NEWSMAKERS
Peter Forman '80, sheriff of Plymouth, Mass., was
a prominent player in a New York Times story about construction of a
controversial prison in the area. . . . Tom Marlitt '80
cycled from San Francisco to Los Angeles in the California AIDS Ride II, a
525-mile, seven-day trip to raise money for the Jeffrey Goodman Special Care
Clinic in Los Angeles, the largest HIV test site in the
nation. . . . Charles Gordy '81 joined Tufts University
as associate director of planned giving. . . . John Clevenger
'81 joined Meridian Consulting Group in Westport, Conn., as senior
consultant working with clients Valvoline and SmithKline
Beecham. . . . James B. Haddow '82 has become a partner
in the firm of Petruccelli & Martin in Portland, Maine. . . .
James O'Sullivan '82 has been appointed vice president and commercial
broker at The Niles Co. in Boston, Mass. . . . Dr.
Robert Highland '83 received obstetrics and gynecology staff privileges
at Catawba Memorial Hopsital in Hickory, N.C. . . . Carol
McQuilling McMorris '83 joined Tilgham & Frost Real Estate Inc. in
Wilton, Conn . . . . Maine state senator Dana Hanley
'84, billed as "the senate's most conservative partisan" by the Maine
Sunday Telegram, has been named chair of the appropriations committee and
will be the architect of the state
budget. . . . Renovations and restorations by Will
Cheever '85's company, Yankee Restoration, are making news in Yarmouth,
Maine. . . . Crain's Chicago Business announced the
appointment of Beth Healy '87 as associate editor for the newspaper's
banking beat. . . . Arthur Morrow '88 joined the law
offices of Alfred J. Landeggar in Camarillo, Calif. . . . Dr.
Kevin Webb '88 is a new member of the staff of Kittery Optometric
Associates in Kittery, Maine. . . . Anestes G. Fotiades
'89 recently published Colby College: A Venture of Faith, a
pictorial history of Colby from 1813 to the College's sesquicentennial in 1963.
The book includes 200 black-and- white images dating back to the earliest days
of the College.
MILEPOSTS
Several items of
interest from some of the attorneys in our
midst. Sonia Turcotte Fois was named partner in the firm of Arnold and
Porter in Washington, D.C. She is a member of the firm's legislative practice.
Promotions must run in the Fois family; around the same time, her husband,
Andrew, was appointed by President Clinton to be one of the top aides to
Attorney General Janet Reno. At this writing, the Foises were looking forward
to welcoming a third member of the family. . . . Leslie
Mitchell became a partner in the New York City firm of Fitzpatrick, Cella,
Harper & Scinto. Leslie's specialty is patents and
trademarks. . . . Medfield, Mass., resident Tom
Dailey is accumulating lots of travel miles to Vermont in his job as
NYNEX's general counsel for the NYNEX-Vermont business unit. Despite the
rigorous work schedule, he's happy to report that he's found time to play
tennis consistently again. Tom and his wife, Maria (Macedo '79), are the
parents of Andrew, 4, and were expecting another child as of this writing.
. . . Liz Nelb Gearan, mom to Billy, 6, and Kelly, 3, is
still on the job at Genesys Software Systems in Methuen, Mass., where she works
in software development. . . . Alice Domar, a Boston
psychologist, signed with Henry Holt Publishing to publish her first book,
Healing Mind, Healthy Woman, a mind/body book for women's health issues.
Alice and her husband, David, have been honing their parenting skills with a
basset hound puppy named Lucy, aka the "wild one." "Sleeping late in the
morning is a thing of the past," Alice notes
mournfully. . . . Diane Farrell Guthmann's cryptic
comments, "new baby, new job, new house," sum up what's been happening with her
over the past year. Diane and her husband, Grey, live in San Jose, Calif., and
Diane works in marketing communications. . . . Lori Azzarito
Dubreuil is an editor and living in Springfield, Vt., with husband Craig,
Alex, 8, and Hanna, 5. They're hoping to get started on some house remodeling
this year. . . . Jane Dibden Schwab is still serving
as a clergywoman in the Waterville area and is in her second year of teaching
English as a Second Language through the Waterville Adult Education Department.
