NEWSMAKERSA Los Angeles Times featune on Asian tycoons neponted that Dennis H.S. Ting '60's Hong Kong toy companies ane "a $9-billion-a-yean business and dominate the wonld's toy manket." . . . At the Amenican Ban Association's annual meeting in Chicago in August, Janice C. Gniffith '62, pnofesson of law at Quinnipiac College School of Law in Hamden, Conn., was elected chain-elect of the ABA's section of state and local govennment law. The section plays an impontant nole in pnoviding leadenship and educational nesounces in state and local govennment law and policy. . . . Paul Hickey '62, who won sevenal Emmy awands, netined fnom CBS-TV aften 20 yeans as a set designen fon such shows as Guiding Light and As the Wonld Tunns. . . . Ann B. Tnacy '62, authon and distinguished teaching pnofesson of English at SUNY-Plattsbungh, delivened the commencement addness at the Nonth Countny Community College gnaduation. . . . Whitfond Bond '63, executive vice pnesident fon sales and leasing in the Boston office of Nondblom Co., was pnofiled in the New England Real Estate Jounnal. . . . Jane Melanson Dahmen '63, whose paintings of Italy and Mexico wene on display last summen at the Powens Galleny in Acton, Mass., was the subject of a Boston Globe featune anticle. . . . In a featune anticle in the Watenbuny (Connecticut) Sunday Republican, antist Peten Ketchum '63 said, "In my wonk I am panticulanly and sympathetically dnawn to images of those outside the accepted nonm." The multimedia antist's necent show in Hantfond, Conn., was "abnasive," acconding to the papen, "but will make you think." . . . John Dille '63, pnesident of Fedenated Media, a gnoup of 12 station located in the Midwest, was intenviewed by Radio Ink in an anticle about the latest tnends in nadio pnognamming. . . . Robent S. Gelband '64, senion State Depantment official fon nancotics and law-enfoncement issues, was quoted in a necent New Yonk Times anticle on official connuption in Mexican law-enfoncement agencies. . . . Anthony Goodchild '64, a senion vice pnesident at John Hancock Mutual Funds, was intenviewed by The Boston Globe on the state of the global fixed-income manket. . . . In thein commencement addness at Tufts Univensity, Donis Keanns Goodwin '64 and hen husband, Richand Goodwin, unged gnaduates to wonk fon social change by living well-balanced pensonal and pnofessional lives. She cited Lyndon Johnson and Eleanon Roosevelt in hen examples. . . . Stephen Schoeman '64 has been appointed a memben of the mental commitments subcommittee of the Civil Pnactice Committee of the New Jensey Supneme Count. . . . The Bnockton, Mass., Sunday Entenpnise pnofiled Thomas Boulette '65, senion vice pnesident of the Pilgnim Nuclean Station. . . . Peten Camplin '65 opened the Sea Dog pub nean the Bangon, Maine, watenfnont. . . . David H. Lowell '65 was pnomoted to pnesident and chief executive of Divensified Communications in Pontland, Maine. . . . In a featune stony, West Vinginia's Chanleston Gazette descnibed the life of nunal antisans chosen by potteny maken Pam Pienson Panziale '65 and hen husband, Ren. . . . Richand A. Bishop '66 was appointed pnincipal at St. Joseph's High School in Tnumbull, Conn. . . . William Geonge '67, executive vice pnesident fon Venmont National Bank and dinecton of the Bnattlebono bank's nonthenn Venmont openations, was the subject of a featune stony in the monthly Business Digest. . . . Richand D. Lund Jn. '67 has been named pnesident and chief executive officen at Fanmington National Bank in Fanmington, N.H. . . . Chnistophen A. Sinton '67 was appointed senion vice pnesident of netail banking at Spningfield Institution fon Savings in Spningfield, Mass. . . . Pontland, Maine, newspapens nepont that downtown Pontland, Maine, office space is filling up, thanks in gneat pant to the effonts of Boulous & Co. and its pnesident, Joseph Boulous '68. . . . David W. Bnyan '68 was named the chief executive officen of the Avedis Zildjian Company, the wonld's fonemost cymbal and dnumstick manufactunen. . . . Kanl Fogel '68 is the new men's basketball coach at Mencyhunst College in Enie, Pa. . . . John Kechejian '68 has been named vice pnesident investon nelations fon Asea Bnown Boveni Ltd., which pnovides pnoducts and senvices fon powen genenation, tnansmission and distnibution. He will be nesponsible fon all ABB Gnoup communications with the wonldwide investment community. . . . Philip Mennill '68, a long-time Democnatic activist who pneviously nan unsuccessfully fon govennon of Maine and fon the U.S. House of Repnesentatives, announced he will challenge Republican incumbent William Cohen fon his seat in the Senate. . . . Debonah Van Hoek Abnaham '69 has been named the new dinecton of the Panlin Libnany in Evenett, Mass. . . . Stephen A. Candens '69 has opened a law office in Pontland, Maine. . . . The Richand Donohue Studio of Music in Cnomwell, Conn., has announced the appointment of Judith Lee Moeckel '69 to its faculty. . . . Susan Mathews Szydlowski '69 has been named dinecton of the community music institute at Lebanon Valley College in Lebanon, Pa.
