ALUMNI PROFILES
Susan Woodward '64
A Lifelong Learner

Doug Smith '70
A Different Cargo

Janice Bispham '76
A Place to Come To

Caleb Dolan '90
A Worthwhile Struggle

Patrick Burlingame '00

Liz Martin completed her master's degree in architecture and a master's in building conservation at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. She is employed at Mesick, Cohen, Wilson, and Baker Architects, a firm in Albany, N.Y., specializing in preservation architecture. Recently divorced, Liz is raising her sons, Byron, 8, and Avery, 6. They are all studying tae kwon do and "doing all the things that make them happy." . . . Lori Batcheller reports in from Northampton, Mass. With her background as a physical therapist and a master's degree in journalism and mass communications from the U. of Colorado, she has become a writer. Her work has been published in physical and occupational therapy trade magazines. Lori's first book, Journey to Health: Writing Your Way to Physical, Emotional, and Spiritual Well-being," is related to the journal writing workshops that she teaches. Her latest book, Alpine Achievement: A Chronicle of the United States Disabled Ski Team, was released in February 2002. The book covers the history of disabled skiing and stories of these "awesome" athletes. A resource section includes information on how to become involved in adaptive skiing as a disabled skiier, volunteer instructor or behind-the-scenes supporter. Lori attended the Paralympic Games in March 2002 as a freelance journalist. After her book's completion, she spent three and a half months in a spiritual lifestyle program at the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health, a "fabulous experience," she said. Check out her Web page www.LBCreative.com. . . . Brunswick, Maine, resident Andy Goode has been promoted to vice president of U.S. programs for the Atlantic Salmon Federation. Andy informs policy makers of the decreasing Atlantic salmon populations and what can be done to conserve them. He is also involved in fund-raising efforts to support federation programs. . . . Maria (Macedo '79) and Tom Dailey have lived in Great Falls, Va., since 1998. Tom is general counsel for Verizon Online, Verizon's Internet business. Maria has her own consulting business, and they keep busy with their children, Andrew, 10, and Zack, 6. They miss Boston but enjoy the weather and sights in the D.C. area. . . . Robert Schulze has finished the restoration of his 1930s art deco home in the hills overlooking Los Angeles, Calif. Robert is the head of distribution for Paramount's art house division. He hears occasional gossip about Colby and the Waterville community from regular contact with Ken Eisen '73, who runs Railroad Square Cinema. . . . Sue MacKenzie is the program director for the Living Water Spiritual Center in Winslow, Maine. The center sponsors retreat programs for people who want to pray, read and reflect and recently won the Watershed Landowner of the Year Award for conservation management of their 61 acres on the banks of the Sebasticook River, the Kennebec's largest tributary. . . . Dan O'Halloran reports playing in a Colby hockey alumni game in December 2001. An anonymous '80 grad hockey player made a generous contribution to Colby to establish a scholarship fund in the name of Coach Jack Kelley. To celebrate this event, more than 75 hockey alums came to pay tribute to Coach Kelley for the great influence he had on their lives. Included in the group were Mark Kelley, Peter Bishop '81, Joe Faulstich, Paul Quaranto, Brad Richards, Jay Driscoll '81, Pat Murphy '81, Bob Norton '81 and Jack "Snake" O'Neil '77. . . . Mike Fanger "finally broke free from his office chair" to go skiing last winter at Copper Mountain, Colo., and Sun Valley, Idaho, with his 7-year-old son. Mike reports that he still tells everyone that he majored in skiing at Colby, "which is not far from the truth." . . . In October 2000, Lisa Mackintosh developed her own consulting firm, ThEME, Co. (aka "The Equines Must Eat"). Her company focuses on copyrighting and editing, design consulting and project management for marketing media aimed at the financial and legal industries. She enjoys the flexible schedule of working at home and going into Manhattan as needed for meetings with clients. The not-so-free time that she has she spends dealing with her equines, as memorialized in the company's name. She was to compete in the spring eventing season with a new competition horse, Cyrano. Lisa and husband Tony share their home in northern N.J. with three each of horses, cats and dogs. Their newest puppy is helping to expedite another round of house renovations on their 260-year-old Dutch farmhouse by chewing up yards of baseboard moldings. Her family rendezvoused in November 2001 to cheer on her sister, Jamie '82, in the N.Y.C. Marathon. Lisa keeps in touch with Diana Parsons Herrmann via e-mails and occasional lunches. She recently reconnected with Melinda Richardson Mull, who lives in Bennington, Vt., where she's raising her family and enjoying the New England that Lisa misses daily. . . . In the wake of September 11, Bill Linnell, our class's nuclear security advocate, has been working to educate Maine congressman John Baldacci and others in our government on the vulnerability of nuclear power plants to the simplest attack. . . . In the months since the tragedy of September 11, what with the war on terrorism, changes in our economy and the way that we look at our lives in America, our Colby years seem ever a time of innocence and personal growth. Take the time to remember and treasure old Colby friendships and experiences and re-kindle them by sending in your news (or your memories) to share. We are all waiting to hear from you! Life is too short to lose touch!

