A Road Marked with Kindness
Sarah Eustis '96, discovers middle America

Sittler Settles in as Pro
Meaghan Sittler '98, joins Canada's National Women's Hockey League (NWHL)

The Mettle to Be an Ironman
Jonathan Kaplan '94 proves he's an ironman

Alumni Trustee Nominees Announced

Alumni Club Circuit
Club News, upcoming events, etc.

ALUMNI PROFILES
Charles Card '40
He's and old cowhand

Sarah Hudson '69
Her students are real lifesavers

William "Ted" Williams '69

Carter Newell '77
Fiddling with mussels

Helen Muir Milby '87
She throws a political party

Stephanie Rocknak '88

Sig Schutz '94

Wow, I got a huge flurry of e-mails from '90ers in mid-September! John Hayworth left his old law firm in December 1999 with seven other people to establish their own litigation firm and is happy to report that the new firm is doing very well–and that he and his wife are expecting their second child in February. He sees Chip Smith because Chip is in Nashville as one of Al Gore's deputy campaign managers. John writes, "While I don't necessarily like why he is in town, it is nice to have him here nonetheless." . . . Rudy and Erika Dresser Penczer wrote to say that they are also expecting a second child in February. Their son, Nicholas, will be about 2 1/2 when his new little brother or sister arrives. . . . Carol Lockwood moved from Washington, D.C., to Hawaii last spring, following her mother's diagnosis with brain cancer. She writes, "while the move was unexpected and the reasons for it devastating, it is nice to be back with my family . . . and I am now settling back into life in Hawaii." She is practicing international trade, corporate and real property law at a firm in Honolulu. Carol's dad graduated from Colby in '64, and her mother attended for a year or so with the Class of '66, so Colby is dear to all of them, and they think frequently of the friends they made there. . . . Matt Frymier is still living out in San Francisco, where he was a bond trader for six years, but he has recently been promoted to director of e-commerce for financial markets at the Bank of America. His work involves a great deal of travel shuttling between San Francisco, Chicago, New York and Charlotte. His wife, Cathy, is an institutional salesperson at Goldman, Sachs, and Co. They've been enjoying life in northern California (sailing, hiking and biking). They had a great time at reunion last June with Malcolm Chace and his wife, Erin, and enjoyed visiting with Malcolm's three kids. . . . Doug Hall is now living in Portland, Maine, and working as a city fire fighter, "the best job in the world," he writes. "Who would have ever known?" I'll take Doug's word for it, since I think he's had more jobs in the last 10 years than the rest of us put together! He says he sees Beth Kubik frequently (she is living in Portland with her husband and her dog) and that he's building a three-family house with views of the Portland skyline and the harbor. "I'm looking forward to being a kinder, gentler slumlord," Doug says. He especially wants to thank the many Colby friends who supported his 48-mile sea kayak regatta fund raiser this summer, which raised money for a youth development organization. . . . Jeff Kelleher has been teaching music for about seven years, the past five at the Brooklyn (Conn.) Middle School. He recently finished his master's in music education at the University of Connecticut. He and his wife, Barbara, will soon celebrate their fifth wedding anniversary, and their daughter, Allison, will be 2 in December. . . . Mary "Mim" Siegel and her husband, Bill Lombaro, had a baby boy named Nicholas. "Needless to say," she wrote, "we are up to our eyeballs in diapers and all the other fun stuff that comes with babies!" . . . Tom and Kate Brennan Dailey are living in England and were expecting a baby in early November, while Melissa Ray Nelson and her husband, Dave, just had a baby named Cameron at the end of July. Kate says Cameron is "adorable, and hopefully will be sleeping more by the time this is published." . . . Dave and Dawn Pitcher Batchelder are having a great time with their daughter, Katherine, who was 1 in November. Dave is working at Lucent Technologies in Cambridge, and Dawn is a physician's assistant at the Lahey Clinic in Burlington. They are living in Westford and "have embraced domestic life completely," according to Dawn. . . . Stephanie (Vore '91) and Paul Apple celebrated the birth of their second child in early September. Mother and daughter are doing fine, and while big brother, Brian, is a little puzzled by all the noise around the house, he seems otherwise happy to have a little sister. . . . Chris Michaud and Matt Taber had a baby girl, Jillian Laura Taber, born in November 1999 (their son, Benjamin, is about 5). . . . Bernie Khoo has accepted a new post as senior vice president/chief information officer at the American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging. In addition to his responsibilities at AAHSA, Bernie teaches as an adjunct professor in the economics department at American University and writes regularly on Internet issues for Contemporary Long-Term Care magazine. . . . Chip Gavin recently was promoted to vice president of communications at Crittenten Hastings House in Boston, Mass. CHH's mission is to assist individuals and families to attain and sustain economic independence and self-sufficiency; in his new position, Chip will have responsibility for everything from information technology systems to media relations. . . . That's all the news I have space for, but thanks again to everyone for writing in. Don't forget to stop by the class Web page (www.colby.edu/classof/1990) for more news and photos of reunion.