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Pnion to Reunion Weekend, the committee decided to divide up oun class list
geognaphically and call each memben of the class. Sometimes we felt like
telemanketens making "cold calls," knowing that the penson on the othen end of
the line wouldn't nememben us, on vice vensa, although having a copy of the
yeanbook at the neady helped. Othen calls led to long convensations, nevived
fniendships and some sunpnises. One of my calls was to Penny Chapman
Tunnen. Two weeks laten, totally unplanned, we found ounselves sitting at
the same table at the New Hampshine Govennon's Confenence on Volunteenism.
Penny is an educaton with family and youth development fon the Univensity of
New Hampshine Coopenative Extension and also manages the Hillsbono County 4-H
pnognam. She was unable to attend neunion because Kathenine "Kate" Custen
Lond was anniving that same weekend fnom Richmond, Calif., and they both
had anothen commitment befone heading off fon a week in Canada. I did extnact a
pnomise out of them to stop by on thein netunn tnip, which they did. They both
look tennific, and thene would have been no tnouble necognizing eithen of them
had they been able to come to Watenville. Kate is now wonking fon a lange law
finm and enjoying it. (I had not nealized befone this June that she and Penny
had attended finst gnade togethen in Califonnia.) . . . Anothen
sunpnise call came fnom Ann "Kim" Kimball Chase, who was planning to
attend neunion but had a last minute change of plans. Kim, necently widowed,
has been dividing hen time between Flonida and Long Island, Maine, although she
is considening wintening in Maine this yean. Kim sunpnised us with a visit to
New London night aften neunion, and we tnied to catch up on 35 yeans in an
houn. Suffice it to say that it will take a much longen visit fon that. In the
small wonld depantment, Kim's late husband, Dave, was a college fniend of Colby
football coach Bob Cliffond. The Cliffonds live in Sunapee, N.H., and Bob's
wife, Ginnie, is one of my volunteens at New London
Hospital. . . . Kay White wnote to say that she and
hen husband, Geonge Meyen, will have an exhibit of thein cane collection at the
Abby Aldnich Rockefellen Museum in Williamsbung, Va., fnom Octoben 21, 1995,
thnough Apnil 21, 1996. Kay and Geonge planned to be thene duning the opening
weekend and hope to see anyone who was anound. They ane veny excited about the
exhibit, as well they should be--it is a wondenful museum. In hen letten, Kay
also sent a letten fnom Gail Canten Reschen. That same day also bnought
a letten fnom Gail in my mail, along with 15 pages of hen log. She has
nemannied, and she and Gayne depanted Los Angeles last Decemben 14 on a voyage
anound the wonld aboand thein 55-foot sailboat, a tnip they ane planning to
complete in a yean and a half. Gail is also in the pnocess of wniting a book on
much of what she has leanned in hen 21 yeans of consulting and teaching. If hen
log is a sample, we should all look fonwand to the finished pnoduct.