--Lynn Collins Francis

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Sue Perry sent a long letter from North Carolina, where she's a working student at Denny Emerson's Tamarack Hill Farm, a world-class three-day eventing barn. Last summer, she left Tufts Veterinary School's radiology department after 18 years to pursue her dream, and she and her horse, Magic, moved to North Carolina last November. She's also written several horsemanship and horse-care articles for www.petplace.com. Sue can be reached at sue.perry@worldnet.att.net . . . .Beth Pniewski Wilson e-mailed: "I was in Miami at the Fontainebleau for the annual meeting of my company, West Group, and ran into Bob Ryan. Bob was also there on business--he's a partner with the firm of Bassi, Martini, & Blum in San Francisco. They represent the Hilton, and since the Fontainebleau is a Hilton, he was staying there. Bob was planning on going to the Cayman Islands after Miami to do some scuba diving with a high school friend." . . . That's it for now. Please send news to classnews1981@alum.colby.edu

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CLASS CORRESPONDENT
Sally Lovegren Merchant
24 Easy Street
Mt. Desert , ME 04660
207-244-0441
fax: 207-244-9445
classnews1983@alum.colby.edu

Our class continues to come together each year, making small reconnections that will amount to lasting friendships for us all as we age together. You hear me say these sappy things but you know I'm right. For now, hear the smile in my words as I inspire you to take a moment to e-mail or mail me a hello. We've all got plenty going on, so tell me what you'd do if you had free time. Sometime I'll tell you what I would do. . . . I heard from John Chapin Jr. Chape and his wife, Susan, live outside Annapolis, Md., with their two daughters, Hayley, 8, and Colleen, 5, and a family dog named Chessie. For several years after Colby, Chape lived and worked in the former Soviet Union for various public and private organizations. He says the desire to live and work in the U.S.A. pulled him back, and he ventured into the world of IT consulting. For the past eight years he has worked for KPMG Consulting. . . . Sometimes we catch a glimpse of Linda Greenlaw at a book signing here in Maine. This happens locally at Port In A Storm bookstore in Somesville. Linda's been there twice at least, and since that trip is about four minutes from my home I always try to make it. We reunited there last February. Linda looks great as always. Her face looked as if she had been on the sea (and not just in the squash court with me back in 1982). She is even more beautiful in real life these days as she's enjoying her career of writing and yearning to get back out onto the water as well. For a couple of years the College sent me all the articles on Linda's book and her travels speaking to graduates and signing books. Her next book is called The Lobster Chronicles and should be out close to the time you read this. A trip to Belize and Key West in February and March will have been a much-deserved vacation. . . . I often forget the rituals parents must pass through as they attempt to enter children into schools in bigger cities. Here in Maine on Mount Desert we all know each other, and there's not much of a placement issue, good or bad, for public elementary school. However, I know that acceptance into school can be tricky and nerve-wracking. Nancy Goers Hubbell noted that their son, Nick, 2, was just accepted into a pre-school for the fall. Nick's brother, Jack, 8, will enter second grade at an area magnet fine arts school that features a partial Spanish immersion program. Nancy also says that their family is finishing up on another round of home improvements. Keep smiling, Nancy, and thanks for the news. . . . Super Bowl fever reached a new high this past winter when the Patriots' excellent season culminated in a flawless and very creative game against the Rams. Having been season ticket holders for seven years, Kevin and Anne Geagan McGrath wrote to tell us that Kevin's name was picked in a lottery to receive Super Bowl tickets, and off they went to New Orleans. They had seats fairly high up in the Super Dome but the view was actually pretty good, Anne says. Her section was 99.9 percent Patriots fans and a friendly group. Anne says that the three-plus hours of pre-game entertainment was good and passed quickly. She says that it was the greatest sporting event she'll probably witness in person. They had a fantastic time in the French Quarter as well as at the game. "Now if the Red Sox can just win the World Series . . . " was her parting comment. . . . From Menlo Park, Sue Desrochers Patterson wrote of work at Sun Microsystems, where she is in the finance organization. She and husband Kevin, who works in San Francisco for Providian Financial and is in the final stages of completing his M.B.A. at the University of San Francisco, get back to Maine once a year or so. . . . In Kittery Point, Maine, are Fenn Duncan and her partner, Laura. They commute daily to work in Boston but love it when they get back to the beach by the end of the day and have the best of both worlds. They also maintain a part-time antiques and collectible business and fill any free moments fixing up their house. . . . Becky Crook Rogers wrote that her family now lives in Upper Arlington, Ohio, where Becky remains active studying tai chi, working her Excel business from home, working at the YMCA and the Ohio Historical Society and keeping up with two very busy sons. . . . I enjoyed a teleconference call in March to talk about reunion planning with Margaret Viens '77 from Colby, Anne Geagan McGrath, Deb Bombaci Pappas, Val Spencer Poulos and Duncan Gibson, who helps keep me going from time to time with news among his calls to classmates. It was a great call, and we've begun discussions about our 20th reunion next June. You'll be hearing a lot about this big 20th, so dig out all calendars, palm pilots and pieces of paper and earmark our weekend in Maine together as a "must do." (I would really appreciate hearing from anyone with ideas about what you'd like to see at our reunion together.) Duncan said that this year he had talked to Chris Schmidt, Chris Johnson, Ashley Lasbury and Scott Dow and Gordon Marshall. We'd love to have updates from you all. . . . I heard from Scott Stein, who is in New York City and loving it. He works as a consultant for the AOL Time Warner Foundation on some of their youth initiatives. He ran into Jan Thayer Naylor in January at a New York City Colby Club event, where Prof. Cal Mackenzie was speaking. Scott had been skiing at Sugarloaf in March for an annual trek there for some fun. . . . George Raiche sent greetings from his San Francisco-area home. He's been married for four years to Joan Molitoris (Cornell '84), who teaches at Stanford. George is a scientist for NASA in a heat shield design group. George plans to be at reunion, so it will be good to catch up with him and everyone there. . . . Best to all. Please stay in touch.

--Sally Lovegren Merchant

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