This year she started a statewide networking organization for ESL teachers of
adults and has been driving all over Maine to attend conferences and present
workshops. Jane and her husband, David, welcomed their daughter, Jasmine, in
January. Jasmine joins Amy, 2, Lisa, 5, and Jane's stepchildren, Wendy, 13, and
Matt, 15. She and David are homeschooling the children in their log cabin in
Oakland. . . . Penny Janzen Winn, husband Kevin and
Conner, 5, Sarah, 3, and Matthew, 1, have moved from Dorchester, Mass., to the
greener pastures of Pembroke. Penny loves their new abode although it means
coping with an extended commute into Boston, where she and I team up to edit
the employee newsletter for International Data
Group. . . . Thanks so much to all of you who have made my
job as class correspondent so easy--and enjoyable!--over the past five years.
It's been wonderful hearing from everyone, and I hope you'll continue to keep
those cards, letters and questionnaires coming to the mailbox of my successor,John Veilleux

Adam and Lynn Bruen Winter have a new addition to their family.
Meaghan Eileen joined big brother Ethan, 3, last February. They live in
Northboro, Mass. . . . Jodie Hewey Murphy and her
husband, Richard, live in North Chelmsford, Mass. They have two sons, Sean and
Christopher. Jodie and Richard are both software
engineers. . . . Patrick Devivo is living in
Melrose, Mass. . . . Saranna Robinson Thornton is an
assistant professor of economics at Colby. She and her husband, Michael, and
son Paul live in Mary Low, where she is a faculty resident. Saranna says it is
ironic that she ended up back at Colby and back in the dorms, but they eat in
Dana because they like the food better there. She says the commute to the
office is great, and there is no grocery shopping, cooking or dishes to do. She
has also coached women's rugby. . . . Rick Forster and
his wife, Maureen Bird, live in Holliston, Mass. Rick and Maureen have two
sons, Tyler and Daniel. Rick is an assistant professor of medicine at
University of Massachusetts Medical Center in Worcester. He is also the
associate director of the Medicine Housestaff Program.
. . . Daphne Kaplan Hardcastle is an education evaluation
specialist at the U.S. Department of Education. She and her husband, Tom, and
their three daughters, Melanie, Julia and Natalie, live in Alexandria, Va.
Daphne says she gets together with Lynn Quincy Albert at lunchtime since
they work a few miles from each other. . . . Tony '80 and
Mickey Mullen Cunningham are busy raising their two daughters, Flannery
and Maddie, in Minnesota, where Tony teaches at St. John's. Mickey found time
to teach an after-school arts program last fall with a course on self-portraits
for fourth and fifth graders. She is planning on teaching more courses, and
they plan to be in Spiddal, Ireland, on the west coast near Galway, heading up
the St. John's program there in the fall of 1995. . . . As
for your class secretary, my husband, Phil, and I are up to it again! We just
bought our fourth house (aka fixer-upper) in 10 years. It's another antique
that just cried out to us. It has 11 fireplaces, an indoor well and lots of
unspoiled charm, so we're spending weekends peeling, painting, raking and
pruning! We're still in the lovely town of Harvard about 35 miles northwest of
Boston and hoping this is the end of the line in our history of house
renovations. After eight years I am still working for West Publishing as an
academic representative training law students how to use our on-line database
called WESTLAW. . . . Our 15th reunion is now less than a year
away. If anyone has any suggestions about what events and activities we should
have at our 15th, please drop me a line, call me or e-mail me (beth
wilson@mcimail). Also, the mail has gone dry lately, so please keep writing!
Class Correspondent: Beth Pniewski Wilson

Thad Burr has moved to Buenos Aires to open an insurance company
for his employer, MetLife. . . . Terry Smith Brobst
writes from Freeport, Maine, that she is a "severed" banker from the Fleet
Financial Group, i.e., a victim of corporate downsizing, and after 10 years in
banking is looking to explore new careers. Terry would also like to know how
"Face" and "Tedious" are doing, as well as Ann and Peter. . . .
