience. Charlie and Lea s t i l l live in Welle ley, Mas . . . . Lucy Pickles Moulton ha chan eel her la t name to Ha1\'0rth, as a gift to her great-grand mother, who, a a young girl in Vic torian England, was denied a free education. Lucy ha devoted her life to teaching and ha pent 1 5 year teaching in a men' prison in Vermont. he got together with Ginny Ashworth Regan and her hu hand, J ohn, at the Wood stock lnn la t year, their fir t v i it i n almo t 3 0 year . . . . Bob Pettegrew, who plans to make the reunion next J une, write that one of hi de i re i s to learn to play the piano better. Excuse me, but am l missing omething here ? N ot a lot of ymrathy com ing your way on thi one, Bob. Any way, Bob has ·old hi restaurant but i till active in the con ult ing field of ale and marketing. Bob and Hope live in Hancock , N . H . . . . In thi new age of com munication , you can write to me via e-mail ( bfolsen@m n.com ) .
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writes from Conshohoc ken, Pa., that she ha sropped reaching tenni but is ·rill act i,·e in ports anJ her church choir and with the U n i\'er- i r,· of Penn syh·ania M useum of Archeology and Anthropology. Her husband , Karl, i semi-retired a- an attor ney, corporate secretary and ,·ice president for Quaker Chemical. Ann h a been back to Colby dur ing the year to rake t\\'O of their three on- for adm issions inter v iew , but the best \' i i t \\'a the 3 5 th reun ion (l aoree ) , \\'hich she attended with J oan Bryan Bedel l and Kate K n ight Hal l . Kare i r e p a n ible for t h e fund rai ing, alumni acrh· i r ies, publ ic relation and adverri- ing at t. Peter's chool, an elementary chool in Philadelphia. he and her hu band, Roger, ha\'e three children, a married on in Be,·erly Hill , a computer programmer son in the Phi ladelphia area and a daughter trying to un·i,·e in ew York C i ty a a c u lp rre s . Harry a n d J oa n S h aw W hitaker are re idem of La ega and love it, e pec ially the v iew and pace. Harry ha retired, but J oan works for the Golden ugger. They have been back to Colby frequently, as parents ( of Mary Beth ' 2) and to many reun ion ; they loved them all and expect ro return for many more . . . . Nor man Lee re igned from Fleet Bank in ] une 1 994 and tarred hi ne\\' career in the nonprofit world. By now he ha retired from rhi- a· w e l l , and h e and C h a r l o t t e (Clifron '6 1 ) will mo,·e to Florida and M a ine. W ith the freedom of retirement, they will get back to their art intere t and plan ro attend chool in arasota, Fla., at the Ringling chool of Art. They, roo, have v i- ired Colby often for their reunion and ay it rill feel comfortable beino on campu . . . . Ba r G i nsburg, who 1 i.ve with h i wife, Merle, in Roxbury, Con n . , i v i c e c h a i r m a n of Chel ea Realty, a real e rare in-
,-e ·tment trust. Merle and Barry ha,·e fourchildren and four grand c h ildren . . . . Doug Hatfield ha pracuced la\\' m Hill borough. . H . , since 1 962 and c urrently 1 president of Hatfield, Moran & Barry, a four-attorney firm that practice general law ll'ith em rhasis in representino -chool d1s tnc ts, probate and tru r [all' and litigation. Doug and his wife, J ud\· ( I ngram '60 ) , are im·oh-ed 1\·nh the United Church ofChri -r both locally and on a national level. Doug also i · in,·oh-ed in Boy couts, the chamber of commerce and H i!Lborough's men's choru-. Doug and J udy raised three suc ce sful ch ildren ll'ho are folloll' ing in their parents' al truistic footstep . . . . Bob Th eve and h i ll'ife, J oan ( Hoffman ' 5 9 ) , lt,·e i n G u ilford, Conn., but Bob is ,,·ind ing d01Yn a career m real estate finance and looking fonrnrd ro retirement in four ro fi,·e year:. Plans are to mo,·e to 1eh- in Vil lage, .H., on Lake Winnepe aukee ( II'here Howard C larke and Tony Ostrom also have home ). Bob and Joan ha,·e a married on ,,·ho i � re·earch bi ologist and a daughter in veteri nary med icine. After Colby, Bob ·pent rime in the Army and then earned his M . B.A. at Columbia chool of Busines before becom ing im·oh·ed in commercial real e tare. He credit Bill Bryan '4 \\'ith making Colby rather than the French Fore1 n Legion be come a reality for him. ( Bill, the man who wa responsible for all of u being at the College, is at the M a i ne e teran- H ome at 44 ogon Road, Banoor, ME 44 1 and would be pleased ro hear from you. ) Bob has many fond memo riesofColby, beginning \\'ith meet ino Joan, h i wife of 3 7 years . . . . Sara Stewart Johnson retired in 1 994 from h ioh school reaching but till i in Bend, Ore. Her three children ha,·e married and have made her the grandmotherof three boy . Retirement is wonderful, ay ara, who traveled in I taly for three week with Marietta Pane and also tarted eriou ly painting watercolor . -he ha had her fir t work j uried into a show and al o volunreer at the art center m Bend, writino their new letter and cooking for reception . When ara
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think · back to Colb1· da,·, ·he recalb, as dl1 man1· o.i u<, :-. lark BenJ:.l1\\' and h is E � gl1:.h cour e,. -he o;ays, "He mu'r ha,·e found u� -;uch a c l utch nf i n noce nt- � " . . . Peter and Mary Ellen Chase Bridge are sull m Burl11wron, \'r. Peter's retired but keep> busy \\'1th band jobs, rlannmg mp- ( ·uch a, their trir in 1'.!a\· w England and France) and running 11·orkshops for local busine�ses. i\ larY Ellen taught li[erarure and com osition course. this ra�t 1·ear at Cham plain College . They ha,·e two mamed children and a grand daughter. . . . I r ' · great hearing from you. Do Sta\· in touc h ! +
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music J:,y perform ing G ilbert and - u l l h· a n \\' i t h the B l u e H i l l Troupe ( \\'h i c h orga n i :ed 1 n Maine ) . 1ost recently they were at Carnegie Hall \\' ith kitch Henderson and [he . Y . Pops Orchestra . . . . Catherine Burt Campbell is a l icen ed c l in ical oc1al 11·orker at a hospice and the p r o u d g r a n d m o t h e r of t\\' i n g irls . . . . Homele fam i l ies i n M inne ota are helped J:,y the E a t i\ letro Women's Counc i l , \\'here Carol Sandquist Banister is d i rector. Their oood work i de perately underfunded; if you'd like to help ll'ith a contribution, let me kno\\' and I'll put you in touch with anka . . . . Gladys Frank Bernyk and her phy ician hus band look forward to early retire ment, when they'll inten ify an already impre sh·e tra\·el resume. Afnca \1·a their de tination thi · um.mer. . . . Prof. Bob Cockburn teache Engli h at the Uni\'ersiry of ew Brun wick, and h 1 wife \1·orks for the Canadian govem men t . . . . Our mu i c i an , Bob Brow n , [ i,· ing permanently in Florida now, ha ung \\'ith The Pied Piper and pla ·ed w ith The Warren Covington and J 1mmy Dor ey orche tras. Bob ma · be come the younge t great-grandpa in our cla s . . . . Tacoma, Wash., re i d e n t C a r o l y n C um m in g s C r a i n would l ike to h e a r from and about other writer in the
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The q u e s t i ( nna i re -ent out hy Cnlhy have brought more great resp mses. Thanks to a l l for haring your new · . . Ju dith S e s s l e r ha> re t i red from tea c h i ng Engl ish a t Longmeadow H igh chnol and i s l i l' i n g in Brimfi e l d , M a s . , he succes fu l l y ran for a t h re e - y e a r t e r m a � Brimfiel d �electman a n d a y s that she has been hoth fa c in ated and fru rrated by sma l l -town pol i t ics bur s t i l l hold� dear the fac t that the town meeting is t h e last ve r ige of true democracy . . . . Maren Stoll S herman l i ves i n Oakland, M a i ne. She i a travel consu l tant and own Tra1·el A m bassador , pec i a l i : i n g in C o l hy a l u m n i cra ve ! . Maren wri te · that he i s foo t l oose, fancy free a n d s i ngle. A c the t i me of her letter, she was preparing for her olde t daughter's wedd i ng i n J ackson Hole, Wyo. . . . E u n ic e B u c h o l z S pooner wrote from idney, M a i ne. h love e - m a i l and wou ld l i k e ro get as many e - m a i l addres e as po� s i ble ( hers is eb poone@colby. edu ) . (I have had reque rs for e-mail addresses from others, so if you would l i ke your i n c l uded i n fu t u re c o l u m n . rlea e let me know . ) Eunie went to Lo Vegas in A p r i l to get w::irm after rhe long w inter and apprec iated the flat terra i n . Her youngest son is a promoter for R i ng l i ng Bn ther
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Barn u m and Ba i l ey, so he aw �ome great 5how�. After 1 0 years nn the school bomd, E u n ie Inst her >ea r by one vote hut pl an. to keer up to dare and run agai n . G u e s t h e i v ies le�son that a s i ngle vote can make a d i fference i truc1 • • • Jane Wiggin Wilbur is in Houston, Tex;i , and ret i red from teac h i ng h igh c hoo l E n g l i h in May. he t h o u g h t t h e i d e a wa. terri fy ing, hut she says �he'd had i t w i th p u b l i c 5chool burcaucrac ieb. She hope to keep her hand i n educat ion by tu tor i ng, uhbing and ra k i ng a col lege cour e or two. M y gues i; that ·he will fi nd herse l f as husy as ever! J ane has one �on who is a c hef in D.C. and a nother who teachepanish i n N . Y . Dennis Hok-shou T i n g is an of ficer of the Order of the Bri t ish E m p i re and ju rice of peace in Hong Kong. He is st i l l in plast ic man ufact u r i ng and chairman of K ader l ndu trial o . , Ltd. Den n is and h i w i fe , E m i ly , h a v e four c h i ldren and one grand c h i l d . W i t h a major tran i tinn coming for Hong Kong, i t wou ld be most i n t erest i n g ro hear abou t t h e c h ange from h i perspec t ive. l hope that Denn is w i l l keep us informed . . . . Dick Walton wrote from Barre , V t . , where he a I i bra n a n . H is answer to the q ues t ion abo u t what c h a nge had oc c u rred in h is I ife s ince we last saw h i m and how they had af� c ted h i m : "AG E ! W h a t a geeze r ! " . . . Ronald Weber S r . a n d h is w i fe , Barbara , l i v e in W i l to n , C o n n . R o n is an exec u t i ve V P o f a national brokerage fi rm. He says they are in a constant state of confu ion between ret irement to their house i n Pa l m Beach Gar den and wanting to stay near grnnd c h i ldren b u t gues e that "Old a g e w i l l p rob a b l y w i n o u t . " . . . After 2 0 years i n the P h i ladelphia area, Donald Wil liamson and h i w i fe , ar I, have moved to M urre l l s I n le t ,
T h e y l i ve o n the l nt e rcoa t a l W a t e r w a y , n e x t door t o t h e Wache Wache M a r i n a , and wou ld love to · e e any c l a smate who h appen to pass through the "Seafood Capital of Sout h Caro l i na." . . . Ted '6 1 and l went back to Colby for the Class of ' 6 1 re un ion in J u ne and were impressed by the change th::it had occurred i n ju t one year. The campus has never looked better, a , n t i ment we heard from many i n the cour e of the weekend. A nd for a l l of you who have ment ioned "age" i n you r letters, a l l of tho e " l i t t le" tree in front of M i l ler Library are reac h i ng, or h ave a l ready e x ceeded , the ir l i fe expectancy and are being replaced by a variety of trees w i t h 1·aried l ife pans o that fut u re replacement will be tag g red. I f you have not been back to Waterv i l le i n recent year , con · ider a t r i p-you won 't be d isap + pointed !
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I ' m afraid my first column as your new c lass corre spondent w i l l be a rather k impy one; l was so bu y enjoyi ng my elf at our 3 5 rh reun ion that l forgot to col lect the latest new from rhe many c lassmate and t he i r spouse , partne rs and assorted others who returned to Mayflower H i l l that J une weekend. We a l l h a d a grand t i me tou r i ng the c a m pu formally a n d inform a l l y , seek i ng out favorite haunt borh on campu and in town ( a l though too many of them seem to have di appeared) and, mo r o f a l l , talk ing! A nd did you note the photo of our i ntrepid whi tewater rafter in the A ugu r i ue of Colby ! Re member that there are only four years and even months u n t i l our 40th, o tart p lanning now . . . . ince there wa no ma sive write i n campaign for c las officer , Bev
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the next fi,·e year' a c l a.s presi dent, David Bergquist will back him up as \'ice pre>ident and \l' t l l erve a. our repre5entat l \·e to the Alumni Counc i l , and I will serve a secretary-trea ·urer and cla - · corresponde n t ( l t h i n k t h a t mean· Be\' get the glory, Da,·e it hack and waits for something to happen ro Be1-, and I do all the work ' ) . . . . B i l l W o o l d re d g e writes from Hudson, Ohio. that he is the COO/CFO for King' Medical Company anJ that h is wife, Jo, is a fa hion con u l tant. Although they are empty ne rers, he a their house really rocks when offspring and grandchildren return for holiday . . . . J ere Snell rave m·er the advantage of l i\' mg in North Carolina, where he and hi wife, haron, ha1·e been for more than 20 years. J ere i national ale manager for TG oda Ash, Inc . , haron is a hou e wife, and their two daughters are career women in their mid- 20s. Jere' memorie of his rwo year ar Colby revol\'e around the Deke Hou e, On ie's and the Bob-In. ( o favorire profe sors, Jere ? ) . . From andi field, Mas . , Hank Wingate a retired choolreacher who i now an educational conulcanr, end word of rhe arri1·al of grandda u g h t e r a m a n r h a . amantha' uncle, Peter '9 3 , i a research a istanr and grad tu dent in indu trial p ychology at a n D iego rate . . . . Dr. Ed Ruscitti made very c lear his feel ing about the mo t recenr change in his life: he not only underlined "retired," he a l o rur an exclama tion point after it. Ed ays that now that he ha put h i chiroprac tic practice behind him, he hopes ro travel more. ( Don't forget to penc il in Colby for J une 2 1 . Ed. ) . . . A ome ofyou know, my h u band, John, d ied a year and a half ago, after many year of in crea ingly poor health. I continue to teach in the English depart ment at the U niver iry of M aine ( the c hool up the road from Colby that we thought of a that cow college ) , where I feel I have really found my n iche. Thi -um mer I �ombined attending a pro fe sional meeting in Wiscon in with vi i ts to m on in Berea, K ., and my mother in Connec t ic u t . I dro e over 3 ,700 mile alone and lo ed every minu te on the road. It
NEWS MAKERS Hi torian and biographer Doris Kearns Goodwin '64 recei1·ed the Radcl iffe Medal from the Rad c l i ffe Colleoe A l umnae A ociar ion . . . . J oseph Jabar '68 wa elec ted to the Mame Ba eba l l Hall of Fame.
MILEPOSTS Maniages: Lauritz N . Dyhrberg '64 to M ichelle J . Fournier in
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wa p ychologically and emotion ally as well as ph · ically liberat ing, and [ already ha1·e my eye on M 0 n t a n a fo r n e x t u m m e r . . . . 01·er the course o f rhe next year y0u all will he receivino ques t ionnaire- about your current do ings, bur if you haYe interesting or important news ro pa·s along. don't wait to be a ·ked about it. Drop me a note at the address at the beginning of The ix ties ec r ion or e - m a i l me ( j udyhak@ maine.maine.ed u ) . I look forward + to hearing from you oon.
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By now ·ou\·e all receh·ed a que tionnaire from c la s pre idem Dennis Connolly a k ing for your input on what we hould plan for our be r reunion e1·er. Do end your �almon-col ored form back a oon a you can. Bur most important, plan to come back to Maine, J une 5- , 1 99 7 ! . . . For many o f us n o w it' a rime of change. Retirement, down-i: ing on house , taking care of par ent , fitting in the tra1·el and all the other thing we want to do in thi l ifet ime- omehow we're ery cognizant at our age of "ir'· later than you think." I ' m in the proce of deciding to "hang it up" after 27 year in the education bu ine . And Harry and 1 did take my mom to Ala ka in J uly, with five day of land rour and seven day on the Regal Princess crui ing to Vancouver. Then in A u g u r we w e n t to H ar r y ' mother' I 0 3 rd birthday parry i n M inneapolis. he tilt play bridge and fle1 in from Faroo ( \\'e hope Harry ha her gene· , inc iden tally). ow we ha e fall t r ip planned to a hville and Albu-
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u-an Ferrie \ oor, a· of Arril, i- S u an Ferrie Moore. he live· w i th her hus a., band, J ack, i n Arlinoton, w h i l e workino and in a home on the Grear Wicomic o R iver in
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band, Tnm, a tal'ern owner, l i l'e
D e n a l i - fa l se c h a r ge , t h a n k
d 1 rectnr ofen\ ' m m mental policy,
in Dedham, Ma,, . , and c o n t i n ue
goodne· . Concerned about e x
t r a i n mg anJ reg u l arnry affa ir> for
t h e i r \\'Onderful t rad i t ion of an
cess i ve "harves t i ng" and e col og i
Geor� i a - P a c i fi c .
a n n u a l spring r i p to Bermuda ( at least 22 t im es ) . J oanna, Mary
c a l m ismanagement of M a i n e pro m ot e a c l earc u t t i n g b a n refer
nate the U . S . Geolog i c a l S u rl'ey!
Dexter Wagner, Pauline Ryder K e : e r and C i n d y R i c h mond Hopper and their h u band, met for a re un ion in A l'(m, Con n . , t h i :, spring . . . . Warren Balgoo yen and h is ll'ife, H e l e n , l il'e in N orridgewock , M a i n e . H e l e n is head n urse at the Colby heal th
- te1·e is :, t i l l at \\'Ork as a marine
center, and Warren i, a natural
he anJ J ac k
tral'eled to J apan for two weeks t h t> >pring, and t h i, ,um mer pur sued their hnbbies of garden i ng and kayak i n g . They \\'ere each eagerly ant i c ipatmg t he arrin1I of a first grand c h i l d . . . . The good ne11·s from Steve Eittreim is that the Republ ican
d i d not e l i m i
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geologist doing u n·eys i n Mon
i t , landscaper, c a rpenter, prop
terey Ba y , Cal i f. He and his 1\·ife,
erty mana.ger and ba n "farmer."
wood , Warren ha
worked t o
endum that eeks better logging
prac t ices . . . . Ed Buyniski, a c r i si ma nager in C i n c i n na t i , tra v e led ro A u·tralia last summer and this sum mer made a van trip to the U . S . We t. When not at work bu i l d ing his bu ine s, Ed spend h i s l e i s u re t i m e a i l ing and fl y i ng, both sport g i v in g him pace for intro pection . . . . Ceylon Barclay
Carole, a travel age n t , have three
Fun ac r i 1· i t 1e
i nc l ude h i k i ng,
and his w i fe , Caro l y n , were a t
c h i l d ren and are an e t h 11 1 c a l l y
canoei ng, fi shi n g, garden i ng , rai:,
t h e i r home i n Ormond -by-the-
i mernational fa i l y . . . . Joanna Buxton Gormley has completed
se l l i n g fire\\'ood. La r J u ly War
m
her 1 3 t h year at The Rox b u ry
Latin : c hool as assi:,tan t to the headmaster.
he and her hu,-
mg \\'ater l i l ies and c u tt i ng and ren rra1·eled to A l aska for bac k
had a n encn u n ter with a gn::ly in
a
Kong. The Barc lay enjoy beach
New History
nne Ruggle Gere '66 teache at a ·pra w l i ng B i g Ten u n i ver i ty w i t h 36 ,000 tudent , but h e r un dergraduate experience at Colby helped de,·elop an affect ion for mall, l iberal a rc col leges. Gere , who is a fu l l pro fe sor at the Uni\'ers i ty of M i c h igan and c h a i r of a j int doc tora l program in Anne Ruggles Gere '66 Engl ish and education, sa id, " I ha\'e the greate t fondnes for Colby. The education I got there laid the found a t ion for my advanced degree . " Tick i ng off a l ist o f Colby fac u l ty legends-Mark Benbow, Peter Westervelt, Alfred "Chappie" Chapman, Pat Brancaccio among them-Gere a i d , "They rea l l y were i mpres ·ive teach ers and very good scholars. For what I needed a an under graduate , these people were perfe c t . " "! s t i l l re member que t ion t h a t Benbow asked ," Gere s a i d . S h e de c r ibed a rec u rrent ensat ion of hearing h is v o i c e in her head when he' teach i ng a clo e read i ng of Shakespeare and ask student , "And what strike you about t h is l i ne ?" Studying l i terature w i th profes or A l ice Comparetti was part i c u larly i mportant to Gere, who later rea l i zed what a role model Compare t r i had been. " I k new he had a fa m i l y l i fe and a c areer, too," said Gere, who i married to Brew ter Gere, a Presbyterian m i n i ter. The i r son and a daughter are in under graduate and gra d u ate programs, respec t i vely. After graduating from Colby, Gere, now a Colby over eer, earned a ma ter's degree at Colgate Univers i ty and taught
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eptember they
China, to teach for another year a n d to w i r n e s the re t u rn of Hong
pac k mg and salmon foh 1 ng and
Writing
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p l a n n ed to re turn to Quang:han,
walk , ten n is and pend ing time at t h e i r o l d ( 1 7 1 ) far m in Maine . . . . Sandra "Sam" Moul ton Burridge and her husband, Trevor, of Montreal, We t Que bec , will be "partly moving to Oxford, England ." am w i l l teach French for at lea t one more year i n Montrea l , but her h u band, who i Bri t ish, has retired from the Un iver ire de Montreal. She is wondering if any of our class member re ide in the Un ited Kingdom. . . J udith Allen Aus tin and her h u band, N oe l , may be moving west this year. Last sum mer they camped and fished in Colorado, Wyoming and Mon rnna and apparently more than l ik ed it. J udy keeps busy with her real e rate busine and g rea t l y e n j oy being grandmother to th ree li ttle girls . . . . S t i l l l iving
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Engli h at Prince ton H igh School for three years before going to M ic h igan for a Ph . D . in the Engl ish and ed ucation program he now d i rects. She taught at M i c h igan for several year , then moved to the Univers i ty of 'IX'a h i ngton in Seattle before re turning to M ic h igan in 1 98 7 . Last winter Gere ret umed to Colby to present a workshop for the College' Writing Aero s the Cun·icu lum program to encour age faculty members to incorporate writing into their classes. Her c holarly research on writ ing and the teach ing of wr i t i ng reflect her undergraduate, genera l ist education, w i th an increasing empha i on history. A book he wrote in 19 7 was t i t led Wricing Groups: History , Theory and Implica tions . "We have in t h is c u lture a stereotypi c a l notion of writer who it in the i r garret and don't talk to anyone ," she a i d . Her goa l is to debunk that myth to help convey to tudent the i mportance of talk ing over idea and haring drafts. Writing groups in A merica are not j ust a phenom enon of the 1 960s, he said; in her work she traced them to colon i a l t i mes. Another book, Intimate Practices: Literary and Cultural Worl< in U . S . Women 's Clubs , 1 880- 1 920 , i lated for publicat ion in Marc h . Not ing that academic Eng l i h de partment d id not ex ist unt i l the 1 8 70 , Gere aid, "Women' c l u b had the corner on the l i terature market . " To regain control of l iterature, educator had to be l ittle the women's c lub . "They had to make English a hard a G reek to ju tify i t in the academy," she said. A Nat ional Endowment for the H u manitie grant to study writing a a way of learn i ng i n col lege and econdary school funded her re earch on writing group , and he i seeking another N E H grant for a proj ect on re-thinking the teac h i ng of A merican l i terature.
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and working in ao Paulo, Bra:il. Michael A r c h e r i happy to re port that he 1s t i l l of sound and healthy m ind and body. M ike keep fit with daily exerc ise and ·everal e t of tennis on the week end . He, h i wife, Helen, and their children plan to return to the rate for a \"i it to Orlando i n February 1 9 9 7 . . . . P e t e r French, living in Aurora, Ohio, with h is wife, Muriel, i national marketing manager and regional sale manager for Alcan l noot. . . . Lawrie Barr work i n real .H. e·tate i n Fra n c e t o w n , . . . Karen Forslund Falb is a busy mom of two young adolescent women and VP of the Cambridge historical society. Karen i- an add gardener and two year running ha won ribbons for entrie- in the ew England Flower how.Thi pring -he h a seen or been in contac t w ith J eannette Fannin Regetz, Susan Comeau , Donn Springer and L u c i l l e Waugh.
Karen, you m ight be a good can d idate for the "office" of c lass correspondent in 1 99 . . . . I ha \'e received new of the death of Joan Lois N elson in eptember 1 99 5 and Da id Almy thi pa t March. We extend our ympa thie to their fam i l ie . . . . Ralph K i m ba l l , c las pre ident, and George S w a s e y , c la agent, thank a l l who made this year's fund rai ing o succes ful. The Cla of '63 led the cla se of the '6 with a 6 1 percent partic ipa tion rate and was 1 1 th of all the remaining cla se . . . . New of our 3 5 th reunion will follow in a few month . Thank for keeping + in touch.
Corre pondent: ara Shaw Rhoades
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Occasionally I peruse the marriage in the Pon/and Press Herald , and rec e n t l y 1 tumbled aero "M ichelle J . Fournier, Lauritz N . D h rberg." ureenough, it wa our own Larry, and the date \ a May l . Con gratulat ion ! . . . My new que tionnaire i bringing in ome good que tiC'11 to be u ed in the next que t ionnaire. l t i uch a treat to go to the mailbox and find an e m elope fro m a cla m a t e ! Barbie C a r r Howson write ,
"Gaining more t ime 11·irh my hu:, band no\\' thar our younge t 1 1 5 anJ wouldn't l:>e seen dead with us anywar ! After 25 year� cif nll unteering and n i ne of p i a no teaching along the \\'ay, I ha\·e finally signed on to be a !>ub<t1 tute teacher at the nearby h n?:h chool, where three of our chil dren graduated and the la. t 1s a freshman. Our son ! ichael re turn from J apan m August after a t\\'O-year stmr as a JET program Engl ish teacher. H e 1\·ill be mar ried in m·ember." In respon·e to my que t ion · abou t Maine, he wrote, "l remember ! a ine as peacefu l , beaut ifu l , · m a l l towns, great turnpike' The fe\\' nme I ha\·e been back re\·ealed few chanoes. Fe\\' Virginians, it ap pears, ha\·e \•1 ·ited Maine, regard ing me as some sort of rugged freak \\'hen I say 1 \\'ent to col lege there ' l lm·e i t ! " Fan1rite ad: the piano-playing parrot. . . . Bruce Lippincott admits ha\·ing an a\·erion to T commerc ial in gen eral bur till finds the Bud ads entertaining and l ikes the K Mart erie \1·irh Penny Mar-hall and Rosie O'Donnell. H i · \·iew of M aine: "In 1 964 � !aine offered wonderful outdoor recreational opportunit ies. Howe\·er, i t \\'as economically depre ed; many of i t major waterway \\'ere badl · pol luted; old commerc ial/indus trial area were in decay; and it did not offer much in the \\'ay of j ob opportunitie . Today the \\'a ter\\'ay are re tored; urban area· have been rev 1 tali:ed; bu inesses are returning to Maine , and it till offer much to touri t . I n hon, M aine ha- oh·ed many o f i t s problem and i· much more vital than it wa- 30-plus year· ago. " ery percepti\·e, and all the way from l ll inoi . . . . J ea n Mar tin Fowler says, "We continue to be very happy immigrant to rhe tare of Penn ylvania. o ·rreet l ights, lot ofdeer, wonde1fu l birds. Gain ing grandc h i ldre n , losing and gainino on our golf core -." About Maine: "God' countr · but God could not offer job to a l l of u . We t i l l feel \·ery pos i tive a b o u t M a ine a n d Colby. W e j ust mourn a b i t for t h e town that 1\·ere t u rned into touri·r mecca when Pre idem Bu h \\'a front-page material . " . . . l r wa a wonderful ·ummer in M a i ne-
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cocll ancl lu,h. a d in � \I ,1' " ' _ ,,1 1\· 1 t h tl ukey 1\·mcl , , hut cLl\ , anJ n ight< were utterh del ightfu l . W 1 , h l e c ) u l d bor r k 1 r f o r th<',e + of you 1 11 'team 1er c l i m e ' .
CnrresrnnJent: Richard \\'. Bankart
65
Pupp1e-! Boh anJ Rhoda Goldstein Freeman ha\·e \·olunreered to rai e Labrador re me\·er- for G uid ing Eve' for the Blind. ow on the ir third pur. Rhoda and Bob find the J OY t)f see mg the dog matched \\' Ith n sually 1mpa1red reople also reults in lasting fnend hip, \\' I th the ne\1·h- mdependent O\\'ner<. As en trepreneur., their 1\ ! a d bnxe Etc. m Bru nswick. Mame, celebrated a l th ann1 1·er an-. David Hatch n1lunteer for the Cystic F1bro· 1s Foundation and I n ternat ional Tenn is H a l l of Fame \1·hen off dutr from reach m o h 1 oh s c h o o l pan i s h 1 n Burlin ton, la . . . . Marty Dodge, profe wr of conservanon at Finger Lake Community Col lege, was host to the 5Uth annual woodsman' meet la · r pnng. He coached both his teams to fir·r place finishe- and. he says, "de stroyed Colby, although I com peted with rhe Colby alum \\'ho d id quite ll'el l . " . . . Bruce Hertz, pre·idem and marketing d i rector of Lake\\'ood Theater in Mad i s o n , M a i n e , made h i sinoing and dancing debut in the role of Abbott Costello in the new mu sical comedy Monke:v Business at Lakewood. When the l ight: go d o w n , B r u c e i a fre e l a n c e j ourna l i · r . . . . R o d G o u l d , an arrorney, ha- been named to rhe board o f t h e Ma s ac h u - e t t Audubon oc iety. He enJO)" ail ing and recently took \·acation i n Portugal and Papu a , ew G u i nea . . . . Dave Fearon ll'as recently promoted to profe sor of management at C o n n e c t i c u t rate Uni\·ersity. H e \\'On the '95- '96 Excellence in Teach ing award and ha· a new book out from B l a c k w e l l P u b l i c a t ions,
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Managina in Organi�arions That Teach . . . . Tom Donahue ha
bought fi\'e acre- in ew Mexico with a v iew to retirement from his du tie at Harrnrd-Westlake chool in . Hollywood, Calif.
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1\ ,1' r, i-,ed ( ag,1 1 n ) la,t 'rrmg h\ h1, h 1 g ba\ . kl,1hc). The hrllken .irm. h.md. er.le.k eel n b ,mJ torn rnratt1r c uff he.1led i n t une f o r 1 f\\·,1-week -em m.ir .H rhe Buffalo Bill H 1 -wncal 'L11 · ter 111 Cc1Jy. \\ · ,.,,. , tocu-1ng 1 >n t h e rla1n- I ncl1,1m 111J the e\« 1h mg role ,1f l ndun le.iJer,h1r 1 11 the 20th L enturv . . . . p,\·ch1,H n't Lesley Forman Fi helman -rc•nt her 'IX · \\ eek ,,1bhancal 1 11 lnJ1a Jc�mg \·olunteer 1\·Mk a' med1c,1l J1rector nfcin eve camr. Thc foun dat1on di-pen,eJ ,e\·eral th11u ,and e \· e e l a "e< ,111 I J 1 d 9 5 0 high- tech c a taract ,ureenes. On her return ,he wa nameJ L h 1et "f the mental health clerarrment at the K e n m ore C e n t e r of t h e H a rnird Co m m u n i t y H e a l t h Plan . . . . Elfie Hinterkopf. a r,v chotherap1 t, has j u't returned from J apan, where 'he pre ·enreJ lectures and \\'orb.hop' at several uni\·er mes. . . . Bob Gordon, a panLh teacher at Columbu' Academy m Ohio. rook a !!mur o f s t u d e n t t o C u e r n a \· a c ,1 , Mex ico, lasr .prmg for a Hal-- 1 rat for H uman i t\" \\'Ork camr. Th i · wa, al·o his fifth year as fac i l i ta tor of a EED ( eek mg Educa t ional E q u l t ) and D 1 \·er, 1 r d ·eminar for his colleague, . . . . l n temarional econo �1 1 - r M y l e Denny-Brown opted to arrend rhe 30th reun10n of his Peace Corp group in Washington last year rather than our reunion. He continues to rra\·el to Bru ·_eh a fell' time a year. . Bob and J udy Eyge Dalton , a tra\·el a_ent , mo\'ed to W i nche_ter, 1\ ! a ·s . , where they bumpeJ into Hcnrnrd and Ginger Goddard Barne at a health c l u b la t pnng. The Barneses were promptly mvited to the Dalton Derby Day parry. J udy would l ik e t o ·ee more c la- mare · in rhe area. . . Hail, • Colby, H ai l !
Corre:rondent: Natalie Bowerman Zaremba
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· fir t a c t i d t y 1 s to thank Russ Monbleau for 1 being such a humorou. and fai th ful corre pondent for our cla• . 'li./ e c o u l d a l w a y c o u n t o n "ne\\':y" letter- and column , and for that, Rus·, I thank rnu on behalf of the Cla s of '66. I t is
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d a u n t i ng to f o l i o\\' Rus
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c l a · ::i cnrre·pondem. H e ha::i ::iet a ::itandard that w i l l c h a l l e nge me
ter) and tll' o c a b, Wi mton an d
and J ohn could have used the
l a u d i a . Bonn ie, what a fu l l and
erv ic e · of L e dyard "Led" Baxter,
active home you m u::it have 1 I n
who l i ves with h i::i wife, N ancy, in
ough bred , K i rby, and he and Dor
tenance in Golden G ate Canyon State Park and
how
his thor
please help me l1Ut by ::.end ing
thei r back yard laot J u ne 2 2 the
Ludlow, M a
., and serves a the
othy b i ke, camp and backpac k .
nell'S, o ld or nell'. l f the i tem ha::in't
Henri c k en
pa tor of the Fir t C h u rc h in
H e writes t h a t o m e years ago,
appeared in c ol u m n m newslet
wedd ing of their daughter K rist i
Ludlow. Led currently hold
A l len Thr op '66 cal led h i m from
were ho::its to the
the
ter, i t i ::i nell'::i to us . . . _ Doug and Beth Adams Keene are bac k i n
when �he married Charl ie Petty
po- i t ion of president o f the Coun
the a i rport after brow ing the
of
eattle, a fourth-year medi c a l
cil ofChurche of Greater Spring
Denver phone book for fam i l iar
the � tates a n d l i v i ng in M c Lean,
::i t u d e n t a t t h e U n i v e r i t y of
fie l d , an orga n i zat ion dedicated
Va. Doug is ::itill with the Foreign
Waoh i ngtnn. E\'ery fa m i l y mem
to c ombat i ng rac i m, v iolence
nam e . H e knew he wa ont o a warm scent when Dorothy re
Serv ice Offic e , and Beth is ::itart
ber had a ro le i n the wedding
ing a new job a::i internatinnal
flnwer girl . ring bearer, maid of
and gambl i ng. I n add i t ion, Led has completed work for h is doctor
p l ied, "C rtainly you can peak to h i m . He's on the roof, and I ' l l
bac c a l a u reate teacher. Both of
honor, reader i n the ser\'i c e, fl ute
of m i n i try degree at H a rtford
have h i m d wn i n j ust a m i n u te."
their c h i ldren are married, and a
soloist-and cousins, aunt, father
Sem inary and recen t l y received a
Roland i n v i tes Colby friend , or
second grandson was born in Oc
and brother performed at the re
m a s t e r ' s in
tober 1 99 5 . Congra t u l a t iom 1 . .
ception. They square danced on
Spri ngfi e l d C o l l e ge . Led and
friend of friends, to go for a wal k , a b i k e ride o r " j u t s i t bac k a n d I ie,
Nancy have two som, J o hua, 2 5 ,
sp i t ' n w h i t t l e . " . . . We k now
d r i \' e w a y ,
Malcolm "Mac" Donaldson wa
the
a n t i c i pat ing the wedd i ng of hi::i
G randpa Henr i c ksen ,
i ns t r u c t e d b y
oc i a l work from
8 , who
and Jonathan, 2 1 .
. . J oh n
most c las mate don't feel com
till call
square dances i n the
O'Reilly wri tes from
a n Fran
fortable wri t ing about their own
h is younoer daughter ha, j ust fi n
Puconos.
ounJs I ike a new stan
c isco that he takes off i x week a
coming and going for this col
ished graduate schoo l . H is sen t i
dard for a mea n i ngful and af
year from h i s real e tate law prac
umn. On the other hand, they
ment that the end of all the bill ,
ford a b l e w e d d i ng-ab o l ll [ e l y
although not near, i
at lea::it i n
t ice to travel and ha
s ight, fe lt a l l to o c l o e to our c om mon condi t ion. Mac noted a n ew
o lder daugh ter i n N ovember, and
apprec iat ion fo r what b · cab le , no l on g e r fi n d i n g s t a b i l i t y bor
i n g 1 . . . Pam Harris Holden , a
vi i ted 5 7
i m med iately d ig i n to the c l ass
ideal t o me! . . . The news from
countrie . When home, he i, ac
news ect ion of the magazine to
Frank '64 and me i that our older daughter, Karen, i::i i n her l ast year
t i ve with Zero Population Growth and with ac t i v i t ie at the an
c las have been up to . We l l , if you
of an M . P. H . program at Colum
Franc isco bar a soc iat ion . . . . J im
don' t i t down and take a m inute
b i a U n i v e r s i t y and that o u r younger daughter, A n n e , moved
Begin ha- taken hi
urname l i ter
to jot u a note when you receive
ally and begun a new career as a
the que t ionna ire, we won't have a n y t h i n g to fi l l our a l l o t te d
tenni- teach ing pro after he re
.C., t h is ummer
read about what other from the
meet ing plan ner, reporred that
to Charleston,
she rece ived the 1 996 Meeting
after graduat i ng from the U n i ver-
P lanner of the Year award from
iry of South Caro l i na at Col u m
as a d irector of qu al ity and re-
to respond when you get the
the Kentucky Bl uegras::i Chapter
b i a . Frank and I a r e k e p t busy and
next one.
of Meeting Profe sionals I nt e rn a t iona l , an in ternational a soc ia
chal lenged with the demand - of work ( wh i c h we thoroughly en
earch and development w i t h W a rn a c o , I n c . J i m l i v e in
t io n . Pam, we are plea ed for you
j oy ) , the needs of an aging parent ,
ing t e n n i
and proud of you .
ince Randy\
watc h i ng, supporting and trying
l o c a l h igh s c h o o l ream works
death in May 1 99 5 , Pam' fam i l y
nm to give too much advice as our
a t h is apparel tradeo consul t i ng
u n i t c o n i s t s o f h e rse l f a n d
daugh ter · move
M anrico ( "R i co" ) , h e r lov i ng cat .
adult worlds and the enjoyment
b u s i nes , c a l l e d, appro p r i a t e l y enough, N ewBegin ing . . . . Jean
Her parents, now in their early
of all too l i ttle l ei ure time.
Howard Bleyle and husband John
Skip Fuc illo p l i es his residence
l i ve i n New Hamp h i re , but J ea n ,
between Wells, M a i ne , and Key
i t e e m s , is o n e to trave l .
West, F l a . , and l ists h i occupa t ion as attorney/ sailor. H e says he
into
t i red from h i, po i t ion of 3 3 year
their own
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Waterv i l l e a n d when n o t teach and coac h i n g t h e
he had
their later years. ( I th i n k we could
Corre,pondents:
a m i n i -reun ion w i th Elaine
probably start a C la s of '66 wp
Robert G racia and J udy Gerrie H e in e
D ig n a m M e y r i a l a n d D i a n a Weatherby while on a trip t o R io
port group around i::isues of dea l
be approach i ng , i n or through
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their
i n g with aging parent . We a r e i n our early 50s, so our parenrs must
and write that she hopes to du p l i
Os, and aging take i r- t ol l
wedd i n g . J o h n and h i s w i fe , Di ane, are expec t i ng a grandchild
Pam i look in g at reloc a t i ng to t he Phoenix/Scott dale area in April
c h i summer and will keep them e lves occ u p ied until then wi t h
1 997 and re t urning to N ew En
t hei r H i malayan cat. John l i ves i n
gland for the summer. A future
sou thern M ai ne and works for a
plan m ight be to establ ish her
large nat ional c a tering
mee t i ng p lanner o that he could
be l l
have more contro l over her ched
Tom Watson . Tom, who prac
u l e , a l low i ng her to come to New
t ices l aw and ha been appointed
England each su mmer.
_ . Bon nie Zimmermann Henricksen is
an over eer at Colby, l i ves wi t h
now l i v ing in Fra m i ngham, M a
with Karin, 6 , Katrin, 9 , Kyle, 1 1 ,
Tom and K aren h av e four c h i l dren between them-Katherine,
Kare, 1 4 , Chri t i a n , 1 7 ( Craig,
2 6 , W i l l y , 2 4, Bon n ie, 2 1 , and
20, i a j u n ior at WPI i n Worce -
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J u ne . . . . Roland Connors and
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o n them and their ca retakers . )
own business and freelance as a
c a t e t h e e v e nt
Be t wishes ro John Coop
also sounded recently for
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Greetings, a l l ! Hope you had a wonderful summer.
regained his faith off hore a i l ing on the chooner Liberty and i involved with Capt. Ted A l lison i n the 1997 W h i tbread Ra e . He attended a reu nion f the 1 966 national champ ionsh ip hockey team and ad m i re the atti tude of
started off i n the m i n ing business, but they changed careers to teach
T r a v i R o y , the i n j u re d BU hockey player. H is comment on
i ng about 1 0 years ago. Roland
the O.J .
teaches math and coaches cross
i n L . A . " . . . Steve Ford moved to Chatham, N .J . , i n August after
Denver; Dorothy, a graduate of UTEP, teaches sc ience at Eagle
i m p on tria l : "no j u t ice
l iv ing in Pennsylvania ince law schoo l . N atura l ly the move was
choo l . They
viewed by the e n t i re fam i l y with
l ive in a rural part of the � oth i l ls
m i xed emotion . W i th the a cq u i -
w i t h "two Afghan hounds, two
i t ion o f Scott Paper by K i m ber ly-Clark, all cott lawyers were
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h is wife of 14 years, Dorothy, are
iamese cats, m i sce l l a neous fish,
his wi fe, K aren, in W i l to n , C nn.
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l i v i ng i n Golden, Colo. Both
country at West H igh School i n
ervice,
. Wedd i n g
space ! Please take a few m in u te
and rec u perat i n g
econd
"down ized," so now
teve works
grade pets, projects and science
i n N . Y.C. a
·enior VP, general
experiments." I n the su mmer,
coun e l and corporation ecretary
Roland i s in charge of tra i l main-
of Coty, I nc . , the world'- lead i ng
·eller of fragrance, ,old rhmugh mass merchand 1singchanneb. He say· their olde�t dau!!hter \ nnn' ) are in
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in eighth and fifth grdde: and the i r younge·r daughter in third grade. . . . Californian Richard Foster and h i
wife, Gabriele. adL1rred
their econd child, J u lia, on J une 2 , the da · he wa· born. As with their on, Alex, 2 - 1/2, 1t wa, an open adopnon in which they erew quite attached to the bi rth rar ent . As for ha\·ing � rn·o kids in
diaper:· not long be fore L)Ur ' 0th
reunion, Richard thinks all th0se unencumb ered ·ears c ha rged their battene·, ·ince th er ha\·e no diffi u l ty handl i n o things and IO\·e every m inute ofstarting their family. Profe · ionally, he 1 · direc
tor of po tdoccor:al training for p ycholooi·r- i n an outpatient department, ·o he's spent ·ome ·ear· in the final rages of "rais ing" people-now he ·ays he',;
teemed teacher an,l fnend E i leen Curran. \\' 1 rh f\I\) children tn CL1llege, G u , d,1e,n'r d,, much cnn·el i n!! hut h,b managed t<) climb :-.. Ir. \\ "aohmecon four rune.
in ,1 1 3 -nwnrh rem)d. . . . Gary Austin 1s a pnnc iral engineer f,)r an .-\nnar0li:,. >- I ll . , firm and
rreqJent of a m1nrrof1r corr,1ra t 1on char ,,ffer. train mg tn \\'llL'den � boar resrorarion ,k i ll:: and L)rror rn n i c i es fo r s a i l i n g h i < rn r i c wo,)den h1ars in the Che;areake Bar area. Gan··,
on . .-\arnn,
graduated fwm c he l'\a\·al .-\cad em · earlier this year. . . . Don
Cooper L1f Oxford . . ' .Y . , b a sec
Lmdan· E r nd i s h r e a c h e r a n d � coach. H i s \\ ife . .:: a ndra, 1, a hieh
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school r n n c 1 ra l . Their - o s . Colby \ n ice n,1me) a n d Kde. are
·rudents and athlete. at Bucknell. Jane Chandler Carne · re rorrs frnm Arl m g r on . \ · a . , char -he mer ur w1rh Su an Thomp
My hu band and I
son anJ Lee \\'oodman an-wer ing phones at olh· mghr during a rul: lie telens1on fund raiser. Be
visited Gem1any last ·prino to rend a week with our daughter Karen,
tween calls she shared news and go··1r oh1ur _ ) rh reunion and gor
who was rud ·ino in T ubingen sec
.:: u -an and Lee rhmk ing about nur .3l. th . J ane wonder>, as dl1 I. if
"ju·t doing i t from the mher end a· wel l . "
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ond ·eme·rer and tr:aYeling in Eu rore as much as po 1ble. he'. now
a enior at Bowdoin. Our older dauohter, Chri · r ine, graduated from Boston Colleoe Law chool m
lay, rook the Massachu em bar exam in J uly and wa awaiting the
ccries of our reunion c la s. rhmo g r a r h are a1· a i l a b l e . .-\ n r one � . . .
ore: For rho-e l1f you who fi l l our n1ur quesrionnaire by hand, please try w wrne clearly
resul . . . . Please continue to send
when you are referring w rrorer names and place-, etc. I Lfon 'r
me •our new. for future columns.
want to insult ·myone bY genmg
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rer:onal mfom1arinn wrnng. Re
111anks.
Corre pondem:
rrett\" :imilar when \ITL[[en in ha-re. I hould have been an En Ii ·h reacher dri\·ing another
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member, \'ail and Jail, as m "I -rent the 11·inrer m . . . " can look
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generanon cra: y d i agramm ing ·emences. lnsreaJ I cho:e clinical
rual in Bo-con, Ma--., lh·e in L in c o l n , Ma . , w i t h h i - w i fe ,
cra:y b · managed care companies
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B rov ne, a senior
consul ram a r Liberry
Lorraine, and ha c h i ldren ar kidmore and a· ar. He report that he tay in couch with c la-- mare Moses ii erman and e�-
oc tal \\'ork. only tL) he dri\·en . . bur that i- another story . ) Be well and in touch and enjo · your holiday·, whate\·er they are and holl'ever ·nu celebrate them.
Where Do You Live? We're lookina for alumni who are l i ina outside the U . S . ! E en if ou u e a U .
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I t' t i me to s i t at the old k e y board a n d tell the world what you guys have ro ld me. Gett i ng mail ( both e and po ta! ) from various parts of the world is fun. Please make sure you keep sending ome i n or e l e you'll have to read my ramblings. Tom Whidden a i led i n hi ixth America' Cup in May of '9 5 . The bad news i that New Zealand won the cup, but Tom a ure u that the U . S . w i l l win the cup back in the year 2000. We'll hold you to it, Tom ! The good new for Tom i that both the U.S. and New Zealand used sails made by Tom' company, North Sail . The l ist of companies under the North Sail umbre l la would take up the ent i re column. Tom, gi"e me a c a l l , I 'd love to hand le your ad verti s i ng . . . . Pam Dyer Turton c hecked in from W i l l iam town , Mass . , where he i as istant to the chair at the cen ter for de,•el opment economic at W i l l iams College. Pam and her physician husband have two sons. J effrey '95 i tarti ng hi own theater company in Denver; younger on Brian a t tend S t . Lawrence U n i versity . . . . A n old fratern i ty brother ( yes, there are sti II some ofu around ! ) , J im Coleman, ent word that he i a board member of The N ew England Art ists Trust and coord i nated Arti-t Congres I l l , a New England-wide gather ing of artist that was held in Portland, M a i ne, in J une. J i m operate- Film by H uey in Port land, and h i most recent fi lm,
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Honest Vision: A Portrait of Todd Webb, chron i c l i ng the career of 9 1 -year-old photographer Todd Webb, premiered at the Portland M u eum of Art in April. . . . Nor ma Rivero de Biermeyer checked in from Carac as, Vene : u e l a , where he teache English t o French-speaking, German- peak i ng and pani h - peak i ng tu dent of all a g e s . N or m a is preparing to become a fu l l - ti me t e a c h e r in an i n t e r n a t i o n a l American h igh chool in Caracas. Her 1 7 -year-old daughter wa written up in Venezuelan news paper for her part ic ipation in a ucces ful expe d i t ion to c l imb high rnlcanoe in Ecuador. . . Ilan Hadani wrote to let the c lass know that he's moved to Lon don, where he w i l l erve as the representat ive of the Israel Dis count Bank group, which repreent both Israel Di count Bank Ltd. and Israel Discount Bank of New York. I lan's daughter is a senior at Colby c h i year . . . . By the time you read this, two note worthy event will have occurred for Laura ( St ruckhoff) and me. Our oldest on, Aaron, graduated from Randolph-Macon Col lege in J une ( way to go, Aaron 1 ) , and we celebrated our 2 5 th wedd ing anniver ary ( way to go, Laura ! ) . . . To make this column work, l do need to hear from you , o please write or e-mail. ( I 'd like to compile an e-ma i l clirectoryfor theclas .) I'll look forward to hearing from you. Stu Rothenberg, phone home! +
Correspondent: J ames Hawkins
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The 2 5 th reun ion has a l ready c o m e a n d gone. l wa parti c u larly struck with the feel i ng of a common thread dep i t e the w id e p e c t ru m of l ifestyles. Sue Sammis Spiess should be thanked for her un usual kill and energy in organiz-
i ng our cla s parti c ipation . . . . The reunion com m i t tee decided that if I had time to b u i ld tone walls then I haJ t ime to be the c las corre pendent. I will tell you if I get either e-mail or fax, but for now please mail me as much as you can about what you are doing. Nancy Hammar Au tin worked hard for the la t five year to eek out information and hare her ense of humor. I hope to continue with the same enthu siasm . . . . Mary Wright i enjoy i n g her two g r a n d c h i l d r e n , Abiga i l and Zachariah. he is a partner in an i n ternational trade firm, is eager to retire and has just bought her fifth house . . . . Bill W i l l ia mson is active on the chool board in Cu mberland , Maine, and is VP of corporate bank ing for Fleet Bank in Port land . . . . Bill Simons gave a lec ture, "Jews, Baseba l l and the A merican Dream," to Colby' H il l e l organization in the pring. . . . Darrah Wagner write that he is a soc ial worker and d irector of a day treatment center in pringfield, Ma . . . . It wa fun see ing everyone at the reun ion. + Plea e keep in touch !
