Colby Magazine vol. 86, no. 4 by Colby College Libraries

A Giant Sucking Sound It's just after daybreak of an early September morning on the Hill and the mist is rising off Johnson Pond. The surface of the water is almost invisible, but through the swirling vapors a small inflatable

dinghy

can barely be

discerned, inching its way across the pond toward a flotilla of ducks. The pond is so thick with lime-green algae it quakes like Jello at the slightest motion. The ducks don't seem to care. They are swimming in lazy circles and quacking together sociably, the sound muted between layers of fog. The man in the boat is rowing very quietly, lifting the short oars carefully out of the slime-strewn water, so as not to frighten them. A casual observer might think he was trying to sneak up on the birds. Anyone at the College would know it. At the far end of the pond, shrouded in mist, a huge moose is stalking through the shallows, sucking up large quantities of pond scum. The man does not see the moose. But the moose sees him.

Penelope Garlyk put the pedal to the metal as she roared up Rices Rips Road, bounced nearly airborne over the railroad tracks and zoomed up the last rise toward the campus. She glanced at her watch. Oh, fiddle-already two minutes past her goal of 6 a.m. an·ival. She reached over and wrenched the radio dial away from Morning Edition; if she heard one more pundit droning on about campaign finance reform, she'd throw a fit. Besides, she was over the bridge and almost up to the stop sign by the soccer field; it was time to go into search mode. First week of classes at the College-students back, faculty back, staff here as always, construction vehicles scattered everywhere so that

almost ran ril]ht oft l tF- rr;c:id wanted to go straight to Wal-Martl-and hacl onv_ sl11 nnr<-'recl There was no Johnson Pond. Where the pond of s P1111 111 bl,iclr crater huge a so greenly, there was nothing but feet- ,;cJ a ninl 1 mud. Revolving at the deepest point-about 10

g what lor,I erl 11-'r- an vortex of rapidly receding water containin g, flatlill'J clt1r "' inflatable life raft sun·ounded by several squawkin 1i1cl 1 Jfl cl11· k As Penelope watched in ho1·ror, everytl1ing-wate1·, g �0111111 suckin giant a with mudhole the into peared all-disap hF1 1no11 tl1 Well, not quite everything. As she sat there with agape, the inflatable popped back up into the air likE 1

despite Physical Plant's best efforts the campus still looked like a giant

champagne cork, bounced twice, and settled I ightly

kids' sandbox-and not one decent place to park unless you got here by

onto the surface of the mud, its antenna

dawn. She swore there were faculty membe1·s who slept in their cars,

waving in the breeze.

just to ensure a place within walking distance of their offices. Penelope was about to cruise through the stop sign at the three

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"It did whawt7" Lewis B. Allyn

way intersection when another car suddenly materialized out of

drawled in disbelief from his La

nowhere. She slammed on the brakes, skidding along the gravel for

Z-Boy rocker stationed next to

several feet beyond the sign. The car or truck or whatever it was

the coffee machine at Physical

roared past and around the bend toward Hillside. Whew, that was

Plant. "Johnson Pond went ;oinrl

closet Feeling shaken, Penelope sat there for a moment. She won

drained itself without my pun-

dered briefly who would be leaving campus at this hour, but then

mission7 Why, you don't say so."

again, who cared, as long as it left a space vacant1 If she wasn't early enough to find a parking space today she'd have somebody's head on

He rocked forward and stood up, facing Penelope. Lew was a

a platter. That Dean Ernie Smythe for instance, who -since he wasn't

big man,

in charge of faculty, finances, or admissions-was fondly known as

close-crnpped rusty hair and

the Dean In Cha1·ge of Everything Else, D.l.C. E. E. for sho1·t.

an affable disposition. He was

She was certain, vague as his job desuiption might be, that Dean

ruddy-faced

with

a home boy, born and bred in

Ernie had something to do with the systematic appropriation of faculty

rural Maine, MIT-educated, a

parking spaces-yea, whole parking lots1 Bixler, gone1 Arey, gone 1

former Navy engineer. He had

Lovejoy, gone 1 Hi I I side moved practically up to the Water Tower, and,

wandered far afield, to places sur:h

worst of all, Roberts reconfigured into a mazelike cul-de-sac-turn

as Podunk State and Hamster Tech,

right here and whoops, surprise 1 NO EXIT!-all for the sole purpose

working his way up the ladder in the field of

of adding assorted large brick strnctures as fast as possible to a campus

Institutional Management (formerly known as

that two years ago had seemed full enough of them already. Dear old Dean Ernie, who had been here since the year dot. But even though butter wouldn't melt in his mouth, Ernie Smythe had a lot to

Buildings and Grounds), serving as assistant boile1 uew captain of this and associate director of jack-all-tl1at before finall} realizing his life's dream, to return to Maine as dirPrtor of Plivs1cal

answer for regarding the running of this place. Penelope was not the only

Plant at the College, a job he l1umbly referred to as

one who thought so:

witness his obsessive and unrelenting public

Wucks." Though he had spent many years away from l11s b€loved home

campaign to make the Maine moose the College mascot, prompting many

state, he had never lost his heavy Downeast accent, and word h;:id 1l he

alumni and students alike to ask what he had against a poor defenseless

kept a freezer full of moose meat, annually replenished Vvith the aid of

white mule, anyway. There were those who said he even got a kickback

an occasional moose permit and a little help from his f1 iencl�

on those famous Colby Bricks, which looked just I ike every other red brick Penelope had ever seen and probably came from Marden's. Not that she was any expert on mules

or masonry.

No indeed; her

area was Apocalyptic Literature; in fact she had just been put in charge of developing Dean Rob Teflyn's latest interdisciplinary brainstorm, Pre-Millennium Studies. The College had better get cracking on that one before it was too late; time was of the essence, which is why she'd insisted on meeting with the President and senior staff this very afternoon. That barely left her time to make her usual round of phone calls. Having recovered from her close cal I with the NASCA R wannabee, Penelope again looked at her watch-6:04 a.m. There still might be time to grab one of few spots along the Row formerly known as Frat. Laying rubber at

he stop sign, she headed the long way around

Johnson Pond (not that there was any choice any more, unless you

Cl11cl of tl1c

Although this was not an issue she was prepared to raise at the Penelope had taken this store of dead 11100 tu he rt holding Allyn personally responsible (in the abstract of c o t1 1 SP since she hadn't actually met the man until this very minute) fo1 the fact that in al I her 2 5 years of I iving in Maine, she had never 011cP laid ryes on a real live moose, while-she heard tell-this slow-walking low talking John Wayne lookalike had a whole fre zer full of moose steaks, moose burgers, moose sausage, and what-al I. moment,

The closest she had come was two years ago, when th senior class had fastene d moose antlers and a beard (that wasn't Jll but the rest was not moose -specif ic) to the statue of the Colby White Mule outsid e the Field House and spray- painte d it bl'Own l The studen ts claime d full respon sibilit y, but everyo ne knew Dean Ernie was behin d it. l Then there had been that nutty Profe ssor Beak er's fa1nous demo nstra tion in facul ty meeting some years

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bJ.ck but in Penelope s bo ok, funny footwear didn't count eithe1·.

BI 1ssful I unaware of her disapprobJ.tion Le v went into an adjacent room and came out holding tV\O pa11·s of rubber hip waders.

He deftly

slipped ;nto one pair and handed the other to Penelope. Pausing at the

RIGHT NOW'

W1tl1that, h

gotta get over the1·e

hurr1edly shalllbled off toward his own

reserved p<11·k111g place 111 the Quad, tea1·i11g off his tweed coat a11d Rep tie to reveal a Colby Socce1· Te<1111 shirt JS he went. But Allyn p<11cl 110 at te1 1 t 1 011 to hilll

door he looked back at her. "Yacornin ?'Course you are. Tell

be far behi11d? OuttJ. Illy way you great l oons,

01· to Prn essor Fo11dly

paming a\\ay 111 ll1s khaki shorts <111cl Ta rna111a11 Oe\il T-shi1·t as he

you JUSt leave your \ee

tared longingly at t11e bucket loader. Lew l1acl climbed clown from his

h1ckle parked right \\here' is, and

machine leaving the e11g111e ru11111ng \�1th Penelope at tile controls.

ou what

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.:ind 1.J.

take lll111e.

slogg111g

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ad1 a11ce

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the

supposed a11te1111.:i \1, l1 1ch turned out to be a lo1 1 g pole with a Vv1re loop 011 the e11d. F 111.:il I) h turned a11d slogged back, hold111g the pole up like a stJ f ,111d t1 J. 1l1 11 g the d111ghv beh111d l1i111 like J puppy on .:i leJ.sh.

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lie said. 'What \\e got here

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but

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11 d .:iii o facult

clia1r still e111pty

Vvhose l<111k

fra111

sp1·a1\ led

pause tha she had cagily wangled herselfa park111g po for he da , she simply climbed on, and awa ..,...

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A small crowd had ga hered at the edge o

he pond, murmuring Jnd

po1nt1ng. As Lew and Penelope rumbled up in the bucket load r, R<ivP Fondly,

r. M. Testy Professor of

Economics, ran up to them w1til a gleam

ravels Lo v1s1t th

rubbing his face

tearing at his white hair and grimacing. 'Arrgh ! " he wailed through

' devilishly

11t1vely

ro111 Iii

011

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th e

edge

of 1

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alu111111.

"So, where's Ern1 1" Jeannette ask d, the11 1·a1s d a qu1zz1cal ey brow when

Close behind him was Professor Charlie Beagle (Penelop 's own choice for College mascot, if the truth be told)

Co l b <1

s ra 1 ght backecl ch,11r, b<tck for once

in his eye. ' This is great!" he yelled e cited I . ' Now ou gu s can pave it over for a parking lot just like we said! Hey, can I drive hilt?"

ler glared a her above h1

llorn-1·1n11i1 cl glil'>:>e ..

Wh re 1 11 de cl?" her pl1 cl. "But that's the least of our worries right now. I JUSl got off h

phone with Lew Allyn, and 1t seems t11.:it

vher ver Ernie's gone, 11 's aken Jol111son Po11d with h1111.

to be continued

clenched teeth. "If the Pond is down the tubes, can he Soccer Field

The Fifty Percen Solutton s he latest chapter 1n Colby's Alumni Fund part1C1pat1on challenge <.11111ou11ced in a spec ial 111il1l111t1 to illu111111 a11cl parems J fe1\ weeks ago). Achieving 50 percent participation in the Alumni Fund is a crucial Colb con ribu ion from Colby's endowment from the challenge fund.

goal

ou didn l give last y ar your gift will generate a

you did give las year, give aga111 to 11 Ip us r ach this years

percent benchmark

generating an addi ional $75,000 endowm nt contribu 1011. Donors will au 0111at1cally receive lhe m1ss1ny

chap er of T/1e Fifty

Percent Solution.

Par ic1pate and help solve h

mysl ry!

100

S o u n d s Like F u n

Colby' olde t a cappel la group has been singing favorite number for 50 year , Eight at a rime. 12

Home o n the Hi l l

Bringing enior back to campu' i the centerpiece of a new re idence life plan.

readers write

Role rever al . 2

periscope

Gleaned from Earl 4

mith' weekly new letter, F.Y./.

from the h i l l

ApartmentÂˇ for enior-; a cla room complement to COOT; Colby I ses two friend . 8

fac u l ty file

Paul

!achlin'Âˇ noteworthy career; new faculty; Robert

Reuman remembered.

c l assnotes

o b ituaries

profiles 1 8 Gardiner Gregory 34 J eff Gotte feld '77 38 Laura Kozlo ki

p.2

t h e president's report

p.4

staff reports

p. 1 2

m i l estones

p. 1 3 facts about col by, 1996-1997 p. 1 4

appen d i ces

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readers write I � Colby

Volume 86

Number 4

Colby Sta ff: A Work In P rogress

that people would eventually forg t about me nyder

because I would be so far away from everyone.

l ightly at Colby, l'm truck by the irony of

Thi i why receiving Colby magazine in

As someone who k new Don

hi saga of career meltdown and personal

Tokyo meant so much to me. It wa. pr

recovery. (See

that

olby, ummer 1 997.)

At Colby, while Don h aded for his ca

olby does n t detach anyone regard of di ranee. Reading the magazine in a

reer as a univer ity profe or, ome of hi

packed train in Tokyo, I remembered how

contemporaries took a different tac k . H ighly

much I enjoyed be ing at

distrustful of leaders wh devoted taggering

be t part

resource to the conduct of a dubious and horrific war, we cho e t

hun white col l ar

work in general and academia in parricular.

I am proud to be a part of

to the point of adding managerial or aca A quarter century after Colby, we no longer seem oceans apart. D n i a writer and h use painter who has discovered dig nity i n physical work , and I for one have developed a greater respect for white collar workers and academics than I have had ince high school. I s t i l l enjoy the phy ical aspect of my job, but I'm entirely stumped when I try to recall why I once fel t whi te collar work was demeaning, and phy ical work ennobl ing. Perhaps reading Don' book would help me remember. Jon Weems ' 70 Morgantown, W .V.

olby' hi tory.

Nozomi Ki himoto '96 Tokyo, Japan

zling his students. By the time Don' career

I wa delighted, a I alway am, t receive ummer i ue of Colby magazine. A

alway , I turned immed iately t

the cla -

note to ee what my colleague are up to. Upon doing o I was surpri ed and amu ed to find that my recent engagement wa

the

ubject f the pull quote in the middle of the page. While I am flattered that the ed i tor found the news noteworthy, I'd like to c larify the statement that I wa "engaged high atop

De p i te what the mes age seems to im ply, I did not indulge in roo many bottle of bubbly that evening. In fact, l remember i t perfec tly. A more accurate ( albeit l e s in ter

and so

urprised by the proposal

tunned by i ts seamless execution

azine. S ince I am so far away from Maine, it

dreamlike blur."

is always so n ice to read about what is going

I love Colby, keep up the good work!

on at Colby and what Colby graduates and

Sarah N agle '93 v ia e-mail

Tokyo. A lthough the offer was extremely attractive, I was nervous about the move. I wa

scared to death to be detached from

friends I made at Colby College. I thought

Jeff Earickson contributing photographers peer

Cover Photo: Brian

Administration:

William R. Cotter, president; Peyton R. Helm, vice president far

development and alumni relations; Earl H. mith, dean of the College; Margaret Vieru; '77, directar of alumni relations

Alumni Council Executive Committee:

Arthur Brennan '68; Li a A. Hallee ' 1; Diana Herrmann '80; Gail Glickman Horwood '86; Anne Hu sey '80; tephen Langlois '85; Barbara Bone Leavitt '52; Lou Richards n McGinity '67; usan Jacobson Nester '88; M. Jane Power '86; John ton Whitman '59

Colby is published four times yearly for the alumni, friends, parents of students, senior , faculty and staff of Colby College. Address correspondence to: Managing Editor, Colby 4181 Mayflower Hill

I am currently working in Japan, my home U.S., I decided to take a sales position here in

Alicia Nemiccolo '97 Joanna Cheesman contributing writers

Joanne Weddell Magyar '71, chair;

that the detail of the evening passed in a

country. After spending seven year in the

tephen Collins '74 s raff writer

John Devine '78, vice chair; David Bergqui t '61; James Bourne '81;

thank you for mak i ng such a wonderful mag

faculty are do ing.

illusrrator Rohen Gille pie

Alask a , and [don't] remember anything."

wa so bli fully

l j ust wanted to take a moment to say

designer Leo Pando

Rockefeller Plaza , had champagne and baked

est i ng ) de cription might have read, "she Sti l l Attached

Brian Speer

Brian Speer cott Davis

How I R e m e m b e r It the

Kevin Co 1 maTlllging editar

Alumni ar Large edicar

torie· that give me mile and inspiration .

and toi l ing i n foundrie while Don wa daz

demic tasks to our work.

f my I i fe so far.

Thank you very much for printing many

We spent years framing houses, laying pipe

collapsed, though, some of us had mellowed

olby-it was the

ally Baker executive editor

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C O LBY

F A L L

l997

�

I periscope

By Earl S m i t h and Thelma Plusquellic finished in September after 25 years as a secretary, fir t in the

Salem Connections Jane Moss (Robert E. Diamond Professor of W men' tudie and French) opened the 1997-9 W men' 'tudie lloquia series in eptember with a lecture on I,

T1wba, Black Wirch of Salem, a novel by Mary e C nde. Two members of the audience had more than an intellectual intere t.Susan Conant Cook '75 (a ociate director * of planned gi' ing) at next to ally Baker (director of communication ) and whi pered that her husband, Jim Cook '78, had an ance tor who was con victed dunn the alem witch ma! . Baker whi pered back, "My ance tor wa one of the judge ." ook trace hi family to Rebecca ur e, a re idem of alem Village\ ho' a· tried and executed a a witch in 1692. Baker' relative, amuel ewall, wa one of eYen men who ent the "witche "to their death . In 1697 ewall became the only former judge to publicly acknowledge hi err r, asking that God, "who ha an Unlimited Authority, would pardon that in and all his other in ."A little late for Rebecca Nur e.

Libby, Thelma Retire Two gentlewomen who have given year of ervice and friend hip to Colby retired thi year, and each will be

Moosecellaneous The Antigone ac Warsaw, a play by Dick Sewell (penorming arts), not only won first place in the Dubuque Fine Arts 20th Annual National One-Act Playwriting Contest, but it is being broadly praised. Michael Anderson of the Dubuque Player call Sewell's play "outstanding,"noting that readers and judges are aying the work is "the best play they have read in years.".. .Peter Bowden '98 of Guilderland, N.Y., has been named to the Honorable Mention Academic All-America Division 1II swim team by the College Swimming Coaches Association of America.

Registrar's Office and, later, in the Dean of tudent Office.

To Name a Few Cedric Bryant (Engli h) has again agreed to conduct a seminar for Maine high school teachers as part of the Maine Collaborative. Sixteen teachers from around the state will participate in four Colby campus session titled Many Rivers to Cro : Understanding and Teaching African-American Literature... . Margaret McFadden has won the American Studies Association's annual Ralph Henry Gabriel Di erta tion Prize....Tony Hoagland (Engli h) ha won the pre tigious Jame Laughlin Award, given by the Academy of American Poets.... Tom Longstaff (religiou studies) and Tris Hussey '91 are co-authors of a chapter in a new book, Palynology & Cultural Process: An Exercise in the ew Archaeology publi hed by Atlanta cholars Pres . ... New Line Cinema ha hired Jim Boylan (Engli h) to write the creenplay for a movie ba ed on his next novel.The story, currently titled Getting In, concerns the plight of a dysfunc tional family riding around in a Winnebago vi iring all the New England colleges with their children.

serve a a si·rant direct r of student activities. Kim Parker '97 i back for a ne-year tint a port information director. Four recent grad have taken po i ion a coun elor in the admi· ion· and financial aid ffice -Michael Montgomery ' 9 6 , Matt Rus '96, Molly

Bracken '97 and Natalie Collin '97. And Cynthia Whittier Wells '83 ha been promot d t direcror of tudenr financial en·ice .

And Still Pretty Happy Colby got a great media ride in 1995 when the Princeton Review said we had the happiest tudent in the nation. In 1996, the College's rating in this dubiou category lipped to seventh and, in 1997, to ninth. Bragging rights are protected in the current edition, which ha Colby eighth in tudent happines . The College hits the top 20 in two other categorie a well beau tiful campu , 12; and great fo d, 10.

Top Twenty Again In it " idely watched Ii ting of the nation' very best liberal rts college , U.S. ews & World Reporc has placed Colby I th among the t p 40, the

ame ranking a the year before. warthm re and Amher t were 1 and 2 for the econd year in a

row. Welle ley (J) traded place with Williams (4).Geographic rival Bowdoin rayed at ; Bate m ved up from 22 to 20.One

m1 ed n t only by colleague but al o by legions of rudent

chanoe in the magazine' methodology wa to group

Barb Makes the Cut

who h::i e enjoyed and

c liege with imilar overall core at the ame numerical

Women' ice hockey en ation Barbara Gordon

appreciated their wi e coun el and a i tance. Libby

ranking; thu , eight chool are

Todrank i retired after 36

ranked number 8, and Colby

year of teaching and ad vi ing in matter of off-campu

tudy,

penultimate cut in the selection of the U.v. Olympic team in women's hockey, a port that will make it debut as a medal sport at the Winter Game in agano, Japan, next February. Barb was elected for one of 25 lot on the team, which is now touring weden and Finland before the final team of 20 women i cho en in February.

'9 7, of Glendale, Calif., ha made the

hare 1 th place with Mount Holyoke.

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C O L BY

from the hill I

A A Place of Their Own Trustees authorize construction of senior apartments By Kevin C ool

"The number of additional spaces we propose is meant to supplant the approximate number of seniors who have lived off campus in recent years and would be off campus in the future if no additional spaces are built."

Report of the Task Force on Residential Life.

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'L»irch <lllLI J1,CLl"ll lll .1h11ut till'

f11r 'l'l111lr'. "[T[hc numher 11f

t11 't'ninr' contradicted the

ride 'e11i11r' ,h,,uld 11!.11· 111 rhe

,1J,l1t1llll<ll '['<lCL'' [ \

Ll(\j \l'e prn

C,1llege\ r<Hiunalc for reject

l1k ,,(the e<1m1'u' c111cl ll'lll'ther

l''"C 1, mc.1nr t<' 'LIPl'l.mr the

ing multicultural huu,ing t\\'O

r.thl'cl-1«ill1lll'L'cl nwnrh,

till' C1dlc.t.:c ,hnulcl rL·qu1re ,e-

·11'1'fll'>:llllatL· numhcr11f ,cni11r,

year' agu. aJnlCares for rhe

11111r' t1> !1\'L' ,1m1111g u11LlcrcL1"

ll'h11 ha\'l' Ji,·ed ,,ff c.1mpu' 111

apartml'nt,-tncluding rhe

tnL'l1 111 rr<1cl1t111nal re,1dcncc

reCL'llt ye<'r' ;md 11'\Hild he ,1tf

Echo-mainrnined that >ince

h;ilk The Tn'k FurCL' 1111 Re,i

c.1 m I'll' in rhc furu re if rn1 a-idi

all <tudenr' l'\·enrually will be

Llc11t1,1! Life, c11mmi"iunL'cl hv

ri1'rm I 'J'<lCl'' <ire hu ii t." rhc rn,k

'enior:,, rhc new housing op

the tru,tl'L'' L1,t Lieccmher. l'l'

t«lrCL' rcp11rt '"iJ.

r i11n ion ' t di,criminatory.

pPrted th<1t the gn1ll'1ng 11u111-

The ;1panment, ll'ill in

Re,1dents

bl'r 1)f 'eni1ir:-- PJ'tlllg ru Ji,·e ,,ff

clude t'ri\«He harhrnums anLI

hy lnrrery.

ll'ill

he selected

c;11npu:,, combtnL'd ll'ith the

J...1rchc11ctt1>. rhe Lirrer a rc

number' 11f juni1lr' 1\·h1l are

'J'Ull'l' r,1 'cninr-;' cxpre:-.:-.cd

apartments, w

,tudy1ng away fn,m C11lby. ll'a'

intcre'r in preparing rheiroll'n

rhe ll'ooded hillside hehind The

If funding i' 'ecurcd, the

located on

creating a lcadcr,hip \"<Kuurn

meal..,. Go,·crn.rncc of the nell'

Heights, arc expected rn be

and ll'cakcnint! Colby\ rrndi

com1'icx ll'ill he in rhe hand,

completed in rime for rhe 1999-

[111rnil m1ooil1n a' a rc:,idential

,,f tht' re,idcnh [1) allow maxi-

2000 academic year.

Complement to COOT, Colby 101 One d<w af r er the\" 11·en.' r,1cklltng C,li1()e;' thrnugh

ll'\11Ll

exam111e <incl ch<1nge th t 1<e <l< 'um1't1nn<' lw ,,11,I.

d r J1 ' l'I\ r<11n, h1k111g <11,,ng 'hr1 1ud

l'd

\X'h1te

�!nunt,11n rrnd, ancl

wakmg up 111d,imr ;leeping ba.g,,

li1�I , ru ,le nt'

In S,111,h· �LlN·I\ Eth1c1l kmm,1, 111 r,)l1nc,,

Jeh<HL'cl h,,11· t he 'Ute ,1t .-'\ri

5, 1me 11f rhc· t!J'' 11·t're ,1f rhc "e<H \·nur ,·c�etahlt:',"

1-.irie't\"-,h, 111·

i1ro;r-\ear ,rndenr' ,;,u in cb"

:,ln.l ,h ,) uk l ,i[[,,C<ltc' 1h lim1re,I

LIJ' tlfl tllllC,

roomsacn1:.;:, c:imru' ,ind ,,,a ke,I

re''<Hlrce' f,1r 111cli!.!e1H me'clic,il

up a d iffe re nt k111J

l't e x pe r i n1lu nr e er CllrJ'' ,,ifaculty, 'tudenr� 11·ert' g1n�n ,1 g l1m p :-e of classrnorn culturt> during a sene� Llf acad e m ic c>n

cbn'r 't<lre nut

care. Sh,lulcl rhc m,Hiey he u .. cJ

the11·1n,I,111·, t,ike

ence. LeJ by a

t,, tun,[ h1gh-n<k l'ut l'< Hen1 i<ilh

,1ffn1ur h.n. Other, 11 ·er e

l1fe-,,11·111g rr,,ceclurt'' 'Lich ,i,

.lllllc'LI <lt J'l\)lllll[ll1)..'.1i1·eh·

,h,1ukl the' fc1Clb ht' tln rre1·en

1ri,g ,tu,lcnr inn1hTment.

entatinn >e-;:,1l1n-; i nte nJeLI t<l

t11·c m e· .1 ,ur c'

c omp lement

COOT.

The ;,essions ll'en�. e"en t1a l ly , culled

mod i fi ed cl ,i , , rer111cJ , from olh· curricula.

.rnd

he.in

I 11 e'r tr,rnspLrnts ,,r

t«1r

LJ1,cu ....,11.1n anJ cn...:l'Urat!,

c h 1 klr l· n ,1nJ

"Y,1u knn11· rhl' he<t 11«il'

[,111·-n,k ,urgeric'� �Li1,e·I. 11"1-w

t< \ 111ij'IT'i' \'llUr prt1fe'"'r 1

\ G , " ·er nment

Be rhe tir<r cllle ttl talk clur-

te".1che'' 111 C,1lh

Llq•,irrmenr. ,,,[1c1te'LI ''r1ni11n,

lll!.! c Li". E 1·e11 if 1«1u 're ,i

111J then 1n1·1ted Cclllntc'r argu

lmle unea.;y ah,1ut '!'<'akin'" UJ'. Jlllllf' 111 ,lt the 1·erl'

Each 7 5-min u te cnur'e 11«1' de

m ent'.

,1gned to intrnJuce 'tu de nr ;; rn

1« K<ll ,rucknt, cLirity their pc1<1-

tl1e rigor of a Collw cla" .md t1\

heg1nning <lllLl thc·n l'<'u\·e

r11 Hl' ,111,I cnc,1ur.1gc•cl rhc' llltlre

m,de l'<H1r

llffc:r

t1rn1cl rnemhc·r, c>t th<'. cl,1,, t<l

d,1n ' t h.we t<1 11«,rry ah1ut 1t."

-.ugge t1,1n, ahout hnll' t<l

Ht> m,1,tt>J rh,n the· mc\'t

'ucceed 111 the a ade rn 1c en1·1-

J< 'ill 111.

ronment Arnold Be rn h<H Ll Prtl

hl' h.lLI LIl 'tnh1 r e•cl '' 'l'' < ,( l'•lJ'e'r

te.sor of l\1u IC

p,lll l

RY thl' L'llLI ,1f the 'c"1,1n

/\!achl111.

1 1th numbe•r, ,111 rhl'rn t<1 ..e1·

ll'hu taught a -;es::.1111 nn th e' r,1c1dl anJ cultural origin' tif rtlck

'n' roll, rnld h" ,tuclenr', II di bt> cha[lengeJ

"Y,)11

rrnJUCt'

C < ,ntri butinn ,m,I

�Lmel .:;a1d. "E1·cn· <'Ile' nf 1 <'LI i' a' 'mart rhe· ,1tht>r, <Ille! e,Kh , ll 1«1ur

t<l hel1• them 11·ith the tran>i

er ii ,tueknt'. The number, C<'r

,1pm111n, Ct1unt<. Yc'Llr J<'b is t<l

tinn-a1-r11«il at the College,

re''f'<lllcleLI t,1 item' tlll �Li1,el\

m,ikt' L'<JCh cl<l>S \°t)Llr <11\"ll; tll

COOT exrenenc e. getting their

rule,

,,· e'tl cj ue t tt' f, 1r

'tlickn t,,

,l([l<lll'> th.it \\'llUlcl rka't' ,1r J1,

!'<1rtic1p.ne in ynur e·Jucariun,"

ID rict ure takt?n, lllCt'ting their

he 'a1cl.

r,,,1mm;ite, feeling h,,me,1ck

quJl1ty ll'ork, ll'h1ch 'houlJ rn1r

pk.i .. e the i r l'rc1fo"''r>.

De<in nf Stud en ts Jan ice

ll'e ll'ant them tu ha1·e a se ns <' ,,f

hcr One. L"\1n't cut uff ,1 1 1 ,1ther

f-:.i"m<in >a1·, tht> ne11· cumro

the big picturt' here, 1d1ich is

ll'dl be challeneeJ h1· ncll' 1de<1'

,ruell'nr 111 tht' m1dJ ! c

nent

qut>,t l nn 1· 1ur ,i,,umr tmn' and l' a lu e s . Yuu ,h11ukl nor be concern cl a hnu t th1' ei ther; you should onh h: c11n cerncJ 1f you fi nd that \"<lll can't

cu"1"n. N\\h1ch li ke' he1ng 1n

<1 concern t,1 1 ,1u. And 1, 1u

that ma\

,1,

,,f

d1'

,,f

1irie11rati,1n achit>1·eLI

f o und

'c1·t>ral goak "We

th<1t

that they hm·e enterecl a com munit1· of ,cholar,_'' >he 'a1el.

thc1 're rr1·mg tll

the r11nc perinJ from students'

,-'\s /\!aisel put it, "rhe fo,t

he' ,,11,I."

.llTl\'Cli nn C<llll['US [\) the fir>t

thing ll"t� sh,, uld be ; ,wi ng w

T11-.1, J,1n't el<lrnlll.trc the

eby ,,f class e ' ll'as actually quite

�ruJents i; rhat this 1< a rlace

cli,cu"l"ll t<l the ck tr i mcn t ,1f

ll\ng-ah,1ut eight d<iys. Tu rry

ah,1ut learning."

rcrru1'tl'el 11·hen

m,1kc·

he·r

p1 ll nr. "

The Class of 'O I The f1r-r cla" ,1f rhe ne11· mdkn1um !,,ob p re tr Y £<1od on ['dper. Here are some ,,fthe 1·1ral (and n,1r ,,, 1·1rnl) ,t<HNtc'.

ni 'rudent;, enwlled-4 n6 of studenr> ll'h,1 arplied-4,20Ll Numbe r ll'hL' ranked fiN in their cla,s-29 1umher

Number

umber ll'ho ll't're carta1n< of a 1·arsny athletic team-16

Sch ool in Chatham, � la in - I Peru, Sourh :\me rica- l

Number from Charham High

N.j.-5

Number fwm Peru, Numher from um her

of bagels eaten on

OOT tnrs (arrrox1mate )- ',6L Ll

Shining a Light on China W h i le debate in Washing t n

w i rl

around how fi rmly

the U n i ted

ta tes should p ush

for h u m a n r i g h t

wit and wisdom

ing rem inder of the cont inu ing abu e occurring in China. Wu

"Jackie Robinson was compelled t o turn the other cheek when

e c r e t l y r e t u rned to

taunted with rac ial epithets. [ Detroit Tigers slugger and Hall of

i m pr v e

China three t i mes to document

Farner] Hank Greenberg took a different approach . H e beat

ments in China, exi led a c t i v i t

the b ru t a l i t y of the Laoga i

the s- out of peopl e . "

Harry Wu made an emotional

camp . He learned during

plea at a Colby Spotl igh t lec

vi i t that official

ture for increased pressure on a

t ioning the exec u t ion of pris

regime he ays rivals Nazi Ger

oner

many in bru t a l i t y .

W u wa

Peter Levine, author of Ellis Island to Ebbets Field: Sport and the American

were sanc

Jewish Experience, at an American studies/history departmental lecture.

" O u r defense of free speech ,

that their organs could

old t

even o f hate speech , i s not at

wealthy foreigners

an apol i t ic a l 2 0 -

for u e in tran plant operations,

all because we exalt the

year-old w h e n h e w a s j a iled i n

he aid. In 1 99 5 , Wu was iden

va lue of free speech above

1 960 for casually remarking that

t i fied and captured and sen

the value and constitutional

China's government should not

tenced to 1 5 year

right of equal ity of opportu

treat some of i ts people " l ike

camp. I nternational pre ure re-

econd-clas

c i t izen . " He wa

sentenced to life impri onment in Laog a i , the Ch ine e labor camp system that ha

een SO

u l ted in hi

tortured,

shrank to 80 pound and wa

near death that camp official

n ity, but rather the oppo site-that you can not have

relea e after 66

one without the other. "

days, and the Ch in se govern ment expel led h i m from the

Nadine Strossen . president of the American Civil Liberties Union,

country permanen tly.

during a debate on freedom of

He ay the Chine e govern

m i l l i on people i n c a rcerated ince 1 949. He wa

in a labor

speech at a Spotlight event.

ment' operation of the Laogai camp i analagou to the con

" T h e cost of a l l ow i n g t h e worl d to g o to h e l l Is far g reater

centrati n camp of N azi Ger

t h a n t h e cost of d evelopment a i d . "

ordered a coffin for h i m , W u

many, except that the Chinese

says. He w a s relea e d in 1 97 9 ,

use economic c las rather than

Donald Clark '69 , U . S. Agency For International Development Uganda mission director, at a Mid-Maine Global Forum presentation in Waterville.

and i x years later em igrated to

rel igion, ethnic heritage, sexual

the U n i ted

orientat ion or other factor to

"While life has changed [ s i nce the 1 950s] for some persons of

identify "enemie ."

color, for the vast majority there has been n o change or, in

tate .

Wu ay he tried to put hi 2 0

fact, it i s worse . "

years in Laogai beh ind h i m , but

"Everything you saw in the

the thought of the m i l l ions still

movie Schindler' s List i happen

Gregory Williams, author o f Life o n the Color Line: The True Story of

l i v ing in the camps was a haunt-

ing today in Ch ina," he said. +

a White Boy Who Discovered He Was Black, at a Spotlight event.

Women's Contributions Move College Forward tions-of t i me, expertise and money. According to the latest figure

A t udy, comm issioned by Colby's Board of Trustees to take the p u l e of College alumnae, also has drawn some reveal ing conc lusions

available (for 1 99 5 ) , approximately 1 0 percent of all Colby a lumni

about the relat ionship between giving t ime and giv ing money.

volunteer for the College. This contrasts with a whopping 3 8 percent

The report , written by trustee Ellen B . Hawee l i '69 and overseer

among the 705 alumnae survey re pondents who said they currently

Cheryl Booker Gorman '74 for the Women's Leadership Task

volunteer for the College or have done so in the past. Eighty percent

Force, presents the find i ng of a survey sent to approx imately

of those who say they volunteer reported consistently giving

4, 3 00 al u mnae, of whom 7 0 5 responded. While its purpo e was

money to Colby. The report quoted a 1 992 UCLA study, which said that

to find o u t how Colby's women graduate v iew the Col lege

women often use volunteer work "to test the fit between their

and its out reach efforts, s ide benefits included information

values and interests and those of the organizations soliciting

about volunteerism and phi lanthropy.

their support." And if that is the case, then women have

Colby depends upon volunteers in a variety

found a good fit in Colby. More than 60 percent

of capaci ties (seeColhy,

of respondents rated the College among

May 1 996) and sets

their top three philanthropic priorities,

great store by a l l dona-

w i th 9 percent rating i t highest. +

C O L BY

F A L L

1 99 7

With Ludy' s Death, an Era Ends

L e ll' 1s " L udy" Lenne

ne,,ma n . He wld The Bosrnn G lohc 1 11 Jn a rt ic l e publ ished rn 1 996 rha r the ' wre " nc,·er l o s r a

lo\·eJ

d i me" bec,1U-;e elf l (S rrac t i c e

Le<, rhan a year a fter rhe death ofh1s brn rher , " Pacy"

'2 I.

' 2 1 . be , upporrer and a

for

h i,

decJde, , if 'u ppPn and

clen1uc1n. "There is n o d,1ubr bur rhar

well-knol l'n W a rt'n· i l le c k)rh -

;in e ra ha< ended w i r h Ludy\

<:' \ te n d i n g c rt>d 1 r tc1 ' c u de n t '

death," 'i<1 1d Dean nf the Cnl lege

50 ·ears, J 1ed Sep rem ber

u n c t ! they h a d gradua red and

Earl Smi t h. " Bur Pacy and Ludy

aren· i l le. He 11·as 9c

had J nbs. 1' !any sruden c� l°mished

Le1·ine" legacy ot en r hu , 1 a s m

1er fnr

olby

rhe1r educat 1nn ar C<1lb\' hec a u :, e

rear· old. He \\' as horn } o\· . rn

W i l l ia m

and

3 l\ L '98,

arah Lenne

i n r h e ame home o n T i c o n 1 c treer 111 Wa r e n· ii l e 11·here he

r he

Le 1· 1ne 1:->ro chers. One ran

ln a l e t t er w t h e Cnlbr Alumni Relauc 111> Offi c e . 1' 1or

t1rn e r , " 11'<1' <lclorned \\' I th ph o

tng r,i rh o ,mcl

monrh:i of h i s l i fe . He e rad u

che Cnlleee\ p,b t .

ated from W a r e n· i l l e H 1 ,e h

Al pha Tau

mega fra r e rn 1 r y

a h1ng .

11f r h e 1 r s rc 1 re , ra hbed "Cn l h·

l 1 1·eJ a l l b u t t h e l a s r fe w

chool and ll' as a m e m be r ,1f

for C 1 lb y ll'ill l i,·e for lone t i me w come."

, 1fqu 1e r fi nanc ial ass1s r,rnce from

r1e Herman

mem<1rah t ! 1 a fro m

'7 3

de , c r ibecl h i ;,

fondest rnemt)ry o i Le1· i ne . " I n r l 1e fa l l l1f 1969, a� a freshman

L e n n e 11·a, d pi1 .;� i c1n a re fan

and J e \\' 1 sh.

Ludy, lefr. and Pacy Le1·ine recei1·ing honorary degrees in

r h mg

1 11·a , all'ay from my

L e 1· me i> 'un· i ,·ell by h i ' <is

,1lh· <1 th l e u c , and a f1 :-; ru re

fa m 1 h· f o r t h e firsr r i me at a 1·ery

a r \\Ih d e 1' 1 u le , f,1,1rba l l eames

ter, Doro r h y "Bibby" ....\ l fnnd

s1gn 1fic anc time in rhe J ell ' 1sh

1' 1 i l ler,

,1f

1 99 5

ll' t ! I alll'a\-s re memher."

' 3 S;

h i s ne phe 11· and swre

a r Colb\ .

tm 1' 1a \'ll1ll'cr H i l l ll' e l l mw h i,

c a l e n d a r , nam e h· the J e ll' ish

lw; n ep he11 H<111·ard M i l l e r '4l .

col l e a g u e . and s e 1· e r a l n r h e r

N e ll' Yea r , " H e r m a n ll' ro t e .

n iec e '

"Ludy ll'as k i n d enough c o i n -

conmbm tc)n, ma\' be made ro

Lenne operated a Joll'nrnll'n

9(\,_ The L c nne 1-i rn rher, \\' ere J1lrn r h· n'1med C C l u b 1' 1en ,,i rhe Year 111 1 9 5 7 . ,rncl C1lh

1 · i t e me w h is h o m e ro sha re c h e

the Beth I srae l � ynago_gue in

Waren·dle c l oth m g 'iWre fr11m

dcd1cued 1 r ' e n r 1re Hn mecnm

lw l idci\' ll' i th h i m and his fa m i k

W ci c e n· i l l e t1 r w r he Le 1 · rn e

1 946 un u l 1 996. He was a� w e ll

me \'('eek end rn rhe Lenne, m

S ch o l a rsh ip ar Colhy .

knnwn for h i s generns 1 r \' r , 1

rhan rhat. To ll'elcome a total

Colby ,ruJents a; f or h 1 ' c t m -

:\ Cc lh\' Bric k 11· 1nnc' r , L e i rne m 1 99 ) rec e 1 1 cd an hon

< r ranger w sha re rhe holidays

h e ld m L o r i me r Chape l <)n Oc

1Jerable ach1e1·emen ts a, a b u , 1 -

m H\' Je l.!ree fr,1m rhe Cnl leee

1nrh rh,1se c losesr rn h1m 1 s :- ome -

roher

Along w i th Pacy a nd

1 969.

c an n o t rhink n f a n i c er gesrure

and ne p hell ' s.

:\ memor i a l 5.

I\ lem,1m1l

se r n c e 11· a s

Museum Harbors Exhibit to Honor Stalwart S upporter loaned by H i l lary and Edmund En· i n

' 36

lm·ed hips. -0 I t was arpropr 1a te tha t J LN

and tll'o p a i n t ing, from the C are

rll(

week. afrer hi death 111 :\ ugu ' t an e x h 1 h ° t1on mounted at t h e Colby M u�eum 1 lf A rt

h o m e of N o r ma Marin-alsu 1 1 ere i n

celebrated T umer ' two pas, inn,.

dre11· from Tu rner's pr i 1·ar e c o l lec ri on .

Edw rd H . Turner lo\' t'd ,m, and he

c l uded m t he sholl' . The exh i b 1 t 1 on a lso

Turner, w h o e l ea d e r, h 1 p Ill r he

Gourley said rhe sa i l ing rheme ll'as pe r

Friend-, of A r c h e l p e d h rn a d e n t h e

fect for a sholl' honor i ng Turner, 1 ·hose

m u eum'

Colby, tn

(

patronage

Bel grade

on Augu,r

bo yh ood lo\'e of the sea deepened as a

e e Fmal Pern1d ,

um mer 1 99 7 ) , d 1eJ

t hi

ar t 3.

h,1me

st u den t at Han·ard ll'hen he ll'orked as a

W1Ch1n

e re\\' member aboard c ru ise sh i ps . D uri ng one of h is ·ears as a c re11· man he sai led on

day , a oc 1ate m u eum d 1 recrnr Lynn Mar den -Ar la

h 1 h1uon in

beg n orga n 1 : m g an e x -

Pe rcy A. S a n b o rn's

Charlofle

rhe maiden 1·oyage of the 1

'v\!/1ite.

France ro R io de

hi ho n o r .

he contacted nauucal theme

for "

i x M a i ne m u eum

e mng

rn horroll' art p i eces wirh

a i l , " w h i c h openeJ .=-errember 24.

A11

1x - ch e Bowdoin Muoeum o f Ar c , r he Farn,worth M u e u m , rhe Maine M ar i t i me M useu m , r h e Penoh.,cor Marine M useum , t he

ormaru.],. from J anei rn . He had col-

lee red paint ings of sh irs for m a n y years. Gou rley s a i d . The s h o w w a s a labor of lo\'e for the c a ff at rhe m u e u m , f o r 11·hom Turner was both a c lose fri nd and a be lo1· e d

upponer. " I r seemed

appro pr i a te c o do somethi n g here because Ed had requested that the re be no m e m oria l se n· ice , " G ourle y sa i d .

Portlun d Mu eum of Art and rhe M a m e H i to ncal

oc1 ery-wa i ved

their typical t i me req u i rem en t

o t he ex h i bi t ion

T umer was a former vice pres id e nt of de,·elopment at Colby and

could be arranged qu ic kly , ay H ugh Gourley, d i rec tor of the Co l by

worked at the Co l lege from 1 9 5 3 un r i l 1 97 8. He ll'as insrrumenral in

for proce , i n g loan

mu eum. "It wa rea l l y quite ex trao rd m ary for the m useums to drop r ho e req u i r e men t ," Gour l ey said . "That al mo r never happen ." Work from two private collection -a Cu rrie r and lves p r i n t

sec uring a

l. - m i l l i on

Ford Foundation grant in 1 962-one of the

largest i n the College's history to that point. I n 1 9 7 3 Colby all'arded him an honorary

doctorate. +

F .-\ L L

1 9 9 7

C O L B )

faculty filel e

Aural Exam Paul Machlin helps reveal the genius of American music By Kevin Cool

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i n A me r i c a n mu,ic 11·ao ,, ffcrcd

111 1 lmen t a r i l y <;et aside t h e i r par r i c u l , i r m u s i c a l pass ions when

at the

t h ey

C1 i l hy in 1 9 7 4 nl1t a , i ngle c uur,e

ol lege . H e capita l i:ed nn

beg in rheir brnader stud\'

1 9 7 6 h i c e n t e n n i a l ce lehrc 1 -

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" I t's a chal lenge to get

t i ' >n t t l i m rnd u c e a L i as� on i a : : . Before long he wa� teac h i n g a

;rudent,

to get heyond

the

c ou rs e t i t leJ Frnm Doo-Wop to

a par

t ic u l a r fee l ing about a piece to think more ahstrac t l y abou t it,"

D i :-.co a n J s u p r l' i � i n g i nd e

he said. "lf rhev can begi n to

penden r proj e c t > a h o u r b l u es

c o m b i ne a n emotional response

g u i rar i sr s

w i th an a n a l y t i c a l u nderstand-

Robert Johnson and

hecomes

1r c"me' ro c:1·c l ua t i ng the power , , f m u , 1 c . "Who ul timately kn1111·, ll' h \' 11-c reac r rn a certa in p i ece of mu•, ic the way we d o 7 I t h i nk i r \ i m portan r ro t rust t h , M� ' t ro n g , 1 m ta n ta n eou:, re 'Pl lme., t 1 1 mu•. i c . b en rhough I ll'ant 'rudent., to :,eparate their c: m m 1 n n a l respon:,e to m u ic from the conkx tu;:i l study, you dlln ' r ll'anr them ro otay a1\·ay from chat emot ional pan for l llnc. L 1 ,ten 1 11 g tn m us i c is a 'em u a l . plea urahle experi ence. That ;1 h i l 1 r y tn mc11'e us is what make' muo;ic re,onare so pro f,) u n d l y i n our 1 1 \·es," he a i d . rerf ormmg is t h e hest w a y to get ttl knn\\' m u s i c , M ac h l i n says, ll'h ich expbms his ,·1gorou en thu,1<:1,m f nr h i ' j )h as conduc tor of the Cnlby Chorale. " M u ic i u l t i m ; i t e l y a performance art," 'aid Mach l i n , who ha. led the chorale fnr 24 years. "Makino music is great f u n as wel l as being l'rl ) foundly sat isfy i ng . " T h e c horale is ;:i w e l l pring for frienJsh i rs and fosters a strnng <;ense of esprir de corps, Mach l i n savs. "My sen e is thar the rours we ha\'e been on have heen 1·er1· memorabl e experi ences for students. They've been i mportan t to me M ac h l i n also c onsiders hi work with the chorale to be some of h i s be r teac hing: " I r is teach ing i n irs deepest , most funda menral sense . And i r ' d i fferem from a c lassroom because every one i focu sed on the same goal," he said. I 'm a l ways ama:ed ar rhe extraord i nary effort tudent put i n to their preparation." +

pund its & plaud its The Poor Get Poorer Jan Hogendorn took Foster's Daily Democrat article, with a study of

Grossman Professor of Economics issue, i n a

the

Maine lottery. The results of a survey by Market Decisions I n c . of South Portland s h o w t h a t midd le- and h igh- i ncome Mainers play the lottery as much as poor Main ers do, w h i c h , said a lottery off i c i a l , " should scotch a l o n g -stand i n g perception that the Maine lottery draws the l i on 's share of its players from low i ncome peopl e . " But hold that back-patt i n g . Hogendorn

Bob Reuman's principled life inspired both students and colleagues.

pointed out that if t h e poor spend as much as oth ers, they are

' Moral Model' Reuman Dies at 74 Dana Profe or f Philo-ophy Ementu

Robert R e u m a n , a

in j ail for refu ing to regi ter for

thousand d o l l ars. that's a p roblem , " he said. " G overnment

rhe draft. He sen·ed four month

s ponsors h i p , government-backed advert i s i n g and the

World War II con c ientiou ob

i n th

iector who e teaching of ethi

Danbury,

was reflected in a l ife committed to ethical ch 29 at hi

ice , d ied Augu t

h me in Cape

pltt,

Maine. He wa 74 ear- old. H1

Colb • c o l league Dan

ohen ' 7 5 , a ociate profe- or of philo

phy,

nee

federal penitentiary at onn . , wa

and i m me d i a t e ly

e r our for

b u i l d i ng ho·pital: and e-

rabli hin

medical c l i n i

of a ph i lo opher who lived what

Berlin and \\'orked with gm·em

he rnughr. The on of m 1 s10n

ment offic 1aL on both

the Be rlin Wall to ea-e ten ion· Re,·ered

model, Reum n in pired com

tudent and captain of the foot

ment like thi one fr m former

race?" he aske d . I t's all a matter of choices, Tatelbaum told h i m . " T h i s i s about making

olby in 1 99 1 that he and her cl

mare were "in awe of what

he'd Jone and what he knew." Reuman repre

year f co llege in 1 94 3 , Reuman

w h a t y o u d o different from the rat

rudent Arnra Terry ' 9, who told

prelude to a lifetime of ommir Drafted following h t juni r

sounded l i ke a lot of work. " How i s

a te cherand moral

College, where he wa an h n r

ment to ocial J U r ice.

and g rowi n g much of the food they eat. Curwood said that

ides of

and re-oh-e confl ict .

Oh1 . He attended M iddlebury

b u i l d i n g their own solar-heated house, i n sta l l i n g photovoltaics

R e p re e n ta t h·e from

m 1 92 3 and grew up in Medina,

1gma P h i , a

to l ive as self-sufficiently as poss i b l e by, among other things,

to l 966, Reuman l i \'ed in

ane , Reuman wa born in China

fratem 1 r , A lpha

Steve C u rwood. Tatelbaum talked about her family's decision

·.

As a Qu k e r I n ternational

1 964

di cri mination in h 1

Linda Tatelbau m . an associate professor of English at Colby and the author of Carrying Water As A Way of Life, was interviewed on National P u b l i c Radio's Living on Earth by host

tee, a Quaker organi:arion thar wa

Affa i r

religiou

'A Matter of Choices'

can Fnend- � en·1ce Com m i t

from 1 9 5 6 to 1 99 1 , wa the ideal

he led a fight to end rac ial and

nation for some peop l e . "

China to ll'ork for the Ameri

aid that

l iddlebury

perceived opportun ity to escape poverty i s a volatile combi

paroled,

Reuman, who tauohr at Colby

ball team. Whi l e at

spending a hig her percentage of their income. "If someone ear n i n g less than twenty five thousand d o l lars spends one

erved a a fac u l ty

ntarive r

t 9 Degrees Hire

the Board of

T ru tee from 1 97

even new a

to 1 9 76 and

istant profe or hopped onto Colby's cenure track in

eptember. They are Andrea Dorigo, a si rant profes or of chem i -

a member of the Colby

refu ed m i l i tary erv1ce as a c n

panel that helped invent the

try; Allen Downe , a

sc1ent1ou

Jan Plan.

Johnston, Clare Boothe Luce A s i tam Profe or of Bioloay; Kashif

objector. He

er ed

for the durat ion of the war at a C i v i l ian Pub l i c

ervice camp

He i

ur\'ived by hi

Mansori, a

wife,

istant profes- r of c mputer c ience; Rebecca

i tant profe or of economics; Weiwen Miao, a si rant

Dorothy, a former profe sor of

profe or of mathematic and ta t i tic ; Steven Nuss, a istant pro

mu ic at Colby, five c h i ldren

fe sor of m u ic and Joseph Reisert, assi tant profe or of government.

m nt..1.l ho pita! in Phi ladelphia.

and

Among them they have 19 academic degree from

In 194 , in the mid t of a teach

rial gift may be made to Colby

rie , in luding M ichigan, W isconsin, California ( Lo Angele , Ber

ing appointment at rhe Univer-

or to the Am rican Friend

keley and I rv ine ) . Texa ( Austin , Rome, Beij ing, We leyan, Tuft ,

fighting fore t fire

and at a

1ry of Penn ylvania ( where he earned hi

Ph.D. in

1 949 ) ,

Reuman w a

entenced t a year

ix grandchildren. Memo

Cal

vice Committee in Phi ladelphia. A memorial

ervice wa held

ari u u n iver i

rate, M IT , Brown, Princeton and Harvard. They

pent a

combined 4 7 years earn ing tho e degree . The amount of money they pent doe n't bear thinking about. +

at Lori mer Chapel on October 4.

F A L L

1 9 9 7

C O L B Y

Sou nds Like Fun

The C ol by E i g h t is

SO yea rs o l d t h i s fa l l ,

but n ot h i n g back 1n

1 947

i n d i cated that 1t wo u l d cast so long a sha dow Based o n t h e i r f i rst " to u r " one m i g h t h ave g u essed they wo u l d n ' t make 1t to Year Two, let a l o n e l ive to cele brate a s i lver a n n iversary. The E i g ht bega n with modest 1 n tent1ons. Shortly after classes c o m m e n ced for the

The E i g ht Tu rn s

1 94 7 -48

school year. E d Waller

'49

and Neil

" D i c k " Leon a rd ' 5 0 gath ered a g r o u p of g u ys a r o u n d a n a b a n do n ed, ti n n y p i a n o 1 n Roberts H a l l a n d b e l t e d o u t " Ta l k A b o u t J e rusalem M o r n i n g , " J U St to s e e how t h ey s o u n d e d . E ven the n-the g ro u p seldom has confined itself with a strict mathematical 1 n terpre tat1on-t h e E i g ht were N i n e The other c h a rter m e m bers were P h i l Lawrence

' 50,

C o n n i e Wh ite

Bowers '50, Tom Sa m ue l so n " B u m p " Bean

'51 .

'49, '49,

Robert Arm itage ' 5 0 , George Hal Wo rmuth ' 5 0 a n d C l ifford

They used a d u sty copy of

The Yale Song Book

to develop their repertoi re a n d w1th 1 n a month had their fi rst e n g ag e m e n t, a performance d u r i n g the i n termission of the C o l lege

Homeco m i n g dance. Their rec epti o n was good enough to warrant boo k i n g s at C ol l ege assemblies a n d fraternity p a rt i es a n d at civic a n d c h u rc h f u n ctions i n Waterv i l l e . B u t the rea l test came 1 n m1d February of

1 948, when t h ey sco red t h e i r fi rst out-of-town g i g i n the

u pstate vil lage of Dover-Foxcroft

By Kev i n Coo l

O n the day of the perfo r m a nce, a s n owstorm hit central M a i n e .

Drivi n g on s l i p pe ry , u n fa m i l i a r roads. t h e g r o u p h it detours . took

Forty years h e n c e . not a l l that m u c h has c h a n g e d . The E i g h t n ow

wrong turns and g e n e ra l ly lost t he i r way When t h ey f i n a l l y s howed

produces its a l b u m s on c o m p a ct d i sc rather t h a n v i n y l LPs. a n d t h e

up. nearly two h o u rs past the s c h e d u l e d t i m e of their p e rforma nce,

tou r 1 t i n erar1es va ry , b u t t h e g ro u p reta i n s essenti a l l y t h e s p 1 r 1 t a n d

h e bedra g g l e d s i n gers l e a r n e d t h a t t h e promoter h a d waited a n

m ission o f its fou n d ers. A testa m e n t to its e n d u r i n g a p peal a m o n g

h o u r before s en d i n g h i s patrons h o m e .

pa rt1 c 1 p a nts w a s t h e t u r n o u t at t h e g r o u p ' s 5 0 t h a n n ive rsary c e l Â

Despite t h e wors e n i n g road c o n d 1 t 1 o n s a n d hour, the s t u d e n ts w a n e d

h e laten ess o f t h e

o f u l f i l l t h e i r p ro m i s e to s i n g

They

persuaded t h e p r o m o t e r to con act some o f the t i c et holders a n d

e b ration d u ri n g Homeco m i n g We e k e n d . Forty - e i g h t a l u m n i-more t h a n a t h i rd of t h e total-re t u r n e d for the party, w h i ch i n c l u ded a r e u n i o n concert.

encourage t h e m o ga h e r a s m a n y of h e i r f r i e n d s a s possi b l e . a n d

" Some of m y fondest mem ories of C olby came from m y i nvolveÂ

for t h e next cou p l e of h o u rs t h e o r i g i n a l m e m bers o t h e C o l by E i g h t

ment with the E i g ht. .. said Thornton " Do n " M e rriam ' 5 1 , a phys1c1an

went f r o m house to h o u s e a n d gave p r ivate con certs. The E i g h t h a s

i n B a n g o r . M a i n e . who still performs 1 n a ba rbershop q u a rtet When Merriam showed u p for the g ro u p ' s reun ion, 1 t was t h e fi rst t i m e h e

b e e n win n i n g f a n s ever s i n c e . Having s u rvived a t e n u o u s 1 n f a n c , t h e g roup became well

had s e e n h i s fel low s i n gers s i n ce h e grad uated f r o m C o l by, h e says.

1 rst few years of 1 s i n ception I n 1 9 5 0 . t h e

The cel ebration was organ ized by C o l by E i g ht senior Alex Howard

E i g h t w a s featu red on radio p ro g r a m s a n d ex e n d e d its to u r 1 t 1 n e r a ry

a n d also eatured After E i g ht. a Boston-based a cappella g roup of Eight

esta b l i s h e d wit h i n t h e

to Boston a n d H a rtford By 1 9 54 t h e g r o u p was a r ra n g i n g its own

alumni. Four members of the original E i g h t performed. a n d the finale

songs and develop i n g a d 1 st 1 n ct1ve s o u n d

showcased a l l past a n d present m e m be rs 1 n a n ensemble performance.

They a p pea red o n a

Boston telev1s1on station a n d p l ayed at New York C i ty h i g h schools. The i r reputation g rew. C o l u m b i a Records recorded a n E i g ht a l b u m 1 n 1 9 5 7 , a n d later

After all these years. t h ey sti l l make bea utifu l m us i c togeth e r . Top Colby Eight albums from left to nght. h a v e a ball. 1 959; Lu l l a by o f

Bro a d wa y, 1 963; Bitter Little Dutch Boy, 7 996. Bottom from left t o righ t:

that year t h e group perfo r m e d t h e f i rst of many e n g a g e m e n t s 1n

practice session. 7 950s; touring in their own van, 1 960s; performing at

Bermuda, their f i rst 1 nt e r n at1o n a l v e n u e

a Homecommg event; at the 7 965 World's Fair m New York

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Home on the Hill CO LBY IS BRINGING SEN IORS BACK TO CAMPUS TO IMPROVE RESIDENCE LIFE BY K EV I N COOL

C O L BY

F A L L

1 99 7

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WHEN SARA M U ZZY '97 WAS CONSIDERING COLLEGES FIVE YEARS AGO, SHE SETTLED ON COLBY IN LARGE PART, SHE SAYS, BECAUSE AS A RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL IT PROVI DED LEARNING OPPORTUN ITIES NOT AVAILABLE TO COMMUTER STUDENTS. SHE STIL L BELI EVES THAT. BUT AS SHE SAT LAST SPRING IN H ER SELF FURNISHED U PSTAI RS APARTMENT A M I LE AND A HALF FROM MAYFLOWER H I LL, SHE MADE CLEAR THAT HER IDEAS ABOUT THE VALUE OF THE RESIDENTIAL COLLEGE EXPER I ENCE DID NOT OUTWEIGH H ER INTEREST IN PRIVACY AND I N DEPEN DENCE. " I CAN REMEMBER HOW VALUABLE IT WAS FOR ME TO HAVE SENIORS AROUND WHEN I WAS A FRESHMAN," SHE SAID. "I THINK THE COLLEGE IS RIGHT TO ENCOU RAGE THAT INTERACTION." T H EN SHE PAUSED FOR A MOMENT AND ADDED, "BUT NOT I F I HAVE TO LIVE IN DANA."

senior on campu was threatening Colby' trad itional m ission.

That in a nutshell, was the challenge that faced College official la t year. enior- were peaking with their feet; 2 1 2 of them the mo t e er, lived off campu during the 1 996-97 chool year. The oid their departure created rai ed fundamental que tion about the nature of the College. If half of the enior cla lived away from The Hill, co ld Colby real! pre ent it elf "re idential"? Who would mentor undercla men? Who would

"The re idence hall is not j ust a place to l ive, but a place to make friends, to get advice, to give advice, to encounter diversity. Our philosophy has been to see to i t that our residence hall program clo ely parallel the goals of a liberal education. The k ind of growth, maturity and all of those things that we hope happen in the College as a whole should be re inforced in re idence life," Cotter said. Re idential life dominated by freshmen and sophomores is "antithetical to the principle that you learn as much from the people around you as you do in the classroom-people who have experience, who are as diverse as possible and who can share with you things that will help you in your own growth," he said. Muzzy, despite her reticence about living in a traditional re idence hall, ay she understands why the College wants seniors around. " I think it's crucial that there be some k ind of collective memory that is passed on to underclassmen," she aid. "When I was a first-year student, Students of Color United for Change began their push that ultimately resulted in the Pugh Center. Freshmen coming in last year had no knowledge of how that proces unfolded; it • as important that they have ome sense of where that building came from. Seniors play a cruc ial role in handing down that oral tradition." The task force suggested and the trustees later authorized, a return to a fully re idential campus, with a few as 2 5 - 40 tudents allowed off campus, those who have what Cotter called "dramatic need " that are better served in private re idences. "It became clear that we needed our seniors back on campu ," said Cotter. The phenomenon of off-campus liv ing, although many

lead campu organizations. HO\ would traditions be pas ed on ? " I 've heard people j oke that the campu i being run b ophomore ," aid M uz:y. "Fre hman are ju t getting their bearing , j unior are away [at tud abroad ite ] and enior are off campu ." The Ta k Force on Re idential Life, com mi ioned by the tru tee and chaired b Dean of tudent Janice Ka man and William R. Kenan J r. Profe or of Government andy Mai el, la t December began tudying all a pect of housing, including the effect of the en ior ' exodu . The panel concluded that the departure of enior to off-campu re idence had robbed the College of it tudent leader hip and eriou ly dimini hed the integrity of the re idential life program. Together with the ab ence of roughl two third of the j unior c la on tudy abroad enue , the lo of en ior re ulted in a campu virtually devoid of uppercla men. Muzzy' tongue- in -cheek comment about " ophomores running the campu " wa actually true. A majority of head re idenr in 1 996-97 were econd-year tudent . "Frankly, we find this di rre ing, particularly ince we con ider head re ident to b, an integral part of a afe, comfortable and intellectually timulating residential col lege," a id the ta k force report. More broadly, according t Pre idenr Bill Cotter, the lack of

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years o l d , wa

never the prod uct of Col lege p o l i c y I ut the

or athletic events, "they weren't in t h e l i brary, e i ther." He say

resu I t of c i rc u mstance n e i ther i n tended nor pred icted, offic i a ls

the phy ical d islocation of senior al o contribu ted to a "sp l i t t i ng

s a y . The nu mber of enro l led students has nearly a l ways been

of friendsh ip. " that damaged the

h igher than the number of beds on campus to accommodate

oc ial fabric of the College.

tudents admi tted a much, alheit w i th a d i fferent spin.

them, so the Col le e i n t i tu ted a lottery of off-campus " Âˇ lots"

" oc ial l i fe moved off c ampu ," a id M uzzy. " People were

to d e t e r m i n e w h i c h student -mo t l y se n i o r -w u ld be

com p l a i n i ng that the campus wa dead . "

a ll owed to l i ve off c a m p u s . In most years the nu mber who

Echo Ed i tor- in-ch ief M i k e Truman, in an e d i torial in the

entered the l o t tery more or l ess c o i nc ided with the campu

paper's fi r t is ue of the new school year, wrote, " Last year Colby

overflow- 1 2 5 - 1 5 0 student'. Two year ago the fig u re rose to

end u red one of i t weake t oc i a l event c a lendar because it

1 96 . More than 2 00 e n i ors-ro u g h l y half the cla s-we re off

could not compete with off-campu event . Whethe r the offÂ

campus last year. "We sa i d , ' N ow w a i t a m i n u t e . Let's a take

campus events were better t han tho e on the H i l l is debatable,

a look a t th i s , "' Cotter sa i d .

but it cannot be d i pured that off campus was the place to be at

T h e task force's study revea led t h a t many sen iors w h o l i ved off

night." Truman said the Col lege's attempt to ret urn to a more

campus weren't as involved in campus ac t i v i t i e a those who

fu l l y re ident i a l campu wa a po i t ive move. "Colby need i ts

l ived on the H i l l . Cotter a id these "downtown" en ior not only

upperc las men to be the be t com m u n i ty possible," he said.

seldom came back to campu to attend concerts, plays, lec tures

Why had l i v i ng downtown become o a ttrac tive ?

everal

The Best Address on Campus Sitting cross-legged on h e r loft bed,

are clustered in modu les allowing for

conducive to student needs. I think the

barefooted Kate Conkl i n '98 surveyed

greater privacy; bathrooms are

College had great insight to build a

the scene outside her third floor window

spacious and ornamented with m u ltiÂ

housing unit that fills all of those needs."

and sm iled. The view is new-no person

colored ceramic tile. "It will be a long

before has been i n this spot to see the

time before I l ive i n a place t h i s nice

level with a b u i lt-in sound system and

patch of Joh nson Pond in the distance,

aga i n , " said Conkl i n .

an adjacent patio is ideal for parties,

o r the library tower rising above a stand

Thanks to t h e q u i c k response and

A mu lti-purpose room i n t h e lower

says M a n n i n g . And si nce it can o n ly be

of pines beh i nd West Quad , cut off at

financial backing of donors Robert

reached by a central staircase there

the steeple so that at nig ht, Conklin

Anthony '38, Edson Mitchell '75 and

won't be late-night traffic past students'

says, it appears to be float i n g . " I love

Paul Sch upf, the A M S b u i l d i ng s set in

rooms. "It's obvious t h e re was a lot of

this view," she said. " I love waking up in

motion a comprehensive remodeling

thought put into how space in the

the morning and being able to see the

job that by the year 2000 w i l l have

b u i l d i n g was used," he said.

pond right from my bed . "

upgraded housing campuswide and

T h e scenery isn't the o n l y feature

made the C o l l ege fully residential . The

" M ost people I k n ow feel very l u cky to be l i v i n g h e re , " said C o n k l i n .

students love about the $ 7 . 1 - m i l l i o n

halls are located near Johnson Pond

" I w o u l d m u c h rat h e r be h e re t h a n

Anthony, Mitch e l l , S c h u pf residence

between The Heig hts and East Quad.

off campus."

halls, t h e first housing u n its bu ilt si nce

Faculty resident Brad M u ndy said the

T h e Heig hts went up i n 1 98 1 . The halls

building complex is "the pride of the

decision by t h e College to g rant

have t h oroug h l y won over students who

cam pus and the measure for what

s e n i o rs exclusive access to t h e new

a year ago were upset that they would

comes later."

be required to l ive on campus. The

T h a t s e n t i m e n t v i n d icates t h e

residence h a l l s t h i s year. A l t h o u g h

Residents are impressed, too. "The

students from a l l four classes

n i c knames were the first c l u e . Less

great t h i n g about these rooms is that

eventu a l l y will be assig ned to t h e A M S

than a week into the fal l semester,

they combine the privacy and livability of

h a l l s , t h i s y e a r s e n i o rs occupy all 1 4 1

students were referring to AMS as "the

being off campus with the convenience

beds in the new fac i l ity.

