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 Glenn Connell ’79, in his barn-turned-laboratory in Sabattus, Maine. Connell started his own business after being laid off from the semiconductor industry. After 30 years in the semiconductor and software-development industries, Connell has traded the corporate world for the home front. Now he works on his own schedule, out of a barn on his property in Sabattus, Maine, building his business, Connell Research Laboratories. “If the economy hadn’t changed, I would probably still be droning away at that job I wasn’t thrilled about for a mediocre salary,” said Connell, who graduated from Colby at age 29. “Now I’m doing something I’m passionate about, something I probably should have been doing ten years ago.” Economic downturns often prompt tales of woe and hardship. But amongst the wreckage of the unemployed and financially strained are survivors who say the recession has unexpectedly resulted in positive change. Whether faced with a job loss or simply a renewed sense of fiscal responsibility, some Colby alumni have turned recession-induced disappointments into opportunity.
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