NEWSMAKERS
The Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics of the University of
Pennsylvania instituted the Charles C. Leighton, M.D., Memorial Lecture
series on October 10. The series was established by the Merck Company in honor
of Leighton '60, who was the company's senior vice president of
administration, planning and science at the time of his death. Ralph Nelson
'60 attended the event on behalf of the Class of 1960. .
. . Peter Ketcham '63 will be exhibiting his works at the
Promenade Gallery in Hartford, Conn., through April
30. . . . In early November, Doris Kearns Goodwin
'64 spoke at Elizabethtown College in Middletown, Pa., on her recent book,
No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World
War II. She was also an overnight guest at the White House later that
month. . . . In his sixth season with the the Pittsburgh
Penguins hockey team, head trainer Charles "Skip" Thayer '64 was the
subject of a story in the Barnesboro, Pa., Star. He credited Colby's
long-time athletic trainer Carl E. Nelson "for being the father of my career
because he gave me the basic fundamentals of being a trainer." The Penguins won
the Stanley Cup in 1991. . . . The Rev. Peter Ives '65 was profiled
in the Daily Hampshire (Mass.) Gazette last fall. . . .
Barbara Howard Traister '65 is the new head of Lehigh University's
English department. A specialist in Shakespeare and Renaissance literature, she
has been a professor at Lehigh since 1973. . . . A story in the
Central Maine Morning Sentinel discussed Taking Sides: Clashing Views
on Controversial Issues in Science, Technology and Society by Thomas
Easton '66. The book tackles controversial issues in science, such as the
nature of science and research, the relationship between science and society,
the uses of technology and the threats that technological advances could pose
to human survival. A biology professor at Thomas College in Waterville, Easton
also has written three science fiction novels and three other novels about the
future of biological technology. . . . Law partners
Nathaniel Pitnof '66 and Steven Kressler are hosts of a Sunday morning
program, "Legal Express," on AM station WTAG in Worcester, Mass. The show,
designed for listeners with questions about the law, started in 1989 when
station WNAB owed the two attorneys legal fees and decided to pay them with
free air time. They signed with WTAG in 1991. According to Massachusetts
Lawyers Weekly, Pitnof said, "We joke around, but we give legitimate
answers to the questions people have. . . . Most people don't have access to a
lawyer. They're looking for homespun advice. So we talk in general about the
nature of the problem, but we don't give particularized
advice.". . .Todger Anderson '67, president of Denver
Investment Advisors, was featured in the Institutional Investor
in January discussing the benefits of mid-cap growth
stocks. . . . G. Ross Birch '67 was named the
manager of the Hingham, Mass., branch of Prudential Securities in early
October. He is also the vice president of the Municipal Bond Club in
Boston. . . . Richard Hunnewell '67, an art history
professor at Plymouth State University, received the school's 1994
Distinguished Teaching Award. A student said of him, "Professor Hunnewell
fosters an atmosphere of openness and trust. His love and enthusiasm for the
subject are infectious." . . . In January, James Bubar '68 moved to
Madison, Wis., following his promotion to chief information officer at TDS
Telecom. . . . The Parlin Memorial and Shute Libraries in
Everett, Mass., have hired Deborah Van Hoek Abraham '69 as the new
library director.
MILEPOSTS
Deaths: Anthony Giles '66 in Marblehead, Mass., at
51. . . . Marshall B. Barker, M.S.T. '73, in Weymouth,
Mass., at 66.
Marriages: Thomas J. Watson III '69 to Karen Drobeck in
Greenwich, Conn.


