ALUMNI PROFILES
Roman Dashawetz '70
Medical Mission

Deanna Cook '88
Cooking the Books

Peter Sekulow '90
Ballpark Figure

Carolyn Szum '01
Air Cleaner

Staff Sergeant J.J. Lovett '96 & Sergeant Eric Anderson '98

Thomas Curran '02

Steve Bosley, his wife, Tricia Kenney, and their children Rachel, 8, and Eli, 6, live in Earlyville, Va., near Charlottesville. Steve works in Internet marketing for Plow and Hearth Catalog Company. They visit his parents in Orleans on Cape Cod every June. He keeps in touch with Chris Morrill '81, who lives in Hartford, Conn. . . . Marjorie Smith Bose lives in Texas with her husband and daughters, Kendall, a first grader, and Lindsay, 3. With both of her children in school this year, Marj is taking art classes, doing yoga and has taken up running (she says anyone who knows her will find the running part hard to believe!). Marj is researching home-based businesses and asks that anyone with any ideas contact her. . . . Bill and Lou Eckland Jackson live in Norfolk, Mass., with their three children, Ben, Josh and Sarah. In May '02 Lou graduated from Boston College with a Ph.D. Joanne Shannon O'Donnell and Joanne Lynch Thorndike attended a reception at which Lou received a prestigious award from the doctoral program. . . . Betsey Morrell lives in Lincolnville Beach, Maine. She is vice president of her family business, Downeast Energy and Building Supply, and was recently appointed to a position on the board of directors of Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens in Boothbay. . . . Michael Fanger reports in from N.Y.C. that his company, Eastern Funding L.L.C., founded in 1997, continues to prosper with 14 employees and nationwide business. His wife, Linda, has done well after her cancer treatment. The children, Rachel, 11, and Jon, 8, keep him busy in Morristown, N.J. . . . Jane Dibden Schwab, recently divorced, continues to preach at Covenant Chapel in Vassalboro, Maine. She reports she is in a happier place raising her five children after going through this life transition. She recently met with Diana Small Snow and toured the Colby campus, reliving old memories. Diana, a cancer survivor, lives with her husband in Belmont, Mass. . . . Richard "Dick" Sinapi is a partner with the Cranston, R.I., law firm of Sinapi, Formisano, and Coleman, Ltd., and is the lawyer for the Harrisville Fire District in Burrillville, R.I. He ran for Congress as a Democrat in 1984, losing to an incumbent, and was recently the youngest candidate to seek a justice appointment to the R.I. Supreme Court. . . . Bob Motley has been in the commercial real estate business for 12 years. He is director with Cushman and Wakefield in Hartford, Conn. Bob and his wife, Durrin, keep busy with Isabelle, 9, and Robert, 7, and with renovating the farm they purchased several years ago. . . . Darcy MacKinnon Sledge's beagle, Nimbus, was noticed by a talent scout for dogs and now has an agent in N.Y.C. He was recently in Manhattan for a photo shoot for Ralph Lauren and is Mr. October in Friskies 2003 Mighty Dog Calendar. . . . Linda Alter has returned to her Midwest roots by settling in St. Paul, Minn. Linda sells real estate and manages rental properties and recently traveled to St. Maarten, Disneyland in L.A., Anna Maria Island, Fla., and Costa Rica. She sends regards to former Colby basketball teammates: "those were memorable times! Dig Deep!" . . . Jay Moody lives in Falmouth, Maine. He hopes to make a full recovery from prostate cancer surgery. Jay has been spending quality time with family and friends and recently had an "awesome" trip to Jamaica. . . . Cathy Palmer Smith and her husband, Dan, are experiencing the joys and challenges of renovating an old house in the country. They are very involved in their church and spend time with family and friends. Cathy works with Scott Vandersall '81 at Citizens Bank. They had to compare their senior photos in Colby yearbooks to recognize each other. . . . Amy Page Oberg (aoberg@haslaw.com) is a member of the Barrington, R.I., school committee and was recently elected to serve another term. She is on the board of directors of the Bayside YMCA and a member of their golf tournament committee. Her youngest child is in ninth grade; her other five have graduated. Amy is practicing law in Providence, doing general business, corporate and tax work. Last fall she and Karen Harvey Leese met Pam Poindexter Peacock, Elaine Regan Driscoll, Peter Forman and their spouses for dinner in the North End in Boston. . . . Martha McCluskey has received tenure as a law professor at the State University of New York at Buffalo. She teaches and writes about constitutional law, feminist legal theory and economic inequality. Martha recently married Carl Nightingale, a history professor at the University of Massachusetts and the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee. Their life includes plenty of travel while living in three states, visiting Maine and traveling to South Africa, where they adopted their daughter, Ella Mbali, in fall '02. In late 2002 they visited family and friends in 10 states and on three continents. . . . During the February '03 school vacation week I saw Scott Butterfield and family while skiing at Bretton Woods in N.H. Some of us continue to guide our children in learning how to ski, ever hoping to return to Sugarloaf/USA! . . . As hard as it is to believe, the countdown is on for our 25th reunion in 2005. We would like to be in touch with everyone, so please write or e-mail me your news now!