Palace" and "the Marriott . " And why

of being on campus," said Peter

not? Marked by a sparkl i n g portico, t h e

Manning '98, a pre-med major and hall

make Colby more competitive. "When

b u i l d i n g s a r e architectural beauties.

staff member who last year lived in

students visit their friends at other

Lounges are large a n d l u x u ri o u s ; rooms

Woodman. "The entire dorm is

Colleges, they naturally compare the

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reasons, say students. Mm· ing off campus in the senior year \1·as

where more than 60 percent of a l l students g o abroad f o r a t least

v i ewed as a r i t e of passage , somet h i ng one did as a prel ude to

one semester during their four year�. the second-highest percentage

lea\' tng. lmce and for a l l , the i ns u l ated en\· i ronment of a u.1l lege

of any U . S . col lege or un i\·ersity. The benefits of stud p 1hroad are

campus. This factor \1·as more �·ronou nced because students

u nquestioned; there w i l l be no retreat from this h istorical strength

\1·ere return i ng from study-abroad programs where they often

of the College's academic program, says Cotter. But hecause a

l i ved independendy and prepared t h e i r U\\T\ meals. Coming

large number of j uniors typ i c a l l y are m issing from the c ampus,

back to l iv e in a trad i t i n a l residence h a l l was not an attrac t iv e

�en iLirs' presence is a l l the more i mportant, he say�.

option t o m a n · of t h e m . " W h y , after spenL1 ing a y e a r l i v i n g i n m y

Admin istra tors acknowledge that the other mai or factor in

o w n <1partment i n J ohannesburg, wou l d I w a n t t o c o m e b a c k <1nd

sen iL-1rs' mass m igration off campus was that t h e rooms a\· a i l a b l e

l i \·e in Dana ?" J en n a K l e i n '97 said \\·hen i nten· iewed last spri ng.

to them d i d n o t meet the i r n e e d s . Rooms were too smal l , too

Mu:: ', who stud ie d for a seme s t e r i n London her j u n ior year,

noisy and too " i nst i t u t ion a l , " students said .

·aid ·he was " a h uge! · d i fferenr p erson" \\·hen she came home :

"Sen iors \\·ere tel l i ng us that they d idn't want to l ive in a hal l

her \"<=.ilues had c hanged and h e r needs were d ifferent. " B e i ng

w ith people who wou ld c reate nu isances for them when they need

able to cook, buy my own groc e r i e s , l i \·e the way l c hoose, those

to be conc erned about putt ing together resumes or th ink ing about

thing were i m portant to m e . "

graduate school or finishi ng their theses," said Assoc iate Dean of � tudents Pau l J ohnswn. "There has been a lot of attention paid

The "stud y -abruad effect" is part i c u larly �·re\·alent at Col by ,

The Anthony, Mitchell, Schupf Halls were designed with the help of student input. The floor plan is un ique among Colby residence halls.

rooms there with what they have. If yours is worse [than the other co llege·s],

Small clusters of

it sort of makes you feel that you've

rooms provide

been shortchanged. I don't t h i n !'

maximum privacy

students are going to find anythirg nicer

while still promoting a

than what they have here," he said.

'neighborhood' feel.

Anthony went even f u rther.

··1 Study rooms are

don't think there is another college in the country that can touch 1t," he

located throughout

said of the new b u i l d i n g .

the building.

" It's an honor t o be i nvolved i n

Each wing o n each

t h e construction of anoth e r

floor has its own 'living

mag n ificent Colby b u i l d i n g , "

roo m . ' Lounge spaces

s a i d Sch u pf, who a year

can accommodate 80

ago was atte n d i n g an

percent of all residents

other gala ope n i n g .

at one time.

that of The P a u l Sch u pf Wing f o r

Getting into the

the A r t of Alex Katz .

shower will be easier.

Mitchell tied t h e

There are four i n each

AMS project to the Col

1 4-person module.

lege's larger goal of im proved housing. "My hope and expectation is that the momentum from t h i s b u i l d i n g w i l l conti n u e the e n h ancements i n residence l i f e throughout t h e cam p u s , " he said.

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to determ i n i ng how we can meet the need of en ior and t i l l

comp! x for ·enior ( ee Fr m the H i l l ) , further recogn i t ion of

c l i ng t o t h e not ion t h a t tu:lents b nefit from b ing together in

tho ·e

a resident i a l etting l ike

J ohn t n . The apartment , lated to be ready by 1 999 if uffi cient

olby has trad i tiona l l y had . "

A comprehen ive h u · i ng p l a n i n t roduced in January 1 996

every tudent to have at lea t 1 0 plu

y-. Th pl an call f r

or m i nus 10 percent, and a greater varier

renovated to make room

and

recc mmend ing that the Co l le e bu i ld t he apartment , "the oal f t h i

of hou ing

pace

The

larger . The fir·t

J ohnst n a

wn l i v ing condi t ion ."

i n t u i t ive[

known f r

ome t i m e ,

en ior a r e d i fferent . "They a r e at a d ifferent

t h i pa t um mer. The net effect of the reconfigured re idence

point in their maturat ion and requ i re l i ving arrangement that

hall wa a lo s of 1 2 5 bed , ay J ohn ton, "hence the neeJ for

prov ide privacy and independence," he aid. " en ior want and

the Anthony, M itchel l ,

ch upf ha l l . " ( ee previou

pag . )

When b u i ld i ng and renovation i· comp let , the campu w i l l

d an e n v i ro n m e n t that i "The apartment

di tract ing and more

are de igned to m i m i c , in a

privacy and l ife tyle attri bute

Th renovation range from movi ng a wall here and th re i n

en e , the

of an off-campus re idence,"

J oh nst n a i d . " l th i nk it w i l l meet the need of people who ay,

ome h a l ls to a v i rtual rede ign, as i the ca e in Dana . " Es entially,

'I need fewer di trac t ion , I need a le

we're tak ing two w1der ized doub le and mak i ng one double and one s ingle" along each of the b u i ld ing'

uton mou than trad i t i nal re idence hall prov ided.

have rough ly l , 700 bed o n campu .

den e populat ion. "'

"We want e n i r to be happy and to give them t h e i r pec i a l

main corridors, said

Supervi or of Spec ial Projects/ A rc h i tec t ] oe Feely. Hal lway that

tature g i ven t h e i r experience a n d maturity, but we don't want

used to tum and continue down the w ings on ei ther end of each

to lose th i r campu leadersh ip," Cot ter sa i d . "The add i tion of

floor w i l l now terminate at the end of the main corridor, and the

the e one h undred ro ms mean that we c an guarantee a i ngle

wing w i l l be reconfigured a four- and five-room u i te . The idea

room to any enior who want one . " Now that t h e College has committed t o making l i fe fo r enior

i to provide more privacy and to get away from the "in t i t u t ional" feature of long corridor flanked by row of rooms, Feely aid. "We

a pleasant a

want to introduce more vari ty. "

buildings' dedication on

Dana w i l l have a n e w entrance h a l l , w h i c h al

told the audience of faculty, tru tee and over eer . "On our way

much renova t ion

home my dad a ked what l thought of Colby. I aid, ' I love Colby,

f the mos t de i rable."

but I don't l ike the dorms.' I 'm o grateful to the College for making

on campu , " Fee ly said. "By devot i ng thi

Now on the draw ing b ard are p lan for a 1 00-bed apartment

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resident Shannon Baker '98

a a prospective tudent we were hown a mal l double [ro m]," he

" S t udent perce ive Dana t o b e the lea t d e irable r e idence

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related an anecd te that may offer a clu . "When I visited Colby

i undergoing ex ten i ve renovat ion, Feely says.

energy to it, we hope it w i l l become one

po ible, how w i l l they re pond? At the AM

A oc iation Pre ident and A M

eparate from the d i n i ng

Capac ity in the h a l l w i ll drop from 2 1 1 to 1 62 .

their

ol lege ha· put in writ i ng and backed up w i th brick

and mortar what i t h a

phase of the renovation·, i n East and We ·t Quad , wa · completed

aid,

elf-governing y tern i to offer enior max i mum

au torn my in defi n i n

re iJenc e h a l l are be i ng

ocial

and the ent i r comrlex w i l l be e l f-governed. The ta k force, in

quare fee t o f l i \·in

option . To reach that ooal , ex ist in

c 1a l and academic need ,

funding i ·ecured, w i l l have private bathroom and k itchenette ,

attempt to reconc i l e ·en ior ' pec i fi c need w i t h the C l i ege' goa l of i ntegrat ing all ·tudent , J ohn ton

tudent ' particular

uch a com m i tment to improving student hou ing."

·# lalumni at large Early Years C orrespo n d e n t

Fletcher Eaton '39 Perry Drive Needham, M A 02 1 92

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Melva Mann Farnum'23 lives comfortably i n a

retirement commu n i ty in Port land, Mame, where, he ays, "l still play for a smg-a-long once a month here at our liv ing room." She recalls the v1s1t by Dr. Arthur Jeremiah Roberrs to Calai Academy in the spring of 1 9 1 9: "He persuaded me ro enter Colby in the Cla of 1 923. All the rest of my life was changed by that dec1 ion." . . . Donald C . Freeman '26 feels that the most wonderful event in hi life was his marriage to I sabelle Brown 69 year ago. . . "Nothing very memorable has ever hap pened to me, " says Elizabeth Watson Gerry '27 , but her words belie her statement. Chil dren, grandchildren and great-grandchildren brighten her life, and in addition she recom mends that all of us should sign up for a cruise to somewhere. "They are wonderfu l , " he ay . he ha visited Australia and New Zealand and, m the winter, plays golf rw1ce a week m Fort Myers, Fla . . . . Ann Hawkes Paquin ' 5 2 wnce of her mother, Caroline Rogers Hawkes ' 2 7 : "Mother is 9 6 now, h a s lose most o fh e r eye 1ght and is deaf ( uses hearing aids and talk mg ook ) bur is very alert mental ly. Lost her left foot a year ago but has a prosche is and 1 wa kmg agam with a cane. Was fearured in 'Community Health Services Annual Report' w i th her physi cal therapist. Attends church in good weather. Loves visitors. My husband and I l ive w i th her on an old farm." . . . Margaret Davis Farnham '28 writes fondly of her Colby commencement, in which she and a male classmate ( both cho en for hortnes ) led the proces ton of faculty and students from the campus down to C i ry Hall (the Opera House ) , where Prexy Roberts awarded the degrees. In the last l 0 years she ha attended the graduations of 1 1 grandchildren from, variou ly, Bucknell and the universitie of Syracuse, M issouri, Norwich, R ichmond and Maine. Lascly she attended a granddaughter' graduation ceremonies at the United rates Air Force Academy in Boulder, Colo . . . . Esther Parker Wiley '28 died March 3 1 , 1 99 7 , at the age of 92 at the Wesley Health Care Center, aracoga prings, N . Y . , after a shore i llness. For 25 years she worked for the General Electric Company, retiring in 1 967 as a technical editor at the Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory. She is survived by a daughter, a son, a sister, three brothers, nine grandchildren and 1 2 great-grand ch1ldrt:11 . . . . On a visit to Boston in 1 929, Beatrice Palmer Frederick ' 2 9 learned of a cour e in library work spon ored by the Bo ton Public Library. If she finished the course, a job was guaranteed. I r being the start of the Great Depre sion, such an offer was impo sible to ignore. Mr . Frederick spent the next 36 years as

the c h ildren'- librarian i n the main branch of the library in Copley Square . . . . Ruth Young Forster ' 3 0 wntes memorably about being m Europe in the um mer of 1 93 9 on a bicycle tour, seeing troops everywhere in Na:i Germany, noting the ind ifference of the French to the approach of war, and, in London, watching the barrage balloons, the soldiers in trenches along the railroads and the evacuation of children from London. She was on the high sea in a neutral Dut..:h ship when war was declared. Gwendolyn Hardin Haynes ' 3 2 c ttes her award of a Fulbright grant for a year' residence and teaching in Brussels, Belgium, a perhaps her most memorable experience. Aside from chat, three children and ex ten ive world travels have filled her life. At 87 he lives with her on and family in Montgomery, Ala . . . . Three events stand out in the life of the Rev. Frederick R. Knox ' 3 2 : h i - marriage r o Dorothy Richardson 58 years ago ( he died m 1 9 7 9 ) ; the award on May 27. 1 949, of a 1 949 Chevrolet Deluxe -edan m recognt t ton of 1 0 years' service to the town of Chester, Ve., and the Chester First Baptist Church; and attendance at his 50ch class reunion m 1 982 with his daughter, Eli:abech Knox toddard ' S S , raking her mother's place and with his granddaughter, Shellie A. Stoddard '82, erving as guide . . . . Bertrand W. Hay ward '33 served for 2 7 years as a college presi dent and 14 year as an educator, but modesty prevents him from tell mg u which college. ( Bu t w e know L t w a s Philadelphia College ofTextiles and c 1ence. ) . . . Alma Fones Eshenfelder ' 3 3 ts a retired journa!t t a n d radio broadcaster who c laim- to be too old to remember a l l of the memorable things that ever happened to her. ( Ed . : we didn't want all; we only wanted one. ) . . . Evelyn M. Kelley '34 recalls Dean N inetta Runnals saying, "Learn to live and act with and for others; learn to thmk and judge for your elf." Al o, a- a partner in Oral Roberts's mint try he learned this: concentrate on the solu t LOn to a problem rather than on the problem . . . . Up m Middlebury, Vt., Wilfred Kelly '35 ts helping hi daughter, who i taking over the operation of his orchard . . . . A n ne Martel Eastman '3 5 , a native of Salem, Mass . , misses N e w England, where s h e spent many years as a teacher, but i happy where she is in the college town of Brockport, N.Y. (Question: what college is in Brockport ?} . . . Wilma Stanley Hill '35 lives in West Palm Beach, Fla., where she remembers plotting the arrivals of hurri canes only to find that they changed course at the last minute. David '35 and Ann Trimble Hilton '35 have visited Mrs. Hill in Florida everal times . . . . Dr. Milton Gilson '36 finds that h is most durable memory is that of meeting his wife at a dance . . . . Despite an excruciating case of shmgles (very severe since October 1 996), Ray Farnham ' 3 6 puts his troubles aside and play golf at a place where he is recognized as the "oldest crittur on the course." As a member of the C Club and wearer of the C, Ray wants to know where the other members are. He knows

of only eight ( those who have paid the modest dues) . . . . Harold Hickey '36 wrnes to say that urvi ving WWI I wa;, hi most memorable expe rience. Elsewhere m h is response to my ques tionnaire, he mentions having been mamed co h is wife, V i rgin ia, for 62 years. Hal wa a frater nity brother and a public speaker nonpareil one of a stable of howpiece speakers main tamed by Dr. Herbert Libby to annihi late the oppost· tton when we competed with other school . Asa H. Roach ' 3 6 died on Apnl 1 9, 1 99 7 , at age 8 3 . Mr. Roach was prominent in the public affa irs of the Houlton, Ma me, area. He wa chairman of the church council at St. Mary' Catholic Church, trustee of the Houlton School District, chairman of the Karahdin Area Coun c i l of the Boy Scouts of America and pre;,1dent of the Pleasant Street and St. Mary's school Parent Teacher Associations. He was also a member of the Lodge of Elks and the American Legion. As a trial lawyer, he was noted for hi sense of humor. After his retirement, he served as a volunteer attorney for Legal Services for the Elderly . . . . Two quotations from a letter by Hildreth Wheeler Finn '3 7 w i l l remain m my memory: 1 ) Some people complain that roses have thorn but others are happy that thorn · have roses; 2) Have an attitude with grati tude . . . . Martha Wakefield Falcone ' 3 8 came here from China at the age of 7 . Her first impre sion were of the order here: sidewalks, "tarred" roads, rugs on every floor-a world prepared for easy living. Now, many years later, Manha finds le s order but till feels that the liv ing here 1 easy . . . . Martha Sessom Gorman '38 has countless vivid memories, the most recent of which was her 80th birthday party, when her oldest daughter announced she was taking her mother on a two-week trip to Nor way, including a fjord cruise. Mrs. Gorman's mother was born m Norway. Her report on the scenery from Kirhenes to Bergen and L i l le hammer: spectacular. . . . Mary Herd Emery '38 lives quietly with her youngest daughter in Bangor, Maine. Two daughters, three sons, her church, and her flower gardens provide her with active interests . . . . Frederick B. Oleson ' 3 8 died at Emerson Hospital in Concord, Mass., o n April 1 2 , 1 99 7 , at t h e age of 8 1 . Throughout his t ime at Colby and throughout h is life, he wa heavily involved in scientific undertakings. He did graduate studies at Princeton University and the Ma sachusetts I nstitute of Technology and was a professor of physics at the University of Maine. At other points i n h is career he was a certified health phy�icist at Brookhaven Na tional Laboratory, B'r ookhaven, N . Y . , and was a consultant to Argonne National Laboratories in Chicago . . . . Wade '39 and Eleanor Tolan Hooker '36 regard the arrival of a great-grand son as the outstanding event of their l ives. Members of the family call the newcomer "The Great One." . . . Nat '39 and Helen Carter Guptill '39 nominate the marriage of their granddaughter as their memorable event of a lifetime. Nat (an ordained m i n ister) tied the

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Don't think of Gard i ner Gregory '39's life as anything like clut tered. From New York to Maine, Gregory's collections of insects, minerals and photographs are gathered in "home museums " Gregory has collected and raised insects since 1 93 1 . Over time the insect collections in h i s home in Long I s land , N Y. , became a resource for local grade schools and for the Long I s land Butterfly and Moth Society, of which Gregory was president Eventually the Gregorys· house became the H i cksville Gregory Museum. Many local school teachers asked for the add1t1on of rocks and minerals to the basement col lections, which soon outgrew two add itions to the home. In 1 970 the museum moved to the former court house 1n

1 n soc ial studi es-led Gregory to earn h i s master ' s i n education

Hicksvi l l e , where-despite the Gregorys' move to Castine, Ma1ne

from the University of Maine at Orono. I mmed iately he went back

it continues to be an invaluable resource to the community and

to school-as a teacher. While continuing to work on h i s P h . D . at

antic ipates its 35th anniversary.

Rutgers U n i versity, he taught summer sessions at the U n i versity

Along with collecting i nsects and minerals, Gregory has

of Maine and was princi pal of a number of high schools , an

acqu i red an extensive photograph l i brary. started while at Colby.

instructor and coach at Maine Maritime Academy, d i rector of

Two of the photog raphs, both of Mayflower Hill before the College

aud iovisual education for the North Plainfield Public Schools and

moved from downtown Waterv i l l e , were d i s p l ayed at the 1 939

d i rector of curriculum materials for the H i cksville Public Schools.

Wor l d ' s Fair. Many of G regory's photos have been made into the

Even after leaving the c lassroom, Gregory conti n ues to use

75 s l i de shows that he has produce d , rang i n g i n topic from Colby

h i s time to educate. He has written more than 38 books and

College to roc ks and m i n erals. Gregory g ives lectures as well as

pamphlets. He set u p the Castine H i storical Society i n 1 980,

slide show presentations. The s l i d e shows about the College can

established two wild garden preserves. one i n New Hampshire and one in Maine, and is 1n the process of restoring the Abbott

be found i n Spec ial Collections i n C o l by's M i l l er L i b ra ry.

School House i n Casti n e , where both he and his father, Arthur E.

H i s love of learning-he g rad uated from C o l by with a degree

Gregory ' 1 6 , were principals. He has a photo gal lery and a small m i neral museum i n h i s home, and he conti nues to raise insects, mainly moths, for school groups to study. I n stead of col lecting m i nerals now, he takes g roups out to study them. Gregory's dedication to learning has not gone unnoticed. He was inducted into the National Mineral and Lapidary Hall of Fame and received the Schoolmen Medal from the Valley Forge Freedom Foundation. Two decades ago th e town of Oyster Bay, N Y . , pro claimed February 1 1 , 1 978, as Gardiner and Anne Gregory Day.

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knor, and Helen helped the bnde' mother ll' ith the reception . . . . Muriel and Brewster Branz '40 feel rewarded m the achievements of thei r three o n s : a tenured professor m organic chem1 try at an Jo e tate; a partner m a Bo ton law firm; a senior c ientist at the National Renew able Energy Lab m Golden, Colo. Brewster has macular degeneration and is legally bl ind, bur his side vision is excellent and he m i l play bridge and golf ( wi th sporting help from ocher player ) . . . . Dr. Edgar P. Martin '4 1 d ied ep tember Z , 1 996. As the rec ipient of a doctorate of education degree from Boston Uni\'ersity in 1 960, he devoted his l ife to educa t ion. He con cluded his career as a professor of education at Eastern Connec r 1 c u t rate U n 1 versit\· . . . . Emanuel "Mann y " Fruman '42 continue> ro de erve our deepe t concern. Manny's most re cent, and unbelievable, piece of bad luck wa an operation for colon cancer in which the surgeon missed the cancer and took out omething else. o back Manny had to go while the surgeon gave it another try. Manny's wife d ied last year. However, h e met a lO\·ely woman 30 year· h is junior, and they were married in Apri l . . . . On a cruise aboard the Royal Od)·ssey, Bob Rice '42 and other pas engers got sick. ext crui e, pas enger on the Odysse)• got 1ck again. The third crui e was cancelled while the Odyssey wa laid up for a maior o\·erhaul, paint iob, and name change. Next time you see the Odyssey, he'll be the Norwegian Scar. . . . For an unforget•able experience, George H. Jahn '43 e t te h is er vice a battalion intelligence officer under Lt. Col. A . A . Vandegrift J r . , "one of the mo:t out randing Marine commander of World War I I . " Reca l l in g his commander' performance during the battle of l wo J 1 ma, George says, "Colonel Vandegrift's leadership and bravery have been an m pi ration to me for the rest of my life." George is mamed to the former Hope Mansfield '44 . . . . Howard R. Johnson '43 1 a professor emeritus of rel igion and pht!o ophy at Elm ira College. ( I learned thi from the 19 9 Colby Alumni Directory . ) Beyond that he says h is l ife has been filled with o many memorable occurrence t h a t h e c a n n o t g i v e us a n y detail . . . . Barbara Biedermann ' 4 3 relate how she landed m I nd i a the evening of I nd ira Gandhi's assassination and wa quarantined m the diplomatic enclave for 10 days with the re t of the foreign nationals while nots raged around them . . . . Patricia Ford Ellis '43 ha been mar ried to Albert Ellis '44 for more than 5 0 year , and they have three c h i ldren. Patricia has adopted genealogy as a hobby and has tracked her ancestry back to the 1 600s . . . . Rowen Kusnit Kessler '46 travels a lot with her doctor hu band, W i l l iam. At the time he wrote, they had J U t returned from T unis1a, Malta and S ic i ly . T h e Kesslers' t w o daughter were mamed m 1 996 . . . . John Lowell I l s ley '46, M . D . , i till practicing internal medicine out in Claremont, Calif. Six of hi patients are over 1 00 1 He is the father offive c h i ldren ( h is wife, Marilyn, died in eptember 1 99 6 ) and t h e grandfath e r of

1 2 . . . . Francis J . Heppner '46 enjoyed his 50th reunion so much that he wants to repeat it in a few years. At the t ime he wrote, h is oldest grandchild wa· turn i ng 8 . . Ardis Wilkins Holt '46 jumped off a tram at 2 o'clock in the mom1 ng in New Jersey when she was five months pregnant. ( There\ got to be more to th1 rory. 1'll try to imd out and let you know . ) . . . A picture honoring Faye O'Leary Hafford '46 for her achievements w i l l appear on a calendar sponsored br the Maine Centers for Women, Work and Commun i ty in Aroostook County, Maine. Ele\·en other women in the area will be s 1 m t larly honored for their achie\·ements . . Carolyn Woolcock Gaetske '46 cherishes the ew memory of meet i ng Ba, ti O'Connor in York City in the late '40-. Ac the t ime, O'Connor was head of the ational Foundation for Infan t i le Paralysis. At the meeting , Mrs. Gaet ke wa · pre-ented with a certi ficate of recognition for her work as ecretary of the � !aine, New Hamp shire and Vermont offices of the organi:ation . . . . Mary Roundy Beebee '46 1 deeply thankful for the pleasure given her by her three children and three grandchildren. -Fleccher Eacon

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Ernest C. M a r r i n e r R R # 1 , Box 1 8 1 5-P N o rt h Monmouth, M E 04265 207-933-2401 1 94 1

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A n n e Lawrence Bondy

There are 1 1 3 members of our class on the It t provided to me bv the Alumni Office. 1 x ty- two of u donated to the Alumni Fund m 1 99 5 -96. and for 1 996- 9 7 , 58 of us were donor . Long-nme cla agent Bob Bruce de erves the cred i t . . . . Five of us anended Reun ion Week end la·t June: Doris Rose Hopengarten, Stanley Kimball, Alleen Thompson, Lin Workman and I. I t's a fun time. Try it next year! . . . There were seven responses to the que t10nna1re we ent to one fourth of you la t spring. Oscar Emery i now a widower, his wife, Ramona, having d ied last year. He l ives m Wilsonville, Ore . , near h is son, who teache at Linfield College. 0 car v1 ited Maine last year and went to I rael la t May . . . . Lydia Farnham Johnson still operates the Brass Knocker Gift hop at the Vil lage Inn ( a fine re taurant) in Belgrade Lake , Mame-her 50th season in that business. he winter in Boca Raton, Fla . . . . John Foster and his companion, Len ice, do lot of sailing, some times along the Maine coast. John's book about B-24 with the Flying Tigers ha " old out," and last June he was consulting with A BC Prime Time on that subject. John l ives in Keene, N .H. He see brother Dekes Art Thompson regularly and Dick White occasionally . . . . Halsey Frederick and hi pouse, Trophy, still l ive in Bryn Mawr. They obedience train their Boston terners, which were voted number one and two in the U n ited States in 1 996. The Fredericks were gomg to Wimbledon for tennis in July and then on to Sweden. Halsey still owns some cla sic car , including a BMW 7 3 2 1 and a Volvo 7 3 5 . . . . A n ne (Jones '42 ) and John Gilmore enjoy Cape E l i:abeth year round, except for each Apnl at iesta Key, Fla. They celebrated 55 years of marriage on May 30. Like many of u they are Colby parents: Richard '66 and u anne

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Mary " Li z " H a l l Fitch 4 Canal Park #7 1 2 Cambridge, M A 0 2 1 4 1 6 1 7-494-4882 e-m a i l : Joh n_F1tch @msn .com 1 948

David and Dorothy Marson 4 1 Woods End Road Dedham, MA 02026 6 1 7-329-3970 fax: 6 1 7-329-65 1 8 1 949

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MacArthur '6 . . . . Frank J ewell i another snowbird-wi nter m I nterlachen, Fla., and summers in Laconia, N .H . He and Lois are active in church work, especially sacred music, and h e is a Food For Life delivery per on . . Stan Kimball, retired ( w ho in our cla isn't ? ) , lives in Cleveland, i m good health a n d enjoys h is children, their spouses and especially the grandchildren . . . . And speaking of grandch i l -

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dren, Wendy Marriner (daughter of John ' 7 0 ) w a s valedic torian o f her high school c l a, o f 4 5 0 seni,)r' 1 n a Chicagll suburb thi. year; and Howard M i l ler\ g rand,,nn, j o,hua �oro:. of Sl>quel, c,1l if. , a "C\'Cnth grader, rec e nt l y won an essay conrc,,t spononred by the Fraternal Order of Pol ic e in the Golden State. Don't ever a l lege that we don't have uper grandchi ldren. . . . M y two weeb on the l i ttle island of M<ilta la::.t winter were a fun vacation. If you want tu know anything about the K11 1ghr, of St. John, a:,k me. K i Orana!-which b the Maori way of saying both helln and good-hye 1 11 the Conk blands.

-Emesr C. Marriner

Dr. Bovie in t<>wn r hear hi> medical �torie,, and see s l ides. he even saw rhe beginni ng' of the Bnvie electric knife, wh ich 1 11 larer year >he also ob;en·ed in her experience 111 her nurs1 11g -;chool opernr i ng mom. What a fu l l life, V i r g i n i a ! AnJ th1., 1s 'o for many of our "retired" c la;smates, inc luding my.,elt. It\ i;reac to keep inv,1lved and rea,unably active 1n our late 70-,, i sn't it? Do let me hear from more of you ;non and thanb.

our chagr111. After a while, I felt departure was the best idea before they hecame too c urious <ibout U>." . . . . Barbara Soule Hoover, who not '>ll long ago went on a Panama c ruise/tour, more recently enjoyed touring New England , "revi it i ng r laces where we use<l to l ive and play." She an<l Donald l ive 111 Savannah, G a . , where she's account111g ecretary/treasurer at A . O. Services, Inc. The Hoover have two sons, David and Allan, a:, well as a grandson. -Naomi Collen Paganelli

46 You've probably noticed that the Class of

-Bonnie Rohen� Hachaway

It\ mid ummer as I write thi'>- ome sum mer vacat ion<; are uver. other .,t i ! I to come. Floyd Harding feel., thar he has the he,,t uf buth worlds- um mer in Maine, w i nters 1n Flcmda and say., "lei>urely" is how he spend-. h" t i me ( is that not perfec t ? ) . F k1yd's granddaughter, Dan ielle Donovan, who wa-. a member of Pre>quc Isle\ state champion,h ip haskerbn l l team ( he

'46 has been con p1c uous by 1t absence from the c la>s notes in Colby magazme. After the Greeting·, cla smates, from the green great flu rry of togetherness for the 5 0th, 1t woods of New Hamp> h 1 re . Our Mt. Laurel ha:, .,eem" a shame to lo e touch-so, here we go. passed but was rorgeous for many days. I was We' l l need you to update informat ion , and you del ighted to hear frnm a few of you and hope w i l l receive a questionnaire once a year. But more of you w i l l write me for the next c las don't wait for the questionnaire if you have letter . . . . Stanley Gruber is sem 1 new>-send It along to me. G rand ret1red a n d in "good >hape. " H e c h i ldre n ? Travel 1 Study ? Retire N EWSMAKERS serves as chairman o f t h e board for ment ? Advice ? Wm the lottery? the Bank of Wood toc k , Vt., ;:ind . . . Thi is a good spot to apologi:e Kent State U n i versity Pres recently brought out The Romance of he and his wife, Ether, a soc ial to V i r g i n i a B l a i r S e n s i b a u g h , History in honor of Lawrence S. Kaplan '4 7 , emeritus profes or of worker, have rwo grandchi ldren . whose n a m e g o t turned around i n history at Kent State. A collection of artic les and essays by Kaplan's Stan ley enjoy golf, sa i l ing and the reu rnon book. Hannah and former students and colleague , The Romance of History 1 a tribute downh i l l s k i i ng. He rec a l l,, the old Carol and 1 were pretty upset when to his influence on the writing of the history of U nited Stares' campus with the "porato train" pass we n w it (our fau l t ) and couldn't foreign relations. i ng through the campus area. ( I figure our how 1 t happened. Sorry, remember them well, too, for I had G 1 11ny . . . . Gene and I were on to either hustle across their tracks j ust before campus recently on one of those sparkl ing fal l graduated with honors from the choo l ) , 1 one they arrived or wait man)' moments, often with d a y that only M a i ne c a n produce. The atmo of Maine's top runners . . . . J oan Gay Kent wa Prof. Colgan, after my late afternoon psych phere was v ibrant and the campus glorious. on the graduation circuit last spri ng-Ca l ifor seminar cour e. We both lived i n town, I with J ust think, we knew i t when. Hope you all get nia for her granddaughter's graduation from Prof. Warren's fami ly. ) . . . Ben Hains ha been to know it now . . . . Please let me hear from Stanford and New Hampsh ire for her grand retired for 1 2 year , but he too keeps active. He you-soon. n iece's high schnol graduation. At home 1 11 Port -Anne Lawrence Bondy j o i ned a fime s club and volunteers two days a Wash ington, N . Y . , J oan i deeply involved 111 week at I n land Hospital in Waterv i l le, where he researching and writing a local history book, Bill Crowther sent regrets that he couldn't has erved 3 ,000 hours to date. Hurrah for you, fund ra i ing for the local h istorical oc 1ery and attend our reun ion but hoped the rest of us Ben. He also serves on the board of directors at the publ ic l i brary and erving on the town of would "enjoy a memorable few days of rem inis Good W i l l - H i nckley School . He and his wife, North Hemp read landmarks comm ission. Joan cence and nostalgia together." We d id , indeed ! Marion, have a daughter and a son , both em ,hares her home with " un hine the Wonder He and h is wife, A l ice, l ive in Westport, Conn., ployed and with four grandchi ldren , ages 2 - 1 7 . Cat," a beautiful M a ine coon cat . . . . Arnold where he owns a company spec i a l iz ing in inter Surely both of them spend valued time with Grossman, a ret i red denti t l iv ing in East national market ing commun ications and she them. . . A letter from Virginia Moore Fremon Falmouth, Mass., i part-ti me adj unct professor works part t ime a an administrator i n a fitness report that she is liv ing w ith her husband, at Cape Cod Commu n i ty College. He says that organization. The i r fam i l y consists of three R i chard, i n Hackettstown , N . J . She retired from when he graduated from Colby he never antici daughters and three grandchildren. After work pated being a college professor-which is j ust Bel l Labs in 1 980 but is c urrently a volunteer ing in the international divi ion of R ichardson computer expert for an Ecumenical church in exac tly what he came to be-at Tufts. . Vicks, I n c . , B i l l rook early retirement and is her town . he and her husband have four mar Margery Owen Fallon writes that ometh i ng currently a member of the Westport Planning she never antic ipated doing after Colby was ried c h i ldren, six grandch ildren, a 3 0-year-old and Zoning Commission. Hobbies are flying ( he v isiting Berkeley Spring, W.Va . , a hostelry with horse and a 5 -year-old cat named J un ior. V ir is a l icensed pilot) and sai l i ng . . . . John and I ginia was not well for many years and finally in a m i neral springs spa. "Great getaway," Marge are recently back from a very i nteresting trip to May '96 was d iagnosed with raging Lyme d is reports . . . . Dorothy Sanford McCunn and Ian Eastern Europe and plan to be going soon to had the good fortune to explore Texas last ea e, and after a year of treatment is beginning fam i l y r e u n ions on Lake G eorge a n d i n spring-in Apr i l , j ust the right t ime to see the to recover. Praises be ! she can now do some M issou r i . . . . I believe everyone knows b y now wildflowers, according to Dee. She said they gardening and house keeping, sings in her church that our i n d i v idual column did not end with were " pectacular" this year because the winter choir and even does volunteer work. Over the our reunion, so please con t i nue to send me had been damp. I r is a l o the migratory season '96 Christmas season she sang i n Handel's "Mesyour news. for birds, writes Dee, and she saw "birds that iah" as a member of the Water Gap S ingers. We -Mary "Liz" Hall Fitch we'd never see up north. We also had a v is i t by are happy for you, V irginia. She also serves as an an a l l i gator who swam across the pond to u s as ordained elder i n her Presbyterian church, as Charlie and Libby Hall Cousins wrote soon as we arrived. We had been told that she well as parti cipating in Bible studies. She fondly from Duxbury, Mass., that they have four sons wou ld but I figured they were kidd i ng. Her 1 6recalls going through the snow at Colby i n the and 1 0 grandchildren. One son is an architect; foot husband was right under the dock, much to evening with Diana Weisenthal Opton to visit

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other are a m e teo rolog is t , a ·ales manager for a ilk creening company and a college counselor for a preparatory school i n Pa w l i ng, .Y. Libby report , " till m ud d l i ng along domg a l ittle rennis, kt ing, g a rd en i ng and traveling. What el e can we do at our age 1" How long ago wa that weddmg David attended 1 . . . Peg Clark Atkin , oursupercla agent, wrote t ha t <he and her husband, Harold, attended commencement at the Uni\•er ity of Dallas, where their young est son earned h is M . B . A . summa cum laude. In J une, Peg and Harold toured eanle, Vancou\'er and the Can ad i a n Rockie by bu and tra in. That mp al o included ferry rides, float planes, nver rafting and a walk on a g lac ier. . . . A thank you to Ruth R o ge r s Doering, who has bee n so helpful provi d mg u with news. he was p l anrnng a fami ly reunion in Cal ifornia in J u l y atherolde t daughter' home. She also ha a on with a family tn Ann Arbor, M ic h . , and a younge r da ught erand husband who live in Wyo mmg. All will attend the reunion. Ruth also

Dorothy's 1 0th trip and Da\·id' econd. We are also planning to do some sail i ng in rhe Caribbean in February and perhaps w i l l spend some time ashore in t . John . . . . We want to thank so many of our corre pondent who have '''rttten Yery complimentar y notes concern mg t h i s column. We rry harJ, bur your help has been mrnluable. Keep send i ng the letter and note and p lan on arrendmg our 50rh reunion next ·pring. -David and Dorochy Marson

I am deeply mdebred ro Nell Macdougall Parks, our Alumni Counc il repre entati\·e, for

her letter to the class applauding Colby stu dents' community service work during Colby Cares Day last April. Her letter brought several re pon.es, especially regarding the shmjng up of the old number 470 steam locomoti\'e, which \\'e should all remember well from dodgmg trams that ran nghr through campu . Ray De i t z re membered that when he fir t amved by train in Warer\' l l le late one January ni g h t-a 2 3 -year old who'd J USt spent four years in the a\"Y and 30 months m the ourh PaCific aboard a heavy cruiser-he wa< duped by a taxi driver who drove him around for 10 minute before depo iring him on the campus. Ray didn't reali:e he'd been windled until the next morning when he awoke, sun·eyed h i new surroundings and d is covered the tram muon j ust across the street. "- o much for a city slicker meeting a native M a i ner, " Ray concludes. He also tell of how he

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N e w ton Bates and his wife, h1rley. li\'e in V i neland, N .J . Newt, retired as a department travel fnend. . . . Natalie Pretat Arnold 11\·es m tore manager and now a home handyman, Foster, R . l . , and both she and her hu·band, recently had bypas urget)' bur reports he is Franklin, are retired and l o n n g 1t. ( The1r four fee l mg iine. They have e\·en children and 1 1 children and 10 grandchildren march Libby and grandchildren and spend their ummer at their Charlie Cousin 's number. ) They p la n ned a camp m Sandbornville, N . H . , enjoying fishing, cruise m J une along the coa t of orway (an sw imm i ng and traveling around the New En otherpotenually cool mp) and, next year, a mp gland area. . Philip Dine 1s one of the few to Vene:uela to \'!Sit their on and hi,; family. member ofour clas who ha n ' r retired and ays Both Natalie and Franklin \'olunteer a n d are he works too hard. He and Barbara live in active in their yacht and garden c l ub · . . . . Helen Hanover, Mass. , where he 1 the CEO of a Knox Elliott wrote from her home financial company. Daughter An m onh Carolma that he and h er drea and her hu band, Jeff, a rab Dorothy Sanford McCunn '45 had an alligator hu band, Charle , are enjoymg the binical student, j ust spent a year in mild wmters of orth Carolina af Israel. Daughter K an n ' husband, encounter during her visit to Texas. A female ter42 year in Mas achusett . He l e n Brian, is a helicopter p i lot a t F r . gator swam toward her and her husband Ian, while wrote , "Udng in a ret1rement com Camp bell, Ky. Phil and Barbara re munity has many advantage . There cently returned from a trip to I taly, underneath the dock, a 1 6-foot male lurked. They 1s much le work to do, and the Israel and Jordan and were plannmo large w1mmmg pool i del ightful one to Turkey . . . . Charles Gar left "before [the alligators] got too curious." on hot days. The mountain are on land, l i v i ng in my hometown of our we t, and the ocean lies to the W ilm i ng t o n , Del. , is retired from east. Durham ( the c i ty of medicme ) , Raleigh and hi roommate went to Mary Low-Louise Du Pont and ha traveled to Egypt, Hong K on g , (the capital city) and Chapel H i ll ( with its Coburn dorm on the hill, "asked for two dates Ba n gkok , ingapore and Bal i . Their next trip i and down came rwo a t t rac t i ve young women. to Fij i, New Zealand an d A us tra l i a . . . . G eo rge university) are outstanding communi tie where My roommate elected one, never dated an J ohnston and hi wife, Bernadette, rra\•el to culture, history and civic progre s abound." other and married her! Now that i love at fir t We received a very nice note from Elizabeth Albuquerque, N .M . , ac ra m e nto, Calif., and Fort Myer , Fla. They live in West S p ri n gfie ld . sight." . . . Marguerite Baker Stackpole said that Coomb Corke Myers, who ask where the Mass., and have five c h ildren . . . . Gloria Gor not only is she a Waterville native but that her years have gone. Betty wanted us to know that don Goldman j u t returned home to Fram father was a locomotive engineer on the Mame two of our clas mate celebrated two big birth mgham, Ma s . , from a wonderfu l rnp to Central Railroad for many years. "Hence, No. day : he and J a n ic e McKenney Crossman Denmark, Norway, weden and Finland. She 4 70 LS really a fine monument to that indu-rry of Murph y pent the fir t week of February in Vail, has retired from reaching bur i working pan ye rerday, and I am pleased that the engine was where 30 inche of snow made for uper skiing. t ime as assistant to the owner of an ad specialty 're-discovered."' She says she would tuck the The best part of thi birthday wa that rhey k1ed business . . . . To add to all the travelers, Charlie clipping Nell sent into her copy of"that wonder for "free." ( Peg walks on glacier , Ruth went to '49 and I took a trip to Ireland and the cotti h ful little book," Colby College , A Venr:ure of Faith, Iceland, Natalie went ro Norway, and Betty, H ighland in May. Last winter, a lo n g with compiled by Aneste Fotiades '89. Marguerite Janice, Charlie and Libby enioy k iing. Didn't Connie Leonard Hayes and her husband, Dick, al o reca ll s that she lived in the annex to Mary they get enough cool weather at Colby to last a we spent 10 wonderful days in Barbados. Connie Low senior year along with Shirley Fellows ltfettme?) Betty correctly peculated that we Bernier, Marge Plaisted, Louise Leavenworth, spends a lot of t ime with her eight grandch i l were getting ready to enioy the boat and hoped dren, w h o l ive nearby. T h a t number will soon Mary Lou Clare and Donna Barter Billings. that Dorothy's trip to I rael was a marvelous increase to 10 w ith the arrival of expected . . . George ( G . I . ) Smith write that he i looking experience. (k was ! ) . . . By the t i me this col twins . . . . J ames Doughty and w ife Florence forward to attending our SOth in 1 999. Hi ad umn gets into print we w i l l be off for a few days l i ve in Scarborough, Maine, and have three dre s is 15 iesta Court, Portola Valley, CA in Italy and then on to I rae l . Th i will be

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c h i ldren and even grandchi ldren . Two are graduated from college, one is attend i ng now and four are wa it ing to go. J im ha-> rerned from an in,urance career into golf . . . . For all of you retirees spending time on the golf course you may w ish you were s t i l l in Waterv i lle. It seems that M ike "Fl uff' Cowan, Tiger Woods' caddie, gave a c l inic and greeted golfers at the M id M a ine Medical Center Benefit Golf Tourna ment held at Waterv ille Country Club. Bob Marden wa· a member of the committee plan ning the event. " Fl uff" Cowan i a Fairfield native and graciously took time away from hi busy schedule to attend the charity tournament. -Virginia Davis Pearce

hy becom ing c o m p u t e r l i terate. Aft e r 1 x months a n d 30 hour u f c l as,e, , I am ' r i l l so preoccup ied w i th the wonderment at wh;H this technological cri t ter can do rhar l can't yet Jo it. o I am nor re;1Jy yet fur m uch hcyonJ Sol i taire, hut Henry Fales J r. , Orlean�. Ma5. . . ha., become an encourager for me and ha'> offered the use of h 1 s e-mail adJre .., for u' m u,e ( colbyS l @c4.net) Ll l can 'end my column via J i,c rn � teaJ of hand ,cri p t . Henry\ word<. "de light the Alumni Offic e . " What a great m,1d ern opt ion to h e l p keep u 111 rnuch-'n keep 111 touch-there, here or '>Omewhere! Are you computer li terate l -Barbara J effenon \XIalker

Dave Lynn anJ his letter writers, and, of course,

to the c l a-,,mate� who con m hured . . . . And now from the corrc>pcmdence file: Barbara Gifford Whitepine 1' retired and l ivmg 111 Brunswick, Mame, where after 44 years she has taken up the hantnne horn <igam and plays w i th other old timer> in Bath and Boothbay Harbor ba nds . . . . Bill Cushman, M . D . , li ve� m Texas, where he 1' eng;iged 111 corporate drug rest1 11g pro gra m -; 111 <i fi\'e-srare area . . . . J ean Hunting ton Brobeck , who remed in 1 986 after having rnughr school 111 Maine, Massachusem., l lli no1 , Germany, Bangkok and V 1 rgm 1a, ha moved from W1 cas,et, Mame, to Bedford, Va. . . . Rich ard Cru mmett 1s l1 vmg m Reading, Pa. , ;inJ I'> ret i red after ha\·mg worked at more th,111 a dozen J 1 fferenr iobs. He say of tho e who have not vet reti red. "They must not have much 1 mag111ar 1on ! " -Paul M . Aldrich

No new news regarding YBLOC, hut I Our 4Sth reunion ha.5 wml' and gone, d i d think of you all when I read about a man who and a memorable reunll)n it wa, ! Th 1rry- n 1 11e of had been convicted for beanng a wel l-behaved. us from ' 5 2 , plu-, e 1ghr -,pouse and children from ocher cla ses, along with 1 7 other spou es and people-oriented donkey ( m ule) being used in a nativity scene. I am s t i l l wa iting ro hear who guests, conmbuteJ to a great weekend. We helped Sylvia Fredette Schurin and Audrey could not help ohser\'mg th<1t hut for a few John Lee was the gue�t peaker for the Bostwick stuff YBLOC i n to a VW for a ride modest aJjusrments to ha1rl 1 11c' and wa1s t l 1 11cs, opening Jay nf As1an-Pac1fic Hemage Monrh at the Army Log1st1cs Management College on through Waterv i lle. After 50 years the tarute of we really haven't changed-much . . . . One of l imitations for a conviction i sure to have run the h ighl ights of the weekend wa the poseMay 2. A> of May 2 7 , John was nil wa1ring for out-so confess . . . . Connie Preble h 1s book, Chinese Odyssey, t o go out Anding, Tucson, Ariz. , after 3 5 years on the bookshelve ; it had been of marriage, fam ily, travel agency printed but wa awamng binding. R i chard Crummett ' 5 2 is retired after having career and grand parenting, now fan . . . Phil Hussey was elected to a worked at more than a dozen d i ffe rent jobs. He tasizes about reversing the aging three-year rerm a a rru tee of the proces and becoming suddenly thin, Portland Symphony Orchestra at says of those who have not yet ret i red, "They gorgeous and smart. Can't wait to i ts annual meet mg m May . . . . Jane m ust not have much imaginatio n ! " see herat our 50th reunion . . . . Ted McLeod Hinson remed i n M ay af Weaver, Huachuca City, Ariz., has ter directing special program at rhe retired from three job : Pacific TeleUn iver ity of Mame-Machia . he banquet performance o f t h e acc l a i med Bo-.ton phone, churc h furniture sales; stained glass sales has been act ive 111 the field of publication for all professional cabaret piano and vocal d uo, "Ben her years ince graduarion. The highlights of her and services; and Silverado Modieska Recre career are rhe organi:at1on of um mer Elderho tel a t ion and Park District . He has raised a now 1 5 and Brad." Ben is the son of Ben 'SO and Nancy programs and act1v1rie at UMM' Calai Cen Ricker Sears. Thei r repertoire of show tune of year-old grandson from the rime he was 5 . Travel "our nme" added the nostalgia ingredient that ter and the recent completion of rhe Washing· to A laska and Europe are a hope for his makes for a succes ful reun ion. . Norma future . . . . Kershaw Powell, a Waterville, Maine ton County Leader hip In m u te, a training Bergquist Garnett, president, Barbara Bone center for part i c i pants who are com m i t ted to dentist, was honored by the local YMCA for his the well-being of the country. During retire Leavitt, vice president/Alumni Council repre volunteer efforrs in fund raising for and helping sentative, and yours truly, your scribe for the ment she hopes to catch up on per onal to build a new sports faci l i ty in town . . . . Charles projects-more time at the piano and trying our next five year , appreciate your confidence in Tobin, Dennisport, Mass., ha retired from trans her pamting talent -and expecrs to spend more elect ing us to guide the Class of '52 into the 2 1 t portation sales but not from the "Old Whale ti me with her fami ly. She has a son who is a local century. And do mark your calendars now for Inn." He has bought a home in Sun City Center, our SOth reunion-the year is 2002 ! Some 20 businessman right m Calai , two more sons in Fla., and will split t ime between homes. . . . Wish busine s in Greensboro, N.C., and a daughter in good souls have already volunteered to help I could inc lude a picture with this column-got Greensboro a well. . . . Bob Wulfing is looking with the planning . . . . Encouraged by di c u a great one of William Heubisc h, Anaheim, sion of the I n ternet and Colby's Web page forward to our SOth reunion ( hope to see him Calif. , on a card saying, "Re t i rement is a ( h t tp://www.colby.edu/alumni/) we are devel next year at 4 5 , too ) . He says he remembers Gas." . . . Ernie Fortin, usually arasota, Fla., fondly the old campus and old friends such as oping a Web page for our class. We hope to have but renting for the summer in Fairfield, Maine, G i l Tallmadge, Sonny Harrison a nd Red it up in the fall. Currently the e-mail addresses wrote about the cholarship fund established in of 1 8 c las mates are listed on Colby' Web page. O'Halloran ' 50. Bob and his wife, Joan, are both the name ofCoach Lee Will iams. He reminds us retired and living in Wallingford, Vt. Bob's e It can be accessed by adding <clubhouse/> to of the great basketball team our class had, in the above address, then c licking on White Pages, c luding Warren Finegan, Ted Sh iro, J oh n mail address is mwulfing@aol. com when they are nor traveling, as they have lately to I taly, then ' 5 2 . Add your address if you l ike, or send i t Crawford and others. Ernie was to attend to me a n d I w i ll see t h a t it is added . . . . The England, France, Greece and Turkey . . . . Al Alumni College and says that Cynthia Cook, results of the 1 997 Alumni Fund campaign are Whittaker also can be reached by e-mail (A2 Sarasota, Fla., also was to attend . . . . Lucille WHITT ) . Al remembers the cold Vets Apart· now in, and the Cla s of ' 5 2 is to be congratu Tarr Twaddel, Portland, Maine, has retired lated for having exceeded our $40,000 goal by men ts, the walk to the library in a leather jacket, from nursing education. Her "want to do next Lambda Chi , Frank Gavel ' 5 1 and Bob Morrow 2 .09 percent. Of equal note is our participation list" includes a balloon ride, parasail ing, travel rare: 57 .87 percent of our class contributed. Of ' 5 1 and has lost touch with early roommare ing around the world and learning new cultures. Perley Dean. Al left Colby at the end of so pho the reunioning classes, only the Class of 1 94 7 Go for it, Lucille ! . . . M y own latest adventure/ more year to fly for the Air Force, serving from did better, w i th 8 5 . 4 2 percent. Our thanks to challenge has been to become a modem person

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195 1 to 1 9 S S , then returned to Colbv to finish in 1 95 7 , another "Vets Apt Vet." He has raised four daughter and one tepdaughter. N ow he finds time to raise very fine Maine Coon cat . . . . Richard \Vetmore recently mo"ed to Kinderbrook, N.Y., afrer rettring as an execu nve m the in urance busines world. He ays hi new home in the country 1 l ike a vacat ion home and he just can't get enough of its feeling. Both of his sons have gone to college; h is older on just graduated from medical school, outh western at Dallas, and h i s youngest son i a enior at yracuse chool of Archi tecture. He ay that Colby nurtured hi enthu 1asm for literature and that he felt it wa a fine environ ment for many wonderful people, all tho e stu dent and faculty t h inking about the future a a common goal. He wonder whether 1t might be wonh while to e t up an active network ing arrangement through which graduate and their offspring might help each other profes sionally . . . . 1 received a hon note from Bobbie tudley Barnette, who recently m,wed back into her Cape Cod home after renting m East Orleans for eight mon t h while maior renm·a llon were being made. he ays everyone thinks her new add ition i "qu ite Californ i a n . " (Priscilla Eaton B i l l ington a n d I .aw for our elves in mid-August when we tra\'eled to . ee Bobbie . ) . . . ome time ago I reported that Elizabeth Schwan: ' 9 1omed u m our finance department here at Wakefield D istribution. A third of the nme of us have Colby ne no .\' that we have John R iley, who 1 R i chard Bart lett 'SS' on-in-law . . . . Don't forget to mark your calendar for the 4 S th reunion-around the fir t week of J une 1 998.

-Barbara Easterbrooks Maile )

J. Robert Alpert live m Dalla , Texa . where he is an mve tor with The Alpert Com panie and his wife, id el, i a creen writer and author. l n h 1 pare time he enjoy golf, tenni , reading, travel, and pending summer m Bastad, weden. Bob's daughter, Laura, i a family practice artomey, on Robert is a fund management company president, and son Chn topher is a U . . Marine Corps capta in. Bob has two granddaughter and c u rrently i working with his wife on a movie projen, "A ingle Pebble," ba ed on a book by John Hersey. . . . Chrisrmas '96 brought new of their year of "firsts" from Winnie Robert on Miller and husband Nate ' S S in Mt. Ki co, N .Y. Nate experienced his fir t full year of ret i rement, and Winnie aid she would retire once they've de cided where to make their permanent winter home; ummers will be pent in Northeast Har bor. They are expenencing the delight of their ftr t grandchild and enjoyed their first trip to the West Coast last September to v1 it their on and his wife, who is the ship's doctor on the U.S.S. Sacramento. They toured the an J uan Islands outside Seattle, then drove down the coast as far as San Francisco and Carmel. Nate and Wmnie also are looking forward to explor-

mg the shoreline around Mt. Desert in their newly purchased coastal kayaks. And congrats to N ate on ht� fir t hole-in-one ( I 1 yard, 7 wood) . . . . Another Christmas note came from Carolyn Perron Hennig and husband Bill ' 5 2 . Like some o f t h e rest o f u , Carolyn h a d cataract surgery last fall. he and Bill enjoy winters in N ap les, Fla., and summer in Kennebunkport, Maine. l n Mav '96 they tra\·eled ro Greece, crui-ed the Greek lslands, then visited Turkey. Their t\\''� randchildren are now ages 1 1 and 1 3 , with the older one becoming quite a com petitive ski racer. . . . I n the April issue, we wrote that Herb Adams ran for the Di trier 1 6 seat i n the Mame House of Representatives. He ha,. ince written to us to report that he lost his elec t ion bid. Good try, anyway ' Herb ts presi Jent of Ryan-Adams Consulttng Services, and h 1 · wife 1s a retired attorney . . . . Georgia Roy Eustis writes from W i ndham, Mame. She rook early retirement in October '96 from her nurs ing career, or "semi-retirement" a. she put 1t, smce she 1s working for six month m Florida and taking um mer off at the lake in Maine . In J uly she J Omed the "Med icare Brtgade ." Gig' spare time act1vtt1es i nc lude the theater, con certs, grandson , dsitmg children in various pan· of the country and attending computer and auto mechanics c lasses. " [ travel alone by c ar, so I hould know someth ing," she say . She writes amcle for maga:mes and other publica t ions and is hoping to finish '"The' novel be fore I h1t 7 0 ! " . . . Trudy Jefferson Humme l ha retired from managing an emergency room office and c a l ls Tiffin, Ohio, her home. he ha four chi ldren, the youngest of whom i receiv ing a Ph.D. in computer science and will be teach ing at the Univers i ty of I l l inois, and she 1 bu y takmg care of her grandson, a l most 2 . Trudy w a m Phoenix i n '96 and saw Robert "Ace" and J oan Hall Parker when he received rhe cott dale Library Award.