First new news to arrive was from Norm Macartney, who has moved from
Katonah, N.Y., to Beaufort, N.C., where Norm has started a landscaping/design
business called One Green Thumb. They say the eastern North Carolina coastal
area is really beautiful. Norm is still racing his motorcycle at Road Atlanta,
Ga., and Summit Point, W.Va., and says, "It's the closest thing to flying and
still being on the ground." His retirement dream would be to take a motorcycle
around the world, but his wife, Mena, would only join him if she gets to go via
the QE2 and meet him at designated ports! . . . Diane Sadler Martin
lives less than an hour away from us, and we both keep meaning to get
together. She is an activity consultant; her husband, an Episcopal priest. They
have nine children, three granddaughters and two grandchildren on the way as of
last September. Diane travels country-wide giving keynotes and workshops in
long-term care therapies. Seems that her time in dramatics at Colby is paying
off, being on stage so much . . . she still remembers being Puck in A
Midsummer Night's Dream. Somehow she also finds time to work on a master's
at VCU. She asks if anyone has heard from Heather Carney. . . . From
Northboro, Mass., we finally hear from Willie Russell Merrill, who has
not reported in for a long time (hint, hint to those of you who ignore the
questionnaire). Willie is a research technician/lab manager, and her husband,
Gary, is a sales consultant. She sends her thanks to the Colby Biology
Department--she's doing research into gene therapy to discover better
treatments for hemophilia and other hereditary diseases. They had three kids at
UMass-Amherst at one time: son Christopher graduated in '92 and daughter
Jennifer in '93; son Jonas will graduate in '95. They plan to retire on Cape
Cod within the next two years. . . . David and Patricia Houghton
Marr check in from Natick, Mass. They claim to have nothing to report, but
they have three grandchildren with a fourth on the way, so they must be a
little busy. Pat works as a tax consultant. Dave, an attorney, says about
retirement, "Attorneys don't retire, even if they lose their appeal." . . .
Iris Mahoney Burnell is still working as a reverend but is trying to
enter semi-retirement by working as an interim minister in churches that are in
transition. Her husband is retired and is loving it. Between them they have
seven children and five grandchildren and have fun just keeping up with all of
them. . . . Carol Ann Rancourt Ahern lives in Orlando, Fla., where she
is an instructor in Orange County schools. Her husband, Joseph, has recently
retired from Delta Air Lines. She is thoroughly enjoying having him as a "Mr.
Mom" because he has taken a lot of the burden off of her. Unfortunately, he
planned to start working part time after Christmas, so it will end. They have
two children--Kimberly Ann, 25, and Craig, 21. Carol Ann's job is a challenging
one--she teaches deaf students using sign language and says that she learns far
more from them than they from her. They also have been enjoying traveling
throughout the U.S. and will be in Puerto Rico after the first of the year. She
wonders if anyone has heard from or about Anne Lovell or Frank
Wheat. Write soon with your news . . . or fax it to 703-758-6709 or e-mail
to penny@opnsys.com.
Class Correspondent: Penny Dietz Sullivan

Happy New Year and . . . thank goodness for the
ritual of holiday cards and messages! I loved hearing from Sandi Rollins
Kilgore that her son Rob, 23, is living on Beacon Hill not far from where
she and Jane Germer Krebs lived 30 years ago. (Wasn't that also near
where Muffie Symonds Leavitt lived while she was getting her master's in
occupational therapy at Tufts?) Sandi and Bob's daughter Lisa also lives in
Boston, and although the "Kilgores enjoy weekends at their summer home on Cape
Cod through November," according to Sandi, "they take advantage of lots of
cultural activities in Boston with family living in the city." Sandi says her
parents, whom many of you remember, are ages 84 and 87 and doing
well. . . . Sam McCleery, living near Atlanta and
still working for Delta, says his mom--age 85--is also doing well. Sam and
Vera's oldest son, Sam, and daughter-in-law Carrie live in Houston, where he is
a project manager and she is finishing her master's degree. Their other son,
Mike, is in the COOP phase of his master's program at Georgia Tech, working in
the computer department of Chick-fil-A. This was the second summer that Mike
spent with the Christian Youth Ministries of Hawaii on Molokai. And, yes, the
other McCleerys did visit Hawaii last summer. The McCleery girls , Andrea, 15,
and Christi, 13, are doing teenage things like cheerleading, violin, gymnastics
and getting ready to drive. . . . Roey Carbino, a
clinical professor of social work at the University of Wisconsin in Madison,
continues to be busy with teaching--social work practice and theory, family
foster care, field training in child and family service--and committee
responsibilities at the school and professional levels. Roey does workshops on
child abuse allegations in foster care. She has done presentations at an
international foster care meeting in Dublin and in Wisconsin and Minnesota.
