70		CLASS CORRESPONDENT Brenda Hess Jordan 141 Tanglewood Drive Glenn Ellyn, IL 60137 630-858-1514 classnews1970@alum.colby.edu
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	71		CLASS CORRESPONDENT Nancy Neckes Dumart 19 Deergrass Road Shrewsbury, MA 01545 207-524-5701 classnews1971@alum.colby.edu
	It was great to hear from Jacques Hermant, who has been teaching at universities in such exotic spots as Morocco, Spain, the Czech Republic and Japan. . . . Another illustrious teacher from the Class of '71 made headlines in a number of newspapers in May 2001, as reported in the summer 2001 Colby. Dave Rea was recognized with the Colby College Outstanding Educator Award for "exceptional distinction in the classroom." Hey, Dave, do you need any extra raft shots on the Messalonskee to teach Huckleberry Finn? Overdue, Dave, but congratulations! . . . Charles Colgan, chairman of the community planning program at the University of Southern Maine's Muskie School of Public Service, was quoted in the Morning Sentinel last spring regarding his reflections on demographics in Maine. . . . Rod Schultz and family spent some time last summer at Lake Kennebago, Maine, where they fished, kayaked and canoed. Rod reports that he managed to have a few trout take the "plate nap." . . . Congratulations go out to Dan Ouellette, who has been elected senior vice president at John Hancock Signature Services. He has been with the company since 1984. . . . Keep those cards and notes coming! -Nancy Neckes Dumart top  |   next

 

	72		CLASS CORRESPONDENT Janet Holm Gerber 409 Reading Avenue Rockville, MD 20850 301-424-9160 classnews1972@alum.colby.edu
	Classmates, if you need convincing to attend our 30th reunion next June, read Chris Belsky Russack's memories. Her letter says a lot, and I thought the class would enjoy it as a column. She wrote, "I'm in the midst of deciding whether to attend our reunion. I have some fond memories of my days at Colby, and maybe I would just like to leave it at that. The haven where I used to ‘sunbathe' in 50-60 degree weather in May (a hot spell for Maine), at the top of the hill overlooking Waterville (near the water tower), I now find has been overtaken by a new dorm (I forget the name of the hill). It's also where I took my first ski lesson and went down backwards the whole way. It took me a while before I could graduate to the Colby ski slope, which is also no longer in existence. Today, my skiing days are over, the result of some bad car accidents and good old arthritis kicking in. But I still dream of skiing down Sugarloaf, which is the best place I ever skied. I like to remember the fun we all had when the fraternities were around, and the spontaneous ‘get-together' and bonfire in fraternity row when we had a massive blackout. (To this day, I still think it had to do with my illegal heater blowing a fuse!) One thing I don't miss is the frigid Maine winters, although they haven't been as bad since as the winter of '69. I spent 48 hours that year in February in a Greyhound bus trying to get through a blizzard back to Colby. Does anyone remember the blood-red color of the Northern Lights in October of 1968? I only recently learned how rare such an event can be. I was in awe as I gathered with everyone else outside on the balcony of Dana Hall to watch the show. I wonder if today you can even see any stars with all the buildings and lights. But I'd like to think that the students today would envy us. We lived through such a turbulent time while we were in college. Young people that work for me often ask what it was like to be a ‘hippie' or a ‘flower child.' We were out to change the world. And I tell them . . . we did." Chris, I hope your memories take you back enough to get you-and all of us-to Reunion Weekend, June 7-9, 2002. -Janet Holm Gerber   top  |   next

 

	73		CLASS CORRESPONDENT Jackie Nienaber Appeldorn Mohonk Mountain House New Paltz, NY 12561 845-255-4875 classnews1973@alum.colby.edu
	Heather L. Burns was elected senior vice president by the board of directors at Booz-Allen & Hamilton in Bethesda, Md. For 26 years Heather has been working with federal, state and environmental agencies, most recently focusing on helping clients use technology for business applications. . . . Maine Times included a mention of Ken Eisen and the various venues in which he works with film. Ken teaches film at Colby and at the Lewiston and Augusta campuses of the University of Maine. In addition, he presents at the Maine International Film Festival in Waterville and distributes film through Shadow Distribution. Maine radio listeners can catch Ken as host of Prime Cuts, the contemporary jazz show he presents on Maine Public Radio. . . . Francesca Gates Demgen reports that in her 50th year her career is in full swing, her two children are in college, and she is healthy and happy. She especially enjoys traveling. She returned to Colby for the first time since graduation in the summer of 2000 and walked around campus with Merrilee Bonney. Later in the year she spent a week in Greece and presented a paper at the Society of Wetland Scientists in Chicago. In 2001 her travels brought her to a Giants baseball game with the San Francisco Alumni Club at the newly constructed PacBell stadium. During August she vacationed in Hawaii, where she hiked through a rain forest to the Moana Falls, snorkeled in coral reefs and dined on roast pig and poi at a luau while being entertained by a Samoan fire dancer. After sending her kids back off to college, she headed off to Sicily for two weeks. Maybe life really begins at 50. . . .  Sue Feinberg Adams writes that she, too, is healthy and happy as she turns 50-and is even looking forward to her next 25 years. She has successfully operated her own interior design firm for 10 years, a career that allows her the time she seeks for family, self and work. She enjoys her family's role as ski instructors and her son Sam's theatrical performances with the North Shore Music Theater in Beverly, Mass. Sue has maintained her Colby connections, hiring Deborah Fuller Berger '92 as her first assistant and sponsoring Jan Plan intern Alison Aiello '01. She also has appeared several times on HGTV, Home and Garden Television. . . . Thank you for being so newsworthy and for sharing glimpses of your lives as we step forward into our 50th year. --Jackie Nienaber Appeldorn top  |   next

 

	74		CLASS CORRESPONDENT Robin Sweeney Peabody 46 Elk Lane Littleton, CO 80127 303-978-1129 fax: 303-904-0941 classnews1974@alum.colby.edu
	I find myself writing this column two days after September 11. I know that everyone is focused on American and world events. Not one of us has emerged unchanged. . . . The one e-mail I did receive was personally touching. DavidFrenchwrote me that he had just returned from a trip to Paris with his wife, Marjorie, son Scott, 16, and daughter Katie, 10. He says watching the kids' delightful reactions to their first visit reminded him of September 1971, when he and some Colby friends who were based in Caen descended upon my parents, who lived just outside the city. David remembers my father giving the group an auto tour of the City of Lights. David says that although he has been back many times since, the tour and staying up late discussing history and politics that first trip was special. After Colby, David attended Georgetown's School of Foreign Service, where he met Marjorie. His subsequent career in international marine insurance took them to London to live for four years. They are now in Westport, Conn. . . . Please catch me up on your activities. I love to get your e-mails! --Robin Sweeney Peabody top  |   next