ALUMNI PROFILES
Frances Vitaglione '63
Finding a Future

Fred Valone '72
Spiritual Challenge

Ari Druker '93
Asia Major

Sarah Toland '00
A Step Ahead

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I'm one of those Colby kids who have been fortunate to have a parent who went to Colby! In November the Colby community lost a kind, benevolent soul, Louis Ferraguzzi '53. My father, Nick Sarris '53, and Louie were roommates and comrades at the Phi Delta Theta house. I grew up on Louie and Nick stories. It was apparent that Louie was beloved by his circle of friends, because Ray '54 and Priscilla Eaton Billington '53, Ted Rice '54, Eddie Fraktman '53, Sid Fornaciari '54, Charlie Windhorst '54 and Jimmy Windhorst '87 all gathered at the funeral. Nick's eulogy and the endless Colby stories immediately transported me to the '50s! . . . I went to my 20th high school reunion (Dover-Sherborn in Massachusetts) and bumped into Paul Turci. We laughed about Colby days gone by, and he kept me chuckling about his teaching exploits with middle school kids in the Bronx. . . . "C'mon and ZOOM, ZOOM, ZOOM A ZOOM." This is my producer's mantra as of late. My contract work with New Hampshire Public Television takes me into the small towns of N.H., where I videotape and interview kids who volunteer in their community. I edit these interviews into the "ZOOM into Action" segment, which is inserted into the national ZOOM show, which is broadcast locally in the N.H. market on channel 11. Three of my N.H. segment pieces last season made it into Season V ZOOM , which will be broadcast all over the U.S. Check 'em out! . . . Ouzo-flavored hard candies? Sue B. Whitney said she couldn't resist the purchase when she was shopping in her local Greek store in the "Burgh" . . . she thought of me! She wrote announcing the arrival of her second daughter, Whitney, born in September 2002. Her other daughter, "Weezie (now 3) is big, big into anything pink, Barbie, dolls, dress-up and (get this) lipstick and makeup! Aaaagh! A Riot!" . . . Bill Nicholas e-mailed that he and his wife were expecting their first child in March: "Just got a puppy for parenting practice so I can take care of the kid!" He has an architecture practice in Los Angeles with two other partners and five employees. They do a wide variety of projects ranging from new town design and master plans to custom homes and restaurants. Bill attended Mark Gordon's wedding in October in St. Michael's, Md. Also in attendance was Tony Stiker, who is planning his return to graduate school next fall. Bill has been in contact with Peter Voskamp, who is in his final year at the University of Texas journalism school. This past summer he conducted an interview with Linda Greenlaw '83 for the Block Island Times. . . . Aimee Good '87 is in New York and expecting her first child sometime soon. . . . Todd Bishop '87 is also in New York, working for MOMA. . . . The moose is loose in Asia. Greg Beatty is living in Bangkok (for the lifestyle) and working in Hong Kong (for the career). He commutes between the two cities each week--teaching international law at a university in Bangkok and drafting contracts for the restructuring of Hong Kong Telecom. The commute is, he says, "a bitch," but not as bad as a winter bus ride to Bates or Bowdoin to watch a hockey game from the bench as a back-up goalie. He is writing (to an audience of one) his memoirs of living in Southeast Asia for the last 12 years. . . . Jill (Wertz-Scalise '88) and Doug Scalise applied for a National Clergy Renewal Grant from the Lilly Endowment and learned they were one of the 135 recipients from all across the United States. The grant, he says, "will help fund our sabbatical activities for three and half months in 2003, enabling me to engage in a study in spirituality and ministry as well as for us to spend a month traveling in Scotland and England next summer." In the fall, Doug and Jill visited Doug's roommate, Greg Cronin, on Long Island. He sent me a picture of Greg on . . . where else? . . . the ice! Check out www.newyorkislanders.com Web site for an update! . . . Amy Bleakney Neil e-mailed: "My husband, Mark, and I have four kids: Kara, 11, Emily, 9, Kevin, 8, and, Ryan, 5. Our youngest just started half-day kindergarten, so I'll have some 'free' time for the first time in 12 years!" . . . Anne Butter became the trucking supervisor at L.L. Bean in June 2002. "It is a wonderful company," she wrote, "and living in Freeport, Maine, the commute to work doesn't get much better!" . . . Caroline Nelson Kris moved her family back to California last June. "I am a student once again," she said, "having decided to pursue a teaching credential in special ed. It may take a while to get there, but I am excited about this later-in-life career!" She has a son, Cory, 10, and a daughter, Casey, 7. . . . Henrietta Yelle and Chris Engstrom '88 report "some great traveling in the time we've been together." They were off on a new adventure in December--"skipping Christmas" and going to India for two weeks. . . . Collette Cote Mayerhoeffer writes, "Goodbye Bean Town, hello Sunshine State--I accepted a worldwide marcom position with AuthenTec (fingerprint authentication/biometrics) in Melbourne, Fla." . . . Lindsay (Carroll '87) and Geoff Alexander had a wonderful 12th anniversary in August due to the fact that we were able to celebrate with other Colby friends (some were in our wedding party) on Orr's Island in Maine. Thanks to Tad Allyn and his family, we had a wonderful afternoon with friends and their children on a beautiful late summer day. Besides Tad, Chapman Mayo, Rich Deering and Jen Imhoff Foley were some of the crew who enjoyed the day with us."