With several colleagues, Roey is spearheading a cooperative international
survey of foster care abuse allegations with researchers in Canada, the U.K.
and other sites. She hopes this can bring attention to the problems for foster
families and foster children when agencies react to allegations of child
maltreatment. Roey planned to see Margie Brown York and Elly
Blauner over the holidays and says that she usually misses Jean Gaffney
Furuyama, who still lives and practices dentistry in New York City but
traditionally visits her mother in Florida at this
time. . . . I got a brief message that it was a "great
Year" for Bill and Alice Webb in Reading, Mass. How about some
information or explanation on the "great Year,"
Alice? . . . Gail Macomber Cheesman and husband
Doug, co-owners of Cheesman's Eco Safaris, will be leading wildlife tours to
Alaska next summer and to Australia for September. Gail's daughter Rose has a
2-year-old son, and son Ted is now 21. . . . Brenda
Wrobleski Elwell, who is the national account manager for Carlson Wagonlit
Travel, planned a driving-hiking trip to New Zealand in March. Brenda said that
her daughter Monique has fully recovered from her car accident and is still
searching for a job in international finance. Monique currently is a concierge
for the Ritz Carlton in Philadelphia and planning to start working towards her
M.B.A. in the fall of 1995. Has anybody got a connection for
Monique? . . . Bill Chase, who has served as
president of our class, is a physician-surgeon in Keene, N.H. Bill, married to
Barbara (Haines '63), a teacher, recently completed a master of science degree
in management at Antioch New England Graduate
School. . . . John Chapman is director of the
Coastal Resource Center in Topsham, Maine. He is married to Allison, a choral
arts teacher; Brian, 25, is lead guitar-vocalist for "the Zoo People" in L.A.;
Andy, 24, is in the Air Force at Spangdahlem Air Base in Germany; Emily, 21, is
a senior at the University of New Hampshire; Abigail, 18, is an intercultural
exchange student in Christchurch, New Zealand; and Josh, 15, is a sophomore at
Kents Hill School on the cross-country team. . . . Peter Duggan and wife
Mary Vance recently moved to Charlotte, N.C. Peter has a new position as vice
president-marketing for Lance, Inc. Peter and Mary have three children;
daughter Lesley, a second grade teacher; son Peter in college at Miami of Ohio;
and daughter Jennifer at Rollins College. The Duggan household also consists of
two dogs, a cat and a horse. (Harry and I are up to three dogs and down to one
cat. Interesting, isn't it, how when our kids leave the nest, we parents keep
the pets.) . . . Keep the info coming. I love to hear from you all.
Class Correspondent: Judith Hoagland Bristol

Happy New Year! Bill and I just returned from a week in our cabin in
northern Vermont celebrating the year end with our family. Now it's back to
work and the joys and challenges of 1995. One hope for the new year is that the
Alumni Office has finally revised its system for mailing class questionnaires.
