75		CLASS CORRESPONDENT Bruce Young 20 Applewood Avenue Billerica, MA 01821 978-667-4670 classnews1975@alum.colby.edu
	Hello, fellow '75ers I hope that this edition of the class notes finds you all well. After I wrote about Deborah Marson's longevity with Gillette a couple of issues back, Kevin Manion wrote in to challenge Deb's record. He just celebrated his 23rd anniversary with Presray Corp,, a manufacturer of engineered rubber products. Kevin is director of western sales and has been living in California since 1980. On the personal front, Kevin got married last year and bought a home in suburbia. The marriage not only brought Carrie into his life but also Carrie's two sons, Daniel, 7, and Jeffrey, 5. Kevin says that he enjoys playing Mr. Mom each day while Carrie works in Los Angeles, but he wonders what some of his classmates might make of his transformation. Kevin occasionally hears from Terry Reilly, who teaches at the University of Alaska in Fairbanks. He says that Terry and his family have adapted quite well to life in Alaska after moving there from Florida! . . . Another classmate who is still involved in academia is Ted Snyder, who is in his third year as dean of the University of Virginia's Darden School, a business school located in Charlottesville. He is also kept fairly busy with his family, wife Kim and kids Alison, Jeff and Kevin. Ted proudly reports that he is president of basketball operations for Alison's sixth grade basketball team. (The fancy title translates to assistant coach.) Jeff is taking after his father and is developing into quite a runner. Kevin is also taking after his father, but in his case he is struggling to play golf as well (?) as Ted. . . . Mary Whiting has been named an associate to the Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow Foundation board of trustees for this year. Since the foundation was established in 1936 in memory of Dr. Herbert Dow, founder of the Dow Chemical Co., it has donated more than $287 million to various organizations and programs, including generous support for higher education. As an associate, Mary will be involved in board discussions and the program selection process. Mary still lives in Maine and also currently serves as the chair of the board of trustees for her children's school. . . . Bill Whidden only had time to drop a quick note from the Pacific Northwest, as he and his family (wife Heather, daughter Courtney, 8, and son Ian, 4) were busy spending time traveling in Baja, Mexico, and playing a lot of tennis. . . . Pam Bradley Burton has been appointed senior vice president of marketing for the Protégé Group in London. She will be responsible for developing strategies and services for Protégé's clients in Europe and the U.S. Prior to this position, Pam was president of Global Buzz Marketing, an international services company that supported technology companies globally. . . . Special congratulations are in order for Bill and Cathy McGerigle Taylor, who celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary in Waterville late last year. Cathy and Bill were married in the Millet Alumni House on campus not long after graduation, when most of us were wondering why the "real world" wasn't what we had anticipated. And some of us are still wondering. If you're one of the lucky ones who've figured it out, write in and share your secret with your classmates. Until next time, be good. -Bruce Young previous  |   top  |   next

 

	76		CLASS CORRESPONDENT Jane Souza Dingman 805 River Road Leeds, ME 04263 207-524-5701 classnews1976@alum.colby.edu
	Greetings to the Class of 1976! This June means it has been 25 years. Where does the time go? . . . I have heard from several of you, so here goes. Heather Finney Eng wrote that she and husband James have lived in suburban Pittsburgh for the past 14 years with their two kids, David, 13, and Robin, 11. After spending the first 10 years of their marriage in N.Y.C., Heather works at the University of Pittsburgh in the Graduate School of Public Health, doing medical research computing, working with liver transplantation research and traveling to transplant centers in San Francisco, the Mayo Clinic and Omaha, Neb. In the last few years she has done more with socio-psychological and quality of life studies: Alzheimer's patients and their care givers, quality of life for older patients who require mechanical ventilation, treatment for depression, etc. She reports that the music degree is not forgotten as she has turned to singing, primarily English choral music in their small Episcopalian church choir, and has remained in contact with freshman Butler Hall buddies Joy Sawyer-Mulligan, Kathy Jewett Sutherland, Julie Stewart and Wendy Swallow Williams. Heather still can't accept the fact that "we are grown-ups. Nope! We're middle-aged!" . . . Speaking of Julie Stewart, she e-mailed and reports that she'll be celebrating her 25th year in Philadelphia. A big booster of her adopted hometown, she would love to give any fellow Colby folks a tour. Julie works as the "telephone goddess" at First Consulting Group, advising companies on the telephone equipment and services they need and helping them implement their use. Next household project is to construct a mosaic out of broken tiles all over the back garden walls with the help of her partner. . . . Read in the local (Portland, Maine) press about Kevin Carley. More than 2 1/2 years ago Kevin left investment management firm R.M. Davis for a sabbatical in Belize with his family and stints with the Nature Conservancy in Micronesia and Palau. He was recently named executive director of the Maine Audubon Society, which recently affiliated with the national Audubon. Between the Maine society's eight chapters and 17 sanctuaries, Kevin is in charge of 40 employees (85 in the summer), 10,000 members and 3,000 acres of land. I think we're all a little jealous of what you've been up to during the last couple years, Kevin. . . . Peter Labombarde wrote that Maureen Kelliher has joined Citizens Bank. Peter continues to work on hiring a new artistic director/conductor for the New Hampshire Symphony and has agreed to act as planned giving agent for our class. Kudos to Peter and his wife, Irene, who will celebrate their 20th anniversary in August. . . . Greetings to the Class of 1976 from Dan Dittman, who sends along a special hello to roommates Bill Campbell, Wally Gorman and Lew Kingsbury '77. Dan and his wife are still very busy in Seattle with their company, Dittmann Graphic Design and Advertising, completing their debut CD for the blues band Stickshift Annie and the Overdrive and playing in various festivals and venues in Washington state. Now that the earthquake is over, Dan invites everyone to "come on out to Seattle for a gig." . . . After nearly four years living and working overseas in Zagreb, Croatia, for the U.S. firm MPRI, Jed Snyder has returned to Washington, D.C. As of January 2, 2001, he is employed with the DynCorp corporation in Alexandria as a senior national security advisor. . . . That's it for this column. Don't forget to send along your news so it can be shared! –Valerie Jones Roy   top  |   next

