The New England Basketball Hall of Fame inducted its first class in October, with both Eugene A. Hunter '48 and John "Swisher" Mitchell in the high school/prep boys players category. Mitchell, who played for Waterville High School's New England championship-winning team in 1944, has been an assistant coach at Colby for 36 years. Morse High School's Hunter also is a member of the Maine Baseball Hall of Fame and was inducted into the Maine Sports Legends Hall of Honor two years ago.

Deaths: Charles J. Ferris '41, September 28, 2002, in Waterville, Maine, at 86 * Sidney J. Rauch '43, October 1, 2002, in Brooklyn, N.Y., at 81 * Wesley R. Doe '44, November 15, 2000, in Massachusetts, at 84 * Barbara Blaisdell Libby '44, October 16, 2002, in Damariscotta, Maine, at 78 * Jeanne Parker Holmes '45, October 18, 2002, in Manchester, N.H., at 77 * Mary Roundy Bebee '46, June 6, 2002, in Richmond, Va., at 75 * Theodore R. Buyniski '47, September 6, 2002, in Stuart, Fla., at 77 * Athalene Nile Leachman '48, October 2, 2002, in The Dalles, Ore., at 76 * James C. Alex '48, August 21, 2002, in Huntington, N.Y., at 80.