-Bill and Penny Thresher Edson

Let me ltSt some 1 997 first for Don Hoaglund: he sailed around the Hom of South Amertca; he performed with two different bands on the same day-the first a parade and, later, a 1azz gtg; he had hi first television performance; he played hts horn for a television commercial; he sold a historical piece written about a gold mining rown in the ierra Nevada mountains; he completed a massive five-volume Air Force cour e and 1 now a captain in the Civil Air Patrol ! I t i only July as I write thi -egad! He al o listed some seconds, but we'll save that for another time. He is only semi-retired . . . . l read

the grand tribute-Alumn us of the Year-that Governor Dummer Academy paid to Jack Deering, who was celebrating h is S Oth reunion. J ack and Ann ( Burnham) both serve their school we l l . Congratulatio ns . . . . J udy and Andy Boissevain, who are in Sequim, Wash. , have four active beehive ; he comment that bee stings do not cure arthritis. Andy extol the beauty of the Pacific Northwest; he and Judy

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have a small RV for exploring the i r area and ter a. the northeastern regional data gatherer professional ly with ZIA doing kmderhosteling have been to Arizona for a mountain bike trip. grandparents with grandchildren ( he has I 0 ) . anc.l in her spare t i me works with peace action They may head east th is fa l l to see our bri l l iant Margot looks forward to being i n S t . John, anJ economic j ustice groups. She sees a few colors and backpack at M t . KatahJin. H is favor Labrador, for rhe 500th an11 1versary of the land c las maw> at Northfield-Mt. Hermon c lass re ite professors inc lude Koon and W i l l iams anJ ing of John Cabot and visiting the Grenfell un 1 o n s . . . . Fran ( W ren ' 5 8 ) a n d Bob Dean George N ickerson. Anyone remember a Raymond's first granddaughter was born on station. She recall the blizzard and the mell of car being pushed into Johnson Pond ? . . . Arthur the Kennebec R i ver. And her trip> back to Fran's birthday last J anuary. Bob has had two "Chick" Marchand died last ) uly 8, shortly after M innesota on the train for vaca tion hreak were fulfi l l mg careers, m the Air Force and now as the town of omerset, M as ., honored him as Epi copal priest in H u l l 's Cove, Ma ine. He beyonc.l belief; one train trip took three days. the only town adm ini-craror Somersct has known Margot was in the old Fos Hall and want' to wou l d l i ke to hear from Bob " C h u gger" and as the "number one asset of the town." know who the Foss Hall hnu emother was-and Rhodes. Bob, if you get this in Tewksbury, Chick, who was to ret i re October 1 . stud ied wonc.ler if any remember Sociology Profe sor drop us a l ine for the next newsletter. . . . Dom government at Colby and spec ialized in public R ichard G i lman . . . . Thanks. anc.l we'll he tn Tranqu illo Rainer continues a a stockbroker admini trat ion in graduate school. He began his touch next mne. even though husband R ichard is now retired. career in town admin istration in 1 966 as a -Jane M 1llw Dornish After taymg home for 10 years and raismg two selectman. . . Dorothy Couillard Carlson chi ldren, she began a career of much greater wri tes from Pikesv i l le , Ky., that she i a profes or Some long-lost vrnces have been heard proportions than he ever expected. She would of psychology/education at a community col from ince I last wrote thi� column . R uthann l ike to hear from J oyce Frazier Fraser, as lege. She fondly recalls freshman year at Foster wou ld I. Joyce, drop me a line . . . . Hope Simmonds MacKinnon i� hack a t rhe family H a l l and the friendships formed there. he had home tead in J effer on, Mame, after 40 years of Palmer Bramhall l ists her occupation as "pro a wonderful v isit in W i l l iamsburg with Don and fessional volunteer." Her current proiect 1s world travel . Her husband 1s a profe >Or of conGinny Coggins Eilertson, Bob ' 5 4 M a me Medical Center, after she a n d Helen Chambers Cross, Paul finished as cha irman ofT ate House, N EWS MAKERS Portland's o ldest h istortc house and Bev Mosettig Levesque and Ann Eilertson York. "The ti mes museum. he and Peter have four Richard Lyon ' S O received t h e Out they are a-changing." he says. daughters and a 3 4-foot sai lboat standing Cimen Award from the they often "run i nto" Colby c l ass From Warrenton, Va., Pinkie Fall Counc i l on Agmg in Barre, Mass . . . . ma tes on the h igh seas. They love Achor remember the fun of being When Jane McLeod Hinson ' 5 3 re travel ing abroad, and they plan to in the boys' quadrangle and rhe "big tired as outreach coordinator at the continue planning and tour i ng and snow. " The snow sculptures from U niversity of Maine ar Machias, she promise that no grass w i l l grow W i nter Carn ival lasted and lasted, was awarded a presidential cemficate under their feet . Perhaps we should he recalls, and the walls of snow of appreciation for her work spreading have a travel seminar at the next changed the look of the campu as the word aboutopportunities in higher reunion ? . . . A sad note to end we followed paths dug our for us. education . . . . A syndicated column this column-our condolences to G reat times! . . . Read i ng further in The New York Times and other Thomas LaVigne ' 5 8 Mary Ann Papalia Laccabue and from the q uest i o n n a i res-and newspapers by Lovejoy award-winner fam i l y on the death of her daugh thanks to you all for responding-I John Kifner featured Robert B. Parker ' 5 4 , crearor of the Boston ter Andrea. This courageous and find Carol Smith Brown th ink ing based detective Spenser . . . . Victor Ladetto ' 5 5 , recently retired remarkable young woman was an abou t the bl izzard , remembering from the Andrew B. Cushman School in Dartmouth, Mass., was inspiration to those who knew her walking to town the third day and lauded by the commun i ty for h is 10 years a a teacher and 29 as or knew about her. seeing a "man come by on horse principal at the school. . . . Peter Doran ' 5 8, professor of commu -Kathy McConaughy Zambello back deliveri ng, of all things, ice nity health at the University of M a i ne at Farmington, and his wife, cream." She and Herb continue tO Lois, were honored recently for their 20 years of service to the Hello, all ! Sally and 1 want travel in the ir RV and planned to Belgrade Regional Health Center i n M a i ne . . . . Thomas La Vigne to start off our fir t class news effort go to Nova Scotia this summer and '58 has become chairman of the board of LaV igne, Inc., formerly with a big round of applause for Bo to visit her brother- in-law Dick La Vigne Press, in Worcester, Mass. Olsen. I'm not sure how many year Tripp and h is wife, Joan, at Belgrade Bo has done the column, but it seems Lakes . . . . From the Fall River News l ike forever. He ended on a h igh note w i th stitutional law, and Ruthann is an educational we read of Victor Ladetto retiring with praise successful pitching for our 40th reunion. We psychologist. They spent 10 year in Scotland after a lmost four decades as an educator, with 29 had our best-ever turnout in J une, w ith 98 folks and most recently l ived in Toronto before retir of those years as principal at Cushman School in at the Saturday n ight c l ass d i nner. S u e Fairchild ing to M a i ne. Shorter stays, to such places as Dartmouth, Mass. One of Vic's passions is study Bean and her committee were thri lled with the N igeria, Uganda, Malaysia and Fij i , w i l l con ing the Civil War, so ret irement w i l l give him a response and espec i a l ly happy to hear enthusi t i nue as the opportunit ies arise. We j ust hope c hance to roam the Gettysburg area. H is wife, asm for the next one, in 2002 ! B uddy Bates that the next reunion will bring a first v isit back Ann M arie, w i l l retire from h igh school chem summed i t up: "The 40th reunion far exceeded for Ruthann . . . . Kit Slavin Reath lives i n St. istry teaching soon. Vic plans to have more t ime my expectations! Many thanks to those who David, Pa., and ha been the librarian at The w i th his e lderly parents . . . . Citing the positive made it so much fun." Buddy and his wife, Mary, Baldwin School for 25 years. She is the founder influence of Dean N ic kerson i n his l ife, Richard are based in Aspen, Colo . , where he is a book of The Multicultural Resource Center, which Cole writes from Boston of his family, h is wife, publisher. They also spend part of the year in works with 7 8 schools to develop diverse i nsti Ruth, and his three sons. He is not anticipating Waterv i l l e Valley, N . H . Sons Scott '87 and tutions. K i t spent only two years at Colby but ret i rement and remai ns active in his packaging Brad, Dartmouth '9 1 , married Colby graduates keeps i n touch w i t h Dave and Rosemary d istributing business. Dick has become a com Karen Croff '88 and Lisa Twomey '9 1 . Buddy Crouthamel Sortor . . . . Carol "Cookie" Kiger oeti t ive snow boarder-slalom and giant sla i om ! The Coles w i l l enjoy lots of t rave l . Allen has worked as an economist for the New ends with an offer of a free cross-country ski lesson at the Snowmass Cross Country Center. Jersey state government. She now work for the . Margot W h i t e Cottrell a n d her husband, Let's go! . . . Sue Bean, our reunion chairperUn iversity of M ichigan Survey Research Censemi - retirees l iv ing in Swansea, Mass., travel

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son, and her husband, Bob, are retired and dividing their time between Glastonbury, Conn., Kennebunkport, Mame, the West Coast and various golf courses m those locations. Son David and daughter Kri tin and Gretchen and families are scattered around the country. Thanks again to Sue for the outstandmg j ob on reunion and to Bob for putting up with her during that nme . . . . Our reunion raconteur, Mac Blan chard, is a custom home builder in Newcastle, Maine. He and wife Dot enjoy their four chil dren and four grandch ildren. Mac say that women's liberation has given him a greater respect for h is wife, daughters and all females and he now makes h is own bed and does laun dry ! Good man, Mac-you're a '90s kind of guy. _ . . Due to a summer concert tour of the Hartford Chorale, Sh irley Transue Cram could not make it to reunion-the group sang and toured in Ireland, Wales and England. I love Shirley's comment on surprise accomplishments: " ang with Placido Domingo at a Casals Festi val, and learned to drive m New York City-all five boroughs ! " Shirley's three ch ildren have produced six grandchildren to keep her busy along with her math tutoring business . . . . Again, it was wonderful to see so many c lass mates in J une and nice to be able to recogni:e in per on Bill and J udy Prophett Timken for having funded a Colby uper-scholarship and helley and Audrey Hittinger Katz for having endowed a Colby chair. The Class of ' 5 7 looked good! Keep in touch. -Eleanor Shorey Hams

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usan ( Macomber '60) and Dick Vogt have been the hosts of the Windyledge Bed & Breakfast in Hopkinton, N .H . , for the past eight years. About two years ago Dick published The Windyledge Cookbook, A Collecrion of Breakfast Recipes that was extremely well received. Dick told me that the American B & B Associanon has rated them as "three crown," their highest rating. Windyledge is the only B & B in New Hampshire with that rating and only one of two in all of New England. But if you want to enjoy their hospitality, it's too late this year. The Vogts closed their B & B at the end of the foliage season in October. They plan to live there until they put the hou e on the market J une 1, 1 998. If things go according to p lans, Dick and Sue will then start training for their cross-country 4,500-mile bicycle odys ey, from Washington state to Maine in the summer of 1 999. Then in the spring of 2000 they will begin two to three years of ful l -time travel in a motorhome. After that they would l ike to do some foreign travel , i.e., Turkey and New Zealand and Europe, some times with a bicycle. Not bad for a couple of "old-timers." . . . Daniel Yett retired from the Department of State i n September 1 996, but now he is the buyer for the Library of Congress in Zambia ( Daniel has been selectively collect ing books from the U.S. and the U.K. for most of the current decade in what's labeled "fine printing-typography") as well as serving as a

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representative for cost -urveyors. He and his a few minutes to jot down and return a rc:rly. Soon everyone w i l l he perwnally CL mtacted hy wife, Beverly, who is s t i l l a foreign serv ice officer w i th the State Department, have l ived in vari me so that we can generate a nc:w '>upply of new'>. ous places in Africa, includmg more than three You've heen great '>0 far; keep 1 r up. -Margaret Smith Henry years in Johanne hurg. They moved from Kenya to Zamhia, where, Daniel ays, "the concert of reti rement i · poorly understood by African . " The deadlines for the cla"' cnlumm Their son , Sheldon, works for t h e U . N . t n seem ro be ge tting closer and c lL)'>er together. Burund i , and their daughter, N aom i , does coun Don't know a hou r the re t of you , hut t i me goes by toll qu ickly w accompl 1,h ci ll we want to d < > . sel ing for adolescent and chi ldren in a Wa h i ngton, D . C . - area hospi t a l . When asked if has My t h a n k s to a l l o f you w h L ) returned que'>tion done what h e expected to do when he left mme�-hy send i ng me your new�. you make Colby, Dan iel rep l ied, "not rea lly; hardly in meeting the de;;dline'> a plea,ure . . . . W i l l iam tended to do any of the th ings which developed. ' 5 9 a nJ Linda Mac key Foe h l > t t l l l1vc m Dover, Goals c hanged rather rad ically by the mid- 1 960s." I t's amazing how When asked what t houghts popped into far we travel someti mes from pomt

ha' owned for five years tn Dry Creek Val ley m Sonoma County, Calif. He conti nues to own and operate Redwood Oil Company, a petro leum J 1stri huwrsh ip in Santa Rosa. He also has two grnwn children, a son and a daughter. . . J anet Grout Williams and her husband, T i m , are currently on leave from Swarthmore College and are continu ing research on migrant bird� in the Whtte Mountain of New Hamp ,hirc. They ha\'e always worked together as field h10logi't', teachers, lecturer and writers, but they are contemplating retirement 111 five years and hegi nn mg to th ink ahout where they will go and what they'll do. They have two sons, 2 7 and 29. . . Karen Kennedy Yearsley wrote from Ba i nb r i dge I s l and, his Wash . , where he and her husband, A to point B . . . . Harry and Joan John, have a bed -and-breakfast in head when h e thought about h i s C o l b y years, their home, Cedar Meadow B & B. Shaw Wh i taker are still enjoy i ng Peter Stevenson '6 1 respon d e d , " I can't possi their new l i fe in Las Vegas. There Karen ays Colby folks are a lways welcome and tO "come v isit u !" are grandch i ldren to enjoy, a l beit b l y be as o l d as my c l assmates." from a d i stance. Kelly is now more They have four chi ldren, and Karen enjoy'> hemg a grandma who will than 4 , and grandson Sean j ust behave four grandchi ldren by the t1me this col Mass. The i r four chi ldren mclude t\\"O profe., gan to walk and talk on the telephone ( that was umn goe-, to print. She is also involved with in J une ) . The Las Vegas the Whitakers describe sional music ian,, one: of whom 1 ust '>lgned wtth volunteer work and a h 1 k mg and biking group, Capricorn. Reed Foehl t'> lead ::.mger of the sounds so different from the usual vision of this but she has given up ra t ing heep! . . . The g l i tzy city. They descri bed an even i ng i n band, Fool's Progre . The i r youngest ts a Colby Alumni Office ends a long c lippings that m i d - M ay i n southern Nevada: ''We're m i ng in fol ksinger who goes hy the name of Stewart feature c la:.smate who are doing newsworthy Lewis. They also have five "grands." Lmda our backyard facing north am idst our desert th mg . Katherine Linscott Barrett, who works teaches kindergarten in Sherhorn Public chool. landscape . . . . The temperature is 81 degrees; in advertising with M PG New paper , wa an the hum idity is 14 and a freshen ing NW breeze and my guess 1s that her '>tudent are lucky to have her . . . . Carol Shoemaker Rasmussen ha mcumbent cand 1Jare for electman in Pem is b lowing c leanly into our fa ces." . . . From the recently retired from 30 years of e lementary broke, Ma . Frank Morgan, an attorney in Colby Office of Communication I received private prac t ice for 30 years, was a candidate for school teaching and moved to Smithfield, Mame, news that at a recent ( J une 1 99 7 ) conference the one three-year term as selectman in Oxford, on the campus of Quinnipiac Col lege i n Con near Waterv i l le. She and her husband , Norman, M ass. Frank and h is wife, Patricia, have two have three "wonderfu l " sons. N orman hecame necticut, the N ew England Assoc iation of Col daughters. J udith Sessler, a retired h igh school lega l l y b l ind due to d iahete tn 1 984 and 1 s now lege Admi sion Counsel i ng recognized J udy teacher ( 3 3 year ) who i currently a teacher's on k idney d ia lysi three times a week . They Levine Brody, Colby associate dean of ad m is atde at a jun 1or-sen1or h igh school, wa listed as have built a new handicapped-accessible home sions, as Col lege Admi s i o n s Counselor of the a candidate for public office, but the c l i pping overlooking North Pond and find they have Year ( '96-'9 7 ) in M aine. . I 've also been in service neglected to say for what. J udy, please fill easier access to shopp m g and hospitals in formed that Lois and Peter Doran were honored us i n ! And Eunice Bucholz Spooner became Waterv i l le than they did in Mont\' i l le, Conn. this past J ul y at the Belgrade ( Maine) Regional the grandmother of Benj amin Mar hall Spooner Carol hopes to get involved with Colby c las Health Center's 20th anniversary celebration. on New Year's Day. Eunie a lso is working on a mates and volunteer work a she and her hu Pete has a doctorate and is a professor of com c l a s pro1ect for u . We shal l keep you posted. band adj ust their schedules . . . . Jane Wiggin mun i ty health a t the U niversity of M aine at -Carolyn Webscer Lockhart Sul livan i s in Hou ton, Texa , and calls her elf Farmi ngton. H e and Lois were both on the a "semi-retiree." She writes, "Last May I made 'a plann ing committee to establish the health cen We may not be the MTV generation, leap of fa nh mO\'e' and left teach ing Engl ish to ter back in 1 97 6 , and Pete served as the board's but more and more of us are u ing the I n ternet h igh school students. Feeling very much like a first president . . . . As for me, I am s t i l l work i ng for both professional and personal correspon new graduate, I am growing into some interest as a secretary in a h igh school ( defini tely not dence. In fact, several of you have asked me to i ng activit ies. I teach part t ime at a community what I thought I would be doing in my l ife after college ( w h ic h I love ) , tutor a few people rang mc lude your e - m a i l addresses in this column. If Colby, but it wa the right thing to do at the t h is trend catches on, however, there may not i ng in age from 33 to 1 1 , ubst itute very seldom t t me ) . Retirement is a serious thought , how be enough space for c lass news, so the helpful and roo t when t i me a llows on a fledgl ing new ever. My husband, W alter, is a science chair folks in the A l u m n i Office suggest that we post business of providing health and well -being man and will ret i re at the end of t h is school year. our e - m a i l addresses on the White Pages of the with nutritional ." Doesn't sound very "semi" to Our older son, M ichaei , is now a second year me! J ane has two sons, one in the restaurant alumni Web s i te . Right now, only four mem resident at New York U niversity Medical Cen bers of our c lass are l isted. ( In contrast, the buiness, the other a Spanish teacher. . . . Dennis ter. Younger son Thomas, after four years of Class of '89 l ists more than 1 00 names, or 20 Ting and his wife, E m i ly, rematn in Hong Kong, working in environmental cons u l t i ng i n Ar percent of their c l ass. Let's how those "chil where Dennis is chairman of Kader Holdings i i ngton, Va., is a second-year medical student at dren" that thei r elders are i n to the '90s, too ! ) To Co. Ltd. I hope Denni w i l l keep us up-to-date Columbia Col lege of Physi c i ans and Surgeons. post your e-mail address on The Blue L ight, go on changes in Hong Kong. L i v i ng and worki ng Once reti red, Wa lter and I w i l l probably stay to http://www.colby .edu/a l u mni/ and c l ick on there during this h istoric transition should prove where we are , continue to travel here and abroad the W h i te Pages. F i l l in the form, and your name to be very i n teresting . . . . Peter Van Alyea and stay as healthy as we can . . . . And that i s i t . wrote that he is recently divorced after 29 years w i l l be added within 48 hours. And w h i le you I am completely o u t of letters at t h i s p o i n t . I f it's are sharing news w ith c lassmates, please forward of marriage. He built a home on a v i neyard he your turn to receive a questionnaire, please take

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I'll pa�s along your n a me co the A l u m n i Office . . . . O n e o f those w h o a. ked that ht e mail aJdre s be included t Ed Rusc i t t i , who wmes that in January he "wa dragged kicking and ·creaming into the world of computer<" and hasn't unpluoged 'ince. Ed sold his ch1roprac r 1 c practice a n d now h J s t ime ro pursue m a n y other mtere t , including natural and a l ternarn·e ap

rro ach es to heal th . . . . After Anne Lovell Swen on reured from N) EX in 1 990. ·he cook up golf, which he de cnbe as ""ery hum hlmg." Anne and her husband, Ed, whose hL)me ba e ts Melro·e, Ma,� .. pend . tx month"> of che year m arasota, Fla. ( Which came first, Anne, the mcere.t in golf or the dec 1:.1on to l t \'e pare nme i n Flonda ? ) . . . Hank W i ngate, an educa uon al consul c a n t who lives i n �andt field, l\fa,s . , senc me a grea t photoofJ o h n on Pond ( the tree sure have grown ). He ha kept i n rouch w 1 ch Da1•e W i ggi n '60 and Dick chmalt: '6 2 as well as with Tom and Dottie Boynton K i rkenda l l , N e d G o w and Dick W a l ton '60 . . . . B i l l Wooldredge wmes from Hudson, Oh10. that he LS 1·1ce president at Kina" Medical Comp an y . He and ht wife, J o ha n na, ha\'e a on and daugh ter. B il l mentton ·erv1ce to ht commu1 tty and ht church as areas of accompli ·hmenr that can't be measured bv promotton · or income . . . . Marge Kemp Roxbrough and her hu hanJ, Bob, 1 1 \·e tn Madi on, Conn. he produce� c lay relief art pnnt , which he e l l at arc and c raft 'how m Co n n ec t t c u t and Maine . . . . Bennett Rudd d1 covered i n 1 99 5 that he ha· adult Attennon Deficit Di order, which he 1 al:>le to control with med1catton. After 20 year i n re tail , he n ow ub mute teaches i n the Greenville County, .C., pu bl ic chool . . . . Although he wmes from Lafay et te, Cal if., Han Veeder ha managed to run rhe New York Marathon twice! (Dtd he run cros country a part of ht train ing?) He 1 · m ale , and he and h 1s wife, Po l ly, have ta t sed chree daughter . . . . When a s ke d what rhou gh cs po p ped mco h1 head when he thought back to his Co l by year , Peter tevenson re ponded, " l can't po sibly be as old a my clas mare . " He listed h 1 occ u p a uon a:. a le man and wife J udy' as "keeping me ane . " They l t \' e m Gladwyne, Pa . . . . J a n e t Ha k i n Maodaville, who e home ba e 1s Portland, Ore., but w ho consider Au cralta a econd home. managed to light in Orono for 24 hours th1 ummer for a non- top gabfe st with me. Ir wa great fun c o mpa rmg what we were 36 years ago with wnat we have become . . . . A !though Penny Dietz Sul livan sounded eager to pass on the reins of cla s corre po n de n t to me a ltttle over a year ago, he now admits that she mi es being the ftr r to kno w what's going o n among our

clas�mate . Well, I like k n ow i n g , too, Penny, so you can't have the J o b back! . . . Please keep an

eye out for the next c lass questionnair e and return it ro me soon. Of cour e, 1f you have great new:,, don't wait; J ust end it ro the addre s tn the '60s l ist of corresponde nts. -]tW)' Hoffman Hakala

ummer found the Chases continumg the green mg of our land, which is ull in recov ery from exca\·at1on and butld 1ng. Ar last the grass grows, the flowers bloom, and the veg etable tfoun h. and we are beginnmg ro look ·omewhar ·etrled. Mary Michelmore Acker man-Hayes and l , once agam, workeJ rogerher m a summer program for at-risk pre-kindergart ners. Thi· may be our 1 0th year at chis proj ect, and there are always laugh and surprises. A l o, 1 recently \'tStted with D ian Emerson Sparling m Fr. Colltm, Colo., en route home from a mp to Wvoming. She had j ust returned from a raftmg mp on the Green River in Utah with friends and her two sons, Brett and Eric. Dian rlans to travel to China and South America in the year ahead to n i t her sons who will be workino in tho e far-flung place . Travel time 1. more available now chat Dian has been joined by two other midwives in her practice. . . Whit Bond wme from Wellesley, Mass . , where he is executive vice pre 1dent of the Nordblom Com pany. l a sume that this ts a real estate firm, as Whit's defintt ton of ucce s t s sarnfying real estate problems for his c l ients and spending LJualtry t i me w i th family. Family now includes a grand on, born m May. Nathaniel's birch weight wa · mcluded in the tnformacion, o I have rea on to believe that Grandpa is very proud and delighted with this new additton. Whit and ht wife, L i a , took a Norwegian cruise in ' 9 5 , w h i c h mcluded a t r i p to Murmansk, Ru s t a . . . . Karen Beganny Bryan work a student reacher supervi or at the Univer ity of Maine. Her hus band. Bill '48, whom we all knew when at Colby, ts now m che Maine Veterans Home in Bangor, where Karen spend many hour each day. he al o wims, knits and hikes when she c a n . Recently she and Cathy McConnell Webber met, hared grandmother stories and took photos of their beautiful granddaughters, born one week apart last J uly. Karen has been in touch with Pat Ey Ingraham, who is on our reunion committee, and both encourage all of u · to p la n to attend our 3 5 th reunion next J u ne 5 , 6 and 7 . . . . From Hawa i i Ken Robbins writes that he wa recently qu o t ed a saying that he is "probably the happiest man in the stare"-and al o one of che busiest. This year he was listed in The Besi Lawyers in America, the elections made by fe ll o w accorney . As many of us are looking toward retirement, it eems Ken is on a roll. He and h is w i fe, Shaunagh, continue to journey back and forth between Hawaii and their other home on North Haven, Maine. In January they will travel co Vietnam and then rake a trip up rhe Mekong River a far as outhem China. Ken was stationed in V ietnam in 1 969 w h i le in the

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Carolyn Webster Lockhart 1 70 County Road New London. N H 03257 603-526-9632 fax: 603-526-8021 e-m a i l : tclock hart@ao l . com . 1 96 1

J udith Hoffman H a kala 8 Cha rles Place O rono. ME 04473 207-866-4091 e-m a i l : 1 udyhak@ma 1 n e . m a i n e . e d u 1 96 2

Patr 1c1a Farnham R us s e l l 1 8 1 M a i n e Ave n u e M i l l i nocket. M E 04462 207-723-5472 1 963

Ba rbara H a i n e s Chase 1 73 Spofford Road Westmore land. N H 03467 603-399-4957 1 964

Sa ra Shaw Rhoades 76 Norton Road Kittery, ME 03904-54 1 3 207-439-2620 e-m a i l : fa1rw i n d sc@ao l . com 1 965

R ichard W . Bankart 20 Va lley Ave nue Apt. D2 Westwood, NJ 07675-3607 201 -664-7672 1 96 6

Nata l i e Bowerman Zaremba 1 1 Linder Terrace Newton Corner. MA 02 1 58 6 1 7-969-6925 1 967

Robert Gracia 295 B u rgess Ave n u e Westwood. MA 02090 6 1 7-329-2 1 0 1 e-m a i l . Bob_ G racia@brookl i n e . mec.edu J u dy G e rrie H e i n e 2 1 H i l lcrest R d . Medfield. MA 02052 508-359-2886 e-ma i l : h e i nej g@aol. com 1 968 M a ry J o Calabrese Baur

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an e lementary mu ic teacher in Montreal. Her husband has retire<l as professor at the U n i versity uf Montreal and ha moveJ to Oxford , England, primarily to escape Cana dian w i nters. Consequently, Sam 1s trying to sell the fam i l y home, move into smaller quar ters and launc h her grown c h i ldren. She trav e ls to EnglanJ often and looks to success as fee l i ng unstres ed from day to day, enjoying d a i ly work and ac [ l v i t ies and com m i t ments. . . . Michael Archer defines success as main taining h i;, anity and sense nf good humor as well as his he<tlth i n a cou ntry aver e to a l l three ( that be i ng Braz i l ) . M i ke works as bro ker accoun t executive for Adam<; and Porter. He and hi wife, Ruth M ary , have two boys, Peter John, 1 3 , and Ph i l i p George, 1 2 . Dea l ing with t h e challenges of adolescent c h i l d r e n is pro v i ng to b e somewhat d i fficult, he says, but he' hopeful. Bel ieve me, you are nor a lone on t h i journey! . . Warren B a l g ooy e n writes that he is "quite content and enjoy i ng l i fe . " He is a natura list, on the board of tru�t ees of the Maine Audubon Soc iety and on the Land for M a i ne's Future hoard under Gov. Angus K i ng. Warren and his w i fe , Helen, who is head nurse at Colby' heal th center, visited their son, Stephen, 1 11 A w,tin, Texas, i n M arch, traveled thoughout the rate and backpacked in Big Bend N ational Park. He defines succe as achiev i ng one's goals i n l ife t y l e , occupat ion a n d p u b l i c serv ice and staying out of the poorhouse-both of which he says he ha· managed so far1 . . . Aga i n , t h a n k y o u for send ing mail m y w a y . I t ' great to hear from you, and i t certai n l y makes my j ob easier when I don't have to make up new ! -Barbara Haines Chase

A gold star for Gloria Shepherd, who was the very first c l assmate to contact me by e-mail. S ince then, a n umber of you have j o i ned me o n - l i ne , including Dick Larschan from Nott i ngham , England, before he re turned home with hi "Proper Engl ish School girl," Alexandra, 1 2 . Love that e-ma i l 1 . . . A I Kamen's column in The Washington Post re ports that "Clinto n has named career foreign serv ice officer Robert Gelbard, most recently assistant secretary of state for i n ternational narcotics and law enforcement (drugs 'n' thugs ) , to be spec ial representative of the president for the Dayton peace accords. ( J ust thugs . ) " . . . Doris Kearns Goodwin has been featured at the Fredericksburg ( Va . ) Forum at M a ry Washington College and at the Spring field ( Mass. ) Public Forums. Among other issues she c a l led for pol itical privacy for pub lic figures. . . I n Hartford, Con n . , Bob Furek, ret i red CEO of Heublein, I n c . , has taken on the chairmanship of the State Board ofT rust ees for H artford public schools i n an effort to rescue the school system that has been plagued w i th management problems . . . . Steve Schoe man writes that he befriended two German law students while abroad and sponsored their

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studies in America. M uch tour1 11g and many return visit later, � teve i., enioy1 11g a marve l ous fr iend h i p and e y e - o pe n m g e x pe r i ences. . Don Gilbert, 1 11ve,tmenr hanker, has n<J intent ion of ret m ng and echoes Oor1 is • cry by '>aying, "On ly foo l 1 '>h nnes wou ld suffer the indignity" of going to wa .. hington to run the country. He also ohserves th<H women have progressed "for enough tu warrant a gentle e,·ol ut1onary \ea change' in the next genera tion . " . . . Bruce Lippincott, en\"lron mental con,ultanr, 'ays he\ lea rn 1 11g to graft fru it trees this year. He also li ked the questwn abour sendmg o u r c J a.,, to Wa,h1 ngtnn: " Don., for Pre:.ident to give w, the necessary hi,tor1cal perspec tive to get from rhe 20th to rhe 2 1 t century , Peter Hart for V P tu huild con ensus, appoint Boh Gelhmd w the U N , B o b Dr e w e s as head of t h e Jl'lllt Chiefs n f raff and E d B a k e r a l iabon to Chi nil . " . . . Charles Fallon j u r graduared a son frnm kidmore, and another >on 1 d fre,hman at Corne l l . He say;, he can't even thlllk ;:ihout reri ring for a wh d e but would I 1ke ro work for Habitat for H umanity, trnvel and perhaps run for public office. On the alcohol i>m quc t ion he writes, " l am ama:ed and gra[lfied hy the c urrent moderation Llf many nf my age- mare' and my children." . . . Dorothy Thompson H e r r i n rerorts e a rn i ng gradu ate c re d i t s through tra i n i ng a s a R e a d i n g Recovery teacher: "it was a valuable learn mg experi ence for me-gave me new ways to look ar chi ldren who are truggl ing," she ays. Her granddaughter, 2 , i i n Texas, a long way from Vermont. . . . On the decreasmg Medicare quesr ion, Barbara Carr Howson qid we w i l l "real ize t h a t t h e government cannot do it a l l , t h a t we h a v e to p l a n for i l l nes e ." She' learning ign language rhis year, sti l l suhst 1 tute teach 111g and teaching piano and ha;, four c h i ldren, three of whom have left the ne t. Jim Harris j ust srarred h is own book publisher sales representation company and says he is most proud of his " 1 2 years as coach and coordinator of Issaquah's M iddle School A l l -Star ba ketba l l program, where I get a chance to help kid become better c i tizens and keep them out of trouble." He a l o i act ive in combating i l l i teracy and censor h i p a n d i n parks and recreation programs. H e would love t o hear Professor Raymond's lec ture on Rasputin's murder one more time! He also says most of us could run the country: " Listen i ng to our thoughts at our most recent reunion leads m e to that conclusion." . . . Jack Gow reveals that h is favorite pet was a crow, which he had as a h igh school senior and dared not bring to Colby. On women's progress he writes, "The real influence that women have a lways had is more w idely recog n ized and respected, thank goodness. We are approaching equity, a l t hough testosterone re mains problematic." J ack is a teacher who spends h is summers at Moosehead Lake in Maine . . . . On the issue of fratern it ies, J ohn

Haynes wrote, "for me, fraternal relat ionships were very 1mporrant. However, people come together fur different rea;,ons wi thout the .,tructure of the Greek system, an<l these friend ,h ips w i l l a bo Ja,t a l i fe ti me. I guess I ' m neutral on t h e dem ise o f t h e frats/sororities a t Colhy." J ohn's daughter, Knst i n , finished her .,ophnmore year at Skidmore with highest honur;,, maionng in psychology . . . . Jan Young Stinson J U'>t gor married and is now liv ing in Centre quare, Pa. Congratu lanon , J a n ! -Sara Shaw Rhoades

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dnt <1nJ '>k 1 hum." He writes, "! dec ided ro get out loO rhe fire and jom the ho p 1 tality busi ne.,- . I am now working the ki area m the Mt. Wa.,h lllgton Val ley area and lov i ng it. Grear people and beautifu l country-b i k i ng 1-, great 111 the ummer." . . Bruce Hertz wrote from Wayne, Maine, that he has a new ]'lh with American Express Financial Advi sors. He a lso d i rected two plays at h 1 Lake wood Theater m Mad ison, M a i ne . . A newsy letter from Ruth and Harold Kowal .,ugge't' that his pnorines are well ordered. W i th h i s d a u g h te r s , E l i zabeth '92 a n d Susannah '96, fmally ou t ofcollege, t h e Kowal could once agai n enjoy a fam i ly vacation. "We spent a week a a four ome i n the Turks and Caico' I slands," he reports, "enioymg the complete relaxation one finds there, along wnh the fanta:it1c weather, beaches, fish ( in c l u d i ng the whales, which were passing by on thei r way up to the N ew England coas t ) and coral . We a l l snorkled and scuba'd, m c l ud ing a mght d i ve for Eli:abeth and me. After my daughters returned home, Ruth and I stayed for another week, during which we were forced d a i l y to make difficult dec isions and choices concerning which beach to walk and swim, which bath ing suit to wear ( it' not a French island ) , which book to read next and when to plug 111 the blender." They continue to pend two weeks at a summer home i n Maine and were i n I taly this fall "to develop a closer relationsh ip w i th Italian w ines"-a man w ith a plan! H a rold says Ruth tudied I ta l ian but that he dropped out after the first c lass be cause 1t reminded him too much ofhis struggle to pass the Colby language requirement ( Ma i oui m o n ami ) . He a n d R u th attended t h e Bob and J udy Eyges Dalton Kentucky Derby Day bash i n Winchester, Mass . , a long with other u n na med Colby fol k s . . . . Pam Pierson Parziale received the Champion for the Arts award last March from the Arts Advocacy of West Virginia group of which she ts a found ing member and i m med iate past president. Pam and her husband, Ren, run the Sycamore Pottery near Leetown, W . V a . , which features thei r pottery and sculpture. She is a lso co founder of Arts Action, a network of commu n i ty leaders encouraging arts and education.

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off to college-al a·, nor Colby . . . . Lanky Lew Krinsky hired J anet Bordelon '00 as a summer intern at Legg Mason m Dallas, where Lew continues as a stockbroker. Rod Gould report that his daughter Amy 1s a member of Colby '0 1 and that he and N ancy enjoyed a trip to Bot wana and Zimbabwe. Rod's a law partner w ith Rubin Hay & Gould in Framingham, Mass.,

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Five easy ways to contact the Alumni Office For more informa tion about reunion, clubs or volu nteer opportunities, contact the Alumni Office by one of these u ser-friend ly methods: Telephone: 207-872-31 90 FAX : 207-872-3073 E-mail: a lurnni@ colby.edu Mail: 431 0 Mayflower Hill, Waterville, ME 04901 -8843 Stop-by: Eustis Administration Buildi ng, Room 1 0 1

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Beth Peo Armstrong write that she is a photo iourn a l i t and was heading off to Woods Hole, Mass . , for her 1 0th year of teach ing photography at the Chi ldren' Sc hool of Science. She says that the fourth a nd last Armstrong c h i ld grad uated from Lakeside School and is now at A mherst College ( de p i t e e xtreme p r e sure from h e r mother t o try M ayflower H i l l ) . For the Armstrongs this was a s u m m e r fi l l e d w i t h p r i d e , g l e e a n J tear . . . . Terry C l a r k wri tes that he i s c h a i r man of the math department at The Gunnery School in Washington, Con n . , a w e l l as the ba ketball and baseb a l l coach. H i s w i fe , J u l ie Lynn Clark , 1s the owner of a daycare a nd preschool . The Clark were married m 1 99 5 , a n d son kyler, born J u l y 3, 1 99 6 , is a very happy l i ttle guy. on Adam, 2 4 , and Ryan, 2 2 , are both l iv ing and working in N e w Or lean . Joel, 18, is a senior prefect at The Gunnery. The Clark recently p u rchased a summer cottage at Indian Cove in G u i l ford , Conn. , and also spend A ugust at their cottage on Frye I land in Sebago Lake, Maine . . . . Mac Donaldson and h i s w ife, N ancy, report that their older daughter got married last N ovem ber and that their younger daughter recently graduated from the U n iversity of M i ch igan Grad School of Public H e a l t h . N o w that both girls are on their own , he finds i t easier to re l a x . Of course, the recent purchase of a fishing boar certainly helps w i t h the relaxation . . . . S us a n Haber B ab a s h is a "ca reer changer," h a v ing ret ired from the florist bu m e s in Maine i n 1 989 and moved to N orth Caro l ina. Susan is a control ler, N exus Software, Inc., and husband Bill is an a n t i -drug coord inator for M idway A ir l ines. Son B i l l married i n 1 996 a n d i l iving a n d working i n Wa h ington, D.C. . G e o r g e Cain wri tes from R tverside, Conn . H e i pres ident and CEO of C3 Media & Markering Group, L L C . , and h i s w i fe , S u s a n , is a reacher. T hree of the Cains' five c h i ld re n will be in col lege t h is year ( Anne i n the freshman c lass a r Colby ) . ( W ith three in college a r the same t i m e , you c a n be ure that the rest of us are giving a c o l l e c t i ve groan for you . ) George's o lde t and h is o n l y son was to get m a r r i e d on August 1 6 i n Longbeach, Cal if. George reports t h a t a s h i s golf game gets worse, h is sense of h u mor gets better. . . . John Cookson wri tes from Keene, N . H . He is the V P of finance for K i ngsbury Corp. and h i w i fe , M ar i lyn, is assistant to the president at Keene State College. They re c e n r ly ret u rned from a t w o - w e e k t r i p to China-which has to have been an incredible experience, e p e c i a l ly i n t h i s t i m e of c ha n ge ! The Cook ons have three c h ildren: J effrey ,

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26 and rec e n t l y engaged, Marisa, 2 4 , and Cra i g, 2 2 and rec e n t l y grad uated from the Col lege of Holy Cross . . . . l 've exh austeJ the prese n t set of a l u m n i new . I hope my m a i l w i l l be fu l l aga in next quarter s o t h a t w e can all be kept up on the ac t i v i t ie and tu rn of Colhy friends. -Natalie Bowennan Zaremba

children as he and h is wife hold Jown the fort in Biddeford, Maine . . . . Dave Wilson was unable ro attend our 30th reunion due w an acute attack of the golf bug. Dave' wife, Marcia, scheJuleJ a birthday trip for the two of them to the U.S. Open, and Dave' resistance wa low so he had no choice but to attend. In fact, it seem the golf disease may become chronic with Dave-he hought a condom inium in Naple,,, Fla., so thdt he can . . . you gue>sed it . . . play during the wmter. Dave ha heard thac Dick Heend al�o ha' takeJ a claim m Naples, and if thh ts '>O, Da\'e would l ike to l ink up with Dick. As Dave pha;es down from his commitments at h is account mg fmn, he leaves the office in good hands: h1 daughter, M ichel le, a recent UNH graduate, ha taken a

after 20 year>, hut his real passion 1, golf-he' even built I 5 set of woods and irons. Recently he and h1; wife, Judy, celebrated their 2 5 th anniver.,ary. he\ a talented craft person who has opened a gift hop cal led Angel & I vy. Son Wil l iam, a '97 high school grad who plam to become a commerical pilot, was cho en Cadet uf rhe Year in the Maine Ci vil Air Patrol in 1 99 5 . Annther family memher is their boxer, W i th sweet memories of Reunion 30 !inM is'> Scarlett, who saved them hy waking them genng, a group of Bo ton-area Mules gathered at during a hou e fire four year· ago. They've since Sandy Miller Keohane's to share photograph and rebu i lt their 2 3 2 -year-old home . . . . Ju t a brief a gourmet potluck dinner. Around Sandy's pool note from Bob A isner md1cating they've moved on a sun-drenched Sunday in late June, a group of to Dal las, Texas. on David is till at W i l liams. 1 5 enjoyed Ken and Sandy's garden and house. J .J. Except for a hort m i l i tary tint, it's the first time Mueller Tillinghast came from her home in West Bob's l ived out ide of New England, and he Hartford as she took a break from her finJ., it quite a change. Anyone in entertainment booking business. Suthe area hould give hun a call. N EWS MAKERS an and Paul Cronin joined the group Rep. Joseph J abar, D.-Warerv i l le, after a Red Sox game. Paul wa look was appointed to serve on the Maine L. Gary Knight '66, president o f Livermore F a l l T r u t Company ing forward to h is new duties as dean Leg1slaturc:'s i udic 1ary committee, i n M a i ne , wa recently elec ted president of the M aine Banker of discipline ( really, no joke ) at Re where he'll be deal ing with many Assoc i a t ion . . . . Eugene M. Bu l l i s '67 , a con u l tant in finance, vere High chool. He is particularly important and con troversial 1s business development and trategy for h igh-technology compa proud of h is son, Brian '96, who as ues. . . Louise Skillin Coale, a n ies, is the new c hief financ ial officer of Computerv ision Corpo· captain of the Colby hockey team Chapter One educational techni ration, an internat ional supplier of E lectronic Product Defi n i t ion was chosen ECAC Player of the Year c ian m the Yarmouth, Mame, chool ( EPD) sol ut io ns in Bedford, Mass . . . . The N ew Jersey Comm1 and selected to the Divi ion I l l All ystem, and hu band Robert, V P of s ion on Professional ism selec ted J. Peter J os t '68 as the 1 99 7 America team. Lee Potter com Kmway Truck Leasing Co., are try w i n ner o f t h e Professional Lawyer of t h e Year Award. mented that no one else is so wel l ing to dea l with an empty nest thi qualified to guide spirited youngsters fa ll a younger daughter Johanna on the path of prudence and wisdom as is Paul. Lee po ition m the company. Dave's on , Brett, also headed off to yracuse U . ro maior in broadcast and Linda ( M i tchell '66) were planning for the a UNH grad, i working for Renai sance Horeb iournal ism. Becca, 2 2 , a D1ckm on College grad, wedding of their younger son, Ben, thi fa ll in and finding good d i counts, allowing Dave and ts working for a publt h mg company in Mary South Hampton, Long Island. Pam Cooper Picher, Marcia to travel frequently. Be ide Oa\'e's in land. They're coping by travel ing-to Bermuda in the vicinity on business, arrived in time to volvement in the Rotary Club, he has been and later to the Keys. Louise has become a sample culinary creations such a chicken and treasurer of a scholarship foundation that rat ·e physical fitness nut, lifting weight and using artichoke calzone, orzosalad and Bob Field's home funds to assist young people working at New the tread m i l l and bike at the gym, and reports made strawberry shortcake complete with whipped Hampshire golf course . . . . Betty Coffey Gross that >he and Robert bought bike and planned cream. Chris Sinton blended in with his newly wa elected a j ustice of the peace m Ea t Haddam, some outings in Bar Harbor and Cape Cod . . . . acquired Colby cap, which he managed to keep dry Conn., and was conducting her first wedding New from Long Island: Barbara Bixby, still a throughout the afternoon. Patty Whittemore during our reunion weekend. Now that's an in music ian, is also manager of two national land Jenkins and her husband, Allen, swapped sailing mark museum shop , t. J ames General Store teresting part-ttme job for a teacher' Like many and The Big Duck. he's employed by Friend stories with Bob Gracia and his wife, Carol. Lou of us, she and her husband, M ike, have expen enced "kitchen remodeling." They also spent a Richardson McGinity felt she was back on the Big for Long Island' Heritage and thanks Colby's few weeks at their summer place in U n i ty, Island as she sat in the lush garden and caught up l iberal arts education . . . . In Saco, M a ine, Eliza on news and developments. When night fell, beth (O'Gorman '69 ) and J ohn DeSimone, a Maine . . . . Carole Betterley Buchanan wrote teacher and antiques show promoter respec from Darnestown, Md., that she and her hu Sandy and Ken reclaimed their house and pre t ively, are experiencing the "college poor" years. pared for some long days shooring photos for an band, James, a dentist, have six children. Jame is Daughter Anne graduated from NYU Law in dental school, Cara j ust graduated from Notre upcoming Bosron Globe feature article on Sandy's chool and is c lerking for the M a i ne Supreme Dame, Margaret is a senior at the Univer i ry of home decorating business . . . . Chris Curley, ex Court. Jo hua i a sophomore at Stonehill Col Virginia, Edward is a sophomore at the Univer ecutive vice president with Affinity Resources lege, and Emma is now at Wesleyan U . . . . sity of South Carol ina, Matt is in high school and Group, lives in Westminster, Mass., with h is wife, Betty Savicki Carvellas's husband, John '66, is Elizabeth is in eighth grade. . . . I t's not too late Arlene, who is a vice president at Citizens Bank. an economics profes or at St. M ic haels's Col to get a copy of the "Colby '67 Rocks" reunion Chris and Arlene have three grown children. video from "Mule Kick Flicks" ( aka Bob Field lege. Betty, who switched school d istricts after . . . Laurie Hunt Beasley deals in Haitian art and 23 years and looks forward to developing new Productions ) . J ust send a check for $20 to one of was to have a show in October in Santa Fe. She program , led a delegation of biology teachers to us (addresses under class correspondents on a had two shows in Chicago last year and may be China in J une as part of The American People nearby page ) . Meanwhile, start collecting photos nearing the point where she can give up her day Ambassador Program. Berry says she used to and memorabi l ia in case we can talk Bob into a job as production manager in marketing at Spiegel. th ink people our age were old, but she doesn't sequel for our 3 5 th reunion. Laurie lives in Oak Park, I l l . , with her husband, feel it. Hope none of us does. -Robert Gracia and Judy Gerrie Heine Noel, her children, Moran, a enior at Eastern -Mary Jo Calabrese Baur I llinois University, and Lara, a high school senior, H i, everyone. As always, lots of news. and a ferret who answers to the name Amande . . . . Ginny Coates Denton l ives in Laguna Photographer Peter Swett has his own com John Cooper has tried, without success, ro get an N iguel, Cal if., and has her own company, Ginny pany, Doughty Fal ls Photography, in North e-mail response from Peter Gurley and N ick Denton Enterprises, for which she travels all Berwick, M a i ne. He has taken up skiing again J ansen. John is wel l and enjoying h is three grand-

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over the U . . A. and Canada train i ng real estate manager . Ginn · repon· frequent and exten ive travel in France and, since 1 996, increased tn\'ol vement with Colby a- an over ·eer. he thank the elu tve Ellen Haweeli for the latter de\'e lopment. . . . Peter Emery l l \·es in Wayne, Maine, with ht wtfe, Deborah, and the i r three children. Peter, who teache h igh chool math emattc , reports that h is eldest ch tld, Kendra, i at Bowdoin "of all place " and that hi· son, Trenr, a Junior at Kent Hdl chool, would lo\'e to attend Colby. Pre u mably, the col legiate fu turt: of eighth grader eth t st i l l up for grabs . . . . Sand Hoe and h ts wife, Dem·e, live m Potomac, Md., where he is a partner in a law iirm. andy notes that the birth of hts beautiful granddaughter, the child of his eldest, -tacey, ha reminded him how fast time t> go ing by. andy and h i family traveled to ouch Africa and Kenya m 1 995 . . . . Mary Ellen Lyle Henry and her hu·band, Douglas, l t \'e in A lexandna, Va. Their three on are at different cages of development.Jame , a h1story/i ntemat1onal ser vice major, ha graduated from American U n t ver 1ty; Chri topher t a h i · w ry maior at Man t College; and W 1 ll iam t · a third grader "'maiori nc> m trouble." Mary Ellen 1 a graduate ·tudent anJ on rhe adjunct faculty at Corcoran -chool of rt, where, we expec t , she i not majoring in trouble . . . . One of the many perks oi my po 1tion as clas corre pondent 1 being sent new. cl1ppmg about clas mate . I ha\'en't received anything about maior crime pree yet, hut 1 have read a very impres 1ve a r r 1 c le about Deborah Hodge London. A recent article in a CapeCod publicatton de c ribe her a "one bu v lady" who works at a local elementary -chool, attends graduate chool at 1 m mon and i · an active volunteer involved m the Harwich Con servatton Tru t' efforts to pre erve open pace on the Cape. The e acttv1tie are m adJition to her prime commitment a a mother to her twn teenagers, Davtd and Li a. he t mvoh-ed in her children' k u ng and gymna t tc� and al· n teache archery and tenni . Debbie, her hu hand, Bruce, who teache ociology at C lark University, and their children l tve in Harwich m the family cottage that they renovated . . . . Another classmate with a very fu l l plate 1 Thoma McBrierty, who i de cnbed a having "the weight of Maine's economic fu ture on ht shoulders" as the tate' commissioner of eco nomic and commun i ty development. erving in the cabinet of Maine Governor Angu K i ng has given Tom the opportunity to u e the tal t!nt developed during h i career with N YN EX to promote both busine development and tour ism. In a new paper amcle Tom explains that Maine' return to pre-rece ion level of em ployment ha been a re u l t of growth i n the erv1ce and rerail sector of the economy rather than m the trad1tionally h igher-pay ing fields of manufacturing and construction. To counter act this trend, Tom and h is raff are focu ing on promoting development in areas such as bio technology and prec1 ion manufacturing. . . .

The trend in my household 1s roward lot of work ( mine ) , lots of activit ies ( David's, age 1 0 )-includin g guitar les ons and a many ;;port as h is poor mother can handle-an d nor nearlv enough rime to stay in touch w i th fnend and fam1k l d id have a wonderful late night call from Debbie Nutter '6 , who decided to call me after reading a recent column . . . a true perk of th ts po mon. I remember Debbie from freshman year when she ·howed Sharon Timberlake. Connie Tingle Grabowy and me the ropes of college ltfe. he also had a great pair of go-go boots and, for all I know, still does . . . . Du t off your go-go boot·, earth shoes or \\·hate\·er other gear from the pa ·t rnu have buried in your closet and get in the mood to update me on your life and times. Please be in touch and, as alway , take care. -Diane E . Kindler

I had an expenence th1 past summer that I hope many of you wdl have, too. I played on a softball team \\'I th my son, Peter. I 've been waning a long ttme to ·how the k id ( a college football plaver ) what the old man can do. Of cour e, he va tly out-homered me-! stand at a career total of 0-hut I outhit h i m by a igntfi cant margm. core one for the old guys ' . . . Talk about makmg me feel old, Kathy Hill Revett ent Laura and me a long letter ( we L-0\' -E gemng nice long letter ! ) in which he wrote that she'-; a grandmother. I'm sure that there're a lc)t of you out there who are grandpar ents, too--send me ome info and we'll put your grandkid - ' name, in print. Kathy's grand on is named l aac. Kathy has gone through many change. O\'er the pa t ·everal years, includ ing turn ing i n to a full-blown Texan. This summer he moved mto a new house in Amarillo, where he ha Ii ved for the pa t 10 years. Kathy teaches German at Amari l lo H igh and hopes to take tudenr to Germany next ummer. She's only about three block off 1 -40 and would welcome a v 1 it from cla mates. Plea e contact me if you'd l ike her new e-mat! address . . . . Peter Daigle is the director of operation for Lafayette Hotel , which operate eight hotel throughout the tare of Maine. Recently Peter was pre ented the Eagle Award by the Bangor Convent ion and V1 itor Bureau for hi· contribution to local toun m. Peter has previou·ly served as chairman of the Mame Touri m Commission, pre ident of the M aine I nnkeepers Association and pre 1dent of the Bangor Region Chamber of Commerce. Way to go, Pete! . . . Nancy Tindall i running for her eighth three-year term on the A l lentown ( N .] . ) township committee. A Re publican, Nancy has erved as both mayor and deputy mayor. I n add ition to the township com mi ttee, Nancy erves on the p lanning board ( he' a pa t chairperson) and ha served on the environmental commi ion, the municipalities utilities authority and the board of health. I t's always impressive to see cla smate who are involved in their communitie . Let us know how the e lection turned out, Nancy . . . . I got

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an e-mad note from Nat Woodruff, a Colby grad search mg for a class! Nat wrote that he wa originally a member of the Class of 1 968 , then spent two years m the mil itary and graduated w i th the c lass of 1 97 1 . Nat, a school p ycholo g1st in rafford, Conn . , is mamed and ha< two teenage sons, two parakeet and a cat who "10\·es them to death." He ts also a member of a small band that performs for local contradances hmm, I wa n't aware that the Contras held dances. Welcome to the cla s, at! . . . As so often happens, my "phone home" pleas bear fruit. l got a nice letter from Steve and Deb Fitton Mansfield. I've written about Deb in an earlier column, so I ' l l bring you up to date on Steve. Steve is one of the vice president · of Penobscot Bay Medical Center, is pre ident of the Camden, Maine, YMCA board and has taken cour es in I talian and computer use at the Uni\•ersity of M aine. I n addi t ion to the enior Mansfield , daughter Jenn ifer graduated from Oberl i n College and daughter Kate en tered col lege this fal l . Qu i te an accompli hed Colby family . . . . I ' l l end rh i column as I a l w a y do . . . with a threat. If I d o n ' t h e a r from you guys I ' l l have to write about the Cline , Baltimore ummers, how poorly the Red ox did and lot of other things that w i l l bore you to tears. Please, please, p lease let me know what's going on with you . . . or else ! Remem ber, you're stuck with me until the next re union, in J une of 2000! N icky Pach , don't let your classmate down-phone home! -Steven Cline

Mal Wain writes from Danville, Calif., that he is managing director for BancAmerica Securities and is busy helping his oldest daugh ter choose a college . . . . Phil Byers was recently profiled in the local newspaper for his school committee campaign i n Andover, Mass . . . . Dr. Sharon DiBartolomeo Hennessy is leaving a 1 2 -year tenure as h igh school principal i n Wayland, M a s . , t o move to the St. Paul's School in Concord, N . H . . . Andrew Smith writes from Torrington, Conn., where he is a phy ed teacher, that he is still active recruiting for Colby men' hockey every year. . . . Bonnie Belanger Gauthier was recently written up in Conecticut's Hospital News for her involvement in geriatric health care in her position as senior VP/chiefoperating officer for the Hebrew Home and Ho pital. . . . Jon Stone, as well as bench pre ing 300 pounds, is enjoying the scholarly and athletic achievement of h is three chil dren . . . . Larie Trippet writes from I ncline Vil lage, Nev . , that he is planning to sell North Tahoe Motorsports and return to the computer industry . . . . Andrea Solomon writes that she is recovering from a long period of disabi lity, which culminated in l itigation . . . . Thanks for a l l your letters. Keep them coming and enjoy the fal l ! -James Hawkins

Joseph Mattos has a new job as assis tant superintendent in the Waterv ille Public

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fourth grade. Daughter Jenny i a j u111or at School- . . . . Robin Barnes 1s a profes or of Daughter M is v, 1 6 , 1s en1oy111g the freedom of Maranacoo k, and M ichelle 1s out of high school ht rory at Da\'id on College. He and Ann haYe ha\·ing her license while son Tucker, 1 2 , 1 111ro two children and haYe fixed up an old sailboat and studying in Florida. Mark had a busy year lots of sport . . . Last weekend R ick and l Lake on sail to Champlam last year, meeting Tiger Woods at the U. that they planned visited a group of Colby friend· at rhe home of A m a t e u r G o l i C h a m p ion-h i p , s k i i n g a t and m Mame last summer. . . . Martha \Vetmore Pam and Russ Lowe ' 7 7 . Attend mg were �rntt Sugarloaf. where h e ran into Artie Bell, and cott 1s teaching arc a t Fisher College. � he , '75 and Pam Cass _ m 1 rh ' 7 5 , John '75 and Ann c l t mbmg T uckerman's Ravine. . . Nancy and Howard and daughter H a l l ie were looking for Gage Conant ' 7 5 , Guy ' 7 5 and Diane Gurn1ak ward to making a house exchange for three J eff Werner are in Randolph, Mass. J eff is senior Hayes '76, Doug chwar: '75, Carol Foss ' 7 5 , Mike quality analy·t 111 the microbiology lab ofB1ogen, week· with a family m Brus els. . Chri t m a Ware ' 7 8 and a \'artery o f offspnng, ew Zealand. a\·age 1 · teachmg phy 1c in Inc. He 1s acttve profe sionally as co-founder of age 8- 1 4. My newest news 1s that Lucas. 1 2 , was the Pharm:.JL euucal M ic robiology Forum, the He, �1artha and their two chi ldren are eniov J USt accepted as a member of the Amencan LAL User ' Group and the Parenteral Drug mg the "quieter, gentler" pace of life away from Choral Director's .Assoc iatton ( ACDA) honor' Spencer r e tov S has Association. H is companv received FDA ap the Seate . . . . Kathy choir. He will spend four day in Prondence, nan ferred from Goodw i l l m M a me co Good proval of it fir t commercial produce, A \·onex, R . l . , 111 February, pamcipating and smgmg at w11l m We c Palm Beach. Her family ts m for the treatment of M �. on William, 1 1 , is a the ACDA conference. He aud1t1oned a> a transmon with the move and she wa anx ious ·rar defenseman on the travel soccer team. soprano o we 're hoping his voice doe n 't change J im Signorile i with a new company, M inolta to return to "dul l routme and srab i l n y . " . . . m the next few month 1 ( If tt doe , hope he Karen Wintringham has a new 1ob as a lead m lnformat1on Systems, I nc . , m Mahwah, N.J .. becomes a tenor! ) Again this summer, Adrienne, Medicare marketing, sales and product Je\·el where he i · a sen tor software eng111eer. . . . Lynn 1 4 . attended the Johns Hopkins Center for opmenr he ts finding fun and lot of chal and J ames "Otis" Brace are in Friedens, Pa., Talented Youth ( CTY ) , rakmg an intensi\·e lenge m the chang1110 health field. . . Chris where Ori· is a "mover of dirt or snow, dependcour e in a rronomy at the Franklin and Mar,hall Hall alazar and her family have been rravel 111g on the sea on." Daughter Deidra 1s a high campus of CTY. he was looking forward ro < c h o o l . e n 1 o r , and on Corb i n a t t e n d m g with che Air Force for more than I 0 years entenng high chool chi fall. . . Out of space (M1 1 1pp1, Arkansa·, pain and and news. More next time 1 Texa ) and now are e r r l ing down -Shelle:» B1eringer Rau a civilian m M ichigan. Chn 1s N EWS MAKERS rakmg c ou rse to update her teach Ir'- alway great to hear Elizabeth R. Krupnick ' 7 3 has been mg cemficate . . . . C i n d Canoll from someone who e Colby tudies appointed pre idem of Dewe Rogerson Bakanas has moved back ea c to led direc tly into a life's vocation: Inc., which now rank among the top Connec t icut. he and M 1chael Celeste Keefe Wesner has been investor relations group in the United have three children and have ac teaching Spanish ro high chool States . . . . When he earned certification quired a d o g. . . . R o g e r Belanger students for 19 years ! he. her hu as a family law trial specialist last fall, ha graduated from orchea·cern band, te\·e, Marina, 1 0 , and J ame , Dwight D. Darrow '79 became the only 6, l ive in Roswell, Ga., but tra\·el Um, er iry chool of Law and 1 attorney in Wisconsin to hold dual cer to Colorado for skiing, M aine for pracucmg m orch Carol ina. H e tificates as a trial -peciali t in both family holiday and an Antonio to v1s1t and A n a ca ta Mar den ' 7 h a v e Elizabeth R. and civil law. Ste\·e's 8 -year-old grandfather. two children a n d a r e work ing at Krupnick 73 Hace mucha hora en el c ielo, no1 gem ng u ed to the change m cul M I L E POSTS "Es nada," says Celeste . . . . Sarah ture from ew England to the Veta u l t spends her vacation time South . . . . Jon and J anet tafford Brnhs: A son, John Fraser Bourdelais, to David Bourdelais ' 7 8 and camping on and scuba di\'ing off Woo d and three children ha,·e u an Wad worth '77 . . . . A son, amuel Harrow Cantor, to the beach in Mexico. Ir's a short moved co Orefield, Pa . , J U t outRich Cantor and K le Harrow '79 . . . . A son, Everett Saul hop from Tucson, where Sarah is a 1de of Al lentown. J an 1 an R.N . Prame, to Keith and J ane Gair Prairie '79. real estate appraiser with a sense of and also keep· bu y wtth chi ldren' humor and a fam i l y of four soccer, kaung, ba ketba ll, tenm Mamages: Mark D. Arnold ' 7 7 to Pamc1aJane Hadley in Thornton, birds . . . . Anyone near Rockport, and kung. h e welcome any v1 1.H . . . . Tod S. Hei !er ' 7 7 to Chri tina Elizabeth H ime in M aine, looking for a good lawyer? tors pa ing through her area. Grafton, Vt. Marty Womer i tudying for h i · end new ! bar exams-Maine and M a s achu-Margaret McParcland Bean ett -and is interviewing for po i t ions in law Colby. . . . pence Wright is back m the U . . A. firms, nonprofit organizations and government. after three years m Australia. He traveled ex Apologies to those who meJ to e-mail Marty's wife, Karin ( Littere r ) , i managing ten ively through Australia and New Zealand new tu me-my new addre 1 rau@tka.com. editor of Down Ea t Book in Rockport. Where and was able to vi·1c A ia everal times. pence . . . Congrarulauons to Ed Hatch on bemg have I heard of Down Ea t Books? PR? rave· about hiking the Milford Track in ew named global re earch head for the U11 1on Bank . . . Betsy Toops D ' Amore, if you're reading Zealand. ( Pictures are available on his Web site, of Switzerland's media and enrerta111ment d1v1this, you owe me a report on your l ife's which can be acces ed through Colby on-line. ) ion . . . Bill ' 7 7 and Nancy pangler Tiernan adventures . . . . A couple of news fla hes ar Back at home, he is dreading h is fir t New moved to Grand J uncnon, Colo., last year. Nancy rived from our clipping agency: Allan Rancourt Hampshire winter but 1 enjoying singing again is an R.N. m home health care, and Bill reache with the Tanglewood Femval Chorus even if served on the golf tournament plann111g com physics at Me a tate College. K id Peter, 1 7, m i ttee that lured Tiger Wood 's caddy for a and G\.\ en , 1 4 , are busy with learning to dnve driving to Bo ton is le s exciting than raking the clinic. The tournament benefitted the M id ferry to the ydney Opera House. . . . Joe '72 and and running track, respectively. Nancy enjoy Maine Medical Center in Waterville. And Martha Hamilton Benson of Dellwood, M inn., the barren beauty of western Colorado. . . . Mark Curtis write from Manchester, Maine, where are in real estate apprai al and management. David Marshall was appointed president and chief executive of Duquesne L ight Company, Manha bought half of Metropolitan Appraisal he i a manager of MaineCom, a celecommuni an energy services company, after ix months cauoru firm, overseeing local and interstate ervices last winter. he ay bu iness is chal a their interim CEO . . . . Kevin Zorski writes lenging, reward ing, lucrative and chaotic ! fiberopuc networks. His wife, Diane, teache

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Wanti n g to " h e l p young people and the world find some mean i n g " i s probably a b i g g e r goal than most p e o p l e set for t h e m se lves. but for Jeff Gottesfeld '77 it i s the u n derlyi n g p r i n c i p l e of h i s work. Gottesfe l d , a theater/f i l m p roducer and writer, bel ieves h e may have reached that standard with his most recent p l a y , Anne Frank

& Me,

i n w h i c h " a n ordi nary

C h ristian g i r l m eets Anne Fran k . "

1 n N ashvi l l e , Ten n . A year and a half

T h e i d ea f o r t h e play came from a d i sc u ssion between

and many p erformances later 11

Gottesfeld and C herie Ben nett . his wife and co-writer of the

opened off-Broadway 1 n New

p lay. On

60 Minutes they watched

a Northwestern U n iversity

York C i ty to c ritical acclaim.

professor who, Gottesfeld sa i d , "didn't believe the Holocaust

The p lay has won praise from,

had ever happened. It's scary when someone who could be

among others. the New York

Times

your u ncle or a deacon at your c h u rc h says it didn't happe n , because they're believa b l e . " T h a t w a s t h e beg i n n i n g of a

A book version will

p u b l ished by Putnam .

year-long endeavor to write a play that would h e l p a midd le-class C h ristian American be able to "relate emotionally to the Jews."

add ition to Anne Frank

& Me.

Gottesfe l d has written or coÂ

written two teen fiction series, some screenp lays and soap opera

Gottesfeld says it was a monumental research p roject. He and

scri pts. H e has produced several p l ays by other p l aywri ghts,

B e n nett contacted the National Holocaust M u s e u m , which gave

i n c l u d i n g his wife .

t h e m the names of two dozen s u rvivors. several of whom they

Gottesfe l d t h i n k s h i s c l assmates would be s u r p r i se d to learn

i nterviewe d . Gottesfeld and his w i fe wrote and rewrote the p l a y ,

that he was i n theater production

atte m p t i n g to make it as a u t h e n t i c and h i storically correct as

i nvolved than art i st i c a l l y when

p os s i b l e . In M ay 1 995 Gottesfe l d p roduced the p lay's world

a theater person at a l l . " He says C h a r l i e Bassett ' s seminar,

p re m i e re at the Shalom Theater at the Jewish C o m m u n i ty Center

was m u c h more politically

I was at Colby,"

he said .

was not

Popular American Fict i o n , h e l p e d him u n d e rstand the i nfluence of p o p u l a r fiction. I n 1 98 3 , after atte n d i n g law s c hool at the U n iversity of San Francisco, Gottesfe l d went to work with a g r o u p of former lawyers at Brownstone P u b l i s h i n g as the d i rector of new projects, then j o i n e d Prentice Hall I nformation Services. I n 1 988 he was g iven a script by B e n nett, whom h e married i n 1 990. H e produced the p l ay in less than a year. The i d ea of getti n g i nvolved o n ly in " someth i n g

I care about" was a p p e a l i n g

g o i n to b u s i n es s for h i mself i n 1 99 1 .

enou g h to cause him to

enjoy the challenge and

t h r i l l of taking an idea o n paper and having a hand i n c reating it. The rewards you get are psyc h i c , " h e sai d . " I t i s an h o n o r , " h e s a i d , " t o be a b l e to make a l i v i n g d o i n g this, to know that

m i g ht touch someon e ' s heart . "

-Joanna Cheesman

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rh at he conrmue to "become more grateiul ior my wife, my on, my iob and my home." ( I o doubt , as h b ·econ d these sen t iment ! )

son, J e s e , 1 0, e n t e r t h e ports :: o n e , h e ' l l b e thank ful his dad's an o teoparhic surgeon ! . . . An update from Carol Majdalany Williams

fills us in on her northern m igrarwn-from Alab ama rn L i rchf1 e l d , C o n n Look o u r . Chnsn e Y., Carol W. i s reach mg iigure skarmg on the weekend -and enjoying scer n c walk rhruugh volunteer act i n t i e at the 4 .000-acre wildlife preserve in town . . . . H igh adventure

be t describes Carol Houde's and hu ·band . rephen Gronberg'· cros -country c ampmg trip: avalanche v i e w i n g a t Lake L o u i s e . coptermg over t h e M t . t. H elens' la\'a c ruwn and campmg m the Vancoll\·er I s l ands. My favonte tory was Carol'. descnpt1on of the Volkswagon camrer blowmg i ts engme took me nght back to Col by day · . You remem ber, times l ike when you were h 1 tc h h 1 k mg w i t h a canoe a n d a Yolks bug was the only car to offer you a nde . . . . Back in W a rer\' d l e , Catherine McGerigle Taylor commem · that

Cl\·ic Theater's Two By Two and are active in mu ic i n the m i d -coast area. David would love rn hear from c las·mates l i v mg i n the vic in ity. . . . J a net Gorman e - m a i led about her new book, E1•en My Family , available i n book-

rores ( a n d via w w w . c o m m o n w e a l t h p u b . com ) . . . . W r i t i ng from 1-eeds, M a i n e , J ane S o u za Dingman reports that her o ldest ( of five 1 ) began attend mg Earlham College i n I nd i ana t h i s fa l l , and three of h e r k ids have partic ipareJ a n Odyssey of the M i nd compet i t ions a t t h e world l e v e l ( congrats ! ) . . . . Kim

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H a l l , N . Y . , w i t h w i fe E l i:abeth Barrett ' 80 , G e r i l y n , , a n d A l le n , 1 0, a n d reported on an A l a kan vacation w i th Riki O t t . . . . M a i d l i Perrin H i l l w r o t e for the first t i me i n a w h i le .

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neighboring Colby �tude n t · exceeded youthiu l exuberance with their 4 a . m . revel mg on Com

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mencement Weekend. I don't know what\

recent six wnh her own busine s, H i l l pe c 1 a l t y H o u s e w a r e s . A res i d e n t of We t

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more land, N . H .. -he live with husband Robert

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H i l l , dauehter A l l ison, 4 , and on J eremy, 6 . . . . B rad Cohen, the spec i a l ed department

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wrong with the e kid tod a y ! Carhv worb as a medical a i rant m row n , a nd her hu�band, Will 1am, 1

the general manager of Berry\.

. . Here m Golden, I a m nil marve l mg at Susie Gearhart W u e st r u n n mg a marat�1.>n i n 4: 1 3 N o t even 1f I rode a golf cart h a l t way 1

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Ne\'erthele . , ii friend who's o n l y approach mg 40 talked me into the Chicago M arathon.

ilm va l W i l l i am Dav id, born m Oc tober '96.