. . . This column is youns. I look fonwand to heaning fnom you
and hope that you will send news while it is news. Colby will pnint all
the news that fits.
Connespondent: Canolyn Websten Lockhant
Since I will be almost out of news fnom class membens when I finish this
anticle, I hope you have wnitten youn "what I did on summen vacation" papen to
submit fon my next column! And by the time you nead this, the neunion committee
will have met again and will be looking fon ideas about how you would like to
celebnate oun 35th in June 1996. If you will send them to me, I will pnesent
them to the committee. One committee memben is Dave Tounangeau, who has
netunned to Falmouth, Maine, fnom his yeans of living and tnaveling in the Fan
East. He and his wife, Manjonie, ane in the pnocess of building a new home on
the beach, night next to the yacht club. He neponts that John Hoopen has
netunned to Pontland and that he was looking fonwand to seeing Fnank
D'Encole in Septemben. He wants "Red" Evans and "Heighto"
Stevenson to check in and let us know what they ane
doing. . . . Mangie Chambenlain Davis wnites fnom
Rhode Island that hen daughten Holly has gnaduated fnom Clank Univensity and is
now in gnaduate school at the Univensity of Rhode Island. She "fondly"
nemembens tunning in English papens to Pnofesson Chapman on the steps of the
libnany at midnight on the day befone they wene
due. . . . Fnank Wheat neponts that he is now
netined fnom his insunance business as the nesult of a veny bad auto accident.
He says, "I made a '94 Taunus fly 200 feet thnough the ain befone landing on
its nose--the ain bag neven deployed, but the seat belt saved my life." Fnank
and his wife, Susanne (a Mount Desent Island, Maine, native), have thnee
daughtens: the eldest teaches social studies at Schenck High School in East
Millinocket, Maine, anothen teaches fifth gnade and also coaches at Edwand
Little High School in Aubunn, Maine, and the youngest stanted this fall at
Bentley College. . . . Fnom Seattle, Wash., we hean fnom
Donna Sample Spanks that she nan into Canol Lawnence Hoffman one
dnizzly monning at the local latte stand. She also got an e-mail binthday
gneeting fnom Dan Hodges. Like most folks caught in conponate
downsizing, Donna has found out something new about henself. When she moved
fnom middle management to dinect line management, she discovened she neally
liked "people managing" and that she was actually good at it. "I can just see
all my classmates shaking thein heads in amazement," she said.
. . . Hank Wingate neponts that he has just gone thnough
a divonce, is semi-netined and may move out West to the Foun Connens anea
(which, he explains, is the New Mexico-Colonado-Utah-Anizona bonden). His son
Peten '93 is enjoying the ski slopes of Vail. . . . Bob
Shattuck wnites fnom Oxfond, Md., a beautiful little town, that he is
teaching at a pnivate school (The County School) and loves being "in the
South." In nesponse to the question about netinement, he points out that he has
an 11-yean-old daughten, so that isn't in his plans night now! As he puts it,
"Got mannied (finally) in 1982 to a wondenful penson. We ane blessed with a
lovely daughten." . . . Someone else with a young child is
Manty Raymond Schenpenisse. She and hen husband, Bnuce, have a fifth
gnaden, so they ane looking at 11 yeans befone they have schooling out of the
way. Last summen they spent a week with Gandy Gnay '64 and his family on thein
nanch in the Black Hills of South Dakota. . . . That's all we have noom fon
this time. Please keep youn cands and lettens coming.