Nancy Brown and Gregory Davis are living in Oakham, Mass., where
Nancy is a senior research engineer for Norton Company and Gregory is a
carpenter and cabinetmaker. Nancy finished her Ph.D. in 1990 and lived in
Bayreuth, Germany, for two and a half years before settling in Massachusetts in
1993. . . . Andrea Brantner's company is sending her back
to the head office in New York after two and a half years in Japan. She was sad
to leave Japan but happy to return--and now feels she must decide what to be
when she grows up! . . . Duncan Alexander and his
wife, Carolyn Salafia Alexander, moved a year ago to Bethesda, Md., where
Carolyn took a new job. Duncan quit his job of 10 years to stay at home for a
year with their adopted Korean twins, Claire and Mark. . . .
Sandy Montt Carter thinks of her Colby friends and experiences often and
says, "Hello to everyone!" After graduating from Wellesley, Sandy went from
working for a software company to running the Cornell University Regional
Office for New England, a public relations position involving fund raising.
Sandy and husband Steve have three children, Brant, 7, Tucker, 5, and daughter
Dionis, 1. Steve is an antiques dealer specializing in antique clocks, and
Sandy is now a mom and artist doing oil on canvas commission house
portraits. . . . Stephen "Bub" Brown lives in
Canton, Mass., with wife Sue and daughter Casey Marie, born
3/1/93. . . . Cathy Fracasse is moving eventually to
S. Egremont, Mass., to a house designed by her sculptor husband, Allan Papscun.
For now they are still in Roslindale, Mass. Cathy is a systems
manager/investment compliance systems for Fidelity Investments. She hopes to
use her master's in education (education media and technology) received from
Boston University in 1993. . . . Diane Zavotsky
announces the birth of her second daughter, Tess Diane McClenahan, 11/22/94.
Sister Hayley is 3; dad is Daniel McClenahan. . . . Raymond
George Jr. is in an exciting and growing orthodontia practice with his
wife, Debra, and his father. Raymond and Debra have three children--Kelsey Ann,
5, Jenna-Rae, 3, Nicholas Williams, 2. George has recently been named to the
board of directors of the Pawtucket Community Counseling Center.
. . . Jennifer Maire Hagemann and husband Henry are
self-employed with their own marketing company. They have two girls--Kate, 8,
and Leita, 4. . . . Susan Robertson Kuzia sends news
from Evans, Ga. Her husband, Stan '85, is a stockbroker with Robinson-Humphrey.
Susan is a stay-at-home mom with a part-time business--Kuzia Creations. The
biggest event in their lives was the addition of William Stanley, born 9/18/94.
Big sister Virginia, 4, adores her little brother and is a big help. Life is
definitely twice as exciting with two children. . . . Lesley
Deyulio Defio is a medical information specialist and also a figure skating
instructor. Her husband, Joe, is vice president of Jenkins Music Co. They have
two Pekinese dogs, Truffles and Spike. . . . Laura
Higgins sends news from an organic farm in Petrolia, Calif. Laura and her
husband, Gair, live in a remote and unique community where their lifestyle is
an occupation in itself! They have two sons--River, 5, and Arrow, 2--a dog, and
numerous cats and chickens. Laura is very busy with widely varied community
activities. They lack a computer and TV--but get many earthquakes. Laura and
her family spent six weeks traveling lower Pacific Mexico by bus, which caused
her some philosophical changes and convinced her that she is on a long
road to fluency in Spanish. . . . Andrew Holtz has moved
to Brookline, Mass., where he is in restaurant
management. . . . In January, James Haddow became a
partner at the Portland law firm where he works, Petrucelli & Martin. In
March he was elected to a three-year term on the Limington, Maine, planning
board.
