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

Thank you for sending terrific news! James Gill (james-p-gill@hotmail.com) wrote recently from Australia. After backpacking for two and a half years around the world and then living in London for five years, Jim and his wife, Paula, moved to Paula's hometown of Brisbane, Australia, in March '97. He has three children under 5 and seems to love the Brisbane lifestyle. As he puts it, "the weather is great, cost of living is fine and the lifestyle is laid-back." Of note, the Gill family lives in an "Ashgrove-style Queenslander house designed for the tropics, which is a house on stilts (to prevent termites!)." Jim is now working for Legato Systems, an American software company based in California. . . . Bev Rice Tedeschi had another babya boy, Troy Nicholasin May 2000. She and her growing family built a house in Plymouth, N.H., near where she teaches high school biology. . . . Tom Claytor is still in Southeast Asia. When this column was written, he had been flying along the Burmese border working on a film for Nova called "Extinction." He also had been assisting with a project called "Miss Siam" by flying a 1924 Travelais biplane across Thailand, Laos and Vietnam into China. He has been working as well to help set up the Timmissartok Foundation. . . . Andrew Worthington writes that he and his wife, Kathy, have just adopted their second little girl from China. (Congratulations, Andrew!) Kearney is 5 1/2 and Mason is 3. Andrew encourages anyone interested in adopting from China to contact him at aworthington.@home.com. Andrew is now a partner in a software company specializing in educational software for secondary schools. His "main product" is a fully visual business simulation called Virtual Business. Feel free to check it out at www.KnowledgeMatters.com. . . . Karen Killam Schmuch also sends exciting news of another arrivalNathaniel Richardson Schmuch was born on July 14, 2000. She lives with her family in Rowley, Mass., where "big sister Madeleine is enjoying her little brother, the dog is feeling neglected, and Mom and Dad are just tired!" Karen and her husband are betting on a huge season for the Red Sox. . . . Tom Valinote sent a note in late February with news of a second child on the way. He and his wife are living in sunny Southern California with their 2-year-old. . . . Lastly, hats off to Leslie Woron Corner, who wrote in after a 16-year silence! . . . As always, your news is greatly appreciated. If you hear news of another classmate, send it along with your update.

–Sue James Geremia

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I have a weird feeling writing this, because I'm writing it in March. By the time you read it, it will be June and our 15th reunion will have passed. Yet I have no way of knowing if I will have successfully coerced another member of our class into taking over this job or if I will still be stuck with itoopsI mean still have the honor of continuing as your class correspondent. And I can't reminisce about the reunion because it hasn't happened yet, while at the same time I can't urge you to attend because it has already happened. Yikes, I'm confused, so I better just do the news for either the last or the 20th time. . . . Brigid Hoffman married John Patrick Murry III in September in New York City. . . . Fred '87 and Gail Glickman Horwood had a baby girl, Lila, in December. Lila joins sister Bridget, 4. Gail is the vice president of global content at Zagat Survey, where she is in charge of the editorial department of the popular restaurant and travel guides. . . . Thomas Outerbridge and Paul Turci continue to run their New York-based environmental consulting business, City Green, Inc. They write, "City Green is now competing to develop a composting facility in the Bronx, a glass recycling facility in upstate New York and a barge-to-rail waste export facility to serve N.Y.C. after the closure of Fresh Kills Landfill." . . . Steven Shapiro has received tenure as a professor of physics at Guilford College in Greensboro, N.C. After Colby he earned his doctorate in geophysics from MIT and also taught at Colby. . . . Andrea Sarris was one of 55 contemporary artists chosen to exhibit their work in the 2001 Portland Museum of Art Biennial in Portland, Maine. . . . Robin Clisby Pelczar received her general banking diploma through the American Institute of Banking in June. She and her husband, Ted, hope to move into their newly built house in Center Harbor, N.H., this fall. . . . Well, that's it, so I guess I'll go back to trying to figure out where I am in time and space, which is never a simple task for me, especially when I'm trying to project three months into the future while I'm writing up these notes. For all I know I could have been run out on a rail at the reunion, usurped by my classmates, burned in effigy. Or even more alarming, I might be facing another deadline in three months. Stay tuned. And write.