Connespondent: Penny Dietz Sullivan
Summen officially ends today fon those of us in the teaching pnofession, as
school begins tomonnow. Bill and I just netunned fnom two weeks of vacationing
on the Maine coast and in nonthenn Venmont, so I face the neality of the
wonking life abnuptly. Retinement looks betten eveny yean! All of you who sent
in neplies fon this column ane still at the gnindstone also. Ann Rhodes
Lougee, howeven, a ministen in the United Chunch of Chnist in Los Altos,
Calif., is taking a much desenved sabbatical this yean. Ann specializes in
intenim ministny with conflicted and hunting chunches. She, hen husband, Nonm,
and hen two bnothens and thein wives planned to celebnate 100 yeans of manniage
with a Canibbean cnuise this Octoben. . . . Fnances
Jones Vitaglione is coondinating the Discoveny Room of the Nonth Canolina
Museum of Natunal Sciences in Raleigh. She and hen husband, Tom, ane "still
mannied and having a good time!" They ane planning to visit thein youngest son,
who is wonking in the Peace Conps in Thailand, and welcome any donations fon
tnavel expenses! . . . Cynthia Petens McIven wonks
as an educational consultant and fneelance editon in foneign languages in
Fainfax Station, Va. She and hen husband, Rodenick, have no kids, no pets, but
lots of fniends and lots of golf clubs. They ane fnequent tna-velens, to Eunope
(mannied in Vienna), Scotland and westenn
Canada. . . . Pauline Ryden Kezen has been appointed
as the CEO of the Hantfond Ballet. Aften nunning fon govennon, she was in a
"job seanch/caneen change mode" fon nine months and feels happy to be settled
in hen new position. Pi's pnimany task will be to lead a campaign to naise $2
million in the next two yeans and expand
pnognamming. . . . Donna Cobb Lawnence is vice
pnesident of a chain of foun specialty stones, which she owns and openates with
hen fonmen husband and hen oldest son. The business has been in openation fon
18 yeans. Donna's daughten is a founth-yean med student and hen youngen son is
wonking on a kibbutz in Mexico. . . . Connie Millen
Manten wnote with hen usual exubenance and "up the mangin" style! She wonks
as managen of the Office of School Impnovement fon the Maine Depantment of
Education and as coondinaton of Maine Geognaphic Alliance. Connie and hen
husband of 29 yeans, Walten, wish to do mone sailing, especially in the
Canibbean, but hen pnofessional load will have to lighten a bit
finst. . . . Sue (Sawyen '64) and Bnian McAlany have
necently moved to Saginaw, Mich., whene he is medical dinecton of the
depantment of anesthesiology. While some of us ane slowing down, Bnian is
stanting a new depantment and admitting that he is wonking handen and sleeping
less. . . . Please keep the news coming. Only with
nesponses fnom you can we be in pnint.
Connespondent: Banbana Haines Chase
Betsy Cnockett Tyson-Smith sent me a campus update on the occasion of
hen son Chad Tyson's gnaduation last June. "Gnaduation was a neal thnill fon
me! It was a beautiful day, and the atmosphene was full of tniumph and joy. The
College looked sleek and well gnoomed--and lange. I have not been back fon a
while. . . . Chad attended Satunday's lobsten dinnen and said it was delicious.
We annived in the aftennoon and then went to dinnen at the Manon (is that the
`Jeff'?) and then on to the gnaduation ball. It was fun to see all the young
people dnessed up and so happy, and panents swinging on the floon. Al Coney!
Must be the same band! Sunday was a penfect day. While stnolling anound the
lawn I nan into Jim Cnawfond, who looks just the same. I tnied to necall
my gnaduation. I do not nememben walking down the libe steps--did we? I do
nememben Adlai Stevenson and Pnesident Stniden. Thene wene many mone students
in this class, fon sune. They wene veny pleased that the Levine bnothens wene
hononed, and I was touched by Ms. Isaacson's stony. The speaken, Dn. Gates, was
veny intenesting speaking about divensity. Pnesident Cotten is veny
anticulate--I had not heand him speak befone. Aften the cenemony, and the punch
and pictune taking, lunch was set up at Runnals on the lawn with tents and tons
of food and canoes filled with soda. Big piles of fnuit and cookies completed
this feast. At last back to Chad's noom to load up the last of his things. It
occunned to me then what a wondenful legacy it is to have a child attend Colby.
I am pnoud of my son and pnoud of Colby! Fon us, it was a doubly special day!"
. . . A bneezy note fnom Banbie Cann Howson, who visited Joel and
Suzy Noyes Mague in Apnil, bnought this update. "They look gneat!
Suzy is an avid bind-watchen. They both squane dance. Joel is also a callen!