Class Correspondent: Mimi Rasmussen

Sue Desrochers
Patterson wrote that
she and husband Kelvin
(married in May 1994--"still newlyweds!") bought a condo in San Francisco in
November 1994. I have their address in San Francisco so perhaps you San
Franciscans can get together. . . . Will Fredette
discovered five years ago that he loves computer programming, and he now
develops software for BellSouth in Birmingham, Ala. He does stay grounded in
his Renaissance classical roots with a steady diet of Homer and Shakespeare as
well as German and Latin texts. Will and wife Martha live in Hoover, Ala., with
daughters Mary, 5, and Grace, 2. Will can be reached on the Internet at:
fredette@Scott.net. (Colby does have a World-Wide Web Home Page, Will, which
can be accessed by the following address: http:\\www.colby.edu.)
. . . Barbara Leonard and Dan Marra, who have been
living in Waterville for years, were married in October 1993 and were able to
get away for two weeks to travel to Tuscany last fall. I know Barb and Dan are
enjoying their gardening right now! . . . Phineas
Gay is president of Direct Results Group in Boston. He started the agency
in November 1994, having left the direct marketing agency with which he had
worked for 10 years. His agency specializes in direct marketing communications
across all media to be applied to all forms of advertising. One of Phin's most
exciting services: his Internet development team helps clients establish their
own "web sites" on the Internet. Phinn's address is: htp;//www.direct
results.com/group. Phin says he's bumped into John Northrop, Ken
Emery, Jamie Town, Jim Hart '84, Dave Glass, Mark
Tolette and others. . . . Rob Highland and his wife,
Kelly, live with their daughter, Emma Katherine, 2, in Hickory, N.C. Rob is the
newest member of a private practice OB-Gyn group. He and Kelly expect a new
baby in September. . . . In Rhode Island, Sandy
Demmler is the owner of a commercial interior design firm that specializes
in the design of health care environments. Her daughters are Mia Danielle, 11,
and Carleigh, 7. . . . Donald Kennedy '58 is the
superintendent for the Maynard Public Schools, where Lisa Murry Donohue
works as high school guidance counselor and health education coordinator. Lisa
lives with hubby Kevin and their children, Andrew, 5 1/2, and Amanda, 4, in
Shrewsbury, Mass. Lisa earned her CAGS in counseling psychology from Anna Maria
College in May and is glad that her CAGS will validate her clinical ability and
match her experience as an educator. . . . Kevin and Karen
Nickerson Purcell welcomed their newest baby, Nick Arnold, in April 1994.
His sister Kate is 4. . . . In Waitsfield, Vt., lives
Karla Hostetler and her family of four cockatiels and two parakeets. She
works as an international development consultant for the nonprofit organization
Aid to Artisans. She just returned from Russia, where she met with over 50
artisans and small business owners to evaluate the impact of an Aid to Artisans
project there. Karla has spent considerable time helping artisans around the
world (recently, Ghana, Guatemala and Peru) to earn income by developing export
businesses. . . . Please take a minute to send me a note. I love
to read your letters and answer questions about addresses when I have the info.
Please send photos of yourself and any significant others so we can keep these
for those "later," golden years when we want to look back lovingly. And if
anyone has photos of our years at Colby that you'd like to send me for use in a
scrapbook, it's none too soon to be thinking about our 15th reunion. A
scrapbook filled with memorabilia would make a wonderful addition to being
together. . . . In February 1994, when I learned of the
untimely death of Jack Kleinman, I sent his family a card of sympathy
from all of us. Recently, Jack's sister Jan wrote to me to thank us for our
note. Her family shared my sentiment that our friend Jack had died being
challenged by something outdoors that he loved. We remember him with smiles and
pray that we can live our lives today so that we have no regrets when our time
comes. My best to you all.