Correspondent: Janet Holm Gerber
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Planning is wel l under way: J une 5 -8 , 1 99 7 , are the dates for our 2 5 th reunion. Your feedback from the question naire i being compi led, planning meetings are set, lost cla mates are being ought, and we're all looking forward to being together. And please be sure to end in your biographical page for our 2 5 th re union book. Everyone's participa t ion will make the book a very special part of our reunion. Mark the date . . . . Bob and C h ri Hanley Pike wrote char they l ive in Haverh i l l , Ma ., where Bob teache at Haverh ill H igh and has
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been head football coach for 1 0 year·. Chris ha · been a -,pec ial education teacher for 23 years m Es ex, Mass., "where the fried c lam was im·ented. " Their daughter, Monica, i · at Vanderbilt U n i verity, and their son, Rob, who re cently contracted and urvived bacterial meningiti , 1· a footba l l player at Haverhill H igh . . . . Like the Pikes, Maryanna Buck Abren ha taught for year· and years-22 year· as a fourth grade teacher. he and her husband, Peter, [i,·e in M iddleboro, Mas·., and have J U ·t sent their older on, Peter, off to Rensselaer. . . . Pam Rudolf Barrio Jaffke ha both remarried and opened her own interior de sign busines·. he started Innova ti,·e Interior De ign after earn mg profe ional designation i n inte rior and endronmental de ·ign from UCLA . . . . Recently trans planted from the Bo ton suburb, to Vergenne , V t . , Dern and Stephanie Kuehn Barton are "en joying the country l i fe and the skiing." tephanie is an attorney for Ch ittenden Bank in Burling ton . . . . When she attended our 20th re u n ion in J u n e 1 99 2 , Andrine S mith was preparing to take the Cal ifornia bar exam the following month. he pas·ed that exam and wa · made an a· ociate ar the busine s and con trucnon law firm i n an Franci co where he had been a paralegal for al most 10 year . A year and a half ago he wa made a partner. . . . Mev Verrengia Parsons works with attorneys as owner/director of the Denver Bar A- ociation Placement ervice. he and her hu band, Bill, have two daugh ter -Amy, in N .Y.C., working for an ad agency, and Katie, a enior at the Univer i ty of Puget ound . . . . R a n d y S t r i c k l a n d " tarted a n e w c o n truc t ion bu i ne s and forgot w h a t a b e d i ! " He and Jandy al o moved to a new hou e on a lake in W i l liam-burg, Va., where he took up "the fine art of ba fi hing and kayak paddling." . . . Keep writ ing and make your plans for our 2 5 th + next J une !
ton . he and husband Denni-, Lmder ( also an attorne · ) han� three children . . . . Carole Larose Marazzi ll"orks as d i rector nf the Ii brary/med ia center at Seton Hall Prep � c hool, \\'here it i her task to modern1:e and computeri:e the library. he keep bu,\' at home caring for her daughter, Lauren. . . . C hristina Holt t e i n k e is an R . . and e l e m e n t a ry , c hool health teacher. Her blended fam ily inc ludes four chi ldren and t\\'O grandc h i l d re n . . . . Geoff Legg work at Analogic Corporat ion and is working on the \\'orld's first portable CAT scanner. He and J anet ( S hea ) have a daughter, Cathy, and a son, Charles, who ,, a ,en ior at Colby thi, year. Geoff reports that h is on ha, been joi ned at Colby by Chri topher layaka, son of Bill Mayaka. J ames Perloff is an R. and 1 1 \·es m Arl i ngton, Ma s . , with hi· wife, We1: Hs111 Chau, and their son, Dm·id. . . . Alan Pol ackwich is an a t torney for work and a race car driver for fun-a helby Can A m . He and Deborah ( Morre l l ' 7 5 ) ha,·e t\\'O c h i ldren and l i\'e i n Vero Beach, Fla . . Jack Fine i. an attorney and teache a trial prac t ice c l ass at the U ni\'er i ty of Florida College of Law. He and Cherie have tll'O c h ildren who enjoy playing v io l i n and cello . . . . Martha Wet more Scott i an artist and art instru c to r at Fi her Colleoe in Bo ton. he, Howard, and dauoh ter H a l l ie Rose do a home ex c hange e,·ery ummer for three week , swapping hou e , per· , car and friend w i th a different fam i ly each year. They ha\'e been to London, cotland and France and were plannin a candina,· ian exchange last ummer. . . . J anet Stafford Wood i mo" mo east ro A l lentown, Pa. he and J on and their three c h ildren have bought two acres of an apple orchard and will build a "brick home that the b ig, bad wolf w i l l never blow down." . . . Gary Lawless is a poet and co-owner of Gulf of Maine Book in Brun wick. H e erved a writing coach to home le people who put together a book of po etry c a l led Words from the Curbs
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new j ob a national v ice pre i d e n t o f government programs for Aetna Health Plan . he i work-
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m g hard to keep u p "·i th the tremendou� uphea,·al 11·1thm the heal th care commun i ty. he and hu,hand Tom han'. thn:c chil dren and I l\·e on the ll'Jterfronr in tamford, Conn . . . . Debbie M a e l - M a n d i n o IO\·e.., her i oh teaching Engl bh and p'ycholL1g) at Nell'bury ol legc. _ he also lm·es being a mother to daughter M ichelle, a PTO Cl)-cha 1 r and a Broll'nie leader. Debbie -,end, news ni Carol C h a l k e r Mc Dowell, Chris Mattern Way and
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h,in• four d,1 ugh tcr': t\\'111, Cath erine and l\ l ary E l len, 5 , R 1 r ,1. 3 . anLI Anne /\ ! ,me, 6 month,. Bill wnrc,, " I nnw han: a h,1u,c l u l l nf \\ Omen , ll"hll:h ' ' a [ , mg 11<1\ from my dav, at Cnlh- Ill the KDR fr.irern 1t1 ." . . . Myron " Henry" Barry <lncl D1;111c H.ill recently mo,·ed fn im Pcn n ,r h·a n 1 .1 [() Mliunt Z1Lin, I l l . , where he '' a genlog1cal engmeer. The\ h,i\'t: three chi ldren. Chmrnphcr ,mJ J ohanna, 2 1 , and Zachar\ , 1 1 . Their hou,ehuld a [,n mc ludc, a H 1m,1laynn/Per,1an cat, Duche,�. named both for her ;1r t 1 rude and appearance . . . . I n AueL1't 1 996. Bruce Carmichael and h1' w i fe, J e n n i fer, 111L)\"cd to Denmark , II' here Bruce ll'ill b e a>'>1'tant chief of >tafffor rlam and intell igence at ATO Headquarter' m Karur. Bruce\ Air Force expencnces i nc lude fl\·e \·ears m Ha\\'a 1 1 , er ,· ice m � aud1 Arabia 1nrh Orera t10n: Desert h1eld and torm, command ing the 99th Recon nai sance Squadron 111 Cal1for111a and a tour in the Pentagon . He i noll' a colonel a n d 1 � look i ng forward to l i\· i ng in Europe. He and Jennifer are bu-y \\ i th two children . Gaun, 4, and Erm, 2 - 1 /2 . Thank· for the nell'S\' note, Bru c e ' . . J i m A rn o l d a n d Roberta W iener are writers/farm ers in Lexinoron, \ a. They ra1 e guard burros to protect sheer and goats from canme "in an em·i ronmenrally friendly \\'ay." TheLr farm, Burro ration, boast fi\'e goats, fiye donke ·s, two hor es, two dogs and one tractor. La t year aw the publ icat ion of J 1m ' tenth book a n d Roberta's first. . . . W i l l iam aml Carolyn Dusty Leef ( Bud and a l l i e ) ha,·e bu y l ive in an Dieoo. BLnh te·t com puter software for defen·e con tractor and are leader· for their kid' _ cour troop . A l l four c h i l dren-J im, l , Erich, 1 4 , C h r i t ina, 9, and M arthe\\', 6-are ac t h·e in c o u t · a n d ports. . . . J ea n W a h l s t rom ays her ne\\' i "old but what the heck." he re located to Maine from M ich igan and became the m m is ter of the Allen Avenue U n itar ian-Uni,·er a l i · t C hurch ( known affe c t ionately tO those of u · who rehearse there 11·1th the Choral Art ociety a " A 2 - U 2 " ) in Port land i n 1 99 5 . Maybe l ' l l run i nto you , J ean, at the church ome time when m y k i d ' chedule al-
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Carol is a school psycholog1�t and has daughter at Bryn Ma11T and the Uni\'ersity of Florida. Chri hao three boy , and all of them ( mom inc luded ) enioy play mg occer. Chris offic iates at game, and coache a boys' ·occer team. J ackie ha been granted tenure at Dutche-, Comm u n ity Col lege and plays tournamenr tenni . orm and Pat Flanagan Ols e n , who ha,·e tra\'eled extens i1·ely with the U . f)reign en·ice, have tran ferred from I rael to Gene,·a, w it:erland. Their son Matthew is a student at Colbr. . Keep tho e letter· comino. • Correspondent: Shelley Bieringer Rau
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G reetings! You w i l l read thi on a chilly O\'em ber day, but a I write, it's a beau t i ful non-humid 0-degree day, m idsummer in Maine . . . . A lan ' 7 1 and Kathe Misch Tuttman are attorney in Ando\'er, Mas . , where Kathe i Es·ex County asi · tant d i trier attorney. Daugh ter Je- ica, 1 7 , i a regional offi� er for N o n h e a · r Fede r a t i o n of Temple Youth and performed at Di ney World last year with a a lem, . H . - ba ·ed dance tudio. Andrea, 1 4 , a t t e n d Ph i l l i p Academy . . . . Jeff Barske and h i wife, Wendy, are in Thomp·on, Conn. Jeff i a VP 11·ith Bank of Bo ton in Worce ter, Ma ., and Wendy i an arti t . Daughter Carrie is learning to drive and looking a t college- in warmer c l ime while Lindsay i a" traight A'- forever" tudent, f!uti ·r and dancer. Jeff complain about la t w i nter but enjoyed trips to t . J o h n a n d Hawa i i . . . . B i l l Calla h a n and h i wife, J ane, are in Bridgewater, M a s . They now
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the school year. . . . Robert
daughter, Adrienne,
Si lverman left the N avy in l 980
La t i n ( her choice 1 ) last sum mer
to pu rsue private pra c t ice i n op
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Nan Weidman Anderson
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music, sa i l i ng and friends. ( One
c ri m ina l defense a t torney who i
took l a s t w i nter as a
ests in a j o i n t career as psych ia
hopes that her hu band, Wayne,
"very n i c e or I never would have
grader.
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trist a n d pai nter. L isa's husband,
was a deca thlete i n
married h i m " and c h i l d ren N oah,
and w i l l be e l igible for hi gh chool
J esse, is a computer progra mmer,
I i fe. ) The i r four c h i ldren i n c l ude
c redit for the course.
so the door is wide open for their
V e d ra n a ,
Claudia Kraehling sent a n i c e
Y o u t h s u m mer p rogra m . She
n o t e from M inneapol is, where 'he
q u a l i fied for the program by scor
9, and Rac h e l , I 0. Noah enjoy
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Lisa Turtz Birnbaum
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cout troop . ( Whew ! )
Her p a sions are arts, sw i m m i ng,
ome past
1 8 , the i r adopted
ven t r i l oqu i s m , masks and pup
spem e ight hours a day doing
tW\) c h i ldren, Zoe and Ro�e.
pets; Rachel p l ays the piano and
La t i n , still found t i me to have fun
Jeffrey Frankel report� a recen t
and make friend." and wan ts to go b a c k n e x t s u m m e r . A u b u rn
career m o v e , a wife, Lyd i a , w h o i
H a m i l to n , M a s . , Katy Seabrook Bruna ult teaches ballet and cre
an M . D . , and two c h i ldren, Der
at i ve movement to more than
mentary educat ion l icense and
M iddle
rick,
master's degree and hopes to be
a w fu l l y d u l l b y c o m p a r i s o n .
C l a u d i a ' s v i o l i n . C l a u d i a has ret urned to
chool for her ele
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s a Colby student, na t i o n a l l y rec ogn i z e J d o c u m e n t a r y fi l m m a k e r J ames " H uey" Coleman ' 7 0 produced a modest eight m i l l i meter p iece w i th the Art Department's Abbott Meader, but when he gradu ated he wanted to be a pho tographer because, he said, "It seemed easier than fi lm making." Co leman studied J ames " H uey" Coleman '70 the h is to ry of A m e r i c a n camera craft, knew how to work i n a darkroom and "knew a lot about photography." That experience 25 years ago was good background for the most recent of h is more than 30 fi l m , Honest Vision: A Porcrait ofTod.d Webb, a docu mentary chronic l i ng Webb's 50year career as an artist with a camera. Webb, a resident of Bath, Maine, since 1 9 7 8 , earned a reputat ion for h i black and-wh i te photographs of Paris and New York in the 1 940s and ' 50 and of the A merican West when he retraced the gold rush tra i ls by foot, b icycle and motor scooter between 1 9 5 5 and 1 96 5 . Webb' goal-simply to photograph what moved h im-is u nderscored and m i rrored by the fi lm, which con vey the drama and i ntegrity of Webb's photos and h is friendships w i th other artists, among them A lfred St iegl i tz and Georg i a O'Keeffe. Five year in the mak i ng, Honest Vision portrays a man who, at 9 1 , rema i ns wry, warm and engaging. F i l ms by Huey, which is al o the name of Coleman's Portland, M a i ne-ba ed business, have been sh wn at univer s it ies and col leges across the country, includ i ng Colby, and have won prizes at the Ann Arbor F i l m Festival, A merican Film Fe r i val and the National Educational Film and V ideo
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Fe rival. Honest Vision recei ved a S i l ver Plaque award from the Chicago I n ternat ional F i l m Festival. But like many independent fi lmmakers, Coleman spend a lot of time look ing for funding. He ays that to be fair to h is wife, J udy Wentzell, and younge t daughter Sarah, 1 5 , and I rene, 1 1 , he wants to "get the fi l ms to pay for themselve ," and in the future he may look at commerc ial investor i nstead of non profit fund i ng. In the meant i me he's d i tributing Honest Vision to v ideo and TV market nationally, doing as many c reen i ngs as possible and entering fi lm festivals to get in the mix of th i ngs. Still ac t i ve in the art ist- i n-residence program in Maine schools, Coleman has made 1 0- to 20-day stays in as many as 1 5 chools a year, helping hundreds of k ids make movies. He's the d i rector of the Maine Student Film and V ideo Festival, and the documentary Best of Fifteen Years, made under h is d i rect ion by and for young peop le, was broadcast on Maine Public Te levision two years ago. "Film i a collaborative art form," Coleman said, looking forward to his fir t Colby Jan Plan thi winter. Instead of 1 2 people mak i ng 1 2 videos, he'l l conduct a group collaboration. "One person may be better at cript , another at editing, but each is introduced to all the parts, the process of how i t goe together. They need to learn how to work together. They'll end up with a ten- to fifteen-minute fi lm," a id Coleman, who ha given workshops on independent fi lmmak i ng and d cu mentary production from Machias to San Franci co. "Now I feel I can make any fi lm I want to. You get a certa in confidence in your own ab i l ity," he a id , thi nking about tac k l i ng the wedd i ng music of the izable CamboJian popu lat ion i n Portland or perhap another portra i t of an arti t . H i confidence, h e said, "comes from Honest Vision and work i ng w i th Todd Webb-he did what he wanted to do. I want to do bigger fi lms."
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she opened four years ago. Her husband, Charle. , is also a dancer but no doubt heirs Katy's busi ne with h i experti e in thearri cal l igh t i n g . D a u g h t e r F i o n a M acQuarrie's interests i n c l ude drama, dance and w i m m ing . . . [ loved the occ upation of Paul Coleman's wife, Mary: "amateur golfer." Paul i c u tting back on h is hours in denti t' garb ro keep up with his wife---or keep down with h is handicap. Kid Paul I l l and J oey, eal ubber both , re cen t l y took up urfing . . . . Byrd Allen trekked to the Marc h Mad nes of the M idwestern NCAA basketball tournament in M i l wauk e. He squee:ed in atten dance at a broadcast of Whad' Ya Know w i t h M ichael Feldman. omehow Byrd ended up as gue t announcer, readi ng the qual ifi cations for the "Whad 'Ya Know" quiz . . . . This i sue's award goe to Anita Baldwin for her i n i m i table, understated hone ty. Both h e and her h u sba n d , R i c k McAu lay, I i t their occupat ions as "not employed," and A n i ta adds: "On the edge of decrepi tude, we had a baby, Thoma , 4/ 2 1 /9 5 ." A n i ta, maybe now i the time to write the great American novel ( if you haven't alread y ) . W e a l l remember y o u r remark able d i cipl ine of keeping a daily journal while we were out play ing mumbletypeg . . . . A lso ign ing i n from the Gold Coast (California) i Will Tuttle, Ph .D. After p lunging into a l ife of medi tation following h i Colb year and l iving in Korea a a Zen monk , W i l l returned to the b a y a r e a r o earn h i degree in phi lo o p h y o f education from Berkeley and ro teach there for five year . ince 1 990 he's mainly been a m u i c i a n , work i n g w i th h i wife, Madeleine, who i also a wiss vi ionary artist. Will now has re corded three CD album of h is original olo p iano mu i c . "My pa ion, awakened at Colby," h e write , " i t i l l the ame-ro ac tually live before dying!" . . . Ogla Silva Bryan and husband Barry are both c h i ropractor in Puerto R ico. Their daughter, K u t asha, i an asri ri ng c e l l i t who recently won the Governor' cholarship to the l n terlochen M us i c Camp, where Kuta ha met YoYo Ma. Ogla enjoyed the book H o w w
Win an Argument Every Time. " I t h a s noth i ng to do with argu ment and everything to do with be coming more h u man ," he say , and recommend it a a great tool frn everyday living . . . . Maralyn Moore i a market i ng consu ltant, and her h usband, John Quick, is a management con u l tant. They live in Denver on the 3 0t h floor of a h igh-rise apartment. . . . A lso in D e n v e r i F l o G u to w s k i Harlor, w h o i managing ac counts for Advanced ystems Group w h i le her h usband, Dave, i CFO for Truck load Manage ment, I nc . Four c h i ldren in the 5 to 1 1 range keep them rac ing from occer ro baseball to r-ball to baller ro birthday parrie . Flo planned a trip last ummer to M innesota, where she was to drop in on Binkie Cammack Closmore and fam ily . . . . J anet Hansen is an arc h i tect for MRT Inc. and soon wi l l be one of 1 1 owners. MRT is to de ign half of 30m i l l ion worth of construct ion p roj e c t in New H a m p h i r e , Rhode Island and New J ersey, foc using on the field of advanced technology. J anet and h u band Bruce Dro u i n ' 7 4 have three c h ildren . . . . Hong Won Chung's son , Jeff, was accepted ro the Colby Cla s of 2000 as an early dec ision candidate. Hong and h is wife, H wang, now have a great excuse to get up the coast from N e w Jersey . . . . In the last year, N a n c y Heiser published four short srorie in s m a l l l i terary maga:ine . he also ha worked part time in Bowdoin's admis ions office. Jeff Cohen ' 7 4 , Nancy's husband, is an attorney, and their rwo ons are the keeper of Shep, + the Shetland sheep dog.
Corre pondent: Valerie Jones Roy
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As I begin m y stint as c las ecrerary, I would l ike to give a hearty thank-you to Noel Barry Stella for all of her tirele s work a cla s secretary for the last five years. Her column were always informative; if l can do t h is job half as well a Noel d id, l w i l l be l ucky . . . . Our 20th re un ion in J une was a tremendou ucce , w ith nearly O cla mate ( p l u variou combinat ions of
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pou e/partner/friend/ch i ld/c h i l dren, etc . ) in attendance. All t h e weekend acri vitie were a l o t o f fun, everyone looked great. a n d it was wonderful to catch up, e pe cially with cla mate who haJ not been back to Colby in 20 years. P lan are already underway forour 2 5th reunion in 200 1 . Mark your calendars now . . . . It has heen everal years since we heard from Janet Gorman. She run her own business and r i l l work on ' riting a historical fiction trilogy wh i le k e e p i n g bu y w i t h d a u g h t e r Courtney, 1 1 . . . . Craig S p e ncer , a b i ology p rofe sor ar S o u t h Dakota's Augustana College since 1 99 1 , lives with wife uzy and daughter El izabeth, arah and Loui e . They recently built a log cabin, sans power, television or telephone, in northwe r Montana and will spend ummer there. . . Joth and Karen Brown Davis love liv ing in Wa hington, but they miss New England and try ro return to Maine every um mer to vi i t J oth' family. J oth works as a consultant in aquacu l ture while Karen work as a mediator spe c ializing in fam ily case and pe c ial ed.; together they run an oyster and c lam farm on Hood Canal. Karen reported that chi ldren J us tin, 1 1 , Hannah, 9, and Caleb, 6, ski, ail, play occerand basebal l and attend school and participate on sports teams w i th D a n n y Mallove' c hildren. Danny and fam i l y recently moved to Bain bridge I land . . . . Mike Harper and wife Mary Jo Bastron ' 7 5 , as well a c h ildren N ichola , 1 3 , a rah, 1 1 , and Caitlin, 5, continue to enjoy life in M inne ota. M ike coaches hockey, spend his free time exploring trout treams in southeastern M innesota and the Roc k ies and rec e n t l y was ap pointed director of both the neu rology re idency t raining and the elec tromyography program at the Mayo Clinic . . . . Becca Guild wrote t h a t h e and hu b a n d Kevin Jenness h a v e two k i d , Charle , 5, and Louisa, 3, and a new parakeet. Thi pa t winter they pent three glorious weeks in Germany and w i tzerland . . . . Andy Gleeman live in Fairfield, Conn., with h i wife, Beth, Drew, 5, and Emma, 2; he often travel to Spain, ingapore , J apan, orth Korea, Mexico and other coun-
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r r i e to promote c ook i e for Peppertdge Farm, where he work a international marketing mana ger . . . . Marty Hubbe 1� a 'en1,1r re earch ·c 1ent ist in the rarer 111du try; wife L1: Barrerr ' 0 wnrk as a teacher' as istant. !arry re ported that <,on Al len , 9, take karate while daughter Ger i h n, 7 , 1 mto gymna�t1cs, anJ the entire fam ily plays the piano . . . . Keep those completed que r 1onna1re� comi ng. I would love to share + your new !
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I promised our c l ass presi den t, S teve Roy. that l would ment ion our 20th reunion, coming next J u n e 5- . l hope ro see a l l you ' 7 7er there. �et a ide a fewdays and get away! . . . Ch ris McKeown Burry i s d iv bion c h 1ef for the futures d i v i ion at the Defen-e I n t e l l igence Agency. Chris and her hu band, Bill, sailed to Cape May, N .j . , via Chesa peake Bay. Chris keep · in touch with teve Parks '76. once a h i k i n g buddy o f mine, a n d say· Su san Woods topped in to say h i on a busine t r i p ro D.C. . . . Jon athan D. Fenton ha been reach ing fourth grade in Thetford, V t . , forthreeyear . Corinne, Jonathan M ichael, Charley rhe golden re triever and cat Pumpk in and Halloween were expect ing a baby to join their fam i ly u n i t on Octo ber 2 7 ! . . . Joanne Karlin Giudicelli, pre ident o f an ex ecutive raffing firm in Redwood C i ty , Calif . , t i l l play comreri t ive adult occer three to five games a week ( after work ) . he add , "J u t got my first motor cycle-Honda hadow 600." . John M. Glynn 11 i pre 1dent of APOLLO Technical Sale , I n c . , a firm h e starred o u r ofh is home an example of the growing home office l ifestyle. H is fam i ly i M a ry Ann, J ohn 1 1 1 and Rachel . . . . On tour with their Anne Frank and Me, J eff Gottesfeld and Cherie Benne t t will play the T ru t u Theatre in Columbia, S.C., the Performing A rt Com pany in Lo Gato , Cal if., the Children' Theatre in Lexington, Ky., and rhe American Jewi h Theatre i n N . Y . C. . . . Tom
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Perer. . . . Ehrhardt G roothoff
Ruth-Marie Griswold Fincher ' 7 2 , vi c e dean for academic affa irs a t the Medical College ofGeorgi<i chool of Medicine, was one of three teachers i n the Un i ted St at es and Canada tO rece i ve the 1 9 96 A l pha Omega A lpha D i s t i ngu ished Teaching Award recogn izing med ic a l ed u c a t ion by gifted teacher-. . . . M a ine-ba ·ed ma Linda Frechette 7 9 rine bi ologist Lee Doggett ' 7 0 w a s honored b y r h e Environ mental Protection Agency for "demonstrated com m i tment and ignificanr contribu ti on to the env ironment . " . . . Brookl i ne , Ma·s., dent ist Matthew Zweig '72 was honored hy rhe Goldman chool of Den ta l M ed i c i ne ar Boston U n i ver ity for hi contribut ion a a found i ng partner of the u n i ve rsi t y's Appl ied Profe · ional Experience Program and for hi excel lence as a teacher and menror to BU's dental students . . . . Arthur Levering ' 7 6 received the 1 996-97 Rome Pri:e fo r m usical composi t ion from rhe A merican Academy i n Rome . . . . Gerry Boyle '78 has publi-hed hi t h i rd mystery nove l , Lifeline ( G . P. Putnam & on ) . . . . Sarah Pollard Cowan '78 wa promoted to vi ce president a r rhe N a t i on<il Bank of M i dd lebury in Vermont . . . . Linda Frechette ' 7 9 served a a volu nteer " i nformation officer" ar the 1 996 u mmer Olympic G a mes, h e l p ing the nar i on a l and i n ternational media.
uf Puhlic H e a l r h \ paramedic d i a n Franci,co. H e say, ,
"Accepred w ,emmary. Hope rn 'rar r
in fa l l . " H h p a r r n e r i s
Grace . . . . Jeff Bernard ·7 d i rec t> markermg ar Bunyan -y:irem:i. Jeff and J aner have a :,on , A ndrew, ll'ho i nn\\' pa-,r 5. They J U >t came bac k from a ,·acar il 111 in M a u i .
T o m G rossman and h 1 , w i fe, parenr , nf A r i e l and M icah , are p<Hrner.., ar G ro
man and Gro >
man. Friend:i can e - m a i l him ar a t r o rn e y@gru :> m a n la w. cn m or "come vt:iir me on the Wch 1 " This i > i u sr a > l ice o ( where w e a l l a r e <tr-nor d 1 e r i ng on a large p l a n e r . ( R e member Diel
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G reee r ing:, from W<i�h i ngwn 1 Lr\ hard to be
l i eve rh<tt by rhe rime you read thi, nexr Pre:i iden r . From this vantage
l
uppo e much
was on hold while we de ecrateJ the Olympic · p iri t for a few weeks. But rhe medal count is over. . . .
wesr la:,t year a n d hoped t o a\'oi<l
Md . ) .
Trying to ger back to ome older
the horde
last J u l y [ ' 9 5 ] , the sanctuary was a
mail rhat there wasn ' t room for
year . . . . Donna Dee Genzlinger
la · r time around, l r a n across a
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Congratu l ati ons to Kyle
H a r ro w and h u b a n d
Rich Kanrnr, whose first c h i ld wa expected in Septemher. Kyle will he tak mg a le<ive of absence from her Ph . D .
tud ies in exer
c i se and behav iora l sc ience at the U n i ver i ty of Toronro . . . .
Bob Dorval i sy terns engineer
for A l i re ! I nform ation
ervices,
Inc. Boh recently parti c i pated i n th e 1 2 th A nnu al Bison Open G ol f Tou rne y at C a pe Cod , w h i c h d r e w a ho,t offellow "Choppers," i n c l u d i ng Steve Celata and Chris
Webber. Bob and wife Wendy have three g i rl , Morgan, 9, Paige, 6, and Brooke, 18 month .
Yoichi Hosoi w r i tes from Tokyo t h a t h e , w i fe F l or e n c i a ,
on
Kei uke, 1 1 , and daughter Erika, 7 , recently returned from a trip to Hong Kong, where the k ids par t i c i p ted i n
a
swim meet ( rheir
� u n M i c ro y r e m · c o m p a n y .
Births: A daughter, Bridget El izabeth Ashton, to Peter A hton ' 7 6 and Mary A n n Bue cher. . . . A on, Benj a m i n Christian, to Edward and Deborah Buccina Rogers ' 7 7 .
point, e l e c r ion year '96 ha yet to
Corre pondent:
Robert Kinney
team won ) . Y o i c h i i genera l manager for un Exp re s-J a pan, a
MILEPOSTS
column we w i l l h<i,·e chosen our
re<i l l y heat up, hut
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bec ame chief of r hc Dcpartmcnr v bion 1 n
them to the proper
author i t ies.
at Yellow tone t h is
hort l y before I got here
featured e r r i ng for a rather ener
reports r hat daugh ter E m i l y w i l l
getic scene i n John Water ' fi l m
n ice note from Peggy Keate
b e ready to r a k e r h e fie l d at the
Serial Mom. Rea l i ty i somewhere
Landwehr, wh o 1s an artorney i n
·ofthal l game come next reuni on.
c a l mer. l wa
. . . Robin Towle Glynn i e x ecutive di rector of t h e U ni ted W<iy i n Che·rer, N . H . , which is now ra i s i ng more than 500,000 year ly. She and husband Denni s h ave tw o c h i ldren, Kelly, 4 , a nd Denn is, b r and new. H e r fa m i l y enjoys t w o week annually 1 1 1 r. M <i a rten a t their t i me-share.
. . . J u l ie Jacobson Barrett and
orda i ned to rhe
husband Wayne welcomed their
J effer on C i ry, Mo. Peggy worked
E m i l y has made the a l l - tar team
Epi cop<il prie thood i n Decem
fi r t c h i ld , J ac k W i l l iam Barre tt,
for the Mi -nuri Atrnrney Gen
for the Cranbury - P l a i nsboro �oft
ber of 1 992 and came to Bal t i
eral's Office for 10 years before
ba l l league. Donna hopes that
more b y way o f ourhern V i rg i n i a ,
i n December 1 995 a nd ar e joy ou I y experienc i ng the cha I lenges
re ign i ng to stay home and raise
Colby w i l l award softba l l cbol
where N o r t h and
Rebecca and Dav id , 9 and 7 . Peggy'· husband, J oh n , is also an
arships by the y ar 2004 . . . . Doug
hahit of surpri · i ng one another. I
c ian's a
p u t maple yrup on grits and they
M e n t a l H e a l t h I ns t i t u t e . The
attorney. . .
firm, Kaplan
A l o keeping busy
shepher d i n g the k id s through
Kaplan ha opened his own l<iw
of p<irenthood. J u l i e i. a phy · i istant at t h e A u g u t a
& G rant , i n Port
cancel school for a pred ic t ion of
fa m i l y recently moved i n to a new
l<ind <ind report that th i ngs have
one i nch of snow." A l ic e goes on to boa t that he has succeeded in
home on Togu Pond i n Augu ta.
orowing her own waterme lon ,
he i a t present "going nut doi ng
:,chool and soccer practice 1 Leslie
e r tled i n n icely now that he's b i s
Stiller Kissner. Le l ie and hus
n w n bos . Doug occasional l y ee� Rick Abrams and Susan Kenyon
band Ray have three c h i ldren, E m i ly , Ben and Andrew, and now
outh make a
and Robi n and J eff Shribman
. . . Mark Weatherly write thar
gotten her dog, Va h t i , to ·rap
umpteen opt ion to balance the
eating l i noleum and book and pa ed the M aryland auto in pec
federa l budget" a
c h i ef of the
agri c u l tu re branch for the Office
hail from t. Dav id' , Pa . . . . Dian
down i n Lex i ngton. Doug i mar
Weisman Miller is in real e tare
ried to Ann, a photographer, and ha
l
t ion "by doing a l ot of Bondo
in Panama City, Fla., with Cen
work on the rear quarterpane l s . "
of M a n a g e m e n t a n d B u d g e t . W h e n not guard i ng t h e p u b l i c
t u r y 2 1 . D i a n a n d M a rk a t last
retrieved a long-m isplaced note
A l ice g e t s my v o t e for Renais
f i c , M a r k a n d fam i l y spend ome
report were housing four exchange
from Alice J e l lema that p u ts my
sance woman of the ye r ! .
r i me i n N ew Hamp h i re c l i m b
student
pain, Germany,
pro e to shame. A l ice wri tes: " l ' m
end me your ·uggest ions fo r
ing in the Pre i de nti a l Range.
Korea and Greece. Dian took a
a ·oc iate rector o f t h e Church of
spec i a l evenrs that you m ight
They now have four daughter ,
the Good
wanr forour 20th reun ion. I prom-
which I i magine makes balanc-
from
long road trip to the de:iert outh-
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mg the fam i ly budget a challenge as wel l . . . . Geoff Emanuel anJ wife Laurie welcomed the arrin1 I o f Andrew M ichael tn M arch l 996 . . . . Susan Raymond Geis mar anJ husband John '78 <1Jdcd a fourth to the i r fam ily tn June l 995 with the adoption nf Brnll ley Raymond. Brad J O t n E m 1 h·, 1 2, Anna, 9, and J a me�. 5. ue ,., "on abbarical" from her inb tn the admissions office at arch-ri\·al Bates. he and J ohn tonk an adulrs-only \'acarion to Mexico la r .pring, and they spend much nf the winter k i i ng at ugarloaf, \\'here, Emily complains, "Colby people are e \·e ry w here ! " � ue also a ·k , "Where in the ll'orld is Lau
rel Johnson?" . . . A l l is ll'ell tn Cumberland, M aine, w ith Libby Maynard Gordon , husband Pe ter and their three c h i l dren, Lydia, Madel ine and Will. They recently built a new house . . . . The big change for Barry Horwit: and fam i l y wa Barry's career change following the bankruptcy of h i longtime employer, Brad lee . Barry now i working as an independent management c,1n u l tant, and all is going wel l . Barry and wife E l i:aberh ( Yanagihara ' O ) li\'e in ewton , Ma s., with M ichae l , 1 1 , and A l ison, . They ·ray in touch with everal Colbv friends . . . . Cal Cooper 1\Ttte that nothing much ha changed for him and h i fam i ly since the la r time he wrote. He and wife Carol are t i l l tending their small piece of the world in rockton prino , Maine, rai mg c h ildren ( Dadd and Meghan ) , pumpk in" and Chri rmas tree . . . . Carrie Cooper Jacobson ha had ome chanoe , in that he and husband Peter recently ettled not far from Wa hington , D.C. , in We,tmin "ter, Md. Carrie i editor of the Carroll Councy Times, 25 ,000 c ir culat ion daily. he writ e · that he recently rek indled an old Col by fri e n d h i p w i th A m y Lucker ' 7 . . . . My friend o f O\'er 25 year", Mary Mitchell Fried man, recently retired from prh·ate law practice and i chairper on of the board ofdirector of the Maine Equal j u rice Project, which pro \'ide legal ervice r M aine's he and low-mcome c i ri:en . hu band H arold l h·e in Cape El izabeth with dauohrer ara, 4. + Thank to a l l for writing .
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A l u mni p l a yed key role;; a� the ad d 1 t 1 o rh to \ l ay flti w e r H t l l l1t the F . \\ ' . O l m �'c u:nu'
Center, the Paul J.
c hupt W i ng anLI the Pugh Center were ce l cb ra te LI earlier rh1 fall ( �ee
related swne� b e g mn m g on page 1 0 ) .
A panel o f a l u m n i i n t h e �c 1e11ce�-AnLlrew Goode 'bO, 1'. f a r) E l t :aherh H c 1 , k c l l ' 9 2 . Peter l\ 1o ri n ' � I , Paul e bnn '6c, Krntian Parke r '94 and Diane za,·otsk\ \ 2 ---d t ,c u ,::.eJ The L 1 her, 1 l c 1ence tn k ic k off the Olm � c tcnce Center ded1cat ton celebr;1-
Arts Col lege and American
t ion on Oc toher 4. T he ran e l , organi:ed by i\:,soc iate Prnie::."nr o f B1oh1gy J a y Lahm·, ,poke rn a c apac i ty cro\\'d in t h e new O l i n 1 case 'itudy roo m .
A l u m n i dorwr" to the Pugh Center and the Pau l J . _ c hupf W i ng of rhe Cnlh\"
l\ J u ,e u m of
Art \\'ere honored t he fo l l rn,· in g \\'eekend as p l a q ue " '' ere unveileJ 111 the twn h u t ! d 1 n g
a dd i t i o n s . J o se ph Bou ltr '6 , \\'ho also i" a Co l l e ge tru..,tee, wa� among the key d o nor'> tn r he
c h urf W i n g , and a gal lery named for h im and h is fa m i l y \\'a d e d i c a t e d on O c ro her 1 1 . The
next day, Colby board chair Lawrence Pugh '56 and h t" w i fe , J ean \'an Curan Pugh ' 5 5 . w ere
among the a l u m n i recog m : ed for their n a m i ng gift to t he Pugh Center. Other-; mc luded
R ic h a rd
'62 and Joan Dignam
c h ma l t : '6 3 ;
J oh n Zacam · '7 1 ; J ames '64 and Lmda J oh n so n
Cra,,·ford '64; J e an Pra t t l\ ! oody ' 5 6 ; N an c · Dana fo ter ' 5 5 ; Dand Pul\'er '6 3 ; W t ! l 1 arn
Gold fa r b
'6
; Ellen B. Hawee li
'69; and Edson V. tv ! itchell ' 7 5 .
Branch campus? \Vhen Tim Da ,,·, on '
2 1ras dri\'ing through
remote western Au s t ra l i a in the m idst of an
e x t e n ded camring trip in the Outback, the last t h i ng he e xp e c t e d to see wa a reference to hi"
alma mater. B u t there on the
ide of the d irt
rath-to call i t a road \\'Ould be exaggerat i n g ,
Daw ·on ·ay -\\'as a s ig n that s a id " Co l by 3 . 7
k m . " " l d idn'r reali:e I w a
o cltre t o Waten· i l le , "
he j oked. Arpa re n t ly the sign referred to a n e arby gold mine, he ay .
T h e A us t ra l i a n t r i p \\'a
p a n of ar.
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m o n t h j o u rn e y t h r o u o h o u t r h e w o r l d b y
Daw on and hi w ife , M e l a n i e , both of w h o m q u i t t h e i r j o b to make i t po
ible. "The trip of
a l ife t i m e , " he a i d .
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Correspondents :
ara Dick ison 25 Fayette Street '" 1 Boston, MA 02 1 1 6 6 1 7 - 29 2-00 1 5
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John Ve i l leux 84 l 3 Park Cre t Drive S i l ver Spring, MD 209 1 0- 5404 e-ma i I: 72072, I I I 4@Compuserve.com 1 98 1
Beth Pniewski Wilson P.O. Box 602 H arvard, MA 0 1 4 5 1 508-456-880 1 e-mai l: beth_wilson@mc i mail .com 1 982
M i m i Rasmu sen 6 3 Reservoir Street Cambridge, MA 02 1 3 8 6 1 7-492 - 1 002 1 98 3
Sally Lovegren Merchant HCR 62, Box 244B Mt. Desert, ME 04660 fax: 207 -244-944 5 207 -244-044 1 1 984
M aura Cassidy 1 8 1 Winthrop Road Tt9 Brookl ine, MA 02 1 46-4442 6 1 7- 566-00 1 2 e-ma i l : maura.cassidy@fmr.com 1 98 5
Barbara Knox Autran 1 74 Degraw treet Brook lyn, N Y 1 1 2 3 1 - 3008 1 986
Wendy Lapham Russ 206 Chel tenham Road N ewark, DE 1 97 1 1 302 - 7 3 8-626 1 e-mail: jwru s l @aol . com 1 98 7
L u c y Lennon Tucker 9 Wel lstone Drive Portland, ME 04 1 0 3 207- 7 7 2- 7 1 2 7
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Deborah A. Greene 62 LoCLJ t Avenue ;12 Worcester, MA 0 1 604 e-ma i l : deborah.greene@ ummed.edu
Correspondent: J oh n Veilleux
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A recent promotion has taken Linda Davis to Ch i cago, where she is area sales man ager for Hewlett Packard. She is enjoying exploring a new c ity and job after returning from a trip to Australia. Linda would like to hear about the challenges others are facing . . . . Back from more hazardous duty is J ohn Flerlage, who flew m ission over Bosn ia Herzogovina supporting NA TO ground forces for about a month this past spring. (A reserve Ma rine Corps p i lot, John was nying the F/A- 1 8D for those fam i l iar with m i l itary aircraft . ) For his day j ob, he flies for Delta Air Lines. On the home front, John ha two children, David, 8, and Lisa, 4 , and has recently moved to L i t t l e ton , Co lo . . . . T o m Eyman writes that he has j ust fin i hed law school. After three years of study and three children -J ulia, 3 - 1 /2 , Isabelle, 1 - 1 /2 , and Carol i ne, born in Apri l-he is rel ieved to have fin ished. He and wife Martha, an inventory man ager at LL. Bean, live in Bath. Congratu lat ion , Tom ! . . . From Peter C rimmin I received an e-mail by nai l mail ( there appar ently was a problem w ith my e - m a i l add ress as o r i g i n a l l y printed ) . Peter regret hav i ng missed the reunion due to a sched ul ing conflict but i looking to
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keep up on the clas comi ngs and goi ngs. At work , Peter write technical books for Vicorp Inter act i ve ystems in Boston and maintain a passionate ideline in Spanish studies. H is wife is the center of most of hi ac tivi tie-, Peter ays, which include some travel ing. H is tepdaughtcr will complete her M.B.A. next year. . . . Elizabeth Beach Fitzpatrick reports that she, hu band Dou glas Gordon, a structural eng i neer, a n d daughter Katie, 1 , live in Corne l i us, N . C. . . . Grace Koppelman Drown wri tes from Leeds, Ma ine, where she wears many hat , inc lud i ng stay-at home mom, l ibrarian and tutor. She and hu band Scott Drown '78 ( princ ipal of the Leeds Cen tral School) are fi nally "settl ing down," she says, in their "new" 200-year-old house. The younger members of their household are Lyd ia, 5- l/2 and Polly, 3 . . . . Af ter spending much of her time raising her boys, Christopher, 9, and Benjamin, 6, Lisa Paskalides Grimmig wa look ing forward to new projects in the fall when her younge t goe to school all day. She and hu band Clark ( munic i p a l bond a les ) have recently bought a 1 00-year-old Victorian home in Summit, N .J . , which she says has lots of"potenrial . " Cook ing school and computer training are in Lisa's plan in add it ion to the volunteer work , tennis and travel she's been able to do to this point . . . . Robin Macleod Goodridge is also looking forward to hav ing a l ittle b i t of free t i me a daughters Mered ith, 5 - 1/2, and Courtney, 3, start k indergarten and preschool respect ively. She and husband A lan ( Department of Revenue) have recently moved into a new custom-bu i l t house in "beautiful Boxford, Ma . " On top of her d u t i e a homemaker, Robin continues to work part time as a gemologist for De cenza Dia monds in Framingham ( which she
notes i� opening a new store this fall in Peabody) . . . . Alice Domar ha had quite a year already. he gave hirth to daughter Sarah in J an uary, had her fi r t book, Healthy M ind, Healthy Woman,
publ i�hed in May and hortly thereafter set out on a nat ional book tour. I n add it ion to her work a a psychologi t and a s istant profes or of med icine, A lice is both awed and del ighted by her new j ob as parent. She, hu band David Ostrow ( academic publi·h ing ) , daughter Sarah and dog Lucy (basset hound ) l i ve in udbury, Ma s. he recently received a visit from Lynn Collins Francis and confe· e that Sarah "fl i r ted hamele ly" with Lynn's hus band, Jnhn. ( I s n irting an inher i ted tra i t ? ) . . . A l o revel ing in the wonders of paren ting is Roni Wechsler Ford, who writes glow ingly of how her adoption of son Jonathan N icholas, 2, in Siberia opened her eyes to what i truly important in l ife. Ron i , a derma tologist, and husband Roger, in multimedia management and de s ign, live in Owing Mill , Md. Bravo! . . . At the time I write this, 1 have j u t begun my own three- month tour at home as the "primary care giver" of my 6month old on, Jed. I f you have new or ju t wam to di tract me ( " it 's not j ust a job, it' a doody" ) , drop me a l ine at 7 20 7 2 , l l l 4@Compuserve.com o r 84 1 3 Park Crest Drive, Silver Spring, M D 209 1 0. +
Correspondent: Beth Pniewski Wilson
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Last June I attended the wedding of Alex Sutton ( aka Chri ty Gaus ) and Dave Andrews at theJohn Pierce Hou e in Lincoln, Mas . It wa a beauti ful outdoor wedding at a lovely old estate. There was I ts of mu ic and even k ite nying. A lex is till
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wor k i ng at Moul ton Metal in Waltham, Mas . , and Da\'e works for Banyan in Westborn, Ma · . They honeymooned in o\·a Scotia. After that I am not �ure where they will be-at Da\'e' hou e in Hudson, Mas5., on Lake Boon o r a t A l e x ' house i n Maynard, Mas . A few c lassmates were in attendance. Ellyn Mont gomery drove up from Cape od, where he i· an oceanograrher at the Wood Hole I nstitute, Brian Skene came from N ew York City, an<l Bonnie Turnbull f1ew in from C o l o ra d o fo r t h e o c c a · i o n . . . . Heidi Proctor Baxter moved from Welle ley, Mass., to Top field, Mass., last year. -he and husband J ohn have two sons, N ichola , 3, and An<lrew, 1 - 1 / 2 . H e i d i wrote t h a t h e left Fidelity Investment as a marketing \' ice pre ident to become a ful l - time mom. Heidi see Toni C iota Chandler often. Toni al o l ives in Top field and la t October had her third child, Dan iella. Diane Young, who topped by Heidi' to see their new home, is till l iving in tamford, Conn., and is work ing at TIAA/CREF. Heidi also peaks regularly to Karen Orloff, who wa· expect ing a econd child last summer . . . . J i m Dwyer i· an e n g ineer and l iv i ng i n W e t Chester, Pa. He and hi wife, T i n a , have t h ree d a u g h t e r , Molly, 7, G ina, 6, and E l izabeth, 2. No pets yet, say J i m , but tay tuned . . . . Phil Hough is l iving in Walnut Creek, Cal if. He i a catering manager at the Grand Hyatt in an Franci co. I n 1 994 Ph il hiked the PacificCoa t Trail , a tota l of 2 ,670 mile from Mexico to Canada olo! I n 1 99 7 Phil i planning to take 1 months off from work and hike the Appala chian Trail and then canoe down the Yukon River . . . . S tephanie Vratto i l iving in Orlando, Fla., and is a drama teacher at the Gotha M iddle cho l in W i nder mere, Fla. Before teaching at Gotha tephan i e taught the Mickey Mou e Club TV how ca t and al o taught inmate at the Orange County jail in Or lando. tephanie directed You're a Good Man , Charlie Brown at her chool la t spring. She write that Sara Bunnell Yeager wa named <;leanofstudents at Cushing Acad emy i n Ashburnham, Ma . . . . J eff Davis i l iv in g in College
Park, Md., and i, a chemi try pro fes or at the Uni\'ersity of Mary land. J eff went back to Colhy la. t Fehruary and \'!Sited 11·1th Wayne m i th and Tom hattuck, hi, former chemistry profes�or . Jeff ,ays he and E l len were able ro take ·ome backpackmg trip to Mon tana, but repeats of the trip are on hol d now that they h;l\·e three sons, John, 4, Peter, 2, and J i m, 1 . Jeff writes that quite often he see Stew Babbott and h b wife, Ce c i l ia, and their two children, ed and Ellen. tew and Cec i lia l ive in Co lumbia, Md . . . . Lauren Hampton Rice and her husband, Da\'e, have b u i l t a wonderful home in North Yarmouth, Maine. Lauren d id the design, and Dave, a carpenter, did much of the build ing. Ha,·ing dsited them after our reunion la t J une, I speak from personal knowledge 1n aying it is a wonderful house, with much lm·e and attention going into ev ery deta i l . . . . The mai l has been slow lately. Plea e keep writing! +
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Donna C urran Stock'
Erin Rose, born April I , j o i ns o lder brother Ryan, 7 , Trevor, 5 , and Brendan, 2 . After 10 year as part- t ime a oc iate d irector of development at Tuft Un iversity, Donna has left that po i t ion and i enjoying her sta tu as bu y fu l l-time mom . . . . Denise Glennon left the world of bankino in '9 1 and love teach ing (fourth grade now , fir t grade la t year). he and her husband, Gary Haubold, bought a hou e and moved to Malvern, Pa. , last year. They enjoy d o i ng yard work ( ' ) and l iving out of N ew York City. Thi pa t ummer rhey went to I taly . . . . After trave l ing around the world, Tim Daw on set t led in California with his wife, Melanie. Tim is in i nstitutional investment ale and marketing. Tim keep in touch with C hris Cameron, who own a PR firm pec iali:ing in the bicycle indus try . Chris, h i wife, u an, and on Pete l ive in an Franci co . . . . Kelda Caldwell i a en ior in vestment officer in the pension department at World Bank. Her husband, Richard, i a lawyer with the e c u r i t i e a n d E x change
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ommiss1on. The ir daughter, Molly A lyse, bnrn la. t J une, wa in the neonatal infant care unit at the same time a� the on of Eric Ertman \ 0 and h i, wife, Carl ie We l b . . . Deirdre Duffy Dono hue <ind her hu band are hath attorneys 1 11 Bostnn. Deirdre is with Hm·ey, U rbeb, Field tal & Ba i l 1 11, and J oe 1 w i th Thorntl n, Early & Nanmes. Katherine i nnw 4, El i:abeth is 2 - 1 / 2 , J ames is I , and their big ''brother" is Thatcher, a 6-year-ol<l golden retrie\'er. After spending 4c out of 5 1 months pregnant and/or mir ·ing, Deirdre enjoyed the sum mer get t i ng back in hape . . . . In early summer Patrick Fortin was awarded the ertified Real E rate Brokerage Manager designa t ion by the Real E tate Brokerage Manager Counc i l . The counc i l ' highest award, it is granted only to manager who ha\'e met strin gent management experience and educat ional course work prereq u isite . Pat is a broker and owner of R e a l t y World - W i n c h e t e r Propert ies. . . S c o t t Delcourt wa promoted ro director ofgradu ate admissions at the University of Maine. H is wife, Sherry Kelly Delcourt, is a registered nurse in the cardiac unit of Eastern Maine Medical Center. Their two chil d re n are Katie Ann, 6 , and Meaghan, 1 . . . . Lisa Smith Fry ha moved six t i mes in the last even year but is now settled in Fort Wright, Ky. L isa i a part time wri ter doing freelance writ i ng and adm in istrati,·e work at a CPA firm in C inc inna t i . Her hu band, Greg, is a chemical de pendency coun el or with Tal be rt House, one of the largest non profit agencie in the c i ty. They have one child, Zoe, 4. Li a ha kept in touch with Anne Sidlo Hellkamp and tan ' 5 and Su san Robertson Kuzia. After hav ing turned down three dramatic roles in the pa t year, L i a thinks he i now ready to come out of semi-retirement . . . . Linda Hur witz teache ful l time at a high chool in Virginia Beach, a., d irecting the orche tra and teach ing tringed i n trument . L i nda rea l ly enjoy working with chil dren and ha tarted a ummer work hop c a lled Quartet Adven ture, which meet every J une. J u ly and Augu t are spent in J ac k on Hole, where she perform with
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the Grand Teton 1us1c fest1\·al. L 1 11da also rerform� w1th the V 1r g 1 11 ia ymrhony part t i me and will be 11·1th them when they tour C a rn e g i e Ha l l ! . . D o ro t h y Distelhor t h a dentt'>t 1n \'a d , Colo . , where , h e 1 1 \·e \\'1th her hu band, Karl Edgerton. Life 1� busy w1th two chi ldren-Cyn thia Debra, 4, and El len I ne�. l - l / 2 b u t they try to enJOY the nutdnor., a· much as pli-sible. La<t w mrer Dorothy went sn01�·-hoe111g with Rob Eber ' 3 <tnd his 1nfe, Lesl ie, and occa 1nnally ees Carol Birch when she come to Vail. Dornrhy would lo,·e to see any Colbyite� who pa, through . . . . Brendan Heneghan usua lly l i ,·e in Ho H o - K us , .J . , w i t h his w i l e , u:anne, a n d their nn, Peter Jo seph, but they are now on a -;ix- to n ine-month pec ial a s1gnment in Melbourne, Au tralia. Brendan 1s a enior attorney for I B� f . . . . Dan Ferguson i d i re c to r of worker's compensation and risk management for Bath Iron Works Corp/General Dynam i c . H i wife, J anet, i a ful l -time mom rn am, 6, and Catherine, 3. Dan enjoys spending t i me wnh his family, and boating on ebago Lake i their pas · ion . . . . Lesley De Y u l io DeFio i a cancer infor mation spec ialist for the N ational ancer I nstitute-and al o a fig ure kating in tructor. he be came senior rated among an e l i te group of figure skat ing instruc tor in the country. Her husband, J oe, is executive director of in t i tut ional ale for J enkins 1-. l usic in Olathe, Kan . , where they l ive w ith their Pekinesedog , Truffie + and Rudy.
