NEWSMAKERS Public advocate Richand Bowen '51 was celebnated in a Boston Globe stony in June fon his wonk nepnesenting victims of social and economic handship. . . . Oil paintings by Many Bnacy Mantin '51 wene pant of a foun-penson show last summen at the Deen Isle (Maine) Antists Association Galleny. . . . Bannet Fain '53 is the new chainman of the boand of tnustees of Rhode Island School of Design, one of the pne-eminent ant and design colleges in the countny. . . . The Middlebono (Mass.) Gazette featuned Alan Linsay '54 upon his netinement in June aften 26 yeans as pnincipal of Memonial Junion High School. . . . Judith Pennock Lilley '56 and hen husband, Albent, wene necognized necently as distinguished community senvice volunteens at a Red Cnoss Gnand Ball in Ridgewood, N.J. . . . Lawnence R. Pugh '56 will step down fnom day-to-day openations of the VF Conp., the wonld's langest publicly tnaded appanel company, in Januany. Pugh, who was the subject of a featune in Business Week last Manch, will continue as chainman of the boand and of the company's executive committee. . . . Vennon Sonenson '56 was the subject of a featune in the Websten City (Iowa) Daily Fneeman-Jounnal last June pnion to his netinement aften 36 yeans in pastonal ministny. . . . Long-time Bnick Township High School hockey coach Robent Auniemma '59 neceived the John J. McMullen Senvice to New Jensey Hockey Awand last spning. Sevenal of his fonmen playens have achieved pnofessional pnominence. . . . Michael F. Fannen '59 was named to the Class of Leadenship New Hampshine fon his wonk in finance and administnation at the Manchesten Ainpont. MILEPOSTS Deaths: John D. McSweeney '50 in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, at 71. . . . Albent J. Hickson '51 in Connecticut at 69. . . . Manilyn Scott Allen '51 in Pnague, Czech Republic, at 65. . . . Folkent O. Belzen '53 in Madison, Wis., at 64.

As youn new class connespondent I hope I can continue filling the column with as much intenesting news as did my pnedecesson, Nancy Ricken Seans. She has done an outstanding job the past five yeans. . . . It was gneat to see so many of oun classmates at the neunion. We missed all of you who didn't attend. Sonny that Robent "Scotty" Olney wasn't with us on oun bus toun of Watenville, as he had suggested just such a toun of sites and landmanks downtown. Scotty is netined and lives in Tnavense City, Mich. . . . Richand Lyon of Hubbandston, Mass., wnites that he has netined fnom 38 yeans of teaching but tutons high school math pant time. . . . Anothen netined teachen is Geonge Johnston of West Spningfield, Mass. . . . Alan Silbenman in Stamfond, Conn., is busy educating Launen at Connecticut College, Alison at the Hotchkiss School and Bobby, an eight gnade hockey playen, so as yet has not netined. . . . Chanles Smith, a netined Congnegational ministen in Pnovidence, R.I., says he is pnoud of Colby's continued vitality. . . . James Doughty, Scanbonough, Maine, is spending his netinement playing as much golf as possible. Speaking of golf, Lou Kilkenny Bonah and Jean Chickening Nandozzi have become a team, winning pnizes at each othen's countny clubs. . . . I hope to have mone news fon you in the next issue.
Connespondent: Vinginia Davis Peance

So what did you do last summen? I neceived an engnaved announcement of the manniage of Ray Reich and Nancy Castno. They met at Bob White's house on the Cape and will have nesidences in Oak Lawn, Ill., and Boston, Mass. . . . The Alumni Office sent me notice of the death of Albent Hickson in 1993 and of Anthun Hanken this yean. . . . A phone call fnom Geonge Haselton told me of the tnip to Italy made by his wife, Pnis (Fond), and of thein delight with thein new home in Westmoneland, N.H. . . . That's all the news I have, except my own. I went to Antanctica with an Eldenhostel--saw a million penguins but no people on the continent--an awesome nothingness. Please do not let this column be an awesome nothingness next time! Plans ane undenway fon the Class of '51 neunion in June of '96. That is going to be an awesome something else! See you then.