Doing th1 at 4 3 1

a questionable ac t. My real mor1vilt llln ? I run

wife M artha owns the advertising and des ign firm Dmmann Design, is i n Seattle. I n their

to eat. And around my home, m Golden, the

spare t i m e he sings and play harmonica with

trails are magical. . . . On the sadde t note, our

Caught Look m , a clas 1c rock/blues band,

clas lo t its bl ithe spi r i t: Bet y Neidich passed

w h i l e M artha

away in late M ay after everal year. of deter

t 1c k h 1 fr Anrne and the Overdrive. Accord mg to Dan, they're not ready to give up their

Va lene Jones Roy

day i ob b u t are h a v i n g lots of fun . . . . Garth

Cape E l izabeth, ME 04 1 07 207-767-0663

all the way with her. I mis her, and I wa m i le

Everet t J U t started law school a t Dickinson m Carl i l e , Pa. , after retiring from the Air

away. I t ' tough imagining how tho e who were

Force. W i fe

clo:;e t to her will fill that void. he was a comedienne of the commonplace, a del ight to

daughter Megan 1s a sophomore a t Corne l l ,

correspond with and a gen u me friend.

act i ve i n soccer a n d basketb a l l . . . . A l a n

econd onlv to ch i ld b i rth a

mined struggle agam t c a ncer. he had e xcel lent treatment, devoted parent and carmg Colby and other friend· who battled and prayed

-Nan Weidman Anderson

H a v e fun , Bra d ! . . . D a n Dittmann, who w i th

mgs with a blue /rock band,

a n d daughter Cori, a hi gh school j u n ior, i s " H a n k " J a c k s o n wrote t h a t on I a n j ust gradu

The news keeps amving in my mail box ! Roger Breene e - m a i led that o n e of h1

and that 6 ' 7 " on Tyler is a basketball p l ayer.

law client

WACO biplane . . . . After 1 0 years as c i ty

1s a N .J .-ba ed company w h o e

H e worked for 18 years restoring a 1 9 3 4

u m mer Roger

manager of South Portland, J erre Bryant ac

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that he bump into J a m i e Firth ' 7 7 , who l ives i n Falmouth, M a i ne . . . . Keep that news com mg. I t is great to catch u p 1

live. m Belfa t, M a i ne , w i t h w i fe K a t h leen, who work for M BN A . Both starred in Camden

Dwight Darrow, who apparently used h is l 979 yearbook picture for the article I saw in

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Koza Harris and husband M ichael adopted daughter M aya Santosh1 , 5, from I nd ia i n August '96. S h e reported o n the c h a l l e nges and rewards ofadopt ing an older, non-Engl ish speakmg c h i ld into a household w i th two o;ons, Lec h . 1 2 , and W i l l , 7 . . . . Heard from Martin H u bbe ,· i a the N e t , too . A chem ist at I n ternational Paper, he l i ves m Campbe l l

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hasn't aged a year ) , 1 · the only atrorney i n the rate of W iscon i n rn hold dual certificat ion as a trial spec ial ist m c i v i l and fam i l y law. Dwight was certified b y the N at io n a l Bllard of Trial Advocacy in May 1 99 5 as a c i v i l trial lawyernnd i n Nnvember 1 996 as a fam i l y law tria l special i r . Dwight is a princ i ral i n the firm Darrow, Dietrich & Hawley, S.C. , in Sheboygan . . . . Dr. Amy Davidoff was hoping ro land a faculty ros ir 1on ar rhe U n i vers i ty of New England School of Osteurathic Med ic ine in Biddeford, Maine. At the time of her e-ma i l . Amy wa, lm the fac u l ty of the chool of cardiology at Wayne State U n i ver i ty chool L)f Medic ine in Detroit. She and her partner, M ary Schwanke, sh<ire one dog, three cats and a 3 0-foot a i l bn<it currently berthed on Lake Hurnn. amuel Harrow Kantor. born in September 1 996, i> the happy >On of Kyle Harrow and Rich Kantor. The fam i ly has moved to New Jer;:ey afteV iiX year> m Toronto, where Kyle was work ing on her Ph.D. The Ph.D. course work is done; a l l that she ha, left i the d t ertation. . Yoichi Hosoi e-mai Is from J apan that son Keisuke, 1 2 . and daughter Erika, 8. cont inue their competitive w i m m i ng, along w ith other purs u i t s · u c h as ba,ebal l , piano a n d k i i n g . Y o h is g e n e r a l m a n ager for u nExpres · J apan and d i rector, Sun M icro systems, I nc . He, wife Florenc i a and k ids I 1ve m Tokyo . . . . Sam Koch continue the trend of soccer coaches from the Clas of 1 9 79-he's head coach a t U Mass. Sam recently was in ducted into the Northfield M t . Hermon H igh School hall of fame, an event that coinc ided with the bi rth of his second son , J effrey Emery. Sloppy park i ng by Dave Laliberty, a isranr soccer coach at 1 99 5 national champion Wis consin , made Surnnne Koch's trip to the ho pi ta! a l i ttle more interesting, we're told. Mark Serdjenian '7 3, E l l iott Pratt '80 and M ike Schafer ' 8 3 made the banquet but nor the birth . . Geoff Emanuel works for Phoenix Realty in commerical acqu i s i t ions, which involves some travel . Good reasons for stay i ng home include son Andrew, 1 - 1 /2 , and sai lboat rac ing . . Gayle Amato and husband J erry Lusa l ive i n Newington, Con n . , with t h e i r three chi ldren , Amanda, 9, J acob, 7 - l /2 , and Tucker, 5. Gayle i s a c linical systems analyst for Bayer Pharma ceutical, managing and processing c linical drug trial data, which keeps her home much more often than her l a t job . . . . Catherine Court enaye sent a beautiful card depicting one of the many works from her solo show at the Grover/ Thurston G a llery i n Seattle. She traveled to H o l land earlier in the year to see the Vermeer exhibit, which, she writes, turned out to be ea ier than seeing it in the States. Catherine l ives i n Emery v i l le , Calif. . . . Dan Baillargeon recently took over his father- i n - l aw's "snow scoop" business ( E.S. Cole Co. ) to complement h is general contracting business. (I remember my dad coming home with one of Cole's snow scoops when I was in grade school. and what fun we had w i th i t . ) Dan's wife, Cathy, is a teacher at the Young School i n Saco, M aine, and they

fore her 1 99 l bone marrnw tramplant for leuke mia. Pam is doing \\ e l l with no >tgns of rhe disease and continue ro recruit other; to reg1> ter a poren rial bone marruw donors. Con:i1der it. Pam accepted a promotion la,t year at NYNEX ( now Bel l A ri anne ) and i now dtrecror, rechni cal upport. She and hu band Dav id , an attor ney , li ve 1 11 Braintree, where they are bu y brewing their own beer and plannmg their next tral'e l itinerary . . . . Roni Wechsler Ford wme glowingly ofher sLm, Jonathan, 3 , whom she and husband F. Roger Ford adopted from 1beria 111 1 996. I n add i t ion to her roles as mother and wife, Roni is a dermatologi·t with her own ·olo practice. The Ford fam i l y l ive in Gaithersburg, Md . . . . A l ice Domar is a lso bu y, having com p leted a month- long book tour with husband David Ostrow and 1 - 1 /2-year-old daughter a rah Demeure Ostrow i n tow, has become direc tor of the M md/Body Center for Women's Heal th and b u i lt and moved into a new hou e in Sudbury, M ass. Sadly, Alice a lso reports the death of her father last Apri l . . . . Bob Glaser has moved, too, crossing the country from Boca Raton, Fla. , to northwest of Los Angeles to become vice president, corporate development for WellPoint Health Networks. As the person responsible for mergers and acqu i s i tions at We l l Point, Bob has h is hands ful l , I ' m sure . . . . Peter Forman writes of his bucolic l ifestyle as sheriff of Plymouth, Mass. The 1 , 300-bed pri on for which Sheriff Forman is responsible house federa l , state and county prisoners on a 1 40-acre dairy farm five minutes from his hou e. Peter and wife Dawn have three children, David, 1 1 ,

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have two hL)Y , Adam, 1 5 . and Max, 8- 1 /2 . . Tenley Joseph-Baxter l i ve> in Menlo P<1 rk,

Calif. , with husband Kri'>topher and >on N 1lho las, 1 0, c1nd daughter H a l i , 8. N ick 1, nipping .it the heels nf T iger Wuod.., a' a j un ior g olfer , anJ Hali is an av1J swi m mer. Ten ley a bo works parr time in Krb\ marketing company when not hemg a golfer-mom . . . . Laurie Borden Ahearn c o nt i nues tu do we ll in M iddlehury, V t . , where part l)(her Jl1b i n hosp ital ad m 1 11l'>trnr 1on h<1-. led ru a few Cl1lhy reunion' JS .,he rec ru i ts douur,, he and '-pow-e D;rnie l , a roofing contractL1r, are kept husy with Cul m, J O, and Haley, 6 . . . Elizabeth Armstrong and spou'e Enk Lofgren are the harpy parent> of Reheka h , 2, whum they adopted from Ch1 11a in 1 996. El i:aheth te,Khe, Japane'e at Santa Clar� U n l \'er,lty i n Calif11rn1.i and ha'> her own Web page ( www.gL·nweh.com/ ela\\'ww/elahomepage.htm l ) . . . . Peter Good now , wife Cathenne, and c h i ldren E l 1 zaheth, 5 , a n d Ne<l, 1 - l /2 , hal'e relocated frnm M 1 c h igan ro Alexandria, Va., where hl lth Pe r e and Carheri ne <lre on the Ep1,cupal High Schou\ faculty. Kay, Matthew, \irah and I ,ire happy to h a v e t h e G ood n n w '> a' n e i g h bor' n n c e aga111 . . . . Hapry b i rthday rn a l l t h e 40-,ome thi ngs ( it a i n't >n h ad ) 1 -Roben Kmnc:v

I wa,, exc1 red tn hear from Pam Haury

Cunningham, who hasn't sent new-. ' 1 11ce be

Chandler, 9 , and Sarah, 6 , who l i ke to milk the dairy\ cuw:, and n<le the hor e> of the henfrs Mou n t ed Unit. A l though Peter doesn't men l lon 1 t , he may h e :,avonng the pleasures of hi ioh even more than hefore, having pre,·ailed in <l ro u g h ree lecnon campaign . . . . Poli tics in Pl ymouth appears to be ramc ularly attractive tn Culhy people. I saw a press c l 1 rping from this pa>l -,ummcr mdic;mng that Michael Bradle y r.111 for >l'lecrman, al though l don'r know the re,ul r . M 1ch;iel wnrb 111 rhe Plymouth Co u nty R e g i , rry of Deed<;. . R o b i n Mac leod Goodridge a [ .,o 1 s lo\'111g rhe pa>toral life in the new huu::.e >he and hu.,band A lan built in Buxturd, M;1'�- Robtn del ight> m rhe narure, reacl' Jnd <ju1et of the >JXlt and i ts benefits a a place rn rn 1 ,c daughter'> Meredith, 6- 1 /2 , and Cnurtney, 4. She abo a.,k for new from All ison Erenstein J acob en . . . . A lthough Pam Haury Cunn ingham h;i been m the telephone bus1 ne ' ' i nce Colby, I ha> e J USt entered it-havmg raken ci ioh with MCI m May a a l a wy er up pnmng 1 r- comumer hll'.me . . A MCI moves mto prov 1 d 1 11g local serv ice m the coming mon th;,, perhap<; Pam and I w i l l have an oppor run 1 ry ttl talk operatmg sy>tems or unbundled e lements. I 'm also looking forward to the greater chance that I ' l l run into Roni We,chler Ford, as Diana . Jed ( 1 - 1 /2 ) and l are mo\'mg to Derwood, Md. ( more or le sourheast of Gaithersburg). If you've moved, u e MCI's local telephone ser ,· 1ce, or if you have other newsworthy mfo you're w i l l mg to hare, send me an e-mail (at ei ther 1ohnve1 l leux@Compuserve.com or 72072, l l 1 4@Compuserve.com ) or a letter at 7 1 04 Sonnert Court, Derwood, MD 2 08 5 5 .

-John Veilleux

Congratulattons to David and Amy

Haselton Bolger on r heir mamage J une 28 m

earsport, M a me , w1th many Colby friend in attendance. Amy and David have settled in E ex J unction, Vt. Amy is the director of pu bl ic policy for Planned Parenthood of Northern New England, and David i teaching third and fourth grade in nearby W i l liston. They honeymooned in Canada . . . . Al o l iving in Vermont is Cheryl Carr Holt and her husband, Norris. They have a daughter, M o l l y , who was born last J anu ary . . . . Eleanor Campbell graduated from e ton H a l l Law chool m New Jersey last summer. Eleanor write that he has a new n iece named Eleanor in the fami ly ! Our E leanor spend her free t ime tra i n i ng and showing her ix dogs in obedience and agility competi tions . . . . Phil Hough and his partner, Deb H unsiche, quit their job to travel for 18 months. They are walk i ng the Appalachian Trai l from Springer Mountain, Ga., to M t . Katahdin, M a i ne. Phil wrote from Pennsy lvania, about halfway done. During the um mer of 1 998 they plan on canoe ing the Yukon R iver. P h i l invites everyone to take a look at their Web site ( www.frii.com/ nrhough) to check out their travels . . . . Leslie Breton is moving back to New England after

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ful expenence of parenting! . . . Thi. past u m m e r , J eanne P r e s o H i l l i n c k relocated from California w the Ph i ladelphia area . . . . Bob

company owns South Hadley' Tower Theater and J u r Kiddin' Around Children's Theater and i de\·eloring I M AX theaters throughout Hoffman is an attorney and partner at the L . A . the c o u n t ry . . . . Dr. Rob H i g h l a n d , from l a w firm of Charl'>ton, Rev1ch & W i l l iam . Bob H ickory , N .C.. an obsterric 1an/gynewlog1st and h i s wife, Heather, h<we two sons, Gregory, practicing at Catawba Women'. Center m Penn 4, anJ Dan iel, 2 . . . . J ame� Haddow is an attor syh·ania, is pre 1dent of the Piedmont Oh-Gyn ney and partner at Petrucelli & Marrin i n Port ociety and is a member of the mrh Carol ma land, Mame. J ames and his wife, M ic h e l le Medical ociety and the American Medical Rttchie- Haddow, have two ons, J i mmy, 7, and ociery. Rob presented a free cla s for fathers m 1 a x , 5. J ame · 1_ a lso chairman of the Limington long' w see Li sa D e n ha m, Toni C iota Ch an J une 1 99 7 cal led Bmh of a Father m w h ic h he Planning Board and ha sen·ed on the facu l ty for dler an d Su an Wolfe Weiser. l\. f aybe ar the focused on child-rearing responsib i li t ies, fam i l y continuing legal education seminar on in ur reunion m 200 1 ! . . - Lynn Bruen Winter and adj ustments a n d other "guy stuff." R o b a n d wife ance co1·erage and trial practtce. t-. l ichelle, along her husband, Adam, went on a trip to I rael last Kelly have two c h i ldren of their own . . . . An w1rh bemg a mom and all-around manager of all summer wt th ch ildren Ethan and l\. (eghan. Lvnn article in The Boswn Globe spotl ighted Maura important family business, chairs the board of and Adam recently moved i n to a ne\\ home in Shaughnessy's success a a portfolio manager of rru.tee, for the Dan' l\. 1 emonal Lt brary and 1s orthboro, Ma . A d a m 1 . a m a n a g e r a t the Massachusetts F i nancial ernces U r i l t t ie m ervtce ial Financ Allmerica Fund. Maura h as managed M F Worcester, Ma... , and Lynn ts at s ince i t s 1 99 2 i nception. T h e ar Peter F orman '80 writes of h i s b u c o l i c l i festy l e home \I 1 t h the k i d . . . . K a t h y ncle uses language rho e of us nor Dorni h DuGrenier a n d her hus buying or e l l ing tock cannot use as s h eriff of P ly m o u t h , M ass. Peter and h i s wife, band, Roben, ha1·e relocated them in daily com·ersarion (bur can pel l Dawn, have t h re e c h i l d re n , David I I , C ha n d l e r, selves and the tr husinesses from ew because o f our h igh lel'els o f pnde York C1ry to Town end, V t . Thev and confidence1 ). Keep up the fan 9, a n d Sarah, 6, w h o l i ke to ride the h o rses of own rwo husme e : Crest tud10.;, tastic job, Maura . . . . Michael and which makes handpainred glas, ware the S h e riffs M o u n ted U n it. Andrea Benevento Carlin ha\·e new a n d c u s t om c h ina, a n d R ohert son, Andrew. They wrote from DuGremer fu octates, a design firm Fre no, Calif., where Mike ts a psypec1ali�mg in custom awards and packaging for on a committee working to have L1mington's chologist ar the Communty Health Center of the co mettc i n J u uy . They purcha�ed a hou'e ,1lJ town center declared a h i tone d istrict. the Central Coa t in the A D H D program, and anJ barn darmg from the 1 30. and are c<mverr . . . Abigail mith sendsnew from ew Zealand, Andrea 1s a facu l ty member in the department ing rhem mto cudio space, w1rh rlans tl• open a where .he and her husband, Hamish pencer, of soc ial work at Cal rare U n i versity . . . . Sean are sc 1ent1,r-; . Ahby reache marme science at retail . tore. Kathy welcome anyone rra ·el1ng Mc amara and wife Barbara pend rime away from jobs i n Duluth, Ga., vacationing m M a i ne . the U n i versity of Otago. They have one on, berneen Brattleboro and tratton Mountain to e a n is s t i l l with GM bur n o w is t h e d i rector o f 1ch,)la, Edw m ( Ned ) , 2 . Last year w h i le on stop and look them up in Towmend . . . . A� for product planning for A A B Cars U A . Barbara leave m the U . . , Ahbv and her fam ily were able me, I fulfilled a l i fe long dream la'r March is a market research project manager w i t h a firm ro get to Waterv i l le and had a great vi i t with when m\ mother and I traveled to New Zealand. in M ich igan and can work from their home. Geology Profes or Harold Pe. rana. Abby enjoys It i a magmf1cenc country w1rh d iver e lanJ The fax is idle most days so why nor rake a few rece 1 v mg c,)lby new even though she l ives cape and wonderful people. I h ighly recom m inutes to type and fax me ? Home is 2 0 7 - 2 44 l 7,000km awa y ! mend tt. Al o, l have a new e-matl addre.\ 9445-give it a workout. J en n ifer Seever d i d -Mimi H . Rasmussen (beth . wtlson@ wesrgroup.com ) . lf you have ac j u t t h a t in J une, sending n e w s fr o m her c o m cess ro e-mail, plea e end me new· about pany, On t h e M a r k , in Canoga Park, Calif. Maria Jobin-Leeds and hubby Greg what you are up to and any new that you have After 14 years in the software business, J enny ' 1 ho·ted a party for J am ie Engert ' 2 when he of any classmate. Regular mad 1 n il accept has started her own marketing and PR firm and able, too, of cour e! got h 1 Ph. D. from Bo. ton U mver i ry m bio -Beth Prnetvsk1 \.'Cd.son c hem 1�rry/generic . fana and Greg enjoy rai - is happy that t h is change has opened more t ime to travel, ki and volunteer when he can . . . . ing on Zander and daughter Casey and the Su e C harrette, her h u band, l n igo Zapater, and excitement of kids learning to bite, crawl and Greg Keenan wa married m Augu t to daughter Victoria moved from N ew York C i ty make conver ation. Maria, who quit her job to La ura Black. Greg 1 a rheumatolog1 r on t he to Oak Park, I l l . Sue left the Federal Re erve he w i th the little ones almo r full rime, has faculty ar the Univer t ty of Pen� ylvanta, and Bank and is starting a fee-only financial plan recently fini hec.l contributing to the A I DS chap Laura is an arr therapi t . . . . Richard Freeman n ing organization ( N A PFA ) . Her husband i an ter of Our Bodie.s , Ourselves and is spending 1> the <luector of O:anam Cultural Center, a economist with Deloitte and T ouche . . . . A n ptenty of ttme renovarmg their new and bigger nonprofit organization dedicated ro helping other recent Federal Re erve B a n k ( Dal las) e x hou e . . . . George Raiche was awarded a fel chi ld re n m the Ptttshurgh area. With the help of employee is K e n Emery. K e n is s t i l l in Dallas low hip to conduct re earch for NASA out of Richard's J1rect1on and its pon or, Catholic but now works for As ociates Fir t Capital, I n c . the Ame· Re earch Laboratory in Mountain Charttie , Ozanam i expanding Lt focus to as v i c e president, economic analysis a n d ri k include more of the community . R ichard come V iew, Caltf. , and ha lefr h is position a assi tanr management. In one-word an wers, Ken say profes or of chemi try at Hamilton College in to th1 porn1on after working in the i n urance the changes in h is l ife have affected h i m New York . . . . Stephen "Whitey" Warshaw .ind health care field . . . . Walter J udge and ht " A LO T . " T h i n g s for h i m n o w a r e g o i n g and Cynthia Luca h planned a wedding in Mas111fe, J ea n C. O'N e i l l , are both lawyer and l ive "GREAT." I he active i n l o c a l town, c h o o l or achu ett in Augu t. Cynthia is elf-employed m Charlotte, Vt. They have two daughter-, state pol i r ics ? "NO." Ken d i d tell us that he and a a sh iatsu practitioner, equine therapi r and Phoebe, 3, and Sophie, 1 . . . . Deborah Nader hi wife, Mary, have an 8 - momh-old baby yoga instructor, and Wh itey i managing part Hart horn and her h u band, Tom, are excited girl. . . . I n Leominster, Mass., Chuck a n d Christi ner of J ust i t Back and Enjoy the Ride Produc about their daughter, Dana Ceci l ia, born m Smith Farinelli share software careers along t io n Company. H e spec i a l izes i n t h e a t e r April. Deb i takmg a year leave from teach i n g w it h sons Bobby and A lex . . . . In Shrewsbury, developme nt a n d de tination marketing. H i t o focu o n Dana a n d che inten ive a n d wonder-

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Y o u can sti l l r e n t a R y d e r t r u c k local l y , but n o w , t h a n k s i n g reat part to Laura

Kozloski '85, they're ro l l i n g around the wor l d .

Kozloski i s the n e w d i rector of strategic development f o r Ryder I nternation a l , which handles a l l of the Ryder company's truck leasing busi ness outside the U . S . and Canada. Ryder's m a i n b u s i ness i s leas i ng special ized vehicles ( a Sears t r u c k , f o r i n stance, is a Ryder t r u c k leased on a five- t o seven-year contract ) , and it's her job to l o o k t o r a l l iance part ners-banks or large local companies already l icensed i n the

Fluent i n Spanish and Portuguese and conversational i n

transportation i n d ustry. She finds new markets, manages strate

German , K o z l o s k i "can f u n c t i o n " i n Polish . " I don't think I 'd b e

gic and b usiness p l a n n i n g and develops models tor Ryder's

w h e r e I a m without Col by's lang uage progra m , " said the Spanish

m a rket entry .

ma1or who d i d Jan Plans in Mexico and Germany and spent her

" I arrange the d u e d i l i gence , " Kozloski s a i d , shopta l k tor

1unior year i n M a d r i d

i nvestigations of a partner's fi nancial sta n d i n g , record 1 n human

S o o n after Colby, Koz loski f o u n d t h a t economics as well a s

resources, l i a b i l i ty and rel atio n s h i p with its government. " I have

language was req u i red by a Massach usetts company interview

to check to see that it has the same busi ness ethics as we do. " I n

ing her to work i n the M i d d l e East . Africa. the Far East, the South

1 996 s h e determi ned t h e ap propriate legal structure o f C RTS, a

Pacific and South America. "So I went out ano bought myself a

partn e r s h i p among Ryder, a German company and two Brazilian

book, taught myself a l l I needed to talk about s u p p l y and demand

companies, and she set u p and d i rected Ryder of Brazil until the

. . . and then I learned o n the road . That ' s what Colby doe s , " she

p a rtners h i p cou l d estab l i s h local management. I n 1 997 alone

sa i d . "It teaches you to take the 1nit1at1ve and teach yourself."

she has been to Braz i l , Argent i n a , Mexico. the Netherlands, the

When Ryder recrui ted her i n 1 993, Kozloski was teaching

U n ited K i n g dom , Germany, Spain, France, Sin gapore. Hong

i nternational busi ness and economics at Barry U n iversity in

Kon g , China, Japan and India look i n g for joint venture partners.

Miami and consulting on the side. She had a master's i n interna tional management from the American G rad uate School of I nter national M anagement and was about to f i n i s h her U n iversity of M i a m i Ph . D . i n international studies with a focus on economics and Latin American studies. "I sai d , 'No, I l i ke my l i fe , "' Kozloski said. U l t i mate l y she h itched u p with Ryder i n M arch 1 995 be cause "I thought that with more practical experience, I ' l l be a better b u s i ness professor when I go back to i t . " E v e n though she l o v e s being on the r o a d 80 p e r c e n t of t h e y e a r , she sti l l f i n d s time to do s o m e of the teac h i n g she plans to return to eventu ally. She says she'd be in Panama on a Wednes day and a couple of days later p u t her experience to good use i n a class. "Good professors motivate peop l e , " she said . "Trave l i n g m a k e s it interesti ng . " -Robert Gillespie

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Ma - ., Lisa Mu r r y D on oh ue is a h igh school ouida nce counselor and health educat ion coor inator and ha enjoyed working with her super intendent, Donald Kennedy '58. Her husband, Kev m, is a middle school gu idance coun e lor, and their children are Amanda and Andrew. Lisa see Karin Foster Palmer often and keep in close couch with Katrina Jannen Donnelly and her family. Li a ay Beth Parrent Boucher is "playing hard and runnn ing a sail ing c l u b i n San Diego," but Lisa didn't know the address for

ickerson P u rce l l . 1 hope Kevin and Karin they end it ro me, too. In the meantime, please end those letters, photos and t id b i ts to my address, fax or phone.

-Sally Lot•egren

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Vane sa Alonso and David DeSimone

live m M1ckleton, N .J . , with their chi ldren, E mi ly , 8, Elise, 6, and tefan ie, 2. Vanes a ·pent 11 year as a high chool hnory teacher, and David 1 a pro1ect engineer at PECO Energy in Philadelphia. he write that he m 1 se New England but that her parents remed ro ew Hamp h1re, o when Vane sa v i it· them he get to catch up w i th Laurie R u th e rford lap and Kat hy Musser Marsh al l , who aLo ha\·e family there. . . . Leon Buck is l iving i n D.C. and 1 a legislauve d i rector/ en ior coun e l for Congre woman heda Jack on Lee, after sen· mg as chief legi lative counsel to the mayor of D.C., Manon Barry. Leon 1s rnamed tc 1unel Evans Buck, a pol itical campaign fund rai er, and they have a boy, J u un, 1. Leon keep in much with Pat Shelton, eda Robin on, ToJd Robm on '85 and Roma Va a ' 7 . . . . A ndrew Chri ty wrote from Hong Kong, where he live with hlS wife, M i - l ing, a secretary, anJ their daughter, l nd 1ga, 2 . Andrew works for Leo Burnett as regional d i rector marketing erv1ce , A.1an reg10n, and recently received an advert1 mg award from Media maga: ine. Many of his campaign feature a charitable angle, , uch a the Mtchael Chang gras root tennis develop mem progra m ponsored by Re101ce/PerrPlu · . He travels throughout China, Cambodia, Lao , Vietnam, and Indonesia and would love ro couch base with any alums l iving in Hong Kong or Chma. . . . Fritz Canb rec e n t l y moved to Leesburg, Va. . . . Last Apnl, David Mahl and Marian Leerburger-Mahl welcomed Kaitlyn Julie Leerburger-Mah l , who ioined her b ig �rather, Alec, 3 . Marian has been involved with countercerronsm efforts, working on the Olym pi andon everal ocher area in additton to het full-time 1ob at the DOD. h e mil reache in a B.A program at the Un iver icy of Maryland and in an M.A program at the J o i n t M i l i tary I ntel ligence College . . . . Deborah Sleeman Daniloff •� a homemaker taking care of her fam i l y , Greg, 4- 1/2, Zachary, 3, and now tephame Katherine Daniloff, born in April . Her husband, George, is workin g on fou n d i n g a b 1 o t e c h t a r t - u p com pany. . . Mary L o u McCulloch J one love livm g in Florida, e pecially being able to be out51de ye a r round w 1 t houc nowsuirs for che

k i d s ' The J oneses, who celebrared their 1 1 th anniver ary in Augu t, have rhree c h i ldren, Duncan, 7 - 1 / 2 , Cameron, 4 , and N ora, 1 - 1 /2 . She i s invoh·ed i n soccer and the swim team and volun teers with the reading program ar the boys' chool · and as a firsr grade Sunday School teacher at their M e t hodist church. She al o volunteer a a fund rai er ar the local YMCA . . . . Dame I and Marie J oyce Fletcher l i \'e in Wesr Palm Beach , Fla., bur are look ing ar moving i n the next few years-maybe Colo rado or Tennessee for a more fam i ly - and k id fr i e n d l y e n \' i ro n m e n r f o r t h e i r d a u g h t e r , A mber, 1 - 1 / 2 . She wri tes c h a r s h e rea l ly e n J O y e d t h e l a s t Colby magaz ine, especially t h e a r r i c l e on Colby fam i l ies. D a n owns h is own painting contractor business . . . . Betsy Rose Fitch live in Fremont, Cal if. , and is a techni c a l doc u rne n tar 1on manager for a nerworking stare-up char has abour 40 employees world wide. -he and husband John had a boy, Sam, last December, and Betsy can'r believe how grear ir 1 being a morn ! ince her husband is fanatical about fly fishing, they u ually spend every \'acation incorporaring the port-in clud ing a week on the Peruvian Amazon fish ing for peacock bass. Abour once a year Betsy ee. Michelle Wolpert, who l ives i n Hou ton, Texas, ha J USt bought a hou e and ha- become a marathon runner! . . . Deb Reinke Kinder had a son, Ben1 amin, l a t Apri l with partner Ro e. They're in Richmond, Va., where Deb is a m iddle chool sc ience teacher in rhe gifted · rudent program . . . . Thomas '83 and Susan Hamano Ahern l ive m Hol l 1 ston, Mas . , with daughter helby, 1 3 , and son T homas, 1 1 . u ·an ha founded rwo biotechnology compa n 1 e , and Tom 1s a manager in the computer ofrware field. They had a family vacation to Co ta Rica in '96 and anr ic ipare one to Panama . . . . Nathan Erner on has a new pos i tion with J ac k on Hole Reservations but con t inue to reac h k i i ng and was e lected recently to the board of d i rector for Profes ional Ski I n tructor of A merica. H i rravel include London, Pari , Mex ico and many stares for ki show . . . . Lorna N e l igan and Frank Colarusso wed in eptember 1 996 and now l ive in Man hattan Loma was a product manager for Polo/ Ralph Lauren in Paris.

-Maura Cassidy

It is with grear regret thar 1 report that the daughrer of Kathy Kamm Davis, Mary Katherine, died suddenly, at rhe age of4 month , from LCHAO, a rare genetic liver enzyme d is ea e. Kathy is expecting another child in Sep tember and she writes, "Our hearts are broken and our hopes and dreams for our family were shattered. We've come to realize that we won't recover, but we can heal and that's our focus now. " I talked with Kathy, and he was able to reporr that Linda Flight L u l l is on maternity leave enjoying her new on, Andrew. When she goes back to work, she ' l l be in the company of A n n-Meg White, who j ust accepted a position

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John Ve i l l e u x 7 1 04 S o n n ett C o u rt D e rwood. MD 20855 J O h n v e 1 l l e u x @ C o m p u s e rv e . c o m 1 98 1

B eth P n 1ewsk1 W i l s o n P . O . Box 602 H a rvard. M A 0 1 45 1 508-456-8801 e-m a i l · beth wllson@westgro u p . com 1 982

Mimi H . R a s m u s se n 63 R e s e rvoir Street Ca mbridge, M A 02 1 38 6 1 7-492- 1 002 e-m a i l : mhras@ M I T . E D U 1 983

S a l ly Lovegren M e rchant 24 E a sy Street Mt. D e s e rt, ME 04660 207-244-0441 fax: 207-244-9445 1 984

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B a rbara Knox Autran 573 7th Aven ue S a n F r a n cisco. CA 941 1 8 1 98 6

Wendy Lapham Russ 206 C h e l t e n h a m R o a d Newark. D E 1 97 1 1 302-738-626 1 e-m a i l : jwruss l @a o l . co m 1 987

Jane N icol M a n u e l 6857 Antelope D rive I n d ia napolis. IN 46278 3 1 7-329- 1 646 e-m a i l : i m a n u e l 1 @aol 1 988

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w ith J S ! Fundra ising. Ann-Meg writes, "We're about to break ground for a new house in Grafton, M ass., next door to Rick and Katherine Clarke Anderson . . . . Sean Padgett worked at Bain & Company for the summer wh i le pursuing an M . B. A . at the loan School at M I T . " J e ffne r" Ki rk Savoie is a part-t ime lecturer in the busi ness department at P lymouth State Col lege . She anJ her husband , J i m , skied Tuckerman's Ravine with Scott Blair. Jeffner wonders whether he'll see Greg "Happy" Matses '84 at the White Moun t a i n B lues Fest ival again th ts year: "he was playing guitar for a j azz band based i nVermont." . . . Michelle Linder is pur suing a ma ter's degree i n real estate dev e lop ment at J ohns Hopk i ns U niver ity anJ is a financial analy 1 manager at Charles E. Smith Rea lty Company in Washington, D.C. he is engaged to be married to David S i mp on . . . Deirdre Galvin- Wemple has heen appointed to the posit ion of development assoc iate at Mount A loysi u College. She will research funding sources for the col lege, draft grant proposal and correspond wi th donor . . . . Lisa Spollen was married to Raymond B l igh after a 1 0-year court ship. Colby attendees were Liz N ewell '84, Ken '84 and Wendy Howard Epstein, Jeff Butler '87, Michael B r un o , Rebecca B u l l e n , Monique Lapointe '84, Beth Tutunjian and John Delapa '87 . . . . Two year ago, J ohn Schleck and h is wife, Beth, moved from Florida back to Con necticut. J ohn is c urrently v ice president at PNC Mortgage in West H artford and says, "Any body t h a t need a mortgage, give m e a c a l l ! " . . . Karen K i l lam Schmuch has a brand new add i t ion to her fam i l y , Madelaine J ohanna. Her puppy, Bria, is a l i ttle put off but is happy to take walks w i th Mom and M adelaine . . . . Kel l i Crump w a s engaged to M ichael R. G u e l i J r. of Methuen and planned to be married in J une. K e l l i work in the equity department of Dewey Square I n vestors Corpora t ion in Bos t o n . . . . J u ne a lso marked the arri v a l of J ul i a Corrigan, daughter of B i l l and Miriam "Mim" Redcay Corrigan. . Melinda Underwood says that she's met some " incredible people through the Vermont Association for the Bl ind for which I volunteer, reading and writing." . . . J o h n Siletto planned to marry Laura Kathleen Cohen on J u l y 6 , 1 99 7 . He is a general manager w i th Sweetbriar Development in Watsonv i l le, Ca l if. , and a partner i n Circle S . V ineyard in Hollister. . . Connecticut State Representative Paul D oyl e was named to the Toll Fellowship program, tapping him as one of 40 emerging state leaders from across the country . . . . Tom Claytor sent me a po tcard from I ndia, where he is on his way to visit " l i tt le brother Warren" i n Nepa l : " Most f u n w a s photographing a Gun Souk i n Yemen and a lmost getting kidnapped." . . I urge all you Net surfers to check out Colby's Web site ( www.colby .edu) . You can find out the e - m a i l addresses of our c lassmates and any other a l u m n i as wel l as check i ng out their own per sonal Web sites. I am trying to develop our class Web s i te and would appreciate any technical

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support or crea tive advice. Linc Peirce has agreed to draw u a cartoon. Let's make this a class projec t ! . . . On a more person::il mite, my fa m i l y and l are very excited <1hout our upcom ing move to San Franci co, effec ti ve December I , 1 99 7 . We will be going out there tn look for housing in early Novem ber, and I w i l l commu n icate my change of addres> to Colhy A AP. Check our c lass Weh stte for t h e mmt current address to send your news to or you can e-mai l me at a l u m n i@ colhy.edu. 1 w(iuld apprec iate any ad v ice about fi nding housing, the puh l 1c scht)Ol d istricts out there and any other prac t i cal info conce rn i ng t h e move . Thank.! -Barbara Knox Autran

You know, there are times when 1 can overlook the low pay and high srre5s of this c l as correspondent job long enough to remind my self chat I am prov iding an important -,erv1ce here. Take, for example, Ricardo and Dan , two '86er who had lo t touch since graduation. Remember how Ricardo Sievek ing was look ing for Dan H urley, a fact I announced to the entire Colb:-- magazine readersh1p1 Wel l , It worked, because after a short flurry of e-mail R icardo and Dan have now rek indled their friendship after a l l these year". Ir turned our that Dan was l ivmg in Sharon, M ass., with his wife, Bndg1d, and h i t w o young daughters ( aged 1 and 2 ) a n d work m g as a senior manager in t h e real estate practice a t KPMG P e a t Marwick. l n J ul y , Ricardo wrote to tell me char he and h is wife are expec r mg the ir third c h i ld at the end of February, and that he and Dan were now i n regular contact with each other. I'm gett ing rhar happy ending feel mg, a ren't you ? . . . What i i t about haron, M ass., char makes i t so attrac tive to members of the Class of '86 ? That's where Denis Foley and h1 fam i l y live ( Den is, 1f you want to get tn touch with Dan H urley, please look i n the phone book! ) . Denis 1s a managing fi lm buyer for Hoyt' Cinema Corporation in Bo ton . He and hi wife, Kathleen, marketing director for the Ameri can Lung Assoc iation, have a daughter, Shan non, now 2 , and expected their econd child in August. . . You know it's rime to give Colby your updated address when . . . your mom sends i n your quest ionnaire for you ! Ye , I received a n ice update about Kris J ensen from hi mother, Barbara. Kris is in h i final year of a family pract ice residency at the U n iversity of Vermont Hospital i n Burlington and recently completed rotations i n A l aska and Zambia. He is engaged to G u i l iana G iorg i , who is attend ing law school i n Turin, I taly. ( Kris, do you think your mom w i l l end me some homemade cookies for in c luding this information about you ? I think I'll write to her and ask . ) . . . Henrietta Y e l l e and Chris Engstrom were married at the end ofJ une and then took a month- long honeymoon to Bali . Hank wrote that she was taking a c l ass in Bahasa I ndonesi a n l anguage thi s u m mer. Wasn't that offered as a J a n Plan ? . . . I 've been rec e i v i ng lots of e - m a i l from you recently and would love to get more. I a lso received my first

fax from Brigid Hoffman, who is workmg in mun icipal trading at Goldman Sach in New York. Th i· past March he took a break from the rat race to race down a few ski lopes at Mont Blanc in Courmayeur, I taly, with Kam Marquardt '84 . . . . Lisa Falk and her fam i l y also escaped the Big Apple, relocating to Boca Raton, Fla., after she and hu band Stuart Popow1tz finished the ir med ical res1denc1es ( he' a ped iatric anes thesiologist, he's a urologm}. Lisa says t hey enjoy not having snow bur the humcanes take a l 1rtle gett ing used to. They have a new daugh t e r , A l e x a G a h r i e l l e , w h o w a s born i n May. . . More doctor and babies o n the mo ve! M i c h e l l e Teder and her h us b a n d , David Koffman, have relocated from Chicago to Bangor and spent the ummer touring New England with daughter L i l y June, who was born in April. M ic helle is a general surgeon, and David is an tntern1st. M ichelle ays she would love to hear from c lassmates ( at DJ Koff@aol . co m ) . . . . Lori Moody Holmes and family also are l iving in Vacationland. he and hu band Mark and 3year-old Sarah l ive tn Cumberland, M aine. Mark 1 a sy rem manager, and Lori work part time as a contrac tor doing systems work, both for L . L . Bean . . . . And fi nally, in the Dream J ob c ategory, we have Paul Martin, who is cur rently work ing at Nevada' Edgewood Tahoe, the "premier golf cour e" of Lake Tahoe' ouch shore, accord ing to the newspaper c l ipping I received. After Colby, Paul erved for eight years a the assistant pro there before being promoted to head pro two years ago. ls it carved in tone that the I Sch reunion has to be held in Waterv i l l e ? Persona l l y , I 'd be open to con id ermg Lake Tahoe i n read of J ohnson Pond . . . what about you ? . . . Keep those cards and let ters coming, even i f you have to get your mother to send them.

-Wendy Lapham Russ

Thanks to Lucy Lennon Tucker for keeping u informed over the past 1 0 years! . . . We had a great Reunion Weekend w i t h a strong turnout from our c lass. Seilers food and a Student Center ( now Cotter U n ion ) party brought back many memories. Peter Murphy and h is wife, J e n , came w i th their new l ittle girl, A n n a . Peter i in B a l t i more working for USF&G . . . . Watch for Andy P a l m e r i n a new Erik Estrada movie. Andy loves l iv ing in LA and pursuing his acting career. . . . Kathi Harnett Linger now l ives in W i lton, Conn . , with her husband, John, and her dancing dog, Tara! . . . M ike and Jen Erlandson Ayers came with thei r two boys and set off afterwards for some camping. They l ive i n Hanover, where M ike is doing h is fel lowship, and were expec t i ng their third child i n early fa l l . . . . Eric Green came armed w ith c u te baby pictures of his three-week old baby girl, N e l l . Eric and his wife, Katie, live in Boston, where Eric works for Cooper & Lybrand . . . . And for the new I 've received: Patti D' Agostino wrote w i th news of her master' in educational psychology from Col u mbia Uni-

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Lots of classmates have been bu y b u d d i ng fam i l ies. Chn and Lisa Kerney Brown welcomed N at h a n i e l B u l l a rd i n O c tober. L isa , d irector of the English de partment at Beaver Country Day c hool , and Chris, a n arc h i tect w i t h a Boston firm, are "spend i n g l o t s of time learning what babies are a l l a bo u t . " . . . C h r i s and Kathleen B radley Colwell have a new daughter, E m i l y El i:abeth. K athleen, a town planner i n N . M I LE P O STS Andover, Mass . , w a s " e x c i ted to e n t e r t h e fo u r t h d e c a d e as a Bmhs: A daughter, M o l l y H o l t , to Norri a n d Cheryl C a r r Holt p a re n t . " . . . In M a rc h , Kokoro ' 8 1 . . . . A daughter, Charlotte Page Copp, to Barry and Carolyn and Rok Zajec had their first baby, Berry Copp '82 . . . . A on, Kal Benjamin Maier, to Jane and Paul Kyle Rok Takerv. Rok is a banker Maier '82 . . . . A son, Joseph Calabro, to John and Jennifer Cleary with Chase and remains an active Calabro '84 . . . . A son, N icholas J ennings Cruickshank, to J im . . N atasha and occer p layer. and Karen Melino Cruickshank '84 . . . . A son, am Fitch, to Craig Welch rec e n t l y welcomed J ohn and Elizabeth Rose Fitch '84 . . . . A daughter, Megan E l izatheir daughter, K a tya. Cra ig has beth Hanley, to Dana C . '84 and Debra Tierny Hanley '84 . . . . A built a oftware company ( more on, Benjamin Kinder, to Ro e W. Deane and Deb Reinke Kinder than 35 employees ! ) with the help '84 . . . . A daughter, A lice Georgia Grellier, to Rick Grellier and of partners Prof. A l Mavrinac, Ali on Cox '85 . . . . A daughter, Charlotte tewart Pol k , to Col M aryanna M arinos-Baker '89 and leen and James Polk '85 . . . . A son, Matthew John Gill, ta John B i l l Carr ' 8 9 . . . . P a t r i c k and and Catherine Woodward Gill '86 . . . . A daughter, J ul ia Helen Patty Haffey C lendenen have Ru , to Jonathan '87 and Wendy Lapham Russ '86 . . . . A son, three c h i ldre n , Pau l , 7 , Drew, 5 , W1\l 1am Bernard Ackerman, to Peter Ackerman '87 and Eliza and Claire, 3 . Pat, a n attorney in beth Applegate '87 . . . . A on, Hayden Douglas Berry, to Tom and Boston, was appointed chair of Jennifer Shackett Berry '87 . . . . A son, Jonathan Andrew Mar the l it igat ion committee of the tm, ta Chri-topher and J a ne Gro man Martin '88 . . . . A son, American Bar A soc i a t ion , and Ryan Ro Mona ch, tO teven and Lara Beetham Monasch Patty has a ful l - time job in moth ' 9 . . . . A on, Chri tian Alexander Perez, to David and Dawna erhood. Maybe the C lendenens M. Zajac Perez '89 . . . . A on, Samuel Stewart Richmond, to c a n pool baby-si t t i ng hour w i t h Stewart '88 and Tanya Goff Richmond '89. H a n k and C y n t h i a H u d s o n Whittenberg, w h o reside i n Lynn Marriages: Darlene J. Howland '8 1 to Stephen C. Pfaff '81 in fiel d , M ass . , w i t h their t h ree c h i l Waterville, Maine . . . . Elizabeth Ann Keuffel '84 to W i l l iam dre n , K y l a , 5 , J e n n a , 2 - 1 /2 , a n d Howard Ouellette m Cape Porpoise, Maine . . . . J udy M. Swift '86 Peter, l . . . . R i c k a n d Nancy Pare to Richard Bruce Fairfull in Woods Hole, Mass. Burton describe life as "kids-work k ids-and-more work. " The flex i b i l ity of N a ncy's job as a bus i ness i nsurance Lou Profenno attended the wedding . . . . Mario a graduate cour e ar U N Y la t fa ll and i now supervi or seems to be her saving grace as ' 5 and Kay Gammon Ferrucci moved to enioymg being a mom and steal mg a few hours mother of Lind ey, 3, and Jonathon, l. She Green v i l le, Del . , with their c h i ldren, M ickey, 5 , a week to research a book on gender and the keeps i n touch w i th L i s a Collett Hook, who a n d Olivia, 1 . . . . Geoff Johnson says life with frontier . . . . Charmaine Twigg Hartnett j u t works at Fleet and recently bought a home h is wife, Ann, and daughter, Cate, 2 , is a joy added to Chandler, 3 - 1 /2 , and abina, 1 - 1 /2 , a with h e r h u band, J e ff, i n C u m b e r l a n d , every day but there are definitely not enough 1 2-week-old boxer! They have moved to the M a i n e . . . . J eff ' 8 7 and B e t h Henry R u s s e l l hours in the day! His job at Fidelity I nve tments 'burb of N .Y.C. for her husband' new job . . . . relocated to Bangor, M a in e , w i t h c h i ld ren ( d i rector of global operations) requires a lot of Lynn and Dana Friedman live in Mission Viejo, Thomas, 2 - 1 /2 , and Ali o n , l. Jeff was ap travel but is extremely interesting and a great Caltf., and volunteer every week as ammal care p o i n ted marketing manager for Bangor I n ter way to ee the world . . . . We're about to move �taff at the Friends of Seal ton Marine Mammal national Airport, and Beth "holds i t all together, back to the Bo ton area for my husband's new Center. They rescue, treat, rehabilitate and j uggling p laygroups and beac h picnics." . . . La t job, and as I write t h is I'm surrounded by boxes. release sick and injured eals and sea l ions, time l heard , Lara and J amie Arsenau l t ( and Ben, 3 - 1/2, and Andrew, 1 - 1/2, are taking as which they say is extremely fulfi l l ing and re son Ryder, 3) were awaiting the birth of daugh much out as I 'm putting i n ! We're a lso e x c i ted warding, . . . Andrew Jeske and wife Laura were ter Dempsey . J amie enjoy family l i fe and teac h about leav ing for a family reunion in Scot married in Salem, Mass., on M ay 25 and honey ing/coaching at Bridgton Academy i n Maine. land . . . . Remember to c heck out Colby's Web mooned in I taly for two weeks. Colby roommate vessel currently exploring the surface of Mars . . . . Samuel S. Weiser '8 1 has been promoted to partner in the firm Samuel S. Weiser '8 l Ernst & Young LLP, where he has been serving as national director of invest ment advisory service . . . . Mary Beth Mcintyre '82 is the new v t ce pre-idem, fund raising and membership ervices d ivision of E p s i l o n , a fu l l - se rv i c e c on s u l ta t i v e d a t a base m ar k e t i n g company . . . . Toby La Vigne ' 8 8 h a s become president a n d chief executive officer of LaVigne Inc., a commercial printing company in Worce ter, Mass.

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. . . Earth sc ience teacher and head foothall coach in Katonah N . Y . , Jim Brandt and wife Cathy keep busy with their daughter, M e l issa, l . . . . Todd Wallingford teache - soc i a l stud ies in M assac huse tts and "loves h is career." Mounta i n b i k i ng i his pas ion, and during the summers Todd does "what all 3 0-something teachers do-paint houses and trave l 1 " Todd tells us that Dave Caspar and his wife, Nancy, recently welcomed their 10 l b . , 5 oz. son, J us t i n . . . . I n Scottsd a l e , Ariz., w i t h wife Jeannie, G reg Chronis is "trying to get my l ast ga ps of youth before the c h i ldren arrive ! " An i nsurance underwriter, G reg is active in com pet i t i ve golf and baseb a l l . He stays in touch with Paul Hesterberg, who 1 i n medical chool at the U n iversity ofVermont, and Todd Blake, who "travels to Europe more than anyone I k n ow . " . . . M a n y '88ers agree w i t h J a n e Hayden C lark that " uccess equals feel ing con tent and grateful for friends, fam i l y and love." A c l in i c a l soc ial worker and a lcohol/drug coun selor i n Cape E l i z abeth, M a ine, J ane received her M .S . W in 1 990 and enjoys gardening, ant ique ing and b i rd watching w i th her hus band, Troy. She should talk to Monika Cha s . A graphic a r t i s t i n Nyack, N .Y . , M o n i k a has studied bird behavior over the last three years and says, "it sounds boring but it's fabulous fun . " Monika finished her M .A . in French l it erature and s t i l l paints . . . . Sydney Cook, a graduate student in environmental studies a t t h e University of Montana, writes, "Who ever thought l would return to choo l ?" ydney wel comed her 30th birthday and "left her 20s be h ind with a big smile and sigh ofrelief." . . Susan Lock head Yardley recently completed her Ph.D. program and i a c l i n ical psychologist for The Federal Bureau of Prisons i n Maryland. Susan planned a trip to Europe in the fal l as a "gift to myself." M aybe she can swap stories w i th Megan Davis Collins, who is an add iction counselor in New H ampshire's tate pri on, where she coun sels and conducts group work. Megan, who has both law and M .S.W. degrees, keeps in touch with Michelle Cheeseman, who recently re turned from a teaching post in J apan and now l ives in Boston. Megan i nforms us that Nicola Rotberg and Rob Cloutier '89 are both physi c ians in Phi ladelphia . . . . Save J une 5 - 7 , 1 998, for our 1 0-year reunion ! Sara Dickison ( 6 1 72 9 2 -00 1 5 ) and Demetra Giatas ( 20 7 - 7 73 -9586 ) are co-chairing our reunion gift committee. They welcome volunteers to help them break a l l 1 Oth reu nion records, so please let them know i f you'd l i ke t0 help. Expect a letter from them soon!

-Lauren Frazza

It has been great to hear from you through your questionnaires and Web site vis i ts . Alex Pugh married A n n e l iese M arie E ckhardt '9 1 i n A ugust '96. Alex obtained a master's degree in geology from the U n ivers i ty of M aine-Orono and is now a geologist for the M a i ne DEP. Anneliese was a teacher and natu ral ist at the B l ue h i l ls Trai ls ide M useum of the

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Massachusetts AuJuhon Soc iety hut ha> re cently begun work at U M a ine-Ornno on a master's 1 11 oceanogra r h y . . . Randy " Dou glas" Barr graduated from U M ass Medical chool in 1 99 3 a nd J id h1 m ternal med ic me residency at the Maine Med ical Center in Portland. He anJ Suzanne, whom he m<1 med in J u l y 1 99 5 , keep busy with the i r <laughter, Sarah, 2, and dog, Fenway . . . . J erry '90 m < J A m y C u rt i s Phil ippon were married in 1 99 3 with a h uge Col by turnout . ince then they\·e l ived on Kwaj a l e m A to l l , Marsh a l l ! -, l ands, wh ich Amy report i s a nice change from her native Ma me. The closest c 1 v i l 1zatiun 1 s Ho nol u l u , a five-hour pl ane ride ! Kwaj a l e m only support a small grocery '>tore, <1 convenience rnre , anJ a department store, o Amy anJ Jerry have become " m a i l order freak " and look for ward to an annual trip to Wal -Mart. J e rry I' an environmental engineer with Raytheon, the log i tics contrac tor to the local army ba,e, anJ Amy h a been work mg as a supr l y system' ana l y t . Both [,1ok forward to return mg rn the States this year and surfing the In ternet. . . . Melissa Early R u witch anJ hu hand Tom have had a big year-the b i rth of twins ( ru mored to be gorgeous 1 ) J acoh anJ MaJeleme last February and then the move tO the hou e her gre<it-grandfather bui l t 1 11 1 9 1 2 . N eed les' to ay, Tom and Mel 1s, a report thar they are husy learning parenting and home re torat 1on ski l l s ! M e l i s a a lso wrote that she 1 s · t 1 l l o n leave from h e r pos i tion in r h e adm 1 ion · office of Washi ngton U n i versity . . . . Mark ilvern rece ived h is J . D . degree from Suffolk U n 1 verity in May 1 99 7 and a lso wa awarded the J ames J. H arris Prize in recognition of merito rious ach ievement. He i now employed 111 the lega l department of Ven ign, I nc . and is pe c i a l izing in electronic commerce. . . 1 received notice of the engagement of Barbara J ean Tubridy to J ohn Par:yk for a J ul y 1 998 wed d ing. Barbara i s in a master's program at San Diego State University in Cal iforn ia, where her fiance also rec e i ved his bachelor's degree. Best w ishe s 1 . . . Byrne Decker cont i nues to win cases and races m Portland, M a i ne , where he pract ices law w i th the firm Pierce Atwood and trains for marathons year round. He won the M a i ne M arathon and the M aine G rand Prix race eries in 1 996 and started off 1 99 7 w i t h a v i c tory i n the Patriot's D a y fiv e - m i ler. Byrne and h is wife, Melanie, l ive in Yarmouth with their two chi ldren, Megan and Ben j a m i n . . . . Robert Coupe w a s appoi nted d i rector o f commun ications for Rhode I s l and's l ieutenant governor, Bernard J ac kvony, last Apri l . Since graduat ion, Robert ha been working for ena tor John Chafee, both i n Wash i ngton as h is deputy press secretary and speechwriter and back in R . l . with his reelection campaign. Robert a lso has managed Nancy M ayer' U . S . enate campaign a n d d o n e freelance w o r k i n marketing a n d pub l ic relations . . . . T. Bryan Cook and wife A m y are l i v i ng i n I nd ianapol is with their two ( soon to be three ! ) c h ildren,

Zachary anJ A hley . . . . Cou rtn e y l ngraffia moved to D.C. last summer to rake a po ition with the law firm of Crowel l and Moring and would l i ke to k now who e lse is in the area. She ha> hcen 111 Boston since 1 996 working on a master's at Harvard 111 puhl1c health with a concentra t mn 111 law and public health. She a lso writes that: Melinda Cheston 1 the direc tor of -,;:iles anJ marketmg at the Lenox Hotel anJ Jomg fahulously; Rob Erdmann is still around Boston; Tom Abbatiello and wife Chris r me moved hack from Atlanta and have a great hou e 111 Bol ton, Ma s . ; and Kel l y Doyle al o moved back to the Boston area and is working for a fanta,t1c upstart computer company called F i refly . . . . J Lawrence Collins now spend most of h1 time in Pari , where he perform acoust i c - American rock " to a French audi ence that can't figu re out my lyrics but seem to l 1 ki• the music anyway ! " He w r i tes that " Pa rn is a magical c ny that l ive 2 4 hour a J a y - g re a t foo d , t e m b l e w e a t h e r, and women . " . . . A belated addendum to news of S usan Chaffee C u y ler's wedding 111 eptem hcr '96. The wed d m g ceremony was performed by Doug Sca l i e '86, the pastor in Brew ter, Ma>5 . , who helped make the i r day even more rec r n l and memorable.

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Matt Frymier 1 working a a treasury bond trader for Bank of A merica in an Fran c1 co. He gets up at four 111 the morning to work Wall Street hours, then gets off work 111 the early afternoon to "hop on [h i-] a i l board." Matt' wife, Christine ( the two celebrated their fourth weddm g anniversary in J u ly ) , works for Fidelity I n vestments. M a t t ays Colby people he ees in the Bay area include Katie Thelosen '89, Kyle Lis ack '92 and Ellyn Paine '90, and he work with M alcolm Warn '7 1 . Last winter, Matt, Chris Haddad, Dave Freed, Paul Davi '9 1 , J ay Stabile '89 and Doug Hall went on a ski trip to W h istler, B.C., and had so much fun t h a t t h e y ' re p l a n n i no a n o t h e r t r i p next year . . . . Matt Hancock wrote i n with an up· date on hi i x - month o ld daughter. " arah ha ju t l earned how to dribble and pass, and her jump shot is already better than Rob H y land' ," he boa ts. Matt and his wife, Tracy , moved to Casco, Maine, l ast spring and celebrated with a hou e w a r m i n g p a r t y a t t e nd e d b y Tim O'Donnel l , Tim Bonang and B i l l Maher (all Class of '87 ) , Debbie Adams, Kevin Whitmore '9 1 and Tom '9 1 and Twisty Gogolak Dorion '9 1 . . . . Galen Lauman Kawaguch i and her husband had a baby boy, Aaron , in May. Galen and John got married last year and are now l i v i ng in Seattle . . . . Paula Henriques Caldeira G u i maraes is l iv i n g in Portugal w i th her hus· band, M igue l , and their baby girl, R i ta . . . Wendy ( Westman '92 ) and Ken Eglinton are l iving i n H udson, Mass. Ken is a s ales and appl i c a t ion support special ist for Pre c ision De tectors, and Wendy is staying at home taking care of their son, Clark, who wa born in

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You have been great about sending in new . Please write or call anytime or if you don't see your news written up within six months of writing in . . . . Fred Stewart, who l ived in Ha waii in 1 994 and helped his brother- in-law with a pol itical campaign, is l iving in Portland, Ore. , where h e a n J his fiancee, Kathryn, bought a house. He currently works as a sales representa tive for Windmer Brothers Brewing Company, the Pacific Northwest's largest craft brewery. Stacy Porath Bruder is a sales representative at Picture Tel Corp. She and her husband bought their first house ( in Lexington, Mass. ) and are enjoying fixing it up . . . . Paige Brown has been a Fulbnght teacher in France since September 1 996. She is enjoying the fine food and travel

the news coming. Take care, everybody!

By now you've all received Karen W u 's letter declaring our fir t reunion a big success. What Karen failed to mention is that much of that uccess is due to her efforts before and during the weekend. So while many people aid it then, let me say i t again-thank you, Karen! She is now free to stay on the idel ines because, at reunion, we elected new class officers. Anne Bowie is now class president, Beth Baumer is VP/treasurer, and yours truly is the new secre Jnd Dave '89 and Karen Curry Wehr '89 were tary. N ow for all the news you 're wa iting all guest at the wedding. Greg and A n n met as for. . . . Paul Argiro is working for his fami ly's nval racing Shield a d boats on Long I sland cabinetry business and has j ust re leased his band' ound. Ann 1 a graduate of A mherst Col lege first CD . . . . Augie Cenname just graduated and works at Vogue maga: ine i n ew York, and from Harvard Business School and drove cross Greg 1 currently an equ i ty analy t in the media country this summer. H is final dest i nation was and communicauon group at Bear, S a n Francisco, where he plans terns and Company. He and G ra eventually to start h is own busi Lawre n c e C o l l i n s '89 n o w s p e n d s m o s t o f h i s ham Pow i s rec e n t l y c o m p l e te d nes . . . . Chris Frothingham spent M . B.A. degree in finance at ew time in Paris, w h e re h e p e rfo rms acoustica sun-filled summer on his family's York University, a n d both agree boat in Cuttyhunk, Mass., before A me r i can r o c k "to a F re n c h audience t h at that Mayflower H ii 1 is a premer s t a r t i n g m e d i c a l s c h o o l t h is campus than Wash ington quare. fal l . . . . JC K l i c k can offer some can't fi g u re o u t my l y ri c s b u t seem to l i ke t h e . . Tracey Elmeer i l i v ing on a 4 5 insight into that world-he's still m u s i c anyway! " acre farm i n Macon , M d . , where h e i n m e d i c a l school a t U Masswork for t h e Maryland Department Worcester and, unfortunarely, of Conse rv a t i o n a s a w i l d l i fe r e s e a rc h and a l o the teaching . . . . Christine Goulding skipped reunion to study for h is boards . . . . A lso b1ologi t. . . . I n M ay. J e n ( M t lsop '93 ) a n d J on Manteghi ha been in Germany with her hus in medical school is Yong Kwon's new wife, Millard moved from Detroit to Ch icago, where band since eptember 1 996, teaching English Jeannie. Yong and Jeannie were married J uly 1 9 Jen has gotten a great promotion w i th ears. and working on her dissertation. he has co and will be living i n New Jersey. The Class of'92 . . . Kathy McK.iernan became the pre s secre written an instructional workbook for using the was well represented at the wedding by Karen tary for enator Edward M . Kennedy in April. I nternet to learn German, and she reports fee l Wu, Melissa ( aka Missy) Small, Ben Jorgensen Kathy worked in the C l i n ron W h i te H o u e for i n g ready to stop b e i n g a professional student and Melissa and Pete Hayden. M issy is starting four year , fir r a a pre as i rant and later a and get a real job . . . . Carol Cu mming is in her second year of a Ph. D. program in education an a . tstanc pres ecretary. I get uch a kick out bu me s school at Cornell Johnson Graduate at the U niversity of Connecticut at torrs. She ofreading quote from her in The Boston Globe School of Management. She was in Manhattan j ust returned from a trip to Seattle with Farah congratu l a t t on , K a t h y ! . . . F r a n c - E r i c working at Citicorp for several years before Paradise, who was back in Maine for the sum returning to school for a business degree. Go mer after spending the previous year in Colo Wiedmer i s a b iotechnology r e earc h a s istant at Genetic Therapy, Inc., and h i s wife, Deborah Carol ! She plays ice hockey for a sport and did rado and Florida . . . . Kendra Smith also has been traveling a bit. After spending the summer Good Wiedmer, is a postdoctoral fellow at the a marketing internship last summer . . . . Sandy backpacking i n the Oregon wilderness, Kendra Colhoun ha sent in a ton of news, the most National Cancer lnsn tute. They have two cats was headed to Switzerland, Germany and France recent being that he is off to Antarctica for a and a new home in Maryland. A lthough he for three weeks in September-October. he journal ism internship from September to Feb say hi life since Colby has brought him some writes that Ted Bosco is also i n Oregon and ruary. He's in touch with many Colby folks, th i n gs he didn't expec t , Franc - Eric has "found doing very well with h is new baby boy. . . . Back includ ing K u r t Whited ( who recently got a that my Col by expenences and knowledge on the East Coast, we have a lot of alumni i n the teaching job outside the Boston area), J i m Lewis have prepared me for all of t h e m . " . . . Roger Boston area. N ed Goodell is in h is final year ( living in Denver w ith his wife, Jessica Case '89, Woodberry s ings w i th the Trin i ty Choir in s t u d y i n g a rc h i t e c t ure a t H a r v a r d . H i l da and new baby, James, and writing for a music/ Boston and plan to tour Bntain w i th the Westervelt, after working in Manhattan for snowboarding magazine) and Suzanne Laprade, choir this spring. They w i l l sing at various three year in the art business, started a Ph.D. who has been teaching at Hopkins School in pre t1g1ous concert hall such as the Academy program in classics at Harvard t h is fall -after New Haven, Conn. Sandy sent me a photo from of St. Martin i n t h e F i e l d s . . . . M i c h a e l spending three week in Europe. Katey Ford a New Year's Eve bash at J e ff For t ' s house in Mi s i alek, a pathology resident a t the U n i ver and Paula Gardner Bousquet are also i n the U rah . . . . Dante Self Bartolomeo gave birth to S t ty of M a sac h u s e t ts M e d i c a l Center i n Boston area working i n marketing. A n interest R i ley Craig in May 1 996 and is currently a full Worcester, is l i v i ng in Westford, M a s s . M i k e ing note: Paula and I share the same wedding time mother who occasionally is a sales consult wa appointed to the College of A merican date, October 22, 1 994 . . . . Erin ( Kelly '9 1 ) and ant for Holiday Inn. The Bartolomeo family Pathologists' chemistry re ource c o m m i t te e . Chuck DiGrande are in N ahant, Mass. They currently lives in Meriden, Conn . . . . And fi . . M.F. C h i p G a v i n a n d A ndrea Krasker bought their home from Chuck's mom and have nally, my news. I gave birth to my second child, ' 9 3 we re planning a wedding for A ugust. Chip j ust finished some renovations. After being Maxwell "Max" Powers, on May 2, which is why works for the Office of the Secre tary of State friends since c h ildhood, Chuck and J im Brown I have not finished our class letter. He arrived six in Augusta, Maine, and A nd rea is a master's ing back to outhem M a i n e ome t i me i n the next few months. They both en1oy d i stance running and were tra i n i ng for the Bar Harbor half-marathon la t September. Their son, Tate, i now 3 , and they have a daughter, arah, born in May 1 996. Congratu lations to all the new parents! . . . Greg L u ndberg wrote that he mamed Ann L. Friedrich in Rye, N .Y . , in May. Steph e n Hord, Reed Bernhard, C h r i s Taylor

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relocated to Washington, D.C., where] im started \ t a r t ge t t mg fired up f o r Reun ion ' 9 8 ! Take Conn i e H u ffine '94. J o h a n Dowdy ;rnJ Signe medical chool at Georgetown . . . . Also in D.C. c a r e , e v eryone. Burns a l 'o are l i \· i ng m S.F . . or , 1 -. S igne ca lb I t , for the ummer wa Aaron Zeisler. He's there "the mo:.t u r<'r1an c i ty i n th\: coun try." Th e y -Elizabeth Curran after h is fir�t year in law schol1l . This informa '>pend rh e 1 r ri 1 1 1 e coukmg gPurmer m e< i i '> ;inJ tion comes from Trevor Sides, who enrertai neJ Le i f ' 9 3 and K e l l y O ' Rourke Sta r t i ng the CPR Center for r,ychopharmaco Aaron at his new home in Cleveland, Ohio; Merryfield l i v e 111 a home thar belonged ro lng1cal Research and Con,c 1ou,ne'' Expf1m 1 o n Trevor moved there after a two-week vacation Kelly\ grnnLlparent; in B i l lerica and were look . . sounds rrippy, nwn. Signe 1, a 1 1 1 < 1 n a g l: r a r in A l aska near rhe Arctic Circle . . . . Two orher mg f ci rw a rJ w rhe1r J uly vacar 10n on an island Bord e r' Boob, ancl J o h a n , of M<1c L 1 h f; 1 111 e . '' c lassmates are c lo e by i n Delaware. Cammy ,,ff Pnr t L1nJ. Kelly works a' general manager at t i l l 'avmg com p u t e r - c h a l lengeJ r e u p l e < l \ " Howe is teac h i ng there and wa p l an n i ng her T yng.,boruugh GarJem wh i le doing lanJscape nerwork 'Y'rem' a n a J y,t . . . . A J,u in rhe com J u ne wedding at Colhy ro an '87 graJ ( whose puter arena i, N ive F il ipo , \\'h, i w or b 1n Porr ( ( !Jl\ U l t i ng . J e ' 1 gning and r l a nt mg . . . . Con name I d idn't get at re u n i on-Ca m m y , p l e a s e gr<Hulattun, ro Christine Dash anJ Mark Muir hmd, re. , for I me l . . . . AnJ of cour,e rhcre are w r i te w i t h deta i ls ) , anJ Suzanne Regn ier is a many among u; who ; i re i ndu,tnou,J')' c , in t m u '9 3 , who were: p l a n n mg a eptember we dd i ng . research and grants a si. tant for a mu;e u m . Chn.,tine. d 4 u a l 1 t y as;urance >pec 1 a l ist at mg thc1r educa t 1 un 1 11 1 m pre""-c f1 c ! J , . Simone . . . Liz T h o r n t o n Bow l i n g i s l i v Garmer Group Learn mg 111 Lowell, ing i n R i c h mond, Va. , and reac hing 1s 111 the ma,rer of l i hrary science h igh school Spanish. She and her rwgram at yracu>e U . . . . Jessica N EWS MAKERS husband, Car l i le, were married J une Hill, a marh and -;c ience teacher at Christy Law Blanchard '90 is the new d 1recror nf comm ur ncat tom 2 1 and w i l l start build ing a home New Hampton 'chool 111 N . H . , ex for Save the Bay, an organization that en;ure the environmental next summer on the I 0 acres they h 1 h 1 teJ 'ome of her work ar the qualiry of Narragansett B<iy and it warer<,hed . . . . Brian Seidman purchased in the country . faculrv arr ..,h,>w la t 'iprmg . . . . Ken '94 has been named chief operating officer and ch ief financ ial -Michelle Forcier Biscotti Dupui , wh,) moved to Watertown officer of the Gatl ing Group, a Bo�ton-ba ed provider of sy,rem, <ind ride, his mountain bike to Mass. and fac i l i t ies m a i ntenance adm intstra t 1nn support for financ ial Hello, everyone, and happy Gen. Ho p1ral, where he adminis service companies . . . . Morgan Fi l ler '97 swam a 4 2 - k domerer fal l ! 1 hope wherever you are the ter' re. earch proiects, w a fe a tured ( 26 . 2 mile) marathon from N ewpurr, Vr., to Magog, Que . , plac mg leaves still wear their cloaks of muln in a local new paper article profil1 3 th of 2 4 competitors in j ust uver 1 1 hour . hued splendor and the memories of ing young professionals . . . . David summer are keeping you warm as Holt:man Jllmed the staff a a re M I LE POSTS the chill ets i n ! . . The summer pPrrer for rhe Saugus Advertiser afwas a warm one, and Scott Green ter W<)rkmg a a corre pondent for Marriages: Albert ] . Evans '90 to K imberly A. Ha;hm m M mer ville. field, Dave Higgins, J on C ul l y , rhe Bedford Mmuceman. . . Al o Pa . . . . Gregory Lundberg '90 to Ann L Friedrich, in Rye, Dave Beatus and J ul ie S ny d e r her wnrking as a reporter i Katrina N.Y . . . . Amy Lynn Robinson '90 ro Henry C. Norwood '90 in alded i t in in fine style by reunit ing Greenfield, who pent the fall of Kennebunk, M aine . . . . Catherine W. Giles '91 to Scott D. over M e morial Day weekend in '96 travel mg in J apan and Sourh Stecher '9 1 . . . Laura E. Pizzarello '9 1 to William Norwood Scarborough, Maine. Dave Beatus Korea and rerurned ro her home Scott '89 i n Providence, R . I . . . . John D. Roth '9 1 to an dra is the new, proud father of a bahy rown in Washington ro work for t he Kathleen Whitton in Slarer v i l le, R . I . . . . Theresa L . Sullivan girl, S i mone, born in March '97Prosser Record-Bulletin . . . . Srill in '91 to John C. Brockelman '92 in Dracut, Mass . . . . Jenn ifer P o r r T o w n s e n d , W a s h . , Jon congrats, Dav e 1 . . . Other congratu Alfond '92 to Thomas Seeman in Weston, Mass . . . . Sherri Mitchell, who learned to sing and lat ions go out ro the fol lowing Bossie '92 to Brian Garvey '91 in tockholm, M aine . . . . Chrisplay the poons, says he' been work c l assmates who have recently be topher McQuilkin '92 to Christine John on m Eden, N. Y . . . . Brian ing a· a sailor on rai l hips and come engaged: Emilie Abair, Paul W i l l i a m Q u i n n '92 to K a t h l ee n P . Dooley i n N orwoo d , writ ing a grant to study the effects Froio, Greg Burns, Heather Jagels, Mass . . . . J o h n Rimas ' 9 2 to E l i zabeth Kelly in West Roxbury, of logging on the Pacific Hen, a rare Kristen Schuler to J on Scammon Mass. . . . Andrew H. Wright '93 to Marie E la ina Bruening, in ea bird on the we t coasr ofCanada's '94 and Mark Muir ro Christine Shelburne, V t . . . . Marsh a I l monen '94 to Daniel Mar h VancoU\·er Island. Jon wrote abour Dash '94 . . . . Anne Griffin writes '95 . . . . Danielle L. Jamison '94 ro Robert Laurent Benedetto, in his heightened piritual awarene from R ussia, where she is i n adver Providence, R . L . . . J uan Roura Ares '95 to Renee G idding in and said he wa considering join ing tis i n g a t M cC a n n , E r ic kson in Barcelona, Spain. an ashram in Canada to do ome Moscow. She has news of other inserious medi tation . . . . Jonathan t e r na t i o n a l l y based c l assma tes: Ostrom work as the Earth Day d i recror for Cella is at the Columbia Teacher' Col lege m Sandra Vines is in the Peace Corps in Morocco, Northwest Environmental Advocates in Port an ant h ropology and e d u c a t i on program. and Sibel Akbay l i ves i n Istanbu l , Turkey, and S tephanie C r a n e is a l o at Columbia getting land, Ore . . . . Last April at the Metropolitan works for Reurer . . . . We have a number oi Cafe in N .Y.C., a surprise 2 5 th b i rrhday party her M . I . A . ( ma ter's in in rernat ional affa irs ) . fellow M u les who are intima te ly involved w ith J u lie Brady rec e i ved her j uris docrorate degree the U . S. Armed Forces these days. Ch ris Gieszl was given for Matt Lapides, an associate with Chase Manhattan Bank. Members of our cla this past spring. Jen Comstock graduated from is a N avy Seal stat ioned in V i rginia Beach. Dan the Corn e l l M . B.A. program, and Mike Genco who attended were Vinnie Del Greco, Bill Bush, Sevilla graduated from the Advanced I ndividual Roger Hughes, Kent Bonham, Kim Valentine, fin ished medical school and is in the ER at Training program a r the U.S. Army Infantry Butterworth Ho pita! in Grand Rapids, M ic h . Rina McCreery, J eff Carter, Matt McGowan, School. J anine Deforge Howley, a brokerage Kevin O'Grady, Ed Ramirez, Kara Gilligan, W a y ro go! You're a l l purr ing t h e rest of u s ops supervisor and proud mom of A lexa Howley, Megan Cambel l , Mike Koester, J oh n U tley, ( we l l , at least me ) ro shame ! . . . And in the is married to an officer in the U.S. Air Force. A l l ison Guth and Stephanie Goff. . . . As a wide world of sports, J onathan Eddinger de And Kim Carlson McGee, a law c lerk, is l i v i ng research as ociare in the Latin American equiry serves kudos for running the Honolulu M ara in Conn. , where her husband is an officer on the thon. And H i lary Gehman j ust completed a research group of the Union Bank of Switzer M emph is, a fast - attack submarine . . . . People tra ining program at an Olympic development land in N. Y . , Marina Grande analyzes telecom are loving l i fe out on the West Coast! J eff Zlot munication companies and travels frequently. camp for crew . . . . T i me to shut the books on is a content financ ial consultant in San Fran She i engaged ro Rafael Campos, who worked another quarter. Keep the letters com i ng-and c isco, where he has recently become engaged ro

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ll'a� fro m her homernwn of Rio de Janeiro, and they w i l l be mamed in Bra:1L l\larina ha v1 · 1 ted P a u lo Marnoto, 1n law chonl ar ortheastem, Eric Trac y. gradu ated from Harnrd Law, anJ Adam Z o i s , 11 mk mg m Bo,;ton. . Lynette Millet. graduate srudent at Cornell U., tra,·elecl to Kra k ow , Lon don and an Francisco and pent rhe ·um mer of las t rear doing research ar rhe I BM W;1t>c111 Re earch Center . . . . A l o ar Cl)mell 1� Chris Roo evelt, who gor h t masrer's m archael)k)g\' and 1 cuntmumgfor h 1" P h . D. afrer rerurn ing w Turkey for a th1rJ sea.on of fieldll'ork. Darrell Oakley, an endronmental analy>t, and h1 · wife, Carrie heppard '96, l t ,·e m Hawthorne, Y. . . In Augusr J e sica Mat:kin recel\·ed her ma ter', in American �tudie and 1,; te<1ch ing ,Jt an mte rnat 1ona l ,chool in lex 1co cl [\'. Katie Morri on continue, ro ·tudv for d ma;;rer'< uid11·in1ry and work. in an inner-c 1ry an Fran c1 co church . . . . After l i v in g in Cre�red Burre,

Colo .. working for Paragon1a. M ic h e l le Mathai wen t to An:ona rhh fall ro get her \ 1 . B . :\ . . n - t i l l 1 n Dem·er. J e s i e Thunderbi rd. . . ewman, looking into n e w career nprinn' (maybe event coordination ) , I' ; tak i ng cla, ·e, tn help her decide. . . -oy Ahn and Jen Zwick Somer also are l iving i n olorado. iri Oswald, program coordinator for Proiect Har mon}, a non-profit c u l tura l , educatwnal anJ rrofe ;1onal exchange organi:ation, 'pent r h e la.sr rhree year· recrumng in Ru>s 1 a , then re turned to get a ma::.ter' in Ru s 1 a n .rn d E.1-rern European rud1e a r Georgetown U. G r e g Lvnch v1s1ted 1n in Rus 1a in the .,ummer l)f '96. Kathie Pooler, m her fourth year nf meJ 1cal chool at Johns Hopk i n U . p u r u i ng a career i n emergency medicine, traveled to Eurnpe hefore ·carting her re 1denq. . . K e l l y Flynn, al'o in Baltimore, working as an account manager for Harte Hank Markering, bought a ne\\' hou,e. . Mala Rafik graduated from orrheastern U . chool o f L a w a n d tarted working f o r a non profit, mternanonal Jome,t 1c v iolence organ1:at1on, the Women's R ight erwork in Bo. wn. . Ro u baum ,·acanoned 111 Au,tral 1 a and left Wall Street to pur ue an M . B.A. at Wharton.