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J e n n i f e r Tha er and
Duncan aylor wrote from G len Cove, . Y . , when Jen wa ix weeks hy of a newborn. More detail w i l l have to fol low. . . . Congrat to J ean Tosrano ki and Ed Higham on the birth of their econd child in pring 1 996. Kyra join brother Devon, a year older. Ed, a bu, y enior V P for ocimer I nternat ional Corp. in ew York working on merger and a c qu i s i t io n and p r i v a t i z a t i o n d e a l i n o u t h America, pends a lot of time in Peru. H i wife, J ean ,
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'' an n r h r h a l m n l o g i > t . . . . A brand-ncll' addre's for Charles
Society for Honirnlt11rnl Science t ion . . . . Gett ing into the tod
Hesse are liv ing in West Boxford, M a s., and h<1\'e a d aught er , Tay lor. Fam i ly l i fe has a true >et t l ing
huck and
effect , wri tes Brian. H e wonders
in
how everyone i> finding l i fe after 30 . . . . John and Cheryl Snyder
and J ohn owns Dm· is Comtruc
" C h ip" Catania is in Redding, Conn. Ch ip and w i fe Roberta
d l er 1«1ut ine are
ll'elcomed �on Anthony in A p r i l
1 99 5 , and s i nce then Rnherta has
Christi
been raying home ll'ith the haby
n i or software engineer at the Marcam orporation, and Ch ri st i
in the nell' hou�e he and Ch i p bu i l t in Reckling. C h i p s a w J o h n
Tomasi, h 1 > ll"ife, A m y . a n d their new b a b y , Peter, in the . ummer Llf l 995 in Rhode I s l and . J ohn i a [1rofe snr at Broll'n. A bo, Peter Bu rton ' 4, hi wife, Kathy, and t h e i r fo u r c h i ld ren, 111 c l ud i ng baby twin g i rl , c a me to \' i i t Roberta a n d C h i r , ll"ho abo Sall'
Tom H o y n e s '85 and H ilary Williamson-Hoynes and their daugh ter, Sara h . H i lary is a pro fe or at Be rke l ey and t h 1:i year i:i at H a rvard. Chip, a wea l th of c l ass knowledge, s roke to J i m Dezazzo, w h o is doing re se arch at Cold pring Labs on fr u i t fl ie . . . . Sandra Demmler's new> came from North King town, R . I . andi
is the n wne r of a com merc i a l in terior de ign fi rm and l a tely looks
fo r that balance between family, work a n d per o n a l time. L e t u s k n o w when you can w r i te t he boo k , Sand i ! . . . G ra c e Reef wrote to say that in December 1 99 5 . he and hu band Don Green had a son , Ja m i e , who joined si ter Megan, 3 , in the fam i ly's Annandale, V a . , home. G race took e ight weeks' maternity leave, then got right back rn work a enior policy adv isor to enate Democratic Leader Tom Dasch le ( D- S . D. ) . he', working on wel fare reform and last year wrote the enate Democratic alterna tive. H ubby Don is legislative d i rector for Rep. Marge Roukema ( R -N .J . ) . Grace t h i year i " ee k i n g to find Democratic consensus and common a l i ty with the R e pu b l i c a n pla n, where possible." . Debra T i e r n e y H a n l e y boasted a second - p l ace finish in the 1 99 5 Maine M arathon and ha fin ished her M . B . A . w h i le moving from a career in env iron mental protec t i o n ro bu i n e · s orientat ion. S h e is c h i e f finan c i a l officer at Oxford Homes, I n c . , a n d s h e a n d her h u b a n d , state enator Dana H anley '84, l ive in Paris, Maine . . . . J ack Hubbe l l w a s b o rn i n 1 994 t o John H ubbell and Nancy Goers. The fam i l y l i ves in A lexandria, Va., where Nancy i editor of the American
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Smith Farinel l i
Leo m i mter, Mass. Chuck is a se
Hogan l ive in Ari:ona. After 1 0
is a senior ::-nftware engi n ee r a r
years of c l i mbing the corporate ladder, he i:i raying home w i t h
t h e M a c N e a k chwendler Cor rnration. The ir soft l i ttle bu n d l e
Gett ing u se d to the 1 2 2 -degree
is Robert, 2.
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G ree t ings , al l . l \\'rite this w i t h one eye on the tube
tu ned to the Olympics in A t l anta and think of Melissa Carperos, our A t lanta connect ion, ll'onder ing i f any cl as:,mates are there
v i ew i ng or pa rti c i p a r in g . Hope to hear from M e l i ssa oon . . . When I l ast heard from Charle Tenny ye ars ago, he was li \' ing in J a pan. R e c en tly he \\'rote to up date everyone on h i , l ife. After erving as a reporter for a finan c i a l new \\'ire erv ice in Tokyo, he returned to the U . . and settled in Barton, Vt. Among his many accompli ·hments wa> a kayak trip from Barton to the G u lfofMex ico by way of the t. Lawrence River, past M o n t r e a l and O t t a w a , thro ugh rhe G reat Lakes and down the M i>sis ippi thro ugh
Louisiana to the Gu lf. The Cajun, were the most hospitable, he ay s , and had r h e greate·t food. He took the ea ·y way back-on a t e a m bo a t- a n d c u rren t l y i s looking f o r work a a reporter. . . . Cynthia Mulliken-Lazzara writes from Darien, Conn . , where he and her husband, Anthony, have bought a fixe r - u ppe r . Cindy, now a senior physical therapi t at Norwalk Hospira!, e n j oyed rhe C o n n e c t i c u t coa t thi pa t summer. . . . John Gagne i also l i v ing in Connec ticut, in Water town. A dentist and involved with the local dental ociety, he and hi wife, u an, have a me nagerie of pets but no kid . John continue to ski and bike and recently s k i ied Tao , A l ta and nowbird w i rh Andrew Davi ' 5 . l fanyone know the whereabouts of Scott "Baxfactor" Baxter, plea e have him call John a t 860945 -0764 . . . . Tammy and Brian
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i ng a pool. Ch ery l wonders if there is a Cnlhy alumni c l u b in the Phoenix area. he re c en tl y saw Betsy Ro e and hu hand in an Francisco . . . . Wendy ( Howard '8 5 ) and Kenny Epstein are l iv ing in Westport, Conn . , after 1 0 yea r· in New York City. He is in ins t i t u t ional sales with Needham & Co . , and Wendy is workmg toward a master's in oc i a l work a t NYU. They have a daughter, Lila, and a son, Jacob . . . . Marie Joyce Fletcher i · l i v ing 111 We t Palm Beach, Fla., with husband Da n i e l and d a u gh t e r A m ber Marie, whose b irth w a s a fantas tic milestone for Marie. Marie > u rf the net and is always look i ng forgood ideas for ray-at-home j oh s . Her fitness program include· ro l l e rb l a d i ng beh ind Amber's stroller. . . . Gretchen Gehrke is a physician a ·sistant anJ now calls M a ine ho m e - omething he never ant icipated when we a l l graduated. he wa married i n A ugust ' 9 5 to John Baker, and her fam i l y now inc l ude John' i m o n , M egan and c h i ldren, Katie. �he keeps busy run ni ng , rid ing horseback and fishing in the d e ep woods of Maine. Nancy Dearstyne and husband Ron H u l i n live in G lenmon t, N . Y. he also i a physician assis tant in cardiac urgery. They have two Jog who, he say , are eati ng them out of hou e and home. Dan ' 5 and Kathy Sweeney Murphy had their econd child, H annah Kathleen, in May '96. . . . George and Deborah Slee man Daniloff recently moved to Chanha son, M in n . , which wa stre sful with two k ids in row. Gone are the day when every thing fit in the back of the car. They look forward to moving into the I rand - ne w hou e t he y ' re build ing. . . Margaret and Rob Fast are l i ving in Cumberland Fore ide, M aine, wirh their two chi ldren, Tom and Harry. Rob
recen t l y c o mpe ted in the l OOth Bom1n Mara thon and aw Tom Colt '85 . . . . D<1vid and Mary Louise McCu l l oc h J ones r e cently moved to Orange Park, Fla. he is at home with their three k id , Duncan, Cameron and Nora. he is the v ice president of the officers' wives club, a non prnfi r c h a r i table organ i:at ion , and pend · free time at the local Y when rh e k id al low . . . . Carol Hildebrand \\'fO[e a grea t , long e mail to m e , which l w i l l cover in the next column-bur a quick good luck and congratulation ro her on her upcoming nuptials to Don Eburne, anorher outdoor diehard ! . . . Thank for all the new that came in; the rest w i l l b e in t h e n e x c issue. Happy hol i d a y to a l l . +
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Thanks to everybody who responded to the que t ionnai re. If you lose one, as I often did, you can send the v ital information (add re · , current em ployment, etc . ) in a letter. In fact, I really enjoy getting the more perso n a l i:ed m a i l . . Linda Carroll Higgins was mar ried to Tom H iggin on "the mo t glorious fall foliage weekend" la t year in Wai tsfield, Vt. Attending the reception at the Round Barn were Gretchen Bean Berg i l l , Ann-Meg W h i t e , S e a n Padgett, Kate Lucier O ' N e i l , Melanie Nelson, Anne Cookson Parrish and Dave Resnicoff. Meg Wim mer DiBari wa a bridesma id. . Suzanne Krumm Yerdon wa appointed assi tant v ice pres i dent-local service implementa tion for M F Communicat ions. uzanne ha spoken at educa tional/industry conferences about the impact of competit ion in the t e l e c om m u n i c a t ions m a r k e t . . . . Edward Maggiacomo report that hi new job is going great. He is now vice pre iden t o f E tate Planning Resources. . . . Jim King i a TV news reporter/anchor at WCCO-TV in M i n neapol i , M inn. He and hi wife, M ichele, have two children, Olivia, 3, and M ichae l , l . . . . Todd Lachman ha b en l iv i ng in the Cinc inn a t i metropo l i tan area f o r t h e p a t five years and has b u i l t a hou e in
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Whew! I ' m thrilled to be writing t h is and to have made i t through the harrowing cla offic e r e l e c t i n process. Thank to all who voted for me a c l a ecretary-and to th e who figured out i t wa rigged but were t90 la:y to call and complain. When we were at Colby mo t of u were ju t tarting to dabble
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Psychologi t Alice Domar '80 wa - the subject of an m-deprh profile on Dateline NBC and 111 The Boscon G lobe. D,1mar head:. Deacone s H ospital' Bchadoral Medicine Program for l nferr i l ity in Bo·ton. . . . Suzanne Krumm Yerdon '85 wa· promoted to a ·-i tant v ice president of strategic planning in indu try affa ir· at M F Com m unication · Company
MILEPOSTS Births: A son, Joseph Raymond, to James and Daniela Nemec Micsan '8 1 . . . .Two daughter , Melissa Andrea and Lauren ancy, to Stephen Trimble '82 and Andrea Koumjian . . . . A daughter, arah Dorothy, to Ann Marie and Steven Rowse '83 . . . . A daughter, ydney, to Ford and Kathryn Lucier O'Neil '85 . . . . Triplet , Kayleigh, Christina and Ted, to Ted and Suzanne Krumm Yerdon '85 . . . . A son, Andrew Robert, to Barbara and Andrew J. Peer '86 . . . . A daughter, Eli:abeth Love, to John and Dorothy Mack Stoppelmann '86 . . . . A daughter, Haley Goodwin, to Mark Short and Allyson Goodwin '87 . . . . A daughter, Ali -on Da\'i , to Jeffrey '87 and Beth Henry Russell '88 . . . . A daughter, J ulia, to Jeff '88 and Karen Linde Packman '88. Maniages: Peter Warren Newman '84 to Robin Collinson in Watch Hill, R . l . . . . ancy Goldberg '86 to Vito Courtney in G louce rer, Mas . . . . George Belshaw J r. '88 to Dorothy M u rray in Ea t Hampton, L I . . . . Amy Clowes '89 to Gregory R. Rosale in Oakland, Cal if.
with per on al computers, but now e,·eryone i fairly wired, o I · ug oe t that you end me an e-mail message immeJiarely after read ing t h i s ( j w r u s l @a o l . c o m ) . Plea e hare any per·onal or pro fe ional update ab )lit yourself that you are will ing to tell the rest of the c la- plu· your answer to this important survey que rion: Over the la t 10 year , the break through ynthettc product that has influenced my life rhe most i : a) Gore-tex; b) Posr- l r note ; c ) G l ade Pl ug- I ns; d) The Wea ther Channel; e ) Keanu Ree\'e . . . The big new for our c l a , of cour e, was our 1 0th reunion in J une. 1 called Tim Kastrinelis for an update, ince l \\'a unable to attend. I wa told by the woman who a n s wered the phone a t Canada Life Assurance in Brain tree, Mass . , where Tim works as New England regional sale � i rector, t h a t he wa " o n t h e road" that day. Did I want to be tran ferred to hi \'Oice m a i l ? You betcha! Tim returned my c a l l and told me that he also had been unable to attend ! He wa called away at the la r minu te to a high leYel rrategy meeting in Atlanta during the weekend of the re-
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Please respond to the re un ion q u e · r ionna1re for our 1 0th reun ion next J une 5and/or get act i\'ely 1m·olved with the plann ing proces-. 1ark the dare on your calendar and send a note with ideas or c a l l our re union co-chair:, Tina Zabriskie Constable ( 9 1 4-949- 1 9 3 3 ) or Tom Hubbard ( 4 1 5 - 776-797 ) . . . . Conora t u la t tons to David Wolfson and hi newll'ife, Lauren heppard, who tied the knot la·t March in A u tin, Texa . Da,·e enc me a great picture of the bride and groom accompanied by a t te n d a n t K r i s t i n R a l ff a nd gue t John Pratt, John Black and Dan Chri tie. Lauren and
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Dave l ive in Lo A ngeles, where h e i s s t i l l d o i n g c o m merc i a l film work a n d Lauren's fi n i h ing up her c re e n p l a y . . Sean S u l l ivan a n d A m y Drury, mar r i ed in S e p t e m h e r 1 9 9 5 i n Islel�oro, Maine, moved to Phoe n i x , Ari� .• and have purcha ·cd a home . . . . Andrew Jeske wrote ro say that he, too, has set a date to walk down the aisle-in the spring-wi th Laura Wi lker, hi girlfriend of four years. Andrew and Laura l i ve in Westche ter County, N .Y . , and work in the c ity, Andrew as a copywriter for Bozell Worldw ide Advert ising, creating newspaper, magazine and rad io ads. He spent a weekend w ith Lou Profenno last Fehruary i n Rochester, N . Y . , where Lou is nearing the home · r retch i n a combi ned M . D./Ph . D . program a t the U n i v e r ity of Roches ter . . . . Edith McGill Glasgow and husband Robert are a lso in the metropo l i tan N.Y. area. Edith is a telemarketing manager at D'Artagnon, Inc., a company that supp l ie re taurants, tore and consu mers w i th fresh game meat, pate , ausages, etc. She went back to chool in '9 3 - '94 to learn pro fe s i o n a l c o o k i n g a n d t h e n worked for a year a t N .Y .C. res taurants before j o i n i ng D'Artag non. Edie and Robert, a freelance photographer, expected their first c h i l d in eptember. . . . North of N . Y .C. are Tricia (Curry '86) and John G lass, the proud parents s i nc e May of baby d a u g h t e r Kate . . . . F ray C rease Fal ve y and husband Brian bought a house in aunder t own, R . l . , and have been bu y fix i ng i t up ince they moved in. Fray added to their fam i l y with a "baby" of a d ifferenr k ind, satisfying a l i fe long dream by buying a horse . . . . A lso in Rhode Island are Melissa Jen kins and J eff choffert, both Ph. D.'s. Meli sa is a c l inical neuropsy chologist and cons u l tant and a c l i n ic a l a si t a n t profe sor a t Brown U n i versity, a n d Jeff is a geochemist. M isty w r i te that she has obtained profe sional l icense and employment after 1 0-plus year of studen thood , publica t ion and grants. he has pent her free t ime b i k ing, runn ing, rol lerblad ing and learn i ng how to w indsurf. . . . D iane and Brad Fay are in Stamford, Con n . , w i t h Brendan, 2 - 1 / 2 , a n d baby A l l ison.
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U n t i l rec e n t l y , D i a n e wa a m iddle c hool Engl ish teacher; Brad, a ;urvey research pol lster, is manager of synd icated and c u tom research with Roper tarch Worldwide, the urvey firm besr known for ir "Roper Pol ls." Brad was quoted recently on rhe front page of the Wall Strect]ournal on consumer perceptions of the Ca Ii fo rn i a e c o n o m y . . . . I h e a rd from one of my COOT mates ( now that seems l ike a long time ago ! ) , Glenn Cummings, who wrote from Lou isa, Va., where he has c o m p l e t ed h i s P h . D . i n American l i terature a t t h e U n i v e r ity of V irginia. After y e a r of chool ing, G lenn was very much look i n g forward to t e ac h i n g undergrads n o t as a teac h i ng a si rant but fu l l t i me-at Sheperd College, a sma l l l i beral arts col lege. He rent a 200-year old hou e on a 600-acre cattle farm w i t h geese a n d o l d tobac co barns . . . . Al o in V i rginia are Rachel Graham and her hu band, David Parad ise, and their four legged fr iends Puck and O t i s ( dogs) a n d Max a n d Vegas ( ca t ) . David is a seventh grade English teacher, and Rachel is an attor ney w i th the Secu r i t ie and Ex c h a n ge Com m i ssion i n D . C . Before mov i n g to the S E C , Rachel was a legislative a s isrant to enate M inority Leader Thom as Daschle. Rache l and Dave were married in Augu t 1 99 5 at her parent ' home i n M assachusetts, and they were look ing forward to return ing to the Cape to celebrate their fir t anniversary . . . . Tim Hennessey write from the West Coa s t , where h e and fiancee Karen Kauffold were preparing for their fall wedd ing. Tim l ives and works i n an Fran c i co and is v ice president i n the invest ment real e rate d i v is i on of U n ion Bank of Cal iforn i a . S t a y tuned for more news and updates on our reunion. +
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By the t i me you read thi , I w i l l be i mmersed in phar macology, microbiology or some other "-ology" . . . but for now I want to thank Neha Patel for writing! ( I know there are more of you out there who've never
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written either . ) Neha fini heel her ma;ter's in accounting at Ameri can Un i ver i t y and rook her C.P.A. exam la t Novemher. Be fore 'ettling down to work , she traveled to I n d i a . . . . Andrew Schmidt, an assi rant vice pre i d e n r with Fleet Financ ial Group, m a r r i ed S t e p ha n i e T r u e sd e l l ( Brown '92 ) o n October 7 , 1 99 5 . The wed d i n g p a r t y i n c l uded W h i tner M arshall '88 and best man Matthew Sotir, and plenty of other Colby grads were there to h e l p c e lebrate before the couple rook off for a honeymoon in Turkey and Greece. . . Jon Macey is in a Ph . D . program in chem istry at Tuft Un ivers i ty, work ing on ( ! hope l gor this straigh t ) a research project us ing lasers to exc i te fluore cence in groundwater contaminant . J on left hi po i t ion at a biophar maceutical production company and began school in the fall of '94 . . . . Laura Thornton Pelle grino has been in N .Y.C. since graduation. An a soc iate in the spec ial event group a t J . P. Mor gan , she enjoys the travel that come with the job. Her hu band, Dave, graduated from bu iness school lasr year. They rook a a i l i n g t r i p to t h e Bri t ish V irgi n Is l a nd s over the w i n t e r w i t h Catherine Andrew Rogers and her h usband, Roland, who a lso l ive in N . Y.C. Catherine report edly loves her pos it ion at a large downtown law firm, S u l livan and Cromwell . . . . For rhe late t fash ion advice, talk to Jeff England, who know what to buy and where for h is job a a buyer at Macy' . . . . Up i n Boston are Tina C lifford, who is work i ng i n the student a c t i v i t ies d e p a r t m e n t of the Wentworth chool of Technol ogy, and J en Brountas, who i in the marketing department at Pio neer. . . . Kim Murphy Brewer and her husband, married in J une '95, are living in D.C., where Kim was finishing a graduate degree. . . . Ethan and Maria Valli Wing are back in eattle after about a year in Ch i le and Ecuador. . . . Karen C urrey Wehr is a t North western for an educat ion degree w h i le husband Dave is working i n Ch icago after finishing h i business degree a t Kel logg. I hear their golden retriever, Gansert, is adorable . . . . Wendy Dauphinais N el son is a terri tory b u i ness
m a n a g e r fo r B r i s t o l - M e y e rs Squibb Pharmaceutical as well a5 a part- t i me ski reporter, which help to keep her on the lope in the wi nter. Now that he and husband Kri t have fin i 'hed their house , they're able to enjoy their boat and w a t e rsk i i ng i n the ummer. . . . Chris Legault and h is wife are in M iam i , where Chris is a graduate student and Diane is an env i ronmental consu ltant. Chri ha taught and consulted in Ch i le and Argentina in the summers. By now they are proud parent . . . . Doug St. Lawrence moved back east last winter after three and a half years of teach ing Engli h-as-a-second- language at an ad ult school in San jose, Cal if. He's now pursu ing a master's in teach ing and says he's looking forward to a change in sea ons, but we' l l see how many w i n ter t h a t lasts! . . . Lara Beetham Monasch i a chool psychologist in Westchester County, N . Y . , and made me j ealous by writ ing of her travel plans to Alaska in the sum mer of '96 . . . . Pat Hanssen is the d i rector of tenni at the At lantic Coast Athletic Club i n Charlottesv i l le , Va. , a n d i e n gaged to b e married to G i nger Brown, an a s istant manager at J efferson N at ional Bank . . . . Su san Penza i pl ugging through her Ph.D. program in develop mental/c l in ical psychology at the Un iversity of Maine at Orono. he and best buddy B a i ley ( adopted from t h e H u mane oci ety ) have been enjoying M aine to the fu llest, hik ing, k i ing and canoeing . . . . Liz Schwartz is a cred i t and collections manager a t Moving & Transportation C o . i n Danver , Mass. S h e a n d h e r c a t l i ve close to the ocean in Beverly. I n her spare t i me, Liz is working to open a franchise of Sandy Thayer's Chicago Deli Baa Baa Black Sheep . . . . Robin Mac Walter Martin and her husband, Tim, say temporary insani ty made them move from warm , sunny Arizona to New Hamp hire. They were expect ing their fir t c h i ld in September and can't wait to move back west. . . . H ilary Pfeifer i an arti t getting her B.F.A. i n woodworking/furniture design at Oregon Col lege of Arts and Craft . She frequents P izza Oasi , started a few years ago and t i l l r u n b y Colby a l u ms i n t h e a re a. +
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El izabeth Curran 64 Dane treet =2 omervi l le, MA 02 1 4 3 6 1 7-62 - 7092 e-mail: berh@w3.org 1 994
Alicia . H idalgo 28 Marshall treet North Reading, MA 01 64- 3 0 1 508-664- 5 1 2 1 99 5
A lyssa Falwell 1 7 1 8 N . Troy treet =789 Arlington, VA 2 2 2 0 1 703-2 76-942 1 e-mail: falwella@gu un. georgetown.edu 1 996
Amie icchi tano 25 Hundred Circle Welle ley H i l ls , M A 02 1 6 1 7 - 2 3 5 -0666
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I ' m writ ing thi column at the beginn ing of Au gust, halfway through what ha been an un ea onably cool and ra iny summer, at least here in the Northeast. I hope you all have had restful (or exc iting, as is your preference ) summer vacation . . . . Steve Nahley wrote to let me ew know that he' l iv ing in York City and has one more year ro go at ew York Law School. Thro ughout the coming year, he'll be working for the N ew York City Corporar ion Coun e l , which represents the city in commercial l i t igation and real e tare matters. t e v e see J i m R e d u t o fre quently-J im j u r moved up to White Plain , N .Y . , and is work ing a an attorney in a small law firm there . . . . J il l Mongeau sent me a note aying that she would be getting married in October to Kev in Gaine . The wedding wa ro take p lace in Rhode I land, and the couple will continue to l ive in N ew Jersey, where Kevin is a cul inary manager and chef and J il l is working as a en ior inve tment trader at l nve tment Management Company. In her spare rime, she teaches aerobic at ome fitness c lubs in rhe area. J il l also pa es along the new that Katherine Lagasse wa mar ried in November 1 995 to Steven ranton and is now living in M i a m i , Fla. Katherine i s working for a brokerage hou e, and teven is completing his medical internhip . . . . Lynn Magovern com pleted a ma ter's in teaching at m i th College thi pring. It was an in tense one-year program, and Lynn is now looking for a job as a high school English teacher some where in the Northampton area. She' lived in Northampton for two years now and is rooming with Laura Long worth '92 . Lynn
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Francisco and fini hi no a master's degree in counsel ing . . . . Gret chen Midgley graduated from rhe Un iver iry ofVirgm ia this spring with a ma rer's degree in mental health coun el ing. She's hoping to relocate to New England soon. ( thi will be her fourth major relocation-since leaving Water ville in 1 990, he' lived in Bo ran, Florida and Virginia ) . he also pa e along new : Deanna Patten Mitchell is l iv ing in York, Maine, and has her hand full with her on, J ack, and a career a an e lementary school teacher; J odi Ernest '92 is l iving in North Carolina and recently pas ed the bar exam there; and Christina Wright is l iving in New York City, where, according to Gret chen, she "ha her hands in many cul inary project " and ha been traveling frequently, inc luding a recent trip to Paris. Thanks for all the new , Gretchen! . . . Mar garet Clymer wrote from eattle, Wa h., where she's working a a history/ ocial rudie teacher and pur u ing a ma ter' degree ( her research i on educating adole cent female ) . . . . N icole Sud duth is engaged to Gil Hamilton. N icole' working at Booy, A l len and Hamilton doing bu ines rro ces reengineering, and G il is an e lectrical engineer for Omicron, a contractor for N ASA. The wed ding i e t for May 1 997 . . . . Tom Beringer wrote from M inneapo l i s , w h e re he and h i s w i fe , Catherine, are l iv ing. Tom i a marketing director and Catherine i a social worker, and they are both doing very well. . . . Eliza beth (Liza) Barber Moy n ihan
and her hu band, Tim '9 1 , are l i v ing in an Franc isco and hou ehunting in Marin. Tim wa to enter busine chool this fal l a t the Univer i t y o f S a n Fran ci co, and at the time he wrote L iza wa training for her fir t
marathon in J u ly. ( Hop you did wel l ! ) . L1w al o pa,�ed along news about the fol lowing clas-inates: G regg J ackson is l ivmg m an Franci co; Scott Myers was rre paring for a triathalon m Augu ·t; Tracey Bishop i li\·ing m Lm. Angele and working temp0ranly for Dianne Fein rein; and Sara Madden Curren i livmg m an Franci co and working for the N a t ure Company . . . . Roman A z a n z a g rad u a t e d from the Darden chool at the Un iver 1ty of Virginia thi spring w ith his M .B . A . He married Lucia Timay in Charlotte ville, Va., in May, and the two are now li\·ing m Mani la, where Roman is workmg a enior managerat !NG- Baring l nve tment Bank . . . . I hope your holiday are happy and healthy, and remember-I love to get Chri tmas cards! Drop me a note and let me know what you've been up to lately. And look for more new in the next Colby + magazine. Correspondent: J ennifer Wood Jenck
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ife's been moving pretty fast for Dana McClin tock '93, who, as a publ ic ist for ABC New and Primetime Live, works three doors down from D i a n e Sawyer, the ·how's co-anchor. Already, at age 25, McCl intock i in his t h i rd m a j o r - n e twork tele\·ision job. H is career in telev ision began with a cov eted pot on an e ight-per . on r u b l i c i ty team w i th Dana McClintock ·93 N BC at the 1 99 2 ummer Olympics i n Barcelona , Spain, and hortly after graduat ion he was arra nging i nterv iew, for the host and guests of CB 's The Late Show with David Letterman. McCl i ntock, who wed his h igh c hool sweetheart , Jenna M aconochie, in Septem ber, ha a humble per pec t i ve on the pace and d i rection of a
l ife he never imagined. "lf anyone thinks l 'm grow i ng up too fast, j ust let them ee my bachelor party photos," he said. 'Tm much more i nter e ted in the l ive of my Colby friends than the celebritie w a l k i ng pa t my office door . " Though he's adamant i n his belief that "celebrities breathe the same air we do," McCli ntock admit that be i ng i n the ame room with Madonna, V ice President Al Gore or Seinfeld's J ason A lexander can be "kind of we i rd . " "You can't excel in t h i bu iness if you're tar- truck. Celeb ritie are put off by that," he said. 'They think you're more intere ted in hanging around with them than doing a good job." To understand how McCli ntock got from Waterv i l l e t Barcelona to ew York C i ty i to understand the power of
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per isrence and the importance of network ing. McCli ntock, who was Colby' I - Play coord inator and men' ba ketba ll tati tician for three years, created an unpaid i nt e rn h i p for h i m, elf with Harvard' office of sports information during hi j u n ior year at Colby. On weekends and hol iday breaks, he drove to Cambridge to help Harvard ' a i tant port i nformation d i rector keep tatistic for men' basketbal l and ice hockey. When Harvard ' d i rector of port i nformation was h i red by N BC for publ i c i ty work at the Barcelona Game , McCl intock aw an opportunity. " ] flooded him with letter a k i ng to do j ust about anything-even a chance to hold cable for camera crew wou l d have been great. Six weeks before the Olymp ics, he called w i th an offer to work i n the press office," aid McCl i n tock , who later capital ized on the N BC experience i n a enior-year J an Plan intern hip i n the Bo ton Celt ics public relation office, arranged by J an Volk ' 68 . Following graduation, he planned to work in a Boston based public relation firm but wa pleasantly sidetracked when a Barcelona col league who had ince become public ist for The Late Show with David Letterman contacted him about an opening at the how. When the posit ion at Primetime Live became available, unbeknownst to McClintock , a New York Post wri ter recommended h i m to A BC N ews. " I got all the tools I needed at Colby," aid McCli ntock, an A merican stu d i e major, "but I had to build with those tool on my own . " When asked whether he rece ives differ ent treatment now that he rub elbow w i th the stars, McCl i n tock ays cla mate Jeff Z lot, J a on Soul.es, Jack H igg in and Dan O'Grady never let h i m forget who he i and where he's from. "If there ' even a hint of uperiority about anyth ing, they j ump all over me. They ay, 'You're only Doogie from Colby ! "'
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Ecuador. . . . Scott Alprin ha' begun law school at American Un i\'ers i ty , tudying i nterna t ional affa ir- with the hore of return mg to Japan . . . . Kate Cain graduated from Vanderbilt Law in May and wa headed tn Louis ,·ille, Ky., ro c lerk for a fe<leral j udge . . . . Warren C laytor 1 1 11 hi third year at UPenn tudying archi tecture . . . . Tom Capoz:a has one year left at Dartmouth Medical School. He wrnte that John Daileane i the athletic di rec tor for Drac u t , M a :i . . . . John Rimas 1 s a teacher and re cently became engaged . . . . J ohn Polischuk i · 1vorking at Brigham & Women' Ho pita! in gastro entero logy re earch . . . . J o h n Cook is living i n Berkeley, where he i i n hi second year of grad chool in c ity planning . . . . S u zanne Regnier J U t fin i hed her master's at U De laware'- W inter thur Program in American Deco rative Arts and began a job a· an a i tant grants researcher/writer in the W imerthur Mu eum's de \'elopment office; he also ·pent the ummer doing hi torical re ·earch on Wa h ington quare for an upcoming Di ney movie. J im A l b r i g h t graduated from Hahnemann Univer i ty chool f Medic ine and beoan h is re i d e n c y in e a r/no e/throa t a t J efferson U Hospital in Phi ladel phia . . . . Kim Zimmerman grad uated wi t h her M . . W. from Washington U in t. Louis and pent a month in Costa R ica tudying pani h an<l communi ty development before moving to Bo ton, where ·he p lanned to work in community economic deve lopment . . . . Lyz M a k e l y received h e r ma ter' in anthro pology from Colorado Un iveri ty- Bou lder { go Buff 1 ) and moved to .Y.C., where she is an account manager for a con u l ting firm pecializing in media rela tions/ trategic communicat ion . At the end of A ugu t she planned to marry her h igh chool weet heart, with S u ra DuBow, Meg Ewing and A m y e l i nger a bride maid . . . . Stephanie Cle ment i pur uing her master' in natural re ourc e p l a n n i ng at UVM , a a r e A h l e y Weld and Lesley Frymier '93. te phan.i e i al o employed a a p lanner for an EPA-funded water hed program
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Tris Hu s e y '9 1 wa co-author of a raper in the J une 1 996
Journal of Palcolimnolog-:• on natural ( rre- Eurnpean ) fire regime, in eaqern North America.
MILEPOSTS i\larriages: J en n ifer L . Payne ' 9 4 to Andre H . Gray ' 9 4 i n N ewport, R . L . . . J a n i c e L . Berry ' 9 0 to Charle, E. Zenrer m Ca tine, Maine . . . . Ben Jorgensen '92 to Krist111 Durkee in Lorimer Ch<1 pe l .
Birr/is: A daughter, Rachel, to Robert ' 9 0 a n d Meredith Post Gramlich '90 . . . . A son, Teaouen Walker, to J im an<l Lael Hinman Stanczak '93 . . . . A daughter, Alexandra Deakin, to Carolyn and Brian C lement '90. on Lake Champlam. ancy Putnam Bentley is workm.g a. a rreschool teacher and li ,·ing near Clearwater, Fla., ,,·here ,he and her husband hm·e JU t ['UrchaseJ their fir�r house . . . . Erin ( Kelly '9 I ) and Chuck DiGrande were married in October '95 and are planning to rurchasc a home in Ma .achusetr>, where Chuck is an in ·u ra nce u nJenniter. Moll Beale was a children ' bL)Ok ediror at Pengu in U, A when she wr.--,re but had p lan to mwel in rhe summer before re locat ing. In M ay she went to the ebago Lake, M a i ne , wed d i n g o f K r i s t i n Wallace and Tom L 1ve:y '9 1 . A Lo 111 attendance were arah Bloc k , who has been reaching in Cre red Butte, Colo., wi th rlans to at tend law chool thi fal l ; Anne Maddock s , who began Columbia Medical chool thi fa l l ; J e n Nehro Patriacc a , a ·y rem- conu l tant w i th Fide l i ty in Bo ron; M e g Ewing, who began the M . B. A . program at Duke after tra\'eling to Kenya this summer; Amy e linger, reaching hi rory at Montc lair Kimberly Academy in ew Jer ey; Kelly Wenger, who work at an env i ronmental c o mpany i n Bo uld er; E l a i n e B u e s c h e n , i n l a w c h o o l at A merican U ; and L e a h G reen man, who began grad chool in math in alt Lake City . . . . Kwok Lui and Tom Powers l ive in .Y.C. Kwok i a portfolio ana l y t for Fi her Francis Tree & Watt , and Tom is working at herman & terl ing . . . . N e d Goodell wa · in .Y.C. for rhe ummer doing an architecture
intern,hip . . . Derek Betten court 1- in Chicago ll"ork 111g for , un Life of Canada . . . . Camper
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captain in rhe ., . Army this fal l ; he currently sen·e, at FL1rt Bragg, .C. . . . I ha,·e to put a p lug in for Reunion '97. Anyone 111tere ted in part ic ipating on the reu n i on p l a n n m g C L1 m m i ttee should phnne Demetra G iata> at 207- 7 2 - , l 9 L o r m e a t home; anyone interested in part icipat mg on the reunion gift CL1mm1t tee hould rhone Becky Birrell at 207- 7 2 - 3 l c4 at Colby, where she i a ·:oc iate d i rector of annual ginng. Thanks again for keering in touch. If you ever f111d your elf in Colorado, I lm·e ,- isitor ! + Corre pondent: William Miller J r.
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Thanks f� r your re pon ses . . . . Diane Decker 1 in Cornell' College of eteri nary Medic ine, c la s of 2000. Brigid Jordan is ll\·ing in Bo-ron' orth End and working a· an embryologist at the Bo ton Fer tility Lab in Brookline . . . . Elinor Gregor al o recent! · mO\·ed to the orth End-after kiin in Colorado for the pa.t two year and traveling around the world in the fall a year ago. he 1s cur rently looking for a publ ishing job . . . . Tamiko Davie i a ful l r ime nursing tudenr in Portland, where he worked a a ocial worker for two year-. Recently he tra,·eled to Central America w ith J eannette Morss . . . . Kat
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enga!!eJ anJ arrend mg Tuck thh fo ll. :\l-,11 w he ar Tuck 111 rhe tall 11"<1' Shawna H u ff m a n , \ I lw rr,11 eleLI 1 11 rhe 'ummer alter t111 hh l l1 !! hcr cL1n,ulr111 g 1 ,1h ,ll C11<1per' & L\-hrand 111 .Y.C. Kary a bu \ITlte' that W il l · Berglund I ' engaged. cott Greenfield l ' linn g 1 11 1 1-.,oun and wurk111g a' an 1m·e�tment banker. . . . Ali on Inch 1 , rhe d i rector oi de,Tlop menr for her h igh ,chuPI ,ilma mater, runn mg the annual fund tn addi tion tLl puh l 1 h m g ,;i l l ,chool matenak S h e 1, very ac tl\·e 111 <)utdo11r port> . . . . A.G. Gillis 1- rhe direcrnr of mrtrketmg for a record label. He recenth returned from a nne-year >tlllt 1 11 outheasr Asia a· a manufacrur mg manager for an on I me >ernce c 11mrany. " L ife i. good , " he ll"rire-. ancy Emer on ha, been reaching math at Concord H igh chool i n ew Hamp. hire for the past \'ear. he al'o 1' work mg on a ma,ter\ degree in math at UNH . . . . Chris G ies:! is a corpsman in rhe al'y � eab. He j omed the a,·y a year a�n and 1-, c u rren t l y c o m p l e t i n g A rm ) Ranoer -cl1L1ol , then plans r o gl1 on ro pec ial Force- Corpsman chool a:, a paramedic. . ean Greene i · a student ar Genrge Wa ·hingron Unil·enty' master'. rrogram in international affair-. . Suzie Girard i · working a" a ales rep in Denver and receml · had Kristen E l linger d it for fi,·e Jays . . . . I ' m pas ing rhe torch to Beth C urran, ·o this i · my la·t column. Make ure and jot down Berh'- addres -al l new c la,, news "hould go to her. Thank 1 + Corre-ronden t: A licia S . Hidalgo
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Three more cla mem ber- were married la ·t .ummer! Tony Baldasaro mar ried hi long-time girlfriend, Kelli, in J une. Tony, a biology teacher for the Monroomery County Pub l ic chools m Maryland, hoped ro r e t u r n ro c h o o l fo r h 1· 1 . B . A . . . . u an Ben on and Bruce Panilaitis were planning
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gaff-rigged schooner sai I ing up the East Coast from the Carib bean to Boston and was hoping to be on another chooner back in the Pacific N orthwe t for the ummer . . . ln J une of last year Cole Conlin moved from Port land , Ore . , to Canaan , N . H . , to teach at a boarding school . Pierson Bourquin is l i v ing in ausa l i to, Cal if., sell ing Internet serv ice for The Well and enjoy ing the bay area . . . . E l l iot Barry moved from Texa to Portland, Maine, to work as the ass istant d irector of merchandising for the Portland ea Dog basebal l team. He still sees Bonn ie J ohnson and invites anyone in the area to top by the ba l l park . . . . After work ing at many d ifferent job , in c l ud i ng teach ing e l e m e n t ary school, J e n n ifer C hasin is look ing into graduate program in clinical p ychology . . . . J ul ie Cyr, an integration teacher at New England Center for Aut ism, wa planning to attend grad chool this fall in speech and language pathology . . . . I have seen I ngrid K r i s ta n , who retu rned from France and now works at Hough ton Mifflin in Boston. I al o heard from Lori Cohen, who was en gaged to the Canad ian she met during our spring break trip to Cancun ophomore year. She wa planning to move to Au tral ia.+
gional economist at DRI in Lex i n g to n , M a - . . . . S t e p h a n ie Tyrrell is living in Alexandria, Va., and working a' a research analyst for an economic consu l t ing firm . She wrote that Deb Fletcher i working at the Ameri can P ychological Assoc iat ion in Wa,hington, D.C., and that Lynn Thompson is teaching in Clin ton, Mass. . . . April Armstrong, who tarted with our clas before tak ing three years off to do ev eral th ings including going to school in Connec t ic u t , per forming off- Broad way and as s i t i ng w i t h the I n ternational DJ Expo in Ch icago, is now back a t Colby a a member of the Class of '98. She i keeping busy on Ma yflower H i l l as a Colbyette and president of Pow der and Wig. She is t i l l dat ing hawn Campbe l l '9 3 and reports that she has seen Jaye Gennaco and Sara Campbe l l . . . . Kara Toms is on the field staff for a wi lderness therapy program in Utah. She ,pent last winter teach ing English in Ecuador and hik-
ing in Ch i l e . . . . Julie Rentz graduated from rhe engineering program at Dartmouth and moved down to omerv i l le, Ma s., with Kristen Hanssen and Kathryn Cosgrove . . . . Regina Wlodarski
wri tes that he recently bought a condo in Stamford, Conn., and is l i ving there with her boyfriend, Keith. he is till working as a cred it controller at Credit Sui e Financial Produce in New York and wa hoping to Jo some camp ing la t um mer. She let me know that Lenia Ascenso is working in insurance in Lynnfield, Mass., and l iving with her sister in alem. . . . Delia Welsh recently became engaged and was due to return from Morocco, where she wa on a Fulbright cholarship . . . . Su san Hale is working in Bethesda, Md., at Loc kheed-Martin . . . A l lison Wilkin is beginning a ma t e r ' s in m i c ro b i o l ogy a t UConn t h i fal l . . . . I also started my fir t year of a master's pro gra m , in c o m m u n i c a t ions at Georgetown. Keep the news com + ing, ' 9 5 1
Correspondent: Alyssa Falwell
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Here' the latest on your classmate . Stefanie Trep per has been teaching k indergar ten in New York wh ile working on her second year of a master' degree in elementary ed ucation. he a lso traveled in Europe for a m nth . . . . Yuhgo Yamaguchi is also in N ew York, where he writes that he is enjoying his work a a portfo l io as i r ant for S m i th Barney. He has been spending t i me offic iating a t ice hoc key games, mainly for k ids but a lso for a few adul t leagues. He told me that Chris Lohman i working at Penske t ruck l e a s i n g , A n d y Vernon i s working i n mutual fund marketing at J ohn Hancock in Boston, and Marc Rubin is a re-
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Hansman, P a t Fortin '82, Mark Schafer '83, P a t Clendenen '88,
Ethan pen er '94, Rob Erdman '89 and John Child '78. All of the men played for current
occer coach Mark Serdj enian,
except for Erdman, who played lacros e.
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Geraldine Baker Hannay '2 1 , A ug. 2 2, 1 996,
in Bingham , Maine, at 97. he taught Engl i h at Foxcroft Academy before her marriage ro Profe sor of Engl i h Neil on Hannay. he was preceptre at H iggin Cla-. ical I n ·rirute in Charle ton and later taught in Binoham. ept. 19, 1 996, in Norridgewock, Maine, at 9 5 . At Colby he participated in the M urray Pri:e and the Hallowell Prize debate and was a member of Alpha Tau Omega fratern i ty. He practiced law in Norridgewock before being appointed to the Office of Price Admini tration and Price Control during World War IL He was acnve in local and tare politics and contin ued hi law prac tice until 1 990. Basil B. Ames ' 2 3 ,
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Waterv ille, Maine, at 90. A phy ics maior at Colby, he wa a profe sor of high mathemat ic at Bo ron ol lege for 37 year and al o head of the Air Force's lor.ospheric Re earch Department and principal investigator from l 9 5 2 until he retired m 1 976. Ruby Bick more Wiggin '3 1 , J une , 1 996, m Benton, Maine, at 7. he rauaht chool for
many years, wa the author of four books of local history and operated a road ide \'eg etabl e tanJ and greenhouse for 50 year . J ustin E. Buzzell ' 3 2 , eprember 1 4. 1 996, in
ourh Portland, Maine, at 7. He ll'as a main tenance supervi or for the Maine Central Railroad for 44 years.
Martha Burrill Ne! on '3 . J une 4, 1 996, m
Portland, Mame, at 7 . he WCI> a 'ecretary for the Holl ing<>worth and Wh1 rney Co. ( now corr Paper Cl). ) and for the A . P. Wyman Con truction Co. epr. 1 1 , 1 996, in Augw.ta, Mame, at 6 . A magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the College, he wa- a paraleoal in the law offices of her hu band, Donald ' 4 . and acrn·e in many local ci1·ic organi:<1tiom. Priscilla Anne Br ant Bouras a '48,
Charles R. DeBevoise '48, �fay 2 , 1 996, m Ba king R idge, .J . , at 7 1 . He w<1 "ice rre,i dent for ale and marketing at Filrrine Manu facturing Co. and a champion ofcon ervarion cau es in N ew Jersey.
Be sie Levine Kaplan '24, No . 9, 1 99 5 , in
Brook l i ne , Mas . A l ifelong resident of Brook line, he i urdved by her brothers, Ludy ' 2 1 and Pacy Le"ine ' 2 7 , and her si ter, Bibby Le ine Alfond '3 Other survivor include her daughter, Tema Kaplan Cushner '49, and her grand on, tuart Cu hner ' 7 5 . William F. Powers S r . ' 2 5 , J une 26, 1 996, in Hartford, Conn., a r 9 7 . He lived mosr ofhis l ife in We t Hartford, where he owned and oper ated the William Powers Company clothing tore for more than 40 year . urvivor include hi daughter, Diana Power Behlke '59.
G . A lden Macdonald ' 3 2 , Aug. 2 2 , 1 996, in
Wesley I . Rowe ' 5 1 , J une 1 7 , 1 996, in Tom
Dover, . H . , at 5. A certified public ac countant, he worked for the Portland, M aine, firm of Baker and Adam before co-founding the Macdonald Page & Co. accounting firm in 1 9 5 7. An avid k ier, fly-fi herman and golfer, he wa inducted into the Maine Sports Hall of fa me in 1 994.
River,
Leonard Helie ' 3 3 , May 2, 1 996, in El Pa o,
Richard B. Tupper ' 5 2 , J uly 1 1 , 1 996, in
Texa , at 5 . He was the on of Colby Profesor of French Euclid Helie. A Phi Bera Kappa graduate, he earned a degree from Harvard Divin i ty chool and wa for many year a Unitarian pa tor in churche from M aine to ew York City. He also was an award-win ning regional poet.
Brooklyn, .Y. , at 65. He beoan h1 bu ine career with the Central l nrelligence Agency. A stockbroker with Legg Mason Wood Walker, Inc., he wa remembered by friend a an "explorer of life . . . a con ervati\'e, a libertar ian, a Renai sance man, a Francoph ile."
ept. 1 , 1 996, in Lawrence, M a . , at 9 1 . he taught in h igh chool in Ma achu etts and Rhode l land before taking a ecretarial po i r ion with Merrimade, Inc., in Lawrence in 1 94 1 . he erved the College on the Alumni Council and a cla corre pondent, and her 50 year of upport for Colby athletic earned her the C Club Woman of the Year award in 19 6.
ton, Texa , at 2. He was awarded nine decora tion for ervice in the 4th Armored Division in World War I L Following the war he wa an execurive with J . Weinoarren, lnc. , � r 2 years.
Harr Mui r '26 , J une 2 7 , 1 996, in Cumberland
John D. Springer ' 3 5 in Winter Haven, Fla. He
Center, Maine, at 9 3 . He taught science at athan Hale Jr. High chool in ew Britain, Conn., from 1 92 7 to 1 944 and wa- the princ i pal of Central and lade j un ior h igh chool in New Britain from 1 944 to 1 96 5 .
Edith E. Emery ' 3 7 , J une 1 0, 1 996, i n
E. Evelyn Kellett '26,
Carroll D . Tripp ' 2 6 , J une 1 , 1 996, i n
Burlington, Vt., a t 92. H e graduated from ew ton TI1eological In titution in 19 0 and erved as an American Bapti t mini rer in churche in Maine, Vennont and ew Jer e . He and hi wife, Eva Grant Tripp '29, who urvives him, were married for more than 60 year .
George S. Mann '34, May 29, 1 996, in Hou -
.] . , at 69.
William M. Noyes ' 5 2, December 22, 1 995,
in My tic , Conn., at 6 5 . He was <I technical writer for Westinghou e Corp . Lmer he worked for an automobile dealership before joining My tic Yacht Re torarions.
Patricia Walters Marier ' 5 9 , April 1 0, 1 996, in Palm Beach, Fla. , at 5 . A home
maker, oardener and land cape de igner, she is urvived by her husband , Robert '60, and two daughter . Michael Stephen Kolp '92 , J une 2 , 1 996, in
worked in hearing andairconditioning in Maine before going into bu ine s for himself. He is urvived by hi 1 ife, Loi Dean pringer ' 3 3 . Haverhill, M a . , at 1 . h e earned a ma rer' at Radcl iffe College and completed postgradu ate tudie at Bo ton Un iver ity and Harvard Un iver ity, then taught Engl ish and hi tory in school in Maine and Vermont before erv ing as dean of women at orthea tern Univer ity. he wa a Colby tru tee from 1 960 to 1 966.
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E ly, M inn., at 2 5 . A Voyageur Outward Bound
in rructor, he was truck by l ightning on a canoe trip. He worked with youth at risk in the ado le cent reco,·ery program of the chool for Urban and Wilderne urvival in I daho. Roge r Tory Peterson, D. c. '74, J ul y 2 ,
1 996, in Old Lyme, Conn. , at 7. He was America' mo r honored artist and natural i r, famou f r hi illu traced Field Guide to the Birds. He wrote, edited or contributed to more than 1 00 book and received many honorary degrees and award .
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The President's Report Leading into the 21st Century As Colby encered this last decade of the 20th century, the trustees adopted a plan for the 1 990s titled "Leadership in the Liberal Arts . " Published in September 1 99 1 , it set forth specific goals for the College in five key areas : financial resources; curriculum; student life; diversity; and facilities, equip ment and technology. Now, five years later, I am pleased to report that we have accomplished many of those goals and are making meaningful progress toward achieving those that remain.
Five-year Update on the Colby Plan for the
low the average percentage increases for the Ivies and comparable liberal arts colleges.
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The details of the most recent advances are highlighted in the accompanying annual report from my colleagues on the senior ad ministrative staff. However, there are a number of benchmarks set forth in our plan for the 1 990s that deserve special comment. A. Financial Resources
• We have maintained a trong applicant pool of rising quality. Indeed, a noted by Dean Parker Beverage in h is accompanying annual report, 1 995 -96 aw numerou ad missions records set for Colby. • We have maintained highly competitive faculty salaries: we are among the top 5 per cent of undergraduate colleges in the AAUP rankings, and Colby is the leader in faculty salaries within N ESCAC colleges (see chart, page 2 ) . We have continued to place our pri mary emphasis on faculty alaries, student ervices and financial aid and have kept administrative costs as low as possible. • Following a decade of planned increas es, we capped faculty growth in 1 994, just as we capped administrative growth in 1 988. Our student/faculty ratio is now 10: 1, down from 1 2: 1 in 1 980. We will meet new chal lenges by rea igning open faculty and staff positions, and we have embarked on a reengineering program to increase quality and efficiency. • We have continued to provide need ba ed financial aid grants to approx imately 40 percent of each incoming class, and the dollars awarded have increased from $6, 1 6 5,000 in 1 990-91 to $8,680,000 in 1 995-96; another 23 percent receive loans and work-study a signments to the extent of need. Financial aid grants continue for all four years (according to family need and as suming satisfactory academic standing}. • We launched the most ambitious capital campaign in Colby's history with a $ 1 00-mil lion goal, two thirds of which is for endow ment. A of June 30, the campaign stood at $78 million. The value of Colby's endowment increased from $77 million in 1990 to $ 1 6 1 million i n 1 996. { However, we are still way behind mo t NESCAC colleges. )
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• We have balanced our budget for 1 7 consecutive year . • The rate of annual tuition increase has been reduced from 7 . 5 percent in 1 990 to 4.7 percent in 1 995 -96, the lowest in 21 years. Our recent increases have been slightly be-
• At the beginning of this decade, the fac ulty adopted an expanded set of academic distribution requirements for the Class of 1 995 and beyond. In 1 996-97, as noted in Vice President Robert McArthur's report, the College will begin a pioneering program in liberal arts education, called Integrated Semester Studies, designed to explore a brief but momentous era in world civilization from the perspective of four different disciplines. • Nearly two thirds of Colby students study abroad during their time at the Col lege (Colby has one of the highest percent ages of students studying abroad of all American colleges and universities), and each year we have strengthened the quality and academic rigor of the approved foreign study programs. • We have largely succeeded in raising the funds necessary for our ambitious plan for the natural sciences, and we have seen a remarkable increase (from around 23 per cent 10 years ago to more than 42 percent
1995-96 Faculty Salaries New England Small College Athletic Conference-NESCAC ($ Thousands) Professor
Colby Tufts* Bowdoin Wesleyan Amherst Williams Trinity Bates Middlebury Hamilton Conn. College
82.4 77.4 77.3 77.3 77.2 77.0 76.2 73.3 72.2 68.2 67.7
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Associate Professor
56.6 58.4 5 5 .3 5 2.7 5 2.6 5 1 .8 54.4 52.3 5 1 .3 52.0 49.8
Rank
2 I 3 5 6 9 4 7 10 8 II
Assistant Professor
42.5 45. 1 42.8 44.6 44.8 44.0 4 1 .4 43.I 40.8 40.7 40.9
Rank
7 1 6 3 2 4 8 5 10 11 9
Note: Colby's salaries for full professor are high, in part, because of the success of the capital cam
$6,000 salary increase.
paign and other fund-raising efforts in raising endowments for 20 new chairs. Each chair holder ceives a
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is a research university where salaries are generally higher than in colleges.