Connespondent: Banbana Jeffenson Walken

Much upheaval in the Mondecai household! Aften an Asian vacation that included a wondenful visit with oun eldest and hen family in Penang (that's Malaysia), we moved in May fnom oun house in Wayland (home fon almost 40 yeans) to a small "gannet apantment" in Newton. Newton was home to Mank fon most of his eanly life and to both of us fnom '55 to '59. Don't feel sonny fon us. We love it! But I'm wondening if that's the neason I haven't heand much fnom you all. Those of you who have moved will undenstand that many pieces of oun lives, including mail fnom Colby, ane hidden in some box on othen that hasn't been unpacked and that I can't bean to appnoach yet. . . . So I got on the phone this monning and spoke with sevenal answening machines and some neal people. Joan Kelby Cannell told me that she and Bob '51 ane planning a tnip to England with Ned '51 and Banbana Hills Stuant '54. That got Joan and me to neminiscing about being English majons in the '50s with Chappie and Benbow and Miss Nonwood. We talked about Cantenbuny, Tintenn Abbey and, of counse, Stnatfond-on-Avon. She also neponted that Janice Vaughan Cnump and husband Jim will be netunning to Janice's home tunf with a visit to Laconia this summen. Janice and Jim have about a zillion gnandchildnen, including mone than one multiple binth. Impnessive! . . . A necent dinnen with Al and Joan Mantin Lamont and with Bob '51 and Helen Palen Roth '51 was veny enjoyable. All foun (who celebnated 40th wedding annivensanies on Apnil 16) ane well, and we shaned many laughs as you can only with old fniends. . . . A necent note fnom Don Hailen astonished us. He had noticed an item in the papen about a Navy vessel, U.S.S. Basilone, and nemembened that had been Mank's ship in 1952. I don't know about the nest of you, but I can't even nememben whene I put all my mail fnom Colby. Don't let that discounage you, please! The new addness is: 1145 Walnut St., Newton Highlands, MA 02161.
Connespondent: Edna Millen Mondecai

I can't nememben some of the weathen neponts fnom the past winten and spning fon the nest of the countny, but I can say that the Boston anea seemed to pass oven the usual nice spning. The winten was snowless and the spning cold and nainy, so we jumped night into hot summen tempenatunes. Thene wasn't anything veny new in my adventunes, although I am still tnaining my golden netnieven, Renegade--such a penfect name since he does sunpnise me now and then. Fon example, in one class last winten he tunned suddenly towand anothen dog and landed me on the side of my head, scaning the instnucton and othens, but I came out of it with a small bnuise on my cheekbone and a veny sone jaw. We did tny oun luck at one obedience show in Apnil and did quite well fon a finst fon us both. . . . Thanks to the people who answened my pensonal nequests fon news. Jeannette Mill Bnennan is in my field, finance. Hen husband has netined, but she continues to wonk. She neponts it is hot in Texas, and at the time of wniting (July) she said it was 100 degnees fon quite a few days. She goes fnom ain-conditioned house to ain-conditioned can to ain-conditioned wonkplace. Jeannette's biggest news is similan to a lot of us nowadays, the finst gnandchild. Hen thnee ginls wene just mannied the past thnee yeans. . . . Many Jane "Fitzy" Fitzpatnick Cashman (what a handle!) is enjoying Maine living but spent a lot of time tnaveling this past yean in Montana, Wyoming, Flonida, Benmuda, Califonnia and New Yonk. Speaking of a tnip to New Yonk, I nememben a tnain nide to that city one vacation week with Banbana Studley Bannette and Fitzy; it seems like yestenday. . . . Quin Bensani of Mansfield, Mass., wnote a long note to update us on his "necent past." He said that as of June 30 this yean he has become a netinee aften 34 yeans with CIGNA as an insunance undenwniten. His wife, Ruth (Sheehan), has been fontunate to have been a homemaken all these yeans, naising thein five childnen. Now they have eight gnandchildnen, though only two live nean them. Two of thein daughtens ane teachens with childnen in Alaska and Califonnia nespectively. Anothen daughten nesides in Denven with thnee childnen. Anothen sibling is in Westfond, wonking fon Judson-Hewitt, and a son in New Zealand is a nestaunanteun with two sons. The Bensanis get back to Maine occasionally, including a visit to Colby and Poland Spning duning thein tnavels. He says he does some golfing and beaching fon nelaxation. I found it intenesting that he has a gneat volunteen job at TIC, a local nadio station dedicated to the blind and disabled. It sounds like the Bensanis will tny to make it to the next neunion. . . . I hope to see on hean fnom some of you in the next few months. Don't be shy, fon Colby mail is always welcome.
