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Summer 2010
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101 Things To Do Before You Graduate
Living In History
Diary From Haiti
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Summer 2010
26 101 Things To Do Before You
Graduate
30 Living In History
The Washington Study Group has witnessed politics and history in the making for 75 years
36 Diary From Haiti
UN photographer Sophie Paris ’97 shares her work
documenting the first three months after the devastating Haiti earthquake
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Message from Marilyn Thie, Core Revision
Committee Chair
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Letters
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Work & Play
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Colgate history, tradition, and spirit
14
Life of the Mind
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Arts & Culture
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Go ’gate
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New, Noted & Quoted
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The Big Picture
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Stay Connected
Call for nominations: Alumni Council candidates and awards
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Class News
58 2010 Reunion awards
76 Marriages & Unions
77 Births & Adoptions
77 In Memoriam
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Salmagundi: Puzzle, 13 Words (or Less) caption contest, and more
DEPARTMENTS
On the cover: What makes a good story? The spring Children’s Theater Worskhop explored that question in A Dozen Characters in Search of a Story — written, produced, and
performed entirely by students. Photo by Janna Minehart ’13. Left: A stroll around Taylor
Lake in August proves that the Chenango Valley is still the “land of the bullthistle.” Photo by
Andrew Daddio
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Contributors
Volume XXXIX Number 4
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English major Matt
Muskin ’10 (“101
Things To Do Before
You Graduate”) has
about 101 things on his
résumé, from Student
Government Association VP and Student
Governance Affairs
Board, to admission
communications and
athletics marketing internships, to Theta Chi
brother. He’s been hired
as an honors paralegal
specialist with the U.S.
Department of Justice.
The portfolio of Norm
Bendell (“101 Things To
Do Before You Graduate”) includes two of
the most successful illustration campaigns in
the history of advertising, Perrier and Budget
Gourmet, as well as the
launch of Prodigy and
the bestselling American Girl Library books
The Care and Keeping
of You and The Feelings
Book.
Jim Leach (“Living In
History”) retired in
2005 as vice president
for public relations and
communications after
25 years at Colgate. He
redirected his energies
to a second career as a
higher education communications consultant,
freelance writer, and
nature photographer.
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Gary Eichhorn ’75 discusses his nonprofit, Music &
Youth Initiative, which brings music education to
underserved young people in urban areas.
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When Sophie Paris ’97
(“Diary From Haiti”)
last left Haiti, little did
she know she’d soon be
back shooting the worst
disaster in the country’s
history. A United Nations photographer, she
has covered UN affairs
worldwide, from peacekeeping efforts, to
Security Council meetings, to the secretarygeneral’s missions. She
also freelanced as a
photographer for Hillary Clinton’s presidential primary campaign.
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one of the largest social media blogs, heralded as
Yearbook 2.0.
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scene: Summer 2010
Message from Marilyn Thie, Core Revision Committee Chair
When asked about their most
meaningful academic
experiences, many Colgate alumni are quick to bring up the core curriculum. Core courses, they say, gave
them new ways of looking at the world, fuller perspectives on problems and issues, reasoning abilities they
use every day, and, sometimes, an unexpected interest in a new subject of study.
And they often report that things they learned in the core show up in
their personal and professional lives in intriguing ways. Some identify a
particular text, such as Plato’s Apology or a new interpretation of Genesis;
another says their career in an Asian city was inspired by a Core Japan
course and study group; yet another credits a Scientific Perspectives
course with helping them sort through priorities in health care.
When they arrive on campus, the Class of 2014 will be the first to take
Colgate’s newly revised core curriculum. Many of the core’s goals remain
the same — virtually unique among undergraduate general education
programs, the core remains interdisciplinary and still represents what
we believe all students should study. In this revision, our committee of
faculty members from across the university considered the question,
what should be the heart of a liberal arts education today? We asked
ourselves, what is different about the world now, compared to when we
designed the current core program in the mid-1990s? How have students,
and teaching, changed? What will our students need to know, to have
thought about, and to be conscious of, so that they can live responsibly
and well in today’s complex, interdependent, and diverse world?
Under the theme “Crossing boundaries,” we built on the known
strengths of the four existing core components and continued
expectations of critical reading, thinking, and writing. In addition, we
encouraged greater commonality among courses in each component.
Shining a spotlight on the reality of our globalizing world — for
good and ill — is the major change. Two important implications follow
from this new emphasis. The first is to break down the bifurcation
between “the West and the rest of the world” inherent in the core’s
structure. The second is the introduction of a fifth component called
Global Engagements. The revised core embodies these two points in the
following ways:
The original Western Traditions (Core 151) course has become
“Legacies of the Ancient World.” This new focus recognizes that those
who helped to shape Western culture, tradition, and thinking were not
solely from the West. Acknowledging this allows for examination of
the interactions among these groups; for example, the peoples who
generated the Hebrew Bible were from the Middle East, and so, different
from the ancient Greeks and Romans.
Challenges of Modernity (Core 152) now features six common
texts and will include non-Western materials. The modernity course
has always centered around the ideas, problems, and phenomena
surrounding the intellectual, social, and material forces that have
transformed life in the modern world. The increased commonality
of readings and broadening of subject and time period will more
effectively ensure that students learn to examine their own habits of
mind, presuppositions, and prejudices within a global and historical
perspective, as they practice real-world problem-solving skills.
The component Cultures of Africa, Asia, and the Americas, which
offers a variety of courses about geographically defined areas, has
become Communities and Identities. This broader framework, which
is still largely internationally focused, can now also include courses
that emphasize multi-ethnic complexities and tensions within diverse
communities in Western Europe and North America. In effect, this more
inclusive framework ends the outdated approach of framing “nonWestern” cultures in the context of “others.”
Changes to the Scientific Perspectives on the World (SP) component
were essentially in instructional planning and organization. Each
interdisciplinary SP course focuses on a specific, compelling area of
scientific research to deepen students’ understanding both of how we
use the scientific method to acquire knowledge about the world and how
to apply it to a broad range of issues inside and outside of science.
Global Engagements, the new fifth component, will consist of
departmental and interdisciplinary program courses, as well as new
courses. Most students will complete this requirement after the first four
components through a course in their major or minor.
Thanks to this refined version of our longstanding model of
liberal arts education, our future graduates will have an even sounder
foundation for the global reality they will live within.
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Owing to an acute health issue, it was
necessary for me to have 45 consecutive radiation sessions at University
Hospital in Syracuse.
After Dave Hale ’84 [vice president for finance and administration]
learned of this development, he
organized a great group of students,
faculty, administrators, and area residents to pick me up every day at 7:10
a.m., then drive to Syracuse, wait in
front of the hospital, and then return
to 27 Payne St.
I am deeply grateful to Hilary McConnaughey ’11, Evan Lorey ’10, Jim
Leach, Janet Hayduke, Bob Tyburski
’74, Ben Eberhardt, Sue McVaugh, Bob
McVaugh, Reg Wilson, Mike Woltman,
and, of course, Dave, who not only
drove often but also managed the
entire process.
Paul Schupf ’58
Hamilton, N.Y.
The two Bobs
A Rooney connection
Funny story [re: the “two Bobs” Slices
photo contest, Salmagundi page,
Spring 2010 Scene; see also p. 80 in
this issue]: I was in the student group
that assisted with Bob Hope’s visit.
Among other things, we provided
local insight for some of his material.
Mr. Hope traveled to his performances
with about 200 pounds of large cue
cards of general one-liners prepared in
advance. We were alarmed to discover
they had not arrived with him. (They
had mistakenly been loaded onto a
plane bound for the Middle East!)
With just a few short hours before
the show, the cards were located and
rerouted. Since I was a “townie” and
knew the back roads to the Oneida
County Airport, I was elected to retrieve them.
My grandniece Alexandra Augsbury
’10, who just graduated from Colgate,
sent me your spring edition of the
Doug Culp ’80
Verdi, Nev.
I quite enjoyed the Spring 2010 edition
of the Colgate Scene, especially the
article by my adviser, Jerry Balmuth.
Fabulous scholar and human being,
and I wish I had availed myself of his
wisdom more often.
Jim Dorsey ’83
Hanover, N.H.
scene: Summer 2010
Andy got his start in journalism
with the Stars and Stripes as did I, but
somewhat later than Andy. I was the
photo chief with them for 35 years,
and during that time and subsequently met Andy several times. I am very
fond of him and liked the story very
much.
Francis “Red” Grandy
Herman, N.Y.
The retiring Prof. Balmuth
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Scene. I was very interested in the
story on Andy Rooney by his son
(“A Few Minutes with the Rooneys,”
Spring 2010).
As a member of the Colgate Thirteen,
I performed with the group during
Bob Hope’s show in the fall of ’79, one
of his stops on a tour of colleges for
a TV show that was broadcast later
that year. It was one of the great,
weird events of the school year, with
Hope singing and joking with a “disco
queen” of the day, Canadian singer
France Jolie. Colgate even made up
T-shirts with Hope’s famous pen-andink profile on them. I still have mine.
Most folks who were there that
night will recall that Hope came out
from backstage to open the show to
much applause. But Hope laughed and
said the applause wasn’t loud enough.
So he went back behind the curtain
and came out again to a much louder
ovation, doing a sort of “retake” for the
TV videotape.
The show was a great experience
for everyone at Colgate that year. For
the Thirteen, it was a chance to sing
on the same stage as a real entertainment pro. We visited Hope briefly in
his “dressing room” backstage before
the show, and later that night, we
headed downtown to serenade him at
the Colgate Inn, where he was staying.
We did two or three songs as the snow
fell, and Hope looked down on us from
his window. A sublime moment, and
a great memory for all the Thirteeners
who were there.
Tony Farrell ’80
Richmond, Va.
Bob Marley played a Halloween concert
and Bob Hope filmed one segment of
a four-segment “Homecoming” television special that November.
I don’t remember the exact date
of the Bob Hope special off the top
of my head, but it was on the T-shirt
that I got for working the stage crew.
Teen Canadian “disco queen” France
Jolie was his guest act for our segment. I was the only freshman invited
to work on the crew because of my
production experience in high school
theater and my “current” (at that time)
involvement with the University Theater program at Colgate. Hope’s production company hosted a wonderful
banquet for both the professional and
student volunteer crews.
Marley’s production company
didn’t share what they brought with
them, but there was a cooler of beer
on hand for the student crew after
the concert was over and all of the
equipment was “struck,” packed away,
and reloaded onto the trucks. Marley’s
crew also had a little motorcycle they
kept on one of their equipment trucks,
and they took turns riding it around
inside Cotterell Court while we were
setting up for the concert.
Working “stage crew” was always
a lot of fun (I also worked on Dave
Mason, Pat Metheny, John Sebastian,
and several others). Back in the days
of “festival seating,” the best part was
that we always got in first for the actual show. During the Marley concert,
after the crew reset the stage once the
warm-up band was done, the crowd
pushed right up to the stage, and we
had nowhere to go. The head roadie
signaled us all simply to sit on the
edge of the stage. I sat down where I
was and then realized that I was right
between Bob Marley’s monitors. I got
to stay there for the entire concert
— no more than two feet from him
for the whole thing — and much less
whenever he felt inclined (literally) to
lean out over the audience!
Dave Marion ’84
Chapel Hill, N.C.
I remember seeing Bob Hope perform
in Huntington Gym. I’m pretty sure
it was in the early winter months of
February 1943. If not then, it was a
year later. At any rate, I had hardly
heard of Bob Hope when I saw him
perform at Colgate. He put on a great
show.
Albert A. Bartlett ’44
Boulder, Colo.
Farnsworth ahead of his time
I was so saddened to read of the passing
of Professor Farnsworth (In Memoriam, Spring 2010). He was truly a
legend on campus for all of us who
were there while he was a professor.
Indeed, he was clearly way ahead of
his time in teaching economics
through practical training at his
Poolville Country Store. I never had
the opportunity to take that course
from him, but I did have a memorable
“Jan Plan” with him down on Wall
Street, which I still remember vividly
(and I have my course paper close at
hand to prove it!).
My condolences to the entire family, and of course to my classmate,
Frank Jr.
Howard M. Liebman ’74, MA’75
Brussels, Belgium
Remembering Bill Skelton
For many years, Bill Skelton (In Memoriam, Winter 2010) spent every fourth
semester guiding unsuspecting and
unworthy young travelers through
the meandering paths of his own
love affair with India. For the toll of
one skyward-arched eyebrow and
the willingness to return a changed
person, a lucky few of us were led into
temples overcrowded or forgotten;
palaces, train stations, puja ceremonies, and the dwellings of monkeys,
monkey gods, elephants, and elephant
gods; onto Kerela beaches, motor
rickshaws, and the living-room floors
of mrdungum masters, philosophers,
and yogis; through drum circles, the
buzz of nagaswarams, and the scent
of sandalwood smoke; over sacred
rivers, sacred cow-trodden jasmine
petals, and the footsteps of Purandara
Dasa, Krishnamacharya, Rama, and
perhaps even Shiva.
We were drawn infinitely closer
to the heart of a culture both ancient
and thriving more than our own
merits would have afforded. Bill’s
only request was that we approach
his beloved with respect and a bit of
humility.
You will be missed, Bill — by us,
and even moreso by present and
future wayward-looking students
who will have no idea that they are
missing you so deeply. Nandri, romba
nandri; farewell in this world, vanakam in another.
Greg Lasky ’01
Riverside, R.I.
What they’re saying
online
Posted to www.colgate.edu:
In response to “Filmmakers back
alumnus in First Amendment flap”
about the legal battle between filmmaker Joe Berlinger ’83 and Chevron
over the release of raw footage from
his critically acclaimed documentary
Crude:
“Joe, if you are reading these comments… GO, GO, GO! I am inspired
by your pursuit of your rights. To be
embroiled with Big Oil at this horrific
time (6-16-10) is a powerful thing.
How can I help?” — Your KED Buddy,
Christie Brooks King ’83
“…Crude was shown at Albany’s
Spectrum movie theater a few
months ago. It was one of the most
powerful films I’ve seen… Let’s support a fellow Colgate alum who is
doing good in this world of ours,
where oil continues to spew out of a
well drilled a mile under the ocean’s
surface. We owe it to our planet and
our children’s children that a filmmaker like Joe Berlinger should not be
intimidated.” — Frank Barrie ’72
On Colgate’s Facebook page:
June 24/Colgate University: Residents of upstate New York, including
some people here at Colgate, are all
a-twitter about some minor shaking
that rattled desk chairs and computer
monitors. Early reports suggest a
minor earthquake that was centered
near Cornwall, Ontario. Did you feel it
around 1:40 p.m. today?
May 6/Markus Batchelor: “Hello! Just
checked out the website from here
in Washington, D.C., and looked it up
on college board and was instantly
infatuated. I am now dedicated to
becoming a member of the Colgate
Class of 2015! (I am now listening to
WRCU). If anyone has any suggestions,
recommendations, etc., please do reply
to this message.”
Martin Dudziak ’71: “Markus, I am
glad I went to Colgate instead of a few
other big-name schools where I was
also accepted — Colgate gave me a
breadth and depth I don’t think I could
have found elsewhere.”
Laurie Cermak ’99: “Write a real
offbeat, creative essay, i.e., not about
your inspirational senior trip to Italy
where you learned about different
cultures… (you and 500 others). I
wrote about my fear of my basement,
wth live dialogue and all, and they let
me in!”
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work & play
Campus scrapbook
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Say cheese! Class of 2010 graduates stop for a quick photo outside Memorial Chapel after the baccalaureate service in May. Photo by Andrew Daddio
They’ve got the beat. Taiko drum performance by students from Tamagawa University, Tokyo. Photo by Janna
Minehart ’13
A tug-of-war in the war on rare diseases. Members of the
football team competed against one another at the Lift for Life charity event. Photo by Janna Minehart ’13
The Fabulous Class of ’50 celebrates 60 as part of the All- Class Parade at Reunion 2010. Photo by Andrew Daddio
Putting some back into it, Interim President Lyle Roelofs wasn’t afraid to roll up his sleeves and get dirty at the groundbreaking of Colgate’s community garden. Photo by John Pumilio
Students sway to the beat of rapper Shwayze during Spring Party Weekend. Photo by Janna Minehart ’13
How to tell when spring has sprung: the Hindu Student
Association led students on Whitnall Field in the celebration of the colorful holiday Holi. Photo by Janna Minehart ’13
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work & play
Started on life’s
educational journey
In May, speakers at Colgate’s 189th
commencement exercises praised the
Class of 2010 for their contributions to
campus and implored them to maintain a commitment to their ongoing
education in the liberal arts.
Interim president Lyle Roelofs
recognized the graduates for speaking
out against bigotry and in appreciation of diversity, and also for their
contributions to the region through
the Center for Outreach, Volunteerism,
and Education and the Upstate Institute. He also thanked the graduates
for their class gift of $26,000 to the
Class of 2010 Sustainability Fund, as
well as for their efforts to start a community garden — a project realized
this summer.
The keynote speaker, philosopher
Martha Nussbaum, the Ernst Freund
Distinguished Service Professor of
law and ethics at the University of
Chicago, offered a spirited defense of
a liberal arts education provided by
schools such as Colgate and warned
against succumbing to pressure to
adopt narrow, profit-focused educational models.
She commented that Colgate’s
core, which has been at the heart of
the curriculum since 1928, is among
the most ambitious interdisciplinary
general education programs in the
country. This kind of liberal arts focus
is critical for producing citizens who
can keep democracy alive and realize
its promise, she said.
Nussbaum urged graduates to
promote and defend the concept of a
liberal arts education. “Above all, just
talk a lot about what matters to you.
Spread the word that what happens
Colgate minimizes tuition
increase, allocates more for
financial aid
Andrew Daddio
Philosopher Martha
Nussbaum addresses
the Class of 2010
regarding the value of
the liberal arts at commencement in May.
on this campus is not useless, but
crucially relevant to the future of democracy in the nation and the world.”
Nussbaum received one of four
honorary degrees conferred at the ceremony. The other recipients included
Rev. Roger A. Ferlo ’73; trustee Daniel
Benton ’80, chairman and CEO of Andor Capital Management; and Ronald
Crutcher, president of Wheaton College in Massachusetts.
Ferlo addressed the graduates the
previous day at the baccalaureate
service in Memorial Chapel, asking
them to maintain a balanced perspective in life. “There are dangers in what
we are up to here,” he said. “One is the
danger of spiritual pride, of intellectual hubris, the conviction that our
educational achievements somehow
make us more entitled.
“But the converse is also true,” he
noted. “There are times and places
in America where a deep resistance
to learning will make itself felt. My
hope and prayer for you is that you
will steadily resist such know-nothing
religion, and that you will wear the
yoke of your continuing learning with
passion and determination.”
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The university has set the smallest
rise in tuition in at least 35 years, 2.2
percent, for the coming year. The
increase appears to be the smallest
at any school amongst Colgate’s peer
institutions, which are averaging
tuition hikes of more than 4 percent.
Total student costs at Colgate during
the 2010-2011 year will be $52,060.
Simultaneously, the university will
increase spending on financial aid by
4.4 percent, bringing the financial aid
budget to $38.9 million for the year.
Colgate continues to meet 100 percent
of the demonstrated financial need
of all enrolled students and is therefore able to provide full assistance
to students whose family financial
situations may have deteriorated as a
result of the recession.
In the wake of this challenging
economic climate, said David Hale ’84,
vice president for finance and administration, Colgate has been successful
in its efforts to maintain academic
excellence through a universitywide
economic review. That process led to
a decrease in the overall 2010–2011
operating budget, achieved through
a combination of salary and hiring
Views from the hill
What are your summer plans?
“I have two part-time
internships in Philadelphia. One is for the
Franklin Institute,
doing research and
evaluation, and the
other is with the
Philadelphia Zoo doing
public programming.”
— Dorien Langezaal ’12, psychology
major from New Providence, N.J.
“I’m doing a summer
research project on
Japanese language
and religion based on
my study abroad last
semester in Kyoto.”
— Naveed Ghannad ’11,
religion major from
Atlanta, Ga.
“I’m doing a few things.
I’m working in Boston
at Vineyard Vines.
Then I’m going to the
World Cup in South
Africa with my family,
which will be great.
Then I’m working on
the vineyard for Vineyard Vines.”
— Alex Grieve ’13, classics major from
Topsfield, Mass.
freezes, an early retirement incentive
program, streamlined programming,
and a reworking of the employee
health insurance plan, he said.
Back on campus
At a campus address in April, former
world chess champion Garry Kasparov, who turned to politics after retiring from chess in 2005, lambasted
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. Kasparov then spelled out his own
opposition coalition’s efforts to create
a “true democracy” in Russia. His visit
was supported by the The Kerschner
Family Series Global Leaders at Colgate program and the Institute for Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE).
“The number one export of Russia is corruption,” said Kasparov. He
added that a nation such as Russia can
call itself a democracy, but turns that
into a misleading and empty label if
the government doesn’t adhere to the
Go figure
The mighty oaks — and
other campus trees*
2,292 Trees on the main campus
59 Oak trees along Oak Drive
100+ Age of several Oak Drive trees,
the oldest on campus
> 7 Oaks at Seven Oaks Golf Course
73 Willows on the Willow Path
1991 Year the ailing Willow Path trees
were replaced with German white willows
7 Grounds crew members certified in
logger safety
1,406 Trees over 35' tall
560 Yards of mulch used per year to
protect campus trees
1 Each of several specimen trees:
Russian olive, black walnut, bald cypress
2 Kentucky coffee trees
263 Sugar maples, the most populous
species on campus
*according to a 2009 inventory
Andrew Daddio
Kasparov scolds Putin
government in campus talk
Politician Garry Kasparov spoke
candidly on campus about the state of
Russian politics.
rule of law, protect individual liberties, and provide accountability.
Now the chairman of the United Civil Front and political leader
of The Other Russia, a coalition of
opposition parties, Kasparov likened Putin to Lord Voldemort, the
villain in the Harry Potter books.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev can fire Putin under the country’s constitution, said Kasparov,
but the president doesn’t have
the physical constitution to do it.
Kasparov noted that his coalition pursues nonviolent forms of
opposition, and that by employing “tactics of survival” and utilizing the Internet to help spread
the message, it has made some
progress.
Jason Finder ’12, who took the
course Liberal Democracy and
its Limits with political science
professor and PPE director Stanley
Brubaker, was among those who
continued the discussion with
Kasparov at a dinner in the Hall
of Presidents. “I think in some
ways we need to take what we
hear from a government with a
grain of salt,” he said. “We need to
consider everything we can learn
and evaluate it as a whole.”
Alumni reflect on founding
of campus cultural center
For Gregory Threatte ’69 and
Todd Brown ’71, the watershed
events of the late 1960s that gave
birth to Colgate’s first cultural
center remain indelible moments
in their lives. “This valley was
transformative,” Threatte, a Col-
Reunion College 2010
More than 30 alumni returned to lead Reunion College sessions June 3–6. Highlights included showings of four documentaries by Jon Alpert ’70 as well as a Q&A
session on his experiences; a look at Colgate in 1909 leading up to World War I by
George Tamblyn ’60; and a discussion about the future of Afghanistan and Iraq by
Larry Cooley ’70, who has worked in Iraq with the United States National Capacity
Development Program, and R. Michael Smith ’70, who is executive assistant to the
president and general counsel at the American University of Afghanistan.
There were also plenty of opportunities for the more than 2,000 alumni, family,
and friends to relax during Reunion 2010. On Friday afternoon, chef and author
Lauren Braun Costello ’98 led a High Tea Tasting Event at the Colgate Bookstore,
where she offered samples of herb-flavored iced drinks like thyme lemonade and
ginger peach black tea. She paired these thirst-quenching beverages with unique
treats such as the biscuits for which she provides the recipe below.
Lavender Vanilla Bean Tea Biscuits with Rosewater Icing
Fragrant and mildly floral, these shortbread cookies are an unexpected treat for a
summertime garden party. It is important to use the seeds of a vanilla bean instead
of the more typical extract so that the natural, rich flavor shines. The dried lavender gets a little boost from the optional rosewater icing. Cookies:
1 cup sugar
3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) butter at room
temperature
2 eggs
seeds of one vanilla bean
1 teaspoon dried lavender, crushed
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon fine sea salt
Optional icing:
2 cups powdered sugar
3 to 4 tablespoons milk or water
1/2 teaspoon rosewater (if you can’t find this at your grocery store, visit
kitchenkrafts.com)
To make the cookie dough, beat the sugar, butter, eggs, vanilla bean seeds, and
lavender in a large mixing bowl until fluffy and well combined. In a separate bowl,
combine the flour, baking powder, and salt, and then stir it into the butter/sugar
mixture. Divide the dough into two equal parts and roll into logs in plastic wrap.
Store in the refrigerator for at least one hour, or until chilled enough to slice.
Preheat the oven to 350°F.
Once the dough is chilled, cut the logs crosswise into 1/8 inch–thick circles and
space an inch apart on a lined or greased cookie sheet. Bake for 7 to 9 minutes.
Remove the cookies from the oven to a cooling rack.
Meanwhile, prepare the icing. Whisk the powdered sugar, milk, and rosewater
together in a mixing bowl and drizzle over the tea biscuits once they are completely
cool.
Makes about four dozen cookies. Store in an airtight container for up to one week.
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Janna Minehart ’13
gate trustee emeritus, told members
of the campus community in March
during an impassioned discussion
about the founding of the ALANA
Cultural Center.
Days after the assassination of
Martin Luther King Jr. in April 1968,
the discomfort level on campus
reached a tipping point, they ex-
Village Green
Andrew Daddio
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Gregory Threatte ’69
and Todd Brown ’71
(background) returned
to campus to share
memories about the
Civil Rights Era at
Colgate.
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scene: Summer 2010
plained, when a member of the Sigma
Nu fraternity pointed a starter pistol
at African American students. “It was
a scary time,” noted Brown, a university trustee, “but we showed that nonviolent direct action could promote
change.”
Threatte — one of three dozen
African American students on campus
— gathered the courage to stage an
impromptu rally outside the student
union. “None of us had any idea where
that day would lead us,” he said.
After the rally ended, Threatte
recalled, nearly half the student body
and faculty marched into the administration building, with hundreds
refusing to leave until campus leaders
took action. “I turned my head around
and there was a sea of people following me. I couldn’t believe how many
people would support us.” Newspaper
clippings that hang on the walls of
the center today highlight the event’s
importance.
The landmark Colgate Inn is undergoing a long-overdue renovation.
Improvements include a new outdoor seating area, an upgrade and
relocation of the kitchen facilities
to create more space for banquets
and meetings, and expanded parking. Work began in June and will
continue through the summer of
2011. To read more and see an
architect’s rendering, visit www.
colgate.edu/about/capitalprojects/
colgateinn.
In June, the fourth-annual
Skyway Festival of music, food,
and arts and crafts was held at the
Eaton Street ballpark to benefit
Hamilton Central School’s music
programs. Hostess Meredith Leland Getchonis teamed up with the
Earlville Opera House, the Oddfellows, and other Hamilton groups
to bring “bluegrass, baseball, BBQ,
and belly dancers.” The festival was
created in memory of Getchonis’s
late husband, Craig, a well-known
Hamilton musician, former Colgate
Bookstore employee, and son of
former mayor Charlie Getchonis.
Hamilton-based band Same
Blood Folk (with Brendan O’Connor
’09 on drums and band manager
Sean Nevison ’03), has been hitting
the road lately. In June, the group
After a series of failed talks with
administrators, additional sit-ins
throughout the following year ended
with a 70-hour occupation of Merrill
House in spring 1969. Thanks to activists’ persistence, the former buildings
and grounds office site was designated as home to Colgate’s first cultural
center, which moved to its current
building in 1989.
“I remember sitting on the floor
of the center for hours as some of the
key figures in the civil rights movement visited,” said Brown, describing
how he helped organize talks with
Adam Clayton Powell ’30, Ralph Abernathy, and Muhammed Ali, among
others. “We were able to attract folks
of this caliber because we got noticeable attention for what we had done.
People were interested in the actions
of this small group of students in
upstate New York.”
After graduating, Brown was hired
as the center’s second director, helping
brought their eclectic mix of
Americana, soul, and bluegrass to
the Saratoga ArtsFest (Saratoga
Springs, N.Y.), a four-day celebration featuring music, dance, visual
art, film, theater, and literary art.
The group also shared the stage
with The Felice Brothers (whose
track “Whiskey In My Whiskey”
was featured on the first season
of True Blood on HBO) at Brewery
Ommegang in Cooperstown, N.Y.,
on July 24.
A new local hook was added
this year to Slater Brothers Entertainment’s Hamilton Film Festival
in August: a special competition
and screening of short films made
in upstate New York. The festival
was founded by Grant Slater ’91
and his brothers Wade and Todd
(sons of the late Colgate men’s
hockey coach Terry Slater), to support their hometown and enhance
the careers of filmmakers. Events
included short, student-made,
feature-length, and documentary
film showings as well as panel
discussions, an Awareness Walk
to benefit the Hamilton Food Cupboard, and a special screening at
the Palace Theater to benefit the
Hamilton Central School Athletic
Department.
— Avi Israel ’10
Fellowships support
students’ passions
Nine seniors and a recent alumna
have been awarded prestigious fellowships that will take them around
the world to explore their interests.
Shae Frydenlund ’10 and Jennifer
Rusciano ’10 received the Thomas J.
Watson Fellowship. Frydenlund plans
to create a documentary exploring
the complex ecologies and sustainability of medicinal plant markets.
Rusciano will explore the relationship
between chocolate, communities, and
culture in Europe, Africa, and Latin
America.
Conor Tucker ’10 received the Paul
J. Schupf ’58 Fellowship, allowing him
to read for his master’s in modern
British and European history at Oxford University.
Eight recent graduates will share
daily life and professional and creative insights with people of a host
country as part of the U.S. Student
Fulbright Program. Victor Chiapaikeo
’10 will teach language and culture
lessons to students in Indonesia; Max
Counter ’10 will work with students
in Colombia; Matt Geduldig ’10 will
teach students in South Korea; and
Tara Woods ’10 will emphasize crosscultural understanding with students
in Germany. Julia Quintanilla ’10,
who will assist teaching students in
Mexico, also plans to volunteer in a
local gallery, museum, or community
center. In a project titled “Voices from
the War of Resistance,” Jessica Chow
’09 will interview Chinese survivors
of World War II to create documentary
films highlighting the lifelong impact
of war. Alison Wohlers ’10 will travel
throughout Morocco to study the
effects of globalization on Moroccan
identity through the manifestations
of colonialism and the creation and
legacy of dualistic cities.
In recognition of her outstanding
potential and intention to pursue a
career in science, Meghan Healey ’11
was awarded honorable mention by
the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship
program.
Get to know: Mike Jasper ’91, MAT’96
Andrew Daddio
to transform the venue from “a safe
haven for African-American students”
into a “thriving community venue for
all people of diverse backgrounds.”
Threatte and Brown’s fight for
racial equality not only left a mark on
the campus community, but also gave
them the conviction to achieve their
own dreams. “Here’s a guy who is the
head of pathology at SUNY Upstate
Medical University,” said Brown, a
former Kraft Foods executive and
recently retired bank president, pointing at Threatte. “In 1969, we never
thought this could be possible.”
Associate Director of Facilities and
Manager of Lands and Grounds
Student experience: political science and education major; linebacker, football team captain, 1991; Richard Mangano Award for team scholar-athlete; Delta Upsilon
Responsibilities: A lot of people think we’re just catching a suntan on a lawnmower, but
there’s a little bit more to it than that! We take care of the grounds, snowplowing, athletic
facilities, event setups like commencement, reunion, and bands who’ve come here over the
years, like Run DMC (I’m dating myself now!).
Path back to Colgate: For three years, I had a sales job in the family products division of
Playtex Corp. Then I did some teaching and coaching in the area, and worked on campus
while going for my master’s. I became the athletic facilities coordinator in 1995. I got to
know everything about the grounds and golf course (I was the superintendent for a year),
and earned various certificates and licenses. I’ve been in my current job since 2002.
An independent study by Steffan Pierre ’10 (center) and Meg Cronin ’10 (second from
right) inspired students, faculty, and staff to create a “Relectronics” station for recycling
small electronics on campus. A Green Summit committee brought the new station, located
in the Coop, to fruition, in May. It provides a venue for the responsible recycling of waste
such as spent batteries, charger cords, old cell phones, and more.
On tending one of the nation’s prettiest campuses: We want the campus to blend into the
surroundings; we don’t want to get gaudy. We take a lot of ownership and pride in that.
On being the swan handler: The swans garner a lot of attention. We constantly get phone
calls with concerns for the swans, but as long as they have open water, they are happy.
Most challenging task: Dealing with Mother Nature and trying to make Colgate life work
around her. It makes me and the guys I work with feel good when staff members tell us on a
snowy day, “Jeez, I drove here today and the best roads were on campus.”
Odd jobs: Digging for burials in the cemetery is one of the more unusual things we do.
How being a former football player caring for the stadium plays out: Our proudest moment
was having the playoff games here in 2003. We didn’t have artificial turf then, so we were
under a lot of pressure. Just before the Western Illinois game, 10 inches of snow fell. Guys
brought in their personal four-wheelers, and we were plowing the lines during timeouts. I
asked the ref if we could paint lines in red at the goal and sidelines. When Colgate drove for
the winning score, the ref said, “Thank God you guys painted those lines red, or I’m not sure
I could have seen if it was a touchdown!”
Brooke Ousterhout ’10
Pastimes: I’m the varsity football coach at Sherburne-Earlville. I do a lot of hunting and
fishing. If you live in this area, you kind of have to get into it. I train my dogs to do bird
hunting.
Must-haves if stranded on a desert island: A knife, for sure. I never go without. With two
kids (daughter Courtney starts at St. John Fisher College this fall, and son Austin will be in
9th grade), I’ve gotten to be a cell phone/texting junkie. And I’d just as soon have something
comfortable to drink that’s going to take the edge off. Plus, you could use it to start a fire.
News and views for the Colgate community
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My Boogie Stop
Shuffle
By Michael Coyle, Professor of
English
“Writing about music is like dancing
about architecture” — Google this
quotation and you’ll find it attributed
to any of a dozen people ranging from
Thelonious Monk to Lou Reed, from
Martin Mull to Elvis Costello to Frank
Zappa. Doubtless there’s a story to be
told about how this quip turned into
the stuff of urban legend. But most
everyone who has ever thrilled to a
favorite song knows the force of it. I
sure do. I’ve been writing about — or
trying to write about — music since
I was in college, driven by the sheer
futility of it, but also by that deeply
human need to communicate what is
beyond words.
Hegel believed that music is the
art of arts precisely because it is
beyond language, and any number of
philosophers and aestheticians after
him have tried to explain its power
with arguments about how music
bypasses the rational mind and works
directly on the soul. I don’t know. I can
only say that anytime I’m moved by
music, I feel in the presence of something much bigger than me. There are
analogous moments in the other arts,
including the one I’m trained to teach,
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Passion for the Climb
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but nowhere else do attempts to
express what I’m feeling more seem
only inadequate translations.
In high school, I did what musicbesotted teenagers usually do —
played in garage bands. Needless to
say, those efforts also felt like translations (though they were better than
the poems I was writing). Eventually I
made my way into college radio, and
discovered in its mix of discussion
and transmission new possibilities of
community. To “translate” means to
convey; radio affords one opportunity
to do that. It’s not just the occasional
call from a listener who likes something I’m spinning — it has also been
the company of other DJs.
Every semester I meet new
WRCU DJs whose passion for music
rivals my own. I’m lucky. But getting
involved at first took a little pressure
from Professor of English Emeritus
Bob Blackmore, who, with the glittering eye of some Ancient Mariner,
called me to task. It was Bob who
negotiated my first being asked by
the WRCU board to serve as station
adviser, and I’ll always be grateful for
that. For about 15 years, about once
a week, I was a regular visitor in Bob’s
den, enjoying late-into-the-night
conversations over growing stacks of
LPs. He himself was still doing shows
back then, and in retrospect, I realize
that the ongoing contests we’d get
into (I’d play something on my show,
to which he’d respond the next night
on his, challenging me to “top that”)
amounted to a sustained graduate
seminar, conducted with the deftest of touches. Bob, too, was always
looking for connections with the
music.
I called my first WRCU show
R&Be-bop. I was then, as now, seeking music that busted genres as well
as expectations. My theme song was
Big Joe Turner’s 1959 “Switchin’ in
the Kitchen,” and I’d play things like
Jimmy’s Liggins’s 1947 jump blues
cover of Charlie Parker’s be-bop masterpiece, “Now’s the Time.” But after
Bob’s passing, it was time to pick up
the torch. I couldn’t replace Bob, but
I could carry on in my own way. So I
conceived a new show, calling it after
(and choosing as my new theme song)
the Mills Blue Rhythm Band’s 1933
swingfest, “A Jazz Martini.” As a good
cocktail mixes and balances ingredients and spirits, so this show drew on
everything from 1920s Hot Jazz to
the contemporary avant-garde.
Two years ago, however, my life
changed completely: the legendary
(at least to jazz record geeks like me)
“Slim,” of Cadence Records, left her
job to start a new life with me here
in Hamilton. Let me make it fast with
one more thing and say that she is
still working with Cadence; I wouldn’t
sabotage my favorite record label!
With Slim in town, I quickly found
myself in new weekly radio contests
— with her throwing down challenges
every bit as hard as Blackmore’s. This
situation lasted three semesters
before it dawned on us that we’d have
more fun doing one show together.
And so, the name of my show changed
once again, becoming Slim and Him,
with a new theme song: Mingus’s 1959
recording, “Boogie Stop Shuffle.” Now
there’s a dance!
Radio remains my regular, but not
sole, means of trying to share the
joy: music is important to my course,
“The Jazz Age”; I write academic
articles about jazz and pop history; I’m
developing a book about cover songs;
I offer jazz lectures for Core 152; and
I continue to review jazz books and
records for Cadence magazine. Sometimes I think I come close to producing
language that’s just about adequate,
but most of the time, I finish a piece
simply resolving to do better next
time. I’ve learned that that’s the whole
Faustian point. As F. Scott wrote: it
eluded me then, but that’s no matter
— tomorrow I’ll run faster, stretch out
my arms farther… And one fine morning —
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Read more essays from our
Passion for the Climb series, or see
how you can submit your own essay, at
www.colgate.edu/scene/pfcessays
A JAZZ LEGACY
J
A ZZ
On December 12, 1940, the wildly popular jazz
musician Duke Ellington and his band performed on the
stage of Colgate Memorial Chapel to a standing-roomonly crowd — the 13th event in that year’s Concert and
Lecture Series.
Colgate student and future English professor Bob
Blackmore ’41, a jazz musician himself, was in the
audience that day. He was one of the top three student
trombonists in the country, once invited to play as a
guest performer with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra.
He also helped to form the student band “The Maroon
Raiders.” After graduating, while stationed in Florida
during WWII, he haunted jazz dives and nightclubs
exploring the roots of jazz, and in the 1950s, he started
amassing a collection of record albums.
Returning to Colgate to teach English in 1960,
Blackmore spent the rest of his career on the faculty.
From 1961 to 2001, he also shared his passion for jazz
through his weekly Monday-night WRCU jazz show,
“Your Monday Date With Jazz.” Most of the records
he spun came from the thousands and thousands of
albums in his personal collection, which eventually
became one of the largest and most complete jazz
collections in the country.
Before he passed away in 2002, Blackmore donated
his massive collection to Colgate. It has taken nine
years to catalog it — donations from his family and
former students helped to finance the herculean task.
Today, the Blackmore Jazz Archive of about 17,000
LPs is housed in Case-Geyer Library and is accessible
to the public for listening by appointment. The library’s
Robert Blackmore Alcove houses display cases telling
Blackmore’s story and features a listening station and
space for exhibitions out of the collection. The first
exhibition, up through December 2010, highlights that
momentous Ellington concert and some of the artist’s
colorful album covers.
New exhibitions will be mounted each year,
according to English professor Michael Coyle, curator
of the collection, with plans for them to occasionally
tie into the curriculum, such as his course The Jazz Age.
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Page 13 is the showplace
for Colgate tradition, history,
and school spirit.
Janna Minehart ’13
life of the mind
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Students in Biology
211: Evolution, Ecology,
and Diversity gather
soil and detritus samples in the woods above
campus. By quantifying
invertebrate species diversity in samples from
several different forest
settings, they set out
to determine whether
there was a correlation
with aboveground plant
species diversity.
scene: Summer 2010
From thought into action
Take an idea and make it a reality.
That’s the challenge Andy Greenfield
’74 issued to students in his “practical
entrepreneurship” course, Thought
Into Action. Although students were
not awarded university credit, they
received mentorship from a marketing professional and the chance to see
their ideas come to fruition.
The students: those possessing an
entrepreneurial spirit, the maturity
to test their real-world skills, and the
commitment not only to the monthly,
5-hour Saturday class, but also to
the projects. The teacher: Greenfield,
entrepreneur and founder of Greenfield Consulting Group, a qualitative
marketing research firm in Westport,
Conn.
Each class began with a lecture, followed by group discussion. Students
would leave with a plan for their next
steps. Between classes, Greenfield
offered individual phone and e-mail
consultations in which he would assess students’ progress and help them
troubleshoot.
From campus-based change to aiding people in Ghana, all of the projects
this past semester trended toward a
socially oriented theme.
Some students, like Stephani
Nummelin ’12, came in with largerthan-life intentions. “I wanted to get
everyone into college,” Nummelin
recalled. Greenfield helped her hone
her idea, develop a plan, and set into
motion a program through which
Colgate students will help local high
schoolers with the college application
process. He also coached her in working with high school administrators.
As with any idea, obstacles arise
when turning theory into practice, so
projects evolved. Christov Churchward
’10, co-president of the composting
club, set out to make composting a
part of campus culture. In achieving
this goal, he also became a leading
force in getting approval for the new
campus community garden, in which
composting will play a role.
Matt Shafman ’10 will continue to
develop his business plan to create
a social network–based fundraising
website after graduation. Through
Giveglobe.com (which hasn’t yet gone
live), people who are trying to attain a
goal, like quitting smoking, can place
bets on themselves. If participants accomplish their goals, they will keep the
money they pledged; if not, the money
will go to their charity of choice.
Shafman said Greenfield helped him
structure what he called his “jumble of
ideas” and stressed the importance of
clarity in his marketing strategy.
In addition to Greenfield’s advice,
students benefited from the class
dynamic. “The brainstorming sessions
helped me think, not just about my
own project, but I also got to listen to
others and get different perspectives,”
Shafman said.
The class also created a sense of
personal accountability. “It was a lot of
help, if for no other reason than to give
external motivation,” Churchward said.
“There is no way I could have achieved
this on my own.”
Greenfield will continue to mentor
students from the class as he prepares for the 2010–2011 seminar. He is
motivated by the belief that “a key role
of the university is to prepare people
to change the world.” He also hopes
that more alumni will follow his lead
by returning to Colgate to share their
knowledge. “It is about giving students
the skills and experience of making
something happen, and that is one of
the most empowering feelings someone can get.” For more information
about this program, contact Tennille
Haynes at thaynes@colgate.edu.
Class and county partnership
Madison County mental health officials said they are thrilled with a website built for them by students taking
a computer course taught by Professor
Alexander Nakhimovsky. The website
will be a valuable resource for county
residents seeking information about
programs and services for individuals with disabilities, said James Yonai,
director of the county’s Mental Health
Department.
Yonai and other county representatives attended a rollout of the website
at an April meeting at the Colgate Inn.
Also attending were four first-year
students — Jake Caldwell, Alex Bahr,
Sarah Bassett, and Laura Johannet —
who helped finalize the design and
site architecture. The students had
worked with their classmates on design approaches as part of the course
Computers in Arts and Sciences.
“We worked as groups and narrowed it down to this version,” said
Caldwell. “We hope it is something
that everyone will be able to use and
to navigate easily.”
Yonai singled out Caldwell during
the presentation for his leadership
and interpersonal skills in seeing the
project to such a positive conclusion.
Nancy Joerger, special education
parent advocate with Community Action Partnership (CAP), met with the
class back in February to outline the
project and coordinate the county’s
role. “Jake and the other students
were so easy to work with and so
incredibly helpful,” she said.
Nakhimovsky said he thought the
students learned the course materials better because they had a greater
degree of involvement. “Some had a
very useful experience in interacting
with real-life ‘customers,’ responding
to their needs, and understanding
their background,” he said.
Bahr and the other students said
that they also learned more about the
county in which they now live, and
about the services it makes available.
Debate Society hosts first
international tournament
In March, the university’s Debate Society hosted its first-ever worlds-style
tournament, which drew participants
from around the world and from
around the country. The International
Intervarsity Debate Tournament
received high grades from both participants and judges.
The 24 teams that competed
during the March 27–28 competition
were from the University of Sydney
(Australia), Rhodes University (South
Africa), University of La Verne, Cornell
University, Williams College, Hobart
and William Smith Colleges, University of Vermont, King’s College, and
Ohio Wesleyan University. The 22
judges came from as far away as Malaysia and Ireland for the inaugural
invitational.
“We would love to thank Colgate
for all the work they have done,” said
Bronwyn Cowell, of the University of
Sydney. “The tournament has been
excellent fun.”
Faith and Fact
Gazing at the constellations in the
springtime sky, you might pick out
Orion and his faithful dog on the trail
of a vicious bear. But the lights blinking down on you are more than what
— or when — they seem.
After spending the day with students in Core 106A: Galileo, Church,
and Scientific Endeavor, Father George
Coyne spoke to a crowd in Love Auditorium in April. In a lecture titled
“The Dance of the Fertile Universe:
Chance and Destiny Embrace,” the
Jesuit astrophysicist, University of
Arizona professor, and former Vatican
Observatory director pointed out that
nearly 1,300 light years separate us
from the Orion nebula. So the light we
saw during Coyne’s campus visit was
produced on a spring evening when
Chinese chemists were inventing
gunpowder (ca. 710 A.D.).
Coyne mentioned how atoms
swirl around one another, combining,
splitting, spawning new and heavier
elements, and interacting through
both necessity and chance while he
hinted at the ways in which galaxies
and humans came to be.
When two hydrogen molecules
meet an oxygen molecule, they must
form water. But must they meet?
Destiny and chance have produced
three generations of stars since the
beginning of time. Coyne argued that
the ferment generated enough carbon
and other elements to build our own
toenails, hair, arms, legs, and evermore complicated brains. But there is
a giant leap from the building blocks
of life to life itself, and that is where
the scientific becomes philosophical.
Did God do it? “I don’t know,”
Coyne admitted. But if so, “God is a
nurturing parent with respect to the
universe.” He has created something
dynamic, then allowed it to assert its
own personality, for better or worse,
Coyne explained.
“I thought he made a lot of concrete arguments using science, and he
made a distinction between what he
believes versus what he can prove,”
said astronomy major Michael Lam ’11
of Coyne’s lecture.
The lack of a single concrete answer does not disturb Coyne. When
scholarship falls short, he has his faith.
Two retire from faculty
Two members of the faculty were
recognized at the awards convocation
during Commencement Weekend for
achieving emeritus status upon their
retirements.
Jerome Balmuth, Harry Emerson
Fosdick Professor of philosophy and
religion, joined the department in 1954
after graduate work in philosophy at
Cornell University. His research focused on the philosophy of language
and on the work of Ludwig Wittgenstein. As his citation read, “His efforts
in hiring and mentoring have had a
formative influence on his depart-
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Jesuit astrophysicist George Coyne (left) speaks to students and visiting faculty in the
Galileo, Church, and Scientific Endeavor course. With him is Professor Jeffrey Bary.
ment, and his work and wisdom have
helped make the university what it is
today. He has taught more than 9,000
students — nearly a third of Colgate’s
living alumni.
In his 56 years
at Colgate, Jerry
invited all of us,
colleagues and
students alike,
into a vigorous
and continuing
conversation
in which age,
gender, race,
sexual orientation — features that all
too often separate us — mattered not
at all. Doing so, he has shown us that
the life of the mind is not a solitary
one, but a communal search for truth.
His retirement leaves a lacuna that
Colgate cannot hope to fill, but attending to his contributions will continue
to remind us of the best that we have
to offer our students and each other.”
Carl Peterson, associate professor
and head of special collections and
university archivist, began work in
the University Libraries’ acquisitions
department in
1980. He moved
to special collections and
archives in
1988 and was
promoted to
head that unit
in early 1994. He
holds bachelor’s
degrees in English and biology from
the University of Alabama, an MFA
from Cornell, and an MLS from the
University at Albany. His citation recognized his many accomplishments,
which included “cataloging and conserving rare books and manuscripts,
implementing archival best practices,
widening the scope of library exhibits,
and acquiring the Weiner collection
of George Bernard Shaw material.
He pioneered Special Collections as a
research and teaching tool for classes,
increasing the number of classes
taught, and establishing close departmental ties with other Colgate units.
Carl was also instrumental in moving
our precious collections during and
after the construction of Case Library
and Geyer Center for Information
Technology. He has been an invaluable
member of the library staff and is well
known and respected as an expert on
Colgate history and traditions.”
Live and learn
In May, students on the spring 2010
Geneva Study Group got a rare peek behind the scenes of an international media
organization when they visited Radio Free
Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) headquarters in Prague, Czech Republic.
The 17 students spent a day devoted to
“hands-on” journalism, including a master class on the challenges of covering
democracy and human rights issues with
Russia Services Senior Correspondent
Irina Lagunina, and a discussion with Akbar Ayazi, who oversees programming in
Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, and Iraq.
“I learned a lot about Russia, and it was
nice to learn about current events there
and new developments that you wouldn’t
see in a textbook,” wrote one student in his
visit evaluation.
The visit was part of an extensive set of
field trips in western and Central Europe,
including to the Auschwitz extermination
camp, meant to complete the coursework
for International Institutions, the class
taught by group leader Barry Shain, associate professor of political science.
The course explores the nature of international institutions, the underlying
assumptions of those working in and supportive of them, and their role in shaping
relations between states and other international entities. Students also examine the
continuing repercussions of the Holocaust
and communism in Central Europe.
Shain said he chose the day at RFE/RL
because “it gives students a sense of
how news not only is a reflection of world
events, but is, in a way, created.”
Kathryn Esteves ’11 said she especially
enjoyed sitting in on an editorial meeting
because “it illustrated the steps taken to
develop story ideas.” Mary Beth Spencer
’11 found the meeting “very informative
and cool — it was nice to see the organization at work.”
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German photographer
Christina Zück explores
the possibilities for
understanding and
makes her presence
felt by the viewer of her
photographs. Her exhibition Defence Phase II
Karachi appeared at the
Picker Art Gallery from
April through July.
Curator Joachim Homann
explained that the images “are an
investigation of public life in a city
in Pakistan that is so often in the
news because of the difficult political
situation, with an officially proAmerican government that is getting
all these different demands from the
people there.”
Homann has known Zück and
admired her work since they were in
graduate school in Germany together. “She really wants to allow visitors
to zoom in on individual images, and
in those images, you will find details
that might teach you something
about the reality,” he said.
One such photograph depicts two
women on a street corner wearing
hijabs. One woman is turning away,
the other, staring into the camera.
Homann pointed out that on closer
examination, the woman who is
staring is carrying a notebook with
diagrams of DNA on the outside, suggesting she is in a medical profession
of some kind.
“The camera is a way for Christina
to communicate with people,” said
Homann. “She is always very interested in how the subjects react to
her presence. She’s also bringing her
own cultural values into this context,
and that’s reflected in the images as
well. This precludes her from giving
an objective narrative. It is more an
open-ended conversation that she
hopes to provoke.”
— Kate Preziosi ’10
Two dramatically different spring
exhibitions in the Picker Art Gallery
each dealt with the common theme of
challenging conventional stereotypes.
In Of Someone and Something,
associate art and art history professor
Linn Underhill displayed selections
from seven major photographic series
that she has created since the early
1990s. The images were taken in a
studio, with several different props
and the artist as her own model. The
retrospective included images from
Cosmic Dominatrix, 2000-2001, in
which Underhill said the idea was “to
think about how it would look if women were in charge of the world, and if
they behaved in a way comparable to
the way men behave in power.” This
alternative world includes an image
of Underhill as a leather-clad goddess
hovering on a black cloud in a scene
reminiscent of Michelangelo’s fresco.
“[This exhibition was] informed by
feminist theory and gender theory,
and much of it has to do with trying
to come up with new ways of representing women and thinking about
gender as a masquerade,” explained
Underhill. Her hope, she said, was that
Colgate students would walk away
“think[ing] about gender roles as being malleable.”
Just opposite Underhill’s exhibition
was German photographer Christina
Zück’s Defence Phase II Karachi, a
series of photographs taken with an
analog medium-format camera, in
Karachi, Pakistan, in 2008.
Shapes for Hamilton
Christina Zück
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Picker exhibitions
challenge stereotypes
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scene: Summer 2010
Just as each person in Hamilton is
unique, so, too, are the almost 2,000
printed shapes that artist-in-residence Allan McCollum distributed
to town residents in April. The New
York City–based artist chose Hamilton as the location of his newest
project, meant to both represent individualism and unite the community.
In 2005, McCollum designed a
system through Adobe Illustrator to
produce enough two-dimensional
shapes that a different shape could
be created for each person on the
planet. The system also keeps track
of the hand-drawn computer images
to ensure that no two will ever be
alike and that no two people will
ever share the same shape.
At the opening reception on
March 10, members of the Hamilton and Colgate communities saw
their shapes for the first time on a
Open mic
Finn McCool,* by Arianne Templeton ’10
When I choose to trench a river,
I drag my little toe through
dirt, rocks, squiggling worms —
grime under my smallest toe
would bury lesser men
(Girth! Wealth! Patriotism!)
in glorious progress.
I’ve been molding Earth since
before Ireland was serpentless.
Forests snap their trunks above the roots
(count the rings long past 1776)
to make way for squares of cement —
limestone, shale, iron ore, sand —
I’ve mixed them all with whiskey after
the longest days of burying cities.
Tara, being razed to the ground
every year by that hideous monster
for the passing of 23 seasons,
was free when I tamed the destruction —
he was my lapdog until he limped
out of decrepitude to nothing.
Some white-beard highwayman shouted
when I de-clawed the dragon:
“new life springs from under piles of ash,
and fire cleans the dead leaves from the grass.
We gloried in the green.”
I ground his soft skull to make my stew
heartier.
Many are the Giant’s Causeways
you should thank me for.
From the first causeway,
with rounded pillars and friendliness
that invites tourists to clamber on it
that I drummed up
while skipping rocks from Antrim beach,
to my latest sky stairway in Dubai.
You’ve heard it was built by men?
Time was, you’d have known it was Finn
and your human knees would’ve quaked.
But even though you’ve forgotten I can
twist California off like the end of a ripe bean,
I’ll keep bulldozing mushroom clouds into
myself.
According to Irish folklore, Finn McCool was
a giant who created the landscape of Ireland
by walking on it. First published in the 2010
Colgate Portfolio.
*
through the Institute for the Creative
and Performing Arts.
A team of students and Colgate
staff members contributed to the
Shapes for Hamilton project with
community research, distribution
planning, and setting up the exhibition. “Each of his creations is unique,
yet they remain remarkably similar
to one another, like us humans,”
explained Shapes staff member Gabe
Rosen ’12, a studio art major.
Although McCollum has used
the shapes system in other projects,
this was the first time he distributed
individual shapes to each member of
a community. Shapes can now be seen
around town, hanging in the windows of homes, in professors’ offices,
and even in school lockers at Hamilton
Elementary.
Two receive Schupf/Lorey
Senior Art Prize
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Can I have my shape, please? A Hamilton resident picks up her own individual “shape,” created by artist Allan McCollum, from art professor DeWitt Godfrey, who invited McCollum
to bring his Shapes Project to town. McCollum can produce more than enough unique twodimensional shapes for every person on the planet. Before the shapes were given out, they
were displayed in Little Hall’s Clifford Gallery.
Seniors Kelly Boyle and Emily Rawdon received the 2010 Schupf/Lorey
Senior Art Prize, which, since 2007, has
been awarded for outstanding work
as identified by Paul Schupf ’58 and
Robert McVaugh, professor of art and
art history.
Boyle, a native of New Hampshire,
was an art and art history major and
an Islamic studies minor. Her ensemble of four strikingly inventive video
pieces, Story of Some Kind, explores
personal and media imagery in the
context of American discomfort with
ambiguity.
Rawdon, daughter of Dick Rawdon
’65, was a double major in art and art
history and theater from Kentucky.
Her photographic installation Usual
Flow-voids of the Circle of Willis are
Preserved explores the psychic mingling of euphoria and fear associated
with epileptic seizures. In August, she
will enter the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
“Professor McVaugh and I worked
long and hard to choose these two
first-class art works. Owing to the
overall high quality of this year’s
senior art exhibition, several other
entries might have been chosen,” said
Schupf, who expressed special thanks
to Evan C. Lorey ’10 for his gift that allowed Colgate to award an additional
prize this year.
The awards were given at the
senior awards convocation in
Memorial Chapel on Saturday, May
15. See a full list of award recipients at
www.colgate.edu.
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Poetry that matters
Her voice was characteristically
scratchy and barely louder than a
whisper. Yet, true to form, Louise
Glück, the Pulitzer Prize–winning lyric
poet, held her audience spellbound for
45 minutes as she read nine poems
from her latest collection, A Village
Life, at the end of March.
Glück received the Pulitzer in 1993
for The Wild Iris, her sixth of 11 books
of poems. Early in her career, she also
authored Proofs & Theories, a collection of essays on poetry that received
the PEN/Martha Albrand Award
for First Non-Fiction. Presently, she
teaches at Yale University.
Brooke Ousterhout ’10
computer in the gallery, recorded the
section of the gallery in which it was
located, and then found their 5" by 7"
printed shapes. The shapes were later
distributed to community members at
various locations including Hamilton
Central School, the Palace Theater,
the Poolville Community Center, and
Colgate’s quad. Each shape was signed
by McCollum and provided free of
charge.
Art and art history professor DeWitt Godfrey coordinated the project
with McCollum, the 2010 Christian
A. Johnson Endeavor Foundation Distinguished Artist in Residence in the
Department of Art and Art History,
Pulitzer Prize-winning lyric poet Louise
Glück reads from her latest collection,
A Village Life.
After decades of writing with
a minimalist’s precision, Glück
changed course for the poems in her
latest collection, using language that
she characterized as “more relaxed,
even gawky.” Nonetheless, the poems she read included the “punches
to the gut” described in her introduction by English professor Peter
Balakian. Earlier in the day, she spoke
to his Post-WWII American Poetry
class.
Scott Reu ’13, who reads his poetry
at open mics and is a member of the
student group Poetically Minded,
came to the reading eager to ask a
question that, he said, led his father
to burn reams of his own early
works. Reu wanted to know: “How
can writers, especially younger ones,
distance themselves enough from
personal experience to create poetry
that really matters?” The question
was especially apropos, not only for
the only American poet who has
twice served as judge for the prestigious Yale Series of Younger Poets,
but for one whose work addresses
such universal issues of the human
condition as being young, coming
of age, and love affairs beginning or
ending.
“There’s a difference between the
circumstantial and the intensely
personal,” Glück said. “A dramatic
breakup with a lover can make a
great poem, but experience has to
undergo a transformation. It can’t
simply be decanted onto the page.”
Reu was encouraged. “Her
response set my mind to work,” he
said. “I am astonished that a single
answer to a single question could
have such an impact on the way I
think about poetry.”
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Author Augusten
Burroughs meets with
students at Merrill
House before delivering
his public lecture.
Warren Wheeler
Augusten Burroughs, who chronicled
his unusual childhood in his 2002
memoir Running with Scissors, delivered a candid keynote address at Colgate’s fifth annual Big Gay Weekend
in April. His messages ranged from
developing inner strength (“What
you need is not more confidence. You
need to subtract whatever it is that
prevents confidence, and that is caring
too much about what other people
think”), to the inevitability of legalized
gay marriage (“There will be a day
when you will hold today’s discrimination in the palm of your hand, like a
charming memento”).
While Burroughs considered
himself to be an unlikely special
guest — because, he said, he “never
had a moment where he ‘came out’ to
anything” — he gave members and
supporters of Colgate’s Lesbian, Gay,
Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning (LGBTQ) community a lot to talk
about.
Burroughs’s now-famous childhood provided fodder for his first
memoir, which became a film of the
same name. When his mother was
no longer able to care for him, he
was sent to live with her psychiatrist
and an extended family of long-term
patients, many who were psychotic or
schizophrenic. “In that environment,
my sexuality was not an issue,” he
said. “I didn’t ever think about being
gay. It was like being right-handed.
Why? I don’t know. I just am.”
The theme of the weekend was “Be
Yourself.” About that, Burroughs said:
“I wish I could take forensic evidence
out of my brain and stick it in yours
Entropy Barn 1-29, Entropy House 1-4, and Entropy Shed 1-3, digital prints by Bryan
Kretschmer ’10. “These works are an exploration of the built space that surrounds us in
daily life but often goes unnoticed,” Kretschmer explained in his artist’s statement. “Each
of the structures was built for a specific purpose or function. The silhouettes serve to show
that, although they are purpose-built, they have an underlying aesthetic beauty that is
often overlooked. In addition, the silhouettes serve to record a specific point in each of the
buildings’ ongoing process of entropy.” To see more of this year’s senior art projects, visit
Arts & Culture at www.colgatealumni.org/scene.
so you would know that that’s all you
have to be. That’s everything you have
to be.”
But things aren’t always that
simple, said Aleksander Sklyar ’10.
“It makes me happy to know that
there are individuals out there, like
Augusten, who did not have to go
through the pain and difficulty of
‘coming out.’ However, for many in the
LGTBQ community, me included, being ourselves is anything but simple;
the process to self-acceptance and
self-assertion was anything but an
easy one for me.”
New music champion
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Running with Scissors memoirist
raises big issues
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scene: Summer 2010
The Society for New Music (SNM),
co-founded by Neva Pilgrim, Colgate’s
voice teacher and artist-in-residence,
was a 2010 recipient of the American
Music Center’s Letter of Distinction.
Pilgrim and several SNM board
members attended the awards ceremony in New York City in May. “It
was a who’s who of American music
— people from BMI [Broadcast Music,
Inc.], people from ASCAP [American
Society of Composers, Authors and
Publishers], famous composers, other
performers — and to be recognized in
that company was a thrill,” she said.
Pilgrim founded the SNM with
musicians Ralph D’Mello and Greg
Levin in 1971 when all three moved
to the Syracuse region from big cities and believed the area needed a
stronger new music presence. The
society’s board of volunteers now
presents about 25 concerts a year,
including a winter series in Syracuse
and a month-long summer arts festival called Cazenovia Counterpoint. In
addition, the group funds composers’
involvement in inner-city schools, and
Pilgrim tapes a weekly music program
on WCNY-FM.
The American Music Center, which
is dedicated to building a national
community of artists, organizations,
and audiences creating, performing,
and enjoying new American music,
described the SNM as “a driving
cultural force for contemporary music
in the United States.” SNM was one of
four recipients this year, joining the
ranks of past honorees including Leonard Bernstein and Dizzy Gillespie.
Courage, heart, and brains:
Oz Project helps children break
down barriers
In April, friends, family members, and
supporters of The Oz Project filled the
Palace Theater to watch an inspiring
production of The Wizard of Oz. On
stage, children with and without special needs performed their hearts out
in the culmination of an eight-week
theater program created by Colgate
students and faculty members.
The program’s goal is to foster an
inclusive social learning and growing
environment for children with a wide
celled individually, but also grew as a
group who supported each other and
celebrated one another’s accomplishments,” she added.
Children also learned to use sign
language during the song “Over the
Rainbow,” thanks to community volunteer Bethany Sackel, who also worked
with volunteer Delaine Dacko to choreograph and facilitate creative movement within the energetic group.
All the children, be they energetic
or quiet, were encouraged to express
and recognize their differences.
“The beauty of The Oz Project was
most apparent in the day-to-day interactions among the kids. They could
look beyond the obvious differences
between them and focus on what
they shared,” said Kaplan.
This sense of teamwork was evident in the final production, in which
close to 30 children, comfortable with
each other and their differences, sang
and danced like stars. The production
was a big hit with the audience, but
the true success was found within
each and every participant on stage,
who overcame the challenges of social
situations and grew to embrace new
friendships.
Although its cardinal leaders all
graduated in May, it is hoped that
the project that Snell said touched all
aspects of the Hamilton community
will be reprised for years to come.
— Eileen O’Brien ’10
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range of needs, including autismspectrum and related disorders.
Alexandra Snell ’10 said the idea
for the project emerged from conversations she had with fellow seniors
Lindsey Simpson, Lauren Kaplan,
Samantha Horn, and Hannah Sandler,
and with psychology professor Regina
Conti and educational studies professor Sheila Clonan. Throughout the
semester, this core group of students
and faculty met regularly to develop
and critique curricula and activities
that were used with the children, as
well as to monitor the engagement
and growth of the children involved.
As the project grew — attracting
elementary students from Hamilton
and other communities — so, too, did
the team supporting it. More than a
dozen Colgate students, along with
community volunteers, took part.
Workshops, set to the themes of
The Wizard of Oz, facilitated development of social skills such as making
new friends in uncomfortable situations, like Dorothy did with the Tin
Man, Scarecrow, and Lion in the
unfamiliar land of Oz. Participants
learned new ways to deal with many
challenges, from feeling left out to
responding to a bully. “By using drama
games, music, and performance to
teach different social skills, we were
able to concentrate both on personal
growth and commitment to a larger
group of people,” said Simpson. “It was
really inspiring to see how the kids ex-
Visual Resources Curator
How she got here: Before joining the Art and Art History department, I did my master’s in
library and information studies at McGill University in Montreal. I directed my assignments
toward image collections, so I really focused on hoping to land this exact job, even though I
didn’t know it was available.
