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

Invitations . . . yes, classmates' hospitality abounds. In August, Bill Boothby (bboothby@attglobal.net) had just returned from a week rafting trip on the Salmon River in Idaho. He wrote, "My wife, Joyce, and I live in Boulder, Colo. Our two sons were married last year in separate ceremonies so we now are officially empty nesters. I have businesses in Denver and Phoenix so I travel back and forth a lot to Scottsdale-not a place to be in August or September. Our busy life is finally slowing down a bit so I would love to catch up with my classmates. Boulder is only two hours from Colorado's major ski areas. Give us a call if in the area." . . . Eliot Terborgh (terborgh@pacbell.net) reports: "I have finally sold my company, SmarTrunk Systems, Inc., to the U.S. subsidiary of a Taiwanese company, Ranger Communications. While I very much enjoyed my 29-year career in the communications industry, when it comes to owning a business I am reminded of the old line about owning a boat-the two happiest days in your life are the day you buy it and the day you sell it! So I am now beginning a sabbatical' of uncertain duration, which gives me some time to work on my rather lousy golf game and spend some more time at our home near Lake Tahoe. Cris and I are also planning some overseas trips during the coming year, which we will squeeze into her busy teaching schedule. Other than that, I will be doing some consulting for my old company while deciding what I want to do when I grow up. I hope anyone coming to San Francisco will feel free to look us up." . . . Linda Wakefield LaRou (larou@sunydutchess.edu) reports that she is an associate professor in the department of English and humanities at Dutchess Community College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. . . . Last June, after almost 10 years in Nashua, N.H., Dana Abbott (dabbott@ACSDefense.com) wrote that he was in the midst of moving into a new home in Montgomery, Ala., where he's opening a new office for ACS. "Clair and I are both excited about the climate change after the endless winter in N.H. this year," he said. "We did note that pulling up roots was much harder now than for our 21 Air Force moves." . . . I note that e-mail seems to be catching on, so I urge you to send your news to classnews1965@alum.colby.edu. The College sends them on to your e-mailess scribe. I continue my quest of "seeing the world and checking out beaches" with reports on the beach conditions and birds in Jamaica and St. John and driving tours to Poland, Belize (home of the Montezuma Oropendola), Malta and Tunisia in the past 18 months. . . . Hail, Colby, Hail!

