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Features

The Colby Difference The inauguration of

President William "Bro" Adams heralds a 14

new era at the College. The Hot Zone and the Cold War Frank

Malinoski '76 finds ebola and smallpox as

he goes behind the lines in the bio-wars. Nuclear Fiction Daniel Traister

'63 turns to

literature to convey the experience of the atomic bomb and its aftermath.

Dispatches

editor's desk 'I\.vo Philadelphia-area alumni

letters Classmate remembers Charles Tenny

face what others would like to ignore. '8-+;

A 14

Bio-detective

-< 6 Adams Inauguration

Colby should address social issues;

Robert E.L Strider responds on Vietnam. periscope Gleanings from Earl Smith's campus

newsletter, FY.I.

From the

Hill

on campus Journalist Bill Kovach warns of a

students Ana Prokic

threat to press; Adams on Apomlypse

Now.

'O-+ provides perspective

on her native Yugoslavia; Student Govern足 30

ment Association leaders' day never ends. faculty Elizabeth DeSombre shows students

the reality of environmental progress; Colby's post-doctoral scientists are chang足 ing the way science is taught; Q&A,

24 Lovejoy Convocation

Elizabeth Leonard talks history and war.

media Former ghosnvriter Stephanie Doyon

sports Football goes

development Foundation continues funding

alumni Carrie Allen

'93 makes a name for herself. 7-1 to take CBB;

women harriers' remarkable season. of Integrated Studies Program.

'96 fights "skinny man's

disease" in Niger; Sarah Eustis '96 takes to

the road and finds gifts of kindness.

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Large

class notes profiles

Charles Card '40

Carter 1\'ewell '77

Sarah Hudson '69 Helen ;.\lilby '87

obituaries

The Last Page

A Many-Mule Team A fresh look at the much足

maligned mascot.

Oispatche�ditorial From the Editor's Desk A few words on this issue of Colby and how it came to be.

co/by

Several months back, writer Peter Nichols of the University of Pennsylvania called and pitched a story about Daniel Traister '63 and his course Nuclear Fictions. Nichols

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knew Traister's course by reputation and had signed up to experience it firsthand.

Staff

After a semester, Nichols emerged profoundly impressed by Traister's knowledge and

Gerry Boyle

passion for a topic that many of us would prefer to ignore: the dropping of the atomic

Brian Speer art director

Soviet Union. Traister's examination of the nuclear age through its literature sounded

Robert Gillespie

interesting; Colby commissioned the article.

alumni at large editor

Nichols had just filed his story when another came across the desk: a New

Stephen C ollins

Yorker ar ticle on another product of the Cold War-biological weapons. The story,

Leo Pando illustrator

Dr. Frank Malinoski '76, one of the investigators who uncovered the Soviet

Alicia Nemiccolo MacLeay

Joanne Lafreniere

Malinoski subsequently had gone to work for a Philadelphia-area pharmaceutical

production coordinator

firm. We called Nichols, who had just emerged from the Cold War. His head still

Karen Oh

spinning with visions of mushroom clouds and black rain, he plunged back in to

contributing photographers

Peter Nichols, Earl Smith, Erin Rogers Douglas Rooks

place, marked by acts of kindness. There's inspiration in the football team and its remarkable turnaround. And where else can you find an artful exploration of the ong1ns and peculiar history of Colby's anachronistic mascot? Mules aside, as Elizabeth DeSombre points out to her environmental studies

'76,

'01,

Matt Apuzzo

Sarah Eustis

'96

'00,

contributing writers

Administration William D. Adams, president, Earl H. Smith. dean of the college; Peyton R. Helm, vice president for development and alumni relations; Margaret Felton Viens

celebration of "The Colby Difference." There is hope in stories of alumnae working to defeat AIDS in North Africa or traveling through rural America and finding a good

·03 ·03, Martha Mickles '71 (front cover)

Brian Speer, Jeff Earickson, Julia Stowe, Amity Burr Candace diCa�o. Jeff Siteman

aerosols-stories of international import that happen to have Colby connections.

President Bro Adams, his vision of the future of the College and the accompanying

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on-line coordinator

details about living in the nuclear bull's-eye and discovering experimental ebola

For balance this issue contains optimism aplenty in the inauguration of

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staff writer

Union's secret production of biological agents like smallpox and anthrax.

buoyed his spirits. The package he produced is a nonfiction page-turner with chilling

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executive editor

by Richard Preston, author of the bestseller The Hot Zone, prominently featured

While he did yeoman's duty, Nichols confided that writing these stories hadn't

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managing editor

bomb and the subsequent nuclear standoff between the United States and the

write about biological warfare.

number 1

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'77.

director of alumni

relations

Alumni Council Executive Committee '78, chair; Lou Richardson '67, vice chair; Eleanor Amidon '75, Rebecca Birrell '92, James Bourne '81, Hope Palmer Bramhall '56, Karl Domish Jr. '54, Bruce C. Drouin '74, Ernest V. Fortin '51, Todd W. Halloran '84, Joanne Weddell Magyar '71, Wendy Kennedy Ralph '90. Christopher Tompkins '89, Frank A. Wilson '73, Philip Wysor '70 John Devine

students (also in this issue), it can be a tough world out there. They can't expect Colby is published four times yearly.

to change the world for the better unless they accept that hard fact.

Address correspondence to:

1chols, our designated Philadelphia inquirer, produced some hard facts about

Managing Editor, Colby

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he Cold War and the post-Cold-War era. In both cases, Traister and Malinoski

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Waterville. ME

chose to face them squarely. We think readers of Colby will do the same. Colby

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Letters A Friend in Need

Focus on Social Ills, Please

Most of you have probably heard by now the sad news of the death of Charlie Ten ny '84 i n December of last year [ 1 999] . I fi rst met Charl ie in J apan during my j unior year abroad. I have memories of him as a funny, smart, friendly man in a foreign land. He had chosen J apan as his adopted country, and we both befriended a couple there: a J apanese woman who was our l anguage teacher and her dynamic husband, M ike, an expatriate American, who remained in J apan after his Fulbright scholarshi p had taken him from Hong Kong to J apan. I have these wonderful memories of travel ing around the J a panese countryside in Charlie's van, with him and his coll ie, Peggy , looking at rural J a panese architecture. We a l l shared a love for the country and had chosen to sn1dy the l anguage, the culture and the people. ow, al most I 0 years later, and after having not kept up a close relationship with them, except for phone calls, letters and sometimes e-mails, both Charlie and M ike are dead. Both from suicide. I cannot describe the sadness I feel for them, who must have fel t a lone in their adopted cow1try. I feel sad f or their famil ies, who survive with painful memories of their l i ves and the inevitable fee l ings of "what could I have done to prevent this." And lastly, I feel sad myself, for tl1ese two men were so i n fluential on my experiences and memories of a wonderful time in my l i fe. The Eastern philosophy looks differently on suicide tl1an we do in the \ Vestern world. I t i s considered an honorable "way out" o f a sit uation. It is not cowardly; it is not sacrilegious. Our theme as freshmen, and throughout my four years at Col by, was the understand ing of intolerance. And now a decade later, I have to say the one thing T remain intolerant of is i ntolerance. I hope I learn from this. I hope I am not insensitive to the feel ings of those around me. And I hope I remember to take a n extra m inute or two to let my friends know tl1ey are not alone.

Ethan R. Wiesler \Vinston-Salem,

'86

.C.

Editor'.r 11ote: 1\Jike Swift '85 11•rote about the life all(/ death of Charles Tenney '8-t in the October I Hartford Courant. The sto1y mn be read 011Ii11e (http:Ilco11mllt. ct110<L'. co111!11n1•sl special/11elsuicide 1.stm).

I am writing th.is letter Nov. 6, the eveni ng

before tl1e big election. For months now in Oregon it has been virtually impossible to go to work, go to tl1e store or even wal k down the street without finding myself caught up in conversation about the candidates. In tl1e past weeks I have l istened to opinions and rumors about what will happen if eitl1er candidate becomes president. I, l i ke everyone else, have my own ideas, formed by my experience and hopes, but also, for tl1e first time, through the work I have been involved with tl1is year as an AmeriCorps* VISTA volunteer. I work with people in crisis, those who are most affected by the policies our government enacts. For them, changes in government and policy may affect whetl1er or not tl1ey have enough money to buy food or whetl1er or not tl1ey can see a doctor when sick. I have found tl1at though tl1ey are often not visible to policy and policy makers, poverty and hunger do sti ll ex.ist in the United States. I t is important to me that we make these issues known to those who have tl1e power to create change. In the past week, as the noise of the election has risen to its peak, I received Colby magazine and was seriously disappointed with i ts content. The people I know from Colby are l iving across the nited States and a l l over the world. They consistently amaze and inspire me witl1 the work they do. I have Colby friends who have chosen to do the Peace Corps, Teach for America and tl1e Jesuit volunteer corps and to work for Hospice. I know Colby alumni who are becoming teachers, who have worked on the part of AIDS patients, who are teaching Engl ish to refugees and immigrants, and who have been AmeriCorps vol unteers for more tl1an one year of service. All are engaged in addressing important issues i n our society, issues that should be at tl1e forefront of our minds right now but wh.ich are sadly im"isible i n the media and i n candidates' speeches. They are worki ng to alleviate poverty, to better our education system, to fight hunger, preserYe tl1e environment, improve heatl1 care, and advocate for those who cannot advocate for themselves. I question why, especially during such an important election, Colb_>1 is not highlighting these alumni. In fail ing to highlight them we have, as a commwiity, m issed out on

knowledge tl1at w i l l never come from tl1e media or candidates' mouths.

Andrea Keisler

'99

Portland, Ore. More on Vietnam

The picture opening "

Turbulent Time"

(Colby, spring 2 000) caught my eye because I am the photographer. I can't remember what issue of The Colby Echo this was shot for, but I do remember many of the people in the picnire. From left to right are Sheila Marks '72 , ick Bal las 'H, Sylvia Jenkins 'Tl and Paul Ford '72 . That picture resulted in some notoriety to tl1e Col lege (and me) as i t was picked up by one of the wires (AP or PI) and reprinted in newspapers across tl1e country. Seeing this picture, and the one of tl1e ma rch through Watervi l le, remi nded me what a heady time this was at Colby (and I mean that in more ways than one).

Michael Have_>'

'72

H ancock, N . H . Messrs. \Vitthoft a n d Starkis take exception, in their own way, to my reaction to Gerry Boyle's Colby magazine article, "A Turbulent Ti me" (spring 2 000), on the anti war movement at Colby during tl1e late '60s \Vhat \Vhittl1oft may find l aughable now surely wasn't laughable in those turbulent days. It is no simple matter, i n deed, to gauge America's mood during that period, unless you were an active participant. M aybe that explains \Nhittl1of't s circular reasoning that it was okay for Colby protesters to trample the Bill of Rights si nce i t was assumed tl1at the 1 ixon Administration was about to break tl1em-or a l ready had-anyway. There is also a simple answer to \Yittl1oft's question about why is it okay for the Colby veterans to "put tl1at m i l i tary portion of their l ives behind them" and not okay for Colby's anti-war students. I t is ob\'ious, of course, tl1at the Colby veterans went, after graduation, to fight a war for what they thought was just. They then, after four difficul t years, went on with their l iYes-frequently ,,;th physical and emo tional scars. The anti-war protesters, on the other hand, fought what they thought was an unjust cause but stopped upon gradua tion-ultimately <lri,·ing their "BiVT\\'s to thei r kid's soccer practice . "

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tters

That same question seems to trouble Stark:is. I djd not imply that the \'iemam

pointless but barking up the \1Tong tree.

educate the community about mental

This was not tirilldity but principle.

illness through personal presentations.

And I still think it would have been

I'm concerned tl1at one sentence in the

war protesters ,,·ere felon . (His experience

inappropriate for someone in so public a

profile was taken out of context and does not

is proof that they were not.) Nothing from

veterans were all good guys and that all anti

position of leadersrup as the presidency of a co!Jege to demonstrate against tl1e war. In a

accurately describe tl1e people I work with.

that period i that simple. I made no mention of, or implied, a lack of stout

later year, in my retirement, I thought tl1e

like a child would" is misleading and can

The statement "they need attention almost

hearted men and women at Colby during

Gulf\Var a great mistake but did not think

feed common stereotypes about the men

that period. There must have been many,

it proper to demonstrate against it. The

tally ill. While I work with a few individuals

cow1try, rightly or wrongly, was supporting

Stark.is e,·identially included. But it is O\'erly simpb tic to draw Starkis's

it. I believe in supporting decisions tl1e

one-on-one who requjre a rugher level of assistance, the majority of adults who attend

conclusion that "good-guy, bad-guy thin.k

cow1try espouses, whether my own feelings

my classes are competent and gifted people

ing" led us to the \'iemam\hr.\Ve only

follow the reasoning of tl1ose who made the

capable of making independent choices and

wish "the\Var" had been that simple. This

decisions or not.

\1Titer, as he wrote in the summer issue, is

decisions not yet made is another story. That

ttempting to influence

decisions. Throughout my seven years in tl1e mental health field, both as residential

consistent. Boyle wrote of-even glorified

is the time for sigrung petitions and joining

counselor and art teacher, I have worked

the anti-war period at Colby.\\'hy not gi\'e

demonstrations, whatever one's official

daily to overcome the stigma and discrimi

equal time, in a manner of speaking, to the

position or profession might be, for it is

nation directed at those with mental illness,

Colby \'iemam veteran? He or she may have

through such avenues tl1at democracy can

and to treat all with dignity and respect.

something to teach us, too.

express itself.

John Bmssem

It is especially important to clarify tl1e

The College supported AFROTC

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Bedford, :\'.Y. \\'hen l read in a recent issue of

Colby an

language in my profile in light of a recently

through tl1e Viemam vVar, and it was only

defeated ballot measure in Maine. Question

afterward that the Pentagon removed our

5 would have finally reversed an antiquated

program from its list.\Ve were small and

law that denies tl1e right to vote for adults

considered econonucally of too bttle signifi

with mental illness who have a guardian.

opiruon that I had been "timid" about

cance. After alJ, tl1e rilllitary judged the

The only state in the nation with such a law

expre ing Ill)' views on the Viemam\Var I

importance of our program in the national

still on the books, Maine effectively singles

,,.a a bit taken aback. I could be criticized for

picture on the same scale as that of a big place

many things in those years, as most of us

like Texas

could, but "timidity" was hardly one of them.

ROTC officers arurnally in contrast to our

mental retardation or Alzheimer's, to vote. I

15. Officials in the

be]jeve the measure failed due to society's

The young man who made this remark

'i\I, who graduated 2,500 ir Force expressed regret

out the mentally ill while allowing others under guardianship with disabilities such as

profe sed tO ha,·e been a peripheral part of

that we were being terminated because tl1e

lack of understanding and acceptance of

the occupation of the AFROTC offices in

quality of our graduates who also earned

mental illness and the persistence of

the spring of 1972. He upbraided me for nor

comnussions was consistently rugh. But we

inaccurate stereotypes.

joining in that protest instead of trying

just could not compete in the number.

bring it to an end. HI di appro,·ed of the

All of us will continue to be in debt to all

Over the years I have learned so much from the individuals I work with. I am

''ar '' h) <lidn 't f support those who were

tl1ose who are listed on the Viemam

dcmon'>trating again t it, and o on. Bur if

�Iemorial in\Vashington, and especially to

students' courage, talent and ability. They

he had been li<,tening

those from Colby who took part in tl1at

have taught me about the language of

me in my discus

continually moved and inspired by my

'1ons '' ith rhme im·oked in the occupation

tragic war. It is gratifying tl1at they too have

mental illness and how exjsring negative

he '' oul<l h<l\c heard me argue that

been remembered at Colby in their own

images in our culture affect them person

\!'ROTC had nothing

speciaI way.

ally. I appreciate the opportunity to clarify

<lo '' ith the

\ icmam \\ ar or a militari'>tic stance.

my own words on this very important issue.

I ndccd, the point of our maintaining

Robert E. L. Strider

\FRO'! C ''a'> to encourage those who

Boston, �lass.

'' ould 'omc <l.1� lead our milital)

read

hi.,tol) and poet!) and phdo.,oph�, li'>ten to mu,1e <llld appreciate ''orl'> of art. I had

�1y experience at Colby, especially in the Art Department, was very positive and I know helped prepare me for the job J do

Beyond the Stigma

I \IOuld like to thank Bob Gillespie for

today. \tVe just finished a very successful mask exhibit at the Portland Public Library

nothing again't the m1lira11 academic but

describing the work I do a an art teacher at

and were told it was one of their most

felt that liberal arh college' had a .,pee1al

Shalom I lou e. ,\s stated in the profile

popular shows ever. Thanks again for the

role to phl) 111 educating ) oung people ''ho

(Coll�i·,

nice article!

might Lner h<l\e •l chance

111tluence

'' ith mental illness ]i,·e as independently as

milir.111 th1nling. Ir ne, er \1ould ha' e

po��ible." Our focu i the client's recm·ery, and <llong ''ith the art program, there are

occurred

join or nor join �uch an

occupanon. for I thought ir nor on!)

fall 2000), "our goal is t0 help people

�e\eraI client-run groups '' ho5e aim is to

Carolyn Trent '82 Portland, Maine

periscop�ispatches Gleaned from Earl S m i t h ' s news letter, FYI

A Tangled Web We Weave

Moosecellaneous

The i nsta l lation of President Bro Adams was webcast around

the world on October 2 1 , marking the first time ever that a major Colby event was made ava ilable live on the I n ternet. \tVh i l e i t is i m possible to know how many people tuned in, the

A flock of wild turkeys was spotted mil ling

in the news as a finalist for

aroW1d the Colby sign at the Mayflower Hill

Year . . . and you may remember a hard-fought

Drive approach to campus in September. . . .

Colby-Bates volleyball match two or three years

The biggest applause line at tills year's freshman

ago, when Ms. Colby wr.s the standout player for

matriculation convocation came when Parker

Bates and Jackie Bates '98 was the standout

Beverage (admjssions) told the assembled Ciass

player for Colby. . . . The killdness of security

of '04: "One of you is named Colby, and none of

officer Tim Lynch, who went out of rus way to

you is named Bates or Bowdoin"-a fine

off-site server recorded 645

help a recent visitor at tl1e Museum of Art,

welcome for Colby Schroath '04 from

requests. Credit Karen O h '93

in the Communications Office, who spearheaded the venture.

CM Woman of the

resulted in a generous gift to the museum's art

Garrettsvil le, Oruo. Meanwhile, at a small liberal

acquisition fund. The check arrived out of the

arts college down the turnpike, Amanda Colby, a

blue with a note commendillg Tim as "an

standout volleyball player for Bates, was recently

excellent ambassador for Colby."

Scholar Athletes

The New England Small

country; Jon Ryder '02

husband Paul Machlin (music)

formerly taught at Middlebury,

College Athletic Conference

and daughter Erica saw while

is now at the

(NESCAC) has announced its

(Wi l l i ngton, Conn.) soccer;

traveling in Europe-while their

Pi ttsburgh at Bradford.

(Newbu1yport, Mass.) cross

Fall 2 000 All-Academic Team,

Carolyn Szum ' 0 1 (Amherst,

whjch consists of the top five

N . H .) soccer; Jessica Weisbein '01 ( Rydal, Pa.) volleyball; and

men and women from each

Mary Zito '02 (Manhasset,

conference school. Each must

niversity of

own dog was in a Maine kennel: "Perhaps, as my acquaintance

Pretty " High Touch"

suggested, I was romanticizing

Folks l i ke to borrow the

European dogs, seeing them as

marketing term "hjgh touch"

have a G PA above 3 . 3 5 . Colby's

N.Y.) field hockey. We salute

embodying qualities of order and

when describing Colby's very

classroom stars are: J ustin

tl1em a l l !

freedom our own restless and

personal approach to student

Arrurault '01 ( Plymouth, Mass.)

excitable American dog lacks."

services in tl1eir myriad facets.

soccer; C h ris Cogbill '02

To the Dogs

(LaCrosse, Wis.) cross country;

"�Tho Let tl1e Dogs Out?

Citing Carl

examples, but we think it will be

Europeans1" says sometimes

Retired director of Col by's

tough to top the high (geo

Jason Cummings '02

( Pittsfield, Maine) football;

Colby teacher Susan Sterling. In a November 26 essay in the

Drew Johnson ' 0 1 (Mnneapo

travel section of Tbe New York

l is, M i n n . ) footbal l ; Sara Lovitz ' 0 1 (Fairfield, Maine) soccer;

Times, Sterling writes about the

Maria Mensching '02

abundance of dogs that she,

There are always plenty of

heal tl1 services and lead athletic

grapruc, if not otherwise) touch

trainer Carl Nelson is the

of our elegantly mustachioed

subject of an article i n the

registrar, George Coleman.

ovember issue of NATA

\Vh j le on vacation in Prince

(National Athletic Trainers Association)

Assault with a Bushy Tail Anyone who ' s spent time on Mayflower H i l l knows our friendly c h i p m u n k s . Several b u i l d i ngs have them as pets, and security d i spatcher Joe Roy even had one that would come indoors and c l i m b onto his head. The gray squirrels are usually more standoffi s h . Early t h i s fa l l , one j uven i l e squ irrel s e t up shop a t the south entrance of M i l ler Library and chased away anyone who tried to use that door. " It would run up to people and scare the crap out of them , " said Secu rity Officer Ron

Cutter, who took the c a l l . Working solo, Officer Cutter rerouted traffic and , armed with j u st a cardboard box, approached the

�

1 "°'�""�'

perpetrator. When the squi rrel parried , Ron brought the carton of justice down swiftly. He sat

for an hour with h i s feet on the box

Ne-ws.

The piece

Edward Island last summer, George, remembering the name

recounts Carl's i l l ustrious 34-

of an entering freshman from

year career at Colby and as a

tl1at land who had not yet pre

national leader in tl1e growth of

registered for classes, went to

athletic trairung as a profession.

tl1e house, knocked on the door

"I can't say enough about the

and got the job done.

sma l l liberal arts col lege with a great attitude toward recogniz

Long on Computers

ing individual pursuits," Carl

Col by's i n form a tion technology

says. "Colby College is great! "

senrices director Ray Phillips

Green Economics

cubic feet of computers (mea

Tom Tietenberg (econonucs)

sured i n tlleir boxes) were

reports tllat more than 2 ,000

and Wendy Naysnerski

Morrison '90 are editors of a

distributed on campus tl1is fa l l . O n e quarter of Col by's fleet o f

new series of publications that

1 ,2 00 College-owned comput

explore the influence of eco

ers was rep l aced . ITS crews set

nonucs on the development of

up 300 new machines and

environmental and natural

real l ocated 2 5 0 "old" ones. Seventy-six percent of tile new

flaps waiting for Watervi l l e ' s a n i m a l

resource policy. The series is

control officer. H a ppy e n d i n g : Ron

published by the I n ternational

machines run the iYiaci ntosh

reports the young rodent was

Library of Environmental

system, 2 4 percent the

deemed healthy and was treated at a

Economics. i\ 1orrison, who

i\ 1 i crosoft �'indows system .

s q u i rrel rehab fac i l ity in Vassal boro and released.

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M ath professors T h o m a s Berger, left, a n d W i l l i a m Berli nghoff, perform i n t h e Colby Coffe e h o u s e d u ri n g festivities m ar k i n g t h e i n augurat i o n of Pre s i d e nt Bro Ad a m s . B e rger a n d Berli nghoff lead a fol k-m u s i c gathering eve r y w e e k .

T H E

A R T S

M A R Y

L 0 W

C O M M O N S

f very Tuesday

Night, They're Just Folk

The -+O or so people assembled i n the Coffeehouse i n Ma1-y Low already had been treated to fiddler John Kuehne (in formation technology services) and his bluegrass band, and singer/guitarist Eli zabeth Leonard (history) was waiting in the wings. Filling the middle of the inauguration weekend bill were math professors \Vi l liam Berl inghoff and Thomas Berger. " I 'm Bill and this is Tom," Berlinghoff said, givi ng his guitar strings a last tweak. " vVe're from the math department, but we have other lives, too." Three years ago the pair attended a math department get-together at the home of another member of the department. Berl inghoff brought his guitar, folk m usic was played, and a chapter in Colby Coffeehouse history had begun. Every Tuesday night since, they have hosted a hootenanny in Mary Low H a l l . (Berl inghoff, who teaches every other semester as a visiting professor, comes even during terms when he is not teaching.) They typically attract 20 or more students, and a sprinkling of area folk musicians, for two and a half hours of participatory music. "One student was interested in playing the harmonica," Berger said, "so T gave him a harmonica. I have a variety of [ H ohner] Mari ne Bands. They just play and play and play." And so do Berlinghoff and Berger, nearly -+O years after each fi rst picked up an instru颅 ment. ow their repertoire includes songs by Bob Dylan, Y\'oodie Guthrie, Gordon Bok, J a mes Tuylor and a lot of artists in between . This acoustic music from before the beginning o f recorded-at least i n terms o f C D burning-time might seem the last thing that would appeal t o the generation o f rap, hip hop and tech no. But Berl inghoff and Berger find that today's Colby students have folky roots. "Often what we'll hear is, 'Oh, yeah. I know that stuff,"' Berlinghoff said. "':\ l y parents had those albums."' -Geny Boyle '";8

"We are gratefu l for the opportunity to work in a community that renews itself each year with bright, energetic young people; to be invigorated by such splendid faculty col leagues; to meld our life work with a passionate belief in the liberal arts; and to be part of a team that fervently believes in this great institution. " Dean of the College Earl Smith,

bringing greetingsfrom the administration C O L B Y

路

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Whitney King (chemistry) instructs a team competing in the GPS scavenger hunt on campus during inauguration weekend.

S C I E N C E

A N D

T E C H N O L O G Y

D A N A

D I N I N G

H A L L

A Race Walk for the Times A hand-held global positioning system (GPS) unit can pinpoint a pot on the su rface of the earth with i n one meter. earcher use GP

t Col by, re

to record the location of geologic samples and to

record the range of indi\·idual birds, among other applications. C ing GP

to turn a n old-fashioned campus scavenger hunt into a

high-tech tri\·ia chase was part of The Colby D i fference. fi\·e team of students, facul ty, ta ff, alum ni and trustees raced from clue to clue Friday afternoon, the i r locations were recorded e\·ery fi\·e seconds. E\ ent co-chair .

King arranged a n el aborate handicap system for the hw1t, using average team ages and bonuses for recruiting trustees, staff a n d community members. One (fai rly easy) clue, " A sol i d reminder o f the promise of research i n the p u rsuit o f levity," sent team s scurryin g for the anti gravity monument near the tennis courts. Afterward G P S data was loaded inro a computer, wh ich pl otted courses and speed s . Results were presented tha t night in D a n a . Organizers were a b l e t o verify t h a t each team reached required

ociate Profes or of Chemistry D . \Vhimey

King dreamed up the trea ure hunt a fter he heard Larkspur Morton Lalk about her resea rch rndying gray jays. "I T e re' technology being

destinations i n the correct order, and it was clear how quickly and how far afield teams traveled. Though the h u n t was conducted over a two-ki l ometer course, teams averaged five kilom eters i n th e i r

used b� people on campu and in society in genera l , " said King.

wanderings . In th e end t h e electronic evidence h e l ped decide the

" \ \ 'ouldn't iL be neat

winners. " I t was pretty obvious when people were i n a car," said

do something fun that incorporates that?"

\ course \l a s mapped clues \1 ere prepared, and a computer program

as \I ritten b� John Kuehne (TT ) u ing GPS and G lobal

King, who assessed a penalty for the vehicular transgression and threw the race into a tie.

-Alicia

emiccolo NfacLeay

'97

I n f ormation S� stem (C I S) to display on an aerial phorograph where t he teams 11 em.

"You will bring to Colby an exacting intell igence, great enthusiasm mixed with great stamina, generous confidence i n people at their best and limited interest in them at their least, an eagerness to stretch Colby mixed with a firm respect for its traditions, and, above all, your sense that a good laugh can carry us further than any expression of worry. " T Villiam ;w. Chace, president

of Emo1y

U11iversity,

Adams's friend rmdfo1111er colleague

" I bring you greetings and a warm welcome from the 22,373 Colby College alumni . . . a diverse organization with representatives from all fifty states, three U . S . territories and an impressive seventy foreign countries . "

John B.

S E R V I C E

Devine Jr. '78,

C O T T E R

president of the Altmmi Association rmd chair of the flluumi Council

U N I 0 N

New Perspectives Transform Students In the Fishbowl, between the Cotter Unjon lobby and the Spa, past

and present snidents from Professor Phyl lis Mannocchi's American

Mark Edgar '0 1 showed a documentary on Watervi lle firefighters. The son of a police officer, he volunteered at the

snidies course, American Dreams: The Documentary Film Perspec

\IVaterville Fire Department and got the feeling that "no one ever

tive, projected The Colby Difference on screen. Documentary videos

listens to these guys."

showed dispossessed teenagers, \tVaterville firefighters, a Latino

After an intense semester in production, Edgar and his team

bodega, convicted felons who visit schools to scare students straight

showed their video last spring in the annual American Dreams

and women who perform as exotic dancers in Lewiston.

presentation. Six fire trucks parked outside Given Auditorium that

The course description reads: "Through a series of essays, students work toward a creative resolution of our issues and di lem

njght, and the firemen watched. Said Edgar, "All eight of these big, burly guys had tears in their eyes," watchjng the video probe feelings

mas." Mannocchi says the course gets students i n touch with a larger

about accident victims they couldn't save, risks they l ive with and a

community and i ts problems. The students are transformed,

comrade who succumbed to cancer. At the encl it was the firefighters

sensitized to worlds outside the Colby campus and empowered by

who received a standing ovation.

their own success as video technjcians and storytellers.

"This is the thing I ' l l take away from Colby and show people,"

" I had no idea my team was capable of creating something we would be so proud of," said Li ndsay Hayes '99, who came back to

Edgar said. "Phyllis has the power l ike I 've never seen in a professor to motivate students."

-Stephen Collins

'74

Colby to introduce a video about Watervi lle teenagers struggl ing on the margins of society. " I t's amazing how invested we got," she said. " I t makes me want to make a difference. It makes me want to be a thoughtful and present parent when that time comes for me. It shows how important parents and teachers are," said H ayes, who is applying to graduate programs in education. " I keep a copy of that video with me always; I ' m so proud of i t. "

From left, M atthew Reeber ' 0 1 , L i n d s ay Prich a rd '01 a n d S a ra h B e l a nge r ' 0 1 , m e m bers of P h yl l i s M a n nocc h i ' s American Stud i e s cours e , A m e ri c a n Drea m s : T h e Docu m e ntary Fi l m Perspective , at t h e v i d eo e d i t i n g station i n M i l l e r Libra r y. T h e t r i o produced " At T h i s Po i nt i n M y Life , " a v i d e o about prison i n m ates w h o travel to schools to s p e a k about t h e m i stakes they've m a d e .

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colby

INAUGURAL

addre ss

President William D . Ada m s , Sat u rday, October

2 1 , 2000

Presidential inaugurations have been uncommon i n the modern

\Nh at those s tu d e n ts fi nd when they a rrive has a l so changed in

l i fe of Colby-o n ly six in the entire 2 0th century and only two i n the

many ways over tl1e past seve ral decades. The physical changes

l a st 40 year .

from academic a n d resi dential spaces to the ubiq u i ty of new tech

I contemplated th is day and what I might say to you,

these facts were \·ery much on my m i n d . If Colby's h istory is i n any

nologies-are notable a n d exci ting. But i n sti l l deeper a n d more

way pred icti\·e-an d I \·ery much hope it is-this moment will not

consequential ways, the power and range of our teach i n g a n d learn

come agam soon.

i n g have a lso advanced appreciably. \Ve offer more i n more compel

\\nat ort of moment is it? In the most common meaning of the

l i n g ways tha n eve r before, a n d tl1e creativi ty, profess ional aspi ration

word, it i of cour e a moment o f begi n n ing, the start of something

and competitive pressures that fuel tl1ese changes w i l l certa i n l y not

new. And what i new, what begins today, is only partly connected to

abate a n y time soo n .

the relatively unfamil i a r face among you, though that is not uni mpor

T h e College 's capacity t o respond to these pressures a n d opportu

tan t . The fu l l est meaning of this day embraces the entire Colby com

n i ties has depended i n part on our recent success i n augmenting the

m u n i t:y a n d s i gn a l s a col l ective begi n n i n g, or more p recisely a

fi nancial resources available to us. That success has had a great deal

re-begi n n i ng, of the common enterprise. It is a moment, then, that

to do with the rem arkable vigor o f the U.S. economy during the past

lead

u naturally to recal l our most fundamental commitments a n d

decade. Partly a s a result of that vi gor, several du n gs are true. Fi rst, the fi nancial markets have permitted us to i ncrease our endowment

t h e w a y i n which we currently meet tl1em. In a till broader ense, howe\·er, the moment is also about the future

even a s we i nvest su·ategica l l y i n tl1e i nstitution . And second, philan

and thi ngs not yet known. This sense of anticipation is wonderfully in

tl1ropic support of tl1is a n d similar i nstitutions has expanded dramati

scribed i n the ro t of tl1e word "inaugurate," which has to do with "au

cally in recent years.

gur" and "auguration" and the interpretation of signs and omens. The classicists among us know a l ready what the

0-'ford English Dic

Other encouraging omens might be observed here, but I tl1 i n k this

is sufficient to suggest that the picture of what tl1e world has i n store

tio11my says about this matter. The augur was "a religious official among

for us is reassuring in several important ways.

course of public busine s, i n accordance witl1 omens derived from the

tl1at tl1is is not tl1e whole picture. And while it may not have been

the Roman whose du�· it was to predict future events and advise the

But you w i l l probably not be surprised to hear me say just as quickly

flight and singing and feeding of birds, the appearance of tl1e entrails of

politica l ly correct for the augu r of ancient times to mention less than

sacrificial \·ictims, celestial phenomena and other portents."

perfectly reassuri n g th i n gs, let me tel l you what else I thi n k the " fl ight

\ \'i s h i n g to leave no stone unturned, the i n a ugural commi ttee has cle\ erly arranged for pigeons a n d the sacri fi ce of the represen tati \ eS of certa i n n e ighboring l i beral a rts col leges. You r names w i l l

be ca l i ed short! r

\ bit more seriou ly, I want to share witl1 you today some tl1oughts of col l cctin� begi nning and purpose, and the sense of looking ahead sec

hat might be coming.

I· ngaging fi rst in the role of the augur, I would tell you that many of the 01m:ns hO\·ering about this remarkable enterprise of ours are mmt encouraging. I ndeed, 1 think that it may not be too stretch ing to

SJ ) t h a t t h i n gs ha\ c nc\ er looked more promising in se\•eral im por t•llH

a) s.

I he most encouraging omen of a l l , of course, is the level of inter est

t he cducauon \1 c prm idc. L i ke other highly selecti\•e liberal

.I ris col l eges, Colll) has seen applicatiom gr<)\\ steadily and impres '>I\

recent ) e;1 rs . \ l ore and more high school seniors a re seeking

u-. out , •llld the student

\I C ulnma tcl) enro l l are b) e\ ery measure

more 1.1l cnted 11 ith C<Kh pa.,.,rng ) C<lr.

Transformed for the inaugural ball, the College field house was packed with students. staff, a l u m n i and friends. Opposite, the three

11 ing Colb

presidents sh ared a moment. From left, Bro Adam s ,

Robert E . L. Stnder I I and

Nearly 40 years ago, Clark Kerr, chance l l o r of the U n i versity of California, published

The

Uses

of the University,

a short but remark

able book on the future o f An1erica n higher education. The basic

inspired b) these related meanings of tl1e ina ugural moment: the sense ro

and singing and feeding of birds" a re currently te l l ing us.

1 l l iam R Cotter.

pren1ise of tl1at important work was that the American system of 11-igher

1 \ .vo forces a re driving this prospect. First,

education h a d entered a new and a l togeth er d i ffe rent p h ase of i ts h i s to ry, w h i c h Kerr

and in spite o f tl1e recently strong economy,

ca l l ed i ts "second great transform a tion . " At

powerful concerns about the steadily grow

the very heart of th a t tra ns formation, he ar

ing cost o f our enterprise remain very m uch

gued, was the gro w i n g i m portance of the

al ive. That concern w i l l surely reemerge, and

"know l edge industry"-our i n dustry-to the

when i t does so too w i l l the notion that other,

basic structure and fu ndamenta l health of the

more efficient means of transferri n g knowl

American economic system.

edge need to be developed.

At the risk o f being sl i gh tl y hyperbo l i c , I

In the meantime, and in light of the mag

th i n k it is the case that American h i gher edu

n i t u d e o f the e d u c a t i o n m a r k e t in t h e U n i ted S ta tes, there i s p l e n ty o f i n terest

cation may be a pproach i n g i ts "th i rd great tra n s f orm a ti o n , " or a t l east an im portant n ew cycle w i t h i n i ts sec

among i nvestors and en trepreneurs a l i ke i n the prospect o f profit

o n d . And that tra n s f o rmation i s rooted i n the steady i ntensification

m a k i n g a l ternatives to tradition a l , not-for-profit p u b l i c and private

o f the reciprocal dependency between our e n terprise and the nation's

educational i nstitutions. All o f these trends and pressures have conn·ibuted i n \'arious ways

productive l i fe a n d orga n i zations. The evidence for t h i s a m p l i fication i s everywhere, but nowhere i s

to tl1e erosion of the ideals and practices o f l iberal education. That

i t m o r e obvious than i n the closer and more consequential collabora

erosion has not a l ways been noi sy, but i ts e ffects have been steady and

tion between col l eges and u n iversities and the many small and l a rge

incontroverti ble: of tl1e roughly 1 4 m i l l i on students enrolled today in

corporate concerns com m i tted to the e l aboration of new technolo

this country's col l eges and universities, fewer than 2 5 0,000-ahom 2

gies- i n f ormation a l , biological and productive. These "kJlowledge

percent-are enrol led in residential l i bera l arts coll eges l i ke Col by.

i n d u stry cl uste rs," as Kerr ca l l ed them, have emerged across the

And herein l i es the precise and im portant irony of our s i tuation.

coun try, in both fa m i liar and new places, and in many forms of i ndus

\t\lh i l e Colby and oth er h i ghly selective national l i bera l arts col leges

tria l and economic col l a boration.

flourish and grow stronger each year, tl1e practice of l i beral learning

Principa l l y because of these connections, American coll eges and

in the broader context of American h igher education i s i n decline.

universities have experienced deeper and more insistent demands for a

This trend is worrisome for se\•eral reasons. First, the relevance

perfectly obvious kind of programmatic relevance. The demands come

and i m pact of our enterprise has in part to do witl1 i ts reach across the

from two directions-from the corporate and industrial consumers of

American social landscape. \Ve ought to \1ew tl1e n a rrowi n g o f that

tl1e products of tl1e knowl edge industry and from parents and prospec

landscape witl1 some concern .

tive students who clearly and correctly sense tl1e increasingly tight cor

Second, one of the i m portant characteristics of l i beral learning has

relation between higher education and the prospects for professional

been its commitment to a un i fying vision of the educational enter

success in an economy so dom inated by knowledge.

prise across disciplinary and professional academic boundaries. The

A related change of much recent discussion is tl1e no

wea kening o f that vision w i l l lead to the fu rther compartmenta l i za

tion of "the vi rtual un iversity." The u l ti mate promise of

tion o f our i n te l lectu a l practices, with distressing consequences for

this formation i s uncl ear, but i ts advocates are a l ready

our public l i fe .

chal lenging the core assumptions and condition of the

Consider h o w m u c h shared i n tel l ectual purpose and i n terdisci p l i

l i bera l arts col lege-the campus, the classroom and the

nary dia logue i t w i l l require f o r us as a nation t o d e a l w i t h t h e mas

real (as opposed to virtual) re lationsh i ps among students

sively complex issues that tl1e knowledge i n d ustry has a l ready placed

and teachers in a residential setting.

in our laps and that are now matters o f h i gh public policy debate. The

Another even more radical prospect, less broadly dis

moral and pol i tical conundru ms created by the i n f ormation technol

cussed but every bit as fateful, is the possi b i l i ty tl1at tl1e

ogy revol ution and the biological sciences, for i n stance, arc not vague

lmowledge industry w i l l begin to m i grate, i n part or in

apparitions looming somewhere dmm the track; they a re goi n g by us

whole, outside the nearly exclusive control o f coll eges and

even as we speak. How will our studen ts-the u l ti m ate arbiters of

un iversities and i nto for-profit corporate settings of ei

many of tliese matters i n tl1e pol i tical realm-acquire the i ntel l ectu a l

ther the virtual or embodied \'ariety.

capacities t o d e a l w i th t h e m i f w e do n o t teach tliem?

" It is a moment both solemn and joyous, both excellent and fair, as the poet Emily Dickinson puts it, and l i ke the conferral of an honorary degree, this inaugural that welcomes William D. Adams into our diverse commun ity of scholars is for all time-irrevocable. No one else can or ever wi ll be the nineteenth president of Colby College . " Lee Family Professor of English Cedric B1yn11t,

bri11gi11g greetingsfrom the faculty

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Flanked by dignitaries and friends of the College, Bro Adams, right, waits to deliver his inaugural address. From left are Colleen A .

Khoury '64, v i c e chair of the Board of Trustees; Congressman Tom

Allen and James B. Crawford '64 , chair of the Board of Trustees.

J a mes h ad in m i n d w h en he spoke of h i s own p h i l osophy as being concerned with "the conduct of l i fe . " \\'hat J am es h a d i n m i n d , I think, m ight be best understood i n terms of several closely related q uestions. An d t h e fi rs t a n d most i m portan t rel a tes t o o u r \�sion o f t h e h i storical moment we i n habit a n d t h e challenging terrain t h a t a l l of us encounter as members o f a com mon enterprise. \\'hat are the broad and broadly shared contours of the experience our students \1• i l l have as members o f American soci ety at this moment i n our col lective h istory? \ \ 'h a t demands and chal l e n ges will they confron t as c i t i zens, as profess i o n a l s , a s private persons' And what i n l ight of those experiential features and demands are we certain they w i l l need to encounter and experience in their time w i th us' Answering th is last question i n this forum i s both difficult and risl'}'· I w i l l try nevertheless, knowing I w i l l have years to expla i n and defend myself:

h at do a l l of these omens-the encouraging and the worri

• A pragmatic conception of l iberal learning will be i nterdiscipl i

ome, the comforting and the not so comforting-mean to

nary i n spirit, striving t o acquaint students with the i nterconnec

us as \\ e con ider the other side of th is inaugural moment, the mo

tions among thi ngs and the means we have of understanding them; • I t w i l l be multicu l tural and i n ternational i n perspective, provi d

ment of col l ecti\·e begi nning and renewaP \\'e

hould agree to recogn i ze, fi rst of a l l , that the encouraging

omens I mentioned earlier ha\·e a great deal to do \\'ith the commit

ing th e i n tel lectual foun dations for engaging the cultu ra l diver sity and complexity of American society and the worl d ;

ment and accomplish m ents of this community over many year . The

• I t w i l l be committed t o t h e values of democratic citizenship, com

Colb� of thi precise moment-so adm i rably a ro·acti\•e and strong

munity senrice and social justice, and to understanding th e prin

is som ething that e\·eryone as ociated with i t-students and facul ty,

cipal forms o f i n stitution a l and orga n i za tional l i fe and how

administrarors and

upport sta ff, trustees and a l u m n i , parents and

indivi duals shape and change i nstitutions and orga n i zations; • I t will be concerned with the forms and history of technology

friends-should \·iew with enormou pri de. Fspeci a l l ) i n this i n augural moment, that recogn i tion should give us comiderable confi dence-confidence in our fundamental quality .111d ca pabil ities, first and f oremost, and confidence in the likeli hood

and \vith the methods and practices of the natural sciences, which form the i ntellectual f o undations of those technologies; • T t \vi JJ be committed to providing the intellectual foundations of moral judgment and the ability to negotiate complex moral terrain;

that \\ e can be e\ en better and stronger in the future. But better in \\ hat speci fic \\·a)·s: \\'ith an eye on all the omens, let

• I t will be com m i tted to the creative i magination and to the works and practices that embody and exempl i fy that im agination;

me mennon hriefl� se\ era l that are on my m i n d . '\o\\ .111 d i n the years a h e a d , I think \\ e must b e comm i tted t o the

• I t \1· i l l be com mi tted to fundamental i ntel l ectual capacities-the

stead) rei m ention of the practices of l i beral learning. I say this not

capacity to com municate, to think ana lytica l l y and critical ly,

becau'e I fea r that demand for the particular brand of l i beral learning

among others.

\\ e prm ide \\ i l l someho\\ e\ aporate-the omens here suggest some

The democratic thrust of this view of l i beral learn i ng is closely

r h 1 n g \ e � d i fferent-but rather because our rrength and excellence

related to a second major clement of our ambition in the coming years:

c.:re.He the opportu n i �

do some stri king things, and because the

let us make certa i n that the education we provide rem a i ns accessible

d� n ;1 1 1 1 1 c leadersh i p of places like Colb) \\ i l l hm·e a great deal to do

to all those q u a l i fied to benefit from i ts riches. Thi

\I n h the pro pec:rs for l i beral learning in the broader conte:-.t of \meri

two additional areas of concern and effort.

c:.1 11 h 1 !,d1er educ.nion.

involves a t least

First, and in spite of the recent and surely tempora1-y hi atus in

\1 the rhk of 'ou nding i ronic and perhaps e\ en contradicto�·. let

public anxiety about this matter, we must continue to worry about the

o ! p r.1 !!111.H hlll. B� th1' I do not me.1n a n;1rro11 I � uti l i tarian \ ision. I

education we practice will have a great deal to do with our capacity to

me.: 'll!!!!C.:'L th .1 1 the.: gu idin g spirit of th1, rc.: 1 m ention should be a kind nw. 1 11 1 11'1c.:.1d

11 1 1 1 1\

okc.: the.: ph i l mophic.11 pr;1 gm<1 tism that \ \ l l l i am

cost of what we do. The social relevance and i m pact of the form of '>t<l )' \1 ithin reach of a diverse population of prospective students.

" President Bro Adams. Cathy Bruce-your predecessors, Bill and Linda Cotter, brought Colby into the first rank of American col leges. We can only imagine where this college wil l go under your leadership. " C S. Cong;resr111r111 Tom A llen,

bm1J!,111g .f(l'l'cti11gsfro111 the Stnte of,\ /ai11e

"With both your father and your grandfather hai ling from the Pine Tree State, there's no denying you come to us with impeccable credentials . " U. S. Senator Olynipia Snowe,

bringing greetingsfrom the State ofiHaine

Second, we must continue to expand the permanent resources avail

Our confidence, as I noted earlier, sptings from an objective and healthy

able to us to provide fi nancial assistance to those who cannot other

regard for our achievements and the excellence of the educational expe

wise a fford the ful l freight of what we do. Especially in light of the

rience we provide. And that is where we must remain focused.

highly competitive company that Colby now keeps, financial aid will

At the same time, this is a place that rather naturally aspires, and

become a n i ncreasingly i m portant part of our commitment to access

m ust aspire, to be better. And better not i n relative or comparative

and to the broader ambition we must have to remain a viable and

terms but in the fundamental qual ity of what we do-in the teaching

compel l i ng part of the landscape of American higher education.

and learni ng that forms the core of our enterprise, i n the quality of

The concern for access is closely related to a third major challenge

the human relationships that define the l i fe of the campus, i n the ways

for Colby-the need to continue to diversify the institution. That am

we support and are supported by alumni and friends, and in the gen

bition has been prominent on the agenda of the Col lege i n recent years.

eral aspiration to excellence.

I hope we can agree to seek its fuller realization in the years to come. Doing so w i l l require several things of us. The first and perhaps

But nothing wi l l be more important to our success than our sense of community. And here Colby has a great deal to rel y upon.

most i mportant is for all of us to place this matter at the head of our

My own acquaintance with that sense of community is brief com

busy i ndividual and professional agendas, wherever we find ourselves

pared t o the familiarity that most of you have. B u t it i s long enough

in the institutional framework. Everyone needs to be on this train all

for me to know something about its prominent features. Colby is

of the time.

blessed with a n extraordinary level of comm itment and affection

The second is the wil l ingness to admit that all of us, regardless of

among those who work here, i n every part of the institution. I t is a

our backgrounds or current commitments or places i n the i nstitu

place of remarkable friendl iness and warmth, as I have come to know

tional sn·ucture, have a great deal to learn about this matter and its

i n a personal way over the last several months. And i t is a place that

com plexities. Seeing ourselves as learners w i l l be helpful in at least

i nspi res and relies upon the generous and continuous loyalty of many

two ways: it w i l l give us the eagerness and openness of learners, while

thousands of alumni, parents and friends across the country, and in

it also will promote understanding of the inevitable false starts and

deed around the world, who have benefited from what we do here

temporary setbacks of the learning process.

and who feel a part of our fortunes and future.

The third and last requirement is the recogn ition that we are i n

In the long run this deep and extensive sense of community may

this together. \Ve cannot get t o where w e want t o go unless w e all

be our strongest asset. For it is what we have to rely upon as we change

understand ourselves to be pulling on the same rope.

and grow; it supports evetything else that we do and wi l l aspire to do. vVe must therefore consciously appreciate, nourish and preserve it.

nnovation in l i beral learning, accessibi l i ty, achieving greater diver

I look forward to that work and to the many other cha llenges, l arge

sity-these are some of the important challenges this moment places

and sma l l , that accompany this office and the moment in which we find ourselves today. Thank you for sharing that moment with me,

i n front of us. What wil l we need to succeed? Since I have focused on three challenges, let me also mention three virtues: confidence, aspiration and commLmity.

for l isten i ng so patiently to these inaugural reflections and-most of all-for your company on this extraordinary journey.

crashing the I NAUGURATI O N p arty Each time the Col lege selected a new presi

tions of presidents Strider, Cotter and Adams.

ment . " After the conferring of the degree, a hymn

dent during its fi rst 100 years, "the new presi·

J o h n s o n took h i s oath of office i n the

dent forthwith became such, and that was a l l

Waterville Opera House before a large company

I t i s certa i n , though, that n o Colby inaugura·

there w a s t o it. There w a s nothing b u t a ch ange

of graduates, undergraduates and friends of the

tion ever matched the excitement of President

of stenogra phers , " wrote Ernest C. Marriner ' 1 3

College. The 125 people on the pl atform included

Jeremiah Chapl i n ' s back i n 1822, when the event

i n The History of Colby College.

a l l of the faculty, members of the board, Gover

was concurrent with Colby's first commence

and a benediction concluded the proceedings .

Simpl icity certa inly marked the inauguration

nor Gardiner of Maine, the ex-governor and 4 1

ment. A mi l itary company and a band led a pro

of President J. Seelye Bixler in 1942. Colby op·

representatives o f col leges and American p h i l

cession of professors and students and the

erated year-round as war raged across the world,

anthropic and scientific institutions.

governor i nto the com mun ity meeting house

The process ional, a hymn and an invocation

where the local Watervi l l e citizenry crashed the

duties of the Col lege in a special assembly at

preceded an address that was followed by the

proceed ings . Although Chapl i n ' s wife wrote of

which he addressed the student body on the

presentation to Johnson of a charter and key as

her i n itial encounters in Watervi l l e that "They

future of education after the war. The new presi·

the insign ia of his high office. A hymn led u p to

dent, reported the Echo, "was very we l l received

the new president's inaugural address, in which

do not seem to be such ignorant, uncu ltivated . beings as some have imagined, . the locals grew

and on J u ly 18, Bixler assumed the executive

in h i s i n i ti a l appearance in an official capacity. "

he sti pulated-remember, this i s only months

restless with the lengthy pageantry and overlong

But times were good back on Friday after

before the stock market crashed-that his ef

speeches and finally bolted back outside. Order

noon, J u ne 14, 1929, when the in auguration of

forts " sh a l l be d i rected to the building u p of the

was ultimately restored, however, and Colby's first

Franklin W. Johnson , Class of 1891, set the stan·

Col lege as an educational institution, rather than

president at last was able to deliver the College ' s

dard lived up to by the subsequent inaugura-

to canvassing funds for endowment and equ i p-

inaugural inaugural address. -Robert Gillespie

C O L B Y · W I N T E R 2 0 01

PETER NICHOLS

It was a t i m e w h e n , in the nati o n ' s schoo l s , d ri l l s for nuclear war were as frequent as fire d ri l l s足 w h e n Americans and the i r Soviet cou nterparts l ived with a constant fear of i m m i nent worldwide destruc足 tion . " You had a c u ltural m i ndset that was apocalypti c , " said Robert S . We i s b rot, C h ri stian A . Joh nson D i st i nguished Teach i ng Professor of H i story at C o l by, "that bel ieved you could not guara ntee that your wonderfu l s u b u rban home and fa m i ly and commun ity . . . wou l d survive ten more secon d s . " " It was not si m ply a matter of two countries that are adversaries b u i l d i ng up weapon s , " said We isbrot. " Each saw the oth er as the i ncarnation of evi l . And if you v i ew an adversary as not si m p ly a rival but as a d evi l , then you see anyth i n g as poss i b l e and even probable . " We d i d s u r vive the C o l d War, u n scathed i f not u n scarred . Yet the re m n a nts of that su perpower standoff su r vive in the l iterature of the period and in the knowl edge that the weapons of that t i m e have not d i sappeared . Fra n k M a l i noski ' 7 6 and D a n i e l Tra i ste r '63 have spent years d e lv i ng i nto the afte r足 m ath . For Traister it i s the l iterary legacy of l ives spent i n the nuclear s h adow. For M a l i n oski it i s the su per-secret world of b i o l ogical weapo n s .