The mission: The main charge of the visual resources library is making analog and digital images available for faculty. We’re transitioning this analog collection to digital based on what
the professors are using. They basically curate the collection; they come in, bring books, and
say, “I want these images for my lectures; I need them so I can project them, show them, and
talk about them.” We’re up to almost 12,000 in the four years that I’ve been here, but we’re
dealing with a 90,000-image slide collection.
Favorite medium and color: I’m a painter at heart — I love oil painting. Any opportunity I
have to discover new painters while handling the collection is great for me. And my favorite
color is red. Definitely red.
Crowd shocker: I always surprise people when I tell them that I was the homecoming queen
of my high school, because it’s such a stereotype. I try to tell them to shock them, and then
they’re like, “No!” Other than that, I’m pretty much an open book.
The Oz Project, an eight-week theater program created by Colgate students and faculty
members, brought together children with and without special needs for a performance of
The Wizard of Oz.
Working on the Shapes for Hamilton Project: I built a fairly simple database in Filemaker
Pro and ended up cataloguing all of the shapes into the database. Once we got the lists of
people, I integrated them and randomly matched them up with a shape. In the gallery, once
you made contact through the database and found yourself, you saw your shape and started
thinking about what it looked like compared to all the others. It brought a new perspective
to the project that none of us were expecting. I just made the tool, and then it turned into
something wonderful that helped streamline all this information.
World traveler: The second year I lived in Montreal was heavenly. I lived in a very artsy
neighborhood called “the Plateau,” and that was really the first serious metropolitan living
experience I’d had. With access to the cafés and all the art, the pace of life was really fun.
Guilty pleasure: Frozen pizza. A good, cheap, frozen pizza.
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She’s crafty: I made a quilt by hand. Some great local Hamilton ladies taught me how. My
most recent crafty endeavor was with Emily Oren (assistant curator) and her husband. We
made these handmade, painted little dice that say “you” on two sides, “us” on two sides, and
“me” on two sides. They’re marriage dice, so people can use them to settle their disputes.
She plays banjo, too – is she the next Béla Fleck? No way. In four years, I’m still playing
the same 12 small ditties, so I doubt it. But it’s fun, and I’m hoping to expand my knowledge
more over the summer. My husband plays guitar really well, so at some point, I have to learn
a little bit from him.
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go ’gate
Equestrians jump to new heights
Anna Hackney coaches the
30-member team at Saddleback Farm
in Hamilton, where they train twice
a week with hour-long lessons in
addition to more extensive training
sessions before the eight horse shows
that run from October to March.
Team captains Emily Messing ’12
and Eri Sato ’12 provided invaluable assistance to the team as it reached and
successfully competed in the regional
finals.
Out of five riders on the Western
team, Yvett Sosa ’12 qualified for
regional championships in March.
Coached by Valerie Logsdon, they
finished in fourth place overall, with
72 team points for the year end.
Colgate English riders finished their
season by qualifying four riders —
Alexis Apostol ’12, Elizabeth Brodsky
’11, Jessica Morlando ’11, and Sara Reisler ’12 — for the Regional Equestrian
Finals at Skidmore College in Saratoga
Springs, N.Y., on April 3. Apostol set
a Colgate record by finishing fifth in
the region in the Open Rider Division, jumping at the height of 3'6",
the maximum for college competition. This was the highest finish for a
Colgate rider in any division in the 13
years since the equestrian program
began.
Despite its status as a club sport,
Colgate’s team competes against
some of the top varsity programs in
the country, including Skidmore, Cornell, Hartwick, and Morrisville. Colgate
finished sixth out of 15 schools this
season.
Rivalry renewed
One of Colgate’s most storied rivalries
will be renewed this fall when the
Raiders football team travels to Syracuse for a Sept. 25 contest with the
Orange at the Carrier Dome.
It will be the first time the teams
have met since 1987, and the first time
since 2003 that Colgate, which is in
the Division I Football Championship
Subdivision (formerly Division I-AA),
will play against a team in the Football Bowl Subdivision.
The Raiders and Orange have met
65 times, with Colgate holding a slight
edge in the all-time series 31-29-5.
Syracuse won the 1987 game, 52-6, and
owns a 3-0 record against Colgate in
the Carrier Dome. Colgate’s last victory in the series came in 1950, a 19-14
win at Archbold Stadium.
Colgate dominated the series early,
going 13-5-2 over the first 20 games
the teams played from 1891 to 1917.
The Raiders also ruled the series from
the mid-1920s to mid-1930s, winning
11 games and tying another two. Syracuse began to dominate in the 1950s,
and the regular games ended after the
1961 contest.
Student, athlete, humanitarian
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Colgate student-athlete Ethan Cox
’10 was named the 15th recipient of
the BNY Mellon Wealth Management
Hockey Humanitarian Award at the
2010 NCAA Men’s Frozen Four. The
award — open to any male or female
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Saddleback Farm in Hamilton, with its
sweeping countryside vistas, serves as the
home barn for Colgate’s equestrian team
— a club sport at Colgate that regularly
competes with varsity squads at other
universities.
Ask Raider
When did the Colgate-Syracuse
football rivalry begin? — Raider 4
Life
Way back in 1891. It was only Colgate’s
second season fielding a football team,
and our first season with a coach, Samuel
Colgate Jr. We won the game 22-16, and
went on to win all five scheduled games
that season!
Why is the field above Andrews
and Stillman called the “old golf
course?” — Gate fan
In 1917, some faculty and townspeople
took the initiative to make that area into a
golf course. It was redone and expanded in
1928. They called it Seven Oaks after the
ancestral village of the Colgate family in
Kent, England. The course was relocated to
the valley east of campus in 1958, leaving
the open space behind the dormitories to
be remembered as “the old golf course.”
How many Colgate alumni have been
drafted into the NBA? I think most
people would say one – Adonal Foyle
’98 – but I can think of three. — Doug
Chiarello ’98
Actually, 11 Colgate alumni have been chosen in the NBA draft. They are Neil Dooley
’48 (Boston Celtics), Carl Braun ’49 and Ernie Vandeweghe ’49 (N.Y. Knicks), Bill Dodd
’53 (Philadelphia Warriors), Milt Graham
’56 and Jack Nichols ’57 (Syracuse Nationals), Robert Duffy ’62 (St. Louis Hawks),
George Dalzell ’67 (Detroit Pistons), Don
Ward ’71 (Buffalo Braves), Mike Ferrara ’81
(Washington Bullets), and Adonal Foyle ’98
(Golden State Warriors). (The team name is
the drafting organization.)
Do you have a Colgate sports trivia topic
suggestion or question for Raider? Send
an e-mail to scene@colgate.edu and put
Ask Raider in the subject line.
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Raider hockey forward Ethan Cox ’10 (left)
accepts the Hockey Humanitarian Award
recognizing college hockey’s finest citizen
at the 2010 NCAA Men’s Frozen Four.
collegiate hockey player from any
NCAA Division — is given out annually to college hockey’s finest citizen.
The recipient is a player who embraces humanitarian efforts that help out
a community, a certain philanthropy,
or a cause.
“This recognition speaks volumes
to the following and dedication that
the Colgate men’s ice hockey team
and fans have to the betterment of
their community. To be recognized for
such an award is truly an honor and I
hope that it will inspire other people
to get involved within their local communities,” said Cox.
In the summer of 2009, Cox was
honored with the Hamilton Business
Alliance Community Service Award
for his efforts.
Cox has been involved in local and
national philanthropic events since
arriving on campus in 2006. In his
first year, he organized a weekendlong fundraising benefit through the
Make a Wish Foundation for eightyear-old Miranda Hadlock, who was
battling cancer. The girl’s mother,
Holli Hadlock, works in the university’s mailroom.
During the last three holiday
seasons, Cox arranged canned food
and toy drives to help local families
in Hamilton and Madison County.
Proceeds went directly to the Hamilton Food Cupboard and the Interfaith
Holiday Council. Overall, Cox and his
teammates have raised more than
$14,000 in cash and donated items
for various local and national charities.
Cox was also active in helping the
campus raise $25,000 for the American Cancer Society, worked with the
football team to encourage students
to be tested for potential bone marrow matches, assisted the women’s
soccer team in raising funds to help
with the costs of a student-athlete’s
cancer treatment, and was involved
in several “Facing off against Cancer”
and “Drink4Pink” events promoting
cancer awareness.
Olympian on board
Colgate head women’s ice hockey
coach Scott Wiley announced the
hiring of 2010 Winter Olympian Karen
Thatcher as an assistant coach.
“The addition of Karen Thatcher is
a great step forward for our program,”
stated Wiley. “She is a dynamic and
energetic person who has a true passion for the sport. She has excelled at
every level, been a great ambassador,
and understands what it takes to be a
successful student-athlete. Karen adds
After four decades, Colgate track record broken at IC4As
A 41-year-old Colgate men’s track and field team record was broken at the IC4A
Championship at Boston University on Sunday, March 7. Ed Boulat ’11, Tim Metivier ’12, Jon Knowlton’11, and Andy Smith ’11 ran a 7:33.25 in the 4 x 800-meter
relay, finishing seventh overall and earning all-East honors.
Greg Lavin ’70 had recently penned this reminiscence about the day his team
set the previous record (7:35.10) at Madison Square Garden. We couldn’t resist
sharing his account of how it went down in 1969:
Bob Cornell
Raider catcher Nicole Siedhof ’11 makes a play at the plate in a match-up against the
Binghamton Bearcats in April. Although the Raiders did not win that game, they finished
the season 27-23 and upset the top-seeded Army Black Knights in the opening round of the
Patriot League Tournament.
At that time, we lacked indoor track facilities and
home meets, but made up for it with charcoal heat
in a tiny trackside hut next to the tennis courts.
Of the four of us (Jim Andrews ’69, holder of
the Colgate 2-mile indoor record; Hank Skewis
’69, 1000-yard record holder; and Lionel “Skip”
Meno ’69, mile record holder), I was the neophyte,
a soccer player with one season of indoor track
experience. Coach Bob Milner, an ex-Marine officer, tailored our workouts; mine was the shortest,
befitting one who didn’t know that a 5-mile warmup was to be done on the roads
around Hamilton, not on the wooden, banked 160-yard track.
Before we won the Boston Athletic Games’s Two-Mile Relay, the highlight of
my athletic experience at Colgate had been a soccer win over 8th-ranked Hartwick. But the Boston relay win landed our track squad on a national stage at the
U.S. Olympic Invitational, against invitees to the Olympic Trials. We showed our
passes at the gate and entered the infield of Madison Square Garden in maroon
warm-ups. Tuxedoed officials were everywhere. Wide World of Sports TV cameras
were located at each corner.
We watched Olympians compete: decathlon hero Bill Toomey, long jumper
Ralph Boston, pole vaulter Bob Seagren, hurdler Willie Davenport, 400-meter runners Larry James and Vince Mathews, and miler Marty Liquori. Finally, our turn
came.
Andrews ran a blazing opening leg, handing me a lead. I took off on what felt
like my fastest start ever, but one-third of the way into my half-mile leg, Ron
Stonitsch of CW Post passed me as if I were standing still. I had never experienced
such speed in close quarters. Stonitsch had a near-sub-4-minute mile to his credit.
So did Manhattan’s Brian Kivlan, who ran the third leg against Skewis. By the end
of the straightaway, I had picked up the pace faster than I had ever run. Would I
last until the hand-off to Hank?
I remember handing off, but not much else until Skip was nearing the finish.
Skewis had brought us back against Kivlan, and now Skip drew even with Manhattan’s anchor, Tom Donahue, passing him briefly in the last lap. Donahue held
on for the win. We finished in second place, 8/10 of a second behind.
Coach Milner collected our silver Olympic trophies at trackside, smiling
brightly. It was a school-record performance.
The capstone was being greeted by the entire track team the next night in
Albany, where Colgate was entered in an open meet at the Armory. We went
jogging downtown, where we noticed a television playing in the window of an
appliance store. Wide World of Sports was broadcasting the prior night’s Olympic
Invitational. We could see ourselves in our sweat suits on the infield, awaiting our
race. It was a magic, pre-video-recording-era moment, a reminder of having met
our challenge.
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21
Brooke Ousterhout ’10
go ’gate
Students, faculty,
and staff all enjoyed
the 2010 intramural
softball season,
with games played
on Whitnall Field.
Here, the Norbs, at
bat against Phi Tau
A, went on to win the
game 17-16.
instant credibility to our program and
will help us achieve our goals. We are
thrilled that she has joined our staff.”
Thatcher made her Olympic debut in
2010, winning silver in Vancouver, after
representing the U.S. team at two world
championships. Thatcher won gold
with the team in 2008 and 2009, and
was named to the 2007 Worlds Team.
She was also a three-time member of
the U.S. Women’s Select Team for the
Four Nations Cup and the U.S. Women’s
Under-22 Select Team for the Under-22
Series with Canada.
A 2006 graduate of Providence
College, Thatcher was a three-year letterwinner on the Friars women’s ice
hockey team, after transferring from
Brown after the 2002-2003 season. After
Providence, Thatcher played for the
BC Breakers of the Western Women’s
Hockey League (WWHL) in 2006–2007,
where she led the team and ranked 10th
in the league with 36 points (19-17) in 26
games.
During the 2007–2008 season,
Thatcher played for the Vaughan Flames
of the Canadian Women’s Hockey
League and helped the team to the
inaugural CWHL championship. In 20082009, she returned to the WWHL and
helped lead the Minnesota Whitecaps to
their league championship.
Midfielder Chris Zielinski ’12 (#7) scored a career-high six points off three goals and three
assists as Colgate upset No. 16 Lafayette 14-9 in the last men’s lacrosse home game of the
season.
giate Women Athletics Administrators
(NACWAA).
The award, sponsored by Jostens, is
bestowed upon NACWAA members
who have made significant contributions as administrators of intercollegiate
athletics.
Chun’s primary responsibilities
include overseeing corporate sponsorship, marketing and promotions, and
personnel management for athletics.
She also serves as the administrative
liaison for Daktronics Sports Marketing,
ECAC Hockey, and the Student Athlete
Advisory Committee. In addition, Chun
supervises and performs the administrative duties of men’s lacrosse, women’s
ice hockey, and volleyball.
In 1994, Chun was hired as the head
coach of the volleyball team, a position
she held for three years. She posted a
67-27 record as head coach, guided her
squad to two conference championships
and Colgate’s first-ever NCAA Tournament berth, and was named the 1996
Patriot League Coach of the Year.
Chun was promoted to associate athletics director in July 2007, having served
as the assistant athletic director since
February 2006, and on an interim basis
since the summer of 2005.
Chun wins national honor
Senior Associate Athletics Director and
Senior Woman Administrator Vicky
Chun ’91, MA’94, has been named the
Division I FCS Administrator of the Year
by the National Association of Colle-
Andrew Daddio
Senior Athletic Awards
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scene: Summer 2010
Outstanding student-athletes in the
Class of 2010 were recognized during
commencement weekend. Jillian
Arnault (soccer) and David McIntyre
(ice hockey) were each awarded the
Director of Athletics award; Ian Aguilar
(football) and Susan Fortkiewicz (indoor
and outdoor track, cross country) were
honored by the Joseph Huther Prize
Fund; and Sarah Pedersen (field hockey)
and Sarah Sciarrino (swimming) were
each awarded the John T. (Jack) Mitchell
Memorial Award, and the Gottesman
Award for Excellence in the Sciences and
Athletics. The awards were presented
at the senior awards convocation in
Memorial Chapel on May 15.
Onto the world stage
The Toronto Nationals selected Ryan
McClelland ’10 in the 7th round – 42nd
overall – of the Major League Lacrosse
(MLL) draft in June. He is the fourth
Raider selected in the MLL draft over the
last three years, and the first by Toronto.
McClelland, who is from Brampton,
Ontario, was also selected for the Team
Canada roster at the Federation of International Lacrosse World Championships
in Manchester, England, in July.
Perfect scores
Eighteen Raider athletic teams achieved
a perfect score of 1,000 in the NCAA’s
academic performance standard, the
Academic Progress Rate (APR), for the
2008-2009 academic year. Nine of those
teams posted perfect multi-year APR
scores based on data from the 2005–
2006 through 2008–2009 school years.
The APR uses a series of formulas
related to student-athlete retention and
eligibility to measure the academic performance of all participants on teams at
every Division I college and university.
The 18 teams to post a perfect score
last year were men’s and women’s cross
country, men’s and women’s ice hockey,
men’s and women’s lacrosse, men’s and
women’s tennis, men’s and women’s
indoor track and field, men’s and
women’s outdoor track and field, men’s
soccer, field hockey, softball, women’s
rowing, women’s swimming and diving, and volleyball.
The Colgate teams to post perfect
multi-year APR scores were golf, men’s
lacrosse, men’s soccer, men’s indoor
track and field, men’s outdoor track and
field, softball, women’s cross country,
women’s swimming and diving, and
volleyball.
When mentoring is mutual
Carlton Walker ’10 and Ron Ransom
’93 have more in common than four
years at Colgate. They both graduated
from Columbus Academy in Ohio,
both played football for the Raiders, and both are African American.
But without the Maroon Council’s
mentoring program, created to assist
football-playing student-athletes with
virtually any life issue that may arise,
their paths might never have crossed.
“Ron and I had a bond right off the
bat,” said Walker, who is one of about
100 current or former players who
actively engages with his mentor. “He
explained to me ways to cope with
being so far from home, and we talked
about how I could succeed in an environment that, at least on the surface,
appeared to be less diverse than our
high school.”
Over the past four years, Walker
and Ransom e-mailed frequently and
caught up in person when Ransom
came to campus for the annual T-Bone
Weekends he created to commemorate
the late J. Tyler Whaling ’93.
“I found it very difficult to approach
alumni for the first time, and Ron was
there for me in order to act as that
liaison. His guidance helped me when I
branched out beyond Colgate in my job
search,” observed Walker.
Although he is modest about the
role he played, Ransom, too, felt the
bond. “I’m not sure how I’ve helped
Carlton, but he has helped me stay
grounded,” Ransom said. “It’s easy to
forget one’s path to their current loca-
tion; but by spending time with Carlton
I could reflect on how our hometown,
high school, and Colgate all helped me
become who I am. When I see Carlton,
I see a fresh world waiting for him to
take it by storm.”
At least for the moment, Ransom’s
job is done, and it is Walker’s turn to
lead. Beginning in the fall, Walker will
teach history and coach four sports as
a faculty fellow at the Wesleyan School
in Norcross, Ga.
Football experience is not required
to become a Maroon Council mentor.
Learn more and connect with Colgate’s
football alumni at www.maroon
mentors.org.
How to
Putt with confidence at Seven Oaks
According to Seven Oaks golf pro Marian Blain, the
greens on Colgate’s golf course are not only the best
in central New York, but they’re also the fastest. This
comes as no surprise to those who have watched their
birdie tap-ins quickly turn into saves for a bogey. Blain
has provided five simple tips to help golfers at any
level tame the greens.
1. Less is more. Choke down on your putter to reduce
the energy that is transferred to the ball.
3. Lighten up. Loosen your grip for better control and
pacing. Take a shorter backstroke and increase your
acceleration through the putt. Blain shows the position you should be in at the end of the swing.
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2. Overdo it a bit. Play more break than you normally
would. The line of golf balls shows the path the putt
should take.
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4. Be the ball. Putt with your shoulders, not your
wrists. When putting with your shoulders, you create
a more delicate stroke, which is necessary for fast
greens. Remember to stroke through the putt, though.
The club under Blain’s arms shows the correct positioning of the golfer’s shoulders for this technique.
5. Let it roll. When putting downhill, place the ball just
off the toe of your putter. This will deaden the hit.
As you consider how to incorporate these tips into
your putting, don’t overthink it. Putting is about feel,
so start by looking at the hole, checking your line, and
thinking about the speed you need to roll it in. Then,
practice with your eyes closed. This type of drill helps
to get you focused on feel and pace. Using these tips
and practice drills will make you an expert on fast
greens in no time.
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Books & film
Bloody Mohawk: The French
and Indian War & American
Revolution on New York’s
Frontier
Richard J. Berleth ’63
(Black Dome Press)
In his most recent
book, Richard J.
Berleth reviews
the often forgotten, but vitally
important, history of New York’s
Mohawk Valley
during the 18th
century. Bloody
Mohawk charts the passage of the
valley from a fast-growing agrarian
region streaming with colonial traffic
to a war-ravaged wasteland. The valley’s diverse cultural mix of Iroquois
Indians, Palatine Germans, Scots-Irish,
Dutch, English, and Highland Scots
played as much of a role as its unique
geography in the cataclysmic events
of the French and Indian War, and in
the battles of the American Revolu-
tion. Berleth examines how Patriots
eventually won the region from the
British and Iroquois, as well as the
fearsome human cost of those efforts.
Castorland Journal
The Slammin’ Salmon
Castorland Journal: An Account
of the Exploration
and Settlement
of Northern New
Castorland Journal
York State by
French Émigrés
in the Years 1793
to 1797 is the first
modern scholarly
translation of the account of one of
the most promising French speculations for American land following the
American Revolution. In 1792, Parisian
businessmen and speculators established the New York Company to purchase and settle land in northwestern
New York and resell it to European
investors. The journal was kept by
two company representatives who
began that settlement. In the process,
they encountered Native Americans,
conferred with Thomas Jefferson,
engaged the legal services of Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr, planted
crops, and suffered the frustrations
of disease and natural obstacles.
John Gallucci, associate professor of
Romance languages and literatures,
has brought to light this historically
significant text, with its rich account
of frontier affairs in early American
history. The Cornell edition features
Gallucci’s introduction and explanatory footnotes, as well as several appendices, maps, and illustrations.
Edited and translated by John A.
Gallucci
(Cornell University Press)
Jay Chandrasekhar ’90, Kevin Heffernan ’90, Steve Lemme ’91, Erik
Stolhanske ’91, Paul Soter ’91
(Broken Lizard Industries)
In Broken Lizard’s
latest film comedy, “Slammin’”
Cleon Salmon
(Michael Clarke
Duncan) is a former Heavyweight
Champion of the
World–turned–
owner of a high-end Miami seafood
restaurant, The Slammin’ Salmon. To
pay off a gambling debt, Salmon uses
fear to rule over his misfit wait staff
and sets up a contest to ‘inspire’ them
to sell more food than ever before. The
top-selling server of the night wins
$10,000 while the waiter in last place
gets a “broken rib sandwich” — courtesy of Salmon himself. Backstabbing,
bribery, and indecent proposals ensue
as staff members up-sell their patrons
while sabotaging their co-workers. In
addition to the members of Broken
Lizard, 13 other Colgate alumni were
involved in the making of the film.
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Survival Guide
Roy Cohen MA’81
(FT Press)
Roy Cohen has
put together a
complete, up-todate, practical
guide for financial
industry professionals seeking
new or better jobs
in today’s brutally
competitive environment. Drawing
on more than 10 years of experience
providing outplacement services for
a large Wall Street firm, Cohen tells
you what to do when and if you are
fired or changing companies, how
to develop a “game plan” and search
targets, how to build your “story,” how
to move from the sell side to the buy
side, and much more. Cohen’s guidance is industry-specific, and draws on
real examples from his own practice.
An Account of the Exploration and Settlement
of Northern New York State by French Émigrés
in the Years 1793 to 1797
S i m o n D e s ja rd i n s & P i e r re P h a ro u x
Edited and translated by John A. Gallucci
Slammin’ Cleon Salmon (Michael Clarke Duncan), the former Heavyweight
Champion of the World and current owner of a high-scale Miami restaurant,
has racked up a sizable gambling debt to a band of Japanese thugs.
To help pay off the debt, Cleon challenges his oddball wait staff
(the Broken Lizard Comedy Troupe, as well as Cobie Smulders
and April Bowlby) to a contest where the top-selling
server will win $10,000, while the waiter in last
place gets a “broken-rib sandwich”—courtesy
of the Champ himself. Spurred on by greed
and panic, the staff resort to backstabbing,
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in one of the “Top 10 Comedies of the Year!”
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Broker, Trader, Lawyer, Spy:
The Secret World of Corporate
Espionage
Eamon Javers ’94
(HarperBusiness)
In Broker, Trader,
Lawyer, Spy,
Eamon Javers
exposes a hidden
global network
of private spies
working for Wall
Street traders, corporate giants, and
white-shoe law
firms. Readers are introduced to the
longstanding globalized espionage
industry: Soviet military intelligence
officers now working for American
law firms, veteran American Secret
Service officers who steal secrets for
In the media
candy companies, and many others.
Built on unprecedented access and
sourcing, the book’s examination of
this secretive world begins with a look
at the nation’s first true “private eye,”
and extends through to the connections today between global intelligence services and the top investigative agency on Wall Street.
Peripheral Visions: Politics,
Society, and the Challenges of
Modernity in Yucatan
Co-edited by Gilbert M. Joseph ’69
(with Edward D. Terry, Ben W. Fallaw,
and Edward H. Moseley)
(University of Alabama Press)
Yucatan has been called “a world
apart” — cut off from the rest of
Mexico by geography and culture. The
essays in Peripheral Visions show that,
despite its peripheral location, the region experienced substantial change
after Mexico achieved independence.
Essays focus on at least three challenges for study of the peninsula
BookCase
A selection from the new
titles shelf at Case Library
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Marketplace of the Gods: How Economics Explains Religion
Larry Whitham
Acting White: The Ironic Legacy of
Desegregation
Stuart Buck
Britten and Brülightly: A Graphic Novel
Hannah Berry
Contested Will: Who Wrote Shakespeare?
James Shapiro
The Enemy in Our Hands: America’s
Treatment of Prisoners of War from the Revolution to the War on Terror
Robert C. Doyle
Anthill: A Novel
E.O. Wilson
Fashion of the 20th Century: 100 Years of Apparel Ads
Edited by Jim Heimann, Written by Alison A. Nieder
Mom: The Transformation of Motherhood in Modern America
Rebecca Jo Plant
Dreaming in Christianity and Islam:
Culture, Conflict, and Creativity
Edited by Kelly Bulkeley, Kate Adams, and Patricia M. Davis
1934: A New Deal for Artists
Ann Prentice Wagner
today: politics after the fall of the
Institutional Revolutionary Party
(PRI), scholarly
demystification
of the Maya, and
the transition to
a post-henequen
economy featuring tourism, migration, and assembly plants known as
maquiladoras. Disciplines represented
in the collection include history, anthropology, sociology, and economics,
painting a strikingly rich picture of
the region as it has developed.
Deadliest Sea: The Untold Story
Behind the Greatest Rescue in
Coast Guard History
Kalee Thompson ’96
(William Morrow)
Deadliest Sea is
a daring adventure tale that
chronicles the
power of nature
against man, and
explores the essence of the fear
people must face
when confronted with catastrophe.
Kalee Thompson explores the harrowing tale of the fishing trawler Alaska
Ranger as it sank into the Bering Sea
in 2008, and the incredible rescue effort launched by the Coast Guard that
followed.
In exploring the largest cold-water
Coast Guard rescue in history, Thompson raises questions about the negligence that leads to the preventable
sinking of dozens of ships each year.
She also pays tribute to the courage,
tenacity, and skill of dedicated service
people who risk their own lives for the
lives of others.
Anticorruption in the Health
Sector: Strategies for
Transparency and Accountability
Edited by Taryn Vian ’80
(co-edited with William Savedoff and
Harald Mathisen)
(Kumarian Press)
Corruption is a serious problem under
any circumstances, but in the health
sector, it is literally a matter of life and
death: facilities crumble when repair
funds are embezzled; fake drugs flood
the market with corrupt regulators
managing supply; and doctors extort-
“Some lakes look like they might be ready to come back, and if we cut the emissions more they would.”
— Rich April, professor of geology, offers his expert insight for a
Smithsonian.com story about the impact of acid rain on the ecosystem
“This is a way to get some exercise, meet other people, and emphasize that nature is right outside our office windows.”
— John Pumilio, sustainability coordinator, describes Colgate’s bird
watching expedition in a U.S. News & World Report article about Earth Day activities
“In a city [Utica] that’s been economically struggling for a long period of time, just a little change in the economy can lead to pretty significant reductions in the properties they own.”
— Nicole Simpson, associate professor of economics, talks to The Observer Dispatch (Utica) about the impact of the lagging economy on Utica’s
shrinking tax base
“It’s our responsibility as people of relative privilege to help people in need.”
— Rebecca Blake ’10 describes to The Jewish Week (New York) her
experience volunteering in Harlem as part of a Hillel service-learning
project
“All of our budget restructuring is absolutely in response to the economy.”
— Dave Hale, vice president for finance and administration, in a Central New York Business Journal report about the 2010–2011 budget, which includes the lowest tuition increase in at least 35 years
“Of all the enterprises I’ve been involved with, this is by far the most gratifying.”
— Al Chagan ’64 featured in a Philadelphia Inquirer story about his role as CFO of Impact Thrift Stores, a community venture in which proceeds from the sale of “gently used” items are donated to charities
ing under-thetable payments
from patients fail
to provide needed
care. Until now,
those preparing to
fight corruption in
the health sector
have had few resources to guide them. Anticorruption
in the Health Sector brings practical
experience to bear on anticorruption
approaches tailored specifically to
health, in a manner that is both practitioner- and classroom-friendly.
Also of note:
As the western frontier began to close
after the Civil War, some families
sought rural locations for summer living in which to maintain the frontier
ethos. In Campsteading: Family, Place,
and Experience at Squam Lake, New
Hampshire (Routledge), one of the first
works published on the American
institution of campsteading, Derek
Brereton ’68 approaches one such
community from an anthropological
perspective.
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Things to do
By Matt Muskin ’10
Illustrations by Norm Bendell
before you graduate
As my sophomore year came to a close, I suddenly
realized that my experience here so far had been just a glimpse of the amazing opportunities Colgate provides
on a daily basis — and I knew there were many more
that I had not yet discovered.
nce I began to see all that Colgate would do
for me in four years, I knew I had to find a way to
help other students see the same for themselves. So
much of what happens here is a shared experience,
and each person’s perspective shapes his neighbor’s.
The trouble is, time slips by faster than one would
expect, so a “cheat sheet” with some ideas about
how to take advantage of everything that Colgate
offers seemed like a great idea. I decided I wanted to
make a list that would capture a moment, but could,
and would, change over time: 101 things, as uniquely
Colgate as possible, that students should consider
doing before they walk the stage at commencement.
Working with Beverly Low, dean of first-year
students, I was able to develop my idea further and
make it a reality. The process of making the list come
alive was both fun and creative. It required that I
actually delineate all of the ways I spent my time on
campus. I e-mailed a large group of friends and other
students and began to collect “data” — all of the
unique and special experiences people told me they
had at Colgate. What they shared ranged from the
pedestrian (a weekly Sunday dinner with friends) to
the sublime (a first kiss on the Willow Path). I also
found myself wanting to try everything I received
for the list.
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In true Colgate fashion, this list is inexhaustible;
every student has at least one moment that has
helped define his or her time here.
The most exciting part of the project was when I
hand-delivered a copy of the list to each member of
the Class of 2012 on their move-in day. Amidst all of
the chaos and excitement that comes with meeting
roommates, choosing beds, and saying goodbye to
parents for the first time, the incoming class had a
living document — created by their peers — that
gave them an idea of how unpredictable and exciting their four years could be.
We updated the list for the Class of 2013 (for one,
sadly, Big Norm, the world’s largest pig, had died,
so that field trip to Hubbardsville was off the table)
and again in anticipation of the arrival of the Class
of 2014.
Ultimately, we created a guide that truly embraces a Colgate value: being well-versed in not only
one’s studies but also in one’s surroundings. I have
always admired that quality, and the list is a great
way for students to get to know Colgate inside and
out, and to make the most of their time here.
Alumni and students from across the generations: What’s on your must-do list?
Visit www.colgatealumni.org/scene101 and post your comment.
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1 Make
your lucky number 2
3 Throw down a blanket and have a picnic on the Village Green
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8 Shake it on stage or in your seat at Dancefest 9
10 Hang out with Adam and Eve while reading by Taylor Lake
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12 Get adventurous and sign up
Organize a campuswide event relating to a personal interest
Explore the trails and the Darwin Path at the top of the Ski Hill
Find the best hill for sledding…by trial and error, of course!
Play or sing your heart out at the Barge’s Open Mic Nights
Have a “beach day” at Lineberry Natatorium’s Open Swim hours
Go to the Hamilton Theater’s
Midnight Movie and pay $3 for a ticket and a slice of pizza
Take a gym class in a sport you’ve never tried before
for an Outdoor Ed. trip
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13 Learn the definition of triskaidekaphobia
Learn more about a professor while having dinner at his or her house
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Try a little romance and go out on a date!
Take a chance on a class in a department that is out of your comfort zone
Have a weekly Sunday dinner with a group of friends
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Slip (only once!) on the Persson steps
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Say “hello” and start a conversation with a stranger (this one
21 Be a Rowdy Raider and support Colgate athletics! 22
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27 Attend 24 Hour Burn, the annual play that is you can do many times!)
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Volunteer through one of the many programs at the COVE
Go for a dip in Lebanon Reservoir 28
office hours just to introduce yourself
like Poker Night
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Get out your telescope and look at the stars from the Old Golf Course
Try a problem of a different kind at the Angert Family Climbing Wall
Play on an intramural sport team; whether it’s trapshooting or ping-pong, you can compete against
the campus’s best
Catch a great view and study in the Persson skybridge
written, cast, and performed in a single day
Check out the constellations from the Foggy Bottom Observatory
30 Find your center at Buddhist Meditation 31
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Stop into President Herbst’s office hours, even if just to meet him
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Put yourself out there: go to a professor’s
Take advantage of the great weekly events at Donovan’s Pub,
Create a Relay for Life team and stay up all night to fight cancer
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34 Be the founding member of your own club 35 Throw Big Red gum onto
the ice at the Colgate-Cornell hockey game 36
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38 Experience new cuisines at Frank’s cultural food nights 39
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42 Get out on the links at Seven Oaks, one of the best college golf
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courses in the country 43
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47 Have a first kiss on the Willow Path bridge — but choose wisely! Legend has it that a first kiss here leads to marriage. 48
49 Find the Colgate Rock Visit Chapel House and peruse the books and art in its amazing library
Hear it
Keep yourself up to
from the pros at an English department lecture or poetry reading
date on what’s happening in the world — it’s easy to get lost in the Colgate bubble
Jump into Taylor Lake (and then wonder why you did)
Challenge some of
the most knowledgeable people in Hamilton at the Colgate Inn’s Trivia Night
Get a great milkshake at Gilligan’s Island in Sherburne
Try to stand an egg up on the Autumnal Equinox (9/22/10 at 23:09)
Make yourself heard (or read): write an article for the Maroon-News
Satiate that sweet tooth with some goodies at Maxwell’s Chocolates
Steal a tray from Frank to use as a sled when the snow calls
Quarry above the Old Golf Course
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stressed? Treat yourself to a massage at Mezza Luna
Go to an Off-Off-Off-Off-Broadway show at Brehmer Theater
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Feeling
52 Become a little more limber: take a student-taught yoga class
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Go to the dollar store, and try to find something that actually costs a dollar
show on WRCU 90.1 FM
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Embrace your inner foodie: try all of the great restaurants in the towns
surrounding Hamilton
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Share your musical inclinations: host a radio
Picking up a new tongue? Visit the tables of Babel in the back of Frank to perfect that accent
57 Attend a Senate meeting to stay
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60 Have a great conversation and a free lunch at a Brown Bag
discussion 61
62 Support Colgate’s finest men in the Mr. Colgate 64
competition 63
65 Become a human canvas for beautiful colors at Holi, the Hindu spring festival 66
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68 Remember to make a connection on every Friday the 13th by wearing Colgate clothing!
aware of what’s happening in Student Government
See your books move at the LASR Observation Deck on the 4th floor of Case Library
Wander the library’s archives and get a little lost in a sea of books
See the stars and much more in the Ho Tung Visualization Lab
Realize your dream of being a cowboy or cowgirl: ride the mechanical bull during Spring Party Weekend
Enjoy the company of your
roommates over the weekend: watch a movie and just relax!
Broaden your view: attend a religious ceremony of a faith that is not your own
at CAB’s Take Two
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See two great movies in one sitting 69
Impress yourself by building the biggest snowman you’ve ever seen
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Support local businesses at the Saturday morning Farmers Market on the Village Green
71 Rent a kayak from the boathouse and get out on beautiful Lake Moraine 72
73
Dessert Sampler at the Colgate Inn Tap Room
Feed your craving for sweets with the
Taste some local beers like Saranac and Ommegang, and see where they are made on a brewery tour (when you’re old enough!)
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from Slices 80
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84 Discuss timely topics with professors
and other first-years at Think Tank in Frank Dining Hall 85
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88 Find out where Adam and Eve spend their winters 89
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92 Revel in a cappella, one of Colgate’s finest traditions,
at Jambo and Akfest 93
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95 Be a part of Colgate history: ring the Shop your heart out at the legendary Wegmans supermarket in Syracuse
Learn to throw a Frisbee (and maybe even play a game of Ultimate)
of public speaking by joining the Colgate Speaking Union
Master the elusive art
Become a master on your feet: take
one of Colgate’s many dance classes
Get a “Slices Come Plain Only” T-shirt and wear a Colgate tradition
on your back!
Have a prank war with friends
During finals, take a breather with
one of the many study breaks offered throughout the week
Set up a picnic with friends
on the top of the Ski Hill
Find your inner Nostradamus and predict Colgate’s first snowfall
Looking for a study space off the beaten path? Take refuge at Conant House
Got some extra energy? Run a half-marathon in the Colgate area (visit www.cnyrunning.com)
Have a BBQ at the grills located between Curtis and Drake or Andrews
and Stillman, by Birch 5, or in front of Commons
Find out all of Colgate’s “13” connections
Explore the various ski slopes in Colgate’s neighborhood
Go green: sign up for the GreenBikes program
See the tallest building in central New York at the Turning Stone Casino
Chapel bell and sign your name on the wall in the bell tower
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possible in your first year
Get to know every person (and his or her name) in your residence hall
Be an Olympian — a Colgate Winter Olympian
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Introduce yourself to Dean Low as soon as Follow the “Powers of 10” Glass Panels in the Ho Science Center
Ask Gary Ross if he remembers your application essay; you’ll likely be pleasantly surprised!
101 Spread the Colgate love:
host a prospective student through the admission office
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For 75 years and counting, students
on the Washington Study Group
have witnessed politics and history
in the making
By James Leach
As an intern in the Washington office of Florida Senator George LeMieux, Matt Scheer ’11 had an insider’s
view of the legislative process as health care reform
made its way through Congress this year.
Scheer — a self-described political junkie — was
one of 13 students on the 2010 Washington Study
Group, the latest edition of a program conceived in
1935 by Professor Paul Jacobsen as “a laboratory in
political science.” This year’s group, led by Professor Stanley Brubaker, continued a 75-year tradition
of Colgate students being at the source as history
unfolds. “Living it day to day was incredible,” said
Scheer.
Since Jacobsen described the inaugural study
group in the 1937 Journal of Higher Education, the
goal has remained remarkably consistent: “The
fundamental purpose of this off-campus study was
to give the student an opportunity to see the government at work — to learn how it operates by watching ‘the wheels go round’ from vantage points of
intimate contact and association with the officials.”
“I feel enormous continuity when I read Paul Jacobsen’s article,” said Brubaker, who has led 19 of the
groups since 1986. “Reading what he said, you realize
the importance of choosing your parents wisely.”
Widely regarded as the first study group offered
in Washington by any college or university, Jacobsen’s experiment was also Colgate’s first semesterlong off-campus experience. It became the model
for a distinguishing feature of the modern academic
program; today, nearly two in every three Colgate
students participate in one or more of the university’s 20-plus faculty-led study groups in the United
States and abroad.
More than 60 Washington Study Group alumni
responded to an e-mail inviting reminiscences for
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this story. Their comments illustrate the program’s
impact on participants’ lives across seven decades.
Capacity for judgment
Throughout its history, the study group has melded
rigorous study with practical experience. Working
from “basic textbooks and supplementary readings,”
wrote Jacobsen, students in that first study group
“secured a balanced viewpoint representing both
the theoretical and the practical, the close-up and
the long-range perspective.”
With that same balance as a constant goal, the
syllabus has evolved to include two courses and
from government, interest groups, think tanks, and
the media, students hone their understanding of the
substance and politics of a chosen issue. Then, operating like a congressional committee and following
parliamentary procedure, the students mark up a bill
that is central to the issue at hand.
This year’s group researched President Obama’s
health care plan. Earlier groups have studied such
topics as reinventing government, impeachment,
and campaign finance. Joel Omansky ’00 said his
group’s examination of Social Security “was the first
time something I was studying had direct real-world
implications. It was a fascinating insight into how
Washington works, in a
way that a policy textbook could never quite
describe.”
“The students get to
be impressive experts
on these subjects,”
said Brubaker, “and
when they interview
someone, they knock their socks off.” While studying constitutional aspects of the War on Terror, the
2006 study group interviewed Georgetown’s David
Cole, the principal author of a statement by major
law professors who opposed wiretapping by the National Security Agency. “Cole commented that in all
of the interviews he had had on the subject — with
congressional staff, members of Congress, and the
media — he had never been asked such astute and
informed questions,” wrote Brubaker in that year’s
annual report.
“When they interview someone, they
knock their socks off.”
— Prof. Stanley Brubaker
a detailed case study in addition to the required
12-week internship. During their first two weeks in
Washington, today’s students are immersed in a
daily seminar titled “Our Changing Constitutional
Order,” which Brubaker describes as covering “a
week’s worth of material in each class meeting.”
Texts on the five-page-long reading list include the
U.S. Constitution, The Federalist Papers, works on
historical realignments of the political parties, a
couple dozen of the Supreme Court’s “greatest hits,”
Antonin Scalia’s A Matter of Interpretation, and the
daily Washington Post, among many others.
That course and an eight-week seminar on political organization (Readings and Research on American Government) sharpen students’ understanding
of their experience. “We want our courses to help
students understand that some of what they see is
ephemeral,” said Brubaker. “We want students to develop a capacity for judgment as citizens — to make
the distinction between what’s new and what’s
important.”
In the final seven weeks of the semester, overlapping their internships, students examine a contemporary policy issue in depth. Through extensive
reading and a series of interviews with key players
Hands on
Just as academic work enlightens students’ internships, the real-world internships enrich their
understanding of the political science literature, said
Brubaker. The Readings and Research on American
Government seminar contributes to that exchange
by providing background on organizational theory
and decision-making, at the same time bringing
students together to discuss and compare their
internships.
Bert Levine ’63, a former Washington lobbyist who now teaches political science at Rutgers,
has led the group three times. “Lots of schools see
History
internships as a kind of vocational preparation,” said
Levine. “Colgate makes the internships a part of the
academic experience, bringing that discussion into
the seminar room to amplify and add nuance.”
Today, Washington-based Robert Samuels, a PhD
with extensive government agency experience,
assists the study group directors in overseeing the
details of the internship program and teaching in
the readings and research seminar.
Professor Joseph Wagner, who led a group in the
late 1980s, describes the approach to internships as
having “a liberal arts emphasis. We engage students
in seeing the world not just as practical problems
that need solutions, but as intellectual puzzles about
what makes government work. We develop their understanding of how difficult it is to run a democracy.”
Working 30 to 40 hours a week in political offices,
government agencies, think tanks, or in the media,
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students have a wealth of practical experiences to
draw on. Tricia Keith Baione ’99 had been interning in the White House press office for just ten days
when the Monica Lewinsky scandal broke. As an
intern in the foreign affairs division of the Library
of Congress, Bill Schmeh ’59 drafted speeches for
members of the House and Senate. Chas Schmitz ’01
was interning in Sen. Joseph Lieberman’s press office
when Al Gore picked Lieberman as his running mate
D o n a l d Fo l ey ’ 3 8 g r ew u p i n H a m ilton,
t h e s o n o f a fa c u l t y m e m b e r. H e wrote
o f t h e 1 9 3 6 g r o u p , “ I t w a s a p a r t icularly
wo n d e r f u l ex p e r i e n c e f o r m e t o get this
i m m e r s i o n i n t h e o u t - t h e r e wo r l d of
Wa s h i n g t o n .”
Frank Godson ’48 wrote of Washington
Study Group creator Paul Jacobsen: “‘Jake’
knew that by seeding a young mind with
unforgettable experiences, understanding
would be reaped years later.”
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(Schmitz also interned in the clerk’s office at the
Supreme Court). After being fired from a summer job
for unionizing the dish room at Jackson Lake Lodge
in Grand Teton National Park, Ted Vaill ’62 interned
at the concessions management division of the
National Park Service (payback ensued).
Between internships and the academic workload,
“It’s an enormously complicated, taxing thing these
students do,” said Professor Tim Byrnes, who led
the groups in 2008 and 2009. He selected student
participants on the basis of academic performance,
personal flexibility, and interest. “Especially in Washington, you need a group who are going to take their
responsibility seriously,” he said. “They are going
to represent Colgate in the highest rungs of professional institutions.”
Kelly McKallagat ’05 acknowledged the workload:
“I’m not going to lie. At times we were all miserable.
It wasn’t a ‘fun’ study group, but it was an amazing
experience. Sitting around a conference table with
12 other students who were driven, committed, passionate, and bright made me want to do more and
do better.” Today McKallagat is a lawyer in the Office
of General Counsel for the Department of the Navy.
“I would not be a lawyer if I had not gone on the
study group,” she wrote.
Witness to history
For more than seven decades, students on the Washington Study Group have taken a front-row seat for
historical events that ranged from the declaration of
war to the inauguration, resignation, and impeachment of presidents.
“I was an eyewitness to history,” wrote Jim
Milmoe ’69 of his experience on the study group led
by Professor David Stern in 1968, a year that would
see the Poor People’s March on Washington, the
assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., Robert Kennedy’s presidential candidacy and assassination, and
Robert McCallum ’43 was on the Washington
Study Group in December 1941 when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. “I was standing within
25 yards of the West Wing when I heard from a
bystander’s portable radio that the bombing was
in progress,” he wrote in his class’s World War
II Memoirs. A short while later, classmates Noel
Rubinton, Bill Barber, and Ed Jones were at the steps
of the State Department when Japanese Ambassador Kichisaburo Nomura and Special Envoy Saburo
Kurusu arrived for a fateful meeting with Secretary
of State Cordell Hull — Barber and Jones appeared in
the background of Life
magazine’s photo of Nomura and Kurusu from
that day. The following
day, Bob Beitz ’43 was in
the visitors’ gallery to
hear President Franklin
Roosevelt deliver his
famous “A Day Which
Will Live in Infamy” speech to Congress, seeking a
declaration of war.
A year later, in December 1942, the Class of ’43
would graduate six months early so the men could
join the armed services. The Washington Study
Group was suspended during the war years, resum-
“It wasn’t a ‘fun’ study group, but it
was an amazing experience.”
— Kelly McKallagat ’05
a country divided over the war in Vietnam. “My New
Frontier optimism was about to end, and an education in the realities of politics was about to begin,”
wrote Milmoe. “I went back to Colgate that fall with
a lifetime of experiences and a conviction that a life
in politics was not for me.”
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c a r e e r i n p o l i t i c s a n d g ove r n m e n t affairs,
w r o t e , “T h e s t u d y g r o u p a f f e c t e d my
e n t i r e l i f e a n d g a ve m e a g r e a t b a ck g r o u n d f o r eve r y t h i n g I h a ve d o n e .”
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For some, the group had the opposite effect:
“I think most of us went to Washington
in hopes o f getting started in a career in
politics,” wrote Bruce Clark ’62 . “As far as
I know, being on the study group cured us all
of that ambition.”
ing in fall 1947, again under Jacobsen’s leadership.
A 1947 press release reported that 55 of the 80 students who had participated in the eight pre-war
study groups had gone off to war.
Less than 30 years later, the United States
was at war again, this time in Vietnam, and the
mood in the nation was decidedly different. Mark
Nozette ’71 was in Washington in spring 1970 on
the study group led by Professor Edgar Shor. As
the war escalated with the invasion of Cambodia,
campuses across the country were in turmoil. After
six students died in clashes with police and the National Guard during war protests at Kent State and
Jackson State, an ad hoc committee of the House
of Representatives convened to hear student views
on the policy in Southeast Asia. Nozette, who was
the newly elected vice president of the student
body, testified. “Many of my peers do not wish to
see lives taken — be they Vietnamese, Laotian,
Cambodian, or their very own — for what they
consider to be a worthless cause,” Nozette told the
committee during his extended remarks.
As an intern, Nozette often represented Congressman Ben Rosenthal when students came to
the office. “I don’t think you could say where the
job stopped and the academic work began. It all
became part of one,” recalled Nozette, whose study
group experience influenced his decision to study
law.
Don Foley ’38 saw Franklin Roosevelt’s second
inauguration (“We stood on a roof of the Capitol in a
drizzle looking down at the ceremony”). Jim Adams
’70 witnessed Richard Nixon’s first inauguration
(“probably 20,000 people, 10 percent of the Obama
Lewis ’94). And Byrnes said he organized his 2009
study group to attend Barack Obama’s inauguration
together as their first event of the year (“the biggest
crowd I’ve been in in my life, and a wonderful way
to be introduced to Washington for the semester”).
Anne MacDonald ’00 attended the Clinton
impeachment hearing; “An interesting time to be an
‘intern,’” she wrote.
Frank Godson ’48
was in the gallery
when President
Truman addressed
a special session
of Congress; “Since
we were the only
group of its kind
in Washington at the time, we had access to most
of the leaders of Congress, one cabinet member, and
one Supreme Court justice.”
Larry Kenna ’68 saw smoke billowing over downtown Washington as he hitchhiked down Connecticut Avenue with classmates Tom Blatner ’69 and
Ray Elliott ’69. “A black man pulled over and told us
to get in,” Kenna recalled. “He told us that Dr. Martin
Luther King had been shot and that the smoke we
saw was the result of rioting and the burning of
businesses in the predominantly black section of the
“Every morning brought a new headline
about the Watergate scandal.”
— Peter Coniglio ’74
crowd”). Peter Coniglio ’74 had standing room for
Nixon’s second inauguration (“every morning
brought a new headline in the Washington Post
about the Watergate scandal”). Margie Palladino
’82 recalled Ronald Reagan’s inauguration (“and
his attempted assassination, and the release of the
American hostages in Iran after 444 days”). Through
a contact with future Clinton press secretary Mike
McCurry, Prof. Levine secured tickets for the ’93
group to attend President Clinton’s MTV inauguration ball (“the toughest ticket in the city,” said Brian
1980s
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ins p i r e d by t h a t s e m e s t e r.” N ow a T V exe cutive in
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Attorney Susan Eckert ’85 met Senators Lloyd Bentsen and Ted
Kennedy while interning for study group alumna Laurie Sedlmayr
’78 in Arizona Senator Dennis DeConcini’s office, and volunteered
for Gary Hart’s presidential campaign: “The 1984 group provided an
essential foundation for my career representing labor unions and
employees and shaped my interest in politics and public service.”
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Finding John Dean
In the spring of 1971, our group had an interview in the Executive Office Building with the
Nixon Administration’s official in charge of
Indian affairs. I don’t remember anything he
said, but I do remember that after the interview,
Jim Capalino ’72 and I went off on our own in
search of another administration official whom
we heard had attended Colgate, at least for two
years. He had a job we didn’t know much about:
counselor to the president. His name was John
Dean. Watergate was still just a fancy apartment complex near the Potomac.
Security was different back then. No one
bothered us — two college kids wandering the
halls of the Executive Office Building. We found
Dean’s office, told his secretary we were from
Colgate, and asked if he was free to talk to us.
He was. I think he talked about his job and his
two years in Hamilton. What I remember most
was that in the midst of our impromptu interview, Dean got a phone call, whispered something, then asked if he could have a moment
alone. After a few minutes, we were invited back
into his office. Dean didn’t explain the mysterious call. It was more than a year before the
break-in at Democratic Party headquarters at
the Watergate, and before Dean warned Nixon
about the “cancer on the presidency,” but I’d like
to imagine that was the phone call that started
it all.
city. He was on his way to his own business to see if
he could save it.”
Blatner worked on Robert Kennedy’s primary run,
and recalled walking through Washington’s burning
streets with him. Lyndon Johnson withdrew from
his race for reelection that spring; Steven Naclerio
’68 stayed “Clean for Gene,” working on the presidential campaign of Eugene McCarthy.
The people they met
From tea at the White House with Eleanor Roosevelt,
to in-depth interviews with policy makers, to chance
encounters with national figures, members of the
Washington Study Group have contact with the
people who make and interpret history.
Jim Milmoe’s “heart still races” when he recalls
standing next to Robert Kennedy at the St. Stephen’s
altar on Ash Wednesday. Entering the Senate elevator, Jack Schramm ’53 “crashed into Nixon. He was
quite gracious,” he said. The “nice older man” who
led Amy Mason ’99 and her disoriented tour group
back to their starting point turned out to be Wisconsin Senator Herb Kohl.
Professor Robert Elder introduced Jesse Etelson
’55 and the members of his study group by name to
Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn. “When we left,”
wrote Etelson, “Rayburn acknowledged each of us by
name.” Bruce Clark ’62 and the members of his study
group had a different experience meeting J. Edgar
Hoover: “We each shook his hand and then were
waved to a door at the other side of the room, which
we presumed was his conference room. We found
ourselves in a hallway.”
Kirk Raab ’59 and members of his group interviewed Senator Lyndon Johnson and Congressman
Jerry Ford: “We all felt they were going to do big and
important things some day,” Raab remembered. Tom
Blatner described a “ghost-like encounter with Congressmen Cheney and Rumsfeld” in 1968. Nearly two
decades later, Ted Price ’87 would intern in Cheney’s
office.
Marvin Morse and Alvin Goldstein and their
1949 classmates, who had witnessed the drama in
Washington when Harry Truman defeated Thomas
Dewey, were invited to join the president in the Oval
Office for a group photo that ran in the New York
Times.
In-depth interviews with Washington figures
have long been a feature of the Washington Study
Group. “People are almost always happy to see us
because they know Colgate students will do a good
job,” said Brubaker. While many prominent names
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— Bob Minzesheimer ’72
(who became a political reporter and later a
book critic with USA Today)
Heidi Belden Peiper ’93 moved back home to Seattle
after a post-graduation stint in Senator Pete Domenici’s
press office. “Even though I’m not in the political arena
anymore, I learned so many skills that I use every day,”
she wrote. “And I never see a Stat e of the Union or an
inauguration the same way.”
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surface in alumni recollections of those interviews,
no one is mentioned more than Supreme Court
Justice Antonin Scalia, who first met with the group
in 1988 and has been back almost every year since.
“Justice Scalia does it with such great humor,”
said Brubaker. “There may be a moment where
and collaborated on a related PBS documentary,
which has subsequently been viewed in more than
80 countries. Today they head the International
Center on Nonviolent Conflict, where Ackerman is
the founding chair and DuVall is the president and
founding director. They met with study groups in
2008 and 2009.
When Peter Coniglio ’74 talks to the
group about the ethical
obligations of executive branch employees,
he speaks from the
perspective of someone
with experience in the
Department of Justice, the Treasury Department,
and the General Services Administration, but also
with a memory of Washington in 1973, when the
Watergate scandal was in full bloom. Of that spring,
he remembered, “it appeared the wheels were coming off our government, and perhaps the country.”
Senate Parliamentarian Alan Frumin ’68 played a
central role in this year’s health care decision. “He is
unparalleled in what he tells students about the history of the Senate,” said Prof. Byrnes, “and he gives
the greatest tour of the Capitol imaginable.”
The names and events change across the years,
but the quality of the experience remains constant.
As both a constitutional scholar with an appreciation for the enduring legacy of James Madison
— and a study group director building on the lessons
and performances of people like Ed Shor, David Stern,
and, above all, Paul Jacobsen — a reflective Stanley
Brubaker said, “I am struck by how fortunate we are
to live in the heritage that they’ve given us.”
“It’s an enormously complicated,
taxing thing these students do.”
— Prof. Tim Byrnes
students are intimidated — he’s such a presence and
he’s also pugnacious — but then they realize his playful manner and become engaged. He comes back
because our students are prepared. They’re ready
with the argument and he’s willing to take them on.”
Students also frequently interview Colgate
alumni, some of whom are study group alumni
themselves. Peter Ackerman ’68 and Jack DuVall
’68 were friends at Colgate and on the 1967 study
group. Thirty years later, they co-wrote the book A
Force More Powerful: A Century of Nonviolent Conflict
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e-mail inviting reminiscences for this story.
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“ M y experiences in DC helped to sharpen my focus and
d e t ermine that I was most interested in the legislative
b ra nch and wanted to be with those helping to make policy
d e c i sions,” wrote Alli O’Leary ’08 , who works today as a
l e g i slative aide in the Massachusetts State House.
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Diary From Haiti
By Sophie Paris ’97
I
was standing on 50th and First when the faint
ring of my cell phone reached my ears through
the din of Manhattan traffic. It was a corner I
know well, from my years of coming and going
into the photo unit on the ninth floor of the United
Nations.
I was heading to the UN offices to meet and
shoot the secretary general, one of the many kinds
of assignments on my docket. I was running late, but
juggled my heavy bag of camera bodies and lenses
as I considered whether to answer my phone. It was
my father — an odd time for him to call.
“Where are you?” he asked.
“On my way to a shoot; why, what’s wrong?”
“It’s all over the news. Haiti’s had a terrible earthquake. I don’t want to alarm you, but it sounds bad.”
He didn’t have to say more for me to realize the
harsh implications. During my eight years of working my way up from darkroom assistant to staff
photographer, I’d spent two-and-a-half of them
documenting MINUSTAH, the UN’s mission to bring
security, reduce political turmoil, and facilitate elections in Haiti. I had lived on the island, crisscrossing
its mountains, learning Creole and French, and falling in love with its kind, spirited people. That assignment had ended three years ago, but of the 300 UN
civilian staff still in Port au Prince [PAP], I knew half
of them well. A dozen remained close friends. I heard
myself exhale as my head became crowded with
questions. But of one thing I was certain: I had to get
to Haiti.
The following entries are excerpted from my
notes and e-mails about the journey that ensued.
Clockwise, from top: A young boy tries to break through the
rubble of his home in the Haitian slum of Nerette.
Workers in the U.N. Development Programme’s Cash
for Work program line up to receive payment at the Sant
Triyaj Fatra in the Kafoufey neighborhood of Port-auPrince. Every 15 days, a new batch of 1,500 people is hired;
with a 6,000-person wait list for street cleaner jobs, they
cannot work for the program again. Each is paid a little over
minimum wage, 180 Haitian Gourdes per day.
Mourning the loss of more than 230,000 people, a
commemoration of the one-month anniversary of the
earthquake began with prayer services throughout
Port-au-Prince. On Champs de Mars, thousands of people
crowded around the square, dancing and singing their
prayers, led by a preacher over a loudspeaker.
Nearby, a boy prayed in front of the collapsed National
Palace.
1/12/10
New York City
A confounding, dark blur of updates arrives hour by
hour: A 7.0 earthquake has ripped across the capital
city of Haiti. Seventy percent of the buildings are
in rubble. Scarce gasoline and food supplies are
now gone. The airport is damaged and shut down.
Churches, schools, hospitals — even the maximum
security prison — are badly damaged. Looting is getting out of control. A million people are homeless; up
to 200,000 are trapped inside buildings or have been
crushed to death. Late into the night, I hover over
a small television with my coworkers. No one asks
the cutting question out loud, but it gnaws at our
silence. What about the UN headquarters, housed in
the relatively modern and sturdy Christopher Hotel?
Did our colleagues survive? Then, at close to midnight, CNN breaks the news. The UN headquarters
had collapsed at 4:56 p.m., while the building was
humming with staff. It is simply too hard to accept,
too hard to comprehend. Before I go to bed, I write
an e-mail:
Dearest Family – As you all have heard, there has
been a massive earthquake in Haiti. Thank God most
of my friends have been accounted for (Gille’s fam,
Gaelle, Cyril, Logan, and many others); however,
many of my colleagues are unaccounted for … Just
spoke to Logan, the UN photog who replaced me,
and it is really bad … a lot of people evacuated the
UNHQ building before it crumbled, but a lot were
still in it. … I am literally begging my boss to send me
down there to cover the situation …
Trying to get in with OCHA, the UN’s emergency
management arm … I have two friends from the
graduate program I attended last year at the International Center of Photography who are going, so we
decided that we would go together … Most journalists I know left tonight for Santo Domingo to get
into PAP by dawn. Amazingly, Getty called me and
asked me for contacts/fixers etc. in PAP. Just makes
me want to get there that much more… xoxooxoxox
1/13/10
I have 12 hours to rearrange my life — convince the
UN that they have to send me. I argue that I know
the city and country well, speak the languages,
and, as a photographer and photo editor, know the
demands of working in dangerous situations among
people in crisis. I’ve survived muggings, gun fights,
robberies, and a few bouts of malaria. In the process,
I’ve taken my emotional hits and have seen my share
of death and decimation, but it’s also taught me my
limits — how to get through it and keep going.
For the next 36 hours, when not lobbying for my
departure, I establish a relay from a computer on a
military desk in Haiti. Logan Abassi and our second
UN photographer, Marco Dormino, will send me
their images via satellite in New York. Logan tells me
that he’d been inside the entrance of the UN headquarters when the terrible cracking and shaking
began. With only a camera bag on his shoulder, he
leapt outside and was among the last to escape. He
tells me about trying to pull others out of the towering stacks of concrete before his instincts to just go
shoot take over…He tells me that he traveled by foot
and whatever means he could along the decimated
streets of the city to his apartment at the Montana
Hotel, but found nothing but wreckage. Marco
and Logan are on an adrenaline-fueled odyssey of
shooting without food or sleep. I stay up with them,
editing and feeding their images of the first hours of
the tragedy to the best publications in the world.
1/15/10
It is clear to me that Logan and Marco will soon
collapse from exhaustion and the psychic toll of living through so much tragedy. David Wimhurst, the
chief of the public information office in Haiti, has
sent an urgent request to UNHQ for me to be sent
as soon as possible. Together, we’ve been lobbying
every bigwig involved. Unsure if it will be approved,
I pack my duffel bag anyway with the essentials to
survive what could be an indefinite ordeal: mosquito
repellent, lighters, batteries, medicines (especially
to avoid malaria, dysentery, and dehydration), knife,
soap, precious toilet paper, sleeping bag, and my
well-used but dependable hiking boots that will let
me walk through blood, excrement, and mud. I add
to that my requisite iPod, two novels, a few candles,
my Powerbook, and as much photo equipment as I
can carry. Last but not least, I throw in a corkscrew. I
haven’t forgotten my Colgate roots. But I wonder if
I’ll ever taste another bottle of wine.
1/16/10
At last, it’s happening. I’m leaving for Haiti tomorrow. I show up at UN headquarters at 5:00 a.m. and
join Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s carpool to JFK.
How did this happen? I wouldn’t hear “no.” Maybe
everyone got tired of fighting me. I hope I wasn’t
obnoxious. But it worked, and I am keyed up and
frightened beyond belief to reach Haitian soil.
1/17/10
Sent from temporary UN headquarters, end of the
runway, PAP airport
Dearest Fam– It’s a total hellhole here and we might
as well be at war in terms of sleeping arrangements.
Nowhere to even pitch a tent! … I’m fine though, just
hot, mosquitoes everywhere, lots of dirt and dust
and people who are miserable. My UN colleagues
are NOT ok, I repeat they should all be evacuated and
new staff flown in. They pulled two guys out of the
UN building today, one of them while the SG was
here so shot that. So exhausted I will sleep fine on a
floor, have my mat and sleeping bag. Nighty night
and will give you much more of an update tomorrow. LOVE YOU ALL! xoxoxoox
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1/20/10
Hi Dad – I’m absolutely exhausted … Too busy to not
sleep at logbase. Also roads are not very clear, so
hard to get anywhere unless you are on a motorcycle. Most of the dead have been picked up from
the streets, though you see an occasional body and
you can certainly smell bodies that are still stuck in
the buildings … lots of UN people died, people who I
still can’t believe are gone … going to the Christopher
Hotel is just too painful. I went when Ban Ki-moon
was here, but was able to put it out of my head and
just shoot but it smelled of rotting corpses and to
think that some of my friends died because they
were walking down the stairs at the wrong time
is just unfathomable. Anyway, I’m dealing with it
because everyone around me is … We watched (and I
photographed) 17 Brazilian military who died put on
a plane today after a ceremony. There will be many,
many more memorial services to go to. Tomorrow, I
will tell you about the people of Haiti, who are faring
much worse than the UN people. xoxoxooxo
1/21/10
Hi All – We had a 6.1 earthquake this a.m., but I am
fine. I was sleeping in my tent with a colleague and
she and I panicked fumbling with the zipper on the
door but by the time we got out of the tent it was
over … This is exactly why we are all sleeping outside.
xoxoxoxo
1/26/10
Dear Friends and Family – Unfortunately my
Blackberry was taken from a pocket in my cargo
pants yesterday when Pres. Preval decided to appear
on the lawn of the collapsed presidential palace.
There is a camp full of thousands of people who
Left to right, top to bottom: Bodies of unidentified earthquake victims were brought from the morgue in Port-auPrince to be buried in eight mass graves in an area called Ti
Tanyen. A Catholic priest oversaw the burials.
Marie Jose, one of several citizen supervisors of the
U.N. Development Programme’s Cash for Work program
in the Kafoufey neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, stands
in the rubble that was once her house. The author tells her
story on page 41.
About 50,000 internally displaced people made a
makeshift tent camp on the golf course of the Petionville
Club, a private golf and tennis club in Port-au-Prince.
Teetering in the remains of the Christopher Hotel,
formerly the headquarters of MINUSTAH (the United Nations stabilization mission in Haiti), an engineer removes
photographs of officials that were still hanging on their
hooks, including the mission’s leaders, who were among the
96 staff members who perished in the earthquake.