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Julie Moran 1· a graduate tuJent at Boston Univer i ty and was l i vi n g wuh Jay utherland '94 and J ohanne oden, who p, getting her ma te r' m cl i n ical soc ial work at Bo,ton Col lege . . . . Ethan Platt l ive 111 Park City, Utah, where he i s m charge of ale and marketing for Bluewater Agriculture. . . J ill Picard, a Thomas J . Watson Fel low, ha� been ltvmg m Le otho, ·outhem Africa, where he' been research i ng the impact of intel lectual de l'elopme nt on wo me n . . . . Alane O 'Connor i a re earch analy:,t at i ndu·trial Economic , I n c . , m Camhridge. Adam M u l l e r , h e r roommate, i a re earch analy t at Analy is Group Econom iC5. El ai n e pent J anuary in I reland travel ing with Matt Rus , who worked in Cork for four mont hs . . . . J eff Peter work for a scientific

health maga:ine in Boulder, Colo. He planned to leaJ mp· for teenagers during the summer. h i ke the Appalachian Trad next :,pring, then r e t ur n back to school 111 the fall of '98 for hi master\ in geology or geography . . . . Denise adeau teaches biology , chem1 try and com pur

er, to kid> in grades 7 - 1 1 i n Roa tan, Honduras. She pre\'tl)U<ly taught English as a second lan guage at a uniYer·ity m Mex1c�) . . . . Ben Otto is a field instructor u·1th the Oregon Museum of Science anJ I n d ustry. In August he began a 1 01 5 month rour of the world . . . . Tamela Spaulding <pent rhe 'ummer rnokmg a r Hidden Valley Camp 111 l\lonn·ille. 1'.laine. She has a part - t ime iob teaching adult education th1 fall. . . . Eric Schwartz, an associate m Cooper & Lybrand ' hu,111es::. a>sura nc e d 1 ,·1s1on, antic ipated recei,· ing an 1\1.B.A. from Bo ton Un ivers i rv last Au . gust. . Kim Ve rn e r i' excited to be starting a ma,ter\ 111 expre St\'e therapies at Le·dey College 111 Cambridge. . Megan Nicholson has been ll'urkmg in Busron at Brigham & Women's Hos p i tal 111 the c i rcadian medicine research section and plan tn a p pl \' to medical chool. he live with Kristen Zolla . . . . John Daly 1s a research ,1,,i,tant at the Center for Respons1,·e Polnics. He pl a nn e d rn hike the ew England pomon of the Appa lac h i an Tra il with Joy Chri stoferson during rhe :,um mer. . . . J. Simon Dalgleish, an anaJy,r at Arthur 0. L i tr le , writes that his part ner b an Ob-Gyn. imon 1 1 \'es with Dori Morrison, Kim Allen and Tatum Calder. . J. Catherine Kneece t < a chemi�t a t IFC Kaiser Engineer,, Inc. , and anendsJohm Hopkins part t1 me prngram m en\'lrnnmenral c ience and engineering . . . . Rac hel E. Zi e r z ow is a :oology graduate tudent ar UT-Austin. he planned to <Htend the Ecological ociety of America meet ing in Augu t m :'\lbuquerque, then camp m outhea:.t An:ona, then travel to Jackson, Wyo . . . . J odi Schwart: ha · entered YU's school of nur mg, where ,he plans to become a cemf1ed nurse midwife . . . . Courtney Sullivan i an a sociate consultant in a management con ulting firm. �he love her work and frequently sees Dori De a u tel, who is working hard at uffolk Law chool. . Brett Wilfrid is a Peace Corp vo l unteer in epal. He continue· to play guirar, h i aJ\'enture · m teaching are many, and h e would love ro hear from anyone who feels l i ke writ ing. . . . Mark W. Vigoroso is an associate news editor a t Cahners Publi h ing in Newton, Ma s. He write thar he ha a renewed appreciation for good Thai food, functional plumbing and a good piece of steak . . . . Chad Sisson and Karen Bo s s i e were married on August 9 in Caribou, Maine. Chad 1 a g rad tudent and urc h i n harve ter extraordinaire . . . . Melissa Taylor began the Umver tty of New England College of Osteo path ic Medic ine in eptember, hoping to be come a pediatrician . . . . Matthew O'Connell l ives in Hawa i i , where he is a pro shop assi tant at the Wailea Golf Club . . . . Kylie J essica Taphorn finished her first year of law chool a t McGeorge. S h e interned at t h e acramento O .A . ' s office as well a worki n g a t the Edd i e

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La u ra S e n i e r 1 P a r k m a n Street Natick, MA 0 1 760 508-653-7927 1 99 1

J e n n ifer Wood J e n c k s 540 Prospect Street Seekonk. M A 0 2 7 7 1 508-336-7049 e-m a i l : K 1 W 1 540@aol com 1 992

M ic h e l l e Fortier B 1 scott1 232 Park Ave n u e , Apt. 5 Hoboken. NJ 07030 2 0 1 -798-5662 e-m a i l : slsmb@ny1 phshmo.com 1 993

E l izabeth C u rran 64 D a n e Street #2 S o m e rv i l l e . MA 02 1 43 6 1 7-628-7092 e-m a i l : ecurran@s1 g . bs h .com 1 994

Alicia S . H idalgo 2 8 M a rshall Street North R ea d i n g , MA 0 1 864 6 1 7-35 1 -5 1 82 e-m a i l : a l 1cia_h 1da lgo@hmco.com 1 995 Alyssa Falwell

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Amie Sicchitano 2 5 H u ndreds C i rcle Wellesley H i l l s , M A 02 1 8 1 6 1 7-235-0666 1 997 K i m berly N . Parker

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Bauer Home Store for the summer. Kylie writes that W h i tney Glockner returned to California after pending eight months in cor l a n d . . . . Stephanie Paul and N i k i Shinneman l iv e to g e t h e r in Somerv i l l e , M as . . . . N oz o m i Kishimoto l ives i n Tokyo a n d works a t UNUM Life Insurance . . . . Li nnea Basu is a paralegal in N .Y.C. at Brown & Wood . . . . Carey Page works at two radio stations in Seattle and also is putting in her dues i n ret a i l . . . . J ason W. Phillip s work in computer network sales. He was married on August 2 t o Bersey Robinson ' 9 5

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What's up, '97s? Soon a founh of our c l ass shou ld receive questionnaires. After fil l ing them out, please return them to me so I can update the c lass about what everyone is doing. The A lumni Office w i l l cont inue sending out questionnaires, one fourth of the c l ass at a time, throughout the year. I f you aren't mentioned i n a c o l u m n , you ' l l definitely be i n future issues o f t h e magazine. Please be pat ient. . . . M uch o f w h a t I h e a r o u r c lass is doing I learned ei ther from seeing a c lassmate or tal k i ng to someone on the telephone. I drove across country and stayed out in Cal ifornia with Jennifer Lawrence, who began work in a consul ti ng firm in San Francisco th is fal l . I also had a beer with David Wright, who is working in San Franci co, too . . Patrick McBride did a brief tint with a market ing firm and is now writing sports stories for a

newspaper in Rhode Island . . . Stacy Jo lin was to leave in mid-August for Swi tzerland to play ice hocky in a sem i - pro women's league. She saw Becky Briber at the L i l i th Fair and ay Becky is temping in Boston . . . . Tony Rosenfeld led a student tour through Spain and 1 � teach ing at the Cushing Academy in Providence, R . l . , this fal l . . . . J on Parker is work ing i n an archi tecture firm and l i v ing with Tom Beedy, who works for the Boston Company. . . H y u n J ung was awarded a Fulbright grant to teach Engl ish in South Korea . . . . Kate White received a feJ, lowsh ip, al low ing h e r to return t o Germany. . Barb Gordon is tra ining for the Olympics. . . . Wendy Ridder is livmg and working in New York and share an apartment with Michelle Lin . . . . Chad Higgins l ives m the same apart ment build ing in Washington, D.C., as Ch rissy Kil lh effer and Mark Adelman . . . . Marnie Eckelman is in graduate chool in Monterey, Cal i f. , tudying to become an interpreter . . . . Linda J enkins and Heather Mc Vicar are l iving together in D.C. Linda is working for a senator,

and Heather is teaching and coac h ing girls' soccer . . . . I recently saw Joshua Woodfork, who was preparing to begin a master's program tn American tudies at M ichigan rate Universtty this fal l . He has seen Katye Thatcher and Emily Heiss in Boston, as well a Tony Moulton . . . David Bruinooge is hanging out at home in New Jersey, driving h i m elf crazy . . . . Andrew Black hope to play professional basketball over eas. . . . N ick Lamia and Dan Lavergne will be play i ng semi-pro ice hockey for two oppo ing team in Texas . . . . Lucas Penney is working for Traveler' , lnc., and living in Brighton with Andrew Pease, who works for an insurance com pany in Bo ton . . . . Cary Charlebois was to start teaching spec ial education in North Caroli na. . . . Jenna Klein 1s an intern with ! M G in Boul der, Colo . . . . And I 've returned to Colby to head up the port Information Department. Plea e complete your questionnaires and return them ro me so I can keep everyone upd ated. I hope to hear from you oon! -Kimberly N . Parker

Save the Date Reunion '98

The reunion planning committees for

the classes of ' 48, '53, '58, '63, '68, n '78, '83, '88 and '93 are a lready busy planning their reunions for next J une. I f you wou l d l i ke to help your class with their plans or want further i n formation contact the Alumni Office: e-ma i l : a l u m n i @ colby. edu, phone: 207- 872- 3 1 90 or write: Alumni Relations, Colby Col lege, 4310 Mayflower H i l l , Watervi l l e, ME 04901 .

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Daphne Fish P l ummer ' 2 2 , M a y 4, 1 99 7 , in Yarmouth, /\1aine, at 9 7 . he taught m a t h ematic in Connec t i c u t and R h o d e I s l a n d . Later s h e and her husband o w n e d and oper ated the Freeport, M a in e , ! G A . Surv inJr include her daughter, J anice Gerry, two brot h e r and t w o grandch i ldren. Edward T. Moynahan ' 2 5 , M a y 26, 1 99 7 , i n Radnor, Pa. , ar 94. H e w a - the c h tef exec u t tve officer of General Accident In ·urance Co. from 1 95 1 u n t i l h i remement L O 1 9 7 2 . H e continued a h e a d of the company's invest ment department until 1 9 7 7 . H e ts surv i \·ed by hts wife, Dorothy, cwo ·on·, two d augh ters and four grandch ddren. Elvira Royale Sullivan '26, March 3 1 , 1 997, m Hockessin, Del., at 94. She was an artist and homemaker. Predeceased by her husband, vlvester ull1\·an '25 , she is urvived by three chddren, mcludmg Carol Ar-t, and ·everal grandchildren. Esther Knud en Shettleworch '2 7, J u l y 4 , 1997, m Portland, M a m e , a t 9 2 . h e taught English a t Deering H igh chool LO Portland, Mame, from 1 9 3 2 u n t d her reti rement in 1966. urvivor include her on, Earle G . henleworth J r . ' 7 0 , her daughter, a r a J ane Mrosovsky, and rwo grandch dd re n . Wendell R . Grant '28, Apnl , 1 99 7 , m Granada

Hills, Calif., at 92. He devored his life to admin istration and the teach i ng of phy 1c and math ematics at chool in Aroo rook County, Ma me, for which he received many educauonal awards. He 1s urvived by ht on, John Grant, four grand ons, seven great-grandchildren and many nephews and nieces. Esther Parker Wiley '28, Marc h 3 1 , 1 99 7 , m Saratoga pring , N .Y . , at 9 2 . For 2 5 year she worked for the General E lecmc Co. , retiring in 1967 as a techn1Cal editor a c the Knoll Atom ic Power Laboratory. he also was an adu lt educa tion teacher for many years. urvivor include a daughter, Cora Crosman, a on, Roland G. Cro man, a sister, three brothers, nine grand children and 12 great-grandch i ldren. Evelyn L. Grindal l '30, April 1 1 , 1 99 7 , in

Wacerv1 l le, Maine, at 88. For 43 years he taught Engli h ar Win low H igh Schoo l , where her students included six of her siblings and I 7 nieces and nephew . She ratSed the seven chil dren of '.er brother Everard Grindall '3 1 , who died m an automobile accident. She 1 urvived by her brother, Ansel Grindal l, two si rers and many niece and nephews. Mary K. Wasgatt '30, May 20, 1 99 7 , in Camden,

Mame, at 90. Brought up in Rockland, Mame, she worked for M a r i t i me O t l C o m p a n y ,

Rock land a\·ings Bank and the William A . Farnsworth Library a n d Art Museu m. H e r com munity gave her a d istinguished service award in 1 968. Sun·i\·ing are her ·ister, Martha Wasgatt, two nephew and two niece . Howard L. Ferguson ' 3 1 , March 1 7 , 1 99 7 , in

Beryl McKeen Donovan '3 7 , March 28, 1 99 7 ,

in Houlron, Maine, ac 8 0 . S h e w a s known for her custom-created draperies. Survivor include her husband, John, a son, a daughter, seven grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and se\· eral niece and nephews.

W i ndham, N . H . , at 8 . He was an All-Maine baseball player at Colby and coached the New rnn ( Mass. ) H igh �chool ba eball team from 1 94 to 1 970. A World War II Army veteran, he al o caught social studie ac the school. He was named Colby Man of the Year in J 9 52 . He i sun·h·ed by h1 on, Roy Ferguson, a daughter, Su:anne Ferguson Yeo, four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Charles N . "Chick" Nawfel '3 7 , April 20, 1 99 7 , in Waterv i l le, Maine, a t 8 2 . H e graduated from Bo ran Universiry School of Law before erving m the Army, then devored more than 50 years to h is law practice in Waterville and to in\·olvement in rhe community. Survivors in clude his wife, El i:abeth, two sons, a daughter, two sisters, a cou in, nine grandchildren and 1 1 great-grandchildren.

2 , 1 99 7 , in dver pnng, Md., at 89. He was founder, chief execut 1\·e officer and pre idem of Lipman Bros. Inc., one of the largest agri-business operations L1f 1t kmJ i n the U. . He ga\·e the Colbiana Room in M i l ler Library, endowed the Lipman Lecture, made a gift to e tablish rhe Bernard H . Lipman Library o f J udaic Studies and ·erved a an over·eer. The College honored him with two Colby Gavels and a Colby Brick. urviving, beside h 1 wife, Thelma, are three sons, includ ing amuel B. Lipman '72, a daughter, two i ters and six grandchildren.

Hazel Wepfer Thayer ' 3 7 , May 28, 1 99 7 , in Brun ·w1Ck, Maine, a t 0. After working as a secretary for the Sperry Gyroscope Co. during World War 1 1 , she was a homemaker in Con cord, Mass. I n 1 980 she and her husband, J . Marble Thayer '3 , moved t o Orrs Island, Maine. urvivors include her husband, a daughter, two nieces and a nephew.

Bernard H . Lipman '3 1 , J u ne

Margaret L. Choate ' 3 3 , March 8 , 1 99 7 , in Penob·cor, Mame, a t 8 5 . he was a Latin reacher at Thayer Academy in Braintree, M a . , and Foxcrnft chool in M iddleburg, Va.

Edith L. Barron ' 3 8 , Apri l 1 5 , 1 99 7 , in Waterv i l le , Maine, ar 80. A sum m a cum l aude graduate, she received her master's degree from Columbia U n ivers i ty Teachers' College. he retired in 1 982 after reach ing mathemat· ics a t Waterv i l le J u n ior H igh School for 42 years. S u rvivor include her nephews, H a rry Barron and Ralph Barron, and her n iece, Pamela Barron Orne.

Pris c i l l a Perkins M c Lau gh l i n ' 3 3 , April 1 3 , 1 99 7 , i n Boothbay H arbor, Maine, a t 6 . he c a ught arr m e lementary and secondary schools in Waterv i l le , Maine, from the 1 940s to the 1 9 70s. A fo unding member of the M aine Po et ociery, he won many awards for her poerry. he i survived by her daughrer, Carol E . Cragi n , a brother, two grandchi ldren and two gre at -grandchi ldren.

Ernest M . Frost '38, May 29, 1 99 7 , in North Myrtle Beach, .C., ar 8 1 . After teaching at Husson College, he joined the voluntary move ment and was an executive of everal health organizations, includ i ng the March of Dimes and the American Heart Assoc iation. Prede ceased by his wife, Ruth Fuller Frost '36, he is survived by h is son, J ames Frost, his daughter, N ikki Frost '66, and two grandchildren.

William M. T er ry '33, in 1 996 in Newport News, Va. , at 86. He was an industrial relation director for Aerodex I nc . in M iami. Survivors include h is wife, J ean Wel l ingron Terry ' 3 2 .

Vivian B . Hunter '38, March 1 5 , 1 99 7 , in Augusta, Maine, at 8 1 . he was a c laim exam iner for the Social Security Administration for 3 1 years until her retirement in 1 97 1 . Several cousins survive her.

A a H. Roac h ' 3 6 , April 1 9 , 1 99 7 , in H o u Iron,

M a i ne, at 83. After earn ing an LL B. degree from Bosron U n i versity c hool of Law, he di tingutshed h imself as an Army prosecuror in World War II and served with the Maine N a t ional Guard a a legal officer u n t i l 1 96 1 . H e pracr iced law and w a prom inent i n the public affairs of Houl ton, Maine, unt i l h i s retirement in 1 9 76. u rv ivors inc l ude h i s w i fe of 5 5 years, J essie Adams Roach ' 3 8 , four c h ildren and five grandchi ldren.

Priscilla Cram Muir '38, March 30, 1 99 7 , in Winslow, Maine, at 79. A Thomas College gradu ate, she worked for Colby's buildings and grounds department for 2 3 years. Predecea ed by her first hu band, Robert F. Allen '29 and by her econd hu band, Harry Muir '26, she is survived by her daughter, Betty Cowing, a brother, a stepdaugh ter and step on and three grandchildren. Frederick B. Oleson '38, April 1 2, 1 99 7 , in Concord, Mass., at 8 1 . He was a profes or of F A L L

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Los Ange le , Cal if. , at 79. Afte r serv ing as a N av y l ieutenant in com m u n i c a t ions during World War I I , she worked as a n exec u t i v e secretary i n L o s Ange les. Predecea ed l:iy h e r h u s b a n d , Frank Ega n , she i u r v i v e d by h e r brother, J osiah t a p l e s , and n u merous neph ews and n iece . Arthur G. Beach J r. '42, April 1 8, 1 99 7 , in

Arli ngron, Texas, at 77. A 2 3 -year A i r Force officer, he was a pi lot of several different aircraft in World War I I and during the Cold War. After ret iring as a l ieutenant colone l, he worked fo r the Texas Employment Com mi sion. He i sur v ived by h is wife, Ann, two ons, two daughters and several grandc h i ldren. Addison E. Steeves '42 in Portland, Maine, at

77. He received his bachelor of divinity degree from Meadv i l l e Theological School in Chicago i n 1 94 5 . Later he served U n i tarian U niver al ist churches i n Stockton, Calif. , and i n Dedham, Melrose and Auburn, Mass. urvivor inc lude his wife, Mari lyn I reland reeves '42, two daugh ters, i nc luding Ellen teeve '80, a son , a sister and three l:irothers. James M . W h i t ten '44, May 6 , 1 99 7 , in

Melbourne Beach, Fla., at 8 1 . For 30 year he was a professor of adult educat ion at the Un iver sity of Southern Maine. I n ret i rement he trav eled and was active in Elderhostel . His wife, Teresa, and three sons urvive h i m . J o h n E. Carman ' 4 6 , May 2 7 , 1 99 7 , i n Port

land, Maine, at 7 3 . He was owner and operator of automob i le agencies before joining the New York L i fe I nsurance Co. in Mame. He also was an active Mason. Survivors include his wife, Doris, two sons, three daughters, 24 grandch i l dren a n d several great-grandchi ldren. Manson Carter '49, M ay 7 , 1 99 7 , i n Boston,

M ass. , at 73. He served i n the N avy during World War I I . After grad uation he j o i ned the c h i ldren's c lorh i ng firm of W i l l iam Carter Co. and was chief executive officer from 1 98 5 u n t i l h i s ret irement i n 1 988. H e leaves his wife, Barbara, a daughter, a son, two brothers and five grandch i ldren. Priscilla Leonard Woodman '49, April 1 6,

PT A and youth ports. urv i vors 1 11c lude her husband, Ralph R. Woodman, three ch ildren and e ight grandch i ldren, i nclud111g Ki mherly Woodman '96.

Pound Ridge for 35 years, she 1s survived by her hu han<l, Kenneth Hart ' 5 1 , six daughters, in cluding Stephanie Hart ' 8 5 , two ons, including Lowell Hart '84, and five grandchildren.

W i l l i a m J . I goe ' S O , May 2 9 , 1 99 7 , in Andover, Mass . , at 7 l . He rec e i ved his degree i n education and his ma ter's degree from Boston U n i ve rs i t y m gu idance counse l i ng . F o r 30 years he :.erved the Andover p u h l 1 c school as a teacher, coach a n d gu idance coune l or . He l eaves h i s w i fe , J e a n , five �on , two daughters and 18 grandchi ldren.

Arthur "Chick" Marchand J r. ' 5 5 , July 8,

Alan H . Page ' 5 0 , March 2 1 , 1 99 7 , 1n

Ben n mgron, Vt., a t 7 2 . He recei ved a ma ter\ degree 111 education from SUN Y - A l bany <1nd taught m a t h e m a t i c s at Ben n i ngton H i gh School and, for 30 year , at Anthony Un ion H igh Schoo l . He serve<l m Europe J u r i n g W o r l <l War I I . Surv ivor s i nc l ude h 1 w i fe , Luc i l l e , a s o n , a <laughter, t w o grandchi ldren, a bruther, two s i ters and >everal cousins, n ieces and nephews. Robert J . Geaghan ' 5 1 , MJy 9, 1 99 7 , m Waterv i l le , Maine, at 7 2 . He pursue<l careers in the design and :.ale> of paper industry equip ment, in reta i l automotive part an<l m real estate. urvivors include his wife, Gertrude, three sons, three daughters, two brothers, four sister and 13 grandch i ldren. Francis J. Silver ' 5 1 , May 3, 1 99 7 , Rushford,

N . Y . , at 7 1 . He served in the Navy during World War I I and had a long career as an e rate planner in the field of l i fe i nsurance. urvivor incl ude h i wife , Hertha, a daughter and a son. Beverly Forgey Hamrah ' 5 2 , April 1 4 , 1 99 7 , in Rocky Hill, Conn., at 66. She was sale manager at Mc Bridge Wayside Carpet Co. , in Newington, Conn. Survivors include her son, Albert S. Hamrah, her daughter, haron Hamrah, and her s i ter, Janet M. Forgey '59. Katherine O. Parker '52, March 1 9, 1 99 7 , in Hawley, Mas ., at 66. She earned a ma ter's degree in French from the Middlebury School of Languages, then worked as a copy ediror and indexer fo r pub Ii hers, inc luding MIT Press and L i tt l e , Brown and Co. Survivors include a brother, Harrison Parker, two ister , A l ice Parker Pyle and Mary Stuart P. Co by, and n ieces and nephews. Sylvia McLaughlin deJong '54, May 1 5 , 1 99 7 ,

i n Burl i ngron, Ont . , at 6 4 . S h e worked for several years at the L ithgow Library and w i th TWA in New York City for e ight years. She leaves her husband, P ieter, her father, Clarence Mclaugh l i n '26, a sister and several nephews and n ieces, including El izabeth Johnson '85 .

1 997, in Portsmouth, N . H . , at 69. She worked i n the Portsmouth school superintendent's of fice and the U nivers ity of New Hampshire edu cation department and was active in the local

Carol Hourula Hart '54, J une 2 2 , 1 99 7 , in Pound R idge, N.Y., at 64. A homemaker in

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1 99 7 , in Somer et, Mass., at 68. He received a ma�ter' in public admin istration from Syracuse Un 1versity and held many po i tions in Somerset administration. He also was act ive in numerous c i vic and athletic organizations. He is survived by his wife, Mary, two daughters, including Cynthia Marchand Burgeron '76, two sons and four grandchildren. J udith Babcock MacAdams ' 5 7 , March 2,

1 99 7 , 111 Fa i rfield, Con n . , at 6 1 . She was a secretary for the Fairfield Board of Education and a longt i me re ident of the town . Survi vors i n c l u d e her t h r e e c h i l d r e n , David MacAdam , Came MacAdams and L inda Teueau , an<l a gr::inJdaughter. Philip J . Golden J r . ' 5 8 , May 24, 1 997, in North Falmouth , Ma s., at 60. He received his M . B.A. from the U niversity of Hartford and was a financ ial manager for I BM , where he worked for 3 3 year before h is retirement in 1 99 1 . Be �ides his wife, Munel, he i survived by his son, daughter, granddaughter, father and ister. Thor G . J u h l i n ' 5 9 , J u n e 1 5 , 1 99 7 , in Morristown, N .J . , at 61. Pre 1dent of Juhlin & As oc iate , Inc., a sales agency spec ializing m construction materials, he also was active in variou professional organizations and in hi local commu n i ty . urvivor i nc l ude his wife, Wi lhe l mina de Kadt J u h l i n '6 1 , a daughter and two on . Elizabeth "Betsy" Neidich ' 7 5 , May 3 1 , 1 997, at 43. he received an advanced degree from Boston U niversity and was senior edi tor in the publ ic relation department at Newton Wellesley Ho p i ral, Massachu etts. She i survived by her parents, her s ister, her brother and six nieces and nephews. James D. Houck ' 7 7 , April 26, 1 99 7 , on the

island of Kauai, Hawa i i , at 42. He received an M . B.A from the Wharton School of Business and wa managing direcror and chief adminis trative officer of Lehman Brothers J apan. He is urvived by h is wife, Marilyn, his father, a brother, a sister and n ieces and nephews. J. Anthony Lukas, Litt.D., '87, June 5, 1 99 7 , in New York, N . Y . , at 64. The Pulitzer Prize-win n ing writer and author explored social and ra c ia l issues of the 20th century. Benjamin A. Quarles, Lin.D. ' 7 5 , Nov. 1 1 ,

1 996, in Cheverly, Md. H is many d istinguished arti c les and books contributed greatly to a fuller understanding of the contributions of African Americans in U .S. history.

Colby College The President's Report 1 996-- 1 997

The President's ReRort An exceptional year behind us , more challenges ahead It is my great pleasure to submit this, my

record for dollar

1 8th annual report, to the trustees, the over

pant

seers and the Colby comm unity. The major

• Th e

( $ 44 1 , 1 5 8 ) and partici

(42 percen t ) . Campaign

For

Colby

reached

change of the year are contained in the mes

$ 1 0 1 , 3 88, 360 by J une 30, 1 99 7 , essentially

sages of my colleagues, which follow immed i

ach 1evmg ( two and one half years ahead of

ately. I would l ike to h ighligh t J USt a few of t h e

scheJu l e ) the overall total set when the cam

significant events o f 1 996-97.

paign wa� announced m the fall of 1 994.

The Year i n Review

comrlete two of the principal component

• The admi sion picture for the Class of 2 00 1

goals of the campaign: the

However, there i

till a pre sing need to pecial alumni

was exceptionally strong, with more than

challenge to achieve a SO percent participa

4 , 200 applications for 460 places. The com

tion rate l:>y the campaign's end in 1 999; and

bined median SAT I re ults for the cla s

1 00 new, fully endowed scholarship for fi

reached 1 300 ( up from 1 2 80 last yea r ) . The

nanc i a l aid ( which will require endowment

Admissions Office accepted 34 percent of the

pleJge total mg $ 3 0 m i l l ion ) .

appl icants, compared to 46 percent four years

A o f May 1 99 7 , w e had raised only $ 1 4

ago for the Class of 1 99 7 . The "yield" on the

m t l l tnn toward the

offers was above predictions, anJ there was no

goa l . However, that month we received the

need to accept any students from the wait l ist.

30 m i l l ion financial aid

largest individual gift in Colby's history-a

The total of incom i ng ALANA students (Af

$ 5 -million financial aid endowment chal

Pres1denr Wlilliam R. Corter

rican American, Latino American, �ative American, Asian American ) was 5 1 , the sec

lenge from rwo Colby parems ( through their

mature tudent . This reduce the qua l i ty of

Oak Founda( lon ) that we w t l l earn when it

ond highest in memory, including a record 16

the residential life experience for all. The

ha been matched by an a<lditional $5 million

African Americans.

�eniorcla� also ha· been pltt mto twogroup�.

in pledge for financial aid. Thanks to Judy

which is detrimental to many program .

and Bill Timken, both member of the Class

• The faculty voted new guidel ines for off-cam pus study that will strengthen the quality of

Nevertheless, new re idential life initia

the overseas experience and integrate i t more

tives, includ ing the Take a Profe sor to Lunch

lion of the $ 5 -m i l l ion required match. How

fully into the curriculum of the major. The

program and hall-based mini -seminar orga

ever, even when we complete the Oak

faculty also launched the I n tegrated Semester

ni:ed around the favorite hook

challenge, we will still be $5 m i l l ion short of

Studies program, in which distribution cour es

members, were extremely effective in increa -

the original financial aid endowment goal.

are grouped around a common t i me period or

ing faculty-student contacts out ide of cla s

We s imply must raise at least $30 million by

of fac ulty

rooms and laboratories.

theme. That program w i l l be expanded to four

• The College's commitments to computers

clusters in 1 99 7-98.

of 1 95 7 , we have already received $ 1 . 2 mil

the end of the campaign if we are to fulfill all of our campaign goals and assure that the

• Res iden t ial l i fe is undergoing a dramatic

and tate-of-rhe-art technology moved for

College can continue to provide opportuni

transformation. Three new residence hall ,

ward last year, including a second grant from

t ies for generations of Colby students to come.

made pos ible by generous gifts from Robert

the Andrew Mellon Foundation to enable us

Starting with the very first class in 1 8 18,

A n thony '38, l i fe trustee and former chair of

to experiment with distance learning ( ini

Colby has always had financial aid, work-study

the board, Edson M itche l l ' 7 5 , trustee, and

tially among the campu es of Bates, Bowdoin

and loan programs available to its students. In

Paul Schupf, M . A . '9 1 , trustee and spec ial

and Colby ) . Over the ummer, 1 2 addi t ional

fact, the College's commitment to financial

friend of the College, were ready for the

classrooms were equipped with projection

aid has grown more robust over the years. I n

beginn ing of the 1 997-98 academ ic year.

and computer equipment for use in a variety

doing research for my annual dinner discus ion

These new fa c i l i t ies, contain ing 1 4 1 beds

of information technologies to enhance class

with the SOth Reunion Class ( in this case, the

and a fac u l ty a p a r t m e n t , e n a b l e us to

room instruction and discussions.

Class of 1 94 7 ) , I learned that the total finan

reconfigure most of the e x isting residence

• The College balanced its budget ( now ex

cial aid budget in 1 94 7, for a student popula

halls as part of our five-year, $ 20 - m i l l ion

ceeding $67 m i l l ion ) for the 1 8th straight

tion of around 1 ,000, was $50,000. For the

dormitory renovation project.

year, and the Colby endowment grew from

1 997-98 academic year, the budget will be

$ 1 62 m i l l ion to almost $ 203 m i l lion-thanks

$ 10.4 million for a student body of 1 , 700. Thi

We continue to study whether we should also bui ld apartment-style suites that would

both to excel lent investment performance

means that per-student financial aid has in

accommodate appro x imately 1 00 seniors,

managed by the I nvestment Committee of

creased from $50 to more than $6,000, a 1 20-

thereby returning to a more completely resi

the Board of Trustees and to $ 1 3 ,659 ,000 in

fold increase in 50 years. Even though the

dential college w ith nearly all students l i ving

new gifts to the endowment.

comprehensive charges have gone from $ 1 ,000

on campus. Because some 70 percent of our

• The part ic ipat ion rate in the A l u mni Fund

j un iors study abroad and a significant number

has gone from 3 9 percent in 1 99 1 to nearly

fold increase-the financial aid funds avail

of seniors choose to live off campus, residen

48 percent t h is year (an a l l - t i me record )

able have increased four times more than tuition

tial life has frequently lacked the leadership

[see chart, p . 3 ] . and the Parents Fund e x

costs. However, only 22 percent of those grants

and involvement of the most experienced and

ceeded i ts g o a l by 2 3 percent, a l s o s e t t i n g a

are covered by endowment income.

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to $ 29 ,000 in that half century-an almost 30-

- hakespeare in

C o l b y A l u m n i F u n d G i v i n g Pe rcentages 1 991-1 997

se\·eral

other E n g l t , h cuur-;; e s

that co1·er a 1·ariety nf author, anJ rlm'\1T1ghts. B) co111c 1dence, the E ngl ish Deramnent wa, re1· ie\1·eJ by an twer eer

' 1<1r1ng

((1mm1t

m·ember 1 996. Th at J 1 , t 1 ng u 1 ,hecl

tee m

com m t t tee consisted o f Lel'ln H . Camrhd l . a Colh· trustee

and

e111,)r J UJge

l1f

Fus· '

l' . S . Dwna

the

Court of Arpeab for t h e F 1 r< t Circ u i t ;

a,soc i a te rrofe,O\lr uf E n g l 1.;h a t

Princeton U n 11·er, 1 r y ; Dehorah

� l,H><'n '/ 5 ,

se 11 1 m corrorate counsel at G i l le tte Cumrarn·;

and N athaniel Strnut. a,snc 1 a te dean of tac ul t\" and assoc iate profe sm ' r of E n g l ish a t H a m i l wn

/" "'

Co l lege . Their rerort conc l udecl:

" I t is the commi ttee\ 1 mrre<�1on thar the Engl ish Deramnent is ,-ibram ancl inte l le c r u a l ly al11·e-a trnng department m 11·h1ch Colby can take great pnde . . . . CummenJ

�. .

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S hakespeare a n d L i b eral Lear n i n g

Let me cum, now , from sr c 1 f1c

abl,., the departmen r ha-; heen open tc) change

�

and is self-cri tic a l , rarher rhan comrlacent. "Tll'enty-fo·e years ago , for i nstanc e , fe11· derartments of Engl ish were stron gly

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o lb \· m de -

rone. o f the la·r year to look afre.h Jt the

commi tted to such areas as \\'Omen's l i tera

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of the

ture, ro.r -colonial l i terature , or c re a r 1 \·e i n s ti tu

1\T1t111g. Colby has since, to it cred i t , brought

t 1 ons "no\\' require Engl ish majors to ta k e a

these and other areas of contemporary i n

course in

terest to i t s curricular center tl'1rho11t ceasmg

hake�reare . " On this latest ( bu r

conrmum):! nauonal debate about the arrrnrri

rather narro\\' ) l nmu� test, c,)lby fa i l�. The

ace rrucrure of l iberal edu anon, e-.rec 1al h ,)f

to expose snuiencs ro many of rh.: mosr basic

, a t 1nnal :\ l u m n 1 Forum 1s n1rrec t that, trad i ·

the Englt-h maior, which has, al mm.c e\·er,·

asp ccs of rhe traditional rnnirn/Hm." ( Em

uonalh-. :hakespeare \\'as a core course in the

phasis added . )

yea r, remained the most poru lar at C 1 l h . In the ·pnng of 1 996. the consen·au \·e J a

nonal A 0C 1at 1on of

chol ars, in i t� rer,irc

Engl1 h depart ments of almo·r all col leges and

u 0 1 \·er;. 1 t 1es. That 11·a.;; true at Co l by for de cade-,, w,1 , but in 1 9 74 Colby'

requirement

agree entirely \1·irh these obserYat1om. A

1·ibrant department-indeed a Yibrant college

"TI1e D1ssoluuon of General Ed uc auon ,' c m 1 -

were chanoed w inc l ude t\\'O cour e

as an

must constantly re-examine its requirements

c1:ed America's lead ing col lege a n d u n t \·er,1-

mrruJuct 1l1n tu Bri t t h l iterature ( first seme -

because, as Charles W i l l iam E l iot, president of

ues for a b ;i n d o n i n g

their

t rad 1 r 1 o n a l

commitment t o l i beral learning. Thar 'ruJy,

focu m on the

ter: Be,l11·u l f through

l\-1 ii ton;

econd semester:

Han·ard from 1 869 to 1 909, said, "The uni1·er

Drvden to rhe Begmn mgs of the Modem Mm·e

siry must accommodate itself promptly to sig

mo t e l ec t i ve c o l l e e., and

rnent ), a cour·e on rhe maior American authors

nificant changes

r ate>. i nc l uJ mg

and ei ght add 1 t 1onal courses ar the j u n i or and

for \\'horn I t exists. The insn rutions of higher

umver ir 1e· in the U n i ted

Colby, reported that the percen tage nf leaJrn�

'eni,1r levels, at least three of which had to

1nst1tut1ons mainta i n i ng req u i rement' in '-l l

fuc u' ,)n l i terature 1n1 tten before

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and

the character of the people

education in any nation are alway · a faithful mirror in which are sharrly reflected the na

ence, fo re ign language , h 1 wry, I 1 terarure, math

three on l 1 rerarure written

and Englt h compo mon haJ dec l i ned dra m a r 1 -

c u rrenr requ1remenrs inc lude cour es i n l 1 rerary

t ional h i tory and character. I n thi

ince 1 800. The

mobi l e

nation , t h e action a n d reaction between the

cally, from 9 0 percent to a b o u t 30 perc e n t .

-,ruJ 1e-,, c n n c a l theory and h1st0nc a l context,

un11:ersiry and sooery a t large are more sens ir i1·e

Colby has continued core d n n b u t 1on req u i re

e ight other cour>e> and one senior seminar. As

and rarid than i n stiffer communities."

men ts m ea h of t h e e fi el d and, in that ense, h rema m ed a very "rraJ 1 r 1onal" l 1 heral arc

was t rue 111 1 97 4 , at lea t three of the add i t ional

We should all exalt in that "action and

e ight cour;es must focus on l 1 rerature written

reac tion, " which gi,·e our faculty the flex i b i l i ry

college. In fac t, when I rev ie wed the 1 94 7

hefore

curriculum fo r t h e 50th Reun ion

afrer

l a s . 1 r wa·

remarka bly l ike the c urrent c ore. We have

retamed all the former

req u i rement and have

added hi tory, art and d i ver iry to the course requ i r ed of a l l Colby tudent . Durmg the pring of 1 99 7 , the re w

report critical ofh igher educa non, th 1

a new

ti me by the

Nanonal Alumni Foru m , t itled "The hake peare Ftle: What Engli h Maier Are Really

rudying."

This st Jdy also looked at the top 50 colleges and unive mes in the United r a r e , upplemented by some lead mg tare un1vers1ry ysremsand other msritutions selected by the author .

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tO experiment and tO re-e,·aluate our c urriculum

and three on l i terature written

constantly. Indeed. the criticism concemmg

0. ·

Even though hake·peare is no longer re quired for Engl ish maior at Colby, i t ha a lway been offered (at lea t cwo courses each year ) , and

Shakespeare' ecl ipse i n the recent report by the at ional A l u mn i Forum is rem iniscent of A lle n Bloom's 1 9 7 book, The Closing of rhe Anmican

the overwhelm ing majority of English majors to rudy hake peare. Of the 70 English

Mind. Bloom critic i:ed college that had rulled

elect

all'ay from the traditional "We rem" canon as

major 111 the Clas of 1 99 7 , 54 rook a c least one hake peare course. Among them, 17 took cwo

he undersrood and valued i t .

hake peare course , and four other srudenr· took three. imi larly, ofthe 54 Eng l i h major m

Lev ine's approrriately t i tled The Opening of rhe

the Class of 1 996, 44 took at least one Shake peare cour e, of whom 1 1 took t\vo and one took three. M o reover, many

A fasc inat ing ans\\'er to B l o o m , Lawrence

American Mind, was publ i hed thi year. Lev i ne conducts a h1 toric tour of the A merican c ur r ic u l u m t0 -how that i t has al'U'ays been dy

t u d e n ts w i l l e n c o u n t e r

namic . hery rime i t change , those like Bloom

' ln1erescmgly , while Colby was not classified by the Nanonal Alumni Forum as "req111ring" Shakespeare , Yale , which has a requirement t•ery similar ro 01m, was so .. .. 00 where u•e as ume mtdem.s will be mrroduced w the Bard ( The Shakespeare File , " p .3) . o such assumpnon was apparenrly extended w rhe Colh)• cumculum.

cla.mfied: "While Yale, for example, does nor require Shakespeare , H does require chree courses prior ro 1 p.3

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and the N ational A lumni Forum regret any departure fr m the structure they experienced as undergraduates.

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Levine point out that in the early 1 800s the curriculum was based almost entirely on Greek and Latin. A Yale report declared in 1 828: "Should Greek and Latin ever be given a ec ondary place in the curriculum, Yale College would sink into a mere academy, and its degrees would become valueless." But we all know that Greek and Latin-which were al o the core of

Total F i nancial Aid Budget: $ I 0,425,000

the Colby curriculum in the 1 9th century now have an honored, but no longer a centra l , place i n o u r tructure. I n the liberal art curriculum of the last quarter of the 1 9th century, even cience wa a latecomer. The earliest cience tudent were not con idered full-fledged members of the college. Yale in 1 880 did not permit science student to sit with the "regular" academic students in chapel. I n fact, the very We tem-ba ed curriculum whose alterations Bloom lament was itself de nounced as trivial, modem, trendy and anti intellectual by the defenders of the classics. It was adopted only in this century and then over the intense and passionate objections of those who saw its emergence as the end of culture and the decline of c ivilization. Most European intel lectuals in the 1 9th century agreed with Henry James's litany of American deficiencies: "No cathedral , no abbeys, no little Norman churches; no great universities nor public schools-no Oxford, no Eton, no Harrow; no literature, no novels, no museums, no pictures." The American-ba ed curriculum that Bloom

ROBERT P. McARTHUR VICE P RESIDENT FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS AND DEAN OF THE FACULTY It wa a year of task forces. S i x groups of faculty, together withad m i n istrators and stu dents, tackled a complex set of issues that have ari en over the past sev eral years. Each of these task forces, under the leadership of fac u l ty chairs or co-chairs, demonstrated with persis tence, creativity and good will that collegial and consensual decision making works. The six task forces reviewed sabbatical policies, off-campus study, student evaluation of teaching, the par ticipation of human subjects in student projects, residential l ife and information technology. Through the work of the task force on sabbatical policies chaired by Randy Nelson ( administrative science and economics ) , we have now launched a new faculty sabbatical program that provides 80 percent of full-time salary for a year of sabbatical research. The task C O L B Y

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cheri hes is itself not even 50 years old and, even so, the selection of appropriate American author included in the canon ha not re mained static. In 1 9 5 2 , for example, Robert Hutchins wrote in the introduction to hi 5 4 volume Great Books of the Western World: "I omitted Erner on, Whitman, Thoreau and Mark Twain . . . [becau e] only the wri ters that seemed indi pen able could be included." I t is the re pon ibility of our faculty to con tinue curricular review to include new author and new theories so that we have the kind of "action and reaction between the univer ity and force recognized that our former reliance on external grants to complement the previou 50 percent sabbatical salary i no longer po ible due to massive cutbacks in government and private foundation funding for academic chol arship. Our faculty works very hard with their annual teaching and advising load , parti cipation in the many aspects of campus life ( including service on task forces) and main taining-and advancing-their connections and contributions to their academic disciplines. After six years they have earned a sabbatical and benefit, as do their student and the Col lege in general, from a full-year leave. To secure funding to provide this opportunity the faculty agreed to trade fewer sabbatical replacement positions for an enhanced sabbatical salary pro gram. In addition, each faculty member will teach an extra course during the interval be tween sabbaticals to assist her or h is depart ment in maintaining its curriculum. The task force on off-campus study chaired by Art Champlin (biology) and Patrice Franko ( eco nomics and international studies) addressed one of the three special emphases of the 1 0-year accreditation by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC) and studied a variety of issues that are the consequences of our

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harle William Eliot advi ed.

A a re ult of fundamental changes in our oci ty and in the world, over the la t several decade Colby ha introduced entirely new major and programs, includ ing: African American studie ; American studie ; an thropology; c e l l and m l e c u l ar biology; biochemi try; computer cience ; Ea t A ian studie ; environmental policy; international tudies; Latin American tudies; performing art ; c ience, technology and ociety; and women's studie . I am ure that certain of the e new program are con idered by some as "trendy" and inappr priate for a liberal arts college. Perhap ome may not meet the test of time and will have di appeared from the curriculum in decade to come, to be replaced by other new approache . , too, almo t all of the tradi tional major have been re tructured and will continue to be re-examined continuously by an ever-changing faculty that bring to these de bates the mo t contemp rary thinking of their profession and of the be t graduate chool . While it hasalway pre erved the best ofthe old , Colby' curriculum, remaining e entially con ervative, has al o, where appropriate, boldly embraced the new. I hope it will alway be o. Thank You

Let me conclude on a per onal note to say how totally urpri ed and overwhelmed Linda and I were by the extraordinarily generous deci ion of the Board of T ru tees to rename the tudent Union. We are very grateful to them for the confidence they have hown, and we hope that we wi 1 1 continue to merit this ignal honor. very ambitious international tudyprograms. With al mo t 70 percent of our students studying abroad for at least a semester, departments and academic programs as well as the entire College have to come to grip with the highly fluid nature of the Colby junior year. The task force looked at way in which departments and interdisciplinary pro grams might provide better advising to rudents contemplating tudy abroad and better integra tion of courses taken while abroad and the courses students take before and after their semester away. The rask force also et up an advisory committee on off-campus study with student, faculty and admini trative members to periodically review programs that the College approves for study away, to make final decisions on applications for permission to study off campus and to consider other policy questions that arise in our off-campus study program . One phenomenon brought into sharp focus was the increase in the numbers of students who study away from the College on two separate semester-long programs. Rules adopted by the faculty as a result of the work of the task force now make the application and approval process more rigid for students who apply for a second semester away from the College. The rules also require students to provide an educational as well as a cultural justification for their emester

away. In the past few years, the difference between the fall and spring on-campus enrollment has been as many as 1 50 students. This mean that the College i· more crowded m the fall than m the spnng.courses are more difficult rogam entry mto m the fall, and we ha\·e had unu ed capacity

Juring the second part of the year in our residence halL. TI1e new rules al o will assist us m attempt mg to achie\'e a gi-eater balance between the number of tuJents studying away during the fall semester and those a1A·ay in the sprmg. For more than 20 years students ha\'e \\'rit

ten e\'aluations of their teachers at the end cl every course, e\'eC) seme ter. The all-College form u ed for this purpose ha changed O\'er th 1s penod Bur \\'e ha\'e never conducted a detai led scudy of the ways m w hich ·tudent e\'aluat1ons of teaching hould be conducted and the rel 1 ab1lityof the dara produced. A ra k force o n th1 .ub1ect, chaired by Jan Hoeendorn ( ewnom

ICS), tapped into a \'ariety of �ource· of local mformanon and national stud ie , looked c lo·e 1 v at our own experience and recommended a major overhaul of our all-Col lege form. The new form was adopted and was put m place m nme for the spring eme ter last year. The new

fonn ask tudents to re pond to eighr questions abuuc their reacher and the course. The tres� i on how demanding the cour e wa·, how much

Jamee Kassman and Sandy Maisel ( governme nt),

m icroscopic examinat ion becau e we have

considered whether, with the completio n of the

learned and will continue to learn enormously

ne1�· Anthony, Mitchell and Schurf Hall , we should con truer another residence hall to en

from the review experience. With the help of a major grant from the

able us to fully hou e the ennrestude nt body. As Dean Kas man report m her ecuon, the ta k force produced an exemplary report that is under

Chri tian A . Johnson Endearnr FounJatwn of

tory construction project this year. The third area for the N EA C accred1tat1on self-study is mfom1at1on technology. A ta k force, chaired hy Tom Longstaff ( religiou stuJies) and

from different departments and d iv isions that

New York, a group of faculty last year began a new curricular mnovat1on called lntegrateJ emester Studies. In thi program, student -

active consideration as we mo\'e toward a deci ·1on on whether to launch yet another dormi

mostly freshmen-wi l l take three or four courses focus on a particular historical penod or a unifying theme. La t spnng, m the inaugural In tegrated

Ray Phdlir (directorof information technology en·ice ), was established to look broadly at how

eme ter �rud1es clu ter, student

enrolled m course in h istory, literature, music and phy ic to examine the penod between the

infom1atton technology resources are currently bemg used m teaching and in campus life and

first and second world \\'ars. The participating facu l ty, Charles Ba �ett ( English and Ameri

how they should be u ed m the future. The task force also took up the thorny questtonofwhether our nearly 1 5 -year commitment to the Apple

can studies ) , Charle Conover ( physic ) , Paul Mach l m ( music ) and Robert We1sbrot ( history and director of the program ) , taught the four

� 1acintosh as our standard campu PC should

course from their own disc iplinary perspec

g11·e way to a mixed en\'ironment of Macs and so-called "Wmtel" machme ( lnrel-ba ed com

Joined each other's classe�. In 1 997-98 we will

puter runnmg Wmdow

oftware ) . Vice Presi dent W. Arnold Yasm·ki d1 cusse the task force report and its 1mplicat1ons in his section. Copies

offer four clusters. The fall clusters are War,

of the rerorc of the task forces are a\·ailable from my office.

ture) and Enlightenment and Revolution, 1 7 7 5 -

In addition ro the work of the ta k forces,

mu ic ) . The spring clusters are The Post-War

ti\'eS but integrated the material and often

Revolution and the Crisis of Modern Culture, 1 9 1 9- 1 94 5 ( A merican studies, history, l itera 1 800 ( French l i terature, histof)', mathematics,

the student learned and how much feedback

much of the end of the year was pent in general

World: 1 94 5 - 1 970 ( h i tOf)', l i terature, philoso

the student received from the m rructnr. � tu

rreparat1on for the New England Association of �chool · and Cnllege I 0-year accreditation \·i it

phy ) and Sexualities East and West ( histof)',

dentsare prm·ided an opportunity to \\ me their own comments as well as to re ponJ to the

m October. NEASC, one of six national accred

T\\"O years ago I reported that the Andrew W .

muluple choice format. We will learn more

mng agencies, cover· all colleges and schools

Mellon Foundation o fNew York had provided a

about the mformanon content of the ne\\ form

withm the New England states. Successful reac

grant ofjust under $ 1 million to Colby, Bates and

over the next few eme ter .

creditat1on require satisfaction of each of 1 1

Bowdoin Colleges to launch a con ortial effort

Federal law requires faculty member and

randard'i: m 1�1on and purpo e , rlanning and

li terarure, religious studies ) .

rudents who mvol"e human sub1ects m re

evaluation, organi:anon and governance, pro

to incorporate information technology into our foreign language instruction program . This past

�earch-rype projects to submit their propo ed

gram and instruction, faculty, student ervice ,

year the Mellon Foundation gave a second grant

plan of re earch to our institutional review

library and mformatton resources, physical re

to the three colleges to extend the connections

board. A year ago we realized that th1 commit

ource , financial resources, public disclosure,

among the three libraries and create additional information resources available to all tudenrs

tee had focu ed rather narrowly on research

and tntegrity, each with numerous subparts. In

proiects as defined within a few di c 1p l me m

late summer we ubmitted an institutional self

and faculty across the three colleges' computer

the social sciences, most notably p ychology

study that analy:ed Colby progi-am , policie and

networks. In addition to the l ibraf)' technology

and sociology. But in a number of other cour·e- ,

facilities according to each of the standards for

component, the grant also provides funding to

larly u e human ubjects and pos 1bly involve

accreditation. A team chaired by Middlebury president John McCardell, and including deans

lege so that we can begin to experiment with

proiects were undertaken by tudenrs that im1-

matters ofpnvacy and confidential i r;. The ta k force on this topic, chaired by Yeager H ud on (philosophy), pent the year formulanng a new et of rule that govern such projects m what ever discipline they may be undertaken. The task force developed a College-wide mformed con em form, a set of rules for it adm m istra tlon and a sec of principles that protects both the privacy of those who may be asked to partictpate i.n projects and the academic free dom and creativity of tudent inve ngators and their reacher . The task force will continue to work on a revised et of guidel i ne that govern faculty projects, uch as survey and interview work, as well as participant involvement. The second area of special emphasis for the NEA C accreditation self- tudy 1s residential life. The task force, chaired by Dean of tuden ts

install video conferencing rations at each col

from Carleton, Pomona and Williams, the di rector of information technical services and institutional re earch from Hamilton, the direc

using collective resources within our curncu

tor of the center for international programs at Kalamazoo and the vice pre ident for finance at New England Conservatory of Music, will spend

in the spring semester of 1 998. We also are

lum. We hope that the video conferencing sys tem will be installed in time for experimentation srudying ways to combine foreign study pro gi-ams to provide opportunitie for our students

three days on campus in October to carefully as e s institutional effectiveness and integi-ity. Accordmg to NEASC guidelines, we will be gi-anted reaccreditation if we "have clearly de fined purposes appropriate to an institution of higher learning; have assembled and organued those resource necessary to achieve our pur po es; are achievmg our purposes; and have the ability to continue to achieve our purposes." While we do not believe that the ultimate out come of this process is in doubt, we are very pleased to open up the entire College to this

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and faculty that are not now available elsewhere. Partially as a consequence of our task force on off-campus study, we have realized, as have the faculty of Bates and Bowdoin, that sometimes a student's semester abroad w i l l have a rather weak academic component despite what may be an important cultural experience. The faculties of the three colleges are discu ing ways in which they can more clo ely oversee study-abroad pro grams and thereby not only increase the aca demic quality of the experience but further integi-ate it into students' curricular progi-ams at

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A key component, currently the focus of ma

the colleges. The CBB study-abroad con ortium

an average of $ 6 1 ,000 per year, they are not far

is in a planning pha e this year, and we will seek

ahead of many good publ ic secondary school

jor discu

funding for a start-up grant in order to launch the

systems and lag behind other professions re

information technology. This is not surprising in

full consortium in 1 998-99. The end of the 1 996-97 academic year

ion effort and investment at Colby, is

quiring comparable training. We continued to

that its role in education is rapidly evolving and

attract better and better students, partly by

every school district and public library in the

marked two personal m i le tones for me: 2 5

providing more than $9.8 mill ion of financial

country is dealing with it, just as is every business

years at t h e College a n d 1 0 as dean o f faculty. I

aid, up 1 2 .8 percent from the prior year, in a

and non-profit. Financing ranges from local bond

remember how proud I was to join the Colby

budget of $68 m i l l ion. The components of

faculty a a young assistant professor of philoso

revenue and expense that go into operating

issues to put computers in the schools to Bill Gates's recent announcement of a new $400-

phy in 1 97 2 . As I think back over these past 2 5

Colby are seen in the chart below.

million Andrew Carnegie-type philanthropic ef fort to get technology into public libraries around

years and o f a l l o f the changes that have taken

Continued pursuit of excellence at Colby

place, and especially as I reflect on the 10 years

depends on increasing steadily over time the

the country. There i a lot of pushing ahead and

that I have had the privilege to serve a dean f

proportion of revenue from sources other than

perhaps not enough discussion of what the right

facu l ty , I am still filled with pride at being

student charges, as student charge themselve

investments might be and how the technology

associated with such a wonderful college.

continue to grow at a reasonable rate. As Presi

will be u ed, supported and renewed once it is in

dent Cotter points out in his report, Colby is

place. At Colby we are working as hard as we can

making wonderful progres

to have the discussions and

W. ARNOLD YAS INSKI ADMINISTRATIVE VICE PRESIDENT

in the two most

be as forward-think

important of the e source -endowment and

ing and as careful as we can. As Dean McArthur

annual giving-because of the genero ity and

has noted in his report, the issues are so important

far-sightedne s of many alumni and alumnae,

that they constitute one of the areas of special

friends, trustees and overseer . The succe

tudy for the 1 0-year reaccreditation self- tudy in which we are presently engaged.

Colby operated on a

Colby's endowment growth in particular has

balanced budget for the

been extraordinary in relation to our peers over

Fifteen years ago there was essentially no

1 8th consecutive year

the last few years. At the same time, our relative

allocation in Colby's budget for information

even though the rate of

endowment size among these peers highlight

technology. This coming year it w i l l be sup

increase of charges was

the fact that this kind of growth need

ported directly by $ 2 . 2 million, including staff compen ation, hardware, software and related

lower than at any other

continue. The quality of Colby's future de

point during the last 22

pends on it ( ee graph, p . 7 ) .

year . Excellence was

A major rea on t h a t

expen e , and indirectly by the efforts of indi upport of the

viduals outside the information technology staff,

pursued within this bud

institution's efforts by endowment and annual

part of who e time is pent on day-to-day sup

get in a variety of way ,

giving i so essential is that there are major,

port of others. Further, over the last five year

especially through attracting and keeping the

critical components of the operating budget

we have invested $ 1 ,488,000 in infrastructure,

best pos ible faculty by paying them as well as or

that must grow at a rate considerably above

e pec ially networking, and major system pur

better than mo t of our peers-even though, at

inflation over long period of time.

chase and implementation.

Educational and General Expenditures Fiscal Year 1 997

Instruction, Research and

ln-truction, Research and Academic Support Athletics Student Services Alumni and Development Institutional Support Educational Plant Student Aid

$22,058,000 $2,058,000 $4,605,000 $2,1 28,000 $4,702,000 $4, 1 98,000 $9,793,000

45% 4% 9% 4% 1 0% 8% 20%

Totals

$49 ,54 2 ,000

100%

Other Expenses and Transfers

$ 1 8,45 1 ,000

T oral Expenses and Transfers

$67,993 ,000

(including room, board, auxiliary enreiprises and rerwvations)

Academic Support (45%) $22. 1 M

Alumni and Development (4%) $2. 1 M Athletics (4%) $2. 1 M Educational Plant (8%) $4.2M Student Services (9%) $4.6M

Institutional Support ( 1 0%) $4.7M

Student Aid (20%) $9.BM

Total Revenues Endowment Income (8%) $5.4M

Fiscal Year 1 997

Student Charges Endowment Income Gifts Government Grants Other Auxiliary Enterprises

$ 5 1 ,346,000 $5,410,000 $3,964,000 $868,000 $ 1 ,646,000 $4,822,000

75% 8% 6% 1% 3% 7%

Totals

$68,056,000

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based on recent advances in technology, is chang

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port was made available to every student living

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had network access, and an Ethernet necwork

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on information technology that met through

Amherst

the second semester this year and into the um mer identified a number of important issues

Wesleyan

and concentrated on three of them: • What should we do about our Macintosh standard given the troubles of Apple and the

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enhancing necwork connection

with other locations. The task force of student , faculty and staff

ing significantly the foreign language learning resources available to scudents, and the second is conferencing facilities to facilitate communica

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sources such as printers, file servers, e-mail, uch a Unix ystem and, since 1 990, the vast

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central database systems, specialized re ource

Colby

plug-and-play ea e of necwork u e, there has been a long hiscory of sharing of network re

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increasing popularity of Windows machine ? 400

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• What are our most pressing infrastructure

needs, especially with the increasing use of technology in the classroom itself? en-

ince 19 5, each faculty member requesting

tially all word proce ing by scudents, faculcy and

a microcomputer has been provided with one by

raff done with M icrosoft Word on Macinto h

the College, along with whatever oftware is

Analysis and thoughtful discussion by a ta k

computers and prinred on laser primers. Drafts

needed to use the computer in the curriculum

force subcommittee and further di cussions by

Compurer u e ar Colby i high, wich

•

hould we develop an explicit information

technology literacy requirement ?

frequently are passed as attachments to e-mail,

and cholarly activity. By 1 995, every tenured

the task force as a whole led to balanced next

which is used routine! by more chan 95 percenc

and tenure-track faculty member had a College

steps on each issue.

