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

Welcome to another installment in the madcap adventures of the Class of 1990. Kelly Cogan wrote in with the happy news that she married Ed Calnan in February in Salem, Mass. Mya-Lisa King and her husband, Jack, were in attendance with their new baby boy, who was just six weeks old at the time (they also have a 3-year old daughter, Tessa). Other Colby connections at the wedding included Kristen Fryling '91, Jay '89 and Jess Butler Stabile '91 and the venerable Charlie Bassett. In addition to celebrating her own nuptials, Kelly attended the wedding reception for Kristen Pettersen and David Miller in November 2000 in Anchorage, Alaska. Kristen and David had a small ceremony last June on a mountaintop in Alaska and are now living in Eagle River, near Anchorage. . . . An editing error in the last Colby had Dyanne Kaufman marrying James Hayes '91. She's marrying a James Hayes, all right, but her own James Hayes, not Colby's. "I hope," she declares, "my classmates won‘t be surprised to see a different James Hayes at the wedding!" . . . Doug Hall is still living in Portland, Maine, and working as a firefighter. He also has been coaching diving at Colby, where their senior male placed third at NESCAC and made it to nationals. Doug recently purchased a three-family apartment building in Portland–on Waterville Street–and by funny coincidence one of his tenants is also a Colby grad and two others grew up in Waterville. Doug is happy to report that Dave Freed and Marc Enger '89 are engaged, although not to each other. Both are planning fall weddings. . . . Beth Kubik is completing her doctoral program in clinical psychology at the University of Maine and will do a year-long fellowship at Boston University next year. In the summer of 1999 she married Tucker Hanson, a Middlebury grad who shares her love of skiing. Beth writes that Amy Farmer-Michaud and Mark Michaud were expecting a baby in April. They are living in Burlington, Vt., where Amy is director of membership, volunteer programs and special events at the Shelburne Museum (a large art and outdoor history museum similar to Mystic Seaport). Mark is the executive director of the Vermont Democratic Party (listeners to Vermont radio will often hear him interviewed on political happenings). Beth also tells me that Chandra Goldsmith is a landscape architect in the Chicago area and recently won a national competition for one of her designs for a state park in Michigan. . . . Joe Lilore has been living for the past three years in Los Angeles, where he is working on a book about gender theory and paying the bills by working as a Web site producer for Bold New World (www.bnw.com). He spent five years after graduation teaching at a Montessori school, then, as he says, "dropped out" to pursue art and activism for three years in Tucson, then moved to L.A. to finish the book and develop a one-person multimedia performance piece. He encourages any Colby friends who are passing through Southern California to look him up. . . . Rudy and Erika Dresser Penczer are living in Bethel, Maine, where Rudy teaches mathematics at Gould Academy. Erika is at home with their 2-year-old son, Nicholas, and their new baby, Rebecca, born in February. . . . T.J. and Melissa Organek Dupree celebrated the birth of their daughter, Charlotte Louise. They are living in the Jamaica Plain section of Boston, and T.J. is working at the Boston Consulting Group. . . . Glenn K. Powell recently joined the law firm of Bergen & Parkinson in Kennebunk, Maine, as an associate attorney with the business and real estate law group. Glenn attended law school at USM. He lives in Scarborough with his wife, Michelle, and their daughter, Laura. . . . Thomas Whelan is now vice president of administration at Bath Savings Institution in Bath, Maine. He manages seven branch offices from Falmouth to Boothbay and supervises customer service and business development efforts. Tom joined BSI in 1993 after graduating from the New England School of Banking at Williams College. He lives in Freeport with his wife, Julie. . . . That's all the news I have for now. Thanks again to all of you for writing in, and remember to keep those cards and letters coming!