Protection for recipients of food aid like this woman
and her 20-kilogram bag of rice became an essential part
of relief efforts. The U.S. Army and Peruvian peacekeepers
working for MINUSTAH provided security for a World Food
Programme distribution, coordinated by the international
humanitarian aid organization GOAL, at the makeshift
camp in Place St. Pierre in Petionville.
A MINUSTAH memorial service for the military peacekeepers who lost their lives in the earthquake.
are homeless directly in front of the palace where I
happened to be, so I ran over to try to get a shot of
everyone screaming through the fence at him. They
were chanting that Preval should leave, that he is
“kaka” and a thief and that they want Aristide back
… anyway, I got in the middle of a lot of people and
someone clipped it … xxxxoooo
1/28/10
Excerpt of message sent from Boston by Sophie’s
father, Jay, to friends and relatives
Recently, Sophie asked me to share her news. We
were very pleased to hear her voice. Her voice was
raspy from bronchial inflammation, a chronic health
issue for most in PAP, where the irritants from dust
and molecular debris continue to suffuse the air.
She is living in a tent at the entrance to the UN
compound located 60 yards from the runway of the
international airport, where planes and helicopters
rumble in and out around the clock. Even though she
arrived a few hours too late to get a cot or a pillow,
she spoke of how quickly you accept these shortcomings when you spend your days among people who
are still starving, dehydrated, and homeless … most
of the original staff who survived are being relieved
because the various and frightening symptoms
of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder are increasingly
evident — depression, spontaneous crying jags,
inability to concentrate, mania at work, and hostility — hard to witness but especially difficult among
depleted colleagues and dear friends.
… she has hired a local Haitian with a motorcycle
to provide her daily transportation (US$35 a day,
cash). She said he is an expert if audacious driver
who has been instrumental in helping her file two
photo stories a day. They roam the city and occasionally the countryside for developments, returning
at night to a workstation where she edits her shots
for a few hours and files them to the wire services
before the 10:00 p.m. deadline. Then up at dawn to
start the process over, seven days a week …
Last Thursday she and her driver left the city to
do a story on the mass graves and gravediggers 30
miles from PAP. The burial ground they discovered
had hundreds of corpses arriving by the hour as the
bulldozers cleared loam from a pit almost as large
as a football field. Only a short distance away was a
pristine beach, empty, with Caribbean water as clear
and blue as the opulent and manicured 5-star shores
of Campo Rojo in the Dominican Republic, not even
100 miles away. Far off, she could see a grey dust
cloud hovering over the damaged hills of PAP. She
said she swam, finally bathing for the first time…
2/2/10
Hi Dad – I’m losing it; Gaelle, my best friend here, is
on her way to pick me up now, we are going to go up
into the mountains to breathe some fresh air. Can’t
pick up my camera today. Tomorrow I will shoot the
WHO vaccination campaign and amputees who
have to be re-amputated as well as looters. Saw a
guy get shot on Saturday night, was shooting the
looters downtown and a US private security dude
killed him … I need a break. So I’m taking today off
and will be totally refreshed tomorrow. The UN
photog from Lebanon is arriving next Tuesday, when
he gets acclimated I will leave for 2 days to the DR for
a bed, food and hot shower. I think I’ve lost 20lbs?!
My pants are falling off of me. I’m working so much
and really only eat one meal a day, plus I have no appetite. Please don’t be worried, I’m fine just in a bad
bad mood today and fed up …
Met Sean Penn last night! He just walked into logbase and I ran right into him as I was chowing down
on a piece of chicken! I shared it with him. He’s been
here for 11 days living in an IDP [internally displaced
persons] camp. He’s a nice guy, totally normal! Oh,
and I had a respiratory infection, not sure if I mentioned that, so am on cipro and vitamin C. Within
two days I started feeling MUCH better. LOVE YOU!
xoxoxo
2/5/10
CARMI!!!! … I really appreciate your sending all
of these emails and it makes me feel so good to
read all of them! … Angelina Jolie is coming next
week and only an Italian photographer and I are
allowed to shoot her, which will be interesting!
XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXXO
2/8/10
Hi Sus – I’m still in desperate need of a break. I think
you are absolutely right that we need to put ourselves on a schedule of regular break days. Problem
is that all UN MINUSTAH staff have been evacuated
and they are being replaced by people from peacekeeping missions all over the world. I have now
been here longer than any of the people who came
from NY or other missions … Everyone else who has
come are coming for 2 weeks only, it makes me feel
very much alone (except for the head of the mission,
Edmond Mulet, who I absolutely adore, he and I are
comrades, when we see each other we almost burst
into tears, including in front of Preval!).
Today my old roommates sent me a video they
made with the song “3 is the magic number” as the
music, and just seeing my house and them made me
cry. I’m happy to be here and realize that I’m resilient
(not as much as the Haitians of course); however, it is
so hard to hear the same stories over and over again
about people who lost all their children and a leg or
arm. And people are not happy about having their
photos taken lately.
…One of my colleagues who was evacuated is
returning next week with cash and a blackberry
from Alejandro. Alejandro has been amazing, I transferred money into his account and he took it out in
cash, bought me a new blackberry etc and went to
my apartment and collected a bunch of things that
will make me happy to have here. So funny what
makes you happy, I want a specific tee shirt, a voice
recorder, a specific necklace and ring. I want mascara
and more socks and the book I was reading.
I’ve been giving my laundry to a woman who
cleans the bathrooms here at logbase, but it takes
4 days to get the laundry back, so I go 4 days in the
same clothes every 10 days. And the clothes smell
worse than they did when I gave them to her! I think
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she cleans them in some dirty river in PAP and I half
expect to see my clothes drying in one of the IDP
camps I’m shooting!
… A school director I met took me to his school
that collapsed; he wants to build a new one (there
are no schools anymore) so I took his picture and got
a list of everything he needs. He has found a place to
rebuild. I’m going to raise money for him to do this.
There are no prisons and all 4000 prisoners
escaped, so the police are shooting people, or at
least shooting them in the hand to punish them for
looting and robbing, etc. … The best is that the police
steal from the looters! I’ve witnessed it. Already
escaped prisoners are starting to run certain neighborhoods. Everywhere I go people tell me how NGOs
drop off food and as soon as they leave the Zenglendo (Creole for bad guys) come out with guns and
steal all of it and give it to their own families … there
are people shooting and robbing people downtown.
The smell of dead bodies is dissipating, but you
still get a good strong whiff every now and then.
The mass graves that I shot a couple weeks ago were
horrendous, but then at the same time they weren’t
even humans to me. I don’t mean to be dramatic, but
that’s how I felt. I was actually listening to U2 with
headphones as I shot it. A surreal moment for sure,
but it is all surreal.
My friend, photographer Marco Di Lauro, who
I have been spending a lot of time with, has introduced me to a bunch of photographers … They have
all been very sweet to me and actually realize that
they need me. I should start a business “fixing” for
photogs in Haiti. I give so much information out
about everything because I know this place so well …
Bill Clinton was here last Friday with our beloved
Paul Farmer, which I shot …
I’ve seen more dying, starving children … The
American doctors don’t know what to do. They are
giving them Pedialite, but that’s all they can do. And
of course when they find out I work for the UN they
Left to right, top to bottom: At the Handicap International
prosthetic clinic in downtown Port-au-Prince, amputees
are fitted with new legs and taught how to walk again.
A new campsite, Santos 17, with tents provided by the
disaster relief charity Shelter Box, was set up by the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the Dominican
Civil Defense, and the Civil Defense Directorate to provide
shelter for about 1,400 people.
School in a Box opened on Monday, February 15, with
306 students in attendance at the IDP (Internally Displaced Persons) camp at La Centre Sportif in the sprawling
slum of Carrefour. UNICEF partnered with the Danish Red
Cross to provide two large tents along with desks to be
used as temporary elementary schools. Teachers trained by
the Red Cross work with traumatized children.
People in the slum of Cite Soleil line up for a food and
water distribution from the World Food Programme.
Two young girls help with the removal of rubble at what
used to be the Petionville market in Port-au-Prince.
A couple pose outside of their new home; 194 families
(about 4,000 people) resettled into a site in Croix-desBouquets that IOM, Shelter Box, and the Dominican Civil
Defense built and maintain.
ask me to help save these children and what the hell
can I do? Nothing. I’m sure this sounds bleak, and it
is, but food distributions have picked up in the last
3 or 4 days, and UNICEF along with ACTED has been
installing water bladders in the camps … xxooo
2/10/10
Dear Fam – The tremors are weaker and weaker, I’ve
actually gotten so used to them that I don’t even
feel them … Confirmed with Michelle, my new boss,
today that I’m going to Santo Domingo for three
nights next week/weekend … plan on lying in bed for
three days and ordering room service (with an emphasis on veggies, I have had the equivalent of one
tomato and a handful of lettuce since I’ve been here,
and for those of you who have eaten with me, you
know that that’s not acceptable!), swimming in the
pool, and of course taking many hot, clean showers.
I might move into Gaelle’s place because she has
an extra bedroom; by MINUSTAH rules I must not
live anywhere in PAP because they are sure that
there will be another devastating quake. I need to
be sane in order to work and therefore need a bed, a
hot shower, and real food. It has been cleared by Canadian engineers as being safe to live in. It’s in Paco
near the Palais. But little by little, it gets better.
2/11/10
Hi dad – I have my new BB and I’m in heaven. On my
way to Jacmel to shoot two stories. … Lots of armed
gangs again, and huge demonstrations. Ran into a
gang checkpoint yesterday (if you can call it that;
more like they want to stop you and rob you), my
moto driver was scared but I’m calm in these situations, so I started joking around with them, and one
of them recognized me from 2004! He was thrilled to
see me and told me how he escaped from the prison
during the earthquake then gave me his phone# and
told me to call him if I have any problems. Love it!
This means I can work freely in Bel Mir anyway. All
makes me chuckle. Xxxooo
3/6/10
Dear Fam – Haiti is transitioning again into partial
cleanup mode; rains have started and camps are
turning into mini-slum cities. And suddenly the UN
has reorganized itself. Peacekeepers are patrolling
again and doing a lot of work to clean debris, provide
medical aid, feed people, etc. So there are all sorts of
things to shoot. We also resumed regular helicopter
service to all the regions so now I can travel and
shoot stories outside of PAP. I just completed two assignments, one from UNDP [United Nations Development Programme] and one from the International
Postal Union in Geneva. Feedback from both editors
was very positive and they want to “hire” me in the
future to shoot assignments for them — FINALLY!
Which brings me to: I resigned from my post in
NY yesterday and I am officially a MINUSTAH staff
member. I have an FS5 post, which is better than
what I had when I left here in 2007. I have a temporary post for 3 months. They may want to keep me…
I am supporting a lovely family whom I met
through a UNDP assignment. Marie Jose lost her
husband and daughter, but has her grandchildren
and three other kids to look after. They live on the
street, and she works for the Cash for Work program,
which gives 180 Gourdes per day to men and women
to clean the street. It’s a nice project.
Marie Jose has been supporting her whole block
on her salary. I spent four days with her family and
just fell for them all. I am having “dinner” with them
under their tarp tomorrow. Her daughter is giving
me Creole lessons in exchange for English and MJ
is cooking dinner for us … She insists on feeding me
whenever I’m around and won’t take money. But I’ve
given them money for tents, clothes, and food (after I
was done with my assignment, of course!).
MJ is a very talented singer and dancer and has
a beautiful presence; I’m just blown away by this
woman and her resilience and determination to not
give up and to do anything she can for her family.
xoxoxooxox
M
Postscript, May 6, 2010
y first 33 days in Haiti after the earthquake is a blur to me now. I have never
felt exhaustion, both physical and
emotional, so intensely in my life. I am
still in shock that my beloved little Haiti experienced
something so devastating. This is the first time that
I have seen both the elite and the poor suffering simultaneously, with the loss of homes and loved ones
across the socio-economic plane, and this is very
significant. In a country where two percent of the
population holds 90 percent of the wealth, and there
is virtually no middle class and no public education
system, everything is disproportionate.
I have always been amazed by the ability of the
Haitian people to create homes, musical instruments, transportation, artwork, or children’s toys out
of nothing. Now, they have maintained their dignity
in the face of utter chaos. Watching people scavenge
for metal rods in collapsed buildings to ingeniously
build homemade wheelchairs for the thousands
of amputees, I am simply blown away. Instead of
waiting for a solution to fall from the sky, people
are proactively finding a way to move on with life.
Sometimes it brings me to tears, but more often
than not, it forces me to engage in a reality that, as
extreme and intense as it is, I’m in love with.
The debris is slowly being removed and new
“settlement camps” are being built for the homeless
to move into before the heavy rainy season begins.
Schools have re-opened in the IDP camps, some in
makeshift tents made of a stick with a bedsheet over
it, the lucky ones in large tents and with school materials from UNICEF and Oxfam — and they are all
tuition free. The Haitian people are emerging with
a greater hope for their country — so culturally rich,
with so much potential — than ever before. My work
here is sustained by these people who are tougher
than hell.
Editor’s note: See more of Paris’s photos from Haiti
and read about her photographic roots at www.
colgatealumni.org/scene.
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Andrew Daddio
stay connected
Get to
to know:
Know:Heidi
NameBulow
HereParsont ’90
– Alumni Council member since 2009; Scene class editor, class secretary, 12 years; class gift
committee, 20 years; reunion chair, 1995
– VP, Business Development, McKinley Marketing Partners
– MBA, International Business, Georgetown University
What is it about your job that gets you up in the morning?
I really like helping people, and my job allows me to do that — I place
individuals looking for a job with people looking for talent. We work
with some smaller companies, but our clients are mostly Fortune
1000, such as Verizon, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and Discovery. I
also really like building relationships with them.
Do you have a favorite question you ask candidates?
What past job gave you a runner’s high? There’s no right or wrong
answer; what it tells me is the type of environment they work best
in and why. It gets at the crux of who we are.
How would the people who know you best describe you?
I think they would say I’m a good listener. That I’m very much a type
A. Headstrong (which sometimes gets me into trouble!). I’m also a
very family oriented person. As hard as it is to be a working mom, I
spend as much time with my family as I can.
So tell us about your family. Do you have a favorite pastime?
My husband Marc stays home with our kids. Brandon turned 3 in
April and Lindsay just turned 2. Every Saturday morning that we’re
home, we go to the local farmer’s market. It’s fun to spend time
having them look at the different fruits and vegetables. They get
chocolate milk, and mommy and daddy get a hot drink with plenty
of caffeine.
What would people be surprised to learn about you?
I sang “Never Knew Love Like This Before” in my eighth-grade talent
show — to the laughter of every parent in the audience, I’m sure!
Name a Colgate person who made an impact on you.
It was actually a group — my friends in Alpha Chi Omega. The spirit
and the friendships that developed, the fun that we had, has given
me good memories of school.
Tell us about your Alumni Council experience.
I’m excited about the career services side of it because it is such a
good match with what I do for a living. I’ve made the commitment
to do Maroon Advantage events a couple times a year, in different
places; so far, in D.C. and at Reunion College. Trying to help people
find jobs, especially in this economy, is near and dear to my heart.
From your class editor years, do names run through your head in
boldface? Yes! Last night in the Reunion tents, I could still say to
people, “This is what you were doing; what are you doing now?” and
they were like, “Good memory!”
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Questions? Contact the alumni office
at 315-228-7433 or alumni@colgate.
edu
Call for nominations
The nominations committee of the
Alumni Council seeks recommendations for candidates for this
55-member volunteer board. From
unique perspectives and diverse
backgrounds, the council advises the
university; opens lines of communication between Colgate and its alumni;
mentors the next generation of graduates; and proudly tells Colgate’s story
to the world.
Each year, 11 to 13 new members
are selected to represent specific
eras and geographic areas as well as
at-large positions. Candidates, initially identified through the nominations
committee, are ultimately ratified by
the full council. Ideal candidates exhibit several of the following qualities:
•Varied Colgate volunteer service
•A demonstrated commitment to Colgate over time
•Meaningful personal or profes- sional accomplishments or contri-
butions to the greater community
•Readiness and willingness to become more involved on behalf
of the university
•A consistent history of giving financial support to Colgate
The awards committee of the Alumni
Council seeks nominations from the
classes ending in 6 and 1 for awards
to be presented at Reunion 2011.
Categories include:
•Ann Yao Young Alumni Award (Class of 2006)
•Maroon Citations
•Humanitarian Award
•Wm. Brian Little ’64 Alumni Award for Distinguished Service*
*All candidates having previously
received the Maroon Citation will be
considered.
Send nominations for alumni awards
and Alumni Council candidates by
Sept. 1, 2010, to: RuthAnn Loveless
MA’72, Executive Secretary, Colgate
University, 13 Oak Dr., Hamilton, NY
13346. Please include a supporting
statement for each person you nominate. For more information, visit www.
colgatealumni.org.
Alumni Club Awards
Colgate’s district alumni clubs had
another banner year hosting more
than 320 events, thanks to terrific
volunteer leadership. We are pleased
to recognize this year’s club award
winners, as well as our volunteer of
the year. Congratulations to all!
Gateway Clubs: Most Outstanding:
Saratoga. Most Improved: Lehigh
Valley. Sustained Excellence: New
Mexico.
Small Clubs: Most Outstanding: San
Diego. Most Improved: Rhode Island.
Sustained Excellence: Chenango Valley. Revitalization Efforts: St. Louis
and Twin Cities.
Medium Clubs: Most Outstanding:
Rockies. Most Improved: Rochester
(N.Y.). Sustained Excellence: Atlanta
and New Haven. Revitalization Efforts: Puget Sound
Large Clubs: Most Outstanding:
Philadelphia. Most Improved: Northern New Jersey. Sustained Excellence:
Chicago. Excellence in New Social
Media: Northern California.
Metro Clubs: Most Outstanding: New
York City. Most Improved: Boston.
Innovative Programming: Washington,
D.C.
Alumni Club Volunteer of the Year:
Christopher Schweighart ’97, San Diego
13 Ways to Volunteer
John Gillick ’67 offered his law firm’s
conference space for a Colgate Club
of Washington, D.C., event in April
where geography professor and climatology expert Adam Burnett gave
a fascinating talk on “Global Warming
and Storm Patterns.” How can you
engage with Colgate? Go to www.
colgatealumni.org, select Volunteer
for Colgate, and click 13 Ways to Get
Involved.
class news
Should anyone up through the Class of 1934
have news to share, please contact Aleta Mayne:
315-228-6669; amayne@colgate.edu.
recent book, The Philosophic Baby, we had lively
case-study tots to observe and cherish.
Don: 510-525-6983; dfoley@berkeley.edu
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1939
George Carmichael
930 Regency Square 110
Vero Beach, FL 32967
George: 772-569-6951;
hoagiec93@pavlovpost.com
Gus Nasmith
16003 W Falcon Ridge Dr
Sun City West, AZ 85375-6689
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Elizabeth Gallagher-Saward
Apartment 513
505 N. Lakeshore Dr
Chicago, IL 60611
Elizabeth: 312-527-1492
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Gerald A Vernon
23 Lighthouse Way
Darien, CT 06820-5612
Herb Gladstone in Oswego, OR, has moved to
a retirement home called Visiting Angels! He
says that it is an exceptional place near Reed
College, where, as we know, Herb is a professor
emeritus.
I have had some interesting conversations
with George Hunt in Owego, NY, concerning
developments among colleges and universities.
This is especially interesting when one has 5
grandchildren in various universities as we do.
Jim Sprague and his lady friend, Shirley, in
Miami have not slowed down a bit, driving into
town to see operas, horse races, and what have
you. Shirley returns to her home in TN in April
and I suppose Jim will escort her himself.
Ed Hornung in NJ sounded great. He ought
to get a job as a radio announcer! He said that
he still has a valid driver’s license but using it is
just a memory.
The last time I graced a motor vehicle dept,
the processing lady handed me the license and,
smiling, said, “Good luck!” We will see!
Jerry: 203-655-4592; gav10999@sbcglobal.net
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Alumni news and deadlines
Class news: Class editors will be
submitting their columns on Oct. 8,
2010, and Jan. 7, 2011. Please keep
these deadlines in mind when sending
information to your correspondents,
and understand that your news may
take a while to appear in print.
Marriage and birth listings — please
mail to the Scene, attn: Births/
Marriages, 13 Oak Dr., Hamilton, NY
13346; fax 315-228-7699; or e-mail
alumnirecords@colgate.edu.
For address changes, or to report
the death of a Colgate graduate,
please notify alumni records. If possible, please identify surviving kin
and an address for condolences to be
sent. If a newspaper obituary is available, we would appreciate receiving a
copy: 315-228-7453 (tel.); 315-2287699 (fax); alumnirecords@colgate.
edu.
Don Foley
1050 Mariposa Ave
Berkeley, CA 94707-2444
Dan Miller (Mentor, OH) says he’s now given
up both competitive and social tennis. He and
his wife are less active but have no complaints.
“We’ve been incredibly fortunate.” Dan admits
he’s not in his sister’s league — she’s turning
100 next year. His final comment: Being a good
Unitarian, he’s not fantasizing about “life everlasting.” (We’re Unitarians, too.)
H. Guyford ‘Guy’ Stever died Apr 9 at his
home in Gaithersburg, MD. After receiving his
PhD in physics at Cal Tech, he had a long, very
distinguished career as a professor at MIT and
in various key federal positions. From 1965–1971,
he served as president of Carnegie Tech and,
after merger, Carnegie Mellon. His wife died in
2004. Our condolences go to his sons, Roy and
Guy Jr ’70, and his daughters, Sarah Stever and
Margarette Weed. (See In Memoriam for a full
obituary.)
Katharine and I recently had our 3 greatgrandchildren together for the 1st time: Kaitlyn,
4, Matthew, 10 months, and Nico, 4 months.
Having just read and enjoyed Alison Gopnik’s
as a major.
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Cuy Low, and Dave Thurber. After getting his PhD
at Harvard, Frank taught econ and became dept
chair at Colgate. Cuy was a lawyer-banker and
our class editor for many years. Dr Dave was our
pres for the 65th Reunion; he always regretted
that asthma prevented him from military service
in WWII or Korea.
In March, about 180 ladies who were Women
Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) in WWII received
the Congressional Gold Medal. Did you know
that the wife of late classmate Ted Ferree, ‘Hut,’
was pres of that group for several years?
Jim Dickinson has been invited to this year’s
reunion, where he will reminisce about the good
old days when he was VP.
We are down to a class of 15. Please tell us
about your grandchildren, infirmities, indiscretions, or something.
Gus: 623-546-9487; BGNasmith@cox.net
1940
Fred Tedeschi
Unit 9D
2555 Youngs Ave
Southold, NY 11971
Not much news to report this time.
Hal Heim ’45 has issued a challenge to the
Class of 1940 to play them in a game of touch
football on Whitnall Field sometime during the
2010 Reunion. Hal, we shall await.
Received notice of the death of Richard W
Rogers, at the age of 90, on Feb 14.
Also, note the passing of Marion Collins, wife
of our classmate Donald Collins.
1941
great-grandchildren. Colgate honored him with a
Maroon Citation.
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Ted Clapp
PO Box 579
Damariscotta, ME 04543-0579
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1943
We are told that right now several thousand
American WWII veterans die every day. Almost
all of our Colgate ’41 class took part in the WWII
war effort. In this issue of the Scene, we are saluting the growing number of classmates who are
passing on.
Ed Milkey was with the field artillery in
Europe from 1942–1946. He had a taste for the
internatl setting through his participation in our
class’s DC study group. He died in VT in Dec.
Bill Berberich also developed a broad view
of things as a member of the Internatl Relations
Club at Colgate. His whole career was as an
educator after earning his master’s and PhD at
Columbia. He died in Oct ’09.
Armando ‘Army’ Caseria joined the USAF in
1942 and retired as a colonel in 1967. He was a
flight instructor for many years thereafter. He
also served in the Pentagon in DC. He and I corresponded regularly for many years from coast
to coast. He died in Feb in CA.
Wef Warner enlisted in the Army as a private
in 1942. As a 2nd lt, he participated in the UT
Beach landings and in campaigns in France and
the Rhineland. He received the French Croix de
Guerre, 3 battle stars, and was promoted 3 times
during the European campaign and discharged
1944
fall.
Sue and I planned a trip to VA April 14 to enjoy
spring flowers, etc.
Hank Towers is on the go, as usual.
Sad news dept: Richard L Pockman, Adrian F
Persico, Arnold A Whitehouse Jr, and Sam C Harris have died. Our class is shrinking.
It would be helpful if a number of you fellow
News and views for the Colgate community
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classmates checked in by phone or mail with
news about your activities. Then you won’t be
just an obit. Try me at the phone number below.
Ellsworth: 203-544-8168; 1200 (fax)
1945
Bob Husselrath
Apt 1217
18755 West Bernardo Dr
San Diego, CA 92127-3013
Greetings from idyllic So CA, home of earthquakes, massive fires, and bleached blondes. I felt
an earthquake from Baja, CA, last Sunday while
sitting on the porch reading. This building, a
retirement facility, is only 20 years old and built
to absorb shocks. Most of the buildings around
here are relatively new. Down nearer Mexico
and the epicenter, the shock was greater and
there was some damage, but nothing at all like
Haiti. This earthquake has generated over 200
aftershocks, but we don’t feel most of them. Most
of the homes damaged by the fire 2 years ago
have been rebuilt. The owners say their biggest
problem was not the fire but the insurance
companies. The bleached blondes I can handle …
figuratively.
Chuck Wittig planned to attend his grandson’s
graduation from Deerfield Academy in May and
then the ’45 Colgate Reunion. He was going to try
to get Augie Jandorek over to the reunion. Chuck
says the annual snowbird mini-reunion in FL is
getting smaller. The Clem Fureys, Ted Heidenreichs, and Chuck were there. Chuck still enjoys
tennis a few times a week, playing with various
groups including a “ladies group” — young
housewives in their 40s — and some “grumpy
old men.” Chuck, you’re tempting me.
Al Cameron was not at the snowbird reunion.
Hal Heim wrote to tell us that Al was in very
bad shape, and shortly after, we learned that
Al passed away on April 27. He served as class
treasurer for many years.
Here’s Jim Noble: “Like most people my age, I
keep slipping. I’m now on my 10th year of living
on oxygen 24/7. Did have a nice visit with my
sister-in-law and niece last Friday. Hadn’t seen
either since Roger Provost’s wake. You may remember, Fran was his wife, my wife’s sister. We
have a new great-granddaughter, 4 months old.
Really a pretty baby. Her mother is Lithuanian,
so they’re planning on raising a bilingual child.
We have several in our family: Russian/English,
Spanish/English. No vacations.”
Here’s Gene Ralph: “I have 6 granddaughters
and 7 great-granddaughters. The great-granddaughters range from teens to less than 1 year.
The granddaughters live in the following states:
VT 1, CT 3, CA 1, and MA 1. Great-granddaughters:
VT 4 and CA 3. This is probably more than you
need; I just had to brag a bit.” Bob: 858-395-3213; husselrath@mac.com
1946
Don Schaefer
45 Lydecker St
Englewood, NJ 07631-3008
When you read this, it will be summer, and the
terrible winter with its heavy snows, record
rains, fallen trees, power outages, and flooded
basements will just be a memory. But the
weather is now beautiful.
Eva and Layton Clark are enjoying good
health. Like all of us, they have their ups and
downs. Their daughter Victoria has a PhD
in psych and is working in Philly. Layt was a
physicist working on satellite communications.
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His machine shop and gardening are his hobbies.
He still works on his own cars. He has great
mechanical aptitude. I am the opposite. Anything mechanical stumps me, including most
computer applications.
Layt asked about Bob Orth. Bob just wrote
that he caught a world-record, 224-lb Pacific
sailfish while at the Tarpon Star Club in Panama.
He beat the old record by 3 lbs. He hooked,
landed, and released his record fish. Later, he
went to Chile for fly-fishing but was caught in
the earthquake in Santiago Feb 27. He didn’t get
home until March 6. No fishing, but he was safe.
What a life he leads!
Richard Carr lives on a family farm in
Rochester, MA. He lives on one end of the farm
and his married daughter lives on the other end.
This arrangement assures him of at least 1 good
meal a week (at his daughter’s). His 5 children are
spread out. One lives in NV, 1 in WI, 1 in TX, and
2 daughters in MA. Richard was a Sigma Nu and
asked me to say hello to Jim Fee for him. At Colgate, Gus Wilken was his best friend; Gus passed
away 4 years ago.
Now, Richard’s closest friends are those who
served with him in the 507th regiment of the
17th Airborne Div in WWII. They parachuted into
combat from the Bulge to Berlin. Richard lost his
wife, June, 7 years ago. Their hobby had been
sailing. He’s in pretty good health and helps out
at the local hospital and church.
Ellie and John Butler are doing well. They live
in Lexington, MA. After Colgate, he took grad
work at Penn State and Harvard. Later, he was
an administrator at both schools. John served in
the Marine Corps in WWII and the Korean War.
One of his granddaughters is Colgate ’04. She is
now doing grad work in public health at BU. John
has always had an interest in astronomy and a
new world view of the story of the universe. He
is fascinated by the Hubble telescope and its discoveries — deep-field photos. He says our planet
is the mind of the universe.
From interests in machine shops, farms, sailing, and fishing, to astronomy and the remote
galaxies, the Class of ’46 certainly has been active
and interested in the world in which we live.
We are all doing pretty well. It’s just that old
age comes at a bad time. Stay well.
Don: 201-568-0309;
donald.a.schaefer@verizon.net
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Jack Scollay
Apt. 315
95 Elizabeth St
Delaware, OH 43015-4312
Jack: 740-362-4035; afscollay@aol.com
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George F Greene Jr
36096 N Newbridge Ct
Gurnee, IL 60031-4511
George: 847-856-0704;
thegomar@sbcglobal.net
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David S. Davies
109 Barker Street
Wellington, OH 44090-1132
Colgate’s alumni records office sent an e-mail
that said, “We had a report that Mr Joseph
Mockaitis had passed away, but … sources cannot
confirm this.” A call to the last known Mockaitis
number in Spring Hill, FL, was answered by a
man who was asked whether he was related
to Joseph Mockaitis. There was a pause. Then,
“This is Moe Mockaitis.” After explanations
about the reason for the call, and a reference to
Mark Twain’s comment that reports of his death
were exaggerated, Moe said that Colgate must
have learned of the death last June of his wife,
Dorothy, and somehow concluded that he also
had died. “I’m in general good health except
for occasional bouts with arthritis,” Moe said.
“I’m getting over the shock of Dorothy’s death.
I play golf twice a week, and see my 3 children,
5 grandchildren, and 3 great-grandchildren up
north twice a year.” He says he keeps his mind
“bubbling” by following baseball, basketball, and
football in season, and doesn’t do much driving.
“I don’t trust modern medicine a whole lot.”
After long periods of chemo and other medical
treatments for lung cancer, he said Dorothy was
declared free of cancer on May 20 and died of the
disease on June 28.
Marge and Robert Magee write that they
have maintained an association with Esi and
Richard Simons, enjoying golf outings together
and making ocean cruises to AK, Baja, and most
recently, in Feb, to Puerto Rico, Saint Martin, and
the Bahamas. He said they had looked forward to
being joined on the Caribbean cruise by Wanda
and Home Lydecker, but that Home died in Jan
after a struggle with a debilitating blood disease.
Magee, Simons, and Lydecker were roommates at
the Sigma Chi house. Bob reports that after Colgate and marriage to Marge, he spent 41 years in
the building-materials business, 33 of them with
Johns-Manville, ending up in Marietta, GA, and
early retirement, and 8 with an Atlanta-based
roofing materials distributor. Retired for good,
Bob has been a volunteer rules official with the
GA state golf assoc and for 10 years a volunteer at
the Atlanta stop on the PGA tour. He says he has
attended 20 or more Masters tourneys, mostly in
a business capacity, and he and Marge belong to
the GA Senior Golfers Assn that hosts 11 tourneys
a year in the SW and other resorts around the
country. “Since landing in GA, my son and I share
Atlanta Braves season tickets with 8 other Braves
devotees.” Bob mentioned that several years ago,
Simons received an important award from the
NYS Bar Assoc. Investigation showed that this
was the Bar’s Medal for Distinguished Service,
and that the atty who received it the year before
Simon was Ruth Bader Ginsberg, assoc justice of
the US Supreme Court.
The US Marines were responsible for William
Collis becoming a Colgate student and graduate.
After participating in landings at Kwajalein atoll,
Saipan, and Tinian, Collis says that his colonel
pulled him out of the group that was training for
the invasion of Iwo Jima and had him sent back
to the US for officer training (he was a private 1st
class). When he arrived, he was offered a chance
to attend college, and Colgate was one of the
options. William says that after Colgate he married twice, each time for about 10 years, without
children. “The 1st divorce was my idea, and the
2nd was hers.” She sent me a certified letter announcing that we were no longer married.” He
says he had cataracts removed from both eyes 20
years ago and still needs glasses only for reading. At 88 he no longer drives. A fellow Marine
veteran drives him to meetings of the Marine
Corps League in Troy, NY. “I think often of how
important it was to drop atomic bombs on Japan.
We would have lost hundreds of thousands of
troops if we had invaded that country.” He says
he regrets that the Japanese leaders were not
tried and hung after the war. William lives in a
2-bedroom mobile home, sleeping in 1 bedroom
and manufacturing ammunition in the other
one, for the target practice that he enjoys.
Raymond ‘Al’ Fox writes from Chattanooga,
where he was in the business of owning and
running carpet plants for 40 years and has been
married to Shirley 58 years. They have 21 grandchildren. Al played football at Colgate, was a DU,
and stayed involved in athletics after graduation,
playing tackle and linebacker a couple of years
in the old All-America Conf for the LI Indians and
the Valley Stream Red Raiders. Out of football,
Al played and officiated racquetball for 26 years.
“It kept me trim,” he says. As his grandchildren
grew up, he played every possible sport with
them — racquetball, baseball, softball, soccer,
football, and basketball. Along the way, he
moved his family to Saudi Arabia for 5 years to
manage a carpet factory he’d sold. Back in the
US, he and his wife and other family members
did construction work and real estate and then
started a business involved with financial mortgages, a business they are still in but that “has
been bad for 2 years.” Al says he’s fit, but feels his
83 years “like every one.”
Leah Wood, Chuck Wood’s widow, writes “to
set the record straight.” Chuck was a DU, which
wasn’t mentioned, and he contributed to his
fraternity until his last year. “Even I, as a ‘Skiddie,’
enjoyed the house parties in ’48 and ’49.” Got it,
Leah, and thanks.
Class pres Phil Sanford sends his treasure
chest of news from classmates who keep in
touch with him. Bob Gardner writes from
Huntsville, Ontario, that he has joined 2 sr
citizen clubs, is taking line dancing lessons, tried
square dancing (awful), and motored west to see
daughter Linda and granddaughter Jill in Des
Moines, son Glen, daughter-in-law Nancy, and
2nd granddaughter Rebecka in Niagara Falls,
and was waited on hand and foot by daughter
Karen while in a hospital for a quick cancer op.
Gardner also sent best wishes through Phil to
“the 2 Jacks,” Babeuf and Cashin, and wished
all classmates, near and far, a great 2010. Phil
reported that Bob Howard has sold his Lake Saranac summer home, spent 3 weeks in Jamaica,
and will travel to Slovakia in the fall. For himself,
Phil reports that he is well, and that he will be
capt of the USA golf team at the 12th annual Sun
City Ryder Cup match in Oct.
Carl Braun Jr, who played 15 years for the NY
Knicks and lived the last 30 years in Stuart, FL,
with wife Joan, died on Feb 10 after a long illness.
Following basketball, Carl was a Wall St institutional stock broker, “and a good one,” Joan says.
He and Joan had 4 daughters — Patricia, Susan,
Nancy, and Carol — and 6 grandchildren.
James Z Patsalos, who was 85 when he died
Jan 29 in Newburgh, NY, was Colgate to the core.
With wife Peggy-Ann, he had 2 daughters who
graduated from Colgate, Constance ’86 and
Susan Huffard ’87; other alumni relatives include
a niece and nephew-in-law, Cameron ’77 and
Karen Walsh MacNaughton ’77. The Patsalos’s 3rd
daughter, Elizabeth, graduated from UVM. Jim
was a Sigma Nu, a member of the Internatl Relations Council, and on the class gift committee
’95–’09. He was pres of Shipp & Osborn Insurance Agency and bought and sold land in Orange
County. Peggy-Ann says that his health had been
in decline for the last year or so.
Robert F Doyle died on Oct 15, in Scottsdale,
AZ. He was 86. He is survived by his 2nd wife,
Elaine, having been predeceased by his 1st wife,
Ida. He majored in econ at Colgate.
It is not stretching a point to suggest that
some classmates are dying to get mentioned in
the Scene. But that’s the irrevocable way, with no
chance to note an error of fact or interpretation.
As you can see from what has gone on above,
’49 is large and diverse, with even a surprise or
two. So, surprise someone. No one lives 80 years
without having something to share.
David: 440-647-5306; davidsdavies@verizon.net
Bunn Rhea
383 Clearbrook Dr
Avon Lake, OH 44012-3117
At this writing, Bob Lankford was having
problems that would keep him from the June reunion. But retirement in Ocala apparently keeps
him “busy-busy-busy.” He still hasn’t gotten
together with Wally Sheer but does occasionally
keep in touch with Bruce Cramer.
From Woodstock, VT, Sandy Hadden wrote
that he was entertained royally in Savannah
recently by Cliff Heaslip and his brother Hal ’52.
Alan Jolly is now in Bowling Green, KY, keeping
reasonably close to his doctors in BG, Louisville,
and Nashville (Vanderbilt). He reports that his
brother Jim ’48 has health problems and is being
watched closely over in SC.
And from Bill Mayer in Dunnellon, FL, we
received the following: “I have been a hospice
volunteer for the past 13 years, and I highly
recommend it to fellow old geezers who think
they may have gotten too old to be useful.” Bill,
long a familiar and enthusiastic presence in
the Hospice of Marion County (FL) since 1997,
started with the Speakers Bureau and moved on
to become a patient support and transitions volunteer. He has volunteered at the Butterfly Festivals, Steel Horse Stampedes, Flutterbye Days,
Camp Mariposa, and just about every event that
supports hospice. In 2009, Bill joined a new hospice service through which volunteers can help
patients write letters to leave to their families. So
far, he has written 2 memoirs that will be forever
cherished by the hospice families. Last Dec 2, his
name was announced as the winner of the Cartwright Award, which is presented every 2 years
to a member of the hospice community who has
helped their mission by “embodying the hospice
spirit, serving as a spokesperson and advocate,
and going above and beyond to ensure that
hospice services are available to all who need
them.” His nomination submission read, “Bill is
a remarkable role model in the diverse ways he
has chosen to serve Hospice of Marion County.
He has accepted assignments in a variety of
settings with an open mind, kind and gentle
spirit, and genuine warmth that endears him
to everyone.” Bill says he hopes to stay actively
involved in hospice services for years to come.
Dave Wilson, who monitors our Class of 1950
Memorial Endowed Scholarship, tells us that 3
outstanding students — from the classes of ’10,
’11, and ’12 — have been announced as recipients
of this year’s scholarships. This trio boasts
some amazing achievements, both inside and
outside the classroom; they excel as scientists
and researchers, mentors and activists, artists
and performers, adventurers and athletes. Our
endowed scholarships make an outstanding
education attainable for many grateful students.
Dave Davies ’49 and Bunn Rhea teamed up for
a visit to Hamilton last Jan during the Alumni
Council meeting weekend. One of the highlights
was a talk at the Real World luncheon by Austin
Murphy ’83, sr writer for Sports Illustrated, who
entertained everyone with tales of his amusing experiences as SI’s main writer for college
football and while covering 3 winter Olympics.
Later at the athletics committee meeting, we
listened to an informative, well-received talk by
Dick Biddle, head football coach — who, by the
way, had just been awarded a new contract by
Colgate, where he has the most wins in school
history. Also attending were Howie Sutliff and
John LeFevre ’41, one of the most dedicated
alumni. (He looks great!)
John ‘Jack’ Hathaway was apparently bit-
ten by the geology bug early on and went on
to do exceptional things. The son of a Class of
’20 Colgate grad and a Vassar mom, you may
remember him in the Commons Club, band, flying club, ski team (co-capt), and as a geology dept
teaching asst. After attending MIT (1945–47) in
its Marine Engineering and Transportation Dept,
he received his BA (magna cum laude with high
honors in geology) from Colgate and was Phi
Beta Kappa), then went on to receive his MS from
the U of IL at Champaign.
Jack and Ilene, his wife of 59 years, have 4
children, 12 grandchildren, and 8 step-greatgrandchildren. They have been travelers extraordinaire. With 4 round-the-world trips and cruises,
they have visited more than 34 countries and all
continents except Antarctica.
From summer farm hand to surveyor’s asst to
those teaching asst jobs at Colgate and IL, Jack
progressed to geologist, US Geological Survey
(1952–93). He was chief of USGS Sedimentary
Petrology Lab and, after combining the fields of
marine technology and geology, was founding
member of the USGS marine geologic team in
Woods Hole, MA. He took part in the Atlantic
Margin scientific cruises 1962–85, including 2
dives in the research submersible DSRV Alvin, one
in the oceanographer canyon to 1-mile depths,
and a dive investigating banks in the Gulf of ME.
He was chief scientist for the Atlantic Margin
Coring Project, using the drilling ship Glomar
Conception, and was a delegate to the NATO conf
on seafloor slumping in 1980 and a member of
the Deep Sea Drilling Project Data Mgmt Commission. He was chief consultant for the USGS
contract to assist the Indonesian govt in the
formation of their Marine Geological Institute
in Bandung, W Java, while living in Indonesia
1986–89. He retired as scientist emeritus, US Geological Survey, in 1994.
Along the way, Jack produced 80 scientific papers and abstracts as well as many other recognitions, among them being guest lecturer as pres
of the Clay Minerals Society. On the recreational
side, he has maintained continuing interests in
skiing, soaring, sailing, computer graphics, and
carpentry. He has earned his private pilot license
with both single-engine land and glider ratings.
After living in 3 other states, the Hathaways
settled in Falmouth, MA, which they have called
home since 1962. They also have a summer home
in Martha’s Vineyard. Jack says that they’ll be
traveling a lot less from now on as Ilene’s memory is taking a hit from encroaching Alzheimer’s,
and he has to be concerned with a diagnosis of
melanoma on his nose, which was facing an
operation in April. Just a small bump in the road
for this multitalented man, who in late March,
“got in a beautiful day of skiing at Loon Mt, NH,”
with his daughter Debbie, also a geologist with
the USGS. “Better yet,” Jack says, “over 80s ski free
at Loon.” There’s really not much evidence to suggest that Jack Hathaway is slowing down.
Bill Miller got in touch via Facebook, saying
that he and Nan are happy and healthy, that he
is still involved in “Ham” radio backup communications for his county’s emergency mgr, and
he’s skiing well at 85. He also stays in frequent
contact with Jack Hathaway, who skied on the
Colgate ski team he coached in 1951.
Russ Fowler says that after 5 operations in
the past 3 months, he is temporarily keeping a
low profile, so, “Sorry, will be a no-show for the
reunion.”
Iris Sirois, wife of Ed Sirois, sent a nice e-mail
saying that Ed no longer travels. He still enjoys
his Texas longhorn cattle and paint horses. They
are down to 5 of each on their ranch in CO. He
still talks about his days at Colgate and his lifelong friends from Andrews Hall, where he once
Get to know: Alex Restrepo ’12
Andrew Daddio
1950
Alex Restrepo ’12 said he has never been on a “real boat” before, other than ferries and
rides at Disneyland near his hometown of Fullerton, Calif. But he’s already set his sights
on joining Colgate’s sailing club next year. With this “try anything” attitude, Restrepo leads
by example for other students, particularly underclassmen whom he mentors through his
various roles on campus. Restrepo is a residential adviser at Andrews Hall, acting president of Brothers, ALANA ambassador, Student Government Association senator, and Latin
American Student Organization treasurer.
“I came to Colgate because I wanted to do something completely different — to make my
college experience what I want to make of it,” he said. “I encourage a lot of first-years that if
they want to do something, just do it. If it doesn’t work out, at least you tried, and hopefully
you learned something along the way.”
Among Restrepo’s many involvements on campus, he is a liaison for Vision, composed of
campus identity group leaders, who meet to talk about their plans and new opportunities
for collaboration. “The goal is to have bigger and better events and bring together different
pockets of campus,” he explained.
Over the past year, Restrepo has also been working with the multicultural committee in
the admission office, giving prospective students his take on Colgate and what the university has to offer. “There are a lot of opportunities here to expand and grow as a person,” he
said. “I always tell them, ‘Whether you decide to come to Colgate or not, this is the time in
your life when you want to do everything you can so that when you look back, you have no
regrets.’ ”
Restrepo serves as a mentor not only for Colgate students, but also for high school
seniors in Columbus, Ohio, whom he helps through the nonprofit organization HighRise.
Founded by his older brother in conjunction with Nationwide Insurance, HighRise aids
underprivileged students with the college search, application, and financial aid process.
“It’s amazing to hear what these kids have gone through and to know that they still do so
well in school despite all the adversity that they face,” Restrepo said. One of the students
he worked with had been accepted to Colgate and at press time was seriously considering
attending next year.
Restrepo is volunteering with HighRise again this summer while also interning for a
second year at Nationwide. Now a history major and economics minor, Restrepo changed
from majoring in English after spending last summer as a finance intern with the insurance
company. Although he had no background in economics, the company gave him a two-week
trial internship, and Restrepo’s hard work convinced them to keep him on for the remainder
of the season. “It was a great experience, and so much of it changed my path,” he said.
After Colgate, Restrepo hopes to spend a few years in finance and then return to his
original plan of becoming a high school history teacher. “After taking The American School
as my FSEM with Professor [Barbara] Regenspan, I realized the best teachers I had in high
school were the ones who went into education later in life. So I decided I wanted to do
something other than education right after college.”
His positive high school experience is largely what fuels him to mentor others. “The
reason why I was so successful is because I received such good mentorship and, because of
that, I want to give back and help people.”
— Aleta Mayne
News and views for the Colgate community
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The philosophical neuropsychologist
In 1965, a reporter covering the first commencement of the City University of New York’s
Graduate Center asked Daniel N. Robinson ’58, one of its first two degree recipents, what
he hoped to achieve. The newly minted
neuropsychology PhD indicated that he aspired to the status of a footnote. Robinson
has far exceeded his modest aspiration.
That anecdote and assessment were
recounted when CUNY honored Robinson
last spring with its President’s Distinguished Alumni Medal. A distinguished
professor emeritus of philosophy at
Georgetown, Robinson is a faculty fellow
at Oxford University and a Board of Scholars member at Princeton’s James Madison
Program. His extensive teaching and writing span the realms of moral philosophy,
legal history, philosophy of mind, intellectual history, and the history of philosophy
and psychology. His book An Intellectual
History of Psychology is a classic in the
field, and his Wild Beasts and Idle Humors
is considered a definitive history of the
legal conception of mental competence. He
has served as president of two divisions of
the American Psychological Association, and consultant to the NSF, NIH, U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services, and the award-winning PBS programs, The Brain and The
Mind. Shortly before returning in January for his 20th year at Oxford, where he gives the
core lectures on Kant, Robinson chatted with the Scene.
Describe your fascination with the philosophy of mind. As a neuropsychologist, most of my
early publications were on human brain function, with particular attention to the visual system. Consulting to neurosurgery and neurology services in New York, I got broad experience
with persons with brain damage and resulting changes in their cognitive, motor, and sensory
abilities. I got interested in problems like the extent to which brain mechanisms determine
action. These things raised in my mind problems of a philosophical nature, such as to what
extent the actor is morally responsible for what he does. So my publications moved in the
direction of how best to understand that very complex phenomenon called human nature.
Why do you teach? I just wrote a chapter for a volume devoted to the case of Terry Schiavo.
Look at the range of things that figure in a case like that, from functional MRIs and brain
scans to arguments for and against euthanasia, from parental versus spousal rights to the
role of the government when it declares it has a compelling interest in life. As science progresses, these issues are going to become ever-more difficult. How are we preparing young
men and women to deal with these things in ways that are better than the ways we dealt
with them? When you think of it, teaching is a civic office. Somebody’s got to take responsibility for everything society has to deal with.
What are some fond Colgate memories? I can remember, quite vividly, some of my professors lecturing. Alfred Seely Brown in chemistry had a kind of Everett Dirksen diction about
him. I remember the day Ralph Antone and I locked Huntington Terrell [philosophy] out of
the classroom. He was coming up the walk very cheerfully, to give us a lecture on Plato.
Ralph and I wondered how philosophically calm and neutral he would remain if we stopped
him from coming in. He made some vague threats about what he would do if we didn’t let
him in and we chuckled, but then we relented and let him in. He had a wonderful sense of
humor, and knew we were just kidding around.
When you’re not at Oxford, how do you spend your time? During the fall term, I give 10 lectures at nearby Hood College (we live in Middletown, Md.), and I lecture all over the country.
The rest of the time is devoted to reading, writing, and gardening. My bride of 43 years,
Francine, and I have wonderful overlapping interests, from old movies and potato chips to
rather serious scholarly things.
If you could have dinner with any three people living or dead, who would they be? I would
love to hear Kant and David Hume go at it over a nice long supper, and at the end of the day
see if they have resolved whether the moral dimension of life reaches an objective fact of
the world, or whether it’s, finally, a species of feeling. And, of course, then I’d turn to Aristotle to find out which of them was right.
— Rebecca Costello
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had the title of Maharaja, which allowed him to
cover the wall and ceilings with chemical equations so that he could study every minute that
he was awake. He later got his MS in chemistry
from Wesleyan.
One should never underestimate the satisfaction earned from staying in touch and bonding.
Fine examples are the “Colgate 3”: Dan Fountain
’52, MD, Rev Sherwood Anderson, PhD, and Rev
Morgan Roberts, DD, buddies for 60 years.
Dan was a Baptist medical missionary in
Vanga in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
for 35 years. He has an MD from U of Rochester
and a master’s in public health from Johns Hopkins. Colgate granted him an honorary doctor
of science degree in 1978. Morgan and Sherry
graduated from Princeton Theological Seminary
in 1953; then Sherry went on for a PhD at U of
Edinburgh in Scotland. Morgan was for many
years the sr minister at Shadyside Presby in Pitt,
a very distinguished pulpit. Colgate awarded
him an honorary DD degree in 1980. Sherry’s last
position was sr minister of the Winter Park, FL,
Presbyterian Church. He was a chaplain in the
US Naval Reserve for 27 years, serving at naval
stations, hospitals, and training stations across
the nation and in ships at sea.
These 3 retirees are still in touch and now live
in FL: Dan in Ft Myers, Morgan in Palmetto, and
Sherry in Winter Park. For a look at how they
appeared on campus in 1949, check out the photo
posted on our l950 class page at www.colgatealumni.org.
We said good-bye to the following classmates:
Douglas R Hamilton (Phi Tau, majored in econ)
died on March 8, after a long illness, in Bath, NY;
Raymond F Jahn (Theta Chi, majored in geology)
died on Sept 9, 2007, in Stuart, FL; Charles N Ludlow (Phi Kappa Psi, majored in social psych) died
on Feb 28, in Damariscotta, ME; and Donald R
Scott (Lambda Chi Alpha, majored in econ) died
after open heart surgery on Dec 16, in WinstonSalem. See In Memoriam to read their full obits.
Many thanks to those who helped me fill this
column. Please continue to send me news about
yourself and other classmates; bios are particularly welcome. I hope everyone has a great summer. Back to you in the fall.
Bunn: 440-933-4137; 50news@oh.rr.com
1951
Nels MacCallum
1915 Clark Rd
Rochester, NY 14625-1830
Writing the column on a sunny, warm (70°) early
April day. Trusting you’re reading it on a sunny,
little warmer day, and hope you had a great
spring and have a fine summer going.
Warren Prince opens the column as he and
Bonnie are wintering in Ormond Beach, FL:
“Sorry for the delay” (Warren wanted to get his
note to me by the deadline for the spring issue).
“The family seems to be happy and healthy. We
are in FL, late Oct ’til May. I still travel back and
forth to the Baton Rouge plant once every 6
weeks while in FL. Business has been somewhat
slow, but we are on the right side. Have run into
a few Colgaters down here, and my granddaughter applies to Colgate this year” (Good for her;
that will get the grandparents to the campus
more). “All the best to classmates.”
Bob Ravitz checks in from NYC: “Alive at 80.
Still working” (Great, Bob! Both the 80 and the
working). “Went into the USAF right after graduation and ended up in Korea. Then, Harvard Law
and 6 years practicing in NYC. Then joined Alan
Greene’s firm and we have been partners for 48
years.” (Say hello to Alan and tell him we’d like to
hear from him — it’s been a while.) Been married
to Francine for almost 53 years. Have 2 children
and 4 grandchildren, all living close by. I keep in
touch with Chuck Harff. I marvel at how much
Colgate has changed for the better. All the best.”
Dave Reynolds trumpets from Bennington,
VT: “Phyl and I are settled in a cottage at a VT
retirement village near daughter Sara and family. Granddaughter Elise is headed for Dartmouth
next fall. Other grandchildren: 3 graduated and
working or still in college (U of PA, American U,
Williams).” (Fine colleges, Dave. Our 1st college
grandchild starts this fall: Maggie is going to
Williams, plans to play lax and hopefully tennis;
Colgate was a close 2nd, but we were outnumbered. Her other real grandfather is the 30+ year
most popular lax coach whose former players
raised funds to build a state-of-the-art lax-only
stadium named for him, and her step-grandfather is the former long-term provost. Both are
now retired, living in Williamstown.) “Enjoying
Elise’s sports: soccer, x-c skiing (VT champs), and
tennis; x-c close by ’til April and biking starts
after that, for us, too.” (Good for you and Phyl).
“Wonderful musical and cultural activities near,
too.” (Still playing the trumpet?) “Just a mile from
the Colgate family homestead and their friendly
descendents. Sons Larry (Deb), from Rochester,
and Steve ’75 (LA) visit occasionally. Best to all
classmates.” PS: Steve, Colgate grad; Larry (U of
Rochester grad) was a business colleague of mine
and Bob Reiners, and is still successful in the
business.
Al Sexton updates from Weston, MA: “It’s hard
to believe it’s close to 60 years since I left Hamilton. Health has not been too great: arthritis in
hips and knees, and emphysema in the lungs.
End result = no more golf, no more wading for
trout and char, and no more hunting expeditions
to NW territories, Labrador, Newfoundland, and
above all, Africa.” Sorry for all the problems, Al.
I share some; stenosis and some arthritis have
greatly lessened mobility, so golf (not missed)
and tennis (missed very much) are out.
Bill Southworth writes from Scituate, MA:
“The Ides of March … and the last day of a 3-day
nor’easter, one of many suffered this winter. Everything is wet. But have finished Ulisie (a model
of an ocean-going tug boat) and look forward
to beginning a model of Driftwood, a 32' lobster
boat (on a scale of 1 to 24, as anything smaller is
a dreadful chore with shaky 81-year-old hands), a
family acquisition of recent vintage.” (I think you
do great with your hands, Bill. I can’t grip a golf
club firmly with my left hand; if I took a swing at
a ball, the club would go farther than the ball.)
In Jan, Don Fenner wrote from Springfield
Center, NY, to let me know he had received word
from Kyoko von Baravalle that her husband,
Edward, died on Aug 5, 2009, in Shizucka, Japan,
where they had lived for at least for 50 years. I
have a vague memory of Ed, now slightly enhanced by a scan of a Nov ’47 photo showing the
4 Stillman Hall roommates of that freshman year
(Gene Krisher, Vern Blackman, Don, and Ed). Don
and I couldn’t picture Ed after the freshman year
and could find no record of him being there. If
anyone remembers when Ed left Colgate, let me
know. Don wrote on a postcard, showing a fine
photo of the historic Fort Herkimer Church, one
of the oldest churches in NY, built between 1753
and 1767, used as a fortified stronghold during
the French and Indian War as well as the American Revolution. Don was very instrumental
— and modest about his contribution — in the
restoration of this beautiful old church. He was
honored for this by the NY State Historical and
Restoration Society. We learned and wrote about
it in the ’51 column of the Scene at that time,
thanks to his good friend Cal Sutliff. In other
correspondence, Don gave a bit of “news” for the
column: his grandson, Spencer Staley ’13, told
him to go on the Internet to Colgate student life
and check out the pictures on the front page, and
behold, there was Don giving a hug as he said
good-bye on his 1st day at Colgate. And Don has
been enjoying a woodcarving project sponsored
by the Mohawk Valley Art and Woodcarving
Assoc. They sent out a pattern of an eagle cane,
which when carved, is sent on to have a shaft
fitted to it, and is then presented to a wounded
veteran of the Iraq or Afghanistan war who
needs a substantial cane. Don considers this a
very worthwhile endeavor (indeed, Don!) and
was working on his 4th one in Feb.
Sad news: John G Updike died in Waiblingen,
Germany, Jan 23. Next of kin is widow Ellen. Relatives include brother Edwin H Updike ’47; uncles
Stuart N Updike ’24, G Campbell Updike ’22, and
Frank R. Greene 1906; and cousins Franklin
Greene ’44, John M Greene ’52, and Stuart J
Updike ’57.
We have also been notified of the death of
Paul Vansant’s wife, Marian, on Feb 13. Paul is in
Rockland, ME.
Also, Dave Mueller died March 26. Next of kin:
widow Marilyn. Contact me for her address.
Hope you’ve had a great spring and are off to
a fine summer. Now finish the summer in grand,
active style. See you in the fall, maybe at a game
in Hamilton.
Nels: nelsaud@webtv.net
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Jackson T King
476 Grace Tr
Orange, CT 06477-2619
I received the following note from John Sias: “I
guess I’ve procrastinated long enough. Without
having this sound like an obit, here’s what I’ve
been up to the last few years. Retired from my
PR business in 1990. Helped organize the Greater
Nashua, NH, Big Brothers Big Sisters in 1983.
Was 1st pres and remained a dir for some 15
years. Had 3 Little Brothers, adopted the 1st one,
and changed the state law to be able to do it.
We went on the Today Show with Katie Couric.
Was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2001.
Organized the NH Prostate Cancer Coalition in
2006 and have served as pres since then. Takes
all my time. Just like a f/t job. But, of course, it’s
volunteer work. Healthwise, I’m fine. Play golf,
ski, work out 2–3 times a week, cut and split a
cord of wood each year. Weigh 3 lbs less than the
days I’d step on the scale in Huntington Gymnasium after freshman soccer in 1948.
“I have written 7 books, 1 in its 9th printing.
Have been more than amply rewarded. Received
a humanitarian award in 2007 from NH Charitable Fndn, and selected Citizen of the Year by the
Greater Nashua Chamber of Commerce in 2008.
For 58 years I have avidly followed Colgate’s football and hockey teams. Before the scores were
posted on the Internet a few years ago, I’d run
500' to the mailbox every Sunday morning to get
the score and read about the football team. I’ve
saved every Colgate calendar since 1983, thinking
that I was going to frame each month and hang
them all on a wall, but discovered that I didn’t
have that much wall space. The calendars remain in a pile in my office. Anyone want them?
This is the most beautiful college campus in the
US.
“A great regret is that I’ve never returned to
campus for a football game. However, I did attend the Frozen Four in Detroit in 1991 when the
Colgate hockey team beat Boston U but lost to
WI for the natl championship. My brother-in-law
was the asst athletic dir at BU and arranged for
me to ride from Boston to Detroit on the bus full
of parents of the BU players. He also provided me
tickets in the BU section at the Joe Louis Arena. I
sat next to him and my sister and cheered loudly
(and alone) each time Colgate scored a goal.
“My adopted son applied to Colgate but was
not accepted. He got a scholarship from BU and
graduated cum laude. And the son of my roommate Butch Burdick was likewise not accepted.
Butch said, ‘And he was my smartest son!’
“I talked with Tom Kelley, who winters in FL
and summers here in NH. Tom and I went to
Medford HS, and he was the quarterback of the
undefeated state champs.
“If any of you fellow classmates get close to
southern NH, please call and visit!”
I also received this note from Richard S Merrill updating us on the Annual Fund: “We have
reached better than 70% participation (and as
high as 80%) since our 25th Reunion. However,
we fell a little short last year at only 65%. Our
goal is 75% this fund year.”
In another bit of news, Genl Tom Morgan
(USMC retired) has been very active in the program to get veterans to apply to Colgate. He visited Dartmouth and met with key people there,
including the recently retired pres, James Wright.
Wright was the driving force to get wounded
vets to come to Dartmouth. He had spent quite a
bit of time at Walter Reed Hospital talking with
wounded vets. After an initial start with 2, there
are now 16 vets attending Dartmouth. There are
150 at Harvard and 0 at Colgate.
Tom has been active with other active serving
military people. He arranged a recent meeting
at Camp Pendleton (CA Marine base) with the
commanding general and other key marines for
Gary Ross, Colgate dir of admissions. This was to
review their program with western US colleges
about the GI Bill program. It has been very successful getting vets to apply and get accepted.
Tom has also made a contact with the Garrison Commander at Ft Drum (near Watertown
and only a 2-hour trip from Hamilton). He hopes
to determine the best point of contact for Colgate
and how the best arrangements could be established for them to get together. Ft Drum is one of
the major Army bases in the US.
The GI Bill and the Yellow Ribbon Program can
get a qualified vet in Colgate for free.
William J Cooksley Jr died on Jan 6, in Vestal,
NY, at the age of 81. He was a member of Theta
Chi and the Class Gift Committee ’94–’95. He majored in psych. He is survived by his sons, William
III and Alan.
Everett M Fogal died on Jan 6, in Lighthouse
Point, FL, at the age of 79. He majored in natural
sci and math and was a member of the Commons Club.
I would certainly appreciate hearing from you
by phone, mail, or e-mail.
Jack: 203-795-9111; jtking@kingandshaw.com
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Lou Wilcox
20727 Cove Rd
Bivalve, MD 21814-2004
Food for thought from the good ole Class of ’53
for the summer 2010 Scene. I revealed earlier that
Gene Schulze regularly entertains me with his
marvelous e-mails, all of which contain interesting pieces of info. Gene’s latest find was the
world’s largest dog — Giant George — a Great
Dane. George weighs in at 245 lb and measures
almost 43" at the shoulder. He measures 7'3" from
nose to tail. George consumes 110 lb of dog food
every month and sleeps alone in his own queen-
size bed: his owners had to move him out of their
king-size bed! I wonder if Bernie Siegel has a cat
this large.
Gene’s items that point to the fact that “times
are a changin’” to wit: I got a pre-declined credit
card in the mail. I ordered a burger at McDonald’s
and the kid behind the counter asked, “Can you
afford fries with that?” CEOs are now playing
mini golf. If the bank returns your check marked
“insufficient funds,” you call them and ask if
they meant you or them. McDonald’s is selling
the 1/4 ouncer. A truckload of Americans were
caught sneaking into Mexico. The mafia is laying
off judges. Exxon-Mobil laid off 25 congressmen.
US Congress says they are looking into this Bernhard Madoff scandal. Oh, great! The guy who
made $50 billion disappear is being investigated
by the people who made $1.5 trillion disappear!
Arnie Koch sent along a marvelous reprint
from the Maroon about the 1953 Winter Carnival
with Jimmy McPartland and his Allstars featured
at the winter prom. “Brings back memories!”
Norm Newman wrote: “This past weekend we
had the pleasure of having Esther and Chuck
Hargrave as our house guests for an enjoyable
3 days. Even though the weather was a bit cool
for Ft Myers, it felt good to them compared to
Farmington, NY. On Sunday, Sara Lee and John
Sanborn drove down from Venice, FL. The 3 of us
went out to a local restaurant for dinner with
Ginger and Bert Snyder. In effect, the 8 of us had
a mini-reunion of the Colgate Commons Club.
The time went by much too fast.”
Three of us ’53ers came to Colgate from Westfield, NJ: Paul MacCowatt, Al Wanamaker, and me.
Al checked in recently, writing, “Thanks for your
work on the class notes. Having done that for 15
years, I understand meeting deadlines. I retired
as a NYS administrative law judge about a year
and a half ago and moved from northern NY to
Sun City Center on the east coast of Tampa Bay.
My neighbor here at Freedom Plaza (a great place
to retire) is Dick Schubert ’51. Dick and I attended
a recent Colgate luncheon in Sarasota to hear
the interim pres; we were joined at our table by
classmates Jerry Blackwood and Pete Perretti
as well as Chuck Carrier ’52. Life is good here at
Freedom Plaza, but frankly I miss the seasons, the
nip in the air, and the snow crunching underfoot.
Best to all.”
Art Cooper checked in: “I enjoy reading your
columns about the Class of ’53 so much that I
now feel compelled to write you. [Sure wish that
more classmates would feel compelled to write!]
I had dinner here in Raleigh with Dave Roach,
Colgate’s athletic dir. He has been on a sabbatical
this spring visiting other schools and picking
their brains. He was in the Triangle area during
a visit to Duke, UNC, and Davidson. Knowing
he would be in our area, I e-mailed him and we
managed to get together. Some of the talk was
about the current state of college athletics, some
about Colgate, and some about my experience as
faculty athletic rep at NC State during the ’90s.
My impression is that Colgate’s athletic program
is in strong, competent hands.
“Despite Vail Taylor’s characterization of
me as a forestry expert, I remain only moderately active in the field, mostly through work in
professional forestry orgs. I did get some nice recognition when I received the profession’s highest
award, the Gifford Pinchot Medal, in 1999, a nice
way to start to close down a career. Now I am
concentrating on volunteer work and writing.