My apologies to those who have received many and to those who have received
none. Thanks to those of you who have responded with news and philosophy and
invitations to visit! . . . .Dave Cox, farm manager
for Lind Farms in Fort Collins, Colo., writes that he is still playing ice
hockey in the local adult league. That's impressive! His wife, Cherri Lynn, is
pursuing her master's degree at NCU in special ed. Dave is a bird collector, at
present owning a military macaw, an African grey, a Meyers parrot and a monk
parrot. . . . Gloria Bowers Duncan lives with her
husband, Don, in Windermere, Fla. After 30 years as a systems analyst and
manager with ATT, Gloria has started her own business. She is doing tole
painting and ceramics, and business is flourishing. Don works in
audio-animatronics at the Magic Kingdom-Walt Disney
World. . . . Another Floridian, Charley Carey, lives
in Delray Beach with his wife, Pam (Plumb '65). Charley is managing director of
Financial Consultants, Ltd. Both of their sons, Timothy and Todd, have played
for the Red Sox. . . . Al Carville returned three
completed questionnaires! All interesting! He is, at present, vice president,
information systems and technology, for Hannaford Brothers Supermarkets. His
wife, Sally (Page '64), will return in March or April from Swaziland, Africa,
where she has been serving in the Peace Corps. Al and children Stephanie, 24,
and Gregg, 21, traveled to South Africa, Zimbabwe and Botswana, where they
visited Sally and toured. Al also traveled to Australia, where Gregg spent last
spring semester. In Sally's absence Al has taken up roller blading and sea
kayaking, adding to his many outdoor pursuits. He also admits to driving a
Miata on weekends, almost always with the top down! Best wishes to your family
as it reunites! . . . Marsha "Fern" Palmer Reynolds
shares her home in Connecticut with husband John, Crazy Chrissie from the
animal shelter and Myriam Montrat '94 from the Ivory Coast, who is in a
training program in New York City. Marsha and John are teachers and, when not
enjoying their "getaway house" in Biddeford, travel to more distant
destinations: last year Normandy, during the celebration of the WWII landing,
and next year possibly Alaska or the Ivory
Coast. . . . This holiday season found Sally Morse
Preston, spouse John, and daughter Emily, 17, traveling to Barcelona,
Spain, to visit their older daughter, Mary, 24, who is working there in a
metals studio. The Prestons live in Holland Patent, N.Y., where Sally is a
preschool teacher and John is a counselor. . . . Cynthia
Peters McIver, an educational consultant and freelance editor, lives in
Fairfax Station, Va. Cindy and husband Rod pride themselves on keeping fit.
(Says she can still do the twist!) But she is still trying to get up the
nerve to free fall from a plane. Go for it,
Cindy. . . . Tom Richardson lists his home address
as Farmington, Conn. However, it would be unlikely to find him there, as he and
his wife, Becky, live in Maui from April through November and in Alta, Utah,
from November through April. To add interest to this humdrum existence, they
traveled this December to New Zealand to do some hiking and fly fishing. You
two surely have a wonderful life. Congrats for having made
it! . . . Dan Politica and Sue (Kondla '62), his
wife of 30 years, have recently moved into a new home in Exton, Pa. Dan is
manager of credit card marketing for Sunoco. This is their second move in four
years, but they are still wishing they were in
Maine. . . . Thanks to Ceylon Barclay, Steve
Eittreim, Judy Allen Austin and Dick Bonalewicz, who also
responded, but I've included news from them in the past year, and my editors
are a stern group. Again, Happy New Year.
Class Correspondent: Barbara Haines Chase

The new questionnaires are sifting in, and I hasten to update you on
news and on book recommendations. Sandi Albertson-Shea and husband Ray,
both professors at Middlesex Community College in Massachusetts, have graduated
two daughters from college so far and have one to go. Meanwhile, they have
bought an 1826 farmhouse and are having a lot of fun. She recommends
Refuge. . . . Charlie Angell, professor at
Bridgewater State College in Massachusetts, spent the summer reconstructing a
greenhouse. He recommends The Shipping News by Annie Proulx and Baby,
Will I Lie? by Donald Westlake (a good mystery read), among
others. . . . Ben Beaver graduated one son from
Colby and has another at the University of Vermont. Ben is still refereeing
soccer and has taken up golf with his wife,
Marilyn. . . . Jean Brennon Call came home to Maine
for Christmas this year with her mother and brothers. (Sorry we had so much
rain.) She recommends Mama Makes Up Her Mind and Other Dangers of Southern
Living by Bailey White. . . . By Campbell is
enjoying dance classes, is still teaching English as a second language and is
living in a new townhouse. She recommends Joan Borysenko's Fire in the Soul,
A New Psychology of Spiritual Optimism. . . . Sally