Colby's benefits are not as high as at many other N E SCAC schools and hence our total compen sation numbers are relatively lower. Source:
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Ba:rron's Profiles of A merican Colleges ' Most Competitive Colleges and Universities
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Even superior students will encounter a great deal of competition for admission to the colleges in this category. In general, these colleges require high school rank in the top 10 percent to 20 percent and grade averages of A to B plus. Median freshman test scores at these colleges are generally between 6 2 5 and 800 (nonrecenteredl on SAT I and 29 and above on the ACT. In addition, many of these colleges admit only a small percentage of those who apply-usually fewer than one third. Amherst College, Mass.
Dartmouth College, N H.
Bates College, Maine
Davidson College, N.C.
Swarthmore College, Pa.
Boston College, Mass.
Duke University, N.C.
Tufts University, Mass.
Bowdoin College, Maine
Georgetown University, D.C.
Uruted States Air Force Academy, Colo.
Brown University, R.I.
Harvard University/Harvard and
United States Coast Guard Academy, Conn.
Bryn Mawr College, Pa. California Institute of Technology, Calif.
Stanford University, Calif.
Radcliffe Colleges, Mass.
United States Military Academy, NY
Harvey Mudd College, Calif.
United States Naval Academy, Md. University of Chicago, Ill.
Claremont McKenna College, Calif.
Haverford College, Pa.
Colby College, Maine
johns Hopkins University, Md.
University of Notre Dame, Ind
Colgate University, N.Y.
Massachusetts institute of Technology, Mass.
University of Pennsylvania, Pa.
College of William and Mary, Va.
Middlebury College, Vt.
Univers ity of Virginia, Va.
Columbia University/ Barnard College, N.Y.
New College of the University of
Wake Forest University, N.C.
Columbia University/Columbia College, N.Y. Columbia University/School of Engineering and Applied Science, N.Y. Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and
Art, N.Y.
Cornell University, N.Y.
in the most recent class) in the number of entering students indicating an intere t in majoring in one of the sciences. • TI1is fall (expanding on the already very successful Senior Scholars Program ) , the faculty will refine a proposal to enable more students to do ub tantial independent study ba ed on the European tutorial model dur ing their senior year. C. Student Life • Freshman academic advising has been
strengthened through universal participa tion of the regular faculty, decreasing the number of tudents per adviser from nine or 10 to five or six. • The Spotlight Event program, initiated early in this decade and designed to bring the entire community together for impor tant speakers, debates and performance , is being refined for 1 996-97 and will change further the following year when the College adopts a new weekly class meeting calendar. • Student interest in campu governance has increased during the decade, and last pnng 68 percent of the student voted for Stu-A leaders in a hotly contested, three way race. • The u e of temporary housing has been decreased, and, as noted in Dean Janice Kass man's report, we have launched an ambitiou student residence construction and renova tion program that will greatly improve all of our dormitories by the end of the decade. • The Trustee Commi ion on Alcohol ha produced an important set of new poli cie , involving all members of the Colby community, that we expect will trengthen our commitment to a vibrant and varied so c ial life where civility is enhanced, altema-
South Florida, Fla. Northwestern University,
111.
Washington and lee University, Va. Webb Institute, N.Y.
Pomona College, Calif.
Wellesley CoUege, Mass.
Princeton University, N.J.
Wesleyan University, Conn.
Rice University, Texas
Williams College, Mass.
Smith College, Mass.
Yale University, Conn.
tive programming is increased and alcohol abu e is not tolerated.
• In addition to the building them elves, the College ha invested $7 million in new computers and cientific equipment since 1 990 and has completed the hard-wiring of all of the residence halls o that every occu pant in every room can have direct access to the Colby information network, including the Internet and World Wide Web. I thank the trustees, overseer , alumni leaders, parents and friends of the Col lege-as well as the extraordinarily talent ed faculty and staff-who have made pas ible the e accomplishments of the first half of the 1 990s. This fall we will update our 1 0-year financial projection and refine plans for the succe sful completion of The Campaign For Colby. The largest remaining portions of the campaign involve a $3 -million challenge grant for the art mu eum; nammg gifts for the new residence hall ; the creation of 1 00 new financial aid endowment fund ; and the 50 percent alumni giving participation goal. The national media frequently use the succes of the annual Alumni Fund and the percent of graduates giving as a proxy for "alumni atisfaction," and we are very plea ed that in 1 996 the Alumni Fund set record both for dollars ($2. l million) and participation rates--45 percent, up from 3 5 percent i n 1 98 1 . Total donors increased from 4,836 to 7,6 1 6 over those 1 5 years. We are making good progres toward the 50 per cent rate, which would put u m the group of tho e elite liberal art· college that have the trongest alumni loyalty and satisfac tion. Thi is where Colby belongs, and, thank to the quality of our program and the extraordinary volunteer efforts of our
D. Diversity • We have made excellent progress in
creasing all areas of diversity, including geo graphical background, ethnicity, religious affiliation, l ife experience and curricular and extracurricular interests. For the first time in Colby's history, a majority of the en tering class comes from outside of New Eng land, and ALANA (African, Latino, Asian and Native American) students will repre sent 1 3 percent of the incoming class (up from 2 percent in 1 980 and 8 percent in 1 990) . Incoming international students rep resent 23 different countries. • The Trustee Commi sion on Multi cultural Housing determined that we should not reserve special housing for ethnic (or other) groups. Instead, Colby will underline our commitment to our increasingly diverse tudent body with the opening of the Pugh Center in the Student Union. It has offices for 1 3 separate ethnic, religious and other groups particularly committed to furthering Colby's intercultural life. E. Facilities, Equipment and Technology • We have completed most of the con
struction projects outlined in the plan for the '90 , including the extensive renovation of the Harold Alfond Athletic Center, con struction of the Lunder House, expansion of the Lovejoy Building, a new art and music library, new clas rooms in Bixler, the Davis Gallerie and Schupf Wing, the F.W. Olin Science Center and substantial refurbishing of almost all cla srooms and laboratories in the Keye and Arey cience buildings. p3
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alumni, parents and friends, we are sure to get there before this decade ends. We are confident that, as a community, we will succeed in each of these remaining areas by the beginning of the new millenni um. As Franklin Johnson, Colby's 1 5 th pres ident, said when he looked over the empty fields of Mayflower H ill in the 1 930s, "What must be done can be done ! "
Is Liberal A rts Education Still Appropriate? In setting those goals for the 1 990s, we consulted broadly with members of the Colby community. In the process, we learned there were six general questions about the College that I promised to answer in a series of reports. I have already written in Colby about the cost of a Colby education (November '93 ), political correctness and free speech (August '94 ) , the importance of endowment (November '94 ) , tenure (April '95 ) , and affirmative action and diversity (November '95 ) . I would like to devote the balance of this report to the ixth and final question raised: Are the liberal arts still the best preparation for careers and life?
You will not be surprised to learn that my answer to this question is an emphatic YES ! Broad Core Curriculum
For 1 7 5 years, Colby has been committed to a broad liberal arts education. We have al ways had a core curriculum with numerous distribution requirements designed to ensure that students have the breadth of exposure necessary to select a major with comparative experience and to be prepared for the broad range of intellectual and social challenges that will test them in the workplace, in grad uate school and in life. This spring, a widely discussed report by the National Association of Scholars, titled "The Dissolution of General Education," criticized America's leading colleges and uni versities for abandoning their traditional commitment to liberal learning. That study focused on the 50 most selective colleges and universities in the United States, including Colby. (See chart on page 3, taken from the latest edition of Barron's Profiles of American Colleges, the most widely used and respected guide Ln the nation, which lists the 50 "most competitive" institutions . ) Colby has maintained its core curriculum even while the majority of the very best in-
The Changing World Economy
The Colby Plan In 1 989, the faculty adopted a series of precepts, endorsing basic educational principles already well established at Colby, as the latest step in ongoing curriculum reform at the College. These pre cepts reflect the College's sense of the principal elements of a liberal education and serve as a guide for making reflective course choices and for measuring educational growth. In keeping with a com mitment to lifelong learning, it is expected that they also will provide a broad framework for edu cation beyond college. The precepts, which the College believes are at the heart of a liberal arts education, are: • to develop one's capability for critical thinking, to learn to articulate ideas both orally and in writing, to develop a capacity for independent work, and to exercise the imagination through di rect, disciplined involvement in the creative process; • to become knowledgeable about American culture and the current and historical interrela tionships among peoples and nations; •
to become acquainted with other cultures by learning a foreign language and by living and
studying in another country or by closely examining a culture other than one's own; • to learn how people different from oneself have contributed to the richness and diversity of society, how prejudice limits such personal and cultural enrichment, and how each individual can confront intolerance; • to understand and reflect searchingly upon one's own values and the values of others; • to become familiar with the art and literature of a wide range of cultures and historical periods; •
to explore in some detail one or more scientific disciplines, including experimental meth
ods, and to examine the interconnections between developments in science and technology and the quality of human life; •
to study the ways in which natural and social phenomena can be portrayed in quantitative
terms and to understand the effects and limits of the use of quantitative data in forming policies and making decisions; • to study one discipline in depth, to gain an understanding of that discipline's methodolo gies and modes of thought, areas of application, and relationship to other areas of knowledge; • to explore the relationships between academic work and one's responsibility to contribute to the world beyond the campus. Students are urged to embark on a course of lifelong learning by pursuing these objectives in their course work and through educational and cultural events, campus organizations, and ser vice to others, both on campus and in the broader community.
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stitutions in America have eliminated or greatly reduced their commitment to gener al education. The study by the National As sociation of Scholars reports that, between 1 964 and 1 993 , the percentage of leading institutions maintaining requirements in science, foreign language, history, literature, math and English composition declined dramatically--on average from 90 percent to 30 percent. Colby, on the other hand, has continued core distribution requirements in each of these fields, as well as in a few oth ers. Consequently, our graduates will con tinue to be exposed to the kind of breadth that is at the heart of liberal learning. "The Colby Plan," adopted by the faculty in 1 989, sets forth 10 precepts of liberal arts education that I believe constitute one of the best descriptions of the goals of liberal education (see chart, page 4). Students who master these precepts will surely have the kind of problem-solving skills that are val ued and rewarded both in the employment market and in graduate school admissions. Such knowledge and skills will be even more valuable as we move to the global communication and service economy of the next century.
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A recent study by the Committee for Eco nomic Development (I will rely frequently in this analysis on the excellent CED re port, "American Workers and Economic Change," published in 1 996) concluded that new jobs in American industry are charac terized by "the reduced emphasis on special ized tasks and the increasing importance of worker versatility in moving among tasks." Similarly, Peter Benoliel, chairman of the Quaker Chemical Corporation, said in a re cent address, "Quite simply, for people to ob tain and hold jobs in the new workplace, they must have a wider array of skills, the ability to learn in a rapidly changing techno logical and work environment, the ability to deal with the abstract and to conceptualize, the ability to undertake complex problem solving and the ability to interact effectively in non-hierarchical structures. Narrow voca tional training is hardly suited to prepare such a work force." Lester Thurow, professor of economics at M IT, notes in his latest book, The Future of Capitalism, that "brain power industries" have replaced traditional resource-based industries and that in the new global economy only the countries with the strongest educational sys tems will be competitive. In 1900, 1 0 of the 1 2 largest companies in the U.S. were re source-based. Only one of the 1 2, General Electric, is alive today, and names such as the American Continental Company, National Lead and U.S. Leather are long forgotten .
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Colleges like Colby with a long record o f en hancing "brain power" are educating students to learn to adapt to rapid change, and they are in an excellent position to take advantage of these new global conditions. Nearly 30 million American jobs have been gained since 1 980 to help absorb new gradu ates. This contrasts with Western Europe, where no new net jobs have been gained in that period and unemployment rates are twice the level of that of the U .S. Many of these new U .S. jobs are especially suited for liberal arts graduates. Almost half are in man agerial, professional and technical occupa tions, even though these occupations constitu e only 27 percent of total employ ment. In the future, these high-skilled, high education occupations will represent an even larger share. Indeed, while the headlines focus on loss-
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es, such as AT&T's announced 40,000 re duction in positions, there is less notice of the millions of new jobs in fields that did not exist a decade or two ago. For example, a recent New Yark Times article noted that there are more than 4,000 new media com panies selling interactive software and on line computer services in the New York region alone, and they employ more than 70,000 workers. Compare this with the tele vision industry in New York City, which employs only 1 7 ,000, and book publishing, which has fewer than 1 4,000. The CED study describes the new work place in this era of globalization and deregu lation as one that will reward organizations that use: 1 ) computer-based technology; 2 ) high-performance organizational formats and 3 ) work forces that are more skilled, pro-ac tive and auronomous on the job. p5
Broad liberal arts education ( including ci ence and foreign language requirements ) , small classes that stres individual and group learning, the chance for independent re search with faculty member , the heavy use of information technology, the availability of January and summer internships ( mo t provided by alumni and parents) and other aspects of a Colby education all help pro duce graduate who can take initiative and be creative in the new world economy. In the last decade, a Colby education has given increasing empha is to computer skill ; all students now take courses that re quire the use of the computer-beyond sim ple word processing-in in truction and research. Not only have we hard-wired all of the residence halls, but the number of com puters on campu has continued to grow dramatically (see chart, page 5 ) . It i sometimes said that liberal arts col leges prepare their students poorly for their first jobs but very well for their second and subsequent po itions. Thi seems true for our graduates. For example, when they were two years out of Colby, only 40 percent of the members of the Class of '93 report that their current job "definitely fits my career goals," whereas that number grows to 72 percent for the Class of '83, 12 year our. We tell our students that they must be prepared for dynamic--even unsettling changes in the work force. The old tradition of staying with a single corporation for most of one's professional l ife has been replaced by a pattern summarized by CED: "Over one third of all workers-about 40-50 million in dividuals--either change their employer or employment status (employed tO not em ployed, or visa versa) each year. . . . About one-third tO two-thirds of this movement of worker consists of the creation of new jobs and the destruction of old jobs . . . [and] the net employment increase of about 1 . 5 million jobs per year during the 1 99 1 -96 business ex pansion involved very roughly the creation of 1 5 . 5 million new jobs annually and the disap pearance of 14 million." Similar patterns hold for Colby graduates. In the first three years out of Colby, 60 per cent of the Class of 1 99 1 had had at least two jobs and 34 percent changed jobs every year. That same survey showed that within four months of graduation 74 percent of the students were employed, 1 7 percent were in graduate school and 9 percent were traveling or looking for jobs. Graduate school welcome liberal arts grad-
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tion, compared to 66 percent of the total ample; and l iberal arts students are far more atisfied with the quality of teaching than students in other institutions. Small class ize w ith ample opportunity for cla discus ion i one of the great hallmarks of the l iberal arts college and is particularly true at Colby, where the average class ize is 1 9. Boyer found that 29 percent of tudents at research u niversities reported that "most" or "all" of their c las e had more than 1 00 student , whereas at liberal arts col leges only 1 percent of students said they tended to have classes of this s ize. Indeed, 80 per cent of liberal arts college students said they had no classe larger than 1 00 students. We believe that small classes and the chance for more active participation and contact with the facu lty enhance a student' abi lity to think critically and to articulate positions and back them up with sol id analy is. Faculty in such cla ses can give greater personal attention and can assign more writing and more oral presentations than teachers in large cla ses. There is sub stantial evidence in the educational l i tera ture that this attention contributes to greater academic and personal growth. Consequently, i t is not only liberal educa tion but liberal education offered in small colleges l ike Colby that ha exceptional ad vantages for tudent . On the other hand, we should not over tare these advantages. Clearly, students receive wonderful liberal arts educations in the I vy League and other great research in titutions in th is country. But the combination of liberal education with small classes, excellent teachers and highly talented classmates all give special advantage to our tudents not generally available to others. In fact, only about 2 per cent of the 12 m i l l ion American undergrad uates attend highly elective small liberal arts colleges l ike Colby. Colby works hard to leverage this special advantage. For i n tance, Boyer emphasized that the first requirement for the undergrad uate college i to help students achieve pro ficiency in written and oral language. We hear these same comment from prospective employer , and we are very pleased that at Colby there i extensive writing required of our students, encouraged, in part, by our writing-throughout-the-curriculum program. Proficiency in oral pre entations is facilitat ed by the frequent opportunities to speak in mall classes and seminars and by Colby's programs in public speaking and debate. However, we probably are more successful in helping our tudents trengthen their writ ing than their peaking talents; the latter re mains one of our challenges. A successful college works as hard at guid-
ing tudents through to graduation a. it does in getting them to the camru in the fin place. On thi core, abo, Cnlhy doe \'ery wel l. While graduation rates are helow 50 percent in mo L American colleges and uni ver ities, at Colby they reacheJ 9 3 percent in J une 1 99 5 (up from 3 percent in 1 989 ) . Wh ile the percentage o f high school tu dents going on to college is increasing, the national dropout rate after fre hman year has increa ed to almost 27 percent, com pared to 5 percent at Colby. Finally, a tudent probably spend about 60 hours a week on academic , 50 hours on sleep and 60 hour on extracurricular and residential life activitie . For that reason, the qual i ty of out-of-class programs is ex ceptionally important for the growth of 111 d ividual tudents, which points to another advantage of liberal arts col leges l ike Colby-the fac t that we are almo t entirely residential. Campu life for student extends well beyond the classroom; Colby i a 24hour, seven-day-a-week intensive experi ence. Our 32 var i ty athletic teams and more than 80 club and other student orga nization , a well a our particularly active and exten ive tudent government, provide numerous opportunitie for individual growth and the development of leadership and re pon ibi l i ry. Much of this is organized through the Re ident ial Common sy tern, which Boyer ingled out for prai e, noting that it i a pattern "that should guide the residential arrangements on every campus."
Liberal Education for Self and Society While we talk extensively about job place ment, graduate school attendance and other indicators of professional achievement, we mu t never forget that the goal of liberal arts colleges is to help form the whole woman or man. A liberally educated graduate hould have a l ively intellectual curio ity, enhanced ae thetic intere ts, a greater appreciation for diver ity, the ability to distinguish fact from opinion, a sense of humor, a commitment to ervice, a heightened sense of ethics and the ability to create and enjoy opportunities for l ifelong learning. These are all personal re wards that go well beyond preparation for the world of work. These stronger individual traits, in tum, also help make the world a more civil, ju t and humane place. "It is not learning," aid Woodrow Wil son, "but the spirit of ervice that w i l l g ive a college a place in the public annals of the nation . . . . In the end, the quali ty of the undergraduate experience i to be mea sured by the w i l lingne s of graduates to be
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soc 1all) anJ c 1 ncally engageJ." The aJ\'ent of the Cnlhy Vnluntccr Cen ter ha, mcrea,ed dramatically the amount of community 'en·icc perfnrmed hy Colhy ,tu dent . A nmeJ in Vice Pre,ident lc Arrhur\ rerort, Cnlhy ha, now mnn:J to a �en· i c c - l earn mg program 111 which commu nity en·ice become an inte.gral rart of many ect1om of the 111rrnductnry Engli'>h compo 1tion cour c . This engagement w i th human betterment h part of a long c,)lh) tradition dating hack to George Dana Boardman, our fir t graduate ( 1 1 2 ) , \1·ho founded a mission in Burma, and Elijnh Parish Lm·ejny ( 1 2 6 ) , ll'ho cru adeJ for the abolition of ·lavery in the 1 30s. Today, nearly 25 percent of Cnlhy students oo on to career in education and public and oc ial ser\'ice. And \'irtually all of our alumni re port engaging in n1lunteer acm·iries in their communitte that are truly inspiring. All thi i to ay that a liberal art degree remain the best general preparation for the world of work. Colby graduates take away a full palette, including the ability to aJart to rapid change, profic iency with computer; and other advanced technologie and spe cial analytical, oral and problem- ol\'tng kill . The changing global workplace b likely to invoke our student e\'en more do ely with nationals of other countries, and our foreign language requirement and extensive study-abroad program help pre pare them for that likelihood as well. U nemployment rate among col lege graduates remain at the fric t ional or truc tural level of 3 percent or so, and the rate are probably even lower for selecti\·e col lege like Colby. The premium for a col lege degree is growing, and the newe t job· are in erv ice and high- technology field for which a l iberally educated, adaptable, problem-solving l iberal arts graduate i best prepared. Colby, in tum, ha kept faith with the de finition of a broadly educated individual by maintaining ( and inctea ing) it core re quirement and next year will experiment with a new integrated semester designed to help tudems see connections aero vari ou di c ip line . Our own graduate urvey show high rate of employment and job sari faction, and three quarters of our tudent go on to grad uate school that po i tion them for e\·en higher economic reward . Perhap one of the be t endorsement for Colby' ucces in a competitive economy i the k ind that came from a recent urvey of the Class of 1 993 , which bowed that only 2 percent of tho e alumni would not recommend Colby to a relative or friend choosing a college and 92 percent definitely would. +
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Robert L. McA rthur Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Facultg More than 1 00 fac ulty attended a spiri ted retreat in J une 1 99 5 , launch ing a series of meet ings and discus ions that carried us through the academ ic year. Although we are still in the proce s of analysis and exploration of many is ues-itself a valuable activi ty-I want to comment on several of them here. One concern , voiced in a variety of way , invol ved generational and gender pl its within the faculty. Afterward, the president and I met separately with senior and j un ior female and male fac ulty to dis cuss the underlying issues that were produc ing these fi sures. I have written previou ly abou t the rapidly changing demographics of our facul ty and about the unu ually large number of j unior colleagues who have joined us in the past several years. ln these conversations, it became c lear that, with so many faculty fac ing tenure decisions within a short period of time, the anxieties concerning such reviews have become a dominant concern. In fact, every faculty member is in some way involved in tenure consideration ( which take place in the ix th year of ap pointment, after two previous, very thor ough reviews) . Member are either candi dates for tenure or are members of review committees that make recommendations to the Committee on Promotton and Tenure. A a result of the discus ions, we have, in a variety of ways, trengthened existing sup port ystems and communication channels in order to mitigate the negative effects of the proces . We also heard concerns from the rapidly growing cohort of women faculty. l n the past eight years, more than half of the tenured and tenure-track appointments have been women, and a sl ightly higher per centage of women than men have received tenure. Still, many of our women colleague often feel i olated in departments that re main heavi ly male. While more than half of our tenure-track assi rant professors and more than 40 percent of as ociate profes ors are women, only eight of 54 full professor are women. However, if hiring and promo tion and tenure deci ions continue at the
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current pace , within the next decade women will constitute half of the faculty and be equally distributed throughout all three ranks. In the meantime, all of us have learned about the need for heightened sensi tivity and support to our women colleagues as they take the ir rightful place within the Colby faculty. The matter of grade inflation was a lso raised at the retreat, and a task force met through the year to tudy the issue. It gath ered information on grading patterns, Col lege-wide and by department, examined national data and met with col leagues and students. We discovered that Colby grades have, in fa ct, risen-although at a slower pace than at comparable insti tutions. For example, the median grade point average, which for the Class of 1 967 was 2 .40, by 1 99 5 had risen to 3 . 1 4. Some explanation of this phenomenon is struc tural . The addi tion of pluses and minuses to our grading system raises aver age grades, s ince, for example, the student in the "h igh B" category who, in former year , would receive a B, now receives e i ther a B-plus o r , perhaps, an A-minus. A lso, during the past decade , polic ies a l lowed students to drop c o u r es unti l the last day of cla se without affecting their grade point averages. The faculty has a l ready adopted a n e w policy (effective for the las of 1 999 and thereafter) whereby student must determine by mid-semester whether or not to drop a cour e. This smal l change , alone, could have an effect o n the grades tudents receive. Beyond the tructural changes, there is no question that the actual grading patterns of faculty have changed. The criteria facul ty employ to determine what grade to give have taken on new characteri tics as new pedagogical techniques, including in creased reliance on portfolio assessment, group projects and collaborative learning in general, have become more widespread. Since many of these innovations have been introduced by faculty members in individ ual courses, we invited every department and interdisciplinary program to meet and discu s grading patterns and to exchange information about examinat ions, paper , grades and other modes of assessment. Not all department and programs have com pleted these di cussions, but the reports so far indicate that these meetings have been very helpful to faculty in understanding their colleagues' views on how to determine grades appropriately. We also learned that many faculty mem bers fee l significant upward grading pressure from students. While most faculty members
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do not succumb, it is difficult not to notice its presence, and a number of faculty noted that the heavy reliance on student evalua tion of teaching in tenure decisions and other personnel actions creates a perceived tension between rigor, on one hand, and, on the other, successful teaching performance as measured by student comments. This per ception has led the Faculty Course Evalua tion Committee to review instruments used to gauge student evaluation and to recom mend way to improve our sy tern of student reviews. To this end, the committee ha col lected evaluation materials from nearly 70 other l iberal arts college . This also was a year of discussion about our curriculum and instruction. Bolstered by a major grant from the Christian A . John o n Endeavor Fund, a group o f faculty organized by Professor Robert Weisbrot (history) has conceived a new curriculum program called Integrated Semester Studies. In the two pilot versions, four faculty mem ber from individual departments aero s di visions will teach jointly under a temporal theme that will connect disparate subject . In the spring of 1 997, a group is teaching the history, literature, mu ic, pol itic and physics of the year 1 94 1 - 1 94 5 , and, in the fall of 1 997, another group of four will focus on enl ightenment and revolution in the years 1 7 7 5 - 1 800. Peter Harris ( English) , working with the Colby Volunteer Center, inspired several of his colleagues to incorporate "service learn ing" opportunities into their sections of English composition this year. Participating students combined their volunteer service in the Waterville community with their writing assignments so that the important experience of serving others was connected intimately to their academic work. This model, we hope, will be expanded into other components of our curriculum in years to come. The Academic Affairs Committee en gaged the faculty in a discus ion of senior projects and honors theses. The fundamen tal issue here is the extent to which the most precious faculty resource-time should be focused on working with seniors on collaborative research projects. This issue, in turn, raises other fundamental questions about allocations of faculty time to introductory courses, and about courses in the major and contributions to interdis ciplinary studies programs as well as the structure of the jun ior and senior year pro grams. A lso in this discussion are ignifi cant issue concerning the integration of off-campus tudy programs ( which more than 70 percent of our students pursue)
into the major and the general education curriculum of the final two years at the Col lege. Based on the dil igent work of Pete Mo s ( history ) , the A AC also brought the facu lty a pro po al to completely revise the weekly class chedule. Beginning in fall 1 99 7 , c las e w i l l begin at a.m., and there will be regular cla meeting time into the evening, unday through Thur day. N o c l a e will b e scheduled between 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. so that conflict w ith tudent ac tivities, team practice and other extra-cur ricular events can be avoided. Collaborative research between facu l ty and students has become woven into the fabric of many of our programs. The College has been awarded a econd 1 - million grant for upport of the bio ciences from the Howard Hughe Medical Institute. It will provide additional momentum to our pro grams in biology, chemi try and other inter disc iplinary components of the science division (e.g., phy ics and biomechanics) for faculty - tudent research experiences and will underwrite the final stages of the major renovation and expansion of science fac ili tie and equipment that we have pur ued for the past ix year . A a tangible indica tion of how our previou grant from H H M I already has influenced facu l ty/ tudent col laborations, 1 6 chemi try tudent gave pa at the annual ociery meeti g in New Orleans in March. The year of o much faculty discussion and so many meeting culm inated in a facul ty dinner during the spring seme ter. A panel of colleague -Charles Conover (physics) , uellen Diaconoff ( French) and Jan Hogendorn ( economics )-presented their views of teaching and learning at Colby, and Elizabeth McKin ey, profe or of American tudie and dean of Carleton Col lege, di c u ed h e r ense o f the changes in liberal art college faculties, including gen erational and gender concern and the promise and pro pect for the future. Change in college i a lengthy proce s of exploration, analysi , deliberation, con u lta tion, discu sion and revision. Revising a cur riculum, Clark Kerr once quipped, is like moving a graveyard. We will continue many of our di cussions into thi academic year, as, in the nature of thing , even additional committee and ta k force take up some components of the que tions that we have been rai ing on generational concern , on support for our women colleague , on grade inflati n, on evaluation of teaching and on trade-offs between using faculty time to work with individual student guiding their re earch and expanding the curriculum. +
W. A rnold Yasinski Administrative Vice Presiden t The rush to pre pare for the arri\'al of the Cla of 2000 held a recial att faction for many of u on campu thi past -ummer, from facu l ty and enior admmi trators to Phy ical Plant De partment employee-. More important pro jects have come to fruition this year than perhaps at any time ince the building of the campus. A half decade of emphasis on acad emic and related project is being capped with the completion of the extraordinary new FW. Olin cience Center with it greatly expanded science library and tate of-the-art classroom and laboratorie , the fir t half of a $ 3 -million upgrade in laborato rie and clas rooms in Arey and Keyes ( the other half will be completed next ummer), the pectacular new Paul J. chupf Wing for the art of A lex Kat: and the Pugh Center addition to the tudent Union. The ae thet ic ati faction of the e new paces is particu larly strong a they extend the standard of pleasing, functional, inspiring space on the beautiful campu we all share. The Olin Center wa designed by the firm Shepley, Bulfinch, Richard on, and Abbot of Bo ton, which also did the major addition to Miller Library and the Lunder House, and the chupf Wing and the Pugh Center were de signed by Scott Teas of TFH Architect of Portland, which al o did the Lovejoy addi tion and participated in the Harold Alfond Athletic Center renovation. In addition to the e buildings, land caping at the center of campus has been re haped under the direc tion of Harvard land cape architect Michael Van Valkenburgh with new terracing and new trees, and the computer wiring of the residence halls ha been completed. Even as these projects are wrapped up, we are launching a five-year plan to improve res idential facilitie , beginning with con truc tion of a new hall between West Quad and Hillside. Ground was broken in July, and the opening is planned in the fall of 1 997. In the early rages of the project the number of bed on campus will increa e temporarily but re turn to the current number of approximately 1 ,600 a the renovation progre e through each hall except the Heights. The emphasis of the renovation will be on creating privac with single , uites and re-de igned bath-
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have been at the lowest rate in two decades, but the total is still high, driven by the compensation and technology needs of an organization whose assets are primarily human resources. Perhaps the largest oper ating challenge in our future is fLnancial aid funding. Student charge increases have av eraged 5 . 7 percent through the '90s and have been decreasing, while financial aid, which reached almost $9 million this past year, has increased at an average rate of 8.4 percent. A key response to this is to increase our endowed financial aid funds to a level similar to our peers, a cornerstone goal of The Campaign For Colby. This goal remains perhaps the largest unmet need necessary to ensure Colby's future as the campaign winds down at the end of the decade. +
Peyton Randolph Helm Vice President for Development and A lumni Relations Wow, what a year! Some of the high lighrs: • Winning the First Battle in the Partici pation War. Colby's alumni responded like champs to the Alum ni Fund Participation Challenge. The Alum ni Fund broke the $2million barrier for the first time in Colby's history, posting an increase of 1 2 .8 percent in funds raised and an increase of 8.4 percent in donors. At a time when many institutions are slipping in participation, Colby posted the highest donor participation rate in its history (45 percent-tied with FY '94) and the most alumni donors ever ( 7 ,6 1 6) . By meeting the first annual target of the four-year Alumni Fund Participation Challenge, Colby's sup porters triggered a $ 1 05 ,000 contribution to our endowment from the challenge pool. To the many alumni who rallied in response to the challenge, many deep and heartfelt thanks from the students and faculty who will benefit from your help. Now on to next year. For those who gave in FY '96, we need you to keep up the good work. For those who "for got," now is your chance. At stake is another $ 1 1 7 ,500 contribution to the endowment from the challenge fund if we gain 5 2 5 new donors and hit 46. 5 percent. • Hats Off to Colby Parents. Colby parenrs must surely be the most dedicated and loyal parents any college has ever had. This year's Parents Executive Committee, led by Myra and Jerry Dorros (Eben '96), Scott and Jean
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Peterson ( Hilary '97 ) and Ken and Susan Sicchitano (Amie '96 ), raised $ 3 58,000 for the Parents Fund, an increase of 1 2. 7 per cent over last year, making Colby's parents fund one of the most successful at any small liberal arts college in the country. • Alumni Relations-Recent Roadwork on a Two-Way Street. The Alumni Council launched new committees on student af fairs, academic affairs, financial affairs and alumni communications, and class represen tatives to the council embraced a new re sponsibility: written reports to their classmates on campus developments. It has been fun imagining the shock and surprise many alumni must have experienced upon opening a letter from a Colby classmate who wasn't asking for a contribution! We believe that better two-way communication be tween alumni and the campus is the key to a stronger Colby, and the new Alumni Coun cil structure so far seems a giant step in the right direction. • Call Us Perfectionists. Private founda tions have always been an important source of support for higher education-and an in dependent arbiter of educational quality. This past year, Colby's corporate and foun dation team has set what must be a national record by enjoying a proposal success rate of 1 00 percent. Every single Colby grant pro posal to a major private foundation was funded this year, for a total of $5.9 million in new commitments. Credit excellent teamwork between faculty and the founda tion relations staff as well as the discern ment of a number of wonderful foundations. • Blitz and Glitz: The Campaign Goes Re gional. More alumni and parents than ever before in Colby's history volunteered to as sist with The Campaign For Colby's regional campaigns, which celebrated Colby pride in an astonishing variety of beautiful, exotic and interesting venues, including ( to men tion j ust a few) the Belle Haven Club in Greenwich, Conn., the backlot of Warner Brothers Studio in Hollywood, Manhattan's River Club, The St. Francis Yacht Club in San Francisco and The Mark Brady Gallery in New York City ( a leading gallery for Old Masters drawings). Colby's thanks to the alumni and parents who were hosts for these wonderful events-and who served on the regional campaign committees. This fal l the regional campaigns move on to Chicago, Boston's western suburbs, southern Maine, Europe and the Colby campus. • Topping the Charts. As a result of all these activities, The Campaign For Colby finished FY '96 with an impressive total of $ 1 6 million in cash for the year and more than $78 million in gifts and pledges toward our ambitious $ 1 00-million campaign goalplO
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well ahead of the campaign timel ine and an impressive tribute to the leadership of Colby' tru tees and our many campaign volunteer . • Sav ing Trees. In ca e you were wonder ing, frugal ity and environmental re ponsi bility remain strong Colby value·. Thi year we rede igned both our pledge renunder and our Annual Report of Contributions ( ARC) to ave paper and po rage co t . By condensing ect ions of the A RC and using magazine paper in the front and extra light paper for I i ts, we removed 20 pages of text and 5 . 5 ounces of weight in each p iece. These change translated into 4 50,000 piece of paper that did not have to be pur chased, handled or printed and 7, 7 3 4 pounds o f mailed weight remo\'ed. Printing co ts ( exclud ing paper) were brought back down below the 1 992 level. Po tage cost , with a larger run and increa ed rates, were kept sl ightly below la t year' level. • How You Can Reduce Your Fund-Rais ing Mail from Colby and Save the College Money That Can Be pent on Other Educa tional Priori tie . I end this year's report with a useful t ip: make your A lumni Fund or Par ent Fund gift early in the fiscal year (for in stance, before the end of December) and u e your credit card to pay it off You'll avoid re peated solicitation letter and pledge re minder . That' why we have an 800 number! ( 1 -800-3 1 1 - 3 678. ) +
Earl Smi th Dean of the College In March of 1 968, when the Colby field house and indoor track were new, coach Ken Weinbel staged a k ind of "grand opening" invi tational meet. More than 300 competitor came from through out New England, and a crowd of some 1 ,500 spectators-the large t before and ince packed every comer. Colby running sensation Sebsibe Mamo ' 70 of Ethiopia beat archrival Amby Burfoot of Wesleyan in the two-mile race, de troy ing the field house record w ith a t ime of :48. 3 . ( Mamo went on that ame year to et a mark of 8 : 3 9 . 9 5 , a record that still tand , and Burfoot won the Bo ton Marathon that pring. ) The last event was the h igh j ump, and the final two competitor were Bob Aisner '68 of Colby and John Thomas, a national hero who had broken both world and Olympic records.
The popular A isner, a fine tuJent anJ track and basketball tandour, matched Thoma at 6 ' 7 " and the bar went up an inch. Thoma , who a a fre hman at Bo ron Univer i ty had et a world mark of 7' 3 3/4" in the Olympic trial , al o cleared easily. Ai ner waited nervously at the top of the apron, and the field house wa dent a Thoma approacheJ him to offer encour agement and advice. The Olympian patiently mimed the mo t ions of a jump and A isner mimicked him. The two <hook hands, then Aisner began hi j ump. The har never moved and the crowd exploded. l t was a new Colby record. A the huge crowd cheered, Thoma anJ Aisner, in shared e lation, embraced each other for a long moment in the pit. * * * * *
Whenever we rejoice at an achievement in Colby athletics-and there are many uch occasions each year-[ am reminded of that March night nearly three decade ago. lr defines, for me, the e sence of small-col lege athletic . Colby did not win the meet-even with Mamo' tellar performance-and A isner fini hed econd ( he missed at 6'9" , Thomas went over to win, and the Colby record is now held by Brian Russell ' 2 at 6' 1 0" ) . But, cores and records norwith randing, every one who was there that night was a winner. Similarly memorable moments are sprin k led through the years. In track alone, thi past winter Danielle LeGrande '96 ( Mo desto, Calif. ) set the College record in the 20-pound weight w ith a throw of 5 1 ' 7 1/2" and Conrad Saam '96 ( Sk i l lman, N . J . ) broke a 2 7-year-old Colby mark in the pole vault with a leap of 1 4'8". And, of cour e, the e moment are multip lied by some 600 varsity athletes competing in 3 1 var i ty sports at the College each year. Never mind that such achievement don't often make headline . Athletes and coaches at places like Colby do not expect widespread acclaim. The College' many fine coache understand that academic excel lence and the per onal growth of students are paramount, both in the admis ions election process and in the development of team . They accept that financial aid is based only upon financial need and that afternoon class es and labs mean they will rarely have a full squad at any practice se sion. Here, also, student athlete know that it is possible to "walk on" and compete in ome sports for the first time in college, just as team tar know that it i acceptable-to their coaches and teammate -to kip an entire ports sea on in order to tudy abroad. At a time when greed in profe sional
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Parker Beverage Dean of Admissions and Financial A id Colby enjoyed a record-breaking year in admiss ions, per haps its strongest year -� ever. Application to the College increa ed again, up 9 percent ·. ' . ·· . . from a year ago and 62 percent from three years ago. Academic trength and diversity in the appl icant pool increased as well . All of this enabled u to meet a number of enrollment objectives for the coming academic year and to attract an entering clas that is among the most able and interesting ever at Colby. Our enrollment target for September was 4 70 new students, and thanks to a very fa vorable return on our offers of admission we ended up slightly ahead of this target. We actually opened in September with more than 465 first-year students and about I O transfers. A n additional 60 first-year stu dents will join their classmates on campu in J anuary, mostly from Colby programs in Dijon, Cuernavaca and London. Our first-year students earned admission from a record appl icant pool of 4,60 1 , and their rate of admission was an extremely competitive 3 1 percent. A record 4 74 stu dents declared Colby their first-choice col lege and sought admission via the Early Decision program. More than a third of the entering class earned admis ion this way. In coming September transfer students earned admission from an applicant pool of 1 5 2, up from 1 2 7 a year ago. For the first time ever, more than half of the entering class came from out ide New England. N early I 00 first-year students en rolled from New York and N ew Jersey and more than 40 from Cal ifornia and Washing ton. Among countrie outside the United States, Canada was again well represented, and students enrolled from England, Turkey, Greece, audi Arabia, J amaica, Kenya, Ukraine, Bu lgaria, Scotland, India and other countries. Approximately 63 percent of our new student graduated from public high school , 7 percent from parochial schools and 30 per cent from private school . Their graduating
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Janice Kassman Dean of Students People sometimes a k what it's like to be the dean of stu dents. The question always makes me smile. I think of the many stories about my work that I enjoy telling (and I also think of the ones I cannot tel l ) , but, in fact, the question defies any short an wer. Being a dean is a mixture of all sorts of jobs--den mother, mother confessor, mentor, friend, arbitrator, chief j ustice, activities director, booster and more. Thi past year has been a particularly ful fill ing one for me and my colleague in the dean's office. We have seen the beginning of a renaissance in the area of residential life, as Colby embarks on a $ 1 6-million, five year project to expand and renovate it resi dence halls while holding enrollment to it current size. At the end of this proj ect, the College will provide more spacious living quarter as well as privacy for students through the addition of more single rooms and a number of suites, some of which will have private bathrooms. Of particular note will be the disappearance of what Colby stu dent for generations have referred to as "closet singles" in Foss and Woodman halls. Additionally, each Commons will offer two faculty resident apartments, and every hall
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will be equipped with a substance-free lounge. The renovation project began this summer with construction and refurbishing in the H i l lside Complex. I n the summer of 1 99 7 , work will be concentrated in East and West Quads, where the major alterations will create "real" corridors by relocating the bathrooms that currently run through the center of the build ings. The most inventive changes will take p lace in Dana in the sum mer of 1 998, when suites will be created in the end wings of the bui lding and the num ber of tudents l iving there will decrea e from 208 to 1 56. By the year 2000, all build ings will have been enhanced by this ma ive renovation effort. Together with an energetic group of stu dents, architect from the firm of Childs, Bertman and Tseckares, Inc., have designed a new dormitory to be located between the Hill ide dorms and West Quad. Construc tion is already under way and the building will be ready to open in the fall of 1 997. The new complex of 1 4 1 beds will contain three residence halls with a common entry. Open and closed suites will be available, as well as a living room with a kitchenette for each hall and a large social space that will accommodate all resident on the lower level. A faculty resident apartment ha been located in the heart of the complex. The pa t year al o saw the completion of the magnificent new Pugh Center, which provides office and meeting space for 1 3 or ganizations that focu on social, cultural and religious i sues. l11e centerpiece of the new facility is a common room and k i tch enette for larger functions. The build ing, which is part of the Student Union, will serve as a hub for all students to experience and appreciate intercultural activities. The groups to be housed in the facil ity have al ready formed the Pugh All iance and have been planning an array of jointly sponsored offerings for the coming year. While these projects were proceeding, much time wa spent working with the Tru tee Commission on Alcohol. This group, formed in the spring of 1 995, re searched alcohol i sue , both nationally and at Colby. The resulting report, issued this past May, is a well-considered and compre hensive study that places the is ue of alco hol at Colby in a community context. Commission members believed that all seg ments of the population-students, parents, faculty, staff, trustees and alumni-play key roles in helping the College face the impact of alcohol use and abuse on the Colby envi ronment. The major goal of the commis sion's several recommendations are to maintain and improve a viable social life that i not centered on alcohol and to foster
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the chance to work with an e\'er-changmg
J ust when work starts to feel overwhelm
group of bnght, highly mott\'ated
tudents
dean's office staff continued its day-to-day
ing or routine, my colleagues and
operation of Colby's elaborate
friends indulge me by letting me act in a
w i th their accomplishment , keep u
play, flip burgers in the
n i ht and make u both proud and -ad when
vices, worked w i th elected
tudent
er
tudent leader
and hall staff and counseled individual stu-
tudent
pa, dnve the J ttney,
detonate dynamite to open ground for a new
Milestones ignificant changes involving members of the Colby Community in
or of phy ic ; Gudam
the past year include the following:
David
Re-elected vice chair o f the Board o f Trustee : S u a n Comeau '6 3 , ecrerary of th e Corporation: E arl H .
tone '5 1 , chairman,
ura A. DuBow '92 , adjunct instructor in physical educanon;
nifer L Holsten '9 , M. Ed. , adjunct a istam profe sor of physical educa
ramas ' 5 3 , M.A.
tion; Patricia O'Brien, M. Ed. , adjunct as i tam profe sor of ph\· ical education; Mariano B. Plotkin, Ph. D . , a isram profe or of Latm Amer
Trustees retiring from the board and new trustees emeriti: E. Michael
ican hi tory; Taq a Raag, Ph.D., a isrant professor of p.\·cholooy; Anindyo Roy, Ph.D., as i tam profes or of Engh h; James Tortore lla, B . . , adjunct a i tant profe or of phy ical education.
ew overseer : Joel E. Cutler ' 1, president, National Lei ure
Faculty appointed by the president to a named chair: Richard J.
M.A. '90, Ph.D., John ). and Cornelia V. Gib on Pro�
Group; Andrew A. Davi
'85, president and portfolio manager, Davi elected Advisers; Ginny Denton '69, management trainer and consul
history;
Ph.D., associate profes
The Colby communiry was addened by the death of Associate Pro Ph.D.; Trustees Emeriti Edith E. Emery ' 37, Roderick E. Farnham ' 3 1 and
profes or of English a nd education, University of Michigan; David M .
Russell M. Squire
Lawrence, M . D., chairman a n d CEO, K a i e r Permanente; Deborah
r. '25; Profe or of Modem Language , Emerirus,
Archille H. Biron, M.A. '74, A.M.; Profe or of Modem Languages,
Marson ' 7 5 , J . D . , senior group counsel, The Gillette Company.
Emeritus, Philip
Over eer re-elected: Leon R. Allen, B.A.; Carol M. Beaumier ' 2;
Bither '30, M.A.
'73,
M.A.; Professor of Engli h,
Emerita, Alice Pattee Comparetti, M.A. '6 1 , Ph.D.; Profe or of Chem
Boghossian I I I ' 7 6, M . B . A . ; John R. Cornell '65, J . D., LLM.;
istry, Ementu , George Douolas Maier, M.A. '
Miller '5 1 , M.A.;
3,
Ph.D.; Profes or of Reli
gion, Emeritus, and Chaplain, Emeritus, Clifford H .
Alan B. Mirken '5 1 ; John W. Payson, B.A.; David Preston, M . B.A.;
'49; Helen Bell
M ildred Pafundi Ro en, LLB.; Judith Prophett Timken '57.
E.L
Over eers retiring: Judith d e Luce '6 , Ph.D.; Curtis E. Gowdy Jr. '75; Alan M. Parker; Peter C. chwaru, LLB.; Gregory W. mith '73, J .D.; Lael winney Stegall '62, M.S.
uider, 'H
0 borne, B.A.,
D . D.
9, wife of Colby Pre ident, Ementu , Robert
uider 1 1 ; Colby Admi s1ons per onnel Helen L Bailey and Rhonda
. Geu; and Colby Phy ical Plant personnel G. Peter Johnson and Jeffrey Robinson.
New member of the Museum of Art Board of Governors: Joan Al fond, B.A., executive director, Concierge Service for
imon, Ph.D., a sociate professor of art; H. Dorin
fe or of Ru sian and Director of Academic Computing David Hanson,
sor of Engli h, Princeton University; Anne Ruggles Gere '66, Ph.D.,
W.
onia C.
Zohner, Ph.D., as ociate profes or of p ychology.
ational Museum of American An Commi sion of
Robert A. Friedman, M.A. '88, M.B.A.; David
lo -,
r of History.
Elected faculty emeriti: Robert H . Kany, Ph. D . , as ociate profes or of
tant, Ginny Denton Enterpri es; Joan Feitler, M.A.; Lawrence K . Fleis chman ' 7 5 , M . B. A., pre idem, Capital Vision Group, Inc . ; Patricia Orr
0.
and\'
Grande, M.A., instructor in education and human development: Jen
Caulfield '6 , M.A. '93, M . B.A.; Beth Brown Turner '63 , M.A. ' 9, M.A.
Paul
aunder·,
bre, Ph.D., a istant profe sor of em·ironmental tudie and government;
terilite Corporation.
'92; John R. Zacamy Jr. '7 1 , M.A. '92 , M . B.A.
2,
te\'en E.
Faculty appointed to tenure-track or continum posmons: Thomas
Ellen B . Haweeli '69, M . A . '93; Paul D. Paganucci, M .A. ' 7 5 , J . D.;
the Smithsonian Institution; Diana J. Fuss '
ugem, Ph.D., a soc1ate profes or of anthropology; Adnanna
R. Berger, Ph. D., Carter Professor of Mathematic ; Elt:abeth R. De om
Trustees re-elected to the board: Joseph F. Boulos '6 , M.A. '93 ; M.B.A.; Elaine Zerva·
L
Ph.D., associate profe or of music.
mith, B.A.,
e w trustees: Audrey Hittinger Kat: ' 5 7 , M.A. '96, vice president,
Fro t '59, chair, The
Denoeux, Ph.D., associate profe or of go\em
M. Paliyenko, Ph.D., as ociate profes or of French;
M . A . '95 .
3,
P.
science; D. Benjamin Mathe , Ph.D., a ociate profe or of mathemanc ;
M.A. ' 7.
David Pulver '63 , M.A. '
they graduate. +
Batya Friedman, Ph.D., as ociate profe or of mathemancs and computer
Re-elected chair of the Board of Trustees: Lawrence R. Pugh '56,
Data-Prompt, Inc.; Albert
up at
ment; Michael R. Donihue '79, Ph.D., associate profe or of economics;
M.A. ' 2 .
Re-elected
who con tantly challenge us, impre,., u
At the
l 7 5 th
Commencement m May, bachelor deITTee were con
tudents Ltd.;
ferred on 449 members of the Class of '96, and honorary degree were
William L Alfond '72, director and vice president of sales (athletic di
awarded to Thomas H. Kean, doctor of laws; Robert Treat Paine, doctor of
vision), Dexter hoe Company; Jame A. Ffrench ' 5, manager, Deco
cience; Charle
rative Arts, Christie's; Ingrid Hanzer, collector.
0 good Wood, doctor of humane letters; and Rya Weick
ert Zobel, doctor of law . Charle Osgood was chosen by the senior class as
Fa ulty promoted to full rank: Frank A. Fekete, M.A. '96, Ph.D., f Mannocchi, M.A. '96, Ph.D., professor of
professor of biology; Phyllis
English; C. Abbott Meader, M . A . '96, M.F.A., profe or of art; Robert E.
the commencement -peaker, and Matthew B. Russ '96 was the class speak er. The class marshal was
ylvia D. Haller '96, and Matthew B. Rus '96
was the Condon medalist. Murray Kempton received an LLD. from the College as the 43rd
elson, M.A. '96, Ph.D., profe sor of oeology. Faculty receiving tenure: Robert T. Bluhm Jr., Ph.D., associate profes-
Lovejoy Fellow.
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C O L B Y
FACTS ABOUT COLBY
Financial A id In 1 995-96, more than $ 1 1 .8 m i l lion, including funding from all sources, was
Fa cultg
awarded to students. Every student entering in the Class of 1 999 who
All teaching faculty: 1 8 3 FrE ( 1 99 5 -96)
demonstrated eligibili ty-approx imately 4 1 percent of the incoming firstÂ
Ph.D.'s or term inal: 97 percent
year student -received financial a id . Grants ranged from $200 to $26,800.