 

	77		CLASS CORRESPONDENT Ellen D. O'Brien 205 Fernwood Avenue Davenport, IA 52803-3606 classnews1977@alum.colby.edu
	I heard from Charles Frankel (cfrankel@earthlink.net) last September. He has been married to Denise for 15 years and has two children, Elisa, 11, and Angela, 8. they live in Cornwall-on-Hudson, N.Y. Charles is a partner in a law firm in New Windsor, handling real estate, estates and trust. He reports that he is still passionate about skiing and so is his family--they spend their winter weekends at Ski Windham in the Caskills. They also love to play tennis, in-line skate and bike. He laments (is this our class lament?) that there just doesn't seem to be enough time for "all the demands, reqiurements, meetings, activities, hobbies and sports that now fill the calendar". He is really looking forward to our 25th class reunion in June 2002. So, all '77s, follow Charles's lead, mark your calendars, get away from all those requirements and demands and come to the 25th. It will be great!...Alexandria Levintow Howell (alexandra.1.howell@dartmouth.edu) writes that she is still working in HIV/AIDS research at the VA Hospital in White River Junction, Vt., and teaching part time at Dartmouth Medical School, where she is an associate professor in the department of microbiology and medicine. She and her husband, Scott, are staying very busy with two teenage sons, Cameron, 17, and Nate, 15, and a daughter, Caroline, 5. They spend most of ther off-work hours renovating their Lyme, N.H., home and driving the boys to hockey games everywhere. Alexandria writes that "if anyone is in the area, please stop by and visit."... joanne Karlin Giudicelli (joane@itp-inc.com) lives in California. Her two oldest boys (twins) started their freshman year in college this past fall, Michael at the U of Colorado and Christopher at San Diego State. Third son, Brian, 11, is in the sixth grade. Joanne writes, "of course we are all too young to really have kids in college, right?" Right! To keep her mind off her nearly empty nest, she manages her own business, Information Technology Partners, a high-tech executive search firm in Forest City, Calif. (www.itp.com). Along with son Brian she is planning to add an additional four-legged member to the family (they already have two cats), a puppy that they will train and socialize for their newest endeavor, Guide Dogs for the Blind. Joanne would love to hear what Kathleen Keegan is up to... Deb Cohen (deborah.cohen@rockmail.sru.edu) is an associate professor at Slippery rock University in Slippery Rock Pa. Last October she translated a Mexican play, Tu Voz, and directed it under the title Only You. The play was a great success, and she was able to get funding to bring the playwright, Felipe Galvan, to campus for the world premiere in English. In addition to traveling frequently to Mexico, she has also visited Italy and Spain recently and will be going to Argentina and Brazil this summer for the first time. –Ellen D. O'Brien top  |   next