Class Correspondent: Sally Lovegren Merchant

Lots of news to report, especially in the baby department! Mia Rosner
Roop is working and living in Los Angeles on S. Bundy St. (infamous of late
as Nicole Brown Simpson's address). She and her husband, Larry '81, have a son,
John Lawrence (born 12/2/94), and two dogs. Mia is a distribution sales manager
for Symantec Corp., a software company. Larry is an actor and has appeared in
several films, including JFK, and on such television shows as
Unsolved Mysteries and Dangerous
Curves. . . . Sonia Kaloosdian Hale writes that
she and her husband had their first child, daughter Alexandra Marie (born
9/94), and that she will continue her graphic design firm on a part-time basis
while renovating their new house in Wellesley, Mass. She would love to hear
from anyone in the area--and especially misses those Phi Delt
parties. . . . Deb Reinke recently moved to Richmond,
Va., after spending five years in Michigan completing her M.S. in natural
resources and obtaining a teaching certificate in science. She is a science
teacher in a middle school for gifted children. She and partner Rose Deane made
a commitment of life and love to each other on the autumnal equinox 1994. Deb
wonders how many other alumni(ae) feel afraid to share their lives in this
magazine. . . . Jon and Sue Palmer Stone recently
had their second child, Abigail Johnson (born 12/17/94). Their first, Roger, is
3. Sue and family are now living in Newport Beach, Calif., though they still
own their house in New Canaan, Conn., and hope to return eventually. Sue has
taken time off from teaching French and Spanish to be a full-time
mom. . . . Julie Stebbins Disa is the director of
financial aid services at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Joseph,
her husband, is a plastic surgeon at Johns Hopkins Hospital. She writes that
her son, Joseph Michael (born 2/15/94), is a joy, and they are enjoying chasing
after him. Julie finished her master's of science in June
1990. . . . Shelly Lent Gillwald forgets what her
title is--since she doesn't write it often--but thinks it is director of
communications and development at Loudown Hospital Center in Virginia. She and
husband Pete, a landscape architect, have a full house with son Karsten Rainer
(born 3/20/93) and daughter Anika Nicole (born 7/13/94), along with a dog,
Beam'r, and a teenage au pair. As far as free time, Shelly spends it chasing
after kids, dogs or the au pair. Life sure has changed since her days at
Sugarloaf, after the move to Virginia and a mortgage. She keeps in touch with
Wendy Glenn '85 and Shannon Flynn. So what is Shannon up
to? . . . Leslie and Nathan Emerson are in Jackson, Wyo.
He works as a ski instructor and in marketing for Jackson Hole Ski
Corporation--and skis 150 days a year. Leslie is the executive director at
Jackson Hole Land Trust. They are very proud of Tomba, Prince of the Tetons, a
yellow lab/retriever. And "Waldo" has changed to "Nato" (since Kato was
taken?). Nato also coaches Little League and will travel to Finland to help
train a Lapland Ski School. He sees other Jacksonites--Jamie Mackintosh '82 and
Jonathan Selkowitz '88. . . . Wayne '85 and Sandra
Winship Eddy are living in Cheshire, Conn., with two kids, Katharine, 2
1/2, and Jesse, 1. Sandy is working part time as a consulting manager at
Digital Equipment and also volunteers as the vice president of Cheshire
Newcomers Club. . . . Bernd and Kaiya Vittands
Hefele and their three kids, Karl (born 5/3/90), Katrina (8/20/91) and
Celeen (3/7/94), are living in Hopatcong, N.J. Bernd is an attorney and just
completed his M.B.A. at Columbia. Kaiya is a management consultant. They have
just finished renovating their 100-year-old home on a lake. Kaiya writes that
skiing with two kids in tow and one in a backpack is not what she imagined for
herself while schussing down the slopes at Sugarloaf as an undergrad--though
she wouldn't change it for the world! . . . John
Gagne is now a doctor of dentistry, which he thinks may surprise some of
you. He finally owns an Alfa Romeo, too. Some things take a while but are worth
it. John and wife Susan live in Watertown, Conn., and he would love to hear
from Dibs, Critter and Maddog and any other Johnson/Averillites from
1980-82. . . . The next missing alumnus we want to know
about is Eric Van Gestel.
Class Correspondent: Maura Cassidy

My last column. . . .
