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Gilvan Marcelino writes from Brasilia, Brazil, to update us on
his past few years and to let us know he is eager to hear from classmates. He
studied in Quebec from 1986 to 1990 and then returned to Brazil to resume his
job at the National Research Council as head of its international office.
However, a year ago he resigned from that post and is now at the Ministry of
Science and Technology. He misses Maine and its snow, especially at Christmas.
He lives with his wife, Maria, two daughters, two dogs, two parakeets and a
turtle! His address is: QI 18 Conj. D Casa 95-Guara I, 71015-044
Brasilia, DF, Brazil. . . . Donald Borman is
assistant superintendent of schools in Oakland, Maine, and recently served for
a period as interim superintendent. . . . In November's
election, Richard Kaynor, the Natural Law Party candidate, was one of
four candidates seeking the office of representative of Massachusetts's 2nd
Congressional District. He didn't win, but as regional coordinator for the
Natural Law Party he explains that the party platform "includes common-sense, prevention-oriented
solutions to problems in every area." . . . Lynda Ellis
Flood, a licensed clinical social worker, opened a private psychotherapy
practice two years ago in Augusta, Maine. She lives in Clinton with her
husband, William, who is a dairy farmer, and their younger daughter, Laura, who
is a high school freshman. Their older daughter, Katie, is a senior at the
University of Maine. . . . Since we last heard from Carolyn
Dewey Madeira, she has continued to raise three sons in Norwich, Conn., and
has embarked on a career in energetic medicine. Currently she is a polarity
therapist and is working on a Ph.D. . . . Paul Ford
is in Atlanta, Ga., with wife Wendy (Newstetter '71) and two daughters. He
continues to practice international business law as a partner in his firm and
traveled last year to Finland, France, Netherlands, Nicaragua and Honduras.
Wendy is doing postdoctorate work at Georgia Tech. . . . We have an
expectant father. Paul McGurren and his wife, Carol des Lauriers Cieri,
a freelance writer/editor, are expecting their first child in June in
Lincolnville, Maine. He adds that "about two years ago Carol and I bought a
very large 100-year-old farmhouse just inland a bit from Camden. Lots of
work to do, but it's a great old place with a big barn and lots of maple trees.
We tap the trees each spring and make our own maple syrup. John
Crabtree, my old Colby roomate, has been our consultant in the syrup-making
process." . . . We are counting down now to early June for our 25th!
Block those dates--June 5-8 and we'll see you!
Ann Lyle Rethlefsen '71 received one of the 24 fellowships in the Bush
Educators Program for mid-career educators in
Minnesota. . . . Robert Diamond '73 was featured in
a Euromoney magazine article. He is director of the fixed income
division at the investment bank BZW. . . . Michael Roy '74
is the new president of the Maine Municipal Association.
. . . Gail Chase '74 was named treasurer of the Maine
Children's Alliance. . . . Elizabeth Knight Warn '76, has
been promoted to senior vice president in the retail mortgage department at
Peoples Heritage Bank. . . . Lynn Thommen '76 is
director of development for American Ballet Theatre. . . .
Steven R. Singer '79 joined the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute as chief of
communications and principal spokesman.
Births: A daughter, Abigail Grace, to Neil and Donna Dee Genzlinger
'78.
Soaking Up Knowledge
The Flood probably won't do us in, but water--or
the lack of it--might. Thirsty big cities are expropriating more and more water
resources from rural agricultural areas and creating a wave of controversy in
the process.A century ago, rivers flowing from the mountains helped support year-round ranching in the South Park area near Denver. Today, says Cathy Kindquist '78, an assistant professor of geography at Radford University in Virginia, cities like Aurora, Colo., are buying up water rights to ensure their own growth, and ranchers are being devastated by the loss of their water. [CONTINUE]
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