I work as a volunteer host on the train NC runs
from Raleigh to Charlotte. This has been most
rewarding: 1) it fulfills my childhood passion for
‘riding the rails,’ and 2) the work of volunteer
train host played a small, but important part in
NC’s success in getting funding for upgrading its
rail system between Raleigh and Charlotte and
for development of a high-speed rail connection
with the NE. I also do volunteer income tax work
with low-income people during tax season. It
is interesting, frustrating, and hard to believe,
all rolled into one. It has given me a heightened
sense of compassion for people when I realize
how close to the ragged financial edge a lot of
them are. This year, at least half the people I have
done have had unemployment compensation,
whereas before it was uncommon to run into
it. The writing has been mostly personal stuff:
the biggest project is documenting the nearly 6
years I spent in a political position in state govt.
I am doing it because some of what happened
is historically important and needs to be written down, some of it defies all understanding
and needs to be documented, and some of it
is downright hilarious and the stories need to
be preserved. I have no idea what I’ll do with it
when I get close to finished. I may just take it to
my grave with me. I don’t believe in throwing
Granny out in the snow, but I sure hope I don’t
end up the way she is — it can’t be fun for her.
Except for minor problems, I have been blessed
with relatively good health. My wife, however,
has serious arthritis, which limits her mobility
and our ability to travel. We did, however, make
it to the ’53’s 55th and will do our best to be at
the 60th. Enough about me. You need to put
something in your column about yourself and
life on the Eastern Shore. We’re interested in your
doings, my friend.”
OK, Art, here is a report about life on the Eastern Shore, also called the Delmarva Peninsula
since it is occupied by DE, MD, and VA. I moved to
said peninsula 13 years ago and find it interesting from the historical, ecological, and sociological perspectives. It reminds me of the historic
Collier County, FL. Until 1952, the peninsula was
very isolated and underdeveloped — lots of
farm land and chicken farms. In 1952, when the
Chesapeake Bay Bridge was built, people came
flooding in from all over the place and development started. The crabs and striped bass, not to
mention the watermen, resent this influx for it
has increased the pollution of the bay. As for me,
I do not care for the heat, humidity, and haze of
the summers, but love the long springs and falls.
I continue my lifelong love affair with plants,
and have lots of gardens of all sorts, including a
large vegetable garden and many fruit trees and
vines. I love this time of year when my asparagus
comes in, soon to be followed by strawberries.
My biggest crops are onions of all sorts, garlic,
and shallots. Otherwise, I grow enough to eat
and do no canning or freezing except for my annual production of chunky salsa, which I freeze.
I continue to advocate for those with developmental disabilities and serve on the board of
directors of the org that runs homes where my
son Terry lives. The big time-consumer in my life
for the past 5 years was writing a book about
my son’s life. It has been a great experience, a
real learning experience with much research in
preparation for the writing. Of the moment, I am
in the final revising phase with the help of lawyers and editors. I hope to have it to the publisher
this year and then we will be off to the races to
market same. During the fall and spring, I do get
in a few rounds of golf to just get away from the
intensity of writing.
Well, that’s about it for this go-around. Please
keep all those cards, e-mails, and letters coming,
and remember, it is only 3 years to our 60th
Reunion. I hope that someone in the class will
volunteer to organize it. And, remember, this
column is not for purposes of fundraising, and
anything you send in is not used for fundraising
purposes. Yes, Robin Jaycox will send you a note
News and views for the Colgate community
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“Bob Fox and Nancy are in year 8 of their around-the-world travel on their motor yacht Andiamo. This
particular 3–4 month leg included out-of-the-way islands such as Borneo, Komodo, Palau, Papua New
Guinea, Solomons, Sulawesi, and Vanatau.” — Paul Beardslee ’59
from time to time about donations, and that
is separate from this column. So, send me your
news! Let us know what your life is like in the
late 70s. Have a happy summer.
Lou: 410-873-2944; bylou13@comcast.net
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Peter W Rakov
159 Edgewood Ave
Hurley, NY 12443-5406
Summer is upon us. Amen. This mid-Hudson Valley had it easy, but our fellow alums in CT, NYC,
and NJ really caught hell.
Received a Post Standard (Syracuse) clipping
from Don Perricone. He and Donna celebrated
their 50th Dec 26. Cheers for a wonderful couple!
We will be in Columbus, OH, o/a this issue’s publication date. Dave Kurtz graciously invited us to
stop over in Waite Hill, if our itinerary and time
permitted. (I can’t keep up with Gary Chandler’s
going about the US, however.) Jeanne and Dr Bob
Davis “doing well” in Plattsburgh, 12 years after
retirement.
My sole Christmas greeting from a classmate
was from Jim Robinson. I’ll summarize the
graphic greeting: Santa holding a funnel-type
device against Rudolph’s rear, above a box labeled “Catalytic Converter.” Some guys just never
change.
Steve Humes passed on Feb 20 in Houston.
Our class condolences to widow Diane.
Lang Hatcher isn’t too happy with the “new”
Scene format. Says it is too costly. Believes it
should be published only 2 or 3 times per year,
with perhaps a simple news sheet once in a
while.
Jim Fraser, after 35 years, still plays tennis
3x/week. “Keeps the body toned up, but hurting
much of the time.” He heard from Bill Jupp, who
was inquiring about Cedar Key, FL, the Frasers’
winter place. NB Charlis Gill, I did get your e-mail
telling me of your visits with Mary and Fred
Boos ’55 in Tucson, Sally and Dick Woolbert ’55
in Cape Cod, and Jan and Ray Smith at Mary and
Don Beck’s Saranac Lake place, along with the
Woolberts.
Peter: 845-340-0659; therakovs@aol.com
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Bruce Burke
4661 Sweetmeadow Cir
Sarasota, FL 34238-4334
By the time you read this, it will be past our
55th Reunion on campus. So, you will have to
wait until the fall issue to read reports from the
campus reunion scene. Ben Barnes sent a copy of
his message to the Sigma Chi’s to get organized
for the reunion. I assume they are doing this as
I write. Ben and Beth have enjoyed their winters
in ME, which includes being close to their grandkids and family. Ben is helping out the bishop
of ME with Trinity Church in Lewiston. It is full
of daily activities as the basement “parish hall”
has been converted to a service center, serving
meals to hundreds a day, and providing clothing
to transients and referral services to job seekers.
Students from nearby Bates C volunteer at the
center helping to keep the programs going. Beth
works as a speech and language pathologist
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scene: Summer 2010
helping young children; she also sings in the
choir.
Heard from Bill Boyle and received a copy of
his reminder to the TKEs to attend the June 2010
reunion. He has communicated with the interim
pres, Dr Lyle Roelofs, and received a promise that
he would visit the class tent at reunion time. Bill
has always been a steady class communicator,
writing letters and e-mails regularly.
Another steady communicator is our prexy,
Bob Quitzau. He wrote in Feb that he had
counted 25 of our classmates were returning
to the class reunion. I am sure everyone had a
terrific time in Hamilton in June. He was also
hoping that Bill Beyea and other class musicians
would be playing at the class tent. Dick Colwell
wrote this spring that he was looking forward
to a great reunion with a good turnout for our
class. He congratulated the Colgate professional
leadership for providing plenty of great support.
I could not attend the reunion because my
mobility is limited and I cannot deal with
airlines, etc. I assume that those of you who did
had a great time. Let me know how it went. Since
there is sure to be a good crowd of ’55ers, that
means many can write to me describing how our
reunion went.
Bruce: 941-926-3244;
bruceb@msu.edu, johnbburke@comcast.net
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Jerry Rhodes
101 Magerton Ct
Cary, NC 27511-7303
First of all, some admin business. My begging
e-mail got rejected from the following guys:
Messrs Huther, Schupp, Engle, Ford, Oppenheimer, Hillyer, and Hartley. You know how
poorly I handle rejection, so please send me your
correct e-mail so I will feel a lot better! Thanks. Unfortunately, there is also some sad news
to pass on. I have been told of the deaths of 3
classmates: Thornton Penfield, Pete Anderson,
and Gerry Holland. Thorny died in New Orleans
on Aug 27, 2007, and I understand he had been
active in NO jazz circles for some time. Pete died
in Cleveland on Feb 27, and Gerry died in Williamsburg, VA, on March 2. I have family contact
info if any of you would like it. Like all our other
late classmates, these gentlemen will be missed,
and we pass on our sincere condolences to their
families.
Ed Johnston reports that he, Ron Schaupp,
Corky Steneri, John Wise, and Bill Deysher had
a delightful Colgate reunion in early March in
Orlando. It was over dinner and a few bottles
of wine and a lot of remembering and roaring
with laughter. Sounds like fun. Linda and Mickey
Warburton are going on their 14th year down
in Vero Beach at Sea Oaks. He sees Ben Patt
and Duke Foster there frequently. He was just
asked to become pres of the Treasure Coast
Colgate Club and plans on continuing the annual
Colgate luncheon and a football gathering for the
Colgate-Lehigh game.
Dave Hood says that, “The news about Pete
Anderson (more commonly known by all as
‘Homebrew’) was especially saddening to me as
he was my frat-house roommate, best man at my
wedding, and more importantly, my best friend.
His nickname perfectly described his nature —
even-keeled, relaxed, natural, and just plain fun
to be around. An all-around good guy who will
be sorely missed by his legion of friends.”
Dave also says that the word “retirement”
is not part of his lexicon as he continues f/t
employment. The primary reason is he has a
19-year-old daughter pursuing a bachelor of
music (performance) degree at CA State Long
Beach. Dave says, “Just to show my allegiance to
the great Class of ’56, I sired an offspring at age
56. I always thought I was the oldest classmate
to report news in the birth announcements, but I
believe Herky Lewin beat me out.” Thanks for the
note, it was good to hear from you.
Heide and Gordie Miller enjoyed having the
whole family, kids, and grandkids at St Croix over
Christmas and New Year’s. In April, the Millers
headed to Boca Grande on FL’s West Coast and
hoped to bring some warm weather with them.
He also included the following: “More important,
it is not too soon to get in shape for our 55th Reunion, June 2–5, 2011. The class record for returns
is 40 alumni. No way we can’t top that! We do
get priority at the Colgate Inn, but get your reservations in now!” Thanks for the reminder, Gordie,
and all y’all get ready for that big event. (I guess
I’ve been in the Tar Heel State too long!)
John McKenzie wrote that he was “very sorry
to learn of Pete Anderson’s passing. Dave Houghton, Jim Treese, and I worked a summer at the
Cape with him after our freshman year. Homebrew was a great guy and will be sorely missed.”
John got a call in the late fall from Mickey Warburton indicating he and Linda would be on the
Cape visiting their grandson, who is in the Coast
Guard there. They were able to get together for
a lunch at the Land Ho, a local watering hole in
Orleans; much reminiscing and a great time, of
course. The 4 of them hadn’t seen each other in
about 5 years. John says that “not much happening in these parts, although we did have some
interesting things going on in Jan when Scott
Brown, the state senator from our district, won
the former Kennedy seat in the US Senate, here
in the ‘Peoples Republic of MA.’”
Gene Soechtig writes in early April that ski
season was finally coming to an end and he and
Patty were getting ready to return to MI. It was
time to hang up the skis and get out the fly rod.
Gene says, “Once again I did not manage to ski
my age as I’ve been threatening to do for the
past several years, but over 50 days on the slopes
isn’t too bad for an old ‘gomer.’ Besides, Patty
did it for me. She’s had 80 days!” (Editor’s note:
neither of them are 80!) The Soechtigs had a
fairly busy spring planned. A week after they got
back to MI, they went to DC, where Patty had a
board meeting for the Grier School. In mid-May
Gene returned to CO for a week to do some early
spring fly-fishing. Sounds like you’re enjoying
retirement, Gene.
Lastly, I should probably explain something.
Whatever news you are reading now was sent
to me back in early April and is just now being
published. Eddie Vantine had wondered about
this, and I told him I thought it was about a
6-month delay. As usual I misspoke, as you are
reading the summer issue, not the fall one. So, if
any of you think I may have forgotten to include
anything (I really try not to, but you understand
how things are as one approaches 76!), please be
gentle with me as what you read is most likely at
least 3 months old. Would that it were otherwise,
but that’s the way it is!
Thanks to all who contributed to my musings,
and I really do wish we could hear from more of
you. Anyway, that’s all I have, so until next time…
Jerry: 919-363-1980; rhodes_j_c@att.net
1957
Ev Smethurst
6 Son Bon
Laguna Niguel, CA 92677-8601
It’s another beautiful day in SoCal. It will be
80° today. I will be taking the 2 grandkids to the
local pool. They have responded to my sterling
lessons in the pool by being very average. But
Lena (9) has begun her softball career. She has
played 8 games; still has not hit the ball. Arlene
and I, along with the expectant parents, continue
to make all the games and cheer with passion.
Arlene and I went to a great Colgate event in San
Diego a month ago. It was held at the Beach and
Tennis Club in La Jolla, and there were 60 alums
and partners. The star of the evening was Tony
Aveni, who is in his 45th year at Colgate. His message was witty and very informative — all about
the Maya in the Yucatan. He talked about the
end of the world — some time in 2012. I am glad I
was in the liberal arts: I don’t believe it.
Just after I wrote the last report, I received a
sad phone call from George Behling. He told me
of the passing of his close friend Malcolm Dale.
Malcolm had been quite ill and passed away earlier this year. I remember a nice lunch I had with
Malcolm about 10 years ago. We had been corresponding about the passing of one of our fellows.
I told him I would be coming to NYC and he
invited me to a great lunch. Malcolm and George
had been HS friends and also good friends at
Colgate. So, we mourn the passing of our friend
Malcolm along with his extended family. George
and I had a nice talk about the KDR swimmers,
Bud Foote, Gerry Bonniol, and Sam Johnson. I
hope they are all alive and very well.
Finally, a welcome e-mail from our leader Ellis
Rowland: “Suzee and I are enjoying our annual
stay in FL and recently met up with several of
our classmates at a very enjoyable lunch at the
Colgate Club of Suncoast meeting in Sarasota. It
was good to catch up with Jean and Tito Macias,
who are proud new grandparents. Elise and Jim
Aston and Therese and Walt Reichert were also
there. The speaker was Lyle Roelofs, interim pres.
After the lunch, we unanimously elected our
new social chair, Walt, to arrange for all of us to
get together next month. On our way south to FL,
we stopped to see Natalie and Jacques Theriot in
SC. They are very gracious hosts and always fun
to be with. I’m happy to report that age has not
dimmed Jacques’ sense of humor. We also visited
with Meredith and Cliff Heaslip ’50 on Skidway
Island, GA, and were joined by Shirley and Frank
Speno ’56. All were doing well, although Frank
has been having serious back problems. He told
us he has a new doctor and is optimistic for the
future.” Thanks, Ellis. I hope to see a home football game in the fall: will let you know.
At the top of this report, I forgot to mention
the other grandkid, Little Ev. He is 4 1/2 and full
of energy. He is my buddy, ready for soccer in the
fall. See you next time.
Ev: 949-495-4862; mrews@cox.net
1958
Bob Woodruff
3017 West Garfield Street
Seattle, WA 98199-4243
I recently read Arthur Rashap’s plea asking for
a volunteer to be the new class editor for the
great Class of 1958. At just about the same time,
I attended a Colgate Alumni event at Seattle’s
Space Needle. Lyle Roelofs, interim pres, and
Nancy Serrurier P’09, Board of Trustees member,
brought us up to date on the happenings at Colgate. These simultaneous events spurred me to
action. I have volunteered to take on the assignment. I am Bob Woodruff, your new class editor.
My 1st task was to send out an e-mail blast
a week ago to the members of the class asking
for your help and assistance: 11 of you responded
on short notice. You know who you are. Thanks
for your quick response. I realize that some of
us may not have easy access to e-mail, so let me
pose my questions again: What is happening
in your life that others from our class might be
interested in hearing? What differences are you
making in the world? With whom have you
been in contact? Please keep the correspondence
rolling!
Arthur Rashap writes that that he has
founded the Lifelong Learning Program under
the Upstate Institute at Colgate, has served on
its advisory board, and has conducted 4 courses,
some with Dick Cheshire. He is now working on
a proposal to bring “town and gown” closer together. Arthur meets with Paul Schupf regularly
and reports that he continues to be amazed with
“Paul’s broad knowledge of everything.” (Chalk
it up to our great liberal arts education?) Arthur
continues by saying, “I hope all our classmates
will share some stories and news with the new
editor. Go, Bob!” Thanks, Arthur, for this support
and your encouragement, and thank you for the
job you have done as class editor all these years.
Robert Clegg has been living outside Paris for
some 41 years, working in the wine business. He
says his quality of life is enhanced with the wonderful wines and food of the region. He reports
that the US wine business has taken a nose dive
because of the economy, but he is working well
with the Chinese as their import of French wine
is growing steadily. He and I had a fun exchange
of some of this info in French as I am a Francophile also.
We have a couple of classmates who have
reported publishing books. Dan Robinson tells
me that the Columbia U Press published his 19th
book, Consciousness and Mental Life. Last year he
was awarded CUNY’s President’s Distinguished
Alumnus Award, the 2nd time it was rewarded
in 45 years. He will be returning in Jan for his
20th year of teaching for the philosophy faculty
at Oxford. (See p 48 for more.) Al Ristori’s book,
The Complete Book of Surf Fishing, was published
last year. As a saltwater fishing journalist, Al recounts numerous fishing stories and adventures
that have taken him around the world. He and
his wife are living in Manasquan Park, NJ, and
they are looking forward to retiring in FL to be
closer to their children.
Wally Kramer reports that he is still practicing
law and during the winters spends his time
on his sailboat at Great Abaco Island in the Bahamas. Nice life if you can get it, Wally.
A year after our 50th Reunion, Bob Balentine,
Larry Wood, John Glynn, Frank Gatland, and I,
along with some of our spouses, spent a wonderful June weekend at Bob Balentine’s summer
home in Harper’s Ferry, WV, sharing tales,
touring Gettysburg and Antietam, talking jazz,
attending a jazz fest, and just recounting the
wonderful time we had seeing each other at the
50th and planning for the future. See a photo of
us on our class page photo gallery at colgatealumni.org. We were caught in the photo singing,
“Old Colgate” or “Old Alpha” or old something!
We heard from Bernard Whittier’s daughter
Allison, who wanted to announce that Bernard
and his wife, Judy, celebrated their 50th anniversary in March. There was a private family
gathering at the Carriage House in South Bend,
IN, to celebrate. The Whittiers have 3 daughters
and 2 grandchildren. Having lived in St Joseph,
MI, for nearly 30 years, Bernard remains active
in his community through his involvement in
Rotary International and as a member of the St
Joseph-Benton Harbor club. He also is applying
his lifelong passion for trains by serving as vice
chairman of the MI Assoc of Railroad Passengers,
a rail advocacy group promoting greater use of
rail travel. See a photo of the happy couple 50
years ago and today on our class page photo gallery at colgatealumni.org.
In addition to those mentioned above, I also
heard from Elmer Humes, John ‘Moose’ Merz, Bill
Mitchell, and Michael Rudolph. I am really looking forward to hearing from the rest of you! Keep
it coming.
Mystery classmate of the quarter as submitted by Ron Greenleese: “One of our stellar ’58
grads, who put his 2 daughters through Colgate,
and whose father also graduated from Colgate,
has a grandson about to be drafted into the NFL.
The grandson starred at NC State. Who is that
classmate?” Please submit your responses to your
class editor. Your prize is a mention in the next
quarterly Scene. Relatives are not eligible! Thanks,
Ron, for being your usual creative self, unless you
are the grandfather! Who would like to submit
the next offering for our “mystery classmate of
the quarter”?
Bob: 206-550-6715; rbwoody@mac.com
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Paul W Beardslee
Tunnel Mt B&B
Rt 1 Box 59-1
Elkins, WV 26241-9711
It is the day after Easter and I can finally trade
my snow shovel for a scribe’s writing instrument.
Perhaps this move still holds some risk for we
can still see some remnants of this past winter
on some of the sheltered hillsides. Of course,
when you are reading this, it will be difficult
to visualize hillside snow, and the mention of
a snow shovel will be like speaking another
language. I’ll let you know how risky I was next
winter!
In our last writing (written in Jan, read in
April), news was promised about several “holiday
greeters.” First among them is Bob ‘Nasty’ Nastanovich. The details are slim, but Katy wrote that
Bob is “doing much better now!” Beyond that, we
are in the dark, but we’re glad the news is good.
Bob and Katy celebrated their 50th anniversary
in March ’09, so we can now say “Happy 51st to
the Nasties!” By the way, the Nastanovichs spent
a family vacation last summer at the Homestead
Resort, VA. I mention this because we need to
put the Seiberts (Bill ‘Scoop’ and Joyce) on alert,
since they, too, adjourn to the same location on
a regular basis. We also learned, from Joyce, that
Scoop knows which end of a snow shovel is the
working end! What a winter, huh?!
Dave Bowman’s greeting was brief but he
referenced the reunion last year, telling us how
great it was. We trust Dave and Nan are planning
a Chenango return in 2014. Be sure to wear that
hat, Dave! Also mentioning the Hamilton gettogether was Rich Keating, our instigator of the
very successful class art show. Rich reports that
Jody is in good spirits and has had some good
news from her doctors. He still stays active in the
botanical world and was hoping (at this writing)
to finish a manuscript. We shall hope for continued good news from the MW. Greetings from the
West Coast (Bill Williams) also raved about our
reunion. Needless to say, we all agree, and thank
Catching up with a curmudgeon
A Q&A with Jay Darrin ’69, owner of the travel business Curmudgeon and Friends
in Nashua, N.H.
Where are you now?
The Animal Kingdom at Disney, sitting by a waterfall. This is just a fun tour with some
friends. That’s the beauty of this job — I get to do a lot of my own travels, too.
How did you become a
travel guide?
I was a teacher for 35 years,
and during that time I led a lot
of National Park camping trips
with students. When I got into
my 50s, I got too old to drive
a school bus and sleep on the
ground, so one of my friends
suggested I start leading trips
with adults.
Why did you decide to
name your business
Curmudgeon and Friends?
When you get in a vehicle with
students, they hop on and
they’re fine with wherever you
go. When you travel with adults,
you drive about a quarter of a
mile and they say, “Why are you
taking this route? Have you ever thought about going here?” So, I incorporated a philosophy
statement that explains that they’re traveling with a curmudgeon and they might have lots
of good ideas but I wasn’t interested in them. I told them that while Burger King was “Have it
your way,” I’m the anti–Burger King: Have it my way.
What are the similarities between being a teacher and a tour guide?
[At Colgate] I had Doc Reading, who was a great raconteur, and I also had Russell Speirs, so
I realized that bringing a little drama into the classroom, even in math, can dress it up. And
I found that that works well on trips. If you can bring a story and humor into it, it seems to
resonate with people.
How many trips do you lead?
I travel about 160 days of the year. This year, I’ll be doing about 10 overnight trips and 120
day trips. Some of them are just one night, like to Tanglewood [Music Center]. We do some
trips that last almost two weeks. This year, we’re going out to the Door County peninsula in
Wisconsin.
Describe your clientele.
It’s mixed, but mainly retirees, especially for the day trips. I’ve had a woman who I think was
102 who’s gone on some of the trips.
What’s the most interesting part of the business for you?
I keep going to new destinations. Sometimes people make suggestions about things I had
no idea about. In one instance, we have a woman who is blind who travels with us and I was
trying to think of things she would enjoy, so I learned about the Porter Music Box Company
[in Vermont]. I thought it was going to be boring, but it turns out, this guy isn’t making tiny
music boxes, but big pieces of furniture. He also had an antique collection that he played.
How do you become knowledgeable about the places you’re going?
Part of the motivation for me doing this with students was that I had something to look
forward to and I would do a lot of planning during the winter, so I’ve continued that. I really
enjoy doing the research, and I ask a lot of questions along the way.
Where are your favorite places to travel?
My two favorite national parks are the Grand Tetons and Bryce Canyon. For day trips, I love
going to Cape Ann [Mass.]. Newport, Rhode Island, is another good destination: you can do a
tour of the mansions, theater, and the cliff walks.
News and views for the Colgate community
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Bill for helping make it a special time. By the by,
Bill and Carol also did some other traveling — to
Vietnam and Cambodia, the Grand Canyon, and
last fall, Bill and his family were featured guests
in an Apple Fest parade in Bill’s hometown of
Oak Harbor, OH. Why? Well, back in 1838, Bill’s
great-great-grandfather helped build the town
and a park was dedicated in his honor. We trust
no one rained on Bill’s parade!
Other greetings were brief, but it was great to
hear from Bill Cashman’s widow, Joan, who told
us that Scoop filled her in on reunion activities.
And, from John Leyden’s widow, Bev, we had a
similar thanks, although she also mentioned a
great visit with Hildy and Bill Davenport. Hence,
we are hoping we might get some word from
Stone Ridge, NY, in the not-too-distant future.
We had a Jan note from Chuck Berky, who told
us he was registering for Colgate’s 1st Summer
on the Hill program this June. Chuck has been
pushing for such a program, so we hope it will be
warm, the sun will be shining, and that we will
have a follow-up report from Chuck for one of
our future missives. And speaking of reports, we
heard from Bob Fox, telling us that he and Nancy
are in year 8 of their around-the-world travel on
their motor yacht Andiamo. This particular 3–4
month leg included out-of-the-way islands such
as Borneo, Komodo, Palau, Papua New Guinea,
Solomons, Sulawesi, and Vanatau. Keep the reports coming, Bob! We can all do some vicarious
dreaming and, perhaps, a few of us will even pull
out the atlas! We are curious, Bob. How was the
name Andiamo chosen? Stay tuned, readers!
We had mentioned Lew Thurston last round.
Lew and Mary Jane are carried on our Tunnel Mt
visitors rolls, but did you know that Lew had a
35-year career in NJ govt and politics? Among his
roles were chief of staff to Gov Tom Kean, COO
of the Meadowlands Sports Complex, COO of
the Garden State Parkway, and exec dir of the NJ
Senate. Lew is now retired, but he still does some
teaching, volunteering, plays in a community
band, plays some golf, and spoils his grandchildren! Now that’s an impressive résumé for
someone who decided “not to be a lawyer”!
Did you know that Bob Armata was at our
reunion, at least at its beginning? We saw Bob
on arrival, but we think he left early. Since Bob
is an avid Red Sox fan, we’re wondering if he
ventured back to Fenway! When you write with
clarification, Bob, tell us what you’ve been doing
since insurance, brokerage, elderly housing work,
school commission, and selectman activities. Are
you writing (authoring) another auto reform
bill? Mates should also be aware that Bob has 2
daughters who are also Colgate grads. Quite a
résumé, which we hope Bob will expand upon
down the pike.
We had hoped to share some info on Clyde
Case, but we lack data in Scoop’s “Reflections.”
Hence, all we have is a quote, rendered during
our walk down fraternity row (Broad St) on our
way to the alumni luncheon at reunion. Clyde
was observed waving to onlookers as we paraded
with our class, at which point he gleefully
shouted to all, “Remember to vote on Tuesday!”
Here’s hoping Clyde will retort with some more
fun stuff!
We had similar hopes, re: referencing “Reflections,” for Dick ‘Doctor’ Myers. Unfortunately, the
Doctor’s writing is missing, so we can only tell
you we had a great chat while parading down
Broad St. Here’s hoping Dick will be prodded to
jot us an update in the coming months.
We had more success with Bob Webster, my
predecessor in this scribe work. In addition to
some great chats at reunion, you’ll enjoy reading
about Bob in the class “Reflections”: 45 years
with the same law firm, but make note of some
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scene: Summer 2010
of Bob’s assignments. As he said, he was often a
“canary” for internatl banks — one way of saying
he was placed (kind of) in harm’s way on more
than 1 occasion. It’s interesting that Bob feels his
“work” in retirement follows similar lines. Bob,
feel free to drop us 1 or 2 (lines) should you wish
to expand on any of those internatl exploits!
Prior to the winter holidays and all those
major snow removal experiences, we had a note
from Jim Madura, who was inquiring about Bob
Conklin. While we have no further details, we
hope Bob can find some comfort in knowing
there are mates out there thinking and praying
for him. By the way, Jim did send some more
“quiz” items, which will be shared in upcoming
missives. Hopefully, Jim will come to our next
gathering, so we can have him conduct a “quiz”
class on Whitnall Field!
Bob Shapiro sent a note: “I just retired from
a 32-year career with NY State, and guess what I
was given as a gift? One of my co-workers, knowing how much we love Colgate, contacted the interim president’s office (just before Mr Herbst arrived) and a congratulatory letter was sent. Then,
he contacted the bookstore and ordered a Colgate
wristwatch, which is being engraved for me and
will be sent out shortly.” Before closing for another round, please join
me in conveying sympathies to the family of
Tom Biggs. We lost Tom back in Nov, but we have
few details other than Clovis, CA, was Tom’s last
known address. Hopefully his Sigma Nu brothers
will be able to share sympathies and condolences with Tom’s family. From us, Tom, Godspeed.
And now we close your summer–fall reading
lesson. We’d love to have updates from “lots” of
you. You can dial, do the e-thing, or try the oldfashioned notepaper! Meanwhile, gents, be well
and enjoy everyday fully. Cheers, Paul.
Paul: 304-636-1684; beardslee@meer.net
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Stephen Greenbaum
4242 Stansbury Ave, PH6
Sherman Oaks, CA 91423-4265
This is a strange column: I am writing it before
the reunion, yet you will be receiving it after.
Many entries below allude to the reunion, and
Roger Wanamaker directs you to the reunion
yearbook for more info about him.
During the past months, I have been working with Jack Blanchard, putting together the
yearbook and proofreading the bios. In that role,
as well as class editor, I have come to know so
many of you. Who would have thought back
in ’56 through ’60 that you would become
such famous scholars, doctors, lawyers, execs,
entrepreneurs, teachers, profs, clergymen, musicians, pilots, and world travelers — leaders in
your community, an inspiration to many that
you have met personally or who have come to
know you through your deeds. I am amazed (but
I majored in English, not sociology).
For those of you who haven’t purchased a
yearbook, you will be able to. For those of you
who didn’t submit a bio, the wonders of cyberworld will soon let you. For those of you who
couldn’t attend the reunion for the many reasons
that made it impossible, you were missed. And,
for those of you who have left Colgate because of
your personal reasons, I am saddened.
Peter Piven writes: “In Dec I resigned from
the Coxe Group, the consulting firm I incorporated in 1979, and started a new firm under
my own name: Peter Piven Mgmt Consultants.
As an optimist who fell off the observation deck
of the Empire State Building was overheard to
say as he passed the 85th floor, ‘So far, so good.’
Caroline and I continue to travel recreationally;
we have 2 more trips scheduled to France — one
to the Dordogne and the other to Paris with our
13-year-old granddaughter — and a sailing trip
on the Adriatic. In Feb, I had a nice chat with Phil
Perham from the development office, who paid
a visit while he was visiting Philly, a nice reconnection.”
Arnie Gross writes: “The impulsive decision to
attend our 50th was motivated by my thankfulness for having been able, to some degree, to apply the things learned in my Colgate experience.
As the short-term memory fails, the teachers,
classmates, and “Colgate Spirit” remain more
vivid in my mind. Having received a master’s in
social work and a PhD in social planning from
Brandeis, I’ve spent 42 years living in Israel working in academia and developing new approaches
to social welfare problems. My wife and I live
in a small suburban town outside of Beersheva
with our daughter and 2 granddaughters 5
minutes from us. Every few days I look at the list
of those attending our 50th, and each name conjures up a face and an experience. I look forward
to seeing you and others in June.”
Charlie Ehin published another article in Feb.
It was for the KnowledgeBoard.com in the UK:
http://www.knowledgeboard.com/item/3056.
Dex Morrill writes: “My wife, Barbara, and
I are moving to the Poughkeepsie area after
40 years in Hamilton. We sold our house on
the village green and are moving in April, just
before the reunion. Barb has been a health
professional since college days, most recently
as a cardiology researcher at Basset Hospital
in Cooperstown (and saw Bob Knopp once in a
while at meetings). I think Bob will be back in
June. Recently, I managed to find Vic Strite in
TX, and was worried he had passed away, but he
seems OK, although not in great health. Gail and
Stieg Reichart will try to make it from TX, too, although health has also been a problem for them.
I am still busy composing along with my job of
packing up the house.”
Mary and Dave Croft were looking forward to
being at the reunion this June. Dave writes: “We
will be staying at our home in Saddlebrooke, AZ,
until mid to late May before returning to MN
for the summer. We visited Grand Canyon for a
couple of days last week, with Mary and some
friends hiking down and back up in 1 day. We
always enjoy the canyon. With lots of rain in the
desert this winter, the wild flowers are great and
the desert green.”
Roger Wanamaker writes: “I retired in Sept
2008 after 48 years in aviation. Flew Navy fighters, then as capt on a major airline’s domestic/
internatl ops, and more recently, high-end corp
aircraft. I am now enjoying retirement, with
sailing my main hobby. After years on the road,
it’s a pleasure to stay home with my wife, Julie,
getting our 2 kids through college. Our daughter
Christie had been offered a scholarship at
Colgate to play soccer but she chose CO C and
the great skiing in the Rockies. More detail in the
forthcoming class yearbook for our 50th Reunion.” Frank Gundlach received WA U, St Louis
School of Law’s Distinguished Alumni Award. It’s
appropriate to flesh out Frank’s career as stated
by the award committee: “Frank N Gundlach
(JD ’63) is senior counsel at Armstrong Teasdale
LLP. He began his legal career in the US Dept of
Justice as a trial atty in the tax division trying
cases around the country. For 2 weeks in the
summer of 1964, Gundlach was assigned to
the Civil Rights Division, investigating alleged
violations in MI of recently enacted legislation.
In 1966, Gundlach joined Armstrong Teasdale.
He has spent his legal career as a trial lawyer
and, at an early age, was elected to the American
Academy of Trial Lawyers. Gundlach has tried
to completion more than 100 cases and argued
numerous appeals involving high-profile clients
covering a broad field of subjects. He is a trustee
of the US Supreme Court Historical Society and
the American C of Trial Lawyers Fndn, where
he currently serves as secy.” That’s more like it,
Frank.
Tom Murphy ’90 wrote: “My dad, Tony Murphy,
suffered a bad accident in July 2008 and has
not been in good health since. He fell down the
stairs, broke his neck, and was never able to
recover from the surgery. He’s had Parkinson’s
for about 15 years, which has progressed where
it made the recovery from the trauma of the
fall exceptionally difficult. After many months
in an area hospital, he was transferred to the
only nursing home that can care for him, in
upstate CT, far from our family. He is effectively
a quadriplegic with a trach, so communicating is
difficult.
“We have been in touch with his friends
and your classmates, Bruce Warwick and Paul
Jenkel, both of whom have seen him since the
accident. Needless to say, Dad won’t be able to
make it to the reunion. If you could let some of
your classmates know that he would love to be
there if he could, that would be wonderful.”
Harold ‘Bud’ Rollins writes: “After Colgate, my
lovely wife, Judith, and I moved to Madison, WI,
and I earned my MA in geology at UW. Then, in
1963, on to NYC and Columbia, where I received
a PhD in geology in 1967. After a couple years
as an asst prof at Antioch C in OH, Judith and I
adopted our son, Steven, and took up residence
in Pitt, working (both of us) at the U of Pitt, me in
the Dept of Geology and Planetary Sci and Judith
in the Dept of East Asian Languages and Literatures. When I retired from Pitt in 2002 (as prof
and dept chair at that time), Judith and I moved
to my old homestead outside of Hamilton. Soon,
however, we bought a house in Dunnellon, FL,
and have now become seasonal ‘trackers’ of the
warm weather.
“My career has revolved around teaching
and research. My professional activities have
been focused upon paleobiology (a passion, I am
certain, I ‘inherited’ from one of Colgate’s all-time
great teachers, Bob Linsley), paleoecology, coastal
geology, and geoarchaeology. My field investigations have largely been in the US and S America
(Peru). I continue to pursue research and publish,
as a prof emeritus. I hold research associateships
with the American Museum of Natural History
(NYC) and the Carnegie Museum of Natural History (Pitt). Non-professional activities (always the
best kind!) include fishing and boating with Judith on the Withlacoochee River and FL’s Nature
Coast.”
Leo Hamill is still living with Leiden V Mutation Factor and, to add to his woes, had a stroke
last Dec, and is living with drugs dealing with
blood clots and bleeding in or on the brain, so
he’s struggling with the double-edged sword. Leo
is eager to hear from any doctor classmates who
might help — and he’s a willing test subject for
any new treatments. He’s off to a 2nd opinion at
Houston Med Ctr. Leo has given me permission
to print his phone number — 614-880-9411 — if
anyone has info, that would be helpful. He hopes
to make the reunion, but is looking more forward
to reunions 55, 60, etc.
Good friend to all, Jeffrey Munson, dentist to
those who pay on the installment plan — or not
at all — will be at the reunion, of course. He has
been in regular contact with Bob ‘Popeye’ Wright
and Strat ‘Mr Insurance’ Kane and their wives.
They have several yearly get-togethers, while
Stieg ‘Texan Ranger’ Reichert badgers the group
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Kent Blair
4535 Sanderling Circle West
Boynton Beach, FL 33436-5120
As I write this column in early April, the weather
in FL has finally returned to normal after one
of the coldest winters on record. Although
the temps were nothing like what we had in
Hamilton 50 years ago, it was a shocker to us
snowbirds who come south to play in the sun.
By the time you read this, our 50th Reunion will
be less than a year away: June 2–5, 2011. I hope
you’re making plans to attend. It will be a great
party. Bill Swezey has started to organize our
events, which will include a special class dinner
on Thurs, a golf tourney on Fri, the all-class
parade (which we will lead) on Sat, and a class
dinner that evening, at which our new pres,
Jeffrey Herbst, will be the speaker. Our class will
be housed in the Wendt U Inn, a new hotel just
outside of Hamilton. No more sharing dorm
bathrooms. Shuttle buses will run continuously
between the campus and the hotel. No more
driving late at night.
Once again, I received a large number of
responses to my March e-mail request for info.
Remember, any classmate wishing to contact another alumnus can do so by checking the Alumni
Directory at www.colgatealumni.org or calling
the alumni office, which will provide e-mail addresses, phone numbers, etc.
First, the sad news. My roommate Bill Shoen
passed away in March. For the past 24 years, he’d
been in a VA hospital after being the victim of a
hit and run accident in AZ. He loved rock and roll
music and was affectionately known as the “Big
Bopper.” Despite our vastly different personalities, he was a great friend. We visited ’Cuse and
Caz all the time and had a ball. When I was the
drum major and not enough guys in the band
showed up for a game, Bill would march holding
a French horn, which he had no idea how to play,
just to make the band look bigger. I’ve missed
him for the past 24 years and will continue to do
so. On the brighter side, Russ Bartley checked
in from the redwood hills near Ft Bragg, CA. He
retired 14 years ago from the UWI as prof of
history. He and wife Sylvia are deeply involved
in local history and the geology/paleontology
of northern CA. They have also co-authored a
lengthy paper on Thorstein Veblen (remember
him from “The Worldly Philosophers” in jr-year
econ) that is scheduled to be published this summer. Judy and Brett Beazley are living on Lake
Keowee in SC, playing some golf and doing a lot
of boating. They have 4 grandchildren, 1 of whom
is in college. Brett finds the passage of time scary.
He’s not alone. Colgate plays Furman this fall,
and Brett would like to see any classmates who
come to the game. The Lueckes and Monroes
are planning to attend. Some day, Ken Monroe
promises to tell the world exactly what he does,
but for now it’s all cloak and daggers. I’m waiting
for that call, Ken. Mike Davie, who left Colgate
after 2 years, ended up graduating from our then
archrival Syracuse in ’70. He continues to support
Colgate, partly in memory of his father, J Ralph
Davie ’33. Mike retired after 22 years as a USAF
European SIGINT linguist and then had a 2nd
career in IT. He and his wife live near Baltimore.
His 1st-year roommate, Mike Brody, calls him
each Dec. He closed his e-mail with “it has been a
good life.”
John Fornuto gets the award for being the
1st to e-mail me a photo, a great shot of him
and Marie on a snowmobile in VT. John talked
with Ed Ramm, a dorm mate in Stillman. Ed
was career Navy and served on a destroyer in
Vietnam. Thanks for your service, Ed. Jay Gaines,
the youngest member of our class (entered at 16),
is now 90% retired from practicing medicine. He
still teaches infectious diseases at Yale, however.
He and wife Priscilla winter in Santa Barbara
and summer in New Haven. He started golf 10
years ago and is a real nut over it, as am I. Jay has
invited any classmates who would like to play
the Yale course to contact him. He’d like to hear
from Steve Baker, Ed Fincke, and Bob Gray, as
would I. Bill Gernhardt now spends much of the
winter in San Diego to get away from the gray of
the Pacific NW. He’d love to see any classmates
passing through town. Karl Gordinier, who’d
been enjoying retirement, is now consulting
at Monmouth U. He finds this very rewarding.
Fred Holmes wrote from Marin Cty that he and
wife Janalee have lived in CA for 46 years. They
raised 2 athletic (surprise, surprise) daughters,
1 of whom teaches them yoga. Other activities
include golf, hiking, swimming, biking, and
fly-fishing. They’ve traveled to China, Spain,
Scotland, Italy, and Cape Cod.
I was happy to receive an e-mail from “totaladman,” aka Warren Lutz (guess what business
he was in), as I hadn’t heard from him in quite
a while. After a wonderful month in China last
year and a good summer at his home in VT, he
was laid low by Lyme disease. Long recovery,
but now he is on the mend. John Marshall wrote
from Mexico that he plans to continue living
there for the next 30 years or so. I always remembered him as an optimist. His passion is animals.
He is about to become pres of a local animal
welfare group, Lakeside Friends of the Animals.
Bud Sales says that the winter in Pinehurst was
the pits, almost like being up north. He spent
months just hunkered down waiting for spring.
Natick, MA, is having its 1st athletic hall of fame
inductions and Pete Smith, a member of the ’57
undefeated Class B champs basketball team, will
be honored. He writes that Hardy Bedford will be
back at Colgate this fall for a 50th Reunion of the
undefeated ’60 soccer team. I’d like to hear more
about this, Hardy. Jack Stovel still enjoys teaching history p/t at a girls’ school in Palo Alto. He
also loves the winters there. No kidding! Charlie
Warner is still living in the Atlanta area and
regularly sees Whitey Schmid, Leon Jones, and
John Finn. He visited Bob Lambrix in FL during
the winter in an unsuccessful attempt to escape
the cold. John Weber checked in from New Zealand, where he had just come in 2nd in his age
group in the NZ Ironman triathlon. Since retiring
from Cornell Medical School/NY Hospital, he has
done 29 marathons and 61 triathlons. He’s also a
passionate art collector. How’s that for a diverse
set of interests? Maybe Bill Swezey can organize
some heavy-duty athletic events for our reunion.
Ed Wilbur e-mailed that wife Marty was making
great progress after her knee replacement. She’ll
be able to continue biking along Lake Champlain
at their house in VT. They and their children
and grandchildren lead very active outdoor and
cultural lives. He and Marty have done several
mission trips to Haiti and the Dominican Republic. He is involved with the Church at Prison and
teaches a math course at VT tech.
Thanks again for all the e-mails, and please
keep those cards and letters coming.
Kent: 561-731-5331(winter); 908-277-3295 (summer);
kblairjr@aol.com
1962
Stuart Angert
179 Greenaway Road
Amherst, NY 14226-4165
Well, my begging seems to have had some effect!
I received several responses from our classmates.
Bruce Clark writes of his recent trip to HI, where
wife Judith was born. They were joined by their
kids and grandchildren. This was their 3rd trip;
the last, in 1992, was a washout but this one was
ideal. “We visited places of Judith’s memory: the
blow-hole, big wave beach, the Bishop Museum.
We saw wild-escaped parrots, Brazilian cardinals,
mourning doves, cockroaches as big as Chihuahuas. We all went on a cruise to swim with the
dolphins and turtles. They passed beneath us as
if we were seaweed. A humpback whale sounded
with its tail fluke in the air. I read ‘Rikki-Tikki-Tavi’ to the grandchildren. I was hoping we would
see a live Hawaiian mongoose. We all went to a
luau on the beach. The kids and Judith danced on
the stage with the native dancers. We ate wild
boar. I have a little radio with earphones that I
Maroon’d…
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to come to TX for an armadillo round-up.
Dave Van Woert stays close to Vegas but occasionally goes to Padres games in San Diego,
UT, and Mexico for fishing and friends. He and
Tom Haley have retained their close Colgate
friendship.
Bob White, after 50 years, has found work he
loves: new media marketing. With a 25' commute
to his home office and the worldwide market on
the web, this classmate has found a way to stay
out of trouble and stay young. He’ll be traveling
to Lubbock, TX, at reunion time to watch daughter Claudia ’86 attempt to qualify for Kona in the
Ironman Triathlon.
Wilkie Wilkerson and many other Gamm’s
visited campus 3 years ago to witness the deeding of the Gamm house to the university. Mike
Batza ’63, Harry Mariani ’59, Dick Hamilton ’59,
and Ray Boushie ’61 entertained those attending
at the Colgate Inn and Hamilton Inn. Wilkie and
Kathy will be at the 50th.
Bruce Pearson has kept his life consistent:
retired recently from many years as a lawyer;
married for 43 years; lived in same house for 34;
4 sons over 30; Irish terriers for 29; and 7 grandchildren, with more to come. He’s healthy and
playing softball with the VA Cavalier’s traveling
teams. Bruce is eager to marry off his 6'2" youngest son, Willie, to a classmate’s daughter who
likes to travel, sleep on the ground, and possesses
extreme patience.
Frank Cook is looking forward to seeing Dave
‘Croftie’ Croft at reunion. Frank has enjoyed 30
years of genl law practice with his father, Larry
’32, and other partners. He has 3 boys and 6
grandchildren. In ’94 he became a family court
judge and an acting Supreme Court judge for the
state of NY in Oneida Cty. He retired from that in
2006 but is still working p/t as a judicial hearing
officer for Oneida Cty and 5 other surrounding
counties. He and his wife travel greatly, and
Frank is now an eager student pilot.
The most difficult task of class editors is
to report the death of our classmates: James
Creedon, a physics major, on the Dean’s List and
Newman Club member, died of cancer. His family requests that donations in his name be made
to a hospice or cancer center in your area. Other
classmates who passed recently include: Robert
Christie, Lambda Chi, math major and active in
sailing, tennis, cross country, and WRCU; and
Peter Gross, TKE, math major, Dean’s List, active
in track, tennis, cross country, choir, and the Glee
Club.
Much thanks to so many of you for your kind
words of my work over the decades. Your updates
have made the columns and also have kept me
more connected to Colgate. Please keep them
coming.
Steve: 818-999-2777; 788-2557 (fax);
stevegreenbaum@sbcglobal.net
Ryan Meyers ’10 recently launched a
new venture with his mother and aunt
called Cook New Orleans, which offers
five-day culinary excursions in The Big
Easy. Through the company’s evolution,
Meyers, a native New Orleanian, has
immersed himself in the culture and
cuisine of the city.
Don’t miss the… hands-on cooking
classes at New Orleans School of
Cooking. Roll up your sleeves and cook
alongside New Orleans chefs using recipes, ingredients, and techniques passed
down through generations.
Best tour for your taste buds… Take
a culinary history tour and go into the
kitchen of the city’s oldest restaurant,
Antoines, down Pirates Alley, and
through the French Quarter, all while
sampling the classics of New Orleans
cuisine, from gumbo and muffuletta to
pralines, red beans, and more.
Antiques and boutiques… There is
nothing better than “Rue Royal” (Royal
Street) for shop after shop of antiques
and fine locally made wares. And there is
always a street performer to entertain
you while you shop!
Coolest nighttime adventure… walking
cocktail tour. The cocktail was invented
in the French Quarter, and this tour not
only gives you the history of each drink,
but you also get to taste them all. From
the popular Hurricane to the Sazerac,
you will have the chance to imbibe these
specialties in the place where it all
began.
Stay… in the Vieux Carré (French Quarter) in the Bourbon Orleans or a Creole
townhouse with a beautiful courtyard
and antique stained glass windows,
where you can see and hear the jazz
come alive right outside your window.
Have tips for people who might be
maroon’d in your town? Write to us at
scene@colgate.edu and put Maroon’d in
the subject line.
News and views for the Colgate community
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listened to on and off during the night. I heard
something about a tsunami warning for HI but it
didn’t register and I went back to sleep. A while
later I was wakened by the next door neighbor’s
dog moaning. It hadn’t made a sound before
that. At about 4:30 in the morning, a car drove
into our driveway. It was Judith’s brother Petrie.
He told us about the tsunami alert and that
we had to get to high ground. We learned that
there had been an 8.8 Richter scale earthquake
in Chile; 8.8 was exponentially larger than the
Haiti quake a month ago. The shock waves were
traveling toward HI with the speed of a jet plane.
It took less than 20 minutes to wake everybody,
pack up for 4 kids and 5 adults, clean out the
refrigerator, and head out in a caravan toward
Petrie’s family, who live in the mountains. They
were predicting 15' to 20' waves. We unloaded all
9 of us into Petrie and Dorothy’s apt. The tsunami
sirens confirmed that it was a serious condition.
Scientists predicted the 1st wave would hit Oahu
precisely at 11 AM. There would be aftershocks
that would cause maybe even bigger waves. Petrie said there was no easy way up the mountain.
Neighbors coming up the hill said that traffic
was bumper-to-bumper downtown. People were
screaming at each other. TV cameras in high-rise
hotels at the shore were ready to broadcast the
massive wave as it devastated. We watched stopaction photography showing the sea level at the
shore going down as the wave built and then
… nothing. The tsunami wasn’t as big as most
of the waves we had seen surfers using on the
northern coast. We captured on film the family’s
state of tension as the wave approached.” Bruce’s
experience can be found on YouTube at http://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgnP_bj-SZk.
On a sad note, we lost another member of
our class. Phil Jackson, US Army (retired), passed
away in DC. Michael Sullivan and Bob Wollam
were bedside for the week prior to his death.
That act speaks volumes for the humanity of
Michael and Bob, and for the permanent bond
that was formed by many of our classmates. Phil
worked tirelessly to improve the lives of children
in the DC foster care system.
We also learned of the loss of Bella Duffy, wife
of Bob Duffy, to lung cancer. Our thoughts are
with you and your family, Bob. For those who
wish to contact Bob, let me know.
Pinky and Dave Luerssen just returned from
a long weekend to the Orlando area, where they
reuned with the Vintage Thirteen, the group of
Colgate Thirteen members from the ’60s era. “We
sang at the Magic Kingdom in Disney World and
had a great time.” Dan Adams adds that he and
wife Suzanne had a wonderful weekend with
the group. Dan also identifies the classmates and
spouses in attendance. “About 30 attended. The
event was hosted by Lynda and Bud Hedinger
’69. From our class, we had a good turnout: in
addition to Suzanne and I, we also had Dick
Murdock, JoAnne and Tom Behr, Marty and Pete
Behr, Jennifer and Beau Clark, and Dave and
Pinky Luerssen. Suzanne and I are planning a
Bicycle Adventures trip in July, which includes
what is billed as a 6-mile ‘ride to the sun,’ so
we’re getting in shape now. We did one last year
to the Columbia Gorge and it was fabulous.” I am
assuming that Dan and Suzanne are taking the
ride through Glacier Natl Park and the “Going
to the Sun Highway,” which is truly spectacu-
lar. Beau Clark also reported on the gathering
in Orlando, adding Bruce Hutchins ’63 to the
members attending, as well as their performance
at Bergamo’s Restaurant. Visit our class page at
colgatealumni.org to read a full report on the trip
by Pete Behr and Priit Vesilind ’64 on the message board and see a photo on the photo gallery.
Dave Luerssen also alerted us to the following:
Doug Naismith recently was named First Citizen
2010 by the Suffolk and North Suffolk Rotary
Clubs. Aside from being the former head of
Nansemond-Suffolk Academy, Doug is active in
such organizations as the Suffolk Center for Cultural Arts, Obici Healthcare Foundation, Suffolk
Sister Cities, Suffolk Partnership for a Healthy
Community, and more.
Ted Vaill and his girlfriend of many years,
Joan Yang, “had a wonderful time in Buenos
Aires in Jan 2010, a city that is a combination
of Paris and NYC. It was summer there, and we
danced some tango (now there’s a photo op),
and went shopping and bar hopping in Palermo
Soho, where our home exchange luxury apt was
located. We also ate Argentine beef and tasted
Argentine Malbec wine, some of the best of
both we have ever had. We did a day trip across
the River Plate to Colonia, Uruguay, an ancient
walled city, and flew to Iguaçu Falls, which Joan
admitted was more impressive than Niagara
Falls. On the way back, we stopped in Santiago,
Chile, and hiked in the Chilean Andes, a month
before the earthquake hit the Santiago area. Joan
has bought a condo in NYC, so I will be spending
more time there in the coming months, and I
hope to see more of our East Coast classmates,
get to some Colgate football games, and visit the
campus more often.” As an aside, Bill Sheehan,
who is no longer with us, and I trekked to Iguaçu
Falls in 1960 when we were members of the
Argentine Study Group. At that time, the area
was very primitive. We traveled from Asuncion,
Paraguay, by oxcart, and crossed the Paraná River
from Paraguay into Brazil in a dugout canoe. We
spent 2 weeks in the Mato Grosso and Pantanal
with the Guarani Indians. The experience was
life defining.
Rob Sullivan sent the brief note: “The good
news is that I am still around to read your plea,
and tell you that I really have nothing new to
report.” Rob, we are pleased to have learned that
you are alive and well! Bucky Dalton also sent
one sentence. I thought that attys were paid by
the word.
Bill Murphy, who came to Colgate as a
transfer student in his jr year, joins us with this
comprehensive retrospective. “This is a quick
update to cover about 50 years. I taught HS math
and science in Miami Beach for 1 year, and then
joined the Navy for 6 years — flight training,
various aviation billets from being a navigator in
the north Atlantic, based in Canada, to flying out
of Iceland. Went back to the training command
and became qualified for airborne combat info
officer (Navy AWACS), and then again went back
and became an instructor in fighter tactics. Final
active duty tour was as a range safety officer in
the Bahamas, working on the development of
what at that time was the most advanced ASW
(anti-submarine weapon) weapon we had. Went
into the naval air reserve and served in a number
of squadrons, became XO (I think that this means
“exec officer”) of 1, and later had a command of
my own. Retired quite some time back. I then
received an MBA as well as a JD. In private life, I
became an investment banker in the early ’70s,
and later an atty. Have a firm in N Miami Beach,
and still much more active than I would like.
Mostly do commercial litigation. I am trying
to reduce my law practice as I am working on
developing some business interests in China, and
have made 3 trips there in the last 3 years. I am
the mgr of an LLC that markets water-treatment
equipment for a number of major internatl
manufactures of same. I still do a little running,
but not enough, and until I had an injury, I was
on a dragon boat team that last year won the
Community Division World Championship. Like
Batman, I have a lot of toys, but most are broken
right now: sports car, 1980 MGB, all original;
Rhodes 22' sailboat; and a small motorcycle. Years
ago, I took a trip to Annapolis to watch a Colgate/
Navy football game. Although I am retired Navy,
there was no question as to which side I was
rooting for. I have gone back to Hamilton maybe
3 times over the years, the most recent about 4
years ago when I was looking for a place in NY
or New England to perhaps spend part of the hot
months down here. Saw the formerly ‘Red’ Raiders beat Princeton, and a great change of season,
something we do not get much of down here.”
Bill, thank you for sharing your inspiring story as
you continue to reinvent yourself.
Jim Delong writes: “In 1964 I purchased a 1932
Chevy Cabriolet with the intent of restoring it to
perfection. It took me 3 days to totally dismantle
it, and since then, have been towing it from city
to city as my career progressed. Earlier this year I
picked up where I left off some 40 years ago, and
am making significant progress bringing it back
to original pristine condition. I also recently took
a run at pursuing a new career by completing all
the prerequisites for RN nursing. Got in the program at a local college and found myself working
8–10 hours a day with ‘clinicals,’ studying, and
classroom instruction. I visualized myself going
from Tahiti to St Johns and other economically
depressed regions assisting the poor and infirm.
However, started listening to the horror stories
regarding potential litigation against practitioners, and asked myself if all the time and effort
was worth the hassle. I decided no. I have now redirected my efforts into the profession of antique
automobile mechanic!”
Michael Blanc writes: “I must confess I have
lost touch with my Colgate friends and classmates. Except for my son’s graduation in 1996,
I never returned to the hill. I, however, treasure
the education I received. Because of SAT results
I began concentrating in math and physics. But
I did poorly in chemistry, so my dream of med
school extinguished. By the middle of soph year
I was on probation, and was forced to change my
major. I had received more Ds than anyone in my
class and, yet, managed to survive (Editor’s comment: That statement reminds me of Flounder’s
response to Dean Wormer in Animal House when
asked what he had to say for himself when he
received 4 Fs and a D. ‘Well, Dean, I must be concentrating too much on one subject.’). During a
guidance session, the counselor learned I loved to
send away for yacht catalogs, put tracing paper
over the floor plans, and redesign the interiors.
He asked the obvious question no one, not even
me, had ever asked, ‘Ever thought of making this
“When I was the drum major and not enough guys in the band showed up for a game, Bill Shoen would
march holding a French horn, which he had no idea how to play, just to make the band look bigger. I’ve
missed him for the past 24 years and will continue to do so.” — Kent Blair ’61
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scene: Summer 2010
a career?’ As the trite saying goes, ‘The rest is
history.’ After that session, I began taking art and
philosophy courses. I learned I could argue philosophy as well as the bright premeds in Kendrick House! By the end of jr year I was on Dean’s
List. I went on to Princeton Architectural School
(for which I was totally prepared by Colgate) to
get a master’s in architecture, worked in NYC for
10 years. Then in 1970 I opened my practice in
Stamford, CT. I will celebrate my 70th bday in Oct
but my practice continues to thrive, and I love it.
We do predominantly residential architecture,
but I still send away for boat catalogs!
“I have slowed working a little. Five years
ago, Mimika, my wife of 40 years, and I bought
an apt in Palm Beach, and from Oct–April we
go for 10 days a month. During the CT summers
we do a lot of boating on LI Sound. I close with
a wonderful and significant event: Christopher ’96 and wife Sarah blessed our family with
a granddaughter, Simone Kathryn, on March 23.”
This retrospective reinforces the notion that one
mentor can change the life, and, in fact, save the
life of another. It’s a beautiful story.
“Aloha” from Larry Stults. “Stuart, thanks for
your attention to duty in trying to get us slackers
to turn in our papers on time; not much different
than as undergrads. Living way out in mid-Pacific, I don’t cross paths with anything Colgate very
often. A year or so ago, I did make e-mail contact
with Sigma Nu brother Dick Breslin, USAF,
retired, living happily in Biloxi, MI. With my wife,
Takako, a former JAL purser, and our 13-year-old
son, Sam, I again toured the ancient capital of
Kyoto, Japan, over spring break. It’s a city of over
1,000 temples, so always fascinating. This visit,
by pre-appointment we toured both the old Imperial Palace and Moss Temple (Koke Dera) with
vast Japanese garden-style grounds beautifully
carpeted with several species of moss. Kyoto, and
neighboring Nara, give a whole new definition
to ‘old,’ eg Moss Temple was constructed in 792,
but ‘renovated’ in 1388. Our trip was celebrating
Sam’s successful 1st season on the intermediatelevel, inter-scholastic golf team at Punahou
School (Obama’s alma mater) here in Honolulu.
For those who remember meeting my father,
Allen, we rejoice in his remarkable health and fitness approaching age 97, living in a wonderfully
luxurious elder home, Splendido, in Oro Valley,
AZ, where we visit at least 2–3 times annually.
Best wishes to ol’ soccer and lax teammates, New
Trier HS alums, other Colgate pals, and brothers
of Sigma Nu.”
As for Joyce and me, we are on our way to
Italy and Greece with Sue and Jim Himoff ’65.
Please continue to send the latest news. Note
that due to publication dates, your submission
will not appear in the next issue of Scene, but
will appear in the subsequent issue. Stay well.
Stuart: 716-913-7772;
stuart.angert@roadrunner.com
1963
Carl G Langbert
Princeton Manor
46 Edgemere Dr
Kendall Park, NJ 08824-7000
At this writing, the spring of 2010 is upon us. I’m
sure that it is beautiful in the Chenango Valley.
Barbara and I had a very meaningful visit
to SE Asia, especially Vietnam, which was 40
years since I had been there in 1968–69 with
the Army in the 44th Medical Brigade and also
attached to the 1st air cavalry up in Quan Loe on
the Cambodian border. Our trip definitely elicited
many feelings, eg waiting to go on R&R in HI, the
ultimate sacrifice made by Colgate’s 20 men, etc.
at Colgate. I have followed Mel’s career since his
days at the NY Times Book Review and remember
what an inspiration he was as a talented basketball player and a gifted thinker.
“I do get around well enough to have gone
salmon fishing again in Iceland (one of my great
passions). I have been keeping up with issues at
Colgate by attending NY events like the Charlie
Rose panel and the Thomas Friedman panel …
both of which were outstanding. My son, Geoff
’86, who is an alumni council member and has
been active on the annual fund, is a constant
source of pride and info.”
Hope everyone has a great summer.
Carl: 732-422-0556 (H); 247-0630 (O);
545-1934 (fax); barbaralangbert@aol.com
Photo courtesy of Tom McGarrity
I received a notice of the death of William Gallagher. I remember Bill well. He was a fraternity
brother at DU, played baseball and football, and
also majored in history. He died on Feb 27, 2009.
Our condolences go out to all of Bill’s family.
Got a call months ago from Dodge Ferreira,
who was still contemplating about a visit to
Haiti many years ago, where he accidentally met
Mel Klein, who also was on business at this time.
Have also spoken to Doug Reilly, Co Bertsche,
and Walt Schoenewolf. Everything is well with
all of them, which I’m always glad to hear.
Although Reunion 50 is 3 years away, I’ve
been doing some preliminary work for it. In that
capacity, I spoke to Mike Batza in order to get his
always excellent advice. This time was not an
exception. Also spoke to Dick Jackson to get him
involved. He, too, is looking forward to participating in efforts for our class gift.
Received a letter from Richard Berleth, who
recently published his new book Bloody Mohawk
about the French and Indian War and the
American Revolution on NY’s frontier. “Enclosed
is a copy of my new book on the history of the
Mohawk Valley and the country around Colgate.
You’ll notice the Payne plinth in the illustrations,
and if you read the text, you’ll be introduced to
the history of Hamilton Village in the aftermath
of the Revolution. I think this will add an interesting dimension to the area around the college
for ’Gates of our era and later. It is available in all
Barnes & Noble retailers as well as other outlets.”
News from Jim Barnshaw. I plan to get
together with Jim very soon, especially since
we live close to each other. “About a year ago, I
started hiking with Keith Johnson, my fraternity
brother. Keith is well, and along with his 25+
completed marathons since leaving Colgate,
where he was not a runner, he has hiked all the
high peaks in the Catskills and soon will complete a winter round. He has helped guide me up
and down these interesting mountains.
“I am staying busy with several volunteer
activities in NJ after a very busy 3-year stint as
president of the Adirondack Forty-Sixer’s hiking
club. Still plenty of time to play golf and tennis
along with serious hiking in the Catskills and
Adirondacks during winter and the rest of the
year. Trying to get back into running but not
easy.”
Received more info about Roger Busch and
his discus. The USATF Natl Masters Track & Field
Championships were held in Oshkosh, WI, last
week. After winning the silver medal in the age
65–69 group for the past 3 years, Roger won the
gold. The guy he beat is an 11-time natl champion
and a former masters world record holder. Roger
will be defending his title this July in Sacramento. He said he is a long shot to win this year
because he will be an elder in the age group at
69 and there are 3 excellent 65-year-old youngsters entering the group this year. Roger said he
will have a better shot in 2011 when he will move
up to the 70–75 group.
The following note was received from Steve
Gold: “I have been relatively active despite
some serious physical limitations that prevent
me from walking much (a right knee bursitis
and complications following back surgery in
2003). I practice 2 days a week and teach in a
hospital residency program on a limited basis
in the periodontics grad program at Columbia. I
have continued to write a quarterly column on
dental history (odd topics like “insider trading,”
“dentists and cowboys,” and Hitler’s teeth) and
recently finished a history of a regional specialty
group on its 50th anniversary.
“I have enjoyed reading the letters in the recent Scene about the careers of Steve Lefrak ’60
and Mel Watkins ’62, both of whom I knew while
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Richard J Johnson
22 Goose Point Ln
Box 1825
Duxbury, MA 02331-5120
Obviously, my best days as a predictor of sporting event outcomes is apparently past, and I will
make no more predictions until my prescience
returns … hopefully, that will be before football
season.
The Colgate Thirteen [Geezer Division] took
over Disney World for a weekend in March. After
a warm-up cocktail party and dinner get-together at the home of Bud Hedinger ’69, a bevy of
former Thirteeners entertained Mickey, Minnie,
Snow White, and Donald as well as any vacationers within earshot both at the Central Pavilion
and at various locations around the park. They
then spent hours practicing their new hit song
“It’s a Small World After All,” while endlessly
riding the teacups. Steve Steele reported that
the aging Thirteeners were better than ever and
had lost nothing off of their respective fastballs.
In addition to Cub, the Class of 1964 was well represented by Priit [my name is Squeaky, but you
can call me Juho] Vesilind, Kurt [Tonto] Brown,
Dr Edward [Biff] Jones, John [CA Dreamin’]
Weingart, and Jim [Clipper] Citrano. Jim Citrano
actually may have missed the singing part, but
certainly not the party part. Hey, where was Pete
Halstead? Sounds like another great Thirteen reunion; keep up the great work. For a full account
of the trip, written by Priit and Pete Behr ’62, as
well as a photo of the group, visit our class page
at www.colgatealumni.org.