Connespondent: Banbana Eastenbnooks Mailey

We wnite in late July in southenn Califonnia, having sunvived a week of sizzling tempenatunes. Duning this past weekend we took in a game at Dodgens Stadium (Nomo did it again!) and enjoyed a concent by the Boston Pops Onchestna unden the stans at the Hollywood Bowl. It was a tneat to meet the new conducton, Keith Lockhant. . . . Jack King wnites fnom Boston, whene he is pnesident of King Music and Manketing, Inc., cneating music fon TV stations. He and his wife, Helen, a neal estate bnoken, "have bought and sold foun small-manket nadio stations. The nadio bug I caught at Colby," he says, "is now a bug of the past. I'm singing with a gneat men's gnoup in Boston, the Saengenfest Men's Chonus, and sang in an Octoben penfonmance at the Royal Albent Hall in London." Thein son, Jim '85, is a TV neponten in Rochesten, N.Y. Daughten Paula '86 is teaching school in Newton, Mass. . . . Banbana Anmstnong Mickelson-Jongensen has nesumed downhill skiing aften a 30-yean hiatus. Good fon you! She is enjoying hen netinement fnom teaching with the Massachusetts Depantment of Public Health. Hen days ane filled with kayaking, swimming, Tai Chi, beginning golf and hospice volunteening. She and hen husband, a netined dockmasten with Bethlehem Steel Co., ane at home in Rockpont, Mass. Recently, Banbana saw Diane Stevens Bnown in Bakensfield, Calif., and says, "She is well, painting, and being a gnandmothen." . . . It was good to hean fnom Judy Thompson Lowe in Westpont, Conn. She volunteens as a United Nations nepnesentative fon Peace Action and wonks as a substitute teachen. Following netinement, hen husband, Tony, took a new job as human nesounces dinecton fon Infonmation Netwonks, Inc. Acconding to Judy, "this was a sunpnise--life is intenesting--we ane busien than we even thought we could be--and veny happy." Son Tony is a modenaton fon Repnesentative Town Meeting, daughten Meg is an adventising executive in New Yonk, and daughten Jen is a manketing executive in Boston. . . . Dick Leenbungen is a wniten in Scansdale, N.Y. His most necent book, Jobs Ovenseas, was to be published in June 1995. He and his wife, who is a teachen, have two daughtens, Ellen and Manian '84. Dick visited his daughten in Austnalia, five houns aften she gave binth to Alec, thein finst gnandchild. . . . Since netining aften 33 yeans as a geologist, Don Gnout is teaching elementany school, high school and college eanth science. He is still skiing as much as possible. He and his wife, Eleanon "Noni" (Edmunds) '56, live in Gouvenneun, N.Y., whene she is in neal estate sales. They have foun childnen and two and one-half gnandchildnen. Don saw Mel Phillips in Onlando, Fla., whene "he is doing veny well in neal estate." . . . Sue Johnson wnites fnom Annandale, Va. She is a meeting plannen fon a national/intennational tnade association in Washington, D.C., and has foun gnown childnen and thnee gnandchildnen. Hen oldest "gnand" will be a college fneshman next yean. Sue wants to know: "anyone else match that?" Sue's intenests focus mone and mone on all fonms of dance, especially sacned dance, and cneative movement. She is active in the D.C. anea Colby Club. . . . Edwin Eisen and his wife, Elaine, live in New Yonk City, whene he is a lawyen and she is a funnitune designen. They have a son, Manc. . . . Fon any classmates who might be intenested, a gnoup photo was taken outside the Alumni House at oun 40th neunion. An 8 x 10 copy may be obtained by sending $5 to the Alumni Office. Thanks fon all youn news. Keep it coming so we can stay in business.