Tenured: 87 Salary Scales
Tuition and Fees (1996-97)
(average for full-time faculty 1 99 5 -96 )
Tu i t ion: $2 1 ,260
4 3, l 70
Assistant professor:
Room: $ 2 ,950
Associate professor: $ 56,895 Professor:
8 1 ,9 30
All ranks:
6 1 ,3 1 4
Board: $2 , 760 General Fee : $930 Total: $ 2 7 ,900
Students F u l l - r i m enrolled: 1 , 790, Men: 8 1 3 , Women: 977 Colby son> a n d daughrers: 7 3 ( 99 a l u m n i parems)
Alumni
Majors of 1996 Graduates
trie and three territories. There are 20 active alumni clubs across the country.
Admintstrative American
2 1 ,000 alumni reside in 50 states, the District of Columbia, 68 foreign counÂ
French Studies 3
c ience l O
tudies 32
Geology 3
Amhropology
Geology-Biology 4
Art, Art H istory, Studio Art 1 9
Geology: Environmental Science 4
Biology 3 7
German 3
Biol: Cell and Molecular Cone 9
Financial Highlights
Govemmem 3 1
Biol: Environmental
c 1ence 1 8
H istory 2 6
Chemi try and A C
hemistry 6
Independent l O
Chemistry: Biochemistry 8
International Studies 34
Chem: Cell and Molecular Cone 2
Math: Computer Science
Chem: Environmental
THE YEAR IN NUMBERS
cience 1
1 996
Fiscal Summary of Current Fund Operations
Net Income
Performing Arts 6
Computer
c ience 3
East Asian
rudie
$ 6 1 ,046,00 6 1 ,02 1 ,000
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 49,000
$ 2 5 ,000
. . . $ 3 ,686,000
$ 3 ,03 5 ,000
. 1 1 ,086,000
8,394,000
Expenditure and Transfer
Music 9
Classics 2
.$ 6 5 , 2 38,000 . . . . 6 5 , 1 89,000
Revenues
Mathematics 2
lassical C i v i l ization
Phi losophy 9
9
Gifts and Bequests
Physics 8
Economics 4 5
P ychology 2 5
Annual Fund
Economic : Financial Markets
Religious Studies 7
Econom ics-Mathematics 3
Ru sian Language and Culture
Capital
English 4 3
Sociology 2 3
English: Creative Writing 1 1
Spanish 9
French 5
Women' Studies 3
Life Income
Bermuda 2 Bol ivia I
Number of
New Jer ey 9 1 New Mexico 3
California 78
New York 1 5 5
Brazil 1
Scholarships . . . . . .
Colorado 20
North Carolina 8
Bulgaria 2
Connecticut l 97
Ohio 2 1
Canada 1 5
Student and Parent Loans
China 2 Ecuador 1 England I
Florida 2 3
Pennsylvania 49
Georgia 6
Puerto Rico 1
Hawa i i 3
Rhode Island 45
Greece 2
I l l inois 3 2
outh Dakota 2
Hong Kong 2
Tennes ee I O
tudents Aided
Total Student Financial Aid
France 2
outh Carolina 3
$ 1 8, 3 59,000
. . . 675
629
. .43%
37%
. . . $ 8,680,000
$ 8,076,000
. . 642,000
895 ,000
. . . . . . 8 50,000
8 3 2,000
. . $ I 0 , 1 72,000
$ 9,803 ,000
. . . . $ 1 39, 1 00,000
$ 1 2 3 , 7 1 2,000
. . $ 1 62 , 280,000
$ 1 38,565,000
. . . . . . . $ 9,9 5 5 ,000
$ 8, 1 2 5 ,000
. . . . $ 1 2 , 5 38 ,000
$ 8,868,000
Campus Employment . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Endowment and Similar Funds
Germany 3
Idaho 3 I ndiana 4
Percentage of
Botswana I
Oklahoma 1
1 6 ,9 1 5 ,000
tudents Aided .
Alaska 2 Arizona 5
Oregon 9
5 ,944,000
Colby Student Financial Aid
New Hampshire 99
olumbia
986,000
. . . . 6 5 5 ,000
Total G i fts and Bequests
Alabama 4
Delaware 3
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 ,488,000
I n K i nd
Geographic Distribution of Students
District of
1 995
Fiscal
Book Value as of J une 3 0
. .
Market Value as of June 30
. .
Hungary 1 India 3
Iowa 2
Texas 1 5
Kansas 3
Utah 2
Japan 6
Kentucky 5
Vermont 30
Kenya I
Louisiana 4
Virgin Islands
Malaysia
Maine 202
Virginia 2 5
Pakistan 2
Washington 3 1
R u sia 2
Physical Plant
West Virginia I
Saudi Arabia 2
Net Investment in Plant as of J une 30 . . . $ 74,203 ,000
$ 69, 7 2 2 ,000
Indebtedness as of June 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 9,603,000
$ 1 0, 1 6 1 ,000
Maryland 2 3 Massachusett
441
M ich igan I O
Minnesota 2 2
Wiscon i n 1 0
South Korea I
Wyoming 2
Taiwan 2 Venezuela I
Mi souri 1 0
Austria l
Montana 4
Bangladesh
THE
Book Value as of J une 3 0 Market Value a s o f J une 3 0
Ukraine 1
M is i sippi I
C O L B Y
Life Income Funds
P R E , J D E N T' S
RE PORT
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Appendix A
Peter David Hart '64, M.A. ' 9, LLD 'l;j, Wa,hmgw n, D C. ,
Presiden t, Perer D. Harr Research Aswciare.1 . lnc. ( 1 999)
The Corporation 1 996�97
George Edward Haskell Jr. ' 5 5 . ii. L A '92. B<Nnn, Ma,,achu set , Pres1denr, OrRani�awmal D) nam1cs (Al 1 99 / ) Ellen Brooks Haweeli '69. M . A . ' 9 3 , N e w York, Ne11 Yt1rk,
Corporate Name
Gerald Jay Holtz '52. M.:\. ' 4, M.B.A .. Bro11klme, /\l,1<,achu et cs , L.ernirer, Accounrmg Deparrmenr ,
Bosrnn College; Re nred
Parmer, Arrh11r Andenen & Co ( I 99i)
Officers William R . Cotter, M.A. '79, LH.D., J . D., Wacervdle, Mame,
President Lawrence Reynolds Pugh '56, M.A. ' 2, Yarmouth. Maine, Cha1T
of the Board usan Comeau '63, M.A. ' 7, Wel bley. Ma ·achusem, \lice Chair of the Board Robert Lawrence McArthur, M.A. ' 3. Ph.D .. Wacm·dle,
Maine, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Farnlty W. Arnold Yasinski, M.A. '90, Ph.D .. M.B.A., Wacerv1lle, Mame, Adminisrrarive Vice President Peyton Randolph Helm. M.A. '88, Ph.D . . Waterville, �lame,
Vice President for Det•elopmern and Alumni Relanons Earl Harold Smith, B.A., M.A. '9j, Belgrade Lake,, Mame, Dean
Audrey Hittinger Kat: 'Si.
d\'er Spring,
Ma ry lanJ, Vice Pres1denr, Daw- Prompr .
Colleen A. Khoury '64, M.A. '95, J . D .. PorrlanJ, Mame. Professor of Lau , L'nnern ry of Mame School of Law ( 1999) Beverly Nalbandian Madden \0, �LA. ' 6. LA., Dover, Ma<sac huse m ( 1 99 ) Edson Vaughn Mitchell ' i S . M.A. '90.
� L B.A., urrey, En g land , Head of Global
M arke rs , De11tsche Morgan
Grenfell Group
( 1 999)
Jean Pran Moody '56, M.A. '94. M.Ed . .
Cape Eli:abech, Mame, Ci•K Leadc>r ( 1998) Paul D. Paganucci, M.A. '7j, J . D. ,
Janice Anno Kassman. M .A ., Albion, Mame, Dean of Snidenrs
man,
Douglas Edward Reinhardt ' 7 1 , M.B.A., Wacerv 1l le, Maine, As sociate Vice Presidenc for Finance and Treasurer Parker Joy Beverage, M.A., Wa c m·i l le, Maine, Dean of Adm1s s1ons and Financial Aid
Board of Trustees ewton Anthony ' 3 8 , M . A . ' 5 9, L H.D. '6 3 M.B.A.,
l D.C. . , Hanover, ew Hampshire, Ross Graham Wdker Professor of Management Conrrol, Emeritus, Harvard Busmess Schoo! (Life Truscee) Frank Olusegun Apantaku ' 7 1 , M . A. ' 7, M.D . . M .
., Ch icago ,
I llmo 1s, Surgeon (Al. 1997)
Joseph F. Boulos '68, M.A. '93, Cape Eli:abech, Mame, Pm1denr,
The Boulos Companies (Al. 1999)
Alida Milliken Camp (Mrs. Frederic E. ) , A.B., M.A. '64, LH.D. '79, Ease Blue hill, Mame ( Life Trustee) Levin Hicks Campbell, M.A. ' 2, LLB., Cambridge, Massachu sen , United Swres Circuit ) w:lge , U . S . Circuit Court of Appeals
Firn Circuit ( 1999) Jane Whipple Coddington ' 5 5 , M.A. '94, M .L . , Murray Hill,
Inc
(AL 1 99 )
of the College and Secrewry of the Corporanon
Rohen
Pres
ident. EBH Associares . Inc ( A l . 1999)
The Pre idem a n d Trustee· of Colby Cn llege
Hanover, New Hampshire, Remed Cha ir Exewm•e Comm mee , \'(!. R. Grace & Compan)'; Vice Pres1den r and Treasurer Emerirns, Damnourh College; Chamnan , Ledyard Narwnal Bank ( 2000) Wilson Collins Piper '39, M.A. '59, LLD. '75. LLB.. Hanover, New Hampsh ire, Of Co11nsel. Ropes and Gra'' ( L ife Truscee)
Juan Torruella, chief judge of the
Lawrence Reynolds Pugh '56. M.A. ' 2 , Yarmouth, �lame, Chairman of rhe B oard, \'F Corporanon ( 1997)
U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, discussed reforming drug
David Pulver '63 , M.A. ' 3 , M . B.A., MenJham, New Jer>e\',
laws at a Spotlight Event in April.
Cornerstone Cap1wl, Inc. ( ZOOO) Douglas M. Schair '67, M.A. '94, �LB ..!\.,
Maine, \lice Chairman .
ouch Freeport,
Chief lnwsrmenr Officer and D1recror. Life
Re Corporanon ( 199 ) Paul Jacques Schupf. M.A. •9 1 2 , Hamilton, New York, Pa11 l ./ . SchupfAssociares (200 1 ) Elaine Zervas Stamas '53, M.A. '92, Scarsdale, New York (2000)
Albert Stone '5 l, Grocon, Massachusetts, Chainnan, Srenl1re Corporanon (Al. 1999)
Rohen Edward Lee Strider 11, M.A. '5 7. Lm.D. '79, Ph.D., Brook
line, Massachusetts, Presidenr Emenll<S, Collry• College (Life Trustee )
New Jersey ( 1998)
M. Anne O'Hanian Szostak '72, �LA. '74. Providence, Rhode
Susan Comeau '63, M.A. ' 7, Wellesley, Ma sachusem, Execuave Vice President, Swre Srreer Bank and Tm.st Company , Global Human Resources (A I. 199 7 )
John R. Zacamy Jr. ' 7 1 , M.A. '92. M.B.A., Rye, New York,
Island, Senior \:ice Presidenc, Fleer Financial Group ( 1999)
Managing Director, BT Sernrities Corporation (2000)
William R. Cotter, M.A. '79, L H . D., J . D . , Wacemlle, Mame,
President, Colby College James Bartlett Crawford '64, M.A. '90, M.B.A., Richmond, Virginia,
Chairman and Chief Execuri11e Officer, James Ril!eT Coal Company ( 1999) Robert Edward Diamond Jr. ' 7 3 , M.A. '93, M.A., M.B.A., Lon
don, England, Chief Executive, Global Markets Division . BZW ln vesrrnen r Managemen t ( 1 99 7 ) Robert Michael Furek ' 64 , M . A . '90, M.B.A., Farmingcon, Connecci
cuc , President and Chief Execuri11e Officer, Heublein, Incorporated ( 1999) William Howe Goldfarb '68, M.A. '85, J.D., Farmin gcon, Con
necticut, Principal, HRW Resources, Inc. ( 1 998) fomia, Co-founder and Chairman, Crysral Geyser Warer Company (Al. 1998)
5, M.A. '92, J . D. , Boston, Ma
Adrianna M. Paliyenko, Ph . D., Albion, Mame, Assoc1are Profes sor of French ( l 999) Thomas Richmond Willis Longstaff, M.A. ' 4, Ph.D., Wa ter ville, Mame, Crawford Family Professor of Religious Srud1es ( 1997 )
Student Representatives Graham S. Nelson '9 , Andover, Mas achuse c cs ( 199 ) Joshua C. Woodfork '97,
Peter Geoffrey Gordon '64, M.A. '95, M.B.A., Mill Valley, Ca\1-
Deborah England Gray '
Faculty Representatives
wampscotc, Massachusetts ( 1 99 )
l Fo rmer chair of the board. 2 on leave 1996-97.
achu
setts, General Counsel, Sapienc Corporation (Al. 199 )
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C O L B Y
Peter Austin Vlachos 'S8, M.A. '77, 197 7 - 1 980
Trustees Emeriti Richard Lloyd Abedon 'S6, M.A. '86,
Jean Margaret Watson '29, M.A. '6S, M.A., l 96S- l 9 7 l
J .D., 19 6- l 994
Ralph Samuel Williams ' J S , M.A. ' 7 3 , LH.D. '72, M.B.A., 1 97 3 -
Howard Dale Adams, B . A . , M.A. 'BS,
I 98S - l 994
1 983
Robert Frederic Woolworth, M.A. '65, 1 965- 1 97 7
C�fford Allan Bean 'S I , M.A. '70, M.B.A.,
1970-1976
usan Fairchild Bean 'S 7. M.A. '76, l 976-
1982
)
Died J u n e 10, 1996.
4 D1ed December 2, l 99S. S
Died
ovember 4, l 99S.
Anne Lawrence Bondy '46, M.A. 'B l ,
1 98 1 - 1 9 7
Overseers
William Lafrentz Bryan '48, M.A. ' 7 2 ,
1 97 2 - 1 978
Harold Alfond, LH.D. '80, Waterville, Maine, Chairrnnn of che
John Lawrence Burns, M.A. '78. D.Sc.,
ucation and Achleucs ( 1 99 7 )
Board, Dexcer Shoe Company, Viming Comminee on Physical Ed
E. Michael Caulfield '68, M .A. '93,
Ryan
'96 and
Ron Lupton
'71,
president o f the Alumni Association,
were among the panelists at a forum on alcohol abuse.
M B.A., l 993- 1 996
ing Committee on Physical Education and Athletics ( 1999) Elizabeth J. Allan '74, M.A., M.A., M.B.A., Riverside, Con nerncut, Pnnc1pal, Scudder , Stevens & Clark, Inc., V1s1ting Com
1 9 4 - 1 992 John William Deering 'SS, M.A. '78, 1 978- 1 9 l Edith Eilene Emery ' 3 7 , M.A. '60, M.A., 1 960-1966
Leon R. Allen, B.A., London, England, Private lnvescor, Chair
man and CEO, The Tecley Group; Cha1rmnn , Devro International pie.; Cha1nnan, British Prinring Company; Retired Chairmnn and
Warren John Finegan 'S l , M .A. '80, l 980-1989
CEO, Del Monce Foods International Lid., Visiting Committees on Hmm1• and on Off-Campu tudy (2000)
Nissie Grossman ' 3 2 , M.A. '65. M .B.A., 1 965- 1 970, 1 97 1 - 1 9 l Eugenie Hahlbohm Hampton ' S 5 , M.A. '72, 1 97 2 - 1 978 Wallace Meredith Ha elton, M . A . '7 1 , 1 97 1 - 1 97 7 , 1 978- 1 98 1 Nancy Spokes Haydu '69. M.A. '86, M.C.R.P., 1 986- 1 994 Philip William Hussey J r. ' 5 3 , M.A. '8 1 , 1 98 1 - 1 987 Robert Spence Lee '5 l. M.A. '75, l 975- l 99S Robert Allen Marden '50, M.A. '6 . LLB. ' S l,
Carol M. Beaumier '72, Falls Church, Virginia, Parmer, The Se
cura Group, Visiting Committee on American Studies (2000)
Patricia Downs Berger '62, M.D., Brookline, Massachusetts, lnremist,
Reese Medu:al, Vismng Comminee on l memanonal Srud1es ( 1 997)
Reginald Glenn Blaxton '74, M.Div., Washington, D.C., Projecc
Manager, Center for Research in Information Systems, Universiry of rhe Disrricr of Columbia; Direcwr and Counsel, Urres Novi Research and Consultacion; V1rii Novae Deiign, Visiting Committees on o ciology and Ant h ropology, on Philos0phy and on African-Ameri can
l 96 - 1 993
David Marvin Marson '48, M.A. ' 4, 1984- 1 99 3 Rita A n n McCabe ' 4 5 , M . A . '66, 1966- 1 97 2 , 1 9 7 3 - 1 983 Lawrence Carroll McQuade, M . A . ' l , LLB. , 1 98 1 - 1 989
tudies ( 1 99 )
Paul 0. Boghossian III '76, M . B.A., Newport , Rhode lsland,
President, Concord a i Co . , Inc. ; President, SrracegiComp, Inc., Visit ing Committee on Psychology ( 2000) Nancy Carter Clough '69, M.Ed., Comoocook, New Hampshire,
Psychoeducational Evaluacor, Pembroke School, Visiting Commit
C. David O'Brien '5 , M.A. '75, 1 97 5 - 1 9 5
tees on panish and on Women's
Kershaw Elias Powell '5 l , M . A . '82 , D.M.D., 19 2- 1988
Mary Mabon Colonna '76, M.B.A., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
Patricia Rachal '74, M.A. '80, Ph.D., 1 98 3 - 1 986
and on the Libraries ( 1998)
John Franklin Reynolds '36. M.A. '7 l,
John R. Cornell '65, J.D., LL.M., Lakewood, Ohio, Parmer, Jones,
c.D. '7 , M.D., 1 97 1 - 1 97 7
Henry Weston Rollins ' 3 2 , M.A. ' 6 2 , 1 962 - 1 968 Robert Converse Rowell '49, M.A. '6 1 , 1 96 1 - 1 967 Robert Sage '49. M .A. '74, 1 974- 1 993
tudies ( 1 997)
Visiting Committees on Administrative Science, on Education
Day, Reavis & Pogue, Visiting Comminees on Health ervices, on Physical Education and Athletics and on the Libraries (2000) Laurence E. Cudmore 'S8, Pocasset, Massachusem, Retired Preii
dent, Retail, Sears Roebuck & Company, Visiting Committee on
Dwight Emerson Sargent '39, M.A. 'S6, M.A. 'SB, l 9S8-l 964,
Government ( 1 999)
1 97 1 - 1 974
Joel E . Cutler '8 1 , Boston, Massachusetts, President, National
Richard Robert Schmalt: '62, M.A. '76, l 976- l 99S
Leimre Group, Visiting Committee on Biology (2000)
Russell Millard Squire Sr. '25, M.A. '48, l 948-l 9 S S 5
Andrew A. Davis 'BS, Santa Fe, New Mexico, President and Port
Eugene Charles Struckhoff '44, M.A. '67, LLB., 1 9 6 7 - 1 970
folio Manager, Davis Selected Advisers, Visiting Committee on Physics (2000)
W. Clarke Swanson J r., M.A. '70, LLB., 1 970- 1 976
Ginny Denton '69, Laguna Niguel, California, Management
1 970- 1 974
Trainer and Consultant, Ginny Denton Enterprises, Vi iring Com mittees on Education and on International rudies (2000)
Sigrid Emma Tompkins '38, M.A. '70, LLB., 1970-1976, 1977- 1 985
John B. Devine Jr. '78, Phoenix, Maryland, Business Development
Arthur Totten Thomp on '40, M.A. '70, M.B.A., Sc.D. '69,
Barbara Howard Traister '6S, M.A. '88, Ph.D., 1988-1994 Beth Brown Turner '63 , M.A. '89, M.A., 1 989- 1 996 Edward Hill Turner, M.A. '82, A.B., LH.D. ' 7 3 , 1 98 3 - 1 99 1
P R E S I D E N T' S
mittees on French and on German and Russian ( 1998)
Roderick Ewen Farnham ' 3 1 . M.A. 'S9, l9S9-l96S 4
Rae Jean Braunmuller Goodman '69, M.A. '83, Ph.D., 1 983 - 1 989
· THE
William L e e Al fond '72, Boston, Massachuserts, Direcwr and Vice President of Sales (Achleuc Dw1swn) , Dexcer Shoe Company, Visit
John Gilray Christy, M.A. ' 4, M.A.,
Jerome E Goldberg '60, M.A. '89, J .D . , 1 99 1 - 1 994
C O L B Y
pec1al Programs and on Communicat!OllS ( 1999)
M.B.A.. 1 98 1 - 1 987
1978- 1 982
Student Association President Tom
Barbara Lawrence Alfond, Weston, Massachusetts, Visiting Com minees on
Robert William Burke '6 1 , M.A. ' I .
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Manager, Procter & Gamble, Visiting Committee on Computer
Services ( 1 998)
Gerald Dorros, M.D., Fox Point, Wisconsin, Cardiologiit and Visiting Committees on Classics and on Physics ( 1998)
Cardiovascular lntervenrioniir, Milwaukee Hearr Vascular Clinic,
Joan Feitler, Chicago, lllino1s, Retired Educational Consulram, Vis iting Committee on Admissions and Financial Aid ( 200 1 )
John Warner Field Jr. '66, Greenville, Delaware, Presidenr and Chief Executive Officer. ] .P. Morgan, Delaware, V1smng Commit tees on Career erv1ces, on Computer erv1ces and on tudent Affair ( 1 99 7 )
denr, Capiral Vision Group, Inc. (200 1 )
Robert Alan Friedman, M.A. ' 8, M.B.A., Scarsdale, New York, Limited Parmer, The Goldman, Sachs Group L . P. , Investment Commmee of the Board of Trustees ( 200 )
Patricia Orr Frost '59, Miami Beach, Florida, Chair, The Nanonal Museum of American Art Comml.lsion of The Smithsonian lnsmunon, Visiting Committee on An and the Museum of An (2000)
Diana J. Fuss '82, Ph.D., New York,
ew York, Assocrate Professor
of English, Princeton Unwersiry (200 1 ) fessor of English and Educacion , Univers1ry of Michigan ( 200 l )
Anne Ruggles Gere '66, Ph.D., Farmington Hills, Michigan, Pro Edward R . Goldberg '59,
ewton, Massachusetts, Stockbroker/In
vestment Advisor, Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette, Visiting Commmee
on Music ( 1 99 )
Cheryl Booker Gorman '74, Westwood, Massachusem, Princi pal/Co-Founder, Compass Consulang Group, Visiung Committee pedal Programs
Kenneth
David Preston, M.B.A .. Old Lvme, Connerncut. President. Seo!! & Damells , Inc., V1smng Committees on Dmmg Semces. ,,n African-Amencan
Lawrence K. Fleischman ' 7 5 , M . B . A . , D i x H i l l s , N e w York, Pres1-
on
John Whitney Payson, B.A., Hobe ound, Flonda, Presidenr.
M1droU'n Payson Gallenes, V1mmg Commmee on An and lhe Museum of Art ( 2000)
( l 999)
. Hart ' 5 1 , LL.B., Pound Ridge, New York, Senior
Parmer, Donovan Leisure Newton & lrvme, Vis1ung Commmees on Biology and on Physical Plant ( 1999)
Janet Gay Hawkins '48, Shelter Island Heights,
ew York, Visit
ing Committees on the Libraries and on Health Services ( 1997)
H. Alan Hume, M.D., Oakland, Maine, Scaff Physicran, Garrison
Foster Health Center, Visiting Committees on Chemistty, on Biology, tudies and on Psychology ( 1997)
on Health Services, on Women's
Sol Hurwitz, B.A., Rye, New York, Presidenr, Committee for Eco nomic Development, Visinng Committees on Psychology, on Com munications, on English and on Music ( 1 997)
Anthony Ferdinand Kramer '62, M.C.P., Bun Ridg�. Illinois, Chief Administrative Officer and Director, Draper and Kramer, Inc., Visiting Committees on Performing Arts and on German and Ru ian ( 1 997) F. Rocco Landesman '69, D.F.A., Brooklyn, New York, President, Jujamcyn Theatres, Visiting Commmee on Performing Arts ( 1 999)
John J. Lattanzio, N ew York, ew York, General Parmer, Stem hardt Parmers ( 1997)
David M. Lawrence, M.D., Piedmont, California, Cluurrnan and CEO, Kaiser Permanente, Visiting Committee on Biology (2000)
tud1es and on Chemistry ( 2 000)
Thomas R. Rippon '6 , M1fflmburg, Pennsyl'"ania. Presidc'llr, T R Rippon AssOCllltes. V1s1tmg Commmee on East A 1an Srud1e< ( 1 999) ew York. Nell' York. Actorne\, N Hilcon Rosen, P.C., V1smng Committee on Dinme ernce� and on Career er\'1ces (2000)
Mildred Pafundi Rosen, LLB.,
Henry Joseph ockbeson '73, J.D., Tnbal A!!orne), �!ashanrw:ker Pequot Tnbe m Connecacuc, Visiting Committees on H1srory and on Music ( 1 997)
Paul Gerard Spillane Jr. '79, M.B.A., Darien, Connerncut, �lan agmg Direccor and Head of Global Marker Sales for , orrh Am..'Tlca. Demsche Bank Narth Amenca/Deursche Morgan Grenfell Bank/C .} . Lawrence . Inc . , V1s1cmg Commmee on Educanon ( 1 991)
J u d i lh P ropheu Timken ' 5 7 , Lafayette, California, Arr Docenc ,
Oakland Mtrseum; Trusree. California College of Arn and Crafr:s ; San Francrsco Bailee. Ease Ba)" Regional Cluur; San Frnncrsco Ballec School Commmee, Visiling Committees on Music and the Per forming Arts and on Art and the Museum of Art ( �000)
Dennis Hok-shou Ting '60, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong, Chair man of the Board, Kader Industrial Company, L1m1red, Vismng Commmee on East Asian Studies ( 1999) Allan van Gestel '57, LLB., Bo·ton, tassachusem, Parmer, Goodwm. Procter C,.f Hoar, V1rnmg Committees on English, on Development and Alumni Relanons and ociology and Anthcopology ( 1 999)
on
Diane Gerth Van Wyck '66, J.D., Brook lyn , New York, Senior Vice Presidem. Taxes, American Express Trat1el Re/aced Semces, Visinng Committees on Cla· i on East Asian tud1es and on Health erv1ces ( 1997)
Thomas John Watson I l l '69. M.A. '75, J .D., Wilton, Connecticut, Arrorney-ar
Law, Visiting Committee on Admissions and Financial Aid (l 999)
Andrew Jay Weiland '64, M.D., New
York, New York. Professor of Orthopedic
Surgery and Plastic Surgery, Camell Umuer s1ry Medical College; Arrending Orthopedic Surgeon, The Hospira/ for Speaal Surgery, Visiting Commmees on Geology and on Chemistty ( 199 )
Peter Harold Lunder '56, Waterville, Maine, President, Assisranr Treasurer, and Director, Dexter Shoe Company, Vis1t1ng Commit tees on Physical Plant, on Art and the Museum of Art and on Physical Educanon and Athletics ( 1 998)
Deborah Marson
'75, J.D., Charlestown, Ma
achusetts, Senior
Group Counsel, The Gillerte Company, Visiting Committee on English (2000 )
David William Miller '5 1 , M.A., Centerport, New York, Member, Executive Board, Heidemij NV, Vi icing Committees on Commu nications and on Geology (2000) Alan Bennett Mirken ' 5 1 , New York, New York, President, Aaron
on Communications (2000 )
Publishing Group, Visiting Committees on American Studies and
Leon T. Nelson Jr. '60, M.A., Bosron, Massachusem, President, Lolech Enterprises and Greater Roxbury Chamber of Commerce, Vis iting Committee on Government ( 1998)
Paul A. Nussbaum, J . D. , Dallas, Texas, Founder, Presidenr , and CEO, Pi.mot American Group, Visiting Committee on Career Ser vices ( 1 998)
Paul S. Ostrove
'53, Ros lyn, New York, Paul Stuart, Inc., Visiting
Overseers Visiting Committees Economics chair; Albert
Kara Marchant '97 (Lakeville,
1 995-96
October 22-24, 1995 / John G. Chn ty, M.A. '84,
rone ' 5 1 ; H i rsche! Kasper, profe or of economics,
Oberlin College, consultant.
Special Programs November 1 2- 1 4, 1995 / Barbara L. Alfond, chair; Cheryl Booker Gorman '74; Robert . Lee ' 5 1 ; usan Adler,
Conn.) was one of several individual standouts on the women's soccer team, which appeared in its first post-season game since 1 9 89.
director of conference services, Yale University, consultant.
'74, chair;
German and Russian
December 3 - 5 , 1995 / Elizabeth ] . Allan
ceven Cerf, professor of German, Bowdoin College,
consultant; Jane Cosdow, professor of Ru ian, Bates College, consultant.
Chemistry
February 1 1 - 1 3 , 1996 / David Preston, chair; An
drew J. Weiland '64; David Marson '4 ; Jerry Mohng, pcofessor of chemistry, Carleron College , consultant.
Gestel '57, chair; Nancy pokes Haydu '69; Donald Brenneis, profe or of anthropology, Pitzer College, consultant; hulam1t
Sociology and Anthropology March l - 1 2, 1996 / Allan van Reinharz, profe or of sociology, Brandeis University, consultant.
Committee on Geology ( 1 999)
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April 2 1 -2 3 , J 996 / J<1 hn W. F1e!J Jr. '66,
Career Services
Roche, Jirecror, ca ree r center, Hamdt<m
chair; M d Jred Pafundi R,1sen; Pau l A . Nu>shaum; Gene A.
College, consulcanr.
'59; J u J 1 t h Prophett Timken '57; Jonathan Kramer, probsor of
M u. ic
May 5 - 7 , 1996 /
ol Hurw1t:, chair; Edward R. Gn!Jherg
mu>IC, Co l u m hm Un1\·ers1t\, consulranr.
1 995-96
Gabriella De Ferrari, New York. New Ynrk, Chmr; Curaior of ihe
B1c.ch Rci:,m�c'r M1c.cwn. Hanmd; Aimrmir Direcrar, Fogg An Museum
B. Mirken '5 1 , New Ynrk, New Ynrk, \'ice Cha1r; Pres1denr ,
Aaron P11bl1shmg G ro1<p Edward H. Turner, M.A. ' 2 , A.B., L H . D. ' 7 3 , BelgraJe, Ma i ne ,
\'ice Cluur; Rc11red \ ·ice Pres1dem [CIT Deidopme111, Collry College , Joan Alfond, B.A., Bc»ton, Ma»achu>em, Execucit'e Direcwr, Concierge Semces for Srndenrs Lui. William
L. Alfond '72, Bmtnn, Mas ac h u>e m , D1rmor and Vice
l'res1denr uf Salei I Arhleuc D11•1sionJ , Dexrer Shoe Company
Alexandra Anderson- pivy, New York, New
York , Freelance \\'lmer and Curatm Carol Beaumier '7 2 , Falls Church, V1rgm1a, Pan
ner, The Sea1ra Grrmp Joan C.
B ess e, A . A . , B.A., Warerv d le, M a ine,
Local C11•1c Leader
W. Mark Brady '78, New York, New Ynrk,
Drawmgs Dealer, W M . Brady & Cu.
Lee Scrafton Bujold '64, FlonJa, Annq11es Dealer
ew H aven .
ew York , New York, An
Dealer, Thomas ColHlle Fme Arr
David Driskell, B.A., M . F. A., D.F.A., L H .D., H yat tsvil le . Ma ry lan d, Anm; Teacher, ihe Uni
t•ermy of Maryland; Aurhor and Lec rurer ; Con sulram
Hilary Ervin, Watemlle, Maine, Arnsr , Muse um Docenr Barnet Fain ' 5 3 ,
eekonk, Mas achusem,
Prrndenr , H 1ghland D1s1riburors Jame A. Ffrench '85, New York, New York, M anager, Decoranve Ans, Chnscie'.s Ingrid Ha me r , Los Ange les, California, Collecwr Ada Kat, B.A., M. ., New York, New York, Colleaor
The Asian festival.
Alex Katz, D.F.A. '84, New York, Paula Lunder,
ew York, Am.st
B. . , Waterville, Mame, Mu.1eum Doce111
Peter H. Lunder '56, Waterv ille, Mame, Pres1denr, Assisranr
Treasurer, and Direcwr, Dexter Shoe Company Norma Marin, D.F.A., New York, New M ai n e , Collecror
York, and A dd i on,
David W. Miller '5 1 , M.A., Ce n re rport, New
York , Member, Ex
ecutive Board , Heuiem11 NV
Jean Pratt Moody '56, M.A. '94, Cape Elizabeth, Mame, Civic Leader Heather L. Pay.son '88, F al mou th , Maine, Museum Docent
Gera ld P. Peters, B.A., Santa Fe, New Mexteo, An Dealer, Gerald PeteTs Gallery. Sanra Fe, New Mexico, and New York Lawrence
R. Pugh ' 56 , M .A. '82, Yarmouth, Maine, Chamnan of
ihe Board, VF Corporation Thomas B. Schulhof '69, J.D., Quadnga Arr, Inc. Paul
New York, New York , President,
J. Schupf, M .A. '9 1 , Hamilcon, New York, Paul ) .
Schupf Associates John
E. hare '59, J . D., Cincmnatt, Ohio, President, J . E . Shore
Entertrri m, Inc.
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Joanne Weddell Magyar ' 7 J , vice ch a i r
Susan F. Conant Cook '75, exec u t ive sec re ta ry /t reasu rer
Albert F. Carville Jr. ' 6 3 , past chair Kathleen Monaghan Corey '4 3, Academic Affairs Committee chair Libby Corydon-Apicella '74, Com mu n i c a t t ons Comm1tree chair John
B. Dev in e Jr. '78, Alumni Fund chair
Diana P. Herrmann '80, National Clubs co-ordinator Anne
E. Hussey ' 0, A l u mn i on Campus Com m i t tee cha If
Lou Richardson McGinity '67, AJm1s ions Commmee chair Leslie K. Mitchell '80, Career e rv1 ces Com mi tt ee cha ir usan Jacobson Nes te r '8 , N om ma t t ng Committee M. Jane Powers ' 6,
chair
tudenr Affairs Committee chair
David A. White '75, AwarJs Co m mmee chair
Johnston def. Whitman '59, Fi n a nc i a l Affairs Committee c h a i r
Appendix B A Selection of Faculty Publications and Other Achievements
orrh Pa lm Beach,
Thomas Colville, B.A., M.M.U., Connecticut, and
1995-96
G. A rt h u r Brennan '6 , Athletics Committee chair
Museum of Art Board of Governors
Alan
Alumni Council Executive Committee
Ronald W. Lupton '7 1 , chalf/pre>idenr of the A lu mn i A soc1at1on
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Donald B. Allen, M . A . ' 2, Ph. D . , Professor of Geology "Sed1mentolog1cal and M1 11eralog1cal Analyses of a Heavy Mineral Placer Depos it, Whalebone Bay, Bermuda," presented at the Geological ociery of America and pub lisheJ in Geological Sociecy of America Abstracts wirh Pro grams ( co-authors H . R . Pe rana and B.F. Reug e r ) / "Provenance of a Heavy Mineral Beach Sand, Whalebone Bay, Bermuda," poster presented at the American Quater nary A socianon and published in American Quaremary As socianon Program and Abstracts (co-authors H.R. Pe rana anJ B. F. Reuge r ) . Dougl a s . Archibald, M.A. ' 7 3 , Ph .D., Robert Profes or of L1 terarure "Edmund Burke and the Conservative lmagina(lon," Eighreenrh Cenrnry Ireland.
Te rry J . Arendell, Ph .D., Associate Professor of ociology ''Co-Parenting or hared Parenting: Review of rhe Lit erature," National Cenrer on Fathers and Family Relarions / "An Author Meets the Crmcs: Fathers and Divorce," pre ented at the American Sociological A.ssociacion / "Co-Par enting," presented ar the National Center on Fathers and Families and at the University of Pennsylvania / "Men, Ma culinity and Family Life," presented at the Men and Masculinity Conference, Hobart and Will iam Smith Col leges / Discussant, "Resiliency in Families Under tre s: A Qualitative Approach," presented at the Nattonal Council on Family Relations / Organizer, pre ider and participant, "Cross-Gender Interviewing: Methodological and Episte mological ls ue.s," presented at the National Council on Family Relation . Debra A. Barbezat, Ph.D., Assoc iate Professor of Economics "Feminist Economics," presented at the Maine Women' Studies Conference, University of Maine / Awarded grant from the National cience Foundation. James Barrett, Ph.D., Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics "Narrative and the Messenger in Aeschylus's Persians," American Journal of Philology / "Pentheu.s and the Messenger in Euripides's Bacchae," pre ented ar the American Philo log1cal A .sociation, San Diego, Calif. Charles W. Bassett, M.A. ' 0, Ph. D. , Lee Family Profe sor of American Studies and English "The O'Hara Interviews," WVIA Public Radio, Scran ton, Pa. / "A Rage ro Live: Gender Roles in O'Hara's Po.st-
World War II Fiction," presented ar the John O'Hara Con ference, Pmsron, Pa. Martin
A. Berger, Ph.D . . Viming Assistant Professor of
Art and American rudies "Painting Victorian Manhood," m Helen Cooper, ed .. Thomas Eakins: The Rowing Piccures, Yale Un"" Press / "Thomas Eakins and rhe Rowing Pa1mino ," presented at rhe ational Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. / "From Mount to Homer: Reading American Genre Painttng," pre sented at the Newark Museum / "Alternative Communities: Thomas Eakins and the 1 88 5 Exhibition at the Pennsyl a nia Academy of the Fine Arts," presented at the Interdisci plinary Conference on 1 9th-Century rud1es, Yale Centre for British Art, ew Haven, Conn. / "William Rush, Thomas Eakin and the Amst ' Studio," presented at British and American Art at Yale: A ymposium in Honor of Jules D. Prown, Yale University Art Gallery.
R. Berger, Ph.D., Carter Profe sor of Mathematics Keynote addre , presented at rhe Calculus AP Reading, Clemson University. Thomas
A. Besio, Ph.D., Assistant Profe or of Chmese "Enacting Loyalty: H i tory and Theatricality in 'The Peach Orchard Pledge,"' CHI OPERL Papers / Roundrable participant, "Printing and Lireratt Culture,'' and paneli t, "On the Borders of the Han: Gender, Cultural ldentiry and Canon Formation in Early Modem Zaju Drama," presented at the A ociation for Asian rudies, Honolulu, Hawaii / "Yuan zajuxue zai Meiguo" (The Study of Yuan Drama in the United rares), presented at Fu Jen Catholic Unh·ersity, H inchuang, Taiwan / "Yuan :aju yu Mingdai si.xiang" (Yuan Drama and Ming Thought), presented at arional Central University, Chung-Ii, Taiwan / "Yuan zaju pingjia yu Ming dai sixiang-shi lun Wang Zhaoiun gushi :ai Yuan Ming de fazhan" (Criticism of Yuan Drama and Mmg Thought: A Discu ion of the Development of the Wang Zhaojun rory m the Yuan-Ming Period ) , presented at the Nanonal Cen rral Library, Taipei, Taiwan / "Acting Han: Wang Zhaojun in Ming Texts," presented at Harvard Uni\'ers1 Kimberly
A. Bes t , Ph.D., A istant Professor oi Biology " caling and Flow Dynamics of Crustacean '\ntennules: What's Flicking All About?", Amencan Zoology and present ed at the American ociery of Zoologi t , Washingron, D.C. / "Prolonged wimming peeds of Yellow Perch (Perea flavescens) and Largemouth Bass (Micropcerus salmoides): Implications for Fish Conservation," American Zoology and poster presented at the American Society of Zoologi t , Washingron, D.C. (co-authors A.P. Potter '96 and B.H. Kulik) / "Olfactory Sampling in Lob ters: Chemical Dy namics During Flicking and Recovery in rhe Mame and Spiny Lobster," presented at the American Chemosen ory Society (co-authors P.A. Moore, B.R. Schneider and M.A.R. Koehl) / "Turbulent Mixing and Transport During the Ma Spawning Event on rhe Grear Barrier Reef," pre· sented at the International Coral Reef Sympo ium, Panama City, Panama (co-authors M.A.R. Koehl, et a l . ) I "Chemosen ational: Smelling with Hairy oses," pre ented at Oregon tate University / Awarded grant from rhe Wen ner-Gren Foundation for Anthropolooical Research. Barbara
Catherine L Besteman, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Anthropology "Representing Violence and 'Ochering' omalia," Cul tural Anthropology / "Violent Politics and the Politics of Vio ation- rate," lence: The Dissolution of the Somali American Ethnologist / " I ntroduction: Politics and Produc tion in Southern omalia" (co-author L.V. Cassanelli), "Local Land Use trategies and Out ider Politics: Title Reg isrration in the Middle Jubba Valley" and "Politics, Land and War in Southern Somalia" (co-author L.V. Cassanelli), in C. Besreman and L.V. Ca anelli, eds., The Struggle for Land in Southern Somalia: The War Behind the War, Wesr view Press / "Imagined Commodities: Title and Tenure in Somalia," presented ar rhe American Anthropological A sociarion, Washingron, D.C. / Discussant, "Remembering Bob erting's Work on Households," presented ar rhe Soci ety for Applied Anthropology / Co-organizer, "The Political Economy of National and Posr- arional Space and !demi-
ttes" and "Redefining pace and the Meaning of Place m the Jubba Valley of omalta," presented at the American Ethnological oc1ery, San Juan. Puerto Rico. Robert T. Bluhm J r. , Ph.D . . Associate Profe· or of Ph\'lC'
"The rrucrure of Wa,·e-Packer Ren,·ab m Rydberg Aroms," presented at the ew England ecnon ,,j the American Physical oc1ery, �1assachusett> lnsmure of Technology / "New Features 1n rhe Re,·1,·al rrucrure oi Rydberg Wa,·e Packer ," presented at the Amen an Physi cal oc1ery, Ind1anapolt·, Ind. / "The Revi\'al Structure of Rydberg Wa,·e Packets," pre ented at the Arom1c, tolecular and Optical Physic· D1,·i s1on of rhe American Ph\'sical oc1ery, Ann Arbor, Mich. / "The Re,·i ·al trucrure of Rydberg Wave Packets and rark Wa\'e Packer , " presented at the Internacional Con ference on Atomic Phy 1cs, Amster dam, Holland / "Rydberg Wave Packers," presented at the Universny of Connecticut and at Indiana Uni versity / "Superrevival of Rydberg Wa,·e Packers," in D. Feng, ed . , Pro
ceedings of the 4ch Drexel S)0mpos1um on Quantum oninr.egrabil1r,• (co-au thor V.A. Kostelecky) / "Keplerian Squeezed rare and Rydberg Wave Packers," Physical Re t•tew (co-authors V.A. Kostelecky and B. Tudose) / "The Ernlution and Revival rruc rure of Local1:ed Quantum Wa\'e Packet , " American Journal of Physics (co-authors V.A. Ko telecky and J .A. Porter '95 ) .
The Colby Chorale.
Joceline M. Boucher, Ph.D., Vi ittng A istant Professor of Chemistry "Introduction ro Ongoing Chemical rudies of Penob scot Bay," presented at rhe Penobscot Bay Scient ific Work shop, Belfasr, Maine / "A essment of Contaminant Accumulation in Estuarine and Lake ed1ments," present ed at Maine Maritime Academy, Ca rme. David B. Bourgaize, Ph.D., Associate ProfessorofChemi rry
"Tran lational Control During Voltiox De,·elopment," presented at the International Chlamydomonas Meettng, Regensburg, Germany / "Tran larional Control in Five Green Algae," presented at the 21 l rh American Chemical ociery arional Meeting, New Orleans, La. (co-author R.E. Bri rol '96) / Awarded grant from the Nattonal I n ri rutes of Health. Christine Bowditch, Ph.D., A istant Professor of
iology Discussant and co-organi:er, "A Year of Race Matters: The 0.]. Verdier, The Million Man March and Colin Pow ell' Near-Bid,'' presented at the Eastern iological Society.
Amy H. Boyd, Ph.D., Visiting A isrant Professor of Marhemarics "Design of Control Cham with Bera Distributed hifts," presented at the I FORM Conference, ew Or leans, La. / ''A Minimum Co t Exponential CU UM Te t with Application ro Injury Moniroring," Communications in Sumstics : Theory and Methods. James F. Boylan, M.A., Associate Profe or of English The Consr.ellations and The Planets, new edition , Bloomsbury / "Sausage King," in Mondo James Dean, r . Martin's P r e s / David Y. Todd's "Interview w i r h James Finney Boylan,'' Writer's Digest. Lyn Mikel Brown, Ed.D., A
isrant Professor of Education "Educating the Resistance: Encouraging Girls' rrong Feelings and Critical Voices," The High School Journal and presented ar the American Educational Reseatch A ocia tton, ew York, .Y. / "Envi ioning a Postmodern Moral Pedagogy," Journal of Moral Education (co-author M. Tap pan) / "The Madgirl in the Cla room: Anger, Cla and Adolescent Girls," presented at the Maine Women's tud-
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ies Conference, Portland / Discussant, "Anger, Gender Role Socialization and Relationships," presenced ac the Ameri can Psychological Assoc1acion, Toronto, One. / "Euroameri can Working Class Girls: Femininity and che Paradox of Resiscance," presented ac che lncernac1onal Society for che cudy of Behavioral Developmenc, Quebec City, Que. / " taying on Her Voice and in Her Mind: Refleccions on Girls' Development and Educacion," presenced at che Affir· macive Accion Conference, Augusta, Maine / "Boys and Girls in School and oc1ecy," workshop presented to the Wescern Maine Parcnership, Augusca, Maine (co-presencer M. Tappan) / "The Development and Education of Girls," presented ac the Wooscer School. Danbury, Conn. / "Scone in the Road: Anger, Class and Ad lescent Girls," presented ac che National Women's Studies Assoc iation, Saracoga prings, N.Y. / "Centering on Voice: A Responsive-Re lacional Guide to Lt cening," presenced ac che Women's Research lnstituce, Brigham Young University / Com· mencemenc speaker, University of Maine-Farmingcon. Cedric G. Bryant, Ph.D., Associate Professor of English " peaking in Tongues: The African-American Per forming Voice," rresented ac Maine Collaborative Spring eminar for High School English Teacher . Michael D. Burke, M.EA., Visiting Assistant Professor of English "Mount Deserted," Yankee Magazine. Rong Cai, Ph. D., Visicing Assiscanr Professor of Chinese "Oral Projecc in Advanced Chinese Classe ," presented at the Conference on Chinese Language Teaching at New England Liberal Arts Colleges, Bowdoin College / "The Lonely Traveler Revisited in Yu Hua's Fiction," presented at che Midwest Conference on Asian tudies, St. Louis, Mo. Cheshire Calhoun, Ph.D., Associ ate Professor of Philosophy "Family's Outlaws,'' presented at che American Philosophical As sociacion, eactle, Wash. / "Pic cures of lncegricy," presented ac Mount Holyoke College / "Family Ouc-Laws: Rethinking the Con nection between Feminism, Les bianism and the Family," presented ac the University of Illinois-Cham paign-Urbana.
Construction of the
$6.4
million
F.W. Olin Science Center was underway in September
1 995.