COLBY 揃 WINTER 2001

A set of .\ Iatryoshka dolls is l i ned up along the window s i l l abm-e the desk of D r. Fran k ] . M a linoski ' 6, .\ 1 . D . , P h . D . , assistant '-ice president of \i Vyeth-Ayerst Global P h a rmaceuticals in suburban Philadelphia. The Russian dolls are nesting figures, and the biggest depicts Boris Yeltsin, with Gorbachel' B rezhnev, Sraljn and Lenin i n descending order. .\ I a l i noski bought the dolls on the black market when h e tra,·eled on a secret wssion to the former Soviet nion in 1 99 1 . It was before Yel tsin had come to power, so that dour-looking souvenir was a declaration of preference, a bol d pobtical statement. M a l i noski was charmed by the grm1-ing temerity of the Soviet people, but, under the circumstances of his visit, the stacking figure may ha,·e called to mind Church i l l 's quip, as the Cold \Var got underway, about B ritain's ally mmed enemy: " I t i a riddle wrapped i n a mystery inside an enigma." .\ lal inoski \\·as in the Soviet

nion in 1 99 1 as

Russian soldi ers check a store of chemical agents at a m i l itary base near Moscow in 1993, when Russian and American offi c i a l s began a joint effort to safely destroy R u ss i a ' s chemical weapons arsen a l .

p a r t of a top-secret America n - B ritish team t h a t journeyed t o the heart of the "evil empire" on a 1 0-day i nspection tour of facilities

weapons program existed, mounting political pressure forced the

thought to be mming m a l i gn v i ruses and bacteria i nto biological

Soviets to open four B i opreparat sites to vVestern i nspectors.

ll'eapons. \\'hen he left home to go looking for evidence of

M a l i noski, a physician with a doctorate i n microbiology, was

bioll'eapons research, .\1alinoski was not permitted to tel l even his

responsible for the i nspection team's medical support during the

fa mily ll'here he ll'as headed.

mission. "vVe d i dn't know what to expect there," he said, referring

"'- The re ll'ere reasons for suspicion: a 1 9 79 outbreak of anthrax V in the city of S1-erdlo,·sk, which k i l led nearly 70, and the

both to the kinds of i n fectious organisms they wght run into and the unknown ski l l s of Soviet scientists when i t came to m a i ntainjng safety i n "hot" labs. H e i m m un i zed the team in advance against the

ch i l l i n g te timony of a Sm-iet biochemist who defected a decade

most probable and most deadly i l !J1esses and packed a l aundry l i st of

late r had com-inced many in the di plomatic and intelligence

medical suppbes, including a portable containment facility complete

com munitie that the Sm-iets had put togethe r a bioweapons

with orange biohazard suits.

program in 1·iolation of the 1 9 2 Biological \Vea pons Convention. .\t that conl'ention they had promised "never in any circumstance

to de1·clop, pr duce, tockpile or otherwise acquire or retain"

"'- M a l i noski was enthra l led by science from an early age. H i s V favorite book growing up was titled Y ellow Fever. A bio logy

11 capom or agents intended for biowarfare. But with no provision

major at Colby, he spent his j u n i or year in Wa les studying

for 1 cri fication, the treaty had no teeth.

oceanography and worked at J ackson Laboratories during and

In the late 1 9 Os the bioch emist defector Dr. \ 1 a d i m i r

fol lowing h i s senior year. \iVh i l e e a rn i n g a P h . D . at Rutgers he

Pa.,cchn i k had reported a cla ndesti ne empire of research insti

decided a medical degree would provide some " real l i fe" applica

tutt.:'>, production plants a nd storage bunkers in the U . S . S . R.

tions for his expertise. The Army paid f o r his m edical schoo l i n g at

mon.: than 4 - '>ite scattered aero s the 1·ast nation. The network,

the Albany Medical Cente r i n exchange fo r a commitment of six

ded icated

years with the U . S . Army M edical Research I nstitute of l n fectious

understanding and perfecting biological ll'eapon ,

11 a., fu nded a n d d i rected b� the .\ f i ni tr�· of I efense but was ne .. red 1n.,1de a ci1 i l i a n bu'iine s conglomerate cal led B i opreparat.

···1 he . � \ t e m , "'

J '>

it 11·a., kno11 n to i m iders, had more than 40,000

Diseases ( U SAM R I I D) at Fort Detrick, Md. At one time the heart f Am erica's own bioweapons in itiative, tl1e i nstitute has worked strictly on biological warfare d e fense since 1 969, when P resident

e111plo� cc , 1 11cluding 9,000 '>cienti'>t 11 ho often carried both

Nixon uni latera lly abolished the nation's offensive effort, wh ich

c 1 1 i J 1 ,1 11 ,1 11d 111 i l 1tar:- 1dent1t} card.,.

had started i n 1 942 .

\ e.,, the� 11 ere 111a J... 1 ng ne11 111ed1cine'>, but underneath that cm·er

As a clinical i nvestigator at

S M R I I D , M a l inoski did research

of leg1t1111ac� , the� al o 11 ere 1111 ent1 11g ne11 di'>cases. Products

to develop and i mprove vaccines for ma ladies that Americans m i ght

incl uded ne11 , 111ore de,1dl� '>tram., of ancient '>Courge as 11 e l l as

encounter as victim of germ warfare. "I was having a great deal of

111on.,trou c h 1 1n e ra born of the recombinant technologies

fun doi ng that," he said, explaining his value to the 1 99 1

-.p.1 11 ned b� ge nenc eng111eenng. De.,p1te 1 1 gorous dcniab that a

.S.

B ritish i nspection tea m . " T became fa m i l i a r with a l l the materials

related to the d i fferences between offensive and defensive research .

structure that covered 6ve acres. An entire floor was devoted to plague

I had the experience to be another pair of eyes."

research and to Y1mi11ifl pestis, the bacillus that wiped out a tlurd of

"The biggest thing," he said, "is what's inside of somebody's

out each year in the Soviet

head in terms of their intent." \Vhat's locked inside someone's

maintains, "had a comllUnnent to understanding plague that was out of

Europe's population in the 1 4th century. A few cases of plague break

head is not entirely hidden; it can be read in the configuration of laboratories and manufacturing plants that people ring around

njon, but this laboratory, Malinoski

proportion to the epidemiological threat to the population." The team also spotted 40 giant steel fermenters at Obolensk

themselves to carry out their designs. To determine whether the

two-story behemoths, veritable buildi ngs tl1emselves-mounted

Soviets were devoted to the science of life or of death, he says,

i nside the biocontainment section of the edi fice. They had been

i nspectors needed more than the most sophisticated satellite surveil

steri l i zed, but their placement and scale meant tl1at tl1e great

lance. "You actually have to go i nside those facil ities and verify what's

caldrons were designed to brew letl1al bacteria in q uantities fa r in

goi ng on. Certainly i f they're hjding things beneath levels of secrecy,

excess of any legitimate commercial need, according to Malinoski .

or they're trying to scale it up or 6gure out how to spray it behind a

"The Soviets had no way to dismantle these long rows of huge

jet engine, or they're trying to make it resistant to antibiotics or to

fermenters. People's jaws were hitting tl1e ground seeing this stuff. "

ulu-aviolet light-you're very suspicious of th ings like that."

ln 1 99 1 the Soviets adroitly delayed tl1e arrival of Malinoski and

After a day's rest the team moved on for a two-day inspection tour of tl1e Institute of Molecular Biology, known as Vector, in tl1e

the i nspectors to give themselves time to sanitize their facilities.

Siberian larch forests near Novosibirsk. The mammotl1 compOLmd

Incri minating equipment as well as mjcroorganisms were removed,

contained 1 00 laboratory and admi1ustrative buildings. "

and workers were not permitted on site the clay of inspection. Soviet

was even worse," he said. "Tlus was a huge campus where they were

officials accompanying tl1e inspectors answered questions in ways

doing virology work, and clearly tl1ey had aerosol activities."

that were clearly scripted and usually trivial. " Everytlung was

ovosibi rsk

One building housed a sophisticated computer for modeling the

couched in terms of: 'This is a defensive program, and you shouldn't

propagation of aerosols i n diverse terrains and weather conditions.

worry about it,"' Malinoski said. Useless, time-consuming speeches

The Soviets clai med it was for opti mizing the spraying of pesticides

continually held up and shortened efforts to eyeball the sites, and an

on crops, but the costly and innovative software was precisely tl1e

onslaught of Russian hospitality with plenty of vodka, cognac and

kind of technology that could calculate dispersal patterns for tl1e

caviar was aimed at deflecting and dulling tl1e team's attention.

powder-like patl10gens a bioweapon unleashes.

"The most eye-opening part of tl1e trip for me was the experi

The Vector scientists confided tl1at they had sn1died the

ence in Obolensk," said Malinoski. The Institute of Applied

Nlarburg and ebola vi ruses extensively and had sprayed aerosols of

M icrobiology, j ust south of Moscow, was a sprawling site with 30

the microbes on animals in test chambers. "They were defensive in

buildings-and it was just one of Biopreparat's facil ities. " We were

terms of luding their program," said N i a l i noski, "but at the same

doing a fairly good job [at biodefense] with two buildings at Fort

time tl1ere was an arrogance about what they did. I tl1 ink they were

Detrick," he said, but the Soviet complex was mindboggli ng. The

eager to actually tell us how far behind we were . . . . They said our

complex was embedded in a layer of armed guards, razor wire and

vaccines nught not protect us, which suggested that they had

motion and i n frared detectors.

developed ''iruses that were resistant to American vaccines."

"These facilities were tl1e typical Russian consn·uction, wluch were

During tl1e i nspection a technician let s\jp that tl1e lab had been

sort of blocks-witlun-blocks or rooms-withm-rooms," he said of tl1e

working on smallpox. "He probably didn't real i ze how much he was

biosafety architecture. One bwlding at the site was an eight-story

supposed to be hidi ng," Malinoski said.

B i o p re p a rat c reated m o unta i ns of engineered pesti l e n c e , i n c l u d ing a 2 0 -ton sto c k p i l e o f freeze - d ri e d s m a l l pox. Tec h n o l ogy f o r m o u nting i t o n m issi l es h a d b e e n p e rfe cte d . Th e most eff i c i e nt d i s p e rsal te c h n i q ues were d ete rm i n e d , a n d custo m ized b i o p a rt i c l e s were molded to maxi mize viru l e n c e . B i o p re p a rat h a d d e l ivered i nto t h e h a n d s o f the Soviet state the m a c h i n e ry t o rea p a h a rvest o f d eath c o m p a ra b l e t o the gri m mest nuclear wa r scenarios.

COLBY · WINTER 2001

ince antiquity, m a l l pox has been one of the great courge of the human pecies. The 'irus preys o n ly on h umans, and

V ario/a major ki l l

about half of those i t

attacks a n d tends t o i n fect n e a r l y e\·eryone e l s e nearby. The \ ''orld H ea l th Organization (WHO) set up a n erad ication program t h a t tracked dmrn and choked off \\' i th rnccination campaign s e\·ery natura l l y occurring outbreak. The last case \\'as isolated and treated i n 1 979, and the prodigious k i l l e r \\'as declared eradicated the fo l l m,·ing �·ear. By agreement, samples of the \irus hould haYe been a l i ,·e on!�· at official repositories i n Atlanta and ,\ losco,1· under the control o f '.YHO. The disclosure that \'ector had possession of the \irus

,,. a profoundly d i turbi11g. Yariola is an ideal \\'eapon,

e peci a l ly now, ,,·hen the \\'Orld medical com munj�· has

Dr. Frank M a l i noski '76, left, with Dr. Ken Alibek, center, and Dr. C h ristopher Davi s .

let do,1·n i ts guard. " S m a l l pox i s a ,·ery hardy orga n i sm

Alibek ran t h e biological weapons program in t h e Soviet U n i o n before h e defected t o the

and can cause a dernstating plague," .\ I a l inoslci expl amed. ".\ \\'hole generation is not immwuzed and is suscepti ble.

U n ited States in 1992. Davis i s a British biological weapons inspector. The three were toasting the end of biological weapons secrecy and a new beginning for verifi able treaties to prevent biological weapons research .

. . . E,·eryone understood this \\·as e:\.tremely serious." \ \ nen the i n pectors departed, th eir worst suspicions had been

worried that American scientists would surpass us. Now I found

con fi rmed.

myself struggling to persuade them how far the science of germ

,... V

warfare had com e . " Founded by a Kremlin order in 1 9 3 , Biopreparat had set up the l arge t and most adrnnced bioweapons infrastructure the

That s a m e year President Yeltsin admi tted w h a t t h e West by then a lready knew, and he ordered the weapons program d i s

'' orld h a e\·er een. Top students from the be t scientific schools

mantled. From that point on, a downsized Biopreparat would be a

\1 e re recruited and offered unheard-of salaries, elite status and

pri1·atized com mercial venture-at least official ly. The current

biological \\'eapons until they \\'ere a l ready ensconced within the

ments on the matter, but experts are skeptical th at tl1e civi lian

�yste m . Dr. Ken .\l i bek, th e fi r t depu�· chief of Biopreparat ( 1 988

leadersrup has fu l l control over the m i l i ta ry. Four research institutes

other perks . .\ fost did not understa11d they were to \1·ork on

Russian president, Vladimi r Putin, has made no public pronounce

to 1 992) and a colonel, '' a a m o n g t h e m . Ha,ing pioneered

under the ;\ l inisa-y of Defense remain shrouded in secrecy, accord

i n no' atiom for a more lethal anthrax formula, he \\'as an accom

ing to Dr. J onathan Tucker, di rector of tl1e Chemical and Bi ological

pli�hed and am bitious bio\1 eaponeer \\' ho worked his "·ay up to

\\'capons

become �econd i n com mand. J n hi memoir,

Bioha-:..11rd,

" B iopreparat, '' e belie,·ed. \\'as our .\ lanhattan Project."

he \1Tites,

L i le m a n � , he ,,·as rai ed to be lie,·e that the G' . . was in the

onpro l i feration Program at the Monterey I nstitute:

"The Russian m i l itary has refused repeated v Vestern requests for confidence-building visits, rai ing suspicions that offensive research and de,·elopment may be conti11 u i 11g there. "

�01 ret L n r on, he bel i e1 ed . .,hould like" ise �top at noth ing to

includ111g the brea king of treatie , to m·erthrow socialism. The

defend n.,elf. \ ·· .,taunch parnot," \ J ibek m·ersaw an enrerpri e

apart too. Once among the most privi leged members of tl1 e i r

' a n gua rd of a '' orld capita l i�t conspiracy and would stop at nothing,

11 ho-.e de.id I� teeth i ncl uded '' capons-grade anthrax, Black Death,

"'hen tl1e Soviet empire di ssolved into i ts constituent states not long a fter .M abnoskj departed, the soci a l i st economy fe l l

ocie�r, m a n y bioweaponeers f o u n d tl1emselves without fi nancial

\ Lirhurg. -.malipo ' and other .,courge�. Biopreparat created

support. The

mount,1 i n- . of engrneered pe.,tilence, including a 2 0-ron stock pile of

7 ,000 scientists who e knowledge and skjll would bring a han dsome

free1e-dned "n,1 l l p0\ . l elhnolo� for mounting it on mi.,� i l cs had

price on the black ma rket-I 0 , 5 00 if you count expertise in

. S . esti mates conservatively that there are about

heen perfeued. ·1 he 1110.,t effiuent dr.,per.,al tech ni que� '' ere

chemical ll'eapons. Some governme nts have set aside fu nds to help

determi ned . .rnd ur..tomi 1ed hiop.irncle., 11 ere molded to ma,im iLe

stanch "brain drain" by supporting peaceful research for cast-off

1 r ru l enle. Bropreparat lud del i 1 ered 1 11 ro the hand., of the Sm ict

11 eapon specialists, but most of the grants have gone to nuclear

-, rate tht. 11ud1111c.:� to re.1 p

scicnri ts and engineers.

h.1 n e.,t of de.uh comparable t o the

gri m m e'>t nude.tr 11 •H .,cen.1 rio .

\ l r he l defected 111 I 1J1J� a ftt.: r •1 reci proe.1 1 in .,pecnon rour of C . S .

fau l m e ( i ncluding L

\ \ I R l l D ) co m meed h i m \mem:a h.1d n o

o ffen-.1 1 e progr.1 m . " I hroughout m � c.ireer, · · ht. 11 rote , " I had

In the fall of 1 999 emp loyees at Obolensk went witl1out govern m e n t pay f o r months. A di rector of another surviving i nstinrte remarked: " :--\ 011 it is possible [ f or anyone] to buy stra ins because the scientists arc 11 ork:ing without brea d . " The I ranians arc known

to have trolled those waters, bringing along a truckload of bread. D r. Arny S m i thson, a senior associate at the H enry L. Stimson

attack on major American and European cities. Reca l l i ng his physician's oath to do no harm and feeling a need to atone, he

Center, has i nterviewed Russian bioweaponeers. She reports, "it's an open secret" that many have traveled to Syria , I raq, Libya,

con fessed: "All I cared about was ensuring that our weapons would

C h ina,

orth Korea and elsewhere, "but they're not making con fessions about doing weapons work . . . . Knowledge and seed

moment's thought to the fact that we had j ust sketched out a plan to

cultures have definitely leaked, but we don't know where or what." G iven the complexities of devising workable bioweapons, she adds,

"this is the most genuine shortcut I know of for terrorists."

Li the end, the Soviet Matryoshka doll could not contain its secret

do the job they were designed for. . . . I don't remember giving a kill mil lions of people." In the years since he backed away from the front l i nes of the superpowers' germ warfare front, Mal inoski has worked as a

private-practice physician, a research scientist who tested new

bioweapons empire. "I would describe it as scary," Malinoski said of his experience. "My role has been as an early observer of these gross

vaccines for effectiveness and safety, a d i rector of clin ical research

violations of treaties and horrendous aberrations of good science. I think you have to be diligent about this kind of thing, j ust as you have

executive i n a medium-size biopharmaceutical company. At \Vyeth Ayerst he oversees clinical affairs for vaccines, administering

to be with genetic engineering and research on the human genome.

research programs to evaluate the company's licensed products.

There is a dark side, i f you will, to all of these things."

The job is part science, part business management.

Stil l , he pronounces AJibek and Pasechnik, despite their achieve

responsible f or the l i censure of pediatric vaccines and a senior

For a short time, Mali noski was vice president of a biotechnol

ments as bioweaponeers, "the real heroes who put thei r lives and

ogy start-up i n the U . K. The company was developing vaccines that

careers on the l i ne tel l i ng the true sto1-y." The vi llains, he declares,

cou ld be delivered through genetica lly engineered plants, a break

a re those i n "the Soviet, now Russian, milita1·y-industrial complex"

through that will someday allow antibiotics to be dispensed in

who knmvingly deceived their brightest scientists and convinced

wafers or j uice i nstead of the standard injection. "The technology

them that work on offensive biological weapons was " j usti fied." "It wouldn't be true to say that I thought I was doing someth ing

works," he attests. "\i\Te proved that while I was there . " The company folded when investors pul led out in the m idst of precipi

wrong," Ali beck has said of his own research. "The anthrax was one

tous British reaction against genetically modified foods. "This is

of my scienti fi c results . " He had perfected an anthrax strain with

going to be a major way to improve the scale and cost of produc

four times the death-deal i ng potency of standard weapons-grade.

tion, especially for developing countries. I t's just ahead of its time

[ l e tel ls of a h igh-level meeti ng he once attended 'vi th senior

right now," he said.

military officials who were looking for assurances that B iopreparat

In the early 1 990s Mali noski designed the clin ical trials for

could produce su fficient quantities of his more vicious anthrax.

Prevnar, the fi rst new vaccine i n a decade to become part of

They wanted to be able to load SS- 1 8 missiles for a biological

children's routine immunization. The drug was approved by the FDA in February 2000. "That's probably the product I identify most with," he confided. Prevnar prevents invasive pneumococcal disease, a bacterial infection of the blood or the lining of the brain and spinal cord. " Because pneumococcal disease globa l ly k i l ls about 1 .2 m i l l ion kids a year, the potential impact is enormous," he said. N l alinoski's career has foJ!owed an arc from basic virology research to its application in medicine to reducing morbidity and morta lity by shepherding vaccines through the labyrinth of product licensing. "My day-to-day is definitely more adminisrrative now," he sai d . " I 'm comfortable 'vith that because I can reach a lot more patients than 1 would i f I were seeing maybe fi fty a day in an office. I j ust wanted to get to the point where I have more impact on disease, and the best place to do that is prevention. " Peter Nichols is the editor of PE.l\'?\ Arts & Sciences, the nl1m111i p11blicntio11

of the School ofr111s n11d Sciences rrt the University of Pem1sylrn11in.

\\'ant to read more about Frank 7'1ali noski ' 6 and the ongoing threat of biological weapons? Read Richard Pre ton, in

The Demon in tbe Freezer by The .Ve--u• Yorker, July 1 2 , 1 999.

Dr. Frank M a l inoski ' 76 , left, works in a lab at Wyeth-Ayerst Global Pharmaceuticals near Philadelphia.

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Hiroshima, J o h n H e rsey ' s c l assic work of l ite rary jou rnal i s m about the d ro p p i n g of an ato m ic

e - bomb on that city, deta i l s the sufferi ng and s u r vival of six of the city's i n h a b itants , i n c l u d i ng ... .,,- Tos h i ko Sasaki , a c lerk in the personnel office of the East Asia T i n Works. S h e was less than a m i l e from the m a n-made sun that blossomed i n an eye blink above the city i n 1945. Just before the b u i l d i ng came down on her. a bookcase behind her desk poured the factory's l i brary, l i ke a b re a ki ng wave. over the 20-year-old clerk. "There. in the tin factory, " Hersey writes, " i n the first moments of the atomic age , a human being was crushed by books . " Ms. Sasaki was knocked unconscious and her leg was badly gashed and broke n . but her life was saved by a load of books. H i roshima was destroyed by the m .

NICHOLS

The scientists, engi neers, techn icians and bureaucrats-the brains behi n d the M a nhattan Project-were the products of books. The main players who conceived and bui l t the first atomi c bomb were trained or held appointments at some of the nation's leading research unive rsities. S tories of how these people acted and the way events u n f ol ded were exami ned at the U n i versity of Pennsylvania l ast spri ng by a dozen undergraduates in an honors seminar called Nuclear Fictions. The course took a l i terary approach to the subject matter, using a range of genres-memoir, biography, essay, novel, poen-y, play, government document, fi l m and comic book-to probe how u nderstanding gets "constructed" and h_istory gets "repre sented and re-presented."

All this reading makes for a remarkably comprehensive survey, but for Professor Druuel Traister '63 the course stems from more than mere intellectual interest. "It arises out of someth_iJ1g personal," he said.

9 Traister is curator of the Annenberg Rare Book and A lanu ••• script Li brary a t Penn . \iVhen he's not fielding reference quescions on anciquarian materials or acquiring them, he's busy, as the Engl ish-language l i terature bibl iographer, beefing up the general collection with new and old publ ications. \Vith a doctorate in Renaissance English l i terature, he has written articles in scholarly and professional publications on l i terature, bibliography, histo1-y, rare book librarianship and l ibrai-y colleccion development. Besides holding a job in Penn 's l ibrary, Traister teaches courses a lmost every semester on n-aditional academic topics that have included everyth_ing from Shakespeare to westerns to a l i terary look

at combat in modern war. Iuclear Fictions pl umbs a subject near, i f not clear, to Traister's heart. "There are good reasons not to take this course," he counseled those who showed up for the opening session, clarkerung fi rst-day twitters by laying out the effects of a thennonuclear blast in Tew York City, about 1 00 m_i les away. "They have a fairly amusing destructive radius," he noted without smiling. Into the ensuing si lence, he injected the prediction that "th_is generation of students" would likely e.\1)eri ence the use of these weapons-"at a distance, if you're lucky; close by, if you're not." During a break, one student conversed with another about a choice he needed to make between Nuclear Fictions and a course on the Spanish J 11quisition. He didn't return.

9 Young Danny Tra ister was the k_i ncl of k_id who, as a third ••9 grader, discussed the foreign policy of Eisenhower and Dul les with h_is friends on the way to play stickbal l i n their Bronx neighborhood. H i s mother was a "non-serious but card-carrying Communist," and his father bel ieved "all Communists were horses' asses of one vintage or another." Together they created a "clichecl Jewish middle-class New York household," and their "m ixed marriage" often convulsed it with the passions of political argu ment. And i n those years, there was poli tics aplenty. A child veteran of the Cold \ Var and keenJy attuned to its nom1al izecl lunacy, Tra_ister grew up in an aparm1ent complex with an anti aircraft battery positioned along the Jerome Park Reservoir, just across the street from h_is building. In his dreams, chufil.1'-look_ing Buck Rogers missiles descended in slow motion through ineffectual cannon fire. From h_is apartment's north-facing ''indows, he watched them

COLBY · WINTER 200 1

" T h e re a r e j u st so m a n y p ressu re p o i nts i n the wo rl d , a n d t h e te c h n o l o gy is too wi d e s p r e a d-the secrets s i m p ly a r e n 't s e c ret, a n d fissi l e m ate ria l h a s s e e p e d o ut of t h e o l d Soviet U n i o n . So m ewhere, s o m eti m e , s o m e s c h m u c k is g o i n g to u s e it a ga i n . " but Boston I knew I 'd see," he said. Early on, he'd become friends widi Diane Scrafton '6 1 , who'd come to Colby from me Staten Island section of me bull's-eye. "I happened to teU her about dus foUy [of rnistak:ing construction for Armageddon ] one day when we were talking, and she looked at me and said, ' I haven't met anybody else who does mat, but I do it too.' . . . \!Ve bom laughed nervously because we knew mis was silly, but we also knew mat it wasn't quite silly." Almough Colby wasn't entirely isolated from the social upheaval of die '60s, Tra ister recollects a widely fel t sense mat me campus was out of dle nuclear crosshairs. Political science professor Marvin Weinbaum was away in one of the big East Coast cities when die Cuban missile crisis hit. " I remember when he got back, he was mobbed by students who all wanted to know what it was l i ke to be near a bull's-eye . . . . I t hadn't occurred to us mat Limestone [Loring Air Force Base] was >vimin nuclear distance of vVaterville. \ V ! e always saw this i n terms of city destruction ramer man military Daniel Traister '63 l i stens to students at the U n iversity of Pennsylvan i a , where Traister desu·uction. \!Ve weren't particularly sophisticated. " teaches a course about l i terature re lated to t h e atomic bom b . The anxiety of a l i fe l ived looking down d1e coming do\\1i over \'an Cortland Park from a transpolar u·ajectory. " I barrel of a nuclear weapon is not a n experience Traister believes is couldn't tell you how mose dreams ended," he said recently. "I don't u niq ue. "It gives you a certa i n amount of pause," he said, "but it remember diem ending, but you didn't have to be very bright to dope doesn't give everyone die same kind of pause. I suspect diere are fa r Out that me chance of at least one bomb getting through to take you more scars on people my a g e or diereabouts man we ever m i n k out \\ as reasonably high." In his chi ld's mind, me missiles were aimed about." I n die early '90s he delivered a paper i n Lawrence, Kan., nor only at :\'ew York City but directly at him. "They didn't even need and had occasion to mention diat he'd grown up i n m e bull's-eye. [( ) ha\ e \ ery good aim," he added. "\\'e grew up knowing mis." "This guy came back at me and said, ' ew York! Gimme a brea k 1 ' In P.- . 95, around the outbreak of me Korean Conflict, school H e s a i d he came from North Dakota and that w a s me rea l b u l l 's authorities distributed dog tags to me pupils. The principal had one eye. He said, 'We're where d1e missile si los are. You're going to be of the older chi ldren, a sun·i\·or of Allied bombing raids on Ger me dessert, but we're me main course."' man�, re�ti f} ro the \·irrues of weari ng the peculiar adornment. The Traister sti ll retains his childhood compulsion for doodling tag,, the bo) rold them, \\ ould help parents identify their smashed corp'e' amid the smoking ci�· ru i ns. I le had een tliis done. " I t ,c,1 red t h e I i \ ing pee o u r of m e , " Traister exclaimed. " Psychologi cal l � , I th111k rhi, was an e\tremely \I i�· thing ro do witli second gr.1der, . . . . h 's the 'Ort of thing �·ou retain O\'er the years." ' I he Doo1mda1 Clock on the CO\ er of the 8111/etin ofthe A tomic )ocm1.-ts \1 a' the chronometer b) \\ hich he rold the time. :\'ot long .1fter the fi r�t h� drogen homb \1 a� re�red, me rear he turned 1 1 , the publ1c:anon \ umd.eepcr' ath anced the hands to rn o min ute� before t . ' I r,1 1\ter remember': " You \\ ere conscious of that clock m1dni "h "' bec:au'e 1n '\�c\1 '\ ork � ou lne\1 � ou \\ ere l i\l ng in a bu l l '�-eye . "

9 \t C .olll\. , Tr,11,ter remember,, h e turned co the south and ••• �crnned the honf( >n for mu,hroom c:loud' e\ Cr) rime a blast \1 enr off ,n a c:on,m1c:non \Ile on l -9 'i . "I fi gured I 'd m"s '\c\\ '\ ork,

mushroom clouds on everything, except now me figurative doodling consi ts of reading almost everydiing related to war and atomic weaponry and teaching courses L ike Nuclear Fictions. Drawi ng lessons from mat personal reading project is l ike u-ying to pocket a m ushroom cloud. " I don 't know," he said of H i roshima. " lot of innocent people suffered. Dropping the bomb falls under the rubric of 'crimes against humani ty,' but it isn't j ust that. As prosecutors of war, the J apanese were not nice people." By the time the bomb was ready, H itler, who was the intended target, had a l ready been defeated, and me .S. was locked in a Sa\·age endgame war with J apan . The i mmediate crisis, the exigen cies of war, made the bomb an irresistible a l ternative to what was expected to be a bitter and costly invasion of J apan. It also had the added benefit of impressing the Soviet Union in the cold-possibly hot-\1<ir that e\'eryone could see coming.

Little Boy exploded above H i roshima with a force equivalent to

1 2 , 500 tons of T

T. Almost half the people witl1in a mile of the

blast were kil led outright. Many who lived called out for deatl1.

class called him "the most erndite man I have ever met." A Penn English instrnctor quipped, " He's one of the few people around here who's probably as smart as he clunks he is."

Altogetl1er about 1 40,000 people, 54 percent of tl1e city's popula

Tra ister's devotion to books is in part an appreciation for tl1e

tion, died by tl1e end of 1 945-200,000 i f you count the bomb

value of reading and ideas, but it's also a covetous a ffection for the

related dying tl1at continued over the next five years.

objects themselves. He lives in a Plu laclel phia suburb with h_is w i fe,

Paul Fussel l , in his essay "Thank God for tl1e Atomic Bomb,"

Barbara Howard Traister '65, four cats and a tl1ree-legged pit bull

writes that " real war experience tend [s] to complicate attitudes

puppy named Bruno, rescued from a

about tl1e most cruel ending of that most cruel war." As a young

death row. Their home is submerged beneath an incoming tide o f

ew York anima l shelter's

l i eutenant leading an i n fantry platoon, Fussell was slated to take

books, despite use of an annex as the m a i n library. "\Ve've got a r t in

part in the invasion of tl1e J apanese main land despite being partly

our closets that we can't put up," laments Barbara Traister, an

d isabled by i nj uries received in the war with Germany. "I was

English professor and clepar011ent chair at Lehigh

niversi ty.

" I wouldn't mind living forever," Traister brooded over his piles

simultaneously horrified about the bombing of H i roshima and forever happy because the event saved my l i fe," he writes. In his

of books. " I 'm curious about so much that forever wouldn't be long

"soldier's view," the annihi lation of H i roshima was "sadistic and

enough." He's looking clown tl1e barrel again, reflecting on his cleath hauntecl life. "The world is fil led with ways that encourage you to

humanitarian, horrible and welcome." " I f l w1derstand him correctly," Traister said, "it is tl1e essence of

tragedy. 1 otlung you can do is going to be good, so you do some thing and hope you can live witl1 the evil that you've done. I n

tragedy, sometimes tl1at works a n d sometimes it doesn't work." The balance of good and evil that issued from the deed is not easily

leave it-sometimes in an unwanted hurry. I do what I can, fairly confident that an exception is not going to be made in my case."

9 Bringing forth Little Boy let loose tl1e nighomre shadow that ••• Traister sensed stalki ng the Bronx of his youth. The Cold

calculated, and volumes have been written sharply contesting tl1e

\!Var that followed H i roshima's destruction was a caricature of

point. "I don't know what tl1e answer is," he continued. "I doubt that

peace, paid for by commanders and crews in bombers, missi le silos,

there is one-or, let me put it this way: I doubt tl1at tl1ere is 0111]1

submarines and command-and-control bunkers who were trained

one-and I think differently about it myself on different clays."

and poised at every moment to hurl a tl10usancl suns.

9 One of his main goals in teaching 1 uclear Fictions is to help ••• undergraduates become better tl1inkers and better readers. " I

weight of this h istory, and he teaches in part to place sometl1ing of

don't want students to walk out a s carbon copies o f m y opinions,"

lustory major enrolled in Nuclear Fictions, "I never really under

he said, "and I don't care if tl1ey

Traister believes undergraduates are not old enough to feel the that burden upon tl1em. "To be honest," remarked a sophomore

Atomic Reading

have no clue of what I m i n k a book [we are studying] means. I

stood what the big deal about the Cold \Var was and why everybody was so happy when the Berlin

am far happier i f l succeed in

Asked for a l i st of suggested reading about the atomic bomb, Daniel

Wall came clown. I t j ust seemed

complicating their easy responses

Tra ister '63 subm itted a l i st of more than 50 works with detailed

l i ke a big rock-and-roll event. "

and moralistic views. This I do,

or o·y to do, in the belief tl1at

annotations. Here's an abri dged version; the full l i st , with comments, is available o n l i ne (www.colby.edu/colby.mag).

"All of this is ancient h istory to tl1em," said Tra ister. The

tl1ey'll be better readers-and

John Hersey, Hiroshima (Knopf, 1946).

Cold War held in check the

tl1 i nkers-the more able they are

Richard Rhodes, The Making of the Atomic Bomb (Si mon & Schu ster, 1986) and Dark Sun: The Making of the Hydrogen Bomb ( S i mon and

wielded by the superpowers.

validity of points of view they do

Schu ster, 1995).

That "balance" was lost when

not share . "

Paul S . Boyer, By the Bomb 's Early Light: American Thought and Cul

tl1e Soviet Union coll apsed.

imaginatively to absorb the

i nstruments of destruction

excerpts to tl1e class from related

North Carolina Press, 1994).

" I 'd l i ke students who take my course to be a smidgeon more

but unassigned books. On tl1e whole, he'd recommend about a

General Leslie A. Groves, Now It Can Be Told: The Story of the Manhat tan Project ( H arper and Row, 1962).

thoughtful about these kinds of issues because they remain with

dozen per three-hour session,

General Kenneth D. Nichols, The Road to Trinity (William Morrow, 1987).

1 h1ister often reads long

complete witl1 title, author and biographical squib, publication date and subsequent editions, an accow1t of political repercussions following tl1e book's release and a critical review. " H e strikes me as a weird, h.ighly intelligent man," one of his students offered. A senior i n the

ture at the Dawn of the Atomic Age (1985; reprinted, U n iversity of

Daniel Kevles, The Physicists: The History of a Scientific Community in Modern America ( 1 9 7 7 ; reprinted, Harvard U n iversity Press, 1995). Laura Fermi, A toms in the Family: My Life with Enrico Fermi ( 1954; reprinted, U n i versity of C h i cago Press, 1994).

us [in the form of nuclear terrorism ] . There are j ust so many pressure points in the world, and the technology is too widespread-the secrets simply aren't secret, and fissile

Emilio Segrave, Enrico Fermi: Physicist (University of Chicago Press, 1970).

material has seeped out of the

Masuji lbuse, Black Rain (Kodansha, 1969).

old Smriet

nion. Somewhere,

sometime, some schmuck is going to use it aga i n . "

C0LBY

WI NTER 200

From the

Hif

n campus

A New Threat

t o the Press

B i l l Kovach warns that corporate priorities a re a threat to j ou rn a l i s m B i l l Ko\'ach, a staunch defender o f press freedom and a crusader for integrity in journ a l ism, received the 48th Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award on i'\m·ember 9, the anniversary of the birth and the burial of Lm·ejoy, an I 26 Colby graduate who became America's fi rst martyr

"The idea that the purpose of the press is tO tel l you who's ahead

and who's behind is a disservice to the process," he told a government class earlier in the day. The Lovejoy Selection Committee unanimously chose Kovach for

press freedom.

sure and not by journal ism at a l l , " he said.

In this year's Lo ejoy address, Kovach described a brave new world of

the 2 000 Lovejoy Award earlier this year, and Kovach told those as

communications where corporate conglomerates force their news divi

sembled for the

sion

including the Pulitzer Prize, that I would rather have than this one."

put profits before the public interest and where media scramble

to be the first to report news with insufficient regard for whether it's true.

'So we\·e come tO this," he told about 2 00 people in Lorimer

Chapel : " a fter struggling for centuries to remain free of government

ovember convocation, "There is no other award,

Kovach quit his first job as a reporter at the Johnson see)

City (Tennes Press-Chrnnicle because the publisher wouldn't let him cover civi l

rights in the early 1 960s. He quit his last newspaper job, as editor of

control and cen orship, public interest journalism now finds itsel f

The Atlanta Journal-Co11stitutio11, when his principles clashed witl1 the

struggl ing \ 1 i t h similar pre sures from private ownership. Indepen

publisher's business i nterests. In between h e had a remarkable career,

dent journali m may i n the end be dissoh-ed in the solvent of com

at the

mercia l com m u n i cation and synergistic sel f-promotion. The rea l meaning of t h e F i r t Amendment-that a free press means an inde pendent pres -is threatened for the first time in our h isrory, even \I ithout go\ ernment meddling."

Te1111essea11, The

e" <V

York Times a n d The Washingto11 Post.

\Vorking in the Ti111es's Bosten bureau he helped photocopy tl1e

Pentagon papers and paid for the copies witl1 a personal check. I n

Nashvil l e he refused tO leave tl1e senate chamber when ordered, and an ensuing court case led to the nation's sunsh ine laws that require

\ddressing the formal Lo"ejoy convocation j ust two days after the

decisions to be made in public. I n vVashington he worked on the srory

historic pre5idential election of 0.'m·ember, with recounts j ust getting

about Wilbur M i l ls driving drunk with a sn·ipper i nto tl1e Tidal Ba

under wa} , h'.:m·ach was harshly critical of the media's election cover

sin, a story that broke tl1e Thnes's policy of ignoring stories about tl1e

age. " I think election night \1·as stunning in its uselessness tO citi1em," he said, critici zing the ment a l i ty that prompted te levision

private l ives of public figures. After leaving daily journalism, Kovach led The

ieman Founda

nern orks to call states, prematurely and sometimes incorrectly, for

tion at Harvard Un iversi ty, which strives to e l evate journalism stan

one candidate or another. "It \I as strictly dri\·en by commercial pres-

dards tlu-ough publications, seminars, conferences and fel l owshi ps.

Rebecca Littleton Corbett ' 74 Joins Lovejoy Selection Committee Rebecca Littleton Corbett ·7 4 , assistant man-

' 39 , helped to estab l i s h the award in 1952.

Pul itzer Prize for investigative reporting.

ag111g editor/projects at The Baltimore Sun and

At Colby she was editor of The Colby Echo, and

Corbett h a s cond ucted programs for T h e

the newest member of the Lovejoy Selection

for several years after graduating she worked as

Poynter I n stitute, the American Press I n stitute,

Committee . was introduced at h e 2000 Lovejoy

an editor at the Mommg Sentinel. She spent sev-

the U n iversity of Maryland and the Center for

convocation She 1s the firs Colby alumna and

eral years at The Journal lnqwrer 1n Manchester,

Foreign Journalists. She is a member of lnvesti-

onl

the second Colby graduate to serve o n the

Con n . , before joining The Baltimore Sun. A series

gative Reporters and Editors and served as a

selection committee. The first. Dwight Sargent

she edited on salvage of ships won the 1998

j u ror for the Pul itzer Prizes in 1997 and 1998.

It's Not Only a M ovie Last summer, when he invited President Bro

Borrowing l i berally from Heart of Darkness,

Adams to introduce a fi lm for the Colby Fi lm Soci

"Coppola was obviously struck by the analogy, im

ety in the fal l , Noah Charney '02 was unaware

perfect but nonetheless probably appropriate, be

that the new president is a scholarly fi lm buff who

tween the British experience in the 19th century i n

has published articles about American cinema,

Africa and t h e American experience in Southeast

including several about Vietnam War fi lms. Adams

Asi a , " Adams said. Using that as " l iterary back

scanned Charney's list of more than 100 films

ground," Coppola was the first to explore the war

and chose Apocalypse Now, the groundbreaking

as "a very dark passage in American history. "

1 9 7 9 e p i c by Fra n c i s Ford Coppola that ap

Where it really broke new grou nd , Adams said,

proached the Vietnam War as a modern version

was its depiction of American war h istory i n a

of Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness. Adams's M ayflower H i l l debut as a ci nema

negative l ight-its "representation of that war and our experience as a revelation of a lot of dark

sage came in November when about 40 students

i m pu l ses and as pects of American h i story, " as

showed up in Keyes for the show. When he asked

opposed to the " positive and friendly" fi lm inter

Rebecca Littleton Corbett '74 a n d Ryan Davis

if it was a group of serious film buffs or just stu

pretations of previous American wars.

02 Echo news editor, in the office of the

dents who wanted to see a movie, the response

paper following the Lovejoy Convocation .

was: "We want to know what you have to say. "

After 1 1 years at Harvard he retired last year to chair the Com m ittee of Concerned Jour nalists, whose mission is to uphold the best practices o f journalism. He served for 1 2 years, from 1 988 to 1 999, on Colby's Lovejoy Selection Comm ittee. T h e s e l e c t i o n c o m m i ttee t h a t chose Kovach for this year's award includes Bosto11 Globe editor Matthew Starin, Chimgo Tribane executive editor Ann Marie Lipi nski, ?011/rmd 01·ego11irm executive editor (retired) Wil liam H i l l iard and Dallas Mo111ing News editorial page editor Rena Pederson. The presidential election crisis, which was in its second day when the Lovejoy Convocation was held in November, prevented members of the selec tion committee from attending the convoca tion, but President Wil l iam Adams quoted Lipinski, who said when Kovach was chosen for the award, " I f there's any living, breathing individual alive today who embodies the ide als of the Lovejoy A.ward, it's B i l l Kovach ."

l i shed h i mself as one of the great contemporary

maybe you won't recall but you might have read

American di rectors with The Godfather series.

or become aware of the facts-American involve

Lovejoy Award recipient B i l l Kovach joins '

Adams explained that Coppola had estab

Speaking to an audience born after America withdrew from Vietnam, Adams had to catch h i m self. "As you ' l l rec a l l , American i nvolvement

" Great, great movies . . . certa i n l y [ The Godfa

ment in the war ended in 1973 . . . . The North

ther] I and I I are among the best American films

V i etnamese c a ptured Saigon in 1 9 7 5 , w h i c h

ever mad e , " he said.

brought a conclusion t o a v e r y l o n g epoch both

Then came Apocalypse Now, which was noto rious we l l before its release. Years in the mak

i n Vietnamese h i story and American h i story, and four years later Coppola released this movie . "

i ng, it was one of the most expensive fi lms ever

I n the genre of war fi l m s that followed Apoca

made, and there were widespread reports of bi

lypse Now, al most a l l the fi l m s " shared some of

zarre behavior by Coppola and Marlon Brando on

the fundamental i m pu l ses a n d t h e m e s t h at

the set. " It ' s an odd and strange and troubling

Coppola raises , " Adams said, noting that many

and visually stunn ing movie, w h i c h , when it came

of them-Platoon for example-"tried to be real

out, provoked a lot of controversy and di sagree

istic and less metaphorical and l iterary. "

ment about its merits , " Adams s a i d . There was no consensus that it was a great fi l m .

" I find [Apocalypse Now] a hard fi l m to look at

as a realistic representation of Vietnam, but I

" It ' s a fi l m , i n many ways, of what I would call

t h i n k if you start with the premise that it's not,

directorial excesses. It's a very nervous and jumpy

then it w i l l be much easier for you to watch and

and excessive fi lm . . . . It goes way over the top

to read as a reflection of America's experience

on a couple of occasion s , " Adams told the stu

i n Vietnam , " h e concluded.

dents. " I personally have trouble watching it as

Charney founded the Colby Fi l m Society two

a realistic fi l m . You have to let yourselves go and

years ago, as a freshman. Every Thursday night

appreciate the symbolic power. "

the group scree ns a fi lm-" usually something everyone 's heard of but perhaps

Colby established the Lovejoy Award i n 1 95 2 for an editor, reporter o r publisher who has contributed to the nation's journal istic achievement. Lovejoy was martyred on No

hasn't watched "-in Keyes . A

10- or 1 5- m i n ute introduction h e l ps students see films "with a critical eye , " Charney s a i d .

vember 7, 1 83 7 , when he was killed defend i n g h i s a bo l i t i o n i s t n e w s p a p e r fro m a pro-slavery mob . Step h en Collins '7-/.

C l early it is i ntellectual c u ri osity rather than just an enter tai n i ng night at the movies that

attracts m u c h , if not most, of

For the ful l text of Kovach's speech, visit

the soc i ety' s a u d i e n c e . " Stu

www.colby.edu/communications/lovej oy/

dents sometimes show u p to hear the professor speak a n d

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t h e n leave without watc h i ng the mov i e , " he said . " Yo u ' d t h i n k t h e opposite m ight be true . "

Bro Adams offers his i nterpretation of Apocalypse Now to

-Stephen Collins ' 74

students at a showing of the f i l m by the Colby F i l m Society. COLBY · WINTER 2001

From the

Hit±n

campus

wit & wisdom

" A free s o c i ety c a n n ot e x i st o n ly

" It e n d a nge rs eve r yo n e , n ot j u st

o n a p rofit m a rgi n . "

J e w s a n d A ra b s . It' s a n o l d c l i c h e th at we ' re l i v i n g i n a g l o b a l

B i l l Km·ach, receiving the 2 000 Lovejoy Award for hjs contributions to p ress freedom.

vi l l age . B u t it' s t r u e . "

" O h , my god . W h at h ave they

H ebrew Uruversity, speak i n g a t Colby

d o n e to B i l l ? " Douglas Kneel a n d , former 1

ew York Times

edi tor, u pon seeing a robed B i l l Kovach entering Lorimer Chapel a t the Lovejoy Convoca tion.

" [ My p a re nts] o n l y h a d o n e c h i l d , a n d s o they h ad t o m a ke d o w ith

Yeh u d a B a uer, p rofessor emeritus,

" We s h a re fo r ty-fo u r p e rc e nt of o u r D N A with i c e b e rg l ettu c e . l o n g to p a s s [ Q u e sti o n ] S i x . "

" Ev e n t h o ugh I k n ow c i g a rettes

Peter H a rris, p rofessor of English, at a rally

a re terri b l e fo r yo u , I ' m ove r

in support of equal rights.

" T h row h i m o u tta h e re , e h ? " Leon Richard , security officer, gri n n i n g

s o n , a nd h e w a s ra i s i ng m e to

wide w h e n h e s a w Montrealer Fred Perowne

M y m o t h e r ra i se d m e a s h e r d a ughter, w h o m s h e w a s i nte n d i ng t o grow u p t o b e c o m e a s u c c e s sfu l b l a c k wo m a n . S o , it w a s t r i c ky, you k n ow. " Renm1 ned poet/writer and activi t J u ne J ordan, speaking at Colby i\'"ovember 20.

the M i d d l e East.

M aybe th i s i s why it h a s t a k e n s o

that. My fathe r ra i se d me as h i s b e c o m e a s uc c e s sfu l w h ite m a n .

on anti-Serrutism and conflict in

e ighte e n a n d it' s my c h o i c e . " S h a ron Skettin i '02 , commenting i n

Colby Echo

The

on the Coll ege's decision to ban

tobacco sales on campus.

' 0 1 carrying the Canadian maple leaf,

" So m et i m e s s o m et h i n g i s w ro n g

wearing a red-and-white tuque and

a n d yo u h ave t o t a k e a sta n d

match i n g hockey gloves i n the i n a ugural procession of flags.

aga i n st i t , eve n i f i t ' s n o t a p o p u l a r d e c i si on . "

" E ighte e n of twe nty- o n e k i d s h ad

President Bro Adams, on the Coll ege's b a n

b e e n u p u n t i l five i n the m o r n i ng . "

of tobacco s a l e s on campus.

Professor Anthony Corrado (government), explairung why rus afternoon class was "wasted" the day after the presidential election .

Adams to Stu dents : Take Time to G ive Bac k On '\"01 e m bcr 6, President Bro .\dam sp ke t seniors i n the Spa,

world, Adams chal l enged students to do more with their l i ves than

am11 ering que�tiom regarding 11 hat �eniors can expect a fter gradua

work. "I worry," h e said, " th a t all of u s a n d you i n parti c u l a r will be so

tion. " 't ou a re all goi n g to ch.rnge professions five or six times," he

motivated i n your professional l ives that you will lose sight of w h a t I

�.rn l . " l f � ou had a�ked me t11 enty yea rs ago if I would be a col lege , p re�1dent I 11 ould h.: 11 e la ughed .

call 'the rest of l i fe . "' Doing vol unteer work and participating in civic

\dam� encou raged �enior� to be con fident about the future and t h e i r Col l >� education.

