ALUMNI PROFILES
Melvin Lyon '52
Curious Behavior

Marjeanne Banks Vacco '62
Challenge Match

Karen Craft '77
No Place Like Home

Alicia M. Rodriguez-Connolly '78

Mary Schwalm '99
Down to the Wire

Kyle Garry '00

More madcap adventures concerning the Class of 1990! . . . Alison Glockler Schwartz had a baby boy, Gabriel Jacob Schwartz, on May 3. Mom and baby are both well although a bit sleep deprived--surprise, surprise! . . . Sharing in the recent onset of sleep deprivation are Erica Hoffmeister Supple and her husband, Dave, who welcomed son Ryan James on April 3. Erica and David recently moved back to Needham, Mass., Erica's hometown. David is a pilot for American Airlines, and Erica has her hands full with Ryan and big brother Delaney, who is now 2. . . . By the time this column is in print, Greg Lundberg and his wife, Ann, will, with any luck, be past the sleep deprivation stage, as their daughter, Eleanor Keen Lundberg, comes up on her first birthday in October. . . . John Hayworth and his wife had a son, John Hedges, on February 1. John tells me he was at Steve Coan's wedding, where he caught up with Andy Ayers '89, Bob Lian and Charlie Allen '91. I heard separately from Steve, who wrote to tell me that shortly after his March wedding to Jennifer Starkey, he received a job transfer from Portland, Ore., to Columbus, Ohio. Steve works for Titleist and FootJoy Worldwide and reports that they are still getting settled but so far are really enjoying Columbus. . . . Kim Morrison Lysaght and her husband, Tim, had an April Fool's baby. They've named their son Coleman (Cole) Monroe Lysaght. Kim is on maternity leave from her job as a math teacher in Newton, Mass. . . . Mark Michaud and Amy Farmer had a daughter, Lindsey Alexandra, on April 19, in Burlington, Vt. . . . Paul Neidich and his wife, Barbara, had a son, Zachary Joseph, in July of 1999 (the busy parents apologize for the news lapse, but they figured better late than never!). . . . Speaking of busy parents, Jon and Nori Sterling Gale were caught up in baseball season--both their son, Tate, 6, and their daughter, Sarah, 5, are playing. Jon coaches Sarah's team, so they were all right in the thick of it, but they were planning a break in July for a road trip to Wisconsin for Nori's brother's wedding. They planned to take the northern route through Canada, taking in the scenery and doing some camping along the way. Jon is at UNUM Provident in Portland, and Nori is at Diversified Communications, also in Portland. They saw Doug Hall at a fund raiser a few months ago and found that "every person who passed us as we stood talking to him seemed to know him intimately." . . . Mike and Deb Wood O'Loughlin were planning a move back to New England after Mike's fellowship at the Mayo Clinic came to an end this spring. Mike was specializing in cross-sectional imaging and will miss having access to all the newest radiological "toys." . . . Bill '88 and Wendy Kennedy Ralph are moving to Maine, where Bill has accepted a job with CommTel. . . . Andrea (Krasker '93) and Chip Gavin are moving to Eastport, Maine, where Chip is going back to school for a degree in marine technology and boat building. Andrea will be finishing up her dissertation in psychology at Boston College via a distance learning program. Before he begins building boats, Chip was to spend the summer racing them, including the Marblehead, Mass., to Halifax, N.S., race. Any folks who find themselves Down East this fall should feel free to look them up! . . . Cynthia Demskie Mulligan was recently promoted to senior vice president of consumer banking at Abington Savings Bank. . . . In April, Bernie Khoo joined Ntercept Communications as their chief research officer and vice president of product management. Ntercept specializes in multimedia data collection and has developed a state-of-the-art software package to collect survey data over the Web, including video, images and audio. The press release touts Bernie's skills thus: "Highly regarded for his expertise in developing Web-based interfaces for computer modeling and market research, Khoo will help guide Ntercept as it continues to develop its revolutionary Net-based market research software." . . . Thank you all so much for all the news, and keep those cards and letters coming!