--Lynn Collins Francis

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Dawn Brydon Sweeney has been named president of AARP Services, Inc., a subsidiary of AARP. Dawn, who has been with AARP since 1999, previously served in lobbying and marketing positions in several organizations, including the International Dairy Foods Association, where as vice president of marketing she was instrumental in launching the "milk mustache" ad campaign. Dawn, her husband, Tim, and their two children live in Oakton, Va. . . . Joe Ciota has received plenty of positive press for Ciao America, a feature film about Italy's American football league. Joe wrote the screenplay, and his brother Frank directed. The film, which includes Paul Sorvino and Giancarlo Giannini in the cast, is based on Joe's experience coaching the Ferrara Aquile (Eagles) after Colby. . . . Todd Marble was profiled in The Hartford Courant in October 2002 as his Kent School (Kent, Conn.) football team's winning streak reached 11. Todd also serves as Kent's athletic director and director of summer programs, including the summer writers camp. . . . Diane Young has joined Axiom Capital, a commercial real estate financing firm in Albany, N.Y., as senior director. . . . Jamie and Laura Littlefield Bourne had a whirlwind year in 2002. Jamie made business trips to Salt Lake City (twice) and Puerto Rico, and Laura traveled to Montana on business, and they still got in some fly-fishing. The whole family, including Kelsey, 8, and Jonny, 5, trekked to Oregon, Block Island, North Carolina and Florida, making visits to Walt Disney World and Sea World, a tour of the Space Center and a launch of the space shuttle. . . . After a year as a working student at Tamarack Hill Farm, Sue Perry moved to Upton, Mass., and started a business in equine sports massage therapy, Muscle Magic. She has retired her horse, Magic, and is now training a young quarter horse/thoroughbred named Secret Code ("Cody").