"\\nat you \ e done h e re-gotten a 1·ery good

organizations help to build com munity, Adams said, a n d h e asked se niors to become more i nvolved i n these activities. After fielding questions about parking problems and the removal of

l 1 her;1l an� educa uon-111;1� be a better preparation than you e1·er a n

cigarertes from campus stores,

u cqMted," h e �aid.

tions for l i fe after Colby. "I t])jnk this is it," he sajd. " I 'm 5 3 . I'd l i ke to

\ \ l1 i l e com i n ced rhe Cla�� of 200 I 11 ill succeed i n the p rofessional

r r

dams was asked about l)js own aspira

finish my career here. That's my desire and i n tention ." -Erin

Rogers

'01

�

student

Few Colby students have ever experienced what Ana Prokic '04 has endured for a decade. " I ' m 1 9 now," Prokic said. "The only thing I can remember is wars." Prokic is from Belgrade, the capital of Serbia, i n Yugoslavia, where Slobodan M i l osevic's troubled reign recently ended and President Voj islav Kostun ica took office. Prokic is a lso a Colby freshman and recent graduate of Armand Hammer U ni ted 'vVorld College (UWC) i n New Mexico, a t\vo-year pre-un iversity school that for Prokic was a dream come true. Some might say she was due. Prokic has a younger sister who was only 3 when the war began. Her mother is a nurse i 11 a rnil i tary hospital, and her fatl1er is a clerk in a company that manufactures paint. He was drarred when the fighting started; to protect her young daughters, Prokic's mother had to lie to her daughters about tl1eir father's whereabouts: "My motl1er kept telJ ing me he was just in military practice somewhere iJlSide tl1e count1y. . . . I fmmd out from a cousin I was staying with that he was out at war." Prokic ]err home when she was 1 6 and, accustomed as she was to wartime, there sti l l were "some really tough moments," she said. She weathered them and came to Colby tl1anks to the Davis United \t\To rld Col lege Scholars Program . Trustee Andrew Davis '85 and his father, Shelby M.C. Davis, promised to fund any student from any of tl1e nine United \t\To rld Colleges who gains admittance to one of five se lected institutions and demonstrates financial need. " [Shelby Davis] is tl1e person I ' l l remember until the end of my life," Prokic said. Mer Yugoslavia's presidential election ended M i losevic's reign in October, Prokic's homeland rebounded. "The feeling among people has changed overnight," she said. " ormal things l i ke everyone else

rom the Hill

Communicating w i th home had become a struggl e . Once, Pro k i c said, she was watch i n g te l e v i s i o n a n d heard that the m i l i ta ry h o s p i t a l i n B e l gr a d e w h e re h e r m o t h e r Ana Prokic '04 works as a n u rse h a d been bombed . S i x hours passed before she fi n a l ly was reassured her mother was okay. " For me the most i m porta n t thing was to be with my fa m i ly," she said. Prokic flew to Budapest and her parents met her at the border between Serbia a n d H ungary. S h e found Belgrade, a c i ty of 2 . 5 -m i l lion people, i n complete darkness. "The spirit o f peopl e was gone," she said . 1 ow thaL spirit is beginning to rernrn and Prokic w i l l be going home i n May. "vVhat I 'm hoping f or is a change, j ust a better l i fe for everyone i n the country." She also hopes tl1at people \vii i stop considering Serbs enemies. "A year ago we were murderers and terrorists and there was every pos sible justifi cation for bombing our country," Prokic said. Now Serbs are portrayed as victims of a corrupt government who were finally able to win their freedom, she said. " I j ust want people to understand we don't m i n k about killing people. \t\Te don't get together at a coffee table and ta lk about tl1e next war we'll have. " Prokic doesn't blame anyone for the troubles i n Yugosl avi a . No one won the war, she said, "there were just a lot of dead people and a

C o m m u n icating with h o m e had become a struggle a n d she was tired of it. O n c e , P r o k i c sa i d , s h e was watc h i ng tel evision and heard that t h e milita ry hospita l i n Be lgrade where her mother works as a n u rse had b e e n b o m b e d . Six h o u rs passed before s h e f i n a l l y was reassured h e r moth e r was o kay. has; that's what we're hoping for. . . . J ust people having regular sala ries, kids being able to go to school, parents being able to afford srnff for tl1eir kids \vithout wondering whether they'll be able to buy milk." She regretted tl1at she was not home to share her fam i ly's excite ment when President Kostu n i ca was i naugurated. Si nce Prokic's move to the U . S . , she only spends summers at home. Even that has been dangerous. Duri ng tl1e summer of 1 999, when war i n Yugoslavia had reached the heart of Belgrade, Prokic's mentors at U\\ C thought it was too dangerous to send her back to Serbia. But the worries of war were not enough to keep her from her fa m ily.

desn·oyed country and tl1at's about all we got out of it." She also doesn't understand tl1e racial conflict tl1at tore her country apart. " I have friends who are Albanians, Croatia n , ;\ Iuslims and it completely doesn't matter, to me or to them . " t Colby, Prokic p l ans t o srndy i nternational relations, psychol ogy and German. In the meantime, her pride i n her country has not \\'aned. During the i na uguration of Col by's ne\\' presi dent, B ro dams, Colby's i nternational rndents carried the flags of tl1eir home cou n tries. " I \\'as ne\'er more proud to stand under that flag," Prokic sai d . "I love my country. I love the people there . I love everyth ing about it." -Erin Rogers 'O J

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Hi/1tudents

A Read o n

The Colby Reader .\ lark Pau tenbach 'O l ne,·er worked on a publication before the fa l l of 1 998. Then he and Daniel O'Connor '02 started one. "\Ve ha\'e amazing economics and govern ment faculty, but we had no publication," said Paustenbach, editor of The Colby Reader. Called The Politiml Affairs Reader in i ts infancy, the non-partisan, rodent-run publication, which origi n a l ly aimed a t go,·ernment, economics and history students, has grown into a 3 0-page

Mark Paustenbach '0 1 ( o n d e s k ) meets w i t h Colby Reader staff m e m bers (from left) J o s h u a C h ristie '03, Drew B ush '02 and Briana Wright '02 to discuss story ideas for the next issue.

quarterly CO\'ering cultural, social and eco

Prize-winning journalist David Shribman and

nomic is ues as well as politics. About 50 of

pollster Peter D. H art '6-+. H e interviewed th.is

Paustenbach says Assistant Professor o f Gov

the 1 , 500 copies of each issue are mailed; the

year's Lovejoy fellow, journalist Bill Kovach,

e rnment and I n ternati onal Studies J e n n i fer

re t are placed in Colb�· dining hall , l i braries

three days a�er the election in Colby's guest

Yoder has provided the editors with good coun

and faculty mail boxes.

house. " I t's fun to pick the brai ns of some of

sel, and Associate Professor of Government

the smartest people in their respective fields,"

Anthony Corrado helps them land resources.

" I ' m a political j unkie," aid Paustenbach, a gO\·ernment major ,,·ho sa�·s he reads the

Times on line at 1 2 : 1 5 a . m . to get a jump on the next da�" news. H e also gets The Xe-u: Re public, Roll Call, Time, The Economist, The Xe-a· lark Rl"i:ie-<J.' of Books, The Spo11i11g Xeu:s, ,Had and Rolling Stone and watches a lot of CNiJ "to fi nd out what's going on. \\'e live on a h i l l

d i sc u s s t h e c o n t e n t of t h e n e x t i s s u e .

Corrado's research assistant on campaign fi

he said. The magazine didn't have this scope ini

nance, Paustenbach also has worked for Senator

tially, says Drew Bush '02 , managing and lay

Diane Feinstein. Last fall he applied to graduate

out e d i to r, who copy e d i ts and h e l ps p l a n

school in political science but said, " I f not that,

editorial meetings. An English major, Bush was

I'll probably end up in vVashingron."

photo page editor and chief editor of his Madi

And what will happen to

The Colby Reader

son, J .] . , high school newspaper, and his ex

a�er Paustenbach, the only senior on the staff leaves? " I t'll be i nteresting to fi n d out," said

in a bubble- The Col�)' Reader is a w a y t o th ink

perience h e l ped Pa ustenbach broaden the

about the ou ide world," he said. I l e thinks

magazine's cultural and social coverage. Bush

Bush. "Nl ark gets together the larger picture.

the magazine foster "the kind of pol i tical dis

also revamped the entire layout.

He's the driving force."

cussion that should happen at Colby" and ties

"The ,,·ay you present it focuses attention

1 11 '' ith Col b�-'s academic , too. International

" I fi gure the magazine's organic, it grows

on the whole theme of the magazine," Bush

studies rudcnts learn in class, for in tance,

and changes," Paustenbach said. " I n five years

said . "And you can pull in a lot of students,

then anal� 1c current C\ ent in the journal .

it may tal k about d i fferent thi ngs. It may have

l ike English majors, through poetry or book

a conservative tone, depend i n g on w h o 's

re,1e\\'s." Bush, who plans to attend journal

theme. Last fall\ election issue deli' ered piece

there." In any case, he's sure that others will

ism school, says the magazine is good training

be there to carry on.

F.1ch issue presents SC\ era I article on a

on the presidential candidates-i ncluding the

ground, and he is passing on layout ski l l s to,

c111d1tLHe'> of the C rccn, Reform, Libertarian

among other , J oshua Christie '03 , who is also

and C .on.,utunon parric'i-as '' ell as an article

the circulation manager.

on C .h 1 1u I n \.,soci<HC Profc.,.,or of Fast \sian

.\ided by Chris

chlos er '02, the journal's

"There's funding, so the magazine should

continue," Paustenbach said. "T th ink i t's a good investment for the College to make."

-Robm Gillespie

" .1r on drug '' 1th a specialist on L .�.-Colom

Pol iuc., \u1.,heng Zhao, an intef\ ic'' about the

busine director from the outset, The Col�)' Reader no'' recei' es rodent Government As

l u 1. reLmon.,, re' I C \\ s o f t\\ o books on the

To subscribe to

�ociation funding and ecured an office on the

111ed1.1 and c;1 rroon

b� Jeff Dan11ger of the

3 -t7, send e-mail (politics@colby.edu) or write

fir�t floor of Leonard I fall. There the editor -

r11d/(/lft . 'lo bnng in out

.,ide ' ie" .,, P<Hl'>tcn b.i ch h.1s conducted mrer

including cop� editor B riana \\'right '02, " a reall� good, all-purpose '' riter," according to

Activitie , 5900 M ayflower I I i ll, Watervi lle,

,\ T E O-t90 I . The magazine also has a Web site

Paustenbach-and others on the business side

(\1 \'w.col by.edu/par).

l.os . lnC!,dt's I C \\ .,

Tmtt'.\

In e - m a i l '' l l h the l i ke., of P u l l l 1e r

The Colby Reader, call 207-872-

The Colby Reader Subscriptions, c/o Student

scrapbook Rm1ptsfrom Colby . . . My College,

the women � student handbook in 1 9 59.

A Long Day at the Office C a n ' t leave your job a t t h e office? J ustin Ehrenwerth

'01 and Mark Cattrel l '01 know the feel i ng. And they would n ' t have it any other way. Ehrenwerth and Cattre l l , president and vice presi dent of the Student Government Association (SGA),

Take advantage of "the variety "

011 The Social Side

\Veekends a t Cclby mean special fun for coeds and fel lows al i ke. Dates, parties, movies,

formally spend about 30 hours a week on the job.

and special treats with the

They attend meetings with students, faculty and trust

gi rls are happy parts of

ees, plan events and make good on the issues that

your col l ege career.

got them e lected , l i ke successfu l ly renegotiating stu

Perhaps this is an

dent phone rates with AdServe. "We do a good job of

J usti n Ehrenwerth '01

excellent opportun i ty

separating tasks , " said Cattre l l . " So, we can do twice

to pass on a few

as many th i ngs . "

valuable tips about

Even with their teamwork and knack for efficiency,

manners and men! The

neither is ever off duty. "We're unable to leave our jobs at 5 o'cloc k , " said Ehrenwerth. " I n

most essential quality

t h e d i n ing h a l l s , l i brary, i n class, we're always asked questions a n d given suggestions . "

of "the great date" is

But i nstead of trying to evade the feedback, they encou rage it. The duo set weekly times

being yourself, and

in Dana D i n i ng Hall and The Pub when students can s i t down with them and voice concerns, and they have arranged for any student to address Presidents' Council or send anonymous e-m a i l to SGA. " People expect a whole lot of proactivity from us, but that ' s intri nsic to the job , " said Cattre l l . Some o f that activity has been t o boost school pride b y organizing events celebrating student talent. " We ' re trying to have student government get interested and excited in the i ncred ible thi ngs that athletes, artists, actors and actresses and musicians do on this campu s , " said Ehrenwerth. Ehrenwerth and Cattrel l met as first-year students on the woodsme n ' s field. The follow

really enjoying the companionship of your escort. Be a good listener, and try to direct your conversation away from your own most intimate interests, abil ities, and last night's date. There are many interesting and nice boys on campus, so take

advantage of the variety. I t's wise not to get that "1\ vosome complex" with your fi rst

i ng year they worked together on Presidents' Council on a revision of the constitutio n .

conquest, or you may be missing out on good

" Sophomore year on Presidents' C o u n c i l I thought i f I

times. Above a l l , play the dating game fairly,

should ever do such a th i ng [as run for head of SGA]

and don't break dates because someone a l i ttle

that there wou l d n ' t be anyone else I'd rather run with

more intriguing has ca lled you at the last

than Mark , " said Ehrenwerth. " Based on his comm it

minute. Try not to make snap judgments

ment to SGA, h i s i ncred ible abil ity to speak and ar

about people. First i mpressions are onen deceptive, so keep an open and friendly mind

ticulate, h e ' s al l-around a good guy. " They kept in contact their j u n ior years to b u i l d a

and your social l i fe w i l l be that much more

pl atform and campaign plan, despite Cattrel l being

vital, exciting, and memorable.

abroad that fal l and Ehrenwerth away the enti re year. As to deci d i ng who would run for which position? "We

Donn Living

fl i pped a coi n , " jokes Ehrenwerth. " I t h i n k we both

For the next four years your "home away

have equal jobs. We divvy up our responsibi lities. " Both say rebu i l d i ng student trust is essential af-

Mark Cattrell '01

ter their predecessors' tenures were marred by impeachment proceedi ngs and accusations of rac i s m . "'Our a b i l ity to work together, our abil ity to respond qu icl�ly and we l l to concerns, our abil ity to realize concrete i m provements in the state of the College, that's how we get trust bac k , '" said Cattre l l . Ehrenwerth says h e ' d l i ke more student leaders t o " see it a s a responsibil ity, see it as necessary, to get i nvolved with Colby and issues beyond Mayflower H i l l-to destroy this notion of the Colby bubbl e . " He cites a student-organ ized rally to support Maine referendum Question Six, to pro h i bit d i scri m i n ation against homosexu a l s . "That's a great example of taking an off-campus issue and getting excited about it and involved with it and getting other students i nvolved , " h e said . The state referendum was narrowly defeated at the pol l s , but Colby students voted to add a non-d i scri m i n ation amendment to the SGA constitution . " If there ' s any way to try and i m prove our col lege, this i s the l ittle niche we've found to

give bac k , " said Ehrenwerth . -Alicia Nemiccolo MacLeay '9 7

from home" will be the dorm, and you w i l l soon find t h a t consideration for others is the secret of dorm livi ng. Your room isn't nearly so important as the people in i t, especia l l y your roommate. A roommate's sunny disposi tion is bound to become clouded by an unmade bed or a dresser top piled high with paraphernalia. You both take pride in having a neat pleasant room in which to study and

entertain friends. Your room will be furnished with all the essentials such as bed, desk, and

chai rs, and it is fun to plan your color scheme

and gay extra furnish ings \\ith your roommate aner you arri\·e. The Dorm is a grand place for relaxation and friendship. An understanding house mother is always eager to chat with you and be of assistance.

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Hil�culty

From the

E l i zabeth DeSombre shows her students i t ' s n o t easy being "green"

or weeks last fa l l , representatives of the parties to the long-unrati fie d Kyoto Protocol, the landmark global -warming treaty, went head to head in The Hague , grinding with glacial speed toward what many hoped woul d be an agreement. Some observers m ight h ave wondered what the h eck was going on . Elizabeth DeSombre's International Environmental Law students had a pretty good idea . De ombre, a fter a l l , is in the business of

that progress can and is made. She started

DeSombre won numerous teachjng awards

preparing idealistic college srudents for the

making her ow11 environmental contribution

at H arvard but chose to teach at a smaller lib

real world . H e r classe are heavy on debate

as a grassroots environmental activist at the

eral a rts school where she knows h e r sru

and discus ion, long on participatory exercises.

Unjversity of Chicago Laboratory School,

d e n t s - o ft e n

L a te work is heavily penal i zed or rejected.

where she began the lugh school's recycling

DeSombre knows wluch o f her srudents wil l

" G overn m e n t d o e s n 't stop b eca us e y o u r

program . The daughter of academics (her fa

finish quizzes first. \i\Then srudents break into

grandmother pa s e d a w a y or your computer

ther is a research che11Ust; her mother taught

groups in class, she has a good idea of who

era hed,' said De ombre, who sees her role,

English and went on to be president of a com

will donunate discussion, who will acquiesce.

in part, as a reality check.

munity college), she went to Ober]jn College,

D u r i n g a rece n t i n terview in h e r o ffi c e ,

better

than

they

think.

DeSombre pointed to papers passed i n that

o what i it like to negotiate environmen

drawn by that school's tradition of activism.

tal treatie ? De ombre' real- l i fe case rudies

After Oberli n DeSombre continued her srud

day that were waiting to be read and graded.

ies at H arvard University, earning her doctor

"There will be times this weekend when I ' l l

minimize ozone depletion. Her hypothetical

ate in p l i tical science in 1 996. And as she

b e a b l e t o think of things I 'd rather b e doing,"

example include one recent class exercise that

continued her work i n international environ

she said. " But i f l were teaching in a research

had sruden

mental po]jtics, DeSombre learned somethjng

university, I 'd never read those. I 'd hand them

agreement . Tn one round, the parties had

else as well-that she loves to teach.

off. I can't imagine not being able to read those

another, ome had no incenti,·e at a l l and had

low or a teachjng fel low. If you're a teaclung

incl ude agreements to protect whales and to

negotiating industrial poll ution

equal incenti,·e for reaching a consensus. In

to be paid off, cajoled or e\'en threatened. For

. rudent emir nmentali

ts,

the Jes on wa clear.

"They tend to think we can hold hands and �ing and change the world," De ombre said. " I t\ my job to show them it' not l i ke that." But it' not impo

ible, either. De ombre

'' a l k� a fine line as he how her srudents the ' c � real roadblocks that stand in the way

cm ironmental progress-but he empha izes

"At Harvard, you're either a research fel fel low, you teach sections or you teach your

papers, not knowing what the srudents a re thinking, how much they w1derstan d . " I t appears they understand a lot. Several o f

own courses. ] ust before I was to start teach

DeSombre's recent srudents have gone on to

ing, I thought, '\Vhat if l don't l i ke this) ' I 'm

careers in environmental policy, both in gov

in this job where no matter what you do, re

e rn m e n t a n d i n private i n d u s try. A b i ga i l

search or teaching, you're going to be teach

Campbe l l '00 said the vigorous debates i n

ing. I had this moment of panic. '"\i\That if I

DeSombre's classes helped h e r t o l e a rn just

don't like this? '

how complex environmental issues a re . " I

"I loved it."

think that this i s one of the most important

And he still does.

thi ngs that B eth taught me-there a re no

The Hague on Mayflower H i l l On he da that international global-warming treaty negotiations began 1n The Hague last

ovember, Elizabeth DeSombre had students in her se

nior seminar negotiate their own agreement.

pean Union and the U n ited States squared off about how stringent the obligations should be, w h i l e the small i s l and states and least-developed countries complained that it was all too little, too late.

The results? Two weeks before real l ife would m i rror DeSombre · s s1mu

Initial steps in international negotiations often are slow and contentious,

lat1on. student negot1at1ons broke down over the same issues that brought

DeSombre reminded students. But the process needs to start somewhere,

negotiators in The Hague to loggerheads: the extent to which sinks for

and, despite the lack of agreement, the parties reached some understand

greenhouse gases (e .g. forests) should be credited against emissions:

ings that are likely to be taken up in continuing negotiations. Eventually fur

hm1 s on em1ss1ons- rading schemes (flex1b1 lity mec h an i sms): and issues

ther talks will produce something that will evolve into a process for mitigating

of compensa ion and compliance I n the class. as in The Hague . the Euro-

human impact on the global climate, she predicted.

s i m p l e s o l u t i o n s to e n v i ro n m e n ta l

second semester: one lecture, three

problems," said Campbel l , now a re

sections, no graduate assistants. She

search analyst for a Cambridge, Mass.

pends so much time in her office tl1at

based environmental consultant.

her bull terrier, Sophie, has a crate,

Amy Lyons H i ggs '98 took the les

bed and bowl tl1ere. Asked how she

sons learned from DeSombre and ap

does both her own research and vigi

plied them to a Watson Fellowship year,

lant teaching, DeSombre said, "I have

which Higgs and her husband, Steve

no l i fe." And apparently she wouldn't

H i ggs '98, spent doing environmental

have it any other way.

education in Latin America. Amy Higgs

Kate Litle '99, a former research

is now work i ng with Conservation In

assistant for DeSombre, said recently

ternational, a nonprofit orga n i zation

she often told her mentor not to take

that works to protect the Earth's most

on any more work. Told of DeSombre's

biologically rich areas and the people

plan to lecture and teach three sections

who

in tl1e same course next semester, Li tie

l i ve

them.

She

c r e d i ts

DeSombre with teaching the impor

groaned: "She does tl1ings like that all

tance of seeing both sides of environ

the time and you're Ort of like, ' Betl1.

mental issues. "She made me rea l i ze that to be effective, I have to be able to

E l izabeth DeSombre (gove rnment) i m parts a rea l-l ife lesson to her i nternational studies students.

put myself in the other person's shoes," H iggs said.

You can't be here 24 hours a day."' T h e a d m o n i t i o n s d i d n 't s l o w

DeSom bre o n e b i t . L i tl e , w h o i s worki n g o n a study of Paci fi c

The lessons are passed along both ways. DeSombre is about to com

Northwest coasta l ecosystems-and salmon decli ne-for t h e U n i

plete her second book for the M IT Press and is researching her third :

vers i ty of vVashi n gton, s a i d s h e remembers DeSombre working

a study of t h e use of "flags of convenience" t o sidestep i nternational

harder than her students, sweeping her charges along w i th her en

environmental and safety regulations for commercial shipping. That

thusiasm and drive. Why? DeSombre, asked i f she ever lon ged

project was prompted by a student's study of an oil spil l in Portland

actu a l l y develop pol i cy or negotiate environmental treaties, said she

harbor. " H e came back and he said, 'Why are all these ships registered

feels she does the most good right where she is. And she pointed

in Liberi a ? "'

a poster on the wall above her office desk. The poster, from Oberl i n ,

DeSombre was off to London in November to do research for tl1at book. Back at Colby she was planning to teach an introductory course

reads:

Think one person

crm

change the world? So do I. -Geny Boyle

One carefully prepared student at a time.

'78

undits " It i s n 't men vs . women i n th i s

,,-

movement. You rea l ize that men

·�

don't have to put a n other woman down . They can always find a n other wom a n to do it for them . " Lyn M i kel Brown (education and human development) in a Bangor Dai61 News article on her study of girls' anger and su bm issi veness.

"Oh no, afte1' you. " " I n order to b r i ng that to court the sta n d a rd is go i ng to have to be

" T h e re ' s n o M i s s M a n n e rs gu i d e

that you can prove certa i n votes

fo r how yo u h a n d l e a s ituat i o n

o n ly to gauge mental agi l ity i n

s h o u l d h ave been cou nted in a

w h e re t h e e l e ct i o n i s o v e r a n d

Gore a n d Bush , but a l so to pred ict

d ifferent way, or that there were

n o b o dy ' s won a n d n o b o dy ' s l o st . "

the i r res pective capacities for

G . Calvin Mackenzie (government) i n a National Public Radio All Things Considered interview, when asked less than a week after the election how Bush and Gore should behave as tl1ey awaited resolution of the Florida results.

d i p l omacy and negoti ati on . . . for

people who know they voted that way [ i nco rrectly] but put the b a l l ot in a nyhow. " Tony Corrado (government) to Fox News.com, ov. 9, regarding allegations of election fraud i n voting in Florida.

" We w i l l watch the debates n ot

thoughtfu l ness about the n ature of leadersh i p . " Elizabeth 1-1 . Sagaser (English), in a Boston Globe story on the presidential debates. Sagaser teaches a course on political rhetoric.

COLBY · WINTER 2001

From the Hill faculty C o l by ' s D iscovery Channel For a year, Larkspur Morton crashed th rough remote Peruvian j u ngles from morn i ng until night, her eyes trained on a roving band of squi rrel mon keys t h at s k i pped th rough the trees overhead . M o rton was studying " a l i materna l " behavior, the scientific term for what i s essentially babysitting. She found that i n the w i l d , juve n i l e squirrel mon keys take care of their younger brothers and s i ste rs , a l l owing mom a foraging break. This was new scientific ground that Morton, then a doctoral cand idate at the U n iversity of C a l ifornia-Davis, was breaking in Peru . She's doing the same in her current research with her research partner, bio logist Neal Taylor, observing s i m i lar behavior i n gray jays , a north woods cousin of the blue jay. " I nstead of c rashing through the jungle, we're snowshoeing after gray jays in the field , " Morton said. And Colby is reaping the benefits. Morton i s a National Science Foundation A I R E (Award for I ntegration of Research and Education) Fe l l ow, one of four who have brought their scien tific research s k i l l s to C o l by and shared them with faculty and students. The National Science Foundation gave Colby $500,000 i n 1998 to pay for the project, which was a major coup for the C o l l ege. Only 10 s m a l l l i beral

La rkspur Morton a nd Philip Nyhus, National Science Foundation post doctoral fel l ows at Col by.

arts schools i n the country were awarded the grant, and only one other in

But Nyhus , l i ke the other A I R E fellows, brought more to Colby than h i s

ew England (We l l e s l ey). " It rea l l y recognized the su pport the C o l l ege

own research. H i s knowledge o f G I S h a s been applied t o Colby's curricu

h a s provided the sciences , " said F. Russe l l Cole, Oak Professor of B i ologi

l u m , i nc l u d i ng the course Problems in Environmental Science, taught by

cal Sciences.

Cole and David Firmage. Over the last year, Nyh u s has h e l ped Colby amass

Bringing Morton and the other AIRE fellows-Philip Nyhus, interdiscipli

the latest i n G I S technology, i nc l u d i ng ArcView and Arcl nfo software. That

nary studies; Steve Theberge, chemistry; Andrew Kortyna, physics-to Colby

technol ogy has been used in a study of water qual ity of Wesserun sett Lake

reflects the College's goal of involving more and more students i n real re

in Skowhegan in which high-ri sk erosion areas in the lake's watershed have

search, according to Dean of Faculty Edward Yeteri a n . It a l so reflects a com

been identified and predicted. " Students are doing real research , " Nyhus

mitment to "discovery-based learning," in which knowledge and experience

said. "They're fi n d i ng new informati o n , new ways to use very sophisticated

are gained as students set out to answer their own scientific inquiries, often

high-end software that is really world-c l a s s , and producing professional-

crisscrossing what were once rigid boundaries between d i sc i pl ines. In other

qual ity outputs and reports . "

words. 1t isn't your father's science education. It isn't even Larkspur Morton's.

This i s the kind of research that once was reserved for graduate stu

When she was an undergraduate at Hamline U n iversity i n St. Pau l , M i n n . ,

dents at major research i n stitutions. Even students with field research ex

very few students d i d research, Morton said: "The focus is changing i n these

perience elsewhere, l i ke Phoebe Lehmann ' 0 1 , who studied mountai n l ions

small l i beral arts college s . "

with a U n iversity of Connecticut tea m , are u n l i kely to have had access to

Consider Nyh u s , a soft-spoken scientist w h o h a s done extensive work i n t h e ongoing effort t o save t h e endangered Sumatran tiger. Nyhus grew u p i n I ndonesia a n d emerged as o n e o f the pl ayers i n a movement to reexamine

state-of-the-art research software such as she uses at Col by. " You don 't get to do this dyn amic mode l i ng [at most col leges] , " Leh m a n n s a i d . The AIRE fel lows are a t Colby for o n e or two years. Theberge h a s moved

the way we look at conservation problems

o n . Morton, Nyhus and Kortyna w i l l leave i n

such as endangered species. In the case

June. B u t t h e program is expected t o have

of the tiger.

yhus spent more than a year

a long legacy. The GIS lab is fully equipped

in the Sumatran wilds and never even saw

(with some $50 ,000 worth of software

a Sumatran tiger. " Th at ' s al right with me , "

Nyhus gleaned from software companies)

h e said . rec a l l i ng the dense jungle terra i n .

and ready to go. Morton has developed and

" If you · re close e n ough t o s e e a tiger [ i n

taught (with Catherine Bevier, C l a re Boothe

Sumatra], i t ' s t i m e t o be concerned . "

Luce A s s i stant Profe ssor of B i o l ogy) a

yhus and others d i d see that the best

biod iversity course for non-biology majors.

way to save endangered species is to con

She and other AIRE fellows developed and

s i der the problem from a l l angles and d1s

improved lab projects and also organized a

c 1 p l 1 n e s . As an e x p e r t in t h e u s e of

workshop in which Colby faculty of a l l disci

Geographic I nformation System ( G I S ) tech

p l i nes, from physics to phi losophy, shared

nology. a computerized technology that de

thei r approaches to teaching. "This is the

velops models u s i ng layers of i nformatio n ,

perfect job for me because I ' m interested

h u s undertook t h e first comprehensive

in education and improving a p proaches to

anal sis of potential Sumatran tiger habi

education , " Morton said.

tat. E n l i sted in the effo r t w a s Patrick

Science at Colby, l i ke the worl d ' s un

Sull1 a n ·oo. who d i d a year-long 1 ndepen-

A gray iay. one of the su b1ects of Larkspur Morton's ongoing

dent stud

st u d y of a n i m a l social behavior, photographed nea r R a ngeley.

related to the project.

dersta n d i ng of squirrel monkeys, will never be quite the same. -Gerry Boyle ' 78

Q&A

h i stori a n E l i zabeth Leona rd ta l ks about her fasci nation with women

a n d war

Elizabeth Leonard, dii·ector of wo111en 's studies and the HaiTiet S. and Geo1ge C. Wiswell ]1: Research Fellow i11 A111e1·ican Histo1y, recently talked to Colby about women soldien who masqueraded as men and about both the h01Tor andfascination ofwm: He1· book, All the Daring of a Soldier: Women of d1e Civil War Armies, (WW No11011) will be reprinted in papei·back in March. What planted the idea that led to All the Daring of a Soldier'?

In doing me research for

Yankee Women [about Civil \tVar nurses,

ladies aid activists and Mary \\Ta lker, me only woman doctor to be employed by me Union army's medical department during die war] , I kept comi ng across these stories of women whose service to the Civil \\Tar armies took odier forms: women who served as soldiers, as support staff to die armies, as spies. So I decided to write a book about meir experiences as well. A r e y o u surprised to f i n d y o u ' v e become a Civil W a r historian?

Gettysburg, die Vl'ilclerness . . . . Perhaps it's because so much of me war seems so much bigger man life. Perhaps it's because we associate die war >vid1 me great moral cause of emancipation, aldiough diat wasn't the initial cause by any means, and there were so many-yes, even in die Nordi-who resisted me notion of emancipation and equal rights for blacks right dirough Reconstruction. I 'm convinced diat many who are fascinated by die Civi l \Var want to cut off dieir study of it at Appomattox, because Reconstruc tion is such a demoralizing story in so many ways, and seems to undercut so much diat is-for northerners at least-triumphal about me war itself. I diink, too, diat many of us suffer from somedung of an inferiority complex: could we have clone the sorts of courageous iliings mat Civil \\Tar soldiers-and civi lians-did? Could we have endured what they endured? \tVoulcl we put ourselves on me l ine for any cause, die way Civil War era people bodi

orili and Soudi put

iliemselves on die l ine? Are we made of the same sort of stuff as iliey seem to have been made of, die same sort of moral fiber) I m i n k we are fascinated by these sorts of questions.

To some extent, yes. I 'm not surprised to find mat I ' m an historian per se, but me fact mat I 've focused my work on me Civil vVar is

American history?

somewhat stardi ng to me, primarily because I mink of myself as a

Yes. Aliliough one of the happier surprises I had recently is comi ng

pacifist, and I hate born war and guns, and I'd be miserable if my sons grew up and wanted to join me military. And iliere's no oilier war in history d1at has captured my attention in this way. I 've recendy come to bel ieve that mere is some great and personal l i fe lesson d1at I have to learn in relation to me Civi l War, and diat that's why I 've been driven to study i t. I 'm sti ll trying to figure out what that lesson is.

Do students surprise you with their reactions to the roles of women in

to realize mat students are learning more and more about women's roles in American lustory in dieir high school and even jun ior high school and elementa1y classes, so mey come in to my classes somewhat more familiar \vith me material we'll be covering than students genera l ly did when I first came to Colby in 1 992 . So what lessons does Civil War history hold for today's Colby students?

Seek compromise via diplomacy if at all possible. Of all the woman soldiers y ou've c om e to know through your research , is there a n y o n e that y o u find especially compelling?

Speaking of revelations, during the Inauguration Weekend festivities you

The story of]enn.ie Hodgers [aka Albert D. J . Cashier of me 9 5ili

showed your musical side by singing and playing guitar i n the Mary Low

I l l i nois I n fanuy Volwiteers ] . Hodgers served for diree full years and mustered out >vi m her regi ment in 1 86 5 . After the war she conti1i ued for most of me rest of her L i fe living as a man in a small town in

Coffeehouse. Did you consider a career in music?

I did once, and spent about a year perfornung around Souiliern

California and exploring me possibility. I realized in diat year mat,

I l linois. \\Then she was about 66 or 67, her sex was discovered, and

a) I really wasn't good enough or driven enough to make a career for

she was put in an i nsane asyl um. \tVhile she was there mey forced her against her w i l l to wear women's doilies. The poignancy of her

myself in mat field; and b) certain aspects of my nature work against

story is profound.

away from home for extended periods of time, and I l i ke a regular

such a possibility, namely: I l ike to go to bed early, I don't like to be paycheck. So mat about sewed i t up.

What is it about war that fascinates u s so? After all, it's the one thing that, as a country, we strive to avoid.

I don 't know! Certainly diere are many interesting characters to be fow1d in die sto1y. Certainly mere are tales of enormous valor, people doing things diat are seemingly superhwnaJi, eiilier physically or morally. There are also ghasdy horrors, stories of people doing things mat are utterly subhuman or experiencing brutal killing on a grand scale: me batdes of Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chickamauga,

W h y history?

I ' m me sort of person who is a lways trying to figure out why iliings are me way diey are. For me, history helps to provide some explana tions for why life is die way i t is. That said, die explanations history prO\-ides are not always explanations mat make me happy, or make me feel particularly good about being a member of me species!

L B

W I N T E R 200 l

From the

Hi�edia

Giving up the Former ghostwri ter Stephanie Doyon ' 9 3 m akes a name for hers e l f Stephanie Doyon '93

tephanie Doyon '93 wrote and published eight novels in four years

trol of the content-and her n a me on the cover.

and didn't get her name on any of them. And that's fu1e w i th her.

"I enjoyed it," she said. "When I get fan m a i l it's incredible be

Doyon, an English major and creative writing student from Lisbon,

cause kids are so i mpressionable . . . . It's ruce to have that i n fluence. I n

;.\1aine, quickly made her way to 1 ew York City after graduation. She \\'as working at a literary agency (filing and copying) when a co-worker mentioned that the publishers of several teen fiction series were look ing for ghost writers. "I said , 'Aha. I ' l l give that a shot,"' she said.

[the series] 'On the Road' i t was very i mportant for m e t o have a character who was independent. Her l i fe didn't center on boys or fash ion. I t was real ly about self-discovery and try]ng not to fol low the crowd and a l l those thjngs."

�O\\', Doyon isn't supposed to tel l what books she wrote. But suf

Doyon wrote four books for the series, wluch was optioned by

fice it to say, it is a series you've probably heard of if you've had con

Beth SuJlivan , producer of the television series D1: Quinn, Medicine Woman. Several publishers are waiting w i th offers i f a television series

tact with teen-age girls. There were "a slew of writers" for the series, Doyon said, but only the series creator got her name on the books. "I didn't really want my name on those, to be honest," Doyon said. " I t \\'as not the best content. A lot of them were thrillers. I wrote about axe murderers. But I tried so hard to inject value i n i t somehow." Her goal was \\'ricing experience, and she got it. The editor gave her

based on Doyon's books takes off, though Doyon says that would be a mixed blessing. "The problem being that I ' m not i nterested in writ i ng teen books anymore. It was j ust the next step." Her goal now is to complete a novel for adults. Doyon, recently

married and relocated from 1 ew York City to Chatham,

.] . , said

a 1 0-page outline and she turned it into a 2 50-page novel. It took about

she's been working for several months on a novel about "suburban

eight \\'eeks. Editing was another week or two. Doyon worked 40 hours

bfe" and has other ideas percolating. One centers on her rea l - l i fe ex

a \I eek at the literary agency, then wrote the series books at njght. The experience gave her discipline and earned her an agent. "I felt l ike I was

perience bving in a Quaker boarding house in

going to graduate school," she said. "I really learned so much."

ew York's East Vil

lage fo r six years. " I tried t o turn i t i n to a TV show," Doyon said . " I

have a n agent a t William Morris who's handling the option . H e was

I m·ok:i ng the lessons of R ichard Russo and Jim Boylan, her former creative \\'riting professors at Colby, Doyon wrote for a series call ed

really interested in it but couldn't sell it to anybody. I m jght n·y a

" LO\ e tories" that allowed her to come up with the story bnes her self. ,\nd then in 1 99 Doyon sold her own series idea to Simon &

need some distance. People would get pretty mad at me now, I tlUnk."

chuster. The books folio\\' the l i fe of an 1 8-year-old who takes a year off before college to travel around the country. Doyon had ful l con-

0LB

R 2

book with it later. There were so many good characters. But I fee l I "You mean you wouldn't want them to tlUnk you were secretly observing them w i th a book in nun d ? " she was asked. " Right," Doyon sajd. " Even though I really was."

-Gerry Boyle

'78

(_r_e_ce_n_t_re_J_ea_s_e_s��-) Practicing Kwanzaa Year Round

is primarily concerned with the roles of women in their c h u rches and

Practicing

Gwynelle Dismukes '73

Year Round

Global Cultures Ink (2000)

culture, as wel l as the tensions and stereotypes that shape societal

If you ' re one of the m i l lions of Kwanzaa celebrants

responses. I n her essays G i l kes foc uses on the ways black women and

worldwide, i t ' s l i ke l y that you've a l ready put away

their experiences shape the cu lture and consciousness of the black

9'w..zu

Alflrm1tlons 6: A.ctt\l ltie.s Ar�nd the. Seven Principles

commu n ities and the impl ications of those roles for African-American

your table, cand leholder and other hol iday sym-

religious experience, and she reflects on some of the crises and con-

bols until next December. Dismukes sees the po-

flicts that come along with t h i s experience.

tential for social change in the seven pri nciples of the African-American holiday-if they were followed i n d a i ly lives. Based on her experience conducting

Getting Real: Helping Teens Find Their Future

Kenneth Gray '65

Kwanzaa and African culture workshops for more than a decade, Dismukes

Corwin Press (2000)

has written a Kwanzaa primer, including cultural background, affirmations

As a professor of education i n the Workforce Education and Develop-

and activities that h ighl ight the hol iday ' s seven principles: u n ity, self-

ment Program at Penn State , Gray takes a broad view of high school

determinatio n , collective work and responsibi l ity, cooperative econom-

graduates and their options and is an advocate for students from the

ics, purpose, creativity and faith.

academic middle and for technical education. H e argues that " virtually a l l barriers to higher education . . . i nc l u d i ng abil ity to do college-level academics" were down by the mid-1990s and that there are far more

Potshot

Robert B. Parker '54

col lege-educated Americans t h a n jobs that require a bachelor's degree.

G. P. Putnam's Sons (2001 )

Spenser heads west to the rich man's haven of Potshot, Ariz., to shut down a local gang i n the latest addition to Parker's series on the Boston

The Wonder

F. B. White (2000)

based P. I. Potshot, once a rough-and-tumble mining town, has been reborn

Among The Wonder's n i n e i n strumental

as a refuge for m i l l ionaires needing to escape the pressures of their luxu

songs with F. B . White are a few gems from

rious Los Angeles lifestyles. When this western idyll is threatened by a

Colby's wealth of music talent. The contri

2 1st-century posse of desert rats, misfits, drunks and scavengers who

butions by Director of Band Activities Eric

rob the residents blind, Spenser is brought in to restore order.

Thomas on soprano and alto saxophones,

If It Wasn't for the Women: Black Women's Experience and Womanist

viola and retired music professor Peter Re

Music Associate Mary Jo Carlsen on the

Culture in Church and Community

on the organ and the synthesizer might be

Cheryl Townsend Gilkes (sociology)

expected. Hearing Di rector of Safety Bruce McDougal on the flute, though, h i nts at how deep Colby's pool of talent

Orbis Books (2000)

In this collection of essays G i l ke s , a sociology professor at Colby and an

really is. White, a Waterville musician, ranges from the haunting " J ewel r y

ordained m i n i ster of the U n i on Baptist C h u rc h i n Cambridge, Mass . , ex

B o x " t o t h e bright and lively " Playfu l . " A s White writes i n t h e l i ner notes

amines the complex interrelation s h i ps between gender, race and class

thanking the musicians, "They did it because they love to play. " The CD is

that make up the experience of black women. If It Wasn 't for the Women

available through the Colby Bookstore or www.cavernrecording. com online.

Bringing Anne Frank Home porary teenagers it may feel l i ke i rrelevant ancient h istory.

Anne Frank and Me

Cherie Bennett and Jeff Gottesfeld '77

G. P. Putnam's Sons (200 1)

the Holocaust and anything else that doesn't revolve around her high school crush. It is only

J e ff Gottesfe l d ' 7 7 and h i s w i fe , Cherie

after the sound of gun fi re i n terrupts a class

Bennett, addressed that concern with their play

trip to an Anne Frank museum exhibit that

turned nove l , A11ne Frank and 1Vle. I n 1 995

h istory l i tera l ly comes a l i ve for her.

Gottesfeld, a theater producer a n d writer, and

"Now, everything had changed, " N i cole

Bennett, also a writer, co-wrote and produced

says, as she i s transported back i n time to l ive

the play for yow1g adults after extensively re

as a \iVorld \iVar I I J ew in l 9-+2-44. She even

searching the Holocaust and interviewing its

tually goes into hiding with her fam i l y before

survivors. The play's off- Broadway run and other

being arrested and sent to a concentration

productions received several awards, and The

camp. Nicole returns to her present-read the

New Yark Timer called it "eloquentand poignant."

To further increase Holocaust awareness in

novel to learn how she does i t-a sensitive, strong and emotiona l l y mature i ndividual.

Mi l l ions of people, many of them school

today's teenagers, Gottesfeld and Bennett have

;\ lodem readers will never meet Anne Frank

children, have been moved and transformed

turned the play into a young adult novel that

in person, as i\icole does on a cattle car des

by the words of the Holocaust's most famous

brings to l i fe the rea l i ties of Nazi-occupied

tined for

casualty, Anne Frank. \Vhi le The Dim)' ofAime

Paris. Like the pl ay, r/1111e Fmnk and J ie fo

and Bennett, they will better relate to the suf

Fra11k is undoubtedly the most widely read

cuses on present-day, 1 0th-grade, suburban

ferings of others, no matter how long ago or

work concerning genocide, for some contem-

American Nicole B u rns, who i i n d i fferent to

uschwitz. But than.ks to Gottesfeld

far away. -Alicia Xemiccolo J lacLeay '97 c0L

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From the

Hi/1ports

he Revere B e l l i n the Roberts Building may need some polishing after all the times it was rung for Colby footb a l l victories this fa l l . On November 1 1 after a 3 4-

7 win over Bowdoin, the Mules rang it for the fi n a l time of the 7 - 1 season.

T h e b e l l tol led for Colby's 1 0th outright Colby-Bates-Bowdoin championshjp title-the ;\ Iules toppled Bates 1 4-0 earlier i n the seaon. Colby's record matched

- 1 marks in 1 97 2 and 1 994 and earned

the ;\ Iules a share of the New England Small College Athletic Con ference

.'ESCAC) title with Amherst and i\Jijddlebury (both 7- 1 ).

Colby's only los was to Amherst, Amherst's was to Middlebury, and ;\ 1 i ddlebury's was to Colby. Head coach Tom Austin praised ills entire team. "Ever since April the guys ha,·e said that they were going to go 8-0 ws season, " he said. "That confidence and the belief i n themselves really proved how out tanding these young men truly are . "

Co-captain Drew Johnson 'O J said, "The victory over Bowdoin

wa great because . . . the seniors completed a turnaround from 0-8 our freshman year." Co-captain ;\ lark D'Ambrosio '0 1 echoed Johnson and Coach Aus

Record-setting q u a rterback Patrick Co n ley '03 fa l l s bac k to pass d u ri n g this year's c h a m pionsh i p seaso n .

fense fi1,jshed l 9tl1 in the cow1try i n points a llowed for D ivision I I I teams, witl1 a n average o f 1 3 per game.

tin. " \ \ 'e a l l wanted it so bad. It was a great group of guys coming through on a team effort," he said. ome of Colby' succes came from the duo of quarterback Patrick onle�· '03 and wide recei,·er Daniel Noyes '02, who both set Colby and �TES .,\ single-season records. In 2000

Conley, Noyes, offensive tackle Bodo Heiliger '02 and D'Ambrosio were named to tlie Al l- TESCAC first tea m . Johnson and Kevin Smal ley '03 both were named to the All-NESCAC second team on defense. Conley, Noyes, defensive back Pau·ick Fahey '02 and \ jnebacker Michael

Coach of the Year

alone, Conley pa ed for 1 ,996 yard , etting a ne\\ ).' £SCAC record and breakjng tlie Colby

record of I , -+6 yard set in 1 99-+ by ;\ Iattl1ew

Tom

usti n, head coach of the Colby

Moran '03 also received NESCAC Player of the Week honors over the season. \i\Tith some of Colby's best players returning next year, tl1e M ules will be working towards a

\ lannering ·9 - . Conle)' became the fifth all

footbal l team, was named 2 000 Division

time q ua rterback in the ).'£ CAC rank j n g in

I I and I I I College Coach of the Year by

first-ever undefeated season in 2 00 1 . But this year's team w i l l be remembered, Austin said.

pa��ing completion in a ea on wi tl1 1 3 9.

the Gridiron Club of Greater Boston on

" Each team has its own personality, " he told tlie

\\'ith et

- 2 recei, ing yards this fa l l , i'"oyes

ne" '\ E C \

record and broke the

.olb) mark or -o- )'ar<l

et b) Joseph \ ·ecchi

'90 in 1 9 ' . Le�t one think Colb� ' �ucces can he cre<l1teJ

December 6. Austin's teams have won

the C B B Championship 10 times and ha\'e a 2 0-9- 1 record against in-state ri,·als Bates and Bowdoin.

the offen�e alone, the team'� <le-

\i\Taterville A 1orning Seuti11el. "TJ,js team was spe cial because d1is group of seniors provided such

direction. The legacy of tlie Class of 'O l vvil l be

to demonstrate what can happen when everyone buys in." -Alicia Nemiccolo MncLeny '97

Want more on Colby football? Go to Colby magazine {www. colby.edu/colby.mag) online to read a piece by Peter H a n s ' 99 on what it's l i ke to be a gridiron M u l e and to have a look at C o l b 1 a n s 1n the N FL . Also read Waterville Morning Sentinel stories on Aust i n and h i s coac h i n g career (www . centralmaine .com/sports/stones/00 1 1 30tom_aust.shtm l ) . Read about Colby receiver Daniel Noyes '02 and his spec i a l source of i n s p i ration o n the field {www.centralmaine.com/s ports/stones/0011 11dannynoy.shtml).

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Women's X-C 24th in U .S. "We pulled off the upset o f the season, for

As the throng o f more tl1an 2 00 run

sure," said Coach Deb Aitken of the women's

ners in the 1 CAA Division I I I men's na

cross-counny team's nw11ber-four finish at the

tional

ew England Division i l l meet on

entered the funnel where the snow-cov

1 1 in Massachusetts. The team's best ranking of

ered course narrowed from tl1e mass start,

when six of seven nLilners posted their best times

in Spokane, Wash. Colby freshman Nat

of the season, despite adverse condjtions, the

Brown, the only member of Col by's men's

Mules earned a team berth in the national NCAA Division i l l Cross Counny Championslup meet,

held November 1 8 in Spokane, Wash.

WOMEN'S SOCCER made a sixth consecu tive post-season appearance, this year i n the

c ro s s - c o u n t r y c h a m p i o n s h i p

ovember

the year had been sixth in New England, but

s orts shorts

M u le Th rows a Shoe

i naugural N ESCAC tournament. The M u les fin ished the regular season 8-6 before falling to No. 2 seed Bowdoin, 3-2, i n the tourney. Co

traffic got congested. It was November 1 8

captain SARA LOVITZ '01 led N ESCAC i n regu lar-season scoring for the second year and was named First Team All-NESCAC and shared

team to qua l i fy for the meet, was in the

MVP honors with KATIE ROWEN '01. CHRIS

!1Udd l e of tlie pack, hjs sights set on fi n

TINE O ' DONNELL '03 also was named First

ish i ng among tlie top 1 0 0 runners. H e re

Team All-N ESCAC . . . . WOMEN'S TEN NIS fin

At the New England meet, Mary Phelps '04

m em be rs gett i n g jostled at a bo u t the

ished 12th of 25 teams at the New England

ran a l i fetime personal best ( 1 8: 3 1 .05) and cut

half-mile mark. H e planted his left shoe,

Women's Intercol legiate Tournament. This fol

1 : 1 0 off her previous record to firush 1 7 th. Sa

pushed forward, and his shoe was gone

lowed a 4-4 season during which a talented

rah Getchell '04, the only one who djdn't regis

stripped off by the half-inch spike on an

group of freshmen, sophomores and j u niors,

ter a season's best time, was only one second

opponen t's shoe.

led by ERIKA GOSS ' 02 , HILLARY LAVELY '02 ,

Stmwed, Brown knew he had four and

LYDIA TERRY '02 and BRITI PALMEDO '03 ,

top runner, Maria Mensclung '02, ran the 5 ,000-

a h a l f m i les to go. " I didn't really know

saw dec i s ive victories over Con necti c u t ,

meter course in 1 7 :44.40, 1 8 seconds off the win-

what to do,"

behind her personal best with 1 9: 1 9.30. Colby's

1UJ1g pace and fourth across the firush line.

2 triumph over Bates . . . . VOLLEYBALL went

Having traveled across the com1ny to

A week later the team left for Spokane at 6:45

rw1, he said to rumself, " I 'm not going to

a.m. Airline trouble delayed their a rrival w1til 3

quit just because I lost a shoe." The course

a.m. Eastern time. The next day the squad faced

required three laps arOLmd a loop. " I saw it

a snow-covered course and 2 8-degree tempera

tvvice," he said of rus shoe. After tlie first

tures-with Mensching out with medjcal prob

pass his foot was wet, cold and sore. By the

lems. Add the jitters of a fi rst national meet and

second, " It hurt a hell of a lot," Brown said.

the possibility of embarrassment was in the air.

But firush he did. At 27 :2 1 . 1 over the

" I wouldn't say we ran badly; we ran tenta

8,000-meter course he placed 1 84th. f fi s

tively," Aitken srud. First in for Colby was Ti f

time w a s 2 : 3 3 off the wi JlJling pace, 2 :43

fany Frazar 'O 1 , who firushed 5 5th among team

better tl1an tl1e last rll11Jl er, and just 1 :40

ru n n e rs a n d 86th overa l l w i th a t i m e o f

slower tl1an he ran at the New England

l 9: 1 5 . 9-a strong effort, Aitken sajd. Colby was

Wheaton a n d Southern Maine as wel l as a 5-

he sa id.

20-18 in the regular season and placed eighth at the NESCAC tournament, where after a 31 victory over H a m i lton the Mules fell to M i ddlebury. I n the consolation bracket they scored a 3-0 victory over Bowdoin before be ing elim inated by Wesleya n . AMANDA CUIFFO '02 earned Second Team Al l-NESCAC honors

and First Team Al l-State. REAGAN CAREY '01 was First Team Al l-State and ALYSSA HENLEY '04 was Second Team Al l-State. Cuiffo was

the first Colby player to record 1 ,000 kills and 1,000 digs i n a career. . . . Plagued by inju

regional meet. Said Brown, "In New En

ries, MEN'S SOCCER continued to improve

24th among the 24 teams that qualified for the

gland you get used to running i n adverse

and finished with three wins in its last four

nationals, but all seven runners avoided what

weather conditions."

games. The Mules will lose a core group of

they most feared-being last across the firush.

seniors to graduatio n , i ncluding co-captai n s

" I t was a great experience," Aitken sai d . " I t

truly i nspi red everyone w h o went t o nationals

to make the necessary i mprovements to qualify

the

BILL GETIY a n d JAY FREEDMAN , keeper JUS

Cards

TIN AMI RAULT and NOAM DORROS , DOUG JOHNSON and EVAN REECE . JAMIE LUE '03 ,

again next year." And w i th just two runners

who netted the lone goal in a 1-0 barnburner

gra d u a t i n g- K a t i e M a cd o n a l d a n d K a t e

aga i nst Bates , earned Second Tea m A l l

Isley-look fo r another strong e ffort i n 2 00 1 .

NESCAC honors . . . . The coed GOLF team took second at the CBB tournament, held at the Waterville Country Club on October 8. On the women ' s side, JOSIE CHAPMAN '01 and BETH MONAHAN '01 fi nished first and second re

spectively, and JUSTIN UCKO '02 won the indi

Last year, the men's squash team finished 15th

vidual men 's title with a 7 7 . Head coach Jim

Tortorella praised captain scon BIXBY '01 as

in the country. This year's squad will fare better. It's in the cards. Colby recently took coach

" o n e of the best s t u d e n t ath letes I ' ve

Fred Brussel for a season preview from Shalel Way,

had . " . . . FIELD HOCKEY finished with a 6-8

a Skowhegan psychic, and the cards predicted: •

overal l record and placed REBECCA BRUCE '02

a winning men ' s team, improving on a ranking

and MARCIA INGRAHAM '02 on the 2000 All

that reached as high as 11th place nationally.