--Andrea V. Sarris

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Thanks to Jane Nicol Manuel for keeping us up-to-date for the past five years. I never realized the time lag--I'm writing a spring column as winter is just getting going, so my news may have a bit of that fall feeling just when the spring bulbs are getting ready to pop! Last September my husband, John, and I and our son, Jack, spent a wonderful week on Martha's Vineyard with Tony and Pam Blanchard Harrington and their children, Jack and Kate. Pam and Tony live in Tiburon, Calif., and saw Beth Healy in Boston before meeting up with us. Beth covers investment business and venture capital for The Boston Globe and writes a weekly column. Check it out in print or online. . . . September brought a bouncing baby girl, Jillian, to Mitch and Jeanne Morrison Cook. The first girl of their four children, Jillian arrived a little early and the Cooks did not quite make it to the hospital, but both Jeanne and Jillian are doing wonderfully. The Cooks enjoy their new home and community in Minnesota after many years in Michigan. . . . I received a handful of interesting press releases regarding Eric Zolov--unfortunately none of them in English. They indicate that Eric was a presenter on music and politics as they relate to Mexico, and I hope to share more with you once I can get a good translation. Eric, let me know what's going on. . . . Mike Archibald was appointed vice president for university advancement at St. Lawrence University. . . . Melissa Bach e-mailed an update on reunion and her thoughts on the presentation she made during reunion regarding her tour business, Gloucester Guided Tours. Melissa wrote, "The tour company has received an inordinate amount of press because of the serendipity of my location and the book/movie The Perfect Storm, which I wrap up in a tour about Gloucester's fishing industry. It was fun to be behind the podium in Lovejoy, with a wonderful audience--actually much more engaged and attentive than I suspect I ever was in any Lovejoy class." For those who've followed the Perfect Storm story, she says, The Crow's Nest, owned by Gregg Sousa '85, and Linda Greenlaw '83 (former captain of The Hannah Bowden) should be familiar names. (Greg actually inherited the bar from his father when he was 18, still a student at Colby!) . . . After nine years of developing exchange programs for the Soros Foundation, Carol Tegen is now director of the Fulbright Foreign Student Program at the Institute of International Education in New York. She wrote, "I'm getting married next summer (thanks to Patti D'Agostino for introducing me to her high school friend!)." Patti recently started as supervising editor for reading programs at Pearson Publishing "and continues to throw great parties at her terrace apartment on the Upper East Side." Carol will be splitting time between New York City and central New Jersey, where Mike teaches. With some luck, Ellen Galambos (who recently became a JP) will perform the ceremony. . . . Nancy Di Bernardo also leads a split life--between New York and Miami, where she is director of sales and marketing for the Setai Development Group, a real estate development company. . . . Robert Borgese is married to Jing Li from Wuhan, China. "She is beautiful and has more degrees than a thermometer," he wrote. They met in Germany and have two kids, June and Leopold. He earned an M.B.A. in international management from AGSIM at Thunderbird, finishing up his credits at the European Business School outside Wiesbaden and at Helsinki School of Economics. He's consulted in Eastern Europe with a German firm, started two of his own companies and one for a JV out of Germany and did a stint at IBM. He and his wife also started a company to import foreign nurses to the U.S. to help with the current nursing shortage, and he's currently running an online franchise and looking for people to expand with in New England. "If I can be of any help to anyone I would love to hear from you," he says. He can be reached through his virtual assistant at 866-598-5455. . . . Rebecca Binder wrote that her son, Benjamin, 5, is the proud big brother of Leah Kate, born on April 16, 2002: "not only is Benj proud, he is awesome during those back seat bottle-feeding crises en route to New York City from Waverly, Pa., and Leah is most appreciative!". . . Michael Ashley wrote, "My family and business have both been growing. To incorporate or get a corporate registered agent, check out IncLegal.com." He and Debbie expect number three on April 27, 2003. Lillie was 3 in January, and Sam turned 1 last August. . . . Carol Hani is engaged to Ian Agranat. They met at a dating event three years ago and will be married in Boston in May. They are living in Concord, Mass., very close to where Louisa Bell Paushter lives. . . . Mohsen and Julie D'Amico Kurd have two children, Sofia, 3 1/2, and Cyrus, going on 1. After a decade with Fidelity Investments, where Julie was a VP, she's switched to teaching in Emmanuel College's M.B.A. program. They live in The People's Republic of Cambridge and welcome visitors or calls. . . . "From Down East to Down Under!" wrote Andrew Jeske: "I'm in Australia for a few weeks shooting a Cheerios commercial, still working as a writer at Saatchi & Saatchi Advertising in New York. Our little boy, Sam, is now 3 1/2, and all's well." . . . Thanks to all who contributed news.