–Laura Senier

Bessie Moss St. Lawrence had a baby girl, Gretel Sarah, in May, and she and her husband, Billy, moved back to the Boston area after living in Greenwich, Conn., for the past few years. . . . Jill Collett Donohue welcomed her second son, Christopher Brooks, last August, the same day that Kristen Russo House had her first baby, Madison Sohia. Jill lives in Greenwich, Conn., with her husband, Steve '90, and sons, and Kristen still loves Mill Valley, Calif., where she moved in 1998 with her husband, Mike. . . . Amanda Bishop got married last summer to her high school sweetheart, Mark Becker. Guests at the Castine, Maine, wedding included Michael and Jessica D'Ercole Stanton, John O'Brien and Debra Stinchfield Morrin. Amanda and Mark bought a home in Newburyport, Mass., a year ago and both work in sales in the greater Boston area. . . . Kristin Nixon Donahue got her M.B.A. from the MIT Sloan School of Management in June of '99 and is working at Putnam Investments in Boston. She and her husband, Tom, bought a new condo in Boston last year and have been known to host great parties on their roofdeck! . . . Kristin, Amanda Bishop, Jessica D'Ercole Stanton, Kate Kane and Jill Collett Donohue threw a birthday party in Boston on May 20 for anyone/everyone who turned 30 this year. A great turn-out of local Colby people included Chris and Whitney Adams Ward, who recently had a baby (Lily!), Greg Mahoney, Mark Mellyn, Dave Dore, Jocie Childs, Peter '91 and Heather Glynn Ginolfi, Kyle Lissack with his wife, Marlies, who just happened to be in Boston that weekend, David Freed '90, Paul Davis '90, Steve Dimitriou '91, Sarah Whitely '94 and Justin D'Ercole '95 and a handful of others. . . . Mark Mellyn recently bought a house in Centerville, Mass., where he works as a captain in the police department. . . . Erica Gregg and Joe Tamburini continue to enjoy Scituate, R.I., where they have an old farmhouse and lots of animals. Erica works as in-house legal counsel at Textron Financial Corp. in Providence, and Joe works in Boston as a broker at Salomon Smith Barney. Both have recently run marathons (Erica in Dublin, Ireland, and Joe in Boston) and were training for this year's Marine Corps Marathon. . . . Michael and Jessica D'Ercole Stantonlive in Cambridge, Mass., and are resisting the efforts of fellow alumni who are trying to convince them to move to the 'burbs. Michael recently left Putnam Investments to join money manager David L. Babson Co., where he is in institutional sales. Jessica joined the office of alumni and corporate relations at the MIT Sloan School of Management in May. . . . Aimee (Flores '95) and Cal Wheaton are living in Lutherville, Md. Cal is now a vice president in the health care investment banking group for Deutsche Banc Alex.Brown. He travels several days a week and still runs into Colby alums along the way, including Charles Beeler '93 and Mark Mellyn. Aimee finished medical school last year at Penn State, Hershey Medical Center, and is starting her second year of internal medicine residency. They have two very energetic dogs and a new home that keeps them busy. They also love to travel and last year visited Egypt and Italy. This summer they planned a cruise of the Galapagos Islands and then a hike of the Machu Picchu trail in Peru. . . . Chris and Karen Larson Flint now reside in Rhode Island. Chris is the head coach of the women's soccer team at Bryant College, and Karen works for Textron Financial in Providence. . . . Bill Higgins married Lauren Holland in 1998. Last year they moved to Minnesota for Bill's job with Reliance Standards Life Insurance, and last December they welcomed their first son, Frankie. . . . Christy O'Rourke works in the marketing and promotions department for LYCOS in Waltham, Mass. She became engaged last July 4 to Jeffrey Doyle, who graduated from St. Lawrence University in Canton, N.Y. They plan a wedding next June in New York.

–Michelle Fortier Biscotti

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Well, they say desperate times call for desperate measures. And this, my friends, is truly a desperate time for the Class of 1993. I have not received a single piece of news from any of you since I last wrote a column in June! What gives, people? It is now easier than ever to send me news! Assuming that you have heard of e-mail, that is. So here is the address once again: classnews1993@alum.colby.edu. And again: classnews1993@alum.colby.edu. In fact, I am tempted to fill up the rest of my allotted space with that address, just in case there is any lingering confusion. It's classnews1993@alum.colby.edu. It's classnews1993@alum.colby.edu. It's classnews1993@alum.colby.edu.