Murray F. Campbell, M.A. '92, Ph.D., Menill Professor of Physics "High Resolution Far-Infrared Observations and Radiative Trans fer Models ofW3 IRS4 and IRS5," The Amophysical Journal (co-au chors M.B. Campbell '94, C.N. Sabbey '93, et al.) / "Radiative Transfer Models of Far-In frared from W3 I R 4 and IRS 5," presented ac the Euro· pean Souchern Observatory, Garching bei Miinchen, Germany (co-authors M . B. Campbell '94, C.N. abbey '93 , ec a l . ) . Arthur K . Champlin, M.A. ' 8 7 , Ph.D., Leslie Brainerd Arey Professor of Biosciences "The Effects of Cryopreservation on the Acrosome truccure of Mou e perm," presented at the American A sociation for the Advancement of cience, Baltimore, Md. (co-authors D.A. O'Connor '97 and LE. Mobraaten ) . Daniel H . Cohen ' 7 5 , Ph.D., Associate Professor o f Philosophy "Metaphor and Argument," Proceedings of the Ontario So ciety for the Study of Argumentation / "Philosophical Metaphors," presented at the Maine Philosophical Lnstituce, University of Maine-Farmington and ac the Conference on Narrative and Metaphor across the Disciplines, Auckland, New Zealand / Review abstracts of Dorothy Edgington's "On Conditionals," Edwin D. Mares's "A Star-Free Semantics for R." !gal Kvart's "Counterfactuals, Ambiguities, True Premi es and Knowledge," M.N. lance and P. Kremer's "The Logi cal tructure of Lingui tic Commitment-I: Four Systems of
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Non-Relevant Commitment Entailment" and Ken Gemes's "Schurz on Hypothetico-Deductivism" and Gerhard churz's "Relevant Deduction and Hypothetico-Deductivi m: A Reply . . . ", Mathematical Reviews. F. Russell Cole, M.A. '90, Ph.D., Oak Professor of Biologi cal Science "Ecology of Introduced Game Birds in High-Elevation Shrubland of Haleakala National Park," Technical Report 96, Cooperative National Park Resources tudies Unit, Universiry of Hawaii at Manoa (co-authors LL loope, A.C. Medeiros, J.A. Raikes '90, C. . Wood '89 and LJ. Anderson ' ). Charles W.S. Conover Ill, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Physics "Circularly and Elliptically Polarized M icrowave Ioniza tion of Na Rydberg Atoms," Journal of Physics B (co-authors C.Y. Lee and T. F. Gallagher / "Ionization of Rydberg Wave Packecs by ubpicosecond, Half-Cycle Eleccromagnetic Pulses," Physical Review Letters (co-authors C. Raman, C.I. ukenik and P.H. Buck baum) / "An Undergraduace Exper iment on X-Rays and Moseley's Law Using a Scanning Electron M icroscope," The American Journal of Physics (co· author J . Dudek '94) / "Phase Dependence in High Order Microwave Mulciphocon Tran itions" (co-author J . H . Rencz '95 ) and "Intensity Dependence in Ramsey Fringes Using Incoherent Light," presented at che Atomic, Molec ular and Optical Physics Division of the American Physical ociecy, Ann Arbor, Mich. (co-author J . A . Mendez '96) / "Fine-Structure Intervals Measured with Microwave Multi photon Ramsey Fringes," presented ac the New England eccion of the American Physical ociety Spring Meecing, Cambridge, Ma s. (co-author J . H . Rentz '95 ) / "High Order Microwave Mulciphoton Transitions with Half-Cycle Mi crowave Pulses," presented at che New England ection of che American Physical Sociecy Fall Meeting, Brunswick, Maine (co-author J . H . Rentz '95 ) / "Space, Time, Quanta and Sophomores: Looking Under che Hood of Colby's Modern Physics Lab," presenced at the Maine As ociation of Physics Professors, Lewiston, Mame / "Experiments with Half-Cycle Microwave Pulses," presented at the Universicy of Virginia (co-author J.H. Rentz '95 and J.A. Mendez '96) / "Bound race Interferometry," presented at the Optical ociety of America, Portland, Ore. (co-auchor R.R. Jones, T.F. Gallagher and P. H . Bucksbaum). Anthony J. Corrado Jr., Ph.D. Associate Professor ofGovernment Lee America Decide: The Report of the Twentieth Century Fund Task Force on Presidential Debates, Twentieth Century Fund Press / "Improving Voter Effectiveness," in Improving the Elecwral Process: Report of the National Conference on Im proving the Elecwral Process, Northeastern Univ. Press /
"The Changing Environment of Presidential Campaign Fi nance," in William G. Mayer, ed., In Pursuit of che White House, Chacham House / Selections from Crearive Cam paigning and Paying for Presidencs, rpt. in Daniel Lowen stein's Election law: Cases and Materials, Carolina Academic Press / "The Politic of Cohesion: The Role of National Party Committees in the 1 992 Election," rpc. in Daniel M. Shea and John C. Green, eds., The Scace of the Parries, rev. ed., Rowman and Littlefield / "Hopeful igns on Election Spending," San Francisco Chronicle (co-author H.E. Alexander) / "Presidencial Campaigns Spending at Record Pace," The Hill (co-auth r H .E. Alexander) / "Let's Keep the Public in Financing," Anniscon ( Ala.) Scar / "The Maine Clean Elections Act: The Debate and Con titucion al Considerations," presented at the Board Meeting of the Maine Civil Liberties Union, Augusta / "Political Parties and che 1996 Election Season," pre ented at the New Eng land Poltcical Science Association, Springfield, Mass. / Keynote address, "A Survey of che 1996 Political Land scape," presented at the Maine Association of Community Banks, Augusta / "Politics, Campaigns and Elections: The Race to Reach the Voter," pre ented at the 1 6th Annual Providence Journal -Brown University Public Affairs Confer ence, Providence, R.l. / "Improving Presidential Debates: The Report of the Twentieth Century Fund Task Force on Presidential Debates," presented at the National Press Club, Washington, D.C. / "Presidencial Politics and the New Constitutionalism," presented at the Center for Civic
Education Regional Conference, Unt\'ersity of Maine Orono / Panel 1st, "As Mame Goes . . . ", presented at rhe
'96 program sponsored by TimeWarner Cable
Campaign and C-SPA the
, Portland, Maine / "Constitutional lssue and
1 996 Presidential Election," presented at the Northeast
Regional Conference of the Center for Ci\·ic Education, ewport, R.l. I lnterviewed for or cited in amcles on na tional politics and campaign finance in the ew York Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, USA Today. Wall Srreer Journal, lncemacional Herald Tribune. lnvesror's Business Daily, Associar:ed Press News Sert•ice, United Press Internation al News Sernice, Cox News Service, Gannen News Service, At lanta Consrirucion. Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Dallas
Morning News, Des Moines Regisr:er, Housron Chronicle, Indi anapolis Scar, Oakland Tribune, Sacramenro Bee, Sr. Perers burg Times , San Jose Mercury ews, Time, Newsweek, U . S . News & World Report, Nacional Journal, Congressional Quar
r:erly Weekly Report. Insight Magazine, Die Zeir, Maine Sunda,, Telegram, Portland Press Herald, Maine Times, Concord (N.H . ) Monitor, Political Finance & Lobby Reporr:er and Legal 1ghtly News with BC Times / Broadcast appearances on 's Inside ewsHour wirh Jim Lehrer, C Tom Brokaw, The Policies, Maine Public Broadcasting' Mainewarch, C-SPA . WABl-TV (CBS-Bangor). WLBZ-TV ( N BC-Bangor) and
tional Public Radio' M orn i ng Edicion and All Things Consid Radio Public I l l inois ered, Maine Public Radio, (Champaign-Urbana) and the Christian Science Monitor Radio Network. WC H-TV ( N BC-Portland) / Broadcast interviews on
Alan Crichton. B.A . . V1 iring lnstructor
111
a
tions" and panel chair. ''Dome tic ources of lnternattonal Environmental Policy," presented at the lnternatt<mal tudie A,sociauon. Suellen Diaconoff, Ph.D., .Associate Prn(e,,or ,,( French "Femm1:ed Virtue: Pol mes anJ Poette. ,,( a New Pe,:la gogy for Women," Enules lmera1res / "'Beaun· and the Beast': Lessons for the Fair
Frick Gallery, Belfast, Maine, Arr New England / Review of Michael Reece's paintings at the Caldbeck Gallery, Rockland,
Maine, Waldo lndependenr / "Prints of Gilberr Cass," The Print
50 Years m Maine," ex
h1bit1on at Maine Coast Am rs, Rockport, Maine / "Rhythm of Life Benefit Dance Concerr," drawings for Arthur Hall In ternational Dance Center / " culpture and Prmrs," one-person exhibit, Caldbeck Gallery, Rockland, Maine.
ex from rhe :\ncten Re21me tn
Disney," The Other Side / Renew of
Jeanne Thomas Fuchs's The P11rswr of
Virtue: A Stud)' of Order in Lo No.,t·elle Heloi"s e, in The Eighr:eenrh Cenrun: A Currenr Bibliography / Review of Chm tine Clark- Evans's D1deror's "La Re ligieuse . " A Philosophical 01-el, m D1deror Studies I "From the Boudoir to the B1bl10theque: The Architecture of Gender and Room of Their Own," presented at the oc1ety for 1 th-Centurv American tudies, Austin, Texas. Priscilla
LA., Pro
A. Dael. M . A. '93.
fessor of Porrugue e and
panish
Panel chair, ''The Arianne Connec tion," and "New State Icons
m
the Long
Distance Fisheries," presented at The Sixth International Conference Group on Portugal, University of
Arr
Review of Eli:abeth Cashin McMillen's paintings at rhe
Club, Philadelphia, Pa. / " kowhegan:
lnternauonal Security. York Uni\'er m· Centre ior lnterna rraregic tud1e / "lnternauonali:at1on , ,( C S. Dome tic En\"lronmental Policy: Ocean F1sherie> Regula
t1onal an<l
ew Hampshire /
"A Brief Hisrory of Ga:ela," Newslerrer of
the Philadelphia Ship Presermcion Guild /
"Dory Fishing: Portuguese Fishermen Try
anonal Fisher Their Luck Off Greenland in the 1930s," man: Yearbook Issue, translation of Eurip1de Cachim's ''A Pesca do Bacalhau nos Mares da Groneland1a" / "The Por tuguese White Fleet Re\'tStted Through Arr. Film and Por tuguese Craftsmanship," pre ented at the Porruouese Consulate, Toronto, Ont.
Guilain P. Denoeux, Ph.D., Associate Professor <)( Government
Michael R. Donihue '79, Ph.D., As..<0e1ate Professor of Economic,
"L'essor des associations au Maroc: a la recherche de la
to the President's Council of Economic Advisor-, \Vash
Laurent (co-authL'r Maghreb-Machrek Gateau) / "The United tares and the Challenge of Democ ratization in the Arab World," Georgetown University, Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Occasional Papers eries / Forry-one arricles in Reeva S. Simon, Philip Mattar and Richard W. Bullier, eds., The Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East, Macmillan / "Iraq," rev., in Charle Hau s, ed., Comparacive Policies: Domestic Responses ro Global Challenges, 2nd ed . , West Publishing / "Prospect for Parlia mentary Elections in Lebanon," prepared for rhe United rares Agency for lnternarional Development ( U AID) / citoyennete?",
Chair, CEME Model Comparison
ington, D.C., and at Massachusett
BC News, was
much sought after by media outlets for comment on the
1 996
Presidential campaign.
lnsmute of Technolo
gy / "The Admm 1stration's Plan to Balance the Budget," presented at the U. . Economic Outlook Conference for The WEFA Group, Chicago, I l l .
I "The Troika Process:
Economic Foreca ts and Macroeconomic Poltcv
m
the
U . . A . , " presented at the Australian Deparrment of Trea sury, Canberra, and at the Reserve Bank of Au trnlia,
yd
ney / Interview, "Personal Income in Maine," !\ lame Public Broadcasting. Paul K. Doss, Ph.D., A si rant Professor of Geology Chair, "Wetland Hydrogeology,"' pre ented ar the
oct
ery of Wetland Scientists, Boston, Mass. / "Enhanced Earrh
Les on Learned"; and "The Democratic Institutions Sup
Science Research and Public Education in the U.
port Project: Le sons Learned," work hop, presented at
tional Park
a
y tern," Geological Society of America Toda)'
(co-author Heidi J. Do ) / "Hydrogeology of an Upland
USAID, Wa hington, D.C. Julie W. de Sherbinin, Ph.D., A istant Professor of Russian "Pushkinskii podrekst v chekhov kom rasskaze 'Uchitel' slovesnosti," presented at the Pushkin and Chekhov Con fe rence, the Pushkin Family Estate, t. Petersburg, Russia / "Pushkin's 'Flying Crearions': Fowl Play in Evgenii Onegin," presented at the American As ociation of Teachers of
lav
ic and East European Languages, Chicago, I l l .
R. DeSombre, P h . D . , Assistant Profes or o f Envi
"Trade and Environment," Review of Policical Economy / "The Montreal Protocol Multilateral Fund: Parrial uccess Srory," presented at the American Political
cience Associ
0. Keohane and Marc Levy,
eds., fmcirucions for Environmental Aid: Pirfalls and Promise,
MIT Press (co-author Joanne Kauffman) / "International ization of Endangered Species Regulations," presented at the Harvard/MIT Confe rence on lntemarional Environ mental Affairs / "The Turbot War and the Law of the
Wetland
ea,"
presented at the Conference on Continuity and Change in
ysrem m the Belgrade Lakes Region of Central
Maine," m A.M. Hu ey, ed., Guidebook w Field Trips
m
ew Hampshire, Wm. C. Southern Maine and Adjacent Brown Publishing Co. (co-author B.F. Rueger)/ ''The Influ
ence of Heterogeneous Unsaturated Zone Thickness on Waterrable Transience aero
s
an Upland-Wetland Margin:
Phy ical and I oropic Evidence," presented at the Geologi cal
ronmental Studies and Government
ation and published in Robert
interview with
eminar, presented
"Facilitating tare for Democratic Transition m the Arab World: The Case of Morocco"; panel chair, " ummarizing
Elizabeth
Associate Professor of Government Tony Corrado, preparing for an
ociety of America, Denver, Colo., and ab tracred m
Geological Society of America, Absrracts with Programs ( co author R. Moscat i ) / "Hydrology and Isotope Geochem i try of the Great Bog Wetland, Belgrade Lakes Region. Maine," presented at the Univer ity of Maine-Orono / "Environmental Hydrogeological Investigation along the lndu trialized outhern hore of Lake Michigan," Geologi cal Society of America , Abstracts with Programs (co-authors J. Harrison '95 and R. Koelpin) / "Wetland Water Budget : Under randing Proces es and Dealing with Detail ," work cientist , ociety of Wetland shop presented at the Kan as City, Mo. (co-presenter D. Ro enberry) / Awarded grant from the Maine Campu Compact.
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Frank A. Fekete, M . A . '96, Ph.D., Professor of Biology "l")latinn of Ant1m1croh1al ompounds from the Ea t ern White Cedar, Thi1Ja owdenralis and the Lichen Cladonia rnhreni>," Absrrncr.s of rhe Annual Meermg of rhe American Ch� m1cal oCJeri, New Orleans, La. (co-author; A. Camacho '96. L . Tinan off '9 7 , M.J. Anton1ello '94, Z. Nightingale '9 5 , T. Pnun and B.P. Mundy) / " rraregies o n t h e Infusion of H I V/AIDS 1n the College Curriculum," presented at the H I V/AIDS and Maine Higher Education Leadership um m 1t Cunference: Budd mg Partnerships, Colby. Guy T. Fil os o f, M .A . '8 1 , Ph .D., Professor of French Chair, "Ecmureo et Parole, Engagees," presented at the American Ao'<Klarion of Teacher of French, Lyon, France.
David W. Findlay, Ph.D., Ao ociare Profes·or of Economic "A Nore on Aggregate Price-Level Elasticity and up ply- '1de h,icb," TheJournal of Economic Education / ''The Balanced Bud •et Amendment: An Example of Bad Eco nomic.," "Joi:». Pol1t1c1ans and the Maine Economy," "Pol itic>. the Cost of L1v111g and the Defic it," " Is 'Education Reform' an Oxymoron1", "Cred ibility and the University of M a ine," "The Ecnnom1co nf Child Care" and "Deficit Redurnnn and President Clmtnn," Kennebec Journal / Colby Cla·> of 1 996 Teachmg Award.
David Findlay, associate professor of economics, won the Senior Class Teaching Award.
James R. Fleming, Ph.D., Asoociare Pro fe,,,;or of Science, Technology, and Society "I ntroduction" and "Historical Writ111g on Meteorology: An Annotated Bib liography" (co-author 1mone L . Kaplan '97 ) , in J . R . Flemmg, ed., Hiswrical Es sa:;s on Meteorology , 1 9 1 9- 1 995, Ameri can Mereorologica I ociety I " c 1ence and Technology in the econd Half of the Nineteenth Century," in Charles Calhoun, ed., The Gilded Age: Essays on the Ongins of Modem America, Scholarly Re ource / Review of Hugh Richard lotten 's Parronage , Practice and the Cul ture of American Science: Alexander Dal las Bache and the U . S . Coast Survey, in Isis / Review of Donald Cardwell' The Norron Hmory of Technology and Theo dore M. Porter's Trust in Numbers: The Pursuir of Objectivity in Science and Public Life, in Choice / "Apprehending Climate Change: Innovation in c1ence and the H istory of Science," presented at the National Mu eum of American History, mith onian I n titut1on, Washington, D.C. / "T.C. Chamberlin and the Geo logical Agency of the Atmosphere," pre sented at the Puget Sound Colloqu ium in the History and Philo ophy of Sc i ence, University of Wa hington / "The mithsonian Meteorological Project, 1 84 8 - 1 874" and "Joseph Fourier's Theo ry of Terrestrial Temperatures," presented at the American Geophysical Union, Baltimore, Md. / Organizer, "Geo physical Re earch and the mirhsonian Institution, 1 8461996" and organizer, " H i torical Perspectives on Climate Change," presented at the American Geophysical Union, Balrim re, Md. (co-organizer W.W. Kellogg) / Chair and commenraror, "Patronage, Geography and Science," pre sented at the Joint British-North American History of Sc i ence Meet i ng, Edinburgh, corland / "Global Environmental Change: History and Science," presented at che Human Dimen ions of Global Change Meeting, Duke University.
Patrice Franko, Ph .D., Assoc iate Profe sor of Economics and International Studies "Defense Industries in Latin America," presented at the lmer-Amencan Defense College, Washington, D.C. I "De fense Industries in Larin America: A Comparative View," pre sented at the International Studies Association, Washington, D.C. / "Small-Scale Competitiveness in the International Arms Market: The Case of Chile," Security Dialogue.
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Batya Friedman, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Mathemat ics and Computer cience "Bias in Computer Systems," ACM Transactions n ln fonnanon Systems (co-author H . Nissenbaum) / "Minimiz ing Bias in Computer System : A C H I '95 Workshop" SJG C HJ Bullerin (co-authors E. Brok, S.K. Roth and J. Thomas) / "Environmental View and Values of Children i n an Inner-City Black Community," Child Development (co-author P. H . Kahn J r. ) / "Who'd Want to Walk Around Smelling Air Thar Stinks All the Time!-African-Ameri can Parents' Views on the Environment and Environmen tal Education," pre ented at the American Educational Research Assoc iation, New York, N . Y. (co-author P. H . Kahn J r. ) / "Work111g in Partnership acros Racial Bound aries: Environmental Science and Values Education in an Inner-City," presented at the North American Assoc iation for Environmental Education, Portland, Maine (co-author P. H . Kahn Jr. ) .
Kenneth S. Ganza, Ph.D., Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation Assistant Professor of Art Review of Kathlyn Maurean Liscomb's Leaming from M r . Hua: A Chinese Physician's Illustrated Travel Record and Painting Theory, in China Review lnrernational.
Henry A. Gemery, M.A. '77, Ph.D. , Pugh Family Professor of Economics "The Atlantic Slave Trade: A Tentative Economic Model," in Stanley L. Engerman, ed., Trade and the Industri al Ret!Olution, 1 700-1 850, vol. I I , Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, rpt. from Journal of African History (co-author J .S. Hogendom) / "Technological Change, Slavery and the Slave Trade," in A.J.R. Russell-Wood, ed ., An Expanding World: The European lmpacr on World History 1 450- 1 800, Variorum, rpt. from C. Dewey and A.G. Hopkins, eds., The Imperial Impact: Studies in the Economic History of India and Africa (co-author J .S. Hogendorn ). Cheryl Townsend Gilkes, Ph.D., John D. MacArthur Asso ciate Professor of Sociology and African-American Studies '"There's Nothing Like Church Food' Food and the U.S. Afro-Christian Trad ition: Re-Membering Community and Feeding the Embodied Spirit( )," Journal of the American Academy of Religion (co-author J .E. Dodson) / "'I f Ir Wasn't for the Women . . . ': Social Change, Racial-Ethnic Women and Their Community Work," rpt. in Mary F. Rogers, ed., Multicultural Experiences, Multicultural Theories, McGraw Hill / "Mother to the Motherless, Father to the Fatherless: Power, Gender and Community 111 an Afrocentric Biblical Trad ition," excerpt rpt. in Rosemary Radford Ruether and Rosemary Skinner Keller, eds., In Our Own Voices: Four Centuries of American Women's Writing, HarperCollins / '"Run, Mary, Run': Biblical Options, Cultural Tensions and Women's Roles in the African-American Religious Experi ence," presented at the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, St. Louis, Mo. / "Church, Club and Nation: Lessons from a Century of Black Women's Public Leader ship," presented at the Chicago Theological Seminary, Chicago, I l l . / "Century of Challenge, Century of Change: African-American Women and Their Organizations, 1896- 1 996," presented at Northwestern College, at Cam bridge Public Library and Cambridge Black Cultural and Historical Assoc iation, Cambridge, Mass., and at Women in the Curriculum Luncheon eries, Orono, Maine / "A Shouting People: Culture, Imagination and the Birth of the African-American Religious Experience," presented at the Bangor Theological Seminary, Bangor and Portland, Maine. Robert A. Gillespie, Ph.D., Associate Profe sor of English; College Editor "Sunday Sleuth" column: reviews of Ed Goldberg's Served Cold, Patricia Cornwell's From Potrer's Field, David Rawson's Murder on Mount Desert, Kate Flora's Death in a Funhouse Mirror and Janwillem van de Wetering's The Hol low-Eyed Angel and The Japanese Corpse, Central Maine Morning Sentinel.
J i l l P. Gordon, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Philosophy "Dialectic, Dialogue and Reader Response Theory," Phi losophy and Rhewric / "Against Vlasros on Complex Irony,"
Classical Q11arrerl)• I " Pl a to A, Pner "', rre<enreJ at rhe Uni vers1ry of Mame-Fa rm ington anJ ar the nc1e1y for Anc1em Greek Philo ophy,
rate Un iversity llf Ne\\' York - B mgham
ron / "Mill on rhe Ma rketplace of IJea>." pre>ented ar the orrh American
ociery for
oc1al Phdo,ophy.
Fernando Q. Gouvea, Ph.D., AS& me Professor of 1arhemaucs " earching for p-ad 1 c E 1genfnm1>," Math�maacal Research Lerrers (co-aU[hor Barry Ma: u r ) / ' ·Defonntn g Galen, Repre semarion : A urvey," in V.K. Mun}, ed., Elliptic Ciows, Ga lois Represenraaons and Mod1</ar Fonns , CM- Cnnference
eries, American M athemat i cal Snciery / "Uma
Proceedings
Demonstrac;ao Mara\'ilho a,"
1arellll.mca Uni1·er
araria
/ The
Le ter R. Ford Award for expo>1tory ll'ritmg publi,heJ m the
American Marhemaacal Monrhl)· I All'arJeJ exten>ion of gra m from the National Development
"Mulriculrural Educatton and Nature: A
att\'e .Ameri
can Per pective on rhe Modem Proiect," presented ar the American Educational Research Assoc1atton.
ew York, N.Y.
Paul G. Greenwood, Ph.D . . Associate Profo -or of B1ol,1gy
and Dr. Charle C. and Pamela W. Le1ghrnn Research Fel loll' "The Cnidophage Cytoskeleron and udibranch
emarocyst Di>
Aeol1dia papillosa," American Zool
ogy and presented at the American Washington, D.C. (co-author C.G.
oc1ety of Z,1nlog1st,, i on · 96 ) .
Jonathan F. Hallstrom, Ph.D., Associate Professor o f Mu, 1c "For the Lame" (for viola and computer Sl)Und, ) , com m1 sioned by v i l ist Ro:anna Weinberger and performed m ew York,
.Y.
for Elementary Foreign Language Classes," presenred a r the I l linois Council on the Teaching of foreign Lan guages, Chicago, I l l . / "The Doom day: Fnednch Durren and
Beruyaku
M inoru ,"
presented
ociery for the Compararn·e
ac
the
tudy c1f C i \ ' i
lizarion , Pomona, Calif. Peter
m
" kating," " inead, I, Too, De pi e rhe Pope," B1rm g
Review / " orthern Chanties" and "Waten· i tle," Poraro Eye / "The Mind-Body Problem," Live Poets Soc1et)' A ncholo
ham
g;y, vol. I / Reading a t Live Poets
oc 1ery and ar Harland
Gallery, Hallowell, Mame.
Homer T. Hayslett Jr., M.A. '
, Ph.D., Professor ofMathemancs
Convenor and facilitator, the Maine Amculatton Com
mittee, Colby.
William C. H en ry , Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Psychology ''Temperamental and Familial Predictors of
iolent and
Non iolent Criminal Conviction : From Age Three lO A0e Eighteen," pre enred at the
ATO Advanced
tudy Insti
tute, Rhodes, Greece.
Jan S . Hogendo m , M.A. '76, Ph.D., The Grossman Profes or of Ec ono mics
Development Economics, 3rd ed., H arperCo llins / "For Development
eign Private lnvesrment," in Ron Ayers, ed . , Studies, Greenwich Univ. Pre / "The Atlantic A Tentative Economic M od e l . " m
lave Trade:
ranley L. Engerman,
ed., Trade and the lndusrrial Revolution, 1 700- 1 850, vol. I I , Edward Elgar Publi hing Limited, rpr. from
)oumal of African Hisrory (co-aurhor H .A . Gemery} / ''Technological lavery and the
lave Trade," m A.J .R. Ru sell
An Expanding World: The European lmpact on World HisWT)' 1 450-1 800, Variorum, rpt. from C. Dewey and A . G . Hopkin , ed . , The Imperial Impact : Studies in che Economic Hmory of India and Africa { co-author H .A. Gemery} / "Cowrie A Money," in Perer tea ms , ed., Ency clopedia of Social Hiswry, Garland Publishing / "Economic Wood, ed.,
Modeli.I1g of lave Price berween the igerian Hinterland and the Coast," presented ar the Workshop on the Afr ican Dia pora and the igerian Hinterland, York Universiry, Toronto, Ont.
On
W11chcraft:
Performing
Erhno�raplw m the Cla,mi,1m,"
.-\nc hropolog:v of CmL<cww.n.?5'. Yeager
Hudson, l\U\. '//, Ph.D.,
Dana Profe-,,.,,r llf Phdt'>nrhy
"b H"1"' 1r hoh1 a S11nrl\ a nf
Ver'lcll1
Xennphoh1a!",
m
Yeager Hud,un, c:J . . Social Con
j11ct
anJ
Social
Rcconnl1a11on,
EJw111 1' 1ellen Pre,, / ·· 1 m erna
t1nnal
D 1 a k,gue:
Anr1Jnte
to
Provmc1ah;,m." rre,ented at the Central Di,·1,1011 ,,f th.: A meri can Phdosorh 1cal A;><K1ar1on I "Ho" to Be a G,10,I. B 1 ble - Be l 1e\'mg Jew ish or C h m r 1 an Ho rre,ented at the Norrh American , ociery for , o c ial Phdo-ophy. mo-exual."
Susan M . Kenney, M . ."-.. · 6, Ph .D., Dana Profe>sor of Cre
Rcadmg'.
ed .. W'h\• Are You
l\\dkweed Edirinn> / ReaJmg
pre,entcd at Wa re m l le Public Library. Waten·ille, Mame.
D. Whitney King, Ph.D., A»oc1ate Prufe<s,1r of Chem 1 ;,r ry "Phornchem1cal Rednx Cycling ,,f Iron 111 Coa-ral Sea
"·ater,'· /\!anne Chem1.1rn {co-author> W.L Miller, J. L m . and D.R. Kester) / "Iron Cycling m urface Warers of the outh Atlantic ,'"
B. Har r is , M . A . ' 9, Ph.D., Profe sor of English
Change,
elf: Wh en Culrur.11 E>. rlanat 1 Pn' F,1 1 1 ,·· rre , ..: m c:c l a 1 the Americ<ln Amhr1>p11lc1g1cal A"11u,Jt11 111 / "On ( 'hri,r1an Dream' and Ch1ne'e l\krarhnr-.'· p re •e 11t<' , l ,H rhe S11(1c:n for rhe A nt h ro pok >g\ of Ct111,c1t'Lhl1<''' L,,, ,.\ngc:lc:,, · Calif. / ·'Reln�1'"'· 1' 1 <1�1c anJ
"A Huuse of Books: M� B ook Hoiise:· m l\ ! ichael D11m>.
"The H u ngry Carerpdlar and Orher Lively A c r i n r 1e'
lnternarional
Pr.1le''"r
ar1\'e \Xlming
Hiroko Harada, M .A . , Visiting ln>tructor m Japanese
marr
·"'""tam
D1"1CU�:".lrtn[, rc1nel fnr (\llltnhutin!;! e1..l 1tl 'r' {ll .-\.nrhru, polo10· New,l�ucr, ,111 ,I "F1elJ,wrk and the: E,perienung
cience Foundatt,m.
Sandy Grande, M . A . . Instructor m Educatton anJ Human
charge in the
Constantine Hriskos, M . A . \'1,1t1ng of Anth mpnl11g\
The Pugh Center of the Student
1 996,
Union, completed in the summer of
offers a venue for meet
ings and discussions by a variety of campus organizations.
Marin< Ch<mLSrn (co-authors R.T. Powell
and W. 1 . La nJ mg } / "Enh a nced -Reacn n ry of Luminol m
A c id ic Media: A ppl ic m 1nn t<1 rhe An,1 ly>1:, of Hydrogen Peroxide anJ , urernx 1 de m Sea"'arer" (c,,-aurhor , .E. Mann and R.E. Del - es m '97 ) , "Applicannn of a CCD Ba,ed Raman pecrro copy ystem m the Undergraduate Chemistry Curriculum" (co-authors W.R. Alvere: '96 and T. harruc k ) anJ ''Dererminarion of Wa,·elength-De pendem Quantum Yield' Sodium Chloride and
nr
Iron ( I l l )
Photoreduc t ion m
odium Perchlorate Media" (co-au
thor J .C. Kneece '96 } , presenreJ at rhe 21 l th American Chemical
oc1ety
attonal Meenng,
ew Orleans. La. /
"Opr im 1:ario n of FIA-Chemilum inescence Analysis Tech nique for eawater: A Ca e
rudy Llsmo Hvdro0en Perox
ide," presented at rhe Marine Chem1srry Gordon Research Conference, H enn iker,
and T.
.H. (co-authors R . E. Del esto '97
hauuck) / "The Mechanism of Lummnl Chem1-
lummescence in Ac1d1c Media: Ap r licar io n to the Anal i- of
uperox 1de, Hydrogen Peroxide and Iron m
arural
Waters," presented ar rhe Gordon Research Conference, ew Hampton,
l . H . , and
EAACC X X , University of
New Hampshire / Awarded gram from the Maine
c1ence
and Technology Foundation.
William M. Klein, Ph.D., A 1stam Profe or of P ychology "College Wellness Programs: Influencing
tudem- by
Clarifying Error- in Perception about Substance Abuse and Ocher Health Risks Relar1ve to Orhers,'' presented ar rhe Maine
rate Alcohol/Drug Abuse Preventton Confer
ence / "Unrealistic Opttmism: Present and Future" (co-au thor
.D. Weinstein) and "Mamraininu
elf- en•mg
Social Comparisons: Attenuating the Perceived cance of Risk-Increasing Behavior
1g01fi
," )01;mal of Social and
Clinical Psychology / "Resistance of Personal Ri k Percep tions ro Debia ing l nt e n·e n t1 ons," Health Psycholog)' (co
author
.D. Wein rein) / "As e
of Risk Facror
mg rhe Relam·e Impact
randing and General
elf-Regard on Un
reali tic Optimism," and chair, "Perception of
ulnera
b1 l ity to Healrh R i -k," pre ented a t the lntemauonal
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PRE
! D E N T'
R E PORT
C O L B Y
Congres> of Psychology, Montreal, Que. / " I nferring che Usefulness of
ocial Comparison Information from I ts
Cost" (co-author E.C. Peterson '9 5 ) and "Encoding and Remeval Biase in Response to Threatening Social Com parison Information." presemed at the American Psycho logical
oc1ery,
an Francisco, Calif. / "The Role of Social
111
Est1mations of Per onal Risk," pre ented at
Comparison
oc iety for Expemnental Social P ychology, Washing
the
ton, D.C. / "Unrealistic Opt1m1sm: Source of Error and the Role of Social Com parison," presented a t the European Congre s of Psy chology, Athens, Greece (co-authors A . ) . Rothman and
N . D.
We instein)
/
Co-editor, Journal of Social
and
Clinical
Psychologv.
spring 1 996.
Jay B. Labov, Ph. D. , A so c1ate Profe·sor of Biology " I mproving graduate tion:
Science
in
the
cience and
Mathematics con ortium, c1ence
Literacy. Clearwater, Fla. / " I mproving ate
Students from Mt. Merici listen as their teacher describes the work of Professor o f Art Harriett Matthews.
Undergradu
cience Teaching: Na
tional I mplications," presented ac the
l n n iacives,
Local
oc1ery of Integrative and
Comparative Biology, Washington, D.C. / " I nterdiscipli
vations ar Sepphons: The Location and Identification of hikhin, Part I I ," Israel Exploraaon Journal (co-authors J . F. Strange a n d D . E . Groh) / Reviews o f Paul Berry's The Chris
nan lnscripaon ar Pompeii, Anne Hennes y's The Galilee of Jesus and Charle R. Page I l 's Jesus and the Land, in Religious Studies Review / Panelist, "Going Public: How 'Gatekeepers' Pre em Your Scholarship to a General Audience," present ed at the JOint meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, f Oriental Research.
David M. Lubin, M.A. '94, Ph.D., James M . G illespie Pro fessor of Art and American
cudies; Resident Director of
Colby in London Program The Franklin Murphy Lecture in Art History, presented at The University of Kansas / Co-organizer and chair, inter national symposium on British and American Art a t Yale, presented ar Yale University / "Winslow Homer," presented in conjunction with the Homer exhibition, Boston Muse um of Fine Arts / Guest speaker, "The Connection," WBUR, Boston, Ma s.
Frederick J . Lynch, M. Ed., Visiting Assistant Professor of Art Group exhibitions a t Expressions Gallery, Santa Fe,
N.M.; Tom Vielleux Gallery, Farmington, Maine; Maine
c i l i tator, On Improving Undergraduate Education,
Houston,
k1dmore College and at
ympos1um fa
cience and Math
Texas
/
Panelist
and
rudent ," pre ented a t
t. John's College.
H istory; Associate Dean of
Paul
S. Machlin, M.A.
'87, Ph. D . , Professor of Music
"Fat Waller Compo e : The Sketches, Drafts and Lead Sheets in the lnsrirute of Jazz Studies Collection," Annual
Review of Jazz Studies / Biographical articles on James Price
tudents
Johnson,
Charles Luckeyerh Roberts, W i l l ie-the-Lion
m 1th and Thomas Wright "Fats" Waller, in Jack Salzman,
tevan Harrell, ed., Chinese Hiscorical Mi
David Lionel Smith and Corne! West, eds., Encyclopedia of
Rhoads Murphey's Fifty Years of China co Me, in China In
t he Sonneck Society for American Music, Washington,
formation / "The Limits of Historical Compari on: Me dieval Europe and East Asia," presented at the Asian
a t Kennesaw
Review of
crodemography, in China Ret•iew lncernanonal / Reviews of Patrice de Beer's La chine a la fin de /'er Deng Xiaoping and
rud1e
Colloquium, Beloit College / "Finding a Dace in
( Early-Modern)
Chma:
The
Almanac
As
Cultural
ource," presented at the Filbey Colloquium, Univer ity of Chicago / "Auspicious Days, Fate and Examination
uc
cess in Late M ing China," presented at the 1 6th Century tudies Conference,
an Franci co, Calif
Elizabeth D. Leonard, Ph.D., As istant Professor of History '"Half-Soldier Heroines': Women in the Civil War M i l itary and Victorian Notion
of Gender," presented at
the Berk hire Conference on the H istory of Women, Un i
African-Amencan Culture and Hiswry / "The Songs from Early co Bed: Fats Waller's Lare Compo itions," presented a t D.C. / "The Music of a Jazz Legend: Fats Waller," presented State College, Kennesaw, Ga. / "Carols
through the Ages," performed ar Universalise-Unitarian Church, Waterv ille, Maine / Performance on "Music du )our" program, Maine Public Radio.
G. Calvin Mackenzie, M.A. '86, Ph. D. , Distinguished Pres idential Professor of American Government The Irony of Reform: Roots of American Political Disen chantment, Westview Press/HarperCollins / Bucking the Deficit: Economic Policy in rhe United States, Wesrview Press/Harper Collins (co-author
aranna Thornton
'81 )
/
" enator George Mitchell and the Constitution," Maine
versity of North Carolina-Chapel H i l l / Excerpt from Yan kee Women: Gender Bartles in che Civil War, rpt. in The Iowa
Law Review / " I mproving Government Performance," White Paper for the Pew Charitable Trust / Panelist,
Hiscory Reader, Iowa
"Women in the Federal Government," presented a t the
cate Univ. Press.
Eva Linfield, Ph . D. , Associate Professor of Music Collegium and chorale concert, performed at the Port
American Political Science Assoc iation, Chicago, I ll .
Fiona MacPhail, Ph. D., Visiting Professor o f French
land Cathedral, Portland, Maine / Colleg1um concert, per
English translation of Yann le Pichon's "Jouenne,
formed at che Farnsworth Art M u eum, Rockland, Maine /
genese et jeunesse du monde," Edirions d'art J-P Barthelemy /
Introduction, "Johann Pachelbel's Chamber Music," CD
"Parallel Worlds in Henry Green's Concluding," presented
Harmonia Mund i , France / "Aspect of Analysis A a Key
a t the University of Wurzburg, Germany.
to Performance Practice i n Some Works by Heinrich churz," presented a t rhe Early Music Festival, Utrecht, Holland / "A I 7th-Century Theorist As Analyst of Hein rich Schutz's Work ," presented at the lnternarionales Schutzfest, Dre den, Germany.
I D E N T' S
Authority (co-authors J . F. Strange and D.E. Groh) / "Exca
Coast Artists, Rockport, Maine; LA Arts, Lewiston, Maine.
chool, Readfield, Mame /
Robert A. Lafleur, Ph.D ., V1s1t111g A 1stant Profe sor of
PRE
William Green, eds., Dictionary of Biblical Judiasm, Macmil lan / "Z1ppori- 1 9 9 1 ," in Ayala Sussman, er a l . , eds., Exca varions and Surveys in Israel, vol. 1 3 , The Israel Antiquities
nary Approaches to Teachmg and Learning." pre ented a t
ematics
THE
cud ies
''The Gush Halav Synagogue," in Jacob Neusner and
che Kents H i l l
d i cussion leader, "Science for All
C O L B Y
Thomas R.W. Lon gsta ff , M.A. '84, Ph.D., Crawford Fami1 y Professor of Religious
Schools
Meeting
the Coalition for
Theory Symposium, Arizona State University.
The American Academy of Religion and the American
Challenge:, of General Educat ion
ity of Operator Bands," presented at the Grear Plains Operator
Educa
Local Implications," pre at
"Continuity of Schur Block-Multiplication with Respect to Various Topolog1es, " Joumal ofOperar.ar Theory / "Reducibil
Under-
at1onal I n itiatives,
ented
Leo Liv s hi ts, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Mathematics
R E PO R T
L. Sandy Maisel, M.A.
'83,
Ph.D., William R. Kenan Jr.
Profes or of Government; Director of Colby in Washington Program "Re-exploring the Weak Challenger Hypothesis: The 1 994 Candidate Pools," i n Philip Klinkner, ed., Midterm:
p 24
The 1 994 Congressional Elections (co-authors Eli:abeth J .
lvry ' 9 8 , Ben1amin D. L i n g ' 9 a n d tephanie Pennix '95 ) / "On the Inadequacy and Inappropriateness of the Repli
cation Standard," PS / "On the Emergence of Congressional Candidates," Congress and r.he Presidency / "The Platform
Writing Process: Candidate-Centered Platforms in 1 99 2 ," rpt. in Daniel M.
hea and John C. Green. eds., The Stace of
r.he Parries, rev. ed., Rowman & Littlefield, and in Robert Y. Shapiro, ed. , Understanding Presulennal Elecnons: Trends and New Developmencs / "Re-exploring Progressive Ambition from the House to the Senate: The Case of the 1 3 enate Retiree in 1996" (co-authors Elizabeth J. lvry '9 . Ben jamin D. Ling '9 and Alexander M. Quigley '99) and "Maine Politics: 1 96 - 1 996: Development of a Competitive Two-Party tate" (co-authors Elizabeth J. lvry '9 , Ben jamin D. Ling '98 and Alexander M . Quigley '99 ) . present ed at the New England Political Awarded grant from the National
cience Assoc iation /
cience Foundation.
D. Benjamin Mathes, Ph.D. Assocrate Professor of Mathemancs "Operator Ideals and Operator paces," Proceedmgs of che American Mathematical Sociery (co-author Vern Paulsen). Harriett Matthews, M.A. ' 4 , M . F.A., Profes or of Arr Welded
teel Sculpture Exhibit, Mame Arr Gallery,
Wiscasset, Maine.
Drawings for R.T. Smith's Gristle,
low Lons Pre
"Colors of Maine," group exh1bttion at Frick Gallery, Belfast, Maine / "Where Did You Go? Arr! What Did You Do! Nothing!", solo exhibition at Unity College / -olo ex
hibition at Railroad
quare Cinema, Waterville. Maine /
Group exhibitions at the LC. Bates Museum; The Harlow
Gallery, Hallowell, Maine; and The Maine Arr Gallery,
Wi ca
et, Maine.
James
W. Meehan J r. , M.A. '8- , Ph.D., Herbert E.
Wadsworth Profe or of Economics
"Antitrust Policy and Vemcal Merger , " ew England Economic Review (co-author Eric . Rosengren ' 7 9 ) / "The
Economics of Antitrust," presented at the University of Maine Law School.
Mary Elizabeth Mills, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Review of Manas Chitakasem and Andrew Tunon, eds . . Thai Consrructions of Knowledge, m Journal of Soucheasc Asian Studies / Reviews of Charle F. Keyes's The Golden Peninsula: Cultural Adaptation in Mainland Soucheasc Asia and Shige haru Tanabe's Ecology and Practical Technology: Peasam Fanning Systems in Thailand, in Amencan Echnologm / "Rural
Youth, Urban Employment and Contested ldenmy in ortheast Thailand," presented at Yale Urnvermy / "Merit
ight-seers: The Cultural Politics of Working
Class Tourism in Thailand," pre ented at the Assoc iation
tudie , Honolulu, Hawaii / "Configuring Local
Identities within
ational and Global
pace : Labor Mobil
ity in Norrheast Thailand," pre ented at the American Eth
nological Society, San Juan, Puerto Rico / "Consuming elves, Ambivalent Desire : Women's Rural-Urban Labor Migration in Thailand," presented at Harvard Univermy
I
"Contested Commod ities: The Politics of Display in Rural
Thailand," presented at the American Anthropological As sociation, Washington, D.C. Jane M. Moss, M.A. '90, Ph.D., Robert E. Diamond Profe sor of Women's Studies and French
"Larry Tremblay and the Drama of Language," presented at the A ociation for Canadian rudies in the United
States, Seattle, Wash. / Chair, "Theatre Quebecois
11," and
the As ociation for Canadian Srudies in the U . .,
eattle,
panelist, '
J u lie K. Mueller. Ph.D . .-\;s1stant Proie,>m nf H1,wr, " ov1et Joumali t·: Cadre:, c1r Profe,,1onal?", Rassum HLStory/Hmoire Russe I Organ1:er anJ ramc1rant. " n\"let 'Profe ionals' m the 1920s and 1 930 : Doctor>. Sc1enmts. Educator· and Journalists." rresented ar the American :\s
soc1at1on for the Ad,·ancement of
la\"lc
mgron, D.C.
Bradford
P. Mundy,
Chemistry
_
tuJ1e,, \\"a>h·
LA. "92 . Ph.D . . M1 elts Proies:>or of
"lsobnon of Anr1m1crob1al Comrounds from the Ea
r
nia subcenis." Absrracr..s of che Annual Meean of rhe Amcr1 an Chemrcal Socier\, ew Orleans, La. (co-authors A. Cama cho '96, L Tin�noff '97, 1' ! .J . Antoniello "94, Z. �1ehr1n gale ' 9 5 , T. Poon and EA. Fekete) / " R mg S1:e Effects-Experimental and Computational Aprroaches" (co-authors C.-J.Lee, T. Poon, T.W. hatruck, W.R. Al vare: '96 and M.C. Pacheco '96), "Methylat1on oi Temar,·
em White Cedar, Thu1a occ1dental1s and the Lichen Clado
Alcohols Using Methylrnaniummchlonde: Toward
rhe
Poon, A.E. Greenberg '95 and F.G. Favaloro Jr. '96 ) , "The
C. Abbott Meader, M.A. '96, M.F.A., Professor of Arr
for Asian
imon' Le Trafic des langues, m Amencan Reueu of Canadi an Scud1es I Guest editor. Q11ebec Scud1es. ,-ol. �O.
Syntheses of Herberrene and Cuparene" (co-authors T.
"Mainers Away," Maine Coast Am ts, Rockport, Maine /
makers and
"Quebecois Theatre: Michel Tremblay and Mane La berge," Theatre Research lnr:ernanonal / Review of -hern
orth American Canadian
rud1es," presented at
Wash. / SUNY-Plattsburgh Quebec Winter
eminar, with
authors Lise Bissonnette and Deni e Boucher, Montreal,
Que. / "Hysterical Pregnancies and Post-Parrum Blues," in Donohoe and Weis , eds., Essays on Modem Quebec Theater,
Michigan State Univ. Pres / "Family Histories: Marie Laberge and Women's Theater in Quebec," in Karen Gould, et al., eds., Postcolonial Subjects, Univ. of Minnesota Pre
/
Product from Pinacol Coupling of 3 Methylcyclohexanone" (co-authors T. ulll\·an '96 and LE. Whittaker '96) and "The Influence of Remote ub Poon, R.J.
srituent Groups on Catalytic Hydrogena
tion" (co-authors C.-J. Lee, T. Poon. H . B.
Boho ian '96 and F.G. Favaloro Jr. '96).
presented at the 2 1 1 ch American Chemical
Society
anonal Meeting, New Orlean ,
La. / "l mproved Synthesis of \ arious l otope
Svmhenc
Labeled 4 -Hydroxyalkenal
and Peroxida Communication (co-authors M . . Rees, F.J .G.M. van Ku11k and A.N. Siakoros) / "Diethylalummum Io dide," "D1methylalummum Iodide." "Phos phorus ( I l l ) Bromide,'' "Phosphoru ( V ) Bromide" and "Th1onyl Bromide." EllC)·clo pedia of Reagents far Organic S:mches1s, John Wiley and ons /" ew Approaches ro Qua ternary Carbon Center : Applications to atural Products ynthesis," em111ar pre ented at the Univer ity of Connecticut. uon
Products,"
Randy A. Nelson, M.A. '9 . Ph.D., Doug las Professor of Economics and Finance "Cange tion
Pncmg
on
the
Mame
Turnpike: lmenm Report of 1995 Field Tn als and Survey" (co-authors T. Tietenberg,
et a l . ) .
Shelby
F.
Richard ) . "Pete" Moss was named
elson, P h . D. . Clare Boothe Luce A s1stant
Profe sor of Physics "Thermal tabiliry of
trained
i Channel
1Ge Het
john j. and Cornelia V Gibson
Professor of History.
erostrucrures," Applied Physics Letter (co-author H. Klauk
and T.
.
Jack on) / "Atomic Force
1 icroscopy of Oroarnc
emiconductor Films," presented at the Electronic Mareri
als Conference, Deborah emment
anta Barbara, Caltf.
L. Norden, Ph.D., A sistant Professor of Gm·
Military Rebellion m Argentina: Between Coups and Con solidation, Univ. of ebra ka Pre · / "Redefining Political Military Relations in Latin America: I ue of the ew Democratic Era," Armed Farces and Society / "'Democrati zando' las Fuer:a Armadas de America Latina," Fuer�as Armadas y Sociedad / "Keeping the Peace. Outside and In: Argentina's United ations Mission , " lmernational Peace keeping / Re\"lew of Alison Bry k' The Poliacs of Humnn Righcs in Argenana: Pror:esc , Change and Democrati�ation. in The Journal of PoLtics. David L Nugent, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Anthropology "From Devil Pacts to Drug Deals: Commerce, Unnat
ural Accumulation and Moral Community in Contempo-
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C 0 L B Y
rM\ 111.' ru . " Amenccm E1lmulus;1 -c / "C1r i:en, - tare and Na
Polmrnl
l l < H1 1 n t he N <lr t h e rn Pe ru v 1 , 1 1 1 An cic': C h ,i c ha poya ' 1n
Cnmp.1 rn t 1 l'e Pe r,pect l \·e " ,ind mgd n i :er, "The
E u 1 nn n 1 1 nf N a r 1nn a l and P< M - N a t ional -pace> and lden
S.m J u,1 1 1 , P u er rn R i e l ! I "Er,hin.� Race
t 1 t 1c>," pre ,e nt cd . i t the Americrn Ethn,1lug1 a l S,)( 1ety, to
Make the N , 1 [ 1 1 1 n :
T h e R"e . ,( 'el puchJ,, ChJchap<>yanll' in t h e Nnrrhcrn Pe ru\'1,111 And1.:-," pre,en te d ,1t the A nwrirnn A nth rnpolng 1 -
i.: '" 1 ! A ... ..,1. 1uat 11.ltl, \'(./c.h h 1 n � r� m , D.C. / Org�rn1:er, "P'" 1 per" { 111 r h e Influence' of Jnan Vmccnt-Loc 1 t 1 n g Cap 1 rn J 1 , m 1n Time .ind Sp c 1 l e I : E m pi re , Stdtc, R eg i< > n , Fronuer" and ,1r g .1 11 1 :e r. "Papl'r' lln the I n fl u e nc e ot )0;111 Vincenr-Lncar ing C1p 1 ta l "m 1n T1111e ,ind Sp;Kc 1 1 : Erh11 1 c 1 t \', Rocc, .it1<111 , " pre ,c n r e d ,I[ t he Am c ri cr n A n r hrn Gender .rnd roing11.:r1! A"t'i\ h. l af H H1 , w..1 ... h 1 11gr�H"\, D. Jorge
O l i v a r<'> , /\ I . A . '9 ) , Ph.D., Al le n Fa m i l 1 Prnfe;,nr nt
Lar i n Ameri c an L i t e rat ure "Re.iding Before N1,gh t Fc1lh," p rc ,e n ted ,1t K;1 l,1ma:, 1n
Cnllegc· / '"Apue,tn, ;1 l t < ) , mgue L i rer ,nu rer em r Aren a� ." rn:�"Cllted
d(
rhe
111
r he N1.1rth
un�rC"il) l nrernacionJI Je
L 1rer;nu r.1 l hl.'roamcricrna, Car.1rn,, Vcn.::ucla
Kerill N . O'Nei l l . Ph . D . . Tayl"r A "''t ant Profc'"'r "f
Cla"'c'
" Pro pe m u ' 4.4: Tarpl.'1,1 .rn d the Burden nf A1.'t 1 ulug y , " /-lennaihena / " S 1 cferr ;rnJ the l nce,runm Poe t ry of Fn" rr.ned L<l\ e : Ae ,c h y Ju , , Hugo .ind The Poet ic ' of _exuali <>rrhe<1,t Modern L.111gu,1gc ty," pre ,e n t ed . i r r he A'''ic1.1 t 1on. M nnrrc,1 1 , Q ue. "Re a, l 1 ng Ll lU1'e Erdrich\ ' A m e rican Hnr,e."' 1 11 Car ed., Teachmg Shon
Frcnon, U n i \'. nf V1n: 1 n 1 a Pre » / "S he rm a n Alex 1e anJ the Real I n d i an World," The Mame D"�idcnc.
Kathleen M. O'Reilly, B . A . , Vi"r1ng l mr ruc m r 111 Bi o l ogy
w
Jw reh i rJ , , " pre>enteJ at the l nrer
n;rnon.11 - ympn,ium nn A, · 1a n E n Jncrin,1J,1g\', Lake Lou 1
e,
Alta. I
"The Stre , Re >p o me in A rc t ic Breeding B1rJ,," p re,e n red at Bnw d<>in Cullege. are Prnfo,,..ir ,,f E ngli h
The Tnck 1Jf Smgulant\':
Twelfth
1glu and the Perfonnance Ediriuru,
including a
2- 1
victory over
Bowdoin (abovel.
and
Tex t u a l
Pmductinns
of
Theor:;
and
Perfur
mance, R out led ge / "S h attuck and Kemble: l n t e nn mg l ing Ed 1 ri ng 111 Fac > m i le , " Cri1ical Quarterly / "The
R h e toric of E\'ldence: A m c u lat mg
Gender 111 t h e l 9 r h Century," 1 11 Ed
rud1es Co n fe ren c e, Trinity College, Dubl111, l rcl,ind / " P1 c rnn al and Dra m a n c Pa ion Cycle> in avoy," p re,en r ed m the l nrernat1onal Congre-s nn Med ieva l rudanJ Image
1c,, Kala ma:nn, M ich . / " R en ais ance Arr i n rhe Alps: ourh " ' . prese n ted ar r he Rena1s ance
orrh or
ocier y of
A merica , Bloomington, lnJ. / " 1 11 , Repentance and De >pa1r i n a I S rh -Cen ni r1 Pilgri mage C h a pel," pre·enred at
h ampa 1g n -Urba na .
Mariano B. Plotkin, P h . D . , A 1stant Profe sor of L a n n American History "Pnl1t1cs, Culture and the Massive Diffusion of P ycho analysis 1n Lar111 Am e rica : The Ca>e of Bueno Aires, 1 9 1 0-
1 98 3 ," presented at che New Eng land Council of Lar in American - ruJ1e> anJ at rhe Lann '\mencan Colloquium,
Tamae K. Prindle, Ph . D. , A»oc1are Profe,,sor of Japane e " G lobal l y Your : J u:(> l r ami's Tampopo," Japan Studies / "Mon Ogai nn hosersu to Toyoda h1r6 no e1ga Gan" (Mon Oga 1 \ Novd anJ Toyoda h1r6' Film Wild Geese), presented at Ochanomi:u Women's University / "Karnyu k 1 - an eiga to Sandakan /-lacluban 8-ban shiJkan" ( Karayuk1 Films and San Jakan Brothel No. 8) , pre ented at the Ochanomizu Univer rudie Joint emmar / "Karayuk1 F i l m> from Fem1ni t Perspectives," pre >e n ted at D0sh1sha University, Kyoto, japan / " I mage of Wom e n
111
Karayuk1-san Film>," pre entetl ac the Virginia tudies, Old Domi111on U111versiry /
Con>ortium f, r A>ian
rudie
Associarion of japan
Conference, O item on Gakum Univer iry / "Ekorojikaru fe m i n i: umu to wa nani ka1" (What ls Ecolog ic a l Femmism?), prese nted at Oc hanomizu Unive rs 1 ry.