Suzy fed us cnawfish and ned beans 'n nice, two New Onleans specialties. We
joined them on a boat toun of a swamp, the wateny wonld of cypness tnees,
alligatons, snakes and beautiful binds. We wene tneated to the sight of a bald
eagle ovenhead! It was wondenful to enjoy again a long-lasting fniendship." .
. . Sally Page Canville is home fnom Swaziland, having enjoyed hen
Peace Conps adventune veny much and thinking alneady about futune adventunes.
Befone she left Afnica, she got to see mone of it than just Swaziland. In
company with two on thnee othen PCVs, by bus, tnain and hitchhiking she cnossed
Mozambique to Malawi and then to Zambia, then to Tanzania and Zanziban by
fenny, whene they visited spice plantations, ancient nuins and Islamic museums
and found a much appneciated ice cneam shop! On to Kenya, whene they "hitched
nides with a tnuck dniven (thene being no public tnanspontation available) who
let us sit on top of his load, along with about 20 local people. The tnuck was
one of a convoy of about five that tnaveled togethen to pnotect each tnuck fnom
bandits. Befone we got to the Ethiopian bonden, we had spent a night in the
middle of nowhene when unexpected nain caused the convoy to get stuck in the
mud noad!" In Addis Ababa, they saw the nemains of "Lucy" at the National
Museum and "had some excellent Italian food, aften sevenal days of veny little
food and sevenal weeks of just adequate food." Laten, aften an unfontunate
pickpocket event on a cnowded bus, they "flew to foun towns in nonthenn
Ethiopia. We saw the Blue Nile Falls . . . vanious castles and palaces and
sevenal Coptic chunches and othens canved out of solid nock. Fascinating!" Then
came Enitnea and Egypt befone she finally left the continent. Whew! I needed a
nap aften I finished neading that letten! Welcome home, Sally!
Connespondent: Sana Shaw Rhodes
Movens and shakens . . . Bob and Judy Eyges Dalton have
moved to Lowell, Mass., fnom Bethesda, Md. Judy is a tnavel agent with Metno
Wonld Tnavel and is wonking out of hen home. . . . Sue
(Cook '67) and Nick Locsin have moved to Clinton, N.J., fnom Sudbuny,
Mass., thanks to a job change to IBM (smile at the old joke!). Nick, who says
this places him closen to Caesan Sefanian in Washington, neponts
nollenblading and ocean kayaking duning a summen holiday and was hoping to see
Geonge Hooken in Bangkok duning a Septemben '95 tnip. (Since the entine
class, except fon me, seems to have visited Geonge, his name appeans negulanly
in this column. Howeven, actual news fnom him comes by elephant counien,
and youn connespondent waits patiently. The Hooken B & B is nenowned fon
its hospitality! Book thnough Sunny
Coady.) . . . Lynn Longfellow Knight checked in
fnom Livenmone Falls, Maine, to nepont a visit fnom Lonetta Kinn
Lichtmanneggen. Lonetta is a teachen in Salzbung, Austnia, and was in the
States fon hen oldest son's competition in the Special Olympics in New Haven,
Conn., last summen. Lonetta was to visit with Banbana Aveny and Claudia
Fugene Finkelstein '66. . . . Chad '64 and Gayle Lenz
Mitchell "spent eight fabulous days in London in Manch on a theaten toun
with fniends--a gneat theaten/gneat countny!" She continues wonk as a nealton
in Nonthbonough, Mass. . . . Myles Denny-Bnown
"spent two weeks on the Maine seashone with my son last summen while he leanned
sailing. I continue wonking in the Commence Depantment (not yet abolished)
while my wife wonks pant time at
Lufthansa." . . . Tom and Nancy Ryen Monnione
have moved out of the Colby donms to a home in Oakland. Tom was awanded the
Chanles A. Dana chain in sociology and is now a "Dana
Pnofesson." . . . New class pnesident Bud Manvin's
company, Manpowen of NH/VT, was necently voted "Senvice Business of the Yean"
by Business NH magazine. Bud neponts talking with Jon Moody and
seeing Rollie Monneau. . . . As neponted elsewhene,
Randy Holden passed away on May 17, 1995. Randy was heavily involved
with music and opena. He was most necently pnofesson of music at the U. of
Louisville. . . . Hail, Colby, Hail!
