ALUMNI PROFILES
Gardner Gray '64
One Last Landing

James Simon '64

David Rea '71

David Melpignano '72
Taking Stock

Maura Shaughnessy '83

Jennifer Massengill '88
Cell mate

Mala Rafik '93
Cause and effect

. . . So I'm driving back on I-95 from Christmas with Mom on Cape Cod. I'd just had a nice lunch with Susan Brown Musche, her husband and my old roomie Frank '66, and Jay Fell '66, and 'long about New London, Conn., there are loud explosions under the hood and the '72 Eldorado CV rolls to a halt. AAA rescues me and says, "We'll look at it tomorrow." So where exactly am I? After some deep thoughtan epiphany. Rick and Nancy Winslow Harwood must live around here since he was recently in the submarine building business and I'm near the Groton submarine store. Says I, "would you be able to put me up for the night?" A friendly voice says, "Yes, indeed!" and that's how I came to spend two delightful days with the Harwoods in their beautiful home in East Lyme, Conn. We had a chance to do some birding. On a frosty December afternoon we spotted bald eagles, Brant geese, common and hooded grebe. Rick and Nancy were in the final stages of planning yet another trip to visit George Hooker in Thailand. As I was leaving in my rental car (repairs took 19 days) to return to New Jersey, Sunny Coady appeared with a gigantic dog for a New Year's weekend visit. She is finishing her term as board chair with Massachusetts Easter Seals and enjoying a travel-filled retirement, including St. John, V.I., with the Harwoods and England and Italy with a niece. . . . The Alumni Office forwarded an e-mail from David Hatch (davidhatch@hotmail.com). Dave is teaching high school Spanish at Burlington High School in Massachusetts. He has been a volunteer fund raiser for Cystic Fibrosis for the past five years, and he continues to volunteer for one professional tennis tournament a year at the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, R.I. He says, "I'm just an usher, but I get to see some great tennis." . . . Whitfield Robbins reports that he is still with the confectionary division of Nestle and working on international projects. He and Pat have six grandchildren and are active in their church in Delaware, Ohio, where Pat's parents moved four years ago. He says they enjoy Ohio but also enjoy getting back to New England "if only once a year nowmaybe more after retirement." Their youngest daughter is in grad school at Indiana University. . . . Gayle Lenz Mitchell was named to the Coldwell Banker International President's Elite in July 2000. That puts her in the top 4 percent of 70,000 sales associates worldwide for this full service provider of real estate services. She is active in singing in the Trinity Church chancel choir, chairs the community meals program and is past president of the Newcomers Club and PTO for Northborough Middle School. . . . Elfie Hinterkopf's book, Integrating Spirituality in Counseling, was published recently in a Japanese translation. . . . Pat Campbell was one of three Colby graduates chosen to exhibit at the 2001 Portland, Maine, Museum of Art biennial this past spring. Her work also was featured in the 1998 biennial (math majors may detect a Y2K program at this point, but that's what they gave me). . . . I'm saddened to report that Susie Walker Ostrem's husband, Don, passed away in May 2000. Her new address is 24077 East Lakeshore, Bigfork, MT 59911. . . . In 1997, during their first meeting in more than 30 years, Jerri Hamilton Bost and Allen '66 and Janet Meyer Throop '66 talked about walking across the Golden Gate Bridge. A year later Jerri was diagnosed with bone cancer. On July 7 last year the group realized their goal on a celebratory walk. Two other survivors of major surgery during the last few years, Elena and Peter Anderson '66, joined the walk and the celebrations afterwards. . . . Tom Donahue sent a long Christmas letter with news that he's in his 22nd year at Harvard-Westlake School in North Hollywood, Calif., where he teaches five sections of advanced placement Spanish literature in this exclusive prep school. He said, "We are in the happy position of being the only real game in town . . . so can continue to take about one in four applicants, meaning that anyone who makes it to the senior year, where I teach them, combines the best qualities of Einstein, Lassie and Faye Dunaway." Tom spends summers doing Indian studies: "Sleeping in a teepee that had remarkable amounts of scurrying animal life once the fire was out and eating a Blackfeet diet (meat, meat, stew, meat soup, stew and more meat) and sleeping on a buffalo robe helped remind me of how glad I am we Irish invented civilization." . . . Hope you've had a chance to respond to Harold Kowal's request on behalf of the Alumni Fund. . . . Hail, Colby, Hail!