-Richard W. Bankart

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Dirk (formerly Dick) Aube retired from IBM after 32 years. He and his wife, Bonnie, live in Williston, Vt., do volunteer work (Dirk is still a Colby admissions interviewer) and enjoy time for four grandchildren, golf and gardening. . . . Lynn Seidenstuecker Gall and Eddie spend winters in California, where they've just built a house on the golf course in La Quinta, and summers on Lake Cobbossee in East Winthrop, Maine, where over the years they have renovated buildings of a former girls' camp they bought. Lynn has taken up yoga with instructor Susan Grigg Coady '68. . . . Bill Rynne recently doubled the size of his insurance business by merging with another company. He and Joan live in Sudbury, Mass., visit their two sons in New York and New Jersey frequently and have traveled to southern Africa on safari, with plans to go to Australia and New Zealand next. They report that Marilyn and John Cookson are still in Keene, N.H., where John is a comptroller. The Cooksons love being new grandparents. . . . Sue Ebinger Spencer missed our 35th reunion due to her older son's graduation from Cornell Business School. She lives in Marshfield, Mass., still does occasional food catering, travels with husband Sam and enjoys gardening, tennis and skiing. She reports that Peter Winstanley now works for Sara Lee in Atlanta. . . . Janet Morse Morneau teaches English at Pinkerton Academy in Derry, N.H. Daughter Tracy was married last summer and is also a teacher. Janet's husband, Rollie '65, is an avid mountain hiker; Janet prefers swimming for exercise. She and Linda Lord Hall met up for the first time in 34 years and had a great reunion over dinner. . . . Congratulations to Matt '65 and Jemmie Michener Riddell on the birth of twin granddaughters in August 2001, which brings their grandchildren total to four. (The Aubes also are the grandparents of twins. Are there others in our class with double blessings?) Jemmie and Matt are enjoying life in Hendersonville, N.C. Jemmie works full time in an ophthalmologist's office, and Matt works at a golf pro shop when he's not on the links himself. Besides grandparenting, Jemmie's passion is singing and touring with the Sweet Adelines. . . . More congratulations-this time to John Carvellas, who was named to the St. Michael's College Athletic Hall of Fame for his years as a coach and faculty NCAA representative. John has been a long-time advocate for women's sports. In his spare time he's an economics professor and was in El Salvador on college business at the time of last year's big earthquake there. . . . Kay McGee Christie-Wilson loves her relatively new career as a guidance counselor at Bucksport (Maine) High School and is ecstatic about her relatively new role as grandmother to Maggie's son, Charlie. Son Robert lives and works in Hong Kong. . . . Persistence has paid off for Claudia Fugere Finkelstein, who writes, "I just published my first novel . . . completed in the 1980s, but after two agents, three titles and several renovations it's finally real! Imperfect Strangers can be found online and in paperback through most bookstores. Thank you, Mr. Weese and Mr. Mizner!" Way to go, Claudia. . . . Good to hear that Janice Holt Arsan's husband, Noyan, is doing fine after quadruple bypass surgery last summer while he and Jan were visiting their first grandchild in Atlanta. The Arsans are now back home in Istanbul. . . . Bruce Barker's younger son's wedding in Colorado kept Bruce away from our 35th reunion. Bruce and his wife both work at People's Bank in Stamford, Conn., where Bruce has been for 28 years. He plays as much tennis and golf as his work schedule and two repaired knees will allow. He sends his best to all classmates. . . . Sue Turner loved the 35th, renewing old friendships and seeing the campus changes. She and Marty DeCou Dick visited Kay Tower Carter after reunion, then went sea kayaking. She is still teaching college Spanish in South Carolina and spending summers on Mt. Desert Island. . . . So many interesting classmates and so little space to tell their full stories. The details I've had to omit will appear later in a class newsletter. . . . Thanks to Linda Buchheim Wagner for her many news-gathering phone calls and to those who sent news via e-mail. Don't forget-there's also a form in each Colby magazine for you to fill out. Your news will be forwarded to me, however you choose to send it. Please get in touch, stay in touch and come to the 40th reunion in 2006!

--Meg Fallon Wheeler

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Thank heavens for e-mail. Without it, there would be no column. We really hoped to have more in response to our plea for info for this column, and our sincere thanks to those who did get in touch. . . . . Have you seen a forest of antenna appearing in your area? Well, Fred Hopengarten has literally written the book on antenna zoning. He wrote, "All of a sudden, as there is no other book on the subject, I am, literally, the guy 'who wrote the book' on the subject." He says that's been fun-if you like radio antennas. (And to think Fred's association with WMHB, Colby's campus radio station, played a part in it!) Fred and his wife, Betty, have spent the summer on the grand college tour with their daughter, who will be a senior at Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School. "She has now been to 16 colleges or universities and hasn't been to a single Maine school yet," Fred says. "My additional joy is in knowing that I'll be doing this all over again with my son in three years!" . . . Although he was initially reported to be on the list of "lost" classmates, Jim Katz e-mailed that he had an interesting musical change this summer. He says he usually plays distant second bassoon in the "I Medici di McGill" symphony orchestra, made up mostly of medical doctors and related specialists connected with the McGill University Medical School: "We play in Montreal's Christ Church Cathedral. For the summer I played with the Ste. Anne Harmony Band. This is a small-town brass band made up of players as old as 89 wailing away on school band music on the sidewalk outside the drugstore and at the small park bandstand for audiences of up to 15 or 20 at a time. They needed a bassoon like a fish needs a bicycle, but it was fun and a total change for me." (I reminded Jim that I knew him from the Colby band. I was the one who played last chair third clarinet and didn't practice!) Jim has been teaching almost 35 years in a junior college in Quebec. In our e-mail exchange, we discussed the many satisfying aspects of a career in teaching, since there certainly are not many monetary rewards. Jim says, "I was told two years ago that I qualify for the retirement pension and am earning only $20 a week more than if I retired; and that is Canadian, not real, money!" . . . The Vineyard Gazette reported that Ann Christensen presented her paintings at a reception this past summer. After graduating from Colby and working as a graphic designer, Ann studied at Harvard and MIT as well as the School of Fine Arts in Boston. Ann has developed her bold landscape style, which brings together her diverse history as graphic designer, mother and rock-and-roll wife of the late Reeve Little. . . . We hope you've made your plans to join us for the 35th reunion in June. We look forward to seeing lots of you there.