N ESCAC Second Team. Bruce was the Mules'

•

a CBB championship for the men.

leading scorer with nine goals and an assist,

Col by's women's cross-country team l i nes u p in

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the women's team will defeat Bowdoi n .

while I ngraham was second with seven goals

a n early-season contest prior to its fourth-place

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finish i n the New England Division I l l meet.

Brussel needs t o convey h i s love of squash to his players.

and four assists. A core group will return to

\..

create a solid foundation in 2001 .

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From the

Hil�evelopment

Renewe d

Commitment

Christian A . J ohnson Endeavor Foundation bolsters I ntegrated Studies "rant to see Robert i.IcArthu r (philosophy) wa,x a s enthusiastic about

development of new i n tegrated courses, he said. Now being consid

any fi rst-year student? Get him talking about the Inte

ered: a course cluster on The Ancient \Norld that could include courses

grated Studies Program, more specifically the cluster he helped teach

in philosophy, literature, l ustory and drama-and a J a n Plan in Greece.

h i s cla se a

called The Post-\Va r \Norld, 1 945 - 1 970. " I t's fabulous," McArth u r

\tVh i l e the c l u ster-course offerings have expan ded-i n c l u d i n g

said recen tly. " I ' m sittin g i n class w i t h R o b \Neisbrot QL istory], who's

Women i n the Pre-Modern World, EnEghtenment a n d Revolution,

an expert on a n u mber of th i n gs, among them the ci,;l rights move

and Gender and Sexualities, East and \!Vest-si nce the program was

ment and the \'iemam \\ ar, and Estening to hjm tal k about Viemam

lau nched five years ago, the premise has not. The idea is to help stu

while we're readi n g the philosopher M ichael Wa lzer on tl1e 'j ust war

dents see issues from several points of view and to bujld bridges be

theory.' Hearing the h istory of the Vietnam \Nar and then reading a

tween d i fferent parts of programs. For first-year students, clusters have

phi lo oph ical work on war and etlLical d i l emmas. And tl1en with John

i ncluded English 1 1 5 and a l aboratory science; participants emerged particularly adept at a sort of "science journa l ism," McArthur said.

weney [Engl ish] , we're reading Viemam \Var novels . . . " � I cArthur, professor of prulosophy and Christian A. Johnson Pro

Students have been enthusiastic about the clusters, not only for the

fessor of I n tegrative Liberal Learning and director of i n tegrated stud

knowledge impa rted in the courses themselves but also for the way they

ie , lm,ed the course (offered i n 1 99 ) and the "cluster" format, i n wluch

served as guideposts for further study. Students who were in a cluster in

rodents take cour es i n different subjects that simultaneously examine a

1 99 -taught by We isbrot, Paul Machl i n (music), Charles Bassett

rodents have been so enamored of the experience

(An1erican srudjes) and Charles Conover (physics and astronomy)- met

that ad,,a nced-le\'el course have been added to the fi rst-year offerings

with their professors last year for a reuruon dinner and pronounced i n

begun fi\'e years ago. Demand for the first-year clusters is such tl1at

tegrated studies a l i nchpin of tl1eir Colby experience.

period or theme.

students now are admjrred to the courses based on the merit of an essay.

Two advanced cl usters were offered tlLis year, and more combina

hri tian A. J oh n on Endeavor Foundation recently renewed

tions of discipEnes are being exa m i ned, McArtlrnr said. The new grant

The

1 - nu l l ion

ensures that the opportuillties for making connections w i l l continue

grant, bringing the foundation' total support for i n tegrated studies to

and expan d . "To some extent it's timely because of these trends that

m i llion. "It really m a kes tlLis program very ecure," McArthu r

have splintered knowl edge into disciplines, and tl1ere is no coming

its com m itment to the I n tegrated

rudies Program with a

a i d . T h e grant w i l l add t o t h e program 's endowment and a l low for

together except i n courses l i ke th is," he said.

-Geny Boyle

'78

Work i n Progress The exterior of the new art studio b u i l d i ng under construction at the Bixler Art and Music Center complex i s ahead of sched u l e , with completion expected by June, according to Joseph Feely, supervisor of special projects. The $ 1 . 5-m i l l ion project, made possible by a gift from Linda '64 and James B. Crawford ' 6 4 , w i l l be coupled with extensive renovation of existing studio art space . The first floor of the new bui lding w i l l be work space for scul ptors; the second w i l l be devoted to painting. Work 1s to continue on the b u i l d i ng through the wi nter.

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alumn�rom Carrie A l len ' 9 6 rides hard on N iger's A I DS tra i l

the Hill

Slrirmy

Man's Disease

Carrie Allen '96, at center, with residents of Tchangka rq u i l , a v i l lage i n southern N i ger. A Peace Corps volu nteer, Allen recently e m barked on a bicycle tour of N iger to promote awareness of Al DS, a growing problem in rura l com m u n ities i n West Africa . structed m e n i n agricultural tech

They're embarrassed. B ut they'll

n i ques, p l a n ted a peanut fi e l d .

come to me, no problem . "

The A I D S bicycle tour w a s her

The word i s that A I D S is

first major project, borrowed from

brought t o sub-Saharan Africa by

a n other Peace Corps vol u n teer who bi ked across Ivory Coast in a n e ffo rt to get girls

ost A I D S a ct i v i sts are

they don't get tested. There's no

fa ced w i th the task of

place to get tested.

men who leave their v i l l ages i n

1 i ge r to work in c i ties on the

North Atlantic coast. vVhen they

school there. The success of the

return home, they tra n s m i t the

A I D S ride depended on the nov

A I D S virus sexual ly.

elty of �Testern women peda l i n g

Allen said tl1e ra iny season had

into town a n d then helping stage

j u s t e n d e d , b u t l i ttle rain h a d

skits and even a concert telling vil

fa l l e n . The m i l let crop w a s down,

lagers that A I D S is among them.

w h i ch d i d n 't bode well for the

In Niger these events are called

" AI D S fetes" and

can i n c l ude

mon tl1s to come. Yet tl1e people of Niger give freely of what l i ttle

convincing people to take

" People just think they're get

v i d e o demonstra t i o n s-vo l u n

tl1ey have, Allen said. "I mean, I ' m

the clisease seriously. In the remote

ting ' the skinny m a n 's d i sease . '

teers bring their own generator

a total stranger t o this vi l l age tl1at

reaches of 1 iger in West Africa,

Carrie Al len '96 is working to in form vi l lagers that AI D S exists.

They don't know what i t i s . " S i nce J u n e 1 9 9 9 , Al l e n h a s worked in the vill age of Tchang

A Peace Corps volu.nteer, Allen

k a rq u i I, t h r e e h o u rs s o u t h of

was preparing i n November to set

a n d condom demonstra t i o n s .

I came to," she said. "And yet ev

"Even i n m y vil lage, I've started

eryone gives me food, welcomes

getti n g

me, i s patient w i th me, helps me.

condoms

fr o m

the

dispensaire a n d handing them out

I got there and I didn't know how

Nia mey. A French major at Col by,

to the men," Al len said. " Because

to wash my clothes by han d . "

out with her col leagues on a 2 80-

she's l e a rn e d to speak D j e rma,

the young men won't go to the

Raised i n Indianapolis, she's also

kil ometer bicycle ride across the

taught women to make bread, i n -

d ispensa i re to ask for condoms.

learned to cope with extreme heat.

westernm ost section of Niger, near the borders of Nigeria and

Alumni Club Ci rcuit

Benin . The plan was to stop i n

President Bro Adams takes his show on the road begi n n i ng this month,

v i l l a ges a l o n g t h e route and d o A I D S presentations i n Hausa a n d Djerma, two of N i ger's languages. The message was that A I D S i s a

visiting a dozen regional a l u m n i clubs across the country. The tour

The day she spoke from

i amey,

it was over l 00 degrees, typical for "tl1e mini-hot season," Allen said. " I !mow that up in I ferouane and

begins with a Boston appearance January 17 and ends with a stop

Agades i t gets to 45 or 5 0 degrees

in Denver November 13. A complete pul l-out schedule is available

Celsius. ll'hich is 1 3 0, maybe. "

on the i n sert i n side the back cover.

\\'hat is that l i ke? Allen w a s to find out. I n December she was due

v e ry r e a l t h re a t , t h o u g h h a rd

N ESCAC Career networking events were held t h i s fal l in Boston, and

n u mbers a re h a rd to come by.

most a l u m n i attending gave them h igh marks for their networking

to move to I ferouane-closer to

"Any percentage that you're going

possibil ities. In coming months, the events w i l l be repeated at the

m e Sahara-to work for a yea r

w i tli a French non-governmental

to get is probably going to be a lot

W i l l iams C l u b i n New York City with the New York Colby Club partici

less than i t really i s because nobody

pating. Each event concentrates on a different fie l d . The schedule is

orga n i zation . In the meantime,

knows,"

as follows: January 17, the Internet; February 7 , advertising; March

she was stayi n g for a month at a

lien said, in a telephone

i n te rv i e w from N i a m ey. " L i k e

29, museums and ga lleries; Apri l 4 , venture capitalists; May 1 , the

Peace Corps hoste l i n N i a m ey,

people in my vil lage of l , 5 00-I 'm

entertainment ind ustry.

planning the A I D S trek. "Air con

sure people die of A I D S but no body !mows that it's AIDS because

For a l isting of other club events and President Adams's tour schedule go to www. colby.edu/colby.mag online.

d i t i o n i ng," Allen s a i d . " A l i ttle break . "

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te l l s m e , he's not currently acting. I n stead he's waiting for h i s big break. Too bad I ' m not a famous di rector, he laments . Then I could discover h i m . Tom smokes s i x or seven c igarettes as he tel l s me about grow i ng up i n Fort Dodge. In the middle of a strange state, in a strange town, I feel safe and comfortable. The desk clerk went out of her way to help me, the bartender trusts me enough to share h i s stories, a n d tomorrow t h e mechanic w i l l arrive t o f i x Pearl . That night I sleep we l l . Sure enough, a t noon Sunday Larry arrives with h i s wife and toolbox. It takes him less than an hour to diagnose and fix the problem-a broken fuel pump. In that time, his wife, Marilyn n , and I become fast friends. As a mom , she worries about me trave ling alone . I tell her that with people l i ke her, Larry and Tom , I am far from alone. In fact, meeting people l i ke them seems to be the rule rather than the exception . I tel l Marilynn about the morning I spent i n Sudbury, Ontario, with a retired couple named Betty and Wayne. On their invitation, I had joined them for d i n ner-and camped in their back

A Road M a rked with Kindness

yard. The next morning we sat for hours in their kitchen, chatting over tea.

Editor's note: Sarah Eustis '96 was literally Colby's girl next door. She grew up in

They had l ived in Sudbury all their l i ves-Wayne working in the n ickel m i nes

a house that abuts the College campus. Since graduating she has taught middle

and Betty taking care of the kids.

school history in Albuquerque and recently decided to go to graduate school. But

I f i n i s h tel l i ng Marilynn about Betty and Wayne j u st as Larry finis hes

first. adventure beckoned. She bought a 19 79 VW camper van and some guide

i n stal l i ng the new fuel pump. He doesn't want any money. I argue that I

books and in September set off with her dog, Ellie, to explore the country.

need to pay h i m , if only to keep my prom ise to Betty. And I elaborate. As I left Betty's kitchen i n Sudbury, I apologized because a mere thank

My van is my l ifel i n e . " Pearl " is not only my transportati o n , she is also

you seemed inadequate. Betty told me to just " keep the chain of love

my bedroom, my kitc h e n , my protection from the elements and my mental

unbroke n , " as the country western song says. So I te l l Larry he needs to

security. Fortunately, she can be relied upon-most of the time. In Fort

take my money. He agrees on one cond ition: that he and Marilynn can

Dodge, Iowa, though , she apparently has had enough. She breaks down on

come back later that evening to chat. We make plans to meet at eight.

a Saturd ay, i n a snowstor m . I ' m cold. Repair shops won ' t open until Mon

That night, I hear a knock. It's Larry and Marilynn , my old friends. I heat

day. It could be m i serable but it isn 't. Let me expl a i n .

water i n the room ' s coffeepot and serve tea in Styrofoam cups. We talk for

Fortunately Pearl has t h e sense t o break down near a hote l , s o I check

an hour. Larry, a long-time mech a n i c , has just gone into busi ness for h i m

i n and explain my situation to the desk clerk. She i m mediately corrals two

self. H e ' s trying to b u i l d a c l i entele based on honesty and efficiency. I say

e m p l oyees to push my van i nto the parki ng lot. Next she sends me down to

that if I ever need a mechanic in Iowa aga i n , he's the guy I ' l l cal l .

Aga i n , I a m ha ppy. I n a generic hote l , i n a M i dwestern town, I feel at

the hotel bar. The bartender, a friend of hers, knows a guy who works on cars . If nothing else, she says, he w i l l give me a drink.

home. I trust Larry and Marilynn. I ' m fortunate to call them fri ends.

By the time I drop my bags in the room and reach the bar, Tom , the

This journey has a l l owed me the opportun ity to stumble upon such situ

bartender, a l ready has a call i n to Larry, the mecha n i c . Larry agrees to

ations over and over. I am cont i n ually amazed by the kind ness of strangers

meet me the next day (Sunday!) to look at Pearl . Amazed at the hospital ity

and am excited each day at the prospect of more of the same. Hopefully, I

of the staff and rel i eved that I don't have to spend the n ight freezing, I sit

w i l l be able to keep the chain of love unbroke n , even add a l i n k or two of my own. -Sarah Eustis '96

down to chat with Tom . Tur n s out h e ' s actu ally an aspiring actor. No, he

A l u m n i Trustee Nomi nees Announced T h e '."ominati n g Com m i ttee of die Alunmi

res ident of Stamford, Con n . , is managing op

Council h a pl aced i n nomination t\\'O a l u m n i

tician a t Rye Eye Care i n Rye, N .Y. S h e serves

In accordance w i th the by- l a w s o f t h e

for t h e po'> i ti o n o f a l u m n i rru tee, '' i th terms

on the board of die New York Optometric

Al u m n i Association, other nomin ations may

begin at

Center in 1'ew York

,omm encement 2 00 1 .

'\; o m i n a tcd for a second three-� ear term i

Anne

gle

e re

6 6 . G e re l i ,·e

i ty, a p h i l a n diropic or

be made by petition to die executive secretary

ga n i zation a l l i e d ''· i di the State U n i versity of

of the Alumni Council widi the signatures of

i\e,1· York Coll ege of Optometry. S h e cur en•e. a

an O\'er eer for the Coll ege,

K i rk" ood , \ l o . , a n d i s profc;sor o f Engli h

rent!�·

a n d cd uc;ltlon

sen·ed on the presidential

<1l

the C n i ' ersi� o f .\ l ichigan,

ents of E l i zabedi '98 and Paul M a gya r '00.

earch com m i ttee

one percent of the members of the assoc i a t i o n on or before Februa 1-y 1 5 , 2 00 I . T n the event that no nominations a re submi tted by

i n 1 999, cha i red the 1\ l u m n i Council in 1 997-

peti tion, the above candidates w i l l be declared

ccurn e, J'd uca tional Pol i c� , Planning and Sru

99, serYed on the Alumni

electe

dcnr

Com munications and

\ n n \rbor. \-, trmtee, '>he '>Cn cs on the Ex \ ffa 1 r-, com m i ttees and i

c h a i r o f the

ouncil Admission ,

rodent Affa i r commit

I l o n o r;1r� Degree Com m i ttee . .'he pre\lousl�

tees and i s a n admissions a l u m n i i n terviewer

and

and a n acti \ C \ Ol u n tcer for the Colby C l u bs

-,en cd •1'> a n O\ e r eer from 1 996 to 1 99 is

; rn

of '\:e\1 York and Fai rfield

a d m !'>'>IOn ' ol u nrecr.

'\om m a red for ;1 ti r.,t term a ' a l u m n i tru'>t<.:e

J anne \\Tedd II .\ lagyar

. ·"

' 7 1 . \ l a� a r, a

oun�" ,\ 1 agyar re

cci, cd a C :olb� Brick \,1·ard in 2 000. S h e and her h usba nd, Stephen \ l agyar '7 1 , a rc the par-

I by die c h a i r o f the A l u m n i Counci l . Where t o Find More

• Extensive a l u m n i events calendar www. col by. edu/a l u m n i/ca lendar •

A l u m n i photos www . colby.edu/a l u m n i/a l u mgatherings . html

'20s/'30s-1 940s

A letter to the editor of the Lawrence, Mass.,

The town o f Norwich is rebu i l d i n g

Engle-Tribune paid tribute to Donald Free

tl1e city'scentral li brary, w h i ch burned down in 1 994 w i t h J o h n 's Second Air

man '26's l i fe and long teach ing career in the

D i vision's memorial i n it. T h e re

public schools ofHaverh i l l , Mass. The writer

union purpose is to re-dedicate their

praised Freeman's "amazing 44 years" as a

memorial.

high school English teacher, principal, assis

tant superintendent and superintendent of schools and also cited his numerous civic

Sports Legends Hall of Honor went B i bby Levine Alfond ' 38

class news question naire, alumni were

the

asked to share a favorite memory of

team of Bibby Levine Alfond ' 3 8 and her

Colby's former presidents, faculty or

husband, Harold Al fond H '80, whose phil

sta ff, and Ralph rem i n isces abou t dat

anthropic contributions to sports i n Maine are unsurpassed. Maine Sports Legends was conceived by a partnership of people

Braudy summers i n

Los Angeles for the w i n ter. In tl1e

tion paid to the inaugural class of the Maine

i n g P r e s i d e n t B i x l e r 's d a u g h t e r

raise money for

H a rriet. H e also wri tes about push

scholarships given through the Maine Baseball Hall of Fame.

i n g a sled with a kegof beer concealed by a blan ket from tl1e Tau Deir house to the Phi Deir house . H e says his favorites were " Ecky with B recky, English l i t w i tl1 Chappie, h i story with

Deaths: Theodore G. Smart '27, October 6, 2000, in Norway, Maine, at

\Vi lkie and of course, Pop Newman . "

95 ·:· Kenneth H . Mansfield '3 1 , August 2 5 , 2000, in Orange City, Fla., at 91 ·:· M ary Dignam Murphy '3 1 , September 2 7 , 2000, i n Wilmi ngton,

Del ., at 9 1 ·:· Evelyn Haycock Quinton ' 3 1 , September 6, 2 000, in

vVi l l i a m Merritt Chase's p a i n t i n g

Portland, Maine, at 87 ·:· Frederic B. Champlin '3 5 , December 9, 1 998,

i n Iredell, N.C., at 90

·:·

O n loan last summer from

the Colby College M useum of Art,

Lewiston, Maine, at 90 ·:· Ed\vin E. Getchell ' 3 4, September 2 8 , 2000, in

To111ki11s Pm·k, Brookly11- 1 887 w a s i n a

John R. Turbyne ' 3 5 , Iovember 5, 2000, in

special exhibi tion at tl1e B rooklyn

Waterville, Maine, at 87 ·:· William A. EIJingwood Jr. '36, June 1 9, 1 999,

M useum of Art. It was a real kick f or

in Maine, at 85

me when I came upon it there.

·:·

Milton M. Gilson '36, September 1 7 , 2 000, in \Vest

Roxbury, Mass., at 86 ·:· Sara J . Cowan '37, October 20, 2000, in Portland,

doubt about it, it was the biggest a n d

Maine, at 85 ·:· David S. Eaton ' 3 7 , October 3, 2000, in Lawrence, Mass.,

best i n the show, which was ca lled

at 8 5 .;. Anna Stobie Rogerson '38, September 1 4, 2000, in Portland,

,Uodem rl111ericm1 Ln11dscapes ( 1 8861 8 90). It feamred scenes of Brooklyn

Maine, at 8 3 .

and Man hattan parks and harbors . . . .

'20Sf30S

Mexican border at Nogales. Green

Responding to our request for news

Valley has a large n u m ber of seniors

special trip to Florida in J u ne to at

of the Cl ass of 1 9 3 8 , Bob Anthony

avoiding a harsher wi nter climate .

tend tl1e graduation at which their son J i m my, a teacher i n Israel, re

I 0th

Rae Gale Backer '++ and Morty h a d a

edition of h i s

N l a n y recrea t i o n a l c e n t e r s , go l f

l'v lmwge111ent Co11trol Syste111s (with

courses a n d i nteresting study courses

ceived his doctorate . . . . "Trip can

Vijay Govindara j a n ) has just been

for mental stim u l ation are big draw

cel led by a broken jaw" is Muriel

published.

ing cards. A multimde of i nteresting

Marker Gould's headline for her

day trips add to i ts a l lure. (Sue and

report on their needless-to-say can

reports that the

For more than 10 years Sue

Earle also enjoy seeing \Vaterv i l le's

c e l l e d Norway c r u i se i n August.

Rose Bessey a n d h e r husband, Earle,

Bob andJudy Kany, w h o have a lovely

J\ l u riel sustained tl1e i n j u ry i n July in

enjoyed the thrill and companion

home in Saddle B rook i n the north

a fa l l i n h e r garden i n Florence, I tal)',

s h i p of skiing with a group of friends

ern Tucson area . ) To top it all off,

where she lives eight or nine monms

a couple of weeks each winter i n a

their grandson from Simsbury, Con n . ,

each year. As I w r i te tl1is i n Septem

number of European countries, in

became so enchanted wi tl1 the desert

ber I can tell you fi rsthand (since she

cluding France, Switzerland, I taly and

and mountains of the Southwest that

is at present i n

Tew York) that she

Austria. The group was known as

he is currently enro l l ed as a freshman

handled her w i red jaws unbelievably

"the \ Vas h i n gtonians" and included

at tl1e University of Arizona i n Tuc

well and is now pretty nearly okay

Colby alumni Tee and Anita Pooler

Laliberte, i\ I u riel and Bob Tonge

son. From December 29 t h rough

Apri l l 3 their address w i l l be 1 5 2 9

aga i n . . . . So w h a t ' s going on w i t h y o u ' l\'oth i n g so d rastic, I h o p e .

'49, Karl '54 andJane J\ [ i ll ett Dornish

B e l fry Court, G reen \'a l l ey ,

P l ea s e d o n ' t w h i z by t h e q u e s t i o n

' 5 5 a n d Paul a n d Germaine J\ Iichaud

8 5 6 1 +, phone number 5 2 0 - 3 99-2748.

n a i re i n t h i s i ss u e o f Colby-j u s t

Orloff ' 5 5 . Once this became i m pos

If you are i n the area, give them a ca l l .

r a k e a sec

sible for Earle and Sue to do physi

. . . J o h n Stevens \\Tites from S a n

cally they looked for a n a l ternative to

D iego t h a t he anended the P - 3 8 re

spend i n g t h e wi nter i n snow country.

u n i on i n Palm Springs a t the end of

Their solution has been a small town

i\ l ar. John planned to attend the

1940 Ernest C. M a rriner J r . RR # 1 , B o x 1 8 1 5-P North Monmouth, ME 04265 207-933-2401 clc.ssnews1940@a l u m . colby.edu

1941

Ralph

Hyannis, J\ 1ass., and then returns to

endeavors ·:· The lion's share of the atten

at large

1940s Correspondents

u n ion (but not the cold weather) i n 'orwich, England, i n l\'o\·ember.

[Alumni

B o n n i e Roberts Hathaway 400 Atlantic Avenue #34C Leomi nster, MA 0 1 4 5 3 9 7 8-343-4259 classnews1941@a lum .colby.edu

1942 1943 1944 c/o Meg Bernier Col by Col lege A l u m n i Office Waterv i l l e , ME 04901 207-872-3185 cla ssnews1942@a lum .colby.edu cl assnews1943@alum.colby.edu classnews1944@a lum.colby.edu

1945 Naomi C o l l ett Paga n e l l i 2 Horatio Street #5J New York, NY 10014-1608 2 1 2-929-5277 cl assnews1945@a l u m . colby.edu

1946 Anne Lawrence Bondy 7 7 1 Soundview Drive M amaroneck, N Y 10543 914-698-1238 classnews1946@a lum.colby.edu

1947 Mary " Li z " H a l l Fitch 4 Canal Park # 7 1 2 Cam bridge, MA 0 2 1 4 1 6 1 7 -494-4882 fax: 6 1 7-494-4882 classnews194 7@alum.colby.edu

1948 David and Dorothy Marson 4 1 Woods End Road Ded h a m , MA 02026 7 8 1-329-3970 fax: 6 1 7-329-6518 classnews1948@alum .colby.edu

1949 Anne Hagar Eustis P.O. Box 594 Princeton, MA 0 1 5 4 1-0594 978-464-5513 fax: 9 7 8-464-2038 classnews1949@a lum.colby.edu

deal with it, okay'

professor emerims, P h i l is sti l l acti\'e

-.\'nomi Collett Pngnnelli

i n the department of oral and m a x i l

A n o t h e r a w a r d for P h i l i p

s i n c e 1 97 . Before mat h e was dean a t

lofacial surgery, where h e h a s b e e n

Eighth AF group reu n i on i n Dayton

Boyne, D.,\ l . D . , :\ L S . , D . S c . ! I n June,

the

i n Arizona, Green Valley, which is

P h i l was named Faculty ,\ !ember of

Dentistrr after faculty time at UCLA.

located about 2 6 m i l es south of Tuc

at the end of September and was

the Year at the College of Den tistry,

H e h a d retired from the l\'avy with

son and about 2 5 m i les north of the

looking forward to another such re-

Loma L i nd a Uni\·ersity. Though he's

the rank of captain after 2 0 years of

niversit:y of Texas School of

C O L B Y

WINTER 2001

I 41

Alumni at Larg

940s

sen-ice, during w hich he \\·as in\'olved

west \\·i t h daughter E l i zabeth and her

with craniofacial research in Bethesda,

fami l y . \\'e were fou r adul ts, t h re e

:\ I d . , and \'iemam. P h i l h a a note

c h i l dren, t w o car a n d w a l lci e t a l k

rica, where they were to go on a

t h e re ' s n o col u m n 1 Try my e - m a i l (classnews l 9 .+6@ a l u m . co 1 by. e d u ) .

-A1111e Lawrence

w i l d l i fe s a fa r i , t h e n fly

the

Seych e l l e s I l a n ds for a fi ve-day

Bondy

cruise. From there they were to fly to

\\·orthy CY, and we congratulate h i m

i e s . G r e a t s i g h t s , great company,

on h i s long a n d impressi,·e career . . . .

great experiences, great way to travel

Ruth Lewin E merson has been trav

a n d l ea rn . . . . The inauguration of

her husband, Clay, have been doing

adds, " Hey, Chip, bet you haven't

eling in a motor home to Arizona,

Will iam D . Adams a s Colby's 1 9t h

so much trave l i n g that she says they

been there 1 " Last spri ng she met au

:\ I i souri, \\'i con in and other less

pres i d e n t t o o k p l ace on October

have caught up with June Chipman

distant place \\-i t h her h u band and

2 1 . As you read t h i s , h e will have

Coalson. Last fa l l , after hearing raves

ing. She says she has enjoyed his latest

dog. They are nO\\' selling the motor

been president for a while b u t not

from Chip, they took the Norwegi an

books . . . . Marilyn H u bert always

4 J Dorothy Cleaves J o rdan and

Luxor, Egypt, for three clays. She

thor Gerry Boyle ' 7 8 a t a book sign

home, she sa�·s, "because we ha\'e

too l o n g for u s to add our welcome

Fjords trip up the coast and back on

has news of Colbyites. For those of

been there and done that!" They also

a n d to offer good wi h e s for a h appy

a worlcing ship. I n April they cruised

you who are so l d on Fresh Samantha,

\\·ere in Alaska but with a rented mo

and productive tenure . . . . D o put

the Sociery I s lands,

tarting in Ta

she wonder ifyou knew that M ichael

tor home . . . . Gene and I had a

Reunion 2 0 0 1 on y o u r c a l e n d a rs . I

h i t i and \risiting several i lands l i k e

Carter, one of the developers, is a

man·elous trip i n J une through can

h ope to see you a l l t h e r e . ,\ l e a n

Bora Bora and ,\1oora. T h e y were off

Colby grad ( 1 980) and that the drink

yons a n d I ndian country o ft h e South-

\\· h i l e , s e n d n e w s !

again in November, this time to Af-

i s named after one of his n i eces.

\Vi t h o u t y o u ,

charles Da l l a m County i s s t u c k i n t h e fa r corner o f the Texas Pa n h a n d le ,

, An O l d Cowhand

of Army com bat engineers for t h ree years, mostly i n North Africa a nd

northwest of A m a ri l l o . On a m a p the a rea is a l l r i g h t a n gles-the New

Ita ly. H i s memories i n c l u d e b u i l d i ng bridges in Italy as it snowed or

Mexico and O kl a h oma state l i nes, the bou n d a ry between Central a n d

rained for 32 straight days. " Fort u nately we s u rvived the wa r but it was

M o u n ta i n t i m e zones-but i n rea l ity the l a ndscape i s vast a n d flat a n d

a long t ri p , " Card sa id .

bound less. " I n the winter, a t n ightti me, y o u can see the reflection of towns that a re t h i rty or forty m i les awa y , " says Charles Card '40, a retired Da l l a m Cou nty cattle rancher. Card and h i s wife, M a ry , owned a n d operated a 4,000-acre ra n c h . For the most p a r t , the C a r d s d i d the work themselves, herd ing cows and d riving tractors, with M a ry Card a ss u m i ng the post of "self-dec l a red bov i n e obstetricia n . " "You'd try to get some bod y to help you but we were t h i rty-two m i les from the nearest town , " Cha rles Card sa i d . "You don't get many people beggi n g for the opport u n i ty to work that fa r away

While overseas , he corresponded with a you ng woman he'd met i n Little Rock, A r k . W h e n Card was d i scharged , the wo m a n w a s i n Pen nsylva n i a . Card a p p l ied t o the U n iversity of Pitts b u rg h , was accepted ( h e thought) and e n ro l l e d . H e later lea rned he'd actually been rejected because there was a two-year wa iting l ist for a p p l i cants. " After a bout t h ree months i n schoo l , I got a n i n vitation to ta l k with the dean of students , " Card reca l l ed . " H e wanted to know how I got in there to begin with . " But Card stayed , received h i s master's degree i n h i story a n d went o n t o become a civi l i a n tra i n i n g s u pervisor for the Air Force a t Amari l lo Air Force Base. After 16

from a nyth i n g . " T h e Cards' piece of the Texas P a n h a n d l e was a

years Card ret i red , and he a n d M a ry (the woman from

long way from a town , a n d 1t was a long, long way

Litt l e Rock) stayed home a nd worked the ra n c h . T hey

from the town of Farmi ngton, M a i n e , where

kept more than 200 head of beef cattle and grew m u c h

Cha rles Card grew u p . H e remem bers the $50

o f their feed . Card sa id he eventua l ly t i red o f t h e

bou nty paid for a dead bear and the one-la ne road that led to his father's ca m p at the base of what was then a remote, u n d eveloped mountain-Sugarloaf. C a rd e a r n e d a tea c h i ng d egree a t the U n 1ve rs1ty of M a i n e a F a r m i ngton a n d t h e n decided he wanted to learn more H e was h e l ped by a C o l by a l u m n u s , Ted H o d g k i n s '25. a n d by others. " T h e person I h a ve great fee l i ngs o affec t i o n for 1s Dean [ E rnest] M a rr i n e r , " C a rd s a i d . " H e ' s t h e o n e who told m e he d1dn'

h i n k I was s m a r e n o u g h to get

t h ro u g h Colby, b u he was g o n n a give me a

isolatio n : " W e h a d a real n ice h o m e out there, but after a wh i l e you get k i n d of lo nesome . " I n 1 9 7 6 t h e Cards sold out. They bought a cotton fa rm near Abilene a s an i nvestment a nd moved i n to Amarillo. I n stead of chasing cows, they now d e l iver Meals on Wheels, though Card joked that he l i kes to sign u p for del iveries on Mond ays when the golf cou rse is closed . Card sa id he t h i n ks t h i ngs worked out we l l in the years since h is boyhood i n Farmi ngton, M a i ne . H e a n d Mary h a v e been married 53 years a n d both t u rned 85 this yea r . B u t even after 47 years in Texas, Card is

c h a n c e a n ywa y . "

part M a i n e r . "I sti l l reta i n that M a i n e-o n i a n accen t , "

A ter earning his Col by degree. Card went o n o each i n Liberty, M a i ne , for a yea r . Then t h e war broke o u a n d Card served w1 h a u n i

Card s a i d 1 n Amarillo. "At the L i o n s C l u b t h e y never

CO.BY ·

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let m e forget i t . "

-Gerry Boyle '78

\ l arilyn also has been following Pe ter Hart '64 with his Political Focus Group and Doris Kearns Goodwin '64, whom everyone must know through her books and TV appear ances . . . . Beverly Benner Cassara and Ernest recently returned from Alaska, where they visited their son and had an adventurous weekend fly ing90 miles into the interior ofDenali National Park. She was really im pressed by the thousands of peaks in the Alaska Range, many like McKinley, snow covered year round . . . . As ] write, John and I have just returned from a week i n Chicago and will leave for a week in New York City-both times spending most of our time in museums. In October we planned a walking tour in Provence . . . . Please send me news for the next issue of Colby. \!\That have you been up to, what experiences have you enjoyed, and what may your future plans in clude? And how about hearing from some of you men? -J\fary "Lie:,'' Hall Fitch

Elizabeth Day B ulger's hus band, Derek, is a retired Episcopal clergyman. Their family consists of two sons and their wives plus one granddaughter and a grandson born on J uly 4, l 999. She met her husband while a student at Colby and worked at the College in the "dim past. " Her e-mail a ddress i s dbugler@ b l a ze netme.com . . . . Fran ( Peetzie '49) and Jack Kimpel relocated to Enola, Pa., after half a century as Hoosiers. J ack (fjkpenn@cs.com) wrote to keep us up to date on C huck Sanborn, who lives in Baltimore. They spent a day togetlier at an Orioles game, walk ing from die city market to the inner harbor and then on to Camden Yards. Chuck a l so stays in touch w i th C harlie Cousins . . . . Peg Clark Atkins reports from her summer

home in Onset, Mass., that her family consists of s i x c h i l d ren and five in laws plus nine grandch i ldren. She and H a rol d celebrated t h e i r S Oth <l ll n i versary i n J u n e , and Bertha G ra v e s N o l l m a n a n d H a t t i e V.'h ite H a n n i ge n attended along with 1 3 0 others as Peg and H a ro l d renewed t h e i r vows a t t h e church i n M i d d l eboro where they were married. Peg wrote that she re c e i v e d a l etter from J\l l a ri a n n a N u tter Wyer, who reported that Shirley Parks had moved from a rest home in \Vakefield to the i\ I e l rose Care Center. She also said that she spoke with Kay Brine and was plan-

Counterpoint, Robert DeCormier '4 3 's new nine-member a cappella chamber chorus, made its debut on Labor Day weekend in Vermont. During his long career in music, DeCormier has worked with H a rry Belafonte and with Peter, Paul and Mary and has cut a number of albums. H i s television credits include a BBC series of folks songs, an Emmy Award-wi nning Belafonte special and several Public B roadcasti ng System concerts -:· Gene Hunter '48 was inducted Gene H u nter '48

into the Maine Sports Legends Hall ofHonor at a ceremony in Waten�lle. A four-year

starter on Colby's baseball team and a member of the Maine Baseball Hall ofFame, the long-time high school baseball and basketball coach and athletic di rector concluded his distinguished career at South Portland High School.

Deaths: Halsey A. Frederick Jr. '40, August 24, 2000, i n B ryn Mawr, Pa., at 84 ·:· Rowena Buzzell Funston '4 1 , S e ptembe r 6, 2000, in Vancouver, \Vash., at 80 : Weston MacRae '42, August 9, 2000, in Winter Haven, Fla., at 79 : Mary Foster Kimball '4 3 , September 29, 2000, in Concord, N.H., at 80 : Wendell F. Phillips '44, July 2, 2000, in M oores town , I .] ., at 79 : William H. Tobey '44, October 1 , 2000, i n Brunswick, Maine, at 77 .;. Richard R. Fellows '45, April 2 5 , 2000, i n South Hamilton, Mass., at 7 8 .;. Helen Small Martino '45, Octob er 1 5, 2000, i n Portland, Maine, at 77 ·=· Eldridge P. Wallace '47, September 8, 2000, in Lewiston, Maine, at 74. ··

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ning to visit Hazel Huckins Merrill after Labor Day. Peg received a Vol unteer of the Year Award from the G eneral Federation of \!Vomen's Clubs of Massachusetts . . . . Evie H elfant Malkin had a family reunion at Acadia National Park in June at tended by 20 people. She continues oncology social work at Mass Gen eral but with shorter hours than in the past. She recently met Bob '46 and Harriet Glashow Singer '46 in Providence . . . . Kay "Veisma n J affe (mjaffe2 7@aol .com) said that her major effort these days concerned getting out die vote for the Novem ber 7 elections and being certain that the issues were understood. She was also excited about her "coming great grandmotlierhood" (which may be a bit presumptuous since her grand daughter's wedding was planned for October 2 000!). She recently heard from Hanna Levine Schussheim and Phyllis O'Connell M u rray. Both Kay and husband ,\ like are well . . . . Phil S h u l man continues to work as a volunteer for The International Di plomacr Council, which plans itiner aries for foreign v i s i tors to San Francisco who are sponsored by the State Department tlirough our em bassies all over the world. Due to the people he has met i n his role he has

had reciprocal visits to Africa and the ,\ liddle East. Recently he was elected a Fellow of tlie Royal Geographical Society in London, an honor stem ming from his interest in 1 9th-cen tury British explorers in East and Central Africa and his ''is its to a dozen Islamic countries . . . . David C hoate e-mailed about a safari in Kenya and Tanzania, saying, "It was a magnifi cent experience1 Almost as good as a college education." In October he and his wife were going to China for the second time, planning to go up the Yangtze River before it is dammed up, then doing some "minor trek king" in Tibet before relaxing in Bali and renirning home by Thanksgiv ing. They go to N"ew York frequently to visit their granddaughter, 4. Other than that they play golf and tennis a little and "rearrange our picnires." . . . A wonderful article in the fa l l 2 00 0 issue of the Colby Heritage Club publication " Planning .\ latters" dealt with tlie establishment of the H arriet S. and George C. Wiswell J r . [ ' 5 0 ) Chair in American Constitutional Law. The article traced the \\'iswells' Colby h i tory and their business ca reers. It also cited the motivating factors for thei r gi ft and their inter ests and values that caused them to select American constitutional law. I t

further states that "tlie individuals that truly will benefit the most from tliis planned gift are the future stu dents of Colby." . . . Marguerite Jack Robinson wrote that she and her husband, Roger, and her sister, Adelaide Jack i\lcGorri ll '46, often go t0 the Salmon Falls, Maine, area. They recently ''isited the home of Kate D o u g l a s \Viggi n with the Buxton Hollis H i storical Society. M a rguerite also wrote that her 45th wedding anniversary would be spent at Boothbay Harbor and Capitol Is land . . . . A year ago Elaine Brown ing Townsley and her partner sold their business, Rails and Crafts I nc., to a hobby shop in Lebanon, N.l I . , b u t she works two days a week in the new store. And she still collects toy trains ( Lionel and American Flyer). In October Elaine and her sister were to leave for a 1 0-day trip in I reland to visit their I rish family. She says that she sees Hazel H uckins Merri l l ev ery so often . . . . ,\ l issing from this column is our annual report on visit ing Betty a n d M a rvin Joslow in i\ Ienemsha on ,\ lartha's Vineyard. This was a very marginal summer for sailing as either the weather, the cur rent or our schedule prevented us from that annual ''isit. After Labor Day Dorothy was off to Israel for a few weeks, and then we attended the inauguration of President \Villiam D . Adams at Colby before heading to our house i n J upiter, Fla., in early Tovember. \ \'e planned to return north for Than ksgiving and then spend the rest oftlie winter in Florida. In J anuary 2 0 0 1 we will celebrate our SOth wedding anniversary . . . . On a sad note, we recently learned of the death of George M . Kren. George was a professor of h istory at Kansas State University for decades before he retired last ,\ lay. He was born in Linz, Austria, which was also H itler's childhood home. George and his sis ter were shipped to England when George was 1 2 , but the family even nia l ly was reunited in the United States. \\'hen he became old enough he enlisted in the Army and served in a Europe-based i n fa n t ry u n i t i n \\'oriel \\'ar 11. H e w a s a widely pub l ished historical writer and wrote and co-wrote books that dealt with H itler and the Holocaust. He a l so wrote books o n photography and personal computing. -David and Doroth)' ,\ /arson

How about helping me out with some news for the next issue of Colby'

C 0 L B Y

WI NTER 200 I

Alumni at larg

940s-1 950s since 1 95 2 . I was aware that John,

You a l l must be doing something out

a l though a business administration

there . . . . Virginia You n g Ellis re ports t h a t she and J ea n

1 a loof

Among the in d uctees in the i naugural class o f the Maine Sports Legen d s Hal l of Honor was Ted Shiro ' 5 1 , fo rmer Watervil le High

aman and their husbands \'i s i ted 1ary H elen Wilson Miller and her husband at their new home i n Ot

School and Colby basketball and basebal l

tawa, Ont., Canada. They had a won

tandout. The one-time Boston Celtics pro pect is a member of the Maine Ba eball Hall

derful m i n i - reunion and toured many poi nts of i n terest in the city. This was

of Fame.

their second reunion-the ,\ I i l l ers \\'inter.Ji nnp,;nters i n Palmeno and

Tew England Conservatory. I was curious as to how that had come about. J o h n tol d me t h a t f o l l o w i n g our graduation exercises he had in tro duced his father to Roney Wi l l iams

"That's true," Mr. Baum responded. " A pity," said Roney. As i t rurned out,

Roney was prophetic. John lasted a

went on a 3 2 -day \-iking R\- tour to the Canadian ,\laritimes. \Ve went as

Denths: William M. \.\Tilson '50, August 1 9, 2000, in Boston, Mass., at 73 ·:· Jean Brewer Bridge ' 5 2 , August 1 8, 2000, in Orlando, Fla., at

in l\"orth

America-Red Bay, Labrador. \Ve were in L'Anse aux ,\ 1eadows, New

.;.

Priscilla Chamberlin Kraut ' 5 6, April 1 9, 2000, in Wilmington,

Del., at 65 ·:· James Russell Wiggins H '54, November 1 9, 2000,

foun d l a n d , when the repl i ca of Lief

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Brookl i n, Maine, at 96.

h i p , built and capta i n ed

by a d i rect de cendant, fin ished i ts journey from I ce l a n d . I was fasci

take a

' 3 5 . Roney had said, "I understand

Ted Shiro ' 51

Jean in Palm City . . . . This ummer I

Ericson's

bachelor of music degree from the

John will be j o i n i ng your business."

\•isited J in ny and Jean in Florida last

far east as the road goe

major at Col by, had gone on

upon grad u a t i o n from Col by he

year i n the family business before deciding to explore an i n terest i n music that had developed late i n h i s col l ege career. " But, J o h n , " s a i d I , " I didn't know you played a n instru ment." "I didn't," h e said. "I took up the flute at the conservatory." Follow

I n the process of campaigning he

ing the conservatory, John moved to

s l i pped on a sidewalk, severely break

Colorado, where he taught music.

nated by the h istory and the geology

trained as a n umpire and worked four

o f :-;ewfound l a n d and Labrador

years i n the minor leagues before

ing his left arm. Nevertheless he

\Vhi Je there he decided to broaden his

an eye opener on both counts. \Ve

making his career with Liberty i\ I u

writes, "I have no regrets. I met a lot

knowledge i n the education profes

fi n i hed the tour on Prince Edward

rual L i fe I nsurance Company. H e has

of i n teresting people and had an en

sion, and he acquired an M . A. at the

I l a n d , my favorite Canadian prov

an interesting hobby-woodcarving.

joyable time. But at age 74, this is

University of Colorado. Then it was

ince. And I e e

'la rt h a Loughman

Ray uses basswood to carve, among

probably my first and last hurra h . "

on to California, where he earned a

h e p a rd occa ionally as I plan to

other things, birds and decoys as well

ame com m u n i ty in

as busts of Civil War heroes for his

Top ham, ,\ I a i n e , come spri ng 2 00 1 .

son, who is a Civil vVar bu ff. . . . I wish

I ' m looking forward to being her

I had space here to include more of

neigh bor. . . . \\'e l l , I hope to hear

Ch arlotte Cowan Sutherland's two

from you all oon . I ' m sure you don't " an t me to monopolize this column \\ i t h my new e\·ery mon t h 1

move to the

-Alice Jennings Cnstelli

doctor ofeducation degree at Stanford. He was granted a Fulbright scholar

The o n ly news I have for t h i s

ship and for two years went off to

i s s u e i s fro m S h i r l e y R a y n o r

Peru, where he srudied and made rec

I ngraham, Clearwater, Fla. And that

ommendations on t h a t coun try's

page e-mail deta i l i ng special memo

i s i n teresting news. The owners h i p

school system. \iVhile there he earned

ries of Colby. It rea l l y belonged in

o ft h e s m a l l child-care center o f which

a second doctorate from the

our 50th reunion book. She also de

S h i rley was secretary on the board of

sity of Cuzco. Through this assign

scribed great summer vacation with

di rectors was rurned over to a l a rger

mentand the publishingofhis doctoral

their three kids, camping (and having

organization on the very night of her

dissertation, John came to the atten

Big news i n Dudie J enni ngs

a bear lean on their tent while they

move to a retirement apartment.

tion of Columbia Un iversity, under

,\ I a l ey's fami ly. Daughter Ann was

were i n it1), climbing to Rocky i\ Ioun

Shirley was immediately elected sec

whose auspices he rerurned to Peru

-r/1111e Hngnr Eustis

111ver

accepted and has j u t begun medical

ta in peaks, air boating on the Ever

retary of the Regency Oaks Chapter

for about seven years as an education

5chool at Jeffer on ,\ ledical College

glades and visiting historical sites a l l

1 5 1 of Florida Life Care Residents

consultant. This was fol lowed by nvo

Phi ladelphia. :-;ow, you a l l know

O\'er t h i s country . . . . Among our

Association. She will be traveling to

years as a consultant to the governor

world traveler are Richard and Mary

Tallahassee to meet with the legisla

of Puerto Rico. Back on the U.S. main

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Colby ha

been a family affair with o unle s )'OU want

"Skip"Jordan Megargee, who spent

rure to maintain input on pending

land,John decided as a change of pace

me to rega l e you \\ ith tales of our

a month this past summer visiting

bills regarding medical needs of the

to enroll in a pottery class in Georgia,

large, e\lended fam i ly, let me hear

England, \\'ales and I reland. They

elderly and mandated repackaging of

where he developed the abil ity to throw

from you. You can use the form in

were planning a fal l trip to Italy, which

prescription drugs for seniors in nurs

and decorate a marketable pot. He

magaz111e or e-mail me (class

" as to include Rome and Tuscany as

ing homes . . . . H aving admined my

nc\\ ., 1 9 - o@alum .colb) .edu). I n an)

" e l l as :'\a pies, where Richard was to

e' cnt,

) our ne" class corre pon locate and

the Jenni ng5es.

Co/b\

backpacked across Europe, got

fa i l u re in Computer I 0 I despite the

Jerusalem and there, without any ad

be a guest lecrurer at the :'\aval \\'ar

help from classmate H enry Fal es, I

vice from Roney VVi l l iams, opened a

College . . . . Kenn and Susi Go l d e y

am trying once again to be just a l i ttle

pottery studio. This proved to be a

t,1J J.. " n h cla.,.,matc'>, parucularl) those

lorrison traveled to Oberamergau,

bit modern with my new l i ttle Mail

short- lived venrure, but a migration

" ho " ere not '>ecn or heard from at

Germany, \\ ith a group of their friends

Bug, which does just e-ma i l .

J '>

dent. I " i l l do Ill) part

our ' Cf) '>Uccc.,.,fuJ 50th celebration

Ty ad

the

. K . and ul timately the

ee the Pa sion Play, " h ich has

dress is classnews 1 9 5 I @alu m.colby.

la tJune . . . . It woJ.. '>Omc real leuth

been held there e\'el')· I 0 year for the

edu. \\'rite to me. I f I keep my wits

successful. There John opened an

ing ( i 1 hr.1 1') microfiche) to locate Ruth

pa'>t 3 60 � ears. Thi

pectacu lar six

about me and push the right keys and

other pottery srudio in a little-used

buttons I might even get an answer

building on the estate where he was

and

a rpente r b) phone

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hour e' ent (\\ ith one long intermis

\ \ e,tl.ike \ ii Lige, Calif. Er111c has

'>!On) ha'> a ca tof:? ,000 and incredibly

beaut1ful choral mu. 1c. Those of u5

ful l �

" ho .. ang the " \ l essiah" at Colb)

mie

JU'>t renred. and he and Ruth plan do '>ome tra\ c l 1 11g once he n:cm ered from recent,

I'>

'> U cce .,., ful

" ould ha\ e lo\ ed that. . . . Re\ .

back to you. Try me. f need news.