0 percent of

pro ided computer and every temporary and

It became quite clear that the Mac stan

students. In a urvey of faculcy conducred earlier

part-time faculty member requesting access had

dard of the last dozen years has had enormous

of rhe faculcy and more chan

chis year ic was determined thac abouc 4 per

been provided with acce

to one. In addition,

benefits, both because it wa a College-wide

cent of all cour es require

cudencs co u e a

the College has long provided the option for

standard and becau e i t wa the Macintosh,

computer for some part of the cour e other than

faculcy members going on sabbatical leave to

which is still

routme word processing. Abouc a quarter of all

take with them their College computer to facili

support than Windows. It was reaffirmed that

courses currently u e computer demonstrations

tate the be t po ible use of tl1at time. 1 n recognition of the rapid pace of change in

supporting any system-is very important both

m cl

, and nearly half make use of the World

Wide Web. There is widespread recognition among the faculcy that Colby i

doing well

compared to other institutions in providing a good technology environment: 62 percent be lieve our r ources are uperior to other , and 5 1 percent believe our upporc is superior. Among the hallmarks of Colby's approach to mformation technology ha been the abilicy to establish hardware and sofcware tandard as well as equitable allocation of re ource . The chmce in 19 5 of Apple Macinto h as the microcomputer standard and the commitment of resource to make the e computers available to faculty and staff for use in their offices, to create tudent clusters and pecialized depart mental teaching facilities and to make avail able the e computer for purchase by scudents ha had enormous benefits.

technology and the difficultie in upporting and using older hardware, we have implemented a computer replacement plan for all hardware on a four-and-a-half-year cycle. At the same time, the growth in number of College-owned computers i being con trained to help control the ongoing co ts of replacement and support. tudents have enthusiastically embraced the use of the Macintosh. During the 1996-97 aca demic year, about 75 percent of students owned a computer, almo t all of which were Macintosh. tudent clusters are used extensively during the 24 hours a day, even day a week that they are available during each semester. The development of network acce s has been a high priority over the years. Thanks to the built-in network capabilities chat Macs have alway had, the relatively low cost of activating

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impler co start with and to

a standard-as opposed to purchasing and because it saves faculty, student and taff time and because additional taff would have to be hired to support multiple

ystems. It would

also be very expensive and time con u rning co convert to another standard, presumably M icrosoft Windows. The difficulties notwithstanding, demand for u e of Window is growing, especially among entering students, so we have decided to take some initial steps to accommodate Windows while we see if Apple can pull out of its recent lide. Starting this fall, we will be Windows friendly, arranging for network access and limited support for students with standardly equipped Windows machines. By econd semester, we will reevaluate Apple's situation and determine whether to begin to move to a new standard. We make our annual

purchases over the summer, so the proce

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periodically and try to meet their need a their

next year, we will revisit the issue annually.

directed $ 1 08,000 to equipping l 2 cla room in

recommendations in upport of the achievement

addition to the 26 already po e sing projection

of the cornpetencie , and interesting discussions

in classroom and upgrading academic and ad min istrative bui ldi ngs to the same speedy

capab ilities. Getting the whole campu

of whether and how to implement the e recom

Ethernet netvmrk in use in student residences

quantities of data being transmitted. It will co t

Colby has the advantage of an additional

rose to the top of the infrastructure list. Both will

about $400,000 and take at least three year .

� rum for the discussion of the e issues that

require major effons. Providing every clas room

This past ummer we to k on about a third

almo t no other college has at thi

on campus with the abili ty to project computer

and allocated $ 1 30,000 to the eff' rt.

Providing projection and ound capabilities

be asked to develop a li t of competencies for its

teaching require greater t chnology u e. Fol

major

lowing a baseline survey thi

major course will cover them. There were other

year, we have

Ethernet is essential given the ever-increa ing

f it

and identify which

f its introductory

mendations are anticipated.

randing B ard

point-a

f T ru tees lnformati n Tech

screens and have reasonable sound reproduction

Whether to develop an explicit informati n

n logy Committee. The board's prescience in

as well will co t more than $1 million at today's

technology requirement wa ea ily themo t com

forming the committee two years ago has already

f the three, and its ulti

deepened our dialogue on the subject by bring

prices. The expected life of such equipment i

plex and difficult i sue

four years because the technology continue to

mate re olution i clearly in the purview

f the

ing to bear the insight and expertise of people

evolve at a rate similar to the computer them

faculty. The recommendation of the ta k force to

involved with information technology in busi

selves, so equipping the campus means adding at

the Academic Affair

ne e and otherorganizations and also provided

least $ 2 50,000 to the operating budget for an

ation this fall is, first, to identify a erie

nual replacement co t . This is clearly too much

tencie- that students should be lo king to develop

tanding of in� rmation technology in educa-

to ab orb quickly, so we will be trying to match

in their time at the College and list them in the

tion a well. We will all be grappling with issues

ommittee for con ider f compe

the vehicle � r broadening the board's under

our pace of equipping the cla srooms to the pace

catalogue, much as we do the precepts in the

like the e for the fore eeable future. It i going to

of change of pedagogy. We will survey faculty

Colby Plan. In addition, each department hould

be complex, challenging and fascinating.

remains. The re ulting diver ity of voice ha

America," ays Barry Golson, editor of

been a catalyst and a competitive advantage for

Internet

Colby that Internet user

critical part f campu life."

EARL SMITH DEAN OF THE COLLEGE A mere even year ago, when this year's Colby seniors were in high school, the Internet wa but an arcane play thing for a few thou and technical wizard around the country. Computer were being networked decades before, but only in this half-decade has this revolutionary means of communication caught fire. The technology was first developed by the

around the world

have acknowledged, vi iring in the ten

And, of cour e, the bright young people who ar

thousands every month. In le s th.an four years, Colby' Web ite has

Yahoo!

Ufe, "but Net kills are an increasingly

most attracted to college l ike Colby

are among the mo t eager Internet users. The

blossomed to more than 20,000 text, ound, im

use of the Net by pro pective tudents, intro

age and video file . Pro pective student , alumni,

duced to thi wonderful and speedy new acce

parents-at the rate ofabout 100 per hour-vi it

to information in their homes and high chools,

and view thou ands of"pages" on the College ite

i rapidly changing the marketing strategies of

each month. The impact of the Internet on uch

admi

viral college enterprises as admi ions and alumni

1 2 -month admis ions sea on that produced the

relation i immeasurable. As with most techno

Cla

logical advances, the Internet has been most

2 ,000 reque t for information via the Web,

eagerly embraced by young people. ''Not only are

and uncounted other

college tudents the most Net-friendly group in

the campus or "surfed" the academic depart-

ions offices around the country. In the of 200 1 , the College received nearly took "virtual tour " of

Department of Defense to fac i litate noncla si fied communication and resource sharing among

N u mber of Visits to the Colby Web Site

researchers at government laboratories and universities around the country. I n 1 990, the N a tional Science Foundation provided funds to broaden the system and called i t the I n ternet. Colby was among the first to accept an NSF matching grant and embrace the offer to j o in this vast new information re ource. Led by Tom Longstaff (Crawford Family Professor of Religious Studies) , Ray Phillips (director of information technology services), Dave Cooley (technical services director), the late David Hanson (direc tor of academic computing) and others, Colby moved quickly to the front of small colleges in experimenting with and embracing the use of the Internet and its infinite possibilities. By 1 994, Colby had its own World Wide Web site, which for the first 18 months was shepherded by a small ad-hoc group working on the ir own time. Today, with increasing ener gies and resources devoted to building on-l ine information, the original philosophy of coop erative effort

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Colby gees high mark for keeping pace wich the Incemet explo ion. In May, Yahoo! ranked cheCollege am ngthe nation' 2 5 "mo t wired" colleges and univer ities. The Ii c included M IT,

Northwe tern, Dartmouch, RPI, Princecon, UC Berkeley, Cal Tech and Middlebur y ( the only

ocher NESCAC college in the top 2 5 ) . Midsc a good deal of creaming from colleges lefc off the lisc, Yahoo! acknowledged thac some of its daca were flawed. Even so, co have emerged ac the

top of a review of more than 4,000 of che nacion's colleges suggests chac Colby, with an aggressive Web presence and a "pore at every pillow" in the residence halls, is ahead of the game. Scaying there will be difficult. Colby's primary Web ite is maintained by Anestes Fotiades '89, assistant to the dean of the college and unofficial "Webmaster,"

I nformation Requests to Adm issions from the Web

and Keith McG laufl in, cl ient/server tech nology special ist in the Department of Infor m a t ion Techno logy Serv i c e s . The p a i r received a bronze medal for t h e Colby Web site in this year's Counc i l for the Advance ment and Support of Education national competition. So, too, Fotiades and Carole Fuller, director of campaign marketing, received a silver medal for the alumni Internet commu nity, The

Blue Light, which

is recording more

than l OO visitseachday. And in November, PC Computing Magazine rated che Colby Web sice one of the top 1 ,00 1 sites of che estimated 200,000 in the world. As thousands of Colby alumni already know (many classes have cheirown Web pages and an alumni directory of e-mail addresses is on-line) , 6/96

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i t can all be checked out at www.colby.edu/. Or,

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e-mail web@colby.edu wich questions or sug gestions or to become a part of che volunteer team that is building the Colby Web site.

back in cheir car and drove four hours back to

PEYTON RAN DOLPH HELM VICE PRESIDENT FOR DEVELOPMENT AND ALUMNI RELATIONS

alucacorian at her commencement. And last March, a

Lee me tart with a Boyne '46 and hi wife, Mary Anne, returned from California to their native Maine for Phil' 50ch reunion. They had e cabli hed a new chol ar hip funJ for tudent from The County, and I ugge ted thac perhap chey would like co meec the first recipient. Thi turned ouc to be Faich weden, then a

enior at

Canbou High School, who was eagerly looking forward to joining the Clas of 2000 in the fall.

Fa1ch and her family were thrilled ac the pro pecc of meeting che couple who had made Faith' Colby education po ible. They drove

four hour

ouch to Waterville during Faith'

graduation weekend ( m is ing her senior class picnic) and at on the gra

I reviewed a Ii t of recent gifts to

Colby, I noted the name

tory. Last year, Dr. Phil

Ander on of New

weden o Faith could prepare to serve as

outside Roberts

of Faich's family

and reach 49 percent! As a resulc, the challenge fund contribuced $ 1 1 7,500 co Colby's endow

Parents Fund, from a family whose daughter

ment this year. The scakes are higher for FY'98:

need a ub cantial cholar hip to atcendColby,

reaching our goal will mean a challenge fund

wa to me one of che mo t inspiring of the year.

contribution of an additional $ 1 50,000 to the

Each year in thi report I cite number -

endowment. I am plea ed to reporc that the

dollars rai ed, grants received, percencages of

total dollars raised set a new Colby record as

parcicipacion. This year I will cite chem again,

well: $2,305 ,898, which was immediately avail

because they are important. But we must never

able for the College's priorities. For those who

forget chat numbers are not the essential spiric of what giving to Colby i about. !e's the Boynes

Fund in the overall scheme of things, remem

and the Anderson who embody chat spirit. Each

ber this: Colby would require an additional $50

gifc to Colby-be i t a modest check from a recent grad till paying off her student loans or a multi million-dollar foundation grant-is an act of

expendable funds!

from one individual to ochers. Each uch ace ofkindnes is, con ciously or noc, moti vated by a conviccion that each of us can give omething, chat education is the greatest gifc we can provide to others and that a Col by education i the greatest gift of all. The Boynes and the kindne

Ander ons understand that, and fortunately as the rest of this report notes-so do many, many other members of the Colby family. The Participatio n C hallenge and

covered their hared love of running, talked

the A l u m n i F u n d

about what Colby had meant to Phil and di

mean to her. After lunch, the Ander on got

and what a hopeful sign for che third year of the challenge, as we seek to build on this success

among the donor . Thi simple gifc co Colby's

Umu1 1 for an hour, talking with the Boyne over a simple picnic lunch. Faith, a high chool track star, and Phil-still a marathoner-di -

cu.�ed Faith' hope about what Colby would

with 48 percent participation. What a wonder ful tribute to the loyalty of the Colby family

Afcera triumphant firsc year, Colby' Alumni Fund participatio n challenge gained momen cum in FY'97, exceeding our goal and ending

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million in endowment to generace equivalent

The Amazing Parents F u nd

Led by Scott and Jean Pecerson, parents of Hilary '98, the Parents Fund exploded by 23 percent to post $44 1 , 1 58 in gifcs from 1 ,3 26 donors this year-making it one of the most successful small college parents funds in the country. But an even more gratifying statistic is the participation race. At a college where tu ition and fees challenge the finances of most families and approximately 75 percent of the students receive some form of financial aid, 4 2.5 percent of current Colby parents made an additional sacrifice to support Colby with a gift to the Parents Fund. And this support was in addition to some magnificent capital gifts from

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Colby parents, including the Dr. Gerald and Myra Dorros Chair in Life Sciences, and two watershed grants from the fam ily foundation of another parent couple ( see below ) . A l u m n i Relations and C o l b y's Volu nteers

Colby beat President Cl inton, Colin Powell and others at the leadership summit to the punch this year, focusing our effort on thanking and recognizing Colby volunteers ( a special ec tion in the Annual Report of Contributions h igh lighted their efforts ) , communicating volunteer opportunities to alumni and laying plan to expand Colby's volunteer base. A task force chaired by Trustee Ellen Brooks Haweel i '69 focused on strengthening Colby's outreach to potential women leaders. A survey designed by El len and by Cheryl Booker Gorman ' 7 4 went to more than 4 ,700 a lumnae and garnered an im pressive 1 7 percent response rate. A prel iminary finding suggests that Colby alumnae are eager to serve as volunteer , working on community ser v ice projects under the Colby banner. The K i n d ness of F o u ndations

Though gift s from alumni and parents repre sent a heartwarming vote of confidence from those who know Colby best, it is equally gratify ing to win support from independent founda tions, which judge us in direct competition with our peers. Colby's track record with foundations is the envy ofother institutions. In October 1 996 we dedicated the new F.W. Olin Science Cen ter-the Olin Foundation expressed i ts pleasure with the finished product by granting Colby another $ 1 00,000 foradditional equipment. We also completed the Kre ge Challenge for renova tions of the science complex and secured a second CBB technology consortium grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation that will l in k Colby, Bates and Bowdoin and fac i litate experiments in distance learning among the three campuses. We secured a new professor hip in integrative learning from the Christian A. Johnson Endeavor Foundation-our second chair from that source in this campaign. But the most exciting two grants of the year came this spring, when the Oak Foundation challenged Colby with a grant of $5 mill ion to endow financial aid for students from abroad and with a subsequent grant to endow the Oak Insti tute for International Human Rights. These two grants will have a profound impact on our college. The first chal lenges us to raise an add itional $ 5 m i l l ion in endowed scholarships ( for a l l students ) , halfo fwhich must come from Colby's trustees and overseers. B i l l '5 7 and J udy Prophett Timken ' 5 7 have a l ready responded with the m ag n i ficent g i ft of a $ 1 . 2 - m i l l ion super scholarship, and the grant has sparked a num ber of other good conversations now i n progress. When the challenge is met, Colby w i l l still need to raise an add i t ional $ 5 m i l l ion to attain i ts $30-mil l ion campaign objective for finan-

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c ia l aid, but the Oak grant has provided us with powerful leverage to meet that goa l . T h e O a k I n titute for In ternational H uman R ights, endowed with a gift of $ 1 . 2 5 m d l il ln, will enrich Colby's already strong progn:11m in government, economics, history and interna t ional stud ies by bringing prac tit ioners in the field of international human rights tu campus as visit ing fellows for a semester and supporting sympo ia and lecture series. Our students wi 11 gain a deeper understanding of the human right i :.ue around the world as an important aspect of their academic work in these areas. The Campaign For C o l by

From the Museum of Art in Portland, Maine, the Four Sea ons Hotel in Palm Beach, Fla., from the Historical Society in Chicago to the investment banking house of Deutsche Morgan Grenfell in London, among mountam gonllas at the M i lwaukee Zoo and lmpre� 1omst master pieces at the Ph illip Collection in Washington, D.C., and at private club inOrlandoand Sara;,ota, The Campaign For Colby rolled on toward vic tory. We are grateful to the many, many regional campaign volunteers who ho:,ted this astounding variety of regional kickoffs and brought Colhy \ to

message to new comers of the country and the world. Beyond the regional campaigns, other groups launched special fund-raising effort to endow cholarships in the names of the late J immy Hayes '76 and the late Lee Will iam:., Colby's head basketball coach from 1 946 to 1 966. As a result of the e-and all the other efforts reported above-The Campaign For Colby crossed the $ 1 00-million mark two and a half years early (ending the year at $ 1 0 1 mill ion ) . Those o f u s ( myself included) who thought our $ 1 00-million goal might be too bold must now real ize that we underestimated the generosity and commitment of the Colby family, which has never let its college down. Another indicator of Colby pride was the final "cash-in" total for FY'97, a stunning $ 2 5 .6 million-an increase of 5 7 per cent over la t year's cash-in total. A lthough final numbers are not available from other schools as of this writing, it appears that Colby has again raised significantly more in contributions than such perennial rivals as Bowdoin, Bates and Middlebury. So, is the campaign over1 Not by a long shot-and to bel ieve so, to flag in our efforts at this m ilestone, would represent a failure of w i l l a n d a tragically lost opportunity. The original campaign goal of$ 1 00 m i l l ion did not take into consideration the need to raise $2 m i l l ion to meet the Art Museum Challenge (successfully concluded in J u ne ) , or $ 3 m i l l ion for the new Anthony, M i tchell and Schupfresidence halls. These are all needs and opportunities that arose after the campaign had been launched. Fur thermore, important campaign objectives from our original strategic plan still remain to be met: $ 1 0 m i l l ion more for endowed scholar ships ( half of that to claim the Oak challenge ) ;

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$ 3 m1 I I ion f or the senior apartments; $6 million more for the Al umni and Parents Funds to meet the i r campa ign ohj ectives; and of cour e we musL s t i l l meet the pamc 1pat ion cha l lenge goal of 50 percent. There are w l l two years to go hefore the century ends, and we intend to u e every m i nute of that time to ensure Colby' cont inued preem mence. O n e Last Tip

I end thi year' report with the ame useful ugge�ttnn I maJe m last year' report: make your A l umni Fund or Parents Fund gift early in the fiscal year (for imtance, hefore the end of Decem ber) and u e your credit card to pay it off. You'll avoid repeated solicitation letters and pledge re minder and ave Colby paper and postage. That's why we have an 800 number 0 - 00- 3 1 1 -3678). Once you've given, Colby generally won't 01Ic1t you agam until the next fi cal year.

PAR.K E R BEVERAGE DEAN OF ADMISS IONS AN D F I N ANCIAL AID

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Colby enjoyed an· other trong year in aJ m i sions. For the third successive year, applica tions to the fir t-year cl ass exceeded 4,200; ap " . plications for transferad mi ion numbered 145. September enrol l •' ment goals were 470 fast-year students and six transfer . Thanks to favorable rates of return on offers of admission, more than 480 first-year students and nine transfers registered for classes. An additional 35 first-year student w i l l join their classmates on campu in January, mostly from Colby pro grams in Dijon, Cuemavaca and London. Members of the Class of 2001 earned admision from an applicanr pool of4,203, with a highly competitive admit rate of 34 percent--our third successive year below 40 percent. Havmg made Colby their clear fir t choice, more than 1 70 of these students, roughly 3 5 percent of the entering class, earned admission via Early Decision. Suc cessful transfer applicants overcame a 1 5 percent admit rate and entered Colby from large, public universities, including the univer ities of Colo rado, Oregon and Washington, and from smaller, private schools, including A llegheny, Babson. Brown, Denison, lickerd, Emory and Lehigh. Once again , more than half of the entering c lass came to Colby from outside the six New England states. Massachusetts, M aine and Con necticut continued to be our three best-repre sented states, but more than 1 5 percent of the c l ass hai led from New York, California and Pennsylvania, our next three best-represented

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states. Among countries outside the United States, Canada wa well represented again; and tude nts enrolled from Bulgaria, Czech Repub lic, Greece, Japan, Pakistan, Phil ippines, Zim babwe and other countries. Approximately 62 percent of the new fir t

plex of three residence halls was ready for occupancy this fall. This 1 4 1 -bed complex of fers a series of suites, some of which provide private bathroom faci l ities for groups of four. Each b u i ld ing features a spacious, well-ap pointed, first-floor lounge. Anthony Hall has

year students graduated from public h igh

one large space that can accommodate resi

schools, 8 percent from parochial schools and

dents of the entire complex for social functions,

JOpercent from privateschools. Their graduat

and Schupf Hall has a faculty resident apart

ing clas e were a small as 1 1 ( Sunriver Prepa

ment. In a departure from Colby cu tom, these

ratory chool, Ore . ) and a large as 7 7 7 ( Dr. Phillip's High School, Fla. ) . Where class rank

halls were reserved for senior so the College could experiment with this option.

the very top of their senior class, including

• Task Force on Residential Life With the

eight valedictorians from the state of M aine.

ongoing work of the dormitory renovation

The median SAT I re u l ts for all members of

proj ect, the completion of the new residence

the Cla

of 200 1 were 65 \'erbal and 6 5 math.

halls, the decennial accreditation review by the

Applications from African-American, As1an

New England Association of Schools and Col

American, Latina/o-American, and N ative

leges ( N EASC) and the visit to the campus by

300, and more than 50 of these students enrolled at Colby, mcluding 1 4 Ralph ] . Bunche cholars. For the econd year in a row, ALANA students made up at least 1 1 percent of our entering class. Our ability to enroll uch an exc iting c las reflects the strength of Colby as an in titut1on and rhe increasing national v isibility of the College. It also reflects, once agam, the spint of our campu community and the hard work of admi sion and financial aid people, working together with Colby

tudents, facu l ty,

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alumni and trustees. Thanks to all fer helping to make this another great year.

JANICE ARMO KASSMAN DEAN OF STUDENTS As a residennal college, Colby constantly evalu atesprogramsandservices to ensure that we are pro viding the best poss ible campus life for our stu dents. This year, we un dertook a number of inter-related projects that

1 997 with the architects and the campus build ing committee. In keeping with the design pro cess we have used before, student have playeJ a pivotal role in helping to design the proposed facility. The preliminary design work was hared with the Colby community in the fall. • New Initiatives in Residence Hall Li v in g

When seniors are asked to l ist the out tandmg features of their Colby experience each ·pnng

was available, more than 20 tudents ranked at

American (ALANA) students again exceeded

Multiple meetings, which included student representatives, took place during the summer of

the Overseers Committee for Student Services, we were provided with a unique opportunity to re-examine our residential life program. A group of students, faculty and staff, led by Professor Sandy Mai el and myself, met through the spring term to re-examine the principles be hind, and goals of, the program. The group gathered information about the

during senior exit interviews, they invariably comment on the excellence of the faculty and the close relationships they enjoyed during their years here. Those relationships are most often nurtured in the classrooms, but in 1 996-97 they were enhanced in a unique and innovative way in the residence halls. Last spring, under the direction of Rob Lafleur, who served temporarily as as o ciate dean of student , a new program was devel oped wherein faculty were selected by hall leaders to teach a favorite book in a residence hall lounge over a four- to six-week period. Residents who signed up for these discussions were treated to an intimate opportunity to discus a literary

hi tory of residential life at Colby and about

work in the comfort of their residence hall

recent expenences at similar colleges. We so

lounge over a meal delivered by Dining Services.

licited opinions from the Colby community

In the process, students obtained one credit

and developed a eries of 13 recommendations

toward the 1 20 needed for graduation. Two

to move the College toward the next century.

hundred students and eight faculty members

It became apparent i mmediately that resi

participated in the program, which was launched

dential life had changed most dramatically at

as a model last spring and continued thi fall.

Colby during recent years due to the increased

One of the side benefits is that faculty were able

numbers of students studying abroad and higher

to focus on favorite books, not necessarily those

numbers of students l iving off campus in their

that were directly related to their academic

senior year. Campus l 1fe was affected negatively

disciplines. For example, Rob Lafleur, who is a

by the ab ence of o many upperclas

tudents,

many of whom traditionally had served as role models, mentors and leaders of the campus both in the c lassroom and in co-curricular and

member of the East Asian Studies Department,

taught Madame Bovary, and Tom Longstaff, from the Religious Studies Department, taught Bill

Gates's The Road Ahead.

The idea was so well received that it in

extracurricular activities. The major recommendation of the task force

spired another program, thanks to a suggestion

was to initiate steps to return to a more residential

from Trang Nguyen '97. She asked facu l ty to

college by having seniors back on campus. To do

create a "reading l ist for l ife" for seniors. Thanks

this, the College would need to create living

to Trang's efforts, a booklet was published and

positive effects on the quality of residential life.

environments for them that would provide for

distributed to seniors three days before Com

greater privacy and autonomy. The task force

mencement as a gift from the faculty and staff.

• Re idence Hall Renovations and Construc

recommended the construction of 100 to 1 25 new

More than 50 faculty and staff members made

will have far-reaching

tion

The College i in the second year of a

comprehensive, five-year, 20-million residence hall renovation and construction project, which began with renovations in the H i l l ide dormi tories in 1 996 and continued with renovations

in Ea.5t and West Quads Last summer. All of the older hall

are slated to be refurbi hed anJ

rnodem1zed with more suites added, as wel l a additional private bathroom facilitie , improved communal lounges and din ing hal ls. •

Anthony, Mitchell, Schupf Halls Thanks

to the generosity of three trustee , a new com-

spaces that would be offered in self-contained

suggestions of must-read books.

apartments with kitchenettes and bathrooms.

We have long known that Colby is unique

Under this plan, about one quarter of the senior

because of the contributions of faculty outside

clas could be accommodated in these new facili ties and three quarters would continue to live in traditional, mixed-class residence halls. The re port was presented to the trustees in May 1 997, and approval was granted to engage an architect to advise the College on the matter ofasite or sites and to propose design plans for these new housing units. The other recommendations made by the task force were taken up by the appropriate Col lege committees this fall.

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the classroom, but it was particularly hearten ing to have faculty embrace these new ideas so enthusiastically. Students now have the oppor tunity to experience a faculty member's passion for a particular work and then, at the end of the year, take with them a book l ist to pique their interests long after they have graduated. A l l of these efforts have brought w i t h t h e m renewed excitement a b o u t resident ial l i fe at Colby.

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MILESTONES Significant changes involving members of the Colby Community in the past year include the following: Re-elected chair of the Board of Trustees: Lawrence R. Pugh '56, M.A. '82. Re-elected vice chair of the Board of Trustees: Susan Comeau '63 , M.A. '87. Re-elected secretary of the Corporation: Earl H. Smith, B.A., M.A. '95. New trustees: Carol M . Beaumier '72, M.A. '97, Partner, The Secura Group; John R. Cornell '65, M.A. '97, J . D., LL.M . , Partner, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue. Trustees re-elected to the board: Susan Comeau '63 , M.A. '87; Robert E. Diamond Jr. '73, M.A. '93, M.A., M.B.A.; Gerald J. Holtz '52, M.A. '84, M.B.A.; Lawrence R. Pugh '56, M.A. '82. Trustees retiring from the board and new trustees emeriti: Frank 0. Apantaku '7 1 , M.A. '87, M . D. , M.Sc. ; George E. Haskell Jr. ' 5 5 , M.A. '92. New overseers: Todger Anderson '67, president, Denver Investment Advisors; Peter C. Clark ' 7 5 , investor; Timothy B. Hussey '78, M.B.A., president and CEO, Hussey Seating Company; Susan Jacobson Nester '88, vice president, Carden Communications; Anne R. Clarke Wolff '87, M . B.A., vice president, Salomon Brothers, I nc.; Charles Osgood Wood, L.H.D. '96, B.S., radio/television journalist, host, CBS Sunday Morning; Jonathan Zuhovitzky, B.Soc.Sc., investment banker. Overseers re-elected: Harold Alfond, L.H.D. '80; Patricia Downs Berger '62, M . D.; Nancy Carter Clough '69, M.Ed.; Edward R. Goldberg '59; Janet Gay Hawkins '48; Sol Hurwitz, B.A.; Henry J. Sockbeson I I I '73, J . D . ; Paul Gerard Spillane J r. '79, M.B.A.; Diane Gerth Van Wyck '66, J .D. Overseers retiring: John W. Field Jr. '66; H. Alan Hume, M . D. ; Anthony F. Kramer '62, M .C.P.; John J. Lattanzio. New members of the Museum of Art Board of Governors: Daphne Cummings, M .F.A. , artist; Barbara Starr Wolf '50, collector and director, Barbara Starr Wolf Cultural Promotions. Member of the Museum of Art Board of Governors retiring as vice chair and appointed Life Governor: Edward H. Turner, M.A. '82, A.B., L.H.D. '73.* Faculty promoted to full rank: Jean M . Sanborn, M.A. '97, Ph.D., professor of English, director of the Writers' Center; Dale J. Skrien, M.A. '97, Ph.D., professor of mathematics and computer science. Faculty receiving tenure: Charles W.S. Conover I I I , Ph.D., associate professor of physics; J ill P. Gordon, Ph.D., associate professor of philosophy; Julie T. M illard, Ph.D., associate professor of biochemistry. Faculty appointed to tenure-track or continuing positions: Jeffrey D. Anderson, Ph.D., assistant professor of anthropology; Bevin Engman, M.F.A., assistant professor of art; Jan

Holly, Ph.D., Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professor of Mathematics;

Russell R. Johnson, Ph.D . , assistant professor of biology; Margaret T. McFadden, Ph.D., assistant professor of American studies; Elisa Narin van Court, Ph.D., assistant professor of English; Pamela S. Thoma, M.A., instructor in American studies and women's studies; and Jennifer A. Yoder, Ph.D., assistant professor of government and international studies. Faculty appointed by the president to named chairs: Homer T. Hayslett Jr., M.A. '88, Ph.D., Dana Professor of MathematÂ ics; Paul S. Machlin, M.A. '87, Ph.D . , The Arnold Bernhard Professor of Music. Elected faculty emeriti: Hubert C. Kueter, Ph.D., associate professor of German; Harold R. Pestana, M.A. '85, Ph.D., professor of geology. Recipients of Colby alumni awards: Ambassador Robert S. Gelbard '64, Distinguished Alumni Award; Richard R. Schmaltz '62, Marriner Distinguished Service Award; John P. Dolan '36, Ernest V. Fortin '5 1 , Benjamin R. '52 and Nancy Ricker Sears '50, William R. '57 and Judith Prophett Timken '57 and Marie "Chris" Merrill Wysor '42, Colby Brick Awards; Professor Charles W. Bassett, M.A. '80, Ph.D., Faculty Award for Service to the Alumni. The Colby community was saddened by the deaths of Professor of Music, Emeritus, Ermanno F. Comparetti, M.A. '53, Ph.D.; Associate Professor of Physical Education, Emerita, E. Janet Marchant, M.A.; Trustee Emeritus John F. Reynolds '36, M.A. '7 1 , M.D., Sc.D. '78; and Trustee Emeritus Edward H. Turner, M.A. '82, A.B., L.H.D. '73. At the 1 76th Commencement in May, bachelor degrees were conferred on 45 1 members of the Class of '97, and honorary degrees were awarded to Eavan Boland, doctor of letters; James A. Johnson, doctor of laws; and Alan S. Taylor ' 7 7 , doctor of humane letters. Ms. Boland was chosen by the senior class as the commencement speaker, and Adrienne B. Clay '97 was the class speaker. The class marshal was Heide M. Girardin '97, and Joshua C. Woodfork '97 was the Condon medalist. John Seigenthaler received an LLD. from the College as the 44th Lovejoy Fellow. * Died August 8, 1 997

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FACTS ABOUT COLBY, 1 996-- 1 99 7 Faculty

Majors of 1 997 Graduates

All teaching faculty: 1 86 FTE { 1 996-97) Ph.D.'s or terminal: 97 percent Tenured: 94

Salary Scales

Administrative Science 1 4

German 6

African-American/American Studies 1

Government 46

American Studies 28

History 25

Anthropology 1 6

Human Development ( Ind) 1

Art 1 9

International Studies 33

(average for full-time faculty 1 996-97)

Biology 72

Jewish Studies (Ind)

Assistant professor: $43.1 03

Chemistry 9

Mathematics 1 1

Associate professor: $56.897

Classical Civilization-English 1

Music 3

Professor: $84.300

Classical Civilization 3

Performing Arts 7

All ranks: $63.670

Classics 3

Philosophy 1 1

Computer Science 5

Physics 3

East Asian Studies 9

Financial Aid More than $1 3 . 1 million 1n scholarships, grants, loans and work-study was awarded to 843 students. 47 percent of the 1 996-97 enrollment.

Psychology 26

Economics 43

Religious Studies 6

English 70

Russian Language and Culture 3

Environmental Policy 2

Self and Society (Ind) 1

French 2

Comprehensive Fee ( 1 997-98)

$29, 1 90

Sociology 23

French Studies 3

Spanish 1 2

Geology 6

Women's Studies 5

Alumni

2 1 ,000 a l u m n i reside in 50 states. the District of Columbia. three U . S . territories a n d 6 8 foreign countries. There a r e more t h a n 20 a l u m n i clubs across the country.

THE YEAR IN NUMBERS

Students

Financial Highlights

1 .764 students were enrolled {841 men, 923 women). representing the following

Alaska Anzona California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho lll1no1s Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts M1ch1gan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Puerto Rico Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee i exas Utah

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states. territories and countries: Alabama

Fiscal

Vermont Virgin Islands

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Revenues

. . . . . . . . $68,056,000

$ 65,238,000

. . . . . . . . 67,993,000

65,1 89.000

Expenditures and Transfers . . . . .

Virginia Washington

Net Income

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. . . . . . . $63,000

$ 49.000

West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming

Gifts and Bequests

Austria

Capital

Bangladesh

Life Income . . . . .

Bermuda

In Kind . .

Annual Fund . . .

Botswana

Total Gifts and

Brazil

Bequests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . $3,507,000

$ 3,686,000

...... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 7,904,000

1 1 ,086,000

. . . . . . . . . 1 , 1 75.000

1 ,488.000

. . . . . . 237,000

655,000

. . . . . . . . $22,823,000

$ 1 6. 9 1 5,000

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 843

675

Bulgaria Canada Cyprus

Colby Student Financial Aid

Ecuador

Number of Students Aided . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Egypt England

Percentage of Scholarships

Hong Kong

Student

43% $ 8,680,000

. . . . . . 959,000

642,000

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

and Parent Loans

Hungary Indonesia

.. . . . 47% $9,793,000

Students Aided . .

France Greece

. . . ........... . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. . 847,000

850,000

. . . . . . $1 1 ,599,000

$ 1 0, 1 72,000

. . $ 1 66,830,000

$ 1 39 . 1 00,000

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 203.099.000

$ 1 62,280,000

Campus Employment ..

Jamaica

Total Student

Japan

Financial Aid . . . . . . . .

Kenya Malaysia Netherlands Antilles

Endowment a n d Similar Funds

Norway

Book Value as of June 30 . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Pakistan Philippines

Market Value as of June 30 . . . . . . . . . . .

Poland Russia Saudi Arabia

Life Income Funds

Scotland

Book Value as of June 30 ...

South Korea Taiwan

. . . . . . . . . . $ 1 0,683,000

$ 9,955,000

. . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1 5, 1 68,000

$ 1 2,538,000

. . . . . . . . . . . $ 84,340,000

$ 74,203,000

. . . . .. . . $ 2 1 ,31 3,000

$ 9,603,000

Market Value as of June 30 . . . . .

Trinidad and Tobago Turkey Ukraine

Physical Plant Net Investment in Plant as of June 30 . . . Indebtedness as of June 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . ..

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AsscJC1ate Profeswr of Government Tony Corrado welcomed CBS New1 corres/itmdenr

Bill

Gel5l to Colby for ihe filming of a segment feaiunng Corrado that appeared on

unJay Morn i ng .

Douglas M. Schair '67, M.A. '94, M . B.A., South Freeport, Maine. Vice Chairman. Ch1ef!nvestment Officer and Director, Life Re Corporation ( 1 998)

APPENDIX A The Corporation 1 997-98 Corporate Name

Paul Jacques Schupf, M.A. ' 9 1 , Hamilton. New York. PaulJ. Schupf Associates (2001)

William R. Cotter, M.A. 79, L.H.D .. J.D., Waterville. Maine.

The President and Trustees of Colby College

President. Colby College

Elaine Zervas Stamas '53. M.A. ·92. Scarsdale. New York (2000)

James Bartlett Crawford '64. M.A. '90. M . B.A., Richmond,

Officers

Virginia. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. James River

William R. Cotter, M . A. 79, L H . D . , J.D., Waterville. Maine. President Lawrence Reynolds Pugh '56. M.A. '82, Yarmouth. Maine, Chair of the Board Susan Comeau '63. M . A. "87, Wellesley, Massachusetts, Vice Chair of the Board

Coal Company ( 1 999)

Robert Edward Diamond Jr. 73. M.A. '93. M.A., M.B.A.,

London, England. Ch1efExecut1ve. Global Markets. BZW(2001 )

Robert Michael Furek "64. M.A. '90. M.B.A., West Hartford. Connecticut. Retired President and Chief Executive Officer, Heublein. Incorporated ( 1 999)

Albert Stone '5 1 . M.A. '96. Groton. Massachusetts, Chair man, Sterilite Corporation (Al. 1 999) Robert Edward Lee Strider II, M.A. '57, Litt.D. 79, Ph.D., Jamaica Plains, Massachusetts, President Emeritus, Colby College (Life Trustee) M. Anne O'Hanian Szostak 72, M.A. 74, Providence, Rhode Island, Senior Vice President. Fleet Fmanc1al Group ( 1 999) John R. Zacamy Jr. 71 , M.A. '92, M.B.A., Rye, New York, Senior Managmg Director. BT Securities Corporation (200 1 )

Robert Lawrence McArthur, M.A. '83. Ph.D .. Auburn. Maine, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty

William Howe Goldfarb '68, M.A. '85. J . D . Avon. Connecti cut. Principal, HRW Resources. Incorporated ( 1 998)

W. Arnold Yasinski. M .A. '90. Ph.D., M.B.A., Waterville, Maine, Administrative Vice President

Peter Geoffrey Gordon '64. M.A. '95, M.B.A. , Mill Valley, California, Co-founder and Chairman. Crystal Geyser Water Company (Al. 1 998)

Fernando Gouvea, Ph. D., Waterville, Maine. Associate Pro fessor of Mathematics (2000)

Deborah England Gray '85. M.A. '92, J.D., Andover, Massa chusetts. General Counsel. Sapient Corporation (Al. 1998)

Professor of French ( 1 999)

Peter David Hart '64, M.A. '89. LLD. '85, Washington. D C . ,

Student Representatives

President. Peter D . Hart Research Associates. Incorporated

Shannon C. Baker '98, Oak Ridge, North Carolina ( 1 998)

Peyton Randolph Helm, M.A. "88, Ph.D., Waterville. Maine, Vice President for Development and Alumni Relations Earl Harold Smith, B.A., M.A. ·95, Belgrade Lakes, Maine, Dean of the College and Secretary of the Corporation

Faculty Representatives

Adrianna M. Paliyenko, Ph.D., Albion, Maine, Associate

Janice Armo Kassman, M.A .. Albion. Maine, Dean of Students

( 1 999)

Douglas Edward Reinhardt '71 , M . B.A .. Waterville. Maine. Associate Vice President for Finance and Treasurer

Ellen Brooks Haweeli '69, M.A. '93, New York. New York, President. EBH Associates. Inc. (Al. 1 999)

Parker Joy Beverage, M.A., Waterville, Maine, Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid

Gerald Jay Holtz '52, M.A. '84, M.B.A .. Brookline. Massachu setts, Adjunct Faculty, Boston College; Retired Partner, Arthur Andersen & Co. (2001)

Richard Lloyd Abedon '56. M.A. '86, J.D., 1 986-1 994

Board of Trustees

Audrey Hittinger Katz '57, M.A. '96, Silver Spring, Maryland, Vice President. Data-Prompt, Inc. (Al. 1 998)

Robert Newton Anthony '38, M.A. '59, LH.D. '63, M . B.A., D.C.S. 1, Hanover, New Hampshire, Ross Graham Walker Professor of Management Control, Emeritus, Harvard Busi ness School (Life Trustee) Carol M . Beaumier '72, M.A. '97, Falls Church. Virginia, Managing Director, The Secura Group (Al. 2000) Joseph F. Boulos '68, M.A. '93, Falmouth, Maine, President, The Boulos Companies (Al. 1 999) Alida Milliken Camp (Mrs. Frederic E.). A.B., M.A. '64,

LH.D. '79, East Bluehill, Maine (Life Trustee)

Jane Whipple Coddington '55, M.A. '94, M.L.S., Murray Hill,

New Jersey ( 1 998)

Susan Comeau '63, M.A. '87, Wellesley, Massachusetts, Executive Vice President, State Street Bank and Trust Com pany, Global Human Resources (Al. 2000)

John R. Cornell '65, M.A. '97, J.D., LLM., Lakewood, Ohio,

C O L B Y

T H E

P R E S I D E N T' S

Beverly Nalbandian Madden '80, M.A. '86, M.A., Dover.

Former chair of the board

Trustees Emeriti

Howard Dale Adams, B.A., M.A. '85, 1 985-1994 FrankOlusegun Apantaku 7 1 , M.A. '87, M.D., M.Sc., 1 9871 993, 1 994-1997 Clifford Allan Bean '51 , M.A. '70, M.B.A., 1 970-1976

Massachusetts ( 1 998)

Susan Fairchild Bean '57. M.A. 76, 1976-1982

Edson Vaughn Mitchell '75, M.A. '90, M.B.A., Surrey, En gland, Head of Global Markets, Deutsche Morgan Grenfell

Anne Lawrence Bondy '46. M . A. '81 , 1 98 1 - 1 987

Group ( 1 999)

William Lafrentz Bryan '48, M.A. '72, 1 972-1978

Jean Pratt Moody '56, M.A. '94, M.Ed., Cape Elizabeth,

Robert William Burke '61 , M.A. '81 , M.B.A., 1 98 1 - 1 987

Maine, Civic Leader ( 1 998)

Levin Hicks Campbell, M .A. '82, LLB., Cambridge, Massa chusetts, United States Circuit Judge, U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals-First Circuit ( 1 999)

Partner, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue (Al. 2000)

Colleen A. Khoury '64. M . A. '95. J.D., Portland. Maine, Professor of Law, University of Maine School of Law ( 1 999)

Jill E. Marshall '98. Menden, New Hampshire ( 1 998)

John Lawrence Burns, M.A. 78, D.Sc., 1978-1982

Paul D. Paganucci, M.A. '75, J.D., Hanover, New Hamp shire, Retired Chairman, Executive Committee, W.R. Grace & Co.; Vice President and Treasurer Emeritus, Dartmouth Col lege; Chairman, Ledyard National Bank (2000) Wilson Collins Piper '39, M.A. '59, LLD. 75, LLB., Hanover, New Hampshire, Of Counsel, Ropes and Gray (Life Trustee) Lawrence Reynolds Pugh '56, M.A. '82, Yarmouth, Maine, Chairman of the Board, VF Corporation (2001 ) David Pulver '63, M.A. '83, M . B.A., Mendham, New Jersey, Cornerstone Capital, Inc. (2000)

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E. Michael Caulfield '68, M.A. '93, M . B.A., 1993-1996 John Gilray Christy, M.A. '84, M.A., 1 984-1992 John William Deering '55, M.A. 78, 1 978- 1 98 1 Warren J o h n Finegan '51 , M . A . '80, 1 980-1989 Jerome F. Goldberg '60, M.A. '89, J.D., 1 991 - 1 994 Rae Jean Braunmuller Goodman '69, M.A. '83, Ph.D., 1983-1989

Author/acnt•ist Jonathan Kozol encottraged mule1m ro be adl'Ocares for the poor d1mng his lecture about rhe

ew York

Cl[y families he profiled

hLS book

Ama:mg Grace

Nissie Grossman '32, M.A. '65. M.B.A.. 19651970. 1971-1981

Andrew A . Davis '85, Santa Fe. New Mexico.

Eugenie Hahlbohm Hampton '55. M.A. 72. 1972-1 978

ics (2000)

Wallace Meredith Haselton, M.A. 71 . 1 97 1 - 1 977. 1 978-1981 George Edward Haskell Jr. '55. M.A 92 1 992- 1 997 Nancy Spokes Haydu '69. MA '86. M.C R P . 1986-1 994 Philip William Hussey Jr. '53. M.A. '81 . 1 98 1 - 1 987

Robert Spence Lee '51 . M .A. 75. 1 975-1 995 Robert Allen Marden '50. M.A '68. LLB '51 . 1 968-1 993 David Marvin Marson '48, M A '84, 1 984-1993 Rita Ann McCabe '45. M.A. '66, 1 966-1972. 1 973- 1 983 Lawrence Carroll McOuade, M.A '81 . LLB . 1 98 1 - 1 989 C. David O'Brien 58. M.A. 75. 1 975-1 985 Kershaw Elias Powell '51 . M.A. 82 D M D .

982-1 988

Patricia Rachal 74. MA ·so. Ph.D . . 1 983-1986 JohnFranklin Reynolds '36. M.A '71 , Sc . D '78. M D 1 971 19772 Henry Weston Rollins '32, MA ·52 1962-1 968

Robert Converse Rowell '49. MA '61 , 1 96 1 - 1 967 Robert Sage '49, M A. '74, 1 974-1993

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President and Portfolio Manager. Davis Se

lected Advisers, Vis1t1ng Committee on Phys

Virginia L Coates Denton '69, Laguna Niguel. California, Management Trainer and Consultant, Artist. Ginny Denton Enterprises, Visiting Committee on Education and Human Development (2000)

Overseers Todger Anderson '67, Denver, Colorado. President. Denver Investment Advisors (200 1 )

Barbara Lawrence Alfond, Weston, Massachusetts, Visit

John B. Devine Jr. 78. Phoenix, Maryland, Business Devel opment Manager, Procter & Gamble. Visiting Committee on Computer Services ( 1 998)

Harold Alfond, L H D. ·so. Waterville, Maine, Chairman of

Gerald Dorros, M.D .. Fox Point, Wisconsin, Cardiologist and Cardiovascular Interventionist. Milwaukee Heart Vascular Clinic: Medical Director, William Dorros-lsadore Feuer

ing Committees on Special Programs and on Communica tions ( 1 999)

the Board. Dexter Shoe Company. Visiting Committee on

Physical Education and Athletics (2001 )

William Lee Alfond 72. Boston, Massachusetts, Director and Vice PresidentofSales (Athletic Division), DexterShoe Company, Visrting Committee on Physical Education and Athletics (1 999)

lnterventional Cardiovascular Disease Foundation, Ltd. . Vis

iting Committees on Classics and on Physics ( 1 998)

Joan Feitler, Ch1cc;go, Illinois, Retired Educational Consultant.

Visiting Committee on Admissions and Financial Aid (2001)

Elizabeth J. Allan 74. M.A., M.A .. M.B.A., Riverside, Con necticut. Principal. Scudder. Stevens & Clark, Inc. . Visiting Committees on French and on German and Russian ( 1 998)

Lawrence K. Fleischman '75, M.B.A . . Dix Hills, New York.

Leon R. A l l en , B.A., London, England. Private Investor, Chairman and CEO, The Tetley Group; Chairman, Devro plc. ; Retired Chairman and CEO. Del Monte Foods International Ltd.. Trustee. The Royal Association for Disability & Rehabili tation (U.K.J, Vis1t1ng Committees on History and on Off Campus Study (2000)

Robert Alan Friedman, M.A. '88, M.B.A . . Scarsdale. New York. Limited Partner, The Goldman, Sachs Group L.P. . Investment Committee of the Board of Trustees (2000)

Patricia Downs Berger '62, M.D., Brookline, Massachusetts. Internist. Visiting Committees on International Studies and on Physics (200 1 )

President, Capital Vision Group, Inc. . Visiting Committee on

Dining Services (2000)

Patricia Orr Frost '59. Miami Beach, Florida, Chair. The National Museum of American Art Commission of The Smithsonian Institution, Visiting Committee on Art and the Museum of Art (2000) Diana J. Fuss '82, Ph.D .. New York, New York, Associate

Professor of English, Princeton University, Visiting Commit

tee on English (2001 )

Dwight Emerson Sargent '39, MA '56, M A '58, 1 958-

Reginald Glenn Blaxton 74, M.Div. . Washington, D.C., Chief of Strategic Planning, Analysis and Development. The

1964, 1 97 1 - 1 974

Institute for Research in Information Systems, University of

Anne Ruggles Gere '66, Ph.D., Farmington Hills, Michigan.

the District of Columbia; Director and Counsel. Utres Novi

Professor of English and Education, University of Michigan,

Richard Robert Schmaltz '62. M.A. 76. 1 976-1995 Eugene Charles Struckhoff '44, M.A 67. LL B . . 1 967-1 970 W. Clarke Swanson Jr. . M.A. 70, LL B . . 1 970-1 976 Arthur Totten Thompson '40. M.A. 70, M.B.A.. D.Sc '69, 1970-1974

SV:fd Emma T� '38. MA 70, LLB., 1970-1976, 1 977-1985 Barbara Howard Traister '65, M . A. '88, PhD., 1 988-1994 Beth Brown Turner '63, M.A. '89, M.A.. 1 989-1996 Edward Hill Turner, M.A. '62, A.B . . L H.D. '73, 1 983- 1 99 1 3 Peter Austin Vlachos '58, M.A. '77, 1 977-1 980 Jean J,largaret Watson '29, M.A. '65, M.A .. 1 965- 1 971 Ralph Samuel Wiiiiams '35, M.A. '73, LH.D. '72, M.B.A., 1973 1 983

Robert Frederic Woolworth, M.A. '65, 1 965-1977 'Died January 14, 1997 'Ditd Augwi , 1997.

Research and Consultation: Vitis Novae Design, Visiting Committees on Student Affairs, on Sociology and Anthropol ogy, on Philosophy and on African-American Studies ( 1 998)

Visiting Committee on History (2001 )

Paul O. Boghossian Ill 76, M.B.A., Newport. Rhode Island, President. Concordia Co., Inc. ; President, StrategiComp. Inc. . Visiting Committee on Psychology (2000)

Visiting Committee on Music (200 t )

Peter C. Clark '75, New Boston, New Hampshire, Investor, V1s1t1ng Committee on American Studies (2001 ) Nancy Carter Clough '69, M.Ed .. Contoocook, New Hamp shire, Psychoeducational Evaluator, Pembroke School, Visit

ing Committees on Psychology, on Spanish and on Women's Studies (200 1 ) Mary Mabon Colonna 76. M.B.A., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,

Visiting Committees on Administrative Science, on Education and on the Libraries ( 1 998) Laurence E. Cudmore '58, Pocasset, Massachusetts, Re tired President, Retail, Sears Roebuck & Company, Visiting Committee on Government ( 1 999) Joel E. Cutler '81 , Boston, Massachusetts, President, Na tional Leisure Group, Visiting Committee on International

Studies (2000)

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Edward R. Goldberg '59, Newton, Massachusetts, Stock

broker/Investment Advisor, Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette,

Cheryl Booker Gorman 74. Westwood, Massachusetts, Principal/Co-Founder, Compass Consulting Group, Visiting Committees on Special Programs and on Psychology ( 1 999) Kenneth N. Hart '5 1 , LLB .. Pound Ridge, New York, Senior

Partner. Donovan Leisure Newton & Irvine. Visiting Commit tees on Biology, on Geology and on Physical Plant ( 1 999)

Janet Gay Hawkins '48, Shelter Island Heights, New York, Vistt

ing Committees on the Libraries and on Health Services (2001 )

Sol Hurwitz, B.A., Rye, New York, President, Committee for Economic Development, Visiting Committees on Psychology, on Communications, on English and on Music (2001 ) Timothy B. Hussey 78, M.B.A., Kennebunk, Maine, Presi dent & CEO, Hussey Seating Company, Visiting Committee on Philosophy (2001 ) F. Rocco Landesman '69, D.F.A., New York, New York, President, Jujamcyn Theaters, Visiting Committee on Per forming Arts ( 1 999)

T H E

P R E S I D E

R E P O R T

C O L B Y

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David M. Lawrence, M.D., Piedmont, California, Chair·

Curator of the Busch Reisinger Museum, Harvard;

man and CEO. Kaiser Permanente. Visiting Commit

Former Assistant Dlfector. Fogg Art Museum

tee on Biology (2000)

Peter Harold Lunder '56, Waterville, Maine, Presi dent, Assistant Treasurer and Director, Dexter Shoe Company. Visiting Committees on Physical Plant. on Art and

the Museum of Art and on Physical Education and Athletics ( 1 998) Deborah Marson 75, J.D . . Charlestown, Massachusetts. Senior Group Counsel. The Gillette Company, Visiting Com

mittee on English (2000)

David William Miller '51 , M.A., Centerport. New York. Mem ber. Executive Board, He1demij NV, Visiting Committees on Communications and on Geology (2000) Alan Bennett Mirken '51 , New York. New York, President, Aaron Publishing Group, Visiting Committees on American

Studies and on Communications (2000)

Alan B. Mirken '5 1 . New York, New York, Vice Chalf, President. Aaron Publishing Group Dennis Hok-Shou Ting '60, Causeway Bay. Hong Kong. Chairman of the Board, Kader Industrial Company, L1m1ted

Edward H. Turner. M.A. '82, A.B., LH.D. 73, Belgrade, Maine, Life Governor. Retired Vice President for Development, Colby College4

Allan van Gestel '57, LLB . . Rockport. Massachusetts. Asso

Joan Alfond, B.A., Boston, Massachusetts. Executive Direc tor. Concierge Services for Students Ltd.

tees on American Studies. on English. on Development and Alumni Relations and on Sociology and Anthropology ( 1 999)

William L Alfond 72. Boston, Massachusetts, Director and Vice President of Sales (Athletic D1v1s1on) Dexter Shoe Company

Diane Gerth Van Wyck '66. J.D , Brooklyn. New York. Senior

Alexand�a Anderson-Spivy, New York, New York, Freelance Writer and Curator

V1s1ting Committee on International Studies ( 1 999)

ciate Justice. Massachusetts Superior Court. V1s1ting Commit

Vice President, Taxes. American Express Travel Related

Services, Visiting Committees on Classics. on East Asian

Studies and on Health Services (200 1 )

Thomas John Watson Ill 69. M.A 75. J . D. . Wilton, Con necticut. Attorney- at -Law, V1s1ting Committee on Adm1ss1ons

Leon T. Nelson Jr. '60. M.A . . Boston, Massachusetts. Presi dent, Lolech Enterprises and Greater Roxbury Chamber of Commerce. Visiting Committee on Government ( 1 998)

and Financial Aid ( 1 999)

Susan Jacobson Nester '88, Bowie, Maryland, Vice Presi

versity Medical College; Attending Orthopedic Surgeon. The

Services (200 1 )

and on Chemistry ( 1 998)

Paul A . Nussbaum, J . D . , Dallas. Texas, Founder. President

Anne R. Clarke Wolff '87, M.B.A., Chicago. Illinois, Vice President. Salomon Brothers. Inc. . V1s1ting Comminee on

dent, Carden Communications, Visiting Committee on Dining

and CEO. Patriot American Group, Visiting Committees on

Andrew Jay Weiland '64. M.D., New York. New York. Profes sor of Orthopedic Surgery and Plastic Surgery. Cornell Uni Hospital for Special Surgery. Visiting Committees on Geology

Career Services and on Student Affairs ( 1 998)

American Studies (2001 )

Paul S. Ostrove '53, Roslyn, New York, Paul Stuart, Inc.,

Charles Osgood Wood. LH.D. '96, 1ournailst, host. CBS

Visiting Committee on Geology ( 1 999)

Sunday Morning (200 1 )

John Whitney Payson, B.A.. Hobe Sound, Florida, Presi dent, Midtown Payson Galleries. Visiting Committee on Art

Jonathan Zuhovitzky, New York, New York. Partner-Invest ment Banker, 1st Capital Advisors Inc (2001 )

Overseers Visiting Committees 1 996-97 Geology October 20-22. 1 996 / Kenneth N Hart '51 , chair:

Paul S. Ostrove '53: David W. Miller '51 . Reinhard Wobus, Williams College, consultant.

Thomas R. Rippon '68, Mifflinburg, Pennsylvania, President, T.R. Rippon Associates, Visiting Committee on East Asian

English November 1 7- 1 9. 1 996 / Levin H. Campbell, chair:

Mildred Pafundi Rosen, LLB . New York, New York, Attor

Biology February 9-1 1 , 1 997 /John R. Cornell '65, chair: David M. Lawrence; Mary Allen, Wellesley College, consultant.

Studies (1 999)

ney, N. Hilton Rosen, P.C., Visiting Committees on Dining

Services and on Career Services (2000)

Deborah Marson 75; Diana J. Fuss '82; Nathanial Strout, Hamilton College, consultant.

Physics February 23-25, 1 997 I Gerald Dorros. chair, An

Henry Joseph Sockbeson 73, J.D . . Tribal Attorney,

Mashantucket Pequot Tribe in Connecticut, Visiting Commit

tees on History and on Music (2001 )

Paul Gerard Spillane Jr. 79, M . B.A., Darien, Connecticut, Managing Director and Head of Global Market Sales for North America, Deutsche Bank North Ameria!Deutsche Morgan Grenfell Bank/C.J. Lawrence, Inc., Visiting Committee on

Education (200 1 )

Judith Prophett Timken '57, Lafayette, California, Art Docent, Oakland Museum; Trustee, California College of Arts and

drew A. Davis '85, Patricia Downs Berger '62: Robert C. Hilborn, Amherst College, consultant.

East Asian Studies March 1 6- 1 8, 1 997 I Carol M. Beaumier '72, chair; Thomas R. Rippon '68; Nancy Spokes Haydu '69; Peter Frost, Williams College, consultant. Art Department/Museum of Art April 1 3- 1 5, 1997 I David Preston, chair; Patricia Orr Frost '59; John W. Payson; Peter Lunder '56; Susan Kuretsky, Vassar College, consultant; Sig mund Abeles, University of New Hampshire (retired), consult ant; Judith Sobol, director, Newport Art Museum, consultant

Crafts; San Francisco Ballet, East Bay Regional Chair; San

Francisco Ballet School Committee, Visiting Committees on

Music and the Performing Arts and on Art and the Museum of Art (2000)

C O L B Y

T H E

P R E S I D E N TS

Joan C. Besse. A A. B.A., Waterville, Maine, Civic Leader W. Mark Brady '78. New York. New York, Drawings Dealer, W M Brady & Co. Lee Scratton Bujold '64, North Palm Beach, Florida, An tiques Dealer

Thomas Colville, B A . M.M.U . New Haven, Connecticut, and New York, New York. Art Dealer Thomas Colville FineArt Daphne Cummings, B.A.. M . F. A .. New York. New York. and Camden, Maine. Artist and Donor David Driskell, B.A., M.F.A .. D.F.A., L.H.D .. Hyattsville, Maryland. Artist: Teacher, the University of Maryland; Author and Lecturer. Consultant

Hilary Ervin, Waterville, Maine, Artist, Museum Docent

and the Museum of Art (2000)

David Preston, M.B.A . . Old Lyme. Connecticut, President, Scott & Danie/ls, Inc., Visiting Committees on Dining Ser vices, on African-American Studies, on Chemistry. on Span ish and on Art and the Museum of Art (2000)

Carol Beaumier '72. Falls Church, Virginia. Partner, The Secura Group

Museum of Art Board of Governors 1 996·97 Gabriella De Ferrari, New York, New York, Chair; Former

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Barnet Fain '53. Seekonk, Massachusetts. President, High land Distributors James A. Ffrench '85, New York. New York, Manager, Decorative Arts, Christie 's Ingrid Hanzer, Los Angeles, California, Collector Ada Katz. B.A.. M.S., New York, New York, Collector Alex Katz, D.F.A. '84, New York. New York, Artist Paula Lunder, B.S., Waterville, M a i ne, Museum Docent Peter H. Lunder '56, Waterville, Maine, President, Assistant Treasurer and Director, Dexter Shoe Company Norma Marin, A.B . . D.F.A., New York, New York, and Addison, Maine, Collector David W. Miller '5 1 , M.A., Centerport. New York, Member, Executive Board, Heidemij NV

Jean Pratt Moody '56, M.A. '94, Cape Elizabeth, Maine, Civic Leader Heather L. Payson '88, Falmouth, Maine, Museum Docent Gerald P. Peters. B.A., Santa Fe, New Mexico, Art Dealer,

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Gerald Peters Gallery. Santa Fe. New Mexico. and New York Lawrence R. Pugh '56. M.A. 'S2. Reading. Pennsylvania.

Chalfman of the Board.

VF Corporation

Thomas B. Schulhof 69. J . D .. New York. New York. President, Ouadnga Art. Inc. Paul J. Schupf M.A. '91 , Hamilton, New York. Paul J. Schupf Associates John E. Shore '59. JD .. C1nc1nnat1. Ohio. President. J E Inc.

Shore Enterpnses.

Barbara Starr Woll '50. Sao Paulo. Brazil. D"ector Barbara

Starr Wolf Cultural Promotions. •[)Jul :\ugu.s1

Collector

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Colby Alumni Council E x ecutive Committee 1 996-97 Ronald W. Lupton 7 1 , dla1r president of the Alumni Assoaat1on Joanne Weddell Magyar '71 , vice chair Susan Conant Cook 75, executive secretary. treasurer

G. Arthur Brennan '6S. Athletics Commrnee c�a1r Albert F. Carville Jr. '63 , past chair Kathleen Monaghan Corey '43, Academic Affairs Commit

tee chair

Libby Corydon-Apicella '74, CommunicabonsCommrtteecha1r Scott Dow '83. Student Affairs Committee vice chair Lisa Hallee 'S1 Alumni Fund chair Diana P. Herrmann ·so. National Clubs co-ordinator Anne E. Hussey 80, Alumni on Campus Committee chair Stephen Langlois 'S5, Career Services Committee chair Lou Richardson McGinity ' 67, Admissions Committee chair Susan Jacobson Nester ·ss. Nominating Committee chair

M. Jane Powers 'S6, Student Affairs Committee chair David A. White 7 5, Awards Committee chair Johnston deF. Whitman '59, Rnancial Affairs Commrnee chair

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Amen can Society for Ethnoh1story. Portland. Ore.1 "Making the Trans1t1on: Making the Space for 'lndian-ness on the College Campus.'" presented at the Wabanaki Education Conference. University of Maine. Douglas N. Archibald. M.A. 73. PhD .. Roberts Professor of Literature Editor, Colby Quarterly. Terry J. Arendell. Ph D. Associate Professor of Sociology

"A Social Constructionist Approach to Parenting" and "Divorce and Remarriage." in Terry J Arendell, ed .. Contem porary Parenting · Challenges and Issues, Sage Publishers I "A Woman Interviewing Men Reflections on the Researcher Researched Relationship." Oualttat1ve Sociology "Proposal Guidelines for Quahtatlve Research." Family Science Re· view Special Issue on Teaching and Learning Research Methods "Divorce, Gender and Violence." presented at the

American Soc1olog1cal Association (co-author Dem1e Kurz) I Divorce. ldent1t1es and Parenting Lessons from and Ques tions for Feminist Psychoanalysis" and "Parenting, Divorce and Identity: Questions for Feminist Psychoanalysis," pre· sented at the T K. Lubin Conference. Brandeis University I ·Gender and Family· Contested Identities. Is There a Limit to Difference?, presented at Brown University.

Charles W. Bassett, M A ·so, Ph.D .. Lee Family Professor of American Studies and English Editor. issue on Essays on John O'Hara, Colby Quarterly "A Rage to L ive · Gender Roles 1n O'Hara's Post-WWII Fiction, Colby Quarterly Panelist. "American Studies Pro grams." presented at the American Studies Association. Kansas City. Mo Kimberly A. Besio, Ph D . Assistant Professor of Chinese

'Zhang Fei 1n Yuan Vernacular Literature: Legend, Hero ism and History in the Reproduction of the Three Kingdoms Story Cycle," Journal of Sung-Yuan Studies I Translation of Gao X1ngJian s "Bus Stop·. 1n Haiping Yan. ed., Theatre and Society· An Anthology of Contemporary Chinese Drama. 1979 to the Present "Shi lun Wang Zhao1un gush1 za1 Yuan

Ming Qing de Ji zhong xiangzheng yiyi" ("A Discussion of the Various Symbolic Meanings of the Wang Zhaojun Legend during the Yuan. Ming and Qing Dynasties"), presented at the International Conference on The Cultural Construction of Gender· Gender. Text and Body Politics, Hsinchu, Taiwan I Panelist, Drama and Reality: Transformations and Politics of Yuan ZaJu," presented at the Association for Asian Studies I ·Reading Plays: Moments in the Textual Production of Yuan Zaju Drama,· presented at the University of llhno1s-Champa1gn Urbana Panelist. "Literary Utopia and Dystopia," presented at the New England Conference of the Association for Asian Studies, Burlington, Vt Ailor Bikandi-Mejias, Ph.D., Visiting Assistant Professor of

A Selection of Faculty Publications and Other Achievements

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h l Libra de Buen Amor, Dlalog1smo segun Kristeva," presented at the C1nc1nnat1 Conference on Romance Lan· guages and Literatures. Spa

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Robert T. Bluhm Jr., Ph.D., Associate Professor of P ysics

Jeffrey D. Anderson, Ph.D .. Assistant Professor of Anthro pology Northern Arapaho Ethnoethnoh1story." presented at the

"Theoretical Studies of Rydberg Wave Packets, pre sented at the International Conference on Symmetry Methods in Physics, Dubna, Russia I "Studies of Rydberg Wave Pack·

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ets," presented at the Fifth International Wigner Sympo· s1um. Vienna. Austria I "Rydberg Wave Packets." pre sented at Wesleyan University 1 "The Revival Structure of Rydberg Wave Packets beyond the Revival Time." 1n J Eberly, L. Mandel and E. Wolf. eds .. Coherence and Quantum Optics VII. Plenum (co-author V.A. Kostelecky) "Wave-Packet Revivals for Quantum Systems with Nondegenerate Energies." Physics Letters (co-authors V.A. Kostelecky and B. Tudose) I Revival Structure of Stark Wave Packets (co-authors V.A. Kostelecky and B. Tudose) and ''Edge-Magnetoplasmon Wave-Packet Revivals in the Quan tum Hall Effect" (co-authors U. Zulicke. V.A. Kostelecky and A . H . MacDonald). Physical Review. David B. Bourgaize. Ph.D., Associate Professor of Chemistry "Translational Control during the Development of Vol vox." presented at the Annual Meeting of the American

Society for Cell Biology, San Francisco (co-authors H.M. Girardin '97. J.A. Pelletier '97, L. Jovanovic '97).