–Wendy Lapham Russ

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Philip Purcell is in commercial lending with First Massachusetts Bank in Fitchburg, Mass. He lives in Marlborough with his wife, Julie, and two children, Sarah, 6, and Philip Anthony, 2. . . . Greg Ciottone and his wife, Amalia, and their three children live in Westminster, Mass. He has joined the faculty at Harvard Medical School, where he is director of the division of international disaster and emergency medicine. He manages various programs in emergency and disaster medicine around the world, including overseeing 14 EMS training centers across the former Soviet Union. He also works clinically as an emergency physician at Harvard and is serving as the president of Emergency Medicine Visions International, a non-profit corporation that specializes in emergency and disaster medicine training for unique applications around the globe. On top of that, he commands MA-2, a level-1 federal disaster medical assistance team, which is one of about 20 level-1 teams in the country. They operate as part of the National Disaster Medical System, and their deployments include Florida for Hurricane Andrew, Atlanta for the Olympics, U.S. Virgin Islands for Hurricane George, upstate New York for the ice storms and Fort Dix for Kosovo refugees. . . . Bill and Erin Borgeson Castelli live in Maryland with their children, Emily, 6, Julia, 4, and Elise, 2. Erin has worked for The Nature Conservancy's international program for the past 12 1/2 years and is the director of annual giving. Bill is the VP/director of government affairs for the Maryland Association for Realtors. He has one more semester of law school at the University of Maryland at Baltimore and then takes the bar this summer. . . . Peter A. Steele and his wife, Laurie, started a biweekly newspaper, Twin City Times, two years ago in Lewiston-Auburn, the second-largest metropolitan area in Maine. "We used to make fun of the L.-A. area when we were at Colby, but now it is the best place to be in the state," Peter wrote. Twin City Times chronicles the revitalization of the Lewiston-Auburn area and features the movers and shakers responsible for its rebirth. After a newspaper career on Cape Cod and in Boston, Peter is pleased to be back in Maineeven if he is working in the hometown of Bates College. Peter has run into several Colby alumni in L.-A., including Nancy Briggs Marshall '82 of Nancy Marshall Communications in Kingfield, Ken Young '68, the downtown manager of Lewiston, Sandy Colhoun '91 of Mystyc New Media in Portland, and Jill Taylor Harrison '88, who owns Fitness World, a gym in Lewiston. Stephan Brueckner of Bay Financial in Waltham, Mass., Peter's Colby roommate, is also a regular visitor to L.-A., where he is signing up new clients. Peter also keeps in touch with former roommates Dr. Nicholas Papapetros and his wife, Andrea, Ted Jobes and his wife, Liz, and Marten Jenkins. Peter and his wife just built a new home on four and a half acres in Minot, just outside of Auburn. Their children are Tyler, 9, Alex, 7, Olivia, 6, and Angelica, 5. . . . Merridith Belden Molloy's Quinn Matthew was born last August, joining brother James, 5, and sister Erin, 3. Merridith and Todd '86 still live in Cumberland, Maine. Merridith reports that Dan and Lucy Lennon Tucker just had their third boy, Riley, in February. She sees Lucy often and regularly talks to Connie Gallagher Loescher, who is nestled into Hanover, N.H., with her husband, Peter. Merridith and Lucy visited Connie and Jen Erlandson Ayers two summers ago. . . . Sharon Ducey Niles recently spent time with Cheryl Lindenberg McCue and Alison Como Goyette and their kids. Alison has a 1-year-old, Kate, and was due in May. Sharon was also due in May and has Cassie, 7, Drew, 5, and John, 3, at home. Cheryl, who has two daughters, Taylor, 7, and Dayne, 3, lives in Raynham, Mass., a small rural town with horses and cows on the same street. Great for raising kids and easy to get involved as she has done with her daughter's Girl Scout troop. . . . Melissa Hruby Bach continues to work as an artist and owner/operator of her own tour business, Gloucester Guided Tours. The business has received all kinds of press and is given an "editor's pick" designation in Yankee Magazine Guide to New England. Her other jobs include personal secretary to a choreographer and home health aide to a young lady with spina bifida. Melissa's son, O'Malley, is now 7. . . Elseke Membreno-Zenteno is still living in Guadalajara, Mexico, enjoying life with her husband and two children, Mariana, 7, and Alfonso, 3. She writes, "I have decided to stay out of the work force for a bit longer, finding the time with my children irreplaceable." Both children are involved in gymnastics, and her daughter was getting ready for her first competition. Besides the children, Elseke keeps busy with her garden, her chocolate Lab, Kenya, and other motherly duties. Her brother, Poncho '89, and his wife, Jess, had a baby girl, Elisa Clare, on December 31. . . . Nancy A. Di Bernado has been named director of sales for The Setai Resort & Residences being built in Miami Beach. After receiving her master of arts from Emerson, Nancy served with ABC, Inc., in New York City for more than 11 years in marketing and public relations, most recently as director of corporate projects and synergy. She also completed the program for developing managers at Simmons College in Boston and is a board member of New York's Madison Square Boys & Girls Club. . . . Michael Manning was named a partner in the firm of Nixon Peabody LLP in Boston. He received his law degree from Suffolk University. . . . Remember to support Colby by sending in a gift to the Alumni Office, and start making plans to come back to Maine next June for our reunion.