–Laura Senier

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Sarah Hamilton Barringer just gave birth to her first child, Harold Hamilton Barringer. . . . Melissa Small is still living in Kents Hill, Maine, and working on her dissertation in educational psychology from UConn. Melissa, husband Stephen and their son Joshua just welcomed their second son, Isaac, to the family. . . . Helen Hopkins Kellogg was married this past fall and now lives in Newburyport, Mass. . . . Tracey McCormick has spent the past five years living in and around Denver, Colo. She's back in school pursuing her master's in English at the University of Colorado, Denver. Tracey writes that getting her degree will be the fulfillment of a pact she made with Julie Trodella Bruneau the night before graduationto be in Colorado in 10 years and teaching at a university. Julie and Tracey will finish up at the University of Colorado at the same time, and while Julie will most likely head on to a doctoral program for medieval studies in English, Tracey expects to share her newfound knowledge with her bar customers "or something similarly profound." . . . Chris and Karen Larson Flint recently bought a new home in Barrington, R.I. They have a 2-year-old son, Andrew, and are expecting child number two in April. Karen works for Textron Financial in Providence, and Chris is coaching at Bryant College in Smithfield. . . . Jen Kosek Walker and her husband welcomed their second child, Sara Madeleine, last November. . . . Anne Maddocks and Bill Michels '93 were married in Dorset, Vt., in May 2000 with more than 60 Colby alumni present! Best man Torin Taylor was accompanied by groomsmen Mike Rosenblum '93, Scott Reed '93, Marshall Dostal '93, Tyler Merritt '93, Ed Ramirez '94 and Chris Wilder '93. Bridesmaids included Kristin Wallace Livezey, Sura Dubow, Molly Beale, Jen Nehro Patriacca and Elaine Bueschen. Anne recently graduated from medical school at Columbia University and is currently an ob-gyn resident at New York Presbyterian Hospital. Bill is a 1998 Columbia Business School graduate and is employed in business development at VCommerce Corporation. . . . Tanya Nygaard is living in San Francisco and working for UC Berkeley Extension, managing and coordinating the travel/study programs around the world. . . . Rob DeLello and wife Kathy have been married for six years and have two children, Annie, 2 1/2, and Tommy, 1. Rob recently visited with Erin (Kelly '91) and Chuck DiGrande at Chuck's 30th birthday party. Chuck and Erin have a 2-year-old daughter, Maggie, and were expecting their second child in May. Other party guests included Terry Reidy, an assistant district attorney in Boston, Greg Mahoney, who recently bought a house with his wife in Walpole, Mass., and Jim Dionizio and his wife, Dina, and their son, Nicholas. Jim had been training rigorously for the Boston Marathon. . . . Todd Alexander completed the master's program in city and regional planning at Cornell (May 2000) and now lives in Portland, Maine, working as the director of new business development for Maine & Company, a private, statewide economic development organization. They work with out-of-state companies considering relocating to or expanding their operations in Maine. . . . Josh and Sarah Bramhall Reynolds welcomed their first child, Owen Hobson Reynolds, on March 7. . . . Greg and Jane DeStefano Becker and their Natalie welcomed Matthew Gregory to the family on February 24.

