75		CLASS CORRESPONDENT Bruce Young 20 Applewood Avenue Billerica, MA 01821 978-443-6417 classnews1975@alum.colby.edu
	I am writing this column shortly after the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon and the plane that crashed in Pennsylvania. I hope that all of you and your families are well and that by the time you read this the world is a safer, more civilized place to be. . . . I did hear from a few people before September 11. Joan DeSalvo reports that she has recently retired (!), celebrating with a two-month stay in Italy. Joan says that she has no problem filling her time and wonders how she ever found time to work. . . . Carol Majdalany Williams got together with Mary Ruoff Palmer and Lynnie Bruce in August to celebrate Lynnie's upcoming marriage to Max Fletcher. Carol says that it seemed like old times and not the actual number of years it has been since they were all together. Lynnie and Max plan to take a couple of years off to sail around the world following their wedding. . . . Martin Womer got his law degree from the University of Maine in 1997 and has been practicing in Darien, Conn., since 1999. He recently set up a series of public workshops to discuss estate planning. . . . Recently, while off-duty, Maine Warden Service officer Deborah Seel Palman was instrumental in apprehending a New York man who had just been released from jail after he was arrested in Waterville. Deborah spotted a car that had been reported stolen and began a chase that ended when the Maine State Police laid down spike mats and forced the car off the highway. -Bruce Young previous  |   top  |   next

 

	76		CLASS CORRESPONDENT Jane Souza Dingman 805 River Road Leeds, ME 04263 207-524-5701 classnews1976@alum.colby.edu
	This is my first column, and I am sorry to have so little to share. . . . Paul Boghossian has some news for us from Reunion 25: Jennifer Frutchy Ford wants to thank Byrd Allen '75 for the 1976 cabernet sauvignon shared at their table. Here is Paul's note regarding reunion and future class events. "What an incredible reunion! We had a record turnout, and Mother Nature served up a string of flawless June Colby days. If you didn't go, you missed a wonderful opportunity to reconnect with some old Colby friends and to make new ones, too. We had activities galore, punctuated by a gala party on President (call me Bro) Adams's lawn complete with hot tub and pet pig, Pedro (this is Colby?). Jenny Frutchy Ford reaped serious and well-deserved kudos for breaking the reunion fund-raising sound barrier. The Class of '76, in true form, responded with a standing ovation and by showering Wadsworth Gym with Monopoly money. Owing to the bonhomie and overall great karma of the weekend, we've been deluged with requests to keep the class reunion spirit and momentum alive. We're tentatively planning a spring family ski weekend at Sunday River, March 22-24, 2002, so keep your calendars open! We're also looking for people who have places there to be host to classmates. Or, if you know people who have condos or houses at Sunday River, the referral would be appreciated. Lastly, we're looking for a seaside or lakeside (Cape?, southern Maine?) venue for a family beach day and barbecue next summer. C'mon, classmates, somebody out there can help us keep it going strong! Contact Paul Boghossian at pobogie@aol.com. Thanks!". . . At this time, I am sure everyone is preoccupied with thoughts about the World Trade Center, Pentagon and Pennsylvania airline disasters. Our hearts go out to all who were/are/will become involved in these events, surrounding events and events that will be precipitated. Let us hear your thoughts. We, your classmates, care about you and your life. Please e-mail me (classnews1976@alum.colby.edu) or use the traditional mail (805 River Rd., Leeds, Maine 04263).  --Jane Souza Dingman   top  |   next

 