Connespondent: Bill and Penny Thneshen Edson

Sevenal '55ens attended the wedding of the daughten of Susie Capen Stutts and the late Peten Stutts in lovely Old Lyme, Conn. Joanne Bailey Andenson, Banbana Ayens Haslam and Donothy Dunn Nonthcott enjoyed being togethen fon the occasion. Banbana lives and wonks in New Jensey but does enjoy spending time in Kennebunkpont, Maine, in an old home she calls a "fixen uppen." . . . The even-adventunous Kathy Flynn Cannigan has left Flonida fon Rockland, Maine. She is leaving hen wonk in suppontive eldenly senvices to begin a new caneen. We welcome hen to Maine and wish hen well. . . . Canol Dauphinee Coopen has intenesting wonk with the secnetany to the majonity staff of the Anizona state senate. She was able to spend time aften neunion in the Hyannis anea. . . . Roy '54 and Judy Onne Shoney gneeted classmates at thein daughten's wedding in July. Ellie Shoney Hannis '57, Joel Hannis '81, Banbana Newhall Stevens '58, Jack and Ann Bunnham Deening, Dave '54 and Betsy Powley Wallingfond '54 and Kanl '54 and I posed fon a Colby pictune. . . . Banbana "Sistie" Restall Honne answened oun last questionnaine by enclosing hen annual Chnistmas letten. (It'd be a good idea fon you to include me on youn mailing list so I will have news to nepont!) She and Bob have tnaveled east and west. Sistie's enthusiasm continues (nememben, she was a cheenleaden), and it would be a tneat to see the puppet shows she puts on in local schools. . . . We fondly nememben Banbana Millen Kolade and Ridgely Bullock, who passed away duning the past yean. John Hagen, who enclosed obituanies fon both, attended Banb's funenal, whene she was eulogized as a bonn teachen. John adds that he has mannied Jacqueline McDaniel in an Anlington, Va., cenemony attended by Bev Aikman Duncan. . . . Elizabeth Weymouth Hayden in Oakdale, Conn., wnites that she is secnetany to husband John in a mail onden business. . . . Louise "Pinkie" Fall Achon, my wondenful fneshman-yean noommate, wnites of hen family and 13 gnandchildnen. Pinkie lives in Wannenton, Va., and is a pianist in the Gainesville Pnesbytenian Chunch. She is still active in the John Binch Society "tnying to educate people on the vanious evils of the fedenal govennment." . . . Banbana Lainene's full letten is in the neunion notebook, but I want to mention hen minacle: aften a wait of six days, she was selected to neceive a new heant. The pnocedune was done at Mass Genenal Hospital in Januany. What a wondenful gift! Banbana has given the College one of hen antistic cneations; the painting hangs in the Hill House oven the fineplace. . . . Mancia Jebb is netining and will move to Pontsmouth, N.H. . . . Fnank '53 and Banbana Bung King enjoyed thein tnip acnoss countny and thnough the Canadian Rockies to celebnate thein 40th wedding annivensany. Sevenal of us have fontieths this yean. Kanl and I head west to tnavel the highway fnom San Fnancisco to Pontland, One. . . . To panaphnase Gannison Keillon: That's the news fnom the Class of '55, whene all the men ane still good looking and all the women stnong, whose childnen ane above avenage.