Anna Sandstrom is currently working on her Ph.D.
in Medieval/Renaissance French literature. . . . Carol
Simon is the head women's basketball coach at Brandeis University in
Boston. . . . Nancy and Gregory Shefrin were new
parents as of June 26, 1994, when Zachary Lee was born. Greg is an assistant
vice president at the Bank of New York. . . . Matthew
Steven Smith is working as a teacher at Headlands Institute, a nonprofit
field science school. School groups attend the institute for one-day to
five-day programs and do outdoor projects. These include marine science, group
challenges and all-day hikes. Headlands Institute is one of three campuses
doing environmental education and is run by Yosemite National Institutes.
Matthew lives in Sausalito, Calif. . . . Faith
Delaney graduated from Northeastern University School of Law in May 1994.
She is a staff attorney at G.W. & Wade, a financial planning company in
Wellesley, Mass., where she works in estate and investment
planning. . . . Kathryn Clarke and Rick
Anderson have had another child, Brady Christopher Anderson, on July 27,
1994. His big sister, Emily, 3, is adjusting well now that she knows she is
still the boss! . . . Sarah Kellogg has suffered
through her first year in law school at Boston University. After five years in
New Haven, she threw caution to the wind and left her job as risk manager for
an HMO to attend law school. "I plan to pursue a career in health care law in
some form or another, assuming I survive law school, " says Sarah. Hang in
there! . . . Debbie Neumann is a cardiology fellow
at Lahey Clinic in Burlington, Mass. She has been working with Paul
Burns for three years; one while doing residency at Boston City Hospital
and now in a community hospital emergency room.
. . . Christine Rona Alban had twin girls, Jennifer and
Nicole, on September 8, 1994. Life has been crazy, she reports, but lots of fun
ever since. Suzanne Krumm Yerdon is the godmother to both girls. At the
time Chris wrote, she was considering returning to work as a part-time
consultant at Scudder, Stevens & Clark. . . . I
recently heard from Janet Lamoreau Cyr, who is living in Oshkosh, Wis.,
with her husband, Tom. She is as vivacious and positive as
ever. . . . Tom Valinote's address has been found!
He is living in Los Angeles and has been on the TV shows NYPD Blue and
Babylon 5. Last December he did a comedy show in Santa Monica, Calif.,
at the Upfront Theatre. Tom writes that he and his dog welcome
visitors. . . . I still have lots of letters and
questionnaires but no room to print it all. Don't worry, I will forward all the
valuable news to our new class secretary, Barbara Knox Autran. She and
her husband, Frederic, had a son, Dylan Alexandre, on February 27, 1994, and
she will tell you all about him in her next column. I have enjoyed keeping you
updated about our class. May your lives be filled with much happiness.
Class Correspondent: Mary Alice Weller-Mayan

Many changes continue
to shape our lives since
those carefree days of burgers at the Spa, frisbee games by Johnson Pond or
road trips to Three Dollar Dewey's in Portland. Molly Couch is a
supervising teacher in the fifth grade at the Smith College Campus School. She
is currently working towards a purple belt in tae kwon do and preparing
for a July wedding to her fiancé, Sean
Ward. . . . Karen Jodoin is teaching biology and
coaching girls' varsity basketball at Thayer Academy in Braintree, Mass. She
loves living in the Boston area and catching the Celtics games, even if they
had an off year! . . . Nancy Norris Gould left her work
in the defense industry a year ago and is now a senior financial analyst for
T.J. Maxx. The on-site day care provided at her office is a huge help with
2-year-old Sam and his new little sibling (who had not yet arrived at the time
of this article). . . . Joan-Beth Witkes Gow completed
her Ph.D. in biology at Clark University in May 1994 and is currently a
postdoctoral fellow at the Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology. She
credits her background in science at Colby, particularly her experiences in
Professor Champlin's genetics class, with helping to get her through grad
school. Joan-Beth and her husband, Neil, are anxiously awaiting the arrival of
their first child. . . . Nancy Goldberg is an
English instructor at Southern Maine Technical College in Portland. She and
Vito Courtney were engaged in November 1994 and are planning for a May 1996
wedding in Gloucester, Mass. . . . Joe and Susan Maxwell
Reisert are living as resident tutors at Harvard. Sue is involved with
students studying women's issues, public service and religion. She also holds
three other jobs, including director of the first-year community service
programs, assistant to the assistant dean of the college for coeducation and
assistant minister at North Prospect Church in Cambridge, which she loves. She
was hoping to be ordained this spring. . . . After working
with foreigners for two years in Paris and five years in Seattle at Microsoft,
James Lebaron decided to get a master's in teaching from Seattle
University. He is now a very happy high school French teacher. He is still in
contact with Jennie (Webster '89) and Matt Hartley (who had their
first baby, James Gibson) and with several Colby friends from the Class of
1984. James is always eager to read this column upon the arrival of the
magazine but wishes more people would share their news!
