Summer 2011 Contents
Features
by Gerry Boyle '78
Legendary coach Whitmore retires after 40 years, but his relationship with his “basketball people” endures
by Earl Smith
Dean of Admissions Parker Beverage retires after helping to enroll more than 11,000 Colby students
by Alexis Grant '03
Gary Newton '72 manages global efforts to help the world’s most vulnerable children
by Laura Meader
In a course called Learning By Giving, students pursue and allot funding for area nonprofits
From the Hill
With carefully chosen words, Blair Braverman ’11 sets out to raise environmental awareness.
Desiree Shayer ’12, studying in Amman, Jordan, talks about presenting her research, Jan Plan in Israel, and witnessing one part of the Middle-East revolution.
Colbyettes from across generations compare notes, sing again.
SPORTS
Legendary coach Whitmore retires after 40 years, but his relationship with his “basketball people” endures
Alumni
Spotlight
Eyes and Ears
An Ounce of Prevention
Beating the Odds
Editorial & Opinion
Gerry Boyle '78, Managing Editor
As editor of Colby, one of my pleasures is seeing the connections that the magazine creates between alumni of different generations who share common interests.
Case in point: in the spring issue we ran a story about Colbians’ varied experiences in China. The story, reported and written by Martin Connelly ’08, was read with interest by Dana Robinson ’47, who wrote to inform us of his experiences in China and to share the text of a talk he had given about China’s future. He asked that the letter be forwarded to... Read more »
Opinion
Gay activist in Uganda had applied for an Oak Fellowship at Colby; his murder should serve as a warning of the sometimes dangerous power of Americans abroad
An encounter in Namibia leads to contemplation of the nature of waste
Letters
Lives Can Be Saved
I was riveted by the article “What Jeronimo Maradiaga Learned” (spring 2011 Colby) and impressed by Mr. Maradiaga’s bravery and selflessness during his Watson year. The article inspired me to check out the book The Life You Can Save, by Peter Singer, from my local library, which subsequently inspired me to pledge two percent of my income to help the world’s very poorest. I hope you will pass along to Mr. Maradiaga that in this small way he has already done something to help the world’s poor by telling his story. And if he hasn’t read Mr. Singer’s book, I hope he will, as it may make him... Read more »
Contributors
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Alexis Grant ’03 (“Innocents Abroad”) lives in Washington, D.C., and covers careers for U.S. News & World Report. She is writing a book about backpacking solo through Africa, and she blogs at alexisgrant.com.
Earl Smith (“Class Act”) is the College historian, retired dean of the College, and author of Mayflower Hill, A History of Colby College (2006). His first novel, The Dam Committee, is soon to be published by North Country Press.
Ellen Morris ’11 (“The Lesson of David Kato”), from from Carlsbad, Calif., majored in government, minored in anthropology, and worked tirelessly for the Oak Institute for International Human Rights and the Goldfarb Center.
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