-Barbara Jefferson H ln/ker

Pembrokeshire area of\t\Tales was more

living. Five years later, while on a skiing vacation in the

lps, John dis

covered this really neat Swiss ski in \\'ith no class news coming

structor. \t\Thether I ngrid was attracted

dn:n and h,1 , e JU'>t celebrated the lnnh

hades L. m i t h J r. ran-but i<ht

my " a> of late, l picked up the phone

a Republican bid for repre'>entatl\ e

and called John Baum, a roommate

by John's well -executed stem christies or his mellow flute f did not inquire,

oftheir f ourth gra mkh 1 l d . . . . I trac:J.. cd

to the Rhode J .,Jand C .cneral h">em

no" Ji, ing in \ \'ale5. \\'e had not

but the year 2000 marks their 2 5 th

dm' n Ra) B racken and learned th,H

hl� from the Pro, 1<lence fifth d1>tnu.

ral J.. c<l or corresponded in all the years

wedding anniversary. They have a

h.1<.: J.. .. urger') . I he� ha' c three ch1l

L 8. Y

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daug·hter and two sons aged 1 7 , 20 and 1 3 . J oh n i s now retired. The pottery business is a thing of the past.John and I ngrid continue to keep several hives of bees and travel much, and assuming fai r winds and tides,John can be found on t h e i r s l oop sa i l i n g a l o n g the Pembrokeshire coast, perhaps one of the world's most delightful sailing ar eas-second only, of course, to the coast of Down East Maine. -Pnul 1' 1. Aldrich

David Lavin l ives i n New York C i ty and is a professor of sociology at the C i ty U n iversity of New York, where he m a i n l y does research and writes books and articles about higher education and social inequality. David has three daughters, all o f whom live i n and around I . Y . C. Recently he remarried, to a n academic who is based in Boston. I t's a commuting marriage that has both an upside and a downside. H e enjoys h i s summer place out i n Bridgehampton, Long Island, she has a place on the Cape, and they split time between the two s u m m e r houses ("tough to take, huh?"). They do a lot of kayaki ng, h i ki ng, concerts, etc. Another high l ight was the four months they spent i n Austral i a , where h is w i fe taught at a u n iversity in western Austra l i a . . . . M y m a i l box is empty. I hope to hear from more of you 1 -Bnrbnrn Easterbrooks !Hailey

Jody Peary now l ives w i th her sign i ficant other i n Sarasota, Fla. She has retired as executive assistant to the producing artistic di rector of the Asolo Theatre there, where she met many i n teresting people. She now spends her time painting, reading, trave l i n g and just enjoying l i fe, and she sends a n invitation to any class mates who happen to be i n the area to give her a ca l l . . . . As you can see, we are short on ' 5 4 news for tl1is issue. Please help us provide more news for our class by sending i n yours' -Helen Cross Stabler

I hope you a l l have responded to tl1e letter from Bill Haggett indi cating that you are planning to join us i n j u n e f o r our big 45th reunion. Our two days at the Sebasco Harbor Re sort should be great fu n . I t i s a de l ightful place, right on die ba�', w i tl1 kayaks and can oes to rent. A group can rent a cottage, or couples can rent rooms in the l i ghthouse . . . . Our class started with 2 1 9 freshmen, and 1 97 graduated, or 90 percent. (For com-

parison, the C l ass of 1 999 graduated 5 2 0 , or 84 percent of those who en tered, al though several more fi n ish within two years.) \Ve have 16 mem bers l i sted as " lost," and I hope some of you responded with i n f ormation after getting the l ist. Ofour class, 1 2 0 have responded with cash gifts to the Col l ege. This i s a good percentage, but we can do better before June . . . . Our meeti ng inJ une at Hope Palmer BramhalJ's incl uded nominations for our next set of class officers. You w i l l b e asked to vote on s a m e before the re u n i o n , where they w i l l be a n nounced . I w i l l t e l l you that Dave a n d Rosie Crouthamel Sortor h ave agreed to be Alumni Counci l repre sentatives and that I have agreed to keep writing this column as no one has come forward asking for tl1e job! . . . Susan l\1iller Hunt and I again traveled out to the Berksh i res i n J u l y to take part i n t h e week-long Berk s h i re Choral Festival . \Ve both plan to sing with tl1e Colby Reunion Cho rus next J une . . . . Joyce Frazier Fraser goes striper fishing each sum mer as part of the annual Girls Shoal Tro l l , sponsored by her local angler's club. H er son Barry is a commercial tuna fisherman in the fa l l . Having read The Hungry Ocean by Li nda Greenlaw '83, I have great respect for a l l serious fishermen. If you haven't a l ready, you owe i t to yourself to read this book. \Ve are hoping that Linda w i l l agree to be one of the authors spea king at our reunion. -Kl/thy ,UcConr111ghy Zambello

E-mail is quick and easy; take advantage of it if you don't want to use the questionnaire i n the maga zine . . . . Ann Willcox Loftin has been adjusting to a new l i fe since her husband died a year ago. She sti l l runs the fa m i ly's small advertising special()' company and lives on an island i n tl1e Charleston, S.C., harbor but also i s fi xing up the beach house for lots of family and friends to ''isit. Ann traveled to Connecticut i n Oc tober to see her mom, who celebrated her 98th birthday in September. . . . Jim Bishop has had a fi l m script kicking around Holly-wood for 1 0 rears. TO\\' a big Hol lywood group has flashed the green l ight on h i s script, w h i c h centers on a \ \'oriel \ \ 'ar I I hero who returns home and can't cope and becomes a guerri l l a . Raise the glasses at Onie's. sa�·s Jim . . . . John Edes <llld his wife, \'alerie, now live i n Boynton Beach , Fla., but he is sti l l a registered representati,·e for

Phoenix and mai ntains an apartment and office in Providence, R . I . John has become very invoked i n chari

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table work, specifica l l y with the Amos

A l i ce J e n n i ngs Caste l l i

House, a home i n Providence for the homeless, and he was recently writ ten up in an article in the Providence Joumfll for befriending a homeless man who had once been a high school basketball star.John and another m a n h a v e become a m i n i -support system for this fe l l ow. \.\'hen asked w h a t special memories he had of Col by's former presidents, John to ld about the time that h e and several fri ends asked President B i xler i f they could watch the \ \'orld Series i11 color at his home, and President Bixler very gen erously i nvited the boys. John a l so has fond memories of Professor J i m G i l l espie, w h o helped many o f the students in their studies as well as their personal situations. . . . Cynthia Gardner Bevin h a s re t i red a fter 20 y e a rs o f tea c h i n g h i story i n J o h n s to w n , P a . C i n d y a n d h e r h u s b a n d , D o u g l a s , re cently h a d their t h i rd gran dc h i l d . T h e i r daughter, Cici ' 8 5 , has be come president o f her class and has a son and a new daughter. This past J u ne the Bevinses' second home in Connecticut was nearly destroyed i n a storm . Two houses were featured on national television during the storm, and these houses belonged to Cindy and to her mother. C i ndy's fa m i l y was very grateful to Robin Hunter Clutz, who h e l ped get them back i n to their home and get their l ives back together . . . . In the sum mer of 1 999 Susan (Macomber '60) and Dick Vogt flew with their bi cycles to Seattle and biked across the northern part of the United States to Ke n n e b u n k , M a i n e . They b i k e d alone, camped o u t (some moteli ng), ate great quantities of calorie-laden food and completed the cross-coun try trip in about 90 days and totaled 4, 1 04 m i l es' They averaged about 50 to 60 mi les a day and had a wonderful time exploring back roads and small towns. Susan wrote a daily journal, which can be seen on their \ \'eb site (www.conknet.com/jrngt). The trip had been planned for l 0 �-ears, and they started tra i n i n g six da�·s a week i n Febru a ry 1 999 until they l eft in mid-Ju ne. I n ,\ l a rch 1 999 ther sold their home of 3 0 years and mo,·ed i n w i th t h e i r da ughter tempora r i l y . llpon returning from t h e b i ke tour, the�· bought a motorcoach. Last Feb ruary Dick dro,·e the motorcoach to Florida to see the Yankees' spring

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tra i n i ng ( usan thought this was a guy thing and stayed home). This .\ larch D i ck and Sue plan to take the m o torcoach to Florida and bike from Key \\-est to Eastport, .\ laine, about 3 ,000 m iles. Their son ,,-ill dri,·e the motorcoach to i'\ew H ampshire, and then the \Togt w i l l take off for the umrner and fal l i n Canada and Alaska. \\'ben not o n the road, the \Togts enjoy their nine grandchi ldren, pro duced by' their four children, and e\' eryone l ives in i'\ew Hampshire, the home ba e for these ,·agabonds . . . . And that i s i t for thi time. I still need to hear from more of rou. Take care. -J Imgnret

S111ith Hemy

Delighted to report that I 've started recei,-ing new from '59ers once again after a l engthy d ry spel l . . . . Carlene Price "'bite runs n i mal E p i odes i n .\ [assachusetts (hav ing turned a hobb)' i n to a strange but very real business) and recently fin ished a stint as motorcycle crew witl1 her daughter for the Boston-1'\ew York AI D Ride, a three-day affair requiring 600 volunteers. These rides ha,·e raised m i l l ions of dollars to fight this dread disea e . . . . Trish and like Farren \'isit their eight grandchi l dren a often a possible . .\ l i ke is still holding the fort at .\ !anchester i -.H.) Ai rport '' h i le Tri h does hospice nur ing and consults at an assisted li' ingfacil i �-. They see \Tera and Dick ,\lorrison regularly and a l o ha,·e seen Bill Nicholson, .\ lari lyn and Bob Greer '6 1 and Fran and Boyd ands. They even watched Bob uriemma's grandson play hockey at :\'e" I l am p h i re College . And the generation'> march on ! . . . Louis Leona has been named professor emeritu .• <>fh1<,tory at t. Bona,·enture C n i ' er'>I� . Lou earned master' and doctoral degrees from Columbia Lni\t!r 1� Jnd retired i n 1 99- . . . . Peru hao, been home to Cio,elle and Jim P l un k e n for 3 - y e.irs.They ha\ e fi, e grandchildren, Jnd J i m directs I F.. C, an m ero,eao, ' ero,ion ofSCO RE, founded b� Da' 1d Rockefeller. I ! e ' s n1rrend� w m n g up a ne\1 JCll\ i� 1 11 recepti\ e toun-,m 111 Peru, o,o thoo,e of y ou " i th '' anderl uo,t, conract J 11n at plunk..: r r terra.com. pc and he'll -,ho\1 � ou the I nc.1 -,' J 1111 alo,o ha-, a home ' 1deo of rhe ' - 9 cla.,., n:un1on J\ ail .1hle for 2 0 L . ., 1nclud111g po-,tage from Peru. . . Dr. Bob Youne h , u l l •lLm e on the hoard of t. J ude Children\ Rewarch I l mpnal. I le ' I I -,oon go '' n h other ho.1rd member' w I ehanon to open a pcdiarnc canccr

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treatment program affiliated with St. J ude at American Unjversi ty ofBei rut Hospital . Then he'll join his fanuly i n I n d i a for a tour ,,;th his i n -laws, who were missionaries i n that country. Bob is also conference chair for The Holy Land Christian Ecumenical Foundation and is active with tl1e Rene .\ Ioawad Foundation, which supports l i teracy, health, agriculture and crafts programs. . . . Elaine and Paul Reichert are active i n the U . S . Power Squadron, and both teach safe boatingclasses i n Florida. Last sprin g their annual river cleanup group col lected more than a ton of debri from the river. Paul also assisted in the second grade at a local school. In the meantime, he and Elaine were ex pecting their sixth grandchild. Paul reports that Al Wilbur is newly mar ried and that Bob Keltie is goal judge for the Florida Panthers in the l\THL. . . . By the time you read this I will have participated once again i n the .\ laking Strides Against Breast Can cer walk on October 1 5 . Ladies and lady-associates of the Class of 1 95 9, is it time for your mammography) -A1111

Segrave Lieber

Eunice Bucholz Spooner is doing a wonderful job with our class \\'eb site. Direct quote from Eunie: "\\'hat a wonderfuHOth reunion1 The committee deserves a round of ap plause. The 1 960 class \\'eb site has photos taken O\'er the weekend. You can click on any picture for a larger \'ersion. If anyone has other photos to post, please e-mail or snail mail them to me. No names have been placed with the photos to protect the i1mo cent." I n July, Eunie attended the Alumni College (Sports and Leisure: .\ I i rror of American Culture), where the Class of 1 960 had the most stu dents attending: David Wiggins, Claudia Lawrence Rogers, Todd ;\larchant and Bob Hartman and

hi'> '' i fe, ue. Eunie report that re quired reading was verr enjorable and that they had t\\ o lectures each morni ng by Colby profes ors. unie learned from Todd �' larchant that he i'> ' cry act!\ e in ' olunteer acti,·itie , 1 11clud111g the Exchange Club at the local, di;trict and nanonal le\'els . . . . Jim Haidas\ elde>t >on, \'an, is a o,e111or ,1t Colb) , '' here he i> rooming 111 Pcpper l l a l l-the ;amc dorm '' hcre J 1111 Ji, cd dunng h1<, fir-,t year at Colb) 111 1 956. I l io, ) oungc�r >on, \ I 1chacl. 1 11 h1 1u111or ) ear at Bnrn n, \I J'> Jt the L n l\ ero,1� of ( , Jao,gm1 for thc fall '>cmco,tcr. Both bo) ' '' orked

What he does Freela nce writer on

environmental issues. His spec ialty Fish and wild l ife

conservation . Where you may have seen h i s work

A udubon, Fly Rod & Reel, Sierra Club

maga z i n es . Who's noticed T h e National W i l d l ife

Federation, Federa l W i l d l ife Officers and O u tdoor Writers Association of A m erica , and the A m erican Society of Magazine Editors. What he has i n common with "Ted W i l l ia m s the Elder" An

obsession with fishing a n d b i rd h u nting, but not baseba l l . What bugs h i m " I know outdoor writers b u r n themselves o u t fast

with bile and cheap booze, but what's rea l l y d i scouraging is when my readers meet me i n person and still t h i n k I'm the ba l l playe r . " W h i c h photo we used T h e mountain l ion c u b . The photo of

W i l l i a m s holding a monster sa l mon in Alaska ended up on the cutting room floor. But it was some f i s h .

all summer with Frances and J i m in running their rn·o restaurants on Cape Cod. J i m was very upset that he couldn't manage our 40th reunion; however, he was lookjng forward to Parents \Veekend on October 7 . . . . Peter N. "Mac" Mc Farlane retired from the Air Force in September 1 990 after 30 years and began work with a small technology firm, Delfin Sys tems, in Arlington, Va. He continued with Delfin until April 2000, when he decided, with help from Sheri, his wife of 16 years, that it was time to really retire. Mac and Sheri had moved to Evergreen, Colo., in September 1 998 with a second retirement in m i n d . They purchased a H-foot \\'innebago and have been seeing a lot of the country, including a five week trip to the East Coast. They also visited the area around Moab, Utah, with its fantastic natural won ders of Arches National Park. As you can tel l, Mac is enjoying retirement. He has not played hockey for about a year but expected to be getting back into that soon. Their home is in a \'ery hilly and wooded area at nearly 7, 00 feet, which makes skjing at el e,·ations around 1 2 ,000 feet much easier . . . . Ralph elson tested our e-mail system by reporting that he and h is \1 i fe, Kay, \1 ere awaiting the arrival of their first grandchild and \1 on 't ha\ e any real ne'' s until that is >afel) accomplished. l n .\ f ay they took a I 0-da) trip to France '' ith the Son of the American Revolution, and Ralph ,,·as in the color guard, \1 hich helped to place a '' rcath on the gra\ e

of General Lafayette. They had pri vate guided visits to the ancestral cha teaus ofFrench generals Rochambeau and Lafayette and stayed several nights in a chateau that has belonged to the Kergorlay fanuly since the year I 000. The w i n e and cheese and weather were wonderful, they report, and they recommend France to other tourists . . . . Nancy Shoemaker Dargie planned to retire from the USDA Forest Service at tl1e end of the year. Her twin, Carol Shoe maker, told her about our great -+Oth. . . . Had a wonderful e-mail from Jo Deans Auchincloss, who attended her first reunion and enjoyed being there as much as we enjoyed having her. Jo had lots of family around at the reunion: her mother, Louise Murray Deans '3 1 , attended her 69th reunion, accompanied by Jo's brother and his wife, J ohn and G retchen Deans, and Jo's daughter Lee came up from Portland to join tl1e family for the lobster bake. After the re union,Jo tracked down Sandy Myers, her junior-year roommate. Jo and I would like very much to see a lot more e-mail addresses in the direc tory (part of tl1e Colby H'eb site). She has volunteered to collect e-mail ad dresses from some of her Colby friends. l would appreciate help from all of you. Please send all your news by e - m a i l (cl assnews l 960@a l u m . colby.edu), and it automatically w i l l b e forwarded t o me. -Jane f- lolde11 H11e11n

61 1

11 as delighted to hear from

Penny Dean Robb,

Barb Haines Chase and I are putting heads

"deeper u n dersta n d i n g of h i storic

activities. Penny, who l i ves i n Man h a ttan and works a t Carl Fischer

together to see i f w e can go forward to a system that works. So send i n

events and their concepts" and that it is i m portant to be responsible stew

Music Publishers, reactivated her in

news o n what you a n d your fa m i l ies are doing to: Karen Falb, 245 Brattle

ards of historic monuments and com mon areas. This advocacy has been a

w i th whom I

shared four years of Powder & \!Vig

terest i n drama last year by joining the St. Bart's Players, a non-profes sional theater group that uses the faci l i ties of St. Bartholomew Ch urch on Park Avenue. This past summer she partici pated in a S h akespeare workshop on delivering the Bard's sonnets dramatica l l y as opposed to analyzing them academically. Gra d u ation was a performance i n the St. B a r t ' s c o u rtya r d , an e v e n t t h a t brought back memories o f h e r favor ite English teachers, M a rk Benbow and Powder & \Vig's long-time d i rector I rving Suss . . . . Although a s recently as a y e a r and a h a l f a g o l pla nned to teach until forcibly evicted from the classroom i n my dotage, I woke up one morning and rea l i zed that there were lots of thi ngs I wanted to do, so for the next few yea rs I ' l l be teaching just spri n g semesters ( from lateJanuary to mid -May). So far J am lovi ng every m i n ut e ofit, even though I have come to my office nearly every day anyway' . . . Bev Lapham reports that tl1e Reunion Planning Commit tee met September 1 6 and made great progress i n planning our 40th re union. Pre-reunion activities will start J u n e 7 at the Sam oset Resort i n Rock land, Maine, with gol f, sailing on a schooner, museum visits and other activities to suit a l l tastes. The on-campus part of the fun w i l l begin tl1e even i ng of Friday, June 8 . Sanir day tl1e 9th w i l l be the big day, witl1 tl1e alumni parade (can you find your old freshman bean ie'), a lobster bake and a special surprise event just for us i n the afternoon. Our class reunion dinner w i l l be Saturday night i n the Roberts Bui lding. You w i l l get more deta i l s i n a newsletter as the time draws nearer, but keep i n mind that tl1e most i m portant ingredient i n a successful reunion is you. Start plan ning now to come to this one-it just won't be tl1e same w i thout you ! . . . And don't forget that you can very easily send me news for this column via Colby's e-ma i l . J ust address your message to classnews l 96 l @ a l u m . colby.edu and i t w i l l b e passed along to me. My regular mailing address ap pears with the other 1 960s class corre spondents' addresses near this column. -Judy Hoffmn11 Hnkoln

63 Si nce the e-mail b l i tz from the

Alumni Office fails completely i n its

purpose of generating news,

Sa·eet, Cambridge, MA 02 1 3 8 and

k ff2 4 5 @a o l . com a s w e l l as c l a s s n e w s I 9 6 3 @ a l u m . c o l by . e d u . O u r fa mily n e w s is not earth-shattering eitl1er. We are looking at col leges for our "rising senior" daughter at Con cord Academy and have seen 1 3 so far. \!Ve are now at the point of decid ing whether we want a col lege one hour from home or three hours1 This August T had fun on a a·i p with the two daughters, seeing many schools i n Vermont, the H udson R iver Va l ley and Connecticut. Colby sti l l rates high with its energy if not its loca tion. One n i ght between Skidmore and Vassar we stayed at a town called Saugerties, and it nirns out that tl1e only person I know who is fam i l i a r with t h a t area is our o w n Jeannette Fannin Regetz, who with her kids spent many a happy summer vacation there . Jean nette is look ing forward to joining her husband, Fred, in retire ment i n a year or two. She sti l l enjoys her teaching of remedial reading to lower grade snidents in an Arlington, Va., public school and enjoys having t h e i r two c h i l d re n , S u z a n n a n d Jonathan, working· nearby. She's had news from Dale Ackley Pluta in Vienna,Va., that she and her parents and sister enjoyed a renirn ''isit to Colby last summer with a nostalgic picnic in front of Coburn. She was i mpressed by how good i t fe l t to be back and how the campus had not lost i ts old fee l i n g . . . . I'm tol d that t h e M i l l er L i b r a ry a rc h i tectural model has been returned to the Col l ege, thanks to ] . Wesley Miller. I t now resides i n the Colbiana Col lec tion i n M i l ler Li brary . . . . Judy Spear free la nces as an editor spe c i a l i zing in art and architectural his tory a n d em'iro n mental issues i n Lancaster, Mass. J\ I uch of her time this year has been spent i n advocating for tl1e preservation of Lancaster's historic town green and tl1e classic symmetry of its 1 8 1 6 First Church, designed by Charles Bul l fi nch. Feel ing tlrn t a proposed addition to tl1e church woul d not only change tl1e church's architectural i n tegri�· but also diminish the space and character of the town green , ] udy has written numerous articles and letters pub l i shed i n local papers pointing out how historic buildings and their origi-

nal lan dscape are i m portan t for a

challenge as the M assachusetts H is torical Commission recently ru led that the addition as currently plan ned by the church can proceed. Hope fu lly,] udy and other concerned pres ervationists can turn the tide.

-!Viren

Forsitmd Falb

Candi (vVilson '65) and John in yesterday for a quick visit fu l l of la ughter. ( M y son, Andrew '90, a l so was home, and hav ing i n herited his fa ther's sense of hum or, he's good com pany.) John is sti l l with Monsanto , which now has another name, but he's making a lot of noise about retirement. His Colby roommate, Dick Friary, has done just that, retiring from Schering P l ough after 2 7 years . Dick a n d Diane moved t o B i g S k y country Stevensvi l l e, J\ Iont.-just as the fires arrived. Apparently they were u n scatl1ed, as I 've heard noth i ng t o the contrary. Dick had sent me a cartoon from The 1 ew Yorker that featured Doris Keams Goodwin. How fa mous can you get! . . . Joan Thiel Hadley has a l so moved west-to Scottsdale, Ariz. She has tl1ree grand chi ldren now, she and her husband do a lot of day hiking, and Joan has been volunteering witl1 Alzheimer's and cancer patients. Says i t has taught her how lucky she is . . . . Dorothy Thompson Herrin has a grandch i l d i n Texas and anotl1er on tl1e way. She's sti l l teaching special education i n Vermont. She's been a Reading Recovery teacher for four years and loves this model for helping young children learn to read . . . . I 've had a long and i n teresting letter from Steve Schoeman. Steve has two daughters, but I'm sorry to report that he lost his wife, Ellen, i n J u l y o f 2000 a fter she fought melanoma for nearly two years. Before her deatl1, however, he had the good experience o f b e i n g a H ansard Scholar, working in the of fice of a member of the House of Commons i n London . H e took fu l l advantage of the Houses of Parlia ment as well as learning a great deal about the under side of England . . . . I dro,·e south i n :\ l a rch to ,-isit mam· former neighbors, �a''Y friend and classmates. I n ,\ lay I went to England with four friends from Kittery. A fam i l y wedding i n California was a n oc-

Haynes dropped

1960s Correspondents 1960 Jane Holden H u e rta 2955 Whitehead Street M i a m i , FL 3 3 1 3 3 305-446-5082 classnews1960@a lum .colby.edu

1961 J udy Hoffm an H a k a l a 25 C h a r l e s Place Orono, ME 044 7 3 207-866-4091 classnews1961@alum.colby.edu

1962 Patricia Farn h a m Russell 1 6 Sunset Ave nue H a mpde n , ME 04444 207-942-6953 classnews1962@alum .colby.edu

1963 Karen Fors l u n d Fa l b 245 Brattle Street Cambridge , MA 0 2 1 38 6 1 7-864-4291 classnews1963@alum .colby.edu

1964 Sara Shaw Rhoades 7 6 Norton Road Kittery, ME 03904-54 1 3 207-439-2620 classnews1964@alum.colby.edu

1965 Rich ard W. Bankart 20 Valley Ave nue Apt. D2 Westwood, NJ 0 7 6 7 5-3607 201-664- 7 6 7 2 cl assnews1965@a lum .colby.edu

1966 Nata l i e Bowerman Zaremba 11 Linder Terrace Newto n , M A 02458 6 1 7-969-6925 Fax: 6 1 7-266-9 2 7 1 x 1 0 7 classnews1966@a lum.colby.edu

1967 Robert Grac i a 2 9 5 B u rgess Avenue Westwood, M A 02090 7 8 1-329-2 1 0 1 cl assnews1967@alum.colby.edu J u dy Gerrie H e i n e 2 1 H i l l c rest Road Medfi e l d , M A 02052 508-359-2886 classnews1967@alum.colby.edu

1968 Nancy Dodge Bryan 7 We i r Street Exte n s i o n H i ngha m , MA 02043 7 8 1-740-4530 classnews1968@alum .colby.edu

1969 Sari Abul-J u bein 2 5 7 Lake View Avenue Cam bridge, MA 02138 6 17-868-82 7 1 classnews1969@alum .colby.edu

C O L B Y

· WINTER 2001

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Alumni at Larg

casion for a lot of reunions. And i n August I went t o Alaska, a land that i s vast a n d emptyyet teeming ,,·ith \\'ild l i fe . Back here i n Kittel")' I'm enjoy i n g my hobby of church cook. I do d i n ners once a month and luncheons once a month for between 2 5 and 0 people. It' a lot of fun . . . . Take five m in u tes now to tear out the class ne\\'S page at the front of this maga zine and tel l me something you spent a lot of time on last week. Or send i t by e - m a i l (classnews 1 96-t@ a l u m . colb)·.edu). I ' l l print t h e most i n ter esting responses.

-Sam Shaw Rhondes

Reunion part 2 : . . . and we yakked and yakked . . . . Saturday morning started with Marty Dodge and his ,,·ife, Kari, leading about 30 of us on a nature walk through the Colby arboretum. ll lan:y is a professor at Finger Lakes Community College i n upstate f'e,,- York and passionate about ecolOITT' and the timber sports program. ll larry spoke eloquently about the i n terrelationships of flora and fauna . . . . Classmates continued to arri,·e . . . . Bryan Harrison Curd joined us from Arizona, where she is enrolled at Arizona State studying for her 11 LA. i n art history . . . . B ruce and Jann Buffington Browning re ported that J ann is now a placement coordinaton,·ith the Insurance Staff ing Group, an employment and temp raffing agency i n Lynnfield, 11 1ass. B ruce is going for an 11 1 .A. in Ameri can histol")' at alem State . . . . Gail and Rick Davis reported that their children ha,·e now joined the fam i ly i ns u ra nce bu iness in �eedham, .\lass . . . . Re,·. Jon Moody i the chaplain at H i ram College in H iram, Ohio, and teaches ethics, religion, philosoph) , etc . . . . \\ 'e had the class parade to the gym . Younger clas es ''ere amused at seeing the occasional beanie (mine) on a geezer. . . . Harold K o w a l \ cla ., agent team ra i sed �OOK for the College. Harold con tinue' a' a la" ) er; he and Ruth, direc tor of operations at Bosron Public L1braf) , arc parents of E l i zabeth '9:? .rn d . u<>annah '96 and I I \ e in :"' e\\ ron, \ l a" . . . . In I 999 AJlen Po t mo, ed ro Bon ita pnng'>, Fla., '' here he i \'P 1n l ml.. c cp � - Compan) , 1 m e t ment and '' cal th management er ' ice, . . . . Con111e and Dave e a ro n a r c Ill '\c,, I l a rrford, Conn . Da\ e reachc, management at Central Con nccncur . r.ne C1rn cr'1t) 111 '-.' c\\ Bnr .un. . . \fter d i e lolhter bake, '' c had the afternoon free to e\plore the cam 48

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960s pus and yak. A few of us took the opportunity to see the great views of the campus and \Vatenrille from the obsen•ation deck high up the library clock tower. The pathway leads up and actually through the mechanism that controls the hands on the face. Our class dinner was i n the Katz wing of the art museum, a great location surrounded by beautiful wall-sized p a i n ti n gs. C l a s s pres i d e n t B u d Marvin i ntroduced incoming class president Sunny Coady, VP and Alumni Council representative Jan Wood Parsons and your continujng scribe . J a n continues i n the guidance area at N'atick H igh School in M assa chusetts. \Ve were entertained by the Colby '65 thespians- Bud, Caesar, Pam Plumb C a re y and Judy Eyges D a lton-in a rousing song skjt re callmg another era. Professor Tom Morrione spoke on current student activities on campus. Nancy Ryen Morrione is on Colby's admissions staff and explained that yes, we prob ably could still get into Colby. Our S Ts of 1 1 60 compare well with today's 1 3 20 once you knock off the 1 00-plus points caused by recentering the scores a few years ago. SAT infla tion has joined grade i n flation it seems. Nancy said the 35 percent admit rate is the same today as when we applied, but the current465-mem ber class is up from our 3 46. 11 1issing from the reunion were Tim and Adora Clark Hill, who now live i n the Rocky ,\ lountains above Denver. However, Tim provided us with a Top Ten list of "How to know you just might be a member of the Class of 1 965 " ( I 0) \ Vhile on vacation at a posh ,\ 1editerranean spa, you find yourself ordering a " Friday Blast" with a chocolate frappe and ask tO speak with John. (9) As a female, you find yoursel f on an evening out re minding your significant other that you only have 3 0 more minutes be fore curfew. ( ) You think that the word "significant other" are some obscure term that you must have learned in Kingsley Birge's Sociol ogr I 0 I course. (7) As a male you are com·inced that the "Soup �azi" is from the seed of ,\ l a Tri pp. ( 6) You get a l l \\ arm and mi ry eyed at hear ing the n1 o '' ords "dime draught."(5) You arc �till waiting for the relea e of Ted Furlong's first folk album. (4) \.<, a male at '' edding receptions, you 1 mmcd1atel) di,·e under the table '' hcne' er an) one tinkles a glas t0 announce a toast. ( 3 ) \s a female �·ou ha' e found � ourself th rel\\ mg your

panties out your apartment window as a group of chanting protesters has gone by. (2) As a male you keep join ing chanting protest marches i n the hopes of catching a pairof panties. ( 1 ) You have a recurring nightmare that involves blue beanies, large name tags and butterfly nets . . . . Congratula tions to Elfie Hinterkopf on her marriage last September to Stephen Biles. They honeymooned in theJapa nese Alps . . . . H a i l , Colby, H a i l '

-Richard

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Ha,ring j ust enjoyed a 3 5th re union planning meeting this past Sat urday, I'm reminded to encourage a l l classmates t o put t h e 3 5th class re union dates on your calendars. Re union 1vill be the weekend of Jw1e 8- 1 0, 200 1 , with a pre-reunion event scheduled for Thursday evening and Friday, June 7 and 8. 'Watch for re uruon reminders and updates, and let's see how many classmates each of us can encourage to attend. Reunions are great Colby events and a great way to reacquaint ourselves with old friends and with the constantly grow ing Colby facil i ties and programs . . . . My husband, Frank Zaremba '64, and I have had a wonderful personal and professional year. As a fam i ly we at tended the opening of the South Carolina Aquarium, the culmination of many years' work for Frank and colleagues. Our children have grown up with dad going to Charleston, S.C., as the aquarium project pro gressed, and it was fun to join all of Charleston in the celebration of its opening the weekend ofMay 20, 2000. \Ne also took the opportunity tO meet Sue Turner and her husband, Karl, for lunch the day of the Charleston Aquarium opening. Two weeks later we enjoyed the excitement, fun and c e l e b r a t i o n o f the w e d d i n g i n Chatham, Mass . , o f our older daugh ter, Karen, to i\ 1 ichael Fox, whom we have come to know and love. A month later we were ready to put our feet up and relax and went to the Grand Tetons, Yellowstone and G l acier na tional parks for nvo weeks. This fa l l our younger daughter h a s headed off tO Savannah, Ga., for a master's pro gram in hist0ric presen>ation at Sa ''annah College of Art and Design . . . . John Ta ra sent a wonderful e-mail '' ith attached photo to Frank Finizio bemoaning the fact that his Full Dress Harley had been stolen on his way to ,\ lyrtle Beach , . C. However, he re ported the good news that he used the insurance proceeds to purchase a

Low Rider and that l i fe was good . . . .

Peter Blumenthal wrote that h i s son

Richard '93 was with Outward Bound in Florida for five years and has moved back to Boston, where h i s wife-to-be w i l l attend graduate school. Son Seth '97 is teaching history at a private secondary school i n \Na l tham, Mass. Peter sold his business (a retai l chain o f pi cture fra m i n g stores c a l l e d Framekjng) two years ago, with t h e short-term goal of competing in the I ron man Triathlon i n Hawai i . I n Au gust a year ago while on a training ride on his bicycle he was h i t by a car and suffered a broken neck. M i racu lously, he was not paralyzed or kjlled. After a l engthy recuperation, h e was able to get back on h i s bike and successfu l ly complete two triathlons last spring. So as not to have to make a decision about what to do with the rest of h i s l i fe, Peter, his w i fe and young daughter decided to move to J e rusa l e m for a year. \!\Tith no plans, the Blumenthals a n ticipate simply finding exciting things to do once they arrive. Any Colby a l ums who are passing through should give a call (0 1 1 -972-2-5 8 1 -42 7 1 ), and they will receive a most hearty welcome' . . . Allen and J anet M eyer Throop wrote that on July 7 Jerri Hamil ton Bost '65, the Throops and Elena and Peter Anderson walked across the G o l d e n G a te B r i d g e . I t was a celebratory walk with friends forJerri, a survivor of bone cancer, and for Peter and Elena, survivors of major surgery i n the last few years . . . . Sue Turner wrote that she recently en joyed spending the 4th of J uly in B rooks, Maine, w i th Linda Hall Lord, Linda's husband, Russell, a n d their family. S u e , husband K a rl a n d daughter Alissa spent s i x weeks in Salisbury Cove, N l aine, while Karl worked at the bio lab and Sue paddled as much as possi ble. Alissa, 1 6, ex pands their world through her travels to band weekends in various parts of South Carolina. Sue's special memo ries of Colby i nclude the day that Henry Holland tossed a pamphlet at her and said, " H ere. Go see a llama." That pamphlet ofa study abroad pro gram in Peru changed her l i fe. The Peru group had their 3 5 th reunion in J uly, and 1 7 of the 20 participants, plus the di rectors and fam i l ies, at tended. Another special memory is of George Coleman's Geology I 0 I class, which Sue was determined to hate, but it took her only about five min utes to real ize how l ucky she was that olby made her take a lab science'

The fi n a l memory for the moment is

per Picher spent tl1ree weeks i n E u

l iving the " h igh l i fe " in Hong Kong

" \\later: The Drop o f L i fe" a i red on

of h e r math teacher freshman year

rope last spring touring w i th t h e i r

as h is home was on the 3 6th floor, so

stations t h ro u gh o u t the c o u n t ry,

show i n g u p for a m a th exam at 8 a . m .

s o n A n d r e 'O I , who was o n a j u n i o r

when he moved to Naples he chose a

showing breathtaking footage from

o n a S a t u rd a y m o rn i n g i n d e e p

v i s i t i n g program a t the Sorbonne.

location on the 1 5 th floor overlook

around the worl d . If you paid atten

snow-on snowshoes1-with the e x

They were accom panied by J e a n

ing the gu l f. \<\/hen Dick descends to

tion to the credits you noted that tl1e

ams i n h i s pocket and a huge grin . . . .

M i c h e l ' 9 6 a n d daughter Mari e l l e a n d

sea level, he makes his way to the golf

chief writer of the series is Bob Field.

v i s i t e d t h e a n c e s t r a l v i l l a ge i n

course with frequency . . . . Linda

Bob has been traveling the world fi l m

Tourraine, left i n l 6 6 2 b y Pierre

(Mitchell '66) and Lee Potter have

ing the series and te l l s us t h a t i t pro vides him w i th chall enge and reward.

I w i l l m a ke one fi n a l plug for Re

u n ion 2 00 I -send any photos of you a n d/or Colby classmates so that we

Picher. Andre got a job bartending in

watched both their boys march down

can all enjoy them a t our reunion

a Left Bank Canadian hockey bar

the aisle in the past two years and now

Bob has been writing a n d producing

headquarters! You can send photos

called Moosehead's and threatens to

have turned their i n terests to another

documen tary videos for some time

d i rectly to me at 1 1 Linder Terrace,

never come home . . . . After 32 years

shared love: skii ng. Lee and L i n d a

and recently ,,·as recognized by his

Newton,

w i th Dow Chemical, the last 1 0 in

have purchased a ski chalet i n central

professional organization when he re

H on g Kong,

Heend has re

Vermont and i n tend to spend many

ceived a Gold S l a te for two of h i s

tired and has settled in Naples, Fla.

weekends and vacations tl1ere . . . .

works . . . . Joe Candida's daughter,

Dick developed a n appreciation for

Last fa l l a fascinating P B S series called

Jean, has enrolled as a freshman a t St.

1A 02458.

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67 G reetings1 Mike and Pam Coo-

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/ H i g h Seas Health Care

Contrary to what you may have heard, the biggest threat on the h igh seas is not "The Perfect Storm . " For the crews of the tan kers and ca rgo sh i ps that traverse the world's oceans, the real th reat may be heart

Castine A m b u la nce Service. "T hey d i d n 't have one and I got t i red of my car bei ng used as the a m bu lance , " H ud son sa i d . S h e joi ned the faculty a t Maine Maritime i n 1 986 a n d began

attacks, burns, i n j u ries suffered in fa ! l s or explosions-h u nd reds of

teaching the more compl icated medical proced u res req u i red . " M y gift

m i les from possible rescue.

is that I can s i m p l ify things , " H udson sa i d . "You j ust treat the h u m a n

That's where the knowledge i m pa rted by Sara h H udson '69 can m a ke the d i fference between l ife a nd death . A trainer of emergency med ical technicians a n d a professor of s h i p's medicine a t M a i ne Maritime Aca demy, H u dson teaches future merchant seamen a nd

body as a machi ne-I teach t h e k i d s , i f there's a hole somewhere, p l ug it. If there's not enough f l u i d s , put more fluids i n . " And they d o . With s h i ps typica lly a t sea with one shi p's med ical officer, a fully stocked pharmacy a n d sate l l i te l i n ks to doctors on shore,

officers to provide med ical treatment at sea . "With E M T stuff, we tra i n

H u dson's students cope with myriad med ical emergencies. She hears

t h e m t o take care o f t h e patient, get r i d o f t h e patient i n h a l f a n ho u r , "

a bout their cases by e-ma i l , phone calls and letters from a l l over the

s h e sa id . " T h e students who g o t o sea have t o learn t o take care o f the

world . "They'll say , ' O h , gosh. You won't be l ieve what I had to d o , "'

patient for fo u r or five days i n the m i d d l e of the Atlanti c . "

H udson sa i d .

That's how long it c a n take a dee p-water s h i p t o come within reach

A s on land , some patients a board s h i p don't s u rvive. But s o f a r the

of even the most far-ranging rescue hel icopters. Until help arrives,

smal lest patients have made it. "We've actually had seven students

H u dson's students, t ra i ned a s shi p's medical officers but u sually doing

who had to del iver babies at sea , " H udson said . " T hey've a l l been

other shi pboard jobs, m ust perform tasks that would fa l l to an entire

refugee babies, so they've been i n te rrible conditions, but, knock wood ,

hospital staff on l a n d . "T hey have to start IVs a n d suture a n d catheter

they've a 11 s u rvived . "

ize people , " H udson sa i d . "T hey're it . " At M a i n e Maritime ( e n rol l m ent a bout 700), a l l students take basic shi p's med i c i ne, she sa id . About 20 students each year take advanced s h i p's med i c i ne . H udson sa id she a lso teaches the course to veteran dee p-water capta i n s a nd tra nsatlantic sa i l ors i n i ntensive week-long sessions d u ri ng M a i n e Maritime holiday brea ks. H u dson came to s h i p's med i c i ne through her work on d ry l a n d . An economics a n d busi ness a d m i n istration major at Colby , the P i ttsburgh native moved to B l ue H i l l

While her former students s h i p out, H ud son stays i n port. She l ives with her sister in Castine in a house overlooking East Peno bscot Bay. She contin ues to tra i n students for land d uty ( M a i n e Maritime s u ppl ies E M Ts for Cast i n e Ambula nce) a n d to d i spense common sense advice: "J ust slow down and fix what you can fix a n d i f you can't fix i t , you j u st have to take a deep breath and do the best you can and give the patient T LC . Hand hold i ng is i m portant. H a nd hold i n g is probably the most i m portant thing people do. " H u dson prescri bes h a n d ho l d i ng; i n ret u rn she gets the not-so-occa s1onal pat on the back.

with h e r parents soon after grad uation.

"I guess you're always s u r prised when you

She t ra i n ed as a n EMT a t B l ue H i l l

have a student who does a great j o b , " she

Hospital that year a n d started working

sa i d . " It ma kes you stand bac k a n d t h i n k ,

with B l ue Hill Ambu lance. She moved to nearby Casti ne, home of M a i n e Maritime, i n 1975 a n d two years later sta rted

'Wow. I gave t h e m a gift a n d t h ey've u sed 1t wel l . "'

-Gerry Boyle '78

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Louis ni,·ersity, where she plans to major i n English literature. ;\ Iean w h i l e J oe continues to i ntroduce fer tile minds to the riches ofShakespea re at the University of Arkansas. Re cently, Fabio B a ttagil i a '6 called Joe after he read a news article about J oe's deparonem. Joe "·em on to say, " It's amazing to me how e,·en 3 5 years o r s o mean nothing when you encounter a n old friend. i\ Iaybe I ' l l try t o m a ke the next Colby reunion . " It's a ,·ery good thought a n d o n e we hope takes seed in the recesses of your m i nds. After a l l , the 3 5 th is less than rn·o years away, so start plan ning now1 :\ Ieanwhile, e-mail us about what's new with you.

-Robert Gracia andJudy Ge1Tie Heine

Andrew Dunn writes from H i llsdale, 1\'.J, that whenever he and his wife, Barbara, travel to \Vaterville to ,-is i t their daughter Katie '02 , they are treated to the warm and gracious hospit a l i ty of J on '69 and Paula Joeph Eustis '69, t h e i r l ong-time Colby and Korea friends (their Army tours of du�· slightly overlapped back in the earl�· '70s). Their son, J ason, wa married i n September '99, and J a on and his wife, Jen, practice law at Rope & Gray i n Boston. Their daughter Sara h , who graduated from lJ\'A last year, works for a consult ing firm i n Arl i n gton , \'a . . . . Hope Ja h n , who has taught fifth grade i n King ton, 1\' . H . , for 1 9 years, is en joying being single and started a busine s- impl�· Siamese-raising k ittens. Re ponding to the " lessons in l i fe question," she says, " Deci sions made when we were 20 were not the best. Reach deep and enjoy being you." H ope would l i ke to know the " h ereabouts o f Paula an ,\ l eter . . . . ] ane Finkeldey Stephenon " rites that she and John ha,·e become em pty nesrers. Daughter Kate graduated from Ha,·erford in \ la� and is doing a fellowship on u tauuble ener� m s\\ eden, and daugh ter �arah 1u.,t '>tarted her fre hman � ear at I I a rn1 1d. College. Gane i -,runned at hc )\1 much kid> bring these da� ., to college-her recollection was hnng111g a comforter for the bed and a r,1d10. Sarah\ roommate arrn ed " 1th ,1 �rumball mach1ne� )jane '>ti l l " ork'> a� ,1 med1cal '><>CU I \\Orker at Dartmouth l l 1tchcod. \ led1cal Center-and long> for the d,11 " hen -,he can reure-but '>J\ ' · " 1 1 \a di-,tant dream " 1th another kid ro get through college . " . . . Ken Y o u n g " r i t e ., fro m I l a l l cJ \1 e l l , \Lime. I n the 1 99 -99 -,chool � ear 50

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on deteriorating relations between Indone sia and the U.S. His strong criticism of the Indonesian government's slow pace of eco nomic and social reform has earned him enmity in the country, but "Mr. Gelbard has the respect of the diplomatic corps here because he says the right things," said a Japanese diplomat · · Kenneth C. Young r---='-'--Jr. '68 has been named Lewiston, Maine's downtown development director. An attor Robert Gelbard '64 ney by trade, with a law practice in Lewiston in the '70s, Young has sen-ed as commissioner of Maine's Department of Emironmental Protection and as a director in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in Washington, D.C. · · Lee Woodman '69 served as a consultant for Tbe Patriot, the Mel Gibson Revolutionary ·war film. As executive producer of Smithsonian Entertainment, where she produced and directed many award-winning exhibition films and television specials, YVoodman was responsible for the Smithsonian's fi rst-ever historical con sultation on a major motion picture. She is currently vice president of media development for PremierSchool.com.

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Deaths: Marcia Peterson Robinson '60, October 1 6, 2000, in Fishers, Ind., a t 62 · · at ) ) ·:· at 7 5 .

Bruce '-''· Logan '68, October 3 , 2000, in orth Yarmouth, Maine, Carl T. Rowan H. '68, September 2 3 , 2000, in vVashington, D.C.,

h e a n d h i s wife, Anne, hosted Pascal, a student from Frank furt, Germany, through an AFS Student Exchange, a l i fe-changing experience for them a l l . Their daughter, Sara h , was off to Germany with AFS in September 1 999, staying for six weeks with a family in the former East Germany and then settling with Pascal's fa m i l y i n Frankfurt. She learned Ger man, tra\•eled and attended the 1 1 tl1 grade in Frankfurt. Back home for her senior year, Sarah might be in terested in studying German at Colby but is concerned that "VVaterville is nowhere and too close to home." Ken says, "we can finesse too close to home but not \Vaterville as no " here ! " Ken's wife i s acti,·e in AFS, reorganizing the local chapter and recruiting host fam i l ies. Ken has sen ed on the local school board for �i\ rear and was going to run again in �o,·emher for a third three-year term. The) rncationed i n Portugal in \pril and hope to visit Germany nt.:\t ) ear to catch up " ith Pascal and ro meet Sarah's ne" German friends. . . . R i c h a rd Lewis i� adding to the global pu'>h of his public relations agenc� , Richard Le" is Communi canon'>, Inc., \11th the addition of �taff '>pe a k i ng J a pane�e, Chi nc�e,

French, Spanish and Arabic. Rich and Sebs Mamo '70 and their wives recently traveled to Paris together, where Rich made a presentation on PR and tl1e I n ternet to 1 1 French companies. Rich and Sebs are tryi ng to organize a reunion of the 1 968 Colby track team, which won Colby's first Maine state championship, so i f you were on tl1e team , please contact Rich (ric@ricinc.com) . . . . Nancy Short Hall writes that i n May she and Wayne worked on the Vermont Square Dance convention i n their role as presidents of the Vermont Association of Square Dance Clubs. Then they headed to Orono, Maine, to attend the conferri ng of an M . B.A. on their son, Davi d. Their daughter, Kristi n , graduated the fol l o w i n g weekend witl1 honors in biology from H a rl"\vick Col lege in Oneonta, N . Y . K r i tin started grad school i n J une at Union Col lege; by next year she should have her M.A.T. and be on her way to becoming a top-notch biology reacher. Taney was on sum mer brea k from Colchester N f iddle School when he wrote and was pre paring for a week's canoeing in the Temagami region of Ontario. She hoped to return to school in mid ,\ugust relaxed and recharged . . . .

Steve Ford, writing from Chatham, N.] . , is sta rti ng h i s fifth year a s gen eral counsel of Coty Inc., a global manufacturer of fragrances, cosmet ics and skin care products with op erations in 29 countries and sales in more than 80 countries. H e works i n mi d-town Manhattan and has a typi cal commute o f one and a h a l f hours each way' Even though Coty began i n 1 904, i t is a lmost a start-up i n the U.S. because the parent company did n ot begin acquiring the former Coty companies and consolidating them under a U . S . holding company until the 1 990s. Steve says it's a fa r cry from Scott Paper in Philadel phia, which he joined i mmediately after law school and where he was i n volved for more than 2 0 years with tissue a n d printing papers, mostly from a U.S. legal perspective. S teve and Mary's twin daughters are sopho mores i n the engineering program at B rown University, one son is a se nior i n high school and another i s a freshman, and thei r youngest daugh ter is i n seventl1 grade. Steve and Mary had d i nner this sprin g witl1 Terry and John Leopold when they visited New Jersey. John i s sen1ing with much d istinction as a tri a l judge in the Colorado j udicial system. -Na11cy Dodge 81ya11

Leslie Podgus Blanding re ports that she is now starting her third year as a ful l-time high school G e r m a n teacher i n M a nchester, N.H., a position that includes run ning a n annual exchange progra m . T h e a n n u a l visits from and t o h e r school's parmer school i n Neustadt, Germany, are definitely the best part of the job, if also tl1e most strenuous. The sa·angest thing, she says, is to be working in the field she majored i n at Colby. . . . William H. Lyons was recently appointed to a chaired pro fessorship at the University of Ne braska College of Law-the Richard H. Larson Professorship of Tax Law. He will be a visiting professor at the Verm o n t Law S c h o o l in S o u t h Royalton, Vt., during the spring 2 00 1 semester. . . . Our thanks to Sari Abul Jubein, who has taken on the position of class correspondent for the Class of '69. As of last October, all correspon dence is being routed his way.

On behalfofour class, I ' l like to thank Steve Cline, who per formed the duties ofclass correspon dent so beautifully over the past five years. He kept us entertained and

i n f ormed and in so doi ng provided us with that l i ttle extra measure of class identity, which i s the effect of a wel l-written column. T h a n ks, Steve -you've passed a bright torc h 1 And I ' d l i ke to thank a l l of you who have entrusted me with this pleasant task for the next five years. I can tell you from past experience that being class correspondent i s a great way to feel a connection with the school, as is serv i n g on t h e A l u m n i Counci l , w h i c h I h e reby a l s o recommend (right, PhiP). I t's guaranteed to make you proud of your Colby connec tion. And now my modest charge to you : your column w i l l only be as good as the in formation I receive from you . Just remember how nice it is to hear news of your class mates-your news is part of that i n formation pool, so take a few min utes and drop me a line . . . . We had a wonderful Reunion \Neekend i n J u n e , kicked off i n the Portland area with a dinner/brunch/go l f com bi nation and fol lowed by severa l cam pus events, including a barbecue, an i m pressive p rese n t a t i o n by Stu Rothenberg, o u r class dinner with feaui red guest Professor of Engl ish John Sweney and a del igh tful visit from Bill and Linda Cotter. The Cotters have served the College with marvelous grace and success, and we wish them a pleasant retirement . . . . Notwithstanding the fact that we have managed to edge toward the front of the reunion parade (when did that happe n 1 ), we enthusiasti cally kicked up our heels a t the dance on Sauirday n ight and didn't draw a deep breath from the time we reached the campus until the time we left. I t was just s o wonderful t o see s o many of us all together. Many of us men tioned how i n tegral to our l ives these reunions have become over the years and how truly i m portant we have become to each other as we lead interesting lives, make i n teresting choices, blossom continual ly. Great to see: Molly, Barb, Hawk (what's her fi rst name'), Joni, Phil, Todd,

Skip, Peter, Andy, Andy, Sandy, Chip, Judi, Linda, Peter, Dave, Linda, Steve, Laura, Bill, Ken,Jeff, Sandra, Steve, Debbie,] udy, Mike, Chickie, Paula, Sue, Ron, Marlene, Stu, Brenda, Ellie, Anne, Nicky, Jeff, Dan, Donna and many spouses

who have become a valued part of this group. I hope I haven't left any one out (that's the danger in a list!) i f I did, I apologize . . . . Looking forward to hearing from you a l l . And

to extend a time-honored tradition : Libby Brown Strough, call me!

-Brenda /-less ]01·da11

Reunion planning is well under way for our 30th reunion, June 8- 1 0, 200 1 . Committee members met in Wa ltham, M ass., last fall, and al though the group got down to busi ness quickly, everyone had a great time reminiscing. The committee, led by our class president, ] erry Lay man, is planning a variety of activi ties, from pre-reunion events prior to arriving on campus to our class din ner on Saturday night. Commi ttee members include Paul and Jane

Hight Edmunds, Nancy Hammar Austin, Dave Eddy, Nancy Neckes Dumart, Paul and Susan Sammis Spiess and myself. I nformation will be mai led to everyone in the class, or you can check out Colby's reunion \Neb site at www.colby.edu/alumni/ reunion. Mark your calendars for our 3 0th and plan to return to Mayflower Hill this June!

-James 1 -/awkins

News from our class continues to be slim. Please take a few minutes and drop me a line about what's go ing on in your l i fe. Better yet, e-mail me, like Susan Schink did. Susan and I grew up in Ridgewood, N.J . , where she continues to live, so her news strikes home for me. In February in the midst of a major l i fe change, Su san left a 2 5-year career in corporate communications and market research to pursue a master's in divinity de gree from Union Theological Semi nary in New York City. She aspires to be ordained as a priest in the Episco pal Church. This past summer she completed a chaplaincy training pro gram at Valley Hospital in Ridgewood and then joined the staff there as a flex-contingent staff chaplain. She writes that as "a card-carrying stu dent again, !her] feet love white socks and running shoes instead of panty hose and heels." In her spare time she continues as a director of the l n;:erna tional Photographic Council and as an NGO at the UN, and she does the scholarship programs for photojour nalism students. She is also a trustee for the Y\\ 'CA in Bergen County, '.] . usan stays in touch "·ith teve Capaldo '74 and his wife, Christie Pope, who l i,•e i n Oahille, Ont., Canada. Steve ''isited Susan while he interned at the United Nations for a week in .J uly . . . . I was fornmate this summer to meet Stuart Wolf at

i\ l ohonk :\ Iountain House in 'ew Paltz, N.Y., where I work. Stuart, his w i fe,Joan, their two sons, ages 1 3 and 7 , and his mother-in-law vacationed at Mohonk for five days in August. Suiart is principal at a school in Groton, Conn., which is largely at tended by children of Navy sta ff. H e regularly sees Jack Fine, w h o lives in Gainesvil le, Fla., with his wife and two children, ages 1 6 and 1 3 . Accord ing to Suiart,Jack is a very successful lawyer who h a n d l es h i gh-profi l e cases. Stuart looks fit a n d healthy hardly l i ke someone with college classmates who are fast approaching 50. He's contemplating a job change, and we mused about career moves (a year ago I left my job as a tenured faculty member at a community col lege to become general manager at a resort hotel) and retirement years. So all of this makes me wonder about what mid-life changes the rest of you ma)' be experiencing. Please write and share your news.