You are strictly forbidden from profiting in
any way from the following insider info: Mike
Heffernan, after 8 straight winning elections and
32 years of living the good life as a probate court
judge, is not going to seek re-election and will retire from the probate court. Mike’s legal practice
will stay open for business, and Mike will leave
the door open for a possible run at Chris Dodd’s
Senate seat in the near future. Congrats, Mike,
and good luck on your next adventure.
Relaying good news to you for the Scene is always enjoyable, but hearing about the passing of
friends and/or classmates is not, and I am sorry
to again have to report that we have lost 2 more
of our classmates.
Dave Newbert called me one evening to tell
me the sad news that Mark Leonardi had died
in a bicycling accident. To me, Mark was the
sleeper excellent athlete at Colgate. During each
intramural season at Phi Gam, his name would
come up and we would ask the question, how
do we handle Mark Leonardi? While we knew
he would be a problem, he would still, of course,
beat me on a deep pattern to win one of the football championship games. I will also never forget
making the mistake of thinking that I could
A super show
For the past 10 years, scores of young performers have been given the chance for their
stars to shine, singing, dancing, and acting before a packed house, thanks to the creative
energy of Anne Eddy Beaty ’76.
Beaty volunteers her time to create and direct the hugely popular annual SuperShow
at Central Middle School (CMS) in Greenwich, Conn., which has become a true communitybuilding event. Far from a conventional school play, the SuperShow features skits based
on the best of Hollywood, Broadway, television, and the Internet, performed by students
from CMS and its feeder schools. Alumni of the program often return to serve as guest
actors, dancers, instructors, stagehands, ushers, and backstage assistants. Beaty takes a
truly inclusive approach to theater: she does not hold auditions, there are no lead roles, and
everyone gets a turn — even the audience.
Lifelong Greenwich resident Tom McGarrity ’79 (whose own son Tucker has performed
in the SuperShow and whose wife, Debbie, coordinates the volunteers) wrote in a letter to
the local paper, “While there are scores of volunteers who are critical to the success of the
show, it is Anne’s blood, sweat, and, yes, tears that inspire our children to have a memory of
a lifetime — to be a star!”
This year, Beaty got a bit of the star treatment herself when the Colgate Thirteen — two
of whom are SuperShow alumni — made a special appearance and serenaded her as their
finale.
Beaty’s theater background includes teaching and directing in New York City. She also
directed a series of performances by New York City Fame dancers and inner-city teenage actors in a national tour aimed at raising awareness and funds for women in crisis and
providing a productive outlet for youths, breakdancers, hip-hop artists, and rappers.
– Rebecca Costello
handle the 440 dash for Phi Gam in the track
championships my sr year. Hockey had ended
just a few weeks earlier, so how hard could it be
to run all out for a minute or so? When I lined up
and Mark was standing next to me, I remembered getting beaten deep in football and knew
that I was in trouble. My plan was simple: run
as fast as I could (it was only 440 yards) for the
whole race. We took off together, one tall fluid
runner and one less tall, less fluid runner, one set
of legs flowing, the other set pumping (or maybe
flailing), side by side, dead even through 220
or so yards, at which point my arms fell to my
side and I fell over, totally drained of energy and
unable to function. I lost my lunch and was sick
for hours … and Mark, of course, won the race in a
breeze. He was one of those tall, graceful athletes,
with a very quiet personal demeanor. In recent
years, I had heard from Newbie that Mark skied
a lot in New England and I had hoped to run into
him some time, but it just didn’t happen. As you
will read in his obit, Mark met with great success
in NH as a businessman and as a community
leader, and he will be very much missed by
his family and friends. I will always remember
Mark as well, one of the really nice, quiet guys at
Colgate, who was one of the best athletes on a
campus of really good athletes. Besides his wife,
Prebbie, Mark leaves behind daughter Lisa Meuse
and her husband Adam, son Mark F and wife
Susan, brother Gene, sister Marilyn Taylor, and 4
grandchildren.
Kurt Brown e-mailed the bad news that Rett
Foster had passed away after a difficult battle
with cancer. At Colgate everyone knew that
Rett was a real character, and Deni and I got
to know Rett and Judy, as well as Nancy and
Sandy Conde, far better when we all worked
together at Tucker Anthony in the late ’70s and
all of the ’80s. In Bermuda at one Tucker conf,
we were riding around on motor scooters (corp
Hell’s Angels) and generally acting badly. We
were riding up and down the hills at the Castle
Harbour Golf Course (illegally), and as a few of
News and views for the Colgate community
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George Popadynec
Kelley Raab Mayo ’81 and her husband, Yvon
Bridging mind and spirit
As an ordained minister and assistant professor of psychiatry, Kelley Raab Mayo ’81 is one
of the few taking a unique approach to mental health by bridging the gap between mind and
spirit. She hopes that her new book, Creativity, Spirituality, and Mental Health, will be used
to better integrate spirituality and spiritual resources into the mental health treatment
model. The group of scholars in this niche is so small that in 2007, Raab Mayo co-founded
the International Association for Spirituality and Mental Health so that the members could
meet every few months to network and collaborate.
“It’s coming, but it’s slow,” Raab Mayo said. “Not too many psychologists or psychiatrists
have been trained in or are interested in spirituality, so they don’t often recognize that it
can be important to clients.” She added, “I wrote the book so it would be recognized that this
can be very important in healing and recovery from mental health issues.”
Raab Mayo said she has pondered the concepts of God and spirituality since childhood.
At Colgate, she became involved in University Church, Intervarsity, and a group that explored religious questions called Skeptics and Others Seeking. Through her participation in
these groups, the university chaplain at the time, Rev. Coleman Brown, became a mentor to
her. Although she had entered Colgate intending to become a doctor like her father, Brown’s
influence swayed her decision to go into the seminary after graduation. “He put the idea in
my mind of doing pastoral counseling or some sort of chaplaincy work,” she said.
Today, as chaplain at the Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre in Canada, Raab Mayo
counsels people on an individual and group basis, provides spiritual care to clients and
staff, and conducts religious services. Part of the healing process, she believes, involves
coaxing out people’s creative and spiritual sides. “[It’s] helping people look at what their
deepest values are and their sources of meaning and purpose,” she said.
In a research study recently published in the Journal of Clinical Psychology, Raab Mayo
collaborated with a psychologist and a psychiatrist on a spiritually oriented approach to the
treatment of generalized anxiety disorder. “I used exercises to help people discover what
their values were and have more coherence with their meditation and mindfulness practices
to calm anxiety,” she explained.
Some tools that she believes can help people understand who they are include reflective
activities such as walking in the woods, journaling, reading spiritual texts, and music.
The chaplain practices what she preaches. Music is one of her personal creative outlets
and was another seed that was nurtured at Colgate. Raab Mayo played violin in the University Orchestra, took her freshman seminar on Bach with Marietta Cheng, and spent two Jan
Plans focused on music — one with a retired professional violinist and the other with the
university organist at the time. Tendonitis forced her to put the violin down, so for the past
year, she’s been learning the trumpet and playing in a beginner band.
Her book allowed her to try her skills at fiction writing, a creative outlet that she hopes
to delve into more. The last chapter of the book is a fictional account that serves as an
example of how creative expression can play a healing role. Raab Mayo does not negate the
need for pharmacological treatment, yet she believes that medication is not the whole answer. In “A Story of Salome,” the main character, Jesus’s sister, learns to stabilize her mental
health issues by playing an instrument, painting, and dancing.
“I’d like to get more into creative writing, but it’s a future enterprise,” Raab Mayo said. In
the meantime, the chaplain/professor has plenty to keep her busy.
— Aleta Mayne
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scene: Summer 2010
us sat at the bottom of a hill regrouping, Rett
flew down the hill at top speed, slammed on his
brakes, and did a perfect sliding stop right beside
us. As it was happening, I thought that a terrible
accident was about to happen, but Rett pulled
it off, laughing uproariously at his own wild act
and at the looks on our faces. It was a classic Rett
moment, pushing the envelope and loving every
minute of it. Rett’s dynamic personality helped
him become a very successful businessman, an
incredibly generous philanthropist, a tireless
leader in community and charitable causes, and
a loving family man. When you read his accomplishments, you wonder how one person could
find either the time or the energy to do so much
for others. He did, though. With Rett’s passing,
Clarkson U lost its chair of the Board of Trustees
and northern NY lost one of its most energetic
and enthusiastic leaders and fundraisers. He will
be sorely missed in the upstate community and
by his friends and family. In addition to his wife,
Judy, he leaves son Benjamin, daughter Katherine
V Meyer, brother Henry, sister Susan Work, and 4
grandchildren.
Thanks to all you e-mailers for keeping us
laughing: Dan Baird, Biff Atwater, Kurt Brown,
Mike Foley, Gary Ripple, Bill Sheeser, John
Weingart, and Norm Platt, among others, have
done a great job of keeping up us to date on the
latest political humor (and other types of humor
as well).
Do your best to keep yourselves healthy and
let your classmates know what is going on in
your lives. Take care of yourselves.
Dick: 800-829-9199 x5148; johnsonri@stifel.com
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Garner Simmons
22126 Providencia St
Woodland Hills, CA 91364-4133
“Luck,” at last, has smiled on Bill Barich. That’s
the title of the new HBO series, the pilot of which
he co-wrote with series creator David Milch (Hill
Street Blues, NYPD Blue, Deadwood, etc). Set in the
world of thoroughbred horseracing, the series
has acquired an impressive pedigree including
actors Dustin Hoffman, Nick Nolte, and Dennis
Farina. Bill and his wife, Imelda, are here in LA for
the shooting as Bill works with Milch to develop
additional scripts. Sheila and I met them for
lunch at a quiet Mexican restaurant in Topanga.
Meanwhile, Bill’s next book, Long Way Home: On
the Trail of Steinbeck’s America — the one he researched while traveling cross country and writing a blog for the NY Times during the run-up to
the 2008 presidential election — will be out in
the fall, just in time for the midterm elections. Having read in the last column about George
Johnson’s sojourn into Thailand, Joe DeLuca
wrote, asking for George’s e-mail address. He
added: “As for Bic and I, in theatrical terms, you
can say that I am now ‘at liberty.’ My job with the
Defense Department ended in Oct, so I guess I’m
officially retired until I decide to do something
else. Bic is still working and will probably retire
from her job with DOD in Jan or July 2011. Glad
to hear Ken Roffe is still motoring on. We Westchester guys, he from New Rochelle and me from
Port Chester, have to keep busy. Hope to give Karl
Maggard a call while we are on the Gulf Coast.”
As for Lord Jim (nee: George), himself, I finally
heard from the intrepid adventurer. George
Johnson, indeed, has slipped his moorings in
Stuart, FL, and wound up in Jomtien, Conburi,
Thailand — a beach that’s 80 clicks south of
Bangkok along the eastern coast facing the Gulf
of Thailand. He writes: “My longtime friend Asa
Voak ’68 has been living in Thailand for 9 years
and found the lifestyle very agreeable. Had
been trying to persuade me to visit for many
years and I finally decided to get out of Dodge
for a while. My stay here was a real eye opener.
I decided to go back to FL, settle my affairs, and
return to Thailand. There is a young lady I met, a
mere lass of 50, who helped me heal up after my
motorbike crash in Feb. Spending a lot of time in
prayer and meditation together and still hanging
out with Bill Wilson’s friends (28 years dry on
3/12). I have been trying to learn Thai on my own
with extremely modest results. I don’t know how
long I will be here but suspect it will be quite a
while.”
Meanwhile, in a more tranquil vein, Frank
Pommersheim sends along a photo of a seated
Buddha floating among the spring blossoms. Beside it is a poem, presumably Frank’s: “Buddha’s
Cookbook: Without a recipe/or ingredient/Every
morsel/great and good.”
Received an article from Phil Karli on his
son Dr David Karli’s work in sports medicine. A
physical medicine and rehab specialist with the
Steadman Hawkins Clinic in Vail, CO, David has
been working with MN Twins star closer, Joe
Nathan, whose UCL tear threatens to sideline
him. David is an expert in platelet-rich-plasma
therapy, having performed more than 1,500 nonoperative PRP treatments at the clinic. Justifiably
proud, Phil writes: “David’s specialization in this
relatively new area of medicine has put him
on the cutting edge. I guess he got his mother’s
brains.”
March 27, Peter Vogel, Pat and Bob Improta,
and I attended a dinner honoring Lee Woodward
as Camarillo, CA’s 2010 Man of the Year. Having
retired from the Search Assoc, the job placement
firm he helped found, Lee’s community service
has been exemplary. Given that he and Joan have
3 daughters and a son, he spent 21 years coaching
his own children’s teams in AYSO soccer and
basketball. However, for the past 13 years he has
been coaching kids who were physically and
mentally challenged to play AYSO VIP soccer and
basketball. Also, for the past dozen years, Lee has
taught reading to non-native speakers, and for
over a decade, he and Joan have done weekly
visits to local hospital terminal wards dressed as
Raggedy Ann and Andy. Following the event, we
adjourned to the Woodwards’ for a cerebration
that included many of his VIP kids. Already on
the job, Lee has since volunteered at Camarillo’s
Juvenile Detention Ctr to tutor young offenders
who want to get their HS equivalency degree
and try to turn their lives around.
Having read the update on Keehn Gray’s situation, Bud Eisberg e-mailed for Keehn’s contact
info. He also reported: “My ski season slowed
down a bit when I broke my collarbone doing
the old ‘catch an edge’ trick at Tahoe a few weeks
ago. The local orthopod said I should be back to
normal in 8 weeks. At least, that’s what I heard.
Lynn claims the doctor said 6 months. Anyhow,
Andy Warner planned to come out West to ski in
early April.”
Kudos to Charlie Veley whose Gilbert & Sullivan on Wall Street, book and lyrics by Charles
Veley, music by Arthur Sullivan, has just been
selected by the LA Academy for New Musical
Theater as best new musical for 2010. As winner,
Charlie’s musical received a workshop with the
Academy Repertory Company in May and a
concert reading in Nov.
Ken Roffe sent along a note from Jim Muzzy
’67, a fellow TKE, announcing the 90th birthday
on April 16 of Ruth Wallace, the long time TKE
“cook, house mother, and early warning device
for visits from the dean.” Any TKEs reading this
who weren’t contacted by Jim and who would
like a copy of his tribute to Ruthie’s life over
the past 45 years, let me know and I will pass it
along.
Congratulations to Craig Bell, whose new
novel Berkshire October: The Final Mission of an
Accidental Spy is now in print. Copies will be
available through the Colgate Bookstore. In the
interest of full disclosure, Doug Quelch and I
had some small part in this. Several years back,
when Craig first wrote to say he was writing
a book that was partially set in Saudi Arabia, I
suggested he contact Doug, who had lived in
that part of the world and is also an exceptional
proofreader. Craig took the advice, and Doug was
instrumental in convincing Craig to rework the
text and find a publisher. It came full circle when
Doug asked me to read and make suggestions
as well. But all this is minor compared to energy
and time put in by Craig himself. Generous as
always, Craig has included a thank you in the
book.
Heard from Peter Clark: “Enjoyed your
mention of artist Lee Brown Coye’s mural at
the Hamilton Post Office. When I was on the
Advisory Board of Colgate’s Picker Art Gallery in
2005, we reviewed his work for a show the Picker
was about to do on his body of work. I went to
the Yale-Colgate hockey game in Hamilton and
ran into Lee Woltman, who is doing well. Enjoyed
reading the tale of Mike Bragg’s GA license plate.
Would love to see more stories including memories from the 1961-65 era. Retirement is going
well. I’ve become something of ‘gym-rat.’ Doing
lots of swimming to help rehab from lower back
surgery a couple of years ago, and some power
walking on the indoor track. Can’t wait to get
back to biking. Planning a trip to Italy in the fall
after my wife retires. Still wondering about ‘the
case of purloined ground round’ you were good
enough to mention in the last column. So far, no
one’s come forward.”
In late March, Wynne and Ev Egginton flew
up from Las Cruses, NM, where Ev continues to
teach at NM State, to help celebrate the birthday
of his brother Geoff ’63. Sheila and I joined them,
along with Geoff’s wife, Susan, at the apt he
rented in Marina Del Rey while working as lead
architect on the makeover of the Bradley International Terminal at LAX. Now that the project
is fully funded, permitted, and moving forward,
Geoff’s job is done and he’s headed back home
to Waccabuc, NY. With Geoff acting as chief cook
and bartender, we had a great afternoon catching up and reminiscing. A talented artist in his
own right (he’d majored in art under Fitchen and
Ryan), Geoff has recently begun to take freehand
drawing classes again and showed us some his
sketches. Very impressive.
Received a terrific e-mail from Sam Cote: “I
have been based in the northern tundra of MN
all my life. I still hole up in the Twin City area
during the winter months, but head to northern
MN for the summers. I run a summer camp for
kids (much like Jim Himoff), Camp Lincoln/Camp
Lake Hubert, founded in 1909. Last summer was
our 100th anniversary. My dad was a counselor
for the camps in the late teens and ended up
purchasing them in 1923 at the age of 23. In addition, our family owns and operates a large resort
and golf complex in northern MN (Grand View
Lodge and Golf & Tennis Resort), plus a dude
ranch just outside of Tucson, AZ — Tanque Verde
Ranch. Thus, we are in the hospitality business,
along with a big cattle operation and real estate
division — all keeping us busy. That is partly
why I have not been able to make the reunions
— our summers are extremely busy and I am
100% hands-on. My wife, Mary Jo, and I were
married Thanksgiving weekend senior year, and
we returned to Hamilton for a honeymoon in
the Colgate Inn, where we lived for a few weeks
“The shock waves were traveling toward HI with the speed of a jet plane… They were predicting
15' to 20' waves.” — Bruce Clark ’62
until we found an apt down the street. Deni and
Dick Johnson ’64 were another couple whom we
got to know at the time. MJ and I were at Colgate
a few years back for the first time. Not much has
changed really. Lots of girls, though, and that is
good. One of these days I will be able to retire
and hit the Colgate scene once again.”
Having retired from banking, Geoffrey Craig
is now in pursuit of a 2nd career as a writer. He
e-mails: “The Wilderness House Literary Review is
publishing my verse novel, The Brave Maiden, in
quarterly installments. This is the same review
that published several of my short poems in their
winter 2010 issue. Another review, Word Catalyst
(now in hiatus), has also published several short
stories from a collection I’ve titled ‘Carmichael.’”
Geoff’s daughter, Danielle, is a 1st-year player on
the Wesleyan squash team. Geoff ran into Ken
Kramer, whose son and daughter also play varsity squash. Ken wrote: “Yes, I saw Geoff several
times at squash events. Last year we met at prep
school tournaments. His daughter was at Hotchkiss and my daughter, Evelyn, captains the St
Paul’s team. This year we saw Geoff at the Little
Three tournament. My son Nick was captain at
Amherst. On the job front, I reached mandatory
retirement age at Shearman & Sterling on Dec 31.
I joined JAMS, the preeminent arbitration-mediation firm, in March and will work as a neutral
at my own pace. The retirement gig is great. In
addition to the arbitration-mediation work, I
chair the board of ESS, a social services agency.
Also serve on several other nonprofit boards. But
best of all is the ability to vacation without constantly checking my Blackberry. For the first time
we skied for 3 straight weeks in Montana — no
conference calls, no client complaints. We are off
to the English Lake District next week for 10 days
of hiking, and I am planning to do the pilgrimage
to Santiago Compostella in the fall.”
Turning to reunion, congratulations to Lee
Woltman, who received the Brian Little Award for
Distinguished Service. As the individual from our
class — or any class — who most makes a difference, I can’t think of anyone more deserving.
In friendship, Gar
Garner: 818-713-1353; 1392 (fax); runnrit@aol.com
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Robert Malley
322 Shore Rd
Westerly, RI 02891-3904
I’m writing this column in early April, and spring
has finally arrived here. The news for this column
is very slim.
John Wilkins has joined the ranks of ’66
grandfathers. Daughter Hadley had a healthy
baby boy in March in SF. Congrats, John, and
remember, the Colgate Bookstore has many baby
gift items to choose from.
Toby Griggs e-mailed earlier this month to
send pictures of the 1st 2 calves born into his herd
on April 1, followed by a 3rd on April 5 “with 12
more expected soon.” Thanks for getting in touch,
Toby, and good luck with the ranching. You can
view the pictures of Toby’s newborns on our ’66
class page photo gallery at colgatealumni.org.
That’s all the news I have this time around.
Stay in touch — without you, there isn’t any
column.
Bob: 401-322-0908; 322-7411 (fax);
BMalley@colgate.edu
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Edward A Ryan
69 Portland Rd
Summit, NJ 07901-3011
Pres Alden Joe Doolittle continues his activities as storyteller. In Jan, Joe was the featured
speaker at the Hamilton Club, a local assn
that meets at the Colgate Inn. Attendees at his
presentation, If the Rivers Could Talk! Mohawk
Valley Tales of Home and Here, included Dr
John Morris, who retired to Hamilton from his
position as pres of Union C, and Prof Edmondson,
who started as chair of the psych dept our soph
year. In May, through his resident company at
the regional Proctor’s Theater, Joe is producing
Grace O’Malley the Pirate Queen, with storyteller
Marni Gillard and a musical cantata accompaniment by Tom O’Hare ’66, a lawyer in Hopkinton,
MA, who was the leader of the Thirteen 1965–66.
Joe maintains a quarterly lunch program with
John Tracy, Bob Williams, and Bill Koester. John
is in commercial real estate, Bob a practicing
psychologist, and Bill is commissioner of aging in
Rensselaer Cty. Rob Ellis, Ken Paccioni, and other
visiting dignitaries sometimes join the group. Per
Joe: “If you ever get to Albany, give us a yell. We
do burgers and beer at the drop of a hat!” Joe is
also trying to arrange a gathering in northern NJ
in the fall. He was hoping to meet at my gentlemen’s club until I reminded Joe I would never
join any club willing to accept me as a member.
Does anyone know a good watering hole in the
northern NJ area?
Joe and Keith Fagan provided updates on
recent activities of our very own Gleeks, who I
predict will soon appear on Oprah. Per Keith: “28
members of the Vintage Thirteen had another
reunion last month. This one was in Orlando
and was hosted by Lynn and Bud Hedinger ’69.
Bud arranged for us to sing at Disney World and
at Bergamo’s Restaurant. Bergamo’s features
opera-singing waiters and it was hard for us
to compete with them, but we gave it our best
shot. At the end of the evening, Bud brought the
house down with a bravura performance of ‘Old
Man River,’ which isn’t even in our repertoire,
but will be soon. Besides Joe and myself, other
’67s present for the weekend were Paul Bradley,
Rick Gehret, my fellow 1st tenor, and, best of all,
Chuck Thomas, attending his 1st Thirteen event
since 1992. Chuck was our leader 1966–67 and
one of the best soloists the group ever had, and
we are very glad to have him back in the Vintage
fold. Wren Blanchard and Dave ‘Tree’ Phillips
couldn’t make it this time, but we expect to
see them both at Lake George in Sept when we
again convene at Chez Bradley. The weekend in
Orlando happened to coincide with Paul’s 65th
bday, so we took the opportunity to honor him
and Linda by presenting them with a ‘Ties That
Bind’ award ‘in recognition of the love, generosity, and commitment that have made our Lake
George reunions possible.’ Those of us — men
and women — who attend these reunions regularly have come to feel that they occupy a very
special place in our lives, and we owe that feeling
in great part to Paul and Linda.”
Keith also noted: “While I seem to be involuntarily retired from the practice of telecom law, I
am doing some volunteer work for Fairfax Cty
(VA) Govt. I’m working on 2 projects: increasing pro bono legal involvement in foreclosure
prevention, and providing computers and
broadband access to low-income families. It’s
very interesting work and I am enjoying it very
much.”
My former W Stillman roomie, Bill Hearn,
an atty who resides in the DC area, sees Bob
Corbin regularly when Bob comes to town to
do battle with the SEC or DOJ. During Bob’s last
visit, the duo met for dinner. Bob mentioned he
had recently returned to Hamilton and visited
with Prof Balmuth, Colgate’s outstanding teacher
of philosophy, who is still as active as ever. Bill
recalled the opening scene in every Balmuth
lecture, with the purposeful entry on stage and
the violent opening of the window, which both
awakened and terrified students.
Roger Higle writes: “Marion’s daughter Courtney is graduating U of AZ Law School May 15
and has accepted a job offer with a firm in Vegas
starting in July. Marion and I are taking vacation
in June in Great Smoky Mtns at a timeshare. My
work on training programs continues for Keller
Williams, now re-making our education program
for newer agents. My son Ben is doing well in
financial services recruiting in NYC. We are all
very fortunate in these times that are tough for
so many people.”
John Gamel, former FBI special agent and
current PI in the Boston area, reports, “Wife Beth
recently received 2 awards: 1) American Institute
of Public Accountants Personal Financial Planning Natl Service Award for 2009, and 2) she was
also named the Boston Estate Planning Council’s
Estate Planner of the Year 2010. She’s a co-owner
of Pillar Financial Advisors of Waltham, MA, and
they work exclusively with financial planning
for wealthy individuals. Son Scott, 36, is about
to be awarded an MBA from Boston U. Daughter
Diana is a nurse practitioner and got married at
the end of May. I’m still planning a 5,000-mile
solo motorcycle trip in the fall on my BMW
R1200RT, and until then, will keep slogging my
way through various private detective matters.”
Marc Hoffrichter was inducted into the
Lou Holtz Upper OH Valley Hall of Fame for
community service to the East Liverpool, OH,
area. “We’ve shared Penguin hockey tickets for
years with Karen and Guy Bradford. We see Amber and Dean Bierkan frequently. The Hoffrichters, Bierkans, Bradfords, and the Tom Honeymans
all had a mini-reunion at the Aug 16 wedding of
our daughter Andrea ’99 at the Harvard Faculty
Club.” Congrats, Marc! Clark Smyth is happily retired (especially due
to what has happened to the real estate market),
and is now busier than ever. “One of the things
I’m doing is the Hamilton Initiative, which is a
committee working to revitalize the village. We
are presently working on remodeling the Colgate
Inn and building some ‘golf cottages.’ My son
is still running his WY/MT fly-fishing business.
My daughter is in physician’s asst grad school
in Pitt — the pits in the winter, but great in the
summer. I see Bob Strumor regularly, Turner
Porter on occasion, and Jeff Cook. We touched
base last fall with the Cooks in Paris and Naples.
He also was out here skiing this winter. He says
that he only skis so that he can aprés-ski. On occasion, I bump into Graham Closs, Pat Grant, and
Brewster Boyd.”
Mike Dale, prof of law at Nova SE U in Ft
Lauderdale, forwarded an e-mail from Jim Muzzy,
alerting TKE frat members to the upcoming 90th
bday of the fraternity’s long-time cook, Ruth Wallace, who still resides in Hamilton. Jim provided
further detail: “I reached out to 260 Tekes from
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2010 Reunion awards: Recognizing dedication and service
Andrew Daddio (5)
Fifteen alumni and staff members
received Maroon Citations at Reunion
in June. Front row, from left: G. Bruce
Knecht ’80, Julia Bergeron ’75, Gift
Records Associate Carol Baker, Christine Quirolo ’00, Devon Skerritt ’00.
Middle, from left: James A. Smith ’70,
Gabriel Schwartz ’00, Head Football
Coach Richard Biddle, Robert Dorf
’80, Mark Falcone ’85. Top, from left:
Kevin Rusch ’85, Peter Sears ’60,
Robert Burke ’85, Bob Quitzau ’55.
Not pictured: Stephen Burke ’80.
Kenneth Belanger, G. Kirk Raab ’59 Associate Professor of biology (above), and Karen Harpp, associate professor of geology
(abroad on a research trip) received the
Alumni Award for Distinguished Teaching.
This year’s Humanitarian Award went to
Glenn Langer ’50, founder and director of
The Partnership Scholars, a Californiabased mentoring program for low-income
children in grades seven through 12.
Joanna Allegretti ’05 and Katie
Finnegan ’05 received the Ann Yao ’80
Memorial Young Alumni Award.
The Wm. Brian Little ’64 Alumni
Award for Distinguished Service, the
highest award of the Alumni Corporation, was given to (left to right) Paul
Jenkel ’60, Lee Woltman ’65, and
Daniel Benton ’80.
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2010, from complete award citations to photos and video, visit
www.colgatealumni.org/reunion.
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scene: Summer 2010
the ’58 class through the ’71 class when TKE
closed. These were the years Ruth cooked and
often guided us when asked and sometimes
when we didn’t ask. My favorite story about
Ruth, and the only time I ever heard her use a
mild expletive, is when I came back to visit in the
spring of 1968. I walked into an empty house and
asked Ruth where everybody was. She replied,
‘They are up in the administration building.’
I asked, ‘What are they doing there?’ She replied,
‘They took over the damn thing, and if they think
I’m going to send them food up there, they are
going to starve.’” There has been an overwhelming response with Ruth receiving many cards
and remembrances. Mike and Jim: many thanks
for sharing this great story about Ruth! Richard Schaper enjoyed a recent latte in
the park with Marion and Alan Brown and applauds the news of the publication of Marion’s
poetry. On a recent family reunion, Richard (AKA
“Dick”) did a 2-tank dive off Grand Cayman with
wife Anita and daughter Ava. Richard has also
enjoyed being back in touch with Profs Don and
Wanda Berry. Alan had another triumphant return to Cotterell Court in Feb when he attended
the annual alumni basketball game. Pictures of
Alan, including one in which he is mugging a
player near the basket, appear on our class page
at www.colgatealumni.org.
I received a call from Pete Solinger ’73, who
read about the adventures of Hank Evans aboard
Queen Anne’s Revenge and wanted to invite the
Queen to Mystic, CT, this summer. Hank sent the
following report: “Mystic is in our plans for this
summer, so I’ll give Pete a call. After completing
the Great American Loop of 6,500 miles, we continued down the rivers from St Louis to Mobile
and on to Key West. We spent 2 months there at
the Navy Marina. We crossed the Gulf Stream 2
weeks ago and are now exploring the Abocos,
Bahamas. This summer will take us up the East
Coast to ME and New England. We have 10,000
miles under the keel so far and having a ball
living the cruising life. Cheers from Queen Ann’s
Revenge @ Marsh Harbor, Aboco, Bahamas.”
CB Blackshear, who lives in Chadds Ford,
PA, retired from medical practice. CB enjoys
horseback riding for entertainment. He plans
to return to Colgate this fall for the 2nd annual
Pete Schaehrer ’65 peace studies lecture. Larry
Geller is looking forward to spending his 7th full
summer working at Tom Tucker’s Camp Fiver in
Poolville, NY. Per Larry: “This is really a remarkable place and any of our classmates who are
up in Hamilton this summer should try to visit
the camp. I will be teaching swimming and be a
public speaking and interviewing coach at the
camp. I think I am one of the luckiest people to
have this unique opportunity to be around so
many wonderful youngsters. It is a treat to see
Tom and Mike Barnett, who is a member of the
Fiver Fndn.”
In March, Mark Krinsky returned to Houston
to rejoin family and childhood friends. Mark
notes: “I left Houston more than 43 years ago, in
Aug 1966, for our sr year at the ’Gate! It’s good
to be back home, especially to enjoy the warm
weather and a much earlier start to spring relative to St Louis and the MW.” Bob McEwen writes:
“I watch quite a bit of MSNBC news. It’s good to
see Colgate alum Howard Fineman ’70 making
regular appearances. Also, commentators such as
Keith Olbermann (Cornell) and Chris Matthews
(Holy Cross) evoke a feeling of familiarity and
like-mindedness, having attended colleges near
to or in the same league as Colgate. There is, of
course, Andy Rooney ’43, whose observations are
always a source of wry amusement to me. If we
were ever to meet, I don’t think he would like
me very much since General George Patton, the
object of Rooney’s enmity from time to time, is
a distant relative of mine. I’m afraid I inherited
a good bit of the general’s proclivity to anger,
which has gotten me in a lot of trouble out here
in the hinterlands.”
Dr Thomas F Godfrey, who took over a failing
health care system in CA and restored its health,
has signed up to revive another ailing institution, the PA Academy of Music. Godfrey was
named PAM’s interim exec director, agreeing to
stay in the virtually f/t post through year-end
for a salary of $1. Tom welcomes the challenge,
noting that the 310-student academy’s teaching
and performing activities remain at a high
level. Godfrey was born in Philly but raised in
Lancaster, graduating from Lancaster Country
Day School. Tom earned his medical degree
from Hershey Med Ctr. After post-grad work at
Cedars Sinai Medical Center in LA, he was an ER
physician, then shifted to health care admin. He
led the turnaround at Kaiser Permanente Kern
Cty in Bakersfield from 1996–1999, raising its
health-plan enrollment from 52,000 to 83,000
and rebuilding its network of medical practices.
From 1999–2006, he was medical dir of Kaiser
Permanente Medical Center in LA, then assoc
dir of the Permanente Federation in Oakland in
2007. Tom’s wife, Kathleen, is chief of staff for the
pres pro tem of LA city council.
Thanks, guys, for all the news! Enjoy your
summer, and please remember to check out the
Colgate website periodically.
Ed: 908-277-4128; eandryan@comcast.net
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Peter M O’Neill
10 Nassau St
Princeton, NJ 08542
Jay Benedict, who has been regularly corresponding with your class editor, reports that
he, along with Fred Meyland-Smith and Larry
Kenna, made their annual sports trip in Feb to
Colgate and watched 2 hockey games and a
basketball game. They replenished their weary
bodies at the famous hotel resort and spa known
as the White Eagle. Jay reports that they had
enjoyable talks with coaches Vaughn and Davis
and had a unique opportunity to additionally
talk to the swim team at the request of Coach
Jungbluth with respect to post-grad job searches.
Derek Brereton has published an anthropological monograph called Campsteading: Family,
Place, and Experience at Squam Lake, NH. Derek
and his wife built a small log cabin in NH from
scratch, and you can read about it as well as see
photos on our class page at www.colgatealumni.
org.
By the time class members read this, your
class editor will have spent Mother’s Day weekend in Paris with wife Anne and Michele and
Cal Trevenen. In anticipation of needing time to
recuperate from the high-cholesterol intake that
eating in France involves, this will be the last
Scene article that I will write for the Class of ’68.
I am happy to report that Jay Benedict, who, as
noted above, has been a regular contributor to
the class news, has agreed to take over the job.
His contact information is below.
In yielding this post to Jay, let me state what
an unequivocal pleasure it has been for me to
have had the opportunity to report the news
of our class to fellow classmates. The experience of hearing from you about life’s twists and
turns has been a pleasure in ways that cannot
be quantified. But suffice it to say in passing
the baton to Jay, I have told him of the pleasant
surprises I encountered in reaching out to the
classmates. In parting, let me say thank you to
my friends in the Class of 1968.
Please send your news to Jay Benedict: jnbenedict@comcast.net, 333 Brampton Court, Lake
Forest, Ill 60045-3410.
Peter: 609-924-0700; pmoneill@earthlink.net
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1700 Verrazzano Pl
Wilmington, NC 28405-4040
As this is written in early spring, I just ended a
mid-March ski holiday in CO, including a Colgate
connection at the Vail slope-side condo belonging to Tom ’83 and Kathy Lewis ’83 Tyree. After a
number of years in NY with Goldman Sachs, Tom
joined a natural gas exploration and development company in Denver. The condo is heavily
used by the Tyrees and their 3 children, Thomas,
Jack, and Sarah, and is occasionally rented. Joining us were Sandy Pomeroy Goehring ’83 and
Anne Milmoe ’97. There were a number of other
Colgate connections over the winter.
At the request of the Scene editorial staff
doing a story on the DC Study Group, I provided
some memories of my WSG semester in 1968 and
solicited others to do the same. Chuck Genrich
’68 responded that photos I sent reminded him
of our meeting with Commissioner of Education Harold Howe II and his then-special asst
Stephen Trachtenberg. Trachtenberg was Chuck’s
mentor then and is still his friend 40 years later.
Chuck operates a high-end limo business in DC.
His son is an Army capt serving in Afghanistan
for his 3rd combat tour and his daughter Gillian
Genrich ’02 is graduating from GW Med School in
May. His other daughter has blessed him with a
granddaughter.
Steve Naclerio ’68 remembered the spring of
1968 as a most exciting time to live in DC with
the antiwar presidential campaigns, the LBJ
resignation, the King assassination, and the riots
(and the protests we missed on campus). Steve
roomed with Don Anna ’68, Dick Loverd ’68, and
me in an apt just south of DuPont Circle, which
was a command post for the Natl Guard during
the riots. On the 1st evening of martial law, one
over-exuberant guardsman grabbed a mic and
announced, “It is now 7 pm and the curfew is
in effect: If we see you on the street, you will be
shot. If you are not killed, you will be arrested!”
(No one in the WSG was shot.)
On a more peaceful morning that spring,
Steve remembers a meeting with the Bolivian ambassador at the embassy. Things went
smoothly and as the group readied to leave,
the ambassador asked if there were any more
questions to tie up loose ends. One of us asked
about Che Guevara and the circumstances of
his capture and execution. The ambassador said
this was a complicated subject and deserved a
full explanation, and then offered us drinks. His
secretary appeared with 15 glasses of Scotch at
about 11 am. We consumed the beverages and
listened to the ambassador’s account of Che’s
last days. Steve remembers that his internship
was in the office of Sen Jacob Javits and that his
main responsibility was bringing the senator his
breakfast on the mornings he flew in to DC from
NY. After graduation, the grateful senator helped
Steve get an ROTC deferment so he could attend
Duke Law. Steve sent 2 daughters to Colgate,
Christine Naclerio ’05 and Catherine Naclerio
’09.
Another member of the spring ’68 WSG group,
Larry Kenna ’68, wrote that he learned 3 things
from his experience: “1. DC is not Herkimer, NY.
Beyond the opportunity to participate in the
terrific program put together by Dr Stern and
those who came before him, just being in DC
was an unforgettable experience for me (and I
suspect for a lot of us in those days). I grew up in
Herkimer, and had never been to DC before Jan
1968. I will never forget tramping around the
city for hours on end (Larry still has photos of the
makeshift huts inhabited by the war protesters
on the Mall; 2. DC may not always be the best
place to be. I went with Tom Blatner and Ray
Elliott to play golf at a course north of the city in
April 1968 and as we started to hitchhike back to
the city proper, we noticed considerable smoke
billowing from the downtown area, as if a large
bomb had been dropped. We had no idea what
was going on. A black man pulled over, asked us
where we were going, and then told us to get in,
golf clubs and all. He told us that Dr Martin Luther King had been shot and that the smoke we
saw was the result of rioting and the burning of
businesses in the predominantly black section of
the city. He was on his way to his own business
to see if he could save it. After he dropped us off
safely at our apts, we spent the next week confined to quarters by curfew while the Natl Guard
patrolled the city; 3. The powerful in DC are just
like you and me. One of our many informative
meetings was with John McCormack, the speaker
of the House. Speaker McCormack invited us all
into his spacious office and told his asst not to
disturb us ‘unless absolutely necessary.’ (I had
visions of Pres Johnson calling and being told the
speaker would get back to him when his meeting
with the Colgate group was done.) We proceeded
to have a vibrant discussion of Congress and
the issues of the day until the speaker’s asst
interrupted and told him he was wanted on the
phone. The speaker told us that he ‘had to take
this call.’ The call involved a lot of ‘Yes, dears’ and
‘No, dears’ until he finally said, ‘Bye, love you, too.’
Speaker McCormack excused himself and told us
that it was his wife, Harriet, on the line and that
he had to pick up some things from the grocery
store before returning home that evening.”
Nick Brill contributed a picture of the 1969
group and a copy of his remarks at the rededication of the Stern Award at our 40th Reunion.
Nick, who was in the 1969 WSG, missed the 1968
riots, but made up for it after graduating in ’69.
He worked for a consulting firm in DC. In the
Dec 1969 draft lottery, his number was 52, so he
joined the DC Natl Guard. During all of the war
protests in the early ’70s, he patrolled DC like Barney Fife, with a rifle and no bullets. Nick wrote,
“My days would start with my then-girlfriend
and now wife putting my long hair up in bobby
pins and then placing my short-haired wig on
top. While I patrolled the streets of DC with my
wig on and full fatigues, she was downtown
protesting.”
This is the 4th consecutive edition of the class
notes commending Alan Frumin ’68 for his role
in the enactment of Health Finance reform. As
this is written, the House has passed the Senate
bill and the pres has signed it. The publicity that
Senate Parliamentarian Frumin received during
the legislative maneuvering prompted a small
avalanche of e-mails from his Lambda Chi brothers, including Tom McTaggart, Chad Reid, and
Bill Travis. Apparently, a NY Times reporter was
soliciting them for stories from his college days
to use in an article that might have compromised
him in the Senate debates. Atty Chad Reid advised that Alan’s distinguished career as Senate
Parliamentarian should not be sullied by any
embarrassing behavior in the 1960s, so all info
about Alan should be kept in the cone of silence.
The efforts of Art Clark and Woody Swain
to make us more electronically connected are
starting to yield some results. These e-notes are
getting positive responses, notably from Dave
Helman. John Licciardi is one of several people
who asked how to access our class page on
Colgate’s Alumni website. Here is how it’s done:
Go to www.colgatealumni.org. You may have to
register if you have not already. If you have, log
in. Click on “Clubs, Classes and Groups,” Select
“Class Year 1969,” and there you are.
Frank Battistelli wants everyone to know
that his new e-mail is fabvab@q.com. And
peripatetic Bill Berry, currently in Phoenix,
abandoned CT and his old e-mail address when
he and Jane “went on the lamb” to explore the
American West in his motor home. The only
way to reach him is at berryeli@gmail.com or
williamberry1@mac.com. In Feb, Bill became
the grandfather of twins born in Boston to his
daughter-in-law, a Colgate grad. Bill also traveled to Missoula to meet another recently born
grandchild.
I got requests to join Facebook or Linked In
from Allan Dodds Frank, Don Kinsella, and Tom
McTaggart. McTaggart wrote that he was officiating at the March 2010 IC4A indoor championships, where Colgate’s men’s relay team broke
the school record set at the same meet back in
1969 by Jim Andrews, Hank Skewis, and Skip
Meno. (See this issue’s Go ’gate for more.)
Colgate ice hockey provided a venue for
Internet-organized get-togethers this winter.
John Higgins is my source for this report. Joining
Higgins at the Quinnipiac game at New Haven
were Frank Gasparini, Art Clark, Peter Lewine,
and Keith Radhuber, who came the farthest
distance after digging out from a blizzard in
southern NJ. Late scratches were Allan Dodds
Frank (recuperating from rotator cuff surgery)
and Ted Sharron ’70, who felt that the long drive
in a snowstorm from Lancaster, PA, was more
than school spirit required. The group convened
at Frank Peppe Pizza in New Haven, to call and
thank Ricky Ross, who used his sway in the
Nutmeg State to get the group tickets. Gasparini
organized a Colgate follow-up at the ColgateHarvard hockey game in Boston. The turnout included Higgins, Margaret and Nick Brill, Michael
Brown, Dave Knauer, Cathy and Paul Parshley ’72,
and a variety of Gasparini paisanos.
In other important sports news, I am proud to
say that in the 1st time in years of trying, I was a
winner in the NCAA Final Four Bracket pool run
by John Gillick ’67. There are so damn many Gillicks in the pool that it is really tough for a nonfamily member to win. I had Duke all the way, as
I do every year, and this time it was enough to
overcome all the nepotistic Georgetown fans.
Read McNamara finally responded to my call
for reunion memories. For him, it was all about
the re-connections, especially “the long-lost but
spry and youthful” Tom Gallmeyer. In addition,
Read was happy to see folks he had not seen in
40 years: John Zarecki, Dave Grant, Walt Theis,
John Reid, and many others. Read thanks Art,
Woody, Sam King, and everyone who helped
to get the troops assembled. Read is “still trying to retire, and failing.” He claims that the 4
McNamara kids, who all graduated from Colgate,
have ensured that he will be living in penury at
least until our 50th Reunion. Read splits his time
between Rochester and ME, and always looks
forward to seeing Colgate friends. Bob Haberer
wrote from London that he couldn’t make the
reunion, but was able to return to campus in July
for the alumni golf tourney, and everybody was
still talking about the band in the Class of ’69
tent.
Like McNamara, Michael Lassell finds himself
somewhere between the world of work and retirement. He wrote that Metropolitan Home mag,
his employer for 18 years, closed in Nov, victim
of the economy. Michael doesn’t know whether
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to call himself unemployed or semi-retired, but
he is not doing nothing. He is busy as a freelance
writer for a variety of design mags and doing a
Best of Met Home book, which will be out in fall
of 2010. Michael’s last book, Glamour: Making It
Modern, is now in its 4th printing and has been
the #1 interior design book on Amazon.com for
most of the last year. He hopes the work, and
severance, will be enough to carry him through
to Medicare. Thanks to Frumin, Michael and all of
us baby boomers have a chance.
The Vintage Thirteen recently gathered at
Walt Disney World, where the group sang beside
the Princess’s Castle at the Celebration Central
Pavilion as well as at Bergamo’s Restaurant. The
idea for the Disney excursion was hatched by
Bud Hedinger, whose Orlando-based radio talk
show has made him a regional celebrity, and Joe
Doolittle ’67, who travels there on business, at
a dinner last fall at the restaurant. Hedinger’s
contact at Disney opened the doors. Visit our
class web page at Colgatealumni.org to read a
full account of the gathering as reported by Pete
Behr ’62 and Priit Vesilind ’64, and see a photo of
the group.
Obits seem to have become a standard feature
of these notes. This time we mourn for Charlotte
Lee Whiting MA’74. Charlotte grew up in Oneida,
NY, with Don Kinsella, Doug Palmiter, Mark
Ritter, Paul Fish, and me. She graduated Phi Beta
Kappa from Elmira in 1969, and after Colgate,
got a PhD in French lit from Syracuse. Charlotte
lived in the Boston area since 1980, working 1st
in the news business and then in the public info
office of the MA Supreme Judicial Court. She
leaves a brother and a sister. Another MA, Walter
Jandura, passed away on Dec 11, at the age of 64.
He was raised in NJ and attended Rutgers before
coming to Colgate. He moved to Toronto, became
a Canadian citizen, and worked as a writer and
editor for Commerce Clearing House and Simpson’s, as well as other establishments.
Jim: 910-256-5522; smilmoe@aol.com
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George Murphy Jr
1510 Ocean Ave
Mantoloking, NJ 08738-1516
Congratulations to David Coen, who was elected
pres of the Natl Assoc of Regulatory Utility
Commissioners (NARUC). The NARUC represents
state public service commissioners who regulate
essential utility services, such as electricity,
telecommunications, gas, water, and transportation. David will have a strong voice in national
debates on energy and telecommunications
policies, according to the release. He will provide
general oversight of the assoc and serve as its
primary voice, leading NARUC before Congress,
the courts, and administrative agencies. “We as a
nation are facing changing times, and regulators
must remain focused on the public interest,” he
said.
No news otherwise. If no news is good news,
things are certainly looking good for all of us.
Enjoy your summer.
Murph: 732-892-0217; 7806 (fax);
gfmdmw@aol.com
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Richard C Beck
4290 SE Augusta Loop
Gresham, OR 97080-8435
David M Brockway
201 Lincoln Rd
Horseheads, NY 14845-2267
Marc Gettis
43 Summit Avenue
Gillette, NJ 07933
This article begins our 39th year of columns
since graduating from the ’Gate. Next year at this
time we will have celebrated our 40th Reunion.
That is hard to believe, isn’t it?! I hope you will be
making plans to attend.
Stephen Winningham notes that he and the
family moved to London in Aug 2007 and live
in Notting Hill. Steve left CitiGroup Investment
Banking for a position with the Lloyds Banking
Group. He would like to see any classmates who
may be passing through. This past Feb, Douglas
Moritz was appointed assoc VP of multifamily
for the Mortgage Bankers Assoc (MBA). Doug
is joining MBA from the company he founded,
DOMO Consulting LLC, where he served as
principle. In Doug’s new position, he coordinates
policy positions on multifamily issues and oversees multifamily activities for MBA, including
interaction with members and representations
before various federal agencies, including HUD,
Fannie Mae, Freddie MAC, and other groups
involved with this type of housing. Doug has also
held positions with Prudential Mortgage Capital
Corp and WMF Washington Mortgage. The MBA
is headquartered in DC.
Bruce W Selleck, geology prof at Colgate, recently participated on a 4-person panel discussing the pros and cons of horizontal drilling and
“hydrofracking” in the Marcellus Shale, which is
found along the southern tier in NY. Hydrofracking (which is the underground injection of a
water/chemical slurry under high pressure)
would break up the shale, resulting in the release
of natural gas that is stored in the rock. The
discussion was featured on a WAMC NE public
radio broadcast. Bruce was a proponent of drilling as a source of income for rural NYS residents
and as new source of energy. However, he felt
that drilling should only occur under stringent
supervision by the state, ensuring that the
slurry water would be captured and treated and
that environmental protections are met. Panel
opponents felt that there would be potential
contamination into the environment through
the release of trace elements as a byproduct of
the process. It was also felt that huge amounts of
clean water would be needed for the process. It
was an interesting broadcast on what is becoming an emotional issue in the state.
Finally, I am saddened to note that our
classmate Ann Parrott Cochran passed away
on March 21 in Hamilton from a cancer-related
illness. Ann was one of the first 10 women to
graduate from Colgate and she later went on to
earn her MAT in 1979. She spent her professional
career as a prof of psych at SUNY Morrisville for
over 28 years. She retired in Dec 2000. Ann was
a longtime member and 1st pres of the board of
the Mid York Fndn. Surviving are her husband,
John, retired chem prof; her children, Eric and
Stacy Cochran, of NYC, Jill and Joe Baker of
Tampa; 5 grandchildren; and several nieces and
nephews.
Until next time... Richard: 503-512-8085 (H); 986-3375 (W);
504-8431 (C); richardcbec@verizon.net
Hi, everyone! A kind of quick column this time
around. An old poli sci colleague, Joel Gandelman, sent me an e-mail to let me know that
centrist author John Avlon, a CNN contributor
and former Giuliani aide, has named Joe among
the top 25 centrists and commentators. I have
also caught Joe numerous times on CNN as a
frequent weekend commentator on a panel of
independent voters. Joe is the editor and chief of
themoderatevoice.com.
I am thrilled to write of newcomer to the
Scene Kent Bernard. Kent retired a few years ago
as VP and asst gen counsel of Pfizer Inc. He’s now
an adjunct prof at Fordham Law and says he’s
having a great time. He brings expertise in the
areas of antitrust, health care, and mergers &
acquisitions.
As you know, class VP and former ’Gate
soccer goalkeeper Eric Luce frequently keeps
me updated on class news. Unfortunately, I
misplaced one of his missives last fall. However,
I have found it. He recounts his attendance at
numerous sports events and venues, which he
continues to this date. Having retired from his
college admin and teaching duties, he has more
time to enjoy such things. Among soccer teams
followed and attended last year was the NY
Red Bulls. Eileen and Joe Sabbatino, along with
Eric and Jane, shared a few of those times. Of
particular interest was following the Red Bulls
and their keeper of last season, Alec Dufty, son
of David Dufty ’75. Alec currently is signed with
AC St Louis. Eric and Joe also pleasantly recalled
their “powerhouse soccer team” of our 1st year.
“That team was hard to score on and even harder
to beat,” says Eric. Here’s who they recall being
on that roster: attackers Steve Houseman, Fred
Drew, Jeff Busch, Charley Meuse, Bob Weber,
Rich Lewis, Paul Rutter, and Louis Roberts;
midfielders Dean Jacobson, class pres Rob Jones,
Tommy Matthews, Steve Peters, Dick Kadesch,
Karl Kleuver, Dana Thompson, and Paul Parshley;
defenders Cliff Kramer, Joe Sabbatino, Russ
Nemecek, Dave Snyder, Rob Gunther, and Don
Grimes; and goalkeepers Frank Zuccari, Eric Luce,
and Tom Birkel. Hopefully, I haven’t left anyone
out. I’ve got to note that these guys are also loyal
reunion attendees for the most part, too! But,
I’m not sure we’ve heard from some of them in
a while, so drop a note! Finally, Eric also proudly
added that daughter KC is scheduled to have
graduated this spring from Muhlenberg with
honors in English and drama. Way to go!
I guess that wraps it up for now. As always,
send us your news!
David: 607-739-0267 (H); 737-2901 (O);
737-2961 (fax); dbcolgate@gmail.com
Ask and ye shall receive. One e-mail blast to the
entire class, courtesy of technology provided by
the alumni office, yielded an enormous response.
In order to avoid any possibility of the Scene’s imposing size limitations on the column, we’ll dispense with your editor’s usual pithy comments
and observations and go straight to the news.
Glenn Ivers, in the twilight of a long career in
human services, has taken an interesting turn
and become exec dir of Wanderers Rest Humane
Assoc in Canastota, NY. In late June, Wanderers
Rest held its 1st annual Wanderers Ride 2-day
bicycling fundraiser, including an overnight at
a Colgate dorm and dinner at the Colgate Inn.
Glenn is always looking for an opportunity to
show off the most beautiful college campus in
the world.
Lydia Woodward is a writer/producer in TV,
currently working on a pilot for HBO. Lydia and
her husband travel back and forth between
homes in Santa Monica, CA, and Great Barrington, MA. They recently caught up with Robert Dudzik and Perry Kreidman in NYC, where
they all joined in supporting Jan Warrington and
husband Frank Starr, whose dog was entered in
the 2010 Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show.
Their dog, a vizsla, showed well but, unfortunately, didn’t win. “She was robbed!” Leslie Zeoli Hathaway reports that she
and Sandy Carr ’74 visited Saba Gessesse
Hamilton for an “empty nest” reunion weekend.
Saba, Sandy, and Leslie lived together at what
was then known as 84 Broad St at Colgate. They
commiserated (and rejoiced) at having their
children gone from home, at least most of the
time, but this milestone was just an excuse to
get together. Leslie’s daughter is an engineering
student at Johns Hopkins and her son is at Cornell. Although he’s only a few miles from home,
he lives in the dorm, so Leslie and husband Steve
really qualify as empty-nesters. Sandy, Saba, and
Leslie plan to invent other milestones for future
reunions.
Last year, Jim Ashenfelter reorganized his
law firm, now known as Ashenfelter, Slous, McDonough & Trevenen LLP. Cal Trevenen ’68 is one
of the partners. The firm moved to new offices in
Montclair, NJ, which was no small feat as it had
been in the same location since the early 1950s.
Jim is proud to say his kids have graduated from
Bucknell (’04), Duke (’07), and Penn State (’10).
His wife is still working and coaching a natl-level
swimming program and Jim still swims 3,000
yards each morning with a group of former college swimmers. His middle son was capt of the
Duke swim team, so Jim has become a devoted
Dukie and big fan of Coach K, even making a
couple of trips to Cameron Indoor. He also made
it to 4 football games at Penn State last season,
noting that 110,000 fans makes it somewhat different from games at Andy Kerr Stadium. In Jim’s
words, “A friend told me, we are only as happy as
our most miserable child, so I am a happy guy.”
Dick Samuels is still at MIT, where he directs
the Ctr for Internatl Studies. Wife, Debbie, a food
writer for the Boston Globe, had her 1st cookbook,
The Korean Table, published last year by Tuttle.
She is now hard at work on a 2nd book, My Japanese Kitchen. Dick and Debbie traveled to Seoul,
Beijing, Shanghai, and Tokyo this past winter
for research and speaking — she on food and he
on politics and regional security. “It all started
with the Colgate Japan Study Group!” Their son
Alex, 29, lives in Berlin, where he is completing
“I worked with a MD state senator on passing a bill. I testified in support of the bill in front of a State
Senate Committee, and my op ed was published in the Baltimore Sun. This summer, I am working in
the Office of Genl Counsel at the Executive Office of the President of the United States.” — Avery Blank ’08
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his 2nd year of a doctorate at UC Davis. Bob’s son
Tim (UVM Class of ’09) still lives in Burlington, VT, working at Willow Hill Cheese Farm
and with Burton Snowboards. In their spare time,
Bob and Pam ski, fish, and golf in Mt Snow, VT,
spend several weeks every summer at Martha’s
Vineyard, and love to travel the country to see
their kids and friends.
Elise Frost Alair is the dir of HQ ops for the
Office of LMSB (for the uninitiated, Large and
Mid-Sized Business) Division Counsel in DC,
having relocated to DC 2 years ago after 24 years
as a field litigator for the IRS in Hartford, CT. Her
husband, Pat, is deputy corp counsel for the Town
of W Hartford. Daughter Olivia (Georgetown ’06)
is press secy for Secretary of Transportation Ray
LaHood, and daughter Allyssa (Tufts Engineering ’09) is lead engineer for Kan-Pak. They’re all
keeping busy, but Elise would love to hear from
friends.
On the subject of hearing from friends and requests to hear from certain individuals, Colgate’s
privacy policy prevents publication of phone
numbers and e-mail addresses in this column.
Far be it from me to attempt to replace Facebook,
but if I can be of assistance, let me know. Also,
you can find contact information in the alumni
directory at colgatealumni.org.
In the previous column, it was reported that
Fausto Miraglia and Bill Cornachio and families
made their annual trip to the Army-Navy game
at Lincoln Financial in Philly and watched Navy
beat Army again. Bill has since provided a few
additional details, including that Faust and Susan
provided an Italian feast at the tailgate, which
was much appreciated by the Cornachio boys
and their companions from the Naval Academy
(one of Bill’s sons has since graduated the Naval
Academy and the other graduated last year
and is now serving as a 2nd lt in the US Marine
Corps). Just a few parking stalls away, Ray Allen
’74 was tailgating with family and friends. Ray Jr,
who roomed with Bill’s son Mark at prep school,
graduated USNA last year with Mark and is in
Pensacola, FL, training as a Navy pilot.
Also having a Navy connection is Rick Eytel,
who recently moved to Brick, NJ (at the shore),
to be close to the water and his boats, but still
commutes 70 miles to his pediatric dental
practice in W Orange. He describes himself as “a
Parkway Warrior.” Rick and his wonderful bride,
Anne-Marie, are about to celebrate their 35th anniversary. Their son graduated from VMI and was
commissioned in the Navy; having finished sea
duty as navigator aboard the USS Monterey, he
is currently a lt, teaching at the Naval Academy.
Their daughter graduated from Susquehanna
and works in marketing in Key West. Rick is now
a grandfather — Madelyn King Eytel (projected
’31). Sailboat racing and fishing occupy most of
his spare time. While in FL in March, Rick ran into
members of the Vintage Thirteen (past Thirteen
members from classes from the 1960s to 1970),
who were performing at Disney and were in fine
voice.
When Sean Hallahan checked in, he was
preparing to represent Colgate as part of a presentation of liberal arts schools at Brooklyn Tech,
a NYC HS for the best and brightest. A few weeks
earlier, he joined Colgate students for dinner
after their Harlem Renaissance day (see photos
on our class web page). Sean spoke with many
of the students, visiting each table and finding
that the most popular part of the day was their
visit to the Apollo Theater. Sean said, “One of the
students remembered hearing ‘Mr Schiffman’s
name’ during a telling of the Apollo’s history. As
you may know, our classmate Howie Schiffman’s
dad was an owner and manager of the Apollo.”
Sean stays in touch with a few students, now
Get to know: Dr. Ramón García ’77, Colgate Trustee
Andrew Daddio
grad work and doing radio spots for NPR and
Deutsche Welle. Son Brad, 32, is an architect in
NY, who with his colleagues specializes in digital
fabrication and built many of the models for the
Guggenheim Museum’s retrospective of Frank
Lloyd Wright last year.
Speaking of books, Steven Worthy recently
completed a 300+ page manuscript for a cultural
bio on the Kress Family of NYC (known for their
retail store empire, nonprofit fndn, and donations of collections to the Natl Gallery of Art and
other museums and colleges), their ancestors,
and descendents. He is preparing to market the
book this fall. Steve has also taken the lead, as a
former board trustee of the Ossining, NY, Historical Soc, in obtaining natl, state, and local landmark status for 2 buildings and gardens, which
were part of the Rush H Kress 72-acre Rockhill
Estate in Ossining. Landscaped and designed as a
Bavarian-style family compound, complete with
horses, cows, chickens, fountains, greenhouses,
and an ice house that pumped chilled air into the
attic of 1 building where some of the Old Master
artwork was stored, the Rockhill Estate is where
Steve found the initial impetus to write the book,
which he began in 2005. Steve also maintains
and is continually adding to the Steven A Worthy
Kress Family Archive, containing thousands
of digital images and articles of the Kress
family exploits, books, DVDs, CDs, PowerPoint
presentations he has created, and multimedia
presentations he has given at libraries and other
locations. More details are posted on our class
web page at colgatealumni.org.
Another author in our ranks is Eleanor
McNees, who is working on a book on the
influence of James Fitzjames and Leslie Stephen
on Virginia Woolf’s essays. She attended the
Colgate Women’s Book Group meeting in Denver
in May. Eleanor is prof of English and chair of
the Internationalization Advisory Board at U of
Denver. She has 1 son who is about to begin his jr
year at U of Denver and another who just graduated from U of CO and is heading to law school
this fall. Eleanor would like to hear from Bill and
Susan Venarde Mahoney.
Moving from books to newspapers, Jim Kevlin
and wife MJ own the Freeman’s Journal, Cooperstown’s 202-year-old newspaper, and started
Hometown Oneonta in that nearby city. Their
older son, John, is a lawyer in SF and younger
son, Joe, is a HS jr and football player at CCS. Last
fall, when Jim had to pick up John in Syracuse,
they stopped for a photo (which is posted on our
class web page) in front of the Landmark Inn,
Bouckville, where Jim’s father hosted a graduation dinner for relatives in 1973. “Time passes.”
Bob Stewart and his best friend Pam recently
celebrated their 37th anniversary. They’ve lived
in Longmeadow, MA, the entire time, with Pam
being summer school administrator for the
town and Bob being an independent insurance
agent, pres and CEO of Chase, Clarke, Stewart &
Fontana in Springfield, MA. Bob is also lead dir
of United Bank, having been on its board for 19
years, served 12 years on the school board (chair
3 times) and has done a lot of volunteer work,
including Behavioral Health Network, a social
service org where he has served on the board
for 10 years and chaired. Daughters Laura ’02
and Sarah ’04 are both Colgate graduates (Bob is
thus a member of a very elite group, ie members
of our class to have had 2 children graduate or
attend Colgate). Laura married Austin Derosa ’02
last Sept and they live in Atlanta, where Laura
is a HS art teacher and Austin is in his 3rd year
of residency in urology at Emory Hospital. Sarah
lives in SF, working for Room to Read, a nonprofit
that builds schools and libraries in 3rd world
countries; her boyfriend, Cam Pittelkow ’05, is in
– Trustee since 2008; 2009 Diversity Week panelist; class gift agent
– Founding director, Garcia Medical Centers and Chicago Endoscopy Center
– Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, Division of
Gastroenterology & Nutrition, University of Illinois at Chicago
– M.D., Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena; F.A.C.P.
Tell us about your work. Did you always want to be a doctor? Since I was five — I tell people,
I never had to make a decision! I founded the Garcia Medical Centers and the Chicago
Endoscopy Center, a gastroenterology procedure facility, 20 years ago. I see patients and
employ five other physicians. More than 90 percent of my patients are Spanish speaking.
Because of the language barrier and culture, a lot of them wouldn’t be as comfortable elsewhere, so we need to serve them. My wife, Marilyn, and I have been talking about starting a
free clinic.
Describe your Colgate experience. I remember kind of being overwhelmed. It was tough.
Just a few years before I came to Colgate, my family immigrated to New York City from the
Dominican Republic. I was pre-med, and barely spoke English. I learned most of my English
at Colgate. And I thought it was the most beautiful place on Earth. I was a kid in a candy
store the whole time I was here.
Name a key professor who made an impact on you. Elmer Trumbull, who died last year, was
my organic chemistry professor, and I just loved that guy. I still remember things he would
tell me. He once told me, “Ramón, this is going to be the most intellectually stimulating
experience you will have.” And it was so true. My astronomy professor, Tony Aveni, also was
a significant role model.
What do you feel you bring to the table as a trustee? Obviously, diversity, both ethnically
and professionally, is where I stand out. This year, I am the only Latino, and the only doctor,
on the board. With the changing demographics of our country, I’d like to see Latino diversity
increase both on the board and on campus. It’s hard, because we are competing for particularly talented Latino students. We have to see these kids as national treasures; they are
going to be the leaders of a great chunk of our population. So if Colgate can prepare a lot of
these future leaders, it will be great for the school. There’s a lot of work to be done; I like to
champion that cause.
What other aspects of the issue of diversity are important to you? We are known for academic excellence, and we should continue that. And, beyond my board role, I’ve been talking
to a group of professors about how we can attract, and keep, more minority professors. One
of the things that is happening at Colgate is, it’s fairly easy to recruit minority professors,
but it’s a different issue to get them to stay. That’s one of the issues that I like working on most.
Tell me about your family. My wife is a social worker. Gabby is my 20-year-old, a communications major at Miami University of Ohio. Then I have Nico, who’s a 12-year-old seventh-grader.
We hear you’re a commercial pilot. I’ve been flying since 1992. I remember flying to my
reunion and buzzing the procession on Oak Drive. But 90 percent of the time, I fly around
the Chicago area, going to little airports in Wisconsin and eating greasy hamburgers at the
airport diners. Particularly in the cloudy wintertime, I like going above the clouds and flying
around in the sunshine up there.
News and views for the Colgate community
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Giving good days to children who
need them
“Don’t sweat the small stuff.” That’s the simple yet profound lesson that Wendy BleierMervis ’88 has taken away from working with children who have cancer. “When you’re with
these kids, your problems seem very small compared to what they have to deal with on a
daily basis, and the unknown of what’s going to happen in their lives,” said Bleier-Mervis, the
executive director of Camp Good Days.