Elizabeth Stiller Fahey

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It is a tricky time--mid March--as I write this. I hope our international picture is brighter by the time you read this, but right now we have just started our battle with Iraq. Two classmates who have contacted me and may be directly involved are Bob Benjamin and Paul Veilleux. Bob wrote to me on March 1, saying, "The big news from here is that my unit has been mobilized for a year in support of operation Enduring Freedom. I was at Ft. Bragg for three weeks in January and February helping to push a task force of the 82nd Abn. Division to Kuwait. I travel to Ft. Eustis, Va., on March 2 and expect to receive further orders. School has hired a long-term substitute to cover my classes while I'm away. I have regular access to e-mail (bob.benjamin@us.army.mil) and would love to hear from folks." I hope everyone will send him a note, and I hope you return home safely and soon, Bob. . . . Paul's status may be different now, but in November he wrote, "I am presently serving as the professor of military science and ROTC battalion commander at the University of Connecticut and am responsible for Army ROTC for the entire state of Connecticut. I love teaching again and helping these young men and women learn and mature." Paul and his family (wife Andi, Chris, 16, and Ryan, 13) returned from a tour in Heidelberg, Germany, the summer of 2001. While stationed in Germany he had the phenomenal experience of being deployed to the Balkans for six months to work in the Headquarters of KFOR REAR in Skopje, Macedonia (a NATO headquarters with personnel from 19 different countries). Shortly after leaving the Balkans, Paul was awarded the Defense Meritorious Service Medal for the job he did there. And then he was promoted to lieutenant colonel, which was made even more special because his dad was able to be there for his promotion. . . . I received a beautiful note from Denise Glennon. She and her husband, Gary Haubold, adopted all four of their daughters. Their two older daughters, Lucy, 6, and Clara, 4, are from China and have been helpful big sisters to Cecilia, 2, also from China, and Sophie, 2, from Cambodia. Denise says, "Life is hectic but lots of fun. The girls are wonderful and have been the answers to our prayers." . . . Walter Judge wrote from Vermont, where he lives with his wife, Jean C. O'Neill, and daughters, Phoebe, 8, and Sophie, 6. He says he is finally learning how to ski because Phoebe is teaching him. This certainly was the winter for it, Walter! . . . I had a fabulous weekend at Sugarloaf this year. It brought back happy memories of skiing there with many of my Colby friends from our class and from '81 and '83. They may not know it, but Cathy Smith Badmington, Sarah Fox Whalen and I are going to work on a Colby/Sugarloaf reunion for the winter of 2004. . . . Ed Paterson wrote that he was sorry he missed our 20th reunion but plans to make the next one. He is still living in Rumford, Maine, with his wife, Diane, and their three daughters, Chelsea, 15, McKenzie, 10, and Delaney, 8. He is in his 20th year in the financial service business and works as a registered financial rep for New England Financial. Ed keeps busy as president of the local Rotary Club, as commissioner of the Mountain Valley Rec. Basketball League and as coach of his girls' youth baseball and basketball teams. As a member of the Rotary Club, Ed started the annual Matt Gaudet Alumni Basketball Day for alumni of the local high schools. Matt is a former Mountain Valley and Colby star player (Class of '95), who was permanently disabled from the chest down in a diving accident. Coach Richard Whitmore honored them by speaking at the event. They raised $15,000 in one day. In addition to coaching, Ed still plays basketball and baseball but now in the "senior" leagues. He and his wife visit Colby every summer when they ride in the Trek Across Maine, a 180-mile, three-day biking fund raiser to benefit the American Lung Association. Colby provides the accommodations for the second night. . . . Jeffra Becknell sent me an exciting e-mail from her home in San Diego County: "I know the rest of you have kids that are in college (practically), but I'm expecting my first biological child in early June. She will be joining her big sister, Remy, 2. Being pregnant has been smooth so far, but I really miss hockey, beer and pockets in my pants!" Congratulations, Jeffra! You will have your pockets back by the time this is printed. . . . Please keep the e-mails and letters coming. Best wishes.