-Jackie Nienaber Appelt/om

Bruce Carmichael reports that he retired from the Air Force as a colonel in the fall of 1 998 and settled in Park City, tah. Bruce is working for L-3 Communications, which pro duces data link equipment for mili tary reconnaissance aircraft. He and his wife, Jennifer, have two children, Gavi n , 7, and Erin, 6, and enjoy life in the mountains . . . . I was surprised to receive an e-mail from MaryAnn Sartucci Andrews that came from tl1e next town and to learn that she had a hand in the new librar)' v\Teb site, which I use all the time to reser·ve books. MaryAnn is working on an ,\1.A. in human resource management at Colorado State University. She reports little beyond working full time and studying but was planning an AJaskan cruise . . . . Marilyn Lebowitz Rothberg reports that son Jonathan is off to Cornell and daughterJoanna is finishing up at the niversity of Delaware, so the old empty nest syn drome looms on the horizon. She and husband Brian saw Mick Chapuk, his wife, Sandra, and their adorable I -year old, Ana-:\Iaria, this past win ter in Bethlehem. Pa. A trip to i\'.Y.C. provided a chance to ,;sit with Peter Schu ltz a n d i\Iichael Strone. ,\ Iarilyn sa�·s e,·eryone i doing well . . . . Jim Heald wrote that he a n d his wife, Laura, enjoyed a long weekend a r the South Jersey shore with Ray i\lazurek and his family. J im says the�· had great fun rehashing old

times, arguing politics and enjoying the sun and surf. Jim works in com puter mapping for the Department of Agriculuire in D.C. Ray is still on the American suidies faculty at Penn State, specializing in contemporary fiction . . . . Ed Hatch, thinking of retirement, encourages sons Kevin and Connor to watch Tiger \ Voods and Pete Sampras in between their own sports activities! Ed was voted "Top Gun" among securities ana lysts for the fi fth time by The /Vall treet Journal analyst survey-which he says should properly shock his Colby professors. His specialty is in the media industry . . . . Twila Purvis Seh.nert sent me a post card from Greece, where she was vacationing with a girlfriend while her rwo boys were at ski camp. H er husband, Rusty ' 7 5 , is working hard at his ne\1 busi ness . . . . Shelley Bieringer Rau writes that she works as a hand thera pist for a group of orthopedic sur geons and that her husband, Rick, is a psychologist. Their yearly treat is their week at the Berkshire Choral Festival, where the)' take classes and perform . S h e l l ey's love of m usic started with a Jan Plan, and this year at tl1e festival she was pleased tl1at fe l l ow c h o r i s t e rs i n c l u d e d J i m Armstrong, who was the chair o f the ,\ 1usic Department when Shelley was at Colby . . . . Bonnie Nielson reports that her son, Zachary, is off to Gor don College. Bonnie is now working at Colby and reminded me that in our freshman year, 30 years ago, Earl Smith had just been appointed as o ciate dean of men. Earl is now dean of the College. Bonnie saw Vicki Parker Kozak twice last summer. Vickie's two boys and her ''olunteer dutie keep her busy bur lea\•e enough time for her to enjoy their place on the lake in Readfield, ,\ laine . . . . Chuck and Cathy Phillips Jewitt have happily returned to .\ laine after 24 years in M a ryl a n d teac h i n g a t O l d s fi e l d School. The)' continue their careers in education. Cathy lo,•es to garden, and Chuck is in a bluegrass band as well as a country gospel band . . . . Remember that your news comes right to me when you use e-mail (classnews l 974@alum.colby.edu).

-Robin Su:eeney Peabody

I r is appropriate to begin this column with a write-up of our 2 5th reunion, which presumably did in deed take place in the year 2000. ( How i n the world did R E L S foresee that?) But I didn't go, and neither did

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\'OU. �or has a police spokesperson ;,.i,·en an\' details of the e,·ents and the . 11eged erpetrators. H o"·e,·er, if ,, e had crone, I am sure that ,,.e a l l \\"Ould ha,. had a ,,·onderful time renewing old friendships and forging ne\\" ones, recalling our steps on shaded paths, gathering at the shrine, hailing the B l ue and Gra\' and parting ,,·ith man�· incere promi es to "keep in touch, no rea l lr, this time I mean it, I real!�· do!" . . . In real life, Doug Schwarz report that '' h i le he continues to make a l i,·i n g as a ;elf-employed com puter programmer, he has joined the ranks of profe;sional actors after rears

970s of appearing in community theater. ln Julr Doug plared ,\ lo nastatos in Operafest �.H. 's production of The .1 lagir Flute. In August he appeared in the Peterborough G'.H.) P layers pro duction of Om· Tou:n as Professor Willard . A highlight was playing a scene opposite ,·eteran actor James \\'hitmore. Doug \\"ants to remind people that he can be contacted at od _nh@mediaone.net. . . . Joyce Smith also has maintained a firm grip on the \\"orld of the theater (and hasn't changed a bit i n 2 5 �·ears, I hear), ha,·ing recently appeared in the Belfast ,\ !askers presentation of Our

carte If there was ever a fisherman who could be descri bed as a Rena is sance m a n , it's Carter Newe l l ' 7 7 . N ewel l spends m uch o f his work week as staff biologist f o r G reat Eastern M ussel Farms i n St. George, M a i n e , but a l so ma nages to keep

Co1111fly's Good. The drama focuses on com•icts i n I 8th-century Botany Bay. J oyce played multiple roles, as did Peter Conant, the brother of Su san Conant Cook. Additionally, Joyce served as assistant d irector and arranged a traditional folk tune for the production. In her spare time, ]o\•ce teaches British l i terature at ,\ [essalonskee H igh School in Oak land. By the way, the play had stil l another Colb)' connection. The di rector was Howard Koonce, chair emeritus of Performing Arts . . . . \\'e all know that Deborah Marson works as assistant gen e ra l c o u n s e l f o r

Fidd l i ng with M ussels

G i l lette. But a� a graduate of Suffol k L a w School U . D . ' 7 8 ) � h e w a � the subject of a feature article in the Suf folk Law i'1agrr::. i11e. The article, titled " Loyal to G i l lette," focuses on the years she spent as the only woman on one of G i l lette's operating commit tees and her efforts to bring other women into management positions. Ha,•ing been with G i l lette for more than 20 years, Deborah was recently put i n charge of worldwide legal strat egy for the oral care side of the busi ness, which generates 1 .2 bil lion a y e a r i n s a l es . C o n gratu l a ti o n s , Deborah1 (And can any classmate top

He's r u n seminars a l l a l ong the M a i n e coast, a nd h i s companies sell seed oysters and m ussels to get newcomers started . " Even i f they're j ust looking for su pplemental i n come between fishing seasons, it can be worth it," he sa id .

up a 20-year assoc iation with the Pema q u id Oyster Co . , which he co

Eventually Newell would l i ke to cut back some of the hard physical

ounded with Jeff M c Keen '76 a n d C h ris Davis '78. Newell produces

l a bor-"the 85-hour weeks a t sea, the d i vi ng in cold water"-a nd spend

academic papers with regularity, hopes to finish his doctorate a t the

more time promoting and studying his chosen field. He's done recent

U n iversity of New B r u n swick next year and i s a one-man advocate a n d

presentations in New Orlea ns, Seattle a nd Holla n d . A faculty advisor

entrepre n e u r f o r a q u a c u lture development a long the vast M a i ne coast.

once told him to write at least one research paper a yea r, and he's taken

In his spare time, he fiddles with the Old G rey Goose, one of M a i ne 's

that advice: " It keeps you fresh, it keeps you on top of your fiel d . "

longest-ru n n i n g folk ense m bles. a n d somehow ma nages to find t i m e f o r h i s wife a n d fa m i l y . H e has f o u r c h i l d re n , i nc l ud i ng a n e w baby. It's a s i m ple matter of sched u l i ng , N ewel l i m pl ied d u ri n g an interview not far from the docks i n Damariscotta where some of h i s

Casting back t o his Colby days, he says that, despite having spent m uch of his time in the biology labs, he a ppreciates the College's requirement i n the

oyster rade takes place: " T h ree days for m u ssels, o n e d a y f o r oyste rs,

huma nities. "I can sti l l remember

one day for writing and fiddli ng. " M uch of h is academic work i s done

[ M a r k ] Ben bow's Sha kespeare

d u ring the winter. when the fishing 1s slow "and there's a lot of q u iet

course and John M izner's on

1 m e a long he coast . " A Con necticu t native, Newe l l fou n d M a i ne m uch to h i s l i k i ng when he a rrived a Colby, and aside from travel for acad emic and commer c.a endea ors he's been here si nce grad uatio n . It was while on a

existential l iterature. They teach you to write, a nd

I can't te l l you

how va lua ble that's bee n . " Despite h i s academic bent,

Wa sor Fellows h i p 1n Scotl a n d , studying snails, that he first became

Newe l l reta ins much of the

1n rigued by the poss1b1l1t1es of commercial aq uaculture. When he

salti ness a n d d ry hu mor of the

" I count it a good

as�ed a bout a research program spec 1al1z1ng i n shellfish, he was

Maine coast.

referred o he U n iversity o M a i ne's Darling Center 1 n Boothbay

day on the wate r , " the ca pta i n of

H a rbor

two fishing vessels sa i d , "when

A f

l r'1agine having o ravel all that way to find that out , " he said.

years la e r he had h i s mas er's degree from U M aine a n d a

budd1rg ca reer

wh i n i n g from the

we! ta ec; an e m pirical pragma 1c a p p roach to bu1ld1ng aq uacul i.. re operat1orc; A lo of M a n e fisherman a ren't going to be i m pressed b a ge rict1 qJ1c

p1 e r , he sa i d , "but 1 you can show them how to do

t, provide tie cols a n d ou l i n e he opport u n i y , they'll give 1t a ry "

there's no crew-a nd n o b1olog1st Joke s . " - Douglas Rooks '76

Deb's longevity w i th the same com

Ed Decker reports (tongue

sit)• (as associate professor of E n

n i s, rol lerblade and occasionally bike

pany') . . .

g l i s h ) . I n J u l y she renirned from a n

ride. I le mentioned that he doesn't

i n cheek we suspect) that he is now

exciting two-week tnp t o S t . Peters

seem

the activities di rector at the Golden

burg, Russia, where she worked with

deman ds, req u i re m e n ts, meetings,

I l i n d Retirement l i ome in Rancho

Russian university teachers on ways

activities, interests, hobbies and sports

M ,1 \ a rio, N . M . l l e plans field trips,

of teaching writing i n their English

that now fi l l their ca lendar, but he's

bi ngo tou rn a m e n ts a n d other " fun

classes . . . . Check out the editori al

look i n g f o rward to retu rn i n g for the

stu ff" f o r the res i d e n ts. "Sometimes,

reviews on the amazon.com \\'eb site

2 5 -year reunion-he rea l l y enjoyed

it's a lot l i k e a frat party around

and you ' l l fi nd a n i ce review on

the 20th.

h e re , " he says, "but the party i s usu

Wray Gorman's

Janet

ha\'e enough t i me f o r all the

-Ellen

Even ,1 /y Fm11i�)',

a l ly ending around sundown now,

the first of a trilogy concern i n g a pre

i nstead o f s u n rise. Not that I could

Civil \\'ar young \\'Oman set on a path

O 'Brien

Thanks for a l l the news1 I re-

Doug Giron.

1970s Correspondents 1970 Brenda Hess Jordan 141 Tangl ewood Drive Glen E l lyn, I L 6 0 1 3 7 630-858· 1 5 1 4 classnews1970@a lum .colby.edu

1971 J a m e s H aw k i n s 4 8 5 Locust Street Attl eboro, MA 0 2 7 0 3 508-226-1436

handle that these days, a n yway ' " Ed,

determined by her fam i ly's heri tage

who c l a i m s he was a l ways a n avid

and her struggle to find her own path .

from

stickba l l pl ayer a n d Frisbee golfer at

. . .

company of Pete " H urra" K rane '79,

1972

and they were i n to some serious party

J anet Holm Gerber 409 Read i n g Ave n u e Rockvi l l e , M D 20850 301-424-9 1 6 0 classnews1972@alum.colby.edu

Colby, says he recently won the B utte

Scott Butchart reported on the

birth on August I 0 ofa new baby, boy

cei\'ed e-mail titled "A scarphought" l l e \\ aS in the

action. H u rra \\'as paying his first

County amateur golf tournament. . . .

#3 , named Conal l . Congratul ations,

H ey, this e - m a i l sniff is easy. So

Scott.

drop me a note someti me.

fi rst-born, Abbe)', i s a "first year" at

cruising through Pro\'idence, R. l . , on

Colby. Does that make me feel old or

his " ay to the Cape . . . . I ran i n to

-Bruce Yo1111g

. . . Joe a n d Noel Bury Stella's

visit to G)'ro i n some time as he was

classnews197 1@alum .colby.edu

1973

what' Both J oe and Noel are teachers

Sarah Bryan Severance

and remain very busy with the ath

Starbucks \l' h i l e grabbing some cor

Jackie N i enaber Appeldorn

our 2 5 th reunion, J une 8- 1 0, 200 1 .

letic pursuits of daughters ,\ l a ry and

porate fuel. Sarah \\ aS on her way

Plans are underway bp great group of

,\ I aggie, i ncluding ,\ I a rv's recent par

home to 1' .j . after picking up her 1 3 -

our classmates who ha,·e ,·olunteered

ticipation as a member of the East

a n d 1 5 -)•ear-old sons from Camp

to be the 1 976 Reunion P l a n n i n g Committee. As of l a t e August, the

Regional Championship team at the

K ieve,

1437 Old Ford Road New Paltz. NY 1 2 5 6 1 9 1 4-255-48 7 5 classnews1973@alum.colby.edu

Softba l l \ \'orld Series i n K a l amazoo,

grounds. I \l'Onder \\'hat kind o f an

group included

,\ J ich., last summer . . . . That's about

effect it has on a teenage kid to be left

it for now. One more ti111e: Plan to

with Roebuck a l l summer . . . .

i\ l ark your calendars now for

Scott McDem1ott, Ann Beadle, Janet Oken Nicholas, Peter Labombarde, Sharon �'alsh McNally, PamCame, Bill Campbell, Brian Hurley, Nancy Daly, Susan Tauer a n d Jennie Frutchy Ford.

attend our 2 5th reunion during the week end ofJune 8- 1 0, 200 1 .

Sandy B uck's

at a local

sta m p i n g

George

Kesaris wrote from Bar l ] arbor that Doug Maffucci, J o n H ubbard

he,

-Valerie Jones Roy

' 7 7 , Dave Raymond ' 7 7 and Peter

7 7 Chris McKeown Burry was to

1\ laxim Society machi ne-gun festirnl

move i n to a new senior executive

at Dover-Foxcroft i n J u ly. George

come to Colby that weekend to see

position at the Defense Intell igence

clai med that it \\'as a nice break from

e"eryone and rem i n isce' Please d i

Agency, \ Vashington, D.C., l a te in

the brutal pace of summer in a tourist

rect y o u r comments, questions and/

the fa l l . Currently she works i n D IA's

to\l'n to see 50 or 60 men and \\'Omen

or suggestions to the committee (c/o

corporate headquarters m a n a g i n g

shooting machine guns a l l a t once at

S c o t t ,\ I c D e r m o t t , w h o c a n be

strategic plann ing, financial resources

junk cars. He called them a "Serious

reached at 97 8-402-2 7 1 0, or to M a r

and public affairs and corporate out

Second Amendment cro\l'd . " They

There may be other classmates i n volved b y n o w , b u t please plan to

Roy '68 attended the Fifth H i ram

garet Viens ' 7 7 in the Alumni Office).

Kate Cone's daughter Sam is now

reach programs. In her new position

especially l i ked the fl ame t\1ro" er

...

she w i l l man age m i ! i tar)' ana lysis for

demonstration at l unchtime. I ' m sure

attending Goucher College, where

a l l of the ,\ T idd l e East and Africa, and

it reminded George of his old p)T0-

she received an academic scholarship

she S<l )'S she is looking f o rward

and will conti n ue her snidies i n mu

oppornmity to travel overseas aga i n .

provided some news from Amman,

sic. Son B u rke, 1 6, is a scholar/ath

She placed a recent Colb)' graduate

Jordan, \\'here she's been for fi,·e years,

lete at ,\ lt. Ararat H i gh School in

\\' ho \\'as working i n the summer i n

the longest she's been in one place

Topsham, ,\ l a i ne, exce l l i n g i n soc

tern program i n t o a fu l l -time posi

since graduation. Pat said that l i fe

cer, basketball and lacrosse. ,\ Iean

tion with D I A as a Latin American

goes on l i ke anywhere else as her

w h i le, ,\ Iegan, I 0, entered fifth grade

ana lyst and says she would be glad to

kids, ,\bdo, 1 0, and Hytham, 8, at

this fa l l and is at that great age where

help other Colby sn1dents looking

tend Little League and soccer prac

she sti l l consents to a hug from mom.

f o r summer internships i n the \ \'ash

tices. She's doing consu lting work in

Kate is begi n n i n g a fu l l -time master's

ington, D.C., area . . . .

\l'ater and irrigation m a nagement,

program at the

n i versity of South

Frankel reports

the

Charles E.

that he and Denise

1rnmiac clays . . . .

Pat Hotchkiss Bak.ir

mainly for Chemonics I n ternati o n a l ,

ern ,\ l a i ne i n American and New En

ha\'e been married f o r 1 5 years and

gland studies and "·i l l fu l fi l l her

ha,·e t\\'O children, E l i sa, 1 1 , and An

some papers and does some tra i n i n g

assistantship by working and doing

gel a , 8 . Charles is a parmer i n a law firm i n �ew \\'indsor, � . \ ' . , and pri

i n community participation at a fe\1

research on school c h i l dren map makers at the Osher .\ lap Library.

marily handles real estate and estates

Her husband, H a med, is regional ad

She

and trusts. I l is passion for

kii ng.

,·isor for the \\'orld H e a l th Organi

\\'hich he en jo)·ed while at Co lb\' (per

zation, a job that i m·okes some tra,·el ,

i n v i te s e - m a i l ( c a p s i c u m @

suscom - m a i n e . n e t) from l o n g- l ost

Betsy Bowen contin

. S . company. She also presents

local a n d i n ternational conferences.

haps roo much. he says), cont i n ues

most of " h i ch t h e rest of t h e fam i l y

ues to enjoy living i n Fairfield, Conn.,

\l'ith fam i l y \\' i nter \\·eekends at Ski

misses. I n their spare time t h e y c a m p

with husband J e ff Schwartz and son

\\'indham, a local area i n the Catskills.

i n t h e desert a n d ,·isit P a t ' i n -hrn s i n

Ben and teaching at Fai rfield Uni,·er-

Aside from skii ng. they all pl a)' ten-

Ram a l l a h , Palestine.

classmates . . . .

1974 Robin Sweeney Peabody 46 Elk Lane Littleto n , CO 8 0 1 2 7 303-978-1 1 2 9 f a x : 303-904-0941 classnews197 4@al u m .colby.edu

1975 Bruce Young 20 Applewood Avenue B i l l erica , MA 0 1 8 2 1 978-443-641 7 classnews 1975@alum. colby.edu

1976 Valerie Jones Roy 38 H u nts Point Road Cape E l izabeth , ME 04107 207-767-0663 fax: 207-767-8 1 2 5 classnews1976@alum .colby.edu

19 7 7 E l l e n D . O' Brien 205 Fernwood Avenue Davenport, I A 52803-3606 319-359-4665 classnews1977@alum .colby.edu

1978 Robert S . Woodbury 484 Bridge Street H a m i lton , MA 01982 9 7 8-468-3805 fax: 6 1 7-951-9919 classnews1978@alum .colby.edu

1979 Cheri Bai ley Powers 6027 Scout Drive Colorado Springs , CO 80918 7 19-532-9285 classnews1979@al um .colby.edu

he im ited any-

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Alumni at Larg

970s-1 980s

lichael Roy '74 \\'as honored by the ;\ Iaine Town and City ;\ lanagement Association for his \\'Ork as Oakland, ;\ laine, town manager. A Central ;\ Iaine .1 Iorni11g Sentinel article cited Ro�· "for his all -around talents, particularly h i s a b i l i t y to respect the o p i n i o n s o f others"

·:·

The Suffolk Uni,·ersity Lall' School

alumni magazine honored

Deborah 'larson

'75's 2 0-year career ,1-ith Gillette, where she is '

assistant general counsel and a corporate of ficer responsible for all Gillette products for

Deborah Marson ' 7 5

Asian and Latin American businesses. She also sen·es as a C olby O\·erseer and is a trustee at her

daughter's school, Bea,·er Country Day, in ;\lassachusetts.

fice. Lynn has extensive trademark related experience in .S. and inter national trademark prosecution and filing strategies, trademark selection and counseling, trademark disputes, co-existence and licensingagreements, and domain name issues and disputes. She is a frequent speaker and pre senteron trademark and domain name issues. Lynn recei1·ed her ] . D . cum laude from the Uni,·ersity of Puget Sound School of La11-. . . . I really need to hear from you, as I have nothing more for furure columns. I would re ally love to hear from Janet Deering Bruen, Libby Maynard Gordon and Debbie Lieberman Moore. Please write1 Please call 1 Drop i n 1

-Chei-i Bailey Powers

Mary H. ,\larshall H '73, September 2 5 , 2000, in S�Tacu e, KY., at Katherine W. Fanning H '79, October 1 9, 2000, in Wareham, ,\ las .

Deaths: 91

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one i nterested in ,-isiting or learning more about Palestine to contact her a t b a k i r h p @ n o l . com . j o . . . . Steve ;\ liller check e d i n from the west coast of Florida, where he's lived for l 6 ,·ear . He wondered about some of the old Pi Lams, specificall�· Tony Lopez, Dave Abrahamson a n d \Vally O li e n (whom Ste,·e is quite con fi d e n t he could s t i l l beat a t roofball). te,·e a n d his wife, Terri, and son, .\lax, li1·e i n Treasure Island on the beach of the Gulf of :\ I exico. I l e misses frozen beer on the win dowsi 11 o f his Colby dorm, but marguerita w hi l e watching the sun '>Ct 01 er the gul f are a reasonable sulmitute. I l e sold his C. P .A. prac tice to \.mencan Express 1 1 rears ago to help establish their accounting presence 111 the outheast C . . He ran tlur corner of the country for them J'> the� built the ninth largest accounung practice in the count!')-. \ \'h d e he w as there . the state of Flomb w ent after ·te1 e, attempting to t.tkc h1., C : . P. \. liceme because he 11 J '> pratt1c111g 1 11 a non-traditional f orum. Src1 e 11 as '>Cl ere I � m1 ffed and '>ued the '>Ute. 1 1 1., case 11 ent to the L . '-> . upre1m: Coun ( \ I d ler '" The '->t.lle of Florida). 11 here he 11 on una111111ou,\� . lffut111Ti111,{ l 11d11\ . a trade rag, n.1 11lt:d him to their Ji.,t of \ !mt l n tlu cnt i .1 1 \ccount.t nh in the L . '-> . I l e then opu1cd h 1 ., 011 n practice ag,1 1 n ' . Bill .rnd J oan n Barr: etchell .1 lont: 11 1th their 2-� c.ir-old llJughter . /oc 1rL mm mg from Burlington, \ t . . m \u.,tm, I t:\J'>, 11 here Bill I '> \ P-controllcr of C . recn \lounr.1in I· ncr1:-� Comp.111� . C . rcu1 \ lountam r ner1:-� (I thought thL � I I crL lea\ ing .

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\'ermont) markets e1wironmentallr cleaner electricity i n deregulated en ergy markets. Joann i s working very hard at keeping up with Zoe's active educational, social and recreational sch edule . . . . Alicia Rodriguez Connolly is expanding/evolving her business to coach exclusively. Gener ally AJicia helps people to l ive more fully, with more ,-italitr in their pro fessional and personal li1·es. She mar ried] er!')' Connolly '7 5 and th er have a - -rear-old son, Joseph, who just started kindergarten. Ther live just outside Annapolis, ,\ I d., and Jerry is head of the upper school at the Severn School in Severna Park, ,\ J d . AJicia plans on making our 2 5 th1

-Robert S. Woodbmy

I ha1·e baby news to report. and his wife, -:\'ancy, welcomed into their family a son, 'te1·en Alexander Sparks, on August -. 2000. His godparents are Carol and Dean ,\lorrissey of Beaufort, S.C. Lari')· says that ther 1·isit Dean and Carol often, especially in April when the) lea1 e Connecticut for the warmth of South Carolina . . . Kyle Harrow's Flh!Joi 11 a'> born on April 3 0 and joins her Ing brother, amuel, 4. Krle and fa mil� ha1 e been residing in .\ l illburn, ".J .. for almost three ) ears after li1·ing 1 11 '( oronto for i\ years. She i� 1 el') ha pp) hc111g a member of the "unpaid 11 orkforce" a., an at-home mom. I f .,hc need., e\cttcmcnt, \ l1 1lhurn I'> onli a ) - -mmutc tra111 nde from ".Y.C:. . . . Li nne ray be a l ha'> 101 11cd Perk111., ( .rne 1 . 1 . P. as co-chair of their tradc111.i rk and cop� nght coun•>Ci1ng and rq.(i.,L r,m on group in the <icanlc of-

Larry Sparks

i\ Iany members of the Class of '80 live in Maine. Herb Perry is in South Berwick 11·ith his w i fe and two daughters. H e told me that he toils i n "semi -obscurity" as a newspaper edi tor for the York fVeekly in York, ,\ Iaine. . . . Dottie Foster Vachon is in Ellsworth with her podiatrist hus band, three children, various live stock and pets. She works with her husband i n his practice and also en joys making creative photo albums and spending time 11·ith her family and friends . . . . Bob Bower resides in Cumberland with h is w i fe, Taney, and their three children, ;\ [aggie, Fred and Katherine. He works in Portland i n labor and employment la11· and enjoys fishing for stripers . . . . Fred Madeira also lives in Cumberland with his wife, Trish, and two sons, John and Nathan. He is the VP of strategic accounts for "'right Express, a Portland subsidiary of Avis . . . . Pete '8 1 and Mary Lynah Bishop love J i,·ing near the ocean in Saco. Pete is a stockbroker at Tucker Anthony in Portland and insists that playing golf is an important part of his job1 ,\ lary is the di rector of corporate and foun dation relations at the University of New England . . . . Elsewhere, Ken Sacks is working in New York ity for Citigroup in investments and fi nance . . . . Doug Martin, who lives in \ \'ethersfield, onn., with his wife, n1 o sons and three dogs, works for the em·ironmental consulting firm \ l arin E m·i ronmen t a l . . . . Li a 1\ lcDonough 0' eill is living in the 11 iJd., of nonhwestern -:\'e11 j e rsey 11 ith black bear, deer, 11 ild turkev and fO\ in her back yard. She enjoys j Jlay ing ten nis, skiing and canoeing 11 ith her hu.,hand, Sean, and her <ion, Ri chard, . She hopes ro get hack into

riding-at reunion she heard that Lisa Mackintosh lives a fe"' miles away in i\ l ahwah, N".J . , and has two horses that need to be ridde n 1 Suze Connolly Levere is in W. Hartford, Conn . , with husband Larry and their children, J ulia, 6, and J a m es, 4. She hopes to get i n to teachi n g using h e r master's degree i n reading and lan •

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. . . . Ellen Mercer Papera Johanna Rich Tesman trav

guage

and

eled to reunion toge t h e r w i t h t h e i r o l d e s t d a u g h te rs a n d J o h a n n a 's n ewest l i tt l e redh e a d . E l l en resides i n Wyckoff, N .J . , with h us b a n d Raymond and three daughters. She enjoys being involved in her children's schools and the community. Johanna and her husband, Barry '8 1 , have two children, Emma, 9, and Lucy, 1 4 month s . J ohanna works part time for the school district evaluating chil dren ages 3 - 5 with speech delays, autism and behavior problems. She also works i n the private sector ad m i n i stering psychological evalua tions. Barry is a mathematics professor at Dickinson College in Pennsylva nia. H e is the chairman of the depart ment and is busy finishing a graduate math textbook . . . . Jack McBride lives i n Concord, J\lass., with w i fe ,\ Ielissa and children John, "'il l and Louisa. He i s a builder i n housing development . . . . J ean Minkel lives i n ew \ Vindsor, N . Y. Five years ago she started an independent consult ing company in the area of assistive technology. Her company special izes i n exploring options for mobil i ty, special ized seati ng and otl1 e r functional devices for people w i t h physical disabilities. She h a d o n e o f her projects shown on Dateline last year. Her company also pro1rides edu cation to health professionals about assistive tech nology. . . . John Veilleux along with h i s wife, Diana, and son, Jed, 4, live in M a ryland. H e is an in-house lawyer for M C J \Vorld Class Consumer Business in wireless, local and I n ternet se1·vices. H e still sings occasionally . . . . Bai-clay Foo rd is a software developer in New York City. He spends his free time camp ing, scuba diving and caving . . . . Charlie White, wife J\l fari (Samaras '8 1 ) and their f our children, Charlie, Kalli, ] .T. and Alec, moved to Madi son, \ Vis., this past year when Charlie took a position with Land's End. f I is p rev ious j o b was w i t h O r v i s i n ,\ J anchester, Vt. . . . New father Pe ter Asher proudly reports the birth of h i s son, NI ichacl Benjamin Asher, on July 1 8, 2000. Michael is keeping

Peter and h i s w i fe, Angela, very busy. They live in Vlhite P l a i ns, N .Y . , in a home they have been slowly but steadily renovating. Peter works at M et L i fe in New York C i ty as a project man ager in one of their i n formation technol ogy gro u ps. A n ge l a is a m a rketing research manager for a Pepsi - L i pton parrnership at Pepsico headq uarters in Purchase,

N .Y . . . . A classmate asked me to

include this in the column: "Whitey, Nellie says h i . . . send a message to mgearan@mediaone.net." . . . By now

I hope that you a l l have received your class newsletter with question n a i re. P l ease send your comments back to me soon. I w i l l close this issue of our class news with this q ues tion for a l l o f you to answer. v\Tho is the most i n teresting person you've met si nce graduating in 1 980, and how did you meet this person? I look forward to hearing from you with your answer-a nd your news. -Ly1111 Collins Frm1cis

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received an e-mail from my old roommate Terry Jacques, who is living in central Pennsylvania. I n 1 997 Ten-y co-founded a nonprofit group cal led Equal ogy, whose mis sion is to produce positive social change around issues of equa l i ty. They utilize i n teractive educational theater to raise awareness of violence against women. Terry says that after having worked in education, theater and domestic violence and sexual as sault, she has man aged to combine her whole career history into a single focused effort. Terry works behind the scenes and h i res professional ac tors to perform the plays. They have been touring col leges and universi ties from Maine to West Virginia, presenting interactive pl ays about acquaintance rape and dating vio lence. Last September their program was presented at Colby as part of the first-year student wellness seminar series. Terry a l so wrote that Barbara

Bullock visited her last winter. Speak

ing of Barbara, she asked me to put in a word for our class \ Veb site (www. a 1 umn icon nections.com/col by/) and for signing in. It wou l d be n i ce to get more people to write in our guest book, especi a l l y with our 2 0th re m1ion coming up. Barbara says the site is low tech but if anyone is inter ested in reva mping it, let her know (beb2@psu.edu). Barbara is back at Penn State after a sabbatical, a part of it spent in Paris. She is now working to get a new graduate unit i n l i nguis-

Pam Ellis ran into both Elisabeth Eustis and Jeff Goliger at the Portland,

tics up and running by 200 1 . . . .

1 999. Kyra i s much l oved by her big

Maine, Sidewalk Art Show. Pam says

si ster, L a u ra , 4, a n d bro t h e rs, Greg, 1 4, a n d Nick, 1 2 . S " re t i red" from F i d e l i ty I n vestments in '98 but re

Jeff is l iving in southern California, changing careers from medical re search to computers. He has a 7 -

year-old son . . . . Harvey Coco sent me an e-mail after seeing how many of our classmates l ive in Vermont. H a rvey and his wife, Deborah, and three daughters, Olivia, Sophie and Hannah, live in Old Bennington, Vt., where his dental practice, which spe cializes in implant and reconstructive dentistry, has been located since 1 99 3 . H i s daughters are a l l avid skiers and horseback riders. They bought their first horse a year ago, and to their surprise it gave birth to a foal l ast J une. Kate and Marc Jeton '82 are god parents to the Cocos' o l dest daughter, O l ivia, and are happy to report that they are moving back to Maine . . . . Also living in Vermont are David and Arny Haselton Bolger. Last] uly they welcomed a son, Liam, into the fam i l y to join big sister Sadie. Amy is enjoying being a stay-at-home mom . . . . Margaret Libby had a showing of her animal paintings and pastels at the O'Farre l l Gal lery in Brunswick, Maine, last spring . . . Gary Smith is producer, rock group m a n a g e r a n d c o - o w n e r of F o rt Apache Studios in Cambridge. Ac cording to The Boston Globe he was planning on spending last New Year's Eve in a lean-to made of palm fronds on a deserted beach on Kauai . . . . Richard Demers bought a house in Moorpark, Calif., last December. Last J\ 1arch he joined a new telecommuni cations start-up fi r m , I n tegrated J\ 1icromachines, in Pasadena. The company received its first round of venture capital funding last May to develop optical switches for optical telecommun ications. His position there is project manager for 3-D sys tems . . . . I recently read in The Boston Globe that Bob Ruzzo is an attorney for the i\ l assachusetts Turnpike Au thority but is leaving to join the i\ las sachusetts Housing Finance Authority. . I recently attended a great 40tl1 birthday parry for Steve Rowse ' 8 3 , w h o lives not fa r from me in Harvard, i\ Iass . . . . I hope you all are planning on attending our 20th reunion, June 8- 1 0 1 Please keep e-mai l i ng' .

-Beth Pnirv:ski Wilson

82 SJ Lickdyke Morissette

sends news o f her second da ughter, Kyra S u z a n n e , born in October

joined part time n i n e mon ths l a ter. G a rry a n d S sti l l l i ve i n Andover,

1980s Correspondents 1980 Lynn C o l l i n s Fra n c i s 1 6 Oakridge Road Sudbury, MA 0 1 7 7 6

having added on to the house a ga i n t o m a k e room f o r their expa n d i n g

class news1980@alum .colby.edu

fa m i l y . S spent a speci a l afternoon i n Boston with Ann Skinner Rider,

Beth Pn iewski W i l so n

Kim Smith McCartney, Dianne Conley Lavangie and M a ry Lee Sa ntoro, w i fe ofJed Santoro. Ann, a

children's book editor for Knopf, was in town for a book conference. Kim, a pediaa-ician, lives in Sudbury, Mass., with husband Doug McCartney and chil dren . . . . \Vi i i , 9, and Bla ke, 6. Dianne, active as ever, lives in South Portland, Maine, with husband Paul and daughter Meaghan, 1 3 . . . . Abigail S mi th sen t news last Apri l , when win ter was just right around the corner in New Zealand. Abigail and her hus band a re both professors in the divi sion of sciences at the University of Otago. Abby enj oys teaching marine geology (in tl1e last few years they have had junior year abroad students from the U.S.A., including some from Colby) and a lso gets to lead fi eld courses on tl1eir research vessel which she would enjoy more if she didn't get seasick' Baby David was born in December 1 998, and their ol dest boy, Ned, 5 , started school this fal l . . . Tim Dawson joined the I nternet world and heads up business development, structu ring partner ships and a l l iances with other I n ternet fi n a n c i a l services com p a n i e s f o r m Power, t h e leading I n ternet-based investment advisory company. Last spring Tim went to Austin for Brian Sharples's second wedding. Also there were i\ilark Avery and Ken Sharples '8 I . . . . Amy (Thompson ' 8 3 ) a n d Ch ris Landry l i ve i n Conway, i\ lass., with their boys, Ben and Dylan, 4 and 2. After 1 2 years in the museum field, Chris recently left to become the director of develop ment at the Food Bank of \\'estern i\ Iassachusens. Am)' is executi,·e di rector of the Chi ldren's i\ luseum at Holyoke . . . . Andrea Branmer Ii,·es in Stamford, Conn . , and works as in housecounsel at GE Capital A,-iation Sen�ces, I nc. She lo,·ed her rwo )·ears in Seattle, with .\ It. Rainier and Lake \\'ash i ngton right outside her win dow, but "·anted to be closer to her familr in i\ I aine. Andrea plays golf "·eek!)- i n a league and spends sum mer weekends pla,-ing golf or a-a,·el ing to i\ laine to see her n i eces or to

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h a n g out at camp \\'ith her parents and brothers and their fam ilies. She occasional l y stops by Colby to see the new buildings and to lunch with her former roommate :\ leg Bernier 8 1 She also gets to see Dave Fanger occasional l y i n l'e\\' York and stays in regul a r touch \1·i t h Sarah Perry, '

Diane Zavotsky, Midori Yan agihara, Karen E negess, Emily Cummings and Susan Robertson Kuzia . . . . Bob Benjamin and wife

L)'ll11C had their fourth child last April . L i a m Henry joins older sibs Bobby, 1 1 . Caity, 9, and J essie, +. Bob is stil l teach ing English and coach ing at B ru ns wick School i n Greenwich, Conn. H e was promoted to captain i n t h e C.S. Army Resen•e and is cur rently serving with the 1 l 79th De ployment Support Brigade at Fort H a m i l ton, �.Y. . . . Susan Hatch is the editor of a trade magazine, Tech-

110/ogy ,\ feetings, and i s working out of her home i n Essex, i\ Iass. She re cently returned to work after time off fol lowing the birth of her son, Si mon Peterson . . . . Nancy Smith Daley and her husband, Joe '77, recently relocated to Kingfield, i\ 1 a i ne, after almost 20 )'ears at Bridgton Acad emy, where .1'\ancy taught English and Joe was the dean of students and a football coach. They have three sons, :\ lichael, Thomas and Patrick ( 1 5 , 1 3 and 1 2), all competitive win ter atl1letes-i\ 1ike went to tl1eJ unior Olympics last year and came in 1 0th in the slalom-and they moved so the bovs c o u l d a t t e n d a n d tra i n a t Carra basset Valley Academy ful l time. Nancy, who got her master's i n lit eracy from 1 orwich U n iversity, teaches English at CVA, and Joe is the assistant headmaster and coaches skiing . . . . Sharon Dulude has spent

helen Helen M u i r M i l by '87 th rows the k i n d of party peo ple w i l l pay thousands of d o l l a rs to attend . And a s the d i rector of develo pment for

the last five years as a social worker at various elementary schools in rural i\ Iaine, working with emotionally and behaviora l l y disturbed kids and their fam i l i es. Having been through some tough times herself and survived, S haron decided to put her experi ences to a positive use. Sharon also has a part-time photography busi ness doing some weddings but mostly landscapes from which she creates cards. She rides her horse, Sandman, as often as possible and is working with anoth e r social worker to estab lish a tl1erapeutic riding program for troubled kids. Sharon sends congratu lations to Heidi \i\Tass Murphy '85 on her newspaper and would l i ke to hear from Laurie Leavis. . . . Paul Maier a n d h is family have moved back to New England after 1 8 years of liv i n g i n New J e rsey, Colorado and Ch icago. \i\Tife J ane, son Kai and

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daughter Paige a re a l l getting used the New E n g l a n d way of l i fe in Marshfield, Mass. Kai's th i rd birth day was spent with Jon Schwartz (godfather) and his family, Kim, Sam and Anne. In the business area, Paul's company, E TEX IT Service, was acq u i red by Seimens AG last Apri l. This has kept the executive team very busy and has created great synergies for their clients . . . . Thanks to every one who wrote i n . As always, we all love hearing from you . to

-Mimi H. Ras11111sse11

This past summer I heard from Sue Kallio '82 and Mark Green, who live with their c h i l d ren, Christopher, Connor and Meghan, in Bedford, N . H . Mark is vice president of sales for Silknet Software, a provider of I nternet-based customer service soft ware. i\l[ark has enjoyed taking the

'87

trad itiona l ly pro-Democratic s pecial i nte rest gro u ps . B ut she leaves that to the policy p e o p l e . She's too b u s y f i n a n c i n g it a l l . "I was never rea l l y that politica l , but I decided s i nce I was goi ng to

the Democratic Leaders h i p Cou nci l , she has a

be i n D . C . , I m ight a s we l l get i nvolved , " she sa id . " I t felt we i rd being

whopping $?-m i l l i o n pa rty bu dget.

here a n d not being a part of the pol itical process . "

Wel l , sort of. M i l by's JOb 1s to raise money for the nonprofit o rga n ization charged with b u i l d i ng the Democratic Party. She's res ponsible for the Demo

M i l by, 3 5 , moved to the nation's capital i n 1 993 after ra i s i n g money for five years for the Colora do E n d owment for the H u man ities-a j o b that fit w i t h h e r a rt h i story a n d F r e n c h majors. S he ma rried J oseph

cratic Leadersh i p C o u n c i l ' s seven-figure bottom l i ne, a n d while it i s n 't

M i l by that yea r a n d soon fo u n d herself work i ng on Oklahoma Demo

a l l f u n a n d games, she says if you wa nt to cha nge the world yo u 've got

crat David M c C u rdy's fa i led U . S . Senate ca m pa ig n . " I t was a very bad

to k n ow how to party. And she does.

year for Democrats , " M i l by sa id .

When the cou ntry's Democrats descended u pon Los Angeles last s u m mer, M i l by was there with a week's worth of events. Cocktails to coattails, l u nches to brunches. A l l this for the low, low price of $20,000 per ticket. " It s obscene how m uch money 1s 1n '

pol1t1cs," she says. " U nfortunately, not enough of 1t goes to the good guys . " I t s easy to b e typecast, a nd pol1tical

B u t her ca m pa ign work took her to the DLC, a gro u p she says was "trying to figure out why a l l the Democrats were losing at the national leve l . " Five years later a nd with two c h i l d ren-3-year old Sarah and 4-month-old Kate- M i l by says she st i l l loves her wo r k . I t can b e tiring a t t i me s , she says, a n d s h e st i l l gets nervou s before big events. B u t s h e believes i n the gro u p's i d e a l s a n d feels

fund ra1s1ng can be a d i rty word . B u t ,

passionate a bout her work. Event plan n i ng

M 1 b y says. e n ough people i n t h e

t i p from the pro: The P resident is a lways

Was h i n gton , D . C . a rea k n o w her gro u p

late, someti mes up to two hours , but don't

1sn t funding

sweat i t . People w i l l wa it for h i m .

r egat1ve

pol1t1cal ads or

gobbling u p spec i a l - i nterest money It 1s fighting for tax cred 1 s-not wage h 1 kes

M i l by m ight not stay a t t h e DLC forever (she t h i n k s ra ising money for a

for working fa m : 1es and rying to m a ke

p h i lanthro pic orga n ization would be n i ce ) ,

Democra 1c po!1c1es more business

b u t h e r career path gives h e r u n i q u e job

riendly she m a n a n s The grou p has a popu l a r modera e pla orm . M i l by says, h1ch some mes pu s he DLC at odds

1 r la bor organ za ions and o her

sec u rity: gro u ps a lways need money. "You know you ' re goi n g to be the l a st person fired and the first person h i red , " she sa id . -Matt Apuzzo '00

company from a small start-up in l 995 to a very successful I PO as of i\ Liy 1 999. Mark gets back to o l by eve1·y year to participate in the alumni

What she does Visiting professor of

phi losophy at Connecticut Col lege, wood

basketball ga me. H e says it's a great

sc u l ptor.

way to connect with the l i kes of Rick Fusco, Roy Dow '8+, J i m Ga udette '84, Tom Zito '8 1 , B i l l Storey '82 and

many others . . . . Rick Hemond sent some news from his home in Acton, M ass. He and w i fe Beth and girls Rachel, 4, and O l i via, 2 , get back to Colby t h ree or four times a year, s i n c e R i c k ' s w i fe w a s b o rn i n \Vatervi l l e a n d her parents are former professors Bob and Dorothy Reuman. Rick con tin ues to run m a rathons and fi nished his third N.Y.C. Marathon in Nove m b e r 1 9 9 9 . . . . Chris Schmidt sent me a photo of Colby alumni by the seashore at his June 2 000 wedding i n Massachusetts to Susan Moyn ihan. Chris says he gained a n i n s t a n t fa m i l y in Abiga i l a n d Siobhan. A t t h e wedding were Jake Filoon and Gordon Marshall. . . . From Alexandria, Va ., Nancy Goers Hubbell and her family arrnounced the birth of son Nick in July 2000. Nick's big brother,Jack, is 6 . . . . From Lund, Sweden, Stacey Sorensen wrote of news in her l i fe. The new bridge between Sweden and Den mark is the fi rst connection since the Ice Age, and Stacey says she's enjoyed walking across the bridge, about five m i l es. She a l so has ridden a few times around Lake Vattern, which is a 3 00km round trip. Stacey's a l so dancing and learning to play Swedish folk music on her violin . . . . The only piece of mail I received that i nvolved a postage sta m p came from Sean McNamara. Sean and his wife l i ve north of Atlanta, Ga., and were ex pecting their first child, a son, in November. Sean is director o f prod uct planning for Saab cars in the North American market. \Vorking for Saab means that Sean may someday move back to Deo·oit, since Gi\ I bought Saab . . . . i\ laine vacations this year lurecl M L and M a rk Tolette ancl their fa mily to the Fox ls lands Thorofare in summer and to Sugarl oa f in w i nt e r . . . . Chip a n d Martha Driscoll Kelley, their children and John Northrop and his girlfriend, Erin, \'entured to Belgrade, ,\ laine, in August to \'isit Joyce and Jamie O'Neil and their fam i l y . . . . Tony and Dede Arrnda Perkins and their three daughters joined Pajes J\Ierriman Stennan and her fa mily on ,\ [ a rtha's Vineyard for sun and fun . . . . Kelly Dodge checked in with hel los and reminded me that

the bottom up. Lucki l y they received shelter from Leslie and Geo! Barnes

STEFANIEROCKNAK'88

Where she learned Colby, Boston

U n i versity, R h ode I s land School of Design, Tyler School of Art in Rome. Her fi rst mentors Her parents, Lucinda

Allerton Rockna k '58, who restores furniture , a nd her father, R. W i l l i a m R o c k n a k ' 5 8 , a woodworker. What she teaches Skepticism a n d

e piste mology, i n a n atte m pt t o get students t o t h i n k on t h e i r own . What she carves H u m a n figures, wom e n o n a tra i n , a wo m a n i n a

Cam bod i a n death ca m p . She is at work on a trypt i c h . Check out her work at www . steffroc knak.co m . What s h e uses for materials Eucalyptus, oa k and basswood. Where her teaching, philosophy and carv i ng i ntersect

" I d o try to

understand what is the right pict u re of the world , the right picture of knowledge , " she to ld Woodshop News earlier this year.

Todd Coffin took second i n the Bar Harbor H a l f i\ 1aratl1on i n mid-Sep tember . . . . J oyce and Paul Lezberg now live i n Brunswick, i\!Iaine . . . . In \ \'i lton, Conn., Carol McQuilling l\ilc1\ 1orris now works for Country Living Associates. Carol's working toward a master's in business admin istration at New York niversity . . . . I n New York City, Scott Stein's of fi ce is in Chelsea i\ J a rket. Scott said that he'd l i ke to be back in i\ l a ine sometime but rea l l y enjoys Tew York for now. He's working for Oxygen, and Oprah "Tinfrey is one of his bosses, after a fashion. J\! I ostly i t's Scott and "400 or so sisters," he says, working to create a television and I n ternet network . . . . Thanks to e\' eryone for the news, and I hope more of you w i l l send some my wa�'. Happy New Year'

-Sall)' Lo1•egre11 ,\ /erch1111t

Tammy Jones Howe fi l led out her questionnaire and shared the followi ng: she and her husband, Scott, are living in I pS\\1ch, n [ass., and enjoy playing,,1th their rwo chilclren, Phoebe, 5, and Charlotte, 2 . Tammy is working as a mom and part-time forensic ps�· chologist. . . . Karin J \IcCarthy e mai led from ,\ I a rb l e h e a d , ,\ J a ss . . where she is o n materni�· lea,·e. She had her second child, Griffin \\'i l l iam Atkinson, on ,\ Ia�· n , 1000. I le joins older brother Tucker, 1 , m o cats and one clog. Karin \\'as tO return to work i n Ocrober as clirecror of corporate relations in the president's office at ,\hiss (in do\\'nto\\'n Boston). Her

job entails working on an i n itiati,,e tO create " Ui\ lA S S on-line," building corporate partnerships to get job op pornmities for i\ 1ass grads, schol arships and sponsored research. Every summer at the beach in ,\ l aine she sees Mia Rosner and her husband, Larry Roop '8 1 , who li"e i n L.A. She also runs i n t0 Tom Cushman '85 every once i n a \\'hile; he also Ii,·es in ,\ I a rb l e h e a d i\ I a s s . . . . J e remy Springhorn e-mailed tO announce that he and his wife, Erin, have a new addition to the family: Ethan I l a rris Springhorn was born J\ l a rch 3, 2000. J e remy reports tl1at he has watched the company he helped to start grow from a seven-employee company with no product to a 1 1 0-emplo)·ee \'erri cally in tegrated biorech company with a market cap of I bil lion. They now ha,·e eight clin ical trials underway for rwo products and t\\'O other products i n pre-cl i n ica l de,·elopment. Jeremy is directing early research and de,·el opment. Erin, a pediatrician, \\'Orks part time a t a pri,·ate practice in ,\ ladi son, Conn. H'hen schedules permit, Jeremy and John Gagne play golf. He also keeps in touch with Andre'' Da,•is '85 . . . . Brewster Burns e m a i l e d that he has rwo c h i l d re n , Caroline, I , and C h r i stopher, 3 . Ere" srer claims that he's doing the t\']Jical mid-life stuff: "added t0 the house last ummer, painted this um mer. " . . . ,\notlier clas mare reports adding tO her house in \\'ellesle�-, ,\ [ass. Carol Hildebrand and her h usband, Don E b u rn e , spent six months remodeling their house from

'85, who li,·e near them. They re modeled while Carol \\ aS pregn a n t; they now ha,·e a "new" house and a daughter, O l i ,·i a , born ,\ l a rch 2 2 , 2000. Carol i s also senior editor for a b ra n d - n e w b u s i n e s s/tech n o l ogy magazi ne called DanL'i11 ,\ /agrr::. i ne. I t's a project of C/O magazine. Look for it on the magazine racks soon. Carol sees L a u ra 1\ l <l h o n e y ,\ f c Go,·ern ' 8 5 , Sue Chase Downes, Donna "Dino" Altenpohl a n d Dawn Lepanto Taylor. Carol re ports that Da" n and her husband, Davis '8 1 , l i ,·e in Holl iston, ,\ lass., and have a daughter, Piper, 4 . . . . Sally Lee e-mailed from Danvers, f. l ass. She's sti l l '' or king at ,\ l l T and seems q u i te happy with her '' ork. She's able to pursue her art career on tl1e side and has done some digital i l l ustrations for \'arious publications. She's conti n uing '' irh her painting and has recei,·ed a second fe l l o,, sh i p to t h e \Termont Snidio Center. You can check our her work at W\\ w . sls.lcs.mit.eclu/sally/. S h e a l so h a s a few paintings at Arts Research Asso ciates in H a m i l ton, ,\ l ass . . . . Please see the o n - l i n e a rt i c l e ( h t t p : // courant.ctnO\\ .com/ne,, s/specia l/ne/ suicide I .sun) on the l a te Charles Tenney. I r is a \\ Onderfu l , heartfe l t eulogy for C h a r l i e. . . . Thar'; a l l the news for now, so please take a mo ment, get the questionnaire . . . (you know the rest). T l ope to hear from you soon.

-C_y11thi11 .\I. ,\ lul/iken-1,a:::.::.: am

Lori Gustafson Adams '' rites that she has just finished a \"Cf) busy )'ear-she completed a master\ de gree in \\Ti ting ancl l i reranire at Ri,·ier College, worked full time as a techni cal writer and took care of her n1 0 children with her husband, Cal. . . . Barbara Knox Autran also ha<, her hands ful l . She '' rites that she j ust started teaching ESL, L' . . histof)-, U.S. go,·ernment and '' orld histof) to G E D students. ,\fter a '>ix-and-a h a l f year hiatus raising Dylan, 6, and Sa ,·annah, 1, she is ,.el!· much looking forward to teach ing again . . . . Kevin Brnen continues his career as a lieu tenant and la\\Ter in the C. · . Coast Guard and has spent the past t\\O �·ears practicing em·ironmental la" . u m mer 1000 brought a mo,·e for Ke,·in, Carol)11 ( Bo�11ton ' 4) and Connor from the Presidio in an Francisco to L. .\., where he assumed the role of marine safe�· inspector'' ith the Coast .

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Alumni

at LargJ!