	77		CLASS CORRESPONDENT Ellen D. O'Brien 96 Soaring Hawk Lane Leeds, Maine 04263 207-524-5701 classnews1977@alum.colby.edu
	Calling all '77s! Time to be figuring out how to break loose and get to Waterville in June for the big 25th! Get in touch with your favorite classmates and make plans to be there! Our planning committee promises a great, glorious weekend we won't want to miss. Details to follow. . . . I received a wonderful letter from Janet McLeod Rosenfield, our Alumni Fund head class agent, and Lee Canning Breene, associate class agent. Janet has lived in Newton, Mass., for the past 15 years and has "three children 13, 11, and 7 years old, a very busy husband and an adorable standard poodle puppy, Annabelle." Janet left the Beth Israel Hospital three years ago to be home with her family. She says she wouldn't trade this time for the world but is planning to get back to clinical genetics in a few years. Janet and Melanie Dorain Green, who lives nearby in Wellesley, Mass., get together often. Lee is living in Bedford, N.Y., with husband James and their two children, 14 and 10. From all '77s, a big thank-you to Janet, Lee and our other class agents for all your hard work. Let's make their job easier and successful by contributing in this special 25th year! . . . Evan Katz is finance director and school business manager for the town of Harvard, Mass., and is chair of the Minuteman Nashoba Health Group, a consortium of public employers. Robert Anderson '76 works as a managed care consultant for the Worcester, Mass.-based Fallon Community Health Plan. Last year, when the Minuteman Health Group added Fallon to its list of health plans, Rob represented the Fallon group. Now, after 20 years of no contact with each other, Evan and Rob get together regularly "in the volatile and high stakes world of health care." Small world! . . . Steven Ford e-mailed that he resigned his faculty position at Penn State last year to join his father-in-law in the family cotton farm business in Alabama. He, his wife and their two young children are living in Sewanee, Tenn., and building a house. He is also teaching in the economics department at the University of the South, a school he describes as "much like Colby, except warmer." In his spare time, he fly fishes for trout but laments that the southern rivers aren't quite like the clear freestone and spring creeks of Pennsylvania. Steve got together with Vinnie Cassone and his new wife in Texas this past spring and reports that all is well there. Steve would love to hear from old friends-e-mail him at fordmgmt@earthlink.net. . . . Carl Witthoft is on a softball team with Jen Swanson Niemann '84 and writes that their record so far is even better than that of the famous "Goose Eggs," the ever-so-hot Colby senior year math-computer intramural team. His other main occupation is merely trying to survive being the parent of a high school girl; he says he notices that "the merits of boarding school suddenly become quite clear." Hey Carl, have you read Mom [Dad] Get Out Of My Life, But First Can You Drive Me and Cheryl To The Mall? . . . Kevin Convey became editor-in-chief of Community Newspaper Co. last February, when the Boston Herald purchased CNC's 87 weeklies, four dailies and 14 shoppers as well as many specialty publications. He had been managing editor of Sunday and features at the Herald. Congratulations, Kevin. . . . Postscript: I wrote this column prior to September 11. All our lives have been touched and altered by the events of that day. I know I speak for our entire class in expressing support for each other and our condolences to those who lost loved ones or friends. . . . Please send news of yourselves, your families and classmates, get ready for June and be there-let's re-connect! -Ellen D. O'Brien top  |   next