–Michelle Fortier Biscotti

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Marshall Dostal is living in N.Y.C. and writing comedy for a Web site called Heavy. The series itself is called "Behind the Music That Sucks." He has been busy writing and creating his special brand of wild and wacky comedic vignettes, some of which can be viewed at www.doctorcomedy.com. (If you look closely at some of the downloads you might see some familiar faces.) Marshall sees a lot of Bill Michels, Dan Harris, Chris Wilder and Mike Rosenblum, who also live in Manhattan. Speaking of Dan, Emily Muldoon, who just recently got engaged, said she was listening to ABC News recently and recognized the steady, reassuring voice of one very poised reporter! I, too, have seen Dan on TV and I just have one question: was he that good looking at Colby? . . . Also in N.Y.C. is Tim Merrigan, who is a district manager for EMC. He recently caught up with a few of his Colby buddies at the Superbowl and reports that Eric DeCosta is living in Baltimore and is the head scout for the Baltimore Ravens; Steve Hatch is beginning his residency as a proctologist in Oregon; Bob Ward is also in L.A., performing in commercials; and Gregg Suffredini just opened a chain of pizza restaurants in Boston called Surfy's Slices. Tim himself just missed the final roster cut playing football in the XFL for the N.Y. Hitmen. I checked, and Tim confirms that this is all true. Pretty impressive, guys! . . . Mark Radcliffe writes, "After trysts with teaching and the film industry, I am now a copy writer at an ad agency called Nerve in Portland, Ore. Aside from writing commercials, radio and print ads, I still write a lot on the side and am trying to finish my first novel this winter." . . . Also in Portland, Ore., is Scott Greenfield,who is a senior financial analyst at Intel. He has seen Nive Filipo, who works for Intel in Santa Clara, Calif. Scott attended Jen Bierwirth Shurman's wedding in November in Philadelphia and said it was "very elegant." Also attending were John Poirier, Karen Lipman and Sarah Inman. Scott and his wife are planning a trip to Israel this summer. . . . Lots of weddings and babies! Amy Duncan and Jason Kirkfield were engaged last summer and will be married October 6, 2001, on Cape Cod. . . . Mike Tracy married Jennifer Conley in Boothbay Harbor, Maine, last July, and they moved to Hamilton, Mass., after honeymooning in Ireland. . . . Catherine Coyne is living in London and was getting married this spring to Mat Lown. This romantic Englishman proposed to Catherine and then whisked her off to Boston to celebrate with friends Stephanie Goff '94, Tracey Hardman '92 and Marty Hergert. Catherine works for the Imperial Cancer Research Fund. . . . Jason Soules married Piper McNealy in February and is living in Cambridge, Mass. Jason sees a lot of his ex-roomies, who were his best men. Jack Higgins is living in Cambridge as well, Dana "Doogie" McClintock is working at CBS in N.Y.C. and expecting a bundle of joy in June, and Dan O'Grady is up at UNH "playing with lobsters" and finishing up his Ph.D. (Meanwhile, what about lost roommate Milquetoast?) . . . Libby Repass Dumas and her husband, Dave, had a son, Caleb Richard, in October. . . . Simone Cella Miller gave birth to Catherine Julia on February 28. Simone received her M.A. from Teachers College at Columbia last year and is living in Springfield, N.J…. Laura Steinbrink Novak had a baby boy, Brandon Scott, last September. Laura is the executive director at Cleveland Bridge Builders, a nonprofit organization she co-founded, which offers leadership skills training for civically active young professionals. She writes, "I keep in close contact with Brandy Shafter Chapman, who works for Liberty Mutual and lives with her husband, Paul, in Hingham, Mass., and with Crissie Coleman Simchock, who is with Fidelity and recently got another promotion. . . . Claudia Tejada is living and working in the D.C. area and works for the animal protection agency Defenders of Wildlife. . . . And now for the proud dads! Jeff "Biscuit" Kosc and his wife welcomed Hannah Jane into the world on October 25. Jeff is an attorney at Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon in Chicago. . . . Rod and Candace Killmer Corey have a little Hannah (Elizabeth), too! Rod is an eighth grade teacher in Yarmouth, Maine, and Candace is taking care of business at home with their newborn. . . . Carrie Smith is an associate media director at Fidelity. She writes, "I visited with Kristine Deupree Cramer on Martha's Vineyard this past summer. She was out east after spending the summer in the Caribbean leading students on a program for the summer in which she worked in the local community to help clean up the beaches. I also saw Staci Strauss, who is living in Greenwich, Conn., and is engaged to Erik Mortenson '94. Leslie Frymier is working for the Maryland State Assembly and is living in Annapolis. Sumner Lemon is in Hong Kong and is editor at Computer World. I recently returned from an adventure with him in China, where he demonstrated the effectiveness of the ‘Mongolian War Cry' in fighting off danger." . . . Leslie Campbell also sends news from N.Y., where she recently "became a victim of the dot-com layoff carnage currently happening." She writes, "I am taking the time off to take advantage of the culture in N.Y.C. and to become a temporary member of the ‘ladies who lunch' crowd," and she says she's accepting new media job leads in N.Y.C. She reports that Keith Dupuis moved to Montana, where he is focusing on his writing. He is living with Beth Fialko and Sarah Pohl '94. Ta-Tanisha James is living in N.Y.C., finished her law degree from Fordham and is working for a judge. Alison Davis has been living in Buenos Aires the past couple of years and continues to work in advertising. Leslie occasionally hears from Rob McCarley, who graduated from med school in D.C. and has been doing his residency in Boston.