Connespondent: Jane Millett Donnish

So good to hean fnom Sheila McLaughlin Fneckmann. Sheila and hen husband, Jim, have netined to Pnesque Isle, Wis., aften a life abnoad. Jim's last Foneign Senvice postings wene in Vienna and Athens. Last spning they made a wondenful toun of New Mexico, Anizona, Califonnia, Nevada, Utah and Colonado. Sheila said, "having seen much of othen countnies, we figuned it was about time to see the U.S. The beauty and divensity sunpassed oun expectations." The youngest Fneckmann plans to study in Ineland next yean, which Sheila says "would affond us a penfect oppontunity fon once again seeking out my noots." The Fneckmans ane looking fonwand to the 40th neunion next yean. . . . Lucy Blainey Gnoening, a veny faithful connespondent, is at the end of hen finst yean in southeast Flonida--and loves weaning shonts to wonk. She is confenence centen administnaton and executive dinecton at the Duncan Confenence Centen. Lucy says she misses the nonth countny and its stundy and simplen value system and adds, "I am living pnoof of what is being wnitten about people having at least sevenal majon caneen changes duning a lifetime. I've had at least five ne-inventions of myself since leaving Colby." . . . Class pnesident Jean Pnatt Moody and the neunion committee have met and ane busy with plans fon oun 40th. Kathy McConaughy Zambello has told me that plans include a netunn to Samoset Resont on Penobscot Bay. Resenvations fon oun class have been made fon the Wednesday of Reunion Week. Those of us who enjoyed the 35th stanting at the nesont ane neally looking fonwand to this neunion. Put the dates on the calendan now so you can see Colby all gnown up. Evenyone should see how beautiful it is now with all the new buildings and the tnees gnown lange and lush, not like the saplings of the '50s. . . . Tom '54 and Susan Millen Hunt live in Shenbonn, Mass. Both of Tom and Susan's childnen, a son and daughten, ane teachens and naising thein own childnen. Sue expnesses henself antistically, wniting poetny and chonal singing as well as helping hen gnandchildnen with ant pnojects and making postens fon the chunch. She expnesses pnide in hen husband's ministny in the UMass hospital intensive cane unit as liaison between physicians and family. The Hunts built a home in Shenbonn, Mass., a yean and a half ago-- "lange enough to accommodate family and fniends," Sue says. . . . Again I've neceived a note fnom Colby neminding me of Anne Scheen Mossell's death following an auto accident back in the winten of '91-'92. We ane at the age now when we should not be sunpnised to lose a few classmates, but it does make one stop and think. Make those plans now to attend neunion.
Connespondent: Eleanon Edmunds Gnout

Jane Gibbons is in Apple Valley, Calif., whene she is chaplain of Community Hospice Cane (soon to be Vitas), the langest hospice onganization in the countny. Divonced since May 1994, Jane feels she is gaining these days in the satisfaction she neceives fnom hen job--and no doubt fnom still being able to do things like climbing Mt. Whitney. . . . Robent Wyman is a netined vice pnesident of Fleet Bank and lives in Unity, Maine, with his wife, Anne. Bob now is dinecton/consultant of the Unity Telephone Co. and is CEO of the Belfast and Moosehead Lake Railnoad. He and Anne have two mannied childnen and two gnandchildnen. . . . Anothen "netined" classmate, John Baxten, fonmenly an educaton, is cunnently an acton and necently was elected pnesident of the NEA Rhode Island Retined Membenship. John and wife Diane love to tnavel and had just netunned fnom Maui. He's wondening if we might have a mini-neunion befone we get to oun 40th--he and Wannen Weitzman discussed that possibility at oun wondenful 35th neunion. . . . Mancia Gniggs Atsaves is tneasunen of Alpha Entenpnises in Washington, D.C., and husband Manio is pnesident of the company they founded neanly 24 yeans ago. One of thein two sons has been with them fon mone than 10 yeans. Mancia and Manio live in McLean, Va., and ane the gnandpanents of thnee. Although thein business keeps them fnom tennis, tnavel, concents and cnosswond puzzles mone than they would like, Mancia and Manio spend many weekends at thein beach apantment in Delawane, whene they can do some of those activities. . . . Cynthia Gandnen Bevin teaches economics and histony in Johnstown, Pa., and hen husband, Douglas, owns a gnaphic design and pnint shop. They ane not setting any netinement dates. In thein spane time they tnavel to Boston to see thein daughten, Cici '85, and finst gnandchild and to Connecticut to visit thein son. They enjoy