	78		CLASS CORRESPONDENT Robert S. Woodbury 484 Bridge Street Hamilton, MA 01982 978-468-3805 fax: 617-951-9919 classnews1978@alum.colby.edu
	I hope and pray that everyone is safe in the aftermath of the terrible tragedies at the World Trade Center and Pentagon and in Pennsylvania. . . . Dian Weisman Miller e-mailed me after reading about Alix Land in a previous column. Dian and Alix lived across the hall from each other in Johnson back in 1974-75 and were good friends. She'd love to get in touch with Alix. (Alix, please contact Dian through Colby. She'd really love to her from you.) Dian has been "retired" from the real estate business for two years and has decided that she was born to be retired. She feels that "nothing" is what she does best, but her 80-year-old father still works full time and can't understand how she can get by without working and still be happy. Dian is unswayed. She still loves life in "Pleasantville," Kansas, where neighbors delivered a cake the day she and her husband moved in. They have season tickets to Kansas State football and (along with the whole town) bleed purple on game day. . . . Ann McCreary dropped a line for the first time in 10 years. She's married with two girls. Her weekends are devoted to horseback riding with the girls and traveling to a zillion fourth and sixth grade girls' basketball games. On the job front, she's a managing director with Zurich Scudder Investments in New York, where she runs the global compliance group and travels extensively to places like Sydney, Singapore, Tokyo and London. She works with Liz Allen Ishiguri '74 and Steve Langlois '85. . . . Also heard from long-lost Jeff Bernard. Jeff, wife Janet and son Andrew are doing very well. They have lived in Concord, Mass., for about eight years and love it. Jeff recently left Sun Microsystems and is a marketing VP at a start-up called Vigil Technologies. Janet has retired as a partner in a pharmaceutical research firm and now participates in several charities. Recently she chaired a major Taste of Our Town event, for which chefs from all nearby restaurants prepare their best dishes for a charity dinner to help a local family services organization. Andrew attends Fenn School in Concord. Rounding out the Bernard clan are Waffle and Brewster, two Wheaton terriers. Jeff doesn't see many Colby alums other than Dana Bernard, who happens to be Jeff's twin. But he'll see a bunch (and Dana, who commuted to the 20th reunion from Topsfield, Mass.) if he comes to our next reunion in June 2003! . . . Lisa Klein Boldt writes that she is an at-home mom in a household of Alden, 5, Ian, 9, and Mike in Millburn, N.J. She does some freelancing in fund raising and just completed work for The Waterkeeper Alliance, an environmental group working to protect and restore America's waterways. In her spare time, Lisa likes to kayak, volunteer at the children's grade school and take trips to New England and the Adirondacks. . . . Chris "Noodles" Noonan (who is a candidate to succeed me as class scribe in June 2003) is keeping incredibly busy. Currently, he is in the process of designing and permitting a new office facility that will look like a barn and attach to an 1838 Greek Revival building used as a real estate office. His company, Preservation Services, also is providing a design/build historic rehabilitation package for the restoration of a Georgian (1700s) farm complex in Grafton, Mass. They are providing development services for the design and construction of an agricultural/educational barn facility, which will support the volunteer production of fresh food for Worcester County poor. Ribbon cutting is in spring 2002. Noodles extends an invitation to any Colby grad within 1.5 hours of Grafton (I'm 1.75 hours away, coincidence?) to come and get your hands dirty. He'll be host to any Colby alum who joins the effort! . . . We were saddened to hear that Larry Hill's dad passed away early this year. A memorial service was held in Old Greenwich, Conn., in May. Larry keeps busy with a new job in New York at Answerspace, a company building a new financial advice system for a large bank in N.Y.C. that will allow customers to plan their financial futures over the Internet. Larry describes his role as "Chief Sales Clerk and Lunchtaker" and feels that this may be the classic Web story-or his own "2001-Answerspace Odyssey." Larry and his wife, Cathy, spend most of their time, energy and sanity trying to keep up with "Larry concentrate," also known as son Harry. The family is also rebuilding a home and recently bought a boat. We're all invited to call Larry for a "three-hour tour." . . . All the best and keep the faith. --Robert S. Woodbury   top  |   next

	79		CLASS CORRESPONDENT Cheri Bailey Powers 6027 Scout Drive Colorado Springs, CO 80918 719-532-9285 classnews1979@alum.colby.edu
	As I write this column, my prayers are that none of our classmates were lost in the World Trade Center towers. I know it will be a while before we know who is safe and who is gone from our lives. Please take the time to reconnect with a classmate you haven't heard from in years, share your good times and remember to live each day to its fullest. . . . I am happy to announce that Dave Laliberty was engaged to be married to Maren Watson last July 8. Hope all went as planned! Maren is head coach of the women's lightweight crew at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, where Dave is the assistant men's soccer coach. . . . Angela Mickalide was quoted in the May issue of Parents Magazine. The article, "A Great Parent . . . Knows How to Say No," stressed the need for rules and limits to guide children as they grow up. Several people were asked to complete the statement "A great parent . . . " to which Angela replied, "knows that safety always comes first." This most definitely reflects Angela's ongoing commitment to children's safety as the director of the National Safe Kids Campaign. . . . I hope the next issue will have lots of news of classmates. I am heading east in October (ticket already purchased before September 11) to visit family and friends-Kathy Bleakney Pawley, Janet Deering Bruen and Martha Soucy. I've lived overseas where the airports have been bombed, and I wasn't held captive then and I won't be now. I take pride in being an American and will go where I want to go. --Cheri Bailey Powers   top  |   next