Her husband, Gary Mervis, founded the camp in 1979 for his daughter, who was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor at age 9. Because Teddi was the only child in her school
with cancer, he built Camp Good Days
on New York State’s Keuka Lake so that
she could spend time with kids who were
having similar experiences.
“Especially with childhood cancer, it’s
often a rare disease, so they could be the
only one in their school who is battling
cancer, and they probably feel alone,”
Bleier-Mervis explained. “We give them
the opportunity to be with others who
understand what they’re going through.”
She added that the children get to be
themselves for a week: “They don’t have
to wear their wigs, they can have dessert
instead of their dinners, they run around
— we let them be kids.”
The Colgate connections to the camp
have been there since the beginning.
“Doc” (Merrill) Miller, Student Health
Services director, was one of the first
doctors to volunteer at Camp Good Days
in 1980. Various student groups have
supported the camp through fundraising
initiatives, as have alumni.
The camp has expanded to include
programs for children with HIV/AIDS,
in the foster care system, and those
affected by domestic violence, as well as international children with cancer. It also offers
adult weekends for women with cancer as well as for parents and partners of those with the
disease. “For the adults, it’s a network and a friendship: they can share what’s going on and
questions they have,” Bleier-Mervis said.
Coming to the camp after working as a physical education teacher and coach, BleierMervis had started there as a lifeguard on her summers off. While at Colgate, Bleier-Mervis
was a four-year starter on the women’s basketball team. Later, at the camp, her athletic
talents made her a natural activities coordinator. “These kids do things that they’re not
going to be able to do back home, like go in a hot air balloon, ride in a seaplane, fish all day.”
Eventually, she became program director and then camp director.
About three years ago, Bleier-Mervis took a leave of absence from teaching and coaching to play a larger role at the camp. In the off season, she spreads the word about Camp
Good Days and fundraises for the camp’s programs, which are offered free of charge to
attendees.
Although she doesn’t play the sport as much as she used to, Bleier-Mervis stayed
involved with basketball as a coach and was recently inducted into the Section V Basketball
Hall of Fame for her role on the varsity team at West Irondequoit (N.Y.) High School.
It was this continued involvement with sports that brought her and her husband
together. The couple met at a 3-on-3 basketball tournament, where they discovered that
they had shared interests. He had spent most of his career in politics working for the state
legislature; she majored in political science at Colgate. He received his bachelor’s degree in
physical education and has coached football for many years at different levels; she spent
most of her career as a physical education teacher and coach.
Now, their common goal is to give those in need a memorable experience. “At camp,
everything else in your life seems so unimportant compared to making sure these kids have
a great time,” Bleier-Mervis said. “We tell our counselors that if the kids are pushing you
over to get on the bus, then you should find something else to do, but if they’re crying and
clinging to you because they don’t want to leave, we’ve made an impact. And ninety percent
don’t want to leave because they feel that’s where they belong — no one is judging them, and
everybody understands them. They know when they leave camp that they have a new family
and that there are other kids just like them, so they’re not alone in the world.”
— Aleta Mayne
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grads, from his tennis-team mentoring days. He
recently played with ex-Colgate captain Mike
Shea ’08 and was proud to last an hour and 45
minutes of Mike pounding the ball at him. Sean
really enjoys staying involved with students,
finding it keeps him young.
Jim Sowers finds himself in a new role as
practice leader for Wipro Consulting’s HR Mgmt
and Transformation Practice. He’s been doing a
great deal of traveling and gets to the NYC area
frequently, although he’s still based in Houston.
Jim says it’s fun to be building another business
just as we are coming out of the “Great Recession.” He plays golf regularly with Jerry Jasko
(based in Austin) and John Bloom (Houston). Jim
was disappointed with the untimely end to the
Raiders men’s hockey season, as he had planned
to go to Albany to see the ECAC semifinals with
Rick Stickle (Red Hook, NY).
Debbie Ciampi and her husband have been
very much involved in Colgate events in the
last 8 years as parents of Cornelia Kolman ’07.
They have really enjoyed being members of the
Parents’ Steering Committee, especially interacting with families, the admin, alumni office, and
alumni. Debbie highly recommends it to other
parents whose children are entering Colgate
or attend now. She is hoping her son becomes
a member of the Class of ’22 so they can do it
again.
Bob O’Shea finds that he has developed a new
fondness for Colgate, not that he ever lost it, but
it is renewed. Last spring was the only semester
in the past 4 years that he didn’t visit the campus
at least once, as his “chip,” Grace Kendrick O’Shea
’11, was studying abroad in Barcelona. Check out
this issue’s “Colgate Seen” to see a photo, which
is also posted on our class web page. It pictures
Bob and “La Pubia,” standing outside her dorm
in Barcelona (Bob confided that they’re standing
near somebody else’s motorcycles so they appear
cooler than they really are). Bob would like to
give a shout out to Marty Madeira (Grace’s sister’s
godfather), nephew Mark Miller ’11, friend and
neighbor Tom Oliver ’72, great friends Bud Cary
and Rob Moreno, and to Grace’s aunt and uncle,
Missy O’Shea Miller ’76 and George O’Shea.
Paul Raeder and his partner, Bob Holley, are
still living in Princeton, where Paul works at the
university’s annual giving office. They share
a great interest in the cultures of the ancient
Americas. Starting 25 years ago with a trip to
Cancun during which they visited the Mayan
city of Chichen Itza, they have tried to see all
the great cities in Mesoamerica. More recently,
they’ve made 2 trips to Peru, staying at Machu
Picchu and visiting many major pre-Inca sites in
northern Peru. Their quarter century journey culminated in a trip in March to the Mayan ruins of
Copan in Honduras. (See the class web page for
a photo of Paul and Bob at the Copan ruins.) Paul
says that while not claiming to be archeological
experts, they now have a great appreciation of
how advanced these cultures were and what
wonderful structures they built hundreds and
thousands of years ago.
Don’t forget to visit our class web page at
www.colgatealumni.org/clubsandclasses (select
“Class of 1973” on the pull-down menu). If you’re
not receiving the e-mail blasts, please adjust
your settings (or check your spam folder) so
as to allow e-mails from my address and from
noreply@imodules.com.
Marc: 908-580-1414, 580-1946(f);
marcgettis@comcast.net
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Gregg McAllister
21 Ross St
Batavia, NY 14020-2307
First, a correction and an apology: Claudia
Miner is the VP of development at Waterford
Research Inst in Sandy and Salt Lake, UT, where
she has been for a couple of years. Waterford is
a nonprofit research ctr (with a private school)
dedicated to developing high-quality educational models, programs, and software: 500,000
children across the US use Waterford programs
in schools. I apologize that in my last column I
indicated she was still at the Desert Research
Institute, her previous employer.
On the move: Former NY atty genl Dennis
Vacco became a partner in the law firm of Lippes
Mathias Wexler Friedman LLP in Buffalo, where
he will specialize in helping businesses work
through complex state and fed governmental
regulations. Dennis served as US atty in Buffalo
1988–93 and was elected atty genl in 1994, the 1st
Erie Cty resident to win that post since 1928, and
served in Gov George Pataki’s admin 1995–1998.
After leaving the AG’s office, Dennis became VP
of NY ops for Waste Mgmt Inc.
Still skiing: Doug Carlson, Andy Greenfield,
Claude Johnston, and Tom Gilman met in Deer
Valley during the winter for some skiing. Doug,
who lives in Menlo Park, CA, admits that none of
them have fully functioning knees, “but we get
by, thanks to superb slope grooming, plenty of
Aleve, and appropriate ‘refreshments’ throughout the day.” Andy has a daughter, Shaela, in her
soph year at Colgate. He visits her while teaching
a seminar on leadership/entrepreneurship (see
this issue’s Life of the Mind for more).
Another CA contact: In San Diego on a recent
business trip, Bob Chamberlain had dinner
with 2 Colgate ATO brothers, Chip McAteer ’75
and Alan Bombard ’75. They are planning to get
together again for a long weekend in Bob’s part
of the state — Carmel.
Student-professor collaboration: Don Ferencz,
who earned his degree in Peace Studies, teamed
up with Prof Nigel Young, dir of Peace Studies,
1984–2004, at Magdalen C in Oxford this spring
for the book launch of the 4-volume Oxford International Encyclopedia of Peace (see the photo
on our class web page at Colgatealumni.org). Prof
Young served as a contributing author as well as
editor-in-chief. Don was among the contributors, writing on the history and workings of the
internatl criminal court. For the past 5 years,
Don’s been involved as a consultant to the court’s
working group on the crime of aggression — an
offense branded by the Nuremberg Trials as “the
supreme internatl crime.” Don also traveled to
Kampala, Uganda, where the 111 member-countries of the court convened to decide whether
the crime of aggression will be made actionable
before the court. Don lives in Maidenhead outside of London, and advises that he’d be happy
to share a pint with any alums who are passing
through!
Sorry to report: the sudden death of Dave
Sheldon in Kingston, RI. He was a civil engineer
for the state for 30 years before joining Thielsch
Engineering. He also coached youth soccer, basketball, and baseball. He and Ed Schnittger, aptly
named Sheldon & Schnittger, often performed
together around Colgate and even cut a record
together, which is still in my basement with my
collection of LPs. Dave maintained his passion for
music throughout his life, playing guitar with 2
local bands. He is survived by his wife, Debbie,
and 3 children.
Charlotte L Whiting MAT’74, a French major,
died in Jan in Belmont, MA.
If you meet a classmate while vacationing
this summer, don’t forget to send an update to
share with the Scene.
Gregg: 585-345-6154 (O); 343-9796 (H); greggmca@verizon.net
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Carolyn Swift
2022 Columbia Rd NW, #514
Washington, DC 20009-1316
By the time you read this, I will have plenty of
news about our 35th Colgate Reunion, but I’m
sending this in April, so I don’t have the news
yet. Check the Class of ’75 page on colgatealumni.org for lots of info and pictures about the
great weekend!
Less news this time around, but I am making up for it by calling classmates to ask them
whether they are coming to reunion. So far,
many have been responding in the affirmative,
so I’m looking forward to a lively time trying to
catch up with everyone!
As mentioned in my last column, I talked a
while back with Jonathan Husch, chair of the
Geological and Environmental School at Rider
U, and he referred me to his personal Rider
website, which included the history and update
info for him and his family. After Colgate,
Jonathan studied, researched, and TA-ed in the
Dept of Geological and Geophysical Sciences at
Princeton, where he earned both his master’s
and PhD. In 1978, he married Gerri Hutner (BA
SUNY-Albany ’75 and master’s NYU ’77). Gerri
has been the public info officer/dir of communications for the W Windsor-Plainsboro Regional
School District since 1999, was a member of the
Lawrence Township Board of Ed, and worked for
19 years as the managing editor of NJ Medicine,
the monthly journal of the Medical Society of
NJ. Gerri and Jonathan love to travel, and over
the last few years they’ve been to Chile (to visit
Jonathan’s family), London, Paris, Province,
Normandy, Amsterdam, Rome, Florence, Siena,
Venice, and Quebec and Victoria, Canada. Gerri
also is a voracious reader of books and appeared
on the Oprah Winfrey Show in 2002 as an
Oprah’s Book Club panel member, discussing
Toni Morrison’s novel Sula. Gerri and Jonathan
have 2 sons, Benjamin (Wake Forest ’06, MA
Rutgers ’08) and Jared (U of Richmond ’08, now
completing a post-baccalaureate, pre-medical
cert program at U of Miami and applying to
med school). Since 1996, Jon has been the Rider
NCAA Faculty Athletics rep and is involved in a
wide variety of athletic issues and projects on
campus. He also represented Rider as a member
of the 2001 People to People Delegation to Cuba
on Women in Sports, and recently traveled to
Costa Rica, Iceland, the Galapagos Islands and
Ecuador, and Panama as part of a team teaching
for the Nature’s Business course. Finally, he was
honored for his teaching excellence by being
selected for inclusion in the 2002 and 2007 editions of Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers
and for his service to the university by being
awarded the 2005 Frank N Elliot Award for
Distinguished Service. I wish I’d asked Jonathan
about the “geology tradition” mentioned by
Aliza Michaels Metzner below.
I recently called Aliza Michaels Metzner,
who lives in Orinda, CA, with her husband,
Peter. Their older daughter, Claire, is graduating
from Oberlin this spring, and talking about her
graduation made Aliza and me start talking
about our graduation back in 1975. Then we
had to catch up on everything we’ve done since
“Lizzie O’Rourke found herself in a brief meeting with Michelle Obama, and the two joked about their
Chicago accents.” — Melanie Kiechle ’03
then, so I’m afraid I kept her on the phone far
too long, but I had a great time catching up
and talking about the good ole days at Colgate.
Aliza had a couple of great Colgate memories,
including what was reported to be an old
geology tradition — grabbing a fellow student
and tossing him into Taylor Lake. (Of course,
Colgate still had a swimming requirement back
in those days…) By 1971–72, though, a fellow
student might also be a “her,” and so it came
to pass that an unsuspecting Aliza, who was
walking by, followed a geology major called
“Woodman” into a mud bath resulting from
the dredging operation that was under way…
Apparently, the maid who cleaned the Stillman
Hall ladies shower the next day was appalled
by the muck still left from the clean-up! Aliza
and I also talked about how glad we both are
that we went to a school like Colgate, where the
faculty was dedicated to teaching undergrads;
students left classes still talking about ideas
and points raised and continued the discussions
back in the dorms, houses, or the Jug; and how
Colgate felt then, and still feels to us now, to be
a community that we joined then and to which
we still belong. We talked about how many
people from Colgate with whom we are still in
touch (Aliza mentioned Amy Lennard Goehner
’74) and then we told some more stories from
back in the day… Which is probably why we are
both feeling called to go to our reunion and tell
or hear some more!
I hope you were there and we spent some
time together, but if not, tune in to the autumn
issue class column and the class page on the
alumni site for stories and pictures of Colgate in
June 2010 and then send me an update or just a
hello!
That’s it for this issue. Next issue will be the
report on the reunion. Until then, enjoy and
take care!
Carolyn: 202-483-0809 (H); 752-7169 (O);
752-6158 (fax); cs14105@yahoo.com
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Valerie Avedon Gardiner
40 St Andrews Rd
Severna Park, MD 21146-1439
Wild winter weather behind us, your class
editor wonders where all the news is? You
guys still hibernating? She enjoyed drumming
some news up herself with a trip into DC in
April to catch up with sr-year apt mate and
now fabulously famous Francesca Zambello
’78. Cesca was in our nation’s capital for a few
weeks to run another winning production at
the Kennedy Center. Her life’s accomplishments
(that humble this lowly correspondent) have to
be Googled to be believed!
I was the 1st to hear about her next adventure, which will be to breathe new life into
Cooperstown’s Glimmerglass Opera Summer
Fest, and staying closer to home to spend more
time with her loved ones. That’s one lucky opera
org. She emanates graciousness, confidence, and
love for her art, and they are fortunate to have
her. What a gal! It has been fun on Facebook to
reunite our old apt mates: Andrea D’Amico, Pam
Ross, and Roni Jubinsky Adair ’77, and all keep
in touch.
In a cool coincidence, Freddie Foulke got
back in touch with a super newsy note and
shared that she continues to work in the of-
fice of the general counsel at, guess where, the
Kennedy Ctr. One of her big jobs was to, without
incident, get a 350-person Syrian adult and kid’s
choir in and around town for a 4-day fest. Wow!
Freddie’s beautiful daughters are nearby. Courtney is a Union C grad with a good job (rarity for
college grads these days!) with SOS Villages (a
group that provides for the needy internationally), coaches field hockey at a local HS, and plays
ice hockey w/ an area women’s team. Chelsea
is in her 2nd year at Johns Hopkins School for
Advanced and Internatl Studies, and as Freddie
puts it, “is still smitten with Africa,” spending
last summer in Uganda. Chelsea is also a marathon runner. Such an accomplished group of gals;
good for them!
Speaking of great gals, I have really enjoyed
getting to know Lynn Plant ’77 on Facebook in
the last few months. She shared with me that at
alumni meetings up at CU in Jan, our class was
once again used as a successful example of “how
to do it right” with our active classmates participating in debates and staying connected via the
Internet. Good for us!
Speaking of overseas, Jeff Kleiser was excited
to be learning a new sport: cricket. Yes, cricket!
Another incredibly talented class member, Jeff
is in India — yes India — working with Sharukh
Khan on a new Bollywood movie, Ra. (I am pretty
sure he did not say Chaka Khan but he was
pretty excited about it!) It’s on to London then
back to Mumbai ’til this Nov. Is our class the coolest of the cool, or what?
Speaking of cool, Jeff Steltzer’s fiancée, Cathy
Moore, likes to share cool YouTube videos of Jeff
fishing the wild creeks of WV. The latest was in
several feet of snow, waders frozen to his boots,
frozen to his socks, frozen to his feet. Jeff works in
the mining industry in WV, and although he was
not personally touched by the recent tragedy, as
he and Cathy said, “We are one big family and
we all share in their grief.” Jeff and buddies have
a fishing trip to AK scheduled for this summer.
Sounds great.
Welcome home from a few years overseas,
Gerry Gilligan. I am sure we will all enjoy reconnecting!
For those of you who have inquired as to
Barry Stanton’s whereabouts, he continues to
call ESPN his work home, FYI.
Thanks to Bill Freeborn, Steve Solomon,
Joanne Spigner, Sandy Braddy Hall, and Jeff
Oberg for their hard work representing our class
at Alumni Council and Board of Trustee meetings
and functions over the last year. There have been
many tough issues to deal with at Colgate; our
class is always so well represented.
Hope you will continue to be heard by writing, e-mailing, Facebooking, whatevering...
Valerie: 410-987-8808; valgate76@aol.com
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He has been doing some traveling, a little consulting, and thinking about what to do next.
Chip Steppacher remains affiliated with the
commodities group at JP Morgan, living in London with his family. He has been involved with
acquisitions and has been the CFO for the European Power & Gas and Global Metals businesses.
He enjoys playing golf and had a fabulous time
visiting N Ireland with friends, including Paul
Craig, to play golf at Royal County Down and
Royal Portrush.
Heard from Angela Moody Robinson with
news that she finished her doctorate in education from Nova SE U last year. She looked at
students and developmental and college-level
math courses and what factors contribute to success and failure for them. She is having the most
fun reacquainting herself with something other
than her computer and a lit review.
Linda Buchanan Allen answered my plea for
news with fond memories shared of her visit
with Susan and Scott Dittman ’75 in Lexington, VA, last summer while on a college tour
with her daughter Marjorie. Scott is registrar at
Washington & Lee. Linda’s daughter opted to
attend Loyola in Baltimore. Linda is still freelance
writing, riding horses, and volunteering at the local equine rescue barn. Also heard from Cynthia
Grim Dade, who is the sr partner at her law firm,
Dade & Hochman, in NYC, where she specializes
in trusts and estates law. Her older daughter, Gabriella, graduated from Hunter C in May and has
commenced her master’s in counseling degree at
Hunter. She also works p/t at the law firm.
Ed Wallack sent in a photo of him and his
wife, Margo Haist Wallack ’78, in front of the
pyramids in Cairo, Egypt. Visit our class page
photo gallery on colgatealumni.org to see the
happy couple.
Hoping our paths cross soon!
Carl: 845-227-1854; marooncarl@aol.com
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Linda Pattillo
Suite 230-271
245 N. Highland Ave.
Atlanta, GA 30307
Ginny McColough Keeshan wrote in with sad
news: “John Ciraldo passed away April 18 from
brain cancer. He is survived by his wife, Julie, and
3 children, Alexandra, Christopher, and Madeline.
John had been living in the Portland, Maine, area
for the past 25 years and had a very successful
career in law. I’ll submit happier news next time.
Take care.”
Linda: colgate78@gmail.com
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Kimi de Murga
227 E 66th St, #1A
New York, NY 10021-6413
Carl P Barone
176 Reilly Rd
LaGrangeville, NY 12540-9530
Hoping you are having a relaxing and enjoyable
summer so far. It’s early April as I write the column, but it sure feels like summer in upstate NY,
with temps in the mid-80s of late. Don’t forget to
check out our class page on Facebook — you can
connect with many friends and classmates 24/7.
It’s a great way to stay in touch!
Bob Roche is loving his post-Cephalon days.
Although I am writing this in April and you will
be reading it in Aug, I wouldn’t be surprised if
the temp is the same. We had an early taste of
summer for the past few days, with yesterday
breaking a record and hitting 90! It has been a
wild winter with extremes. I hope it is not an
indication of what is to come. Colleen Brown loves living in Middlebury,
where she is the one and only US bankruptcy
judge for the state of VT. She is enjoying the
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splendors of being a grandmother to a 3-year-old
granddaughter. Colleen belongs to the Unitarian
Universalist Church and recently gave a sermon
titled “Forgiveness in a Time of Bankruptcy.”
Preparing for the sermon made her reflect on
all she learned about philosophy and religion
at Colgate, believing that Colgate cultivated in
her an appreciation for the many complexities
and dimensions of life, and in particular led her
to take a spiritual view of what she does as a
federal judge. The essence of her sermon was
that bankruptcy law is the only area of the law
that focuses on forgiveness, and that serving as a
bankruptcy judge has informed both her professional and spiritual development.
Dr Barbara Needell was certified as a diplomate in the American Board of Forensic Odontology (ABFO). It often takes a decade or more to
meet the criteria for certification, so her journey
to ABFO board-certification has not been short
nor has it been easy. Further, the certification
exam is a very difficult comprehensive test of the
depth and scope of a candidate’s knowledge and
abilities. The ABFO was formed in 1976, and since
that time, only 145 dentists worldwide have been
certified as diplomates. Congrats, Barb!
Janice Mandel sent a photo of Colgate alumni
gathering April 3 at Carmine’s restaurant in NYC.
Coming from the suburbs of NY, NJ, Philly, and
DC were: Arthur Amron ’78, Sam Abady ’77, Peter
Loevy ’79, Marc Edelman ’78, Peter Margulies
’78, Sara Pearl ’80, and Jon Schneider ’78 and
Janice. Check out the picture on our class page
at colgatealumni.org. Sam Abady added: “Jon
Schneider, Arthur Amron, Peter Margulies, Marc
Edelman, and I lived at 10 Spring St, along with
Matt Morley ’78 (not shown in the photo), and
affectionately refer to our group as ‘The Spring
Street Gang.’”
Hope everyone is enjoying the summer!
Kimi: 212-517-6776; Gate79@aol.com
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David H Alvord
424 Washington Ave
Oneida, NY 13421-1906
Spring is arriving in CNY as I write. Your editor
just got to hear an inspirational Easter sermon
from Stuart Wattles ’72.
Rick Calley is based in Dallas. He joined Shaw
Environmental in early ’09 as a client program
manager and conducts environmental training
and assessment services for major retail and
telecom clients.
Gigi Giacomara got to see Bruce Springsteen
and the E Street Band perform the final concert
in old Giants Stadium. She still makes the 200mile roundtrip daily commute to work at the
Bronx Zoo and recently acquired a bright red ’95
Honda CB250 Nighthawk motorcycle. See our
class page photo gallery at colgatealumni.org for
a picture.
Marj and Dan Kobrin spent a couple of nights
in NYC in March to celebrate his bday. Daughter
Abby graduates from HS this year and plans to
attend UMass.
I hope everyone is having a good summer.
Next issue will feature a report on Reunion ’10.
David: 315-363-2117; jalvord@cnyconnect.net
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Nancy Horwitz
77 Islington Rd
Auburndale, MA 02466-1009
Here we are, summer of 2010. Just 1 year from
our 30th Reunion. Time continues to march on,
doesn’t it? At this stage, our life experiences are
so incredibly varied: some are discovering new
careers and/or callings in life while others are
nearing or at retirement; some have children
who have graduated from college while others
have young children at home; some have grandchildren while others may not have children of
the 2-legged variety but have raised the 4-legged
kind (and you know who you are); some have
lived in the same place since graduating from
college while others have moved around a bit.
News from our class for this quarter’s column
reflects some of these things.
Larry Messerman writes: “My wife, Jessica,
and I moved to central OR a year ago after living
in CA for nearly 25 years. We love it. Lots of open
space, beautiful rivers, and a stunning panorama
of volcanic mountains and buttes.” Larry spent
many years in grad school following Colgate, receiving his MA from the Grad School of Internatl
Relations and Pacific Studies at UC San Diego
and then his PhD from the Gevritz School of
Edu at UC Santa Barbara. In Larry’s case, he says,
“Something funny happened on the way to the
last degree: I discovered my real work was via an
indigenous healing tradition. So much for all the
school! I am now initiated as a shaman in the
Huichol tradition, and I am setting up a healing
practice here in Bend.” He’d love to hear from any
old friends (emphasis on old).
Patti and John Nozell moved to London last
summer, when John joined Seabury Group LLC
as managing dir, head of investment banking,
for Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. When
not traveling or busy with family obligations,
Patti has enjoyed exploring Hampstead Heath
with their 2 dogs. Their daughters, Melissa ’10
and Kristen ’11, are at Colgate. By the time this
column is published, Melissa will have graduated — along with her roommate Tara Woods,
daughter of classmates Greg and Lizann Whelan
Woods. John and Patti would love to show you
around their new neighborhood should any of
our classmates travel to London.
Marti Prashker Murray wrote in to report on a
gathering of 1981 alumnae: “On April 17, a group
of 10 women from the Class of 1981 enlivened the
very elegant Surrey Hotel in NYC. The evening
was the brainstorm of Cathy Hoffman, living
in Washington, DC, and Barb Sheehan, living
in NYC. Janie Kershaw Chadwick traveled from
Vieques to be there; others came from Boston
(Laura Bergan), D.C. (Phyllis Corrao Doran),
Cooperstown, NY (Cari Fuertes), and NJ (Jenny
Groel Beimfohr). The rest of us were local NYCers
(me, Heidi Feigenbaum Selig, Barb Sheehan, and
Laurie Greenberg Cardilo). During our years at
Colgate, we had lived off campus in 2 houses
on Pine Street. The recent gathering took place
as the volcanic ash continued to spew over
Europe, stranding travelers worldwide. I had
been forewarned that after so many years it
might be difficult to recognize one another and
that perhaps we should wear name tags. To the
contrary — Colgate women clearly know how
to take care of themselves; long, cold winters
mean copious amounts of moisturizer. Everyone
looked terrific, and there was much laughing,
dancing, eating, and a little drinking. There was
much catching up on the status of everyone’s
kids and sharing Blackberry photos of same. Our
children cover a wide age span (5–22) and many
are fast approaching their college years. My
daughter Emily Murray just finished up her first
year at Colgate. We had some good old pictures,
Heidi Feigenbaum Selig made a great DVD, and
we had the face book, and our yearbooks. We
vowed to meet again at our 30th Reunion in June
2011.” Photos of the event are on the class page
photo gallery at colgatealumni.org.
Keep those cards, letters, and e-mails coming.
It’s a terrific way to stay in touch with classmates. Enjoy your summer!
Nancy: 617-558-9781; nhorwitz@nlhcoaching.com
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Margie Jiampietro Palladino
37 Boulder Rd
Wellesley, MA 02481-1502
As the tail end of the blizzard of 2010 was winding down, Jean Connolly Giorgio was reading the
latest Scene, pondering whether the print on the
class news pages is getting smaller (“or is that
part of the ‘turning 50’ thing?”), and reminiscing how the landscape outside her window
reminded her of our years at Colgate. Aside from
turning the clock to a new decade, just about everything in Jean’s life is changing. Her husband,
Frank, started a new position in Providence, RI, so
they are packing up, selling their house on LI and
moving to the Providence area. Jean is quickly
becoming an expert on all things RI and would
love to connect with Colgate alums there. Jean
plans on celebrating turning 50 all year long —
with every one of her friends. “Any excuse for
a dinner out, a spa day, cocktails, or a weekend
away!” She particularly is looking forward to her
annual girls’ weekend in Saratoga with Karen
Limner Mertz and Ann Flynn Wolney, which will
take on a real celebratory feel this year. Jean says,
“It’s bizarre because 50 always seemed like a long
way off, and I thought it would feel ‘old.’ Instead,
other than the extra aches and pains when I
get up in the morning and the scary wrinkles (I
mean laugh lines) that appear before me in the
mirror, I don’t feel any different than I did at 25
or 40. I have found, however, that 50 ‘wears’ differently on everyone; some of my friends haven’t
aged at all, and yet for some, 50 does seem old! I
guess it really is just a number!”
My old sr roommate Christine Linkie, who
won’t round the corner ’til next year, nevertheless has taken this change of lifestyle very seriously. Her 1st big change is that she recently married! She and husband Doug Michali live in Erie,
PA, where Christine moved a few years ago to be
closer to her family and to take a position with
the Ophelia Project (a natl nonprofit committed
to creating safe social environments in schools
and communities). Her next big change is that
she is a recent homeowner! As if these changes
were not enough, her house is a fixer-upper and
she (uh, Doug) is doing a lot of the construction. I
wonder if anyone ever told the happy newlyweds that home-improvement projects and
marriage do not necessarily go hand-in-hand.
Continuing with this theme of change, Christine
“I am now initiated as a shaman in the Huichol tradition, and I am setting up a healing practice here
in Bend.” — Larry Messerman ’81
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scene: Summer 2010
has ventured down a new career path. While she
continues to work half-time for the Ophelia Project, she has a new job as an occupational therapy
evaluator for driver rehabilitation. She evaluates
people with disabilities and older adults, ordering adaptive equipment, and, yes, teaching
people to drive. Christine is finally putting to use
her catlike reflexes, Andretti-like driving skills,
and keen sense of direction with the help of 2
GPSs and her Tom-Tom (she never leaves home
without him). Christine’s last piece of news is
that she is excited to be part of the very active
theater community in Erie. Although it was hard
for her to leave the bright lights of NYC, Christine
was delighted to finally be on stage again last
spring, playing Constance in the Erie Playhouse
production of The Constant Wife. She describes it
as “coming home.” So, amidst all her change, she
held on to her constant — her love of acting. That
is good. I look forward to visiting Erie and seeing
Chris at her wedding celebration later this summer.
In other exciting news, Bob Corwen, Rich
Klein’s old roommate, couldn’t wait to spill the
beans about Carey Vames Klein’s recent heroic
efforts saving the life of a fellow gym member in her town of Chappaqua, NY. Carey, who
happens to be a paramedic and member of the
Chappaqua Volunteer Ambulance Corp, was at
her gym when a fellow gym member collapsed.
Carey immediately sprang into action and is
credited with saving the man’s life. Way to go,
Carey!
Meanwhile, life has been flying by for Bob in
New Rochelle, NY, where he’s lived with wife Kelly and their 4 kids for the past 10 years. Son Sean
is a jr at Holy Cross, while son #2, Connor, will
be a 1st-year at Bucknell this fall, joining Jodee
LaMotta Novak’s daughter Emily. Both boys are
avid rowers, so Bob looks forward to watching
them row at the Head of the Charles in Boston
this Oct. Bob laments, “I still can’t bring myself
to wear any collegiate attire from either of these
Colgate rivals, so I have pledged to only put on a
hat or sweatshirt from either school if I’m cheering on a son at a race.” Son #3, Brendan, is 13 and
already 6'3" tall. Bob hopes he’ll be his Colgate kid
and a Raider basketball player as well! Daughter
Meghan is 10 and “a breath of fresh air for her
mother as she tries to cut through the testosterone levels in our household.” After 70 years
in retail furniture, Bob’s family business shifted
over to commercial real estate mgmt about 10
years ago. Bob said it has proved to be quite the
challenge the last few years but they are surviving. Bob wishes all his classmates a happy 50th
and “hopes it takes them less time to get their
bones out of bed in the am than it takes me!”
I was so happy to receive a note from Rene
Jackson, my 1st friend at Colgate before classes
even started! (We met at the summer orientation
weekend, along with Rosemary Kearns Zemanian, Pam Gannon, and I think Jay Woerdeman.
I know there are more of you who attended the
weekend 32 years ago but I just can’t remember
— another “turning 50 thing” — so feel free to
write in.) Rene apologized for procrastinating
all these years by not writing and just wanted
to say hi and let me know she is alive and well,
living in CA. She sent me a photo of her and her
very handsome 19-year-old son at his HS military
school graduation. Judging from her photo, Rene
will be celebrating her 40th, not 50th, bday this
year. Rene is looking forward to meeting up with
Scott and Chris Scannell Giacconne in NY and
promised to let me know if their reunion is fit for
publication!
Congratulations to Derek Sorenson for being
named one of 18 Quarles & Brady AZ-based
attorneys who were named in the 2010 issue of
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Gwen Tutun Campbell
22 Old Hill Road
Westport, CT 06880
Hello, classmates. I have so enjoyed hearing
from many of you, and the addition of Facebook
makes the process even better.
Congrats to Gregory Miller, who has joined
Virtual Law Partners after a long stint with
Google. Greg was managing dir at Google.org
through late 2009, leading its philanthropic
investments, grants, and legal teams.
Mary Hill writes that she has been in touch
with Miriam Garron, who is working for the Food
Network/Bobby Flay show Throwdown. Mary is
busy out in St Paul as a college guidance counselor and enjoying it!
So glad to hear from Michele Cortese. Her
daughter just finished her 1st year at Colgate.
Michele is loving the opportunity to spend more
time in the Chenango. She assured me that
Andrews Hall on a Sunday morning looks and
smells pretty much the same as it did 30-plus
years ago. Doug and Laura Glassman Hercher
also have a son in the Class of 2013. Michele has
been practicing child welfare law since leaving
Columbia Law School in 1987 and started a new
venture in 2002 to try to coordinate the process
of foster care with a team of professionals for every family, with very good results. She is living in
Croton on Hudson, and in addition to her daughter Madeline, Michele has a son, David, who is
a 1st-year in HS. She recently had dinner with
Tracy Gallagher last spring. Tracy is a pediatrician in Manhattan, happily married with 2 kids.
Last fall, Michele caught up with Tom and Kathy
Lewis Tyree, who moved from Manhattan to
Denver. Also, Michele reported that Chris Paine’s
film, Who Killed the Electric Car, was shown in
her HS’s AP Environmental Class. The film was
also shown at Colgate this winter as part of a
sustainability and alternative transportation
conversation.
And, finally, I’m absolutely thrilled to report
that Keith Drill sent an adorable photo of aspiring Colgate student Andrew Drill — who, at 11
months, already has an impressive assortment of
’Gate wear!
Have a wonderful summer, and please continue to send me your news!
Gwen: 203-226-2608 (h); 203-856-2922 (c);
gwentcamp@optonline.net
In the know: choosing children’s literature
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Diane Munzer Fisher
4356 Stilson Cir
Norcross, GA 30092-1648
Thanks to everyone who responded to my
request for info via e-mail and Facebook. Please
make sure that Colgate has an accurate e-mail
address for you. Many of the ones on record
bounced back.
Tina Buzak believes she may have accomplished something before any of our classmates.
This spring she had a hip replacement after a biking accident last June. She was looking forward
to testing out the new hip by walking around
campus during Colgate’s Summer on the Hill
program at the end of June.
Sally Rothwell has been living in Anchorage
with husband Greg Bernoski for 17 years now.
Sally works as a sr environmental coordinator for
ConocoPhillips AK, an oil and gas company. She
spends her free time enjoying the outdoors with
Greg and her dog Cooper skiing, rafting, fishing,
hiking, and biking to work. She stays in touch
with Di Keller ’81 and recently celebrated Di’s
50th with her in HI — the 50th state on her 50th
bday! Won’t be much longer before the Class of
’84 hits this milestone.
Mimi Pirrmann Santoro, who lives a few blocks
away from Gail Baechtold Winkelstein in northern VA, sees Sara Dougherty Jones on a regular
basis and runs into Baman Rusby at swim meets.
Gail and her daughter visited Atlanta in May
for my daughter Michelle’s bat mitzvah. Also
celebrating with us was Heather Lubking Brown,
who was in town picking her daughter Chelsea
up from her 1st year at Emory. Heather is working
on her doctorate in education and continues to
teach in CT.
Carol Crowdus Barbour joined the board of
the Summer Theatre of New Canaan and threw a
big fundraising event at Le Beau Chateau to offer
part of the summer season, Shakespeare’s Henry
IV, free to the public this summer.
Lydia Mc Nally Danenberg lives in Chatham,
NJ, with husband Brian and son Paul, 9. She was
recently promoted to VP at Novartis Pharma,
where she has worked for 11 years. In her new
role, she will continue to be the head of the
patent group for the oncology business but now
takes on the additional responsibility of site head
for all US patents.
Chris Gavigan is pres of Charon Planning, an
employee benefits consulting firm in Warrington,
PA.
Rod Powell has been married to Esther since
1998 and now resides in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
He is employed as an ops analyst with Pennwest
Energy Trust.
Charles McChesney is living in his hometown
of Liverpool and recently celebrated his 19th anniversary with wife Jane (UME ’85). They have 4
fast-growing children, all of whom can sing, or at
Theresa Bertocci
Southwest Super Lawyers magazine as among the
top 5% of attorneys in AZ and NM.
Lastly, I have finally turned 49 years and 12
months. (I tired of saying I turned 39 for the 12th
time.) As I mentioned in my 1st column of the
year, I was having a hard time facing 50. Your
e-mails really helped to put it all in perspective. I
have to say, it hasn’t been so bad. I have decided
to celebrate it like Jean Connolly — why not
stretch out the celebration over a year? During
this year, I have committed to reconnect with
friends from all different times of my life, many
whom I have not seen in several years. I have so
enjoyed getting reacquainted with old friends
whether for a dinner (like I had with Jeannine
Breton Adams to celebrate our bdays) or a party
(like Liz Orbe Fischer’s 50th, where I had fun
catching up with Ann Lackey Chao and Casey
Chandler), or lunch and a walk (like I had with
my freshman and soph year roommate Amy
Donovan Beecher). I also decided to challenge
myself by doing a 40-mile, 2-day breast cancer
walk in honor of my milestone bday and in
memory of both my children’s godmothers who
died of cancer in the past 2 years at ages 50
and 46. (Mark Miller’s wife, Maryellen, was my
daughter’s godmother, who died of breast cancer
and we miss her dearly.) When I look back on
my life in decades, I see how each decade had a
focus: 20s was about building my law career; 30s
was about building my family; 40s was about
rebuilding myself — being single again (let’s not
even talk about dating in your 40s) and starting
a real estate development business. What will
my 50s bring? We shall see… If I am still writing
this column at age 60 (now there’s a way to
make 50 not sound so bad), I will be sure to let
you know. In the meantime, please keep those
e-mails coming.
Margie: 781-235-9386; mjpalladino@comcast.net
Diane Bailey Foote ’89, a professional reviewer of children’s and parenting books, is a member of the 2010 Newbery Award Committee and 2011 Coretta Scott King Book Award Jury,
both American Library Association (ALA) youth media awards. She holds an MS in library
and information science from the University of Illinois and is a past executive director of
the Association for Library Service to Children. Here, Bailey Foote offers tips for hooking
young readers up with great books:
1. Encourage enjoyment. Don’t force kids to read something because it’s “good for them,”
unless it’s also something they’ll genuinely enjoy. Real pleasure in books translates into
increased time spent reading, which research shows leads naturally to greater reading (and
writing) ability and broadens children’s knowledge and awareness.
2. Know your audience. There’s no substitute for familiarity with a child’s individual reading
ability and interests. No book, even one with starred reviews and awards, is suitable for
every reader. Babies and toddlers need clear, bright illustrations in picture and board books.
Children just learning to read need simple vocabulary and a clear layout (humor helps!).
Reluctant readers need high-interest topics. If you don’t know a child well, ask someone who
knows about that child’s interests. Animals? Space? Art? History? Action? Animals in space?
3. Ask the experts. A bookseller or librarian can offer invaluable advice and suggestions,
particularly if you know which books a child has enjoyed previously. There are many lesserknown, well-written elaborate fantasy series that Harry Potter fans may wish to read next,
for example. If you remember particular books fondly from your own childhood, an expert
can suggest similar contemporary titles. Many states offer child-voted book award programs that feature appealing reading selections; ask at your school or public library.
4. Allow children to read outside of their grade level. Plenty of kids read above or below
their grade level. It’s OK if a child reads a book that might be “too easy” once in a while; don’t
grown-ups enjoy reading “easy” stuff sometimes? It’s also OK for children to come across
unfamiliar words or concepts in a book. That’s how learning happens. Make sure you or another approachable adult is available to answer questions and, perhaps, help guide further
exploration of new words and ideas.
5. Consider nontraditional formats. Great reading isn’t found only in novels! Informational
books, poetry, graphic novels and comics, audiobooks, and magazines offer a wide range of
topics, styles, and genres for all ages. Exposing young readers to a variety of reading material increases the chances they’ll discover something they love, and helps them hone their
tastes and critical thinking skills.
Visit http://www.ala.org/yma for more information on the ALA’s wide array of youth media
awards, including recommended lists of fiction, nonfiction, young adult books, books for
beginning readers, and audiobooks.
To read more about Bailey Foote’s experience on the Newbery committee, check out
an interview with her on http://beyondthemargins.com, a literary-themed blog created by
Nichole Bernier ’89.
What do you know? If you’re an expert in an area of your field or avocation and would like
to share your sage advice, e-mail scene@colgate.edu or write to the Colgate Scene,
13 Oak Drive, Hamilton, NY 13346.
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least sing along to “1819.” Charles is a reporter on
the breaking news team at his hometown paper,
the Syracuse Post-Standard. One bonus to working in CNY, says Charles, is that he gets to write
about Colgate once in a while, including a piece
last year about green initiatives on campus.
Classmate Suzannne Blanchard would be
happy to read about those initiatives. In Dec,
Suzanne joined Smart Growth VT as program dir,
where she works to integrate growth, environmental protection, and econ opportunities into
VT’s local planning framework. Prior to joining
Smart Growth VT, after practicing environmental
law for a decade in DC and Princeton, Suzanne
was an editor and consultant. Suzanne graduated VT Law, worked for the VT Agency of Natural
Resources, and clerked at the US Dept of Justice.
Suzanne also serves on the Chittenden Cty
Regional Planning Commission and is a board
member of the Chittenden Cty Metro Planning
Org. She has worked on housing, land use, and
environmental issues for 2 decades. And, when
she’s not working or volunteering her time,
Suzanne likes to get out on the lake or the Island
Line with her partner, Nancy, and 2 children, ages
1 and 2.
This spring, John Dieffenbacher-Krall spoke
at Lemoyne C about his successful efforts to have
the Episcopal Church repudiate the Doctrine of
Discovery. Under the Doctrine of Discovery, the
title to newly discovered lands lay with the govt
whose subjects discovered new territory. This
led to taking of lands from indigenous peoples
throughout the US. Along with the Episcopal
Church, the Quakers and the Unitarian Universalists have joined this burgeoning movement
for indigenous justice. John lives in ME.
Karina Thomas connected with Bill Eaton at
her egg-coloring party in Breckenridge, where
Bill was skiing and instructing for several weeks.
Karina continues her estate-planning practice
in Denver, where she enjoys mtn biking if she
can make time for it. Yet another get-together
happened in ski country. During spring break
in Solitude, UT, Larry Freedman and family
reconnected with Dick Badenhausen and his
daughter Liza. Dick is thriving as an English prof
at Westminster C, when he is not skiing at Alta.
Dick’s kids Liza and Will are top-notch skiers in
the Alta jr program.
Not every mini-reunion happened in snow
country. This spring, Kim ‘Munchie’ Gray Carroll
visited family in Glastonbury, CT, from Denver
and had lunch with Becky Rawson Cavazuti,
Annie Reiser Haling, and Silvia Bogdanovics Durno. They spent hours eating, shopping,
and catching up. Anne Hershberger Miller and
Corinne Costanzo Wickel could not make the
trip, so they were included via text messaging.
Munchie & Andy’s 2 sons are now 17 and 18.
Drew will be attending Fort Lewis C in Durango,
CO, in the fall. Jack is attending Gary Gilchrist
Golf Academy in CA for his jr and sr year of HS.
The Carrolls see Anne and Ken ’82 Miller all the
time. In Colgate fashion, they are trying to visit
every microbrewery in the state of CO. Corinne
and Heather Stearns Scozzarella had their own
mini-reunion. They live about 20 min away from
each other on the Cape and frequent many of the
same places. Yet they never ran into each other
until they began a correspondence via Facebook.
They had a great dinner in Hyannis with their
husbands and look forward to many more. If
any classmates are on Cape Cod this summer,
look Heather and Corrine up. They’d love to see
you. Heather is very involved with Big Brothers
& Big Sisters on Cape Cod and has loved her roll
as a Big Sister to a wonderful smart, funny, and
sweet 12-year-old originally from Jamaica. She
was recently nominated for Big of the Year and is
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one of the finalists. Heather highly recommends
getting involved in this great org in any way possible. “It takes so little to make a difference in a
young child’s life and the rewards are huge,” says
Heather.
So many of our classmates are making a
difference in the lives of others. In one case, a
classmate’s life was saved because of the generosity of another. John Piedra was not able to be
at reunion last June because he had just received
a kidney transplant. The outcome has been
very successful. The very unlikely donor was his
wife, Lana; 5 family members where rejected
as possible donors. John encourages all Colgate
alums to consider organ donation. There are
some 65,000 patients in this country awaiting
transplantation, and only 5,000 living donations
per year. You can truly save a life! John is happy
and healthy and living in NC at the beach.
While it’s hard for any marriage to be as life
changing as John and Lana’s, we wish a lifetime
of happiness to the newlyweds in our class. Rev
Joan Williams married Rev Willie James Jarrell
in Sept. They are both sr staff ministers at Bethel
Gospel Assembly Inc in Harlem and make their
home in Mt Vernon. Laura Kurlander married
Jeff Nagel (Cornell ’81) in March. They have 4
teenagers — Naomi, 16, Lucy, 14, Dana, 13, and
Noah, 13. Says Laura, who is a commercial real
estate atty with Dow Lohnes in ATL, “It’s a loud,
crazy, but fun house.” Laura has spent the spring
training for another Olympic distance triathlon
this summer. Congrats to Laura, also, for being
nominated as a regional VP on Colgate’s Alumni
Council.
Looking forward to hearing about everyone’s
summer activities. Feel free to drop me an e-mail
with your news.
Diane: 770-209-9341 (h);
diane_fisher@post.harvard.edu
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Michael Yardley
18806 North 95th St
Scottsdale, AZ 85255-5562
Sadly, the deadline for this column preceded our
June gathering under the tents in sunny Hamilton, where we shared stories and memories
spanning 25 years. Has it really been that long?
Just typing that number frightens me, not to
mention having had to live it. We don’t have a
ton of news this time. We can collectively anticipate what I can only imagine will be a veritable
avalanche of freshly gathered info following
reunion. Until then, all I have to offer is a few
tidbits, morsels really, to whet your appetite for
the next column.
And speaking of appetites (hearty ones, that
is), I had the chance to connect recently with
Greg Richter during his business trip to my
sleepy little hamlet of Scottsdale, AZ. As always,
his visit was courtesy of the fine folks at CS First
Boston, for whom Greg works. We had a beer
and caught up on life, talked about how much
older he must be than me given that his son is
getting ready for college. My oldest son is getting
ready for the 7th grade, and unless the stock
market rockets up 300% in the next 5 years, the
closest he will get to college is attending my 30th
Colgate Reunion. But he doesn’t need to know
that just yet; it’s better that he continues to cling
to the dream.
Another classmate who has no business
with a child at college age is Kevin Osborn, who
contacted me recently via this newfangled World
Wide Web thing. Ironically, Kevin was ahead
of the curve on all this computer stuff back at
’Gate. In fact, his was the 1st name I recall being
associated with the term “computer nerd.” But it
never seemed to bother him, even though back
then the term did not have quite the same cache
as it does today. Anyway, it seems that his oldest
daughter is also getting ready to matriculate as a
frosh in the fall, and if I read the e-mail correctly,
I believe she is going to Colgate. Oh my, another
generation of Osborns at Colgate.
And sticking with the nerd theme, my good
buddy Bob Haran and I recently participated in
one of the longest games of phone tag in recent
memory. So long, in fact, that both of us eventually gave up and agreed to catch up in person at
reunion. But from the voicemail trail of evidence,
I can tell you a few things about Bob. He’s still
in W Hartford and still works in some kind of
exec position for some well-known insurance
company. If memory serves, he’s been in the
insurance business since the week following
graduation (see my earlier comment re clinging
to your dreams). He also indicated that he just
got engaged, which was puzzling to me, and not
because there’s anything wrong with getting engaged, but because the last time I talked to him
he was married. Oh well, perhaps I’ll unravel the
mystery after a few Old Milwaukees at reunion.
So there you go, even more to look forward to in
the next column.
Staying on the old buddy theme, Bart Goodell
and his family recently came through AZ on
spring break, looking to warm up after a long
Skaneateles winter (is there any other kind?).
Although we were not able to work out the
logistics for a visit, I did point them to some of
our local tourist spots. They had a very ambitious
itinerary, with visits planned across the state,
from Phoenix to Sedona and all the way up to the
Grand Canyon (I told Bart that it’s overrated, really just a big hole and not worth the drive, but he
would not be deterred). I was not able to find out
too much more than that, but I was able to glean
from his e-mail signature that he works for some
very hip design firm called 10 Red Design. I could
tell it was hip because there were clues, like the
word “red” being in red font, and the term “mob”
used instead of the conventional “mobile” to
denote his cell number. But that’s Bart, always 1
step ahead of the rest of us, creatively at least.
Michael: 480-301-4459;
Yardley.Michael@mayo.edu
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Michele Radin
681 Indian Ridge Drive
Palm Desert, CA 92211-7485
Correction: In the spring issue, Christine Murphy’s news was accidentally published as being
reported by Christine Oliver. Our apologies for
the error.
Michele: 706-641-6357; mlledaffodil@aol.com
1987
Adam Weiss
54 Alan Lane
New Canaan, CT 06840
Summer’s here and the time is right for _______!
First up is Bruce Haines, lobbing in his debut
Scene correspondence! He lives in Bethlehem, PA,
with wife Holly (married now 22 years!) and son
Grant, 17. Bruce owns 2 specialty running stores
and, true to form, planned to run in the Providence half-marathon this May with buddy Chris
Jones. Bruce and Grant recently visited Colgate
with the hopes of making the Class of 2015. Best
of luck.
A quick and brief update from Jared Landaw:
He’s living the dream as COO of a hedge fund in
NYC.
Chris Vyhnal, wife Theresa, and 4 kids are
resting comfortably in surreal Ojai, CA. Chris has
stepped up his homebrewing activities. He’s a
regular at the Maltose Falcons homebrew club
meetings, is judging beer competitions, and
entering beers in competitions that he judges.
His latest is a keg of bourbon espresso cream
stout — sweet! The Vyhnals will be making their
annual summer pilgrimage to the Midwest (Lake
Michigan and then a few weeks in Tulsa), finishing up with a few days in Yosemite.
News just came in from fellow Phi Tau Bob
Schrock. Bob and his son recently visited fraternity and real-life brother-in-law Jim Kelley out
in Boulder for a few days of powder skiing with
Jim and his family (wife Suzie Schrock Kelley and
their 2 kids). Bob, his wife, Marijke, and their kids,
Bryan and Stephen (15 and 5), have been in Houston for the past 13 years, and he now works for
Vivante GMP Solutions Inc as the quality control
dir. Vivante is a pharma company manufacturing and testing new-generation virus-based
gene therapy therapeutics and vaccines for other
pharma companies. P-Chem and that semester
abroad in Scotland finally paid off for Bob.
Barry ’86 and Katie Flohr O’Sullivan are in
high gear for the summer on Cape Cod. Barry’s
still working for Birst, a CA-based company, and
Katie is working as the editor of the online mag
CapeWomenOnline.com. If anyone out there has
a Cape connection and would like to submit a
story or article for the mag, Katie would love to
hear from you! Katie’s working on her next book,
a follow-up to her thriller Unfolding the Shadows.
She has plans to see Dan Rosen and wife Jordana
this summer, as well as Mike ’86 and Nicky
Cordaro Davis, and finally to get together with
Elizabeth Zack Meyers. Katie will also be at the
Nancy Walker girls’ getaway vacation in Aug.
For any wine lovers traveling to the Bay area,
look up Brian McGonigle. He and wife Hillary
own the SF Wine Center, an attractive destination in downtown SF, where wine collectors and
wine aficionados can store their wine, taste it,
and talk about it. There should be one of those in
every city!
Thanks to everyone for the updates. Again,
you can see the class notes online at our class
page at www.colgatealumni.org. If you’d like
photos posted on the website, send them either
to me or the alumni office (alumni@colgate.edu).
Have a great summer!
Adam (Pugsly) Weiss
Adam: akweiss65@yahoo.com
1988
Jack Kearney
Sarah Bowen Shea
2508 NE 24th Ave
Portland, OR 97212-4830
Greetings from Portland. Sarah is off promoting
her book Run Like a Mother with co-author Dimity McDowell ’94 Davis. They started in Austin,
and Sarah is working points north and west (Seattle, Vancouver, SF, Portland), while Dimity hits
the south and mountains (Albuquerque, Denver).
We had a recent visit from retired ’Gate prof
Dick Sylvester. Sarah went on the Russian Study
Group with Dick during the ’86–87 school year
and they’ve kept in touch since. They chatted
about their own doings and of friends from the
Russian trip, including AJ Wasserstein, Doug
Bruun ’87, Kati Fritzsche Sciortino ’89, Nicole
Klimow, and others.
Stacy Harris e-mailed that he is back in Kenya
with no hitches with immigration. Stacy is the
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Brent Goldstein
13709 Lakewood Ct
Rockville, MD 20850-3649
Congratulations to Kathryn Hytten, who was
one of 2 Southern IL U Carbondale women cited
as Women of Distinction in March during an
annual celebration of scholarship by and about
women. The award, given annually by the University Women’s Professional Advancement office, recognizes women who have demonstrated
leadership, vision, and action in their profession
and a sustained commitment to diversity. Kathryn is interim chair of the Dept of Educational
Administration and Higher Ed with a cross
appointment in women’s studies. A College of
Education and Human Services faculty member
since 1996, Kathryn’s commitment to diversity
seems “part of her DNA,” as demonstrated by her
research, teaching, and service, said her dean in
a letter nominating her for the award.
Brent: 240-838-6170; skibrent@comcast.net
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Julie O’Leary Muir
48 Barr Farm Rd
Bedford, NH 03110-5221
Greetings, Class of ’90! Wasn’t our reunion
fabulous? Aren’t you glad you made the trek
to CNY? In the interest of full disclosure, you’re
reading this column in July; I am penning it in
April. I have no idea how reunion will be, but I’m
a betting gal, and my bet is that we had a helluva
lot of fun, or at least I did, gathering up juicy
tidbits for future columns.
This edition’s superbly coherent thesis
(ahem), which forcibly ties together some of
the info I have amassed, is titled, “I knew you
at Colgate, and Holy Toledo, Look at You Now!”
If you’re like me, and I assume you are, I am
amazed and humbled that so many of our fellow
classmates are notable in their fields, leaders in
their industry and communities. And yet I fondly
recall so many of us at the Jug, in the basements
of frat houses, getting our schwerve on during
Spring Party, generally slacking at Case Library,
scrounging for change to go to NY Pizza late
night … perhaps not at our best in some of these
locales, but nonetheless, who knew or could
glimpse your future fabulousness?
Kim Combs-Vanderlaan, holy Henry James,
you’re a prof! Kim lives in Ruston, LA, with husband Brett (MIT ’90) and son Kai. Kim is enjoying
her tenure-track job at LA Tech U, where she
teaches American lit and composition. She’s even
had 2 articles published, lest she perish, on Henry
James and Willa Cather. Kim and her family are
enjoying their transition to life in the south, and
son Kai is loving school.
Much like Kim, Benjamin Shults is guiding young mathematical minds at Bethel U in
Minneapolis. Benjamin is an assoc prof of math,
and he also teaches computer sci and particularly enjoys teaching software design. He is also
involved with the gay-straight alliance at Bethel.
Benjamin enjoys living in St Paul with wife
Hongyi Lan, PhD, and son Linc, 4. They visit China
as a family every few years, and met up with
Walter Burt in Shanghai last summer. According
to Benjamin, Walter is “as witty, brilliant, and
hilarious as ever,” and enjoys living in Shanghai
with his lovely wife and daughter. Walter is CEO
for the Black River Co, a corp that sells industrial
components such as plastic injection molds and
finished products worldwide. Holy Mr McGuire
in The Graduate, Walter! Plastics! There’s a great
future in plastics! Apparently, Marc Walter also
took Mr McGuire’s advice, because he runs a
mid-sized plastics manufacturing company in
Germany. He has lived there for the past 6 years
with his wife and 2 sons, Connor, 11, and Collin,
6, and hopes to move back to the States at some
point. Oh, you captains of industry, I salute you!
Dr Rob Stephenson, holy scalpel, you’re a
general surgeon in private practice in Fort Worth!
Rob lives with wife Azilee (ECU ’93) and 2 daughters — Jane, 8, and Charlotte, 6. Rob attended
Johns Hopkins for med school, did his residency
at Duke, and a year of fellowship training at
Penn. Rob’s practice has an emphasis in surgical
oncology. In his spare time, he is a member of the
board of trustees of the Ft Worth Opera Fest. Rob
keeps up with his brother Andrew ’93, as well as
Bret Silver ’88, and Dr Lindsay Watt Stadtler ’94,
whose son is in school with one of Rob’s daughters.
Katie Redford, esq, is, quite simply, changing
the world for the better. She is living in Chiang
Mai, Thailand, with her husband and children
— Alexis, 12, and Htoo Eh, 8. Katie continues
to co-direct EarthRights Internatl, a human
and environmental rights nonprofit that she
co-founded. Her groundbreaking legal work has
literally changed the face of corporate accountability in overseas human and earth right abuses
all over the world. Holy humanitarian, Katie, your
work and tenacity have impacted so many. Katie
writes that she had a great visit earlier this year
from Jen Fedin ’93, and that “there may have
been a beer shortage in Thailand after the visit,
but the locals certainly love their new repertoire
of Colgate rugby songs.”
Erik Rosen, holy modern artist, you are the
founder of a completely new, completely cool
type of synthetic art called cNOTE. Erik’s amazing
story of battling stage IV Hodgkins lymphoma
and ensuing stem cell transplants yielded him
the sensory experience of a lifetime during his
2nd transplant. Erik actually saw the Velvet
John Rottet
program dir for the global fndn of Intl Cardiovascular Services. You can follow him on Facebook
as he makes an impact by arranging medical
care in Africa. He has attended several heart
surgeries; it makes him feel like he’s on the show
ER. During one surgery, a patient flatlined, but
was revived and is recovering. During another
surgery, the doctor (who knows Stacy’s love of
nyama choma, or roasted goat), looked at the patient’s open chest, then looked at Stacy and said,
“It looks like nyama choma.” That’ll help your
appetite. Kudos to Stacy for all his hard work.
Steve Prough writes that he and Sara
welcomed Caroline Kelly into the world on Oct
29 and that she’s happy, healthy, and sleeping.
Steve is still in-house counsel for Ralph’s Grocery,
a subsidiary of Kroger, and said that it’s a great
work/life balance.
Steve notes Lee ‘Cackles’ Reichert is a named
partner in his fast-growing law firm in Denver
(now one of CO’s 10 largest). In order to address
the stresses that come with the job, he has taken
up therapeutic finger painting (which he can
also do with his 2 young children, Helen and
Augie). Steve also notes that Steve Cance is still
going 100 mph — coaching Little League, soccer,
chess, and swimming for his 3 boys and working
long hours for Sun Micro/Oracle as an exec in
San Jose. Cance remains active in sports as evidenced by his participation in the over-40, under
5'9" soccer league.
That’s all for now. SBS and planned to be at/
near the ’Gate in early July. Until next time, go,
’Gate.
Jack and Sarah: 503-288-7874;
kearndog1@yahoo.com
Nick ’91 (left) and Paul Verbitsky ’94
A family production
Television shows are known for the people on screen, but perhaps just as important is what
goes on behind the scenes. Nick ’91 and Paul ’94 Verbitsky may in fact be the masterminds
behind what you are watching, though you’ll never see their faces.
The brothers are CEO and VP of production, respectively, at Blue Chip Films, a fullservice film and television production company they founded in 1998. Their work includes
everything from the production of three separate documentaries about the lives of polygamists, to a new television series called Intersections for Speed Channel.
“Each episode of Intersections compares two machines that are seemingly different,” explained Paul. “Basically, the idea is to uncover the hidden things that link them.” The brothers
have been working on 13 episodes for the show’s first season, with hopes for more to come.
Nick and Paul take great pride in the series, which is the product of a collaboration with
the television sales agency CableReady. “We like to tell stories and be creative,” explained
Nick, “and Intersections is something that we have been working on from the ground up.”
Although the brothers are passionate about the series, it is hardly the only project on
their plate. “With television and movies,” said Paul, “when a job gets greenlit, it can get killed
just as quickly. You always want to keep juggling multiple things.” That is why the brothers
also work on smaller commercial and internal projects for a diverse group of corporate
partners such as Pepsico and the NFL.
The latter is an appropriate client for the Verbitskys’ company, which traces some of its
roots to Colgate’s football team. After graduation, Nick began working in the radio business,
while Paul found a position in television with Comedy Central. Despite working in different
industries, the brothers collaborated annually to produce highlight films for the team, of
which they are both alumni.
The experience helped inspire the brothers to forge their own path in television production, and introduced them to John Dabrowski ’99, who is today a producer with Blue Chip
Films and one of their closest friends and collaborators. “When we were doing highlight
films for the football team,” explained Paul, “I realized I had forgotten a bunch of things
that I needed. I dialed CUTV, and John answered the phone.” Since that chance encounter,
Dabrowski has collaborated on nearly 300 projects with Nick and Paul.
The brothers attribute some of Blue Chip Films’ success to such internal family and
friendship bonds, which make the company more approachable than larger firms, especially
when filming documentaries. “In our business,” explained Nick, “a lot of [filmmakers] will say
the story is going to be one thing, and then bring it to the edit room and cut it together to
make something completely different. We don’t do that to people.”
As the Verbitskys continue working on projects like Intersections, they look forward to
more creative opportunities in the future. “Our goal is to expand and build on the success
that we’ve had in the television business,” said Nick, “and to move on from that to a bigger
presence in documentary film.”
Paul is quick to add that no matter how much success he and his brother find, don’t expect to find them wearing leather pants, or their sunglasses at night. “Nick and I? We’re just
two DU guys.”
— Jason Kammerdiener ’10
News and views for the Colgate community
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Amelia Panico
Leading green efforts at a major
NYC hospital
Jessica Prata ’01 is working on the forefront of the sustainability effort as it relates to
health care, and she is doing it on a big stage. The alumna is the sustainability officer at
New York-Presbyterian Hospital (NYP), which has more than one million inpatient and
outpatient visits in a year and employs 18,000 people in New York City.
“Hospitals have a responsibility to serve the community, and sustainability plays a big
part in that because it helps provide a safer and healthier healing environment for patients,”
she said. “It’s incredibly gratifying that my work allows me to contribute toward such an
important mission.”
She works with teams from throughout NYP on initiatives such as a mixed recycling
program that is now saving the hospital $30,000 a month.
Building a management framework to monitor such programs is critical to creating a
coordinated sustainability effort, and Prata helped establish an infrastructure that allows
for communication about sustainability across all disciplines, and at every level of the
organization. She also helped create and launch the NYP Green Champion program, a staff
engagement model that taps into employees’ grassroots efforts.
Prata was named the hospital’s first sustainability officer in January 2009, a position
that reflected a new need at the hospital and in health care in general.
“Hospitals and organizations need a point person to push forward what ‘greening’ is
going to look like at that specific organization,” she said.
An alumnus helped Prata land her first job at NYP, a story shared by many Colgate
graduates. And like many alumni, she is eager to give back and help current students
through events such as the Real World career conference, where she spoke to seniors
earlier this year.
“It’s about taking advantage of the opportunity that Colgate consistently puts forward
to students and alumni to get together, to mingle, to connect,” she said, adding that she is an
active member of the New York City alumni and Women at Colgate groups.
There are no predefined paths for securing jobs related to sustainability, she said. In her
position, it is her ability to build relationships, effectively and passionately communicate a
vision, and coordinate a multitude of details that helps her be successful.
A history major while at Colgate, Prata said that after graduation it was all about “accessing her passion” and discovering what kind of work environment best suits her. She
found that environment at NYP.
Prata talks about sustainability and the varied career opportunities it presents in Colgate Conversations, the podcast series that highlights members of the campus community.
To listen, visit www.colgate.edu/podcasts.
— Tim O’Keeffe
Underground’s Rock and Roll reflected against
the walls of his hospital room, and his brilliant
artwork is the result. In his cNOTES, Erik transforms music into fine art and, wow, is it awesome. Last summer, his artwork was featured in
the lobby of the Conde Nast building in NYC, and
fellow classmates Steve Gershowitz, Alex Miles,
Nicole Wetzold, Mark Steinmeyer, Jon Dienst,
Lynda Dennen Costello, and Lisa Errickson were
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there for the opening. (See Arts & Culture in the
autumn 2009 Scene for more.)
Jackie Jafarian Broad, my beloved NYC roomie, has also made her way in the arts. Holy Dr
Seuss! She has written and published a delightful children’s book called Grandma Wants to Eat
My Baby Sister!, a humorous story about children
misinterpreting common figures of speech. The
series sequel, Blastoff to Breakfast!, is scheduled
for release in fall 2010. Jackie lives with husband
Ken ’89 and 3 children in Mill Valley, CA. You go,
girl!
Kristin McCarthy Macchi is doing amazing
community work in MA. Holy horse whisperer!