Page Carville comes home from Swaziland in
March. . . . Mike Cohen is general manager of a
Dodge dealership and has attended the Skip Barber Racing School and tried
racing for fun. . . . Gail Koch and Peter
Cooper, teacher and guidance counselor in Vermont's schools, spent one day
of the holidays with Barb McClarin Bing and Sandi Albertson-Shea. Gail
recommends In the Absence of the Sacred by Jerry Mander, and Peter
recommends Your Money or Your Life by Joe Domingus. They own a home in
Brattleboro. . . . Lynne Davidson-King is a
part-time business professor at New York University, and she and husband Jim
(married in 1991 after a mere 15-year courtship) spend their time between NYC
and the Hamptons. Jim retired last April and is doing consulting in
environmental and urban planning. They'd love to see
classmates! . . . Linda Spear Elwell is still with
Mary Kay but has moved to Sanford, Fla. She recommends Ageless Body,
Timeless Mind by Chopra. . . . Thought you might like
to hear some class statistics. We carry 312 people in the Class of 1964, of
whom 277 graduated from Colby. Fourteen of our classmates have died. There have
been 13 marriages between class members (by my accounting), of which 11 still
exist. There have been 19 "interclass" marriages, and most of those have held
up also. Several sons and daughters have gone to Colby and many others to
similar New England small schools. Whenever I send out an all-class mailing,
I'm lucky to get a 10 percent return, and about half of the class have not
responded to anything from me in the last five years. One important note:
whenever you change your address, it costs the College a bundle of money if you
don't notify them right away. Any issue of the magazine that goes to the wrong
address is returned to the College at our expense and must be remailed first
class. Every mailing produces 500-600 returned magazines. That's awful! Do your
part!
Class Correspondent: Sara Shaw Rhoades

Let's go to Onie's! That was the message I left on Frank '66 and
Susan Brown Musche's machine. Two hours later we had established a time
and location over the Christmas holiday in Seekonk, Mass., for lunch with my
old roomie. Joining us was Jay Fell '66, home from Colorado to visit his
family. Susan is a busy mother of 8-year-old Stephen and three older girls.
When not attending soccer games, etc., she is on the golf course. In '94 she
became vice president of the Rhode Island women's golf association. Susan and
Frank enjoyed an Alaskan cruise last summer and some sun in the Bahamas a few
months ago. Last summer, Susan had lunch with Debbie Davis and Lesley
Forman Fishelman. Debbie is busy with Society of Friends affairs, and
Lesley continues as a psychiatrist at Harvard Community
Health. . . . Tom '63 and Patti Raymond Thomas
checked in with news of their three-week safari in South Africa, Namibia,
Botswana and Zimbabwe last summer. Their son Bob '88 married Carrie O'Brien
'88, and 25 Colby grads were at the wedding. Patti is very involved in the
boards of League of Women Voters of Doylestown, Pa., Central Bucks County
Family YMCA (she was Volunteer of the Year in '94) and Planned Parenthood.
Patti also finished her fifth year on the Colby Alumni
Council. . . . Bob Beechinor resigned from the
broken pencil club and sent a lengthy update. He is a guidance counselor at
West Genesee, N.Y., High School and teaches psychology as an adjunct professor
at Syracuse University and Onondaga Community College. He celebrated a second
wedding anniversary last November with Joanne, a mental health therapist and
part-time fashion model. He writes: "Joanne and I are dancing to bands instead
of playing in them. Keep in shape working out, playing basketball, tennis,
etc., keeping up with music on my guitar--having a
ball." . . . Ginger Goddard Barnes keeps busy as
manager of human resources and customer relations at Avery-Dennison. She has
lots of business travel to California (weekends at Big Sur) and Chicago. The
latest addition to her family is Baltimore, a Maine coon
cat. . . . Pam Plumb Carey and Charlie are now
permanent residents of Delray Beach, Fla. They maintain a summer residence in
Westport, Mass. Pam is an interior designer and owner of Interiors by Pamela.
Charlie is a partner in an investment banking company in Ft. Lauderdale. Pam
wrote, "Within a week of moving into our new residence on the beach, tropical
storm Gordon hit for four days!" . . . Tom Donahue
has put "a thousand or so books" back on the shelves and repaired the damage
after the January '94 California earthquake. He has visited Civil War
battlefields at Manassas and Gettysburg and says, "I never let a conference
stand in the way of tourism." Tom spent part of his Christmas holiday in
Flagstaff, Ariz., "visiting the Grand Canyon and looking into real estate for
our eventual retirement (`eventual' being the key word
there)." . . . You have sent your check to the
Alumni Fund and made plans to join your classmates at our glorious 30th? Yes?
