ALUMNI PROFILES
John Tewhey '65
Land Mark

Jeff Potter '78
Cooking the Books

Lisa Perrotti-Brown '89
Good Taste

Zach Shapiro '92
Place of Honor

If I ever received an abundance of classmate news at any given point in time, I would attempt a class newsletter, which would help to alleviate the issue of timeliness. Maybe next quarter or closer to our 50th reunion, which, by the time you receive this, will be less than 1 1/2 years away. I sure hope everyone who is physically capable of doing so will be at that wonderful event. If you haven't yet done so, start planning soon! . . . My two "regular" correspondents continue to stay in contact. Since the last issue, Jane (Daib '58) and John Reisman continued to travel, attending Jane's 45th reunion as well as celebrating John's 70th birthday and their 45th wedding anniversary with their entire family at a rented home on Linekin Bay. They also managed to see Kathy (McConaughy '56) and Pres. Lou Zambello. John claims Lou continues to look great and has retained his sense of humor. That's strange, John, I always thought Kathy was the better looking of the two! . . . Judy Holtz Levow has settled into her new surroundings in Delray Beach, Fla. Her son lives nearby and is a teaching golf pro. (Anyone need help with their golf game?) Her youngest granddaughter, 16, auditioned and won the female lead in The Bucksters, a film made by independent moviemakers this past winter in Lowell, Mass. The script earned an "honorable mention" in a prestigious film competition and as of September was being filmed, edited and submitted to some of the larger film festivals in the U.S. and Canada. Watch for it, then go see it! . . . Talk about timeliness. On September 9 I received an article taken from The Lewiston Sun-Journal dated May 2, 2003. The article is all about the appearance of the featured Maine humorist Joe Perham. It's a great article, chronicling Joe's credits, past performances, awards, roles, etc. A self-proclaimed student of the privy and a regular reader of the Sears Roebuck catalogue since before you had to purchase it, he has done extensive study in small-building construction and in the corncob business of the early Maine farmer. I don't know about the rest of you, but the image of the Joe Perham that I remember (a funny and class act) is one of Joe sitting in his self-built privy in W. Paris, Maine, smoking his corncob pipe and studying for his roles as Hamlet and Willie Loman, both of which he has portrayed. Picture both of those characters with a strong Maine accent! A funny, funny manÑI certainly hope he is planning for our 50th reunion. . . . A final bit of news: Joanne Bailey was married on July 26, 2003, to William Campbell, a long-time resident of Katonah, N.Y., and, ahem, a Harvard graduate. All three of Bill's children, their spouses and grandchildren and Joanne's son and grandson helped celebrate this joyous occasion at their home in Maine. Congratulations to both. We look forward to meeting Bill in June '05. . . . When you receive this issue of Colby, you will have celebrated the holidays associated with Hanukkah, Christmas and KwanzaaÑmy apologies if I've forgotten any. May you all have that which means the most to youÑyour families, your health and the good wishes of all those who surround you. Have a great '04 and remember, our 50th is less than 17 months away.

--Ken Van Praag

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We are gearing up to get the 50th reunion organization off and running, and some of you may have been contacted already. This will be a special event if a lot of you put it on your priority list. New faces and old would make for such a wonderful celebration of life. . . . Summer's news was in short supply, but I know I speak for all those who went on the Colby trip to Tuscany that we are so grateful to know that our Colby professor, Larissa Taylor, walked away from a spectacular three-rollover blowout on the Maine Turnpike this summer. And we are proud to say that as a nearly new driver she bought another car and "got right back up on the horse." . . . We had our second annual lunch with John '55 and Jane Daib Reisman '58 this summer but didn't see many other Colby people after our big dinner in Boothbay in June. This group included John Jubinsky and Tess, Harry and Lynn Brooks Wey, David and Rosie Crouthamel Sortor, Hope Palmer Bramhall and Peter, Barbara Nardozzi Saxon, Larry Pugh and Jean Van Curran Pugh '55 and Lou '55 and me. In spite of 13 at the table we had a memorable evening and watched fireworks from the Boothbay Yacht Club afterwards. . . . Ruthann Simmonds Mac Kinnon called me at the end of summer to thank me for my work for the class, and this was great for me to hear. I love writing this column, but I need to get news from some new folkÑsome long-lost folk. Any new stories? E-mail me just to say hi.