	78		CLASS CORRESPONDENT Robert S. Woodbury 484 Bridge Street Hamilton, MA 01982 978-468-3805 617-951-9919 classnews1978@alum.colby.edu
	If you wrote and don't see your news for an issue or two, keep the faith. I'll get to it. And keep those e-mails and letters coming! . . . Ron Desbois recently joined CIBC Oppenheimer in Boston from S.G. Cowen's Boston office. Ron is a director-investments and will assist high net-worth individual and institutional clients with their investments. He and his wife, Carla, live in West Newbury with their three sons, Andrew, 13, Leo, 11, Jack, 9, and daughter Margot, 4. Ron coaches youth soccer, basketball and baseball in West Newbury. In addition to chasing his kids around, Ron stays fit by serving as a member of the National Ski Patrol at nearby Bradford Mountain in Haverhill. He has completed several triathlons and three Boston Marathons. In his spare time he hikes as a member of the Appalachian Mountain Club. . . . Nancy Piccin was taken by Colby's new and improved news solicitation technique and actually fired off a newsy e-mail. She has a new job with a brokerage/market research company called OTA/Off The Record Research. She is a senior technology reporter, which Nancy describes as a cross between a reporter and an analyst. OTA/OTR performs marketplace checks on various companies, industries and sectors, attempting to confirm or refute Wall Street expectations by interviewing customers, distributors and other people who are knowledgeable in specific areas. They then compile the interviews into a 2,000-word report that is presented to their salespeople, who then present it to clients, primarily portfolio managers at institutional investors (mutual funds, hedge funds, etc). In addition to her passion for her work, Nancy loves two things about her new job. 1) She can work at home but still put her 4-year-old daughter, Rachel, into day care ("Is anyone taking market shareDon't even think about taking that paint into the living roomaway from Sun in your client base?") for obvious reasons. 2) The company has a really awesome pleasure trip once a year. No strings attached, no meetings, just a big party. Sounds like Jan Plan! . . . Alix Land wrote from Portland, Ore., where she's lived with her husband, Barry, for the last 10 years. Two years ago she opened a private practice providing mental health counseling for individuals and couples. Alix admires the bravery of her clients as they disclose some very personal things during the therapy sessions. By choice, she and Barry have no kids (sounds terrific) and lots of freedom to enjoy the things they lovehiking, kayaking, gardening, traveling, reading voraciously (I knew it would be terrific). She sees all the '78ers who have two or three kids and wonders if there are others out there who took her path. She returned to Colby for the first time since graduation in October 2000 on an 80-degree day. She gets a kick out of the fact that students now get a "fall break" after only having been there for about four weeks and feels we were tougher! Of course, some just took the break unscheduled. . . . Liz Dugan sent a cool follow-up to her initial contact a year or so ago. She has two new chapters for geology text titled The Earth Is Shrinking. In August 2000 she was in Cambodia for a regional conference that included delegates from 12 or so different countries throughout Asia. Two of the participants contracted ugly ailments and needed medical attention, so she whisked them to the SOS clinic in Phnom Penh. The attending doctor was Jim Cousins '75, whose daughter is now a Colby freshman. Liz called it "serendipity personified." And Liz's assistant at the International Republican Institute in Washington, D.C., is Peter Mackenzie, who is the son of Colby Professor of Government Cal Mackenzie. Liz is happy, well, "wicked" busy and still has fond memories from Foss-Woodman. . . . Gary Winer says another Thanksgiving has passed so it must mean it's time for the Winer family to move again. Their kindergartner told her teacher that it was one of the family traditions to move every year. Gary acknowledges that it's nearly true for her. The most recent is a short move from one side of Denver to the other, where they are working on yet another dream house that they hope will be ready to move into by the end of 2001! All four kids are in public school instead of being home-schooled so that his wife, Donna, can recover her life. Gary is now with IBM after being "purchased" earlier this year. . . . Nick Levintow sent an incredibly interesting e-mail from Lagos, Nigeria. He's been there since September 1999 with his family for a two-year gig with the State Department as a labor/political officer with the U.S. Embassy in Lagos. It involves analysis and reporting on political and labor events and issues and promoting U.S. interests with respect to core labor standards, privatization, trafficking, HIV/AIDS training, etc. Political officers also serve as glorified tour guides for high-level visitors, and Nick's done pieces of visits by Madeleine Albright, Dick Gephardt, White House Fellows and, most recently, hizzexcellency Bill Clinton. Nick says that Nigeria is fascinating and deeply troubled. It has more than $30 billion in foreign debt, an economy completely dependent on crude oil sales, deep ethnic divides (with more than 150 ethnic groups/tribes in Nigeria), religious tension and violence (Muslim versus Christian), 70 percent unemployment, terrific crime, collapsed infrastructure, a skyrocketing HIV/AIDS rate (6-16 percent) and complete lack of social services. While it's an incredible experience for Nick, Kathy and his three kids, it's no surprise to hear that they really miss the good ol' U.S.A! . . . Great news. I've got a full satchel for next time. --Robert S. Woodbury   top  |   next

	79		CLASS CORRESPONDENT Cheri Bailey Powers 6027 Scout Drive 719-532-9285 719-380-6806 classnews1979@alum.colby.edu
	Correspondent did not submit any notes for this issue –Cheri Bailey Powers   top  |   next