ALUMNI PROFILES
William '51 and Ellen Kenerson Gelotte '50
Star Gazing

Susan Monk Pacheco '67
Doctor in the House

Allen Throop '66

Nancy Heiser '75

Don McMillan '84

Thomas Warren '82
Something Fishery

Brian Post '97
A Natural Observer

Clay Surovek '98

It's late September and the topic on everyone's mind has to be the horrendous attacks on the Pentagon and New York's World Trade Center. As best as I have determined so far, I know no one in the Twin Towers or in other downed buildings, and I can only hope that no Colby people were lost or injured. As for other '45ers, Manhattanites include Muriel Marker Gould, who was in Italy, and Helen Strauss, who lives safely uptown. Living as I do in lower Manhattan, I see and hear ongoing reminders of the assault (though none are needed), but I'm not-was not-dangerously close to Ground Zero. Hope to hear from all of you soon with updates on your families and various activities.

--Naomi Collett Paganelli

Haven't heard from any of you, so you'll have to hear what we're doing. At this writing in late August, we're excited to be going to Alice Tully Hall on November 4 for the world première of a new piece by Hugh Aitken. Remember him? He and Laura Tapia Aitken '45 met when he was a cadet at Colby, and he is a noted composer. It's an important première with The New York Chamber Symphony, Gerard Schwartz conducting and Horacio Guttierez playing. Along with Laura and Hugh (we hope) we expect to see Naomi Collett Paganelli, Muriel Marker Gould (from Florence, Italy) and Helen Strauss, all from the Class of '45. . . . Gene and I are planning a trip for most of September to France, Spain and Portugal. We'll revisit some favorite places and explore some new ones. And we'll be living on a boat-unpack and pack once! . . . Let's hear about your travels, grandchildren, volunteer work or anything else you want to share. Please!

-Anne Lawrence Bondy

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Dana and Harriet Nourse Robinson are back from a one-week trip to Hong Kong with a tour group of 52. Although they had been on many trips before, all had been business trips for Dana, so Harriet said it was great fun just to be one of the tourists. Dana has signed a one-year contract with a company in Boca Raton to consult one day a week, and he continues to play golf and tennis. Harriet is taking classes in porcelain doll making, and I suppose one day her dolls will be treasured by some grand- or great-grandchild. . . . I had a long and very informative letter from Bill Mason, who wrote that he and Shirley Lloyd Thorne attended the Colby reunion in May 1999. They enjoyed seeing Don and Hilda Farnum Nicoll '49 and their classmates and were immediately adopted by that class. I hope that doesn't mean they will leave us. Bill says he attended the 50th reunion of his law class at Howard University and reports a new law library under construction at the Law School, which is about three miles from the main campus. The Law School graduation exercises were held at the Washington Convention Center with about 3,000 people in attendance. Secretary of Labor Alexis Herman was the Law School speaker and, Bill writes, did an excellent job. There were 145 graduates; seven received master of law degrees and the rest, J.D's. Sixty percent of the class were women, whereas in Bill's class of 40 there were only four. The dean, three assistants and 30 percent of the faculty are women. In 1951, when Bill was admitted to the bar, only two blacks were admitted. After a successful suit against the bar examiners in 1969, the practice was changed. In June 2001, at the annual meeting of the Virginia State Bar, Bill was one of many recognized for being a member of the bar for 50 years. A few days later he completed six years as president of the Norfolk State University Foundation, Inc., and 20 years on the board of directors. The purpose of the foundation is to raise funds for scholarships, endowed faculty chairs, additional facilities, etc. As a historical black university started in 1935, Norfolk State has been seriously under-funded. It now has about 7,200 students, about 10 percent of whom are white, grants both master's and Ph.D. programs and has an endowment of about $7 million. Anyone who would like to contribute to the NSUF should contact Bill.

-Mary "Liz" Hall Fitch

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Long-time high school basketball and baseball coach Gene Hunter was inducted into the Maine Sports Legends Hall of Honors. The Maine Sports Legends organization raises money for scholarship support for high school athletes who meet the standards of the program. . . . We had some e-mail communication in late June with Howell Clement. He said that they were putting a metal roof on their house and added that they were doing it themselves just to prove they are not too old. The purpose of the metal roof is to help the snow slide off the roof because Norma worried that one day Howell himself might slide off the roof while shoveling. Howell concluded that after completion of the roof he could get back to golf. . . . Peg Clark Atkins used the class news form (the form, we remind you, that appears in the back of each Colby magazine). She wrote that all six children are off in their own homes and occupations. She said that she enjoys reading the class notes in Colby; it is a treat for her to learn how Colby friends are doing-and is almost as good as when she received personal letters from classmates when she was class agent. Peg and Harold recently completed a two-week driving trip in Massachusetts and New York. They visited places-Niagara Falls and the Adirondacks-that they saw on their honeymoon 51 years ago. They also visited with friends in Wisconsin and Iowa and toured the Ford Museum in Dearborn, Mich., where they saw a windmill that used to be in West Yarmouth, Mass. Harold remembered how annoyed the residents of West Yarmouth were when the windmill was carted off to Michigan. . . . As for our lives, we had a combined party for Dorothy and another friend who also reached 70. Their birthdays were on July 3, but we celebrated about a week earlier. As of this writing we intend to celebrate David's 75th in October with a party with some close friends and family. We are still sailing and golfing and plan to put the boat away in mid-October. We intend to return to Jupiter, Fla., on November 1, go back to Boston for Thanksgiving and then return to Jupiter until late March. . . . We really need more class news. If you enjoy these class notes, please write and tell us what is going on in your life so that other classmates may enjoy your correspondence.

--Dorothy and David Marson

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No news is good news, or so the saying goes. However, if you are a class correspondent, no news is not good news! Although I haven't heard from any of you, the Alumni Office has sent me an article from the Norwalk, Conn., newspaper, "Attorney takes after his father in regards to tenacity," featuring Robert Slavitt. Last fall, Bob had open-heart surgery to replace a valve and three coronary arteries. He claims to be a quick healer as exemplified by his carving of the Thanksgiving turkey two weeks after the operation! Bob has had a lifetime interest in Jewish and Irish history and in the research and collection of handmade objects. Introduced to horse racing a quarter century ago, Bob and his wife have owned 36 horses in the interim and still own a 2-year-old in training at a Pennsylvania farm. As an attorney, Bob wrote the original documents creating the Titanic Ventures Limited Partnership that held the rights to salvage the Titanic's sunken treasure. He continues to practice law full time and has established a statewide reputation as a trial lawyer in cases involving eminent domain and property value. . . . I am enjoying living in Maine. I do things frequently with my neighbor Martha Loughman Shepard, and at the Maine Highland Games in Brunswick in August I visited with Nellie Macdougall Parks, who with her brother and sisters was manning the Macdougall clan booth. . . . By the time you read this, winter will be in full swing and we will be looking forward to spring and summer. In the meantime, don't forget to send me your news even if it seems trivial to you.

--Anne Hagar Eustis

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