. . . Brent and Jill Stasz Harris, as well as
Brad, 10, and Jake, 3, are excited about their move westward this summer. The
Harris family will leave our nation's capital to become the Stanford U family.
Brent finished his last year of an M.D./Ph.D. program at Georgetown and will be
starting a residency in pathology, and after four years at an economic
consulting firm in D.C., Jill will be in the M.B.A. program at Stanford.
. . . Mark and Lori Moody Holmes welcomed daughter Sarah
Beth last November. Still functioning on very little sleep with a wee one at
home, Lori returned to part-time work as a systems manager for Liberty Mutual
near her home in Somersworth, N.H. . . . Michael
Hipson may live and work in the Lone Star State, but he claims he's still a
Yankee at heart! The addition of Connor, now 16 months old, has given a new
meaning to Michael and Gina's lives, and they claim their second child may not
be far behind. On his business travels from New York, Mark Needham is a
frequent visitor to the Hipsons . . . Meena and Daniel
Hewett are both architects practicing and teaching in Boston. Despite busy
schedules, they were able to make a wonderful visit to India
recently. . . . Larry and Kelly McPhail Mendez
proudly announce the birth of daughter Kristin Layne, who arrived in
January. The happy family lives outside of Dallas and welcomes any Colby
classmates to stop for a visit. . . . I've been back in my
private school admissions role for over a year now and continue to keep busy as
ever. I serve on the board of the nursery school my kids attend, chair a
mothers' group at my church and teach Sunday school to 3- and 4-year-olds.
Hunter will be 5 this fall and loves school, computers, sports and movies.
Paige, our little Picasso, turned 3 in July and is excited about starting
preschool and ballet lessons in September.
Class Correspondent: Gretchen Bean Lurie

I've bumped into
Hilary Seward a
few times on the streets
of Boston--she's working as the marketing communications manager for Hunneman
Real Estate. . . . Ayme Allison has moved to a small town
in Connecticut to work at the Gunnery School. (Drum Potter went to high
school here, according to Ayme.) She is the assistant dean of students and
director of student activities. The hours are crazy, but she loves her job and
doesn't miss the rat race of Boston at all. . . . Zach
Abrams took a leave from GE Capital and started business school at the
Wharton School. He told me that Paul Carmillo is working at Biogen of
Boston, Brad Olson '90 is also attending Wharton, Dave Caspar is married
and working in New York City and Eric Zieff got married in July and is
getting a Ph.D. in psychology. . . . Steven and
Ellen Krause Teplitz bought a house in Washington, D.C., and have enjoyed
the joys of fixing it up! . . . Mel Brown is still
the dean of girls and modern languages department chair at the St. Andrew's
School in Middletown, Del. Mel took 12 students to Mexico to do a 10-day
commitment service project last summer. They helped build a
basketball/soccer court in a small community outside
Tijuana. . . . Laura and Randy Catlin have been enjoying
living in Yarmouth after a year in Damariscotta, Maine. He writes, "I'm still
working at `the Yard' and will be going back to school to do an 18-month--one
day a week--M.B.A. program at Northeastern. I've been working on a new
destroyer design, and Laura is designing and selling ads for Portland
Magazine." Randy is excited to see that the rowing program started by '87,
'88 and '89 class members is still growing. . . . Monika Chas has
been living in Montclair, N.J., where she works in regulatory affairs in
pharmaceuticals. She has had the thrill of 20 pieces of her artwork being
displayed at a local gallery. Monika has been thinking of moving to Boston and
continues to work on her thesis for a master's in French
literature. . . . Carol Ann Beach is currently the
head women's basketball coach at Connecticut
College. . . . Jane Clark writes that she is a
social worker and substance abuse counselor for grades 4-12 in a school system
near where she lives. Her husband is also a social worker for a psychiatric
hospital. They've been enjoying married life and remodeling their
house. . . . Keep the news coming.