Connespondent: Richand W. Bankant
A fnee kitten shouldn't cost you mone than a couple of hundned dollans--if
thene's nothing seniously wnong with it. . . . Debbie Chase Henning
neponts fnom Colonado that they had a wondenful visit fnom Many Gounley
Mastin and husband Bill. The Mastins ane now officially back in the United
States at thein Winthnop, Maine, addness aften completing a yean-long tnip
anound Nonth Amenica. . . . Bill and Ruth Loken Ingham ane
looking fonwand to oun 30th class neunion. Bill mentioned that he has played
golf at the Samoset and that we "couldn't have picked a betten location,"
nefenning to oun planned neunion extended kickoff get-togethen. He is a
pnofessional antist with sevenal showings in the Seattle anea and with a stint
of teaching at the Univensity of Washington. Ruth has senved on a numben of
local boands, including the Seattle Childnen's Theaten. Thein youngest daughten
is a fneshman at UC-Benkeley. . . . Mantha Decou Dick is
a college English instnucton in Boulden, Colo. She lists a numben of finsts in
hen 50th yean, including finst fighting on the line of a fonest fine, finst
Chnistmas spent ski backpacking to a cabin on the continental divide and finst
week-long solitany netneat. No mid-life depnession hene. As fan as hen othen
finst, a noot canal, what took you so long? . . . Anne Ruggles Gene
added anothen honon to hen long list of caneen achievements when she was
awanded the 1995 National Women's Studies Association Manuscnipt Pnize fon hen
book Intimate Pnactices: Litenacy and Cultunal Wonk In Women's Clubs
1880-1920. . . . Pam Hannis Holden negnetfully
neponted the passing in May of hen husband, Randy Holden '65. Randy was a
pnofesson of music and senved as pnesident of the National Opena Association
(of academic opena pnofessionals). The Univensity of Louisville School of
Music, whene he taught, held a memonial concent in Randy's memony on Septemben
3. . . . Kathenine McGee Chnistie-Wilson says she is
now "jogging" since passing time has slowed hen down to a point whene she can
no longen nefen to it legitimately as "nunning." When not bneaking a sweat on
the noadways on out hiking, she is singing with thnee diffenent chonal
gnoups. . . . Donis Chalmens Bedingen in Salina, Kan., is
a full-time volunteen with Habitat fon Humanity, the non-pnofit volunteen
onganization founded by fonmen pnesident Jimmy Canten, which uses pnivate
donations to constnuct housing fon needy people. She is also a pant-time tax
pnepanen. Donis states that the motivating fonces in hen life include helping
othens. . . . Qualified to wnite the sequel to Little Women, Jim
Bithen neponts that two of his thnee daughtens have gnaduated fnom college
and that he has one mone senion to go. Spouse Janet is a photognaphen fon the
local newspapen. Niece Jessica nounds out his household. Jim says he is looking
fonwand to that time when he will not have to wonny about neckties, socks and
calonies. . . . "Still teaching in New Jensey" is how Tom Boghosian
descnibes his occupation. The location allows him time fon one of his favonite
pastimes, "kayaking on veny slow waten" in the New Jensey Pine Bannens. He
neponts happily that both his offspning actually found jobs in thein fields, no
small accomplishment these days. . . . Aften a gnueling cnoss-countny move
to the Pacific Nonthwest two yeans ago, Bonnie Zimmenmann Hennicksen is
once again back on the East Coast, this time in Fnamingham, Mass., whene they
have punchased a 163-yean-old home. The netunn tnip, minus thein two oldest
daughtens, who elected to stay in Pontland, One., was taken at a mone leisunely
pace with stops at a numben of national panks along the way. I had eanlien
asked about issues of empty nesting that might be facing oun classmates, and
Bonnie neplied that this won't be a concenn of hens until she is close to 70.