--Kathleen Harnett Linger

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Okay, I am not going to lie to you. It's Peter Weltchek's fault there was no '88 column last time. He inundated me with so much spam e-mail I couldn't get anything done. Things have changed, though, and I have re-emerged, supremely focused and raring to work my way through the pile of e-mails--sorry if it's a bit haphazard. . . . Kristina Kuhlmann Tryon and her husband, Steve, live in Takoma Park, Md., with their son, Wilson. . . . Jen (Pierce '89) and Ed Barr live in Bronxville, N.Y., with their children, Hadley and Evan. Jon Earl, recently married, is Evan's godfather. . . . Toby and Vickie Caron Bell recently helped their son, Harrison, celebrate his first birthday. . . . Kerri Murphy Tellier and her husband, Scott, had their third child, Kiernan, in September. Kiernan joins older sister Caitlyn and brother Declan. The clan lives in Weston, Mass. Kerri is tearing up the field at John Hancock: last year she was named Sales Rep of the Year as well as the #1 Leader in Life Sales. Nice work. . . . Kathy Trudeau Osborne married Robert ("best thing that ever happened to me," she writes) a few years back; they expected a boy in mid-April. . . . Jo "Muffy" Welton Guthrie has returned to Boston after being in London for the last 1 1/2 years. . . . Last July, Megan Davis Collins and her husband welcomed a son, Henry Thomas; he joins 4-year-old sister Olivia. . . . Melissa Ruff Cassel is in her fifth year as dean of students at the Walnut Hill School in Natick, Mass. She and her husband, Steven, have a 2-year-old son, Jordan. . . . Mary Federle Porter and her husband, Jeff, have five (yes, five) kids. Mary writes that Sue Jacobson Nester has a daughter, Catherine, and that Tom Snow and his wife had twins a few years ago. Mary sees Peter and Laurie Meehan Reed at school and soccer practice. Joann Koletsky Graizzaro and her husband, Bruno, who had twin girls on November 1, thank Laurie, Betsy Lockhart Casey and Kim Ellis Fisher for all their help, advice and support. . . . Bob and Carrie O'Brien Thomas have added a pair of sons to their family. . . . David Marc Rosen is an assistant public defender; he and his wife, Donna, had a son, Axel Jay, on November 5. Apparently, David had a hand in Emily Isaacs's marriage to Paul Modiano. . . . . MJ Carty Brown and her husband, Brian, and their daughter, Margaret Alice, live in Hamilton, Mass. MJ has the coolest job running online sites for Hasbro, the toy company (www.mrpotatohead.com? That's hers.) Yes, MJ, I remember "Seagull Hell Island." . . . John Radtke is teaching at Falmouth (Mass.) High School; he received his master's from Harvard. . . . Jill Taylor Harrison recently opened Curves For Women, a "30-minute fitness and weight loss center" in Waterville. . . . Rick Keigwin serves on a United Nations panel that provides expert advice on ozone protection issues to the UN Environment Programme. . . . Wendy (Kennedy '90) and Bill Ralph and children, Cate, 3, and Ellie, 1, recently returned to Maine; Bill is CFO of an independent phone company. . . . Nancy and David Caspar were expecting their third child back in October. Dave writes that Todd Wallingford got married in July, that Jeff Cohen is managing mail room operations at L.L. Bean and that Scott Parks and his wife, Susan, were joined by their first child, Nicholas James. . . . Garret and Sue Maddock Hinebauch and their son, Oliver, are living in London, where Garret is teaching English and history at the American School. They recently saw Melissa Brown Bride and her husband, Jim, and their kids, Phoebe and Oliver. Sue writes that Hal Crimmel is teaching English at Weber State University in Utah; Hal and his wife had their first child, Natalia, in November '01. . . . Leah Basbanes and her partner, Grace Jeanes '96, live in Dunstable, Mass., where they are building a new house and Leah runs a wetlands consulting business. . . . Deanna Cook McDonald is a senior editor and director of creative development at FamilyFun magazine. Deanna has penned numerous articles and cookbooks and has appeared on CBS's Early Show, on ABC with Diane Sawyer and on the Discovery Channel. She and Douglas live with their two kids in Northampton, Mass. . . . Dan and Josie Regeic Del Duca had twins (what's up with all the twins?), Abigal Rose and Edward Woolman. They live in Ardmore, Pa. Josie works for MBNA, and Dan is teaching science and coaching squash and tennis at the Haverford School. . . . Me? Thanks for asking. Lovely Ann and I were wed in April in Wales, U.K. A host of Colby folk were there, including Peter Weltchek and Hilary Seward and Tom Abbatiello, Greg Gatlin and Chris Preston, all '89. Ann and I live in Concord, Mass. . . . A special note to Kristin Sween Landeis: yes, we are interested in hearing from you! That goes for all of you, actually. Send in your news. And don't forget our 15th reunion this June 6-8. I hope you will all be there.