--Laura Senier

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Christy O'Rourke became engaged to Jeff Doyle on July 4, 2000, at her parents' home in Alamo, Calif., and planned a June 2001 wedding. Jeff is a St. Lawrence University graduate. Christy works at Lycos.com in Waltham, Mass., as a promotions manager. She had been living in Watertown, Mass., with Katherine Rynearson. . . . Alice Johnson married Brian Handwerk on June 10, 2000, outside of Philadelphia. Jen Jarvis was a bridesmaid, and Christy O'Rourke did a reading. Alice and Brian split their honeymoon between a beach in Sardinia and hiking across Switzerland. They live in Washington, D.C., where Alice is the director of development at the Sheridan School and Brian works for NationalGeographic.com. Jen is living in Switzerland with her fiancé, who is half-Swiss, and will be getting married over there this fall. . . . The Nobscot Mass. Valley Football Officials Association presented Mike Regan, head coach at Medway High, with the William Kirley award. The award recognizes a coach who conducts himself and his program in a decorous and dignified manner. . . . Pam Bove wrote from a cyber cafe in Seoul, Korea. She took a month off to travel in Asia- Tokyo, Singapore, Bali, Hong Kong, Phuket and Bangkok. Pam is still living in Boston but spends a lot of time in Florida, where she's a partner in a golf school business. Pam is offering a 10 percent alumni discount for those looking to improve their game. Contact her at www.advantagegolfschool.com. . . . Tara McDonough married Huan Nghiem (Syracuse U. '92) in San Francisco, Calif., on October 21, 2000. Many Colby folks were in attendance, including bridesmaids Stephanie Clement and Kimberly Ereminas Reeve. Daniel Price Bar-Zeev officiated. Guests included Craig Mertens, Kris McGrew, Dev Tandon '93, who signed the marriage certificate, Krista Stein '93, a reader, Jennifer Gennaco '95 and Alyssa Giacobbe '98. . . . After eight years in publishing, Jeanine Caunt quit her job as managing editor at Element Books in Boston to try her hand at design. She began working in a marketing capacity for two different architecture firms. One specializes in affordable housing and other kinds of community architecture. The other specializes in museum and gallery architecture, urban design and public art. Jeanine was preparing to enroll at the Rhode Island School of Design for their 2001 Summer Intensive Program and hopes to pursue a master's in industrial design full time in 2002. . . . Torin Taylor is working as a commercial real estate broker at Grubb & Ellis in Boston. He lives in Brookline with his wife, Anika Smith Taylor '94. . . . Thom Luth lives in Denver with his wife, Laurie, and is working as a sales rep at Black Diamond Sports. . . . Steve Neuhauser is living in Cleveland, where he just earned a computer engineering degree at Case Western Reserve. . . . . David Leavy is still living in Washington, D.C., but has left the White House and is now working at the Discovery Network (Discovery Channel) in corporate communications. . . . Josh Steinberger finished at NYU/Stern Business School in May and is moving back to Boston to take a position at Putnam Investments. . . . Anne Maddocks Michels finished at Columbia Medical School last year and is a resident at Columbia Presbyterian in New York City. Anne lives on the upper west side with her husband, Bill '93. . . . Beth (Stuart '95) and Mike Gosk live in San Francisco. Mike works at KMPG. . . . Curt Beckwith is a medical resident living in Providence, R.I., with his wife, Susanna, and daughter, Isabelle. . . . . Wylie Dufresne lives in New York City, where he has his own restaurant called 71 Clinton Fresh Food in the lower east side, where his establishment is earning rave reviews. Did you see the feature article on him in the summer issue of Colby? . . . Mike Keller lives in New York City with his wife, Curry (Hamlin '91), and works at Brown Brothers. . . . Jim Conrad recently moved to San Francisco after graduating from the Wharton Business School. He is working for a venture capital firm.