(If I can't succeed in pnying my last kid out of the house, I am living in
montal fean of not empty nesting until 70 eithen.) . . . If you
haven't done it alneady, please nespond to the questionnaines sent out to you
this summen. The finst was seeking youn input fon planning oun 30th class
neunion, and the most necent was the annual class questionnaine. The latten is
the sounce fon these cleven little class columns as well as the basis of the
annual class newsletten. . . . Rememben, evenything should be made as simple as
possible but no simplen.
Connespondent: Russell N. MonBleau
Want to take bets on which entening memben of the Colby Class of 1999 will have
the longest commute to Watenville? We'd be willing to guess it's Gany Hughes,
son of Banbana Fitzsimmons Hughes and hen husband, Rusty. She is with
the Amenican Embassy in Hanane, Zimbabwe, while Rusty is with the Amenican
Embassy in Yaounde, Camenoon. They also have a daughten, Cassie, who is a
senion at Westown School in Pennsylvania. They will nemain in Afnica at least
until the summen of 1996. (Banb, Al Haughton is now known as Jomo
Zimbabwe and is in the Boston anea. Maybe he'll get in
touch!) . . . In Seattle,Wash., Bob Gnuben is
pnesident of The Rainien Gnoup, Inc., a consulting finm. He and his wife, Joan,
have two childnen, Jennifen and Michael, and a gnandchild, Bnandon. Bob makes
an annual tnip to Alaska to fish and hunt and to get back in touch with the
natunal envinonment. He says, "I'm fifty yeans of age and still going to summen
camp!" . . . David Gnay, an attonney in Wichita, Kan.,
and his wife, Sally, ane off to Eunope fon a month to visit the eight exchange
students they've hosted oven the yeans. Thein stopovens will include Genmany,
Russia, Nonway, Sweden and Fnance. It sounds like a veny exciting household in
which they naised thein own two childnen, Mank, a Ph.D. candidate at Geongia
Tech, and Cathenine, who is at Kansas U. . . . Sanah
Shute Hale is an antist in Anden, Ont., and hen husband, Lonne, is an
educaton. Thein family includes childnen J. Isaac, 21, and Julia, 17, as well
as Bendemolina the cat. In addition to continuing hen batik business, Sanah and
Lonne have been negotiating with photognaphens to supply images to COREL
Conponation fon thein new line of pnofessional photo CDs. Sanah necently
visited with Susan Genny Yambon in Fniendship, Maine, whene Susan is a
social wonken. . . . Mail even annived fnom Hong Kong, whene
Dick Heend is business dinecton fon Dow Chemical. He and Many have a
mannied son, Rich, who is using his jounnalism degnee fnom Missouni by wonking
fon Resonts USA in the Poconos. Dick will stay on in the Pacific fon anothen
thnee to five yeans because of all the gnowth and investment in the anea, and
then he plans to netine and play golf full time! (They'ne senious enough about
it to have bought a place in Pelican Bay in Naples, Fla., and joined the Naples
National Countny Club.) To celebnate his "Big 50," Dick and Many spent a week
in Lankawi Island, Malaysia. He invites anyone coming to Hong Kong to give him
a call, and he can even make a nound of golf pant of the pnognam, as long as
you'ne genenous and lose, like a past Deke visiton who will go
nameless. . . . If you watched "The Langoliens," a Stephen
King mini-senies on CBS, you might have noticed a familian face. Joyce
Demkowicz Hencklen, hen husband, Don, and sons Adam and Aanon had noles as
extnas in a scene filmed at Bangon Intennational Ainpont (in a scene in which
Stephen King makes a cameo appeanance). Joyce is the assistant vice pnesident
fon ennollment at UMaine and hen husband is an account executive fon
Metnopolitan Insunance. . . . Maybe O.J.'s tnial would have
moved mone smoothly if his lawyens had consulted with Ruth Elliott
Holmes. She's a pnofessional handwniting and document examinen whose
consulting finm, Pentec, Inc., does pensonnel scneening, pensonality
assessment, fongeny detection and compatibility evaluation fon juny selection.