--Richard W. Bankart

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Ted Houghton writes that he and Liz are looking forward to retirement in the fall, after 30 years of civil service with the government. For the past 10 years, Ted has been chief of meteorology for the Air National Guardlots of fun, he says, and lots of friends. Their challenge now is figuring out what's next. They have a great home right on the shore of the Chesapeake Bay and hate to leave. However, their twins, Kate and Geoff, and four (soon to be five) grandchildren are all back in western Massachusetts, so they will probably head back up that way. They anticipate being snowbirds for a couple of months in the winter but being back up north in time for a couple of weeks of March skiing. Ted is also trying to convince Liz that a year-long trip around the country should be in their future, but more convincing needs to be done. (It is a great way to visit Colby friends who have spread around the U.S!) Ted's worst memory of Colby was sweating out comprehensives, and the best memory is of snowy winter evenings. Ted's philosophy: life is great and way too shorthave plenty of good laughs and enjoy it all. His hobby remains the samestill building model RRs. . . . Terry Saunders Lane writes that she has recently changed jobs and is now the director of policy, research and evaluation at The Boston Foundation. Congratulations, Terry! . . . Robert Sears sends greetings from Manila, Philippines, where he is the executive director of the American Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines, Inc. He reports that he plays lousy golf on some of the world's best coursesbut it's great fun. . . . Janice Holt Arsan writes that she and Noyan have moved to Istanbul, Turkey, where Noyan is working at Koc University teaching finance and accounting. The university campus is located north of Istanbul, and from their apartment they can see where the Bosphorus joins the Black Sea. It is a beautiful area, she reports, mostly undeveloped with lots of woods and trees. Janice continues to work for Georgia State University (Atlanta) but from her home office in Turkey and only on a half-time basis. Janice is charged with laying the groundwork for an international fund-raising program and depends on e-mail and the Internet to do much of her work. Janice loves working part time and the challenge of developing a new program. It has been a pretty smooth transition to Turkey for the Arsans as Janice had spent a total of eight years in Turkey back in the '60s and '70s. However, now that they are firmly in Turkey, their married daughter back in Atlanta is expecting their first grandchild in June and they expect to be keeping the airlines busy. Their daughter is starting a master's program in teaching English as a second language and plans to return to Turkey once she completes her degree. . . . Susan Rumsey Strong is the interim provost at Alfred University this year. She is also vice president for enrollment management at the university. Husband Paul '64 continues as Kruson Distinguished Professor of English Literature and director of the university honors program at Alfred. Their son, Mike, is working in Manhattan for Sothebys.com. Their daughter, who completed her Ph.D. in English literature at UNC-Chapel Hill last year, married David Van Hook at their summer cottage on the coast of Maine in June 1999, and they now live in Maine with their golden retriever puppy. David runs the Wine Spectator Web site. Paul and Susan enjoy traveling to Italy, France and other locales together, sometimes enticing their children to go along.

--Natalie Bowerman Zaremba

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On a cold Saturday in January the 35th reunion planning committee held its first meeting in Boston. Class president Phyllis Jalbert was joined by Lee Potter, Lou McGinity Richardson, Patty Whittemore Jenkins, Bill Vanderweil, Bob Gracia and Judy Gerrie Heine. That's a committee sure to get things rolling! Mark your calendar for the first weekend in June 2002 so that you can be part of the events. If you're thinking that you never know anyone who goes to the reunions, then pick up the phone and call a few of the people you'd like to see and tell them to plan to meet you there! We hope to make it a great weekend to catch up with old friends and with some of the classmates you didn't get to know well enough back in the '60s! . . . Nick Hadgis e-mailed that he is dean of the School of Hospitality Management at Widener University (Robert J. Bruce '59 is president!) Last year Nick's international consulting took him to Ukraine on a USAID project to help the Ukrainians develop a strategic plan for the development of their tourism industry. He enjoyed giving guest lectures at a few of their universities as well as conducting workshops for industry and public sector leaders. On news closer to home, his son Demetrios graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and is working for Bloomberg in N.Y.C. His daughter, Chrissie, will graduate magna cum laude from American University, and his son Michael is a sophomore at Franklin and Marshall. His wife, Anna, continues as head of the lower school at the Shipley School in Bryn Mawr. Nick says any alumni passing through the Philadelphia area are welcome to stop for a visit. . . . Paintings by Ann Christensen were exhibited in Oaks Bluffs on Martha's Vineyard, Mass., last summer. She became a graphic designer after graduation and later studied at Harvard and the Boston Museum school, and in 1991 she was the winner of the Faber Birren National Color Award for expressive use of color. An article about the show says that her work has brought her to the forefront of the art community and is collected worldwide. . . . Chop Hardenbergh is still in Yarmouth, Maine, publishing his twice-monthly newsletter on operating railroads, "Atlantic Northeast Rails and Ports." The Unitarian Universalist Church there provides a community for his family (his wife and kids Chloe, 8, and Cy, 12). Chop shared a bit of his new life philosophy: "Hitting 56 gave me the impetus to think about death. Now I use my new socks right away instead of waiting for the old ones to wear out!" . . . Irv Faunce is having trouble relating to the empty nest syndrome and the early retirements he keeps reading about in our class news. Irv and his wife, Jan, are busy raising Kathy, 13, Gordon, 12, and Sasha, 10, "the three kids we brought into our lives in 1997." Irv is administrator of the Kennebunk Nursing and Rehab Center, where he says delivering health care to the elderly is an adventure every day. In addition, Maine governor Angus King appointed Irv to the State Board of Environmental Protection last summer (chair of the board is John Tewhey '65). Jan is still a teacher at Biddeford High School and active with the Kennebunkport Conservation Commission and the Growth Planning Board. Irv says, "No retirement in sight! How about a Colby Rock for the person who has started over the most? See you at the 35th in 2002. Didn't think I would be interested in the children's program at the reunion, but I am!" Well, Irv, we're still expecting you to be our dinner MC and to organize that traditional softball game. . . . "Being a grandparent is awesome!" Sally Ray Bennett tells us. Sally's son Matthew and his wife, Sandy, presented Sally and Charlie with their first grandchild, a girl named Abigail. While Sally continues in her position in school guidance at South Kingstown, R.I., Charlie has been developing his culinary skills as he moves into his second year of retirement. Since Charlie enjoys woodworking in addition to cooking, he might have time to create some items for baby Abigail. Sally's other son, Michael, recently moved from Rhode Island to Virginia, where he teaches in the same school where his brother works. Sally writes that her boys now go off to school together as they did 10 years ago. Last July Sally's daughter, Kristi, and her husband, Neil, visited family in Rhode Island while they were on vacation from their positions at the British school in Athens. . . . Rhode Island seems to be a theme in my life. Recently as Carol and I were walking down Wickendon Street in Providence I heard my name called. I turned to see the radiant smile of Ruth Sinton Seagull as she waved at us while she waited for a trolley. Ruth has been living and working in Providence for some time and seems to love the "college" atmosphere so present in that part of the city. Carol and I were in Providence looking for furniture for our recently purchased summer/soon-to-be-retirement house in Charlestown, near the Rhode Island south shore beaches. Even this event had a Colby twist as we discovered that our realtor is a KDR, Ray Mott '69. . . . Do you (or your techie offspring) have some time on your hands? We'd like the Class of 1967 to enter the digital age and have its own Web site on the Colby page, but we could use some help! Let us know if you can lend a hand. . . . Drop us a note or e-mail us so we can include your news in our next column. Please make a mental note to clear some time next June for our 35th reunion.