Christine Bowditch. Ph.D . . Assistant Professor of Sociology

Chair, "Alternatives to Traditional Juvenile Justice Pro cessing." American Society of Criminology, Chicago

James F. Boylan. M.A . . Associate Professor of English

"Nude Descending a Staircase," presented at the Writer's Harvest for the Homeless Reading. Colby "The Death of Tiny Tim.'' story-monologue performed on Maine Public Radio.

Patrick Brancaccio, M.A. 79, Ph.D., John and Caroline Zacamy Professor of English Seminar director. "Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness,· a series of literary luncheons for editors. media people and business leaders at Doubleday Publishers. New York. Lyn Mikel Brown, Ed.D., Assistant Professor of Education and Human Development and Women's Studies "The Others in My I : The Relational Lives of Adolescent Girls": panel discussant, "Embodying Voice: Women's Devel opment and Sport"; chair. "New Perspectives on the Relation ship between Narrative and Self," presented at the American Psychological Association, Chicago I "Staying on Her Voice and in Her Mind: Reflections on Girls' Development and Women's Psychology," presented at Mid Coast Hospital Women's Day, Bath, Maine. Cedric G. Bryant, Ph.D., Associate Professor of English "Race" and "African American Literary Criticism in the Modern Period: 1 920-1 964," Oxford Companion to Afflcan American Literature I 1 996 Council for Advancement and Support of Education Maine Professor of the Year Award. Rong Cai, Ph.D., Visiting Assistant Professor of Chinese

"Appropnation and the Crisis of Representativity 1n J1a Pingwa's Ruined Capital," presented at the Association for Asian Studies Conference, Chicago /"In the Madding Crowd: Self and Other in Can Xue's Fiction," presented at the New England Conference of the Association for Asian Studies and published m China Information: A Quarterly Journal on Contemporary China Studies I Translation, "Sangshuping Chronicles," in Hai ping Yan. ed., Theater and Society: An Anthology of Contemporary Chinese Orama, 1979 to the Present. Cheshire Calhoun, Ph.D , Associate Professor of Philosophy "Family Outlaws," Philosophical Studies / "Family's Out

laws: Rethinking the Connections between Feminism, Lesbi anism and the Family," in Hilde Nelson, ed., Feminism and Families, Routledge I "Civilities and Incivilities," presented at Tufts University, University of Colorado-Boulder, Washington University and Georgetown University I Author greets critics

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session on the work of Cheshire Calhoun, at the Society for Lesbian and Gay Philosophy. American Philosophical Asso ciation. Atlanta, Ga. I Reviews of Marilyn Friedman's What Are Friends For? and Iris Marion Young's Justice and the Politics of Difference, in Metaphilosophy. Debra Campbell. Ph D., Associate Professor of Religion Reviews of Orsi. Schmidt and Levenduski, in Choice I Review of Joseph Monti's Arguing About Sex, in Journal of the History of Sexuality I Review of Susan Hill Lindley's You Have Stepped Out of Your Place. in Journal of Church and State I

"Exodus Stones: Mary McCarthy, Mary Daly and the Con struction of Catholic Women's Experience," presented at the Joint Session of the Catholic Studies Group and the North American Religions Section. Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion.

Arthur K. Champlin, M.A. '87, Ph.D., Leslie Brainerd Arey

Professor of Biosciences "A Study of Sperm Motility and Viability i n the Cauda Epididymis and Vas Deferens of the Mouse" (co-authors Katie Nevin ·97 and Will Rafferty '97) and "The Effects of Cryopreservation on the Acrosome of Mouse Sperm" (co author Edward Keysor '97). presented at the Maine Biologi cal and Medical Sciences Symposium and at the Fourth Annual Conference on Undergraduate Research in Biology at Colby College. Michelle Chilcoat, M.A., Visiting Instructor in French

Studies. St. Petersburg, Fla. / Interviewed for or cited 1n articles on national politics and campaign finance in The New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today. Chnsflan Science Moni tor, Los Angeles Times. Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune. Dallas

ence, Henniker, N.H. I "Fourth Order Stark Splittings and Polarizabilit1es of Na Rydberg Doublets" (co-authors M C. Doogue ·97 and J P. Walton '98) and "Time-Domain Multipho ton Spectroscopy of Rydberg States Using Microwave Half Cycle Pulses" (co-authors M.C. Doogue '97 and Julia Rentz '95), presented at the D1v1s1on of Atomic. Molecular and Optical Physics Meeting of the American Physical Society, Washington, D.C.

several news services. including Associated Press, Reuters and Scripps-Howard I Broadcast 1nterv1ews on CBS Sunday Mom mg, CSPAN, Maine Public Broadcast1ng's True North, National Public Radio's Morning Ed1t1on and All Things Considered, Maine Public Radio's Mame Things Considered, New Hamp shire Public Radio. WBUR-FM (Boston). WUSF-FM (Tampa) and WXXl-FM (Rochester) I Emerging Scholars Award of the Amencan Political Science Association

Anthony J. Corrado Jr., Ph D , Associate Professor of Government "Money and Politics: A Brief History of Federal Campaign Finance Reform" and "National Party Financing · Hard and Soft Money," in Anthony Corrado, et al.. eds .. Campaign Finance Reform. A Sourcebook, Brookings Institution I "Elections in Cyberspace: Promises and Perils," in Anthony Corrado and Charles M. Firestone. eds . . Elections 1n Cyberspace: Toward a New Era in American Poht1cs, The Aspen Institute I New Reali

Alan Crichton, B.A . Vis1t1ng Instructor in Art Reviews of Kenny Cole's exh1b11 of paintings, Sanford Gallery, Belfast, Mame, and of Cody Ke1than's exhibit of sculpture, Mt. View High School. Thorndike, Maine, Waldo Independent I Review, Daphne Cummings and Dennis P1nette's exh1b1t of paintings, Spring Street Gallery, Belfast, Maine. Art New England I Panelist. "Belfast: A Community Shaped by Artists," presented al the Farnsworth Museum, Rockland, Maine I Group show of paintings and sculpture, Frick Gallery. Portland, Maine I Group show, "Skowhegan at 50." Blaine House and offices of Maine Arts Commission, Augusta, and at the Baxter Gallery of Maine College of Art, Portland I One-person show, "Recent Paintings." Gibbs Li brary, Washington, Mame.

ties. New Thinking: Report of the Task Force on Campaign Finance Reform, Citizens· Research Foundation (co-authors

Herbert Alexander, et al.) I "Hard Facts about Soft Money,"

Trends in Political Financing and Campaign Reform. Occasional

"Exact Exchange: Condillac Invents the Language of Science," presented at the Kentucky Foreign Language Con ference / "When the Words Get in the Way: Stendhal and the Ideologues on the Transparency of Language," presented at the Colloquium in 1 9th-Century French Studies, the Univer sity of Toronto.

Paper No. 5, Citizens' Research Foundation I "Financing the 1996 Election," 1n Gerald Pomper, ed., The Election of 1996, Chatham House I "Money Talks," In These Times/ "Elections 1n Cyberspace: How New Information and Communication Tech nologies Are Changing the Landscape of American Politics." ABA Update on Law-Related Education I "Big Money Is Back," Maine Sunday Telegram I "Let Perot Join 1n the Debates,"

Daniel H. Cohen '75, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Philosophy

Journal of Commerce, Providence Journal, Mame Sunday Tele gram. etc. (co-author James F. Hoge) I "Campaign Finance

"Argument Is War . . . and War Is Hell: Philosophy, Edu cation and Metaphors for Argumentation," Informal Logic I "Schoolhouses, Jailhouses and the House of Being: The Strange Career of Metaphor in Philosophy," presented at the Conference on Metaphor and Narrative Across the Disci plines. University of Auckland, New Zealand I "Unsayable Interpretations: Wittgenstein's Tractatus and Contemporary Feminism." presented at the Australasian Association for Philosophy (New Zealand Division), Massey University, Palmerston North, N .Z. I "The Unspeakable and the Unsayable," presented at Victoria University, Wellington, N.Z. / ''The Argument Against Rhetoric (Or: Proof Shall Make You Free)" and "What Would Happen If I Did a Thought Experi ment Alone in the Woods and No One Was There to Re spond? A Commentary on Lawrence Souder," presented at the Ontario Society for the Study of Argumentation, St. Catharines, Ont. I "A Relevant Theory of Conditionals," in Mathematical Reviews. F. Russell Cole, M.A. '90, Ph.D., Oak Professor of Biological Sciences "Mammalian Diversity and Natural History" (co-author D . E . Wilson) and "Vendors of Supplies and Equipment for Mammal Diversity Studies" (co-author R. Rudran), in F.R. Cole, et al., eds., Measuring and Monitoring Biological Diver sity: Standard Methods for Mammals, Smithsonian Press. Charles W.S. Conover Ill, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Physics "Quantum Interference in Half-Cycle Microwave Mul tiphoton Transitions." Physics Review (co-author Julia H. Rentz '95) I "Shaped Pulse Experiments with Microwave Pulses," presented at the Atomic Physics Gordon Confer-

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Morning News, Houston Chronicle, Kansas City Star, Philadel phia lnqwer. Time magazine, U.S News & World Report and

Reform: Recent Court Rulings and the Constitution," presented at the Center for Civic Education Conference for Maine Educa tors, South Portland I ''The Internet As a Tool of Political Communication: A Case Study of the Reform Party Web Site," presented at the New England Political Science Association (co author David W. MacLeay '97) I "Corporate and Constitutional .. Issues in the Campaign Finance Debate, presented at the Session on Campaign Finance Reform, Committee for Eco nomic Development, New York I "Campaign Finance Reform," presented at the Bipartisan Freshmen House Task Force on Campaign Finance Reform, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, D.C. I 'New Directions in Campaign Finance Re form," presented at the Twentieth Century Fund Working Group on Campaign Finance Litigation, New York / "Giving, Spending and 'Soft Money,'" presented at the Inaugural David G. Trager Public Policy Symposium, Brooklyn Law School, New York I ''The Clean Money Option and Campaign Finance Reform Goals," presented at the Brennan Center for Justice, New York University Law School I Roundtable participant, Campaign Finance Reform, presented at the American Enterprise Institute, Washington, D.C. / "Money and Politics in the 1 996 Election," presented at George Washington University / "Electronic Voting, Initiatives and Referenda," presented at the Governmental Re lations Section Fall Workshop, National Association of Bar Executives, Washington, D.C. I "Elections in Cyberspace: An Update," presented at the American Bar Association Standing Committee on Election Law, Washington, D.C. I "Soft Money," presented at the University of Virginia School of Law /"Financing the 1 996 Presidential Election," presented at the Pi Sigma Alpha Lecture, University of South Florida-Tampa I "How We Elect the President: The Case for Change-To What End?", presented at the Institute of American Values, Dudley, Mass. / "New Ways of Watching Debates," presented at Poynter Institute for Media

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G u i l a i n P. Denoeux, P h . D . . Associate Professor of Government "Legislatures and Transitions to Democracy in the Arab World." Journal of Arabic, Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies (co-authors Abdo Baaklini and Robert Springborg) I "Campagne d'assainissement au Maroc: Immunisation du politique et contamination de la justice" (co-author Michel Laurent) and "Les elections israeliennes et le processus de paix." Maghreb-Machrek I "Electoral Upset in Israel" (co author Jonathan Fox) and reviews of The Jerusalem Report Staff's Shalom. Frtend: The Life and Legacy of Yitzhak Rabin and of Varon Ezrahi's Rubber Bullets: Power and Conscience in Modern Israel. in Middle East Policy I "Programming for Democratic Transitions: The Political Economy Approach,""A Draft Framework for the Democracy Assessment Guide" and "Reactions on the Ghana and Benin Assessment Frame works," prepared for the United States Agency for Interna tional Development I "Democratization in Senegal: Assess ment and Programmatic Implications," prepared for USAID Washington and USAID Dakar I "Using Political Economy to Conduct Democracy Assessments." presented at USAID workshop on democracy assessments, Washington, D.C. Julie W. de Sherbinin, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Russian "Chekhov and Christianity: The Critical Evolution," in J. Douglas Clayton, ed., Chekhov Then and Now: The Reception of Chekhov in World Culture, Peter Lang I Discussant, "The Art of the Russian Essay: presented at the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies. Boston. Mass. Elizabeth R. DeSombre, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Envi

ronmental Studies and Government "International Environmental Policy," in Dimitri Devuyst, et al, eds., Environmental Management in Practice-Analy sis, Implementation and Policy, Routledge Press I Reviews of Paul Wapners Environmental Activism and World Civic Poli tics and David E. Cooper and Joy A. Palmer, eds., Just Environments. in Journal of Politics I Review of Robert Gale and Stephan Barg, eds .. Green Budget Reform, in Journal of Environment and DevelopmentI Review of Titus Alexander's

r\55oc1me Professor of German jame5 Mcintyre 1omcd swdents ar DaTlil for one of the man� mcecmgs remlrmg from rhe Take A Professor w L1mch f>TOJ!:Tam .

Unraveling Global Apartheid. Jeffrey T.

Latin America?." presented at the Latin Amen

Checkers Ideas and International Political

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Change and Roger D. Spegele's Political Re

ance Implications of the Multilateral Fund." presented at the International Conference on Ozone Protection Technologies I 'The Montreal Protocol and International Environmental Politics." presented at the University of W1scons1n-Mad1son I Panel chair, ·Environment' Causes and Effects of Conflicts." and discussant, "The Effectiveness of International Regimes: Explaining Success and Failure," at the International Studies Association Annual Meeting. Priscilla A. Doe!, M.A. '93, M.A .. Professor of Portuguese and Spanish "Portugal in the Age of Discoveries." presented at the Atwood·Tapley School, Oakland, Mame / ·auest1ons of Iden

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altsm in International Theory, in Choice I ·un common Regulations," presented at the Ameri can Political Science Association I "Compli

Meetings.

Panel chair. "Regional

Proliferation Issues." presented at the Inter national Security Studies Section. Interna tional Studies Association. Toronto "Patterns

/" Economic Briefing on the Maine Economy,· presented to the

of Military Procurement in Latin America.· presented at

Complexities of T axation: Shaping Responsible Public Policy

from the 1 995 Ecuador-Peru Conflict/ "Defense Industries in

in Maine." presented at the Blaine House. Augusta.

Latin America: A Comparative View," Defense Analysis.

Maine Chamber and Business Alliance, Rockport I "The

Guy T. Filosof, M.A. '8 1 , Ph.D . . Professor of French Round table discussant. "Les Descriptions du fran9ais: Discours. Corpus. Analyses, Applications." presented at the Assooat1on for French LanguageColloque. Montpeiller. France. David H. Firmage. M.A. ' 88 . Ph.D .. Clara C. Piper Professor of Environmental Studies

Security Cooperation in the Americas Conference. Lessons

Batya Friedman, Ph.D .. Associate Professor of Computer Science Editor, Human Values and the Design of Computer Technology, Cambridge Univ Press I "Value-Sensitive De sign," interactions f"Along the Rio Negro: Brazilian Children's Environmental Views and Values." Developmental Psychol

ogy (co-authors D. Howe and P.H Kahn Jr.) I "Software

·water Quality Studies." presented at the Environmental

Agents and User Autonomy." Proceedings of the First Interna

tional Conference on Autonomous Agents I ·values in Com

tity· The Portuguese White Fleet and the Art of Domingos Rebelo aboard the G1/ Eannes." presented at the Modern Language Association, Washington. D.C. I "The Spatial and

Conference on Volunteerism. Augusta, Maine I "Pollinators

Geographic Identity of the Portuguese White Fleet Fisheries."

and Flowers: Adaptation or Exaptation?," presented at the

author H. Nissenbaum) / "User Autonomy: Who Should Con

presented at the Canadian Geographers Association. St.

University of Maine-Farmington.

trol What and When?", colloquia presented at Wellesley

Education for Maine Teachers Conference / "Service Learn ing: Environmental Science." presented at the Blaine House

John's, Newfoundland. Michael R. Donihue 79, Ph.D . Associate Professor of Economics "The Colby Economic Outlook for the Mame Economy." Maine Business Indicators (co-author Stephen Drunsic '97) I Chair, CEME Model Comparison Seminar Meeting, President's Council of Economic Advisers. Washington, D.C. / Organizer and roundtable discussant, "Monetary and Fiscal Policy: The Role for Structural Macroeconomic Models"; organizer and chair, ·current Research of the CEME Model Comparison Seminar"; and "The Use of CD ROMS in Teaching Principles of Economics," presented at the American Economic Asso etat1on Meetings, New Orleans / "The Troika Process· Eco nomic Forecasts and Macroeconomic Policy 1n the U.S.A . ." presented at the Conference on Empirical Models and Policy Making, The Netherlands I Presentation to the Maine State Consensus Economic Forecast Commission Bevin Engman, M. F . A.. Assistant Professor of Art Guest cnbc and lecturer, Maine College of Art. Portland I Three-person show, Cardonsky Gallery. Kent, Conn. / One person show, Kohn, Pedersen & Fox, New York.

Frank A. Fekete, M.A. '96, Ph.D .. Professor of Biology Co-author, "Low Molecular Weight Chelators and Phenolic

Compounds Isolated from Wood Decay Fungi and Their Role in the Fungal Biodegradation of Wood." Journal of 81otechnology.

David W. Findlay, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Economics "Voting Behavior, Discrimination and the Nallonal Base ball Hall of Fame," Economic Inquiry (co-author Clifford Reid) / "Business Cycle Theory," in Thomas Cate. David Colander and Geofrey Harcourt, eds .. A n Encyclopedia of Keynesian

Economics, Edward Elgar Publishing I ·study Guide and Tutorial" to accompany Olivier Blanchard's Macroeconomics /"No More Holiday Shopping Would Help Future Markets• and "Competibon, Choice Betters Product,· Kennebec Journal I 'End to Holiday Shopping Would Promote Healthy Economy,"

Central Mame Morning Sentinel I "Balancing Act: The Pro

posed Balanced Budget Amendment May Be Good Politics But It's Bad Economics" and "The Price Is Not Right: The Consumer Price Index and The Budget,' Maine Sunday Telegram / "Discrimination and the National Baseball Hall of Fame," presented at the Ninth Annual Cooperstown Sympo sium on Baseball and American Culture, Cooperstown, N.Y.

James R. Fleming, Ph.D . Associate Professor of Science. Technology and Society

Guide to H1stoncal Resources in the Atmospheric Sci ences.· Archives. Manuscripts and Special Collections in the Washington, D.C Area, rev WWW ed .. American Meteoro logical Society / "History of Meteorology." in E. Julius Dasch, ed . . Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences, Simon & Schuster I ·Nephelescope." 1n Robert Bud, Stephen Johnston and Deborah Warner. eds .. Instruments of Science: An Historical Encyclopedia. Garland Press I Review of David Laskin's Braving the Elements: The Stormy History of American Weather. 1n Journal of Amencan History/ Reviews of Karen T. Litfin's Ozone Discourses: Science and Politics in Global Environmental Cooperation; Scott L. Montgomery's The Sci entific Voice; Stanley A. Changnon, ed .. The Great Flood of 1993: Causes. Impacts and Responses; Maureen Ogle's All the Modern Conveniences: American Household Plumbing, 1840- 1890; and Geoffrey Cantor, David Gooding and Frank A.J.L. James. Michael Faraday, rev. ed., in Choice / "Global Warming. Global Cooling: Historical Perspectives on Climate. Culture and Industry," presented at The Industrial Environ ment Symposium. International Congress of History of Sci ence, Le1ge, Belg1um/ "Lyell and Climatic Change,' presented at the International Bicentennial Conference on Charles Lyell and James Hutton, Geological Society of London I 'The Mexican Boundary and the Boundaries of Science: Jean Louis Berlandier and the Politics of Exploration." presented at the Conference on Surveying the Record: North American Scientific Exploration to 1 900, American Philosophical Soci ety, Philadelphia/"From Army Surgeons to Weather Warfare: Military Roots of Modern Meteorology." presented at the University of Arizona, Tucson I "Global Changes: History, Climate and Culture." presented at the Institute for the Study of Planet Earth and Institute of Atmospheric Physics seminar, the University of Arizona, Tucson / "The Colby STS Program" and organizer, ·captain Kirk Meets the Bomb: Fiction, Fan tasy and the Cold War" (co-organizer Steven M. Dilella '97), presented at the National Association for Science, Technol ogy and Society. Worcester, Mass. Patrice Franko, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Economics and International Studies Panel commentator, 'Economics and Security in Latin America," presented at the Civil-Military Relations in Latin America, Buenos Aires. Argentina/ Panel, "An Arms Race in

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puter System Design: Bias and Autonomy." presented at the Conference on Computer Ethics, Link6pmg. Sweden (co

College I "Value-Sensitive Design: Theory and Practice."

tutorial presented at the Industry Affiliate Program. CSU.

Stanford University I "La computadora es un medio para el desarrollo socio-moral del nino?", colloquia presented to the

University de Monterrey, Monterrey. Mexico I Associate Edi

tor, The Information Society. Henry A. Gemery, M.A. 77, Ph.D .. Pugh Family Professor of Economics "Escaping the Depression? Labor Mobility in the United

States. 1 930-1940." presented at the Workshop in Economic

History, The London School of Economics I Book reviews 1n The

Journal of Economic History and The Journal of Interdisciplinary History / The Jonathan R.T. Hughes Prize for Excellence in the Teaching of Economic History. Economic History Association. Cheryl Townsend Gilkes, Ph.D., John D. MacArthur Asso ciate Professor of Sociology and African-American Studies "'Go and Tell Mary and Martha': The Spirituals. Biblical Options for Women and Cultural Tensions in the African American Experience." Social Compass / "The Margin As the Center of a Theory of History: African American Women, Social Change and the Sociology of W.E.B. Du Bois," in Bernard Bell, Emily Grosholz and James Stewart, eds., W.E.8. Du Bois on

Race and Culture: Philosophy, Politics and Poetics . Routledge

f "'Every Time I Feel the Spirit': Subverting Authority and Welding Diversity in an American Religious Tradition." pre sented at the Hartford Seminary and the Bangor Theological Seminary I "I Want to Know Where I Am: Framing the Sacred in African American Life and Culture," presented at the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Nashville/ "The Race Card Yields to Full House: Racism, Police Violence and the O.J. Simpson Case." presented at the Society for the Study of Social Problems. New York I "Deep Roots and Broken Branches:

Visions for the 2t st Century," presented at the Martin Luther King Memorial Lecture, Pennsylvania State University/ "Hear ing Voices: Understanding the Histories of Black Americans." Suffolk County House of Correction. Boston l'"Notto Ignore the Suffering of Others': African American Women's Community History As a Model for Others." presented at the Cambridge Forum I Panelist. "Transforming the Academy," The Bunting Institute, Radcliffe College. Robert A. Gillespie, Ph.D .. Associate Professor of English; College Editor "Sunday Sleuth" column: reviews of William Hood's The

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Embryos." in G.A. Lang, ed , Plant Dormancy: Physiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, CAB International (co authors H. Cranston. M. Chaverra and W. Dyer) I "Insect Resistance in Plants. Natural Mechanisms and Improve ments through Biotechnology," in A. Basra and R. Basra, eds.,

Sunday Spy, Michael C. White's A Brother's Blood, Margo

Cobb's The Granite Man. Diane Mott Davidson's The Mam Corpse. Paul Mann's The Burning Ghats. Nevada Barr's Endangered Species and David A. Grossman's A Show of Hands. Central Maine Morning Sentinel.

Mechamsms of EnVl(onmental Stress Resistance in Plants.

Jill P. Gordon. Ph.D .. Associate Professor of Philosophy "Mill on the 'Marketplace of Ideas,'" Social Theory and Practice I Organizer and panelist. "Teaching Issues of Class

at Elite Liberal Arts Colleges: Problems and Strategies," presented at the Inclusive and Interdisciplinary: Building the New Curriculum Conference I "Why Didn't Plato Just Write Arguments? The Role of Image and Image-Making in the Dialogues,·· presented at the Ontario Society for the Study of Argumentation, Brock University. St. Catharines. Ont. / "Why Didn't Plato Just Compose Arguments? Image and Metaphor in the Platonic Dialogues," presented at the Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy, Binghamton University I Chair. "Colloquium on Political Philosophy:· presented at the Ameri can Philosophical Association. Pacific Division, Berkeley, Calif.

Fernando 0. Gouvea. P h . D . , Associate Professor of Mathematics "'Brauer Numbers' of Twisted Fermat Morives,'' in D.V. Chudnovsky, G.V. Chudnovsky and N . B. Nathanson. eds., Number Theory: New York Seminar 199 1 - 1995 (co-author Noriko Yui) I p-adic Numbers: an Introduction, 2nd ed . . Springer-Verlag I "Modular Forms o f Critical Slope," pre sented at the Conference on Elliptic Curves and Applications. Johns Hopkins University, and at the Number Theory Semi nar, Queen's University. Kingston, Ont. / Editor, MAA Online, for the Mathematical Association of America. Sandy Grande, PhD .. Assistant Professor of Education and

Human Development "Multicultural Education and the Politics of Sameness: Searching for the Voice of Nature and Native Peoples." pre sented at the American Educational Studies Association I "Multicultural Education and Sacred Spaces," presented at the American Educational Research Association / "The Challenges of Higher Education," presented at the Wabanaki Education Conference. University of Maine. Paul G. Greenwood, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biology and Dr. Charles C. and Pamela W. Leighton Research Fellow "The Biology of Nematocysts: A Good Beach Day Ru ined," presented at Bates College I "The Characterization and Purification of a Novel Calcium Binding Protein in the Nema tocysts of Metridium senile," presented at the Northeastern Section of the American Chemical Society (co-author Josh C. Oeltjen '97) / "Identification and Isolation of Poly-y-Glutamic Acid in Nematocysts of the Cnidarian. Metridium senile," presented at the Fourth Annual Colby Conference on Under graduate Research in Biology (co-authors Stephanie E . Mann '97 and Stephanie Massaro '97 I Class of 1 997 Senior Teaching Award. Jonathan F. Hallstrom, Ph.D . . Associate Professor of Music Happen You Will Rise (for viola and computer sounds,

reorchestrated for viola, oboe and computer sounds), per formed at various New York, N.Y., venues I Eyeing the Precipice (for M I D I keyboard, wind controller and interactive computer system), commissioned by Cheryl Tschanz and Karen Beacham I "The Computer As Accompanist" and a performance of Eyeing the Precipice, presented at the Juilliard School of Music / Guest composer, Colgate University, includ ing a performance of Telos (for piano and computer sounds) / Composer in Residence, Marshall University, including a lecture-recital, with performances of several works.

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Hiroko Harada . M.A., Vis1t1ng Instructor in Japanese

"Before and After Hiroshima,'' presented at the Riverside Study Club, Vassalboro. Maine. Peter B. Harris. M.A. '89, Ph.D .. Professor of English Blue Hallelu1ahs, Winner 1 996 Maine Chapbook Compe tition I Reading at the Live Poets Society, Rockport. Maine I Writer's Harvest for the Homeless Reading, Colby I "Poetry and the Soul, " presented at the Universalist Unitarian Church. Waterville. Maine.

Harwood Academic Publishers/ "Highly Stable mRNA Decay Intermediates in Wild Grass Seeds," presented at the Sympo sium in Plant Physiology, University of California-Riverside (co-author W Dyer)/ "Sowing Wild Oats: Gene Expression in Avena fatua Seeds." presented at Colorado College I "mRNA Degradation in Oat Seeds." presented at the American Soci ety of Plant Physiology (co-author W. Dyer). Susan M. Kenney, M.A. '86. Ph.D .. Dana Professor of

Horner T. Hayslett Jr . . M .A. '88, Ph.D . Dana Professor of Mathematics "Applications of the Poisson D1stnbut1on 1n Environmental Areas," presented at the Joint Mathematics Meetings. San Diego

Creative Writing "Gone Fishing.· review of Le Anne Shre1ber's Light Years: A Memoir, and "Crimes of the Heart," review of Anita Shreve's The Weight of Water, in The New York Times Book Review I Readings at the Waterville Public Library and the University of Maine-Farmington

William C. H e n ry . Ph.D .. Assistant Professor of Psychology

D. Whitney King, Ph.D .. Associate Professor of Chemistry

"Temperamental and Familial Predictors of Violent and Nonviolent Criminal Conv1ct1ons: From Age Three to Age Eighteen," Developmental Psychology (co-authors A. Caspi. T. Moffitt and P Silva) I "Substance Use and Other Health Risk Behaviors in Collegiate Athletes,'' Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine (co-authors P. Kokotailo. et al. ) / "The Contri bution of Temperament and Early School Leaving to Antiso cial Behavior." presented at the American Society of Criminol· ogy, Chicago.

"Oxidation Kinetics of Fe( ll) in a Eutrophic Swiss Lake" (co-authors L. Emmeneger, L Sigg and B. Sulzberger) and "The Role of Fe( l l)-Mg(ll) Complexes on the Oxidation Rate of Fe( ll) 1n Natural Waters" (co-author T .S. Shattuck), presented at the American Chemical Society National Meeting I "Flow Jn1ect1on Analysis of Fe( I/). H202 and •02 in Natural Waters· Application to Studies of Iron Redox Cycling," presented at EAWAG. Switzerland. and at the University of Fnbourg, Switzerland.

Jan S. Hogendorn, M.A 76. Ph.D .. The Grossman Professor

William M. Klein, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Psychology

of Economics "Perspectives on the Economic Experience of Two Coun tries of Sub-Saharan Africa: Ghana and Malawi from the 1 960s to the 1 980s." in Ramon Myers, ed ., The Wealth of Nations in the Twentieth Century: The Pol1c1es and lnsfltu

flOnal Determinants of Economic Development. Hoover Insti tution Press (co-author Robert Christiansen) I "Economic Modeling of Price Differences in the Slave Trade between the Central Sudan and the Coast," Slavery and AboliflOn.

Jan E. Holly, Ph.D., Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professor of Mathematics "Three-Dimensional Baselines for Perceived Self-Motion during Acceleration and Deceleration in a Centrifuge," Jour nal of Vestibular Research.

Yeager Hudson, M.A. 77. Ph.D., Dana Professor of Philosophy Editor, Rending and Renewing the Social Order. Edwin

Mellen Press / "Is Homophobia Simply a Version of Xenopho bia?", in Yeager Hudson, ed., Rending and Renewing the Social Order, Edwin Mellen Press / "The Obsolescence of the Nation: Tagore on Nation Versus State," presented at the North Ameri can Society for Social Philosophy, Kingston, Ont./"Gay-Bashing in the Name of God: Duplicity and Conflict in Three Major American Denominations," presented at the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion. San Diego. Elizabeth Q. Hutchison, Ph.D .. Visiting Assistant Professor

of History "Better Workers, Better Wives: Vocational Education for Poor Women at the Turn of the Century," presented at the Latin American Studies Association Congress. Guadalajara, Mexico. Russell R. Johnson, Ph.D .. Assistant Professor of Biology "Analysis of cDNA Clones for Differentially Expressed Genes in Dormant and Nondormant Wild Oat (A vena fatua L.)

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"Objective Standards Are Not Enough: Affective, Self Evaluat1ve and Behavioral Responses to Social Comparison Information," Journal of Personality and Social Psychology I . . Absolute and Relative Biases in Est1mation� of Persona/ Risk," Journal ofApplied Social Psychology (co - authors A.J. Rothman and N.D. Weinstein) / "' I'm Still Better Than My Peers': Coping with Undesirable Social Comparison Information Regarding Personal Risk," presented at the American Psychological So ciety, Washington, D.C. (co-author Heather K. Blier'97)/"Good Feelings. Hard Data and the Better-Than-Average Effect," presented at the Maine Psycholog1cal Association, Bangor (co author Heather K. Blier '97). Jay B. Labov, Ph.D . . Associate Professor of Biology

Contributions in S. Tobias, J. Raphael and F. Collea, eds.,

The Hidden Cumculum m Mathematics and Science: Faculty

Made Tests, California Academy of Mathematics and Science.

Robert A. LaF/eur, Ph.D., Visiting Assistant Professor of

History; Associate Dean of Students

"Rhetoric and History" and "Tvetan Todorov," Encyclope dia of Historians and Historical Writing I Review of Gregory

Eliyu Gu/din's The Saga of Anthropology in China, in China Information I "Korean Civilization and East Asian Studies,"

Education About Asia I Review of Norman Bancroft-Hunt and

Werner Forman's People of the Totem, in Comparative Civi lizations Review I Review of Kwak C h a - Seop's Machiavellianism a n d Ideology of the Modern State, in Six teenth Century Studies Journal/ "Narrating Individual Lives in Medieval Chinese Chronicles," presented at the Lives, Sto· ries and Narratives Conference, Monash University, Australia /''The Historiography of Utopia: Images of Moral Rule in Early Chinese History and Myth," presented at the International Society for the Comparative Study of Civilizations I "Repre sentations of Depravity: Negative Example in Chinese History and Literature," presented at the Second Annual Conference

Actor, anist and fonner professional football pla�·er Bernie Casey was a /JO/Jular choice

a speaker during Black His tor)' Mmuh.

on World Literature I "My Belated ·Discovery· of Korea. Confessions of a Chinese Historian." presented at Bowdoin College I "Learning from Experience: Historiography and Moral Imagina tion in Sima Guang's Zizhi tongjian." presented at the Upper Midwest Association of Reltgion Elizabeth o. Leonard. Ph.D . . Assistant Professor of History

"She Rebels' and other Female Act1v1sts 1n the Civil War. The Testimony of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies." presented at the Organization of Amen· can Historians Conference and at the Conference on Women in the Civil War, Hood College, Frederick. Md ·unsexed and Enlisted, Displayed or Disappeared." presented at the Joshua L. Chamberlain Civil War Round Table. Brunswick. Mame Eva Llnfield, Ph.D .. Associate Professor of Music 'Aspects of Analysis As a Key to Performance Practice m Some Works by Heinrich Schutz." presented at the Early Music Festival. Utrecht, Holland I Essay on Heinrich Schutz program book of the Early Music Festival Utrecht Holland

Leo Livshits, Ph.D . , Assistant Professor of Mathematics Reducibility of Operator Bands." presented at the Great Plains Operator Theory Symposium. Thomas R.W. Longstaff. M A '84. Ph.D . . Crawford Family

Professor of Religious Studies Contnbullons in RM. Nagy, et al . . eds . . Sepphons 1n Galilee Crosscurrents of Culture I "Computer Recording, Analysis and lnterpretanon," 1n Enc M. Meyers, ed , The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East I "The D1gmaster Database· http://\YWW.cobb.msstate.edu/figunnesf' B1bl1caf Archaeologist I ReVJews of Richard A Horsley, ed . Archaeology, History and Sooety in the Galilee. The Soaal Context of Jesus and the Rabbis: G.S.P. Freeman-Grenville's The Holy Land A Pilgnm's Guide lo Israel, Jordan and the Sinai. and Dan Cole's Supple mental New Testament Archaeology Slide Set Recent D1scov enes m the Holy Land ofJesus Time and the Early Chnsllan Era, in Religious Studies Reviewl"Texts 1n Context. The Importance of Galilean Archaeology for Understanding New Testament Texts," presented at the Stud1orum Novi Testamen11 Sooetas, Strasbourg Session chair, Conlerence on AntJ-Juda1sm 1n the New Testament. Urnversrty of Dallas / ·sepphons The Orna ment of All Galilee," presented at Many Faces to the Bible A Conference on Biblical Studies, Bates College

G. Calvin Mackenzie. M.A. '86, Ph.D., Distinguished Presi

dential Professor of American Government

The Irony of Reform · Roots of American Political Disen

chantment. Westview Press/HarperCollins I The Politics of

Amencan Government. 2nd ed., St. Martin's Press (co-au

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Mary E. Mills, Ph.D . . Assistant Professor of Anthropology "Contesting the Margins of Modernity: Women, Migration and Consumption in Bangkok," American Ethnologist/ "Work ing for Wages in Bangkok, Reworking Gender and Family in the Countryside," presented at the International Thai Studies Conference, Chiang Mai, Thailand, and published in Interna tional Thai Studies Conference Proceedings/ "Migrant Labor Takes a Holiday: Reworking Modernity and Marginality in Contemporary Thailand." presented at the University of Colo rado-Boulder/ "Migrant Laborers on Vacation: Modernity and Marginality in Contemporary Thailand," presented at the Southern Anthropological Society, Memphis, Tenn. /"Women's Industrial Labor in the New Global Economy: Lessons from Thailand," presented at the Sarah Isom Center for Women's Studies. University of Mississippi, Oxford.

L. Sandy Maisel, M A '83. Ph D . . William R. Kenan Jr.

Garry Mitchell, M . F.A., Visiting Assistant Professor of Art

thors Stephen Wayne, David O'Brien and Richard Cole) / Obstacle Course. Twentieth Century Fund Press / "Govern ment Bit by Bit· Public Affairs. The Internet and The Future." The Pew Chantable Trusts I "What Would Madison Think? The Prospects. Promise and Perils of the Internet in American Government and Politics." presented at the New England Political Science Association(co-author J . Robbins '97) /"The Internet and the 2 1 st Century." presented at the Pew Chari table Trust. Philadelphia I Panel chair. The Internet and Public Affairs. at the New England Political Science Association I Dozens of media interviews on ethics, presidential appoint ments. the 1 996 elections and other topics. including Boston Globe, Washmgron Post. Los Angeles Times. Newsday. USA

Professor of Government "Determinants of Candidate Emergence in U.S. House Elections An Exploratory Study," Legislative Studies Quar terly "Rethinking Conventional Wisdom on Ticket Splitting and Fall OH." Party Development (co-author Elizabeth J. lvry '98) "Rethinking Congressional Career Choices: Senate Retirements and Progressive Ambition among House Mem bers 1n 1 996 ... presented at the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, and at the New England Political Sci ence Association. New London, Conn. (co-authors Kara Falkenstein '99 and Alexander Quigley '99) / "Decision Mak ing by Potential Candidates for Congress: A Preliminary Analysis." presented at the American Political Science Asso c1at1on 1 Series editor, Dilemmas in American Politics. Michael A. Marlais. M A '95, Ph.D., Professor of Art Panelist, Art History Grant Awards, National Endowment for the Humanities. Washington. D.C. / Lectures presented at the Danforth Museum of Art, Mt. Holyoke College Museum of Art and the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts I Entries on Rockwell Kent, Robert Henri and Frank Benson for the Farnsworth Art Museum catalogue.

David M. Lubin, M A. '94, Ph D , James M. Gillespie Profes sor of Art and American Studies Plenary address, "The Unfolding of America's National Identity.' presented at an international American Studies conference, E1chstat, Germany I "Art and the Industrialization of Labor." presented at Vassar College I "Thomas Eakins and the Emergence ol the Modern Psychological Portrait," in Joel Pfister and Nancy Schnog, eds., Inventing the Psychological: Toward a Cultural History of Emotional Life in Ameflca, Yale Univ Press / · Ariadne and the Indians," rpt in Mary Ann Calo. ed , Cfltical Issues in American Art: A Book of Reading, Westview Press/Icon Editions.

Permanent representation of work at Grand Central Cafe, Waterville, Maine / "In The Stream." one-person show, Rail road Square Cinema. Waterville, Maine / "Being There," one person show, Colby College Museum of Art I One-person show, Bayview Gallery, Portland, Maine I "The Drawing Room," one-person show, St. George, Maine I "LeVatout," group show, Waldoboro, Maine I One-person show, Theater at Monmouth.

Paul S. Machlin, MA '87, Arnold Bernhard Professor of

James W. Meehan Jr., M.A. '82, Ph.D .. Herbert E. Wadsworth

Mu0ic Panel chair, "Diversity in the Classroom· Confronting Challenges, Seeking Solutions." presented at the American Mus1colog1cal Society, Baltimore, Md. / Chair, "John Cage in Seattle." presented at the Sonneck Society for American Music Conference, the University of Washington-Seattle I " As Fats Waller Tells It: It's a Sin to Tell a Lie." presented at the International Musicologic al Society, London.

M.J. Yunes '95, S.E. Charnecki '95. J.J. Marden '95 / "The 5'-GNC Preference for Mustard Cross Linking Is Preserved in a Restriction Fragment," Anti-Cancer Drug Design (co-authors N . W . Luedtke a n d R.J. Spencer) / "Effect o f Diepoxide Chain Length on DNA lnterstrand Cross-Linking" and "Effect of Nucleosome Structure on Mustard Cross Linking of DNA," presented at the American Chemical Soci ety. New Orleans.

C. Abbott Meader. M.A. '96, M . F.A., Professor of Art

Professor of Economics "Deregulation of the Electric Utility lndustry." presented at the University of Maine Law School. Julie T. Millard, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biochemistry "DNA Modifying Agents As Tools for Studying Chroma tin Structure," Biochimiel 1 ,2,5,6-Diepoxyhexane and 1 ,2,7,8diepoxyoctance Cross-Link Duplex DNA at 5'-GNC Se quences," Chemical Research in Toxicology (co-authors

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Group exhibition, Agathe Nisple Gallery, St. Galen. Swit zerland I Solo exhibition, Takara Gallery, Houston, Texas I Four artists exhibition. Harbor Gallery, University of Massa chusetts. Boston/ New Talent-1 3th Annual Exhibition, Texas Fine Arts Association. Thomas J. Morrione '65, M.A. '85, Ph.D .. Dana Professor of Sociology "Persistenza e cambiamento: elementi fondamentali dell a prospettiva metateoretica di Herbert Blumer," in Luigi Tomasi. ed., La Scuola sociologica di Chicago: La teoria implicita. Jane M. Moss. M.A. '90, Ph.D., Robert E. Diamond Professor of Women's Studies and French "Daniel Danis and the Drama of Language," presented at the American Council for Quebec Studies Conference, Que bec City I Chair, "Imagined Geographies in Francophone Literature," presented at the Modern Language Association, Washington. D.C. I "Feminists, Multiculturalists and a Postmodern Version of the Salem Witch Trials." inaugural lecture for the Robert E. Diamond Chair, Colby/ "Tituba et les sorcieres . . . vues de Salem," presented at the Conseil inter national des E t u des Francophones, Guadeloupe I "Multiculturalism and Postmodern Theater: Staging Quebec's 'Otherness,'" Mosaic. Richard J. Moss, M.A. '90, Ph.D .. John J. and Cornelia V. Gibson Professor of History "Medicinal Edens: The American Country Club 1880-1930," presented at the California American Studies Conferences. Julie K. Mueller, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of History "Censoring the Soviet Press during NEP and the First Five Year Plan," presented to the Annual Convention of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, Boston.

Bradford P. Mundy, M A. '92, Ph.D., Miselis Professor of Chemistry "Computational Chemistry, the World Wide Web, Multi media and Information Technologies in the Service of Chem istry," presented at the NEC USE Forum on Technology and Education (co-authors T.W. Shattuck and T. Poon) / "Oppo sites Attract: The Use of Electrostatic Potentials and Other

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and Shelley Wollen '98 performed in the spring producnon of the / 8rh-century English farce The R i va b .

Computer-Generated Images in the Organic Chemistry Classroom. " presented at the National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (co-authorT. Poon) / "Approaches to the Synthesis of a Constituent of Brown Rot Fungus" (co-authors C Goudreau '98. S. Salman '94. K.P. Rice '96 and T. Poon); "Methytat1on of Tertiary Alcohols Using Dimethyltitaniumdichtoride towards the Syntheses of Herbetene and Cuparene" (co-authors F G . Favaloro '96. C . Goudreau '98. A. Greenberg and T. Poon); "A New Approach to the Synthesis of Selected Natural Products. The Investigation of the Synthesis of Seven-Membered Cyclic Ethers" (co-authors K. Raiche '98. S. Olbrich '97, E . Olivares ·95 and T. Poon); "A Computa tional and Experimental Investigation of Hydroboration and Elimination: Remote Functional Groups and Ring Size Ef fects" (co-authors S. Olbrich '97. C.J. Lee and T. Poon); "The Search for Novel Bioactive Compounds in Maine's Indig enous Species" (co-authors D.N. Luke '98, T.R. Moffitt '97. J.M. Fine '98, C.S Frangione '97. A.I. Hofman '98. S.S Papagiotas '97, M.E. Polichronopoutos '97, K M Straus '98. R.R. Thomlinson '98. F. Fekete and T. Poon), presented at the Student Research Symposium of the Northeast Re gional Section of the American Chemical Society. Elisa Narin van Court. Ph.D . . Assistant Professor of English "The Hermeneutics of Supersession: The Revision of the Jews from the B to the C-Text of Piers Plowman." The Yearbook of Langland Studies.

Randy A. Nelson, M.A. '90, Ph.D., Douglas Professor of

Economics and Finance "Congestion Pricing on the Maine Turnpike: Final Report of 1 995-1 996 Field Trials and Surveys" (co-author).

Robert E. Nelson, M.A. '96, Ph.D . . Professor of Geology "Evidence from Sub-Fossil Coleoptera for the Origins of the Mirna Mounds . Southwestern Washington State," Geo logical Society of Amenca Abstracts with Programs I "Evi dence from Sub-Fossil Coteoptera for the Evolution of the Mirna Mounds, Southwestern Puget Lowland, Washington," Quaternary Research.

Shelby F. Nelson. Ph.D .. Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Pro fessor of Physics "Pentacene Organic Thin Film Transistors-Molecular Or dering and Mobility," IEEE Electron Device Letters (co-authors D.J. Gundlach, et at.) I "Ohmic Contacts to n-type Silicon Germanium," Applied Physics Letters (co-author T.N. Jackson) I "Atomic Force Microscopy of Evaporated Pentacene Thin Films," presented at the Materials Research Society, Boston. Cheryl Tschanz Newkirk, D.M.A., Adjunct Assistant Profes

sor of Music Colby Music Series concerts wrth Karen Beacham, Portland String Quartet and Elizabeth Patches I Performance at Universrty of Maine-Orono I Solo and chamber performance, South Paris, Maine, Community Concert/ Performance with members of West Coast Symphony Orchestra, Sarasota. Fla. / Performance, con ducting and opera festival, Hancock County, Maine. David L. Nugent, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Anthropology

Workshop on Progress Concerning Damage Assess ment, presented to the Cultural Committee of the Coeur d'Alene Tribe, Natural Resource Damage Assessment Team, and the Environmental Economics Research Group, Coeur D'Alene, Idaho, and Boston, Mass. / Workshop on Anthropo logical Economics Involved in the Coeur d'Alene Natural Resource Damage Assessment Case, presented at the Envi ronmental Economics Research Group, Portland, Maine I

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Maternity in Louise Ackermann, Louisa Siefert and Marie Krysinska," presented at the 1 9th Century French Studies Colloquium, Toronto.

"Coeur d'Alene Socio-Economic and Poht1cat Patterns Prior to the Commencement of Mining Contamination," "Mining Contamination and Its Impact on Pre-Mining Socio-Economic and Political Patterns among the Coeur d'Alene Indians" and "Contemporary Patterns of Sharing and Cooperation among the Coeur d'Alene Indian People," presented at the Coeur d'Alene Natural Resource Damage Assessment Meeting, Denver. Coto I Discussant. "Modernity Matters: Comparative Perspectives on the Uses of Modernity: and "The Morality of Modernity and the Travails of Tradition. Nation and the Subaltern 1n Northern Peru," presented at the American Anthropological Association, San Francisco, Cat1f. / "Free1ng 'the People' to Make 'the Nation·: The State and the Subaltern 1n the Northern Peruvian Andes." presented at the Council on Latin American Studies. Yale University I "State and Shadow State in Turn-of-the Century Peru: Illegal Political Networks and the Problem of State Boundaries," presented at the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research Con ference. Tarry1own, N.Y. / Discussant. "Globalization, State Power and Struggles over Identity· Social Movements in Comparative Perspective," presented at the American An thropological Association, Washington, D.C. Steven R. Nuss, Ph.D .. Assistant Professor of Music

"Japanese Instruments, Western Music: Issues of Har mony and Texture in Minoru Miki's Jo no kyoku," Music 1n Theory and Practice / "Music from the Right: Noh and Politics in the Music of Tashiro Mayuzumi," presented at the Music of Japan Today Conference. Hamilton College I Conductor, the Locrian Chamber Ensemble in the American premiere of Canadian composer John Tenney's Cognates and Canons, New York I Performed the principal role in the Kanze Noh Theater's production of Adachi ga hara, Tokyo. Jorge Olivares, M.A. '93. Ph.D .. Allen Family Professor of Latin American Literature "El deseo del desaseo: De la represi6n a ta expresi6n en 'Paseo· de Jose Donoso," Romance Notes! "The Others in My I," Colby Quarterly I "i.Por que tiara Reinaldo Arenas?," presented at the Latin American Studies Association, Guadalajara, Mexico I Co-editor, issue on Other Identified: Issues of Alterity in Hispanic Literature. Colby Quarterly (co editor Betty Sasaki). Keri II N. O'Neill, Ph.D., Taylor Assistant Professor of Classics "Women As Witches in Latin Love Elegy: A Cautionary Tale," presented at the Missouri Valley History Conference I "Propertius 4.2: Slumming with Vertumnus?", presented at the Kentucky Foreign Language Conference. Laurie E. Osborne, Ph.D . . Associate Professor of English "Editing Frailty in Twelfth Night, 'Where lies your text?'", in Joanna Gondris, ed . . Editing Shakespeare in the Eigh teenth Century: Territoriality, Anonymity and Erasure, Fairleigh Dickinson Press/"Uniting Film and Pedagogy: 'To New-found Methods and Compounds Strange' (Son. 76)," presented at the Shakespeare Association of America. Adrianna M. Paliyenko, Ph.D., Associate Professor of French Mis-reading the Creative Impulse: The Poetic Subject in Rimbaud and Claude/, Restaged, Southern Illinois Univ.

Press I "Replacing Women in Poetic History: The Romantic Fallacy," presented at the Southeast Modern Language Asso ciation, Atlanta / "Reconceiving Poetic Women: Discourse of

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Veronique B. Plesch. Ph.D .. Assistant Pro fessor of Art "Notes for the Staging of a Passion Play,.. presented at the International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, Mich.

Tamae K. Prindle, Ph.D .. Professor of Japanese "'Men's Time,' 'Women's Time' and the 'Karayuki-san' Films" ("Otoko no jik an" to "onna no jikan" to "karayuki-san" films). U.S. -Japan Women's Journal! "Shimizu lkk6's 'Silver Sanctuary' (Gin no seiiki): A Japanese Business Novel," in Joe Moore, ed. . The Other Japan: Conflict, Compromise and Resistance Since 1945, M . E. Sharpe I "Research Report: Whores. Mothers, Girts and Women in Japanese Cinema: Identity Politics," The Japan Foundation NewsletterI "Female Identities That Transform Business Data into a 'Business Novel': A Reading of Shimizu lkk6's The Artery Archipelago, in Japan Studies I "Self-Sacrificing Mothers or Frustrated Mothers?: A Paradigm Shift of Motherhood in Modern Japan," presented at the Fourth Annual Japan in the 20th Century: Viewed from International Perspectives Conference at Teikyo Loretto Heights University, Denver, Colo. / "Money, Sex and Power: A Socialist Feminist Analysis of Mori Ogai's The Wild Geese and Toyoda Shire's The Mistress: presented at the Association for Asian Studies, Chicago/ "Japanese Business Novels: An Overview," presented at the University Center for International Studies, the University of Pittsburgh I "In the Lacuna of Identities: Girls in Japanese Cinema," presented at the Japanese Popular Culture Conference, the University of V1ctona I "Suspended Identities: Japanese Films on Girts," presented at North Carolina State University. Tarja Raag, Ph.D . . Assistant Professor of Psychology "Touch by Intrusive and Withdrawn Mothers with Depres sive Symptoms" (co-authors J. Malphurs et al.) and "Mothers' Perceptions of Infants Labeled 'Depressed'" (co-authors A. Martinez, et a l . ) , Early Development and Parenting I "Preschoolers· Awareness of Social Expectations of Gender Typed Play: Relationships to Toy Choices and Gender Sche mata," presented at The Conference of the Association for Women in Psychology, Pittsburgh (co-author C. Rackliff) I Chair, session atthe Maine Psychological Association, Bangor. Scott H. Reed I ll . M . F.A., Visiting Assistant Professor of Art

Exhibitions: The 71 st Annual International Competition, The Print Center, Philadelphia, Pa.; Los Angeles Printmaking Society 1 4th National Exhibition, Laband Art Gallery, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles; Florida Printmakers Society 9th Annual National Print Exhibition, Nathan H. Wil son Center for the Arts, Florida Community College, Jackson ville; The Boston Printmakers 50th Anniversary North Ameri can Print Exhibition, Bakalar Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston; One-person show, Railroad Square Cinema, Waterville, Maine; "50 Years of American Prints: Technique and Image," Colby College Museum of Art. Leonard S. Reich, M.A. '95, Ph.D., Professor of Administra tive Science and of Science, Technology and Society "The History of Snowmobiling and Its Industry," pre sented at Johns Hopkins University. Clifford Reid, M.A. '89, Ph.D., Professor of Economics "Voting Behavior, Discrimination and the National Base ball Hall of Fame, Economic /nquiry (co -author David Findlay) I "Discrimination and the National Baseball Hall of Fame," presented at the Ninth Annual Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture, Cooperstown, N.Y.

Balzer Clockworks of Freeporr, �!aine, consrrucced and 1nsralled a new mechanism for rhe Miller Libra!')' wu:er clock thar is expected to last 300 vears .

Kenneth A. Rodman, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Government and International Studies Panel discussant, "Post-Cold War Conflict Resolu tion,· presented at the International Studies Association, Toronto I Interviews on Monitor Radio and National Public Radio's Talk of the City (Los Angeles). Nicholas L. Rohrman, M.A. '77. Ph.D .. Professor of Psychology ''The Psychology Curriculum in Maine Normal Schools," presented at the Maine Psychological Association. Bangor (co-author Amy Letizia '97). Hanna M . Reisman, M.A. '94, Ph.D., Professor of Classics The Odyssey Re-Formed, Cornell Univ. Press (co-author Fred Ahl) I Review of J. Latacz's Homer, His Art and His World, in New England Classical Journal I Co-editor, two issues on Essays on the Drama of Euripides. Colby Quarterly (co-editor Joseph Reisman I "The Odyssey and the Power of Lan guage," presented at Cornell University I "Sophocles' Philoctetes: Fathers and Sons," presented at the Compara tive Drama Conference, Gainesville, Fla., and at the Classical Association of the Middle West and South. Boulder. Colo. I "Helen and Menelaus," presented at St. Joseph's College. Joseph Reisman, M.A. '94. Ph.D., Professor of Classics "Creon's Role and Personality 1n Sophocles' Antigone,"

Helios I Review of J.M. Bryant's Moral Codes and Social Structure m Ancient Greece: A Sociology of Greek Ethics from Homer to the Epicureans,· in The Amencan Journal of Soci ology I Co-editor. two issues on Essays on the Drama of

Euripides, Colby Quarterly (co-editor Hanna Reisman) / "How Can an Agamemnon Be an Achilles? Drama in Athenian Courts," presented at the Comparative Drama Conference. Gainesville, Fla. I "Approaches to Manhood in Sophocles' Trachinian Women,· presented at the Classical Association of the Middle West and South, Boulder, Colo. Anindyo Roy, Ph.D . . Assistant Professor of English "John Stuart Mill and the Rhetoric of Colonial Manage ment," presented at Wayne State University I "Speculum of the Mother: Modernism and Colonialism in Jamaica Kincaid,· presented at Postcolonial Countermemories: Delhi University Annual Humanhies Conference, India I "'Shuddering Forms': Suttee and the Victorian Imagination," presented at the 1 9th Century Studies Conference. Ira Sadoff, M.A. '88, M . F.A., Dana Professor of Poetry "The Tragic Stiletto of Trabzon," Ploughshares I "At the Movies," The Notre Dame Review I "Language," The Paris Review I "Delirious," Alaska Quarterly Review I ·on the Day of Nixon's Funeral" and 'On the Road to Bethlehem," Colo rado Review I 'Snow Monkeys," "Haiti" and 'Cows," Black Moon I "Hassids on the Subway," 'In the Dream," 'The Veneer," 'Vesuvius," "Near Van Cortland Park" and ''The Blue Gum," Prairie SchoonerI "The Myelogram," "Fox Crossing a Field" and "Oh Happy Day," The Virginia Quarterly Review I "The Bus Boy• and 'At the Half-Note Cafe," in Bosselar and Brown, eds., Night Out, Milkweed Editions I "Take One," in Shinder, ed., L ghts! i Camera! Poetry! I 'At the Movies," in Goldstein and Konigsberg, eds., The Mov1es / "The Lyric and Distortion," presented at Warren Wilson College I "Grazing," 'Before and After." 'I Like Ike," "The Depression," "There's No Rigor Like the Old Rigor 2," 'Vivaldi," 'The Inner Life," "An Improbable Delirium,""Eternity" and "The Rapture," American Poetry Review.

Jean M. Sanborn, Ph.D., Professor of English "Student Perspectives on Academic Discourse" and "Have You Ever Tried to Pick Up a Sunbeam?," presented at the Bard College Institute for Writing and Thinking I 'Women

"San Pedro de Roda." "Santa Maria la Real de Sanguesa" and "The Seo de Lerida." in The Dictionary of Art I Lectures and site visits on San Pedro at Siresa. Santa Maria at Santa Cruz de la Ser6s and the Cathedral of Jaca, presented at the Universidad de Zaragoza. Spain I "Eagle. Scimitar and Cross: The Cu ltural Legacy of Roman and Medieval Spai n , " pre sented at the Campanian Society.

Writing: Is the Medusa Laughing?", presented at the M.A. Women's Studies Seminar Series, University College Cork. Betty G. Sasaki, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Spanish "Now You See Me. Now You Don't." Colby Quarterly I '"There Was No Knowing': Silence and Knowing in Joy Kogawa·s Obasan: presented at the Seventh National Ameri can Women Writers of Color Conference I Discussant, "La poesia y la mirada," presented at the Modern Language Association, Washington, D.C. I Co-editor. issue on Other Identified: Issues of Altenty in Hispanic Literature, Colby Quarterly (co-editor Jorge Oilvares). Steve E. Saunders, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Music Review of Robert L. Kendrick's Celestial Sirens: Nuns and Their Music in Early Modern Milan, in Journal of Seven teenth-Century Music I "The Antecedents of the Viennese Sepolcro." in Proceedings of the Sixth International Congress of Antiquae Musicae ltalicae Studiosi I Review of Richard Chartens. ed , Giovanni Gabrieli: A Thematic Catalogue of his Music with a Guide to the Source Materials and Translations ofhis Vocal Texts. in MLA Notes/ Review of Markus Englehardt.

ed., In Teutschland noch gantz ohnbekandt. Monteverdi

Rezeption und frOhes Musiktheater im deutschsprachigen Raum, in Music & Letters.

Raffael M. Scheck, Ph.D .. Assistant Professor of History "German Conservatism and Female Political Activism in the Early Weimar Republic." German Historyl"Der Kampf des Tirpitz-Kreises fur den uneingeschrankten U-Boot-Krieg und einen polit1schen Kurswechsel im deutschen Kaiserreich 1 9 1 61 91 7." Mihtargeschichtliche Mitteilungen I Book reviews in German Studies Review, in Central European History and on the e-mail discussion list H-German I"Joint Protest of Women's Groups 1n the Early Weimar Republic," presented at the German Studies Association, Seattle I "Germans and Anti semitism, 1 890-1 945: Reflections on Teaching," presented at the Maine Remembers the Holocaust Conference, Bates College I ''The Legacy of the Past in Present-Day Germany," Mid-Coast Forum for International Relations, Camden, Maine. Richard C. Sewell, M.A., Adjunct Associate Professor of Performing Arts "The Hills Lie Locked," Amelia. Thomas W. Shattuck, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Chemistry 'The Role of Fe(ll)-Mg(ll) Complexes on the Oxidation Rate of Fe(ll) 1n Natural Waters," presented at the American Chemical Society National Meeting (co-author D.W. King) I "Guest-Host Complexes and Computer-Aided Molecular De sign-A Case Study Using H-2 Antagonists" (co-author R.E. Del Sesto '97); "ICP Analysis of Dissolved Heavy Metals in Penobscot Bay and Goose Pond"( co-author E.M. Corbeil '98) and "The Suspended Particulate Matter and Sediments of the Penobscot Estuary" (co-author C.M. Pochini '97), presented at the Student Research Symposium of the Northeast Re gional Section of the American Chemical Society / "Computa tional Chemistry, the World Wide Web, Multimedia and Infor mation Technologies in the Service of Chemistry," presented at the NECUSE Forum on Technology and Education (co authors B.P. Mundy and T. Poon). David L. Simon, M.A. '88, Ph.D., Jette Professor of Art "San Juan de la Peria,• "The Castle-church of Loarre,"

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Nikky-Guninder K. Singh. Ph.D . . Associate Professor of Religion "Sikhism." Encyclopedia of Applied Ethics / "Crossing the Razor's Edge: Somerset Maugham and Hindu Philosophy.'· Durham UniversityJournal/ "Sikh Spirituality." World Spiritual ity I Review of Manmohini Zutshi Sahgal's An Indian Freedom Fighter Recalls Her Life, in Pacific Affairs I Review of Owen Cole, ed , Five World Faiths, in Journal of Ecumenical Studies I ''The Birth of the Khalsa" and "Guru Nanak Remembered," presented at Springfield Gurudwara, Springfield, Md I "The Significance of Religion 1n Modern Times: A Global Context," presented at Kurukshetra University. India / "Love and Strife in the Poetry of Guru Gobind Singh" and "Spiritual Conscious ness and Contemporary Society: presented at Punjabi Univer sity, India I "Sikhism in 2 1 st Century," presented at the Interna tional Sikh Heritage Association. Washington, D.C. Debra A. Spark, M. F.A., Associate Professor of Creative Writing Editor. Twenty Under Thirty: Best Stories by America's New Young Writers. reissue with new introduction, Scribner's I "Hiking in the Emmental," The New York Times Travel Section/ "Getting In and Getting Out: First Words on First (and Last) Words" and ··curious Attractions: Magical Realism's Fate in the States.· AWP Chronicle I'' Resources for Teaching, The Springfield Reader, " instructor's manual for composition text, Bedford Books I Co-translator, Valery Shevchuk's "The Moon's Cuckoo from the Swallow·s Nest." Glas: New Ukrai nian Writing I Fiction readings at Warren Wilson College and the University of Maine-Farmington. Marc R. Stein, Ph.D . . Visiting Assistant Professor of History Entry on Barbara Gittings, Encyclopedia of Homosexual ity, Volume 1: Lesbian Histories and Cultures I Entry on the periodical "Gay Community News," Encyclopedia of Homo sexuality, Volume 2: Gay Histories and Cultures / "'Birthplace of the Nation': Imagining Lesbian and Gay Communities in Philadelphia, 1969-1970," presented at Wesleyan Univershy and published in Creating a Place for Ourselves: Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Community Histories, Routledge I Discussant. "Sexuality and the City," sponsored by the Journal of Urban History I "Your Place or Mine?." presented at the American Histoncal Association, New York, and at the Comparative Urban Studies series/ "Lesbian and Gay Politics in the City of Sisterly and Brotherly Loves, 1960-69," presented at Lafayette College I "'Philadelphia Freedom': Lesbian and Gay Patriots. Protesters and Profiteers at the Bicentennial," presented at the Organization of American Historians, San Francisco. Susan B. Sterling, Ph.D., Visiting Assistant Professor of English "Ashes," reading at the Warren Wilson Writers' Conference. Katherine M. Stubbs, Ph.D., Visiting Assistant Professor of English "Public Bodies, Public Spaces: The Female Telegraph Operator," presented at the Modern Language Association, Washington, D.C. David B . Suchoff, Ph.D., Associate Professor of English Translation of and introduction to Alain Finkielkraut's The Wisdom of Love, Univ. of Nebraska Press (co-translator Kevin O'Neill) / "Gershom Scholem, Hannah Arendt and the Scan-

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dal of Jewish Particularity. " The Germanic Review / "The German-Jewish Context of Walter Benjamin: Language and Politics." presented at the Seminar on Comparative Literature and Literary Theory. Center for Humanities, University of New Hamp shire / "Domestic Violence and the Politics of Mary Barton" and "Gershom Scholem, Hannah Arendt and the Scandal of Jewish Particularity," presented at the Modern Language Association. Washington, D.C. / "Irving Howe, the Cold War Canon Debate and Yiddish. 1 954-1 992.·· presented at the Jewish Studies Association. Boston. Mark B . Tappan. Ed.D .. Assistant Professor of Education

"Analyzing Stories of Moral Experience: Narrative, Voice and the Dialogical Self," Journal of Narrative and Lile History I "Internalization and Its Discontents." 1n B. Cox and C Lightfoot, eds . . Soc1ogenet1c Perspectives on Internalization. Lawrence Erlbaum / "Language, Culture and Moral Develop ment: A Vygotskian Perspective," Developmental Review I "Narratives and Morality · Explorations in Autobiography," presented at the Association for Moral Education. Ottawa (co author D . Garz) I Discussant, "Stage, Sequence and Sequels· Reflections on Post-Kohlberg Developments in Moral Psy chology." and chair. "Autobiography, Ideology and the Devel opment of Moral Identity," presented at the Society for Re search in Child Development. Washington. D C . I Panelist. "Authoring the Moral Self: A Dialog1cal Perspective." pre sented at the American Psychological Association. Chicago. Duncan A. Tate, D.Phil . . Assistant Professor of Physics "Diode Laser Spectroscopy of Atoms and Molecules," presented at Washington and Lee University I "Hyperfine Structure Intervals and Absolute Frequency Measurement in the 3s 2PJ - 3p 2DJ' Fine Structure Multiplet of Fluorine- 1 9 by Diode Laser Spectroscopy" (abstract in Bulletin of the Amen can Physical Society, co-author Dhumal N. Aturaliye '95) and "Multiphoton Ionization Dynamics of Strontium Rydberg States in Intense Femtosecond Pulses" (abstract in Bulletin of the Amencan Physical Society, co-author Thomas F. Gallagher). presented at the APS Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, Washington. D.C . . I "Recent Advances 1n High-Resolution Spectroscopy of Light Atoms Using Diode Lasers," presented at the National Institute for Standards and Technology. Gaithersburg, Md. Linda Tatefbaum, Ph.D . . Associate Professor of English Carrying Water As a Way of Lile: A Homesteader's History, About Time Press I Readings from Carrying Water As a Way of Life. presented at several Maine historical societies,

libraries, schools, bookstores and organizations, including Appleton Historical Society: Barnes & Noble, Augusta, and Borders Books, Bangor and Portland; Belfast, Searsport and Waldoboro libraries; and Maine Media Women I Carrying Water As a Way of Life, excerpt presented on MPBN's "Audio Bookshelf" ; interview presented on First News, WABl-TV I "On Being a Maine (?) Writer" and "Town Meeting: The Last Rural Ritual," Maine Times I "Consider a Rare Maine Thing," presented on MPBN's Maine Things Considered I "Blue Hunger," in Out of the Cradle / "Watering the Flowers Helps," Feminist Times / "On Light Alone, " Maine in Print I Seminar leader, "Utopias/Dystopias: How to Live/How Not to Live," presented at the Maine Humanities Council.

mental Impact, 1n Journal of African History I

presented at the Sixteenth Century Studies Conference. St LOUIS / "Images of Mary Magdalene in Late Medieval Art and Religion. " presented at Harvard Un1vers1ty I Book reviews 1n Sixteenth Century Journal, Renaissance Quarterly. Journal of Family History, Arthunana and on the H-German elec

Robert S. Weisbrot, M.A '90, Ph.D., Christian A. Johnson

Pamela S. Thoma. M.A . . Instructor in American Studies and

A Religious Lile of Malcolm X, 1n American Historical Review I

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Women's Studies "Miss 'Most Original' Ph1hpp1nes: Beauty Pageants and National Identity in Jessica Hagedorn s Dogeaters. presented at the First International and Eleventh National MELUS Confer ence. Honolulu / "Asian American Women Writers · A Discus sion:· presented at the American Association of University Women. Waterville Chapter Review of Changing Lives.· Lile Stones of Asian Pioneers m Women's Studies. 1n NWSA Journal/ Session president. "Expanding and Exploring Bound aries in Asian American Literary Studies," presented at the Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association. James C. Thurston, M . F.A., Adjunct Associate Professor of

Performing Arts Designer, Death of a Salesman, The Waterville Opera House.