See you there. . . . Hail, Colby, Hail!<
Class Correspondent: Richard W. Bankart

Sometimes too much drink is just not enough. . . . New Hampshire,
January 15, 1995: it's sixty degrees. I don't know whether to write this column
or rake out the lawn, but since I have been absent for the past two issues, my
priorities for the day are established. . . . Anne Ruggles Gere
was the recipient of a surprise 50th birthday party that included cards,
letters and calls from old friends, in some cases people she hadn't heard from
in more than 30 years. This was the handiwork of Mary Jane, her sister, in
consort with Budge, Anne's husband. (Mary Jane began her sleuthing efforts
three months in advance of the party.) Anne has just finished a long stint as a
member of the Conference on College Composition and Communication, where she
served in many capacities, including the past year as national president. With
this activity finished she is turning to her personal writings while continuing
to direct the Ph.D. program in English and education at the University of
Michigan. . . . Heidi Fullerton Warburton, after
overcoming some challenging health matters, is back on track and has been
promoted to district administrator for the Durham (N.C.) Guardian ad Litem
Program. They represent the best interests of children who have a history of
family neglect or abuse. In the meantime, her husband recently accepted a
position in Fort Lee, N.J., which means they will deal with a commuting
marriage, Heidi in N.C. and Woody in N. J. (Well, at least both states start
with the letter N.) . . . This seems to be a growing trend in America, where a
fickle local economy may dictate long-distance job commutes for people who are
unwilling to leave a local area that offers the quality of life they
desire. . . . Craig James recognized his own picture
on one of my milk cartons that said, "Have you seen this classmate lately?" and
revealed his whereabouts by letter. Thank you, Craig. After a stint in the Army
and a short career at Mobil Oil, he earned his law degree in 1976. Starting in
legal aid, he moved to the Idaho Supreme Court Judicial Education Office and
then earned a partnership in a firm in Boise. Now he has made a momentous
decision and is giving up law. He and his wife, Sue, will become the principals
in the Trade Wind Yachts charter sailing operation in St. Vincent and the
Grenadines. They may be reached at the Blue Lagoon Hotel and Marina, P.O. Box
133, St. Vincent, West Indies, should you wish to plan an exotic vacation.
Craig concludes that "Apparently, life begins at 50!" . . . My milk carton
campaign was serendipitously aided by my friend and insurance agent, who
decided to post my 50th birthday on the advertising marquee on the Milford
oval. Dean "Dag" Williamson, who was traveling through Milford, spotted
the sign and, overridden with personal shame and guilt for not responding in
over 10 years, sent me a nice letter. Dag is a senior underwriting executive
and resides in Chelmsford, Mass. He's staying in shape on the tennis courts,
where he ranked ninth in New England for men 50 years and up. He also reports
that Eric Werner and Pete Anderson recently scaled the Grand
Tetons. Dag and Dick Dunnell were invited to join, but Dick stated that
his climbing goals include only the hills on the golf course, while Dag
reported that the potential for a mile-long hang-glide drop with no hang glider
was not something he aspired to. . . . This past fall has seen
more and more departures from Digital, which seems to be intent on reversing an
old axiom. Formerly, "There are more and more people doing less and less, until
pretty soon everyone is doing nothing" is fast becoming "There are fewer and
fewer people doing more and more, until pretty soon there will be nobody doing
everything." As a fortunate member of the Nobody Contingent, I find that
current daily personal tasks such as picking up the newspaper have become a
time challenge. Add to this grandchildren numbers two and three this year
(we're still all boys, by the way) my continued local involvement in youth
programs and starting a side business (intended as my Digital tin parachute)
and I have had time for little else, But now that I have finally begun to get
my personal schedule somewhat under control, I'll get to the 1994 class
Christmas letter, which I'll make every effort to get to you before the first
day of spring in 1995. . . . It's at about our age that one
begins to realize that pizza is the pie that binds. Regards.