- Michelle Fortier Biscotti

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I have to apologize to a slew of you who sent me e-mails in late winter/early spring. Unfortunately I fell victim to the dot-com massacre, and in the mayhem of my former employer's implosion I lost all of my files. So please take pity on your unemployed correspondent and don't send me vitriolic e-mail if you don't see your news here! The exclusion is not intentional! . . . Sue Liacos-Dix, Kristen Schuler Scammon, Erin McTernan Aaron, Beth Foohey, Sue Kairnes Baker and Sarah Oelkers meet for dinner each month and are planning a trip to the Bahamas next February to celebrate turning 30 (!). . . . Holly Coxe is living in Portland, Maine, after completing a master's in organization development at American University and the NTL Institute for Applied Behavioral Science. Her graduation gift was a trip to Africa! In Portland she sees Kim Carr and Rob McCarley, who wed in Boothbay Harbor this summer; Holly and Sue Krolicki were both bridesmaids. Kim received her master's in adult education, and Rob is a practicing psychiatrist. . . . Jill Moran Baxter is at home in Sharon, Mass., with her son, Jed, and frequently sees Mary Fitzgerald Olohan and her son, Michael. She said that Liz Winslow Keegan graduated from Northeastern Law this past spring and lives in Andover with her husband, Tim. . . . Roger and Amy O'Mara Moore live in Hull, Mass., in a Victorian home they restored themselves. . . . Krista Stein received her M.B.A. from Emory University, Brian O'Halloran is in his second year of the M.B.A. program at UCLA, Diane Decker is finishing a veterinary program at Cornell, and Dev Tandon and Chris Chamberlain finished their M.B.A.'s at Stern/NYU this past spring. Chris will be working for The New York Times in their strategic planning division. . . . Beth Hermanson married John Kinsley '90 in September 2000 in Boothbay Harbor, Maine. Colby attendees included Cassie O'Neil Li '91, Josh Wolman '91, John O'Brien '92, Scott Schirmeier '90, Karen Nelson, Leah Babcock '95, Hank Kinsley '86, Jeff Hermanson '81 and Sally Richards Lehr '90. Beth is practicing law at Goodwin Proctor LLP in Boston. . . . Jorgen Bocklage is in Minneapolis, employed as a market strategy research analyst at US Bancorp Piper Jaffray. He and his wife, Sonja, had their first child in August. . . . Lots of babies in the news! In April Kristin Ostrom Allen and her husband, Andrew, had their first, Joshua Henry, weighing in at nine lbs.! Joe McKenna and his wife, Danielle, had their second child in July. They live on Cape Cod, where Joe works for Lucent Technologies. Joe stays in touch with David O'Shea in Michigan, Ellie North, a nurse in Boston, Flint Hobart, who is headed to Micronesia with the Peace Corps, and Lael Hinman Stanczak, who lives in Chicago with her husband and three children. . . . Karyn Rimas Patry and her family--husband Jeff and daughters Layne and Emlyn--moved to Hooksett, N.H., into a home they had built. Karen, who works for EDS as a business systems analyst, recently visited Jen Larsen Daileanes, who has a daughter, Sidney. Karen also is in touch with Paul and Angela Tennett Butler, who live in Bangor with their two daughters, Mary and Katie. . . . In San Francisco Nive Filipo works for Intel, runs marathons in her spare time and planned a fall wedding to Tim Bailey. She stays in touch with Wendy Holcombe, who also lives in S.F. Nive sent news that Susan Furst Knight had a baby girl in December and lives in N.Y.C., where she is a marketing consultant, and that Katie Olsen lives in Steamboat Springs, Colo., teaching biology and skiing. . . . Hilary Gehman lives in Washington, D.C., and coaches the Georgetown women's crew team. . . . Kathaleen Smyth lives in Stowe, Vt., where she is a marketing manager of the Stowe Flake ski resort. . . . Ned Brown was recently an attendant at the wedding in Westchester County, N.Y., of Heather Bucha and Frank Whaley, an actor who will soon have a play produced in N.Y.C. Alums at the wedding included Jen Comstock, Jon Zack and Scott Reed. . . . Emily Slater took the bar this past summer and will be practicing at Debevoise & Plimpton in N.Y.C. this fall. She also had a baby boy in August 2000! Last fall Emily worked on the Hillary Clinton campaign and then spent the month of December in Australia, hiking and snorkeling. She also said that Sue Furlong is moving back to N.Y.C. after a stint in Denver. Doug Morrione and Dave Nicholson '94 also live in N.Y.C., and Emily sees them regularly as well. . . . Marty Hergert attended both the London wedding of Catherine Coyne to Mat Lown and Laura Fogarty Nerney's 30th birthday clambake celebration in Barrington, R.I. Jay Moore, his wife, Diane, and their son, Owen, were also guests at the event. . . . Janine Deforge Howley, the mother of 5-year-old Alexa and 2-year old Zack, has worked for Fidelity for the past four years as the director of product management. She said that Kristen (Schuler) and Jon Scammon '94 are moving back to Boston from Washington, D.C. . . . Congratulations to Chris Chamberlain, Mike Powers and me--who all got married on consecutive Saturdays in September! Chris married Brenner Brown in Duxbury, Mass., Mike married Pam Jones in Montana, and I married Dave Balter in Vermont. . . . Keep the news coming!