Kristin is the life skills program dir for the
BiNA Farm, which allows children and young
adults with disabilities to share experiences with
siblings and friends, and to learn about sustainable living and horsemanship. Kristin writes,
“I’m really proud of the program. My 6-year-old
was diagnosed with autism at 2, and has been
receiving intensive therapies since then that
have helped us a great deal. Now that I can take
a step back, I can finally give back to the community that has supported us, and I’m looking
forward to working with the kids and helping
the program grow.” Kristin lives in Jamaica Plain
with husband Tony and 2 adorable sons. Well
done, my friend, well done.
Finally, I must end with the recognition of
an old formal date of mine from ’Gate. Yes, he
literally fell asleep on me on the bus ride home,
but I forgive you, Kenny Reisman, for not finding
me completely captivating. It seems my sweet
and sleepy date was elected to the Steamboat
Springs, CO, City Council in Nov. I trust you’re
finding the council meetings exciting and more
thrilling than our bus ride.
So there, dear classmates, are just a few of the
many superb friends we know, loved, and made
completely bad decisions with, and yet somehow
they are our leaders today. Scary, isn’t it? To the
classmates whom I reconnected with at reunion,
sent me info, or scribbled down something in
my reporter’s notebook on Whitnall while I held
your Solo cup, no worries. I have your info safely
tucked away, ready to pillage and plunder for our
next column.
Julie: 603-488-5454; nhmuirs@comcast.net
1991
Kathryn Dillon Marcotte
45 Ridgewood Lane
Wakefield, RI 02879
I hope you are all enjoying this summer 2010.
This time around, I was lucky enough to hear
from a lot of our old friends, from all over the
country. In Tuscon, Dave Bea is the CFO at Pima
Community College, overseeing the finance,
facilities, food service, bookstore, and college
police — or, as he said, pretty much everything
that can go horribly wrong reports to him. He
finished his PhD in education from Claremont
Grad U in 2004 in higher education, finance,
and econ. Once in AZ, he met wife Jennifer (BA,
Occidental; PhD, U of AZ) to find that they had
grown up only 10 miles from one another in CA.
Jennifer is a post-doc researcher at the U of AZ’s
cancer ctr, working mostly on issues related to
breast cancer recovery. They married in 2007,
and in Jan 2009, they had a baby, Jillian, who is
the joy of their lives. If that weren’t enough, Dave
is an avid runner and competed in last year’s
Boston Marathon.
After 12 years as a sell-side equity analyst
covering retail, Danielle Turnoff Fox left Merrill
Lynch in 2008 and started her own research
consulting firm, Research Fox LLC. The firm
specializes in consumer-related projects. Danielle
lives in Westchester, NY, with husband Trevor
and children — Simon, 5, and Laurel, 3. Danielle is
still close with Melissa Flemings Lush, who lives
in Boston with her family.
Brian Manning was recently admitted to the
NYS Bar. Brian practices for Hodgson Russ in Buffalo, and concentrates his practice in general corp
law, mergers and acquisitions, securities law, and
antitrust law.
It was great to hear from Scott Jules, who
has lived the past 7 years in Moraga, CA, a small
town in the SF Bay area (and famous in Colgate
circles as the hometown of Jenny Olson). Scott
misses seeing East Coast friends and family more
often, but it’s a great area. Scott is enjoying Ben,
6, and Avery, 3, with the great adventure being
coaching Ben’s baseball team, and as Scott offers,
squeezing that experience in just barely before
the kids know more than he does about baseball.
If any Colgate friends make it to Scott’s neck of
the woods, he would love to hear from you.
Anna Steel has done a wonderful job representing us all on the Alumni Board, and she has
enjoyed the experience with her fellow talented
and dedicated alumni. Anna is busy managing
sales and marketing for Steel’s Gourmet Foods,
her recently acquired 25-year-old business. They
serve health-conscious consumers and diabetics,
also answering Michelle Obama’s call to help
children battling obesity! Should be a great year!
Anna referred to the Jan Alumni Board meeting,
at which one of the highlights for her included
a walk to the KKG house. She acknowledges
that she’s come a long way from their chapter
meetings on the 3rd floor of Alumni Hall. Anna
gave them all of her composite photos and other
memorabilia from what was then the 1st pledge
class! She hopes they find a great way to use
them. Anna also took her dad, Howie Steel ’42,
and mom to NYC to honor his friend and room-/
classmate Andy Rooney ’42. She was impressed
with the amazing tribute. Anna also recently
saw Cinda Goulard Lord and her son Jake, in
Haverford, PA, for his squash tourney at the
Merion Cricket Club. They cheered him into the
finals. Anna sends her best to everyone!
Another fun blast from the past, Glen Thomas
heeded my call. He is living the suburban dream
in Phoenixville, PA (outside Philly). He has an
amazing wife, Tana (ASU ’92), and 3 great kids
— Tony, 7, Glenallen, 6, and Talia, 3 — who take
up most of their time. Glen coaches soccer, basketball, and baseball for the kids. He started his
own business about 3 years ago, GT Power Group,
and he’s still having a blast with it. He claims
to have decided that he’s pretty much the only
guy he can work for. In addition to soccer dad
extraordinaire, Glen — and Tana — ran the Walt
Disney World Marathon in Jan in a brisk 29°.
As for general updates, Glen and friends are
trying to turn their Colgate golf weekend into an
annual event. I am assuming it included Glen’s
entire list of characters: Harry Burg, who Glen
assures me is still great at waffle ball, still not
a great dancer, and playing the role of Principal
Skinner of the Hudson Valley; Jon Massari, who
in the words of his “friend,” still loves the Eagles,
still loves beer, and has honed his ability to sell
a dead guy liability insurance via his website
by his own name; John Wahl, who Glen reports
has given up his hoop dreams for eternal salvation — Rev John is spreading the good word in
Buckeye nation every week; and Dave Larkin,
who has 3 kids who reportedly all look like him.
Glen mentioned that Dave still scares him and he
never feels quite safe in his presence. Also in that
group is Mike Gouldin, who has an incredible
wife and has been known to talk about Colgate
on YouTube? Then there is Doug Hartman ’92,
who supposedly had a hang nail issue that kept
him from the golf festivities, but in truth, is
avoiding Glen, having went to BU School of Law
and landing in a small civil litigation firm. He has
3 sons — Jacob, 12, Douglas, 11, and Aidan, 6. And,
lastly, Joe Lewis ’89, who Glen insists wishes he
was a ’91er. Last summer was fantastic if not
slightly upsetting for them all to walk into the
Hour Glass without getting carded.
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Crissy Singer Shropshire
66 Indian Hill Rd
Mt. Kisco, NY 10549-3827
On March 27, I drove up to W Newbury, MA, for
Anne Cole’s wedding to Nicholas Wise Norman.
Anne looked lovely and beamed as she and Nick
said their vows. The wedding party was filled
with siblings, nieces, and nephews, but the
matron of honor was Anne’s 1st-year roommate,
Jen Byalick Altman. I had a great time catching
up with Jen and meeting her husband, Brian,
who should be a voice-over artist, but instead is,
according to Jen, “an internatl man of mystery.”
They have 2 kids — Hannah, 4, and Matthew,
2 — and live in Bergen Cty, NJ. Jen works 1 day a
week counseling in LI. Also at the wedding were
Shekhar and Carla Marcocci Ojha. They live in
Berwyn, PA, with their 3 kids — Sid, Lakshmi,
and Leela. Although little Leela, at 6 months of
age, crashed the wedding, she was definitely
the most well-behaved guest. Patti Birbiglia
rounded out our Colgate table. She’s been living
in SF for the last 10 years. Anne and Nick honeymooned on a remote island of the Bahamas,
accessible only by boat. They live in Brooklyn.
After the wedding, I spent the night in Somerville, MA, with Alix Reiskind, husband Cheney,
and strapping baby boy Dashiell, 1. All is well
with Alix and Cheney, though I’m sorry to report
that Dashiell does not like apples mixed into his
cereal.
Mark ’90 and Carrie Boodin Zehfuss are
parents for the 3rd time. Braeden Luke was born
on Nov 2, 2009, joining sisters Emma, 10, and
Chloe, 8. Carrie says, “He is a joy and it’s fun to
have a bit more testosterone in the house!” The
family lives in Richmond, VA, where Mark is the
pres of Baby Jogger (“perfect timing for us!”) and
Carrie is “retired” from practicing law. She enjoys
staying home with her family.
Brad and Talby Reyner Taylor have also just
welcomed baby #3. On Jan 21, Lynden Kate was
born. She joins brother Will, 6 1/2, and sister
Daryn, 3. Congrats to all our moms.
Good news came in from Elizabeth Sherwood
Krol, a client program manager at Shaw Environmental, Inc: “I was very fortunate to be named as
a Top 20 Under 40 by the CREW Network of Commercial Real Estate Women. This is an inaugural
award and I was selected from more than 125 applicants by an 8,000-member natl professional
real estate organization.” Congrats, Elizabeth!
And finally, as promised in the last issue, I
have this update from Patrick Shaw. “My wife,
Finley Oakley’95 Shaw, threw me a big party
for my 40th in Nov, hosting a Colgate-style
throw-down at our house in Easton, CT. Lots
of Colgate friends and family helped put some
Chenango Valley into the party by coming from
all over the country. In attendance were my
father, B Robert Shaw ’64; my brother, Ben Shaw
’93; my brother-in-law and his wife, Ned ’98
and Amanda Bulkley ’98 Oakley; Jon Glickstein;
David Ganz; Dina Cagliostro Jonasz ’91; Remy and
Hy Schwartz; Marshall and Meredith Safirstein
’91 Bergmann; Ana and Caleb Silver; Celia Gerard
’95; Ethan Gundeck ’90; Heather and Brett ’98
Tucker; Bryan ‘Stealthy’ Mayurnik ’98; Kari and
Jason ’95 Pinkernell; Sandi and Chris ’95 Wright;
Alyssa and David Portny ’94; Brook Seidler ’94
and Wells Beck; Elise and Doug Halvorson ’94;
Chiara and Ben Edmands ’93; Bob Morgan ’93;
“My days would start with my then-girlfriend and now wife putting my long hair up in bobby pins
and then placing my short-haired wig on top. While I patrolled the streets of DC with my wig on
and full fatigues, she was downtown protesting.” — Nick Brill ’69
Lauren Felice and Doug Ryder ’93 (just married!);
Sharon Kim ’93; Edwin ’95 and Suzanne O’Brien
’95 O’Connor; Greg and Elise Martin Bates ’93;
and Dawn and Tom Kreitler ’79. Special honors
go to John Hewson ’91, who attended on the eve
of his 3rd child’s birth. His son Finn will no doubt
have his priorities in order (thank you, Courtney!). Also, thanks to Hunter Montgomery ’91,
who trekked all the way from DC. Special props
also go to Ben and Chiara, who may have altered
the course of art history by superimposing my
face on a 19th-century portrait of Napoleon
Bonaparte. This masterpiece is still fighting for
space on the walls of our house, but it has received some amazing double-takes! Finally, Chris
St Pierre was actually in Hamilton the weekend
of the party, so he gets partial credit and was
repaid in full when his wife, Melanie, threw him
a surprise 40th in NY a few months later. Told he
was meeting Melanie at an engagement party
for a friend at the Thompson Hotel, I believe his
exact quote was, ‘I feel sorry for the sucker who’s
paying for that party!’”
Speaking of which, I am guessing that many
of us will have 40th bday parties throughout this
year. As you gather with your Colgate friends,
please consider dropping a line to include in the
Scene. If we have to turn 40, at least let’s share
the experience with each other. Enjoy the summer!
Crissy: 914-864-1387; cshrop@optonline.net
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Kaori Nakamura DiChiara
61 Mustato Road
Katonah, NY 10536-3725
Happy summer, everyone! It has been an incredibly warm day today in NY, with temps up in
the 80s, pollen in ridiculously high counts, and
tomorrow’s weather is expected to reach a high
of 59 … with rain — welcome to spring in NY,
people! Well, it was down to the wire, but my
husband managed to put away our Christmas
tree the day before Easter and all the madness
with the arrival of the iPad brought back memories of the 1st year I started writing this column,
when the iPhone made its debut. The same
crazy people who lined up for days outside the
Apple store for that phone were most likely the
same crazies who camped out this year in order
to buy this enormous iPhone-looking device. I
almost wanted to tell them all, “Just do what my
friend Marc Glogoff did. Wait until the store is
about to close and you can get one without waiting (or needing to shower)!” By the way, I still do
not know how to upload music to my iPhone…
So, let’s start with baby news. As mentioned in
the previous Scene, Dan Carsen and wife Talene
are now parents of 2. Mayri Olivia was born on
Nov 5, 2009, weighing 8 lb, 9 oz. She is described
as having a great set of lungs and has given Dan
quite a (re)hazing into parenthood. Sister Lucine
gives her lots of love and is competing for her
father’s attention very well!
A couple of weeks before Mayri’s birth, Pete
and Gretchen Jordan Menzies made a trip up
to Colgate with their 2 boys during Parents’
Weekend. Pete was asked to present a movie he
worked on to the students. Since the local places
to stay were fully occupied, they rented an RV
and road-tripped. The pictures Gretchen shared
were awesome, and she mentioned that their
kids were completely sold on Colgate (surprise,
surprise). So, for those of you who procrastinate
on registering for our 20th, the RV idea may be a
good option!
In early Feb, Chris and Sally Burnett Wilson
made a trip to NYC. Being that it was such a great
opportunity for us to get together, Kim Russo
Rutenberg rallied and flew up for the weekend.
Unfortunately, Kat Griffin McCleland couldn’t
make it as she and husband Sam and daughter
Avery, 2, were enjoying their last trip to FL for the
winter months. It was Chris’s 1st trip to NY and
Sally got to show off her old city. We all enjoyed
dinner and drinks on Fri night and brunch the
next day. It was nostalgic to experience the
hustle and bustle of a NYC restaurant during
weekend brunch hours. I think I consumed a
carafe of coffee and my plate was ridiculously
clean shortly after I received my order. Some
things don’t change after college.
During one of the many cold, rainy days of
early spring, my family and I made plans to
meet Dan Glusker and his family at the Westchester Mall. For a few years, we have done this
on bad weather days so our children can play
(in a space larger than our homes) and entertain
each other by throwing pennies into a fountain
while the adults catch up. The pennies go fast.
The price of uninterrupted adult conversation
ends up costing anywhere between 2 and 4
rolls of pennies. With our kids getting older
(mine — Mia, 6, and Chrism, 4.5; Dan’s — Sam, 5,
and Robbie, 3.5), we may need to come up with
another activity since our kids can now throw
their pennies across and over the fountain. There
were some close calls on hitting some passers-by
on the opposite end! After we finished lunch,
we ran into Steve Cho with his wife and 2 kids
at the food court. The Chos still live in Rye and
Steve continues to work for Goldman Sachs in
foreign exchange. Having grown up in Katonah,
Steve knows N Westchester Cty and he told us
how he enjoys biking to/from Rye to N Westchester “for fun.” We were more than impressed, and
Dan was tired out just from the thought of it.
Jeff Clarke, wife Nina, and son Charlie made
the move from NYC to the ’burbs. They now live
in Norwalk, CT. Instead of 15 minutes, Jeff now
has a 1.5 hour commute to Brown Brothers Harriman, located downtown. The positive in this
is that he’s getting a lot of reading and sleeping
done on the train!
I recently reconnected with a childhood
friend and soon learned that her husband works
for NOI (Net Operating Income) Strategies, a
company co-founded by Tama Huang. I was
informed of this days after my friend accompanied her husband to a work party. When hearing
that Tama attended Colgate, she asked her if she
knew me. Stories were shared as Tama and I first
met 1st year on the rugby field, clearly having
no clue what we were in for! I was fortunate
to have been teammates with Tama for the 2
years I played women’s rugby. Pub practices =
good times (except for when you’ve only had
a Coop muffin to eat that day)! When looking
up her company’s website, I was pleasantly
surprised to see Ari Zentner in a company group
photo. Ari is a managing dir and is a specialist in
general mgmt and organizational optimization.
NOI Strategies, founded in 2007, is a consulting
company that “blends proven methodologies
with innovative business process services that
maximize asset valuation for global real estate
owners, operators, and investors.” If that’s not
impressive enough, I also learned that Tama
is fluent in English, German, Mandarin, and
Taiwanese. Congrats to Courtney Bent on producing Shooting Beauty, a film directed by her
husband, George Kachadorian. The NY screening
took place at Tribeca Cinemas on April 15. This
movie, which has been awarded 12 festival
awards thus far, is about Courtney’s journey as
a photographer and how meeting with a group
of people living with significant disabilities
10+ years ago changed her perspective and the
course of her career. As these people become her
friends, she becomes inspired to adapt cameras
for them so that they can create a documentary
of their own life experiences for this project. I
hope you all get an opportunity to see this wonderful movie! (For more, read the feature story in
the autumn 2009 Scene.)
As for me, I was shocked to learn Family Circle’s interest in running a story on me and how I
(try to) incorporate walking for exercise. Through
my sister, I received an e-mail from a freelance
writer looking for women between the ages of 35
and 50 who walk for exercise. Expecting nothing,
I responded to the e-mail. Next thing I know, I
was asked to send a photo and answer a series
of questions for an article scheduled to come out
in April. Guess I should subscribe to them now?
Hopefully, as you are all reading this, I will be
visiting Kim in SC, enjoying a long overdue time
away. As always, looking forward to hearing from
you all. Write in for the next Scene!
Kaori: 914-232-0549; KaoriOTRL@optonline.net
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Allison Good
#8
319 West 88th Street
New York, NY 10024-2271
Most exciting news ever: Chip McConnell got
married in March to the lovely Eliza in Berkeley,
CA, or thereabouts. I have absolutely no details
on these festivities, so I am going to wing it.
Let’s say it was an amazingly lovely day, the
groom managed to play a little guitar during
the reception, and the bride is the luckiest little
lady we know. And, pretty much all of the most
fun people we know from school were there to
celebrate with the happy couple. How did I do?
Hopefully, I did Chipper justice, because he is an
amazing person and a truly fantastic friend.
Some of Chip’s pals wrote in with perhaps my
Answer key to Making
Connections puzzle on page 80
Colgate Thirteen
Debate Society
Salmagundi
Swinging Gates
Student Senate
Masque and Triangle
Maroon-News
WRCU-FM
Well, that’s enough shenanigans for one
Scene. Please get in touch with me for the next
issue. We want to know what you’ve been up to.
Kathy: 401-783-3897; dkmarcotte@cox.net
News and views for the Colgate community
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favorite Scene update ever, so many thanks to
Mike Galligan and Jesse Coburn, who apparently
have no lives. I know this because they went to
Colgate on a Sat evening this winter … wait for it
… to watch a hockey game. Hmmmm… Oh, boys,
I jest. It is boring writing this column; if I can’t
make fun of you, my little coal heart just isn’t in
it. And, honestly, Mike is a much better writer
than I am, so here it is, from Mr Saturday Night
himself: “Jesse and I braved the incredible, bonecrushing, muscle-clenching cold Saturday night
and met in Hamilton to watch the Colgate-St
Lawrence hockey game, have some drinks, and
catch up.
“A few takeaways: (1) the Wendt U Inn is
perfectly adequate for a night’s stay in Hamilton.
Not a Motel 6, exactly, maybe like a Motel 5.5ish,
just fine. However, do not walk there at night
if it is below 10° or it becomes a very long walk.
That being said, if it is cold outside and you are
without a hat, consult the ad hoc lost and found
in the corner of the Back Bacon by the pool table
(Editor’s note: ewwwwwwwww); (2) The Nichols
Bar, in the old Main Moon space is a nice place to
spend a winter afternoon; (3) The hockey team
is scrappy, despite a heartbreaking overtime loss
to the Saints; and (4) Gary Ross: nicest guy ever.”
Also, just as an aside and because I feel like it,
I will add that Mike has the cutest son on the
planet. In all fairness, I have probably mentioned
this before.
Another country heard from! David Evans
and his Spanish wife run educational travel
programs for HS students out of NYC, called ASA.
Apart from being responsible for other people’s
children in the summer, they have 2 children of
their own — William, 5, and Lucas, 1. They regularly see David Burrell, Marc Badner ’93, Thorne
Perkin ’97, and Steve Polakoff (Steve is based in
Moscow but comes to NYC 4 or 5 times a year).
I have a hard and fast rule about reporting weddings before they happen (ahem, my
journalistic integrity astounds), but since I am
getting on a plane in less than 24 hours, I think
it’s safe to say this one is going to happen! Our
sweetest and sassiest friend, Ursula Guise, is
marrying Eric Levy’s best friend and the funniest person alive, Greg Medow, in Calistoga this
weekend. Full report on all the festivities next
time.
Enjoy the summer, and cook me up some
news!
Allison: 212-875-0751; agood@email.com
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David A. Schreiber
1717 West Schubert Avenue
Chicago, IL 60614
Greetings, classmates, and happy summer! I
hope these warmer months have been treating
you well. While class news has been slow the last
few issues, as I write this column in early April,
our 15th Reunion weekend is quickly approaching, so we should have a full column in the next
issue. Please send updates as you can. So, without
further ado, here is the latest news on our fellow
classmates…
Kathy Bennett and husband Phil Zaccheo
welcomed their 1st child, Evan Michael, on Dec 1.
They are all doing well and Kathy enjoyed a few
months off with their little man before returning
to her law practice, Bond, Schoeneck & King, in
Syracuse. They look forward to taking Evan to his
1st Colgate hockey game next season, and he is
already very well prepped with plenty of Colgate
attire. They were disappointed to have missed
the annual Colgate/Syracuse basketball game
at the Carrier Dome, as Kathy had just gone into
labor, but Mary Dispenza Snyder ’97 kept her apprised with a few text messages from the game.
Jennifer Bastolla ’95 visited them shortly after
Evan’s birth and they all enjoyed some Dinosaur
BBQ takeout.
Deane and Ansley Newsom Kreitler continue
to live in Denver and are happy to report the
arrival of son Rhys, who joined sister Tatum on
Oct 24. Samantha Beinstein, Rhys’ godmother,
visited Ansley in March and both Ansley and
Samantha are looking forward to catching up at
reunion.
Greg and Kristen Noonan Pringle had their
3rd child, Brendan Taggart ‘Tag,’ Dec 14. Sisters
Audrey, 3 1/2, and Bridget, 20 months, are very
excited and Kristen is keeping busy and happy
with family life in Hingham, MA.
Russell and Karen Bloch Morse welcomed
their 2nd, Olivia Adele, on March 3. Olivia joins
sister Madelyn, who is nearly 2. The Morse family continues to enjoy life in sunny LA, where
they recently purchased a house in Encino.
Michael Steinberg is moving to Chicago,
where he will continue to work for Pariveda
solutions and help the company’s Chicago office
build its business in the Midwest.
Please take care and stay well.
David: 773-281-8152; dschreiber2004@kellogg.
northwestern.edu
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Kelly Connolly
15 Hale Street
Apt. 2
Randolph, VT 05060
Greetings, classmates. Here’s the news, hot off
the press … er, computer…
It was great to hear from Kalee Thompson,
whom I believe is a 1st-time writer to the Scene.
She has had quite the eventful year, as she
writes: “Last Aug I married Dan Koeppel (Hampshire C) at my parents’ home in northern NH.
Quite a few Colgate friends were able to make
it, including my college roommates Meredith
Lloyd Rice and Laura Klepeis. Angie Hussein
Hirsch ’94, Daria Hirsch ’97, Cory Fellows ’94,
and Jeff O’Connell ’94 also added to the fun.
Angie’s daughter Cecily was adorable as one
of our flower girls. Dan and I live in the Silver
Lake neighborhood of LA, where I moved to
from Brooklyn about 3 years ago. We are both
freelance writers. For the past couple years, I’ve
been working on my 1st book. It’s a nonfiction
survival story about an Alaskan shipwreck. The
title is Deadliest Sea: The Untold Story Behind
the Greatest Rescue in Coast Guard History and
it will be published on June 1 by HarperCollins.
Needless to say, I am excited about the book and
am hoping to run into more old Colgate friends
at readings this summer!” We’ll all look forward
to reading this amazing story.
Eben Krim also wrote in. Eben and wife
Hannah (UMI ’94) had their 1st baby in Nov,
Elias Jude. Everyone is happy and healthy. Eben
and his wife both work at law firms and live in
Boston. Congrats to Eben and Hannah!
And there’s great news on Michael Gordon,
on whom I received a press release that reads,
in part: “NY Life Insurance Company announced
that Michael Gordon has been promoted to sr
VP in charge of the newly formed Agency-Life
Ops org, which was created to better align the
company’s life product manufacturing with its
career agency distribution.”
That’s it for now. Enjoy your summers! Write
soon.
Kelly: 240-686-1538; keconnolly@vermontlaw.edu
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Amy McKnight Fazen
68 Pine Crest Road
Newton, MA 02459
Hi, everyone. Happy summer! It seems the Class
of 1997 family keeps expanding — plenty of
births to announce!
Whitney Sayia Reid writes, “Ella Suzanne was
born Dec 7, at 8:56 am, 7 lb, 2 oz, and is doing
great.”
Laurie (Ithaca ’98) and Tim Bollin also welcomed a baby girl on Nov 19, Avery Marie. She
joins her sister, Shay, 6, and brothers Timmy, 4,
and Preston, 2.
Dara Lucks Bellace writes that she “and Matt
Bellace (Bucknell ’96) were thrilled to welcome
Roy Justin into the world on Friday, Nov 13,
2009.” This was a very lucky day for Dara and her
husband, and just happened to be Colgate Day as
well!
Vicki Gabriel-Foster writes, “Aside from being
buried in snow, we are all doing well in Chicago.
Our latest news is that we are now a family of 5!
We were blessed with a 3rd son, Joseph Gabriel,
in July. So, as if I weren’t already, I am now officially outnumbered! It is all fun, though, and
never a dull moment, which is why it’s taken me
6 months to write you this update!”
Michelle and Mike Morrone welcomed their
daughter, Ryan Pippa, on March 19. Mike, Michelle, and Ryan live in SF.
Barbara Andruk Cohen writes, “My husband,
Joe, and I have been keeping extremely busy
with the newest additions to our family. Twins
Margaret Pearl ‘Maggie’ and Benjamin Winiker
‘Ben’ joined sisters Gabby, 5, and Ellie, 3, on June
20, 2009. They were good-sized for twins (5 lb, 4
oz, and 5 lb, 14 oz) and we brought them home
from the hospital with us after 4 days. After a
whirlwind summer at home with the babies, I
went back to work in a new position as a controller for a start-up here in downtown Austin. We
are basically just juggling the work-life balance
craziness of life with 4 small children on a dayto-day basis, but are loving it. In Jan we took
the whole family up to Boston for my sister’s
wedding and got to enjoy playdates with fellow
classmates Alicia Fishman Volovick and Donna
Pistilli Robbins.”
Kristen Bunn recently joined the Eagle Cty
Schools (Vail, CO) team in order to provide direct
support to the Math Partnership assoc (UC Colorado Springs and CORE), which is a program being sponsored by Pres Obama’s initiative aimed
at improving science and math instruction. In
addition to her degree from Colgate in psych and
poli sci, she has a master’s in elementary education with an emphasis on aesthetics, and a PhD
in curriculum and instruction/educational policy
from the U of Denver.
“An unsuspecting Aliza Michaels Metzner, who was walking by, followed a geology major called
‘Woodman’ into a mud bath resulting from the dredging operation that was under way.” — Carolyn Swift ’75
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scene: Summer 2010
Congrats to all. Thanks to all who sent in info.
Keep it coming!
Amy: colgate1997news@hotmail.com
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Carmella Alvaro
2517 S Walter Reed Drive, #A
Arlington, VA 22206-1212
Scott Hoekman writes, “The April 9–11 weekend
marked my 8th trip to Colgate in the past 3 years.
One of those trips was for our 10th Reunion, but
the other 7 were for the Alumni Council, which
has been a special honor for me. The school, students, administration, faculty, and new president
(Jeffrey Herbst) can be described in one word —
great. During these trips, I have received 3 speeding tickets, funding a few Chenango Valley village governments (~$400). And on this last visit,
I met up with Melissa Macewicz at the Brae Loch
Inn. (Yes, the staff there still wears kilts.) Melissa
is disappointed she missed reunion in 2008 but
told me about her good married life, fun vacation
trips, and successful physician assistant career in
Syracuse. Funny enough (and sorta expected), it
snowed … in April. Only at Colgate. One other big
highlight from the most recent weekend was a
concert at a re-established frat called Phi Kappa
Tau. Imagine Alumni Council members (alumni
in their 30s, 40s, and 50s) and administration officials partying with students — a surreal experience. The band was the actual Otis Day and the
Nights from Animal House fame, and yes, they
sang ‘Shama Lama Ding Dong’ and ‘Shout’ (but
there were no togas). Tons of fun.”
Paige Horiuchi Raper reports, “James ’99 and
I welcomed our 2nd little boy into the family.
On March 2, Emery Daniel was born and made
Cranford a big brother. Now off to shop for some
teeny Colgate T-shirts!”
Nicole Thurston writes, “My husband is in the
Army. Three of my kids and I recently moved to
Fort Lewis Washington from Deanboro, NY.”
Rebecca Katz writes, “At the time of this writing, I’m coming up to 6 months at my current
position and am enjoying it immensely. It was a
tough call to leave academe, but I was offered a
position at a unique small investment counsel
firm, the Golub Group, LLC (for a firm in finance
to hire an applied ethics PhD, it simply has to be
unique … and hopefully on to something!). It’s
neat learning something new after 7 years of
intense concentration on 1 highly specific topic
and finding interesting ways to incorporate my
doctoral work into a totally different arena. Kevin
(Colorado School of Mines, BS, MA; Stanford, PhD)
and I are enjoying our new place in the redwoods
and have plenty of room for visitors, as long as
you don’t mind our 2 goofy Shepherds climbing
onto your lap. While only 8 miles from Stanford,
it feels worlds away and is sparsely populated
— which makes the fact that Achim and Corrine
Bethke Moesta live down the street somewhat
amazing.”
Emily Loeb writes, “I don’t know how a year
has passed since I last wrote an update, but I
realize that I never wrote to say that I had another baby in April 2009. Sam is a happy and, I’m
glad to say, easy-natured boy, and my daughter,
Hannah (3.5) is a wonderful big sister. I’m still
in Seattle, where my husband is about to finish
his 3rd year of med school. I work part time from
home as an editor for a company that works on a
variety of Native American issues, mainly for the
federal govt. Life is busy, but really good.”
Eli Chamberlain reports: “We welcomed our
2nd son, Ryan Foley Chamberlain, into the world
this past fall. Big brother Brady (5) is very excited.
Suzanne, the boys, and I are still living north of
Valley, where we had the pleasure of seeing Chris
Dale ’97, his wife, and adorable son, Theo. We
then went to Squaw Valley for some skiing, and
Colgate was represented strongly; we bumped
into Bob ’83 and Lee McConaughy ’82 Woodruff
in the elevator. Go, ’Gate! Next on the book tour:
Colgate Reunion 2010!”
Not much from me. I have settled into Raleigh
and am very much enjoying not being stuck in
DC traffic anymore. This place suits me much
better. Allison Gleason Besch lives nearby on
the Carolina coast in Beaufort, so I get to see her,
husband Matt (Kansas State), and baby Eli every
few weeks.
Carm: colgate1998@gmail.com
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Katie Raisio Abstoss
Greetings, fellow ’99ers! I’m thinking we need
to have a class playgroup, as many more babies
have joined our crew! Former class editor Sam
Kohn Gaggion and husband Amedeo welcomed
their 1st son, Matteo Luke, on Jan 15. Josh and
Jill Axelrod Linder had a beautiful baby girl,
Anna Juliet, on Feb 28. Bill and Kathy Reinemann Rooney welcomed their son, Will, on Sept
19, 2009. Will joined sister Shannon, 4. Trip
Timmermann and wife Rosemarie are thrilled
to announce the birth of their son, Jack, on Jan
12: “Everyone is doing great, and we are happily
adjusting to life as part of the Brooklyn stroller
brigade.”
Heidi Brennan Nelson wrote in announcing her 2nd child, Brennan Robert, born Jan 28.
Catherine (Princeton ’02) and Brett Honneus
welcomed their daughter Elleanor Louise on
March 25. Colgate couple Melissa Russo and Mike
Gorfinkle had a little girl, Georgia Grace, on Dec
17. And for the 1st twins announcement of my
tenure as editor: Will and Erin Palmisano Berry
welcomed William Thomas and Elizabeth Campbell on Feb 25! William and Ellie’s grandfather,
William Berry ’69, is also a Colgate alum.
Eric and Violet Klecha Vincent are excited to
announce the birth of their daughter Madelyn
Helen Vincent on March 5: “Both Eric and I are
thrilled to be new parents for our happy, healthy
baby girl!” And Mieke Nevig Duxbury wrote in
with lots of news on ’99er babies, all born this
March. In order, Jesse Chaset McGranahan had a
baby girl named Ellie, Liz Fricke Dutkewych had
a baby boy named Henry, Sally Moll Rubenstein
had a baby boy named Will, and Heather Liddell
had a baby girl named Emme!
Chris Weinwurm Anderson has updates on
children, moving, and a new job! “We moved over
Christmas from Lansing, MI, back to the DC area. I
changed jobs and now work for CACI as a trainer
for Federal Investigations. We welcomed our 4th
child, August Justin, on Feb 18. He joins sister
Madison, 5, brother Aaron, 3, and sister Gabrielle,
2. We are hoping for a calmer summer of sun and
fun.” Mark Soden and wife Colleen welcomed
Liam Montignani Michael on Dec 28. Mark and
Colleen were married in Aug 2006.
Jessika Erickson got engaged while vacationing in Mexico in Feb and will be marrying Jason
Stauffacher this summer. The ceremony and
reception will be held at Jessica’s parents’ home
in WI. Brian Boyle continues to work at ESPN and
traveled recently to Melbourne for the Australian
Open, “but the big news is I just got engaged to
my girlfriend whom I had brought to reunion,
Katie Perham.”
Jeremy Manger, wife, and son Jake, 9 months
old, are moving to Ethiopia this summer for
2 years. “I will teach 1st grade at the Internatl
Community School of Addis Ababa. We are super
Portrait of a young curator
From the Challenge of Modernity to the challenge of co-curating the 2010 Whitney Biennial,
Gary Carrion-Murayari ’02 has triumphed artfully.
His first big break into New York’s art scene was landing a post-graduation internship at
the Whitney Museum of American Art under film and video curator Chrissie Iles. “She took
her mentor role seriously,” he said. “She brought
me with her everywhere: to galleries and artists’
studios. We literally went to every show at every
museum in the city.”
A mere seven years later, after being named
co-curator of the Whitney’s 2010 Biennial, he
landed a spot on the New York Times style magazine’s list of Nifty 50: America’s up-and-coming
talent. Since then, New York magazine, the New
York Observer, Art Pulse, and Art in America have
noted his meteoric rise.
In the modern art world, Carrion-Murayari’s
relative youth serves his purpose.
“My background and prejudices were formed
at a particular historical moment,” said CarrionMurayari, who was born in 1980 and began visiting New York City museums when he was a high
school student in Carmel, N.Y. Today, he is most
drawn to post-1960s art, especially video works
from the 1970s and beyond. At the Whitney in 2007, he curated Television Delivers People,
which examined the relationship between television and the viewer.
At Colgate, Carrion-Murayari studied film history and theory with Professor John
Knecht, and took courses in studio art and video. “I never thought I’d be an artist, but those
classes made me realize that what artists do is very exciting,” he said.
While concentrating in art and art history, he also worked as a docent and intern at the
Picker Art Gallery. “It was an incredible experience,” he said. “By being able to handle art and
look at art up close, I learned respect for the art object. I also learned to talk about art in
public.”
Over time, Carrion-Murayari has come to trust his curatorial voice. For the biennial, he
traversed the country in search of “intelligent work and the artists who are making it passionately.”
The 55 artists he helped choose included, for the first time, more women than men.
There also were fewer mid-career artists or senior figures, because, he said, “that’s not
where contemporary art is happening in its most vibrant form.”
Putting together a high-profile biennial is an art as well as a science. And it’s nearly
impossible to satisfy critics, artists, and the viewing public.
“The people who chose us to curate the show have respect for what we value in contemporary art,” he said. “So we put together a picture of what that looks like.”
— Barbara Brooks
psyched for the opportunity to live and breathe
another culture so distant from ours. We look
forward to exploring the local community as
well as traveling throughout Africa.”
In more career news, Matthew Gennaro
recently joined Clyde & Co, a London-based law
firm.
Lenny Hirsh is living in LA, having finished the
f/t MBA program at the UCLA Anderson School
of Mgmt and occasionally appearing in natl commercials, including a Bud Light ad during this
year’s Super Bowl. He and girlfriend Kate visited
Jamie and Kelley Barker Gilbert in Jackson Hole,
for an amazing weekend of skiing and catching
up in early Feb. Also in attendance were Katie
and Brendan Taylor, Mike Favazzo, and Sue and
Brian Scranton ’98. “We had a great time, with
lots of fresh snow and good cooking. We even
got to hang out with Jackson Hole locals Joanna
Snyder, Andrea Rongey ’00, and Kenny Hadden
’04.” And lastly, Kareem Watson spent time in
NYC recently with Eric Lewin, who was in town
for business. Erik recently moved from France to
London.
Thanks, everyone. Hope you are having a
fantastic summer!
Katie: kabstoss@gmail.com
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Katie Tone Brock
411 Sloan Road
Nashville, TN 37209-4654
I hope everyone enjoyed kicking off the summer
at our 10-year Reunion. If you couldn’t make it
back to Hamilton for this one, we hope to see
you there in 5 short years. The class column with
news from reunion will come in the Scene’s autumn issue. For now, there’s lots of news to share:
Kim Haranczak writes: “I got married to Derric
Moses on Sept 26, 2009. Val Byrd Fulwider was a
bridesmaid, and husband Ben and their son Will
attended the wedding, along with Colleen Baron
and Anne MacDonald. Since our wedding was
small, I was able to spend time catching up with
everyone, which was really great! Anne is getting
married this fall, so I am excited to see everyone
again for her big day!”
The award for the most original update goes
to Sujay Koneru from Chicago: “This isn’t your
typical new job, new kid, or marriage update, but
I did win my 3rd-consecutive Fantasy Football
title against a bunch of classmates including
News and views for the Colgate community
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Graham Newhall
NYC in Westchester and looking forward to the
summer.”
Keri Krynski updates, “Been living in San
Fran for about 2 years now, working at Ernst and
Young as a sr manager in the financial services
consulting practice. Looking to make partner
before 40 and retire by 50! San Fran is gorgeous,
and if any ’98ers are in the area this summer,
look me up and we can catch a Giants game!
(Still an unfortunate diehard Cubs fan, though...)”
Jessica Deckard reports, “Last Nov, my essay,
‘Spontaneous Ingénue Seeks Mute Pirate,’ was
the recipient of the Shelby Foote Prize for the
essay given by the Pirates Alley Faulkner Society
as part of the William Faulkner-William Wisdom
Creative Writing Competition. Roy Blount Jr of
NPR’s Wait, Wait Don’t Tell Me was the judge of
my category. As part of my prize, I got to meet
with both an agent and an editor. I met with
Salman Rushdie’s editor, which was a total
thrill!”
Jennie LeClere writes, “We had Alexa Gabriele
on 5/8/09, joining her 3-year-old brother, Jayce.
And I’m transitioning jobs, so I’ll be back at
Columbia working in Peds Metabolic Genetics.”
From Jennifer Sharp: “No husband or kids
to brag about on my end. I’m finishing up the
course work for my 2nd master’s degree (American Studies at Trinity C) and still working full
time cataloging manuscripts at the CT Historical
Society. I still love reading other people’s diaries
for a living. If anyone is interested, you may
read about the cool stuff we find at manuscripts.
wordpress.com. I just hosted a reception for the
kids accepted to the Class of 2014 and worked
on an alumni event that coordinated with Prof
Graham Hodges’s book talk at the CHS. You can
also check out my winning entry in the ‘Where’s
your seal’ contest at www.colgatealumni.
org/1819, and in between all of that, I spend as
much time as I can bicycling the hills and valleys
of central CT. Hope everyone is doing well.”
From Jill Allen Murray: “I had Charlie Murray
on 1/13/10. In true Colgate style, he arrived on the
13th. He’s our 2nd (Ella is now 2 1/2) and such a
happy, smiley baby.”
Alex Teeter writes, “News from the Teeter
house. John Hugo was born on March 5, 2010.
Mom Stephanie (UVM 2001), Dad, and brother
Declan are all doing great and enjoying the new
addition.”
Caitlin Oldham Bohlman writes, “I am still
living in NJ with my husband, Ted Bohlman ’99,
and our 2 kids: Marin, 4, and Keegan, 20 months.
Since Keegan was born, I have had the exciting
career of stay-at-home mom. Definitely different
from the VP job I had in advertising, but I am
loving it all the same. I recently got into the city
to help celebrate Frank Martin getting his PhD,
and I got to catch up with a lot of other Colgaters.
Natalie Volkman, Susanne Stallkamp, Emily
Hayes, Karen Clemente, Greg Dahlberg, Steve
Donahue, Karyn Bove, Allison Yockel, Adam
Schrager ’99, Sarah Kelly ’99, and Tiffany Alvarado ’00 were all out to help Frank celebrate.”
Ella Esente reports, “Over the holidays, I flew
to Sweden with my husband and kids to visit
Daria Baron-Hall Eriksson and her beautiful
family, husband Andrè, son Filip, and daughter
Linnea. We stayed in their stunning home just
outside of Stockholm, and were lucky enough
to get a few feet of snow, which reminded me
so much of Colgate winters. The kids got along
great, and we found out firsthand just how child
friendly a country Sweden is. Daria planned a
wide range of activities, and we had such a great
time that we can’t wait to visit again.” Lauren Braun Costello writes, “Sean ’97 and
I took a quick trip to CA with our son in Feb to
sign books with Tyler Florence at his shop in Mill
Interrupted plans present new
opportunities
When Chris Reid ’03 began working as an attorney at the nonprofit Legal Aid Society of New
York last year, it was an unexpected — although, he believes, ultimately fruitful — hiccup in
his career path.
Reid was on track to join the ranks of the big city law firm Ropes & Gray after graduating
from Fordham Law School. He had worked with the firm as a summer associate, and, while
still in school, accepted an employment offer from them. But when the global recession
struck during Reid’s final year at Fordham, “A lot of firms started saying, ‘We promised all
these jobs, but we don’t have enough work for incoming associates,’” he explained.
Ropes & Gray responded with a compromise: incoming associates could either defer
their start date for several months, or the firm would pay them a reduced salary to pursue a
one-year public interest “externship.” After the externship, they would be guaranteed positions at Ropes & Gray as second-year associates.
The sudden change in plans was understandably startling for Reid, who had hoped
to practice intellectual property litigation (patent law). “I took a few weeks to panic like
everyone else did, and then to think about it,” said Reid. “What I realized was that this was
an excellent opportunity. Twenty-five years from now, am I going to say: ‘Hey, when I got out
of law school the economy was bad and I’m really glad that I just waited three months and
took my normal job to make a little more money’? Or am I more likely to say: ‘I’m really glad I
chose to have an experience that changed my outlook and my career’?”
Reid, therefore, jumped wholeheartedly into public interest law, searching for a challenge and finding it with the housing arm of the nonprofit Legal Aid Society in New York. “I
wanted to do something entirely different and that deliberately put me outside my comfort
zone. I figured it was a great way for me to grow and get confidence.” Reid knew that
practicing housing law to benefit indigent people of the city would expose him to extensive
contact with clients, and significant time in court — incredible opportunities for a first-year
lawyer — and he seized the opportunity.
His enthusiasm for the experience caught the attention of a New York Times reporter
who was investigating the new externship programs of big law firms and filming a video for
the newspaper’s “City Room” blog. The reporter met with Reid on several occasions, and
even filmed Reid’s first day in court.
In his first few weeks on the job, even with the added pressure of a news crew checking
in on him, Reid began finding success. One client, whose case Reid helped to settle, expresses gratitude for Reid’s service in the New York Times video: “Chris [was] checking on me. Is
everything okay? Can we look at your case? Is this going right? … And that showed me that
somebody does care.”
As expected, the work has been challenging, and, at times, emotionally taxing. “You can’t
come in and just see it like an office job,” said Reid, “because it really does matter. Results
impact an actual person.”
Reid plans on returning to Ropes & Gray after the externship, but knows he has grown
immensely from the experience. He also now has an idea of how he would like to direct
future pro bono work. “I made a lot of good friends at Legal Aid. Those are connections that
will stay with me. I will always feel closer to issues of housing and poverty. I don’t regret my
decision at all.”
— Jason Kammerdiener ’10
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scene: Summer 2010
Justin Ricci (Philly), James Baker (Portland, OR),
Gordon Watson ’01 (NYC), BJ Tucker (NY), Jon
Desmond ’02 (Boston), RJ Gregory ’99 (Newport
Beach, CA), Eric Zaleski ’99 (NJ), Luke George ’99
(Utica), Brian Gallozzi ’99 (NY), and Chris Tierney
’99 (SF). The league has existed since 2001 and
has been a great way for people to stay in touch.
Winning 3 championships in a row is a very rare
and special accomplishment … something that
may have not happened in the history of fantasy
sports.”
Our classmates are quite the entrepreneurs!
Chad Cooley shared a great announcement: “I
am excited to report that I left my job after 8
years at the Related Companies in NY to start
a new business. I have partnered with hotel
industry veteran Klaus Ortlieb to pursue hotel
investment and mgmt opportunities in major
markets around the country. Wish us luck!”
Suzanne Lowell works as the education
coordinator at the Flynn Center for the Performing Arts in Burlington, VT. She also runs a cake
business.
Kirk Kardashian stopped practicing law and is
now living in VT, working as a writer.
Ed Jalinske followed his passion and started a
company: “After graduating from GW Law School
in 2006 and practicing for 2 years, I gave it up
and started my own business, EJ’s Serve First
LLC. The Serve First team provides training and
consulting in tennis, fitness, wellness, nutrition,
student athlete college advising. We are in the
process of building a 6,000-square-foot indoor
tennis, fitness, and athletic training facility in N
VA, with 4 other locations slated for construction
and completion no later than the fall of 2012. It’s
what I love doing and I have never looked back.”
Ron and Stephanie Scott Varnum welcomed
daughter Mallory Louise on Sept 2,, 2009. Courtney and Devon Skerritt welcomed a baby boy,
Cullum, on Feb 1. All are enjoying the adventures
of parenthood!
Jennifer Craft Hogan writes: “I’m still living
in Albany. My husband, Gavin, and I have spent
the better part of the last 2 years renovating
our house. The list never ends, but we are proud
of what we have accomplished so far. Our 2nd
daughter, Lindsey Aidan, was born last Aug 14.
Her sister, Ashley Ryann, is 3 1/2. I have been
working p/t from home since Lindsey was born
but will soon be leaving my job as dir of the Pathways Into Education Ctr at U Albany to be a f/t
mom. Gavin just took a new programming job at
CommerceHub, so there is lots of change in our
household! In addition to our professional jobs
and parenting, we also have rental properties to
keep us busy. There is never a dull moment!”
Josh Fine wrote: “Laurie Mason and I would
like to announce the birth of our 1st child.
Brayden Alexander was born Jan 7. He weighed
7.5 lb and was 19.5" long. Mom and baby are doing great! We couldn’t be more excited.”
Kasey Sudmeyer Conrad spent a long weekend in Denver with Anne Currier Michaels: “We
were both child-free and enjoyed a spa day, some
shopping, and embarrassing ourselves by looking at old pictures and letters! I did get a chance
to meet Anne’s youngest, Luke, and see her other
2 adorable kids, Lucy and Jack, and husband
Adam ’99 for a quick lunch before I left. What a
good-looking and fun family! Eric and I are having so much fun with our 2 1/2-year-old, Max!”
Melanie Randall Sanborn writes: “Sunny FL
is treating the Sanborn clan very well. Audrey
celebrated her 2nd bday in May. She is a little
chatterbox; I have to admit, when she told
me: ‘Mama, chill,’ I was a little surprised. My
husband’s deployment to the Middle East was
canceled at the last moment. Instead he was
sent to Cuba, where he is taking care of those
stationed at Guantanamo Bay while Audrey and
I man the house in Jacksonville. We will soon
be world travelers in that in the last 2 weeks we
have been to S CA and Atlanta, and we leave for
Cuba for a short visit later this week. Have fun
and if any visit northern FL, let me know.”
Many congrats and best wishes go out to
the numerous newlyweds and newly engaged.
Kristin Kraska shares her good news: “On March
20, I married Chris Catterson (CIA ’99), at what
my guests are calling a ‘turbo ceremony’ (it
was only 8 minutes long!) at the de Seversky
mansion in Old Westbury, NY (on LI). Jennifer
Lemanski Monaco was one of my bridesmaids;
she attended the wedding along with husband
Andrew. Chris and I are very excited to start our
new life together. We’re currently living in Forest
Hills, NY, with our 2 cats, Evie and Pinot.”
Chrissy Quirolo also celebrated a March
wedding: “I married Jon O’Keeffe (Villanova ’02)
on March 20 in Westport, CT. It was a beautiful
1st day of spring and there were many Colgate
alums in attendance to help celebrate and dance
the night away: Lyla Bibi, Kate Wissel, Stephanie
Mueller, Joel ’98 and Rebecca Shooster Warburton, Andrew Rozbruch, Leigh-Anne Bennett
Redfern, Andrew Gillick, Jessica Prata ’01, Kelty
Weeks ’99, and Rebecca Nackson ’03.
Tiffany Alvarado is engaged to be married in
Sept to Robert McKenna.
Emily Bauman shares great news: “I’ve been
living in DC for the past 10 years, since graduation, during which time I earned my PhD in
clinical psych from American U. I am currently
working as a licensed psychologist in 2 private
group psychotherapy practices in the DC area. I
specialize in treating adults with posttraumatic
stress and dissociative disorders. Last fall I got
engaged to Keith Kaufman (UNC ’02), and we’ll
be getting married in CT in Oct 2010. He’s also a
psychologist, so it makes for quite an interesting
household! I regularly see my best friend and
1st-year roommate Bridget Vath Steuer, who
conveniently lives within walking distance from
me. Bridget got married to her HS sweetheart,
Christopher (Penn State ’01), in April 2009.
Their wedding was a blast, and it was great to
spend time with Laura Meany and Erin Thomas.
Bridget works as an exec admin asst for the
head honchos of a psychiatric hospital, and in
her spare time immerses herself in her artwork.
Most recently, she has become an extraordinary
wedding gown designer and creator. She made
herself one of the most stunning wedding gowns
I’ve ever seen, and I am thrilled to report that
she’ll be making mine, as well.”
Jenny Dressler married Peter Orabona (West
Point ’95) and honeymooned on the big island
of HI. On March 10 they welcomed son Aaron
Joseph, 8 pounds, 7 ounces. Her son David is 3 1/2
and is excited to be a big brother.
Mike Esposito and his family are moving
from Manhattan to Westfield, NJ, this summer.
Daryl and Stacey Joyce Wright celebrated
their 1st anniversary. They are living in the
Seattle area. Stacey teaches middle school sci in
the Seattle public schools, is working toward a
certificate in educational admin from Seattle U,
and will soon be looking for principal positions.
Amanda and Brendan Fritzsche bought a
restaurant in CA: “We’re stoked to have this great
place; it’s a quaint beachfront bar and grill in the
central coast area. However, I was really looking
forward to seeing the school and all my friends
and classmates at reunion. Hopefully, we’ll be
able to make the 15th. In the meantime, if anyone
reading this finds themselves halfway between
LA and SF (we’re in Cayucos), and looking for a
great place to catch a bite, I have just the place
for you.”
Tre and Katie Waszkiewicz ’02 McCroskey
welcomed their 1st child, Madeleine ‘Maddie,’
on April 24, 2009. “To add to the excitement, her
birth coincided with business school final exams,
job searching, house hunting, and moving back
to DC. It all worked out in the end: I finished my
MBA (focused on real estate development) from
UVA-Darden in May 2009, started with Deloitte
Consulting’s real estate practice in June, and we
bought our 1st house in Aug! To cap off the year,
in Nov, I joined Phil Gager, John Thompson, Alex
Broussard, Conor Murphy, and Andrew ‘Mr Wigs’
Wigton at Enrico Palazio’s wedding to Michelle
Kahn (Binghamton ’00). It was an unforgettable
beach wedding in San Juan Del Sur, Nicaragua.
They exchanged vows at sunset and we partied
until sunrise!”
Many thanks to everyone for sending in their
good news. I look forward to receiving your updates — please continue to stay in touch! Enjoy
the rest of the summer, take care, and be well.
Katey: 615-417-9727; kptone@gmail.com
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Jane Seney
83 Bradford Road
Watertown, MA 02472
Jane: janeseney@gmail.com
2002
Betsy Yates Long
445 Legacy Ct
Westerville OH 43082
Hello, Class of ’02! Well, ask and ye shall receive, I
believe the proverb goes. Thank you to everyone
for your submissions, and let’s get started!
Things are going well with good friend Leron
Richards, who enlisted in the Army Jan 20, 2009.
In basic training in Ft Leonard Wood, MO, Leron
met Brandon Rogers, who happened to be in
his platoon. Now, Leron’s located in “sunny”
Monterey, CA, learning Arabic at the Defense
Language Inst. The schedule is much like college
with classes, PT, and other military duties.
More military news to share, with a heads-up
to those living in the Seattle area! Robin Pedersen Flannery will be journeying out with her
husband, thanks to a relocation with the Coast
Guard from Baltimore. Robin’s lucky enough to
be able to work from home in her new locale
with her current company, continuing to do
research for a stem cell therapeutics company
coordinating clinical trials. I hope Robin finds
some Colgate people on the West Coast, so she
makes quick friends after sightseeing crosscountry during the move. Congrats to the Flannerys and I hope that we’ll hear more about their
adventures traveling west!
Now onto ’02 marriages, and there are quite
a few to celebrate! Ian Franke just got engaged
over Easter weekend, which may change his
living situation with Brendan Sandel in Boston.
Angela Puliafico was married in Aug ’09 to Scott
Biondi (Providence C). Kyle Weber updates us on
his Oct ’09 wedding to Emily Kaufman (WA U St
Louis ’01). Attendance included best man Nishad
Shevde ’00, Zach Yurch, and Alex Menotti. Drew
Gilligan ’00 celebrated with the crew in Vegas
for the bachelor party. Emily and Kyle still live
in the Vail Valley, CO. Sean Duffy is the most
recently married of all, having tied the knot on
March 27 in Chicago with lovely bride Meghan
(IO ’01). A bunch of Raiders were in attendance,
including Justin Samaniego, Matt Anastasi, Bill
Chiodetti, Brendan Sandel, James Franke, Ed
Hirshberg, Dana DeBarr Anderson, Dave Zoeller,
Eric Cooper ’01, and Jon Anderson ’03. Sean
writes that it was a beautiful weekend and a
fantastic time. Good luck to all the newlyweds!
More details have come in regarding Matt
Richenthal’s beautiful Puerto Rico wedding to
Kate Sage on March 20, thanks to Jane Murray.
Colgate representation included Luke Dwyer,
Tom and Leanne Nassar Wines ’00, Toby Ralston,
Jessica Ciottoni, Alex Woodcock, Steve Marsi
’01, Alex Pogorzelski, Hunter Southworth, Noah
Schwarz, and Ben and Susan Rosenthal Maisel.
Although the events were happy and went off
without a hitch, a non-Colgate participant won
the dance-off at the rehearsal dinner; but Jane
promises the Colgate contingent put up a good
fight.
Scott Rosenthal leads off our newly made
parent list with the birth of his son, Noah, on
April 4. The Class of ’02 is among the 1st to be
notified of Scott and wife Hilary’s new addition
to their Boston home! On Oct 8, Josh and Devin
Hallett Snyder welcomed son Zachary. Christine
Schwartz and husband Evan welcomed Isla
Elizabeth on Dec 20; Isla was a blizzard baby, and
Christine writes that “getting to the hospital was
quite an event!” Glad to hear that all the happy
families are safe and sound and doing well.
Doug Miller is quite the socialite, writing on
many a Colgate grad from his 14th St apt in NYC.
In the NY scene, Doug travels to Williamsburg to
see Chris Reid ’03 and Charles Mastellone, who
ironically also lives on Manhattan’s East Side.
Doug also often runs into Daisy Pilbrow, who
now lives in downtown Brooklyn, Frank Smith,
and Dave Duong, who recently was featured in a
spy-themed calendar and lives in the W Village.
Outside of work and the Brooklyn scene, Doug’s
active in the NY kickball arena, which gives him
the opportunity to see Michael Roffe and Jay
Cason ’04. Michael is still working for British law
firm Lovells, and is engaged to a beautiful girl
named Randy Nozik, whom he met in Israel.
Farther afield, Doug keeps in touch with many
a ’Gate grad. In Boston, Doug competed in some
late-night Guitar Hero with Curt ’03 and Emily
Roper Doten after running a 5K in Somerville
and visiting with Lori Mele ’05, who is in her
2nd semester of a doctorate in Hispanic lit at BC.
Doug has spoken recently to Alyssa Verbalis,
who’s in DC right now completing the research
for her doctorate before beginning post-doc work
in Cinci in the fall. Doug also traveled back to
Rochester over Christmas and had the chance to
see Sarah Compter ’04 and her new house, which
she shares with her boyfriend on the shore of
Lake Ontario. He also saw sister Nancy ’05, who
lives in Rochester with her fiancé.
Doug writes, “I also continue to see a fair number of Phi Delts, Thirteeners, and Resos of all ages
in NY, including Matt Brogan ’05, Matt Lamb ’04,
and Adam Palmiter ’03. I’d be remiss if I failed to
mention Brogan’s older sister, Jane, whom I saw
at the most recent performances by the Colgate
alumni-run Just ASK productions [Case Aiken
’06, Adam Samtur ’06, and Matthew Kagen ’07]
in the E Village. Finally, I ran into Lauren Parr ’05
earlier this evening, which prompted me to send
in this update.”
Along with Alyssa’s exciting grad news and
Matt Lamb’s dental school, there are a few other
Colgate grad students out there. Gillian Genrich
will begin her pathology residency at UCSF upon
graduation from GW Med School in May. Kate
Pientka writes in about her May ’10 graduation
from Emory’s MBA program. Kate’s in school with
Jeff Goran, who’s slated to finish in May ’11 and
who just welcomed a new baby girl, Elise Claire,
on March 11 with wife Kristen.
A plug for Rod Blackhurst, who is currently
working on a couple of projects, including directing photography for Music Voyager (PBS &
Natl Geo), a short film about a group of casual
musicians in rural upstate NY called “The Only
Band in Town,” and will be relocating to the West
Coast, around production on a feature-length
documentary about 12-year old Zach Bonner,
who is walking from FL to LA for the next 6
months to raise awareness about homeless
youth. Congrats to Rod, and I ask the class to
watch TV schedules and film fest headlines for
his name!
Finally, a word from Michael Torpey, who
wants to clear something up. Torpey writes, “I
would like to clarify a posting in the Scene Class
of 2003 round-up from Jan 2010. In an update on
his situation, Sean Goldman ’03 mentioned that
he ran into me at SuperCuts. While Mr Goldman
was there getting his haircut, I feel the need to
inform you that I was not. I was there because
I was buying the place. I currently own over 26
SuperCuts locations in NY, NJ, CT, and TN. Now,
my position within the company makes me
very familiar with the American and European
hairstyles SuperCuts offers at very reasonable
prices, so I, as much as anyone, can understand
how it may have seemed like I was there to get
my hair cut. Going to SuperCuts makes total
sense for anyone simply needing their hair cut,
and especially for a man who has just turned 30
and is not making as much money at this point
in his life as he had expected when he left school,
though is still doing well in what has proven
to be a very tough career choice and totally has
nothing to be embarrassed about, especially
not about getting a smart, modern haircut at an
affordable price. However, I was simply there to
buy the place. Not to get my haircut.” Glad that
he cleared that up.
Have a great summer and keep it coming,
Class of ’02!
Betsy: 614-506-0534; betsy.yates.long@gmail.com
2003
Melanie Kiechle
176 Maple Avenue
Metuchen, NJ 08840
Greetings, all! I hope you are enjoying these
warm, sunny days and making the most of
your summer. I’m doing a bit of travel myself,
and looking forward to hearing all about your
adventures — and sharing them — in the coming months. The news this time is slim, but all
good. Enjoy!
From TJ Gamble comes the happy news of his
marriage to Kelly Mitchell (Boston University
’02) at the St Paul Cathedral, St Paul, MN, on Oct
24. The happy couple was surrounded by many
friends, including the following from Colgate:
Viraj Puri, James Walsh ’01, Andrew Fuller, Chris
Messa, Richard Demato ’01, Bret Doverspike,
Jordan Krawll, Tim Ledbetter ’01, John Woolard
’04, Owen Fileti, Jeremy Eisemann ’01, Josh Cohn,
and Richard Nordlund ’67. From the pictures I
saw, it looks like everyone had a wonderful time.
Congratulations!
Kelli Wong wrote with the happy news of
the wedding of Maurice Robertson and Tamika
McGowan ’04 on March 20: “It was a beautiful
and fun occasion. Mika came laughing down
the aisle, and Mo greeted her along the side of
a garden pond with his signature smile. I had a
blast, and I couldn’t be happier to have shared
the night with them.” Congrats, Mo and Mika!
I had my first update via gchat, and it is
from the newly proud parents Ben and Allison
Cochran Shirley. Their son, Andrew Christian
Shirley, was born on March 24, weighing 8 lb, 8
oz. Mother and son were doing well when Ben
shared the happy news, and you can look for the
family in NYC this summer. Ben graduated from
Cornell B-School at the end of May, and planned
to return to Deloite Consulting.
You’ll now find Maraga Flynn Martens in
NYC as well. She recently moved there with her
husband and dog, and I caught up with her while
she was settling in to their new place in the
financial district. Since arriving, Maraga has seen
Becky Fertig, Ali Rauh, and Sean Cusick ’04 …
and she plans to see lots more before she moves
again.
Dave Roberts wrote with the wonderful news
that he finished his PhD in comp sci at Georgia
Tech on April 2, and is moving to the research
triangle this summer. In Aug, Dave’s new
adventure begins, as he starts his position on the
faculty of NC State’s comp sci dept. If you’re in
the Raleigh area, be sure to look Dave up.
Dave Kolodney is living his love of sports
full-time in his new position as assistant to the
commissioner of the United Football League.
Chrissy Ott will soon be returning from the
Emerald Isle — she’s completed med school
there, and will be starting her residency at St
Christopher’s Children’s Hospital in Philly. I’m
thrilled that my former roommate will be close
by for a change!
This column’s final update is a big one — it
comes from Lizzie O’Rourke just a few days
before her flight to Ghana, where she is starting
a 2-year assignment at the US embassy. This is
Lizzie’s first tour with the State Dept, and she
couldn’t be more excited. This follows Lizzie’s MS
in foreign service from Georgetown, where she
took a class taught by Madeline Albright, and a
short-term stint at the main State Dept. During
this short assignment, Lizzie found herself in
a brief meeting with Michelle Obama, and the
two joked about their Chicago accents. Whatever
Lizzie does next, you can be sure it will be exciting … and I, for one, can’t wait to hear!
Melanie: 315-778-0497; mkiechle@gmail.com
2004
Moira Gillick
Tottering Hall
2501 Calvert Street NW
No. 705
Washington, DC 20008
Hello, all you beautiful people! I *LOVEIT* when
the bait works and I get fresh blood for the
column! SO, to kick off this travel column, I will
disclose that I am leaving for Peru in a few days
for a wedding (friends from school in London,
they met while working on a group project, what
a cliché!). Therefore, let us start our journey with
the Americas south of here…
Matthew Brennan writes from AZ: “I am just
finishing my MFA in creative writing from AZ
State, and at ASU I work as the program coordi-
“Katie Redford’s groundbreaking legal work has literally changed the face of corporate accountability
in overseas human and earth right abuses all over the world.” — Julie O’Leary Muir ’90
News and views for the Colgate community
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“Congratulations to Sian-Pierre Regis, who was awarded a Natl Assoc of Black Journalists award for
producing BET’s 8-month You(th) vote! Campaign.” — Bob Fenity ’06
nator for global engagement at the Piper Ctr for
Creative Writing. I run the logistics of sending
our MFA students abroad for teaching, conf, and
workshop opportunities. And I often travel with
them! Over the past 3 years, for work, I have
traveled to Calgary and Banff, Canada; Oaxaca,
Mexico; Hong Kong, Beijing, and Singapore; and
Australia, where I visited the Colgate study group
last fall. On my own, I have also done archaeology and missionary work in Central America.”
Chris Conti is also bound for Central America:
“I haven’t contributed to the class notes before,
but I figured I’d chime in this time around, given
what you said about internatl travel! I’m a
professional photographer, and in May I’m going
to be going on a 2-week shoot through Central
America on indigenous cultures. The photos will
be on my website.”
Let us depart Central and S America to visit
the sailing babes around Seattle and the Caribbean.
Megan Addison writes, “I don’t think I’ve ever
submitted to one of these! But when you said
you wanted notes on internatl travel, I thought
while I haven’t done much of that, exciting
expeditions is where I’m at! So here goes it: I
spent most of last year living and sailing aboard
the 97-year-old schooner Adventuress in Puget
Sound, WA. We take trips up to 6 days long in
the San Juan Islands and other areas of Puget
Sound with teenagers and adults, teaching about
sailing, the marine ecosystem, and what we can
do to improve the health of the environment
around us. After a year of sailing, I’ve transitioned to the office of the organization, Sound
Experience, developing programs and organizing
schools, youth groups, and other organizations
to go sailing for a day or 6 days. So much fun!