Class Correspondent: Russell N. Monbleau

On a beautiful New England autumn day, the like of which occur more
often in memory than reality, a mini-reunion of sorts took place at the
Tufts-Colby football game. While the temperature hovered around 70 degrees and
the Mules impersonated Penn State, a group of one-time D.U.'s gathered in the
stands and reminisced about the days back when. Jim "Yukon" Thomas,
along with members of his family, made the trip from New Jersey and after the
game did some sightseeing in Boston. During a lull in the game, Jim reported
that he is considering giving up baseball to devote more time to his golf game.
(It should be noted that Jim recently played a game in which he caught for his
son. Jim reports that his son shook off one of his signs.) Seated next to Jim
was Harry "Bud" Graff, taking some time off from his newly launched
consulting business. Bud is simultaneously awed and excited as he faces the
challenges involved in keeping his new venture flying--not dissimilar to what
it must have been like when Bud played the line as the Mules faced the
University of Maine. In the row in front were Jim Bright, Dave
Aronson and Eric Rosen. Jim continues to make regular trips to Maine
ski areas, and when the snow becomes a bit too bothersome he travels south to
North Carolina, where he can visit both his children, who are at Duke. Dave is
a year away from those parent weekend trips as his daughter, a senior at
Needham, Mass., High, is about to venture into the world of higher education.
Eric is contemplating an early retirement from the legal department of New
England Telephone and perhaps teaching at a local law school. An added bonus
was a visit from Phil Kay as he renewed old acquaintances. Later that
evening, Jim Wilson joined this crew at dinner and filled us in on the
trials and tribulations of running a one-man law office on Cape Cod. This
every-other-year event presents a fine opportunity for Boston area people to
meet and cheer on what has become, of late, the White Mule gridiron
juggernaut. . . . A new year and many of us will celebrate
the big 50 when that next birthday rolls around. But that's OK, because the
news we've received shows that the Class of 1967 is not getting older
but that we're getting better all the time! . . . Perhaps
we should call Ed "Woody" Berube the bionic man. He writes that he
recently had his left shoulder operated on for a torn rotator cuff, but that
goes along with his three knee operations, back surgery and two foot
operations. (Even with all this repair work, he carries a four handicap in
golf!) He's a product logistics project manager with Xerox and lives in
Webster, N.Y. His wife, Connie, is a first degree black belt in tae kwon do and
his 14-year-old daughter, Breanne, has a second degree black belt and plays
softball and volleyball. . . . In case you're planning an
at-home wedding for your daughter, you really must contact Sandy Miller
Keohane in Milton, Mass. As mother of the bride, she employed her creative
flair to transform her house, pool and yard into a beautiful setting for a
ceremony and reception. It was so unique that it was the subject of a feature
article on weddings in the Quincy, Mass., Patriot Ledger. It sounded
like a wonderful party. . . . Susan Finlay Chavez
has been having a great time landscaping her home in Annapolis, Md., and has
even included a goldfish pond and a stream. She shares her home with four
longhaired cats, including two Maine Coon cats. The detoxification unit where
she worked closed down due to lack of funds, and she has been working as a
psychiatric nurse for the last 15 months. . . . After her
husband's brief assignment in Rocky Hill, Conn., Kathy Denehy Lewis has
packed up and moved back to Nixa, Mo., where her husband, Bob, is head of the
group purchasing department for FASCO. Since they'd only been in Connecticut
about a year, Kathy was able to get her job back at the hospital, and she tried
out her new PC at work to write her Christmas letter. She will be back in New
England, though, because she has a daughter who recently graduated from Keene
State (N.H.) in secondary special education and has another in nursing at
URI. . . . Betty Coffey Gross and her husband, Mike,
are relaxing (cheaply) now that their son Matt is at Hofstra. (Colby was too
cold and too far for him.) She is proud of having survived 25 years of teaching
with both her energy and interest intact but is frequently frustrated by
administrative, state and federal "decrees." (Those of us in education know
just what you mean, BC!) . . . .We've tried very hard to
file a column for each issue, but we really do need to keep in touch and pass
on your news and views. Let's hear from all of you in the new year!