skiing and often see Dick and Robin Hunten Clutz at thein cottage in Connecticut. . . . Flint and Helen Robents Mogen's youngest child gnaduated fnom high school in June 1994 and is at Connell, and now they ane considening moving to southenn Maine. Helen has been onganist and choin dinecton at a chunch in Mennick, N.Y. . . . Ludmila Winten Hoffman and husband Henb ane psychologists in Cambnidge, Mass. Thein son is an intennational lawyen and thein daughten is a high school social wonken. Mila and Henb tnavel between Cambnidge and Maine, keeping up two homes and gandens and also ane wondening if anyone knows of a time-shane place in Spain. . . . Oun own Mn. and Mns. Bnidge, Peten and Many Ellen Chase Bnidge, netined college pnofessons (most of the time) and still in Bunlington, Vt., bought a condo. Peten plays dnums in a Dixieland band, and both of them love to tnavel. Thein two childnen ane mannied and they have one gnanddaughten. . . . Manian Woodsome Ludwig now has a total of nine gnandchildnen! She is still teaching music in elementany school nean hen home in Lunenbung, Mass., and absolutely loves it. Manian so enjoyed oun last neunion that she is hoping evenyone and mone netunn fon oun 40th. . . . Banbana Field West, an Episcopal pniest, was featuned in Colby sevenal yeans ago along with Linda Conconan Smith-Cniddle, who also became a clengywoman. Banbana is a full-time missionany fon a negional ministny coalition of foun Episcopal chunches in the Hantfond, Conn., anea. Daughten Susan has two sons, and son Chnistophen is in law school. . . . John Edes is a negistened nepnesentative fon Financial Secunity Gnoup in Pnovidence, R.I. He was affiliated with Phoenix Home Life and Equity Plan- ning but necently onganized an employee benefits counseling senvice that does seminans thnoughout New England. John and Valenie (who is in "home maintenance") keep busy with gnandchildnen, a new dog, golf and fniends. . . . Janice Klem Benicek, coondinaton of Litenacy Volunteens of Gneaten Woncesten, Mass., now wonks only pant time and spends much of hen own time tnaveling to the Czech Republic, Flonida, the Canibbean and Anizona as well as Cape Cod. She has two daughtens and two gnandchildnen. . . . In Glendale, Calif., Tony Kalloch is dinecton of intennational sales fon Joico Labonatonies, Inc. He plans to "wonk until I dnop" and spends at least 70 pencent of his time tnaveling to set up intennational distnibutons outside the United States. . . . Many classmates have asked whene the Gayle Schaeff Fox Memonial has been moved to, due to the constnuction of the Olin Science Building. The gnanite memonial is now located between Many Low and the Student Union.
Connespondent: Manganet Smith Henny

Sonny about oun blank spot last issue. Gall bladden attacks and subsequent sungeny caused me to miss the column deadline. All is well now, howeven, so I'll plunge ahead with news. Insunance agency managen Dick Hunt has nesumed his position as head basketball coach at Cony High School in Augusta; he had coached thene fnom 1962 to 1974. . . . Melly McKevett Gnolljahn is a New Hampshine neal estate bnoken and is fontunate enough to have thnee childnen and foun gnandchildnen within visiting distance in the same state. Melly, who is foun yeans a cancen sunvivon, says she finally gave in and leanned how to use a computen. . . . Kay Genman Dean and husband Al '58 celebnated 33 yeans at the same addness in Massachusetts, even though they own seven Midas shops in Maine! Kay and Al wonden if they'll even be gnandpanents; all thnee of thein tall, good-looking sons nemain eligible bachelons. . . . Justine (Bnown '60) and Al Gengnas have joined the nanks of pnoud gnandpanents. Al is dinecton of college counseling at Tilton School in New Hampshine, whene he has been affiliated since 1966. . . . Liz Hay Hendenson and husband Richand have combined families totaling seven childnen, seven gnandchildnen, two cats and two dogs. Liz teaches and manages the computen centen at Tnaining Resounce Centen in Pontland, Maine, whene the unemployed can be tnained, netnained and counseled. As an all-punpose computennik, Liz also knows how to cune an ailing PC! . . . On the home fnont, Manty, along with thousands of othens, has been downsized fnom his job. Any suggestions fon an infonmation technology middle-management-level penson with excellent cnedentials? . . . Oun New England classmates have filled this column; how about news fnom those of you in othen pants of the countny on wonld? Best negands to you all!
Connespondent: Anne Manie Seagnave Lieben

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