–Beth Curran

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Phil Polsky graduated with a joint M.S. in foreign service and M.B.A. from Georgetown University in May and accepted a rotational management training position with Enron in Houston, Texas. He plans to spend one year in Texas and then hopes to spend his second year at one of Enron's overseas offices. Phil got engaged to Ula Solomon, and they plan a 2001 summer or fall wedding. She also has her M.S. in foreign service from Georgetown and is on a rotational program for the government, working on the Albania desk at the State Department. . . . Jen and Shane Wright moved to Pittsfield, Maine, in July with their dog, Reggie. . . . Rich Rygalski is in his second year of law school at Franklin Pierce in New Hampshire. . . . Joe Kravitz is in his second year of law school at Pepperdine University in California. . . . Nicci and Lars White are still living in Hoboken, N.J., where he is working in real estate management. Nicci is a graphic designer in N.Y.C. . . . Alicia and Jake Humbert are both practicing law in Montpelier, Vt. . . . Kurt Niebuhr and his wife, Eiko, are living in Tokyo, where Kurt is the COO of an Internet-based consulting firm. They expect their first child this January. . . . Ken Lee earned his M.B.A. at the Eller School of Business at the University of Arizona this past May and is working with PCS Health Systems in Scottsdale, Ariz. . . . Bill Bush appeared on Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher in August 2000. Other guests included Alec Baldwin, Senator Barbara Boxer and Joan Rivers. Bill is the host of a morning radio show in the D.C. area. . . . Katherine Tinney married Brian Snow in June 1997 in Nevada. They are currently living in Whitman, Mass., and celebrated the birth of Alexandra Erin on May 23. Katherine plans to take this school year off from teaching middle school Spanish to be with her daughter and to continue working on her master's in educational technology. . . . Kristen (Ellis '92) and Erik Georges celebrated the birth of their first child, Skyler. Erik and Kristen are living in Stratham, N.H., where Erik is employed as a business development specialist for Modis and Kristen is enjoying being home with their baby girl. . . . Brian O'Sullivan and Heather Hunt '96 are planning a June 2001 wedding in Windsor, Conn. They recently moved from northern California to Worcester, Mass., where Heather was to begin her first year at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Brian is working as an account manager with IBM. . . . Andie Sulak is working on her M.S. in environmental policy and science at UC Berkeley. . . . Stacey Warner finished her master's in international education at Stanford in August. . . . Jeff '93 and Connie Huffine Zlot are living in San Francisco. . . . Sarah (Whitely) and Justin D'Ercole '95 moved to New York City in July. . . . Laura Eanes married Richard Martin in June 2000. . . . Jonathan Blumberg married Nasiveli Sarygulova in August 2000 in Chicago. They met at Johns Hopkins while Jon was working on his M.A. in international relations and are currently living in the Washington, D.C., area. Jon and Nasiveli went to Kygyzstan to spend the New Year with Nasiveli's family. . . . Trezlen Drake is working on her second year of a law degree at Georgia State University College of Law. She took a summer course in international commercial arbitration and visited arbitration courts in Budapest, Prague, Venice and Vienna. . . . Rebecca Cooper married Scott Crawford in April 2000 and lives in Florida. . . . Cate Czernicki passed the bar and is working in a law firm in Connecticut. Cate married Bob Reynolds last September. Bridesmaids included Caroline Grab Kaleigh, Alicia Hidalgo and Heather Vincola. Heather earned her M.B.A. from Babson Business School and is a partner in marketing at Giant Loop Network, a start-up company in Waltham, Mass. . . . Christy Lynch is also working at Giant Loop part time while in her second year at Babson Business School. . . . Kerry Enright is getting her Ph.D. from Stanford University. . . . Jenna Lemerise is living and working in Munich, Germany. . . . Maria Desimone is living in Natick, Mass., and is a manager of information systems at an environmental consulting company. She recently took a road trip to Portland, Ore., with Katherine Bordwell, who spent the past year in Maine, where she attended a semester-long program on documentary photography. Katherine has moved back to Oregon. . . . Congratulations to Matt Salah and his wife, Sharon, on the birth of their daughter, Bethany, on May 20. They also just bought a house in Avon, Mass. . . . Rebekah Freeman moved to Boston, where she works at Boston University in residential life. . . . Heather Lounsbury is working at UCB Group in Cambridge, Mass., and travels frequently to Belgium for work. . . . Carolyn Hart worked last summer at the Clements Library at the University of Michigan, putting together an exhibit on women's history that was to go up in the fall. . . . Ingrid Kristan was to be married on July 1 in East Boothbay Harbor, Maine, to Mark Rinzi, followed by a honeymoon driving up the eastern coast of Canada. Ingrid is attending Temple University for a communications degree. . . . After 10 years of being on the East Coast, I am moving back to Los Angeles, Calif. I left my senior board relations position at FleetBoston Financial in August and planned to travel for about three months (driving cross country and then on to Fiji, Australia, Bali and Thailand) before pursuing another job in the L.A. area. . . . Take care and keep sending news!

–Tracy K. Larsen

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