Class Correspondent: Robert Garcia and Judy Gerrie Heine

Greetings, all. Glenna White Crawforth writes from Idaho, where
she is the diversion unit supervisor for the Ada County juvenile court. She's
very proud of the volunteer program she instituted three years ago to deal with
first-time offenders. Forty-five adults meet twice a month to resolve police
complaints with youth and monitor these clients until completion of the terms
of their diversion agreement. Success is reflected in the very low 20 percent
recidivism rate. Their three children gave Glenna and her banker husband,
Richard, a wonderful surprise 25th wedding anniversary party, which included
many friends and relatives. She is also active in raising funds for performing
arts in Idaho, such as ballet, opera, an arts center and a museum. . . .
In October, Alan Gray, wife Donna and their three children moved into
their newly built home in Concord, Mass. Alan's community activities involve
coaching children's sports. Daughter Erin, a high school sophomore, son
Christopher, sixth grade, and Julie, first grade, all play soccer. Alan bumped
into Jack Desmond '67 at a high school "back to school" night and also attended
a Tufts -Colby soccer game last fall. . . . John DeSimone is a computer
teacher living in Saco, Maine. His wife, Elizabeth (O'Gorman '69), is an
antiques show promoter. Their oldest daughter, Anne, graduated magna cum laude
from Bowdoin last June and is now in NYU Law School. Son Joshua is in a p.g.
year at Hebron Academy, where he plays hockey. Their youngest daughter, Emma,
is a sophomore at Thornton Academy and also plays hockey as goalie on the
Thornton boy's varsity team. John notes that they spend their lives in very
cold buildings. . . . Reed Harman is an investment manager in
California. He and wife Nan have two children: Hayden, 25, who is a software
consultant in New York City, and Spencer, 22, a junior at the College of
Wooster in Ohio. . . . Linda Levy Fagenholz and her husband, Allen, are
both pediatricians living in Erie, Pa. Their family includes Peter, 20, at
Brown, Andrew, 18, at Williams, and Elizabeth, 11. That's all the news for
now.
Class Correspondent: Mary Jo Calabrese Baur

Thanks for the interesting responses to the last questionnaire. Many of you
wrote about travel, career changes and children leaving the nest. Of course not
all of us are in the same stage of life: Ann and Bob Anthony announce
the birth of Sarah Colt Anthony on November 8. . . . Eric Cote is a
lawyer and chairs the Saco, Maine, planning board. . . . Jane Chandler
Carney writes that she loved our 25th reunion, wonders about the
whereabouts of Tanya McDowell '70 and remembers Jan Hogendorn as her favorite
professor. She notes that his constant dwelling on the food giveaway programs
in Africa in the '60s was prophetic and that every time she reads of famine in
Africa, she is reminded of Professor
Hogendorn. . . . Ines Ruelius Altemose looks forward
to doing "Thelma and Louise Squared" once again with Susie Mathews,
Jeanne Bryant and Judy Holden. Sounds interesting. Ines planned a
late 1994 trip to London for both business and pleasure. . . . Sharon
Timberlake traveled to London and Paris in
1994. . . . Gary Austin lives in Maryland with his
wife, Kim, who works as a logistics program manager, and they have two
children--Kimberly, an accounts manager for a health care firm, and Aaron, a
member of the class of '96 at the U.S. Naval Academy. . . . Anna Thompson
Bragg faces the mixed blessing of having four children in college later
this year. Anna wonders which classmates are looking forward to retirement. . .
. Gus Browne writes from Lincoln Center, Mass., that he took an early
pension from NYNEX and joined Liberty Mutual Insurance in 1994. Gus soon will
have two children, Jessica and Alec, in college and reports that travel plans
will have to wait until after A.D. 2000! . . . I've moved
my psychotherapy practice to an office overlooking Casco Bay in Portland, the
sight of our spendid reunion cruise. My son, David, keeps me busy and
fascinated with his nearly 8-year-old zest for life. Please take the time to
stay in touch.
Class Correspondent: Diane E. Kindler