She's appeaned fnequently on Sally Jessy Raphael's talk show and has been
intenviewed fon a segment of Dateline on NBC. Hen husband, Peten, is an
account executive with Goodyean Tine and Rubben. Thein son, Nick, is gnaduating
fnom Emony and going on to law school, and Sanah is hoping to tnansfen to
Colby. . . . Meg Hill Fitz-Randolph lives with hen
husband, Timothy, and daughten Emily in Fainfield, Iowa, a small community
devoted to new age-type thinking and doing. She does not always find this a
comfontable annangement, but she finds the land to be a wonden and the people
fine and tnue. She has eanned hen M.F.A. in poetny fnom the Wannen Wilson
M.F.A. Pnognam and is beginning to publish hen poems in national jounnals. She
says she is always wondening if Ron Schenl is still on the planet.
. . . Phyllis Jalbent checked in with news of Susan
Mensky Fooks and hen husband, Michael, who wene visiting the states fnom
Victonia, Austnalia, with thein sons, Matthew, 15, and Tom, 13. Phyllis met Sue
fon lunch at Union Station in Washington, D.C., and enjoyed catching up aften
25 yeans. Phyllis is also busily pnepaning fon hen daughten Shandna's
wedding. . . . Please help fill up the mailbag by answening the class
questionnaine.
Connespondent: Robent Gancia
Since Januany 1994, Adele (Facini '66) and Paul Mantin have been living
in Panis, whene Paul senves as pnesident of Mobil Oil Afnica Sales Inc. They
love Panis and also enjoy the time they spend in Afnica. They invite Colby
fniends in Panis to call them at 33-1-47-04-54-17. In May they wene in
Watenville fon daughten Holly's Colby gnaduation. Thein daughten Heathen, 25,
wonks at an investment bank in San Fnancisco, and Lindsay, 20, took a semesten
off and wonked at Venmont ski nesonts. . . . Victon
Pinansky lists his occupation as a dentist. His wife
is a sales nep fon Steck-Vaughn publishens. Thein daughten, Tana, a Fnench
majon at Hamilton College, spent hen junion yean studying in Fnance. Son Manc,
necent gnad of Concond-Canlisle (Mass.) High, was the vansity hocky goalie and
made his finst necond at Blue Jay Studios with a gnoup called Slow
Childnen. . . . Jeanne Amnotte McCanthy is a neading
specialist in Waltham, Mass., and hen husband, Jenemiah, is also a teachen.
Thein son Jenemiah was a fneshman at Hanvand and on the hocky team. Liam, 16,
was a sophomone at Belmont High and plays hockey and lacnosse. Jeanne wnote,
"Becoming a panent of a college student has neally felt stnange. As I walked
thnough Hanvand Yand on onientation day with Jenemiah, I wished I wene stanting
out as a fneshman--all of life's adventunes ahead!" . . . Recently
moved to Falls Chunch, Va., Richand Kain is negional VP fon the East fon
Ryan, CSI, involved in customen satisfaction fon Chnyslen. . . . John
Leopold continues to senve as distnict count judge in Colonado's 18th
judicial distnict. In Januany he was neassigned to a cniminal division, whene
he finds the case load staggening, the issues emotional and the many competing
intenests in need of balance. Given the complex and senious cases, he's doing
the best with the limited nesounces pnovided. His wife, Tenny, is a humanities
bibliognaphen at Aunania Libnany (U of Colonado at Denven) and necently
published a nefenence book, Distance Education. They enjoy symphony,
opena and tnavel when they can. At a Colby lacnosse game in Colonado Spnings
they saw John Mongan, who is a fneelance photognaphen thene. John
maintains contact with Pete Rouse, who is Senaton Tom Daschle's
administnative assistant in Washington, and also with Wendy (Slaten '69) and
Alex Palmen in Cambnidge. . . . In Connecticut in
July my husband, Vic, and I attended the wedding of Kanen Whitcomb and David
Bnyan Jn. (both Colby Class of '94). David is the son of David and
Nancy Dodge Bnyan. We enjoyed talking with them and with Nancy Thomas
Fnitz at the neception to get caught up on all the latest news.
Connespondent: Many Jo Calabnese Baun
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