980s

Guard in Long Beach. Ke\in \\Tites

dent of his con sulting company, Part

that "Thankfull�·, Tom Valinote i

ners Through Trai n i n g . . . . Lisa

stil l in the L.A. area and ha an extra

Randolph-:\ lacon Woman's College hon

surfboard ' " . . . i\ like M u i r sends his

ored Beth Schwartz-Kenney '86 with the

regrets for m i sing reunion. H e re

prestigious Gillie A. Larew Award for Dis

cently completed a doctorate in cur

tinguished Teaching, recognizing "sound

riculum and i n struction \1·ith a focus

scholarship and effectiveness as a teacher in

on middle-b·el education and mean

the classroom . " A member of the psychology

ingful engaged learn i n g from U,\10.

department since 1 99 1 , Schwartz-Kenney

He i currently the assistant professor

works in the field of children's eyewitness

of education at - ,\ l a i ne-Farmi ngton.

testimony. "The things that she valued as an

Of particular note, ,\ like li\'eS i n what

undergraduate at Colby are the same things

used to be the women's prison in

to which she is dedicated at R-i\ 1\VC," re-

kowhegan, ,\ laine. He assures us that "it's much more comfortable now ' "

. . . J o h n 0 . Robinson i a l s o sorry to

Beth Schwartz-Kenney '86

ported the school's alumnae magazine.

his 1 2 th �·ear teaching world h isto�· at Pl�111outh South High chool and for summer 2000 planned to work ful l t i m e as a lawyer in Falmouth, ,\ lass. I n

Stow, ,\ 1ass., and L i sa now works at Fidelity I nstitutional Retirement Ser vices C o m p a n y i n M a rl boro u g h , M a s s. . . . H amilton Brower h a s m a d e some changes i n h i s l i fe. He left the marketing i nd ustry two years ago and sailed around the world with h i s dad for five months. They started in Athens, Greece, and, 2 8,600 m i l es later they retu rned. H a m i lton is now involved with an educational program sponsored by the U n i ted

have missed reunion but is planning ahead for 2 005 . He has just finished

Rydin married C. Scott L i l l i ott in J u ne. The couple bought a house in

ations and

is a l so involved with H a b i tat for Hu

.Umringes: Christopher H . Castner '82 to Pamela M . Rockett in Marblehead, :\ lass. ·:· Catherine C. Hobson '83 to Robert B. Scott in Rye, N .H. ·:· Paul R. Doyle '85 to Diana Saraceno in Middletown, Conn. ·:· Caroline R.

Moses '86 to Christian D. ,\ 1c,\Iahon in Falmouth, ,\1ass. ·:· Lisa A. Rydin

manity . . . . Hey-this is our 1 5 th reunion year, so make plans now to attend. If you're s ti l l wishy-washy about attending the reunion, keep in mind this i m portant bit of wisdom:

addition, he is t h e featured soloisn1ith

'86 to C. Scott Lilliott in H ingham, ,\lass. ·:· ScottJ . Jablonski '89 to Maria

make new friends, but keep the old;

the Falmouth ,\ l en's Chorus . . . .

F. Florio in Johnston, R. l .

one is silver and the other's go l d .

Bi11hs: A son,

with old pals, overwhelm elderly fac

Reunion is a great chance t o catch up

Shireen S hahawy (\1·ho did make it to reunion and had a great time') is work ing as the di rector of marketing for continuing education at the

ni\'er-

i�· of �ew England. She and her daughter, Ally, li\·e i n Portland 11·ith two dog and rwo cats. F\1-Ally had such a good time at reunion that she plan

to enroll in the Class of 2 0 1 1 1

(,\ny tip

from Admissions for Ally

and other son and daughters of al ums 11 ould be greatly appreciated!) B y the \1ay, you may hear

h i reen on a few

national radio spots-she does voice01 ers. o listen carefully. . . .

1 el inda

Griggs U nde rw ood li\·e happily in

Putney, \'t., with her dog, Estee, and r110 cats. She \1 orks a a consultant to non profits in the southern \·ermont

Caleb Thomas Hale, to Da1·id and Cynthea Hurlburt Hale

'84 ·:· A on, Christopher James Geremia, to Louis '85 and Susan James Geremia '85 ·:· A daughter, Tate Elizabeth Gordon, to Doug and Alicia Bevin Gordon '85 ·:· A son, James ,\ fanning Di Sandro, to Jeffrey '87 and lary Browne DiSandro '89 ·=· A son, David Samuel Martin, to Chris and J ayne Grossman Martin '88 ·:· A son, Benjamin Travis, to Robert Travis '88 and Michelle Leinbach '89 ·:· A son, Ben Abbatiello, to Thomas '89 and Christine Murphy Abbatiello ' 9 1 ·:· A son, Carsten James Connolly, to Adrienne and James Connolly '89 ·:· A daughter, Emil)' Reed Gallagher, to Robert '89 and Susan Banta Gallagher '89 ·:· A daughter, Sarina ,\Iackenzie Bridges, to Laura Johnson '89 and Patrick Bridges ·=· A son, Geoffrey Dre\\" Brune l l , to Nancy Spellman '89 and Paul Brunell ·:· A daughter, Katelyn Ann Szustak, to Michael and Cherie

you never had anything in common with at Colby but suddenly do now. Come brag about your jet-set l i fe or show off your body piercings-what ever, just come. If you wou l d l i ke to volunteer to help with planning the reunion, contact Jay A l l e n Qames. allen@csfb.com). Also, I 'm looking for someone to take over the class notes starting this summer. E-mail

Poulin Szustak '89 ·:· A daughter, Johanna Letson Harding, to Anita

me if you are in terested (it's fun and

Terry '89 and Kevin Harding.

body piercing). Ciao for now.

Dentbs: David E. Bell H '86, September 6, 2000, in Cambridge, Mass., at 8 1 .

area, focU',mg on program de\·elop ment, grant proposal as isrance and

ulty members who pretend they know who you are, and hangout with people

this one, so n o babbling, just the

no more painful than the average

-Wendy Lnpha111

Russ

T h re e ' s a charm f o r B i l l ,

great a l l the time. " She was married

J e a n n e , M i tch a n d E r i c . C a l l i e

news. Thanks to all who e-mai led

in November 1 999 to Mark H a l l , and

( Knowles '89) and B i l l C lapp wel

this time . . . . Robin C h a l m e rs mar

Colbyites who made the trip for the

comed a baby girl, Ainsley, last March.

rhar he \1 ill keep us u p to dare on h i s

ried Jerad .\ [ a on in J u ly, witl1 Mar

wedding included Rob Boone ' 8 5 ,

She joins tl1e very cute Ben, 6, and

r ra\ el'> . . . . \frer a terri fic \hO\I ing at

garet \Vall ace as maid of honor.

K r i s G i b l i n L i n d q u i s t , A n d re a

Caroline, 4- I saw them at Brian

n:un1on 1 11 J u ne, Chris, Tucker and

Robin 11 orks for a magazine publish

Mclnnis Leonard a n d Linda (Flight

o rdon celebrated the

ing com pan)', and the newlyweds l i\·e

' 5) and Peter L u l l . H a rriet works as

Hennessey were visiting this Sep

health� rnd ha pp� arm al of Tare

i n \ \'inchester, ,\ l a s . . . . H e lene

a retirement plan consultant at Buck

tember. Karen and Tim live in San Francisco and were on their way to

marerial., prcxluction . . . . Tom <.,end

l ayto r

greetmg'> t o a l l a n d promise

ici Be1 in

L aw 's house when Karen and Tim

2000. C :on

Landers has put her professional golf

C o n s u l t a n ts in

gratu lanon'>, C 1 c 1 ! . . . On the other

career on the back burner for noll" so

Gretchen Bean Lurie got together

Italy for a vacation. Bill is tl1e math

.. 1dc o f B o ..ton. Lou

she can concentrate on her son, Gray,

ll"ith Brigid Hoffman in

Tew York

guy (Brian's title for him) at Berwick

horn 111 September 1 999. I l elene sti l l

in October while G retchen was visit

Academy and was just about to lead

F l 1 1,1 beth on J u l ) 2

eremia, F l 1 1a ,

l'- 1 k 1 and I ( ue J a m e

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\1 c lcomcd a l i ttle one of our 011 n,

I n e'> 1 11 L..\. and keep'> a foot in the

Ch n.,tophcr J a m e '> , on �c ptember

theater \1 oriel b) doing an occasional

CJ. 2 000 . . . . Pl e,1.,e keep .,en d rn g e111 a il

u p d .i r � ., (da ., n e 11 ., 1 <J

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dents. He is also the JV boys' hockey coach and varsity lacrosse coach.

he a n d h e r h u s b a n d a n d k i d s ,

Callie earned her master's from BC

11 elcomcd their '>econd daughter,

dena, Cal i f. . . . Beth Schwartz

and is a social worker at Sexual As

Ken n e y r e c e i \· e d an a w a rd for

sault Support Services in Portsmouth

li\ e in

di>tinguished teaching and continues

as the group coordi nator. . . . Mitch

\ larblehead, \ la<i'> . . . . Harriet Haake

to chair the psychology department

andJeanne Morrison Cook had their

relourcd to �an D i ego fi\ e � ear'> ago,

at Randolph -.\ l acon \\'oman's Col

third injuly with the arrival of Samuel

and .. he \1 nte'>, ") e'>, the

lege. Bob Kenney is busy as presi-

,\lorrison Cook. H e joins his very

l ... la� .

The Co11te11der.

I l unter, I 0 , a n d Paige, 8, live in Pasa

., i... t e r

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the orientation program for the stu

her husband's fi lm,

mg from �1 e� one. a d It make., for

ing the Big Appl e for the premiere of

D u en .md her hu.,hand, Charlie,

a fun colum n '

-.'>111' ]11111rs G1 rr111111

San D i ego . . . .

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Februar) 2 000. She joins

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proud big brothers David, 6, and Merritt, -t, out in Grand Rapids, Mich. . . . I n August, Karie and Eric Green's third, Maggie, joined her two b i g sisters, Nell, 3 , and Annie, 2 . . . . I saw Mike '86 and Christine Palmer Sav age at a birthday party for Joy Pratt and M ary McCarty. Christine was expecting #2 in the fall and is busy with PJ at home and avoiding all the work that' being done on their house in \ Vellesley. Tim and Teri Scally Kfosella were also there. They live up in Newbu1-yport and have a l ittle boy, Cole, who's I . Teri, along with Melissa Raffoni, is part of a group called the Professional Skills Alliance, which is a Boston-based group of consultants who work individually and in cross-functional teams to provide a wide range of business consulting services to all types of companies. Check out th e i r Web s i te ( p ro fessionalskills.com) . . . . Helen Muir Milby reports t h e birth onJm1e 2 2 o f their second girl. Kate, s h e writes, "has been a joy. Although bittersweet, I am looking forward to heading back to work. It should be an interesting fall with the elections. I have worked closely with Senator Lieberman over the past five years and hope that he'll be our next vice president." . . . Karen Czuchry Sallman has just taken a senior consulting position with Ariba. She writes, "I will be stationed and livi n g in Munich. I got married on August 4 to a German by the name of Florian Sallmann. This year we had our German civil ceremony and next year, also on August 4, we will have our church wedding w i th family and friends." . . . MelissaJenkins contin ues to serve on the faculty of Brown University in the department of psy chiatry and human behavior. "As a clinical neuropsychologist," she says, "I perform assessments of patients with neurologic i l lnesses and i nju ries. I teach in the clinical psychology i n ternshi p/fellowship program and conduct research . " You can fi nd J\lfelissa's recent publications in many journals, including the A 111 eria111]011r11al ofp,J1cl1iany. She also spends time scuba divi ng, skiing and rollerblading and was looking forward to coming to J\ Iaine in the fall to make apple butter with her 8-t-year-old grand mother' . . . Thanks to Josh Shapiro for answeri ng my plea for news. H e got married inJ uly t o Suzanne] uster, a Notre Dame alum, and had lots of Colby friends at their wedding. The attendees and their professions: Ethan Shapiro '83, Josh's brother, a dean/

teacher at P h i l l i ps Exeter; Scott Lainer, advertising; Bruce Dalbeck, consulting; Mike Ashley, started his own business; Shannon McDonald, mother and part-time social worker; Andrew Rudman, State Department; Brad Fay, \TP market research; Je ff DiSandro, partner in a management recru i ting firm. Josh and Suzanne live in 1 ew Jersey, and both work as brand managers at Reckitt Benckiser. . . . Glenn Cummings started a new job in ugust as d irector of profes sional advising at the niversity of V i rginia, where he serves as the pri mary faculty advisor for UVA stu dents considering law school and medical school. On his first day he met with a grad student who turned out to be Margaret Russell Ewalt '92 . Small world1 The summer was busy as well, as Glenn had a commitment ceremony in June w i th his partner of three years, Colby Smith. Yes, his name is really Colby' They plan to stay in Charlottesville, where Glenn's been for 1 2 years. Colby travels a lot, teach ing seminars all over the U.S. for the Moulton Company . . . . Marco Loretto is co-founder and vice presi d e n t , b u s i ness development for Notara in N.Y.C. H i s company pro vides \ Veb-based collaborative soft ware that automates administrative processes . . . . Thanks to those who wrote to me. And for the rest of you, send me an e-mail today! My best to you all.

-Jane Nicol iV lr11111el

Laura Johnson has started a private practice in pediatrics, and she and husband Patrick Bridges wel comed t h e i r t h i rd c h i l d , S a r i n a Mackenzie B ridges, o n Ju n e 1 5 , 2000. Sarina joins Alexa and Owen in tl1e Johnson Bridges household . . . . Chris Tompkins had a book published on the Croton Dams and Aqueduct i n September, a n d on the day he sent the final manuscript to the publisher he received his master's of social sci ence from the J\ Iaxwell School at Syra cuse . . . . T have enough baby news to fill an entire column1 Mary Browne DiSandro and husbandJeff '88 had a baby boy,James ,\ fanning, on Febru an' 1 5 . ,\ lary writes that James ar ri �1ed a mond � early, so his aunt Cathy "C.C." Cook was not able to be in Boston for his birth . . . . .\ Iichael and Cherie Poulin Szustak had a daugh ter, Katelyn Ann, on J une I . They also h<l\'e a son, Christopher, who started kindergarten this fall. . . . Brian Murphy is the proud papa of

Liam . . . Ponch Membreno writes that he and wife Jess were expecting a baby in December. They bought a house on Peaks lsland, J\ Iai ne, though they haven 't lived there yet because Ponch took a job at Patagonia in ew York. They hang out witl1 Jake Ul ick '90, Tucker Offutt and Tom Cahill and saw Steve Masur '88's band. Ponch recently spent three weeks kaya k i n g in T h a i l a n d . . . . J i m Connolly sent a long e-mail with news of the birth of his son, Carsten James, in October '99. Jim reports that he recently kayaked the Potomac River to raise awareness about the e ffect t h a t the pol l u ti o n in t h e Anacostia River h a s o n d i e fragile Chesapeake. J i m also sent news that Jan Gisholt is engaged to be mar ried. Jan lives in M i ami and works as a ship broker. His fiancee, Denise, is a psychiatrist. . . . Kayaking is quite the trend. Jennifer Joseph regaled me with tales of her kayaking ex ploits, including a planned trip to Acadia and a kayaking symposium in Castine, Maine.Jenni fer lives in P i ns burgh and works at Ernst & Young; she recently returned from a birthday trip to Norway and Iceland . . . . Carolyn Harper joined the marriage ranks in J une when she married Stephen Paul Hefner . . . . Michelle Leinbach and husband Rob Travis '88 had their first baby, Benjamin, last February. They also bought a house in \V. Newron, i\ Iass., and Michelle is now back at work as a lawyer at Mintz Levin in Boston. She sees J u l i e Abele Wetzell a n d Michelle Delea a n d reports that Michelle and her husband had a baby girl in December '99 . . . . Nancy Spellman and husband Paul Brunell welcomed Geoffrey Drew Brunell on July 20, 2000 . . . . Bob and Sue Banta Gallagher moved to Scituate, ,\lass., where Sue is a catalog visual specialist for Tai bots and Bob is a senior man ager in a specialized l itigation-con sulting group with Price \ Vaterhouse Coopers in Bosron. They had a baby girl, Emily Reed, on Easter Sunday. Sue writes that the�· h<we had visits from Liz (Helft '9 1 ) and Don Darby and their l i ttle girl, H annah, and Kirk Koenigsbauer and his wife, .:'\een, and baby Peter. i nce mo,'ing to Bos ton, ue and Bob see more ofi\'lelita �larks, who just became engaged ro Da,·e chacter, Christina Theokas, who is in a Ph.D. program in psy chology at Tufts, and Dave and Karen Currey \Vehr, who had a bab1· girl in ,\ I a�" . . . Kathy Dowley

is now a professor of pol i tical science at S 1:Y-New Pal tz, where Roger Bowen is president, and she was to travel to Albania in the fall to moniror local elections. Kathy and her h us band, J\ Ian, and their two kids love upstate N . Y . . . . Mark Demian writes that he recently became a partner with]a1'itch, Block, Eisen c' Ratl1bone in Cleveland and ,,·ill soon move to Columbus to be the managing part ner in the firm's office there . . . . Lane Wilkinson is sti ll in Seattle, recently bought a house, and is now the bike and ski buyer for R E I . H e spentjune climbi ng i n the Bolivian Andes . . . . Dawna Zajac Perez started a new job as director of development for the H ispanic Office of Planning and Evaluation i n Boston and Lawrence. She works from home, although home may be changing as she and husband David and their two boys a re building a house in H averh ill and hoped to move from N. Andover in Decem ber. She writes that she would lo,·e to hear from Micky Beck, Rob Gar land, Brett and Leslie orton

Rankin, John Girard, Steve Nason or anyone who lived in Coburn se nior year.

-Anita L. Teny

John Hayworth left his old law fi rm i n December 1 999 with seven other people to establish their own l i tigation firm and i s happy to report that die new firm i s doing very well-and that he and his w i fe are expecting their second child i n February. He sees Chip Smith be cause Chip is in Nashvi l l e as one of Al Gore's deputy campaign manag ers . . . . Rudy and Erika Dresser Penczer wrote to say that they are also expecting a second child in Feb ruary. Their son, .:'\icholas, will be a bout 2 1 11 when hi new l i tt l e brother or sister arrives . . . . Carol Lockwood moved from \\'ashing ton, D . C . , to Hawa i i last spring, fol lowing her mother's diagnosis with brain cancer. h e writes, "while the mo,·e was unexpected and the rea sons for it de,·astating, i t is n ice to be back with my family." She is practic ing i n ternational trade, corporate and real property law at a fi rm i n Honolulu. Carol's d a d gradu a ted from Colby i n '6.+, a nd her mother attended with the Class of '66, so Colby is dear tO all of them, and they think frequently of the friends they made there . . . . Matt Frymier is still living out in an Francisco, where he was a bond trader for six years, C 0 LB Y

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but he has recently been promoted to d i rector o f e-commerce for fi n an c i a l m a r k e ts a t t h e B a n k o f America. H i s w o r k im·olves a great deal of tra\·el shutt li n g between San Francisco, C hicago, N" e\,. York a n d Charlotte. H i s w i fe , Cath�·, i s an institutional salesperson at Goldman, Sachs and Co. They\·e been enjoy ing l i fe in northern California (sail i ng, h i ki n g and biking) . They had a great time at reunion last June \\·ith Malcolm Chace a n d h i s w i fe, Erin, and enjo�·ed \·isiting ,,·ith :\ Ialcolm's t h ree kids . . . . Doug H a l l i s now li,·ing in Portland, :\ Ia i ne, and work ing as a city fire fighter, "the best job i n the \\·orld," h e writes. I ' l l take Doug's word for it, since I thi n k he's had more jobs in the last 1 0 years than the rest of us put together' He says he sees Beth Kubik frequently (she i s l i ,·ing i n Portland with her h usband and her dog) and that he's building a three-family house w i th \'ie\\'s of the Portland sl')'l i ne and the harbor. " I 'm lookin g forward to be ing a kinder, gentler slumlord," Doug sa�·s. He especially \\'ants to thank the many Colby friends who sup ported h i s -+ -mile sea kayak regatta fund raiser this summer, which raised money for a youth development or gan i zation . . . . Jeff Kelleher has been teaching music for about seven �·ear , the pa t fi,·e at the B rooklyn (Conn.) :\ I iddle Schoo l . He recently fi n i hed his master's in music educa tion at the llni\·ersit:y of Connecti cut. H e and his w i fe , Barbara, will soon celebrate their fifth wedding a n n i \ e r,ary, a n d their daughter, \Iii on, turned 2 in December. . . . .\ l a ry ",\ i i m " Siegel and her hus band, B i l l Lombaro, had a baby boy named '\ i cholas . . . . Tom and Kate B re n n a n D a i l e y are l i ,·ing in En gland and \\ ere expecting a baby i n earl� :\' c l \ ember, \1 h i l e ,\ [ e l i ssa Ray :\'e l so n and her husband, Da\·e, ju t had a bal)\ named Cameron at the end of Jul) . . . . Dave and Dawn Pitcher Batchelder are ha' ing a gre a t t 1 111e \I t t h t h e i r da ughter, l'-Hhen ne, " ho " J'> I Jn '\ 01 em her. Da' e , ., " ork1ng at Lucent Tech nologic, Jn Cambndgc, and Da\1 n i' a ph) .,icun \ J'>'1'>t,rnr at the La he) C l 1 11 1 c 1 11 Burl i ngto n . The� are ll\ 1 11g 1 11 \ \ e-,tford and " ha\ e embraced .. dorne,nc l i fe completcl) . acu>rd 1 11 g to Da\\ n . . . . �reph,1111e (\'ore '9 l ) rnd Pa u l pp l e celebrated the b i rth of their -,econd child 1 11 earl) eptember. \I other .rnd d,tughtcr arc do1ng fi ne, antl " hi l e l llg brother,

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B rian, is a l i ttle puzzled by a l l the noise around the house, he seems otherwise happy to have a l ittle sis ter. . . . Chris Michaud and Matt Taber had a baby girl, J i ll i a n Laura Taber, born i n N"ovember 1 999 (their son, Benjamin, is about 5 ) . . . . Bernie Khoo has accepted a ne,,· post as senior \'ice president/chief i n forma tion officer a t the American Associa tion of Homes and Sen·ices for the Aging. In addition to his responsi bilities at AAHSA, Bernie teaches as an adjunct professor in the econom ics deparm1ent a t American U niver sity and writes regularly on I nternet issues for Coutempormy Long- Tel711 Cm·e magazine . . . . Chip Gavin recently was promoted to vice presi dent o f communications at Critten ten Hastings House in Boston, nlass. C H H 's m ission is to assist individu als and fam i lies to attain and sustain economic i ndependence and self sufficiency; in his new position, Chip w i l l have responsi b i l i ty for every thing from i n formation technology systems to media relations . . . . Don't forget to stop by the class \Veb page (\\'\\'\l' . co l by.edu/classof/ 1 990) for more news and photos of reunion.

If You Don't, the State Will M ore than 50 percent of A mericans d ie w i thout a valid w i l l . When th i s happens, your state or commonwealth w i l l take over. What w i l l the impact be on those you care about ? A j udge w i l l determine how and t o whom your assets w i l l be d istributed , how much your spouse w i l l rece ive, who will be guard i a n to your c h i ldren and other d e c i s ions affect ing your fam i l y and loved ones. These dec i s ions are b ased o n state law and are not necessar i l y des igned to save expenses or taxes. A n d , your favor i t e char i t i e s w i l l n o t b e re membered.

-Lnurn Senier

9 1 I t's

hard to believe, but our 1 0th reunion is just a few months away. The reunion committee has been quite busy over the past year making plans for the weekend of June 8- 1 0. Those attendi ng the re c e n t c o m m i ttee m e e t i ngs were Tricia Shepard Quinn (who was expecting her first child i n Decem ber), Laurie Brown Ross (and her 1 8-month-old son, Andrew),J essica Butler Stabile, Dave Shumway and Shawn Crow l ey (on conference cal l from N"e\\' York). T h e weekend w i l l i nclude a class headquarters in a dorm, parade of classes, lobster bake, class dinner with our favorite faculty speaker/guest and 1•arious other class acti,·ities. You will have the oppor tunity to pre-order a n ice blue Colby fleece blan ket as a memento of our I 0th reunion. There will also be lots of fun c h i l d ren's acti,·ities and a child-c.ire program for your little one'>, '>0 he >ure to bring your ch i l tlren a long-\\ e " ould a l l lo\'e to see them. \\'c had a great rumour for our fi frh rcumon and e.\pect an e\·en h1ggt:r one for our I 0th ' l t is impor tant, ho\1 C\ er, ro prc-rcgi'>ter for the \1 cekend '>0 that the Col lege i'> prcparctl for attendance at the ac ti\ it1 e'>. PleJ'>e keep J)(l'>tcd \1 ith the

Avoid the assembly-line approach and contact an attorney to c ustom-design a plan for your fam i l y and loved ones. A personalized w i l l pro v ides not only the peace of m i nd that your wishes w i l l be carried out but may also re ult in sav i ngs to your estate. If you have a w i l l but it hasn't been rev i ewed recently, contact your attorney to go over your plans to ensure that they t i l l meet your obj ectives. For information on how to r member Colby i n your w i l l , please contact

teve G reave or S u e

Cook ' 7 5 in t h e Pl anned G i v i ng Offi ce b y phone

( 20 7 - 7 2 - 3 2 1 0 ) or e - m a i l ( plangift@colby. edu ) or po tal m a i l ( 4 3 70 M ayflower H i l l , Waterv i l le , M E 0490 1 ) .

laresr i n formation on the Colby 'vVeb

as i n -house lega l counsel at Textron

the word to a II of your Col by fri ends a n d m a ke t h i s the t i m e to catch up with all those friends you m i ss h a n g

Financial Corp. in Provi dence, and Joe works in Boston as a broker at Salomon Smim B arney. Both have recen t l y run m a rathons ( Erica in Dublin, I reland, and Joe i n Boston) and were tra i n i n g for this year's Ma

s i re or feel free to contact Laurie Brown Ross ( l r i n h a n over@aol.com) f o r more i n formation. Please spread

i n g out w i t h . See you in J u ne. -Jennifer Wood Jencks

92 Bessie Moss St. Lawrence

had a baby girl, Gretel Sara h , in May, and she and her husband, B i l ly, moved back to the Boston area after l ivi ng in Greenwich, Con n . , for the past few years . . . . Jill Collett Donohue wel comed her second son, Christopher Brooks, last August, the same day that Kristen Russo House had her first baby, Madison Son i a . J i l l l ives in Greenwich, Con n . , with her husband, Steve '90, and sons, and Kristen still loves J\i l i l l Val ley, C a l i f. , where she moved i n 1 998 w i th her husband, Mike . . . . Amanda Bishop got mar ried last summer to her h i gh school sweetheart, Mark Becker. Guests at the Castine, Maine, wedding included Michael and J essica D'Ercole Stanton, John O'Brien a n d Debra Stinchfield Morrin. Amanda and Mark bought a home i n Newbu1yport, Mass., a year ago and both work i n sales i n t h e greater Boston area . . . . Kristin Nixon Donahue got her M . B.A. from the MIT Sloan School of Management in J une of '99 and is working a t Putn a m I nvestn1ents in Boston. She and her husband, Tom, bought a new condo in Boston last year and have been known to host great parties o n t h e i r roo fd e c k ! Kristi n , Amanda Bishop, Jessica D'Ercole Stanton, Kate Kane and Jill Collett Donohue threw a birth day party i n Boston on May 2 0 for anyone/everyone who turned 3 0 this year. A great turn-out of local Colby people i ncluded Chris and Whitney Adams Ward, who recently had a baby ( L i ly!), Greg Mahoney, Mark

Mellyn, Dave Dore, Jocie Childs, P e t e r ' 9 1 a n d H eather G lynn Ginolfi, Kyle Lissack wim h i s w i fe,

Marl i es, who just happened to be in Boston that weekend, David Freed '90, Paul Davis '90, Steve Dimitriou '9 1 , Sarah Wh i tely '9+ and J ustin D'Ercole '95 and a handful of others. . . . Mark MeUyn recently bought a house in Centervi l le, 1' Iass., where he works as a captain in the police depart ment. . . . Erica Gregg and Joe Tarn burini continue to enjoy Scituate, R . I . , where they have a n old fa rm house and lots ofanimals. Erica works

rine Corps M a rathon . . . . Michael and Jessica D'Ercole Stanton l i ve in Cambridge, Mass., and are resist i ng the efforts of fe l l ow alumni who a re tryi n g to convince them to move to the 'burbs. M i chael recently left Putnam I nvestments to join money manager David L. Babson Co., where he i s in institutional sales. J essica joined the office of alumni and cor porate relations at the M IT Sloan School of Man agement i n May . . . . Aimee ( Flores '95) and Cal Wheaton are l i ving in Lutherv i l l e, Md. Cal is now a vice presi dent in the heal tl1 care investment banking group for Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown. He trav els several days a week and sti l l runs into Colby a l u ms along the way, in cluding Charles Beeler '93 and Mark Mellyn. A i m e e fi n i shed m e d i c a l school lastyearat Penn State, Hershey Medical Center, and i s starting her second year of i ntern a l medicine resi dency. They have two very energetic dogs and a new home mat keeps mem busy. They also love to travel and last year visited Egypt and I taly. This summer mey planned a cruise of tl1e Galapagos Islands and tl1en a h i ke of the Machu Picchu tra i l i n Peru . . . . Chris and Karen Larson Flint now reside in Rhode Island. Chris is the head coach of the women's soccer team at Bryant Coll ege, and Karen works for Textron Financial in Provi dence . . . . Bill Higgins married Lauren Holland in 1 998. Last year tl1ey moved to M i nnesora for B i l l's job w i th Reli ance Standards L i fe I n surance, a n d last December tl1ey wel comed tl1eir first son, Frankie . . . . Christy O'Rourke works i n tl1e mar keting and promotions department for LYCOS i n \Valtl1am, J\ l ass. She became engaged last July + to Jeffrey D o y l e , w h o gra d u a ted frcm S t . Lawrence Universiry i n Canton, N.Y. They plan a wedding next J une in New York. -,\ Jiche/le Fo11ier Biscotti

\Ve i l , they say desperate times call for desperate measures. A.nd this, m\' friends, is crulv . a desperate time fo � me Class o f 1 99 3 . I have not received a single piece of news from any of you since I last wrote a column i n . June! What gives, people) I r is now

easier than ever to send me news' Assu ming tl1at you have heard of e mail, tl1at is. So here is me address o n ce a ga i n : classnews I 9 9 3 @ a l u m . c o l b y . e d u . A n d a ga i n : c l a s s n e w s I 993@alum .colby.ed u . J n fact, r a m tempted t o fi l l up t h e rest of m y al lotted space w i th t h a t address, just i n case there is any l i ngering confu s i o n . I t ' s classnews I 9 9 3 @a l u m . colby.edu. That's classnews 1 99 3 . . . -Beth C111Ta11

Phil Polsky graduated w i th a joint M . S . in foreign service and M . B.A. from Georgetown niver sity in May and accepted a rotati onal management tra i n i n g position with ' nron in Houston, Texas. He plans to spend one year i n Texas and then hopes to spend his second year at one of Enron's overseas offices. Phil got engaged to Ula Solomon, and they plan a 200 1 summer or fa l l wedding. She a l so has her M.S. in foreign ser vice from Georgetown and is on a rotational program for the govern ment, working on tl1e Albania desk at tl1e Srate Department. . . . Jen and Shane Wright moved to Pittsfield, Maine, i n J u l y w i m their dog, Reggie. . . . Rich Rygalski is in his second year of law school a t Fra n k l i n Pierce in New Hampsh i re . . . . Joe Kravitz is in his second year of law school at Pepperdine University in California. icci and Lars White are sti l l living i n Hoboken, N .J . , where he i s working in real estate management. I icci is a graphic designer in N.Y.C. licia and Jake Humbert are botl1 practicing law i n Montpelier, Vt . . . . Kurt Niebuh�r and his w i fe, Eiko, are living in Tokyo, where Kurt is the COO of a n Intern et-based con sulting firm. They expect their first child mis.January . . . . Ken Lee earned his J\ L B .A. a t the Eller School of Business a r me niversiry of Arizona this past .\ lay and i s working wim PCS Health Systems i n Scottsdale, Ariz . . . . Bill Bush appeared on Politiwlly luco1-rect with B i l l ,\ la her in August 2000. Other guests included Alec Baldwin, Senator Barbara Boxer and Joan Rivers. Bill i s the host of a morn i ng radio show in the D . C. area. . . . Katherine Tinney married Brian now in J une l 997 i n l\'ernda. They are currently J i ,·ing in \ \'hirman, .\ l ass., and celebrated me birm o f Alexandra E r i n on ,\ lay 1 3 . Kamerine plans to take mis school year off from reaching m i ddle school Spanish ro be w i m her daughter and to con tinue working on her master's in educa-

tional technology. . . . Kristen ( E l l i s ' 9 2 ) and Erik Georges celebrated me birth o f their first child, Skyler. E r i k a n d K r i s t e n are l i v i n g i n Stratham, N . H . , where Erik i s em ployed as a busi ness development special ist for Modis and Kristen i s enjoying be ing h o m e wi tl1 their baby g i r l . . . . B rian O'Sullivan a n d Heatl1er H u n t '96 are planning a J u n e 2 00 1 wedding i n \Vindsor, Con n . They recently moved from normern Cali fornia to \ \'orcesrer, ,\ lass., where Heather was to begin her first year at the U n i v e rs i ty o f iv [ a s s a c h usetts Medical School. Brian i s worki n g as an account m a nager w i th I BJ\1 . . . . Andie Sulak i s work ing on her M . S . i n environmental policy and science a t UC- Berkeley . . . . Stacey Warner fi n ished her master's i n i n ternational education at Stanf ord i n August. . . . J eff '93 and Connje Huffine Zlot are living in San Francisco . . . . Sarah (Whitely) and J ustin D ' Ercole '95 moved to ew York City in J uly . . . . Laura Eanes married Richard J\lartin inj une 2000 . . . . Jonathan Blumberg married Tasiveli Sarygulova in Au gust 2000 in Ch icago. They met at Johns Hopkins while Jon was work ing on his M.A. i n i n ternational re la tions and are currently living i n the \Vashi ngro n , D.C., a rea. Jon and Nasive l i went to J(jrghizsran to spend me Tew Year w i tl1 asive l i ' s fa mily. . . . Trezlen Drake i s work i ng on her second year o f a law degree at Geor gia Stare Un iversity Col lege of Law. She took a summer course i n i n terna tional commercial arbitration and vis ited arbitration courts i n Budapest, Prague, Venice and Vienna . . . . Rebecca Cooper m a r ried Scott Crawford i n Apri l 2 000 and l ives in Florida . . . . Cate Czernicki passed the bar and is working in a l a w firm in Connecticut. Care m a rried Bob Reyn olds last eptember. Brides m a i d s i n c l u d e d Caroline Grab K a l e igh, A l i c i a H i d a l go a n d Heather Vincola. Heather earned her i\ 1 . B . . from Babson Business School and i s a partner in m a rketing at Giant Loop l\'etwork, a tart-up company in \\'altham, .\ [ ass . . . . Christy Lynch i also worki n g a t Giant L o o p part time w h i l e i n her second y e a r at B a b s o n B u s i n e s School. . . . Kerry Enright is getti n g her P h . D . from tan ford U n i,·ersity . . . . Jenna Lemerise is Ji,-ing and working i n .\ [unich, Germany. . . . Maria Desimone i s J i ,· i n g i n !\'atick, .\ I a s., a n d i s a m a nager of i n forma tion systems a t a n environmental

C O L B Y

· WI NTER 200 1

Alumni at Larg

990s

consu l t i n g com p a n )'. S h e recen t!)· with

Katheri n e Bordwell,

who

a n d media law attorney a n d recent

e m ester-l o n g pro

and his w i fe ,

d i rectors a n d c h a i r of its strategic

Iatt

egon . . . . Congratulations to

SaJah

American R ed Cross cha pter's board of

mo,·ed back to Or

l i ve i n a house they bought i n iVlay in

Erika Trosetl1

i s back in the States a fter a couple of months in Cuba, and a l l she can t h i n k of i s how t o g e t back there aga i n .

pla n n i ng comm ittee.

h a ron, on the

lyssa a n d J oe had a great

honeymoon i n St. Lucia a n d now Li tchfi e l d , N . H . . . .

add ition to the Port l a n d , M a i n e ,

gram o n docum e n t a ry photography. Katherine h a

da nce.

What he is An environmenta l , l itigation

spent the p a s t )·ear i n :\ la i n e , w h e re s h e attended a

h usba nd, Eric '96, were i n atten

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took a road t r i p to Port l a n d , O re . ,

reporrs that

Katie Bolick

has just

bi rth of their daughter, Bethany, on

How he got i nvolved A contract

started at New York University i n the

:\ la )' 2 0 . They a lso just bought a house

d i s p ute case witness, who ha ppened to

school of jou rn a l ism, where she is

in A\'o n , :\ l a ss . . . .

be cha i r of the Portland c h a pter's

studying culniral reporting . . . . I n

man

Rebekah Free

mo,·ed to Bo ton , where

works a t Bo ton C n i \'er in· i n res i dential l i fe . . . .

H eather Loun bury

with Sch ulz's i nterviewing a n d legal

l i nois a t Spri n gfi e l d w i t h a n M .A. i n h i story. S h e works at t h e I l l i nois State

place on the boa rd .

bridge, :\ l ass., a n d tra,·els frequentl, to Belgium for work . . . .

M a y 1 999

graduated from the U n i versity of I l

a p p roach that he offered Schutz a

is working at C C B Group i n Cam

M useum in Springfield, I l l . In J u n e

Other t h i ngs he's done in h i s "spare" t i m e Works on pro bono

Caro l yn

1 999 s h e v i s i te d

cases with the M a i ne Vol u nteer Lawyers P rojects, has been a

H ar t worked l ast summer a t the

Vance

volu nteer teacher for J u n ior Ach ievement, i nterned at the Cornell

Clements Library a t the l.'niversity of .\ Iichigan, putting together a n ex

Legal Aid Clinic while i n law school a n d counseled youngsters i n a

h i b i t o n women's h iston· that was to

youth mentoring progra m .

go u p i n the fal l . . . .

Part i n g thought Says t h e R e d Cross is " a great orga n i zation that i s

Ingrid Kristan was to be m a rried on J u ly I in East

Ariana Talbot

i n L a r a m i e , \ Vyo., and re

ports that Ariana is doing w e l l and that her daughters are adorable! i\ 1 a r garet and her husband plan to vi s i t

a n honor t o b e associated with . "

Boothbay H a rbor, :\ I a i ne, to .\ l a rk

Margaret Suggs H e ratl1

board of d i rectors, was so i m pressed

Ali Wilkin i n Oregon next J u n e . . . . Megan Sweeny is l i v i n g i n Boston

and getting her master's in art h i story

R i n z i . fol lowed b\· a hone\'l11oon driv

ried next October o n their

,\ lcl(jnse�· & Co . . . .

ing u p the eastern coast of Canada.

a n n i ,·ersary . . .

teaches English at the B ro m fi e l d

a l so i n her small program. 1\legan

I 0-year . Re gi na vVlodarski

Peter Murphy

at B

, where i\ Ieredith \Va Iker '97 i s

of bei n g on the East

years \\' h i l e work i n g in the strategic

a condo in i\ l aynard, 1\ l a ss . . . . After

Coa t, I a m mo,·ing back to Los An

i m·estments group at ;\ laster ard.

teaching for fi,·e years , J

ohn Dunbar

Debbie Norris went u p to \Velis, ash a Walker Potter and her h usba n d ,

A d a m '96, t h e i r n e w addi tion, N o l a n

geles, C a l i f. I left m)' senior board

She and her husband spent most \\'eek

has moved back to \ 'ermont to work

\ V aI ker Potter, and their dog, Colby.

rel a tion position a t FleetBoston Fi

ends last summer around

tamford,

for h i s older brother i n the fam i l y

. . .

n a n c i a l i n .\ugust a n d p l a n ned to

Con n . , work i n g on their house, but

cona·acting business. H e and h i s w i fe

' 9 6 got married i n September i n

tra' e l for about three months (driv

for fun she did get to a·v another new

had a daughter, Keagan iV I c Kenzie

Chatham, Mass. Greg i s an account

ing cross coui1tr)' and then on to F i j i ,

sport: surfing! . . .

Dunbar, on St. Patrick's Day . . . .

his w i fe, Ch rissy, relocated to San

Lauren P e l z

represe ntative at C l i n i cal One i n

\ustra l i a , B a l i a n d Thai l a n d) before

and Ch ristopher

\ \'oburn, i\ 1 ass., and Sarah i s an eco

purwing another job in the L.A. area.

Francisco last fal l . Rick i s d i rector of

Kearney \\'ere married last J u l y i n

nomic consultant at I nnovation and

business de,·elopment for a Boston

O l d Lyme, Con n .

I n f ormation Consultants i n Concord,

er fi n i shed

I ngrid i atte n d i n g Temple U n i ,·er

Krug

her il l . B .r\. in De

School i n H a rvard, i\ lass. He a n d h i s

and

�it) for a communications degree . . . .

cember a fter goi n g part t i me for f o ur

w i fe, Da\\'n ( K a l l och '9-+), j u s t bought

M aine, last September to visit T

_\fter

I 0 year

Rick Catino and

Greg Walsh and Sarah

I am l i n

95 Tip ,\lechel married Amanda

son as com m i ssioner o f the Colby

Lynne i\1oss, Emberly Nesbitt, Ann N e uhauser and Stephanie vVhite attended . . . . Lyndsay Griffiths got married i n

Fama )' Footb a l l League a n d keeps

J u l y t o Brian Schott of Stow, i\ l ass.,

ment. H e was awarded a

J u l ) ccrcmon) outside of Ouray,

i n contact " ith

on the ,\ ft.

Network E n v i ronmental M a n age

. . . Take care and keep e n d i n g news1

-Tmcy /\. L111-se11

\\'ard (\\' i l l i a 1m

'oll ege '9-+) in a

based I nternet company . .

Fossella k i cked off his

Chris

e i ghth sea

1 n geolo[.(! " h i l e \manda " orks a s a

Jim Zadrozny, Rick C a t i n o , T y l e r R a i n ey, M att i\lorrissey, 1ike 1anning, 1ark Porter and 1arkJackson. Chris and

freel ance " rner md no' e l i't. The)

.\ l att are both engaged to be married,

Gordon, Jane Lundy vValdron were in the

to Dana ,\monel l is and Kristin Healy,

Lyndsay reports that E l n a just mo,•ed

Colo. The) I n c " h ere he

111

,\u tin, Te,as,

" orki n g t:O\\ ard a P h . D .

met " h 1 le at the L m' ersi t) of\ lontana

I Vashi11gto11 on Lake

Mass . . . .

Chris

Orphanidies i s a

graduatesruden t at Duke U n i versity's Nicholas School for the Environ Iational

\ \'i n n i pesaukee. They met i n \\ 11ite

ment Stu d i e s fe l l owsh i p, through

fish, ;\ lont., where they now l ive.

which he w i l l analyze the anthropo

and

Elna Sara

weddi n g .

genic e ffects on coastal ecosystems

l . . . Nicole

in Narragansett, R . .

Clavette

and Sean Devine '9-+ got

111 \ l 1w mb, " here the) hope ro ren1m

respecti\ ely.J im married.\ l a rissa and

from \\'hi tefish to

kiah, C a l i f. , to

m a rried i n ,\ l a y i n Scarboro ugh,

and her

\ l a rkj ackson married Tricia this past

teach h i gh school English. One of

,\ [aine. Nico l e is a research associate

her co-teachers is Adam Galvin '9-+.

a t Digital Research, and Sean is an

e' c.:nruall) . .

. Kara

Toms

. hu,hand, Dan Ba men, ha' e 1110\ ed to

I U\emhourg from \'ermont for one ) c.:ar. . . . andra J e" er married her

summer . . . .

i\latt Barr is in Boulder,

TH . . . .

Colo., " orking as a n E.\ IT and i n the

J a n i e just mo,•ed to Burlington, Vt.,

assista nt footba I I coach at

ICC at Dem er's Chi ldren\ l l ospi

to fi nish pre-med classes, and Sara is

The Tunk River Sculpture and Gar

h1uh ,chool "' eethe;1rt. Da1man Del\\ ,

tal. I l e \ appl) i n g to med school after

a t te n d i n g gradu a te cl asses a t the

dens i n Steuben, Mai ne, hosted a

111J ul) 111 lt111u:or. \ 1.11ne. In attendance

ha' m g fi 1110,hed t\\ o ) ear'> of post

U n i ' ersity of\ \'ashi ngton for educa

sculpture show this past

\\ere

bacca laurcatc pre-med srudie'> at the

tion . . . .

Kath) 'hrist) . Kell) pooner, Brvn Raffetto. \ lichelle rdina, \ lichelle \\') cmura. . \Jisa \las on rnd Crng \ l u rr.l) "% . . . . John orC7\ k .11 1 d Kri ten Bloomquist «or e n:r .1 ued l.1 l 'ummcr. I he\ \ e h een d� t ;n u ' 1 nce thL Li l l of l <J!/ I ,

" hen the1 mc.:1 on the1 r ( .( )( ) I . I he\ . ( .,1 1 i r . In ,1nd " ork 111 .111 "re p L 11111 1 n g ro ge marthe) " here

D1q!<>.

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l n 1 , er'>IC) of Colorado. . . . J a'>on '96

,1 11d

Bet ) Robinson Phillips li' e in

\ l m ne,ma. Bet'>)

I'>

a 'cn1or dema l

'>tudent at the l n n er'>!C) of \ l m n e -

cisco i n September after three years

mo,·ed to L.A. with his girl friend,

\ L rn agc.:mellt \1 1 t h ;111 \ l . B . \. and

<llld her h u o, b a n d , '-.'ed ' 9 2 , a n d

. Kach11 n Co gro' e graduated 111 �

lll < l \ e I

I .o n don

" o rk for

Christopher Lohman

River. . . .

\ubru'>t 5

J une from \I IT\ �l o.111 )c:hool of

Ola ,i nd hope' t o graduate th!'> \ Ll) .

year] esse has shown his work a t Tunk

111 " C'>tcrn .\ l assachusctts . . . . On

AJy a Falwell married J oe Ro'>'> i n \\'i n c h ester, .\ l a s s . Ju lie Rentz, Kat h ryn Cosgrove, Ben Damon, Kristen Hanssen Goodell

ugust, which

Amy K.L. Borrell and featured a basalt sculpture carved by David Bemer mm·ed to San Fra n Jesse S a lisb u ry . This was the second

.\laureen Finn chwartz

and her

, \bb1· Esk i n '97. l l e works for Keane

;·

l nte active, and '>he attends law school at UCLA . . . .

Shake McBride l i ves in

Boston , " h ere he i'> a copywriter for

C :C 0: l n tcracti\ e

. . . . Marc Rubin

g r a d u a t e d fr o m t h e G r a d u a t e

a n d works i n public affairs and d e

and w e a re p l a n n i n g a J une wedding

School of B u s i n ess at Stan f ord U n i

velopment f o r a l o c a l hospi tal . I n August s h e m a rried Ryan Potts, a

i n C a l i f o rn i a .

versity last May a n d traveled t h ro u gh E u ro p e b e f o re s t a r t i n g w o r k a t Parthenon Capital i n Bos ton . . . . Andrew Vernon l ives in Cambridge a n d is the m a n ager o f e commerce f o r J o h n H a n cock F u n d s i n Bosto n . H e ran the B o s t o n M a ra thon last Apri l . . . . Mike Rosenthal gra d u a te d from H a rvard Busi ness School i n M a y and i s work i n g in San Francisco.

-Yuhgo Yr111/{/g11chi

Greetings' As the new class correspondent, 1 w a n t to thank ev eryone who has written in over the past couple of years, encourage those we haven't heard from to submit for the next class news a n d remind ev eryone that there a re five months and cou nting until our five-year re u n i o n ' . . . Laura Whittaker l ives i n Arli ngto n , Mass., a n d is work i n g on a lead poisoning-prevention gra n t w h i l e studying f o r h e r master's i n public health a t Tufts. She is sti l l seeing Jon Parsons, w h o is doing enzymology research at Vertex Phar maceuticals i n Cambridge. Laura and J on saw Mike Branca, w h ose art is ga i n i ng recogn ition i n Portl and, and Amy Chamberlain, w h o spent the sum mer i nterning at a n orga nic fa rm. They've a l so seen Mark Vigoroso, who is working hard a t a n I n ternet start-up and kayak ing whenever pos sible. Laura sti l l keeps in touch with Emily Guerette, who loves Denver but i s thinking of retu rn i n g to Bos ton for graduate school. . . . Nolan Yamashiro graduated from U Penn i n August with his M . S . Ed . and is working a t the \Voodrow \\Tilson National Fellowship Foundation i n Princeton . . . . Mark Mortensen fi n i shed u p his master's i n computer science at Stan ford i n 1 998 and is now enro l led in a P h . D . program i n orga n i zational behavior. . . . Kevin Rice was ma rried l ast year and after completing his P h . D . i n biochemis try at the University o f \Visco n s i n i n M ay is n o w doing a postdoctoral fe l lowsh i p i n chemistry a t Yale. H e reports that Brett Wilfrid a n d Jen

Hellman were m a rried this past Au gust . . . . Jeff Dunlap and Rebecca Duvall a l so were m a rried i n August, on Long I s l a n d . . . . Patti Abbot is sti l l l iving i n Bou lder, Colo., and teach i n g f o urth gra d e . S h e is en gaged to Jim A rn ow and wi II be m a r r i e d n e x t s u m m e r . . . . Sara h Frechette l ives i n Burli ngto n , \ 't . ,

pharmacologist. Sarah met up w i th Rima Lathrop, who ran the Burli ng ton C i ty Marathon this spring and fi n i shed her fi rst year at the U n i ver s i ty of Vermont College of Medi cine . . . . Briana Thibeau fi n i shed her second year of law school at Boston College this past spring and i n her free time recorded a n a l bu m o f origi n a l m usic with her vocal group. She has seen Kim Allen, who started law school a t BC last fa l l . . . . William Yelle fi n i shed his fi rst year a t Mass 1\ ledical School and spent the summer i n Portuga l . . . . In Au gust Niki Shinneman m a r r i e d Vincent Yarnot, w h o m she m e t w h i l e t a k i n g a swing d a n c i n g c l a s s . Niki is living i n Seattle and is working part time f or Optiva w h i l e sn1dying f or her master's of social work at the University of \l\Tash ington . . . . Alane O'Connor was married to Kevin \ Vellenius i n May in New Hamp shire, a wedd ing attended by Claudia Wehmeier and Meghan Maguire. Kevin is Chi lean, and Alane was able to meet much of his fa m i l y during a backpacking trip they had taken to the Patagonian Andes of Chile and Argenti n a . Alane and Kevin are liv i n g i n Cam bri dge, Mass., w h e re Alane works at I n dustrial Econom ics and Kevin is a partner at Frontier Economics . . . . Suzanne Arnold completed her master's i n English at the University o f Virgi n i a i n 1 998 and was recently promoted to senior researcher for Ia tional Geographic Television. She was married i n Au gust in New Jersey to Daniel E n n is, and they are currently l i ving i n D . C. Attendants i ncluded Patty Benson,

Amie Sicchitano, Dori Morrison, Jen Pope and Nicole Dannenberg.