--Robert Gracia and Judy Gerrie Heine

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No e-mail from any of you; just a couple of news items forwarded from the Alumni Office. Ken Young has been named Lewiston's downtown development manager. In addition to overseeing implementation of the downtown master plan, he will also manage and direct downtown development, encourage new business investment, market and promote the downtown and provide staff support to the 15 member Downtown Advisory Board. . . . Ken Davis has been hired by Ocean National Bank as lending and business development officer based in Portsmouth, N.H. He has more than 20 years of experience in the commercial banking industry throughout southern Maine and New Hampshire. Congratulations to both Kens. . . . Classmates, please send news!

--Nancy Dodge Bryan

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Greeting to all classmates. No, this is not another solicitation for the Annual Fund; I have taken on the duties of being your class correspondent. This is my first time doing this, so please bear with me. I have a bunch of notes from many of you. . . . Cathy Seymour Nelson divides her spare time between the presidency of the Vermont chapter of the Lupus Foundation of America and helping with her 87-year-old mother. . . . Sue Newbert Goodrich's daughter Sara was accepted to the Colby Class of '05. Her other daughter, Karen Lee '96, is engaged to Stuart Brigham Wales '96 (I thought I was writing about the Class of '69!). A large Colby wedding is planned for September. . . . Sebs Mamo '70 and Rick Lewis '68 are looking to get in touch with members of the winning Colby track team for a possible reunion this spring. Any '69ers on that team ought to contact Rick at rsl50@aol.com. That must mean you, Tom Maynard! . . . Chris Christensen is now splitting his time between serving as a selectman in Merrimack and serving as a representative in the New Hampshire legislature. This past year Dave enjoyed extensive travel. Sounds like retirement to me. . . . Bill Lyons has been appointed The Richard H. Larson Professor of Tax Law at the University of Nebraska and this spring was a visiting tax professor at the Vermont Law School. But Bill is not the only tax lawyer in our class. Rob Rudnick is a busy and successful tax attorney in the Washington, D.C., area. . . . Phil Johnson and his wife, Brenda, are in the Chicago area, where Phil is a pastor for two Seventh-day Adventist churches in the western suburbs and Brenda works as a chaplain for Hospice. . . . James Barys is the master teacher at The Academy of Mathematics and Sciences, where 86 exceptionally talented high school students attend. The academy is a collaborative effort of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Worcester Polytechnic Institute and the school systems of the state. . . . Donna Massy is alive and well along with her three kids and the new pup, Simon. . . . Ted Williams continues his successful writing career in fish and wildlife matters. . . . Lee Woodman was former executive producer of Smithsonian Entertainment. During her 16 years she produced and directed many award-winning exhibitions, films and television specials. Lee also consulted for The Patriot, the Mel Gibson movie set during the Revolutionary War. The John F. Kennedy Center recognized the former teacher as a Master Artist Teacher in the Visual and Performing Arts. . . . My Casablanca Restaurant in Harvard Square has been the calling and meeting place to many of my Colby classmates and friends. Recently I enjoyed visits with Debbie (Williams '70) and Steve Anderson, Moses Silverman, Robert Hark and Douglas Kant. . . . Please keep your news coming, and you are always welcome to visit me at the Casablanca.

--Sari Abul-Jubein

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