Scott H. Reed I l l , M . F. A . , Visinng A:.s1stant Profes or of Arr Exhibinons: The I rh Internacional Independ en t Exhi bi t ion of Print
in Kanagawa, Kanagawa, Japan; N inrh I n
ternational E x h ib i non of
mall Graphic Forms, The
rate
Gallery of Arr, Lodz, Poland; 1 6th Annual J ur ied Fine Art Ex h ibit ion , Community A m Council, Goldsboro, N .C.; The 3 th Chau tauqua National Exhibition of American Boston Printmakers 4 5 th North American Print Exhibi
t h e Other 111 801tom," Roman ic Rei•iew / Review of Gerald
leries National Juried Exhibition of
"Dream-work 111 Runhaud's Illummat1ons: The
c ene of
M a c k l i n ' A Said)' of Thearrical Vision 111 Anhur Rimbaud's ll 111
Nmeteemh-Cenwry French Studies / R evi ew of
Romance Quarterly / "Replacing Women 111 Poetic H istory: The Romamic Fallacy," prese n t ed at rhc ourhea sr Modem Language A wc 1an on, Atlanta, Ga. / "Reconceiving Poenc Wtimen: D1>course nf Mate rnity in Lo U 1se Ackermann,
Lrn11sa
1 efe rr and Marie Kry 1m,ka" and "Women' Poeric
Movement: Marie Krysmska and
y mbo l i s t Aesrherics,"
presented at rhe I 9th-Century French
rud1es Colloquium,
Toronto, Om. / Chair. " 1 9th-Century French Women Poers:
P R E . t D E N T' S
"Pictorial An Praed1cand1 in Lare I S c h - Centu ry Pa int111g>." prc ,em ed at the l nrernanonal Assnc iat 1 on o f Word
Adrianna M. Paliyenko, Ph . D. , A ociare Professor of French
Wil lard Bohn's Apollmaire, Visual Poe1ry and An Cn ticism , in
T H E
Veron ique B. Plescb, Ph.D., V1s i r 1 11g As>isrant Professor of Arr
Shake;/)eare: Quesnons of Evidence in Studies m Thcarre /-lis Wf)' and Cul w re , U n i \'. of Iowa Pre».
l1.1m111at1ons,
C O L B Y
A m e ri c a , San Diego, Ca lif
Pane l 1st, "Towards G end er- I nc orporated Courses," workshop
Pechter, ed., Ternwl and Theamcal
regular season wins,
"From Ca>tnr to Ca esa r : Voting Venues i n the Forum
Romanum," p re >e nt ed at tht' A rc haeoJ , )g1 cal l nw r ute of
p re>ented at The Women's
Shakc;/icare ,
19
Darryl A. Phillips, A . B . , V1>1t1ng lnsrrucmr in CJa,,1c
the Performance Ed i r 1nn>: Theatri hake ,pe are, " 111 j , 1 me, Bul man , ed . ,
season in decades, compiling
p re,en red at r h e Genlog1cal ociery of America and pub l 1 > hed 111 Geolug1cal Soc1el)' uf America Ab1rarn wi1h Programs (co-aurh<m D.B. A l len and B.F. R e u ger ) / " Pro,· e nance of a Hl.'avy M i n eral Beach and, W h a lehone Bay, Bermuda," P<»tcr pre sented a t the A me rican Q uaterna ry A,>nciat1on ancl puhlt,hcd 1n Amcncan Quaternary Associa mm Program and Abs1racts ( c o -aut h or, D.B. Al l e n and B.F. Re u ge r ) .
U n "" <1f lo\\'a Pres ' / "Re ch i nk mg cal
Men's hockey enjoyed its best
"'ed1mentnlogical anJ M meralog1cal A naly ses of a He<H'\' M in era l Placer Deporn, Whalebone Bay, Bermuda,"
sity and Wa eJa U111ver,1ry Film and Gender
Laurie E . Osborne, Ph .D., Ao>llCl
�
Harold R. Pes ta n a , M.A. '85, Ph.D., Professor of Geology
Ge1. irgerown U111ver>1ty.
"T h e Adrcnucom ca l Re ,po me
Captu re - trC» 1n Arcr1c Bre eJ 1 1 1g _
nt t he N nn hea,t M odem Langu age As oc1arion.
rhe Un "·ers1ry nf l l l imm-
Patricia A. Onion, Ph . D . , A'"ic1a tc' Pmfe,,nr ,,( EngJ i,h nie H a m d rn n ,
Cnm111g t<> Wm ing, Configu ri n g Female Desire," presented
R E POR T
p26
Art, Chautauqua Arr Assoc iation, Chautauqua, N.Y.; The tion, Duxbury, Mass.; Montclair Monrcla1r, N .J . ;
rare Univer iry Arr Gal mall Works, Upper
ummer Invitational Exhibitions, Harlow
Gal lery, Hal lowell, Maine; One-person how, chool,
r. Mark's
ou r hborough, Mass.; Arr Profes or ' Show, Maine
Art Gal lery, Wi ca set, Mame; I th Annual Juried Exhibi tion, M a m e Coast Arri rs, Rockport, Maine.
Leonard S. R e i c h , M.A. '9 5 , Ph.D., Profe sor of Admmis trative
cience and of
cience, Technology, and Society
"Charles Lindbergh, Technology and rhe American En vironment," pre ented ar the
cience, Technology and So
ciety Colloquium, University of Maine.
Ursula Reidel-Schrewe, Ph.D., Associate Professor of German Review of Ulrike Sreierwald's Leiden an der Geschichce: Zi<r
Geschichtsauffassung der Modeme m den Texcen Joseph Rochs, in
The Gennan Quarcerly / Introduction to "Die Zwe1re He1mac,"
film series at Goethe Institute, Boston, Mass.
Kenneth A. Rodman, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Gov ernment and International
tudies
"The U . . I n tervention in Bosnia," presented at the Unitarian Univer alist Church, Waterv ille, Maine / Inter views with the Toronto G lobe & Mail, Montreal Gazerre �nd
and Mary Rh 1el, ed ., Life Likenesses The Sed11c1wm of Bi ography , Routledge / "Re-Read111g Sor Juana I m'> Je l.i Cru: Read111g Her Porrra 1 r . " rresented at the Conference fur thi: ociety of Rena1·,ance and Bar1lcJue Pnerr,. Hnthcon, Texas / "Now You ee Me, Nt1w You Don'r· Confo'""n' ,1( a German-Japane ... e-Amencan Wom;rn Te,icher of :ran1sh," presented at the Panel on Mult1-Rac1alt m 111 a Jlt>r and C i v tl Society, Eastern 'oc1nlng1cal <>C1et1 Cunter ence, Bo ton, Mass Steve E .
S au nde rs , Ph.D .. A<soc 1 -
Canadian Broadcast Company.
a t e Professor o f Mu>1c
Nicholas L. Rohrman, M.A. '77, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology
uncerrus from the Co1m of Ferdinand 11 of Haps
"Taking Pictures of Each Other," presented at the American Culture As ociation, Las Vegas, Nev. / "Psychol ogy Curriculum Development in American Catholic Col leges
and
Universities,"
presented
at
the
Maine
Psychological Association, Bangor, Maine (co-author Lynyak
.A.
'96) .
A ni n dyo Roy, Ph . D . . Assi tant Professor o f English "Postcoloniality and the Politics of Identity in the Dias pora: Figuring 'Homes,' Locating Histories," in G i ta Rajan and Radhika Mohunramin, ed., Posrcolonial Discourse and
Changing Culrural Conrexcs, Greenwood / "The Telegraph and Imperial Geographies: The New Heroics of Victorian Colonialism," presented at the Modem Language Associa tion / "Debating 'Culture' in the Political Histories of N a tionhood: A Response to Parcha Chatterjee's Narion
and Its Fragments," presented a r Re-thinking Theory: A ational ympo ium, Delhi U01versity, Delhi, India / " I mperial Rhetorics and the Que tion of New Technology," presented at the Rhetoric ociety of America, Dallas, Texas. Ira Sadoff, M.A. '88, M . F. A . , Dana Professor of Poetry "Time and Space" and "Standard Ttme," The Amencan Poerry Review / "At the Movies," Michigan Quarrerly Review / "February," The Denver Quarrerly / "On the Use of Myth" and "An Errant Branch," The River Sryx / "The Horse Want· ed Sugar," "Lament a t Point Reye " and "Childish," Prairie Schooner / "Overheard" and "Solitude Etude," Colorado Re view / "An Ace of Genius," Crab Orchard Review / "Es ay on Walt Whitman's ' leepers,"' in Pack and Parini, eds., Touch stones, Upne / Entries in Gail Rizzoli Levin, ed., Edward Hopper: Poems and Paintings; Michael Mayer, ed., S t . Mar tin's Introduction to Lirerarure, 4th ed.; J im Daniels, ed. , Le r rers to America: Contemporary American Poers on Race, Univ. of Pittsburgh Press; Truesdale, ed., The Parry Train , New Rivers Press / "Modernism and Continuing Myth of Clo sure," Awp Chronicle / The Poetry oc1ery of America's George Bogin Memorial Award. Elizabeth Harris
Sagaser, Ph.D., A istant Professor of English
"Crowning De pair in Wroth' Pamphilia
chus," presented a t the l 6th Century Studie
to
Amphilan
Conference,
San Francisco, Calif.
Jean Marie Sanborn, Ph.D ., Assoc iate Professor of English; Director of the Writers' Center; Resident Director of Colby in Cork Program "Unlearning to Write," Norchwords / "Weaving Writ· ing," presented at the Maine Women's Studies Conference, Gorham, Maine / "Teaching In-and Out-of a Multicul
Twelve Sacred
burg, A-R Editions / Cross. Sword and Lyre: Sacred Mu.... 1c ar rhe Haps burg Courr of Ferdmand 1 1 , Claren don
Press / "The Emperor A>
Arrist: New Discoveries Concern· ing the Ferd111and Compositions,"
wissenschafr / "New Light on the Genesis of Monteverdi's Eighth Book of Madrigals" and re1·iews of Eva Lax, ed. ,
Le[[ers of Claudw Monrel'erdi, rel". ed. , and Paulo Fabbn's Monrewrd1, in Music and Lercers / Re1"1ew of Jon W. F111son's The Voices Thar Are Gone: Themes 111 1 9rh-Cenrury American Popular Song. in Th� Journal of Musicological Research / "Stephen C . Foster," Encyclopedia of American Biography / "The Antecedent> of the V1enne ...e Sepolcro," presented at rhe lnternattonal Congre» of An tiquae Musicae lralicae tud1ns1, Como, Italy / "Ferdmand I l l and the Politici:ation of acred Music a t t he Hapsbur� Court," presented at Fruhe Neu:e1t lnterd1·:ipl 111ar.
Publishers / "Politics of l l l us1on: Alfred von Ttrpit: and Right-Wing Putsch ism, 1 92 2 - 1 924" and re\"1ews of Nancy
C lass and Gen der m Hanover, 18 0- 1 933 and Gerald D. Feldman's The Grear Disorder: Politics , Economics and Socie t'I in rhe German Inflation, 1 9 1 4- 1 924, in Gennan Studies Re t•;e tt• / Rel"iew of John C.G. Roh l's The KaI.Ser and His Courr: \l;'tlhelm 11 and rhe Govemmenr of G ermany , in Central European HIS[OT)' / Review of Roger Chickering" Karl La mprech r : A Gmnan Academic Life ( 1 856- 1 9 1 5) , in The Psychoh1swry Rel'iew I "German Conservatives and the I.uroduction of Female uffrage in l 9 1 / 19," pre ented at the German rud1es As sociation, Chicago. I l l . R. Reagin's A German Women's Movemenr:
Laurel C. Schneider, M . Div., Visiting Instructor in Reli gious
rudies
"Re-I magining Boundaries: Cultural Theory and rhe Backlash against Fem1111st Theology," presented a t the American Academy of Religion, Philadelphia, Pa.
W. Shattuck, Ph.D., A.soc iare Prnfe...sor of
"Application of a CCD-Based Raman
pectroscopy
ystem in the Undergraduate Chemistr,· Curriculum" (co authors W.R. Alvarez
'96 and D.W. King), "Ring
fects-Experimental
and
Computational
1:e Ef
Approaches"
workshop pre ented at the National Conference on Peer
(co-authors C.-J.Lee, T. Poon, B.P. Mundy, W.R. Alvare:
Tutoring in Writing, Muncie, Ind. (co-presenters Karen
'96 and M.C. Pacheco '96) / "A Computational lnve ttga
Rose
tion of Reactivity Difference between Two Carbocycl1c D1-
the New England Writing Centers Association Conference,
anions" (co-authors
Amherst, Mass. (co-presenter
Mundy), "Elemental Analy is of Individual Particle from
David Thibodeau
'96 and
'96).
Betty
G. Sasaki, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of panish "G6ngora's Sea of Signs: The Manipulation of History in the
Soledades , " Calfope: Journal of che Sociery for Renaissance and Baroque Poerry / "Changing the Subject," in David uchoff
Miller Library.
Five enmes in Dieter K. Buse and Juergen C. Doerr,
Chemistry
Molly Hueckiger
Betty Sasaki leads a class discussion on the steps of
eds., Enc)•clopedic H1srory of Modem Gemiany, Garland
beam?" and "Teachers and Writers: A Workshop for Essay
'95, Gwendolyn N icol '96 and Lori Kalisz '96) and at
Assistant Professor of Spanish
Raffael M. Scheck, Ph . D . , Assisranr Profe>S<'r of H 1st<)f)'
Thomas
Place for Literature," Maine Council for English Language Arts, Portland, Maine / "Ethics in the Writing Center,"
Cla1w10 Mome1 •erd1 The
Lerrere, Dents Sre1·ens, ed . .
tural Environment," "Did You Ever Try to Pick Up a Sun Writers," presented a t the Conference on College Composi tion and Communication, Milwaukee, Wis. / "Making a
[ [ [ ', 1'. !us1cal
Srud1en �Hr M11 sik
.D. Haller
'96, T. Poon and B.P.
the Penobscot Bay Estuary" (co-author M.D. Weaver
'96),
"Remote Marine Aerosol in the Gulf of Mame" (co-authors E.S. Gordon
'96 and M.D. Taylor '96) and "Effect of
Diepoxide Chain Length on Inter rrand Cro s-L111k111g" (co-authors J.T. Millard, M.J. Yune '9 5 , and J .J . Marden
.E. Charnecki '95
'95 ) , presented at the 21 l th American
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THE
PRE
I D E • T' S
REPORT
C O L B Y
Chemical Sociery Nauonal Meet1ng, New Orleans, La. / "Opt1m1:at1 n of FlA-Chemilum111escence Analysis Tech nique> for eawarer: A Case cudy Us111g Hydrogen Perox . ide, . pm.enteJ ar che Marine Chemistry Gordon Research onference, Henmker, N . H . (co-auchors R.E. Del esto '97 and D.W. King) / Awarded grant from rhe Nacional Science Foundac1on. , Ph.D., Jene Professor of An
"Report from rhe F1e!J: Spa111," ICMA Newsleuer / Organ-
1:er and chair, "The Art of the Muluple Culrures and Reli gion· of Medieval lbena," pre ented ar the Internacional Congn•;, on Medieval
tudies, Wesrern M1ch1gan University.
N i k k y-Gu ni nder K.
i ngh, Ph.D., Associace Profe sor of
Religion
The Name of My Belo1•ed: Verses of rhe Sikh Gurus, HarperCollin
/ The Guru Granrh
Sahib: /rs Physics and Metaphysics, rpc., Manohar Publishers / "From Flesh to rone: The Div111e Mecamorphosis in acyajlt Ray's Devi" and review of Haqot Obero1'
The Con.scrucrion of Religious Boundaries: Culcure, ldenricy and Diversin in rhe Sikh Tradmon, 111 " The Joumat of Asian Srudies / "Why Did I Noc L1ghc Up che Fire?: The Fem111i:ation of R1cual and "Voice> of Women's
Hope:
111 Sikhism" Echoes of
p1riwalicy from che Sikh
Perorecr1ve," presented at che U n i vermy of V1ccoria, B . C . / "Manu Jeetai
Jagu Jewi: Go111g Back into rhe Fu ture," pre ented at rhe M 1c h 1gan 1kh cudy Circle, Decro1c, M ich. / " lnfigu·
Language, Mysore,
A>ian
Women's
India /
presented
ac
Wriring che
in
Maine
anak: A Feminist Phi loso
pher?", presented ar the lnsrnute of Global Cultural
cud-
care U111,·erwy of New York-B111ghamcon / "Women ociery," presented at rhe Curraheen
Women'· Cemre. Cork, Ireland / "Pluralism and Indian Philosophy," rresented at the
chool of Phi losophy and
J . Skrien, Ph.D., Associare Professor of Marhemat1cs c1ence ale man Problem," presented at Mc.
Holyoke College / A Machemarics Sampler, Topics for the
Liberal Am , 4th ed. , Ardsley House (co-author
W.P.
Berlinghoff and K.E. Grant).
to N icroprus-ide," Abscrarn of Papers ,
2 1 1 ch American Chemical
ociery Nat1onal Meeting,
New Orlean , La. (co-author TC. McCullough '96 ) .
Debra A. Spark, M . F. A . , Assistant Professor o f Creative Wrir111g
occer
Parent ,"
presenred
at
rhe
Mount
Andrei V. trukov, B. . , Visit111g lnsrruccor in Ru sian "La er Discs in the Russian Language Cla s," presented at The CBB-Mellon Language Fair.
of Behavioral Development, Quebec City, Que.
Duncan A. Tate, D. Ph i l . , Assistant Professor of Physics "Diode La er pectro copy of H 2 Around 0. 2 mm," Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy (co-authors J .-M. Flaud et i a l . ) / "Doppler-Free Diode Laser peccroscopy of rhe Js P A - J p 2 DJ ' F111e rructure Mulcipler 111 Aromic Fluorine, presencea ar rhe New England Secrion Meeting of rhe American Physical
oc1ety, Bowdo111 College, and posrer
presented ar the Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics oc1ery, Ann Arbor, pee·
cience and Technology Foundat1on and search
tanford Re
yscem .
Linda Tatelbaum, Ph .D., Associare Profes or of English "Skarers Away" and "The Rockland That Was,'' Maine Times / "Rave Rejection: Agents and Ethics," Maine in Prine / "From the Child 1 Wasn't Meanr co Be," Rockland ( Maine ) Free Press / "Write Abour That," Ou r of rhe Cradle / "H'Adama: The Hands' Breath," Jewish Women's Literary Annual / "Texr and Margin, Voice and ilence," seminar presented at the Ma111e Humanities Counci l , Rockland, Maine / "Appleron Poets Pasr and Pre enc," presented at the Appleton, Maine, Historical
ociecy.
J. Taylor, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of H istory
Review of Gregory Hanlon's Confession and Community in Seventeenrh-Cenrury France , in Common Knowledge / Re \'iews of M.A. creech's Clement Maror: A Renaissance Poer Discovers rhe Gospel, Michael Wolfe's The Conversion of
Henri IV and Anne Tukey Harri on, ed., The Dan.se Macabre of \Vomen: Ms . fr. 995 of che Bibliorheque Nationale, Lace Medieval France," pre·enred at the Medieval
ermon
Studies Symposium, Oxford University / "Prophecy and Prediction at the Court of Catherine de' Medici," pre en red at the 1 6th Century
cudies Conference, San Francisco,
Calif. / "Using Theodore Rabb's Teleseries Renaissance 111 the Classroom,'' presented at the
ouchern History Associ
Conference, Boston, Ma s. / Awarded the Medieval Acade
Saranna Thornton '8 1 , Ph.D., A siscanc Professor of Economics
Bucking the Defim: Economic Policymaking in America, Wesrview Press (co-author G. Calvin Mackenzie) / "Put
o
cial Security on the Table-Now," Maine Sunday Telegram /
David B. Suchoff, Ph.D., Associate Professor of English Llfe Likenesses: The Seductions of Biography, Routledge (co· editor Mary Rh1el) / "The Rosenberg Case and the New York
R E PORT
menr,'' pre enced a t the lnrernarional Society for the Study
my's John Nicholas Brown Prize.
Hol yoke/Warren Wilson Conference.
I DENT
(co-aurhor L.M. Brown) / "The Cultural Reproduction of Masculi111ry: An lnrerprenve Analysis of Boys' Develop·
modern France," presented ar the French Hi torical Studies
usan B. Sterling, Ph.D., Visiting Assiscanr Professor of English
PRE
ociecy," workshop presented at rhe Western
Ma111e Partnership for Educational Excellence, Augusta
anon, New Orleans, La. / "The Prostitute Imagined i n Pre·
John Zachari First Book Award.
THE
oc1ery, Philadelphia, Pa. / "Boys and Girls m
in Renaissance Quarterly / "The Philosophy of Preaching in
Wayne L . Smith, M . A. '83 , Ph.D., Professor of Chemistry
C O L B Y
School and
Larissa
cience, Cork, Ireland.
"Alternarn·e
the 'Zone of Proximal Development,'" presented at the Jean Piaget
tro copy of Arom and Molecules," presented at rhe Uni
Philadelphia, Pa. / "Guru
"The Tra,·eling
Brown) / "The Narrar1ve Approach to Moral Development: From the Epistemic ubiecc to Dialog1cal Selve , " Human Development (co-aurhor J. Day) / "Narrarive, Moral Devel opment and rhe 'ZPD,"' presented at rhe Associat1on for Moral Education, New York, N.Y. / "Moral Educarion in
versiry of Ma111e-Orono / Awarded grants from the Ma111e
tudies anJ
ed at rhe American Academy of Religion Conference.
and Computer
"Taking rhe Backward View of Life," review of M. Free man's Rewriring the Self: Hiscory, Memory, Narrarive, in The ory and Psychology / "Envi ioning a Postmodern Moral Pedagogy," Journal of Moral Education (co-aurhor L.M.
sented ar the lnsticute of Common
cud1e> Conference, University of Sourhern
in North Indian
Mark B. Tappan, Ed . D. , Assistant Professor of Educarion
wealch and American
M a ine / "Textual Overrure, Trad 1c1onal Clo·ure," present·
''The
dish, 1 954 - 1 992," presenred at the European American Stud
Mich. (co-author D.N. Acuraliye '95 ) / "Diode Laser
M a i ne,"
Dale
bivalence of Form: Lukas , Freud and the Novel, in Modem Fction i Studies / "Irving Howe, the Cold War Canon Debate and Yid
Anandamoyi in Taoore's Gora," pre·
English
Economic
Fifties America, Routledge / Review of Susan Derwin's The Am
Division of the American Phy ical
111g
1e ,
Marjorie Garber and Rebecca Walkowitz,
rauon and Configuration of India:
"Auchore es and Goddesses: Teach·
Spring Dance Concert.
m
ies Convention, War aw, Poland.
David L. Simon, M .A. '
Women's
lnrelleccuals,"
ed ., Secret Agents: The Rosenberg Case, McCarthyism and
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"Social Securiry and Medicare Muse Be Reformed: Here's How," Providence Rhode Island Journal-Bulletin / "Adaptive Monetary Policy Rule Utilizing Redefined Mea ures of M2
and the Effects of Po>itive Bias m Money Control Errors,"
presented at the
outhem Economic Assoc iation Meetings.
James C. Thurston, M.F.A., Adjunct Assoc iate Professor of Performing Arts Theatre Safery Guidelines, rev. ed., Colby Custom Pub lishing / Designer, Forever Plaid. The Weston Playhouse,
Thomas H. Tietenberg, M . A . '8 4 , Ph.D., Mitchel l F ami l y Professor o f Economics Environmenral and Natural Resource Economics, 4th ed., HarperCollins / "Applying Emission Trading Rights to the Control of Air Pollution in Santiago: Lessons from the U.S. Experience," Esrudios Publicos / "Enlisting Economic Incen tives for Environmental Protection," in Kevin L. Hickey and Demetri Kantarelis, eds., The Natural Environment: /n
terd.isciplinal)' Views, Proceedings of rhe lnteTdisciplinary En vironmencal Associarion's lnteTdisciplinary Conference on che Environment / "Key Concepts of Sustainability: Discussion," Proceedings of che Colloquium on Economics , Ecology and Sus tainabiliry Policies, Environmental Law Institute / "Design Le sons from Existing Air Pollution Control Systems: Unit· rates," i n Susan Hanna and Mohan Munasinghe, eds.,
Property Rights in a Social and Ecological Contexr: Case Studies
and Design Applicarions, The World Bank I "Topics in Law and Economics," " l ntroduction ro Environmental Econom ics" and "Advanced Topic
in Environmental Economics,"
in Edward Tower, ed., Economics Reading Lists and Course Outlines , Exams and Problems, Eno River Press / Review of Michael Common's Su.srainabi!iry and Policy: Limits w Eco nomics, in Journal of Economics / "Private Enforcement of Environmental Regulations in Latin America and the Car ribean: A n Effective Instrument for Environmental Man agement ?", seminar presented a t the Inter-American Development Bank, Washington, D.C. / " Is Capitalism In compatible with the Quest for Susrainable Development ?", presented at Bates College / Discu ant, "Environmental Enforcement i n Centrally Planned and Tran itional Market Economies," presented a t the American Economics Associ ation, an Franci co, Calif. / "Enlisting Economic Incen tive for Environmental Protection: Wha· Have We Learned?", presented at M t . Holyoke College.
James L.A. Webb Jr., Ph.D., Assoc iate Professor of History "The Evolution of the ldaw al-Hajj Commercial Dias
pora," Cahiers d'Erude.s Africaines / Reviews of Samuel Deca
lo's Burkina Faso, Lynda F. Zamponi' Niger and R . M . Dilley and J .S. Eade ' Senegal, in Journal ofAfrican Hiswry / "Inter national Trade from the Western Sahara, l 830- l 900: The Per pective from
enegambia," presented at the African
Studie Association, Orlando, Fla. / "Money and Credit in Precolonial Western
ahelian Trade," presented at North·
western Univer ity.
Christine M. Wentzel, M.A. '94, M.A., Adjunct Professor of Performing Arts ( Dance)
Choreographer, Cinderella, Waterville, Mame.
Dexter
at
the Un iver
Joylynn Wing, Ph.D., Assoc iate Professor of Perform ing Arts "Mad Forest and the Interplay of Languages," m heila Rabillard, ed., Caryl Churchill: Contemporary Represenca
rioru, Blizzard Press.
Weston, V t.
ed
a Bay of Fundy Mudflat," seminar pre enred sity of outh Carolina.
C. Whittinghill Ill, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of
Mathematics
Moderator, N e w England I olated Statisticians Meeting, Williamstown, Mass. / Chair, Trends in Introductory Ap·
plied Statistics Courses, pre ented at the Joint Statistical Meetings, Chicago, I l l. / Awarded a grant from the Exxon
Edward
H. Yeterian, M .A . "9 l , Ph. D. , Audrey Wade H1t tinger Katz and heldon Toby Katz Distinguished Teachmg Professor of Psychology "Morphological Correlations of the Human and Mun· key Frontal Lobe," i n A.R. Damasio, et al., eds., Neurobiol ogy of Decision-Making (co-author D.N . PanJya ) , Springer-Verlag / "Corticothalamic Connections o f Extra> triate Regions i n Rhesus Monkey ," presented at the Soci ety for Neuroscience, an Diego, Calif., and published m Sociery for Neuroscience Absrracts (co-author D.N . Pandya) / "Comparison of Prefrontal Architecture and Connec tions," presented at The Royal Society, London, England (co-author D.N . Pandya). Karen Hall Zetrouer, Ph.D., Visiting Assi tant Professor of Spanish "Women, Fashion and Rebellion," presented at the Maine Women's Studies Conference, University of
outh·
ern Maine. Suisheng Zhao, Ph.D., Assistant Profes or of Ea t Asian Politics
Power by Design : Corurirurion-Making in Nationalist China, The Univ. of Hawaii Press / "The Implication of Demilitarization of Tibet to Sino-Indian Relations and Asian Security," Asian Affairs / "Regional Cooperation in Asia-Pacific," presented at the American Political cience Assoc iation, Chicago, Ill. / "Asia-Pacific Regional Multi· polarity and Movement from Alliance to Alignment in the Post-Cold War Era" and pan elist, "Perceptions and Mis perceptions
in
Sino-U .S.
Relations," presented at the International Studies Associ ation, San Diego, Calif. / "A Perceptional Approach to the Tensions across the Taiwan Strait," presented at The Chi ne e American Academic and Profe
ional Convention, Ot
tawa, Ont. / Editor and pub
lisher, Journal of Contemporary
China / "Authority Structure and Decision-Making in China," pre ented at the Eas t A s i an Workshop, University of Chicago / Pan elist, roundtable on China-Taiwan-U.S. Relations, Asia Pacific Studies Institute, Duke Univer ity / Panelist, roundtable on 30-Year Ann iversary of the Cultural Revo lution i n China, Fairbank Center for East Asian Research, Harvard University / Interviews on East Asian politic w i th the BBC and Voice of America.
Deng'
Alumni returned in October for Homecoming Weekend.
Educational Foundation.
William Herbert Wilson Jr., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biology
"The Impact of Bird Feeders on Wintering Birds," Bird
Observer / "Palm Warbler," in Alan Poole and Frank Gi l l , ed . , Birds of North America, Academy of N a tu r al ciences I Presentations at the Center for Northern Studies, Wolcott, Vt. / " emipalmated Sandpiper and Their Amphipod Crustacean Prey in the Upper Bay of Fundy: Coevolution or Happy Coincidence?", presented a t the Cooper Ornitholog ical ociety, an Diego, Calif. / "The Use of Computers to Teach the Identification of Bird Vocalizations," presented at the Wilson Ornithological Society Meeting, Cape May, N .J . / "The Effects of Semi pal mated Sandpiper Predation on
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Wilfredo R. Alvarez '96, Chemistry, and M. Cristina Pacheco '96, Chemistry, English
A Selection of Student Achieve, ments and Publications Watson Foundation Fellowship
( 1 996-97)
J il l B. Picard '96, Environmental Development
"Ring
ize Effects-Expenmental and Computational
Approaches," pre ented at the 2 I l th American Chemical ociety Nauonal Meeting, New Orleam, La. (co-auth rs C:.-J.Lee, T. Poon and Profe or Bradford Mundy). Peter A.O. Bennett '96, Geology, Jeffrey
N. Peters '96, Ge
ology: Environmental Science, Casey N. Swan '96, Classical Civ t l1:at1on, and Brian L. Duffany '96, Geology "An lnvestigatton of the Occurrence of Steep lopes and Geologic Hazards in Wacervtlle, Mame," presented at the
Carnegie J un ior Fellow
Waterville Ctry Planning Comm1 ion and at the Geological
icole B. Dannenberg '96, Government
oc1ery of Maine and abstracted m The Mame GeologisL Hacho B. Bohossian '96, Chemistry: Biochem istry, Eng
Morris Udall Scholarship
lish, and Frank G. Favaloro Jr. '96, Chemistry: Cell/Mole
Stephen J . Higgs '98, B1ology, En\'ironmental Policy Amy A. Lyons '98. En\'1ronmental Policy, lncemar1onal cud1es
Lisa D. Tinanoff '97, Biology Cell/ Molecular Concentration
Biology: Cell/Molecular Concentration
tudie
Pauln Modersohn-Becker and Ramer Maria Rilke: Arnsnc Affinmes ! English nrle) John E. Daly, Government
c1ence, Andrew C. Flint '96, Geology-Biology, Joshua B. ykes '96, Geology
B1ology "Developing a Map of Potentiometric Surface and Po
cemational
tud1es Children's Scarus and Children's Rights, His wncaUy and Cross-Cu/rurally Caitlin G. Johnson, Engli h: Creative Writing Concentration
Finding che Words
tential Groundwater Hazards for Waterville, Mame," pre ented at the Waterv i l le City Planning Commission and at the Geological oc1ery of Maine and ab tracted in The
Mame Geologist. Rico
E. De!Sesto '97 , Chemistry: A.C.
"Opttmtzation of FIA-Chemilumme cence Analysts Technique for
eawater: A Case
cudy Using Hydrogen
Peroxide," presented at the Marine Chemistry Gordon Re search Conference, Henniker, N . H . (co-author Profes or
J. Christopher McMath, Biology
D. Whitney Kmg and Profes or Thoma
Medical Trearmenr and rhe Good Deach · An Ech1cal Analym of Euthanasia, Phys1c1an-Assmed Suicide , and che
Rico E. DelSesto '97 , Chemistry: A.C. . , and Stephanie E. Mann '97, Chemistry: A.CS.
Matthew
Application co the Analy 1 of Hydrogen Peroxide and
Righr w Die
S. O'Connell, Geology
Electron Microprobe Measurements of che REE Near che Ol-Opx-Cpx-Gar Join ar 19 Kbar Eva
T. Piotrowski, 1nternat1onal tudies The Policies of Decentralizarion m Polnnd Smee 1 989
Andrew M . Rice, Religious Scudie
In Hopes of Blnck/Jewish Redemption: Counrer-Hege monic Acnvism and Theological Commurnon Kate M. Swenson, East Asian
hattuck).
"Enhanced Reactivity of Luminol in Acidic Media:
Chemical
ociety National Meeting, New Orleans, La.
(co-author Profe or D. Whitney King). Brian L. Duffany '96, Geology "An Investigation of the Physical Propertie of H inck ley C
oils under Different Land Use : Hor e Point, Bel
grade, Maine," pre ented at the Geological Society of Frank G. Favaloro Jr. '96, Chemistry: Cell/Molecular
A Cawlysr for Culture: Cluld Rearing and Education m Japan
Concentration
Other Scholarly Achievements
Cuparene," poster presented at the 2 1 1 th American
"Application of a CCD-Based Raman
Chemical pectro copy ociety Na
tional Meeting, New Orlean , La. (co-author Profes or D. Whirney King and Profe sor Thomas
R EPORT
hattuck).
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"Methylation of Tertiary Alcohols Using Methyltitani umtrichloride: Towards the
yscem in the Undergraduate Chemistry Curriculum," presented at the 2 I I th Amencan Chemical
u
peroxide in Seawater," presented at the 2 1 1 th American
Maine and abstracted in The Maine Geologist.
tud1es
Wilfredo R. Alvarez '96, Chemistry
! D E N T'
Fekete, T. Poon and Profe sor Bradford Mundy).
Morris '96, Geology, and Patricia M.
Kori R. Heavner, H uman Development, In
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oc1ery Nattonal Meeting, New Orleans, La. (co-authors M.J. Antoniello '94, Z. Nighttngale '95 , Professor Frank
Caleb A. Dolan, Aesthetics
Dwelling in Possibility: Aescheticizing ldenmy in African-Amencan Women's F1cnon
THE
nia subrerns," pre ented at the 2 1 1 th American Chemical
Christopher D. Dawkins '96, Geology: Env1ronmencal
Whitney C. Glockner, Engli h
C O L B Y
"lsolatton of Ant1m1Crob1al Compound from the Ea t· em White Cedar, Thuia omdencalis and the Lichen Clndo
The Contfll and Legacy of che 1992 Peroc Presi denlllll Campaign Dead Town Dreaming: A Novelln and Poems
the College's first.
"Translational Control in Five Green Algae," presented at the 2 1 1 th Amencan Chemical � oc iery Nattonal Meeting, Adrian Camacho '96, B1ology, and Li a D. Tinanoff '97 ,
Senior Scholars
as a Carnegie Junior Fellow,
R u t h E. Bristol '96, Biology
ew Orleans, La. (co-author Professor David Bourgatze).
Maylene S. Cummings, German, lntemauon
'96
oc1ery National Meeting, New Or
Bradford Mundy ) .
cranon, Chemi>try
al
ubst1tuent Groups on Cat
leans, La. (co-authors C.-J. Lee, T. Poon and Profes or
Heide M . Girardin '97 , B1nlogy: Cell/Molecular Concen
Nicole Dannenberg
"The Influence of Remote
alyttc Hydrogenation," po>ter pre ented at the 2 1 l th Amencan Chemical
Barry M. Goldwater Scholars
(Sunnyvale, Calif.) was chosen
cular Concentration
yntheses of Herbertene and
ociery National Meeting, New Orleans, La.
(co-author A.E. Greenberg '9 5 , T. Poon and Professor Bradford Mundy).
Andrew C. Flint '96, Geology-Biology "The Phy ical anJ Chemical Hydrogeology of a Frac tured Bedrock Aquifer m Waterville, Mame,"' presented at the Geological Society of Maine and ab tracted m The Maine Geologist. Molly E. Flueckiger '96, East Asian tudies, and David P. Thibodeau '96, Religious tudies "Ethics in the Writ mg Center,"' workshop presented at the New EnglanJ Writing Centers As ocianon Conference, Amher t, Ma- . (co-presenter Professor Jean anbom). Deirdre R. Foley '96, Physics "Ammie Force Micro copy of Alpha-sexithienyl Con ducting Polymers," presented at the New England Meeting of the ociety of Physics tudents, Massachusem Institute of Technology. Eric S. Gordon '96, Chemistry: Envtronmental cience Concentration, and Melissa D. Taylor '96, Chemistry: Biochemistry "Remote Marine Aerosol in the Gulf of Maine," presented at the 2 l lth American Chemical Society National Meetmg, New Orleans, La. (co-author Professor Thomas hattuck). Sylvia D. Haller '96, Chemistry: A.C.S. "A Computational lnve>tigation of Reactivity Differ ences between Two Carbocyclic Dianions," presented at the 21 l t h American Chemical Society anonal Meeting, New Orlean , La. (co-author T Poon, Profe. or Thomas Shattuck and Profe or Bradford Mundy). Elizabeth J . lvry '98, Government, and Benjamin D. Ling '98, Government "Re-exploring the Weak Challenger Hypothesis: The 1994 Candidate Pools," in Philip Klinlcner, ed. Midcerm: The 1 994 Congressional Elernons (co-authors Professor L. Sandy Maisel and tephanie Pennix '95 ).
Elizabeth J. lvry '98, Government, Benjamin D. Ling '98, Government, and Alexander M. Quigley '99, Government "Re-exploring Progressive Ambition from the Hou e m the Senate: The Ca e of the 1 3 Senate Retiree� in 1 996" (co-author Professor L. andy Maisel} and "Mame Politics: 1 968- 1 996: Development of a Competitive Two-Party race" (co-author Professor L. andy Mai el), presented at the New England Political Science Association. Lori Kalisz '96, History, and Gwendolyn S. Nicol '96, English "Ethics in the Writing Center," workshop presented at the National Conference on Peer Tumnng in Wming, Muncie, Ind. (co-presenters Karen Rose '95 and Professor Jean anbom ).
Simone L. Kaplan '97 , English "Hi mrical Writing on Meteorology: An Annotated Bibl iography," in J.R. Fleming, ed., Hiswrica1 Essays on Me ceorology, 1 9 1 9 - 1 995 , American Meteorological ociecy (co-author Profes or James R. Fleming). J . Catherine Kneece '96, Chemistry: Biochemistry "Determination of Wavelength-Dependent Quantum Yields for Iron( I l l ) Photoreduction in Sodium Chloride and Sodium Perchlorate Media," presented at the 2 1 l ch American Chemical Society National Meeting, New Or leans, La. (co-author Professor D. Whitney King). Sarah E. Kopczynsky '9 , Mathematics, English "Groundwater Flow Monimring in Low Flow Rate Re gions of Fairbanks, Alaska," U . S . Army Corps of Engineers Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laborawry, Hanover, .H. (co-author Daniel Lawson and Chrismpher R. Williams ). Stephanie A. Lynyak '96, Psychology "P ychology Curriculum Development in American Catholic ollege and Universities," pre ented at the Maine Psychological Assoc iation, Bangor, Maine (co-au thor Profe or Nichola Rohrman).
John A. Mendez '96, Phy-ic, "Experiments \\'Ith Half- ycle M1crnwa\"C� Pul'e'." pre sented at the Univeuty of V1rgm1a (c<>-author, J .H. Rent: '95 and Professor Charles Cont)\'er). "Dynamics of Monopole Ann1hdanL>n !:>1 Type- 1 /2 trings m a Nematic L1qu1d Cry,ral," Phy>1cal Ret'leu' (c,1authors A.N. Pargelli;, anJ B. Yurke) "Intensity Dependence in Ram ey Fringes Usmg lncn herent Light," presented ar the Awm1c, Molecular and Op tical Phy 1cs D1v1>1on of the American Physical oc1ety, Ann Arbor, Mich. (co-author Professor Charle Conover). T. Casey McCullough '96, Chemistry: B1ochem1 cry, lus1c "'Alcernat1ves m 1rroprusside," presented ar rhe 2 1 1 th Amencan Chemical oc1ery Nanonal Meer mg, ew Orleans, La. (co-author Professor Wayne m1th). Matthew S. O'Connell '96, Geology "Electron Microprobe Parmion Coefficient Measure ments ear the 01-0px-Cpx-Gar Jom at 19 Kbar," pre sented at the Geological Society of Maine and abstracted 1n The Maine Geologist. David A . O'Connor '97 "The Effects of Cryopreservanon on the Acrosome truc ture of Mouse perm," presented at the Amencan Association for the Advancement of cience, Baltimore, Md. (co-authors Professor Arthur Champlin and LE. Mobraaren). Adam P. Potter '96, Biology: Environmental Science Concentration "Prolonged Swimming peeds of Yellow Perch (Perea flavescens ) and Largemouth Bass (Micropcerus salmoides ) : Implications for Fish Con er vation," po ter presented at rhe American Society of Zo ologists, Washington, D.C. (co-authors Professor Barbara Best and B.H. Kulik ) . Donald A. Saucier Jr. '96, Psy chology, Classical Civilization "Effects of Color on Per ceivers' Emotions and Percep tions of Orhers," presented at the Maine Psychological As ociation, Bangor, Maine. Chad G. Sisson '96, Biology "The Cnidophage Cy roskeleron and Nemarocyst Discharge in the Nudibranch Aeolidia papillosa," American Zoology and presented ar the American ociety of Zoolo gists, Washington, D.C. (co author Profe or Paul Greenwood ) .
Ryan Sullivan '96 (Hartford,
Ryan J. Sullivan '96, Chemistry "A Computational and Experimental lnvestiganon of the Pmacol Coupling and Rearrangement Reactions," posrer presented at the 2 1 l th American Chemical ociety National Meeting, New Orlean , La. (co-authors A.E. Greenberg '95, G.T. Lynch '94, er al.).
Conn.) works at the new Silicon Graphics workstation in the Paul j . Schupf Scientific Computing Center.
Ryan J. Sullivan '96, Chemistry, and Laura E. Whittaker '96, Chemistry: Biochemistry "The Product from Pinacol Coupling of 3 -Methylcy clohexanone," presented at the 2 1 l th American Chemical ociety National Meeting, ew Orlean , La. (co-authors T. Poon and Profe or Bradford Mundy ) . Matthew D. Weaver '96, Ru s i an Language and Culture, Chemistry "Elemental Analysis of Individual Pamcles from the Penobscot Bay Estuary," presented at the 2 1 1 th American Chemical ociery National Meeting, New Orleans, La. (co-author Profe sor Thomas hattuck).
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Annual Senior Art Exhibit Kristin L Boles, Arr , Studio Concentration Michael P. Branca, Arr, Studio Concentration Adrian Camacho, Biol gy Michelle M. Kornhauser, Arr, Studio Concenrarion Becky Lebowitz, Russian Language and Culture Matthew B. Russ, Arr, Studio Concentration Stephanie L Sack, Arr. rud10 oncentrarion Ca ri nn M. Schurman, English Jennifer M. Vogt, Arr, rudio Concentration
1 996
Summer Research Assistants
Mark S. Adelman '97, Government "Sanctions Beyond Borders: M u l t i national Corpora tions and Economic Statecraft," with Professor Ken neth Rodman. Keith J. Albert '96, Chemistry: Cell/Molecular Concen tration "The Rapid Determination of Trace Mangenese Levels in Water amples by Flow-Injection Analysis with Chemiluminescent Detection," with Professor D. Whit ney King. Amy L. Bennett '97, Bi ology: Environmental Sci ence Concentration Research on monetary rran irion in West Africa, wirh Professor Jan Hogen dorn. Christopher W. Brady '99, Geology " lnvesngarions of rhe Physical and Chemical Hydrogeology of Natural Ground Waters in and and Gravel and Frac tured-Bedrock Aquifers," with Professor Paul Doss.
Stephanie Sack
'96
(Salisbury, Vt.l exhibited her work at the Senior Art Show.
Matthew M. Burgener '97, Economics Research on baseball card prices and on the re lationship of the major leagues with the minor leagues, with Professor James Meehan and Professor David Findlay. Elizabeth N. Burleson '96, Economics Research on the srarus of various endangered species for Professor Elizabeth DeSombre's book on international environmental law. Bryan H. Carr '97, English, Performing Arts Research on transforming Charlotte 's Web into perfor mance arr, with Professor Christine Wentzel. Alexandra G. Cornell '97, Biology: Environmenral Sci ence Concentration "The Human Relationship to Technology," with Pro fessor Barya Friedman. Bryan W. Cunitz '99, Physics Exploring properties of novel semiconductors through electrical measurements and by atomic force microscopy and scanning tunneling microscopy, with Professor Shelby Nel son. Elisabeth E.W. Dodds '97, Classics, English: Creative Writing Concentration Research on melancholia, anti-poetic sentiment and other Renaissance topics, with Professor Elizabeth Sagaser, and re earch for "Publicity, Domestic Violence and the Poli tics of Gaskell's Mary Barron," with Professor David Suchoff.
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Michael C. Doogue '97, Physics "Microwave Multiphoton Transitions Using Chirped Microwave Pul es." with Profes or Charle Conover. Frank G. Favaloro Jr. '96, Chemistry: Cell/Molecular Concenrrarion "The Synthesis of Cuparene and Rel a red Narural Products" and "The Investigations on Remote Functional Group Influence on Catalytic Hydrogenation," wirh Pro fessor Bradford Mundy. Melissa D. Geathers '97, Sociology Research for Professor Cheryl Townsend Gilkes's That Blessed Book: The Bible and the African-American Religious Imagination and Going Up far the Oppressed: Black Women and Their Community Wark.
Cary T. Gibson '97, Sociology, and Elizabeth J. lvry '98, Government "Dererminance of Candidate Emergence in U.S. House Elections," with Professor L. Sandy Mai el. Heidi M. Girardin '97 , Biology: Cell/Molecular Concen tration, Chemistry "Translational Control in rhe Green Algae, Volvox car teri," w1rh Professor David Bourgaize. Reshma Amalie Gosine '97, lnternar1onal rudies, French Literature "Food Flows and Food upply within rhe European Empire During rhe ! 6th- 1 8th Centuries," with Professor James Webb. Christina A. Goudreau '98, Chemistry " ynthesis of an Iron Chelator from rhe Brown Ror Fungus," w1rh Profe sor Bradford Mundy. Pamela Herd '97, ociology Research for Professor Terry Arendell's Parencing in Con temporary Society: Issues and Challenges and research on the oral histories of elderly Maine women, with Professor Arendell. Carrie H. Heyman '98, Phy ic "Atomic Force M ic roscopy of Pentacene Thin Films," wirh Professor Shelby Nelson. Sandra J. Hughes '98, Administrative cience, Economics A survey of early career development among Ph.D. economists to under rand how and why gender differences in career parhs emerge, with Professor Debra Barbezar. Cynthia A. Lohmann '98, Biology: Environmental ci ence Concentration, French Literature "Effects of Ions on rhe Discharge of Nemarocysrs Iso la red from rhe Sea Anemone Calliactis tricolor," with Pro fessor Paul Greenwood. Sandra H. Lund '97, Economics Researching economic dara on the service difficulty re ports for rhe rop 20 airline companies, wirh Professor Randy Nel on. Jill M. Maccaferri '96, Economics Research for Professor Patrice Franko's rexrbook on Larin American economics. T. Casey McCullough '96, Chemistry: Biochemistry, Music "Transcriptions from Fats Waller's Works," with Profes sor Paul Machlin. Erik V. Mitchell '97 , East Asian Srudie , Economics Creating computer drills for Japanese language stu dents, for Profe sor Tamae Prindle. Penjani W. Mphepo '99, Physics "Infra Red and Radio Emissions from rhe Clouds of Forming and Recently Formed Scars," with Professor Mur ray Campbell, and "Sonoluminescence," with Professor Charles Conover. Joshua C. Oeltjen '97, Chemistry: Biochemistry "Characterization of rhe Calcium Binding Protein from the Sea Anemone Merridium senile," with Profes or Paul Greenwood.
Joy A. Pelletier '97, Chemistry: Biochemistry "Detection and Purification of Volvox Translation Fac tors," with Profe or David Bourga1:e Daniel J. Peltz '97 , oc1ology. Anthropology Research for Profe >er Adam Weisberger\ The Jewish
Appendix D College Honor and Scholar hip 1 996
Echrc and the Sprm of Socralrsm.
Senior Marshal
Dina M. Pfister-Mantle '96, American rud1es Encoding bibliographical data on .l\mencan fiction wmer John O'Hara for Professor Charles Bassett.
Sykia D. Haller
Craig M . Pochini '97, Chemistry, Classic> "Individual Pamcle Analys10 of Penob cot Bay" and "The Remote Manne Aeroool at Pern Manan L1ehrhouse," ' with Professor Thomas hanuck.
Karen I. Ackley ,u:anne C. A mold Elt:aberh . Atkimnn Pamc1a A. Ben nn Haehn B. Bohn"ian* Ruth E. Bnstnl Adrian T. Calder Jonathan W. Cannon A:een M. Chamarba�wala Joy A. Chmrnferson Anne A. Cohen J . , 1mon Dalgle1,h Caleb Dolan William E. Flynn Bernadette . Graham yl\'la D. Haller* arah E. Hare Jonathan G. Howe Allan T. ln!!l'aham Mamne L. Kaiser Lon A. Kalis: Medmg Kam l\ l 1chael G. Lenne J tll l\ I . Maccafem Tara '. Marat he !\ laura A. McLaughlin Julie R. Moran
Christine L. Rackliff '97, Psychology Research on children's play behanor, with Profes or Tarja Raag. Andrew M . Rice '96, Religious tudie; Research for a book on ,·1olence edited by Prnfeswr Carhenne Besteman. Wendy J. Ridder '9 7, Economics "Airlines and Their ervice D1ff1culty Reports," with Profe or Cl ifford Reid. Edward V.S. Rowan '97, Biology: Em·ironmenral c1ence Concentration, Arr: tudio Concentration "Cyroskeleral Dynamics of Cnidarian ematocytes," with Profe sor Paul Greenwood. Ann R. Savage '96, Biology, and Rachel E. Zierzow '96, Biology "Cessarion of mgmg of Breed mg ongb1rds" and "Ar rival Date of Maine Migratory Breeding Birds," w1rh Profes sor W. Herbert Wilson. Kaushik G. Sen '98, Economics: Financial Markers Con centration, Mathematics Work on Professor Thomas Tierenberg's Environrnenwl EconomiC5 and Polrcy and "Escaping the Depression' Labor Mobility and Employment Growth m rhe U . ., 19301940," with Profe sor Henry GemeT)'· Alexander W. Sobel '9 , Physics, Mu IC, and Joshua P. Walton '98, Physics "High Re olution and High ens1ttv1ry Diode Laser Spectroscopy of Amms and Molecules," with Profe -or Duncan Tate. Carmen E. Spear '96, lnternanonal tudie , panish Researching and translating documents on the history of 20th-century region-scare relations in northern Peru, with Professor David Nugent. Jennifer E. Spies '9 , Government Re earch for Professor Susan Kenney' novel The Ghost of the Barbrzon and for Profe or Anthony Corrado's Safe Money, Hard Choices.
Tmanoff '97, Biology: Cell/Molecular Concentration "Functional As ays ofVolvox Tran larion Factor ," with Professor David Bourgai:e Lisa D.
David P. Thibodeau '96, Anthropology "Global Change: An Hi toncal Perspective," with Pro fe or Jame Fleming. Mariana M. Upmeyer '9 , Biology: Environmental cience Concentration "Conservation Biology of the World's Mammal pecies and of Hawa11an Biota," with Profe or F. Ru ell Cole. Walter Wang '99, Economics Research on official Chinese reaction to U . . policies and actions ince 19 9, with Profe or uisheng Zhao.