Dean A. Schwartz

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There is a lot of news to report this time around, so if you don't see your news here, look for it in the next issue. . . . Lane Wilkinson is leaving the ranks of lifetime bachelors to marry Shelly Borneman. Lane took fourth place in the tandem event at the National Cycling Championships and was looking forward to cross-country skiing and ski jumping after finishing remodeling his house. He lives in Seattle and sees Lisa Beliveau now and then. . . . Kerri Hicks wrote with news of her life in R.I. She has worked at Brown for five years and is now a senior analyst in the Scholarly Technology Group "working on really cool academic IT projects." Her son, Teddy, will be 5 in July. With Scott Jablonski and his wife, Kerri attended Bill Spears's wedding last summer. . . . Shaun Dakin is now working in e-business and business development with Fannie Mae in D.C. He is playing squash again, often with Morgan Whitacre '88. Shaun lost 45 pounds and is featured on the Weight Watchers Web site: tinyurl.com/2uil. . . . Dr. Britt Moore is still living on Stewart Island, New Zealand, and running her coffee shop/art gallery in the summer. She's working on her post-doctoral project, which takes her to the Yukon during New Zealand's winter. . . . Beth Bitoff Odom is looking for correspondence from D.C. alums with advice on places to live and schools, because she and her husband and little girl will be leaving Italy for D.C. in June 2003. Her e-mail is elizabethodom@yahoo.com. Beth spent last fall on a whirlwind U.S. trip and saw Katie The Losen Goldberg and Ruth Bender in San Francisco. She also hears from Audrey Barone, who is busy contracting, and Jen Cooke Rotman, who now has two little boys. Maybe you can talk to Steve Wilson, Beth. He lives in Arlington, Va., and he and his wife are expecting their second child. Steve works as director of finance for Judicial Watch. . . . Melinda Pittis Leitch had a baby, Alexandra Macpherson Leitch, in June 2002. . . . If you see a familiar face on your TV, it might be John Reynolds, who will be plugging Chase credit cards, ESPN and Value City department stores. . . . I got a long e-mail from Dave McCauley, who is living in Watertown, N.Y., and running his own business. The business owns and licenses music and other intellectual property rights to Latin America and also manufactures packaging and media for the entertainment industry in Latin America, Saudi Arabia and Azerbaijan. He travels a lot and uses his Spanish "in ways I could not have anticipated when we left Colby." Dave recently saw Chris White '90 at a Syracuse football game. . . . Jim Connolly reports that Jan Gisholt is living in N.Y.C., working at a maritime law firm and attending law school at night. According to Jim, Jan is extremely busy but occasionally finds time to whip up a batch of his famous blueberry pancakes. Jim also wrote that Kim Murphy Brewer is living in Arlington, Va., with husband Paul and their children, Kevin, 5, and Julie, 3. Kim has been attending classes on the history of the Middle East and on recent events occurring in that region. She also finds time to jog regularly. Kim recently had a visit from Melissa Early Ruwitch, who lives in St. Louis with her husband and twins and works as a health counselor at Washington University. As for Jim, he still works in D.C. for the Anacostia Watershed Society. He rows recreationally on the Anacostia and is delighted with the success of the Colby crew teams. . . . Laura Thornton Pellegrino was named to the board of trustees of the Frisbee Foundation, which supports cancer research. . . . Deb Greene Nairus and her husband, Jim, finished their respective residencies/fellowships and are now practicing medicine, Deb as an emergency room physician and Jim as an orthopaedic surgeon. Deb and Jim welcomed Caroline Claire on August 9. (I like the name, Deb: I gave birth to Caroline May on Sept. 26.) . . . Keep the news coming!

--Anita L. Terry

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