--Kathy McConaughy Zambello

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You may have noticed that there was no '57 column in the last issue, and that was due to only one reasonÑlack of your news! Recently, your e-mail has improved and we won't threaten to go on strike! . . . It was good to hear from Fred Hammond, who tells us that he was inducted into the Beverly, Mass., High School Sports Hall of Fame last March. Fred coached track and field at the school for 20 years; he also taught history courses at the Explorer's Institute for Life-Long Learning associated with Salem State College, and he plays tenor saxophone in the Dane Street Concert Band, which performs in the Beverly area several times a year. Fred saw Dick Adler at their 50th high school class reunion. . . . On our annual August trip to Ellie Shorey Harris's camp at China Lake, Maine, we visited with Bob and Sue Fairchild Bean; Kathy Sferes Eraklis joined us for a wonderful day! The ladies decided to go to the Colby art museum to see the exhibit Cherished Possessions: A New England Legacy from the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities' renowned collection of art and artifacts. We hope that all of you traveling to northern New England did the same thing! . . . Shirley Transue Cram writes that during England's massive heat wave in August (no air conditioning) she spent 10 days in Canterbury to prepare for a concert of Brahms and Mozart in Canterbury Cathedral. Shirley sings with the Berkshire (Mass.) Choral Festival. . . . Audrey Hittinger Katz has the most exciting news everÑthe birth of three grandchildren within six months. Sheldon and Audrey travel extensively, although they are both still involved in their software company. . . . Art and Ellie Gray Gatenby were in New England for a week to attend her 50th class reunion and have been in touch with several Colby classmates in the Massachusetts area. . . . Mikki Chomicz Manno writes that she has a new grandson born last spring, making a total of three grandchildren to enjoy. She spent a lot of time at the Jersey shore during the summer as well as a week at Tanglewood in the Berkshires. . . . We have received information about Annie Proulx, who became a literary sensation with her novel The Shipping News. The book's extraordinary prose won it two major American Awards for fiction, the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Prize. We also enjoyed her novel Accordion Crimes. . . . As we all know by now, "variety is the spice of life" and also of this column! It was good to hear from some different classmates for this edition. We appreciate all who took the time to send us news!

--Guy and Elenor Ewing Vigue

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Allow me to begin my duties as class correspondent by thanking Maggie Smith Henry for her years of dedicated service. Let it be known yet again that the Class of '58 is the best! . . . Burt Angrist writes that he enjoyed getting back for reunion and particularly "meeting" some folks he hardly knew when he was at Colby. By the way, Burt, now retired, is a rock climber who travels the world in search of new challenges. . . . Jim Bishop is doing commentary for Arizona public radio, hoping to go national soon. His last topic was the scourge of gambling addiction sweeping women in the Southwest; his next one is what to do when meeting a mountain lion in the deep wild! . . . Since 1968, Nancy Derderian Bagdasarian has lived with her husband, Bob, in Wellesley, Mass., where they raised two daughters, both of whom attended Denison University and now live in Salt Lake City. Of course that means lots of great trips to Utah to keep track of their five grandchildren. They've become avid golfers and spent six weeks in Hawaii last spring doing what else! . . . Jane Gibbons is semi-retired in Maine, where she works part time as a chaplain for the Androscoggin Home Health and Hospice. In July, she climbed Mt. Abraham in Maine and so finished climbing New England's Hundred Highest Mountains. It took her a mere 58 years, beginning with Mt. Washington at age 8! Both she and Patrick are slim and in fabulous shape (I say enviously). . . . Tony Kalloch, en route home from reunion, stopped in Jaffrey, N.H., where his son and daughter-in-law announced the October arrival of Tony's first grandchild. At this writing, his other three children show no signs of marriage. . . . And in Maine in July, CiCi (Clifton '61) and Norm Lee held a mini-reunion at their Kezar Lake home for Coleen and Bruce Blanchard, David and Loie Munson Morrill and yours truly. You can imagine all the lies that were told, and the cuisine was so marvelous and abundant that we were forced to walk and walk and walk some more. . . . How about news from some of you who were unable to make reunion?

--Beryl Scott Glover

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From the newspaper of Johns Hopkins University: Gerald Lazarus, a professor at the School of Medicine, has been named chief of the department of dermatology at Bayview Medical Center. Gerry has had a distinguished medical career in places as diverse as Montefiore Hospital, Duke University, the University of Pennsylvania and the University of California. Most recently he was a visiting professor at the Peking Union Medical College in China and an advisor in Beijing to the minister of health of the People's Republic of China. . . . Tricia and Bruce Montgomery have children on both coasts and enjoy traveling to and fro visiting kids and grandkids. Bruce still follows his beloved Yankees and Broncos and enjoys reading and coin collecting . . . . Carlene Price White trains Great Danes as "balance dogs" for people with Parkinson-like problems, something she has wanted to do since high school. Carlene remembers the 500-word spelling test she still had to take as a senior at Colby; I, however, remember that she was an absolute whiz at math! . . . Hawaiian Gary Hagerman continues his Powder and Wig tradition by participating in community theater (Much Ado About Nothing and the lead in An Imaginary Invalid) and also sings with a community chorus. He plans to practice medical malpractice defense law for at least five more years as he still has two children to educate. . . . After living in the same state for 28 years, Mary Twiss Kopchains and I finally got together for a late lunch and a fun and lengthy catch-up session. Mary and Bob will soon vacate New Jersey and move to the South Carolina shore. They've had it with northeastern winters and look forward to living near their daughter and her family. They planned an exotic 30-day cruise after getting settled in their new home. . . . In response to my request for more information about his third trip to Ireland, Bob Cockburn took me on a wonderful verbal voyage to that beautiful country. Bob and Jessica skip over the main tourist areas and devote themselves to visiting the countryside and smaller towns. Bob plans to incorporate our 45th reunion into his travel plans. How about you? Please join us at this exciting event!

--Ann Segrave Lieber

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