Phi Beta Kappa jo,hua B. ;\ h >rr h l\ lark l\ lorten,�n .'\Jam P. l\lulb Greg"r\ P. Nchr11 l\1egan , . N 1ch,1l"m l\ I . Cmuna Pacheco
Dm<t l\I. Pf1,ter-Mandc,
Kare Radley Ke,·m P. Rice l\lanhew B. Ru'' John ) . Ryan \X.'tlltam T. andall' I l l Chad G . 1"on Joanna K. It': Carmen E. pear Heather A. prague Lee A. Sc. George Jennifer l\ I. re"·arr Ryan ) . ull1\'an Philip W. \'OT Erm C. Sweeney !\lark W. \11'"''ro'o 1 Wang Heather A . Whttford William A. Yelle Rachel E. Z1er:<'W
*Elected m Junior Year
General Prizes and Scholarships George F. Baker Scholars Class of 1 997: Robert D. Becher. Christopher A. Cmra,·ey, Randall L. Hall, tephanie J. Healy, Andrew A. Weber LL Bean Scholars Class of 1 996: Amy L. Chamberlain, Maylene
. Cum mings, Clair E. Pagnano, Bnana E. Thibeau; Class of 1 997: Kayla B. Baker, Michael P. Child, Karen J . Hoppe, Richard C. Unruh I l l ; Class of 1 998: Amy C. Charles, andra J. Hughe , Gregory J. oblet. Jered F. Stewart; Class of 1 999: Calvm E.Buder, Laurie J . Roberrs, J�mie A. mirh, Jonathan P. Zarecki
J u l ius Seelye Bixler Scholar Class of 1 996 : u:anne C. Arnold, Pa mcia A. Benson, Hacho B. Bohossian, yh-ia D. Haller, Meilmg Kam, Julie R. Moran; Class of 1 997: Chri tine L. Brmrn, Michael C Doogue, Heide M. Girardin, Hillary E. Kane, oah T. Owen-Ashley; Class of 1 99 : Emilie C. Archambeault, hana M . Bondi, Brigette E. Kranr:, Ying Lin, J dy E. avitsky, Megan C. mith Ralph J. Bunche Scholars Class of 1 996 : Wilfredo R. Alvare:, Be\'
erly Colon, Bronwyn K. Jones, Tung P. Lee, Tara . Mararhe, Roberto ieves , Dina M. Pfi ter-Mandes; Class of 1 997: Cindy B1 oon, Chad W. Card, June Chan, Zahid R. Chaudhary, Adrienne B. Clay, aralie C. Collin , Javier E. Fernande:, Erwin A. Godoy, Kathleen E. Kohar u, Chong !. Pak; Class of 1 99 Marlene A. Arm crong, Khushwanr B. Bhatia, Tasanee I . Brigg , Winnie Fong, James L. Harri , Vanessa M. Hernan-
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Je:, N,111cy J",1 ch 1 m , Chern D. RoJger:,, Omar M . Sanche:, las� uf 1 999. Dad L. Cairn>, Angela M.
E m i ly E. Ta x ,nn;
CranJ11n. Gma M . Srmosa-SalceJo. Narhanie l K. Ju e . 1JJh.i Y. Parker, M 1 m 1
. ',1mm.irco
nf / 997:
Ckm uf 1 996: Jn\ A. ChmrnkN1n, Carmen E.
rear,
A I N m R . Curry, Hri>tma
I . Dantche\',1, Jenn i fer A . H igg1 11> , Li>a D. Tinanoff, Lau of / 998: A ndrea . Bassi, arah A.
ren C. V1tran"; �[as,
Boehm. W 1 l l 1.11n W. Chamherl,1 1 n , Mary J. Harnden. Alan
Keyes Chemistry Award Wi lfredo R . Alvarez '96 The Marsden Chemistry Award Frank G. Favaloro Jr. '96
e n . J e nnife r E. p1ess
Marjorie D. Sither Award Dom E . De>aure l '96
Organic Chemistry Award Shana M . Bondi '98
Condon Medal Matthew B. Ru ,, '96
Evans Reid Prize in Chemistry Kevin P. Rice '96
Lelia M. Forster Prize Emm e cc . Beliveau '99. N 1chola, D.N. H arvey I l l '99. Chr is t i na M. McAlr1n '99
dl J . Jonc
Lieutenant John Parker Holden II Award Ru
'97 . O'Con
nel l '96
The Economics Departmental Prize Ale xande r E. Roch '96
Lorraine Morel Memorial Award rep hani e J. Heal \ '97 , J e nn i fer A. H 1 gg1 ns '97
Adam P. Mul ler '96
hannon
Student A sociation Service Award Mark S. Hou e '97, Joshua A. Ecke l '94, assistant di recrnr of student acnv it 1 es Philip W. Tirabassi Memorial Award Jo hua C. Woodfork '97
The Patty Valavanis Trophy Award K. L 1 isi Linask '96 ara h E. Eustis '96, Craig D. Norman R. White Award M urr a y '96, Kcvm A. Pirani '96, tuart B. Wal es '96
James J . Harris Prizes ( adm m isrraci ve science) Scocc M. Chandler '97, Well ing A. LaGrone I I '97, Perer P. Molina '97 , Sarah A. Ummel '97
Ernest L. Parsons Prizes in Administrative Science Wi ll iam E. Flynn '96, Heather E . Gou l er '96 Charles W. Bassett Prizes (American s t udi es ) ehro '96, Em i ly K. Gu e rette '96, Meghan M. Gregory P. Fos um '96, Da vid I. Marx '96, Monah K. Marsh '96 The Albion Woodbury Small Prize in Anthropology Da,•id P. Thibodeau '96
Webster Chester Biology Prizes
J u l ie A. Gerry '96,
Bernadette N. Graham '96, Adam P. Po tte r '96
Alan Samuel Coit Biology Prizes Jonathan G. Howe '96, Michael G. Lev ine '96, Julie R. Moran '96, Rachel E. Zierww '96
Thomas W. Easton Prize (biology) Kevin ) . Hau man '96 Mark Lederman Prizes for Study of Medicine R ut h E. Bri
•
Christian A. Johnson Prizes ( ec o nom ic )
Tracy L.
Boucha rd '96, Robert W. Paterson Jr. '96
Robert W. Pullen Prize (economics) Eric D. Schwartz '96, Ines Velasco '96 Mary L. Carver Poetry Prize Je nnife r A. H igg ins '97, Ad am P. Muller '96 Louise Coburn Prize Speaking Contest (fall) First Prize: Denni N . D'Angelo '99 Second Prize; Ch ri tian J . Davenport '96 Thtrd Prize: Carol in e L. Bird '96
Louise Coburn Prize Speaking Contest (spring) Fim Prize: Amy C. Darling '96 Second Prize; K at he rine W. Graham '96 Third Prize: Virg i n ia W. Com st ock '96 First Prize: Amy C. Darling '96 Second Prize: Pau I J . Fontana '96
The Hannibal Hamlin Speech Contest First Prize; Kacie M. Quackenbush '99 Second Prize; Laura C. Houston '99 Third Prize; Shana E. Dumont '99
The George E. Murray Debate Tournament (fall) First Prize: Joseph W. Corrigan '97 and Jonathan W. Can non '96 Second Prize; Ma yle n e S. Cum m i n g '96 and Miguel Leff '98
Third Prize: Tara D. Falsani '98 and Alexander E. Roth '96
The George E. Murray Debate Tournament (spring) First Prize: Jason W. Phill ips '96 and Alexander E. Roth '96 Second Prize: Mayle n e S. Cumm in gs '96 and Miguel Leff'98 Third Prize; J effre y M . Sklarz '96 and Alexander C. Tuff '97 Solomon Gallert Prizes for Excellence in English Hacho B. Bohossian '96
Elmira Nelson Jones Prize for Creative Writing Caleb
col '96, T. Casey McCullough '96, M. Cristina Pacheco '96
Dolan '96
Mark Lederman Scholarship(s) in Biology Katy L. Bake
Katherine Rogers Murphy Prize for Original Poetry helley K. Wo l le rt '98
man '97, Amy L. Bennett '97, Christine L . Brown '97 , Brian P. Moy n i h a n '97
Chemistry Department Awards Hacho B. Bohossian '96, ylv1a D. Haller '96, Ry an J . Su l l ivan '96, Joy A . Pelletier
I D E N T' .
Breckenridge Prize (economics) Parricia A. Benson '96,
The Forrest Goodwin Prize Speaking Contest
Departmental Prizes
PRE
Fried '99
ham '96
A. Goudreau '98
THE
Mol l y E.
Megan S. N icholson '96, Te resa A. Tiangha '96, Harold F.
Kim Miller Memorial Prue La waun J. Curry '97
inetta M. Runnals Scholarship Ch ri st ina
C O L B Y
East Asian Languages and Cultures Awards
Fl ueck i ge r '96, John A. Jurcik '96, Nozomi Kishimoto '96,
Ellsworth W. Millett Award Bren A. Nardi n i '96, Lauren E. l annom '96
The Jacquelyn R. Nunez Award
Senior Class Speaker.
Freeman '96
The Economics Department Faculty Prize Al la n T. Ingra
C. Baker '98, Azeen M . C h amarbagw ala '96
also was chosen as
The "Sarge" Award in Chemistry Frank G. Favaloro J r. '96 John B. Foster Memorial Prize in Classics Theodore J .
Graves I l l '97, Ymg Lin '98, Leah C. Dering '99, Dorigen R.
Donald P. Lake Award Macch e w
<Cape Elizabeth, Maine)
Chi Epsilon Mu Prize in Chemi try William R. Polking horn '99, Andrea L. Wooley '99
Mel i"" A . O ' L\ mne l l , Kau,h1k G .
Arthur Galen Eustis Jr. Prize K athe r i ne R.
'96
Analytical Chemistry Award Rico E. DelSesco '97 ACS Accreditation Sylvia D. Haller '96
A . Kennedy. E l i : ahcrh L. Lercher, M ichael M. Lihsch,
Chdrhonn1er '97
Condon Medalist Matthew Russ
American Institute of Chemists Award Frank G. Faval oro Jr. '96
Charles A. Dana Scholars W d l 1,1m A. Yelle; Clas,
'97, AnJrea S. Bassi '98, Chnstma A. Goudreau '98, A l an
A. Ke nnedy '98
R E PO R T
p34
French Book Awards Laur ie A. Ca t ino '96, Emily Cop· pock '96, Ttna G. Garand '96, Nicole L. Ja l bert '96, Meghan K . Magu ire '96, J e nn ife r M. Pope '96, Lee A. St. G eorge '96, Kimberly A . Woodman '96
Geology Department A\\ards j,lhn E. BartMe '91, Erik T. Drei; bach '98, Beniamm T. Frec m,m '96, l u l 1 a L. I\ k L lnn alJ '99, J o ·hua B. i\ h 1rm '96, C.1,c\ N . S11 .�n '96
A Selection of hent 1 99 5 - 1 996
Geology Alumni Award :\ndrc11 C Bnm n '96 The Thomas C. Bo,·e Endowment Award in Geology 1'.- l att hcw :. O' onncll '96 The ullivan Marsden Award (�e,11"�" ) :\ndrt'w C. Flint '96 Elementary German Award
APPENDIX E
J J ne K . ChJmberl,1 10 '99.
Lectures
�alph J. �.� nc he Symposium Serie,
) e.., pr
'L
. l"'dnd \._J1..,cu ..... h lll
"Att1rm,i rn c .-\ct1,1n .
Row,rn C. Keenan '99. Ehen A . Peck ·9
Dana;Bixler Convocation "Strc.mt?..:r ... m PM.11.. ! 1 ... c R1P111·
Intermediate German A" ard C1mJcn L . Qu1mh ·9�
rr,,fe"''r ,,t B"1log1cal Su.:nce" C11lh1
,. a,11 1m .rnd the R1<'d"·cr,1r1 Cn,1,," F Ru"dl c,11"· 1,1,,i,_
Advan c ed Intermediate German A\\ard S,111ya Ci . Noll
'9 , Kerry L . We>t '99
Advanced German Award Jenrnkr R . .-\nder,<>n '96. 1' 1 .11 lene F.
-.
Cumming' '96
Haro l d Dubord Pri:e in Po l iti c a l Science N 1c,>lc B.
Dannenberg '96, J.1hn J . R1 an '96
The Jack Foner Essay Award (h1't\\C\ ) Anne A C1hen '96 A l bert A. Mavarinac Award
(2m·crnment)
i\ l at t h c 11 :-- t .
McG10ness '96
Lau.rie Peter on Memorial Pri:e in Go,•ernment Su,anna C. Monte:emolo '97
The Gros,man Economic, Pro fcs,ors h ip Lecture "1."lur Bank- Art'
h.1m:1ng, ,md \\'e � \ u,t Re �un: Tlw1 .-\re
""ctfe " jt:ln H,)�l.'n1.. l nrn, Th� Gfl'''man Pnlk"'"''�r ,,t fa::\)·
.....
n<lmlC>. Ct,lb1 The
Lipman Lecture " J ud.11,rn. Fem1n1,m .111,I Fr.:.:d11m,"
L e t ti Cnmn p,,!!rcb1n,
Forrv-third Annual
1�11l1t 1c.1I ,K fl\ l't. \ b
Lo\'ejoy Com·ocation
t1. m . Ll'lumnl' .. t, ,\ i:u )lffk
i\.cu·_,lW>
\!ug<.1 �111'· :-- turr,11 Kcrnr
Mitchell Family Professorship in Economics Lecture "1'. l.1rket-B,i,ed .Arpr,1,iche' tn E111·1rnnm<"nt.1I Pr,1n.•cr11111: FJu,n.rn Bar!!am nr ParaJ1,e Re <l l ned ?" . Tlwm«' Tl<'ten
\!
berg, 1' ! 1rchdl Fam 1 h Pr11fe>0<>r c>i Ec,1n11mic', lectur.: 111 1u
William J . Wilkinson/Paul A. Fu l lam Pri:e ( h htllry )
gurat1ng the 1' 1 Hchell F.11111ly Pr11fc"''r,h1r 111 Ec,1nnmic'
Nathan R. Pierce '97
Joan \Vhitney Pavson Lecture
William J . Wilkinson Pri:es ( h ht\lr) ) :\nna A C1hen
CollecthH1," Ken \\/J\'ne, P11nlan,I :-- tu,eum ,,f _-\rr
Outstanding Academic Performance in International Studies Carm e n E . 'rear '96, !\Ian· E . Th,1mson '96. lne' Ve lasco '96
\'i/e,c," Geu rgc Salih1, C,1lumh1<1 L:nl\·er,1t\
'96. Ca ro lyn E. Sherrard '96
Mathematics/Computer Science Department Awards J. imon Dalgleish '96, /\ l ar k ld 11rten,en '96. Qi \X'ang '96, William A. Yelle '96
Co l lege Collegium Musicum Award Jonathan G .
Howe '96
"The Arch1tecrnre
R1chard,,111 and Fra k F u rn e,, _ "
c h 1 11e: T h e B u d d 1 11gs n f H . H .
�
J a me' F. O'Gmman, arch1tectllr·
One Hundred and Seventy-fifth Commencement
Charles o,_
!!OOd, auth11 r, rad1n and tele\'is1on
Colby Co l lege Ja:: Ensemble Award KeY111 C. Emer-c111 '96 Co l by College Symphon ' Orchestra Award A c ke rma n '96, Rachel E. Z1er:o11 '96
rising ;rnd Addicnons," Dr. J ean
Kem· E.
Colby College Wind Ensemble Award T Ca,e1 M c Cu l lough '96
a m 0. H a mer '96,
Molly Seltzer Yett Award in Music N ik i J. -hmneman '96 Andrew Blodgett Award (rerfonn111g arts) J ul ie A. Gerry '96 1ma
Karamou: '9
Stephen Coburn Pe pper Pri:e in Philosophy
Paul
J.
Fontana '96
inclair '97
The Edward Colgan Psychology Award Do nald A . a uc 1 er '96
Paul Pe rez Psyc hology Award Joy A. Chnstoferson '96 Faculty Award in Religious Studies Jes 1ca A. Boy l es '96
P
Rus ian Book rizes David C. Bre nne m an '9 , u>an A . McRae '99, Ma1ja L . Morgenweck '99, ich ael E. nares '9 , Michelle L. Turrie '9
M
The Albion Woodbury mall Prizes in Sociology W 1 1 l 1am andall- II '96, Heather A .
prague '96
O :
Excellence in pan is h Jenme E. ber an '99, W i l l ia m R. ol k ingh rn '99, G i na M . Espinosa- alcedo '99
P
K i lbourne, \l'nter, lecturer and
"\Xlrirer's Han·est for
Homele»."
S panish Book Prize Ca rme n E. pear '96
Colby
Susan Kenney, author
wnref'
of In An
ocher CotmIT)' and Smlmg, and De bra -rark, author of
far chc Same / "Grmga
oconucs
Lati na :
A
Woman of Two Worl d, , " Gabriel
la De Ferran, feature writer, Con
norssrur, \.'amC>' Fa1r, The Boston
Rrl'rei<', HG a�d Trawl and Leis1<re / "A Darker
Crim,on: Ody;.,ey of a Han·ard Chicano," Ruben rerre, California
William A. Rogers Prize in Physic s Mark
T.
Spotlighr Event Series "Ad1· er
the
Alma Morrisette Music Award 'terhame J. Paul '96
S unda \
"CB_
:-- k1rn1112"
filrnmJker /
John Alden Clark Pri:es in Philosophy
of 1'1ern,1n,
The Architecture of the 1' 1 J
commentatnr,
Ermanno Comparetti Music Award lichael E. Casey '96
th.: Pa1'•'n
.:ii h htnrrnn
Co l by Col lege Chorale Award Emil\' B. Gnham '96 Colby
10
"Ar.1 h1c Sc1enLc 1 n the Lmn
Phi Beta Kappa Lecture Southworth Lecture
"Pica""
avar
tare Un i,·ersit · - Fresno / "Barh1e' Queer
AcceS>ories," Erica Rand, author ,,f Barb1/s Queer Acces sories, Bare> College / "The United Nam'n at 50:
Prnblem<
Sunday Morning" anchorperson Charles Osgood, right, spoke at Commencement and recei ed
and Dilemmas," Gene M. Lyons, Dartmouth College / "Car
an honorary Colby degree,
al'an of Dream,_" Unidentified Mtwing
presented by President
Co mran y
William Cotter.
Obiem, Dance I "The New· a nd the World Wide Web," ra nel discu ion with M u rray Kempton. columnist. eu• York ewsday anJ LnveJO\ honoree; Anthony Corrado, Go,·ern ment Deramnent, Colby B il l o\'ach , curator, The 1e ma n Foundan0n; Jane Healy, managmg editor, The Orlando
:
K
Sennnel; William Hilliard, columnist, The Los Angeles Times;
a nd Louis reneck, ed i tor and 1· ic e pres ide n t, Portland New-papers / Gay Right; Dehate, M ic hae l a Murrhy '7 and Jed DaYis, Maine Cid! Liberties Union ar rorne1·s / Colb) Ch orale / Ope n forum: Colby Alc ohol Pol ic y / ".'\t ' Hnme' 111 New York: African-American YWCA Wome n , r iva te rhere and Public Place , 1 907 - 1 9 1 3," Judith We isenie ld , Ba rna rd Co l lege / Open Forum: Recent E,·ents and L·ues
P
p35
THE
P R E ' I D E . T' _
R E PORT · C O L B Y
on
ampu:. / " OJ<'urner Truth peaks," Alice McG ill, :.to
r\ relier. actres,, wmer and singer / Death Penalty Debate, J a m�:. J ug u ga, Massachu:.em scare
enator, and Professor
Craig McEwen, Bowdoin College / "The Greenhouse Ef Effect,"
reven
m· 1sr ,mLI a d j u nct profe sor of hi:.cory,
Economics Lecture and Seminar Series
ew York University
Are Under Water: A Reading from
hon F1ct1on,"
ment War on Drugs," Chief Judge Juan Torruella, U.
Cnurr of Appeal:., F1r:.t D1smct C1rcu1t / Affmn ac 1 ve Ac
tion Debate, Linda Chavez, pre,,ident, The Center for
Equal Opportunity, and J uan W i l ltams, JOurnalist and lec rurer / "Is There a Market for Grade:. ar Colby College!",
Teach i ng Award anJ :.eniors' chrnce faculry :.peaker
Profes,or nf Eco nom ics David F111dlay. J 996
Biology Seminar
en1or Class
ystem
and Technology, Hannaford Brothers
Maine Turnpike Congestion Pricing Study," Charles Col gan, Muskie Institute of Public Affa trs, University of South ern Maine / "The Economics of Intellectual Property Right ," Andrew
eltzer, University of Melbourne, Aus
tralia / "Semmar on Financial Markets," Robert Diamond
al Risk Analysis: A Practitioner' Toolbox" and "Contempo rary Issue
in the Brazilian Economy," Alexandre Barros,
riage and Economic Developmenrs in England before 1 870"
Que,t ion:. of Adapt 1 \' e
1gn1f1cance," J .C.
Reef Organisms: Antipodean Adventurl'!s on the Dark 1de of
un l i g ht, " I\ 1 a l co l m
h ic k . U n 1 ver>1ty of Maine /
president, Early Warning Risk Analysis, Brazil / "Outlook president, Latin American Affair / "The
and "Mortality in England before the Industrial Revolu
"Models for
pinn Tox i n to Probe the
Catastrophe 1n the Former
Lou 1>1 ana U nt \'er icy Manne Consomum / "Use of
cor
rrucrure and Framework of
Company, inc. / "G e n et i c and Biophysical Studies of
0J 1um
hannels," Dr. Greg Kac:orows k 1 , Merck and
Drosophila:
tability of Mar
uon," Dr. Roger chofield, Cambridge Group for the Hisrn ry of Population and Social
"Lan·al D1sper,al 1n Great Ba mer Reef Corals: Where Do They Go When the Light> Go Our '". Dr. Paul Sammarco,
Pnta>\IUm
tructure, United Kingdom /
ustamabilry Policy," Professor Jorg Kohn,
Fakultat, Univer ttat Rostock, Germany / "Demographic oviet Union" and "Demograph
ics m ClS Counmes," Dr. Charles M. Becker, president, The Economics Institute, Boulder, Colo. / "Life on the Street,"
La:y Lymphocytes: The Changes
Michael Koester '94, investment banker, Wall Street / "The ector in Central Europe," Edward nyder ' 7 5 , University of Michigan-Ann '\rbor / "Pricing and Competition in the Food Products Industry," Lisa M i l ler,
Slt)' of Connec ticut / "Possible Ecological
Glohal Warming Policy Options," Wendy Naysnerski Mor
and Evolu[lonary Consequence on Newly
rison '90, Yale University / "The English Role: Theory and
Rclea;ed Potato Varie[les Genetically Engi
Evidence," James W. Hughe , Bates College
hannels in
hib i[lng Paraly i>,"
Mu ta n t Fruit Flies Ex Dr. Jeffrey
Merck and Company,
Warmke,
Inc. / "Arnva[lng
111 the ig m1I Transduc t ion Cascade That Makes e l ls Unresponsive," Michael Lyne ' 7 5 , U111ver
neered to Withstand lnsecr Pest , " dehate with Gary Hawkins, Nature Mark, David Ferro,
U n l \·ersity
Amher t, and Eric
Massachusetts
of
ideman, Mame Organ ic
Farmers and Gardeners Assoc iation / Ethi cal Challenge> anti
oc1al and Economic
Consquences on Genetic Tec hnologies in Med icine, Lisa Geller, Harvard University / "The Undersea Experience,
tories from the
Field," Heather Perry '93
New Banking
pricmg manager, Hannaford Brothers Corporation, Port land, Mame / " I n tegrated Asse sment Models for Evaluating
Geology at Colby Speaker Series "The Norumbega Fault Zone in Maine: Ancient Analogue to the
an Andreas,"
David We t , Lafayette College / "Eruption of the Century: Mount Katmai and the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes, A la ka," John Eichelberger, University of Alaska-Fairbank / "Conodont Paleoecology, Biofacie and Event Stratigra phy at the Frasian-Famen111an ( M id-Late Devonian} Mass Extinction Boundary in Central Nevada," Jared Morrow, University of Colorado-Boulder / "The Role of Carbonate Platform Destruction in the Extinction of Cambrian Shal
Chemi try Seminar " How Molecules Get
low- helf Communities," Robert Thomas, Western Mon
ln
tana
and
Out
of Container Molecule , "
Kendall N . Houk, U CLA / "Superacids and Fullerness:
A Radical
Approach," Glen
College
/
"Tecronometamorphic
Evolution
of
Mecapelitic Rocks along the Northwest Border Zone of the Idaho Batholith," Tim Grover, Castlemn
tare College,
M i ller, University of New Hamp hire / " yn
Vermont / "Big Ice vs. Lierle Ice: Pleistocene Glacial Ice
thesi of Small Molecules Related to In ulm
Extent and Paleoclimate of the Bering
trait Region," J ulie
Action," Marc d'Alarcoa. Tufts Un iversity /
Brigham-Grene, University of Massachusens-Amher t /
" tructural and Kinetic Characterization of
"Impacts of Rising Sea Level on Prehistoric Human Occu
Spinach Carbonic Anhydrase: How Nature
pation of the Central Maine Coast," Bruce Bourque, Bares
olved the Carbontc Anhydrase Problem
College and Maine State Museum / "Pre-College Earth Sci
Tw ice," Roger Rowlen, Colgate University /
ence Education: National Trends, Local Action and Per
"Coping with the Cold: Fish Ant ifreeze Pro
! D E N T'
Albert Carville '63 , vice president, and Thomas Ferber, In formation
Corporation, Portland, Mame / 'The Results from the
Bo,ton U n t \'er:. 1 ty / "Ultra\'H,let Phocobiol gy of Coral �
PRE
tions of Microeconomics in the Retail Food Industry,"
for Latin America in 1996," Susan Kaufman Purcell, vice
and
Bcha\'1or ,,j Ten r M a k in g by Fruit Bats," Thomas Kun:,
T H E
"Vertical Re
straints," Sharon White, lawyer, Striderite Shoe / "Applica
on n ol ly ' 7 , U n 1 \'errny of Maine-Orono / "Ecology anti
t 1on
C O L B Y
visiting profes;or of chemistry, Colby
' 7 3 , vice chairman, Fir t Boston Corporation / "Internacion
"Oxylace Produrnon anti Accumula
nnn by Woc1d Decay111g Fungi: B1omincral1:ation, Ac1tla
in the heptathlon.
of Massachusem
Boucher, Maine Marnime Academy, Castine, Maine, and
onscruccion of
Ralph Lom h regl 1 a / "The Effernveness of the U.S. Govern
was an All-American
U n i versity
Freedom." Leny Comn Pogrebin , pol1t1cal activist, Ms. 1\foga�mc co-founder / "Choreographer," Bebe M i l ler, The
I "Men
(Bowdoinham, Maine)
Davis,
iments: Assessment of Environmental Change," Joceline
Heter<hexual1ry," Ned Kat:, author, hi:.tonan, gay rights ac
'97
Jeff
Amher t / "Accumulation of Contaminanrs in Recent Sed
Behe M i l ler Dance Company Tour / "The
Cynthia Pomerleau
Chemistry,"
Schwam,
;1nd
Wh1cehou:.e
Phenylpolyiminomechylenes," William Ro en, University
Bn,.1khaven National Laboratory / "Juda1,,m, Feminism and
fecr
the
of Massachusetts / "Aggregation and Precipitation of of Rhode Island / "Molecular Recognition in Bioorganic
sonal Commitments,"
Leslie
Gordon,
U.S. Geological
teins," Richard Laur en, Boston Univer icy /
Survey, Menlo Park, Calif. / " H it-and-Run Tecrnnics: The
"Computer Modeling of Proces e Relevant
Cretaceous History of Some Cordilleran Terranes Recorded
to Growth and Etching of
olids," Barbara
in the Tyaughrnn Basin,
outhwest British Columbia," J u l ie
rate University /
Max on, Carleton College / "Sedimentary Tectonics of a
"I norganic Ring on Carbon Chains: Polymers at the Inter
'Suspect' Terrane: Wallowa Mountains, Oregon," Michael
face of Organic and I n rganic Chemistry," Christopher
F. Folio, University of North Carolina-Charlone
Garrison, Penn ylvania
Allen, University of Vermont / "Application of ynchro uon Radiation in Chemistry and Related Fields," Dr. William Thomlinson, Brookhaven National Laboratory /
I "Model
ing Groundwater Flow: Finally a Use For ../- 1 ," Charles Fitts
'76, University of Southern Maine / "Whatever Do Beetles Have
to
Do
w i th
Geology?
or
the
Significance
of
"Polymers and Their Role i n Meeting the Forthcoming
Coleoptera to Paleoenvironment, Paleoclimace and Global
Shortage of Critical Materials," Richard
Warming
R EPORT
p3 6
tein, University
cenarios," Robert Nel on, Geology Department,
Colby / "Sedimentological and Mineralogical Analyses of a Heavy Mineral Placer DepoSlt, Whalebone Bay, Bermuda," Bruce Ruger, Geology Department, Colby Mathematics and Computer Science Colloq uium "From Lemons to Baboons: Statistical Confidence in a Tree," Adrienne Freeman-Gallant, graduate student, Cornell Uni versity / "The Twin Circles of Archimedes Are Not Twins," Clayton Dodge, Universiry of Maine-Orono / "The Four Color Problem ," Joseph Fehribach, Worcester Polytechnic Institute / "The N F Curriculum Reform Pro1ects and Their Impact on College Teaching," William Berlinghoff, senior writer, MATH Connection / "DNA Computing," David Bourgaize, Chemistry Department, Colby / "Visual Informa tion Process," Ellen H 1 ldrerh, Wellesley College / "De 1gn ing a Type-Safe Object-Oriented Programming Language," Kim Bruce, William College / "Abstract Nonsense," Ben Mathes, Mathemancs and Computer cience Department, Colby / "Modeling a ested Sample of Curves with Corre lated Smoothing Splines," Babette Brumback, graduate ·cu dent, Univer ity of California-Berkeley / "Te c u m eh's Revenge, Paul Bunyan's Dog and eism1c Deformation Esti mation," Tim Hesterberg, Franklin and Marshall College / "What ls it That tatisrician Do: A Case Study," Julie Legler, research fellow, National Institute of Health Phy ics and Astronomy Lecture Series "Introduction to High- Energy Physics: The candard Model of Pamcles and Interaction ," Gerard Bonneaud, Ecole Polyrechnique, Paris / " H igh-lnten tty Physics," Philip Bucksbaum, Un1ver iry of Michigan / "Armo pheric c1ence," Jan Dutton '94, graduate student, Penn tare University / " ynchrorron Based Mammography Imaging," Dr. William Thomlinson, Brookhaven National Lab / "A New Quantum: A New Type of Superconducttviry," Dr. John K1rrler, IBM / " I mag ing Ballistic Phonons," Madeleine Msall, Bowdoin College / "Atoms in Intense Fields," Robert Jone . University of Vir ginia / "Dealing with Dynamical Dirt: IR Emission from Interstellar Dust in W3," Murray Campbell, Physics Department, Colby Science and Technology Studies Program "The earch for Infinity," Gerard Bonneaud, Ecole Polyrechnique, Pans / "Does Research 'Trammel' Wilderness? Adventure with the Federal Government and the Wilderness Act in Kat mai National Park, Alaska," John Eichelberger, University of Alaska-Fairbanks / "Novelty, Choice and Determinism in the Development of Technology," Robert Friedel, Uni versity of Maryland and Dibner Institute for the H i tory of cience and Technology / "Tulips, Tin and Toasters: Novel ty and Choice in Technology," Robert Friedel, Univer tty of Maryland / "The Phy ics of uclear Weapons," Charles Conover, Physics Department, Colby / "Critical Exhibits at the Smithsonian and Public Criticism," Robert Po t, cura tor, National Museum of American H istory / "Novelty in the Heavens: Astronomical Observations from Galileo to Descartes," Rogert Ariew, Virginia Polyrech / "What Does Ir Mean to Be Modern? The Scientific Revolution in Cul tural Term ," Daniel Garber, U niver ity of Chicago / "The Federal Government and Transportation Policy: The Inter war Years, 1 9 1 9 - 1 94 1 ," Bruce eeley, Michigan Technical University / "American Medicine and Divided Mother hood: Three Case Studies from the 1930s and 1940s," Jacquelyn S. Litt, Iowa rare University / "Descartes and pinoza Challenge Liberalism," Amelie 0. Rorty, Brandeis Univer ity / "From Du t to Dust, OT! An Archaeologist's View of Restoration and Conservation," Thomas R.W. Long raff, Religiou tudies Department, Colby. Social Sciences and Humanities Colloqu i u m 'The Po t· World War II Gender Anxiety of John O'Hara," Charles Bassett, English Department, Colby / "Air Club for Men: Rush Limbaugh and the Cultural Work of Talk Radio," Jason Loviglio, American Studies Program, Colby / "Metaphor and Argument," Dan Cohen ' 7 5 , Philosophy Department, Colby / "Li AnZhai, American An thropology in Republican China," Constantine Hnskos, Anthropolo gy Department, Colby / "Music, Politics and the Represen tation of Power in Early Modern Germany," reven
Saunders, Mu 1c Depamnenc. Colh\ / "Rewrnmg Le�end: Propert1us, Tarpe1a anJ the Burden uf A.euol,>!!\ . . . Kenll O' et!!, ClaS5lCS Department, c,,Jby I " he-Rehe[, anJ Other Female Trouhlemaker' ,,f rhe Ct\'ll War: The Te,tl· mony of the Off1c1al RecnrJ ," Eli:aheth Le.inard, HN•>n Department , Colb · I "Veiling Re<Jl i r1 : De"gnmg for r,. randello's Six Characters m Search uf an Auchor," J �m e ' Thur>ton, P.:rfnrming Art> Depamnent, Colh1 / "The ln ternanonal1:anon <)f Dome , n c Ern·1rnnmental p,,lic1," Beth De nmhre, En\'lronmental t ud 1 e' Procram anJ Government Department. Colby I "_c1ence and r,) l 1 t1c': The Reception of Psvchoan,ih·"s in Argentma, 1 9 1 01942," Mariano Plotkin, H1 tor) Depart ment, Colby / "Rena1>sance Art in the Alps: Nmth or South?", Vernntque Plesch. Art Department. Colby
Women's Studies Colloquium "Feminism i n Early Sikh Literature," N1kk · ingh. Re l igious tud1es De rarr men t , Colby / "The Woman c1enrist: Facing the hallenge:, nf a Succes:.ful Career," Clance M. Yentsch. re search sc1ent t>t/educaror, Bigelow Labnra tn ry for Ocean c1ences / "Talk hows-And Tells." Erica Rand, author of Barnie's Queer Accessones, Bates Cc)llege / "Mem0trs of a Bilingual Daughter," Isabelle Je Courmwn '69, co-editor, New French Femmmns, MIT / "Re-lmagining Boundane·: Cultural Theori· and the Back!a,h against Feminist Theolo " gy, Laurel chne1der, Religious rud1e De partment, Colby / '"Vayne 1 1an', ayd She: Quoting the Belm·ed m the L1 nc Poem," Eli:abeth agaser, English Department, Colby / "Who e Enlightenment' Regarding Women's Education m Pre- and Post-ReYO· lunonary France," M ichelle Chilcoat, French Department, Colbv / " 'peakmg without a Vmce: Fash10n, Make-up and Re bellion in I 7th-Century pain," Karen Zetrouer, panish Department, Colby / " o journer Truth peaks." Alice McGill, per former / " eeina and e i: mg : _ or Juana I ne de la Cru: Re-Reads Her Porrratt," Betty asak1, Spantsh Department, Colby / "Un:.exed and Enlisted: Dbplayed nr Disappeared: Women oldiers i n the Ct\'ll War," E l t:a her h Leonard, History Department, Colby I Spanish vm pos1 um on Decon rructing the Body Politic: "Ar the Frontier of the Foreign Body: The Veil of Culture i n Zoraida," Lui Aviles. Univer icy of Massachu>etts-Amherst; " or J u a n a Ines de la Cru:: Representation of Gender and exua!ity i n 'Yo la peor de rodas' [I'm the wor t of all (women)]." Emilie Bergmann, University of Californ·a-Berkeley; "1' \oreno Villa with or Juana: Crossings between the Avant Garde and the Baroque," Humberto Huergo, Carleton College / "The Difference the Difference 1' lakes: The Que t1on of Woman in Plato," Drew Hyland, Trinity College / "Fran· co' Angeles, or Recycling the Id eo logy of Dome,uctt\," Meriwynn Grothe, panish Department, Colby
Longtime Newsday and New York Post reporter Mu rray
1 995.
Kempton recei ed Colby's Lovejoy Award in
Other Lectures "Cuba Today: U . . and Cuban Perspec tive ," Aviva Chom ky, Bares College, and Alfredo Pri ero-Gon:alez, researcher, Center for American tudie . La Habana, Cuba / " topping the Politics of Hate," Ro,e mari· Dempsey, vice president, NOW / "Things Go Wrong, Unintended Con-equences of Criteria! Control Sy rem ," John Darley, Princeton University I "Gandhi ara and Tagore: I n Philosophical Per-pecuve," V. vane, Allahabad Uni ver iry. Utar Prade:.h, l nJia / "Honor in the Flesh: National and lnd1vi<lual Honor in 19th-Century Argentina," Chri Ruggiero, Han·ard Un1ver ity / "Why hould Quebec eparate1", Anne Legar.!, Quebec Delequee in ew England I "The Gospel Ac cording to Varga Vila," Jorge Castillo, University of Cal ifornia / "Vergil's Aenea : The Be t of the Romans," James J . Claus , University of Washington / "The Process towards Peace in the Middle East," Clinton Batley, Tel Aviv University, Tel Avh', I rael, and Trinity Colleae,
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I
"Thl' l\ 11" >nl'd Fru it , i( rh.: C.1r1 r . 1 l 1,r
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" P"" L'r <>f Rnnb . i nd Power of \Xl,lmen 1n
Fre n c h Rl'
n . 1 1";11ic e , " /\ l i ra D. l>r t h . mr h "tort,111 / " M uc h lvh1 l 1gn«I
Readings Vi!>iting Writer' erieo J .me H 1r,hf1eld, ,1uchm pf Th� Ocr11h�r Palac� I A,knld Mclnyc:uk, author of What l.1 Told , 1 11d N<'c<'wty / "The H idden Writer: i lence, Diarie> anJ
1' 1 .i.�d.i ll'n: The• l u 111\\gr.1ph\ ,if S111, Sex u,1l 1ty .ind Re
�rcam·c L 1 1·e,," A l ex<rndrn Jnhmon / Colhert Kl'amey,
dempt tnn , " ::C, u ,, 1 1 1 H . hk 1 n , , L<'ndnn U n t H' r"t\ / S l ide
The Consequence I Peter Harm, pnet / Charle> ShaJow Play ;md A Rdauve Scmnger / J<1me' Gill\' 1 11 , ,n1thnr nf Lechal Freqttenc1<'1 <md Elements / R.ilph Lnmhrcg l t . i , ,tuthnr of Make Me \\111rk and Men
lec t u re pf the: Flortd,1 Everd,1de,, He1J1 [ ), "' , p.1rk rnn.�er,
A c . 1 , l t . 1 N , m , m . i l P.irk
I B i l l lvl .1n n 1 11g. r.1 1 n tl'r I "W,1men
U n l 1 1 11 1 te,I , " L ), i lL' McCorm i c k , u mgre" 1 < 1 n ; d c;u1d1d;He / "Th..: Re.tut\ . i n d rrnhlen1' ,if rhe Northern FPre't' of
1' L 1 1 n e , Vermont, N L·11· Ynrk .md Ne\\' H.imp,htre," lvl i ke W i l,un,
urthern Fnre't A l l t.111ce / "The Memor\ V i l
,1uthor <lf
Raxter, , 1 u t h"r nf
Under Wlw<'r
Edwin
Kenney
J.
Jr. Memorial
Reading Peter Harn>. rnet
l;1ge: Aurhen r 1 c 1 ry and A".111-Amcric;m H "t < > r \ , " Eve
Other Reading> Pequucl rc,idtng, fc· a ru r i ng ;1rt by Adnan
H.i"ed,1wn\ Dugc-.irer' ,111\I A , 1 , 1 11-A mertc111 Fem 1 n 1> 111,,"
hy :eha1t1<111 Herh,te 1 n '96 / N a t 1 \'e American pnerry anJ
P.1md.1 Th,1111;1, U11 1 ve " t 1 Y ,,f
pr\lle p.in t c i r.Hnry read mg w 1 d1 Ruch Brancacctn and Jeri
Colnrad,,-Rnulder / Slide
R< "ebmo
O"h t , RutgLT' U n 1vcr, t t \ / "Tr<1 n , 1 t 1on,1I B.irhte, Je"1c.1
lec
Camnchn '96, f1c t 1nn hy CJthennc Tnrphy '98 and rnerry
ture, L \ mn.i Den n i " ,cti lrrnr / "Cal t fl l rn t a I nd i a n A rr ;111d the
u,c, ut Anth mrnlngy," RL•hc·c c,1
J.
D"hk 1 n ' ,
U n 1ver, 1 1 \
C.iltf,1rn1,1-Berkele1
,,f
/ "Te l l i ng
-'tnm:1 Our "f School: Rl' v 1 > 1 t 1ng t h e Dncumenrnri Reu1rd , ,f rhe
Cirl 1,le
I nd i an
Sc h l l o l . "
A rn rahn
J e ffre\
D.
Stare
and
Eun1-
A nder1nn,
U n 1 1· e r , 1 r v
/
Ir'
c,,l, m 1< 1 I
Di,cnur'e'
of
Romance, Narr.mveo of l m m 1 grnt 1011 a n d Quc,rion' of Fem 1 n 1, m , "
Am.irr"I
Dh � l 1 11 .1 I ,
U n 1 1·cr11ty o f California-Berke ley / "Women\ 1,,uc' 1 11 Sport" .ind "Memal
, k t l 1 , (,,r
Perform a n c e , "
Dr.
j , 1e l
Pe<tk Fhh,
P h i l addph1.i 'l'\lrt f''yc huhight
I " H i,wnc Phnrngr.irh' of rhe Urrer H ud,on," Adam Pcr>dll '98 / " A n
U n h.1kahle
'nn
,· 1 c r 1 <1 11 : A fr 1 c a n - A m c r 1 c < 1 n
W<Hnen A, U p l ifter' of c he Cnmm u n 1 t y,"
h 1 rley A .
Andrew Young spoke at the
J acbiln, m 1 nm 1 r y ,c h i l l a r 1 n re,1dcncc, We l lesley College
Ralph j . Bunche Symposium
/ "'Ynu're Doing I t tor Ynur People': Crea t i ng .1 Bl.ick Fe
preparations for the
1 996
Olympics.
mJle Prnfe,Ltonal Cla>' Jfter the
i v t l War,"
terhante
Shaw, Ohio Smee U n 1 1·er>1ty anJ N a t tomtl H u m a n t t it:> v i , i r t n � ocholar / "Qh,rncle, of Proie'""nal
Women," _ aran n a Thorntnn ' I , Economic mem . Colh1 ; J . i n tce Ka>iman, de,111 ,1f >tudent>,
Derart nlhy;
and Dr. Melanie Thnmr,nn, med ical d i rector, Cnlbi / M ur rn y Debate _ , 1C 1ety Death Penalty Debate / "Centurv nf
h , 1 l lenge. Century nf Change: The Rea l 1 t 1 e of Cam
pu> Life,"
Erhntc
Sharing. orga n 1:at tnn nf women of
color. Bate> College / "Clearcu t t i n g m Mame," Jonathan Career, M a me em·ironmenral a c r l \·11.it / Scan F a i rc loth, c,1nd 1d,1Ce f or U .
tare
enarnr
'enatc / "Argentina
after Five Y�<m ,,( Crnwerrib i l i r y Plan," A t i l io Boron, MIT / Lecture and o l tde >how, Barbara Putn a m . arr de rart menr ,
t . Marb . c hool / "Club. Church and N a t ton:
African-Amencan Women During rhe Pwgre;,,ive E ra , "
I
B e r r y Col l ier-Thoma>. Temple U n 1 \'ers1ty and director n f the Center f or Afncan-American H istory , m d Culture Tal k ;rnd
Portland String Quartet / Colby
erie,
I
l ide ,h"''" j,1dy P i nto, oculrrnr
I
Annu<ll Ser"ice , if C.1rnl, and Light' / Portland String Qu.1rte1
Cheri I T,chan:, p1ani>t
Colby Faculty
rrmg
Rec 1 rn l / Connnuum / Ralrh 'amucl"1n / Colhy Ja:: En Chnralc, Colby-Kennebec
"
Manbrn
Center
Colby
, 1 ! b1 S1 mphony Orchc,trJ / Collcgium Mu>tcum / 26th
Ameri<.:<m Srace-T1me D 1 men
"What\ Love G"r to Dn \\' t r h
about racial reconciliation
at
Chamber En,cmhlc / Stmlcr Concert: Btl\t(ln Museum Trio
"'mblc /
H i1tnry:
that went hand in hand with
M usic /
Gene\' 1eve Be l l / "/-lme�lll a n d
'"'m,
Former Atlanta mayor
Music
ulhi
Symrh1my Orche>rra, Colby College hnrnl
Recitals and Midday Programs
nc1ery olby Faculty Rec i t a l /
J,1:: En,cmhle / Wind En,cmhle / Senior Rec i t a l , sorrano Ni kt 'hmneman '96 / Cdrl D 1 111m\·, guiramt / Noonday
I
ru
dent Recm1I / ,'l'ntnr Rec 1 r a l , '"rrann Kathleen Wnod '96 / F<1 l l Student Rec1rnl
F l u te Rec1t.1 ! , tl u t t >t Melanie Pu:a
'99, fl u t M Leah Denng '99, flumt Ca,ey McCullough '96, harp,1chnrd1,r Amanda B l igh '97 / Sen1nr Rec ita l , snrrano E m i l i Grah:1m '96 / French Chamhcr Mu>ic, fl uti't Jean R,"enhlum. c l a rinemr
Kilrcn Reacham, [1lillltst Cheryl
T,chan: / A,,oc i.ite\ Ch,llce / _'cn iur Recital, wirh mc::n '"rrann Sarah H,irc '96. Loprann 'arah R1chm,md '96 and p1an1,t
tcphan1e 'm,11 ! '9t\ / Noonday Rec ital, v io l i n ist
Mal) J o CHl1en and guit.lrht Carl D1mnw /
ernnr Recirnl,
p1an i 'r 'rerhan1e Paul '96, ria:11>r N i k i Shmneman '96 and 'oprnno Cary G 1 h'<m '97 /
cninr Rec 1 r a l . bamone
am
H.1111er '96 and p1;in1 r Cher\ I T,,cl1an: / Flute Recital . fl u t tor Caoey McCul lough '96. riant>t H,1pe Rowan '9 . fl u t ht Leah Denng '99. ptanM Mdarnc Pu:a '99 / Spnn�
onta Totten '9
ruJent Recital
I
and fl u t ist
Senior Recital,
p1Jnist Came Califano '96 and oboist Rachel Z1er:ow '96 A l to 'axorhnn1st J 1 1n Cal i fano /
I
en1or Rec ital, rian1sr
Rol'erto N 1ieves '96 anJ p1an 1st Michael Caoey '96 Other Musical Events
and Performances
A Cappellathon
'9 5: A C;ippel l a I n vitational. ,ronsoreJ by the Cnlbyette / Blue Lights A Cappella Invitational / Broadway Musical Revue / Annual Dr. Mart i n Luther K i ng Jr. Birthday Cele hrntton I Ru»ian r1anist Ram1: A. Akhumdc1\' I A Caprel l a Mu>ic
oncert w i r h t h e B l u e Lighr, a n d Cnlbyetteo /
Band,, 3 Bucks, sromored hy
3
nlby Hah1tat for Humanity /
Word> and Music, Martha L�ader / Women's Open M ike N ight / Cosy _ hcmlan. LmgeHongwrner / Northeast Wmds l ns h M 1mrrel Homele >
Benefit Concert for M id - M a i ne
helter / Coffeehnu>e Concert : E l l is Paul with
am Hainer '9 5 and Josh F1skm '9 5 ; Vance G i l bert; Cindy Mangsen and Steve G i l lette, folk duo; Open M ike N ight; Parker Bent, acouottc gu1rari,t
Art Exhibits "Sole of the We t : Art and Hbtnry of Cowboy Boot " / "Mainely Wegman,'' /
elect1ons from the Oriental Collec
tion at Colby / Maker' '95 / Mark Greenwold, Jere Abbott Prt:e winner, 1 99 5 : "The Odious Fact>: Paintmg 1 97 1 - 1 995" / The Joan Whitney Payson Cnllewon / Print> of Mary satt / Harriett Matthew>: tudent Art Colby
C 0 L fl Y · T H E
P R E S I D E N T' �
R E PO R T
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how /
enior Art
as
culpture and Drawings / Colby
ol LeWitr Exhib1tton of Drawmg /
how / The A lumrn
how
Drama Performing Arcs Productions Six Characiers in Search of an Author, directed by Chrimna lov1ca. v1smng armt / Cara van of Dreams , Unidennfied Moving Obiects Ensemble / Hamlet and /nw the Woods, directed by Richard ewell / The Mamage of Berte and Boo, directed hy Joylynn Wmg Powder and Wig Productions (student directed)
God,
Saran and Daytime Telet•iswn, directed by A. Bishop Girn, '97 and Dan Maccarone '9 / Shameless : Churchill One-Am, J1rected by Jonathan M. Bard:ik ' 9 6 / Momeni of Clan!:)', di
rected by Thomas A . Abbey '97 / Berra)·al, directed by teven J . Kidd '97 / Fakina le, directed by Michael B. Coyle '97 / Sexual Perversity in C hicago , directed by Julie Gerry '96 / The Comp/ear Works of Wilm Shkspr (abridged), directed by Brem Felker '96 , teven J. Kidd '97 and Joshua char back '9 Independent Student Productions Jame Ju tu '96
Spared, directed by
Dance The Spnng Dance Concerr , Colby Dancers
Other Events rate of the College Address / I P A Conference: ''Ethnici ty, Nationalism and Plurali t Conceptual Clanficanons," "Emerging Nanonal Issues of Ethrnctty and Plurali rn in the · Developed World," "Case tudie m Developed Countries: East and West" and "Ethnicity in America" / "The Rainfor est Action Project: Out of the hadow of Borneo," The Rainforest Awarene Project, featuring art, music, sculp ture, tones, phorography and !ides from the rainforests of Borneo / Homecoming Concert with John ebastian / AAUW Debates: "An Act to Limit Protected Cla ses under Maine Law," with Paul Madore, Coalition co End pecial Rights, and Pat Peard, Maine Won't Discriminate / Crea ciones Latinas Carnival / Divali Indian Fesnval of Lights / Murray Prize Debate Comest / Building Bridges: Celebrat ing Diversity / Black History Month Film eries: "Century of Challenge, Century of Change" / Fern ni t Fortnight Event: "Recovering from Rape," aranna Thornton ' I , Economics Depamnem and facuky resident, Colby / First Day of Loudness, Jabbering Trout and trangefolk / Vinnie Favorito, comedian / Cabildo, drum ensemble / Andrew Young lecture / HOC tmprov-presencation / Ellis Paul, concert / Blue Flames, concert / Inca on I The Colby Eight-Colbyettes Concert / Tom Deluca, hypnotist / Buba Toba, concerr / SOBHU Carnival / Black Light Party I Dana Robin on, folk singer / Colby Biuelighrs / Percy Hill and Rustic Overtones, concert / Saw the City Concert / 7 2 Hour Movie Marathon / Valentine's emi-Forrnal Dance I Wimer Carnival Beach Parry / Hou e of Blues Concert with Eddie Kirkland and Lonnie hield / trangefolk Concert / CS AP Dance Party / International Extravaganza / tu dem Bands Concert / Fo Arts / Last Day of Loudne , Oti Day and the Knight- / Dave Matthew in Concert / Forrest Goodwin Prize peaking Comest
A landscaping project redefined the lower portion of the quad, adding trees and terracing.
Division of Special Programs
William Wegman spoke during an
Lancaster Course Continuing Medical Education programs in ane the iology, child abuse, emergency medicine, family medicine, forensic medicine, ophthalmology, orthopedic , pediatrics, urology / Ma ter Piano In titute, Church Music Institute, the Portland tring Quartet, ew England Music Camp "Pop " Concert / Alumni College / ln titute for Leadership / Athletic camp in ba eball, basketball, foot ball, running, wimming and soccer / Great Books Institute / Various Maine groups uch as Maine Quilt how, Maine Math and cience Alliance, Maine Children' Alliance, Maine Lung Assoc iation Bike Trek, Computers for Kid
exhibition of his photographs in the Museum of Art.
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Maine On My Mind: The Be&t ot Maine in Word& and Photograph& with an introduction by Bill Campbe l l , columnist for the
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Port-
Maine Geographic
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b y Kathleen M . Hol lenbeck. I l lustrated b y Jon Weiman Beneath the nighttime waters of the Maine coast, a creature of the night crawls out of hiding i n
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Can you locate Colby's newest buildings?
The Pugh Center ( I ) , The F . W . Olin Sc ience Center ( 2 ) , and the Paul J. Schupf W i ng ( 3 ) g i ve new
d i n1ension to the campus. Look c lose ly and you a lso can make out the construc t ion site ( 4 ) of new residence halls near J ohnson Pond.