--Robert Gracia and Judy Gerrie Heine

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I am preparing this column at the end of a terrible week for our country. As of this writing I don't know if the tragedy had a direct impact on anyone in the Colby community, but none of us will ever be the same. . . . All of the following news was in my hands before the events of September 11. I heard from my roommate Hethie Shores Parmesano, who is a vice president for National Economic Research Associates in L.A. She wrote, "I am keeping busy helping regulators and electric utilities restructure the electricity industry around the world. This year I have had projects in Greece, Ireland, India, Brazil, Nebraska, Georgia, New York and Texas. I am just starting a new one in Kenya. No, I am not responsible for the mess in California. Yes, I do get lots of frequent flyer miles, which enables me to take a kid or even the whole family along on occasion. Julia went to India with me last December. The whole family just returned from a trip to Ireland and England, tacked onto a business trip. Mike, 15, liked the tall ships in Portsmouth and the castles in Ireland. Julia, 13, liked Buckingham Palace and the Crown Jewels and seeing an old friend on a farm near Galway, Ireland. We all enjoyed seeing the second half of King Lear in the Globe Theatre in London. (Half because we just chanced onto it. Plus that was about all we could "stand" since we had "groundling" tickets.) My husband, Phil, is helping the LAPD develop new information systems. He can tell you more about the ways of classifying crimes than you really want to know. We are pleased to have Betsy Clark Bungeroth's daughter, Becky, living in L.A. At the moment she is trying to find the perfect job." . . . Jessie McGuire writes, "Had a fun experience the other day . . . walked into a Duck and found a classmate. Yup, Barb Bixby is managing the famous Long Island Duck, a duck-shaped memorial to the famed Long Island Duckling. 'Twas nice seeing her after all these years. Last year was an exciting travel year. In September I spent two weeks in Bali. I'd been there 12 years ago, found it more touristy and developed now, but the people were just as wonderful. . . . And then in January I took my first trip ever to India and Nepal, where I was equally impressed. Does anyone remember the story President Strider used to tell about meeting Christie Higginbottom '66 on a passing elephant at Tiger Tops in Nepal? Well, I finally fulfilled a dream and made it there. (Looked for both of them, but to no avail.) I enjoyed India so much that I'm organizing my own trip . . . and have 15 friends who want to go. We'll be spending a couple of weeks in southern India in January, and the trip involves another elephant safari. I'll keep my eyes peeled for RELS or Christie! I'll be at Colby's graduation ceremony next May. If anyone from our class is there, I'd love to say hi." . . . John Birkinbine writes, "I continue my work as a partner of MultiState Associates, which is the country's largest state and local government relations management firm. (I've wondered at times what percentage of American government majors actually end up working with our various levels of government.) Our daughter, Kristen, and her husband have blessed us with our second grandchild, and of course they are the cutest of all time. My niece, Katie Welch (daughter of Franny Birkinbine Welch '72), has just begun her freshman year at Colby, making her, by our count, the eighth family member to do so. My wife, Sarah, and I get to Orr's Island, Maine, at least once a year to get together with family and friends and get our Maine 'fix.' We see Rick Mansfield and his wife, Marylou, when his business brings him to Chicago, mine takes me to Boston, or they wander north to Orr's Island. Would love to hear from former classmates and hope to make a reunion soon." . . . Betty Savicki Carvellas writes, "I'm entering my 34th year of teaching, and I still love it. I get the chance to work with wonderful students and great colleagues. The teaching profession has been good to me. I've traveled all over the world on education- or science-related trips. Last summer I was in the rain forests and dry forests of Costa Rica, and sometime next year (any time from March through September) I'll be a part of a research team heading somewhere in the Arctic. Anyone who wants to follow my Arctic adventures can log on to http://tea.rice.edu. Once in the field, I'll be posting daily journals and photos. I'm still in Colchester, Vt., where I live with my husband, John '66. Since he teaches at St. Michael's College, we have time to travel. John's Spanish has improved (mine has not) as we have traveled to Mexico, Costa Rica and Puerto Rico. On his own he has been to Guatemala, Venezuela and El Salvador. Each time we travel south we look at possibilities for retirement. Six months in Vermont and six in Central America are starting to sound like a good plan. It's tough to believe that retirement is in the not-too-distant future. Who would have ever thought we'd be this old?! In my limited spare time I read and ride my bike. In the last two years I've taken up dressage riding. I'm still at the most basic level, but I'm having a great time! I may be at the age when retirement is a possibility, but I'm enjoying myself and my work too much to think about it yet."