There’s something about raising 3,000-lb sails
with a group of 25 people then feeling the wind
rush by that makes for quite a travel experience,
regardless of whether it is internatl. One of these
days I’ll make it back to the East Coast to visit,
but I’m pretty happy with WA State for now.
Thanks for all you do to keep us posted on cool
things classmates are doing!” My pleasure.
From Allison Fleming: “If my plans aren’t
botched by any of the oil and gas companies I
cover deciding to do a big deal in June, I will be
heading to the British Virgin Islands and renting
a 50' catamaran to sail around for either a week
or until the beer runs out, whichever comes first.
If the beer does run out, I imagine I’ll dock by an
island bar for a few days. Should be fun!” I would
go sit my aspiring expatriate behind on the
beaches of the BVI any day.
And West 2 frosh year, Kristyn Fredericks visited my homeland during Easter to find much of
it closed. “I just got back from a week in Ireland.
It was amazing; what a beautiful country. I went
with my friend from HS. It was a very chill trip.
We rented a car (a Micra — teeny on the outside,
but surprisingly big on the inside) and just drove.
Ended up in some very small towns, but the
locals were extremely friendly and helpful. And
who could resist their accent? My only regret is
that we didn’t get to visit the Guinness Brewery
since we were in Dublin on Good Friday, when
the whole country stops serving alcohol and
pretty much shuts down. Didn’t see that one
coming! I’m probably going to Argentina in Aug,
and perhaps Amsterdam somewhere in between
then and now. I’ve decided that I need to do more
traveling for sure.” Amen indeed, Kristyn.
From her frosh year Wilderness Adventure
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scene: Summer 2010
buddy, Tucker Bailey: “I have been living in
Australia for the past 2 years, traveling across
Japan, Australia, New Zealand, India, and SE Asia.
From March 2008 until January 2010, I was living
in Sydney and Melbourne, heading up marketing
for my company across the Japan Asia Pacific
region. Although I was ‘living’ in Australia, I was
spending around 75% of my time overseas and
on planes. I think I ran something like 300,000
frequent flier miles last year.” That’s living the
dream, Tucker.
Whilst in SE Asia, I got a message from someone legitimately not just back from international
travel but still on international travel. Brett
Stuckel writes, “Writing to you from Varanasi,
India. I’ve been crisscrossing India lately, sourcing hand-knotted and flat-weave rugs for Mark
Inc Fine Carpets.”
I am mostly sure that Brett and Sobby Arora
did India together a few years ago, but based
on what I have seen on Sobby lately, he is the
best traveled postgrad student in the history
of the world. With the world’s most successful
Facebook prod, Sobby coughed up: “I suspected
that you would be on my case if you saw my pictures … ha ha. If you’re in the big city sometime,
holler and we will grab some beers. I am in the
homestretch of finishing my MBA at NYU Stern,
which is not a good thing because in true bschool student fashion, I have utilized all breaks
and long weekends to satiate some wanderlust.
In the past year, I have been fortunate to travel to
several countries in Eastern and Western Europe,
Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Tanzania,
and Dubai, among a few others that I’m sure I’m
forgetting. Colgate, as always, has a strong showing at NYU, with Oliver Brassard, Patrick Kosiek
’05, Charles Macon ’03, Amelia Hanley ’02, and
John Brouillard ’00 in my graduating class. Being in NYC also affords the opportunity to close
many bars down with the help of Tzetzo Kotzev,
Suman Roy, Udayan Dasroy, Nick Rudnick, and
John Penner, among many others. Last month,
Bev Low paid a much-needed visit to the big city
and we had a good ol’ fashioned cookies and
juice party for the former Link staff members.
Notable appearances from Colgate people who
were born in the 1980s included Andy and Dana
Colbert ’05 and Alex Collins Wight. Bart Hale,
a wannabe Link staff member, also crashed the
party. Happy?” Yes. Very. Thank you, Sobby.
And now for the elements that every column
cannot escape: law school, NYC, and weddings.
But I will start this bit with the thread of the
Venice Study Group. Joe Brazauskas, at the end
of his 3rd year at the American U DC College of
Law, responded to my big message: “I travel to
the library — does that count?” Sure, Joe.
And now to other kids on the Venice group,
Sara Kahn’s mother wrote in to say she is
also here in DC: “Sara will be graduating from
Georgetown Law this May with an LLM in tax
(post-grad).”
And also of Venetian pupilage, Katy Pape,
long done with law school at Brooklyn, wrote
to say, “I am prosecuting sex crimes in Brooklyn
this year. Going to trial is very exciting! Anyway,
I plan to go to Turkey, Greece, N Africa, and Italy
at the end of Aug on an archaeological cruise following the trip of Aeneas. That’s my travel plan
at the moment! I’m going to FL in 2 weeks, but
that isn’t very exciting.” Take what you can get!
And also of Brooklyn Law tutelage, Steph DeGiacomo writes with wedding news and therefore subsequent honeymoon travel (I like it!). She
says, “I’m getting married to my HS boyfriend on
May 15 and we’re going on a 3-week honeymoon
that will take us 1st to Dubai and then on to
visit friends in Uganda, go gorilla trekking in
Rwanda/Congo, go on safari in the Serengeti, and
finish with a beach holiday in Zanzibar. I normally wouldn’t publicize my vacation plans, but
I figured that if there were 1 plan worth sharing,
this would be it.” I say so. Best wishes, Steph!
And here’s the big finish with 2 NYC girls with
big travel and big weddings to spout about. From
my fellow diva Lynmerie Parris: “I’ll be going
to Paris in May to celebrate my 28th bday and
my sister’s 30th with my best friend who lives
there. We plan on visiting Cannes, so I’m excited.
I’m still in NYC, just moved into my own apt on
the UES and recently Mike Latek came to visit. I
also hang out with Jeff Chick, and Daeyna Grant
lives across the street from me, so I see her all
the time! I will also be a bridesmaid in Andria
Graham’s wedding this summer in CA (reported
in spring column, worth repeating!) and attending Stacia Kutter’s bachelorette in Key West and
wedding in Tallahassee!”
And LBNL, from my fellow redhead, Lisa LaValle: “Rachel Marcus and I took Katie Hogan out
to an exotic meal of nachos, chicken fingers, and
wings to celebrate her engagement to Leon Van
Horn III. The proposal story involves a gazebo,
a 10-mile run, and a snow globe, but I swear it
wasn’t part of The Amazing Race. Katie is very
much looking forward to adding ‘the 3rd’ to the
end of her name. The wedding is taking place
on LI on Sept 17 and we’re all really excited! Her
fiancé went to C of NJ ’03 and Notre Dame ’04.
And I promise his name is really Leon Van Horn
III!”
People. Pack. Your. Passport. And GO.
As always, I look forward to hearing from you,
and if not, hearing about you.
Moira: moirag@gmail.com
2005
Amy Griffin
1461 W. Walton St.
Apt. 2
Chicago, IL 60642
Well, hello. This column will come out after
reunion, so let me just assuage your fears: the reunion recap will be featured in the fall column. I
plan on walking around reunion with a notepad
and one of those old time-y fedoras with a “reporter” card stuck in the brim, just to make sure I
capture any and all possible ’05 news. Please find
me and tell me things!
In Colgate/Chicago happenings, I was able to
get up to Evanston to visit Ryan Molloy at Kellogg. We went to this … place … called the Keg. If
you want to imagine it, picture the Jug, but just
4 times as big. Otherwise, exactly the same. We
had a grand time, almost Hamilton-worthy.
Speaking of b-school (everyone’s doing it),
I’ve heard from Jeff Cloetingh that he’s going to
be starting his 2-year MBA program at Cornell
next fall. He says he’s “looking forward (I think)
to 2 more years of school in the snowbelt.” Alex
Glover will be starting at Ross in Ann Arbor, MI,
next fall, and joining him in the move to the MW
will be Kelly Dearie. By that time, they will be
married! Their nuptials are planned for this summer in Newport, RI.
I also heard from Erick Bond: “I wanted to let
you know that Kate Rousseau and I got married
in Sept in Middletown, CT. Despite the rain,
everyone had a great time! The wedding party
included Mariana Martinez, Dave Hosford, Jason
Cason ’04, and Doug Miller ’02. There was also
a great Colgate crowd besides that, including
Dan and Beth Wolyniak Dicesare, Greg and Kay
Traester LaBanca, Bart Hale ’04, Matt Kovalcik,
John Phillips ’05 and Trisha Hutchins, Evan
Timbie ’01, Dan Ranbom ’04, and even Bob and
Becky Olsen P’06.
Courtney Bassett reports: “The Denver/Boulder Colgate crew is doing well! Cara Sturman got
engaged this summer while in London and will
be getting married in VT this Sept. She is currently a sr asst dir of admissions at CU-Boulder and
planned to graduate from the U of Denver with
her master’s in higher ed this spring. Marisa Lubeck graduated with a master’s in environmental journalism and mass communications from
the U of CO in May 2008 and is now a public
affairs specialist at the US Geological Survey. In
Nov, I started with the U of CO Fndn as a development assoc in the C of Engineering and Applied
Science at CU – Boulder. We see Mike Anderson
’02, Patrick Crawford ’04, Emily Drummond,
Diana Heinicke ’04, Andy Klein ’04, Dan Knaus,
Katherine Lynn ’04, and Danielle Maloney Seiss
frequently and have enjoyed visits from some
’Gaters from the NE this winter: Alissa Valiante
met up with Marisa, Cara, and me while attending a conf in Denver; Mary Yurch joined the girls
in Breckenridge for a ski weekend; and Kelsey
Karsten ’06 flew to Denver en route to Vail and
spent time with Courtney while in the Mile High
City. James Rothstein makes frequent visits to
Denver since he is clerking for a federal judge,
so the 4th-floor Curtis friends have been getting
together whenever James is in Denver. James
recently got engaged to Alexis, who also met up
with us in Denver.”
CO is the place to be for Colgations: a large
group of ’05 girls got together for some skiing
in Breckenridge, facilitated by Biz McDermott,
who lives in Denver. We considered it a reunion
warm-up and the group consisted of Katie
O’Hare, Erin Pulice, Debra LoCastro, Jen Busby
Hughes, Laura DiLorenzo, Cara Angelopulos,
Sarah Fitzgerald, Carly Kiel, Leah Anderson, and
Gabrielle Provencal. Thanks for reading to the bottom. Go, ’Gate.
Amy: amyegriffin@gmail.com
Info, please:
If you know of the whereabouts — home
address, phone, fax, or e-mail — of anyone on this list, please contact Alumni
Records: 315-228-7453; 228-7699
(fax); alumnirecords@colgate.edu.
Thanks for your help!
Frank J. Miller MA’64
Mark D. Bookbinder ’74
David W. Anderson ’75
Francisco G. Irby ’81
Richard S. Grunther ’88
Evan G. Steinberg ’90
Eric D. Anderson ’91
Se Joon Kim ’95
Jennifer A. Slyker ’97
Steven J. Matthews ’03
2006
Bob Fenity
1415 Rhode Island Ave, NW
Apt. 704
Washington, DC 20005
I hope the summer has been treating you well.
I first wanted to apologize to our class for slipping the last couple of issues and not reporting
any news. It was a failure on my end and won’t
happen again. The Class of 2006 has been busy.
Here’s what some of your classmates have been
up to over the past year:
Ryan Patterson was a great help and reached
out to many of our ’06ers to get some winter
2010 updates.
Emily McAuliff writes: “I’m engaged to Mike
Gentithes ’05 and we plan to wed at Colgate’s
chapel this summer. Levi Benson stayed with
us in Chicago as one of the many stops on his
rendezvous around the country to interview for
residency programs, as did Erin Shope in her
pursuit to find an ideal locale to practice pediatric dentistry.” Congrats, Emily and Mike.
Ali Zaltman writes: “I am working for a Boston city councilor (John Connolly) and waiting
to hear back from law schools for the fall. In my
spare time, I’ve been volunteering on campaigns
and thinking a lot about joining a gym. I had a
great mini-reunion with my former college and
after-college roommates, Sue Bielamowicz and
Emily Misch, along with Lexi Gewertz and Meg
Thomas, at Whole Foods’ salad bar in Boston and
spent New Year’s Eve with Sian-Pierre Regis
and some of our HS friends. I run into Matt
Grygiel a lot, who works right across the street
from me, and Sam Yazdanseta, who lives a few
minutes away. Chris Woodyard and I met up to
try to re-create our weekly Main Moon ritual at
Chef Chang’s in Brookline. Very good but not the
same.”
Emily Cobb writes: “Bill Hoelzer and I are
engaged and will marry in June. Bill is finishing
up his master’s in philosophy at SU.” Congrats,
Emily and Bill.
Kristin Kim writes: “I started my master’s in
school counseling at Rutgers and I’m loving it!
Over Thanksgiving and winter break, I was able
to catch up with Amy Cole (who’s in her 1st year
at AZ State for a master’s in school psychology),
Levi Benson (who’s in his last year of med school
at Penn State), James Silas (who’s in his 1st year
at NY Law … yikes … ha ha), and Andrew Middleton ’04, who was in town interviewing for residency. I took Levi and Andrew to a Korean sauna
in NJ, and needless to say, it was awesome. Right,
guys? The best part being our discounted rate
of $28 each for all-day relaxation. If any of you
are ever in town, you are more than welcome to
come with me next time! For New Year’s, I got to
ring in 2010 with none other than the fabulous
Marianne Colahan, Katie Mclean, James, and Levi
here in NYC. Marianne is in her 2nd year at CO
State doing an MFA in creative writing, and Katie
is working her way up at VH1. I’m so proud of
her!”
Abby King writes: “I’m studying energy
efficiency and renewable energy policy. If all
goes according to plan, the U of Chicago will
award me a master’s in public policy this June.
After that, I’ll be getting some wilderness time
in working for the Appalachian Mtn Club in
Golden, BC, near Banff, Yoho, and Glacier Natl
Parks. Over winter break, I got to visit Meg Lyons,
my former NYC roommate, in her new apt in
Gramercy that she shares with her sister Erin
Lyons ’07.”
Meg Lyons writes: Still working and living
in NYC and see Kate McLean, Erin Maloney, and
Sian-Pierre whenever schedules allow. Got back
to up to school last winter for Akapellafest with
my boyfriend, Russell Gunther ’04, and planning
on trekking up again this year.”
Ryan Patterson adds: “I am in my last semester
at Fordham U, getting my master’s in social work.
This past fall, I visited Tisza Bell out in Boulder,
CO, who just finished her master’s in environmental science. Had an awesome time in the
great outdoors: hiking, yoga, climbing. In Dec,
Emily Misch and Meg Thomas visited NYC, meeting up with Kristin Kim, Katie Frohlinger, and I.
Emily is working at the Harvard School of Public
Health, and Meg is in her 2nd year at Tufts Med
School. Emily told me about a great trip she had,
visiting Mary Margaret Acoymo in LA, where she
hit up all the insider celeb hot spots.
“Over the week of New Year’s, I partied it
up with Kristin Kim, James Silas, Levi Benson,
Sian-Pierre, Erin Maloney, and Larry Donahue at
different events in NYC. Erin is going on her 4th
year at Lord and Taylor, just got promoted to an
assoc buyer. She was really excited to be traveling with Caitlin Lyons to visit Bri Tsukamoto in
Hawaii in March. Larry is finishing up med school
at the U of Rochester and searching for residency
programs. Plus, he got engaged. So exciting!”
Congratulations to Sian-Pierre Regis, who was
awarded a Natl Assoc of Black Journalists award
for producing BET’s 8-month You(th) vote! Campaign. Sian Pierre is back from a 6-month stay
in Paris where he grew Swagger: Paris, which,
among other things, has received press from Elle
magazine and Glamour magazine.
Laura Dowgin shared that in the early part
of this year, a bunch of ex-Colgate cheerleaders
got together in NYC for a mini-reunion. Megan
Sobel, Maeve Bowman, Ericka Eatherton, Jaime
LaBelle ’05, Hale Cowin ’05, Merissa Porter ’07,
Kelly Dolan ’08, Hayley Smith ’08, Sophia Ressler
’09, and Emily Quartz ’09 got together for dinner,
drinks, and toasts to retired coach Jill Strand.
Honorary cheerleader Lexi Arias joined in the
fun, and they are looking forward to a future gettogether.
Megan Sobel writes: “Way back in the start of
2010, Brian Riley and Pippa Davidson came into
DC where they spent a very Colgate New Year’s
Day when they had brunch with DCers Brian
Yellin, Megan Sobel, Bryan Cecala, Rachel Mulcahy, and Andrew Lang. Megan also got to catch
up with Leslie Safier when she flew in from
Berkley (where she is finishing her last semester
of grad school) for a quick East Coast tour.”
Congratulations to Allison Paiano, who married Robert Toste last fall. The Class of ’06 women’s ice hockey team, including Becky Irvine and
Mel Barclay, as well as others — Maura Crowell
’02, Shelby Nelson ’05, Kristin Cirbus ’05, Ashley
Johnston ’07, Ashley Bradford ’07, and Elayna
Hamashuk ’09 — all attended the wedding in Ottawa, ON. Allison writes: “The team surprised me
at the reception with a hockey jersey in honor of
our wedding and welcomed Robert to the Colgate
community. The party was awesome and it was
so great to see everyone who came from all over
Canada and the US.”
Richard LeBeau is in his 2nd year of graduate
school at UCLA, where he is getting his PhD in
clinical psychology and loving life in CA. He
wanted to report the following news: “After
meeting during their junior year at Colgate, making it through the first 2 years of their molecular
biology doctoral programs at Stanford and Berkeley, and surviving a bachelorette party weekend
in Las Vegas and a bachelor party celebration
in San Fran, Matthew Barber and Nicola Harper
were married in Victoria, BC, on July 18, 2009. I
was honored to be a member of the wedding par-
ty, which also included Matt’s brother, Nicola’s
brother and sister, and Colgate alums Carolyn
Collins and Maureen Lynch. The wedding was
absolutely spectacular and nearly a dozen other
Colgaters made the trip across the border to
celebrate. Among them were Sarah Fryc, Becky
Armstrong, Kyle Dolan, Tara LaLonde, Erin Shope,
Carlee Leraris, John Merkel ’05, Brian Dinneen,
Greg Mole, Gavin Gregory, and fellow newlyweds
Alex Agnant and Mary Gaynin ’08, who were
married last year as well in NY. Naveen Hussain,
who was instrumental in getting the newlyweds
together during their semester at the NIH, was
unable to attend due to her pregnancy. Naveen
gave birth to a happy, healthy baby boy named
Humza on Sept 2, 2009.” Congratulations,
Naveen, and happy 1-year anniversary to Matthew Barber and Nicola Harper.
After 3 crazy years of law school, Alex
Shindler graduated from Pace U School of Law
last year. Congrats, Alex, and good luck with your
professional advancement in NYC.
Last summer, Stephanie Wortel completed
the NYC Teaching Fellows program, and received
an Americorps Grant. She spent the summer
around the American Museum of Natural History, having helped to write the educator guide
for the planetarium show “Journey to the Stars”
and coordinated the Saltz Expedition Center high
school internship program on the weekends.
Steph also appeared in Lad, a Dog, a musical
piece by Jon Deak, 1st bassist of the New York
Philharmonic.
Adam Samtur was also busy last summer
with both freelance writing and a variety of
theatrical activities. Keep an eye out for the release of a savings/shopping book by a division of
Penguin Publishing for which he did ghostwriting. Adam also managed several performances:
Twin Towers, as part of the Planets Connectivity
Festivity and the Golden Fleeces operas, Raya
& Sag-In, and Lad, A Dog (which Stephanie
Wortel starred in). He also played 2 small roles
in the Piper Theatre company’s productions
of Shakespeare’s Hamlet and Tom Stoppard’s
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead at Byrne
Park in Brooklyn. Case Aiken, Matthew Kagen
’07, and Adam’s own theater company, Just ASK
Productions, completed a very successful 2nd
show, What(’s) Happen(s)(ed)(ing) in the Elevator,
receiving a rave review on nytheatre.com. Case
also sang with the Westchester Chordsmen, an
a cappella chorus that placed 3rd in the region at
the district competition in Lancaster, PA. His play
Family Symmetry (which he wrote, directed, and
produced) was featured in the Midtown International Theatre Festival as well last summer.
Congratulations to Brice Chaney and Lyndsay
Dinatali, who were engaged at the end of Feb
and are now living in DC.
And a final congratulations to Liz Pavle, who
was recently engaged to Brian Mixer, a Bucknell
alum. We won’t hold that against you, Liz. I had
the honor of joining the engagement surprise
with Amy Dudley, Liz’s great parents, and Darcy
the dog. An unforgettable evening for all.
Lots of news, lots of congratulating, and a lot
we’ve all been up to. As we enter our reunion
year, please make sure to send me an update.
Bob: 585-506-5981; rfenity@gmail.com
Colgate seen
The spirit of alumni sporting their Colgate
gear is seen here, there, and everywhere
around the globe. Where was your latest
spotting? On a Machu Picchu trek? At a
mini-reunion in Pocatello? An election
polling site in Houston? We’re collecting
photos of Colgate sightings around the
world. Send them to scene@colgate.edu.
Elizabeth Wolyniak DiCesare ’05 collected
biofilm samples from Pocono Creek in Tannersville, Pa., to use in her PhD research
at Lehigh University — in the right sweatshirt! Her field assistant and husband, Dan
DiCesare ’05, took the photo. Read more
about Elizabeth’s groundbreaking research
on drinking-water quality at http://www.
lehigh-research.org/page/2.
2007
Allie Grimes
Apt 2B
120 East 11th St
New York, NY 10003-5311
Allie: Alexandra.grimes@gmail.com
Bob O’Shea ’73 recently visited his daughter Grace ’11 in Barcelona, Spain, where
she was studying abroad.
News and views for the Colgate community
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2008
Sarah Greenswag
2124 Birchwood Lane
Buffalo Grove, IL 60089
Hi, all! Hope everyone is enjoying lovely spring
weather wherever you may be: 2010 has been
a very busy year for our class and I am excited
to announce that our Facebook group has been
extremely successful. I received more updates
than ever. If you haven’t already joined, please
search for Colgate Class of 2008 on FB. This is the
best way to send updates and keep in touch with
classmates.
Several of our classmates have either started
or continued work on their grad degrees. Seems
like that bachelor’s isn’t enough to guarantee
employment these days! Allison Pendleton
started working toward her master’s in early
childhood education at Fordham Grad School
of Education. Erika Scuadroni is also working
toward her master’s in early childhood education and is concurrently working at the Met in
NYC. Anna Spinelli was accepted to Columbia’s
Teachers C, and she begins work this summer.
Ruben Leavitt updated us all the way from U
of Oxford, where he is in his 2nd and final year
as the Paul J Shupf ’58 Fellow for a master’s
in political theory. Like Ruben, Tanya LubiczNawrocka will also be heading to the UK, where
she will attend Cambridge to pursue a master’s
in modern sci and global transformations. Becky
Billmire will be graduating from GWU forensics
master’s program in May. She, Paul Glineburg,
and their new puppy, Kirby, will be heading up
to UPenn in the fall, where Paul will be starting
vet school and Becky will be joining UPenn’s cell
and molecular bio PhD program. They are hoping
Mallorie Heneghan joins them there for med
school! Pat Sullivan will be completing his master’s in psych from American U, and will then
begin doing research f/t for the VA in DC. Charley
Tharp will begin med school this fall at the U of
CO. Fernanda Delmondes de Carvalho was admitted to Columbia U’s MD/PhD program and will
be doing her 1st research rotation this summer.
Dan Fichtler will be attending Princeton to get
his master’s in public affairs. Dan Grubaugh and
Katy Fallows are engaged! Congrats to you both.
Katy will begin her PhD in astrophysics at BU,
and Dan will be starting his PhD in immunology at Harvard. Luke Champlin is finishing
his master’s in Russian and Eastern European
studies at Georgetown, and Michelle Wiggins
will be completing her master’s in accounting at
Binghamton. Ashley Wallis completed her master’s at UMDNJ this past semester as well. Dan
Streim will begin Georgetown Law in the fall.
Julie Geifman is also starting law school this year
at Cardozo in NYC. You are all impressive, and I
am officially feeling like one of the underachieving members of our very ambitious class!
Avery Blank sent the following update: “The
2nd year of law school has flown by. This spring
semester, I worked with a MD state senator on
passing a bill. I testified in support of the bill in
front of a State Senate Committee, and my op ed
was published in the Baltimore Sun. This summer, I am working in the Office of Genl Counsel
at the Executive Office of the President of the
United States. I think this will make for a very
exciting summer!”
While several of our classmates are continuing their education, many others are enjoying
the lovely world of the working man. Helena
Fishbein is teaching 10th-grade English and
reading at Immokalee HS in FL. She finished up
her MAT at Colgate in Dec and is happy to have
a job in education! She occasionally runs into
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Richie Rosabella ’09 at Stevie Tomatoes, where
he runs Colgate-style trivia. Lisa Belgam joined
a local DC orchestra, the Elegy String Orchestra.
If you are in the DC area, definitely check out
one of her concerts. Rob Thering graduated
Army Officer Candidate School and received
his commission as a 2nd lt in July. He branched
armor and graduated the Armor Basic Officers
Leadership Course in March. Rob was one of 6
students selected to attend Army Ranger School,
which started in May. He is attached to the 10th
Mountain Division and will deploy to Afghanistan next fall as a Cavalry Scout Platoon Leader.
Best of luck to you, Rob!
Sophia Gerde has been working in CA at
Verizon’s engineering dept. This past Jan, Julia
Gooding visited Sophia in LA while on staff for
a Buddhist retreat at the His Lai Temple. Anna
Spinelli also visited LA for Sophia’s bday. The 3
went to Santa Barbara for the day to celebrate!
Sophia will be heading to the Boston/NYC area
this May to catch up with some Colgate friends.
In other West Coast news, Doug Collins is living
in San Diego. He recently returned from a trip
to the Sierra Nevadas, where he took measurements to see if air pollution is affecting rainfall
and water resources in CA. Doug will be getting
involved with the SD Colgate Alumni Club and
is hoping to catch up with more Colgate alumni
this summer! Katie Castino, Mary Beth King,
and Kara Culgin are the co-presidents of the WA
State Colgate Alumni Club. They are planning
some volunteer events, trivia nights, Seattle
SPW, and much more!
Dan Glaser sent an update: “I caught up with
Jesse Winchester when he visited NYC during
the NHL’s break for the Winter Olympics. He is
doing well, and his team, the Ottawa Senators,
qualified for the playoffs as the Eastern Conf’s
#5 seed. Later in Feb, I saw many of our classmates at Olympics and bday parties, including
Ian Elliott, Andrew Kreidman, EJ Atamian, Osato
Ukponmwan, Kevin Tarrant, Dan Belke, and
Matt Lalli. Just before Easter, I also had a chance
to see Jesse Brooks, Mike Nanna, and Alex
Whitaker on the Lower East Side. Mike and Alex
are currently at SUNY Stony Brook and Buffalo
med schools, respectively. While the programs
are challenging, both are definitely on their way
to becoming successful doctors!” Thanks for
the update, Dan. It was good to run into you in
Chicago!
Kimmy Cunningham has been working for a
company called Directorship since Sept 2008
and will be starting an MBA at CU Boulder’s
Leeds School of Business this fall. Katie Zarrella
is living in NYC and working as a fashion and
art journalist. She is a contributing editor at
the Dossier Journal and a contributing writer at
Interview mag and i-D Magazine. She covered
fashion week in Paris and is very excited about
her piece titled “The Hemingway Nights,”
which appeared in the Spring 2010 issue of
i-D Magazine. Lee Waldman is also living and
working in NYC at the NYSE. Erik Burke recently
accepted a job working for MA General Hospital
as the sr research coordinator for the orthopedic
trauma unit. He starts work in May and will
be living with some other ex-Colgate football
players. Erik has also been busy with his band,
The Whirlybirds, and applying to dental school.
Sarah Beal has been living in Burlington, VT,
where she is working as an athletic dir. She is
joined in Burlington by some other Colgate
alums, including Lindsay Pittard ’09, who is in
her 2nd season as the asst coach of the UVM
women’s lax team. Sarah has plans to meet up
with Jane Sheehan, Cait Jones, Tamara Stojkov,
Nikki Newhouse, and many others later in the
spring. Matthew Fortin is currently feeding
walruses at the NY Aquarium and is aspiring to
be a vet. Jill Blinderman recently accepted a new
job at Federated Media after leaving her position
at Forbes.
Joe Bliss played the role of Fyedka in a May
8–16 production of Fiddler on the Roof with the
Village Light Opera Group of NYC.
As for me, I am still enjoying the perks of
living with my parents (“roommates”) and I
continue to love my job as HS history teacher
in Grayslake, IL, outside of Chicago. I am really
looking forward to some upcoming travel plans
this spring and summer. I’ll be in NYC at the end
of April celebrating the bdays of Ari Hershey,
Adam Sauerteig, and Bill Santare. In June, I am
going to China for 2 weeks with 3 other teachers
and 22 students for a summer school/study
abroad opportunity. And finally, in late July I will
be heading out west to Seattle and then SF to
visit Ali Whitehurst. Again, please keep me up to
date on where you are, what you are doing, and
who you are running into. E-mail me or join the
Colgate Class of 2008 Facebook group and send
me messages!
Sarah: sarah.greenswag@gmail.com
2009
Samantha Gillis
3 Juniper Lane
Falmouth, ME 04105
Hi, Class of 2009! I hope everyone is enjoying
the summer! There has been a lot of gatherings
of Colgate alums. Friends threw Dan Lieberman a going-away party before he left for the
Peace Corps in Belize. Friends in attendance at
Johnny Utah’s in NYC included Sam Miller, Joe
Rusckowski, Tommy Cramer, Dan Hubbard, Kyle
Cooper, Jeremy Levine, Adam Dudek, Ginger
Northrop, Sarah Hilzinger, Claire McConnaughey,
TJ Opladen ’07, Cliff Orsher ’07, Dara-Ann Bauman, Jess Hill, Julia Sobel, Nicole Varallo, Kate
Lamb, Liz Freedman, Kate Hirschhorn, and Emily
Aronowitz. In addition, Emily organized the NYC
Colgate pub crawl on St Patrick’s Day, where
there were over 200 Colgate alums attending,
many of which were from the Class of ’09.
David Gershel and Jackson Fager ’06 were
joined by Bill Kindler ’08, Evan Xenopoulos ’08,
Dave Greene ’08, Chris Hines ’08, Conor Nangle
’06, and Taylor Rogers ’06 for French Quarter
Fest in New Orleans. Jackson, Conor, and Taylor
headlined Friday night at the Cat’s Meow. Jake
Nardi and Dave Correa were in Breckenridge, CO,
for the winter as ski instructors.
On Feb 13 on Ocean Beach in SF, Stanley
Konoval, who is pursuing his MA in philosophy
at SF State U, proposed to Vanessa Persico, who
is pursuing her JD at UC Hastings C of the Law.
Many of our classmates are heading back to
school after taking a year off. Maddie Watrobski
is researching in a neurodegenerative research
lab at the U of Rochester Med Ctr and will begin
her master’s at the Simon School of Business at
the U of R this coming winter. Also, Mike Roos
will be going to Columbia U’s School of Internatl
and Public Affairs Master of Public Admin in
Environmental Sci and Policy Program. Kelly
McKay got her MA in performance studies from
the Tisch School of the Arts and will begin a PhD
program in theater historiography at the U of
MN this fall.
Heading farther west, Jordan Scott will be
going to CA Institute of the Arts this fall, where
he will be pursuing his MFA in directing at their
School of Video/Film. Also, Lisa Marchi writes
that she will be attending Clemson’s master of
architecture program. But before she heads to
school, she and Antonio Perez, 2 former Colgate
athletes, will be hiking the northern portion of
the Appalachian Trail.
In NYC, Meredith O’Leary is the studio manager at MajorTom, a post-production editorial
company, and has continued her study of music
with Juilliard voice prof Robert White. This
summer, she will be heading to Luxembourg for
a few weeks, where she was accepted into the Vianden Music Fest. Bryan Splittorf is also in NYC,
where he started his new job at a staffing firm,
Forrest Solutions. In the DC area, Ted Marshall
began a new job with ABBTECH Staffing Services.
As for fellow 2009 grads who are abroad,
Alexander Cougar Lourenco writes that he and
Laura Kavanaugh ’08 are currently living in
sunny Nazare, Portugal, where they recently
had a Colgate mini-reunion with Connor Tucker
’10, Andrew Burten ’08, Ryan Dunbar ’08, and
Melanie Goldberg, who all came to visit and celebrate Laura’s bday! Richie Rosabella is playing
football overseas in Denmark and David Morgan
is playing football in Italy. Jennifer Geffner and
Theresa Kevorkian are both studying in Oxford.
They recently went into London and had lunch
with Prof Alan Cooper.
Please keep sending updates!
Sam: 207-807-4116; shgillis@gmail.com
2010
Kim Siembieda
734 Arlington Rd.
Narberth, PA 19072
We welcome Kim Siembieda as the new 2010
class editor. Please send her your news so that
she can keep your class updated on everyone’s
post-graduation endeavors and get-togethers!
Kim: 610-952-0491; ksplash19@aol.com
Marriages & Unions:
(2010 unless otherwise noted)
Laura Kurlander ’84 and Jeffrey Nagel, March 21
Joan M. Williams ’84 and Willie James Jarrell,
Sept. 6, 2009
Abigail Smith ’89 and W. Philip Wentworth, June
6, 2009
Jennifer Ochsner ’93 and Christopher Sullivan,
Feb. 22, 2009
Fred Klein ’96 and Nicole Oestreich (UNH ’96),
Dec. 5, 2009
Kristina N. Weston ’97 and Michael E. Amilov,
Nov. 15, 2009
Stephen Ward ’98 and Sarah Brooks, March 12,
2009
Ben Forssell ’00 and Laura Smith, July 2008
Christine Quirolo ’00 and Jonathan O’Keefe,
March 20
Lisa Mangiamele ’01 and Brian Eastwood, Oct.
4, 2009
Jane Passberger ’01 and Christopher Anderson,
March 4
Heather Lambert ’03 and Jeremy Kidde, Aug. 8,
2009
Lindsey Olsson ’03 and Aaron Shamshoian, July
2009
Brooke Taylor ’03 and William A. Fossey, May
23, 2009
To Mark Hayes ’98 and Alicia: Zoe Seiger, Dec. 15,
2009
Andrew Wellner ’03 and Amber Fontaine, Feb. 20
To Justin LaCorte ’98 and Susanne: Brayden, Jan.
23, joining Carter
Katherine Roache ’04 and John Boxberger, Nov.
6, 2009
Jonathan Simmons ’04 and Margot Lowenstein,
March 6
Craig Cerone Jr ’06 and Emily Colahan ’06, Jan.
30, 2009
Ted Rossman ’06 and Chelsea Swank ’06, March
20
To Michael Remey ’98 and Aimee: McKenna
Winifred, Feb. 18, joining Greyson
To Josh and Jill Axelrod ’99 Linder: Anna Juliet,
Feb. 28
To Eric and Jessica Chaset ’99 McGranahan: Ellie
Grace, March 8, joining Angus
To Alexander ’99 and Victoria Armellino ’00
Fine: Ethan J., May 30, 2009
Erin Silver ’06 and Joseph Piccola, Sept. 13, 2009
Births & Adoptions:
(2010 unless otherwise noted)
To Joseph T. Murphy ’81 and Sharon Gibson:
Haylee, June 28, 2009
To Craig T. Shouldice ’88 and Carla: Owen Lewis,
Jan. 29, joining Téa
To Todd Squilanti ’90 and Maria: Mark, Aug. 18,
2009, joining Julianna and Karina
To Christopher and Jennifer Ochsner ’93 Sullivan: Matthew, Nov. 30, 2009
To Marshall Reid ’93 and Margo: Leo, Dec. 30,
2009, joining a sister
To Denniston Reid ’94 and Charlene: Kennedy
Marie, April 27, 2009
To Kathleen Bennett ’95 and Philip Zaccheo:
Evan Michael, Dec. 1, 2009
To Brandon Himoff ’95 and Caressa: Tessa Claire,
Nov. 12, 2009, joining Callie
To Robert Knight ’95 and Amanda: Thomas Jack,
Feb. 14, 2010, joining Alex
To Andrew Prescott ’95 and Catherine: Celia
Dove, Feb. 21, joining Connor and Austen
To Doug and Caryn Sokolow ’95 Putchat: Marlye
Joy, Oct. 9, 2009
To Marc and Kristen Carver ’96 Giordano: Max
Stratton, Feb. 18, joining Ryan
To Tim Bollin ’97 and Laurie: Avery Marie, Nov.
19, 2009, joining Shay, Timmy, and Preston
To Christopher ’97 and Evan Mingle ’97 Brooke:
Finnegan, Jan. 20, joining Willie
To Adam and Victoria Gabriel ’97 Foster: Joseph
Gabriel, July 21, 2009, joining George and Samuel
To Derek and Amy Grennan ’97 Werner: Ava and
Brooke, Feb. 9
To Matt and Dara Lucks ’97 Bellace: Roy Justin,
Nov. 13, 2009
To Whitney Sayia ’97 and John Reid: Ella Suzanne, Dec. 7, 2009
To Matthew and Cindy Weener ’97 Remis: William Michael, March 12, joining Abby and Emma
To Matt and Deborah Goldstein ’99 Baum: Max
Charles, Jan. 15, joining Beatrice
To David Schwarz ’99 and Kristen: Hayden, Nov.
12, 2009
To Chris and Lony-Ann Spelman ’99 Sheehan:
Tucker, Oct. 20, 2009
To Drew and Kate Berry ’00 Tompkins: Jacob
Simon, Feb. 2
To Gavin and Jennifer Craft ’00 Hogan: Lindsey,
Aug. 14, 2009, joining Ashley
To David ’00 and Sarah Hilmer ’99 DuBois: David,
Oct. 31, 2009
To Francis and Melinda Hains ’00 Willard: Carys
Rhea, Oct. 12, 2009
In Memoriam
in 1997. His wife of 58 years, Louise, predeceased
him. He is survived by 2 sons including H. Guyford Jr ’70, 2 daughters, 7 grandchildren, his sister,
and his niece Vicki McShirley ’75.
The Scene runs deceased notices on all alumni,
current and former faculty members, honorary
degree recipients, and staff members and others
whom the editors determine would be well
known to alumni.
H. Guyford Stever ’38, April 9, 2010. Phi Beta
Kappa. PhD, California Institute of Technology,
1941. He contributed to seminal research on radar
during World War II and developed international
cooperation among scientists in radar and
guided missile work. After the war, he became
a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, then took leave to be chief scientist
at the Air Force. Helping establish NASA in the
late 1950s, he was a key player in the nation’s
space program. In 1965 he became president of
the Carnegie Institute of Technology and 2 years
later led its merger with the Mellon Institute of
Research, becoming Carnegie Mellon University.
He led the school until 1972, when he became
director of the National Science Foundation and
science adviser to President Richard Nixon. Nixon
abolished the White House Office of Science and
Technology, but when Congress reestablished
it in 1976, President Gerald Ford asked Stever to
lead it. After the space shuttle Challenger exploded in 1986, Stever was appointed by the National
Research Council to lead a panel of experts who
served as independent watchdogs over the rebuilding of the shuttle’s booster rockets. For this
and other successful endeavors, he was awarded
the National Medal of Science in 1991 and the
National Science Board’s Vannevar Bush Award
Richard M. Davis ’39, March 13, 2010. Phi Beta
Kappa, Austen Colgate Scholar. US Army Air
Force, 1942-1946. Cornell University: MA, 1941;
PhD, 1949. A retired economics professor, he
had taught at Lehigh University as well as the
University of Oregon, where he was professor
emeritus.
John T.C. Low ’39, March 15, 2010. Theta Chi,
swimming; class editor ’94-’99. JD, Columbia University, 1942. He practiced law in several locations
before becoming head of the Trust Department
of Deposit Guaranty Bank in 1972. Later, he established the law firm of Low and Furby. He was
predeceased by his wife, Jeanie. He is survived
by a daughter, brother-in-law, and several nieces
and nephews.
David C. Thurber ’39, February 20, 2010. Phi Tau,
track, concert orchestra. US Army Medical Corps.
MD, University of Rochester. He practiced internal medicine for 25 years in Rochester, N.Y. He
then served as the in-house physician for Nazareth College before working at the Kodak medical
department for 15 years prior to retirement. He
was predeceased by his father, Arthur 1909, his
brother, Stephen ’41, his sister, and uncles John
1906 and Clarence 1912. He is survived by his
wife, Ellen, a daughter, a son, 2 nieces, a nephew,
2 stepdaughters, and many grandchildren.
Connect with Colgate
To Jason and Erika Huther ’00 Clark: Tabor
Joseph, Dec. 23, 2009
To Scott and Magnolia Levy ’00 Grossman: Lilac
Emmeline, Feb. 18
To James and Lisa McClelland ’00 Hoppes: Adah
Elizabeth Morgan, Aug. 13, 2009
To Andrew ’00 and Kristin Minnick ’01 Munson:
Katherine, Nov. 18, 2009
To Freddy and Kristin Bailey ’01 Ferbert: Frederick Winzer, Oct. 29, 2009
To Joseph ’01 and Amy Hargrave ’03 Leo: Jonathan David, Sept. 30, 2009, joining Joshua
To Matt and Callie Raspuzzi ’01 Stewart: Sylvia
Maryann, Jan. 27
To William Robinson ’01 and Lindsay: Luke, July 2,
2009, joining Liam
To Gary Braham ’02 and Mellissa: Cassidy Mae,
Jan. 6
To Darren Gertler ’02 and Yvette PettersenWhite: Dean Robert, Jan. 6
To Joshua and Devin Hallett ’02 Snyder: Zachary
Aaron, Oct. 8, 2009
To Michael and Maeve Mullally ’02 Bergan:
Ciaran Michael, Feb. 12, joining Declan
To Ben ’03 and Allison Cochran ’03 Shirley:
Andrew Christian, March 24
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Robert M. Finlay ’40, April 7, 2010. Delta Phi
Alpha, ski club. US Navy, WWII. He was a production manager in the advertising field in Boston
and New York. Prior to retirement, he was the
VP of Collier Graphics. He was predeceased by
his wife, Trudy, and his sister. He is survived by
2 sons including James ’68, 2 daughters-in-law,
2 daughters, 10 grandchildren, and 3 greatgrandchildren.
by his wife, Barbara, a daughter, a daughter-inlaw, 6 grandchildren, 9 great-grandchildren, and
3 stepchildren.
Richard W. Rogers ’40, February 14, 2010. Kappa
Delta Rho. US Public Health Service, WWII. DDS,
Case Western Reserve University. He practiced
dentistry in Warren, Ohio, for more than 50 years.
He is survived by his wife, Betty, 2 daughters, 4
sons, a sister, 15 grandchildren, and 3 greatgrandchildren.
George E. Schott ’42, April 25, 2010. Commons
Club, Washington, DC, Study Group, International
Relations Council, Maroon Key, debate. JD, Cornell
University, 1943. He began practicing law in New
York City before moving to Elmira, N.Y., to work
as a mortgage officer while continuing a limited
practice of law. In 1966 he opened his own
law firm and managed a branch of an abstract
corporation. In 1970 he started his own abstract
business, which he sold in 1988 but continued to
work part-time there until 2002. His wife of 65
years, Norrinne, predeceased him. He is survived
by a son, 2 daughters, 6 grandchildren, 4 greatgrandchildren, his brother, his brother-in-law,
and several nieces and nephews.
Douglas Brown Jr. ’41, February 7, 2010. Alpha
Tau Omega, Maroon, Salmagundi, Konosioni,
Maroon Key, student government, wrestling,
cross country. US Army, WWII. MBA, New York
University, 1953. He was the manager of the Park
Avenue Office Branch of the Bank of New York
for 35 years. He is survived by his wife, Jean, 3
sons, 7 grandchildren, and nieces and nephews.
Armando Caseria ’41, February 7, 2010. Phi Delta
Theta, Konosioni, football, boxing, wrestling. US
Air Force. He retired from the Air Force after 26
years and became a flight instructor at Riverside
Airport as well as an instructor of aviation at
Riverside City College (CA). He is survived by a
daughter, 2 sons, 4 grandchildren, and 4 greatgrandchildren.
Clarence A. Heuer ’41, April 10, 2010. Sigma Chi,
basketball, football. Military Police Corps, WWII.
After the war, he began a career in the surety
bond business that would lead to his position
as a principal in the Puritan Agency. He was
predeceased by his wife, Kathryn. He is survived
by a daughter, 3 sons, 14 grandchildren, 4 greatgrandchildren, a nephew, and 2 nieces.
Robert W. Jenkins ’41, March 1, 2010. Phi Gamma
Delta, baseball, swimming, chorus. He was a
retired commercial pilot. He was predeceased by
his wife, Nancy. He is survived by a son, a daughter, and his grandchildren including Irene ’03.
Andrew J. Ryan ’41, March 12, 2010. Phi Kappa Psi,
Konosioni, Salmagundi, cheerleading, student
government, soccer. He owned 2 auto dealerships in Rome, N.Y., before founding A.J. Ryan
Real Estate, which he operated with his daughter
and son-in-law. He was predeceased by his wife,
Elizabeth. He is survived by 5 children, 17 grandchildren, and 26 great-grandchildren.
Frank E. Sayer Jr. ’41, February 14, 2010. Salmagundi, Maroon, Konosioni, International Relations
Council, cheerleader, student government. US
Army, WWII. He owned and operated E. Sayer
and Son, a grocery and real estate business in
Oswego, N.Y. He is survived by his wife, Ruth, a
daughter, 3 sons including Steven ’74, 8 grandchildren, and 3 great-grandchildren.
Wefel W. Warner ’41, March 19, 2010. Sigma Chi,
basketball; Alumni Corporation Board, 1986-1989.
US Army; French Croix de Guerre, 3 battle stars,
and 4 overseas service bars. He was chairman
emeritus of Merchants Bonding Company, where
he was employed for more than 60 years. He
co-founded Nations Bonding Company in Austin,
Texas, and was past president of Northern Casualty Company. He was predeceased by his first
wife, a son, and a great-grandson. He is survived
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John H. Fowler ’42, May 19, 2009. Delta Kappa
Epsilon. He was retired from his career in sales.
He was predeceased by his brother, Lyndsay ’38.
He is survived by his wife, Burnice, 2 sons, and a
daughter.
Adrian F. Persico ’44, February 8, 2010. Lambda
Chi Alpha, basketball. US Army, Korean War.
MD, New York Medical College, 1947. He was a
general practice physician in Freeport, N.Y., until
his retirement in 1993. At times, he was president
of Lydia Hall Hospital and was a member of its
utilization committee. He was predeceased by
his wife, Catherine. He is survived by 2 sons including Alan ’76, a daughter, and 2 grandchildren.
Norman J. McGowan ’46, September 4, 2008. Theta Chi, Phi Beta Kappa, Austen Colgate Scholar.
US Army, 1942-1945. He was in sales for many
years before becoming president of State-Wide
Counseling Service in Rochester, N.Y. He was
predeceased by his wife, Margaret. He is survived
by 2 sons, 2 daughters, his brother, his cousin, 11
grandchildren, 3 great-grandchildren, and several
nieces and nephews.
Frederic S. Knight ’47, March 22, 2010. Colgate
Thirteen, chorus, soccer. US Marine Corps. A colonel in the Marine Corps, he served in WWII, the
Korean War, and Vietnam. For his service in Vietnam, he was awarded the Legion of Merit with a
V for valor. He retired in 1972 and then worked in
sales for several years. He is survived by his wife,
Barbara, their children, and a grandson.
Gunnar E. Sydow ’48, April 14, 2010. Lambda Chi
Alpha, Delta Phi Alpha. US Air Force. DDS, Columbia University, 1952. He was a retired dental
consultant. He is survived by his wife.
Roger S. Ingalls ’49, October 27, 2009. Phi
Gamma Delta, Phi Beta Kappa, Austen Colgate
Scholar, George Cobb Award. US Army, 1943-1946.
He was retired from his position as president of
the insurance underwriters Chubb & Son Inc. He
is survived by his wife, Dorothy, and 2 sons.
Homer B. Lydecker ’49, February 20, 2010. Sigma
Chi, International Relations Council. US Navy. He
was president of his own real estate and insurance company in Nyack, N.Y. He was predeceased
by his first wife, Lilly, and his cousin Doane ’57.
Surviving are his wife, Wanda, 3 sons, a daughter,
9 grandchildren, 2 great-grandchildren, stepchildren, and step-grandchildren.
Donald M. Shaw ’49, February 20, 2010. Kappa
Delta Rho, Outing Club. US Army, 1944-1946. He
was a manager at Uniform Maintenance Co.,
becoming a vice president, and later owned the
Literary Lion Book Store. He is survived by his
wife, Barbara, 2 daughters, 2 sons, and 5 grandchildren.
Roy T. Anderson Jr. ’50, January 17, 2010. Sigma
Chi, Maroon, International Relations Council,
Outing Club. US Army, WWII. His career began at
Patterson Publishing Co., where he continuously
advanced until retiring in 1989. He is survived by
his wife, Nancy, 2 sons, 3 daughters, 10 grandchildren, and a great-grandchild.
Douglas R. Hamilton ’50, March 8, 2010. Phi
Kappa Tau, Outing Club, Colgate Thirteen, chorus,
marching band. He was president and owner of a
highway equipment company before leaving to
start a sign business, which he sold in 1994. His
wife, Marjorie, predeceased him. He is survived
by 2 daughters, a stepson, and a cousin.
Raymond F. Jahn Jr. ’50, September 9, 2007. Theta
Chi, Outing Club. US Navy, WWII; ATO ribbon,
Victory Medal. He had a sales and marketing
career with the Union Carbide Corporation. He is
survived by 2 sons and a daughter.
Charles N. Ludlow ’50, February 28, 2010. Phi
Kappa Psi, psychology club. US Navy, WWII. His
35-year business career began in New York City,
in international sales, with Allied Chemical, Occidental Petroleum, and Ruco Polymers. He was
predeceased by a son. He is survived by his wife,
Joan, 2 sons, 5 grandchildren, and his sister.
Donald R. Scott ’50, December 16, 2009. Lambda
Chi Alpha, soccer. US Navy. He worked with the
Nestlé Company in market research and later
changed his career path to purchasing and
materials management consulting with several
New England companies. He is survived by his
wife, Della, 2 daughters, a son, a granddaughter,
and 3 grandsons.
John H. Goewey ’51, April 17, 2010. Delta Upsilon,
ROTC, baseball. US Air Force, Korean Conflict.
LLB, Harvard Law School, 1956. He began his
law career as a trial attorney for Gaston, Snow,
Motley & Holt. In 1973, he established his own
law office, where he practiced until retirement.
He also taught at Suffolk Law School and Clark
University. He is survived by his wife, Gloria, 5
children, and 6 grandchildren.
David L. Mueller ’51, March 26, 2010. Theta Chi,
swimming. BDiv, Southern Baptist Theological
Seminary; PhD, Duke University. He was a professor emeritus at Southern Baptist Theological
Seminary in Louisville, Ky. After his retirement in
1995, he was visiting professor at the Presbyterian Seminary in Austin, Texas. He is survived
by his wife, Marilyn, a son, a daughter, and 3
grandchildren.
John G. Updike ’51, January 23, 2010. Lambda Chi
Alpha, hockey. MBA, Columbia, 1957. He worked
briefly with IBM before moving to Germany and
taking a leading role in the candy company Fr
Kaiser GmbH, remaining there until his retirement in 2002. He is survived by his wife, Ellen, 2
daughters, a son, his brother Edwin II ’47, and 6
grandchildren.
J. Clayton Noia ’53, MA’57, November 17, 2009.
Phi Kappa Psi, Maroon, Masque and Triangle.
US Marine Corps. He taught English and served
as headmaster at several college preparatory
schools, and was a published novelist. He is
predeceased by his brother, Richard C. ’50.
Stephen S. Humes ’54, February 20, 2010. Sigma
Nu, ROTC, golf. US Air Force. He was a commodities trader for 35 years at Merrill Lynch until
retirement. He is survived by his wife, Diane, 2
daughters, 6 grandchildren, and 7 great-grandchildren.
Peter D. Anderson ’56, February 27, 2010. Phi
Kappa Psi, WRCU, ROTC. US Air Force. Throughout
his career, he worked in sales, insurance, and
investment banking. He is survived by his wife,
Barbara, 4 children, 2 stepchildren, 9 grandchildren, and his brother, David ’59.
Gerald R. Holland ’56, March 2, 2010. Alpha Tau
Omega, Alumni Memorial Scholar, student
government, sailing club, chorus. US Army. MBA,
Shippensburg University, 1957. He graduated
from Officer’s Candidate School in 1958, rose to
the rank of colonel, and retired in 1985. He then
joined Camber Corporation as general manager
and VP of the Washington office, retiring in 1996.
He is survived by his wife, Avonelle, 2 sons, a
daughter, 7 grandchildren, a great-grandchild,
2 sisters, 2 brothers, and several nieces and
nephews.
Ralph M. Antone ’58, February 12, 2010. Phi Kappa
Psi, Konosioni, Newman Club, baseball, football,
lacrosse. He was semi-retired and working in the
petroleum industry. He is survived by his wife,
Donna, 3 sons, a daughter, 8 grandchildren, a
brother, and many other relatives.
Lawrence M. Griffin ’58, March 3, 2010. Phi Kappa
Tau, Mu Pi Delta, chorus, marching and pep band,
track, student government. MS, SUNY Cortland.
A lifelong educator, he retired as an elementary
school principal in Cassadaga Valley Central
School District (N.Y.) in 1992. He is survived by his
wife, Joan, a daughter, 2 sons, 4 grandchildren, 2
brothers, and 2 sisters.
Peter H. Ill ’58, August 6, 2009. Alpha Tau
Omega, Outing Club, swimming, sailing club,
marching band. US Army. He worked for more
than 30 years with Hoffman La Roche as a hospital sales representative before retiring in 1995.
He is survived by his wife, Maryann, 2 daughters,
a son, 3 siblings, and 17 grandchildren.
Thomas W.V. Biggs ’59, November 14, 2009. Sigma
Nu, Maroon, chorus. US Army. After graduation,
he worked with the Borden Company in New
York as a sales marketing associate. He later
moved to Florida and joined Palm Beach Newspapers Inc. as a pressman.
Michael L. Freedman ’59, February 16, 2010.
Maroon, Konosioni, Hillel, student government.
MD, Tufts University, 1963. His medical career
included serving as a surgeon for the National
Institutes of Health as well as a physician at New
York University Medical Center and assistant
professor at the medical school. He is survived by
his wife, Cora, a son, a daughter, 3 granddaughters, and a sister.
James M. Creedon ’60, March 2, 2010. Maroon,
Newman Club, physics club. US Army, Cuban
Missile Crisis. MBA, New York University. In his
career, he held various positions including investment analyst, trader, and portfolio manager
with such institutions as AXA Equitable and
Citicorp. He was predeceased by his brother John.
He is survived by 3 brothers as well as 4 nieces
and nephews.
William C. Shoen ’61, March 20, 2010. Baseball,
football, marching band. US Army, Vietnam War.
Following his military service, he was a salesman. He is survived by 2 daughters, 3 grandchildren, a sister, and 4 nephews.
William F. Gallagher Jr. ’63, February 27, 2010.
Delta Upsilon, Newman Club, basketball,
football. JD, Syracuse University, 1966. He was a
partner of the law firm Basloe, Basloe and Gallagher in Herkimer, N.Y., for many years. He was
later employed as the regional attorney for the
New York State Department of Environmental
Conservation until his retirement in 2007. He is
survived by 3 sons, a daughter, 5 grandchildren,
a brother, 3 sisters, and several nieces, nephews,
and cousins.
Everett G. Foster ’64, February 20, 2010. Phi
Gamma Delta, Outing Club, swimming. Navy
Reserve, 1964-1965. MBA, Boston University, 1967.
He had a career in stock brokerage and was managing director of RBC Wealth Management at
the time of his death. He is survived by his wife,
Judith, his daughter, Katherine ’93, and a son.
William Luther King II ’64, March 26, 2010. Mu
Pi Delta, Austen Colgate Scholar, WRCU, Maroon,
chorus. University of Hawaii: MA, 1968; MBA,
1976; JD, 1976. He was a Peace Corps volunteer in
Thailand 1964–1966. He then became an instructor in the Law and Trade Program, Foundation
for American Chinese Cultural Exchanges in
Shanghai. In 1979, he began working for a civil
rights law firm. After moving to another firm
and specializing in intellectual property law,
he retired in 2003. He is survived by his sister,
2 brothers, a niece, a nephew, an aunt, and a
cousin.
Mark E. Leonardi ’64, March 4, 2010. Phi Society,
baseball. MBA, Boston University. His banking
career was predominantly with Nashua Trust
Company in New Hampshire, where he served
as senior loan officer and secretary of the board
of directors. He is survived by his wife, Lenore,
a daughter, a son, 4 granddaughters, and his
brother and sister.
William L. Hunsberger ’68, April 13, 2007. Delta
Kappa Epsilon, Maroon. He worked for many
years at Eastman Kodak, beginning in its physics
research division in Rochester, N.Y. He later started WLH Communications and Presentations. He
is survived by his wife, Gail, a son, a daughter, his
father, a brother, and a grandson.
Walter A. Jandura MA’69, December 11, 2009.
BA, Rutgers University. A writer and editor, he
worked at Commerce Clearing House and Simpson’s in Toronto, Canada.
Ann Parrott Cochran ’71, MA’79, March 21, 2010.
Debate club. She was a psychology professor
at SUNY Morrisville for 28 years, retiring in
December 2000. She was predeceased by her son
and her brother. She is survived by her husband,
John, 2 children, a brother and sister-in-law, her
brother-in-law, 5 grandchildren, and several
nieces and nephews.
In tribute
David R. Sheldon ’74, March 17, 2010. Phi Kappa
Tau. BS, Roger Williams University, 1987; MS,
University of Rhode Island, 1990. He was a civil
engineer for DEM, DOT, and DOA for 30 years
before retiring. His last position was with
Thielsch Engineering in Cranston, R.I. He was
also an adjunct professor at CCRI and Roger Williams University, as well as a professional land
surveyor. He is survived by his wife, Debbie, a
daughter, 2 sons, and a cousin.
John A. Ciraldo ’78, April 18, 2010. Phi Kappa
Psi, rugby. JD, Fordham University, 1981. He was
president, shareholder, and director of Perkins
Thompson in Portland, Maine. His legal expertise
was in trials and appeals in the federal court
and business litigation. He also was an adjunct
law professor at the University of Maine. He is
survived by his wife, Julianne, 3 children, his
parents, and his brother.
Geoffrey H. Davis ’78, MAT’81, April 1, 2010. Phi
Delta Theta. PhD, University at Albany, 1993. Having dedicated his professional life to education,
his career began at Waterville Central School
(N.Y.) as a science teacher. In 1982, he joined the
Little Falls City School District as assistant principal and went on to become elementary and
then high school principal. From 1988–1996 he
was superintendent of the district and was then
appointed district superintendent of HamiltonFulton-Montgomery BOCES, where he last served.
He is survived by his wife, Cindy, 3 children, a
brother, a sister, and 4 nieces and nephews.
Donald G. Hester MA’79, February 18, 2010. He
was an adjunct professor and administrator in
graduate admissions at Marist College. He is
survived by 3 sons.
Alexander M. Browning ’81, June 20, 2008. MA,
University of Kansas, 1985. A teacher, he was
most recently an instructor at Haskell Indian
Nations University.
Cheryl D. Gardiner Callahan MA’82, October 21,
2008. She lived in Savannah, Ga., working as a
science teacher and head of the science department at the Savannah Country Day School. She is
survived by a daughter, 2 sons, and a granddaughter.
Barbara A. Whitney MA’85, February 24, 2010. BA,
College of St. Rose, 1960. She was a French and
English teacher for Herkimer High School (N.Y.)
until her retirement in 2002. She was predeceased by her husband, George. She is survived
by 2 sons, a daughter and son-in-law, 3 grandchildren, and several nieces, nephews, and cousins.
Lisa I. Ryland ’88, April 14, 2010. Alpha Chi Omega. She was predeceased by her father, J. Conrad
MacQuarrie ’56. She is survived by her husband,
John ’86, a son, and a daughter.
Guy Danella
Joel B. Day ’60, March 31, 2010. US Army. A TV
and radio broadcaster, he worked for numerous
stations before founding Key Chain Inc. in the
Florida Keys. After selling Key Chain, he served
as VP and general manager for both Paxson
Communications and Clear Channel. In his latter
years, he turned from radio broadcasting to radio
brokerage, and later formed Day Broadcasting.
He was predeceased by his father, Harold ’28,
and uncle Charles ’24. He is survived by his wife,
Lee, 2 daughters including Neva ’91, a son, and a
grandson.
John D. Hubbard ’72, longtime
Colgate photographer, writer, editor
The Scene lost one of its own when John D. Hubbard ’72 passed away on May 6. Despite
the fact that he had retired from Colgate in 2005, not a week goes by in the office that
we don’t come across one of his stories or photospreads in a back issue, or that a graduate
being interviewed doesn’t ask about him. After all, John spent more than 25 years chronicling the life of the campus (and the Hamilton community) in photos and words, from the
Scene and annual engagement calendar to admission, fundraising, academic, and athletics
publications.
No matter the occasion, from the momentous to the mundane, John was seemingly
always there, a familiar presence in his khaki vest, camera at the ready. But the peripatetic
photographer could also park himself at his Mac and bang out a sparkling alumni profile in a
single morning — all it needing? A simple proofreading polish.
With all the people he knew, he was always the one folks walked up to at events, and who
made the necessary introductions.
His office was a drop-in destination for many — colleagues, students, and his own
children. It had interesting scenery, too: amongst the family photos, heaps of books and
documents, and boxes and boxes and boxes of slides and prints, a crinkly paper wasp nest,
several fuzzy things (a mink pelt draped across his monitor, a dried-up bat), the skull of
some rodent (woodchuck? beaver?). One never knew what he might bring in with him next.
John came into the Office of Communications in 1979 as photographer/writer. Over the
years, he received several promotions: in 1989 to assistant editor of the Scene; in 1994 to
assistant director of communications and associate editor of the Scene, in 1996 to associate director of communciations and managing editor of the Scene, and in 2001 to director
of advancement communications.
Among his many awards and honors were a bronze medal in the Photographer of the Year
competition, silver and bronze medals for two individual faculty portraits, silver awards
for an admission prospectus and a campaign case statement, and two gold medals for
documentary film production in 1985; and a bronze medal for periodical staff writing in the
Scene in 1993, all from the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education. In 1994,
the Alumni Corporation awarded him a Maroon Citation.
Following his retirement from Colgate in 2005, he was appointed director of public
relations and development at Community Memorial Hospital in Hamilton and was later
promoted to vice president for community services. He was well known to Madison County
residents through his weekly newspaper column, “At the Hub.”
As a student, John was an English major, made the Dean’s List, was an active member of
Delta Kappa Epsilon, and worked as a freelance photographer as well as an athletic trainer.
After graduating, he worked for 6 1/2 years as sports editor and chief photographer for
the Bennington (Vt.) Banner, where he won several awards. He also taught photography and
freelanced for the Boston Globe, Vermont Life, Associated Press, and UPI.
John Hubbard, who died following a long battle with cancer, was born on June 20, 1949.
He grew up in New Hartford, N.Y., and attended the Trinity-Pawling School. Among his
survivors are his wife, Mary Jo, his children Sarah, Sam, and Emma, and his grandchildren.
You can view a slideshow of some of John’s Colgate calendar photos at www.colgate
alumni.org/scene.
— Rebecca Costello
News and views for the Colgate community
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salmagundi
Making Connections puzzle
By carrying letters down from one set of blanks to the next, you can get the names of eight familiar Colgate
student organizations. The paths show you which letters move down, but you’ll have to figure out other
missing letters yourself. Colors are used for different letters in different sections of the puzzle. For
example, a blue path may connect Rs in one section, while a separate blue path may connect Os elsewhere.
Three letters have been placed to get you started. Answer key on pg. 69.
Slices
Mick Castellanos ’83 won a Slices
T-shirt for his correct entry for the
Spring 2010 “two Bobs” photo ID
contest. (Answer: Bob Marley and
Bob Hope both performed during the
1979–80 academic year.)
Several folks shared fun anecdotes
about those shows.
Puzzle by Puzzability
“Bob Marley performed at Colgate on
Halloween 1979. That awesome show,
following the Russian Study Group in
the Soviet Union, made 1979 the most
memorable year of my time at ’gate!”
— Carolyn Kemp ’82
“My then-girlfriend and now-wife
(Cindy Hart ’83) braided my hair into
dreadlocks for the Bob Marley show!
Ya, mon, a great night!”
— Bill Montgomery ’81
“I was there for the Hope show, but
was too young to appreciate the
import of Bob Marley’s presence at
the time!”
— Holly Nye ’82
Read more reminiscences about the
“two Bobs” in Letters (pg. 4).
Rewind
13 Words (or Less)
Submit your creative, clever, or humorous caption of 13 words or less for this vintage Colgate
photo to scene@colgate.edu or attn: Colgate Scene, 13 Oak Dr., Hamilton, NY 13346. The winner
will receive a Colgate Scene T-shirt, and their caption will be announced next issue — along with
the story behind what’s really going on there! Deadline: September 3, 2010.
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Rewind is our column for Colgate
reminiscences. Send your submission
of short prose, poetry, or a photograph with a description to scene@
colgate.edu.
Above: “And do I have fifty?” Auctioneer Sam Solovey
’98 keeps the bidding going at the 13th Konosioni
Charity Auction in the Palace Theater. Back cover:
Flags placed alongside the paths on the Quad helped
to mark Big Gay Weekend, which promotes awareness
of the LGBTQ community on campus, in April. Both
photos by Andrew Daddio
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