Alumni played key roles as the additions to Mayflower Hill of the F.W. Olin Science Center, the Paul J. Schupf Wing and the Pugh Center were celebrated earlier this fall (see related stories beginning on page 10).
A panel of alumni in the sciences--Andrew Goode '80, Mary Elizabeth Heiskell
'92, Peter Morin '81, Paul Nelson '68, Kristian Parker '94 and Diane Zavotsky
'82--discussed The Liberal Arts College and American Science to kick off the
Olin Science Center dedication celebration on October 4. The panel, organized
by Associate Professor of Biology Jay Labov, spoke to a capacity crowd in the
new Olin 1 case study room.
Alumni donors to the Pugh Center and the Paul J. Schupf Wing of the Colby
Museum of Art were honored the following weekend as plaques were unveiled in
the two building additions. Joseph Boulos '68, who also is a College trustee,
was among the key donors to the Schupf Wing, and a gallery named for him and
his family was dedicated on October 11. The next day, Colby board chair
Lawrence Pugh '56 and his wife, Jean Van Curan Pugh '55, were among the alumni
recognized for their naming gift to the Pugh Center. Others included Richard
'62 and Joan Dignam Schmaltz '63; John Zacamy '71; James '64 and Linda Johnson
Crawford '64; Jean Pratt Moody '56; Nancy Dana Foster '55; David Pulver '63;
William Goldfarb '68; Ellen B. Haweeli '69; and Edson V. Mitchell '75.
Branch campus?
When Tim Dawson '82 was driving through remote western Australia in the midst
of an extended camping trip in the Outback, the last thing he expected to see
was a reference to his alma mater. But there on the side of the dirt path--to
call it a road would be exaggerating, Dawson says--was a sign that said "Colby
3.7 km." "I didn't realize I was so close to Waterville," he joked. Apparently
the sign referred to a nearby gold mine, he says.
The Australian trip was part of an 18-month journey throughout the world by
Dawson and his wife, Melanie, both of whom quit their jobs to make it possible.
"The trip of a lifetime," he said.
Pitching In
Every year James Hansman '80 organizes a mini-golf tournament to raise money
for the Colby men's soccer program. According to Hansman, "while we don't raise
a lot of money, we do have a lot of fun." Participants in this year's outing
(pictured above, left to right) were Brian Pompeo '95, Rod Corey '93, Hansman,
Pat Fortin '82, Mark Schafer '83, Pat Clendenen '88, Ethan Spenser '94, Rob
Erdman '89 and John Child '78. All of the men played for current soccer coach
Mark Serdjenian, except for Erdman, who played lacrosse.
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