--Nancy Dodge Bryan

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Greetings to all. This column is a short one due to the limited amount of news I have received. If you would like to see a longer column, then it's up to you to drop me a couple of lines about yourself and any other classmate. You know I can turn it into a work of fiction and begin to make up stories about you! . . . Ines Ruelius Altemose continues to work as the senior director of clinical operation for a contact research organization. She recently marked 20 years of marriage to her lucky husband, David, and plans a trip to Egypt and Kenya to celebrate. Ines enjoys visits from daughter Kristen and her family and goes boogie boarding with her grandkids. Go Granny. . . . Sharon Timberlake is back to school. She entered a Ph.D. program in sustainable economic development at the Muskie School of Public Service at the University of Southern Maine. She frequently visits with Diane Kindler and her son and enjoys life in the Portland area. . . . If you need to borrow money, Peter Brown is your man. He is the president and CEO of Ledyard National Bank and recently was elected chairman of the board. Peter has spent the last 27 years in banking and finance in New Hampshire and also has been active in many civic and community organizations in the area. . . . Sue Newbert Goodrich is still working as a media production specialist at the University of Southern Maine. Her daughter, Sarah, is a member of the Colby Class of 2005. Her husband, Robert '67, has moved his law practice into their home. . . . Congratulations to Ginny Denton Barrett, who was married in September 1998 to William Barrett. She describes him as a "fabulous Irishman (with a brogue and everything!)." The happy couple is living in Stuart, Florida, in a golf course community, and Ginny follows her passion for art. Visit her Web site at www.penandinkstogo.com. Her e-mail is GinnyDee77@aol.com. . . . Warren Turner, who has been practicing law in Portland for many years, is running for yet another term for the Yarmouth town council. Good luck, Warren. I'll make sure not to speed in Yarmouth next time I am driving up to Colby. . . . I frequently have the pleasure to visit with Trix Oakley Ingram and her friend, John, at Casablanca. . . . This past summer my son, Jason, and I were invited to cruise on a 96-foot antique cabin cruiser in the Southeast Passage in Alaska. It was a magnificent trip-we saw bear, whales, sea lions, icebergs and plenty of salmon. The boat belongs to a friend of mine who is a brother-in-law to Geoffrey Little. Let's hear from you, Geoff. Maybe next time you, too, can get invited! . . . One more time I plead with all of you to send me news. If you don't like to talk about yourself, then send me news, tales or gossip about other classmates.

-Sari Abul-Jubein

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