Suzanne and Dan were able to catch Nicole's wedding toJonathan Sorger at the end of their honeymoon and were p l a n n i ng on atten ding Patty's wedd i n g· i n October . . . . Nell Prause was mar ried to David Speerli in Groton, Con n . , i n August. Jennifer Felmly �'right, (married to S h a n e '9-+ last October), Carinn Schur man, Carol Strawn and I were able to attend. J e n and Shane rece ntly moved back to J\ l a i n e from D . C . , C a r i n n i s l i \·i n g i n Seattle, Ca rol i s l i v i n g i n Bosto n , a n d I ' m l i \·i n g i n R i chmond, \ ' a . , fi n i s h i ng m�· last �·ear o f medical school and applring f o r ped i a tric resi denc�· programs. I am engaged to ,\ lichael Ka p l a n '9 5 ,

-Kim Schock

Congrats to

Anrnlie Gosine,

who m a rried Austra l i a n Cameron Howard. Betsy Eisen, Erika Moore,

John Coombs, Rebecca Zacher, Erin Brenner (the maid o f honor) and Kerry Propper were all i n atten dance . . . . Congrats a l so to Patrick Doyle and Amanda Randolph on an August wedding in ,\ lystic, Conn . . . . Dan Lavergne had a June wedd ing i n Texas. H e works for Southern Bell Telephone Co. and lives in Odessa . . . . Kelsey Miller participated i n the Boston to N.Y.C. fVDS Ride 6, a 2 7 5-mil e, three-day fund raiser for research and treatment f o r I I I \'/ A J DS . . . . Doug Schultz has lived i n Jackson, \ \'yo. , f o r the last three years, working and playing on the Teton Range. H e spends his workdays de vising fund development tactics for a non profit group that serves individu a l s with disabilities and bra i n inju ries. On a trip to T.Y.C., he was able to see Ryan Mayhugh, who remains at N lB A, Bob Hart, who works and l ives on the Upper East Side, and Bow Stratton, who is in Boston . . . . Susanna Montezemolo is at the \Voodrow \Yi Ison School at Princeton f o r a two year master's program in public af fa i rs a nd urban and regional plann ing. She ran into Josh Oeltjen, who is also there pursuing his P h . D . . . . Tom DeCoffis working for the Fed eral Reserve in Boston . . . . Cindy Pomerleau started her master's in physical tl1erapy in J une at the n i versity of .\ I i n nesota-i\ I i n neapol i s . She's engaged t o Corey LeClerc a n d has planned a J u ly '0 1 wedding i n Maine . . . . Denise Mailloux works in the division of adolescent medi cine at the niversity of an Fran cisco as a research associate on a grant with the California \Vell ness Foun dation assessing adolescent health risk behaviors i n three Kaiser Permanente clin ics. She was l i v i ng with Beth Traglia (who has since left to travel i n Greece and Peru with friends) and Entity Greenstein, but Denise has since moved i n with Jon Bowden '95 . She reports that she's very ha ppr and that the Colby crowd in San Fran i gro'' ing by the m inute . . . . Alexander Ammerman taught computer science and English at the elementary le\·els at the American I nternational School i n Cairo, EITT· pt, after graduation. He also sa�·s he tra\·eled throughout the .\ l iddle East and .\frica gathering

1990s Correspondents 1990 Laura Senier 38 Pitts Street Natick, MA 0 1 7 6 0 508-65 3- 7 9 2 7 classnews1990@a l um.colby.edu

1991 Jenn ifer Wood J e ncks 80 Walnut Street Seekonk, MA 0 2 7 7 1 508-336-7049 classnews1991@alum .colby.edu

1992 M ichelle Fortier B i scotti 8232 Arbor Drive S h rewsbury, MA 01545 508-845-6507 fax: 508-845-6483 classnews1992@alum.colby.edu

1993 Beth C u rran 64 Dane Street # 1 Somerv i l l e , MA 02143 classnews1993@alum .colby.edu

1994 Tracy K. Larsen 3756 Normandy Drive La Canada, CA 9 1 0 1 1- 4 1 5 5 cl assnews1994@alum.colby.edu

1995 Yuhgo Yamaguch i 1 2 4 Oxford Street # 4 Cam bridge, MA 02140 6 1 7-354-0289 classnews1995@a lum .colby.edu

1996 K i m Schock 3201 Copper M i l l Trace Apt. J Richmond, VA 23294 classnews1996@a lum .colby.edu

1997 Kimberly N . Parker 5382 Versai l les Road Lexington, KY 40510 606-233-4666 classnews1997@alum .colby.edu

1998 A l l i son L. Brown Flynn 6948 Avery Rd. Dubl i n , OH, 4301 7-2865 classnews1998@alum .colby.edu

1999 Li ndsay Hayes 120 E . 34th Street, # P H D N e w York, N Y 10016 classnews1999@a lum .colby.edu

2000 H i l a ry Smyth 29 M a rl borough Street Apt. #5 Bosto n , MA 02 1 1 6 6 1 7-266-5440 fax: 6 1 7-248- 7 100 classnews2000@a l u m . colby.edu

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Alumni at Larg

990s-2000s Bosto n ) started a m a ster\ program

q u a l i tati\·e data on the role of a l cohol

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i n rraditional cultures. After two years, he returned to the U . S . to complete a master's in English at Boston

\·ersity l ast summer a n d i s n o w at the I n ternational College i n Beirut, Leba non, reaching h igh school English w i t h i n the contexts o f French, Leba nese a n d

. . h igh school curricula.

. . . Andrew Kruppa and Peter

ealis

gra d u a te d from Ohio State Law School, a n d both work at law fi rm s i n Cleveland, Pere for K a h n , Kleinman, Yanow i tz a n d Aronson a n d Andy for

Hilary Gehman '93 made the news as a member of the quadruple sculls team at the Olympic Games i n Australia. The rowers advanced to the semifinals before being eliminated ·:· Colbia11S who watched "Hopkins 24/7 , "

the SL\-part documentary news eries filmed at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, :\ Id., recognized Kathie Pooler '94. In one episode the third year resident physician at the hospital related her anxieties after she was exposed to HI\'-infected blood ·:· Public interest in the PBS hit A11tiq 11es Rondshou• fueled a new on-line business, Antiques America. Joshua Eldred '96 wa i nstrumental in launching the Internet site, which helps dealers and enthusiasts gain access to the 11·orld of antiques and to expert guidance in the gro,,ing S2 5 -billion market.

a n d w i l l be a p p l y i n g to m e d i

cal s c h o o l i n t h e s p r i n g . I I e i s l i v ing w i th A n d re w L i t t e l l , who a l s o h a s t a k e n u p m e d i c i n e . B r i a n re ports t h a t } o e l Gross bard is study ing c h i l d development at Tufts . . . .

A n d rew Porter a n d Casey Piche a re l i v i n g with J ustin H a rvey '99 in the North End of Boston and report that they spent "plenty of time on boats, beaches a n d go l f courses this summer . . . now on to snow 1 " . . . Amy Cote is sti l l l i v i n g i n Biddeford,

B enesch, Fried lander, Coplan a n d

M a i n e , a n d is in h e r th i rd year of

Aronoff. Andy r a n i n t o David Barr,

teaching h i gh school soci a l studies at

who i s i n hi third year of law school at Case \ \ 'estern . . . . Scott Li l l ey spent h i s summer fis h i ng and cook ing in ::\"an tucket before returning to reach fifth a n d ixth grade cience i n ::\"e\\ C a n a a n , C o n n . . . . Sarah mmel i working at the Un iversity

.UmTinges: Karen Dunn '92 to Nathan C. Vlagner in Stowe, Vt. ·:· Helen A. Hopkins '92 to Terry Kellogg i n M iddlebury, Vt. ·=· Jason C . Barnes '93 to Amanda Brebach i n . Marblehead, ,\1ass. ·:· J ulie A. Cyr '94 to Joseph C . Gi bowicz i n Old Town, ,\1aine ·:· Gregg A. LeBlanc '96 to Catherine C. Neuger '97 i n White Plains, N.Y. ·=· John

O.J.)

F. Lovett Jr. '96 to

All ison G. Spil l in Spring Lake, N.]. ·:· Al a ne B . O'Connor '96 to Devin

a fun d raiser in the

\\'ellenius i n Dix'\ille Notch, N.H. ·=· Ja son R. Mcintosh '97 to Kerry A.

medical center. She escaped to do

of C h icago a

M a ssabesic H igh School. When she wrote she was in the middle of her soccer season and was to begin coach ing basketball soon. Amy also has been keeping i n touch with Alison Kelleher, L a u ren Hoisington and Eric Anderson . . . . Peter Manning is i n his second year of med school at

Wilcox i n Danvers, ,\ lass. ·:· Amanda K. Randolph '97 to Patrick E.

Doyle '97 in :\ Iystic, Conn. ·=· Heather M. Piper '98 to Christopher

UVM . He spent his summer visiting

�ome camping and h i king i n Kettle _\ lora i n e, \\'is., in the

Jackson in Watervi lle, Maine.

in northern Ontario and doing an

Bi11hs: A son, Ben Abbatiello, to Thomas '89 and Christine Murphy

J essica Rice is now l iving i n \Nash

um mer. .

Jen

1ason, who is no longer in Den \ er and i. tra i n i n g i n :\'.Y. C. before mo' ing to London sometime in the :\'e\\ Year,

pent a day at the beach

\\ ith M o l l y Bracken early in the fal l . :\ lolly i n o \\ at Princeton working i n t h e adm issions department.

California for the first time, canoeing internship in w i l derness medicine . . . .

Abbatiello ' 9 1 ·:· A daughter, Abigail Rose Sweeney, to William and

Heather Hartshorn Sweeney '91 ·=· A daughter, Keely Elizabeth Stanczak,

to Jim and Lael Hinman Stanczak '93.

i n gton, D . C . , a n d works for a new environmental non profit company d e a l i n g w i t h susta i n a b l e forestry. She's been fortunate co do some great

h e was

the marine conservation/endangered

e n v i ro n m e n t a l law . . . . L u c a s

1 a tthew

international travel with the organi

seas program . . . . H enry Lo is a fi eld

B u rge ner briefl) during his layo,·er

Penney, J e rrod DeShaw a n d Andy

zation and is a lso d i recting a female a

representative for Cali fornia State

Pease moved into a new place in

cappe l l a group in D . C . . . . Derek

sti l l at Andersen

sembly person Dr. Gloria Romero

Brookline . . . . Tony Rosenfe l d

Luke reports that business is boom

n g e l e s ) . . . . A n d re a

dropped me an e - m a i l from Rom ania

i ng at the Coastal Brewing Company

a ble

catch up " i th

Dem er. I le'

111

Ccm<,ulting and is currently in Texa .

( D - Los

. . . J e n n i fer oules started a master's

D e H a a n , who had her grant t o teach

program 1n biolo[0 at Boise State

English in Germany renewed, spent

\\ Jnter \\ rens in \\estern \\'a hi ng

"But now l 'm back in Dortmund,

L11 1 , er<,1ry; her thesis " i ll focu� on

con. . . .

h ri topher ul livan, Steve

last summer in the Scates and Greece.

while visiting the area.

in M i ddleton, R . I . , and that plenty of

-Kimberly N. Parker

Colby grads have been there to enjoy

Congrats to Sara Rigelhaupt,

four Colby alums and h as reported

it. Coastal Brewing was founded by

he writes, "where the

l bo i m a n d

who is engaged to Geoffrey Cramer,

outstanding progress. Last fall they

weather is quite a seep down from

alyean ''ere a l l 1 11 the '' ed

Greece but where the beer is the best in

d 1 11g part) for \\'e ll i ng Lagrone and

a musician and recording engineer. They plan an October 2002 wed

cobalt blue 7 5 0m l bottle . . . . Kari

the " orld." . . . Jon Sterling is at

Papagiota ,

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currentl) teaches English, coaches track and field and is a dorm parent at \'ir g111 1a Epl'>copal 'chool in Lrnchburg, \'a.

reg Moody li, es right do,, n

the road, and the !'\\ o hang out fa irly often . . . . \frer graduating from the ) a le '->chool of '\; ur-.1 11 g m \ l a) '' ith

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to ·1 ulant: for her '>t:tond ) car of

la1\ 'chool. \lier ,chool .,he plan- to hc.1d had ro Color.1do ro pr.ll'Utc

ding1 . . . Tessa Gurley started her first year of teach ing first grade i n

i\'orch Andover, M a s s . She has been l iving in Brook l i n e and i s j u st one class away from finishing her master's in elementary education at Lesley College. Tessa reports that Court ney Cataldi is sti l l l iving i n 1 an

ruckec and that Ellen B ruce i n D . C. is applying co law schools . . . . Elena

Kavanagh recently moved from Bos ton to �rn York and is applying to de�ign schoo l . . . . A l e x a n d e r

H O\ a rd h a s h a d enough o f t h e l i fe

of a freelance online designer and ha., mm ed co a more permane nt po

'>lt lOn at Bain & Compan y in Copley <; q u a rc , Bo�to n . l i e works w i t h Ka u s h i k

en and B renden G my rck . . . . B rian G i l l ( a l s o J i ,, i n g i n

unveiled a new special a l e in a flashy Christensen is jet setting across the coun try i n her job with Southwest A i r l i n e s . She writes that she loves her m a rketing job with Southwest and certa i n l y e n j oys the benefits. Kari rece ntly rece ived her pi lot's l i cense and rook Beth Deschenes, one of her first brave souls, for a ride ' . . . Dave Bernstein just moved

Chapel H i l l , N . C . , to begin the edit ing of his novel, wh ich is a culmina tion of two years waiting tables by night and writing the novel by day. . . . Susan Matlock is a l so living in orth Carolina now and has begun law school at Wake Forest.

. . Josh

Walton has been working as a me chan ical engineer/tech nician at the Navy Prototype Optical I n terferom eter project in Flagstaff, Ariz. His

keti ng . . . . Braxton Williams and Oliver Williams are moving from

two-year stint w i l l end in February,

ing a master's degree in psychology.

but h e reports that he has enj oyed h i s

Prior to grad school, Robyn and Matt

t i m e trave l i n g t o t h e G r a n d Canyon,

drove cross-coun try to Utah, where

Brooklyn to M a n h attan; Braxton i s

Colorado and New Mexico for moun

Robyn was a n ArneriCorps*VI STA volunteer for U n i ted Cerebral Palsy ofUtah and Matt was a snowboarding

sti l l work i n g a t Pengu i n Putnam i n

Kathryn Johnson was a member o f

t h e ma rketing department. B raxton, Ned Eustace and Crans Baldwin

the high d i v e a c t a t The Great Escape i n L a ke George' . . . Trish Akins,

tain bik:in g a nd

ltimate Frisbeetour

n a ments . . . . I am excited to share that Terry Flynn and I were m a rried i n D a llas, Texas, on November 1 8, 2000. \Ve are currently l iving i n Colum bus, Ohio . . . . Keep writing! -Allison L. Brown

ella,

Let's talk about Jason

Cher

who is out in the H o l l ywood H i l ls. \Norking as a talent coordina tor f o r MTV, our star hockey goa l i e has h u n g up his skates to w o r k o n

m a ny o f M TV's shows and backstage for their award ceremonies . . . . Steph Patterson and Jodi Eidt '97 got mar ried on September 2 3 in Atlantic City, N .] . , a n d Abby H e aly, E m i l y Etchells a n d Melissa Maguire were a l l bridesmaids . . . . Erin Steven got m a rried in Seattle in September and spent the honeymoon in H a w a i i ; Kristy Gould and Jenny Harvey Smith were in the bridal party . . . . Jake Berg and Rebecca Plurnn1 er are engaged, and several classmates w i l l be in their wedding.Jake is a grad student at Columbia University while Rebecca is a t the University ofMichi gan studying c h e m i stry . . . . Paul McDermott i s a t Vermont Law School, enrol led i n tl1eir joint degree program of] . D . and master's of em,i ron mental law. During the summer Paul worked as an EMT at a non profit camp for i n ner-city children. . . . Samantha Sarno l ives i n Lon don doing cancer research and is working towards her Ph.D. i n mo lecular genetics . . . . Noah T. Chung is a second-year P h . D . student in economics at the University ofJ\ 1ichi gan i n Ann Arbor. . . . Brent Fraser fi nished his first year at the U n i ver s i ty of Arizona Law School and is working at the U . S . Attorney's office in Phoenix . . . . Chris Bunge fi n ished his fi rst yea r at the University of Con necticut School of Law and is work ing i n a l i tigation firm specializing in w h i te-col lar cri me and commercial l i tigation i n H a rtford . . . . Martha Healy fi n ished her first year in tl1e medicinal chemistry department at the U n iversity of Kansas . . . . Robyn Osborn and Matt Olsen are in D.C. , where they are both grad students at American n iversity. Matt is i n tl1e school of i n ternational studies pursu ing a master's degree in i n ternational con fl i ct studies, a n d Robyn is pursu-

i nstructor at Park City J\i lo u n tain Re sort. . . . In the fa l l o f 2 00 1 , Christian Frazar w i l l receive a master's of sci ence i n microbiology at tl1e Univer sityofMontana in i\1 issoula. Christian studies em,ironmental mi crobiology, and over the summer he worked a t the Environmental Protection Agency in D . C. and lived w i th Sarah Banner, who is working as an i n vestigative reporter for a non profit news service; she's planning for grad school next fa l l i n i n ternational relations. Andrea Wooley is living i n St. Louis, Mo., and working towards her P h . D . i n immu11ology at Wash ington U n i versity. Ai1drea took t h e year off a fter graduation and traveled the Phili p pines. For five months she did mis sion work with pre-school kids and col lege students through an organi zation called Care Corner. . . . Anna Tesmenitsky spent summer 2 000 working as a summer associate at the American Civil Liberties nion in Phil ly. Last year Anna completed her first year of law school at Santa Cl ara U niversity but has now transferred to Northeastern University . . . . After traveling in New Zealand during the fa l l after graduation, Mary Schwalm moved to Boulder. J\ 1 a ry's dream came true as she l anded tl1e opportu n ity to go down to Australia for the 2 000 Summer Ol)m1pics and work for tl1e Associated Press taking pho tographs of tl1e events. J\ 1ary p l anned to travel until November and tl1en move to Portia nd, Oregon . . . . Nicole Fallat just moved to New York City a fter spending last year i n Seattle working for a start-up vennire capital firm. In N.Y. C . , Nicole works i n the press office at the New York P h i l harmonic a t L i ncol n Center, and she l ives witl1 Paul Magyar i n Park S l ope . . . . Lt. David Nasse is in the Marine Corps and i n flight school in Pensacola, Fla. Dave's message to a l l i s , " G o M u l e s ! " . . . L t . Karen Smith is i n sign a l s intell igence school and has received orders to North Caro l i n a . . . . Danielle Driscoll was in S p a i n last year and received her master's in Spanish with the M iddle bury Language School i n Madrid; she's u s i n g h e r S p a n i s h n o w in Beverly, i\ I ass., a t Sensitech I nc . , where she is i n i nternational m a r-

love the soci a l scene on the Lower East Side . . . . Nate Jue is teaching m a rine science i n the Florida Keys. . . . Adella Mikkelsen is sti l l in Taiwan com pleting her VVatson Fel lowship . . . . Jen Lavigne is moving to N . Y . C. a fter h a v i n g traveled a ro u n d Turkey . . . . Katherine Golfinopoulos i s enjoying Mo rocco, where she's a Peace Corps

volu nteer. . . . Cate Tynan works in the editori a l department o f Broad way Books a t Ra ndom H ouse i n N . Y.C. a n d l ives i n North Salem, N . Y . . . . Kea Watson worked as a stage man agement i n tern last year i n Tri n i ty, R . I . , a t Tri n i ty Reper tory Company and spent her sum mer i n N . C . teaching sailing a t a camp. This fa l l she l e ft f o r Scotland on a tl1eater tou r with the Sta rvi n g Artists. (Y\Te a l l must remember them at Col by-" Road J\i lovie" and "Vi per's Opium.") . . . Keep you r up dates comi ng' -Li11dsny H{(yes

H e l l o ' I hope that a l l is well with the Class of 2000 and that ev eryone is enjoying new jobs, new cities and even new countries' It was nice to see many of you up at Colby during Homecom i n g VVeeken d . I hope to hear from more of you in the future. . . . Lisa Cardillo moved to Rome, I taly, i n September and re ports that she is very happy teaching English and hopes to fi nd a job soon in i n ternational business . . . . Also abroad teaching English is Greg De St. Maurice, who is in Morioka, J a p a n . . . . Carrie Russell a l s o has plans to go to Japa n this spring to teach English as wel l ! . . . Matt Todesca a n d Bill Lenich are both working as clerks on tl1e floor of the stock ex change i n T e w York C i t y. . . . Sarah Church is also i n New York City now, l i ving with Mary Anne Schu macher and working for Lowe L i ntas & Partners. . . . fter graduation Drew Davis moved to Rochester, N . Y . , where he is attending medical school a t the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. . . . In June Melissa Shea took part in a Royal Canadian Mounted Pol ice Expedition to climb Mt. McKi n l ey in Alaska. The climb was a fund-

raising effort by tl1e Royal Canadian Mounted Police to benefit the Cana dian Make-a-\Vish Foundation . . . .

Courtney Genovese, Carrie Keel ing a n d Jen Lisk a re l i v i n g i n Brighton, M ass., a s are J en n a Aylsworth, Emjly Young and Lisa Goodman, who is attending BC Law. . . . Matt Janssen i s a l s o in l a w

s c h o o l - a t Vi l l a nova U n i ve r s i ty School of Law in Pennsylvania . . . . Jon Allen is l iv i ng i n Boston and working at the architecture fi rm of M i l ford & Ford Associates i n We l l es ley, Mass . . . . Christie Beveridge is a l so l iving i n tl1e Boston area, with Christine Pirani. They both have plans this w i n ter to drive to rah, where Christie is going to l ive with Ben Mackay and Nick LaRusso, who are living i n Park City and worki n g as ski patrollers . . . . Lauren Borchardt spent the fa l l working on a whale watch boat out of Gloucester, J\ 1ass. She and Jen Kassakian plan to head out to Seattle i n J a n uary . . . . Jaclyn Rollins was m a rried on August 1 2 to Robert Blake . . . . Morgan Milner is serving as the Ai11eriCorps*VISTA volunteer at tl1e Game Loft i n Belfast, Maine . . . . Keryn Kwedor reports loving her job as a ful l-time child care worker for Kate O ' Ne i l l '85 . . . . Melissa Bradbury is working as the assistant di rector o f a d m i ssion a t Cushing Academy i n Ashburn ham, i\ 1ass., and is a dorm parent i n the freshman boys dorm' . . . Candace DeWitt is also working i n admis s i o n s- a t C o l g a t e U n i v e rs i ty i n H a m i l ton, N . Y . . . . Aubrey Love is e n j oy i n g teac h i n g physics a t the Tilton School i n New Hampshire and is the assistant soccer coach . . . . Eric Saucier i s w o rk i n g i n t h e I nternet division of F l e e t Bank i n Bosto n a n d i s l i vi n g w i t h Sean Luoma, Sarah H e w i n s ' 9 9 and Pete Lambert. He writes, "Needless to say, our apartment now has no short age of sma rtdogs and no brand juices." . . . Also working a t Fleet Bank i n Boston a r e Christine Casey a n d

Charlotte Tiffany . . . . J.R. Rudman

is a l ready on his second job, working as a n account associate a t Applied Commun ication, a h i-tech PR firm in San Francisco. He wants everyone to know that the "weather here is great, though I do miss the snow a l ittle bit." Don't we a l l , ] ! . . . Keep i n touch '

-Hi/my Smyth

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0 Theodore G. Smart '27, October 6, 2 000, i n :'\orway, .\ l a i n e , a t 95. H e p l ayed baseball i n the P i n e Tree League from the l a te '20s to the early '40s, then er\'ed as a fir t l ieu tenant i n the Army i n France. For e,·eral )·ears h e taught i n chools i n .\ l i l o and .\ Iexico, .\ Iaine, and also was an in urance salesman for Pru dential In urance Co. in Rumford, .\ l a i n e , until hi retirement i n 1 969. u rTi,·ing a re his w i fe , Hazel, two daughters and a granddaughter.

dward . M a cConnie '3 1 , J u l y 1 1 , 2 000, i n .\ l eriden, Conn . , at 9 3 . .\ l i felong Seymour, Con n . , resi dent, h e taught biology, p h y i c a n d mathematics f o r 4 0 years i n the . e) mour school s and was principal of e) mour H igh chool . H e lea,·es a son, Edward H . .\ lacCon nie, two daughters, J oan Quesnel and Lisa Ciccone, eight grandchi ldren, eight great-gra n d c h i l dren and se,·eral 111cce'> and nephe\\ s .

'36, September 1 7, 2 000, i n \\'est Roxbury, J\ lass., at 86. He served with the Na'')' i n the tlantic and the Caribbean dur i n g \Vorld \\ 'a r I I . A graduate of Tufts niversity .\ l edical School, he operated a fam i l y practice in l'ewton Center, ;\ lass., and was on the staff of the l'ewton-\\'el lesley H ospital for more than 3 5 years. Survi\'ors i n clude his w i fe, Sylvia, a daughter, a son, Andrew G i l son '70, and two grandchildren.

Louis Sacks '39, ugust I 0, 2000, in M a rblehead, Mass., at 8 3 . I le re ceived a master's degree i n educa tion from Boston n ivers i ty before serving as a . . Army captai n in Europe d uring \\'oriel \ \ 'ar I I . After the war he was a teacher of French and Latin and an assistant principal i n the Re\'ere, .\ lass., school system for 3 2 years. He leaves his w i fe of 5 0 years, Frances, two sons, i ncluding Kenneth i\1. Sacks '80, a brother and several n ieces and nephews.

John H. Wibby '32, August 1 2, 2000,

Albert 0. Piper '36,J uly 6, 2000, i n

Russell M. Birtwistle '40, June 1 0, 2 000, in Attleboro, Mass . , at 8 2 . He worked for ITT-Grinnell for more than 3 5 years, retiring as manager of valve engineering in 1 98 2 . Previously he had worked for the Narragansett Electric Company. He leaves n1·0 sons, Kenneth R. B i rtwistle and David C. Birnvistle, nvo step-grandchildren and a step-great-granddaughter.

i n Yarmouth, .\ laine, at 9. He l i ,·ed i n Bangor, .\ Iaine, w here h e was e m p l oyed at \\'L B Z R a d i o and Tele\'ision and retired as chief en gineer i n 1 970. Sun·i\'ing are h i s w i fe of 6 rears, Glenna, t w o sons, a daugh ter, nine grandch i l d ren and th ree great-grandchildren.

George E. Lowe l l

Grace \\'heeler i\larsh

Milton M. Gilson

.\la!) Dignam ,\ l u rp hy

r \ Cl ) 11 f f. 1 ) CO k Q u i n to n ' 3 1 , "i ep lllllhlr (1, 2 000. 1n l .L\\ l'>ton . \ l.itnl. .ll '10 \he r.i u !_! h t 1 n I l '>hon I i l k \ l .u n e , for l \I O \ e.1 r before h e r m.1 r r 1 .1r.:e to D L l l1 L R <)u 1n ron · H>. '' ho d 1 1.: d 1 11 I 'I'll) '>ht ' olun recred \I 1th 'c' er.i i loLtl orr.:.1 m 1.H1on' .rnd \\ I , I ll .it u 1 m p l i hul r.:ol l L- r .ind .i rt l '> l I ll p.h t c l hL I' '> ll f \ I \ C d h) her 'on , Rohen I < ) m n to n ·r, 2 , .rn d r \\ o r.:r.1 ndd.i u!,!hter,,

' 3 2 , J u ly 9, 2 000, i n Boca Raton, F l a . , at 9 1 . H e sen·ed i n the . S . A.rm)' from 1 94 1 t o 1 946 a n d retired a s a l ieutenant colonel. After the \\·ar he was assis tant superintendent of the \\'orces ter rate H ospital i n \\'orcester, ,\ lass., before h e e n tered pri\'ate practice as a psychiatrist. Sur\'i\'ing are h i s son, Stephen .\ la rder, h i s daughter, Phyl lis .\ Iarder J ansen '62 , se,·en grandchi l d ren and two great grandch i l d ren .

Kenneth H . .\lansfield ' 3 1 , Augu t 2 5. 2 000 . 1 11 Orange City, Fla., at 9 1 . I l e 111tcrrupted a career as a n out '>t<rncl 1 11g \ laine high chool basket ba ll coach to <,en e as a lieutenant in the L .S. '\'a' ) during \\'orld \\'ar I l . Later he \\ J'> a '>pecial agent for :\"orth " e'>tern \I utual Life I nsurance Com pan) . Sun 1\ ors include his daughter, '-,u.,,rn \lan<,liclcl Pogue '69.

.,_

Samuel H . Marder

'35, August 24, 2000, in Do\'er, K H . , at 87. He " orked in i ndustrial banking with Beneficial Corp. in Lawrence and :-\ewburyporr, .\ lass., and Lewiston, .\ laine, and managed the companr's Do' er office from 1 942 until he re tired in 1 967. A four-sport athlete at Colby, he \1·a an acti,·e hocker and tennis player i nto his 60s. Sun·i,·ing are his '' ife, Dorothy, a daughter, n1 o <,Ons, eight grandchildren and three great-grandchi ldren.

'3 1 , ep r crnher 2 - , 2 000, 1 11 \\'i l m m gton , D t.:I . , .H <J I . Prior to her ren remenr 1 11 I 94(, .,he '' ,i., cmpl<>) c<l b) the \ lame Bur1:au of \n:ount., and Contro l . "i u n I \ mg .i re h e r '>On . J o h n D . \ l urph) . l \\ O '>l'>ler.,, Fllcn D1gnam l )< l\\ n l n !! · � , .rnd \lice D 1 gnarn ( . ra<h '� , t h ree !!r.i ncldaughter., .i nd 'n er.ii n1n·e., .md m:phe"

'35, J ulr I , 2 000, in \\'aten il le, .\ Jaine, at 6. She earned a master' degree in biol Og) from Radcli ffe College and for more chan 30 �·ears \1 as a bacteriolo g1'>t for the "e" I l ampshire Depart ment of I l ea Ith and I l uman Sen ice'>. She '' <l'> predeceased b) her '>i'>tCr'> Julia \\11eclcr O'Sullirnn '40 and \ laf) \\'heeler Bruzga '40. Sun i' or'> 1 11cludc her ti' c children, a sister, \ l .i rtllJ \\"heeler Zel t' ,man '44, a brother, '\ arhan1cl 1 1 . \\11ccler '42, 1 2 r.:r andd1 ildren, indud111g \ \'illiam 1'-uln ". 6 . 1 2 !(rcat-granclchilclrcn and "" era I niece., and nephe\1 .,, 1nclud1nr.: \ I JLh.id Bru1!_!.i · - . \. I ' I , I '1'1'1. 1n \ l a111e, .ll

\\'illi.1 m

f- lling-1 oodj r. '36,Junc

' I I L I " cd 1 11 I .hl ( onnrh, \ l.11nc. 1 1 " '>Un J\ or, mtlude .i dau!(hlc.:r .

\\'aten>il le, .\laine, at 8 6 . H e gradu ated from Columbia niversity Den tal College and was a dentist in \\'aterville for many years. Prede ceased by his wife, Bettina \\'ellingron Piper '3 5, he is survived by his daugh ter, Jan Kornbluth, a sister, a grand son and three nephews. Sara] . Cowan '37, October 20, 2000, in Portland, i\ Iaine, at 8 5 . She taught at New Gloucester High School and for more than 29 years taught Latin at Deering High School in Portland, where she was also the field hockey and girls' tennis coach. She served on Colbr's Al umni Council and was awarded a Colby Brick. Survi,•ing are her brother, Herman G. Cowan, and many nieces and nephews.

Robert D. H ussey ' 3 7 , August 2 2 , 2 000, i n Rose l a n d , F l a . , a t 8 3 . Af ter teac h i n g in Dan forth a n d a t \ \'aten·ille H igh School in ,\ laine, he became an executi\'e with Norrwock Shoe Co. in Norridgewock, ,\ lai ne, and Dexter Shoe Co. i n Dexter, .\ laine. He was a \'eteran of Tavy sen·ice during \\'orld \ \'ar I I . Survi ' ors include his wife of 62 years, Dorita, a son, a sister, six grandch il dren and three great-grandch ildren. nna Stobie Rogerson '38, Sep tember 1 4, 2000, in Portland, ;\ Jaine, at 3. \ homemaker, she had a l i fe long interest in art and <itudied in \ lc\iCO at the I nstitute of ,\n at San \ l 1gucl de \llende. I !er husband, "c m11an R. Roger<, on ' 3 7 , and a son, John S . Rogerson '66, died pre\'i ou'>I) . Sun 1,-ing arc a daughter, Bar har<i hii rficld, t\1 o grandch ildren, a cou'>!n and a niece and ncphe\1 .

Halsey A. Frederick Jr. '40, Au gust 24, 2 000, i n B ryn Mawr, Pa., at 84. During \\'orld \Var I I h e served i n the Navy as a catapult officer. H e w a s an executive with t h e Leslie Company before his retirement i n 1 965 , and h e spent many years tl1ere after breed i n g and tra i n i n g New foundland clogs f o r national field trial events. H e i s survived by h i s w i fe, El isabeth, h i s bro t h e r a n d th ree beloved dogs. Weston MacRae '42, August 9, 2000, in \\1inter Haven, Fla., at 79. An Army veteran of both \Vorld \Var I I and the Korean Con flict, h e was an electrical equipment sales represen tative for many years. Survivors in clude his wife of 5 8 years,] can Cannel l iVlacRae '42 , nvo daughters, a son, four grandchildren and a niece,Joyce Kelby Cannell '8 1 .

Walter A. Woodward

'42, August 1 7 , 2000, in Keene, J . 1-1 . , at 8 1 . After serving i n the U . S . rmy 1 11 1"ormandy, France and Germany during \\'orld \Var T T , he was vice president of \Voodward Motors, an automobi le dealership in Keene. Sur vivors include his w i fe, Marie, a son, two daughters, a bro t h e r , e i g h t grandch ildren, I 0 great-grandchil dren, nvo nephews and a niece.

Martha Blackington Caminiti '46, June 30, 2000, in Portland, i\ Iai ne, at 7 5 . She was a member of several local

Robert B. Maxell '49, August 7 , 2000, in Tucson, Ariz., at 7 1 . He re ceived a master's degree from the

brothers and t h ree gra ndsons.

grams a t the Preble Street Resource Center i n Portland. S u rviving are his

Alfred G. Legge

w i fe, Linda C. Russel l , a son, h i s mother and a sister and brother.

w i fe, i\ 1 a ry, a s o n a n d daugh ter, two

orga n i zations and taught i n elemen tary grndes i n the Port l a n d school

versity of Maine. After serving in the Korean Conflict, he was a teacher and

'52, August 26, 2000, i n North Palm Beach , Fla., at

system for several years before retir

administrator at Ricker Col lege, and after retiring in 1 993 from the Univer

7 2 . H e served i n the Ai r Force i n Japan during the Korean Conflict a n d w a s employed by Pratt & \\'hitney Ai rcraft Corp. for 3 0 years bef ore his retirement i n 1 98 7 . He is survived by

ing i n 1 97-t. Predeceased by her hus bands, \\'a lter B. M ax field '·H and Joseph Caminiti, and by her sister, Barbette B l ackington Pacht ' 5 3 , she is survived by two daughters, Susan Camini ti Ch ristopher '70 and Beth Guy, and three grandsons.

M. Kearney '47, J une 2 3 , 2000, i n New Sharon, i\i laine, a t 79. Following service with the U.S. Ma rines i n World \Var I I , he earned his doctorate from Boston U n iversity and provided guidance counseling services for high schools i n Franklin County, Maine. For many years he was a youth education specialist for the Coopera tive Extension Service of the Univer sity of Maine. H e is sun,ived by his w i fe, Marie, his daughter and son, a brother and tl1ree grandchildren.

Harold

Eldridge P. Wallace

'47, Septem ber 8, 2000, i n Lewiston, M aine, at 7-t. D u ring \Vorld ·war I I he served as a U.S. Army antitank gun crewman i n Europe and the Pacific. H e earned his degree from the U n iversity of i\ Ia i ne i n vocational agriculnire and owned and operated an organic veg eta ble fa rm in Leeds, J\ l a i ne . Sun' i vors incl ude his w i fe, Barbara, tl1ree daughters, a son, a sister, five grand sons, four granddaughters and two great-grandsons.

sity of Maine at Machias he was regis trar emeritus. He is survived by his second wife, Elisabeth Dagdigian, a son and two granddaughters.

Christine Lucy MacDonald

'50, June 1 3 , 2000, i n Lee, Mass., at 7 1 . She was a school l ibrarian at Lee Central School for many years. She is survived by her h usband, H a rold C. MacDonald, three sons, two daugh ters and l I grandchildren .

William Malcolm Wilson '50, Au gust 1 9, 2000, i n Boston ) v lass., at 7 3 . After service i n \\'oriel \\'ar I I and the Korean Confl ict, he worked for the . S . Postal Service i n Brookl i n e a n d Boston for 2 7 years. Survivors i n c l u d e h i s d a u g h t e r , \Vh i tn e y Trotman, and many devoted friends.

A. Winston Naugle1·

' 5 1 , August 1 6, 2 000, i n \Nayl a n d , Mass., at 7 3 . A physics m a jor, h e w a s credi ted with patents perta i n i n g to i n frared i m aging and n i gh t-vision systems w h i l e employed at Raytheon and H o neywe l l . H e f o u n ded Applied Optics Center I nc., which supplies space programs and the m i l itary with precision optics. H e is survived by his wife, Cynthia Leslie Naugler '50, th ree sons and five grandch i l dren .

Everett S. Bauer '48,June 1 2 , 2000, i n Attleboro, Mass., a t 7 7 . A graduate o f Andover Iewton Theological Sem i n a ry, he was tl1e pastor of H i l l i\ l emorial Baptist Ch urch i n Boston from 1 95 2 to 1 962 and of L i me Rock Baptist Ch urch i n L i ncoln, i\ lass., from 1 962 to 1 98 7 . His w i fe of 5 3 years, N l i l d red H ammond Bauer '·t8, a son and daughter and tl1ree grand chi ldren survive h i m .

Jean Brewer Bridge ' 5 2 , August 1 8,

Pauline Vitkauskas Kuzmeski '49, August 1 7 , 2 000, in Springfi e l d , i\ I ass., at 7 3 . She a n d h e r l a t e h us band, Charles A. Kuzmeski, operated L i tt l e J o h n F a rm in Sunderland, ,\ l a s s . , a n d s h e w a s a grower f o r the O x ford Pickle Company o f South Deerfi e l d . S h e l e aves sons David a n d J o h n K u z m e s k i , d a u g h t e rs S h i r l ey G i a m b r o n e a n d J o a n n e Kuzmeski-J ackson, a brother a n d s i x gra n d c h i l d r e n .

ins, n i eces and nephews.

2 000, in Orlando, F l a . , at 70. She was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and received her master of arts i n teach ing from H a rvard niversity. She taught mathematics at Colby, the n i versity of i\ I aine and H u sson College a1� d i n jm1ior high schools in Bangor and Brewer, i\ I aine. She is survived by her husband of -+5 years, \Va l l ace \V. Bri dge, two daughters, a granddaughter and n u merous cous

Raymond F. Keyes

' 5 2 , J u ly 1 5 , 2 000, in Need ham, ,\ lass., at 0. Af ter sen·ice in the Na'T he was a salesman and consu l tant. For more than 30 years he was a professor of m a rketing i n the Carroll School of i\ I a nagement a t Boston C o l l ege, which he also served as d i rector. Predeceased by his brother, Robert J. Keyes ' 5 2 , he is survived by h i s

his wife, i\ largaret i\ 1acpherson Legge ' 5 2 , two daughters and a son, eight grandchildren and two sisters.

Priscilla Chamberlin Kraut '56, Apri l 1 9, 2000, i n \'\'i lmi ngton, Del . , a t 6 5 . She was a n urse a n d a n associate professor o f n u rs i n g at Thomas Jefferson University and the mother of three children. Survivors include her husband, George C. Kraut, chil dren and three grandchi l dren . Ruth-Ann Waters '56,July 2 9 , 2000, in Tew Haven, Con n . , at 66. She was an elementary school teacher i n Se attle, \Vash . , Fort \Val ton, Beach, Fla., Sn1 ttgart, Germany, and n' Iadison, Con n . She leaves five brothers-Rob ert, Kenneth, Russel l, Allan, and David \\Taters-and nephews and nieces.

Aubrey £. Jones '58,June 20, 2000, i n \\'eston, i\ 1ass., at 66. H e attended the Coll ege after Army se1Yice in Korea and received his law degree from Boston University School of Law. He served as general counsel for the Prudential I nsurance Co., then went i n to general law practice and later i n to tl1e practice of investment and trust law in \\Teston. H e is sur vived by his wife, Lois Jones, three daughters, including Jocelyn Jones Coles '90, a son, four grandch i l dren, a brother and nephews and nieces.

Marcia Peterson Robinson

'60, October 1 6, 2000, i n Fishers, I n d . , at 62. She was a secretary and recep tionist for Lawrence North H i gh School for 1 5 years and for I 0 years was a n u rsery school teacher at Castleton United Methodist Church. Survivors incl ude her husband, J ack Robinson, tl1ree daughters, a brother and six grandchildren.

Bruce

""·

Logan

'68, October 3 , 2000, i n �orth Yarmouth, ,\ l a i ne, at 5 5 . A conscientious objector during the \ 'ietnam \\'ar, he earned a master's degree at tl1e University of �ew En gland and went on tO a career as a social \l·orker in California and i\ Iaine, where he de\'eloped i nnovative pro-

James Russell Wiggins H ' 54,

Io vember 1 9, 2 000, i n Broo k l i n , M.aine,

at 9b . He worked for

The Neu• York Times and in 1 95 -+ was the edito r o f Th e TVashi11gtou Post when h e was

chosen as Colby's t h i rd Lovejoy fel low. After retiring from the Post to become tl1e U.S. ambassador tO tl1e United Tations, he began a second newspaper career in i\laine as owner editor of the Ellsw011b A111erim11. I l e sold the paper in 1 99 1 but stayed on as editor and continued tO write a column until a few montl1s before his death. H '68, September 2 3 , 2000, i n \Vashington, D.C., a t 7 5 . After a stint a s one o f the U . S . Navy's fi rst Africa n-American comm is ioned officers, he was a pioneering reporter who was once called "America's most visible black journa l ist" f or his elo quent columns exploring race rela tions and championing civil rights. H e was a frequent guest on public affa i rs radio and television programs i n a career tl1at spa nned more tl1an h a l f a c e n t u r y . He received t h e LO\•ejoy ward i n 1 96 8 .

Carl T. Rowan

Mary H. Marshall H

'73, Septem ber 2 5 , 2000, i n Syracuse, N.Y., at 9 7 . During h e r 69-year teaching career she taught a t the College ( 1 9 3 5 - 1 9-+8) and at Syracuse Univers i ty, where she taught more than 35 di fferent courses i n l i teranire and drama. She retired in 1 970 but conducted con tinuing education courses at Syra cuse until she was 90.

Katherine W. Fanning H '79, Oc tober 1 9, :2000, i n \\'areham, i\ l ass. She was the editor o f the 1/11chomge (Alaska) Daily XeU's when the paper received a Pulitzer Prize for public se1Tice. She recei\'ed the Lovejoy Award in 1 9 79. The editor of The Christian Science ,1 /onitor from 1 98 3 t o 1 988, s h e w a s t h e fi rst " o m a n t o r u n a national newspaper. David E. Bell, H '86,

eptember 6, 1000, i n Cambri dge, i\ lass., at I . He was Gamble Professor of Population Sciences and I n ternational Health at the Han·a rd School of Public H ea l th, where he was chair of the department of population sciences.

C 0

LBY

W I N TE R 200 I

the last page a many-m ule_t�m -L.lltec__,ph-en �Co�lli-ns�' �74�Leo Pando, staff i l l u strator for Colby magazi ne,

rial that the success of the footba l l

is a talented a rtist who combi nes a d i sc r i m 1 n a t1ng

team h a d made its customary

eye with a bold gra p h ic style. Owner a n d rider of

"dark horse" label obsolete. "Why

Navajo, a you ng pinto mare that boards i n the

should we not have a mascot, and

stable JUSt across the h ighway from the ca m pus,

what would make a better mascot

he 1s a l so a n experienced horsema n .

than a little white m u le?" he pos

Between vocation a nd avocation, it's n o su rprise that Leo knows about rendering eq uine species.

tu lated , ca l l i ng it "the antithesis of '

The Dark Horse . "'

( R ender as 1n drawing, not gluemaking.) It is his

Back then, with m i l lions of m u les in America,

opinion that, over the years, Colby i l l u strators have

securing a wh ite one i n time for the Bates footba l l

been as u n kind to the vau nted White M u le as

game posed n o great proble m . Beating Bates was

1rasc1ble m uleskin ners were to the hardworking

o n ly somewhat harder; the newly d u bbed M u les

species by which they earned their livi ngs. There's

won 9-6 la rgely on the strength of the i r k i c k i ng

too much contrariness in the m u le's historical ste

gam e-a wi n n i ng field goal a n d strong punting

reotype, Leo maintains, a n d there's too much don

were reported .

key cuteness 1 n most dep1ct1ons of the Colby mule.

But as the football team has had its ups and

Leo rarely tires of ta lking a bout horses, a n d he

downs in the intervening years, so too its mascots.

th rows away l i nes l i ke "I rode a Percheron once; 1t

Cu rrently there's a costume with a giant mule's head,

was l i ke rid ing a bus." So when he says m u les have

known to students as " M orty . " For many years a

gotten a bum ra p, you can bet there's some truth

succession of true eq u i ne mascots bore the name

1 n 1t. I n d eed , a survey of recent l iterature revea ls

"Ybloc," most of them, alas, don keys rather than

that m u les a re hardier, stronger and more ind us

pure (or rather crossbred ) mules. An early moni ker

trious than horses. They are far more sensible

for the mascot was "Aristotle . "

insofar as they won't overeat or d r i n k too much (students take note). I f they get stuck 1 n the mud,

ian don key named Lou is, who arrived i n Waterville

i n stead of pa n i c k i ng l i ke a horse they merely relax

( ra i l freight) i n 1953. Lou is, the Associated Press reported, came to Colby following a stage career i n

and wait for help. A m u le 1s the offspring of a male don key (aka a

N e w York, d u r i ng which he a p peared on television

jackass) a n d a female horse (a mare ) . T h e re

with Jackie G leason, Garry Moore and Art h u r

verse-the offspring of a female donkey (aka a jenny) a n d a stall1on-1s called a h 1 n n y , but u n less

Godfrey. He even took a turn with t h e Metropolitan

Opera as a cast member in A ida.

In the long line of,Wayflrru.!er Hill mascots, a true white mule (lower photo), shown taking a star turn at Seaverns Field, has been the exception. It says Colby, bllt the mascot in top photo is a donkey, not a mule. rldmiring the impostor are, from left, an unidentified donkey handle1; H. Ridgely Bullock, the late chail'111an ofthe Board of 1i-t1stees, fo1we1· President TVilliam R. Cotter andJim Cook '78. Bro Ada ms, recently a Bison ( B ucknel l ) , formerly a

you know the parents, h m n 1es can't be told from

There was much ballyhoo a bout Louis's a rrival

m u les . T h ough they have an odd n u mber of c h ro

for a homecoming game aga i n st the U n iversity of

mule. "A mule is strong, steadfast, determ ined , " he

mosomes thanks to their mixed parentage a n d ,

M a me that year. The outcome of the game re

sa id . " It's good . " Reviewing other N ESCAC mas

hence. cannot reproduce, m u les a r e among a

ceived less notice. The fate of the don key least of

cots-as ba nal as the Bates Bobcats a nd colorful as

handful of a n i m a l species that could come back

a l l . A cu rious document i n the Col lege's mule file

the Connecticut College Camel-Adams put the

from extinction. so long as there a re horses a n d

suggests that Lou i s was traded i n at a Winthrop

M u le at least i n the m iddle of the pack. "Amherst is

donkeys arou nd

stable the following year as little more than a

the Lord Jeffs , " he said with u n concealed d isda i n .

Tiger (Colorado College), has no problem with the

he middle half of the 20th century, the

down payment on a real m u l e . Various benefactors

" I t sounds l i ke a B ritish rock group from 1968."

mec hanical ractor all but extinguished America's

(Colby's, not Lou is's) contri buted $50 each to buy

Picture Austin Powers as lead si nger. And the

m u1e population

a white m u l e for $296-$250 1n cash "with a n

Williams Ephmen, perhaps wea ri ng fraternity card i

a l lowance o f $46 for the donkey . "

gans a n d singing barbershop harmonies.

1925, bu

Almos

six m11 !1on ex isted 1n

1 took a m i nor mule revival to bring

n u m bers back up from historical lows to some

O f course Louis was, literally, a jackass. There

Did we mention the U n iversity of Cal ifornia at

300,000 i n he m 1 d - 1 980s . By hen recreationa l

may have been just cause for his a brupt d 1sm 1ssa l .

Santa Clara, where Ada ms got his P h . D.? It boasts the

l"l ule e en ts incl uded racing a n d rodeos a n d even

T he flies conta i n no rendering, s o to speak, of his

Banana Slug as a mascot. "I admired the banana

d ressag com pet1 ions (The preferred m u le race

subsequent life, and there 1s nothing a bout his

slug, " Adams sa id . "A creature who has survived,

1s 350 ards Though m u les have terrific accelera

replacement.

though not one of great speed or grace perhaps."

lion, 1f pushed o run a m i le they tend to stop in

Recent efforts by the dea n of the College to cha nge Colby's mascot to a moose were met with

mascot, true mule aficionados go one better. Love

their trac s a

he o p of he homes re ch " T hey ve

run a s far a s

ey wan

o, and Iha 's ha , " one

m u le a n c 1er expla.ned ) A

Colby

h1 e M u le was adopt d as he

school's masco a er Echo ed 1 or Josept> Coburn Smit

T h e most cele brated was a midd le-aged Sicil

o e m ber 7 , 1923, ed1to-

'24 sugg s ed i n a

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a general lack of enth usia s m , and t h is year the U n ivers1 y of M a me at Augusta a n nounced 1t would ca

its teams the Moose "All hope 1s lost , " said Dean Earl Sm t h . "We're stuck with a ster ile m u l e . " So wha does the new president make of a l l this?

W h i l e some may not em brace the m u l e a s a lorn students should note an old saying that's posted at www . m u le . com , a site m a i nta i ned by the North America n Sadd le M u le Assoc iation . " Kiss a m u l e , c u re a cold . " Try that with your ba nana slug.

On October 2 1 , 2000, President William D. "Bro" Adams was inaugurated as Colby 's 1 9th president. In January 200 1 he will begin a welcome tour of Colby's regional alumni clubs . The Offic e of Alumni Relations will mail notices to alumni, parents and friends in each area to announce regional events . Call 207-872 -3 1 90 or e-mail alumni@colby. edu for information.

&lw:luhd Vďż˝January 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Boston January 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . New York City January 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fai rfield County, Con n . March 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sarasota , Fl a . March 2 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Los Angeles March 29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . San Francisco Apri l 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wash i ngton , D . C . September 13 . . . . . . . . . . . H a rtford September 20 . . . . . . . . . . . Philadel p h i a October 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Seattle November 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C h icago November 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Denver

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The Colby College Alumni Online Community Fi n d out wh o ' s l i v i n g in New Z e a l a n d . U pd ate yo u r hol iday c a r d l i st. See who e l se became a d e ntist. Advertise you r s e rvice in the Yellow Page s . These a re j u st a

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few of the thi ngs you can d o w i t h the o n l i n e c o m m u n ity. See it for yo u rself at

The U n ited States , more than most modern nati o n s , has tied its

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i d entity to the principle of free speech . Even d u ring the co l o n i a l period free expres sion produced heated res ponses. Over the centu ries Americans have heard cou ntless criti q u es a n d defenses of free expressio n . The res u lt has been the creation of the American Trad ition of Free Speec h .

To register, all you need is the number above your name

O n l y the most n a ive would suggest that w e enjoy tot a l l y u nfettered free expre s s i o n . As a new century beg i n s , m a ny Americans find

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themselves u n s u re exactly how fettered expres sion should b e , if at a l l . T h i s yea r ' s Al u m n i Col l ege w i l l examine the status o f free speech a n d

And if you've never visited the

expression a n d attempt t o look hard a t t h e c h a l lenges t o this as pect

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of American l ife. what else we have for you at Come back to M ayflower H i l l , enjoy Maine's glorious summer and explore these issues with some of our best faculty. For more information contact Meg Bernier '81 at mbem ier@colby.edu or ca l l 207-872-3190.

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Colby Reunion 200 1 June 8- 1 0 Come home to Mayflower H i ll as Colby celebrates its fir t Reunion Weekend with President W i l l iam "Bro" Adams. Reconnect with old friends and discover new ones a the weekend unfolds. Reunion committees are hard at work planning special activities to entice you back . H ighl ights include: The Annual Alumni Awards Banquet The annual fun run President Adams' fir t address to alumni The parade of classes A lobster bake and chicken barbecue Lectures and presentations by alumni and faculty Swing dance lessons Alumni book-signings l ndividual class receptions and dinners followed by music and dancing Enjoy the sports fac i l i ties, i nc luding tennis courts an<l the swimming pool. Hou ing is available in the dorm , most renovated or b u i l t since you were last here. Bring the kids! Chi ldcare is provided, but it's not your usual babysitting! Pony rid s, chi ldren' music, cookie decorating, v isits from favorite storybook characters, face painting, games and other activit ies are highlights. Parents are welcome to join children for afternoon activities in the tent. One recent reunion reveler declared, "Each year that I have attended Reunion Weekend it seems to be better than the previou year. And this year it seemed to be the best ! "

A l l reunion c l a ses' brochures w i l l b e mailed i n March 200 1 . If you are not a member o f a reunion-year c la s but would l ike to join the oroup, please contact the Alumni Relation Office. A lumni Relations

43 1 0 Mayflower H i l l Waterville, Maine 049 207- 7 2 -3 1 90 or alumn i@colby.edu Watch our Web site for detail and update : www.colby.edu/alumni/reunion

See you in June!

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