Thomas H. Tietenberg, M.A. '84. Ph.D .. Mitchell Family

Professor of Economics

Envlfonmental Economics and Policy, 2nd ed., Addison Wesley I Editor, International Yearbook of Envlfonmental and Resource Economics: 1997, Edward Elgar (co-editor Henk Folmer) I "Editor's Introduction," in T.H. Tietenberg. ed., The Economics of Global Warming, Edward Elgar I "Economic Instruments for Environmental Regulation," in Lewis Owen and Tim Unw1n. eds .. Environmental Management.· Readings and Case Studies. Blackwell Publishers I Envlfonmental and Natu ral Resource Economics, 4th ed .. HarperCollins. audio version by Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic of Washington. D.C. I "Managing the Transition to Sustainable Development: The Role for Economic Incentives," in P May and R.S. da Mota, eds . . Pricing the Planet: Economic Analysis for Sustainable Development. Columbia Univ. Press/"Transferable Discharge Permits and the Control of Stationary Source Air Pollution: A Survey and Synthesis." Czech trans .. rpt. in Petr Sauer and Marie Livingston, eds.. Economie Z1votniho Prostred1 A Ekologicka Potitikal Review of Michael Common's Sustainability and Policy: Limit to Economics. in Journal of Economics I "Information Strategies for Pollution Control," presented at the European Association of Environmental and Resource Econo mists, Tilburg, Netherlands I Chair, "Computer Advances and Pedagogy: Growth, Glitz or Both?", and discussant, "How Does Uncertainty over Future Environmental Policy Affect Invest ment Decisions in Transition Economies?". sessions at the American Economics Association, New Orleans I Quoted in newspaper articles on technology and the environment in The Washington Times, Denver Post, Foster's Daily Democrat, Keene Sentinel, News Dispatch, Abilene Reporter-News, La Junta Tribune-Democrat, Columbian, Samson Independent,

Larissa J. Taylor, Ph.D . . Assistant Professor of History

"The Influence of Humanism on Post-Reformation Catho lic Preachers," Renaissance Quarterly I "He Could Have Made Marvels in This Language," Estudios de Cultura Nahuatl (co-author Barry Sell) I "The Philosophy of Late Medieval Preaching," presented at the International Medieval Sermon Studies Society, Oxford University I "The Good Shepherd,"

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"In Remembrance of Franc;ois Manchuelle ( 1 953-1996)." Black Renaissance/ Renais sance Noire I Panel chair, "Economy, Polity and Identity along the Southern Shore of the Sahara." presented at the African Studies Assoc1at1on, San Francisco/ "A Tribute to Professor Franc;ois Manchuelle." presented at the Afncana Studies and Institute for African-American Affairs, New York University.

Skagit Valley Herald and Brookings Register.

James L.A. Webb Jr., Ph.D .. Associate Professor of History

"The Mid-Eighteenth Century Gum Arabic Trade and the British Conquest of Saint-Louis du Senegal, 1 758," Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History I Review of Syrulwa L . Somah's Historical Settlement of Liberia and Its Environ-

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Distinguished Teaching Professor of History Review of LOUIS A. Decaro Jr.'s On the Side ofMy People: "Minorities in the United States." Collier's 1997 International Yearbookl"Dr. King's Nice Guy." reviewof Andrew Young's An

Easy Burden: The Civil Rights Movement and the Transforma

tion of Amenca. 1n New York Times Book Review I "Father Divine and the Peace Mission," 1n Donald E. Pitzer, ed., Ameflca·s Communal Utopias. Univ of North Carolina.

William Herbert Wilson Jr., Ph. D., Associate Professor of

Biology "For the Birds," biweekly column, Central Maine Morning

Sen/me// "Palm Warbler," in Alan Poole and Frank Gill, eds . .

Blfds of North Ameflca, Academy of Natural Sciences / "The Foraging Behavior of Semi pal mated Sandpipers 1n the Upper Bay of Fundy: Stereotyped or Prey-Sensitive?," Condor (co author E.R. Vogel '95) I Four guest lectures presented at the Center for Northern Studies, Wolcott, Vt.

Edward H. Yeterian. M .A. '9 1 , Ph.D .. Audrey Wade Hittinger Katz and Sheldon Toby Katz Distinguished Teaching Profes sor of Psychology "Corticothalamic Connections of Extrastriate Visual Ar eas in Rhesus Monkeys." Journal of Comparative Neurology (co-author D.N. Pandya) / "Comparisons of Prefrontal Archi tecture and Connections," Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. B Biological Sciences (co-author D.N. Pandya). Jennifer A. Yoder, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Govern

ment and International Studies Panel discussant, "Deutschland ist ein multikulturelles Land?," presented at the German Studies Association, Se attle I "Political Cultural Development in Post-Communist East Germany" and panel discussant, "Political Institutions in Advanced Democracies." presented at the Northeast Political Science Association, Boston I "Dimensions of Regional Iden tity in the Five New Bundeslander," presented at the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago. Suisheng Zhao, Ph.D . . Assistant Professor of East Asian

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Power Competition in East Asia: From the Old Chinese

World Order to Post-Cold War Regional Multipolarity, St.

Martin's Press I "In Search of a Right Place: Chinese Nationalism in the Post-Cold War World," USC Seminar Series I "Asia-Pacific Regional Multipolarity: From Alliance to Alignment in the Post-Cold War Era," World Affairs: The Journal of the American Peace Society I "Sino-U.S. Rela tions in the Post-Cold War Era,'' presented at the Zhejiang Institute of Asian-Pacific Studies, China I "The Organiza tional Choice of Regional Cooperation in Asia-Pacific," presented at the International Conference on Sub-Region alism in East Asia: Comparative Approaches," City Univer sity of Hong Kong I "From Peaceful Offense to Coercive Diplomacy: Beijing's Perceptual Shift and the 1 995-96 Taiwan Strait Crisis," presented atthe International Confer ence on Peace and Security in the Western Pacific, Taipei

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Elizabeth M. Corbeil '98. Chemistry: A.C.S. "ICP Analysis of Dissolved Heavy Metals in Penobscot Bay and Goose Pond." presented at the Student Re search Symposium of the Northeast Regional Section of the American Chemical Society. Boston University (co author Professor Thomas W. Shattuck).

Senior Scholars Heather E. Bend . American Studies Ethel Ray Nance: A OU1et Heroine Who Fought Inces santly for Racial Justice Pamela Herd, Sociology "Course It's Not Like Being At Home·: Aging in Place at Shady Acres (A Res1dent1al Care Faclftty) Jennifer A. Higgins, Women's Studies The Medical Treatment and Care of Hospitalized Mame Women, 1874- 1882 Larisa Jovanovic, Chemistry: Cell and Molecular Biology/

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Hillary E. Kane. Art History, Studio Art A Painting Meditation on the Human Form

A Selection of Student Achi evements and Publications

Susanna C. Montezemolo. American Studies. Government Saint or Sinner· The Construction of the Hillary Rodham

Watson Foundation Fellowship ( 1 997·1998)

Woodrow H. Pollack. Computer Science

Zahid R. Chaudhary '97, English

Fulbright Teaching Assistantship Hyun Jung '97, Government, East Asian Studies Morgan V. Pecelli '97, Anthropology. German

Morris Udall Scholarship Heather L. Davidson '99, Anthropology Stephen J. Higgs '98, Biology: Environmental Science Con centration. Environmental Policy Amy A. Lyons '98, Environmental Policy, International Studies

Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship Heide M. Girardin '97, Biology: Cell/Molecular Concentra

tion, Chemistry

William R. Polkinghorn '99, Religious Studies. Chemistry Lisa D. nnanoff '97, Biology

C.R. Bard Scholarship Laura E. DeMarco '98, Biology

German Parliament (Bundestag) Internship Program Jennifer L. Mason '97, International Studies, German Katherine White '97, International Studies

Clinton Myth, 1992- 1996

Just Which Reality Do You Mean? Users ' Expenences of Virtual Spaces Amanda J. Sprang, International Studies. Russian Lan

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Other Scholarly Achievements Amanda V. Bakian '98, Biology: Environmental Science

Concentration "Determining the Antimicrobial Activity of Six Big Plant Specimens," presented at the Fourth Annual Colby Confer ence on Undergraduate Research in Biology, Colby College (co-author Professor Frank A. Fekete). John E. Baptiste '97, Geology

"Clay Content. Porosity and Velocity of Amazon Fan Sediments Determined from ODP Leg 1 55 Cores and Wireline Logs" (co-authors C . Pirmez, et al.). Geophysical Research Letters/ "The Effects of Road Salt on Chloride Concentrations 1n Rivers and Ground Water in Waterville, Maine," presented at the Geological Society of Maine, Farmington. Heather K. Blier '97, Psychology

"'I'm Still Better Than My Peers': Coping with Undesirable Social Comparison Information Regarding Personal Risk." presented at the American Psychological Society, Washing ton, D.C. (co-author Professor William Klein) I "Good Feel ings, Hard Data and the Better-Than-Average Effect." pre sented at the Maine Psychological Association, Bangor (co author Professor William Klem). Amanda Bligh '97, Geology

"Petrology and Geochemistry of the Black Narrows Sec tion of the Moxie Pluton, Moxie, Maine," presented at the Geological Society of Maine, Farmington.

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Rico E. DelSesto '97. Chemistry: A.C.S.

"Guest-Host Complexes and Computer-Aided Molecu lar Design-A Case Study Using H-2 Antagonists." pre sented at the Student Research Symposium of the North east Regional Section of the American Chemical Society, Boston U n iversity (co-author Professor T h o m a s W. Shattuck). Steven M. Dilella '97, Psychology

"Duck and Cover and You'll Be OK: Media Portrayals and the Social Psychology of the Bomb," presented at the National Association for Science, Technology and Society. Worcester, Mass. I Organizer, "Captain Kirk Meets the Bomb: Fiction. Fantasy and the Cold War," presented at the National Asso c1at1on for Science. Technology and Society. Worcester. Mass. (co-organizer Professor James R. Fleming). Michael C. Doogue '97. Physics

"Time-Domain Multiphoton Spectroscopy of Rydberg States Using Microwave Half-Cycle Pulses.· presented at the Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics Meeting of the American Physical Society, Washington, D.C. (co-authors Julia Rentz '95 and Professor Charles W.S. Conover). Michael C. Doogue '97, Physics. and Joshua P. Walton '98, Physics "Fourth Order Stark Splittings and Polarizabilities of Na Rydberg Doublets." presented at the Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics Meeting of the American Physical Society, Washington, D.C. (co-author Professor Charles W.S. Conover}. Stephen Drunsic '97, Economics: Financial Markets Con centration "The Colby Economic Outlook for the Mame Economy," Maine Business Indicators (co-author Professor Michael Donihue '79). Kara E. Falkenstein '99, Government, and Alexander M. Quigley '99, Government, Geology: Earth Science Option

"Rethinking Congressional Career Choices: Senate Re tirements and Progressive Ambition among House Members in 1 996," presented at the Midwest Political Science Associa tion, Chicago, and at the New England Political Science Association, New London, Conn. (co-author Professor L. Sandy Maisel). Jared M. Fine '98, Biology: Cell/Molecular Concentration, Christopher S. Frangione ·97. Environmental Policy, Abigail I. Hofman '98, Chemistry, Derek N. Luke '98, Biology, Thomas R. Moffitt '97, Biology, Stephen S. Papagiotas '97,

Biology, Marie E. Polichronopoulos '97, Biology, Kristina M . Straus '98, Biology, Psychology, and Robyn R.

Thomlinson '98, Chemistry "The Search for Novel Bioactive Compounds in Maine's Indigenous Species," presented at the Student Research Symposium of the Northeast Regional Section of the Ameri can Chemical Society, Boston University, and at the Fourth Annual Colby Conference on Undergraduate Research in Biology, Colby College (co-authors Thomas Poon and Pro fessors Frank A. Fekete and Bradford P. Mundy).

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Karen R. Fontaine '98, Biology: Cell/Molecular Concentration "Gene Expression 1n Oat Seeds during Development and Germ1nat1on," presented at the Fourth Annual Colby Confer· ence on Undergraduate Research i n Biology (co-authors G. Goddard, B . Ryan and Professor Russell Johnson). Cary T. Gibson '97, Government. and Elizabeth J. lvry '98.

Government "The Continuing Importance of the Rules of the Game Sub-presidential Nominations 1n 1 994 and 1 996." The Par fies Respond. Changes m Amencan Parties and Cam paigns. 3rd ed . Westview Press (co-author Professor L. Sandy Maisel, forthcoming) Robert W. Gimpel '97, Geology "Beach Profile Dynamics at Popham Beach, Phipps burg, Maine," presented at the Geological Society of Maine, Farmington. Robert W. Gimpel ·97 and Ashley B . Ring '97. Geology.

Environmental Science Option "The Thickness and Character of Unconsolidated Sedi ments in Waterville, Maine," presented at the Geological Society of Maine, Farmington.

Heide M . Girardin '97. Biology: Cell/Molecular Concentra tion, Chemistry, Larissa Jovanovic '97 Chemistry: Cell/ Molecular Concentration. and Joy A. Pelletier '97, Chemis

try: Biochemistry "Translational Control during the Development of Vol vox." presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Cell Biology, San Francisco (co-author Professor David Bourgaize). Christina A. Goudreau '98, Chemistry: A.C.S. "Approaches to the Synthesis of a Constituent of Brown Rot Fungus," published abstract, Student Research Sympo sium of the Northeast Regional Section of the American Chemical Society, Boston University (co-authors Sarri Salman '94, Kevin P. Rice '96, Thomas Poon and Professor Bradford P. Mundy) I "Meth ylation of Tertiary Alcohols Using D 1 methyltitani u mdich loride towards the Syntheses of Herbetene and Cuparene," published abstract, Student Re search Symposium of the Northeast Regional Section of the American Chemical Society, Boston University (co-authors Frank G. Favaloro '96, Andrew Greenberg, Thomas Poon and Professor Bradford P. Mundy). Elizabeth J . lvry '98, Government "Rethinking Conventional Wisdom on Ticket Splitting and Fall Off," Party Development (co-author Professor L. Sandy Maisel) / ''If You Don't Like Our Politics, Wait a Minute: Party Politics in Maine at the Century's End," Polity (co-author Professor L. Sandy Maisel, forthcoming). Edward A. Keysor '97, Biology

"The Effects of Cryopreservation on the Acrosome of Mouse Sperm," presented at the Maine Biological and Medi cal Sciences Symposium and at the Fourth Annual Confer ence on Undergraduate Research in Biology, Colby College (co-author Professor Arthur K. Champlin). Sarah E. Kopczynski '98, Mathematics, Geology

"The Utility of Earth Tides for Evaluating Physical Param eters of Fractured Bedrock Aquifers" (co-author Professor Paul K. Doss), presented at the Geological Society of Maine, Farmington: Walter Anderson prize for the outstanding under graduate oral presentation I "Hydraulic Head Fluctuations Due to Earth Tides in a Fractured Bedrock Aquifer in Central Maine" (co-author Professor Paul K. Doss), presented at the

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Geological Society of America, Northeastern Section Meet· 1ng. King of Prussia, Pa. Amy C. Letizia '97, Psychology "The Psychology Curriculum in Maine Normal Schools," presented at the Maine Psychological Assoc1at1on, Bangor (co-author Professor Nicholas L. Rohrman) David W. MacLeay '97. Government

"The Internet As a Tool of Pol1t1cal Communication: A Case Study of the Reform Party Web Site," presented at the New England Political Science Assoc1at1on, New London, Conn. (co-author Professor Anthony Corrado). Stephanie E. Mann '97, Chemistry A.C.S., and Stephanie Massaro '97, Biology: Cell/Molecular Concentration

"ldent1f1cat1on and Isolation of Poly-y-Glutam1c Acid 1n Nematocysts of the Cnidarian, Metrtd1um senile," presented at the Fourth Annual Colby Conference on Undergraduate Re search in Biology (co-author Professor Paul G. Greenwood) Katherine L. Nevin '97, Biology, and William C. Rafferty '97.

Biology. Cell/Molecular Concentration "A Study of Sperm Motility and V1ab1hty 1n the Cauda Ep1didym1s and Vas Deferens of the Mouse," presented at the Maine B1olog1cal and Medical Sciences Symposium and at the Fourth Annual Conference on Undergraduate Research 1n Biology. Colby College (co-author Professor Arthur K. Champlin)

Jennifer S. Robbins '97, Government "What Would Madison Think? The Prospects, Promise and Penis of the Internet in American Government and Politics." presented at the New England Political Science Assoc1at1on, New London, Conn. (co-author Professor G. Calvin Mackenzie).

Annual Senior Art Exhibit Hillary E. Kane, Studio Art, Art History Stephanie J. Hequembourg, Biology Karin E. Kidder, Studio Art Nicholas R. Maumenee, Physics James M. Nuzum, English: Creative Writing Concentration Edward V.S. Rowan. Studio Art, Biology: Environmental

Science Concentration Molly L. Stratton, Art

Anna C. Thomson , Art

1 997 Summer Research Assistants Elizabeth L. Adams '99, Biology- Environmental Science Concentration, Environmental Policy, and Bryan H. Carr '97,

English, Performing Arts "George Russell and the Abbey Theatre," with Nancy Reinhardt.

Joshua C. Oeltjen 97. Chemistry: Cell/Molecular Concen tration "The Characterization and Purification of a Novel Cal cium Binding Protein 1n the Nematocysts of Metrid1um senile," presented at the Northeastern Section of the American Chemi cal Society and at the Fourth Annual Colby Conference on Undergraduate Research 1n Biology, Colby College (co-au thor Professor Paul G. Greenwood).

Kendra P. Ammann '98, Government. Spanish, Alexander M. Quigley '99. Government, Geology: Earth Science Option. and Rebecca E. Ryan '00, Government Candidate Emergence Study, with Professor L. Sandy Maisel.

Sarah Olbrich '97, Chemistry: Cell/Molecular Concentration

Vassen A. Bakalov '00, Economics: Financial Markets Con

"A Computational and Experimental Investigation of Hydroborat1on and Elimination: Remote Functional Groups and Ring Size Effects," published abstract, Student Research Symposium of the Northeast Regional Section of the American Chemical Society, Boston University (co-authors Chang Joo Lee, Thomas Poon and and Professor Bradford P. Mundy). Sarah Olbrich '97, Chemistry: Cell/Molecular Concentration, and Kenneth P. Raiche '98, Chemistry "A New Approach to the Synthesis of Selected Natural Products: The Investigation of the Synthesis of Seven-Mem bered Cyclic Ethers," published abstract, Student Research Symposium of the Northeast Regional Section of the Ameri can Chemical Society, Boston University (co-authors Evelyn Olivares '95, Thomas Poon and Professor Bradford P. Mundy). Adam E. Pearsall '98, Geology

"Geologic Evidence for a Relation between Fault Scarp Width and Active Creep Zone Width on the Calaveras Fault in Hollister, California," presented at the Geological Society of Maine, Farmington. Craig M. Pochini '97, Chemistry, Classics

"The Suspended Particulate Matter and Sediments of the Penobscot Estuary," presented at the Student Research

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centration, Computer Science "Creating Interactive Lesson-Software in Russian Using Libra, a HyperCard-Based Application," with Instructor Andrei Strukov. Robin D. Colby '99, Classics

"Latin Poetry and Ancient Magic," with Professor Kerill O'Neill. Elizabeth M. Corbeil '98, Chemistry: American Chemical

Society "Guest-Host Complexes," with Professor Thomas W. Shattuck.

Steven M. Dilella '97, Psychology

"Risk Perceptions and Their Determinants," with Profes sor William M. Klein.

Elisabeth E.W. Dodds '97, Classics, English: Creative Writ ing Concentration Research tor a collection of critical essays on Twelfth Night for the Twayne series "Shakespeare and the Construc tion of Character," and "Editing the Crossdresser: Shakespeare and the Cultural Work of the 19th-Century Actress," with Professor Laurie E. Osborne.

Abbott Meader recired from

rhe Colb)• Art

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swdio art insrnu:wr.

Christina J. Einstein '99, Biology, Economics "cDNA cloning of AFN5. a Gene Expressed before Germination in Wild Oat Seeds." with Professor Russell Johnson.

John P. Sauter Jr. '98, History, and Jamie A. Smith '99.

History Setting up a book review editorship for Professor Larissa Taylor.

Catherine A. Garland '99, Physics

"Infrared Observations of Star Formation Clouds." with Professor Murray F. Campbell.

and sexuality studies in musical analysis and history. with Professor Steven Nuss.

Amanda F . Goddard '97, Biology: Cell/Molecular Concen tration "Analysis of the Expression of AFN1 and AFN5 1n Wild Oats." with Professor Russell Johnson.

Daniel B. Kipervaser '98, Biology: Environmental Studies. Environmental Policy, and Scott A. Lilley '97, Music, Biology

Erwin A. Godoy '97, International Studies

Research for Professor Patrice Franko's book proiects.

Economic Development of Latin America and Micro Macro Economic Principles. Christina A. Goudreau '98. Chemistry: A.C.S.

"Natural Product Syntheses: A Search for a Methodol ogy of the Brown Rot Fungus Extract."with Professor Bradford P. Mundy. Jon P. Gray '00, Government

"The Gospels and Acts in Depth." with Professor David H . Mills.

Kristofer D. Hamel '98, Russian Language and Culture The early Soviet press, with Professor Julie Kay Mueller, and "Facets of the Cold War in the 1 960s." with Professor Robert S. Weisbrot. Pamela Herd '97, Sociology

Literature reviewing and abstracting for several projects. including "Gender in the In-Depth Interview: Lessons and Questions" and "Rescripting Identities: Women Choosing Women," with Professor Terry J. Arendell. Carrie H. Heyman '98, Physics. and Alexander W. Sobel '98, Physics. Music "Atomic Force Microscopy and Electrical Measure ments of Organic Thin-Film Transistors," with Professor Shelby Nelson.

"Provisioning Behavior of Nesting Black-Capped Chicka dees and House Wrens" and "Spot-Mapping of Breeding Bird Territories 1n Perkins Arboretum." with Professor W Herbert Wilson Jr. Elise C. Landry '98. Psychology. and Katrine M. Lofberg '98, Psychology "Early Childhood Temperament Risk Assessment Proiect." with Professor William C . Henry. Jennifer J. Lavigne '99, Psychology

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centration, Environmental Policy "The Involvement of Developing Countries 1n Global Environmental Agreements." with Professor Elizabeth DeSombre. Aaron J. Mattie '99, Economics, Mathematics

"Interstate Migration in the U.S. during the 1 930s." with Professor Henry A. Gemery, and "The Structure and Owner ship of Major League Baseball Teams," with Professor James W. Meehan Jr. Marta S. Miko '99, Art History, Independent

Creating a homepage for Professor Veronique Plesch's early French art class

Darren A. Perry '98, Physics

Peter A. King '99, Music

Translator and bibliographer of issues regarding gender

Walter Wang '99, Government 'Chinese Nationalism and Future Predictions: Examining Patriotism, the Failed Olympic Bid of 1 993, the Symbolism of the Hong Kong Handover and the Future Strategic Positioning of China." with Professor Suisheng Zhao.

Kathryn A. Litle '99. Biology: Environmental Science Con

"Theoretical and Numerical Investigations of the Creation and Time-Evolution of Rydberg Wave Packets in Atomic Hydrogen." with Professor Robert Bluhm.

Leanna L. Hush '99, Biology: Environmental Science Con centration, Mariana M . Upmeyer '98, Biology: Environmental Science Concentration, and Sarah L. Whitford '98, Biology: Environmental Science Concentration. Environmental Policy "The Distribu1ion of Arthropods in Haleakala National Park in Hawaii," with Professor F. Russell Cole.

'Elemental Analysis of Remote Marine Aerosol Particles from the Gulf of Maine," with Professor Thomas W. Shattuck.

"Technology Applications in Foreign Language Class rooms: Assisting the Teacher with Development and the Student with Assigned Projects." with Jackie Tanner.

Jill M. Wojcik '99. Chemistry "Synthetic Routes to Valerane and the Ambrosia Beetle Pheromone," with Professor Bradford P. Mundy.

Research on gender-typed play, with Professor Ta�a Raag.

Jennifer.Jo Multari '00, Biology: Cell/Molecular Concentration

Alan A. Kennedy '98, Chemistry

Alexander J. Wall IV '99. International Studies. and Joshua A. Young '99, Chemistry: Biochemistry

Edward P. Lionberger '97. Philosophy. Physics

Flannery M . Higgins '99, Government "Sanctions beyond Borders: Multinational Corporations and the U.S. Economic Statecraft," with Professor Kenneth A. Rodman.

Iva llieva '99, Economics, International Studies "The Use of Slaves As a Means of Exchange" and "The Gambling Industry," with Professor Jan S. Hogendorn, and "Facets of the Cold War i n the 1 960s," with Professor Robert S . Weisbrot.

Jason M. SI. Clair '00, Geology, Chemistry. and Andrea L. Wooley ·99, Chemistry: Biochemistry "Diepoxide Cross-Linking of Nucleosomal DNA.· with Professor Julie Millard.

Research on the life and work of Vernon Lee (Violet Page), 1 856-1935, English woman of letters, with Professor Phyllis F. Mannocchi.

"Numerical Investigation of Multiphoton Transitions in Rydberg Atoms." with Professor Charles W. S. Conover I l l . Mary I. Pierce '98, Biology: Environmental Science Concen tration. and Andrew H. Techet '98, Biology: Environmental Science, Environmental Policy "Water Quality Analysis on Messalonskee Lake" and "Competition and Facilitalion in the Pollination of Calopogon luberosus(Grass -pink Orchid),"with Professor David Firmage. Katie M. Quackenbush '99, Philosophy, English Research for Professor Jill Gordon's book proiect. "The Turn toward Philosophy: Literary Device and Dramatic Struc ture in Plato's Dialogues." Kenneth P. Raiche '98, Chemistry

"The Synthesis and Development of Oxepane Ring Sys tems." with Professor Bradford P. Mundy.

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Honors and Scholarships Senior Marshal Heide M . Girardin Phi Beta Kappa Elliott J. Anderson Katy L. Bakeman John E . Baptiste Michael S. Barber Heather E. Bend Lawrence S. Benesh Stephanie T. Blackman Karen F. Blaisdell Heather K. Blier Christine L. Brown· Wendy A. Brown Cary E . Charlebois Zahid R. Chaudhary Adrienne B. Clay Alison R. Curry Hristina I. Dantcheva Heather H. Derby Steven M. Dilella Elisabeth E.W. Dodds Michael C. Doogue· Diana J . Dresser Yawa H. Duse-Anthony Everett M . Fairbrother II Lincoln M . Farr Christopher S. Frangione Heide M . Girardin' Reshma A. Gosine Randall L. Hall Pamela Herd

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/rn/i />oer E1.wan

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uf the he1t Ct'er at a C1Jlb) C1Jmmencemem, urged graduates to cxeru1e the1r cream•H' . and celehrace the crear1t1C)' cif other.\.

Danielle L. Herget Jennifer A. Higgins· Tanya M . Jankot Hillary E. Kane· Matthew A. Kuchar Katherine R. McGovern Kelsey P Miller Susanna C. d1 Montezemolo Brian P. Moynihan James M . Nuzum Noah T. Owen-Ashley· Stephen S Papag1otas Kara J. Patterson Daniel J. Peltz Nathan R. Pierce Amanda J. Sprang Molly L. Stratton Kathleen A. Thompson Lisa D. Tinanoff Leah B. Tortola Lauren C. Vitrano Adam G. Wolk "Elected m Junior Year

Webster Chester Biology Prizes Elizabeth A. Fagan '97, Marc Hebert '97, Melanie C. Macbeth ·97

Masuda. G1ll1an A. More1on. Jason R1. Kenya M. Sanders. Nina T. Saxton. David F Sherwood. Randy E. Stewart. Phuong N. To. Jason M. Tom, Nichole L Williams. Jeffrey C Zia

Charles A. Dana Scholars Class of 1997: Hnst1na I. Dantcheva. Noah T Owen-Ashley. Lisa D. T1nanott. Lauren C. Vitrano: Class of 1998 Andrea S. Bassi, Jeana L. Flahive, Mary J Harnden, Alan A. Kennedy, Elizabeth L. Letcher; Class of 1999 Nicholas D.N. Harvey I l l , Stephen T Ka1dasz, Kelley A. Martin, Megan C Smith, Joshua A. Young

Bean Scholars

Class of 1997: Kayla B. Baker. Michael P. Child. Karen J . Hoppe, Richard C. Unruh I l l : Class o f 1998: Amy C . Charles. Sandra J . Hughes, Gregory J. Noblet. Jered F. Stewart: Class of 1999: Calvin E. Butler, Laurie J. Roberts. Jamie A. Smith. Jonathan P. Zarecki; Class of 2000: Amie A. Mallett, Eric M.

Saucier. Shannon M . Sayer, Emmanuel M . Thomann

Julius Seelye Bixler Scholars Class of 1997. Christine L. Brown. Michael C. Doogue, Heide

M . Girardin. Jennifer A. Higgins, Hillary E . Kane. Melissa A. O'Donnell: Class of 1998: Emilie C . Archambeault, Shana M. Bondi. Ying Lin, Anne E. Miller, Jody E. Navitsky. Kaushik G. Sen: Class of 1999:Christina M. Lemieux, Jennie E. Oberzan. William R. Polkinghorn, Heather A. Sanders, Andrea L. Wooley

Bradley '99

Nathan J

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Heide M. Girardin '97, Shana M . Bondi '98. Christina A. Goudreau '98

The Marsden Chemistry Award Stephanie E. Mann ·97

John B. Foster Memorial Prize in Classics Robin D. Colby

'99. Elisabeth E.W. Dodds '97

Donald P. Lake Award Elliott J. Anderson '97 Kim Miller Memorial Prize Enc S Anderson ·99 Ellsworth W. Millett Award Daniel T. Lavergne '97, Barbara

East Asian Languages and Cultures Awards Hyun Jung

'97, Katherine E. Lawn '97

The Economics Department Faculty Prize Randall L. Hall '97 The Economics Departmental Prize Randall L. Hall '97

Lorraine Morel Memorial Award Shannon C. Baker ·99

Breckenridge Prize (economics) Hristina I . Dantcheva ·97

The Jacquelyn R. Nunez Award Katherine A. White '97

Christian A. Johnson Prizes (economics) Sandra H. Lund

Ninetta M. Runnals Scholarship Christina A. Goudreau ·99

'97, Kerry S. Propper '97, Peter J. Sheren '97

Robert W. Pullen Prize (economics) Stephanie J. Healy '97,

Student Government Service Award Jesse P Dole ·99

Wendy J. Ridder '97

Philip W. Tirabassi Memorial Award Omar M.G. Sanchez ·99

Mary L. Carver Poetry Prize

The Patty Valavanis Trophy Award Kara J. Patterson ·97 Norman R. White Award Todd P. McGovern '97, John H.

Hebert II '97, Kara A. Marchant '97

Departmental Prizes Class of 1997: Cindy Bissoon, Chad W. Card, June Chan. Zahid R. Chaudhary, Adrienne B. Clay, Natalie C. Collins, Javier E. Fernandez, Erwin A. Godoy, Kathleen E. Kohatsu, Chong I. Pak; Class of 1998: Marlene A. Armstrong. Kushwant B. Bhatia, Tasanee M. Briggs, Winnie Fong, Vanessa M. Hernandez, Nancy Joachim, Chera D. Rodgers, Omar M. Sanchez, Emily E. Taxson: Class of 1999: Dael L. Cairns. Angela M . Crandon, Gina M . Espinosa-Salcedo, Nathaniel K. Jue, Siddha Y. Parker, Mimi Sammarco; Class of 2000: Stephanie D. Baron, Christine R. Casey. Marie-Lorraine M . Cerat, Cherita L. Cuffee, Michelle A. Dominguez, Francisco J. Galvan, Jon P. Gray, Christine C. Guiao, Heather K. Izumi, Mary C. Larios, Jisel E. Lopez, Tanvir Mahtab, Mariko B.

Brown '97, Larisa Jovanovic '97, Kara J . Patterson '97

Mark Lederman Scholarship(s) in Biology Emily A. Blood

Evans Reid Prize in Chemistry Rico E . DelSesto ·97

Lieutenant John Parker Holden II Award

James J. Harris Prize (administrative science) Sandra J.

Ralph J. Bunche Scholars

Mark Lederman Prizes for Study of Medicine Christine L.

Chemistry Department Awards

K. Gordon '97, Cynthia L Pomerleau ·97

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Samuel R. Feldman Award for Premedical Studies Jenni

fer E Adams ·97

Condon Medal Joshua C. Woodfork ·97

Lelia M. Forster Prize Peter S. Angweny1 '00 . Rebecca M

Class of 1998: Emilie C. Archambault. Geoffrey T. Bennett, Cristy L. Bouchard. Peter G. Bowden. Jeffrey H. Brown. William W. Chamberlain. Katherine J. Conklin, Sarah C. Eno. Laura M . Higginson. Corley B. Hughes. Miguel Leff. Elizabeth W. Magyar. Katherine C. McClelland. Andrew M . McCullough, Jon J . Olinto. Michael S. Pearl. Adam J. Rana. Kaushik G. Sen. Michael W. Schoolman

Thomas W. Easton Prize (biology) Joshua S. Keith '97, Mane E. Pol1chronopoulos '97

"98. Laura E. DeMarco '98, Mary I . Pierce '98, Jennifer E. Smith '98

Rasmussen ·oo

George F. Baker Scholars

Alan Samuel Coit Biology Prizes Heide M. Girardin '97, Noah T. Owen-Ashley '97, Lisa

Marjorie D. Sither Award Kara J Patterson ·97

Arthur Galen Eustis Jr. Prize Kristina M . Straus '98

General Prizes and Scholarships

D. T1nanoff 97

Hughes '98

Ernest L. Parsons Prize in Administrative Science Sarah

A. Ummel '97

Charles W. Bassett Prizes (American studies) Heather E. Bend '97, Lincoln M . Farr '97, Katherine R . McGovern '97. Susanna C. Montezemolo '97 Anthropology Department Awards Sarah C.H. DiMare '97, Amy F. Stengel '97, Morgan V. Pecelli '97

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Melissa O'Donnell '97

Timothy E. Andreae '97,

Louise Coburn Prize Speaking Contest F1rst Prize: Peter J . Matson '97 Second Prize: Todd P. McGovern '97 Third Prize: Asaunta M . Maynard '97 The Forrest Goodwin Prize Speaking Contest (fall) First Prize: Daniel J. Peltz '97 Second Prize: Cherie K. Galyean '97 Third Prize: Joseph W. Corrigan '97 The Hannibal Hamlin Speech Contest First Prize: Jon P. Gray '00 Second Prize: Michael K . Farrell '00 Third Prize: Peter S. Angwenyi ·oo The George E. Murray Debate Tournament (fall) First Prize: Daniel J. Peltz '97 Second Prize: Janet E. Bordelon '00

Don Quinb�· ·97

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The George E. Murray Debate Tournament (spring) First Prize: Joseph W. Corrigan ·97 Second Prize: Alexander C . Tuff ·97

One Hundred and Seventy-Sixth Commencement

Eavan Boland. leading Irish poet

Spotlight Event Series State of the College Address,

Solomon Gallert Prize for Excellence in English

Heather H . Derby '97

Elmira Nelson Jones Prize for Creative Writing Robert L

Gee '97, Rebecca A. Hoogs ·97

Stephen Coburn Pepper Prize in Philosophy Michael S.

Barber ·97

William A. Rogers Prize in Physics Joshua P. Walton '98

Katherine Rogers Murphy Prize for Original Poetry

Rosecrans B. Baldwin '99, Dennis N . D'Angelo '99

The Edward Colgan Psychology Award Sarah E. Holmes ·97

French Book Awards Paul M . Berube ·oo, Diane J . Carr

Paul Perez Psychology Award Steven M. Dilella ·97

'00, E mily A. Dowd '99, Carrie A . Dube '99. Meghann E. Foye · oo, Jennifer L. Hruza ·oo, Amanda R. Irvine ·oo. Whitney A . Lawton '00, Morgan D . McDevitt ·oo. Nina T. Saxton '00, Brooke S. Taylor '00. Alison M. Tetler '99. Dana J . Turpie ·oo French Book Prizes Erin F. Curren '97, Reshma A. Gosine

'97, Laura A . Olsen '97

Faculty Award in Religious Studies Emily G. Heiss ·97 Outstanding Student in Sociology Pamela Herd ·97 Excellence in Spanish Chenta L. Cuffee ·oo, Iva lllieva '99, Amy E Walker ·99 Spanish Book Prize Anthony E . Rosenfeld ·97

Excellence in French Faith M . Anderson '00 Geology Department Awards John E . Baptiste '97. Chris topher W. Brady '99. Erik T. Dreisbach '98. Mariek E . Schmidt '99, Jason M . St. Clair ·oo Geology Alumni Award John E . Baptiste ·97 F. Harold Dubord Prize in Political Science

Fairbrother I I '97. Susanna C Montezemolo '97

APPENDIX E A Selection of Events

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The Jack Foner Essay Award (history) Andrew B. Glos ·97 Albert A. Mavrinac Award {government) Cary T. Gibson '97

Ralph J. Bunche Lecture "in the Name of Peace and Human Rights," Dr. Samuel Proctor, theologian, orator and educator on race relations in this country, author of The

Laurie Peterson Memorial Prize in Government Jonathan

Substance of Things Hoped For: A Memoir of An African American Faith

R . Bolton '98

William J . W i l kinson/Paul A. Fullam Prizes (history) Jonathan K. Barry '98, Anne K . Kuniholm '98, Carolyn H Miner '98 William J. Wilkinson Prize (history) Nathan R Pierce ·97 Outstanding Academic Performance in International Stud ies Erwin A . Godoy '97, Jennifer L. Mason '97, Amanda J.

Sprang '97

Mathematics/Computer Science Department Awards

Tanya M . Jankot '97, Woodrow H. Pollack '97

Colby College Chorale Award Anthony R. Moulton '97 Colby College Collegium Musicum Award

Thomas '99

Barbera E.

Colby College Jazz Ensemble Award Edward C. Weil IV '97 Alma Morrisette Music Award Scott A . Lilley '97 Molly Seltzer Yett Award in Music Lisa D. Tinanoff '97 Andrew Blodgett Award (performing arts) Danielle L Herget ·97 John Alden Clark Prizes in Philosophy Matthew W. Eberle

'97, Eric M. Hansen '97, Katie M. Quackenbush '99

Dana-Bixler Convocation "The Hidden Value of Nature," Thomas Eisner, Jacob Gould Schurman Professor of Chemi cal Ecology, Cornell University Crawford Family Professorship in Religious Studies

"Sepphoris: The Ornament of All Galilee," Thomas R.W. Longstaff, Crawford Family Professor of Religious Studies, lecture inaugurating the Crawford Family Professorship in Religious Studies The Grossman Economics Professorship Lecture "The World and Our Wages," Jan Hogendorn, The Grossman Professor of Economics, Colby The Lipman Lecture "The Jewish Fate in English Hands Representation of the Jewish People in Modern Literature," Professor Ruth Wisse, Harvard University

John Seigenthaler, chair a n d founder of t h e Freedom Forum First Amendment Center at Vanderbilt University Forty-Fourth A n n u a l Lovejoy Convocat ion

Phi Beta Kappa Lecture "Symmetry in the World," Roger E. Howe, professor of mathematics, Yale University. Southworth Lecture "Death in the Museum,· Carol Duncan, professor of art, Ramapo College of New Jersey School of Contemporary Arts

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William Cotter, Colby president. and Joshua Woodfork ·97. Student Association president 1 "Teaching Tolerance: Helping Americans Overcome Hatred and Pre1udice," Morris Dees, civil rights lawyer and founder of the Southern Poverty Law Center I A reading from The Cattle Killing. John Edgar Wideman. novelist I "'Darling. you should never have done that': Married Soldiers in the Civil War," James McPherson. Pulitzer Prize-winning author and C1v1I War historian / "Cam paign '96: Forum for Candidates in the 1 st District Congres sional Race" / "Hypocrisy and the Prevention of AIDS: How to Convince Sexually Active Teenagers to Use Condoms." Elliot Aronson. University of California-Santa Cruz/"The Traditional Way." Don Capelin. Micmac Indian elder and healer I ·con fronting Intolerance; Celebrating Diversity," Maura Cullen, edu cational consultant and motivational speaker I "'The Reign of Error' on Campus: Misperceptions about Alcohol and Other Drug Norms," H Wesley Perkins. Hobart and Wilham Smith Colleges I "Shakespearean lmprov," featuring Shenandoah Shakespeare Express I "The 1 996 Presidential Election: Is sues Avoided. Questions Not Asked," panel discussion with John Seigenthaler. chair and founder of the Freedom Forum First Amendment Center at Vanderbilt University and Lovejoy honoree. Bill Kovach. curator of the Nieman Foundation at Harvard University: Professor L. Sandy Maisel, chair of the Government Department, Colby; moderator Dan Harris '93. WCSH-TV / "Share Our Strength National Reading Benefit," Colby writers James Boylan and Peter Harris/ "The Search for Past Life on Mars," Dr. Kathie Thomas-Keperta. NASA scientist "Trad1t1onal and Non-Traditional Things People Do with Their Money 1n the Marketplace," David Brancaccio, senior editor and host of National Public Radio's Marketplace I "The Souls of Black Men: Facing Contemporary Crisis," Dr. Robert Franklin, president-elect of the Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta and author of Liberating VisionsrTowards a Cultural Poetics of Race Music," Guthrie Ramsey, musicologist. Tufts University and the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute at Harvard Univer sity / "Change, Hope and Equality for Asian Americans," B.D. Wong. Tony Award-winning actor I "Hispanic Culture 1n the United States,· Dolores Prida, contemporary Cuban-American playwright/ "But We Would Never Talk about It: The Structures of Lesbian Discretion in South Dakota, 1 928-1933," Elizabeth Kennedy. SUNY-Buffalo / "An Astronomical Detective Story: The Discovery of the Binary Pulsar: Dr. Russell Hulse. Princeton University, Nobel Prize winner in physics I "What Men and Women Can Do to Prevent Sexual Assault," Alan Berkowitz, clinical psychologist. sexual assault and substance abuse researcher on college campuses I "Rethinking the Closet American Culture: Lesbian and Gay History before the 1 960s," George Chauncey, award-winning author / "Black Skin, Latin Soul: Caught between Two Cultures,· Roberto Santiago. award winning writer and journalist I "Gender Is Not a Four Letter Word," Myra Marx Ferree, University of Connecticut I "Lethal Viruses, Ebola and Infectious Diseases," Nancy and Jerry Jaax, specialists on extremely infectious viruses and high hazard biological research, whose work was depicted in the best-selling book The Hot Zone I "Honor Codes and Dodo Birds: What Does It Mean to the Chicken?", Paul Greenwood, chair of the Biology Department, Associate Professor of Biol ogy and Doctor Charles C. and Pamela W. Leighton Faculty Research Fellow, 1 997 Senior Class Teaching Award and seniors' choice faculty speaker Biology Seminar "Helpers at Bushtit (Psaltriparus minimus)

Nests: Cooperation and Competition in a Social Bird," Sarah

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Sloane, University of Maine-Farmington / "The Hidden Value of Nature," Thomas Eisner. Cornell University / "Genetics, Environment and Cancer," Edward Bresnick. University of Massachusetts Medical Center I "The Biology of Nemato cysts: A Good Beach Day, Ruined," Paul Greenwood, Biology Department, Colby / "Surf. Sand, Sun and Sea Squirts: How Is Morphological Variation in an Australian Ascidian Main tained?", James Dalby, Bates College / "Drug Discovery and Design i n the Ph armaceutical Environment, " Dennis Underwood, Merck Research Laboratories / "Gene Therapy for Sickle Cell Disease," David Bodine 76, National Institutes of Health I "Benthic Processes in the North East Water Polynya, Greenland," Will Ambrose, Bates College I "The Impact of Food Supplementation on Black-Capped Chicka dees in the North Woods," W. Herbert Wilson, Department of Biology, Colby/ "Effects of Extracellular Glucose on Contrac tion of Cardiac Muscle Cells," Mary Schwanke, University of Maine-Farmington I "Molecular Analysis of Plant Cell Wall Structure," Mary Tierney, University of Vermont I "Recruit ment of Caribbean Spiny Lobsters in an Ailing Ecosystem," Mark Butler, Old Dominion University / "Pollinator Attraction: How Specific Are the Mechanisms" and "Pollinators and Flowers: Adaptation or Exaptation?," David Firmage. Depart ment of Biology, Colby Chemistry Seminar "Natural Products-Past, Present. and Future," Bradford Mundy, Department of Chemistry. Colby I "Pithomycolide, An lonophoric Depsipeptide-Structure. Syn thesis and Biological Activity," Phil LeOuesne, Northeastern U n i versity I "The Drug T a x o l . A Brief H istory and Semisynthesis," Peter Wuts, Upjohn / "NMR Study of Pollut ant Behaviors in Soil Systems," Gary Maciel. Colorado State University I "Heterocycles As Tools in Organic Synthesis," Jurgen Liebscher, Humboldt University, Berlin/"'Maleness· in Men and Women: Chemical/Enzymatic Management of Tes tosterone," R.L.Tolman, Merck/ "Effect of Nucleosome Struc ture on DNA Cross-Linking by Anti-Tumor Agents," Julie Millard, Chemistry Department, Colby I "The Design and Synthesis of Novel Non-Peptide Peptidomimetics: Applica tion to the HIV-Protease Problem," Amos Smith I l l , University of Pennsylvania / "An Overview of Medical Imaging," William Thomlinson, Brookhaven National Lab I "Bad Questions, Good Explanations and Other Philosophical Worries," Daniel Cohen, Philosophy Department, Colby / "Adventures in Asym metric Synthesis with Lactams," Michael Smith, University of Connecticut-Storrs /"Biological Medical Clusters: Nickel Tour," Michael Maroney, University of Massachusetts-Amherst I "Chemical Casseroles: Synthesis of Chalcopyrite Semicon ductors by Microwave Irradiation," Christopher Landry, Uni versity of Vermont/ "Perfusion Chromatography of Proteins," Duncan Whitney, Perspective Biosystems / "Stain and Pain in Fluorocarbon Chemistry," David Lemal, Dartmouth College Economics Lecture and Seminar Series "International Risk Analysis: A Practitioner's Toolbox," Dr. Alexandre Barros, president, Early Warning Risk Analysis I "The Stability of Marriage and Economic Developments in England before 1 870," Dr. Roger Schofield, Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure, Cambridge, UK / "Out look for Latin America in 1 996," Susan Kaufman Purcell, vice president, Latin American Affairs, Washington, D.C. / "Airline Computer Reservation Systems: Competition Misunderstood" and "Environmental Protection, Bureaucratic Incentives, Rent Extraction: The Regulation of Water Pollution in Louisiana," Dr. Andrew Kleit, Louisiana State University / "Going Public: Information Strategies for Controlling Pollution in Developing Countries," David Wheeler, principal economist. The World Bank, Washington, D.C. / "A Review of the Maine Economy," Laurie La Chance, chief Maine state economist/ "Forecasting Inventories at L.L. Bean," Richard Donaldson, manager of

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inventory analysis. L.L. Bean/ "Technical Change on Weather Satellite and Web Site Services." Mark Gildersleeve '77, TASC / "Initial Public Otters," Michael Koester '94, analyst, Goldman. Sachs and Co., and David Genovese '89. vice president, Bankers Trust I "Pricing and Competition in the Food Products Industry," Lisa Miller, pricing manager, Hannaford Brothers Corporation I "Future of the Western Hemisphere Trade Agreement," Issac Cohen. U N Econom ics Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. Wash ington, D.C. /"Organization and Governance of Privately Held Companies," Tim Hussey '78, president and CEO, Hussey Seating Company I "Patent Systems. Democracy and the Promotion of Invention in Britain and America," B Zorna Kah, Bowdoin College/ "Reflections on Chairmanship of the CEA." Joseph Stiglitz, The World Bank / "Could It Be True After All? AFDC Benefits and Non-Marital Births to Young Women." Saul Hottman, University of Delaware Geology at Colby Speaker Series "The Geochemistry of

Acid Drainage at the Pecos Mine. New Mexico, or What Do I Need to Do to Get a Ph D .. " Amy Berger, University of Illinois Urbana / "Geochemical Analyses of Arsenic-Polluted Water from Z1mapan. Hidalgo, Mexico," Lois Ongley, Bates College I "Carbonate Megabanks of the Bahamas and Caribbean: What Are They? Where Are They? What Are They Trying To Tell Us?," R. Jude Wilbur. consulting oceanographer, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution I "Plio- Ple1stocene Distribu tion of Benthic Ostacodes in the Amerasian Basin: Biostratig raphy and Role in Climate Interpretation (or 'The Story of the Little Beasties')," Sonya Skoog, University of Wisconsin-Madi son / " Factors Affecting the Evolution of Southwestern Desert Landscapes," John Graham, Colorado State University. Mathematics and Computer Science Colloquium "Circles," Thomas Berger, Mathematics and Computer Science Depart ment, Colby I "The Mathematics behind Those Amazing Minimal Surfaces," Helen Moore, Bowdoin College/ "Working Together: A Vision for Computer-Supported Cooperation," Jim Larson, Intel and Mathematics and Computer Science Department. Colby I "Curves of the Computer Age: Bezier Curves," Chuck Holly, software developer /"Hyberolic Tessel lation and Fermat's Last Theorem," Glenn Stevens, Boston University / "User Autonomy: Who Should Control What and When?," Batya Friedman, Mathematics and Computer Sci ence Department, Colby/ "Coupled Nonlinear Oscillators and the Contol of Legged Locomotion," Jim Collins, Neuromuscu lar Research Center and Boston University / "The Human Use of Human Beings: Norbert Wiener's Ideas at the Dawn of the Ages of Computers," Leon Tabak, Mathematics and Com puter Science Department, Colby I "Codes, Designs and Distance," William Duckworth, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill / "Vehicle Matching in the Roadwatch Project or How to Avoid Speeding Tickets in the Year 2000," Timothy Huang, University of California-Berkeley / "Calculus and the Rainbow," Roger E. Howe, Yale University/ "Hurray for J.J . !" and "When You're Rational, It's Hard to Get Close" (co authors Yawa Duse-Anthony '97 and Andrew Weber '97), Fernando Q. Gouvea, Mathematics Department, Colby. Science, Technology and Society Seminar Series "Tech

nology and the Export of Industrial Culture: Problems of the German-American Relationship, 1 900-1970, VolkerBerghahn, Brown University/ "Musical, Cacophonic and Chaotic Sounds in Our Turbulent Atmosphere," Dennis W. Thomson, Pennsyl-

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vania State University I "The Ubiquity of Chaos," Edward N. Lorenz, M . l.T. /"Technological Inertia in Economic History" and "Technology and the Great Mortality Decline," Joel Mokyr, Northwestern University I "Sk1-Doo or Ski-Don't: How We Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Bombardier," Leonard Reich, Administrative Science and Science, Technology and Society programs. Colby I "Energy Alternatives to Nuclear Power," Bill Linnell '80, spokesperson for Cheaper, Safer Power/ "How Does Maine Yankee Fit into the Bigger Picture?", Leann Diehl, Maine Yankee Nuclear Power Plant / "Techno Babel: Absorbing Information Technology," Steven Sass. Fed eral Reserve Bank of Boston I "Project Kaleidoscope Work shop: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Teaching Undergradu ate Science and Mathematics," Robert L. McArthur, vice presi dent for academic affairs and dean of faculty; Jeanne L. Narum, director of Project Kaleidoscope; and Jay B. Labov, Biology Department, Colby Social Sciences and Humanities Colloquium Series "Space Time Homology across Cultures and Disciplines." Jeffrey Ander son, Anthropology Department. Colby / "An Ecological Femi nist View of Japanese Mother Films, Tamae Prindle, East Asian Studies Department, Colby I "Why Didn't Plato Just Write Arguments? The Philosophical Function of Image and Meta phor in the Dialogues." Jill Gordon, Philosophy Department, Colby I "Faculty Writers and Their Writing Process," Linda Tatelbaum, Department of English. Colby, Terry Arendell, Department of Sociology, Colby, Susan Sterling, Department of English, Colby, and Herbert Wilson, Department of Biology, Colby I "Political Cultural Change in East Germany Since 1 989," Jennifer Yoder, Government Department, Colby /"Read ing and Discussion of Body English: Writer on the Rocks," Linda Tatelbaum, Department of English, Colby/ "Multicultural Edu cation and the Politics of Sameness: Searching for the Voice of Nature and of Native People," Sandy Grande, Education and Human Development Program, Colby I "Ski-Dogs, Pol-Cats and the Transformation of Winter," Leonard Reich, Administra tive Science and Science, Technology and Society programs, Colby I 'Why Did She Convert? The Thorny Case of Irene Nemirovsky," Jonathan Weiss, Department of French and Ott Campus Study, Colby I "Old Belief: A 1 7th-Century Russian Sect in 20th-Century America," Julie de Sherbinin, German and Russian Department, Colby/ "In Defense of 'Proletarian Daugh ters': Paternalism, Feminism and the Politics of Labor in Early 20th-Century Chile," Elizabeth Hutchinson, Department of History, Colby I "Dharma's Construction, Women's Destruc tion: Gender in Ancient Indian Thought," Nikky Singh, Depart ment of Religious Studies, Colby / "Autobiography, Ideology and the Development of Moral Identity: The Case of lnog Hasselbach," Mark Tappan, Education and Human Develop ment Program, Colby I "Replacing Women in French Poetic History: The Romantic Phallacy, Adrianna Paliyenko, Depart ment of French, Colby I "The Childhood Roots of Violence: Some Clues from the Dunedin (New Zealand) Health and Development Study," William Henry, Department of Psychol ogy, Colby /"Socratic Sincerity, Platonic Ploys," Jacques Baily, Department of Classics, Colby I "O'Hara's 'The War': An Enigma," Charles Bassett, English Department, Colby Wellness Seminars "Toning Those Moral Muscles," Patricia

Brousseau, Institute for Global Ethics I "Preventing Sexual Victimization," Marty Mcintyre, Lewiston Rape Crisis, and Melissa Kruger, Waterville Rape Crisis/ "Matters of the Heart and Soul: Everyday Spirituality for Students," Father John Marquis, Colby I Program by Nancy Clark, sports nutritionist Women's Studies Colloquium "On the Borders of the Han:

Gender, Genre and the Canon in Early Modern Chinese Drama," Kim Besio, East Asian Studies Department, Colby I "Your Place or Mine? Lesbian and Gay Geographies in Post-

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War Philadelphia History," Marc Stein, His tory Department, Colby / "Androgyny Revis ited: What and Where Are Its Conceptual Counterparts Today." Sandra Bern, Cornell University/ "The Robinson-Perry Correspon dence-An Example of Resources in Spe cial Collections That Can Be Used for Women's Studies." Nancy Reinhardt, Special Collections. Colby I "Miss ·Most Original' Philippines: National Identity and Beauty Pageants in Jessica Hagedorn's Dogeaters," Pamela Thoma, Women's Studies and American Studies programs, Colby I "Seeing and Seizing: The carpe diem topos in Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz's 'A su retrato,'" Betty Sasaki, Spanish Department. Colby "Nationalism and Feminism in the Women's Movement of the Weimar Republic." Raffael Scheck, History Department, Colby I ·snap-Dragons of Academe: Sin-Tactics in Mary Daly's Pedagogy," Debra Campbell. Department of Religious Stud ies, Colby I "Brand Name Books for the General Reader: The Book of the Month Club, Middlebrow Culture and the Transfor mation of the Literary Field." Janice Radway, Duke University / "Erotic Embrace/ Polttical Union: The Gendered Construction of Exemplary Rule in Havelok and Will!am of Paleme," Elisa Narin van Court, English Department. Colby. Other Lectures "How Mental Illness Affects the Family and the Community," Mid-Maine Alliance for the Mentally Ill / Colby Alumni Colloquium: "The Liberal Arts College and American Science" I "Climate Change and the Desiccation of the Sa hara," James Webb, History Department. Colby I "Is Buying In Selling Out? Lessons From Black Women and Sociology," Patricia Hill Collins, author of Black Femm1st Thought I "Why I Hate Arthur Waley: Translating Chinese in the Post-Victorian Age," Dr. Howard Goldblatt. University of Colorado-Boulder I "The Literature of Hope," Professor John M. Mohan, Grinnell College I "An Afternoon of Kunqu." a performance of two famous Chinese operas, "Mountain Gate" and "A Stroll in the Garden"/ "Plessy vs. Ferguson in Light of History: 1 00 Year Commemoration." Olive A. Taylor, Howard University I "Doc ile Bodies, Volatile Texts: Queerness and the Politics of Cuban-Exile Prison Writing," Ricardo Ortiz, Dartmouth Col lege/ "Grief, Shame and Grace of the Gods: Narrative Hymns in 7th-Century Greece." Peter Smith, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill / "Family Values and Sexual Politics in Early Imperial Rome," Judith Ginsburg, Cornell University I 'Vulnerability, Tolerance and Revenge in Ancient Athens." Donald Leteiner, Wesleyan University I An Evening with Jonathan Kozel, social activist and author of Amazing Grace, Savage lnequalitites, Rachel and her Children and Death at an Early Age I "American Culture and The Simpsons," Pete Moss. History Department, Colby I "Love Is Hell and Other Stories," Alicia Quintano, actress and storyteller I Films by Abbott Meader, Maine artist, filmmaker and Colby professor of art I "Aestheticism-Its Causes and Persistence,' Gene Bell-Villada, Williams College I Panel Discussion: "Cuba: Dispelling the Myths," with Bates College students who trav eled to Cuba in 1 996 /"Attention Deficit Disorder in the College Student," Bruce Roseman, M.D I ·sexual Assault Preven tion." Katie Koestner, acquaintance rape survivor/ "A Place No One Calls Home: Material Symbols of Human Difference on a Caribbean Sugar Plantation." Samuel Martinez, candi date in cultural anthropology and African-American studies I "Economic Aspects of Controlling Human-Induced Climate Change,' Thomas Tietenberg, Economics Department, Colby I "Blimps, Bombing and Behavior: How the Kaiser Got His Nickname 'Baby Killer,' Nearly Ended Civilization As We Know it, and Why." Nicholas Rohrman, Psychology Depart ment, Colby I "Global Changes: Historical Perspectives on Climate and Culture,' James Fleming, Science, Technology and Society Program, Colby I "Old Growth Forests in the Pacific N o rthwest: A C as e Study i n Environmental

Policymaking," Sarni Yassa '84, senior scientist. Natural De fense Council / "The Gate." Connections: A Celebration of the Opening of the Pugh Center, Thomas Morrione, Sociology Department, Colby I "Superflu1d Neutrino Detectors and the Sun." Tamar More, Physics Department, Colby Readings Visiting Writers Series Marie Howe. author of The Good Thief I Tony Hoagland. author of Donkey Gospel I Spotlight Lecture

Series. readings by Colby writers James Boylan and Peter Harris/ Ira Sadoff, poet, author of Emotional Traffic and An Ira Sadoff Reader I Gerald Stern. winner of The Lamont Prize, author of Lucky Life and Odd Mercy I Susan Powers, author of The Grass Dancer and Strong Heart SocietyI Geoffrey Becker '80, author of Blues/own and Dangerous Men Edwin J. Kenney Jr. Memorial Reading author of Here and Nowhere Else

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Music Portland String Quartet t Cheryl Tschanz. pianist I Robert Scott '90, classical guitarist / 27th Service of Carols and Lights I Karen Beacham, clarinetist, with Cheryl Tschanz. pianist I Colby Symphony Orchestra I Collegium Musicum Colby Symphony Orchestra, Colby College Chorale t Portland String Quartet, with Cheryl Tschanz and Angela Capps I Renee Jolles. violinist, Christopher Oldfather, pianist/ Elizabeth Patches, mezzo-soprano. Cheryl Tschanz, pianist I Lydian String Quartet I Colby Jazz En semble I Colby Symphony Orchestra, Colby College Chorale and Colby-Kennebec Choral Society

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Colby Faculty Recital I Colby Wind Ensemble and The Colonial Brass Quintet, U.S. Air Force Band of Liberty I Colby Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Combo I Colby Wind Ensemble I Colby College Chorale, Colby Kennebec Choral Society I Fall Student Recital I Flute Studio Recital I Voice Studio Students I Carl Di mow and Scott Perry, guitarists/ Christopher Oldfather. pianist I David Leisner, classical guitarist, and Lisa Tinanoff ·97, cellist I Music for Flute, Oboe and Piano, Jean Rosenblum, flutist, Michelle Vigneau, oboist. Cheryl Tschanz, pianist, Lee Hyla, guest composer I Noonday Recital, Amanda Bligh '97, pianist I Lieder Recital, Chad Card '97, baritone. Sonia Totten '98, piano, assisted by Erik Dreisback '98. baritone, Annabeth French. pianistf Spring Student Recital I Voice Studio Recital I Senior Recital, Kate Gluck '97, flutist, wtth Annabeth French, pianist, and Jean Rosenblum, flutistf Senior Recital, Amanda Bligh '97, pianist I Senior Recital, Kristina Denzel '97, so prano, joined by Sonia Totten '98, piano, Annabeth French, piano, and Erik Dreisbach '98, baritone I Senior Recital, Cary Gibson '97, soprano, with Annabeth French. pianist I Senior Recital, Chad Card '97, baritone, with Barbera Thomas '99, soprano, and C. Perrin Radley, pianist Recitals and Midday Programs

Colby Eight, Colbyettes, Blue Lights and the Megalomaniacs I Accap pellathon II, featuring the Colbyettes, the Tufts Amalgamates, the Dartmouth Cords and the MIT Logarhythms/ Acappallooza 3, featuring the Colby Eight, the Tufts Jackson Jills and the Amherst College Zumbyes I Fourth Annual Colby Handbell Ringers Concert I A German Requiem by Johannes Brahms, Other Musical Events and Performances

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performed by the Colby-Kennebec Choral Society, the Colby Chorale and the Colby Symphony Orchestra I Colby Eight Spa Concert I Colbyette Spa Concert with the Blue Lights I "Colby Sounds of Gospels." Colby Gospel Choir I Vocal Duets with Ann Lofquist. soprano. and Nina Tilander. soprano, assisted by Peggy Ceklarz I Colby Christian Fellowship Concert. Mike Burris. acoustical guitarist A rt E x h i bits "Masters of the Southwest." from a private collection "High lights" from the collection / "An Artist's Eye. Alex Katz Curates Colby's Collection" I Fall Faculty Exhibit I "Being There: Images from Maine and France 1 992-1 996," Abbot Meader. Maine artist / "Connections: A Celebration of the Opening of the Pugh Center" "50 Years of American Prints: Technique and Image" I "ARCDXCll" I Colby Student Show Colby Senior Art Show / "The White Collection of American Crafts" Drama Performing Arts Productions Columbus, directed by Pro fessor Richard Sewell I Henry V. Shenandoah Shakespeare Express Tales of the Lost Form1cans, directed by Professor Joylynn Wing A Shayna Maidel, directed by Ruth Brancaccio Charlotte's Web, directed by Professor Tina Wentzel Suddenly Last Summer, directed by John Ervin I Nightingale, Figures of Speech Tour I The Rivals, directed by Professor

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Powder and Wig Productions Much Ado About Murder.

directed by Daniel Maccarone '98/ Fall One Act Savage Love, directed by Thomas Abbey ·97 I Mud. directed by Stephen Kidd '97 /Spring One Act Festival I Broadway Bound Independent Student Productions Endgame, directed by Shelley Wollert '98 I The Compleate Worl<s of Wilm Shkspr,

produced by Brent Felker '96, Stephen Kidd '97 and Kevin Landis '98 / Our Young Black Men Are Dying and Nobody Seems To Care I "Pretty Fire," a dramatic presentation based on a mono logue by African-Amencan actress Charlayne Woodward Dance The Spring Dance Concert. Colby Dancers

Other Events Todd Charles, comedian I Joe Perham ·ss. Maine humorist / SHOC 1mprov on Alcohol Awareness I Annual Halloween Reading of Ghost Stones, Professors Charles Bassett and James Boylan / "The Accounts of Luke," Bruce Kuhn, Broad· way actor I Jewel in Concert / Indigo Girls in Concert / Improb able Players I Ann Arbor Film Festival I Rebecca Hart Pro1ect I Colby lmprov I Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Division of Special Programs Lancaster Course Continuing Medical Education programs in anesthesiology, child abuse, childhood behavior problems, emergency medicine, forensic medicine, ophthalmology, or thopedics, pediatrics I Piano Institute, Church Music Institute, the Portland String Quartet, New England Music Camp "Pops" Concert I Alumni College / Institute for Leadership / l/EEE Biomedical Summer School, athletic camps in baseball, bas ketball, football, running, swimming and soccer I Great Books Institute I Various Maine groups such as Maine Quilt Show, Maine Math and Science Alliance, Maine Children's Alliance, Maine Lung Association Bike Trek, Computers for Kids

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