Diane Chamberlin Starcher
'54 left Colby with a degree in biology and although her career has not dealt
with the study of life, she has sought ways to improve human lives ever since.
Starcher, who earned a certificate from the Harvard-Radcliffe Program of
Business Administration in 1955 and a master's degree from Vermont College of
Norwich University in 1994, currently is conducting research on how small loans
(also called micro-credits) given to women entrepreneurs without collateral or
credit histories can close the gap between the wealthy and poor.
Reunion 96
Class of 1951
Our 45th reunion June 6-9 proved to be a huge success. Sixty class
members attended and we had more than 100 people at our Saturday evening
reunion dinner, including former Colby faculty members Don Koons, Bob Pullen
and Ronie Williams. Everyone who attended seemed to have a very enjoyable time
meeting with old friends and generally "schmoozing" with each other.
Class of 1956
The accolades are arriving daily--the verdict is in. Our 40th reunion was
super. Fifty-seven classmates plus spouses, guests and visitors from the
classes of '55 and '57 spent a memorable Reunion Weekend at Colby preceded by
65 of us convening earlier at the Samoset Resort. The weather cooperated until
Saturday p.m. but nothing could put a damper on the special camaraderie that
prevailed. There were many first timers to the great delight of those of us who
called and wrote to send encouragement to attend. The overwhelming consensus
was, "Why did we wait so long to return?"
50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59
NEWSMAKERS
David Crocket '52 received a Johnson Hardy Memorial Fund Award from
Lafayette College in Easton, Pa., for longest continuous service to the
college. . . . Philip Hussey '53 and the Hussey Seating
Company of North Berwick, Maine, were recognized by the Maine Council of
Churches for "the exemplary ethical and ecologically responsible standards by
which ten generations of the Hussey family have conducted their business in
Maine." . . . Max Singer '53 received a 1996
University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order.
Singer is co-author of The Real World Order: Zones of Peace, Zones of
Turmoil. . . . The Scribner publishing company has
reissued Heart Songs, a book of stories by E. Annie Proulx '57
first published in 1988. Proulx also is the author of a new novel, Accordian
Crimes. . . . Mabelle McKevett Grolljahn '59 was
appointed vice president of the Peterborough and Rindge, N.H., ERA The Masiello
Group real estate offices.
MILEPOSTS
Marriages: Russell G. Longley '59 to Dianne LeMaster in
Saxtons River, Vt.
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