William Marvin '65 was named Manchester (N.H.) Citizen of
Year. . . . Tom Easton '66 is the author of a new
novel, Silicon Karma.
Births : A daughter, Caroline, to Michelle and Larry Dyhrberg
'64.
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I discovered five questionnaires that were returned to me 10 months ago
that I never wrote up. Here they are, late and stale, with my apologies.
Dick Larschan wrote that he is gaining weight, gray hair and some
perspective, while losing hair of all colors, time, and patience with some
fellow inhabitants of the planet. Meanwhile he is off to Britain again on a
faculty exchange (Nottingham) and reports that his wife looks forward to a
sabbatical, 11-year-old Alexandra will be an English school girl again, and
Erica, a junior at Wellesley, will spend her second semester at Kings College
in London studying biochemistry. Dick is now president of the Eastern
Massachusetts Chapter of the Fulbright Association and sent a photo of himself
with former president Jimmy Carter. . . . Jan Stoddard
Gagnon says she is gaining weight and grandchildren while losing sensory
acuity and a few bad habits. She remembers Maine as a wonderful place to grow
up and thinks it still has unmatched natural beauty enhanced by architecture,
agriculture and marine structures. Despite all that, she prefers West
Virginia's easygoing style. On hospital advertising she writes, "I think my
doctors care about me, but I often feel like a customer whose satisfaction is
no one's primary concern. It motivates me to stay informed and practice good
health habits." . . . Joan Thiel Hadley says she
remembers Maine as Cold!! and now thinks of it as Very Cold!! To underscore her
opinion, she has moved to Scottsdale, Ariz. And she has become a grandmother
for the first time. . . . Dick Friary remembers
Maine as a place that combined impoverishment with excess. Currently, he says,
"With the impending closure of the Hathaway plant in Waterville, impoverishment
seems entrenched. So does excess, which any issue of Down East magazine
demonstrates." (Since Dick wrote, the Waterville plant appears to have been
bailed out.) Dick's big news is the publication of his first book, Skate
Sailing, by Masters Press of Indianapolis. . . . Lois
Lyman is "still working for Digital Equipment, having survived seven years
of layoffs, including three really breathtaking leaps to another group. . . .
I've learned a lot of new skills in the process!" Of Maine she writes, "I've
always been blindly in love with the state of Maine. It has always had a
poverty/wealth division and an insider/outsider division and some narrow
minds--but more integrity than most places." She and Ross are building a
retirement home there, and she has learned how to tile floors, among other
things. . . . The College has sent me notices that Paul
Tessier was elected to the Maine State Legislature, District 101, and won
in a recount by five votes. . . . Doris Kearns Goodwin
received the Radcliffe College Alumnae Association medal on June 7 and gave an
address, "The Art of Biography." . . . Colleen Khoury is
co-chairwoman of the Maine Commission on Gender, Justice and the
Courts. . . . Skip Thayer reports gaining seniority
in the NHL Athletic Training Society and losing weight! On Maine, he says, "I
have always loved my native state, and always look forward to returning to
visit family." He thinks hospital advertising falls mainly on deaf ears--that
the healthy don't think about it. . . . Joan Phillipps
Thompson likes the Raritan ad because it stars her niece, Blanchard Ryan,
daughter of Brenda Phillips '62. She is gaining weight, humility, happiness and
patience while losing the black and white perspective on things, a few memory
cells and--oh no!--her singing voice. . . . Peter
Whalley has a daughter at Colby and comments, "Very nice place." He says
life is easier now: "Now the rest of the world can focus on the big events. I
focus on my events." His perception of Maine when we graduated: "slow, poor,
uneducated, cars left in people's yards, but nice people and beautiful
scenery." Now he says, "Even nicer people, beautiful scenery, cold weather,
more people moving up there to get away. Nice place, except for the logging."
On hospital advertising, he asks, "Why not? Lawyers and colleges do! At least
people will know where the hospital is!" . . . Sue
Woodward reports, "Life just keeps getting better! I've been a realtor for
11 years--relocated to North Carolina from Massachusetts in '90 and love it.
Real estate steals whatever you let it of your life, but I find time to paint
and do pottery. Went to Meredith College part time for three years--am
somewhere in my senior year and may finally graduate around 2000. College is
better at this age--wish I could go more!"
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