Class Correspondent: Sara Dickison

Rosie Ahkami, M.D., is living in New York City and finishing her
first year of residency in psychiatry at New York Hospital/Cornell
University. . . . Maria Bonneville Berry and husband
James have their hands full up in Nashua, N.H., with their two boys, Jacob, 3,
and Thomas, born last October. James is a chef, and Maria is working on a
course in writing for children. . . . Andy '87 and
Debbie Mann Johnson recently moved to Ohio after Andy completed his
Ph.D. in molecular and cellular biology. He's now doing cancer research at Ohio
State, and Debbie is a medical secretary. . . . Suzanne
Milauskas Goldwin married a British chartered accountant last October and
honeymooned in Hawaii. The wedding party included Susan Keliher,
Tracy Gionfriddo, Karen O'Shea '90 and Jeff Schaefer '90. Suzanne is now
living in London and working for an art publisher. . . . In
NYC, Brendan Cahill is the director of client services for the William
Doyle Galleries, which deals in rare books, maps, autographs and rare and fine
wines. He hangs out with Tom Cahill, Tucker Offutt, Kevin Oates
'88 and Jan Gisholt. . . . Brian Connors reports:
"Lyle `The Wanderer' Muir decided to make a pit stop in Quantico,
Va., and just completed boot camp at the U.S. Marine Corps Officer Candidates
School. The former certified physical fitness consultant said, `The boot camp
sounded like a good exercise program.' And Steve `Valedictorian' Rand
is currently challenging his mind at Dartmouth's Tuck Business School. He
lives off campus with dual grade school teacher and wife Karen Faunce '90. When
asked his rationale for getting an M.B.A., Steve states, `I have mastered the
art of proper grocery bagging and now it's on to the next level.'" Brian also
writes that he and high school sweetheart Michelle LaRocco (Bowdoin '89, Yale
'92) are getting married in March and will live in Bow, N.H., where they
recently bought a house. . . . Rick Cahaly is a
project manager for an environmental consulting firm in Boston called TechLaw,
Inc., which frequently sends him back to Maine to oversee work being done on
hazardous waste sites. He is also doing some grad work in the environmental
field at Tufts and reports that Kerry and Greg Igo had a son, Timothy,
last October. They both work for Clean Harbors, Inc., and Greg has finished an
M.B.A. from Babson. . . . Ingrid Kasaks-Moyer has
been working in the marketing department of L&F Products and is project
manager for Diaparene Baby Wipes, Wet Ones and Lysol. Husband Quinn is
the sales manager at Seely & Arnill, an aggregate company, which sells sand
and gravel to construction companies. Mike D'Agostino manages to see the
Moyers twice a year for skiing and golfing. On the way back from visiting
relatives in Estonia and Latvia, Ingrid saw Sarah Maddox-Rogers during a
stopover in London, where Sarah and husband Peter are having fun painting and
furnishing a gorgeous house they bought. Sarah helps run the Saatchi gallery
and is excited about being in the art world. . . . Sue Braton and
Nick Childs '90 were married on New Year's Eve, 1993. Sue is in Columbia
Business School, and the couple live in the NYC area. . . .
Stacey Mitchell is also in NYC, working as a lawyer for the district
attorney's office after graduating from Tulane law school last
year. . . . Julie Margolis is back in New York after
a transfer from her advertising agency. She had been in South America for a
year. . . . Carolyn Harper is living on the East Side of NYC
and working in an art gallery.
Class Correspondent: Deborah A. Greene
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