--Beth Curran

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As always, thank you, everyone, for all of your news. Lots of weddings and engagements this quarter! married Melanie Goldman during Memorial Day weekend in Washington, D.C. Erik Belenky and TJWinick attended. The couple will relocate from D.C. to N.Y. this summer. . . . Sean Hayes married Susan Postlewaite in June on Nantucket. . . . Laura Eanes married Richard Martin on June 17. They are both teaching at Blair Academy and living in and running the senior girls' dorm. Laura is coaching three JV sports (tennis, squash and lacrosse). This year she taught algebra I and II and will teach AB calc and geometry next year. This summer she taught at Gould Academy summer school in Maine. . . . Erik Belenky married Sally Jena Schuber in mid-June. Following a honeymoon to St. Lucia, the couple will reside in Atlanta. She is a staff attorney for the Court of Appeals of Georgia, and he is an associate at Long, Aldridge & Norman LLP in Atlanta. . . . Megan Harris was to marry Ken Boucher in Aspen, Colo., on July 14. . . . Eric Tracy was to wed Wendy Russell on August 18 in Rochester, N.Y. . . . Josette Huntress is finishing up her year teaching in Malawi. In September she was marry Thomas Holland in North Carolina, where the couple will live. . . . Dan Demeritt is getting married in October to Martha Currier at Sugarloaf in Maine. He is currently working as a legislative assistant for Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) in Washington and will be starting a part-time M.B.A. program at the University of Maryland's Smith School of Business this fall. . . . Tracy Karsch is marrying Tony Palumbo in New York on April 27, 2002. . . . Maria DeSimone got engaged to Wayne Carlson. They are planning a spring 2002 wedding. . . . PaulMarnoto recently got engaged to Sheri Petelle '93. . . . In other news, John Terborgh worked in sales and marketing in Silicon Valley for five years but recently entered graduate school at Duke University for a master's in environmental management. . . . . Heather Boothe has been working for the National Park Service in Kentucky since graduating from Colby. However, she recently accepted a new position as a ranger/media specialist at Muir Woods National Monument, a redwood forest near San Francisco. . . . Mike King is now co-director of the learning resource center at Choate Rosemary Hall. The center intends to meet the educational needs of the increasing number of students with learning differences. This is Choate's first effort at educational support, and Mike is very excited about the opportunity to create the program from scratch. . . . Amy Alderson graduated from Yale's nurse-midwifery program in May 2000 and is now working as a midwife for the Indian Health Service on the Pine Ridge Indian reservation in South Dakota. She wrote that it is a challenging and interesting job and that she likes to take advantage of the outdoor recreation in the area. . . . Trezlen Drake is traveling this summer to Strasbourg, France, to take a course at the European Court of Human Rights' International Institute of Human Rights. This year's theme is human rights and religious freedom. . . .  Seven Starr Lathrop Grenier is now working in the corporate and foundation relations office at Colby as an administrative assistant. She is living with her husband, Mark, in Vassalboro, Maine. They have a 5-year-old daughter, Rebecca. . . . Cecily Totten is working on Thompson Island in Boston Harbor, teaching middle school English. She was to start graduate school this summer at the Bread Loaf School of English at Middlebury. . . . Colleen Brennan Thorndike is working at Holland Mark in Boston, and she and her husband, John, are expecting their first child in November. . . . Kara Gilligan and Ed Ramirez bought a condo in Brookline, Mass. Ed is working with Fidelity, and Kara starts her second year teaching fifth grade in Shrewsbury, Mass., this fall. They recently adopted a kitten, Topaz. . . . Amy Wrentmore and Jan Dutton bought a house in Charlottesville, Va., where they will be moving in June. Amy graduated from medical school last spring. . . . Andrea Bowman and Chris Rogers had a daughter, Abby (8 lbs. 2 oz. and 21 inches long), on April 30. Andrea is at home taking care of Abby and Tyler (who turned 2 in February), and Chris is still working with MCI Worldcom….Kris and Ben Morse had their second baby girl on May 18: Alexandra Stephanie Morse weighed 7 lbs. 6 oz. . . . On March 18 Karen and Ted Gulley had a baby girl, Meghan Amelia, who weighed in at 8 lbs. 1.5 oz. and 20.25 inches long. They are currently living in Mansfield, Mass., with their chocolate Lab, Colby.

--Tracy K. Larsen

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