CLASS CORRESPONDENT
Sally Lovegren Merchant
classnews1983@alum.colby.edu

News from our classmates came in sparsely but enthusiastically this past winter. Just send me some blurbs of info. Things really do change and you'd be surprised how long in between communications it can often become. Humor me. . . . I am so sorry to tell you that Kelly Dodge informed me that Reyne Cuccuro passed away in late December 2002. We will remember Reyne with joy and prayer at the Boardman Memorial Service at Lorimer Chapel during our 20th reunion. This service is in memory of alumni who have passed away during the previous year. . . . Delisa Laterzo wrote that after 12 years in Charlotte, N.C., her family moved almost three years ago to Steamboat Springs, Colo. There, on a mountain overlooking a "gorgeous valley," Bill, Delisa and their son, Austin, 10, love living in a small-town atmosphere, skiing, hiking, biking, spending time with family. Delisa owns a promotional marketing business that is doing well. She is one of five approved suppliers for American Express so she travels to New York City, Minneapolis and Salt Lake City a lot. . . . Alan Paperny is director of law at Retail Brand Alliance, Inc. (headquartered in Enfield, Conn.), which owns many of the retail brands we see in malls and shopping centers, including Brooks Brothers, Adrienne Vittadini, Casual Corner, Petite Sophisticate, August Max Woman, Carolee Jewelry, Lenscrafters and Sunglass Hut. Alan lives in Glastonbury, Conn., with his wife, Suzi, and with Sara, Madison and Carly. Among Colby alumni he sees are Kevin Morin '84, Greg Tulloch '84 and Drew Fitch '84. Alan ran into Fred "Taager" Nicholas in December. . . . Last October, Georgia Shelby McNamara was born to Barb and Sean McNamara and older brother Riley. The entire family is well. . . . I regularly receive newspaper clips about our classmates from Colby staffers. Many of my Colby clips pertain to our own Linda Greenlaw. Seemingly every magazine, newspaper and educational institution has written about her exploits as well as the times she has addressed a graduation or graced a book signing. Columnist Charles W. Turner of the Haverhill Gazette in Haverhill, Mass., was thrilled to meet Linda at a book signing in Newburyport, Mass., and to find out that she wasn't just a "middle-aged native of a small island off the coast of Maine." He had been intrigued by both of Linda's books and also seemed glad that she had gone to Colby and majored in English before heading to sea. . . . Another recent newsclip was a photocopy of what must have been a glossy brochure from Kimball Union Academy in Meriden, N.H., announcing its new headmaster, Mike Schafer. The picture on the front is of smiling Mike, Gayle, Hannah, Jonathan and Joanna. We'll be glad to see them all in person at reunion. . . . My next column will give you the full picture of what happened at reunion, who attended, etc. I know it's hard to endure the three-month lag between when I write these columns and when the magazineß publishes them, but someday we'll be right on top of the news and you'll see it instantly, or even as I'm typing it. Scary thought. Not the news but you watching me type it. . . . I wish you all well and very much look forward to hearing from each and every one of you.

--Sally Lovegren Merchant

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As I write, we are having fun planning the 20th, so I hope everyone reading this column attends. . . . Edward McCartin e-mailed from Indonesia, where he's finished the complete restructuring of a power project in East Java--the largest and first one under the privatization initiative of 1991. His debt restructure was awarded the Asia-Pacific Deal of the Year. Unfortunately, the area has been dealing with multiple crises since 1997, and there is very little political will to change. Ed compared the "birth of democracy" there to most babies--something requiring lots of parenting. He also notes that the Bali bombing wasn't helpful for a region that relies on tourism. . . . Todd Halloran e-mailed from Darien, Conn. In addition to working and chasing four children under the age of 6 around the house, he's continued to stay involved with Colby as the chair of the Alumni Fund, and recently he was named an Overseer. He continues to be impressed by the generosity of Colby alumni in terms of their time and gifts to the College. . . . Heather Nicol e-mailed from England. She feels that her five years there have flown. She has two "gorgeous" little ones (Alexander, 3, and Sylvia, 18 months), and they were expecting a third child in June. Heather is still working at Goldman Sachs. . . . Shelley Lent Gillwald e-mailed from Park City, Utah, where she and her husband, Pete, a landscape architect specializing in resort design, have been living. She mentioned her son, Karsten, 9, her daughter, Anika, 8, and their spoiled golden retriever, Shredd'r, now 1. Shelley is executive director of the Youth WinterSports Alliance, a nonprofit legacy to the Winter Olympics. The goal of the organization is to encourage more kids to become involved in winter sports by helping to fund, support and promote the various competitive programs in the Park City community. She is still actively involved in ski racing, both as an Alpine official and as the mom of an up-and-coming racer. I also had the incredible opportunity of working for the Salt Lake Olympic Committee, serving as alpine/snowboard volunteer coordinator. There was a mini-reunion of sorts in Philadelphia when Shelley and Wendy Glen '85 attended Dr. Lauren Ball '85's wedding. Shelley closed her e-mail with an open invitation to all long-lost friends--she's less than 10 minutes from three of the country's best ski resorts. Maybe we should have scheduled the 20th reunion there!