NEW COLBY BOOK
No Colby booster will want to be without a personal copy of Colby
College: A Venture of Faith, the newest in Berwick Publishing's Old
Photographs Series, now available at Colby's Seaverns Bookstore. Berwick is a
subsidiary of the U.K. house, Allen Sutton, Inc. The series has previously
featured historic towns and cities around the country. This is their first
venture with a college. The collection of more than 200 photographs, compiled
by Anestes Fotiades '89, traces the College's history from the 1813
founding to the move to Mayflower Hill through to the sesquicentennial in 1963.
The photographs, chosen from the Colby archives, provide a fascinating glimpse
into Colby's past. Well done, Anestes!
COLBY PRIDE
Paul Machlin has received a National Endowment for the Humanities
Fellowship for College Teachers to enable him to work on Fats Waller in
Performance, a volume of transcribed music and editorial commentary to be
published as part of the 40-volume series on Music in the United States
...
Tom Tietenberg will participate in a January UN press conference at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, announcing the publication of Tom's report to the UN on policy options for dealing with global warming .. early results of this report were incorporated in discussions and policy decisions at the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change which met in Japan earlier this year .. maybe you heard Tom on Maine Public Radio last week, discussing the work of the Governor's Committee on Emissions Trading, on which he serves .. the committee aims to develop a state-wide emissions trading policy in order to balance economic development with improving air quality in Maine ...
LOANING LYDIA
Lydia Bolduc Marden, Colby's sterling nurse practitioner, is using
vacation time in January to volunteer her services in the Dominican Republic in
a program sponsored by Intercultural Nursing, a non-profit charitable
organization which provides health care in lesser developed Caribbean nations.
We salute her.
COLBY KEEPS KEYES
Although the local molded pulp company has elected to abandon the Keyes
name, it will live on at Colby as an integral part of the expanding science
complex. Keyes Fibre Company, founded by Martin Keyes in 1903,
announced last week that it will change its name to The Chinet Company,
apparently favoring a marketing advantage over preserving the historic name.
In 1941, virtually on the eve of the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Colby received a
bequest of $200,000 from Keyes' widow, Jennie, the fund designated to
build a science building on the new Mayflower Hill Campus. Trustees had
planned to construct separate buildings for chemistry and physics, but became
convinced that the two could be combined in a single building. By the time the
College was ready to build in 1947, it was clear that even this considerable
bequest was not enough. Keyes' son-in-law, Dr. George Averill, a
generous Colby supporter in a number of building projects, came to the rescue.
He provided an additional $400,000 to complete the building which opened in
1948.
DON'T GO FARR
Despite the fact that Sid Farr has demurred on all suggestions
that his retirement be marked with a big splash, it wouldn't have been right to
let him slip down the hill with some notice. And so, his colleagues put
together an after-work reception at the Millett Alumni House on Wednesday. More
than 100 came from across the campus to honor him. Bill Cotter gave a
wonderful and well-deserved tribute, as did Randy Helm and others. The
development crew even wrote a special song which, while it is not likely to be
sung again, was splendid for the occasion. Best wishes, Sid.
LET'S WELCOME Ruben Rivera, Colby's new controller, who comes to us after a dozen years with Price Waterhouse in Sacramento and, for the past two years, with Coopers & Lybrand in Portland. Ruben and his wife Stephanie (a Caribou native) and daughter Logan presently reside in Freeport.
WE REMEMBER Gordon Winslow Smith, a member of the Colby faculty for 42 years, who died this week at his home in Waterville. Gordon, who retired in 1972, was a much beloved professor of modern languages.
STAY ON YOUR FEET
Safety czar Bruce McDougal reminds all of the inescapable
treachery of negotiating the walks and roadways in the ice and snow, despite
the great job done by the grounds and custodial crews. He cautions to wear
sensible footware, go slow and easy and report unsafe conditions to PPD or to
him.
DO NOTE
WE'LL MISS Barb Friedman, director of information management for development and alumni affairs, who's elected to go full-time with her flower shop business.
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