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CLASS CORRESPONDENT
Nancy Neckes Dumart
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Please send news for the Class of 1971 column. I love to hear from you all, and your news makes more interesting reading than these two sentences!
--Nancy Neckes Dumart
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CLASS CORRESPONDENT
Roberta Rollins Wallace
classnews1973@alum.colby.edu |
Thanks to those of you who welcomed me as your new class correspondent by sending me news! Alex Wilson reports that the 30th reunion (June 6-8) was a lot of fun! As outgoing class president, Alex served as master of ceremonies for the reunion dinner. Professors Wayne Smith, Tom Longstaff and Tom Morrione '65 attended the dinner, and Tom Morrione spoke on how our four years at Colby changed us, Colby and the country. . . . Mark Serdjenian did his usual great job as Class of '73 speaker. . . . Sue Colucci Neumyer sent me some reunion photos. It was wonderful to see the smiling faces of Merrilee Bonney, who traveled from Holland, Fran Gates Demgen, journeying from California to attend her first Colby reunion, Joyce Ashley, Jan Hueners Crook and Cheryl Booker Gorman '74. For planning a terrific weekend, thanks to the Reunion Committee: Lloyd Benson, Duncan Leith, Bob Landsvik, Carol Chalker McDowell, Debbie Mael-Mandino and Chris Mattern Way. . . . In other news, Joe Mattos married Pam Oliver in August. Duncan Leith, John Krasnavage and Alex Wilson attended the outdoor wedding and reception on Great Pond in Belgrade, Maine. Best wishes to Joe and Pam! . . . Penny Wolf Burns writes that she is still working in Boston as HR director for a company at the Design Center. Her son, Erik, is a freshman at BC High. Penny says she sees Jan Perethian Bigelow, a technical writer, and Jean Straehl Moss as often as she can and lives vicariously through Jean's post cards from her tour company's destinations! . . . Sue Schink is now the Reverend Susan Schink, after graduating from Union Theological Seminary in New York with a M.Div. degree in May and then being ordained deacon in the Episcopal Church on June 7Ñwhich is why she couldn't attend our reunion! Steve '74 and Christi Pope Capaldo and their two daughters (Sue's goddaughters) attended the ceremony. Rev. Schink is now serving a small church in Allendale, N.J., and said that if all went well, she would be ordained a priest in December and then seek a church of her own to serve. Congratulations, Sue! This is quite an accomplishment after also earning an M.B.A. 20 years ago and working 25 years in the business world! . . . Gary Lawless recently received a grant (Martin Dibner Memorial Fellowship in Poetry) from the Maine Community Foundation. These grants are awarded annually to Maine writers seeking to develop their writing skills. In October, Gary planned to walk a section of the Franciscan pilgrimage route in Umbria, Italy, from Gubbio to Assisi as a poet's retreat. Gary co-owns Gulf of Maine Books in Brunswick and is publisher of Blackberry Books. . . . Ken Eisen served as co-programmer of the sixth annual Maine International Film Festival in Waterville in early July. . . . In May, the Diamond Family Foundation, which Bob Diamond and his wife, Jennifer, established to support educational and philanthropic initiatives, contributed toward construction of Colby's new social sciences and interdisciplinary studies building. Bob recently received a Colby Brick Award in honor of his dedication to Colby alumni and students. Over the years he has served Colby as an overseer and trustee. . . . As for my news, I continue working as a library media specialist at Gilead Hill School in Hebron, Conn. Mark and I proudly watched our younger son, Greg, receive his B.S. and master's in accountancy (a combined five-year program) from Wake Forest University in May. Greg recently began working for Price Waterhouse Coopers in Boston. Our older son, Brian, graduated from St. Michael's College in 2000 and works for Travelers Insurance Co. here in Hartford. We are looking forward to his wedding to his college sweetheart next July. . . . Thanks to Jackie Nienaber Appledorn for serving as class correspondent the last five years. Please keep the news coming!
--Roberta Rollins Wallace
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CLASS CORRESPONDENT
Robin Sweeney Peabody
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Last April, 11 members of our class along with three from the class of '73 met in Wisconsin for a 50th birthday/Colby reunion. Sonya Powers Schmanska, Vicki Parker Kozak, Jill Gilpatric Richard, Debbie Wathen Finn, Jane Dutton, Debbie Marden, Cathy Morris Killoran, Martha Hamilton Benson, Linda Krohn Kildow, Emily Wingate Ryerse and I partied at the Benson homestead before taking over a charming lodge in Wisconsin. Barb Powers, Janice Johnson Peterson and Sue Yovic Hoeller represented the Class of '73. Please see the Colby Web site (www.colby.edu/alumni/photos/photos2.html#dir) for a separate article about the Dirty Dozen reunion on a fabulous long weekend of reconnecting. . . . S. Ann Earon has made a lifestyle change by moving permanently to the Jersey Shore with her husband and daughter. Her consulting firm of 21 years, which specializes in all aspects of teleconferencing, is busier than ever as a result of the recent terrorism and SARS epidemic. . . . James Mahoney is senior vice president and director of corporate affairs for FleetBoston Financial. He was appointed by Gov. Cellucci to serve as a trustee of the University of Massachusetts. . . . Nancy Spangler Tiernan writes that she and her husband, Bill '77, live in Grand Junction, Colo., where she works as an oncology nurse while Bill teaches physics at Mesa State. Nancy and Bill attended their son's Colby graduation in May with memories of past and present playing mind tricks! Their daughter started at the University of Colorado in Boulder. . . . Rodger Silverstein also has a son, Rhett '05, at Colby while his daughter attends Columbia. Rodger and his wife, Niki, are both ophthalmologists in New Jersey, with two office locations. He says that with two in college they are working harder than ever. . . . Last year, Ed Hatch left Wall Street, where he was a leading media analyst, to start a hedge fund, MediaVision Capital. He now has more time with his sons and his golf clubs. He has discovered the beauty and relaxation of the low country in Beaufort, S.C., and actually dares to admit he loves having his wife work harder than he does! . . . Bruce Carmichael was recently named vice president at Communication Systems in Salt Lake City, and Mark Curtis has joined MONY Life Insurance Group in Augusta, Maine. . . . Shelley Bieringer Rau writes that eight days after becoming empty nesters, she and her husband left their New England Victorian farmhouse for a log home with frontage on a small pond. The Berkshire Choral Festival continues to be a huge family event, with both kids having become singing junkies like their parents. . . . I am mostly caught up on news. Thanks for all the material.
--Robin Sweeney Peabody
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