–Beth Curran

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Andie Sulak is working on her M.S. in environmental science and policy at the University of California at Berkeley. Andie wrote that Jeff '93 and Connie Huffine Zlot moved to Marin County in November 2000. Connie is working for Genentech. . . . Emily Chapman started a new job at MIS Training Institute in Framingham, Mass., writing and editing in marketing communications. She is still singing and acting in local chorus/theater. In August she saw Marinel Mateo, who is living in Chicago. She also wrote that D.C. Gagnon got married last summer and that Andy Carlson is getting married this June. . . . Kimberly Valentine is living in Denver, Colo., and working for Janus as a marketing manager. She went to Jeff Carter's wedding in August and saw Matt Lapides, Matt McGowan, Torin '92 and Anika Smith Taylor, Ed and Kara Gilligan Ramirez, Kevin O'Grady, Kent Bonham, Pete DelGreco, John Utley and Bill '93 and Anne Maddocks Michels '92. In September 2000 Kimberly attended Allison Guth Wells's wedding and saw Elizabeth Labovitz, Jessica Matzkin, Michelle Tadros, Abigale Knapp '93, Laura Miller Thompson, Stephanie Goff and Irina McCreery. . . . Ben Morse and his wife, Kris, bought a house in Topsham, Maine. He is working as a process engineer at First Technology in Standish, developing automotive sensors. They have a baby girl, Megan, and were expecting a second girl at the end of May. . . . Cameron Richardson has been living in western North Carolina since '95, working for the N.C. Outward Bound School as a field instructor and course director. She is currently the associate program director at NCOBS's Cedar Rock Basecamp. In the fall of 2000, she joined with 50 other women to take part in Girls on the Move, a 3,883-mile bike ride from Portland, Ore., to New York, N.Y., a special project of Outward Bound. . . . Bruce and Sue Benson Panilaitis purchased their first home in Tewksbury, Mass. Sue continues as a kindergarten teacher in the Chelsea public schools. Bruce was to receive his Ph.D. in biology in May from Tufts University and will begin work this spring on a postdoctoral fellowship, also at Tufts. Bruce and Sue have two foster sons, Rob, 6, and Mike, 5. Sandy Benson, Sue's sister, lives in the Dominican Republic. . . . Brad Pattershall graduated from the University of Maine School of Law in '99 and for a year had his own criminal defense law practice in Winthrop, Maine. In January 2001 he joined the law firm of Petruccelli & Martin, LLP, in Portland as an associate attorney. He lives in Brunswick, Maine, with his girlfriend, Sharon Higgins. . . . Andrew Kulmatiski is studying at Dartmouth along with Jay Sutherland. Last spring he went to Nicole Farkas '92's wedding to Ken Mogul and saw Karen Oh '93 (she lives in Maine on a farm), Eric Miles '93 and Betsy Maclean (both living in Brooklyn). He plans to go on a climbing trip that he won to Mt. Kilamanjaro with his girlfriend. . . . In December 2000 Carolyn Read graduated from the University of Michigan with a master's in public health and a master's in social work. She is living in Chicago and coordinates a high school-based health clinic and health education program for the Cook County Department of Public Health. . . . Elizabeth Wallman is still teaching ecology at Natick High School in Natick, Mass. She will be traveling to the Galapagos Islands in July and leading a hiking trip in Colorado in August. . . . Kevin O'Grady is finishing up his master's in earth science at UNH. His study of the geochemistry of deep-sea hydrothermal vents, or "black smokers," has taken him on two research cruises that have used the research submarine Alvin to collect the hydrothermal fluid samples from the bottom of the ocean. . . . Lisa Conley is teaching seventh and eighth grade reading and English at a middle school in Bangor. She also coaches field hockey and track and co-directs the school musical. She finished an individually designed master's program in education in December at the University of Maine at Orono. . . . In June Kathie Pooler will complete her residency in emergency medicine at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. In July she is marrying Dr. Sean Toomey at Colby's Lorimer Chapel. After a honeymoon to Hawaii, they will move to Seattle. Kathie also wrote that she appreciates all of the support following her exposure on ABC's 24/7. . . . John Dudek finished his Ph.D. in chemistry at Princeton last fall. He now lives in Wellesley, Mass., and recently began his postdoctoral at Harvard in the astro-physics department. . . . Justin Brown is living in Brighton, Mass., and works at the local PBS station in the educational programming department. They produce series that handle educational issues such as school reform and professional development. Before that he briefly worked in the newsroom of WBUR radio, one of Boston's NPR stations. He is still active in music, playing as much as possible. He also started giving drum lessons to musician friends and hopes to do that professionally. He still sees Steve Warwick, who lives in Seattle and is a grade school teacher. . . . Rob Underwood was a business development manager at Pandesic (a joint venture of Intel and SAP). In October 2000 he moved to Maine and joined KPMG Consulting as a manager in the high-tech practice. His clients are all Japanese firms so he travels to Tokyo often. He was to marry Tomomi Uwasu, his girlfriend of six years, in Tenri, Japan, on April 14.

–Tracy K. Larsen

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