–Jane Nicol Manuel

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Correspondent did not submit any notes for this issue

-Lauren Frazza

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I guess everyone has the winter blahs, because there isn't a lot of news to report. Of course, by the time you read this it will be summer, and you won't have any excuses. Scott Turtel wrote from Tokyo, where he has worked as a finance manager for Intel for the past year. Scott and Erin (DeChristopher '88) had a baby boy named Matthew Caleb on December 26, 2000, and also have a 3-year-old, Nathaniel. . . . Liz Schwartz Anderson got married in September to Marty Anderson. They live in Edina, Minn., and Liz is the marketing coordinator with a sales support team at Dain Rauscher, an investment firm in the Twin Cities. Liz reports that in July Jim Novick and his wife, Meg, had a baby, Ari Joshua. . . . The ubiquitous Andrew "Marty" Dodge has published two books, including a romance novel. You can check them out at www.lupusandco.com. . . . Chris LeGault has moved from Miami back to New Englandnot a good winter to do that, Chris. He works in Woods Hole for the National Marine Fisheries Service. He and his wife, Diane, have a daughter, who will begin kindergarten this fall, and a son, who's not far behind her. . . . Christine (Murphy '91) and Tom Abbatiello recently moved to Madison, Conn., and Tom started work for Oracle Corp. doing business development. Tom and Christine have two little ones, Clare, 2, and Ben, 5 months. . . . Jennifer Joseph wrote to regale me with tales of her adventures. She spent the New Year in L.A. with Jeff Berger, then went to St. Thomas in February. Jennifer is still a manager with Cap Gemini Ernst & Young. . . . Robin Trend Baughan reports that she and her husband had their third (and last) child in November. Robin keeps up with Bill Carr, who was recently promoted at Amazon.com. . . . Melissa Trend Staid also had a baby recently. Little Holly was born two days before Christmas. . . . Scott Wentzell and his wife, Lisa, had a son, Scott Wentzell Jr., last November 17. The Wentzells live in Farmington, Maine. . . . Brad Schlang is married, has three sons and lives in Cleveland. He is a partner at Eton Financial Services and writes that "if anyone is interested in the best way to gift $1 million to Colby, let me know." We'll get right on that, Brad. . . . Word has it that Mark Cosdon, Tim Burton and John Reynolds were spotted together in N.Y.C. The world should beware. John is a busy guy, writing for "Celebrity Deathmatch" and showing his short film to audiences in Philly. My mother spotted Tim on 60 Minutes a few months ago. He is participating in trials for a vaccine for AIDS. And Mark, I presume, is still teaching at Augustana College in Rock Island, Ill. . . . As for yours truly, I am awaiting a visit from Tracy Gionfriddo. Wish us luck as we try to get tickets to the Final Four right here in Minneapolis. And don't forget to send me your news!

–Anita L. Terry

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